game_id,title,alt_titles,release_date,score,genres,gameplay,setting,description
4,Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers,"ACA NeoGeo: Real Bout Fatal Fury 2, AkeAka NeoGeo: Real Bout Garō Densetsu 2 - The Newcomers, Real Bout Garō Densetsu 2: The Newcomers",1998,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"SNK's Fatal Fury fighting series reaches its 7th episode bringing a lot of ""innovations"" and some significant changes, starting from characters: all the 20 fighters from previous games return with new artworks and battle stages completely redrawn, as well as some remodeled (or new) moves. The traditional fighting system comes with sensible modifications, like the removal of both ""Rank System"" (SSS, SS, S, AAA etc.) and ground breakable objects. The match system using 2 battle plans (foreground/background) remains semi-intact, because now some battle fields (like Cheng Sinzan's stage) uses a single plane, forcing the players to use only the basic defense to avoid attacks. But the main addition of this title (and the reason for subtitle ""The Newcomers"") are 2 new characters entering for Fatal Fury's main cast: Rick Strowd, a mysterious fighter with a particular fighting style and Li Xiangfei, a young female Chinese martial arts fighter."
5,Rescue Rover,,1991,7.1,Puzzle,,,"Rover, your favourite pet dog, has been dog-napped by evil robots, and it's up to you to save your pup before something terrible happens. Explore 30 levels of mind-bending puzzles to solve and deadly robots to destroy."
9,Hammerin' Harry: Ghost Building Company,Daiku no Gen-san: Ghost Building Company,1992,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Hammerin' Harry: Ghost Building Company is the sequel to Hammerin' Harry. This episode has Harry fighting more than just workers. He has to defeat an army of ghosts in a series of environments, including construction site, sewer, airship, jungle, and finally, the headquarters where he meets the evil ghost building machine. Rather than using his mallet, Harry can obtain a spiked ball which does more damage than the mallet. There are five stages, and each one ends with Harry fighting a boss. Upon completion of a stage, the gameplay switches from a beat-em-up to a horizontal shooter where Harry flies through the air, defeating airborne enemies and avoiding dangerous objects."
13,Warlords II Deluxe,,1995,7.5,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Wargame",Fantasy,"Warlords II Deluxe is an eight-player turn-based strategy game with RPG elements. It is a variant of the 1993 game Warlords II and an improved version of its Scenario Builder It includes upgraded SVGA graphics, new tilesets, new soundtrack, new scenarios and balance changes. The original version can not be converted to Deluxe through any official means."
15,Tower of the Ancients,,2000,6.7,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"Tower of the Ancients is a falling block puzzle game where the player builds a hollow tower. Stones with different symbols on them come in from the top and the player has to place them on the circular game field. When three stones with the same symbol are placed to each other - horizontal, vertical or diagonal - the vanish and give a point each. When the tower reaches the top of the screen the player loses. The game features ten levels with basically one winning condition: earning enough points. But the higher levels also introduce restrictions, e.g. only horizontal or vertical rows count."
28,Uncharted Waters,"Daikōkai Jidai, Super Daikōkai Jidai",1990,7.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"The Franco family used to be one of the influential houses of Portugal. That is until the head of the family sailed out of a disastrous voyage to find the kingdom of Prester John. The disarray that followed brought about an end to the nobility of the Franco name. 100 years have passed and Portugal has prospered through it's sailing and trading empires. Young Leon Franco wishes to restore his family's good name and make a name for himself as a sailor. At the heart of his ambition is the fair lady, Christiana, who is desired by the likely heir to the kingdom. Towards that end, Leon has been working hard to secure finances for his first ship. With the first step of his dream complete, Franco sails out with his father's good friend as first mate, you're off to find fame, adventure and fortunes out on the sea and in uncharted waters. Uncharted Waters is a sailing and trading simulation. Your goal is initially to sail between ports and trade goods between them to make a profit. Along the way, you may be called upon by merchants and royalty to do specific tasks. Several different nations as well as pirates roam the sea and not all have good relations with one another. You can take as long as you want and explore as much of the world as possible to complete your ultimate task of marrying Christiana, which will require your fame rating to be quite high anyway. Available at most ports is a trader for cargo, a supply station for your crew's food and water as well as repairs, a shipbuilder, an item store and finally a pub for gaining information, crew and gambling. All of the game progresses on an overhead-view, by sea you navigate your fleet by direction and can issue additional orders including landing on any piece of land to search for supplies. A variety of hazards live at sea including storms, other ships, seaweed and simply bad winds and currents."
37,The Lawnmower Man,"Der Rasenmähermann, Le Cobaye, Virtual Wars",1993,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The Lawnmower Man is the game based on the 1992 movie of the same name (itself loosely based on a Stephen King short story) starring pre-Bond fame Pierce Brosnan as Dr. Lawrence Angelo, a scientist working for Virtual Space Industries in ""Project 5"", a secret research that attempts to increase the intelligence of primates using psychotropic drugs and VR training. With his reluctance to aim the research to military purpose, after one of the chimps escapes and shoots a guard in the process he is given a forced vacation, and while taking notes on the need for experiment with a human subject, he notices Jobe Smith ( Jeff Fahey ), a simpleton who makes his living on odd jobs such as mowing the grass (hence, the title role). The first experiments quickly increase Jobe's intelligence, and while after an accident Angelo stopped the experiments, The Shop, a secret agency overviewing Project 5, reinserted the drugs responsible for violent behaviour into the program and sped up the treatment. As Jobe starts to develop telekinetic powers, he starts to take revenge on those who abused him before he started the treatments, and plots to take over all computers in the world. While the CD version of the game (PC, Mega CD) is an interactive movie, both cartridge versions are platformers, the player taking control of Dr. Angelo or Carla Parkette (mother of Jobe's best friend) in typical side-scrolling shooting action. The player can collect better weapons or data discs, which after collecting a number of them allow to morph into the Virtual Suit, which gives protection against a first hit. The player visits several locations seen in the movie, such as the gas pump and the VSI headquarters. The twists of the game are true-3D level connectors, based on the CG sequences of the movie, usually all involving avoiding obstacles (and the occasional shooting) at high speed in the VR world. There are four different (Virtual World, Cyber War, Cyber Run and Cyber Tube), each taking a slightly different approach (Virtual World is seen in first person, the objective being dodging obstacles such as trees and archs and reach the exit, Cyber War similar to Virtual World but with some shooting stops, Cyber Run is seen in third person and requires occasional shooting of obstacles, while Cyber Tube is a fast travel with plenty of enemies in a VR tunnel)."
39,Taz-Mania,Tasmanian Devil in Island Chase,1994,6.9,Action,Platform,,"Crazy Looney Tunes' character Taz has just escaped from the Acme Zoo and is now trying to find a place to live. He has discovered five tropical islands and starts to go through each to find a suitable place. Along the way, he must fight off numerous island hazards, such as quicksand and enemies, while at the same time avoiding the Big Hat Hunter who is bent to send him back to the zoo. With the help of his trusty tornado spin and the new Taz stomp, he is determined to find a home even if it means fighting a giant dinosaur on Dodo Island. This game is completely different from the SEGA game of the same name."
45,Pyramid of Doom,,1979,5.7,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Egypt (Ancient),"Number 8 in the Scott Adams adventure series. On an Egyptian treasure hunt, you find yourself deep inside a recently discovered pyramid. Find all the treasures and escape alive! This still uses the same simple 2-word parser as the other ones in the series, and is of moderate difficulty."
46,Swedish Touring Car Championship 2,STCC 2,2000,7.1,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"STCC2 is the successor to the computer game version of Swedish Touring Car Championship which is Digital Illusions' first game to be published in their own right (it's sold more than 50.000 units). This second game features the 2000 championship as well as the championship of Super Stock Racing where you drive Camaro cars instead of a Touring car. In addition, two well-known racing tracks in Sweden are also included within the game."
49,Battle Master,,1990,5.9,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"An early squad-based combat strategy game set in a medieval-style fantasy world. The player decides which race they want to play (Human, Orc, Dwarf or Elf) each with their own strengths and weaknesses. It is then a matter of clearing out areas of opponents and finding items to enhance your character's and companions' abilities. There are many traps to avoid and death is a constant in what most people would find to be a very tough game. The nearest game to compare it to would be Rage Of Mages though that has more of an RPG/RTT (real-time tactics) focus as opposed to ""squad action"", but it does bear aesthetic similarities and a squad-based fantasy fighting theme. Gameplay for leader is action-oriented, with a menu that allows to Parley/Travel/Rally Troops, change formations or use items. The leader attacks with Melee and Projectile buttons. Some classes are more reliant on teammates than others. ""Parley"" allows you to buy (but not sell) items, or buy a Safe Pass (skip the area)."
51,Battleground 6: Napoleon in Russia,Die große Schlacht von 1812: Napoleon in Rußland,1997,6.9,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Turn-based strategy (TBS),Historical events,"Napoleon in Russia simulates the historical battle in 1812 near the town of Borodino, Russia. You, as the player, control battalion-sized units and individual leaders on the side of your choice. The map scale is approximately 100m per hex."
53,Star Trek: ConQuest Online,,2000,6.0,Strategy / tactics,Trading / collectible card,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As a Q, you decided that the humans and their universe is merely items to be collected, and you will play this collections game against other Q players... Create special collections (decks) based on your basic and advanced pieces (based on all the famous Star Trek objects), utilize the special abilities of the peice to attack/defend regions of space, win/lose pieces, and hopefully emerge victorious! Registration online/buying the retail box gives you access to the matchmaking service where you can play against another..."
57,Dark Colony,,1997,6.7,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"In a gloomy not-so-distant future, mankind have finally made it to Mars. The colonization of the red planet is vital for humanity's survival, as the heavily polluted Earth's resources are nearly depleted. At the same time, the Taar, a mysterious alien race that lost their homeworld many centuries ago, has decided to take Mars as their new home. As the war between the two species erupts, the player has to choose his side and lead his people to ultimate domination over the red planet. Things become even more complicated when the ruins of an extinct ancient civilization are found on Mars, revealing immensely destructive weapons that could easily turn the tide of the war in favor of the faction that manages to gain control over them first. Dark Colony is a real-time strategy with heavy emphasis on the actual combat. Several mechanics have been simplified - base construction is done only in specified nodes, resource gathering involves bringing a harvester unit directly to a geyser, and unit production is instantaneous (supposing enough credits are gathered). Ancient artifacts, available in some of the missions, provide unique bonuses for beating the odds. The game plot advances through short cutscenes, briefings and debriefings which detail the development of the war. The game also offers promotions and decorations that can be earned for the officer character, who will often be present on the battlefield, acting as a more powerful and durable trooper with some special abilities (such as calling in reinforcements and inspiring the regular troopers)."
60,Iron Lord,,1989,7.6,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Iron Lord is a strategy game with action and light adventure elements, set in the Middle Ages and featuring hand-drawn graphics. After returning from journeys far away, you find your ancestral castle in ruins and hear rumors that a huge army is marching towards your land. Your only hope is to raise an army and fight back, but after your long absence, you are an unknown heir to the land. To raise the army you need to win the respect of the people, by traveling through your land and accomplishing tasks, winning competitions, and finally gathering enough men to fight the army."
61,SimLife,"SimLife: Der genetische Spielplatz, SimLife: La Cour De Recreation Genetique, SimLife: The Genetic Playground",1992,7.2,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"A complex game in which you can create your own ecosystems, animals or vegetables, then watch them eat, evolve, mate, or die. Feel free to create funky animals! How about a giant snail that would have to eat several trees each day to survive - or a small kangaroo that would lay eggs and eat only bugs? You can even edit their DNA code, and make your animals mutate."
64,International Moto X,,1996,5.6,Racing / Driving,,,"International Moto X simulates off-road motorcycle races. The main part of the game is the championship mode in which the player controls a 125cc motorcycle. There are various different leagues on different continents. At first the player creates his rider and sets the colour of his bike. More important is the tuning of the bike. It is possible to buy new dampers, tires or engines or update the ones already in use. Also there is a choice between three, four or five gears - inexperienced players can select automatic. During the race the goal is obviously to be the fastest rider by using all the tricks in the book - including stunts like wheelies, risky jumps, sliding or forcing the competition out of the way. There are several shortcuts to use but when the player is caught doing so, he is penalized. Winning a race results in prize money which can be reinvested in better gear. After winning all races in a league the player is allowed to ride in the 500cc league. Because the game is played in a 3rd person perspective there is no cockpit view - so all relevant data is shown in the upper left corner of the screen, including a mini map. Additionally there are two training modes, a time race and a training race against seven other riders on a course of choice. The game also features a scenery editor to create own courses but it not possible to save unfinished work. The competition editor allows the creation of new leagues with old or new courses."
67,Caesar,Caesar I,1992,6.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation","Africa, Classical antiquity, Europe, Middle East","The first in the strategy series set in the Roman Empire’s peak era starts off with you as ruler of a small province, although if you’re successful you will get tougher assignments. You must build the city, placing crucial features such as housing estates, roads, policing, water supply, social events and the like. You’re not restricted to one city – you can build another area, linked by roads, once you’ve got the first one running smoothly. You have slaves at your disposal to build and maintain everything. All this would be easy if you had an infinite supply of money, the civilians didn’t complain about anything, there was no threat of combat, and you didn’t have to keep the people above you happy. Needless to say, all of these problems crop up. Via the forums, you will get public opinions, which are affected by how high taxes are, and whether people feel they’re getting value for money. If they don’t they could riot;– what will you tell the Emperor if that happens? Barbarian threats are commonplace, so you need to maintain an army, and at times send it into battle. If you own Cohort II you can fight the battles using that, but otherwise you just issue the orders then learn of the result."
69,Renaissance,"Classic 4, Draxians, Invaders, Megapede, Rokstorm",1990,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Renaissance is a collection of four classic arcade machines. The games are reprogrammed and differently named, but they are closely modeled after the originals: Besides the classic versions there are also contemporary versions of each game which offer updated graphics and sound. There are also slight gameplay additions, e.g. extra weapons, new enemies or shields."
70,Donkey Kong 3,"Arcade Archives Donkey Kong 3, Donkey Kong 3-e",1983,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Released in the arcades in 1983, Donkey Kong 3 is the third of the ""Donkey Kong"" arcade game series, changing the format to more of an action-shooter than a platform game. As Stanley the Bugman, players are positioned under Donkey Kong, who has taken over a multi-level greenhouse. Stanley's goal is to remove Donkey Kong from the greenhouse, but the big ape isn't willing to leave without a fight. Donkey Kong will agitate two beehives that are close to him to send down a swarm of angry Buzzbees, Beespies and destructive Queen Bees toward Stanley. These insects, as well as caterpillars which creep down nearby vines are intent on destroying the flowers below Stanley. Donkey Kong will also send down projectiles himself in an attempt to stop Stanley's attacks. Stanley must jump between the levels and use his bugspray to repel the insects, and send Donkey Kong into the next area of the greenhouse. Once Stanley pushes Donkey Kong high enough, a can of super bugspray will become available, allowing a larger shooting radius, and is able to send Donkey Kong up the vines faster. Once Donkey Kong is sent through the three levels of the greenhouse, Donkey Kong will end up with a beehive on his head, and the levels start all over again."
71,Sol Negro,,1988,5.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A millenarian spell, transmitted from parents to children, turned the muscular Bully into a fish and the indomitable Mónica into a hawk. Every full moon one of them suffers a transformation and the other recovers his normal form, which prevents them to be together. Only an extraordinary phenomenon can break the spell, something as extraordinary as a sun eclipse... the Black Sun. In order to break the spell, Bully must free Mónica (the hawk) of her cage for, turned he in fish, arrive on time together at the sacred submarine temple of the sun, a grotto located beyond the borders of the city submerged of Hidrionis, just at the moment in which the moon is embraced with the sun and a huge shade crosses the planet. The objective in the first stage is to rescue Mónica, turned a hawk, for which you will have to locate the key of the cage on which she is imprisoned and go to rescue her, you will count with the help of a jet pack and a M-92 rifle laser; once done, face together with her all the dangers until arriving at the magical palace. The second stage is developed at the heart of the ocean. Mónica must protect Bully in his form of fish and together with him arrive at the submarine grotto. Mónica counts with an aquatic propellent and a hydro leak pistol with which she will have to defended herself against the submarine enemies."
72,Last Action Hero,,1993,4.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",Beat 'em up / brawler,,"The 16-bit console version of the movie license Last Action Hero combines side-scrolling beat'em up levels with driving sequences. Players control action hero Jack Slater through four beat'em up levels. The first two are inspired by the beginning sequence of the movie (the finale of ""Jack Slater III""), the third by the hotel funeral inside the movie world, and the last by the premiere of ""Jack Slater IV"" in the real world. Slater must move to the level exit before the timer or his energy runs out. Various goons stand in his way and must be defeated through kicks or punches. There are four varieties of enemies in the game, wielding either knives, baseball bats, Molotov cocktails or guns. Spent life energy can be refilled by collecting movie tickets that sometimes fall from the sky. The Genesis version adds an additional twist in the first level: a crosshair will follow Slater around and randomly shoot bullets at him. All except the first stage end with a boss fight. Bosses include The Ripper, a helicopter and main villain Benedict. The driving sequences are also seen from the side. Slater's car must avoid hitting cars and trucks parked on the road while trying to destroy enemy cars by jumping over a ramp and then landing on top of them. Cutscenes tell the story of the film between levels, following the original plot only loosely."
75,Ys: The Vanished Omens,"Ancient Land of Ys, EggConsole Ys PC-8801mkIISR, Y's, Ys, Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished, Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen, Ys: Book 1",1987,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"In this game, the player takes the role of Adol (Aron in the English-language Sega Master System version) Christin, a red-haired adventurer and expert swordsman. One day he encounters a fortune teller who sends him on a quest to find information about the six books of Ys. It appears that there was once an ancient land called Ys, whose secret was sealed in those six books. Before long Adol learns that the six books were all stolen by the evil wizard Dark Fact (Dulk Dekt in the Sega Master System version, Malificus in the English-language computer versions). It is Adol's task to defeat the villain and discover the secret of Ys! Ys: The Vanished Omens is an action role-playing game with its own trademark combat system: instead of pressing the ""attack"" button, the protagonist simply runs into the enemies he encounters. More damage is inflicted upon the enemies if Adol charges at them from the back or from the sides - a head-to-head collision might result in the hero's death if the monster is stronger than him. The player gains gold and experience points for defeating foes; once enough experience has been accumulated, Adol levels up and becomes stronger. The hero can buy and equip swords, armor, shields, and other accessories."
76,Realm of the Trolls,Down at the Trolls,1988,5.7,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Fantasy,"The trolls are posing a threat to humanity, and it's your job to sort them out in this traditional-style platform game, which features over 200 screens. You have a gun and bolts of energy available to protect you. The graphics have detailed sprites but very plain backdrops, in an attempt to create a mood. Unusually a construction kit is included, allowing you to design your own levels down to the last detail. Another novelty is the option of mouse control on 16-bit systems, a seemingly impractical option for a platform game."
79,Forbidden Forest,Der Wald von Demogargon: Forbidden Forest,1983,7.4,Action,Platform,,"This game is one of Paul Norman's first creations. You are in the middle of what is called the Forbidden Forest. You must defend yourself from the various enemy creatures that are in the forest with your bow and arrows. At the end of the game, you are fighting the mysterious Demogorgon, which appears when nighttime falls. Choose from four different levels of difficulty. Forbidden Forest was one of the earliest games to feature an environment which changes from day to night, parallax scrolling and gory effects."
80,Ninja Jajamaru-kun,,1985,6.1,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"In a realm of feudal Japanese folklore the eponymous Ninja Jajamaru-kun must rescue his beloved Princess Sakura from the clutches of a fiendish catfish-faced pirate. Jajamaru-kun begins on the bottom of a three tiered horizontal field. On each level of this field there are two enemies on each tier. The tiers have weak brick ceilings that Jajamaru-kun can break by jumping into them. Once a passage is made Jajamaru-kun can move through them as can enemies. To clear a level all enemies must be defeated, most enemies can be killed by having a shuriken thrown at them, the only weapon available without a power-up, some need to be stunned either by falling through a hole in a tier or by being jumped on. Enemy projectiles can also be canceled out by the shuriken. Being touched by an enemy projectile, or in a few cases an enemies body, will instantly kill Jajamaru-kun. After an enemy has been killed its spirit will ascend, you can grab this for extra points. In each stage at the 80 seconds remaining mark Princess Sakura will, fittingly, drop a cherry blossom onto the field. This will float through the platforms and eventually slip off the bottom of the screen, unless the ninja intercepts this message from his love. Once three blossoms have been collected a bonus stage will occur. In the bonus stage the foe is the Pirate Lord on the top throwing fire down onto Jajamaru-kun below. Here shuriken can be thrown upwards. One hit kills the pirate and frees the princess. As the game progresses these bonus stages become more difficult adding clones of the wicked lord and more fire. As the levels progress the new enemies, based on Japanese folklore, emerge. A new enemy will always appear as a ""boss"". This new enemy will be the only one of its kind on the top tier and all the other spirits will be comprised of the previous boss. The boss will be more intelligent than the other minions. After a spirit has been the boss for several stages it will become the standard minion and loss some of its difficulty. A new more difficult boss will then appear for the next few levels, and so on. Items can be found occasionally by breaking a brick ceiling, the items in any give stage are randomized. Items once uncovered will remain until another ceiling is broken or are picked up. Items that alter the status of ninja have a transient effect. The items in this game are: Speed-up*: This red ball will increase the determined ninja's speed, now he can get behind even the most cunning kami. Ninja-cart : This little carriage can crush anything in it's path and move at incredible speeds, find this and your victory will be assured! Shuriken : Finding this shuriken will increase the distance your deadly ninja stars can be thrown, snipe those oni. Invisibility Potion : A highly potent blend capable of turning this ninja, if not totally invisible, into an invincible outline. Inscribed Coins : These coins give additional points, different colors give different point valuations. Extra Ninja : These little ninjas are extra lives, very rare! Bombs : These two bombs can appear when a ceiling is cracked open. If the player is careless enough to jump into them after they are revealed he will surely meet his death. Enemies may pass through bombs with impunity. Trusty Frog : The trusty frog is Jajamaru-kun's trusty steed, by getting three different items, or by gaining four lives, the frog will appear."
81,Katakis,Denaris,1988,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Katakis was the first R-Type influenced side scrolling shoot 'em up. You control the H-75 Eagle Fighter against the machines which have overrun a peaceful planet, with an indestructible satellite and collectable power-ups to help you through 12 levels. Each of these have lots of parallax scrolling and some direct influences from films including Aliens and The Terminator. The game can be played in co-op with one player steering the ship and another steering the satellite (C64 version only)."
83,Quest for the Shaven Yak starring Ren Hoëk & Stimpy,,1994,6.9,Action,Platform,,"Ren and Stimpy just found a pair of hooves which belong to the great Shaven Yak, who lost them in the last Yak shaving day. Now they must find the Shaven Yak and return him his hooves, or there won't be any more Yak shaving days! In this platform game, the player chooses to play either as Ren or Stimpy, and can change whenever they lose a life or at the beginning of some stages. Both characters can jump and shoot (Ren shoots toothbrushes, Stimpy spits), but each one has his own special ability: Ren can perform high jumps, while Stimpy can smash things by jumping on them. Each character starts the game with three lives. Throughout levels such as ""The Blacker Than Black Forest"", ""The Stinking Dry Desert"" or ""The Stinking Wet Bayou"", Ren and Stimpy will mostly face animal enemies, such as birds, frogs, vultures, woodpeckers, snakes, etc. The levels are divided into a varying number of sub-levels, and there is a boss waiting at the end of each level. Ren and Stimpy will also find some unusual weapons, such as a slice of bread (which flies in circles), a remote controller (which casts electric waves) and a soap bar (which casts bubbles). If they get hit when using a weapon, they'll lose it, but won't lose health. They'll gain health by picking up items like TVs, cash bags, bottles and boots."
90,Jane's Combat Simulations: IAF - Israeli Air Force,,1998,8.0,Simulation,,"Cold War, Contemporary, Historical events, Middle East","Jane's Combat Simulations: IAF - Israeli Air Force is a multi-aircraft simulator. It was developed by real-life IAF pilots, and features terrain with true elevation, made by using satellite data. As with other titles using the Jane's license, the focus of the game is in creating a realistic and believable military aircraft simulation. Hence, the game's controls and mechanics are elaborate. It is also possible to give basic commands to wingmen, if they are present. While waypoints and refueling can be managed by the aircraft's autopilot, all such maneuvers can be done manually. IAF is based on 7 different fighters and bombers of the Israeli Air Force: F-4E Phantom II, F-4 2000, F-15 2000, F-16D Fighting Falcon, Lavi ATF, Kfir C-7, and Dassault Mirage III. In game modes other than the campaign, the MiG-23 and MiG-29 are also available to the player. Each aircraft performs differently and is meant for different tasks, and can be seen from the cockpit (with 2D and 3D views available, and the possibility to look around from the pilot's perspective), from the outside (in a behind view or one of the cinematic views), or with just the HUD visible. The game has six campaigns, three of which are historical (Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, and the Lebanon War), and the other three (Syrian, Iraqi, and Lebanese Fronts) being fictional and set in a hypothetical future. The player's progress and rank is recorded in their profile, with each mission's success or failure affecting their score. Scoring itself can be changed by setting various difficulties and ""aids"", with AI help removing score percentages but making the game easier for newcomers. Aside from the campaigns, there are preset single scenarios, as well as a quick mission editor which the player can use to manually set the parameters of a desired air-to-air skirmish (whereas the campaigns have both air-to-ground and air-to-air missions). There is also a Scramble button in the main menu, which randomly picks a mission from a small mission pool and puts the player in a random plane. IAF has a multiplayer mode available via LAN and JanesCombat.Net (which has since been discontinued). Finally, the signature feature of Jane's-licensed games is the in-game encyclopaedia, which is present in IAF and lists and describes in detail not only the aircraft the player can pilot or shoot at, but also all other objects that can be encountered in the game, as well as missiles that aircraft can be armed with."
91,Newman Haas Racing,Newman Haas Racing: An American indy car challenge,1998,7.1,Racing / Driving,,,"Newman Haas Racing is a racing game developed in conjunction with the real-life Newman/Haas racing team. The game features 16 official drivers, cars and 11 tracks from the Indy Car series. The tracks include Houston (introduced in 1998), Laguna Seca Raceway, The Milwaukee Mile, Long Beach and more. The graphics engine is based upon Psygnosis' Formula One game. Commentary is provided by Indy car champion Danny Sullivan and Bob Varsha (ESPN). There are 4 difficulty levels and 3 main game modes: Single Race, Challenge (the AI is adjusted according to your results) and a full season of racing. In multiplayer, players can go head-to-head in a split-screen mode."
96,Krakout,,1987,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Arkanoid -style Breakout clone, which unlike most other similar games has the bat on the side of the screen (there is a left/right option) instead of at the bottom. There are 100 screens to be conquered. There are a number of types of special bricks, but unlike e.g. Arkanoid, they do not fall towards the bat. Instead, when you hit a special brick, it flips to show a letter. E.g. E (Extend bat), C (Catch ball), M (Missile), B (Bomb, explodes when hit by ball, clearing a number of bricks) and X (Extra life). Extra lives are also awarded when the player scores 10,000 points. The enemies/obstacles are more varied than in Arkanoid. Some make the bat freeze, some actually chew and eat your ball and spit out the core back at you!"
99,David Crane's A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia,Fushigi na Blobby: Blobania no Kiki,1990,6.6,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"In this unique Platform/Puzzle game you take control of a boy who has to help a blob getting to his home planet. It isn't a conventional Platformer, as the boy cannot jump or attack enemies. Instead, the Blob can be fed with different kinds of jellybeans, which will transform him into various objects. He can be used as a ladder, a bridge or a trampoline, turned into an umbrella to slow down the boy's fall or shield him from falling objects, into a bubble to let the boy swim and breathe underwater, a blow torch to burn certain obstacles or even a bird which enables him to follow the boy everywhere. There's total of 12 different shapes the blob can take on, all of which can be used to freely explore the game world."
103,Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues,"Jurassic Park II: The Chaos Continues, Jurassic Park Parte 2: O Caos Continua",1994,6.5,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"One year after the events of the Jurassic Park, John Hammond wants to bring Jurassic Park back and he sends Dr. Alan Grant to aid a team of heavy armed men down to the former park to restore order. Meanwhile, Biosyn Corp has sent men down the former park so the company can gain control of the park for themselves. In this 2D shooter, Player 1 controls Dr. Alan Grant and Player 2 controls Tactical Sergeant Michael Wolfskin and alone or together you face off against the free roaming dinosaurs of the once known Jurassic Park along with the members of the Biosyn Corp. Your player always has six weapons. Your primary machine gun and cattle prod are unlimited and most take down both the humans and dinosaurs but some only work the dinosaurs such as the cattle prod. Most of the levels are non linear so you must explore different pathways to complete the mission you have selected once you have once you selected either one or two player mode."
105,Martian Memorandum,Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum,1991,7.4,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Martian Memorandum is the sequel to Mean Streets Six years have found the private investigator Tex Murphy broke, down on his luck, and seriously in need of a new case. He gets a call from Marshall Alexander, a business tycoon who owns most of the industry on Mars. It seems his daughter Alexis has run away from home, and taken ""something else"" with her. Marshall won't say what that something else is, but he is willing to pay handsomely to get it (and his daughter) back. Unlike its predecessor, the game contains only adventure gameplay, removing flight simulation and action sequences. Basic gameplay mechanics are very similar to those of the first game, placing interrogation and choices above object-based puzzles. Verb commands are used to interact with the environment, while interrogating suspects usually involves selecting conversation options. Making a wrong choice may sometimes prematurely end the game or render it unwinnable."
106,The King of Fighters '95,"KOF '95, Nettō The King of Fighters '95",1995,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"The first sequel in the King of Fighters series picks up a year after the end of the first tournament. Once again, fighters from all over the world receive a mysterious invitation to a team-based fighting tournament. And just like last year, it appears that the notorious criminal Rugal Bernstein is behind it, apparently returning from the dead to raise havok once again... The King of Fighters '95 introduces Kyo Kusanagi's rival Iori Yagami, and firmly places Kyo as the main character for the rest of the series. The gameplay of The King of Fighters '95 is essentially unchanged from the previous title, though it does introduce the ""team edit"" concept which would remain as a standard feature of the series. Using the ""team edit"" feature, it is possible to create a totally customized team using any of the available fighters, or use one of the default teams if you wish."
116,Amaurote,Amaruote,1987,6.9,Action,,,"Your task in this isometrically viewed game is to clear the city of Amaurote of the many bugs and insects which have invaded it. You are supplied with an Arachnus 4 ship and 5 million units of cash. There are 3 different types of ants - drones, queens and scouts, each representing their real function in the natural world, so queen bees are the most lethal opponents as they generate new ants. Money must be spend on buying improved weaponry (including that needed to destroy the Queen Bees) and repairing the ship throughout the 2500 screens Amaurote is depicted in. As your main weapons are bombs, you need to consider their bounce and distance before firing, to avoid being caught up in stray explosions yourself."
117,WWF Wrestlemania Challenge,,1990,6.8,Sports,,,"WWF Wrestlemania Challenge features many of the WWF greats, such as Ravishing Rick Rude, The Big Boss Man, Andre The Giant, ""The Macho Man"" Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, ""Hacksaw"" Jim Duggan, Brutus ""The Barber"" Beefcake, and The Ultimate Warrior. The player can go through a small career trying to become the WWF Wrestling Champion by playing as himself. There are also one-on-one playdowns, as well as Tag Teams (two versus two). The survivor series is where three wrestlers take on three others, and the last team standing after the other has been eliminated is the winner."
120,Venture,,1981,6.8,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"Venture is an action game in which you control Winky, the heroic adventurer. Your goal is to collect as many treasures as you can which are scattered throughout numerous dungeons. In each dungeon, there are several chambers which each contain a treasure. Armed only with your crossbow, you need to get past the varied creatures which guard the chamber, snag the treasure, and make it out again. This is made harder by the maze guardians, who roam the corridors and will pop into a chamber to chase you if you spend too much time inside. Furthermore, even after shooting a creature, you need to be careful because touching its corpse before it decays will kill you. Some chambers are trickier, containing moving walls that must be avoided, or walls that vanish suddenly to release a pack of ferocious creatures. When you collect the treasure from each of the chambers in a dungeon, you can then move on to the next, more difficult dungeon."
121,Auto Racing,,1979,6.1,Racing / Driving,,,"Auto Racing is a one or two player racing game that puts the player behind the wheel of one of five cars, each with different specialties. The player may race on five different fairly large courses. In the one player game, the player is racing the clock to finish five laps as quickly as possible. In the two player game, the player can race a friend and gain points for either the opponent crashing or if one is leading far enough to reach the edge of the screen."
124,Whale's Voyage II: Die Übermacht,Whale's Voyage 2,1995,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Whale's Voyage II: Die Übermacht is the sequel to Whale's Voyage The story takes place twenty years after the crew of the spaceship Whale had won a great battle and became heroes, abolishing a powerful dictatorship. Now all of the money has been spent and the only thing the four heroes can do is to start trading again. The first job should be quite simple: just deliver some nuclear material to a foreign planet. There is also some payment in advance. But unfortunately the crew takes too much time for the delivery and so the easy job becomes a deadly task and they become involved in a conspiracy. This game is similar to its predecessor, being a role-playing game with trading elements. The character creation allows the player to shape four characters, distributing their primary attributes, among which are combat-related stats as well as categories such as rhetorics and humanity. The player also must select a flaw for each character, ranging from bad temper to epilepsy. These flaws may affect the character's future behavior in certain situations: for example, a clumsy character would sometimes drop an object from his inventory. The choice of education background determines the characters's class. The available classes are Soldier, Medic, Monk, Psionian, Biochemist, Bounty Hunter, Electrician, Rhetorician, Pilot, and Cybertechnician. Human or alien race traits are assigned to the characters randomly. When orbiting a planet, the player-controlled team can refuel, upgrade the ship with better components, or trade goods. Each planet has preference for a specific kind of wares, and the traders would declare it to the party. Unlike the first game, the player is not confined to one star system, though overall there are only nine planets to travel to in the game. Each planet is presented as a separate first-person maze-like environment. As opposed to the first game, exploration graphics are real 3D, with sprites for characters and objects. The interface has also been modified to include mouse control. Following the main quest involves talking to NPCs and fulfilling their requests, but the player is free to travel to any planet and explore them from the onset. Through traveling itself is automatic, the Whale may be ambushed by hostile ships on the way, participating in turn-based tactical ship combat. Ground combat, on the other hand, proceeds in real time, with a ""general attack"" option that makes the party attack at once. Like in other RPGs, the heroes earn experience points by killing enemies or solving quests. This being the second game in the series, events from the first game are referred to and some characters reappear. For example, a woman which will give the heroes a quest appeared in the first game, where she was still a little girl."
125,RPG Maker,RPG Tkool 3,1997,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),,,"RPG Maker is a game that lets you create role-playing games (RPGs). You control everything from creating the maps/levels, character, abilities, spells, plot, events, monsters, etc. Once you create your game, you can save it to a memory card(s). Anyone who has RPG Maker can play your game. Also included is a sample game to show the variety of things you can do in your game."
147,Space M+A+X,"Space M+A+X: Space Station Construction Simulator, Space MAX",1992,7.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Space M+A+X is a strategy game in which the player constructs and manages a commercial space station; similar to Project: Space Station The first task is to get the station running, which is accomplished by sending all required personnel and modules, these are the functional units of the station, into space. However, there are only four shuttles available and every transport costs money and time. The used modules determine how well the station works in itself and what commercial output it creates. There is a limited time/money budget and in the long run the station needs to be financially independent, e.g. by developing consumer goods. The game is mostly menu-driven: the player analyzes the statistics on various screens which show information about the crew, equipment, station, budget, etc. Based on this and other problems which may occur, e.g. sick people or the need for repairs, the player takes consequences for further actions. Assembling the modules plays out in a mini-game."
152,The Trap Door,,1986,7.6,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Berk is trying to obtain a chest of treasure from within a castle inhabited by the Bad Tempered Thing. This involves completing five tasks, although a learner mode in which only 4 are required is also provided. The first task is to provide a can of worms, whilst crushed eyeballs must be provided for task two. You then need to boil Slimies, fry eggs (getting them is a dilemma in itself), and then force everything back into the trapdoor. These tasks must be completed before Thing’s Angry Meter reaches its limit. As fans of the TV show will recall, the Trap Door of the title seals in numerous strange monsters, and in the game some are harmful and some are a hindrance, depending on the task at hand, so be careful which ones are released. Remember to close it, as spooks will be released if you do not – these require food to be pacified. Boni and Drutt appear regularly – the former giving cryptic morsels of advice, and the latter eating spiders and getting in the way. You can prepare for one task while completing another, so pay attention to items which may be useful, and think about what they are likely to be used in conjunction with."
154,Silent Service,"Das U-Boot, Silent Service: The Submarine Simulation",1985,7.6,Simulation,,"Historical events, Oceania, World War II","You are now a member of the Silent Service, the US Navy Submarine command. For a long while after Pearl Harbor, you are the only forces capable of striking back at the Japanese in the Pacific. Take one of the ""fleet boats"" and go on extended patrols of up to 2 months from Hawaii, Australia, or New Zealand. Set your difficulty/realism level and time period (early means less tech for juicier targets, later means tougher escorts, more tech, lousier targets). Contend with factors like dud torpedoes, maximum depth, and more. You can choose among practice run against some old hulks, recreate historical convoy attacks, go on a single patrol, or go on your own campaign, which lets you go multiple patrols until you die, get promoted, or survive the war. How well will you do when matched against history?"
157,Nickelodeon: Aaahh!!! Real Monsters,,1995,6.2,Action,Platform,,"In this game, based on the popular Nickelodeon animated series, you control three monsters: Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm. The Gromble, a headmaster in monster school, needs you to perform the final test - monster Midterm Exam - in order to prove yourselves to be real monsters. You should collect trash, throw it on people, and scare them! This is a platform game, where you control three characters. Each one of them has a special move that is often used to solve puzzles and overcome obstacles: Ickis can fly for a short time, Oblina can reach high ledges, and Krumm can scan off-screen areas. They can also collect monster books, that will teach them to scare people. Help the three monsters to graduate!"
162,Teleroboxer,,1995,7.0,Sports,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the 22nd century a special form of robotics known as Telerobotics allows robots to mimic human body movements, has become prevalent. Dr. Edward Maki Jr., a prominent scientist in the field, has brought new life to the sport of boxing using this technology. Robots that are remotely controlled by human controllers now duke it out in the ring. Similar to the boxing game Punch Out!! the player ducks to the left and right avoiding blows from the robotic competitor, getting jabs in when they’re off guard. Each of the 8 or so opponents has a different weakness for the player to exploit. A special variety of “Machine Gun” charge attacks can be utilized to help the player make it up to the top of the Teleroboxer circuit."
165,Harlequin,,1992,8.2,Action,Platform,,"Harlequin grew up living in Chimerica - paradise for any inquisitive child with its vast acres of surprise. When he left it to find a more challenging and mature world, it gradually withered away, and its many inhabiting creatures turned nasty. Harlequin must return to neutralise them. He does this by firing hearts of love at them, as contact with any of them is fatal. The gameplay is platform-based, with lots of vertical ascents to be made, and features lots of bonuses and hidden sections."
166,Paradroid 90,Paradroid 2000,1990,7.7,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Paradroid 90 is a remake of the game Paradroid (released in 1985 for the Commodore 64) for slightly later systems. A fleet of space freighters carry a cargo of battle and security robots to help in the defence of Basmyth. Alien ships were bombarding the freighters with disorienting beams which drove the robots crazy. The human officers were eliminated, leaving the ships open for occupation by alien forces. At this point, the player's mission starts... You control a cybernetic influence device (ID) which has been teleported aboard the first freighter to eliminate all the droids and robots. Two ways are possible to clean the ship decks representing the action part and the more strategic part of the game: Shooting (action) to destroy the robots or connecting itself into another robot's brain (strategy) to temporarily take control of it. It's possible to play the game as a simple shoot-em-up game, but the main part of Paradroid 90 is the transfer game to take control of other droids."
169,Traitors Gate,"Brama zdrajców, Colpo Grosso a London Tower",1999,6.9,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"No one has ever been able to pilfer the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. Well, you're about to change that as you must break into the tower to steal it's precious cargo in this 1st person adventure game. The plot centres around stopping a rogue Pentagon director who is planning to steal the jewels. As Special Agent Raven you must enter the Tower before he does and replace the Crown Jewels with a bugged replica set. This would be a simple task, but British intelligence has not been informed of your visit. You will have to break in without anyone noticing and leave again just as silently. The format of the game is a 1st person adventure comprised of static 360-degree node clicking similar to Myst III linked by animations with occasional cut-scenes. Gameplay is very open ended, the developers mapped the entire Tower in detail (though some of necessarily fictitious, such as the security setup) and you are given complete freedom to explore it in any way you wish. It spans 4 discs with each disc given to an area of the tower, requiring a fair amount of disc swapping as you progress. To help you, you are given a PDA style device which allows access to a camera with e-mail system for communicating with base, and use of the various gadgets you acquire early in the game. It also helps keep track of time, an important factor in this game is that you only have about nine hours to play the game, which run in real time."
174,Timelapse,"Timelapse: Ancient Civilizations...the Link to Atlantis, Timelapse: Civilisations anciennes...Le secret de l'Atlantide, Timelapse: Die Zivilisationen der Antike...die Verbindung mit Atlantis",1996,7.3,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Timelapse is a puzzle-solving adventure game similar to Myst It starts with you receiving an urgent message from an archaeologist friend working in the Easter Islands on a ancient link to lost civilizations. You arrive at his dig site to find him missing. You are the only person who can find him and your search will eventually lead you to the ancient Egyptian, Mayan, Anasazi, and the lost city of Atlantis."
179,Monster World IV,,1994,8.3,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, RPG elements",Fantasy,"Monster World IV is a sequel to Wonder Boy 5: Monster World 3 The player controls Asha, the green-haired girlfriend of Shion, the hero of the previous game. One day, Asha was standing on a cliff near her home village, and suddenly heard a mysterious voice calling for help. She decided to leave the village and to embark on an adventure to discover the identity of this mysterious person. The game is a side-scrolling action platformer with light RPG elements (treasure, equipment, etc.). Asha can jump, run, attack or defend (by pressing the ""down"" button). She can also use items and equip weapons and armor, talk to people, and open treasure chests. Later in the game, she will also be able to use magic, and a little blue pet animal will assist and help her on her journey. The combat system is quite similar to that of early Zelda games. Health and mana points are measured in little hearts; as the story advances, their amount increases."
185,TrickStyle,,1999,7.2,"Racing / Driving, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2099, The Dominance War ravaged all humanity, and from their ashes, a new society arose. The Jugaku corporation was one of the companies that took over the world markets, developed a technology called Hover-Ride, which let people surf through the air. Eventually, a sport was created by using this technology in races filled with violence. In the future, nine contestants enter the TrickStyle competition in hopes of earning fame and money, and find more about their past along the way. They must race against each other and complete obstacle courses. Races are set in futuristic versions of cities such as London and Tokyo. Each character has its own 'special move', and in total there are 400 different tricks incorporated."
186,Die Kathedrale,,1991,7.2,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Die Kathedrale is German interactive fiction with graphics. The second of three German text adventure games by developer Weltenschmiede Die Kathedrale (""The Cathedral"") confronts you with a mystery centuries old and fiendishly dangerous -- located in a majestic cathedral. By bad luck, you have been locked in the fictional cathedral of St. Peter, an impressive architectural masterpiece that has a disturbing history of inquisition and dark secrets. Even worse, a set of ancient documents tells you that you have but three days to find and disarm 15 devilish mechanisms that the medieval architect Victor Paz has hidden throughout the ancient building. The parchments give one vague clue to each mystery, but many others are concealed within the church. Why does the great organ have one lever more than it has records? Why did Victor Paz have a well drilled in the catacombs? Could the rumor of a hidden spiral staircase in one of the big columns be true? With an eye for details and an alert mind, you will uncover secrets almost everywhere in the awe-inspiring building. Fortunately, you are not alone: the cheerful Dani accompanies you on your quest. As you travel back in time with every step into the cathedrals past, Dani is first replaced by the butler Jasper, then by the medieval monk Daniel. Your companions are vital for your progress; not only do they provide clues and carry surplus equipment, but you may also give them specific orders to help you solve puzzles: on your command, they will go to any location, operate machinery or help you move things that are too heavy for one person alone."
189,Gubble 2,,1999,7.0,Strategy / tactics,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Another alien enemy race has taken over Gubble D. Gleep's planet, and he has to be the hero again! In this sequel to Gubble, you have to break apart different mazes, with different tools. There are many new powerups, and Gubble is on his feet so you have to collect fuel to fly."
193,Rise 2: Resurrection,"Resurrection: Rise 2, Rise of the Robots 2: Resurrection",1996,5.9,Action,Fighting,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"In the sequel new troubles in ElectroCorp have begun. As we remember, this corporation made robots for civilian jobs, but one Supervisor decided to make robot-killers. Human brains were implanted on some of them. But this time, one hacker has infected the ElectroCorp's network with a virus, so Supervisor lost control over robots and they began to kill each other. You are one of them."
207,Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon,Tielu Daheng,1990,8.2,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"With $100000 in the bank after taking out loans and selling stocks, it's time to start a railroad! Choose from 4 scenarios across two continents with randomly generated resources, and design your own railroad that moves people and goods across the country. Use the revenue to continue expanding, while keeping control of your company and appeasing your stock holders with growth and revenues. Play the stock market with company assets. Drive your competitors out of business with buyouts and rate wars. Multiple types of resources to carry (roughly grouped as slow freight, fast freight, passengers, mail) and convert, own facilities to maximize profit (buy a steel mill and the conversion from iron ore to steel makes money for YOU). Use the latest available technology to your advantage (new locomotives). Your objective is to retire with a huge bonus (based on your company's assets) and become the President or the Prime Minister (depending on which continent). The game is essentially a bird's-eye-view real-time strategy game with aspects of building and stock market manipulation. Each fiscal period is 2-years, which corresponds to 1-day of track time. Build different sizes of stations to take care of different local needs, create trains that switch consists at different stations and maximize throughput. Upgrade/retire/modify trains as times change. The faster the trains arrive, the more money they earn. Multiple options will keep you busy as each game is different."
216,Super Cycle,,1986,6.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"A motorbike racing game strongly resembling Sega's Hang-On titles. The game is viewed from behind the bike, which tilts as you turn. You are racing against the clock, although there are lots of other bikes on track to avoid and ride around. There are 3 skill levels, which affect the amount of time you have to complete the level, and the bonus offered if you manage to (the amount of time left, divided by a set number, bigger on lower levels). Your bike has 3 gears and appears to have a top speed of around 120 MPH. After every 2 races there's a bonus round in which you must pick up as many tokens as possible in the time limit."
222,Missile Command 3D,,1995,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Missile Command 3D is an update to the classic Atari arcade game. The goal in Missile Command is to defend your cities against an onslaught of missiles coming from the sky. Your arsenal consists of three anti-missile flak cannons. You have to position the anti-missile clouds in the path of the incoming missiles to stop them from impacting. This Jaguar game has 3 modes. First, there is a port of the original arcade game. There are neat extras for this mode like graphic backdrops and the ability to resize or scale the screen. The second mode is Missile Command 3D. This mode retains the gameplay of the original, but adds 3D graphics to the mix. The final mode, Virtual Missile Command, changes things up quite a lot. Instead of anti-missile flak, your cannons shoot lasers. This means you don't need to lead your targets anymore. You play the game from a first-person perspective, and must switch between the three cannons via buttons on the keypad. There are nine levels in this mode, each with a boss at the end."
224,The Ultimate Ride,Superbike Simulator,1990,5.9,Racing / Driving,,,"The Ultimate Ride is a first-person motorcycle racing game featuring six Japanese bikes to choose from. The player participates in races (either with our without qualifying lap) and tries to win them. While not a simulation, the game's controls are more on the realistic side, requiring the player to drive carefully with the powerful machines given. The most important aspect of the game are the courses: there are six traditional courses modeled after real-life ones and six which lead over countrysides. On those the player also has to worry about obstacles like animals on the road or other vehicles (there is no oncoming traffic, though). The only customization options for the bikes are the choice between manual or automatic gears and three tires which should be chosen dependent on the course and weather conditions. There is also an editor to design new courses."
227,Alien Breed: Special Edition 92,Alien Breed: Special Edition,1992,7.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"An interim between Alien Breed and its sequel Gameplay is the same as its predecessor - each level is a maze to be navigated through while fighting off hordes of aliens. The Special Edition 92 includes 12 new levels and a bunch of new features: ""dark mission"" in which only the glowing blue eyes of the aliens are visible, a level with no aliens but the destruction sequence already initiated, ability to access levels by means of a code (no need to cheat to start the game where you failed)."
230,Racquetball,,1981,4.4,"Action, Sports",Arcade,,"You have been challenged, or maybe you challenged, someone to a game of racquetball. To serve, press the red button. You hit the ball by moving your player to where the shadow of the ball is about level with your feet. The racquet will swing automatically. When you serve, the ball must hit the front wall before it hits the floor. Your opponent can then hit the ball before it lands on the floor or he can let it bounce but you can only let it bounce once. It cannot bounce twice. You serve every time until you miss. If you are serving and your opponent misses, you get one point. You can only get points on rounds where you serve. First player to twenty-one points, wins. Difficulty switches A=Shots accuracy is more difficult to control B=Shot accuracy is easier to control."
231,Mad Professor Mariarti,,1990,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Professor Mariarti is, as the game title suggests, a mad scientist. Not all of his experiments worked out the way they should and now he needs to shut down the power in five of his labs (the first four can be tackled in any order). This plays out as a standard platformer: Mariarti jumps over gaps between platforms and dodges enemies (he can take a few hits before dying) until he reaches the end of the level, i.e. the off switch. At the start of the game, he only throws wrenches to defend himself, but as things progress he finds coins scattered around the labs. Those can be used to buy more advanced weapons like a laser cannon. However, killed enemies respawn after a short time. To proceed he also needs to solve a few puzzles by collecting items and bringing them to the correct place. There are also several switch puzzles."
241,Goldrunner,,1987,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Goldrunner a vertically scrolling shooter, earth has to be evacuated because of the damage caused by environmental pollution. Unfortunately the space ships have to pass through the world of Triton - and the inhabitants are unfriendly. So the obvious solution is to destroy the rings, huge space stations. A full frontal attack is without a change of success because the rings have to be destroyed from within. So the player is chosen to man a small space ship to do the job. Every ring has a certain amount of energy which has to be reduced by destroying everything inside. Of course the Tritons won't give up without a fight, but touching the enemies won't hurt the space ship (it hurts them): the only way to die is by touching enemy mines (the ship can take up to five hits) or by flying against a high, indestructible building (instant death). The ship also has a turbo boost function and between levels there are bonus rounds which are used to rack up points for the high score list."
242,"Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War",,1999,6.9,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War is the third of SSI's games set in the Warhammer 40,000 gaming universe from Games Workshop. The player takes control of the mighty Eldar to drive the humans from the Maiden World and reclaim the Eldar's long lost artifacts. Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War is a turn-based strategy game that uses the system from SSI's Panzer General II"
245,X-Men: Children of the Atom,,1994,7.5,Action,Fighting,,"X-Men: Children of the Atom is a 2D fighting game and the first Capcom title to use licensed characters from the Marvel comic universe. It has six main characters and four of their enemies that are playable. The X-Men are Colossus, Cyclops, Iceman, Psylocke, Storm and Wolverine. The villains are Omega Red, Sentinel, Silver Samurai and Spiral. The two main bosses are Juggernaut and Magneto, and Akuma is available as a secret character. Fighting is done one-on-one with a traditional best-two-out-of-three match setup, with automatic or manual blocking. Similar to the Super Combo gauge in Super Street Fighter II Turbo there is an X-Power gauge of different levels, filled up when the player performs moves. When it is maxed out an X-Ability or Hyper X special move can be performed. Other general features are the abilities to super jump, roll away and aiming projectiles."
250,Robo Aleste,"Dennin Aleste, Dennin Aleste: Nobunaga and His Ninja Force",1992,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter","Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic",Overhead Shooter based in Japan. The bloodthirsty Chugoko Warlords of the west have ruled and ravaged the once-supreme Oda Clan. Time to get your revenge. This is an overhead shooter with large bosses and massive power-ups.
256,Kabuki Klash,"Kabuki Klash: Far East of Eden, Tengai Makyou Shinden",1995,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Fantasy,"Kabuki Klash is a 2D fighting game that features characters from the Japanese role-playing series Tengai Makyō also known as Far East of Eden The heroes of the three first Tengai Makyō games must participate in a tournament and find out who is the most skillful fighter in the magical land of Jipang (which is very similar to the medieval Japan). The characters include well-known Far East of Eden heroes such as Ziria, Manjimaru, Kabuki, Orochimaru, and others - a total of eight playable characters. During the fights, the player may either punch, kick, or use special attacks, that require a precise usage of buttons and also deplete the magic gauge. There are random items (such as healing potions) thrown on the battlefield while fighting, which the player may pick up."
262,Timequest,,1991,8.1,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"By the year 2090 AD, the usage of time machines (also known as ""interkrons"") became restricted. Temporal Corps strictly forbade traveling to the past due to potential unforeseen consequences of the traveler's actions. However, Zeke S. Vettenmyer, a Lieutenant in the Temporal Corps, has illegally acquired an interkron, traveled to various time periods and altered well-known historical events. As a result, the temporal disruption caused by his actions is threatening to destroy reality as we known it. A Temporal Corps private is sent to the past in an attempt to pursue Vettenmyer and reverse the changes he made to the world's history. Timequest is a text adventure with graphics utilizing the same interface as Legend's first game: it provides a long list of verbs to interact with still first-person screens displaying locations and people, but also allows and encourages typing commands for the same purpose. The player travels to six geographical locations within nine different time periods from 1361 BC to 1940 AD. It is possible to access any location at any time as the game begins. The player can opt to work on one location continuously, but often it is necessary to acquire items from different areas to solve puzzles. The famous events Vettenmyer has tampered with include the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC, the attempted overthrow of the Caliph of Baghdad in 800 AD, Genghis Khan's siege of Peking in 1215, Napoleon's attack on Egypt in 1798, etc. Among the illustrious people the player encounters are baby Moses, Pope Leo I, William Shakespeare, Winston Churchill, and others."
264,Shamus,,1982,6.7,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Infiltrate the lair of the elusive Shadow, shoot and sneak your way through his army of robotic minions, and hunt him down before he does the same to you. Starring in the titular role of Shamus, you will have to find your way through over 120 rooms in this cross between Berzerk 's ""robots in a maze"" action and Adventure 's exploration of a predefined game world. The elusive villain's henchmen will express their disapproval of your plans in rather strong terms, namely with showers of bullets. What's more, once they're dead they don't necessarily stay that way: each time a room is re-entered, a random selection of them will respawn. The Shadow has also arranged for electrified walls throughout his compound, so bumping into them will prove quite lethal. The labyrinth of chambers is divided into four levels, with multiple locked doors that'll have you wandering around in search of the right keys. If you tarry too long in the same room, a bulletproof Shadow (taking a page from Evil Otto's book) will drop by to discourage loitering. The C64 port features a slightly altered map and has four bonus maps and the enemies stay at the same speed where as in the original they would get faster as the levels increased. The VIC-20 version has many redesigned due the walls being drawn larger than in the other versions, It has also been reduced to only having 32 screens. The much later released Game Boy Color version adds in story cutscenes and the four levels now each feature a distinct theme. The camera view is also now zoomed in so only a portion of a room can be seen at once."
270,Uprising: Join or Die,Uprising: Unisciti o muori,1997,8.1,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You control the most advanced combat vehicle in the galaxy, which is able to teleport units directly onto the battlefield. You fight on the side of a rebellion against an evil military empire. You fight yourself, but you also have to manage your base and allied units."
271,The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends,,1992,5.6,Action,Platform,,"The Game Boy version of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle shares the story with the SNES/Genesis title by the same developer. Boris and Natasha have managed to steal some priceless artifacts from Frostbite Falls museum and it is up to Rocky and Bullwinkle to get them back. It is a 2D platformer in which both Rocky and Bullwinkle are playable characters at some points of the game. This version features a different set of locations (the players will visit Frostbite Falls, Football Field, and even the Moon) and two different mini-games: a football and a card game."
274,Goal Storm '97,"International Superstar Soccer Pro, Winning Eleven 97",1997,7.6,Sports,,,"The first ISS Pro game for the Playstation, with 32 international teams, a choice of 4 stadia, 21 formations & strategies. With a choice of Exhibition Mode, International League, International Cup, and a Penalty Kick mode."
278,Diablo II (Collector's Edition),"Diablo II (Coffret Edition Limitée), Diablo II (Edycja Kolekcjonerska Końca Tysiąclecia)",2000,6.9,Special edition,,,"This special edition of Diablo II includes the following items, according to the region in which it was sold: English (USA) version: Spanish (Spain and Latin America) version: French version:"
285,Global Domination,,1998,6.1,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Global Domination is an action-based strategical wargame that is based on the fictional game James Bond plays against Maximillian Largo in the 1983 film Never Say Never again. Elements of this game are combined with the classical board game Risk. In this game you play as an agent for a secret agency called ULTRA. You are hired by countries all over the world to protect them from their enemies. Each of the twenty missions begins with a full motion video briefing. After that you are presented with a spinning hologram globe representing the earth. The world is divided into different countries, similar to risk. It is your job to defend your country from incoming attacks and strike against enemies. With your keyboard you can switch between weapons and you can aim with your mouse for a target location for your rockets, aircraft and naval vessels. More and more weapons come available as you progress in the game."
287,Deadly Moves,"Power Athlete, Power Moves",1992,6.0,Action,Fighting,,"You are Joe, a young American who has been secretly training to become a powerful fighter. One day, he meets an old martial artist who tells him he should travel all over the world to meet other teachers and to learn from them. During his travels, Joe encounters many other fighters, and has to become more and more skillful in order to prove that he is the greatest fighter in the world. Unlike most other fighting games, you can control only one character (Joe) in single-player mode. In two-player mode, you can choose to fight as any of the seven available fighters, and also choose a scenery. The game plays like a standard 2D fighter: you can punch, kick, and jump on you opponents, but the fights are not entirely 2D, since you can also take a few steps vertically."
294,Temple of Apshai Trilogy,The Temple of Apshai Trilogy,1985,6.7,Compilation,,,The Temple of Apshai Trilogy includes updated graphical versions of three classic Apshai games:
296,Traffic Department 2192,T.D. 2192,1994,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Traffic Department 2192 is a top-down shooter focused around an original sci-fi storyline and dialogues, combined with fierce action sequences. You are Lt. Velasquez, a pilot in the Seche Traffic Department, an organization which now serves as the people's army in repelling the invading Vultures. Velasquez has a personal grudge against the Vultures because, when she was a small child, they destroyed her father's hoverskid as he was returning from a long mission. The game progresses through a complex storyline with many twists and turns with well-rounded action sequences in the middle. The game comprises three distinct episodes. Episode Alpha was initially released as shareware, though it was later released commercially, with the remaining episodes being available for purchase."
297,Privateer 2: The Darkening,,1996,7.6,"Action, Simulation",,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","Privateer 2: The Darkening is a follow-up to Wing Commander: Privateer The player takes control of Ser Lev Arris, who is searching to regain his identity and memory. Like its predecessors, the game combines space combat simulation with exploration and trading. Along the way, the player can trade commodities, go on missions, attack strange mutants, rescue damsels in distress, meet weird characters, and visit unusual planets. It is possible to hire wingmen and cargo ships, as well as upgrade the current ship or buy new ones. Live-action movies advance the story."
298,Venus the Flytrap,,1990,7.1,Action,Shooter,Post-apocalyptic,"After humanity destroys the earth through over-population and excess pollution, it becomes essential to send a robotic fly through to clean it up. You take control of the fly, shooting out the mutated creatures and plants. You must get through 8 worlds, including Frozen Wastes, Caverns and Death Valley. Most sentient creatures release a ball when killed; shoot this to release one of many features such as enhanced weaponry, faster movement, an extra life, or negative ones like losing a life or having your controls reversed. As the game progresses the levels become more intricate and platform-based."
299,Universe 3,"Omnitrend's Universe 3, Universe III",1989,6.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Unlike the first two games in the series, which fell into the roleplaying and resource-management category, Universe 3 poses true logic-based puzzles for you to solve. Your characters move about in much the same way as their counterparts in Breach Omnitrend's tactical combat RPG. You set out to escort a diplomat on a trip to the hyperspace booster (a key element of Universe 2 ) to investigate the disappearance of shipments from Earth to this remote corner of the star map. The story takes a quick twist when you and your crew are captured, forcing you to rack up some criminal charges during your escape. You'll spend the rest of your time looking for evidence about the missing shipments, which will clear you of the charges as well as wrap up the mystery."
330,Toxic Crusaders,,1992,5.9,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The alien race of Smogulans, led by Czar Zoster, is invading the Earth, namely the town of Tromaville. The only force that can stop the invasion are the Toxic Crusaders. Toxic Crusaders for Genesis, based on the animated TV series, is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up. The player can choose to play as either Toxie, NoZone or Junkyard, with no actual difference for the gameplay, which consists of running around beating aliens with melee or distance attacks and sometimes jumping over or evading deadly gaps or pools of water. As the action moves from the streets of Tromaville through the Toxic Park, Smogulan space ship and other locations, leading up to the palace of Czar Zoster on Smogula planet, the traps get progressively harder to avoid. In certain levels the protagonist can use a motorized skateboard, helicopter or a motor boat. There are a number of power-ups to be found, including limited invincibility and speed-up."
332,Gunbird 2,Gunbird 2 for Nintendo Switch,1998,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Gunbird 2 is the sequel to the arcade sleeper Gunbird Take flight as one of seven crazy characters as you battle the Queen Pirates in search of the world's biggest treasure hoard! This Dreamcast version features a guest appearance by Capcom's Morrigan Aenslaed as a playable character, who never appeared in the arcade version."
334,Nightmare Creatures,,1997,7.3,Action,,Fantasy,"Adam Crowley, a once-respected scientist, now turned to black magic, has released a demonic contagion onto the streets of 1834 London. Based on the long-lost work of the Brotherhood of Hecate, it mutates its victim's bodies into grotesque nightmare creatures, and changes their minds into those of murderous brutes. When Dr. Jean F. began investigating, he was murdered. Now, as either his friend Ignatius Blackward, a priest and expert on the occult, or his daughter Nadia, a biologist and gymnast, fight against the creatures that roam the streets of London, the revived Brotherhood of Hectate, and the man behind it all, Adam Crowley. Gameplay is 3rd-person action, with an emphasis on melee combat. Ignatius and Nadia have different fighting styles and special moves. To keep things moving, an adrenaline meter depletes, killing the hero if it ever runs out. Kill monsters to top it up again. Gather special items to use on enemies, or just kill them using basic weapons."
335,Rugby,"EA Sports Rugby, Rugby 2001",2000,7.1,Sports,,,"As the first Rugby title on the PlayStation 2, EA Sports Rugby is a full on simulation of the sport (played mainly in Europe, Australasia and Africa). All of the major nations of rugby are represented, including Australia (the current World Cup champions), New Zealand, England, France and South Africa. The game is also fully licensed with every player of every team rendered into the game. There are many trophies to be won, here's a quick run down:"
336,Elvira: The Arcade Game,,1991,6.6,Action,Platform,,"A platform game starring the well-known Mistress of the dark popularized by Horror Soft's RPGs, Elvira: The Arcade Game consists of two selectable worlds: fire and ice. After completing them, the player gets access to the third one - the castle. All the levels are huge and have much in common. There are many weapons and power-ups that Elvira can pick up. Elvira will have to kill many different enemies."
347,No Fear Downhill Mountain Bike Racing,No Fear Downhill Mountain Biking,1999,7.1,"Racing / Driving, Sports",,,No Fear Downhill Mountain Biking is the first dedicated video game of the sport downhill mountain biking. Compete in eleven locations all over the world against computer opponents or against a friend. Upgrade your bike in the shop between the races.
350,I-War,,1995,5.6,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The giant supercomputer that controls the world's information has been infected with viruses. You must enter the virtual world known as the I-Way, and clear them out with your anti-virus tank. I-War is a 3D virtual reality tank game. In each of the 21 levels, you must find all the data pods and make your way to the exit. Enemy tanks, turrets, and bombers stand in your way, as well as occasional traps or locked doors controlled by hidden switches. Levels are divided into simple, enclosed rooms, linearly connected by one-way teleporters. You can select a fast, medium, or heavy tank at the beginning of the game, with its abilities reflected in the strength of its guns or the amount of punishment it can absorb. Throughout the game, you will also find weapon power-ups and tank upgrades (such as shields, radar, and auto-targeting) to help you stay effective against the increasing numbers of enemy defenders. You can save your progress to the cart at the end of each level. Between levels are bonus rounds where you pilot your tank through a corridor and try to collect a set percentage of data pods. Meeting that percentage earns you an extra life."
353,Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers,"Disney's Donald Duck: ""Qu@ck Att@ck""?*!",2000,7.6,Action,Platform,,"Released in conjunction with 3D versions on consoles Donald Duck's adventure on the Game Boy Color is a traditional side-scrolling platformer. The evil magician Merlock has kidnapped Duckburg Times reporter Daisy Duck. Donald Duck turns to Gyro Gearloose for help, who suggests using his latest invention: a powerful teleporter. Unfortunately, Merlock learns of their plans and steals the blueprints to the device. Now Gyro uses the unfinished machine to teleport Donald to various locations, where he is to find the parts of the blueprints, so he may confront Merlock and rescue Daisy. Donald has to face four different worlds, including the forests near Duckie Mountain, the rooftops of Duckburg, and a haunted house. His abilities include jumping on top of enemies to defeat or stun them and double-jumping in mid-air to get to hard-to-reach places. Donald can only take one hit from an enemy (which puts him in a visibly grumpy mood), a second one means losing a life and having to start over the level. Goodies to be collected include various orbs that gain extra lives, restore Donald's health or put him into Hyper mode. In this mode, he can simply run over enemies to defeat them and also break down barriers to get to new locations."
363,Checkmate,Chess Champion 2175,1990,7.3,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"Checkmate (or Chess Champion 2175 ) is the successor of Chess Player 2150 Most basic options and displaying are the same like in the predecessor. Improvements are done in the strength of the chess engine (the authors claim over 2000 ELO for the program), the usage of extra RAM for additional deep searching, a bigger opening library, the possibility to extend the opening library by the user and some improvements to the user interface. Otherwise this is a traditional full-featured chess game with all of the standard chess features. Difficulty is chosen by selecting one of four levels and then assigning a time limit for the computer to choose a move. The idea is to allow infinite degrees of difficulty. The board is rendered in 3D, and the player is able to rotate the board through any angle. The game offers options to rate the approximately ELO rating of the player by showing different board situations and judging the user's solutions. This can also be used to judge the ranking of the program. During play, the program can give you tips, you can change the sides or force the computer to stop thinking and take the best move found until then."
365,Action Man: Raid on Island X,Action Man : Raid sur l'Ile du Docteur X,1999,5.3,Action,Shooter,,"Action Man was originally a popular toy action figure, the U.K.'s version of G.I. Joe before becoming a more generic action/extreme sports hero on a 3D animated television show. The goal of this kid's action-adventure game is to raid your arch nemesis Dr. X’s island, rescue your sidekick who has been kidnapped and prevent Dr. X from destroying the world by polluting the environment and doing terrible experiments on plants and animals. You start in your base and create your own hero choosing different faces, shirts, pants, etc. Training missions will improve your skills on a firing range, bungee jumping, scuba diving, taking photographs, and street luge. Then other areas will open up and Action Man will journey through varied locales such as urban cities, tropical forests, and the frozen arctic. You'll swim, jump, and climb your way through levels battling criminals and avoiding dangers of all sorts. From your secret headquarters, you can use the monitor to see a map and choose which adventure you want to play. You can access various equipment, weapons and tools. Other features include a print function giving hard copies of colourful maps, missions, stickers and secret documents."
366,Bobsleigh,,1987,6.8,"Action, Sports","Arcade, Managerial / business simulation",,"Ever wanted to go to the Winter Olympics? If you've always wanted to operate a bobsleigh team and even participate in the races, then this is the game for you. The game starts off with the management side of things including training the team, buying equipment, and keeping those finances from the red. If you go bankrupt then it's game over. Going bankrupt can happen from spending too much money, crashing, or poor finishes. When you start the race or season then it's time to start racing. The game is viewed from inside the bob behind the driver and brakeman. You steer the bob left and right (gravity controls the speed) as you watch the track hurtling towards you. You can see your speed and times as well. Do well and you receive more money. This can go towards more training and better equipment. Good luck for the season and hopefully you can get to the Olympics. Your gonna need all the luck in the world."
368,Spherical,,1989,7.3,"Action, Puzzle","Arcade, Platform",,"Solomon's Key is a clear conceptual influence for this action puzzler. Our hero must guide a ball through a level to the spot marked 'In', by creating and removing blocks to alter its path. The game is prevented from being a pure clone due to the ball, which moves automatically once activated, and can be controlled by using strategically-placed blocks. Simply reaching the ball usually involves modifying the level layout using these bricks. There are enemies moving on fixed paths which must be avoided, and bonus items to collect. Also watch for bonuses such as invincibility, gravity-alteration and teleporting. You take time to rotate, so the controls aren't truly immediate. The ball takes 20 seconds to start moving, so use this time to plan ahead."
374,Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master,"3D Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master, Shinobi 3, The Super Shinobi 2",1993,8.4,Action,Platform,,"This is the sequel to The Revenge of Shinobi and the last installment of the series on the Genesis/Mega Drive. After defeating the Neo Zeed organization, the ninja Joe Musashi returns to Japan to recover from the battle. But while he's training, he senses that the Neo Zeed leaders are secretly rebuilding the organization, so he make his way back to defeat them once again The gameplay is very similar to the previous game, a side scrolling game with platform elements. Musashi uses kunai (throwing knives) and a sword as weapons and can upgrade their power by picking up power-ups inside crates. Inside those crates he will also find extra lives, health, kunai (5 or 20), ninjitsu, and time bombs that will explode in 5 seconds or immediately if touched. As in the previous game, he can jump or double jump, and while double jumping he can throw a burst of kunai in several directions. However, this game adds new movements to Musashi's repertoire: he can block enemy projectiles after shooting a kunai, he can drop-kick enemies while jumping (after which he will bounce, allowing for connecting more drop kicks), he can dash and slash enemies with his sword, and he can perform wall jumps (or kabekeri). Besides the physical attacks, four ninjitsu are available: Ikazuchi (temporary invincibility), Kariu (whole screen fire attack), Fushin (higher jumps) and Mijin (self-destruction that costs one life but deals high damage to all enemies on screen). The game is divided seven rounds, each subdivided in 2 parts with a boss at the end of each part (except for the last round, with only one final boss). Most levels feature horizontal scrolling from left to right, but some levels will also feature vertical scrolling. There are three forced scrolling levels: two horizontal (one in which Musashi rides a horse, one where he rides a surfboard) and one vertical (where he must keep climbing falling rocks). While most levels are straightforward (go from left to right and find the exit), many will feature hidden items in less obvious paths, and one entire part of a round is a maze divided in several smaller sections separated by doors; entering the wrong door leads you back to a previous section. The game features four difficulty levels. In normal difficulty, the player has 3 lives and 3 continues. The game rewards the player for different playing styles. Beating a level without using kunai or ninjitsu, for instance, grants extra points. An extra life is gained for each 50.000 points scored."
375,Scooby-Doo Mystery,,1995,6.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"This version is different from it's Genesis counterpart While the gameplay is similar (exploring levels to collect clues and solve the mystery), there are four different episodes for this version. While visiting the Drabwell Ranch, ghost's interrupt the festivities and the gang must find out who is behind the hauntings and why. Another adventure takes the gang to Deadman's Cove where a ghostly pirate has been scaring off tourists and it is up to Scooby and the Gang to bring it to a halt. The other two mysteries take place at a fun fair and a haunted mansion. Players can use Scooby's unique sniffing ability to find clues. Scooby also consume Scooby Snacks to reduce the fright meter. Additionally there are a series of mini-games that player can participate in such as ""Wac-A-Monster"" or ""Make a Scooby Sandwich"". The graphics are faithfully recreated to resemble the long-running Hanna Barbara series."
376,New Rally-X,Arcade Archives: New Rally-X,1981,5.7,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"New Rally-X is a sequel to Rally-X Offering a easier experience than the original (for example you only get chased by one car, instead of three on the first level), the player again controls a blue racing car in a maze using a top-down perspective. While avoiding red enemy cars and rocks in Pac-Man fashion, there are flags to collect in each stage, with an increasing number of points per flag as a reward. When chased, the car can leave behind smoke to confuse opponents. Only a limited amount of fuel is available, which is consumed with time, and leaving behind smoke also depletes the meter. There is a lucky flag that awards points for your remaining fuel and a special flag to double the points of all remaining flags. This remake features new courses, adjustments to enemy cars, new graphics and new background music."
383,Intelligent Qube,"I.Q., I.Q: Intelligent Qube, Kurushi",1997,7.3,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Put your brain to work! A squadron of Qubes are coming at you, and if you're not quick enough to get rid of them, you're toast! Capture them, contain them, and confine them...score points for capturing big groups of Qubes! Just don't touch the black Qubes, because...well...you're dead if you do. And the rules are very simple. If you lose, you die. So you know what to do, right? That's right...don't die."
391,Ram It,,1983,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"The player takes on the role of the Ramroid, which is on a track in the center of the screen. The Ramroid can fire to the left and right. On both sides are colored bars that begin to randomly advance towards the center. The player must shoot these bars to drive them back, preferably off the screen. If a bar starts flashing, it is a bonus bar and shooting it gets the player larger points as well as clearing it from the screen completely. Be warned, though, that sometimes the bar will reappear on the opposite side of the screen. A round ends when one of the following occurs:1. The player cleared all the colored bars from the screen. 2. The timer at the bottom, which starts at five thousand, reaches zero. 3. The colored bars have blocked off part of the screen and the player cleared the rods where they still can. After three rounds, the game is over."
398,Out of this World,,1987,6.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are a test pilot of the experimental RP2-16 fighter and while flying the ship, strange flashing lights appear and before you knew it, you were flying over a strange world. Your mission now is to fly over eight levels blasting as many aliens as you can to escape this strange world. The game is a horizontal side view scrolling game that scrolls to the left or the right. You must shoot waves of aliens and when you have shot enough then an E floats around and when collected you move to the next level. Touch an alien ship and you lose one of six lives. As you shoot the aliens some will drop a disc and these go towards better weapons, collect enough of the same colour and you can fire the better weapon for a limited time. Between each level is an interval where you must blast or avoid objects flying towards you for a period of time and if you survive you move to the next level."
400,Donkey Kong Land,Super Donkey Kong GB,1995,7.6,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"In a modification of Donkey Kong Country Donkey Kong teams up with his buddy Diddy for new adventures and gorilla antics. Facing high-flying pigs, killer bees, and reptilian Kremlings, the simian duo swings back into action on the Game Boy. The two Kongs each have similar abilities when compared to the SNES game. This game isn't exactly a remake of DKC; for instance, there are new levels and enemies, and Candy Kong does not save your game: instead you must collect all four Kong letters."
401,Harvest Moon 2 GBC,Bokujō Monogatari GB2,1999,7.7,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Harvest Moon 2 GBC is a farming simulation game and the sequel to Harvest Moon GB The mayor gives the player a free farm. However, the player must become a successful farmer, as the mayor will come to check on the player at the end of the year. If the farm is successful, he allows the play to keep farming a few more years. If not, he gives the player a second chance, because if they don't get their act together, he'll reclaim the land and develop it into an amusement park. The player chooses to play as either a boy or a girl, and then chooses if they want a dog or a cat as a pet (the pet choice slightly effects gameplay). The dog keeps other dogs from invading your farm at night, and the cat will occasionally bring items to the player's house. Livestock includes cows (for milk), chickens (for eggs) and sheep (for wool). A horse may also be eventually obtained for riding and work. The player's income primarily comes from crops. They are raised from seeds and must be watered every day until the harvest. The player can then sell them. Sometimes plants will produce more than one harvest. Crops can be grown all year long, but a greenhouse must be built in order to grow flowers and herbs during all seasons. Tools can be used to help with work, and include axes, hoes, hammers, watering cans, sickles, fishing rods, pickaxes and umbrellas. Unlike the previous game, there is no dating/romance feature."
405,Summer Challenge,Summer Olympiad,1988,7.1,"Action, Sports",Platform,,"Five events are on offer in this Olympics-style sports game. These can be played individually or as part of a complete tournament, with the chance to choose your nationality first. The events are Hurdles, Triple Jump, Skeet Shooting, Diving and Fencing. Each event's control system involves rotating the joystick and pressing fire at the correct moments. The Fencing is viewed isometrically, and the skeet shooting from a 3D view positioned behind the competitor, which typify the unusual approaches taken to the events, rather than filling the game with 10 or more generic by-the-numbers offerings."
406,Bermuda Triangle,,1982,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Bermuda Triangle is a side scrolling action game for one or two players. You are the pilot of a mini-sub exploring the waters in the Bermuda Triangle. Your goal is to earn as many points as possible by collecting treasures and destroying the various enemies you'll encounter. Your mini-sub is equipped with a tractor beam which can be used to collect treasures found along the bottom of the ocean; when you successfully retrieve a treasure, you will then need to carry it safely up to the research vessel on the surface. Your mini-sub is also equipped with lasers which can be used to destroy the many dangers you'll encounter, including giant squids, man-eating sharks, mines, bombs, enemy ships, and more. The game ends when all of your mini-subs have been destroyed, and there are multiple skill levels available."
407,ShockWave,,1990,7.1,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"ShockWave is an action game with strategy elements. The player is in control over a big prison complex which is basically a middle-sized country. Unfortunately alien forces attack which have to be repelled, more exactly ten attack waves of increasing strength. The game plays out in two phases: strategy and action. The strategy is played on a turn-based map on which the four parts of the colony are shown: the mountains with mines produces money, the sea with oil rigs produces fuel, the jungle with army units slows down the enemy and the desert with factories produces weapon upgrades. With the money earned in the mines, the player can build additional buildings in the colony zones which in turn become more effective in their production. After every turn the aliens proceed their invasion: the productivity of a sector is reduced according to how much percent is occupied by the enemy. In each round, the player can personally start a counter-attack in one of the four zones. After choosing the weapons, a certain amount of alien ships have to be killed before the fuel (basically a time limit) runs out. It is important to watch the shield level which is lowered when getting hit by enemies or crashing into the environment: one death is an instant game over. Occasionally the player can also participate in secret missions in which a drone equipped with explosives has to be directed through an obstacle course (the goal is an enemy base). The action sequences are shown in third-person perspective (the camera is directly behind the ship) and are completely controlled with the mouse cursor which both controls where the gun targets and where the space ship steers. There also is a time of day (morning, afternoon, evening and night) which changes the graphics during the action sequences. The time of day shifts when ending a round."
408,Lode Runner: The Legend Returns,,1994,7.5,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,,"A resurrection of the original classic platform game with a number of updates such as one and two player options, detailed graphics, character moves, a level editor, and music with sound effects. Besides running from some red-toga wearing ""Mad Monks"" that eat you (like in the ""Beast Master"" movie) if they catch you, you have a few things on hand to use: small bombs, big bombs (nothing will reappear when they destroy something), a drill (for stone floors), booby-traps, and a few other things up your sleeve."
410,Cyberwar,,1994,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,Cyberwar is based on the movie The Lawnmower Man and is set after its ending. The player takes the role of Dr. Lawrence Angelo who once again has to defeat the corrupted Jobe. Gameplay is similar to its predecessor and consists of several mini games which are all based on the movie's virtual reality segments. Pre-rendered movies are streamed from the disc and require the player to press left or right at the appropriate second. There are also some puzzles like entering a code.
412,X2: No Relief,,1996,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"X2: No Relief is the sequel to Project-X for up to two players. Like its predecessor, it's a horizontal (and sometimes vertical) scrolling shoot em up. The manual instructs the player that this game doesn't need a story, and they should simply get rid of the attacking aliens. To do so, the player has a choice between three types of space ship, each of them differs in terms of firepower and speed. The game has two different difficulty modes and a password system to resume the fight for the first five levels. During gameplay, the player has the possibility to pick up a wide variety of power-ups for their ship. Next to the main gun, side weapons and anti-gravity orbs with their own firepower can be obtained as well as mega-bombs, among other things. The game is over once all lives or continues are used up. The player is then taken to a high-score screen to enter their initials."
413,Mike Tyson Boxing,Prince Naseem Boxing,2000,6.1,Sports,,,"Based around the boxer Prince Naseem Hamed, Prince Naseem Boxing features three different game types: Showcase takes place in 16 international locations, where the player faces each of the boxers in a world tournament league, winning a match against one unlocks another opponent to face. Versus mode allows you to play head-to-head against human or computer opponents. World Game features 90 boxers and is career-based, the long-term objective being to manage a chosen boxer through a successful career. A practice option is also included set in Naz's personal training gym where you must learn various boxing skills, including defence, movement, punches and dodging and blocking."
414,Death Trap,,1990,6.8,Action,Platform,Fantasy,Death Trap is a side-scrolling platform game with light puzzle-solving elements that usually don't go further than finding levers to get through to the next part of the map. The theme of the game is medieval fantasy and it takes place in a castle (divide into five levels) which is where the trap in the title comes from. The trap has been set up by the magician king Shankriya and has been existing for five centuries. It's the players job to make things right again. The game has a wide variety of enemies from ghosts to fireball throwing magicians. Defeating some enemies gives the player the player a flask with some liquid that can be converted into spells and such.
420,SubSpace,"Continuum, Subspace Continuum",1997,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Choose from 8 ships, each with different handling and weaponry characteristics. Fly with up to 250 other players simultaneously, fighting for points, a good win/loss ratio, and the respect of your peers. Subspace is divided into ""Zones"" which provide different game types. You can join in on these games at any time. Some zones run ""Capture the Flag"" style games, others ""Soccer"" style, where players must compete over a ball, with their object to reach 10 goals for their team first. The most popular variant, however, is ""Chaos"", where literally anything goes. Kill or be killed. Offering unique multiplayer gaming based on a beautifully simple game concept, Subspace incorporates the best elements of online gaming into one package. A variety of different game styles, team or solo play, IRC-style chat, and infinite re-playability are only some of its many virtues. What started as a project to test the viability of a massive multiplayer environment with commercial backing quickly became one of the most entertaining and popular multiplayer games available."
422,Olympic Soccer,Olympic Soccer 1996,1996,7.1,Sports,,,"While the soccer tournament is often downplayed not only inside the Olympic movement but also by the soccer-following community, in 1996, by the occasion of the Games of the XXVI Olympiad in Atlanta, US Gold decided to release a game representing the tournament. The player can choose one of the 33 teams, and participate in exhibition matches, arcade (a 32-team cup knockout), Olympic (the 16 team tournament mimicking the actual tournament), or play on an all-versus-all league (from 3 to 16 teams). The games feature the usual options found in contemporary games, such as match length and draw rules, as well as define several weather patterns from wind to the bumpiness of the grass. All 5 stadiums used in the actual Olympics are present."
424,The Standing Stones,The Standing Stones And What Lies Beneath,1983,6.8,"Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Kormath has stolen The Holy Grail and Excalibur from Merlin and Merlin has promised a great reward for anyone who can go to Kormath's dungeon underneath The Standing Stones and retrieve his items. You are a Knight and you have decided to go dungeon exploring and treasure hunting for Merlin. Lancelot will come along but can only help occasionally. The Standing Stones is a 3D maze game with small elements of RPG and has you viewing the dungeon and surrounding areas from a 1st person perspective. Before you start your exploration you are given random values to five traits, Virility, Intellect, Holiness, Agility and Initial Hits. If you don't like these values then you can get another set of random values. After entering your name it's time to start your adventure. Using the keyboard you can move around the dungeon in stages and turn 90 degrees. You will encounter treasure and chests and these can be opened, ignored or opened carefully. Scattered around the dungeon are Kormath's minions and you can either bribe, greet or fight them if you can't evade them. Combat is just random with no skill, just luck on your side. Lancelot will appear occasionally to aid you. You are able to use magic and potions and these are also scattered around the dungeon to be found and you can rest and drop objects you don't require. You only have one life but you have the ability to save your game. The Dungeon Master option is just Disk cleaning."
425,Armada,,1999,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Ten millennia after the initial wave of colonization of the universe, humans have developed into distinct races adapting to their newfound homes. While there is peace between the races, there is no sense of unity. This all changes when, without warning, a bio-mechanical Armada wages war on the whole of humanity. Now as a starship captain representing one of the six main races of humanity, your charge is to take the fight to the Armada and save humanity. Gameplay consists of commanding a starship as you explore the universe, taking out Armada opposition where you see it. Along the way you can take missions and answer calls for help which will provide you with valuable experience and credits to upgrade your ship. In this way, you can build your strength until you are ready to take on the Armada full force in an attempt to end the threat once and for all."
427,Baal,,1988,7.0,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Baal is a monster who has stolen a war machine. As the leader of the ""Time Warriors"", you must destroy his minions, collect the war machine pieces (they flash yellow), and destroy Baal. You can use a joystick or a keyboard."
436,Allied General,"Panzer General II, Panzer General II: Allied General",1995,7.6,Strategy / tactics,"Turn-based strategy (TBS), Wargame","Africa, Europe, Historical events, Middle East, World War II","Allied General is the sequel to Panzer General and uses the same turn-based gameplay mechanics. This time the player experiences World War II from the Allied point of view during two British, one U.S. and one Russian campaign. The settings are Europe, Russia and Northern Africa. The most important thing to have are prestige points. These are earned by solving scenarios (more for less amount of turns used) and used to buy replacement units. But this is not the only reason to be concerned about the detailed mission results: surviving units are transferred to the next mission and receive experience points. The campaign is also not completely linear, and the next mission depends on the result of the last - this means a lost scenario does not necessarily result in a game over, and a scarce victory can have devastating results. Of course a great victory has positive effects on the next missions. Every turn the player plans the actions of his units and tries to defeat his enemy. The complexity of the game mostly comes from the many different units and weapons - everything has their use and weaknesses. It is vital to use the resources in the correct order and combination. There are also other factors to think about, e.g. fuel. Allied General tries to be player friendly by giving feedback during turns, e.g. by showing the probable combat result before the player issues the attack. He can also undo a turn as long as no new enemy units are scouted. Other extras are historical film material and optional combat animations."
444,Rampage Through Time,,2000,4.7,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Rampage was a simple arcade game. There were three monsters and one goal: Smash stuff. Rampage Through Time the fourth installment, is played in a similar fashion to the previous games with a few new features. As the title implies, Rampage Through Time adds a time-travel element. Your oversized mutants travel to time periods such as the Old West and Medieval times, as well as other, more general historical periods, like ""war zone,"" ""alien,"" and ""gangster."""
447,Alien,Alienigena,1982,6.3,Action,,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","In this game based, loosely, on the movie of the same name, you have to move through a maze (the halls of your ship in the manual), ala Pac-Man collecting dots (destroying alien eggs). If you collect the power dot (pulsar), you can kill any of the three aliens, for a short time. There are only three enemies in the maze at a time, there is a bonus item at times and only one power dot (pulsar) at a time. When you grab the pulsar, it will next appear in one of two other spots. After you clear one level, you get a bonus game. You have to move up the screen to the prize at the top past several aliens, reminiscent of Freeway You do not lose a man if you fail, but you only have eight seconds to do it then you are off to the next, harder level."
450,Trick Shot,,1982,6.0,Sports,,,"Trick Shot is a pool game for one or two players. You can choose to play pool (first player to 25 points wins), billiards (first player to 50 points wins), trickshot (attempt to earn points by sinking all of the balls on the table in a single shot), or trickshot practice game variations. During the game you use the joystick to control a cursor which aims the cue ball. By holding down the button you control the amount of power in a shot (the longer you hold down the button, the more power the cue ball is hit with). You may also apply some ""English"" (spin) by moving the joystick while hitting the cue ball. At the end of the game a trophy will appear on screen to indicate who the winner is!"
451,Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters,Kid Icarus: Von Mythen und Monstern,1991,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"An evil force is threatening to invade the Angel Land. Palutena, the ruler-goddess, sends a warrior named Pit on a quest to prepare for the upcoming attack. Pit must find three ancient treasures and face down the evil force. Kid Icarus: Of Mythis and Monsters is the Game Boy version of one of Nintendo's classic side scrolling platform/adventure games. Throughout the levels Pit will collect hearts, upgrade his strength, collect treasures, and learn to fly."
453,Thunder Force,,1983,7.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Thunder Force is a free-scrolling top-down shooter, and the first title in what would become Tecnosoft's best-known franchise. Control a lone fighter ship, destroying enemies, weapons, and bases of the evil alien Orn Empire. The player's ship can shoot both air and land targets, and there are many targets of both types to destroy. The goal of each stage is to destroy all of the shield bases, enter the area base, and destroy the core. After shooting the core, the player moves on to the next stage to destroy more bases."
462,Mega-Apocalypse,,1987,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"It is a very strange universe really - isn't it? All those millions of planets and moons and stars and comets swirling about in the vastness of space. Imagine what fun it would be to explore - to boldly go where no boldly goer had boldly gone before - unless they happened to live there. Latest research from the Institute of Advanced Research (I.A.R.) indicated that there are quite a lot of planets with things living on them. Some of these things are pretty intelligent, like us, really. Other of these things are really stupid, like whelks, for example. Anyway, to cut a long story short, you have been selected to explore the universe, boldly seeking out strange and exciting new worlds. If you find any, your instructions are quite clear. BLAST THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF THEM!!"
463,Super Godzilla,Chō Godzilla,1993,5.8,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Super Godzilla is a 16-bit Godzilla game where the player can take control of Toho's famous big green lizard as they rampage through Japan. The game is divided into two main gameplay modes, Movement and Battle. Movement has the player travel through the city using the D-pad and a map located on the bottom of the screen with the objective being to destroy certain objectives such as enemy humans and buildings as well as pick up power-ups. There is an animation in the screen above the map that shows the results of their movements and attacks. Battle mode kicks in when the player locates an enemy on the map, like Biollante or Mechagodzilla, and is taken to a side-scrolling cinematic-style battle where the player must use punches, tail whips and the famous fire breath to drain the energy of the opposing monster. However, the Fighting Spirit system is present which is in a sense a morality meter where the player must pick the right attacks at the right time in order to connect certain attacks. Choosing the wrong attacks or failing to connect with them will cause the meter to drop and make Godzilla more vulnerable to attack."
465,Last Action Hero,,1994,4.0,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"The Amiga game based on the 1993 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Last Action Hero is a side-scrolling brawler in the vein of Double Dragon or Final Fight The player controls action hero Jack Slater through five levels, including the streets, a warehouse, Slater's home and more. He must beat up a number of thugs with a variety of punches and kicks, a somersault, or a knee to the groin, all while slowly moving to the end of the level. Up to four goons will attack at the same time. In the later levels, some are armed with guns. At the end of each level a boss fight against a more powerful villain follows. These include the main antagonists from the movie like Benedict and Slater's arch enemy the Ripper, but also some characters thought up for the game only. Most of them don't play fair and will have some regular thugs coming to their aid. Slater starts the game with a limited number of lives, which can be increased by picking up golden movie tickets lying about in trash cans or other containers. Sound-wise the game features a sample of Arnold's famous one-liner ""I'll be back"" and guitar-heavy rock tracks as music."
474,War Along the Mohawk,"Fields Of Fire: Déterrez la Hache de Guerre, Fields of Fire: War Along the Mohawk, Killing Fields at Mohawk",1998,5.8,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,,"War Along the Mohawk is a real time tactics game with RPG elements. The game takes place in 1757 when France and England are fighting in the American northeast. At the start of the game you can choose a character to play. Your character can learn new skills throughout the game. When he dies the game is over. Between missions you spend your time at your fort, where you might have to fend of Native Americans or wild animals (of which pelts can be sold) at times, but mostly you'll decide on strategic options such as recruiting more men. You can play through a wide array of missions which have objectives such as: ambush the enemy, take out an enemy canon, and so forth."
483,Moonfall,,1991,6.4,Action,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Moonfall is set on the moon Frontier Alfa which was once colonized by human settlers. Unfortunately they were enslaved by an alien race later. After even more time passes, the player arrives on this moon. He does not become a slave, however, but receives a trading license. The big goal of the game is to earn enough money to buy every base, factory, station and plant in order to free humanity. Similar to Elite this is a mix between a trading and an action game. The player travels over the moon, visits the settlements and buys/sells one of the 18 different goods. Of course it is important to know where which product is needed in order to receive a good profit. This should not just be saved but also reinvested into weapon upgrades (additionally to the starting laser shot, homing missiles and mines) to survive space pirate attacks. The player may also choose to go into the pirate business and attack freighters. The ship has a high-speed travel motor to speed up the traveling time between settlements after choosing them on the navigation computer. There are also some missions to do."
488,Fernandez Must Die,,1988,6.6,Action,Shooter,,"In the distant jungles of Central America, revolution is in the air. The government of the Democratic Republic of El Diablo has been brutally overthrown and the evil despot known only as Fernandez rules the land. Summoned by the exiled leaders of your homeland, you must free your people from the oppressive yoke of the Dictator by destroying the military bases that have protected Fernandez from the wrath of his people. Source: Back of Box/Print ad"
496,This Means War!,,1995,6.4,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","A post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game set in a world where a virus has destroyed nearly all computer technology and armies fight over the land and the technology on it. You work for the UN as its primary strategist and encounter such enemies as a religious nut, a Crocodile Dundee rip-off, and a spoiled countess."
499,Desert Commander,Sabaku no Kitsune: Sensha Senryaku,1988,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),"Historical events, World War II","Somewhere in a nameless desert, two opposing nameless armies take to the battlefield to destroy the other. Through the strategy of their commanders and the diversity of their units, each side seeks to gain the advantage over the other. There are 5 campaigns total and can be played either VS the computer or a second player. The game is is a top-view turn-based strategy games with animated battle sequences between units. Each unit can move a certain value across the battlefield on different types of terrain and must keep track of it's ammunition and fuel consumption. Towns are scattered around the map for resupply and other special icons (Position, Oasis, Airfield) confer other special advantages. Players may choose any combination of choices of 2 types of air units and 2 styles of cannon, 4 types of land vehicles and an infantry unit to customize their specific strategy. The side that loses their Headquarters unit first loses."
504,Zork: Grand Inquisitor,Zork: Der Großinquisitor,1997,7.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Magic is banned in the Great Underground Empire, and the Grand Inquisitor Yannick (with the kind help of Frobozz Electric) has a stranglehold on the world of Zork, establishing a totalitarian regime. According to his own words, the goal of the new state is to ""shun magic, shun the appearance of magic, shun everything, and then shun shunning."" Any opposing forces will be ""totemized"", which is apparently a rather unpleasant procedure. The player character in the game is just that - the player character: Ageless, Faceless, Gender-Neutral, Culturally-Ambiguous Adventure Person (abbreviated AFGNCAAP), as the politically correct designation by the Dungeon Master Dalboz defines him/her (it?). Naturally, it is the hero's duty to save the world by collecting a Cube of Foundation, the Skull of Yoruk, and the Coconut of Quendor, so that magic can return to the land and the Grand Inquisitor falls victim to his own shunning policies. Zork: Grand Inquisitor is the third in the row of graphical Zork games. It utilizes the same engine as its predecessor with first-person perspective, 180 degree camera rotation, pre-rendered backgrounds, and live actors. Compared to the previous game, it is more similar in tone to the early, predominantly humorous Zork adventures, containing plenty of references to them. The gameplay is puzzle-oriented; most of the puzzles are inventory-based, though there are also a few that require manipulating the game's environment. Casting magical spells is an important element of the gameplay. The protagonist discovers spell scrolls and learns spells from them, which must be frequently used on objects and items to solve puzzles. The spells range from simple magic that can open locked doors to exotic variations such as ""making all purple things invisible"". The player can also cast spells backwards, in which case they will have an opposite effect; in the aforementioned examples, casting the reversed spells will lock a door or magically make an object visible, provided it was purple before that condition was inflicted upon it."
509,Men in Black: The Series 2,,2000,5.9,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Evil aliens, agent clones and monstrous bosses; just another day in the life of the MIBs. This sequel to the 1998 platform game, based on the 1997 film and subsequent cartoon series, pits the player, as either veteran agent K or his rookie partner J, against a horde of alien monsters threatening New York City and, by extension, the Earth. The player's mission will take him or her through eight different levels, ranging from a hijacked aircraft, the forest, a laboratory, MIB headquarters, an MIB safehouse, a rocket silo, Manhattan and even the Statue of Liberty. In each level, the player has to collect four pairs of MIB sunglasses before moving on. The arsenal of weaponry ranges from your standard-issue J2 blaster, rocket launchers and grenade launchers to freeze rays, homing missiles and the almighty Noisy Cricket. There are various items as well, including chemical protection suits, snowshoes, invisibility suits, and smart cards to gain access to new areas. Health packs and 1-ups are also scattered around. With this much at your disposal, the scum of the universe doesn't stand a chance."
511,Pipe Dream,Pipe Mania!!,1989,7.6,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"Each level of this abstract puzzler challenges the player to set up a network of pipes to allow an unspecified substance known as 'flooz' to flow through as many of those as possible. The pieces are offered in random order, and there are seven different types - straight lines going horizontally or vertically, corners rotating in each of the four directions, and cross-over pieces which carry the flooz straight across horizontally and vertically. Each of these can be entered from either side. When the flooz hits a gap or a piece that the previous piece can't flow into, the pipe is finished. Before the flooz starts flowing from its randomly-selected starting position, the player has several seconds to start placing pieces. They can be put down anywhere. However, a situation that can often occur is there will be a long and complex piping arrangement set up, yet a gap somewhere remains to be filled. Players are able to replace a piece with another in the same square (to make it easier to flow the flooz that way), but for a slight scoring penalty. Bonuses are awarded for looping the flooz through both sides of at least 5 cross-over pieces or passing the flooz through every square on the screen. Later levels have some squares on the grid blocked off, a few gaps in the side-wall (allowing flooz to thread to the other side of the screen). After every four levels, there is a bonus game for points, in which the player can only place the pieces in the lowest open space in each column, similarly to the board game of ""Connect 4""."
514,Motos,Arcade Archives: Motos,1985,6.4,Action,Arcade,,"In this game, you control a bumper car, and the object is to bump your opponents off the gameboard while they do the same to you, and once you have managed to bump all your opponents off the board, you move on to the next round. If you take too long to complete a round, a fireball will strike one of the tiles on the board, causing them to collapse and making it more likely that you or your opponents are killed. In some rounds, you can get power-ups that give you extra bumping powers and the ability to jump over gaps. When you jump, you can break a tile to the point where it collapses, making it easier for opponents to fall down the gap that will be left there."
519,Sub-Terrania,Subterrainia,1994,7.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Aliens have invaded a vital subterranean mining colony. Use light-speed reflexes and total concentration to fly your prototype fighter through impossible caverns rescuing miners and blast those aliens into the darkest pits of space! The game consists of 10 missions. Each mission takes place in a vast cavern, with interesting weather conditions. You must explore it and complete the mission objectives -- usually collecting sub parts, rescuing trapped miners, or destroying giant, epic bosses. You can also explore the levels, but keep an eye on your fuel gauge and beware the many hazards!"
522,Star Trek: Invasion,,2000,7.5,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"It's the end of the Dominion Wars in the year 2377. Borg ships have been detected in the Titan system and are encroaching on Klingon space. Starfleet are mobilizing a squadron to repel the attack. One of the ensigns assigned to attack is Ryan Cooper, a rookie ensign just out of Starfleet Academy. But when a new force, the Kam'Jahtae, descendants of the Klingon enemy Hur'q, attack in hopes of reclaiming the space they once had, Ensign Cooper and his crew under Lt. Commander Worf inside the USS Typhon are in a race against time to save the galaxy from invasion! In Star Trek: Invasion you play as Red Squadron ensign Ryan Cooper, and fly the new Valkyrie fighter ship through thirty missions. Up to six versions of the craft are available in the game: three training versions that are only used in two-player modes, and three ""Marks"" versions that you fly during the game. (The higher the Mark, the more powerful it is.) As you fight against the Borg, Romulans, Cardassians and a new enemy known as the Kam'Jahtae, you'll also chat with your fellow crew members, including Trek favorites Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard) and Michael Dorn (Lt. Commander Worf)."
523,Imperialism II: The Age of Exploration,"Imperialism II: Era das Explorações, Imperialismus II: Die Eroberer",1999,7.6,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,"Age of Discovery / Enlightenment, Historical events","Imperialism II: The Age of Exploration is the sequel to the world conquest game in which you control an Old World power between 1500-1850, trying to exploit the New World to support your dominance of the superpowers. The game breaks off from traditional conquest games by making political and economic pieces of the game much more important for overall victory. In addition, instead of merely trying to take over everything, you'll find yourself manipulating other nations, and abusing those lesser than you, including colonial lands. Imperialism tries, with moderate success, to historically represent the period, from units to strategic mentality. The game is entirely turn-based and features a separate tactical battle screen, where careful use of your units, ranging from cavalry to artillery, is essential. It can be played on a historic Old World setting (the New World is always random), or completely random worlds, and the campaign support single or multi-player functionality."
538,Mission X,Mission-X,1982,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Mission X is a vertically scrolling shooter played from a top down point of view. You are a pilot of a World War II plane on a mission to destroy as many enemy targets as possible. Your missions will be flown over land and sea, and can take place during the day or at night. Try to earn as many points as you can by dropping bombs on the land targets which include bridges, tanks, trains, boats, and more. The enemy will be trying their best to stop you, and will send out large numbers of tanks, anti-aircraft missiles, and planes to try to destroy you!"
546,Cyclemania,,1994,6.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"A motorcycle racing game. The concept behind this game is that all the tracks in the game are actual videotaped and digitized roads with 2D sprites serving as your biker and opponents as well as oncoming traffic and other obstacles. Includes a full screen VGA mode and a windowed SVGA mode with an overhead map taking most of the screen. Gameplay modes include single race and a tournament of sorts, where you can customize your bike by changing its tires, engine, etc. Also present are a lot of FMV scenes that play upon specific actions (like crashing)."
557,HardBall!,,1985,7.1,Sports,,,"Hardball is a baseball action game for one or two players. You can throw a variety of pitches from fast balls to curve balls, steal bases, select team members, and substitute players as the game is played."
564,The Lost Treasures of Infocom,,1991,7.7,Compilation,,,Compilation of 20 Infocom titles:
568,Ninja Commando,,1992,6.7,Action,,,"The Mars Corporation has caused a problem in the time continuum, and it's up to the Ninja Commandos to go after Spider, leader of the MC, and stop his evil work. As one of three Ninja Commandos, you must fight your opponents through different time periods, such as The Primitive Age, The Egyptian Era, and the Japanese Civil War Era. Each of the Ninja Commandos have their own specific style of attack and a special ""ninja trick"" super power. Boxes and other storage units can be broken to reveal power-ups that upgrade your weapons. The bosses are super-powered historical figures and include a dinosaur, a medieval samurai, an Egyptian pharaoh, etc. Cut-scenes occur between the different time periods."
572,World Court Tennis,Pro Tennis: World Court,1988,8.0,Sports,,,"World Court Tennis is a tennis game with a twist. The action itself features no big surprises: the players control their characters over the scrolling tennis field and try to counter balls from their opponents. It is possible to perform typical tennis actions like cross, smash or lob and the hit performance depends on the timing. However, the unique feature of this game is a story mode which takes various elements from Japanese role-playing games. The story involves an evil king who banned all tennis matches outside of membership courts. The player goes out to overthrow the king so tennis can be brought back to everyone. So the player explores a top-down world map reminiscent of Dragon Warrior explores the surrounding and fights enemies. Those fights are either random encounters or scripted boss battles and play out as regular tennis matches. The overall goal is to find all membership courts and defeat the inhabitants. Because of this, the game does not end when defeated; the player gets dragged to the king and has to pay a penalty fee. Money is the only resource and is earned by defeating enemies. It is used to buy updated equipment: shoes improve speed, rackets improve power and shirts help to evade random encounters. The game is no RPG, however, because there is no actual character development."
577,Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet,"Je bent wat je eet, 't is maar dat je 't weet, Pajama Sam: You Are What You Eat From Your Head to Your Feet, Pigiamino Sam: L'eroe della merenda, Pyjama Sam 3: Süßigkeiten kriegen Saures, Pyjama Sam : Héros du Goûter",2000,7.5,"Adventure, Educational",,,"The third game in the Pajama Sam Series, part of the Humongous' popular ""Junior Adventure"" titles designed for children ages three to eight. You're playing Sam who once again assumes the role of Pajama Sam at times when he needs facing his fears. This time you suddenly find yourself in the midst of a food squabble when you try to chase down some snickering cookies! And you are called to find the 4 missing delegates of MopTop Island's emergency peace conference that has to be made to calm the island population after the incident of the fats and the sweets. They are both forcing the healthy foods off of the island. Pajama Sam 3 takes place in front of beautifully hand-drawn interactive backgrounds where each screen has a multitude of fun things to click on like Humongous' other adventures. There are also some mini-games within the main game to catch more of the player's attention. The main mini-game is to collect 20 tops from Sam's favorite Chocamok cookie boxes so that he could get a ""Pajama Man Action Figure with Titanic Elbow Thrust""! You usually come across these boxes since they could be hidden anywhere around the island. Children are invited to learn healthful food awareness, listening and decision-making skills and other educational concepts and lessons in the game. Along their journey, they can interact more than 20 different comic-style characters, like a gentle doughnut who can help Sam find the way on the water or a professional entertainer called Mickey Hollandaise who can get the audience into hysterics with his big shoes!"
580,Gungage,,1999,6.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Gungage is a futuristic Third Person Shooter for the PlayStation. In the game, the world is threatened by strange creatures from an alternative world called Dark Moon, who want to take over the Earth. You start the game with only one character available to play with, but three more can be unlocked. Each character has its own characteristics when it comes to the size of their gun, their speed, and their size. Each character also has their own special psychic powers. The story evolves differently with the various characters, but the same levels are used. During the game, special powers have to be collected. Settings of the various levels in the game vary from deserts to laboratories. Enemies in the game vary from prehistoric looking beast to futuristic robots and tanks. Enemies can run around, pop out of the ground, fly in the air, and come out of the water. Levels are completed by confronting and defeating a giant level boss. The game can be played in easy, medium, and hard mode."
589,Mouse Trap,Mousetrap,1981,6.9,Action,Arcade,,"Mouse Trap is an arcade action game similar to Pac-Man You control a mouse in a maze; your goal is to eat all of the bits of cheese in order to score points and move on to the next maze. Wandering throughout the maze are several cats who are trying to catch you! Your mouse has the ability to temporarily turn into a dog and be able to chase the cats. To do so, however, he will need to eat the dog bones which are located throughout the maze. The maze also contains numerous doors. The mouse can move these doors to reconfigure the maze in an attempt to outsmart the cats."
592,Jazz Jackrabbit 2,,1998,7.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Jazz the jackrabbit was just about to marry his girlfriend Eva Earlong, when his arch-nemesis, the turtle Devan Shell, stole the wedding ring. To add insult to injury, Eva's hostile mother has locked Jazz and his brother Spaz in a dungeon. The two hares must escape, retrieve the precious jewel, and punish Devan for his evil deeds. Like its predecessor Jazz Jackrabbit 2 is a platform shooter. Unlike the previous installment, the sequel allows the player to control Spaz as well. Jazz retains his ability to hover in the air by using his ears, and Spaz can stomp and smash enemies. The hares use a default blaster gun with unlimited ammunition and can later acquire more powerful weapons, a few of which (e.g. a freezing gun) were not found in the first game. Coins can be found throughout the stages and then given to vendors to access bonus areas. The party mode allows up to four players to use the same computer with split-screen, or up to eight players to compete on two screens via modem. The level editor JCS (Jazz Creation Station) is also included in the game."
594,Mike Read's Computer Pop Quiz,,1988,5.5,Simulation,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read presented a pop music quiz show, which is recreated here with questions from the 50s to the 80s. You can play against the computer or another human; either way, select a specialist subject and 2 team-mate graphics (all representing white people). The overall style and presentation are very similar to Elite 's earlier A Question of Sport license. In the first round you select one of twelve random questions from the Jukebox, each of which has four options. A correct answer earns you two points, while an incorrect answer gives your opponent the chance to steal for one point. In round 2 you get three clues to name a star - you get three points for guessing from one clue, two points from two, and one point if you need all 3. In round three, choose an Easy question (from your category) for one point, or a Hard one (from someone else's) for two. Round four asks you to Guess The Year that a set of events happened in, with scoring the same as round 2. Then comes the quickfire round - answer up to nine questions in 45 seconds, with a 2-second penalty for an incorrect answer. Finally, the six remaining Jukebox pictures are revealed and answered."
599,The Slugger,World Series Baseball,1985,6.4,"Action, Sports",,,"In this early UK-developed baseball simulation, one or two player matches can be played over 3,6 or 9 innings, with 3 different computer skill levels. The rules are explained by some introductory screens, and the game is fully faithful to these. Gameplay is in an arcade/action style, so you don't need to worry about statistics for different teams or players. The main viewing area is a forced-perspective view of the field, with a small side-viewed window of the pitcher's delivery itself. When fielding, control automatically goes to the player nearest to the ball, but a point doesn't end until the pitcher has the ball back (unless it is a home run). Features include stealing bases, pitching curve balls, or customizing the colors of each team. The game has been presented with considerable glitz, with cheerleaders on screen between innings and lots of advertising boards and other slogans."
606,Crystal Caliburn,Solid State Pinball: Crystal Caliburn,1994,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Pinball",,"Crystal Caliburn is a pinball game from the makers of Solid State Pinball: Tristan and Eight Ball Deluxe You get one medieval-themed table on which to play with up to 4 players. Graphically, the game features the entire table on the left side of the screen, with the score and other info on the right side. Graphics are high-resolution and you get raised ramps and two-level glass boards, among other goodies. Controls are fully customizable and are the standard pinball ones: left, right, shoot, and different ""nudges""."
609,Xenocracy,,1998,6.0,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Xenocracy is a cross between a space combat action sim and a political strategy game. In the far future, four planetary superpowers (the Earth Dominion, the Mercury League, the Venus Alliance and the Mars Combine) are vying for control of the solar system and on the brink of all-out ""thermostellar war"". As commander of the United Planet Nations peacekeeping fighter squadron, your role is to maintain the balance and prevent cold war and localized conflicts from escalating into open interplanetary hostilities. Further complicating the matter, you must deal with pirates and a looming alien threat. As each planetary superpower launches low-intensity strikes (as opposed to open warfare) against the colonies and outposts of the other three, you are presented with the choice, via a strategic solar system map showing flaring geopolitical hotspots, of which to aid. If you aid one superpower too much at the expense of the others, as one is first tempted to do, you upset the balance and cause the war you sought to prevent. Whichever you choose, afterward you are realistically presented with complaints and political propaganda from the other three superpowers, and receive news broadcasts concerning the interplanetary geopolitical wrangling. In addition to keeping the peace, you also manage research and development of newer and more powerful technologies, which will eventually prove crucial. Several fighter and weapon types are available, and the scenery varies from asteroid belts and dust clouds to planetary surfaces. You may choose from several wingmen, each with a personal description and personality type, whom you must do your best to keep alive. Missions include such tasks as defending mine complexes from attack (or attacking them) and protecting convoys (or destroying them). The game also allows Arcade Mode, in which you simply fly missions without regard to the strategic aspects of the game, and multiplayer games of up to 8 players over TCP/IP or serial connections."
610,Anstoss,Doppelpass,1994,8.4,Compilation,,,This release includes:
616,Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone,"Double Dragon 3, Double Dragon 3: The Arcade Game, Double Dragon III: The Rosetta Stone",1990,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"The final game in the trilogy. Billy and Jimmy Lee are returning from martial arts training when their paths cross a fortune teller. She tells them of a great evil in Egypt, their strongest adversary yet, and how the Rosetta Stones can aid them. This game features weapon shops where Billy and Jimmy can buy power-ups, tricks, energy and extra lives to aid them in their quest. Power-ups make Billy and Jimmy twice their size, increasing their damage done and range of attack. The character graphics have changed, moving away from cartoon style graphics to more realistic looking characters."
640,Continental Circus,,1988,7.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"The home conversions of Continental Circus lack the full-on 3D and special glasses of the arcade version, but retain the essential gameplay structure. The first race is in Brazil and features 100 cars, and requires you to finish in the top 80 in order to qualify for the next race. As you work through the 8 races the size of the field steadily decreases, but so does the worst acceptable finishing position to qualify. The car has high and low gears, and is susceptible to damage from contact with another car. Once you hit a car or a piece of the trackside scenery you will be called into the pits - fail to make it back, or hit another car, and you will crash and lose several seconds."
652,Disney's Dinosaur,"Disney Dinosaure, Disney Dinosauri, Disney Dinosaurio, Disneys Dinosaurier",2000,5.4,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,,"Disney's Dinosaur is a role-playing game based on the movie of the same name. Three characters are controlled: Flia the pteradon, Aladar the Iguanadon and Zini the lemur, each of whom has different abilities. Flia can fly, Aladar can wade through water and crush rocks and Zini can fit through small spaces and pick things up. The game is seen from a top-down perspective, with the player switching characters on the fly. As in the movie, they must work together to reach the sacred nesting grounds for water and food after the rest of world dries up. Throughout the game, the characters' abilities are upgraded via an Intelligent Points System in an RPG-like addition. The game includes FMV clips from the movie and a dinosaur encyclopedia with information about real dinosaurs. This PlayStation version of the game features different levels and more colourful and less realistic graphics than the PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast versions."
660,Starship Titanic,Raumschiff Titanic,1998,6.4,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"It seemed like a normal day. Sit back at your computer, put in a new CD-ROM and relax... unfortunately the galaxy had other plans. Without warning, a loud crash introduces you to the Starship Titanic: The Ship That Cannot Possibly Go Wrong. As the galaxy's most most prestigious, most impressive, largest and therefore most expensive interstellar liner, the Starship Titanic should be the flying treasure of the universe. Unfortunately something has, quite obviously gone wrong, or at least gone unexpectedly. The ship's main computer, Titania, has been sabotaged and gone insane. As a result, all the artificial personalities that manage the ship are also affected. You'll need to deal with a DeskBot, a BellBot, a BarBot not to mention a sarcastic parrot, a proud elevator and a stupid bomb. Without time or consideration to any other options, you find yourself quickly shanghaied aboard the Titanic, given an cheap, economy-sized room and put in charge of fixing the puzzling situation aboard the ship. Starship Titanic is a 1st-person adventure game, described by some as a fusion of Myst if it had been conceived by Douglas Adams (author of Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy and creative force behind this game). With a basic set of navigational controls, the player must explore the starship's many rooms, obtaining and manipulating objects and conversing with many different characters in an effort to get better lodgings and set things right along the way. Conversation with these characters is done trough a parser system that recognizes key words that the player must input. At times, you are able to adjust dials which control various attributes of a robot character's personality and general usefulness."
668,Bloody Roar II,"Bloody Roar 2: Bringer of the New Age, Bloody Roar 2: The New Breed",1998,7.7,Action,"Fighting, Shooter",,"Bloody Roar II is a 3D fighting game of the Tekken or more accurately, Fighting Vipers school of gameplay. The hook of the Bloody Roar series is that your combatants can transform into animalistic versions of themselves -- human-animal hybrids with a thirst for violence. During each round you can fight as a person or transform into a beast when your meter fills up. As an animal you'll have more moves at your disposal with which to destroy your opponent."
670,Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures,Indiana Jones y sus Aventuras de Despacho,1996,5.6,Action,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Interwar, North America","Indiana Jones is an archaeologist and adventurer, searching the globe for hidden treasures and lost artifacts. Towards this end, Indiana Jones has arrived in Mexico during the 1930s. Although the people living in the town of Lucasio are friendly, others such as Nazis, desperados and dangerous creatures are not so much. Indiana must use his skills to accomplish his objectives and retrieve treasured objects. Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures is an action/adventure game, seen in top-down view. Players control Indiana Jones as he collects items, attempts to solve all the puzzles and defeat his enemies in order to complete the mission. Indiana primarily uses his whip, but may also pick up a pistol or other weapons to use against foes. Indiana has a health meter on screen and will die if it drops to zero. The design of the game is meant to be casual gaming and is simplified to give the player quick experiences. Upon beginning a game, the player chooses the size of the game world (and indirectly the length of time it will take to complete). The game world, all the characters, items, and Indiana's mission are then randomly generated. Individual locations, such as the town of Lucasio may remain the same, however the path to and from those areas may change considerably."
671,Shackled,Breywood,1986,5.2,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"A multi-player, multi-level labyrinth/maze game in the genre of Gauntlet ; originally an arcade game. Players take the role of Kevin, who is trying to rescue his friends from their jail cells. As prisoners are released, they will attempt to follow Kevin, and also attack nearby enemies. Kevin's goal is to lead each prisoner to the exit, and onto the next level. Some levels have hidden passages which lead to bonus/secret levels. As with any Gauntlet-style game, finding enough keys to deal with each door is crucial. Kevin can pick up weapons such as grenades and boomerangs, and other enhancing objects such as faster movement, a smart-bomb diamond, and other bonus objects for points."
680,Fast Break,,1988,6.8,Sports,,,"Fast Break is an action/strategy basketball game for one or two players. You play three on three (guard, center, and forward) on the whole court with 3, 6, 9, or 12 minute quarters. At the start of the game you can customize your team by choosing from a variety of different players, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Included are 14 different plays you can use during the game along with the playmaker which lets you design your own plays. Players can be substituted or the playbook modified by calling timeouts or waiting for the end of a quarter."
686,The Flintstones,"Fred Feuerstein, Kiviset ja Soraset",1988,5.9,Action,Platform,Prehistoric,"The Flintstones is a game based on the popular cartoon series The Flintstones by Hanna-Barbera Productions Inc. It's weekend! Fred Flintstone thinks of only one thing: bowling with his friend and neighbor Barney. Unfortunately, his wife Wilma got other plans for him. Fred has to paint the living room and Wilma is not going to help him with it. No, she goes shopping. And if that's not enough, Wilma also tells Fred that his mother-in-law is coming over. The Flintstones game is divided in four parts. Part 1: Painting the walls of your living room. To go to the bowling alley before it is closed Fred has to paint the walls as quickly as possible. To paint the walls Fred uses the tail of a living squirrel. Pebbles tries to leap out her playpen and starts crawling around and starts scribbling on the walls. If Fred wants to put Pebbles back in the playpen then he has to drop the squirrel, that immediately starts wandering off. When Pebbles is back in the playpen Fred has to chase the squirrel and dip its tail in the paint again. Part 2: Driving your car on the way to the bowling center. Finally, when all walls are painted Fred can go to the bowling alley! Fred has to drive to the bowling alley but unfortunately the roads are in a very bad condition. The road surface is dire and covered with rocks! And if one of the wheels hit a bump it will break off the car and disappear into the distance. Part 3: A bowling competition between Fred and Barney. At the bowling alley the following bowling parameters can be set: the spin and speed of the ball and the starting position of the player. Each turn gives two throws (except he gets a strike). A game takes ten turns. while a match takes three games. Part 4: Saving Pebbles at a construction site. On his way home Fred discovers that Pebbles has disappeared! Don't let Wilma find that out! Fred finds Pebbles at a construction site on top of some scaffolding. He has to climb the scaffolding to rescue her. If Fred fails to rescue his daughter then Barney rescues her and Fred will be branded as a failure!"
694,Super Mario Kart,,1992,8.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Fantasy,"A collection of Super Mario characters, including Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser and Donkey Kong Jr., are out to win the Super Mario Kart championship. Using Mode 7 scaling, the first true kart game on the SNES has you collecting coins to boost your speed while using shells and bananas to stop others on the track. There are 4 cups in all to race for, Mushroom Cup, Flower Cup, Star Cup and Special Cup, each with a selection of tracks to race on (based in Bowser's Castle, Super Mario World and more). Plus, a 2 player battle mode is on offer, where the first to pop the three balloons wins."
696,Team USA Basketball,"Dream Team USA, USA Basketball World Challenge",1992,7.6,Sports,,,"The 1992 edition of Electronic Arts ' basketball series centers on the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and features the original US ""Dream Team"" with such legendary players as Michael Jordan Magic Johnson Larry Bird David Robinson John Stockton Charles Barkley Patrick Ewing and Karl Malone In addition to the US team there are 13 other national teams with real team rosters. There is also an ""All-World"" team with the best of the non-US players. The game engine and gameplay mechanics are reused from the previous games in the NBA Playoffs series. There are new signature moves and the game features the international rules."
706,Kensei: Sacred Fist,Bugi,1998,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"A 3D fighting game similar to Tekken or Dead or Alive Choose from over 20 characters and fight in different modes, including ""Normal Mode"" (where secret characters can be unlocked), ""VS Mode"", ""Time Attack Mode"", ""Survival Mode"", ""Training Mode"", ""Watch Mode"" (watch two fighters controlled by the CPU) and an ""Extra Mode"", a racing mini-game that becomes available once all hidden characters are unlocked. Four buttons are used to control the fighters, one for punches, one for kicks, one for grappling moves and one for blocking. Combinations and special attacks can be performed by pressing the punch, kick and directional buttons in various combinations. Defensive moves include blocks, sidesteps as well as counterattacks."
716,Skate or Die: Tour de Thrash,,1991,6.2,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"Skate or Die: Tour de Thrash is a skateboard game with two playing modes. The first, ""Retro Rocket Ramp"" is almost identical to the ramp mode of Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Trouble The player is presented with a half-pipe shown from the side and skates on it. If one of the two sides is reached, stunts can be performed by pressing buttons. Which ones are performed depends on the speed and how long the buttons are pressed - the more dangerous, the more points they award. The goal is to gather as many points as possible in a limited amount of time. The second mode is called ""Stale Fish Tour"" which takes the player through championships all over the world. Here the skater is shown from behind and races inside a sustained half-pipe. The player can accelerate, brake, move left and right, jump and duck. The goal is to reach the end of the course within three minutes. There are various obstacles which need to be dodged, e.g. concrete walls - bumping into them (or skating over the borders of the half-pipe) means the loss of valuable time. Sometimes there is an AI skater to deal with. This mode can also be played against another human player."
717,Nosferatu,,1994,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform","Europe, Fantasy","Nosferatu, a feared vampire; no one has ever seen him and survived to tell. At night, he awakens to suck blood from his poor victims. The evil has to be stopped! A young man rides to the dungeon to kill Nosferatu and rescue his loved one. Nosferatu is a platform game similar to Prince of Persia in gameplay and presentation. The protagonist travels on platform structures and relies on acrobatics moves to overcome traps. He fights enemies with his bare fists. Like in Prince of Persia there is a time limit (which can be extended by picking up the hourglass power-up). Other power-ups include colored crystals that heal the protagonist or increase his life energy."
718,Terror T.R.A.X.: Track of the Vampire,,1995,5.2,Adventure,,,"Terror T.R.A.X.: Track of the Vampire is a cinematic adventure game. The player controls two T.R.A.X. agents, where T.R.A.X. stands for Trace Research Analyze and eXterminate: an organization founded in response to emergency 911 calls with a supernatural nature. In the game the player will view a live video transmission from the officers on the scene. The player will also control them by giving them orders via the ""A"" key or the ""B"" key. The TRAX computer will prompt the player when required to make a choice between ""A"" and ""B"". The player will have to select an option in time, or the officer will make his own choice. It's up to you to bring the supernatural foe's to justice."
724,Great Golf,Masters Golf,1987,5.8,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Keep your head down. Eyes on the ball. Grip the club firmly .. and swing. Welcome to the Sega Master's Tournament where you need to play better than ""par"" if you want to win. So tee-up for some real fun. And remember to play with caution. This championship course has been groomed for a truly competitive challenge. Eighteen holes full of roughs, bunkers, and water hazards will put your nerves to a real test. But not to worry. You've got some clever moves to meet the challenge of a ""dog leg"" fairway or a tricky green. So go for a sneaky slice or hard hook to outplay the rest. Winner takes all! FORE!"
725,Wayne's World,,1993,5.6,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Wayne's World is an adventure game based on the movie with the same name. The game itself is a classic point and click adventure, and should not be confused with the platform game based on the movie. You play both Wayne and Garth, and you can switch between them at any time. The plot is simple; In an attempt to save their tv-show, Wayne and Garth decide to hold a pizza-thon (a charity show with a pizza-theme) in order to raise money. In order to be able to hold the pizza-thon Wayne and Garth must embark on several quests to collect items and hire people they need for the show. The adventure includes participating in babe-jeopardy, joining a biker's gang and baking pizza. The graphics are in 2D and the sound contains several samples from the movie."
727,Master of Orion,"Master of Orion 1, Master of Orion Classic",1993,7.3,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Master of Orion overlaps with Civilization insofar as you are the leader of one of several races. Technological advance, realm expansion and combat are all key elements. Where it differs is in being set in space. The planet Orion itself is a lush, fertile planet with vast mineral resources. It is guarded by the Guardian - a powerful vessel which you have to defeat in order to plunder Orion's riches. As you attempt to expand your empire, you will have to trade and steal technologies form rivals, again much like Civ Your ships can be improved over the game, in terms of engine power, shields, cloaking devices and weapons, and different combinations of these can be integrated. Resource management is largely set using sliders, which reduces the amount of time spent on micro-management."
733,Snow Bros. Nick & Tom,"Snow Bros Jr., Snow Brothers",1990,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"Nick and Tom are two Princes living the dream with two beautiful princesses. When suddenly the evil King Scorch freezes Prince Nick and Tom and kidnaps the Princesses. Now Nick and Tom find themselves with abilities dealing with snow and ice. These two Snow Brothers will need to hunt down the evil King Scorch and rescue the princesses. Snow Bros. is a fixed-screen platform game where players must defeat all enemies on each level (screen), 50 altogether. The Snow Bros use snow as their weapon, throwing it at the enemies to stun them. When lots of snow is thrown at an enemy, it becomes covered in a flurry and unable to move. These can be rolled into giant snowballs and pushed or kicked into other enemies. If left alone, enemies will eventually defrost and become angry at the player. The enemy filled snowballs are a much stronger weapon then the regular handful of snow and are the only effective weapon Nick and Tom have against the bosses."
735,Puyo Puyo,"Puyo Puyo CD, Puyo Puyo for Macintosh, Puzlow Kids, SEGA AGES: Puyo Puyo, Super Puyo Puyo",1992,7.3,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,Fantasy,"A year after the release of the falling block puzzle game Puyo Puyo for MSX and Famicom an arcade version was released that took the basic concept, but transformed it from a solo into a competitive game, changing the series fundamentally: all ports and later entries in the series are based on this version. The original arcade version has two modes: a single-player story mode and a two-player competitive mode. In story mode (which is based on characters from Compile's RPG series Madō Monogatari ), the player controls Arle Nadja (Silvana in the English translation of the arcade version), a young sorceress, whose goal is to defeat Satan. To do so, she has to win 12 battles against his minions until she can meet him in a final confrontation. The game offers an extra training mode against three lesser opponents, as well as the ability to start from level 4 of the main game. During a match, pairs of puyos fall down from the top of the screen into each player's field. They can be moved left or right, rotated in either direction and made to drop faster. The goal is to arrange puyos of the same color into patterns of at least four, with horizontal or vertical (but no diagonal) connections. Doing so removes them from the field (with any unconnected puyos falling down) while at the same time sending garbage blocks into the opponent's field. Creating patterns of more than four, several different patterns at the same time, or chain reactions creates more garbage blocks. The garbage blocks can only be removed by creating patterns adjacent to them. The player whose playing field reaches the top first loses. In single-player mode, the falling speed of the puyos increases level by level and each of the enemies plays in a unique style. The home ports also add an endless single-player mode, in which there is no opponent (and thus no garbage blocks) and one simply plays for a high score, similar to the MSX/Famicom version. Unique to the Game Gear version is an additional quest mode. Similar to the mission mode of the original MSX/Famicom version, it presents a series of pre-filled playing fields with a specific task, like making a minimum number of puyos disappear in one move, or removing all puyos of a certain color. Progress is saved via passwords."
739,SimTown,"Sim City Jr., Sim City Jr.: The town you build yourself!, SimBy: Byg din egen by, SimKaupunki: Rakenna Oma Kaupunkisi, SimStad: Bygg din egen stad, SimTown: Baue Deine eigene Stadt!, SimTown: La città fai-da-te, SimTown: La ciudad que construyes tu mismo, SimTown: The town you build yourself",1995,7.3,Simulation,"City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation",Contemporary,"SimTown is one of several entries in the city-building simulation series, SimCity As in prior installments, players are tasked as the mayor of a newly formed municipality, taking charge of it's expansion and success. Being aimed at a younger audience than that of the other games within the series a greater emphasis is placed on managing a small, socially ideal town than a sprawling metropolis. As such it features a much more stylized, cartoon representation and user interface, a number of added features allowing for greater interactivity with the populace, and a simplified system of resource management. As their first priority as mayor players will simply need to construct a town, supplying not only housing for their residents but employment, schools, and civic buildings as well; Roadways and bike paths being needed to connect them all. While each building has its own associated costs and benefits they're often marginal enough that a player's selection will often be as much an aesthetic consideration as a functional one. In order to finance all of this consideration will also have to be paid to the player's limited resources of water, wood, and crops, which rejuvenate only so quickly. Interacting with the populace will also be crucial to success. Individual citizens will often offer suggestions and make demands of the mayor and so a close eye will have to be kept on their opinions of how the city is being run. Those that favor specific types of restaurants will request them and objections will be made if the city is lacking in their preferred form of recreation. Players can also take a closer look at their residents by 'removing' the tops of buildings and peering inside, watching their life unfold on a more minute scale. Specially constructed designer characters can also be made to populate the town, built to pre-defined specifications such as their preferred clothing and personal preferences. A number of awards can be gained within the game for exemplary achievements resulting from maintaining a balanced town for some period of time. An in-game newspaper will assist in these efforts by helping to keep the player up to date on what might be wrong in their city, or how they might be succeeding."
740,The Uncanny X-Men,Marvel's X-Men,1989,2.9,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Professor Xavier and his Uncanny X-Men are all that stand in the way of the rampage of Magneto and his henchmen. The X-Men: Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Colossus, Iceman and Nightcrawler, are ready to fight Magneto. The Uncanny X-Men is an over-head view action game. Players begin by choosing two X-Men from the roster (the second either controlled by another player or the computer) and select one of five levels including a practice level. The goal in each level is to reach the hidden 'command center' and destroy it. The X-Men all share similar abilities, being able to move in any direction, jump and attack. Half of the characters (Storm, Iceman, Cyclops) have long range attacks while the other half (Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus) must get in close range to punch the enemies. Each X-men can only sustain a certain number of hits before being defeated. Should the two X-Men both fall in battle, players will be able to choose two more to attempt the level again until all of the X-Men are used up. Power-ups include an ""S"" which stops time, invincibility for a short time and a health restore. There is also a Magnet (symbol of Magneto) power-down which renders the X-men immobile for a short time."
743,Panic!,Switch,1993,6.6,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A virus has infected the world's computer network, which effects all electronical devices on the earth. However, a special program called ""Panic!"" is designed to counter the effects of the virus and restore the network back to working order. You play Slap the Boy and his sidekick, Stick the Dog (they're not actions, it's their names) who set out to restore the network back to working order. This is not a conventional video game; it's more like an interactive movie/cartoon in which you press certain buttons to advance the plot, or make different stuff happen."
745,Super Contra,"Probotector II: Return of the Evil Forces, Super C, Super Contra: Alien no Gyakushu",1988,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"The alien Red Falcon is back, and planning on taking over the planet Earth. Now it's up to Scorpion and Mad Dog to battle through five levels and save the planet. Super Contra is the sequel to Contra Gameplay is a combination of side scrolling/platform and top down view. There is a wide variety of enemies to defeat, starting with earthly locations, and progressing to more alien. To help out, weapon upgrades can be found as the game progresses. Two players can play simultaneously, or one player can attempt to take on Red Falcon by themselves."
746,Quake,"Quake 64, Quake Mobile, Quake: The Doomed Dimension",1996,8.2,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"An enemy with the codename ''Quake'', which is believed to come from another dimension, is using teleporter gates to invade Earth. The player takes the role of a nameless soldier who arrives at his base only to find out Quake has overrun it and killed everyone. Somewhere in the base, there must be a teleporter to Quake's realm. The mission is clear: take the fight to the enemy, overcome countless hordes of monsters, and exact revenge. id Software's follow-up to Doom and Doom II Quake is a first-person shooter. Its main technological innovation is the use of a true 3D engine - the levels themselves, as well as the enemies, are polygonal. This not only allows for more natural level-designs and character animations, but also for more realistic lighting and the inclusion of simulated physics that have an effect on gameplay: grenades can bounce off walls and around corners, for example. In single-player mode, gameplay consists mainly of proceeding through the levels (spread over four distinct episodes) in search of an exit, killing everything that moves. Interaction with the game world is reduced to a minimum: since there is no use key, buttons are pressed by running into or shooting at them. As in id's earlier games, many secrets are waiting to be discovered, including a few hidden levels. Unlike Doom's rather straightforward design that couples futuristic environments with demonic imagery, the theme of Quake's levels, enemies, and weapons is not so easily pinpointed. While each episode begins in a futuristic military base (with a technological 'slipgate' as the level exit), later levels take place in environments inspired by medieval fantasy and gothic horror (castles, dungeons, and caverns) and the player passes through magical portals to advance. In a departure from Doom's colorful environments, all Quake levels are dominated by earth colors. The enemies conform to the mishmash of designs: there are human opponents armed with shotguns and energy weapons in the early levels, while the later levels include medieval knights, ghosts, zombies, ogres (armed with grenade launchers and chainsaws), and some more unearthly beasts. The player's weapons, while relatively modern, all have a low-tech feel. Besides a (bloodstained) axe, there are shotguns, nailguns, rocket and grenade launchers, and the Thunderbolt, which discharges electrical energy. Quake was one of the first games playable natively over the Internet in addition to LANs. The single-player levels can be played cooperatively, but the game is most famous for its deathmatch mode. One-on-one duels, team play, and free-for-all competition are possible. The emphasis is on fast reaction and skillful maneuvering through the levels. All of the single-player maps can be used as arenas, but the game also comes with six maps specially designed for deathmatch."
748,Rastan,Rastan Saga,1987,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"Rastan features six stages of hacking and slashing gameplay with a boss fight at the end of each one. Numerous enemies assault you on your journey such as flying demons, chimeras, valkyries, piranhas, undead, and more. Fight through to the end and save the land of Lograth from certain doom. The game features different weapons such as axes, maces, and fire swords, each with its own attributes like extended range or attack power, and defensive items like shields, cloaks, and armors, reducing the damage from enemy attacks. Other items include rings (increase the speed of your weapon) and jewelry for bonus points."
752,Archon Ultra,,1994,7.1,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Board game",,"Archon Ultra is a complete remake of Archon The game features a completely rewritten game engine, new graphics and sound as well as digital music (a la MOD files), along with a new style of game board and an additional ""special weapon"" for each figure. It also adds multiplayer game (modem as well as hot seat)."
764,Harvey Headbanger,,1986,6.5,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"Rotund drinkers Harvey Headbanger and Hamish Highball are at war in this single-screen action duel with a strategic edge. Walking across each of the 64 squares will turn them to your colour. Create a 3x3 box of these squares to release cocktails (of your own colour, so only you can use them) and top up your energy. Contact costs each player energy, but the player with a higher energy level can get up first. The aim to win a point is to trap your opponent inside a box of your squares. You can play to anything from 1 to 10 points, and at 5 difficulty levels in a one-player game."
772,Potsworth & Co.,"Potsworth, Potsworth & Co., Potsworth and Co.",1992,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"Potsworth the well-spoken dog and his Midnight Patrol chums (Rosie, Nick, Carter, Keiko and Freddy) were stars of a successful cartoon, one of the many Hanna-Barbera IPs turned into licensed games by Hi-Tec. The Nightmare Prince has stolen the Grand Dozer's sleep potion, and the pieces have been placed around the Dream Zone. The Midnight Patrol race into action to restore Dozer's decent night's sleep. The game takes place across 5 levels of platform action. There are many switches, which are activated by pushing crates onto them. Moving platforms and small ledges ensure a test of timing and planning. There are hidden paths and bonuses to uncover, and dying always puts you back where you die with an invincibility period. Each character has its own special weapon or feature, all activated by hitting the fire key or button."
775,ZetriX,,2000,8.0,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"Zetrix is a freeware Tetris variant, in which the player can choose between ten different languages, four difficulty levels (easy, medium, hard and impossible), which distinguish from each other in the falling blocks' speed, four different table sizes and two game modes. Several various shaped blocks are falling down the screen and the player has to combine them to rows by rotating and moving the blocks with the keyboard. When there are no empty spaces left in a line, this particular row disappears. After completing ten rows you reach a higher level and the speed increases. While playing the table moves and a background animation, which changes in every level, tries to complicate your concentration. Apart from these deactivatable features and the improved graphics, Zetrix plays exactly like Alexey Pajitnov's classic, at least in the classic mode There is also an enhanced mode which offers additional differently shaped blocks and bonus tiles. Completing a line in which a bonus tile can be found has different effects, depending on the tile. A dynamite filled tile destroys all blocks in its surrounding area, a tile filled with a dollar sign adds 1024 to your score, a transparent blue tile is filled with water and increases the water level at the bottom of the table making it harder for the player and a shining red tile lets the water decrease again. Furthermore, Zetrix offers a multiplayer mode for two players. Playing in a splitscreen mode either via TCP/IP or at the same computer one can choose between three different modes. In the duel the player with the most points win, in the race mode the one wins who has completed 50 rows first and in the co-op mode the players work together."
778,Big Air,Big Air Snowboarding,1998,5.9,Sports,,,"Another snowboarding title... Includes several snowboarding events- standard slalom-style, half pipes, races, and more. Also features several licensed riders, 24 courses, and lots of licensed music."
780,Chack'n Pop,Arcade Archives: Chack'n Pop,1984,6.5,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Chack'n Pop is considered a predecessor of Bubble Bobble It is a platform game where a roundish yellow creature, named Chack'n, must fight against Monstas and Mightas in order to reclaim hearts that were stolen during a romantic encounter with Miss Chack'n. The Monstas themselves hatch from eggs hanging from the ceilings and the Mightas push a rock that is used as the game's timer. The Monsta eggs have three phases: if it's blue, it's completely harmless, if it's yellow it will pop within 10 seconds and if an egg turns red it will pop almost immediately. Chack'n uses bombs to blow up the Monstas and their eggs and he also uses them to release the captured hearts from their cages. When the heart is released, it will fly up and destroy the separator block and reveal the exit to the level. Most versions of the game contain 14 levels to play through, however the Famicom version only includes 9."
784,Side Arms Hyper Dyne,"Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Side Arms, SideArms",1986,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Originating in the arcades, Side Arms is a horizontally scrolling shoot ‘em up in which you control Lieutenant Henry (a second player can control Sergeant Sanders in some versions), armed with crude weaponry and protective jump-suits. They must save the earth from the mercenary invaders of Bozon. You must first reach Bozon’s territories, then wipe out its forces hidden in caverns and lurking in underground seas, before destroying the main invasion ship. Lots of extra weapons can be picked up, often with similar tokens to those in 1943 and some other Capcom titles. Most weapons can be shot either to the left or the right, giving you more range to launch attacks."
786,Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind,"Bubsy dans recontres de troisième griffe, Bubsy in Krallende Begegnungen der Pelzigen Art, Bubsy: O Mais Esperto dos Felinos, Yamaneko Bubsy no Daibōken",1993,7.4,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this 15-level action game the player is Bubsy the bobcat, who has to defeat the Woolies the aliens, which steal balls of yarn. There are five different locations such as jungle, wild west, etc., where the player has to jump and land on their enemies to kill them. Each time to finish the level the player has to defeat the boss, who sits in an alien ship."
789,Wheel of Fortune,"Glücksrad, Glücksrad: First Edition, Wheel of Fortune!",1987,6.8,Puzzle,"Game show / trivia / quiz, Word construction",,"A very basic translation of the popular game show Wheel Of Fortune, where you guess letters until you can guess the phrase. This CGA version has three old-school rounds of Wheel of Fortune (where the puzzles are simply ""Phrase"", ""Title"", ""Person"", etc.) and then a bonus round. You can compete against 2 computer players or up to three people can play against each other."
790,1st Person Pinball,First Person Pinball,1989,5.0,Action,Pinball,,"Tynesoft was almost certainly the first developer to try a first-person pinball game with this ambitious program. Up to four players could join in, including 2 computer players to show you how it's done. The game can be played from a more traditional overhead-view mode, which makes it easier to tell where the bumpers are in relation to the flippers and is recommended for learning the game. Most of those bumpers are single-colour and arranged in a straightforward pattern. There are three different gameplay speeds and 2 possible levels of ball bounce."
791,Storm Across Europe,Storm Across Europe: The War in Europe: 1939-45,1989,6.9,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","The game allows to simulate World War II in Europe on a grand strategic scale. The player controls land, sea and air action and has to manage limited resources for production and advanced research. There are 6 historical scenarios included in the game, and they are labelled after the turn that they start on, from Autumn '39 to Summer '44. A scenario builder can be brought into action for players wanting to change the starting situation. It allows for the modification of an area's terrain type, population or raw material points it contains. The player can transfer units or change the beginning levels of the major powers like research and reinforcement. Each game turn represents three months of action. The game map covers every part of the European conflict - from North Africa to Sweden, from Gibraltar to the Ural Mountains in Russia."
792,Guilty,"Guilty (CD-ROM Edition), Innocent Until Caught 2, Innocent Until Caught 2: Presumed Guilty",1995,6.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Guilty is a graphic adventure game with an icon-based point-and-click interface. It is the sequel to Innocent Until Caught Jack T. Ladd, notorious thief and would-be nightmare of the galaxy, has suddenly got female company. Rather involuntary, that is. Ysanne Andropath is not only a stunning red-head, but also a cop. So she throws Jack into a cell on her spaceship and heads off for stellar jail, when disaster strikes. The problem isn't that first thing Jack does, is escaping his cell. The problem isn't even that second thing Jack does, is dumping the ships hyperdrive out into space. But now, Ysanne is forced to work together with Mr. Trouble. THAT's what she calls disaster. Using the familiar, slightly overhauled interface, you set off for another adventure to save the galaxy. You can play the game alternatively as the incorrigible macho Jack or the tough feminist Ysanne. In either role you'll be visiting the same places, but solve entirely different puzzles. For example, on the same planet, Ysanne has to stop an advancing army, whilst Jack tries to steal back the spaceships lost navigational device. On rare occasions, the two even have to engage in teamwork. Guilty, like its predecessor, uses rendered flight scenes for the spacecraft landing and taking off. The CD version of the game adds English full speech for the two protagonists and animated cutscenes."
795,International Superstar Soccer 99,World Soccer GB 2,1999,6.6,Sports,,,"International Superstar Soccer 99 is a soccer game for the Game Boy Color. You can play a 1 player match, 2 players match or play an international cup. The game doesn't feature an official license so all player names in the game only closely resemble real player names. There are 32 national teams to play with. When you are in the defense you can make a sliding and switch players. While in offense you can make a pass or a shot. While the ball is in the air it is possible to make a header or bicycle kick. The game is displayed from the side of the field, except during penalties, when the camera is aimed directly at the goal."
798,Racing Destruction Set,,1985,6.9,Racing / Driving,,,"An isometric racing game that sets itself apart by the large number of customizable options. The game comes with 50 built-in tracks, and the intuitive editor makes for infinite variety of races. Modify the existing ones or create one yourself. Set up sharp curves, crossovers, jumps (set the height), track width and more. Then set the track width and choose either ice, dirt or pavement for the surface. As if it weren't enough, gravity can also be modified, from a Moon-like low to a crushing Jupiter-like high that will keep your car glued to the ground, even after a jump. Once the track is laid out, race in either a beat up VW Beetle, a stock car, a dirt bike, a Porsche and even a Lunar Rover. Each car has it's own characteristics and you can also choose tires and engine sizes, according to the track you're about to race in. Also, equip your cars with land mines or oil slicks to make the race more interesting. The game allows single-player against a computer opponent, or a two-player race, both in split-screen form."
804,Driver 2,"Driver 2: Back on the Streets, Driver 2: The Wheelman is Back",2000,7.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Tanner is back as an undercover driver, this time trying to survive amidst an international war between American and Brazilian gangs. The action takes the player to Chicago, Las Vegas, Rio and Havana, all of which depicted in detail. There are several improvements over the first game : the cities now also have curved roads instead of just right angles, some missions allow to exit the vehicle and move around on foot, and there is a multiplayer game mode. As before, the gameplay involves driving a car around the streets of the four city locations to complete the 37 main story missions. New to this instalment, the player can now get out of their car and carjack another one in order to switch vehicles when their current one has taken too much damage. Driver 2 also features some preset challenges and a Free Driving mode to explore the different cities at one's leisure. The new multiplayer split-screen feature includes four game modes: Take a Ride, Cops'n'Robbers, Checkpoint, and Capture the Flag."
807,The Smurfs,"De Smurfen, Die Schlümpfe, I Puffi, Les Schtroumpfs, Los Pitufos, Smurfarna",1994,7.0,Action,,,"The evil Gargamel has captured three of the smurfs, so that he can have them for dinner (Once again). One of the smurfs must go out on a dangerous journey and rescue the captured smurfs. Beat the first two bosses to rescue the first two smurfs, then you can take on Gargamel. Make your way through forests, swamps, mountains, mines and more. Also ride storks, mine carts and logs to defeat Gargamel and his minions and to rescue the missing smurfs. On each level you must collect five stars in order to get access to the bonus level (You don't have to collect the five stars in order to get through the main level). On the bonus level, try to collect as many bonuses as possible before the time runs out. There are three bonus levels: ""The Dam"", ""The Mushrooms"" and ""The Butterflies""."
817,The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight,"Bard's Tale 2, The Arch Mage's Tale",1986,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"After a group of brave heroes defeated the wizard Mangar the Dark and freed Skara Brae from eternal winter, all seemed well in the world. However, the evil Archmage Lagoth Zanta shows up and splits the Destiny Wand into seven pieces, scattering them all over the land. The Destiny Wand has protected the lands for seven hundred years, and without it the realm will fall into chaos. Thus it falls upon the heroes to reforge it. One of them also has to ascend to the position of Archmage and use the wand to defeat Lagoth Zanta. The Destiny Knight is the second installment in the Bard's Tale series, and a sequel to Tales of the Unknown Like its predecessor, it is a fantasy role-playing game with first-person exploration of a pseudo-3D world and turn-based battles against randomly appearing enemies. The sequel features six towns as opposed to the predecessor's only one, and a larger overworld area. Dungeons contain more traps and puzzles than before. The player can create a party of up to seven active characters, as well as create additional characters and store them at the Adventurer's Guild in every city. Available races are human, elf, dwarf, hobbit, half-elf, half-orc, and gnome. In addition, some monsters can join the party and be summoned during combat. It is also possible to store money and banks and gamble in the casino, though the latter feature has been removed from the PC version."
824,LEGO Creator,,1998,7.2,Simulation,,,"LEGO Creator supplies you with an infinite amount of building blocks. You can build whatever you like in this sandbox game. Any non-standard blocks all have a city theme, so you are best off building streets, buildings, cars, etc. You can create and assign LEGO puppets to houses and you can crawl inside the skin of any puppet to inspect your newly build city through their eyes, or take a spin in your custom build race car. The game comes with a wide array of prefab buildings and vehicles. Whenever you've built something you do not like you can destroy it with special destructa-bricks."
828,The Dig,,1995,7.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A group of scientists discovers an asteroid that is on its way to a collision with the Earth. Is there any way to prevent the disaster? Boston Low, a NASA veteran, is sent to command a space expedition on the asteroid. Accompanied by the journalist Maggie Robbins and the archaeologist Brink, Boston investigates the asteroid and finds a strange structure that undoubtedly belongs to an alien civilization. During the course of investigations, the team finds itself on a seemingly deserted planet. They have no knowledge of the planet and no possibility of going back. Will they ever discover the secret of this strange world and find a way to get home? The Dig is a point-and-click adventure game with a simple one-cursor interface. Most of the puzzles are inventory-based, tending to be somewhat more complex than in most preceding LucasArts' adventure games. There are also a few logic-based puzzles, which require understanding and manipulation of alien technology and life forms on the planet. Traditional branching dialogue system is utilized; however, the game focuses more on puzzle-solving than on conversations to advance the plot. The game's story is influenced by science fiction literature and movies, and strives to be realistic, departing from the comedy style of LucasArts' adventures. Despite that, humorous elements are present in some of the dialogues and text descriptions. The game utilizes hand-drawn graphics with a few pre-rendered 3D images."
835,Wolfenstein 3D,"Wolfenstein 3-D, Wolfenstein 3-D Platinum, Wolfenstein 3D: Third Encounter",1992,7.9,Action,Shooter,"Sci-fi / futuristic, World War II","Wolfenstein 3D is an episodic first-person shooter and a follow-up to the top-down infiltration game Castle Wolfenstein The game puts the player in the boots of B.J. Blazkowicz, an allied spy. There are six episodes: the first distributed completely as shareware; the second and the third available after registration; and the three final missions (which happen before the events of the first episode) available in the Nocturnal Missions pack. In the first episode (Escape from Wolfenstein), B.J. is captured, but overpowers a guard with the help of a concealed knife and manages to get out of his cell. Throughout the next nine levels, the player guides B.J. searching for an escape from Wolfenstein, guarded by Hans Grosse. After returning to Allied territory, B.J. is given the instructions to Operation: Eisenfaust, where he has to stop Dr. Schabbs and his army of mutant prototypes before they are released into the battlefields. The final mission (Die, Führer, Die!) has a simple goal: infiltrate the bunker under the Reichstag, and terminate Hitler (in a robotic suit) himself. The Nocturnal Missions are focused on the Nazi plans for chemical warfare, and start with Dark Secret, where B.J. hunts for lead researcher Dr. Otto Giftmacher. It's followed by Trail of the Madman, where the goal is capturing the war plans guarded by Gretel Grosse, and the final episode Confrontation, where B.J. meets General Fettgesicht, the planner for the chemical assault. Each episode has nine levels (eight regular and a final boss level), plus a secret level activated by a hidden switch somewhere in the eight first levels. Regular levels often feature a maze-like appearance or large areas with many enemies (the number of them on each area depends on the difficulty level), where the player must reach the exit elevator. To do so, he must kill the enemies (while it's possible to move behind the guards' backs and even there's a slight bonus in attacking them from behind, most enemies have to be dealt with by firepower), and depending on the level, activate ""push walls"" and/or get silver and golden keys to open certain doors. Many objects can be found in a level, from medikits, chicken meals, and even dog food (to restore health), ammo, and treasures, which solely exist for points. There are four weapons (knife, pistol, machine gun, and Gatling), all of them using the same bullets except the knife. The knife and the pistol are given at the start of the level, while the machine gun is either found (usually in secret areas) or picked up from SS troopers, and the Gatling is always dropped somewhere in the level. There are five kinds of enemies (excluding bosses) - Dogs (fast, but more a nuisance than life-threatening), Army Soldiers (dressed in a regular brown outfit, not very powerful but usually found in large groups), Officers (dressed in white, armed with a very accurate pistol and tough to kill), SS Troopers (blue attire, armed with a machine gun and tough to kill), and Mutants (the rarest and toughest of regular enemies, pale-skinned troopers with green clothes and a machine gun stuck in their chest). The player character has a number of lives; once he loses the last life, the game ends. To win extra lives, the player has to either find the 1-up item in the level or get 20,000 points (by killing enemies and capturing treasures or completing a level below the 'par' time while killing all enemies, finding all secrets by pushing walls, and collecting all treasure points)."
842,Moebius: The Orb of Celestial Harmony,"Moebius 1, Moebius: The Orb of Celestial Harmony - Master The Orient",1985,6.3,Action,"Action RPG, Fighting",Fantasy,"Khantun is traditionally a peaceful land, with no army or wars. Former leader Kaimen has turned to using his powers for evil, and the land has not withstood his aggression. The Holy Ones have been kidnapped, the land instead ruled by an evil group of monks. It is down to the player to vanquish Kaimen and restore the path of righteousness. The game combines top-viewed role playing elements with combat action. The player explores the lands, but when encountering unfriendly people the player must fight, using swords or martial arts moves, as well as long-range missiles and magical powers."
843,On the Run,,1985,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The player takes the role of Rick Swift, a fixer hired by the Defence Department for dangerous missions. The latest job is to go to an area which has been inhabited by mutated plant and animal life following a chemical accident, to recover six flask of the deadly chemicals within one hour. In order to survive Rick has been equipped with a protective suit and a jet-pack that require energy. Rick moves about the maze like environment avoiding the mutated wildlife while shooting it down. If hit by a critter it zaps the energy reserves. Several types of mushrooms can be picked up, including deadly ones who will cost you a life, magic mushrooms that teleport you to a new zones and energy mushrooms which will replenished your energy.. Smart bombs can also be picked up, which if activated will kill everything on-screen. The six flasks are scattered around the maze in different locations each time the game is played."
844,The Legacy: Realm of Terror,The Legacy,1992,7.5,"Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",Puzzle elements,,"The year is 1993. The protagonist's ancestors, the Winthrops, have obviously dealt with black magic and perhaps even pacts with the demons. Now their mansion is invaded by horrifying creatures, and it is up to the brave hero(ine) to venture inside, solve the mystery, and above all - survive. The Legacy: Realm of Terror is a role-playing game with adventure elements. The player navigates the protagonist through the 3D locations of the mansion from first-person perspective. The environment must be explored, and items procured in order to solve puzzles and advance in the game. Beside these adventure game features, the game plays like a RPG, with character customization, equipment, and combat. The player can select one of the eight pre-made characters (four male, four female) to control in the game. Characters' attributes and skills are divided into three categories, which correspond to pure physical traits, supportive techniques (such as healing), and dexterity in usage of firearms and smaller melee weapons. The player relies on magic spells in combat; those can be acquired and upgraded from spell pages found in the game world. There are offensive, supportive, and restorative spells in the game. Resting, consuming food, and even meditating affects the player character's condition as well. Combat takes place in the same environment as exploration, utilizing a real-time system, which requires the player to quickly select commands (""Aim"" and ""Hit"" for weapon attacks, and the corresponding spell icons for magic)."
846,Samurai Shodown III: Blades of Blood,"Fighters Swords, Nettō Samurai Spirits: Zankuro Musōken, Samurai Shodown III, Samurai Spirits: Zankurō Musōken",1995,7.4,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"*The 12 samurai (and ninja) elite are back, this time to answer the threat of the demon Zankuro, Minazuki. The possessed swordsman has brutally slaughtered innocents in his path, yet could not raise his blade to the cries of an innocent baby. Vowing never to spill innocent blood again, he targets those who live by the way of the sword...but now the hunter becomes the hunted: Amakusa, Shiro Tokisada - The orb wielding Boss from Samurai Shodown I is now a contender in the race against Zankuro, his next religious sacrifice for enlightenment. Basara, Kubikiri - The embodiment of hate has risen Basara the Executioner from his grave for revenge against Zankuro for murdering his lover (and himself). Love is stronger than death. Gaira, Kafuin - A Buddhist monk with giant prayer beads as his weapon. He had an argument with his grandfather, the great Nicotine and was kicked out from the monastery. Wandering aimlessly, he witnesses the demon Zankuro spill innocent blood. The monk vows to teach the demon a thing or two on the teachings of Buddha...the hard way. Galford and Poppy - The American Ninja and his beloved dog seeks to defeat the demon Zankuro in the quest for justice for the deaths of refugees killed by Zankuro. Genjuro, Kibagami - Former colleague of Haohmaru, now rival. Genjuro the Assassin almost killed Haohmaru in a match for a scroll that would increase one's fighting skill, but instead got expelled from his fighting school. Flamed with vengeance, now he's has his sword aimed at Haohmaru's heart...history will not repeat itself. Haohmaru - Learns from a boy that a demon killed his parents, out of compassion Haohmaru takes the task to avenge the boy of his parents. Hanzo, Hattori - Darkness never sets in the eyes of the Ninja Hanzo and death is its only release. The stench of death by the demon Zankuro only draws him nearer, to what may be his ultimate release. Kyoshiro, Senryo - The famed Kabuki artist searches out his next dramatic play by defeating the demon Zankuro for his next best-selling kabuki play! Nakoruru - Sensing a disturbance in Mother Nature, Nakoruru with the help of Shikuruu the wolf and Mamahaha the falcon seeks out the demon Zankuro. Rimururu - Nakoruru's ice-wielding sister. Determined to protect her sister at all costs feels instead that the disturbance in nature is caused by Amakusa. Shizumaru, Hisame - A boy with an umbrella searching for his past. Remembers only the never-ending screams of his parents being murdered by a vile demon...maybe this is the demon he's been searching all this time at long last... Ukyo, Tachibana - The blue-haired master swordsman finds his sensei and students dead. He learns that the demon Zankuro is responsible and heads off for revenge. The female fans still await him from a distance... The third series of Samurai Shodown introduces 2 different techniques for each character. The ""Slash"" techniques are the original moves of the most of the characters whereas the ""Bust"" techniques maybe the ""darker"" version of each character."
850,Bass Masters Classic,,1999,6.3,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Bass Masters Classic is a game for the Game Boy Color in which you can participate in a bass fishing tournament. The game features variable weather conditions and times of day, a variety of lures, and realistic fish behavior. You can play in tournament and practice mode. The first allows you to compete and qualify for the Bass Master Classic tournament. In practice mode you can chose for yourself with what weather, time, and fishing spot you'd like to play. Gameplay consists of watching the line from the ""lure cam"" angle. Once a fish catches the bait you have to quickly press the D-pad to reel it in."
853,Mr. Bones,,1996,7.4,Action,Platform,,"A philosopher named DaGoulian came up with a dubious doctrine: he believes that the only way to ensure the survival of the good is by making the world more evil. He invented a special set of drums using science and alchemy, allowing him to control a power called ""skeletism"". By using this power, DaGoulian reanimates the dead, raising people's skeletons from their graves and building a fearsome army to fulfill his mad plan. However, one of these skeletons had been a person of a particularly pure heart, and instead of being afflicted with the red (evil) skeletism, he is reanimated with its blue version, allowing him to retain his free will and refuse the madman's orders. DaGoulian orders his minions to get rid of this rebel, who has to fight for his life and eventually figure a way to stop the insanity. Mr. Bones is an action game that consists of numerous stages. With the exception of a few, each stage has a different goal and introduces unique gameplay style. The stages also vary greatly in length, some being extended platform levels and others consisting of short timed sequences. Many of the stages involve avoiding hazards or enemies, as well as tasks that must be completed within a certain time limit. Mr. Bones, the skeletal protagonist of the game, usually has no offensive arsenal. When damaged, he begins to lose limbs and bones, which affects his manoeuvrability and speed; he may even end up with nothing but a head and a neck hopping on the ground. Some of the stages are simple one-screen arcade levels, while others may deviate from the action-oriented gameplay (e.g. a stage during which the player has to combine sentences into jokes to get past guards). A few stages involve music exercises, for example a level that requires Mr. Bones to play blues guitar to impress a skeleton crowd. Another stage is a paddle game variant in which a small Mr. Bones bounces off a giant head of himself, trying to collect his own bones. In another level the hero must protect a village of tiny people against enemy assault. The story is advanced by video cutscenes displayed between the levels. Some of these are computer-generated, while others utilize footage of live actors, or a mixture of both."
861,Wild Wheels,,1991,6.5,"Racing / Driving, Sports",,,"Wild Wheels is an action game in which two teams of five cars each try to bring a ball into other team's goal for points (more points are awarded for risky moves) and destroying all enemy cars. The player takes control over a single car which can be shown in various camera positions, most prominently directly behind the vehicle or top-down. There are also special fields on the field which grant advantages when passed. The single-player portion basically consists of a series of elimination matches with the goal to win all leagues of increasing difficulty levels. Between matches, the points earned with goals can be reinvested into new cars with better statistics - additionally they are also divided into five categories with different roles during the matches. The game features two control modes: in professional mode the player rotates the car when pushing left or right while arcade mode allows direct turns."
862,Power F1,Power F1: Time to Burn,1996,7.0,Racing / Driving,,,"Power F1 is an F1 racing game that is based on actual F1 race data from 1996 and features the official cars, drivers, and courses. The game includes two player split screen and multiplayer over LAN. Steering wheels and joysticks that were available at the time of release are supported."
864,Bokosuka Wars,,1983,6.3,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"King Ogreth of the Basam Empire has invaded your country and either captured or turned into rocks and trees all your soldiers. You, king Suren, are left completely alone. In a desperate attempt, you decide to walk to king Ogreth's castle and to defeat him. You hope you'll be able to find some way to bring your soldiers back to you... In this strategy game, your goal sounds simple – just walk a distance of 600 meters and defeat king Ogreth. But to do that is not simple at all. Bumping into trees and rocks, king Suren can bring his soldiers to life. Once there are some knights in his small army, he will also be able to free imprisoned soldiers. King Ogreth's units will constantly attack you on the way. The results of the battles are calculated automatically, according to the strength of your units. So before you engage in a battle, you have to be sure you have the upper hand (you have gathered enough soldiers, they have trained in easier battles, etc.). If king Suren dies in a battle, the game is over - you'll have to start from the beginning no matter how near you were to your goal."
866,Azrael's Tear,"Azrael's Tear: A la Recherche du Graal, Azrael's Tear: Auf der Suche nach dem Heiligen Gral, Azrael's Tear: Search for the Holy Grail",1996,7.4,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"In Azrael's Tear you play a ""raptor"", a futuristic thief that raids ancient archaeological sites that have as yet been untouched by man for hundreds of years and are full of treasures. Recently, due to geological disturbances, the supposed home of the Holy Grail is partially unearthed in northern Scotland. You go in to raid it of its treasures and, provided it exists, of the Holy Grail. When you enter, the entrance caves in behind you and you are stuck inside. Ah well, nothing to do but continue on to find what you came for... The game utilizes a true 3D engine to display your surroundings, as in Quake It's heavy on puzzles and light on combat. As you move further on into the ruins you'll encounter ghosts of the inhabitants and hints as to what happened to cause the ruins that surround you now."
869,Karate Champ,"Arcade Archives: Karate Champ, Karate Dou",1984,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Karate Champ is an action fighting game for one or two players. In one player version the player has to master some skills at a karate school to be able to compete in a karate tournament for the national title. At the end of each match is a bonus round where the winner can earn extra points by knocking down flying objects that are tossed his way, breaking roof tiles/ice blocks or knocking down a charging bull on the beach! In Player vs Player (two player) version, players compete against each other at twelve different locations to see who has the best karate skills! To win a match, the player must win two of three rounds by knocking down his opponent with a wide variety of karate moves. A full point or half a point is awarded for knocking the opponent down and the first player to gain a two point lead wins the round. When the 30 seconds time limit for a round ends, the player who has the most points wins. At the end of each match is a bonus round where the winner can earn extra points by knocking down flying objects that are tossed his way, breaking boards or knocking down charging bulls!"
876,Benefactor,,1994,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"As Ben E. Factor himself, you must travel through the six moons of Minniat, on which the peaceful and good-natured people of Lullyat have been kidnapped. These Merry Men each have their own potential skill once rescued, so releasing them in the right order is often essential for completing a level. Some Merry Men have grey suits - this marks them out as joyless and awkward characters which must be guided through a coloring machine. The Miniation people have loaded the 60 levels with various nasties, ranging from slugs (slow, but must be jumped), Rock Men (those with sharp backs are more dangerous, but both are quite nippy), spiked teeth emerging from manholes, and so on. A large map is provided, and at any point you can pause the game and scroll around the map, which makes the forward planning easier."
884,Final Zone II,,1990,6.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Final Zone II is a top down shooter in which you controls a soldier on some levels and vehicle on other levels. As a soldier you don a ""New Age Power Suit"" and have a choice of playing several different characters, though it is only a one player game. The object of the game is to fight an enemy army led by ""ZOD"" who is a mass murderer and killed some of your commando friends. There are various armaments and shields that you can pick up along the way. There are several manga-style animation sequences in the game. This is the sequel to a Mega Drive game called Final Zone which was released in 1990 also."
892,Slayer,Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Lost Dungeon,1994,7.0,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Slayer is a first-person action RPG using the AD&D 2nd Edition license and rules. Choose from the usual assortment of AD&D character races and classes and venture into randomly-generated dungeons, fighting monsters, and finding items. Dungeon parameters and difficulty are customizable."
893,Wings of Glory,,1995,7.5,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War I","The year is 1916, the dawn of the first World War. New pilots are being trained in use of the airplane, a still relatively new flying invention that may yet have some military value. Certainly the German army is using them, and therefore it's up to the British to respond. Stationed in a small airfield in the town of Thetford, England, a small group of pilots have been transfered from the allied countries to form a squadron and fight against German forces Wings of Glory is one of the relatively few World War 1 flight simulators. It is played in 1st person, with 3rd person camera options and uses Origin's RealSpace Engine. In the main campaign, players start as a fresh rookie pilot, newly transfered to England. Players can have conversations with other pilots,check the kill board for the entire squadron or commence the next mission. Missions begin with a briefing explaining the objectives and then players are put in the front seat of their aircraft. They must take off, reach the appropriate waypoints, perform the objective and return home to land. All planes have a machine gun, of varying capacities which fires in front of the plane. Some planes are also able to carry bombs. There is no radar or other detection method on the planes, so players must be alert to oncoming enemies. In addition to the usual campaign mode it also featured a ""Gauntlet mode"" where the player faces a never-ending wave of successive waves of enemy aircraft. The goal of Gauntlet mode is simply to last as long as possible. The game also features a mission designer to create custom scenarios."
894,Mortville Manor,"Der Landsitz von Mortville, Le manoir de Mortevielle",1986,7.5,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Mortville Manor is an adventure game which takes place in February of 1951. As private detective Jérôme Lange, you are sent a telegram by Julia Defranck, a childhood friend. In it, she informs you that she is very ill and in grave danger. She urges you to join her in her mansion and advises discretion. Once there, you learn she has passed away. You must solve the mystery. But beware; if you don't tread lightly, you will be sent away, or worse... The gameplay focuses on conducting a detective investigation rather than on inventory-based puzzles, though items must be found and examined for its purposes. Conversations with suspects offer a wide variety of topics. The player wanders through the mansion at his own pace, but events would sometimes occur regardless of his actions. The game's interface consists of drop-down menus, including about 20 different verbs used for interactions."
900,Super Dodge Ball,"Arcade Archives: Super Dodge Ball, Kunio-kun The World: Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball-bu, Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball Bu: PC Bangai Hen, Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball-bu",1987,7.3,"Action, Sports",,,"This ain't elementary school and it sure as heck ain't gym class. This is Super Dodge Ball Control your team of six players to pummel the opposing team into submission using only the ball and your team's unique skills. Each player has his own special attacks and each team has their own unique attributes. Play the World Cup mode and take on teams from around the world to claim the championship. You play as the star USA team and must work your way through teams from countries such as England, Iceland, Japan, and more to finally take on the current ruling world champions, the Soviet Union. Or you can challenge a friend in Versus mode and go head to head with whatever teams you choose. Or, if you just feel like cutting loose, you can play Bean Ball mode which is just a free-for-all every-man-for-himself romp in the school yard. Be the last man standing. You can play this alone or with a friend, but the computer will control the remaining 4-5 players."
906,Trivial Pursuit,"Trivial Pursuit: Genus Ausgabe, Trivial Pursuit: Genus Edition, Trivial Pursuit: The CD32 Edition, Trivial Pursuit: The CDTV Edition",1986,7.1,Puzzle,"Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz",,"This is the earliest home computer incarnation of Horn Abbot International Ltd's classic board game, Trivial Pursuit The game involves answering questions on one of six subject categories to gain moves, and answering questions on special squares to gain one of the six 'Wedges' you need to gain the right to take on the final winning question. Questions are aimed at British players - many entertainment questions are based on British TV, and sport questions relate to popular British sports. Two game modes are available: Single Player (which involves answering questions against the clock) and Multiplayer (where you can take on up to five human-controlled players). The computer reveals the answer, and you select 'yes' or 'no' to tell it whether you got it right. The question categories are exactly the same as the board game: Art & Literature, Science & Nature, Geography, History, Sports & Leisure, and Entertainment. However two different question styles are added to take advantage of computer technology - some questions relate to a picture or diagram and some relate to a piece of music. One additional feature not available in the board game is a statistical analysis of the number and type of questions answered correctly. This can be split into the performances of all the players, or the performance of an individual player within the six categories. It is especially useful at the end of the game, when choosing which category a player must answer to win the game."
909,Fox Hunt,,1996,5.8,"Action, Adventure",,,"Jack Fremont is an ordinary guy with just one unique talent: his knowledge of TV shows. Otherwise, his life isn't going too well, and he is about to be evicted from his place. However, one day, bragging about his encyclopedic abilities, Jack is confronted by two CIA agents who tell him that a powerful terrorist is about to destroy Los Angeles. Apparently, the terrorist was uncredited in some TV shows and resorted to violence in protest. Now it's up to Jack to stop him and save the city. Fox Hunt is a spy comedy that heavily relies on live-action full-motion video to advance the plot. The gameplay is restricted to interludes between the movies, and features both adventure and action elements. In some places the player has to explore rooms and find items, while others are built like action sequences. There is a time limit in many of these episodes, and a few branching story arcs."
910,Mega Man: The Wily Wars,Rockman Mega World,1994,7.6,"Action, Compilation","Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mega Man: Wily Wars is a collection of the first three NES Mega Man titles It features enhanced graphics and sound as well as the game ""Wily Tower"", a short game that mixes enemies from all three games."
913,Strike Base,Space Visitors,1996,6.6,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Strike Base the earth is once again threatened by alien forces. The player controls Admiral Leighton who has to coordinate and lead the defense battles on four moons with different geographical features (lava, mountains, forest and underground). Every mission begins with the tactical map where the actual combat situation is shown. Then the player has to equip the vehicles with the appropriate weapons, defenses and other tactical items like satellites or teleports. In every mission the player has a predefined set of the four vehicle types at his disposal (two tanks, a bomber and a battle glider). After these tactical preparations begins the action part of Strike Base : The player controls the vehicles in 1st or 3rd person view and shoots at the alien troops, e.g. rocket launchers, tanks or mines. Of course the player can only use one unit at a time, so he can set waypoints for the others. The vehicles are almost completely mouse controlled, the keyboard used solely to control the speed. Destroyed enemies leave refreshments for the player's equipment, it can also be stocked up at the base. The 15 missions have varied goals, e.g. destroying all enemies, finding escape capsules or destroying specific hostile units. A mission is lost when all units are destroyed or the enemy conquers the player's base. There are four difficulty settings which affect the number and strength of the enemies but only on the two higher settings can all missions be played."
920,Gopher,Farmer Dan,1982,6.1,Action,Arcade,,"A pesky gopher is after your carrot patch! Your goal is to stop it before all of your carrots are gone. The gopher will be tunneling in the ground at the bottom of the screen; you are at the top and need to fill in the gopher's tunnels with your shovel. The gopher is fast, however, and if you don't fill in the tunnels quick enough, it will make it to the surface and run off with one of your carrots! If the gopher manages to take all of your carrots, the game will be over. From time to time, there will be a duck that flies overhead. As the duck passes by, it will drop a seed; if you catch the seed and plant it, a new carrot will grow to replace one of the ones that was stolen. Several difficulty levels are included, which control the speed and intelligence of the gopher, and whether or not the duck will appear."
923,Jack Nicklaus 4,,1997,7.5,Sports,,,"This update to the Jack Nicklaus golf games was long awaited. The game allows to play 4 of Jack Nicklaus' designed courses (Muirfield Village Golf Club, Colleton River Plantation, Country Club of the South, and Cabo del Sol) and one course created especially for the game. Green elevation must be judged precisely, and weather effects must be factored in, based on the visual evidence in front of the player. Two levels of swing power can be applied. It has a complete course designer (in fact, the same one that the game developers used) that gives the user the capability to create any number of courses on their own. Courses from Jack Nicklaus Signature Edition including user-designed ones, can be loaded into the game. User created courses are available on the Internet."
925,Turok: Rage Wars,Turok: Legenden des verlorenen Landes,1999,7.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"If you enjoyed the multiplayer modes in Turok 2 then this is for you. Instead of the usual Turok single player missions, you must control your character and complete certain missions (from getting the most frags in a time limit, finding an item, or lasting the distance). Before a match you also get to choose which weapons to use, and you can unlock heaps of more weapons and character skins as you complete the objectives. Multiplayer is the main aim of this game, and there are plenty of 4 player game modes to choose from (frag and tag, capture the flag, Bloodlust, etc.) as well as a 2 player co-op Trial mode (much like the single player missions) time trials and frag fests."
926,Ashes of Empire,"Ashes, Fallen Empire",1992,7.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"The Confederation of Syndicalist Republics is the setting for this strategy and combat game. Much like the similar looking USSR at the time, the society is crumbling, and you are an upstart aiming to take over power for yourself ….. erm, I mean, aiming to bring peace, harmony, prosperity and happiness. You start off in a small coastal province, and must progress by meeting people and negotiating to get them on your side – sometimes the sword is mightier than the pen, sometimes not. You must ensure that the more militant locals are pacified, and that ethnic minorities are looked after. While those sections are all strategic, there are also some vector-based combat sections. These ensure that brawns are required along with brains, and give the game some variety."
935,Emerald Isle,,1985,6.8,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"You have been hired to deliver important documents across the Caribbean. Heavy winds take hold of your plane across the Bermuda Triangle. At the last moment, you parachute out, landing on a mysterious island known as Emerald Isle. It is said that no one ever returns from that place, but legend has that one person may be allowed to leave - the ruler of the island. The way to freedom is fraught with problems, of course, deadly predators and peculiar natives the least of them. It is possible for the player to die in the game. If that happens they are resurrected elsewhere and retain all the posessions they had. The game is a text adventure utilizing Level 9's adventure system. The parser expects two- or three-word commands. On some systems, the game features graphics (more than 200 pictures)."
937,NFL QB Club 2001,,2000,5.9,Sports,,,"The final QC title on N64 follows in the similar footsteps of the previous three titles on the console, with a full on NFL football simulation with all the teams, players and stats. Modes include Exhibition, Season, Practice & Pro Bowl, with the option to play past NFL Super Bowl games or create your own custom simulation. You can also create your own team and players, a full play book, and sign or trade players pre-season. Up to 4 players are supported."
939,Holiday Maker,,1988,6.8,Adventure,,,"The first of Phoenics' and Software 2000 Artventures series, Holiday Maker tells the story of four young people who decided to spend their vacation on an uninhabited island. Before long a series of strange events and accidents take place, so that the youths soon find themselves in the midst of a murder mystery. This is an adventure game that utilizes digital pictures with live actors and photorealistic still backgrounds. The interaction with the game world is done via an icon-based interface."
942,Dnieper River Line,,1982,7.7,Strategy / tactics,,"Europe, World War II","The Dnieper River Line is a fictionalized engagement between German and Russian forces in the Southern Ukraine in late 1943. As the Germans you are challenged to repel Russian efforts to breach your critical defensive position. The Soviet units controlled by the computer seek to overrun your thin German defensive line and capture sufficient objectives to assure victory. Dnieper River Line is a computer game which is played out board game style with a 8"" x 11"" mapboard and 240 5/8"" illustrated counters."
951,Boulder Dash,"Boulder Dash - Starring: Rockford, Boulder Dash Vol. 1, Champion Boulder Dash",1984,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"You are Rockford, and you have to dig through monster infested caves in search of diamonds. In each level you must collect a certain number of these diamonds, in order to open a portal to the next stage. Enemies can be squashed by falling boulders, which are released when the ground below them is removed or they are pushed onto empty ground, but be careful because these can also squash you. In later levels, difficulty is increased by many puzzle elements and shorter time limits. There are 16 levels to be completed and five different skill levels available, which affect the number of jewels which must be collected and the time limit."
952,Ecco the Dolphin,"3D Ecco the Dolphin, Ecco",1992,7.3,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Travel through time along with Ecco the dolphin, in the only game that could call itself a ""dolphin simulator"". Indeed, you can do pretty much everything a typical dolphin does, including eating fish, surfacing in order to breathe, using your biological sonar and of course, jumping out of the water to amaze your friends. The storyline is actually deeper that one may think by looking at the box illustration. As Ecco, you are the only dolphin who managed to escape from a giant whirlpool which sucked down your entire pod. The five shining stars on your forehead show that you are the chosen one to save them. But that task will be not be an easy one, as you will have to travel through time and space with the Atlantean time machine, and meet the mystical Asterite in order to defeat the Vortex Queen. The main part of the gameplay in Ecco the Dolphin relies on exploring various aquatic levels. They are usually nonlinear, with submerged caverns and tunnels branching out from the main bodies of water. The navigation is impeded by islands that must be hopped over, volcanoes that spit hot lava, powerful currents, deadly spikes, and dangerous predators such as octopi and giant eels. The sonar ability has multiple functions: you can communicate with friendly animals, map out the nearby area (echolocation), activate glyphs, and eventually defeat enemies. Activating glyphs is necessary because they can unlock unexplored parts of the current level, including the exit that leads to the next area; some of them can even bestow the gift of invincibility on Ecco for a limited time. You must keep an eye on the life and breath meters. Dolphins can't stay underwater for a long period of time and must return to the surface for air. However, the cavern systems may hide the occasional pocket of air as well. Every time you are hit by spikes, lava, or an enemy, Ecco loses health, and once it reaches zero you will have to replay the level from the beginning. The life meter can be replenished by eating fish or by finding healing clams, called the Shelled Ones, and communicating with them. It's possible to avoid most enemies, but Ecco can kill troublesome creatures using the death sonar or by charging them head-on."
955,Sled Storm,,1999,7.6,Racing / Driving,,,"Sled Storm is a racing game involving racing a snowmobile around fourteen tracks. Race on mountain tracks or in the snowcross, the game's version of a motocross. There are six characters each with different attributes, such as better speed on their snowmobiles or higher success rate at tricks. It is possible to perform many different tricks and use them together in combos. The tracks have many shortcuts and branching paths, allowing players to take alternative routes. Cash can be earned from victories and spent on upgrading the sled."
960,Circus,"Acrobat, Acrobat TV, Balloon, Circus Circus, Clowns, Highjumpers, Seesaw Jump, Springboard, T.T. Acrobat",1977,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Gameplay in Clowns shares some similarities with Breakout but this time the bricks have been replaced with balloons that you get points for popping. To reach the balloons at the top of the screen you have to move a seesaw under a jumping clown. This will launch away the clown already standing on the seesaw, hopefully towards the balloons. Balloons comes in three different colors: yellow, green and blue. Yellow balloons are the easiest to reach, while the blue are the hardest. Therefore you also get more points for the harder-to-reach balloons. If you manage to clear all balloons of one color, you'll get bonus points. Balloons of that color will then be replenished. You have five jumpers to your disposal, and you will lose one every time you miss catching the landing clown. Clearing all blue balloons will give you an extra jumper. Clowns can be played by one or two players using paddles."
969,Nexus,,1986,7.1,"Action, Adventure",Fighting,,"You are a journalist for a paper called The Clarion and you have been sent by your editor to a drugs ring H.Q. in Columbia to rescue a friend who has been taken hostage by the Drug Baron after being caught investigating him. You also have been tasked to get the answer to 32 questions to make up a big scoop about the drugs ring and the Drugs Baron. You arrive on a beach outside the H.Q. where you are met by an agent of N.E.X.U.S., a government agency sent in to break the drugs ring from the inside. You can accept their help to get inside the building or you can ignore them but help will be needed from them later on in the game. Your priority is always to rescue your friend but the option whether you want to get the story or just escape is yours. Scattered around the building and surrounding area are the answers to the 32 questions split into four parts and need collating together into sentences and sending them to your Editor. There are various terminals scattered around the building which are coloured coded, red, black or blue. The red terminals allow you to piece the sentences together, while the black terminal lets you send completed sentences back to the editor. The blue terminal gives you info on the various N.E.X.U.S. agents showing their different skills which can help you if you choose. On your mission deeper into the building, you will come across goons where you can try to avoid them or fight them. At first you are unarmed so you have to fight them with your fighting skills and you have various moves to use but later on in your mission you can use various weapons to kill them. If you take to much damage from the goons and their weapons then you will black out and either wake up in hospital or a prison cell if captured. If you have co-operated with any agents then you will be rescued from the cells but keep ending up in the cells and you may be left there. The joystick is used to control your hero and it is also used to bring up a function menu which allows you to greet people, get your score or use grenades as well as other functions. The game screen itself is split into various sections with the top box showing your hero and the surrounding area from the side with the screen scrolling from left to right when you move. Below the game screen is a box that shows any instructions or conversations you have with people, below that is a radar showing objects that you can't see on the game screen. Other boxes show a portrait of a person in sight, who they belong to, direction of any objects and the last box shows the function menu, map or a preview of the next move from your hero."
973,Mission Elevator,,1986,6.6,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"A bomb has been set by terrorists to blow up a sky-scraping hotel in which the FBI’s Central Intelligence Unit is located, and you must defuse it. Reaching the room itself is no easy task, as the hotel is split into segments of 8 floors, and you can’t move onto the next one without the emergency key, which the porter has hold of – he must be located. Each of these has one eighth of the secret stop code, and these must be entered in order to finally defuse the bomb. Secrets can be gleaned from the opposing hijackers, and from the barman. In some cases, furniture can be used to your advantage. The whole game is similar to Impossible Mission requiring lots of logic, puzzle-solving and structured thought."
989,Sexy Parodius,,1996,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Fantasy,"Sexy Parodius is the fourth game in the series. As one of the members of Parodius Team, you must stop a lecherous octopus and his army from hoarding a huge treasure mound for their own no-good deeds. Featuring several classic Parodius cast members (including sexy bunny sisters Hikaru and Akane, Takosuke the Octopus, Koitsu the stickman), newcomers, and tons of classic Parodius scenes. Plus, there's a few ""extra"" surprises for those who love the trademark wackiness of the series. This game was never released outside of Japan."
1000,The King of Fighters: Evolution,The King of Fighters '99: Evolution,2000,7.2,Action,Fighting,,"Welcome back to the King of Fighters tournament with this, the latest installment of the legendary SNK fighting game series! Taking elements from both KOF '99 and the new KOF 2000, KOF Evo brings hardcore fighting game action, slick characters, newcomers, oldcomers, and everyone in between back for one of the greatest fighting game experiences you'll ever see!"
1005,Gekido,"Gekido: Furious Four-Player Fighting, Gekido: Urban Fighters",2000,6.8,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Gekido: Urban Fighters is one of the few 3D beat-em-up games of the 5th generation of consoles. The year is 2011 and a hackers' antivirus has evolved into an independent entity. Playing as one of the four characters: Travis the policeman, Michelle the military, Ushi the master or Tetsuo the school guy, you the player has to go after the hackers and find the virus. The levels are filled with weapons and objects to vary the players attacks. Regular moves includes acrobatics, jumps, kicks and punches with combos that will unlock as the player progress through the stages. The player can also activate a short rage boost for additional damage. Next to the regular missions, there is an arena mode and co-operative multitap play with up to 4 players. Marvel comic book artist Joe Mad contributed, and the artists Fatboy Slim and Apartment 26 were contracted for the music."
1007,Ghost Pilots,,1991,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Ghost Pilots is an overhead military plane shooter, in which you must shoot down fighter jets by either using bullets or bombs. Once you have killed enough fighter jets, you will have to defeat a boss fighter jet in order to continue. After some stages, you must select a route to continue your journey on. Power-ups can be collected that will increase your firepower, and stars can be obtained for extra points."
1010,Championship Manager 93,Championship Manager '93,1993,6.3,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Championship Manager 93/94 is the successor to Championship Manager The text-based interface remains the same, but several new features have been added to the game. Included now are reserve squads, transfers with international players and injury time. Also, the match engine has been slightly changed to give more information. As it could be expected, all statistics are up to date with the 93/94 season, including real world teams and players."
1017,Jumping Jack,Leggit!,1983,7.5,Action,Platform,,"Reaching the tops of 20 screens is the aim of Jack's life. The ledges go right across the screen, with gaps emerging at random intervals, through which Jack must aim. He can move along each ledge, and must avoid holes which open, as they can cause him to drop further. Later levels add aliens, snakes and all manner of other hazards, as well as an increasing number of holes. The control combination is unusual, and only comfortable on earlier Spectrum models - the game has no joystick mode."
1018,Iron Trackers,,1989,5.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Post-apocalyptic,"Transport on Quad bikes is the only available form of transportation in a post nuclear disaster world, and it is your occupation. It is very dangerous, and you need to survive racing from city to city. Equipping your Quad with different weapons and engines, you should choose your route and traverse swamp roads, inner city streets, and forest tracks to complete your mission. In your quest you will encounter Mutant Appendages that will drag you into the murky depths of the swamp; fences, walls, barriers, and traps which you must avoid; primitive natives, and wild animals; police vehicles and Urban Warriors who will stop at nothing to catch and kill you. The game is third-person racing action arcade, where the player controls a Quad and shoots the enemies with the weapon chosen for it. Gameplay is available for one or two players. In two players mode the screen is split on two sides, and each player may play in cooperative or competitive mode."
1020,James Bond 007: A View to a Kill,,1985,6.7,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"You are James Bond 007 and you must stop Max Zorin from destroying Silicon Valley and dominating the microchip market. If you fail, Max Zorin will flood Silicon Valley by creating a major earthquake. The gameplay is similar to Goldfinger but it doesn't follow the movie as closely. The game will take you to the Siberian Mountains, Paris, and San Francisco."
1022,Top Rank Tennis,Top Ranking Tennis,1993,7.3,Sports,,,"Top Rank Tennis is a tennis game. Players can opt to play singles or doubles matches. There are only two game modes: Official or Practice. Normal tennis rules apply. Notably for a Game Boy title, the game's scoring is completely spoken out loud as well as other words such as ""play"" and ""fault"". Player rankings are saved using battery backed RAM. Multiplayer up to four players using the four player adapter is supported."
1024,Reach for the Skies,,1993,7.3,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","Reach for the Skies is a combat flight sim focused on WWII's famous ""Battle of Britain"", splitting the battle into four stages and giving you the option to take part for either the Royal Air Force or the German Luftwaffe. As well as piloting a plane, you can also take on Controller duties, of planning which planes to deploy where on each day, trying to minimise losses. Eight planes are simulated, from Hurricanes and Spitfires to Ju88s and BF110s, each with their own cockpit displays and characteristics. When playing as the Germans, protecting the fragile and slow Ju88 bombers is crucial. There is a practice mode with indestructible planes, realism levels can be adjusted, and time can be accelerated while an enemy plane is not in sight."
1025,Evocation Oltre il Sogno,Evocation: Zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit,1995,6.2,Adventure,,Fantasy,"In this adventure game the player controls the magician trainee Eto who is sick of the training methods of his master Pan. So he secretly studies in his master's library and challenges Pan to a duel which Eto surprisingly wins. But his victory doesn't last long. After waking up one morning Eto finds himself on a small island which only contains two doors and a small marble ball. Behind the doors are the scenarios of the game, the first leads into the house of an astronomer interested in Far Eastern mysticism. The controls are simple: With the mouse the player moves through the rendered backgrounds. When taking a object he drag & drops the item into his inventory, visa versa for using a item in the game world. The puzzles are logic based riddles similar to Myst The game automatically saves when exiting the programme and loads the last save when starting it up. Additionally the player has six save slots at his disposal. There is no way to lose the game."
1031,Rent-a-Hero,,1998,6.9,Adventure,,,"Rodrigo is a hero, but in this game it's not as cool as it sounds. He lives on the isle Tol Andar and there are many, many other heroes there. The problem is that there are not enough princesses to rescue or dragons to slay for all the heroes, so Rodrigo is currently unemployed. Another problem involves pirates who want to raid the city Smashville and create flying ships with magical gloomstones. Confronted with this situation, Rodrigo is very disillusioned. Just in time, the dwarf Ramil hires Rodrigo to find his wife Jasmin, who was captured by the pirates and is held in the city of Endavin. Rent-a-Hero is a traditional point-and-click adventure. The characters are modeled in 3D but the background graphics are pre-rendered. There are over 30 locations and over 30 characters to interact with. With its comic anachronisms and pirate theme, the game's humour is similar to that of Monkey Island"
1037,The Tone Rebellion,"Leviathan: The Tone Rebellion, Tone Rebellion",1997,7.5,Strategy / tactics,"Puzzle elements, RPG elements","Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","The Floaters are a peaceful race of creatures who exist in their own world, drawing energy and magical power from a mysterious liquid known as the Tone. One day, an evil being called the Leviathan appeared in their world. His minions began draining the Tone pools. The Leviathan destroyed the civilization of the Floaters and split their world into several smaller ones. The surviving Floaters continued to exist, separated from each other, in these new worlds, eventually evolving into four different races. Now, the time for rebellion has come. The Floaters must join forces and destroy Leviathan and his servants. The Tone Rebellion is a real-time strategy game (RTS) with light RPG and puzzle-solving elements. The player must first choose the Floater tribe he/she desires to control - Tarks, Zygons, Cepheans, or Dyla. Each tribe starts on a different island, and has different affinities to the realm types encountered in the game: Physical, Supernatural, Ethereal, and Natural. The player begins with a very small unit of Floaters around a tribal center. By harvesting Tone, the player can build new structures, unique to each race, increasing the number of units. The goal is to build a bridge to another island, eventually uniting all of them in the struggle against the Leviathan. The Leviathan at first ignores the player's attempts to strengthen the Floaters, but after a while begins building his own structures, sending stronger units to oppress the rebellion. The RPG element is present in learning and developing magic spells. Units gather experience following successful combat, reaching higher skill levels and learning new spells. Each island harbors mysterious artifacts, which must be collected and deciphered in order to understand how this particular island came into existence. These artifacts are put together much like puzzle pieces; completing a set of artifacts will enable the Floaters to successfully construct a bridge to the next island."
1043,Storm Warrior,,1989,5.6,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Fantasy,"Storm Warrior is a flip-screen beat 'em up game. The player takes on the role of a sword-wielding prince who must battle his way into a witch's castle to defeat her and break the curse on his land. Each level consists of multiple screens that the player must traverse. Most screens feature one or two enemies, who must be defeated through a mix of careful blocking and timed sword strikes while the opponent is vulnerable. Additional hazards include streams of stones launched from trees, as well as a boss monster awaiting at the end of each level. Taking damage from enemies depletes the player's health, which is shown on the status bar as a Grim Reaper progressing across the screen; health does not regenerate between levels."
1047,Dodge 'Em,"Desvie-se!, Dodger Cars",1980,6.6,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"You control a race car on a four lane track, and your goal is to collect all of the dots in order to earn points and advance to the next level! The race track is broken up into four quadrants; your racecar must remain in the lane it is in except where there is a break in the lanes between quadrants. Trying to stop you is a second car which travels in the opposite direction. This car will always be trying to get into the same lane as you, causing a crash, so you need to make sure you switch to any lane it isn't in! To help out, your racecar has the ability to travel at a fast or slow speed. You begin the game with three racecars, and the game ends when all three cars have crashed. A two player game variation is also available where one player controls a car trying to collect the dots, and the second player controls the crash car trying to stop the first player."
1048,NanoTek Warrior,,1997,6.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the 23rd century, nanotechnology does man’s bidding. Anything from curing disease to feeding the worlds population has been taken care of by these tiny wondrous nanobots. But what happens when they become self-aware and decided to destroy their oppressors? To save the human race from extinction by its own creation, you are put in control of a new breed of nano war machine designed to fight – and win – this war. Enter NanoTek Warrior. A ground-based shoot-em-up by design, the game employs the use of jumping, banking, and strafing as you move forward through 3D tube-like levels. The game is seem from a third-person perspective behind the ship. Some areas place you outside and some inside, but the majority of the game takes place rotating around tubes. This gameplay only differs slightly in boss levels, that allow you to rotate around a central point with no forward motion. You can obtain different power-ups including special weapons, health bonuses and extra lives as you play through the game’s 9 levels. Each level is divided into 2 stages, one on tubes and a boss fight afterwards."
1049,Clue,Cluedo?,1994,6.6,Adventure,Board game,,"Clue is a full-motion video adaptation of the popular board game of the same name. There are three storylines with four difficulty levels, each with a unique solution making it altogether twelve different mysteries: The Hodded Madonna, Happy Ever After and Deadly Patent. The movement system, where the player moves the cursor to a portion of the screen and clicks on it to move or turn to that direction is similar to the one found in the The 7th Guest Inside the rooms the screen switches to a 360º panorama that can be scrolled by moving the cursor to its edges. Clicking on clocks starts a flashback video of what happened on the room before the crime was committed. Clicking on suspects brings up the interrogation screen, where they can be inquired about weapons, their alibis, etc. Clicking on secret passages transports the player to another room. Clicking on the bell calls the butler and the accusation menu, where the player chooses the weapon and the murderer. Afterwards, the butler informs if the player made the right choice. A notebook keeps track of all the information collected, and can be accessed at any time. Each of the four difficulty levels have a different number of accusations available (3 on the easiest level, 1 on the hardest one). In the easier levels the room positions are fixed, while in the tougher levels they are random. In each player's turn they can perform two moves, two actions or a action and a move. A move is defined by entering and leaving a room. A action is defined by examining items, interrogating suspects or watching a flashback."
1054,Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing,"Nigel Mansell F-1 Challenge, Nigel Mansell's World Championship",1992,7.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,"Africa, Asia, Contemporary, Europe, Japan (Modern/Futuristic), North America, Oceania, South America","Timing smiled on Gremlin with this licensed Formula 1 simulation, as Nigel's long quest for a championship had finally come good. The game was pitched somewhere in between a full-blown simulation like F1 GP and action games like Continental Circus Only 12 cars were in each race, which could last from between 3 and 20 laps. Before each race you can customize wing downforce, gear ratio, tyre selection and fuel load choices – pitstops are a standard feature of the longer races. The 16-bit versions include a unique 'Improve With Mansell' mode, in which a digitized version of Nigel's head appears in the top corner of the screen, offering instructions and praise."
1056,Harvest Moon,Bokujō Monogatari,1996,7.7,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Harvest Moon is a single-player life-simulation farming game. The player inherits a neglected countryside ranch and is tasked with restoring it by tending fields, raising animals, and integrating with a nearby town over a fixed multi-year span that ends with a formal evaluation of the farm and the farmer’s life. Play unfolds across four 30-day seasons that influence what can be planted, harvested, or foraged. Each in-game day offers limited time to clear land, water crops, feed livestock, and ship produce for income. Animals must be cared for daily, with chickens needing feed and cows requiring attention to remain healthy and productive. Managing the routine within the clock, the weather, and seasonal schedules is the core challenge. Progression is measured in money earned, land improved, and relationships built. Crops are grown in tilled plots that must be watered regularly to advance growth stages, then shipped for profit. Livestock expands the farm’s output with eggs and milk. Tool use and planning are constrained by the farmer’s stamina, which can be increased by finding rare Power Berries hidden through exploration and special events. Town life provides structure and optional goals. The player can befriend villagers through conversation and gifts, then pursue courtship and marriage with eligible partners. Household upgrades expand living space and enable family life. Festivals on specific calendar days offer social scenes and small mechanics twists, and some events can raise affection with townspeople. Exploration beyond the farm yields resources, secrets, and stamina restoratives. The mountain area and other outskirts offer forage items and event triggers, while careful time management is required to deliver goods to the shipping bin before collection each evening. Efficient routing, weather awareness, and choosing between fieldwork and town visits determine the farm’s steady growth. Long-term goals culminate in an evaluation after a set period near the summer of the third year, with outcomes reflecting farming success, social bonds, and family life. Multiple ending scenes can be earned by meeting different criteria, such as marriage, raising children, shipping large quantities of particular crops, or collecting all Power Berries."
1068,Arcana,,1986,7.2,Action,,Fantasy,"There are only two and a half hours left of Twilight before the day turns into Shedding Moon Eve, the autumn equinox which will be terrible news for the people of Estarion. The evil King, Valarequil who rules the North Lands, has in his possession the most potent book of Dark Magic, The Dark Clavicle held in his his castle, Arcana Once Twilight is no more then the book's clasp will open revealing it's secrets and allow the King to rule the whole of Estarion. Someone must enter the castle and search for seven taliman's to produce a ring before destroying the book. In this arcade adventure viewed from the side at an elevated angle with the screen scrolling when you move, you play the role of Baludar who has been sent to complete this dangerous quest. Over four levels, you must explore and search for items to help you in your quest while avoiding or shooting the many creatures who roam the castle. You have a unlimited supply of bolts and these are used to kill the creatures but if you are touched or hit then you lose part of your Life Force and when it reaches zero then it is game over. Keys are also needed to open certain doors to explore deeper into Arcana"
1069,Gremlins,,1984,7.8,Action,Arcade,,"Gremlins is an action game based on the Steven Spielberg movie of the same name. The game takes place just after midnight when there are Gremlins and Mogwai running around Billy's living room! You control Billy from a third-person point of view. On each level, your goal is to catch all of the Mogwai and return them to their cage (located in the upper right corner of the screen) and to destroy all of the Gremlins with a sword. Each level has a time limit - at 6:00 am when the sun rises. You move on to the next level by completing your tasks or just surviving until 6:00, although more points are awarded for the former. You will also receive bonus points for each Mogwai returned to the cage. On many of the levels, there will be various types of food lying about the screen. If a Mogwai eats any food, it will turn into a gremlin. There may also be puddles of water; if a Gremlin or Mogwai runs into the water, it will split into two. Some levels also contain a refrigerator or popcorn machine which will throw food out onto the screen or television which will distract the Gremlins. You also begin the game with a limited number of flash cubes; if you get into trouble, you can use these to temporarily stun all of the Gremlins and Mogwai. As the levels progress gameplay becomes faster and the Gremlins and Mogwai more numerous."
1073,Flood,,1990,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Flood is a side-scrolling platformer in which the player takes control of Quiffy, a strange amphibious creature, on his quest to stop the flooding of his underground world. The gameplay is familiar (it is a platformer afterall), but there are some novel ideas, such as Quiffy's ability to cling to walls and ceilings. During his travel to the planet surface, Quiffy will meet three kinds of menace. The first is the monsters, of course, as in any platformer. The two others are a bit more original: as the game's title implies, water will progressively flood the levels, endagering Quiffy - which, by the way, isn't amphibious. There is also a ghost which happens to be the spirit of Quiffy's late aunt (!) and which will chase him by reproducing every move he made a dozen of seconds later."
1080,Balance of the Planet,,1990,6.7,"Educational, Simulation",Managerial / business simulation,,"Balance of the Planet is an environmental management simulation. It is the successor to Balance of Power Chris Crawford seems to have a special liking for problems of global concern. Balance of Power dealt with politics in the cold war, its successor Balance of the Planet simulates nothing less than Earth's ecosystem. Although Maxis' Sim Earth is often credited as the first ""ecosim"", the title rightfully belongs to Crawford's game. Both games are equally interesting nevertheless, as they use two vastly different approaches to an enormously complex subject. Sim Earth tries to simulate the natural processes, i.e. continental drift, weather, global temperature etc. as accurately as possible, and calculates the global impact from these basic conditions. Balance of the Planet breaks down the ecological system into 150 single factors, connected in a cause-and-effect network. Rather than experiencing the ecosystem as a whole, you discover a string of subjects that influence each other. For example, when dealing with global warming, you'd be referred to carbon dioxides and methane (the causes) and rising sea level (the result). By following and understanding the links, you may thus find out in which way beef production influences inundation. There is, however, no accurate simulation of a global ecology, rather than a sophisticated schematic of factors and problems. Contrary to Sim Earth, you do not change the mechanisms of nature themselves. Instead, you're to try to influence society by funding and granting subsidies. If you raise the tax on coal considerably, coal burning and thus carbon dioxide output will be discouraged, but the strain on other forms of energy will increase. You'd be best advised to subsidise renewable energies -- which leaves less money for other pressing problems. Your job is to balance the ecology with the age-old system of reward and punishment. This has to be done in only nine turns; you are awarded or subtracted points, depending on your success. Balance of the Planet is highly customisable. You may not only load ""biased"" games, in which you play with a certain prejudice (e.g. pro-nuclear), but also change all the formulas used for calculations to your liking."
1085,Spaghetti Western Simulator,,1989,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Western,"As Clint Westband the player is cast a bounty hunter to go after the desperadoes of the Wild West. Roaming around the streets he has to shoot the bandits to get more bounty and on the way he can collect dynamite to blow up objects), extra money bags and keys to open doors. There are also items to pick up to kill the ghosts, scorpions and hornets as these zap energy and eventually kill Clint. Make sure not to shoot innocent bystanders or a part of the collected bounty has to be given back."
1089,Magnetron,,1988,7.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Magnetron is a follow-up to Quazatron Robot KLP-2 returns to destroy a series of space stations around the planet Quartech. This is achieved by overloading or shutting down the four nuclear reactors in each station. KLP-2 has to carry nuclear fuel rods between the reactors, with each rod having a positive or negative charge and a weight. The more weight being carried, the slower KLP-2 moves and the harder it is to get up slopes. The charge affects how the robot reacts to arrow tiles on the floor - a positive charge moves the robot in the direction of the arrow, a negative charge in the opposite direction. Throughout the space station are computer screens to give information, in a very similar method to Paradroid Enemies come in various types and have different weapons, with each showing a rank and droid number on the front. By standing still and holding down fire, KLP-2 enters grapple mode. Now he can run into an enemy and try to take control. This gives a 9x9 grid of symbols. Rearranging the bottom row disarms the detonator and allows KLP-2 to steal energy for a recharge. Rearranging all three rows allows KLP-2 to take over the other robot and use its abilities and weapons. Once at the reactor, KLP-2 can add or remove a rod at a time. The aim is either to overload (by getting a big positive number) or shut down (by getting a big negative number). With all four reactors shut down, the lights dim and KLP-2 goes to a beam pad to move on to the next station."
1093,Buster Bros.,"Buster Brothers, Pang, Pomping World",1989,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Pang is a platform game which consists of 50 levels in total. It can be played with one or two players on the same screen, and the other player can join anytime within the game. Your goal is to destroy the balloons which bounce around the playfield. To accomplish this, you can shoot hooks which travel upwards, and blow up any balloon they touch. Depending on their size, they either split on two smaller ones, or evaporate if they're at their minimum size. Apart from balloons, some levels also have barriers that have to be destroyed with your hooks, since they often block your access to balloons. There are also some barriers which cannot ever be destroyed. Your character has the ability to climb ladders, but cannot jump. You can also pick up power-ups such as: the ability to fire two shots at once, the hook that attaches to the ceiling and waits 'til something bumps into it, a gun which has a high rate of fire but cannot destroy barriers. Beside extra weapons, you can also pick certain things like clock (halting time for a small period), dynamite (reducing all balls to minimum size, thus making you able to reach more points), life, and such."
1095,Battlestorm,,1990,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A top-down space shooter that was different from most others at the time in that it did not just scroll continuously in one direction, but could scroll at different speeds in all possible directions on the X and Y axis, on the player's whim. The game takes place above the surface of a ruined, devastated planet: each level starts within a large area, in which your ship has free movement. Avoiding surface hazards, such as auto-aiming turrets, the goal is to destroy enemy spacecraft that hover around the large area in groups. Each wave of attacks is followed by a bomb-dropping mothership, which you must hurry up and destroy before it moves off the playfield, in order to proceed to the next wave; the last mothership gives way to the boss - a gigantic spacecraft that will chase you around the playfield. Beaten it? You are transported to a short section of standard shooter fare, where the screen auto-scrolls vertically, at the end of which you face a final monstrosity. This ends the level - on to the next one. Absorbing enemy fire will deplete your power, while collecting power-ups and destroying turrets can bring it back up somewhat. At 0% power, the game is over - although you may get an option to continue, based on how far you got."
1097,Menzoberranzan,,1994,7.0,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"In Menzoberranzan the player takes the role of two adventurers (two more can be recruited) who have just returned from a fight against an evil enemy in the Icewind Dale. A drow raid looking for Drizzt attacks the village the adventurers are staying in and takes several villagers as hostages. Now (probably with the help of the captain of the guard) the adventurers will have to rescue the villagers in an epic that spans to the evil city Menzoberranzan itself. Menzoberranzan is a first-person, party-based role-playing game that utilizes the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules for character creation, combat, and other gameplay elements. The game is built upon the same engine that was used in Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession The combat is done in real-time, performed by choosing attack options and clicking on the enemy, allowing the party to execute the commands. Popular characters Drizzt and Guenhwyvar from the books by R.A. Salvatore can join the party during the quest."
1098,Adventures of Lolo 3,Adventures of Lolo II: Super Puzzle Game,1990,7.7,"Action, Puzzle",,,"This time, Lolo has a red friend who will do for him some of the work. Unlike the two previous Lolo games, here you can wander around a world map and enter different locations in a non-linear fashion. However, some of the locations remain blocked until you find a key after completing another level. The gameplay is very similar to the one of the two previous games. You have to collect all the hearts in each room. Enemies will prevent you from doing that, and others will appear once you have eaten all the hearts and are hurrying towards the exit. The puzzles involve mostly pushing things to prevent enemies from stopping you."
1104,M.U.S.H.A.,"M.U.S.H.A.: Metallic Uniframe Super Hybrid Armor, Musha Aleste - Full Metal Fighter Ellinor",1990,8.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter","Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","A spin-off from the Aleste series by Compile, Musha Aleste takes the same top-down shooter mechanics of its predecessors but stages the action in a bizarre universe that merges traditional Japanese lore with sci-fi mecha action. Instead of commanding a ship, you will actually step into the cockpit of a ninja-styled mecha as you fight through the ten levels in the game, with several option satellites that can be configured to use different formations."
1107,Ar'Kritz the Intruder,"Ar'Kritz de Indringer, The Intruder",1996,5.7,Action,Platform,,"While Jack was drinking a simple beer, he wasn't thinking that he was absorbing Ar'Kritz a microscopic extra-terrestrial police officer. Now the countdown started, Ar'Kritz causes mutations to Jack's body by creating a toxic substance. Jack is about to transform himself into a powerful monster... but the death will be the final step of this mutation. Help him. Your mission is tricky, enigmas, weapons, bonus... and enemies to fight ! Your objective: Reach the spacial enemy base and destroy it. But before, find a way to separate Jack from his small parasite. Ar'Kritz is a platform/action game with an horizontal view and 10 levels of gameplay through 230 different screens. You control a unique character displayed on screen fighting against dozens of enemies. You will have to run, jump holes, climb ladders, kill enemies with your hands or with the weapons you will be able to collect on your way. Be careful to collect the necessary items to solve the puzzles placed all along the game. Controls: You can control Jack using you Keyboard or your Joystick."
1116,The Astonishing Adventures of Mr. Weems and the She Vampires,She Vampires,1987,5.6,Action,Shooter,,"In this top-view shooter with similarities to Gauntlet Mr. Weems has set out to kill the She Vampires in their mansion, which is split into six levels. These include many locked doors for which keys must be found, plus teleporters and secret paths. Weems' main foes are bats and monsters, strategically placed inside coffins, and regenerating when you re-enter a room. Contact with these drains his blood, although fortunately there are replacement vials of this to be found. He is armed with a garlic-firing gun, plus limited numbers of garlic pills, which make enemies avoid him. The first five levels feature the objects required to kill the She Vampires — a crucifix, large garlic piece, stake, mirror and mallet. Once they are killed, he must make his escape, facing all those bats and monsters again."
1119,Joe Montana Football,,1990,7.0,Sports,,,"The license in this game is for famous player Joe Montana, but not for the NFL itself, so the teams represent cities rather than real-world teams, and the roster of players is fictional, although they can be fully edited. All the major rules of major league football are intact. The action is viewed from the side, with the ability to catch and tackle while on the move. A ReceiverCam to help you find a free man to pass to. Multi-angle replays are built in, and can be saved to disk for a Highlights reel. This game features a playbook that lets you edit and save plays and use them during the game."
1120,Live a Live,liveAevil,1994,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","In Live a Live the player controls seven main characters and plays through seven different chapters set in seven different time periods: prehistoric age, old China, feudal Japan, American Old West, modern-day environment, near future on the Earth, and a sci-fi space scenario. These stories appear to have no common points at first; each one has its own protagonists and goals: the prehistoric chapter is dedicated to love and friendship that existed before humans invented language; the Chinese chapter is a tale of an old master who must choose a perfect apprentice; the Japanese (Bakumatsu period) episode stars a ninja that infiltrates a warlord's castle; the Old West scenario is a classic tale of rivalry and revenge; modern-day story is a simple recounting of a fighting tournament; near future chapter deals with urban life and psychic abilities; finally, the space episode is a horror story in which a robot must investigate mysterious deaths of the crew members. The player can choose to play the scenarios in any order, but must complete them all in order to unlock the eighth scenario, and eventually the final chapter - both of which explain the connections between the separate stories and deliver the grand finale. The main gameplay system in Live a Live is that of a Japanese-style role-playing game with turn-based battles. Unlike most games of its kind, the battles take place on a single-screen field, on which the player can freely navigate the characters. Positioning the characters is crucial in many battles, as enemy attacks often have area effects; weapon range also plays a role in combat. The chapters may vary drastically in gameplay. For example, the ninja chapter is mostly based on stealth; finding ways to avoid the enemies is preferable to engaging them in battles. The near future chapter features mind-reading and other puzzle-solving elements. The sci-fi chapter is unique gameplay-wise, having no battles at all, the gameplay focusing entirely on exploration and gradually solving the mystery."
1124,Grandia,,1997,7.9,Role-playing (RPG),,"Fantasy, Steampunk","The ancient Angelou civilization has ceased to exist centuries ago, and technology in the world develops rapidly. General Baal, the head of the militaristic Garlyle Forces, organizes an excavation of ancient ruins, apparently for philanthropic reasons. Meanwhile, Justin, a young boy from the nearby town of Parm, decides to investigate the ruins in search of the Spirit Stone, an artefact that once belonged to his missing father. A mysterious holographic image tells him that he should travel to faraway lands to discover the stone's true power, and he embarks on the most dangerous adventure of his life without hesitation. Grandia is a Japanese-style role-playing game. The characters are represented by 2D sprites which are moved around over 3D backgrounds in towns and dungeons. The game makes use of anime-style cutscenes to advance the story. Combat is initiated by coming into contact with enemies on the screen, rather than through random battles. Battles occur in pseudo-real-time, using an 'IP Gauge' to determine when a character takes action. Striking at the right time or with the right ability can even delay or cancel an enemy's turn. The characters in the game gradually advance in level as they gain experience points for killing monsters. Characters also gain experience based on the weapon (e.g. sword, mace, whip, etc.) or magic (e.g. fire, water, etc.) that they use, powering up their spells and learning new ones from continuous usage. There are a large number of spells, weapons, and other items to use throughout the game."
1127,The Speris Legacy,,1996,7.2,Action,,,"Cho is a young farmer who travels the world in search of adventure, fame, and fortune. He is asked by the king to find out the whereabouts of the evil prince Gallus, overpower him, and bring him back to the king to serve his punishment for burning down the palace and murdering Kane the previous day. If Cho succeeds in his quest, the king will hand the throne over to him. Unfortunately, Cho doesn't have anything to start off with, so he must find some weapons and protection before he starts. Your quest begins in Sharma City, where the palace resides. You can talk to people to get some hints on what to do and where to go. Along the way you may find some weapons that can be found hidden in treasure cheats or are given to Cho. Some of these weapons include swords for killing enemies, and bombs for blowing up obstacles that get in your way. Some locations have teleports (one-way only) that will get you from one place to another, and you can reveal any hidden items by shooting any flora."
1131,The Incredible Hulk,,1994,6.1,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this side-scrolling action game you fight against your arch-enemy The Leader and his forces (Rhino, Absorbing Man, Abomination and Tyrannus). Take control of the Hulk/Dr. Banner through five levels of action. City and Construction Site, Tyrannus' Labyrinth, Leader's Fortress, Leader's Interior, and the Final Confrontation."
1132,Centerbase,,1992,7.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Centerbase is a business simulation with many similarities to reLINE's earlier Oil Imperium Four landlords compete for the money of tenants in a city of the future. The city is divided into four sectors, each of which houses six lots for apartment houses to be built on. Tenants not only require appropriate housing, but also water, food and energy supplies. These can be bought at the stock market, but must otherwise be acquired from food factories, water and power plants by completing different action sequences. New lots can be acquired by buying them from the opponents (who will usually only sell when they are in financial trouble, though) or by sending a robotic attack force to occupy them. Robots can also be used to collect the energy, food and water resources, thus avoiding the action sequences. Besides the legal options of buying and selling lots, robots and resources, building apartments and setting rent levels, various shady activities are also possible. Robots can be sent on sabotage missions, bar patrons of the Sky Dim bar can be hired to steal goods or spread rumors about competitors (possibly suspending their stock market activities), and money can be won (or lost) by gambling in the Casino. Some common but unpredictable events include natural disasters (which can damage or destroy buildings and apartments) and attacks by space pirates (which result in another action sequence). The game can be played by one to four players. If less than four human players are available, the computer controls the remaining landlords. Different winning conditions can be set at the start of the game: from having the most tenants within five years of game time to total domination by controlling every lot in the city."
1135,SpeedRage,,1996,4.8,Racing / Driving,"Arcade, Shooter",,"SpeedRage is an arcade racing game with shooter elements. You can choose between two different racing types (water and land): Speed Boat or Dune Buggy. As in many earlier racing games, you view your vehicle from behind. The game is multi-player capable and the box includes a second CD-ROM for this purpose."
1138,Paperboy,,1999,5.3,Action,,,"Paperboy returns in this game with the same objectives as last time but with a new retro-3D look. As the paperboy the player must deliver a newspaper to each of their subscribers. The more papers the player delivers in the least amount of time, the better the chances of signing more subscribers. For each street, the player has a maximum number of subscribers that they need to sign-up before they can move onto the next, more challenging street (aka, the next level). Each street includes objects that will get in the player's way (such as dogs, fire hydrants, etc.) as well as bonus objectives. Collecting three coins by knocking down people and items on the street will take the player to bonus levels, for instance, ranging from obstacle courses to catching fire flies. The player can win extra subscribers by completing these bonus levels."
1141,Biomotor Unitron,,1999,6.9,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,,"Biomotor Unitron is a RPG for the Neo Geo Pocket Color. After a meteor brings a new source of energy to the world, the construction of giant robots begins. These robots are used for entertainment and fight in arena fights against one-another for the title Master of Masters. You play a duo of characters that participates in these gladiator battles. You can control both characters and have to explore and perform quests to earn money and items to upgrade your Unitron robot with. You can talk to inhabitants of the city and buy new items at stores. The Unitron changes visibly when you apply upgrades and a great deal of upgrades are at hand. Over two hundred different weapon configurations are possible. Each weapon and part has a certain material and element. Fire weapons will work better against wooden robots than water-based robots. Beneath the city there are large dungeons where most quests will have to be solved and most items will be found. The battles are like in Pokémon completely menu based. You pick whatever powers you want to use from a drop-down list."
1145,Motor City,"Motor City: History Experience Part II, Oldtimer, Oldtimer: Die Simulation der Automobilgeschichte von 1886 bis 1929",1994,7.5,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,Interwar,"In Motor City you are the President of an upstart car company. You have the control over just about everything, from designing cars and opening branches throughout Europe to hiring workers and engineers. You have to build larger and larger factories. The game starts at the beginning of the 20th century and takes you slowly forward to the modern ages and the technical revolutions."
1146,Star Wars: Droids,,1988,5.3,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Wars: Droids is based on the Star Wars Saturday morning animated series that ran from 1985-1986. The series followed the adventures of the droid duo C-3PO and R2-D2. In this platformer title with puzzle elements, the droids find themselves prisoners of the Fromm Gang, and must escape a series of traps and hostile droids and traps, including seekers, droid maintenance crews and various droid guards. Threepio and Artoo must make their way through the Fromm Gang's prison, a mining level and a research level in order to escape their captors and be reunited with their master, Thall Joben."
1149,Tape Worm,,1982,6.1,Action,Arcade,,"You are Slinky the tapeworm. You must move about the bean patch, eating beans. Each time you eat a bean, you grow longer and the bean count goes down by one. Beans appear randomly in the patch and you must eat them before the beetle at the bottom gets from left to right to get the count down to zero. If the beetle gets to the right before you get the bean, two more beans will appear in the patch and two more beans are added to the count. At times, Beeky the bird or Spanky the spider will pass through the bean patch. In later levels, an obstacle will appear in the middle of the patch. You lose a life if you touch your head (yellow square) to the obstacle or the sides of the patch, touch your head to your body, or Spanky or Beeky touch your head (eat you). The third patch is night. When you get a bean, you can see the patch for two seconds. If you need more looks, you can press the fire button for another two seconds of light but it costs you a bean. The levels and their point values are: Apple (5 points per bean, 50 points for the apple) Orange (10 points per bean, 100 points for the orange) Grape (15 points per bean, 150 points for the grapes) Strawberry (20 points per bean, 200 points for the strawberry) Banana (25 points per bean, 250 points for the banana) You get a bonus worm every 1,000 points. You can have up to 4 worms in reserve."
1151,Mendel Palace,Quinty,1989,7.3,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"In Mendel Palace you are Bon-Bon and you have to rescue your girlfriend Candy, who has fallen asleep and is now trapped in her dream. To progress, you have to go through various areas that feature dolls as enemies. Games are played on a board of 7x5 sliding tiles, using an overhead view. By sliding floor tiles, you'll be able to put them off balance and make them crash in the wall, leading to their destruction."
1153,Hypaball,Hypa-Ball,1986,6.5,"Action, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Hypaball is a two player futuristic sports game, played between the Hawks (human) and the Vipers (human or CPU). Choose your three-man team from a pool of 10 players, each with slightly different stats for strength, agility and speed. The teams have to pass and catch a ball and shoot it to a moving basket in the middle of the screen. Two players are in the air (one in each half of the arena), while the third remains on the ground to collect an otherwise-dead ball. You simultaneously control the grounder and the air player nearer the ball - they move left and right in unison, but only the air player responds to up-down movements. Players can only hold possession for 2.5 seconds, in order to keep the games fast and frantic."
1159,Slam 'N Jam '96 featuring Magic & Kareem,,1996,6.6,Sports,,,"A fast paced 5-on-5 basketball game very similar to the Run and Gun series from Konami. This game features no real NBA license but two real legends: Earvin ""Magic"" Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. There are player stats and skills for each player which are modeled to be similar to their actual NBA counterparts. Features exhibition, season and playoff modes."
1161,Lock On,Super Air Diver,1993,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Lock On is a jet fighter game that has the classic one man vs. the forces of evil formula. After a vicious warlord threatens the nations of the world, the United Nations have recruited a hot shot ace pilot by the name of Jake Steel to go after the madman and bring peace back to the world. The player will partake in a variety of missions against both air and ground forces and can fly in four different aircraft (the British made Tornado, the Japanese FSX, the A-10 Warthog and the F-14 Tomcat). The player can use each jets strengths to their advantage along with their powerful weaponry such as Vulcan cannons and heat seeking missiles against enemy jet fighters, tanks and other various enemies scattered throughout each mission."
1164,Alex Kidd in Miracle World,SEGA AGES: Alex Kidd in Miracle World,1986,7.8,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Many centuries ago, on the planet Aries, there lived a boy called Alex Kidd. For seven years, he lived on Mt. Eternal studying Shellcore, an ancient art that makes one strong enough to break rocks into pieces. As he was leaving the mountain one day to travel to his spiritual homeland, a dying man told him that the peaceful city of Radactian was in grave danger. Before taking his last breath, the man gave Alex a piece of a map and a medallion made of Sun Stone. There are eleven locations in which Alex must explore, each of them has its own unique dangers. In each location, Alex can collect bags of coins, which can be used to buy items at the shop and are used to help Alex get through each location (eg: motorcycle, peticopter, power bracelet, etc.) There are also traps that Alex must avoid like the ghost that chases him. He can also collect the Telepathy Ball that will help him read people's minds. Later, Alex learns that in order to save Radactian from destruction, he must first defeat Janken the Great, Emperor of the planet Janbarik (he got his name from his expertise at the game of Janken -- or what people call ""scissors, paper, stone"" in the Western World. Janken has sent his henceman all over Radactian to prepare the game for Alex as he passes by them. In order to get past them, Alex must win three times at Janken. If he loses, he is turned to stone and vanished from Radactian forever. Later on in the game, Alex must play with the same henceman, but only this time, when Alex wins, they decide to play dirty. Alex uses his fists to wipe out some of Janken's enemies such as birds, sea horses, bats, monkeys, frogs, and a few others. If his quest to save Radactian from the evil hands of Janken becomes difficult, he can instead use the power bracelet to perform the ""Shocking Waves of Destruction"", an ancient trick in the art of Shellcore. Before Alex comes face-to-face with Janken, he should rescue his brother, Egle, from imprisonment, and get the letter and two medallions."
1166,AeroGauge,,1997,5.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the tradition of F-Zero and Wipeout AeroGauge is a sci-fi racer that pits you and a friend in a fast-paced race to the finish through futuristic tracks, riding and competing with crafts that act more like planes than racing machines as they skim many metres above the ground. Play solo through the grand prix, or beat down your best times in the time trial mode. Each track features a number of twists and turns, whether it be racing upside down or vertically, with a number of obstacles in your path. There's no weapons, though, it's just you and the open road ahead."
1168,Star Control Collection,"Star Control + Star Control II, Star Control / Star Control 2 CD Compendium, Star Control 1+2, Star Control I and II, Star Control: The Ur-Quan Masters",1994,7.0,"Action, Compilation, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Mini-games, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,This compilation includes: Both game are included on a single disc. The game box also includes a large black-and-white deluxe Hyperspace map of Star Control 2 as well as printed manuals.
1169,Tee Off,Golf Shiyouyo,1999,6.8,Sports,,,"One of the few golf games for the DC, with a cartoony style. Contains arcade mode, tournaments, five different courses and 15 characters (11 unlockable). Lots of different equipment (balls and clubs mostly) and even a futuristic cyber mini golf game are thrown in."
1171,Jugular Street Luge Racing,,2000,5.3,"Racing / Driving, Sports",,,"Another one of Headgame's eXtreme games. This time devoted to the extreme (and isn't it illegal?) sport of street luge, where you lie down on a skateboard-like thing and race downhill against other luge racers. The game comes with two modes of play: practice and season mode, being the practice mode self-explanatory and the season mode a tour where you go to different events and try to win races for cash from your sponsors (!?). You can use the money to upgrade your luge, plus the season mode also adds obstacles to the courses in the form of pedestrians, police blockades and oncoming traffic (ouch!)."
1173,Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures,,1994,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Interwar,"Indiana Jones gets the Super Star Wars treatment for SNES. The title consists of platform levels from the first three Indy films: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, and Last Crusade. Players get to use Indy's trademark whip, as well as guns, grenades, and his fists to get through the game. Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures also features special levels such as running from the giant boulder (Raiders), the Mine Cart chase (Temple of Doom), flying a biplane (Last Crusade), and fighting a Nazi commander on a tank heading off a cliff (Last Crusade). The game is highlighted by selections from the John Williams score, and includes sound effects, digitized speech, and image captures during cutscenes."
1174,Lords of the Rising Sun,Rising Sun,1989,7.5,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval),"Japan, 12th century. After your father has been murdered, you set out on a quest to become Shogun to restore the honor of your family. You'll have to defeat all your enemies - including your brother. Most of the time, you'll move your troops through the big map of Japan - as soon as something happens, you'll have to fight your enemies in action sequences, such as a Gauntlet-like fortress attack or defending against a Ninja assassin. If two troops collide, a battle might ensue in which you'll have to use all your strategical wits to guide your men to victory. In the CD-i version the informative sequences include life actor FMVs and voice acting as well as new background art."
1176,Sword of Sodan,,1989,5.4,Action,,Fantasy,"Like Søren Grønbech 's other game Datastorm Sword of Sodan was most noted on the technical side, as the sprites were large and distinctive-looking. Your task (as either a hero or heroine) is to dethrone the tyrannous Zoras the Necromancer, and avenge his killing of your father. There are 11 levels to take on, with indoor and outdoor settings. Your character has a range of sword-slashing and jumping moves, which must be used to their full effect if you are to make progress. The game features digitised sound and speech, as well as an action-replay feature, an unusual concept outside sports games at the time."
1178,Colonial Conquest,Sekai Seifuku,1985,7.8,Strategy / tactics,Wargame,Historical events,"Colonial Conquest is a grand strategy game set during the late 1800's and early 1900's that puts you in charge of one of the six Imperialistic powers of the time (Great Britain, France, Germany, U.S., Russia and Japan). Using diplomacy, espionage, armies and fleets, these six countries vie for control of more than 120 minor countries and each other. Your goal in the game is to conquer as many minor nations as possible and set yourself up as the mightiest ruler on Earth. There are three scenarios, and up to six people can play each as a separate nation - or the computer can take charge of all the other nations."
1181,Volleyball,,1986,4.9,Sports,,,"Volleyball is an action game for one or two players. Choose a country to represent, choose a men's or women's team, then head to the court to begin! You can serve, set the ball for a teammate, spike, lob, or dive to save the game."
1186,Short Circuit,,1987,7.2,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this adaptation of the movie of the same name, you take the role of robot Number 5. Having recently become self-aware, Number 5 has to escape from the laboratory. To do so, he has to find several hardware and software upgrades that give him new abilities, like jumping and firing a laser gun. He also has to evade capture by security personnel and other robots. Once he has escaped from the lab, he has to survive on the outside by evading wild animals and his human and robot pursuers. The game combines action and adventure elements. In the lab, you can search for and pick up items and use them to find your way to the exit. Once outside, you have to jump and shoot to survive."
1191,"Jim Power in ""Mutant Planet""",Jim Power,1992,7.7,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Jim Power was a hero who one day while travelling through the forest, encountered a dimensional rift into a strange new world. Luckily Jim always travels armed and now he'll need to fight his way past several monsters into a monster stronghold to find his way back home. Jim Power is a side-scrolling platform game, a side-scrolling shooter and a top-view shooter game depending on the level. Jim Power for the most part can jump and has an upgradable gun weapon. He must find fight enemies, bosses and obtain various keys to progress through the levels. Jim also has a ""Smart Bomb"" power attack which can clear the screen of enemies. In shooter levels, Jim's spaceship only has the ability to shoot and move around the screen avoiding obstacles."
1193,Yabba Dabba Doo!,"Flintstones, Flintstones: Yabba Dabba Dooo!, Yabba Dabba Doo (Flintstones), Yabba Dabba Dooo!",1985,7.0,Action,Arcade,Prehistoric,"Yabba Dabba Doo was the first video game released based on The Flintstones television series. In Yabba Dabba Doo the player has to help Fred win Wilma's heart. To do this he must build a house by collecting rocks and putting them in the right place. There are obstacles to this, small rocks get in the way, turtles bite your ankles and pterodactyls drop rocks on you too. Also while you're away neighbours will pinch bits. Once the house is built, you have to get Fred a car so that he can get to the quarry to work, thus earning enough money to hire a dino crane to put the roof on. Progress is measured by points, these are gained as you build the house, get to work and finally find Wilma."
1198,Hugo,,1995,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The evil witch Hexana kidnapped Hugo's family and he has to rescue them. This game contains five ported levels from the popular TV show: In every playthrough you have to beat three levels which you choose beforehand. You have to select either 1/1 or 1/2 and either 2/1 or 2/2. Because the levels were created for a TV show were you had to control Hugo with your phone buttons, the controls are simple: Depending on the level there are just two or three buttons to press at the right time. The levels contained in Hugo were originally released as Hugo - Pa Nye Eventyr and Hugo - Pa Nye Eventyr II"
1204,The Itchy & Scratchy Game,,1994,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",,"They fight! and fight! and fight, and fight, and fight!... Itchy & Scratchy, from The Simpsons, are a cat and mouse cartoon duo. Itchy the mouse and Scratchy the cat exist only to find new and creative ways to attack and kill one another. As the latest cartoon adventures appear on the television, the violence spreads to brand new places. Itchy & Scratchy is a single player platform side-scroller. The player controls Itchy, the mouse, and must defeat Scratchy, the cat, with a variety of weapons. Itchy caries a default mallet, but can pick up additional weapons on particular levels. Each of the seven levels takes place in a different fictional location and is designed as a maze of doors and platforms. After defeating Scratchy, he usually will return with a special contraption to attack Itchy, and must therefore be defeated again."
1212,Cannon Fodder,Cannon Fodder: war has never been so much fun,1993,7.8,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Real-time tactics (RTT),,"Guide a team of up to six soldiers through 72 levels of combat in this top-down action/strategy hybrid, best thought of as Lemmings crossed with Commando crossed with Dune 2 The characters are controlled indirectly using the mouse or joypad, as you activate each soldier or group of them by highlighting them, clicking one button to move them to a particular spot and the another for them to fire guns at an enemy. You can also pick up grenades or rockets, fired by pressing both buttons at once, which can be used to destroy groups of enemies, buildings, or some vehicles. Each mission has a specific objective, and some feature vehicles such as tanks that are used to make things easier. Your troops can cross water but can't shoot within it, so finding and controlling bridges is often crucial. You can use the arrangement of trees to find hiding places to shoot from and should watch out for CPU soldiers doing the same."
1214,"I, Ball",,1987,6.1,Action,Shooter,,"Terry Ball (terrible, geddit?) has kidnapped Lover Ball, No Ball, Eddy Ball and Glow Ball, and I,Ball must rescue them through 16 stages. The gameplay is shoot 'em up based, with the 16 levels scrolling vertically. They are full of hazards ranging from step-like sequences of blocks and metallic edges, to Terry Ball's unleashed devices including microwave ovens and crabs. The initial weapons is quite puny, but collecting discs allows upgrades to be obtained, including multi-directional fire and turbo boosts. You have four lives, but must complete each level within a time limit."
1216,Pulse Warrior,,1988,5.8,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Who needs weaponry when you're trying to save the earth from the invasion of the beings of Cirrus Major? Hopefully you don't, because the method of fending off the attack across the 108 zones of the game is rather more unusual. The Earth of the 22nd century has massive solar platforms for receiving energy direct from the sun, and these produce massive pulses of energy discharge. The idea is that you fly into these and direct them at angles so as to hit and destroy the Cirran invaders. The more pulses you have touched before unleashing a shot, the more powerful it will be, but you must be careful not to cause your ship to overheat."
1217,Mars Matrix,Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting,2000,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Mars Matrix is a top-down vertical scrolling shoot-em-up (shmup) game, originally for the Capcom CPS-2 arcade board. It is the second in a series of three Capcom/Takumi shmups, between Giga Wing and Giga Wing 2. Mars Matrix features unique gameplay based on the ""mosquito"" system. By holding down the fire button, your ship can absorb shots and then ""spit' them back at the enemies. Additionally, each destroyed enemy (and reflected shot) releases experience cubes of various values, which can multiplied by chaining. This experience is used to power-up your ship, and also acts as a multiplier for your score. The Dreamcast port also includes some extra features that can be unlocked by accumulating points in the game. These features include replay videos, an image gallery, a score attack mode for perfecting individual levels, and even a complete extra game mode with a new enemy sequence."
1218,Rosco McQueen: Firefighter Extreme,Rosco McQueen,1997,6.8,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The world's tallest building is burning down, and it's up to Rosco to save the day! It seems that the evil Sylvester T. Square and his robotic minions are responsible not only for the fire, but they've taken hostages as well. Guide Rosco through the towering inferno as you rescue the innocent, squelch the fire, knock off the robots, and stop old Square once and for all. There are 15 blazing levels of action to work through, each more terrifying than the last. You'll need to watch out for a host of hazards including backdrafts, dangerous smoke, and electrical fires. With a dozen unique hazards in all, the robots are only the beginning of your problems! Of course, you'll have your share of special weapons and power-ups to help give you a boost: Water canisters, a Super Hose, food items, and CO2 cartridges are just a few of the items you'll have on hand. Just like any fire fighter worth his salt, Rosco always has his axe on hand too, which comes in handy against menacing robots. Make sure to keep an eye on the temperature, too; if the heat gets too high, your game is over."
1232,Virtua Fighter 3tb,,1997,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Virtua Fighter 3tb (Team Battle) is a port of the arcade game Virtua Fighter 3 to the Dreamcast. The ""tb"" adds a team battle mode which was not present in the coin-op. For those that do not know, the Virtua Fighter series is your classic beat-em-up, with a bunch of characters all trying to kick, punch, throw and body slam the bejesus out of each other. Each of the characters has over a hundred possible moves and the game plays very faithfully to the original. The game features interesting arena to fight in which are more like real locations in they are not flat and some parts can be broken away during the match."
1234,Resident Evil 2,Biohazard 2,1998,8.6,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror","Contemporary, North America","Even though Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine were able to destroy the Umbrella corporation's undead monsters in the original Resident Evil Umbrella's experiments with the T-virus continued unhindered. Claire Redfield, the younger sister of Chris, and Leon Kennedy, a rookie cop on his first day of the job, arrive in the sleepy midwestern town of Raccoon City only to find the city in flaming ruins due to the inhabitants having been transformed into mindless flesh-eating freaks. Although Claire and Leon team up, they are soon separated and trapped inside the city by a car crash. Seeking refuge within the Raccoon City police station, each character must find a way to escape from the nightmare while solving the mystery of what happened to Raccoon City. Besides the zombie population (which is much more diverse than the original, including teenage girl zombies, maniac cop zombies, and even melting naked zombies), Claire and Leon will also have to deal with a variety of freakish mutants including giant poisonous spiders, walking venus-fly-traps, and speedy wall-crawling Lickers. Each character will also be pursued by one seemingly unstoppable foe: a horrific and constantly evolving man-monster known as the ""G-Type"" (Leon's Scenario), or a taciturn but inhumanly powerful Umbrella agent who is nonetheless saddled with the rather quaint name of Mr. X (Claire's Scenario). Like the previous game in the series, Resident Evil 2 is a 3D action-adventure using three-dimensional polygon characters over two-dimensional pre-rendered backgrounds, with the action viewed through a variety of cinematic fixed camera angles in each room. Just like the original Resident Evil players can choose to play as one of two possible characters. Each character goes through the same initial scenario, but with differences in the type of weaponry they find and the people they meet along the way. Leon will team up with a mysterious woman calling herself Ada Wong, while Claire will find herself charged with protecting a little girl named Sherry Birkin. Unlike the original Resident Evil beating the game for the first time unlocks a second scenario to be played with the character you didn't choose, with new locations, maps, enemies, a longer and more climactic ending. Your actions in the first scenario can also affect the outcome of certain events in the second scenario. Additionally, ammo and healing items are more plentiful than in the original game, although you still aren't given enough bullets to kill every enemy you meet."
1236,Avenger,"The Way of the Tiger: Avenger, Way of the Tiger II",1986,7.5,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"In the sequel to The Way of the Tiger Yaemon the Grand Master of Flame is the villain of the piece. He has killed your foster-father Naijish and stolen the Scrolls of Kettsuin. Your quest to recover the scrolls and avenge your father's death is viewed from above and superficially resembles Gauntlet You start outside the Quench Heart Keep, and must initially find enough keys in the grounds and connected buildings to penetrate it, and then kill each of the 3 guards. You can also collect treasure for bonus points as you explore. There are other prey including spiders to fend off - these know how to home in on you. You are armed with a limited number of shuriken to shoot from a distance; after these are gone you are reliant on your bare hands, although more can be collected. Pressing the 1 key summons an energy recharge from the God Kwon, but this can only be used 3 times."
1247,John Madden Football '92,"John Madden Football, Pro Football",1991,7.7,Sports,,,"This update of the John Madden football series offers several new features over its predecessor: instant replays, different weather conditions, player injuries and the ability to review and overturn pass interference calls. Play modes include Pre-Season, Regular Season, Playoffs and Sudden Death. There are 28 teams plus one All-Madden team."
1248,Disney's Beauty and the Beast,Disney Die Schöne und das Biest,1994,5.8,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Disney's Beauty and the Beast begins with a narrative that parallels the 1991 animated film-- an enchantress transforms a mean prince into a beast until such time that he could learn to love. One day, a woman named Belle happens into his castle. The Beast must pursue her through his own deadly castle for both their safety. This is a side-scrolling action platformer. The Beast is rather slow but with a powerful claw strike and jump-stomp attack. He can also scale certain types of walls and can catch the edges of platforms. He also has a special roar that allows him to stun certain enemies. This becomes necessary in some sections in order to freeze bats so the Beast can use them as stepping stones to higher platforms. The game has a time limit in the form of the magical rose. The Beast must battle through such levels as the dungeon and the main hall battling giant spiders, rats, rogue candle monsters, live gargoyle statues, and enchanted brooms, while collecting books for points (since Belle likes books) and magic mirrors that allow the Beast to see further into the current level to anticipate what challenges await."
1254,Super Fighter,,1992,6.3,Compilation,,,"Compilation package with arcade, wrestling and fighting style games. Featured titles:"
1255,Super Alfred Chicken,Alfred Chicken,1994,7.0,Action,Platform,,"Super Alfred Chicken is a side-scrolling platformer. The evil Meca Chickens want to produce a super army by cloning Alfred's friends. Of course Alfred has to stop them now. The gameplay follows the genre standards: Alfred walks through the 21 levels and needs to avoid enemies/obstacles by jumping over them. Every contact with enemies is deadly except when using Alfred's dive bomb attack. Occasionally there are simple switch puzzles to solve, mostly in order to find secret rooms with goodies. Examples for power-ups are hidden watering cans (collecting all unlocks a different ending), additional time, temporary invincibility or diamonds (100 reward an extra life). Balloons on the way act as restarting points after death. In some instances, the level ends with a boss fight."
1258,NFL Blitz 2001,,2000,7.1,"Action, Sports",Arcade,,"No refs... No rules... Just 'classic' gridiron. Late hits, pass interferences, and other penalties are encouraged (though you can't run offside). Cheerleaders in, well, cheerleading uniforms liven up the end of the first and third quarter and there's enough stats to make the mathematically inclined happy. However, the teams features are not entirely based on real life (Indy was at the top), and it is not as addictive as the old-fashioned PC games of the early 1990's, but still a good game for someone who doesn't mind not-so-classic, almost XFL style football."
1262,Pro Skateboard Simulator,Professional Skateboard Simulator,1988,5.7,"Action, Sports",,,"Codemasters applied the fast-pitching 3D isometric graphics of Marble Madness to this recreation of skateboarding. There are 7 levels of gameplay, each featuring a skate park and then a cross-country section with a top-down view. In the skate park you have to collect all the flags, without leaving the tarmac too much, and within a strict time limit. In the cross-country event you must skate between a series of flags. This time there are hazards such as trees and buildings to avoid hitting."
1265,Classic Bubble Bobble,"Bubble Bobble, Taito Memorial: Bubble Bobble",1999,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Blue Dino has become ill, and its up to Green Dino to find a cure. Essentially a remake of the classic arcade title, without the ability to play with two players. The aim of the game is to use your Dino's bubble abilities to trap and pop the bad guys while dodging their attacks to complete the level, collecting the bonus items along the way. Popping the enemies turns them into fruit for bonus points."
1270,Legacy of the Ancients,,1987,7.5,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"You are a simple shepherd in the world of Tarmalon who one day discovers a panic-driven dying man by the roadside who carries a strange leather bound scroll and a golden bracelet. This begins the adventure in the race against time to destroy the evil scroll and those who wish to kill you to take its power for their own uses. This role-playing game uses the same game engine as Questron Your journey takes you through overlands, dungeons, towns, castles, oceans, pirate caves and inter-galactic museums to finally face the real threat to the world of Tarmalon. You will have to fight using weapons and magic, gamble, and trade items. Your character is rated for dexterity, strength, charm, endurance and intelligence - skillful play will maximize these."
1278,Rising Lands,"Rising Lands : Conquêtes & Civilisations, Rising Lands: Conquests and Civilisations, Rising Lands: Die Herrschaft der Clans, Rising Lands: Verover & Regeer",1997,6.7,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Rising Lands takes place in a not too distant future, where earth has been devastated by a comet. The survivors have formed small tribes, and as the leader of one of these tribes your mission is to guide your people to become rulers of the post-apocalyptic earth. Gameplay is similar to most real-time strategy games. You collect three different resources (food, stones and metal) and must utilize these to build new buildings, create armies, increase population and research new technologies. One interesting twist is that in the single-player campaign, your actions in one mission are reflected in the next mission, so if you've made peace with another tribe, you will still be at peace in the next mission. All your research is also carried over between missions."
1280,World Series Baseball 2K1,Major League Baseball 2000,2000,5.7,Sports,,,"World Series Baseball 2K1 features the actual players, teams, and stadiums of the 2000 baseball season. You can play an exhibition game or a season of 13-162 games, including an All-Star game and play-offs. Gameplay is the standard behind-the-catcher viewpoint for batting and pitching, switching to different views after the ball is hit. The game's limitation is the inability to control the fielders until after the ball is fielded."
1281,Kinetic Connection,,1991,6.5,Puzzle,Cards / tiles,,"The Game Gear version of Kinetic Connection has been rearranged a lot from the original version released 5 years earlier to cope with a smaller screen and Sega's taste in motifs. As the original version, Kinetic Connection is a jigsaw puzzle game, where the pieces are animated. This makes putting the pieces together to form the overall picture both more interesting and more difficult, since the player can not analyse each piece at his own pace when the entire puzzle is moving about. Pieces also need to be flipped around both on the X and Y axis in order to fit together. The game has 7 puzzles, some of which are carried over from the earlier versions but mostly new ones designed with Sega characters. Due to the small screen, the pieces are not kept in a box at the bottom of the screen as in the original Kinetic ; instead they are all placed out on the grid already, in a random order. Each puzzle can be played in three different modes: Mode 1 lets the player swap pieces around as he likes. Mode 2 lacks one piece and lets the player slide pieces around as in a sliding puzzle. Mode 3 lets the player slide entire rows and columns around in the puzzle. The two second modes call for much more thought when solving the moving puzzles."
1282,Killer Loop,Magforce Racing,1999,6.7,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"If you need an adrenaline rush, Killer Loop might be just your thing: Step into your magnetic glider and race through lots of roller-coaster like tracks full of curves and loops, psyched up by pumping techno beats. There are of course power-ups scattered on the track that may be picked up, including weapon systems to get rid of your enemies. Similar to Wipeout, this is a game for speed freaks."
1284,Scramble Cobra,,1995,6.6,Action,,,"Scramble Cobra is a 3-D helicopter action game, where the player takes command of a Cobra helicopter gunship, flying through various battlefields, using their Vulcan machine guns and hydra rockets to destroy enemy tanks, helicopters, and other assorted units. There are ten missions in all to play through. The player has to complete each mission in an allotted amount of time. The missions mainly consist of search and destroy objectives. It also has live-action videos to tell the story and is played from the view of the helicopter's cockpit."
1290,Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble,Korokoro Kirby,2000,7.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"King Dedede is at it again, this time taking all of the stars from the sky. Thankfully for Dreamland, Kirby has returned to stop the evil King once more. But this time, he will need your help more then ever before. Kirby has been turned into a ball, and it is up to you to tilt and turn the game table so that Kirby can dodge enemies and get the the end goal. To do this, you must actually tilt the Game Boy Color/Advance console, thanks to the inbuilt motion sensor in the cartridge. Every move you make determines where the little pink ball goes."
1293,GT Racing 97,GT Racing Velocidade Total,1997,6.5,Racing / Driving,,,"GT style racing features in this racer, which tends more towards arcade than simulation. Cars include the Predator and the Hurricane, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. The action can be viewed from inside or outside the car. When starting the game for the first time you can take part in a training or start in a championship. The practice will be done on one of the two initially available tracks. The other tracks are closed. To gain access to those tracks you must first complete one of the championships. Championships consists of a number of races in different countries, taking in road and asphalt settings."
1296,Hi-Res Adventure #1: Mystery House,"Hi-Res Adventure #1: ""Mystery House"", Maison Mystere, Mystery House",1980,6.8,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Mystery House is a monochrome interactive fiction adventure game that places the player in a Victorian mansion with seven other people. The player explores the mansion, discovering that there is a killer murdering each guest one by one. The objective of the game is to figure out who the murderer is before the murderer finds the hero. Players explore and manipulate objects by typing in one or two-word phrases such as ""north"" or ""get knife""."
1306,Rockstar!,Popstar!,1989,7.9,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Rockstar is unlike any other game on the PC. Your goal is, strangely enough, to become a Rockstar. Through the course of your game you will have to produce singles and records, balance a hectic recording schedule with your drug intake while touring Europe and the rest of the World. Success does not come easy. An uneasy market, balanced with your own health problems leads to a very involving game. As your success rises, so does the demand for concerts and public performances. You a forced to decide when its time for a break and when its time to go out and make some cash. The game has a text interface, and thats all it really needs, as graphics would just complicate the issue. If you are after a graphics version, you may wish to check out Rockstar Ate My Hamster on the Amiga."
1308,Galaga '88,"Arcade Archives GALAGA '88, Arcade Archives GALAGA'88, Galaga '90, Galaga '91, Galaga 2",1987,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Galaga '88 takes the basic gameplay of Galaga and adds higher-quality graphics, triple ship abilities, parsec progression, power-ups, asteroids, bosses and other enhancements. Periodically the player encounters Challenging Stages, which are set to music and feature ""dancing"" enemies. The objective is to shoot all 40 enemies before they disappear, for a bonus of at least 10,000 points. There are a total of 29 stages. The player can begin with one ship with two in reserve or start right out with a dual ship (but only one in reserve). Some enemies now have the ability to combine into a much larger single enemy that takes multiple shots to destroy. Others explode in a brilliant shower of fireworks when destroyed, and occasionally these enemies drop a small formation of much smaller enemies that ""wiggle"" their way down the screen. Some enemies arrive in spherical ""eggs"" and emit a loud, high-pitched noise when hit. These creatures take multiple hits to destroy in flight (just one hit in formation), and their main attack pattern is to move about halfway down the screen, stop, fire multiple shots at once, and then fly straight down off the bottom of the screen. Another type of enemy takes at least five hits to destroy, and it grows larger with each consecutive hit, making it both a larger target and allowing it to act as a shield to other enemies. Later in the game some enemies are equipped with armor that renders them invincible while in formation. When one of these enemies starts its dive, it will flip over and expose its vulnerable side, then flip over again and become invincible while it moves back up the screen, then flip one more time and finish its dive. While vulnerable, this enemy can be destroyed in one hit, scoring bonus points. In addition, many different kinds of obstacles appear throughout the game, including blue crystals, boulders and green blobs."
1312,Cobra Triangle,,1989,6.7,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Cobra Triangle is a single-player boat-racing game that lets you do more than race. It borrows the power-up system from the shoot 'em up genre but keeps the emphasis more on maneuvering than shooting. Since you have a health meter with a dozen bars in it, it's not that important to dodge bullets unless your health is really low, but you should try not to run into too many walls. In order to get very far you need to make use of your power-ups which are TURBO for better acceleration; FIRE for increased firepower; SPEED for increased top-speed; MISSILE for firing missiles as well as bullets; and FORCE which makes you fire tons of missiles and also makes you invincible for a limited time. You get roughly one minute to complete each level. Speaking of which, there are 7 types of levels each with a different objective: (1) Race to the Finish - Shoot other boats along the way to the finish line and avoid enemies like turrets and sharks. Some boats tow power-up pods behind them that you can collect after you shoot them. It doesn't matter when you finish, and you aren't told if you get 1st or 2nd or 3rd place... it seems that the other boats are only there to get in your way. Watch for the fork in the river; choosing alternate paths takes you to the same levels of the game but in a different order. (2) Collect the Pods - Simply race in a straight path while running over ramps to collect pods and 1UP's in the air. You go on to the next level when time runs out. (3) Dispose of Mines - There is a small square in the water with mines in it. You actually have to collect the mines and tow them to another square to make them explode. Of course, there is an invincible enemy boat that tries to steal them back from you and some guys that shoot at you. It takes awhile since you can only tow them one at a time. (4) Fry the Monster - The 'boss' levels. You fight a sea-serpent, a crab, a shark, etc. He has his own health display right above yours, but it tends to deplete slower. (BONUS) Shoot the Targets - after every boss level you go to an auto-scrolling level where you are rewarded with a 1UP prize if you manage to shoot all the targets along the shore without missing any. (5) Guard the People - There's a large square filled with 8 helpless swimmers, and for some reason they're all about to be kidnapped. Other boats race into the square and tow them away unless you destroy their ships before they get away. You can tow the people back into the square-if you have time-while avoiding the spaceships that fire stunning missiles at you. If you have at least one swimmer left when the timer runs out then you pass. (6) Reach the Finish - Race in a straight course with plenty of obstacles but no other boats. You drive upstream while the current drags a horde of logs and whirlpools in your direction to stop you. Occasionally some planes fly by and shoot at you. If you happen to die in this or any other level, you simply reappear on the spot as long as you have an extra life. A continue puts you back at the beginning of the level you were on. (7) Jump the Waterfall - A level that consists of a series of moving ramps you must use to jump over huge pits. Moving currents, whirlpools, and the violation of several laws of physics makes this more difficult than it sounds. The entire game consists of repeating these types of levels for a grand total of 25 stages. The later stages are much more difficult than the first. They're filled with additional obstacles like icebergs, more mines, more enemies, and longer courses. There are even speed-ramps that let you take small short-cuts in later racing levels."
1313,Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess,,1994,6.4,"Educational, Simulation",Chess,,"Based on the best-selling chess-book of the same name by Bobby Fischer. The educational course, illustrated history of chess and 500 chess matches of amazing Bobby are presented in this game. Window-interface, 3D view, feedback of any depth, match recording and replaying are present. The strength of the engine is similar to Chessmaster 2000. The engine and graphics of the chess game come from the ChessGenius 3 of the programmer and also world-known chess player Richard Lang"
1320,Federation,FOFT: Federation of Free Traders,1989,7.2,Simulation,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Federation of Free Traders is a space simulation/exploration game that is quite similar to an earlier title, Elite The player is able to zoom around in space while trading goods, undertake missions, or simply explore the galaxy (which consists of over 8 million planets). There is a significant amount of playable options in FOFT and a considerable attention is paid to detail. For instance, if the player becomes tired of roaming through outer space, they can skim a planet or two (which plays in a similar fashion to David Braben's other game, Virus ). During the docking sequence players can create their own programs for automated functions, using a built-in BASIC like language called SIMPLE."
1327,iF-16,"F-16 Fighting Falcon, iF-16 Fighting Falcon, iF-16: The Definitive Simulation of the F-16 Fighting Falcon",1997,7.2,Simulation,,,"Another F-16 simulator. It has all the standard features for a flight simulation, including single mission flight, quickstart and campaign mode (different terrains over Corea, Cyprus and Israel). The graphic engine is a bit slow, but displays the F-16 in a very accurate way."
1338,Spy Hunter,,1983,7.1,Racing / Driving,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Originating in the arcades, Spy Hunter is a driving action game played from an overhead point of view. Your car is equipped with machine guns to help you get past the numerous enemies out on the road (be careful not to shoot any civilians, though!). Occasionally you will come across a weapons van, and if you drive into the back of the van your car becomes equipped with a second weapon (such as smoke screen, oil slick, or missiles). At several points the road splits and you can enter a boathouse which transforms your car into a boat temporarily. If you drive far enough the seasons change as well (watch out for icy conditions during winter!). The enemy cars will do anything to stop you, including running you off the road, firing guns from the back of a limo, or dropping bombs from a helicopter."
1341,Jordan vs Bird: One on One,"Jordan vs Bird: Super One on One, Michael Jordan: One on One",1988,6.2,Sports,,,"Two of the greatest icons of the Golden Age of the NBA match up in this game. On one side, the spectacular dunks of Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls; on the other, Larry Bird 's incredible accuracy from the outside. While Bird feels right home at the three-point contest, where five racks with five balls each are placed around the three-point arc and the player must pick each ball and throw in the the best timing possible to get as many points as possible during the 60 second window, only Jordan has the air-time to perform on the slam dunk contest, where the player has a number of dunks at his disposal, each requiring different timing to get the best score from all three attempts from the judges, and win the competition. While they are two completely different players, they can still go one-on-one on a half-court match, played to points or with a time duration. Can Bird's stealing and outside shooting ability be a match to Jordan's speed and jumping abilities?"
1342,Klax,Midway presents Arcade Hits: Klax,1990,7.8,"Action, Puzzle","Arcade, Falling block puzzle",,"An action/puzzle game, the object is to catch assorted color falling tiles and create rows, columns, or diagonals of a single color. Each level requires a different pattern to be made, and the tiles fall faster, more at a time, and in an increasing number of colors as the game progresses."
1350,Air Warrior II,,1997,7.4,Simulation,Massively Multiplayer,"Historical events, World War II","Sequel to the first online multiplayer flight simulator, the legendary Air Warrior the premise of this game is to offer an extensive collection of WW2 planes to go head to head in multiplayer dogfights with up to 100 pilots at the same time. Though its main focus is multiplayer gaming, this edition of Air Warrior also aims to be a single player success with the addition of 360 pre-made missions sprawled over branched mission tree-like campaigns. Most of the missions take place in Europe but several pacific historical engagements are included. You'll be able to defend Pearl Harbor, make a B-25 raid on Tokyo, try to destroy the Yamamoto as well as fight the battle of Britain, with every mission playable from either the Allied or Axis side. In total, the game includes 45 aircraft, each with their own flight models, cockpits and distinguishing features. The game uses flat polygon graphics with resolution support for up to 1024x768. As a bonus, the game includes a couple of short WW1 and Korean scenarios (with their own planes), four ground vehicles (for multiplayer use only) and a mission editor."
1355,Mighty Hits,,1996,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Western,"Mighty Hits is a shooting gallery game and the gameplay and stages are very similar to Point Blank in theme and presentation. The game has a cartoony wild west theme throughout the cut scenes and menu screens. One or two players compete in a series of mini games, which last about 20 or 30 seconds each. The rules of the mini games are displayed before each round. In general players have complete objectives and puzzles by shooting at targets. After each round a results screen shows if the objectives were completed or failed. Failing a round and the player loses a life feather, lose all feathers and the game is over. There are 3 courses to select from, represented by a blue, green and yellow tin can. There is Easy (6 mini-games), Medium (9 mini-games) and Hard (15 mini-games) and completing hard mode unlocks a black tin can for Very Hard with 18 mini-games. The game is played in sets of 3 stages, the player has to shoot 3 cards to select the stages. The cards are quickly flipping randomly through mini-games. After 3 stages the player draws a bonus card and moves onto the next 3 stages. A bonus card might contain ""2 stage select"" where 2 of the stage cards will flip more slowly allowing the player to purposefully select a stage. There are many mini games, including shooting away parts to complete a doll, a Three Shell type game, shoot ice to free a penguin, shoot colored bells to recreate a melody, throwing balls into cups, shoot the object in the room that has changed, and in general shooting at various targets like fish, bees, lights, eggs, floating lanterns, toppling pictures frames and other targets."
1356,Interplay Sports Baseball 2000,Interplay Sports Baseball Edition 2000,1999,6.0,Sports,,,"A baseball game featuring an Exhibition, Season, Playoff, Tournament, and a Home Run Derby mode. There is also a General Manager mode that lets the player create and trade players, and change team lineups. The game features the real MLB players and teams of that time. In the Playstation version, batting and pitching are both done from a behind the batter's viewpoint, while in the Windows version, the camera is more dynamic and is able to switch to both viewpoints. The Windows version is able to do this because of the Messiah technology being used, which allows for high-res Direct3D accelerated polygonal graphics. When batting the player can choose to either swing for contact or for power. The player can also choose a difficulty level for their batting. Rookie has the player timing their swing with the pitch, Pro adds the challenge of controlling the level of the swing, while selecting All-Star is basically the same as Pro, except the pitches come in at a faster rate of speed. When pitching, players can select different pitch types to throw depending on the ability of their pitcher. Players also can view a pitch chart that tracks every pitch thrown to each batter in the game. The game also features a play-by-play announcer and is able to keep track of the single season stats. This game is an update of VR Baseball 2000"
1357,Sonic Blast,"G Sonic, G Sonic: The Hedgehog",1996,6.6,Action,Platform,,"Sonic Blast was released for Game Gear in conjunction with Sonic 3D Blast (aka Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island) for Genesis/MD and Saturn. It boasted similarly rendered character sprites and colorful backgrounds. The game was yet another addition to the series, plus Sega had hoped it would be a boost to the dying Game Gear's title selection at the time. Brazilian based TecToy re-released the game for Sega Master System in 1997, a year after the initial release (while many may think this is a pirated title, TecToy is indeed licensed to produce and release games under the Sega name)."
1358,Kengo: Master of Bushido,Kengo,2000,6.8,Action,Fighting,,"Kengo: Master of Bushido is a Fighting game in which you try to master ""The Way of the Warrior"" (Bushido). The game features three modes single-player, versus and tournament. The first starts your training where your master teaches you all the knowledge required for this martial art form. In your Dojo you will slowly advance in technique and weaponry, starting with wooden sticks and ending with katanas. Your character has several statistics such as strength and speed which can be upgraded in RPG-like fashion. Besides fighting you will also learn to meditate in various ways. In versus or tournament mode you can bring your experience into practice and play against friends or the computer."
1362,Death or Glory: Das Erbe von Morgan,,1994,7.2,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Death or Glory: Das Erbe von Morgan (The Heritage of Morgan) is an interactive, multi-optional, turn-based strategy game with role playing elements. There are 16 ingame-levels, 4096 square area with different landscapes, use of fight abilities or optional magic power, five different difficulty levels, an option for semi-automatic moves, and more than a dozen magical spells. Gather experience by winning fights to build up your character in AD&D-style."
1364,Redline: F1 Racer,"Aguri Suzuki F-1 Super Driving, Aguri Suzuki no F-1 Super Driving",1992,6.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Race a race car through 18 different levels as you compete with other racers. Race against a friend and upgrade your car as you win money from racing. Check the weather before a race to see if you need to put rain tires on your car, and see what advice there is in the course description. Race through tunnels and around sharp curves and tricky twists in the track's and try to be #1!"
1366,Kiloblaster,,1992,5.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"New-age Galaxian Move along in space in your fighter and shoot anything that moves, while collecting power-ups, such as fruits (fruits in space?) and thing, which looks like red circle with yellow ""T"" inside. Like other games from Epic, it's shareware and only the first episode is free. You have to pay for two other episodes. This game has joystick, Sound Blaster and VGA support."
1367,Enchanter Trilogy,,1986,7.4,Compilation,,,This compilation contains:
1371,Final Command,,1989,6.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Scientists managed to engineer a teleportation device which is manufactured on the planet Ipsos III. Unfortunately a mysterious explosion destroyed the factory and contact to the investigating space ship was aborted. Now the player takes the role of the special agent YG 30 with the mission to find out what happened and to retrieve the database of the teleportation device. Final Command is a graphic adventure in a science-fiction setting. The player explores the environment in a first-person perspective, collects items and solves puzzles. The controls are completely mouse based: when it meets an interactive item, its form changes. After clicking once, a selection of commands appears which are also chosen with a click. Up to three save games can be saved on the game disk. The story is told in animated sequences."
1375,OutRunners,,1993,6.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"OutRunners is a sequel to the classic arcade racer OutRun It puts you behind the wheel of 8 different race cars with the aim being coming up first on a world-wide cross-country racing tournament. As mentioned you get to select from 8 differently tuned cars, each with different handling and speed specs. and then ride out in hopes of getting the trophy. At the end of each stage you get to select between different branching routes that determine what your next stage will be, and thus the different routes you take to the end game determine what ending you get (if you manage to beat the other players). OutRunners places a big emphasis on competitive gameplay as you are always racing against another car, be it an AI or human-controlled one in a perpetual split-screen multiplayer mode."
1383,The Crystal Skull,The Crystal Skull: A Mythic Aztec Adventure,1996,5.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Pre-Columbian Americas,"Back in the glory days of the Aztecs, the emperor has a bad dream. He learns that white men are coming to destroy him, and the only way to stop them is to have a man named Quetzal find a crystal skull. In this adventure game, you bring Quetzal through the Aztec empire in his quest to find the crystal skull and save his empire."
1395,"Fairy Tale about Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya","Baśń o Dziadku Mrozie, Iwanie i Nastce, Fairy Tale, Pohádka o Mrazíkovi, Ivanovi a Nastěnce, Väterchen Frost und die kleine Nastya",2000,7.3,Adventure,,Fantasy,"Fairy Tale about Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya is a point-and-click adventure game with 2D graphics. The game tells the story of two young people, named Nastya and Ivan. Nastya has been living similarly to Cinderella since her father married again and her mean stepmother tyrannises her. Then some day she meets the courageous, but egocentric Ivan, who has been travelling around and looking for a bride, and they fall in love. But the two get separated quickly as the spirits of the forest punish Ivan for several deeds he has done in the past in his ignorance of the world around him. The player hereby alternately takes control of Ivan and Nastya as the two are trying to find each other."
1399,Ice & Fire,Ice and Fire,1995,5.3,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,Fly a spaceship around pre-arranged paths to enter areas where you dismount and take on aliens in a first person shooter using weapons based on ice and fire.
1406,Klonoa: Door to Phantomile,"Kaze no Klonoa, Klonoa",1997,8.1,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The energy from dreams is collected in the Moon Kingdom where it is given substance. This rule was broken when Klonoa, a cat-like creature with wings on his ears, dreams that an airship crashes violently into a hill and a mysterious shadow hangs over the wreckage. When the dream comes true, Klonoa and his friend Huepow go to investigate. You take control of Klonoa as he travels through 12 levels of action. Klonoa will encounter a number of enemies who want to stop him. Fortunately, Klona can grab enemies and use them as weapons to destroy other bad guys, or throw them to the ground and propel himself upward. Besides grabbing enemies, Klonoa can also pump up larger enemies and make them explode. Help Klonoa discover the reason for the dream."
1411,Strider,Strider Hiryū,1989,7.6,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2048 AD. In Russia, the evil Grand Master Meio has begun his insane plot to take over the universe. A lone figure drops from a stealth glider into Meio's base. He is Hiryu, Super A-Class Strider. His mission is to defeat the Grand Master and put an end to his plotting once and for all. Strider lets the protagonist run, jump, perform acrobatics and climb walls and overhangs. He wields a plasma sword, called a Cypher, through five levels fighting robots and guards, with mid- and end-level bosses."
1415,The Sydney Affair,"Der Fall Sydney, L'affaire Sydney",1986,5.7,Adventure,,,"Promoted to a rank of Senior Sergeant of Investigations Brigade in Saint-Etienne (Loire), you've already proved yourself in L'affaire Vera Cruz ( The Vera Cruz Affair ). Your chiefs rest all their hopes upon your abilities and commit a new case to you, L'affaire Sydney ( The Sydney Affair ). Mr. James Sydney has just been shot in the head. The assassin, who fired from the opposite building, should know the habits of the victim, because (s)he spent all the day at the same place there... So you go with your team to the crime scene to collect the clues and follow the possible traces. The game as its predecessor flows in two parts: crime scene investigation to collect the evidence, and work with telex machine to gain information about possible suspects. The crime scene now includes two screens (street with Sydney's body and assassin's apartment). You should collect all possible evidence moving the marker on the screen and examining the objects scattered at the scenes as well as the body itself. With telex machine you should perform investigation according to the police procedures. Different actions are possible here such as sending messages within Diamond Network to receive the replies, printing the notes, contacting other Police services to gain the new information, comparing the evidences, carrying out examinations such as autopsy, interviewing/checking the alibis of suspects, and arresting finally. To specify the subject for each action you should type it."
1420,Wario's Woods,Wario no Mori,1994,7.4,Puzzle,"Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle",Fantasy,"Wario's Woods is a puzzle game similar to Tetris or Columns, but with a twist. Instead of directly controlling the monsters and bombs that are falling down, the player controls Toad who has to carry around stacks of monsters and bombs and to combine them in the right way. One bomb plus at least two monsters of the same color have to be combined to make them disappear. If five or more objects are cleared at the same time, a diamond will appear. Destroying the diamond will clear all monsters of the diamond's color. There are four different ways to pick up objects. The A button lets Toad pick up the whole stack that is in front of him, the B button lets him only pick up one object, even if it's in the middle of a stack, the Y button lets him kick a monster or bomb that's in front of him and the X button places him on top of the stack that he is carrying. He can also run up walls and stacks to catch falling objects out of the air or to pick up certain parts of a stack. There are 5 different modes of play: a ""Round Game"" in which Toad has to clear numerous levels, a match versus a computer controlled opponent, a two player mode, a ""Time Race"" mode, and finally, an extensive training mode. There are some differences between the SNES and NES versions. Due to a lack of buttons, controls are a little different in the NES version (although all the moves from the SNES version are present). Also, there is no vs. mode against the computer, but the ""Round Game"" mode features two modes of play: one that includes boss-fights on every level ending with a 9."
1421,Archimedean Dynasty,Schleichfahrt,1996,8.1,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the future, resources became increasingly scarce, leading to continuous wars between various countries on Earth. The surface of the planet became so polluted that it was impossible for humanity to live on it any more. Nuclear explosions covered the outside world, and humans fled into the depths of the ocean. Soon, the continents were flooded, and nuclear winter imprisoned the Earth. However, humans continued to live in the stations on the ocean's bottom, in a new world without sunlight - a world called Aqua. By the middle of the 27th century, Aqua has been divided into the democratic Atlantic Federation, the oligarchy of the Arabic Clans Union, and the monarchist Russo-Japanese Shogunate. A mercenary named Emerald ""Deadeye"" Flint is hired by a man called El Topo to escort a sulfur-transporting cargo ship, and gets kidnapped by a group of Shogunate mercenaries in the process. For unknown reasons, their female leader Hong Long helps Flint escape. As Flint begins to undertake missions to repay his debt to El Topo, he becomes involved in a political struggle, unable to distinguish friend from foe. Archimedean Dynasty is a submarine simulation with action elements, and a prequel to the Aquanox series. Controlling Flint, the player completes primary and secondary missions to advance the story and earn money, which can be used to upgrade Flint's vessels. Primary weapons, torpedoes, turret command software, generators, hull plating, noise reduction technology, and other devices can be purchased and installed on the boat. The player then begins a journey in the submarine, viewing the 3D environments from a first-person perspective. Deep sea currents and particularities of the terrain must be observed, and enemies dealt with by using the available weapons on board."
1427,Bolo,Fantasy,1995,7.4,Action,Paddle / Pong,,"This is a remake of the game Bolo for Atari ST. It is a Breakout variant with a twist: Your paddle is not restricted to the bottom of the screen -- it can move all around the screen. Your goal is still to destroy all the blocks on the game field. There are a lot of gimmicks in the 50 levels: lack of gravity, ice levels with slippery controls or various paddle forms. Sometimes a rubber band is used to tie the ball to the paddle, to a block or even combinations of the two. Even the blocks offer a big variety of effects: magnetising the ball, teleport the ball, obscuring the game field or the summoning of killer paddles are just a few of them. You can only save one game which gets deleted if you load it. Every level has a illustrated background. When scoring a highscore of 50,000 points or more you get access to a training mode where you can choose the levels directly."
1428,Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA,,1998,7.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Performance... adrenaline... speed! These are the ingredients in the next generation of Rush Mania! Feel the Rush once again as you blast through some of the hottest spots in America! You want death-defying jumps and treacherous shortcuts? You'll find 'em, along with much more, in 11 selectable tracks, including Seattle, Alcatraz, and Las Vegas. Choose your racing machine from over 15 new vehicles. And while you're there, cruise into the body shop, and choose your car's colour, suspension, even hubcaps!"
1435,Aeroboto,"Arcade Archives: Formation Z, Formation Z",1984,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"The player competes in a marathon continuous scrolling horizontal shoot-em-up game across land, sea, air and outer space. You can hold down the fire button for a burst of Charged fire, which is especially essential to defeat the bosses. The player can hold down the Jump button to transform back and forth between a Mobile Robot or an Aero Fighter. Some sections have confrontations on both ground and air; others insist on aerial battling. Your time in the Aero Fighter is limited by its fuel requirement."
1437,Paganitzu,Paganitzu: Temple of the Gods,1991,7.2,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Paganitzu is a puzzle game with action elements. Help the hero, Alabama Smith, go through rooms of puzzles and traps to find treasure and a way out. The game consists of three episodes, each with many rooms. The episodes are: Each room is a puzzle in which the hero must collect gems, for points, and keys, to unlock the exit door, while avoiding nasties such as snakes and spiders. There are also boulders to be both moved and traps to be avoided. Bonus points are awarded for finding secret areas and for speedy completion. Episode One was released as shareware while the other two episodes were purchased together or separately. The player could also, for an additional fee, purchase the sixty page game solution which allegedly answers such questions as ""How do I become bald in Episode One?"", and ""Where is the Emerald City?"". The game also has many built in cheat codes which were available on purchase or on request."
1448,Space Jockey,,1982,5.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Space Jockey is a side scrolling shooter for one player. The goal is to earn as many points as possible by having the player's attack saucer shoot down the varied enemies which fly by. Tanks, jet planes, prop planes, helicopters, and weather balloons will all pass by on the screen and try to destroy the player's saucer. There are even some trees and houses on the ground that can be shot for extra points. The player needs to make sure they avoid colliding with the various enemies and their fire or one of the player's three saucers will be lost. Extra saucers are awarded for each 1000 points earned. Several game variations are included which control the game difficulty, the movement abilities of the enemies, and the movement abilities of the player's saucer."
1450,Megapanel,,1990,7.1,Puzzle,"Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle",,"Megapanel is a tile-based puzzle game that plays like a mixture of Tetris Attack and a traditional sliding tile puzzle. Blocks rise from the bottom of a well, and the player must slide them around in order to create a row or column of three same-color blocks. This causes the group to clear, and potentially create chains from the blocks above falling. As the game continues, the number of blocks that must be cleared to continue as well as the speed at which the stack rises will both increase. The game includes three modes. First is training mode which explains the basics of the game. In this mode, a certain number of blocks must be cleared to complete the stage. Second is a ""pin-up"" mode for one player, where clearing blocks reveals parts of an image of a cute anime girl, the goal being to uncover the entire picture. Last is a two-player versus mode, where players compete to clear their blocks the fastest, and can send garbage blocks to their opponent and fill up their field. The game includes two difficulty settings, two versus modes, a sound test, and a unique mode that displays the entire game in sepia tone."
1455,Ball Breaker,,1987,6.3,Action,Paddle / Pong,,"Ball Breaker is Breakout variant. The player controls a paddle which is fixed on the right side of the screen and is only able to move vertically. With this paddle, a ball is both bounced into the playfield and prevented from falling out of the screen. The goal is to vaporize all blocks on the playfield by hitting them with the ball. A limited amount of missiles can be used to destroy blocks or aliens directly. The latter appear on higher levels and should not be touched with the paddle. The speciality of this variant is the use of an isometric perspective. While the ball and paddle itself do not leave the lower plane, the blocks are stacked up. The higher blocks fall down when the blocks below them are gone."
1456,Rommel: Battles for North Africa,Rommel: The Legend of the Desert Fox,1988,6.9,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Africa, Historical events, World War II","Rommel: Battles for North Africa is a turn & hex-based wargame (one of the series built on the Battlefront engine) dealing with the battles between Allied and Axis forces in North Africa during the Second World War. The eight scenarios included (playable from both sides of the conflict) are: Syria (Operation Exporter, 1941), Sidi Rezegh (1941), Alam el Halfa (1942), The Cauldron (1942), Maknassy (1942), Kasserine Pass (1943), Tebaga Gap (1943), and a what-if German invasion of Malta. As with Battlefront the command scale is at the corps-level. The battle system incorporates the factors of adverse weather and terrain, supply, experience and morale. A complete range of unit types is provided. Victory depends on seizing the key locations within the turn limit. The game was packed with WarPlan scenario editor and WarPaint map/unit graphics editor (a common feature of Battlefront Game System titles)."
1459,Pokémon Stadium,Pocket Monsters Stadium 2,1999,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The Nintendo Pokemon creations make their way to full 3D battles in a recreation of the Pokemon battle sequences seen in the cartoon series. All 151 original Pokemon appear in some way or form, either for you to battle with, against or for use on the Game Boy Pokemon series. Using the Transfer Pak (plugged into the slot in the N64 controller) and a copy of any Game Boy Pokemon title, you can upload your Pokemon for battle in full 3D in either a full-on tournament (where you can win badges, money, items and pokemon), play mini-games or battle against friends. And after the battle, any experience, pokemon or items gained can be transfered back to the Game Boy version."
1464,Jack Bros.,Jack Bros. no Meirô de Hiihoo!,1995,7.0,Action,Arcade,,"Once a year, on Halloween, the portal between the World of Fairies and the human world is open, allowing the fairies to come and visit the children for one day. However, they must return home before the end of the day; otherwise they'll never be able to return to the World of Fairies again. It's up to you to get Jack back home before Halloween is over. You start the game by choosing one of the three Jack Bros: Jack Frost, Lantern or Ripper. You then must make your way through six levels consisting of sixty floors of play. The core gameplay is very much like Namco 's coin-op classic, The Tower of Druaga Within the time limit, you must locate all the keys on a floor, which opens up the exit and allows you to venture to a lower floor. In your way are both obstacles and enemies, which you must avoid or take out if you are to reach the exit. On the lowest floor of each level is a boss enemy whom you must defeat if you are to get Jack home in time."
1465,Rally Championships,,1994,5.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"In the game you buy one of the best rally cars, like Lancia Delta of Toyota Celica, drive it on different locations in time race. Driving on the track using accelerator, you collect money and other items. After the qualification you drive on a track to win a race and to get a prize. After that you can repair, improve, or even change your car using your money. The main goal is to win all championships."
1467,Vegas Games 2000,Midnight in Vegas,1999,6.5,Gambling,Cards / tiles,,"Vegas Games 2000 features 7 casino games and totals to 21 different games if variations are counted : Black Jack (1, 2, or 4 decks), Craps, Poker (5 Card Draw, 5 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud, Texas Hold 'Em, Jacks or Better), Video Poker (Tens or better, Jacks or better double down, Jacks or better high roller, Jokers Wild, and Deuces Wild), Roulette, Baccarat and Slot Machine (Beyond the Stars, Easy Money, Love 2 Win, Buffet and Ancient Treasures). Depending on the game, the view is top down (Craps) or first person (Roulette). Muti-Tap can be used to play to games against 4 players. The PlayStation case also includes a CDA with 8 audio tracks."
1470,"Daffy Duck: ""Fowl Play""","Daffy Duck: ""Auf Schatzsuche"", Daffy Duck: ""Un Trésor de Canard""",1999,6.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"In Daffy Duck: Fowl Play, Daffy is in search of a hidden treasure that Bugs Bunny told him about. Unfortunately, the rest of the Looney Tunes cast is out to stop him. Fowl Play is a nine-level platforming/action game with some unusual mechanics. Daffy has a hunger meter which he must keep filled. You must find food throughout the levels and always hurry lest Daffy starve."
1473,Baseball Stars 2,,1992,7.5,Sports,Arcade,,"This follow up to Baseball Stars Professional features a fast-paced arcade style baseball with six fictitious teams, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. There are two difficulties of play: Beginner which automatically fields the ball for the player while Exciting has the player do the field manually. Additionally, there are two main modes of play where in the single player mode the player will compete in a fifteen-team tournament or go head-to-head against a friend in a multiplayer mode. The standard rules of baseball still apply, but it adds power-ups that the player can pick up and use during the game, such as the ability for their pitcher to throw faster or their batter to hit better. They can also substitute a player during the game, but are limited to three substitutions per game. The game is shown through 2D graphics with comic-style cutscenes to illustrate the action, such as dramatic catches and home runs that will pop-up during the game."
1479,Who Wants To Be A Millionaire,,1999,6.5,Puzzle,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"Take a ride in the Hot Seat in this recreation of the Hit TV Game Show. Climb you way up the Trivia Ladder from $100 to $1 Million. Answer 15 multiple choice questions in a row to win the game. And if you get stuck, You can Phone a Friend, 50/50 or poll the audience."
1481,TRAZ,Transformable Arcade Zone,1988,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Transformable Arcade Zone is a Breakout clone with multiple paddles, 64 levels and a built-in level construction set. Each level can have different set of paddles, sometimes one at the top and one at the bottom, sometimes one on the left or one on the right, sometimes four stacked-up etc. This gives each level a distinctly new gameplay. There are unbreakable blocks, monster generators (also unbreakable) and glass refractors that change the balls movement angle as it passes through. After a level is cleared, the player must choose the next level by moving on a 8x8 grid of levels."
1492,Traffic Giant,Der Verkehrsgigant,2000,7.2,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"In this business simulation the player has to manage the whole traffic network from a little village in the beginning up to a huge metropolis in the end of the game. The player can choose from trams, trains and buses. There are also competitors, which don't make it easy to succeed. The towns are alive, as pedestrians are everywhere and cars are driving around. The engine is very powerful as it can simulate towns with up to 40.000 citizens, who know where they want to go."
1496,Looney Tunes: Space Race,Space Race,2000,7.1,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The classic characters of Looney Tunes come to life in Space Race There are 9 legendary characters to choose from; including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Taz, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, and more. Riding high-powered ACME rockets, players will have to guide their chosen rider through 12 unique tracks from throughout the Looney Tunes universe, each with their own short-cuts, jumps and traps, in a frantic race for the finish line. Along the way, the player will pick up many wacky distractions to slow down their opponents, including the portable hole, spring-loaded boxing gloves, falling elephants, and more. One can even step the insanity up a notch, in some 4 player, split-screen action. That's all, folks!"
1505,SimTower: The Vertical Empire,"SimTower: Das vertikale Imperium, SimTower: L'Empire Vertical, The Tower, The Tower: Bonus Edition",1994,7.0,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Maxis takes their Sim-building line vertical with SimTower, an original concept from Japan (where vertical living is much more commonplace than in many parts of the world). Your goal is to build a skyscraper that is both tall, aesthetically pleasing, popular, and, most importantly, economically profitable. To be successful, your building cannot just be endless levels of office space or purely an apartment sky-rise, but rather a multi-functional haven for humanity featuring everything from penthouses to theatres, restaurants to shopping malls. The centerpiece of your tower design is your elevators and proper management is key. You can watch your Sims enter and leave your grand tower, getting impatient waiting for elevators, or having a hectic workday at the office. You can even train in on one or two, to serve as a metering stick for their compatriots, or just to peek into the average workday of the little people living in your building. Or watch the security and rescue crews race as disasters like bomb threats and fires rampage through your well-crafted skyscraper. The PlayStation version adds an additional bonus map."
1506,One-on-One,"Dr. J and Larry Bird Go One on One, Julius Erving and Larry Bird Go One on One, Julius Erving vs. Larry Bird One-on-one, One on One, One-On-One Basketball",1983,6.9,Sports,,,"Control either Julius Erving or Larry Bird in front of a single basket, in a game of one on one. The user can select to play either to a certain score or for a certain amount of time. When on offense, the player can rotate to keep away from his rival, take a shot from a distance or move in to the basket for special up-close slam-dunks. When on defense, you can try to take your rival's ball or jump up to block a shot. Particularly good set-ups get a slow-motion replay. You can even smash the glass on the backboard, which will send an irate janitor onto the court to clean up the mess."
1511,Projectyle,,1990,7.7,"Action, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Projectyle is a single or multiplayer (1 to 3 players) hockey-type sports game of the future. It features smooth-scrolling, frantic action, colorful graphics and digital music. A total of five goal rooms, arranged in the shape of a cross, are connected with tunnels. The camera smoothly follows the puck/ball (the ""projectyle"") and scrolls to the adjacent rooms when entering one of the connecting tunnels. Each player, whether computer-controlled or not, has a room in which his own goal is located (their ""defense"" zone.) A fourth room -- the Frantic Zone -- contains a goalmouth for each player, while the central room, where action begins, allows access to the four other rooms. The object of the game is for each player to protect their own goal while trying to bring the puck/ball into the other players' rooms to score a goal. Bonuses appear randomly in the rooms, allowing the player who passes on them to gain some benefits, such as freezing the other players for a few seconds, gaining extra stamina, or sealing exits. The game supports up to 3 player simultaneous quick action single game play, and can support up to 8 players in leagues of varying lengths. League/tournament play supports player/team management, including training, injuries and position reassignment."
1518,Konami's Tennis,Konami no Tennis,1984,6.4,Sports,Arcade,,Tennis is Konami's version of the sport for the MSX platform. One or two players can play against computer or two players can compete each other The game follows standard tennis rules and allows you to hit a variety of forehand and backhand shots to any location on the court.
1519,David Leadbetter's Greens,"David Leadbetter's Golf, David Leadbetter's Greens: The Instructional 3-D Golf Simulation, MicroProse Golf",1991,7.5,Sports,,,"MicroProse made a change from military simulations by recreating golf in fine detail. This was the first golf game to operate in true 3D. This means that the player's stance and swing technique can be adjusted, and have a significant effect on the shot outcome. Although the manual's tutorial helps, it's harder to master than rivals such as PGA Tour Golf. There are six courses, an unprecedented number for a computer simulation, and tonnes of playing modes."
1529,Road Blaster,"Road Avenger, Road Blaster FX, Road Prosecutor",1985,8.1,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Quick Time Events (QTEs), Timed input",,"Road Avenger dates from the era when interactive movies (e.g. Dragon's Lair Escape from Cybercity Time Gal ..) with film-quality graphics, but limited player movement, were highly popular. Players assume the role of an angry cop on a wild ride as he pursues a gang of bikers who killed his wife. Players need to race through oncoming traffic, squeeze between trucks, trash motorcycles and steer through lots of explosions. The only thing needed are quick reflexes to follow the instructions on the screen (with an increasing difficulty) in order to keep the animation going. The action is shown from a first-person view and fast-paced, while still maintaining smooth and detailed anime drawn graphics."
1530,SimAnt,"SimAnt: La Fourmilière Électronique, SimAnt: Die Elektronische Ameisen Kolonie, SimAnt: Die Trick-Kolonie, SimAnt: La Colonia Electrónica de Hormigas, SimAnt: La Colonie de Fourmis Électroniques, SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony",1991,7.5,Simulation,,,"SimAnt explores the detail of the lives of ants, as you take full control of an ant colony. Build up your colony to conquer the other colonies in the yard. Foes include spiders and humans - make their lives a misery by invading their homes. A Quick Game option focuses on battles with other groups of ants, and a full Tutorial mode is provided. Biological detail of real ants is provided, to help make the package more educational. In the full game the player starts out as the black queen ant who must start an ant hill and produce offspring to start the first colony. They control the output of types of ants between soldiers, workers, and breeders. Soldiers fight the enemy red ants and protect the ant hill, workers maintain the food supply and build out the ant hill, while breeders are used to start more ant colonies in the effort to take over the human’s property. The player can switch from controlling one ant to another as necessary to do different tasks in the game directly. They can go out on the surface and collect green food dots, call in the troops and take down spiders and caterpillars or invade the red ants’ hill and kill them off. While out on the surface it is important to be careful not to drown in the rain or get killed by the lawn mower. When there are populations of breeders, they can be dispersed to other sectors of the yard and house within three sectors of the current sector you’re operating from. Once a sector has a black ant hill on it, the player can move over to the newly populated sector and work from there to continue furthering the black ants. The game is won when the red ants are exterminated from the play field and the human and his cat and dog are driven from their house by the overwhelming ant infestation which has been waged on them."
1531,Sid Meier's Civilization,"Civilization, Civilization I, Civilization: Shin Sekai Shichidai Bunmei, Sid Meier's Civilization: Build an Empire to Stand the Test of Time, Wenming",1991,8.1,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",,"Civilization has the widest scope of any strategy game of its time. You are a leader of a nation. You begin in the Stone Age, and complete the game in the XXIth century (unless your civilization gets destroyed earlier). Your eventual goal is to become the dominant civilization in the world, either by wiping out everybody else, or being the first to get a space ship to Alpha Centauri. As the nation's leader, you have many responsibilities. You have to build cities, and then micromanage them, constructing various buildings. Most of the people in your cities will be working on the neighbouring lands to get food (without it, your city won't survive or grow), production (used to build military units and buildings) and trade (which can be exchanged for money, science (see below) or luxuries that make people happy. You decide how much trade you want to invest into each of these areas.) You have to make sure that your people are in a good mood; if they get too unhappy, the city will collapse into disorder, and won't produce anything until you fix the situation. If you're ambitious, you can build Wonders of the World - epic constructions, such as the Pyramids or the Hoover Dam. Each Wonder is a unique thing, and only one of each can exist in the world. They give you a lot of benefits if you complete them, but they take a long time to build, and many of them will eventually stop working. There are other nations in the world, and there are also barbarians, so you'll have to invest into the military to protect yourself and to attack. Sure, you can sign peace treaties with other nations, and even exchange scientific knowledge with them (although sometimes they'll demand tribute from you), but eventually you'll probably have to fight. You control each of your military units on the world map, attacking your opponents' units and cities (possibly taking over them). Not all units are for combat though. Settlers are used to build cities, create roads (for easier travel of your units) and improve the land around cities, increasing production. Diplomats can be sent to foreign cities to negotiate with the other nations or create embassies, but they can also bribe enemy units to join you and conduct espionage and sabotage in the enemies' cities. Caravans can be sent to faraway cities to increase trade in their home city, and they can also help in building Wonders of the World. Scientific progress is an important part of the game. The more science your cities produce, the faster you research new technologies. Initially, you'll be finding out about the wonders of Alphabet or Bronze Working, but late in the game you'll be researching Computers and Robotics. Most technologies give you some new units, buildings and other things, although some have more interesting effects - for example, after inventing the Automobile, you'll find out that your citizens started producing pollution. Pollution is a bad thing; if there's too much of it, global warming may occur. How your cities prosper depends partially on the type of government that your nation has. Initially you're living in Despotism, but this can stunt growth of your civilization, so it's a good idea to switch to something else - Monarchy, Republic, Democracy or Communism."
1540,NBA 2K,,1999,8.5,Sports,,,"The first game in the NBA 2K series; this realistic basketball simulation is Sega's answer to NBA Live Play an exhibition game, an entire season or jump straight to the playoffs. The game has all 29 teams and their stars. Players are realistically modeled and have recognizable faces and even tattoos - a novelty. You can also create your own players with the player editor. NBA 2K features the 1999-2000 team rosters."
1548,F-1 World Grand Prix,,1999,7.2,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"F-1 World Grand Prix is a Formula 1 racing game for the Game Boy Color, based on the Nintendo 64 title. The Game Boy Color iteration features an official license of the 1998 season and thus all 11 authentic teams, drivers and tracks from that year. Unlike the Nintendo 64 version the game is completely in 2D and is viewed from a 3rd person perspective. The game tries to deliver the most realistic racing experience on a handheld of its time. You can manually adjust many aspects of the car before each race, such as transmission, gear, and tyre types and the alignment of your spoilers. The game features five playing modes (Grand Prix, Exhibition, Challenge, Time Trial and Two Player), two difficulty settings and allows for three separate save games. You can turn damage and different weather types on and off."
1549,Operation Crusader,,1994,7.4,Strategy / tactics,,"Africa, Historical events, World War II","A military strategy wargame focusing on the African desert campaign of legendary Erwin Rommel; specifically, the period between November and December, 1941 when Rommel's offensive is driven close to the Suez Canal and American supplies have given an edge to the Commonwealth Eight Army. Consisting of 5 single-battle scenarios and one campaign game, you are trusted into either the Allied or the Axis side using a modified version of the V for victory engine with the same wargame mechanics but with several additions such as more realistic fog of war, the ability to select different types of attacks, from low-intensity probes, to all-out assaults. You can play vs a human opponent via e-mails or take on the computer using a ""Random Variant"" option which guarantees some surprises on every game."
1552,Neuromancer,,1988,7.4,Adventure,,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Based on the cyberpunk novel by William Gibson. In a grimy future, you play Case, a cyberspace cowboy who finds himself broke in Chiba City. Find yourself a laptop and the right software for it so you can hack into databases around the city to regain your access to cyberspace. Buy and upgrade brain implant chips to augment your computer skills, and sell your body parts to afford new technologies. When you get to cyberspace, you'll take on the nasty AIs that guard the most important databases. Within all this information is the bizarre secret of this world of inbred corporations."
1556,International Superstar Soccer,Jikkyou World Soccer 2000,2000,7.2,Sports,,,"International Superstar Soccer is a game for one or two players, or up to four players with multitap. It is by the same team who did the N64 games. The six main game modes are represented on the main menu by pentagonal facets on a stylised football, they are:* Open Play: Here the player can select any of the A Teams (22 players) or Under 23 teams (18 players) and play a single match in a stadium of their choosing. These matches can be player vs player, player vs cpu or cpu vs cpu. For each team the game's difficulty, and the motivation of the team, goalkeeper etc can be customised Players can train and edit their teams, change the formations and tactics before the match. During the match they can adjust camera angles, make substitutions and tactical changes, adjust the game speed and so on. The main game element though is controlling the players, making searching passes and scoring goals."
1557,Omnicron Conspiracy,,1989,6.3,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As a Star Police Captain, your job is to maintain peace in the Universe. Bust up an intergalactic drug ring in an odyssey involving pyramids, giant artichokes, a big conspiracy, and the Universe."
1561,EarthSiege 2,,1996,7.6,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The war between the human resistance and the evil robotic Cybrids renews! Prometheus has built a base on the moon and is producing Cybrids by the thousands. As a member of the human resistance, you pilot your HERC ('Mech) against the Cybrids. You have up to 3 wingmates. This entry in the Earthsiege series features 9 HERCS and something not found in many Mech-type games: an aircraft you can fly!"
1564,Kids on Site,,1994,5.9,Simulation,,,"Remember the days as a kid when you were fascinated with these big machines on the building site? With this game you have the opportunity to try them out! You can use either the excavator, bulldozer, steamroller or wrecking ball. The handling couldn't be easier, there are just three buttons to press: left, right and use. With each machine you get a simple task, e.g. carry three shovels of dirt on a truck. But the fun thing is that you aren't restricted to this and can just screw around. Why wreck an old house when the pit latrine is so much more tempting? The whole game is presented in full motion video - the reactions are very humorous and with a fair share of slapstick. To improve the long time motivation there are even multiple videos for every action, e.g. the first time you break a road block with the excavator you drive on a highway, the second time into a canyon, the third time onto a rollercoaster and so on..."
1569,Sonic Labyrinth,,1995,6.3,Action,Arcade,,"One day, Sonic woke up from a nap to find that his classic red sneakers have been replaced with Dr. Eggman's new invention, Speed Down Boots. Curses! In order to remove them, Sonic must go through Eggman's great labyrinth and retrieve the Chaos Emeralds. Like the later Sonic 3D Blast this game uses a 3/4 isometric view. Make your way across four main zones, each divided into four stages. In order to complete a stage, you must find the three keys and open the exit before time runs out. But watch out! Enemies want to hinder your progress. Knock them out with your Spin Dash. And be on the look out for obstacles like bumpers, flippers, teleporters, spikes, and conveyor belts. Collect power-ups to increase your chances of success."
1576,Temple of Terror,,1987,6.0,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"You are a solitary adventurer, chosen by the sage Yaztromo to save the land of Allansia from Malbordus, the sinister champion of the Dark Elves, by beating him through the inhospitable wastes of the Desert of Skulls to the fabulous lost city of Vatos. There you must brave cruel monsters, ancient deathtraps, fanatical disciples of the cult of Leesha, and the cat-and-mouse depredations of the sinister killer known as the Messenger of Death in your quest to recover the powerful Dragon artefacts before Malbordus can find them and utilise their mystical power to fuel his campaign of carnage. A loose adaptation (using many of the original's characters, locations, situations and puzzles but often in new configurations) of Ian Livingstone 's Fighting Fantasy gamebook #14, published two years prior, this computer game version merges the gamebook's Choose-Your-Own-Adventure design to the Adventure International text-game-with-graphics model developer Adventure Soft had grown familiar with republishing. This curious hybrid yields some alternate puzzle solutions that wouldn't have been possible in the original gamebook format, but often imposes extraneous constraints such as carry limits and step-by-step sequences of actions that the book would have effortlessly bundled together in a single multiple-choice paragraph selection. Curiously, considering the ease with which computers automate data management, the designers chose to reject the trademark Fighting Fantasy SKILL, STAMINA, LUCK RPG stats-management -- distancing the conversion from unfair elements of randomness but placing a new emphasis on adventure game inventory puzzles. A version of this game also came out for the BBC Micro."
1578,Golf Magazine presents 36 Great Holes starring Fred Couples,Golf Magazine apresenta 36 Great Holes estrelando Fred Couples,1995,7.5,Sports,,,"As the title implies, in 36 Great Holes the player takes control of 24 different digitized golfers – 12 males and 12 females – playing in 27 historic courses in the U.S. including Disney's Eagle Pines and Tidewater Golf Club, playing 36 authentic holes. There are seven different modes (Stroke Play, Tournament, Skins, Shoot-out, Scramble, Practice and Match Play) and three different types of golf club heads including wood, metal and graphite. There is a battery back-up to keep track of 16 different categories of stats and does feature the voice of Fred Couples even though he is not a playable character."
1581,Crack Down,Crackdown,1989,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"At the beginning of the 21st century, a mad scientist by the name of Mr. K has created an army of artificial soldiers. He conquered the industrial city of Atlantis, and is now preparing to take over the world. The United Nations decided to retaliate by sending two of their top class Special Forces officers, Ben and Andy, to infiltrate the city and destroy the enemy base using a newly developed time bomb--Sigma. Crack Down is a time-limited action game. The two heroes, Ben and Andy, have to get through the levels as quickly as possible placing bombs on X marks scattered around the levels. Although the levels are heavily defended, the player has an array of weaponry including a cannon, machine gun, and superbombs. The game may be played as either a one or two-player game."
1585,Capcom's Soccer Shootout,"J.League Excite Stage '94, Soccer Shootout",1994,7.5,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Capcom's Soccer Shootout let's up to four players take the helm of 12 different international soccer teams in a series of games that include Exhibition Full Season and All-Star Game modes. There are also Penalty Kick Indoor Soccer and Training modes. The season mode lets the player choose from either a 22 or 44 game season in an attempt to become World Champions and the game boasts a realistic style including bicycle kicks, side tackles, diving saves along with several other moves."
1591,Dreadnoughts,,1992,5.5,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War I","Dreadnoughts is a turn-based surface fleet battle simulator. It accurately recreates the looks, specifications, and tactics of fleets of major naval engagements in the 'Great War' of 1914 to 1918. The game starts by promoting the player to Admiral, placing them on the bridge of a great flagship, and then resets the clock to start from the critical hour. The game offers an isometric battlefield engine used in Waterloo, including weather effects and a fog of war system. Game calculations are based on complex mathematics. There are seven historical scenarios included (battle of Jutland which involves over 60 ships) along with other smaller battles and scenarios. There is also a practice scenario for the beginner. Dreadnoughts is mainly played through menus where you have to point with your mouse or keyboard and issue the relative order. Commands are issued through sentences. There are several keywords to issue orders, plus a directive so the computer knows who you're talking to."
1594,O'Leary Manager 2000,"Barça Manager 2000, Co Adriaanse Football Manager, DSF Fußball Manager, Guy Roux Manager 2000",2000,7.9,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"In 2000 Ubi Soft released two David O'Leary-licensed games. One, David O'Leary's Total Soccer 2000 based on the PC game with the same name. The other one was a manager game, O'Leary Manager 2000 The gameplay in O'Leary Manager 2000 is not only about the management aspects of football. It's a bit similar to Sensible World of Soccer as you can play not only as the manager but also the player. This rendered using an top-down view similar to many Amiga games from the early nineties. In total there is 240 licensed teams from the top two divisions in six European countries. As the manager you get to lay up training schedules, buy and sell players, pick the right players for the right tactics, and a lot of statistics. The game handles matches in three different ways, playing them, watching them or a text-based interface similar to Championship Manager but with highlights shown in the top-down view. If you don't want to play through the whole season, you can play single matches against the AI or another player. The manager mode also supports multiple players."
1595,Escape from Colditz,,1991,7.4,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,"Historical events, World War II","Loosely based around the Gibson Games board-game, you are in control of a team of four POWs – a Brit, a Frenchman, an American and a Pole) and must guide them all to what many attempted and few achieved – escape from the notorious Nazi POW camp. You control each of the four men separately, each of them starting within their own quarters on different floors of the camp, and can always switch between them. The gameplay has a similar feel to isometric-view Spectrum games, notably The Great Escape and Head Over Heels Collecting and using objects is a significant part of your task – lock-picks for the low-security doors, keys for the more secure ones, German uniforms to allow you to move around freely, and shovels to dig for freedom. You must avoid entering forbidden areas – do this and you will be placed in solitary confinement and have your equipment confiscated – if you attempt to run from the guards in such areas they will shoot at you."
1603,Dunjonquest: Morloc's Tower,,1979,6.8,Role-playing (RPG),,"Fantasy, Medieval","As the adventurer Brian Hammerhand you have to defeat the Wizard Morloc the Mad in his Tower. The towers stairways comprise Rooms 1-6. With the exception of the ground floor, which has been assigned the next several room numbers, rooms with odd numbers are on Floors 1, 3, and 5, and rooms with even numbers are on Floors 2, 4, and 6. The higher the number, the higher the floor on which the room is located. While your journey you meet many bad creatures and you will find some magic and helpful treasures."
1608,Natural Fawn Killers,,1999,5.3,"Action, Sports","Hunting, Shooter",,"In this 3D shooter, join psycho hunter Harry as he goes hunting for not only the usual game (deer & bears) but also poor, helpless rabbits. He can use decoy animal noises to lure prey and he has an arsenal of weapons including military hardware and even a sniper rifle for that single fatal headshot."
1609,G Darius,G. Darius,1997,7.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"G Darius chronicles the story of the Darius star, and the heroes who protect it from evil. While most of the series staple mechanics are present here, such as the RGB powerup system and branching stage structure, G Darius introduces several mechanics that made it the most unique Darius in the series. The first is an expanded capture mechanic. Continuing the capture mechanic from Darius Gaiden which was then limited to mid-bosses, the Silver Hawk model in G Darius can now capture even small enemies, and now consumes ""capture balls"" in place of bombs, replenishable via purple pickups. Captured enemies turn into drones that follow and fight for the Silver Hawk in patterns unique to each enemy type. The captured drones can block enemy projectiles and take damage for doing so. Mid-bosses are still vulnerable to being captured, provided you destroy their gold-plated shields first. In order to capture a new enemy, you must sacrifice the existing captured drones, and you can do so in 2 ways: detonate them for a big explosion, or consume them to charge up a (blue) alpha beam. The second mechanic is beam dueling. Borrowing the mechanic from Taito's very own Metal Black while your alpha beam is clashing with a boss' (red) beta beam, you can absorb the beta beam and make your alpha beam more powerful by repeatedly pressing the fire button fast enough. Conversely, you lose the duel if you don't press fire fast enough and make the boss' beta beam bigger. The third mechanic is in-stage branching. In the middle of every stage is a branching choice, which you make by moving the Silver Hawk to the top or bottom half of the screen. Each path leads to a different background scroll, enemy pattern and a different variant of the stage boss. Stage boss variants have different color palettes, sometimes different 3D models and mostly different attack patterns. Like its peers in the same era such as Einhander / Thunder Force V / R-Type Delta G Darius has made a leap into fully 3D backgrounds. The PlayStation port adds the Beginner Mode from the Ver.2 Arcade version, a ""VS BOSS"" mode where you can customize a playlist of all stage boss variants in the game for a boss rush that you can also play in 2-player local co-op, and a FMV player. The Windows port is mostly based on the PlayStation port, but renders up to 480p - double the resolution of the Arcade and PlayStation versions."
1610,Rogue Trooper,Space Trooper,1986,6.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"On the planet Nu-Earth, the perpetual war between the Norts and the Southers has left the entire world a wasteland. The Southers have developed a new weapon: Genetic Infantrymen (G.I.s), designed to withstand the harsh environmental conditions. On their first mission, however, they are betrayed: the Quartz Zone Massacre leaves only one of them alive. The surviving G.I. goes AWOL, bent on a mission: to prove that there was a betrayal and to bring the traitor to justice. Helping him are three of his former comrades, who survived as biochips: Helm, Gunnar and Bagman. In the first game based on the popular 2000 AD comic strip, the player controls the Rogue Trooper on his mission to find eight vid-tapes which have withstood the destruction and can prove the traitor's involvement. The tapes are scattered over various screens depicting Nu-Earth. Rogue can dispatch Nort soldiers patrolling the area with his gun, while taking care he doesn't get hit too often himself. Nort bunkers also await, being tougher targets than simple soldiers. Supplies in the form of ammunition packs and first aid kits must be found if the need arises. And while Rogue's genetic makeup makes him very tough, he is not invincible: traversing certain types of terrain drains his health automatically. Above the main game window, the screen shows the battle computer, consisting of a map of the surroundings and Rogue's vital statistics and inventory. Another part of the screen is reserved for Rogue's biochip buddies, displaying any comments and remarks they might have on the current situation."
1615,Pokémon Red Version,"Pocket Monsters: Aka, Pokémon Versione Rossa, Pokémon: Edición Roja, Pokémon: Edición Roja - ¡Atrápalos ya!, Pokémon: Edición Roja - ¡Hazte con todos!, Pokémon: Red Version - Gotta catch 'em all!, Pokémon: Rote Edition, Pokémon: Rote Version - Schnapp' sie Dir alle!, Pokémon: Version Rouge, Pokémon: Versione Rossa - Acchiappali tutti!, Pokémon: Versão Vermelha - Agarre todos… se puder!",1998,8.2,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"Pokémon Red Version is the international version of Pocket Monsters Akai Compared to the earlier version, Red has updated graphics and audio, some changes to area layouts, and significantly overhauled code, all of which in fact originate from the Japanese release of Pocket Monsters Ao Red and Akai share the same version-exclusive Pokémon; in order to complete the Pokédex, players must trade with owners of Blue version."
1618,SmartBall,Jerry Boy,1991,7.0,Action,Platform,,"King Geoffrey of Kyliria has recently passed away. Jerry, his eldest son, was all set to take the throne, however his younger brother Tom was overcome with jealously and hired an evil wizard to kidnap Jerry's wife, and also turn his brother Jerry into a gelatinous ball. Now Tom will be able to rule over Kyliria unopposed. Players take on the role of the now transformed Jerry who is out to take back his kingdom and his wife, and of course regain his human form. The game involves going through 8 stages (broken up into two parts each) of side-scrolling action. At the end of each stage is a boss monster that must be disposed of. Jerry moves by sliding across the ground and can latch on to walls and climb them. Jerry can also jump, stretch out to cling to ceilings, and also move at a faster pace. Jerry can consume balls that he finds during a stage and can then fire them out of his body at enemies blocking his path. Enemies can also be defeated by jumping on them and then flattening Jerry's body on them. Also, there are flowers that contain items for Jerry to collect. Items include life, which refills health, a 1-up that adds an extra life, and a seed, which will grow a climbable beanstalk when planted. If the player collects the scattered letters that appear in every stage that spell out the name Jerry, the player will earn two extra lives. The Japanese version of this game contains towns in between levels, where the player has the option to speak with townspeople to move the storyline along. This element of the game was removed when it was later released in North America."
1622,The Great American Cross-Country Road Race,American Road Race,1985,7.3,Racing / Driving,,,"This game puts you in the position of a driver of a high-performance car participating, as the name implies, in races between U.S. cities. Noteworthy features of the game include a multitude of weather and road conditions (fog, snow, road construction), day/night changes (complete with smooth twilight transitions) and the ability to plan individual route to beat competition to the destination. Additional features, that this game was among the first to boast, are sequential manual transmission, refuelling, traffic and police pursuits. The graphical presentation is pseudo-3D perspective with behind the car view."
1626,Hyperbowl,Blastaball,1987,6.4,"Action, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Hyperbowl is a one-on-one futuristic sport viewed from above, with a small amount of the rectangular pitch visible at a time. Each player controls one of the 10 available spaceships, each with their own subtle strengths and weaknesses in terms of speed, inertia and fire direction. A scanner shows the positions of both ships and the ball, so that things don't become disorientating. The aim is to guide the ball either into a 'goal' in the middle of each end (scoring 2 points) or onto the goal-line elsewhere (scoring one point). The ball can be steered either by hitting it with the ship or by shooting at it with your craft's beam (which does not injure or impede the opposition craft in any way). In either case the ball moves in a semi-random direction similar to the one you directed it in, but can rebound off the plus-shaped divots in the wall unexpectedly. The game lasts for 5 minutes, or until a player reaches the winning score of 9. Each of the three skills levels is a 5-tier tournament of increasing difficulty."
1634,Deactivators,,1986,7.1,Strategy / tactics,,,"Deactivators is an arcade-puzzle maze game which puts you in control of a squad of bomb disposal droids. You must pick them up and quickly throw them out of the building to safety - failure to do this costs you a droid and a room (occasionally blocking off other essential rooms). The game's levels have grid-like arrangements with doors, trapdoors and poles, and increase in size as the game goes on. For both these reasons, mapping is essential. Security droids are on patrol, but these can be tricked into falling down holes. A computer room is the hub of your activities - this allows you to use teleports and turn off force fields, via the appropriate circuit boards which are hidden throughout the levels. On later levels the gravity isn't constant and you will find rooms with distorted directional senses, increasing the precision required significantly."
1635,Marvin's Marvellous Adventure,,1994,7.2,Action,Platform,,"One of the most console-style platformers ever seen on the Amiga, Marvin has approximately 60 levels to battle through. There are stars to collect, extra lives on offer, slides, tubes, ladders, caterpillars to move across, and bonus fruit to collect. The levels are inhabited by typical enemies, some of which are killed by jumping on their heads, while others must be kicked or shot (once you collect a weapon). Many of the annoyances which plague platform games, such as blind jumps and spikes appearing at random, are deliberately absent from this. The graphics are intentionally cute, using the AGA chip-set for 256 colours."
1644,Onslaught,,1989,6.7,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"As a highly respected warrior, you are attempting to conquer as many regions as possible. This is a three-stage task, as first you must fight through hordes of fighters simply to reach the castle, and then you have to climb the various sections of the castle, before battling with its existing inhabitant. The bulk of the game is side-scrolling platform hack 'n' slash action, with mines to avoid on the route. You can collect a number of spells, and select them using the function keys. Your physical and mental energy are measured separately throughout the game, and must both be kept high."
1646,RoboCop 2,,1991,6.6,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"RoboCop 2 is based on the 1990 movie of the same name. The game allows the player to control RoboCop. The majority of the game is a side scrolling run and gun game. RoboCop can move left, right, duck and jump. Using his gun the player can shoot enemies. Enemies will shoot back which reduces RoboCops number of hearts. Hearts can be restored by picking up power-ups. When enemies get close the player can also punch them. RoboCop can also employ a a jetpack to fly around the levels. Aside from enemies there are also other hazards such as falling bombs, electricity and rolling barrels. In between normal levels the player can expect boss fights and a sliding puzzle with mugshots."
1650,Max,Rubble Saver II,1992,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Max sequel to The Adventures of Star Saver the player takes control over Max and has to save the galaxy from the evil Draco. He has to free seven planets which equal seven side-scrolling platforming levels. Besides the ability to shoot and jump, he also has a climbing rope which can be shot vertically upwards, clings into the level architecture and pulls Max up. After the third contact with the numerous enemies or their bullets, Max dies. Power-ups consist of two upgrades for the gun."
1655,Super Seymour Saves the Planet,Super Seymour Saves the World,1991,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the sequel to Seymour Goes to Hollywood Seymour takes on his first movie role - as an eco-friendly superhero. With game design showing some obvious influence from Bomb Jack Seymour jumps around a series of single screen areas collecting barrels of toxic waste. One barrel at a time is highlighted and is worth more points than the others, but will explode after a short countdown. Seymour is plagued by mutants which fly and bounce around the screen. Some must be jumped on from above, some must be hit from below."
1656,Speed Racer in My Most Dangerous Adventures,,1994,6.6,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Platform",,"This game is a take on the anime cartoon series Speed Racer You play as Speed, an aspiring race car driver with his trusty car, The Mach 5, along with his GO team, out to travel the world and win every international grand prix on the circuit. Along the way, you fight off the infamous villains of the series, out to stop Speed by any means necessary, even capturing his girlfriend, Trixie. There are seven levels in all and in between racing levels you'll be on foot in side-scrolling action, fighting off thugs and gangsters, collecting power ups to help you out, including green flags in order to keep your health up."
1662,Grand Prix World,,1999,7.3,"Racing / Driving, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Grand Prix World is the third game in the Microprose F1 management series. In GPW the player can take control of one of eleven available Formula One teams and attempt to win the Formula One Constructor's World Championship. The game starts in the 1998 season and the player has a 10 year career as team boss. In that time the player is faced with a whole host of tasks. Hire and fire the best personnel in the business, from commercial managers to chief mechanics. Mediate angry drivers. Arrange sponsorship deals that can gain (and lose) your team millions. Use hospitality functions to attract technical suppliers. Design the revolutionary car that will win the championship, following a real-world process from plans to computational fluid dynamics to final design and wind-tunnel testing. Set-up your team's cars for sixteen racetracks from around the world that each have their own characteristics. Once at the circuit the player can either watch all the action on four photo-realistic TV monitors, or view race information and statistics. Give driver orders, risk overtaking manoeuvres, and plan pit strategy. All in a day's work in Grand Prix World"
1663,Wanderer,"LCS Wanderer, Wanderer 3D",1986,6.0,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Cards / tiles, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Wanderer is set in the future where cats have become very valuable. The hero's cat has been kidnapped by someone who demands 8000 cats as ransom. Additionally, all the planets of the universe are obsessed with an poker-like card game. So the player visits planets, barters cards and plays the card game - and if a planet is satisfied with their own set, they reward the player with cats. Every time the player visits another planet he has to solve a straight action sequence which utilizes vector graphics for 3D glasses. Here he simply has to fly around in first person and shoot all enemy ships. Other action sequences take place in black holes."
1666,Ground Control,Dimian Kongzhi,2000,8.1,Strategy / tactics,Real-time tactics (RTT),"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The year is 2419. Rival mega-corporations Crayven Corporation and the Order of the New Dawn use the overt force of their armies to acquire and hold resources in outlying colonies. You are selected to lead Crayven Corp. expeditionary forces to secure the resources of remote planet Krig-7b. The New Dawn have already occupied the planet, in an attempt to acquire a secret item of unknown, but unimaginable power. Your task is to prevent the New Dawn from unlocking this secret. Ground Control is a real-time tactics game. Squads operate on a fully-three dimensional battlefield. Line of sight, ground cover and terrain advantage all come into play. Field commanders can easily zoom in and out from high vistas for a strategic view of the battlefield, all the way down to the detailed individual unit. There is no harvesting or technology tree in the game. Players only have the squads available in the field that they deploy in dropships, with reinforcements available in limited supply. Resource management in the game is the use and defense of combat field squads, not of harvesters or builders. Units (managed in groups or squads) are divided between the Crayven Corporation and the Order of the New Dawn. Individual units are fully rendered and animated 3D models. The Crayven Corporation tends to use more traditional squad types, such as tracked vehicles, that use explosive type weapons. For example, Crayven use the Armored Personnel Carrier with its field repair capability to assist in battlefield repair, and of course to deploy its effective 'Marine' Rifle Infantry. The light, medium, and heavy battlefield tanks (referred to as Terradynes) serve as the main Crayven offensive force, in addition to artillery squads. The Crayven will also deploy its airborne units (Aerodynes), such as the fighter, attack, or bomber class squads. The Order of the New Dawn employs less traditional squads to the battlefield. The New Dawn deploys hovering, high speed, high mobility units that use energy-based weapons. In addition to light, medium, and heavy 'Hoverdynes' (floating tanks), the New Dawn for example, employs powerful hovering beam platforms for artillery support. The New Dawn's armies are further bolstered by several air squads. All told, players in service for the Crayven Corporation have fourteen unit types (four air units and ten ground unit types) available. New Dawn disciples will have also have fourteen squad types (eleven ground units and three air) at their disposal. Both armies have special weapons and equipment for each squad. The units for both corporations are available in the single player campaign. The first several missions are completed under the banner of the Crayven Corporation, using Crayven squads. Later, the player uses New Dawn squads to complete missions. Squads can be outfitted with numerous special weapons and equipment, such as tactical nuclear shells or deployable turrets. Ground Control does not ship with 'skirmish' support. It is not possible to call up a game and play against Artificial Intelligence opponents on all multiplayer Ground Control maps. Cooperative play (multiplayer completion of the single player campaign) is also not supported. Another significant limitation is that the game does not have an in-game save feature. Multiplayer gameplay is fast-paced, with emphasis on tactics. The game is the first real-time tactics (RTT) game featuring 'drop-in' support: players may simply log in to a Ground Control drop-in game in progress, rapidly outfit their squads, and join in the combat. Gameplay types include traditional deathmatch, where players are awarded points for destroying enemy squads. The multiplayer also includes 'Scorezone', and 'Flagzone' modes, where players are awarded for retaining control of strategic locations in the multiplayer arena. Teamplay is also fully supported, with up to eight players in a match. Multiplayer supports LAN and internet play, both customizable. Hosts can set the technology level available, either restricting, or providing access to more advanced squads. Hosts may also adjust the overall damage level for all squads, ranging from 'wimpy' to the devastating 'Viking' damage setting. They may also adjust game score and time limits, map cycles, squad weapon and equipment loadout, and the availability/vitality of the APC. In addition, the game comes with an (unsupported) map editor, GenEd, out of the box. GenEd, used by Massive Entertainment in production of Ground Control is a tool for creation of single and multiplayer missions."
1667,Rocko's Quest,"Dungeon Hero: Grouch der Barbar, Grouch",2000,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"Rocko's Quest (known as Grouch in Europe) is a Spanish-made 3D action platformer, in which the player controls the titular Rocko - a big barbarian whose girlfriend was kidnapped by monsters. Rocko doesn't hesitate - through swamps, mountains, caves, and dark castles, he will do everything it takes to rescue her, slaying evil creatures on his path. Rocko starts with a simple sword (he is also quite adept at fighting with bare fists), but he will be able to acquire additional weapons by disarming his opponents and wielding whatever they were using against him - which mostly includes melee weapons, but also a few ranged ones, such as a bow. Healing items and power-ups that increase Rocko's attack power are sometimes dropped by enemies as well. Platforming occupies a large portion of the gameplay. Rocko can run, jump, climb, and swing, to help him get past various obstacles. These include moving platforms and assorted environmental hazards (hot geyzers, spikes, pits, etc.)."
1670,VectorMan,,1995,7.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The future of the human race looks hopeless when maintenance drones accidentally replace the orbot leader's head with a salvaged atomic bomb. All the orbots on Earth are immediately ordered, via television receivers, to stop cleaning up the planet and to start manufacturing weapons for an impending ambush of the returning humans. Only one orbot, a sludge barge pilot who was out of communications range, is unaffected by the evil take-over. You are that pilot: VectorMan! The only hope of the entire human race is for you to destroy the villainous WarHead: you must seek him out by following a trail of television receivers around the Earth, and then confront him in a battle that will decide the fate of humanity, and of the planet Earth itself! VectorMan is a side-scrolling shooter with multidirectional aiming. Before the time runs out, the player must traverse a level from left to right and find the exit, possibly guarded by a boss, but not necessarily. While the levels are generally linear, they may have several platforms awaiting exploration, including hard-to-reach areas hiding power-ups. Three specific levels are unconventional because the perspective changes to a top-down view, and the player must defeat the boss while transformed into a train, a cricket or a dancing fool. By killing enemies or destroying television receivers, VectorMan can find power-ups, including: Additionally, destroyed TVs may reveal morph icons or powerful weapons that replace VectorMan's standard ball gun for a limited time, such as the rapid fire or the bolo gun (shoots a big energy ball that goes through multiple orbots). The morph icons transform the player character into a new shape, for example a drill (breaks through floors), a jet (flies), a fish (swims faster), and so on. The game has three levels of difficulty, and it keeps track of the score the player has accumulated by gathering photons and destroying orbots. Depending on the difficulty, every time a set number of points is reached an extra life is awarded."
1672,MTV Sports: Skateboarding featuring Andy Macdonald,,2000,6.4,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"MTV Sports: Skateboarding Featuring Andy Macdonald is an isometric skateboarding game for the Game Boy Color. You can choose to play 4 different skateboarders, including Andy Macdonald. You can grind objects, perform ollies, grabs and 360s. There are 18 different cities to stunt around in. You score points through performing tricks and achieving objectives such as finding MTV icons. Unlocked cities can be played in at will in the Free-Skate mode."
1679,Clock Tower,"Clock Tower for WonderSwan, Clock Tower: The First Fear",1995,8.0,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Jennifer and her friends are adopted by a nice lady named Mary one day. They expect to be going to a wonderful new home, at the Barrows Mansion. There they will live with Mary and Mr. Barrows. Unfortunately, something goes terribly wrong and Jennifer's friends are showing up dead one by one. While this is happening, Mary is missing and Jennifer ends up being chased by a crazed psychopath known only as...Scissorman. Now she must survive and get out of the mansion in this point-and-click horror adventure... Being a teenage girl, you have no special abilities at all, just your wits and your will to survive, there are a few enemies that can kill you instantly, but Scissorman is the true horror that will give you trouble."
1681,Trivial Pursuit: CD-ROM Edition,Trivial Pursuit: CD-ROM Ausgabe,1997,5.9,Puzzle,"Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz",,Trivial Pursuit: CD-ROM Edition is a conversion of the classic board game for the PC. It includes more than 1000 questions. Additional features are video clips and online-statistics. Up to six players can participate. Besides the normal game there is a special mode where are questions are asked at a faster speed.
1682,Battle Valley,,1988,6.4,Action,Shooter,,"This side-view shoot 'em up involves trying to retrieve two nuclear weapons which have been stolen by terrorists. These are located at opposite ends of the playing area, so you can pursue them in either order. Needless to say, the terrorists have plenty of forces out to prevent you getting too far. Unusually, the game features both a helicopter and a tank - you choose either from the base, and can fly/drive back there to change. The best strategy is to use the helicopter to shoot out air-based enemies and repair the various bridges, then return for the tank. You get 4000 seconds in which to complete all this, and losing a life costs you 500 of these."
1684,E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,"E.T., E.T. The Game",1982,3.2,Action,Puzzle elements,,"E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is a licensed adventure game, based on the movie. The adventure takes place on several screens with pits scattered about. The object of the game is to find pieces of E.T.'s phone. Once all pieces are found, E.T. calls home and the spaceship arrives to pick him up. E.T. can collect Reese's Pieces scattered around in order to regain energy which is constantly depleted with time. The phone pieces are in some of the pits, and E.T. must jump in to get them; sometimes there's also a dead flower in the pit which provides extra points if brought back to life. Once E.T. has done his business in the pit, to get out he must levitate his way out, though he must watch out not to fall into the pit again after leaving. Evil scientists and agents wander around the area, trying to capture E.T. and steal the parts he's carrying."
1688,Panzer General,,1994,7.7,Strategy / tactics,"Turn-based strategy (TBS), Wargame","Africa, Europe, Historical events, Middle East, World War II","The time for resurrecting historical events has come. Panzer General was one of the first games (if not the first) that actually gave you the ability to play for the Nazis, and yet succeed where Hitler failed. Having total and complete control over land, sea, and air units, you must defeat the Allied dogs as fast as you can (to get a major victory), or slower than in history (to get a minor victory). The game's quality lies in the number of units. There are basically hundreds of Axis and Allied units from World War II, accompanied with ""circled"" animations and battle sounds, as well as marching or moving sounds. The Main menu is always located on the right side of the screen, with plenty of options and selections you can change to suit your preferences. A turn-based hexagon strategy game that will actually go faster if you have a faster computer, but will always be playable (speed doesn't go up to infinity). The first and original Panzer General, this installment would be followed by sequels and many other games in the series using the ""General"" name."
1689,CyberMage: Darklight Awakening,,1995,7.6,Action,Shooter,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"In the year 2044 AD, world governments have fallen apart and the Earth is ruled by ruthless corporations doing anything for profit. However, rebels are fighting against corporate control all over the planet. The protagonist of the game saves the life of a stranger, sacrificing his own life in the process. Taking the protagonist to his lab, the stranger performs a secret experiment on him, and is able to bring him back to life. The hero awakens with a strange crystal embedded in his forehead, giving him control over a mysterious power known as the Darklight. The lab is attacked by the forces of NeCrom, who also controls the Darklight. The protagonist must escape from the lab, learn about the Darklight and the aliens bringing it to the planet, and finally confront NeCrom, his evil counterpart. CyberMage is a 3D first-person shooter set in a dark futuristic environment. Controls can be customized to allow mouse- or keyboard-based gameplay. Jumping, looking up and down (keyboard only), and rudimentary interaction with objects (e.g. switches) are available. The hero is able to use various weapons as well as his Darklight powers against many foes. These offensive, ranged powers deplete a special energy called ""Mann-Ra"", which regenerates itself over time. The souls of organic enemies are released when they are killed. Approaching these souls before they disappear, the player obtains various power-ups to health and Mann-Ra, which may be temporary (restoring) or permanent (increasing their maximum count). Armor and other items can be found as well. In addition to walking around the cities and war zones, the player can use vehicles like tanks and air cars in some of the levels. Most areas also contain friendly characters who might give the player information. Money can be found scattered throughout the levels, and spent on weapons in the gun shop."
1692,3D Starstrike,,1984,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Outsiders have attacked the Earth Federation, laying waste to its defense fleets. In desperation, Federation Command sends the new Starstrike space fighters to attack the Outsiders's main bases (which are converted moons), hoping to exploit a fatal flaw in the design: a direct hit to the reactor at the center of the base might lead to its destruction. Both regarding graphics and gameplay, 3D Starstrike is essentially a clone of Atari's Star Wars Using wireframe graphics with a first-person perspective, the player controls the Starstrike fighter in several distinct phases: the first phase is the approach to the enemy base, where Outsider space fighters must be destroyed. The second phase takes place close to the surface of the base, where enemy bunkers and laser towers await. The third phase is a trench run, where gun turrets await at the side of the trench, and catwalks blocking the way must be dodged. The run culminates in the reactor room, where two reactor pods must be hit to destroy the base. After a base is destroyed, the game continues with a new base in the next level, with later levels having a higher difficulty."
1693,Chuckie Egg,Dragon Chuckie Egg,1983,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In the game you play Hen House Harry who has to collect 12 (a dozen) eggs from each level, while avoiding the ducklings. The levels each occupy a single screen, and are made up of platforms, ladders and lifts (or elevators), and are thus similar to those in classic platform game Donkey Kong Corn can also be collected, which stops the time limit from ticking down and also stops the bonus, collected when the level is completed, from decreasing. The ducklings also eat the corn, however. There are only 8 distinct levels. The ninth level is a copy of level 1, the tenth is a copy of level 2, and so on. However, on the second time around the ducklings that can use the platforms and ladders are replaced by the Mother Duck, who can fly around the level going through the platforms and ladders. On the third time around, you have to face both the Mother Duck and the ducklings, and similarly on subsequent goes round, when there are more ducklings."
1697,Defender II,"Defender, Stargate",1990,6.6,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Defender II adds to the already established gameplay of the Williams arcade classic Defender The first important thing to set this game apart from its predecessors is that vertical control is via the mouse, with the mouse buttons acting as thrusters and to reverse direction of movement. The game is split up in a series of 16 distinct, four wave sectors where each sector consists of either a mission or theme wave, followed by three regular attack waves. There are eight different mission waves, during which the player is required to achieve some objective specified at the start of the wave and eight theme waves, where a horde of a particular enemy type is encountered. The game starts out with the player's craft equipped with lasers and a limited number of smart bombs plus a sidekick AI drone that moves along with the main craft to add to the firepower with its own compliments of lasers. Also available are special weapons that replace the drone when activated to dish out other types of punishment to the aliens, such as a more powerful ""toothpaste"" laser, bomb pods to carpet the ground with annihilation, shots that go diagonally up and finally a smart laser which arcs out from your craft like a lightning bolt in all directions, killing all enemies in sight. All the special weapons have a limited duration and are recharged every 10000 points, then ready to be used again. Various new enemies have been added and the graphics have been updated to conform with the standards of the time. The craft flies over a jagged planetary landscape on a mission to protect the humanoids from evil alien marauders. The player navigates the two-way scrolling landscape in his craft, disposing of different types of aliens, thus preventing them from abducting the humanoids. If the aliens manage to get a humanoid to outer space (top of the screen), it mutates and chases your craft down. You can rescue the humanoid by shooting the alien capturing it, but if it falls too far it will expire by the impact. To avoid that, the player needs to swoop in to pick it up and return it safely to the surface. Stargates hovering above the surface can be used to warp instantly to a different area of the level, if a humanoid is in distress you will warp to that location. At the end of each attack wave, each surviving humanoid gives you a bonus score and the humanoid population is reset after each sector. The top of the screen is dedicated to a long range scanner that shows the location of all enemies and humanoids on the level. Also included are renditions of Defender and Stargate with the option of original or updated graphics to match Defender II"
1706,Golden Axe Warrior,,1991,7.5,Action,RPG elements,Fantasy,"Golden Axe Warrior is a spin-off of the Golden Axe games a series of side-scrolling Beat'Em Ups from Sega In ancient times a horde of giants rebelled against the elders and a brutal war ensued. Things looked grave until finally a hero, carrying the Golden Axe, appeared and drove back the giants. Since then, the kingdom of Firewood has been ruled by a family that had mastered the power of the nine crystals to ward off all evil from Firewood. Everyone lived in peace until one of Firewood's ministers betrayed his king and sold the nine crystals to Death Adder, one of the evil giants. Death Adder has hidden the nine crystals in nine dungeons, has unleashed hordes of monsters and is threatening to take over the world. Will there be another hero who can find the Golden Axe and defeat Death Adder? Gameplay in Golden Axe Warrior is very similar to The Legend Of Zelda meaning you will spend most of your time exploring the large overworld fighting against lots of enemies and looking for the dungeons in which the crystals are hidden. Inside the dungeons you have to fight more enemies, find treasures and keys, solve simple puzzles and defeat the dungeon's boss to get one of the crystals. In order to survive against the large number of enemies, you will be able to find many different weapons and three different spells."
1708,Castrol Honda Superbike Racing,,1999,6.6,Racing / Driving,,,"Castrol Honda Superbike Racing is a motorcycling game. The player can choose between four playing modes: practice session (just racing alone on a track), trainer session (following another bike to learn the ideal line), single race or championship (one season over all 14 courses). The two latter ones optionally also include a qualifying session. While there is only one bike (Honda RC 45). it is possible to change its setup (gearbox, front tire, rear tire, final drive, gears). Single races and championship can also be played with a second player in split-screen. The races include overall eight participants. Besides the eight difficulty levels and number of laps, the player can also enable/disable auto brake, help arrows, steering assist, wheelies, engine overheat, tire wear, loose rear wheel, penalties, bike damage and major damage. This game is in part based on Castrol Honda Superbike 2000"
1713,The Grinch,Grinch,2000,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Stealth",,"After years of watching the Whos of Who-Ville celebrate Christmas, the Grinch has had enough. The Grinch devises a plan to put a stop to this noisy celebration by stealing the villages Christmas presents. The Grinch is a Pac-Man variant The game consists of seven scenes divided into several levels. Each level is viewed from a top-down perspective. The levels typically consist of a few screens of the village and also may contain houses which can be entered. In order to complete each level, the Grinch (or his dog Max in some scenes) must collect all the presents scattered around in a set amount of time. The time limit can be extended by finding timer icons. The levels are populated by the Who-Ville citizens who will chase the Grinch if he is spotted, so it's best that the Grinch try to remain as stealthy as possible while snatching presents. The Grinch only has a limited number of attacks he can perform to stun the villagers who chase him, thus leaving running away as his most used option when spotted by a villager, since a villager can only chase the Grinch for a short amount of time before tiring themselves out. In some levels, the Grinch will be driving a small car while doing his foul deeds. In the Max levels, Max has a jump that he can perform to jump over the dogs who spot him."
1718,3D Seiddab Attack,"Seiddab Attack, Sieddab Attack, War Of The Worlds",1984,7.1,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,,"The Seiddab (look at it twice and you'll get the joke) are on the rampage on the planet, and you have been sent out to stop them in your trusty tank. With a full 3D view, you must first take them on in the cities, shooting 10 down to face the leading man. A scanner is provided to give you a view of which streets the Seiddab lurk on, allowing you to steer left and right to reach them, as well as adjusting your sights to take them down. Once cleared, you move onto an open-plan countryside area, with more units coming towards you, and they now drop bombs towards you, putting your 3 lives at a greater premium."
1719,Manix,,1990,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Manix is a puzzle game with 128 levels. The player takes the role of Filbert, a bouncing ball, who has a problem: there is war. Each level consists of a garden (surrounded by water) which is divided into squares with different colours. Before the level starts, the correct colour combination is shown, then grenades fall out of the sky and mess everything up. Now the player needs to bring back the original colours by bouncing on the squares: every touch changes the colour. If the correct colour is shown, it does not change anymore - at least until another grenade falls on it. To hinder the process, there are enemies and hazardous squares which should not be touched. There are also power ups to collect, that may add extra time to the time limit, change a few tiles to the correct colour, or reverse the controls."
1731,Waterloo,,1989,7.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,"Europe, Historical events","Waterloo, arguably the most famous battle in history, was fought on June 18, 1815, between the French Forces of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and the English and combined Allied forces under the Duke of Wellington and Prussian forces under Field Marshall Blucher. Waterloo the game dispenses with the normal overview given to wargame commanders and instead gives the player the same point of view as real commanders on the field of battle. The player's orders in an age of pre-radio communication must pass through an elaborate chain of command with varying levels of success in the execution of those orders. These orders may even be ignored if there is better local intelligence or the officers lack the skill or courage to perform them. As the commander (Napoleon or Wellington), the player must even deal with a time delay in the occurrence of events, the time it takes for those events to be relayed back to HQ, and the time it takes to issue orders and see those orders carried out. A text parser is used to issue orders during the game. The battle ends at 9:30 pm at which time full battle reports will become available and the results assessed. The player is also given the option to review the battlefield. The game features a single-player campaign only."
1732,Power Strike II,,1993,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In the early 1930s, people have lived in poverty since the great depression in 1929. Being laid off from their job, a great amount of pilots became the sky pirates in order to survive. The sea and the sky near Italy have been plundered by them. You earn a living by shooting down these pirates. Power Strike II is a top-down shooter where you must select which weapon you want to use during the game, and then fight your way through various stages, destroying both air- and ground-based enemies along the way. You can upgrade your weapons by collecting power-ups that can only be found by shooting specific ships. You will need to defeat the end-of-level boss (by destroying parts of it) in order to proceed to the next level."
1737,SwordQuest: WaterWorld,,1983,4.2,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"Much like the games SwordQuest: EarthWorld and SwordQuest: FireWorld before it, SwordQuest: WaterWorld involves walking through rooms, picking up items, beating action stages to reveal more items, and seeing the odd set of numbers flash at you when you have the right items in the right rooms. The sets of numbers, for instance 8-4, were actually a combination of a page number and a panel number in the comic book that came with the game. On the page indicated by the game, you would find a word hidden somewhere in the numbered panel. When all the correct words were found, you could send them to Atari in hopes of winning the SwordQuest contest that this game was designed for."
1738,Tail Concerto,,1998,7.4,Action,Platform,Steampunk,"Tail Concerto is an anime anthropomorphic / furry 3d platform adventure. You play as the character Waffle Ryebread, a police office as you track down and try to arrest the black cat gang. You travel in a mech and can travel between the different lands in an airship. You interact with the townsfolk gathering clues and frequently battling the black cat gang (capturing the kittens). The game also features anime cut scenes, and voice dialog during important events. This game has a similar feel to the games Mega Man Legends and The Misadventures of Tron Bonne"
1743,Sorcery+,,1985,7.1,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Sorcery+ is an expanded re-release of Sorcery Besides new graphics and sound, it features an additional scenario which is played after finishing the original content. Here the player visits 28 new locations in a quest to destroy the necromancer."
1746,Jeopardy!,,1988,6.6,Puzzle,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"Gametek's faithful NES recreation of the long-running international quiz show. Up to three contestants can play at once, with gaps optionally filled in by computer AI. If three human players are engaged, then Player 1 and 2 share the first controller, with the second controller going to Player 3. For the first two rounds, six categories with five questions each are randomly selected by the computer to populate the game board. The contestant who answered the last question correctly gets to pick the category and a dollar value, with harder questions being worth more money. Players have ten seconds from the time a question appears to ""ring in"" with the appropriate controller button and answer. Answers are built by using the controller to navigate around a grid of letters and ""type"" out the correct answer. Spaces and punctuation are ignored, but spelling and grammar generally must match the expected answer exactly. The contestant has 30 seconds to provide the answer before ""time is up"" and the other players have the opportunity to ring in. Final Jeopardy consists of one category, which players bet their current winnings on being able to answer. A single question from that category is asked after the hidden bets have been placed. Again, each player has 30 seconds to provide their answer while the other players are instructed to look away. At the end, scores are tallied and the winner declared. Categories in this edition draw from general knowledge and do not follow a specific theme (like the sports or Star Wars editions). Each category will always consist of the same five questions, and the game draws on a limited number of categories. Repeats will appear after a handful of sessions played. Some questions ""current"" for 1987 will also be less obvious decades later, and more difficult than intended."
1748,Ace Ventura,"Ace Ventura: Detective de Mascotas, Ace Ventura: Psi Detektyw, Danger. Babes. Butt yodeling. It's all in a day's work., Große Gefahren. Schöne Frauen. Schlechte Manieren - Alles inklusive, Niebezpieczeństwo. Niezłe laski. Jodłowanie tyłkiem. Oto jeden dzień pracy.",1996,6.5,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Contemporary,"Ace Ventura is an adventure game based on TV cartoon Ace Ventura: Pet Detective You play an animal-detective, who helps animals in trouble. Travel from Alaska via the magic land Vulcania to Bavaria in this comic adventure, that also contains some action elements. The game resembles Leisure Suit Larry in the way it treats adult material: there's no explicit nudity or pornographic scenes, but the dialogues, the jokes, the actions and the thoughts of the animal-loving hero go certainly in this direction. The interface in the game is very simple. You make Ace walk around by clicking on the screen, and tell him to interact with objects by clicking on them. At any time, Ace can access his watch, where settings can be changed and the game saved. Some puzzles are classic ""use item on item"" adventure fare, but there are lots of action mini-games."
1749,Extreme Bullrider,,1999,3.9,"Simulation, Sports",,,"In this simulation, you get to participate in the exciting sport of bull riding, and you also get the chance to be one of the clowns who runs around collecting objects while being chased by a bull."
1750,Star Wars: Jedi Arena,,1983,5.5,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Jedi Arena, you have to face an opponent in the arena to see who is the true Jedi master. Wandering throughout the arena is a seeker which is capable of firing laser bolts. To be victorious you need to destroy your opponents shield by having the seeker fire laser bolts at it. You are armed only with a light saber which is used to control the direction of the laser bolts you fire, as well as block incoming fire from your opponent. The first player to break through the other players shield wins a point, and the first player to 3 points wins the match! Several game options are included which control the speed of the seeker, or even make the seeker invisible."
1766,Gateway to the Savage Frontier,"Gateway to the Savage Frontier: A Forgotten Realms Fantasy Role-Playing Epic, Vol. I",1991,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The party of adventurers has just escorted a caravan from the dwarven-ruled citadel Adbar to the city of Yartar. Now it's time to relax - the heroes head to the nearest tavern for food and drinks. However, somebody slips a drug into their food, and they all pass out. Upon awakening, they discover that they have been robbed of nearly all their possessions. The heroes must now begin everything from scratch. Investigating the matter, they unravel a much bigger and more sinister plot, which involves the evil organization Zhentarim and their plans for conquering the land. Gateway to the Savage Frontier is a Gold Box Advanced Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game set in a Forgotten Realms area known as the Savage Frontier. The gameplay is very similar to other games in the series, including creating and managing a six-member party of adventurers following the AD&D rules, first-person view for exploration, and turn-based combat. A new addition is a world map travel mode, which includes enemy encounters, and character-specific side quests, which can be undertaken by finding and talking to certain non-playable characters."
1767,Kawasaki Superbike Challenge,Kawasaki Superbikes,1994,6.5,Racing / Driving,,,"This handheld version differs from its platform brethren This version features ten International tracks as well as 11 different options to customize and tune their bikes as well as upgrading them through race winnings. Players must also adjust their equipment according to weather conditions such as have rain tires for stormy weather. There are three different game modes: Practice Arcade and Superbike which is essentially a season mode, letting the player compete in all ten races in order to become champion. It also has two player capabilities utilizing the Gear-to-Gear link cable and a password feature for players to pick up and play at their own leisure."
1773,Turok: Rage Wars,,1999,6.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Rage Wars for N64 may be dedicated to multiplayer mayhem, but the Game Boy Color version is strictly for maverick maulers.Turok's latest quest takes him to four different planets crawling with Bionosaurs and Dinosoids bent on destroying the Earth. As usual, Turok employs a wide variety of prehistoric and futuristic weapons to turn his enemies into fertilizer.Unlike the previous two Turok games for Game Boy Color, Rage Wars breaks away from typical side-scrolling gameplay. Thanks to simulated 3D motion, Turok is able to move more freely within the environments. This helps to make the enemies more difficult to defeat, and gives the game a fresh look.Even though players have to solve switch-based puzzles throughout the game, the bulk of the action is all about hacking and slashing your way through armies of mutated dinosaurs.Turok: Rage Wars is compatible only with Game Boy Color. It cannot be played on Game Boy pocket or classic Game Boy. Source: www.nintendo.com – Game Boy Color"
1777,WWF Wrestlemania 2000,,1999,7.8,Sports,,,"WWF Wrestlemania 2000 is THQ 's first WWF licensed game after making two games based on WCW The gameplay is similar to that of WCW/NWO Revenge adding new features such as cage matches, custom entrances, and the possibility to create and customize player's own wrestlers. The game features more than fifty real WWF stars, as well as the option for sixteen custom wrestlers. All the wrestlers come with their real-life theme music, entrance videos (made into slide shows) and entrance performances. Another addition is the ""Road to Wrestlemania"" mode, an enhanced tournament where players can challenge for any number of belts and be challenged by other wrestlers in a twelve-month journey that finally leads to Wrestlemania 2000 itself."
1779,Superheroes,,1991,6.3,Compilation,,,"Four ""heroes"" in one pack:"
1781,Fight for Life,,1996,5.8,Action,Fighting,,"Fight for Life is a 3D fighting game that takes place in hell. The player controls one of eight deceased fighters competing to earn a chance to escape and return to the world of the living. After they defeat an opponent they not only move on to the next round, but also learn two of the opponent's moves. This is the only 3D fighting game released for the Jaguar. It features brightly-colored texture mapped fighters and arenas. Gameplay is very similar to Virtua Fighter in that the moves more-or-less look like real martial arts."
1788,Jack the Nipper,,1986,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Jack the Nipper is a platform game that contains 50 screens packed with action. Jack is an evil and wicked toddler. You play Jack and you have to cause as much trouble without being penalized for it. To see how naughty you've been there is a naughtyometer at the bottom of the screen. To cause some mayhem Jack must jump on things, pick up objects and drop those at places where they cause the most trouble to grown-ups. The various objects can be found all over town and at Jack's home. The game starts at Jack's home but Jack can walk out the door and go into town to, for example, blow up the police station, kill all flowers or free prisoners. Try to get a credit card and do some serious shopping! The first thing you should look for is you peashooter and fire peas at various objects or persons. Toot your horn to frustrate grown-ups or animals. The naughtier your the higher your naughtyometer goes up! The game comes to an end as the naughtyometer reaches 100%. Cause as much trouble as you can... but don't get spanked for it by grown-ups!"
1791,Gazza II,,1990,5.5,Sports,,,"A sequel to Gazza's Super Soccer this soccer game allows to play as several international teams, this time in an overhead horizontally scrolling display (as opposed to the two fixed screen display modes from the first installment). Each team comes with their own difficulty level - for example, the Brazilian team is much stronger and easier to play than the Albanian team. While some features like the power gauge for kicks return from the previous game, Premier League matches and knockout championships are unavailable in this installment. Two human players can play against each other on the same machine, although only one can use a joystick depending on which system they play on."
1794,Ninja Commando,,1988,6.0,Action,Platform,,"Players take control of a ninja and must guide him safely through various side-scrolling levels, jumping over pits, dodging obstacles and defeating other ninjas. In every stage, there are numerous doors that constantly spawn new attackers, although there are never more than four enemy ninjas onscreen at the same time. At first, the player's ninja can only defeat his enemies by jumping on them. Defeating three enemies in a row gives access to additional ranged weapons: shuriken, bombs, a flamethrower and a rifle. Apart from other ninjas there are also indestructible, moving obstacles and other enemies including golems, worms and birds."
1797,BreakThru!,,1994,6.4,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,,"In the award-winning tradition of Tetris, comes BreakThru! This time, your goal is to make as many bricks disappear as you can before time runs out. Click on a group of same-colored bricks to remove bricks and make the wall come tumbling down."
1804,FX Fighter,,1995,7.5,Action,Fighting,,FX Fighter is a 3D fighting game similar to Virtua Fighter by SEGA You choose one of the eight comic book style characters to become the greatest fighter in the universe. Each character has its own special / hidden moves as well as a planet of their own housing the gruesome challenges with 3rd-person flying camera perspectives...
1806,Strife,"Strife: Quest for the Sigil, Strife: Trust No One",1996,7.3,Action,"RPG elements, Shooter","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the distant future, the Earth is ruled by a group of people who call themselves ""The Order"". Many disasters have plagued the planet, and after many wars, misery, and death, the Order controls people's lives and deprives them of their freedom. A rebel organization has been formed, seeking to overthrow the Order and whoever else might be behind their rise to power. Somewhere in the depths of a ruined Town Hall, a group of people who oppose the Order's regime welcome a lone wanderer to become the one who will free the Earth from terror. Strife is a plot-driven first-person shooter that uses the Doom engine. Rather than taking the player through a linear series of levels, the game offers a continuous world with free-roaming elements and a central ""hub"" (the town), which the player can visit between missions and explore. Although there are no true role-playing elements in the game, it has several features rarely seen in contemporary FPSs: there are ""friendly"" areas where there are no enemies but people to talk to, stores where new equipment can be bought, and taverns where the latest gossip is told. The player can also purchase upgrades that permanently increase the player character's health bar. The game has a branching storyline with a few paths that lead to three different endings. These paths are determined by a decision the player makes during the course of the plot."
1815,Hawkeye,,1988,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A bi-directional horizontally scrolling platform game, Hawkeye has the player in control of an SLF (Synthetic Life Form) controlled from an underground bunker by the Xamoxians. On each level, the eyes of the hawks in the status panel flash to indicate the direction to travel in to find a puzzle piece. Four pieces are needed to complete the level, but there were also other pickups such as ammo and energy. There were 12 levels to complete plus a hidden bonus level. The player has a choice of four different weapons. The basic pistol had unlimited ammo but did little damage. The machine gun had a faster rate of fire, the laser did more damage and most powerful of all was the rocket launcher - but all three soon ran out of ammo. The game features parallax scrolling backgrounds and large numbers of enemies (including large rhinos, triceratops and gorillas)."
1817,"The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici","Die Siedler II: Veni, Vidi, Vici, The Settler II",1996,8.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy (RTS)",Classical antiquity,"Veni, Vidi, Vici is the sequel of the well-known Settlers game. You start your settlement with only one main building. To build any other buildings, you first must find a source for stones and wood. So you start to build little roads where your men transport all the different goods along. There exist more than 30 different professions your men can have, and many different building types. Of course, there are other settlers in your area, too, so war is unavoidable. The graphics are now in SVGA, and the soundtrack is available as CD-Audio or MIDI."
1819,Smart Games Puzzle Challenge 3,Smart Games Games Pack Green Edition,1998,7.2,"Educational, Puzzle","Cards / tiles, Music / rhythm, Word construction",,"Puzzle game, third full game in the Smart Games Challenge series This one includes 20 new and different puzzle types, each with between 30 and 50 individual puzzles (and 100 ""Who What Where When"" puzzles). Your score is tracked for every indivdual puzzle, so for puzzles with variable scoring, you can go back and try to do better (the game suggests what the maximum possible score is for every puzzle, but sometimes the developers can be beat). Puzzles range from straightforward word puzzles (""Word Loops"" and ""SyllyBusters"") to musical (""Stepping Tones"") to trivia (""Who What Where When"") to spatial manipulation puzzles (""Tumblin' Dice"" and ""Paradox Puzzle"") to logic puzzles (""Take A Seat"" and ""Gumball"" ) to math puzzles (""Shopping Cart"") to variations on traditional games (""Poker Solitaire"" and ""Solocala,"" based on the traditional African game Mancala). Other puzzles are hybrids or just plain hard to classify: ""Snake Pit,"" ""Balloon Kaboom,"" ""It's A Snap,"" ""Butterflies,"" ""Crossword Slide,"" ""Paper, Scissors, Rock,"" ""Word Flip,"" ""Sheepdog,"" and ""Meteor Mayhem."""
1825,Microsoft Golf 1999 Edition,,1998,6.2,Sports,,,"Taking many elements from the preceeding game Microsoft Golf 1998 Edition this game has improvements for the game mechanics including golf swing techniques, 18 different golf clubs, 7 golf courses, a variety of weather and ground conditions, and options to customize the golfer."
1827,Supersports: The Alternative Olympics,"Supersports, Supersports: The Olympic Challenge",1988,6.2,Sports,,,Supersports: The Alternative Olympics is a sports game with five humorous disciplines which are played one after another. At the end the player with the most points wins. The disciplines are:
1830,Full Throttle: All-American Racing,"FTR: Full Throttle Racing, Full Power",1994,5.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"Full Throttle Racing takes in chaotic, violent and no-holds-barred racing across America. The racing takes place on both land and water, with motorbikes and boats featured. There are 6 racers in the game, each with their own short profile, including a guy newly out of jail, a token woman and a token African-American. You can race one or both disciplines, racing either an individual weekend or a full championship. As you play the game you can upgrade your vehicle, with faster engines, better tyres and more nitros. As in Road Rash throwing your legs out at the other riders is potentially advantageous."
1833,Daley Thompson's Decathlon,,1984,6.9,Sports,,,"One of the earliest person-licensed computer games, Olympic legend Daley Thompson lent his name to an old-style joystick waggling frenzy. Ten events were featured, including long and high jumps as well as the predictable sprints, which made for some gameplay variety. You have 3 lives, and lose one every time you fail at an event, which you usually get 3 attempts at. For each event you see both the qualifying time and the world record, which gives you something to aim at."
1835,Ghost Lion,"Legend of the Ghost Lion, White Lion Densetsu",1989,6.1,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),,"A mysterious white lion once attacked a small village and killed many of its inhabitants. But a brave soldier defeated the beast with his spear. The white lion ran away and found a shelter in a dark cave near the town. Some years later, Maria's parents organize an expedition to the cave in order to find out what the white lion really is. But they never come back... Now Maria has to go to the cave and to search for her parents. Equipped with the famous spear the brave soldier Moja used to defeat the lion, she receives the village elder's permission to descend into the cave. But while wandering through the dark corridors, she falls into a river, and a strong current brings her to the Dream World. She no longer can return back, and the fairies who inhabit the Dream World tell her that the only way to defeat the lion is to travel to yet another world - the Dark World... In this game, you control Maria as she travels on the world maps, visits towns, and descends into dungeons. The battles are turn-based and are viewed from first-person perspective in Dragon Warrior style. Instead of party members you have ghosts you can summon to help you in battles, such as the soldier Moja and others. Hit points and magic points are called Courage and Dream, respectively. You gain levels only by finding special items, not from fighting random monsters."
1839,American Civil War: From Sumter to Appomattox,American Civil War: Von Sumter bis Appomattox,1996,6.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Historical events,"American Civil War: From Sumter to Appomattox is a historical war game centered around the Civil War. The game plays out on a strategic level with an emphasis on the logistics of troop movements, economic consequences of various actions, foreign affairs and the quality of military leadership offered by the North and South. The troops and units are represented by abstract symbols on an overhead map of the United States; most settings are changed in windows reached from pull-down menus. It also includes a variety of historical settings and victory conditions."
1858,Cruis'n Exotica,,2000,6.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"The sequel to Cruis'n World both in the arcades and on Nintendo 64, Cruis'n Exotica lets you race against the computer or up to three other opponents in a variety of cars and locales. Game mechanics follow arcade rules, with turbos to accelerate to (and raise) maximum speed, and any deviation off of the track bumping you right back on it. Cars range from sportcars to more esoteric vehicles such as trucks, minis, and police vehicles. Tracks model real localities (Alaska, India, Korea, etc.) and eventually branch out into fantasy worlds (Atlantis, Amazon, Mars)."
1872,Three Weeks in Paradise,,1985,8.0,Action,Puzzle elements,,"This place would indeed be paradise, were it not for the fact that the Can Nibbles inhabit it. Herbert and Wilma Week are trapped by them, so Wally has become the third Week in paradise in his attempt at rescuing them. This is an arcade adventure resembling the other Wally Week games, although it represents David Perry's design debut. There are many animals to avoid including stinging bees and butterflies, but the toughest foe is the Indian chief, best avoided with a well-timed jump. There are multi-stage puzzles to solve on each screen and a limit of carrying 2 objects at a time. The setting is largely jungle, but there are forests, beaches, and huts amongst other things to explore as well. Movement between screens is generally from left to right, but you will go into the screen via signposted sections, and occasionally travel vertically as well."
1875,NBA Live 95,,1994,8.3,Sports,,,"The first of the NBA Live titles on the PC, NBA Live 95 includes all of the basketball players from the '94 - '95 season as well as the All-Star teams from the East and West. Manage over 300 players using the General Manager feature, new in this edition. Statistics for each player and team are saved. View players and teams side-by-side to compare stats and other information. You can trade any player in the league. Multiple in-game settings let you choose the mode of play, the style, and even the length of a quarter or session. Full motion videos bring your plays to life onscreen. Listen to the crowd roar, the noises of the court and hoop, and voices of the players. There is also a soundtrack of modern music. The DOS version includes support for 2 graphics resolutions: Normal mode (low res) 320x200 or Wide Angle (high res) 640x480. Gameplay can be controlled using the keyboard, mouse or joystick."
1876,Invasion,,1999,5.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,Invasion is a vehicle themed Science fiction third and first-person shooter where you take on the role of a resistance fighter. Earths defense forces are quickly defeated by an invading alien army called the Keseits. With the army and most resources gone it’s now up to the player to help the resistance against the alien invaders. In the game the player will pilot his ship and takes on missions to destroy enemies structures and ships. Destroyed enemies yield points for a level score.
1877,Tiger Road,Tora e no Michi,1987,6.3,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"Tiger Road is a beat 'em up in which you (as Lee Wong) must rescue the village children from the evil Ryo Ken Oh. Many levels are horizontally scrolling, although with high ledges to jump onto and follow for a slightly different path. Magic urns containing improved weapons appear frequently. Most enemies are easy to attack and only need one hit to kill, although they come at you in large hordes. Once you get to the indoor sections you will find big enemies with the ability to kill you with one hit, in sections set on multiple levels complete with stairways."
1880,Stargunner,,1996,7.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Stargunner is a 2D (with pre-rendered 3D graphics) side-scrolling shoot'em up game, with many elements similar to Raptor: Call of the Shadows The action takes place in the far future. The player controls a space ship, flies straightforward to the right and shoots various enemies (including end-level bosses). Between missions, the player can visit the shop to buy new equipment in exchange for collected money. The game has three difficulty settings and four types of missions."
1889,Globetrotter,"Globetrotter: Das Spiel rund um den Globus, Läkerol World Traveller, Traveller",2000,6.6,Educational,,,"Globetrotter plays similar to the Backpacker series. You start the game as a new member in the Globetrotter Club. Your objective is now to become the president. To do so you will have to complete various tasks that you are assigned by the club. Your job is to take pictures of famous sights all over the world. For these you will get money and experience which is used to reach more far away locations. There's three levels to complete before you can become the president. Starting out as a novice you will only be able to travel within the Nordic countries. Once enough assignments has been completed more European cities will be unlocked. As you travel around the world, you will need a place to sleep. Each place you visit has both expensive hotels and cheaper budget hotels that might take time to find if you haven't visited the location before. However if you wander around at night time, there is a risk of being assaulted by thieves and thus losing your money. To earn money you will need to take jobs. This is done by answering questions about the profession. In total the game contains more than 4000 questions."
1891,Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry,"Tom & Jerry: Wejscie Kota, Tom et Jerry : Sauve qui Peut !, Tomas ir Džeris: Paskutinis Mūšis",2000,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Fighting, Platform",,"They've been fighting for years in on our TV screens, and now you can join in on the fight. Tom & Jerry, plus a collection of well known supporting characters from the cartoon show, are part of this all-on-all brawl, where the best use of usual household appliances and furniture can win you the game. Each level (including the Kitchen, a deck of a sailing ship and a lounge room decked out in Christmas decorations) includes a range of platforms to use to get out of the way of the firing line, and a heap of items to use in order to bash the living furball out of the enemy. Things like eggs, frying pans, chairs, bottles, roasted turkeys are all available for use in more ways then one."
1901,Subtrade: Return to Irata,,1992,7.4,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Subtrade: Return to Irata is Dan Bunten 's classic M.U.L.E. revamped for VGA and set underwater. Presentation aside, the game preserves the graceful game mechanics and the multiplayer addictiveness of its model, with four players competing for economic dominance in a round-based closed market scenario. True to the setting, players grow fish and hoard pearls and take domesticated turtles by the leash to their seafloor farmlands. In finest M.U.L.E. tradition, Subtrade is best when played with four human players, though uniform AI replacements make for a moderate challenge. Each game ends after one year, i.e. twelve rounds, with the wealthiest player winning."
1906,Leatherneck,,1988,6.6,Action,Shooter,,"A squad of four tough-guy soldiers have to take out some foes in a jungle. As the game starts, four soldiers are depicted, with any who are not present to play killed immediately - a joystick adaptor is required for 3 or 4 player games. Leatherneck resembles Ikari Warriors - waves of soldiers move down the screen shooting at you, and you must shoot them before the bullets make contact. You are armed with grenades to take out mounted turrets, or kill a wide range of enemies at once, but watch out for enemy grenades. There are extra ammunition crates and improved weapons to pick up - waggle the joystick to toggle which one you are using. Unusually, your shots are long-range and take effect instantly. You cannot change the direction you are facing, instead having the ability to strafe."
1919,Zeewolf,,1994,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Zeewolf is an arcadesque helicopter combat game in a 3D surrounding, with similar gameplay as the isometric Desert Strike Despite its mainly action-oriented gameplay, the 32 levels often involve support, transport and rescue missions. For example, dropping or refueling friendly units in the combat zone. In exchange, other units serve you as rearming points or help you fighting the enemy. Mission objectives include destroying enemy units, rescuing P.O.W.s and dropping them off at an aircraft carrier, escorting a reconnaissance plane, re-taking a captured base, dropping off a spy and more. The game may be played with joystick or - a little unusual - with the mouse. The game uses a third-person 3D engine, looking at the helicopter from the side and displaying a certain amount of landmass in a square around it. The game engine looks very similar to Zarch with additional features like support for segmented spheres and domes, fire and water splash effects, and a simultaneous gameplay and map display mode."
1921,Enemy Zero,,1996,6.1,"Action, Adventure","Puzzle elements, Shooter, Stealth",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Enemy Zero is one of the horror titles by Warp, closely connected to D (and its sequel D2 for Dreamcast). It also features the same heroine as in D series. The crew members of the spaceship Aki were in a state of suspended animation. All of a sudden, the ship emergency program woke them up. What has happened? Apparently, a hostile alien life form had penetrated the spaceship. Now Laura, the heroine of the game, has to establish contact with her comrades, finding her way through the maze-like corridors of the giant vessel. She will also have to defend herself against the aliens, which seem even more intimidating because they are totally invisible. The game consists of two genres: puzzle-solving adventure and shooter. When you enter a room, the enemies can't attack you, and you can explore it from 1st person perspective, taking objects, and solving puzzles. When you wander through ship corridors, you enter the 1st person shooter mode. Since the enemies are invisible, you'll have to listen to the sounds they make. A high sound means an enemy is right in front of you; a mid-range sound means it is attacking from the side; a low-pitched noise tells you it is behind you. You can figure out the distance between you and the enemy by the intensity of the sound."
1924,VENOM Strikes Back,,1988,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"VENOM Strikes Back is a single player side scrolling, two dimensional, shoot-em-up. It is the third game to be based on the popular MASK comics, TV series, and books of the mid 1980's. The M.A.S.K., Mobile Armored Strike Kommand, organisation led by Matt Trakker, are battling the criminal organization known as V.E.N.O.M., Vicious Evil Network of Mayhem. Combat in the previous two games has been based around the transformer like vehicles used by M.A.S.K., not so in this game. In this game Matt's son has been kidnapped by V.E.N.O.M. and has been taken to the moon. Matt has been given an ultimatum, disband M.A.S.K. and leave the world at the mercy of V.E.N.O.M., or never see his son alive again. Matt sets out for the moon where he must overcome the defences of V.E.N.O.M.'s base, rescue his son and steal a rocket back to earth. In his quest he is helped by special masks that give him special powers. For example one mask will give Matt the ability to shoot bullets others will allow him to fly, pass through solid objects, float across bodies of water, have temporary invulnerability and so on. However, Matt can only carry four masks and can only use one mask at a time. Each mask has just 99 units of energy, or bullets, and this number is reduced each time the mask is used so eventually the mask will need replacing. At the end of each level as Matt progresses to the next the player gets a code word. This codeword can be typed in when the game is re-loaded allowing the player to restart at the new level."
1929,Alien,,1984,6.1,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"""In space no-one can hear you scream."" That tagline from the movie is apt for this strategy adaptation that follows the plotline of the first movie in the franchise. The action starts after the chestburster scene which unleashes an alien organism into their enclosed spaceship. The remaining crew members must attempt to destroy it while the traitorous android tries to protect the alien. There are 3 decks to search with 35 different rooms which are connected by ducts which the alien can use to sneak up on people. You can herd the alien into an airlock to blast it out into space, or set the auto-destruct on the ship and flee in the shuttle with all remaining live crew members plus Jones the cat who must be found and put in a box. The screen shows you a plan of the deck you are on, and the ducts in the immediate area. There are ‘trackers’ and sensors which can be used to pinpoint movement in other areas. In ordering each crew member, you are given possible movements or other actions such as picking up weapons, entering the ducts or catching the cat. In certain situations, special options will appear such as starting the self-destruct system when in the command centre. The responses to orders are also affected by the personality of the crew member, and how much they have had to suffer. The screen also displays reports on the condition of the crew member you’ve selected, whether there is any damage to the room you’re in and whether the duct grills are open (meaning the Alien has been through there). You also get the occasional message from the ship's computer ‘Mother’ like when a crew member dies. Sound effects create suspense. At times you hear the alien move around or doors and grills being opened as well as the blip from the tracker."
1930,Switchblade,,1989,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The Fireblade, sacred symbol of the ancient Switchblade clan, has been smashed into 16 pieces by the evil Havoc - but they say that a Hiro can save it, and as Hiro, you must retrieve the 16 pieces and restore your people's pride. The gameplay is platform and ladders based, set both inside and outside. The layout of the territories becomes visible as you progress, and they can contain bonus weapons and secret rooms. Unlike the sequel you start without weaponry, and this is gained directly, rather than you collecting coins and trading them at shop sections. Holding down fire progressively builds up your fighting power."
1934,Aero the Acro-Bat 2,,1994,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In the sequel to Aero the Acro-Bat you have to defeat evil industrialist Edgar Ektor once again. He is back and again with bad ideas, so you - in the role of Aero - have to find and destroy him before he carries out his diabolical ""Plan B"". Like in the last installment, you have to jump, escape lethal obstacles and progress in time. This game features more moves for Aero, more mechanisms to use and more items to collect."
1937,Dungeon Explorer,,1989,7.3,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"The former king of Oddesia has entrusted you with an important, dangerous task. You must find the sacred ORA stone, which possesses the powers of life, light and happiness, and retrieve it before the king of the alien race, Natas, does. He has conquered this land and plunged it into an age of terror and despair, plagued with violence. It is up to you to stand against him and return your world to its former glory. Dungeon Explorer plays like Gauntlet : you choose one of several different characters to play as (Fighter, Thief, Warlock, Witch, Bard, Bishop, Elf and Knome) and set out on your adventure alone or with up to four other players. Battles are real-time and of the shooter variety, ie, rather than swing a sword, you fire knives (or spells depending on your class). Enemies respawn out of holes in the ground which must be eradicated to keep them from pouring forth in waves. There are a number of items to be found and used throughout the game including potions of white and black magic, healing drinks and the like, but unlike Gauntlet there is no food to worry about."
1940,Legend of Djel,,1989,5.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Point-and-Click adventure (without mouse support on the DOS version). You play the role of a gnome named Djel. You have three basic missions: find the daughter of Azeulisses, brew a magic potion for Theros and try to obtain a certain amount of Gold for the starving members of Kal's tribe. In the beginning these persons give you some items to support you on your quest."
1941,G-Loc: Air Battle,"G-Loc R360, Sega Ages: G-Loc Air Battle",1990,6.6,Action,Arcade,,"The Citizens Defence Force does not trust the United Nations to keep a troubled 21st century world at peace. It confiscates a horde of planes and warships, and as a UN loyalist, it is your job to shoot them down. Solving starvation and disease can wait, apparently. The game is split into 8 stages, which are split into sub-stages over land and sea, each of which has a strict time limit, and a target number of planes to shoot down. They take place from behind your plane, which can be controlled with ‘up’ referring to ‘climb’ or ‘dive’, depending on player preference. You are armed with 10 missiles as well as standard weapons. The plane can survive a few hits, so watch the damage report as it goes from red to black. Fail to complete a section in the time limit and you use up a continue, but the amount of planes previously shot down is not reset, making the second attempt easier Chase HQ style. As you destroy enemies you gain access to better planes, and the rank reported at the end of the game improves – this is also dependent on the skill level you play at."
1945,Kikstart: Off-Road Simulator,Kik-Start,1984,7.2,Racing / Driving,Tricks / stunts,,"This motorcycling stunt game is complete with simultaneous split screen two player action (the C16 version has one player only). You also have the option to test your skills in a one player game against the clock. The object of the game is to guide your rider as quickly and carefully as possible through three out of the eight courses you get to choose from before each race. The C16 version has 16 courses that have to be done in order with five lives. Every course has its own level of difficulty and a unique layout of trees, cars, buses and pools of water for you to avoid by jumping your bike over. You can use your joystick or keyboard to accelerate, decelerate, wheelie and jump your bike from start to finish."
1948,The Quest for the Golden Eggcup,,1986,6.9,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"The Quest for the Golden Eggcup is a humorous, single player, text adventure. The game doesn't have a grand back story about wizards and magic, instead it starts with the player standing in the middle of the motorway and being hit by a pink Citroen C5 driven by a very pink, pink panther. Naturally they get run down and are killed immediately whereupon they meet God who gives the player their quest, which is to find his treasured golden egg cup or else there will be dire consequences. The player's progress is recorded both as a score and in the number of turns taken."
1953,Parlour Games,Family games,1987,6.1,Sports,,,"Includes 3 titles: Billiards, Darts & World Bingo. Billiards, allows you to play different variations of the game, such as nine ball and five ball. Darts includes variations and well, including 301, 501, Around The Clock & Double Down. World Bingo combines slot machines and bingo."
1957,Phantasy Star,SEGA AGES: Phantasy Star,1987,8.1,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Algol is a star system that consists of three planets: the green Palma, the arid Motavia, and the icy Dezolis. Recently, the formerly benevolent king Lassic converted to a new religion and begins to rule Algol with an iron fist. Nero, the leader of a rebel group, is brutally killed by Lassic's robotic policemen. His last words were addressed to his sister Alis: he implores her to find a warrior named Odin. Alis swears revenge against Lassic and embarks on a journey to find Odin and other companions who would help her defeat the tyrant. Phantasy Star is commonly considered one of the progenitors of Japanese-style role-playing games. Unlike Dragon Quest it has distinct anime-style visual aesthetics, and contains many characteristic gameplay elements of the genre. Rather than being cast as an adventurer or warrior on an impersonal quest, the player controls a character with her own background story, motivations and desires. The game introduces the genre's typical template of specific non-player characters joining the party for plot-related reasons. The game is also notable for being one of the first RPGs with a pre-determined female protagonist. It is set in a sci-fi environment in which advanced technology and magic co-exist, somewhat reminiscent of Star Wars The core gameplay is influenced by Ultima games, with simpler turn-based combat against randomly appearing enemies, which is similar to Wizardry The player navigates Alis over top-down overworld, visiting towns and dungeons that are represented by icons. Dungeons have pseudo-3D graphics and are maze-like. The player can purchase new weapons, armor, shields, as well as healing and restoring items in towns, or find them in treasure chests in the dungeons. Each character utilizes unique weapon types (e.g. Myau uses claws or fangs, Odin handles guns and axes, etc.). Experience points are awarded for defeating enemies; after a character has accumulated a sufficient amount of those, she or he levels up, gaining additional maximum hit points (HP) and higher combat parameters. Some characters can cast magic spells, requiring magic points (MP), which also increase when leveling up. Characters can visit doctors in towns, recovering HP and MP. Game progress can be saved anywhere."
1974,Mario Teaches Typing 2,,1997,6.3,Educational,,,"A new and updated version of the education hit Mario Teaches Typing. Just like before, Mario is your guide and will help and teach you to become an expert typer. New features are an on-screen keyboard with color codes, customizable lesson plans for teachers / parents, and tools to help print those customizable certificates of achievement for those who do well. There are also four levels of difficulty with new animations and sounds. The first level is Mario's Smash and Dash, which teaches beginners to type one letter at a time, Mario's Wet World Challenge teaches complete words, Mario's Tunnel of Doom teaches complete sentences and the last level, Mario's Expert Express, challenges students to be the best typists they can in order to save Mario and win."
1987,Captain America in: The Doom Tube of Dr. Megalomann,Captain America Defies the Doom Tube,1987,6.1,Action,,,"Your task is to infiltrate Megalomann's desert headquarters, the Doom Tube. This consists of three cylinders, one inside the other, each divided into several decks (levels) which are subdivided into quadrants (rooms). They are interconnected by an elevator, the Orbivator. The virus has, however, leaked into some of the rooms - some are more poisonous than others - and through the Captain has been injected with a protective serum, if a quadrant is too toxic it will kill him. The serum that keeps him alive is only temporarily effective but the ingredients to make more can be produced in the Converter quadrant. The Converter is activated by touching certain wall panels and placing sufficient quantities of Ying and Yang (the ingredients) in receiver plates. Ying and Yang can be obtained by blasting a doom pod found in one of the quadrants. You carry a nearly indestructible shield to deflect projectiles and nearly all energy beams. In some rooms, however, rotators are active and send out lethal beams. On destruction these rotators release a codeword which can be helpful in accessing later areas of the Doom Tube. If you can reach the final deck of the Doom Tube, you may be able to disarm the missile - but the game is played in real time, and you are given just one hour to save the world."
1990,Blair Witch: Volume III - The Elly Kedward Tale,"Blair Witch: Czesc III - Historia Elly Kedward, Blair Witch: Volume III - Die Elly Kedward Sage, Blair Witch: Volume III - Il Racconto di Elly Kedward, Blair Witch: Volume III - Le conte d'Elly Kedward",2000,6.2,Action,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror",,"The 3rd and final volume of the Blair Witch series, The Elly Kedward Tale takes us back even further in time to the year 1786, where Elly Kedward was banished from the Blair township for being a witch. All of a sudden, the young children of the small town start to disappear, and it is up to our hero, Jonathan Pyre, to hunt down the witch and save the town. Using the same haunting effects from the past two episodes of the trilogy, as well as adding a unique spell casting system."
1991,Fugger,Die Fugger,1988,6.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Die Fugger is an economy simulation combining elements of games like Kaiser and Hanse Up to six players can compete on one machine. You're an impoverished nobody in Germany in the year 1500. However, the death of an uncle leads you to inherit 20 barrels of beer and 500 Talers of money. Start your career heading forwards to getting an renowned and rich member of the society. There are six goods to trade, across 11 different cities. But there's a lot more to do then only trading with goods: attack your opponents or bribe them or build alliances with other players."
2002,Beneath a Steel Sky,"Beneath a Steel Sky (1994), Beneath a Steel Sky: Remastered",1994,8.0,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Oceania","Beneath a Steel Sky is a single-player point-and-click adventure game. In a near-future Australia divided between vast corporate cities and the barren Gap, Robert Foster is abducted from his desert settlement and taken to Union City. The transfer goes wrong, leaving Foster stranded inside the city with only the personality core of his robotic companion, Joey. To escape, Foster must move between districts, blend in among workers and executives, and uncover why Union City’s central network, known as LINC, exerts such control over daily life. Play is presented from a third-person, side-view perspective. Using a context-sensitive cursor, the player examines objects, speaks with characters, collects items, and combines or uses them to solve environmental puzzles. Inventory objects can be scrutinized for clues and applied to hotspots in the scene or to other items. Conversation is handled through dialogue options that open new topics and often unlock alternate puzzle solutions. Failure states exist in some scenes, so planning and observation are encouraged. The game uses a system in which non-player characters follow their own routines, creating a sense of a living city. Guards rotate patrols, workers change stations, and bystanders relocate between rooms. This movement can expose new information or opportunities, such as slipping past security, eavesdropping on key exchanges, or timing actions around an NPC’s schedule. Joey’s upgradeable personality core is central to progression. Foster can install Joey into different robotic shells found around Union City, changing Joey’s capabilities and enabling new interactions, from opening secured doors to operating machinery. Access control is a recurring theme: many challenges involve acquiring and using passes, codes, or credentials, as well as interfacing with computer terminals to retrieve data, alter permissions, or divert power. Locations range from factory floors and maintenance tunnels to executive offices and restricted systems hubs, each with unique hazards and logic puzzles. Beneath a Steel Sky: Remastered adapts the game for touch controls with a tap-to-move interface, a streamlined inventory, and hotspot highlighting. It also adds an integrated hint system with context-sensitive nudges, remastered audio, and newly produced animated sequences with artwork by Dave Gibbons"
2003,Computer Golf!,"Golf, Golf Électronique!, Golfe!",1978,5.1,Sports,,,"One to four players can take turns playing this golf game. Player control the golfer around the field with the directional stick and hit the ball using the action button. The longer the action button is held, the higher the backswing and the farther the ball goes. If the club comes full circle, the backswing will be released automatically and the ball will travel a random distance. The backswing of the club will always be clockwise, and the downswing will always be counter-clockwise. The ball's direction will depend on the golfer's relative position. There's no penalty for swinging the club away from the ball. The trees in the field will stop the course of the ball, making the golfer angry. If the ball reaches the ""rough"" (the black area outside the field), the golfer cannot walk on it and will need to hit the ball back into the field. Once the ball is on the green, the camera will zoom in. Golfers will alternate turns only when the precedent golfer goes through the entire hole. The winner is the golfer with the lowest score for the nine holes."
2049,Autocrash,,1991,6.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Autocrash the player competes in a death tournament between ""bumper cars"". The goal is to dismount the opponent (or opponents) from his car, and hit him before he leaves the game zone. Along the stages, the enemy's A.I. difficulty level and his number will increase. Additionally, in some stages the enemies must be eliminated in a certain order."
2056,Gunship,"Gunship: The Attack Helicopter Simulation, Gunship: The Helicopter Simulation",1986,8.1,Simulation,,,"Gunship depicts one of the Western world's finest attack helicopters: The AH-64A Apache. This simulation recreates the weapons, flight systems, and performance of the real machine. The player controls an arsenal that includes laser-guided Hellfire missiles, a 30mm cannon controlled by helmet gunsights, clusters of bombardment rockets--even air-to-air missiles for duels with enemy helicopters. The game starts with flight training at a base in the United States. Tutorials teach the player to handle the copter; once the controls and flying skills are mastered, there are escalating challenges and hundreds of missions in any one of four regions of the world, including Southeast Asia, Central America, the Middle East, and the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies in Western Europe."
2060,Spaceward Ho! IV,Spaceward Ho!: a Game of Stellar Conquest,1996,7.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","4X, Managerial / business simulation",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Spaceward Ho! IV is an updated version of the classic spaceploitation strategy game. A host of new features are added from previous versions, including: new galaxy types, alliances, computer AI negotiations, new radical technologies, new ship types (dreadnoughts, tankers, biologicals), tougher AI opponents, smoother network play in multiplayer mode, enhanced graphics and sounds, and a variety of tools to measure your progress throughout the game (graphs, rankings, etc.)."
2064,Mouse Trap,Mouse Quest,1986,6.1,Action,Platform,,"This platform game challenges the player to guide a mouse around a screen collecting goodies - varying from cheese to cakes to balloons. Once they have all been collected you must reach the door, doing all of this within the time limit, depicted by a picture of a diffusing bomb. The player will have to jump over flowers, dodge bouncing balls and dinosaurs amongst other things - contact with any of these loses a life. Movement is achieved along ledges, via clouds, moving platforms and up ladders. Short falls can be withstood, but larger ones (or heavy landings from jumps) are fatal."
2066,Mickey Mousecapade,"Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse: Fushigi no Kuni no Daibōken",1987,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"One of Mickey's friends is in trouble, and Mickey and Minnie Mouse are on a rescue mission! Mickey Mousecapade is an action platform game. In order to reach your goal (and find out which of Mickey's friends is in trouble), you'll need to jump and climb your way through various levels which take place in different locations (including a fun house, a treacherous sea side, a pirate ship, and a castle). Each screen has numerous obstacles and enemies which will drain your energy if you come in contact; lose all of your energy, and a life is lost and the game ends when you have no lives left. You control Mickey Mouse and Minnie follows along. You'll need to make sure Minnie stays safe as you make your way through the levels (for example, if you mistime a jump and Mickey lands safely but Minnie doesn't a life will be lost). In addition to avoiding obstacles, there is also some occasional puzzle solving (such as locating a key to open locked doors, or finding your way out of the woods). There are some differences between the US and Japanese versions of this game. Most enemies are different in each version, specially the bosses. While the Japanese version has most of its bosses based on Alice in Wonderland (the Cheshire Cat in stage one, the Dodo in stage two, the Caterpillar in stage three and the Queen of Heats in stage five), the US version has enemies from several other Disney movies. Captain Hook from Peter Pan appears in the Japanese version as the boss for the fourth level, while in the US version he's replaced by Peg-Leg Pete. The other bosses in the US version are Witch Hazel (stage one), the Crocodile from Peter Pan (stage two), Kaa from The Jungle Book (stage three) and Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty (stage five). There is also a gameplay difference: in the Japanese version Mickey sometimes finds hidden keys which lead him and Minnie to a secret room. In that room, he must pick 4 fairies in the right order; doing so, he earns an 1-Up."
2068,Clue,,1992,6.5,"Puzzle, Strategy / tactics",Board game,,"Based on the board game Clue. A murder has taken place in a mansion. You play as one of the 6 suspects in this case. You have to find out who committed the crime, and with what weapon and where in the mansion it took place in. There are 5 levels of difficulty which basically give you less information the harder up the level."
2076,Combat Lynx,"Combat Lynx: 3D Helicopter Simulation, Combat Lynx: Air to Ground-Battle Simulation",1984,6.9,Action,Shooter,,"A semi-realistic helicopter battle game, viewed from behind. Allied bases must be protected from air and land attacks, and soldiers transported between them. The Combat Lynx is equipped with various weapons, including mines and heat-seeking missiles. A map enables the player to keep track of enemy forces. Includes various difficulty levels."
2079,Comanche 3,,1997,8.0,"Action, Simulation",,,"Take control of the RAH-66 Comanche attack helicopter in the revered Griffin squadron, through over 30 missions. US test pilots ensure that the simulation is realistic, and real physics are used for object interaction. Stealth capabilities are included. Easy and advanced flight models and a full tutorial are provided. HoverHold precise placement and V-Stab vertical stability are among the advanced functions of this devastating flying machine. Novalogic 's VoxelSpace2 provides landscapes such as jungles, mountainous ranges and sand dunes. A playback mode is also included, allowing you to jump back into a mission and re-do it more successfully."
2083,Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers,"Space Quest 4, Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco e i Viaggiatori del Tempo, Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco und die Zeitspringer",1991,7.5,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers is a single-player point-and-click adventure game. It continues the misadventures of Roger Wilco, a hapless space janitor who repeatedly finds himself caught in intergalactic crises far beyond his cleaning duties. The story begins with Roger relaxing at a spaceport bar when heavily armed enforcers storm in, announcing that his old enemy, Sludge Vohaul, has not been defeated after all. Just as Roger is about to be executed, he is rescued by a mysterious stranger wielding an unusual weapon and hurled through a rip in time. He lands in the dark future of Space Quest XII, where Vohaul has taken control of his home planet, transformed it into a dystopia, and populated it with deadly cybernetic minions. To survive and fulfill his role as an unlikely hero, Roger must navigate across different eras of the Space Quest series, eluding pursuers and untangling a fate that connects both his past and future. The game is the first in the series to abandon the text parser interface, replacing it with Sierra’s icon-based SCI system. Players use a set of visual icons to perform actions: walking, looking, using, taking, talking, and interacting with the environment through touch, smell, or taste. As with earlier entries, progress comes from solving inventory-based puzzles, deciphering environmental clues, and navigating timed sequences where poor choices often result in Roger’s death. Animated cutscenes advance the narrative, while voice acting is present in later CD-ROM editions, giving Roger and supporting characters voiced personalities."
2093,X-Games: Pro Boarder,,1998,6.9,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"X-Games: Pro Boarder is a snowboarding game with several game modes including downhill and half pipe. In downhill mode the player's mission is to get down as quickly as possible, also grinding on several objects like cars and airplanes that have been placed in the scenery. In half pipe mode the player must travel from the beginning to the end of the pipe doing stunts on the left and the right, finishing before the time reaches zero having as many points as possible. Multiplayer over Internet and Network is supported, as well as 3D acceleration cards."
2096,Le Mans 24 Hours,"24 Heures du Mans, 24 Horas De Le Mans, Die 24 Stunden von Le Mans, La 24 Ore Di Le Mans, Le Mans 24 Heures, Le Mans 24 Hours: Ultimate Endurance Challenge, Le Mans 24 Ore, Le Mans 24 Stunden, Test Drive: Le Mans",2000,7.5,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",Managerial / business simulation,,"Take on the LeMans endurance racing challenge! Join one of the 25 factory teams take one of the over 50 vehicles (designed with assistance of actual teams) on the eight different LeMans circuits. The actual wear and tear are simulated. Tire wear, oil and fuel consumptions... Day and night and back to day driving..."
2101,Polanie,"Osadníci, Victory",1996,6.5,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Fantasy,"The year is 699. Young Slav prince Mirko is returning from a successful war raid only to find his home settlement burned to the ground and all kinsfolk killed. Swearing a revenge on treacherous neighbours, Mirko gathers his faithful warriors, leading them to conquer all surrounding territories. Polanie is a real-time strategy game similar to Warcraft There's only one non-linear campaign (25 missions) and the enemies use the same unit types. The only resource in the game is milk: everything - from buildings through defensive walls, bridges to new units - is built using a certain amount of it. The milk is produced by cows, which graze the grassland around your village. When they eat enough, the cows will return to their barns and the milk will be added to your resources. Woodcutters are needed to complete buildings (""bought"" with milk), they double as axemen in combat. The early medieval setting is spiced up with a touch of magic: your men (enemies too!) may heal themselves at sacred places scattered around the map, priests and priestesses may call fire from the sky. Creatures of magic or nature may provide help or nuisance. Large warrior teams can be selected and controlled as a group. The CD-ROM re-release added 3 new units, 5 short campaigns (total 27 new missions), 3D animations and music on audio tracks. German edition, titled Victory and based on floppy disk release, goes beyond the obvious translation/dubbing changes and introduces a plot twist: the campaign map has changed from Polish to German territory in the background, so we no longer unite Slavic tribes (intro animation is absent as well). Czech edition is based on updated Polish CD-ROM re-release."
2107,Warpath: Jurassic Park,,1999,5.9,Action,Fighting,,"Using the many dinosaurs from the two Jurassic Park movies, you choose your type and fight it out one-on-one with other dinos to become the supreme dino in the park. Each arena represents a place in the two Jurassic Park movies, and there is a museum to visit, with info on all of the dinosaurs that are in the game. As usual, the more you complete, the more that becomes available, with new dino's to play with, new arenas and some new play modes."
2111,Crystal Warriors,Arliel: Crystal Densetsu,1991,7.2,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"The continent of Tyramus has lived in peace for almost a century, thanks to the four elemental crystals of the kingdom of Arliel. However, peace is threatened by the invading armies of the Jyn Empire, led by Emperor Grym, who wants to use the four crystals to rule over Tyramus. Fortunately, Princess Iris can escape with one of the crystals and now the player has to protect her and the crystal and somehow find a way to drive back the hordes of Jyn. Gameplay in Crystal Warriors is quite similar to Shining Force. The player fights in turn-based battles controlling different characters like fighters, healers, rangers and mages, all with different strengths and skills. Whenever two units engage in battle, they enter a duel mode lasting for up to two turns. In this mode the player can choose between four commands: ""battle"" (attack), ""retreat"", ""spell"" and ""monster"". While the first three commands are quite self-explanatory, the ""monster"" command is interesting. Whenever a non-human enemy is defeated, it can be tamed and be used in battles. While most monsters do not have many HP they can serve as good attackers for physically weak characters or take some hits in order to protect his master. In-between battles the player can visit towns to rest, buy weapons and spells or recruit new party members."
2120,Sonic the Hedgehog,,1991,7.8,Action,Platform,,"SEGA's mascot Sonic the Hedgehog made his debut in a famous Genesis title but Sega's 8-bit systems got their own version of the platformer, featuring the same story and gameplay style, but different levels. To stop the evil Dr. Robotnik, Sonic must traverse six zones consisting of three levels each. Most of the zones are based on those in the original game, but some are entirely new, including a jungle environment and a huge airship. Other unique differences are one level that scrolls automatically and one that is aligned vertically instead of horizontally. Most of the enemies (mechanized animals, defeated by Sonic's spikes when jumping or rolling) and power-ups (speed-ups, shields, extra lives) are the same as in the Genesis version as well. Sonic can pick up golden rings for protection (when hit, he simply loses all of his rings instead of a life) and bonuses: 100 rings gain Sonic an extra life, and 50 remaining rings at the end of a level allow access to pinball-themed special stages full of bumpers and springs. The final level of a zone is always a boss fight against Robotnik. Some of the boss fights differ in the Master System and Game Gear versions of the game, with special designs for the handheld version due to the smaller visible screen area. Sonic should also collect the six Chaos Emeralds to keep them from falling into Robotnik's hands. In a departure from the original game, these are not hidden in the special stages but somewhere in the regular levels."
2135,Nagano Winter Olympics '98,"Hyper Olympic in Nagano, Olimpíadas de Inverno Nagano '98",1997,6.3,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"The official game of the XVIII Olympic Winter Games held in Nagano, Japan, including 12 events such as Downhill, Giant Slalom, K-90 and K-120 Ski Jumping, Freestyle Aerials, Snowboard Halfpipe (only in the N64 version) and Slalom (in their Olympic debut), 500m and 1500m Speed Skating, Bobsleigh, Luge and Curling. Up to four players can choose one of 16 nations and compete in Olympic (play for the medals) or Championship mode (for the points, in a Decathlon-style competition)."
2136,Cauldron,Hexenküche,1985,7.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Fantasy,"Playing a witch, you must assemble the six ingredients required to kill off your arch-rival, an evil pumpkin. The ingredients are all located in underground buildings, each of which can only be entered once you've found the appropriate key. The keys are located overground, and you must fly around on your broom to collect them. The overground sections play like standard shoot 'em ups, as your broom is not affected by gravity and can fire bullets using your magic energy. Bats, fireballs and even seagulls are among the many creatures trying to stop you - contact will cost you more energy than shooting at them would. There are energy recharges on offer. Once you go underground, the gameplay becomes a test of precision platform jumping, including some Manic Miner-esque blind jumps. The six underground sections can be completed in a variety of orders, but you will sometimes reach points that can't be completed without objects from other sections, so a lot of back-tracking is required. Although you start with nine lives, they won't last all that long at first."
2137,Woody Woodpecker Racing,Woody Woodpecker no Go! Go! Racing,2000,5.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Woody Woodpecker Racing is a go-kart racing game based on the popular cartoon character Woody Woodpecker. The player selects one of the six starting characters from the series (including three differently styled Woodys, Wally Walrus and others) and races in a style reminiscent of Super Mario Kart (including ""jump turns"" for sharper angles). The player can collect items from boxes and try to slow down the opponents while driving through a 3D environment, with slopes, ramps and jumps, on tarmac or mud. Quest, championship, time trial and single race modes are available, as players try to hone their skills and unlock new characters and tracks."
2139,Top Gun: Guts & Glory,,1993,5.2,Action,,,"Very loosely based on the Top Gun movie, the player controls an aircraft through ten different levels, taking out enemy jet fighters and battleships using missiles and machine guns in the legendary F-14 Tomcat, F-117A Stealth, MiG-29 Fulcrum, or F-16 Falcon. There are different game modes (Career, Air Combat, and Bombing Run). Prior to each mission, players can determine the amount of heat seeking missiles, the difficulty levels and the control scheme. Progress is stored through passwords."
2145,Philosoma,,1995,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Philosoma, you blast through 18 vertical scrolling deep space environments in search of the mysterious distress call, destroying enemies and obstacles in your path. Go up against a variety of vehicles including the ""Hover Carrier,"" the ""Makkon,"" and the ""Missile Walker"" as you clear your way with one of four main weapons such as the Vulcan, Laser, A-Break, or Ray-B. Each weapon can be upgraded up to three times when specific power-up icons are collected. A secondary weapon such as Buster grenades, MRMs, and SRMs are equipped at the beginning of a level or acquired through a power-up. Enemies include other space ships and large insect like aliens."
2146,Deep Blue,Deep Blue: Kaitei Shinwa,1989,4.9,Action,Shooter,,"Aliens are invading the ocean and have mutated the fish and other aquatic beings! But an A.N.G.E.L. Fish Attack Sub is on its way to blast through four scenes of swimming terror and stop the aliens from taking over the sea. Fortunately, the A.N.G.E.L. is helped on its way by a number of power-ups - for instance, Healing Power completely repairs the sub and Speed Power speeds it up. Up to three modes of attack can be used to combat the mutant fish - the starting Pulse Shot, the destructive Swirl Cutter, and the Bubble Beam. But the A.N.G.E.L. is not indestructible. Four colors on the A.N.G.E.L.'s eye indicate the amount of damage the sub has sustained, and when it's had enough and explodes, that's the end of the A.N.G.E.L. and the end of the game."
2150,"Evander Holyfield's ""Real Deal"" Boxing",,1992,7.0,Sports,,,"Evander Holyfield's ""Real Deal"" Boxing is a boxing simulation. Holyfield is the only licensed boxer, the rest are fictitious. Rather than a fanciful approach like Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! the developers went for a more strategic simulation. The game is played from a pseudo-3D side view with moving around the ring handled by scrolling the backdrop and moving the ropes. A top down camera is shown at the top of the screen. Players can either play a quick exhibition match or fight their way through the career mode, using a created boxer to work their way up the 30-boxer ranking list until they fight Holyfield himself. During character creation, players can choose the fighter's color of skin, trunks and hair, haircut, dominant hand and stats emphasis. Between matches, career mode offers various exercises to assign the boxer to improve his stats. During the fights, besides an energy bar, the fighters have a head and a torso damage meter. This meters are images of their head and torso, which become gradually grey, from top to bottom, as they are hit. If one of these meters becomes totally grey, it will start blinking, warning that it the fighter takes some more punches on that area, he will loose the fight by TKO. Being knocked down tree times in a round also leads to a TKO. During the rounds' breaks, fighters regain strength as the girl with the round sign passes along their sides. Fighters can perform three types of punches: jabs, hooks and uppers, which can be aimed at the opponent's head or torso. Fighters can also taunt their opponents. If by some reason the fighters avoid to fight, the spectators will start to hiss at them. To keep the spectators pleased, the fighters must keep punching each other on a regular basis."
2152,beatmania,"Beatmania Arcade 2nd Mix, Hiphopmania",1998,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Music / rhythm",,"This is the first home release in the long running series of Beatmania games, part of Konami's BeMani franchise (DDR, DrumMania, Guitar Freaks and more). You get to play tracks from all genres on a special controller that looks similar to the original arcade one, with 5 piano keys and a ""turntable"". Pieces of the song fall down the screen and you have to hit the right key or spin the turntable to nail the melody or drum piece falling. The better you get the higher your rating is, and you unlock more songs as you go. This release comes with 2 CDs. The first includes the tracks from the coin-op ""Beatmania 2nd Mix"". The second disc, a so-called ""append"" disc, features new tracks in the ""Yebisu Mix"". The first disc also functions as a key disc that allows ""append"" discs to start. Several further Beatmania releases come only in the form of ""append"" discs and thus require this release to work."
2156,Armies of Armageddon: WDK-2K,,2000,6.9,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Post-apocalyptic,"In this Post-apocalyptic war setting, you must guide your forces through hordes of well-armed enemies using many different weapons of mass destruction. But be warned, this little gem ain't a push over, with highly intellegent AI pushing your team to the brink. Also included in the package is the Wargame Developers Kit, where you can create your own scenario's."
2157,Master of Magic,"Civizard: Majutsu no Keifu, Master of Magic Classic, Maître de la Magie",1994,7.8,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation, RPG elements, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Fantasy,"The plot of Master of Magic is to become the dominant wizard on two 'planes' of existence, the normal Earth-like one and the fantasy based plane ""Myrror"". You can do this by destroying your competing wizards (up to 4 computer players) or by casting the Spell of Mastery. Game play is carried out in a 2D top down perspective. You move your armies around the board, fighting monsters to get treasure, and more importantly 'nodes'. Once you control a node you can summon a spirit to meld with the node and gain mana from it. You also must build up your cities so you can support and train your army. City management is very much like Civilization You also must allocate your mana for use, or research. You must research to learn new spells. You can do battle with the enemy in a quasi-isometric perspective or you can have the game simulate the battles. The game ends when your home tower is destroyed; you banish all the other wizards (by destroying their home tower) or someone casts the Spell of Mastery."
2164,Netherworld,,1988,6.4,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this game you are trapped in Netherworld. With your spaceship you have to make your way through different levels with a hostile environment. Under a time limit you have to collect diamonds to get to the next level. The game is filled with dragons, moving mines, acid spitting creatures and lots more. Your space ship is able to shoot, furthermore you can collect several power-ups, such as sandglasses to ease the time limit, shield restore or items that give you invulnerability."
2166,Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now,"Carmageddon 64, Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now",1998,6.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Carmageddon II is essentially more of the same. Whether this is a good or bad thing pretty much depends on how you liked the first In case you need to be told, this game sends the politically-correct-o-meter flying towards absolute zero, perhaps only beaten by Duke Nukem 3D The framework is a futuristic race inspired by Deathrace 2000 and The Cars That Ate Paris: The contestants, in sport cars, monster trucks, and other motorized abominations, are placed on a track, a real populated area. Getting to the finish line first is secondary, and in fact seldom happens; the real winner is the one to trash everyone else, running over pedestrians on the way for extra profit."
2167,Outlaw,Gunslinger,1978,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Western,"In Outlaw the player controls a gunslinger in the Old West. It features both one and two player games. In the one player version, the goal is to shoot a moving target as many times as possible in 99 seconds. In the two player version, each player tries to be the first to shoot the opponent ten times. Several game variations are included in both the one and two player versions. In the middle of the screen is one of several possible obstacles to make the game more difficult. A giant cactus, a stagecoach, a moving stagecoach, or a breakable wall all can block the target or provide some shelter for the player to hide from opponents' shots. The player also has the choice of unlimited fire or only a six shooter. If the player chooses the six shooter, then each player must use up all six shots before either player can reload. Lastly, there is the getaway option. With getaway, a player may move immediately after firing; without getaway, a player must remain stationary for as long as a bullet is on the screen."
2169,Ninja Assault,,2000,6.1,Action,Rail shooter,Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval),"Ninja Assault is a light gun rail shooter set in ancient Japan. Princess Koto has been kidnaped by the evil shogun Kigai. Kigai plans to use her in a resurrection ritual. In the game you take on the role of Guren and Gunjo two gunslinger ninja’s. The game was originally released in the arcades and later also on the PS2. The PS2 version has besides the arcade version, one extra playable character named Aoi, three extra chapters in story mode for each of the characters and Bonus games. The game moves the player's character automatically as he has to gun down enemies. To reload the player has to shooting off screen. First aid kids can be picked up during the game to replenish health. The game can be played solo or with a friend."
2175,Virtual Worlds: The 3D Game Collection,,1991,8.2,Compilation,,,This compilation includes the following 4 games:
2177,Final Lap Twin,,1989,7.3,Racing / Driving,"Arcade, RPG elements",,"Final Lap Twin is an open-wheel F1-style racing game loosely based on Namco's Final Lap arcade game. The game display is always in split screen mode, even if only one player is playing. The other display shows your nearest rival if you are racing against the computer. There are two basic modes: Grand Prix and Quest. Grand Prix consists of a multi-race points championship. There are two car types for this mode: F-3000 and F1. Grand Prix mode can be played with one or two players. Quest mode has more depth and forms the core of Final Lap Twin. This is essentially a racing RPG. You take the role of a boy who desires to become the World Champion. To do so, you must travel from town to town finding challenges and winning them to gain money and special items to improve your car. As you move around the game world, which is presented in an overhead view, you will encounter random challenges, much like random battles in a traditional RPG."
2179,Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday,,1991,7.5,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This version of Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday retains most of the story and the core gameplay of the computer version of the same name, but differs in several gameplay- and interface-related aspects. The main differences involve reduction of some of the skills and equipment types present in the computer version. Limitations have been imposed on character creation as well: there are only four character classes (Warrior, Rocketjock, Medic, and Rogue) and three races (Human, Desert Runner, and Tinker) to choose from, as opposed to five character classes and six races in the computer release. You play as a party of new recruits to the organisation NEO which is fighting the RAM faction, a group of tyrants who previously ruled the solar system. The game begins with you preventing an invasion of earth headquarters by alien mutants. After this you transit to an orbital command base where you take on several different missions. In the computer version, first-person view and pseudo-3D graphics were used for navigation, while combat was viewed from isometric perspective. In this release, isometric view is used both for navigation and combat, the player-controlled party visible from third-person perspective."
2183,The Legend of William Tell,Crossbow: The Legend of William Tell,1990,5.9,Action,Puzzle elements,,"The Legend of William Tell is based on the TV series Crossbow which in turn is based on the Swiss national hero William Tell. The player takes the role of Tell who tries to end the reign of the evil duke Gessler. This is an action game with puzzle elements in which Tell explores the environment, talks to people and collects everything he finds. The objects are either used to solve puzzles, are a good bribe or go into Tell's equipment. This is because the forest is no friendly environment: wild animals and Gessler's black knights want to eat/arrest him. In this case Tell has to fight his way out without losing too much life energy. It can be restored by using found provisions. Controls are almost completely icon driven. So for example for walking right, the player needs to click the ""go right"" icon, to pick something up the ""pick up"" icon needs to be pressed and so on. This includes the fights in which first the used weapon is chosen and the combat moves are performed when clicking on the appropriate icon. The only exception is the crossbow: when using it, a first-person view replaces the icon bar in which the crossbow is aimed."
2190,Blob,,1993,7.2,"Action, Puzzle",,,"This 3D puzzle game stars an amorphous blue creature, and presents you with a top-viewed world in which the character is closer to you when it's near the top of the level. A number of blocks are suspended in space, and you bounce around these trying to reach the exit, having first completed the level's objectives. These include painting certain blocks à la Q*Bert collecting objects and rescuing other blobs by guiding them to the exit. Additional types of block includes ones which shoot at you, cracked tiles which don't last long, sticky tiles you can't get much leverage from, and switches to make other blocks become visible or accessible. The 3D is an integral aspect of the game, with falling off ledges into oblivion causing the loss of a life."
2193,Battle Isle,Battle Isle: Air-Land-Sea Strategy,1991,7.7,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"On the distant planet Chromos, the Drullian people fight the forces of Skynet-Titan, an AI out of control. The player has to lead the Drull armies to victory in several battles with different goals. Battle Isle is a turn-based strategy game played out on a hexagonal overlay on a map with different types of terrain. Multiple types of units can be produced, of varying strength and abilities that are used to attack each other. The screen is split in two, one half for each player. While one player moves units, the other can decide where to attack and vice versa. Battles are then played out between turns and victorious units gain experience. There are 16 levels to play against the computer and another 16 for two player competitive play."
2206,Unnecessary Roughness '96,,1995,7.2,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Unnecessary Roughness '96 is the 1996's incarnation of Accolade's series of American football games. Updates in this version attempt to correct the ""arcadish"" feel the previous had with a much bigger emphasis on team management and coaching. You can buy entire teams, make any trades, set salary caps, manage rosters and injuries, etc. The statistical side of the game is spruced up, with more realistic scores, and an additional play-designer added to the editable features, which allows you to store up to 1,300 plays, to which you can even add audible calls. On the gameplay side of things new features include an automatic pass reception which allows you to basically concentrate on using the quarterback. Also available is two player cooperative or vs gameplay modes, and new, clearer graphics, animations and sounds."
2218,Talisman,,1995,7.1,Adventure,,Fantasy,"In the fantasy land of Thurania, Alex, a 8 years-old grandchild of a magician, watches in wonderment as his grandfather teaches him about the talisman, a floating magic stone. Suddenly, their city is invaded by demons. Alex is kidnapped by the cave-dwelling Golans, leaving his slayed grandfather behind. Ten years later, Alex, now a young man, must retrieve the magic stone to defeat the demons that killed his loved ones. Talisman is a German point-and-click adventure with a fantasy plot. Is has 2D backgrounds and real-time 3D characters, something rare for the time of its release (1995). Clicking objects and hotspots on the screen opens a scroll with verb icons. This list of verbs is context-sensitive, they change according to the object. Usually it displays a magnifying lens for ""look"", a hand for ""use"", and a chest for ""take"". Some objects have a candle to ""ignite"", doors have a ""open"" icon, and so on. The inventory is always visible at the bottom of the screen. As the number of objects increase, it can be scrolled down with the right-side arrows. Clicking in one of the characters initiate dialog, with a list of questions at the bottom replacing the inventory temporally. The main character can't move freely on the screen, he only goes from hotspot to hotspot. To make him leave a room, the player has to click on an exit and select the ""exit"" icon."
2223,Freddy Hardest,,1987,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The most irreverent playboy of all the galaxy, heir of a great fortune, has a totally irresponsible life, given to uncontrolled drunks, endless celebrations and excesses of all kind. After one of his last ""little"" parties he decided to take the controls of his spaceship in not very appropriated conditions to pilot, so our sidereal playboy went to play with meteorites under the effects of drunkenness. Evidently this diversion could not have finished very well, he crashed with a meteorite, lost the control of his spaceship and fell with it to planet Ternat's moon, where it's located the enemy base of Kaldar. Injured and laughing, he managed to left the smoky spaceship and slowly noticed that in such a place he wouldn't be received in a very friendly way. Already recovered of his dunk, Freddy Hardest, who although could not look it, is one of the most intelligent members of the Sidereal Free Planet Confederation's SPEA Agency Service of Counterespionage, he must start the adventure."
2224,Captain Fizz Meets the Blaster-Trons,"Icarus, Mission Icarus",1988,5.7,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Blaster-Trons have invaded the planet Icarus, which is set as 20 levels on top of the last. The people can only be saved if a hero or two step forward and reach each of the 20 lifts in this Gauntlet -style game. Two players is the ideal, as gameplay is simultaneous and only ever fills half the screen for each player. Each level has doors which are locked with colour coded keys, as well as doors which can only be used in one direction, and lots of long corridors and mazy layouts. Both yourself and the aliens are armed with lethal lazers, although you can take several hits before dying."
2231,Kwah!,Kwah?,1986,7.0,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"After saving the city from a nuclear holocaust and defeating various bad guys in Redhawk you once again take the role of Kevin Oliver and his alter ego, the superhero Redhawk. You have now been promoted from photographer to reporter for the newspaper The Daily Trumpet, and your first assignment is to go to the mysterious Dr Lee's mansion to find out what goes on inside and to see if he has anything to do with strange disappearances. You also find that you cannot remember being here before but it all seems familiar. Kwah! is a graphic text adventure in the style of a comic book. The screen is split into three parts and the top part has three windows showing pictures and animations of your last three moves and also tells you if any object or person can be seen. The middle part of the screen is a clock, strength meter, how much of the game is completed and arrows showing available exits. The bottom part of the screen allows you to type in commands to interact with your surroundings."
2232,Incredible Crisis,Tondemo Crisis!,1999,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Music / rhythm, Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"Grandmother Hatsu has a birthday. She wants it to be a special day, and is eagerly waiting for her presents. However, father Taneo, mother Etsuko, son Tsuyoshi and daughter Ririka have all forgotten about that. They have to buy last-minute presents for the grandmother, and make it home in time for the party. Sounds simple? Not quite: each member of this completely ordinary, working-class family is delayed by inexplicable obstacles, which involve, among others, bank robbers, UFOs, miniaturization, and a giant teddy bear who is out to demolish Tokyo. Incredible Crisis is entirely composed out of 24 predominantly action-oriented mini-games. Most of them are unique, though a few are repeated throughout the course of the game. Among these mini-games are synchronized dancing, various driving sequences, simple obstacle-dodging, shooting, and others. A few mini-games deviate from the action style, e.g. a quiz or a puzzle that involves calculating an item's weight. The mini-games must be first completed in a specific order, tied by an overarching story told by CG animated cutscenes. Afterwards, they can be accessed directly from the main menu."
2235,Lander,,1999,6.7,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 3032. You own a hovercraft type spacecraft and earn your living by piloting it around the solar system, hired by large corporations and other entities to perform various tasks for a price. The more difficult, risky or illegal the mission, the higher the pay off. Lander is a small, lightweight, maneuverable machine designed for tight above and below ground flying, controlled through a set of thrusters on the corners and a single main engine on its belly. With the money you earn, make needed repairs or improve Lander with better weapons, engines, armor – or even replace it entirely. There are five grades of armor, four pulse energy weapons, three missile systems and four engines available when you have enough cash to purchase them. In order to succeed, you must master intricate flight dynamics. Learn to maneuver your Lander through a series of traps and other obstacles, all the while handling gravity, wind, and other atmospheric interferences. There are 30 increasingly difficult, non-linear single missions covering 15 different planets and moons. In the early stages of the game, they involve finding and retrieving objects with your tractor beam, searching and destroying a specific target or stealing an important object. Later operations take on a covert military flair, some of which are puzzle based, and you find that other factions are determined to stop you at all costs. Two multiplayer levels support deathmatch play over IPX or TCP/IP internet connection. CD-Rom and DVD versions were shipped in the same package. The DVD version (Psygnosis’ first release in that format) boasts high-resolution MPEG 2 video sequences and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. The PC version offers Dolby Surround Sound and MPEG 1 video (in shorter length) on a single CD-Rom."
2236,Virtual Chess 64,,1998,6.8,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,Virtual Chess 64 is probably the only chess game that was created for the Nintendo 64 console. It features both 2D and 3D graphics that the player can choose according to his/her own preference. It also features mini cut scenes when a pawn loses to another where cartoon - like characters that represent the pawn that attacks and the pawn that loses fight each other. The AI of the game though is extremely high even in the easy levels.
2237,Links Extreme,,1999,6.6,Sports,,,"A twisted version of Links LS. New Courses, New Game Modes (e.g. Poison, Deathmatch, Demolition Driving Range), exploding balls...fun for the whole family! Not your typical golf game, Links Extreme places emphasis on speed and timing instead of accuracy."
2264,Speedboat Attack,,1997,6.1,Racing / Driving,,,"Speedboat Attack is a game of race speedboats and shot over the water, which the boats are equipped weapons to destroy the components. Exciting game for those who like to run over the waters, with great speed and shots for all of the sides. There are several elements of a typical racing game, such as speed and overtaking, sinuous curves and a competition for positions at any cost. There are five choices of boats to choose from, each with distinct characteristics of maneuvers, from ten different tracks with varying weather conditions, and the night, morning or in dense fog. Water courses come with the look and the very slippery surface. On some routes include small icebergs and landmines."
2267,Tobal 2,,1997,8.2,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Tobal 2 is a sequel to Tobal Nr. 1 Like its predecessor, it is a fighting game with an additional Quest Mode, which has been expanded and added new features in this sequel. The basic fighting gameplay is the same as in the first game, utilizing free movement in a 3D environment (provided the player character is facing the opponent) with high, medium, and low punches and kicks, as well as the trademark grappling and throwing moves. An unblockable fireball attack has been added in this installment. The Quest Mode has undergone a significant expansion, including role-playing elements. In addition to the dungeons featured in the first game, the sequel adds an explorable town, where the main character can eat, rest, and buy supplies. An experience system has also been added. Consuming food and potions will have an effect on the character's attack and defense power. Individual attacks and body parts can be increased in strength as well. Also new in the Quest Mode is the ability to capture encountered monsters and then use them as playable characters in the Vs. mode. The amount of playable characters in this fighting game can be therefore as high as two hundred."
2274,The Terminator,,1992,5.2,"Action, Racing / Driving",,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The Terminator loosely follows the plot of the 1984 Arnold Schwarzenegger film. The game begins in the future, where the hero Kyle Reese must battle through a post-apocalyptic future in order to go back in time to 1984 Los Angeles. Once there, he must progress through various checkpoints as outlined by the main movie plot: Find Sarah Connor, shootout at the police station, and the climax in the factory. The main levels of the game consist of side-scrolling jumping and shooting action. In between levels are car chases where the Terminator attempts to run you down as you race to your next destination."
2276,Urban Chaos,,1999,7.2,Action,"Fighting, Shooter",,"As the 2nd millennium ends, the cities are over-ran with Apocalyptic violence. Is this down to urban frustrations, or a sinister cult controlling everybody? You are either cop D'Arcy Stern or former soldier Roper McIntyre, and have to find the answers, but more importantly put a stop to the carnage. This involves a succession of action-packed non-linear missions. The environment incorporates shadows, rain, fog and a day/night cycle. Police cars, motorcycles and ambulances must be controlled during some missions. There are many ways to 'settle' the enemies - car chases, hand-to-hand combats and action movie-style shoot outs for example."
2277,Sharkey's Moll,,1991,5.2,Action,Shooter,Interwar,"Operation Wolf and The Untouchables combine for this action game set in 1920s Chicago. You play Lieutenant Sharkey, who has been sent out to wipe out Rubbers Malone and his henchmen. You have control over the gun, which you move across the screen as the game scrolls steadily from left to right, and must kill as many of the henchmen as you can - otherwise they will shoot at you and reduce your energy level. You are armed with a limited amount of ammo plus a few Molotov Cocktails to throw - both of these can be replenished from bonus items. As well as on the streets, enemies also appear in cars and through windows (there's a special bonus for shooting these). At the end of each level you meet an informant, who must not be shot, as this destroys the entire level of work."
2287,Robo Army,"ACA NeoGeo: Robo Army, AkeAka NeoGeo: Robo Army",1991,7.2,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A mad scientist decides to create an army of robots to destroy the city, capture all the citizens, and use their brains for more robots to take over the world. You control one of two robots who use its fists and special attacks to take on the army throughout a jungle stage and various buildings in the destroyed city. Robots and robot dogs sometimes leave arms or metal bars that can be used as weapons. At the end of each area, you need to defeat a boss in order to proceed to the next area."
2289,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Manhattan Project,1991,8.0,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"The Manhattan Project is a sequel to Mutant Ninja Turtles II The third game in the series is very similar to the second one, being a Double Dragon -style brawler. The player selects one of the turtle protagonists who must then fight his way through the stages, taking out as many Foot Soldiers as possible, confronting and defeating the bosses, and finally facing Shredder. As opposed to the previous game, the turtle protagonists have each their unique powers."
2294,Lunar Pool,"Lunar Ball, LunarBall",1985,6.0,Simulation,Board game,,"Lunar Ball is a futuristic pool simulation with space age balls and tables. There are 32 different tables set ups to practice your skills on. Unlike normal pool, the tables are designed in several different shapes and sizes, in a miniature golf fashion. You can practice your skills alone or go head to head with another player."
2296,Kentucky Racing,,1990,4.0,"Action, Sports",,,"In most funfairs or theme parks you would find a stall which lets you participate in a horse race against other people. Customers throw a ball trying to get it into a hole. If the ball enters the hole the their horse will move. The further away the hole, the further the horse will move. The winner receives a prize. Welcome to the computer version of this game. You first enter how many players (1 or 2), the name of your horses and choose between easy or hard. Then the actual game begins. There are nine classic races to participate in including Ascot and The Kentucky Derby. Flat and jump races are included. Left and right on the joystick moves the hand. A cursor at the top moves left and right. Holding down the fire button stops the cursor and starts the power bar, let it go and the power bar stops. Keep doing this till your horse either finishes 1st or 2nd. If you finish last then you lose a credit. The game is displayed in a 3D view of the board at the bottom. There are two boards viewed. The playing character is represented by a floating hand. In the middle of the boards is a commentator keeping track of the race. At the top of the screen is a side view the race."
2311,Impossaball,,1987,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Impossaball puts you in control of a ball, and sets you in a checkered 3D environment with walls and ceilings. The ball bounces on the spot as standard, but can be directed to move, or bounce higher to gain momentum. Your task is to land on every cylinder in the level, so as to squash them down to ground level. Lots of spikes protrude in the levels, which must be avoided. Magic rings are both friend and foe - the first contact increases your remaining time, but a further contact loses a life. Other obstacles cause the ball to rebound, which could be good or bad depending on the situation."
2319,Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption,"Vampire: Die Maskerade - Redemption, Vampire: La Mascarade - Rédemption",2000,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),"Action RPG, Shooter","Contemporary, Europe, Fantasy, Medieval, North America","It is the Middle Ages in Europe, and people live in constant fear of demons and God's punishment. Christof is a warrior who fights the creatures of darkness. After being badly injured in a battle, he is nursed back to health by the nun Anezka in a Prague convent. Love strikes Christof when he least expects it. He realizes that it is impossible for him and Anezka to be together, but he swears to protect her and the town of Prague from demons. What he does not know is that Prague has become a battlefield for the struggle between different vampire clans. The Brujah clan sees a duty in protecting their wisdom and the unsuspecting mortals from the more vicious clans. They turn Christof into a vampire, hoping to use his skills and his passion for their cause. Christof has lost his soul, his faith, everything he had ever had, becoming one of those he had always fought and hated. But his love to Anezka has not died. And so Christof agrees to help the Brujah, getting involved in a complex net of intrigues and struggle between vampire clans, a struggle that will eventually take him to modern times, to London and New York, where his fate will finally be decided. Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption is based on the pen-and-paper role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade Much of the game is dedicated to exploring hostile locations, fighting enemies (mostly other vampires) to complete missions and advance the storyline. Gaining experience points, the player develops Christof and other characters by increasing their statistics (such as Strength, Intelligence, Manipulation etc.) or learning and improving various disciplines, the magic spells of the game. Disciplines require blood, which can be restored with items or by feeding on enemies. Combat is action-oriented. The player can directly control only one member of the party (""coterie""); the rest are controlled by AI. It is possible to switch between different characters at any time. Following the ethical code of the RPG, there is a Humanity bar for Christof, which can be reduces if the player decides to kill innocents or make evil decisions in the game. The game has several different endings that depend on the protagonist's Humanity level. There is also a multiplayer option."
2326,Final Fantasy II,"FF2, Zui Zhong Huanxiang 2",1988,6.7,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"The Paramekian Empire decided to take over the world. Its soldiers and Dark Knights persecute innocent people, burn whole villages, hunt down brave warriors. Now Phin, the homeland of the four heroes, has been destroyed by the evil empire. Only four young warriors could escape, three men and one girl. On their way to a neighbor town Altea, they were attacked by the Dark Knights. Three of them were brought safely to Altea by the order of the rebel army. But one has not yet been found... Final Fantasy II (not to be confused with Final Fantasy IV released in the West as ""Final Fantasy II""), like its predecessor, is a top-down role-playing game where the player-controlled party travels through the overworld, fighting enemies, buying weapons, armor and magic spells in shops, and resting in town inns. Combat is round-based: the player selects commands for the whole party, and then watches the combat round unfold. The game has an unusual character-building system. The three main controllable characters and a few others who may join the party can be fully customized by the player, without restrictions of classes or abilities. There are no character levels in the game: characters grow stronger by performing the same action repeatedly, which might increase one parameter but decrease another. For example, sustaining damage gradually increases the character's hit points; casting spells raises intelligence but lowers physical power, etc. Weapons and spells, on the other hand, can be leveled up. The more a certain type of weapon is used in combat, the more proficient the character who uses this weapon becomes in this particular type. The power of a magic spell also gradually increases when used repeatedly in battles."
2327,R-Type I,R-Type,1988,8.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The PC Engine port of the shoot'em up classic R-Type was released in two parts in Japan: R-Type I includes the first four, R-Type II the last four levels."
2330,Fernandez Must Die,,1988,6.1,Action,Shooter,,"Fernandez is a despot who has invaded the Republic of El Diablo, bringing terror to the local people. The rightful leaders of the country have called you in to destroy Fernandez's hideouts and bring his country back to the people. Fundamentally this is a Commando clone, scrolling vertically and with hordes of enemies to be taken on, with finding good shielding spots and launching surprise attacks an especially useful strategy.You have unlimited bullets and limited but collectible grenades to use. There are landmines to avoid, and medical packs to pick up. On each of the 8 levels you must destroy Fernandez's buildings, which are accessed through an underground network of tunnels. You're not limited to being on foot - you start off in a jeep and can also use motorbikes, tanks and similar, although losing a life destroys this. In 2-player mode you can split driving and gunning duties. When starting a new game, you always start from the point at which you died in the last game."
2332,Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft,Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Iron & Blood - Warriors of Ravenloft,1996,5.5,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"In this fighting style game, the player assumes the personas of various character types from the Ravenloft setting of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons universe. The goal (besides winning each battle) involves a quest for artifacts that will determine whether the ""ranks of Chaos"" or the ""Lords of Law"" are triumphant. Unique to this fighting game (at least at the time) was the introduction of cooperative campaign play for two players at once."
2347,Hazard,,1998,4.9,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"Hazard is a role-playing game in which the player controls Rick, a warrior whose master has been murdered. Together with Armi, a young girl he managed to save from the clutches of a monster and whose grandfather was killed, he decides to search for those responsible for the monster assault. The player can control multiple characters in the game in a similar way as in most real-time strategy games. Each character has their owns statistics that improve when they acquire enough experience points to level up. Killed monsters drop loot such as weapons, potions and armor, which can be picked up and stored in the inventory. Characters can use weapons or magic to combat the monsters. There are a total of ten possible characters that can join Rick's party."
2348,Space Ace,"Don Bluth's Space Ace, Space Ace CD-ROM, Sullivan Bluth's Space Ace",1983,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Quick Time Events (QTEs), Timed input",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Following the successful gameplay of Dragon's Lair Don Bluth released this second conversion of his Laserdisc games series. You're playing Dexter, a guy fighting the evil madman Borf who has kidnapped your girlfriend Kimberly and is now threatening the world with his dreaded weapon, the ""Infanto Ray"" which turns adults into small children. The game plays like a comic strip - visuals are similar to many cartoon movies. In each scene, you only have to decide which direction of the keyboard has to be hit in order to avoid one of the countless death screens and to advance to the next screen..."
2349,Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood,,1991,7.8,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The year is 1193, and the Third Crusade has just ended. Richard the Lionheart, King of England, returns to Europe from the Holy Land. On the way, he is ambushed and abducted by the soldiers of the Austrian duke Leopold. The duke demands a large ransom to be paid in exchange for the king's freedom. However, the king's brother, Prince John, is content with the situation and plotting to take the throne for himself. That is when the legendary Robin Hood, one who robs from the rich and gives to the poor, decides to raise the money needed to liberate the king, with the help of his fellow outlaws of Sherwood Forest. Conquests of the Longbow is an adventure game and a follow-up to Conquests of Camelot It uses an icon-based interface common to most contemporary Sierra adventures. Like its spiritual predecessor, it differs from most other games in the genre by reducing traditional inventory-based puzzles in favor of exploration and varied tasks dictated by the situation at hand. These include talking to characters, gathering information, making decisions, solving riddles, or participating in mini-games such as combat, archery contest, and Nine Men's Morris (with adjustable difficulty). The game is divided into days; each day is completed when certain tasks have been fulfilled. It is, however, possible to fail some of those tasks and still advance the plot. Several situations can be handled in different ways. The player's decisions affect Robin Hood's ranking towards the end of the game. Number of points scored, the amount of money collected for the ransom, and the fate of Robin's fellow outlaws are considered when awarding the rank. Depending on these factors the player reaches one of the four possible endings, ranging from Robin getting hanged to a happy conclusion of his love life."
2350,The Adventures of Star Saver,"Die Abenteuer von Star Saver, Rubble Saver",1991,6.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"On a routine check through the city, police officer Tony and his sister find themselves sucked up by a UFO and transported to a distant land. Separated from his sister, Tony is left stranded in the middle of nowhere, but luckily for him the aliens left something for him, having stolen a mech from elsewhere in the galaxy. Powerful and deadly, the mech seems to have a mind of its own, and agrees to join Tony on the quest to find his sister. The side-scrolling shooter pits you against a host of different alien creatures across the galaxy. You'll start inside the mech itself, collecting weapon upgrades along the way to increase your chances of defeating the alien scum. But be careful, if you're hit by them, you'll lose the safety of the mech and be all by yourself."
2353,Atari Karts,,1995,6.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Atari Karts is a character-based go-kart racing game. It plays very similarly to Super Mario Kart The emphasis in this game, like most kart games, is on making use of pick-up items found around the track to knock out your opponents. There is only one game mode, a points based cup series. There are four difficulty levels, each with 3 cups to race for. After completing all the cups for a difficulty level, you get to challenge a ""boss"" kart in a single race match. If you beat the boss, he becomes a playable character. The various cup races can be played in either single player or two player split screen modes."
2358,Stifflip & Co.,Stiff Lip & Co,1987,7.3,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Count Chameleon recognises the importance of the game of cricket to the power of the British Empire, and knows that a simple Rubbertronic Ray to scupper the ball's bounce is all it takes to bring their power down. You control the team of Viscount Stifflip, Professor Braindeath, Colonel R G Bargie and Miss Primbottom, as they attempt to stop him. The bulk of the game is icon-driven, and allows you to switch between the four characters at will. The control options are all described in slangy English terms, so instead of talking to characters you 'Chinwag' with them, and fights are called 'Fisticuffs'. These are a key aspect of the game, requiring prompt arcade reactions and correct move selection, especially as using the low blow too often results in a character being wiped out."
2361,Music,Music: Music Creation For The PlayStation,1998,7.7,Simulation,Music / rhythm,,"Music lets the player create complete songs from a library of 850 pre-recorded riffs by pasting them onto a set of tracks. It is similar in some ways to audio editing software on a computer and is surprisingly deep, including controls for panning, volume, and all sorts of effects such as phase, reverb and vibrato. Also included in Music is a video effect editor, which can be tweaked to accompany your own masterpieces or bump along in time with any audio CD of your own. Again, a lot of variation can be found in the video editor with controls for text, particle effects, cameras, etc."
2362,Jaguar XJ220,,1993,7.7,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Centered around the Jaguar XJ220 car type, the player picks a two-man team from a selection of nine to participate in three different game modes: A track editor also exists for players to customize their own racetracks."
2366,Web Dimension,,1985,5.5,Action,Arcade,,"This game, according to the manual is Darwin's Theory of Evolution turned into a fabulous musical fantasy. There are eight levels of evolution, each having three phases: Phase 1: Freeze all organisms into energy clusters. To freeze them you have to arrive at an intersection of web strands before an organism gets there. As it approaches hold down the fire button. Do not touch a painted path the organism leaves behind or touch an organism before it reaches the intersection or you will be sent back to the start of this phase. Phase 2: Stabilize all energy clusters. Go over them with the fire button. You don't have to be at an intersection for this. Their don't leave a painted path but you do. Touching this sends you back to the start of this phase. Phase 3: The transitional phase that moves you to the next level with a musical reward. Music, lights and color. A new epoch is about to begin. The game is viewed in a 3D perspective with the web stretching into the back of the screen. You appear as a note starting right at the front of the screen. You use the joystick to move about the web and use the fire button to enlarge. There are no lives to the game and no end. You finish when you switch it off."
2369,Hodj 'n' Podj,,1995,7.2,"Puzzle, Strategy / tactics","Board game, Cards / tiles, Word construction",,"Hodj N' Podj is a series of mini-games that can either be played against the computer or against another player. The game is designed as a computerised board game in which two princes, Hodj and Podj, travel around the country of Po-Poree solving puzzles in an attempt to rescue two princesses Mish and Mosh. There are three game modes, the board game, the individual mini games, or the 'Grand Tour'. Board game mode: The player always controls Hodj, while Podj can be controlled either by the second player or by the computer. In this mode the objective is to locate the kidnapped princesses and get them back to their castle. A game spinner determines how many squares/furlongs the player can move around the board, there are also boats, skycars and shortcuts which speed up travel between distant points. To win, the game players must collect a specific number of objects and pieces of information, Appendix A of the manual explains which game is in which location and whether the reward is crowns, information or an item. The number to be collected depends upon the type of game the player(s) are playing; short: around thirty minutes; medium: around an hour; or long: up to two hours. The required objects are not necessarily earned directly, some objects needed will have to be bought usually by selling unwanted items in the pawn shop and using the cash in one of the two in-game stores. When one player knows where the princesses have been taken and has the appropriate quantities of goods and information they go to the ladies locations and then head for the castle. Along the way the other player can intercept and issue a challenge, win or lose further challenges can be issued by either player until one enters the castle with Mish and Mosh top win the game. This game mode has three difficulty settings and when playing a two player game the difficulty can be set separately for each player. Mini Game mode: There nineteen games in all and all can be played separately from the board game if desired and when played in this way the player has access to configuration options that are not available in Board game mode. All games have rules which are both displayed on-screen and read aloud in a very British accent. The mini games are: Grand Tour Mode: in this mode, the player plays eighteen of the nineteen games, poker is the one that's not available, in alphabetic, geographic or random order. As with the Board game the player undertakes the grand Tour in any of the three difficulty settings and if two players are taking the 'Tour they can do so using separate difficulty levels.."
2376,King's Quest III: To Heir is Human,King's Quest III,1986,7.3,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"King Graham and Queen Valanice had two children, Alexander and Rosella, and the kingdom was once peaceful. It wasn't long until Alexander was snatched from his crib and things started to take a turn for the worse. A three-headed dragon threatens the ever-peaceful Daventry, and requires a maiden to be sacrificed every year. Rosella is the chosen one. Meanwhile, in a secluded house atop a mountain in the land of Llewdor, the evil wizard called Manannan keeps a young lad named Gwydion as his slave, forcing him to do menial tasks as he prepares his spells and observes the country through his telescope. Gwydion must find a way to outsmart the wizard, escape, and eventually discover the truth about his own identity. King's Quest III: To Heir is Human is an adventure game similar in basic gameplay mechanics to its predecessor The player navigates Gwydion with arrow keys and interacts with the environment by typing verb and noun combination commands. Llewdor consists of interconnected screens that loop once the player character reaches the border of the land. Throughout the course of the game, Gwydion will also travel to other locations and have a magic map at his disposal, allowing him to teleport to different areas. There are more items to collect in this installment, and more complex actions required to execute, raising the difficulty level. A large part of the game proceeds in real time, with Mannanan following his own schedule, forcing the player to plan and time his actions. There is also a time limit imposed on the game's first major quest."
2380,Mappy-Land,,1986,6.5,Action,Platform,,"Mappy the mouse has a girlfriend named Mapica. In order to please his girlfriend, Mappy goes on a mission to collect gifts for his significant other. Unfortunately the boss cat Nyamco and his legion of pink cats want to track Mappy down so they can make a meal out of him. The goal of the game is to collect six of one item in each stage without getting eaten by a cat. The items that the player collects (either pieces of cheese, wedding rings, Christmas trees, or baseballs) vary depending on what stage is being played. There are also stage specific items in the background that will help the player defeat their feline adversaries."
2389,Juno First,,1983,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,This game is a 2D shooter. You have to destroy the enemy's Magnet Power Station with your gun. There are only a few moments before the atomic turbine missile encounters the enemy. As a pilot of a space fighter you have to shoot your way through waves of aliens. You can escape the danger by using warps and special objects - to be collected en route. The aliens will mutate into more dangerous forms the longer they live so don't let the aliens survive.
2398,Oriental Games,,1990,7.0,Action,Fighting,,"The Oriental Games offer skilled martial artists the chance to prove themselves in Kung Fu, Kendo and the relatively brutal Kyo-Kus-Hin-Kai., using “courage, skill and flare” (sic) according to the packaging. It makes for a series of one-on-one fights viewed from the side. Kendo involves using a stick as your weapon, whereas Kung Fu various punches and kicks and Kyo-Kus-Hin-Kai involves head butts and flying attacks. You can jump over opponents; a quick tap of the fire button turns you around. You have an energy bar with 5 blocks of gradually decreasing colours, which drops when you are hit and increases as you pass time without being hit. Impressive moves earn you bonus Merit Awards. On the 16-bit versions, there are 3 skill levels (Novice, Professional and Master), digitised sound, and an editor to set up joystick moves. The 8-bit versions lack these niceties, but include an extra discipline, Sumo; these are played in sequence rather than by choice."
2403,Wiz 'n' Liz,Wiz 'n' Liz: The Frantic Wabbit Wescue,1993,7.7,Action,Platform,,"Wiz and Liz are magicians. They live on the planet Pum and brew potions and cast spells. They also tend to rabbit-like creatures called ""wabbits"". One day, a concoction goes awry and sends all the wabbits to distant parts of Pum. Wiz and Liz set off to look for them. The game is an action platformer divided into several stages. In each one of them, either Wiz or Liz must collect wabbits before time runs out. The player must pick up floating letters that appear when a wabbit is collected, and use them to spell out a magic word shown at the top of the screen. Once the word has been spelled, the newly found wabbits leave fruit, stars, and clocks that increase the time limit. The time limit can also be extended by picking up a glowing orange orb which appears during the last ten seconds of the counter, adding thirty seconds to it. Unlike most comparable games, Wiz 'n' Liz does not contain regular enemies. The only battles in the game are against some of the end-level bosses. At the end of each stage, the fruit that was dropped by the wabbits can be mixed in a cauldron. The results range from additional points to mini-games, graphical effects, and humorous scenes."
2408,NFL Blitz,,1997,7.6,Sports,,,"NFL Blitz gives the National Football League the same over-the-top treatment that Midway had used so effectively with NBA Jam. Features include exaggerated muscle-bound player models, ""turbo"" buttons, fast action, and some pretty wild rules changes (like 30 yards for a first down!). Blitz is nothing if not a unique football gaming experience. Player taunts (""This is MY HOUSE!""), unpenalized late hits, and amusing running commentary from the announcers (""That was totally uncalled for -- but awfully fun to watch!"") all add to the game's violent charm."
2412,Eye of the Beholder,EOB,1991,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Something evil is lurking below the city of Waterdeep. The Lords of Waterdeep summon a group of heroes to investigate, but someone or something has been watching the proceedings. After the heroes enter the sewers, the ceiling collapses behind them. The only way out is the way down, into a dungeon filled with monsters, traps and puzzles. Eye of the Beholder is a dungeon crawler RPG with a first-person perspective based on the 2nd Edition AD&D rules. The starting party consists of four characters and up to two NPCs can join later. Combat and magic happen in real time, similarly to Dungeon Master There is a variety of monsters to fight and spells to cast. The game features a point-and-click interface for fighting, spellcasting and handling objects."
2416,Syndicate Wars,,1996,7.7,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"In the sequel to the dark isometric action / strategy game Syndicate you control either Eurocorp Syndicate or Church of the New Epoch. These two sinister forces are battling for world domination. You must help them dominate the world across 60 violent missions spread through 30 cities - you receive e-mails containing the mission plans. After selecting a squad of four men from your roster, you direct them through the rotatable 3D city views, shooting foes as the situation dictates. Nuclear grenades and psycho gas are among the new weapons. Tubes, a monorail system and unimpeded Antigrav vehicles give a futuristic feel to travel. In the PC version, 8-player battles over modem and network are available."
2418,Carnivores,,1998,6.8,Action,"Hunting, Shooter",,"Another planet has been discovered, populated with prehistoric dinosaurs. You embark on the hunt of a lifetime, trudging through the eerie landscape that strangly resembles Earth's. Suddenly trees come crashing down around you - someone, no something immense is trampling your way. Then you see it -- your ultimate dream and deepest nightmare in the flesh - the T-Rex! Ready...aim...fire...oh no, your shot missed! There's no time to take shot again. You run but realize it's too late...the hunter has become the hunted."
2429,RollerCoaster Tycoon,Guoshanche Daheng,1999,8.0,Simulation,"City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation",,"Rollercoaster Tycoon is a real-time isometric amusement park simulation, in which the player takes the role of a theme park manager, creating rides and attractions to amuse his guests, as well as shops and stalls in case the guests are hungry. Ride stats differ, with some being gentle and meant for ""waking up"" tired guests, and others being rather intense. Each and every guest has his own excitement and nausea tolerance, which will reflect on the rides' popularity and the park's tidiness. Hence, handymen are employed. Rides can also break down, and some of them can even crash, leading to a tragic ending. Mechanics can be employed to inspect rides for possible errors and to fix already broken rides. Security guards prevent vandalism in their line of sight, and entertainers keep guests happy while waiting in a long queue line. Guests are also impressed if there is some wonderful scenery scattered around the park, leading to an increase in the park rating. They all have their opinion on the park, so it is a good idea to check their thoughts every now and then, as the park rating depends on the guests' satisfaction. All these features require money. Loan can be raised from a bank, but the more one borrows, the more the bank asks in return. Certain rides, or even the park itself, can also be advertised, while vouchers are also available for discounts or free rides or food."
2430,Chuck Yeager's Air Combat,,1991,7.7,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","Chuck Yeager's Air Combat is a flight combat simulation. Fight over 50 missions with Chuck Yeager's advice on your side. You can use the mission builder to create your own missions if the history-based missions don't offer enough challenge. Replay modes let you fast forward and rewind through a recorded battle, including a 3-D ""cube"" visualization that helps analyze what happened."
2433,NBA in the Zone '98,"NBA Power Dunkers 3, NBA Pro 98",1998,7.0,Sports,,,"This fully licensed NBA title features all teams and players from the NBA for the 97/98 season, allowing Exhibition, Season, Playoff and All-Star modes for 1-4 players. Full teams stats, info and schedules are included, along with a complete list of options to create the game you want (from the length of each match, rules, control schemes, difficulty and more)."
2443,Humans 3: Evolution - Lost in Time,Humans III: Evolution - Lost in Time...,1995,6.3,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,Prehistoric,"Zoo keepers from an alien world have scoured human history to steal 7 important figures from different epochs, and it is your job to rescue them. First you will have to explore four worlds to find the 6 pieces of their Time Machine, avoiding the chasing aliens. Unlike Humans 2 this is a full sequel to the game known as Evolution: Dino Dudes on some systems with a new game engine, rather than merely a data disk with new levels. As before the gameplay is influenced by Lemmings Each of your characters have their own abilities, including fire-creation, grabbing and smashing, which must be used in conjunction to beat the puzzles before you. Passwords are offered for each level."
2450,In the 1st Degree,,1995,6.4,Adventure,,Contemporary,"You take the role of a prosecuting attorney in this legal thriller. Using film of real actors, you must question the witnesses and gather the pre-trial evidence. Then you must take what you have learned into trial and question the witnesses again, this time on the stand and in front of a jury. The game is entirely from a first person perspective. Your character is never seen. You ask the witnesses questions which plays a pre-recorded video segment, then allowing you to ask a follow-up question, and so forth. Depending on the questions you ask and how you ask them, the witnesses attitude and the way they treat you will change. After the trial is over the jury returns with the verdict. Will it be Murder in the first degree (pre-meditated), Murder in the second degree (Spontaneous), Manslaughter (Accidental), or Not Guilty? The decision is made by your trial and people skills."
2453,Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm,Bari-Arm,1993,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Android Assault an alien species called the Xias have targeted human beings for extermination. They have assembled a massive fleet that has crushed any opposing ship that has been sent their way and has started to attacking colonies stationed on nearby planets with a collision course to Earth and it is up to the player to stop them. The gameplay is a side-scrolling shooter, similar to R-Type where the player takes control of a space fighter that can morph into a cyborg called Bari-Arm and has an arsenal of weaponry to take down enemy ships including the Thundercracker, Burning Wave and the Chase Cannon along with picking up health and power-ups left behind by destroyed enemies. There are several stages ranging from asteroid belts, planet surfaces, underwater and finally the alien mothership with each stage containing an enormous boss the player must defeat to advance to the next level. There are also animated cut scenes that tell the story of Bari-Arm."
2455,Exo Squad,,1995,5.7,Action,"Fighting, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on the American animated television series of the same name that ran between 1993 and 1994, this game puts the player in the mecha-like Exo-Frames of three pilots: Lt. J.T. Marsh, Sgt. Rita Torres, and Wolf Bronksy. Each pilot's levels have a distinct mechanic, ranging from After Burner -esque behind the shoulder fight action, to platforming, and side-scrolling beat-em-up gameplay."
2459,Defender of the Crown,"Conquering England, DOTC, Defender of the Crown: Obrońca Korony",1986,7.3,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,"Europe, Historical events, Medieval","Defender of the Crown puts the player in the role of one of four Saxon knights in medieval England, in a time where the land is in turmoil as the King is dead and his crown was stolen. The Saxons and the Normans blame each other and fight for control of England. After a short introduction by Robin of Locksley himself, the game starts with a single castle and 10 soldiers at your command. From there, you have to build your army, take control of additional territories and fight and defeat the three Norman lords - and sometimes your Saxon friends as well. In addition to the basic 'build your army and conquer your opponents' the game offers several events and options that can be used to fine tune your play style: You may engage in a jousting contest where you have to knock your opponent off his horse, gaining either fame or land, or you can go raid a castle for loot or the hand of a princess, joining your houses and territories."
2462,Quazatron,,1986,7.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Quazatron started life as Steve Turner 's port of Commodore 64 shoot 'em up Paradroid by his longtime partner Andy Braybrook but during the design process he decided to change the view to an isometric one, as this would suit the system more. Knowledge of Paradroid is an advantage (not least because it's a splendid game), as most aspects of the game overlap, including the plot, which sets you as the renegade robot KLP-2, armed with experimental technology to attack enemy droids. Your task is to deactivate robots, which can be done in a number of ways - shooting them, gaining control of them so as to deactivate them (known as 'grappling') or pushing them off their circuits. Knowing which method to use in each situation can only come from practice. Grappling is done from a separate screen, and involves aiming at the enemy droid's 12 sectors so as to turn at least 7 of them to your colour. When this is done successfully you can harvest some of the droid's components for your own use - a clear grappling victory gives you more chance of these elements being undamaged and usable."
2468,Mr. Robot and His Robot Factory,"Mr. Robot and His Robot Factory: The Incredible Game You Can ""Play"" With!",1983,7.3,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are in control of a robot and have to guide him through 22 platform levels using ladders, treadmills, trampolines, escalators, magnets, transporters and other devices. You must collect all the power-pills in one level in order to finish it, but you have only limited time to do so as you are constantly losing energy. Falling from too high or touching an enemy kills your robot. Picking up energizers temporarily enables you to kill your enemies. The game also features an editor that lets you create your own levels."
2470,Sacrifice,"Sacrifice: Im Auftrag Der Götter, Xisheng",2000,7.9,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"In this Real Time Strategy game, the player plays a wizard who escaped his own ruined world, only to arrive to a world who has quarreling gods, each trying to become the most powerful. On each of the different levels of the game, the Wizard can choose another God to support, and according to that God you'll get new spells and creatures. After finishing the game, each player will have his own unique set of spells. As said before, this game is a real time strategy game, but unlike the traditional Top-Down view, it features a third-person view (much like Tomb Raider or Oni ), and emphasizes combat rather than resources management. The most important resource, Souls, which is used to summon creatures, can only be obtained through combat- and there's a limited number of souls on the map. The game's multiplayer option is very similar to Blizzard 's Battle.Net- you can log on to the company's chat room and find new players to play with. You can either choose a God to serve (and get all of his creatures) or load one of your Single-player wizards, so you'll have your own unique set."
2472,Side Pocket,"Side vs Pocket, Sidepocket for WonderSwan",1986,7.1,"Simulation, Sports",,North America,"The main objective is to sink balls in each level and reach the predetermined scores to go ahead. But remember: you'll have only several ""lives"" and every error can be lethal. After each stage completed (and some luck), a bonus stage will appear, as well as the chance to earn extra balls. You will only need a good target in the parquet block! Basic version differences:"
2473,OverKill,,1992,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You arrive at your home planet after a long space flight, only to find it has been destroyed by a demonic warlike alien race that kills for sheer pleasure. You are out for revenge. Your single-minded goal is to destroy the Battle Star. But before you reach him, you will have to battle your way through massive planets packed with danger and destruction. You can gain fuel, new weapons, and new parts for your space ship as you play."
2476,NASCAR 2001,,2000,7.4,Racing / Driving,,,"Stunning 3D graphics and visual effects, and real Nascar cars, tracks and lifestyle put you in the driver's seat. Key Features Uses a game engine designed for the PS2 with enhanced graphics, car physics, and challenging computer AI model. Stunning Damage Physics and Effects. Race at Daytona: For the first time, the world center of racing appears in a Nascar Playstation 2 videogame. Race against the pact in the Daytona 500! Authentic Nascar Racing: The real drivers, cars, teams, tracks, sponsers, and rules. Top Drivers: Over 30 drivers including Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Tony Stewart, Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte, Mark Martin, Dale Earnhardt Jr and Bobby Hamilton. More Tracks: Daytona and 13 other Nascar tracks with both day and night racing. Full or ""Track Pack"" Season: Race a full or half Nascar season or choose to compete on track packs: race just on short tracks, road courses, speedways or superspeedways."
2478,Karma: Curse of the 12 Caves,"Karma: Der Fluch der 12 Höhlen, Quest for Karma, Taklamakan: Dunhuang Chuanqi, Taklamakan: Tonkō Denki",1995,5.5,Adventure,,,"A FMV adventure set in the caves of Dun-Huang. A trap was set for a terrible demon. The trap worked all too well as it also trapped the stone cutters that built the trap in the walls of the cave. Its your mission to go in and unlock the stone cutters by solving various puzzles based on Chinese myth and lore. The game uses the same slide show puzzles that made Myst famous. Unlike Myst, you have a mysterious guide who transforms in to a lotus blossom and provides history and explanations for the various puzzles. There is also a help feature that provides clues to how to solve puzzles."
2479,Taz,"Asterix, Taz: Starring the Tasmanian Devil!",1983,6.6,Action,Arcade,,"Taz (the Tasmanian Devil) is going on a feeding frenzy!! Hamburgers, root beers, ice cream cones, tomatoes, apple cores, and other foods will all fly by on the screen, and Taz needs to eat as many of these as he can to earn points. But mixed in with the tasty foods are sticks of dynamite! If Taz accidentally eats the dynamite, he will explode and lose a life. As Taz eats food, the levels will become faster and faster and feature more dynamite mixed in with the food."
2486,F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0,,1991,7.9,Simulation,,"Contemporary, Middle East","The sequel to F-19 Stealth Fighter - take America's premiere stealth fighter out for a spin in several battle areas, including the Persian Gulf, Cuba, and even Vietnam. There are various scenarios for each, with air-to-air or ground missions, in ""cold war"" and full-scale war situations. Players can build up their pilot ranks through completed missions and medals. The game actually has two flight modes. In the ""authentic"" mode, you have only 2 weapon bays, but you have higher stealth rating. In the ""theoretical"" mode, you have 4 weapon bays like F-19 Stealth Fighter, but your plane is easier to detect due to a lower stealth rating."
2497,Conquered Kingdoms,,1992,6.3,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"It's all out war against the computer, another person or via the internet! It's got EVERYTHING; humans, dragons, wizards, other creatures. Then you choose the map you want or have a randomly generated one made for you. The difference between this and other Risk -type games is that you have to take into consideration you MUST have commodities to continue your army's growth. Therefore you must gather as much gold, wood, etc. to keep your army going strong and to continue to build it up. On top of that, you must conquer as many towns, castles and fortifications as possible before the turn limit runs out."
2498,Awesome Earl in SkateRock,"Arcade SkateRock, Awesome Earl!: Starring in SkateRock, Skate Rock Simulator, SkateRock",1986,6.3,"Action, Sports",,,"Skate Rock is a side-scroller similar to Paperboy only on a skateboard. You must navigate the streets and sidewalks, collecting flags before the time runs out to complete each level, dodging pedestrians, cars, and obstacles along the way. If and when you make it through all 10 levels, you will at last join the coveted ranks of the Slime Rat Skaters! Skate Rock was one of the earliest skateboarding video games, capturing the feel of 80s street skateboarding."
2506,King of the Monsters,"ACA NeoGeo: King of the Monsters, AkeAka NeoGeo: King of the Monsters",1991,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Sci-fi / futuristic,"King of the Monsters is a two player (or one player vs. computer) fighting game, in which the players take control of two gargantuan monsters (like Godzillas) and battle it out in different city locations. The city gets gradually destroyed as the two creatures fight it out. The players can also interact with the scenery by picking up boats and such, to use as weapons against the other player."
2509,Silent Hunter,,1996,7.7,Simulation,,"Asia, Historical events, Oceania, World War II","Silent Hunter is a World War II U.S. Fleet Submarine Combat Simulator. As a commander of a U.S. submarine in the Pacific Theatre, from Pearl Harbor to the end of the war, you have a variety of submarines from which to choose and your task is simple, sink as much enemy tonnage as possible. One can play historical missions, hypothetical encounters or the career based campaign game. There are 9 patrol zones,from the Solomons to the Sea of Japan, and many coastal cities, ports and harbors to sneak into on either recon missions or to just sink ships tied up in port. As commander you may receive medals or commendations after especially successful or hazardous missions. Compare your tonnage and kill scores to those of actual commanders of the period and see if you can match up to the best."
2510,Worldwide Soccer: SEGA International Victory Goal Edition,"International Victory Goal, SEGA International Victory Goal, Vgoal",1995,7.5,Sports,,,"International Victory Goal was Sega 's first attempt at a 32-bit soccer game outside the Japanese market, one of the first Saturn sports games released and the predecessor to Worldwide Soccer 97 and 98 Focused on national teams (12, including Italy, Spain, Denmark, Netherlands, England, Argentina, France, USA, Germany, Romania, Belgium and Brazil), the game offers a 2.5D environment (polygonal stadium and sprites for players) and three camera angles (back, isometric and side) with four zooming levels. Modes include Exhibition, World League (either single or double, with 44 matches and a grand final to crown the Grand Champion), S-League (just one round, 11 matches), cup knockout and penalty shootout, the game keeping track of statistical information of each competition. Gameplay is regular arcade, with simplicity being privileged over tactical knowledge or complex controls, with the game offering the possibility to choose between three types of controls. Other options include the ability to choose one of four difficulty levels, length of each half (3, 6 or 15 minutes) and weather conditions (fine, rain or random)."
2511,Road Rash II,"RR2, Road Rash",1992,7.6,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",Arcade,,"A motorcycle racing game with an attitude. You race in varying environments for ever increasing sums of money. With that money you can buy faster and better bikes. There are many objects on the road to watch out for, from cars to rocks to signs, if you hit one you'll go flying and loose valuable time. If you crash too often your bike can get wrecked. You can also attack other racers. The default attack is a punch, but some racers have weapons, which you can steal and use against them. The police patrol the various courses, so if you're not careful you can get busted. Road Rash II is not just a racing game but also a fighting game."
2518,R.O.M. Gold: Rings of Medusa,,1994,7.1,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Managerial / business simulation",Fantasy,"This is a remake of Rings of Medusa Basically identical to the original in gameplay, the remake offers enhanced graphics, hardware supported sound and an improved interface."
2527,Guardian Heroes,,1996,8.0,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)","Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting",Fantasy,"Ages ago, the spirits of Earth and Sky waged war on each other. Neither could win, and eventually the Sky Spirits bestowed some humans with their powers, turning them into wizards and allies in the war. The Earth Spirits were banished into darkness; but the Sky Spirits feared the human wizards and cast them underground as well. Years have passed, and a powerful wizard named Kanon escaped from the gloomy prison and turned the human land into a puppet state trembling before his might. One legendary sword is said to bring an end to Kanon's reign. Four warriors - Han, Randy, Nicole and Ginjirou - retrieved the sword, but knights sent by Kanon are determined to take it away and destroy it at all costs. Aided by the renegade knight Serena, the four heroes must keep the world safe and protect themselves against the onslaught. Guardian Heroes is a hybrid of a side-scrolling beat-em-up and a role-playing game. The four initial player characters are distinguished by their attributes and abilities: Han is a strong fighter who cannot use magic; Randy is a sorcerer who can cast attack spells but is physically more vulnerable; Ginjirou is a ninja-type, agile character; finally, Nicole has weak attacks but can cast healing spells. The fighting mechanic is slightly deeper than in most other games of this type, with light and heavy attacks, special moves (executed the same way as usually in fighting games), magical attacks and the ability to block. Defeating enemies yields experience points, with which the player can upgrade the characters between levels, sharing them between various factors such as strength, speed, constitution and magic resistance. The game has a branching storyline that develops according to the player's selection of stages. There is also a ""Karma"" system that evaluates the player's actions depending on how he or she treats enemies or innocent people in the game world. Even in one-player mode there are always two controllable characters on screen - the player commands the other character by changing his ""mood"" - aggressive, cowardly etc. - of which there are six. On top of this, it is possible to play the game as a more traditional beat-em-up with up to six players (human or AI-controlled); in this mode it is possible to play as any character encountered during the main game mode."
2528,Army Men: Sarge's Heroes,,1999,5.9,Action,Shooter,,"One morning Sarge is resting in his cot when the Tan launch a surprise attack on the Green base. Sarge and the Colonel are forced to retreat just as the base is overrun. But in the chaos, Sarge's entire team of elite soldiers, Bravo Company, has been captured by the Tan. Worse yet, the Tan have made an amazing discovery: blue portals that lead to the real world! They use these portals to take amazing weapons of war from the real world into the plastic world including magnifying glasses, deadly robot action figures, and fire crackers. It's up to you, as Sarge, to rescue your team and put an end to the blue portals and Tan's evil schemes. Control Sarge in this Army Men third-person shooter. You will wage war across Tan-infested territories, both in the real and plastic world. Make Sarge proud as you battle the Tan army across 14 levels, utilizing 13 unique weapons like sky rockets and spray cans. Fight against not only infantrymen, tanks, and helicopters, but also killer toy robots and insects. This third game in the Army Men series adds several new features, including 3DO's unique Plastosheen lighting effects, which give the army men a real-life plastic shine. Also included is a multiplayer mode. Choose your character and even your color and duke it out with your friends. You can choose from many different weapons and battle each other in areas from the game or exclusive multiplayer levels. Even incorporated is the portal system, by which you can enter blue portals and come out anywhere in the level."
2531,A2 Racer IV: The Cop's Revenge,"A2 Racer: De Politie slaat terug, Autobahn Raser III: Die Polizei schlägt zurück!, Hast du eine Chance gegen den Supercop?",2000,5.8,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Part four in the A2 Racer series includes tracks in Amsterdam, Scheveningen, Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna. The gameplay of this game continues that of its predecessors with illegal street races on well known high ways and through major European cities. During the race players will have to collect power-ups like fuel, money and time extensions, while avoiding the police and trying to finish first. This fourth installment features the Havok Physics Engine for improved car physics, handling and collision."
2538,Romancing SaGa 2,,1993,6.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Long ago, seven noble warriors defeated the ultimate evil, and brought peace to the world. But the memory of the humans is short... wars begin, breaking the world's harmony, and now the world is threatened by seven demons. Emperor Leon of Avalon tries to rid the world of the demons. One day, he goes on a treasure hunt, accompanied by his son and heir, Gerard. But the emperor is slain by a horrible monster, and now Gerard, the child of royal blood, has to continue his work. In this game, you control the royal family of Avalon throughout several generations. Unlike the first game where you could play eight different characters from the very beginning of the game, here you play various characters continuously, generation after generation. Each time the old emperor passes away, you'll have to choose a heir for him out of four candidates. The choice of those candidates depends on chance and on your decisions to recruit party members during your reign. You'll learn various techniques during the game and then assign them to your party members (a party contains five active characters). Characters can die permanently, i.e., become unavailable for the rest of the game, in case they lose their life points; each time a character's HP reaches zero in battle, the character loses one life point. Like its predecessor, the game was released exclusively in Japan. The worldwide release on modern platforms in December 2017 saw the game completely translated in English, with updated graphics and audio, new character classes, a new dungeon and a New Game+ feature."
2539,Jet Set Willy II: The Final Frontier,Jet Set Willy: The Final Frontier,1985,6.8,Action,Platform,,"This platform game is the sequel of Jet Set Willy and basically just an extension of the previous game, adding 40 rooms to the existing 64 rooms of its predecessor. The gameplay otherwise remains almost identical, apart from a few minor changes. Upon death, Willy respawns in a specific safe spot rather than at a room's entrance, helping prevent some ""unavoidable infinite death"" scenarios. Jump physics were also modified a bit from the original game. Much like Jet Set Willy the game features copy protection: when the game is loaded, the user is given a reference to the included sheet and has to enter the four colours shown there."
2540,Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands,Bubble Bobble/Rainbow Islands,1996,7.3,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Platform",,"Bubble Bobble : One or two players can simultaneously attempt to save their friends in this re-release of the 1987 classic puzzle/action game. Players blow bubbles to trap enemies. When they pop the bubbles, fruit comes out and the players compete for the points. If they don't pop the bubbles in time, the enemies escape and become faster. Rainbow Islands : Rainbow Islands is the sequel to Bubble Bobble. Instead of bubbles, you create rainbows. The highly versatile rainbow can be used as bridges, as platforms, or as a weapon. You can shoot a rainbow at an enemy, you can trap it inside, or you can drop a rainbow on an enemy from above. Offers a choice of original or enhanced graphics."
2542,Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge,"Samurai Spirits: Amakusa Kourin, Samurai Spirits: Amakusa Kourin Special",1996,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Fighting","Fantasy, Japan (Modern/Futuristic)","Bringing a new breath to SNK's swordsman fighting series, this 4th installment marks the return of 3 classic characters (Yagyu Jubei, Charlotte and Tam Tam, now with updated stuff), introduces 2 newcomers for the pantheon (the brothers Sogetsu Kazama and Kazuki Kazama) and brings some new backgrounds. In spite of these little improvements, the game preserved (and improved a lot) many elements that did the previous one ( Samurai Shodown III: Blades of Blood ) a quite popular title, like the dodge move and the chance to choose between two versions of the fighter: the standard one and an alternative dark-styled one (SLASH and BUST, respectively). With the intention to provide more action in the battles, the ""No Contest"" moves were introduced, working in similar way (and under certain conditions) to the Mortal Kombat games Your fighter will execute an ultimate-slaughter move in a stunned opponent."
2543,Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness,,2000,7.2,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness is a combination of classic Pac-Man (or in this case, Ms. Pac-Man) action, maze exploration and Sokoban-like puzzle elements. Players take on the role of Ms. Pac-Man and have to save Pac-Land once again. Although the game is in full 3D, players can only move along designated paths. The four Wonders, mystical regions separated from the rest of Pac-Land by force fields, contains four Gems of Virtue: Generosity, Truth, Wisdom and Courage, each holding enough power to help keep Pac-Land safe from evil. However, an unknown enemy has transformed the Enchanted Castle into a haunted house, in turn starting a chain reaction of evil all around Pac-Land and the four Wonders. It is up to Ms. Pac-Man to enter the 3D designed worlds of the four Wonders and put the evil to rest for good."
2549,AirCars,,1997,5.3,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","AirCars takes place in the future after a nuclear holocaust. The large organization E.B.N.E.R.S. is plotting to take over the world and has developed advanced forcefield and teleportation systems, and nuclear powered AirCars. To stop the plot, your group steals plans, builds its own AirCar, and sets out to destroy all of the bases, 28 known and countless unknown ones, stationed around the globe. You can choose to play a single player game, the 2-player game using a JagLink, or up to 8 players using ICD's CatBoxes. On screen and on radar, each player's AirCar is displayed in a different color to help identify the good guys from the bad guys. There are 3 difficulty settings. You will be using the cockpit's instrument panel to fly the AirCar, select weapons and view radar, as well as combating the enemy in the air and shooting ground targets. Features include true 3D sound, a computer voice (which can be turned off if desired), and music during the introduction and level intermissions."
2551,Grand Theft Auto: Director's Cut,"Double Feature: GTA/GTA Mission Pack #1: London 1969, GTA: Director's Cut, Grand Theft Auto: Double Feature, Grand Theft Auto: The Director's Cut",1999,6.5,Compilation,,,Includes full version of Grand Theft Auto as well as its London 1969 mission pack.
2554,Artillery Duel,"Duelo Artilleria, Duelo de Artilleria",1982,5.8,Strategy / tactics,Artillery,,"In this two player game each player controls an artillery gun set in a mountain landscape with the goal of destroying the other player. Players take turns firing at each other; on each turn you have a limited amount of time in which the barrel angle and powder level can be set in order to control the direction and distance of the shot. When deciding on your shot, you will need to take the current conditions into account, which includes wind speed/direction and any mountains that may get in your way. Successfully destroying your opponents gun will earn you a point, and the first player to reach the set number of points wins the game. There are multiple skill levels available which set the amount of time you have to make a shot."
2560,Mutant Rampage: Bodyslam,,1994,6.3,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting",,"Mutant Rampage: Bodyslam is a 2D beat 'em up game for the CD-i. In the year 2068 mutants have taken over the Earth. It is up to the player to kick some mutant butt in this side scrolling game. There are three different playable characters, two muscular men and a woman. It is also possible to change character at various spots in the game. There are various different types of mutants to fight against such as a woman who hits you with her giant breasts, a man who farts in your face, spitting cavemen, and mutants who fight on even after literally losing their heads. Some mutants cacry weapons which they drop after they are defeated, which allows to player to make good use for them. Levels are ended by killing off a final boss."
2566,Drug Wars,Crime Patrol 2: Drug Wars,1993,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,Drug Wars is another in the long line of traditional American Laser Games arcade-conversion shooters. It's a straightforward FMV shooter game in which you fight the usual gang of not-so-law-abiding citizens in a typical small town.
2568,Take No Prisoners,,1997,7.3,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Take No Prisoners is a top-down 3D shooter that takes place in a post-apocalyptic environment. The player controls Slade, a mercenary recruited by The Man to retrieve a special crystal from a mysterious dome, deep in the irradiated hell-hole of San Antonio, Texas. As the story progresses, the player collects data files from computers and dead enemies, System Shock -style, and places them in a Personal Data Device. There are over twenty areas in the game, which can be explored on foot or using ATVs, hovercrafts, or sewer boats, in a largely non-linear fashion. The enemies vary from obsessed cultists wielding laser swords to mechanical warriors who use shoulder-mounted lasers."
2582,Persian Gulf Inferno,"North Sea Inferno, The North Sea Inferno",1989,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Middle East,"The story is told quick enough: in 1990, terrorists capture the world's largest oil reserve and threaten to blow up an atomic bomb if their demands are not met. You are (as always) the only hope of mankind and so on. Persian Gulf Inferno is a side scrolling action/shooting game. You control your character, who is at first equipped with a handgun and two explosives, around the oil rig, shooting terrorists left & right and trying to disarm the bomb before it goes boom. You can of course aquire more weapons like the SPA-S semi shotgun and machine guns."
2585,Mega Blast,,1995,7.2,Action,Arcade,,"Mega Blast is a game based upon simple rules popularized by such classic titles like Dyna Blaster or Bomberman A couple of players are placed in a maze and each of them have time-bombs at disposal. The goal is to eliminate adversaries; players can achieve this by detonating an explosive when enemy is in its range. The walls and obstructions will initially make it difficult for you to move, but most of them are not resistant to explosions, so you can blast your way through. When you knock down a part of the maze, it may reveal a hidden bonus, like increased firepower, additional bombs, and so on. The most important thing, and the core concept of the game, is that bombs have delayed explosion time. You have to be very careful and pay attention where you place them, so that it won't turn out later that not only you did no harm to your enemy, but took your own life instead. Mega Blast also introduces such new gameplay features as: Flying bombs. The player has a possibility to throw them in four directions. Bombs are bouncing off themselves and screen edges, exploding when they reach other bombs' field of fire, or spontaneously, after some time. This offers many new possibilities and enriches gameplay strategy. Bonuses. Apart from standard bonuses (prizes found under destroyed walls) such as increased fire range, or additional bombs, the game introduces surprise items. Those may have a positive effect (ability for the player to walk through walls, increased moving speed, unlimited fire range) as well as a quite undesirable one (bombs spontaneously falling out of player's hands, exchange of places with another character, or mixed up controls)."
2591,Dark Sceptre,,1987,7.0,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"The game is set in the Isles of the Western Sea, where the Lord of the Isles has forged the Dark Sceptre to defeat the invading Northlanders, but they seized the Sceptre and absorbed its power, becoming the Lords of the Shadow. The isles are now gripped by evil and ruled by the Sceptre, and the forces of the Isles must find and destroy the Dark Sceptre itself. Dark Sceptre is essentially a small-scale real-time strategy game. There are seven teams of warriors roaming the Isles, each indicated by a colour. Umbrarg's Warriors are the Shadow Lords, and are red, while white marks your own team. The five sets of fighters in between should begin the game neutrally, and both you and the Shadow Lords can try to beat or befriend these warriors, as you see fit. Each team is made up of men of various qualities, from Thanes to Thralls. The Thane is the team commander, without whom the entire company will be more readily defeated. A Thrall is a simple underling, a pawn in comparison to other more complex characters like Mystics, Heralds, Savages and Assassins. Each has its own style of headwear, such as crowns, turbans and helmets. You have indirect control over your forces, able to tell them to scan an area for hostile warriors, keep an eye out for them, or carry out various orders. You can follow, protect, threaten or ambush warriors, use spells such as Charm and Petrify (turn to stone), or give or use objects."
2598,Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord,"CM: Beyond Overlord, CMBO, Combat Mission",2000,7.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,"Europe, Historical events, World War II","Join American, British, Polish, French, Canadians, or the German army in WW2, from Invasion of France to the end of the war in this hybrid tactical wargame. Control 50 heavy weapons, 126 vehicles, 45 types of terrain, and 50 missions. Mission editor is included, limited only by your imagination. See all your units move and fight in full 3D, in a turn-based/simultaneous execution format. The latest version adds TCP/IP multiplayer support!"
2600,Black Gold,,1991,7.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Interwar,"In this managerial simulation you work as a coal miner, and build up your coal empire. The game starts in 1900 and ends normally in 1933. One round in the game is like 1 month in real-time. You start with a small amount of money, buying workers and materials for your own coal miner career. You can choose from 3 difficulty levels (easy, normal, hard) and several aims in the game: building up a predetermined cash limit or predetermined coal limit, or play any chosen amount of months. You can carry on sabotage, cause mine disasters, demoralize the mine workers and more to beat your opponents (human or computer)."
2618,World Hockey 95,Alex Dampier Pro Hockey 95,1995,5.2,Sports,,,"World Hockey 95 is an ice hockey game focusing on international matches. The player can choose to control any of the leading national ice hockey teams in the world, and compete against other countries. The game has three play modes: practice, exhibition, and tournament. The player can train his team and swap players to make it more efficient in the upcoming tournament. The matches themselves are viewed from an isometric perspective."
2619,Aufschwung Ost,"Aufschwung Ost Deluxe, Berlin après la chute",1993,7.3,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Germany, November 9th 1989: The Berlin Wall has fallen. Now it is up to the player to organize and manage the ""Aufschwung Ost"" (German for ""Upturn East"" in reference to Eastern Germany, the former GDR) in this political business sim. Gameplay takes place on two scales: A large scale (East Germany) for power plants, highways and other infrastructure and a smaller, SimCity-like city-scale for specific buildings. Besides the historic ""East Germany - 1989"" scenario there six more, each with different problems (high pollution, national debt,...). None of them has a ""goal"" though so the game goes on forever (unless you decide to resign or you're kicked out of office due to bad work)."
2622,Mega Man 4,"Mega Man IV, Rockman Complete Works: Rockman 4: An Evil New Ambition!!",1991,7.6,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Mega Man 4 Dr. Wily is declared as having been killed by the explosion of Gamma. A year passes and Rock, Roll, and Dr. Light are living in peace. But soon, the peace is broken by a new threat. A supposed colleague of Dr. Light's, the mysterious Dr. Cossack, has sent out eight of his own Robot Masters to find Mega Man, whom Cossack blames for the kidnapping of his daughter. Mega Man, hoping to clear his name, sets out to find Dr. Cossack, this time armed with a powerful new weapon: the Mega Buster. Mega Man must now battle with Cossack's fiendish Robot Masters and find Cossack's daughter before it's too late. Gameplay-wise, this installment is similar to the previous game in the series. Like before, Mega Man has to complete eight stages, defeating their robotic bosses and acquiring their weapons as a reward. He retains his abilities to jump, shoot, climb, and slide. His dog can be transformed to access different area types. A new addition is the Mega Buster weapon, which can be charged to produce powerful shots."
2629,Jumpin' Jack,,1982,7.1,Action,Arcade,,"A Frogger clone from Livewire Software. As usual, your goal is to safely guide the frog across the road, avoiding the cars, jumping on the turtles and tree trunks across the river and land safely in one of the five slots on the other shore. The C64 and MSX versions add a pseudo-isometric effect to the graphics, as well as a female frog and an insect to be eaten for bonus points. After all five slots are filled up, the gameplay repeats, but faster."
2634,The Neverending Story,,1985,6.8,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The Neverending Story is a text adventure based on the movie by Wolfgang Petersen (rather than the novel by Michael Ende ). The world of Fantasia is about to be destroyed by the ""All-consuming Nothing"", it needs someone from the ""Real World"" to believe in it again in order to be saved from falling into oblivion. The player takes control of the young hero Atreyu who is the only one who can find the savior of Fantasia. The game uses different pictures to show the player's current location as well as the items he is holding, which companions are with him and any events that might be taking place. The game's parser has been deliberately kept simple (it has a vocabulary of about 40 words) in order to allow more room for the game data."
2641,Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp,"Dragon's Lair II, Dragon's Lair II: La Máquina del Tiempo",1991,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Quick Time Events (QTEs), Timed input",Fantasy,"Time Warp is the sequel to the original Dragon's Lair arcade game. Players once again play Dirk the Daring, the brave and dashing knight, who, with a little bit of skill and a lot of luck, must once again rescue his princess, Daphne. This time, Daphne has been kidnapped through a ""wrinkle in time"" by the evil wizard Mordroc and it's up to Dirk to rescue her before she is forced into marriage. The PlayStation 3 and the iPhone version have an original game mode as well as a Director’s Cut with a different ending that was not featured in the original arcade version. The Macintosh version also contains the Director's Cut ending. In the Watch Game mode the entire game can be viewed in full as a movie without input from the player."
2645,The Terminator: Rampage,,1993,6.9,Action,Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Terminator: Rampage is Bethesda 's third Terminator -licensed game, and is a standard first-person corridor crawler. In Rampage the corrupt defense system SkyNet again finds itself overrun by the human Resistance, and again manages to send a robot into the past to preserve its future existence. Sent to 1984, this time it is the monstrous ""Meta-Node;"" a machine explicitly designed for infiltration and construction. Four years after landing, this Meta-Node has managed to completely capture Cyberdyne's Cheyenne Mountain complex and uses the armored bunker to start building a fledgling SkyNet, and legions of Terminator robots to protect it. The player takes command of a human Resistance commando, sent into the past and directly into the entrance of a machine-controlled Cheyenne Mountain. The player must scour each level, searching for upgraded clearance cards, weapons, ammunition, and health. Meanwhile, the full contingent of SkyNet's modern forces try to stop him, from flying drones and floating mines, to disguised Terminators posing as civilians. The player must locate parts to assemble a prototype ""V-TEC"" plasma rifle, battle through to the final level of the complex, and destroy the Meta-Node to secure victory for humankind."
2648,Front Page Sports: Ski Racing,"DSF Ski, Sierra Sports Ski Racing",1997,6.1,Sports,,,"Front Page Sports: Ski Racing simulates the four World Cup skiing variants: Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super Giant Slalom and Downhill. The game focuses on a realistic gameplay, so there are more maneuvers necessary then just steering the skis in the right direction. The player also has to edge his turns and prepare for the jumps. Other tricks like back flips can be performed while jumping but there is no playing mode which utilizes them. The six courses are based on real ones: four American and two European. In the training mode the player can familiarize himself with the courses as well as setting the wind, weather and snow. The season mode offers multiple races, either in one or all skiing variants, in which points are rewarded for the most successful skier. Who has the most at the end of the season wins the Sierra-Cup."
2649,Sanity: Aiken's Artifact,Aiken's Artifact,2000,7.3,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Dr. Joan Aiken had discovered a way to inject a special serum into the human brain, which will grant this human powerful psychic abilities, known as ""talents"". Since only little babies were able to absorb the serum properly, it was injected to twin brothers, Cain and Abel, in a scientific project called ""Children of Tomorrow"". When they grew up, the children took different paths. Cain joined a special law enforcement group, while Abel walked away and stepped into the world of crime. Years later, a radical organization known as Eye of Ra emerges, with the only goal to sabotage Children of Tomorrow project - according to them for ethical reasons. Cain's first mission is to infiltrate their headquarters and deal with their leader. Sanity is an action game with puzzle-solving elements. There is also a role-playing element present in card-collecting and upgrading the talents. The game is heavy on combat, which is mostly ranged, involving Cain either shooting or using the psychic powers. The talents are classified into groups, such as Fire, Sun, Illusion, Science, Demonology, etc. In each group, there are many talents Cain can learn, which range from offensive and supporting combat spells to abilities needed to solve puzzles (such as levitating, pushing heavy objects, etc.). The game has fully 3D graphics with top-down perspective, similarly to Metal Gear Solid"
2654,Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball,,1995,6.3,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Baseball player Frank Thomas licensed one of the first baseball games to use motion-captured 3D graphics and multiple camera angles. 28 stadia have been rendered in 3D, and each has its own visible and significant differences. There are 6 distinct game modes, allowing for single exhibition matches as well as full seasons on the playoffs. There is also a Home Run Derby mode, allowing the player to pelt the ball out of the ground for points. You can choose pitchers and batters, based on their statistics and form. Bowling options are set to define the delivery, with fastballs and curveballs as well as more precise setting of pace and height. Fielding is optional - it's best to leave this to the computer at first You can always alter the infield and outfield depth and shift."
2657,Phoenix 3,,1995,6.3,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Phoenix 3 is a sci-fi adventure with two completely different gameplay styles. Half the game is a slow-paced side-scrolling shooter, the other half is 3D space combat, similar to Wing Commander. Phoenix 3 features live-action video cutscenes that unfold the story. Most of the game takes place on the planet Galearth. Galearth has been at peace for centuries but is now threatened by alien invaders known as the Gral. It is up to you, Derek Freeman, to uncover an ancient weapon known as the Talon that can defeat the Gral."
2658,Urban Champion,"3D Classics: Urban Champion, Arcade Archives: Urban Champion, Urban Champion-e, Vs. Urban Champion",1984,4.5,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Two rival characters meet up one day on the city streets and arrange a fight. Both characters will start in the middle with two blocks on either side of them leading to an open manhole. The first person to knock the other into the open manhole is the winner. Only punches are allowed, although obstacles such as falling flower pots can occur and give one player the advantage. Also, everyone is to look innocent should the police drive by. This is a very early and simplistic fighting game. As mentioned, each player can only punch the other, trying to knock them off the screen and towards one of the waiting manholes."
2659,Autobahn Total,"Autobahn Total Challenge, Autostrada Race, Crazy Highway",1999,4.5,Racing / Driving,,,"Race the clock or other German road racers on the infamous German Autobahn, where speed is not limited. Up to 32 different highway segments, 10 different levels of difficulty, and different time of day and weather conditions provides new challenges. Alternatively you can generate a random track that is different every time you play. Autobahn Total is an arcade racer that lets you drive on the German Autobahn from city to city, either in time trial mode, or against an AI car."
2661,Steel Beasts,,2000,7.7,"Action, Simulation",,,"A tank simulation that takes place in the present age. You fight in Kuwait, Europe, Korea and other locales.There are two tanks the player can control, playing from the gunner or tank commander's position: America's M1A1 Abrams and Germany's Leopard 2A4."
2664,Aliens,,1990,6.9,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,Aliens is an arcade game based loosely on the 1986 movie Aliens. You and a friend play female Marines and you must explore and destroy all aliens who have taken over a now abandoned space settlement LV426 Acheron. If you can find any survivors try to rescue them. As well as your normal gun there are other weapons that can be used to help you. A Caterpillar P-5000 can also be found and used. Aliens is mainly a side view horizontal shooter where the screen scrolls as you move from left to right. Some parts of the game require you to look behind the hero firing into the screen as aliens come towards from the distance as well as moving in other directions like in a lift. You can also be driving into the screen trying to shoot aliens.
2665,Soccer Kid,"Great Soccer Kid, Soccer Kid: Feets of Fury!!, The Adventures of Kid Kleets",1993,7.7,Action,Platform,,"Aliens attempting to steal the World Cup have crashed as they tried to flee, and the Cup has been broken, its pieces scattered around the globe. As Soccer Kid, you must retrieve it. During your journey, you will visit Britain, Italy, Russia, Japan, and finally, the United States. Soccer Kid is a platform game with some unique elements. As the name implies, you have to kill your enemies with your ball. Football-style tricks of keeping the ball in the air and under control are especially useful - headers and overhead kicks can be played with practice. You gain access to the pieces by collecting 11 Player Cards across each world. There is a saving feature that gives you the ability to save between each country (but not between individual levels)."
2667,Mercs,"Senjō no Ōkami II, Wolf of the Battlefield: Mercs",1990,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Africa,"Mercs is a shoot 'em up influenced by Ikari Warriors You are an anti-terrorism soldier, and must rescue a former President from a Central African revolutionary gang. You run through each of the 8 levels, which primarily scroll horizontally, shooting everyone before they can shoot you. At times you will have to shoot trees and other scenery to progress. Finding strategic placings is important, especially as you can't shoot while on water. Most of the time you are on foot, but at times you can hijack vehicles of shot foes. There are improved weapons, smart bombs and energy recharges to collect. Each of the 8 levels ends with a large vehicle requiring multiple shots to destroy."
2668,Amegas,,1987,7.2,Action,Paddle / Pong,,"Amegas is a Breakout variant which conforms to, and expands on the play mechanics of the established Arkanoid canon. The basic lay remains to control a bat which slides back and forth at the bottom of the screen. Stacks of coloured bricks are arranged in patterns above. The object is being to bounce a ball to hit the bricks to make them disappear. Some bricks’ require multiple hits to destroy - visually indicated by dots shown on the face. Some special bricks are distinguished from others by unique icons, e.g. one with a’ skull’ will result in a loss of life if hit by the ball, or one with an ‘x’ mark will cause new bricks to spawn & spread. At times bricks will yield colour-coded pickups which topple down and may be caught, resulting in a special power-up feature being given. A unique play facet presented here is that power-ups’ are not activated automatically, but rather are reserved - The player may utilise the last power-up collected upon clicking the right mouse button, this remains true even if a ball is lost."
2669,World Games,,1986,6.5,"Action, Sports",,,"World Games is an Olympics-style sports game with arcade-oriented gameplay. The events players can compete in include: In the Sega Master System version, there is only four events:"
2670,Anpfiff: Der RTL Fussball-Manager,,2000,5.4,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Anpfiff: Der RTL-Fussballmanager is a managerial soccer simulation with a catch: instead of a whole team the player only takes care of one player and, similar to an RPG, increases his stats with matches and training. When he is retired he takes the traditional role as coach or manager. Then the player has all the usual options available: setting the training, buying and selling players, searching sponsors and so on. The in real-time calculated matches are shown in a isometric perspective and the player can give orders like tactical changes or substituting players. The game features 54 leagues with ca. 20.000 players but without a license."
2671,Ultima Online,,1997,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),Massively Multiplayer,Fantasy,"The first game to popularize the Persistent Online World, Ultima Online is a online RPG world that borrows its story from the Ultima series of games Gamers create their virtual citizens of Britannia to follow a multitude of paths. The game is open-ended to provide all flavors of an RPG, whether it be a warrior, mage, or merchant. The game is presented top-down, and the game world is broken up of a huge mainland, and a number of islands. Just like in most RPGs, characters are advanced through skill, gained by fighting monsters in dungeons, or practicing a craft (or both). Magic is done by collecting ""reagents"". The mage's skill determines what level of spell he/she can cast. A huge variety of spells and potions are available. Items and weapons of almost every kind populate the land. The game uses gold currency to carry out transactions. Trades can also be conducted between players. The game cost $10 a month to play. There are a variety of servers to play on, each allowing you to have 5 characters. Constant updates are made available to further enhance the product."
2678,Mega Maze,,1993,6.7,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Mega Maze is a video game approach to the real-life games where you would turn a platform of a maze with a metal ball to miss the holes and reach the middle with a few twists. You control a steel ball, being chased by enemies balls who can destroy you by blowing up when they touch you. You also have to avoid explosive traps, trap doors and electric sensors. You can even make dummy balls to attract the enemy balls or use them to set on a switch to keep weight on it, giving you time to get through a trap without being caught. It features 75 levels, each with either with one maze clear up to three mazes."
2679,Merchant Prince,,1993,7.4,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"Merchant Prince is an historical trading simulation set in the Renaissance and the golden age of Venice. Here, you play the role of one of the wealthy merchants in the period, wielding not only economic power but also political, religious and military. The main work in MP is managing your trade routes, warehouses and commodities. You count on ships and land caravans to transport a wide variety of commodities, trying to buy low and sell where the price is high. The map (either historical or random) looks very much like Civ (top-down, tiles and cities). Apart from making money, you can expand your influence in the Senate (bribing senators and pointing them Ministers), or the Church (bribing cardinals, struggling for be the Pope) with all the possibilities it opens (conduct treason accusations against your opponents or calling a Holy Crusade, for example). You can also hire mercenaries (known as “condotieri”) to attack your enemies or force cities to open for commerce, or become a sponsor of the arts. Also there are more “subtile” arts to be used, as assassinations… but beware of being caught. Your goal is to be the richest and most influential player at the end of the game (which can be set to end at diverse number of turns, each of one representing a year; the game must end anyway maximum at 1492), being a key indicator your Popularity rating."
2680,Maximum Pool,"3-D Ultra Maximum cueball, Maximum Pool: The Pool Hall Comes Home",2000,6.3,Sports,,,"Play the various variants of Pool (snooker, 8-ball, billiards, and more) with 1-4 players (online or hotseat or AI). Multiple levels of difficulty, various options to ease you into the game such as auto-aim. There's even some weird tables and weird balls for you to try. Very decent graphics enhance the gameplay."
2684,Arcatera: The Dark Brotherhood,"Arcatera: Die Dunkle Bruderschaft, Arcatera: La Confrérie des Ombres, Arcatera: Mroczne Bractwo",2000,6.0,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Something is rotten in the quiet medieval town of Senora. A mysterious Dark Brotherhood seems to have taken control over the town, and it's the player character's job to discover the identity of the villains and liberate the inhabitants. Arcatera is a role-playing game. Much of the gameplay is dedicated to exploring the town and its surroundings, talking to people and gathering information that will advance the story. The player can choose to start the game as any of the four available characters: a fighter, a thief, a magician, and a monk. Besides influencing combat abilities, each of the characters also has his/her own background story. Combat is of the ""real-time-with-pause"" variety; the player must select commands from a menu to act in combat. The game has a developed conversation system, with NPCs having their own ""moods"", which make them react differently to the player's dialogue choices, and even losing patience and abandoning conversation altogether. It features 3D characters and pre-rendered backgrounds. There is a time limit of three weeks."
2687,Fantasy Zone,"3D Fantasy Zone, 3D Fantasy Zone: Opa-Opa Brothers, SEGA AGES: Fantasy Zone",1986,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Fantasy Zone is a solar system consisting of eight brightly colored, fantastic planets. The evil Menons are trying to take over all of the planets in the Fantasy Zone by using misappropriated foreign currency to build their forces. It is the player's job to recover all of the coins and save the solar system! Fantasy Zone is an arcade style shooter for one or two players. The goal is to destroy all of the creatures on each planet and collect as many of the lost coins as possible. To be allowed to battle the boss of a level player will have to locate with the help of their radar ten of the enemy bases and destroy them. The boss enemy that will then have to be defeated before moving on to the next world. At various points in the game, the player will be able to find a parts shop, which allows purchasing improvements for his spaceship, including better weapons and faster engines. Some differences worth noting when between the original arcade version and its ports are: This version also has an unlockable Upa-Upa mode where the player controls Opa-Opa’s brother. In this mode, weapons can be switched on the fly, with the penalty being that each shot will cost the player coins. The game also has a unique ending which differs from the original version. Another unlockable in this game will replace two of the Arcade version bosses with the Sega Master System's versions bosses."
2693,Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,"50 por 15: ¿Quiere ser millonario?, Chi Vuol Essere Miliardario, Haluatko miljonääriksi?, Hvem vil være Millionær?, Qui Veut Gagner Des Millions, Quiz $ Millionaire, Vem vill bli miljonär?, Wer wird Millionär, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: 1st Edition, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?",2000,6.0,Puzzle,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"This version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is similar to the 1999 version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire but localized to the European market. The game is based on the hit TV quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? PC and Console games players can now experience for themselves the excitement and tension of the TV show as they try and win one million virtual pounds. The UK version of the game features audio clips of the TV show's host Chris Tarrant, who will be asking the questions, giving the answers, and of course, uttering the famous line, ""Is that your final answer?""; other localized versions have different hosts/voices, in addition to using questions suitable for each country."
2704,Tux Racer,,2000,7.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"A unique game starring Tux, the Linux penguin. Tux Racer lets you take on the role of Tux the Linux penguin as he races down steep, snow-covered mountains. Enter cups and compete to win the title! Tux Racer includes a variety of options for gameplay, including the ability to race courses in fog, at night, and under high winds. You can also make your own courses with a graphics program such as The GIMP."
2707,Championship Hockey,,1994,5.4,Sports,,,"Championship Hockey is an Ice Hockey game where players can play International level matches between the 22 available nations in ether in one match or elimination playoffs. The game is played from a birds eye view from over the top one side of the hockey rink's goals with a camera that scrolls up and down the length of the hockey rink. The player can play 5, 10, or 20 minute periods (3 in each game, not done in real time). There is a total of 6 players on the ice for each team, five that the player can take control of plus the CPU controlled goaltender. When the player hasn't got the puck the player can cycle though the available players or make the selected player move faster. To challenge the opponent for the puck, all the player has to do is be near the player with the puck. When the player is in control of the puck the player has the option of shooting for a goal or passing to another player. If the player has the penalties option turned on, penalties like Cross Check (pushing an opponent into the wall), Hooking (holding a player back), Roughing (striking another player) result in a player been sent of for 2 game minutes. There are 3 game modes available been Regular Season, New Playoff, and Best Of 7. Regular season is one match between two countries of the player's choice. New Playoff is where 16 teams play in an elimination contest where the last team standing wins (4 games total). Best Of 7 is where 16 teams play and the first team to get 4 victories wins."
2708,Final Zone,FZ Senki Axis,1990,6.1,Action,,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","It is 100 years into the future. Nuclear weapons, missiles and other weapons of mass destruction are banned, but a new piece of military hardware is about to shape the future. The N.A.P. (New Age Power-Suit), is the newest weapon, a mechanical tank, able to destroy anything in its path. You play as a soldier of the El Shiria Military's ""Undead"" unit named Howie Bowie (no joke) as you are about to go on a urgent mission to destroy your enemies, The Bloody Axis, before they can strike at your nation. Using the newest N.A.P., the K-19 Phantom, you are dispatched to destroy them before it is too late. You can equip your N.A.P. with up to 14 different weapons including flamethrowers and landmines and has seven stages, fighting your way on the streets, through deserts and up to the Axis HQ and finally a mech-to-mech battle with the enemy."
2719,Flanker 2.0,"Flanker 2.0 - The Combat Flight Simulator, Flanker 2.0: La simulation de combat aérien, Flanker 2.5",1999,7.5,Simulation,,,"Flanker 2.0 is the second major release of SSI's realistic air combat simulator based on the Russian Su-27 & Su-33 Flanker. Like its predecessor the game features a comprehensive simulation of the jets' avionics and weapons systems, with a focus on beyond-visual-range air-to-air combat. Mastery of the Flanker's various radar and weapon systems is essential to the player's survival, a task made all the more difficult by the fact that the instrumentation is entirely labeled in Russian. Improvements for this second release include 3D accelerated texture-mapped graphics and the addition of the Su-33 naval variant of the Flanker. The main difference would be that the Su-27 is a pure air superiority fighter while the Su-33 retains a ground attack role. Beyond that, however, there is little difference between the two planes. The game underwent several updates, culminating in version 2.51. Incremental improvements included flight model and weapons model revisions, graphic and stability enhancements, the addition of wingman commands, and the ability to fly the MiG-29 jet fighter."
2722,Spellbound,Spellbound: A true Graphic Adventure,1985,8.1,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Magic Knight's second game (after Finders Keepers ) sees him travelling through time to rescue 8 people including his tutor Gimbal, who have become locked in time thanks to a faulty spell. In comparison to its predecessor the game has a larger game map, bigger and better graphics and more puzzles. The game invented a whole new control system called Windimation, essentially pioneering the use of icons and windows in adventure games. You control a pointing finger, which can be moved onto each of the menus to reveal sub-menus, which contain the main options for object manipulation. All objects can be examined in detail, which produces a visual display of them, and possible clues as to their usage. You must look after your character's health and energy levels - carrying too many objects will progressively weaken him. You must also look after and direct the trapped characters once you locate them."
2723,Summer Games,"Jogos Olímpicos, Summer Games HD",1984,7.1,"Action, Sports",,,"Summer Games allows up to eight players to compete in a series of summer themed Olympic events. The gameplay is similar to the other entries in Epyx ""games"" series. Each player can choose a country to represent, and then takes turns competing in various events to see who will win the gold medal! The game allows you to compete in all of the events sequentially, choose a few events, choose just one event, or practice an event. The events available vary slightly depending on the platform, and may include:"
2727,John Romero's Daikatana,,2000,7.4,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Hiro Miyamoto, the leader of the Miyamoto clan of martial artists, meets one day a stranger who brings bad news. Kage Mishima, the archenemy of the clan, has stolen the magical sword Daikatana, which allows the one who wields it to bend the fabric of time and change reality. In addition, Mishima's minions kidnap Hiro's friend Mikiko. He must rescue her, travel to different time periods, and put an end to Mishima's ambition. This version of Daikatana is quite different from its PC and console counterpart, being a top-down action game with puzzle-solving, somewhat similar to Zelda games, though with less character customization and more focus on dungeon-crawling. Two companions eventually join Hiro; some of the puzzles can only be solved with their aid. The dungeons, which represent locations of different cultures and time periods, usually conclude with boss fights."
2738,Unlimited Adventures,"Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures, The Heirs to Skull Crag",1993,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Unlimited Adventures allows players to create their own fantasy role-playing games, especially those set in the Forgotten Realms world, similar to Strategic Simulation 's AD&D Gold Box series The game is required to play the worlds created with it. In Gold Box games the player typically controls a party of adventurers, leading them through cities and dungeons (presented in first person perspective), talking to people, finding treasure, buying things in shops, fighting battles, etc. When combat begins, the screen switches to a top-down perspective where the player can control each party member while they fight the opponent. This is also how games created with Unlimited Adventures look. Construction Set The basic elements of each created game (i.e. design) are its modules, that is, the levels that the player will be travelling through. The designer builds the modules by arranging walls and choosing floors and ceilings. Then comes the most important part - setting up the events. The events control everything interesting that happens in the game: combats, text messages, Non-Player Characters (NPCs) joining/leaving the party, the party visiting a temple/shop/tavern, etc. Unlimited Adventures comes with a lot of art, depicting various monsters, characters, items, etc. It is also possible to import own art. There are a lot of pre-made monsters (e.g. goblins, dragons, zombies, etc.) and humanoid enemies (e.g. brigands, bandits, evil mages, etc.), which the designer can edit freely. Unlimited Adventures comes with a complete example design, ""Heirs to Skull Crag""."
2744,Tiny Toon Adventures,,1991,7.6,Action,Platform,,"Tiny Toon Adventures is based on an animated series of the same name. The Tiny Toons are kid versions of the famous Warner Bros. cartoon characters. After (once again) losing an animation festival at Acme Looniversity to Buster Bunny, Montana Max has taken his revenge by kidnapping Babs Bunny and locking her up in his mansion. Now, a single player controlling Buster or any one of his three friends Plucky Duck, Dizzy Devil, and Furball must embark on a rescue mission to save her. There are six side-scrolling platform levels, comprised of three stages each (except for Wackyland which has only one stage). Before each level begins, Shirley the Loon will ask the player which of Buster's three partners should join them on that level. Once the player makes a selection, it cannot be changed. Each of the four available characters have different abilities, so it's important to choose the right partner. Buster begins the game with three lives, but more can be collected by visiting Hamton J. Pig and cashing out 30 carrots each. The game is over when all remaining lives are gone or when Montana Max has been defeated."
2747,K-1 The Arena Fighters,Fighting Illusion: K-1 Grand Prix,1996,5.9,Sports,,,"K-1 The Arena Fighters is a kickboxing game featuring 8 real world K-1 fighters. The game features a 1 player mode, a 2 player VS. mode, a Tournament mode featuring all 8 fighters, and a Team Battle mode. The team battle has 2 teams made up of 3 fighters each facing off against each other in one on one fights. The first team to win 2 out of 3 matches wins the entire team battle. Gameplay consists of two fighters in a boxing ring using high and low punches and kicks to down their opponent. Each fighter can also use their special signature move to hurt their opponent. Each fighter has two meters, one for strength and one for stamina. So the more punches and kicks that are thrown, the less amount of power they start to pack. This means the player is rewarded for timing their attacks because their attacks will be more effective. Also, a well placed hit on their opponent can lead to a flash knock down, which instantly drops the opponent to the canvas."
2749,Arcus Odyssey,Arcus Spirits,1991,7.1,Action,,Fantasy,"Long time ago, an evil sorceress Castomira decided to conquer the world. But a good princess revolted against her, and in a great fight defeated the sorceress. But in order to completely seal the sorceress' powers, the princess had to forge a magic sword. For a long time this sword guarded the peace of the citizens of Arcus. But now the followers of Castomira stole it, and the world is facing a great peril... This is a Gauntlet -like game: lots of action and magic, with items to collects, and many dungeons to free from monsters. The game is also viewed from an isometric perspective, typical for the genre. Choose one of four characters to battle your way through dungeons and castles, or play with a friend in a 2-player mode."
2751,The Rocketeer,The Adventures of The Rocketeer,1991,5.7,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",Interwar,"Based on the Dave Stevens' original comic book series and the movie made by the Walt Disney Company. Participate in several action sequences that mimic the same sequences in the movie, like racing a plane, a shootout in a warehouse, and hand-to-hand combat on top of a flying blimp."
2757,Front Mission: Alternative,,1997,7.5,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,"Africa, Sci-fi / futuristic","The first game in the Front Mission series to take you to the African Continent. The year is 2034 and guerilla fighters are terrorizing local governments in Africa. You are charged with breaking these terrorist organizations with the WAWs (Walking Armored Wanzers) at your disposal. Front Mission Alternative is a variation on the series' standard strategy theme in that you do not control the action, but direct it. You issue orders on a tactical map and your platoons of Wanzers carry them out on their own. Like other Front Mission titles, you can outfit your Wanzers with an assortment of weapons and equipment. Features over 30 missions and multiple endings."
2762,Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Action Game,"Night Breed, Razas De Noche",1990,6.0,Action,Shooter,,"This is the first of a planned trilogy of games based on Clive Barker's movie Nightbreed (the second game was Nightbreed: The Interactive Movie and the third game was never released). This is a side-scrolling action game where Boone must fight his way through Midian, fighting the Sons of the Free and the Berserkers. There are five legs to Boone's quest as listed in the manual: 1) Collect the 3 keys to Midian; one is located on each level. In order to obtain the 3rd key, you must defeat the MASK (although he will subsequently escape). 2) Work your way around the Necropolis and down through Midian to the Nightbreeds' God, BAPHOMET, who will then baptize you. This will enable you to transform into CABAL for short periods of time. CABAL can withstand attack better than BOONE and has greater strength than his alter ego. 3) Open the door to the BERSERKERS chamber. 4) Work your way up to the surface of Midian to free the Breed. They then tell you that the MASK has your girlfriend, LORI. 5) Descend back down and engage in the ultimate battle with the MASK. With victory achieved, you must get back to the surface of Midian where you will be re-united with LORI."
2771,Clusterball,Clusterball: The Future Sports Experience,2000,7.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Try this futuristic sport! Take your craft with special equipment to collect prize balls in the full 3D arena, avoid other players, then drop the balls off at the goal to claim the prizes. In your way are various traps and obstacles, other players, special power-ups and power-downs (tractor beams, control inverter, and more), and more. Play alone or go against friends online!"
2793,Hägar The Horrible,,1991,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"Hägar The Horrible is a Jump'n'Run game based on the popular comics by Dik and Chris Browne. At the beginning of each levels, Hägar's wife Helga gives him a list of items he has to collect in the current stage. Apart from fetching the items, the only goal is to reach the exit. Hägar is equipped with his normal shield and sword to fight enemies, but can also find more powerful extra weapons."
2797,NetStorm: Islands at War,,1997,7.6,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Fantasy,"Know that in a time before memory the floating Islands of Nimbus were one: one sphere of land, one tribe of people, and that our hearts were free of hatred, as they can never be again. The Furies whose brotherhood was balanced and strong collapsed into ferocious jealousies and rage. Thunder who is powerful and proud craved the agility and speed of his brother Wind who longed in turn for the rejuvenating powers of Rain. And the envy spiralled. And the Storm under the land rumbled and grew. It was this battle, which rages still, that tattered our land, tore it into bits, and hurled the pieces into the sky: Nimbus as we know it now. Netstorm: Islands at War is situated in the world of Nimbus, the sky world with floating islands, always at war. In Pyrosphere, the central sphere of Nimbus, you'll square off against your opponents. Your goal is to capture High Priests from your opponent and sacrifice them to the furies. Your own priest is the most valuable unit in the battlefield, it is your ultimate vessel of Knowledge and power from the Furies. You will begin with the priest and your home island, in front of you, a whole map of floating islands awaits for you to conquer. In order to reach them, you will need to build a Temple assigned to one of the Fury, so you can start producing the energy, collect storm power from nearby geysers, build bridges to connect to the other islands, and finally, to produce your war machine in your workshops. There are many different units you can use during the battle, each comes with different attacking range, hp and abilities. They have only one thing the same: they cannot be controlled once they are built, they can be only salvaged. They will attack automatically, so it's up to the player to build them and use the strategy of placement, which is the most important aspect of the game. You can choose to play the campaigns, where you can start learning how to play in very detailed tutorials, or you can skip and practise in priest training missions or play the main campaign. If you think that you are now skilled enough to take challenge from other players, you can move to the multiplayer, the most played part of the game. In multiplayer, you will start in the sphere of Sereni, a peaceful sphere where you can chat with other players, set battles in rings or just fly your island across the sphere zones. When you're ready, join a battle ring and start playing other players. Each multiplayer map is generated randomly, so you will never play the same map again. In each battle, there can be up to 8 players fighting at once. The goal in multiplayer is to secure the map with outposts which can capture the islands to you, attack your enemies and finally find and sacrifice their priests for more powerful units."
2798,Out Run 3-D,Out Run 3D,1988,6.7,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"This edition of the classic driving game takes the original and adds a 3D view, using the Master System's 3D glasses. Little else is modified. You still drive a red Ferrari on a road which forks into more and more levels. The main differences are the levels, which look slightly different, the fact that your Ferrari is slightly smaller than the original Master System conversion, and that there are three new sound tracks to choose from; Midnight Highway, Color Ocean and Shining Wind. The original Magical Sound Shower is still left for the traditionalists. There is also a significantly better graphics and the Beach was restored to the first stage and sluggish Rock Tunnel stage (whose graphics made crippling demands on almost all the home gaming platforms) was replaced by a dark road tunnel instead."
2803,Panther,,1986,6.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Panther is set on the human colony Xenon, which is attacked by aliens. The priority is to evacuate the people, but unfortunately not everyone made it. The player takes the role of a pilot who mans the Panther aircraft to save the last remaining humans. The game is a shooter with an isometric view. The player can move left and right and adjust the height. Reverse is not available and the movement speed depends on the height: the higher, the faster. This is most important when alien attack occurs. They always appear in batches and their shadows indicate their height. Now the player has the choice to evade or to fight back. However, the Panther can only take five hits. To evade people, the player needs to land near them and wait until everyone is in. The game consists of several levels and the last has an additional gameplay mechanic: SAMs. Those mean the player can't fly high enough to go over the skyscrapers; he needs to fly around them. After reaching the evacuation ship the game loops back to the beginning; the goal being to reach a high score by saving many people."
2805,Abandoned Places: A Time for Heroes,,1992,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"In this RPG, you play the role of four heroes whose mission is to save their world, Kalynthia, from the evil arch mage Bronagh. Most of the time, while exploring the overworld, the game is shown in a 2D top-down view. It gives you much freedom: there's more to do than just stick to the main quest. Towns have a static interface where you reach the wished location by pressing the according symbol. e.g. a church for healing up or a sage for hints. During dungeon crawls the game switches to a 3D view and plays similar to Dungeon Master As usual for this kind of game you see the dungeon in a small window while your characters are shown on the right-hand side of the screen. Dungeon sequences are completely in real-time. This includes combat which basically consists of clicking on a character's weapon or magic spell and then clicking on the monster. After every usage of a weapon/spell, you have to wait a certain time until you can use it again."
2819,Burning Fight,"ACA NeoGeo: Burning Fight, AkeAka NeoGeo: Burning Fight",1991,6.6,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"The Castella family from the Metro City started ruining the peaceful city of Osaka with the violent Japanese group, ""Heiwa-gumi"". To stop the fight, Metro police detectives dispatched two dangerous characters, Duke and Billy, to Japan. With the support of the famous Japanese detective Ryu, they decided to rush into the enemy's fortress. Ruthless violence in the neon lights of Osaka. Will there be an end to this war? Burning Fight is a side-scrolling street-fighting game similar to Final Fight As Duke, Billy, or Ryu, you must fight your way through the various locations in Osaka. At the start of the game, you can only use your fists to deal with gangs, but by breaking things like phone booths and street signs along the way, you can get new weapons and more health. At the end of each location, you will have to defeat a boss in order to continue the mission."
2829,Death Sword,"Barbarian, Barbarian: Der mächtigste Krieger, Barbarian: El Guerrero Definitivo, Barbarian: Le Guerrier Absolu, Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior, Battle Sword",1987,7.3,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"The evil magician Drax is terrorizing the jeweled city and cast a spell over the beautiful princess Marina who is forced to obey him. From the lands to the north, a hero is sent to help the city and free the princess. He is Gorth, the strongest of the barbarian warriors. With his sword in hand, he has to beat eight of Drax's best warriors and at last the magician himself. He will fight them in the woods, on the mountaintop, in the dungeon... finally reaching Drax's palace itself. This is essentially a one- or two-player fighting game where you control a big barbarian and fight another player or a computer AI. There are several kinds of hits, and some hits take off half a point while others take off a whole point. Each player has six of these ""power points"". They also have a special hard to perform ""death sword"" which decapitates your opponent, killing him with one fell swoop."
2832,Airborne Ranger,Airborne Ranger: The Action-Simulation,1987,7.0,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,,"In this action/simulation game by Microprose the player takes the role of an U.S. Army airborne ranger. These Airborne rangers are dropped behind enemy lines by parachute to perform all kinds of dangerous missions. Gameplay consists of 3 phases: 1. Reading the mission briefing and outfitting 3 supply pods with machine gun ammo, time bombs, first-aid kits, grenades & LAW rockets depending on this briefing. 2. Flying over the mission map in a V-22 Osprey plane to drop your 3 supply pods and parachuting out of the plane yourself. 3. Performing the actual missions and reaching the pick-up point before time runs out. There are 12 different missions which include capturing an enemy officer, blowing up an ammunition depot, photographing an experimental aircraft and liberating P.O.W.'s Missions take place in either an arctic, desert or temperate setting. Using the mission map the player must decide the route towards the mission objective. This might require them to crawl through trenches, run around minefields or take out enemy soldiers and bunkers. Airborne Ranger was one of the first games with some missions that required a stealthy approach (staying undetected until a certain time, taking out a guard and stealing an enemy uniform etc.). Airborne Ranger can be played in practice or veteran mode. In practice mode, gameplay is limited to a single mission, while in veteran mode, a series of missions or an entire campaign is played in order to earn medals & promotions. All missions can be played on several difficulty levels."
2839,Laser Squad,,1988,7.8,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Laser Squad you control a group of space marine-like soldiers (and the occasional cyborg). Before taking them into battle (viewed from above and progressing in turns), you must buy them weapons and armour with a predetermined amount of credits, taking into account the individual abilities of your squad. Unlike X-COM, the soldiers do not gain experience over time. The game also features a two player hotseat multiplayer option. Initial ZX Spectrum release (and C64 & Amstrad CPC cassette tape releases) had three missions: Two more scenarios were available via mail order, later releases by Blade Software and subsequent ports already included them: Two additional missions were released with a mail order expansion kit"
2842,NHL Powerplay '96,NHL Powerplay,1996,7.5,Sports,,,"An early competitor to the EA Sports NHL series NHL Powerplay '96 features motion-captured players, an NHL Player’s Association license, a variety of managerial options, and the ability to play seasons and tournaments. It is the first NHL game to include a World Tournament mode in which the NHL players can compete against each other on their respective national teams. In a time where developers tried to get the most from 32-bit consoles, leading to the ""unlimited camera angles"" blurb on many games, NHL Powerplay stuck with the one most people used, the overhead ""behind the goal"" view, popularized by EA's NHL series - and it was one of first full 3D sports games on the market."
2854,Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!!,"Deja Vu, Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True, Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!, Deja Vu: Akumu wa Hontō ni Yattekita, Déjà Vu",1985,7.5,Adventure,Graphic adventure,North America,"Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!! is the first game made by ICOM known for its adventure games such as Shadowgate and Uninvited It featured mouse support, a multi-window interface, and bitmapped graphics at a time when text-based interactive fiction was the norm. In Deja Vu action takes place in Chicago in December 1941. Your character's name is Theodore ""Ace"" Harding - a retired boxer working as a private eye. He wakes up in a toilet stall of a sleazy pub with no memory of who he is or what he is doing there. To make matters worse, you as him soon stumble upon a very dead corpse upstairs with three bullets buried in him. Sure enough, you find there's a gun in your pocket with three bullets missing. From there you have to figure out what happened and who you are before whatever is happening to your brain turns you into a mindless vegetable. To make matters worse the cops would very much like to have a word with you about that stiff."
2855,UMS: The Universal Military Simulator,,1987,7.2,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"UMS (Universal Military Simulator) attempts to cover the ground of games like Empire and go beyond, simulating almost every aspect of warfare in a realistic manner. Battles can range from ancient history to a science-fiction future, with famed battled such as Gettysburg and the Battle of Hastings built in. The view system operates at multiple levels, from a single unit up to the whole theater. However, there is no naval element whatsoever and the design pays little attention to extremely important wargaming concepts like fog of war. The game spawned a sequel, UMS II"
2856,Arcade Classic 3: Galaga / Galaxian,Galaga & Galaxian,1995,7.4,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A compilation of two classic arcade titles, Galaga and Galaxian ported over to the Game Boy and features original gameplay features. It is also Super Game Boy compatible complete with background borders that replicate their original arcade machine casings."
2863,Modem Wars,,1988,6.9,Strategy / tactics,,,"One or two player real-time strategy game where you control armies of Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Spies searching for your opponent's Command Center."
2869,Kao the Kangaroo,"Kangurek Kao, Kao le kangourou",2000,6.2,Action,Platform,,"A kangaroo named Kao was playing with his friends in his native Australia, when suddenly evil hunters appeared, put him in a cage, and took him away. They didn't know that Kao was quite proficient in the art of boxing, so freeing himself from the trap wasn't particularly hard. However, Kao finds himself far away from home, and must fight and hop his way back. Kao the Kangaroo is a 3D platform action game. The gameplay adheres to the jump-and-run style, Kao having to rapidly traverse levels full of traps and enemies. His basic attack is a simple punch; he can also side-step and swing his tail at the enemies. Power-ups scattered through the stages include coins, a certain amount of which will increase Kao's life points; hearts to replenish his health; boxing gloves, which act as homing projectile attacks; and turbo boosts, which make Kao move faster. Though most levels in the game have Kao running, jumping, and fighting enemies, some are similar to extreme sport challenges. These include snowboarding, jet skiing, pod racing, and other activities."
2874,Dandy,,1986,5.9,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"Although directly licensed to John Palevich's earliest interpretation of top-view dungeon-based slashing this game's features are closest to Gauntlet the coin-op it inspired. You play either Sheba or Thor (both are active in a simultaneous 2-player game) as you move through 15 dungeons, with the aim of collecting all the available treasure. If this is done successfully, a code will be granted - put them all together at the end of the game. Foes are released in swarms through a control box. Once all these are dead you must destroy the box, to prevent respawning. The dungeons feature treasure, food (for energy), and spells. Be careful not to destroy these by shooting them. Each spell has a random function - disorientating, paralysing or killing the opponents on screen. Like Gauntlet you are constantly losing energy, however treasure can be traded in for energy."
2875,Kirby's Block Ball,Kirby no Block Ball,1995,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Kirby takes on a new challenge, blockball. The playing field contains a variety of blocks, and using Kirby's rolling technique, you must set him into motion (with paddles situated around the field of play, similar to pinball) to clear the blocks from the field. Each level contains more and more blocks to clear, and after a few rounds you take on boss characters in a one-on-one round to see if you can clear more blocks."
2878,Brett Hull Hockey 95,Brett Hull Hockey '95,1994,6.2,Sports,,,"Motion-captured graphics made their first appearance in a hockey game with this Brett Hull license. Al Michaels provides a full running commentary, while a mode allowing the player to improve their game with Brett's help is also included. The game is viewed isometrically, with all the realistic fouls and gameplay situations included. Full pre-match analysis and forecasting is provided, as are post match statistics."
2880,Realms of Chaos,,1995,7.4,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Realms of Chaos is one of the many action games 3D Realms made back in the days they called themselves Apogee Endrick, the warrior, and Elandra, the sorceress, have to travel through 26 levels, split into 3 'episodes' to find the source of what's corrupting the land of Mysteria. Endrick uses his sword to fight enemies in close combat, and Elandra uses a supply of gems to blast them with fireballs from a distance. You can switch between characters at any time, but they both share the same health bar, and if one dies, you'll still need to restart the level."
2889,Extase,,1990,7.1,"Action, Puzzle",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Extase is an action puzzle game, spiritual sequel to the brain bowler game in Purple Saturn Day The screen display depicts a symmetrical network of wires, some buttons, some fuses, some switches, and a picture of a female android in the middle. The overall aim is to restore sensory functions to the android, one in each level. All of this is done against an opponent, either human or computer, who controls the opposite half of the board. This is done by guiding electrical pulses through each of the wires, however this can only be done once the wires have been woken up. You are in control of a cursor, which can click on the activation buttons to release a ball, which you direct using the cursor to reactivate wires on its path. Switches must be set to make all parts of this available – this can only be done when no ball is active. Electrical sparks move around to make life harder, by destroying balls and fuses. Fortunately these can be 'zapped' using the cursor. New fuses can be generated by guiding a power beam into the fusebox, which is located centrally – simply pick up and place a generated fuse. Better still, you can steal your opponent's, which is one of many ways the game becomes directly competitive. The two cursors cannot occupy the same space on screen, so hitting your opponent's cursor will jolt it. You can also adjust switches on both sides of the board, and summon sparks for your opponent to deal with. As the android is reactivated during the level it shows a range of facial expressions as a visual reward and measure of your progress."
2890,Crystal Quest,Crystal Quest Classic,1987,6.7,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A mouse-driven game in which the player controls a small, circular spaceship which must travel around the screen collecting crystals. This task is made more difficult by the aliens which constantly swarm out from the portals on both sides of the screen. These can be shot down by the ship's gun (which has unlimited ammo) or eliminated by activating one of the player's limited supply of ""smart bombs"", which will clear the screen of all current enemies. The physics of the game were quite unusual for the time; the ship does not simply follow the mouse's movement like a mouse cursor. Rather, it retains its inertia, and must be carefully guided around so it does not crash into anything. Bullets, when fired, travel in the direction of the ship's movement, requiring the player to actually travel toward enemies in order to shoot them down. This was the first color game for the Macintosh, although it was business-as-usual for the IIgs."
2897,Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven,"Might and Magic VI : Le Mandat Celeste, Might and Magic VI: Boskie Prawo",1998,7.9,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"After the corrupt Guardian Sheltem was defeated, the seemingly never-ending war between the Ancients and the alien Kreegans entered a new phase. Meteor-like spaceships populated by the Kreegans fell onto the technologically less advanced planet Enroth. The local king, Roland Ironfist, plans to attack the demonic-looking aliens, but is betrayed by a mage named Sulman and gone missing. Xenofex, the king of the Kreegans, establishes a cult teaching people that the Ironfist dynasty has lost its Mandate of Heaven to rule the realm. Meanwhile, the town of Sweet Water is invaded by the Kreegans, and four adventurers become involved in the battle and the search for the missing king. The Mandate of Heaven is the sixth installment in the Might and Magic series, and the first one with the playing area done with a real 3D engine, allowing free exploration of the terrain (as opposed to the grid-based movement of the previous games) and camera rotation. Characters and many objects are represented by 2D sprites. The gameplay follows the formula of the predecessors with several changes, the most notable of which is the option to fight in real time. Real-time combat allows free movement, while the traditional turn-based one is stationary. Character creation is somewhat more restricted: there are no other races but humans to choose from, and the party contains only four adventurers. Six classes are available: Knight, Druid, Paladin, Cleric, Sorcerer and Archer. A new skill system has been introduced, allowing the player to manually raise character skills (e.g. proficiency in specific weapon types) when the character levels up. Characters also gain access to skills of most classes, regardless of their original class designation."
2901,The Lost Vikings,The Lost Vikings: Viking no Daimeiwaku,1993,8.0,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Three Vikings, Eric the Swift, Olaf the Stout, and Baleog the Fierce, were kidnapped by the alien Tomator, the evil Croutonian ruler, who is collecting unique life forms to display in his gallery. The three Vikings will have to combine their unique skills to defeat Tomator, as well as a vast array of aliens, robots, giant snails, big lizards, and more. The Lost Vikings is a side-scrolling platform puzzle game with a twist. Instead of one character who can jump, run, shoot, collect items, flip switches, and so on, there are three different characters, each with his own skills. Eric the Swift can jump, run and bash through walls with his tough helmet. Olaf the Stout has a shield which can block attacks, function as an air glider or as a step to stand on. Baleog the Fierce can shoot things with his arrows (including switches) or kill things with his sword. The player has to use the three Vikings as a team if he wants to get past the increasingly difficult levels and puzzles. The player controls one Viking at a time but can switch between them at any point. The Vikings have limited space in their inventory which they can use to keep various items. Each Viking has three health points, and if he loses them all from confrontations with dangers, he dies (some threats kill instantly), and the level must be restarted."
2918,Skaut Kwatermaster,Kwatermaster,1995,7.3,Adventure,,"Contemporary, Europe","What can go wrong on a scout summer camp in a dull village? A lake and forest are nearby, as is an old army base, with an old rusty tank making up for a great playground... but now it's your job to rescue a fellow Girl Guide that got trapped inside the tank! The wacky graphical style and silly jokes were obviously inspired by Day of the Tentacle The interface is simple and the default action (out of 6 basic commands) is usually highlighted. Just like with other point'n'click adventures from L.K. Avalon the map allows jumping between locations, saving us tedious walking."
2924,Shadowfire,,1985,7.7,"Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",Tactical RPG,Sci-fi / futuristic,"General Zoff is holding Ambassador Kryxix captive in his spaceship. Plans for a new type of spaceship are hidden in a micro-disc embedded in the Ambassador's spine. If Zoff had the plans, the empire would be in great danger, and it is only a matter of time until his inquisitors will discover them. The Emperor has assembled the so-called ""enigma team"", a group of six reckless mercenaries, to take care of the situation. Players take control of all six mercenaries and have one hour and forty minutes to rescue Ambassador Kryxix and capture General Zoff. All six characters have different abilities. Syylk is an insectoid and a strong fighter, Zark Montor, the team leader, is an expert in unarmed combat and the only translator of the group, Servina Maris is the only character who can pick locks, Torik is an avian with thorough knowledge of explosives, Maul is a slow combat droid and Manto is a weak droid, but the only team member that can operate the transporter that is vital for the mission's success. Controls are completely icon based and the screen is divided into six sections. The upper screen section is called the mission command screen and displays which character is active, the active character's location and the status of all characters: whether they are moving, engaged in combat, weak or dying or performing certain action such as picking locks. The lower half of the screen changes depending on the situation and shows additional information and all selectable actions. From the main game screen (enigma team screen) players can choose one of the six characters and access four sub-screens: Character status screen : Shows a character's speed, strength, stamina (health) and carried weight. Object screen : Shows all objects present at a location as well as all objects carried by the selected character. It can be used to drop or pick up items, equip weapons and items or use special items. Movement screen : Here, the active character can be moved by clicking on arrows that show possible directions for a character to move. Battle screen : During battles, characters can scan the location to count and identify their enemies, move, attack with their equipped weapon, defend or retreat."
2931,Project: Horned Owl,Horned Owl,1995,6.3,Action,Rail shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,Horned Owl is a rail-shooter that can take advantage of the PlayStation mouse or the Konami light gun. Three main characters are available. The levels are all city-based with multiple mech style enemies to dispatch. The game plays pretty quick as there are only five levels. Masamune Shirow famous for the anime Ghost In The Shell was involved with the character design.
2932,Donkey Kong Jr. Math,Donkey Kong Jr. no Sansū Asobi,1983,5.0,"Educational, Puzzle",,,One of the first edutainment games for NES. Donkey Kong gives Junior some math problems ranging from simple to more challenging. Move up and down the vines to find the correct answers as fast as possible.
2935,Commander Keen Combo CD,"Commander Keen, Commander Keen Complete Pack",1998,7.9,"Action, Compilation",Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,This compilation includes the five original episodes: Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons: Commander Keen in Goodbye Galaxy!:
2937,Wacky Wheels,,1994,7.0,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",,"Wacky Wheels is a go-kart racing game where you can play any of eight wacky animals. Each animal has its own colorful antics and animations, including a camel, elephant, moose, panda, pelican, raccoon, shark, and tiger. You can use a variety of special pick-ups and power ups to use on your opponents, like hedgehog bullets, bombs and oil to make your opponents slip and lose control. The modes offered are Single player racing, Two player race on a split screen to play with a friend, Two player shoot out to battle in an area against a friend, Wacky duck shoot where you have to shoot as many ducks as possible before the time runs out and an online mode called Comm-Bat play. The racing mode has an amateur, pro and champion class as well as a time attack and a kid mode."
2941,Tom & Jerry,"Tom & Jerry: Das wildeste Katz - und Mausspiel der Welt!, Tom and Jerry 2: Der Film",1992,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Tuffy has gotten lost and is calling for help! Jerry notices that and decides to go save him. But it looks like Tom has heard Tuffy's calling as well, and is searching for him. Playing as Jerry, players have to find Tuffy before Tom does. The gameplay is simple: move Jerry to the goal of each level to proceed, avoid enemies and obstacles (since Jerry doesn't have the ability to kill enemies) and collect cheeses and medals for points. After finishing a level, players can play through a mini game for bonuses. The game's graphics are in 2D. Players can choose to play in one player mode or two players mode. Players can also turn the music on or off. In order to enter a chosen level, players must remember the given passwords."
2946,G-Police: Weapons of Justice,,1999,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Further adventures in the G-Police world - more flying around in a futuristic helicopter-style vehicle, shooting things. Features some new environments (an outer space section) and different craft for some missions. G-Police 2 also features missions with battle, search and destroy objectives. It also has a cinematic full-motion video intro, created using motion capture. The game allows you to control 5 different vehicles, including the ""Raptor"" walking attack vehicle, and has additional secret missions."
2948,F/A-18 Interceptor,,1988,8.0,Simulation,,"Cold War, North America","F/A-18 Interceptor is a flight simulator in which you can fly either a F-16 Falcon or a F/A-18 Hornet jet. The game is set in the Bay Area; you can either just fly around, perform several maneuvers, or fly one of six missions that are set in the Cold War. In those missions, you have to protect the president's Air Force One, intercept enemy aircraft, rescue a downed pilot, and save the city of San Francisco from being blasted into oblivion by a nuclear cruise missile."
2951,Goblins Quest 3,"Goblin's Quest 3, Goblins 3",1993,7.8,Puzzle,,Fantasy,"It is said that there is a mysterious labyrinth harboring great secrets that might fulfill the wishes of those who discover them. Two countries respectively ruled by Queen Xina and King Bodd have been competing over the right to explore the labyrinth. However, strange events started happening one after the other: the guardian of the labyrinth died, his daughter disappeared, and King Bodd apparently fell under some sort of a curse. A goblin reporter named Blount get caught in the midst of these events as he attempts to interview the queen and the king. As if that weren't enough, Blount also gets bitten by a werewolf and falls in love, and must find a way to deal with both predicaments. Goblins Quest is the third entry in the Gobliiins series. Like its predecessors, it is a puzzle game with adventure elements; the emphasis is on solving complex tasks confined to smaller areas rather than on exploration. Most levels occupy more than one screen and allow limited navigation between different areas. As the reduction of the title to a single ""i"" implies, this installment only features one controllable goblin. However, at various points of the game Blount will require assistance from other player-controlled characters such as Chump the parrot, Ooya the magician, and Fulbert the snake. In addition, Blount's own spontaneous transformation into a werewolf may affect the solution of some puzzles. The hero will also undergo a few other mutations and drastically change his size during the course of the game."
2957,WarBreeds,"WarBreeds: A Brutal New Civilisation Breed for War, WarBreeds: Eine Zivilisation, erschaffen für den Krieg !, WarBreeds: Levez votre armée de monstres mutants !, WarBreeds: Una Nuova Brutale Civiltà Nata per la Guerra",1998,6.7,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"WarBreeds is a real-time strategy with most features found in others. It contains resource management, unit building, combat against AI or other players, but with many changes to the normal genre. You control a clan of alien creatures, in which you can modify the DNA of, to create different custom units. There are four different clans in total, of a common ancestor."
2958,Microsoft International Soccer 2000,"Futebol Internacional 2000, Microsoft Fußball International 2000, Microsoft Fútbol Internacional 2000, Microsoft International Football 2000",1999,6.9,Sports,,,"After the universally panned Microsoft Soccer Microsoft went with an experienced software house in football videogames, and Rage Software of Ultimate Soccer and the Striker series fame was chosen to develop a sports titled aimed at the European market. Featuring 73 international teams (all unlicensed, but with unique kits and an editor allows to customize each player's name and appearance) plus seven custom teams. Each team is rated out of five values in defense, attack and midfield, and players are rated in five attributes plus two variables (fitness and injury). There are several competitions at the disposal of the player, including continental cups, customized leagues and a scenario mode, inspired by several World Cup games such as the 1990 World Cup semi-finals between England and Germany or the 1974 second round match between the Netherlands and Brazil. Between the four lines the player can choose between 6 stadiums, three weather conditions (clear, rain or snow), disabling offsides and game length. As for gameplay, the game is a typical action game of the period, with the twist of having two modifier keys for high and low balls and some keys change in effect depending on the context. A typical cross-header play goes with a player running through the flank, hitting the shoot button (holding for a tense cross with lower arc) and then connect with the ball using the ""low ball"" button for a finesse header or the ""high ball"" for a powerful header. Dead balls are played using the usual ""arrow"" method where the player starts by setting the height, depth and aim of the ball, then add spin as the player holds the shooting button."
2959,Michael Owen's World League Soccer '99,WLS 99,1998,6.4,Sports,,,"Michael Owen was England's youngest ever goalscorer and biggest hero, until superseded on both counts by Wayne Rooney. He put his name to a game balanced between the action of an arcade game and the realism of a simulation. The game incorporates the leading international teams along with some 200 domestic teams from Europe, Japan, and USA. Each player's abilities are rated out of 10 in several key areas. Statistics including shots (in total and on target), fouls, and possession are recorded. Set pieces are controlled by moving a line to direct the ball. While trying to play a pass, the player can switch control to the footballer hoping to receive the ball. The player can choose from competition structures including leagues and Cup championships, a practice mode, and single friendly matches, with the World Cup perhaps as the ultimate prize. It is also possible for the player to design own competitions."
2968,Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia,"Heroes 3, Heroes of Might and Magic III: A Restauração de Erathia",1999,8.2,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Fantasy,"Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia takes place long after the ending of Heroes of Might and Magic II: Price of Loyalty and partially concurrently with Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven Receiving news of her father's death, Catherine Ironfist, Queen of Enroth, sails for Erathia to attend her father's funeral. Fearing the worst, she assembles a military fleet as her escort. Arriving on the coast of Erathia, Catherine finds an allied wizard's tower, devastated from battle and abandoned. There she learns Erathia is falling to its enemies. Mustering local armies, Catherine marches to Erathia's capitol, restoring lost land along the way. The Restoration of Erathia retains the bulk of the gameplay from its predecessors, with significant additions and modifications. It features 8 entirely distinct towns with 7 creature levels each, but this time all creature levels (save for neutral-only ones) can be upgraded. Also new are war machines, a total of 122 artifacts, overhauled spell list, new and edited map locations, an alignment mechanic which affects interaction with some of the map locations and spells, and 7 single-player campaigns with a vast set of single scenarios which can be played against the AI or other human players."
2969,Doomdark's Revenge,,1984,7.9,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Wargame",Fantasy,"The follow-up to the original Lords of Midnight game uses a similar game system to its predecessor, but the story is now much more complex. Luxor the Moonprince's son Morkin has been kidnapped by Shareth, daughter of Doomdark, the evil ruler deposed in the first game. The player initially takes control of Luxor, Rothron the Wise, and Morkin's lover Tarithel the Fey, although many more characters can be recruited as the game progresses, as they aim to banish Shareth and rescue Morkin. Shareth has brainwashed him, so he must also be turned back to Luxor's side. The game is effectively turn-based; your characters move by day (with a limited amount of movement possible, with each move in one of the 8 compass directions) and Shareth's by night. You will find plains, mountains, forests, underground tunnels and mysterious temples on your journey. A dark mist follows much of the area, which causes your characters to deteriorate in mood and thus become less effective. The characters are now split into five distinct tribes - Giant, Dwarf, Fey, Icemark and Barbarians, and recruiting new characters into your party isn't automatic - factors such as the game situation can make some refuse to join, turn on members of other races, or defect (as the Utarg did in the first game). There are several different objectives and possible outcomes to the game. Bringing Morkin back to the Gates of Varenorn is the most basic one, but many other characters ought to be saved, Shareth can be killed completely (with practice!), and there are many Crowns of Icemark to be retrieved. As in the first game, control of the full party only remains while Luxor is alive - his death means total defeat."
2971,Smurf Racer,"3, 2, 1 La 1° Corsa dei Puffi, 3, 2, 1 Smurf! Mijn Eerste Racespel, 3, 2, 1 Smurf! My First Racing Game, 3, 2, 1 ¡A Pitufar!, 3, 2, 1... Smurfs Racing, Die Schlümpfe: Auf die Plätze, fertig, los!, Turbo Schtroumpf, Turbo Schtroumpf: Mon premier jeu de course",2000,6.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"This kart racer features the Smurfs as characters. Choose one of eight (with four secret) characters to race with among various climates and regions. You can race in single player or championship modes, along with a Capture the Flag-style Flag Race."
2975,Silver Surfer,,1990,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"The Silver Surfer roams throughout space as herald to Galactus, looking for new planets for him to feed on. However his mission is interrupted by a summon from Galactus. Silver Surfer learns that creatures from the Magick Dimension are trying to break through into the universe and their coming will end all life. Vowing to stop them, Silver Surfer must assemble the pieces of a mysterious Cosmic Device and use it to push them back. The pieces of the Device are currently in the hands of some malicious creatures: Reptyl, Mephisto, Skrull Emperor, Possessor and Firelord. Silver Surfer must travel to their domains and defeat them in order to obtain pieces of the device. Silver Surfer is a shooter game, with some levels taking place vertically and some horizontally. The Surfer's only ability is to move around on the screen and to shoot directly in front of him. Power-ups that can be picked up include: the letter ""F"" (Firepower) which will increase the number and power of his projectiles, Smart bombs which destroy everything on the screen, the letter ""S"" (Speedup) which increases the surfer's movement and Orbs which will also fire the Surfer's weapon. Orbs are special in that two can be obtained (only 1 is shown on horizontal scrolling levels) and they can be positioned to fire forwards, backwards or sideways."
2976,Unison: Rebels of Rhythm & Dance,,2000,6.6,Simulation,Music / rhythm,,"In the city of Twin Ships, Ducker has banished dancing from the land! It is up to the Unison team to bring dance back to the people of the city. Players must memorize and perform routines by using the twin analog sticks. The game features several licensed songs by artists such as Nelly and Aqua."
2977,PGA European Tour Golf,,2000,6.5,Sports,,,"PGA European Tour is a golf game that makes use of the official European Tour license. It offers only four courses, specifically Quinta do Lago in Portugal, Kungsängen in Sweden, Druids Glen and the K Club in Ireland. Players can choose to play a quick match, a non-tour golf game or participate in the real tour. The non-tour option includes several modes: in Strokeplay players need to get the least number of strokes in order to win, in Matchplay the goal is to win more holes, while in Skins holes are played for money (winners of holes one to six get 100 euros, seven to twelve - 200 euros, thirteen to eighteen - 300 euros). Up to four players can play non-tour games, and some options allow teams of two to face each other. Participation in the tour itself is a simulation of the real thing. Players start as amateurs, and can select to play as one of 64 European golfers like Nick Faldo and Jose Maria Olazabal, or create their own custom character. To reach professional status it's necessary to reduce the handicap to zero and finish in the top 8 of the Amateur Challenge Tour. Reaching the top 8 of the Professional Challenge Tour guarantees an entry to the European Tour Qualifying School, the final hurdle before advancing to the European Tour. In order to keep playing there one must not fall out of the top 32 golfers in the rankings."
2982,Pinball Graffiti,,1996,7.4,"Action, Sports","Arcade, Mini-games, Pinball",North America,"This pinball game has a 3D orientation in which the camera pans vertically wherever the ball moves or sometimes shows a closeup of the ball in rails and sinkholes. There are three different pinball tables: The two modes in the game are the pinball mode, which feature only the pinball tables for the highest score or the story mode. In the story mode, a crippled basketball college student goes to a bar where he is inspired to become the best pinball champion player in the United States. The career-styled gameplay requires the player to make use of limited funds to make purchases, travel between cities and resting to stay healthy. Money is earned by beating opponents' scores in pinball or by winning a basketball mini-game."
2983,World League Soccer '98,,1998,7.1,Sports,,,"In World League Soccer '98 the player is able to move, kick, chip, volley and perform advanced passing techniques, including one-twos, chip returns and swerved long-balls. Players can also chest and head the ball with total control. Also, it is possible to alter pitch type, weather conditions, and stadium design. There are eight major European leagues plus the US and Japanese leagues, with 145 teams available to choose from, as well as international competitions which can be custom-designed. Live commentary is provided by Peter Brackley and Ray Wilkins, and motion capture by Les Ferdinand."
2999,Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age Of Heroes,,2000,8.0,Action,Fighting,,"Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes is a single-player and multiplayer 2D tag-team fighting game. It brings together characters from Marvel comics and Capcom franchises and frames them in a loose crossover where teams of three heroes or villains battle across a series of stages. The player’s objective is to select a trio, manage active and reserve fighters, and defeat opposing teams across arcade ladders or versus play. Core combat centers on three-on-three team mechanics. Players choose a point character and two reserves, then switch mid-match using tags and assists. Each teammate has three selectable assist types, commonly labeled Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, which determine the move performed when called from off-screen. Assists can extend combos, cover approaches, or defend space, and they can be struck by the opponent if used recklessly. Super meters are shared across the team and power Hyper Combos, Team Hyper Combos that bring in partners, and delayed sequences that chain one character’s super into the next. Movement and offense emphasize verticality and aerial pressure. Launchers send opponents into the air for extended “Aerial Rave” combos, super jumps help chase follow-ups, and advancing guard, often called pushblock, creates breathing room during pressure. The game’s pace is fast, with screen-filling specials and hypers balanced by defensive tools, air mobility, and the ability to rotate teammates to recover red life on the bench. The roster contains 56 playable characters drawn from teams such as the X-Men and the Avengers alongside Capcom series like Street Fighter Darkstalkers and Mega Man/Rockman Several fighters are original to this entry, including Ruby Heart and Amingo, and many returning characters feature updated moves or assists that fit the three-on-three system. Team building hinges on synergy between point characters and assist types, which shapes both combo routes and defensive coverage. Modes typically include an arcade ladder, local versus, training, and survival-style challenges. Progress in most single-player modes grants points, and many home versions use an in-game shop to unlock additional characters, color palettes, stages, and gallery items over time. Later digital releases have also been issued with the full roster available from the start, depending on platform."
3006,Snake Rattle N Roll,Snake Rattle 'n' Roll,1990,7.6,Action,Arcade,,"It's a race to the moon for the two snakes, Rattle and Roll! Play alone or simultaneously with a friend as you out-score and out-eat your opponent - then weigh yourself on the scales and make for the exit! Snake Rattle N Roll is an isometric 3D platformer. The object of each level is to eat as many Nibbley Pibblies (round creatures of various colours) as possible to make your snake heavy. Once it's heavy enough, you must stand on the scales in the level, and if you're heavy enough, the door will open and you can make your way to the exit. As with many platform games of its era, the game is incredibly difficult. Foes include Jaws, a monster that's all teeth and will kill you if you stay in the water too long, and Bigfoots, which stomp all over the place and require multiple tongue lashings to defeat. Then there's the many types of Nibblies, such as Pibblesplats, which hop around and splat into puddles, Pibbleboings, which are spring-loaded and jump incredibly high, and Pibblewings, which fly high out of reach. Two-player mode provides both a co-op and competitive experience: while you are both trying to eat more Nibblies than your opponent, if you both stand on the level's scale at the same time, both of your weights will be counted and it will be possible for you to exit the level more quickly."
3011,Gangster Alley,,1982,5.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"S.B.I. (Spectravision Bureau of Investigation) file on Chicago Joe and his gang: We apprehended Chicago Joe but in retaliation, his gang have holed up in an apartment building, taking hostage a dame and her kid. The following men have been positively identified: Your orders are to snipe any gang member. DO NOT SHOOT AN INNOCENT! Watch out for Nitro Ed. He likes to play with hand grenades. One of those and you're pushing up daisies. Good luck. You move the joystick to aim at a gangster and push the button to fire. Your ammo is limited so don't fire randomly. Occasionally, Nitro Ed, on the roof, will hold up a grenade. You must shoot him to disarm him. You get money for each gangster shot. The values for level one are: These amounts increase for each level by $10. You also get $10 for each bullet you have left after each level. There are six levels. The fourth level is a nighttime level. In this level, you must fire one bullet to light up the windows. If you do not fire for a couple seconds, they go dark again. If you shoot an innocent, you will lose $1000 or your total amount if you have less than $1000. If a gangster rises all the way out of a window, after a couple of seconds, he will shoot you and you will lose one bullet proof vest (life). After you lose all your vests, the game is over and Nitro Ed will laugh at you. If Nitro Ed gets off his hand grenade, no matter how many vests you have, the game is over. And Nitro Ed will laugh at you. You start with four vests and can earn another at $5000."
3015,Pocket Fighter,Super Gem Fighter Mini-mix,1997,7.8,Action,Fighting,,"Pocket Fighter is a single-player and multiplayer 2D fighting game. It features characters from Capcom’s major series, such as Street Fighter and Darkstalkers reimagined in super-deformed chibi style. There is no overarching story tying the roster together, but each fighter has short humorous cutscenes and rival interactions that parody their parent franchises. Players step into the role of one of these pint-sized brawlers and fight through a series of matches filled with slapstick comedy and exaggerated transformations. Combat uses simplified controls compared to traditional fighting games. Instead of complex inputs, most attacks are mapped to straightforward button presses, making the game accessible to casual players. Standard punches and kicks can be chained into combo strings, which often trigger comedic costume changes or visual gags. These transformations briefly dress characters in outfits drawn from other Capcom games before delivering their next strike, emphasizing the parody style. A central mechanic is the collection of colored gems. When a character is struck, gems spill out onto the stage, which can then be picked up by either player. Each color corresponds to a different attack type - red for punches, blue for kicks, and yellow for special moves. Gathering gems upgrades those categories, increasing both the power and variety of available techniques. The gem system introduces a layer of strategy, as managing offense and defense directly impacts a character’s move set during the match. Super moves and special abilities play a large role. Each character retains signature attacks from their original series, though presented in exaggerated fashion. For example, Ryu still throws Hadokens, but with over-the-top animations, while Morrigan’s attacks are delivered with comedic flourishes. Characters also have unique “Flash Combo” sequences, which are extended chains that automatically launch when the player performs a specific input, often accompanied by elaborate costume gags. The game includes multiple modes. The single-player arcade mode pits a character against a ladder of opponents, ending with a short comical ending sequence. Versus mode allows competitive matches between two players. Additional features such as training options and survival challenges appear in certain ports."
3022,Super Bowling,,1992,6.9,Sports,,,"Super Bowling is a bowling game for up to four players. Three different game modes are available: Turkey Bowl is standard 10-frame bowling. Golf Mode features nine different ""holes"" (pin setups) and a par number for each, with scoring depending on number of throws needed to knock over all pins compared to par. Finally, Practice Mode allows setting up any number of pin combinations for practicing. Before a round, the players can choose from four different characters that each differ in spin control and power. Customizable options then include left-or right-handedness, ball weight, lane oil distance, and difficulty (normal or hard). During a round, players can set up player position and aim. After locking those in, the spin meter appears, with a bowling ball moving from left to right and back, with the ideal spin position in the center. Stopping it sets the spin, which makes the player start their run and has the power meter appear, which works like the spin meter: for maximum power, the meter must be stopped in the center."
3026,Fantasy World Dizzy,Dizzy 3,1989,7.4,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Dizzy's third adventure sees the introduction of the Yolkfolk, including Daisy, who has gotten lost in the fantasy world of the title. Dizzy sets off to rescue her, braving dragons, rats and alligators along the way. The lands are littered with coins, and as well as completing the main task you should aim to collect as many of these as possible. There are puzzles on most screens, involving collecting objects such as keys, food and water buckets, and using them on doors, flames and such. Unlike the first two games, dialogue boxes between Dizzy and various other characters are included, giving the game a sense of character and humor as well as guiding you through the puzzles somewhat."
3039,Superhero League of Hoboken,,1994,8.0,"Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",Puzzle elements,"North America, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Superhero League of Hoboken is a hybrid of adventure and role-playing, set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland in the Northeastern United States. Toxic pollution and war have reduced the United States to a state of anarchy, except for the occasional city-state. Almost the entire area is covered by water, and dangerous mutants roam the wasteland. The player takes on the role of the Crimson Tape, the new leader of the Superhero League of Hoboken, imbued with the amazing power to Create Organizational Charts. The initial team also includes Tropical Oil Man (capable of raising the cholesterol level of his opponents), Robomop (an intelligent kitchen appliance capable of cleaning up almost any mess), Iron Tummy (capable of eating spicy foods without any distress), Captain Excitement (whose ""aura of lethargy and dullness"" can put many opponents to sleep instantly), and Mademoiselle Pepperoni (capable of seeing inside a pizza box without even opening it). The goal of the game is to complete missions assigned by the Commissioner and relayed via the League's computer, Matilda. Gradually, the player will raise Hoboken League's ranking, and finally be able to take on the evil Dr. Entropy who is seeking to thwart the rebirth of civilization. As the League's ranking and prestige grow, new superheroes with exotic names and superpowers will join up and make life easier. Gameplay is divided into adventure and role-playing sections. Adventure gameplay manifests itself in the overall structure of the game: to complete a mission, the player must travel to various locations, talk to non-playable characters, and solve predominantly inventory-based puzzles. The interface for the adventure parts of the game is similar to other late Legend Entertainment titles such as Death Gate : locations are presented as still first-person view screens, and the player selects verb commands to interact with the environment. These locations also usually contain shops where the player can buy weapons, equipment and items to outfit the heroes. The exploration of the game world that contains all the individual locations is done in a role-playing style. The player navigates the party of heroes over top-down overworld screen, gradually exploring larger areas and accessing new locations. During the exploration, enemies attack the party randomly. Combat is viewed from first-person perspective and is turn-based. Heroes have a range of stats (brawn, brains, toughness, and health) and numerous equipment slots along with their superpowers, which can be used in combat beside regular attacks. The party of heroes may include up to nine active combatants. Experience points are collected following battle victories, eventually leveling up the playable characters. The player also receives experience for fully exploring areas, as well as eliminating all the enemies in a given area (after a series of random encounters enemies eventually stop attacking). Often specific items must be acquired in order to traverse certain terrain types (e.g. deep water) or gain access to subway lines that connected between various areas. Text comments appear not only in adventure parts, but also during combat, humorously describing the course of the battle. The CD version of the game includes voice acting."
3042,An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire,Le Jeu de Rôle 3D dans l'Univers de Daggerfall : Battlespire,1997,6.6,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire is a spin-off to the main Elder Scrolls series and offers a more linear and action-oriented approach than its predecessors. Battlespire is a training ground to become an Imperial Battlemage. When the protagonist enters, the place has been taken over by a Daedra Prince and needs to be saved. The game consists of multiple expansive levels which all offer their own theme and background stories which are learned by talking to people in multiple choice dialogues. There is still the same role-playing character system as in Daggerfall but there are no towns, no gold, and all your items are acquired by finding them (either on the ground or on dead bodies). The weapons consist of the basic medieval RPG implements. This game also supports multiplayer, allowing players to battle it out with friends and other guilds."
3043,Fighter Maker,3D Kakutō Tkool,1998,6.9,Action,Fighting,,"Fighter Maker is a 3D fighting game that comes with three different modes. Normal mode lets the player fight in a series of exhibition matches against the computer and VS. mode lets two players fight against each other. Edit mode is the main draw of this game. It lets players create a fighter by editing one of the fighters already in the game. The player can edit a characters profile, set which button combo executes which move, and how much damage it does. Players can also change a character's martial arts style, and then change the way the frames of animation follow through. The player can edit over 800 different moves from 20 different fighting styles. Options let the player set the difficulty, the time of the fighting rounds, number of rounds, length of the life bar, and whether to turn Hyper Mode on or off."
3046,J.J. & Jeff,Kato-chan Ken-chan,1987,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Kato & Ken Detective Agency are assigned the task of locating a missing rich man, and you can choose either Kato or Ken to go on the mission. Your partner doesn't like this one bit, so he decides to make a nuisance of himself along the way. Similar to Adventure Island you must make your way through several levels, destroying wildlife along the way, but instead of using a hammer, you have three different ways to kill them: jump on or kick them, or when they are walking on the ground, blow gas out of them. While scrolling through the level, your vitality will decrease, but it can be restored by collecting fruit and junk food. During your travels, you will also encounter your partner doing things that shouldn't be done in public, but sometimes, he will throw stuff at you to make you lose some of your vitality. The only way that you can deal with him is by kicking him where it hurts. Along the way, you can enter doors. Doing this will give you a hint about the level and your vitality will be increased as well. You can kick certain objects such as lamp posts, trashcans, or thin air to obtain coins, or to make hidden platforms appear. Coins can be used in slot machines that will give you extra vitality, more lives, extra coins, and more. Slot machines only appear when you enter certain doors."
3054,The Gold of the Aztecs,,1990,6.8,Action,,,"You are Vietnam war veteran Bret Conrad, who becomes an adventurer. Go everywhere on the world, find gold, walk into the jungle... One day, you receive an old map about the lost city of Quetzacotl, and its cache of gold. You prepare your bag, gun, knife and let's go to the adventure! In gameplay Gold of the Aztecs is similar to Psygnosis' Barbarian and you must go screen by screen to finish it. Over 140 main character movements are included. There are traps at each screen like stones or dangerous bridges."
3055,Radical Rex,,1994,6.3,Action,Platform,Prehistoric,"Radical Rex is a fire-breathing Tyrannosaurus on a skateboard who has to save the dinosaur race under the spell of an evil creature. The game consists of 10 levels set in the prehistoric age. Radical Rex can use a skateboard or glide down hills, jump, kick and breath fire. Tougher enemies need multiple hits and when burnt Rex needs to kick them once more to destroy them or use his scream (hits everything on the screen). While playing Rex collects eggs, health, power-ups for his fire breath and scream refills. Checkpoints are shown as torches that need to be charged with fire. After each level, there is a Bomberman -like sequence to earn an extra continue. Enemies include flies, turtles, toads and all kinds of dinosaurs."
3062,GTI Club: Rally Côte d'Azur,GTI Club+: Rally Cote d'Azur,1996,7.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Players race classic supermini cars around the tight streets and back alleys of a coastal European city, with multiplayer support for up to eight players. Players can choose to race on an easy, medium or hard course, made up of different blocked or open roads from the same large city course, with starting location and direction of race also varying. A major feature is the multiple criss-crossing routes through the city available to the player, taking in tight back alleys, tunnels, a multi-storey car park, and even a working train crossing complete with gates and train that will slow the player down if they are unlucky. In multiplayer there is also a Bomb Tag mode, in which many roads are fenced off to make a smaller arena-style course, with a timer started as the game starts and a player randomly chosen to have the bomb. They must then pass this on to another player by colliding with them. The player who is left with the bomb when the timer runs out, loses."
3064,The Devil Inside,"Ördögűzés, Ďábel v nás",2000,7.3,Action,,,"The Devil Inside is a third-person action horror game in which Dave, a hero with a dark secret, is compelled to participate in a cruel television reality show in which he has to please the audience by killing monsters. Dave has a female demonic alter ego called Deva. The player can transform between Dave and Deva at certain places in the stages. Dave mostly uses guns equipped with laser sights. Deva, on the other hand, casts spells that require magic points, which can be restored by consuming souls left from defeated enemies, as well as float in the air and regenerate her health under specific circumstances."
3065,Pro Pinball: Timeshock!,"Pinball 2, Timeshock! Pro-Pinball",1997,7.8,Action,Pinball,,"The follow-up to The Web features a single but a very complex table. You have a 3D view of the table, with 4 different viewpoints. Your ultimate point-scoring goal is to travel through time by collecting crystals. The game takes in Roman, Prehistoric and Futuristic settings, as well as the present-day world. There is a lot of secret stuff to discover. Many videos are shown in the dot matrix display above the table. The developers also included a preview mode, that lets you zoom into special areas of the table."
3068,Beach-Head II: The Dictator Strikes Back,Beach-Head II,1985,6.8,Action,"Fighting, Shooter",,"The Dictator from the first Beach Head game is back, but World War 2 is over. Giving himself a new name, ""The Dragon"", he seeks revenge against the victorious allied forces. To further these ends, he kidnaps hostages and brings them to his island fortress... Controlling either the forces of the Allied Commander (J.P. Stryler) or the Dictator (The Dragon), you will have to perform objectives across four different sequences, each with different perspectives and controls. In Sequence 1 ""Attack"", the allies invade the dictator's base with soldiers dropped from a helicopter. The allied forces must land their soldiers and then march them forwards taking cover at different walls. The dictator only has to shoot them down with a machine gun. In Sequence 2 ""Rescue"", the hostages are being rescued. The player who controls the allies will use the machine gun to defend hostages as they cross the open courtyard. The dictator can deploy between four different weapons: Man on top of wall, Tank, Truck and Trap Door, only one of which is on the screen at any time. In Sequence 3 ""Escape"", hostages are loaded onto the helicopters. The allied player will select how to place hostages on helicopters and then man the controls, avoiding attack. The dictator chooses the level of the automated defense and then aims his tanks at the helicopter. In the final sequence, ""Battle"", the allied commander and the dragon finally encounter one another deep underground. They will toss poontas (throwing knives) at each other until only one is left standing."
3071,6-PAK,,1995,7.6,Compilation,,,"6-PAK is a compilation of six of SEGA's most popular ""franchise"" games released in the early days of the Genesis. Included are the following:"
3072,Delta V,,1994,6.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"This is a futuristic flying game. The plot casts you as a captured Nethacker forced to Netrun for the mercenary Black Sun Corporation for their own greedy purposes. Just what is Netrunning? in the year 2306 5 megacorporations control the world, each of which requires lots of data and information to maintain their position at the top of the food chain. If a certain data can't be obtained peacefully they then resort to hacking the other corporation's net with cybernetically enhanced individuals (such as yourself) that can cruise the Networks in virtual vehicles called Traces. This then means that as a Netrunner you have to ""race"" in futuristic trenches and several other Tron-like settings while avoiding ICEs and other countermeasures and trying to achieve mission objectives like capturing a certain data file, clearing up a Net of intruders, etc."
3084,Undead Line,Genjūki,1989,7.0,Action,Shooter,,"Undead Line is a top-down arcade shooter with scrolling screens, like Commando and other games. The player controls a character (from a selection of three on the MSX 2 version) that shoots projectiles at enemy monsters. The six levels available are presented in a menu and can be selected and played in any order. There is a boss battle at the end of each one. Chests with power-ups are scattered throughout the levels. They open when shot, and in the Genesis version it is possible to cycle through the available power-ups by keeping firing at them. The power-ups include armor and speed boosts, and several types of projectiles."
3085,Deception III: Dark Delusion,Soumatou,1999,7.0,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",Real-time strategy (RTS),Fantasy,"In Dark Delusion you play as Reina, a girl who was kidnapped with her family and taken away via ship to a far off kingdom and may be used for some unpleasant purposes. After escape, she must try to survive while helping the people that helped her. Her persecutors have interest in a mysterious gem brooch she owns, which gives her the power of controlling traps (pendulums, bombs, claws, arrows, and other lethal traps). This is the third game in the Deception series You control the character in a 3D environment in which you place traps to kill your persecutors (who have weapons). It's a real-time game with elements of strategy and role-playing, which allows you to use a system of timing and skill of activating traps through the rooms of a medieval castle as the opponents try to kill you. As you activate the traps, you can link them to activate each other, in way to increase the number of combos. Depending on how you kill your opponents, and how many of them, determines how much ""Ark"" (money) you get to develop better traps. They can be created by using ancient black magic: emblems (fire, ice, thunder, poison, etc.), orbs (that improve the power of the trap) and rings (automatic, charge, damage, zero, etc.). There are many other traps set over the environment, working automatically out of control of the player (spears, spikes, fans, etc.). They also can be used to increase the damage inflicted at the invaders. The game features over 2000 different traps, four modes of play (story, mission, training, license), trap element system (linking traps), and multiple endings that change according the choices you take through the story mode."
3089,Coryoon: Child of Dragon,,1991,7.8,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"As Coryoon the dragon, you must save the princess in this horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up. Most shot enemies release fruit (larger pieces from tough enemies requiring multiple shots), which can be collected for bonus points. The game is split into several worlds, each with two bosses to destroy at regular intervals, and each level is loosely colour-themed. Storks regularly fly by, and can be shot to release one of the many bonus weapons. These include super-powerful shots, multi-directional fire, and assisting drones. When you get killed while in possession of one, you lose the weapon rather than a life."
3092,F-16 Aggressor,,1998,6.2,Simulation,,Africa,"F-16 simulator which uses a mercenary-squadron concept a la Strike Commander (though in here your earnings are merely for ranking). The game throws you into a series of pre-made missions based on Africa, with the option to play multiplayer dogfights for up to 8 players. Included are the usual amount of features found on hardcore sims, like blackouts, redouts, etc though there is no padlock view. Graphics are Direct3d and Glide accelerated and include various smoke and lighting effects."
3097,Time Crisis II,Time Crisis 2,1997,7.6,Action,Rail shooter,,"Crime lords around the globe are ready to take over the world, using the latest in rocket satellite technology. It is up to you and your partner to rid Earth of this menace. In this remix of the arcade version, the graphics have been slightly updated to use the power of the PS2. New mini-games are also available, including a training mode (simply shoot targets to proceed) and Quick & Crash, Shoot Away 2, and Crisis Mission, each adding new elements to the game (either shooting targets, beating the time limit and Point Blank style games. The biggest part of Time Crisis 2, however, is the two player mode. You and a pal can play split screen story mode, or go all the way with the i.link technology and use two TV's and PS2's linked together for the ultimate experience. 2 players can also play in all of the mini games."
3107,Fuzzy's World of Miniature Space Golf,Fuzzy's World: Weltraum Minigolf,1995,6.9,Sports,,,"Do you want to play Space golf? --It sounds really amazing. If your answer is yes, probably this game is your only option which has a miniature shape in ""zany"" scenarios. In each hole (a total of 18 hole courses) you try to give your best shots by just giving simple directions to the ball with your mouse. Since you are playing in space there is no air, no cruel wind conditions; just swing it to your ""desired"" destination!"
3109,Zyconix,,1992,6.4,Puzzle,"Arcade, Falling block puzzle",,"Zyconix is an arcade puzzle game. Colored blocks raining down on a playfield, we’ve seen that before. Zyconix takes the Columns principle (align three or more bricks of the same color to make them disappear) and adds a few twists of its own: Add a few special objects from bombs to drills to a breakout ball that you can actually deflect grabbing a brick as a paddle, mix with four play modes (normal, pre-filled playfield and two time trial variants), and the result is a fast-pasted, tricky test of agility. Two players can compete in split-screen mode, where each removed line turns the corresponding number of bricks on the opponent’s field into indestructible obstacle blocks. Soloists adjust the difficulty level by tweaking the number of blocks in a line (from three to six), number of colors and frequency of new stones appearing."
3116,Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birth of the Federation,,1999,7.0,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birth of the Federation is a 4X turn-based strategy game most similar to Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares Players choose one of five major races: Federation, Klingon, Romulan, Cardassian or Ferengi, and expand their territory through diplomatic relations with minor races and colonizing new planets, as well as upgrade infrastructure and ships, spy on and fight other players, handle random events such as Borg incursions, and research new technologies."
3117,Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland,,1996,7.3,Adventure,,,"Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland is the interactive sequel to R.L. Stine's kids' horror novel, One Day at Horrorland. You and Lizzy, her brother Luke, and his friend Clay are once again trapped in Horrorland, a sinister, scary ""theme park."" When Luke and Clay are captured, you and Lizzy must find them and escape from the park with your lives. However, you must go up against a mummy, a werewolf, Dracula, and many more monsters in order to escape."
3118,Sinistron,Violent Soldier,1990,7.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Sinistron is a side scrolling shooter similar to R-Type but has a unique weapons system in which you can open and close your shields to improve your fire power at the expense of making your ship vulnerable. There are also several different powerups you can pick up such as missiles and different types of lasers. The plot in the game is not real clear according to the instruction booklet. Apparently something called a ""Sinistron"" has invaded your quadrant of the galaxy and you have to blow it up, just because. This game has large enemy sprites and large boss characters. The levels take place mostly in outer space and alien environments. Some of the sprites are Macross -like mechs. The Japanese version, ""Violent Soldier"", had slightly different graphics."
3121,Metal Slug X,Metal Slug X: Super Vehicle - 001,1999,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,Metal Slug X is an enhanced version of Metal Slug 2: Super Vehicle - 001/II The main differences to the original release include:
3135,Two Crude Dudes,"Crude Buster, Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Two Crude Dudes, Retro Classix: Two Crude, Two Crude",1990,6.6,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","After a nuclear explosion, New York needs rebuilding. This has barely started when the 'Big Valley' gang enters and takes full control themselves. The Government sends a pair of heavies known as the Crude Dudes in to clear them out. As one of these Crude Dudes, you must travel through tough streets and take out Big Valley's people, destroying their vehicles and avoiding the force of their weaponry. Foes include werewolves, skeletons and hunchbacks. Gameplay is essentially Bad Dudes -style beat 'em up driven, with bosses on each level."
3138,Cobra,,1987,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Fighting, Platform, Shooter",,"This Green Beret -style arcade game follows the plot of the film starring Sylvester Stallone. As Stallone's Cobra character you must rescue Ingrid Knutsen before the Night Slasher gets to her. There are 3 levels of gameplay, set in a city, the countryside and a factory. All have multiple ledges and platforms to negotiate. Cobra starts without a weapon, but he is tough enough to attack with a precisely timed head-butt, although this method of killing is risky, as it will kill Cobra if mistimed. Fortunately there are weapons to pick up along the way, by picking up hamburgers. The weapons include daggers, pistols and machine guns, but all are time-limited"
3139,Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,,1985,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The arcade game from Atari Games based on the second Star Wars movie features four action sequences inspired by the film. The graphical style is similar to the first Star Wars game using vector graphics with a first-person perspective. The first sequence takes place on the ice planet Hoth, where the player must destroy Imperial probe droids. The droids send transmissions to the Empire that can also be targeted and destroyed. Once enough transmissions have been sent, the Empire attacks. In the second sequence, the player has to fend off Imperial walkers, either by shooting a limited number of tow cables at their feet or by targeting a small area at their head with lasers. But sooner or later, the Rebel base's power generator will be destroyed and the evacuation begins. In the third sequence, the Millennium Falcon has to destroy TIE Fighters in space. In the fourth and final sequence, the Falcon must navigate through an asteroid field, avoiding collisions. Once the four sections have been completed, the game restarts at a higher difficulty level."
3144,Batman Forever,Batman Forever: The Real Game Begins,1995,5.2,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",,"Batman Forever is the officially licensed game based on the 1995 movie. The bad guys this time around are the Riddler and Two-Face. This game is a hybrid of side-scrolling platformer and one-on-one fighter. The player makes their way through levels that include some platform jumping elements, but take on opponents one at a time like in a fighting game. The player's arsenal includes a lot of nifty bat-gadgets (one has to be chosen before the level starts) and a collection of fighting moves that are unleashed with special button combinations. In contrast to the console/DOS version there are no puzzles to solve."
3145,Utopia,Utopie,1981,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"Utopia is a game played by two players on two continents. Players must build their island nation by building farms, housing, schools, hospitals, and factories and making other improvements while also competing against another player. Players are able to sabotage the other player as well, but they must also handle maintaining a fleet of PT boats to protect their fishing fleet, building forts to prevent rebellion, and dealing with the occasional hurricane. The game is played in real time. Each player moves a box shaped cursor around the screen to perform construction and moving of boats."
3147,Crossbow,,1983,6.3,Action,Arcade,,"In Crossbow you and several friends are trying to cross many treacherous landscapes in order to retrieve stolen treasures from the castle of the Evil Master. All of the members of your party are unarmed, however you carry a crossbow. Using this, you need to shoot any obstacles or hostile enemies that may get in the way of your friends as they cross the screen. You see the landscape from a first person point of view, and one by one each member of the party will walk from the left to right on the screen. There are many different landscapes that need to be crossed, each with its own variety of dangers. There are deserts with scorpions, ice caverns, jungles with hostile monkeys, a lava spewing volcano, and even the heavily guarded castle. The game starts with two friends in your party, with additional friends joining after clearing certain parts of the game. The game ends when everyone in your party has been killed."
3148,Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy,,1993,5.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Crescent Galaxy has been attacked by an entity known as Odd-it. This creatures goal is to make everything odd, like it. You play Trevor McFur, a corporal in the Crescent Galaxy's chapter of the Interplanetary Defense squad and are sent in along with your feline partner Cutter to defeat Odd-it. The game is a side scrolling shooter featuring a wide variety of worlds and enemies to conquer. Throughout the game you can power your ship with newer and better weapons by shooting certain enemies and collecting the bonuses left behind."
3157,Rasterscan,Raster-Scan,1987,5.5,Puzzle,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Controlling the spherical MSB, a repair droid which has lost most of its capabilities, only you can repair the Rasterscan spaceship and bring it back under control. The first job is to get the droid repaired, after which you must regain control of the power generator and the engines. The game is controlled by moving MSB directly, with a teleport facility on the droid allowing you to move one object at a time. Spanner-type devices are mounted from the floor - guiding MSB into the top of these reveals puzzles which can be used to unlock doors to reach other sections of the ship. Before any power can be generated and the ship's scanner accessed, a leak must be fixed by finding and using a piece of spare piping."
3165,Cadaver,,1990,7.8,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Cadaver is an isometric 3D arcade adventure, played using a joystick and keys. In the person of the thief Karadoc, the player sets out to raid the five stories of the castle Wulf. Legend has it that it’s filled with treasure. What the legend didn’t say is that the Castle is also filled with deadly traps, riddles and monsters. Surviving is not only a question of defending your life. Karadoc needs to explore the murky dungeons and eerie corridors to prove his wit in collecting and interacting with objects, putting them to the right use, mastering spells and solving tasks posed by the gods. Quick reflexes and jumping skill wouldn’t hurt either. The ultimate objective is to kill the necromancer, Dianos. Karadoc's basic skills include the ability to walk, jump, climb stairs and fight monsters. There are three major modes of controlling the dwarf and his actions: basic movement, interacting with objects via icons and the rucksack."
3177,Rally Driver,,1984,5.7,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Rather than creating a pure arcade game, Five Ways aimed at creating a true simulation of rallying that also had educational value. As such, a full map of the area is provided, a degree of route-planning is required, with each road having its own properties. Some have a higher possible speed, some are more likely to flood when it rains, and some are prone to being closed. You can get information on current conditions (and avoid a 50-second penalty) by stopping at a checkpoint. The hazards featured in the game are unusual - spectators running onto the track and stray farm animals must be avoided, and a definite penalty is imposed for driving the wrong way down a road. The race is in three stages, and drivers are eliminated after each of the first 2."
3178,Phantasm,,1988,5.9,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Some people have very interesting dreams, and you are one of those people. Your subconscious has created a moon infested with evil beings, and a Pegasus ground-skimmer with which to destroy them. The chances are that you played Tau Ceti shortly before bedtime, as Phantasm has much in common with that game's action elements. Armed with lasers and homing missiles, you must take down the aliens before the shoot you."
3188,Player Manager 2000,"Barça Manager 2000, Calcio Manager 2000, Guy Roux Manager 2000, Sportweek Player Manager 2000",2000,6.3,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"A football management game from the creators of the Kick Off series. Player Manager 2000 lets the player coach any team from England, Scotland, Italy, and Germany, and there is totally more than 30,000 players. Tactical options are diverse and the game features both pre- and post-match analysis. What makes the game relatively unique is players are able to put themselves in the team. There are three ways to play the matches. The first is the commentary mode, which works almost the same way as the Championship Manager games. The second is the scanner mode, where the player can watch the matches from a 2D, top-down view. The third is to play these matches in full 3D, similar to the FIFA games."
3189,Basic Math,"61 Basic Math, Fun With Numbers, Math",1977,4.4,Educational,,,"Basic Math is a math game for children. Each game gives the player a set of ten basic math problems (i.e. simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division) to solve. The player is presented with two numbers and a function, then inputs the answer by cycling through numbers with the joystick. A timer option is available to ramp up the difficulty. The game has eight primary game settings - basically two settings for each mathematical function. Games 1-4 allow the player to select one of the numbers the player will be working with, while 5-8 give random questions. Hint: For division problems that have a remainder make sure to put a space between the whole number and the remainder, which goes to the right."
3194,Across the Rhine,"1944: Across the Rhine, Across the Rhine: 1944-1945 Armored Combat in Western Europe",1995,6.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Real-time strategy (RTS),"Historical events, World War II","Across the Rhine: 1944 - 1945 Armored Combat in Western Europe is a mix between strategy and simulation game set during WWII. The game focuses on single tank battles during the Allied invasion of Normandy - this means the player can't influence the overall outcome of the war. The battles are mostly historically accurate but some of them use hypothetical situations. The basic situation however is always the same: the player is in charge of tank battalions and tries to defeat his enemy. The player is presented with several windows which show different information, e.g. a tactical map, a strategical map or a battlefield from a tank's view. The size and position of these windows can be freely arranged. From these windows he also gives orders to his tanks, e.g. assigning waypoints or changing the behaviour. All this is in real-time. The player has also the opportunity to directly take control over a tank - there he has the choice between several viewpoints, including the driver's or gunner's view, and controls movement and turret. Optionally the AI can take care of the movement. This part of the game is more simulation than action game. During the three campaigns the player takes control over both parties. He assembles a soldier which, depending on the battle performances, gets promoted during the course of the game which results in the command over more units. There are also many options to set the realism of the game in different areas, e.g. manual fuel distribution, limited ammo, morale, air support or even invulnerability."
3195,Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Starship Bridge Simulator,,1995,6.7,Simulation,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Two years before the better-known computer game came this title, in which the aim is to successfully complete the space combat element of Starfleet training. You will fight Klingons, deal with repairs, and find yourself in all manner of dangerous situations, but try to stay within Starfleet directives. The game is viewed from the bridge of your vessel (there are 5 different ones in total), with polygons used to display the action. Information on the world situation at the time of the game is supplied within the game. There are quick missions bringing scenes from Star Trek movies to life."
3207,Deo Gratias,,1999,5.2,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"Deo Gratias is a God-game which gives you the hard task of being a god and creating your own worlds and races. You must cultivate the faith of your servants and answer prayers of your worshippers. You have to be nice but also be terrifying. The turn-based strategy game puts you in a competition to become the divine supreme being. Players can send bolts of lightening to heretics and schismatics, and then start murdering other gods to win the god fight. The gods can level up to access new abilities. The game provides detailed statistics of the faithfulness of the followers."
3212,The Chessmaster 4000 Turbo,"Chessmaster 4000 PowerPC, The Chessmaster 4000: Macintosh Edition, The Chessmaster 4000: Windows 95 Edition",1993,8.0,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"The first 32-bit title in the Chessmaster series Chessmaster 4000 Turbo offers features designed around the processors of the time. Modem and LAN play is available for the first time. Boards are viewed in 2D or 3D, and include many custom sets, with game options selected from surrounding windows and drop-down menus. Entering moves is now easier - if you click on a square which only one of your pieces can move to, it will move there automatically. Full games (including 500 recreated real-life classics) can be analysed from an expert perspective, and a library of common opening move sequences is included. Computer players act in a variety of ability levels and play styles - some are prepared to play for a draw, others are focused on keeping the centre of the board tidy, and so on."
3217,Star Rangers,,1995,6.4,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The premise behind this game is that of a western, but set in the future, and in space. There is a plot but the gameplay focuses on fast 'n' furious arcade action. You are a Star Ranger and it's your duty to protect the human frontier from alien attack. You and your wingman must hyperspace between points to protect bases and civilian ships, while managing these conflicts you must also make a pitstop if your ship becomes to damaged, energy too low or to load up with missiles"
3221,Intruder,The Intruder,1989,6.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Intruder is a side-scrolling shooter. The player controls a space ship, flies from left to right and shoots everything on the way; preferably without dying from collisions or enemy bullets. The standard gun shoots both forward and backwards and can be upgraded by collecting power ups on the way. The game uses a gravity system: the player always needs to counter steer st avoid crashing to the ground. Regarding power ups, the player needs to look out for symbols which have negative effects and should be avoided. Points for the high score list are also handled through power ups and shooting enemies rewards no points. Collecting an extra gives an automatic boost in one direction."
3222,Risk: The Game of Global Domination,"Risiko, Risiko: Das große Strategiespiel, Risk, Risk CD-ROM, Risk: La Conquête du Monde, Risk: The Game of World Domination, Risk: The World Conquest Game",1996,7.0,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"RISK: The Game of Global Domination is a conversion of the classic board game Risk Your aim is to wipe out your opponents and conquer the world by placing your armies and attacking neighbouring territories. The CD-ROM version of the game features an exact conversion of the Classic board game against human or AI opponents, as well as Ultimate Risk, a more complex game where a completely new strategy is needed, involving Generals, forts and different terrain types. Other features include new maps, the challenging Blind Risk, fully animated battle scenes and a second CD to allow easy network gaming."
3224,Frankenstein: The Monster Returns,Frankenstein,1990,5.7,Action,Arcade,,"The villagers thought they were safe. But now it is time they learned the terrible truth... Frankenstein has risen, laid waste to the lands surrounding the village, has amassed an evil army of unholy creatures and even gone so far as to capture a young girl. Frankenstein is a side scroller adventure against all sorts of nightmarish creatures. Some might even call it a clone of the more widely known Castlevania games of the NES. You begin the game with nothing but your fists... but may acquire a magical club from enemies. Finding additional powerups with give the club the ability to toss fireballs. There are treasure chests in various rooms as well as characters that can help you in your quest through dialog hints."
3228,3-D WorldRunner,"The 3D Battles of World Runner, Tobidase Daisakusen",1987,6.1,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Somewhere in a place known as Solar System #517, the evil Grax and his horde of Serpentbeasts are terrorizing the people of the eight worlds. A hero is needed who can run and jump. Jump between worlds, in fact. That hero is the WorldRunner. 3-D WorldRunner is a 3rd person game, behind the player, moving ""forwards"" towards the screen and away from you. Your only skill is the ability to jump. Jump over holes, enemies and on top of columns. Bonus items are found in the air, on top of columns and laying on the ground. Additionally the game is viewable in 3-D with a pair of 3-D glasses (included in the original box)."
3233,F1 World Grand Prix,"F1 World Grand Prix: 1999 Season, F1 World Grand Prix: Saison 1999, F1 World Grand Prix: Seizoen 1999",1999,6.3,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,Oceania,"The sequel to Official Formula One Racing this game features improved interface, AI that can actually avoid a collision, arcade vs. sim play modes, up to 12 players in TCP/IP network, and various other improvements. More replay options, camera positions, and full garage setup options."
3234,Super Mario Bros. 3,SMB 3,1988,8.7,Action,Platform,,"Super Mario Bros. 3 is a single-player and multiplayer side-scrolling platform game. The story follows Mario and Luigi as they travel through the Mushroom World after Bowser and his seven children, the Koopalings, steal magical wands from the kings of each realm. The Koopalings use the wands to transform the kings into animals, while Princess Peach is once again kidnapped and held hostage. The brothers must restore the kings to their true forms, reclaim the wands, and ultimately confront Bowser to rescue the princess. Gameplay builds on the foundations of the earlier Super Mario Bros. titles but expands them significantly with larger levels, greater variety, and new mechanics. Players move across themed worlds, each composed of multiple stages connected by a world map. Navigation on the map allows the choice of paths, access to Toad Houses for bonus items, and encounters with wandering Hammer Bros. or other enemies. Levels feature the classic platforming formula of running, jumping, and stomping on enemies, combined with obstacles such as pipes, moving platforms, and environmental hazards. Power-ups play a central role, combining returning items such as the Super Mushroom and Fire Flower with new additions that introduce more diverse abilities. The Super Leaf transforms Mario into Raccoon Mario, allowing him to attack with his tail and briefly fly after gaining running speed. Other suits include the Frog Suit for enhanced swimming, the Tanooki Suit for flying and temporary stone transformations, and the Hammer Suit, which allows throwing hammers similar to those of the Hammer Bros. The Starman returns, granting invincibility for a short period, while the rare Warp Whistle lets players skip ahead to later worlds. Progression through the game requires clearing standard platform stages, fortress mini-castles guarded by Boom Boom, airship stages where the Koopalings are fought, and Bowser’s stronghold. Defeating a Koopaling recovers the stolen wand and restores a king to normal. In two-player mode, players alternate control between Mario and Luigi on the world map, with the opportunity to compete in bonus games inspired by the original Mario Bros. arcade title. Each world in the Mushroom World has its own theme, such as grasslands, deserts, water stages, giant-sized enemies, icy landscapes, and even sky and pipe-based environments. These settings not only alter the appearance of stages but also introduce unique hazards and level designs, ensuring variety across the eight main worlds. The game also contains numerous secrets and hidden paths, encouraging exploration and experimentation."
3246,The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past,"A Lenda de Zelda: Um Elo Com O Passado, Zelda 3, Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce",1991,8.6,Action,"Metroidvania, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Recently, famine and drought have plagued Hyrule. When all seemed lost, a mysterious wizard, Agahnim, appeared and stopped these strange happenings from occurring. But there is talk that Agahnim now rules the country with his magic, behind the scenes. And then, one night, the Princess of Hyrule, Zelda, calls out for help - and the one who hears her pleas is a young lad named Link. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is a top-down action game with puzzle-solving elements (similar to the original Legend of Zelda ). Players assume the role of Link, and their goal is to rescue Princess Zelda and save the land of Hyrule. All combat in the game is action-oriented - the player can make the protagonist swing the sword at enemies with a press of a button, or spin the sword around for a more powerful attack by holding down the button until it is charged. Progression through the game is done by conquering a series of dungeons - each dungeon has its own special item associated with it, such as the hookshot (which latches onto a far-off object and pulls Link across) or the hammer (which can be used to flatten objects in your way). Most of these dungeons are rendered impassable until the dungeon's particular item is acquired; from there, the rest of the dungeon becomes accessible due to Link's latest new ability. The bosses of each dungeon are also themed to that level's particular item. Link starts out with only three units of health; however, these can be increased by defeating dungeon bosses, which give one additional heart container, or by finding four 'pieces of heart'; which can be given for anything from passing a small trial to winning a mini-game. Some of Link's items also use magic - this can be refilled with collectible green magic pots. After defeating the initial three dungeons, Link gains access to the Dark World - many puzzles and difficulties come from alternating between the Light World (Hyrule) and the Dark World to make his way past previously impassable obstacles."
3251,Seirei Senshi Spriggan,,1991,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Another top-down shooter from Compile staged in a fantasy world that mingles traditional sci-fi elements with a feudal Japan setting. As the game starts a struggle for total control over elemental powers is about to begin between two warring nations. As the best mecha pilot in the good guy's army it's your task to repel the invasion and win the war by dealing with the enemy armada in standard shooter fashion. But surprise surprise! You won't be alone this time, as other AI-controlled mecha pilots will join you in the fray at key moments. Only you can command the magical powers that can be added to your mecha by collecting several color-coded orbs though, so most of the fight is still going to be up to you."
3253,Disney's Bonkers,Bonkers,1994,6.3,"Action, Racing / Driving",Platform,,"The game is based on the Disney TV series of the same name. Bonkers is a bob-cat police officer. One day, he reads in a newspaper that a contest for the best policeman is announced. Since his partner is away, Bonkers decides that would be the best opportunity to grab the first prize. In order to win the contest, Bonkers has to catch four famous criminals. Catching each one of the criminals is a separate mini-game. The first one involves you running horizontally in a museum room and throwing doughnuts at thieves who are trying to steal valuable things. In the second one, you try to lock a criminal in a yard by quickly building a brick wall around him. In the third one, you must find clothes hidden in crates before a bomb explodes. Finally, the fourth and last game involves you driving a car from top-down view, chasing a criminal. Each mini-game also features a unique bonus game, which you get when you successfully complete three games with gradually advancing difficulty in a row."
3255,Roland's Ratrace,,1985,6.9,Action,Platform,,"Roland Rat, star of British breakfast TV in the 80s, is late for work and his car won't start so you must control Roland and guide him through the sewers of London within a time limit or face getting the sack. To make problems worse, his friends have been kidnapped and must be rescued. The game is a flick-screen platform game with various levels of platforms on each screen connected by ladders and stairs. On the edge of each screen are various exits as well as some exits which go into the screen. Roland must collect pieces of a door and a key to open a large door at the end of the sewer which contains the Inner Sanctum containing his friends. Roaming the sewers are wellington boots and if they touch Roland then he loses part of an energy bar and when it reaches zero then it is game over. Various food stuffs can be collected to increase the bar. As well as avoiding the boots, Roland can fire a glue gun which holds the boots for a short space of time but be careful as Roland can also get stuck. Each use decreases a bar but two glue packs can be found to top the bar up. On the bottom level on each screen, a train occasionally appears and can be caught with the glue gun, and when boarded can take Roland the length of the sewer."
3267,Disney's Aladdin,,1994,7.0,Action,Platform,Middle East,"Sega's 8-bit systems received a unique adaptation of Disney's 1992 animated film Aladdin Like other versions, it is a side-scrolling action game. The player controls Aladdin, making his way through a variety of locations, including the streets of Agrabah, the Cave of Wonders, the Sultan's palace and more. Gameplay takes several different forms: some levels are chases, where Aladdin runs automatically, but must be made to jump over chasms or rolling rocks and barrels, evade falling objects and avoid getting caught by a guard. Other levels are platforming affairs: Aladdin must run, jump and climb, find keys or switches to open doors while searching for the exit. Rocks can be collected and be thrown to dispatch enemies or hit buttons otherwise out of reach. Finally, there are also several magic carpet rides in the game, in which the level scrolls automatically and the player must make sure to avoid any obstacles in the way."
3270,Dragon Quest V: Tenkū no Hanayome,,1992,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"The hero of this game is the son of a brave warrior named Papas. It appears that his mother died just after giving birth to him, and his father took him on a long journey when he was a little baby, searching for something. Now the boy is six years old, and Papas brings him to his hometown. After some time, they learn that Henry, the prince of Reinhart, was kidnapped by bandits. Papas and his son attempt to rescue him, but this only leads to a tragic event and the boy's imprisonment. Only many years later will the hero discover who or what his father was searching for, and come to realize his own role in the events that dictate the fate of the world. Dragon Quest V is a Japanese-style role-playing game with random enemy encounters and turn-based combat viewed from first-person perspective. Though the party only includes three active human combatants, the game allows the player to recruit monsters into it. Some of the enemies will randomly request to join the party. The player can then add them to the roster and use them in battles, where they behave just like any other combatant, using their own abilities and even leveling up. The game follows the story of Papas' son stretched over many years, from his childhood to adulthood. The player will be able to choose a wife for the main character from two available female characters. This decision influences some of the subsequent events and features. The hero eventually becomes a parent, and his new family plays a pivotal role in the plot."
3271,Lure of the Temptress,Lure of the Temptress (1992),1992,7.4,Adventure,Graphic adventure,Fantasy,"The medieval town of Turnvale has fallen into the hands of the evil sorceress Selena. She is controlling an army of an orc-like warrior race skorl, who serve her with devotion. The skorl hate humans and have terrorized the town and the nearby land. Diermot is an ordinary fellow who was captured by the skorl and thrown into prison. His first task will be to escape. After gaining his freedom, Diermot will also have to find out how to liberate his entire homeland from the clutches of the villains. This adventure game utilizes a special system called Virtual Theater Non-playable characters will walk around and perform different actions regardless of the player's interaction with them. There is a variety of options and commands, including the possibility of interaction with a supporting character, whom the player can give orders in order to solve some of the game's puzzles."
3275,Blaster!,Katharsis,1997,6.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Katharsis is a game with classic side-scrolling shooter gameplay. It has 3D backgrounds, colorful graphics and an integrated storyline. The game starts in 2616, when the ship leaves Earth with 1000 settlers on board. Eighteen months later Earth loses contact with the ship. The action moves to the year 4720. One of Earth's cities is attacked by an unknown spacecraft. The player is one of the few survivors of the massacre. The game consists of ten space levels and ten underwater levels where the player needs to protect a special bomb designed to destroy the enemy base. The player uses a whole arsenal of different weapons, can move in all directions and use afterburner. The fights with end-level bosses take place in full 3D environments."
3278,Méwilo,Mewilo,1987,6.7,Adventure,,,"Méwilo is a 1st person point & click adventure game that plays on the Caribbean island Martinique. You, an expert in paranormal phenomena, arrive by ship at the town St Pierre on Martinique on May 7, 1902, a day before volcano Mount Pelée will erupt and destroy the town. You are invited by your friends, Geneviève and Michel Hubert-Destouches to investigate what is happening in their house, which seems to be haunted by a zombie. It's your task to find out what has happened and to find a way to let your friends live in peace again. With a ""colibri cursor"" you can click on a map to visit various locations on the island (thanks to your own paranormal abilities you can explore places as a colibri). By investigating/interrogating the player also learns about the history of the island (especially during an extensive multiple choice puzzle). Some of the puzzles require that the player types in the right answer. The game has a small inventory (with three slots) and a scoring system with a maximum of 99 points. It includes some animations, music and sound. It was published in a German and French version. The manual includes a short story by the Martinician author Patrick Chamoiseau and a calalou recipe; the package contains an audio tape by the Martinician band Malavoi."
3280,Olympic Gold: Barcelona '92,,1992,7.2,Sports,,,"The official game of the Games of the XXV Olympiad, held in Barcelona in 1992, featuring seven different events: 100M Sprint, Hammer Throw, Archery, 110M Hurdles, Pole Vault, Springboard diving and 200M Freestyle Swimming. Gameplay features the typical button mashing formula used by Epyx during the 80s. 100M Sprint, 110M Hurdles and 200M Freestyle Swimming feature a button mashing sequence with just some changes: in the hurdles the player must hit the action key to jump over a hurdle (the timing sets the loss of speed) and in swimming, the sequence takes over one and an half minutes and the action button touches the edge for the return swim. In these events, the player initially faces a semi-final round and only qualifies for the final if ends in the top half. It's possible to watch the other semi-final. Hammer Throw combines a strong mashing sequence, along an accurate press of the action button to release the hammer, while Pole Vault combines an initial mashing sequence, a first tap on down to set the bar, then pressing up and the action button to release the pole and jump over the bar. Archery is a technical event where the player has three rounds with six arrows each, the winner being the one with the highest score on all three rounds. The player can choose to compete for eight nations: Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, hosts Spain, United Stats, Japan and the CIS (formerly the Soviet Union). Each nation has it's own sample of the anthem and a set of athletes to compete against the player. Each athlete is unique, and will perform differently according to the event: in some they are capable of breaking World Records, in others, lucky enough to get to a final or a top-6 spot. The competition is split in two tables: sorted by medals and by total score (the gold medalist gets 24 points, the 12th only 13)."
3285,Off Shore Warrior,,1988,5.1,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",,"Society has become ultra-peaceful, but some retain a lust for violence and carnage. Off-shore racing fills that void perfectly in this behind-the-boat racer, which resembles Titus 's earlier Fire & Forget Four X1 boats armed with missiles tough it out over circuits set up in lakes and lined with rocks, desperately trying to avoid finishing last, as this will eliminate them from future competition. Contact with other boats can also be harmful, and will cost you time."
3292,Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum,,1990,4.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are Dash Galaxy, a fearless space explorer. You have just landed on a strange, alien planet thousands of light years from Earth. Your mission is to make your way though the maze of rooms and return safely to your ship. To do this you will need to enter every room and collect all of the objects that can be found in it. Your oxygen supply is limited, though, so be sure to hurry! Throughout this world there are many aliens which will deplete your oxygen even faster if you come into contact with them. Occasionally you will find bombs or keys which can be used to reach previously inaccessable rooms on a floor. The game is played from two points of view; top down when in an elevator shaft, or side scrolling when in one of the many rooms. Some levels contain hidden rooms with many bonuses, or even an express elevator to get you to your destination faster (or it might take you back down a few levels.)"
3301,Doomsday Warrior,Taiketsu!! Brass Numbers,1992,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Post-apocalyptic,"The Doom Squad is a group of fighters under the control of an evil wizard. They threaten earth and bring destruction. One of the Doom Squad members betrays his group and becomes the Doomsday Warrior. This warrior must then defeat the other members of the Squad and finally the wizard controlling it all. Doomsday Warrior is a fighting game. Choosing one of the Doom Squad members to become to the Doomsday Warriors, you must defeat your opponents. Each character has the ability to punch, kick, jump and unleash a special move (usually by being close to the enemy and using either jump, kick or punch). The better the skill in fighting, the more ability points are earned. These ability points can be used to improve various areas of the fighter after battle."
3305,Champion of the Raj,,1991,6.5,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Managerial / business simulation",Historical events,"Set in 1800, Champion of the Raj places you in command of one of five factions (British, French, Mogul Empire, Maruthras, Sikhs or Gurkhas) vying for control of India. Territories under your control will generate taxes which can be put towards hiring troops, improving the military, industry or law and order. Hiring troops and improving their weaponry allows players to attack and capture other territories, while investing in industry or law and order can improve the economy and reduce discontent. Players can also choose to use negotiation to bring new territories into their empire. The result of these negotiations often hinges on winning arcade sequences, an elephant race or a tiger hunt. Arcade sequences also follow major events such as capturing the palace of an enemy empire."
3308,Carthage,,1990,6.6,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Historical events,"Defending the ancient Carthagean Empire from Roman invasion is your challenge in this arcade-strategy fusion. Your armies can be supported by catapult and elephant-mounted units, but only if these are already available and you find them first (building doesn't really come into play). Guarding the hills also gives you an advantage in combat. Each unit becomes more skilled and happy if they win battles, but fatigue comes into play if they fight too frequently. You need to pay for the soldiers, which is done by producing goods to trade. Actually distributing the cash appropriately involves transporting it via chariots, which improbably leads to an arcade racing-type sequence in which you must avoid not only rocks and trees, but also Roman chariots (why they are heading in the same direction as you every single time needs explanation) - contact loses you money."
3317,The Ooze,,1995,6.2,Action,Puzzle elements,,"The Ooze is quite a little known (and bizzarre) game that was released towards the end of the Genesis's lifecycle. The story goes that you are a scientist with an experiment that went wrong resulting in you turning into a puddle of green ooze. You are washed down the sink and must make your way back to the lab (by completing a series of puzzles, etc.) to stop your boss taking over the world. The game is played from top-down perspective and you move around the level fighting enemies and solving puzzles. You can pick up more ooze and other items as you go which can help you get through each level."
3318,Warlords: Battlecry,,2000,7.3,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Real-time strategy (RTS)",Fantasy,"When Navarre and Lucifus, the white and red ""tears"" fell from the heavens, the world is forever changed. Navarre, the white tear, is a magical stone with ability to give life, while Lucifus, the red tear, has the ability to give death. Humans, Dwarves, Barbarians, Minotaurs, Undead, High Elves, Wood Elves, and Dark Elves, each want the two tears for themselves. War is sweeping the land. Those who possess either (or both) will gain great power... or bring great suffering. Will you walk the path of light, or head down the path of darkness? Warlords: Battlecry is the long-awaited attempt to bring the tactical diversity and rich background of Warlords, a turn-based wargame franchise, into the real-time strategy world. You have heroes leading your armies. The heroes can gain experience and skills in various areas, all of them enhancing neary armies or improve one or other aspects, such as finding more resources, making certian units cheaper to create, resisting enemy magic attacks, and so on. With dozens of skills, hundreds of units, eight different factions to choose from (each of them are quite different with VERY different strengths and weaknesses), and lots of different maps to choose from. Winning will NOT be determined by who click the fastest but rather by who can build the right units the fastest and deploy them best."
3323,Dragon Dice,,1997,5.7,Strategy / tactics,Board game,Fantasy,"Dragon Dice is a fantasy strategy game based on a dice game by TSR. Playing as either the good guys (Coral Elves, Dwarves) or the bad guys (Lava Elves, Goblins) you must battle your foes and conquer their territories."
3330,Animaniacs,,1994,7.4,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Animaniacs is a side-scrolling action/puzzle game based on the animated TV series of the same name. The Warner kids, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot have escaped the water tower again and are on a quest to retrieve movie memorabilia from the Warner Bros. studio lot. There are 4 stages, and in each stage the Warners must work together to get past obstacles and enemies. Yakko can push or pull boxes, Wakko can use his hammer to smash things, and Dot can blow kisses to charm simple minded foes."
3338,Shin Megami Tensei,,1992,7.5,Role-playing (RPG),,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic","A young man lives together with his mother in Kichijoji, a district in modern Tokyo. One day, he has a strange dream: he is being sucked into another dimension, a strange maze-like structure. A spirit appears in front of him and asks him his name. As he proceeds further, he meets a man who is hanging on a cross, another one who is being tormented by a demon, and a mysterious young woman who is bathing in a pool. ""Wake up!"" - the voice of his mother cuts through the dream. The young man wakes up and checks his computer. Suddenly, a message arrives: the world is headed towards destruction. Only he who can summon demons through a virtual space will be able to prevent a disaster. Unable to understand what that means, the young man goes outside and finds out a murder has occurred in the nearby park. The district must be cut off from the rest of the city until the murderer is found. As the young man acquires a device that allows him to communicate with demons, he begins to realize that his role in the upcoming events may be greater than he thought. A follow-up to the first two Megami Tensei games, Shin Megami Tensei is a first-person RPG set in modern-day and post-apocalyptic Tokyo. The hero of the game can summon demons, who consume a mysterious energy called Magnetite, which can be obtained from battles. The summoned demon joins the party and is then fully controllable by the player. The active party can include up to six characters: the hero, the heroine, and four slots usually reserved for the demons, though other human characters might also join. There is a wide variety of demons in the game, most of which are taken from real-world mythologies. The demons have levels, individual statistics, spells, special abilities, etc. Enemy encounters are random, and the first-person combat is turn-based. During combat, human characters can use swords or guns; the heroine is also able to learn and cast magic spells. Unlike most other Japanese RPGs, the game allows the player to raise the parameters of the two main characters manually when leveling up. A major gameplay element are demon conversations, which is usually the only way to recruit demons. Typically, the player has to convince the demon to join the party by choosing appropriate dialogue lines. All the creatures in the world of Shin Megami Tensei belong to one of the three ideologies: Law, Chaos, or Neutral. The narrative is largely dedicated to conflicts between these ideologies; during several key moments in the story, the player has to decide which one to follow. Joining one of the ideologies influences the subsequent narrative as well as some gameplay elements: certain weapons can be only equipped by a follower of a specific ideology, demons are more likely to join the hero if he shares their ideology, etc."
3339,Yogi Bear's Goldrush,Yogi Bear in: Yogi Bears Goldrush,1994,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Jellystone National Park is in trouble and it is up to Yogi Bear to save the day. The money needed to keep the park up and running for the winter has been stolen by an evil ghost named Jake, determined to shut down the park, and hidden by him in twelve safes somewhere in the park. The player must travel to six different locations to locate these safes (a forest, a pirate ship, the big city, an underground cavern, the old west and a final showdown with Jake). The gameplay is fairly simple: using Yogi, the player can travel from left to right and right to left on the screen; to kill certain enemies the hero must jump on them. Some enemies, however, can't be killed and must be avoided since Yogi has no weapons to harm them; he has to avoid various pitfalls and hazards as well. There are no true power-ups; instead, there are picnic baskets scattered throughout the stage, a 100 of which will grant the player an extra life. Likewise, there are icons labeled ""1-UP"" that will give the player a life, as well as health-refilling items. There are also hidden doors and areas that the player must find in order to locate the various safes. When Yogi enters these safes, he must collect the 25 gold coins to get a bar of gold; collecting 12 of these gold bars will give Yogi the money needed to win the game."
3340,Hi-Res Adventure #6: The Dark Crystal,"Gelfling Adventure, Gelfling Adventure: a Junior Adventure Game for Ages 9 & Up",1983,8.0,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The Dark Crystal is closely based on Jim Henson's film of the same name. The game is set in Thra, a world with three suns, which come together every thousand years in an event known as ""The Great Conjunction"". The player controls Jen, the last survivor of the Gelfings, a race of mole-like people. He must find a dark crystal and its broken shard, and repair it to end the reign of a tyrannical lord. Like other installments of the Hi-Res Adventures series, the game is entirely text-based, with non-animated graphics to illustrate the areas. Movement between areas and interaction with the game world is performed by typing commands consisting of either one or two words (a combination of a verb and an object)."
3344,Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder,Perry Mason: El Caso del Asesinato del Mandarín,1985,7.7,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"The Case of the Mandarin Murder is a text adventure with graphics, based on the Perry Mason detective stories by Erle Stanley Gardner A woman is in jail after her rich husband is found dead, and the skillful attorney Perry Mason must prove her innocence. The gameplay is influenced by Infocom's games in similar genre."
3348,Norse by Norse West: The Return of the Lost Vikings,"Lost Vikings 2: Norse by Norsewest, The Lost Vikings II, The Lost Vikings II: Norse by Norsewest",1997,7.3,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Get ready for more nights of masochistic puzzle goodness, because the Lost Vikings need your help once again! The brothers (Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce and Olaf the Stout) are trying to get back home and you need to guide them through. Two brand new characters (Fang the Werewolf and Scorch the Dragon) also join the fray. Each character has their own special talents and they must be used in concert if you are to win."
3350,Sabre Ace: Conflict Over Korea,"Sabre ACE - Conflit en Corée : 25 juin 1950 - 27 Juillet 1955, Sabre Ace: Konflikt über Korea",1997,6.4,Simulation,,"Asia, Cold War, Historical events","Sabre Ace: Conflict Over Korea is an air and ground-attack combat flight simulation game which takes place in the skies above Korea. The Korean War was fought between the Soviet Union and the United States using North & South Koreans and free world troops, using the country of Korea as a battleground. Choose to be a pilot for the USA in American aircraft, or on the side of the Koreans in Russian planes. There are four modes of play: T-33 Shooting Star trainer T-6 Texan advanced trainer Mig-15 Yak-9 Mig-15 trainer Yak-18 advanced trainer Campaign Mode - 45 actual aerial battles that let you graduate to higher powered aircraft as you complete each. The missions include air-superiority, bomber-escort, airfield attacks and bombing military targets plus other scenarios. American - 8 F-51 Mustang Missions followed by a set of F-80 and then F-86 missions. Russian - the Yak-9 propeller fighter and then the Mig-15 jet The planes and the scenarios were designed to be as realistic and historically accurate as possible. Multiplayer over LAN, serial, modem, and TCP/IP networked play is included for up to 8 players."
3352,Rugby World Cup 95,Rugby World Cup 1995,1994,7.1,Sports,,,"The official game of the 1995 IRB Rugby Union World Cup in South Africa. Featuring all 20 international teams that took part in the World Cup including the All Blacks of New Zealand and the Springboks of South Africa, as well as an EA All Stars team and a few other minor rugby nations. The game shares a lot with EA Sports' early FIFA titles It uses an isometric perspective, with buttons to pass and kick the ball, and a timed gauge for place kicks. The menus are structured in the same way as FIFA with options including arcade and simulation modes, changing the firmness of the ground, and the weather."
3359,Wicked,,1989,7.4,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Arcade,Fantasy,"In Wicked a big evil has come to the world and the player has to drive it back. To do so, the twelve astrological signs (with three levels each) have to be purged. The basic idea is that portals spit out spores which can be either good or evil. The goal is to produce enough good spores to overrun and destroy all evil portals before the screen is filled with bad spores. The player has to manage the time resources because everything has to be done manually: shooting at the evil spore growth to drive it back and picking up good spores to create good spore portals at strategically useful positions. Additional gameplay elements are Guardians which fly around the screen and are unhealthy when touched, a night-time-rhythm which influence the spore growth and tarot cards which get revealed in regular intervals. These have either good or bad influences for the one who picks it up. There are three options to set the gameplay: action-oriented, strategy-oriented or mixed."
3369,Wario Land 3,Wario Land 3: Fushigi na Orgel,2000,8.3,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform",Fantasy,"During a joyride in his biplane, the engine blows and Wario crashes into the woods. It's here where he finds a hidden cave with a magic Music box. Before he can say ""I hate Mario"", the box pulls him inside and into a room with a dark figure, who strikes a deal with him. Find all of the missing Music boxes and he can leave. And any treasure he finds he can keep. Much like Wario Land 2, Wario can't die from any attacks by the enemy. However he can change form after certain attacks, which can both help and halt his progress in each level. New forms of Wario include Invisible Wario and Ball of Yarn Wario (an un-controllable ball of yarn, with Wario inside). Also, basic attacks such as swimming and the butt stomp don't become available to Wario until after completing a certain amount of levels, meaning you have to go back to completed levels to access other areas full of loot."
3382,Mortal Kombat: Gold,,1999,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"The first and only Mortal Kombat title to make onto the Dreamcast console, Mortal Kombat Gold offered players a carbon-copy of the arcade edition of Mortal Kombat 4 along with additional features and characters never before included in the arcade game. Using the exact same engine found in Mortal Kombat 4, the game performs flawlessly on the Dreamcast platform, while also running at a higher resolution than its arcade counterpart."
3389,MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head,,1994,6.0,Action,Puzzle elements,,"This adaptation of the cartoon show Beavis and Butt-Head is a side-view action game with puzzle-solving elements. The goal is to find parts of a torn ticket to the GWAR concert, scattered across the game world. The protagonist duo visits locations such as Turbo Mall 2000, the street, Burger World, hospital, and others. Enemies can be defeated by farting and burping at them."
3390,Southern Belle,Live out your Dreams on the Southern Belle,1985,7.0,Simulation,,Interwar,"Southern Belle is a simulation game allowing you to drive a steam train from London Victoria Station to Brighton, shortly before this British line was electrified in early 1930s. The locomotive hauling the ""Southern Belle"" is one of the SR King Arthur (LSWR N15) class (4-6-0). The game has a demonstration mode and seven scenarios of increased difficulty with the highest level allowing you full control of the train, with all the gauges to watch, more problems that arise and a random timetable to follow. You start at a standstill in the station and must get your train moving. Different levels of speed must be maintained on the track to keep with the speed limits that are placed on the track and keep an eye on the signals that you will see on the way. The correct use of the whistle must be used and you have to make sure your water, steam and coal levels are correct to make sure you keep to the timetable. The game is viewed from a first person perspective with you in the cab of the train with all the levers and gauges in front of you. You are able to see into the distance in front of you and the sides, the objects are displayed as 3D wireframe models. As well as the main playing area you can also see your speed, water and coal level, any signals and the time."
3392,Tom and Jerry,Tom & Jerry,1993,5.7,Action,,,"Based on MGM's world-known cartoon, the player controls Jerry, the Mouse (in 2-Player Mode, P2 will control Jerry's nephew, Tuffy) as he explores four different worlds (movie theater, junkyard, a toy-based stage and the house inner). Game controls are simple: B Button makes Jerry/Tuffy to jump (tapping it again lightly upon landing will activate their Super Jumps), while A/Y/X Buttons will make them to throw marbles upward (Y Button) and downward (X/Y Buttons) in the enemies. To earn extra lives throughout the game, players have two available options: the rarest and, sometimes, hardest way is to find a 1-Up icon; however, the easiest mode is to collect 100 of small balls of cheese scattered throughout the levels (Cheese Bits). Also, Jerry and Tuffy's health meters are displayed in the form of four hearts, that can be replenished through collectible larger cheese wedges (Cheese Chunks). At the end of each world, Jerry and Tuffy will take a confrontation with Tom, the Cat."
3394,Zed Blade,"Operation Ragnarok, Sakusen Na Ragnarok",1994,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Zed Blade is a side-scrolling shooter with a sci-fi theme. You and/or a friend must choose one of three characters to play as, each with different speeds at which they control their ships. Then select three weapons to use for the front and back of your ship. During play, you must travel to every planet in the solar system, and defeat the various enemy ships and the boss near the end of the planet. Your weapons can be upgraded during the battle, and you can also collect HyperBombs if you want to do maximum damage. The soundtrack is reminiscent of early 1990's ""rave"" music."
3395,Advance of the Mega Camels,"Advance of the Megacamel, Attack of the Mutant Camels",1983,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,In this game you fly in your spaceship and shoot at gigantic mutant camels who are trying to attack your base. The gameplay is side-scrolling but with a difference in that you can turn round and fly left or right and you control the jet speed. The camels start off yellow but as you bombard them with laser fire they change colour until they are eventually destroyed. There is no hanging about however as the camels are stampeding towards your base and they must be stopped quickly.
3401,Bugdom,,1999,6.8,Action,Arcade,,"Bugdom is a third-person action adventure game, originally a Mac title and later ported over to Windows. The game is set on the insect kingdom of Bugdom, where the bad Fire Ants have overthrown the government and kidnapped all the ladybugs. You play as pill bug Rollie McFly who takes it upon himself to rescue everyone and save the day by riding bigger bugs, jumping around and kicking some Fire Ant booty. The game uses fully 3D accelerated polygonal graphics."
3402,Alien³,,1992,7.4,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alien³ is a video game based on the movie of the same name. The plot of the movie picks up directly after the end of Aliens Ellen Ripley, the main character of the Alien series, is in cryo-sleep aboard the spaceship Sulaco. Unfortunately, an alien or two has stowed away on the Sulaco and wreaked havoc within the ship. Thus, it crashes on the prison colony planet Fiorina 161. Ripley and the unarmed prisoners have to figure out a way to survive the aliens terrorizing the colony until help arrives. The gameplay of the various Alien³ conversions varies from platform to platform. This version is a side-scrolling action game with large maze-like levels. At each level, you have to rescue all the trapped prisoners and then make your way to the exit, all while surviving multiple alien attacks."
3417,Miracle Warriors: Seal of the Dark Lord,Haja no Fuuin,1986,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"In Miracle Warriors: Seal of the Dark Lord you have been asked to recover the Golden Seal which is being guarded by the Dark Lord Terarin. You start your quest by yourself, but you must find three other companions who will join you to defeat Terarin. You also must venture through five lands. You will find villages, towns and castles in your travels in these lands. In each, you will find or be able to buy weapons and armor (both for you and your companions), medicine and clues. You will also find caves, dungeons, and monuments that are scattered. Some you may enter unhindered. Others will be locked until you find the right person or learn the right spell. Also within each land, you will encounter monsters such as evil merchants, Weasly wimps, Unmutaks, Great Lions, Gelfises, Zirods, and many more. Some of these monsters do less damage than others, and take more damage themselves. You can either attack them yourself using your weapons or spells, or make your companions attack the monsters themselves. When defeated, most monsters will either leave behind some coins, which you can spend to buy stuff at the towns, or some items, which you can also use to defeat monsters. However, not all inhabitants are monsters. You will also meet merchants and travelers who might tell you where to go and what to do."
3425,Disney's The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure,"Disney's Le Roi Lion: La formidable aventure de Simba, Disney's O Rei Leão: A Grande Aventura de Simba, The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure",2000,6.9,Action,,,"Simba's Mighty Adventure is based on the Disney film The Lion King and its direct-to-video sequel Simba's Pride Unlike the PlayStation version the Game Boy Color version presents the story as a traditional side-scrolling platformer, similar to the earlier adaptations of the original film. The game consists of 10 levels, with the first six based on The Lion King and the last four based on Simba's Pride In the first four, players control Simba as a cub, and from then on as an adult. To get through the levels, Simba can run, jump and climb up on ledges. To defeat the various enemies (snakes, spiders, monkeys, frogs, scorpions and many other critters) Simba can jump on top of them, strike them with his claw or (as an adult only) roar at them to make them flee. Some of the levels end in boss fights. The fourth level, based on the stampede scene from the first film, is seen from a top-down perspective and the screen scrolls automatically. Level progress is saved via passwords. In all levels, Simba can pick up various collectibles. There are stars (collecting 100 gains an extra life), beetles (to refill or extend the health bar), a lion head (extra life), and parts of Simba's amulet. Collecting all five parts of the amulet gains an extra life and opens up a mini-game to be played before the next level. The games include Bug Drop (collecting bugs dropped from the top of the screen), Bug Tennis, Catch the Worms (picking up worms from holes and depositing them in a container) and Beetle Hunt (finding Pumbaa within a time limit, with yellow bugs increasing the score and red bugs decreasing the time limit). The mini games can also be played from the main menu. A mini-game exclusive for two players via link cable is called Tag: playing as Simba and Nala, the players try to hold on to a star for two minutes total. The star changes hands when the other player touches the star-carrier."
3430,First Strike,,1989,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"First Strike is an action-based flight game with a F-16 aircraft, reminiscent of After Burner The player can choose from eight missions with different scenarios, like the Middle East or Russia. The goal of each mission is to destroy a number of targets which are reached by flying around the playfield. The ammo supply and fuel needs to be selected before starting the mission and has an considerable influence on the mission itself: different weapons are more or less effective against different targets. On the other hand, running out of fuel during a mission results in death. The playing perspective is directly behind the plane and the starting/landing sequences are automatic."
3432,Psi 5 Trading Co.,Psi-5 Trading Company,1986,7.0,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,Psi-5 Trading company puts the player in command of a space freighter crewed by a host of quirky aliens. The player must pilot the ship through pirate-infested space and needs to decide whether to fight off or attempt to evade the space robbers. Time is short and commands must be timely and prudent as numerous emergencies crop up as the ship is attacked and systems fail or are destroyed. The player is challenged to get the precious cargo to its destination!
3433,Lunar Lander,,1979,6.1,"Action, Simulation",Arcade,,"Lunar Lander is based on other variants of Lunar Lander (also known by other names such as LEM ), popular on mainframes and early home computers. This version of the game features vector graphics and requires input in real-time. The goal for the player is to land on the moon, by applying thrust to the lander in different directions. If the player hits the moon with too much velocity or lands on uneven terrain the lander will crash. When things tend to go wrong the player can press the abort button to quickly launch the lander back up again. The abort action and applying thrust costs precious fuel of which the player only has a limited amount. The player can rotate the lander to change its direction with more thrust. When the player gets closer to the moon the view zooms in to show a better view of the landing site."
3443,CJ's Elephant Antics,,1991,7.0,Action,Platform,"Africa, Europe","CJ the baby elephant has fled captivity, and is desperate to reach his home in Africa. That means trekking halfway around the world, armed only with an infinite supply of peanuts and a handful of bombs (fortunately more can be collected as you go along). You start with nine lives, but the game's design is such that a lot of deaths will be unexpected, so prior knowledge of the layouts is essential to get through most sections of the five levels without losing lives. The two-player mode involves the screen following the lead player, so the latter can lose lives by getting too far behind. With lots of precise jumps across vertically-progressing ledges involved, a lot of skill and timing is required."
3447,Sküljagger: Revolt of the Westicans,,1992,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The pirate Sküljagger and his crew hold the island of Westica hostage. Forcing the people who live there to be his slaves, Sküljagger rules unopposed with an iron fist. A brave sailor named Storm Jaxon decides to rebel and steal Sküljagger's magical sword. Now he must fight for his life and ultimately to free the Westican people. Sküljagger: Revolt of the Westicans is a sidescrolling platform game. Players select between a 1 player game, an alternating turn 2 player game or Bubblegum Practice. The player controls Storm Jaxon who is able to run left and right, jump and swing Sküljagger's magic sword. Storm must reach the end of each level before time runs out or risk losing a life. Under normal circumstances, touching an enemy or projectile will cause him to die, though the sword is often able to destroy projectiles. By collecting red jewels, Storm is able to both augment the sword with a projectile attack and be protected from one enemy attack. Green jewels will also protect from one enemy attack, however collecting 25 of them will grant an extra life. Blue jewels add additional time for Storm to complete each level. Finding a mask will make Storm invulnerable for a short time. These power-ups are either floating in the air of each level or hidden away in chests, boxes, rocks and coconuts. However these items which may hide items can also be picked up and thrown at enemies. In addition to the power-ups listed above, fruity bubblegum can also be found. Only one bubble gum flavor can be carried at a time and it will be held until the player activates it. Grape bubblegum encases Storm in a giant invulnerable bubble that can bounce higher than jumping alone. Cherry bubblegum will require the player to inflate manually, but will allow Storm to fly. Beware as over inflating the bubble will pop it. Watermelon bubblegum will turn Storm into a projectile that damages anything on the screen, also gathering items. Orange bubblegum will let Storm spit out pellets at enemies which will destroy them. Bubblegum power-ups can be tested in the special bubblegum practice option of the menu."
3450,Beyond Time,"Obelisk: Project Oscar wo Suikō Seyo!, Shadow of the Obelisk, Shadow of the Obelisk: Delve Into the Corridors of Time",1996,5.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Beyond Time is an inventory-based, mouse-driven adventure game based on the novel Obelisk by Dr. Judith Kaye Jones. ""Obelisk"" was the name given to it by the original designers when it was completed in 1995, but it was never published under that name. DreamCatcher picked it up for publishing 2 years later under the name Beyond Time appropriate because the story does involve time travelling. Rifts in time have occurred causing people and precious artifacts and treasures to disappear mysteriously all over the world. Travel to ancient Egypt, Tibet, the Yucatan peninsula and Atlantis to find the missing masterpieces of the world and repair time itself. Only your puzzle-solving skills can save humanity from impending doom."
3451,Redline,Redline: Gang Warfare: 2066,1999,7.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Post-apocalyptic,"After nuclear war at the turn of the century, the citizens living on Earth in a post-apocalyptic year 2066 are divided into two distinct groups; The Insiders are the descendants of the wealthy corporations responsible for the devastation and live privileged lives inside of dome cities, while the Outsiders are those who live outside the domes, living on the scraps remaining of civilization. Outsider communities tend to degenerate into ""gangs"", who rule through brute force and use their ""Battle Wheels"" combat vehicles to retain control. Most of the gangs are collections of angry, twisted individuals brought together by common goals and a common hatred of everyone else. Feared by all are the dreaded Red Sixers, crazed cannibalistic mutants created by the negative life energy produced by the dying world. The Sixers, requiring constant sustenance prey on all the other inhabitants of the wasteland. When the Red Sixers attack and destroy the town of Stadium City, one inhabitant swears revenge. Managing to drive off the Red Sixers' leader, Rant, this young rookie's deeds gain the attention of another gang, The Company. He is recruited into their ranks and sent on a variety of missions to wage war on rival gangs. Redline is a combination of First Person Shooter and Vehicular Combat game. Players can fight their enemies on foot with a variety of weapons, or hop into an empty Battle Wheels rig and start blowing things up with the vehicle's built in weapons. While inside of a car, the player is able to run over enemies, but while on foot is very much vulnerable to becoming street pizza by enemy rigs. Players can exit the vehicle and continue on foot at any time. Gameplay takes place in huge outdoor levels which contain a variety of buildings and structures which will need to be explored on foot. The levels are in a ""modular"" format similar to Dark Forces or Aliens Versus Predator in that instead of going from one level to the next, players are able to select any previous level from the new game menu. Unlike those games however, Redline has an ingame save feature which is good since it doesn't have an ""easy"" difficulty setting. There are a total of twelve missions in the single player game which will take the player to locations such as Stadium City, Templar Strongholds, Battewheels combat tournaments and even Area 51."
3452,Exolon,,1987,7.0,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This flick-screen action game combines shoot 'em up and platform elements, as you control a flying man who can gain an exoskeletal suit for extra protection (hence the name). Your task is to progress from left to right in each level, either along the ground or by using the arrangement of platforms. Most of the baddies can be avoided rather than shot, and this is often easier, especially as you can duck or jump to avoid them. As well as a standard gun (activated by tapping fire) you also have a limited number of missiles to take out installations (activated by holding down fire, which makes autofire facilities useless)."
3455,Sam & Max and Day of the Tentacle Classic Adventures Pack,,1997,7.7,"Adventure, Compilation","Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"This compilation contains the Sam & Max: Hit the Road and Day of the Tentacle speech versions, as well as a Grim Fandango demo movie, all on a single disc. Also included is a reference card on how to properly run the games with sound. There are no manuals, neither on the CD nor printed. This is the first release of both games for the Amiga platform. It consists of the original PC CD (LucasArts Classic release) and an additional Amiga CD with the installer and documentation. The games are played with the bundled emulator ScummVM."
3456,Nick Faldo's Championship Golf,,1992,7.5,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Arc Developments created a 3D game world called Reality3 for this simulation, licensed around one of Britain's top players. There are two courses, plus a hidden 9-hole course on Mars with reduced gravity, with match play and stroke play options against one of 8 varied-difficulty computer players. You can have a rooster of 8 human players in addition to the AI players, from which you pick up to 4 who are taking part in a game. The control system is quite unusual, as the strength of the shot is chosen before you start the swing, but you have to click within a range to activate the shot, and this range is narrower if your shot is intended to be more powerful. An extra click can be made to add wrist snap, which increases the shot's power. The wind calculation is more complicated than most games of the era, and the rough is harder to play out of than usual, as you can't make slight stance adjustments easily."
3457,Duke Nukem II,Duke Nukem 2: Escape from Alien Abductors!,1993,7.2,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Duke Nukem II is a platform game and a sequel to Duke Nukem While giving an interview on TV, the famous muscular hero Duke Nukem is captured by the evil Rigelatins, who intend to use his brain for conquering Earth. Duke easily escapes his prison cell. Now he has to make his way through four episodes, each one consisting of an assortment of levels with varying graphic design. On his way, Duke has to destroy lots of obstacles and enemies - both Rigelatin forces and apparent local wildlife. Initially, Duke has just a weak laser rifle, but he can also find a flamethrower (which allows him to shoot down to launch himself in the air), a rocket launcher or a far more powerful laser cannon. These stronger weapons, however, have limited ammo. There are also lots of items to collect: health items such as soda cans or atom power-ups, Duke Nukem merchandise which gives score, keys and access cards that let him pass through locked door or electrical barriers. Duke can also find a rapid fire power-up which lets him shoot faster, a cloaking device which allows him to go through forcefields, and a globe which will give the player a hint when brought to a special pedestal. A lot of items are hidden in boxes of various colors which have to be opened by shooting. Beware, as some boxes do not contain items, but rather a harmful bomb! On some levels, Duke can find a small spaceship. He can enter it and fly around the level, using the ship's powerful cannon to mow down everything in his way. However, the ship won't fit everywhere, so Duke will have to get out of it eventually."
3464,Ancient Domains of Mystery,,1994,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),"Puzzle elements, Roguelike",Fantasy,"In Ancient Domains of Mystery the player character is an adventurer who has traveled to a remote mountain range to save Ancardia, the world of the game, from the forces of Chaos. The player can either continue on with this quest or join on with Chaos, depending on the choices that the player makes in the game. Becoming corrupted by the forces of chaos causes mutations which have positive or negative effects. The game features a wide range of character races and classes, a point-based skill system, many subplots, and a detailed world which allows to grow herbs and repair/upgrade weapons with smithing."
3469,B.C. II: Grog's Revenge,Grog's Revenge,1984,7.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Thor has completed his Quest for Tires Now he must discover the Meaning of Life. But it won't be easy. The Meaning of Life is hidden away; somewhere in a long maze of mountains. Each mountain is covered with clams and Thor needs to gather 100 clams in order to pay the tolls and advance through each mountain. The only way to Peter and the toll bridge is through the ""real scary caves"". There are lots of clams in the caves but watch out for stalagmites. Keep Thor's headlight sweeping back and forth for maximum clams. Out of the cave, watch out for Grog, who saves clams from Thor. Thor also has contend with rocks, potholes and pterodactyls (they'll eat his wheel) in his Quest for Clams and the Meaning of Life."
3470,Tangram,,1991,6.5,Puzzle,Cards / tiles,,"For around 4000 years the Chinese have been enthralled by this puzzle concept. It consists of a set of 7 shapes, representing squares, triangles and trapezoids, which must be arranged to form a pre-defined pattern. In this version there are 200, representing things such as animals and buildings. The shapes are on the right of the screen, and you move the mouse cursor over one to select it, then place it onto the shape as required. They can be rotated using the right mouse button. All this is done against a time limit. As well as points for clearing a level, you get bonus time for completing them with time to spare. This bonus time can then be used on later levels if you run out of the allotted time. Once you have no bonus time, you can dig into your main score to provide more time. There are two difficulty levels - the Novice level sees time elapse half as quickly as the Expert mode, and presents the levels in an approximate order of difficulty, whereas in Expert mode they are in randomised order."
3477,Jurassic Park Interactive,,1994,5.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,"Based on its namesake film, Jurassic Park Interactive places you as a park security guard and tasks you with guiding five to eleven visitors (based on the skill level you chose) to the safety of the helipad. You select each visitor from an overhead map, and must play one of three randomly-selected minigames to determine if they successfully make it to the next safe house: ""Spitter Shoot"" is a shooting gallery with Dilophosaurs as the targets. You use a stun gun which must be charged up to have maximum effect. Docile dinos also mix with the hostile ones but turn hostile if shot unnecessarily. ""T-Rex Chase"" is a basic driving game where you must outrun a Tyrannosaurus (visible in your rear-view mirror) while simultaneously staying on the road and dodging hazards. ""Raptor Maze"" is a 3D, first-person game where you must escape a darkened building while being stalked by Velociraptors of increasing numbers. You have no weapons and must instead use gates to block the dinos and alternate pathways to slip by. You must also hack computer locks to allow you access to the communications systems. Each lock is yet another minigame; these based off of arcade classics ( Space Invaders Asteroids ) with dinosaurs and Jurassic Park characters. Your final rating is given based on your success in both areas."
3483,Willow,,1989,7.0,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Willow is an action RPG based on the movie with the same name. The player assumes the role of Willow, the chosen one who must restore human form to the benevolent sorceress Fin Raziel and destroy the evil sorceress, Bavmorda. While the game follows the movie's plot somewhat most of the time, it also expands on it and introduces characters, races and enemies not found in the movie. Gameplay is similar to other action RPGs and The Legend of Zelda Willow is seen from a top down perspective and all enemies are visible on screen. Slaying enemies will give Willow experience points, which will eventually lead to him increasing his stats automatically. New weapons, shields and magic items are found in various treasure chests scattered across the land or given to Willow as part of the plot. Aside from battling minor enemies Willow will also face off against several boss monsters as well as characters from the movie."
3487,Motocross Madness,MCM,1998,8.0,Racing / Driving,Tricks / stunts,,"Motocross Madness features rough-terrain motorcycle racing, with over 30 courses. Co-ordinating a jump's speed, balance and take-off point make the difference between a perfect landing and a heavy spill. Physics model the bike and the rider separately, for maximum realism and some spectacular crashes. You can take on complete races in Indoor Supercross and Outdoor Motocross, or attempt 16 wild stunts. Circuits are fully displayed and modeled in 3D, with freedom of movement. A course designer is included, as is LAN multiplayer capability."
3489,Bucky O'Hare,,1992,8.0,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Captain Bucky O'Hare and his loyal crew - Blinky, Deadeye, Jenny, and Willy - fight to save the Aniverse from the scourge of the Toad Armada. That is until Bucky's ship is attacked and his crew taken prisoner. Now a lone bunny on a mission, Bucky must fight to rescue his comrades from four hostile planets and then confront the Air Marshall on his flagship. Bucky O'Hare is a side-scrolling action game based on the cartoon of the same name. Bucky's main abilities are a jump and a blaster weapon, which he can charge up to make an even more powerful jump. Life and Weapon bars are displayed at the bottom of the screen. Bucky can obtain new weapons throughout the game from his crew members."
3492,Mega Bomberman,Bomberman '94,1993,8.2,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mega Bomberman is a top-down action game. Control your Bomberman through various levels defeating multiple enemies and plenty of bosses. Each level consist of blocks for exploding and some blocks that don't explode. At times you will need the non-exploding blocks as shelter. The blocks that do explode reveal power-ups and eggs. The eggs are the unique twist to this version of Bomberman. When you get a egg, it hatches into a kangaroo. There are multiple kangaroo types, each with their own unique ability. You hop on the back of the kangaroo and utilize it's ability. If you happen to walk into an explosion the kangaroo takes the damage and dies and you continue to live. Another unique feature in multiplayer is you can choose your character. Pick one of 9 such as Miner, Tiny, Fat, Cop, Punk (On cover), Lady, Old man, Robot and the original Bomberman. After selecting your character get ready for battle as you are placed in 1 of the 4 corners of the arena. Now just blow your way through the blocks and attack some opponents. Watch out for their bombs and remember to dodge your own. There are also many arena's to choose from. Each arena has it's own twist such as trap doors, an igloo to hide in, conveyor belts and more."
3498,Dogs of War: Battle On Primus IV,Starship Soldiers,2000,6.2,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Dogs of War is a real-time tactical game set in a full 3D environment. Three factions are fighting each other for supremacy: the Imperial Order, the rebel organization Warmonkeys, and the alien race of Mantai. Battles take place with up to 200 individual units split between the three opposing forces, across sprawling battlefields of up to ten square kilometres. The player can go from commanding an army of a hundred units to controlling one sniper in third-person mode, looking along the telescopic sights of the rifle. There are more than 40 different unit types to command, including infantry, mechanised units and alien creatures, and a diverse range of camera modes including long-range strategic and third-person views. The game contains 20 single player missions and many multiplayer levels."
3504,Leonardo,,1989,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"In this top-down puzzle oriented game you have to help Leonardo, a little thief, on his criminal trips. Use your joystick to lead Leonardo through 50 different levels including banks, museums, and warehouses. Pressing the fire button of your joystick you can push everything in your way, except walls. Pushed objects won't stop until they collide with other objects or the police officer and his ghost deputy who are trying to stop your robberies. Every level has a time limit in which you must bring three equal items into one line to complete the level. Each level is larger than the screen, in the lower half of the screen you have a helpful radar for orientation. Running out of time or being caught by the policemen will cost you one of your five lives. If you are able to master the first ten levels you will receive a password, which you can use to start your next game directly on this level. You can unlock more passwords after mastering Levels 20 and 30. From Level 30 to the final Level 50 you must master the game with your 5 lives, as no more passwords are given."
3505,High Seas Havoc,"Capt'n Havoc, Captain Lang, Havoc",1993,6.8,Action,Platform,Sea pirates / Caribbean,"Havoc is a young traveler and treasure hunter, who roams the seas with his shipmate Tide. One day, he finds an unconscious girl on the seashore. She tells Havoc that her name is Bridget, and she has a treasure map that leads to the location of Emeralda, the legendary treasure with unique power. But the evil pirate Bernardo has kidnapped Bridget and Tide, and stolen the treasure map. Havoc has to rescue his friends and to get the map back. High Seas Havoc is an action platformer. Havoc can roll, jump, and attack enemies while jumping - or hit them by simply jumping on their heads. He can also collect various items and open treasure chests on the way."
3514,Mortal Kombat Trilogy,,1996,7.4,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"All the characters from the first three Mortal Kombat games return for the ultimate battle. You can play as Kano, Reptile, Mileena, Kung Lao, Shang Tsung, Sindel, Sketor, Stryker, Nightwolf, Sheeva, Kitana, Scorpion, Sonya, Smoke (Cyber Ninja), Rain, Jade, Baraka, Johnny Cage, Ermac, Noob Saibot, Sub-Zero (Unmasked), Sub-Zero (Classic), Jax, Rayden, Cyrax, Liu Kang, Smoke (Human), Kabal, Goro, Kintaro, Motaro, or Shao Kahn. This game is one-on-one martial arts fighting. The player can choose from over thirty different characters, all with their own fighting style and their own special moves. Trilogy differs from the other games in that you can play combinations of people that otherwise isn't possible, such as old Liu Kang vs. new Liu Kang, etc. Mortal Kombat Trilogy also allows you to challenge a friend to a fight through a Windows IPX network connection."
3521,Baldur's Gate,"Bode zhi Men, Puerta de Baldur, Wrota Baldura",1998,8.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Candlekeep is an ancient fortress situated on the rural Sword Coast. Recently, inexplicable events have been plaguing this quiet place, which has long become a large library where men of wisdom and knowledge can study in peace. Unknown mercenaries try to enter the walls of Candlekeep, interested in a seemingly ordinary and unimportant young person - an orphan who was taken in by the mage Gorion and treated by him as his own child. One night, Gorion decides to leave Candlekeep and take his adopted child to a safe place. However, as they leave the fortress, they are ambushed by a group of assassins. The orphan manages to escape, but Gorion dies in battle. The gates of Candlekeep are locked, because its inhabitants are afraid to attract to themselves the wrath of the mysterious attackers. Only Imoen, another child who was brought up by Gorion and has been like a sister to the protagonist, is willing to share the uncertain future. The two have nothing, no place to call their home, only a wide hostile world in front of them. A long and perilous journey begins there. Baldur's Gate is a role-playing game that uses the rule set of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D). Set in the universe of Forgotten Realms, the game is the first part of the saga that lets the player explore various towns, wilderness areas and dungeons, undertake many side quests, and find companions for the long journey. The player creates the hero(ine) by selecting his or her class, choosing between fighter, thief, mage, priest, ranger, and druid (including sub-classes, dual- and multi-class characters); alignment (Good-Evil and Lawful-Chaotic axis), and weapon proficiencies. The 2nd edition AD&D rules are applied in the game during combat, character leveling, class restrictions, etc. Up to six player-controlled characters can participate in combat. Battles occur in the same environment as exploration, and flow in real time, though the player is able to pause combat at any time to issue precise commands to any of the characters. Once the game is unpaused, the characters repeat the last action selected by the player until it is changed or becomes impossible to execute. Characters can freely move during battles; party formation and positioning in combat play a significant role."
3525,Overdrive,,1993,7.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"This is a topdown racing game similar to Micro Machines in which the player gets to control 4x4s, buggies, super sports cars and GP cars etc. Race around 20 gruelling courses across five different terrains. Featuring super smooth, fast scrolling, excellent colour graphics with 2 player support."
3526,Player Manager 2: Extra - The Chase For Glory,Willi Lemkes Fussballmanager,1995,5.6,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Player Manager 2: Extra - The Chase For Glory is an updated version of Player Manager 2 A knockout and challenge mode have been added. The former allows to take on human opponents in a league, the latter to see how many points the player can get, with more points resulting in better offers from other clubs. Besides this, the game features various graphical and cosmetic enhancements, real player names and the option to customize them."
3532,Evil Zone,Eretzvaju,1999,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Evil Zone is a 3D / 360 degree movement anime style fighting game. It has Story Mode, One Player Battle Mode, VS Mode, Survival Mode, and Practice Mode. You have 8 characters to choose from (and you can unlock more). Each character in the Story Mode is treated like a different TV Show complete with voice intro of the beginning of the episode and previews of the next episode / fight. The ""TV Show"" varies from non-serious comedy to very serious depending on the character."
3560,NFL Quarterback Club 96,,1995,7.4,Sports,,,"Another game in NFL Quarterback series Every team from the 1996 NFL season is shown here, with real player numbers and stats. 32 offensive plays and 16 defensive plays are available as you play. Options include setting quarter lengths, from one to 15 minutes, and selecting your mode of play: Preseason, Playoffs, or a full Season, in which you play 18 games towards the goal of the Super Bowl."
3562,Blue Max: Aces of the Great War,,1990,6.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War I","Blue Max is a World War I fighter plane simulator, where the player may fly fighter planes such as Fokker, Sopwith, Spad, and many other ones. The game allows split screen gaming for two players, cooperatively or competitively, with multiple 3D camera angle features. Missions involve shooting down enemy planes, while others focus on specific targets. The game includes a very unique feature for those who chose to use it: the ability to convert the dogfights to turn-based battles fought on a hexagonal map but still maintaining the 3D view in a frozen window."
3565,Game Dev Story,Game Hatten-Koku++,1997,8.1,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Ever wondered what it would be like to own your own game company? Make your own games? Game Dev Story answers that question by putting a new up and coming game development studio in your hands. As the CEO, you choose your game style, address the market with the right kind of content on the right platform, and make your mark in the games industry. Game Dev Story is a simulation game, with the main aim being to take a small development studio and build it up to the become the largest game developer on the planet. You'll have full control over all the every day activities a studio entails, such as the hire and fire of staff, what games to develop and for which consoles, whether to attend certain media events and the occasional chance to purchase improvements to your studio (such as moving to a larger building). Finances are based on overall product sales, determined largely by the audience you're able to rake in. Get it right and you'll be able to develop sequels to your most successful games, or hire out big names to help create your next one. All the while, you will also have to balance the books, or advertise your company and your games through various ways. The titles you can create range in genre and style, and it's all up to you. The staff you hire will work for you, create graphics and sound, designing the core story or style, but you will determine the overall costs and direction along the way. Every game is rated by reviewers and sold for the console you chose, with constant in game updates on how well it's selling and your current overall income. If money is a problem or sales are down, you can also choose to develop independent projects for other companies to help pay the way to your next game, such as creating FMV's or music scores. Game Dev Story harks back to the old school 2D graphics of the SNES and PC of old with pixelated characters and midi music, combined with a modern day touch screen menu system."
3566,Inspector Gadget,,1993,7.1,Action,Platform,,"Inspector Gadget is on yet another mission against the evil Doctor Claw and his army of M.A.D. (Mean And Dirty) agents. This time it's personal because Doctor Claw has captured Gadget's niece, Penny. With the help of his trusty dog, Brain, and his suit full of special gadgets, Inspector Gadget must save Penny and defeat Doctor Claw and his minions! Gadget will start in a haunted castle in England, and from there, he will travel to many places around the world while pursuing Doctor Claw. On the way, he will be confronted by Doctor Claw's agents, and the only way to get by them is to use his gadgets and items against them. Gadget can attack his enemies by using his punch (up, left right) and kicks which he is already equipped with. Several items he picked up can be used as weapons: Bombs - throw at enemies Red Propellers - to be used against aerial enemies Offensive Arrow - shoot at enemies Little Inspector Gadgets - little robots that will run at and damage enemies. If Gadget gets hit, he will lose his overcoat, leaving him in his boxers! In this state, he will lose a life if he gets hit again. To prevent this from happening, pick up an extra overcoat that he can change into. Other items include: Hands - comes up from Gadget's hat and will grasp onto rings Suction cups - shoot at walls and have Gadget climb up them Hats - used as energy source for certain gadgets"
3567,Myth: The Total Codex,Myth: Kodeks Absolutu,1999,7.7,Compilation,,,The compilation package consists of:
3569,Mia Hamm Soccer 64,"Michael Owen's WLS 2000: World League Soccer, RTL WLS 2000: World League Soccer, Telefoot Soccer 2000",1999,6.4,Sports,,,"Michael Owen's WLS 2000: World League Soccer is a soccer game for the Nintendo 64. In the game you can choose to play one of over 200 teams from various countries in custom cups. The game features two modes of control: easy and professional. The latter allows you to perform a wide array of over 23 different special moves and maneuvers. Controls allow you to shoot, pass and sprint. Unlike other soccer games you cannot choose which player you want to control when on the defense, the decision is made for you. The later released US version of the game, named Mia Hamm Soccer 64 had all the player models replaced with female versions and all team names changed."
3579,ClueFinders: 3rd Grade Adventures,"ClueFinders: Mystery of The Monkey Kingdom, Äventyrarna: Trean - Regnskogsmysteriet",1998,8.1,"Adventure, Educational",,,"Deep in the Rainforest, strange things are happening. A monster that attacked the Rainforest many years ago is believed to have returned after the mysterious disappearance of many animals and the famous naturalist Dr. Horace Pythagoras. With all these strange things happening who can save the Rainforest? The ClueFinders are called in to help save the Rainforest, and the professor. In the game your goal is to find two keys in two different parts of the Rainforest called the Goo Lagoon, and the Monkey Kingdom to open the ancient city gates where Mathra is hiding. This game for ages 7-9 teaches 3rd grade curriculum such as Language arts, Science, Logic and much more. Their personified flying computer 'LapTrap' provides a menu that includes a sound on/off option, a map, a ClueFinders club and a progress report to help show how well your doing in your subjects. The game also provides a red video phone for help in any game."
3582,NBA in the Zone '99,"NBA Power Dunkers 4, NBA Pro 99, NBA in the Zone 2",1999,6.5,Sports,,,"Konami's second attempt of NBA basketball features all the options from the '98 title plus new motion captured moves, an icon passing system, on the fly play calling and up-to-date rosters and stats for the 98/99 NBA season. A new three point contest is included to go with the Exhibition, Season, Playoff and All-Star modes. All this and the voice of Chicago Bull public announcer Ray Clay."
3584,Rasputin,,1986,7.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The spirit of Rasputin lives on in the netherworld. There, using the power of the Jewel of the Seven Planets, he intends to wreak havoc on the universe. The player takes on the role of a crusader and, armed only with a sword and a shield, must destroy the Jewel to put an end to Rasputin's schemes. To reach the Jewel the player must first enter the netherworld and neutralise the eight magic spells that Rasputin has cast to protect it. Rasputin: The Crusader's Quest is a single-player ""search the dungeons to find the jewel"" type of game. The netherworld takes the form of a court-yard from which doors take the player to different dimensions. Within each dimension there are magic stones that the player must step on to absorb their magic power and turn them from the dark side to the light. When, finally, the player has absorbed all the runes in a dimension, Rasputin will release a bigger and more dangerous monster from the dark side which, when slain, will give up a rune that will counteract one of the eight magic spells.There are also four rune stones to collect and these give protection when they attempt to neutralise the magic spells, except that the runes are colour coded and the player must have the right rune for the spell that's being broken. In addition there are all sorts of traps, pitfalls and nasty netherworld creatures that will either try to kill or sap the players energy. The game can be played with either a keyboard or a joystick. There is no difficulty setting and no keyboard re-definition. There are only six action keys. Left / right rotates the character who can either walk or jump forward. There are two keys for fighting, one to use the shield and one to use the sword. Using either of these uses up their energy, indicated by a dual power bar in the lower right of the screen. The game world consists of a series of rooms which may or may not have anything useful in them. The player has to work out how to cross the room in order to progress in the game. Items to collect are usually guarded by denizens of the netherworld who the player must either fight or creep past. Failing or dying in this game does not mean that the whole game has to be replayed. The game re-animates the player at the start of that section, doorway of the room to replay that section again. However, each reanimation consumes some of the player's life force and when that's gone the game has to be reloaded."
3591,King of Fighters R-1,,1998,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Using the Japanese ""SD"" (Super-Deformed) artwork style, the KOF Series makes its debut on SNK's monochrome handheld bringing the same gameplay characteristics found in its arcade/console counter-part The King of Fighters '97 like the possibility of choose between two game modes (Advanced or Extra), an identical adaptation of the battle stages, the chance to battle against Leona and Iori in their Orochi-versions and the same storyline involving the New Faces Team (Yashiro Nanakase, Shermie and Chris), that are using the tournament to accumulate enough energy to wake up his supreme master: Orochi. The teams included in the game are the following ones (Shingo Yabuki and Leona Heidern are single entries here):"
3600,Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers,Actisource: The International Computer Hotline,1986,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Cold War,"Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers is a real-time strategy game. It is the sequel to Hacker Once again you hack into a computer system, just to end up saving the world. Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers opens with the console to the ""Actisource"" computer hotline system (a nice self-ironic pun - although nobody knows why a serious hacker might want to crack a help service for computer games...). However, your quiet little hack is soon disturbed: The government wants you for a secret mission. It, again, involves a robot drone and you're the one at the remote control. Although this time, it's not the whole globe that's your playground, but a high security facility in Russia, where the plans for global domination are hidden. In fact, all you've got to do is to guide your drone to the vault on a 2D map of the building. However, there are two major obstacles: Patrolling guards and security cameras. To avoid detection, you've got to trick the observers. By tapping the surveillance system you can see what cameras are currently active and which rooms they monitor. Your task is to bypass the video signal of the right cameras with a taped recording of an empty room, so that your drone is hidden from the view. You control four monitors, which you may freely switch to show the security monitor, the radar map, VCR output or one of the 38 cameras -- thus keeping an eye on guard movement while simultaneously controlling your drone and synchronizing recordings to cameras. Whew, sounds like a lot of work? It is."
3602,Hatris,,1990,6.1,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"In Hatris the falling blocks of Tetris are replaced by falling hats which are top hats, cowboy hats, baseball caps, derbys, party hats and crowns. The setting is a hat factory, where hats are dropped down from a conveyor belt two at a time and must be stacked on one of six mannequin heads. Once five hats of the same kind have been stacked on top of each other, they fall down onto another conveyor belt below and are shipped out of the factory, rewarding the player with a cash bonus (the game keeps track of score as money, not simply points). Once enough hats are shipped out of the shop, the game goes up a level to the next shop. The higher shop number the player gets to, the more types of hats start appearing to make it more difficult for the player to accomplish their task. The game ends when one of the stacks of hats reaches the top of the screen. The NES version of the game also features an aid system. Players can receive aid from the avatars of either Alexey Pajhitnov or Vladimir Pokhilko. The aid is earned by completing 5 sets of a hat type (each avatar has 3 hat types dedicated to them) and multiple aid can be stored up til the player chooses to use it. Vladimir can switch hat columns while Alexey can remove hats from the bottoms of the hat columns. At the end of a level, any stored aid can be kept or sold for money. The Famicom version of the game contains some differences from the NES version of the game. It doesn't have a point bonus for clearing a set of hats at the same time and there is no aid system. At the end of a level. there is a sale screen, which lets the player choose which hat type they want to sell, which will remove it from the playfield. While the sale screen is seen in other versions of the game, there is no extra points received in the Famicom version."
3603,Everyone's A Wally (The Life of Wally),"""Everyone's a Wally"" (A day in the Life of Wally), La Banda",1985,7.6,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Wally Week's third game introduces us to more members of his gang. As well as his lady Wilma, his mates Tom, Dick and Harry come under your control as well, and you have to indirectly guide Wally's son Herbert. You've discovered a safe, but need to find the five parts of the code - each character is searching for a particular one. Their respective professions dictate which tasks they can perform - plumbing, electrical work and car maintenance for example. Objects must be collected and manipulated to accomplish all this. There are plenty of reaction and timing tests along the way, as well as hidden games."
3609,Moon Shuttle,,1981,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Aliens have invaded our asteroid belt! It's up to you to get rid of them. Your space ship on the bottom of the vertically scrolling screen dodges and shoots at asteroids, hostile ships and the like. By moving left and right and firing rapidly, first you must clear a path through the asteroids. Only then you can take on the alien craft. Pushing up on the joystick increases speed, but crashing into an asteroid means death. A bonus is awarded if you pass through unscathed. Once on the other side, the aliens attack from the top and sides of the screen and drop missiles. The first wave is just a teaser. Progressive waves are more aggressive and harder to kill. If you destroy a certain number of aliens, more asteroids must be avoided or destroyed, followed by yet another alien attack, and so on, until eventually all are defeated or you have no more lives."
3611,Riven: The Sequel to Myst,"Myst 2, Riven (1997), Riven: A Sequência de Myst, Riven: Il Seguito Di Myst, Riven: La Suite De Myst",1997,8.1,Adventure,Puzzle elements,"Fantasy, Steampunk","After the Stranger has rescued Atrus, the master of ""linking books"", from the imprisonment caused by his sons, a new task awaits the hero. Atrus's wife, Catherine, has been taken by Gehn, his own father. Gehn has appointed himself as the one to rule the Age of Riven, and has driven his world to collapse. Now he holds Catherine hostage on Riven, hoping that his son will restore the book link to the Age and free him from there. The Stranger is requested by Atrus to travel to Riven and find a way to rescue Catherine. Riven is a sequel to Myst and is very similar to its predecessor in gameplay style, controls, and visual presentation. The game world is presented as a series of computer-generated still screens; the player explores it in a point-and-click fashion. Interaction with the environment is possible only when said environment is highlighted as a ""hot spot"", and is also performed by simple clicking. Like its predecessor, Riven is heavy on puzzles, which rarely include using inventory items, but usually involve understanding and manipulating the complex environments and machinery of the game world."
3618,Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace,,1992,6.9,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Based on the 2nd Edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) Spelljammer rulebook, Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace leads the player into a fantasy world to a pilot a ship (spelljammer) that may travel into Realmspace and visit eight worlds of inner and outer planets for exploration and trade. In this game, the player captains a spelljammer ship, consisting of several crew members and officers (which may be equipped with items) as well as the player's main character. Gameplay primarily consists of trading goods between one planet and another as well as completing quests available at each planet. During the course of space travel (first person perspective), the player while travelling in wildspace, may encounter other spelljammer vessels. If the player determines the vessel is hostile, space combat may commence by attacking (or being attacked) by said vessel. Combat consists of two different areas: In hand-to-hand combat, participants are divided into the ship's mates and the ship's crew. The player has complete control of the ship's mates, whereas the artificial intelligence (AI) takes control of the ship's crew. Victory is decided when all of the enemy mates and crew are destroyed. Achieving victory over an enemy vessel will result in the possibility of the player changing ships, as there are various different spelljammer ships in the game. These spelljammer ships may later be repaired or upgraded with weapons/accessories in any planet port."
3619,Earnest Evans,,1991,6.1,Action,Platform,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","The story of the game is connected to that of El Viento Earnest Evans is a brave treasure hunter. His grandfather was a famous archaeologist who searched for three legendary idols in the 1930s. It was said that those idols could bring disaster upon the Earth if fallen into the wrong hands. But despite his efforts, he could never find even one of the idols. Now it's up to the grandson to continue his work, fifty years later. But the evil syndicate leader Brady Tressider has his own plans, and will do anything to stop Earnest... This is an action platform game in which you control Earnest Evans, armed with his trusty whip. The hero can jump, climb ropes, crouch, and crawl. There are plenty of obstacles on the levels (bottomless pits, spikes, crushing bridges, lava, etc.), as well as gangsters and monsters to dispose of."
3620,Kick Off 96,,1996,6.2,Sports,,,"Kick Off 96 gives you the chance to take part in the European Championships in England 1996. Kick Off 96 can be played with several perspectives, including overhead and isometric, and offers the same pacey gameplay that made its predecessors famous. If Euro 96 isn't enough you could play with 49 international teams plus 750 club teams, totalling 15.000 real players with varied skill levels. If that's still not enough, you can also create your own leagues and teams."
3621,The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle,"Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, O Castelo Maluco do Pernalonga",1989,6.6,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"This game is the first in the Crazy Castle series of Bugs Bunny games for the Game Boy. The object of this game is to move Bugs around the 80 levels of a castle and collect all of the carrots. Preventing Bugs' progress are the usual Warner Bros. characters, such as Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, and Sylvester. Bugs himself does not have any attack moves, but he can use various objects lying around like anvils and boxing gloves to thwart his enemies."
3630,The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk,Bart no Jack to Mame no Ki,1993,6.5,Action,Platform,,"The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk is a retelling of the English fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk with Simpsons characters. Bart Simpson is sent to trade the Simpsons' last cow for some food and he ends up trading it to Monty Burns for some magic beans and a slingshot. Homer Simpson spits the beans out the window where they grow into a massive stalk reaching into the clouds. The game is a platformer with some shooter elements. The player, as Bart, must jump between platforms and vines through all sorts of tricky hazards to the giant's castle in the clouds and make it back down alive. Bart can use his slingshot and various weapons he finds along the way to defeat the enemies that block his path. There are seven levels in total."
3649,Mikie,"Miao Huoji, Shinnyūshain Tōru-kun",1984,6.9,Action,Arcade,,"Mikie puts you in charge of Mikie, a high school student who likes to win hearts of every girl that he can lay his eyes on. There are several classrooms to explore like the Quantum Physics Room, Locker Room, Canteen, the Aerobics Dancing Class, and the Playground. In each classroom, Mikie has to collect all the hearts that are found in each classroom to form a message. In order to collect these hearts, Mikie must stand somewhere near them and shout out. There are two type of hearts: small and large. Mikie needs to shout out only once to collect the small hearts, and multiple times to collect the large ones. When a message is formed, Mikie can exit the classroom through a door marked OUT. Stopping him from collecting the hearts is the teacher, the chef, and the janitor. The teacher is the worst one. When he is unable to catch you, he works up a sweat, and eventually, throws his teeth at you. When his teeth hits Mikie, he loses one of his three lives. In later classrooms, Mikie can throw stuff at his enemies in order to stun them for several seconds (for instance, the basketballs in the locker room, and the chickens in the canteen). The janitor isn't as bad because he walks much slower than the others. In between levels, you have to enter the next classroom through a door marked IN without being caught, but you can do at least two things to pass time: Steal some lunch, and open one of the unmarked doors to receive a punch, a kick, or the chance to see a naked lady with breasts. Beware that if you take too long in the hallway and don't travel between floors, a bucket slides across the screen real fast and attempt to slip you. If you're good enough at the game, you can enter a high score, and if you fail to enter anything, the game will assume that you are Clint Eastwood."
3650,Elite Soccer,"Soccer, World Cup Striker",1994,7.5,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Elite Soccer lets the player choose from 24 National teams including the U.S., England, France, Brazil among others, in a chance to play in the World Cup tournament and win the coveted trophy. Players can also choose to play in a Knockout-style tournament where instead of a round robin type of play like in World Cup, they instead play one game and advance to the next like a regular tournament. There is also a two-player mode that allows friends to compete head-to-head. The main gameplay is the same as others with an overhead view with a third-person perspective for penalty kicks. The rules and regulations are up to date and can actually be changed to suit the players style of choice. They can also choose weather conditions, skills of goalies or even the choice to play either indoors or outdoors. Players can also edit their players including appearance and stats wise to suit their liking."
3661,Future Knight,,1986,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform","Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic",You control Future Knight and your space craft has crashed on a remote and hostile planet and the aliens took your love interest hostage. First you have to find a way out of your huge and maze-like space craft. The aliens have already invaded your space craft and are now wandering through your craft looking for new technology. Use your laser gun to blow them to Kingdom Come. Eventually if you find your way out of the ship you set foot on the planet's surface. Fight and defeat the huge robot aliens and rescue your love interest.
3662,Wing Commander: Privateer,,1993,7.9,"Action, Simulation",,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","On the fringe of Human space, near the Kilrathi border, the industrial machine is running full-tilt to feed the war effort, and there is a lot of shipping - but also a lot of pirates, Retros (religious fanatics who want to destroy technology), military, militia, merchants, mercenaries, and privateers. In the darkness, a battle between ships has woken up something ancient, powerful, and deadly. Wing Commander: Privateer is a space trading and combat simulation. The player assumes the role of a privateer. Start with the lowly scout, and upgrade to one of the three other superior ships: Galaxy (superior cargo space), Orion (superior protection), or Centurion (superior offense). Buy optional equipment such as armor, engines, shields, weapons, launchers for torpedoes/missiles, and more. Take on missions (multiple sources, from the cheapest mission computer, to fixers who has the toughest but most rewarding missions) and earn money for upgrades. Use spare cargo room to trade commodities to further add to the account. Missions can vary from search and destroy to Fedex (i.e. delivery) to bounty hunting, and more. The game is set in the Wing Commander universe, but is more of a free-form game similar to Elite While there is a central plot, the player can deviate from it somewhat and can continue playing the game after completing the main story missions."
3663,Gauntlet: Dark Legacy,,2000,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements, RPG elements",Fantasy,"A port of the arcade game, Gauntlet: Dark Legacy is the follow-up to Gauntlet: Legends and another installment in the long-running Gauntlet series of hack-and-slash action games. As with all the Gauntlet games, you play a medieval fantasy character who, along with allies if you have them, fights his or her way through hordes of evil creatures on the never-ending quest for more gold and perhaps even an eventual goal. This version contains the characters and levels from Gauntlet: Legends plus the new characters and levels from the Dark Legacy arcade game, with a few extra levels thrown in. There are eight characters to initially choose from: the mighty Warrior, the deadly Valkyrie, the quick-footed Archer, the powerful Wizard, the spellcasting Sorceress, the stalwart Knight, the valiant Dwarf, and the chaotic Jester. Although there are similarities between characters from the two games, each character looks and plays differently. In addition, there are eight alternative-modes for these characters to unlock, plus dozens of secret characters to obtain. With a multi-tap, up to four players can play, with rules governing how much they can hurt each other. Unlike the original Gauntlets, the levels you'll face take place in various terrain from forests to mountains to volcanic plains. Many of the monsters are familiar to old fans of the series, but there is some new blood among the ranks of evil, including some rather large foes. Unlike the early Gauntlet arcade games, the camera angle varies from location to location, from bird's eye to nearly ground level. The lands, creatures, and heroes are all rendered in 3D. While the graphics have been upgraded, the gameplay is very similar. You basically run around levels, hacking at what seems like unlimited armies of monsters, searching for gold, keys, and health-giving food...as well as a way out of the level. Bosses and other scripted events slow down the repetitious nature of the originals. While levels can be gained and characters saved, Gauntlet: Dark Legacy is an action game with some RPG trappings and should not be confused with the more true types from that genre."
3665,Beverly Hills Cop,,1990,6.0,"Action, Racing / Driving","Platform, Shooter",,"Eddie Murphy became a star in the police film Beverly Hills Cop, and it was this license that Tynesoft used to create a game featuring four distinct sub-games, each of which can be practiced from the main screen in some versions. First Axel Foley visits a warehouse to shoot out some bad guys in a Green Beret -influenced sequence. The second level (first on the C64 version) involves driving after 3 lorries full of weapons, and shooting them out one by one, Chase HQ -style. Avoid contact and stay on the road to complete this. Next you must cross the grounds of a mansion, shooting anyone who gets in your way. The final section is set within the mansion, and is first-person 3D, although with few movement angles and only one enemy on screen at a time."
3666,Night Mission Pinball,,1982,7.2,Simulation,"Arcade, Pinball",,"Night Mission Pinball is a pinball game simulation. You can change many physical parameters of the machine to suit your playing style or your whim such as the number of balls, ball speed, the incline of the machine, the kick off the bumpers, etc. It supports 1-4 players and is controlled by the keyboard or joystick. The Atari 8-bit version made use of the keyboard click speaker for sound-effects."
3669,Chessmaster 8000,Guoji Xiangqi Dashi 8000,2000,7.4,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"The grandmaster of PC chess is back and better than ever! The revamped chess AI plays at grandmaster level, even stronger than before. New chess sets with 16-bit art looks better than ever. Improved ""Natural Language Advice"" help you get into the game and gets kids interested in chess. Special chess lessons by Josh Waitzkin (chess grandmaster) and Bruce Pandolfini (chess author and teacher) are also included."
3671,Starflight,,1986,8.0,"Role-playing (RPG), Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A long time ago, a great empire comprised of Humans, Velox, Thrynn and Elowan ruled the stars. The Empire's currency was an energy source called Endurium. But something happened and this empire is no more. Furthermore, the small colony world named Arth has forgotten this heritage and technology. A thousand years have since passed and the people of Arth have rediscovered archaeological evidence of their empire. Using these discoveries, they create spaceships and form the Interstel corporation to govern the fleet. It's time to take the first steps back into space... but could it be the same enemy that destroyed the Empire still exists? Starflight is a space exploration game with role-playing elements. The game is completely non-linear, allowing the player to venture to any star system and explore any of the vast amount of available planets. The main plot is advanced by following cryptic clues either received as transmissions at the initial spaceport, or obtained as a result of successful communication with various alien races populating the universe. The player must first form a crew, assign their positions and customize the spaceship before blasting off from spacedock. Besides the captain of the ship, a science officer, a navigator, an engineer, a communicator, and a doctor have to be assigned to the ship. The player can choose between Humans, Velox, Thrynn, Elowan, and Android races when creating the characters. Each profession usually has a racial counterpart with the highest proficiency in it. Except Androids, members of every race can be trained in their skills by spending the game's currency. In the starting location the player can also acquire better weapons, armor, and shields for the ship, as well as outfit it with cargo pods. Terrain vehicle can be customized as well. Once out into space, the standard interface allows access to different crew members and navigation. The entire galaxy is unknown and it's up to the player to travel to distant planets to explore and land on them. Planets may be inhospitable, with harsh weather conditions and various terrain types. Using a top-down interface, a planetary lander will venture out with the task of finding minerals and biological data to transport back to Starport. These resources can be sold for MU, the game's currency. Different alien races control the galaxy and it will be up to the player to approach them diplomatically or face them in combat. Depending on the communicator's skill, the player may conduct successful conversations by assuming different postures, requesting information, or answering questions posed by the aliens. Each race has a different attitude and requires different approaches to peacefully end the negotiations. If all else fails, or if the player so wishes, the player-controlled ship may engage the aliens in combat, which is presented as overhead arcade action sequences. Successful exploration of the galaxy and alien cultures will yield clues and new leads as to the fate of the Empire. The Amiga version adds an auto-mining command. The Genesis version has updated graphics and sound, and is different in several aspects: locations of minerals and artifacts are different; there are new weapons for the ship and upgrades for the terrain vehicle; landing on planets is no longer automatic and must be controlled manually to avoid crashing; terrain vehicle exploration is more realistic, with visible weather conditions and various terrain types slowing down the vehicle."
3673,Power at Sea,,1988,6.3,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,World War II,"Power at Sea is a 2D naval action/strategic game. 1944, war in the pacific. You are the commanding officer of a small strike fleet. Within 96 hours you have to secure the Leyte Gulf. In order to take opposing islands, you have to destroy first the land cannons and bunkers and send then the landing boats with the correct number to troops ashore. Defeat enemy battleships and carriers with your own fighters and protect your ships with Anti-Aircraft guns against enemy kamikaze fighters."
3677,Hexxagon,,1993,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Hexxagon is a board game based on Ataxx except with a hexagon grid instead of a square grid. It takes place on a board made up of hexes, 58 in total, and each player starts with three pawns. You can move a pawn two hexes in any direction, or clone a pawn onto an adjacent hex. Every opponent's pawn adjacent to the pawn you just placed becomes yours. The winner is the player who has the most pawns once the board is filled up, or the player who eliminates all of the opponent's pawns, in which case the game fills the board with their pawns automatically."
3681,Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods,Droiyan,1997,6.2,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Once upon a time, deities fought over the continent of Icarus. The benevolent Tetheus has won, and the evil Ercanet was banished. However, things only got worse afterwards, as Ercanet was unable to forgive the humans for supporting Tetheus. He corrupted the souls of people and populated the continent with terrifying beasts, acting through his emissary, the wizard Colias. The Coshark mercenaries tried to oppose Colias, but only one of them, a young man named Dreus, survived. Together with his fiancee Helena, Dreus embarks on a quest to stop the evil and restore peace. Like many Korean RPGs, Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods has many elements from Japanese-style RPGs. The narrative is character-driven; various characters join the party over the course of the story, playing their own parts in it. Story advancement is quite linear. The game's visual style is reminiscent of Japanese manga and anime. Combat is turn-based, taking place on large screens, on which the player navigates the characters and assigns commands to them."
3686,Hot Wheels,,1985,6.5,Racing / Driving,,,Hot Wheels is a licensed title based on the toy cars from Mattel and attempts to recreate the playing of toy cars. You start in a car showroom with different types of model cars but if they aren't to your taste then you can design and build your own. Once you are happy with your new car it's time to go to the Paint Shop and select a colour before driving out of the showroom and driving it through town. You view your car from the side at a slight elevated angle and you can drive it to the right or left along the road. To change direction you have to pull into a opening and reverse out in the new direction. The town itself is split into two parts and they are connected by an Expressway where you watch a small animated piece of your car driving along the road. Each part of town is made up of various buildings and some buildings can be drove into to either keep your car running smoothly or participate in various mini games. The buildings you encounter are: Car Wash: You just watch your car going through the various stages of a car wash. Gas Station: You control the mechanic and you can fill the car up with gas and check the tyre pressures. Tuning: Here you watch your car having the engine tuned. Oil Change: You control another mechanic and once you raised the car you must move a drum below the car and try to catch all the drops of oil dripping from the car without making a mess. Once the engine is empty you can fill the car with oil. Demolition Derby: You view a square track from above with the whole track on screen as you drive around the track. You attempt to smash the other cars to destroy them while avoiding being smashed yourself. Firefighting. Pulling into the fire station allows you to drive a fire engine along the road looking for any buildings on fire. Once you find a burning building you must park beside a fire hydrant. When you are in the correct position a hose appears. You move the hose around and attempt to put out the fire. Take too long and the building will burn down.
3691,Tekken,,1994,7.5,Action,Fighting,,"The powerful fighter Heihachi Mishima throws his five-year-old son Kazuya off a cliff, saying that the child will survive the fall if he is truly his son. The fatally wounded boy is approached by the Devil, who offers him his life and a chance to become a fearsome fighter in exchange for his soul. Determined to get even with his father, Kazuya agrees. Twenty-one years later Heihachi, now the head of a corrupt corporation, organizes a fighting championship his son is eager to join. Tekken is a versus fighting game similar in concept to Virtua Fighter Besides Kazuya, other fighters of the tournament all have their own range of moves, something to prove, and a reason for any combat opponent to fear them. For example, Nina Williams is a trained assassin, Yoshimitsu is a robotic recreation of a ninja, and Marshall Law aims to set up a fighting school to pass on his knowledge. As one of these eight figures, the player must come through fights in a 360-degree 3D environments with texture mapped backdrops and polygon graphics. After beating the seven rivals there are two bosses to beat. There are three difficulty levels, and fight lengths and number of rounds can be varied. Each limb's movement is controlled with a different button, making finding the right combos a matter of instinct and planning rather than experimentation. Pure martial arts inspire most of the moves. The slow-motion replay of the final moves allows the player to see where and what went right or wrong."
3693,Berzerk,,1980,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You have been sent into a building infested with robots, and must do your best to clear it out. Each room has a number of walls through the middle, which restricts your movement. There will be a number of bad guys in the room - on early screens they may be immobile and not shoot at you, but after a few levels, they become capable of shooting in multiple directions. You can shoot at them in 8 directions, but can't shoot diagonally while moving. There are gaps at the side of each room, through which you exit, before or after clearing the room (there is a bonus for clearance). You get an extra life every 2000 points."
3699,Swords & Sorcery,,1985,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Fantasy,"The catacombs of Zob are believed to contain untold wealth and fortune, and this is enough to tempt you. That means entering an imposing dungeon filled with strange foes - Mages, Servants of Set, Revenent Guardians and many more. After taking 14 days of training to build up your skills, or taking the default combinations, your magic and swordplay must face the challenge. Swords and Sorcery is a dungeon-crawler that uses the proprietary MIDAS system to present a first-person visual representation of your position, in a manner similar to Bard's Tale This is on the left of the screen, with a map of your surroundings on the right, and text messages detailing your current situation below. Below even that are the menus, which are activated by moving a highlight bar left and right before selecting the correct option. Enemies you meet can be threatened, bribed or grovelled to. You can activate any spells you collect, including un-poison, weaken enemy, and freeze enemy. Watch out for magical barriers and traps, and use the transporters to your advantage. When you encounter magic you will have to test it to determine its use or detriment. The Armour of Zob is split into several pieces, which would will hopefully find on your quest. There are also extra swords and shields to collect, plus some treasure as a reward."
3700,Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Harbinger,,1996,6.8,"Action, Adventure",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Harbinger is a first-person perspective adventure game with action elements, which takes place on board Deep Space Nine. The player controls an alien envoy who unwittingly becomes involved in a murder plot, which leads to war with an evil alien race."
3701,The Great Giana Sisters,,1987,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"The Great Giana Sisters is a 2D side-scrolling arcade game like Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. After a long and deep sleep, Giana finds herself in a mysterious and evil dreamworld where everything is strange and different. In 32 levels, Giana has to fight against bad monsters, huge spiders and lots of other creatures to find a magic diamond that makes it possible to return to her own world."
3704,Puzzle Link 2,Tsunagete Pon! 2,1999,6.8,Puzzle,,,"The gameplay of Puzzle Link 2 is generally identical to the first game: Puzzle Link is a game where blocks of matching color have to be dissolved. New blocks constantly scroll into the screen from the top. The game is over when the first blocks reach the bottom of the screen. You can dissolve blocks by shooting at them. The shots form a line where they impact. If that line connects otherwise unconnected blocks of the same color they will dissolve. There are new modes in Puzzle Link 2. Like the original, there are the standard challenge and puzzle rounds. But new to the series is the marathon-style game where you continue eliminating pieces as the game gradually increases speed. In this mode, more power-ups appear as the player performs faster. Here, you get three shots that will eliminate the same color tile from the board. The game also has link cable support for two players."
3707,Battles of Destiny,,1992,6.2,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A futuristic game of risk, but, with MANY more twists. Production and professions. Much more than meets the eye. Even the decline and rise of certain metals and resources. Start out with a small town-like fort; build up into an empire. Spaceships, water craft and more. Take over the world in the future! It's all here: air, ground and naval combat!!!!"
3714,The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole,,1987,6.2,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Using the same game engine and structure as Level 9 's game of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole the book's follow-up was recreated on computer. The game is an adventure of sorts, presenting you with 18 months of life viewed through the curious, confused and intellectual eyes of Adrian. Each section features a number of challenges, in which one of three choices on what to do must be made. As you play, the aim is to make Adrian as popular as possible by making the correct choices so as to exert a positive impression on Mum, Dad, Pandora, Nigel, Bert and all the rest. The game is split into four sections, which can be loaded individually or in sequence, with the score remaining in memory as you progress through them."
3717,Leather Goddesses of Phobos,"LGOP, Leather Goddesses of Phobos - a racy space-age spoof",1986,7.4,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 1936, and suddenly the protagonist is abducted by the Leather Goddesses for the final testing in the plan which will enslave every man and woman on earth. These Leather Goddesses of Phobos are just finishing up their plans for the invasion of Earth. If the hero fails to escape and save humanity, the Leather Goddesses will turn the Earth into their pleasure dome. Leather Goddesses of Phobos is a text adventure with humorous overtones. The player uses standard commands in the text parser to observe his environment and pick up items. The game's 'naughtiness' level can be adjusted between Tame (G), Suggestive (PG), and Lewd (R)."
3718,R.B.I. Baseball,Pro Yakyū Family Stadium,1986,6.2,Sports,,,"Here's the baseball action that started it all - the one, the only, the original RBI. With permission from the Major League Players Association, this game uses the names and likenesses of real baseball players. This means the ten different teams in the Tengen league can have lineups that include baseball stars of the time; such as Reggie Jackson, Fernando Valenzuela, and Willie McGee. Stats and abilities have been structured to give each player strengths and weaknesses he had in the 1986 and 1987 seasons. You'll have to use your knowledge of real players and teams to manage your lineup effectively. The teams you can choose from include Detroit, California, Houston, San Francisco, and even the American and National League All-Star teams. In One-Player mode you compete with the computer for the pennant in a nine game season. If you want to go head-to-head with a friend, you can each pick your favorite team and then compete in your own best-of-seven series."
3725,Battlemorph,,1995,7.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Battlemorph is the Jaguar CD sequel to the first Jaguar cartridge, Cybermorph This game takes place 30 years after the original. The Pernitian empire, long thought to be extinct, is back with a vengeance. Your new War Griffon craft must travel to 8 different star clusters so that your star ship can find the plasma it needs to make it's way to the Pernish cluster. Once you take out the Pernish home world, the galaxy may be safe from the Pernitians once and for all. Battlemorph plays similarly to Cybermorph except with some new gameplay features. Now, some missions require you to travel underground into caves and tunnels. It is also possible to dive under the oceans on the planet's surface. There are also many new objects, weapons, and enemies to interact with."
3728,Deadly Tide,"Deadly Tide: Au Sommet de la Bataille. Aux Profondeurs de la Peur., Deadly Tide: der Entscheidende Kampf. Abgrunde der Angst., Deadly Tide: the Height of Battle. the Depth of Fear., Deadly Tide: tra il Fuoco della Battaglia e il Brivido del Terrore",1996,6.4,Action,Rail shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Deadly Tide is a pre-rendered shooter in which the player gets to control a deadly new undersea vehicle. The basic plot behind the game is that the aliens have arrived on Earth, and they are not friendly. They take up residence in the oceans of Earth, and begin to launch attacks on shipping. Plus, they are also slowly raising the level of the oceans, trying to flood humans from the planet. Your mission is to stop them. The game is split up into a number of stages, taking place in various locations, the ultimate aim being to make your way through to the end of that level in once piece. There are many cutscenes that advance the story."
3729,Persona,"Megami Ibunroku Persona: Be Your True Mind, Persona: Revelations",1996,6.6,Role-playing (RPG),,,"A group of high-school students decide to play a ritual-like game called ""Persona"". Unexpectedly, they are knocked unconscious and have a vision of a mysterious being called Philemon, who bestows upon them the ability to call powerful creatures known as Personae. Afterwards, the students go to visit their sick friend, Mary. Once they exit the girl's room in the hospital, they see their home town has changed. They can't leave it, and it is infested by demons. At first, it seems that the giant Sebec corporation and its manager are the ones responsible for the terrible accident. But this corporation is not the only enemy the young heroes have to confront - they must look deep into their hearts, and perhaps find the truth there... Persona is the beginning of a sub-series within the Megami Tensei universe, and one of the first Megaten titles to be released in the West. While overworld locations and battle screens in the game are isometric, the maze-like 3D dungeons are explored from a first-person perspective. Player-controlled characters fight randomly encountered demons in round-based combat, using melee weapons, firearms, or spells. As opposed to most other Megaten games, player-controlled party (up to five active combatants) consists entirely of human characters. Verbal communication with demons, however, still plays an important role in the game. Each character possesses a unique set of four communication styles, e.g. insult, flattery, etc. The player may select combinations of various characters and their approaches during conversation with the demon. Depending on the player's choices, as well as the current Moon Phase, the demon may end up responding in one of the four emotional ways: anger, fear, joy, and interest. The last two types responses are beneficial to the player: the demon may give the party a useful item or a spell card. If the player combines various types of spell cards, more powerful creatures (Personae) can be fused in a special location called Velvet Room. Personae act like equipment sets and can be attached to player characters, modifying their parameters, strengths and weaknesses, and teaching them new spells."
3732,Vs.,,1997,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Contemporary,Vs. is a Western adaptation of Polygon Magic's fighting game Fighters' Impact It features the same basic gameplay but a brand-new cast of 16 characters (plus four bosses). These new characters have a 90s alternative look and were designed by American comic book artist Kurtis Fujita. It also replaces the original game's soundtrack with licensed alternative rock.
3740,Hoyle: Official Book of Games - Volume 3,"Hoyle: Book of Games - Vol.III, Hoyle: Volume III",1991,7.3,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Board game,,"Six board games are transferred to the computer screen in the third Hoyle's release. Snakes & Ladders, Backgammon, Yacht / Yahtzee, Checkers, Dominoes and Pachisi / Parcheesi all feature, with animated graphics and sound effects. As there is no time-sensitive action, and the game rules are familiar, these packs were designed to appeal to a wider range of people than most computer games. At least one human player is required - other players can be human or computer. The 18 computer opponents from the first Hoyle's game return, many of them modeled on other Sierra characters such as Larry Laffer, and again some play 'good' and some play 'evil'."
3741,Threads of Fate,DewPrism,1999,6.8,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Puzzle elements,,"Threads of Fate combines the gameplay of a 3D action game with an RPG character system. The game provides two different main characters and two different storylines. The young warrior Rue embarks on a journey to revive his lost beloved guardian, Claire. Mint, who lost her right to the throne of East Heaven Kingdom, is seeking world domination and vengeance against her younger sister. Both of them live in the same world at the same time and both of them are looking for the same powerful relic to help them achieve their goals. On their journey both characters have to explore areas filled with puzzles and enemies. To solve certain mysteries or clear certain obstacles, they have to make use of special abilities. By using collected coins, Rue has the ability to shape-shift into the forms of defeated monsters, whereas Mint can learn and use a variety of powerful magical spells."
3746,Millionaire: The Stock Market Simulation,Millionaire,1982,5.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"In the game you are starting a session at the U.S. stock market with a beginning net worth equal to $10,000. Three companies from Computer, Oil & Gas, Retail Sales, Auto, and Heavy Industries are present on this market. Stock prices are changing each week due to economical, political, or social situations. On each turn you should examine the news and trends, and buy or sell a certain quantity of stocks in order to increase your net worth. Based on your net worth, you'll be classified by one of the five ranks: Novice, Investor, Speculator, Professional, or Broker. The higher rank you have, the more investment opportunities are available to you. The goal is to finish the session with as a high a net worth as possible; the highest rank is Millionaire. The game is available for single player and the game may be saved to be restored later."
3749,Scooby-Doo Mystery,,1995,6.9,Adventure,Graphic adventure,North America,"Scooby-Doo Mystery is a point-and-click (or point-and-press button rather) adventure featuring two playable episodes of a typical scooby-doo cartoon. Blake's Hotel - Daphne's Uncle Blake has invited the gang over to his hotel for a ski weekend. Upon reaching the hotel they learn that the ghost of the Ancient Chieftan is scaring all the customers away, as he isnt happy about a hotel being built on his burial grounds. Soon Uncle Blake is kidnapped, and its up to Scooby and Shaggy to find clues and hunt this ghost down. Ha Ha Carnival - The gang arrives at an almost-deserted carvinal, looking for some fun. Soon enough Fred, Daphne and Velma get trapped in a pond when they go out in one of the rides. Not only that, someone has broken the rollercoaster tracks. Then an evil looking phantom clown has Scooby and Shaggy being chased all around the carnival. Another mystery for the pair to solve. Both mysteries have Scooby and Shaggy on their own, collecting clues and putting them together. You control Shaggy mostly while Scooby just keeps him company. The game interface involves walking around and/or choosing actions from a menu and using them with objects. A password feature is provided so you can continue where you left off."
3752,Carriers at War,Carriers at War 1941-1945: Fleet Carrier Operations in the Pacific,1992,6.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, Oceania, World War II","Carriers at War is a remake of the original for the Apple II and Commodore 64 The game is a strategic war simulation (wargame) in which the player takes on the role of a task force commander in control of Fleet Carrier Air/Naval Operations in the Pacific from 1941-1945. The player can reenact six crucial carrier battles from that era including Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, Midway, Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz and the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot. The game features completely new graphics including a menu overhaul to make more use of a windowed interface. Most important in the graphic overhaul is that combat is now presented in animated graphics. Gameplay has also changed with new features including fire damage on ships, which can be repaired, but can also easily spread to do more harm (and this too is graphically represented). More airplanes can be commanded and now individually inspected instead of in squadrons. The AI has also been refined to play more like a human player with imperfect information available to it."
3756,Super Cobra,Arcade Archives: Super Cobra,1981,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Super Cobra is a side-scrolling shooter sharing a lot of similarities with its predecessor Scramble The player is a chopper pilot on a surveillance mission in enemy territory; their goal is to make it through the various obstacle courses alive and score as many points as possible. Tall buildings, mountains, narrow tunnels, and various enemies (such as tanks, rockets, mines, and more) can all get in the way and destroy the chopper. To help defend itself, the chopper is armed with a machine gun and bombs which can be used to destroy the enemy tanks and rockets. To make the task more difficult, the chopper has a limited amount of fuel. Throughout the landscapes are fuel tanks; if one of these is shot or bombed, extra fuel will be awarded. As the levels progress, the enemies become more aggressive, fuel becomes more scarce, and the landscape becomes trickier to navigate."
3761,Money Mad,"Loucos Por Dinheiro, Oligopoly, Richesses Du Monde, Ruhm und Reichtum",2000,6.1,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz, Managerial / business simulation",,"Mad Money is a computer adaption of the board game of the same name. Players roll the virtual dice and move their piece the correct number of spaces, following the directions on the space where they land. As in Monopoly the objective is to make money, own property, and build upon it. But, Mad Money 's territory is significantly larger. It's world-wide! Get filthy rich and become an international mogul with factories and industrial manufacturing and distribution properties. The game therefore has players travel around the world, purchase resources for their empire, and make corporate decisions during play. Players must force their opponents into bankruptcy to win the game. Players can either compete against the computer or up to six people can compete against each other."
3763,Night Stalker,"Dark Cavern, Le Chasseur de Nuit",1982,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Robots, bats, and spiders chase you around a maze in Night Stalker which boasts similar gameplay, if somewhat slower, to the arcade smash Berzerk Players must pick up a gun that is randomly placed in the maze. The gun provides the player with a certain number of shots. Once depleted, the gun is again placed in a random part of the maze."
3765,Conquest of the New World,WorldConquest,1996,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,"Historical events, North America, South America","Conquest of the New World is a game very similar to Civilization in some aspects. Starting the game with a ship, the player will have to land somewhere with their units. There, they need to establish contact with the natives, and can either attack them or start to trade with them, in a similar fashion to Civilization or Colonization Controlling the units is rather atypical for this genre, as it is done by dragging an arrow from one unit to where it's supposed to move and it will do so automatically."
3779,Thundercade,"Tokushu Butai U.A.G., Twin Formation",1987,5.8,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",,"Terrorism has reached new heights. AATOM (Atomic Age Terrorist Organization of Miracali) has constructed their own nuclear power plant, and threaten the world with atomic terror. The world powers have decided to initiate operation THUNDERCADE to stop AATOM. Equipped with a high-performance combat motorcycle, sidecar cannons, and backed by a precision B-7 bomber, you set out on the dangerous mission. The player controls a motorcycle traveling through four distinct areas; the city, the base, the woodlands and the fortress which contains the final objective which is the nuclear power plant. The motorcycle shoots bullets and can be upgraded by finding powerups which add sidecars to the motorbike, which in turn adds more firepower. Also, you can call in a limited amount of airstrikes to help you clear the screen of enemy tanks and troops."
3782,Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals,"Estpolis Denki II, Lufia",1995,8.0,Role-playing (RPG),"Japanese-style RPG (JRPG), Puzzle elements",,"Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals is a prequel to Lufia & the Fortress of Doom Its events take place ninety-nine years prior to it, and it explains the origin of the series' antagonists, the group of super-humans known as the Sinistrals. The player controls the ancestor of the first game's protagonist, the swordsman Maxim. After having encountered a mysterious woman named Iris, Maxim goes on a journey to find other heroes who would help him to stop the Sinistrals from destroying the world. Like the first game, Rise of the Sinistrals is a Japanese-style turn-based RPG with many puzzle elements thrown in. The game makes extensive use of puzzles in its dungeon layouts; various items and accessories must be used to solve them. It also features a ""Capsule Monsters"" system; monsters can be summoned to fight alongside the party in battles. They would evolve when fed weapons, armor, or special fruits. Unlike in the first game, there are no random battles in the dungeons: all the enemies are visibly moving on-screen."
3788,Infiltrate,Die Springteufel,1982,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"You are a secret agent sent on an important mission to recover enemy documents. There are enemy assassins trying to stop you. You move the joystick to move your character, left or right. Press the button to fire. You fire in the direction you are moving. When you are next to an elevator, you will automatically board it when it gets to your level unless your are pushing towards it, in which case you will walk across it. If you are on the same level with an assassin and there is no elevator between you, you can shoot him. If he shoots at you, you can pull down on the joystick to duck. You cannot shoot while ducked. If the assassin shoots or touches you, you lose a life. Difficulty switch A=Enemy shots travel the length of the screen B=Enemy shots only travel half the screen's length Scoring Agent travels all floor levels, top to bottom or bottom to top=3,000 points Shooting an assassin=250 points Assassin is riding elevator when shot=75 bonus points added to assassin shooting points You get an extra agent every 10,000 points. Game variations Games 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, and 1-6=One player Games 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, and 2-6 =Two players Assassin speed and intelligence: at Level 1 in games 1-1, 1-4, 2-1, and 2-4 at Level 2 in games 1-2, 1-5, 2-2, and 2-5 at Level 3 in games 1-3, 1-6, 2-3, and 2-6 There are invisible assassins in games 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 2-4, 2-5, and 2-6."
3796,Darkmere,Darkmere: The Nightmare's Begun,1994,7.7,Action,,Fantasy,"Viewed isometrically, Darkmere sets you as Ebryn, the son of the former King of Darkmere, a barren cursed land, with the aim of discovering what happened, and how to put it right. The area is besieged by problems, including orcs running riot, and racial tension between different species. A number of quests unfold as you aim to complete the task, with people offering to help if you collect a particular artifact, for example. All combat is conducted using a magic blade. Its power level of which is boosted when you kill evil characters, and reduced when you kill good or innocent ones, which extends the feeling of a battle between good and evil."
3800,Dragon Warrior IV,Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Mono-tachi,1990,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"Dragon Warrior IV is the fourth game in the Dragon Quest series. The game utilizes a chapter system, where each chapter is dedicated to the personal stories of one or several main characters. The first four chapters tell the stories of the soldier Ragnar (Ryan in the original Japanese version), who sets off to investigate the disappearance of children in a nearby village; Alena, the princess of Santeem Kingdom, who dreams to become a martial artist; Cristo and Brei (Klift and Burai), a priest from the Santeem Castle and a magician who watched over the princess when she was younger; the weapon dealer Taloon (Torneko), who wants to become the best in business; and the two sisters Mara and Nara (Minea and Manya), who search for the person who murdered their father. In the fifth (and by far the longest) chapter, the Hero (or the Heroine) of the game finally appears on the stage to tie all the loose ends together and lead the party to the ultimate battle against their adversary. The rest of the game is played fairly similarly to the previous installments of the series. The party roams the top-down world in a relatively non-linear fashion, though certain events must be triggered in order to advance the story and access some of the important areas. A ship and a balloon are among the transportation methods that the heroes acquire over the course of the game. Randomly appearing enemies must be dispatched in turn-based combat, using familiar attacks and spells common to the entire series. Characters deal more or less damage depending on their position in the party lineup. They can also be swapped during battles. With the exception of the current main protagonist, the characters in the party are controlled by the AI; the player is only able to assign general tactics to them."
3802,Road Riot 4WD,,1991,5.4,Racing / Driving,Arcade,"Africa, North America, Oceania","A game featuring four wheel drive racing with the addition of vehicular combat. The game features 3 difficulty levels (rookie, intermediate, and pro). Players start out on a simple beginner track and after completing that, get to compete on 11 different tracks in various different locales to win the series championship. Some locations are located in the United States like New Jersey and Las Vegas, while other tracks are located on other continents such as Africa, Australia, and even Antarctica. Each of these tracks has a host whose team of 3 vehicles the player has to beat. The players vehicle is equipped with an unlimited amount of missiles that can be used to shoot at opposing vehicles to slow them down. Crashing into certain obstacles will earn the player hazard pay which increases their score."
3813,Age of Empires: Gold Edition,"Age of Empires & Expansion Der Aufstieg Roms, Age of Empires: Złota Edycja",1999,7.3,Compilation,,,This box contains the two following games:
3816,Test Drive: Off-Road 3,4x4 World Trophy,1999,5.6,Racing / Driving,,,"Test Drive Off-Road 3 is a off-road racing game that features 27 fully-licensed sport utility vehicles to race in (from manufacturers like Jeep, Nissan and Ford), with different attributes such as top speed, handling, acceleration and suspension. The vehicles are customizable: you can change color, engine, tires, suspension and some special upgrades (which are purchased with credits earned after championship races). There are 11 off-road tracks in different environments (forests, mountains, etc.), which can be raced in two game modes: Arcade (single-race) and World Tour (championship). There is no multiplayer mode in the PC version, while the PlayStation version supports 2 players. The music is played by signed artists such as Blink 182 and Incubus."
3823,Physicus: Save the World with Science!,"Físicus, Physicus: Save the World!, Physikus: Das Abenteuer aus der Welt der Naturwissenschaften, Physikus: Sauvez un monde en péril !, Skan Physikus: O Enigma do Planeta Perdido",1999,7.4,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,,"A meteorite falls to Earth, stopping our planet's cycle of rotation and causing thermal disaster around the globe. Lack of the Sun's warmth has caused half of our planet to plunge into a deep, dark freeze, while the other half is literally being fried by the Sun's heat and constant light. Only you can ""Save the world with Science!"" You explore the three-dimensional scenery in first person perspective in a manner similar to Myst There are houses and buildings to investigate, items to find and use while the story unfolds. The game will challenge your common sense and intelligence as you seek out the answers to many puzzles. Work with the sciences of electricity, heat, mechanics, optics and acoustics as you play, researching in documents and the in-game knowledge base."
3832,Superleague Soccer,,1989,5.4,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Superleague Soccer is a managerial soccer simulation in which the player is responsible for the athletic and financial success of a soccer team. As usual, most of the game is menu-based and consists of tinkering with adjusting screws. Examples for possible activities are the transfer market, athlete line-up or tactics. Each athlete has a data sheet in which information like statistics, value or the career can be checked. A speciality is the match presentation: besides watching just the highlights, the player may also choose to see the whole match. Then individual instructions to each athlete can be given: when the player clicks on an athlete, he stands still until the player clicks on the place he should go."
3838,Simulcra,,1990,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Simulcra unit was thought to be the last best hope for peace. International disputes could be battled out in a simulated environment, in a world with no real guns or bombs. Unfortunately, the system malfunctioned and began generating real weapons and tanks to attack the outside world. You are the man charged with putting a stop to all of this. In your ground-skimming SRV, remove the power lines that keep Simulcra functional. Shoot out each of the energy projectors which block your path to clear each of the 30 matrices. The action is viewed from immediately behind you, showing a world of pathways and gaps which rotate as you move your craft, which can also reverse. You will have to fight off guns, planes and everything else the embattled system can throw at you. Destroying these releases pods which give extras such as improved weaponry and extra energy when collected. A full map of the area is provided."
3851,Time Crisis,,1996,7.8,Action,Rail shooter,Contemporary,"The events of the game take place in the fictional republic Sercia. A coup has ended the tyrannical regime of the Garo family, leading to the election of a new president. However, the last member of the once powerful Garo family kidnaps President MacPherson's daughter, demanding to know top military secrets in exchange for her life. An international intelligence service known as VSSE sends agent Richard Miller to infiltrate Garo's stronghold and rescue the young woman. Time Crisis is a rail shooter similar to Virtua Cop in gameplay style. The player moves automatically, using the light gun to eliminate appearing enemies, after which he can proceed to the next screen. The stages typically culminate in boss battles. The player can also press a button to make Richard dive for cover. However, using this feature too much might result in expiration of the time limit imposed on each screen. New features for the PlayStation version include a time trial mode and a brand new mission exclusive to the PlayStation."
3852,Nethergate,,1998,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,,"Welcome to Shadowvale, where the last remnants of magic remain in this world and where fantastic creatures thrive and the strange is ordinary. Nethergate is played from an isometric view and the game view scrolls tile by tile. You can play from two sides: the Celts or the Romans. If you choose to be the Celts, you fight to protect Shadowvale from the conquering Romans and attain freedom for your people. If you choose to be the Romans, you work to bring order to the land and to remove the presence of a small rebelling tribe. The game takes place in the same world and dungeons no matter what side you play from, but the story and the way you'll be received in different towns are completely different. The combat is handled with a rather simple interface: click in the direction you want a party member to go, click in the direction of a monster if you want to attack it, select the cast spell option and click on the monster you want to cast the spell on. If you look at your characters' statistics, you will find about 30 skills and attributes as well as a disadvantage/advantage section. When you win battles and complete quests, your characters get skill points. You can then go to a training center to use your skill points and assign them to skills of your selection."
3857,NFL GameDay 2001,,2000,6.6,Sports,,,"This edition features lifelike player specific graphics that make players look like their real life counterparts. Also new is commentary by Dick Enberg and Phil Simms. Another feature is total-control passing and running. Total-control passing lets you lead, overthrow, and underthrow your receivers so that you can throw more completions and prevent defenders from intercepting your passes. The play editor has been improved making it easier to make new patterns for your receivers and running backs. The general manager mode has also been changed, mostly to help you with the draft so you can easily see what areas of your team need improvement."
3859,Windjammers,"Flying Power Disc, Windjammers: Flying Disc Game",1994,7.7,"Action, Sports",,Fantasy,"Windjammers is based on a real-life sport known as Saucer Tennis or Frisbee Tennis. Two players face off in an arena with a low net in the middle. Points are scored by throwing a disc into the goals behind a player or whenever the opponent is not able to catch the disc in time. There are two moves: a regular throw and a lob. By using quarter-circle movement, players can also add effect to the throw. To catch difficult discs, they can slide to reach them faster. There are six characters to choose from, with specific abilities and their own court fit for their skills. A single game consists of short sets of 30 seconds (international version) or 45 seconds (Japanese version). The game is won after winning two sets or sudden death after two draws. For the futuristic touch, signature moves are added. To charge the meter used for special moves, the player need to block, toss or lob the disc and then charge while the disc is in the air. These moves can be countered and sometimes they knock an opponent into the goal. Two mini-games are included in-between levels: play fetch with a dog and Flying Disc Bowling."
3864,StarQuest: Rescue at Rigel,Rescue at Rigel,1980,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Rescue at Rigel you take the part of Sudden Smith, a human adventurer teleported down by transporter beam inside a six-floor, sixty-room complex inhabited by an alien race, the Tollah. Scattered throughout the base, which has been hollowed out of an asteroid orbiting Rigel, ten humans are held captive, one in each of ten different rooms. While you can adjust the difficulty of the task, the object in all cases is the same: to search the complex, find and release as many of the prisoners as possible (by activating the transporter beam, which will teleport them back up to the ship), and get out alive-in an hour or less. If the Tollah base can be likened to an iceberg, you begin the game at the tip: inside the top room, the only one that connects the complex with the surface of the asteroid. (Since there is no air and no escape on the asteroid itself, the door to the outside, being ""off limits,"" is not shown on the display). From this vestibule there are only two usable exits. The larger obviously leads to a gravshaft; the smaller looks like an ordinary doorway-but there are no other rooms on the floor. Whichever way you choose to begin your quest, there will be no turning back once you walk through the door."
3867,Star Strike,,1981,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Strike was clearly inspired by the Death Star battle sequence in the movie Star Wars. You fly a space craft into the enemy launch trench. Your mission: to destroy the alien station before Earth passes directly over the launch trench. You must evade the alien ships that are defending the launch trench while being sure to bomb the red ""Hot Targets"". The very first red target that is missed when the Earth is directly in the middle of the launch trench becomes a missile. The missile is launched and destroys Earth."
3873,Racing Aces,,1993,5.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,"The cold war has ended. Big defense contractors, specifically the ones that make fighter planes, organize a new sport. Pilots fly planes of various historical significance in low altitude races for big prizes. Racing Aces puts you behind the stick of World War 1, World War 2, and modern day fighting aircraft. Each competition is a dogfight as much as a race, and you will have to gun down your enemies to win. The tracks are littered with power up balloons to give you extra weapons and speed. The races are viewed from a behind-the-plane perspective, and the courses are drawn in 3D using polygons."
3875,Supercross Circuit,,1999,6.9,Racing / Driving,,,"Supercross Circuit is a motorcycle racing game with both supercross and motocross tracks. In addition to the handful of fictional ""local"" tracks there are 9 tracks that are modeled after actual national event courses. Included in the game are 15 professional riders, and licensed gear and bikes to choose for your rider. When you start a race you are given the opportunity to set up the suspension, exhaust, and brakes. Racing modes, include Free Ride, Time Trial, and Season. The majority of the tracks must be opened in Season mode before they can be ridden in Free Ride. Application of the brake, helps the bike make tight turns, and the use of the goose button, along with weight shift, can help maximize or minimize air on any given jump. There are 7 AI riders on the track in single player mode, and 2 AI players in 2 player split screen racing. There are a dozen tricks that can be performed in the air with various combinations of the shoulder buttons, and points are listed for using a variety of the tricks, although it doesn't affect the winner of the race. In season mode, you need to buy new tires, and add parts to your bike for increased performance. You also upgrade from a 125cc, to a 250cc, and finally a 400cc bike."
3877,Grand Prix Legends,,1998,8.1,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Grand Prix Legends is a racing simulator based upon the 1967 Formula 1 season, cars and tracks. The game mimics the physics and behavior of the original cars, which are notoriously difficult to drive in real life. You can take part in practice, single races (with variable opposition) or the full 1967 Grand Prix season racing on classic tracks like Monaco, Rouen, Kylami, Monza and the 174 corner, 14 mile long old Nurburgring circuit. The game supports steering wheels and pedals as well as other peripherals. Internet & network play for up to 20 players is also supported."
3881,Fly Harder,,1993,6.7,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Your homeland's precious limited energy is being taken advantage of by the evil Thargoid Empire, and you and your spaceship must do something about it. There are 8 bases to enter, with the aim of using energy pods to cause the reactors to overload and thus malfunction. The game is viewed side-on, resembling the ST classic Oids quite strongly; which is to say that gravity and motion physics dictate the ship's motion strongly. The 8 levels all have plenty of enemies on offer, both wall-mountings and actual ships, as well as enhanced weapons and extra fuel and shield energy. The ship can take some damage, and repairs itself over time (for no logical reason), which is one of the few things that gives you a hope of getting anywhere early on. Losing a life causes all the enemy turrets to replenish, emphasizing the restart points and making things more maze-based and methodical."
3884,Chase H.Q.,"Taito Chase H.Q., Taito Presents Chase H.Q.",1988,6.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Chase H.Q. is a driving action game that mixes high-speed racing with police pursuit gameplay. Players take the role of Tony Gibson, an officer of the special “Chase Headquarters” task force, whose mission is to bring dangerous criminals to justice. Each stage begins with a briefing call identifying the suspect and their vehicle, after which the chase begins. Gameplay is divided into two phases. First, players must race through city streets, highways, tunnels, and winding mountain roads to catch up with the suspect’s car before the timer runs out. Traffic and roadside obstacles must be avoided, as collisions slow progress and waste precious time. Once the target vehicle is reached, the second phase begins: ramming the fleeing car repeatedly until it is disabled. Extra time is granted during this phase, but suspects often require numerous hits before being stopped. To aid the pursuit, the patrol car is equipped with a limited number of turbo boosts that deliver sudden bursts of speed. Each case presents different criminals to apprehend, including smugglers, kidnappers, and gang leaders, with their vehicles ranging from sports cars to trucks. Levels grow progressively more difficult, demanding quick reflexes, efficient driving, and precise timing to complete. Distinctive for its time, Chase H.Q. combined the fast-paced thrills of arcade racing with a crime-fighting theme, setting it apart from other racers. The emphasis on cinematic car chases, branching roads, and aggressive takedowns made it a defining entry in the police pursuit subgenre, and it remained a popular arcade and home conversion title well into the 1990s."
3886,Vital Light,,1994,6.5,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Vital Light is one of those innovative games which only appear once a while. In this particular one, you have to control a small paint gun that contains five different colored paints, and destroy blocks that are falling toward you by making them all the same color. Your paint gun is on a roller at the bottom of the screen, and horizontal strips of colored blocks fall from the top of the screen at varying speeds. Holding down the fire button and pushing left or right changes the currently selected color, and sometimes you only just have enough time to get the right color before the blocks smash into you. As the blocks fall at varying speeds, there are times when an avalanche is set off by a slow block being hit by a fast moving block above it. This is a game that gets very, very frantic."
3887,ECW Anarchy Rulz,,2000,5.5,Sports,,,"In this rendition of ECW, or Extreme Championship Wrestling, there are 32 wrestlers to choose from and even more options. Wrestlers include Tommy Dreamer, Justin Credible, Francine, and Super Crazy. Modes include exhibition, career, and tournament."
3894,Last Bronx,,1996,7.4,Action,Fighting,,"The leader of Soul Crew, the toughest gang in Tokyo, was viciously killed. Shortly after that an anonymous challenge appeared in graffiti scrawls all over the city ""inviting"" all of the city's gang leaders to a fighting tournament that will settle which group has the power to rule Tokyo. Everyone knew refusing to participate was not an option. Just like in Virtua Fighter 2 you fight in 3D stages and every character has its unique style and feel. But unlike the PC version of Virtua Fighter 2, where the background of every stage is a flat picture, in Last Bronx all the scenery is done in 3D. Plus, you can taunt your opponent during the fight!"
3899,Romance of the Three Kingdoms II,"Sangokushi II, Sanguozhi 2, Super Sangokushi 2",1989,7.5,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),"China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events","The sequel to Romance of the Three Kingdoms The game concept is still the same, though they did improve a lot of features that one may consider 'disturbing' from RTK I (e.g. Generals dying easily due to disease, etc.). RTK can be said to be much more 'stable' where players no longer have to worry that much about time length in the game, as the game take a slower time rate to allow the players to build up their forces without much interference. The RTK II gameplay and interface is closely similar to Nobunaga's Ambition II"
3909,"BushBuck Charms, Viking Ships & Dodo Eggs","Bush Buck: A global treasure hunt, Bush Buck: Eine weltweite Schatzsuche, Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter, Bush Buck: La Course au Trésor",1990,5.8,"Educational, Strategy / tactics",Board game,,"Application software experts PC Globe Inc. made an advance into the gaming sector in the early 90’s within their field of expertise: geography. With a back catalog of several installments of the then-leading world atlas and almanac software, PC Globe the company turned snippets of country-specific info into an educational game that mixed two-player “Identify that place” strategy with a “Get to know the globe” learning effect – can you say Carmen Sandiego ? As the sinister Otto von Slinkenrat tries to pocket the world’s treasures in his private collection, renowned adventurer Bush Buck sets out to find and secure the valuable objects for posterity. In a race around the globe, you and an opponent travel back and forth between 206 cities in 175 countries in search for clues to the treasures’ whereabouts. Cities are connected by a network of plane routes; players take turns in jetting from one destination to the next. On each visit to a city, you learn some background info – e.g. about landmarks, geography, culture. Learning to place countries and cities on the globe is essential to finding the treasures, which are all linked to a specific place on Earth. If you know that a Samisen is a Japanese musical instrument, for example, you can make your way directly to Tokyo; if not, a set of clues that you collect on your travels will point out features of the target country and town which help narrow down your options – e.g. “It’s an island country”, “It’s in East Asia” etc. The first player to visit the target town collects the treasure and has to return it to the home base for a points reward. For each game, the computer selects 15 out of 400 possible objects; if all are found or if both players run out of plane tickets (each flight costs one ticket), the game ends and whoever has amassed the most points wins. Three difficulty levels increase the AI strength and reduce helpful hints, making Bush Buck a challenge even for experienced globe trotters."
3910,Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein,"Star Gladiator 2: Nightmare of Bilstein, Star Gladiator Episode:II",1998,6.3,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein is the successor of Star Gladiator released for Playstation. Like its predecessor it was first released on Arcade before being ported to the Dreamcast. The game features 22 anime-like characters in a 3-dimensional futuristic world, except for the backgrounds and the menus, which are plain 2D bitmaps without a lot of movement. The stages are unlimited in all directions, so it's not possible to fall off the edge. The speciality of this game are the so called ""plasma moves"", visually very appealing special moves which fill the screen and can be executed when you have collected enough ""plasma power"". Despite of the 22 characters there are only 11 different move layouts, as one layout is shared by two characters."
3917,Mission: Humanity,Exterminacja,1999,4.5,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mission: Humanity is a real-time strategy game similar in play to Command & Conquer The plot involves the aftermath of a thwarted alien invasion of Earth, and humanity's attempts at exacting revenge. Gameplay occurs across 20 different planets, as the humans use captured and reverse-engineered alien weaponry against the former would-be conquerors. It is also possible to play the part of the aliens, repelling the human attack."
3919,Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style,Wu-Tang: Taste the Pain,1999,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Martial arts Master Xin is the guardian of the secrets of the Wu-Tang kung fu. The evil Mong Zhu grows jealous and decides to steal the Wu-Tang secrets, by torturing Master Xin. Members of the rap group Wu-Tang Clan receive information of Master Xin's plight and set out to rescue him. Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style is a 3D fighting game that takes place in different arenas around the world. Up to 4 players can fight at once, with a variety of punches, kicks and super moves. In Story Mode, players can only choose members of the Wu-Tang Clan, but in versus mode, more characters are available. In addition to the standard fighting, players must solve the challenges of the 36 chambers in order to unlock secrets and the final boss. The game has a parental lock feature which prevents the game showing mature content, the locked game will still play but it's an edited version of the game. The unlock code is on the back of the manual."
3921,Chicken Run,"A Fuga das Galinhas, Chicken Run: Evasión en la Granja, Chicken Run: Hennen Rennen, Galline in fuga",2000,6.1,Action,,,"Tweedy's Farm is home to a bunch of chickens, who are falling behind on their work load (laying eggs). So Mrs Tweedy decides to go into a new business, Chicken Pie making. The chickens leader, Ginger, is in desperate need of a good escape plan, and when Rocky flys in from the US to lend them a hand, the gang decide that the only way out of the farm is to fly out. But of course, chickens can't fly!! So it is up to you to collect the pieces for the flying machine so you and your fellow chickens can escape."
3923,Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness,Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness,1995,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A sci-fi one-on-one fighting game in which several characters converge in the wastes of the far future and must fight each other for their own personal reasons aboard giant battle mechs. As in One Must Fall you select your pilot (who provides the storyline) and the mech (who provides the moves and stats) separately, and can also replace a few limbs and accessories to enhance your mech's capabilities. The game uses 2D sprites for the graphics and controls and plays as most 2D fighting games, with both characters facing each other in a side-scrolling stage and with your attacks and moves being triggered by different combinations of controller motions and button presses. Features either a single player story-based tournament, or a 2-player Vs mode."
3925,Slamscape,,1996,5.1,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Cyberspace is in danger again, and you've got to save it. Gameplay is reminiscent of Spectre VR ; the goal is to pilot a Slamjet (a hovercraft-like vehicle) around futuristic virtual landscapes and collect a series of glowing objects called ""Orb-ids"" while avoiding a series of enemies and bosses which require some puzzle-solving in order to defeat. Once you collect all the Orb-ids in a level you clean up the virtual zone, and move on to the next. Graphics are fully 3D with polygonal enemies and objects, and the game touts a dynamic soundtrack composed by alternative rock band God Lives Underwater."
3945,Mission Critical,,1995,8.0,Adventure,Graphic adventure,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Mission Critical is a first-person graphic adventure. It is 2134, and the human race has been at war for 50 years since the Alliance declared independence from the stifling rule of the UN and its anti-technology policies. The Alliance is losing the war to the UN's greater numbers, but recently, Alliance scientists discovered an alien artifact on the planet Persephone. You are onboard the USS Lexington on its top-secret mission to investigate the artifact, and hopefully change the course of the war to the Alliance's favor. But the UN's spies are everywhere, and before the introductory movie is over, the Lexington has been ambushed and Captain Dayna has been forced to sacrifice almost the entire crew of the Lexington to destroy the attacking cruiser Dharma, leaving only you behind, unconscious. When you awaken, you discover yourself alone on a damaged ship. You'll have to patch the holes, prevent reactor overload, and bring the ship's computer back on-line before you can attempt to successfully complete the Lexington's original mission. Until the Lexington's condition is stabilized, there's a real-time clock ticking away (you get several hours). There are lots of inventory-based puzzles to be solved. You'll also have to defend the Lexington from UN attacks in a simple 3D real-time strategy game (which has an adjustable difficulty level if you have trouble). Eventually, you'll be able to land on Persephone, investigate the artifact, and use its power to save mankind."
3951,Pro Sport Hockey,USA Ice Hockey in FC,1993,5.8,Sports,,,"This hockey game includes 24 NHL teams and 288 NHLPA players. The NES version contains an exhibition, training and a super cup mode. The SNES version has a practice and a season mode. The training mode in the NES version allows you to practice both offense and defense. The training mode in the SNES version lets you either practice in an exhibition game or compete in a shootout. The super cup is based on the round-robin format in the NES version. The teams chosen to compete in the super cup are decided by the teams rankings from the season mode in the SNES version. The game is played with a top down view of the hockey rink, with the screen scrolling vertically as the puck carrier heads towards a net."
3954,Magic Carpet Plus,"Magic Carpet, Magic Carpet DX",1995,7.7,"Action, Compilation",Shooter,Middle East,"This compilation contains: In Europe, this version was made available as a re-release of Magic Carpet not using Plus in the title."
3957,Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939-43,"Burning Steel: Entscheidung im Atlantik, Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939-1943",1992,7.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Real-time strategy (RTS), Wargame","Historical events, World War II","Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939-1943 is the first of four naval combat simulators by Strategic Simulations Inc. in the 1990's. The player commands either the British Navy or German Navy during WW II. Fight an entire campaign, mini campaigns or individual battles. The game includes a historical database of ships, display of ships damage status by deck, real time action and instant replay features. There are 3 ways to enjoy the game. The Captain's view puts you on the bridge of one of the great battleships, cruisers or destroyers of the era. Listen to the dramatic sound effects created by the roar of your guns as you fire them. Watch the shells splash in the distance or explode on target. See the flash of enemy guns and feel your ship vibrate as it is hit. Go down below with the damage control parties and attempt to plug the holes before your ship capsizes and sinks. The Fleet view shows an eagle eye perspective of the individual ships in the task force. The Grand Admiral view zooms out even further to give you a strategic map of your entire navy and all visible enemy vessels."
3962,Final Fight Revenge,Final Revenge,1999,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"The Mad Gear gang is on the loose again! Take control of a total of 10 fighters (all from the original Final Fight) and foil them, making Metro City safe from crime once again. Known as the last game released on the Saturn in Japan, ""Final Fight Revenge"" is a conversion of the arcade game (the only other ""Final Fight"" game released on that platform). As they battle 1-on-1 in a series of 3-D environments, one or two players control 10 characters from the original - the original three of Guy, Cody, and Haggar, plus enemy characters El Gado, Poison and Andore and four boss characters - Damnd, Sodom, Edi E. and Rolento. In the single-player mode, the player fights through 6 opponents (followed by a final boss battle with a zombie version of the original ""Final Fight"" final boss Belger), armed with two punch buttons, two kick buttons and a special move button, which can used either to side-step (by holding while pressing up or down) or to pick up weapons and recovery items. Weapons that can be used against opponents include flamethrowers, lead pipes and machine guns. (Players can equip up to three at a time or toss one to their opponent.) In addition, each player has a set of grappling moves, and three Super Moves that are available when they fill the corresponding Super Move gauge."
3971,Rent A Hero No. 1,,2000,6.9,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"16-year old Taro Yamada is an average kid, living in the suburbs of Japan with his family. One day, while his parents are hosting a party, Taro ends up with the duty of ordering pizza; the pizza deliveryman arrives bearing not only the meal but an additional gift: the Rent A Hero combat armor. After unwittingly knocking his father out, Taro seeks training from the Sega fighting master Segata Sanshiro and becomes a part-time hero fighting crime and taking odd jobs, eventually going up against the evil Dr. Trouble. Rent A Hero No. 1 is a remake of the 1991 Mega Drive original The game plays out as an action RPG with a fighting system similar to Spikeout The player controls Taro Yamada as he takes jobs from the SECA Corporation to pay the equipment fees for his Rent A Hero combat armor. He learns a wide variety of moves throughout the game, but must remember that he can only do anything useful with his power armor, and must make sure he keeps his batteries charged (by purchasing authentic Sanyo-brand batteries at the local convenience store). The game is steeped in Sega references and Japanese culture, with even the game's manual patterned on the comic magazine Big Comic Spirits"
3974,Time Killers,,1992,5.2,Action,Fighting,,"Time Killers is a one-on-one versus beat-em-up with gameplay in a similar vein as Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter 2 What is primarily different is that you can attack with all body parts - the head, both arms and both legs. A damage system allows arms to be hacked off, but fighters can keep going with only legs and the head. A special feature allows the characters to perform a decapitation manoeuver called a 'death move' (similar to Barbarian ), at any time during a round, instantly killing an opponent, and subsequently ending the round. The game features cartoon-like over-the-top blood and gore violence. There are eight selectable characters, and each one has unique weapons and attributes pertaining to the period in time they are from, e.g. Thugg is a caveman with a stone axe from 20,000 BC, Musashi is a samurai from Feudal Japan 1496, Orion is an intergalactic bounty hunter with an electro-sword from 2885 etc. In the single player game, if you manage to defeat all standard opponents, you can face off against Death himself."
3975,The Patrician,Der Patrizier,1992,7.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Age of Discovery / Enlightenment,"The Patrician is set in medieval times, focusing on the trading efforts of the Hanseatic League. The player (and up to 3 other players) struggle for money and respectability. They build up sea routes between the 16 cities in the North and Baltic Sea, and the ultimate goal is to be governor of their hometown. For this, they need to acquire a lot of money and high respectability. The game ends when a player is elected to Ältermann - the highest rank in this century. Money is earned by buying goods cheap and selling them for higher price. With the profits, new ships (out of 4 different types) or stores can be bought. There are also pirate battles, for which ships must be armed with weapons."
3988,Classic Snooker,Tournament Snooker,1987,6.0,Sports,,,"Tournament Snooker allows one or two players to play a game of snooker from a top-down view. The player first selects the ball to be hit, then adjusts the spin on the cue ball and the power of the shot, finally nominates a color after a legal pot. There are three levels of difficulty. Commodore 64 and Plus/4 users may also enter into an edit mode, where they can set up the table."
3989,Popcorn,PopCorn 1988,1988,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Popcorn is a Breakout -style game. The goal is to destroy bricks with a ball that bounces off a paddle the player controls. The layout of the bricks is different in each level. Some bricks are indestructible, forming areas that can ""trap"" your ball or force it to bounce off in a sharp movement, making it more difficult to hit it with the paddle. Other bricks take several hits to break. There are also enemies which float around the bricks and will deliberately redirect the ball. The player has a certain amount of lives; each time the player lets the ball fall off the screen, a life is lost. There is a variety of upgrades (letters that fall down when the player breaks certain bricks) to use in this game. Those upgrades are:* E - The paddle is extended An editor is included which allows the player to create their own levels."
3995,NHL Breakaway 99,,1998,7.1,Sports,,,"NHL Breakaway 99 is the sequel to NHL Breakaway 98 It is the second and last part in Acclaim's NHL series for the Nintendo 64. This new version includes new and updated rosters, teams and schedules. All 27 NHL team feature up to date stats and ratings from the 97-98 season. There are five game modes: exhibition, practice, season, shootout, and playoffs. A wide variety of settings can be set for each game including, injuries, fatigue, fighting and penalty options. Winning a season gains you points that you can invest to decrease injury time, develop your players' skills and trade players. In-game advice is provided by Steve Yzerman."
4005,Sports Masters,,1992,7.1,Compilation,,,This compilation contains the following sports games:
4011,Ranma 1/2: Hard Battle,"Ranma 1/2, Ranma 1/2: Bakuretsu Rantouhen, Ranma Nibunnoichi: Bakuretsu Rantouhen",1992,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Another fighting game based on the Ranma 1/2 manga series set around the misadventures of a martial artist that gets cursed and magically transforms into a female version of himself whenever he's splashed with water. As in previous games the premise simply involves the cast of the series going at each other's throats for ultimate supremacy, although this time you can select any character in either the single player or Vs gameplay modes. The gameplay itself involves controlling your character in a side-scrolling arena and trying to defeat your opponent either with your basic attacks, special moves (triggered by specific controller motions) or super moves that require you to charge buttons and can only be dealt under specific situations (ie, when your life-bar starts flashing), while avoiding your opponent's attacks in turn."
4018,Molecule Man,,1986,7.2,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Molecule Man is trapped inside a radioactive maze of 256 screens, and it's your job to get him out. To do this you must collect 16 circuits which are located at extreme points of the levels. You must regularly consume radiation tablets to fend off certain poisoning, and your initial supply of 20 is totally inadequate. Fortunately, there are coins dotted around the levels, as well as ant-radiation tablet vending machines at which you can buy them. Coins can also be used to buy more time, or to blow up obstacles which make some sections difficult or impossible to access. Viewed isometrically, the screen designs are intentionally surreal, each taking on an unlikely distorted real-world theme. If you find the initial level layouts too easy, too hard or too dull, you can design a new set with the bundled maze editor."
4022,Turtles,"600, Tartarugas!, Tortues, Turpin, Turtles!",1981,7.7,Action,Arcade,,"Turtles, also known as Turpin puts you into the role of the maternalistic turtle who tries to save the kidturtles from a bunch of bad bugs (or, in some versions, bad cars). It takes place in a Pacman -esque labyrinth, with turtle boxes in the centre and corners of the screen. Run into a box to release the turtle kid inside. Opening a box makes a little house show up, and you must go with the kidturtle to the house before you can release the next one. All the while, you must avoid the bugs/cars running around the maze. If they get too close, you can release a mine which will stun them temporarily. When you run out of mines, you must resupply by passing over a star in the centre of the screen. Beware, though, because the simpleminded bugs become smarter as time passes; this is symbolised by their changing colours. On later levels, those sneaky beetles can also come out of the boxes supposed to hold kidturtles. Watch out! Each level is a floor in a house, and between levels you can see the turtle climbing to the next floor until it reaches the top. However, in the Philips versions, the kidturtles are replaced by people whom the turtle must save from ships, while the bugs are turned into turtle-eating fish."
4025,Battle Clash,Space Bazooka,1992,6.8,Action,Rail shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Battle Clash is a game that uses the Super Scope light gun peripheral. In this game, you fight in a futuristic version of the world as a warrior named Michael Anderson, who takes part in a competition simply known as the ""Battle Game"". Contestants in the Battle Game fight using mobile Standing Tanks (or STs for short), that come with a variety of weapon systems and forms. To defeat the enemies in each stage, you must shot at weak spots on their armor to cause damage to them. The game scrolls automatically along with the opponent, so you cannot manually dodge bullets. You will have to play defensively by shooting them down."
4026,The Powerpuff Girls: Bad Mojo Jojo,,2000,5.4,Action,Fighting,,"Blossom, the leader of The Powerpuff Girls, must locate the evil Mojo Jojo in the city of Townsville. Players must explore locations in Townsville and complete various tasks in order to learn the location of Mojo Jojo. Players can fly around or punch enemies who try and stop them. Also hidden in the game are electronic trading cards that can be found and traded with the other two games in the series via a link cable."
4028,Darker,,1995,5.3,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this spaceflight 'simulator' / 3D shooter, your race (the Delphins) is sharing a far away planet with the Halons. Your side of the planet is constantly engulfed in total darkness but the Delphins have adapted to this life. The Halons used to live in the light but recent events have caused their side of the planet to fall dark and now they are attacking you in an attempt to take over your technology. As a Delphin pilot, your job is to stop them and take down of their attacking ships which is what most of the gameplay consists of; finding enemy ships and killing them."
4031,A320 Airbus: Edition USA,,1993,6.7,Simulation,,North America,"A320 Airbus: Edition USA is the successor to A320 Airbus which focuses on a realistic simulation of flying. The main difference is a new flying area which covers the USA between the Western and Northeastern coasts with about 240 airports. Additionally, the flight physics are improved. During gameplay, the player has to fly specified routes and navigate himself by using the supplied map. There is also a training mode available."
4035,Deathtrack,,1989,7.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the future, races are held across America where the drivers race for money, and their lives. You are the rookie. Welcome to Deathtrack. Starting off the game with a meager sum, you can choose from three cars (either speedy, plenty of firepower or heavily-armored) and begin practicing for your races against the other drivers. Your opponents have all been captured in 16-colour digital photo splendour. Featuring 3D polygonal cars racing against each other, they try their best to remove you from the race, permanently. Your winnings can be used to upgrade your car's armor, weapons and parts to make your car impervious to harm, a juggernaut of firepower, hurtling down the 10 available tracks."
4041,Unnecessary Roughness,,1993,6.9,Sports,,,"Here is your chance to play football without getting hurt. Unnecessary Roughness puts you in command of your chosen team in an effort to win the football season. With Al Michaels giving the play-by-play and a 3-D rotating camera that gets you out on the field, this game is a classic."
4044,Puzzle Star Sweep,"Star Sweep, Starsweep",1997,7.0,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,Fantasy,"In this vaguely Tetris-like game, players score points by eliminating ""star blocks."" A star block is a colored rectangle with a star on one end of it, and blocks are eliminated when the stars of two like-colored blocks touch each other. While the game is being played, star blocks and obstacles rise from the bottom of the screen while the player moves and rotates a cursor which determines where additional star blocks will be thrown into play from off-screen. The game features single-player and competitive play as well as a story mode featuring boss creatures and a bizarre plot -- apparently the whole game is actually a sport in which children poke a creature known as a star pig with sticks in order to make it vomit star blocks."
4058,Night Raid,,1992,6.8,Action,Shooter,,A remake of the classic Paratrooper Kill all of the paratroopers before they reach the ground--and your turret.
4064,Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3,Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land,1994,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Wario, Mario's greedy rival from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins is more determined than ever to get a castle after being booted out of Mario's. He has heard that the pirates of Kitchen Island have a golden Statue of Princess Toadstool that's worth a king's ransom! Wario figures that if he swipes the Princess' statue for himself, as well as all the other loot the pirates have hoarded, he'll have more than enough cash for a castle that's even bigger and better than Mario's! Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 is different from previous games in the series in that you control the brutish and greedy Wario. Even when small, Wario can break most bricks with a punch, and some enemies are so weak to him that they'll just be pushed aside! Wario has a body slam attack that he can use to destroy enemies, and he can also pick them up and throw them at his foes. If that wasn't enough, there are three different power ups that Wario can find. The Bull Hat lets him plough through bricks in a single hit, ram his horns into the ceiling to hold onto it, and butt stomp to stun all enemies. The Jet Hat allows him to fly horizontally for a short period of time, and increases his jump height and speed. Finally, the Dragon Hat allows him to breathe a long stream of fire for a short period of time. To suit Wario's greedy nature, the game revolves around money. Throughout the stages, you can earn coins by grabbing them floating in the air, punching them out of bricks, or by body slamming into foes and then collecting the coins they drop. You can also find hidden treasures buried deep within some levels by finding a key and then throwing it at the skull door to unlock it. Once Wario reaches the end of a level, he usually needs to pay a toll to get the end-of-level door to open. Pressing Up on the Control Pad and B pulls out a coin worth 10 coins, which you must throw at the door. Once the door opens, you can exit and the level is complete. Before you finish each level, you can choose to play a mini-game that doubles or halves the amount of coins you have, with a 50/50 chance. You get three tries, and can choose to leave whenever you wish...so don't get too greedy!"
4065,Ultimate Fighting Championship,,2000,6.9,"Action, Sports",Fighting,,"Ultimate Fighting Championship is based on the no-holds-barred martial art tournament of the same name. What makes the game (and the real-life counterpart) distinct from wrestling, boxing, and other fights is the variety of fighting styles in use; it is perfectly possible to end up with a judo master facing a kickboxer. The actual gameplay is simple enough. You have various basic moves, combos, holds, and so on. The complications come in the form of the huge list of moves, featuring many different styles. Hit your opponent until he gets knocked out, or force him to tap out early. There are multiple game modes included. Among them are a survival mode, that has you face a string of enemies with minimal recovery, and career mode, which allows you to customize and improve your fighting style as you win fights."
4072,The Adventures of Mighty Max,Mighty Max,1994,5.9,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Adventures of Mighty Max is based on the TV cartoon Mighty Max which in turn is based on a series of toys. Max is a kid who possesses a magic cap that allows you to travel across different world and to save people who get in trouble in other dimensions. But his archenemy, the demonic Skull Master, has recently locked all the portals Max was using for inter-dimensional travel. However, the Skull Master has kept some of the portals for himself, keeping there some of his destructive weapons. It's time to destroy those weapons and to stop Skull Master! This is a platform game in which you control Max himself or one of his two side-kicks (that doesn't influence the gameplay). You travel through several different worlds. Your goal is to find Skull Master's weapons, which are scattered around the level, and to destroy them. The levels are timed, and there are also plenty of enemies who will disturb you on your way to the goal."
4087,Hero's Quest: So You Want to Be a Hero,"Hero's Quest I: So You Want To Be A Hero, Quest for Glory I: So You Want to Be a Hero",1989,7.9,"Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",Graphic adventure,Fantasy,"The little town of Spielburg is populated mostly by beer-drinking humans and some centaurs who like working in the field. Spielburg is surrounded by forests and mountains, where all kinds of weird creatures dwell: ogres, goblins, talking foxes, stupid magicians, and others. Lately, Spielburg has been assaulted by brigands; besides, the witch Baba Yaga is not to be trusted. The town has everything it needs--even a Thieves Guild--except a strong, brave hero who would protect it. So when a wandering adventurer enters the town, he quickly realizes that his skills might be of use. Hero's Quest: So You Want to Be a Hero is a hybrid game that contains Role-Playing and Adventure elements. It is visually very similar to other Quest titles by Sierra (such as for example Space Quest ), but the gameplay--besides the usual exploration, conversations with characters, and the solving an occasional puzzle with the help of inventory items--also involves combat and character development. In the beginning of the game, the player chooses a character class for the protagonist--either a Fighter, a Mage, or a Thief. The choice of class will influence not only the combat, but also many other events in the game. Puzzles might have different solutions depending on the class and the amount of ability points in various categories. The main character's skills and abilities are raised directly by repeatedly performing appropriate actions, e.g. fighting enemies, practicing, climbing, throwing objects, etc. Many of those activities are necessary to perform in order to successfully complete the game. Combat takes the player to a separate screen (represented by the enemy's picture) and involves timed selection of commands such as Attack, Parry, etc. The interaction with the game-world is performed by typing verb commands or conversation topics. The game features a day/night cycle, which also includes character schedules. The main character can get hungry and tired, so feeding him and getting some rest is essential."
4089,Anstoss 3: Der Fußballmanager,,2000,7.9,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"ANSTOSS 3: Der Fußballmanager is the third main game in the German ANSTOSS series. The player takes care of the financial and athletic success of his soccer club. For this purpose, most time is spent in menus (the player can switch between the menu bar known from predecessor a text menu or an office) to work on the various possibilities, e.g. training, tactics, transfers, merchandising, and so on. The player also can take the role of a national coach. The matches are either watched in a full 3D representation or in the text mode in which all interesting match situations are described in text form. This installment is based on ANSTOSS 2 and adds new features and possibilities for practically every menu point. Examples are the simulated private life of the athletes with about 200 individual character abilities, relationships between players or more possibilities for managing youth teams. The player also has total control over the club compound; he can construct many buildings which may or may not have a relationship to soccer or a financial gain, including up to three stadiums."
4094,Virtual Reality Studio,"3D Construction Kit, 3D Construction Kit: Build your own virtual reality, 3D Virtual Studio",1991,8.3,,,,"This package allows users to create their own 3D worlds, using technology related to the Freescape universe seen in games such as Castle Master and Driller / Space Station Oblivion Pull-down menus allow objects to be created and positioned, with movement loops and simple animation defined. A network of rooms can be created. A simple BASIC-style language is integrated to allow puzzles and conditions (open a door when a key is placed into it, for example). You can also include enemies who must be shot. At any moment you can enter the gameworld to test it."
4098,Disney's The Little Mermaid,"Disney's Arielle, die Meerjungfrau, Little Mermaid: Ningyo Hime",1991,7.1,Action,,,"In this version of Disney's The Little Mermaid you play as Ariel the mermaid. Ariel has already met Eric, and they plan to wed, but the sea-witch Ursala has taken control of the ocean! So Ariel (After explaining what's going on to Eric) becomes a mermaid once more and sets off to rescue the sea. The game takes place from a side view and Ariel (Swimming most of the time, but hopping around on the land occasionally) can shoot bubbles to trap her foes and can then throw them at each other. She can also dig through sand to find treasure and pick up sea shells to help her break chests open. The treasure she finds in the sand is usually just bonus points, but the treasure you find in chests will increase your bubble's power and range."
4100,Who Killed Taylor French?: The Case of the Undressed Reporter,"Moord Mysterie 4: Who Killed Taylor French? - De zaak van de uitgeklede journaliste, Quem Matou Taylor French? A Repórter Inconveniente, Qui a tué Pam Taylor ?, ¿Quién Mató a Taylor French?: El Caso de la Reportera Indefensa",1994,4.7,Adventure,,,"A investigative journalist is murdered while jogging. The final installment of Creative's Murder Mystery series shares the same overall design with the previous games. The player has 6 hours to solve the murder, and time diminishes with each action executed (interviewing suspects, examining items on the crime scene), with the exception of a brief case summation that can be played without any time decrease. After gathering enough evidence (stored automatically in the notebook area), the player can call a press conference and answer questions about the case. If this questionnaire is filled correctly, the game moves to its second level, where the player must present the case to the judge. There are three possible solutions to the crime. The player can select directly one of the three game paths at the beginning of the game. Each has small alterations and different clues, although the setting remains the same."
4108,The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery,"A Fera Interior: Um Mistério de Gabriel Knight, Gabriel Knight 2, Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within, Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within, Ta'alumat Gabriel Knight: Ha-Khaya she Betokho, The Beast Within: Ein Gabriel Knight Krimi, Un Mystère avec Gabriel Knight : The Beast Within",1995,8.2,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery is a direct sequel to Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers the first in the supernatural mystery adventure series telling the story of a bookstore owner and writer Gabriel Knight, the last offspring of generations of Schattenjaegers (shadow hunters), whose task is to fight the evil forces that abound in the world. After leaving New Orleans, Gabriel moves to the Ritter Castle in Bavaria, Germany, his family heritage. One day, a group of peasants approach the castle, and the elder tells Gabriel about a terrible death of a little girl, who was killed by a vicious wolf. Suspecting the wolf could be a supernatural creature, the peasant asks the Schattenjaeger to purge the evil. The investigation brings Gabriel and his assistant Grace Nakimura to the mysterious Hunter Society and to Bavaria's dark past. The game utilizes a cast of live actors and full-motion video technology: the actors are filmed over photorealistic images of Munich and its surroundings, and nearly every interaction with the environment leads to a FMV sequence. Despite its visual style, The Beast Within is not an interactive movie, but a full-fledged adventure game with many dialogues, detective work to do, and puzzles to solve. Unlike the first game, it is entirely controlled through point-and-click actions - all the icons have been replaced by a single cursor. Both Gabriel and Grace are available as playable characters during different chapters of the story."
4115,Off-World Interceptor,Off-World Interceptor Extreme,1994,6.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","You play a Trashman, a bounty hunter paid to capture criminal scum hiding on harsh alien worlds. Your job is to race the enemy crime boss to the finish, blasting his goons along the way. Get blown up or drive too slowly and the boss gets away. But if you make it to the checkpoint in time, you block the boss' escape and trap him on the planet. You can upgrade your vehicle with the cash from your bounties. You can also go up against a buddy in the vertical split-screen deathmatch mode. Off-World Interceptor 's most unique feature is the storyline, told in full-motion video. Standard for the time. But OWIE's FMV is mocked by a couple of guys sitting in chairs, a la Mystery Science Theater 3000."
4119,Torvak the Warrior,,1990,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",Fantasy,"Torvak, a man with the typical barbarian looks, comes back to his homeland after an exile of five years. But instead of a warm greeting, he receives a telepathic message that an evil necromancer took over. So of course the next course of action is to travel through five levels while killing all of the necromancer's creatures on the way, including an especially nasty one at each level's end. The levels are generally side-scrolling, but sometimes underground passages can be reached via holes. This has no significant effect, though. The gameplay consists of using the four melee weapons which three moves each to get rid of the enemies without dying from their hits. Helpful power ups can be found when destroying parts of the scenery. Besides health refreshments and invincibility, there are also permanent upgrades for Torvak available, e.g. an extended health bar, greater speed or magical enchantments for the weapons. When an upgraded weapon is equipped, a powerful spell can be unleashed by holding the fire button."
4124,Ghosts 'N Goblins,"Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Ghosts 'N Goblins, Ghost 'N Goblins, Ghosts 'N Goblins Mobile, Makai-mura",1985,7.0,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Fantasy,"Ghosts 'N Goblins is a sideways scrolling action platformer spread over six levels, each of which must be completed within three minutes (or a life is lost), taking in forest, village, mountain and cavern settings with increasing difficulty. Arthur the brave knight must rescue his beloved Princess from the Demon King Astaroth and his forces - amongst them are the various undead (ghosts, zombies), bats, ogres and goblins. Other challenges include moving platforms, ladders and water/fire hazards. The player can walk left and right, jump, and is also equipped with a lance to use as a weapon. Getting hit by enemies causes Arthur to lose his armor and run around in his underpants, getting hit again will cause the player to lose a life. As in most games in this genre, the player can pick up power-ups such as daggers and bombs during the course of the game, giving the player greater firepower."
4134,Grand Prix,,1982,6.2,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"Grand Prix is a singleplayer action racing game. The game is played with an overhead view of the racetrack which scrolls horizontally. The goal is to reach the finish line in the shortest possible time on one of the four different tracks included. Of course, there will be obstacles on the tracks which will slow the player's car down if they're not careful. Numerous other cars will often get in the way, oil slicks will cause the player's car to temporarily lose control, and on the more difficult tracks, narrow bridges will cause the player's car to come to a complete stop if they miss the path."
4140,Whiplash,Fatal Racing,1995,7.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",Tricks / stunts,,"Whiplash is a fast-paced racing game where you choose from eight different cars and race on over sixteen different tracks to brave death-defying loops and corkscrews in stunt racing. The different players are organized in teams of two cars each. The aim is of course to reach the finish line first, but on harder difficulty levels opponents can also be killed by repeatedly bumping into them. The damage is visible, with dents and smoke. Each track has a pit stop where cars stand still to be repaired, but they can be pushed out of the area. When going for kills, team members will not engage each other. There are different camera angles, a replay function, and both automatic and manual transmission. Next to quick races, the main portion of the game are the cups, unlocked one after another."
4150,Transylvania,Transylvania!,1982,7.3,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"Transylvania is an adventure with optional graphics, and a VERB NOUN interface. Two weeks ago, Princess Sabrina suddenly vanished and has remained unseen since. King John the Good asks any travellers to help locate her - you volunteer. As you begin your quest in the dark forests of Transylvania, beware of the evil that lurks. You will encounter strange creatures like a vampire and a goblin, and experience strange things. Most importantly, a werewolf is constantly chasing you, until you find the pistol and bullets necessary to kill it. Remember fellow traveller, take care..."
4154,Shining Force III: Scenario 3,,1998,7.9,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"This is the third and final game from the Shining Force III trilogy. In it, you take the role of a young mercenary called Julian accompanying a mysterious boy called Gracia, trying to bring peace to the world. It follows on in exactly the same strategical RPG vein as the previous games in the series. During the game, the plot from the previous two scenarios is unraveled and in the final chapter, all 3 forces join together to fight the final battle against an Evil god trying to rise again."
4155,Dangerous Seed,Arcade Archives: Dangerous Seed,1989,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"It is the 25th century, and the solar system has come under attack by an mysterious alien enemy known as Dangerous Seed. Human forces have been decimated, and the aliens' next target is Earth! The enemy draws closer to the frontline base on the moon by the hour, and the final line of defense for Earth, the fighter ship Moon Diver, has launched. Dangerous Seed is a vertical scrolling shooter converted from the 1989 Namco coin-op. The player controls the three-part fighter ship Moon Diver through 12 stages to confront the alien menace and secure peace in the solar system. Each of the three parts of the ship, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, have their own properties which can be combined in various ways. Each type and combination has multiple shot types which can be powered up, and there are also options and bombs available which contribute to Moon Diver's extensive arsenal."
4178,Eagles,,1987,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Eagles two space ships controlled by robots have to drive back an alien invasion. To do so, they traverse 24 side-scrolling levels and kill everything in their way. There are also small droids to collect which can be delivered to special drop points on the way. For five droids, players receive a devastator which destroys all opposition on the screen except fireballs. Besides regular alien formations there are also various single enemies which take many hits. While some attacks result in instant death, most reduce the life bar. The game screen is always split in two horizontically and the second craft is either controlled by a second player or the AI. For two players, the game features two settings: co-operative or against. This only affects whether the life bar and high score points are shared or separate. Between the main levels there are bonus levels in which players take control over two hostile ships and fight for points."
4180,Breath of Fire III,Long Zhanshi 3,1997,7.9,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"Capcom's third installment of its epic RPG. Breath of Fire III is the first installment of the Breath of Fire Series to appear on the Playstation (And later ported to the PSP). Set free by the the workers of Dauna Mine, Ryu of the Brood learns to both understand his power, and to understand the history of his extinct kind. By both utilizing Ryu's unique power and the abilities of those whom assist him, players will uncover the history of the Brood, learn more about the characters, and the very reason why the Brood were wiped out. Players control Ryu and his allies on their journey, each of Ryu's friends have abilities only they can use, and they will have to work together to make their way through the obstacles and enemies that they encounter; creativity is key to your success in this game! Ryu eventually is able to utilize his power of the Brood, allowing him to ascend into various dragon-like forms. This is done using a gene-splicing system that dictates what sort of form Ryu will take. Breath of Fire III also includes a Master System, which permits Ryu and his allies to learn from various people to augment their abilities differently as they gain experience; these trainers can also teach abilities to those whom train hard under them."
4191,Motor Mash,,1997,7.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Motor Mash is a top down cartoon racer for 1 to 4 players by using a multi-tap or by sharing the joypad similar to Micro Machines 2 You can choose to play single player practice, Knockout Races, Single Player Tournaments, Multi Player Tournaments, Beat the Clock and Team Knockout. Players can select from 12 characters and race across levels with different themes. There are jungle, aztec temples, inner city, wild west, nightmare, and arctic themes. Each of the themes have unique hazards like bridges, crossing trains, oil wells, cyclones, snowmen and killer plants. In each race the goal is to leave your opponents far behind so they go off screen. You can do this by pushing them off bridges or into hazards. When there is one player left, that player wins and all other players return to start again from that point. Each time credits are awarded depending on how long each player lasted on screen. Lose all credits and you're out of the game, last man standing wins the race."
4193,Turn n' Burn,Turn 'n' Burn,1990,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Turn n' Burn is a simple space shooter. The player moves over the one-screen levels and shoots everything which moves. After all enemy formations (either a snake formation out of smiley faces or alien ships moving downwards) are killed, the next level is reached. Collecting power ups which are left behind by dead hostiles reward certain advantages, e.g. a shield. If the screen is left from one side, the ship appears at the opposite side of the screen."
4196,A.S.P.: Air Strike Patrol,"Desert Fighter, Desert Fighter: Suna no Arashi Sakusen",1994,7.2,Action,Shooter,,"Playing as a jet pilot of the ""Coalition"" force, players take control of either an F-15 Eagle, or an A-10 Tankbuster jet. The mission is to neutralise the offensive forces of the Zarak army, who have recently invaded a smaller neighbouring country. The Zarak army has many ground units, including tanks, stinger-missile launchers, SCUD missiles and armored vehicles. To accomplish the ultimate goal of defeating the Zarak army, players venture out on numerous missions (called ""sorties"") that have varied and specific objectives. Typically, various installations such as radar sites, air bases or ground units are the target. Other missions include disabling an oil-pipeline and destroying SCUD launchers before they fire. Pre-mission screens ask the player to select from the two planes. Then, the player can specify the armament to carry into the sortie. Air-to-ground and air-to-air missiles are available for each of the planes. Here, a strategic choice between countering either air units or ground units has to be made, as each area (of which there are eight) is patrolled by opposing enemy F-15 jets. The game is played through the isometric-perspective, and the plane's speed and direction can be be adjusted in real-time. Altitude however, is fixed. A missile/bomb-target is constantly shown on the ground before the plane, allowing players to aim at units, or, with the F-15, a lock-on targeting system is available. The game also makes use of a briefing before each mission, and also a further briefing by an animated colonel on the tarmac just before take-off. Various debriefing screens are shown also, and, if the player attains a certain strike rate, a ""GNN"" news story may play out. For each mission, a time-limit and minimum destruction-rate must be met. You can take-off as often as need be to attain this."
4198,Super Breakout,"Special-Break, Super Breakout!, Super Crash, Super Knockout",1978,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Super Breakout features similar gameplay to the original but with several new game variations. Your goal is to earn as many points as possible by destroying the bricks at the top of the playfield. To do this, you need to use the paddle at the bottom of the screen to keep a bouncing ball within the playfield. There are four different game variations included. The first is 'Breakout', and plays the same as the original game. This leaves three new gameplay concepts. In 'Progressive' the brick walls will slowly drop towards the bottom of the screen and the ball moves progressively faster and faster. When there's room, a new layer of bricks will appear at the top. The other two games add a second paddle. In 'Double Breakout' you have two balls to keep in play and score with. In 'Cavity' there is a single ball in play when you start, but two additional balls trapped within the bricks. These are freed when their surrounding bricks are destroyed."
4201,Friday the 13th,,1989,5.0,Action,Metroidvania,"Contemporary, North America","Based on the popular movie franchise, Friday the 13th casts you as one of six camp counselors (three girls or three boys) at the infamous Camp Crystal Lake, and you are tasked with destroying Jason Voorhees once and for all. To get to Jason, you must run around a camp, killing zombie ghouls and collecting weapons, until you hear an alarm sound. When that alarm goes off, it means Jason has entered a cabin and you must find him. To save time, you can switch between all six counselors, depending on where you are. Once you enter the house that Jason is in, the game switches to a 3D-esque maze in which you have to hurt Jason with the items you collected. Once he's been damaged enough, he'll run away, only to sound another alarm later and enter another house."
4202,Total Control,,1996,6.0,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Total Control the player controls one of six rival parties which want to gain control of a random generated world. The game starts in the sector of the map were his base lies. The first tasks is to build all necessary buildings and troops. Mines are used to get four different kinds of ore which ensure the cash flow. Other buildings have the use of defending the base, e.g. anti-aircraft gun or radar towers, or attacking the enemy, e.g. combat robots or aircraft fabrics. A computer central improves the performance of all other buildings. Every building can be upgraded separately. The main goal is to military defeat the other parties. At first the player needs to know where the enemy sits and uses his scout planes for this matter. With transporters the robots get to the enemy base. The combat is completely in real time but air combat gets fight out in an extra screen as opposed to the world map were the rest of the game takes place."
4203,Vay,Vay: Ryūsei no Yoroi,1993,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Vay is the story of Prince Sandor of Lorath, and his quest to avenge the assassination of his parents and rescue his beloved Lady Elin. On what is to be the day of their wedding, Castle Lorath is assaulted by the Danek, who have been able to partially reconstruct alien mecha technology from a millennium ago. The castle defenses are powerless against the giant robots, and the king and queen are killed in the attack. The invaders steal Elin in the midst of her wedding vows. Prince Sandor, now the king of the realm, sets out to rescue his betrothed, and find a way to defeat the fearsome alien technology. The game is a thoroughly ""old-school"" Japanese-style RPG, meaning that the focus of the game is on fighting random enemies in turn-based combat, gaining experience and gold in process, without any additional gimmicks. The characters come with pre-set ""classes"" (wizard, bard, etc.), and learn their own abilities/magic spells automatically as they level up."
4205,Battleground 9: Chickamauga,,1999,6.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Historical events,"The fifth game in American Civil War series of Battleground games brings us to another famous historical event detailing the struggle along the banks of Chickamauga Creek. You may play several historical scenarios. But if you want to change the history, special ""What if"" scenario is presented."
4208,Saboteur II,Saboteur 2: Avenging Angel,1987,6.4,Action,Platform,,"The ninja hero of the original Saboteur game has been killed, and his sister Nina is out to avenge this injustice. She has an array of kung-fu moves on offer, and must put them to use through 700 screens of action. The game design is very similar to the original, right down to the unusual background graphical style. The sections of the game are on multiple levels, separated mainly by ladders, and with lots of weapons and ammunition to pick up along the way. To beat the game you'll have to collect tapes and collect a 14-part computer code."
4221,Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure,"Indiana Jones et la Derniere Croisade, Indiana Jones i Poslednij Krestovyj Pohod, Indiana Jones y la ultima cruzada, Indiana Jones: Der letzte Kreuzzug, Indy3",1989,7.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Interwar,"It is 1938 and adventurer Indiana Jones is joined by his father on this quest, preventing Adolf Hitler from capturing the Holy Grail. He will have to deal with Nazi guards, the Luftwaffe and enemy spies as he tries to stop the tyrannical Nazi leader. The Graphic Adventure uses the same SCUMM gameplay system as the previous Maniac Mansion Most of the screen is used for a visual rendition of the current scene. At the bottom of the screen are words, which can be clicked on using the mouse to activate their functions. For example, objects can be picked up, used, pushed or pulled, and turned on and off. Most locations are from the movie, but some further scenes are added. In keeping with Indiana's action-man persona, the game also features pure action scenes. Unlike most Lucasfilm adventures, you can die. Two PC versions of the game were released, one with 16 color EGA graphics, and one with 256 color VGA graphics."
4222,Blazing Heroes,"Lacerta, Mystaria: Realm of Lore, Mystaria: The Realms of Lore, Riglord Saga",1995,7.8,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"You are Aragon, the prince of Mystaria. Long time ago, your father was one of the twelve mighty warriors who opposed Sith, the evil being that once tried to open the sacred portals of Mystaria. In the ultimate battle, your father was slain by Sith, but his eleven companion captured the villain and banished him, depriving him of his forces. Sith spend many years in a remote prison, until he grew powerful again. Now he came back to Mystaria and took over the kingdom. It is now up to Aragon to find eleven companions in order to be able to defeat evil again. This is a strategy RPG along the lines of Shining Force series. Your party contains twelve characters, six of which can be used in battles. The turn-based battles are long and strategic - you move your characters on the battlefield, and the force of your attack depends on the amount of previous movement made by you. You can also use a variety of magic spells to hurt many enemies at the same time."
4229,Carrier Strike: South Pacific 1942-44,,1992,6.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,"Historical events, Oceania, World War II","Carrier Strike simulates naval-air battles in the South Pacific during WWII. Carrier Strike can be used to recreate historical battles or random-historical battles (battles that could have happened at a particular time). The Campaign Game allows you to complete one battle and jump immediately into a new battle. Ships sunk or badly damaged in one battle will be unavailable for the next battle. The Campaign Game allows one battle per month from May 1942 to June 1944. In Carrier Strike you issue movement orders to friendly task forces (TF's) and direct the Flight Operations on your carriers. Flight operations consist of selecting ordnance for bombers; moving aircraft from the hangar to the flight deck; launching aircraft on CAP, search and strike missions; and selecting or changing strike targets."
4235,Links: The Challenge of Golf,,1990,6.9,Sports,,,"Links: The Challenge of Golf is a golf simulation that tries to implement realistic aspects of golf in a video game format. The game uses VGA 256-color graphics, with courses containing trees, water, sand traps, and the fairway. The addition of ball physics, mulligans, changing the lie of the ball, real digitized environmental sounds, and the ability to view a replay (from multiple angles) helps to emphasize the realistic aspect. Links comes with one Championship Course, Torrey Pines, located in San Diego, California, USA."
4238,The Lemmings Chronicles,"All New World of Lemmings, Lemmings 3",1994,7.5,Puzzle,"Managerial / business simulation, Platform",,"In terms of chronology, this is the third installment in the Lemmings series. Similar to the predecessor, the game focuses on the tribes but on the contrary not twelve but only three of them are present: egyptian, classic and shadow. Each of them has its own audio-visual theme. The game concept changed and instead of being given a number of actions to be performed in a specific moment, the lemmings collect the abilities on their way home. Each lemming can collect only one ability at a time and can put it away at any moment so another one can use it. What is more, each lemming has the ability to block the way, change walking direction or jump, and these can be used an unlimited number of times. There are in total 90 levels - 30 for each tribe with an option to save your progress."
4248,Nodes of Yesod,,1985,7.4,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Strange signals are coming from the moon and Charlemagne Fotheringham-Grunes (or Charlie for short), member of the International Commission for Universal Problem Solving ( I.C.U.P.S. ) is sent to investigate. It turns out that the source of the signals is a strange monolith. The aim of the game is to destroy this monolith. Nodes of Yesod is an Arcade Adventure seen from a side-scrolling perspective. Charlie can jump and, after finding it first, use a device called mole. After pressing up on on the joystick, Charlie stands still and the player gains control over the mole that can be used to attack enemies. However, not all enemies can be harmed by the mole. Another useful device is the burrowing chum that can be used to dig through certain walls. Before Charlie can reach the monolith, he has to explore the many caverns of the moon and find eight keys or alchiems. Every now and then a red spaceman will show up, and touching him will cause Charlie to loose one of his keys."
4256,Kick Off 2,"Pro Soccer, Pro Soccer 68, World League Soccer",1990,7.2,Sports,,,"The original Kick Off was expanded on in many ways for this sequel. The game now features full tournament modes (although the players on the teams are fictitious) and four different pitches (including an implementation of plastic pitches, whose uneven bounce cause controversy when several British clubs tried them in the 1980s). Viewed top-down, the controls involve trapping the ball under your foot, giving you time to prepare passes. Running with the ball is tricky at first, as it doesn't stick to your foot the way it did in contemporary football games. Complex moves such as overhead kicks, back-heels and long-range through-ball passes can be completed with practice."
4259,Tir Na Nog,,1984,7.5,Adventure,"Fighting, Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The first of a trilogy of similarly-designed titles from Gargoyle Games, Tir Na Nog is a complex mix of arcade and adventure elements, based around Celtic mythology. The game is viewed from the side, and to change direction you must rotate the view. You play Cuchulainn, and you must restore the Sidhe race to its former position of intelligence, enlightenment and civilization. This can be done by retrieving the four pieces of the Seal of Calum, which was shattered when the Great Enemy invaded. Many puzzles are presented in the form of cryptic text messages (displayed in a pseudo-Celtic font), ranging form 'find my crown for a gift' to 'The backdoor key is me' - lateral thinking is required to interpret these messages. The action side of things is challenging, especially before you have found a good sword or mace. When you die, you return to the start of the game, but the settings of objects are left exactly as they were - making it important to regularly save the game, as it's possible to lose weaponry in a situation so precarious that you have little chance of retrieving it without suffering more combat."
4262,Head-On Soccer,"Fever Pitch Soccer, Mario Basler präsentiert Fever Pitch Soccer",1995,7.3,Sports,,,"In this isometric football game, 51 national teams are represented to play in two game modes: Exhibition and Tournament (a series of seven games on four continents, with a final against the World All-Stars), with the ability to set time, difficulty level, see cutscenes after goals and if players are free to kick each other around without (many) fouls. While the game seems short-featured for 1995 standards, the tournament mode includes a twist: depending on how well the player defeats his opponents, he can trade his ""standard players"", who won't do anything spectacular (but at least fill up the ranks) for star players, who not only look different, are able to cross and backheel the ball but also have a unique ability at the disposal of the player: The Marker: * can latch on an opposing player, stopping him from running away with the ball; Goalkeeper 1: more capable of stopping shots than the regular goalkeeper; Barger: this large, muscular player is able to shove everyone in his path; Tricky: capable of jumping (or bunny-hopping, to be more precise) with the ball tucked between his feet, avoiding tackles; The Cheat: while it's hard to talk about fair play in a game where kicking a defenders' leg to gain a corner is (mostly) a legitimate play, this player takes the whole thing into the next level, being able to dig fouls out of nowhere, at the expense of the ball (if he's carrying it or the referee waves play on) or just some stains in his shirt (if he's trying to pull an offensive foul), with the odds of 50/50 (25% for penalties); Passer: capable of feeding forwards with laser-precision passes; Striker 1: capable of unleashing impossibly-sliced shots, scoring from virtually any position in the offensive area; Striker 2: best used from positions directly in front of goal, this striker features a shot that is so powerful the ball ignites as it approaches the goal; Goalkeeper 2: features a better chance of stopping special shots from both Strikers; In Exhibition games teams start with their own setup of start players, from none to a full team. The playing surface also affects gameplay - playing in wet grass removes all ball bounce, the opposite occurring with sand, and the most dramatic change, a rocky field where the ball can change direction after hitting the ground, turning throw-ins into corners, poor attempts on goals and vice-versa."
4270,Operation C,"Contra, Probotector",1991,8.0,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Operation C is a Game Boy sequel to the popular NES titles Contra and Super C and is, essentially, a side-scrolling shooter. You play a Rambo-esque character that goes around shooting everything in sight, collecting weapon upgrades and bonuses. The game introduces the character of Black Viper to the series' oft-jumbled continuity. Black Viper would later return in the Nintendo DS title, Contra 4 as the primary villain. The game features only five levels, two of which are played from an overhead perspective similar to Super C Operation C is also notable in featuring the upgradable Spread Gun (from three to five shots) and introducing the Hunter Gun. There is also the occasional platform element such as jumping puzzles, moving platforms etc., and the mandatory end-level boss."
4273,Bureau 13,,1995,6.6,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is a puzzle, adventure game about an ultra-secret organization called Bureau 13, whose operatives investigate paranormal phenomenon. After one member of the organization draws unwanted attention to himself, the Bureau decides to neutralize him by sending two agents on his trail. The game offers many characters to choose from such as thief, priest, mech and vampire etc. Since each character has different skills, each puzzle can be solved in a number of ways, leading to different endings."
4279,Mystic Towers,Mystic Towers: A Baron Baldric Game,1993,7.1,Action,Puzzle elements,"Fantasy, Medieval","In Mystic Towers the player takes control of an old and rather eccentric wizard Baron Baldric, whose task is to venture into the twelve Towers of Lazarine and clear them of monsters. The game is a follow-up to Baron Baldric: A Grave Adventure It is primarily an action game with puzzle-solving and role-playing elements. Each tower consists of 45 rooms (9 rooms on each of the 5 floors), 15 monsters, and 1 monster generator. The objective is always the same: defeat all the monsters, deactivate the monster generator, and find a way to escape from the tower. The player navigates Baron Baldric through isometric environments, fighting monsters in action-based combat, jumping, avoiding obstacles, and collecting various items. Some of the items are required to solve a puzzle (such as unlocking a room), while others relate to the RPG elements in the game. Along with the usual HP (health) bar, Baron Baldric also has a food and a drink meter, which means that the player has to find edible products and beverages to prevent the hero from dying. The old wizard mostly relies on spells in combat; these can be purchased from vending machines. In addition, Baldric collects points when he finds treasure; these points eventually add an extra life, up to nine in total."
4281,Highway Hunter,Okhotnik na doroge,1994,6.4,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,Top-down arcade shooter. You are in a powerful car in which you must travel the roads and shoot your enemies. There are many upgrades for you to find to help make you stronger and fire more powerful shots.
4289,Monster Party,,1989,6.7,Action,Platform,,"You are a young boy with a baseball bat named Mark. On your way home from a baseball game, you encounter a monster named Bert. Bert needs your help in saving his planet from the evil monsters. You learn how to fuse with Bert and become a monster fighting gargoyle. You'll spend most of the game attacking bad guys by swinging your bat at them or volleying their fire. This is a side scrolling adventure, similar in play to Super Mario Bros. but with monsters and skulls. The game itself is infamous for its outlandish quotes."
4294,Tyrian,,1995,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Tyrian is a shoot 'em up with a complex plot. You play the role of Trent Hawkings, this galaxy's ace solo fighter-pilot, whose luck forces him to save the galaxy, one time after another. Again and again, Trent must fight off MicroSol, a company with the evil intent of taking over the galaxy. Through your struggles, you will find yourself again and again betrayed by friends and allies, your parents will be killed and you will have to return to points you've already been to (with variations on the levels) in order to remove further threats to the galaxy and to yourself, all for the ultimate goal of overthrowing MicroSol. Tyrian also has two player arcade mode and supports network/modem/serial play. It features a multi-layered ship upgrade engine, in which you can change hulls, decide upon and upgrade your front and rear weapons, buy better shields and generators and even add ship ""sidekicks"". Tyrian's complete arsenal amound to over a dozen type of ships and over 100 weapon types."
4298,T.R.A.G.: Tactical Rescue Assault Group - Mission of Mercy,Hard Edge,1998,6.8,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2046 and the Togusa building has been occupied by terrorists. The building is owned by a major military supplier called Machine Gear and houses some important scientists. The T.R.A.G. (Tactical Rescue Assault Group) team is sent out to resolve the situation and free the hostages, but are all caught in a trap. With only two survivors, team members Alex and Michelle, it's up to them to take out the threat themselves. Gameplay resembles the early Resident Evil games, with its 3D characters over fixed pre-rendered backdrops and combination of puzzle solving and action elements. One big difference, however, is the ability to switch between any of the characters at any given time. This feature is used to solve certain puzzles and to find different routes through the Togusa building. Throughout the game you will acquire four different allies to aid you. You never find new weapons in the game, so you need to use the characters wisely and where needed, since they all have different abilities and arms. You can also split them up in teams of two, to make things more versatile."
4300,Rush'n Attack,"Arcade Archives: Green Beret, Arcade Archives: Rush'n Attack, Green Beret",1985,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Depending on which title you use, and how you interpret it, this game is about a guy who a) rushes in before attacking b) attacks Russians (or is being attacked by Russians... in the mid-80s, when this game was produced, the Cold War was still in full effect), or c) wears a rather goofy hat. One way or another, this arcade game arms you with a knife and sends you on a kamikaze mission against hordes of enemy fighters. There are four distinct sections of gameplay, taking in a Missile Base, a Harbour, a Bridge, and an enemy Prison Camp. Extra weapons with limited ammunition can be collected along the way, which will make the task a lot easier. The level is divided into 3 horizontal levels, which can be moved between either by jumping or using ladders, and this gives a chance to avoid the more threatening mobs of enemy fighters."
4301,Messiah,,2000,7.6,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","As science progressed, humans began conducting daring experiments, defying the laws of creation. Their leader, called Father Prime, has concocted the most audacious plan: contact Satan. His reasoning is that he who controls the devil will also know how to control God. As the Earth plunges into sin and corruption, God himself decides that time has come to interfere. He sends a little cherub named Bob to investigate Father Prime's designs. Since Bob is endowed with a human soul, he has a free will and is capable of making a decision, even if it contradicts God's orders. With nothing but his frail angelic body, Bob descends into the sinful world. Messiah is a third-person action game set in urban environments with sci-fi elements. The player controls Bob, who can fly (though at low altitude), but not do much else; he is very vulnerable and can be easily killed. Thus, the player must make use of Bob's other ability: possession. Bob is able to take over any creature, from humans to animals. Once he possesses his target, he has complete control over its movements. Possessing a body can serve a variety of purposes. For example, possessing a muscular brute who has great strength and endurance would be a fitting choice if the player wishes to engage in melee combat; taking control over a trained policeman allows carrying a gun without raising suspicion, etc. Possession ability is also used as a puzzle-solving element, as some areas can be only entered with specific bodies (e.g. only scientists can enter a secure laboratory). On higher difficulty levels, Bob can only possess a target who have their back turned to him, and must sneak around to avoid notice."
4302,Penetrator,,1982,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Penetrator is a single-player and multiplayer horizontally scrolling shoot-'em-up where the objective is to guide a spacecraft through enemy-infested caverns while avoiding environmental hazards and hostile defenses. The game unfolds across a series of caverns that scroll from right to left. The player pilots a ship that must avoid crashing into jagged ceilings and uneven terrain while defending against mounted gun emplacements, radar bases, and heat-seeking missiles. To survive, the craft is armed with two distinct weapons: a forward-firing laser for direct attacks and bombs that drop in an arc, allowing the destruction of ground-based defenses. Successful play requires balancing quick reflexes with careful positioning, as hazards often appear in close succession and demand precise timing. Progression through the caverns is linear, with each section introducing denser layouts and faster enemy responses. The pacing echoes the style of Scramble with a similarly high emphasis on memorization and repeated runs to learn patterns and master terrain. A two-player alternating mode provides competitive score chasing, with each player taking turns at the controls. A level editor enables players to design custom cavern layouts and save them for later play."
4309,The Shadows of Mordor,"Shadows of Mordor, Shadows of Mordor: Game Two Of Lord Of The Rings",1987,7.1,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"The Shadows of Mordor is an officially licensed J.R.R. Tolkien ""Lord of the Rings"" text adventure game based on the second part of the trilogy - ""The Two Towers"". You can select to play as either Frodo or Sam. The game follows the plot of the book closely and many locations have accompanying illustrations. Unusually for a text adventure game, the action happens in real time: if you sit there thinking of what to do next, things will happen in the game, e.g. creatures will move from location to location."
4310,Reach for the Stars: The Conquest of the Galaxy,,1983,7.7,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Reach for the Stars is a ""spaceploitation"" game. The player has the opportunity to name his civilization and those of his (up to three) AI opponents before he begins his attempt at galactic domination. The 2D galaxy map is marked only by planets and their names in few different colors. Also, there is no diplomacy and no player control over tactical combat. What remains is a hard-core game of grand strategic and economic production. The player must tweak his planets, build ships, research new tech levels, and deploy fleets. All of the underlying dynamics can be altered and customized by the player."
4317,Darkman,,1991,4.9,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Darkman is an adventure game developed and published by Ocean Software. The title released in 1991 and 1992 for Gameboy, was also available for NES, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, ZX Spectrum, and Atari ST and was the first entry in a saga with two other titles. Similar to the movie of the same name, Darkman used to be a scientist exploring applications of a new synthetic skin useful for fire victims. The investigation was interrupted when a gang of mobsters entered his lab looking for a document, killing his assistant in the middle and leaving him seriously injured. At the same time, the scientist used a new surgical treatment that granted him immunity to pain, superhuman strength, but in exchange for intense impulses of anger and adrenaline. Thus, swearing vengeance against the gang of mobsters with a bandage covering his burned face in the criminal attack, Darkman was born. The game is a side-scrolling platformer at times, in which the main character must advance through the levels using masks of their victims, attacking enemies, and jumping obstacles. The masks are obtained in the photography mode, where the game changes to a first-person perspective and the user must photograph the criminal to copy his face. These mini-games of photographs are vital for the resolution of the platform levels since the duration of the mask in the next level will depend on the quality of the photos that the player takes."
4321,Nemesis: The Wizardry Adventure,"Nemesis: Da Wizardry Una Nuova Avventura, Nemesis: Ein Wizardry Adventure, Wizardry Nemesis",1996,7.1,"Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"A new force has emerged in the world. Known as the Nithos Shadow, it is targeting, for yet inexplicable reasons, a young man from the city of Galican. The High Council sees a connection there, and asks the hero to investigate the matter. Soon he discovers that the society of Nitherin Mages has tampered with forces of darkness, and their energy has transformed into seven talismans that must be discovered before they bring chaos and destruction to the world. The hero begins his journey, thinking of the mysterious bond between the mages and himself... Nemesis: The Wizardry Adventure is a spin-off of Sir-Tech's famous Wizardry series It is a hybrid game that incorporates elements of both puzzle-solving adventure and role-playing. The game is viewed from first-person perspective, with locations represented by pre-rendered background images, similarly to Myst though with animation during movement. A point-and-click interface is used to interact with the environment, talk to characters, and manipulate objects in order to solve puzzles. The RPG element is much lighter than in the main Wizardry series. The hero starts with pre-determined statistics, but his weapon skills can be developed by equipping and continuously using the same type of weapon in combat. The hero also learns magical spells during the course of the game. Combat occurs in real time, as the player has to quickly select commands and click on the enemy in order to perform attacks."
4322,Grand Slam,,1997,6.7,Sports,,,"Grand Slam Baseball was an innovative, albeit relatively low-key release from Virgin Interactive Entertainment in 1997. Not known for sports games, VIE released Grand Slam for Windows, Sony Playstation and Sega Saturn as the second title in its attempt to establish a mainstream sports line. The first title in the short-lived line was Power Play Hockey in 1996. The sports line would last only one more title after Grand Slam's release, that being the sequel to the hockey game, also released in 1997. Grand Slam was one of the early adopters of 3D accelerator card technology and also offered full 3D play in software alone. The Playstation and Saturn versions were 3D by default. Grand Slam introduced a few play mechanics to video game baseball that would later prove to be fixtures in the genre. The most notable in this area was the introduction of a meter for pitching, used to control the velocity and accuracy of pitches, similar to the familiar swing meter in popular golf games. This meter was later borrowed and made popular by titles such as EA's MVP Baseball. On the batting side of things, a similar metered approach was used. This was inspired by older arcade baseball games that allowed the player to load up a swing's power with a control stick before releasing it as the pitch came in. Other highlights amongst Grand Slam's feature set included: A trade AI engine that would examine the needs of a team and decide if a proposed trade was in its best interest. Catcher AI and pitch signals, helping a player learn how to pitch to each batter's strengths and weaknesses. Attention to details and baseball flavor, such as players that would blow bubble gum bubbles during an at bat, light- hearted commentary, an All Star Break during season play (complete with a working voting ballot), and an in-game JumboTron scoreboard that would show animations after home runs."
4323,Lucky Luke,"Lucky Luke: De Daltons op het Spoor, Lucky Luke: Den Daltons auf der Spur, Lucky Luke: On the Dalton's Trail, Lucky Luke: Seguindo a Pista dos Daltons, Lucky Luke: Siguiendo la Pista de los Dalton, Lucky Luke: Sur la Piste des Dalton",1998,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements, Shooter",Western,"This game is based on the well known comics series about the good cowboy named Lucky Luke. Lucky Luke has to stop the Dalton gang from committing another crime. Walking around town, Luke will have to solve puzzles, shoot criminals and collect money. After finishing a level, an extra life can be bought with the money collected. Shooting often involves ricochetting shots to hit a target, and gameplay will sometimes shift from 2D sidescrolling to an over-the-shoulder camera. Levels offer a wide variety of challenges, including town exploring, bottle-shooting in a bar, freeing hostages on the roof of a train, and sneaking in Indian territory."
4325,Myst: Masterpiece Edition,Myst L'Apogée,1999,7.2,Adventure,,"Fantasy, Steampunk",This is a remake of the original Myst first-person adventure game. New features include:
4326,Xenophobe,Xenophobe: Exterminate the Aliens,1987,5.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Xenos. The very name strikes fear into every colonist's heart. A distress call is received from space stations orbiting your homeworld, then silence. A single ship escapes, piloted by a battered man who tells the tale of pods that hatch into acid-spitting Xenos. A small band of engineers has been dispatched to combat the Xeno threat before it takes over all the space stations and, eventually, your homeworld. Xenophobe is a side-scrolling shooter with platform elements. Assemble your band of engineers and fight the Xenos on each station, striving to either clear it or abandon it. You start out with a standard issue laser, but can pick up additional weapons as you find them, including Phasers, Lightning Rifles, Poofer guns, and bombs."
4328,West Bank,,1985,7.1,Action,Shooter,,"West Bank is a clone of Bank Panic. The player is inside a bank with twelve doors. Bandits as well as harmless customers enter, and you have to shoot the right people at the right time, as hurting the innocent or drawing too early results in a loss of the player's life as well. As levels change, new enemies and behavior are introduced resulting in new threats. Collecting enough cash deposits leads to a completion of a stage, after which a duel with outlaws follows. However, the rules are not different, as players who pull the trigger too early will have no success."
4329,Walker,,1993,7.1,Action,Shooter,"Sci-fi / futuristic, World War II","Walker is a classic 2D shooter with the side-scrolling from the right to the left. Player takes control of gigantic robot AG-9 (codename Walker). The mission is simple - guide Walker through the four time zones and kill everybody/destroy everything. Every zone is also divided into two parts. The road is full of trained enemies with one single purpose - to destroy Walker. However, except relative immunity, the robot is equipped with twin 30mm carbines cannons. The number of enemies are actually huge, they are attacking in groups, off the ground and from the air. Also, every time zone consist of special types of enemies which force player to stay alert. As usual, there is a powerful boss at the end of level (luckily each boss has its own weak spot)."
4332,Blood Money,,1989,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The speech in the introductory sequence probably sums things up best - ""the biggest unanswered question is 'where is the money?"" The player has 4 missions to take on, in each case trying to kill baddies for the money they have, which can be spent in the shop rooms to upgrade their craft. Energy is depleted by contact with enemies and the walls, although there are some baddies who simply hover on your ship and steal, rather than physically doing damage. The game is a shoot 'em up which scrolls both horizontally and vertically, while being viewed from an R-Type style sideways perspective. Navigating the levels sometimes requires the player to duck through gaps in scenery."
4337,Apidya,Apidya II,1992,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Fantasy,"A side-on scrolling shoot-em-up with a twist: You play as a wasp (actually a man turned into a wasp) seeking revenge for the death of his girlfriend, Yuri, at the hands of the evil Hexaae! Levels include going through a garden (fighting other insects) and a sub-level in the intestines of a rotting rat(!). Designed to look Japanese, this game was actually developed in Germany."
4343,Triple Play 2001,,2000,7.3,Sports,,,"Triple Play is back, and this time we've brought the legends! Go against the legends like Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, and more as you compete in Home Run Tournaments and other events. Improved player models and textures made them more life-like than ever. Create your own player by importing your own face texture. Play on the internet through the site's playmatching service."
4346,Wings of Fury,"Wings, Wings of Fury: Blaze your way to glory!",1987,7.2,Action,,World War II,"Wings of Fury is an action game with some minor simulation aspects, in which you are the pilot of an American F6F Hellcat plane. The setting of the game is the Pacific during World War II. It is your job to defeat the Japanese by destroying enemy bunkers, machine gun nests and barracks on a series of islands. Barracks and gun nests can be bombarded with regular bombs, while you'll have to use rockets to take out the concrete bunkers. After a successful bombing run, return to mow down the Japanese soldiers with your machine guns. You also have to sink Japanese battleships with torpedoes and engage in dogfights with enemy fighter planes. You start each mission by taking off from an aircraft carrier, which you'll have to protect from assaults by Japanese torpedo planes. Whenever you run out of fuel, bombs, rockets or machine gun ammo you can replenish those by returning to your carrier. Your carrier is also the place to repair damage to your plane. The Gameboy Color version of Wings of Fury has a toned down violence level. You no longer mow down Japanese soldiers with your machine guns, instead you bombard jeeps & trucks. Also missing in this version are the Japanese torpedo planes and the small 1st-person view window. New are some extra manoeuvres for your plane like a barrel roll and a review of your ammo consumption after each mission. Using less ammo than allocated gives you bonus points."
4351,Exterminator,,1989,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Of all the mundane tasks which've been turned into action-packed games, bug-repelling must be up there with being a Paper Boy or a Trashman These aren't average bugs; Chicago is under siege from mutated insects, rats and even toy tanks. You'll have to work through seven houses, each of which has the typical rooms. You control a seemingly-dismembered hand, which must deal with the hordes as they come towards it, into the screen. They can be shot, thumped, or squashed depending on their type. To clear a room you must kill a certain number of creatures in each of the vertically-divided 'lanes' of the room - this causes squares on the ground to change colour."
4353,The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper,,1992,6.9,Action,Platform,,"The Jetsons: Cogwell's Caper is based on the well-known Jetsons property from Hanna-Barbera. In this spin-off adventure, George Jetson is tasked my his employer to put a stop to the profit-making schemes of the rival Cogswell's company. To do this, George must hop from location to location in his jet and conquer each level using the resources available to him, as well as with the assistance of the other Jetson franchise characters. Cogswell's Caper is a side-scrolling action game where George Jetson can walk, crouch, and jump (actually, he's too lazy to jump and a jet pack handles the jumping duty for short bursts). Each level is littered with crates and other items that George can pick up and toss at enemies, while finding useful items (and occasionally even more enemies) underneath them. Since the game is set in the futuristic world of the Jetsons, there are also copious switches on walls which activate all kinds of features of the surroundings, such as a switch that reverses gravity for a brief time."
4357,Final Doom,,1996,7.6,"Action, Compilation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,Final Doom for PlayStation is a compilation of 30 levels from the PC version of Final Doom and the Master Levels for Doom II
4366,Sonic Shuffle,,2000,6.0,Action,"Board game, Puzzle elements",,"Much like Mario Party and Crash Bash Sonic Shuffle has Sonic and his team playing a board game style tournament, where mini-games are at every turn. Each character has a group of cards with a number on each. On every turn, the player chooses a card to determine how many steps to take. When all of the cards have been used the deck is reshuffled, and each player gets a new hand. While a player can see only the numbers on their own cards and not the numbers on other players' cards, they can still choose the cards of another player. Each board has certain tiles: blue adds 3 rings to your total; red removes 3 rings from your total and special tiles which places all of the players into a min-game or event. The aim of the game, at the end of it all, is to get the Precioustone (1 per board)."
4370,Beatdown,,1999,4.1,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Real-time strategy (RTS),,"Take control of your own neighborhood in this RTS game set in the hood. Your linear path sends you down a career path of selling and buying drugs, mugging targets of opportunity, recruiting new members to your gang, and large amounts of murder. You have to maintain your drug contacts, and keep rival gangs from taking over your turf. Meanwhile the cops walk by and let you go blissfully about your business."
4374,4D Sports Tennis,"4D Tennis, World Tennis Championships",1990,7.5,Sports,,,"Being part of Mindscape's 4D Sports game series, this program tries to realistically reproduce the game of tennis. Just like all the other games from the series, 4D Sports Tennis offers ""true four-dimensional gameplay"" by letting the player access advanced replay features. The game is based on simple, untextured 3D polygon graphics, providing not only a standard fixed camera and freely positionable views, but also a very unique first-person view, in which the player does see nothing of his own character except for the racket, and the view is always following the ball. Other features include dozens of practice missions, a career mode with the possibility to create a customized player, and a multiplayer mode for 2 players on one PC."
4375,Galador: The Prince and the Coward,"Galador: Der Fluch des Prinzen, Książę i Tchórz",1998,7.4,Adventure,,Fantasy,"The Prince and the Coward is a 2D point and click adventure. The game is set in a fantasy kingdom. Young Galador makes a deal with the devil to become a prince and have a life full of adventures. Very quickly, Galador realizes this kind of life is not for him and now is trying to get back his old life. The game is controlled by mouse (clicking on an item brings up a menu with possible actions) and apart from adventure puzzles, contains some minor arcade sequences."
4378,WarTorn,,2000,5.4,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"WarTorn is a 3D real-time strategy game with modern-day units. In a particularly twisted kind of background story, the ruling elites of the future (2999) rediscover the war games of the distant past (Ancient Rome) as a model for sports-like wars set in the not-so-distant past (2000), which to us is now. This was the easy part of WarTorn The cynical controlled war in giant sports arenas scenario serves as the backdrop for a 3D real-time strategy game which pits up to eight armies against each other in a fairly complex system of build-and-blast. The economic system, for example, has its own flow chart in the manual which describes the interrelation of no less than eight resources, four of which must be gathered on the map. The army consists of land, air and sea units which can be individually constructed from parts. The tactics system comes with its own formation editor and attack route planer. Each unit's behavior can be fine-tuned with ten different commands. Most of this is optional though. Players can choose between strategy matches (full war with base construction) and skirmishes (baseless mini-wars with up to 20 select units per side). There's no campaign or plot, just single matches in four different modes (deathmatch, capture the flag, hunter hunted, and turn-based) or five-tier tournaments with which the player climbs up the world cup ladder. Despite the game's competitive character, there is no multiplayer mode."
4379,Ball Breakers,MoHo,2000,6.7,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The universe is made up of human and synthetic lifeforms. Synthetic lifeforms are considered second class citizens by their human counterparts. The story takes place on the prison planet Alpha Prime, a world completely designed for the holding of criminals. You are a synthetic lifeform sentenced for an eternity for a crime you didn't commit and in order to earn your freedom, you must compete against other prisoners in competitions in 10 different incarceration facilities. To compete in these competitions however, you must undergo a procedure that removes your legs and replaces it with a rolling sphere. There are seven different events to compete in which are Pursuit, Last Man Rolling, Race, King of the Hill, Run the Gauntlet, Tag, and Powerball that pit you not only against your fellow inmates and guards, but against the levels themselves. Run the gauntlet charges you with making it to a goal point within a time limit, all the while avoiding other warriors and obstacles such as flame throwers, spikes, and gun turrets. Pursuit is identical, but it adds the challenge of the arena crumbling away. Powerball has you collecting balls throughout the arena and throwing them at a goalpost before time runs out. Tag has you collecting a set number of tokens that have been scattered throughout the arena within a set time limit."
4381,Vulcan Venture,"Arcade Archives: Gradius II, Arcade Archives: Gradius II - Gofer no Yabō, Arcade Archives: Vulcan Venture, Gradius II, Gradius II: GOFER no Yabō",1988,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Gradius II is a sequel to Gradius and Life Force and is a horizontal space shooter composed of seven levels. Like in its predecessor, it is possible to collect power-ups from enemies and choose which type to use and when. This time, this system is enhanced with the option of choosing between four different power-up sequences, allowing the player to use different types of weapons against enemies. There is also the possibility to gain options, which are mysterious balls of fire that follows the player-controlled spaceship closely and mimic all its movements (including shots). While the player only could have two of them in the NES version of Gradius it is now possible in all versions to have up to four."
4383,Legend of the North: Konung,"Knjaz': Legendy Lesnoj strany, Konung: Legenda Północy, Konung: Legenda severu, Konung: Legends of the North, Konung: The Legend of North",1999,5.9,Role-playing (RPG),Managerial / business simulation,Fantasy,"Legend of the North is a role-playing game out of Russia. The game focuses on the Scandinavian landscape and mostly real enemies (although larger than normal). The game includes a night/day cycle that includes twilight as well. You have the option to have that cycle, or remain in day only if you get tired of not being able to see much at night. The game's plot is based on three heroes trying to combine an amulet to save the world. However, these heroes are not necessarily friendly to one another. The heroes are the following races: Slavic, Byzantine and Viking. When you start the game, you choose which hero you want to play and some attributes for that hero. Your choice of hero has many effects in the game. For instance, you look different in the game and start in different locations. Also, the local residents will react differently toward you depending who you are. In order to win the game, your best path lies in conquering most of the towns by peaceful or military means. To conquer the town peacefully, you must complete a quest for that town. If you choose to attack the town instead, you better have many followers in your group and some oil for your arrows so that you can set the town on fire. After the town is yours, you can collect money from the town once in awhile and also get free healing and free repairs for your items rather than paying. You can also have the town build things such as a blacksmith, bridges, wells, etc. However, you will have to get a trained person to work in anything you build. For instance, just building a marketplace won't let you buy items. You will also have to bring a trained merchant to live in the town. The game allows you to get up to 9 other characters in your party as you gain charisma. However, you will have to pay people to join you. These other characters can be human or even some creatures. They will have different skills and may be best suited to bows or swords rather than both. Each character in your party can equip 3 weapons at once - a bladed weapon (swords, daggers, etc.) in slot 1, a blunt weapon (clubs, maces, etc.) in slot 2 and a bow in slot 3. You can then easily change your weapon using the number keys and can change the weapons for each character in your party. There are 3 kinds of arrows in the game that do different amounts of damage. The game also includes an alchemy skill which allows you to mix items to create potions. For instance, if you mix a White Root and an empty bottle, you get a healing potion. Legend of the North includes both single player and multiplayer modes of play. The multiplayer mode allows for up to 16 people to play at once using a LAN. No Internet play is available, however, and in its latest GOG release, 1C classifies the game as singleplayer-only."
4384,Sneak 'n Peek,,1982,4.3,Simulation,,,"Sneak 'n Peek is a computerized version of the game hide and seek. The game is played by two players (or one player against the computer); one player will close his or her eyes while the other player hides somewhere. After the second player is hidden, the first player needs to locate him or her in the shortest time possible. After the second player has been located, the roles will then be reversed. The game takes place in an old house with three rooms available as well as the front yard to hide in; each of these four locations contains five different places to hide. The game can be played with fixed or variable hiding locations; in the fixed game, the hiding locations will always be found in the same place, and the variable game will move the hiding places around each time a room is entered. Two difficulty levels are available; in the tougher setting, the entrance to the hiding places is narrower making it tougher to find."
4385,Frank N Stein,,1984,6.8,Action,Platform,,"Mr. Stein is keen to build monsters, using the bones he has throughout his mansion. Each time he must collect the parts required, in the correct order, by navigating away around the platforms. He can only jump while on spring spaces; other landscape features include ice and slime to affect movement, and fireman's poles. Enemies moving around on preset paths include spiders, tanks and lobsters. Once all parts are connected Frank must activate the switch on the monster's case. This takes you onto a screen in which you must reach the top right, avoiding the balls the monster throws down at you as they roll along the platforms."
4386,TNT,,1990,7.5,Compilation,,,Five arcade conversions from the Tengen brand make up this collection:
4390,RealSports Baseball,Baseball,1982,5.6,Sports,,,"Baseball is an action game which can be played by two players or one player against the computer. The game allows you to bunt the ball or try for a homerun, steal bases, and throw several types of pitches from a fast ball to a curve ball. Several game variations are included which allow you to select whether the home or visiting team is at bat first, and whether or not a player can swing only at pitches that are a strike, or they can swing at any pitch."
4405,MindRover: The Europa Project,,2000,7.3,"Educational, Puzzle",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"While doing research on one of Jupiter's moons, Europa, the people in the station take small mining machines used for research and modify them to play a game called MindRover. In essence, you take a chassis and build a machine. The machine you need to build will vary on the type of activity you're set out to do (racing, seek & destroy, etc). You place items on your chassis (radars, thrusters, rockets, etc) that you think you might need to help you win. Next, you wire (or program) your machine with specific instructions on what do. So for example: if you come too close to a wall, you will want to steer away from it. So you will link your sensor to your thruster telling it to turn 45 degrees in the opposite direction if something enters the sensor range."
4425,F/A-18 Hornet 3.0,,1997,6.8,Simulation,,,"F/A-18 Hornet 3.0 is a serious simulation of the fighter's capabilities: Air Superiority and Ground Attack from both land and sea. Learn how to fly the jet in a series of training flights. Rather than have a campaign mode, there is a carrier mode in which you can fly in one of many ""hot spots"" in the world."
4429,Mega Man X3,Rockman X3,1995,7.5,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A Reploid scientist named Dr. Doppler begins creation of a new city for Reploids, which will bring a new era of peace to the Reploids and humans. But something goes terribly wrong, and now Mavericks have begun to appear everywhere! It's up to X and Zero to find out who is behind this Maverick revolt and bring them down for good! For the first time in the series, players can play use X's friend, Zero. However, he is pretty much restricted to only about one third of each level, and has only one life (i.e when he loses all his energy, he is put out of the fight for the rest of the game)."
4435,Highway 2000,Wangan Dead Heat,1995,6.3,Racing / Driving,,,"Highway 2000 is a racing game that offers five racing tracks and three cars (Mad Viper, Dark Nebula and Rapid Fire) with different statistics based on speed, acceleration, handling and grip. The game has several modes like the tournament mode in which you race against AI-controlled opponents and a time trial mode. There is also a two-player race mode in where you race another player in split-screen."
4439,Hurricanes,,1994,5.9,Action,Platform,,"The Garkos Gorgons have challenged the Hurricanes to a charity soccer match to see which team is the best in the world. The game follows the traversals of the Hurricanes, from their homeland to the Gorgons's stadium located on the far away Garkos Island. The Hurricanes must arrive at the foreign stadium on time or the Gorgons will automatically win the match. The game consists of 15 levels that each must be completed within a certain time limit. Players control either Cal Casey or Napper Thompson. They go throughout each stage dribbling a soccer ball. The ball can be used as a makeshift weapon as it can be kicked at enemies and also can be used to open boxes scattered throughout each level. The crates contain items like medals and trophies that can be collected. Those collected items get totaled at the end of each stage and get added as bonus points to the players score. The game features an easy, medium, and hard difficulty level option."
4453,The Playroom,"The Playroom: A fun place to explore reading, math, and more.",1989,7.2,Educational,,,"The Playroom is an educational game which is set in the locale of a child's bedroom. Almost everything on the screen can be clicked on, and the child will be rewarded by games, activities, or at least an amusing animation. In this first of what eventually became a trilogy of games including The Treehouse and The Backyard children are encouraged to use the mouse by the wide range of interactivity with items on the screen. Games and activities encourage creativity, the learning of numbers, and letters, and the development of critical thinking."
4466,Anarchy,,1990,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"As a Defender variant, Anarchy is a side-scrolling parallax shooter, in which you take on the evil Anarchists and their destructive behaviour. Your ship moves left or right on a looping level, shooting the enemies and finally the bosses. You have a single life with gradually draining energy. No less than 50 High Scores are recorded. There are no surprises in gameplay, except the usual upgrades for your ship - X-shaped pods reveal circles, which can be collected to produce multiple fire beams, multi-directional shots, and drones with advanced cannons"
4475,Walter Payton Football,American Pro Football,1989,6.9,Sports,,,"Walter Payton Football or American Pro Football as it is called in Japan and Europe, is a simulation of American football. There are two modes in the game. One is called ""Monday Night Game"" and is the same as a friendly game or exhibition mode; the other is ""Road to Superbowl"", and is basically a play-off tournament in the NFL. The player can choose his favorite NFL team to compete against the computer or another player. The game allows you to assign basic strategies to the teams, both in defensive and offensive plays. The game is viewed from a top-down perspective, with the exception of kick offs and field goals, which are viewed up close from a third person perspective, and allow the player to regulate the strength of the kick."
4485,Hell Cab,,1993,6.0,Adventure,,,"In Hell Cab the player controls a traveler who was about to board a plane in the JFK airport when an announcement came that the plane was delayed. The man decides to take a cab ride through New York. Unfortunately, his driver turns out to be the minion of Satan himself. Since the traveler has no money to pay the cab fare, the driver makes a deal with him: he has to travel to various time periods if he wants his soul back. Hell Cab is essentially a collection of action sequences tied together by cutscenes. The plot takes the protagonist to ancient Rome, Jurassic era, and other locations and epochs. The action sequences involve sword-fighting, shooting, racing, and other types of mini-games."
4488,Starglider,,1986,7.7,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Planet Novenia has been attacked by the Egrons, who snuck in by disguising their craft as the protected Starglider species, which Novenia's automated defenses were programmed not to shoot. Your task is to fight them off using only an obsolete Airborne Ground Attack Vehicle. This was designed as the ultimate combat machine, with sophisticated hardware up to Draziw Yarg's high standards. It has a fully-rechargeable shield, plasma drive unit, an inbuilt scanner and 10,000-sector map, a top speed of 2550 Urads and two homing missiles. The game is viewed from within AGAV's cockpit, with control over speed, weapon targeting and firing. There are several control options to decide exactly how the craft works, with fixed or floating sighting, and the option of automatic centering, allowing you to balance the game between easy sighting and advanced shooting ranges. Repair depots must be visited frequently, as they can refill the weapon bays as well as repairing the ship. Crucially, the Egron Stargliders need 3 missiles to shoot down, so at least 1 visit to a depot is required to complete this job, at which point you move up to the next, harder, level."
4490,The Combatribes,,1990,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A 2D side-scrolling brawler, The Combatribes puts you and a friend in the shoes of combat cyborgs Berzeker, Bullova and Blitz (yes those are their real names) as they attempt to defeat the evil crime ring ""Ground Zero"", led by the cybernetically enhanced Martha Splatterhead and her minions. The game is set around simple stages in which wave after wave of baddies attack you from all directions. Once you defeat enough of them with your basic attacks and special moves a boss character appears which you'll need to defeat before moving on to the next stage. Besides the arcade mode, a Vs one-on-one mode is available with the inclusion of all boss characters as selectable fighters."
4493,Bubsy In: Fractured Furry Tales,,1994,6.0,Action,Platform,,"Bubsy In: Fractured Furry Tales is the only Bubsy game to appear on the Atari Jaguar. It's a side scrolling platform game similar to the Genesis and SNES Bubsy series. Bubsy is a bobcat superhero who can defeat all enemies by jumping on top of them. In Fractured Furry Tales, he finds himself in a series of fairy tales. When all havoc breaks loose in the land of fairy tales, Mother Goose sends in a brave and noble hero (who happens to be Bubsy) that will restore peace to the fairy tale land. So, Bubsy has to travel through 15 levels and set things right."
4496,Knights of Legend,,1989,6.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Knights of Legend is set in the fantasy land of Ashtalarea. The evil Pildar has captured the ruler of the land, known as the Duke, and a warrior named Seggallion, who has fought and defeated Pildar in the past. The player controls a party of adventurers whose quest is to rescue the prisoners, and eventually vanquish Pildar. The player can create a party of adventurers, choosing between the traditional races of humans, dwarves, and elves, as well as a new race called Keldar who possesses the power of flight. The game world is explored from top-down perspective. Turn-based combat takes place on separate screens. The combat system in the game is quite complex, including various types of attacks, parrying and dodging, as well as the possibility of targeting individual body parts of enemies. The player also selects commands for a defensive round, trying to anticipate the opponent's move."
4504,Kid Dracula,Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun,1993,7.3,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Kid Dracula is a side-scroller and a parody of the Castlevania series The difference is you play as a young vampire rather than a vampire killer. Gameplay consists of very standard jump and shoot platform action. As you progress through the 8 levels, you gain the ability to perform spells, like turning into a bat. You will also receive guidance from your pal, the Grim Reaper."
4508,Final Fantasy V,"FF5, FFV, Zui Zhong Huanxiang 5",1992,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The Elemental Crystals are the life source of the planet. With them, gentle winds blow, the seas are active, fire burns bright, and the earth is full of life. All seems well in the world, until the wind suddenly stops, the sea begin to grow stagnant, the heat of fire becomes scarce, and the earth begins to wither. King Tycoon, sensing a premonition of evil, hurries off to check on the Wind Crystal, only to witness it destroy itself. Meanwhile, a young traveler named Bartz is camping in a field when a giant meteor strikes the planet. When he heads out to examine the meteor, he is shocked to find a young girl named Lenna, who is the princess of Tycoon, and an old man named Galuf, who is on a critical mission. Later, joined by Faris, a pirate captain, the foursome must travel the land in search of the destroyer of the Crystals, and save the planet at any cost. Final Fantasy V is a role-playing game that uses the Active Time Battle system first introduced in Final Fantasy IV It also incorporates the Job/Ability system from Final Fantasy III which keeps the core gameplay centered on four main characters and allows the player to change their classes, or 'jobs'. A new feature lets the player assign an ability from one job to a character who has another job. An updated version with additional content has been released on Game Boy Advance"
4518,Pneumatic Hammers,,1987,5.4,Action,Platform,,"You are Red O'Blair and you have arrived at the Lee Valley Gold Research Base to stop it being destroyed from a rockslide. To get to the gold for research, huge Pneumatic Hammers drive bridge pillars into a river bed but the lever controlling the power to the hammers is broken and a new one is required before the whole base is destroyed from rocks. The only metal available to make the lever is off course gold but this needs finding in the rocks, with only certain weights of gold pure enough to make the lever. You start at the top of the base which is flick-screen and viewed from the side. The base descends downwards ad there are ladders and lifts to take you to each floor. You first need to get a metal detector on the first floor and then you can go outside to look for gold but you have to use the pillars that the hammers are hitting to get across the river so timing is essential. Once gold has been found it can be put in your sack where it can be taken to be weighed and checked for it's purity. Once you feel you have the correct amount of gold, you take it to the furnace to melt down and cast. Any gold that isn't pure enough will disappear as you control the temperature between 980 and 1000 degrees. Once you have the lever you can then switch off the hammers and save the day. If you require more time in your quest for making a lever you can lift log piles with a crane onto the pillars the hammers are hitting."
4520,The Big Sleaze,,1987,6.7,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Interwar,"The Big Sleaze is a humorous text adventure which parodies the detective genre. It is set in the late 1930s and the player controls Sam Spillade, a stereotypical and not too bright private detective. The adventure begins when he gets a new assignment: finding the missing father of his pretty, female client. The situations Spillade has to solve shift between standard problems, e.g. getting money, and absurd situations like an auto bomb placed by the neighbour's children. And why did a dog bring a check and a photograph into his office? Commands have to be typed in with the keyboard, but the parser only understand simple verb + noun combinations. In compensation, Spillard can make conversation to other people. The game consists of three independent programmes which have to solved in linear order - the save game of the previous part has to be imported into the next. Also included is the satirical electronic magazine Sceptical 3"
4521,Bubble Dizzy,,1991,6.6,Action,Platform,,"Bubble Dizzy eschews the usual arcade adventure format of Dizzy games instead being a simple action game. You must guide Dizzy through the underwater worlds, collecting pearls as you go. Dizzy starts at the bottom of the sea, and you have to get him to the top. You do this by jumping across bubbles, which only have a limited time before bursting. Enemies to avoid include sharks, octopuses and swordfish. Dizzy has limited oxygen, but more can be collected from O2 canisters. After completing a level, you get a bonus for the amount of pearls you collected and the amount of oxygen you have left."
4523,Stop the Express,"Bousou Tokkyuu SOS, Pánico en el express",1983,7.2,Action,,,"The ITA Express is under the control of the vicious Redmen, and cannot be allowed to continue its momentum. This is where you come in as a Security Guard, as you start on top of the final carriage of the train and must walk across it, jumping over the gaps, to reach the front. Redmen must be kicked into oblivion with a precise contact before they can throw you off the train; they will also throw knives, which must be ducked. You can turn the tables thanks to the Snakebird, which will pick you up if you jump into it, and allow you to drop on top of a Redman. You have a limited amount of time to reach the front, indicated by the ground moving backwards as the train moves forwards. In the second part of the game you are inside the train, trying to survive long enough for the whole thing to begin again with increased difficulty."
4528,Disney's Bonkers: Wax Up!,,1995,6.3,Action,Platform,,"Madame Who-Said has been coating famous Toons in wax to make statues for her Wax Museum, and the next victim will be Bonkers! Now he needs to stop her, free his pal Lucky and find the Toon Toaster to un-wax the Toons. In this platform game, the player controls Bonkers through several levels where he must find 7 pickle clues. By pressing the pause button, a compass is shown, with the number of remaining clues and the direction of the next one. Bonkers can run (by holding button 1), jump (button 2) duck and slide (by running and pressing the opposite direction on the d-pad). Bonkers will find several items to restore his health (like cups of coffee, donuts, slices of pizza and badges) as well as some bonus items. He'll also find some of his friends, like Marylin, who'll show him the way to bonus levels, where he must find pieces of the Toon Toaster. In these bonus levels, Bonkers will ride a mine cart in a rail course, trying to collect items. After a row of sub-levels, Bonkers will have to fight a boss, usually villains from the TV show."
4529,Pac-in-Time,Fury of the Furries,1993,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Everybody knows what/who Pac-Man is from his heyday in the '80s, but this time, we're getting a whole new adventure of our little eater. Guess his stomach is full, 'cause there's nothing much to eat here, only collecting points. This is much like some Indiana Jones adventure, only your little hero's Pac-Man instead of Harrison Ford Pac-Man can even transform himself into a swimmer, rock eater, fireball spitter, or rope swinger during his quest. The game takes place on a huge island separated into eight regions: Desert, Lagoon, Forest, Pyramids, Mountains, Factory, Village, and the Castle. When you manage to get through them, the last one awaits: The Machine which seems to be some sort of a way to get out of here. This level is not a typical stage after stage approach. Each screen has several exits that can either bring you closer to, or further from the end of the game. Pac-in-Time is a reskinning of Fury of the Furries It's exactly the same game. Only the characters were changed: the not-so-known European Tinies (from the Skweek/Super Skweek/Tiny Skweeks/Brainies/Tinies games) were replaced by the widely known Pac-Man. In Fury of the Furries you control a cute, round creature called Tiny, who must defeat ""the wicked one"" who has captured the King and turned all the Tinies into mindless monsters. A game with the same Pac-in-Time title came out for the SNES but it is a different game."
4536,SNK Gals' Fighters,,2000,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Organized and sponsored by a mysterious fighter nicknamed as ""Miss X"", the first Queen of Fighters Tournament is officially open, but this competition differs from the others by allowing ONLY women as participants. After completing several tough fights (including a final showdown with Miss X), the winner will be rewarded with a mystical artifact known as the ""K Talisman"", that has the capacity to grant any wish. With this unique chance to accomplish their personal dreams and ambitions, 8 powerful femme fatale fighters were invited to face the biggest battle of their lives... Behind this simple storyline, the title brings a cast of 8 all-female characters taken from SNK's fighting series The King of Fighters (Mai Shiranui, Yuri Sakazaki, Athena Asamiya, Leona Heidern, Shermie), The Last Blade (Akari Ichijyou) and Samurai Shodown (Shiki, Nakoruru); all with the same blows (parodied or not) of their origin games. The gameplay is identical to KOF's Advanced Mode (e.g. Emergency Evasion and Run commands), but without SDMs. To increase the replay factor, a power-up mode was included: depending on your combat performance, you'll be favored with several random items (e.g. Start with full MAX gauge, Speed Up etc.) that can be used to improve your character for a while."
4547,Aces Over Europe,,1993,8.0,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","Sequel to Aces of the Pacific Aces over Europe takes place in the Western Theater of Operations during WW2. Fly fighters and fighter-bombers for either England, Germany, or the United States, escorting heavy bombers, attacking ground troops, or just taking control of the skies over Europe. Aces over Europe features improved graphics over its predecessor, including smoother models and individual squadron markings on planes. Terrain graphics have also been slightly enhanced to aid in navigation. AOE features campaign modes for all three sides. Although not truly dynamic, the campaigns feature random missions based on your plane type and squadron, making each campaign different. Player controlled planes include the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and the North American P-51 Mustang (American side), the Supermarine Spitfire, the Hawker Tempest and the Hawker Typhoon (British side) and the German Messerschmitt Bf 109, Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger, and Messerschmitt Me 262."
4569,Dominator,Dominator: Penetrate Dominate Conquer,1989,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Dominator is a classic shooter game. You're in control of a small spaceship and have once again to save the earth from alien attack. You have to maneuver your craft through small passages while under permanent attack. The first level is a vertical shooter level with your ship only in its basic configuration. The later levels are horizontal scrolling and there you get your chance to improve your efficiency by collecting various power up ranging from speed-ups to tail cannons. Typically, each stage has a final boss who needs a lot of firepower to be beaten."
4570,Heimdall,,1991,7.5,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"You play as Heimdall, a demi-god based in Norse mythology. Heimdall's job is to protect the entrance to Asgard, the home of the gods, from all evil, including the terrible Ragnarok, when all the evil forces come together to try and destroy the gods and ultimately everything. Unfortunately, Ragnarok is on its way and if that wasn't bad enough, Loki, god of mischief, has hidden Thor's hammer, Odin's sword, and Frey's spear in three lands: the land of men (Midgard), the land of giants (Utgard) and the land of the gods (Asgard). You, as the newly mortalized Heimdall, must visit each of these lands to collect the god's weapons. Each land has around 15 islands and each island has countless rooms. When you start your mission you are given three sub-games to complete. How well you complete these games determines Heimdall's stats (strength, agility, etc) as well as how many people he can choose from to make up his party. If you don't do well then you won't get the full 30 characters to choose from and some of the better ones will not be available to you. The first sub-game is the Axe Throwing Contest. Here you must throw axes at a young barmaid tied to a stock by her pigtails. The idea is to hit the pigtails and not her! Unfortunately, because Heimdall is a bit drunk, your cursor wobbles all over the place! The second sub-game is Pig Catching (where you must chase and hopefully catch a pig in its pen) and the third is the Long Boat Fight (where you must try and get to the other side of the longboat without being thrown overboard). Once you've done this it's time to wander around the isometric landscape solving puzzles and killing baddies (in a similar style to Cadaver ) until you eventually find one of the god's missing weapons."
4571,City Hunter,,1990,6.1,Action,Shooter,,"City Hunter is based on the eponymous manga by Tsukasa Hojo The story focuses on Ryo Saeba, a young man with a mysterious past, who founds the City Hunter team in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The City Hunter is an underground private detective agency, which takes care of particularly dangerous cases. In the game, the player is able to play through three of such cases, which are unrelated to each other and can be played in any order. The gameplay is essentially that of a side-scrolling shooter. The player navigates Ryo through the stages, dispatching of the frequently appearing enemies with his gun. The gameplay system is rather simple; multiple mission items may be carried but different weapons or power-ups are not available for use. The levels are usually designed as vast indoor areas, with many rooms Ryo can enter. The structure of the game also reveals mild adventure elements: often it is necessary to speak to a character, receive an item (such as a key), back-track to a previous area in order to reach a previously inaccessible room, etc."
4573,F/A-18E Super Hornet,,1999,6.4,Simulation,,"Asia, Contemporary, Europe","Take the F/A-18E Super Hornet to the skies in this detailed carrier aircraft simulation. Fully clickable cockpit, accurate avionics suite, and over 40 missions in the Barents Sea and Indian Ocean to test your skills."
4579,Full Throttle,,1984,6.8,Racing / Driving,,,"This early motorcycle racing game uses an enhanced version of the 3D Deathchase game engine. This time the view is from behind your bike, so this is visible on screen. The road itself moves sideways, a detail which is part of fairly advanced 3D routines for the time. Contact with the 39 computer bikes will cause your bike to slow, and probably cost you several places. 11 circuits are featured, including favourites such as Spa, Donington and Misano. Races can be set for up to five laps, and times are recorded for comparisons."
4582,Primal Rage,,1994,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Fighting","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","A meteor struck the Earth and caused great chaos. Seven gods from ancient times awoke, and are now attempting to take control of the post-apocalyptic world. Primal Rage is a one-on-one fighting game featuring dinosaurs and giant apes as the fighters. The graphics are done with digitized stop-motion animation. Gameplay is similar to Mortal Kombat in that it is viewed from a side perspective, and features deadly finishing moves at the end of the match."
4593,Scapeghost,Spook,1989,8.0,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"You were successful police officer Alan Chance, until you were killed during a raid on drug dealers, who managed to take a hostage in the process. People have assumed that you died as a result of your own mistakes. Now you have returned as a ghost, with psychic powers in place of your physical ones. Starting out at your own funeral, you must follow conversations to find clues. One early task is to find items which boost your physical abilities. You have help from other deceased beings, starting with pub owner Joe Danby. Scapeghost was Level 9's final adventure game, and it is in the same format as the existing ones, which makes for a text parser with additional graphics. Puzzles require instructions to be given to other characters. The game is split into 3 days, each of which can be played independently of each other - November Graveyard, Haunted House and Poltergeist."
4594,Star Voyager,Cosmo Genesis,1986,5.1,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"CosmoStation Noah, located in Spiral Galaxy IX, is under siege by Molok Wardrivers. Now it's time for the pilot of the RH119 to fend off the Molok Wardrivers and save the CosmoStation. Star Voyager 's gameplay requires the player to venture through various sectors of the galaxy in search of different alien fleets so they can be defeated. Fuel stations are placed around sporadically and help if fuel is running low. There are several different planets that are either empty or have people that can upgrade the player's equipment to fight off the enemy fleets. These upgrades include the super laser, improved shields, and engines that enhance the ship's warping ability. Warping is a vital part of the gameplay. If players do not warp to different sectors wisely, they might end up lost, run into dangerous sectors such as the black hole or the asteroid field, or run out of fuel. The game ends if enemy ships destroy the CosmoStation Noah."
4595,Ultimate Basketball,Taito Basketball,1990,6.4,Sports,,,"In Ultimate Basketball the player can choose one of seven fictional teams that each have different skills such as having tight defense or a phenomenal passing game. Each team also has their own players who are given ratings on their quickness, shooting and defensive ability. The point of view is horizontal for the most part. Occasionally, a close-up action scene is shown on plays such as slam dunks and free throws. There are also two different play modes, ""Tournament"" and ""One Game."" Players can play alone, against a friend, or with a friend against the computer. There is also a ""Watch"" mode where players can view games being played by the computer against itself."
4600,John Madden Football,,1989,6.6,Sports,,,Old american football simulation co-designed by famous sportscaster John Madden The first game in EA 's long-running Madden series. Different versions of this game have been available on almost every platform - with the Mega Drive version being the most famous of them all. The game concentrates more on tactics than pure action.
4606,Shove It! The Warehouse Game,Shijō Saidai no Sōkoban,1990,7.0,Puzzle,,,"Shove It! The Warehouse Game is a top-down puzzle game based on the original gameplay of Soko-Ban Hiroyuki Imabayashi wrote for Thinking Rabbit The player controls Stevedore, a warehouse keeper, from a top-down view. As shown on the title screen, shoving boxes will earn him money to make his dreams come true, a lovely girlfriend and a fiery red sports car. The game consists of 16 stages with 10 rounds each. At a certain stage, any of the 10 rounds can be selected while playing but a new stage will only be opened up when all rounds have been successfully completed. To complete a round, Stevedore needs to push all boxes on the designated spots. This will turn them into a different colour. This is no easy task as the level design will obstruct many moves and cornered boxes can no longer be moved. While playing it is possible to restart the round, undo the last step and the game keeps track of the number of steps taken. The game supports passwords and includes an edit mode where new levels can be designed and played."
4607,Fluid,"Depth, Sub",1996,7.4,Simulation,Music / rhythm,,"A unique Interactive Sound Lab that enables you to compose infinite music sequences covering all genres of dance music. Navigate this incredible ambient world and access over 600 samples, an entire studio of audio effects, an 8-track mixing desk and an interactive light show. Control a dolphin as you move through serene underwater environments."
4608,Life Force,"Arcade Archives: Life Force, Arcade Archives: Salamander, Life Force Salamander, Lifeforce, Salamander, Salamander, Salamander (Life Force)",1986,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In a distant part of the universe, an alien creature called Zelos was born. As he grew so did his appetite, and soon he began devouring galaxies, planets, and stars by the hundreds. Now your planet has appeared in Zelos' path, and it is up to you and a partner to fly into battle to save your world. Life Force is an action-packed shooter where there are six levels which alternate between side and vertical scrolling, each of them ending with a powerful guardian. Throughout the game, destroying certain enemies will release power ups which can be used to equip your ship with more powerful weapons, extra speed, and shields. Gameplay is for one player or two players simultaneously."
4609,Othello,,1986,6.3,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Othello is a conversion of the board game. Each player tries to fill the game board with as many discs of his color as possible. On each turn the player places a disc on the board by selecting a location where the opponents discs will become trapped between two of his discs. The trapped discs are flipped over to the players color. The game ends when the board is filled or time runs out, and the player with the greatest number of his color discs on the board wins. Two players can play against each other, or one player against the computer."
4612,Bugs Bunny in Crazy Castle 4,,2000,6.4,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Bugs Bunny in Crazy Castle 4 is the second game in the Crazy Castle series for the Game Boy Color. Like in the previous three games you play as Bugs Bunny. This time you have to find your way to the mysterious Crazy Castle. You will pass through a wide variety of locations in which you will encounter familiar Looney Tunes characters such as Taz, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. Bugs Bunny can climb stairs and ladders, jump ropes and springs, and use a large amount of items such as hammers to break rocks, carrots to replenish health, weapons to knock out enemies and pick-axes to climb over rocks. There are more than 60 levels. In each you will have to find eight keys to unlock the door to the next level. Various traps will bar you way, including ice floors, conveyor belts, moving floors and disintegrating platforms."
4616,Deadly Duck,Duck Fighting,1982,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In Deadly Duck the player controls the titular character who must shoot his bill bullets at crabs, the bricks they drop, and dragonflies. Each level starts with eight crabs. The crabs grab bricks from the sides and try to drop them on the player-controlled duck. It is possible to shoot the crabs and the bricks as they fall, but if a brick lands on the duck, he dies. When a brick lands on an empty spot, it will stay on the pond for a moment, preventing the duck from moving horizontally. On levels two to four there are two, four and six dragonflies, respectively, moving together just under the crabs. The player receives ten points for shooting the dragonflies, but this makes them angry. When angry, they drop one, two or three bombs (depending on the level). If the duck is next to a bomb when it explodes, he is killed. The game continues until the player runs out of ducks, which are equivalent to lives in other games."
4619,Fate of the Dragon,"Destin du Dragon: Les Trois Royaumes, Fate of the Dragon: I Tre Regni, Three Kingdoms: Fate of the Dragon, Three Kingdoms: Im Jahr des Drachen",2000,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"China (Ancient / Imperial), Fantasy","Fate of the Dragon is a large-scale real-time strategy game that depicts one of the most famous and turbulent periods in Chinese history - the Three Kingdoms era. Following the collapse of the empire at the end of the Han Dynasty, heated opposition divided China into three Kingdoms – Wei, Wu and Shu, and the age of rivalry of warlords dawned. As one of the three warlords, lead your kingdom in building your own regime, develop new technologies, establish strategic alliances and create a mighty army in an attempt to control the three kingdoms and reunify the nation."
4624,Cutthroats: Terror on the High Seas,"Pavillon Noir, Unter schwarzer Flagge",1999,5.7,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,"Historical events, Sea pirates / Caribbean","You are a 17th Century pirate in the Caribbean. You can do all kinds of pirate things: rape, pillage, capture ships, receive letters of marque, burn towns, kill civilians, loot houses, recruit other pirates, look for buried treasure, sell stuff you capture for pieces of eight, etc. :)"
4629,Indy 500,,1997,6.3,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Indy 500 is an arcade 3D racing game. The players race on circuits in typical open wheel cars. The game features a two player (horizontal split-screen) mode, time attack and Indy 500 mode. In time attack the player just has to beat the clock in Indy 500 mode. The player has to race all the tracks including qualification rounds."
4630,Jump Jet,Harrier Jump Jet,1992,7.3,Simulation,,,"The RAF's Harrier GR7, or the US Marine Corps' AV-8B represented a new generation of aircraft. Vertical take-off and landing, plus the ability to hover and reverse, make this a plane of immense power, capable of winning any argument, and here's your chance to fly it. Fly in three imagined flash-point areas of future conflict (which are now in the past): Hong Kong 1996, the Falklands 1997 and Nord Kapp 1998. Each of these has multiple difficulty settings. Pre-flight briefings and scene-setting drags you into the action, but mission objectives and enemies change as the flights unfold due to real-time AI."
4634,Virtua Fighter 2,,1994,8.1,Action,Fighting,,"One year after after the first tournament Akira, Wolf, Pai, Jeffry, Kage, Jacky, Sarah and defending champion Lau are invited to the World Fighting Tournament, and are joined by the master of drunken Kung-Fu Shun-di, who wants to prove he's more than an old geezer and Lion Rafale, who's fighting for his freedom. Each fighter has his own style, from the lightning fast attacks of Pai to the powerful slams of Jeffry. Home port of Sega's popular Model 2A arcade vs. fighter released in 1995. Game modes include classic arcade mode, 2P vs mode, Expert mode (where the computer character progressively learns and counters players' technique), Ranking Mode (similar to Arcade, but at the end, a fighting style analysis is shown based on number of specials and time to knock down an opponent), Team Battle Mode (two teams composed of five fighters go against each other, the first to beat five characters being the winner) and Watch mode (allows choosing two fighters and then see them fighting). Both VF2 and VF2.1 (a tweaked version available only in Japan) modes are included. Gameplay keeps the same style from the first game, adding more moves to each fighters' roll. Using a three-key layout (block, kick and punch, being possible to assign button combinations to the extra keys) the player is able to control their fighter, aiming to knock or push the opponent outside the rink inside the time limit. Combo moves range from the quickest, which require the player to push up to five buttons quickly, to strong moves that require more button presses along d-pad nudges to be successful. As with the previous game, fighting is realistic (except the physics-defying leaps), and each fighter has nothing but their body to harm the opponent. While in comparison with the arcade version some parts took a hit on graphical quality (such as the texture details and backgrounds), the game uses the Saturn High-Resolution mode and flowing 60-fps to bring the arcade experience home."
4636,Mugsy's Revenge,,1986,5.6,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Interwar,"As in the original Mugsy this strategy game is presented in a highly visual style with lots of detailed comic-book style stills and short animations. As a gangster in 1919, you see an opportunity to make money by illegally supplying alcohol during the Prohibition era in the US. Hints as to all decisions in the game are given through textual conversations with your assistants - these can include how much booze to produce, how big a bribe to give, and whether to invest in your own Speakeasy bar later on. Unlike the original game, there are some arcade sequences which involve running around and shooting down the police as they try to arrest you. The character can be hit up to 5 times but it only takes one shot to take out a cop. After each of the game's 10 years you receive a screen updating you on your progress, as well as a special one if you and your business survives the full decade."
4646,Defender 2000,,1996,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Defender 2000 is an update of the classic arcade game by Eugene Jarvis This Jaguar game features a port of the original game, and two updated versions: Defender Plus and Defender 2000 Defender combines a side scrolling shooter with a search and rescue game. You control a ship that travels left and right above the planets surface. Alien lander craft warp into the play area, and begin to descend to the surface. Along the surface, there are humanoids ripe for the picking. The alien landers grab the humanoids and begin to carry them up the screen. You have to shoot the landers before they reach the top of the screen, and catch the humanoids before they fall to the surface. The Defender Plus update features gameplay that is very similar to the original, and graphics that have a crazy, psychedelic look. The Defender 2000 update adds playfields that scroll in both directions, weapon power-ups, bonus rounds, improved graphics, and extremely high speed gameplay."
4648,The Elder Scrolls: Arena,"Arena, The Elder Scrolls Chapter One: Arena, The Elder Scrolls Chapter One: The Arena",1994,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),"Action RPG, Sandbox / open world",Fantasy,"The Elder Scrolls: Arena is a first-person action role-playing game in which the protagonist must rescue the Emperor Uriel Septim VII from his dimensional prison by recovering the eight pieces of the Staff of Chaos. The emperor's position has been usurped by impersonator Jagar Tharn, whose slain apprentice rallies the protagonist in his dreams to find the eight pieces of the staff and return the status quo. It is the first chapter in the Elder Scrolls series and the first game that is set in the fictional world of Tamriel. The game features 3D environments, with sprites representing non-playable characters and enemies. In the beginning of the game the player chooses the race for the protagonist, based on his or her home province. Each race has its benefits: for example, Redguards from the province Hammerfell have physical attack bonuses. There is no skill system; leveling up occurs after a sufficient amount of experience points has been accumulated. The player is free to raise any of the protagonist's main attributes by allocating the points gained with the level. Unlike later games in the series the player can travel through almost all of Tamriel, instead of being restricted to certain provinces. There are over 400 cities, towns and villages to explore, as well as many magical items and spells to create. The player can walk endlessly in any direction as more and more land will be procedurally generated. Walking manually however never allows the player to reach other cities; the fast travel feature must be used for this. The player is free to go where he or she wants. The story itself is resolved in a linear fashion, although the locations of items is randomly determined at the start of the game. Melee combat is performed through mouse gestures and spells are cast using a menu interface. The player controls only a single character, which happens in real-time. In the wild and in dungeons the player can expect opposition from enemies which need to be defeated and who drop loot. In the cities NPCs can be found, some will barter or provide other services to the player. The CD-ROM release features speech in cutscenes and additional rendered sequences that the floppy version does not include."
4649,Dragon Buster,"Arcade Archives: Dragon Buster, Video Game Anthology Vol. 7: Dragon Buster",1985,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"Originating in the arcades, Dragon Buster is an action platform game composed out of several large levels, each one containing various stages: a cave, a tower, a castle, etc. The player's goal in every level is to reach the final stage where the protagonist faces the level boss. There are often several ways to reach the final stages, and not all stages are necessary to visit. Equipped with a sword, the player character moves through platform stages, clearing them of diverse monsters, collecting power-ups and trying to stay in good health until the level boss, since it is impossible to heal between the stages. The hero's life meter (called ""vitality"" in the game) is the first introduction of such a feature to action games."
4651,Koudelka,,1999,7.0,Role-playing (RPG),Survival horror,,"The year is 1898. A young gypsy woman named Koudelka, who possesses unique spiritual abilities, is off to Wales, to investigate the mystery of the Nameton monastery. This monastery was once a regular place of worship, but later was bought by a mysterious man whose death circumstances are yet unclear. Rumors say that supernatural powers have appeared in the monastery since then. But when she begins to explore the monastery, Koudelka discovers she was not the only one who was interested in its past... Koudelka is a role-playing game with elements of survival horror. Players take the role of Koudelka as she explores the monastery, gathering clues and solving puzzles. This aspect of the gameplay is therefore similar to a survival horror game; however, the combat is strategic and turn-based. During battles, players can position and move the party members freely on the battle field. The amount of actions that can performed during a turn depends on the dexterity of the character. There are also various support and attack spells to cast. The game features a refined weapon management, in which the damage that is inflicted with a particular kind of weapon (bare hands, guns, maces, etc.) increases the more that the weapon is used. Eventually weapons will break, but new ones can be found from defeated enemies. When one of the characters levels up, players can freely distribute experience points to increase and customize any of their statistics and parameters."
4656,Lin Wu's Challenge,,1990,7.2,Puzzle,"Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle",,"In this Shanghai / Solitaire Mahjongg variant, player should challenge many persons all over the world one-by-one on their way to Chinese master Lin Wu. However, when all human opponents will be beaten, supercomputer opponent appears. Password is given to the player after each victory to continue the game progress. Player has to remove the Mahjongg tiles with the same marks from the board in one plane for a given time. The elimination of tiles is allowed if these tiles are projected on the same line with no other tiles in their projection path. The player can mark the tiles, or cancel the action to change the decision. The dead-ends exist if the strategy of tiles elimination was incorrect. The game is available for 1 or 2 players at hot seat, and hi-scores are stored in a table. The game is packaged in a wooden box instead of the usual cardboard. The manual is printed on a yellowed paper that looked like an old parchment."
4663,Sonic Jam,,1998,3.8,"Action, Compilation",Platform,,"A ""greatest hits"" compilation of levels inspired by Sonic 2 Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles The player first selects one of the three games, each spanning multiple bosses and five levels based on one zone from the original games (Emerald Hill for Sonic 2 Angel Island for Sonic 3 and Mushroom Hill for Sonic and Knuckles ). The player can then select from Sonic, Tails, or Knuckles, each of which has their unique abilities, except for Knuckles, who can neither glide nor climb. Sonic 3 's bonus stage is also included."
4666,NCAA March Madness 99,,1998,6.0,Sports,,,"This basketball game lets the player choose from 107 Division 1 men's teams, 16 Division 1 women's teams (the top 16 from the 1998 season), and 20 of the all-time great men's teams from the past. The license from the NCAA allows for the team's names to be real, but no player's names are allowed, although the players on the teams mimic the real jersey number's and skills of their real life counterparts. The game features six game modes which are: Exhibition, Tournament, Practice, Women's Sweet Sixteen, Three-Point Shootout, and Dynasty. Exhibition let's the player pick any team to play against any other team in the game. Tournament mode lets the player fully customize a 64 team NCAA tournament. Practice mode let's the player practice their skills on the court. Women's Sweet Sixteen let's the player set up a tournament for the 16 women's teams in the game. Three-Point Shootout let's the player compete in a three-point shooting contest. Dynasty mode let's the player take a college team through multiple seasons and allows the player to recruit new talent to improve their team."
4672,Road Warrior,,1988,5.3,Racing / Driving,,,"Every year a vicious biker gang has a race. You are fed up with this gang taking over so in your souped up car you become the Road Warrior. You must drive along the road shooting the bikers down. Remember to keep an eye on your fuel. If you don't kill a certain amount of bikers, when you stop for fuel you are killed. The game is viewed from above your vehicle as you control your speed and steering with your joystick. Fire button fires your cannons. The screen shows apart from your vehicle and road, your speed, fuel, score and how many bikers to kill."
4681,Blood II: The Chosen,,1998,6.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"By the year 2028, over a hundred years have passed since the events described in Blood CABAL, the cult dedicated to the worship of the Dark God Tchernobog, has turned into a huge corporation that calls itself ""CabalCo"", controlling much of what is happening in the dark, futuristic city. The undead gunslinger Caleb awakens from his slumber and continues his relentless pursuit of revenge. The company CEO, an ambitious man named Gideon, will stop at nothing in order to attain the kind of power CABAL was wielding before. But in order to fulfill his plans, he must get rid of Caleb first. Like its predecessor, Blood II is a first-person shooter with a horror theme. The game uses the LithTech engine. There is a vast variety of weapons as well as a greater number of different enemies than the previous game. The levels themselves are rather diverse as well: In the first chapter alone, the protagonist travels from an ornate museum to a huge science facility, alleys of an ominous city street, and a futuristic flying machine. The game features a dark techno soundtrack. The player may choose to play as Caleb's companions that appeared in the first game; however, cutscenes are displayed only if the player selects Caleb."
4685,Xevious,"3D Classics: Xevious, Arcade Archives: Xevious, Tiny Xevious, Xevious: The Avenger",1982,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A hundred thousand years ago, an ancient civilization prospered on our Earth, their product being GAMP (General Artificial Matrix Producer). In order to survive the Ice Age, most of the Earth's inhabitants have decided to leave it, finally settling on a planet called Xevious. A group of humans remained, becoming our own ancestors. Many years have passed, and the Xevians are now planning a massive comeback to their long-lost homeland. The pilot Mu, his android companion Eve, and Mio, a Xevian who opposes the GAMP regime, are back from a space travel just in time to warn the Earth of the upcoming invasion. The prototype fighter craft Solvalou is going to be used as the main weapon against the Xevian attack. Xevious is a vertically-scrolling shooter which is notable for being the first game of that type to feature an aircraft flying over the Earth (as opposed to the outer space in other games), displaying views of South American nature. It also introduced, for the first time, two types of enemies to fight: aerial and ground-based (the menacing SOL towers invoked by GAMP to aid their planes). The player-controlled ship, Solvalou, is equipped with two weapons, each assigned to a button: the Zapper for air enemies, and the Blaster, which drops bombs on ground targets with the aid of a lock-on. The aerial enemies are divided into sub-categories distinguished by their attack and behavior patterns. Certain enemy types are immune to Solvalou's weapons, and must be avoided."
4688,Cross Force,Super Cross Force,1983,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"It seems as if forever that the evil Morplus from the planet Tzoris have terrorized the galaxy, leaving death and destruction in their wake. But now, our scientists have developed our newest weapon, the Spectron! You will be deployed with this weapon and must destroy as many Morplus as you can. You have two lasers, one at the top that fires down and one at the bottom that fires up. You control both lasers. Depending on what you select, you can have both lasers stay parallel to each other or move opposite of each other. Your goal is to fire the laser, which fires from one laser to the other, and destroy any enemies caught in your crossfire. The mothership that drops the enemies is indestructible. Be aware, however, that if you fire your weapon non-stop, it will overheat and then will not fire until it cools a little. Also be aware of the amount of fuel you have because if you run out of fuel, you lose one life. You need to shoot any red fuel pods when they appear on screen."
4689,Hyperspeed,,1991,6.6,Simulation,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Hyperspeed is a space trading and combat simulation game, and a follow-up to Lightspeed The player controls a pilot who is sent on a mission to find a new home for humans, after the Earth has become nearly uninhabitable. The goal is to encounter alien species and negotiate with them to allow the colonization of a planet by the humans. To do that, the player has to engage in diplomatic talks and trading, and also fend off hostile aliens. The gameplay mostly relies on the template introduced by Elite : the player explores the galaxy piloting a space ship, encountering alien races, trading with them, and purchasing better weapons, shields, and engine for the space ship, helping the protagonist to survive in combat. There are four star clusters to explore, each one with its own difficulty level."
4693,Sparkster,Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2,1994,7.6,Action,Platform,,"Sparkster is the sequel to Rocket Knight Adventures and is completely different from the contemporary SNES title Sparkster It takes place immediately after the events of the first game. The interactive introduction scene shows Sparkster picking up a new sword after the final fight when his nemesis Axel Gear appears, the rocket knight gone evil. After a fight in giant robots, Sparkster manages to save Princess Cherry and returns her to the queen. Then suddenly Axel appears again and he kidnaps her. It turns out Axel is working once more for the Empire of Gedol. Sparkster has to return the peace in Kingdom of Zebulos, save the princess and bring an end to the evil empire. The game consists of six levels with 2D side-scrolling platformer gameplay. The opossum Sparkster can move around, jump and attack with his sword. Using his rocket pack, he can also perform stronger attacks and burst through the air in different directions. The rocket power consists of a double meter that refills gradually, making it possible to perform successive attacks in the air, ricocheting off walls. The first meter allows for the strongest attacks, but fills more slowly. Sparkster collects diamonds, apples to restore health and different types of power-ups for his sword. Most levels have typical platform gameplay, but there is also a level where Sparkster walks around in a giant robot, knocking enemies out of the air. For an additional challenge players can locate the seven swords hidden throughout the levels. When all of them have been found, the hero turns into Golden Sparkster. The game includes a password system."
4695,Zen: Intergalactic Ninja,,1993,7.3,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Zen: Intergalactic Ninja based on a comic book of the same name, is a story about a militant environmentalist ninja named Zen. He has been assigned by a group a green, pointy-headed aliens to come to earth and stop environmental pollution by any means necessary. Eventually, he will have to find the big polluter, Lord Contaminous. The gameplay consists of side scrolling and isometric 3D scrolling action. Zen can run, jump, slice with this stick, or use powerups as the game requires. One stage has Zen planting time bombs in a toxic factory and attempting to escape within 99 seconds. Standing in his way are roving lasers, security robots, and floating conveyor belts. The second stage takes place in an acid rain-drenched forest. Zen must revive the flowers in the forest with his photon stick while beating off acid rain-spewing floating mechanical devices. The next stage takes place on an off shore oil rig that is going up in flames. Zen must grab fire extinguisher powerups and rescue trapped rig workers while dodging sentient oil slicks and raining fireballs. Another stage is called the High Speed Railway stage. The goal is to stop the garbagemen spreading nuclear waste. Zen is in a mining cart racing underground and fighting other enemies in carts. Zen can make this cart jump, which we will have to do often in order to survive the dangers of the mine."
4698,Dirty Larry: Renegade Cop,,1992,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Fighting, Shooter",,"In this game you play the role of Dirty Larry, an obvious pastiche of the no nonsense cop Dirty Harry of the movie of the same name, played by Clint Eastwood. The game starts of with the police chief giving you a harsh talking. You are ordered to bring in Mr Snuff, a high ranking goon in the criminal gang run by the Kingpin. The gameplay offers side-scrolling gameplay through the various streets, beating up the numerous thugs that try to attack you. Luckily Larry is armed with his trusty 45, though ammo is limited so it is best to use your fists when possible. There are pick-ups to collect which will replenish some of your health or give you ammo for your gun. Sometimes, weapons such as hand grenades or a machine gun can be found as well. You only have one life and once you die you have to start from the beginning again."
4700,Base Wars - Cyber Stadium Series,,1991,7.0,"Action, Sports",Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the 24th century, the game of Baseball is very different. Tired of paying huge players salaries, the team owners got together one weekend and came up with a bold new idea, Robots. Indeed they renamed their league the Cyber League and stocked it with four robot types; Cyborg, Tank, Floater or Motorcycle, to play. On an orbital stadium in space, these robots all play a slightly different variation of the baseball rules. Hitting the ball and catching pop-flys and making home runs are all the same, but when the call of a play is in dispute, there are no base referees; the robots engage in a one-on-one battle using any weaponry they're carrying. Of course to make things interesting, weaponry (and other robot parts and equipment) can only be purchased with team funds during a tournament game, and team funds can only be obtained by wins. Thus the series closer is always sure to be a sold out game."
4702,Maupiti Island,,1990,7.7,Adventure,,,"Maupiti Island is a nonlinear police investigation with graphics in 2D and is the sequel to Mortville Manor Whilst famous detective Jerome Lange is at sea, a cyclone (Harry) approaches and obliges his ship to put in at Maupiti Island until the weather calms. Then, as if things were not bad enough already, a woman called Marie disappears from the island! Lange gives up on his holiday to investigate, and discovers many hidden secrets lurking beneath the surface of Maupiti Island."
4712,Bomberman,"Bomber Man, Bomberman Special",1985,6.6,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Bomberman was a robot in a bomb making factory who longed for his freedom. Rumors circulated that escaping to the surface would allow the robot to become human. Getting out would be the trick. Each room is inhabited by monsters that must be neutralized and the exit itself hidden underneath bricks. The first of the Bomberman series, Bomberman is a single-player game with a top down view and simplistic controls. In fact, in addition to movement, the player only has a single ability: placing bombs. Each bomb explodes into a cross-shaped blast (four directions) which can destroy either enemies or blocks. Power-ups may be found to increase the size of the blast, place additional bombs, increase the speed of the Bomberman or to walk through walls. The goal on each level is to destroy all enemies and escape through the exit before the time limit is up. Hitting the exit with a bomb blast releases more enemies which must also be destroyed."
4716,007 Car Chase,,1985,6.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Players control a car that must drive on the road along with other cars. To deal with them, the car is equipped with a smoke screen and weapons which players can use to kill them. From time to time, a helicopter flies overhead and will launch missiles and torpedoes at the player, but they can be destroyed with missiles which their car is also equipped with. If the player's car comes into contact with enemy fire or collides with other cars, the player loses a life."
4717,Silpheed,"EggConsole Silpheed PC-8801mkIISR, Silpheed: Super Dogfighter",1986,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Silpheed the player pilots a spaceship through levels of increasing difficulty, in a pseudo-3D vertically scrolling field, shooting everything in his path. New weapons will become available as he gathers points, and power-ups are sprinkled throughout the levels. The game is one of the first-ever that used music as a selling point."
4720,Deus Ex,Deus Ex: The Conspiracy,2000,8.2,Role-playing (RPG),"Action RPG, Shooter, Stealth","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","Some time during the 2050's, the world is a dangerous place as terrorists, drug czars, and outlaw states rule, using violence and subterfuge as tools in their push for global conquest. A deadly virus dubbed ""gray death"" is running rampant throughout the world and the only known cure is a chemical known as ""Ambrosia"" manufactured by the VersaLife corporation. However Ambrosia supplies are scarce and world governments, particularly the United States, carefully monitor and control who receives this cure. As protest against these events, French terrorist organization ""Silhouette"" bombs the historic symbol of friendship between French and American people, The Statue of Liberty. In response to this attack, the United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition (UNATCO) organization is formed. Building a headquarters underground at Liberty Island, its mission is to attack terrorism and maintain peace around the world. JC Denton is a nano-enhanced agent who has been primed for UNATCO service. While JC's brother Paul is already an active agent, JC is beginning his first day of service when the National Secessionist Forces (NSF) suddenly raid a supply of Ambrosia at UNATCO headquarters. Deus Ex is a dark cyberpunk game that combines gameplay styles of first-person shooter and RPG, with elements of stealth and puzzle-solving. The player assumes the role of JC Denton, UNATCO anti-terrorist agent. Pitted against an elaborate global conspiracy, he must interact with characters, pick up weapons and complete objectives. While JC is essentially fixed within the mission-framework of the game, he can be customized in areas such as weapons, technical skills and physical prowess. Completing objectives rewards the player with skill points, which may be distributed to increase JC's proficiencies in eleven different disciplines. The player can choose to increase the damage JC inflicts with various types of weapons, improve his lock-picking or computer hacking abilities, etc. Each such discipline has four levels of proficiency. Another way of customizing JC is applying nano-augmentations to his body. These cybernetic implants bestow the hero with super-human abilities, and can be installed on different body parts, up to nine at the same time. Along with combat-related benefits, nano-augmentations also grant JC abilities that can be used to overcome certain obstacles within the game world. Examples of those are jumping to extreme heights, swimming, lifting heavy objects, etc. Weapons can be customized as well: their range, accuracy, and magazine sizes can be increased, and they can be enhanced by attaching scopes, silencers, or laser sights to them. The game leads JC to various places all around the globe. The cities he visits, as well as most mission areas, are expansive and fairly open to accommodate different approaches to solving the same problems, depending on the player's preferred style of play. Most of the missions can be tackled in various ways, e.g. with brute force, stealth, or extensive usage of lock-picking and computer hacking abilities. At certain points, the course of the storyline can also be influenced by the decisions made by the player. Similarly to System Shock games, the environment is largely interactive, the player being able to pick up, use, and discard various types of objects."
4723,Gundam Battle Assault,Gundam: The Battle Master 2,1998,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This game is the follow-up to Gundam: The Battle Master Heero Yuy, the pilot of a Mobile Suit Wing Gundam is on a mission to destroy the remaining enemy Mobile Suits, who are under the command of Treize Khushrenada, in order to stop a war from starting. In the story mode, Heero can pilot any of the available mobile suits to do battle with his enemies. Each suit has its own set of special moves and a super attack. Some of the weapon based special attacks use ammunition which can eventually run out. The super attack can only be used 3 times during each fight. Each suit also has thrusters that can be used to fly in the air a bit. On the defensive side, players can dodge attacks by sidestepping and also can utilize a beam shield which can be used to protect the player from projectile attacks. Mobile suits come with 3 life bars total and fights are decided by trying to deplete all the life bars of an enemy mobile suit. The game also contains a 2 player versus mode. Options allow the player to choose their difficulty level and also let them set the timer during a match to either on or off."
4726,F/A-18 Korea,Korea,1997,7.5,Simulation,,,"F/A-18 Korea is the successor to F/A-18 Hornet 3.0 and simulates the F/A-18C/D Hornet dual-purpose fighter and strike aircraft. The new campaign with 28 missions takes place in Korea. Typical goals are the bombing of silos or nuclear reactors. The game is focused on the realistic simulation of the aircraft, so the player has to work with a complex set of key combinations to control it. To make it easier to get used to the controls there are several training missions which discuss the functions in great detail. Besides the scenario the only real difference from F/A-18 Hornet 3.0 is the new support of 3Dfx graphics cards. A specialty in comparison to other flight simulations is that the player can't just start the plane when he receives the clearance for take off - he has to wait until it is his turn and the airstrip is free."
4729,Pilgrim: Faith as a Weapon,"Pielgrzym, Pilgrim, Pilgrim 2, Pilgrim: Das Geheimnis der Schrift, Pilgrim: Par le Livre et par l'Epée",1998,6.3,"Adventure, Educational",,Middle East,"Pilgrim is an adventure game loosely based on Paulo Coelho's novel The Pilgrimage It is set in Southern France in the year 1208. Summoned to his father's side, the protagonist Simon Lancroix is told that he must obtain a valuable manuscript in a secret room and deliver it only to Petrus, a friend who lives in Toulouse. His pleading hints that this mission might be dangerous, but Simon agrees even though he doesn't understand. Shortly thereafter, his father dies. The interaction begins in the library as you start Simon's adventure. This is a first person, point and click game with a somewhat unconventional interface. The inventory contains objects which can be used as well as clicked on during conversations. Icons of the people Simon has met or heard about also act as conversation topics when clicked on. The game features an in-game hint system which provides very vague clues to the many puzzles Simon will encounter. A comprehensive encyclopedia is accessible at any time to document and elaborate upon the historical facts of the era and the game itself. Angels, demons and people from all walks of life will help (or hinder) Simon's progress towards his goals as he travels around France's towns and countryside. Locations are varied with marketplaces, villages, a ruined fortress, gothic churches and, later, fanciful environments. Puzzles include several mechanical problems, helping other characters with objects and information as well as creative environment manipulation."
4735,Team Apache,,1998,7.7,Simulation,,,Simis was known for it's great Flight Sim Toolkit With Team Apache people are reminded of that company. Fly an Apache through three different scenarios. The handling is easy to learn and you can interact with your wingmen. If you're through all the missions you can create your own with the included editor.
4740,The Sacred Amulet,"Aztec, Aztec: Een vloek in het hart van de gouden stad, Aztec: Kletba v srdci Města zlata, Aztec: Klątwa w sercu Złotego Miasta, Aztec: Klątwa w sercu Złotego Miasta, Aztec: Maledizione nel Cuore della Città d'Oro, Aztec: Malédiction au cœur de la cité d'or, Aztec: The Curse in the Heart of the City of Gold, Azteca: La Maldición de la Ciudad de Oro, Aztecas: La Maldición de la ciudad del oro, Aztekerna: Den gyllene stadens förbannelse, Der Fluch der Azteken",1999,6.1,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Pre-Columbian Americas,"This 1st person adventure game is set in the time of the Aztecs. A nobleman has been murdered, and you've been blamed for it, you must run away and save yourself. Is there a connection between his murder and the strange illness affecting the population? The sacred amulet you hold may be the key to it all."
4742,Sink or Swim,"Man Overboard!, S.O.S.: Sink or Swim, S.S. Lucifer: Man Overboard!",1993,6.7,Puzzle,,,"Your name is Kevin Codner – rescue mariner extraordinaire, answering the distress call of a sinking cruise liner, the SS Lucifer. You set off in your little submarine and board the ship where a horde of passengers desperately need your keen oversight and ""shipsmarts"". In 60 levels you have to rescue as many passengers (dubbed the Dim Passengers) as possible. At the beginning the passengers fall through a tube in the level. Similar to Lemmings you have to find a way for the passengers to the exit of the level. In order to do so, you must blast hindrances such as cargo boxes and bulkheads with bombs or, when no bombs are left, reposition the boxes with a crane. There are also conveyor belts in the levels. If the belt moves in the wrong way, the passengers either can't use it or may even be transported to their dooms, being dropped off into water, fire or steam jets. You can usually choose the direction of the belts by pulling a lever. There are several types of scenarios that Kevin Codner (you) are faced with throughout the game. Of course the puzzles get progressively more difficult, involving things like patching up cracked pipes to stop a lethal jet of steam from cooking the distressed passengers. You can blast away obstacles and stack crates in creative manners. For instance, you can have them fall onto each other to form a bridge across a gap or to provide shielding from fire. This is usually done by hoisting them onto conveyor belts using a crane. Each level has a certain ""save limit"", meaning you have to save at least a certain amount of passengers. This again is akin a bit towards Lemmings, and lots of levels have a built-in time limit, represented by water pouring into the compartment, rising ominously. When the water rises high enough, the passengers will get carried along with it, and they can only swim for a short period of time before getting exhausted and drowning, so you'd better be on time with some assistance. At the end of each level you receive a password (again, Lemmings-style) so that you may pick up your game from the current level without having to progress through them all from the get-go. Genesis and SNES versions feature 100 levels. Also, the Genesis version shows a password only once in 5 levels starting from level 5. Although the passwords for each level actually exist, they are never given by the game."
4745,Championship Manager 3,"L'Entraineur 3: Championship Manager, Scudetto 3: Championship Manager",1999,7.7,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"The Championship Manager series is a line of football (soccer) management simulations. You take charge of 1 or more football teams, and aim to lead them to glory by signing the right players, selecting the right formations and tactics, and keeping your squad and chairman happy. This edition features teams from 15 major leagues - Brazil, Sweden and Japan are among those featured for the first time. You now have reserve and youth teams, in which you can play trialists and try out young players - the assistant manager can handle these games if you wish. New to the Championship Manager 3 game engine is a training system, allowing you to specify which skills groups of your players (such as defenders, reserves, or those returning from injury) concentrate on. The game takes a while to calculate results and other AI team decisions, but for the first time the game has an integrated multi-tasking system, allowing you to make decisions and browse other squads while this is taking place. The game engine also now includes network play. If you are successful, you will be rewarding with the ultimate accolade - the chance to manage an international team. This involves scouring clubs to find eligible players, and then selecting squads to play in World Cup / European Championship / Copa America matches, as appropriate."
4755,Celtica,,1998,6.3,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Celtica is a point and click adventure set on a tiny, mysterious, beautiful and extremely green island off the west Irish coast. The game begins with your character on a small hill near the tip of the island. Several exploratory paths are available to you, including a lighthouse, an abandoned church, and a cemetery. The Celtic theme is played to the full, you will be unable to avoid many stone circles, crucifixes or Celtic knots."
4760,Doofus,,1994,6.3,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Are you ready for the challenge? Douze niveaux de jeux en tout, dans trois mondes différents attendent que tu les découvres dans ce jeu coloré du genre ""jump'n run"". De nombreux ennemis et des pièges dangereux rendet la vie dur à toi et à ton chien. On peut en venir à bout qu'à l'aide des objets bonus. Source: Back of Box - DOS (English)"
4775,Pandemonium 2,Miracle Jumpers,1997,7.4,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"In this sequel to Pandemonium the player once again controls the young aspiring sorceress Nikki and the court jester Fargus with his puppet buddy Sid. It is the year of Cheese, and the advent of the Comet of Infinite Possibilities is foretold by the great prophet Nosewasinit. Naturally, Nikki and Fargus are interested in this comet; but they are not the only ones. The evil Goon Queen Zorrscha wants to use the comet for her own plans, so our heroes have to reach it first... The gameplay is similar to that of the first game; despite the 3D graphics, the gameplay mechanics are those of 2D platformers. The player can select Nikki or Fargus for each level. Each of the two has different abilities. For example, Nikki can jump higher, while Fargus can use his puppet Sid for a variety of attacks. The characters can also acquire power-ups, such as fire and lightning ranged attacks for Nikki or various Sid enhancements for Fargus. There are also level-specific items and vehicles the heroes will encounter on their way."
4776,Fright Night,,1988,6.2,Action,Arcade,Contemporary,"Fright Night is based on the 1985 Columbia Pictures movie of the same name. You play vampire Jerry Dandridge in this arcade-style action game. You prowl the rooms of the mansion searching for victims. You have to dodge the Crucifixes thrown at you and sink your teeth into anything that looks tasty. Once you've drained the blood of all your victims, you can proceed to the next level. Keep an eye out for the unhealthy as they will drain your lifeforce; too much bad blood and you're a dead vampire. You can run back to your coffin if you're low on health to regenerate, as well, you must be back in your coffin before the sun comes up, or you're a toasty vampire."
4778,Hexxagon II,,1993,7.1,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Sequel to Argo's original and widely known Hexxagon Hexxagon 2 adds improved graphics, better AI and somewhat better board configuration options while keeping the same fundamental gameplay."
4780,Virus: The Game,Virus,1997,5.0,Action,Shooter,,"Virus: The Game is a game in which the player battles within the computer's directory structure and files. Traverse the directory tree in a 3D environment hunting down 'viruses', with the computer's own sound files being played in the background, while graphic files found on the hard drive are used to texture the walls."
4784,Mr. Freeze,,1984,5.8,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mr. Freeze is a flick-screen platformer where your task is to de-ice six compartments of a giant fridge by moving from the bottom-left of each compartment to the top-right to touch the de-icer. In each compartment are various platforms and you climb ladders or drop down through gaps but you can only fall a certain height. A compartment doesn't have to be de-iced to move to the next one but you can only move between them where an arrow points. There are various deadly obstacles that need avoiding and they are ice cubes, robots, other creatures and a laser at the top of the screen. When you climb a ladder, the laser moves across and fires at you and if you are hit by any obstacle or fall too far then you lose one of six lives. You are armed with a gun and although it can't destroy anything it can push items back."
4793,Discworld,"DiscWorld, Ohlam Ha disc, Terry Pratchett's Discworld, Terry Pratchett's Mundodisco",1995,7.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"This adventure game puts the player in the shoes of Rincewind, a wizard whose sole purpose in life is to stay alive. He appears to be very good at it as well, because apparently the universe has decided to continuously challenge him. The game takes place in the humorous fantasy world created by Terry Pratchett The world is called the Discworld, as it is actually a flat disc carried on the backs of four gigantic elephants, which themselves stand on the back of an even larger turtle. The story is loosely based on the novel ""Guards! Guards!"". Both in the book and the game, a dragon is summoned by a group of mysterious conspirators and now terrorizes the city state of Ankh-Morpork. Being the most expendable wizard of the Unseen University, Rincewind is given the task to get rid of the beast (only in the game though; in the book, the city's nightwatch has to deal with the problem). Discworld is a classical point-and-click adventure game with a few original features. For example, Rincewind's inventory is limited to two objects, and the majority of his belongings is stored in the Luggage, an intelligent chest with dozens of little feet. Furthermore, at a certain point in the game the player gains access to a time-traveling device and has to send Rincewind to the past and back in order to solve some of the puzzles."
4794,Murder on the Zinderneuf,,1983,7.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Interwar,"The year is 1936. You are in flight on the dirigible Zinderneuf and a murder has just been discovered! As the only detective on board the ship, it is your job to discover who the murderer is before landing. The game is played from a top down view of the Zinderneuf. In order to solve the case, you will need to find enough evidence to accuse the correct person. Clues can be found by searching the various rooms, and also from interrogating the fifteen passengers on board. When you come across a passenger, you can question them by being polite, forceful, naive, or whatever approach you think will get you the most information. You can even ignore passengers, but ignoring someone now may make them reluctant to help you later! By piecing the evidence together you need to come up with the killer before time runs out. You may play the game as one of eight different detectives. Each time you play, the killer, his/her motive, and the various clues will be different."
4798,Terry's Big Adventure,Terry's Big Adventure!,1989,7.3,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Terry's Big Adventure looks and feels somewhat similar to Mario's being a side-scrolling platform game using stylised block graphics and lots of ledges to climb up and around. Terry is armed with a yo-yo which can be directed as a weapon by pushing the joystick as you hold down fire - an idea later repeated by Trolls On this occasion the use of the yo-yo causes Terry to recoil slightly, so be careful that this does not push him off a ledge or into the path of another enemy. There are 12 levels in total, incorporating many rivers to cross as well as hordes of hedgehogs, snails and similar to kill. Hidden bonus objects and time extensions can be found. When you start a new game you start form the last level you reached, so you effectively have unlimited continues."
4802,Ogre Battle,"Densetsu no Ogre Battle, Densetsu no Ogre Battle: Ogre Battle Saga – The March of the Black Queen, Ogre Battle Saga Episode Five: The March of the Black Queen, Ogre Battle: Limited Edition, The March of the Black Queen",1993,8.2,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Twenty-five years ago Empress Endora conquered the entire continent of Zetegenia. Her reign proved to be tyrannical, and people of different social classes and positions began to long for a better future. Eventually, a resistance movement called the Liberation Army was formed. The protagonist (whose name and background are chosen by the player) takes command of the new army, and leads his allies towards a revolution. Ogre Battle has elements of a real-time strategy game and a tactical RPG. The player manages a large army consisting of characters belonging to a vast amount of different classes. These classes include military specializations as well as mythological creatures such as dragons, angels, hellhounds, undead trees, etc. Each class its own unique characteristics and abilities in battle. For example, vampires and werewolves can only be deployed when the battle takes place during the night. The player moves troops in real time on the tactical map. Individual battles between units are handled in a turn-based RPG style. The player is able to select general commands for the battle, as well as use powerful tarot cards for special techniques. Characters level up, change classes and grow stronger over the course of the game. The player can also purchase items in towns. The protagonist's reputation is affected by the player's decisions during the storyline. The player can make choices that may prove to be popular or unpopular with the nation in contact with the Liberation Army. In addition, every character has his or her own alignment, ranging from good to evil. Liberating towns with evil characters may lower the army's reputation. These and other choices affect the plot's development and eventually lead to one of the thirteen possible endings."
4812,Call to Power II,,2000,7.5,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Call to Power II is a single-player and multiplayer turn-based strategy game where the player leads a civilization from the dawn of prehistory to a speculative future. As ruler, the objective is to expand influence across centuries, guiding society through technological, cultural, and political milestones while competing with rival nations for dominance. Victory can be achieved through conquest, diplomacy, scientific advancement, or other paths depending on strategic choices. Like its Civilization: Call to Power the game is structured around turn-based empire management. Players begin with a single settlement, gradually founding cities, managing resources, and exploring the world. Each city can construct buildings, wonders, or military units, and must balance food, production, commerce, and happiness to thrive. Terrain features and improvements such as farms, mines, or roads influence growth and efficiency, while trade routes generate wealth and foster diplomatic relations. Technology is advanced by investing in research, unlocking new units, government systems, and societal developments. The technology tree spans thousands of years, from basic tools to futuristic inventions such as plasma weaponry and orbital infrastructure. Unlike many strategy games, progress continues far beyond the modern era, introducing speculative technologies and units such as space-based cities and undersea colonies. Diplomacy and espionage serve as crucial tools alongside military force. Rival civilizations can be engaged in alliances, trade agreements, or peace treaties, while covert operatives may sabotage infrastructure, incite unrest, or gather intelligence. Warfare involves diverse land, naval, and air units, with additional late-game options such as biological and nanotechnological weaponry. Unit stacking rules and combined-arms tactics encourage strategic planning in combat rather than reliance on sheer numbers alone. The game also features new governmental systems that alter gameplay, influencing city productivity, corruption, military organization, and citizen freedoms. Players must adapt policies to changing eras and situations, balancing the benefits of central authority against the risks of civil unrest. Unique wonders of the world, if completed, provide lasting global bonuses and can shift the balance of power dramatically."
4813,Mr. Do!'s Castle,"Mr. Do vs. Unicorns, Mr. Do! v.s Unicorns, Mr. Do's Castle",1983,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Mr. Do!'s Castle is an action platform game which has you in a castle consisting of several floors, each of which contain a variety of blocks. You control Mr. Do! the clown who has a hammer which can be used to knock out the blocks in the floor. Wandering throughout the castle are deadly unicorns which are constantly trying to catch you. Your goal is to earn as many points as possible and to progress through the increasingly difficult castles. There are two ways to complete a castle; you can either destroy all of the deadly unicorns by crushing them with blocks, or you can knock out all of the blocks which have a cherry symbol on them. In addition to the cherry blocks, there are three blocks with a key. If all three key blocks are knocked out, the door on the roof of the castle unlocks. If you make it to the door, all of the unicorns will temporarily become harmless and will contain a letter. If you hit a letter unicorn, you will earn a letter in the word EXTRA. Spell the complete word, and you will earn an extra life. The last type of block you'll encounter has a skull on it. If you knock out two skull blocks, all of the blocks between them will also be knocked out and replaced with a bridge. As the castles progress, the castle layout will become trickier and the unicorns become faster and more numerous."
4819,Arctic Thunder,,2000,6.1,Racing / Driving,,,"Arctic Thunder the fourth installment in Midway's Thunder racing series, is an extreme, action-packed snowmobile racing game that plays like a mix of Hydro Thunder and Mario Kart on ice. The main objective of the PS2 and Xbox ports is to upgrade available snowmobiles and unlock additional racers, sleds, and tracks. This is done by earning either enough points or gold medals, both of which are done by winning races. The arcade-style gameplay involves attacking opponents through armed and hand-to-hand combat, collecting power-ups, and performing stunts. Exclusive to the console ports is a Battle Mode that emphasizes the game's frantic combat."
4849,Spice World,Spice: Interactive Music Experience,1998,5.0,Simulation,Music / rhythm,,"Spice World is a music game about the British quintet the Spice Girls, released at the peak of their success and prior to the departure of Geri Halliwell for a solo career. Choose your favourite Spice Girl and use samples from their songs to create your own great song. The next stage is to practice your dance moves. The final stage is to put both together and all 5 Spice Girls rehearse for their live show. Control who dances which moves and the camera views. The game is interspersed with FMV interview footage of the girls."
4852,Rampage,Rampage!,1986,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"George, Lizzy and Ralph were just ordinary Americans, until an experiment went wrong, turning them into a Gorilla, Lizard and Werewolf respectively. Following this, the three of them plan to go round destroying buildings, and up to 3 human players can join in. Smashing at the edges of the buildings for long enough will make them collapse. The police and military are after you, and will shoot at you, so try to destroy them (failing that, you can avoid the bullets). You will need to eat regularly, with things like plants on offer, to avoid shrinking back to being human."
4854,Brain Games,,1978,4.1,"Action, Educational, Puzzle","Mental training, Timed input",,"In Brain Games one or two players attempt to earn as many points as possible by solving various puzzles presented by the computer. There are six different puzzles included, which are:"
4857,Swords and Galleons,Swords and Galeons,1991,6.0,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Fighting, Managerial / business simulation",,"You've got an Sword and a Galleon, that's about it really. You sail around picking fights with other galleons and taking their riches until you're rich and powerful yourself. Eventually you have to save the Queen from the clutches of the evil Varisco, but the gameplay is surprisingly similar to Sid Meier's Pirates!"
4860,Lords of War,,1990,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",Fantasy,"Lords of War is a Warlords variant in a medieval setting. The kingdom is threatened by a dragon and in course to detect the best knight, they have to go to war between each other. In result, a skull bounces around four knight's castle walls. A castle stone vaporizes if it is hit and the big goal is to hit the shield which is inside the opponent's wall. To prevent the destruction of the own wall, the player uses a shield, which can be moved around the two vulnerable walls, to reflect the skull back. However, from time to the skull starts to glow and then it rewards spell points if caught. With those points the player can cast twelve magic spells ranging from more speed to a complete castle destruction. There are 20 levels and a two-player option with two AI opponents."
4862,Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge,,1991,6.1,Racing / Driving,,,"The signature of former champion Bill Elliott adorns one of the first few NASCAR racing games. There are six tracks, including favorites such as Watkins Glen and Talladega. The game is played through an in car view. Aerodynamic modifications and the drafting effect are incorporated. It features a practice mode as well as full races. Many brand name cars from Pontiac and Ford, fully customizable. Track details are flat shaded polygons. Instant replays are controlled by a VCR-style system."
4864,Polda aneb S poctivostí nejdřív pojdeš,Polda 1,1998,7.4,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"A quiet little village Lupany is frightened by the sudden disappearance of two local citizens. The investigation of the kidnapping is entrusted to the local cop Pankrác, who is everything but a proper law enforcer. The player controls (in most situations, since the protagonist is prone to outbursts of rage during which his eyes glow red and shoots, whether it's a fish tank or hobo) the Cop on his three day quest. Little does he know how is the case connected to his family... Featuring Lara Croft's sister. This wacky point-and-click adventure game features several notable Czech voice actors and was rated 18+ during its initial release. For a short period of time in late 2005 it was released for free. The long title is play on saying ""Honesty is the best policy"", but actually saying something like ""Honesty is the best policy to die sooner""."
4866,Fable,,1996,6.8,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Fable is a classical puzzle-solving graphic adventure with hand-drawn backgrounds. The hero Quickthorpe is a young man who must leave his home village and travel through four fantasy worlds, each dedicated to a particular element. The goal of the journey is to find four mystic gemstones in order to learn about the secrets of an extinct race known as Mecubarz, and help his people with this knowledge. Interaction with the environment is done by clicking on an object and selecting available actions. Puzzles are for the most part inventory-based. Wrong choices may lead to the hero's death and a premature end of the game."
4869,Archipelagos,,1989,7.6,Puzzle,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Archipelagos is a real-time puzzle and strategy game with an unconventional premise and equally unconventional gameplay. In the future, man carelessly poisons the earth with nuclear waste. The polar ice caps have melted, turning the surface of the earth into many islands of decaying land masses, known as Archipelagos. Man then built systems to try to clean up the pollution, but these failed. The only life left were genetically-altered plants made in an effort to clean up the waste -- these also turned hostile. It is up to you to clean up the earth, island by island. Controlling a hoversphere, it is up to you to make Earth's many islands of land habitable. To do this, you need to knock out the radiation generators on each island, which can be done by knocking out each generator's power sources (there are several per island). Once these are knocked out, you have 90 seconds to get back to the generator and disable it before it melts down, taking you with it. Obstacles, unfortunately for you, are plentiful: You can't knock out a power source unless it is connected by a ""land bridge"" to the generator. You have the ability to create land where needed, but this takes up energy, and you have a limited supply. Also a hindrance are the many genetically-altered entities left behind on the islands: Viral trees that poison the ground; necromancers (former hoverspheres) that now erode land instead of creating it; eco eggs that explode on touch; and aircleaners, who are ruthlessly efficient in cleaning up the air -- and everything else, including you. The entire game plays from a 3D first-person viewpoint. A movable cursor selects where to move or what to manipulate. There are 10,000 islands on Earth to purify. If you can make it past Archipelago #100, you are then free to select any of them."
4888,Tetris DX,Tetris Deluxe,1998,8.4,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"Tetris DX requires you to place different shaped blocks which fall from the top of the screen, along the bottom of the screen to make up a line which then disappears from the screen. Watch out though, if you cant fill the gaps and the blocks fill up to the top of the screen the game is over. Tetris DX features 4 one-player modes and two-player mode using the Universal Game Link Cable."
4889,NHL Blades of Steel 2000,,2000,5.9,Sports,,,"This hockey game is a followup to NHL Blades of Steel '99 It features real NHL teams and players. The game modes featured include an Exhibition mode, Season, and Playoffs. Options include setting the difficulty level ( either Rookie, Pro, or All-Star) of the computer opponent and another option specifically for the difficulty of the opposing goalie, length of each period (5,10, or 20 minutes), length of the overtime period (either 5 minutes or sudden death), turning on or off penalties, off-sides, icing, two line passes, fighting, fatigue, and injuries. Referees can be set to either be lenient, normal, or strict when officiating the game. Also line changes and control of the goalie can be set to either be automatic or manual. Finally their is an option to either have the game be a 4-on-4 or a 5-on-5 contest during the overtime period. Some moves during the game that players can perform is that they can pass, steal, take wrist shots, slap shots, and throw body checks. Also, the game offers several different camera viewpoints (TV, Chase, Move, Top, On Ice, Normal 1, 2, and 3, Active 1 and 2, plus Scoreboard 1 and 2) when viewing the action. In the season mode, players can set the number of games to be played to either be 7, 41 or 82 games. Playoffs can be set to either be a one game affair, or expanded to either be a best-of-three, five or seven game series. During the season, team and free-agent players also can be traded. Also, this mode features full statistical tracking. Randy Hahn is on hand to deliver the play-by-play commentary."
4891,WWF Royal Rumble,,2000,6.2,Sports,,,"WWF Royal Rumble is a wrestling game based on the rules and featuring characters from the World Wrestling Federation. There are two modes in the game, Exhibition and Royal Rumble. In the Exhibition mode, the player selects a main wrestler and a partner who participate in a series of singles matches. The partner can be controlled indirectly by the player, who assigns commands to him. Partner moves must be recharged before they can be used again. The Royal Rumble mode involves one multi-wrestler match. Up to nine wrestlers can be seen on the screen at the same time. The player's goal is to eliminate a set number of opponents within a time limit. There are thirty WWF superstars available in this mode."
4893,Beam,,1989,7.0,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Beam is an action game in which the player has to link together energy stations. To do so he moves around the playfield and bumps into said stations. Then the last two get linked with a red energy beam which is deadly when touched. Each of the 27 levels is won when all stations are linked. There are many obstacles which hinder the player's progress, e.g. magnets and high gravity zones which affect the craft's movement or moving balls which should not be touched. The game features to modes of control: direct or rotational (similar to Asteroids )."
4894,Voodoo Castle,"Chateau Voodoo, Le Cháteau Vaudou",1979,6.8,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"The Count of Monte Cristo was eventually consumed entirely by his drive for revenge. Count Cristo, on the other hand, is merely the victim of a Voodoo curse an enemy hexed him with... an external plague more possible to reverse. Starting the game standing over his coffin, you wander the length and breadth of his castle in pursuit of a recipe and the verbal and material components needed to cast an antidote to counter his occult menace. It contains good-luck charms, the sorts of mad scientist chemical concoctions that might well yield a Jekyll-and-Hyde transformation, a flighty medium and her crystal ball, and no small quantity of juju, useful for all sorts of voodoo applications. All that and a chimneysweep trapped in the flue! The player will navigate all these and more with the trademark Adventure International VERB NOUN two-word text parser."
4899,Activision's Commodore 64 15 Pack,"C-64 Spielesammlung, fünfzehn C64-Spiele",1995,5.7,Compilation,,,After the three Atari 2600 Action Packs Activision took the next step and brought out an emulation package featuring the Commodore 64 with 15 games:
4901,P.O.W.,,1988,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"P.O.W. is the second light-gun game for the Commodore Amiga similar in style to Operation Wolf The premise is to rescue a group of trapped US soldiers from hostile territory. The game takes place in following locations and terrains: jungle, bridge, village, armory, swamp, radio tower, prison camp and beach. Armed with your machine gun and a few rockets you must shoot enemy soldiers and vehicles (tanks, helicopters, submarines) while avoiding the innocent bystanders. You can also shoot bonus icons that include additional ammo and health. The screen is scrolling sideways and play became faster as the game progress. There are three levels of difficulty and three corresponding maps a player could follow."
4904,Darkman,,1991,6.1,Action,"Fighting, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on the film by Sam Raimi You play Peyton Westlake, returned from the dead as the many faced ""Darkman"", seeking your revenge against mobster Robert G.Durant. Live through all the high spots of the movie - the breathtaking helicopter fight sequence - the skyscraper shoot-out - dice with death as you swing into heaving freeway traffic dangling from a helicopter."
4910,Mega Sports,,1992,7.1,Compilation,,,"Mega Sports compiles some of Epyx 's multiple-event sports games from the 80s. Some of these titles were converted to some of these systems specially for this collection, or were only ever released on other compilations for those formats. The games are:"
4920,Sargon II,"Championship Chess, Sargon Chess II, Sargon II: The Computer Chess Champion, Sargon échec II",1978,7.1,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Chess",,"The second of the Sargon chess games. In this version, you can play the computer or another opponent. To move, you type the piece's location then the destination; such as A2-A4 to move the far left pawn forward 2 spaces. If you press a certain key, you can hide the board and see the moves that have been made so far. You can even make your moves from this screen, if you want the added challenge, without seeing the board. When you play the computer, you must select a level of play. The higher the level, the longer the computer thinks about its moves. In levels one through six, if you press the ? key, Sargon II will give you a hint of a good, but not necessarily the best, move."
4922,Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions,"Le retour des incroyables machines du Professeur Tim, Professor Tim: Die Rückkehr der verrückten Werkstatt",2000,7.5,Puzzle,,,In Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions gameplay is virtually identical to the previous games in the series. Players must use a variety of mechanical components (almost exactly the set from The Incredible Machine 3 ) to create a Rube Goldberg like device that accomplishes a specific goal (such as popping a balloon). There are about 250 puzzles to solve along with a free form invention construction mode and a two player head to head mode.
4925,ECW Hardcore Revolution,ECW Wrestling: Extreme Championship Wrestling,2000,5.9,Sports,,,"ECW Hardcore Revolution is a wrestling title developed by Acclaim based on the wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling. Players can use up to 33 ECW wrestlers including Rob Van Dam, Tazz, Sandman, and many others. The game itself runs on a modified WWF Attitude engine and includes several game modes including Tag Matches, Death Match, Barbed Wire Ring Match, and others. Up to 4 players can play simultaneously."
4927,Football World Manager,"Co Adriaanse Football World Manager, DSF Welt Fussball Manager, Football World Manager: Campeonato Português 98/99, Telefoot Manager 99",1998,6.8,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Football World Manager is a soccer management game. Instead of focusing on one league or country like most soccer management games from its time, you can choose from over a 1000 international teams to manage. The game features a database of over 12000+ players and around 70 competitions in about 50 nations. Like other management games, you can buy, trade and sell players; you can train them, and watch them play. During play you are informed of everything that happens on the field and can make adjustments on the go. You are also notified of scores and half-time scores of other ongoing matches."
4931,Mansion of Hidden Souls,"Yumemi Mystery Mansion, Yumemi Yakata no Monogatari",1993,7.1,Adventure,,,"Mansion of Hidden Souls is an adventure game created entirely with full-motion video. It takes place in a pre-rendered mansion that the player explores from a first-person perspective. As they wander from room to room, the action unfolds via video sequences. The player takes on the role of Jonathan, a boy whose sister has wandered into the spooky mansion. When she entered the mansion, she disappeared! What's more, the mansion is full of talking butterflies. The player must search the whole mansion to unlock its secrets and find Jonathan's sister."
4935,Moonmist,"Moon Mist, Moonmist - a mystery story",1986,7.2,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Tamara Lynd has recently become engaged to Jack Tresyllian, a wealthy owner of the Tresyllian Castle in Cornwall, England. Shortly afterwards, she began seeing a ghost-like figure, a mysterious White Lady, who has allegedly been haunting the castle for centuries. A series of events and dark suspicions involving hidden treasure convince Tamara that her life is in danger. She contacts a friend of hers, a young American detective, asking him to travel to the castle and investigate the mystery. Moonmist is a text adventure game. In the beginning the player chooses between four different scenarios, represented by the colors red, blue, yellow and green. Each scenario has different tasks, a different criminal, and different treasure. The game has a built-in clock, and must be completed before 6:00 am in-game time, otherwise it ends prematurely. Depending on the player's choice of the protagonist's gender, characters may react differently to his or her actions."
4938,Homeworld: Cataclysm,Homeworld: Emergence,2000,8.3,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Homeworld: Cataclysm is a stand-alone expansion for the Real-Time Strategy Homeworld It includes a new race called ""The Beast"", an alien sort of biomechanical parasite that ""converts"" any other units that come in close proximity to such ""infected"" Beast units. There are also new units available, such as the Mimic, a fighter that nearly perfectly imitates other units and objects (even such as asteroids); a Ramming Frigate, which rams itself into hostile ships, and many more new units also. Home-base management has become more complex: If one wants to research new ship classes, one must build a Research Laboratory to do this. If one wants to research a new weapon technology, one must construct yet another Lab. If the player wants to expand his fleet, he must build rooms for his pilots, to support them. All of these add-ons are attached to the ""Mothership"" (which in this game is actually a large Mining vessel). The Missions' design and scenarios are also new and quite different from as in Homeworld The controlling user-interface is also improved. Multiplayer games are available via local network (or virtual LAN), as general Internet games were hosted on the now-defunct WON.net network."
4940,Quake II,,1999,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This version of Quake II differs from the other releases by replacing most of the levels with new ones. Some of the levels have familiar themes or even re-create the original ones closely; however, new stages are dominant, tending to be significantly shorter than those of the PC version. This release also features additional graphical effects, such as lighting during gunfire. Multiplayer for up to four participants is included."
4942,Astro Warrior,"SOS Lagoa Poluida, Sapo Xulé 3, Sapo Xulé: S.O.S. Lagoa Poluída",1986,6.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Basic Sega shoot-em-up in which you must guide your ship through three zones while avoiding hazards. Your only weapon are bullets as your only defense, but if you shoot the flashing red pieces on the terrain, chances are that a green ship will approach you, and if you collect this ship, your weapons will be upgraded so that you shoot a laser beam instead. Keep collecting ships and you can shoot up to three laser beams at once. At the end of each zone, you will come across a boss that takes multiple hits to kill. If you manage to conquer all three zones, you are back to where you started. The whole point of this game is to earn as many points you can without losing all of your lives. In the Brazilian release, Sapo Xulé: S.O.S. Lagoa Poluída (which means Sapo Xulé: S.O.S. Polluted Lagoon) the space ship replaced by a submarine ship driven by Sapo Xulé, a character based on a popular toy in Brazil back in the 80's: a toad with shoes which, when taken off, release a really bad smell. The level is now representing a lagoon, but visually looks identical."
4948,The Quest,,1983,7.9,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"A dragon is terrorizing the kingdom of Balema, and King Galt send his champion, named Gorn, to solve the problem. The player takes the role of a nameless advisor, who has to help the strong, but not very intelligent Gorn to get rid of the dragon and save his homeland. The Quest was one of the first graphic adventures that incorporated full sentence parsing. Unlike most other adventures, the commands the player inputs do not refer to the playable character. Rather, as the playable character, the player gives those commands to Gorn. Instead of just entering short verb commands, the player is able to type relatively complex instructions, that have to be understood by Gorn in order to perform the necessary action."
4953,Terminus,,2000,7.0,"Action, Simulation","Managerial / business simulation, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Join the United Earth League (UEL), the rebellious Martian Consortium (MC), the Marauder Pirate Clan, or the Independent Council of Governors (ICG) as you take on assignments, trade, fight, smuggle, and more. The game has similarities to Elite and Privateer though with more detailed ship and environment simulation (with multiple space stations, Newtonian ship movement physics, and multiple ship components). Decide your own career in this 3D simulation and create your own destiny. The game also includes a training mode, multiplayer combat (up to 64 players) and a gauntlet."
4954,Skydiver,"Dare Diver, Hava Komandoları, Sky Diver, Vom Himmel durch die Hölle",1978,6.2,Action,Arcade,,"Sky Diver is an action game for two players. The goal is to score the most points by jumping from a plane, opening your parachute, and guiding your sky diver safely to a landing pad. The longer you wait to open your parachute, the more points you earn for a successful landing, but don't wait too long or your chute won't open at all! For each jump, there will be varying wind conditions which blow your sky diver off course. A wind sock at the bottom of the screen will help you determine the wind speed and direction so you can compensate. There are nine jumps total, and the player with the most points at the end wins."
4955,Microsoft Revenge of Arcade,,1998,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"This set of games, the third in Microsoft's (video) ""Arcade"" series, features emulations of five Namco games:"
4956,Super Bonk,"Chou Genjin, Super B.C. Kid",1994,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The fourth game in the regular ""Bonk"" caveman series, Bonk is back on his first Super Nintendo outing. In this side-scrolling platformer adventure, the gameplay is similar to Bonk 3. Super Bonk allows Bonk to travel through time from his prehistoric levels, the insides of a dinosaur, a version of modern Chinatown, and even the moon! Along the way, Bonk can find power-ups that can change his form to creatures such as a shooting Bonk crab, a dinosaur form called ""Big Kronk"", find candies that change his size from tiny to huge, travel through transportation tubes, and find multiple bonus levels. Bonk still uses his head to smash his enemies, propeller seeds that allow Bonk to fly, and for the first time, can carry spring flowers on his head in his continuing battle against his arch nemesis, King Drool!"
4959,Monty Python's The Meaning of Life,,1997,6.9,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is loosely based on the Monty Python movie of the same name. The player must go through the seven stages of life (The Miracle of Birth, Growth and Learning, Fighting Each Other, Middle Age, Live Organ Transplants, The Autumn Years and Death), looking for hints and clues based on each particular phase of life in an attempt to understand life in general. Once they reach the grand finale, they will be able to live out their life in a cottage, and prove that they can take on the obstacles of life. Having completed these tasks, the player will be given the answer to the ultimate question: the question of life! There are several scenes from the movie shown in-game as well as several sketches from the Monty Python’s Flying Circus television series, like The Spanish Inquisition"
4960,Psybadek,,1998,5.9,"Action, Sports",,,"In Psybadek you maneuver a hoverboard through jungle, desert, underworld and ice levels as Xako or Mia to save your friends trapped by an evil overlord. While more action oriented than racing, the game encourages you to pull off tricks and speed, all the while collecting stars and solving the odd puzzle."
4964,Grandstand: The Ultimate Sports Compilation,,1989,6.1,Compilation,,,Grandstand: The Ultimate Sports Compilation is a sports-themed compilation of the following games:
4965,Silent Scope,,1999,6.9,Action,Rail shooter,Contemporary,"The aim of the game is to save the captured family of the President of the USA, by sniping all on-coming enemies as you go along. As an enemy appears, an area of the screen zooms in, allowing you to easily pick off the guy in the head. Once done, press a button to zoom out, so as to choose your next target."
4970,Flying Heroes,,2000,6.9,Action,Shooter,"Fantasy, Steampunk","Take your favorite air mount creature and do Air Battles against other sky pilots in this fantasy 3D shooter, which can be described as Crimson Sky in Fantasy clothing. Fly through the different landscapes battle others while in search of powerups such as invisibility or extra ammo. Maps are big enough to include hidden spots and even some ""camping"" areas. A ""career mode"" allows you to increase your reputation and fight tougher opponents while obtaining better weapons and mounts."
4975,The Flintstones: King Rock Treasure Island,,1993,6.9,Action,Platform,Prehistoric,"In The Flintstones: King Rock Treasure Island Fred Flintstone finds a treasure map during work. In order to find said treasure, he needs to solve seven levels, some ending with a boss battle. These are traditional side-scrolling platform levels in which Fred has to jump over gaps and dodge enemies. His weapon of choice are axes which he throws at an angle. However, hitting an enemy does not kill them instantly but stuns them; a state where they can be abused as stepping stone. Hitting them while they are stunned kills them, but they respawn when Fred walks back to their starting location or at special skulls - those are mostly placed at sections where Fred can't progress without an artificial staircase. Of course there are also power ups to collect: most of them only increase the points counter or refresh the life energy, but one allows Fred to ride his pet dinosaur Dino. This allows him to throw axes straight and jump higher, but Dino is lost when hit once."
4977,F40 Pursuit Simulator,"Crazy Cars 2, Crazy Cars II, F40 Interceptor",1988,6.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"You have discovered evidence that a rogue group of police officers are involved in a stolen car racket. To stop them profiting from their dubious actions, you must get across America as quickly as possible. This is made a little easier by the fact that your turbo-charged Ferrari F40 can go over 185 MPH. There are many forks in the road, with arrows at the top of the screen indicating which route is quicker. Any high-speed contact causes the car to blow up, but you have an infinite supply of these, and the only real penalty is the lost time. There are lots of road blocks to swerve around. The police are after you - pay attention to the sirens and stay out of their way."
4980,Snowboard Kids,Snobow Kids,1997,7.3,"Racing / Driving, Sports",,,"A racing game where you control one of five cutesy snowboarders competing against each other. Being a snowboarding game, each track is a downhill slalom with a ski lift at the bottom which takes you back to the start for however many laps a track has. The tracks are varied, the first few taking place on snowy mountainsides, while the latter taking you to wackier locales such as grassy countryside, a desert and a theme park. The money collected on the course or won at the end of the race can be spent to buy better boards, which differ in stats, or to collect items/weapons while racing. There are also stunts that can be performed while racing which earn money as well, and certain parts of each course encourage the player to do so. Other modes include stunt mode, shoot mode and speed mode, all focusing on a particular part of the gameplay from the main game, and a multiplayer mode where up to 4 players can race each other. There are also unlockables for dedicated players."
4982,Seymour Goes to Hollywood,Seymour at the Movies,1991,6.2,Action,Platform,,"Seymour goes to Hollywood to star in his first motion picture. As he arrives in his limousine, he soon discovers that the Dirk, the studio manager, has disappeared in Miami. Seymour must start production of his film by himself. Seymour Goes To Hollywood is a platform action game similar to Dizzy this time replacing the egg character with an amorphous blob of unknown origin. Like in the Dizzy games, the main objective is to collect everything that isn't nailed down (using the fire button) to solve puzzles. In the upper left portion of the screen sits an inventory with three slots and beside that the score points and the energy bar. Seymour loses energy when touching dangerous objects and hazardous environments. When the bar gets empty, Seymour transforms into a pile of bones and the player loses one life. The game starts with three lives (shown as clack boards under the energy bar) and no way of saving progress."
4983,The Hidden Below,,1994,6.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Hidden Below (""THB"") involves finding a large army of evil aliens under a factory, and sending them back to where they came from. The custom built engine used for the game, the ""VR-6"" engine, can be described as a hybrid of the ""Wolf3D"" and ""Doom"" engines, in some ways more advanced than the later but in some ways being more akin to the former. Features in THB include VGA graphics, several resolutions with the ability to set height and width separately (80/160/320x240/400), stairs, diagonally angled walls, slopes, teleporters, switches, damaging terrain, controllable security cameras, crouching, light levels, flickering lights, rendered cut scenes, targeting assist’s, auto map providing pickups, ambient sounds and the ability to look up and down. The game also keeps a score and displays the best on a high score table. In terms of content, THB has 20 large levels with radically changing texture themes, 40 different opponents with individual AI (though this includes a number of re-coloured opponents) and 14 different weapon systems. The run and gun in THB is considerably slower paced than the above mentioned games, relying more on each individual bad guy being of high toughness and limited amounts of health pickups, rather than large numbers of foes. The visuals of THB are a little disjointed having been done in several different styles from gritty to cell shaded, digitized to hand drawn etc. The sound is stated as being 16bit, though the game actually has three different quality settings for sound effects."
4984,Disney's Dinosaur,Dinosaur,2000,6.1,Action,Puzzle elements,Prehistoric,"Disney's Dinosaur is an adventure game based on the movie of the same name. You play as any of six different characters, each of which has different abilities. Abilities include pushing rocks, swimming, sprinting, jumping, climbing, tail attack and crushing rocks. There are 27 levels to play in in various prehistoric settings (lava, jungle, cliffs, desert, cave). You have to avoid or destroy hostile dinosaurs and collect health flowers to stay a live. You have to collect baby dinosaurs to score points."
4994,Spider-Man,Spider-Man 64,2000,7.7,Action,,,"Spider-Man is the first 3D game to star the popular web-slinger. It is loosely based on Spider-Man: The Animated Series and Spider-Man Unlimited and features some of the voice cast from each and similar character designs. Peter Parker is attending a demonstration of the reformed Dr. Otto Octavius's new invention when an imposter Spider-Man steals the device. Spider-Man must work to clear his name and uncover the sinister motives behind the device's theft. This game features appearances not only by most major Spider-Man characters, but cameos by numerous other characters from the Marvel Universe, such as the Human Torch, Punisher, Daredevil and Captain America. Spider-Man's webs are greatly emphasized. He can use them both for navigational purposes, like swinging or ziplining, and for offensive and defensive combat, such as tying up a villain, coating his fists with web for extra oomph, or building a protective shield. His web supply is limited though and he must find new cartridges or risk running out. The wall-crawling powers are also prominently features. Spider-Man can cling to any wall or ceiling. This is used for basic environmental navigation and for stealth as there are many sequences where you crawl over the heads of unsuspecting thugs, or drop down and catch them off-guard. Combat is based around Spider-Man's ability to jump, kick, punch and web. By combining these with direction and in various combinations, Spider-Man is able to throw objects such as furniture, hurl web balls, yank enemies into melee range and follow up with a flurry of hits, among other things. There are a number of boss-battles as well, all of which are puzzle-based. Missions vary from the fairly common fight-your way-to-the-goal or find-the-key-that-unlocks-the-door types to races to catch some or evade them or just trying to avoid the police. There are several side goals in addition to the main mission including multiple unlockable Spider-Man costumes and numerous hidden comic book covers to find."
4995,Aero Fighters 3,"ACA NeoGeo: Aero Fighters 3, AkeAka NeoGeo: Sonic Wings 3, Sonic Wings 3",1995,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Aero Fighters 3 is a vertically-scrolling shooter in the same vein as 1942 and similar games. It supports up to two players and has 10 different aircraft to choose from, each equipped with unique primary and secondary weapons. Power-ups upgrade the look, power, size and shape of the shots. Bombs activate a special power that usually wipes off the enemies on the screen. The game has a total of 8 stages placed on several countries (Japan, Germany, Libya, Egypt, Pacific, U.S.A., England, France, Panama, Thailand, Ukraine, Atlantic and Space), all of them with a boss battle."
4997,Star Trek V: The Final Frontier,,1989,6.5,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Captain Kirk has just received an urgent transmission from the commander of Starfleet detailing the situation on Nimbus III. The starship Enterprise is heading to the Neutral Zone. It appears that the Vulcan Sybok, driven by his religious aspirations, has kidnapped three Consuls, and the crew is ready to do everything they can to rescue them. However, it soon turns out that there are other players on the stage, and the Enterprise has to deal with an ambitious Klingon captain and other perils. Based on a movie with the same name, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier consists of interaction with the crew members of the Enterprise, cutscenes, as well as various arcade games such as space combat sequences, hand-to-hand fights, etc. There is no save feature in the game."
5003,Monopoly: Star Wars,,1997,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Board game,Sci-fi / futuristic,"It's the greatest family favourite property trading game combined with the greatest Sci-fi adventure classic. Trade starships and planets as you fight to own the Star Wars galaxy in this Monopoly title, while playing with up to six of your mates. With full motion 3D characters, heaps of your favourite Star Wars movie scenes, and even C-3PO himself, Anthony Daniels."
5006,Chicago 90,,1989,6.2,"Action, Racing / Driving",,North America,"An action game where you can be a gangster or policeman. As a gangster, try to avoid the police. As a cop, try to catch the gangster. 3 difficulty levels."
5014,Archon: The Light and the Dark,,1983,7.5,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"Archon: The Light and the Dark is a hybrid of board strategy and real-time combat, blending elements of chess with action-oriented duels. Two opposing factions, Light and Dark, each command eighteen mythological creatures on a 9×9 grid. Victory can be achieved in several ways: by occupying all five “power point” squares, by eliminating every opposing unit, or by imprisoning the enemy’s last surviving piece. Unlike chess, capturing pieces is not automatic. When two units meet on the same square, the game shifts to a separate battle arena where players fight in real time. Each creature has unique movement and combat abilities: some wield melee weapons, others hurl projectiles, and their speed and durability vary widely. Terrain also plays a role - fighting on light or dark squares grants a health advantage to the matching side, and certain squares cycle through phases of day and night, shifting their alignment over time. This mechanic adds a dynamic layer of strategy, forcing players to consider not only positioning but also timing. The armies of Light and Dark are asymmetrical, with rosters drawn from myth and fantasy. The Light side fields unicorns, valkyries, and a djinni, while the Dark side commands manticores, banshees, and basilisks. Each faction is led by a powerful spellcaster: the Light Wizard and the Dark Sorceress - who can cast limited-use spells such as resurrecting fallen allies, shifting the time cycle, or imprisoning enemy units directly on the board. Archon can be played in single-player mode against the computer or as a two-player contest. Later versions introduced graphical updates, such as the NES edition, which featured more detailed backgrounds for the battle arenas and larger character sprites. By combining turn-based planning with fast-paced action battles, Archon distinguished itself from traditional board games and became one of the most influential strategy titles of its era."
5015,Baseball Stars,Baseball Stars Color,1998,6.0,Sports,,,"Baseball Stars is sports game about baseball. Game is similar to Baseball Stars from NES but has less realistic characters and gameplay's style. You manage own baseball team and play in series of matches. Game has typical baseball rules - one player throws the ball, second hits the ball, someone else grabs it etc. Each character has own statistics, like stamina."
5018,Jinks,,1987,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Jinks added a largely new concept to the Breakout type games, offering much freer paddle movement (both horizontally and vertically), a horizontally scrolling screen and the ability to flip the triangular paddle as needed. The objective is to survive on the planet Jinks - an exploration mission on this resource-rich planet has gone wrong. As hazards, there are objects that can destroy the paddle or make it smaller. There is also the ability to shake the screen if the ball is in a looping position."
5029,Barkley: Shut Up and Jam 2,Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! 2,1995,6.2,Sports,,,"This game is a sequel to Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! It is a street basketball game which means no referees to enforce fouls and no shot clock to force a player to take a shot. The game features an exhibition and a tournament mode. In exhibition mode the player chooses 2 players out of a possible 10 to play in a 2 on 2 game. The game can either be played for 3 minutes, 5 minutes, or til the first team gets to either 21 or 50 points depending on what option is chosen. The tournament mode is also a 2 on 2 game against various teams that represent cities across the United States."
5036,Bomberman: Panic Bomber,,1994,7.6,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"Panic Bomber is a falling block puzzle game, somewhat reminiscent of Puyo Puyo games: instead of Tetris-like abstract blocks, little colored heads are falling down and must be arranged in rows of three (vertically or horizontally), by rotating them and matching them with other heads of the same color. In this case, the heads clearly belong to the titular character of the Bomberman series. The game has similar gameplay and opponents as in the handheld version ; Bomberman automatically advances on a ""world map"", defeating opponents in falling block contests in a linear fashion. However, this is only one part of the game, the story mode. Two additional modes are: a versus mode, which allows multiplayer gameplay of up to five players, and a timed challenge mode. In the latter, the player has to complete specific falling block-related tasks before the time runs out."
5039,Lost Secret of the Rainforest,"Das Geheimnis des Regenwaldes, El Secreto Perdido de la Selva Amazónica, S.O.S. Forêt Vierge, S.O.S. Selva Virgen",1993,7.7,"Adventure, Educational","Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",South America,"In Lost Secret of the Rainforest the player controls a boy named Adam Greene who, along with his father Noah, a doctor of ecology, travels to the town Iquitos in South America, to meet the Ecology Emergency Network. The two intend to go on an expedition up the Amazon river and try to establish contact with a native tribe known as the Grove People. After having separated from his father, Adam must venture into the rainforest, discover the secret of the mysterious Forest Heart and find the lost City of Gold in his pursuit of a remedy for the Grove People. This sequel to EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus is similar to its predecessor in presentation and gameplay, being an adventure game with educational elements. Like the first game, it has an icon-based interface and does not allow the player to get irrevocably stuck in the game or let the player character die. A specific feature of this installment is the so-called ""Ecorder"", a device Adam uses to record information about the flora and fauna of the area he explores."
5041,Hammer Boy,,1990,5.0,Action,Arcade,,"Hammer Boy is an arcade game with similar gameplay to the Game & Watch game Fire Attack It plays like a cross between Kaboom! and Whac-A-Mole Armed with a big hammer, your job is to prevent the American Indians from reaching the tower behind your fort by hitting them on the head and putting out the fires that are thrown from the side. That's really it to the game -- new levels bring different backgrounds (battleship, castle and space base) with corresponding enemies (pirates, knights and aliens), but essentially the same gameplay."
5051,The Sims,"Die Sims, Home Tactics, Les Sims, Los Sims, Project X, Sim Dollhouse, SimPeople, Tactical Domestic Simulator, The Dollhouse Simulator",2000,7.8,Simulation,"Life / social simulation, Managerial / business simulation, RPG elements",Contemporary,"The Sims is a real-time simulation game where you simulate the lives of one or more people in a family and their social activities in their immediate neighborhood. Characters of the family may be custom created (including physical features) or simply chosen from pre-generated families. All the characters also have two age groups, children and adults. Each age group has different lifestyles, priorities and interests. Game play in the Sims may be classified as the following: [1] Life Simulation This revolves around simulating their day-to-day lives. From eating, sleeping, entertainment, socializing and romance, you are in complete control of their actions if you choose to. Each Sim has a statistics that may be developed. Some of which identify certain desires the Sim in mention may require. Your role in simulating their lives is primarily to keep them happy by fulfilling their desires. Controlling the Sims people is optional, as they follow their own Artificial Intelligence unless commanded otherwise by the player. [2] The Architect Designing and furnishing your home is an integral part of the game play. Pre-generated houses may be purchased at the beginning of the game, or you can design and build your future home from scratch. Furnishing consists of acquiring various items that may be manipulated by your Sims to fulfill their needs. Designing houses and furnishing costs money, which may be obtained through jobs. [3] Character Development and Careers Adult Sims may acquire jobs to pay for the many necessities of living a simulated life. There are several different job track available, from Entertainment, Law Enforcement, Politics and even a life of crime! Promotion in a job requires the Sim to advance in certain statistics (e.g. Charisma, Strength) which may be done so by manipulating the various items available for purchase."
5052,Bomberman 64: The Second Attack,"Baku Bomberman 2, Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!",1999,7.1,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"While taking a well earned break from bombing, Bomberman finds himself being sucked into a black hole, created by Rukifellth's gravity generators. It seems the evildoer uses the gravity generators to enslave planets, while hoping to find one of seven powerful stones by which he plans to rule the planet with. Combining puzzle solving with the classic Bomberman bomb-and-run gameplay, the game gives you control on Bomberman with the mission of destroying the gravity generators ending Rukifellth's plans."
5064,AutoDuel,,1986,6.6,"Action, Racing / Driving, Role-playing (RPG)",,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Autoduel is a hybrid game based on Steve Jackson Games board game Car Wars It incorporates elements of role-playing, driving and action-based combat. The game is set in a futuristic version of USA, where gangs and vigilantes rule the wilderness, and people's only protection are armored cars with mounted weaponry. The player is cast in the role of an average person who must at first earn enough money to buy an own car, and then perform courier missions throughout the country. The game's progression is fairly open-ended: the player is free to visit different cities, explore highways, participate in car Arena battles to earn money, take on gangsters in the wilderness, salvage car parts, etc. A few courier missions must be completed in order to advance the story. The player can construct and customize vehicles using guns, mine-layers, smokescreens, oil slicks, rockets and other accessories, choosing between various body and chassis types for the car. The entire game is viewed from a top-down perspective."
5068,Labyrinth,Labyrinth: The Computer Game,1986,7.8,"Action, Adventure",,Fantasy,"The player starts this game off controlling the actions of an ordinary citizen on their way to a movie theater. In the south cinema, the player chats with two teenagers about the actual movie at which point a hush descends upon the room and the in-game film begins...where the player learns that they have been chosen to be the thrall of Jareth the Goblin King, who must be overcome to finish the game. A clock ticks down 13 meager hours to complete this task, lest the player's character end up lost in the labyrinth forever."
5072,Aztec Adventure,"Aztec Adventure: The Golden Road to Paradise, Nazca '88",1987,5.9,Action,,Pre-Columbian Americas,"Aztec Adventure is a traditional action/labyrinth game in which the player assumes the role of Nino, an explorer whose aim is to find the Aztec Paradise. The labyrinth is full of Aztec mythology creatures and other ancient Mexican references. Although it is a maze game, the controls are very simple and easy to manage."
5075,Carmageddon,"Carmageddon 3D, Carmageddon: Fahr zur Hölle!, Hole Hege",1997,7.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Carmageddon is a violent car racing game where the racing element can be equally important as wrecking opponents' cars or gathering kills by ramming into pedestrians. At the beginning the player has only one car and is ranked at #99. The overall objective is to race all the way to the top, collecting the opponents' cars on the way as trophies (and possibly replacements to one's vehicle). In the race itself the player tries to damage opponents by driving into them, and can also kill pedestrians. Damage, kills and spectacular moves earn credits for upgrades and even making repairs to the car at anytime during the race. If a specific opponent's car is wrecked multiple times in successive races, it is added to the choice of available vehicles. There are many power-ups strewn around the courses that range from useful (more speed, instant brake) to fun and downright absurd. Though the player can win a race by finishing first, wrecking everything in sight is encouraged. The game offers open environments where exploration away from the racing course is encouraged."
5080,Rally Cross,,1997,7.6,Racing / Driving,,,"A chaotic, and bouncy rally racing game. One of the aspects of this game that set it aside from other games at this time was the variety of the terrain. Not only is it off-road, but the course is filled with jumps, dips, hairpins, and off camber turns. Consequently, it is very common for the car to flip upside down. By pressing the shoulder buttons, the player can rock the car left or right. To get back on the tires, the user must time the rocking of the car to flip it back upright. Any of the course can be raced forwards or backwards, and there is a season mode as well as the single race mode. In order to increase the chaos, there is a suicide-mode where you race the course in the opposite direction of the other cars. Up to 4 players can play the game in split screen mode. Tracks include a tight Stadium course, an abandoned mine, jungle, and desert. One trick to increase performance is that the buttons that rock the car upright, can also be used to prevent flipping in tight corners. Mud, dirt, snow, and water are kicked up behind the car to add some graphical flair. The cars in the game are not licensed vehicles."
5084,Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards,Hoshi no Kirby 64,2000,7.4,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Kirby's adventure for the Nintendo 64 is a polygonal side-scroller similar to Klonoa - however, unlike Klonoa, the game only follows one set path instead of multiple branching paths. In this game, Kirby can still copy the abilities of his foes - but in addition to this, he can combine these abilities with others to make unique combinations (For one example, combining electricity and ice will turn Kirby into a fridge that spits out food). The story begins with Dark Matter assaulting a faraway land for their special crystal. A young fairy called Ribbon takes the crystal and escapes to save it. She lands in Dream Land, but pieces of the crystal have shattered and landed all across the world. Kirby volunteers to help and together they go to find all the missing pieces. Kirby will encounter his friends, who have been controlled by Dark Matter. He'll have to battle them to rescue them. From there, they travel together to other different worlds, including Rock Star, Water Star, and Ripple Star, Ribbon's home world, where Dark Matter is lurking. To properly finish the game, players must find all the hidden crystal shards tucked away in the various levels. Only then will Kirby and his friends truly save Ripple Star."
5091,The President is Missing,The President is Missing!,1988,7.3,Adventure,,,"The President of the USA and other heads of state were kidnapped! It's up to you as a special investigator to find them. In this text-based adventure mystery you must wade through piles of information, and send agents into the field to investigate suspects, all in the hopes of catching the culprits and saving the world leaders."
5092,Zombi,,1986,7.4,Action,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Zombi you control a team of four intrepid travelers, who have landed their helicopter on the roof of a shopping centre in the hope of finding fuel. The problem is that, with Hell full, Zombies are walking the earth, devouring humans as they please. Zombi is a point and click survival horror game in which you control the four characters (Alexandre, Sylvie, Yannick and Patrick) in turn, taking each of them individually through the abandoned complex. Lots of potentially-useful items have been left behind, some stored in cupboards - work out what they could be used for. Try to find a weapon with which to attack the zombies - bare-hands fighting only works for a few attempts before your character is worn out. Dead zombies should be placed in the freezer in the basement to stop them re-emerging. You have free rein over the shopping mall, and can use the bed shops to rest and the food shops for nourishment. Be wary of the dark and zombie-filled basement though."
5094,4 Soccer Simulators,,1988,5.8,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"4 Soccer Simulators is a soccer game that includes 4 independent sub-games: 11-A-Side Soccer is a simulation of the default soccer rules. As the name implies, there are eleven players per team. Indoor Soccer is played with five players per team. There are less rules than in outdoor soccer, such as the absence of the corner kick. Street Soccer is played in the streets, with very few rules. Soccer Skills is a training game in which the player can practice penalties, sprints, corners, goalie skills, etc... All games except Soccer Skills support up to four players (two per team) and can be played against the computer in three difficulty levels."
5097,Myth,,1989,7.3,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,"Classical antiquity, Fantasy","Magnetic Scrolls' last adventure before the introduction of their 'Magnetic Windows' format, Myth is classic interactive fiction. Myth is set in Ancient Greece, place of myth and legend - hence the title. You are are Poseidon, the Sea God. You have to journey to the Underworld to get the Dark Helmet of Hades. Its basically a tiny treasure hunt game where you get to play Poker with Charon and Death. It is a very short game with a cunning puzzle or two."
5105,Rescue Mission,,1988,6.3,Action,,,"Your comrades are wounded and stranded on the battlefield. The only way to get to them, is via a handcart on a railroad track. Your job is to protect the medics, who are riding the rails to get to the wounded. In their path, are hordes of enemies on the ground and in the air shooting everything from fireballs to rockets. In addition to the chaos, there are land-mines lying on the track just waiting to be run over."
5106,Vampire: Master of Darkness,"In the Wake of Vampire, Master of Darkness",1992,8.1,Action,Platform,,"Master of Darkness is a platformer very similar to Castlevania You play as a psychologist trying to defeat Dracula. This requires you to fight your way through several spooky locations such as cemeteries, laboratories, castles or a house of wax dolls. To defeat your enemies, you can use several primary and secondary weapons. Primary weapons are close combat weapons ranging from knifes to rapiers and axes, that differ in range and efficiency. Secondary weapons are long-range weapons (pistols, bombs etc.) with limited ammunition. The game features 5 Rounds divided into 3 stages. At the end of each stage, a boss must be defeated."
5115,Wirehead,,1995,6.0,Action,Quick Time Events (QTEs),,"Wirehead has the player controlling Ned Hubbard, a man with a wireless controller implanted in his brain, via the joypad. The bad guys are chasing after Ned for his ""mind implant"", and of course, the only way to get it is to open his head. Reminiscent of Dragon's Lair a path opens up, and the player has to choose the right direction, otherwise Ned will be killed. The sets and locations include real-life chase sequences and stunts that take the player through areas like the Queen Mary, a saloon fight, an airplane, a water raft, multiple car chases, and even wrestling with a bear."
5116,John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles: An Adventure in Terror,"John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles: Het gesticht des doods, John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles: L'Asile Maudit, John Sauls Blackstone Chroniken: Ein Abenteuer des Schreckens",1998,7.1,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"It is just a few days before the town of Blackstone's landmark mental hospital is opened as a Museum of Psychiatric History. The restoration efforts of the Blackstone Historical Society have reawakened the evil that dwells within the old building. As Oliver Metcalf, the son of the hospital's last superintendent, you have been trapped inside the walls of the Blackstone Asylum. You are compelled to explore its haunted halls, discovering its secrets and solving its mysteries. Yet your only clues to the Asylum's past are locked in the minds of its ghostly inhabitants. The hospital witnessed many deaths in its short, but bloody history. Now you must find your son before the madness claims another victim..."
5118,Private Eye,Philip Marlowe: Private Eye,1996,5.8,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Private Eye is based on the works of the writer Raymond Chandler It is actually more of an interactive movie than a game, which uses cel animation techniques also seen in Oni The player gets to control the famous private eye Phillip Marlowe, who is trying to do what he does best i.e., solve a murder mystery. The game features alternate endings, voice acting, lots of cut-scenes and music faithful to the 1940's era, which the game is trying to represent."
5129,Shanghai: Great Moments,"Shanghai: Grands Moments, Shanghai: Große Momente",1995,7.2,Puzzle,"Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle",,"Shanghai is a puzzle game using MahJongg tiles in which you slide available matching tiles off the stack to reveal more tiles. Slide all 144 tiles off the board, and you win the game. This game includes four versions of the classic Shanghai game: The Great Wall (Shanghai meets Tetris), Beijing (slide rows to make matches), Action Shanghai (clear tiles quickly before more appear), and Classic Shanghai (either regular or face down for an extra challenge)."
5130,H.E.D.Z.: Head Extreme Destruction Zone,,1998,6.5,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"H.E.D.Z.: Head Extreme Destruction Zone is an action/shoot-em-up. You play an alien capable of wearing different heads, and the goal of the game is simply to engage other aliens in combat, kill them and collect their heads, ultimately trying to collect as many heads as possible. You can swap heads in and out of a backpack (which only holds 5 heads), and at the expense of points off your score, out of a store of all the heads you've collected (out of a possible 225). Each head gives you different powers (weapons, shields, weapons, speed boosts, weapons, etc.). There is an element of strategy (in that you have to pick a good set of heads to avoid spending points on unnecessary swaps), and some heads only have a limited operation before you have to swap to another head and let it recharge."
5143,Stunt Race FX,Wild Trax,1994,7.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Thanks to an improved version of the SuperFX Chip, Stunt Race FX was the first racing game for the SNES to feature fully polygonal cars and levels, which made it possible for the game to include gradients and obstacles that could not be realized in earlier, ""flat"" racing games. The game features four modes of play: Speed Trax is basically an arcade mode where the player has to qualify for each upcoming race by reaching checkpoints while collecting items to restore his damage- and boost-bar. It is divided into a Novice-, Expert-, and Master class, with each class featuring four unique tracks. In Stunt Trax the player has to complete courses filled with obstacles within a certain time limit while trying to collect as many stars as possible. Battle Trax is a two player mode taking place on special tracks without any CPU-controlled opponents. Finally, Test Run let's the player practice all tracks that have been unlocked."
5144,Super Metroid,Metroid 3,1994,8.8,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"After having defeated Mother Brain, the leader of the Space Pirates who wanted to use alien creatures known as Metroids to dominate the world, the bounty hunter Samus Aran took the fight to the Metroids' homeland and eradicated them. Only a single Metroid larva remained. Samus took it to a galactic research station, and scientists assured her that the powers of the larva can be harnessed to help people. However, everything goes wrong when a dragon kills the scientists, takes away the larva, and destroys the research facility. Samus follows the dragon to the planet of Zebes, where she fought Mother Brain before. She must explore the dangerous planet, stay alive, and figure out a way to retrieve the larva. Super Metroid is a platform game and a follow-up to Metroid II Like the previous games in the series, it is not divided into separate levels; the planet Zebes is an open world which Samus traverses back and forth. This world is divided into rooms separated by doors which must be shot to be opened. Shooting is also used to open up secret passages, some of which contain nifty bonuses, but finding most of them is required to proceed in the game. There are many items to find on the way, and each new item usually makes heretofore inaccessible areas available to Samus. The items include both weaponry (such as missiles, super missiles, or upgrades to Samus's standard laser gun), energy tanks that increase Samus' max health, and other gadgets (like a grappling hook that allows Samus to stick to the ceiling). There are various enemies - alien fauna - lurking around planet Zebes. The enemies all respawn after re-entering a room, though Samus' increasing capabilities mean that they become easier to defeat as the player makes progress. After killing them, the enemies typically leave behind some health or ammo."
5147,Druid: Daemons of the Mind,"Der Druidenzirkel: Im Netz der Träume, Druid: Yami e no Tsuisekisha",1995,6.5,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The world of Navan has many islands, and four of them are reigned by the powerful Druid brothers: Lawson, Curak, Havnar, and Astor. They worship different deities and try to maintain the harmony of nature on their islands. But one day, Lawson mysteriously disappears. Unable to solve the mystery, the brothers seek out you, a grandson of a once powerful Druid, to search for Lawson in the entire world of Navan. The gameplay of Druid is somewhat similar to that of Ultima VIII: Pagan It is an action RPG with simple point-and-click interface and action-oriented combat. You can execute two different types of physical attacks (high and low) and cast a variety of spells. You don't have a party in the game."
5150,Gone Fishin',Gone Fishin': Digital Fresh Water Fishing,1994,6.3,"Simulation, Sports",,,"In this fishing simulator you are an angler with some luck, who travels to a river for fishing. Arriving to the docks you buy an equipment for fishing and listen to the tips given by Bill Saiff himself. On the walls of Saiff's house lies the angler's greatest trophies for different kinds of fishes and greatest misses such as boots. The goal of the game is to catch as many fish as you can during the day. So after equipping you travel on the boat to find the fishing spot and begin fishing. Using equipment chosen by you on shore you try to catch the fish, using you mouse, remembering the tips given, taking into account weather and hoping on your luck. The game has also Derby feature, which can be activated with code given by Amtex only."
5156,Hellfire,"Hellfire S, Hellfire S: The Another Story",1989,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2998, humanity has finally reached the stars, and was able to build a prosperous, peaceful society. However, a space matter known as the Black Nebula began to spread, threatening to engulf the galaxies controlled by humans. It turned out that a robotic dictator named Super Mech was behind this occurrence. The Earth sends Captain Lancer, a skillful pilot navigating the powerful CNCS1 aircraft, equipped with the most powerful weapon: the Hellfire... This is a horizontal space shooter, with the traditional premise of a lone pilot traversing hostile areas and out-manoeuvring and/or destroying quick and numerous enemies. What sets this shooter apart from many other horizontal space shooters is that you choose the direction of your shots at any time between forward, backward, upward+downward and 4-way diagonal. The 4-way diagonal shot is usually the most effective and makes for some interesting gameplay setups, such as stationary guns you can only reach by passing them (while avoiding their shots) and then placing yourself diagonally above them. There is also a bomb to take out multiple enemies. The game has a standard set of pickups: P icons for powering the weapons, S icons for increasing ship speed, B icons for bombs, and score icons."
5157,Return Fire 2,,1998,6.6,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,,"Multiplayer madness continues in the souped-up sequel to Return Fire The basic premise is the same: get your enemy's flag at all costs. This involves destroying their flag towers until you find the one which contains it, then blowing up defences so that your jeep can get in to grab it. There are 30 different scenarios to take the AI on at. These encompass ground, air and sea action, with tanks, jeeps and helicopters among the hardware on show. New technical features include hardware acceleration and force feedback support, new viewing perspectives, and Internet/LAN games for up to 16 players. The orchestral music of the original remains."
5161,Tiger-Heli,Tiger Heli,1985,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Tiger Heli is the name of your helicopter, according to the box the result of a billion-dollar defense project and forged from ebony metal and glistening chrome. Your goal is to defeat the country of Cantun, which is run by terrorists and has become completely power hungry with an aim to take over the whole world. You're shooting tanks, ships, aircraft carriers and trains while flying towards the impenetrable military base. You shoot crates to get pickups. If you shoot the crate when it is green you get a bomb pickup, if you shoot it when it is red you get a mini helicopter that attaches to one of your sides shooting sideways, and if you shoot it when it is white you get a mini helicopter shooting forward. If you shoot 10 crates with a yellow diamond shape you get an extra life."
5163,Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor,Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor - An Interactive Fantasy,1987,7.2,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements, RPG elements",Fantasy,"Aimlessly wandering through the Southlands of Quendor, the hero of the game encounters the Implementors, powerful beings who warn him of a terrible danger: the Coconut of Quendor, the very embodiment of Magic, has been stolen by terrifying monsters known as Ur-Grue, said to be the spirits of fallen Implementors. The task is clear, but by no means easy: locate the Ur-Grue and return the Coconut of Quendor to its rightful owners! Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor introduces a somewhat different gameplay system compared to the previous text adventures of the Zork series. Text-based interaction and puzzle-solving are still present; however, role-playing elements have been added to the mix. The player character has six attributes assigned to him: endurance, strength, dexterity, intelligence, compassion, and luck. These can be determined by the player at the beginning of the game, randomly chosen by the game, or provided as part of a pre-generated character. The attributes affect the outcome of combat, which occurs in certain locations. They can also be raised or lowered during the game by gaining experience, drinking and eating certain items, wearing accessories, or in another fashion (sometimes humorous - for example, intelligence will be lowered by typing in swear words). Many locations and objects in the game are randomly generated."
5165,Re-Volt,Re-Volt Classic,1999,7.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"For years, the Toy-Volt company has been producing toys and games for children all over the world. Within months of introducing their first products, Toy-Volt shot to the top! No one could put their finger on exactly what it was that made the toys so popular. Sure, they employed the best designers and marketers in the world, but there was something else about Toy-Volt toys, something almost.... magic. Now, their newest R/C cars really start to live! Re-Volt is a racing game where you take control over one of more than 28 R/C cars and drive on one of the 13 tracks. The tracks are varied, and include a toy shop, a supermarket, a luxury liner and more. It is possible to play a ""reversed"" (backwards) or ""mirror"" (reversed left and right) variety of each track. There are also 4 levels of realism to choose from. There are a couple of single- and multiplayer game modes to choose from. There's a Single Race, where you complete a single track while competing with several computer-controlled opponents; a Championship, where you try to complete a series of races in hopes of finishing on the top; and Multiplayer, where you play with live opponents. There's also a Time Trial, where you're alone on the track, and simply try to get as best a time as possible; a Practice mode, where you're free to drive around a track to learn its structure and shortcuts; and the Stunt Arena, where you drive around a special arena and try to collect stars situated in hard-to-reach places. In Single Race, Championship and Multiplayer there are power-ups scattered throughout the track; picking them up gives you a one-use random power, such as missiles to launch at pesky opponents, a star to temporarily freeze competitors in place or a lightning bolt, which makes your car shock opponents nearby to make them stop."
5166,Go Player,,1990,7.3,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Go Player is a computer adaption of the old board game Go which is most often played in Eastern Asia. The basic principle is that two players (one white, the other black) place stones on a 19x19 board. The goal is to control as big as possible areas on the board by circling it with own stones. Likewise, enemy stones can be taken out of the game by circling them. At the end of the match (when both players pass their turn) the size of controlled areas and the taken out stones determine the winner. This game features two smaller boards (9x9 and 13x13) and handicap options, both adapted from real-life rule adaptions. There are also 101 difficulty levels and the option to pre-define the board to practice special match situations."
5171,Exploration,"Christoph Kolumbus, Exploration: A Game of Strategy and World Conquest, Voyages of Discovery",1994,6.9,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Age of Discovery / Enlightenment,"Exploration is a strategy-simulation game set during the Age of Sail. From the time of Vasco da Gama and Columbus (the late 1400s) to the French Revolution (1789), you are put in charge of a nation's imperial destiny. This means financing voyages, assembling crews, sending out land and sea expeditions, founding colonies, and occasionally engaging other European powers for global dominance. Exploration may seem familiar to players of Civilization Colonization Conquest of the New World Gold of the Americas and even Sid Meier's Pirates! as they borrow from exploration and cover a similar topic."
5172,A.L.C.O.N.,Slap Fight,1986,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A.L.C.O.N. is a forward-scrolling spaceship shooting game taking place over the planet Orac. Alien enemies have occupied the planet in the year 2059. The Alien League Of Cosmic Nations has determined that you are the pilot to take the Slap Fighter (Europe) / SW475 Starfighter (US) and defeat the aliens. The main feature of the game is its pickup system. You pick up stars and then you choose which powerup you want, pick up one star and you can choose speed, two stars to choose shot (which is the default type of weapon), three stars to choose side shot, four for wing upgrade (which triggers the fancy ship enlargement animation, also gives you a couple seconds of invulnerability), five for bomb shot, six for laser shot, seven for homing missiles and eight for a shield upgrade. The shot is the default quick-but-limited weapon, having a rather short range, bombs are very powerful but short ranged and with a big gap between shots, making them hard to use. Laser is fast and full screen ranged, probably the most balanced weapon in the game, and homing missiles speak for themselves, as they chase the enemies after moving and curving for a while. The game doesn't have ""stages"": you play through a long, continuous level with bosses in between, like Xevious or Terra Cresta ; once you complete it, you start again a new loop with added difficulty. Also, the game has no continues."
5182,Mr. Wimpy: The Hamburger Game,,1984,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Mr. Wimpy is a one-player game, where the character controls Mr. Wimpy whose favorite hobby is making tasty hamburgers. In level one, you are required to bring back each ingredient (cheese, beef patty, and sausage) separately on each of the three trays provided. The player must avoid the 'moving manholes' which will take away the tray or ingredient that they are carrying. Once you have done this, you'll advance a level where the gameplay changes a la Burger Time The object is to make four burgers, and you do this by running over ingredients including either cheese or lettuce, beef patties, and the two hamburger buns, to make them fall onto the level below you without coming in contact with evil onions, hot dogs, and egg yolks. If you are unfortunate enough to come in contact with these nasties, you'll lose one of your five lives, unless you sprinkle pepper on them. Note that you only have a limited supply of pepper, so to get more, you need to travel to the top level and get cups of coffee or sundaes that move around the screen. Another way to deal with these enemies is to wait until one of them gets under an ingredient, and squash them by running over the ingredient. They will get squashed only to get resurrected somewhere on the screen. When the ingredients are at the bottom level and you run over them, they will drop onto one of the four burgers at the bottom of the screen. When you make all four burgers, you proceed to the next level. The more levels you proceed, the more difficult your quest is."
5185,Warrior of Rome,Ambition of Caesar,1991,5.9,Strategy / tactics,,Classical antiquity,"Warrior of Rome is a strategy game set during the Ancient Roman era. It is shown from a top-down perspective and all units are represented by icons on the square fields of the playing map. The basic gameplay is simple: on each of the four levels there are goals to fulfill, e.g. destroying pirate ships. To do so, the player chooses a unit and gives it the order to move somewhere. When hostile units meet, they fight automatically; the fights are shown in separate windows. Besides movement, there are also other orders to give to each individual unit, e.g. building a palisade, making a trap, the movement speed and, most importantly, the retreat options. Then a unit automatically flees when a fight does not work out and, after a rest, it regenerates to full strength."
5187,The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man,,1992,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Bart Simpson is reading the latest comic about the Radioactive Man but his favourite superhero is not featured in it. When he is at the last page, his sidekick Fallout Boy appears. He tells Bart he is the only one who can save Radioactive Man who has been sent to the Limbo Zone, a mysterious prison that revolves around a black hole. Bart turns into Bartman and he has to fight three super villains to collect Radioactive Man's lost powers before facing the mastermind Brain-O the Magnificent. Players control Bartman through 2D side-scrolling platform levels. He needs to defeat enemies, collect goodies, and be careful not to fall into one of the deadly traps on his way. Bartman can punch and kick, and collect lightning icons to shoot small bolts. Most of the level sequences require precise timing and pixel-perfect jumping precision. Bartman has five life points that are restored by collecting radioactive signs."
5191,Daze Before Christmas,,1994,6.6,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Christmas is a time where people get together and give others presents and spend all day eating food. But there's only one problem this year. You see, while Santa was sleeping in his bed, the cold and evil snowman spooked all the elves away, and the Timekeeper has stolen Santa's plans from his house. There won't be any Christmas if Santa doesn't stop them. In Daze Before Christmas you're Santa. According to the game's Christmas calender, you have 24 areas to explore such as factories, workshops, caves, and more. Each area is filled with nasty enemies like penguins, jack-in-the-boxes, helicopters, snowmen, and many others. Furthermore, after every five areas, Santa has to come face-to-face with not only The Evil Snowman, The Timekeeper, and Louse the Mouse, but also Mr. Weather. Santa's health is represented by five Santa hats. When Santa is hit by any one of his enemies, one hat is lost. If Santa loses all of his hats, then he will lose a life. He will then have to restart at the beginning of the area, unless he passes a gold bell somewhere in the area. When you explore each area, Santa can collect presents that contain a mini-Santa (aka: Extra Life), a red hat, or he may release an elf. Santa should be careful when opening these presents as some of them may contain bombs or other enemies. If Santa manages to find a spinning star, he must get it as this will take him to the next area. Santa kills his enemies by throwing magic at them. In almost each area, Santa can get a cup of hot cocoa. Doing this will transform him into Anti-Santa, a type of Santa who wears nothing but white, grows Satan's horns on top of his head, is invincible, and comes equipped with a hammer in which he can use to bonk enemies with. The Anti-Santa business only lasts for 20 seconds, but this can be changed via the Options menu. Daze acts like one of those platform games where you run through the level, shoot at enemies, and proceed to the exit. However, there are some areas where the gameplay changes, and these areas involve Santa flying through the sky in England, Russia, Japan, and the USA, and dropping presents in chimneys to score points. The game also uses a password-saving system, where entering a password given will allow gamers to restart at the beginning of a specific area, in case they happen to run out of lives."
5192,Flying Saucer,,1998,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are Boon, a military pilot, who lives together with Emily in a house somewhere in the USA. Your brother Steven disappeared during a thunderstorm when he was on a military mission. When you get a telepathic message from him, you travel to Dreamland (Area 51) in Nevada. Fleeing from the military forces you find yourself inside a huge hall with a flying saucer at the center. The game starts when you enter the UFO and lift off. The game leads through 22 terrestrial and extra-terrestrial missions, where you have to fight the military as well as an alien race called the ""Cyners"". These tentacle creatures hunt the greys (the friendly aliens) and want to destroy the earth. Your mission is to stop them."
5197,Fighter Duel,,1995,6.4,"Action, Simulation",,World War II,"WW2 air combat simulator, port of the 1991 Amiga hit Fighter Duel The game comes with 13 accurately modeled planes to fly in or against in 8 tactical scenarios to which you can make minimal adjustments with a ""foe editor"" which allows you to customize the enemy pilot's AI. Uses 640x480 256 polygonal gourad-shaded graphics and the game provides multiplayer support for head-to head action through modem, in standard or tournament mode and with support for DSVD (voice and data) modems."
5202,Madden NFL 2001,,2000,8.0,Sports,,,"The Madden football series moves onto a new console generation with Madden NFL 2001 for PlayStation 2. This version comes with an all-new graphics and physics engine, its own selection of modes and teams, and several unique features. Besides highly detailed players, the new graphics engine for the first time offers such visual elements as players sitting on the bench, coaches walking the sidelines, line judges dropping their markers, grass sticking to players' helmets and rain drop splashes. Movement is now momentum-based, with players' height and weight taken into account upon running and changing direction, and hit location and speed determining how the tackle plays out. Gameplay modes include a selection of those available on other platforms and include exhibition games, season, franchise and practice. A new mode is Quick Play which sets up a quick random game. For beginners, the game includes an Easy Play mode which simplifies the playbook, makes passes easier and auto-assists on running and receiving. The game includes a large number of teams, second only to the PC version : the 31 regular teams of the 2000 NFL season, the 1999 All-Madden team, 31 all-time franchise teams, the 6 NFL Europe teams plus 124 classic NFL teams. The game also includes the Madden Cards mode seen in the previous generation's version even though the challenges differ slightly: by completing certain objectives in the game, players gain tokens that can be used to buy collectible Madden Cards. These cards offer upgrades of players' stats, unlock classic players as well as hidden teams and stadiums and can trigger various gameplay cheats and gags."
5205,EF 2000: Special Edition,"EF2000 Evolution, Super EF2000",1996,7.9,Special edition,,,EF 2000: Special Edition contains:
5207,Tony Meola's Sidekicks Soccer,"Ramos' World Wide Soccer, Ruy Ramos no World Wide Soccer, Super Copa",1993,6.6,Sports,,,"Tony Meola's Sidekicks Soccer is a standard soccer game with the standard modes such as Exhibition and Season mode with 64 different soccer teams including World teams and localized teams, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. It also features realistic moves such as headers and bicycle kicks, with a behind the player's perspective and Mode 7 graphics. It doesn't feature any official soccer license, but is personally endorsed by American goalie, Tony Meola."
5209,Mega lo Mania,"Mega lo Mania: Jikū Daisenryaku, Mega-lo-Mania, Tyrants: Fight Through Time",1991,7.9,Strategy / tactics,,,"First you choose one out of four different characters to represent you, Scarlet (red army), Oberon (yellow army), Caesar (green army), or Madcap (blue army). The game is split into 10 levels - the first 9 are groups of 3 territories which can be completed in any order, while the final 'Mother of All Battles' has its own surprises. Land is mostly of sand, grass or ice. You start with 100 men and you can use whatever quantity you find necessary on each island. The rest men left will go to another level with another new 100. In the second half of the game you can freeze men to save them for the Mother of All Battles. Once you select your island and place for your HQ, you must do some research for better weapons and defences. On the roof of your buildings you can put protectors like archers, gunmen, boiling oil men, and later on even laser turrets. If you send a team of unarmed men into an unoccupied square, they will build an additional base there, with larger armies completing this more quickly. Later on higher levels, you'll also build mines and factories, as you'll need to dig a certain material for higher level weapons, depending on whether the area you're on is rich with a certain material or not. With each next level, you'll start from a higher technology level and be able to progress to one higher level up than at the previous level. If there is more than just one enemy, you can make an alliance until you crush the other one - three of you can form an alliance against fourth enemy. For what its worth, a certain numeric level of defence is always stronger from the same level of attacker, and men that are not armed (conscripts) can only kill enemy soldiers, not destroy or attack enemy fort. The main thing as always in strategy games is to be the sole survivor and lead your men to victory, experimenting on vicious technologies, equipping your men, making perfect soldiers out of them, produce shields, weapons, planes... to dominate the world and crush your opponents. You can do the battling only in a certain quadrant, but don't be long as your men will automatically start building the fort, and it will be at the bottom of age level and you'll need to invent everything for that one again."
5212,Lode Runner 2,,1998,6.8,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Another arcade classic finds a new form in 3D! And this time it's Lode Runner... Lode Runner 2 is the sequel to the remake of Doug Smith's timeless classic. The game features 5 unique worlds where in each level you will try to collect all the gold without dying. Run, dig, climb, scale, fall, drob bombs and collect stuff! Like in Jazz Jackrabbit 2 this sequel has also added a companion (Jane) to its main character (Jake Peril). They are identical in their capabilities --no special moves. Choose one of them and get into Lode Runner's new dimension!"
5213,The Dame Was Loaded,"La signora calibro 32, Puppen, Perlen und Pistolen, Une Poupée Pleine Aux As",1996,6.3,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"The Dame Was Loaded is a detective mystery adventure game reminiscent of private eye movies of the 1940's. The player controls detective Scott Anger, a Sam Spade type of character, who is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing brother, Dan. What at first appears to be just another missing persons case, Anger's investigation soon reveals that Dan was somehow involved in some much larger crimes including several murders and a bank robbery. The game is somewhat similar in style to Tex Murphy games, requiring the player to use sleuthing skills to interact with characters (represented by live actors) and solve puzzles. As opposed to Tex Murphy games, The Dame Was Loaded features pre-rendered backgrounds instead of real 3D graphics and navigation."
5214,ESPN Speed World,ESPN Speedworld,1994,5.6,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"ESPN Speed World is a generic racing game that is made to resemble NASCAR. The player is given a stock car and can tune the car from the angle of the spoiler, to the setting of the shocks, and up to the pressure of the tires. There are three different types of speedways to race on: Super Speedway Short Track and Road Courses with 5 different tracks for each to choose from. Players can choose to race against the computer that has all 23 other stock cars on the track at once or play head-to-head on a split screen against a friend. It also featured realistic driving physics. While it didn't have a NASCAR license, it did have ESPN which broadcasted the races and had NASCAR analyst, Dr. Jerry Punch, who lent his voice to the game for the color commentary."
5215,Resident Evil: Code: Veronica,BioHazard: Code: Veronica,2000,8.5,Action,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror",,"Three months after the events of Resident Evil 2 Claire Redfield is still looking for her brother Chris. She infiltrates Umbrella Corporation's headquarters in Paris, where she is captured and knocked out. When she comes to, she finds herself in a prison on a remote island. Freed by a friendly guard, Claire faces several problems. Not only is the island under attack by an unknown assailant, but there has been another outbreak of the T-Virus and the island is crawling with zombies and other mutated creatures. Claire not only has to face the undead, but also the commander of the base, a mad aristocrat with family ties to the origins of Umbrella Corporation and the T-Virus. And escaping from the island is only the beginning of Claire's ordeals. Code: Veronica continues the survival horror gameplay of its predecessors: the protagonist explores the surroundings, fighting monsters and solving puzzles. However, Code: Veronica is the first game in the series to do away with pre-rendered backgrounds, using a fully polygonal 3D engine instead, which allows for features such as real-time lighting and camera movement. Still, such movements are only used sparingly, and the use of perspective is mostly unchanged from earlier installments: the camera automatically switches to different static angles, showing the protagonist, monsters, and rooms from different spooky viewpoints. Most of the weapons from the earlier games make return appearances: knife, handguns, shotgun, grenade launcher, and crossbow are all featured. There are also new weapons including a sniper rifle, an AK-47, and several guns only found in pairs, which can be used to target two enemies at the same time. Several weapons upgrades can also be found. Similar to the earlier games, the player will not only control Claire, but also two other characters: Claire's fellow prisoner Steve, and her brother Chris."
5222,Battle Chopper,"Mr. Heli, Mr. Heli no Daibōken",1987,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mr. Heli takes place in the year 2999 and Mr. Muddy is threatening the planet. Fortunately the player has a fully armed large helicopter with which to attack his sadistic minions. The helicopter will fly through four side-view levels, primarily scrolling left to right but with some variant, each of which ends with a boss. As well as enemies, there are many blocks on the levels. The weapon upgrade system is build into these, which function in two different ways. Most will drop crystals, which if collected are added to a cash total. The others reveal a picture of a weapon with a price - make contact with it while carrying enough credits and the weapon will be bought. When the energy bar runs out the player loses a life. When this happens the player loses all money."
5227,Silent Steel,,1995,5.8,Adventure,,,"Silent Steel casts the player as captain of a nuclear submarine, on what is seemingly a routine peace-time patrol. As outside forces come into play, the Captain finds himself in the midst of a life-and-death struggle to save not only the ship, but to reveal a sinister plot that could start a devastating global confrontation. The interactivity in the game appears in the form of a Action/Dialog Interface, which is presented every 15 to 30 seconds throughout the adventure. The three choices presented are actually integral parts of the script. The player must select one of the options by clicking on the number (or the line of dialog), or using the numbers on the keyboard. The decisions made by the user determine which direction the story takes, up to the next Action/Dialog Interface box. As the player continues through the game, he'll be presented with a multitude of crises which must be prioritized and dealt with appropriately. Depending on his decisions, he may reach several types of endings, from death to survival, and some humorous ones."
5231,Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail,"Monty Python: Die Ritter der Kokosnuss, Monty Python: Sacré Graal",1996,7.1,Adventure,"Mini-games, Puzzle elements",Medieval,A comedy-strategy adventure game based on Monty Python's movie the Quest for the Holy Grail.
5240,The Adventures of Batman & Robin,,1995,6.7,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The game is based on the famous 1990s animated series of the same name. The player takes control solely of Batman, as the Joker has kidnapped Robin in order to lure Batman into a game. Furthermore, the Jokers lets Gotham's most feared criminals compete with one another in order to distract Batman. Naturally, Batman has to take care of the other master criminals, too, while trying to free Robin. The Adventures of Batman & Robin is 2D platformer/ beat'em up. The goal in each stage and level is to walk from left to right to reach the (sub)boss and the end of the stage. To beat his foes, Batman uses punches and kicks in close combat and several weapons for short distances. Batman has an unlimited supply of Batarangs with him from the beginning, and there are four more weapons available. Apart from simple jumping, Batman can also perform a double jump to reach higher places and can hold on to ledges."
5242,Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Simulator,"Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer, Jōkyū Flight Trainer",1987,7.5,Simulation,,,"In Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer you have the chance to test pilot 14 different airplanes, such as the Bell X-1 and the Lockheed SR-71. It features 10 different viewpoints both inside and outside of the plane, with a zoom of up to 256x, and different aerodynamics for each plane. You can do different things with the planes, from racing against a computer opponent, to practising formation and stunt flights. You can follow the testing and development programme through its evolution. There is a ""black box recorder"" to replay your flights, and analysis of your performance compared to an ideal one."
5245,F-22 Lightning 3,,1999,7.6,"Action, Simulation",,,"Take to the skies with NovaLogic's latest version of their best-selling flight sim F-22 Lightning 3. Connect and play with up to 128 other pilots on the NovaWorld FREE hosting service. You can engage in dogfights with people all around the globe, or meet friends online to protect your airbase and destroy your enemies in Raptor Air Wars."
5246,MicroLeague Baseball,"Micro League Baseball, MicroLeague Baseball: The ultimate major league strategy game for  grandstand managers!",1984,6.7,Sports,,,"Microleague eschew action in favor of strategy for this licensed baseball game. The real-life teams and players are included, as well as classic teams from the past - lots of data disks were released featuring additional lineups. Each play is graphically shown, with a running commentary detailing how it unfolds. A wide range of strategies are available. You can bring the stand-in players in, and instruct players as to how aggressively to play when opportunities arise, with 7 distinct batting strategies. When fielding you have options on field placement and bowling style - use the fastball and curveball wisely. Players will sometimes pick up injuries (the correct level of warming up can reduce this risk), or argue with the umpire over controversial decisions."
5252,Links 386 Pro,"Golf Links 386 Pro, Links Pro Macintosh",1992,8.3,Sports,,,"The follow up to Links - The Challenge of Golf Links 386 Pro features Harbour Town Golf Links course. Numerous improvements included photo-realistic SVGA graphics, improved physics, split screens, male/female golfers with different shirt colors, and enhanced sound effects. A CD version was released later, it added hole flybys with commentary (for certain courses)."
5254,Heavy Unit,Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special,1988,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The human colony ""Le Tau"" is under attack by some strange aliens. It is the player's job to use a special starship and destroy everything which moves. Heavy Unit is a typical side-scrolling shooter with six levels filled with enemies, mid and end bosses. Destroyed enemies may leave behind items which have beneficial effects when collected: increased speed, better weapon power, a shield, extra lives or transformation into a robot. The robot has a more powerful weapons system (laser beam and homing energy balls instead of a vulcan gun), but also a downside: its large size makes it easier to be hit by enemies or crash into the environment. If that happens, a life and all collected upgrades are lost and the ship is reset at the last checkpoint. While the level layouts are identical in all versions, there are some minor differences in enemy placement, graphics (e.g. the Genesis version has more colours and bigger enemies) and sound."
5260,Tintin in Tibet,"Kuifje in Tibet, Tim in Tibet, Tintim no Tibet, Tintin au Tibet, Tintin en el Tibet, Tintin i Tibet, Tintin nel Tibet",1995,6.7,Action,Platform,,"A platform game starring Tintin. Tintin in Tibet follows on the heel of Infogrames Asterix & Obelix, with the same gameplay. Although the game will prove easy for the expert gamer, there are many levels to pass, each of which features new locations, enemies, and obstacles that serve to advance the storyline."
5263,High Seas Trader,,1995,6.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Age of Discovery / Enlightenment,"A follow-up to Impressions ' earlier game Merchant Colony High Seas Trader puts you in the shoes of a young impoverished nobleman who must take to the high seas (where else?) in order to regain fame and fortune. You'll trade in a variety of goods, deal with banks and merchants, acquire property, and outfit your ship with guns, equipment, and crew. Sailing is done from a first person perspective behind the ship's wheel. The seas are, of course, never safe; pesky pirates will attempt to intercept you and relieve you of your worldly possessions."
5268,Manic Miner,"Manic Miner starring Miner Willy, Manic Miner: ZX Spectrum HD",1983,7.5,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"You play the role of Miner Willy, a bold explorer and adventurer. He discovers a network of underground caverns used by an advanced but now extinct civilization, and realizes that the mines contain lucrative metal ores. Through 20 caverns, Willy must collect all treasures before the time (air) runs out, watching out for the nasty guardians, the obstacles, long falls, quicksands and all elements to be found in a classic platform game. The game is linear, and each room's exit only becomes available once all the items have been collected. Close contact with an enemy or stationary hazard, or falling a great distance, causes the player to lose a life and restart the level."
5269,Mermaid Madness,,1986,6.2,Action,Puzzle elements,,"In Mermaid Madness the player takes the role of the weighty mermaid Myrtle who finally, after 112 years, found the man of her dreams: the diver Gordon. Unfortunately he is not very enthusiastic, flees into the water and jams himself under a ship. Myrtle's first priority is to save Gordon. The player navigates Myrtle through an underwater labyrinth (although there a few screens above ground) and collects items. Those items have to be used in another location to proceed. It is also important to avoid enemies because touching them reduces her life energy, which can be refilled by finding beer bottles. There is no scrolling and Gordon's air supply acts as time limit."
5277,F1 Racing Simulation,Racing Simulation 1,1997,8.5,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"All Teams, Drivers and Tracks of the 1996 FIA Formula 1 Championship season are included. You can modify your car and after the races you even could learn not only from the replay - there were also telemetry dates saved. The sounds of the engines were recorded from original Renaults."
5278,Collapse,,1985,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Collapse is a simple puzzle game where players control Zen the Mole who is presented with a network of sticks that he must turn blue. Zen does this by simply walking over them while he is yellow. To get to the network, he must turn himself red so that he can build bridges that lead to it. Zen's redness disappears after a few seconds and he turns back to his default state. Once Zen has managed to turn the sticks blue, he can unleash the Rotox, a white line that moves around adjacent blue sticks, destroying them once the Rotox makes contact. When all the sticks have been destroyed, Zen proceeds to the next screen. The blue sticks must be destroyed within a time limit. While the player navigates Zen around the screen, two creatures walk around the screen, trying to make Zen's task difficult. Contact with either of these creatures result in Zen losing 100 units of time. To deal with them, Zen is equipped with some magic dust that he can sprinkle on them to make them disappear and resurrect in their same position that they appear. Extra time is awarded to Zen by collecting jewels that occasionally appear on screen."
5285,The Untouchables,,1994,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Interwar,"This version of the The Untouchables is different from the other versions While the other versions are based on the Brian De Palma film starring Kevin Costner, this version is based on the 1993 remake of the original 1960's series that starred Robert Stack. There are five different assignments (missions) to choose from, each with their own set time limit. The first mission is set in the over the shoulder, third-person perspective in an alleyway using a shotgun to take down mobsters hiding in buildings. The second mission is a 2D side-scroller set in a warehouse where the player must defend against gangsters and pick up counterfeiting plates scattered throughout a warehouse. The third mission is a side-scrolling shooter, located on a dock, where the player uses a tommy gun to take out various bad guys scattered throughout the stage. The fourth mission is a top-down shooter located at the top of a courthouse where the player must rescue hostages while defending against various bad guys. The fifth and final mission is a first-person shooter located on the rooftops of Chicago against Al Capone himself. The story is told between missions through old-time looking newspapers that report on the success or the failure of the player's mission."
5288,World Circuit,"Grand Prix 1, Microprose Formula One Grand Prix, World Circuit: The Grand Prix Race Simulation",1991,8.1,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,Oceania,"Formula 1 Grand Prix (known as World Circuit in the US) is the first installment of Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix series. The game includes all 16 international GP circuits of 1991. Players may drive them in quick race mode, single race or a full championship. The 18 teams and 35 drivers and their performance are based on the 1991 season, but the game doesn't include real names. It is possible to edit and save team and driver names by hand. The extensive tuning feature influences the performance of the car. In-race setup allows players to adjust gear ratios, brake balance, wing downforce and tires during each visit to the pit box. Six optional driving aids help F1 rookies finish their race: players can toggle best line and suggested gear displays to learn track tactics, or have auto brakes, auto gears, self-righting spins and indestructibility to improve their driving. A replay system allows players to watch race scenes from three different views, including track-side camera footage. The game features 3D graphics and various details and effects such as working rear mirrors, collisions with flying debris, crude damage models (wings are visibly bent after crashes), and wet weather that influences traction, including a fog effect that obscures vision when driving in another car's splash water. While the Amiga version allows multiplayer races in hotseat mode, the PC version originally had solo races only. In 1993, the v1.05 update added modem support and a few other improvements."
5289,MLB Pennant Race,,1996,7.3,Sports,,,"MLB Pennant Race is one of the many baseball games released on the platform. It features the MLB license with all 28 teams at the time as well as 700 different players. It has a simulation mode where the real rules apply and an arcade mode for players who are less into serious baseball. It also contains quick play, season and home run derby as well as the option to play playoff games or to go straight to the World Series. As a fully licensed game, it contains the real uniforms, logo and players and statistics based on the actual characteristics. Despite being released late in 1996 however, when the baseball season was already over, all the information still refers to the 1995 season. Commentary is done by Jerry Coleman Players can create their own players or compose a dream team from the pool of available players."
5295,Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3D,,1993,7.2,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In in this altered and expanded port of the original Amiga title, Earth has always blocked ""The Lost Dimension"" and now its alien guardian, Vaprak, threatens to annihilate Earth to free its brethren in the dimension. Special Agent Jim Power has been sent in alone to send Vaprak back into ""The Lost Dimension"". Armed with your upgradeable blaster, space ship, and jet pack, you will blast and jump you way across ""The Lost Dimension"" taking down its inhabitants before any contact from them takes your life."
5296,Brutal: Paws of Fury,"Brutal: Animal Buranden, Paws of Fury",1994,6.5,Action,Fighting,,"The Dalai Llama has organised a martial arts contest for animals of all species to prove their skills, and you are competing in it. There are a wide variety of furry creatures to take on, and finally the Dalai Llama himself. Brutal: Paws of Fury is a one-on-one fighting game across a variety of levels, with mostly outdoor terrain. You can choose of the many characters. Throughout the game, your character travels across Dalai Llama's island, fighting a series of duels before getting to the final showdown. During a duel, you can punch and kick your opponent, try to use special attacks on him/her, or use a ""taunt"" that restores a bit of your health. Each battle lasts a number of rounds (how many - that is determined in the options menu); once one combatant has won that number of times during the battle, he wins. If the computer-controlled player won, it's game over (but you can still use a continue to start the fight anew); if you won, you move on to the next opponent. Once you have defeated them, you can watch an ending animation, different depending on the character you have chosen. Instead of beginning a whole new game, you can fight a single duel, choosing the opponent and terrain. You can choose to fight either a computer-controlled opponent or another human player. The visuals lean towards cutesiness, which makes a change from the gore of Mortal Kombat and the metal of Rise of the Robots In the console versions, you start the game without special moves, but get a new one after each successful best-of-three bout. The computer versions drop this feature, though."
5301,Ninja Crusaders,Ninja Crusaders - Ryūga,1990,6.6,Action,Platform,Post-apocalyptic,"A force of alien invaders has descended upon the Earth and has wiped out humanity for the most part. Some ninjas survived the onslaught, however, and two ninjas in particular, named Blade and Talon, are assigned to rid the planet of this alien menace. Ninja Crusaders is a side-scrolling action game that can be played alone or with two players fighting side by side. A ninja player can jump quite high and begins the game with a ninja throwing star weapon that can travel the length of the screen, although it's not very powerful. Other weapons are available for the taking throughout the levels, each with considerably less range than the stars but with more power. These weapons include a chain whip, a sword, and a bo staff."
5303,Simon the Sorcerer,"Shuliyat Hamechashef, Simon the Sorcerer I",1993,8.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Simon is just an ordinary boy living in modern-day England. One day, his dog Chippy discovers a chest with a book inside, entitled Ye Olde Spellbooke. Without thinking too much, Simon throws the book on the floor; as a result, a portal opens, teleporting the boy and his dog into a fantasy world. Simon is promptly captured by goblins bent on cooking and eating him but manages to escape. Soon he realizes that he must play the role of an apprentice sorcerer and rescue a benevolent wizard called Calypso from an evil one, aptly named Sordid. Simon the Sorcerer is a point-and-click adventure game very similar to contemporary LucasArts titles (in particular Monkey Island ) in concept and gameplay. It features twelve verbs displayed on the screen at all times for interaction with the environment. Objects that can be interacted with are highlighted when the player hovers the mouse cursor over them. The puzzles are inventory-based: Simon will have to collect and carry a large number of items in order to advance in the game. Almost every character comes with an extended dialogue tree to explore. Most of the conversation choices are used for a humorous effect and are not required to pursue. Like in LucasArts' adventures, it is impossible to get irrevocably stuck or die in Simon the Sorcerer The game world consists of dozens of interconnected screens, most of which are accessible from the very beginning. Although there is usually only one way to solve the puzzles, the player can work on multiple tasks at once, and exploration occupies a large portion of the game. Whenever an important location is discovered, it is marked on the map for instant access, so that the player is not required to retrace his steps in order to revisit it. The game frequently parodies popular fairy tales and fantasy works and sometimes breaks the fourth wall as Simon directly talks to the player, acknowledging he is a character in a computer game."
5306,Lion,,1995,7.1,"Action, Educational, Simulation",,,"Lion is a sequel to Wolf : you are now placed in the same simulation environment, but this time you simulate a....you guessed it, a lion. As in the original you take the role of a lion chosen from a pool of 20 different animals, with varying attributes, in existing prides or handpicked groups made by yourself. You can control a single animal or all members of a pride and you get to play in either a 20-mission mode (such as survive for a day) or a simulation mode, which allows you to do whatever you want. Unlike Wolf which takes place in three different locales, Lion is played only on the savannas and plains of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania (tough in four different seasons). Also includes a ""Lion Safari"", an interactive tour of the leonine life on the Serengeti."
5309,Road Rash,,1995,7.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Road Rash for Sega CD is another title in the series, this time it's an attempt to mate the classic gameplay of Genesis Road Rash games with full-motion video and avant-garde rock soundtrack. This game was released the same time with the famous 3DO Road Rash And it borrowed a lot of content from the Panasonic 3DO version: all the FMV videos, CD-quality soundtrack and overall menu design. The quality of FMV and music is inferior to 3DO version given the limitations of Sega CD hardware. Graphically and gameplay-wise the game is a continuation of Road Rash II for Sega Genesis. There are five race tracks that grow longer with each level; the tracks are named after those in the 3DO version: The City, Sierra Nevada, Peninsula, Napa Valley and Pacific Highway. Aside from the names the tracks themselves are completely different and represent the classic Sega Genesis Road Rash gameplay, slightly enhanced with more objects added on the roadsides."
5310,Poy Poy,Poitter's Point,1997,7.2,Action,Board game,,"In Poy Poy contestants from all over the land come together to compete for big cash prizes and the honor of being crowned the Poy Poy Cup champion. To become champion you have to beat three rounds on each of the six stages. You can choose from a variety of characters each with different attributes. Poy Poy is a multiplayer party/action-game in which four players battle it out by throwing rocks, bombs, logs, wooden boxes, etc. at each other on varying battle arenas for a set amount of time. At the end players are awarded points based on their remaining health, how many times they were able to hit others with objects and how many white hearts they were able to collect from the arena. Players can also choose from a number of psyche-gloves, that give them various special-abilities when used. There is also the Channel Poy Poy studio's lobby area that has a glove shop, a glove tune-up shop, and a memory card access terminal."
5317,Ports of Call,"Ports of Call Classic, Ports of Call: Classic Edition, Ports of Call: L'Ultime simulation maritime, Ports of Call: The Ultimate Marine Simulation, Ports of Call: Trotzen Sie den Herausforderungen auf den sieben Weltmeeren mit der absoluten Seeschiffahrts Simulation",1987,7.1,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Ports of Call gives you the job of a ship-owner. First you have to choose your hometown and after that you have to buy your first used ship. Then you have to charter freight and bring it to its destination. With this profit you can buy new ships and so on and on. You also have to repair your ships regularly. If you do not your ships will sink to the oceans. Ports of Call is a classic German business simulation with some action sequences. In these sequences, you must steer your ship into the port or have to rescue some shipwrecked people. Up to 4 captains can play at one computer."
5321,Batman: Return of the Joker,,1992,6.8,Action,Platform,,"Batman: Return of the Joker for the Game Boy is a platformer in which the Dark Knight must cross four levels to confront his arch-enemy, the Joker. The first three of the stages (Sewers, Machine Shop and Train) can be tackled in any order, but the final level only opens up once the others are completed. In each, Batman has to face obstacles like traps, conveyor belts, moving platforms and many henchmen. He can use his fists to punch enemies as well as batarangs (with limited ammunition) to knock them out from afar. Batman's grappling hook connects to ceilings and is used to pull him across chasms or up platforms. He can also utilize a wall jump to get higher in narrow spaces. Power-ups to collect are health upgrades and batarang ammunition. At the end of each level, a boss fight awaits. Some of the bosses are immune to the batarangs, but all have a certain weakness."
5323,Auf der Suche nach dem Ultimate Mix,,1996,6.7,Adventure,,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"In Auf der Suche nach dem Ultimate Mix the player takes control of Moses Vider who lives in a world were the evil Graf von Voiddospunk forbid all funk music and caused a paralyzing rain. Moses wants to end the power of Voiddospunk by defeating his protégé Sir Noise at a DJ championship. But to do this he has to steal the ""Ultimate Mix"" from Voiddospunk's secret record store. The game is a adventure based on a French comic. The player searches the places and solves riddles. When using an item he has to drag & drop it from the inventory. During the conversions the player chooses a fist, a heart or a brain which represent the pitch and message of Moses' answers. Here and there are special puzzle sequences, e.g. the remixing of a song or the reenactment of a saxophone. On the map the player chooses his next destination. The soundtrack was written and performed by genre pioneers like Mele Mel, Kurtis Blow and Grandmaster Flash."
5332,Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder,,1992,7.8,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Fantasy,"Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder is a 2D weapon-based arcade side scrolling beat'em up game with 2.5D gameplay (as in previous Golden Axe games ). Death Adder is back - and the heroes must stop him. You choose your own hero from 4 characters: Goah the giant (Gilius Thunderhead from the first game rides on him), Stern the barbarian, Dora the Kentauride, and the elf Little Trix. You go from left to right, beat up various opponents with melee attacks, and use magic spells."
5333,Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service,,2000,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Vampire Chronicle For Matching Service is a 2D versus fighting game by Capcom, done in the same style as the classic Street Fighter series. The arcade original uses the CPS-2 system - the same as Street Fighter Alpha which makes the gameplay of these two titles very similar. The game is also an installment in the Darkstalkers franchise, presenting a collection of all eighteen characters and four different play modes available in the series. Like in the previous games, the playable characters are monsters and supernatural creatures, such as vampires, werewolves, demons, zombies and mummies, instead of regular boxers or kung-fu and karate fighters."
5336,World Series Baseball,,1994,7.5,Sports,,,"World Series Baseball is the first Genesis title in the long-running series. With all 28 teams included, it features the 6 division alignment (introduced shortly before its release), and has all 700 players of the league. The game includes a play-by-play feature and the Home Run Derby. Players are able to play a 162-game season and keep full statistics for every player, thanks to a battery backup. The game also allows players to use the first-person perspective view from the batter's box."
5338,Zone Raiders,,1995,5.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Zone Raiders is a futuristic hovercar racing combat game set in a 3D environment. The protagonist is a freelance Raider who ventures into the dangerous Free Zone, where rare and expensive items can be scavenged. Getting those items, however, won't be easy: other raiders are headed towards the Zone with the same intention, and the hero must race them, using all means to get there first. The futuristic cars resemble those that were used in the 20th century, with an important difference: they are equipped with hover plates and heavy weaponry. The protagonist should search for new weapons, shield regenerators and jet packs, as he races and sabotages opponent cars. The game features sixteen different tracks, five selectable hovercars (one of them hidden), and eight usable weapons. Multiplayer can be accessed through IPX Network, two-player modem, or serial support, and can accommodate up to eight players."
5339,Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman,,1999,7.1,Action,,,"In the pioneering days of America, Young Johnny was a sheriff, a boy who had grown up in the West with dreams of being a cowboy and bringing law and order to his town. Until one day, he met something and someone who he couldn't beat. A group of ninja assassins, the Jackal Organization, were harassing the town and Johnny brave as he was, got shot down. Johnny though, he didn't die... he refused to die... and sought the help of his father's friend Suzuki, who was a master of the legendary Zipang arts... Johnny went away then... to learn the skills that would help him win and train hard to beat his opponents. It was long. It was hard... but Johnny's back now to save the town and defeat the ninja clan... no wait, he's Johnny No More... now he calls himself Zan... The Super-Ultra-Sexy-Hero Zan! Rising Zan is a 3rd person action game with plenty of oddball humor and interesting situations. Zan, the main character wields the weapons of both of his trades... the Sword of a Samurai master, and the six-shooter pistol of an American cowboy. He'll need a variety of techniques to defeat the Jackal Clan and avenge his own lost battle. Zan proceeds through enemies and challenges in each level to eventually reach the boss who he then battles in some form of specialized combat or pattern. Once the boss is defeated, Zan gets the chance to unleash as much punishment on his foe in 30 seconds as he can; higher damage values will change the finishing move he uses to slay his foe."
5347,Moon Bugs,,1983,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Defend Earth against insect invaders! The gameplay is a mix between Galaxian and Defender The alien bugs will attack you and swoop down and steal the uranium drums at the bottom of the screen. As they fly away with the drum, you have to shoot them before they reach the top of the screen to retrieve it. During the game, the space station on the left will load in all uranium drums and then make a connection to the satellite dish on the right, thus ending the level. At the end of each level you get 200 bonus points for each refueled uranium drum and -200 points penalty for each stolen drum. Occasionally a UFO will fly from left to right at the top of the screen. The blue box will display bonus points or the word ""combat"", indicating what you'll get if you shoot the UFO. Combat means you'll play a combat round where you have to shoot a horizontally moving alien as many times as possible. With each hit, you'll get 350 points and the alien will change direction and gain speed."
5348,MLB 98,,1997,7.6,"Simulation, Sports",,,"One of the earliest in Sony's MLB franchise MLB 98 features the standard set of many baseball games. It has all of the 30 MLB teams and many of the major players, rendered in 3D polygon graphics with complete up-to-date (for that time) rosters. Real stadiums are also included along with the updated rules including the Interleague play rule that was implemented at the time. It also has the standard set of modes including Exhibition Season Playoffs Home Run Derby All-Star Game and World Series Players can also create and save their own players and customize them to their liking as well as keep extensive track of stats. They also have the option to run a franchise at the same time and manage everything including trades and free agency. The controls consist of using certain buttons to either run the bases, bat and throw specific pitches depending upon the pitcher and the D-pad to move outfielders. Also, to throw to bases the player uses the main buttons (Triangle, Square, Circle and X)."
5353,Spearhead,,1998,6.7,"Action, Simulation",,Africa,"This is a tank combat simulation from the makers of iM1A2 Abrams focusing more on arcade action than simulation. The premise behind the game is that the U.S. intervenes as Libya invades Tunisia. There's a set of tutorial missions, fixed missions and a randomly generated campaign (non dynamic)mode to test your mettle in the desert behind a platoon of three tanks plus artillery and infantry. The game has both the tank-sim interface and a tactical one where you direct the actions of your forces. However the game is aimed at more arcade/action crowds. There are no interior views, so you get just the driver's and gunner's screens, there's only HEAT and SABOT rounds to choose from, and the whole ""sim"" aspect has been significantly simplified to put the emphasis on action. Also included are a mission editor as well as multiplayer support."
5355,Dangerous Streets,,1994,4.6,Action,Fighting,,"Dangerous Streets is a colorful sprite-based fighting game in the vein of Street Fighter II. Its eight characters are diverse, ranging from fashion models to a bizarre monster ""custodian"". In addition to a two-player mode, the game also features single matches against the CPU and a tournament mode. The control scheme consists of the standard weak, medium and strong punches/kicks, and both keyboard and joystick controls are supported."
5356,OutRun 2019,,1993,6.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The basic Outrun game structure is reused in this, with the main difference being that a futuristic setting has been used. The circuits have some spectacular inclines, and the cars do nearly 700km/h. There are four different track sequences on offer, and your aim is to complete each section of track within the time limit. As in the original OutRun game, near the end of each stage there are forks in the road, allowing you to choose different routes within the track sequences. There are other cars on the road to avoid as well."
5357,Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge,"MI2, The Secret of Monkey Island 2",1991,8.3,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sea pirates / Caribbean,"Guybrush Threepwood, the mighty pirate who can hold his breath for ten minutes, could have lived quietly and happily with his sweetheart Elaine, the governor of Melee Island. But the restless pirate spirit won't let Guybrush in peace. Things don't go very well with Elaine, and Guybrush (now with a beard) embarks on a new adventure: searching for the legendary treasure of Big Whoop. However, the evil ghost pirate LeChuck hasn't left the stage yet. His subordinates are trying to bring him back from the dead one more time. Will Guybrush be able to defeat his archenemy again? Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge is a puzzle-solving adventure game and a sequel to The Secret of Monkey Island It utilizes the same command-based SCUMM interface (the player uses verb commands on highlighted objects) and branching dialogue system (choosing between several different responses during conversations) that were used in its predecessor. The game features hand-painted graphics, and is the first to utilize LucasArts' iMUSE system, which synchronizes music with visual action on the screen by providing smooth transition between themes. The events of the game take place on a new set of islands; a part of the game allows the player to explore several islands simultaneously. Uncommonly for adventure games, LeChuck's Revenge features two difficulty levels. The easier one is dubbed Monkey Island 2 Lite ; it bypasses or simplifies some of the harder puzzles."
5360,4-in-1 Fun Pak,4 in 1 FunPak,1992,6.3,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Chess",,"4-in-1 Fun Pak combines four board games to play against the CPU or a fellow gamer. The include titles are Chess, Checkers, Reversi and Backgammon. Each game features a number of different difficulty settings (1 being the easiest, 6 being the hardest), with simple black and white visuals and a challenging CPU opponent to take on. Multiplayer is available, either using the same Game Boy between two players or using the system link option to play with two Game Boys."
5363,Galaxy Force II,"3D Galaxy Force II, Galaxy Force, Sega Ages: Galaxy Force II",1988,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Galaxy Force II is an expanded version of Galaxy Force It adds two additional levels, the old levels are revised (expanded and re-balanced) and the four missiles can be fired with a single button press. You are strapped into a spaceship to take on six dangerous settings, ranging from a pleasant garden to hostile fire and tough ice. You will have to fly freely before cutting through tunnels and canyons, and finally destroying an alien base. Your energy read out starts at 1200 and decreases as shots hit you, or you make contact with a wall or blockage. You have infinite cannons and guided missiles to help you along. You can get regular energy recharges and power upgrades, by shooting and then collecting their carrier pods."
5371,Rod-land,"Arcade Archives: Rod Land, Yōsei Monogatari Rod Land",1990,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"Taking a rather literal view of the term 'slap-stick humour', Rod-land features two fairies called Tam and Rit armed with a magic rod and magical rainbow boots. They live a happy life in their fairy village until one morning they realize that all their fellow villagers have turned nasty, kidnapped their mother and locked her away. There are multiple levels to clear, spanning two stories in the arcade original. The first mission is to rescue their mother who's been captured and taken atop the ""Maboots"" tower. The objective of the second is to go into a mysterious pyramid in search of your father and defeat an evil demon responsible for all gone wrong in their fair world. Each level comprises of platforms and ladders and is full of baddies, who are disposed of by grabbing them with the rod, flipping them repeatedly from side to side over your head to inflict damage. It is also possible to release them while flipping, to fling them out of the way. Just zapping enemies with the rod stuns them. Enemies can also be killed by slamming other enemies into them. Certain enemies leave behind some kind of extra, ranging from points bonuses to various devices which can be used to kill other enemies. Various end of level bosses appear throughout the game. Platforms can only be accessed through ladders, balloons ascending though the level or falling down on them. Your magical boots can conjure a magical ladder that appears right above or below the player. A single such ladder can exist at a time, so conjuring a new one will make an existing one disappear. Each level also contains a certain amount of flowers. If you can collect all of them (with some bad guys still alive - you move on to the next level immediately once they're gone) you enter a bonus game for a limited amount of time, in which those enemies left turn into a special type of enemy who's elimination results in one of the letters E,X,T,R and A being released - collect them all for an invaluable extra life."
5374,Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,,1992,5.0,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements","Contemporary, North America","Loosely based on the film of the same name, Kevin McAllister has arrived in New York City without his parents. However he checks himself into a hotel and begins to have fun. It isn't long before the hotel discovers he's using stolen credit cards and begin to chase him around! On top of that, Harry and Marv the burglars he once defeated, are in town and looking for revenge. Home Alone 2 is a side scroller. Controlling Kevin McAllister, the player will need to jump over enemies and obstacles while collecting items. These items include health bonuses and a variety of weapons. Losing all of Kevin's health or being ""caught"" will cost a life. The player starts with three lives for play."
5375,Krazy Ivan,,1996,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter","Europe, Middle East, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the early 21st century, the Earth is under attack by aliens. In five areas of the planet, they have erected energy generators, creating a field that slowly encompasses the entire planet surface. They have also taken hundreds of humans prisoner. Someone has to stop them. Enter Russian Commander Ivan Popovich, nicknamed ""Krazy Ivan"". He is a paranoid schizophrenic, prone to burst out into violence at any time. In other words, he's perfect for the job. The player controls Ivan's ""Steel Cossack"" power suit on the three-dimensional battlefields. In each of the five areas in the game, two kinds of enemies can be found: Drones and Sentients. Drones are smaller air and ground vehicles that often respawn. Sentients are mechs similar in size and capability to the Steel Cossack. Each of the Sentients must be eliminated before the energy field generator can be destroyed to complete the mission. The Cossack is capable of carrying lots of weapons: projectile and energy guns, unguided and guided missiles, and other special weapons. Destroyed enemies reveal captured humans, to be rescued by Ivan, and power-ups, which recharge shields or rearm weapons. After a successful mission, Ivan can upgrade the Cossack with more powerful weapons and replace the mech's armor. Between the missions, rather humorous live-action cutscenes (starring English actors sporting thick Russian accents) continue the story."
5377,World Heroes Perfect,,1995,7.5,Action,Fighting,,"In this entry in the World Heroes saga, all sixteen fighters from previous games return for another tournament. New features include:"
5392,Actua Ice Hockey 2,,1999,6.4,Sports,,,"Actua Ice Hockey 2 is the follow-up of the official game of the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics ice hockey tournament, Actua Ice Hockey Focused on a fictional North American league, with GHL (Gremlin Hockey League) club teams, the game enhances the graphics and gameplay of the previous version. While the game is unlicensed, all teams were inspired by their real NHL counterparts, from team logos to player names (using the classic trick of changing one letter from the name to other phonetically close). Features include three speeds of play, a three-on-three arcade mode with smaller ring, network play and advanced body collision physics. Like NHL Championship (released around the same time), the game adds a coloured track to the puck named ""GremTrax"". Slower shots and passes are coloured green, and faster red (opposite to the blue/red combination used by Fox). Tactics were not forgotten, and the player is able to select the lines, select how and how fast teams build up the attack and are expected to shoot on goal and how to defend. If the player does not feel like controlling everything, tactical decisions can be left to the computer. It's also possible to trade players to balance or keep rosters up to date."
5394,Clans,Satanica,1999,5.4,Action,"Puzzle elements, RPG elements",Fantasy,"Four Clans were living in harmony, until an evil demon appeared, attempting to sow discord between them. The elders, sorcerers, shamans, and healers from each of the Clans forged the Crown of Peace, which united them and vanquished the demon. However, years have passed; the powers of the Crown have weakened, the Clans are at war with each other again, and the demon's minions are at large. It is time for a new hero to rise and destroy the evil once and for all. Clans is an action game with role-playing and puzzle-solving elements. The player can choose to play as either a warrior, an elf, a dwarf, or a barbarian. The warrior is a balanced fighter with melee prowess and magic; the elf is a powerful magician; the dwarf is strong with the axe and able to cast spells as well; the barbarian is physically the strongest of the four, but cannot cast magic at all. Most of the game consists of exploring dungeon-like areas, fighting enemies in action-oriented combat, and solving various puzzles (mostly of environmental type) to advance. The role-playing elements are present in weapon and armor customization, spells, and the possibility to increase the protagonist's statistics with certain items."
5395,Lemmings,"Ha-Namlulim, Lemmings 1",1991,7.8,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,Fantasy,"Lemmings is a single-player puzzle game in which players guide groups of creatures through hazardous environments by assigning them specific functions/abilities. Each level begins with a group of lemmings dropping into a side-scrolling environment. These creatures march forward blindly, turning only when they hit a wall, and will walk into hazards such as pits, water, lava, or traps unless directed otherwise. The player’s goal is to save at least a set percentage of the lemmings by leading them to the level’s exit. Levels vary in design, with some requiring the rescue of only a handful of lemmings and others demanding careful planning to save large groups under tight time limits. Instead of controlling lemmings directly, players use a cursor to assign skills drawn from a toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Available skills differ by level and may be limited in number. Common abilities include Climbers who scale vertical walls, Floaters who survive long drops, Builders who construct staircases, and Bashers, Miners, or Diggers who carve through terrain. Other abilities include Blockers who halt the progress of their peers, forcing others to change direction. Selecting the right skill for the right lemming at the right time is essential for success. Gameplay involves balancing speed with precision. Lemmings emerge continuously from an entrance hatch, and their flow must be managed so that they neither rush ahead into danger nor crowd too densely in confined spaces. Timing is critical when building bridges, digging through obstacles, or diverting groups away from hazards. Some levels allow liberal use of skills, while others restrict players to only a few, requiring efficiency and experimentation. The game includes 120 levels divided into four categories: Fun, Tricky, Taxing, and Mayhem. These categories serve as a difficulty curve, with early stages introducing skills gradually and later levels demanding complex multi-step solutions. Environmental elements exist such as destructible terrain, one-way walls, deadly traps, and moving platforms. A self-destruct option exists that allows players to restart when a level becomes unsolvable. The scoring system rewards efficiency by tracking the percentage of lemmings saved and how quickly the exit is reached."
5398,Acrojet,"Acro Jet: The Advanced Flight Simulator, AcroJet: The Sports Jet Simulation, Acrojet: The Worlds Most Exciting Aerobatic Sports Jet - a Thrilling Decathlon of Aerobatic Events",1985,6.9,Simulation,,,"Acrojet contains ten acrobatic events which can be played by up to four players and at four different levels of difficulty. In all ten events you fly a BD5J Acrojet over a series of obstacles: and complete a full roll followed by flying under the second ribbon. Some game parameters can be set. You can decide how the weather conditions are going to be. An instrument panel at the bottom of the screen contains several readouts, like an altitude meter, a compass, an artificial horizon and a vertical velocity meter."
5399,Force 21,,1999,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Real-time tactics (RTT),,"It is the year 2015, and China is invading Kazakhstan for more resources. In their way is the US ""Force 21"". The player takes either side in this 3D RTT. There is no unit building - only the starting units can be controlled, but each mission can have up to 16 units from over 40 different types. The game features 30 singleplayer missions and 10 multiplayer maps (for up to 4 players) and includes a map editor."
5404,Super Caesars Palace,"Caesars Palace, Super Casino: Caesars Palace",1993,6.6,Gambling,Cards / tiles,,"Super Caesars Palace is the upgraded sequel to the original Caesars Palace for the NES. This version features nine different games to choose from: Blackjack, Keno, Roulette, Scratchers, Horse Racing, Red Dog, Craps, Video Poker and Slot Machines, each with their own degree of difficulty and strategy. Once a player reaches a sufficient amount of funds, they can then go to the V.I.P. room and play more high stakes versions of these games to either win big or lose big. To add more realism, the player can also visit ATMs to draw more cash for playing in case they are running low on on-hand cash. It also has a password feature that will allow the player to pick up and continue their game at a later time."
5406,Search and Rescue 2,,2000,7.0,Simulation,,,"Search and Rescue 2 is the successor to the original Search and Rescue It simulates a US Coast Guard Dolphin HH65. You will perform all CG duties, such as custom inspections, hazardous rescues, searches, and more. The game is single player only. You can perform free flight, single missions, or a full ""campaign mode"" where you simulate the career of a Coast Guard pilot. After each mission, you are rated for any mistakes that you made. Some missions have time limits. Force feedback was not supported. However, joystick, keyboard, mouse are all supported. Optional throttle and rudder support are also available. Features 3D accelerated graphics, over 50 missions, over 10 different flight areas, detailed weather effects including clouds, rain, fog, dusk/dawn, night, and more."
5418,Pinkie,,1994,6.3,Action,Platform,,"The overall premise of Pinkie is that Dinosaur eggs have to be collected in the galaxy to keep them from being extinct. This task falls to Pinkie, who is as cute-looking as his name implies, who has to visit about 60 platform levels. Those are shown from the side, scroll in all directions and have hidden areas. Each planet is represented by an overworld map, similar to Super Mario Bros. 3 where Pinkie chooses the next level to visit. The catch of the game is that Pinkie is totally defenseless and dies from one hit. However, he has a vehicle called the Pinkie Pod. As long as he mans the Pod, he is not only invulnerably but can utilize its many useful features like high speed, a catapult seat to reach high places or room to stash the eggs. Between levels Pinkie can purchase upgrades, some of which are necessary to find all three hidden eggs in a level. As long as Pinkie is outside the Pod, it can be destroyed by enemies."
5420,Rockford: The Arcade Game,Rockford,1987,6.5,Action,Puzzle elements,,"This is a rocks'n'diamonds style game. Play in six different worlds (as a explorer, cook, doctor, etc.) of increasing difficulty, and grab the coins/apples/hearts while avoiding the boulders. And there are enemies to make your life (even more) difficult."
5429,Bram Stoker's Dracula,,1993,6.0,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Europe,"Bram Stoker's Dracula is loosely based on the 1992 film of the same name. The player controls a young lawyer named Jonathan Harker, who must track down Dracula and end his reign of terror. Unlike the several side-scrolling adaptions of the movie for console systems, this one is a first-person action game. Each stage (three large locations: the cemetery, Carfax Abbey, the castle) follows the same basic formula: Harker has to explore maze-like dungeons and purify all coffins with holy wafers, followed by a boss fight against Dracula in his many forms. Those coffins are also the spots where the killed monsters constantly reappear, as long as they are unholy. Harker has to get rid of the hostile undead by using his knife and gun (mouse is used for aiming). Additional bullets and food (healing) are spread out over the levels ready to be picked up. To reach all coffins and holy wafers, Harker also has to solve basic puzzles which boil down to finding keys and using levers, pressure plates, teleporters and rotating portals. Level maps are tile-based; similar to most first-person role-playing games of the time."
5431,Boarder Zone,Supreme Snowboarding,1999,6.1,Sports,,,"Game Boy Color version of Boarder Zone is substantially different from its PC namesake This version features a pseudo-3D environment, where the camera is positioned behind the boarder and the piste scrolls towards the camera. Obstacles appear on the horizon and increase in size as they near the viewpoint. The two main game modes are 'Competition' and 'Challenge'. Competition features a 'race attack' mode (basically a speed race with another AI player), Trick Attack (trick points based over 5 courses, beating a course threshold to advance), Time Attack (best time), and Supreme Attack (race with tricks). Challenge modes is about beating any previous records set for a particular track and supported Time Attack (best time), Trick Attack (best trick points), Slalom Attack (time on a flag course), and Vs Race (which uses the Game Boy Universal Link Cable). There is also a practice mode and a 'ghost boarder' - basically a replay of the player's best race. Trick moves include Mute Grab, Nose Grab, Tweak, Stiffy, Indy Air, Tail Grab, Stalefish, Shifty Air, Meloncholy, Frontside Air, Backside Air, 180, 360, 540, 720, 900, 1080, Front Flip, Back Flip, Rodeo Flip, and McTwist; most of which are performed with combo style control moves. The player can choose from four characters: Sandy, Travis, Alain, and Tara."
5436,NHL FaceOff '99,,1998,6.8,Sports,,,"This has all the features you would expect from a licensed hockey game. It gives you all of the authentic NHL teams and players including the expansion teams. You can trade and release players, create your own players, and sign free agents. The ice can be viewed from five camera angles, allowing you to watch the game play out in a variety of different ways. Up to eight human players can play via the multitap."
5437,Renegade III: The Final Chapter,Renegade 3: The Final Chapter,1989,6.3,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting",,"Renegade 3 was the third and last in the Imagine's series, based on the original coin-op by Taito The hero's girlfriend has been beamed into the future, while the man himself has been sent back into prehistory. This sets the scene for a sideways scrolling arena combat game, where the player fights in various time periods. The settings varied from Egyptian and medieval, to a futuristic level. As such, gone are the attacks of street gangs from the first two iterations of the series, replaced by assailants such as knights in armor and robots. In each level you have six minutes to reach the finish, as this is all the time the time-travel portal is available for. There are many surface hazards to avoid, as well as multi-layered Green Beret -style areas. You can kick and punch at different heights, allowing you to deal with each of the diverse foes."
5439,Super Golf,,1991,7.2,Sports,,,"Super Golf is an overhead golf game with one complete course of 18 holes. The controls follow the traditional two-click system: the power of the hit and the swerve are determined after pressing a button twice with the correct timing. The used club and the basic direction is set before the hit. Together with the used golfer's talents (putting, power, accuracy and luck) this is used to calculate the result of the hit. There are always four athletes competing; either human or AI controlled."
5440,Xiphos,,1990,6.6,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As usual, a computer has been put in control of vast stretches of an intergalactic empire. As usual, it has failed and locked the entire area into limbo. As usual, you're the one who has to sort this mess out, by reaching the computer and destroying it. Unfortunately, the area en route to it is vast and treacherous, with lots of obstacles to shoot out, and you will need to trade your items in order to get enough fuel to get there. The gameplay resembles Elite involving first-person space shooting and trading."
5444,The Magnetic Scrolls Collection,,1991,8.2,Compilation,,,"More than a compilation, this collection brings three Magnetic Scrolls' hits, now enhanced to run under Wonderland's Magnetic Windows game environment:"
5447,Body Count,,1994,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Body Count has a simple story: aliens have invaded the Earth, and a lone soldier who is particularly skilled at shooting and sniping is called to save the planet. The game is an arcade-style shooter. The player shoots from a first person perspective at enemies that keep appearing on the screen. Once a sufficient amount of enemies has been eliminated, the player is automatically transferred to the next fixed screen. On the way the player can pick special items that allow the use of a powerful all-screen attack a limited number of times."
5449,Olympic Decathlon,Microsoft Decathlon,1980,7.0,Sports,Mini-games,,"A simulation of the 10-event Olympic Decathlon, this early game was basically a series of 10 arcade games back to back. The player used the keyboard to control how fast the character would go in a race or when to throw the javelin, for example. Decathlon also had a training mode which let you play any of the events individually. A nice feature about the game is that up to six players could play the game in hot seat mode. Several of the events were one player at a time, but many of the races were two at a time, giving you some live competition. You were scored based on your performance at each event and the player with the highest total at the end was awarded the gold medal. The ultimate challenge was to try to beat Bruce Jenner, winner of the Decathlon in the 1976 games."
5450,adidas Power Soccer,,1996,6.0,Sports,,,"adidas Power Soccer is a sports game which simulates soccer. While it has the option to play in simulation mode, it is best remembered for the Arcade mode and the trademark move of the game - the Predator Shot (named after the most popular brand of boots manufactured by the German company). In this mode, all special moves are unlocked, and some of them allow to go way beyond what rules allow. 4 cameras allow to follow the motion-captured action in the best way possible. Commentary is available in English, German and French."
5451,Strider 2,"Journey From Darkness: Strider Returns, Strider II",1990,6.2,Action,Platform,,"Strider has been called into action to save the people of the planet Magenta, armed with a Gyro laser and matter converter. He must fight his way through a forest, a ruined city, underground colonies, a roof-top battle, and finally the prison ship in which the Megantan leader is held. The gameplay is similar to the original consisting of running, jumping and attacking, with a very dynamic central character. The laser gun can be used while standing still; moving attacks with the sword are still possible, with the two weapons combining similarly to the Switchblade games. Tokens can be collected, which will turn you into a robot to face the end-of-level enemies if enough are collected."
5459,College Slam,,1996,6.8,Sports,Arcade,,"Part of the NBA Jam series of basketball games, College Slam allows you to choose from over 40 real college teams and take part in head-to-head games, tournament games, and season-long play. The gameplay is arcade-style two-on-two fast action featuring backboard shattering wild dunks, power-ups and other crazy moves. The game also features fight songs from all the available teams."
5463,Redneck Rampage Rides Again,,1998,6.9,Action,Shooter,"Contemporary, North America","This stand-alone sequel to Redneck Rampage finds Leonard and Bubba shooting their way back to Hickston after crash-landing the UFO at the end of the first game. Using the same engine and most of the same graphics as the original, RRRA adds vehicles, some new weapons (including a sling blade), new alien clones (a Dennis Hopper-ish biker and an evil cheerleader), and fourteen levels of ass-whuppin'."
5467,NHL 96,"NHL Hockey, NHL Hockey 96",1995,8.1,Sports,,,"NHL 96 was the first EA Sports game to feature Virtual Stadium technology, which resulted in a 3D feel and multiple camera angles. The NHL license ensures that real teams and players of the era are included, with a full league and playoff system. Many game options can be toggled - the infamous fighting is optional, as are the penalties and offsides. The control system makes it possible to execute one-touch passes, and several special trick moves to quickly advance the ball. As a bonus feature, it included Hockey Card profiles of every player on CD and interviews with the stars of the game."
5473,Millennium: Return to Earth,Millennium 2.2,1989,7.3,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Millennium: Return to Earth is the forerunner to Deuteros: The Next Millennium and has a premise similar to Sierra's Outpost Set in the 22nd century, the Earth has been destroyed, and the player's mission is to re-establish human colonization of other worlds, beginning with just one outpost and a few hundred survivors on the moon. Success requires maintaining life support, mining and producing resources for more colonies, and defense against a powerful alien race bent on humanity's destruction."
5474,Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge,,1992,6.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"The player takes the role of a Ferrari team driver who's objective is to become an F1 Champion during the standard 16 round season. The player competes against 25 computer opponents representing different F1 teams. Every round consists of a qualification race (1 lap) and a main race (5 laps). The qualification race determines where the players vehicle will be placed at the beginning of the main race. The player is rewarded points which determine their standings at the end of a main race with more points being given for the higher position finished in the race. Also during a race, the player can make a pit stop to change their worn down tires and to refuel, which involves playing a minigame. There is also a practice mode, where the player can choose the number of practice laps they wish to practice."
5478,Silverball,Silverball: The Future of Pinball,1993,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Pinball",,"Silverball is basically a commercially published version of the game Epic Pinball The game engine is nearly the same, only the tables themselves are different. It comes with four tables: Fantasy, Blood, Snooker Champ, and Odyssey. Some distributions ( Silverball Plus 2 ) include two extra tables, Warbot and Duel, which are more or less the same as the Excalibur and Magic tables from Epic Pinball with some different art and music. Finally, a seventh table, Nova, may or may not be a part of the game - see Trivia for details."
5481,Fatal Abyss,"Fatal Abyss: Fast, Futuristic Underwater 3D Combat",1998,6.0,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the future, people are fighting a war over Bacteria 241, a strange new energy source found at the bottom of the ocean floor. While scientists at Eco Systems have developed a way to extract energy from the bacteria, renegades from Proteus Tech want to gain control of the situation and prevent control by Eco Systems. As a consequence, a war has broken out between the two. Fatal Abyss is a pure underwater 3D combat game, with no complexities of resource management or puzzle solving and an emphasis on a quick-reflex shoot-out near the ocean floor. You can look at the action from many different viewpoints, including both third-person and first-person perspectives. You do have a console map view available showing a 2D relief map of your area as well as a sonar view available showing more clearly which vehicles, structures, and missiles you are approaching. Choose a set of vehicles to take into combat and explore 7 underwater realms, with 24 missions to complete, with a vehicle that has more than 10 offensive and defensive equipment and weapons to blast the obstacles in your path."
5483,Madballs,,1987,6.2,Action,Platform,,"On the planet Orb live a gang of notorious Madballs who decide what is passed through parliament. They have no leader, and this is where a ball simply known as Dust Brain comes in. It is his quest to persuade the other Madballs on the planet to join him in his quest for power, and he does this by bumping them off the multi-directionally scrolling platforms. Once a Madball has been persuaded, it appears in a tube at the bottom of the screen. When a Madball ends up in the tube, Dust Brain must find the 'downtube' exit so that he can pursue other Madballs. While searching for other Madballs, Dust Brain encounters many obstacles that include trampolines, springboards, catapults, ramps, pyramids, and oil slicks; and these obstacles can either help or hinder Dust Brain. Each platform has its own dustbin, and if Dust Brain bounces over this, he changes into a Madball already in the tube. Also, he will make contact with three bureaucrats who will make his task harder, but they can also be pushed of the edge of platforms, giving Dust Brain plenty of time to bounce around before the bureaucrats have the chance to resurrect themselves. Each Madball has its own speed and strength, and it can be difficult for a strong Madball to fall off a platform. Each of them also have their own energy source, which include cabbages, fish heads, bones, and Coke. When eight Madballs have been persuaded, this tube is full. When the active Madball falls off the platform, another one takes its place. When the last Madball in the tube falls off the platform, his quest for power has failed."
5490,Time Trax,,1994,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Time Trax is based off of the 1993-94 sci-fi action series starring Dale Midkiff; you take the role of Darien Lambert, captain of the Fugitive Retrieval Section of Washington D.C. It is the year 2193 and your once high arrest record has started to decline sharply as routine trackdowns end in mysterious disappearances. It is discovered that noted MIT scientist Dr. Mordecai 'Mo' Sahmbi has been sending criminals back in time to 1993 using his invention the TRAX time machine, and has gone back himself. TRAX is captured by the police, and three guesses as to who is tasked with capturing the criminals and sending them back to 2193. As Lambert, your primary targets in this game are neo-Nazi racist Sepp Dietrich and Sahmbi himself. You do have some equipment to help you: your supercomputer S.E.L.M.A. (Specified Encapsulated Limitless Memory Archive), disguised as an AT&T Mastercard and whose holographic persona resembles a British nanny, and the PPT (Pellet Projection Tube), a weapon capable of stunning a human from periods of a couple of minutes to a few hours and can fire pellets that render humans transportable to the future, disguised a keyless car alarm remote. Also, you have the ability to ""time stall"" (this slows the speed of images reaching your brain, allowing you to react quickly) and your Mosh-Ti (an Occidental improvement of martial arts) skills to rely on if the situation gets dire. You'll run through the alleys of the future, through the Smithsonian (circa 1993), ride a motorcycle and jet-ski, battle criminals atop a construction site, and do so much more until you've finally captured the two fugitives."
5499,The Guardian of Darkness,"Der Wächter der Schatten, El Guardián de las Tinieblas, Le Gardien des Tenebres",1999,5.3,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Guardian of Darkness is an action game with puzzle-solving elements. Ekna is an exorcist monk from the ""The Gate"", an ultra-secret organization regularly sends him on the most perilous missions involving the paranormal. The first level starts with an investigation of an haunted museum. His assistant Edward Burnst will train him how to use his different spells. After each level, Ekna returns to his headquarters, the Tenebrans where he can get his orders from ""The Gate"" and get his specials weapons like grenades or energy power ups."
5505,Battleground 3: Waterloo,"1815: Die Große Schlacht von Waterloo, Battleground 1815: La Bataille de Waterloo",1996,7.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Historical events,"The second game in Napoleonic series of Battleground. You can change the history by winning the ultimate battle by Napoleon, or choose the historical path and defeat ""Grande Armee"" by the Allied armies of Wellington and Blucher."
5507,River City Ransom,"Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari, Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari EX, Kunio-kun The World: Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari, River City Ransom EX, Street Gangs",1989,7.9,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, RPG elements",Contemporary,"The evil Slick has kidnapped Ryan's girlfriend and taken over the high school. The player is cast as either Ryan or Alex (second player) and has to fight his way through River City's merciless gangs before confronting Slick and freeing his girl. River City Ransom is a side-scrolling beat-em-up similar to Double Dragon The player, or players, travel through the locations of River City, encountering various gangs along the way. Gang members can be defeated with punches and kicks, or beaten up with objects scattered around. Upon their defeat, gang members drop money which Alex and Ryan can spend in malls to buy items that restore health and improve their combat abilities. The main characters have RPG-like numerical stats that can be improved this way, and can also buy books to learn combat manoeuvres. To finish the game, the player(s) have to find and defeat all the bosses. The Game Boy Advance port of the game adds a number of features, including the ability to recruit certain characters (including defeated bosses) to fight alongside you. It also has different gangs and several new weapons."
5508,Wizardry Gold,,1996,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic",Wizardry Gold is an upgraded version of Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant placed on a CD. Enhancements to the base game include:
5510,Disney's Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games,"Disneys Timon & Pumbaas Spielesammlung, Multi-Jeux de Disney : Timon et Pumbaa s'éclatent dans la jungle, Timon ve Pumbaa: Bo'u Nesahek",1995,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Pinball, Shooter",Africa,Play different arcade games with The Lion King characters Timon and Pumbaa: The main menu has many hidden animations that can be found when you click on various objects.
5520,Crash Bandicoot: Warped,"Crash 3, Crash Bandicoot 3: Buttobi! Sekai Isshuu, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped",1998,8.5,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Crash Bandicoot: Warped is a single-player 3D platform game. After Cortex’s last defeat, the villain teams up with the evil mask Uka Uka and timekeeper N. Tropy to build the Time-Twister, a device that lets them scour history for power. Crash and Coco Bandicoot enter the same hub to stop them, traveling to different eras, retrieving crystals, and confronting the trio’s lieutenants in boss battles. Play is organized around the Time-Twister hub, which contains warp rooms that each hold five stages and a boss. The primary objective in every stage is to reach the goal and claim a crystal. Levels span multiple time periods and formats, including medieval villages, ancient Egypt, prehistoric landscapes, pirate coves, future cities, and other themed settings. Stage types include traditional running and jumping, underwater dives with a scooter, motorcycle road races, aerial dogfights, jet-ski courses, tiger rides with Coco, and secret detours that branch from the main route. Core platforming is built on crate-based progression. Breaking crates yields Wumpa fruit and extra lives, activates checkpoints, or triggers hazards such as TNT and Nitro stacks. A second collectible, the clear gem, is often earned by smashing every crate in a stage, while colored gems are tied to special routes or hidden conditions. Aku Aku masks function as protection, allowing Crash to absorb hits, with temporary invincibility granted after finding three in succession. Time trial relics are introduced in this entry. After finishing a stage once, the player can rerun it under a timer, hitting Time Boxes to freeze the clock and aiming for sapphire, gold, or platinum relics. Collecting relics unlocks additional portals in the secret warp room and contributes to overall completion. Overall progression tracks crystals, gems, and relics separately, and completion requires revisiting earlier stages with newly earned abilities, exploring colored-gem routes, and mastering time trials. Defeating each boss grants a permanent ability that expands movement and combat options. Power-ups include the Super Belly Flop, the Double Jump, the Death Tornado Spin, the Fruit Bazooka for ranged attacks, and Speed Shoes that enable faster sprints and are especially useful in time trials. These upgrades apply across all stages, encouraging revisits to uncover new paths, collect missed gems, and set faster relic times. Coco is playable in specific stages and takes the lead in several vehicle-focused levels, most notably jet-ski courses, tiger rides, and aerial missions. She can also access portions of the hub alongside Crash, and both characters contribute to crystal and gem collection."
5525,GG Aleste,Galvanic Gunner Aleste,1991,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the first installment of the Aleste series for the GG, you play as Ellinor Waisen, the daughter of the original Aleste pilot Ray Waisen. As usual, your task is to exterminate level upon level of nasties with your space ship. The usual Aleste powerup systems remains fairly intact. You still have powerup pods which release P capsules for upgrading your main weapon. On the other hand, secondary weapon upgrades are no longer released from ground bases, but from another type of flying pods. When you start out, your secondary weapon is a laser, which can later be replaced with powerups ranging from split fire to napalm rockets and target seeking power balls. Both primary and secondary weapons are in constant use, since only button 2 is used for firing both weapons at once. Due to the smaller screen estate of the Game Gear, the sprites are larger and the playfield more constrained, for which the game compensates somewhat by introducing multidirectionally scrolling sections."
5530,Demolition Racer: No Exit,,2000,7.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"The sequel to Demolition Racer Race 14 tortuous tracks with mines and crates all over the place slowing you down, racing over 16 savage cars to a sports car to a hearse with its own characteristics to win the race. New game mode ""last man standing"" where you face all cars in race not for position, but to wreck each other going down a track to see who's last, and ""demolition derby"" where you fight cars in a arena to see who's last by hitting each other with state-of-the-art graphics where you can see tires, doors, hoods, bumpers, etc. go everywhere."
5533,Destruction Derby 2,,1996,7.4,Racing / Driving,,,"This sequel to the original Destruction Derby offers more of the same no-holds-barred action and mayhem with new tracks and a lot of technical improvements and features not seen in the original, such as a pit stop feature that allows car repairs! Gameplay is identical to its predecessor -- the objective consists of gaining points by winning races or ""creatively"" crashing opponents and climbing to the top of the rankings."
5538,Star Soldier,,1986,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Starbrain, a giant super computer programmed for destruction, is threatening the Galactic Empire. As a skillful and experienced star soldier, you need to pilot the Caesar into the space station Starbrain has occupied. The space station is heavily guarded by enemy ships and strange robotic creatures. You will be able to find different weapons along the way to power up the Caesar and increase chances of a successful mission. Star Soldier is an arcade style vertically scrolling shooter for one player."
5539,OverBlood 2,,1998,6.6,Action,Puzzle elements,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the year 2115AD, 70 years after the event known as ""The Sudden Death Of The Earth"", the world has become fully reliant on air-cooling machines. On a shuttle flight to East Edge city, Acarno Brani travels to the large city in the hopes of becoming a successful Junk Blade racer. Also on the same flight is Veltor Curtis who is being secretly watched by Chris Lanebecca, a female investigator. Soon after arriving at the airport, Veltor is attacked, Acarno tries to help, but his efforts are in vain. But then Veltor throws a small capsule to Acarno who then escapes from the airport. And then his adventure will truly begin. Like the first game, Overblood 2 has full 3-D levels, however there are now some pre-rendered locations in the game. You can play as three characters in the game - Acarno, Chris and a third character named Navarro Jean."
5548,Valkyrie Profile,,1999,8.1,Role-playing (RPG),,,"In preparation for Ragnarok, the final battle between the gods, Odin has commanded Lenneth the Valkyrie to descend to the lower world and gather the souls of fallen heroes to serve as soldiers in the approaching conflict. The player controls Lenneth, gathering soldiers and training them to be transferred to the battlefields of the gods. The gameplay mainly consists of exploring various locations (dungeons, mansions, swamps) from a 2D perspective. Lenneth can run, jump, shoot ice crystals (useful for anything from freezing enemies to building ledges), push and pull objects to solve simple puzzles, etc. All of the enemies are on-screen and can usually be avoided, in the style of games like Chrono Cross and SaGaFrontier 2 The battle system is turn-based. Each of the characters (up to three can fight alongside Lenneth at a time) is assigned to one of the four main keys. The player and the enemy take turns attacking, but with the right timing, the player can execute combos that leave enemies defenseless. Long combos can result in substantial experience bonuses, although it is possible to defeat most enemies without them. The rest of the game consists of Lenneth using ""spiritual concentration"" to discover the locations of dungeons and fallen heroes, ingame-engine cutscenes that give the history of these characters, and reports about the war's progress that come at the end of each ""chapter"". The chapter system is one of the game's most original features. Each chapter (there are about 8) is made up of a preset number of periods. Each action, such as a successful use of spiritual concentration, or entering a town/dungeon, uses a number of periods that varies with the difficulty level. When all of the periods have passed, the chapter is over. The player must transfer heroes to Valhalla in the course of each chapter (permanently losing them), but has only a limited amount of time to improve their statistics."
5553,Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos,"Sonic & Tails, Sonic Chaos",1993,7.5,Action,Platform,,The inhabitants of South Island are in danger! Dr. Robotnik has stolen all the Chaos Emeralds which kept the power balance. Robotnik has thrown the Emeralds in a parallel universe and is keeping the red one. Sonic and Tails must retreive all the Chaos Emeralds before the destruction of South Island. This is the first Game Gear game where you can play either Sonic or Tails.
5554,Jane's Combat Simulations: AH-64D Longbow,,1996,8.2,Simulation,,Contemporary,"Take the world's most advanced attack helicopter: the AH-64D Longbow, and annihilate your enemies! With the most authentic helicopter flight model up to date, detailed simulation of the milimeter wave radar on the Longbow, along with plenty of other weapon systems including your chain gun, FFAR rocket pods, Stinger missiles, anti-radar missiles, and more. Excellent terrain graphics. Command a wingman to assist you, and take on the Soviet-block equipment in multiple campaigns and historical missions including Panama and Desert Storm! If you're nostalgic, you can also fly the AH-64A version without the radar..."
5555,Hattrick! Wins,,1999,5.8,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Hattrick! Wins is a typical managerial soccer simulation where the player is responsible for the athletic and financial success of his team. Unique to other similar German games is the separation between manager and coach, this means principally the player is just looking after the finances. This includes merchandising, stadium maintenance and expansion and transfers. Toilets, snack bars and stadium safety can be rented. But of course the player can poach into the coach's responsibility and set tactics, training and lineup himself. This can result in conflicts to the trainer or the presidium. The matches are calculated in real-time, commentated by German sports journalist Gerd Rubenbauer and can be watched in an isometric perspective. The ""Fast Forward"" mode shows only every tenth frame and the top-down perspective is similar to the Championship Manager series. Besides the usual career mode Hattrick! Wins also features scenarios where the player has to solve a task in a certain time, e.g. rescuing the last of the table from the relegation in just a few weeks. The game features the first three German leagues from season 1998/1999. The not licensed club and player names can be changed in the editor."
5562,Tanglewood,,1987,6.6,Action,RPG elements,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Tanglewood is set on the planet T'ng-y-wd where Uncle Arthur has set up his mining operations. But just as he gets successful, a company tries to sue him out - the court date is in ten days and he has to prove his ownership of the planet. Now the player has to go there to find the needed documents. The goal of the game is to use five mobiles to find items and use them in the right spot. This is made more difficult by the time limit (indicated with the day-night rhythm) and the big free-roaming world. Every mobile has different abilities, e.g. repairing, and attributes which allow them to travel through places the others can't pass. The action comes into play because the player directly controls the mobiles and has to evade the defenses built up by the company. Initially only one mobile can protect itself; the other ones have to find certain crystals and learn how to use them. The player can instantly switch between the mobiles. This is not only needed to solve puzzles, but also because all mobiles (including the opponent's) run out of energy when used. The only way to recharge is to spend time with another mobile - but the time does not stop for the unused mobiles, so it is advised to park them at a save location. Some parts of the game take place underground, e.g. in mines."
5563,European Superleague,,1990,5.9,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"European Superleague is a managerial soccer simulation which is about an fictional European league featuring eight of the most successful teams (PSV Eindhoven, Glasgow Rangers, Liverpool, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Olympique de Marseilles, AC Milan and Bayern Munich). The player takes control over one of those clubs and is responsible for its athletic and financial success. The player has all the usual options available, including tactics, lineup, transfer market or training. A speciality is the weekly board meeting in which the chairman gives his opinion on the team's current stand. Each team has 20 athletes with abilities which influence their performance during the match (no graphical representation). The game is completely menu-based and the sub-menus are reached through the main menu which has a different graphical or text presentation depending on the used platform."
5564,Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers,"Silvestre y Piolín y sus sigilosas travesuras, Sylvester & Tweety in Cagey Capers, Titi & Grosminet dans une aventure infernale",1994,7.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Another Warner Bros licensed title. You are Sylvester (the cat) and you are out to catch your favorite meal Tweety (the bird). This game is a 2D side-scrolling action, platform and reflex game. In order to catch Tweety, you will have to overcome many obstacles, which become more and more difficult as you progress through the game."
5565,Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar,"Sega Ages: Thunder Force IV, Thunder Force IV",1992,8.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar is a single-player side-scrolling shoot’em-up game. After the defeat of the Orn Empire, its former allies regroup under the banner of a new military power known as Vios. Their growing fleet threatens the stability of the Galaxy Federation. When the Federation launches a direct assault on Vios headquarters on the planet Aceria, the campaign ends in disaster. To counter this new menace, the Federation develops the FIRE LEO-04 Rynex, an advanced starfighter equipped with experimental weapon systems, and deploys a lone pilot to dismantle the Vios forces and restore peace. Gameplay continues the style of earlier games from Technosoft's Thunder Force series combining fast side-scrolling action with heavy enemy waves and elaborate stage design. The Rynex starts with basic weapons that can be upgraded by collecting icons dropped from enemies. New armaments, such as powerful lasers, wave cannons, and homing shots, are gradually added to the arsenal. Unlike its predecessor, players may choose the order of the first four stages, providing a degree of freedom in approach before progressing through the remaining linear missions. Movement is more versatile than in previous games. Players can toggle the ship’s speed between four preset levels to adjust maneuverability for tight corridors or wide-open battles. Levels often scroll both horizontally and vertically, and many contain branching paths or multiple layers of terrain that conceal enemies, weapon pickups, and hazards. A notable addition is the Thunder Sword, a high-powered energy weapon gained midway through the campaign. By absorbing enemy fire with the ship’s shield and releasing the stored energy, players unleash a devastating beam capable of cutting through large groups of enemies or damaging bosses. Re-releases, such as Sega Ages: Thunder Force IV on Nintendo Switch, retain the original gameplay while adding modern features. These include optional difficulty adjustments, save states, enhanced sound options, and the ability to play with the FIRE LEO-03 Styx, the fighter from Thunder Force III equipped with its own weapon set."
5567,Rogue Trooper,,1990,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Rogue Trooper is a Genetic Infantryman (G.I.) of the future whose entire battalion was wiped out on their first mission in the Quartz Zone of Nu Earth. Rogue must navigate many platform levels and several first person style flying levels to get to the root of the treachery. He is assisted by three bio chips containing the personalities of three of his dead buddies; Gunnar, Helm and Bagman - unfortunately, Bagman's silicon is deteriorating. The plot is helped along with comic pages between levels. This game is based on the long-running 2000 AD comic character of the same name."
5573,Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur,,1989,7.8,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"In this Infocom Graphic Interactive Fiction, you play the role of Arthur in search of the Excalibur sword, stolen by the evil King Lot. To aid you in your quest, you are assisted by Merlin who grants you the power to transform yourself into a variety of animals."
5575,Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes,,2000,6.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the distant future, vicious aliens rule the Earth. Only bodacious babes survive, enslaved by the hostile alien overlords. The women and the world need a hero. And there's only one man big enough for the job! With a new arsenal of destructive weapons and a legion of sinister new enemies, Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes (formerly Planet of the Babes) is heart-pounding Duke action at its most savage. Features 23 levels including 16 singleplayer levels, 4 challenging training areas, and 6 multiplayer levels; A.I. assisted Babes that fight alongside Duke; High-tech inventory items - X-Ray goggles, Jetpack, Teleporter, High-tech Duke shades; A new arsenal of weapons - Blaster, Flamer, RPG, and Grenade Launcher ' All new enemies - Mutant Gorillas, Hunter Killer Chicks, and Hoglodytes plus Pig Cops and the Cyberbrain; 3 1st person split screen modes for two player Duke matches."
5579,Black Moon Chronicles,"Chroniques de la Lune Noire, Cronache della Luna Nera, Crónicas de la Luna Negra, Die Chroniken des Schwarzen Mondes, Kroniki Czarnego Księżyca, Kroniky Černého měsíce, The Black Moon Chronicles",1999,6.6,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Black Moon Chronicles is a strategy game based on the comic book series of the same name. The player is cast as Wismerhill, a Half-Elf, who is forced to choose sides between four camps: The Empire, The Order of Justice, The Knights of Light and The Army of the Black Moon. The gameplay is kind of a mixture between Warcraft and Heroes of Might and Magic The game contains some art from the comics."
5585,Bloodstone: An Epic Dwarven Tale,Bloodstone,1993,6.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"A group of evil goblin-like creatures known as Taldor have attacked the clan to which the hero of the game belongs. In order to defeat the Taldor, the protagonist must assemble a party of adventurers, unite the warring tribes of the North and the South, and procure the ancient powerful axe Khamalkhad. Meanwhile, the minions of darkness will do anything in their power to stop the heroes... Bloodstone: An Epic Dwarven Tale is a prequel to the Magic Candle games. It utilizes the same engine as the third game in the series, and has a very similar gameplay. Turn-based battles take place in the same area as the exploration, without switching to separate combat screens. A few tweaks were applied to the gameplay; for example, characters no longer get tired when traveling."
5591,Orphen: Scion of Sorcery,"Orphen: L'Héritier des Sorciers, Sorcerous Stabber Orphen",2000,6.1,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"The game is based on the hit Japanese anime Sorcerous Stabber Orphen (released outside of Japan as just Orphen). Orphen, his apprentice Majik, traveling partner Cleo and her pet dog/magical-wolf Leki, and the two mischievous trolls Volkan and Dorton, sail to the mysterious Chaos Island in search of wealth and riches. Also on the voyage are three strangers whose destinies pull Orphen and his companions into their mysterious journey. Only the powerful dark sorcerer Orphen (in his trademark bemused manner) can discover what connections there are between the three strangers and the powers that rule the island, and keep himself and his companions alive long enough to find a way off of the ephemeral Chaos Island. Orphen: Scion of Sorcery is an action game with some light RPG elements. Orphen is a dark sorcerer and attacks his enemies with various spells including a magical sword and elementals. The game is played in the third-person perspective looking over Orphen's shoulder. You will run, jump, and explore your way through large levels on Chaos Island in varying environments; engage in boss battles that require you to use some puzzle solving and timing skills; and level up your dark magic. Once beaten, the game encourages replay by following branching story lines not taken in the previous play-through. The game maintains the feeling of the anime, particularly in the character designs and bantering dialogue. Orphen: Scion of Sorcery is entirely voice acted."
5592,Mike Piazza's Strike Zone,,1998,5.3,Sports,,,"Mike Piazza's Strike Zone is a baseball simulator released exclusively for the Nintendo 64. Showcasing then-New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza on the cover and in the aforementioned title, it features the ability to play exhibition games as well a season mode that offers season lengths of 15, 81, or 162 games. A World Series mode, All-Star Game mode, and Home Run Derby mode are also among the offerings. The game has many customizable features (including the ability to change team names and logos)."
5593,Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe,,1991,7.6,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War II","Fly as an American or German pilot in the years 1943-1945 in this WWII air combat simulation. This game features several experimental German aircraft to try out. Can you alter the outcome of WWII with them? The experimental German planes include Messerschmitt 262, Me163 Komet rocket plane, and the Gotha ""flying wing"". You can also fly the traditional ME109 or FW190 piston engine aircraft. As for the American side, you can take to the skies in the P-51 Mustang, P-47 Thunderbolt, or the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. In the B-17, you can not only control the plane itself, but also the gun turrets and the bombing sight. Next to training missions for each aircraft, there are several historical missions available, recreating real air encounters of the war. The Tour of Duty mode allows you to take your pilot through a set number of missions, gaining promotions and medals, with the ultimate goal of surviving the tour. Finally, there's the strategic campaign mode where you can fight the whole war from either side, both planning and flying missions. As the Americans, the objective is to cripple Germany's industry through strategic bombardment. As the Germans, you have to survive by keeping the industry alive. As time passes, new aircraft become available, in accordance with history. For instance, the Mustang was not deployed until late 1943. For the German side, the jet and rocket aircraft have to be researched before they can be built. The German side can also build V1 and V2 missiles. Another option is to let industrial branches work in secret to hinder the American bombing efforts. Other interesting features are a mission editor and a film playback option."
5595,Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds,"Freddi Fish: Kelp Seed Mystery, Freddi Fisk och fallet med de försvunna sjögräsfröna, Freddi Fisk og de forvunne sjøgressfrøene, Fritzi Fisch und der verschwundene Schatz, Het verhaal van de Verdwenen Zeewierzaadjes, Marine Malice et Le Mystère Des Graines d'Algues, Rybka Freddi - Delo o Morskoj Kapuste",1994,7.6,"Adventure, Educational",,,"Freddi Fish and her pal Luther must find Grandma Grouper's missing kelp seeds. Without them, all the sea creatures will starve. Freddi and Luther follow clues through underwater caves and canyons and outwit two criminal sharks to recover the kelp seeds."
5597,Scuba Dive,Nurek,1983,7.2,Action,Arcade,,"Take on the role of a fearless pearl diver, as you plunge into the unknown ocean depths! You'll be swimming with sharks, squid, jellyfish and all manner of strange and deadly creatures. When you find a clam, wait for its shell to open, then swoop down and grab your prize! Descend further, to find larger clams with bigger pearls. And if you go deeper still, you may find cave systems with ancient treasures to be taken. That is, if your oxygen holds out and you can get past the waving tentacles of the octopuses which guard these forbidden places! Once you've taken as much as you can find, you'll have to make it back to the surface. Climb aboard your boat, offload your booty, then strap on a fresh oxygen tank and take to the waters once more."
5604,Hellfire Zone,Battle Chopper,1995,5.5,Action,,,"As a pilot of an Apache Helicopter you have to fly through enemy terrain and save captured F-14 pilots. A wide range of enemies like tanks, soldiers, and air units such as airfighters and heavy-armed choppers will try to stop you. Armed with chainguns and missiles, destroy enemy strongholds to rescue your comrades. Extra weapons can be picked up by landing close to objects."
5605,Yoshi's Safari,Yoshi no Road Hunting,1993,7.0,Action,Rail shooter,,"In Yoshi's Safari Bowser, King of the Koopas, and his evil offspring have invaded Jewelry Land. The Koopalings have seized the Kingdom's precious jewels. It's up to Mario, armed with his trusty Super Scope, to ride Yoshi to track down Bowser and put a stop to his evil plans. Unusual for the Mario games Yoshi's Safari uses a first-person perspective. Gameplay consists of shooting enemies before they attack. Hidden areas and other secrets can be unlocked by shooting at large gates. There are bosses along the way that must be destroyed before players can move on to the next area. Game supports single or multi-player game modes."
5606,Blinkys Scary School,,1990,6.7,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The first of Blinky the ghost's two outings, the ghost with the most has to progress through a series of levels and remove the hazards left by ghost-busters (who aren't called Peter, Egon, Winston or Ray for licensing reasons). He does this by collecting the right objects to cast the all important spells. The levels themselves are flick-screen and are layered with platforms. Making the task difficult are spiders, mice and the like - watch out in particular for the jumping frogs. Once the appropriate spells have been cast (involving lots of back-tracking to collect objects and bring them to the cauldron) the objects to make an underwater diving suit must be obtained."
5613,MechWarrior 4: Vengeance,,2000,8.2,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As heir to House Dresari in the Federation Commonwealth, you will inherit your home world of Kentares IV, part of House Davion. While away fighting the Clans, you've just been informed that House Steiner have taken over your planet. It's time to return and set things right. Once and for all... Features 21 different 'Mechs (7 of which created just for this game), over 30 missions on 15 different maps, new weapons, new config options, full multiplayer support, and even better graphics."
5617,Tom and the Ghost,,1990,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"7-year-old Tom and his mother are visiting the old castle in Scotland, where an evil sorcerer kidnapped the mother. Tom was very upset, but the brave ghost Sir Reginald Arrow appears to help Tom. The evil sorcerer kidnapped his beloved 500 years ago to sacrifice her to Lucifer. Tom's mother may become the last victim in the sequence of the dark ritual, and Sir Arrow has only 24 hours to stop the ritual and free Tom's mother. In the game you are controlling Sir Arrow. He may walk, jump, duck, use weapon, collect, combine and use items. Tom is near, but he should be kept in a good mood. He may help you to beat monsters, but his energy is exhausting and he should be fed with Hamburgers and Milkshakes. When he is upset, you should give him a Teddy Bear. All such items as well as many others required to progress in the game such as different weapons, magic harp, or lighter, etc. are scattered within the castle. The huge doors either keep bonus items increasing your score, or monsters, or clues to solve the riddles. Tom may walk on his own, and you should blow in whistle to call him back and do not lose him. Many enemies are trying to deplete your life energy, so kill or avoid them. Do not lose Tom, keep an eye on his stats, and do not allow him to be scared to death. Just find his mother, and revenge for all the victims."
5625,Tex Murphy: Overseer,,1998,7.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Post-apocalyptic,"It seems that the relationship between Tex Murphy, the private investigator in post-apocalyptic San Francisco, and his sweetheart Chelsee finally entered a happy phase. Tex is going on a date with Chelsee, they talk about their feelings and their future, and Chelsee asks Tex to tell her the story of his first case as a PI. This is where the player begins the game - as young Tex, still an idealist, full of energy and with none of the ironic bitterness of his later years. A beautiful girl enters his office. Her name is Sylvia Linsky, and she asks him to investigate a case. Her father, Carl Linsky, has apparently committed suicide. But although there seems to be nothing suspicious in the circumstances of his death, Sylvia tells Tex she is convinced it was a murder. Tex's first investigation, which will influence his entire life, is about to begin. The general storyline of Overseer is similar to that of Mean Streets the first game in Tex Murphy series, but it is told in a much more detailed way; gameplay style and locations are for the most part completely different. The gameplay system is similar to the one first implemented in Under a Killing Moon The player can move around in a fully 3D environment, which can be viewed from different positions and angles at any time. Dialogues and cutscenes feature live actors. There are a number of puzzles to solve in Overseer but in-game help is available if players find them too difficult."
5626,Clockwork Knight 2,,1995,7.7,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Clockwork Knight 2 is the second game featuring the adventures of Sir Tongara de Pepperouchau III. It has the same gameplay style (a mixture of 2D side-scrolling platformer with 3D elements) as its predecessor and Bug! The story continues directly after the events of the first game: the brave hero has rescued Princess Chelsea, but she doesn't wake up. As the toys try to figure out how to solve this problem, the princess is kidnapped once again, and Pepper embarks on a journey to save her. There are some minor additions to the gameplay formula, such as collectible cards scattered through the stages, forced side-scrolling levels in which Pepper rides his horse Barobaro who shoots projectiles from his head, and a mode that allows the player to fight all the bosses from both this game and the previous one."
5633,Dragon Power,"Dragon Ball: Le Secret du Dragon, Dragon Ball: Shenron no Nazo",1986,6.0,Action,Platform,,"Goku and Nora (Bulma) are on a quest to find seven crystal balls. By finding all of these crystal balls, the Dragon Emperor will grant them one wish. It won't be easy though, there are rumors of a mysterious army that is also looking for them. Dragon Power is a game based on the Dragon Ball anime in japan (though a lot of it is lost in translation). Goku can jump, attack or release a powerful wind wave to stop his enemies. Much of the game is an overhead view, though occasionally Goku will have to fight in a side view. Different power ups will increase his powers and techniques, letting stronger abilities flourish."
5634,Saint Sword,,1991,6.5,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"You are Macress, a mythical warrior, and you have been called upon to destroy the evil demon, Gorgon before the world succumbs to his power. This is a platform style, hack 'n slash action game where you gain powerups by destroying wee mythical beasties. These powerups provide you with special physical attributes like angel wings and the body of a horse."
5638,Clay Fighter 63 1/3,Clay Fighter 63 1/3: Clay Combat in 3D Worlds,1997,5.9,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"In this zany beat 'em up, clay animated fighters clash in a fight to the clay death. Characters such as Bad Mr. Frosty (a snowman gone terribly bad), Blob (a green pile of slime), Bonker the nightmare clown and a host more are available to choose from, each with a range of moves that no clay animated character has ever attempted before (such as throwing chickens, clay, and plenty of other objects, including themselves). Graphics are a combination of 2D clay animated characters and 3D designed foregrounds/backgrounds."
5643,Kid Chaos,,1994,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Kid Chaos is transported from the stone age into an unknown world by evil scientists from the future. Now he must fight his way through artificial environments such as the Secret Garden, Toxic Wasteland, Toy Factory, Techno Fortress, and the Ruined City to reach the time machine that can transport him back home. Kid does this by running through the level, destroying all wildlife and several destruction targets, then leave the level by the exit door, which remain closed until Kid has destroyed all destruction targets. He destroys by swinging his club in the air and hitting them. He can also whiz if he's running fast, which enable him to discover hidden passages through walls that usually contain apples and power-ups. These are also found if Kid manages to jump really high in the air and lands on a platform that usually lead to secret passages. There are five levels and four sections to complete in all of them (a total of twenty levels) and Kid start each level with three lives. During the level, if he loses health just by touching wildlife, or if the time expires, he is warped out of the level, loses a life, and has to restart the level at the checkpoints he passes through. His health can be restored either by waiting for the health meter to reach 99 (the boring way) or collecting apples (the smart way), but as Kid progresses further throughout the game, these apples become rare as well as his destruction targets. Once he leaves a level, Kid is given a statistics screen, telling him the percentage of destruction he has caused, how much wildlife he has killed, how many apples he collected, and other extras. These ""extras"" probably include how much more of his destruction targets he broke beyond the requirement. As mentioned earlier, if Kid jumps really high to reach a platform, he can get power-ups, giving him such wonderful things like extra lives, extra time, or extra health. He can also collect a life token. If he manages to find three life tokens within the same section, then he is awarded an extra life as well. Every fourth level, Kid will be faced with a challenge, and the object of these is usually to kill something, but there's always a catch for these challenges. For example, in Toy Factory, he has to shoot teddy bears at least ten times to blow them up, while avoiding shooting at ducks; and in Techno Fortress, he's presented with a game similar to Space Invaders but only this time, there are no barriers. Kid Chaos starts off easily, but the further he progresses in the game, the higher the damage factor. Early in the game, he is allowed to hit so much wildlife before he loses a life, but as he progresses through each level, he can't afford to be hit not even once. Some levels in the game are quite tricky. Some levels require him to race through the level under a very strict time limit, while others contain a huge destruction target and he can't afford to miss any of these targets. The game uses a password system, that allows you to resume at the start of each level. In terms of the gameplay, one of the cheats say it all."
5644,Tomb Raider: Chronicles,"TR 5, TRC, Tomb Raider 5: Chronicles, Tomb Raider Chronicles: La leggenda di Lara Croft, Tomb Raider V, Tomb Raider: Die Chronik, Tomb Raider: Sur les traces de Lara Croft",2000,6.9,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements","Asia, Europe, North America","A few days after the events described in Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation Lara Croft is presumed dead. Her close friends begin to recollect her previous adventures, which occurred during different periods of her life. These include searching for the Philosopher's Stone in Rome; preventing the Spear of Destiny from falling into the hands of a ruthless gang leader; facing monsters on the Black Isle of Ireland as a child; and, finally, infiltrating a high-tech complex in pursuit of the Iris artefact. Like its predecessors, Tomb Raider: Chronicles is an action game with puzzle-solving and platforming elements. The gameplay is very similar to that of the previous games, with the addition of a few new skills. Lara can now walk on tightropes, swing on horizontal bars, and somersault forwards from a ledge while crouching. A grappling hook has been added to her inventory. The game also includes a level editor, allowing the player to create new stages for Lara to explore."
5653,Hugo II: Whodunit?,Hugo's Mystery Adventure,1991,5.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Hugo II: Whodunit? is the second game in the Hugo adventure game series. Hugo and his wife, Penelope, arrive to stay at the mansion that belongs to Hugo's Great Uncle Horace. Penelope falls asleep in the bedroom, while Hugo accidentally finds a bookcase passage and is locked in a secret room. Penelope wakes up, only to witness Uncle Horace's murder through the keyhole. The player controls Penelope (and later, briefly, Hugo) and must solve the murder. Much like its predecessor, Hugo's House of Horrors Hugo II: Whodunit? is an adventure game in the style of Sierra's AGI games. The player moves Penelope with arrow keys and types in commands on the bottom of the screen."
5663,Warship,"Warship: A Tactical Game of Surface Combat in the Pacific, 1941-45",1986,6.8,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","Tactical wargame of naval engagements in the WW2 Pacific theatre. There are four historical battles to choose from, plus a custom scenario builder to make 'what-if' scenarios. Both, IJN and USN forces, can be controlled by humans. The game-engine is much the same as the one used in SSI 's Battle Cruiser which wasn't released for IBM PCs."
5669,CocoNuts,,1982,4.9,Action,Arcade,Africa,"In CocoNuts Stanley the intrepid jungle explorer is under attack from Coco the monkey! Coco is up in the trees throwing coconuts at Stanley. You control Stanley and need to dodge the incoming coconuts. You begin the game equipped with a helmet and an umbrella to protect yourself. Each time you are hit by a coconut, you lose one of these items. You may also regain an item by scoring enough points. The game ends when you have nothing left to protect yourself and a coconut hits you. Of course, the longer you can last in the game, the faster it becomes!"
5670,Double Dragon,,1995,6.7,Action,Fighting,,"Released around the same time as the film of the same name and loosely based on its story, this installment in the Double Dragon series also moves away from the traditional roam-the-streets-fighting to a pure one-on-one fighter. There are ten characters to choose from, including Billy and Jimmy and the game has colorful interactive backgrounds, screen zooming, over-the-top special moves and with the inclusion of double jumps, combos, charges for the losing player and counter hits, there is plenty of room for advanced fighting strategies."
5672,NFL '95,,1994,7.1,Sports,,,"NFL '95 was Sega Sports answer to EA Sports Madden line of football games. It has many of the same features as well as all 28 professional teams along with 1,500 of the top NFL players of the 1993 season to play as. The game contains a standard Exhibition mode as well as a Season mode where players can manipulate trades, sign free agents and store records for up to seven different users thanks to the games battery backup system, which was also used to track league leaders in thirteen different categories."
5679,Iron Soldier 3,,2000,6.7,"Action, Simulation",,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Iron Soldier 3 once again puts you in the driver's seat of a 42 foot tall killer robot. It is the not too distant future, and powerful corporations are beginning to use military force to overtake national governments. You are a pilot for the United Republic, and you must stop the onslaught of the powerful Penta Corporation. At your disposal you will have a large array of weapons which you can attach to your Iron Soldier unit. There are machine guns, missiles, grenades, a flame thrower, and more. In addition to the standard Iron Soldier, you can pilot a smaller, faster chicken-walker type robot and a new slower, more heavily armed walker. There are new game modes added since the Iron Soldier 2. There is still a single player mode, with 25 missions to complete. Now there is also an arcade mode, where your objective is to level every building in the area in the fastest time possible. Finally, for the first time there is a two player mode. Iron Soldier 3 is the first in the series to appear on a platform other than the Atari Jaguar."
5689,Styx,,1984,5.9,"Action, Puzzle",Arcade,,"A variation on QIX : claim the playfield by building walls and closing off smaller regions. The chief obstacle is the colorful Styx, which (fittingly) resembles a bundle of sticks, and prowls about the screen in unpredictable swirls of motion. Unlike QIX you can draw both straight and diagonal walls; another difference is the scoring, which depends on a cycling multiplier: time your conquests right, and you may even increase your bonus tenfold. The Styx cannot harm you as you travel along the border of your captured areas, but if it touches a wall as you build it, the wall goes down - along with you. Other ways to get yourself killed are standing still for too long (while building), and meeting the worm that crawls along the edges of your domain. Capturing at least 80% of the playfield will end the level - bonuses are awarded for more; higher levels feature faster action, more worms, multiple Styx (Stygii?), and generally nastier enemy behavior."
5690,Noir: A Shadowy Thriller,,1996,5.9,Adventure,,Interwar,"Set in the 1940's L.A., you are a classic P.I. and your detective buddy Jack Slayton has gone missing. You take it upon yourself to find him and to do so you'll have to look on the 6 cases Jack was working before he disappeared. The interface consists of a myst-like environment where you click on pictures to use items, talk, move, etc. only this time (and to keep with the mood of the game) the images are high-quality black and white actual pictures (not rendered). Gameplay consists mainly of interacting with people and gathering clues."
5692,Links LS 1999,,1998,8.3,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Featuring St Andrews Links - Old Course, and many new features, Links LS 1999 is a gleaming addition to the Links franchise. Other courses include Bay Hill Club and Lodge, Latrobe Country, and Entrada at Snow Canyon. Multimedia tours of the courses are available for you to enjoy. A new tournament environment brings crowd galleries to the course. The additions of real-time voice and spectator mode enhance online play. In this version, you can even create your own sound script if you want, adding your own comments to the soundscape. Improved graphics are seen here, including 3D objects, better panorama, and more realistic ball-flight physics. Smart Cameras allow you to see the course from any point of view. Additional bits of eye-candy include haze, fog, waving flags, airplanes, etc. Links LS 1999 also includes carefully digitized footage of Arnold Palmer for realistic animations. This version of the game introduces the PowerStroke and 3-click mouse swing options, to augment the original 2-click swing. Also, with the Mode of Play Game Designer, you can create your own unique challenges to augment the 30 MOPs that come included with the game, and share them with your friends."
5695,Treasure MathStorm!,Le Trésor de la Montagne,1992,7.8,"Adventure, Educational, Puzzle",,,"Treasure MathStorm! is an educational game designed for kids ages 6 to 8. The Master of Mischief has invented a machine that changes the weather and froze Treasure Mountain! Your goal is to restore the mountain by locating different treasures on the mountain and returning them to the castle at the top. When all the treasures have been restored, the king will have his power back and all of the ice will melt. In order to find treasures and make your way up the mountain, you will need to help the elves solve a variety of math problems. When problems are successfully solved, the elves will then give you clues about treasures, some money which can be used to purchase items in the shops, or some items to help you reach the next level of the mountain. The math problems can include addition, subtraction, multiplication, telling time, counting money, and more. When you have located the treasures and brought them to the castle, you may then advance to a more difficult skill level."
5703,Barnstorming,,1982,6.4,Action,Arcade,North America,"In Barnstorming you are the pilot of a biplane. Your point of view is from the side as the screen scrolls by horizontally. Your goal is to fly through a set number of barns in the shortest amount of time possible. Several obstacles will appear in your way, including flocks of geese, windmills, and weather vanes. Crashing into any of these will cause you to lose speed which will increase your overall time. There are several difficulty levels included which will require that you fly through anywhere from 10 to 25 barns."
5704,Chartbuster,,1998,5.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Managerial / business simulation, Music / rhythm",,"Chartbuster is a simulation of the music business. The player's task is to create a new band and bring it to success. The player will have to accomplish a mission that can be chosen at the beginning of the game (endless playing is optional), e.g. receive a certain number of platinum or golden records. To be successful, the player can influence most aspects of the business ranging from building recording studios, music production, marketing, sales, organizing tours, hiring security companies for your stars and more."
5708,Extreme Wintersports,,1999,4.9,Sports,,,"Catch big air, race against the clock, & go for the high score all from the comfort of your PC. Select your sled, skies, and attire from the Pro Shop, then hit the slopes."
5711,Revenge of the Mutant Camels,,1984,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Fantasy,"This typically zany Jeff Minter title sets you as a mutated camel, with an optional support one mimicking your moves elsewhere. The hordes of enemies to be taken on include falling umbrellas and drinks machines. Shot enemies release tokens ranging from points bonuses and energy recharges to control-reversers and poison. Speaking of controls, the game uses the same system as Llamatron which means that you fire automatically in the direction you're moving, but pressing the fire button allows you to rotate the direction of fire while immobile. This allows enemies in different parts of the screen to be attacked from less precarious positions."
5719,X-Men: Mutant Academy,,2000,5.0,Action,Fighting,,"Like its bigger brother X-Men: Mutant Academy on the Game Boy Color is a fighting game starring Marvel's famous mutants. Due to the obvious hardware limitations, the stages in this version have been designed in 2D, and there are also differences in gameplay. The character roster includes four X-Men (Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm and Gambit) and five evil Mutants (Magneto, Toad, Mystique, Sabretooth and Pyro). There are also two additional secret characters, whose unlocking codes are revealed upon beating the game's story mode. In addition to the story mode, in which one character takes on all the others in consecutive fights, there is a training mode, battle mode (featuring teams of three characters each), survival mode (one character taking on all others with only a single bar of health) and a versus mode utilizing the Game Link cable. The Game Boy's two buttons are used for kicks and punches (or basic mutant abilities like Cyclops' eye beam). During a fight, a rage bar will slowly fill, which allows using powerful special attacks activated through button combos."
5727,Virtua Fighter: Kids,,1996,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Virtua Fighter Kids is a modified version of Virtua Fighter 2 for the Sega Saturn. All characters were left the same, but the difference is that they are no longer adults but kids with traditional anime huge heads and short arms and legs. A variety of new features has been added to increase the gameplay such as the ability to program specified moves for each character or new endings."
5738,Delta Force,,1998,7.2,Action,Shooter,"Africa, Asia, Contemporary","In this first-person 3D shooter, the player is put in the shoes of a Delta Force commando and will have to prove themselves by relying more on their abilities and tactical thinking than their weapons to complete their mission. They will nonetheless have a wide military arsenal at their disposal to dispatch their enemies if need be (from short ranged weapons such as a 45 pistol, to machine guns and long ranged sniper rifles, as well as bazookas, mines or grenades). Besides a bunch of single player missions, multiplayer modes such as DeathMatch or Capture the Flag are available over the Internet or LAN."
5739,Russia: The Great War in the East 1941-1945,,1987,7.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War II","Russia: The Great War in the East 1941-1945 is a turn & hex-based wargame. The player takes the role of either German Oberkommando des Heeres or Soviet Stavka, conducting the full Eastern Front campaign of the Second World War (4 years lasting 47 turns) - three smaller scenarios are also available (portions of the main campaign focusing exclusively on either Army Group North, Centre or South). The menu-driven interface is similar to earlier titles from the Battlefront Game System series, however it was modified for strategical level of command (army group/army), with corps-sized units moving under computer control, as you assign objectives (and stance) only to armies - particular corps may be later ordered to attack, defend, rest or retreat. The amount of ground and air support (in points) may be also assigned."
5745,The Smurfs Travel the World,"De Smurfen verkennen de wereld, Die Schlümpfe reisen um die Welt, I Puffi a zonzo per il mondo, Les Schtroumpfs autour du monde, Los Pitufos viajan por el mundo, Smurfarna reser runt jorden, The Smurfs 2",1996,6.6,Action,Platform,,"Night falls at the Smurf Village. Inquisitive Smurf brings Smurfette along to Papa Smurfs' laboratory to see the Magic Crystal that allows them to travel to anywhere in the world, but suddenly Smurfette breaks it, and they are gone! Now they must face the challenges in all continents in order to retrieve all shards of the Crystal and return home. A classic platformer, this title allows the player to choose between Inquisitive Smurf and Smurfette (there are no differences between characters) and collect all 10 shards scattered on the playfield. There is a larger emphasis on exploring the levels rather than killing enemies (no score is given for them), so they can be avoided in most occasions, but if the needs arise, be dealt with a kick or in Mario fashion by jumping over them. Some shards can only be obtained by jumping on an enemy, using the sprint jump or using the scenario (ropes, or vines). While large falls don't harm the Smurfs, improper contact with enemies does. Each 1-up has four hearts, and at the fifth contact a life is lost and the player must restart the level. Once all lives are lost, the game is over - there are no continues. To fill the meter there are hearts and small Smurf icons scattered or hidden somewhere in the level, and on all stages there's a key that unlocks a bonus level if all three are collected at the end of the continent. In these bonus levels the player collects as much objects as possible which translate into hearts when the time closes. If the player fills the meter, a 1-up is awarded."
5749,Fantastic Voyage,,1991,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Fantastic Voyage is a side-scrolling shooter based on the 1966 movie of the same name. The scientist Jan Benes is near death because of a clot of blood in his brain. A submarine, controlled by the player, is shrunk and needs to reach the brain through three levels. The enemies, which lower the energy bar when touched, are the human defense systems like antibody cells. Besides shooting enemies, there are also various passages in which the player needs to guide the submarine through narrow corridors without touching the environment. On the way the player needs to collect nine circuit boards required to destroy the blood cot; those may be hidden in dead ends or alternate ways. This means the player can move back and forth to try other routes at forks. It is important to pick up oxygen and fuel canisters in order to keep the submarine functional. Shield energy can be refilled by killing three enemies without missing a shot."
5750,Dare Devil Derby 3D,Supersonic Racers,1996,7.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"Dare Devil Derby 3D is a cartoonish-type of destruction derby that lets the player take control of 8 unique characters and over 30 different tracks, ranging from jungles, canyons, city streets, underwater, outer space and various other three dimensionally rendered terrain. Power-ups can also be picked up and used to give more power and speed to a players car or even a weapon to knock out rivals. There are a plethora of single player modes, ranging from single one on one races to Knockouts, which consisted of a demolition derby where the winner was the last car still operable. There is also a grand prix mode where the player races in a series of 10 races and required to finish in the top 3 in order to advance to the next. At the end of these 10 races, if a player meets a requirement of points they can then compete in a World Series of Racing to become champion. Eight friends can also go against each other simultaneously utilizing the multi-tap adapter."
5751,Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn,"BG2, Baldur's Gate II: Cienie Amn, Baldur's Gate II: Schatten von Amn, Bode zhi Men 2: Anmu de Yinying",2000,8.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Some time after the events described in Baldur's Gate the protagonist and his friends Imoen, Minsc and Jaheira have been captured by an elven mage called Jon Irenicus. His intentions and connection to the heroes unknown, Irenicus conducts experiments on them, holding them in cages somewhere in his vast underground complex. During his absence, the heroes manage to escape, and soon find themselves in the city of Athkatla in the country of Amn, where they confront Irenicus. However, at that moment several wizards arrive and arrest both Irenicus and Imoen for unlicensed use of magic. The first task at hand is to raise the money needed to rescue Imoen, before facing Irenicus again and unraveling his true goals. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn is a party-based role-playing game using the AD&D rules. The basic gameplay is similar to that of its predecessor: the player navigates a party of up to six active combatants over isometric environments, conversing with non-playable characters using branching dialogue, and fighting enemies in real-time, free-movement combat that can be paused to issue specific orders to the characters. World traveling now occurs by selecting locations on a map rather than exploring wilderness areas to reach the destination. However, the game world is larger than in the previous game, with more individual locations to visit and side quests to perform. Being a direct sequel to Baldur's Gate the game lets the player control stronger, higher-level characters from the onset. The main character can also be imported from the previous installment. Three new classes (sorcerer, monk, and barbarian) are available along with those that were present in the original game. Characters can also acquire specializations within most of the classes: a paladin, for instance, can become a dragon slayer or an inquisitor. Weapon proficiencies are more specific: for example, instead of just specializing in blades, the player can choose between proficiencies in long swords, two-handed swords, bastard swords, katanas and scimitars. There are many new types of weapons, armor, and magic spells in the sequel. Sixteen characters may join the party during the course of the story. Each of them has his or her own motivations, sometimes conflicting with those of other characters. Scripted events and interaction with playable as well as non-playable characters have been noticeably increased in the sequel. The main character can also romance some of the companions by choosing appropriate behavior and dialogue lines. The game allows the player to make many moral decisions and pursue character-specific side quests unrelated to the main story. Many of the companions bring their own quests, and unique tasks are available for the main character depending on his or her class."
5755,Voidrunner,Void Runner,1987,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The final conflict in the droid wars is up ahead in Jeff Minter's Voidrunner, the second sequel to Gridrunner After the defeat in the Matrix wars the droids are out for revenge, preparing a nuke to destroy the earth. Therefore a corps of pilots are sent to the droid home planet with the objective to eliminate every single droid. Gameplay is similar to Gridrunner Like in Centipede the enemies move in a pattern down the screen and the player has to shoot them before they reach the ship. There's also the zapper, a vertically moving line, that occasionally pulses. If the player ship is on the same line when this happens, it will die. The enemies come in many different flavours. The most common ones just explode when hit, bouncing predictably around the screen. We also have the Gridrunner style aliens that when hit leave a pod that needs to be destroyed. Typical for a Minter game, you'll also fight furry animals like camels and goats. New in Voidrunner is that you don't just have one ship, but four. In early levels the ships will move around in a cluster. Later in the game some of your ships will have inverted motion. Some of these formations will have the ships shooting in different directions. Handy when you have enemies coming in from behind."
5762,Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection,"Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection - Games So Engaging the Challenge Is to Stop, Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection - Le plus dur est de s'arrêter !, Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection - Spiele, die Sie begeistern werden!",1997,6.9,Compilation,,,"Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection features ten new puzzle games, designed by Alexei Pajitnov, the creator of Tetris. The puzzle games are: Each of the games have a number of levels of increasing difficulty and some music to go with them. A scoped-down version with only six games was released for Nintendo Game Boy Color in 2000, under the similar name Microsoft Puzzle Collection Entertainment Pack"
5764,Drop Off,Drop Rock Hora Hora,1990,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Drop Off is similar to Breakout in that the player controls a paddle which can move left and right, hitting a ball which the player is using to eliminate jewels at the upper end of the play field. The game differs from Breakout however, in that the paddle can also be moved up and down, the jewels are moving down toward the player's paddle, and there is a border at the bottom of the play field which bounces the ball back. The plot of the game involves the antagonist character's girlfriend being in a coma. A muse appears and tells the player that his girlfriend is trapped in a nightmare and is possessed by someone. The muse then casts a spell to put the player into her dreams."
5770,The Wacky World of Miniature Golf with Eugene Levy,,1993,6.8,Sports,,,"In The Wacky World of Miniature Golf the player can pick from a bevy of cartoon golfers and compete in 18 holes of miniature putt-putt golf in a variety of cartoon fantasy settings such as Egypt, prehistoric times, Atlantis, a prison and many more. The gameplay is more of an interactive cartoon where the player chooses the direction they wish to hit the ball and pressing the action button. If the player has chosen correctly they will hit it successfully and be treated to a cutscene where the ball will avoid the various obstacles and landing in the hole. Choosing the wrong path, however, will have their ball destroyed by a variety of obstacles and force the player to retry again. A feature of the game is the voice acting talent of Eugene Levy who is most notable for his film appearances in the American Pie film series."
5772,Battle Beast,"Battle Beast: Das Ultimative Fight Game, Battle Beast: The Ultimate Fight Game",1995,6.0,Action,Fighting,,"Battle Beast is a fighting game in the style of Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter The only difference is that you use small animals to battle one another. But beware because these cute, little animals become deadly when they transform into pumped up robots. Battle Beast features cartoon-like graphics and several mini-games mixed in between the fights such as races through mazes and secret bonus rooms to collect goodies."
5785,Diablo + Hellfire,Diablo,1998,7.2,Compilation,,,Diablo + Hellfire contains Diablo and its add-on Hellfire
5798,Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker,"Batman do Futuro: O Retorno do Coringa, Batman of the Future, Batman of the Future: Return of the Joker",2000,3.8,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Based on the animated movie of the same name, Batman Beyond is a 3D brawler that puts the player on the streets of Gotham (Beyond) to take out the ever-grinning Joker, but before that an obvious long line of evil minions of his —some of which are genetically engineered. Scroll around, punch, kick, ply with bat-weapons, and avoid being on the receiving end of those attacks. There are multiple 'bat suits' that you can choose from, each with their own special abilities and purpose."
5803,Black Gold,"Black Gold: Sabotage, Speculation and Strategy in the Oil Industry, Oil Imperium",1989,7.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Four oil companies (each of which can he human or computer controlled) do battle to dominate the lucrative oil industry, buying and selling oilfields around the world. You can choose one of four main goals, from topping the market in 3 years to total domination. Plenty of dirty tricks to help you are on offer, from setting fire to opponent's rigs to stealing the storage tanks which hold the oil in place. Private investigators can be hired to either prevent or prove these things. Although primarily a strategy game, a few short action sequences are also included. These come into play when attempting to drill for oil (you can hire a specialist to do this instead, but the cost is prohibitive in the early stages), to build oil pipelines around those of your opponents, and to extinguish any fires opponents start on your rig."
5808,Boomer's Adventure in ASMIK World,Teke Teke! Asmik-kun World,1989,6.3,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Boomer must traverse the 8-story Tower of Zoozoon to defeat the dark lord Zoozoon himself. By digging, trapping enemies, and finding useful items such as keys and roller skates, he can regain control of ASMIK World from the clutches of the evil Zoozoon."
5809,Isolated Warrior,Max Warrior: Wakusei Kaigenrei,1991,7.3,Action,Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Max Maverick is the last surviving member of his planet's special forces following a devastating alien invasion. Far from being discouraged, Max takes it upon himself to wipe out the alien menace single-handedly. Isolated Warrior is a constantly-moving shoot-em-up, or shmup, where the hero is always walking or flying forward from an isometric overhead perspective. The hero has a basic laser gun to start with but collects powerups that can allow the gun to fire in multiple directions. He can also collect bombs that can be launched in multiple directions while jumping, as well as shield powerups."
5812,Super Huey II,,1986,7.0,Simulation,,,"Super Huey II is a 2D helicopter simulation with different missions, including: The game does not focus on realism, but offers arcade gameplay."
5814,Final Fight 3,Final Fight Tough,1995,7.1,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Final Fight 3 is almost identical to the previous two SNES installments. The Mad Gear gang has been destroyed and, because of this, the Skull Cross gang has gone rampant in Metro City. Now, it is up to mayor Mike Haggar and Guy (along with newcomers Dean and Lucia) to stop them once and for all. Like the previous games, this game is a side-scrolling fighting game similar in style to the Double Dragon and Streets of Rage series. In addition to using various punches, kicks, and special attacks, players can also pick up and use various melee weapons lying on the streets, such as bottles, lampposts, metal pipes, barrels, etc."
5819,Spirou: The Robot Invasion,"Robbedoes: De Robot Invasie, Spirou: La Panique Mécanique, Spirou: Robbedoes",2000,7.0,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Spirou: The Robot Invasion is a 2D side'scrolling platform game based on the Franco-Belgian comic Spirou et Fantasio Fantasio bought a strange mechanical device. When he brings it home and thoroughly inspects it, it turns out to be a malevolent robot who subsequently escapes from the house. Soon a villain called Cyanide appears to be involved and the entire town is crawling with evil robots. It's up to the player (as Spirou) to set things straight! Armed with a maul you have to trash the robots. Controls are similar to other platform games: you can walk, jump, attack, use a switch and grab a ledge. You'll have to solve simples puzzles such as pressing switches to open doors. You can pick up items that restore your health or unlock bonus levels. The game also has a UBI key that allows you to unlock a secret level, and can also be used to unlock secrets in other Ubi Soft games. The game is presented in comic strip style much like in Comix Zone where you move from frame to frame, each divided by a white border."
5826,Goal! Two,"Eric Cantona Football Challenge Goal! 2, Goal!!",1992,6.1,Sports,,,"Goal! Two is the sequel to Goal! It is a football/soccer game for one or two players and changed the top-down perspective from the first game to an angled overhead point of view with a scrolling screen. Play modes include a single-player ""Super Cup"" tournament and several single-game options, including two players against the CPU. Eight additional teams have been added, increasing the roster to 24, but some club teams have been taken out. The game modes include Exhibition Match and Super Cup (tournament). The 2-on-2 Shootout mode from the previous game has been removed. A new ability allows the player to choose 11 players from a squad of 15, with different characteristics."
5828,Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim,"King of Ardania: Madō ōkoku no yoake, Majesty: Sovereign of Ardania, Majesty: Władca Ardanii",2000,7.5,Strategy / tactics,"Managerial / business simulation, RPG elements, Real-time strategy (RTS)",Fantasy,"Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim is a real-time strategy game which, unlike other games in the genre, does not have the player directly control his units. Instead, all ""heroes"" are recruited from their respective guilds and as of that moment, their will is their own. The player, the eponymous ""majesty"", can direct heroes by placing bounties on areas and specific enemies to motivate heroes. Some heroes like rangers are more keen on exploration, while rogues believe in the rule of gold. All heroes level up with combat experience, thereby increasing their statistics. Wizard's towers and certain temples allow the player to cast certain spells independently from spell-casting heroes. Some guilds and temples are mutually exclusive, and can not be present on the map under the player's ownership at the same time due to their respective heroes' rivalries. The only resource in the game is gold, and is gathered through tax collectors who patrol the player's buildings, through heroes' purchases in buildings such as marketplaces and blacksmiths, and by discovering treasure chests on the map. The storyline follows the player as the new king of the fantasy kingdom of Ardania in the quest to reunite the once large state and reclaim it from monsters and evildoers. Missions range from the typical seek-and-destroy type to rescuing certain characters, and there is a random map generator available in single- and multiplayer in which tasks, map types and monster strength can be set at will. The main singleplayer campaign is split to regions, and the final mission of each region requires all prior relevant missions to be completed first. The final mission can only be accessed by finishing the entire rest of the campaign."
5854,Questron II,,1988,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"As the second title in the Questron series, this game follows the same basic formula as the original. You start out as a lowly peasant with only a few gold coins in your pocket and a bad attitude to defend yourself. By stumbling around the countryside and fighting hordes of creatures, you gain wealth, experience, and title. Questron II spans two continents, Landor and the Realm of Sorcerers. Additionally, there are the requisite tombs, castles, and dungeons. In the first Questron, your goal was to defeat the evil Wizard Mantor. Now, in Questron II, the good Wizard Mesron has sent you back in time before the Book of Magic was created. Your goal is to defeat the six Mad Sorcerers before they can create the book."
5855,The Bouncer,,2000,6.4,Action,RPG elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You play one of three bouncers of the bar Fate; Sion, Kou. Dominique, a young girl, bar mascot and friend of Sion has been kidnapped by Mikado Special Forces. You battle your way in an attempt to rescue Dominique. Very much modeled on an interactive action film, you really do ""Play the Movie"". Mostly a straight action fighter game, there are a few RPG twists thrown in as you can learn new moves and increase your life, power and defense. Since the trio battles together you can choose which character to control at the beginning of each new battle."
5856,MotoGP,,2000,7.1,Racing / Driving,,,"All of the riders from the MotoGP motorcycle championship are here to choose from, including hall of fame riders. As well as the Vs. and Arcade modes, there is also a challenge mode where, much like Gran Turismo 's license mode, you must complete certain challenges to unlock new tracks, riders and pictures. These challenges range from beating the clock, to winning certain events in the arcade mode."
5857,Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge - Activity Center,Star Wars: Les Défis de Yoda - Atelier d'Activités,1999,7.5,"Educational, Puzzle",Cards / tiles,,"Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge - Activity Center is a game for children that helps build and sharpen skills in math, music, and reading. Players embark on six challenging missions with varying levels of difficulty. When all difficulty levels have been completed, a printable Certificate of Completion is issued to the player by Yoda, the Jedi Master himself."
5862,Looney Tunes Collector: Alert!,"Looney Tunes Collector: Alerte aux Martiens!, Looney Tunes Collector: Attacke vom Mars, Looney Tunes Collector: Gevaar van Mars!, Looney Tunes Collector: Martian Alert!, Looney Tunes Collector: Martian Quest!, Looney Tunes Collector: Starring Bugs Bunny",2000,7.6,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Looney Tunes Collector: Alert! is an action game for the Game Boy Color. You play as Bugs Bunny who has to prevent Marvin the Martian from destroying the world. Marvin's companion K-9 has accidentally thrown out his teleportation device, which has broken into multiple pieces. It's up to Bugs to find these pieces before Marvin does. To do so he'll need the help of all his looney friends who all have their own special abilities. There are 47 characters to be found in the game, of which 14 are playable characters. In adventure mode you play 12 missions with as an ultimate goal saving the world. You can also play competitive games in two-player mode. There are an additional 8 secret missions you can unlock when you trade characters using these mini-games. Different cartridges of the game contain different characters, and while you can finish the adventure mode with the given characters, unlocking the secret missions requires you to trade characters with friends. As Bugs Bunny you can walk, jump, swim, search and attack enemies. You can collect carrots for health, maps to guide you, coins for points, ammunition for Elmer Fudd's rifle, dynamite, treasure chests, keys, radar, etc. Some items are required to complete certain missions."
5865,Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure,"Little Big Adventure, Little Big Adventure (Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure), Little Big Adventure: Twinsen's Adventure, Twinsen's Little Big Adventure Classic, Twinsen's Little Big Adventure Classic - Original Edition",1994,8.1,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,,"Somewhere in the universe, there is a beautiful planet called Twinsun. It is populated by four different races, which have been living in peace and prosperity, until a mad scientist Dr. Funfrock of the Quetch (human-like) race used his newly invented cloning and teleporting techniques to create an army of fearsome soldiers and become the planet's dictator. Twinsun's inhabitants have not lost hope, placing their faith in the old legend about the benevolent goddess Sendell who would save the world. However, Dr. Funfrock totalitarian regime forbade displaying any images of the goddess and her worship. A young Quetch named Twinsen was just a regular fellow until he had a dream, which surprisingly involved the outlawed goddess. It seems that Dr. Funfrock was no stranger to mind control; in his opinion, even dreaming of the goddess was illegal, and he promptly ordered to put the perpetrator in prison. Now the unlikely hero must find a way to escape and eventually save his planet from the clutches of its insane ruler. Little Big Adventure ( Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure in the US) is primarily an adventure game with strong action elements. As usually in adventure games, the hero must talk to other characters, and collect and use objects. However, not all the problems have to be solved with dialogue and item manipulation. The player can activate four different behavior modes for Twinsen: Normal, Aggressive, Athletic, and Discreet. The first is used for peaceful exploration and conversations; Aggressive mode allows Twinsen to punch and kick other characters; Athletic mode must be applied when it becomes necessary to run quickly and jump; Discreet effectively puts Twinsen in a stealth mode, making it possible to sneak by hostile character unnoticed. While activation of a particular mode is often required to solve a problem, many situations can be dealt with in different ways. The game universe is rendered with characters in full 3D, while the environment uses isometric graphic tiles. The CD version (which was released earlier than the floppy one) features pre-rendered animated cutscenes, audio music and speech; all these features are absent from the floppy disk version."
5867,Michael Jackson's Moonwalker,,1990,7.3,Action,,,Michael Jackson's Moonwalker is an arcade game based loosely on the 1988 movie. You and two other friends play as Michael Jackson dressed as his 'Smooth Criminal' alter ego whose mission it is to rescue all the children kidnapped by the evil Mr. Big. You have to blast all the various baddies that come at you in various waves while searching for the kidnapped children scattered around the various levels. Sometimes a rescued child will give you health which is represented as a health bar which deteriorates if you are touched or shot by the baddies. To help you on your quest you have a limited supply of smart-bombs which sees MJ start dancing with the baddies before they all die when activated. Also on each level you can see Bubbles the Chimp and if touched you turn into a robot who can now fire lasers. Michael Jackson's Moonwalker is a isometric scrolling shoot-em-up. You follow a forced path and the screen scrolls when you move but will stop and you can only progress when a set wave is destroyed.
5875,Armor Command,,1998,6.9,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"One of the first true 3D real time strategy games. The player commands an army of tanks and planes fighting against another army. The ""evolving movie style storyline"" is virtually non-existant, but the game makes up for this with nice graphics and plenty of units to go to war with."
5891,Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti,,1989,7.8,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",,"Wanpaku Graffiti is the first Splatterhouse game to appear on a home console. It is not clear how it fits in the series' timeline, but it starts with Jennifer mourning over Rick's grave (her boyfriend). Lightning strikes his grave and he is resurrected. Before she can rejoice, another bolt strikes the grave next to him and a jack-o-lantern appears. This pumpkin king kidnaps Jennifer and Rick barely has the time to wipe off the dust from his clothes before he sets off to rescue his girlfriend. Although the game is not as gory as the other titles, there is still plenty of disturbing enemies such as headless chickens, severed hands and zombies. Through seven side-scrolling levels, including a graveyard, a mansion, a Japanese pagoda and an Egyptian pyramid, you chase the pumpkin king with your cleaver and a shotgun you can pick up along the road. Just like the other games in the series, there are lots of movie references. The game often needs good timing and pixel perfect jumps, as falling down from platforms will regenerate the enemies. You can pick up candy, hamburgers and cans of soda to restore your health."
5892,Ballz: The Director's Cut,,1995,7.1,Action,Fighting,,"Ballz: The Director's Cut is an improved version of the Genesis and SNES game Ballz 3D: Fighting at its Ballziest Like the original, it's a 3D fighting game where all the characters are made out of balls. Each character has its own moves animations and combos. In the single-player mode, you first have to fight against all the playable characters after which there are a variety of final bosses such as a tyrannosaurus, kangaroo, scorpion, ostrich, and bull. Each boss has a unique fighting style and weak spot. In multiplayer you can fight against friends."
5896,CyClones,,1994,7.1,Action,"Shooter, Stealth",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Legions of alien Cybernetic Clones (CyClones) have devastated the Earth. Humanity's only hope lies with Havoc, himself a cybernetic warrior that had been manipulated by the CyClones to do their evil bidding. Havoc must fight the CyClones without mercy, protecting the Earth and avenging his own past. CyClones is a first-person shooter (FPS) in which the player controls Havoc, exploring maze-like environments and blasting hostile aliens with a variety of firearms. The game is notable for pioneering the use of mouse control in games of its genre, allowing the player to aim independently of movement and move the aiming cursor to any part of the screen. Power-ups can be collected and stored in the player's inventory, bestowing combat-related benefits upon Havoc when used. Three-dimensional level maps can be brought up by pressing a key. Another feature the game introduces to the genre is stealth. While the vast majority of the game consists of combat, there are a few stages which require the player to avoid it and stay unnoticed by the enemies, moving silently. A tutorial level also makes its first FPS appearance in CyClones instructing the player in basic gameplay mechanics."
5899,Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy,"Amerzone: Das Testament des Forschungsreisenden, Amerzone: Das dunkle Vermächtnis, Amerzone: El Legado del Explorador, Amerzone: Ett Äventyr i den Djupaste Djungeln, Amerzone: Il Testamento dell'Esploratore, Amerzone: O Testamento do Explorador, Amerzone: Testament Odkrywcy, L'Amerzone: Le testament de l'explorateur",1999,6.8,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Fantasy, Steampunk","In 1932, Alexandre Valembois was a young explorer who, with his native friend Antonio Alverez, wanted to make a name for himself by exploring the mysterious Amerzone region. Befriended by the natives of the region, he witnessed a strange ritual involving a giant egg of the famed white birds. Wanting to prove that the white birds existed, Alexandre stole the mysterious egg and betrayed the natives' trust Returning to France, nobody believed Alexandre or his journals about the Amerzone. Sixty years have passed and the world has changed. World War 2 has come and gone, the Amerzone remains unexplored and closed off to outsiders by it's despotic leader, Antonio Alverez. Monsieur Alexandre Valembois is an old man at the end of his life, living alone in a lighthouse and wishing to fix his mistake. At this time, a young reporter comes to visit the old Alexandre Valembois regarding his adventures... Amerzone is a first person adventure game, similar to Myst taking place between different rooms and areas. The player assumes the role of the reporter and must unravel the clues left by Monsieur Valembois, travelling over several picturesque locations and eventually reaching the fictional Amerzone region. The adventure game takes place over a series of areas. The player can click on arrow icons to change the orientation or to move to different areas. Objects of interest change the cursor to a magnifying glass icon. Objects that can be interacted with or picked up change the cursor to a hand icon. An icon of gears represents a mechanism which must be manipulated before it can be properly used. The player's inventory can be accessed at any time."
5900,Wolfenstein 3D,,1994,7.6,"Action, Compilation",Shooter,World War II,"This release of Wolfenstein 3D includes 90 levels: The two Macintosh ""Encounter"" versions had been previously available on their own via mail order."
5905,Ping Pong,"Arcade Archives KONAMI's TABLE TENNIS, Konami's Ping Pong, Smash Ping Pong, Smash Table Tennis",1985,7.1,Sports,,,"Ping Pong recreates the fast-paced sport of table tennis. To win each match you must get to 10 points with a 2 point lead - if the scores reach 10-9 the game goes on until someone has a 2 point lead or reaches 15, in a similar manner to tennis. There are nine skill levels to beat, with increasing abilities as the game goes on. The human player has the advantage of serving first, and as the serve reverses every five points, you are guaranteed to have at least as many chances to serve than your opponent (remember the significance of 10 and 15 in the scoring). The points system rewards long rallies and large winning margins, as you get points for each hit, for each point won, and for each point of the winning margin."
5912,Wimbledon,A Centenary of Wimbledon,1986,5.9,Sports,,,"Wimbledon is a tennis game that allows you to play a friend or the computer for one match. Before you play the match there are various options you can select which are difficulty (1-4), how many sets (1-3) and speed of the match (1-4). The actual match is viewed from above with the whole court shown on the screen. The player serving presses the fire button and the serve is played automatically. The player returning the ball can move around the court and when they want to hit the ball they hold down the fire button (the longer held the harder the shot) and when it is let go this hits the ball. The direction the ball goes is the position of the player when they hit the ball. All the normal rules and scoring for tennis are used."
5913,Jurassic Park,,1993,7.1,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"One of many games based on the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park the version for Sega's 8-bit systems combines side-scrolling shooting action and platforming levels. In each of the five stages of the game, one escaped dinosaur species must be recaptured. Each level begins with a side-scrolling driving section. Dinosaurs attack the car and must be fended off by firing at them with a crosshair. If the player survives long enough, a boss battle against an especially powerful dinosaur follows. After the completion of the driving section the level continues with a platform section. The player must jump, duck and climb to survive moving lifts, floors that will crumble under his feet, environmental hazards like acid drops, steam leaks or giant boulders and more. Dinosaurs will of course also stand in the way, but can be defeated by using several weapons: a rifle, a grenade launcher and hand grenades. Navigating the often maze-like levels will lead to the dinosaur that must be captured and a corresponding boss fight. The first four levels (featuring a Velociraptor, Pteranodon, Triceratops and Brachiosaurus) can be tackled in any order, but the final level, featuring the Tyrannosaurus Rex, is only unlocked when the others have been completed."
5923,Low G Man,Low G Man: The Low Gravity Man,1990,6.8,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2284, and the human race has perfected space travel and is colonizing the galaxy. To help out, robots of all types are used in exploring new planets. There are even entire planets dedicated to manufacturing new robots. But then an alien race captured one of the robot manufacturing planets and reprogrammed the robots to destroy humans! Now it's up to you to go in and take back the planet. Using a low gravity backpack, you have the ability to jump higher than normally possible. You also have a wide variety of weapons to help battle the robots guarding the planet, and additional weapons can be found by destroying certain robots. Some robots will be riding in vehicles. If you destroy the driver, you can capture the vehicle to help you out on your mission."
5929,Omega Race,Course Omega,1981,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Omega Race you control a spaceship and shoot down the enemy ""Droid"" ships that attack you. Your ship must avoid the Droid-dropped mines, but you can also shoot them. The last ship of the Droid flights goes into a spiraling pattern. There is no end to this game. Rather, it is a game in which you try to get the highest score, or complete the highest number of levels. You control a small triangle that is your ship. The ship can turn, move forward (with thrusters) and fire. Movement is one of the game's challenges; once the ship is moving, it can only be slowed by turning the nose in the opposite direction and using the thrusters. While doing that, the ship is unable to fire toward anything it is in motion toward. Bouncing also comes into play during movement. When the ship hits the side of the screen, a wall of force appears, and the ship bounces. You don't have control over where the ship bounces, and must take time to regain control, before you run into an enemy ship and die."
5933,ATR: All Terrain Racing,,1995,7.8,Racing / Driving,,,"ATR: All Terrain Racing is an overhead racing game from Team 17 featuring 42 tracks on six types of terrain: snow, forest, sport track (base type to select from) and space, moon and alien (to be unlocked by the game's progress). The graphics are overhead view and scrolling, with a forced perspective nature. Most levels have long and short ways round, which adds a hint of navigation and strategy to the proceedings. Unlike the company’s earlier Overdrive there is a variety of corners, rather than just 90-degree ones. A variety of power-ups and advancements are on offer as well as three different types of vehicles (4x4, buggy and formula) that has its pros and cons depending on the terrain they are used. The game can be played in three modes: arcade, battle and league. Arcade mode gives a single player the possibility to race on 3 tracks in each type of terrain giving the possibility to play different tracks each time you start the game. Battle mode is a multiplayer option with introduction of missiles and mines - the players try to obtain as many points as possible by shooting other players or making the screen to catch other players' vehicles. The last one - league mode - is pretty much similar to the battle mode but without missiles. Players collect points by catching other players' vehicles by the screen or by collecting special items."
5936,Unreal,,1998,8.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The prison transport ship Vortex Rikers was on its way to a penal moon colony when an unplanned course change led to it being caught in the gravity well of an uncharted planet. Not many aboard survive the crash landing, and those that do find this new world to be one full of strange beauty, but also many dangers. Not only is it full of dangerous wildlife, but it is the setting of a conflict between the ruthless Skaarj and the peaceful natives they have enslaved, the Nali. As one of the surviving prisoners, the player must escape the wreckage of the Rikers navigate through Nali villages and temples, Skaarj mines and refineries, other crashed ships and many more locations, with the ultimate goal of finding a way off the planet. Unreal is a first-person shooter. Its story is mostly told through short text messages, deciphered via a translator from computer stations, personal logs, books and signs. The game features a weapon arsenal of ten guns, each with two firing modes. Besides standard pistols, rocket/grenade launchers, miniguns and sniper rifles, there are such items as the Bio Rifle, which fires blobs of toxic waste which stick to walls and enemies, the Flak Cannon, which sprays deadly shrapnel, and the Razorjack, which shoots spinning blades that ricochet off walls. The secondary firing mode might allow a charged shot, sacrifice accuracy for speed, or even make it possible to guide the projectile. The game also includes a multiplayer mode. Ten deathmatch maps are available for free-for-all, team deathmatch or a variant called ""King of the Hill"". A special mode is DarkMatch, for which one special map is available. In DarkMatch, the map is without any illumination, and players must use a searchlight to see anything. The deathmatch modes can be played against bots, and the game also offers a cooperative version of the single player campaign. Unreal introduced the game engine of the same name which employs such tricks as colored lighting, curved surfaces, reflective surfaces, ""detail"" textures (via multi-texturing), and real time interactive mixed digital music."
5938,Chicken Chase,"Chickin Chase, Cock' In, Coq'Inn",1984,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Players control a cock who is making sure that his wife delivers at least one of her children into the world. The cock automatically goes into the back room to mate with his wife, who lays an egg shortly afterwards. After this, it is up to the player to make sure that there is at least one egg among the two rows of nests, and that the egg is not destroyed by snakes, rats, raccoons, porcupines, and the like that are smart enough to climb the ladders leading up to the nests. The creatures enter the henhouse from either side, and must be moved along by pecking at them. As the cock walks around the henhouse, its energy will decrease. It must be replenished by eating chicken feed at both sides of the henhouse. Only then will the cock move faster. Upon entering the back room, the player must wait until one or more hearts appear at the top of the screen, as they indicate the number of eggs the mother will lay. Since there are ten nests, up to ten hearts can only appear at a give time. When an egg sits in the nest long enough, a egg will hatch out, and the resulting chick will make its way toward the back room, ring the bell outside the door, then go on in. If one of the creatures destroy an egg, or the only egg in the nest hatches out, the player loses a life, and the game is over when all lives are lost."
5942,Independence War: The Starship Simulator,"I-War, I-War: Enter Infinity, I-War: Rebellion im Universum, Independence War",1997,7.9,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Indies, colonists from Earth, and the Commonwealth are engaged in a never-ending war in Space. As an officer of the Commonwealth it's your job to strip these rebels of their defiant natures and force them to re-join with Earth. Independence War: The Starship Simulator is a space-sim with a twist. Instead of flying the usual fighters, you take charge of a 150-metre long Dreadnaught-class corvette. And all the goodies of a capital ship are included: big guns, big shields, lots of missiles. All the daily essentials for an officer of the Navy. Mission times vary from 5 minutes up to 35 minutes without save point. If you have successfully completed the mission, the game will save. There are primary and secondary missions and, later in the game, you can change the sides from the Navy to the Indies. Later, the Dreadnaught become updated with more firepower, new missiles and a friend. The game has three endings. Some of the missions require you to remote control other crafts, such as fighter, freighter, and more. Unfortunately, when you are controlling that ship, your own ship is flying with no one at the helm."
5945,MicroLeague Action Sports Soccer,Manchester United Europe,1991,7.0,"Simulation, Sports",,,Play your favourite team as they make their way through the European Football championships. You can either select your team and let the computer's AI battle out each match or take over control of the players and put the ball in the back of the net yourself. This was Krisalis' second sports game after Manchester United: The Official Computer Game
5950,Zombies Ate My Neighbors,Zombies,1993,7.8,Action,Shooter,,"In Zombies Ate My Neighbors the player takes the role of a male or female protagonist (Zeke or Julia), fighting vampires, mummies, zombies, and other horrifying creatures. The goal is to destroy these monsters, survive the 50+ levels (not including secret ones), and rescue the neighbors that have survived the onslaught. There is a defined number of neighbors who can be saved on every level. When they are all rescued, an ""Exit"" door opens, and the player advances to the next level. The levels range from mall and grocery store to beaches and football fields. Using different weapons such as bazooka or water gun, Zeke and Julia have to kill regular enemies and bosses (huge babies, dragons, ants, and others) at the end of the levels. Despite the horror theme, the game's setting contains humorous elements as well. A two-player cooperative mode is available."
5953,The Settlers: Smack a Thief!,Die Siedler: Hiebe für Diebe!,2000,6.1,Action,Arcade,,"Smack A Thief! is an mini-game from the Settlers-series, intended as an advertisement game for the - at the time - upcoming The Settlers: Fourth Edition Your mission is to protect your gold and silver from the thieves. You have a few guards available, who protect your treasure, but they seem that they don't have slept well at night, so they doing it now at work, mostly when the thieves are carrying away your treasure. So you have to wake your guards by punching them, they then trying to stop the thieves, when they are in range. But you can also punch the thieves directly, either way, they let the gold/silver fall down and run away. Your settlers will then return the treasure back to the depot. The harder you punch the thieves, the more time you have, before this one returns. For your task, you have some gimmicks available (you can find them in some levels), like bombs, which will destroy the terrain and throw all people in range away, matchsticks, to set them on fire, or an air pump, to inflate them. Each level has a time limit, so all you have to do, is to stand with some of your treasure until the time runs out. If all of the gold/silver has been carried away, you loose. The game offers an online high score. To get in there, you must stop manually before a new level (or finish the complete game). If you loose in a level, your score is lost."
5956,Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy,,1998,6.4,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is an adventure game about the end of the millennium and the fate of the human race. The object of the game is to collect coloured orbs and artifacts to redeem evil spirits. To accomplish it, you must figure out what sin each spirit is guilty of, which artifact represents it and what colour is it associated with. Then you have to get the correct colour orb or orbs, the correct artifact, enter the correct sin room and do your work. It's not as easy as it may seem."
5958,Thunder Force II,Thunder Force II MD,1988,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,Thunder Force II is both a side scrolling and top down shooter. In the game you control a ship. In some stages the action is side scrolling and in others it is top down (overhead). The weapons systems is fairly basic. You can switch from shooting a more powerful weapon straight ahead or two less powerful guns shooting forward and backward simultaneously. There are various power-ups that improve your fire power. In the top down levels you can only travel in cardinal directions and cannot maneuver around obstacles easily or slow down. The control in the side scrolling levels is reminiscent of R-Type or Gradius but with more basic weapons systems. In future incarnations of the series the top down aspect would be abandoned.
5964,Judge Dredd Pinball,,1998,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Pinball",,"Based on the original Judge Dredd pinball machine, this computer version adds some new things to the game to increase the game's appeal. The game offers multiple graphics settings, the ability to remap keys, and two sound qualities. In the game itself, you are faced with a partly video and partly standard pinball game with a large loop ramp near the top of the table. There is one table in the game to play on and you get five balls per game with the possibility of gaining extra balls."
5971,Sabre Wulf,,1984,7.1,Action,Puzzle elements,,"The ACG amulet (a reference to Ultimate's formal name of Ashby Computers and Graphics), has been split into four pieces, which are located in different parts of a jungle, and you're the intrepid explorer sent to locate them. The game takes place on a large map, and the viewed area often includes section which overlap and can't be reached directly, due to the huge shrubs and trees which are used as borders. The gameplay has many similarities to Ultimate's earlier Atic Atac title (even though they charged almost twice as much for it). It combines shooting (creatures such as spiders and hippos are among the many ferocious delights on show), and puzzle solving, largely involving manoeuvring objects. Once you run out of lives, the game tells you the percentage completed; chances are you'll be surprised that hours of exploration only cover half of it."
5974,Impossamole,,1990,6.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Monty Mole has been living in luxury since his previous adventures, but he has now been beamed up by an alien race who want him to do a job for them. Monty must trek through five worlds to retrieve the sacred scrolls of the race's Guardians. As with Core's previous hit Rick Dangerous 2 there is versatility in the exact structure of the game. The first four levels consist of the Orient, a Klondike mine, an Ice world and an Amazon forest - once these are completed the final world is open to you. The platform-based gameplay is similar to Monty's earlier games, with primarily horizontal progression, as well as ropes and ladders to navigate. Monty has developed a useful flying kick, and has been given a smart bomb, with the potential to collect extra bombs and guns. Hazards, enemies and level designs are themed around each level, and range from cable cars and falling snowballs to Ninjas and Monkeys."
5983,Rainbow Islands Extra,Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 - Extra Version,1988,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Rainbow Islands Extra is a version of the classic Taito coin-op Rainbow Islands It has the same levels as the original, but the enemies and bosses have been rearranged so that ones from later in the game populate the earlier levels to make the game more challenging. This is similar to the ""Super Bubble Bobble"" mode of the original game of the series. As in the original, the game is set in the titular Rainbow Islands, where the two brothers Bub and Bob in human form must free the islands from the evil monsters who have overrun them, by using the magical power of rainbows! The home console version includes both the the original game and the reworked Extra version, as well as three difficulty levels."
5988,Lords of Conquest,,1986,7.1,Strategy / tactics,,,"Lords of Conquest is influenced by the boardgame Risk You and your opponent start by selecting countries in turn from a map. This can be randomly generated based on requested numbers of countries and volumes of water, chosen from one of the 19 predefined ones, or created using the inbuilt editor. Your army possesses infantry, cavalry and a water fleet. Natural or produced resources such as gold and iron are identified - countries containing these might be the best ones to invade.You can play at 4 skill levels, and decide how big a factor luck is. With calculations settled by the computer, players can concentrate on the power games."
5990,Mortal Kombat: Special Forces,,2000,5.3,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Puzzle elements",,"Take on the role of Mortal Kombat® character Jax, as you descend into the realm of Mortal Kombat in search of arch- villain, Kano. As you make your way through the game, you will delve deeper into one of the most interesting and enigmatic stories in the Mortal Kombat universe. Battle your way through complex 3D levels. Destroy your enemies using never-before-seen special moves and combos, all leading to an unforeseen climactic ending."
5991,Mega Man II,Rockman World 2,1991,6.8,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Dr. Wily has broken into the Chronos Institute and stolen a machine called Time Skimmer. According to Dr. Light's calculations, he has used the machine to travel roughly 37,426 years into the future. This can mean nothing good and so Mega Man, along with his dog Rush, sets out to find out more about Dr. Wily's plans. Mega Man II follows the same formula as its predecessors meaning the player has to complete a number of side-scrolling, platforming levels that are guarded by different bosses. Mega Man can only shoot left or right, but defeating a boss rewards him with a new weapon. Sometimes he will also find upgrades for Rush, which enable him to use Rush as a trampoline, a submarine or a jet. While Mega Man II is not a conversion, the first four stages look and play very similar to some levels of Mega Man 2 for the NES. Likewise, levels five to eight resemble some levels of Mega Man 3 The bosses of the first eight stages are also old familiars from Mega Man 2 and 3."
6008,Lost Luggage,,1982,5.2,Action,Arcade,,"You are at the airport attempting to collect your luggage from the carousel. However, the carousel has gone out of control and is tossing luggage everywhere! You need to catch all of the luggage that is tossed out, or all of your clothes will be scattered around the airport. As the levels progress, more and more luggage will need to be caught, and the games speed increases. There are two difficulty levels available; the easier mode gives you two men to catch luggage with, and the harder mode gives you only one man. Several other game variations are also available: if the terrorist suitcase option is enabled, explosive suitcases will occasionally appear. If you don't catch these, the game immediately ends regardless of how many lives you have left. If the suitcase control option is enabled during a two player game, you are able to control the direction your opponent's suitcases travel."
6018,Airstrike USA,"ATF II, Advanced Tactical Fighter II",1990,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Airstrike USA is an arcade action flight game, where you fly the ATF (Advanced Tactical Fighter) on various missions around the world. Missions include destroying enemy submarines, radars, aircraft, bases, etc. In the game, you watch your ATF from behind with a very simplified instrument panel at the bottom of the screen."
6026,Crusade,,1995,6.8,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Despite the name, this game is not about the historical crusades. The scenarios in Crusade are fully fictional and in the campaign you spend your time conquering hostile castles. The graphics are the standard look of round-based tactical games: A map with hexagonal fields. You can use 15 different units, from combat troops to magicians and spies. Other possibilities are ships or even dragons, which have a better attack range than regular troops. In combat it is not only crucial to have good attack and defend values - the mere mass is important too. That's why you can group up to 50 soldiers together. Additional to the combat you have to ensure of the supply chain with corn by conquering villages and farms or your soldiers will die of hunger instead of by the sword. In the options you can change several settings to spice up the game. The game features two editors to change the provided missions and create your own."
6027,Bo Jackson Baseball,TV Sports: Baseball,1991,6.9,Sports,,,"Bo Jackson Baseball ( TV Sports: Baseball in Europe) is an arcade oriented conversion of the popular American sport, in the same series as TV Sports: Football and TV Sports: Basketball The player can choose among 26 teams and play directly in the positions of batter and pitcher. A managerial element is also included: when playing a whole season the player can choose the lineup and the batting order. Emphasis is put on user-friendliness and TV-style presentation, featuring the likeness of Bob McGill. It also features digitalised sound samples and motion captured player animations. The stats can be consulted from the main menu."
6029,Wing Commander: Secret Ops,,1998,7.7,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Secret Ops continues the story of Wing Commander: Prophecy Casey and some of his wingmates are transferred to the Confederation's newest cruiser, the TCS Cerberus. They are assigned patrol duties close to the Sol system. However, the bugs are back and this time, they are close to Earth. It's up to Casey to stop their plans once more. Secret Ops uses essentially the same engine as Prophecy. You can fly upgraded versions of the Prophecy fighters equipped with some new weapons. The story is no longer told with videos but with cutscenes using the game engine."
6033,Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?,,1988,6.5,"Educational, Puzzle",,,"The Master System version of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? keeps the gameplay mechanics of the computer original. The main difference is the interface: instead of navigating text menus, the player directly controls the detective through the side-scrolling cities. There are two landmarks to look out for: buildings (entering them allows to question people) and a phone booth to enter the suspect's characteristics (eye color is replaced with vehicle). If the player is on the correct track, the suspect may show up and take a shot - the player must jump over it in order to avoid losing time."
6036,Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story,,1995,6.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The game is based on the Japanese manga and anime series Sailor Moon It is set in the 30th century, in a futuristic city Crystal Tokyo. In this city lives a totally ordinary (at first) fourteen-year old girl Usagi. When she meets a magical cat named Luna, she finds out that she is in fact a princess sent to the future in order to fight the minions of Darkness. She discovers within herself the power to transform into the hero of darkness, Sailor Moon, meets other warriors who help her on her quest, and fights the evil Queen Beryl, hostile aliens, and other foes. The events of this game take place shortly after Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon S the fourth volume of the long-running series. A global peace is established in the universe, but lately suspicious things are happening. A strange meteorite is seen approaching the Earth. Street gangs and spies who work for a mysterious person called Apsu are seen in Crystal Tokyo. And the Mystic Silver Crystal, the Ginzuishou, which protects the city, is shaking! Usagi and her friends must now investigate the strange events and face the forces of Darkness once again. The game is a Japanese-style RPG in Final Fantasy style (battles with your party to the right and the enemies to the left), with a battle system somewhat similar to that of Chrono Trigger : you must form a party out of several available characters, make them participate in battles together, and learn powerful combo attacks."
6039,Puzzle Link,Renketsu Puzzle: Tsunagete Pon!,1998,7.4,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"Puzzle Link is a game where blocks of matching color have to be dissolved. New blocks constantly scroll into the screen from the top. The game is over when the first blocks reach the bottom of the screen. You can dissolve blocks by shooting at them. The shots form a line where they impact. If that line connects otherwise unconnected blocks of the same color they will dissolve. There are three different modes: In ""Normal"" you have to link two special blocks that appear after some time. If you manage to finish the level within the time limit you will unlock one of 50 collectible cards. In ""Clear Mode"" you have to clear a given constellation of blocks. ""Battle Mode"" is a two player link-cable mode."
6043,Custodian,Kalashnikov,1989,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Custodian the player takes the role of the caretaker of an nuclear-powered alien cemetery. It was infested by parasites which drain the energy and the player's job is to fend them off. There are three tombs, each of them are extensive environments which scroll in multiple directions. The player uses a jet pack for movement and searches for the pods which the parasites are using to extract the energy. They have to be brought to a special room to destroy them there. The goal is to get rid of all pods in a level, but the parasites have something against this. And so they actively try to kill the protagonist, but fortunately he has ten weapon systems at his disposal to shoot back. Well, at least if he bought them from special silos with earned points. The total energy reserves of the tomb act as time limit."
6044,Bases Loaded,Moero!! Pro Yakyū,1987,6.4,Sports,,,"Bases Loaded is a baseball action game for one or two players featuring a large variety of options and realistic graphics and sound. You can select from twelve different teams and choose a lineup for each team. Each team has 30 players with different characteristics to learn. During gameplay you can control all of the positions in the field and pitch everything from a fast ball to curve ball. When at bat you can try to hit a homerun, bunt, or steal bases. Play can be a single game or a complete pennant."
6047,Vandal Hearts,Vandal Hearts: Ushinawareta Kodai Bunmei,1996,7.8,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",Tactical RPG,Fantasy,"Vandal Hearts is a turn-based strategy RPG. It follows a fixed plot-line with set battles, focusing more on strategic elements than adventure elements. The combat takes place in a series of 3D grid based maps and each character in the party has a certain amount of movements they can perform each turn. As the game progresses, other characters join and leave the party and as they increase in level they can progress along different paths of development. Between each battle there is a cut scene that develops the plot using the same 3D engine as the combat (and often the same areas). In between battles you have the opportunity to talk to people in cities as well as purchase different equipment for the up coming battles."
6048,The Isle of Four Winds: Rune War,,1998,6.7,"Puzzle, Strategy / tactics","Cards / tiles, Real-time tactics (RTT)",Fantasy,"The Isle of the Four Winds: Rune War is a hybrid strategy game that blends traditional Asian Mahjong with elements of territorial conquest in a fantasy setting. The game introduces a gameplay loop where players alternate between rounds of Mahjong and a strategic mode called Rune War. Each mode lasts approximately five minutes, combining tile-matching mechanics with tactical decision-making. In the Mahjong phase, players compete against up to three AI or human opponents, forming hands that unlock magical spells, summon creatures, and grant other strategic benefits. These advantages carry over into the Rune War phase, where players use them to seize control of territories on a fantasy-themed map. The success in Mahjong directly influences the resources and abilities available in the tactical phase, creating a continuous interplay between skill-based tile play and strategic conquest. The game is accessible to players unfamiliar with Mahjong, although knowledge of traditional hands provides an edge. The game supports multiplayer over LAN and the internet."
6054,Arcade Classic 2: Centipede / Millipede,,1995,6.4,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Shooter",,"A compilation of two classic games, Centipede and Millipede ported over to the Game Boy system with original gameplay. It is also compatible with the Super Game Boy Adapter with backgrounds made to resemble their original arcade casings."
6055,Mario Party 2,Mario Party 2: Get The Place Jumping!,1999,7.8,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Board game, Mini-games, Party game",Fantasy,"Mario and a range of well known Nintendo characters, including Yoshi, Bowser, Luigi, and Wario return for some more party action. The second edition includes 5 new boards, each with a specific theme, such as Space Land, Western Land, Horror Land, and Mystery Land. Each board includes unique attributes in relation to the theme, but the main goal is the same: complete the board game over a certain amount of moves and be the player to have the most coins and/or stars at the end. The single player story mode allows one person and 3 CPU controlled players to play each board. Once you play a specific mini-game (64 in all), they become available to purchase using the coins you collected in your games to play anytime. Multiplayer allows 2 to 4 people to play the game."
6057,Monty Python's Looney Bin,,1998,6.8,Compilation,,,"Monty Python's Looney Bin is a compilation of two Monty Python titles, Complete Waste of Time and Quest for the Holy Grail Also comes with ""Desktop Pythonizer"", a desktop theme for Windows 3.1."
6061,USS Ticonderoga: Life and Death on the High Seas,"USS Ticonderoga: Defender of Liberty, USS Ticonderoga: Verteidiger der Freiheit",1995,7.0,Simulation,,,"USS Ticonderoga lets you command a Ticonderoga-class missile cruiser in a real-time naval combat simulation. There are three theaters of operation: the Persian Gulf, the North Atlantic or the Sea of Japan and you will have to take your ship there and try to keep the peace and carry out your missions."
6062,Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue,"102 Dalmatiner - Action Game, Disney 102 Dálmatas: Cachorros al Rescate, Disney La Carica dei 102: Cuccioli alla Riscossa, Disney Les 102 Dalmatiens à la rescousse !, Disney's 102 Dalmatynczyki: Psiaki na Pomoc, Disney: 102 dalmatinů: Zachraňte štěňata, Disneys 102 Dalmatiner: Valpar till Undsättning",2000,6.7,Action,Platform,,102 Dalmatians is a 3D action adventure where you become a courageous Dalmatian puppy who must rescue your family and friends from the clutches of Cruella De Vil. Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue features beloved characters from 101 Dalmatians and new characters based on the upcoming 102 Dalmatians live action movie.
6069,F-15 Strike Eagle III,,1992,7.7,Simulation,,Contemporary,"Take the F-15 Strike Eagle and join the conflict in Iraq (Desert Storm), North Korea, and Panama, with full map authenticity. Every major landmark is included, including the Defense Ministry and Presidential Palace in downtown Baghdad (compare it with tourist maps!), major bridges over the Euphrates river, DMZ, Seoul, and Pyongyang on the Korea map, and the Canal Zone in Panama! Use the radar to paint accurate pictures of what is going on, request updates from AWAC, and unleash the full arsenal of smart weapons upon your targets. Play adversarial or co-op missions in multiplayer modes."
6070,Wolverine: Adamantium Rage,,1994,6.0,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Wolverine: Adamantium Rage is a side-scrolling platform beat-em-up. Wolverine, aka Logan, searches desperately for clues about his past and his identify. Using the computers of the X-Men mansion, Wolverine soon receives coordinates to somewhere in Canada and is told to come alone. As the missions and levels progress he finds clues which lead him inevitably on to the next level. The main character has a very large selection of combat moves, and also has great agility and the ability to climb walls using his wrist-spikes. Bonus pickups are provided in the level maps. Many of them are hidden very thoroughly which invites the player to use Wolverine's agility and climbing abilities to explore every corner. The levels include a secret lab, a ninja training camp, a hallucinogenic world, and others."
6071,Nuts & Milk,Hot Pop,1984,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In this Arcade game the gameplay is quite simple, the hero, named ""Milk"" must get all the fruits in the screen in order to free his girlfriend (don't ask me what's the relation) who is captured inside of a house. Your rival ""'Nuts"" will try to keep you away from your goal. To obtain the fruit, Milk will climb up ladders and jump onto different platforms. Points are earned by obtaining the fruit, jumping over Nuts and completing the level in the shortest amount of time (obtaining the Bonus score value). Two game modes are included as well as a level editor."
6072,U.S.S. John Young,"Battle Stations, U.S.S. Battlestation, U.S.S. John Young: A Naval Warship Simulation",1990,5.9,"Action, Simulation",,,"""U.S.S. John Young"" is a 2D naval simulation with many action components. In 1995, the political situation in the Persian Gulf is running out of control. There are confrontations between Iranian, Iraqi and US military units. As the Captain of the US Destroyer U.S.S. John Young it's your mission to secure this area. Your operations during this conflict:"
6078,Multi-Player Soccer Manager,,1990,6.9,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Multi-Player Soccer Manager is a football/soccer management game that allows up to four players to play at the same time. The game has four divisions from Division 1 to Division 4 with 16 teams in each division. Each team is assembled with a squad of up to 16 players. You begin as manager of a Division 4 team which is randomly selected for you when you start the game. Each season has a 30-game league schedule where you must finish in the top two to gain promotion to the next division. In higher leagues, the bottom two teams are relegated to the lower division. If you finish in the bottom of Division 4 you win the “league joker” trophy. If your team performs well you may get offered a job at a higher level team during the season. Teams also compete in League Cup and F.A. Cup matches as well where teams of all divisions take part and can play against each other. Other features in the game include buying and selling players in the transfer market, arranging training for your players and increasing your ground's capacity and safety. If you run out of money, you will be sacked and offered the job of the bottom team of Division 4. If you choose decline the job, the game will end. The same occurs if you choose to resign at any time."
6081,Hunter Hunted,Jake Burst,1996,7.3,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2015. A race of technologically superior aliens known as the Masters have invaded many planets, exterminating or enslaving their population. The Earth has become a grim place, the few surviving humans working for the aliens in labor camps. The Minotaur-like inhabitants on the planet Kulrathe are herded into concentration camps, forced to play the cruel game ""Hunter Hunted"" to entertain aliens. The human Jake and Garathe Den, working independently, have to salvage car parts in order to construct a working vehicle and escape from the Masters' yoke. Hunter Hunted is a side-scrolling platform action game. The player takes control of either Jake or Garathe Den. Both start unarmed, but over the course of the game they will acquire whips, guns, rocket launchers, and other weapons to protect themselves. The third dimension is integrated into the game, influencing its gameplay: the protagonists can step aside to avoid projectile attacks, as well as use doors to reach other areas. A two-player mode is included, with 20 head-to-head and 15 cooperative missions."
6083,Simon the Sorcerer's Pinball,,1998,5.5,Action,Pinball,,"Simon the Sorcerer's Pinball is a pinball game based on the characters of the adventure series. The idea behind the table is that these characters got kidnapped by Sordid and Simon has to rescue them by scoring points. The game features two paddles and several bumpers. Interesting features are two lock holes named ""Simon's Magic Ring"" which sends the ball to one of three scoring areas and ""Simon's Magic Hat"" which rewards a random score. ""The Fiery Balcony"" gives either a score reward or a penalty, e.g. a black screen, depending on the status of other drop targets. The soundtrack consists of remixed songs of the first two games. The German release also includes:"
6091,Battle Island,,1988,5.5,Action,,,"As a commando equipped with an M16 and a bag of smart grenades, your mission is to retrieve the eight pieces of the Bailey Bridge that will lead you to the Neutron Beam Weapons Base where you must take out the Neutron Beam and save your fellow comrades. Stopping you from accomplishing your mission are thousands of alien commandos, tanks, laser emplacements, and much more. Several alien commandos will leave behind a star, which you can get to receive double shots, rear shots, unstoppabullets, or a shield. Along the way, you can also find weapons lying on the ground if you are unlucky enough to find stars."
6093,The Challenge of... NEXAR,,1982,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are trying to become a Spectra-Warrior. To do this, you must fly through the levels of warp zones, destroying radioactive beacons. The higher the level, the more you need to destroy. These beacons are guarded by impact exploding saucers. You can destroy these saucers for points or avoid them. When you destroy a saucer or beacon, do not remain in the same place as the debris will collide with you. You have ninety-nine seconds to destroy the number of beacons indicated by the number on the bottom right of the screen per level."
6100,NES Open Tournament Golf,Mario's Open Golf,1991,7.4,Sports,,,"In NES Open Tournament Golf you can play a round of golf on one of three different courses. One or two players can play in the U.S., Japan, or the U.K. and choose a stroke or match play game. Gameplay is from two point of views, starting with an overhead view allowing you to set up the shot and choose a club, then switching to a 3-D point of view. Hitting the ball uses the common power meter where tapping the button starts the meter, tap the button a second time to select the amount of power in the shot, then tap the button a third time to select the amount of slice or hook. If you are unable to finish a round in one play, NES Open Tournament Golf features a battery back-up allowing you to save the game and continue later. The Famicom version is significantly different than the NES version. The Famicom version has 5 courses, losing the U.S. course found in the NES version but gaining France, Australia, and Hawaii. The Famicom version also lacks the tournament mode feature found in the NES version."
6102,Gettysburg: The Turning Point,,1986,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Wargame,"Historical events, North America","Gettysburg: The Turning Point is a grand tactical simulation of the most famous, well known and arguably the most decisive battle of the Civil War fought at the little town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania from July 1 to July 3, 1863. The game uses a refined version of SSI's Antietam game system and is played in 42 turns each representing 1 hour of real time over a 3 day period.. Players are awarded points based on casualties and territorial objectives. At the end of each turn and the end of the game points are calculated and compared to a chart which determines your level of victory. The game can be played under 3 different sets of rules (Basic, Intermediate and Advanced) with 5 levels of difficulty for each and can be played against another person or the computer can play either side."
6103,Terminator 2: Judgment Day,,1992,5.8,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Fighting, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,Terminator 2: Judgment Day is based on the movie of the same name. The player takes the role of the T-800 Terminator and has to protect John Connor from being terminated by the T-1000 Terminator. The game is set over five levels with the following goals:
6106,X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse,,1994,7.4,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A rise of anti-mutant activity in Genosha prompts Professor Xavier uses Cerebro to scan the island nation and discovers Apocalypse's presence there. Genosha's government is apparently using Apocalypse to bring their mutant population under control. However, Xavier suspects Apocalypse to follow his own plans and sends five X-Men, Cyclops, Wolverine, Psylocke, Beast and Gambit, to investigate. X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse combines the gameplay of a side-scrolling brawler like Final Fight with elements of a platformer, that is, players have to fight various enemies and survive the occasional jumping-puzzle. Most levels also feature mid- and end-bosses in form of robots, monsters or known Super-Villains. Each character has unique abilities and special moves: Cyclops uses his Optic Blast to attack enemies from a distance, Wolverine can climb walls, Psylocke is very agile and the best jumper of the team, Beast can cling to the ceiling while Gambit throws explosive cards at his enemies. Special moves are quite similar to those found in Street Fighter II (Wolverine has a Dragon-Punch-style attack and Gambit's Double Kick is virtually identical to M. Bison's Scissors Kick) and require similar button combinations. While most stages are unique for each character, some can be played with any of the X-Men. Progress is saved via password."
6108,Space Cavern,,1981,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are the commander of an intergalactic starship on a mission to explore new, strange planets. After landing on a new world and beginning to explore the numerous caverns, you discover the planet is inhabited by the deadly Electrosauri. These creatures can generate lethal electric charges, and are now after you! Using your laser gun, you need to defend yourself from the onslaught of Electrosauri. The deadly creatures can come from above, the left, or the right so be sure to keep an eye on all corners of the screen! There are numerous game variations included which dictate the number of attacking creatures that can appear at a time, their firing characteristics, and the overall difficulty level. Each time you eliminate a large Electrosauri, you'll gain 115 points, whereas smaller ones hold a value of 165 points. The fast-moving marsupods emerging from caves on both the left and right will grant you 200 points."
6110,Beetlejuice,Beetlejuice: Horrific Hijinx from the Neitherworld!,1992,6.0,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Beetlejuice's pal Lydia's been kidnapped! From the kitchen, to the attic, to the Neitherworld itself, help the Ghost With the Most bust her captors back to the Neitherworld. You'll start off in Lydia's house, moving through the kitchen, laundry, bed, bath, boiler, and living rooms. Once you reach the top floor, you'll be heading right into the attic; watch out for treasure chests! Following the attic, slide down the roof, and head to the graveyard behind her house, and clear all the monsters away from the gateway. Once the gateway's clear, take it to the Neitherworld, via mine cart. You'll face your toughest challenge in Level 5, the Neitherworld, where you'll go face to face with Lydia's captor, Astoroth. Can you save Lydia and make it back in one piece?"
6115,Rollcage,,1999,7.6,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",,"Rollcage is a fast, furious 3D racing game, combining elements from Death Rally with elements from Bullfrog 's classic Hi Octane : Race five other drivers in an immersive 3D environment while shooting at your peers and avoiding their retaliation. You have a wide selection of tracks and cars, along with options for multiplayer gaming and a vast array of configuration options. Cars can drive up walls, flip over, and continue driving. This makes for a very quick and fluid gameplay unlike any other at the time of this game's release."
6116,Missile Command,,1992,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This game is based on the original arcade game Missile Command in which aliens are attacking the Earth. In this version of the game players control two anti-missile silos and have to shoot down the incoming enemy firepower in order to defend several different major cities (such as Cairo or Moscow) that have come under siege. Cities consist of six different buildings, which the player has to try and prevent their destruction. If all the buildings are destroyed, the player loses the game. Both missile silos are equipped with fifteen missiles each and can be fired independently of each other. Players aim their missiles by moving a cursor to the desired location. The Game Boy version of the game was later re-released for the Game Boy Color. This updated version included color graphics and added a rumble feature."
6125,Gary Lineker's Hot-Shot!,Litti's Hot-Shot!,1989,5.9,Sports,,,"Gary Lineker's Hot-Shot! is a soccer game in which two teams try to win the match. The adjustable options are the number of players, the time of a half time and the AI level. The game is played in a top-down view and only shows a part of the playfield. The player either controls the athlete in ball possession or, when in defense, the one which is nearest. When shooting, the power of the shot depends on how long the button was pressed and the direction changes with the joystick movement, e.g. moving against the walking direction results in a overhead kick."
6127,Ready 2 Rumble Boxing,,1999,6.5,Sports,,,"Ready 2 Rumble Boxing for Game Boy Color is the handheld adaptation of the 3D console game It offers a selection of boxers and options of the original game, with simplified controls and 2D graphics. From the start, the game includes 7 of the cartoony characters seen in the console versions; three further ones can be unlocked. The only two gameplay modes are Arcade (a single match) and Championship (a ladder against all other boxers in the game). All fights are best-of-three. Fights are seen from a slightly angled perspective of the ring. Controls allow for two different punches via A and B, an uppercut (button + Up) and a gut punch (button + Down). Landing clean hits fills the R-U-M-B-L-E meter, which, when full, allows the boxer to unleash a furious punching assault by pressing A+B. A standard health model with two different bars for strength and stamina is used. The game includes the licensed voice of Michael Buffer, who introduces the fighters and of course also spouts his trademark phrase that gives the game its name. The game also features FMV introductions for all fighters (taken from the console version), and, befitting the game's title, a cartridge with a rumble feature that allows players to feel the hits (US version only)."
6130,CyberGladiators,,1996,6.6,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In a freak accident, Alliance members of a Gy Djin terrorist attack were transformed into CyberGladiators, a powerful cyborg fighting force. Powerful Gy Djin members in prison were also transformed into CyberGladiators. When the Gy Djin CyberGladiators escaped from prison they faced a showdown with the Alliance. In this game, you can fight on the side of the Alliance or the Gy Djin in this futuristic cyborg fighting game."
6134,Dynasty Warriors,"Sangoku Musō, Sanguo Wushuang",1997,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Fighting","China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events","Dynasty Warriors is a 3D fighting game steeped in traditional Chinese history and mythology, its characters being warriors from the Three Kingdoms era, a setting that was used by Koei before in their Romance of the Three Kingdoms series Over 2000 years ago, Guang-Wu revived the Han Dynasty in China. Wars and chaos follow for centuries after, because of regional conflicts, rival dynasties, and bureaucratic problems. An insurgent group, the Yellow Turban Rebels, roams China killing government officials. The current Emperor Shao is protected by troops raised by the nobles of the land - but each noble has their own plan to gain power. The fighting is based on martial arts and weapons (and the tactics thereof) rather than focusing on combos, special moves, or other modern fighting-game embellishments. The characters can be chosen from four groups, each representing one of the main kingdoms - Shu, Wei, and Wu, as well as a miscellaneous-character 4th group."
6141,Tarzan Goes Ape!,,1991,6.4,Action,Platform,Africa,"You play Tarzan, who the witch doctor has turned into a monkey. To change back to his human form, you need to collect six ingredients - necklace, mask, plant, crossbones, a bottle, and gem - and place them in his cauldron. While you are doing this, you deal with various forms of wildlife; such as snakes, birds, lizards, and cannibals; by stoning them to death. Fruit can be picked up for bonus points. There are two types of skulls that are scattered through each level. One that gives you reverse controls, and one that causes loss of life. When Tarzan has obtained all six ingredients, you proceed onto the next level. In between these, you play a bonus level where the object is to collect a number of gems before time runs out."
6142,Night Gunner,,1982,6.3,Action,Shooter,World War II,"Night Gunner is set in World War II, and loosely simulates the Lancaster plane, but despite this, and despite being from Digital Integration the game is more of a shoot 'em up than a flight simulator. It's primarily split into shooting and bombing phases, the first of which is viewed from the cockpit, and sees the player shooting at balloons, planes (which are hostile) and big bombers. Damage can affect the engines, which affects the player's performance - when 3 engines are destroyed, the plane crashes. Damage to the gun turret slows sight movement, and eventually deprives the player of the ability to aim. The bombing sections include high-level and low-level attacks, each with limited ammunition. High-level runs often involve intercepting shots before they can hit you, while on the low level runs there is a constant risk of hitting the ground, or being hit by enemy fire."
6146,Ceremony of Innocence,,1997,7.1,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Ceremony of Innocence is based on a popular series of books about Griffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock, written in the early 90s. One day, an unusual looking letter, with capacious, but not less interesting message, has come addressed to Griffin Moss. This letter issued from a pen of Sabin Strohem from Sicmons Islands, somewhere in the South Pacific. She admires design talent of a London resident (he draws postcards) and especially notes one of his latest works - one he didn't show to anyone yet. Replying only because of pure curiosity, Griffin has no idea, that these sentences will lead a correspondence, which will probably change his whole life. At the heart of the game lies correspondence between two heroes, separated by a thousand kilometers of land and water, but connected in other way. Two different worlds: archipelago, lost on the expanses of the ocean, almost untouched by a white barbarians and one of the biggest megapolis in the Europe, overpopulated with whisking people and gaseous atmosphere transport. Post will be their only way to communicate with each other. Through the letters they will experience feelings, that they maybe would never experience, if was together. To read each letter, player must open envelope or turn it over and in the order to do so he will need to ""solve"" puzzles, based on postcard drawings. Each letter will have different postcard, thus another puzzle. Most of them looks quite abstract, but in fact they are much easier, than in most puzzle-oriented adventures ( Myst and his numerous clones)."
6159,Croc: Legend of the Gobbos,"Croc! Pau-Pau Island, Croc: A Lenda de Gobbos",1997,7.3,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is a 3D platform game where you play as a crocodile. Small hairy creatures called Gobbos live peacefully on an island until one day they see a basket drifting in the water. After pulling it ashore they find a baby crocodile inside it. The Gobbos raise him as their own until he is three times their size. The game starts with the island being attacked by the evil Baron Dante and his minions. They capture most of the Gobbos, but the crocodile manages to escape. Now you need to rescue the Gobbos and fight Baron Dante and his minions. As you make progress you visit several islands with different themes like a forest, snow, desert or castles. Along the way you have to collect crystals (which serve as health), rescue Gobbos and defeat enemies and bosses. You can attack enemies with your tail, destroy crates with a jump down attack and, in some stages, it is possible to swim. Secret stages and a secret island can be unlocked if all Gobbos are rescued and all jigsaw pieces in the secret stages are collected."
6176,BurgerTime,"Arcade Archives: Burger Time, BurgerTime!, Hamburger",1982,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"You play as Chef Pepper and your goal is to make giant hamburgers while evil eggs, sausages and pickles chase you around the game area. To properly make a hamburger you must assemble all of the ingredients together, dropping them from higher up onto the burger area below. To actually do this you have to let Chef Pepper step over every burger ingredient. As soon as an ingredient (a piece of lettuce for instance) has been stepped on, it will fall to the level below. Falling food will squish any enemy following you and will also ""bump"" any other ingredient below it farther down. Also, as an emergency defense against the enemy food, you can collect pepper shakers which will allow you to puff out a small pepper cloud that will momentarily stun enemies, allowing you to walk past them. Higher levels result in new level design, faster enemies and more ingredients to assemble."
6179,Nightfall,,1999,7.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"In the best tradition of pyramid exploration, you start this contemplative first-person adventure game trapped, with no way to go but deeper into the ancient Egyptian tomb. As a journeyman archaeologist banned from the Kirdaza site, you're not even supposed to be there. The dig is closed, oil company property, and no one will come looking for you. Your crackpot notions of a three thousand-year history for the vast tomb, possibly hiding secrets to the origin of life, have made your colleagues eager to forget you, while the earthquake and aftershocks are guaranteeing they will. As you probe deeper, opening one new passage after another, carefully navigating the remarkable engineering of the tomb, you find you are following in the footsteps of another outcast archaeologist. One hundred seventy years before you, when the tomb was first discovered by modern science, someone else trod this path into its heart, leaving notes along the way. They provide clues and warnings, but the most valuable map comes from your own notes on the mythical passage of the sun god, Re, into the underworld. The secrets of the tomb run deep into the earth, and neither fire nor water -- nor even gravity -- behave as they should. Ambient, stereo sound and simple exploration mechanics give the game an immersive atmosphere. There are no sudden turns or steps forward; all movement is smooth, executed by clicking and holding on the direction you wish to turn or move. Motion stops when you release the mouse button. In this way, you can slowly spin 360 degrees in the horizontal, while at the same letting your gaze wander from floor to ceiling. Similarly, you move objects by clicking and dragging. You can carry a small inventory, and a map and compass take some of the guesswork out of finding your way around. Nonetheless, the size of the tomb makes getting lost a part of game play. The puzzles are closely focused on ancient Egyptian culture, and by the time you complete your journey through the tomb, you will be well-versed in the narrative of the Re's boat passage, which was central to ancient Egyptian funerary rites."
6180,Star Raiders,ST Star Raiders,1980,7.0,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"As the pilot of an interstellar starship, your mission is to destroy all enemy spacecraft on the galactic chart and prevent them from destroying your starbases. There are three different types of fighters roaming throughout the galaxy; cruisers, fighters, and basestars. With the help of your galactic map, you can find the sectors of the galaxy where these fighters are located and then warp there to destroy them. When all of the fighters in a sector are destroyed, you can warp to a new location for the next battle. Be sure to keep an eye on your starship's energy level; warping to new locations, being hit by enemy fire, or colliding with an asteroid will drain your energy. If you completely run out of energy, your starship will be destroyed, however you can warp back to a starbase to refuel at any time. Returning to a starbase will also repair other types of damage your starship can receive, such as faulty engines, loss of your shields, and faulty photon torpedoes. When all of the enemy ships have been destroyed, you win the game and receive a rank."
6183,Veteran,,1988,5.5,Action,Shooter,,"The Operation Wolf arcade game was the obvious inspiration for this shoot 'em up. As a lone soldier you must shoot your way through waves of soldiers, tanks and helicopters, armed with only bullets and grenades. You aim at these by controlling a crosshair with the mouse, using the left button to shoot bullets and the right button to fire grenades. You are limited for both of these, but more can be collected as they appear throughout the game by shooting them. Your strength is limited and deteriorates as you get hit - avoid letting it drop to zero."
6184,Palamedes,,1990,6.7,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,,"The goal of Palamedes is to clear the screen which is, line by line, filling up with dice. Players control a small person situated near the bottom of the screen, who can only be moved to the left or right. The number of the dice the person is holding can be changed with the B button, pressing the A button will shoot the dice upwards. If the die hits another one with a matching number, the targeted dice disappears from the playing area and is added to a column at the bottom of the screen. Pressing down after lining up at least three dice of either the same number or consecutive numbers in the bottom row will destroy up to five lines at once. There are three modes of play: The standard single player mode, which requires the player to destroy a set number of lines in order to advance to the next stage; a tournament mode in which the player has to duel a number of CPU-controlled opponents and a two player mode."
6185,Super Goal! 2,Takeda Nobuhiro no Super Cup Soccer,1993,7.2,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Super Goal! 2 is a soccer game with the two game modes: Tournament and Exhibition that can support two simultaneous players for one on one action, and has 20 International teams to choose from including Germany, Brazil, Argentina and U.S.A. just to name a few along with players modeled after their real-life counterparts. Players can customize each game to their liking including rule set-ups, stadiums, team formations and including the soccer ball design. It features real-life rules and regulations and soccer moves including bicycle kicks and slide tackles. It also has a password feature for player's to pick up and play at their leisure."
6186,Demons to Diamonds,,1982,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In Demons to Diamonds you control a laser zapper which moves horizontally at either the top or the bottom of the screen. Your goal is to earn as many points as possible by shooting objects in the center of the screen. Wandering back and forth in the middle are demons which can be one of two colors. If you shoot a demon that is the same color as your zapper, it will turn into a diamond. Shooting the diamond before it disappears will earn you bonus points. If you shoot a demon of the opposite color, it will instead turn into a skull which will rapidly fire at your zapper. You begin the game with five zappers, and the game ends when all five have been destroyed by skulls. The game can be played by one or two players, and several game variations are included to set the level of difficulty."
6187,50 Mission Crush,Fifty Mission Crush,1984,6.2,Simulation,Wargame,"Historical events, World War II","50 Mission Crush is a simulation game that puts you into the cockpit of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber during WWII. You are part of the 8th Air Force 306th Bomber Group and you must try to survive 50 missions (in real life the average lifespan of a crew member was 18.33 missions) in your B-17 (named the Impatient Virgin) over France and Germany. As pilot you will have full control of your bomber and 10 crew members, each of which plays a different role in your mission. After each mission providing you have survived you will be evaluated and awarded points based on mission difficulty, bombing accuracy and aircraft destroyed. The more points you receive the closer you get to being promoted. You start off as a Lieutenant and can make it all the way to Brigadier general. Also depending on how many points you earn in a mission you can receive a medal or if you are wounded a Purple Heart. Each mission lasts approximately 10 minutes. The '50 Mission Crush' was the name given to the crushed service cap of the battle hardened veterans who flew the B-17 during WWII. It was a mark of distinction and honor."
6188,RVF Honda,,1989,7.8,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"RVF Honda puts you on board a realistically-modeled RC30 bike, with the task of becoming world champion. Initially you race at Clubman level on fictitious local tracks (one of which is set in MicroProse's old UK home of Tetbury), before moving up to UK and then World championship racing if you're good enough. Each class of racing has 8 computer opponents, with the top 7 finishers in each of the championship's 8 races scoring points, and the races can be set to 5,10, 15 or 20 laps. The game's graphics appear to feature sprite-based bikes atop polygon scenery, which makes for very fast gameplay. The circuits feature puddles of water to upset the bike's handling, and oil, which causes you to crash. It takes time to remount the bike and get back up to speed by revving it back up (more realistic than most motorbike games at the time, but frustrating as you suffer for mistakes more), and after a couple of crashes the bike's dashboard fails, making it much harder to ride competitively. There is a two-player null-modem link-up mode, which can support an ST racing against an Amiga if you have the right cable."
6190,Genghis Khan,Aoki Ōkami to Shiroki Mejika: Genghis Khan,1987,7.4,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),Historical events,"Genghis Khan is a top-down 2D turn-based grand strategy game, based on the real mongol leader Genghis Khan's life. The game's main objective is to become the supreme ruler. The player can select from two campaigns: Mongol conquest or World conquest. In the Mongol conquest, players take on the role as Temujin (later known as Genghis Khan), with the goal being to unite all the tribes of Mongolia. In the World conquest, Players can be one of four characters. Similar to the Mongol conquest, players must unite all the countries together. Players can use military force (players must gather an army and lead them into war) or use diplomacy (including things such as strategic marriages). The main focus of the game involves management of territory, as the player manages various activities that improve their provinces. Battlefields are hex tiled based, with players giving commands to units groups with the objective of trying to defeat the forces of the enemy combatants."
6194,The Apprentice,,1994,7.5,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Far from the ""multimedia"" titles that formed the stock of the CDi's software library, The Apprentice is a plain old platform game with cartoony sprites that would not look out of place on contemporary 16-bit platforms. As Marvin, a wizard's apprentice, your master Mr. Wandburner gives you a series of tasks to complete (basically fetching an object found at the end of a level), spread out on six levels with three stages each, taking place on land, in the sea and in the air. In order to make your life in the aquatic levels easier, the wizard will turn you into a frog. In order to fly, you're equipped with a special flying helmet. Each level has a new weapon for you to use, ranging from the traditional magic wand to a rubber ball, a water pistol or even a laser gun. As in any normal platform game, each level has an end-boss, and between levels are bonus rounds."
6208,Aerial Assault,,1990,6.9,Action,Shooter,,"In Aerial Assault you play the Freedom Fighter who must destroy five targets, including the Vinsk, CB-53 Bomber, ""El"", and two cliff fortresses. During each of the five missions, you will encounter enemy jets, choppers, submarines, jeeps, parachute bombs, and several other enemies which you must destroy. Shooting either the spinning fighters or the small flying helicopters will earn you a power-up that allows you to upgrade or downgrade your firepower. There are three difficult settings: ""Easy"", ""Normal"", and ""Hard"". You will not be able to complete the game if you select the ""Easy"" setting."
6212,Disney•Pixar Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!,"Disney•Pixar Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear em Ação!, Disney•Pixar Toy Story 2: Buzz l'Eclair à la rescousse !, Disney•Pixar Toy Story 2: Woody e Buzz alla riscossa!, Disney•Pixar's Toy Story 2 Action-Spiel, Toy Story 2 Action Game, Toy Story 2 de Disney•Pixar: ¡Buzz Lightyear al rescate!, Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear eilt zur Hilfe!",1999,6.8,Action,Platform,Contemporary,"Woody has been stolen from the bedroom, ready to be sold to the highest bidder by an evil toy collector. It's up to good friend Buzz Lightyear to fight his way through from the bedroom to the outside world in order to save Woody from the toy market and bring him home. All of the characters from the 3D animated movie appear through-out this 3D platform game to help Buzz get to where he is needed. Along with the use of his cannon, Buzz can jump to hard to reach places, also useful in collecting the hidden coins that open bonus levels."
6214,ActRaiser,,1990,8.0,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Platform, RPG elements",Fantasy,"ActRaiser was one of the early SNES games, drawing upon the success of side-scrolling platform action titles and the building model of Sim City You play ""The Master"" (essentially God), and must save the world from evil. First you purge the land by sending your spirit into a warrior with a big sword and magic powers. This side scrolling portion puts you in many different locales, from swamps and forests, to pyramids and snowy mountaintops. As you eliminate evil from different parts of the land, you allow villagers to return and build their towns. You then control an angel who helps guide the villagers in their town building, and can send down miracles to aid them in their needs."
6220,Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier,,1995,7.5,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Roger Wilco, the brave interstellar janitor who has already saved the universe from many great dangers, is now in a very embarrassing position. His commanders show no respect for his courageous actions in the previous game Instead, he is being accused of all kinds of violations against the galactic law, is deprived of all the honors he got in the previous game, and as a token of mercy, is allowed to return to his old job - cleaning closets... But those unfortunate events are just the beginning of much bigger troubles Roger will get into. Once again, the future of galaxy depends on him! Space Quest 6 is the first game in the series to be released exclusively on a CD ROM. The game continues the humorous tradition of the series and is especially inclined towards parody of popular sci-fi movies. It features SVGA graphics and voice-overs for conversations and text descriptions. The interface is slightly different from icon-based system used by Sierra in many other adventure games: the player chooses verbs from a menu that appears at the bottom of the screen, similarly to earlier LucasArts titles. Unlike all previous Space Quest installments, the game allows the player to retry immediately in case Roger dies, without the need to restore a previously saved game."
6221,El-Fish,"Elfish, SimFish",1993,6.8,Simulation,,,"A fish and aquarium simulator, El-Fish lets you catch, breed, evolve, and even mutate tropical fish, then render them and let them loose in an aquarium that you design. Except for a few pre-canned graphics and animations, all fish, plants, and even backdrops and floor gravel in El-Fish are generated by the user using genetic algorithms that simulate real life in both appearance and movement. Even the music you want to play in the background can be generated with one of eight musical styles."
6224,ActRaiser 2,"ActRaiser 2 - Chinmoku heno Seisen, Actraiser 2",1993,7.2,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Players control ""The Master,"" a god-like spirit sent down from the heavens, and fight to eradicate evil from the land. This sequel to ActRaiser focuses entirely on the side-scrolling action of the original, and has 14 levels with new monsters, new abilities, and new super powers. You still control a ""Cloud Palace"" across a zoomable map of the world, choosing your next area of battle. In addition, many of the sound effects from the original game make their reappearance, as well as some hidden RPG elements. Changes from the original ActRaiser include the elimination of the village-building mode, a move from a battery-save to password-save system, and a new musical score."
6225,True Lies,,1994,6.3,Action,Shooter,,"The 1994 Cameron/Schwarzenegger action film True Lies received a unique adaptation for handheld systems. While based on the console version it adapts only five of the nine levels, featuring a different gameplay perspective (straight top-down instead of the angled perspective on the consoles) and completely redesigned stages. Players control secret agent Harry Tasker, who is out to save the free world from bad guy Aziz, leader of Islamic terror group Crimson Jihad. All levels are based on action set pieces from the film and include the infiltration of the chateau, the pursuit of Aziz in the mall and in the park and the final confrontation in the office building. In each level, Harry is set with a certain task: connecting a modem to a computer to download data, finding Aziz, or disarming a nuclear device. Hordes of terrorists stand in his way and must be taken out with a variety of guns. Harry starts a level only with a standard pistol that has unlimited ammo but must still be reloaded after 15 shots. He must pick up more powerful guns like a machine gun, a shotgun, grenades and mines. Ammunition for each of these must be collected separately. The terrorists are armed with similar weapons but also some heavier ones like grenade launchers and flamethrowers. Some civilians can also be found walking around the levels. These should not be shot: killing three means restarting the level. Health powerups and extra lives can be found lying about the levels."
6227,Iron Tank: The Invasion of Normandy,Great Tank,1988,7.1,Action,Arcade,"Historical events, World War II","In 1944 the United Forces are preparing their final assault on the Normandy coast. The mission is to break through the front lines and destroy enemy headquarters. To spearhead the invasion, they have chosen Paul from Command Unit 88, also known as Iron Snake. To succeed in his mission, Paul will need all the firepower of the mightiest fighting vehicle, the Iron Tank. Iron Tank is played from an overhead view with a scrolling screen. You need to control the Iron Tank and its varied weapons and power-ups to rescue hostages and defeat enemy forces."
6229,The Flintstones: The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak!,The Flintstones: Sorpresa al Picco del Dinosauro,1994,7.3,Action,Platform,Prehistoric,"Fred and Barney are searching for their children, Pebbles and Bam-Bam who got lost. When they finally find them, a volcanic eruption blocks their way and so they start going all the way around the mountain to find out why this happened and of course to save their children. The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak is the second Flintstones-licensed game for the NES. There are two characters you can play with. By pressing the Select button you can change from Fred to Barney and vice versa. Each character has unique abilities that are needed to complete certain parts of each stage. For example Fred can grab the edges of a roof or a hill and climb while Barney can hang from ropes and vines. In terms of weapons Fred has a bat which is stronger and can also be charged for extra power but it takes more time to use. Barney on the other hand has a slingshot and can shoot small rocks for ranged attacks but rather weak. There are also weapons like throwing axes and bowling balls that both can use."
6238,Beast Wrestler,Beast Warriors,1991,4.8,Action,Fighting,,"A one on one fighting game seen from an isometric perspective. All beasts or dragons have two basic attacks: a punch and a tail attack, as well as a special attack that can only be performed while a certain icon is displayed. During close combat, pressing the A or C button rapidly will result in a throwing or choking attack. There is no visible health bar, but three icons are displayed at the bottom of the screen. Once a dragon is knocked down for a longer moment, one icon turns red. Once all icons are red, the fight is lost. The battle arena is surrounded by an electric fence, that opponents can be thrown into and which can also be used to initiate jump attacks. There are two modes of play: Match and Tournament. Match is a single match for one or two players, where several different dragons are available. Tournament sees the player starting out with a week dragon who has to fight increasingly difficult battles and increase his stats (Power, Speed and Stamina). After every other battle, a shop can be visited that offers different items including food that increases Power, Speed or Stamina, Data Disks that contain information on other Dragons and more. After visiting the shop, Dragons can be trained. The training consists of simply selecting an attribute to be increased. At a few points in the game, it is possible to splice the player's Dragon's genes which that of a defeated Opponent to gain different abilities."
6241,"Great Naval Battles Vol. IV: Burning Steel, 1939-1942","Burning Steel Vol. IV: Brennender Stahl, 1939-1942",1995,7.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Real-time strategy (RTS), Wargame","Historical events, World War II","A naval surface warfare war game set in the European theatre of World War II. The player may play in a series of independent scenarios or quick skirmishes with the main bulk of the missions consisting of alternate, rather than historically accurate missions (though still available) in which the player may even get to command the Russian navy. The game includes a scenario editor that allows the player to deploy up to 50 ships per side."
6242,Fleet Defender,"F-14 Fleet Defender, Fleet Defender: Der F-14 Tomcat-Flugsimulator, Fleet Defender: The F-14 Tomcat Simulation",1994,7.7,Simulation,,,"Fleet Defender is a single player F14 combat sim with many finer details represented, including the ability to switch between the pilot and rio seats. This is the type of simulation where the player is a realistic part of a mission and not necessarily a 'rambo.'"
6250,Fantasy General,,1996,7.9,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),"Fantasy, Steampunk","Fantasy General is a turn-based strategy game set in a fantasy world with some steampunk/high-tech elements. The forces of evil, in the form of the dreaded Shadowlord and his henchmen, have conquered most of the world. On the brink of defeat, the player (in the form of one of four heroes) is summoned as champion who will change course, free the world and defeat evil - or lose all. The game features 10 unit types from four realms with lots of upgrades, complemented by a similar plethora available primarily to the opponent. Most of the game takes place on battle maps. Outside of those there's just a bit of basic recruiting, setting research priorities and financial managing. Battle maps are hex-based and feature lots of different terrain types that require a suitable approach - cavalry will rule on plains but is crippled in swamps. The player should build an army that is composed of the right mix of units and can adapt to new situations. The game will look similar to players familiar with Panzer General since it uses a modified engine of said game. The game offers two modes: the campaign against the Shadowlord or arena mode (single battle) against a computer or human opponent. In campaign mode, the player selects one of four heroes, each with his or her special abilities and sets out to defeat the Shadowlord. The player must prove his or her own ability to adapt play style and army across five continents with different challenges until the player finally defeats the Shadowlord on Fire Isle."
6260,Frogger,,1997,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"This is a late-90s remake of the original arcade classic Frogger. Navigate Frogger by hopping left, right, down and up through jungles, busy streets, sewers, and even the clouds to save his five little buddies, as well as the golden frogs of myth. Dodge cars, rats, and man eating alligators to stay alive. Snag some bugs for special abilities and points. Play against a friend online. Just remember, don't hop on sinking turtles."
6263,Fire Fighter,,1982,5.1,Action,Arcade,,"A local warehouse has caught fire, and you're the fire fighter who has to come to the rescue! Your goal is to save the worker who is trapped in the warehouse; on the right side of the screen is a firetruck with an adjustable ladder. You can move the ladder to the appropriate floor of the building to climb up and rescue the trapped worker. Depending on which floors have caught fire, the worker will move to the lowest floor he can which isn't burning; you'll need to estimate which floor he'll be on when you position the ladder. Once the worker is safe, you move on to the next (more challenging) level. The fire in the building may spread quickly! If necessary, you can use a fire hose to put out the fire. Of course, you have a limited supply of water so make sure you don't run out! As the levels progress, the building becomes shorter and the fire spreads faster which means you don't have as much time in which to rescue the trapped victims."
6264,Microsoft Baseball 2000,,1999,6.8,Sports,,,"A realistic baseball game offering the full gamut of play-capabilities, from the single game to a full season. The players are from the 1999 baseball season. A rather unique option is the ""play tonight's game"" feature wherein the player can play a game for a specific date in the 1999 season."
6268,Obitus,,1991,7.0,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"A medieval history lecturer named Wil Mason has been transported to the fantasy world of Middlemere, which is ruled by four rival brothers. Wil's aim is to find the secret to how he was transported here and discover a way back. Obitus is a role-playing game with action elements. It utilizes a first-person view for exploration, similarly to Dungeon Master and Eye of the Beholder One of the more remarkable features is in the first-person mode: rather than having just 4 directs to face and flicking between them, there are 8 directions and the view scrolls smoothly as you turn. This smooth scrolling continues when you move forward, giving the game more of a 3D feel. The action elements consist of horizontal scrolling areas where you fight enemies with your bow while avoiding their attacks. Later you encounter a similar type of gameplay that involves exploring castles and adds 4 directional movement."
6269,Sewer Shark,,1992,6.3,Action,Rail shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the future, maybe in the year 2000, people will be forced to move underground and live in tunnels. Unfortunately, these tunnels are infested with mutated rat/alligator creatures known as ""ratigators."" You are the pilot of a Sewer Shark, a craft designed to navigate the Sewers and rid them of ratigators. It's a dangerous job, but if you clear out enough vermin you can win a one-way trip to Solar City and sunny beaches. Sewer Shark is an FMV-based shooter, and one of the first games released for the Sega CD. You move a crosshair around the screen and shoot targets. Occasionally, you can also choose to change directions at fixed points."
6272,Dragon Lore: The Legend Begins,"Dragon Lore, Dragon Lore: A Lenda se inicia, Dragon Lore: Die Legende beginnt, Dragon Lore: La légende commence, Dragon Lore: Se inicia la Leyenda",1994,7.1,Adventure,,Fantasy,"You are Werner Von Wallenrod, an orphan living in a realm lost in time. You leave to travel across these lands and meet fantastically surreal characters who help you in your quest for truth. Your father was assassinated by the Devil's Horseman, Haagen Von Kiakonov, who has vowed to destroy everything you know and love. Just before your father died, he was able to entrust you with a farmer in the kingdom, but now the hour has arrived for you to take up arms and defend your country. Inexperienced in the art of combat, you must prove yourself all throughout the voyage that awaits you."
6278,Astyanax,"Astyanax: The Warrior of Remlia, The Lord of King",1989,6.7,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"You are Astyanax, a sixteen year old boy that has the same dream night after night: A princess, calling for help. One afternoon, you are summoned to the world of Remnia by Cutie, a pixie, to save the realm's princess. You are the chosen one mentioned by their prophecies! Astyanax is a side-scrolling platform action game set in a fantasy world. You must save the realm from Blackhorn's evil horde. Along the way you'll find powerups that will make you stronger, and upgrade your weapon; and you can also unleash magical attacks that hit all enemies on the screen. Three magic spells are available: blast (fireball in all directions), bolt (powerful lightning strike), and blind (freeze all enemies on screen). The weapon upgrades that the player can find also determine the power of the spells and how many magic points they will use. A follow-up to the Arcade game The Astyanax this version features completely redesigned stages, enemies, and a new story."
6280,Super Mario Bros. 2,Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels,1986,7.5,Action,Platform,,"The Princess has been kidnapped by King Koopa (again) and it's up to Mario and Luigi to save her (again). Not to be confused with the western Super Mario Bros. 2 this sequel to Super Mario Bros. is very much an expansion to the original, with many reused graphics and concepts, though new ones are also present. Instead of offering a two-player mode as in the original, this game allows you to choose between a Mario mode and a Luigi mode, with each character handling differently. Mario has tighter ground control, while Luigi has greater jumping capabilities. Power-ups remain the same: Super Mushrooms grow a brother from small to Super size, Fire Flowers give them the ability to throw fireballs at enemies, Starman makes a character temporarily invincible, and a 1-Up Mushroom will give one more life. New to this game is a power-down, a Poison Mushroom which will harm you as if it were an enemy. The goal is still to survive from the left side of the level to the right, avoiding perils and bopping enemies along the way, progressing through a series of 8 worlds with 4 levels each. That is, unless a warp zone is found allowing areas to be skipped. There are new tricks that work for and against the player, though. Some piranha plants will come out of their pipe even if you're standing right next to them, and bloobers now appear outside of the water. Wind can be present to alter how jumps will behave. Some warp zones will actually take the player to an earlier level instead of to a later one."
6281,Cyber Knight,,1990,7.0,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the 24th century, mankind has gone into space. The crew of the starship Swordfish are in an engagement with space pirates when the battle takes a turn for the worse. In desperation, the crew activate their jump drive without a destination... and end up flung across the galaxy to the galactic core. The Swordfish however is badly damaged with many casualties including the captain. Only 26 of the crew survive, and of them only six are qualified for combat: The commander, two soldiers, a mechanic and a doctor and six giant ""Module"" mechanized suits available for them. These survivors locate planet Farworld, apparently colonized by humans. There they discover the colony is under attack by a relentless mechanical aliens dubbed ""Berserkers"". The crew of the Swordfish must fight back against the Berserkers and explore the galaxy for some means to return home. Cyber Knight is an RPG with a science-fiction theme of being lost in an alien galaxy. The game takes place in a top-down view for movement on planets and areas, a side-view for combat sequences and a first person menu system when aboard the Swordfish starship. The Swordfish can travel between stars, scanning worlds for information. If the ship is able to land on a planet, three crew members piloting three Modules (giant robots) can be selected to debark and explore the planet. Many planets will have towns or people living on them which can be talked to in order to uncover information. Different quests are assigned in order to find the items necessary to progress. There is no system of currency or buying items. Instead, many defeated Berserkers leave behind ""NeoParts"", which can be brought back to the Swordfish's lab. Analysis of these Neo parts unlocks enhances statistics (endurance, agility, accuracy, etc) for the Modules and new weapons for them to carry. The six modules are unique in statistics, and also the six pilots each carry different skills. Combat takes place in turn-based combat on a 6x6 squares field. Seen from the side view, the three modules can be positioned in relation to enemies in order to attack, using a variety of melee and long-ranged weaponry. Ammunition is unlimited, but each module also carries a number of ""options"" that are consumable attacks. Each Module has two sets of hitpoints: one for the pilot and one for the module itself. If either one of these reaches zero, the module is destroyed. In order to heal, the party carries 10 each of repair kits and first aid kits, which must when not in combat. These kits, as well as options and defeated pilots or modules can be restored by returning to the Swordfish."
6283,Eternal Champions,,1993,7.6,Action,Fighting,,"From various time periods of past, present and future, nine fighters killed in an unjust manner find themselves given a second chance for life. An alien being, known only as the Eternal Champion, brings back the fighters into a competition for one reason: to find one among them worthy of being resurrected, giving them a chance to avert their death and tip the balance between good and evil. The fighters range from different eras of Earth's History: Larcen, the cat burglar. Jetta, the circus acrobat. Blade, the futuristic bounty hunter. Midknight, the vampiric bio-chemist. Rax, the cyborg. Shadow, the corporate assassin. Slash, the neanderthal. Trident, a Atlantean warrior. And Xavier, a warlock and alchemist. The game is a 2D one on one fighting title. Each character supports a large number of special moves and individual fighting styles. At the end of a match players have the option to unleash an ""Overkill"" on a defeated opponent, brutally killing the loser in a graphic manner, or the option to use the background itself for a stage kill."
6286,Combo Racer,,1990,7.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"This racing game comes with a novelty - instead of the more conventional vehicles, it sets you riding a sidecar in a game with realistic and arcade elements. The circuits are based on real ones, although the opposition (of which there are 9) are known simply by first names such as David and Paul. The display appears to use real 3D, with some fairly terrifying directional changes, although it doesn't tilt as you turn. A full map of your position relative to your rivals is presented at the top of the screen. Crashes cause gradual engine damage, reducing your initial 140mph top speed by a slight amount each time - you'll also lose time as you rejoin. Before each race you must set a qualifying lap, which allows you multiple attempts. The game has a built-in track editor."
6289,"Spy Fox in ""Dry Cereal""","Agent Fuchs in ""Das Milchkartell"", Agent LIS - Operacija ""Suhoe Moloko"", James Renard : Opération Milk-Shake, SPY Fox 1 - Operatie Melk Weg, SPY Fox 1 - Opération ""Milkshake"", SPY Fox in ""Das Milchkartell"", Spy Fox in Dry Cereal, Spy Fox: Dry Cereal",1997,8.1,"Adventure, Educational","Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"The evil Goat William the Kid is trying to get rid of all milk by flooding the capitol of Washington D.C by pouring a whole lot of milk on it. Who can stop this ghastly goat? Fox, SPY Fox sent by SPY CORPS. You travel to one of the Greek Islands to solve puzzles and find a way to stop William the Kid with the help of Monkey Penney, Quack and Mr. Uterley the owner of A Malgomated MOO Juice company. With the help of Spy Gadgets given to you by Quack such as the Laser Toothbrush, Spy Nickel and Suction cuff links, you will discover secrets and find a good way to stop William the kids plans for flooding the capitol. Each game has a different type of gameplay with different gadgets to use. There is a save and load system, and entertainment options from Spy Fox's Spy Watch."
6295,Tom and Jerry in House Trap,"Tom and Jerry en Porrazos a Diestro y Siniestro, Tom and Jerry het Ultieme Kat en Muis Spel, Tom and Jerry in Casa Dolce Casa, Tom and Jerry: Sauve qui Peut !",2000,5.8,Action,,,"Play cat and mouse with the two guys who invented the game...Tom and Jerry. The unique split-screen design allows you to control your character and keep an eye on your opponent as well. You can set tricky traps all over the place, move on to the next room and still watch as your pursuer ""falls victim"" to your handy work. A bar of soap or pair of roller skates make for slippery mishaps, while ironing boards and frying pans are a little more direct and to the point. And don't forget, there's always a lawnmower for that trendy haircut. Or...if playing chase is not your style, then stop running, stand tall and just duke it out toe-to-toe. -Unique split screen captures the essence of Tom and Jerry -1 player or 2 player mode -Play through 15 different rooms -Set traps and watch as your opponent gets caught -Tom & Jerry's friends help out with traps and hints"
6296,Power Drift,,1988,7.4,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Ever wanted to race dune buggies at high speed on a variety of tracks? Power Drift is an arcade racer that gives you the chance to do just that. There are 5 tracks to choose from, each with 5 stages. The stages range from cities, to deserts to tracks over water. There are also 12 drivers to pick from, from businessmen to skinheads and mohicans. Your buggy has 2 gears, high and low. Once the light goes green, just keep the pedal to the metal. You’ll need to place third or higher to continue to the next stage. Be careful not to bump into other buggies or objects next to the road. While your buggy can take a pounding, crashing will slow you down. Finish all 5 stages in a level and you’ll be presented with a bonus level."
6298,Kolibri,,1995,7.2,Action,Shooter,,"Kolibri is a hummingbird hero in this side scrolling shooter. Deep inside the Earth's core, there is a crystal from another world. This crystal is the earth's life force, and essential to it's survival. One day, a dark crystal falls from the sky and damages the Earth's crystal. Desperate, the Earth's crystal rockets to the surface and empowers Kolibri with the abilities he needs to defeat the dark crystal. This game features 19 levels set in a variety of natural settings. Your goal in some levels is to destroy enemy bugs, in others your goal is to merely survive."
6299,Savage Reign,"ACA NEOGEO SAVAGE REIGN, Fūun Mokushiroku: Kakutō Sōsei",1995,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"The evil King Lion has crowned himself as the master of Fuun-Ken, a new style of martial arts that includes throwing weapons in addition to hand-to-hand combat. This does not sit well with the rest of the Fuun-Ken fighters around the world, so they all decide to beat each other up in classic 2 round fights to decide who gets to get down with King Lion himself. Savage Reign is a one-on-one 2D fighter in which you select your character and try to defeat all challengers using your basic attacks and special moves. The game features 2 different horizontal planes to which the characters can freely jump to in order to avoid attacks a la Fatal Fury You cannot escape completely however, as all characters have a throwing weapon they can use in different ways to reach each other no matter where they are."
6302,Dragon Spirit,"Arcade Archives: Dragon Spirit, Dragon Spirit - Aratanaru Densetsu, Dragon Spirit: The New Legend",1987,7.1,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"Princess Alicia of the kingdom of Mitgult is kidnapped by the monster Zawell. It's now up to the heroic warrior Amul to transform himself into a blue dragon and go and rescue the princess. Dragon Spirit is a vertically scrolling shoot-em-up which consists of nine stages. Players fly around and destroy everything in their path. Much like in Xevious action takes place on two planes, both in the sky (where the dragon is flying) and on the ground. The dragon has two different kind of attacks: fire that shoots up the screen, and fire that drops to hit a place on the ground in front of the dragon. Enemies exist both in the air and on the ground, and some can fly up from the ground to the sky. Players can pick up power-ups, or upgrades, that will help them in their fight. Upgrades can include extra heads on the dragon, health, faster shots, and more. At the end of each stage is a boss that needs to be defeated. Having good upgrades that are not lost from being hit before reaching the bosses will help. The NES version is unique in that it presents a somewhat altered story and an additional gameplay mode. Technically, it is a sort of sequel, with ""A New Legend"" being its subtitle. In this version, Zawell is already defeated and King Amul and his now wife Queen Alicia, have two children named Iris (a princess) and Lace (a prince). A new evil named Galda has decided to attack the Earth. Galda also has taken Iris captive and now Lace must go rescue her. The NES version also adds a new initial stage. If the player survives it, the game continues in a ""Blue Dragon"" game much like the original arcade game. If the player fails to clear this initial stage in one life, an easy mode called ""Gold Dragon"" begins, skipping about half the game's stages, giving the player extra hit points, and features a different ending. Also of note, the TurboGrafx-16 version's seventh and eighth stage are different than the other versions. The underwater and dark themed stages were changed to castle interior themed stages."
6303,Action Man: Operation Extreme,Action Man: Mission Xtreme,1999,5.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,"Action Man, hero of the TV animated series, is out to stop Dr. X's latest plan for world conquest. He'll travel through 26 action missions from burning deserts to the frozen North Pole fighting robot warriors, mutant plants and deadly insects among other enemies. The game has two distinct types of levels - Action levels where the hero is on foot from a third-person view and Vehicle levels where various high speed cars, planes and boats are drivable from an isometric view. The missions include rescuing a kidnapped scientist, preventing a satellite launch by criminals, and retrieving a top secret formula among others."
6311,The Games: Winter Edition,,1988,6.9,Sports,,,"Once again Epyx invites players to compete in winter Olympics. This time there are 8 events which can be played, which are: Figure Skating, Cross Country Skiing, Speed Skating, Ski Jumping, Slalom, Downhill Skiing and Luge. Up to 8 players can either play the complete Olympics, compete in one or more events or simply practice an event. Some events can be played simultaneously (Cross Country Skiing, Slalom and Speed Skating) while the others have to be played one after another."
6312,Zelda Classic,The legend of Zelda,2000,6.7,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Zelda Classic is a fan-made update of the 1986 fantasy action game The Legend of Zelda in which the young Link must search the land of Hyrule to find the shards of the Triforce of wisdom so that he can rescue the eponymous princess from evil forces. In addition to an exact replica of the original game, Zelda Classic features the option of using the original or updated graphics. It also includes ZQuest, a level designer for players to create their own quests and import custom graphics."
6322,In Search of the Most Amazing Thing,Sur les traces du Deirdron,1983,7.3,Simulation,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Your uncle, Smoke Bailey, was a great adventurer and explorer. In one of his adventures he found ""The Most Amazing Thing"", an item that holds the secrets of the universe. Unfortunately he lost it somewhere in the Mire. Now he wants you to take up the task and recover the object. The Mire is a dangerous place, but your uncle has provided you a B-Liner as transportation as well as items you can sell at the auction at Metallica City, where you will use the money you earn to buy equipment for your travels. Good luck! In Search of the Most Amazing Thing is a vast game, where gameplay is usually divided into 2 parts: Diplomacy consists of how you find clues and information regarding the Most Amazing Thing. Early in the game, you only communicate with your Uncle Smoke to get items from him and sell them at the auction for the highest price. Later in the game when you're adventuring, you will meet numerous strange Mire tribes where you will barter your goods and knowledge for clues to the Most Amazing Thing. The B-Liner is something between a balloon and a beach buggy. The Mire is a very big place and dangerous place, but with the B-Liner you can drive or fly across it in no time. Beware the Mire crabs though! You have complete control of the course of the game. There is no linear path that you must follow, making this game a new experience every time you play it, as each new game creates a random new world to explore."
6325,Project Firestart,,1989,8.0,Action,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Project Firestart is one of the progenitors of the survival horror genre. In the future (2066) a genetic experiment (Project Firestart) onboard the Prometheus to get strong durable miners went wrong. Your job is to go onboard the Prometheus (which has been out of radio contact) and find out what happened. You will end up fighting monsters, gathering information on what really happened, and have a chance to save a survivor. There are multiple game endings to discover."
6330,Eureka!,,1984,6.6,"Action, Adventure","Arcade, Fighting, Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Eureka! consists of a series of graphic adventure games set across various points in history. The game has you hunting for various pieces of an ancient talisman found on the Moon. The talisman was subjected to intense beams of the SHIVA Fusion Project lasers and the talisman shattered under the beams and each of its corners vanished. Three of the missing pieces were found several days later - one in Australia, one in Greenland, and the last in Outer Mongolia. However, the other five pieces are still missing. Noted physicist Dr. Abdul Majid discovers that each piece was catapulted in time and the five missing pieces have been traced to Prehistoric Europe, Roman Italy, Arthurian Britain, Wartime Germany, and the Modern Caribbean. Each adventure is preceded by a short arcade game in which you could increase your 'vigour' level for the forthcoming adventure section by collecting flashing objects scattered about the level and returning them to one's base. Your vigour level at any point in the adventure will determine whether not it is advisable to fight an opponent. Combat occurs frequently in every adventure. Sometimes you are attacked and must fight or run. At others you may initiate the combat, if you feel confident. Weapons or some form of protection will improve your chances of survival during each adventure."
6342,Last Rites,,1997,5.3,Action,Shooter,,"Zombies have taken over the world and as a commander of Special Forces it's your mission to rescue humanity. Last Rites is a mission-based game resembling DOOM and settled in the future providing you an arsenal of hi-tech weapons. The game's 3D-Engine is on DOOM level and has the ability to create large outside and inside levels. One special thing about Ocean Software's game is that in at least half the missions you have a team of four other commandos with you, who give you covering fire and help you fight the zombies. The game was only released in Europe."
6359,Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom,Salad no Kuni no Tomato-hime,1988,6.9,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Many growing seasons ago, the Salad Kingdom was a peaceful land. But one day, minister Pumpkin betrayed king Broccoli, kidnapped princess Tomato, stole the royal Turnip Emblem, and took them to his castle in Zucchini mountains. He sent his cruel Farmies to terrorize the Salad Kingdom. Shortly thereafter, the king died, unable to recover from the loss of his beautiful daughter. But he promised you, the brave Sir Cucumber, the princess' hand and the entire kingdom, if you save the beautiful Tomato from the clutches of the evil Pumpkin. Princess Tomato is an adventure game in which the player interacts with the environment by choosing commands from a menu, such as the traditional ""check"" or ""give"", and the less traditional ""praise"" or ""percy"". Percy is a little persimmon who will be the hero's trusty side-kick throughout the quest and will help him on many occasions. The puzzles are on the simple side, and are primarily based on talking to characters, finding items and giving them. This version is a remake of the computer game Salad no Kuni no Tomato-hime ; it features re-designed characters and locations, some changes in dialogue and story, menu-based interaction instead of a text parser, and the addition of a rock-paper-scissors-like mini-game Finger Battle"
6361,Heart of Darkness,,1998,7.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Andy is a child who likes playing with his dog Whiskey, doesn't particularly enjoy going to school, and has a knack for inventing complicated gadgets. One day Andy and Whiskey are strolling through the park, when suddenly a solar eclipse darkens the sky, and after a moment Andy realizes that his dog has been taken away. But science can solve everything, and Andy heads to his treehouse, which is home to his outstanding inventions, including a spaceship! If you thought it was just a toy, you thought wrong, because Andy boards the ship and pilots it into the heart of the Darklands, a world controlled by the evil Master of Darkness. Andy takes out his gun (another splendid invention of his) and prepares to fight the evil sorcerer's minions. Nothing will stop the boy from rescuing his beloved dog! Heart of Darkness is a cinematic 2D platformer designed by Eric Chahi the creator of one of the genre's progenitors, Another World Though the game has many fast and furious action sequences, including shooting hordes of dark creatures, it is built like a series of tasks, each requiring different approaches, from arcade-style shooting or jumping to interacting with the environment and solving puzzles. Like its spiritual predecessor, the game is linear; completing a section usually takes Andy to a different location, where another task awaits him. Andy has several guns at his disposal, though in certain locations he will lose his weapons and will rely on the player's wit or quick reaction to survive. Andy will also gain magical energy, which can be used to grow or destroy trees. Similarly to Another World many hazards are placed on the hero's path; despite the child-oriented premise, the game contains graphically explicit death scenes, which occur if the player is not careful or quick enough to save Andy from a gruesome demise. Heart of Darkness features orchestral music and pre-rendered animated cutscenes. It comes with a pair of 3D glasses, which allow the player to view certain scenes in the game in 3D."
6372,Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle,"Pitufo, Schtroumpf Au château de Gargamel, Schtroumpfs, Smurf, Smurf Rescue",1982,7.5,Action,Platform,,"Smurfette has been kidnapped and is being held atop a platform in Gargamel's castle. The player controls a smurf across the screen and must jump over obstacles, away from spiders, eventually up to smurfette to rescue her. Completing this task restarts the game with faster moving obstacles and it also takes longer (more scenes) to get to Gargamel's castle."
6375,Canyon Bomber,Bubble Canyon,1977,5.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Two aircraft (yours and your opponent's) fly over a canyon filled with layers of colorful bricks, a la Breakout. Using the fire button on your paddle controller, you earn points by dropping bombs into the canyon and destroying as many blocks as possible. The player with the highest score at the end of the game wins. This game is extremely limited in that it is played using only the paddle controller's fire button. You do not control the movement of the planes and helicopters, but rather you must time your shots to do the most damage. The cartridge includes a secondary variation titled ""Sea Bomber"" that is a little more interactive. In this game, you deploy bombs onto seafaring ships, but this time you can use the paddle controller's knob to determine the depth of the bombs."
6377,3-D Brickaway,"Breakthru, Breakthru in 3-D, Breakthru in 3D, Breakthru: Avalon Hill's Microcomputer Game of 3-Dimensional Racquetball, Wall Ball",1982,5.7,Action,Paddle / Pong,,"This is a racquetball-like game that is best described as a 3D variation of Breakout You are at the end on a rectangular room. On the other end is a wall made of bricks or blocks. The ball travels down to the wall and knocks out a brick. It then returns to your end where you must use a squarish paddle to send the ball back to the wall. If the ball gets past the paddle, you lose a ball. In the computer version, you must knock out all the bricks of the wall to advance. Each level has more bricks per wall. You begin with 5 balls. In the console version, you must knock out 57 of the 72 bricks to advance. Each level has 72 bricks but the number of balls will lower in later levels. Level 1 starts with 99 balls."
6379,Hot Shots Golf,"Everybody's Golf, Let's Hit the Links!, Minna no Golf",1997,7.9,Sports,,,"Fun cartoonish golf game. Features attractive graphics and is easy to pick up and play for both novices and pros. Choose from a variety of modes including training, stroke play, match play, tournament and vs modes. Plus some miniature golf as well! Features a plethora of characters including some hidden ones. You earn experience points for your character after every round. Each character has different strength and weaknesses. Includes 4 courses and a free moving game camera."
6380,Iron Cross,,1994,6.2,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","Iron Cross is a real time/turn based hybrid wargame placed in the France of WW2. You create a character and then go at it in 1 one of 12 pre-made scenarios from either side. Depending on your prowess you'll be promoted or demoted with the consequential increase or decrease of units available to command. Graphics are top-down 2d svga sprites, and the game includes historical commentary on all of the 12 scenarios, as well as a scenario editor."
6382,Caesar III,"Caesar III: Build a Better Rome, Caesar III: Rome ne s'est pas faite en un jour, Cezar III, César III",1998,8.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation","Africa, Classical antiquity, Europe, Middle East","Caesar III is a city building game, where gameplay involves placing buildings and laying out zones. The player is in charge of a small province, and must make it as peaceful and prosperous as possible, following the advice of their citizens to make it work. The game also features defense of the city by forming an army and trading, but always takes place in the city the player is in charge of. Players also must pay attention to the Gods, who can inflict disasters if not satisfied. As the game progresses, new technologies become available. This game is about people and systems. Each building that requires to hire people from those walking the streets of the city in order to be built. The marketplace needs saleswomen, and buyers. Buyers walk to the granary to buy food, and will in turn bring back more food to the granary. The sales lady walks up the street selling food to the houses she finds, which allows them to evolve to better housing, which pay higher taxes. The people in this game make the difference. Instead of a police station having a radius of effectiveness, it sends out a police officer who can only fight crimes and fires they see. The need to rely on randomly walking citizens means placement of buildings is as significant as in Serf City/The Settlers"
6384,Art Alive,,1991,6.6,Educational,,,"Art Alive allows the player to create drawings. Art Alive comes with over 50 graphics and animations ready to be used in the player's drawings. Use drawing tools such as the pencil, eraser, paint bucket, paint can, line tool, rectangle tool, and circle tool to create original artwork. The game also includes pre-drawn backdrops that can be colored in with the paint bucket."
6390,WCW/NWO Thunder,,1998,6.1,"Action, Sports",,,"The follow up to WCW Nitro which features real entrance videos used on WCW Thunder on TBS. Modes included: Battle Royal, Tournament, Tag Team and Single Player. This game also introduced the cage match, and weapons close to ringside. The game features over 50 WCW superstars and personalities, and action commentary by Tony Schivone and Mike Tenay."
6394,Bloodwings: Pumpkinhead's Revenge,Bloodwings: Zemsta Dyniogłowego,1995,4.5,Action,Shooter,,"Bloodwings: Pumpkinhead's Revenge is a 3D shooter based on the movie Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings The player becomes the ""Keeper of the Spirits"" and must travel through mystical realms in search of the objects needed to appease the spirit of Pumpkinhead, occasionally peering through portals into the ""real world"" (i.e. clips from the film)."
6395,Shadow of the Ninja,"Blue Shadow, Yami no Shigotonin Kage",1990,7.4,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the 21st century, the evil Emperor Garuda has taken over the city of New York, killing many of its inhabitants. You play as either Hayate or Kaede, two ninjas who are attempting to free the city from Garuda's control. Shadow of the Ninja is a typical side-scrolling action game, consisting of running, slashing and jumping through 5 levels, each with 4 sub-stages with numerous and varied foes, and a boss enemy at their end. Kaede and Hayate can not only jump; as ninjas, they can hang from platforms and make swift saltomortals between floors. Sometimes, canisters containing powerups can be found. Typical powerups extend range of the default sword, or they may be additional weapons such as throwing stars and a ninja weapon that looks like a big grappling hook on a string. As with a great many NES action games, but unlike the very similar (and tangentially related) Ninja Gaiden series, the game allows two players to play cooperatively."
6396,Eden Blues,Doomsday Blues,1986,7.9,Action,Puzzle elements,,"In this real-time adventure you are a prisoner of jail guarded by droids. And you know the roster of their duty, some of them are on beat by day, some by night. Another of them like a dogs, who is on beat all time. But you have to find the way out of labyrinth using your legs and a knack to bash the doors out. With time your health is decreasing and you must find the bottles to recuperate. When you are bashing the door, your physical endurance is decreasing and you must find a food to restore it. In game you'll also find the coins for coffee dispensing machines but beware of talking portraits and other traps..."
6397,Predator 2,,1992,5.7,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Predator 2 is similar to its 16-bit counterpart The player controls Lt. Mike Harrigan in a side scrolling view (instead of an isometric one) through 7 levels. Mike has to fight drug dealers and must rescue a certain number of hostages at each level. The Predator's three-dotted laser aim is a menace to avoid, which can kill either the hostages or Mike himself. Gang members killed drop drugs which can be picked up for points (and sent to the drugs squad). At the end of each level a boss must be defeated. Mike can move and shoot in all 8 directions, but can only stop and shoot up, down, left and right. Besides his pistol, Mike can also collect new weapons such as grenades, shotguns, machine-guns and rifles. Body armor can be collected for health and med kits for extra lives."
6398,The Incredible Machine 2,"Les Incroyables Machines du Professeur Tim, Professor Tims verrückte Werkstatt, TIM3, The Incredible Machine Version 3.0",1994,8.1,Puzzle,Paddle / Pong,,"This game involves puzzle solving, while creating wacky machines. Each level of the game contains a machine designed to do a specific task. The only problem is, there are parts missing, and it is your job to figure out where to put what in order to get the machine to work. The game features many wacky machine parts, including cats, super balls, lava lamps, flashlights, can openers, monkeys on treadmills, and many more wacky parts to get your machine working. The game also comes with an editor to let you design your own unique machines from scratch. These can either be for fun, or you can set it so that the person playing has to fill in the missing parts, just like in the campaign."
6401,Saturday Night Slam Masters,"Muscle Bomber, Muscle Bomber: The Body Explosion",1993,7.3,"Action, Sports",Fighting,,"Saturday Night Slam Masters is a wrestling game. Ten wrestlers with different fighting styles and individual special attacks are available. They are controlled with three buttons; one for jumping, one for attacking and one for pinning. When close to your opponents, you can grab them to perform various moves ranging from ordinary attacks to body slams to throws. Since the action takes place in a ring, it is also possible to climb the turnbuckle or use the ropes to your advantage. You can also leave the ring for a limited amount of time to fight with different weapons that can be found outside the ring. Apart from a standard Single Match mode, the SNES version also features a Battle Royal mode for up to four players. This mode is not available in the Genesis version, which features a Death Match mode that can not be found in the SNES version. A Death Match is a no rules match in which weapons can be used used and the rope is replaced with barbed wire."
6409,D/Generation,"D/Generation HD, D/Generation: Virtual Reality meets Action Adventure",1991,7.8,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Something has gone horribly wrong at Genoq Biolabs, Singapore. You're just a courier, sent to the building to deliver a package. Now you're trapped inside, the security system has gone crazy, genetically engineered organisms are on the rampage and things look like they could get even worse... Make your way through 10 floors of isometric action and puzzles, trying to stay alive and discover what's going on. Talk to and rescue survivors, pick up armaments and log into computer terminals. What caused the Genoq disaster? What's inside the vital package you've got to deliver? What is the D/Generation ? And what is really waiting for you on the top floor of the building? The Windows, Macintosh, and Xbox One HD versions have additional features: high res graphics, new music, a new control menu, the ability to save anywhere, and support for leaderboards and achievements."
6412,SiN Gold,SiN: Édition Limitée,1999,7.0,Compilation,,,"SiN Gold is a compilation of: This is the first release of those titles for the Macintosh. As of 2020, the digital versions of this release are the only updated versions of either title, with included compatibility for later operating systems, bug fixes, and native high resolution support."
6415,Sakura Taisen,"Sakura Wars, Yinghua Dazhan",1996,7.5,"Adventure, Strategy / tactics",Japanese-style adventure,"Interwar, Steampunk","It is the Taishou Era in Japan, and the Western world has begun to make its way through traditional Japan. Technology is evolving, and the use of steam has made for great breakthroughs in transportation in weaponry. But the world faces a deadly threat: a dark cult wishes to destroy Japan and the very world itself. To combat any possible threats, the Imperial government of Japan brings together 6 young ladies from around the world to form the Hanagumi (Flower Bridage) division of the Teikoku Kagekidan (Imperial Floral Assault Group). Clad in their proud spiritual armor, the Kobou, these young women are the frontline of defense against the demon worshippers, but they haven't a leader to guide them into battle. And, with a single letter, young Navy ensign Ichiro Ogami's life is about to take a very interesting turn as the chosen leader of the Hanagumi! Ichiro now has to gain the trust of the members of the Hanagumi if he expects to keep things under control. The gameplay of Sakura Taisen is a combination of Japanese-style adventure with dating mechanics and tactical turn-based combat. Most of the game is spent exploring the theater, which serves as a disguise for the military base. Depending on the player's decisions - where to go, which girl to look for, how to answer the questions (there is a time limit for responses) - the protagonist will develop different relationships with the girls, which will influence not only further dialogues and the ending, but also slightly affect their parameters in battles. During combat, the player navigates Ichiro and the girls over an isometric battlefield and attack the enemies physically, or charge for powerful special attacks. Each turn it is possible to perform two different actions per character; walking distance and attack range are limited and unique to each character. There is no experience points system and also no equipment in the game."
6421,Brave Fencer Musashi,Brave Fencer Musashiden,1998,7.2,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"150 years ago, the legendary warrior known as the Brave Fencer Musashi saved the kingdom of Allucaneet from the evil Wizard of Darkness. Now, his spirit is reincarnated in a young, rather short-tempered boy. Fillet, the princess of Allucaneet, summons the reluctant hero to the palace and gives him the powerful sword Fusion, which he needs to defeat the evil Thirstquencher Empire. It soon turns out that the Empire is after another legendary sword, Lumina, so Musashi's first task is to get it before the bad guys do!.. Brave Fencer Musashi is an action game with strong RPG elements. Controlling Musashi, the player explores the pre-rendered backgrounds from third person view (similarly to Final Fantasy VII ), visiting towns, talking to NPCs, etc. There is a day/night cycle in the game, which is manifested in the schedules of NPCs and/or monsters, as well as Musashi's fatigue level, which increases if he doesn't sleep enough. Musashi uses the two swords, Fusion and Lumina, to fight his enemies. The two swords have different properties: while Fusion behaves more or less like a traditional melee weapon, Lumina needs to be imbued with various elemental items in order to unleash powerful attacks."
6427,Star Fighter,Starfighter 3000,1994,7.4,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"3037. FedNet is now in control of the federation, and in an attempt to gain the trust of the population following decades of corruption and warfare, the FedNet Space Corps were sent to the outermost planets to crush the small-time warlords still running the show there. After being ""convinced"" to join them in a tour of duty, he is assigned to an elite flight group with the only purpose of testing the most cutting-edge technology. A remake of the original game of the same title released a few years before for the Acorn Archimedes platform, Starfighter 3000 features more detailed graphics (now all surfaces are texture-mapped and a fogging filter reduces clipping). Featuring 15 levels in 4 worlds, the player controls the Predator Mark-IV, a fighter ship capable of space and atmospheric flight. However, other than the handy boost button, the player has no control over the throttle, (unless he uses a flight stick with thrust controls such as 3DO's CH Pro stick) and must keep moving at all times. In post 3DO releases, only two points of view are available: behind (better for acrobatics and general flying) and cockpit (accurate aiming and NOE flight). The 3DO release contained several more, like a TV-style fly-by-cam, weapon cameras, and enemy cams that could show a nearby enemies' POV. By picking up crystals the player is able to upgrade his craft and obtain more ammo, and by combining colours, get more powerful weapons, some also obtainable from parachute drops sent by FedNet. One of the defining features of the game is using the laser (basic weapon) to terraform the map. As the game map is composed of tiles, some with higher or lower vertexes can be leveled by simply firing repeatedly at the same area. This allows players to strategically avoid heavy defense turrets by simply collapsing a hill, or destroy a heavier turret by simply burrowing the ground beneath it. The player starts the game with three lives and earns one every 250k points. Losing all lives means a game over, but as there isn't a profile for each pilot (like in Tie Fighter ), the game can be resumed freely from the last savegame."
6431,Dragon's Lair,"Dragon's Lair: The Return Adventure, Sullivan Bluth Presents Dragon's Lair",1990,4.3,Action,,Fantasy,"The NES version for Dragon's Lair brings Dirk the Daring in a side-scrolling game, different from the interactive movie gameplay common to the other games under the same license. Once again, Dirk is up to rescue Princess Daphne from the evil dragon Singe. To do so, Dirk will throw weapons such as knives, axes, or fire balls at various enemies, including dragons, bats, snakes, the Lizard King (who will steal gold from him), etc. He will also do a lot of jumping and ducking to avoid threats along his way, such as falling bridges, presses, spikes and holes on the floor. To complete a stage, all he has to do is to get to the end of it alive. At the end of some stages, Dirk will take an elevator that will lead him to other stages. The elevator makes short stops at some platforms, and you have to decide if Dirk will jump onto that platform or another. If he takes the wrong platform, he may go back to a previous stage and go through it all over again. From the elevator, Dirk can also get to a bonus level, the Lizard King's throne room, where he can try to recover the gold the King has stolen from him. Although Dirk has a life bar, he will instantly die when taking damage from most of the threats. He also has a ""candle bar"", which is used (by pressing the start button) to light up dark places and to discover hidden items at specific locations. The game can be played by two players taking turns. The PAL version has faster gameplay, additional enemies (including level bosses), death animations and splash screens in between the levels."
6438,Ikari III: The Rescue,"Arcade Archives: Ikari III -The Rescue-, Ikari III, Ikari Three",1989,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",South America,"The presidential candidate's child has been kidnapped! It is your job to get past enemy lines and rescue the child. This is the third game in the Ikari Warriors series, and features similar arcade/action gameplay. The screen is a top down view which scrolls vertically, with numerous bad guys to defeat. You start the game with just your fists, and as the levels progress you can find weapons and other objects to help you out."
6446,Need for Speed: V-Rally,"V-Rally, V-Rally: 97 Championship Edition, V-Rally: Championship Edition",1997,6.8,Racing / Driving,,,"Test your driving skills in this rally game. You can compete in three different game modes: Arcade, Championship and Time Trial. In the Championship mode you race against three other cars in various countries. Gain points in order to win the Championship. In the Arcade mode you still race against three other cars, but also against the clock. Finish each race before the time runs out, and come in first to win the Arcade mode. You can choose between Easy (4 races), Medium (6 races) and Difficult (8 races). If you just want to race by yourself you can try the Time Trial mode. There are 11 different cars available. They are divided into two groups: 2W and 4W drive. The 4W cars are a little bit faster than the normal cars."
6447,International Rugby Simulator,Advanced Rugby Simulator,1988,6.3,Sports,,,"Seven-a-side rugby union is brought to life in this budget game. The action is viewed from the side, although kicks to the posts are played from a behind-the-posts perspective. Scrums and line-outs are incorporated for as realistic a game as possible given the player restriction. A tournament can be played with up to 8 players, with as many computer teams as required to fill the gaps. In the ST version the tactical side of the game is very complex - seventeen different formations are on offer. Other gameplay variables can be set - player stamina (lower values forcing you to play a more conservative game), how long a player takes to recover from a tackle, and the standard strengths of passes and kicks, pus some very complicated mathematical coefficients. The ability to rename teams, change kits and alter the match lengths seem banal by comparison."
6451,The James Bond Collection,La collection James Bond,1991,6.6,Compilation,,,A compilation of three James Bond themed games:
6453,Trevor Sorensen's Star Legions,Krellan Commander,1992,6.7,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Legions is the third installment in the Star Fleet gaming universe. Star Legions is much narrower in focus than its predecessors, though; you are charged with managing the planetary invasion forces of the Krellan Empire against the ""evil"" (good?) United Galactic Alliance. The result is a bit like playing Empire in a sci-fi environment. Success in the initial invasions means promotions, personal honors, and even greater armies to command in future campaigns."
6465,Paratrooper,,1982,6.4,Action,Shooter,,"Paratrooper is a single screen arcade action game where the player controls a stationary machine gun turret trying to shoot down all incoming enemies. The turret has unlimited ammo but a limited angle of fire (up to 90 degrees left and right). Each shot also costs one point, so the player must be conservative with ammunition when going for high scores. At first, helicopters start appearing from both sides of the screen's upper part. Paratroopers are jumping down from those helicopters; if four or more of them touch the ground, they will form a human ladder, climb up to the turret, and destroy it. To avoid that, the player has to shoot either the paratroopers themselves or their parachutes - for different effects but the same results. After the player has withstood several waves of helicopters, bomber planes start appearing. These planes shoot bombs directly at the turret, which do not miss and destroy it right away. To counter that, the player can either eliminate the plane before it has the chance to drop the bomb, or destroy the bomb itself in mid-air. Shooting bombs scores the most points (50). Surviving this stage effectively puts the game on an indefinite loop, with more helicopter and bomber plane stages alternating with increased difficulty. There are no continues and the player has to start over if the turret was destroyed."
6467,Midi-Maze,,1987,7.5,Action,Shooter,,"Midi-Maze played on Atari STs linked up via MIDI cables, is among the first multiplayer first-person shooter for home micros, and a descendant of the original Maze War from the 1970s. The game is set in a maze with 90° corners, and all graphics are drawn with filled polygons. Weapon systems are limited to a plain gun with a small reloading interval. All the participants are represented by big, floating smiling faces. Up to sixteen players may compete simultaneously, but those who wish to train before a match can do it alone against drones. It is possible both to play one against all or to team up."
6472,NFL Quarterback Club 99,,1998,7.9,Sports,,,"Plenty of new additions have been made to this, the second Acclaim NFL title on the N64. Updates to every team, from player stats to team records, are included, along with 6 European NFL clubs, while team plays and AI strategy features the mind of New York Jets offensive coordinator Charlie Weis, and all 32 Super Bowls can be re-written to your style. Also included is a create a player mode; weekly, game and season awards; total team management options including trading, drafting and releasing players; 30 play books based on real team designs; Play-by-play from Mike Patrick, color calls from Randy Cross and referee calls from NFL's head of officials, Jerry Markbreit."
6480,Ultimate Soccer Manager 2,"DSF Fussball Manager, Football Manager - Saison 96/97, USM 2",1996,6.7,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Ultimate Soccer Manager 2 is the followup of USM and mostly a graphical improvement over the DOS and Amiga AGA versions. Now sporting a 640x480 resolution, all of the offices menus (from where all options are selected) are crisper and some of them were merged together to simplify navigation. New features include team and individual training, player personality (meaning that a team of talented players can still be unsuccessful if key players are either psychologically weak or flawed), better catering and merchandising options and setting up plays. The game is packed with both English, French and German leagues, although all run from different executables."
6482,The Archers,,1986,6.7,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"Events in the rural village of Ambridge have enthralled BBC Radio 4 listeners since 1950. The computer game re-creation casts you as one of the scriptwriters. The game is split into four parts, in which you control Jack Woolley, Elizabeth Archer, Eddie Grundy and Nelson Gabriel in turn. Guide each character through their decisions (from 3 multiple-choices), with the aim of choosing the most listener-friendly choices. Your choices affect the show's rating directly, as well as changing the forthcoming plot much more than in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ Characters can be removed from the show depending on how you develop certain storylines, but make sure not to axe the popular ones. Avoid offending special-interest groups, as the BBC comes down hard on writers who generate complaints. In some versions you can play the four parts individually; in others, progressing onto controlling a character is conditional on increasing the ratings while controlling the previous one."
6483,Microsoft Flight Simulator (v4.0),,1989,7.5,Simulation,,,"Version 4 of Flight Simulator was released just 15 months after version 3 The changes include: Like the previous release, version 4 includes scenery for five cities (New York, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago). It features CGA through VGA (in EGA resolution) support, and multi-user play. Version 4 also supports newer add-ons such as Microsoft Flight Simulator: Aircraft & Scenery Designer and subLOGIC 's USA Scenery series."
6486,Shinobi Legions,"Auriga, Shin Shinobi Den, Shinobi X",1995,7.6,Action,Arcade,,"A ninjitsu master trains three children: two brothers, Kazuma and Sho, and his own daughter Aya. As they grow up, the oldest boy, Kazuma, becomes obsessed with power and demands to learn the sacred techniques of absolute power. The master refuses, and Kazuma leaves, vowing revenge. Many years later, long after the master's death, Kazuma returns with an army. He plots his revenge by kidnapping Aya and thus luring Sho into his hideout. As Sho, you must defeat Kazuma and rescue Aya. Shinobi Legions is a side-scrolling action game, similar to Shinobi III Sho's primary weapons are a sword and a finite number of shurikens, both of which are activated with separate buttons. Sho can learn nearly a dozen sword abilities (spinning slash, downward slash, sword shielding, etc.) by collecting powerups scattered throughout levels. There are also ""Fire Dragon"" powerups that act as single use ninja magic attacks that damage all enemies onscreen, which is the only ninja magic available to Sho. The 9 levels range from fighting in the jungle to climbing Mount Fuji, where Sho will encounter mostly enemy ninjas and a few animal enemies (eagles, snakes, etc.). Shinobi Legions is the only Shinobi game for the Saturn and is notable for its use of live-action cutscenes and its use of blood (the first in the series)."
6491,Circus Games,,1988,6.4,Action,Arcade,,"Ladiiiieeeees and gentlemeeeeennnnn! Children of all ages! The Greatest Show on Earth proudly presents... Circus Games ! As a tiger trainer, you will have to put the tiger's through their various tracks. You have to do various stunts, like corkscrews and somersaults, on the trapeze. As a tight rope walker, you need to go from one side to the other, doing handstands and somersaults along the way. There is also a lady daredevil that you do stunts with from the back of a horse. If you do the international competition, you will have to do certain tricks for the trapeze, tight rope walker, horse trick-rider and make the tigers go through all the tricks in their routine."
6497,Excalibur 2555 A.D.,"Excalibur, Excalibur 2555 A.D.: Il Potere Del Passat E' Del Futuro, Excalibur 2555 A.D.: Le futur va bientôt entrer dans l'Histoire, Excalibur 2555 A.D.: The Future Is About to Become History, Excalibur 2555 AD, Lost Sword",1997,5.8,Action,,Fantasy,"Excalibur 2555 AD is a 3D action game. The legendary sword Excalibur has been stolen by the raiders from the far future. As Merlin's apprentice, you are sent forward in time, equipped only with a broadsword and limited spellcasting ability. Your mission: recover Excalibur and prevent catastrophe."
6501,Elfmania,,1994,7.2,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Fighting,Fantasy,"The King of Muhmulandia is giving up the post, and will give the honour of leading the great Elf Kingdom to whoever can beat him in a fight. To earn the honour to fight him, they will have to lead their team of fighters through six successful fights against six competitors of differing skill levels. One-on-one beat 'em up action ensues, then, but with a few surprises along the way. You don't fight as the same fighter all the way through, but you earn coins during the fights (characters drop them when attacked, a lá many platform games) and spend these on buying improved fighters, whose punches will have more effect on opponents. To get enough money to defeat the harder opponents, one strategy is to repeatedly fight the weaker guys, and spend the money on gradually upgrading. Also worthy of note are the graphics - more colourful and varied than you'd expect on an Amiga 500."
6505,Roc 'N Rope,,1983,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Your player is a mountain climber who must avoid cavemen, dinosaurs and pterodactyls as he climbs up the cliff-sides. Your goal in each level is to climb up and reach a mystical bird with great plumage, while staying one step above the bonus timer which determines how long you may stay on each level. The mountain climber has only one ability; to shoot rope at 45 degree angles which he may then climb up to other platforms. His other action is a stun beam which will allow him to walk past enemies who get too close; but will only work horizontally from him. As for power-ups, on each level is (usually 2) a flashing diamond power-up which will make him invincible and allow him to defeat monsters. Also as a power-up are glowing treasures of some kind which are worth extra points. Your player also cannot take a fall, except for extremely small ones unless he is able to climb down vines. This means that when you shoot your rope and are climbing it, you are vulnerable. Even more so because enemies are allowed to ""shake"" the rope until you fall off if they reach the base of the rope. Pterodactyls fly overhead and drop eggs on the player. There are 4 distinct levels; the cliff-side, the windmill, the waterfall and the peak. Completing all of these levels will restart the game with faster enemies and power-ups located in different places."
6507,Dungeon Master II: Skullkeep,"Dungeon Master II: Die Legende von Skullkeep, Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep",1993,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Chaos Strikes Back was a semi-sequel to seminal RPG Dungeon Master but a true sequel came several years later. The game fuses real-time battles with puzzle solving and travelling, although the game now auto-maps. Rain and magic usage effects are incorporated into the engine. The first part of the game is spent above ground, visiting villages with shops and temples, and trawling through forests."
6509,F1 World Grand Prix II,,2000,7.1,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"F1 World Grand Prix II is a game for the Dreamcast. Unlike its namesake for the Nintendo 64 it features the '99 season instead of the '98 season. The game includes sixteen official tracks and all the racers and teams that come with the FIA license. The Dreamcast version features improved graphics over the Nintendo 64 original. The game allows you to fine-tune your car to your own preferences and features Exhibition play, Grand Prix, Time Attack, Challenge and Match Race. You can tweak the settings of your car before each race and the game features various types of weather. The cars feature realistic damage models."
6511,Sid Meier's Pirates!,"Pirates!, Sid Meier's Pirates!: Action and Adventure on the Spanish Main, Xide Meier de Haidao",1987,7.8,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,"Age of Discovery / Enlightenment, Sea pirates / Caribbean","Take on the life of a buccaneer in the golden age of Caribbean Piracy! This game lets you choose from 6 different ""ages"" (for example, ""The Silver Empire"" from 1560-1600, ""War For Profit"" from 1640-1660, etc.), one of 4 nationalities (English, French, Dutch, Spanish), 4 difficulty levels, and one of 5 special abilities (skill at fencing, skill at navigation, etc.). Nine different types of ships were represented. The goal of the game is to retire with as much gold and land as possible, as many ranks/titles as possible (Colonel, Admiral, Marquis, Duke), and a wife. Finding long lost relatives helps too. You accomplish these goals by plundering cities, capturing and sinking enemy ships, getting in good with governors to receive titles, learn news of ""evil Spaniards"" holding your relatives, capturing evil pirates, etc. The game is educational, as you will learn about piracy through the thoroughly researched manual. You'll smell the sea salt as you participate in wild sword fights, desperate sea battles, and daring attacks by land."
6515,Epic,,1992,7.1,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The sun is about to go supernova and humanity must find a new home. All the population is packed into a huge fleet of ships and they set off for a suitable planet. Unfortunately the route goes straight through the territory of a hostile alien race, the Rexxons. The game is a space shooter but you also get surface missions on different planets. The main emphasis on the game is the graphics which were excellent when the game was released but this meant that the game was very short with just 9 levels. There are loads of cutscenes all with music from Holst's planet suite."
6520,Thunder Burner,,1991,4.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are a pilot of some robot/spacejet transformer on some deserted planet full of cacti and enemy ships. You may turn left/right at the angle of 45 degrees, move at the angle of 45 degrees, accelerate/decelerate speed of your moving, shoot, and metamorphose into a spacejet at will. During 12 levels of gameplay enemies fly towards you, and you should shoot them or avoid them, because each meeting with the enemy means decreasing the number of instances of your transformer. You'll also need to collect spheres to maintain your fuel levels. When all instances of your spacejet will be lost you may be enlisted in the High Score Table."
6531,Wing Commander: Prophecy,Wing Commander V,1997,7.9,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Following the Border Worlds conflict of Wing Commander IV the galaxy is once more at peace. Colonel Christopher Blair, hero of the Confederation has transferred into the Naval Forces. Blair helps design the TCS Midway, a state-of-the-art multi-role carrier that will help keep order during the Confederation's new peacetime. The luxury of peace allows Confed to retire many older pilots and assign younger pilots to piloting roles. Lance Casey and his friend Max ""Maestro"" Garrett are two such pilots, fresh from the academy, transferred aboard the TCS Midway along with several others for its maiden voyage along the borders of Confed Space. But soon into the mission, the Midway intercepts a distress call from the Kilrathi, the remains of a race of cat-like warriors who lost the war with the Confederation... Wing Commander: Prophecy is a space combat simulator. Players take the role of Lance Casey on his new assignment aboard the ship. The player can click various hotspots aboard the ship to engage in non-interactive FMV conversations with shipboard personnel. By entering the briefing room, players can receive full instructions on their next mission. Space Combat begins by launching from the TCS Midway carrier, and are displayed as first-person perspective inside the cockpit, similar to the rest of the Wing Commander series. Mission objectives vary between escort duties, patrol missions, search and destroy or defense of the TCS Midway herself. Depending on the ship being flown for the particular mission, the player will be able to switch between guns, missiles, torpedoes and mines with which to combat the enemy. The player, as wing commander, can give orders to nearby wingmen and communicate with any other ship. After each mission, the player must return to dock with the TCS Midway and will receive a mission performance rating."
6532,Knights of the Sky,Ōzora no Kishi,1990,7.3,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War I","Knights of the Sky is a World War I flight combat sim where you pilot one of 20 different aircraft (each handles differently) as you engage in simple missions or join a full campaign where you will progress through World War I, going on a variety of missions, patrols, and even encounter enemy aces. You can engage balloons and blimps, enemy fighters and bombers, even strafe group targets such as supply trains. If you do really well in the game, one of the enemy aces may drop a note to challenge you to an aerial duel. A unique feature of the game is the capability of modem link so you can challenge fellow modem owners to dogfights, something that none of its contemporaries had."
6534,Creatures Adventures,Creatures Abenteuer,1999,6.1,"Educational, Simulation",,,"Creatures Adventures is a game about caring for and observing members of a fictional race of creatures called Norns. The game begins in the hatchery of a house where the Norns live. When the baby Norns hatch, it is the player's responsibility to care for them by feeding and putting clothes on them, watch over them by making sure they stay out of trouble, and reward or discipline them as necessary. The latter is carried out using the ever-present stickler and water jet icons: the first tickles the Norn and makes it happy, while the second sprays water, which the Norn has an aversion to. The player get the privilege of naming their Norns, dressing them, and playing with them. They will often have to monitor multiple Norns at once, each exploring the environment individually. Eventually, the Norns grow up and strike out to bigger and better adventures. Meanwhile, day turns to night and seasons change during the game. The Norns will also pair off and procreate in order to lay the groundwork for more Norns that the player will eventually oversee. Sooner or later, the Norns will die of natural causes and be buried in the backyard of the house, at which point the player gets to start fresh with the new Norn generation. The game features extensive parental controls which allow parents to create game files for different family members complete with passwords. The parental controls also allow limiting each family member to a certain amount of playing time each day as well as specifying bedtime."
6545,Disney's Animated Storybook: Mulan,"Disney Fais Ton Histoire !: Disney Mulan, Disney Libro Animato Creativo: Disney's Mulan, Disney's Aventura Interactiva, Mulan, Disney's Mulan Animated Story Book: A Story Waiting For You To Make It Happen, Disney's Story Studio: Disney's Mulan, Disney's Verhalenstudio: Disney's Mulan, Disneys Interaktive Abenteuer: Disneys Mulan",1998,7.1,"Adventure, Educational",Mini-games,Fantasy,"Mushu is given the task to deliver the magical scrolls which contain the legend of Mulan to the emperor of ancient China. Mushu is warned not to drop the scrolls because the magic will fall out of them if he does. Mushu drops the scrolls anyway when Cri-Kee comes from behind and startles him. Now Mushu must regain the lost scrolls and place the magic back in them. The game is basically an interactive storybook where the player helps the story move forward by completing certain tasks. Some of these tasks include retrieving items requested by Grandma Fa, dressing up Mulan and Mushu with a variety of hats, tops, bottoms, shoes, and accessories, playing a mix and match puzzle to obtain armor, and figuring out the correct order gongs should be hit in order to awake Mulan's ancestors. A sample of some of the other activities include playing Mahjong and throwing snowballs at enemy soldiers. The game also lets the player have a sing along karaoke-style to three songs from the movie. There is also an activity that let's players place cut-outs of characters and locations experienced during the game onto a sheet of paper which can then be colored in using a paint set."
6549,Windwalker,"A Tale from Moebius, Moebius 2",1989,6.6,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"The sequel to Moebius Windwalker combines role-playing with side-view beat 'em up gameplay. You are accompanied by Moebius on a quest to master the martial arts. Hostile persons including thieves, guards and assassins will be encountered; you fight them in real time using moves such as cartwheels and flying kicks. This can be played either as a continuous battle, or with short breaks to catch your composure. The role-playing elements eschew the Ultima -style plan view in favor of a pseudo-3D system. Deism and Shamanism are just some of the included magic disciplines. Magical vehicles help you get around the 100 landscapes more quickly, although you spend much time on foot. The game takes place in a fully active universe of characters such as villagers and giant beetles, all getting about their business within a day/night cycle and variable weather."
6556,Deadline,,1996,5.6,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"Deadline is a tactical game with anti-terrorist themes and combined strategic planning / real-time action. It uses a third-person over-the top perspective much like the original X-COM except in real-time. The game pits you against everything from fanatical cultists (some of whom you're supposed to save from themselves), drug dealers, escaped prisoners, and even a disgruntled MIT professor with a high powered rifle. But terrorists will be your primary opponents in the later missions. Your goal is to rescue the hostages and neutralize the bad guys, but you're also supposed to avoid blood and death on all sides. This means that you're not allowed to drown your enemies in their own blood, and the majority of them must be captured alive for you to successfully complete the mission. Deadline also allows you to communicate with the terrorists (to a limited extent) through use of a vid-phone and negotiation mode. You can also dedicate time to research in order to get more information about the terrorists, hostages, location, etc. Each mission has an extensive history. But as the name of the game suggests there's a time limit and if you spend too much time twiddling your thumbs the hostages get executed and you're fired."
6560,Giga Wing,GigaWing,1999,6.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the World of Giga Wing, many wars have been fought for the divine stone Medallion. Entire civilizations were destroyed in the struggle for gaining control of the legendary item. Now, in the year 2050, four pilots have set off, each carrying a mysterious stone. The stones are said to be the only way to destroy Medallion once and for all. The player can choose to complete the journey for any of the four pilots. Giga Wing is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up. Up to two players must steer their planes around enemy bullets and destroy everything in their path with only a limited amount of lives. When tapping the A button, the main gun is fired. Holding the button activates the Reflect Force. The B button fires a bomb from a limited stock to become temporarily invincible. Power-ups can be collected to increase the bomb and life stock or enhance the main gun's fire power. Scoring works by using the Reflect Force to repel enemy shots. Once the shots hit an enemy, medals appear in their place. When these are collected, the score multiplier increases. There are two game modes, arcade and score attack. Arcade plays just like the original coin-op game, and score attack lets the player choose a stage and fight for the highest score there. In this mode, the player has unlimited lives, however the score multiplier will reset once the player dies or uses a bomb."
6567,Spriggan Mark 2: Re-Terraform Project,,1992,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Sequel to Spriggan Spriggan Mark 2 is one of the few side-scrolling shooters developed by Compile (as opposed to the top-down shooters they are better known for). Once again the player gets to pilot a mecha in a war between two opposing armies, this time to decide the fate of a distant colony in outer space. As in the first game, other AI-controlled mechas join in the fight and even talk to the protagonist with full voice-overs to advance the plot. The color-coding weapon system of the original is gone, replaced with a standard collectible power-up system. No options are available to watch the player character's back, but it is possible to change the direction the player-controlled mecha faces, allowing the player to deal with threats from behind."
6570,LEGO Alpha Team,,2000,7.7,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Using your puzzle solving skills, you must lead the Alpha Team and stop Mr. Ogel from turning the world into zombies. Instead of controlling the characters on screen, you must place lego blocks, ramps, stairs, pogo-pads and many other items to help the character dodge enemies and traps. But be careful, he/she is always on the move so you have to be quick to place the items in the right place. One wrong move, and you have to start all over again."
6574,TNT 2: Double Dynamite - The Compilation,,1992,6.3,Compilation,,,TNT 2 is a compilation of the following games:
6579,Risk II,Risiko II,2000,7.7,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"The traditional game of Risk, redeveloped from scratch with improved graphics, improved AI, optional Same-Time mode, all the different options and variations, new territories (original map still available), and the new tournament mode, as you play the different games against various AI personalities. Multiplayer support LAN or MSN Zone."
6581,Karateka,"Karate Master, Karateka Classic",1984,7.3,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"The evil Akuma has destroyed the protagonist's homeland, killed many of his friends and kidnapped the princess Mariko. Fortunately, the hero is skilled in martial arts, so his inevitable quest to reach Akuma's palace and rescue Mariko has a chance of success. Karateka is viewed from the side and features a succession of increasingly difficult opponents. Three types of punches and kicks are available to both the player character and his foes, differentiated by their height (low, medium, and high). The protagonist has a health bar, which refills itself gradually when he stands still."
6584,Claymates,,1994,6.9,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"From the creators of Clay Fighter comes a game about a shape-shifting ball of clay. You play as a boy named Clayton, whose father has developed a serum to turn humans into animals. However, an evil shaman desires this serum, and when he is denied ownership of it, he kidnaps Clayton's father and turns Clayton into a ball of clay. It's up to the unlikely hero to rescue his father, the serum, and the world! The game is a side-scrolling platformer where you gain power-ups that let you transform into various forms to help you reach the end of the level. After each level, you are placed on the world map and given several robots who blindly walk forward until they hit an obstacle, then turn at a right angle and continue on their way. It's up to you to manipulate them to help you clear a way to the next level, where more challenges await."
6585,Keef the Thief: A Boy and His Lockpick,,1989,6.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Play Keef the Thief, a promising young thief who finds himself on the outskirts of the Mercon the Merchant City. Considering the penalty of thievery is the removal of certain body parts, our young hero must be careful in his profession and ultimately (among others) train himself to access and steal from the city treasury. Keef the Thief: A Boy and His Lockpick is a first-person perspective role-playing game. It has elements of parody, clearly identifiable from various descriptions in the game and enemy names during combat. One of the goals in the game is to steal everything in sight - at least in the city. The game map itself includes, beside the city, various dungeons, jungles, and an arena, among others. The game introduces four vital elements of game play: Thievery, Adventuring, Combat, and Alchemy: The thievery element is based on the ability to disarm traps before the player can loot treasure. There are many houses or other places where the player can steal valuable objects (at least within the city walls). The higher the skills, the more options the player has to rightly pick which course the player wants to choose to disarm a trap. When the player has stolen everything valuable from underwear to gold crowns from the city, eventually the player will have to venture outside the city into the unknown depths of the surrounding jungle. There are a lot of places that has yet to be discovered in the game. Just be sure to be well equipped with armor and weapons. Monsters have a bad habit of popping up, almost always! The first-person real-time combat setting comes complete with a top-down radar indicating the player's positioning and the enemies. In the combat screen the player can melee to victory or just shoot them from a distance. That is if the player has the appropriate weapons available. For the most part it's alchemy, though magic spells are also created through this process. Collecting ingredients is one thing, experimenting on what works is another. Sometimes the player may get lucky and find a recipe. Sometimes."
6587,Choplifter II: Rescue Survive,,1991,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In this sequel to Choplifter! it is once again your job to fly your helicopter through several shoot'em-up levels and rescue a certain number of hostages. The levels scroll in all directions and hostages are spread out over the whole area. Your helicopter takes damage from enemies such as planes, birds or ordnance; but also from contact with buildings and hills. To finish a level, you have to rescue a given number of hostages; saving more hostages than required gains you extra points. If you take too much damage, you'll lose a live. For losing too many hostages, you'll instantly lose a continue, regardless of how many lives you have left."
6589,WipEout XL,WipEout 2097,1996,8.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"WipEout XL is set in the year 2097, around four decades after its predecessor Instead of the F3600 anti-gravity racing competition, the game features an even faster and more dangerous tournament: the F5000 AG league. The gameplay system is similar to that of the previous game: players race against each other or computer in high-speed futuristic environments, liberally picking up weapons scattered around the stages and using them against the opponents to finish the race in the highest position. Each vehicle is provided with a shield; once this shield is breached (by weapons or other kinds of damage), the craft explodes. As in the first game, the vehicles move at very high speeds. The game's four difficulty levels are used to crank the speed up and down, with the highest setting corresponding to the highest speed. In addition to the main championship mode, there are also challenge modes, winning in which rewards the player with faster game settings, new tracks, and new vehicles."
6603,Scorched Earth,"Scorch, Scorched Earth: Mother of All Games",1991,7.5,Strategy / tactics,Artillery,,"It's all-out war in Scorched Earth an artillery combat game. You and up to nine friends can duke it out on hills and in valleys as you nuke each other into submission in this turn-based tank battle. At the start of each round, each player purchases their weaponry, and if they choose, shields and parachutes for defense and safety from long drops. Then it's off to battle! Aim your cannon, taking note of trajectory and wind, and fire off your weapons in attempt to take out the opposition. The game offers a variety of weapons. A small sample of these include the standard nukes, which obliterate the screen. There's the Funky Bomb, which scatters smaller bombs in an unpredictable variety of directions. Or, if missiles aren't your thing, you can send your foes a personal gift of flaming napalm. There are also dirt bombs which can be used to bury opponents or yourself, for safety from opposing attacks. One of the other features are the amusing quips displayed before a shot is fired, and when a tank is destroyed. These can even be added to by editing the files to give your threats a more personal flavor."
6605,Hyper Tennis: Final Match,Hyper Final Match Tennis,1996,6.0,Sports,,,"Hear the grunts echo through the stadium as you control one of 12 (6 male & 6 female) tennis players with different abilities. Up to four players can compete in Exhibition singles and doubles or rack up points on a World Tour of six tournaments (the Australian Open in Melbourne, the French Open in Paris, the Human Open in Tokyo, Mixed Doubles in Montreal, the US Open in New York and Wimbledon in London). Three different court surfaces (clay, grass, and hard court) affect the speed and bounce of balls hit. You get penalized for not connecting on your serve and must time your hits of returns as it will affect where the ball goes. Your player's movements are motion-captured and you can lunge at a ball if you are caught out of position. There's 9 different camera views to choose from."
6606,NCAA GameBreaker 98,,1997,7.7,Sports,,,"A college football game with three different game styles (simulation, total control, and fantasy league) and three different game types (scrimmage, tournament, and bowl season). The game contains all 112 Division 1A Teams with their team specific playbooks along with 130 different NCAA stadiums. The game also contains over 40 classic teams to play as. There is also a Create Play mode which lets the player draw up their own plays to use on the gridiron. Players can also create a walk on athlete to play as. Gameplay is similar to what is found in NFL GameDay '98 but with more emphasis on college plays and rules. Players select their plays, try to gain yards on a vertical field, and hopefully score by getting into the end zone. On offense, players can use Total Control Passing which enables a player to under or over throw to a receiver. Options include adjusting the difficulty level and the length of each quarter, setting the likelihood of penalties being called, setting the speed of the game, what type of weather to play in, and whether to turn on or off the announcer, music, or injuries."
6608,The Broken Land,,2000,5.1,Role-playing (RPG),"Action RPG, Hack and slash",Fantasy,"An RPG game in the dungeon crawl style of Diablo The basic story involves you saving Heaven (not Earth) by re-combining the 5 pieces Heaven was split into by a battle with the gods and the forces of evil. Game play is hack-and-slash with limited interaction with NPCs and merchants. Characters have limited upgrades available to them as do the weapons and armor. The game was released with no printed manual (it was included on the disk, but was inaccurate to the actual game play)."
6615,Swap,,1990,6.4,Puzzle,"Board game, Tile matching puzzle",,"In this puzzle board game you should swap the tiles to make the sequence of tiles of the same color to eliminate them. Shape of tiles varies from big and small squares to triangles or hexagons. If tiles have no neighbor tiles you may take appropriate tiles from the pocket of the limited size to eliminate the rest of the tiles. Finishing the level, player will be transferred to the higher level if the results of the current level were high enough for such level. But to finish level successfully, player should acquire the certain number of points and to be qualified for the next level. The difficulty also raises and depends on quantity of colours, the shape of the tiles, and time limit presence. Undo moves are also present, but such moves decrease your final results. Game may be saved in progress and loaded later. Best scores and levels will be written in High Score Table."
6619,Combat Chess,,1997,6.8,Strategy / tactics,Chess,Fantasy,"Combat Chess is a version of the classic chess strategy but with detailed pieces, different for both the white and black sides, and with animated movements to different squares of the game board. When overtaking another piece, the game shows a brief battle sequence between the 2 pieces. There is also a configurable, beat-driven soundtrack consisting of a variety of drums, wind sounds, and other ambient noises such as screams and creaky doors to entertain you while you play. The orientation of the board is also configurable, as is the level of game information via a number of Windows dialogs (such classical chess board representation and algebraic move history). Human vs. human play is supported on the same computer or via the network."
6640,Predator 2,,1992,6.7,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Players guide Lt. Mike Harrigan as he tracks the Predator through seven levels based on the film. Mike's primary concerns are the hostages held around the levels, and the legions of gang members out for blood. He also has to contend with the Predator, both as a boss at the end of each level, and as a time limit - if the player takes too long to rescue a hostage, the Predator will blast the hostage with his tri-laser. The game is played in a third-person isometric view, with great swarms of easily-killed bad guys, who appear through one-way doors scattered throughout the level. Weapons not only include faster machine guns and shotguns, but also a few highly-advanced Predator weapons the player can pick up and use. Each defeated gang member drops drugs that can be picked up and automatically sent off to the ""drug squad"" for points. No sounds or music from the film get used, but stills scenes from the film do introduce the levels."
6642,Wings of Death,,1990,7.6,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"Wings of Death is a vertically scrolling shoot'em'up with a fantasy setting. You start out as a small insect, flying through a deranged castle filled with hostile animals and monsters. The upgrade system is rich, and differs somewhat from genre conventions. As you upgrade, your insect turns into a more powerful bat or a mighty dragon. Shooting enemies reveals the various upgrades, and picking up several upgrades of the same kind upgrades that particular weapon level after level. Enemies may also release anti-powerups, marked by a skull. These will downgrade your weapon or draw your energy level. After fighting the end boss of the castle, a three-headed dragon, you move onto a jungle, a swamp and further... That is, if you survive. Wings of Death has an unparalleled number of bullets and enemy objects on-screen for its time and platform, the maximum number being reported as 95. Coded by former demo programmers, the game also runs in full 50 or 60 Hz scrolling while playing digitised music even on an Atari ST, thanks to inventive hardware tricks used in few other commercial games. It also utilises the extra colour palettes of the Atari STe."
6644,Dark Earth,,1997,7.9,Action,Survival horror,Post-apocalyptic,"Arkhan was born in a post-apocalyptic world and raised in a Stallite (Citadel of Light), one of the few places in the world with natural sunlight. Outside of this sanctuary, the world is not a safe place. The darkness creates a sickness that ravages the land. Given such an environment, the sun is worshipped as a god. A sun priestess Arkhan is defending, is attacked by an assassin. In defending her, he gets a vial of darkness thrown at him. Affected with the disease, Arkhan begins to wander the land in an effort to cure his illness and bring order back to the world. Dark Earth is a third-person action game with light puzzle-solving elements. It has pre-rendered backgrounds with fixed camera angles, similarly to Resident Evil games. There are few firearms in the game, and ammunition for them is limited. Weapons break down after a while and must be repaired. Arkhan can grab and use improvised weapons such as kitchen utensils. He must also search for food to replenish his health when wounded. During the course of the game, Arkhan gradually succumbs to the dark side in him. On several occasions the player is able to make dialogue choices that will influence this transformation."
6645,Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer,,2000,6.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"For over a thousand years, the races of the Ancients and the Kreegans were waging an interstellar war. Eventually, the heroes of the planet Enroth and their allies managed to stop the invading Kreegans. However, the Ancients would rather see an entire world annihilated than let it fall into the hands of their sworn enemies. A planeswalker named Escaton, serving the Ancients, arrives on the continent of Jadame and unleashes a great storm, damaging the borders to Elemental Planes. Terrifying creatures begin to invade Enroth. Unexpectedly, the fate of the world lies in the hands of a lowly caravan guard from Dagger Wound Islands. Day of the Destroyer is the eighth installment in the Might and Magic series, and a sequel to For Blood and Honor The game's engine is virtually unchanged from the one used in the sixth game, apart from a few minor tweaks. The biggest difference from all the previous games in the series is the player's inability to create an entire party. Instead, the player generates one character, while the others at first act as NPCs in the game world and must be recruited. The active party can hold up to five characters. Instead of the traditional classes, the differentiation of the characters is mainly manifested in their races, which include, among others, minotaurs, vampires, and dark elves. The player can also choose to ally with different factions and complete different quests for them."
6660,Chuck Rock,,1991,7.5,Action,Platform,,"Chuck Rock is your typical average caveman. He likes to spend his Sunday afternoons watching football and drinking beer. Unfortunately, his peaceful existence is interrupted one day when his wife, Ophelia Rock, is kidnapped by the village weirdo, Gary Gritter. So, Chuck is rather upset about this whole situation and you have to help him make things right. The game is a side-scrolling platformer. Chuck fights a variety of dinosaurs using his belly-buster attack and a jump kick. Occasionally he has to pick up and throw rocks to defeat enemies and allow him to jump to greater heights."
6663,Gangster Town,,1987,7.1,Action,Shooter,,"In Gangster Town, you must use the Light Phaser to shoot unruly mobsters from the town, starting with a car chase, a walk through downtown, shootouts in a bar and nightclub and more. Bonus games, such as finding a key in a brick wall, are included as you complete the game."
6666,Freddy Hardest in South Manhattan,"Freddy Hardest en Manhattan Sur, Guardian Angel",1989,5.1,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"In the future NYC has become inhospitable and depraved, with thugs lining every street waiting to pounce on ordinary civilians. Thankfully Freddy Hardest is on hand to face up to the baseball bats and knives, in a side-scrolling beat 'em up game. As with any Dinamic title, the difficulty level is set high. A few kicks and punches are available to you, and you have one life with energy which depletes as you get hit, but can be recharged by finding a safe space to stand still."
6669,Game Over II,"Phantis, Phantis-1, Quantum",1987,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"The Serena Commander has the mission to rescue his companion of expedition captured in Moon 4 of System Sotpok, better known as Phantis, an unusual place inhabited by a hostile fauna and exuberant flora. Phantis is a horizontal shooter ( R-Type like), combined with platform arcade levels ( Turrican like). You have 24 different enemies to beat throughout 4 phases and 6 levels. This program has two parts, recorded individually on cassette versions. In order to play the second, it's necessary to discover the access code, which is granted when finishing the first. That procedure was called FX Doble Carga (FX Double Charge), and designed to give more hours of addictive playing."
6672,Neo Drift Out: New Technology,Visco Rally Championship 1996,1996,7.1,Racing / Driving,,,"Neo Drift Out is a rally racing game, which features 3 rally cars from circa 1995 including a Toyota Celica, Subaru Impreza, and Mitsibushi Lancer Evolution. In addition to a practice stage, the stages include: European stage, which takes place on asphalt; Africa stage, which takes place in the African Savannah; Snow Land stage, which is a tarmac course in a snowy setting; Southern Hemisphere stage, which is another dirt and/or gravel type stage; Scandinavian stage, which is the obligatory ice stage; and Great Britain stage, which is mud. The action takes place in an isometric view, and shows off the Neo Geo's sprite scaling powers with a camera that is constantly ""zooming"" in and out based on your speed."
6676,Disney•Pixar Buzz Lightyear of Star Command,Disney•Pixar Les aventures de Buzz l'Éclair,2000,5.6,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Disney/Pixar's Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is based on an animated movie and television series of the same name. Buzz Lightyear is an elite space ranger, who travels from planet to planet hunting down supervillians. In this game, you control Buzz through 14 missions on eight different planets. In each mission, your goal is to race to the end of the level before the bad guy does. If you do so successfully, you face off against the villain, and hopefully capture them. In addition to capturing the villain, there are secondary objectives like collecting robot parts and getting the fastest time through the level. Disney/Pixar's Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is a spinoff of the Toy Story series of movies. Unlike the Dreamcast, Playstation and Windows version's 3D view, the Game Boy Color version has a top down view."
6684,Slam City with Scottie Pippen,,1994,5.1,"Action, Sports",,,"Slam City with Scottie Pippen is a Full-Motion-Video basketball game. It uses proprietary technology to allow switching from one scene to another without lag, which allows for smoother interactive video. Gameplay is relatively simple, using little more than arrow keys, and is very different from any other basketball simulation. Basketball is merely the subject for the game's plot, involving the new-guy, Ace (the player), and a host of other characters, basketball players or just spectators, all with different personalities. It's basically play one-on-one on a warehouse court and climb the ""ladders"" until you earn enough respect to play against Scottie Pippen. The game features a total of 13 characters, 5 of which the player has an option to play against, all of which are played by real actors."
6686,Mega Man,Rockman,1987,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the future city of Monsteropolis, the use of robot labour has helped civilization grow more than ever before. At the forefront of this technology is Dr. Light and his assistant Dr. Wily, who are commissioned to build six robots to handle a variety of specific tasks. They are named Bombman, Gutsman, Iceman, Cutman, Elecman, and Fireman in reference to their individual prime functions. Dr. Wily, however, has bigger plans and chooses to take control of the robots and let loose destruction in a bid for world control. Dr. Light fights back with the best tool he has, an experimental human-like robot, Rock aka Mega Man, who had been tested to perform cleaning duties. Now properly armed, it's up to Mega Man to take on the maverick robots, fight his way into Dr. Wily's castle, and end this madness. Mega Man is a side-scrolling platformer. Mega Man has the ability to jump and fire his weapon. He must travel to the levels of the six robot masters and defeat them in combat. By doing so, Mega Man is able to acquire their power for his own. These powers can then be used interchangeably with his main weapon and target the weaknesses of specific enemy bosses. Additionally, some hidden areas of the levels can only be accessed by using certain captured robot weapons. A special Magnet Beam ability can also be found which can be used to create steps. Travelling throughout these levels, Mega Man is confronted by an army of lesser robot creations. Destroying these usually yields energy capsules (for refilling Mega Man's Energy), weapon capsules (for refilling Mega Man's special robot weapons), and extra lives shaped like Mega Man's head."
6692,Time Scanner,,1987,6.8,Action,Pinball,,"Time Scanner is a pinball game. As usual, the goal is to keep the ball in the game by bouncing it back with the paddles. Hitting bumpers and other obstacles rewards points and completing a table requires mastering certain objectives which depend on the table on hand. Every table is divided into twp parts with their own paddles: the game only scrolls if the ball goes down. The four tables are: The first three tables can be freely selected and the last one is unlocked by beating the other three."
6693,Fisherman's Bait: A Bass Challenge,"Bass Angler, Exciting Bass",1998,6.2,Sports,,,"Fisherman's Bait: A Bass Challenge lets you fish in four different lakes, each with 15 spots to fish from and with seven different lures to choose from. You can also play against a friend in versus mode and also featured the dual shock, new at the time to the PlayStation, which let you actually feel like you were pulling in an actually fish."
6694,Buck Bumble,,1998,7.3,Action,Shooter,,"A chemical spill somewhere in rural England has mutated an army of bees into deadly insects. Led by their queen, they are out to destroy every living thing on the planet, including all insects that dare to stop them. Only Buck Bumble, the only bee not to be turned evil by the ways of the queen, can save the world, and his fellow insects, from total destruction. Using Buck's weapons, you must shoot down the many swarms of enemy bees, while staying above ground avoiding the hazards below. At times you may have to land on the ground and attack on foot, while certain enemies can only be destroyed by certain weapons. Also included is a handful of two-player split-screen modes, including Buzz Ball, a soccer-style game where each player controls a Bee while attempting to kick the slightly larger-than-the-bee ball into the other's goal."
6696,CJ: Elephant Fugitive,,1994,6.3,Action,Platform,"Africa, Europe","CJ: Elephant Fugitive is a remake of CJ's Elephant Antics the first game in the CJ series. The game is a side scrolling platform like the original game, with largely the same features, but it contains more locations and different level design and graphics. The story is the same with CJ attempting to escape his captivity and return to Africa. Unlike the original game he starts out in London and not in Paris (which here is the second location) and on his journey he will pass through the Alps as well as Egypt before reaching his destination in the African jungles. Each location consists of a few levels and ends with a boss. The gameplay mechanics are the same as the previous game with the player jumping between platforms while avoiding or killing the various bad guys. CJ can fire nuts through his trunk and lob bombs at enemies and when falling he can use an umbrella to land safely. The player starts out with nine lives with three hearts for each. A heart is lost when getting hit by an enemy and when all out of them a life is lost. More hearts can be picked up throughout the levels."
6703,Wolverine: Adamantium Rage,,1994,6.1,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Wolverine: Adamantium Rage sends fan favorite Marvel mutant Wolverine out to explore his past in a beat'em up/platformer, similar to, but different from the version released on the SNES The game begins in the Weapon X lab, and continues through the icy landscape of Dead Man's Land, the Canadian forests and a hallucinatory lunar scenery. In New York, Wolverine must make his way through the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club, an underground dungeon, and the NYC sewers for a final showdown. Lots of enemies stand in his way: flying robot drones, armed guards, The Hand ninjas and Inner Circle bodyguards, among others. He can take them out with basic jumps, kicks and slashes, as well as link the basic moves into more powerful combos. When Wolverine takes damage, his mutant healing factor kicks in, (slowly) regenerating his health. Health packs should be sought out, however, because just sitting around waiting for the health to recharge is not an option: a timer slowly ticks down to the appearance of the android girl Elsie Dee, designed to destroy Wolverine. Her embrace means instant death. Besides the basic enemies, many levels also includes a number of boss fights, some against faceless hardware like a giant robot or a helicopter, others against Wolverine's signature foes. These include classics like Sabretooth and Lady Deathstrike as well as many culled from early 1990s X-Men comics like Albert (an android replica of Wolverine), Cyber, Trevor Fitzroy and Shinobi Shaw. Information about all of the characters can be accessed from an in-game menu."
6705,Gold Games 3,,1998,7.9,Compilation,,,Gold Games 3 contains 23 games (one game less than Gold Games 2 ) on 24 CDs. The following games are included (mostly German versions):
6726,Soldier of Light,"Solar Warrior, Soldier of Light: Xain'd Sleena, Xain'd Sleena",1986,6.2,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You play as Xain, the Soldier of Light, who must visit a number of invaded planets and wipe out the evil hordes that have attacked the human populations. The main bulk of the gameplay is a horizontally scrolling run and gun game, while some stages put you in an horizontal shoot 'em up scenario. You take control of Xain, who can jump or duck to avoid enemies and jump up to higher ledges. Lots of extra weaponry can be collected along the way, although this is lost when one of your five lives is lost. Each time you defeat a planet's boss, you control Xain's spaceship and have to go through a short horizontal shmup level, before selecting your next target planet. The planets Cleemalt Soa, Lagto Soa, Cleedos Soa, Kworal Soa and Guwld Soa are all available for selection immediately. These each have their own settings – Cleedos Soa is desert, Cleemalt Soa is moon-like, Lagto Soa is lush and verdant, Kworal Soa is cold and underwater-like and Guwld Soa is a red-hot-steaming Mars type of place. When you clear all planets (plus their respective shmup sections) you gain access to a final planet which resembles the death star from Star Wars. After that,the game is over and you save the planets from the empire invasion."
6727,Escape from Delirium,,1995,5.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Amateur made, shareware imitation of Monkey Island 2 / Simon the Sorceror. But don't let that put you off - this is a quality game in its own right. You are adventurer Paul Cole, the year is 1948, and you have been lowered down a pit to investigate a the discovery of a corpse. Then you find you cannot get out. The rest is up to you! The main difference between this and another LucasArts' SCUMM engine game is the lack of obvious humor. It seems to take itself very seriously."
6728,D-Day,"D-Day: Le Jour J, D.DAY",1992,6.0,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Arcade,"Historical events, World War II","This multi-genre game represents famous historical events of World War II called D-Day and related to operation ""Overlord"", when Allies attack Axis massively in France. The game proposes to be a general in command of Allies group and optionally perform certain actions by yourself also. Such actions include:1. Piloting a plane over French territory to bomb strategically important places; 2. Landing on hostile territory as paratrooper; 3. Breaking through enemy lines as infantry soldier; 4. Driving a tank and fighting as a tank team with enemies in French village. All kinds of gameplay differ in looks from 1st or 3rd person perspective in simulator-like missions (tank and plane respectively) to isometric (infantry) and platform (paratrooper) with corresponding actions made in all of them. All such military actions may be played as single missions or combined and also strategically managed on the map during a real-time approach in Overlord campaign. The game progress may be saved to be restored later. Multiple options allow to turn off participation in certain or all military actions as well as adjust enemy actions including even such event as 'Hitler does not wake up'."
6739,Solitaire FunPak,,1994,6.6,Puzzle,Cards / tiles,,"Solitaire FunPak is a handheld solitaire game. There are 12 different forms of solitaire to play (Klondike, Tripeaks, Pyramid, Cruel, Freecell, Golf, Canfield, Aces Up, Scorpion, Poker, Stonewall and Florentine). It also has a tournament mode where players can go for standard games, a full championship, a custom game or a custom game with a time limit. The best scores are stored in the hall of fame."
6746,Geoff Capes Strongman,Geoff Capes Strongman Challenge,1985,5.8,"Action, Sports",Tricks / stunts,,"At a time when multi-event sports simulations were all the rage, this one was licensed by the successful shot-putter and strongman Geoff Capes. There are six events on offer, which represent standard strongman tasks such as truck-pulling, a tug of war and wrestling. Each must be completed within a time limit; points are awarded based on how much time is left. The game's control method and design philosophy distinguishes between each of the 8 main muscles Geoff uses. After a joystick-waggling challenge to raise as much strength as possible, you can choose which muscles to assign it to, which adds an element of strategy and memory-testing. During each event, the 8 muscles are displayed on either side of the screen, and as one comes into use it will flash. Controlling a cursor, you must click on this as quickly as possible to achieve maximum effect. Any energy unused on each muscle is kept over for future events."
6750,Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord,"MacWizardry, Sorcellerie: Le Donjon du Suzerain Heretique, Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord!",1981,7.0,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The Mad Overlord Trebor was once only power-mad, but went off the deep end after he acquired a magical amulet of immense power, only to have it stolen from him by his nemesis, the evil archmage Werdna. Werdna, not quite sure how to use the amulet properly, accidentally causes an earthquake which creates a ten-level dungeon beneath Trebor's castle. To avoid looking silly, Werdna declares the dungeon to be the new lair for him and his monster hordes. Trebor, not to be outdone, declares the labyrinth his new Proving Grounds where adventurers must prove themselves for membership in his elite honor guard, and incidentally retrieve his amulet in the process. The first Wizardry was one of the original dungeon-crawling role-playing games, and stands along with Ultima and Might & Magic as one of the defining staples of the genre. The player generates and controls a party of up to six different adventurers, choosing from five races (humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes and hobbits), three alignments (good, neutral and evil), and four basic classes (fighter, priest, mage and thief). These can later evolve into elite classes (bishop: priest with mage spells; samurai: fighter with mage spells; lord: fighter with priest spells, and ninja: fighter with thief abilities) if they meet the necessary level requirements. After outfitting the party with basic weapons and armor, the player sends it into a 3D vector maze-like dungeon to fight monsters in turn-based combat and find treasure."
6755,Pigs in Space starring Miss Piggy,,1983,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Now it's time for...PIIIIIIGS IN SPAAAAACE!!! This game is really three smaller games. You select what to play to choosing which character you want. For Captain Link Hogthrob, it is Chickenvaders. A Pigs in Space take in Atari's Atari 2600 version of Space Invaders While exploring the planet Cluck, our intrepid hero was set upon by space chickens. Captain Link must destroy them before they make their way all the way to the planet. He does this by firing link sausages up at the chickens. But the chickens are not helpless. They are dropping space chicken eggs. If one hits Link, he will be turned into...a chicken! You also lose a life. From time to time, Gonzo flies across the screen top in his saucer. You can hit him for points also. Scoring Hitting a chicken on... Row one=10 points Row two=20 points Row three=50 points Row four=70 points Row five=100 points Hitting Gonzo=300 points Destroying all the chickens=1000 point bonus If you select First Mate Piggy, you play Pastaroids. Somehow, Piggy has been ejected from the Swinetrek into a pastaroid storm. You must guide Piggy from the bottom of the screen to the top and board the Swinetrek before it leaves. If you touch a flying meatball or spaghetti strand, you will lose ground, and thus time. You can press fire to give a meat ball a karate chop for points but don't dawdle. Scoring Karate-chopping a meat ball=100 points Boarding the Swinetrek=1000 points If you select Dr. Strangepork, you play Escape from Planet of the Gonzoids. The Swinetrek has gotten trapped in an abandoned pizza mine still being guarded by robotic Gonzoids, created by Gonzo. The Gonzoids are standing on ledges, throwing pizzas across the mine, You have a weapon called the Boomeray. When you fire, it goes up then curves to the side, hopefully landing on a Gonzoid. The direction it curves depends on which way you move before you fire. If you are hit by a pizza, hit the mine walls or are hit by your dropping Boomeray shot, you lose a life. Scoring You get one point for every mile you get through the mine. Hitting a Gonzoid=100 points Escaping the mine=1000 points The difficulty switches do nothing. The only game selections are one player or two player, alternating."
6759,Emlyn Hughes International Soccer,Retee!,1988,7.4,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Emlyn Hughes International Soccer offers realistic arcade action and football management combined into one game. The wide range of facilities and control options have between designed in such a way that you can sit down and play without hours spent studying the manual, and getting to grips with the controls. One or two can play, whether against each other, or against the computer. You can even watch two computer teams playing each other! Player skill levels and fitness levels vary, so picking the right team is just as important as the way you control your players during the game. Fixture lists, results, and league tables may be displayed at any time during the season, and if you have a Commodore or compatible printer you can even print them out as a permanent record."
6763,Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six,,1992,6.2,Action,,,"From the ingame intro: ""Doctor Octopus is plotting the crowning caper of his criminal career... to rule the world. He has reunited the Sinister Six and with these super-villains together again, nothing stands in their way - except Spider-Man!"" Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six is a side-scrolling game which puts you in the role of Spidey throughout six levels against Electro, Sandman, Mysterio, Vulture, Hobgoblin and Doctor Octopus respectively. Some puzzle solving (like finding a key) is necessary to beat some levels. Spidey can duck jump, climb walls, punch, shoot webs to swing (by pressing punch and jump together) and perform a jump kick (by pressing the punch button twice). Collecting web cartridges allows Spidey to shoot limited web projectiles. Although hard to die, Spidey has only one life, there are no items to recharge life (but killing some guys will do so) and only one continue."
6772,Demolition Racer,,1999,6.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Demolition Racer is a racing game with a twist. Rather than a game that just requires you to try and win the race, this game gives you points to destroy the other racers' cars. The game has many styles of game play so you don't have to play the same style each game. There are 5 game styles in the Single Race section of the game. This section does not count towards unlocking cars or tracks. It is for practice and just plain fun. The main style is Demolition. In Demolition, you race against other cars around the track and get points for hitting them, spinning them in circles and knocking them into the wall. You also get a big bonus for landing on top of a car which will immediately destroy the car. When you finish the race, your final position is found by multiplying the points you got from hitting the other cars with the points that you got for the position you finished in. So if you finish first, but never hit anyone, you won't win the race. The next style is The Chase. This style is your normal race game. You can still take damage and so can the other cars, but you are only trying to win the race. You don't get any points for hitting the other cars. Chicken is another style. It is the same as The Chase except that you drive in the opposite direction as everyone else. This can slow you down when you run into the cars coming around from the other direction. The next 2 game styles aren't done on race tracks. They are done in an arena. This is a circle area which may have hills in it where you just try to destroy cars. The first of these is Last Man Standing. In this style, you try to destroy every car without being destroyed yourself. You can still win if you aren't the last car by making a lot of points by hitting other cars. The scoring is calculated the same as the Demolition style. The final Single Race style is Suicide. In this style, you try to destroy yourself before any others are destroyed. You don't get any points for hitting other cars in this style. Besides the Single Race, there is also League Racing. In League racing, you are trying to beat a set of tracks. There are 4 leagues on tracks and one league in the arena. In order to beat a track (or arena), you must place in a certain position. The first league starts out easy; you can finish in 5th place and still beat the track and go on to the next one. However, as you go up in difficulty of leagues, you will eventually have to place 1st on every track in the league to beat it. A league will usually have 5-10 tracks to beat. After you beat a league, you will unlock cars, tracks and other leagues. There are 11 tracks, 3 arenas and 8 cars that you can get. The cars can be customized with colors and logos. You can also have portraits of the racers on top of the cars."
6774,Case Closed,Case Closed: Sprawa Zamknięta,1999,5.4,Adventure,"Board game, Puzzle elements",,"Those of you who remember the classic board game Clue will recognize this plot immediately. By invitation only, you and seven others arrive on a secluded island and enter a huge mansion. Shortly after your arrival, your host is murdered and all of you are suspects. Until the murderer is caught, no one can leave the island. In this computer rendition of the game, it is possible to play alone or with multiple teammates. Take turns by rolling video dice and dig for randomly scattered weapons and clues in the mansion’s 12 rooms, which are rendered in 3-dimensional detail. Each of the characters has a personal history with the murder victim. They all have distinct personalities, backgrounds, voices - and motives. Sound effects and video animations add to the realism and the immersion factor in this whodunnit murder mystery. Very replayable, there are 8 separate cases that can be solved resulting in 24 possible outcomes and 9 different endings. If you get through all of those, even more cases can be downloaded."
6779,Yeti,,1988,6.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A skilled hunter has found the territory of the mysterious Yeti. The problem: the beast lives in an area forbidden to outsiders. To capture the abominable snowman, the hunter, armed only with a Lee Enfield rifle and several grenades, must battle both weather and terrain and overcome deadly obstacles and mysterious enemies intent on killing him. Yeti is a flick screen side view game in which the hunter has to complete four levels before he can catch the yeti. Ammunition for rifle and grenades is limited, but can be refilled through pick ups. Also available are shields, which temporarily protect the hunter from (almost) any harm. The cold weather will continually lower the hero's body temperature until he freezes to death. It can be returned to normal by picking up vials of a mystical fluid. Later in the game, the hero can mount a ski bike, making further progress much easier."
6780,All Star Tennis '99,Yannick Noah All Star Tennis '99,1998,6.7,Sports,,,"Play as 8 world-class ATP/WTA tour players (including Michael Chang, Gustavo Kuerten, Mark Philippoussis, Richard Krajicek, Conchita Martínez and Jana Novotná) as well as 4 fictional players through a range of tournaments on grass, clay, hard court and rebound ace surfaces. Strikes such as lobs, volleys, smashes are available. Multiplayer options are offered for singles and doubles: up to four players can enter the challenge in a 2-on-2 match."
6785,Thief: The Dark Project,"Dark Project: Der Meisterdieb, Dark Project: L'Ombra del Ladro, Dark Project: La guilde des voleurs, TDP, Thief: o Projeto Negro",1998,8.4,Action,Stealth,"Fantasy, Steampunk","Garrett, discovered on the streets as a beggar, is taken in and trained by the secretive organization known as the Keepers. However, Garrett's plans for his training is different than that of his masters and so Garrett soon parts company. Surfacing as a master thief, Garrett must enter forbidden places and appropriate the treasures of the rich and the powerful. Of course this line of work is offensive to many people including the rich nobles, the town guard and the religious order of the Hammerites. If Garrett can keep his head while he relieves these forces of their valuable trinkets, he should be able to do quite well.... Thief: The Dark Project is a first person game focused on stealth. It is set in a metropolis called ""the City"", a medieval fantasy world with some elements from the industrial revolution era of technology. Garrett's main skills are in using the shadows to avoid being seen (the level of visibility indicated by a ""light gem"") and to avoid being heard (different surfaces make different noises). Guards can be alerted by either, and remaining hidden is ever important. Entering combat against armed opponents is not recommended, though some enemies (notably the various undead) can be taken on directly or avoided. It is also possible to silently sneak on guards, incapacitate them with the blackjack, steal their keys, and move their bodies. At Garrett's disposal is a wide range of equipment, including lockpicks, a blackjack, a sword, flash bombs, holy water, explosive mines, and a bow which fires normal arrows in addition to water, fire, moss, rope, and noisemaker arrows. Each type of arrows has a unique purpose: water extinguishes torches, moss covers the ground to soften the sounds of footsteps, ropes can be used to climb in certain spots or cross chasms, etc. The levels in the game are fairly open, and most of the time there are several paths and ways to accomplish the objective. Certain objects can be interacted with, moved from place to place, or destroyed. The game has three difficulty levels distinguished by the amount of goals needed to fulfill. Lower difficulty levels may allow the player to skip some of the harder areas due to the lack of a mission objective leading there. On higher difficulties, additional requirements (such as completely non-lethal way of finishing a stage) may be added. Loot gained from Garrett's thieving can be used to purchase additional equipment for the mission ahead."
6791,Super Loopz,,1994,6.7,Puzzle,,,"Super Loopz is a revamped version of Loopz Feature enhanced graphics and new musics, but the same gameplay: sort of Tetris encounter Pipe Dream Tubes of random shapes drop on to a board, and by rotating and placing them you have to make shapes that join up in loops. Once you have placed a piece you can't remove it, except by using a special items which destroy every part of an incomplete loop it touches; every tenth loop takes you to a new level."
6792,Ayrton Senna Kart Duel 2,,1997,6.2,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Ayrton Senna Kart Duel 2 is a 3D karting game named after famous Brazilian kart and Formula One racer Ayrton Senna The game features a Time Attack mode, VS Battle mode and a Grand Prix mode. The Grand Prix mode contains three classes. With good results you can promote to higher classes. There are 8 tracks that can be raced on and three different difficulty settings. You race against seven opponents and you can adjust some of the settings of your kart. There are two camera viewpoints in single player, but only one in multi player. The game also features a Senna Memorial album with pictures of the famous racer."
6796,Castrol Honda Superbike World Champions,Castrol Honda World Superbike Team: Superbike Racing,1998,7.4,Racing / Driving,,,"This licensed motorcycle game lets you take control of the Honda RVF-RC45. You can try to go through the whole World Championship or just take one race at the time. Each of the ten tracks can be played in three parts, practice, qualification and the real race. The tracks range from closed-circuit Grand Prix style race tracks to street race in Britain and Japan among others. To make it suitable for both arcade and simulation fans much of the realism can be tuned up or down. It's not only about the races, but you will also get to tweak your bike. For those who want to play against others, you can compete against five other players over a network or one player splitscreen."
6797,The Colonel's Bequest,"Laura Bow 1, The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery",1989,7.4,Adventure,Graphic adventure,Interwar,"The year is 1925. Laura Bow is a young student attending the Tulane University in New Orleans, and an aspiring journalist. Her friend Lillian invites her to spend a weekend in a mansion belonging to her uncle, Colonel Henri Dijon, a veteran of Spanish-American war and the owner of a large, but decaying sugar plantation on a secluded island. During the dinner Laura meets members of Lillian's extended family and their alleged friends. As Laura begins to explore the mansion and talk to its inhabitants, she unravels old family feuds and realizes some of those people - if not all - have their own plans and schemes. It all gets much worse when strange accidents and murders start to occur. Laura must investigate those gruesome events and find the culprit. The Colonel's Bequest is a detective mystery adventure game very similar in style and presentation to Agatha Christie's novels. The game world is confined to the island and consists of numerous interconnected areas, such as various rooms in the mansion, garden, smaller structures, etc. The player is free to explore much of the game's world right from the beginning, with only a few areas being initially inaccessible. The game's clock advances a quarter of an hour each time Laura performs an action pertaining to the plot. Characters have their own schedules and clues are often obtained by discretely observing their actions. The player interacts with the environment by typing verb-object command combinations (such as ""Look Garden"", ""Talk Colonel"", etc.). Some of the most common actions have keyboard shortcuts. The gameplay largely focuses on exploration. Much of the plot stays in the background and can be uncovered by talking to the characters about various topics (mostly other people). There is an inventory and a few puzzles, but they play a much less prominent role in the game compared to other adventures by Sierra. It is possible to complete the game without having discovered the entire plot or even without having identified the murderer. There is no scoring system, but after the game is finished the player is given a detective ranking and told about story branches or other elements that might have been missed."
6798,Mig Alley,,1999,7.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Asia, Historical events","MiG Alley is a simulation game from the creator of Flying Corps Set during the Korean War, it lets you command P-51 Mustangs and F-86 Sabrejets against the MiG-15's and MiG-17's. You can plan solely as a pilot and fly your missions, or be the 'air boss' and plan/execute the air war along the entire Korean front. There are multiple aircraft to master, from props to jets. A wide variety of missions are featured, from dogfights and sweeps to close air support and bombing runs. Do well and you'll SEE results from your efforts reflected in the dynamic campaign. Online players can join multiplayer dogfights of up to 12 players. At times there are up to 100 aircraft in the air simultaneously. All terrain graphics and topography are based on actual photos (aerial or satellite). You can customize your plane's paint job with the built-in paintshop."
6803,Actua Soccer 3,Actua Fútbol 3,1998,7.2,Sports,,,"Arcade football action is recreated using motion captured graphics. As well as creating a custom tournament, you can play any of 25 leagues, with a total of 450 teams and 10,000 players featured. You can create your own squad, or customise the existing ones by trading and editing players. Tactics can be refined based on formation, defensive style and attacking approach. Realistic weather effects are incorporated into both appearance and gameplay. Barry Davies and former Celtic manager Martin O'Neill are the commentators."
6807,Super Solvers: Challenge of the Ancient Empires!,"Ancient Empires, Challenge of the Ancient Empires! A Super Solvers Adventure",1990,7.0,"Educational, Puzzle",Platform,"Asia, China (Ancient / Imperial), Classical antiquity, Egypt (Ancient), Middle East","As a Super Solver, your job is to recover the hidden treasures of the ancient world in 4 caverns (Greece & Rome, Egypt, India & China and Near East) to reach the fifth and final cavern where the ultimate challenge awaits you. Challenge of the Ancient Empires is a platform game, divided into 5 levels (called ""caverns""), each of which includes 4 sub-levels (""chambers""). In each chamber you have to collect 6 pieces of an ancient artifact and assemble them like a jigsaw puzzle. The chambers are full of dangerous animals which you have to avoid. There's some food you can collect to regain lost health though. The chambers are also full of puzzles, usually involving manipulation of switches. You have 3 tools with you - a helmet with a headlight, jumping shoes and shields. The helmet emits a beam of light when activated; it is used to solve puzzles that rely on rotating prisms to direct a light beam to a switch. The jumping shoes allow you to, well, jump higher. The shield protects you from enemies for a short time when activated, but you have a limited number of shields and they need to be used wisely."
6809,Empire II: The Art of War,,1995,6.6,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"Empire II: The Art of War is a further update of the classic computer wargame. (See Empire Deluxe ) This version includes more terrains and more sighting and movement rules. A significant change is that land units can take damage in a skirmish instead of simply winning or losing (being destroyed). There are also added rules for unit morale. If a unit's morale gets to low, they retreat, regardless of your orders. Other additions are allowing for reinforcements to appear on certain turns and weather factors. The scenario editor has been enhanced so that players cannot only create their own maps and scenarios, but their own custom units, including statistics and the graphics. So players can fight prehistoric, historical, fantasy, science fiction, or whatever battles they like."
6818,Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom,"Ninja Gaiden Episode III: The Ancient Ship of Doom, Ninja Ryūkenden 3: Yomi no Hakobune",1991,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"This is the third entry in the series of fast-paced ninja action games, and is the last game in the series to be released on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Some time has passed since the defeat of Ashtar and the resurrected Jaquio, and Irene Lew has received a new mission to complete. She is to observe a strange factory that has been constructed recently for an unknown purpose, and investigate it. She proceeds to reconnoiter it, but is intercepted and apparently assassinated by her friend Ryu Hayabusa...except it isn't Ryu. It is an imposter. The real Ryu, angered over her death, and the subsequent false accusation that he murdered her, continues her mission and proceeds to investigate the factory. As stated, this was the last game in the regular series produced for the NES. It had many features the previous games in the series did not, such as a power up to extend the length of your sword, a new vertical ""wave"" attack and vertically-scrolling levels. The US version of the game is reputed to be the hardest in the series, due to the extra damage incurred when hit, slightly shorter regular sword length, limited continues and more enemies. The Lynx port is the second Ninja Gaiden game on the platform, the first being a port from the Arcade Version. This port is identical to the NES game, but the in-game picture is compressed for the smaller screen of the Lynx."
6822,Heretic,,1994,7.8,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"The world has been attacked by the three Serpent Riders from the Abyss. Their mysterious power makes people obey and follow them like sheep. Only the ancient Sidhe elves are immune to the Riders' influence, which led to them being branded heretics. With most of their work done, the two elder Riders leave, leaving only D'Sparil, the youngest and weakest Rider, behind to oversee the oppression. He sends the armies of the Seven Kings against the Sidhe, who have no choice but to extinguish the Seven Candles, vanquishing the armies. The retribution is swift and hard, and most of the elves are destroyed. Now, one of the last remaining Sidhe must take the fight to D'Sparil himself, being the only hope his world has left. Heretic is the first game in the Heretic / Hexen franchise It uses the engine from id Software's DOOM and transplants that game's first person shooter gameplay into a fantasy setting. Like DOOM Heretic consists of three distinct episodes, playable in any order, the first being available as shareware. The hunt for D'Sparil begins in the City of the Damned continues in the alternate dimension of the Hell's Maw and comes to an end in The Dome of D'Sparil Every episode consists of nine levels, one of them a hidden one. The goal in each level is to find the exit, killing everything standing in one's way. Keys must be found and buttons pressed to advance. Enemies include gargoyles, golems, undead knights, sorcerers, ophidian beasts and more. Most enemies exist in several varieties: some have additional range attacks, others have ghost forms and are impervious to certain weapons. The weapon arsenal is large and varied: the basic weapons are a wooden staff and the Elvenwand that shoots low-damage magic bullets. More powerful equipment must be found: the Ethereal Crossbow dispenses a spread of arrows doing high damage, but at a low firing rate. The Dragon's Claw and Hellstaff shoot with a higher frequency: the Claw hits enemies instantly, the Staff's energy bullets need to travel to them first. The Phoenix Rod fires explosive charges and must be handled with care. The Firemace unleashes steel metal projectiles that bounce across the room towards the enemy. A better melee weapon than the wooden staff are the Gauntlets of the Necromancer, which dispense deadly energy. Heretic goes beyond DOOM in certain aspects. The engine has been enhanced with the ability to look up and down and the ability to fly, and wind currents pushing the player in (often unwanted) directions have been added. Also new is an inventory system. Many different power-ups can be collected and then be used at the correct time. These include health flasks, invisibility and invincibility upgrades, time bombs, and torches to light dark rooms. The Morph Ovum transforms enemies into chickens for easier dispatching, the Wings of Wrath allow one to fly, and the Tome of Power gives all weapons a substantial upgrade: projectiles become more powerful or split up upon impact; the Phoenix Rod becomes a flamethrower and the Gauntlets remove life force from an enemy and transfer it to the player. Heretic includes the same multiplayer options as DOOM : both cooperative team play and competitive deathmatch are included."
6828,Front Page Sports: Football Pro '98,DSF Football Pro '98,1997,6.5,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Front Page Sports: Football Pro '98 is, as the name suggests, a simulation of the popular American sport football. It features two main playing modes: In the simulation mode the player takes the seat of the team manager and deals with drafting, match lineups and tactics. During the carrier he can play several seasons and his players improve their abilities when they get more experienced or slow down when they grow older. Although the player still controls the football players on the field this mode is more reminiscent of a managerial simulation. In the action mode this managerial duties aren't important and the player can concentrate on the matches. In comparison to its predecessor it features a new menu structure, player photos, match commentary by Howard Davis, more stadiums and new multiplayer functions over the internet."
6843,Microsoft Pandora's Box,"Microsoft Pandora's Box: 350 puzzles from the creator of Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov, Microsoft Pandora's Box: 350 puzzles par Alexey Pajitnov, le créateur de Tétris",1999,7.3,Puzzle,,,"A puzzle game in which you must solve puzzles in order to locate the seven tricksters, Maui, Puck, Eris, Monkey, Anansi, Coyote, and Raven, released from Pandora's Box and return them to its confines. To trap each trickster, you must locate four pieces of the box in cities around the world, and then capture the trickster himself in a special extra-hard puzzle. Includes 350 puzzles of 10 different kinds created for this game: ""Find and Fill,"" ""Focus Point,"" ""Image Hole,"" ""Interlock,"" ""Jesse's Strips,"" ""Lens Bender,"" ""Outer Layer,"" ""Overlap,"" ""Rotascope,"" and ""Slices."" The puzzles feature pictures, art, and objects appropriate to the cities in which they're set. As you proceed, you can find tokens for hints and free puzzles in case you get stuck or don't like some of the puzzle types (which can get rather difficult on the later levels)."
6848,LA Law: The Computer Game,,1992,6.3,Adventure,,,"LA Law: The Computer Game casts the player as one of three characters from the American television show that aired from 1986 - 1994: attorneys Jonathan Rollins, Abby Perkins, or Victor Sifuentes. The player's goal is to show that his chosen character is worthy of a full partnership in the law firm. The player will point and click through a number of different choices, from collecting information and evidence to decisions about his opening statement. As the player collects useful information and advice it is added to a case file that can be referred to throughout the game. The game is separated into different cases, starting from ""The Wrathful Race"" case, where the player must prove his client's innocence in a car accident. There is limited time to prepare each case before taking it into court and every choice takes time in the game, so the player must be well prepared. When the player feels he is ready to go to trial, he can take the case to court. During the courtroom sequence there are many different choices to be made such as which witnesses to question, when to make objections, requests for recess, etc., and the final judgement can change depending on how good the player's arguments or choices in pre-trial preparation were. Winning every case gains the player senior partnership in the L. A. Law firm."
6856,Muppet Treasure Island,"I Muppet nell'Isola del Tesoro, Los Teleñecos en la Isla del Tesoro",1996,7.7,Adventure,,,A children's adventure game that is fun for all ages. The game is based on the Muppet Treasure Island movie. The game is divided into 4 parts. In each part there are a number of tasks to complete which are fairly simple. There are 2 hours of full-screen video featuring live-action characters - Tim Curry and Billy Conolly from the movie.
6863,The Horde,,1994,7.5,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"You are Chauncey, a serving lad who saves his monarch from choking on his meal. The King rewards you with his magical sword, Grimthwacker, and a village, and the mission to go forth and prosper by felling waves of Hordlings, who are bent on eating everything in the province. The better you get at defending villagers, crops, and cows from Hordlings, the better equipped you become. Success wins you further favor from the King, along with bigger challenges and more enmity from the evil High Chancellor. There are several types of Hordlings, each with their peculiar style of picking through the edibles under your care. Success is measured by how many villagers and crops survive each season's gluttonous attacks."
6868,Sega Ages: Volume 1,,1997,7.8,Compilation,,,This compilation includes the following games:
6870,Final Soldier,,1991,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A sci-fi top-down shooter, sequel to the Star Soldier games. Once again its your job to protect the Galactic Empire from an alien invasion using nothing but your trusty starfighter. The game is divided in several stages in which enemies attack you in several waves until you reach the stage boss and proceed to the next one. Final Soldier incorporates four different gun pods mapped to each button, which can be fired independently or in conjunction. What you equip in each pod is up to you however as not only you get to select weapon loadouts between levels, but also shooting power-ups cycles to the available weapon types that you can incorporate mid-game."
6873,Ultima Collection,,1998,7.1,"Compilation, Special edition",,,"Ultima Collection is a compilation, which features the first eight Ultima games, the two Add-ons for the part 7's and the Ultima predecessor Akalabeth. All those games are on one CD, which also includes all the manuals both as Word documents and Windows Help files. The following games are included: In addition, the Ultima Collection also features a video interview with Richard Garriott about the (at the time of release) upcoming Ultima IX: Ascension and the Ultima Series itself. There is also an Ultima Atlas included in the box, which features all the navigation maps from the first eight Ultima games, and the box itself offers a special Inside Cover, which shows a time-line of the Ultima games included. While the games are DOS only, some of the bonus content requires Windows."
6874,John Madden Football,NFL Madden Football,1994,8.2,Sports,,,"The Madden series makes its way onto the 3DO. This NFL-licensed football game now sports digitized player animations and 3D rendered stadiums. The game features 38 teams which include the 28 1993 NFL teams, eight all-time great teams since 1972, and the All-Madden & Madden Greats teams. Modes include preseason, regular season, playoffs, and all-time playoffs. The game also features over 100 video clips of memorable NFL team moments which can be viewed while examining a teams scouting report. Short video clips also appear during a game, such as when a referee makes a call or when a team scores a touchdown. Options include choosing the quarter length (5, 10, or 15 minutes), whether to play on grass, turf, or in a domed stadium, and whether the weather is fair, windy, rainy, snowy, or has variability."
6879,Gungriffon II,,1998,7.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Gungriffon II is 3D FPP mecha simulator, similar to Armored Core or Mechwarrior continuation of Gungriffon released only in Japan. The player is a pilot of giant humanoid looking, heavily armed robot. He must complete various missions (search & destroy, guard various objects, etc.), and fight against other robots and tanks. Various robots and equipment for combat can be selected. The game also has two additional game modes, a special virtual training mode, and survival mode. Gungriffon II supports up to 2 players on one machine and 4 with cable link for multiplayer."
6885,Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds,"Magic Carpet 2, Magic Carpet 2: Niederwelten",1995,8.2,Action,Shooter,"Fantasy, Middle East","The evil demon lord Vissuluth has taken control of the realms of the Netherworld. Once prosperous lands have been infested with monsters and several evil wizards, Vissuluth's side-kicks, are up to no good either. Fortunately the magician Kafkar knows a promising young apprentice who may stand up to Vissuluth. You're that apprentice! Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds is the sequel to Magic Carpet and uses a new 3D engine to produce better looking graphics. New spells and monsters are also included. It's an action game with some elements from other genres thrown into the mix. The biggest part of the gameplay is FPS action. You fly around on your magic carpet, clearing levels by killing monsters and battling other wizards. Instead of guns, you use offensive spells like fireball, meteor, lightning, tornado etc. Every monster you kill leaves behind a certain amount of mana which you can possess and store in your castle. You need this mana to cast spells and if you store it in your castle other wizards can't steal it (in some levels you need to defend your castle from attacks by monsters and rival wizards). With enough mana you can upgrade your castle which allows you to cast more powerful spells. During the course of the game you'll get all kinds of new spells and improve the ones you already have. Like many other games by Bullfrog Magic Carpet 2 is also a bit of a god game. Many realms are inhabited by neutral citizens; you can help them by destroying monsters that attack them or destroy their cities yourself. You can also completely transform each game world with spells like volcano, earthquake and gravity well."
6886,TalonSoft's West Front,"TalonSoft's Front de l'Ouest, TalonSoft's Western Front",1998,7.0,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","West Front is the sequel to East Front, and it's a turn based game with the World War II western front as background. In West Front you can choose almost all level of organization, from platoon levels to army and corps level. For instance, you can control 4 Panzer Tiger, or 200 PzKfw VI Tiger. There are single missions and historical campaigns, but above all a powerful campaign or single mission editor, with map editor, scenario editor, campaign editor and OBB(order of battle editor)."
6891,Castlequest,Castle Excellent,1985,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The puzzle and platform game Castle Excellent is a sequel to The Castle In Castle Excellent you control a prince that has to save the princess again. To find your princess you have to explore the castle, which has 100 different rooms. Each room is a puzzle on its own as you have to avoid enemy knights, fat Tiroler men, hazardous objects and have to use objects to get to the next door. In each room you have to collect keys and items like rings and gold bars. The keys may have different colors and only opens doors with the corresponding key color. The main difference with the original The Castle game is that the castle rooms are completely redesigned and contain many new challenges. The game play has not changed."
6892,Top Gear Rally,,1997,7.6,Racing / Driving,,,"Top Gear Rally has you racing around a collection of high speed tracks, both on-road and off, with varying weather conditions and shortcuts to improve your times. The cars available to race vary in speed, braking, acceleration and top speed rankings, and the more you complete in Championship mode, the better cars that are unlocked for you to race. You can also edit the cars paint scheme, including text and icons. Single player and split screen multiplayer is supported."
6894,Venom,,1987,6.4,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Venom is a text based adventure game with graphics. Many, many years ago the great Lord Mirosima defeated the evil Traklan and condemned him to spend eternity underground. Time passed and Traklan has arisen and once more threatens the land of Armosin. The player takes the role of Rikka, a warrior and friend of the current ruler, Arrel. The game starts outside an inn, the Dancing Drayman, where Rikka has arranged to meet his friends Arrel and Beris, and unfolds as they explore the land. This game can be played either with the keyboard or by joystick. The commands needed to play the game, 'Go North', 'Examine', 'Give' etc are listed in a window on the right of the playing area. The player selects one by scrolling to it and the game then allows the player to select a suitable subject from either the inventory, the list of companions, or the text describing the current location."
6899,Looping,,1982,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Looping is an arcade action game for one or two players. Your goal is to guide a plane from the runway to a docking station. To do this, there are several screens you need to get past. In the first area, you need to destroy a rocket which will open the gate to the next area. Enemy balloons and city terrain all get in your way! Once you've opened the gate and flown through, you will enter a maze made of pipes. There are no enemies trying to destroy you here, but be careful not to crash into the walls! Bonus points can be earned by staying in the maze for longer periods of time or by flying faster. Once you near the end of the pipe maze, the docking station will be in sight. There will now be several twinkle monsters, green drops, and bouncing balls in the way, all of which destroy your plane on contact. If you successfully reach the goal, the game will repeat at a more difficult skill level."
6904,Altered Destiny,,1990,6.8,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"One fine day P. J. Barrett, an ordinary human being from the planet Earth, goes to a repair shop to get his TV set fixed. When he comes back for it, he accidentally picks up the wrong one. No big deal? Quite on the contrary. When the unsuspecting Mr. Barrett returns home and turns the TV on, he is sucked into a portal! One moment later, he finds himself on the strange planet of Daltere. Naturally, this planet needs a savior: the evil alien Helmar has stolen an artifact known as the Jewel of Light, thus endangering the entire galaxy. Now our unlikely hero has to overcome various obstacles and save the world. Altered Destiny is a puzzle-solving adventure game. The interface is very similar to the one used in the Les Manley games by the same company The navigation can be done with the mouse (point-and-click), but the game still requires text input to issue commands to the hero and to interact with the world."
6908,Krusty's Super Fun House,"Krusty World, Krusty's Fun House",1992,6.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Krusty’s Super Fun House is a single-player puzzle-platform game set in the universe of The Simpsons Krusty the Clown has discovered that his fun house is infested with rats. To reclaim his home, he must lead the pests into large extermination machines placed throughout each stage. These devices are operated by other familiar Springfield residents, including Bart, Homer, Sideshow Mel, and Corporal Punishment, who dispose of the rodents once they arrive. The objective in each level is to clear all the rats by manipulating the environment and guiding their movement. The rodents march endlessly in one direction, turning only when blocked by walls or hazards, similar to the style of a puzzle game like Lemmings Krusty cannot directly control the rats but can influence their path by rearranging obstacles and placing interactive items. Tools at Krusty’s disposal include movable blocks, fans, pipe sections, and trampolines. By positioning these correctly, players redirect the flow of rats toward the extermination device. Krusty can also eliminate enemies or break blocks by throwing pies, allowing new routes to open. Success depends on managing both the tools in the level and Krusty’s limited movement space, while avoiding hazards such as enemies or bottomless pits. Levels grow more complex as the game progresses, introducing larger maps and new types of obstacles. Puzzle-solving requires a combination of planning and experimentation, since misplaced items can trap rats or leave them exposed to danger. Clearing all rats on the screen is required to complete a stage and move to the next."
6909,The Fifth Quadrant,5th Quadrant,1987,5.4,Action,Puzzle elements,,"After 20 years in space, the Orion has finally accomplished its task of galaxy mapping. Only one small nebula remains, but while making the intergalactic jump, the Orion is taken over by an alien race known as the Zimen. In an attempt to get rid of the Zimen, the players control four robots - Captain Slog, Plot the Navigator, Engineer Knut, and Able Spaceman Bodd - which they use one at a time. Each robot is situated in different areas of the ship. Some robots can easily navigate their way through the maze of 230 rooms, while others are temporarily trapped in their rooms. When a robot comes into contact with the Zimen, its energy is quickly drained. When all of its energy is depleted, the robot will stop functioning, and the only way it can be restored is if a passing robot transfers its energy with the non-functional one. The Zimen materializes suddenly in the Orion 's passageways with deadly persistance, and can easily trap the outnumbered crew into a corner. To help them, the robots can throw bouncing bombs at the Zimen, gaining points when they have been destroyed. Control panels scattered throughout the ship give a robot access to code screens. When decoded, these will unlock matter-transmitters and lifts, meaning that the robot crew can move through the ship and closer to the ultimate goal: locking into the Bridge Computer. When all four have done this, the Orion will be safe."
6914,Brutal Sports Football,"Brutal Football, Brutal Sports Series: Football, Crazy Football, Crazy Sports Football",1993,6.8,Sports,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Similar to Speedball 2 Brutal Sports Football is an ultra-violent sports game. Matches last 7 minutes, and the aim is to get the ball into the goal, kept by a net-minder. The oval ball can be thrown or kicked, this resulting in frequent up-and-under type kicks. Violence is the pivotal element of gameplay: rather than rare occurrency, punching, stomping, use of weapons, and even decapitations are what the game action is rife with, and key to victory. Bonus and non-bonus items appear on the pitch, such as bombs to throw at opponents, rabbits to speed up the current player, or tortoises which slow him down. Teams are a total of eleven and consist of seven humans and aliens, some of whom have unique skills. There's a lot of blood and flailing limbs, giving things a gruesomely humorous edge. Victory is achieved not only by scoring more goals than the opponent team but also decapitating all the players of it but one. The player is offered choice among a single match, knockout cup, and leagues to advance trough (for a total of four of them)."
6927,Beast Wars: Transformers,Beast Wars: Animutants,1997,5.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on the TV show, Beast Wars: Transformers puts you in control of one of several transformers, allied with either the Maximals or the Predacons. The game includes five original and one hidden transformers for each team, all from the show. You must make your way through a total of 24 missions, through desert or urban environments. Each transformer can transform into it's own unique animal, which is necessary when traveling through the game. When transformed, each transformer has an upgradable weapon to defend itself from machine enemies but must return to it's animal state to protect itself from harmful energon rays. You choose either the Maximals or Predacons to decide the fate of the galaxy."
6929,Rugrats: Search for Reptar,"Les Razmoket: A la Recherche de Reptar, Rugrats Ratjetoe: De Speurtocht naar Reptar, Rugrats: Alla Ricerca di Reptar, Rugrats: Auf der Suche nach Reptar, Rugrats: La búsqueda de Reptar",1998,6.2,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Rugrats: Search for Reptar is a game for children in which you must help Tommy find pieces for his Reptar puzzle. You get to explore and play mini games in many different environments including the Pickles home, Park, Supermarket, Toy Palace, Sewers, Circus and Space. The main game is single player but there is a multitap (4 player) mini golf-game."
6932,USAAF Mustang,"Arcade Archives: USAAF Mustang, Fire Mustang",1990,6.4,Action,Shooter,World War II,"Fire Mustang is a fast side-scrolling shooter set during World War II. The player controls a P-51D Mustang plane through different missions, with many enemies on the screen at the same time and a large aircraft as a boss at the end of every mission. The Mustang has an unlimited amount of bullets, but one hit is sufficient to lose a life. There are different power-ups to collect, providing additional fire power and new firing patterns. Regardless of the power-ups, the Mustang shoots forward and drops bombs to the ground at the same time, targeting ground troops. There is a limited amount of forgers, large blasts damaging many enemies at once."
6935,Starsiege,,1999,7.6,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Prometheus, father of all Cybrids, instigator of the first two Earthsiege games, is still out there somewhere. The Dark Intellect has learned, and it is hiding in the outer edges of the Solar System, learning, observing, and waiting for the perfect moment to strike. Meanwhile, the Human Empire is tearing itself apart. The decree by Emperor Petresun, the original creator of Prometheus, to defend Earth first, while practical, does not sit well with the colonists of other planets, who remember how helpless they were during the previous Earthsieges, and how Earth never sent any help until it was too late. When the brutal crackdown began, the Martian Resistance has formed. Prometheus found his chance to strike when the Emperor ordered his Imperial Knights to attack the Martian Resistance, and the Starsiege has begun... Starsiege is a battlemech vehicle simulation. The battlemechs in the game (called HERCs ) have shields, meaning that the player needs to coordinate the weapons to bring down the shields, then punch through the armor. The weapon mounts are different sizes, making it possible to fit different types/sizes of weapons to them. The other mounts for equipment (engine/shields/powerplant) also have different sizes, limiting/challenging the player's outfitting decisions. Other equipments include shield amplifier, cloaking device, ECM, and more. There are multiple sizes of HERCs available, as well as some ground vehicles (which cannot be shielded). The player is also able to load the camo scheme into a paint program and edit it. It is possible to play the campaign on either the human or the Cybrid side, as well as join other players online in large-scale multiplayer battles. The European release of this game features the complete game Starsiege: Tribes as a free extra."
6937,The Settlers II: Gold Edition,Die Siedler II: Gold Edition,1997,8.1,Compilation,,,"The Settlers II: Gold Edition contains: For the Amiga platform, this is the first release of the game."
6945,NCAA Championship Basketball,,1996,7.2,Sports,,,"NCAA-based basketball game. Includes 64 licensed teams (with fake players according to NCAA regulations) and several game modes like exhibition, tournament, and season play. Games can be played in either arcade or coach mode where you call the plays and make substitutions. You can also select the option to fully simulate games based on statistics. Graphics are vga and consist of 2d sprites over several pre-rendered courts for different viewing angles."
6951,V Tennis,,1995,5.7,Sports,,,"V-Tennis is a three dimensional tennis games played from a third person perspective with ten different camera angles to choose from. It plays like other games of its kind and allows the player do a number of different shots, including slices, lobs, top spins, drop shots, and smashes. It's possible to play individual matches against human or AI controlled opponents or in a tournament. Individual matches can be singles or doubles and in multiplayer it's possible for players to both compete against each other or to cooperate against the computer. There are 16 tennis players to choose from and they have different stats in five categories: service, forehand, backhand, footwork and sprint. Six different courts can be chosen from: stadium, indoor, N.Y., Fiji, Kilauea and Japan. It's also possible to chose the surface type: hard, clay or lawn. The game also has an edit mode where the abilities and look of the tennis players can be modified."
6953,Star Trek: New Worlds,,2000,6.0,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"A Romulan experiment gone wrong has suddenly made multiple planet systems appear out of nowhere in this formerly barren sector. The area is named Tabula Rasa, and the three neighboring races... Federation, Klingon, and Romulan, are ready to exploit the newly found riches... But first they must deal with the natives, who may be friend of foe... You are in control of a colony for your ""empire"". You must grow your colony and build defense and offense to secure your goals while mining the resources you came for. Build from the heart of your colony... the colony hub. Build mines to extract minerals from the ground (but they can run out). Build resource processors to get higher efficiency. Build vehicle yards to build better vehicles. Build research facility to get improved technology and better units, and so on and so forth. You must balance energy, growth, exploration, defense, crew, and when you get to it, offense. It is also possible to capture enemy structures. Each side has a special unit with unique capabilities to make the battle more interesting. Multiplayer is supported over Gamespy. Several tutorial missions are also created."
6957,Ages of Myst,"Ages of Myst: Fifth Anniversary Commemorative Edition, Ages of Myst: Jubiläumsausgabe zum fünften Jahrestag, Myst + Riven: Plus de 25 Millions de Joueurs dans le Monde, Myst, Riven : La Légende, Myst, Riven: La Legende",1998,7.2,Compilation,,,Ages of Myst is a compilation which features the first two entries of the Myst series: The package also includes a notebook and a disc with The Making of Riven The German version includes other extras: a mouse pad and a disc with The Making of Prince of Persia 3D
6958,WWF No Mercy,,2000,8.1,Sports,,,"WWF No Mercy allows players to compete for seven different WWF titles, with each belt getting its own unique story. Stories can be replayed, allowing players to defend their title in a storyline. Upon successful completion of a story mode, players will unlock the title they were competing for in the Exhibition mode, where titles can be won and defended as the players see fit. A maximum of four players can compete in a range of modes, including caged and ladder contests and pay-per-view events. The player can also create an own event and compete for WWF titles unlocked in Championship mode. Certain matches are held outside the ring, in four different backstage locations."
6970,Lighthouse: The Dark Being,"Lighthouse: A Criatura das Trevas, Lighthouse: Das Dunkle Wesen, Lighthouse: Il Faro, Lighthouse: Las fuerzas de las tinieblas",1996,7.0,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Steampunk,"In this game, the player controls a writer who had just moved into a cottage located on the coastal area of the state Oregon. Near the cottage is a lighthouse, inhabited by the eccentric Dr. Jeremiah Krick and his daughter Amanda. One day, glancing out of the window, the hero(ine) notices that the lighthouse has been struck by lightning. Dr. Krick has also left an unclear message on the answering machine, imploring the protagonist to come as soon as possible. Upon arriving at the lighthouse, the protagonist finds out that its inhabitants have been kidnapped by a mysterious being, and transported into a parallel universe. A strange new world must be explored, and its mysteries solved, in order to bring back Dr. Krick and his daughter... Lighthouse: The Dark Being is a first-person adventure game conceived in the vein of Myst Locations are represented as pre-rendered still screens. Interaction with the environment is performed with a simple single-cursor, point-and-click interface. Similarly to Myst the puzzles are notable for their difficulty, and are logic- rather than inventory-based, consisting of careful observation, clue-gathering, and manipulation of the environments."
6972,Unreal: Gold,,2000,7.2,Compilation,,,This compilation contains:
6977,Punky Skunk,Cooly Skunk,1996,6.1,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Punky Skunk is a side scrolling platformer where the titular skunk has to rescue his friends from a mad wolf who is threatening to take control of the world. Like in other games of its kind the player has to make his way through the levels by running left and right, jumping and using a spray attack to take out the various enemies that stand in his way. To complete a level the player has to reach a flagpole and attack it. When hit by an enemy the skunk loses one of his green orbs (which acts as hitpoints) and when all out of these a life is lost. More orbs can be earned by taking out enemies. Collectable stars can be found all around the levels and by getting a hundred of these an extra life is earned. The player will come across various extreme gears that allow him to progress through the levels. Once a gear is equipped the regular spray attack can not be used. There are six gears but only one can be equipped at a time. These include the diggers which allow the player to dig through earth in a Dig-Dug fashion, the paraglider which allows him to use air currents to his advantage, the pogo stick that allows him to jump higher, the skates which allows him to move really fast and the snowboard which allows him to gain speed on downhill slopes. There is also a jetpack that is only available towards the end of the game."
6997,Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure,,1990,5.5,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Based on the movie of the same name, you control Bill & Ted, time travelling ""dudes"" from the future, who give you use of a time-travelling telephone booth. Use the phone booth to go back in time to many different eras, collect items, and get historical ""dudes"" to follow you. Some ""dudes"" won't come unless you can bribe them with the right object. You must get them to follow you back to modern times so you can pass a history report and keep your band, the ""Wyld Stallyns"" together. At the end of the game, you are graded based on time elapsed, and ""dudes"" accumulated."
7000,Table Tennis,,1972,6.1,Sports,Paddle / Pong,,"Table Tennis requires Odyssey's game card #1, and is an early father of Pong Each player controls one ""paddle"" on opposite sides of the screen. The objective is to hit the moving ball past your opponent's side, winning a point, while preventing your opponent from doing the same to you. At all times, the players must avoid the top or bottom of the screen (otherwise, it's called ""ball off the table""). There's no score keeping on screen, so the players must keep score by themselves. The first player to get 21 points with a two point margin, wins the match. Otherwise, play is continued until that margin is attained by one of the players."
7003,Wing Commander Academy,Wing Commander Academy: The Custom Mission Simulator,1993,6.1,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Wing Commander Academy puts players into the role of a fresh young recruit at the Confederation Academy, where new pilots must test their skills in the simulator. Unlike other Wing Commander games, this game features no storyline or campaign. Instead players may play through simple dogfight missions or build waypoints on an interface similar to the radar view. Using this mission builder, the player may place objects that include friendly fighters, enemy fighters, enemy capital ships, space stations, and ejected pilots. Controls and graphics are almost directly copied from Wing Commander II Similar to that game, the player engages in a first person space battle against Kilrathi forces in 360 space. Players are able to choose different ships, weapon types and wingmen."
7005,Saturn Bomberman,Bomberman SS,1996,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"An all out party game, this Saturn exclusive title has you controlling the little blue bomber along with up to 10 other bomber pals planting bombs to trap enemy characters. Although there is no story mode, you can take on a host of other characters in one on one battles to see who is the master of the bomb. 10 players can then play on the one screen at a time, either against each other or in teams. Saturn Bomberman can also connect to the Sega Saturn NetLink internet system, allowing two people from opposite ends of the earth to battle it out."
7008,Gothik,,1987,6.5,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"The lands far north of Belorn are ruled by an evil lord with an iron fist Only the powers of the druid Hasrinaxx would be able to harm the lord, but missing any support by his people, Hasrinaxx has been imprisoned. To ensure he can never be freed, the lord cast a spell on Hasrinaxx, splitting his body into six parts and hiding them in the four towers of the lord's huge castle, each part guarded by a powerful demon. In Gothik the player takes control of a young warrior whose task is to collect all six body parts and reunite them with the druid's robe in order to finally defeat the evil lord. The game itself is inspired heavily by the arcade classic Gauntlet Two different characters are available: Olga can take less damage than Olaf, but her magic powers are greater. Seen from above, the player moves through the castle and must vanquish the lord's minions within the four towers, each consisting of seven levels. To defeat the sixteen different types of monster, Olga or Olaf can use arrows (which require ammunition) or magical lightning bolts (which bounce from one enemy to the next) and fireballs (which can destroy barriers and walls in addition to enemies), both requiring magical energy. Health, ammunition and energy can be refilled by picking up food, quivers and magic chalices, respectively. Other pick-ups include gold, extra lives, and 32 different types of potions, which may have positive or negative effects. Also available are magic relics, which can make the player invisible, mimic a certain type of monster, as well as temporarily freeze or even kill enemies nearby. All of the relics must be specifically activated, drawing magical energy when in use."
7021,Code Name: Viper,Ningen Heiki - Dead Fox,1990,7.1,Action,Platform,,"Set against the backdrop of the war on drugs from the late 1980s/early 1990s, Code Name: Viper directly confronts the drug cartel at their bases in South America. You play an American secret agent who must infiltrate the cartel drug bases and mansions, free hostages and informants, and piece together clues about who the kingpin is-- and inevitably bring him down. Equip yourself with a progressively more powerful arsenal as the game progresses in standard NES side-scroller fashion."
7027,Super Magnetic Neo,Super Magnetic NiuNiu,2000,7.0,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"In Super Magnetic Neo a gang lead by evil, foul-mouthed baby Pinki has taken over Pao Pao Park. The professor must stop her, so her sends Super Magnetic Neo, a little boy robot with a powerful electromagnet on his head. The game has some resemblance to the Crash Bandicoot series in that some levels have you running toward the camera, have a side-view, or have you riding an animal. It contains some running, jumping and switch-flipping much like any 3D platformer. However, it does have a unique magnetism aspect. Positive and Negative charges are represented by red and blue. Neo's head can act as a positive or negative pole. This is called his magnogimmick. Using the principle of opposites charges attract and similar charges repel, Neo can pull himself toward platforms, then launch off them, or navigate many related environmental puzzles such as pulling himself into teleporters or swinging on magnetic pendulums. Enemies also come in red and blue and can pulled pulled in to be captured or pushed away to be avoided accordingly. You must use all these skills to make it through all four sections of Pao Pao Park and defeat Pinki. There is also a challenge mode, with a series of short stages to pass all based around proper use of the magnogimmick. It's something like the VR missions in the Metal Gear series"
7031,Burning Road,,1996,6.7,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Burning Road is an arcade racing game, heavily influenced by Daytona USA There are four types of cars to drive: two muscle cars, a drag car and a monster truck, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. There are three different courses to drive on (a wooded area, city streets and snow area) and also have a reverse track variation that can be unlocked. The object is not only to finish ahead of opponents, but also cross checkpoints in order to add more time to the ever depleting timer at the top of the screen. There are three different difficulty levels and three different game modes: Practice lets the player choose a track and races several different opponents and Career where the player races in a series of multi-heat events. In these heat events, each time a lap is completed the driver that is last place is eliminated until only one car finishes the race. The final mode is a multiplayer that allows two friends to battle against each other utilizing the Playstation Link Cable. There are also a multitude of camera angles including first and third person along with a full replay mode that shows the race in its entirety."
7032,Panzer General III: Scorched Earth,"Panzer General III: Front de l'est, Panzer General: Unternehmen Barbarossa",2000,7.0,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),"Europe, Historical events, World War II","Panzer General hits the Eastern Front! Take command of either German or Russian armies. You can command leaders and units which will grow in experience as they do battle, enhancing their effectiveness, but assign the right leader to the right tasks! Tackle four different campaigns (1 long and 1 short from each side), choose different branches on the campaign tree. Improved graphics and multiplayer capabilities are also added."
7035,Lancelot,,1988,7.7,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"Travel back to the Age of Chivalry when knights were bold, galloping across the countryside and rescuing damsels in distress. This game recreates the time of wizards and the Knights of the Round Table. Lancelot is a three-part interactive fiction adventure, spanning the complete saga from the foundation of the Order to its finest hour - the quest for the Holy Grail. Guide Lancelot through his many exploits at Camelot, battle with wayward knights, and win the love of Guinever and Elaine. The challenge which has fascinated treasure hunters through the centuries is now yours - and you'll need all your strength, wit and valor to achieve your goal. To get the highest possible score, you should only kill combat foes when it is absolutely essential to survival. The game's command set includes the ability to issue instructions to other knights, and to automatically GO TO a place you have previously visited."
7039,Castlevania Chronicles,"Akumajō Dracula, Castlevania Chronicle: Akumajō Dracula",1993,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"The plot of Castlevania Chronicles is similar to that of the first Castlevania : in the end of the 17th century the dreadful vampire Dracula is resurrected after a century of slumber. The people in Transylvania flee in horror, but the brave Simon Belmont takes his Vampire Killer whip and ventures into the ominous castle to put an end to the Lord of Darkness. The similarities to the first installment of the series are also evident in the game's overall structure and basic gameplay, as well as in level design and usable items. Most of the weapons and items from the first game return, with more rare and hidden items making an appearance. Familiar stages have been re-designed, and many new stages are introduced as well. The PlayStation version includes a new rendered intro and ending, enhanced music and graphic effects, as well as an easier difficulty level (""Arrange Mode""). The original difficulty level from the Sharp X68000 release is present as well (""Original Mode"")."
7044,Xexyz,Kame no ongaeshi: Urashima densetsu,1989,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter","Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","It's the year 2777. Due to nuclear wars and natural disasters, Earth's population has decreased dramatically and only five island are left, forming the nation of Xexyz. In Xexyz, humans, spirits and faeries have lived peacefully for centuries under the reign of King Xeu Star. One day, Xexyz is attacked by Goruza who murders the king, builds mechanical castles on each island and captures the queen of each island. You take on the role of a soldier named Apollo who wants to put an end to Goruza's reign. Controlling Apollo, it is your task to free all five islands. Freeing an island is done in several different phases that feature 'Jump'n Shoot' as well as 'Shooter' levels (called ""Action Mode"" and ""Shooting Mode""). The first level of each island is a Jump'n Shoot level that contains many doors to shops, bonus games, friendly NPCs or mid-bosses. NPCs will sometimes give you important hints, items or weapons; bonus games can be played to win some money (""Balls""); defeating mid-bosses (and thereby freeing a Fairy) will get you a cash reward and shops also offer weapons and items. Weapons differ largely in attack power and range. Items have temporary effects such as invincibility or improved jumping abilities. In an island's first level, you will have to find a secret room and defeat a boss, for which you will receive a Force Star that is needed to gain access to a mechanical castle. Mechanical castles look similar to other Jump'n Shoot levels but are more complex. Once you have made your way to a ""Cyborg Rider"", a self-scrolling Shooter sequence starts in which you have to shoot your way through lots of enemies while picking up speed and weapon power-ups. At the end of this sequence you will leave the Cyborg Rider, and step onto a floating platform for a boss fight. After the boss is defeated, another Shooter sequence with another boss at the end awaits, but this time, the boss if fought from the Cyborg Rider. After defeating this boss, you start the process over with a Jump'n Shoot level."
7048,Brain Artifice,,1991,6.5,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,,"Brain Artifice is a puzzle game in which the player needs to build combinations out of given blocks. While initially the combinations simply consist of the the same picture or colour, in later levels there are certain patterns to achieve. The blocks are initially divided over the playfield and after grabbing one of them, the player can move it freely over all the unoccupied space. If the block is near another block from the pattern - the detailed requirements change from level to level - it is stuck and can't be moved anymore. When a whole pattern is done, the stones transform into bricks so the player knows it is time to work with the rest of the stones. All this has to be done within a time limit, and unwinnable situations are entirely possible. The game features 100 levels which introduce additional gameplay elements over time, e.g. static blocks, blocks which change their colour or hidden blocks."
7058,Beneath Apple Manor,Beneath Apple Manor: The Special Edition,1978,6.3,Role-playing (RPG),Roguelike,Fantasy,"An early graphical rogue-like dungeon crawl. Slay some monsters, build up some experience, explore deeper levels. The goal is to find the Golden Apple, buried somewhere deep in the basement beneath the manor. This game can be configured for either graphics or text, 10 different skill levels, and configurable room layouts. Each level is created randomly at the beginning of the game. Besides monsters which you have to fight, you can also find treasures, secret doors and hidden traps in the dungeons."
7077,The Ninja Warriors,"Ninja Warriors: The New Generation, The Ninja Warriors Again",1994,7.6,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The land is under the grip of a tyrant named Benglar, who is able to brainwash those he captures. Using this ability he has taken over the military forces and now appears unstoppable. However, resistance forces lead by Mulk have been developing a new weapon: Cybernetic Special Forces with the ability to think, dubbed the Ninja Warriors. Untested, these machines are given the orders to assassinate Benglar... Ninja Warriors plays as a side scrolling beat 'em up, and is a single player adaptation of The Ninja Warriors arcade game. Players can choose from 3 different Ninja Warriors: Ninja, Kunoichi or Kamaitachi. The characters play differently, but share some common controls. Each can attack, jump, grab the enemy, block attacks or unleash a special attack on the entire screen. This special attack charges up gradually and can be reset by being knocked to the ground."
7082,Star Trek: Generations - Beyond the Nexus,,1994,5.5,"Action, Puzzle",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Beyond the Nexus is based on the seventh Star Trek movie and its story: Captains Kirk and Picard must team up to stop a mad scientist from destroying an inhabited planet so that he might reenter the mysterious Nexus energy ribbon. The game has several different playing modes. The first is starship combat: seen from the main screen of the Enterprise (both the -B or the -D version) you navigate the ship through space, firing phasers or photon torpedoes at enemies like Tholians, Klingons and Romulans. Another mode has you navigating the ship to its destination by flying through rectangles in space. On away missions, the view switches to a top-down perspective where you control a single character and can fire your phaser at enemies. Finally, the game has two puzzle modes. In the first one, frequencies must be decoded: this is done by putting symbols into the right order. One can only guess the order at first, but after an attempt the game reveals how many of the selected symbols are part of the combination and how many are in the right place. Using logic, the right order can be determined, but there are only a limited number of tries. The second puzzle mode is used to reroute power from one system to another. To do so, a path must be built on a grid for the energy to flow through. The path must be built out of randomly assigned pieces that don't always fit together, similar to the concept of Pipe Mania"
7085,Road Wars,,2000,5.6,Racing / Driving,,,"Self billed as the ""most realistic combat racing sim ever created"", Road Wars is a driving and shooting game where twelve different characters race their armed and armored vehicles across a dozen assorted tracks. Although the emphasis is on racing and completing laps, cars are equipped with a variety of weapons to impede the progress of the other drivers including gatling guns, missiles, oil slicks, and land mines. Individual drivers also have personal advantages such as cheaper repairs or better traction. Players can compete in single races or three different league circuits of increasing difficulty. Each league season consists of eight races where drivers use their cash winnings for repairs and upgrades between the stages."
7087,Space Station Silicon Valley,Evo's Space Adventures,1998,7.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Long ago, scientists created a living space station, full of animals. After its launch into space, the station vanished, never to be seen again. Until now. The station has reappeared out of no-where, many years after its first launch, and is on a collision course with Earth. Two unlikely heroes (pilot and all-round ugly looking guy Dan and robot Evo) are now thrust with the mission to stop the station, and find out where it has been all this time. Sadly, not everything goes to plan, with their ship crashing into the station. Evo, the unlucky robot that he is, is thrown out of the ship and smashed into pieces. His only hope for survival is to attach his microchip into another host robot. Thankfully, underneath the wrecked ship is the remains of another robot, and with a quick fix Evo is now a robotic dog. As you enter the valley, you must contend with a host of other robots much like the dog, of all shapes and animal sizes. You can move Evo's chip from one animal to another to gain attributes and abilities, improving your chance of success to get past the killer penguins and rocket launching tigers. Aims of the game include the basic destruction of enemy robots, to sheep herding, controlling Evo the rat through a mini maze, and plenty more through 35 levels of insane 3rd person action. When the game was ported to PlayStation some of the bugs from the Nintendo 64 version were fixed."
7088,Tennis Elbow,,1997,6.5,Sports,,,"The first release in this tennis series allows players to compete in a World Tour of 90 events against 250 players. Single matches can be dirty up and dirty down (two against one) as well as the more conventional singles and doubles. Grass, clay, flexi and cement courts are featured. Action replays can be viewed in slow motion, fast speed, and rewound. Players can be defined as volleyers, defenders, punchers or varied, with definable kit colours and playing abilities. As you play the game, your player’s ability improves, resulting in faster and more accurate serves as well as faster running and bigger jumps. The action is viewed from a 3rd-person angle, and side changes are optional. Two buttons are used in combination with directional presses to make slices, 3 different types of lob, and subtle drop shots."
7090,Bimini Run,,1991,5.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"You are Kenji Ohara, a motor boat expert. The evil Dr. Orca has kidnapped your sister Kim. Together with your best friend Luka you must find his hideout on a deserted island, and rescue your sister from his clutches. But that won't be easy, as Dr. Orca has sent his henchmen to stop you! This is a sailing action game. You navigate your motor boat from a third person perspective view, increasing and decreasing your speed, avoiding yachts and other obstacles, and shooting down the enemies who are trying to stop you."
7093,Siege,Siege: The Demon Returns,1992,7.1,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Command one of the four castles in the land of Gurtex in 24 scenarios... or, become the assailant. It's the Forces of Lights (humans & allies) versus the Forces of Darkness (orcs & allies) in a tactical simulation of castle siege and assault. Command up to 17 troop types, including magic-users and various siege equipment."
7094,Perfect Weapon,Body Hazard,1996,5.1,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Sci-fi / futuristic,You find yourself on a alien planet and must kick ass and take names using guns and kung fu. You move your 3d character around static 2d screens (a sort of Alone in the Dark -esque game).
7098,Cosmic Carnage,Cyber Brawl,1994,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Cosmic Carnage is a one-on-one fighting game set in outer space. The story begins as a prison barge is hijacked by it's cargo in an escape attempt. The resulting chaos caused the barge to crash into a military cruiser. The impact caused extensive damage to both ships. There were only 8 survivors, 4 from each ship. What's worse, there's only one escape pod. You control one of the 8 survivors, and have to finish off all the others to escape with your life. The gameplay in Cosmic Carnage is similar to Street Fighter 2, but with a much slower pace. Some of the fighters can be customized with different armor combinations, allowing them access to different special moves."
7105,Fur Fighters,Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge,2000,7.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"A group of baby stuffed animals are kidnapped from their families by the Stupid Bears (an evil gang of stuffed teddy bears, of all things!), and it is up to the Fur Fighters to save the young ones. The group that you control ranges from Kangaroos and Penguins to Cats and Dogs, all with their unique abilities and styles of fighting, which you must use to not only defeat the Stupid Bears, but complete puzzles and specific objectives along the way. You can control only one character at a time, but there are teleport areas so that you can change your character to one that can complete the tasks at hand."
7109,Tai-Pan,,1987,6.6,"Action, Simulation","Managerial / business simulation, Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"In this adaptation of James Clavell's book, the goal is to make a fortune in China. Before they can begin trading, the player will first have to get a loan to buy their ship, and then gather a crew either by paying them or simply kidnapping them. The game has three main stages and a number of different gameplay elements, largely allowing the player to choose their own path. The first part of the game involves walking the streets trying to get the right elements and people, then moves onto the seas where the player has to sail to other trading cities. It is also possible to board other ships upon approaching them and battle those who are onboard."
7110,Rush Hour,"BattleRound USA, Speedster",1997,6.1,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Rush Hour is a racing game in the style of Micro Machines The landscape as well the cars are in 3D, but the perspective is top down. There are no weapons in this game, just racing. You can drive 16 different sport cars and choose from 8 different tracks."
7114,Ghostbusters II,,1990,5.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on the movie of the same name, something strange is going on in New York City and the Ghostbusters are back and armed with ""benevolent slime"" to find out what it is. The ghostbusters quest, like in the movie, takes them to an underground river of slime, ghostly hauntings in the courthouse, an abandoned subway line. These action sequences are interspersed with driving sequences with the Ghostbusters car, Ecto-1A Finally, the Ghostbusters must bring the Statue of Liberty to life through the New York Harbor and then navigate it through the city streets. This leads to a final confrontation with a painting come-to-life, Virgo the Carpathian in which all 4 ghostbuster members must fight their way into the museum. In the action sequences you control a single ghostbuster who can fire his slime weapon and jump. In driving sequences you move the Ecto-1A around the screen and your controls are also a slime gun and jumping. Additionally you must find speed arrows on the ground to jump over huge chasms. Finally, while controlling the Statue of Liberty you may fire her torch straight up into the air (find a power-up torch to shoot diagonally) or let loose the tablet that she carries to destroy all enemies on the screen. Find 20 ""Ghostbusters 2"" symbols in any of these levels to obtain an extra life."
7120,Black Dawn,,1996,7.7,Action,,,"Black Dawn fulfills a few childhood dreams by putting gamers in control of a military helicopter. Terrorists have grown powerful in the world and it is up to you to restore stability and peace throughout the lands. Assigned to a variety of campaigns, you must fly the AH-69 Mohawk (sounds like something Jan-Michael Vincent from AIRWOLF would pilot) as you battle through enemy territory across different global locales."
7123,Gun.Smoke,"Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Gun. Smoke, Desperado, Gunsmoke",1985,6.7,Action,Shooter,Western,"Gun.Smoke is a vertical scrolling shooter that casts the gamer as a lone gunman, out to save the gold rush town of Hicksville from a fearsome group of bandits known as the Wingates. Each level has a particular target enemy, although his henchmen must also be taken out. Although it largely takes place on foot, the gameplay resembles Commando with its diagonal-down action. The screen scrolls at a constant rate, and enemies come at you from the edges, to be shot or avoided. Various power-ups can be grabbed along the way. Finding a horse will allows the player to get hit twice before death rather than just once. There are scenes in which the cowboy rafts up a river and use the tracks of a railway line. On the NES the controls work differently with the A button to fire up and right, the B button to fire up and left, or A and B simultaneously to fire straight ahead. One-button control systems mimic all this."
7127,Tombs & Treasure,"Taiyō no Shinden, Taiyō no Shinden: Asteka II",1988,6.2,"Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",Puzzle elements,,"Tombs & Treasure is an enhanced version of the earlier computer release of Taiyō no Shinden: Asteka II The story in this version is more detailed than in the original release. Professor Imes was a famous archaeologist particularly interested in the old Mayan civilization. Having heard of a powerful artifact known as the Sun Key, which is apparently able to unlock the secrets of the Maya, professor assembled a team and traveled to the ruins of Chichen Itza. However, he and his team have mysterious disappeared; only his guide Jose was able to escape, delivering the news to the professor's daughter. Unlike in the original release, the player character travels to the Yucatan with the daughter of Professor Imes and the guide Jose. Both have special abilities which are sometimes needed to solve puzzles: the young woman is musically talented, and Jose is able to move heavy objects. Due to these changes, some of the locations and puzzles have been altered in this version. Another significant gameplay change is the introduction of role-playing elements. Solving puzzles and defeating demons in turn-based combat grants the protagonist experience points. Even though combat is very sparse in the game, taking on stronger foes can be futile if the player hasn't gathered enough experience by completing other tasks beforehand."
7131,Super Battleship: The Classic Naval Combat Game,,1993,5.3,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Board game,,"This game features two different modes of play: Classic Battleship and Super Battleship. Classic Battleship is the typical Battleship game where the players set up their ships on a grid, then take turns choosing 3 places at a time to target and hope they hit the opposing players ship. The game ends when all the opposing players ships are sunk. This mode contains four difficulty levels: Ensign, Lieutenant, Commander, and Admiral. Super Battleship involves eight levels consisting of sixteen missions total. Missions include sinking enemy ships in a certain number of rounds, escorting ships to their destinations, defending cities from attack, and destroying enemy airfields. Gameplay consists of a turn-based moving of ships utilizing an overhead view. The player can then target any enemy units within the ship's range and attack. Attacking brings up an action sequence where both ships trade volleys of gunfire until one of them either sinks or retreats."
7133,Road Rage,Speed King,1996,6.5,Racing / Driving,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Become a real speed king.... Imagine the incredible feeling of floating on air in a state-of-the-art hovercraft. Now imagine travelling at the speed of sound, manoeuvring through challenging race courses, and experiencing all this action in unbelievable 3D environments. Do you have what it takes to race against the best? To push your body and your machine to their limits? To become the speed king? Road Rage offers PlayStation™ owners eight vehicles, four unique tracks, and four speed classes plus the option to save your best race on a Memory Card then race against yourself. Based on the smash hit arcade simulator! Source: Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK)"
7135,Rayman Designer,Rayman's World,1997,7.0,Action,Platform,,"Rayman Designer is a standalone expansion to the original Rayman It contains a level editor (The Rayman Designer) and 24 new levels not present in the original game. The designer itself is a Windows application, while the game is a DOS game (launched through a Windows shortcut)."
7138,Star Trek: Starship Creator,,1998,5.9,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As its title implies, Star Trek: Starship Creator allows players to create their own Star Trek-themed starships. Players can pick from a number of different classes of vessel, and customise every single aspect, from hull shape to the quality of crew accommodation. Furthermore, once a ship has been created, the player can equip it with a crew of their favourite Star Trek characters, and then send them out on missions to see if they are up to scratch. Advanced users can even script their own new missions."
7145,Encounter!,Amiga Encounter,1983,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Encounter! is a fast paced arcade game set in a sci-fi environment which features fast moving three dimensional graphics. You command a probe vehicle with which you have to shoot down enemy saucers and homing missiles. When you have shot down the required number of enemies on one level (usually around 10-20) you get the chance to go through a ""stargate"". In the stargate you have to navigate through a hail of spheres coming at you at high speed. If you succeed you get to a new planet in different color scheme, if you fail you'll have to replay the previous planet. There's eight levels in total."
7147,Namco Museum Vol. 3,,1996,6.4,Compilation,,,Namco included the following games in part three: Once again you can also check out info and pics of each game in the museum.
7151,Vision: The 5 Dimension Utopia,,1992,6.8,"Action, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",Puzzle elements,,"Vision: The 5th Dimension Utopia is an advertising game for the German building society LBS, which sold it rather cheaply in its branches. The setting is an arcology floating on the sea. You are a new citizen in this city and you've got to work in order to make money for food and the rent of your suite while staying healthy through sleeping and eating enough. The common way to earn money is playing mostly action-oriented mini-games or doing smaller quests (or rather tasks), which also are part of the plot of the game."
7155,Metal Stoker,Metal Stoker: Neo Hardboiled Shooting,1991,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Metal Stoker is a 2D top-down, multi-directional shooter. The player controls a female pilot (presented only in several cut-scenes) controlling a prototype CS-05 tank. The tank can freely be moved around the screen in any direction and the game scrolls along until the edge of the area is reached. The tank needs to destroy enemies and locate the exit. There are several weapons such as lasers, homing missiles, mines, a force field etc. The tank's turret can be locked into one position to shoot, so it is possible to strafe. Sometimes the player must destroy all the enemies or a boss to progress. The game has seven levels in totals and many parts of the levels are mazes."
7160,James Bond 007: Goldfinger,,1986,5.8,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"The player must stop Auric Goldfinger from taking the world's gold supply, stop the destruction of Kentucky, deal with Pussy Galore and even a fight with Oddjob. Not much for old 007 to do actually - it's all in a day's work (or is it adventure)?"
7162,Magical Chase,Magical Chase GB: Minarai Mahō Tsukai Kenja no Tani e,1991,7.5,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"Magical Chase is a 2D side-scrolling shoot 'em up set in a fantasy world. Game's heroine is a little witch called Ripple, who is flying on a magic broomstick. The gameplay is typical for the genre: Ripple flights from left to right and shoots enemies. She has two sidekicks - anthropomorphic stars called Star Maidens, which work like a the options of Gradius When she destroys enemies, they will leave behind different colored gemstones, which serve as the game's currency that can be used in special shop. The game has six stages, and each level has a mid-boss and an end boss."
7166,The Super Spy,,1990,6.7,Action,"RPG elements, Shooter","Asia, Contemporary","Roy Heart has been asked by the CIA to wipe out terrorists who have taken over a large skyscraper of a major auto-maker in Japan. Using your fists, knife, or gun, you must use the elevators to travel between floors and wipe out terrorists that try to bring you down. Each weapon has its disadvantages. The gun, for example, will only have so many bullets per life, and the knife will decrease in strength with every use. During your mission, you will also earn experience points, and meet and free hostages along the way. These hostages will heal you, fix your knife, and give you a machine gun. Some floors end with you defeating a boss, while others end at elevators. You must reach the top of the building where you will confront the leader."
7167,F-117 Night Storm,F-117 Stealth: Operation Night Storm,1993,6.5,Simulation,,,"This game allows the player to take control of an F-117A Stealth Fighter. The game is broken down into either an arcade or campaign mode. In the arcade mode, the player can decide the number of enemy air and ground units, the environment, length of mission, and the difficulty level. This mode allows the player to hone their skills in order to prepare for the campaign mode. The campaign mode is the main part of the game and contains 30 missions. The game includes nine theaters of combat such as training missions in the Nevada Desert, to the conflict in Panama, and also to the Gulf War. Each mission has a primary object that must be destroyed in order to advance to the next mission."
7169,The Detective,"The Detective Game, The Detectives",1986,7.4,Adventure,,,"In this mystery, players control Inspector Snide of Scotland Yard who has been sent to MacFungus Mansion to investigate the death of its owner, Angus MacFungus. The aim of the game is to gather information and clues from around the house, solve the case, and implicate the murderer. When Snide is in the vicinity of an item of interest, the border will flash. Pressing Fire on the joystick brings up a menu of six commands. Some of these commands allow you to examine, manipulate, and utilize objects; or check the time. Players can only carry six objects at a time, unless they already have something to carry them in. People roam around the mansion, and players can interrogate them by bringing up the menu and choosing the Question icon. The characters will stop what they are doing, and the player must face them in order to interrogate them. Players can question them about MacFungus, objects, or other characters. Every once in a while, a murder takes place involving one of the characters. Players have to collect the necessary evidence and accuse the murderer before time runs out."
7170,Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse,Akumajou Densetsu,1989,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"Taking place 100 years before the events of Castlevania 1 and Castlevania 2 Dracula the Vampire has risen up to threaten the small village of Warakiya. Citizens who had banished the Belmont family now beg for Trevor Belmont's help in slaying Dracula. In his strange castle, Dracula has been assembling a massive army of undead creatures to sweep the Earth clean of life and bring everlasting darkness. Trevor agrees to help and equips his family's hereditary whip, the ""Vampire Slayer"", in order to destroy Dracula. Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse is a side-scrolling platform game. The gameplay is nearly identical to the first Castlevania game The player takes the role of Trevor Belmont who is able to move left and right, jump, attack with his whip straight ahead and use a special weapon. These special weapons consume hearts, which can be found by defeating monsters or destroying candles. Power-ups include: a throwing dagger, a throwing axe, A time-stopping stopwatch, a cross-shaped boomerang and a vial of holy water. Additionally there is a double shot (II) and triple shot (III) power-up which increases the number of special weapons that can be used at one time. Trevor is defeated if his life meter runs out, and can find a roast turkey power-up to replenish it. Trevor progresses through each level defeating monsters and eventually encountering a boss creature. At different points in the game the player will be able to chose between different paths, which will determine which levels are played. At the end of certain levels, the player may encounter a companion which can be recruited. Only one companion can accompany Trevor at any time; accepting a new companion means rejecting the existing one. Once recruited, Trevor can change between his own form and that of the companion. Each companion has an independent life meter and has unique abilities such as powerful magic, the ability to climb walls or flight. These abilities may also affect the types of power-ups that appear in candles and the exact function of special weapons."
7174,Cyber Empires,Steel Empire,1992,6.7,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Predecessor to the highly successful (and more complex) Fantasy Empires A tactical and strategic turn-based game of robotic combat, land conquest, and city siege."
7178,Turn and Burn: No-Fly Zone,Super Dogfight: F-14 Tomcat Air Combat Game,1994,7.2,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,,"In Turn and Burn: No-Fly Zone the player gets in the cockpit of the famed F-14 Tomcat and launches into a series of sorties on enemy fighters. The game is a simulation with real instruments and gauges and authentic weapons such as Sidewinders, Phoenix missiles and the M61A1 Vulcan Cannon to shoot down enemy fighters scattered throughout the stages. Players also land on their carrier in both daytime and night time missions. The game also features Mode 7 scaling."
7182,Battle for Normandy,,1982,6.7,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","June 6, 1944. The start of D-Day. Depending on your choice you will either lead or face the largest amphibious force ever assembled. As the Supreme Allied Commander your job is to establish beachheads on Utah, Omaha, Juno, Gold and Sword, consolidate them, then move out to capture the strategic towns of Cherbourg and Caen, the roadnet at St. Lo, penetrate as deeply as possible into the continent and destroy and disrupt enemy formations. As the German Commander your hope for victory is to deploy your land forces and powerful panzers and contain the enemy and drive him back to the beaches. Either way you have until noon on June 30th (25 days) to accomplish your mission at which time your position will be evaluated. This game provides for solitaire play as the Americans and provides the player with several levels of difficulty."
7184,Gunboat,Gunboat: River Combat Simulation,1990,6.6,"Action, Simulation",,,Gunboat is a 3D action simulation. You take control of a U.S. Gunboat in several conflict zones. Your Gunboat carries a crew of four men: All four men are cross-trained in each other’s tasks … redundancy becomes crucial if one or two crew members are wounded or dead. Be careful on the rivers ..! Anchors aweigh!
7187,Steve Davis Snooker,,1984,7.7,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Mike Lamb recreated the basic rules of the popular English game of snooker in this simulation, which can be played by one or two players, but has no computer opponent as such, unlike the later 16-bit remake Instead, you are scored based not only on how many points you score legitimately, but also on how many points you concede through foul shots, and how many shots you take in total. You always take the next shot, even if you've missed or fouled, so in a one player game the break-building strategies can be slightly more aggressive than in a real match, as there's no risk of leaving an opponent a chance As in the real game you start off by trying to pot a red (there are 10 or the real 15, depending on which mode you choose), and if successful choosing one of the 6 colours (by pressing the number corresponding to its points value). Once you've lined up the direction of the shot, you will have to set the speed, and then the spin."
7203,Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (Collector's Edition),Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (The Collector's Edition),2000,6.4,Special edition,,,This Collector's Edition is a special release of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 It includes the following items:
7205,Bill Walsh College Football,,1993,7.6,Sports,,,"The game features 24 college football teams from the 1993 season and 24 of the all-time college teams since 1978. Play modes include exhibition, playoffs and all-time playoffs and the SNES version also has an eleven week season mode with the National Championship as the ultimate goal. The playbook consists of 56 offensive plays and 52 defensive plays. On offense, running backs can dive, spin and hurdle. Also, passing is dealt with by having the receivers in their own windowed boxes. When on defense, defenders can dive at the ball carrier, and raise hands to block kicks or intercept passes. The game also features four weather conditions (fair, windy, rain and snow), and three different quarter lengths (20, 40 and 60 minutes)."
7207,Pokémon Gold Version,"Pocket Monsters Kin (Gold), Pokémon Edición Oro, Pokémon Goldene Edition, Pokémon Versão Gold, Pokémon: Attrapez-les tous! - Version Or",1999,8.2,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"Pokémon Gold takes place several years after Red Blue and Yellow and puts the user into a brand new world, Johto. The gameplay is very similar to the previous games, but with several improvements. These include new functions for the player's PokéGear, a Pokédex that can now be sorted by evolution type, and, of course, new Pokémon. Once again, the objective of the game is to become the champion trainer, and try to complete the Pokédex. To become the champion, the player battles Gym Leaders to obtain various badges. Completing the Pokédex requires a different set of actions, and involves capturing wild Pokémon, battling various trainers to obtain money, and trading Pokémon with NPC's and other owners of Pokémon games."
7211,XF5700 Mantis Experimental Fighter,XF5700 Mantis Experimental Spacefighter,1992,5.9,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the late 21st century, an army of insect-like aliens has invaded the Earth. Relying on collective group mind and telepathic messages, these creatures have overthrown the dominant race on their home planet, Siria, assimilating their technology. As the planet became uninhabitable, the new Sirians have ventured into deep space, hoping to find a new home. Their goal was to find vertebrate creatures, in which they could lay their eggs; they have chosen the Earth for that reason. To avert this terrible threat, the Fist of Earth organization sends a fighter pilot named Viper to protect the planet, navigating their strongest weapon - the starfighter XF5700 Mantis. XF5700 Mantis Experimental Fighter is a mission-based space combat simulation, and a sequel to Warhead The game utilizes real space (Newtonian) physics for ship navigation. Mission objectives usually involve eliminating alien ships while protecting Viper's wingmen. The game continues the plot of Warhead in its 90 missions."
7228,Castrol Honda Superbike 2000,Castrol Honda: World Superbike Team - Superbike 2000,1999,7.3,Racing / Driving,,,"Superbike racer with about 20 tracks and some machine tweaking (tires, gearbox and trail offset). Only one bike model is available, from the sponsors' team (Castrol-Honda). Optional driving aids make it feel much more like an arcade racer than a sophisticated simulation."
7237,Three Dirty Dwarves,,1996,6.7,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Fantasy,"Three Dirty Dwarves is a side-scrolling action game with an interesting plot: genetically altered ""super kids"" playing Dungeons & Dragons open a portal that allows their ""alter-egos"" (the three dirty dwarves) to enter our world and try to rescue them from their evil Army Base captivity. Once the dwarves arrive, they ransack the local ""armory"" (a sporting goods store) for weapons and set off to rescue the kids. The portal also lets in a number of fantasy bad guys too and they must be squashed on the way. The main game mechanics allows the player to switch between each dwarf and uses its special attack (e. g. baseball bat and baseballs, bowling pins and bowling balls, and a shotgun). Additionally, there is the DwarfMorph"" attack where the dwarves act as one."
7238,Air Raiders,Bogey Blaster,1983,6.9,Action,Arcade,,Goal of the game is to shoot as many enemies as possible (only visible from the side) while avoiding being shot down by flak cannons (which can cause a drop by up to 15 altitude) and to land safely again before the fuel runs out. If more than ten enemies have been shot it is possible to take off again with an ammo equal to the number of enemies being hit.
7245,Silverload,Silverload: A Town with A Hell of A Nightlife,1995,5.7,Adventure,,,"Somewhere in the Old West lies Silverload, an old mining time. It has once been a vibrant, silver boom-town, but now it has become a ghost town, surrounded by perpetual storms. The town’s decline has started with a disastrous earthquake, but it may also be caused by an Indian curse, because the mine was built on land sacred to the Skaedi tribe. You play the part of a bounty hunter who has been hired by the people of Silverload to find one of their children. The parents claim that it is kidnapped by ""the monsters of Silverload"". If you survive long enough, you will discover the town’s dreadful secret. Silverload is a 3rd POV, inventory-based point and click adventure that belongs to the genre of horror adventures. It includes a few arcade sequences: from time to time the player will become involved in gun fights. Silverload was originally developed for the Sony PlayStation."
7246,Judge Dredd,,1995,6.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"With society and the law and justice system on the brink of collapse in Mega-City, a new plan has been devised that implements court and police duties into one unit, that being Judge Dredd. Throughout the game, the player must complete a number of objectives in each platforming level, ranging from arresting criminals to reaching a destination. Enemies can be neutralized with close-combat or a variety of weapons with limited ammunition."
7247,The F.A. Premier League Stars,"Bundesliga Stars 2000, Primera Division Stars",1999,7.1,Sports,,,"Premier League Stars is football game from EA released just a few months before FIFA 2000. The two games are quite similar but Stars is a bit more pacey and more action than the more realistic FIFA. Whereas FIFA has several leagues the Stars game has focused on the English Premier League and it is full licensed with all the real clubs, kits, stadiums and players. The most unique feature in Stars is that it is using the Stars concept which means that you collect stars when winning matches, scoring goals and similar. The stars could be used to improve the players in different skills such as passing, shooting and tackling."
7248,Flashback: The Quest for Identity,"Flashback, Flashback (Enhanced CD-ROM)",1992,8.1,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"The year is 2142. The player takes control of Conrad B. Hart, a man who has lost his memory. After barely escaping from hostile aliens, Conrad's bike crashes on an unknown planet. Conrad finds himself in the jungle, and from that moment on his quest for survival and his lost identity begins. Flashback: The Quest for Identity incorporates elements of platforming, shooting, and problem-solving. The game can be described as a ""cinematic platformer"" (commonly referred to as Prince of Persia style), following a design philosophy that was also manifested in Delphine Software's previous work, Another World Compared to that game, Flashback focuses more on platforming and exploration of large levels. While a large bulk of the gameplay is dedicated to running, jumping, and shooting enemies, there is also a considerable exploration element in the game, as well as some puzzle-solving. The player navigates Conrad through platform structures, performing various moves. It is possible to simply jump or do a longer run-and-jump, run, climb, hang off ledges, and pick up objects lying on the ground. To defend himself, Conrad can shoot enemies with his gun and also use various objects (such as stones) to harm or distract them. Crouching and rolling are possible (and often essential) moves that can be executed during combat. The gun has unlimited ammunition; however, shields that Conrad uses to protect himself from attacks are depleted when he is hit and can be recharged at special stations. Though most environments in the game are hostile, there are a few locations that are devoid of enemies. The player is usually required to talk to characters, gather information, and complete tasks in an adventure-like fashion in these areas. Most of the versions utilize cutscenes with polygonal vector graphics. The CD versions replace those with pre-rendered 3D animations. The Sega CD version also features voice-overs."
7256,Pinky and The Brain: World Conquest,,1998,6.3,Action,,Fantasy,"Pinky & The Brain: World Conquest is a licensed game about the TV show Pinky & The Brain Instead of conquering the world the player has to cross mazes which consist of 16x16 fields. The single player mode, the ""World Conquest"", are just a series of mazes. In the tournament mode, which can be played with bots, multiple players are after the same goal. There are three types of maze modes: In time mode the player has to obtain as much fields as possible in a certain time, in land mode he needs to get a certain percentage of land and in tag mode the maze contains one piece of cheese and the goal is to keep it in the own possession as long as possible. The mazes contain obstacles, e.g. fake walls or portal walls, and power-ups, e.g. super speed or special helmets to zap enemies or break walls. The view on the mazes can be rotated or zoomed in and with the editor players can build own mazes."
7262,Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja,"Caveman Ninja, Joe & Mac, Johnny Turbo's Arcade - Joe and Mac: Caveman Ninja, Retro Classix: Joe & Mac - Caveman Ninja, Tatakae Genshijin: Joe & Mac",1991,7.2,Action,Platform,,"Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja features the characters Joe and Mac as cavemen ninjas in a multi-level platform area where the player has to jump and club incoming enemies. They can also throw at them from distance using such weapons as boomerangs, bones, fire, flints, electricity and stone wheels. The objective of the game is to rescue a group of girls who were kidnapped by a rival tribe."
7263,Donkey Kong Junior,"Donkey Kong Jr, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong Jr.-e",1982,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Mario has kidnapped Junior's Papa! Donkey Kong Jr. was originally released in the arcades in 1982 as a sequel to Donkey Kong. In this game, Mario plays the antagonist, finally having captured Donkey Kong, and has put the ape in a locked cage. As Donkey Kong Jr., players will have to make their way through four different levels (Vines, Springboard, Chains and Mario's Hideout) in an attempt to find keys to free the little monkey's father. Along the way, Mario will send out Snapjaws, swooping purple birds, and electric sparks in an attempt to stop Junior. Junior can defend himself by dropping fruit found around the levels on the heads of his foes. The more foes a piece of fruit hits in a falling sequence, the higher bonus points can be scored. Junior can also avoid enemies more easily by grabbing hold of two chains or vines at a time to climb away faster, or by jumping over his foes. However, any long fall or falling into the water on certain levels will mean the loss of a life for Junior. In the final cut scene, Junior will free Donkey Kong and both will escape after giving Mario the boot. Once all four levels are cleared, the game levels will start over at a higher difficulty. Like the original Donkey Kong, the earlier 1980's console versions do not have all of the levels and animations from the arcade."
7264,Battle Squadron,"Battle Squadron ONE, Battle Squadron: The Destruction of the Barrax Empire",1989,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Battle Squadron is a classic arcade style shooter for 1 or 2 players, and a spiritual successor to Hybris You take a space ship and fly it over a high tech hostile surface, and then into an organic setting. You can control the number of 'credits' you have from 1 to 3. You choose how many lives you get. You also get to choose the max number of enemy bullets and their speed. You get power-ups along the way that modify your weapons, and also the ""Nova Smart Bomb""."
7268,Ultimate Soccer,,1993,6.8,Sports,,,"Ultimate Soccer is a football (European) game composed by 64 (unlicensed) international teams, each with it's own values for running, ball control and strength. There are five game modes (friendly, penalty shootout, tournament, playoff and league), but the lack of password or built-in battery means each one of them must be completed in one sitting. The gameplay can be tweaked for the players' preference by changing several key aspects of the physics engine, such as wind strength and direction, ball weight (lighter balls travel higher, faster and farther but are more prone to be deflected by winds than heavy balls, who barely lift of the ground and are slowed down by wet grass), tightness of ball control and players speed and momentum. A five-a-side mode, where the ball is never out of play is also included. Thanks to the many options regarding the physics, the game allows a lot of flexibility in playmaking, from building up the play with small passes from the midfield to belting the ball upwards in hope of a goalmouth deflection. Graphically, the game is similar to EA's Madden NFL series, with pseudo-3D effects allowing the view to be tilted up to show more detail up front or tilted down to show more of the field. The series later continued with Striker on the same console and Striker' 96 on PC, Saturn and PlayStation."
7271,Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon,Ganbare Goemon: Kurofune Tou no Nazo,1998,5.8,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"Oh no! The evil Skull King and his army of evil pirates are plotting to take over Ancient Japan! Only Goemon, Ebisumaru, Sasuke and Yae stand in their way. Fight your way through Gadget Castle, The Black Ship Skull, The Demon Cave and Skeleton Island as you make your way to face off against the Skull King himself. Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon is an overhead action game with light RPG elements, similar to Link's Awakening Players explore towns, dungeons, castles and more, searching for treasure chests and attacking enemies. There are also shops and inns where you can purchase items or rest to recover your strength. At the end of each level, there is a boss waiting for you. However, to defeat them, you must compete in a mini-game called 'The Surprise Match'. These mini-games usually feature button-mashing of some kind or a variation on a memory match game."
7273,Are You Afraid of the Dark? The Tale of Orpheo's Curse,Are You Afraid of the Dark? The Tale of Orpheo's Curse: A Ghostly Adventure Game,1994,7.2,Adventure,,,"Are You Afraid of the Dark? The Tale of Orpheo's Curse is an adventure game based on Nickelodeon's TV series Are You Afraid Of The Dark? In telling its mystery tale, the game features full motion videos and 3D animation, as well as actors from the actual TV series."
7274,Super Valis IV,Super Valis: Akaki Tsuki no Otome,1992,6.2,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Once upon a time, there was a prince named Gallagher. He was entrusted with a magical ring that granted him great powers. But he was too weak to control the power of the ring, and became possessed by it. The mad prince was sealed into a crystal, but many years later managed to break out, planning to wreak havoc on the Dream World and conquer it. Yuko, the heroine of the three previous Valis games, is no longer a sacred Valis warrior - she has become a goddess. Lena, a young girl who wants to become a Valis warrior, must prove to Yuko she is worthy to wield the sword of Valis, that will eventually stop the evil plans of Gallagher. Super Valis IV is a version of Valis IV The biggest difference in this release is the omission of the two protagonists Amu and Asfal, both from the story and the gameplay. The player controls only Lena, and all references to the other two pivotal characters are removed. This version also has less stages and less cutscenes than the PCE (TurboGrafx) CD release. There are also significant differences in the gameplay system. Lena cannot slide, but can run faster in this version. Magic bar as well as HP- and MP-increasing items have been completely removed. Lena can, however, equip special items that enhance her default Valis sword attack."
7276,Snare,,1989,7.1,Action,Arcade,,"The rich André Thelman used the last years of his life to build a deadly maze with 20 levels. Whoever passes it will find a valuable item at the end - and of course the protagonist wants to grab it. The player takes control of a boat with the one and only goal to find the correct teleporter to the next level. The boat has the ability to jump over holes and use a gun to shoot at robots which try to harm it. These robots come in multiple variants with different behaviour. Progress is made more difficult by switch puzzles and special tiles, like ones which prevent the ship from turning around. Power ups like a level skip or extra lives can be picked up inside the levels, but they disappear after a short time. However, the picked up symbols don't get activated before finishing the current level. When the ship turns around, the whole level flips around it."
7289,Zelda's Adventure,,1995,5.8,Action,,Fantasy,"This is the third game in the row of Philips' titles set in Zelda universe. In this game, you play the princess Zelda herself. The evil Gannon has captured and imprisoned the brave hero Link. In order to save him, Zelda has to venture into Tolemac, an uncharted southeastern region of the land of Hyrule, and to collect seven celestial signs, which is the only way to defeat Gannon. Unlike the two previous Zelda games for CD-i (which were platformers), Zelda's Adventure returns to the traditional top-down view of the series. You navigate Zelda over the world map, visiting towns, talking to townspeople for clues, and descending into dangerous dungeons. You can equip swords, shields, and various kinds of gear. The combat is entirely action-based."
7293,Charlie Blast's Territory,,1999,6.5,Puzzle,,,"Charlie Blast is a construction worker, but quite different than his more famous colleague. Charlie has a convincing beer belly, he has trouble keeping his jeans up (yup, you will get a nice view of his crack quite frequently) and his chest hair make David Hasselhoff feel ashamed about himself. He is not trying to save a princess either; his mission is to blow islands up with TNT! With 3D graphics and some platform elements, Charlie Blast's Territory a remake of Kablooey is a modernization of one of the classic puzzle genres where your goal is to push crates into the correct spots. Every level is an island. On every island you have at least one bomb and one TNT box. Your goal is to push all of them next to each others and then blow everything up in a huge chain reaction. When you do that, you advance by a level. You cannot pull the crates but you can climb over them."
7294,Draw Poker,Five Card Draw Poker,1981,6.2,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Cards / tiles,,"Draw Poker is standard poker in the context of common U.S. card games where each player is dealt a five card hand and then can decide if they would like to place a bet on the first round or check (pass). The player in the game is against four other players all controlled by the computer with the names of Lucky, Shifty, Ace and Slim. Players will be dealt five cards from a shuffled deck. All players ante $5 to the pot. Starting as in many poker games the first round requires that to open you must have a pair of Jack’s or higher to start the betting. Then each player in betting rounds hopes to build a better hand by replacing or ""drawing"" cards as needed. Each player begins the game with $2,000 dollars."
7297,Wargasm,"Wargasm: Der unbekannte Feind, Wargasm: Nel futuro, tutte le guere saranno combattute così, Wargasm: No futuro, todas as guerras serão assim...",1998,7.4,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In 2065, the world's military forces were transferred to the World Wide War Web in an effort to eliminate bloodshed. All the countries, whether they be a superpower or in the Third World, were justly represented. Wars were fought through this system, and the winner would take the loser's electronic infrastructure. However, the system was flawed. It was prone to be hacked. In this state of ""wargasm,"" the world has fallen into a state of corruption. It is your duty to bring order back to the world in this 3D RTS. One thing, beyond the basic RTS play, is the ability to possess any of your units and control them directly."
7306,Super Conflict,,1993,7.3,Simulation,,,"Super Conflict is a strategy game that compares itself to a game of chess: there are two sides (Blue or Red) who must destroy the opposing force's Flag Unit. (In the fifth skill level, there is also a Flag Ship, and the game is lost if either one is destroyed.) Scenarios are laid on on a hexagonal grid, and each space has its own terrain type and can be occupied by one unit. You move your units around and attack enemy units in adjacent hexagons. There are also cities, airports, and shipyards, which you can occupy and use for your own purposes (ie. to repair a unit). Depending on the skill level or scenario you can also construct factories to produce additional units."
7308,Populous: The Beginning,"Populous 3, Populous: A l'Aube de la Création, Populous: El Principio",1998,7.8,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Fantasy,"Populous: The Beginning is the third part of the Populous series originally created by Peter Molyneux This is the first part with 3D graphics. Gameplay also received a major overhaul; the player no longer simply has to lower and raise land to gain bigger houses which can defend themselves stronger. Now the player has to chop trees to build huts. Depending on how many men are in the house, the faster its population and the house itself grows. It's possible to train men as fighters, priests, etc. New spells can be added to the shaman's spell inventory through the act of prayer at shrines scattered all over the world. Most spells take the form of natural disasters such as tornadoes and volcanic eruptions. Each level is represented by a tiny planet that the player can scroll around freely. Aside from the single player campaign it's also possible to challenge other players online."
7320,Rival Turf,Rushing Beat,1992,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"When a ruthless gang led by Big Al invades their turf, it's up to the Brawl Brothers to take back their streets and send their rivals home with their tails between their legs. You can go at it alone or team up with a friend for some simultaneous two-player action as you kick, punch, and body slam your way to victory through six stages of no holds barred, hand-to-hand fighting action. There are all kinds of realistic street-fighting techniques to master, including body slams, leg sweeps, jabs, hooks, and uppercuts. If you want a fight but aren't feeling friendly, then turn the tables on your friend and go head-to-head for bragging rights and control of the streets. In RIVAL TURF, only the strong survive…can you take it?"
7324,SSX,X-treme Racing SSX,2000,8.1,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"SSX is a racing game which allows (and encourages) slamming opponents out of the race, as well as performing various stunts. The courses in the game include Snowdream, Elysium Alps, Tokyo Megaplex, Mesablanca, Merqury City Meltdown, and others. Players can choose to control any of the eight available international racers, each featuring their own attitude and unique tricks. A career mode and two-player gameplay are available as well."
7328,Shanghai: Second Dynasty,,1999,7.1,"Puzzle, Strategy / tactics","Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle",,"Shanghai: Second Dynasty includes several modes: Classic Shanghai, Dynasty, Pandamonium, as well as Windstorm and new ""beat-the-clock"" arcade modes. An official American Mah-Jongg association product, Second Dynasty now includes four authentic versions of Mah-jongg. Fifty-four tilesets are now included, with optional ""power tiles"" useful for the multiplayer mode. Players can create their own tiles by importing custom images. The game also includes an online mode where players can compete against each other."
7329,Heroes Chronicles: Warlords of the Wasteland,Heroes Chronicles: Wojownicy Pustkowi,2000,6.7,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Fantasy,"First in a series of shorter, story-driven games based on the Heroes of Might and Magic III engine. Each game consists of a single campaign recounting an important period in the life of Tarnum, the immortal hero. Warlords is billed as a ""prequel,"" telling the story of Tarnum's quest to lead his barbarian peoples to throw off the oppressive rule of Bracaduun and the Wizards who are his master. However, as the intro gives away, while Tarnum will become King, in doing so he will commit crimes that cause the ancestors to refuse him admission to paradise, and he will be returned as the immortal hero of the next episode ( Conquest of the Underworld ). The campaign consists of eight scenarios, with Tarnum carrying his experience forward from scenario to scenario. The game plays exactly like Heroes III: Shadow of Death (three scenarios include combination artifacts). The story advances during each scenario through frequent text pop-ups. There are also movies for every scenario, instead of just one per campaign. In keeping with the plot, the early scenarios have only Stronghold and Fortress towns, with Castle and Tower towns showing up later. Difficulty is selectable for every scenario, and a tutorial is included, so both Heroes newcomers and experts can play."
7333,R/C Stunt Copter,,1999,7.0,Simulation,Tricks / stunts,,"R/C Stunt Copter is described by developer Shiny as more of a ""software toy"" than a video game. It's a Radio Controlled model flight simulation that fully utilizes the PlayStation analog controller. The player view is selectable as either stationary (as with a real R/C helicopter), walking or flying behind the helicopter. You can do training, stunts, complete mission objectives, multiplayer head-to-head, or free flight, using one of five different models of tiny helicopters in 3rd person view. The game starts a new player with an obligatory training section to teach you how the helicopter flies, in which you use a helicopter with a frame attached to prevent crashes and with limited maneuverability - no looping/rolls. Using this beginner model you are graded and may qualify for flying other more capable models than the trainer. Only after completing the training, you can fly stunts or do missions. Stunts include for example shooting at targets, flying through hoops, doing rolls and loops, and flying inverted. In the two-player competition mode you can shoot at your opponent's helicopter, and cause it to crash. All your flights are graded and also commented upon by an instructor, who will either over-enthusiastically applaud your success or sarcastically ridicule you for the often spectacular failures."
7337,Tom Clancy's ruthless.com,,1998,6.5,Strategy / tactics,"Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Tom Clancy's Ruthless.com is a game in which the player runs an up-and-coming computer software company, and tries to make it in the industry by any means necessary. As the name implies, the player is allowed to be as unethical as he can be. The game includes several scenarios, including the one called ""Take Down EvilSoft"", in which the player's company creates an unholy alliance with other companies to take down a corporation similar to Microsoft. The game has a board-like layout."
7338,Popeye,,1985,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The object of the game is to collect hearts and deliver them to Olive Oyle to keep her 'lovemeter' topped up. Points are scored for hearts delivered. Bluto, UFO's, witches etc try to stop you. Some hearts are behind locked doors so you've got to find the right key to open the door and get them while others can be grabbed simply by jumping up to get them. Somewhere there's a fruit machine for which you need to collect 'spin' items. The game boasts a 'clever multidimensional effect' which allows Popeye to go behind the scenery and go through doors."
7339,The Games: Summer Edition,"Go For Gold, Summer Games 3",1988,7.4,Sports,,,"You start as a member of the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team to compete at the Olympic Summer Games. You can play eight events, including Velodrome Sprint Cycling, Hurdles, Pole Vault, Hammer-throw, Uneven Parallel Bars, Rings, Archery, and Springboard Diving. You can practice each event separately or play the whole competition. The game also features a multiple player option, this makes it a nice party game. If you are alone, you can compete against the computer. If you're stuck in an event, or want to get better, just take the coaching book (= the manual) and read how you can make more tricks. It also features many real facts of the history of the Olympic summer games."
7345,Creatures 2: Torture Trouble,"Clyde Radcliffe in Torture Trouble: Creatures II, Torture Trouble",1992,8.1,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"Creatures 2: Torture Trouble continues the events in the original Creatures Clyde Radcliff, after eliminating the demons and saving his fellow Fuzzy Wuzzies in the previous game, has settled down with 'Fuzzette' Bonnie and together they have had 9 children. Unfortunately, some demons have escaped and taken revenge on Clyde by kidnapping their children and everyone else in their village. Clyde must rescue them all and wipe out the demons. The game abandons the scrolling levels of the original, although it retains the torture chambers in which Clyde must manipulate the objects in the single screen level to save one or more of his family and friends. The various attack modes that Clyde has are now upgraded by picking up potions on the torture chamber levels, rather than getting them from the witch as in the original. Also, bonus coins can be picked up on most levels, and collecting 5 of them earns an extra life. The game is made up of three islands. Each Torture chamber level is followed by an interlude during which Fuzzy Wuzzies are thrown from a high ledge. Here, Clyde and the Fuzzy he last rescued bounce the other Fuzzies to safety on another ledge whilst avoiding bouncing a Fuzzy into the clutches of a flying demon. During these interludes the player must bounce a certain number of Fuzzies to safety within the time limit. After a further torture chamber level and accompanying interlude, Clyde is captured by a family of 3 demons. He must destroy them in turn by kicking bugs so that they are sucked into ACME vacuum machines and fired at the demons. While doing this the player must avoid objects that the demons are dropping on him. The demons are faced in order of increasing size and power. The final level on all but the third island involves Clyde transporting Fuzzies from that island to the next. Clyde has scuba gear, so can go underwater, but must carry the other Fuzzies over the top of the water whilst avoiding various demons that might attack the Fuzzies or Clyde. There are islands in the middle that act as drop-off points."
7346,Sonic The Hedgehog Pocket Adventure,,1999,8.5,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Take control of Sonic on the road with Sonic Pocket Adventure. Travel through 9 zones bashing robots and collecting rings. In addition to traditional Sonic gameplay this cartridge features Time Trial, Link Battle, and Puzzle modes. In puzzle mode the player can arrange ""puzzle pieces"" collected through the levels and unlock hidden pictures. To facilitate the on-again, off-again gameplay common in handhelds, you may restart your game on any unlocked zone or act. Similarly this game features multiple levels of difficulty and the option to turn off the standard 10 minute time limit on each level."
7347,HesGames,"Go For the Gold, S-Games",1984,7.4,Sports,,,"Six different track and field disciplines are recreated in this multi-event sports simulation. Up to six human players can take them on.You can replay each attempt, or watch simulated recording of the world record distances and speeds of the day, for training purposes. 100m sprint and 110m hurdles have a similar joystick waggling technique, but time the jumps over the hurdles accurately. The long jump is also waggling-based, with the joystick being pushed up to launch the jump and ensure a correct landing. In diving you can choose the jump to attempt, with more difficult ones worth more points if you get it right. In archery you shoot at four circles of differing distances several times, aiming to get as close to the centre as possible. This is done by holding down fire to prepare the arrow, and push down to release the bow. Weightlifting involves the snatch and clean-and-jerk phases, with the latter involving more joystick presses to keep the weights under control."
7357,Namco Museum Vol. 1,,1995,7.5,Compilation,,,"Included in this package are: Not only can you play these games, but you can also learn about them in the virtual museum mode included on the disc, including their history, art and the original arcade cabinets."
7361,Deep Raider,,2000,5.4,Action,,,"The player takes the role of as a female protagonist named Jennifer who can speak to aquatic animals using telepathy. This talent earned her a place in the elite Navy S.E.A.L. unit, where she was utilized as a secret agent by the government until her recent retirement. Of course, when an undersea research facility codenamed DEEP is beset by mysterious attackers, she is yanked away from her idyllic lifestyle to investigate. Her task will involve her with a high level weapons program, a destructive enzyme known as X-118, and of course, a government coverup. It's up to the player to go in and neutralize the threat! Deep Raider will take Jennifer through six missions, which chronicle her exploration of the DEEP complex and its surroundings. These missions all take place underwater, tasking Jennifer with the completion of a variety of simple objectives, from repairing a damaged transmitter to defeating a giant mutated sea creature. Jennifer's telepathy allows her to communicate with certain animals to gain clues as to the true nature of her missions. Throughout the levels, she can also be paired with four helpful creatures that aid her in her travels. Jennifer's four animal companions, the dolphin, stingray, turtle, and mutant life form, give her different abilities when she rides them."
7363,Red Arrows,,1985,5.8,Simulation,Tricks / stunts,,"The activities of the RAF's famous aircraft display team are brought to life in this simulation. The player can take part in loops, rolls and flypasts, working in tandem with friendly pilots as little as 6ft away, flying at over 300 miles per hour. Instructions are given in-flight; follow the requested height and direction to maximise the visual appeal of the routine and to avoid collisions. Thrust and steering can be automated in flight; this invokes a scoring penalty but allows new players to master the more complex functions."
7366,The Prophecy,Ween: The Prophecy,1992,6.8,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"This point and click adventure takes a fantasy setting in which the player acts as a wizard called Ween, deemed to be ""good"", taking on a less good one. To fulfill the titular prophecy the wizard has been given a limited time of three days during which he must go on a quest, solving various puzzles along the way, to be rewarded with three grains of sand, that he must place in an hourglass what eventually will result in killing an evil wizard. Objects around the levels are always detected by the cursor, making each screen and the challenges quick to comprehend. Like the company's Gobliins Series the interface is simplified, and the game has a heavier focus on self-sufficient puzzles than other traditional adventures. The game experiments with the toning of the graphics, using a faux-sepia style outside and some bright colours inside, which changes the atmosphere somewhat. As one of not many titles of those days, two times during the game, the player makes a choice of taking one of the paths which results in different puzzles to be solved."
7371,Summoner,,2000,7.0,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Joseph was a simple boy living in the village of Ciran. One day, a mysterious man gave him a magical ring containing the power to summon demons. When Ciran was attacked by raiders, Joseph used the ring, but could not control its power, and the demon devastated the village. Joseph vowed to never use the ring again. But things change when soldiers from Orenia, a continent ruled by Emperor Murod, attack the town Joseph has settled in, looking for a boy born with the mark of a Summoner. Joseph has to flee and find companions as he realizes that the Emperor must be stopped at all costs. Summoner is a 3D story-driven role-playing game somewhat influenced by the Japanese variety of the genre, having a linear plot progression and random enemy encounters. The player controls a party of characters who join the protagonist as dictated by the plot. Combat flows in real time, with the player actively controlling only one character. The others can be given general orders regarding their usage of spells, melee or ranged attacks, etc. The controlled character can execute combo chains if the player presses a key at the right moment. At some point in the game Joseph gains the ability to summon powerful monsters to help the party in battles. The game also features side quests and skill-based character development."
7372,Nigel Mansell's Grand Prix,,1988,6.6,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,Oceania,"Nigel Mansell 's first licensed computer game recreates all 16 Formula 1 circuits of the time, viewed from behind the car but with a full cockpit-type view below. This is important because the game is very much a simulation rather than an action game. Before each race you have to do three qualifying laps, and only make the grid if you are fast enough to meet the pre-defined qualifying limit. The races can be between 5 and 20 laps, or at full length if you prefer - fortunately a half-finished season can be saved to cassette or disk. F1 cars of this era have turbo boosts, and this is available in the game to provide a quick blast of extra speed, which is useful for overtaking but can cause the turbo or the engine itself to be overstressed, as well as using fuel more quickly (pitstops are for tires but not fuel, again in keeping with the era's real Formula 1 rules)."
7376,Plutos,,1987,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Plutos is a vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up featuring a succession of waves, containing what's reputed to be the first simultaneous 2-player mode on the ST or Amiga. Many of the enemies you face are waves of laser fodder with movement patterns taking them around the screen, with gun turrets and firing enemies as well, to fight or avoid. You start with 4 lives, and get an extra one (and a 5000 point bonus) after every level. In many similar shoot 'em ups, you have unlimited fuel but must pick up ammunition recharges or increased powerups. Plutos lacks weapon upgrades, but rather inventively forces you to refuel, by shooting at posts which contain fuel (there are also bays for 500 bonus points marked out). Each level finishes with an enemy with eyes shooting at you, and from level 3 there are teeth mounted in front which fire at you."
7382,Cliffhanger,Risco Total,1993,5.5,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",,"Standard side-scrolling beat'em up based off of the Stallone film of the same name. Sly must fight thugs and the elements as he tracks down suitcases of stolen cash dropped around the peaks of the Rockies. Combat follows the Final Fight standard, broken up by some mountain climbing and running (or 3-D snowboarding on the Sega CD) from avalanches. Enemies are the standard brawler crooks, occasionally carrying guns and knives the player can pick up. The game tends to follow a pattern of having you deal with a natural hazard (scaling a cliff, leaping over gaps), then locking the screen down for a fighting segment, nature again, fighting again, etc. The available fighting moves is limited, compared to other games of this type, and the ability to hit an enemy character is noticeably less accurate. The plot is identical to the film, with levels based off of, or inspired by, scenes in the movie. Animated cutscenes move the story along on the cartridge systems, while brief clips from the film play between levels on the Sega CD."
7384,Silkolene Honda Motocross GP,,1999,6.7,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Honda GP is a Motocross sim that stands between being a full bare-bones sim and an arcade racer. You have the choice to tweak every aspect of your bike, and even have in-game options as gyration simulation (the controlling of the rotation of your bike in mid-air) using the throttle/brake and tilting your bike, yet racing itself is a fairly simple arcadish affair. Included are 12 different tracks and 3 bike classes, and Quick Race, Tournament and Multiplayer support. The game uses fully polygonal 3D-accelerated graphics and has the usual host of sfx ranging from weather effects to lens flares, colored lighting, etc."
7388,IndyCar Racing II,IndyCar Racing 2,1996,8.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"The fourth Papyrus racing game is the sequel to the 1993 IndyCar Racing It uses many of the improvements which were introduced in NASCAR Racing There are fifteen tracks in total, and the major features are 640x480 SVGA graphics, multiplayer support for two players, pi telemetry data for realism, interactive driving schools, enhanced artificial intelligence, in-game communication with the pit crew supporting speech recognition technology, and digital stereo sound. You race in open-wheel cars and there are different driving views, with detailed physics and a realistic simulation of damage and controls. You can call up information about your car (fuel, tires, wings, wheel stagger) during the races at any time. Aside from the in-game paint shop, there was an active modding community at work with many custom car sets available online."
7389,Stone Age,,1992,7.4,Puzzle,,Prehistoric,"Stone Age is a challenging puzzle game where you are in control of a dinosaur and you have to make him reach the exit of each cave. The dinosaur can only walk on certain blocks on the level: some are just ordinary blocks, some are movable in the direction the arrow points, some crumble after you walk on them, and some have coloured keys which are needed to get past locks of the same colour. The game has two difficulty modes, one giving you more time to complete the levels than the other, and every time you run out of time, you lose a life. The levels are coded so you don't lose your progress when you quit, although you'll lose any score gained. The graphics are simple and cartoony, and the levels come in a variety of scenarios. There are 100 levels in total and after completing each level a password is displayed with which the player can return to this level at a later time. The game also includes a Jukebox, which allows you to customize the played tracks much like a playlist editor."
7391,Lethal Weapon,,1992,6.0,Action,Platform,,"The movie license Lethal Weapon on the SNES is broadly similar to the game on computers but features unique levels and different gameplay mechanics. Playing as either Riggs (who has a faster rate of fire) or Murtaugh (who can jump higher), the player selects a mission from police headquarters. The first four missions can be tackled in any order before the final mission opens up. Each mission consists of a large number of interconnected levels consisting of ladders and platforms, which must be navigated to the mission goal, all within a tight time limit. Featured locations are the docks, the sewers and subway, a shopping mall, an office complex, and a police station. Many enemy goons stand in the player's way and can be dispatched via karate kicks or gunshots. Ammunition is limited and clips must be collected to keep up the supply. Also available are bullet-proof vests functioning as health power-ups as well as clocks, which add one minute to the time limit. Most missions end with boss fights."
7396,Hexcite: The Shapes of Victory,"Glocal Hexcite, Hexcite",1998,7.8,"Puzzle, Strategy / tactics",,,"Hexcite: The Shapes of Victory is a puzzle game played on a honeycomb-like playing field. In the center is a hexagon; six more hexagons make up the entire playing field. Because of the turn-based gameplay, two people can play using only one system. Two-player link mode is also supported. Players begin by placing a geometric shape (triangle, hexagon, parallelogram, etc.) in the center hexagon. The CPU or human opponent then places another shape adjacent (and touching completely on one side) to a previously played piece. Players score bonus points for completing any full hexagon. Much of the strategy in this game is in tricking your opponent into letting you take a bonus. Bonuses are also scored for placing a piece so that two sides will contribute a score. The game is over when all pieces have been played, or if the remaining pieces cannot be played. In that case points are subtracted for any remaining pieces, based on the complexity of the shape (twice as many points are subtracted for a hexagon compared to a triangle). In Japan, this game has seen several Windows versions, and even has been released as a board game."
7397,Alien Incident,"Alien Incident: The Beautifully Detailed Graphic Adventure, Muukalaisten Yö",1996,6.6,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Alien Incident you play the role of a teenager called Benjamin who is visiting his uncle's house at Halloween. His uncle, a home-grown scientist, attempts to activate his latest invention, the wormhole spawner. Amazingly enough, it works and rips open a wormhole to another galaxy, transporting an alien spacecraft to Earth. The aliens kidnap your uncle and, surprisingly, your mission is to rescue him (and the world, but you knew that already). This is a humorous 2D point-and-click adventure game which consists of traditional inventory based puzzles and multiple-choice conversations. When clicking on an object with the left mouse button the game automatically chooses the appropriate action, e.g. collecting or using the item."
7417,The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time,"Ura Zelda, Zelda no Densetsu: Toki no Ocarina, Zelda64",1998,8.7,Action,"Metroidvania, Puzzle elements","Fantasy, Medieval","The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a single-player action game with puzzle-solving elements. The story follows Link, a boy raised among the Kokiri in the forest village of Hyrule. Summoned by the guardian spirit, the Great Deku Tree, Link learns of an impending danger: Ganondorf, leader of the Gerudo, seeks the Triforce, a sacred relic that grants godlike power. With the aid of Princess Zelda and his fairy companion Navi, Link embarks on a quest to secure the three Spiritual Stones and open the path to the Sacred Realm before Ganondorf can seize control of Hyrule. The adventure spans both Link’s childhood and adulthood, with time itself becoming central to his mission. Gameplay is presented from a third-person perspective in a fully 3D environment, a first for the Legend of Zelda series Players guide Link across overworld fields, villages, rivers, and dungeons, each with its own enemies, puzzles, and bosses. Combat mixes swordplay, shields, and ranged weapons, with a lock-on targeting system that allows precise movement and attacks. Defeating enemies yields rupees, recovery hearts, or other items. Exploration is closely tied to acquiring tools such as bombs, a slingshot, hookshot, and bow, which are often required to solve environmental puzzles and progress through dungeons. Progression alternates between exploration of the open overworld and the completion of multi-room dungeons. Each dungeon contains keys, maps, and compasses that aid navigation, as well as unique treasures that expand Link’s abilities. Boss fights serve as climactic tests of newly acquired equipment, requiring observation and timing. Collectible heart pieces hidden throughout the world gradually extend Link’s maximum health, while side quests often reward players with masks, upgraded gear, or expanded item capacity. The Ocarina of Time itself is a core mechanic. Link learns melodies that trigger in-game effects, such as changing the time of day, summoning rain, teleporting to specific locations, or opening new pathways. Time travel between child and adult Link becomes possible through the ocarina, with each version of Link restricted to particular weapons, items, or areas. For example, only child Link can use the slingshot, while only adult Link wields the bow and two-handed weapons. Mount-based travel is introduced with Epona, a horse that can be befriended and ridden to cross the overworld more quickly. Additional systems include trading sequences that span much of the game, mini-games such as fishing, archery contests, and bombchu bowling, and optional encounters that flesh out the world. Non-player characters provide guidance, story detail, and optional challenges, while masks, tunics, and equipment upgrades allow customization of Link’s abilities and appearance. The game has appeared in multiple editions beyond its Nintendo 64 release. A GameCube version bundled with other Zelda titles, a Virtual Console release, and a portable Nintendo 3DS remake updated the presentation while retaining core mechanics. Later releases, including availability through Nintendo Switch Online, preserved the original design while adding modern conveniences such as suspend saves."
7418,NCAA Final Four 2000,,1999,6.4,Sports,,,"NCAA Final Four 2000 allows you to control one of 300 Division One basketball teams (the game uses real licensed teams), in either a single game, just the tournament, or though an entire season. One of the new features for this release is ""touch shooting"". When making a shot, a meter comes up. Leave the meter in the right spot, and you're more likely to make the shot. The game engine has also been improved and in-game commentary is provided by Quinn Buckner Other enhancements include playbooks and AI focused on scrambles and team play typical of college games. The player models have been created using motion capture."
7426,Air Force Commander,Airforce Commander,1992,6.2,Strategy / tactics,,Middle East,"In Air Force Commander the player takes command of a Middle Eastern country's air force to gain air superiority over the enemy. As the title suggests this game focuses solely on aircraft and rocket bases. The main part of the game is spent on the overhead map where the player gives orders to his units, e.g. attacking ground targets and scouting or intercepting enemy forces. Different map views show information like targets in range, flight movements in the monitored zones, or civil facilities. Another important aspect of the game is resource management: every base and unit costs resources. If these get scarce the player can shut down some bases. If the public mood gets too bad, e.g. because of destroyed civil facilities or food shortage, the player loses his commission and therefore the game."
7427,Fade to Black,Flashback 3D,1995,7.4,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Fade to Black is the sequel to Flashback: the Quest for Identity The player takes control of Conrad, the hero from Flashback who has been imprisoned by his old enemy, the Morphs. Gaining the trust and assistance of the mysterious Ancients, Conrad must fight off the Morph invasion, not knowing whom he can trust. The game uses fully polygonal graphics for both character models and environment. The camera changes angles depending on the location of the player character, similar to the Alone in the Dark series. Conrad can use various weapons to eliminate the enemies and will also have to solve some puzzles on the way. He can not, however, perform as many moves as in Flashback ; he can't climb or jump, and the only way he can potentially avoid being shot by enemies is by ducking."
7433,TLL: Tornado Low Level,T.L.L.,1984,7.4,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,,"TLL sets you as a skilled pilot who must take on a tough mission - shooting out six discs representing enemy strongholds in built-up areas. This must be done by lowering your altitude as you approach each one, making it crucial to avoid trees and buildings which are closer to ground level. The action is viewed from above using a pseudo-3D display, and scrolls vertically in a manner similar to SWIV At the side of the screen your altitude and fuel level are displayed, as well as an all-important mini-map. You will frequently have to refuel, which is done by touching down on the carrier. You don't have direct control over the plane's speed, a fact which takes the game out of the realm of simulation somewhat."
7434,Thunderball!,"Billard electrique, Fliperama!, Flipper +, Flipper Game, Flipper spel, Flipper spil, Juego del lanzador, Machine À Boules!",1979,4.9,Action,"Arcade, Pinball",,"In this pinball game, up to four players will take turns playing five balls in either one of the two playing modes: normal and slow motion. The table is divided as shown below: The main points are shown in the left side of the screen, the bonus points in the right. The bonus is added to the main score at the end of each ball. The ball can be released by pressing down, the flippers can be moved left or right with the directional stick and can be flipped by pressing the action button. The winner is the player with the highest score for five balls."
7437,CJ in the USA,,1991,6.6,Action,Platform,,"The follow-up to CJ's Elephant Antics in which we find that The Hunter has kidnapped CJ's brothers and sisters and trapped them at various points around the USA. Needless to say, young CJ sets off to rescue them. The game is a standard platform title, in which you can shoot peanuts at your enemies, or use bombs you collect. You start with 9 lives, which sounds generous, but the levels are full of spikes and bad guys which can come to get you at any point. The enemies include policemen, Indians, dogs and burly American footballers (quite a stereotypical view of Americans there). Each level has a guardian at the end."
7440,Helter Skelter,,1989,6.8,Action,Arcade,,"Marble Madness meets pinball. Ball rolling game with a simple goal: move the ball to hit moving targets within the time limit to win the level. The higher levels feature hazards and bonus items, and you can score some big points if you hit them in the right sequence. Most targets are cutesy-looking aliens, and a big yellow arrow shows which one you must bounce at next."
7442,NorthStar,,1988,6.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Northstar space station has been overrun by aliens, with all reports suggesting that the crew didn't survive. It's your job to progress through its floors, wipe out the aliens and restore order. What this entails is essentially a case of walking from left to right taking out everything you see. You are armed with a lance, which you can use from some distance, although you can only attack in one direction at a time, although aliens can come at you from all around, many of them using some wicked patterns. There are ledges to be climbed; the lance can be used to hoist your way up. Enemies often give off bubbles (for points) or stars (collect for an extra life). You are limited in the amount of oxygen you have to complete a level, and you have 4 lives, one of which is lost on contact."
7447,Big Busine$s,"Big Busine$s: a Semi-Realistic Wacky Business Simulation!, Big Business",1990,6.9,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,As CEO of a company the player's main goal will be making business decisions to stay ahead of the competitors and increase shareholder value. A plus for this game is the comic-style graphics.
7448,Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf,,2000,7.1,Sports,,,"A HOLE-IN-ONE GOLF GAME PLAY BY FEEL Fade, draw, or spin your shot for the best line of attack with the only real-time analog swing in a console golf game. REAL PGA TOUR COURSES Top PGA TOUR tournament stops like Tournament Players Club at Sawgrass, TPC at Summerlin, TPC at the Canyons and more REAL PGA TOUR PROS Tiger Woods, Justin Leonard, Mark O'Meara, Brad Faxon, Lee Janzen and other top PGA TOUR Pros are waiting for you to join them on the PGA TOUR! ALL KINDS OF COMPETITION This game is loaded with competitive game modes, including Tournament, THE SKIN GAME, Tiger Challenge, PGA TOUR Season and more AN ""IN THE GAME"" EXPERIENCE Feel the pressure of saving par and the joy of making the leaderboard, and hear the cheers of the gallery as you make your way to the 18th green Source: EA Sports Packet"
7450,Dead or Alive,,1996,7.7,Action,Fighting,,"Dead or Alive is a single-player and multiplayer 3D fighting game. The game introduces the first Dead or Alive World Combat Championship, where martial artists from around the world are invited to test their skills in a high-stakes tournament. While the narrative framework is minimal, each fighter enters with a personal background, unique fighting discipline, and distinct motivations. Among the cast is Ryu Hayabusa, crossing over from the Ninja Gaiden series alongside newcomers who would become series regulars. Combat is built around fast-paced 3D duels inside enclosed arenas. Each character uses a specific martial arts style, with a move list tailored to their attributes and personality. A defining feature of the series is the counter system, allowing players to anticipate and reverse incoming attacks with precise timing. This mechanic emphasizes reading an opponent’s actions and punishing mistakes, making defensive play as important as offense. The arenas are interactive, with fighters able to knock opponents into the edges of the stage. Certain rings feature danger zones: explosive floor sections that detonate when a character is thrown onto them, dealing extra damage and affecting positioning. This adds a layer of environmental strategy, encouraging players to manipulate space as well as trading blows. The game includes multiple modes of play, such as arcade progression against a series of opponents, time attack for speed-based challenges, and versus mode for head-to-head play. Each fighter also has a set of personal details and flavor text, adding light touches of personality outside the arena."
7453,NCAA March Madness 2000,,1999,8.0,Sports,,,"March Madness 2000 is the third title in EA Sports' college basketball franchise. This time, there are over 200 teams to choose from, including 16 top women's programs. The teams have unique playbooks, play styles and fight songs. Game options include exhibition games and tournaments. The Dynasty mode allows one to lead a team over several seasons, with recruiting and ""red-shirting"" of players included. ""Rivalry Mode"" allows the automatic selection of a team's arch-nemesis as the opponent. There are new motion captured moves (including several flashy dunks), and the new ""Dynamic Ball Control"" feature allows for more precise control of moves like crossovers and spins. The game features commentary by Dick Vitale."
7455,Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings,,1995,6.4,Action,,,"Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings is the official game of the mascot of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. As the name suggests, Izzy must find the five Olympic rings, hidden by the guardians so that Izzy does not take them to his world. The game plays a lot like Mario games; to eliminate an opponent Izzy must jump over his head. There are two jumps available, the ball jump suitable for height and the hurdle jump, suitable for distance. Both allow Izzy to clear an enemy, but the second harms him.If Izzy is hit, then he must find three medals, or at the next hit he loses a life. There are some extra objects, like Olympic torches, and eggs that hatch either objects for bonus points, trampolines or morph points to reach otherwise inaccessible areas or traps. Izzy can also morph into a glider, a baseball player, an archer or a rocket, among others, to overcome some sections of the levels. Graphics and sound remain faithful to the cartoony origins of the mascot."
7460,Brain Blasters,The Teller,1990,7.3,Puzzle,,Fantasy,"In Brain Blaster the player wants to gain an audience with a wise man. But this is not for free: he wants to see gold. To earn it, the player needs to solve the 30 levels of this puzzle game. The basic principle is simple: the game shows a puzzle stone pattern on a 5x5 field. Then it disappears and the player needs to rebuild it. The needed stones are gained by collecting them from the middle of the screen - they get spit it out in regular intervals. The game tells the player if a placed stone is correct or not. Some of the stones should be avoided because they don't fit the pattern while others give advantages when used, e.g. to delete an accidentally placed stone or they show the original pattern. The time limit is only there in single-player; when playing with up to two other people the fastest player wins."
7462,Tac/Scan,Tac-Scan,1982,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Enemy airships are approaching your command base! You need to fly your five plane squadron into battle to defend it. You control a squadron of five ships at the bottom of the screen, your goal is to earn as many points as possible by destroying the various enemies which will be attacking. If one of the ships in your squadron is hit by enemy fire, it will be destroyed. The game ends when all five ships have been destroyed. As you progress through the game, you will occasionally have the chance to replenish missing ships. Everytime you complete a round by shooting ten enemies, an extra ship will float by on the screen. You can add this ship to your squadron by catching it in an empty space in the formation. Every time you complete four rounds, the game will advance to the next level with increased difficulty!"
7463,NBA Jam 99,,1999,6.7,Sports,Arcade,,"While the N64 version moved away from its arcade roots and became a full 5-on-5 basketball simulation, the Game Boy Color version of NBA Jam 99 retains the classic 2-on-2 arcade gameplay of the series. Regarding gameplay and graphics, it is very similar to developer Torus' earlier NBA Jam Tournament Edition but with updated color graphics and animations, more modes and options, and updated teams and players. Game modes include single games (Head-to-Head), a full season, playoffs and a practice mode. All 29 NBA teams of the 1998-99 season are included, with five star players per team (each with their unique skills) available for playing. Selectable options include tag mode (for controlling both players on a team), power-ups (temporarily increase skills), hot spots (bonus points for scoring from a hot spot), juice mode (for accelerated gameplay), CPU skill and strategy (offensive, defensive or balanced) and more. Matches are seen from the side, and controls remain simple: three buttons (including Start) for turbo, passing and shooting, with the turbo button enhancing the other actions when pressed."
7471,Shooter: Space Shot,Simple 1500 Series Vol. 35: The Shooting,2000,5.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Ace fighter pilots Cyber, Nigo, and Wells have been sent on a mission by the Republic Special Forces to destroy a secret weapon before it is completed. Between missions the three pilots will chat about the status of the mission as well as other topics in FMV cutscenes. The player's craft is equipped with two Vulcan guns. Two additional Vulcan guns are attached to FANG extensions, which operate similarly to the options of the Gradius games Additionally the ship can fire a very powerful Over Drive beam or turn invulnerable and dash through enemies and bullets with the Booster. Both can be used to start a bonus chain counter to earn additional points, and both also increase the Over Drive Gauge which will cause the ship to overheat and lose functionality if filled. Unlike most scrolling shooter games the player's ship can withstand several hits before it is destroyed."
7473,Austin Powers: Welcome to My Underground Lair!,,2000,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Dr. Evil, the villain that dogs Austin Powers, now has his own video game. Following the same footsteps as Austin Powers: Oh Behave! the lair contains a selection of evil-inspired videogames based on Pac-Man Othello and Rock/Paper/Scissors, and the main game which has you racing along in Dr. Evil's bike collecting money and dodging obstacles. You can also find screensavers, video clips, details of the first two Austin Powers movies and PC-like programs including a document maker, a calculator and the ability to print off and send messages via the infrared port of the GBC."
7479,Barbarian II,,1991,7.3,Action,,Fantasy,"Not to be confused with Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax by Palace Software, Barbarian II is a direct sequel to the Psygnosis game Barbarian an action, point and click hybrid released four years earlier. The game continues the tale of Hegor the Barbarian. After being improperly defeated some years ago, evil lord Necron has been reincarnated by one of his cult followers. Now only Hegor is strong, courageous, and stupid enough to face Necron and his minions. Unlike the original Barbarian which was an action game with a point-and-click control interface, Barbarian II plays just like a typical action title with a maze-like layout. During his adventures, Hegor will visit many locales like a forest full of thugs, werewolves and spiky pits, a long, long cave, a semi-friendly human city, a dungeon, and finally Necron’s temple. All areas are rather large and are full of enemies and traps."
7484,NFL '97,,1996,5.9,Sports,,,This version of the SEGA Sports NFL franchise was released only for the SEGA Saturn. It features all fully licensed NFL teams and their respective logos along with updated rosters for the 1996 NFL season. It also has the option to create a brand new NFL team from scratch if the player chooses to and even create their own plays that can be used in games. The standard game modes apply here such as Exhibition Season etc. and keep extensive track of stats in over 70 different categories and over 150 offensive and defensive plays to choose from. Eight friends can also go against each other using multi-tap.
7506,Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3,,1998,6.4,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3 the sequel to G-Nome is a real-time strategy game where four races, Humans, Darkens, Mercs, and Scorps, fight over the control of the Planet Gift 3, where a powerful artifact resides. However, due to the heavy fighting, only a small crew aboard a dropship can be dropped on to the planet at a time. Each mission, the player starts with a small crew and tries to accomplish a set amount of objectives."
7514,Wayne Gretzky Hockey 3,,1992,7.3,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"This third installment in the series inherits all the style of two previous games enhancing them with VGA graphics, voice-overs, more player stats, and longer league play. As previous games, it deals with both coaching and playing efforts with AI reacting reasonably to player's tactics. The league play offers longer play value, and the game can be integrated with Hockey League Simulator 2 a simulation package for statistical-oriented minds. The gameplay may be adjusted for 3/4 or top-down view of the rink as well as for automatic/manual play/coach, showing/hiding animation sequences, controllers selection, etc."
7516,Roland Garros French Open - Paris 1999,Roland Garros Paris,1999,6.2,Sports,,,"In Roland Garros French Open - Paris 1999 the player controls one of 100 male or female players to play single matches or a whole season where he participates in 16 championships. The handling is simple: two buttons activate either a topspin or a slice, which may be varied with the arrow keys. Shortly before the ball reaches the player, a cross appears and there is no further movement possible. With the cross the player influences the direction of the ball. The game features 13 difficulty levels, 4 court surfaces, and an encyclopedia about former tennis tournaments and players (including photos and statistics)."
7518,Mega Man 8: Anniversary Edition,"Mega Man 8, Rockman 8: Metal Heroes",1996,6.9,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Blue Bomber returns! The evil Dr. Wily discovers the remains of a strange robot that evidently came from space, and discovers a source of unbelieveablely powerful energy that could allow him to control the world with an army of unstoppable Robot Masters! It's up to Mega Man to stop Wily once again! Now joined by a new ally, Duo, Mega Man takes off on his greatest mission yet!"
7524,Laser Ghost,,1991,6.4,Action,Shooter,,"Ghost City is a city that appears every 13 years and is full of goblins and ghosts who thirst for a living soul. A blond-haired girl called Catherine is being held prisoner in the basement of White Manor. To make matters worse, her soul has been stolen and taken to Ghost City, and it's up to you to get it back. Guide Catherine through seven chapters, using either the joypad or Light Phaser to shoot ghosts that haunt her. You can also use special attacks to defeat a group of ghosts. More often than not, there will be a boss that you need to defeat in order to continue the game. If you get hit by a ghost, you will start to lose life. If your life meter is empty, the game ends. In each chapter, you can shoot cracked walls, graves, and broken windows to get extra life or special attacks. Laser Ghost for the Master System is completely different from the original arcade game with the same name."
7525,Mighty Bombjack,,1986,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The sequel to the original Bomb Jack Mighty Bombjack brings side scrolling to the series, and brings it closer to a platform game rather than the arcade / puzzle likeness of the first one. Once again you play as the bomb-hungry caped superhero. Collect the bombs for points and avoid being touched by the different monsters that spawn from crates and the like. The game now features new scenarios like clouds and forests, as well as the usual sphinx and pyramids backgrounds of the original title."
7536,Computer Space,,1971,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Computer Space was the first commercially available arcade game, released back in November 1971. It missed the title of first arcade game ever created by just a couple of months, a feat accomplished by Galaxy Game Another relevant piece of history is that the designers of Computer Space, Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney later founded Atari On to the game, Computer Space is a top-down shooter set out in space. The player controls a spaceship and is opposed by a pair of flying saucers. The saucers fire at the player, who must evade their shots and fire back to destroy them. There is a 90-second timer, after which the game ends unless the player's score is higher than that of the saucers. If so, gameplay is extended by another 90 seconds - and this pattern repeats until the player loses. The game is inspired by one of the earliest video games created, Spacewar not just in terms of theme and graphics, but also of input. The player can only thrust forward and rotate the ship left or right (besides shooting, of course), and the ship's movement in space is physically realistic - and challenging! Given its steep learning curve, the game wasn't very successful with the general public. A 2-player version of the arcade was later released, pitting both players against each other - resembling Spacewar and Galaxy Game. The machine can be played solo, reverting to the original single-player gameplay."
7540,Slam 'N Jam '95,,1995,8.1,"Action, Sports",Arcade,,Slam 'N Jam '95 is a game similar in style to the arcade game Run & Gun and NBA Jam with a five-on-five team game in a 3-D style perspective. The gameplay is geared towards more of an arcade feel rather than simulation and does not feature any NBA license but resembles actual teams and is modeled after top players of the time. It also features the obligatory modes such as Exhibition Playoffs and Season and the ability to let friends go head-to-head. Then CNN sportscaster Van Earl Wright lends his voice talents to the game for in game commentary.
7552,Bombuzal,Ka-blooey,1988,7.1,Puzzle,,,"Little Bombuzal has to blow up bombs on little islands in this puzzle game. In order to advance to the next level, all bombs need to detonate. There are various sizes of bombs. Bigger ones have such a huge blast radius that Bombuzal cannot trigger them directly - instead, he has to explode smaller bombs first and cause a chain reaction. So as one might imagine, later levels turn into loud blastfests that need to be carefully planned. Besides, later levels introduce all kinds of additional hazards and gimmicks, like ice floors, movable bombs, disappearing ground tiles, and much more. Nobody said being a pyromaniac is easy."
7555,Juggernaut,,1985,6.8,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"An early truck simulation game from Pete Cooke, a developer that later had more success with Tau Ceti and Tower of Babel In this you have to drive a truck through a maze-style ""world"" and find the target of your cargo. Then you have to park your truck reverse in a parking bay to reload and refuel it. The game is made with vector graphics."
7557,Star Castle,,1980,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this game you find yourself in a small ship opposed against a Star Castle. This fortress is a powerful turret placed behind three circular protective force fields. You will have to puncture through the force fields and make that demanding shot for the center. Each of the forcefields is made up of eight segments, each such segment take two hits to destroy. Of course it's not quite that easy... First small sparks will come out of the center trying to hit you. The turret in the center can also launch a very fast, and very accurate, laser at you. On top of that if you destroy an entire circular layer of force field it will regenerate along with another layer! This makes it impossible for you to stay in the same spot, as the layers rotate in opposite directions you will inevitably destroy one before breaching and destroying the center. Being hit by anything will cause the loss of one of your four lives, however if you hit the Forcefields you'll only bounce off."
7561,Moon: Remix RPG Adventure,moon,1997,8.1,Adventure,,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","A little boy likes to play video games. Day and night he sits in front of his GameStation and plays a game called Moon : a typical Japanese RPG with a sword-wielding hero who kills monster after monster on his grand epic quest. Skipping through the boring, cliche story, the boy continues to play until his mother tells him to stop and go to bed. However, the TV on which he was just playing the game miraculously turns itself on, and the boy is sucked into the world of Moon a fantasy land called Love-de-Gard. It turns out that the hero of the game that the boy was playing is a troublesome individual, who does nothing else but slaughter various creatures populating the land, barge into people's houses bothering them with questions and taking their possessions without asking, and complain that he ""can't reach the final dungeon"". Souls of the animals the hero has killed find no rest, and the land's inhabitants are horrified. The boy realizes that there can only be one answer to that: love. Moon: Remix RPG Adventure is an adventure game with light role-playing elements that parodies the RPG genre by presenting a situation in which the player character must act in a way opposite to the usual behavior of typical RPG protagonists. There is no combat in the game. Core gameplay resembles that of adventure games: the player explores various locations, talks to characters and solves problems in a non-violent way. The game's world is open-ended, and story progression is non-linear. The world has a day and night cycle as well as an internal calendar, with people following their own schedules daily. The main goal consists of raising the protagonist's ""love level"", which is achieved by fulfilling people's wishes. In many cases it is not immediately obvious what people really wish for, and the player has to gather clues and learn more about the game world's inhabitants in order to find a way to make a particular character happy. Some of these activities are timed. Soul-catching, i.e. resurrecting the animals killed by the hero of the game Moon is one of the ways to increase the love level. Amassing love points raises the ""action limit"", which is the amount of time the boy can stay in Love-de-Gard. If the action limit falls to zero, the game is over."
7562,Art of Fighting 2,"ACA NeoGeo: Art of Fighting 2, AkeAka NeoGeo: Ryūko no Ken 2, Ryūko no Ken 2",1994,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Fighting","Contemporary, North America","In this sequel to the original Art of Fighting, and prequel to the original Fatal Fury, we learn that Mr. Karate, the final boss of the original game, behind the mask, is really Takuma Sakazaki, Ryo and Yuri's father, that Takuma was being used by Geese Howard for his own evil intentions, and that Mr. Big was the one who had originally kidnapped Yuri. Many of the problems that existed in the first game have been fixed in this installment (it is easier to execute special moves, you no longer have only Ryo or Robert to choose from in 1 player mode, etc.). The entire cast from the first Art of Fighting is here (with the exceptions of Todo and Mr. Karate), along with a few new characters: Takuma Sakazaki, Ryo and Yuri's father; Yuri Sakazaki, Takuma's daughter and Ryo's sister; Eiji Kisaragi, a sworn enemy of the Sakazakis; Temjin, a Mongolian trucker; and a younger version of Geese Howard, whom you face as the last boss if you beat the game without losing a round."
7563,Skout,,1999,6.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Humanity's most dangerous enemy, the Kybernoids, have invaded and occupied Lugubrios, a planet of paramount strategic value. The Kybernoids have built a shield generator, protecting the planet from any kind of attack. You are Skout and it's your mission to destroy this generator and to free the enslaved population. The game is a typical Quake clone and comes with various indoor and large outdoor levels. Your futuristic weapon arsenal helps you to succeed in your mission against the Kybernoids. One special thing about this game is the Drone. With the help of this weapon, you can surprise and confuse your enemies by flying on to them or simply check certain areas for enemies before entering them. The Drone gets certain upgrades during the game, allowing you to fire at your enemies with this weapon. The game was only released in Germany and Poland however an English Demo version is existing."
7566,Super Bust-A-Move,"Bust-A-Move 3000, Super Bust-A-Move: All Stars, Super Puzzle Bobble, Super Puzzle Bobble Advance",2000,7.1,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,,"Super Bust-A-Move is a real-time puzzle game similar to its predecessors in the Bust-A-Move series. It adds a new multiplayer mode and features graphical enhancements. The aim of the game, as with the previous titles in the series, is to remove a collected number of coloured bubbles from the game screen. To do so, at the bottom of the screen, you aim and fire the coloured bubbles from a launcher, sending the bubbles upwards into the container. Match three or more together of the same colour to clear them from the screen. If you're too slow, the collection of bubbles moves down the screen towards you, and the game will end if it reaches the bottom. Classic mode features a number of bubble puzzles previously seen in the Bust-A-Move series, while Normal mode has some new variations on the bubble removing theme. Two players can also compete against each other."
7567,Glider Rider,,1986,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The World Government has taken the decision to wipe out the Abraxas Corporation, a weaponry-dealing regime that has helped dictators and terrorists for decades. As a member of the elite Silent But Deadly force, you have been sent in to destroy their plastic island, most importantly their 10 reactors. The twist is that you are expected to do this on board a rickety hang-glider. Everything on the island must be bombed using your grenades, but the most efficient method of travel is to hug the ground and stay low, so a balance must be found to be in the sky at the right times. Each reactor is protected by lasers, although by running into the nearest control tower these can be sent haywire for long enough to allow you to jump in and destroy them."
7571,Street Rod 2: The Next Generation,"SR2, Street Rod II",1991,6.6,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",Managerial / business simulation,,"The main premise of ""Street Rod 2"" stayed the same as in the prequel. You buy cars, repair and customise them and finally race with the opponents. Your ultimate goal is to beat the existing king on three courses that if you do you get to regain your long lost crown and take home his girl, again. Time line has changed and the story takes place six years later. It means that there are different vehicles to choose from. The interface is thankfully the same. There are some improvements concerning the way the cars can be maintained. Next to the transmission, tyres and engine with its manifold and carburetors, the player can mingle with differentials and exhaust system (including mufflers). The chassis can also be altered (as in the prequel) but additionally bumpers also can be changed. Unfortunately the stickers can no longer be placed on the car. There are 3 venues to race. Next to well known from the first part drag race and road race (called Mulholland Drive), there is also an aqueduct race with obstacles on the road that the player has to overtake along with being careful not to flip the car over on the sloped aqueduct walls. There is also one more addition - every Wednesday night the player can compete in a drag race competition called ""Grudge Night"" where the player is required to set a ""breakout time"" after which the player must defeat all opponents without running faster than their breakout time. There are also more possibilities to car crash that can result from hitting rocks, drains, barriers and bridge supports at any speed or from passing through roadworks at speeds greater than 50 miles per hour. The system of betting money or pink slips stayed intact. Gameplay is pretty much the same however the controls are a bit tighter."
7574,NBA Live 99,,1998,7.9,Sports,,,"Play through the 98/99 NBA season to build up your team over time. Or just jump straight to the playoffs. Trade, release or pick up free agents to add to your team. Have a bit of fun with the 3 point shootout mode. And a host of new player animations, including facial animations, and player moves."
7575,Clockwork Knight,"Apus, Clockwork Knight: Pepperouchau's Adventure",1994,6.9,Action,Platform,,"Clockwork Knight is a game that depicts the sometimes friendly, sometimes combative, secret lives of toys. Betsy has a huge number of toys that come to life in the absence of humans and normally play nicely with each other. In the opening introduction, the somewhat inept clockwork knight Pepperouchau is competing with some other knights for the affections of a princess who lives in the clock. Everyone is having a grand time until a rogue toy shows up through the air vent, absconds with the princess, and turns many of the other toys against Pepperouchau. The gameplay consists of side scrolling action through various stages constructed of elaborate series of toys, traps, and common household items. The first stage is a quest through Betsy's room with lots of letter blocks, sharp crayons, and dollhouses precariously balanced on robots that tend to fall on you. Pepperouchau is armed with a key sword that has offensive use as well as the ability to open boxes that functions as warps to other areas. The second stage takes place in Betsy's brother's room. Kevin has a lot of engineering skill and has built an impressive network of cranes and trains that Pepperouchau will need to activate in order to clear the area. Watch out for the jet transformer boss at the end of the room. Other stages include missions through other areas of the house including the kitchen and the attic. Throughout the game you also collect coins. 20 coins are worth a continue when you run out of lives. Further, you meet other friendly toys between levels who give you the opportunity to gamble with your earned coins."
7580,Pokémon Crystal Version,"Pocket Monsters Crystal, Pokémon Edición Cristal, Pokémon Kristall-Edition, Pokémon Version Cristal, Pokémon Versione Cristallo, Pokémon: Versão Crystal - Temos que pegar!",2000,8.2,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"Pokémon Crystal is an upgrade of the parallel Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver The game is to its parallels like Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition and Pokémon Emerald are to to theirs. This means that the storyline, characters, and gameplay are basically the same, only there have been made several updates and changes to make this game more exciting and fun. These are among the most significant changes to the upgrade version. However, the player will find many new details in the gameplay and interface that makes the game more exciting."
7585,Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose!,,1992,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"You play Buster Bunny, in a series of levels, featuring characters from the Tiny Toon Adventures cartoon. Most of the six levels are platform levels, where Buster has a number of attacks to defeat the enemies he faces. These include kicks and jumps, and a dash ability that lets you slide into enemies to defeat them, and also climb walls. The fourth level is an exception, and consists of a game of (American) football, played with a simplified version of the rules. The idea is simply to get a touchdown, while as usual progressing at least ten yards in four downs. There are two plays: a running play, where you simply run as far as possible while avoiding the opposing team; and a passing play that starts with a pass that can gain you extra yards, but must be caught. Between levels there are bonus games. You spin a wheel to determine what game you play out of five available."
7589,Oxyd magnum!,,1993,7.1,Puzzle,,,"The third entry in the Oxyd series is also the first to be released on a purely commercial basis. Like its predecessors, it is a real-time puzzle game where the player maneuvers a rolling ball through a series of landscapes. Each landscape contains a number of ""oxyd stones"", which reveal colored symbols when hit; if the next stone you strike is an exact match, the two are unlocked. To complete a level, all matching pairs must be exposed. Oxyd magnum! is single-player only, and contains 100 levels - each with a password, to let you continue later from the same point. The levels get progressively harder as new elements are thrown into the mix: pits, bumps, mazes, teleports, hidden passages, sliding and rotating blocks, deadly water, laser beams (and mirrors), tiles that reverse your controls, and many more. Some levels feature additional balls (controlled simultaneously or in turn), and others offer special items that let you manipulate the environment."
7594,Donkey Kong,Donkey Kong '94,1994,8.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"The big ape has returned in this update of the classic Nintendo arcade game. Although at first it appears to be just a port, the familiar levels from the arcade game are just a prelude to the real platform jumping adventure. Instead of rescuing Pauline at the end of the fourth level, Donkey Kong makes off with her once again! There are 96 levels spread out over 12 worlds. These levels are much more complex than the originals, featuring scrolling backgrounds, numerous objects to collect, and enemies to avoid. Along the way, you will encounter several ""boss"" style battles with Donkey Kong, as well."
7595,Death Wish 3,,1987,5.8,Action,Shooter,,"The actor Charles Bronson played the iconic role of vigilante Paul Kersey in 5 movies where he takes the law into his own hands when he doesn't get justice and criminals get off. This game is based on Death Wish 3 which came out in 1985. A friend of Kersey in New York has been killed and he takes to the streets to help the police lay waste to gangs that are brutalizing and rioting in the city. He has a bulletproof vest that will protect him from several shots and can wield 4 guns: the 475 Wildey Magnum, shotgun, machine gun, and rocket launcher. Avoid shooting grannies on the streets, mean street-walkers and the police who occasionally will help you take out the baddies. If you start shooting policemen, they will turn on you too. The upper half of the screen shows you the side-view of the street or building you are in. The lower half shows your score, high score, injury meter, a scrolling police report so you can know where crime is taking place, a compass direction, a map which will also show you where weapons and bosses are located, and which weapon you are holding and the ammo left. When you enter a building, you can fire out the window for higher points but beware of enemies that may come up behind you."
7596,NHL Rock the Rink,,2000,7.2,Sports,Fighting,,"Madness on ice! EA tries to reproduce the success of NFL Blitz with this crossover 3 on 3 Hockey / wrestling title. Includes all of the teams and key players from the NHL as well as created teams and over the top checking, fighting and power-up skating. Includes many unlockables and cheats, special game modes (first to 10, old time hockey) and 10 totally new arenas."
7600,Kwik Snax,,1990,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Dizzy must rescue four of his 'Yolkfolk' (groan) chums in this game, from Cuckoo Land, Ice Land, Cloud Land and Zak's Castle. Like Fast Food it doesn't directly resemble the main series of arcade adventures, instead being a single-screen action game, resembling Pengo The basic idea is to move around a maze of blocks collecting fruit, but the twist in the style is that you push the blocks in the maze to kill or trap those enemies. After every level is completed a short bonus screen appears where more fruit can be collected. During play various other tokens are released, such as bonus points, a smart bomb and control reversal."
7601,Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness,"Ha-ratson le-otsma 4: Tslalei ha-khashekha, Hero's Quest 4: Shadows Of Darkness, QFG4, Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness",1993,7.6,"Action, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",Graphic adventure,Fantasy,"Shadows of Darkness is the fourth Quest for Glory game. It is a journey into the land of Mordavia - a setting influenced by Eastern Europe, particularly its Slavic areal. The hero had just begun to enjoy his victory in Tarna, when a spell zapped him into parts unknown, without a weapon, items, or even a source of light. Shortly after finding his way out of the dark cave, the hero meets a mysterious woman named Katrina. He traverses the swamps in the dark forest and finally reaches the town. However, the town is also engulfed by a foreboding atmosphere, and the hero cannot allow himself to relax. He must find out what is going on, why the town inhabitants are so hesitant and reluctant to help him, and what horrors are lurking outside of its walls. Life has never been quite so dangerous for our hero. He'll discover his quest soon enough - that is, if he lives. Like the previous Quest For Glory titles, the game is a combination of puzzle-solving adventure and role-playing. The player character can be a fighter, a thief, a magician, or a paladin. Importing a character from a preceding installment of the series is also possible. Once again the hero improves his skills by repeatedly using them (like throwing stones at a tree to improve the throwing ability, which might be needed to solve a puzzle). Combat system in this installment has undergone a major change. Battles are viewed from a side-scrolling perspective and are action-oriented. The protagonist is able to move freely, jump, and execute attacks and defensive moves, similarly to fighting games. The CD version of the game adds voice-overs to conversations as well as narrator's voice to text descriptions."
7605,3-D Ultra MiniGolf Deluxe,"MaxiMiniGolf, MiniGolf Fantasy",1998,6.8,Sports,Arcade,,"3-D Ultra Minigolf Deluxe is an enlarged version of 3-D Ultra Minigolf 9 new holes are added, overall 27 holes playable. No changes to gameplay were made."
7608,Leaper,,1986,5.8,Action,Platform,,"Leaper is based on the game Jumping Jack where you have to get to the top of the screen by jumping through the moving gaps in each level of platforms. In this version the idea is to reach the top of the screen six times, and with each completion, a letter from the word Leaper lights up. You have an energy bar and this decreases if you touch the sides of the screen, don't jump up through a gap cleanly, fall down a gap cleanly or fall down a couple of levels. Once the energy bar is empty then you lose one of five lives. There are also various creatures moving along various platforms and if these are touched then you lose a life."
7609,Soul Ride,Snow Ride,2000,5.8,"Action, Simulation, Sports",Tricks / stunts,,"A backcountry snowboarding ""simulation"". The terrains are based on the topography of real mountains: Mammoth Mountain in California and Tuckerman Ravine (on Mount Washington) in New Hampshire. Each mountain includes seven or eight timed runs with defined starting and ending points. The game also has a ""heli-drop"" feature that lets you drop your boarder on any spot on the mountain and surrounding area. The game uses a ""rewind"" feature when you crash. You can rewind (like a VCR) to before the crash, and continue your run. During gameplay, you are allowed three rewinds per run. Completed runs are recorded on a ""virtual VCR"". Recordings can be played back in slow motion, reverse, fast-forward, and saved to/loaded from disk. The files can be shared with other players. In keeping with the simulation theme, the boarder action is heavily physics-based. This means that the gameplay is open-ended, but maneuvers can be difficult to execute."
7611,Quarantine,"Death Throttle: Kakuzetsu Toshi kara no Dasshutsu, Hard Rock Cab",1994,6.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"In Quarantine you play the part of a taxi driver, desperate to escape from the violent prison city of Kemo. Deliver passengers to their destinations, so you can earn money to upgrade your cab, and take on undercover missions in the hope that somehow you can find a way out. An impressive array of cab-mounted weaponry will help you to survive."
7615,Taz-Mania,,1992,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Oceania,"One evening, Taz's father is telling an intriguing tale. Somewhere on Tazmania is a Lost Valley, and in that valley nests a huge seabird, so huge that one of it's eggs could feed a family for a year! Just think of the omelette one of those could make! Thus Taz becomes fascinated and leaves in search of one of those eggs before his Dad has even finished the story... Taz can Jump, perform a Spinning Jump and a Spin Attack. Munch roast chickens to replenish life. Gain extra points by moving quickly through the levels - there are six stages and each stage has two rounds. There are a few other items and pickups such as:"
7624,Theme Park Mystery,Theme Park Mystery: Variations on a Theme,1990,7.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Theme Park Mystery is an action game set in a mysterious world of gypsies, magic and supernatural powers where nothing is quite what it seems. Your routine life is disrupted forever when you use a discarded token in the fortune-telling machine. Use tokens to get tickets from the Zoltan Wizard fortune-telling machine at the Train Station, and journey through the four worlds of Dragonland, Dreamland, Futureland and Yesterdayland. Find out what drove the fun seekers away and your uncle insane. Hunt for hidden keys, fiery torches and supernatural potions to help you avenge your uncle's death. Terror Awaits!"
7625,Animaniacs: A Gigantic Adventure,,1999,6.7,Action,Platform,,"This is a side-scrolling platformer based on the tv animated show characters. Yakko, Wakko, and Dot have to find some movie classics that have been hidden by Warner Bros. CEO, Thaddeus J. Plotz, as well as missing classic posters and awards. Going through the studio's back lots to an ocean cruiser set, the trio must go through 11 levels with 3D environments ranging from the different areas on the ship to movie sets based on famous films such as 'Jurassic Pickings,' 'Invasion Earth' and 'Frank's Stein.' while avoiding obstacles and enemies along the way. There's three difficulty levels and a powerful boss character in each level must be defeated with the help of some creative weapons."
7626,Mirage,,1995,4.9,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"In the 19th century a young cavalryman gets raided. The robbers kidnap his girlfriend Jenny and now she is about to get sacrificed by a cult. Now the player has to rescue her and bring the culprit to justice. While searching the desert. Then he finds some odd balls, steps through a portal and has to activate so-called ""mirages"" which provide the back story of the game through live action videos or letters. To activate the mirages the player has to find clues in several scenarios. The goal of this scenarios is to find the exit, which is achieved by searching the stills after clickable objects and sometimes manipulate them with found objects. When clicking an object the game shows an FMV to show what happens. There are possible deaths and dead ends when choosing the wrong items on the screen. The scenarios are presented in high-definition stills and have the typical style of Western, including bordellos, saloons or gunmen."
7629,Speed King,,1985,5.8,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Speed King is a motorbike racing game that allows you to race or practise on one of ten famous tracks like Silverstone, Monza and Daytona. Before you race you can choose the amount of laps (two, four or six) and your skill level (Novice, Champion or Pro). The race has a 3rd person perspective as you watch from behind your rider and try to beat 19 other riders. The joystick is used to control your bike. Besides controlling your speed you also have six gears which need to be changed manually. Once you have finished a race the lap-times are saved and it's time to choose another track. The C16 version is restricted to four tracks, a set five laps, no skill level and you don't control the speed, just adjust the gears."
7630,Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie,,1995,6.4,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This game is loosely based off of the movie of the same name, where the player can take control of either the Yellow, Black, Pink, Blue, Red or White Ranger in a side-scrolling beat-em-up in an attempt to stop the evil Ivan Ooze who is trying to control the universe. There are six different levels to play in each with their own standard obstacles and enemies, mid-level bosses and of course end bosses that range from Mordant, Lord Zedd to Ivan Ooze himself. There are no weapons that can be used, instead the player must rely on kicks and punches to dispatch enemies and pick up health items left behind. Additionally, the Yellow, Black, Pink Rangers are extremely fast and can jump into higher areas but are more weaker than Blue, Red, White Rangers who are much stronger, but lack the speed and jumping abilities of the other Rangers. Players can refill their health by picking up heart icons and power icons to increase their morphing meter. Once filled, the morphing meter will increase the Rangers power, attack capabilities, speed and jumping abilities."
7631,FIFA Soccer 64,FIFA 64,1997,5.8,Sports,,,"The FIFA series introduces itself to the Nintendo 64, with all the football/soccer action one can expect from an EA Sports title. Choose your team, whether it be Manchester Utd or Real Madrid, or even a lowly ranked team, and take them through the ranks of the professional sport right up to the crowned kings of their tournament. You can stick with the local leagues (five in all) or take your team onto the International circuit and compete against every team available. FIFA Soccer 64 can be played by up to 4 players at a time."
7635,Dark Wizard,Dark Wizard: Yomigaerishi Yami no Madōshi,1993,7.8,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"300 years ago, the high priest of the Kingdom of Cheshire tried to disturb the balance of good and evil by summoning the dark god Arliman. Sabrina, Goddess of Light, saved the Kingdom by giving great powers to two of Cheshire's leaders who defeated the high priest and helped the King's high wizard to entrap Arliman in a magical jewel. Velonese, the high wizard's apprentice, was given the task of guarding the imprisoned Arliman on the Island of Raven. Over the years, his anger towards the kingdom grew and now he is commanding four generals to conquer Cheshire while he is trying to free Arliman. You take on the role of one of four playable main characters and must re-conquer the land that has already fallen into Velonese's hands and find a way to defeat him and prevent Arliman's resurrection. The four main characters feature largely different stories, however, every game begins with the King's death and your character becoming the new ruler of Cheshire. The most important part of the game takes place on various hex maps where you are fighting your enemies in turn-based tactical combat. During these battles your main character - provided he is standing on a castle-field - can summon various monsters like serpents, manticors, harpies etc. or hire human troops (Humans, Dwarfs, Elves and Hobbits). Monsters need magic points to be summoned, whereas humans have to be paid with tax money. Depending on which main character you have chosen, your amount of MP and tax money will vary, as well as the types of monsters you will be able to summon. Your troops, including your main character, gain experience points and humans can even adopt several different jobs (Priest, Mage, Ninja ..) through gaining classes. Your units can also enter towns during battles, to buy weapons and items, hear the latest gossip and maybe even discover a side-quest. In-between battles, you can equip your troops, send out search parties and allocate troops to different towns, as they can be re-conquered by the enemy. Also noteworthy are Dark Wizard's long animated cutscenes with spoken dialogues and its high quality orchestral soundtrack."
7642,Gandalf the Sorcerer,Sodov the Sorcerer,1984,6.7,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"Gandalf the Socerer is a single screen shooter viewed from behind the castle walls looking out into the land, where you play the role of Gandalf and you must protect your castle from attack by Lizardmen trying to get your treasure. Gandalf starts on top of the castle walls and tries to destroy the Lizardmen who appear from the woods and move towards the castle by moving a crosshair and blasting them with fire. Any Lizardman destroyed leaves behind a gold coin. If you miss any Lizardmen, then they appear at the door below and attempted to open it while an apprentice stirs your cauldron nearby. As well as your treasure you must protect the apprentice because if he is taken then he will be held for ransom for your treasure. Once a Lizardman gets through the door, you can go below and kill him but if he takes the apprentice outside the castle then you can follow him outside. The view switches to a single screen isometric view and here you must kill the Lizardman as well as any others and lead the apprentice back to the castle. There can also be gold coins to collect left behind by any destroyed Lizardmen when you were in the castle. The Lizardmen blow fire at you and if you are hit then it is game over. If you lose the apprentice then another one appears when you are back in the castle and you are only able to lose three before it is game over. Your fire is limited and each time you use fire then it decreases but if you climb up to the top of a tower then you can replenish your fire."
7643,Epic Pinball,,1993,8.1,"Action, Compilation",Pinball,,"Epic Pinball is a pinball video game played from a 2D top-down view within a scrollable window. The game was distributed on floppy disks in three separate packs of 4 tables each: The shareware version of the game (and an early retail version) included only the original ""Android"" table (later versions contained an updated version called ""Super Android""). Some tables were available as a separate releases as well as in much bigger compilations. Each table has up to four flippers, giving the player the possibility to control the ball uniquely during the game. The tables are themed, making each table individual on its own way."
7645,Beyond the Ice Palace,,1988,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"This platform romp has similarities to Ghosts 'N Goblins sending you on a journey to defeat the forces of evil. You start the game with nine lives, and you'll need them although there are only 3 (large) levels, each finishing with a boss. All manner of monsters block your path and must be attacked with your horizontally-travelling daggers. Additional weapons can be collected, as can bonus orbs, and the chance to summon a spirit to attack for you on the toughest sections."
7651,Through the Trap Door,,1987,7.1,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"In his previous adventure Berk had to complete tasks that were given by his master, the Bad Tempered Thing, and had to deal with his creatures that lurk from underneath the Trap Door. Now one day, Berk, along with his friend Drutt, decided to explore his domain by going through the Trap Door. You take control of both Drutt and Berk, swapping between them with the fire button. They need to solve a series of puzzles and deal with new creatures along the way. There are four regions to explore, and opening locked doors give access to later regions. Scattered throughout the regions are sweets and toadstools which, when consumed, will provide Berk with special characteristics. Progress is made by using the two characters together, as Drutt can reach places that Berk cannot."
7652,Captain America and the Avengers,,1991,5.7,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Shooter",,"Captain America and the Avengers is a one- to four-player (simultaneous) side-scrolling beat 'em up in which four Marvel Comics licensed heroes (Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye and Vision) take on the evil Red Skull, who, by assembling a team of super-villains, seeks to conquer the world. The game consists of five stages, primarily focusing on side-scrolling brawler gameplay, but some of the levels also feature side-scrolling shooting stages, where the heroes battle menaces in the air (Stage 2), under the sea (Stage 3), and in space (Stage 5). Boss villains in the game consist of Living Laser and Klaw, Whirlwind, Grim Reaper, Wizard, Mandarin, Juggernaut, Ultron, Controller, Crossbones, and the Red Skull. In addition to the four playable Avengers, Quicksilver makes brief appearances to drop energy replenishments, and the Wasp can add protection and firepower in the shooting areas."
7655,Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge,"Mega Man, Mega Man in Dr. Wily's Revenge, Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Rache, Mega Man: La Rivincita del Dr. Wily, Rockman World",1991,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mega Man is the robot creation of Dr. Light, whose sworn archenemy Dr. Wily spends innumerable games trying to cause trouble with his own odd robots. As Mega Man, you run and jump through futuristic levels, shooting baddies with your blaster, and defeat each of Dr. Wily's Robot Masters. When you defeat them, you can take their ability as your own, which can provide an advantage against other types of evil robots. In this Game Boy version, Mega Man must fight against Ice Man, Electric Man, Cut Man, and Fire Man. After he defeats those four he battles Quick Man, Heat Man, Bubble Man, and Flash Man. And after that there's Dr. Wily's Space Node. That sounds like a lot, but passwords will save your progress, if you make it past certain milestones."
7661,Final Fight,Final Fight Guy,1990,7.6,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"The SNES version of Final Fight has some significant differences to the original: there is one less level (the factory level is gone), one less character to choose from (only Haggar and Cody are available) and no multiplayer. There is also a sprite restriction of three enemies at the same time in place. There are also some minor differences in the US release such as different enemies (all female ones were replaced with males), different boss names (Damnd became Thrasher and Sodom became Katana), a removed power-up (Whiskey) and the outcry ""Oh My God!"" was changed to ""Oh My Car!"". The later released Final Fight Guy is essentially the same game, but the second playable character is Guy instead of Cody. There is also a small change in the intro: Guy says that Cody is still in Japan training his martial arts skills so it is up to him to save Jessica. Also, this version of the game has less slowdown, increases the number of difficulty level options from two to four, plus adds extra life and invincibility pickups."
7662,Nakajima Satoru Kanshū F-1 Grand Prix,,1991,6.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",Arcade,,"Satoru Nakajima, the first Japanese driver to race full-time in Formula 1, licensed this racing game which combines arcade and simulation elements. The full 1991 season is recreated, with the chance to do individual races or a full season. Before the race you can modify several areas of the car set-up, including engine performance (configurations with higher top speed have slower acceleration), wing downforce (higher top speed means lower grip), tyres (better grip means lower durability) and so on. The action is viewed from above, with the track viewed at a fixed angle rather than rotating. You can do practice sessions as well as the actual racing."
7666,Gates of Zendocon,,1989,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The evil spider Zendocon has trapped you in its web of universes. Your mission is to defeat Zendocon's droids and brave the 51 universes to fight Zendocon itself to the death! Gates of Zendocon is a side-scrolling shooter very similar to the original arcade shooter of this type, Scramble Unlike Scramble, however, there are 51 game areas in total, but the player fights through a subset of them through branches, choosing the next area to visit. Some aliens will join you when shot (power-ups). Alien bases in each area allow you to repair your weapons and shield, but landing at the wrong time will cause your ship to explode and lose all power-ups."
7669,Captain Quazar,,1996,7.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The idea behind Captain Quazar is simple, from a 3/4 overhead view control the Captain - kill the bad guys and save the day. Everything in this vast galaxy can be blown away, but be careful where you lay waste because you have to manage your resources to survive."
7679,Lemmings 3D,3D Lemmings,1995,7.3,Puzzle,,,"You, as in all other Lemmings games, are responsible for leading hordes of lemmings to safety through hazardous environments. However, this installment goes just that little bit further by introducing the lemmings to 80 new 3-dimensional levels!"
7684,Chuckie Egg II,Chocky Egg,1985,5.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Chuckie Egg II is a sequel to platformer game Chuckie Egg but is very different from the original game. Whereas the original game features eight levels of one screen each, this features many more screens arranged into a maze for you to explore. In the game, Hen House Harry must build a giant chocolate egg, with the ingredients (cocoa, milk and sugar), that are found in the factory. Eight of each must be included. Also, the eight parts of a toy kit must be found, to place inside the egg. In order to get all the items you must find your way around the factory, avoiding many types of enemy, and solving puzzles using various items that you can carry. There are a number of ways to get around the factory, including the platforms of the original, but also ropes and pipes, among other things. Despite the drastic changes from the original, the game still retains the sound effects from the original."
7685,Genesys,,2000,6.1,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,,"Genesys is an educational video game that allows the player to discover the key stages of the evolution of various human societies around the world. The player has to solve puzzles, talk to people who had an important impact to history, explore artifacts and have a look at the historical database. Most of the game has screens similar to an encyclopedia and parts of it are an interactive experience. Through actions items are gathered stored in an inventory that can be used to solve puzzles. Jeanne Moreau guides the player through the game."
7688,Shinrei Jusatsushi Tarōmaru,,1997,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Fantasy,"Psychic ninja Taroumaru and his partner Enkai set off to vanquish the supernatural forces that threaten the Japanese countryside. You must battle through several stages of side-scrolling action set in feudal Japan, dealing with all sorts of undead horrors and saving villages from rampaging demons. Your weapons are your psychic powers, which allow you to lock onto enemies and channel energy bolts to destroy them. You can power-up your basic attack with collectible power-ups and you can also take psychic control of several weaker enemies to watch your back while you fight, grapple, jump and climb through the stages. Graphics are 2D with polygonal elements used for some background elements. Supports up to two player cooperative gameplay."
7689,RoboWarrior,Bomber King,1987,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In a desperate measure to combat the overpopulation of Earth, scientists work to create an artificial planet named Altile, named after the scientist who designed it. During the construction of Altile, humanity has become united and peaceful. During this new era of prosperity, Earth decommissions the RoboWarriors, a force of heavily armed half-man half-robot war vehicles. But from another dimension, aliens calling themselves the Xantho Empire and lead by the being Xur invade planet Altile and terraform it for their own uses. The survivors of Altile send out a distress call to Earth. Receiving this message, the people of Earth quickly activate the latest and most powerful of the RoboWarriors, a model known as ZED (Z-Type Earth Defense) and send it at top speed to Altile. Controlling ZED from an overhead view, the player is able to move in any of 4 directions (up,down,left,right), drop bombs and shoot a projectile weapon. The terrain of Altile is made up of many obstacles and the bombs serve to destroy these and make passage for ZED. Destroying any enemy or obstacle may yield different power-ups which contain any of 10 different effects (including ammunition and energy refills) which may be stocked and used at any time from the menu. Or the power-ups may be instant-use refills for bombs and energy supplies. Additionally some levels contain keys, which unlock doors and Chalices which prevent the level from running on endlessly. Secret areas such as a Well of Hope and a Room of Idols may also be found. Altogether, there are eight different ""worlds"" for ZED to conquer, containing numerous stages and guarded by a vicious boss monster."
7691,The Dreadnaught Factor,Desafio Estelar,1983,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Zorban Dreadnaughts are spaceships that are 140,000 feet long and weigh 970 megatons, making them the largest, most heavily armoured spaceships ever created. A fleet of these large battlecraft are now heading towards your home planet, and it is your job to stop them! The game is played from a side scrolling overhead point of view as your small but agile spaceship flies past the dreadnaughts. On each pass your spaceship makes, you need to try and bomb as many of the energy vents as possible. When all energy vents on a dreadnaught are destroyed, that dreadnaught will explode. Time is limited, though, and if you make too many passes to destroy the energy vents the dreadnaught will be within firing range of your home planet and will destroy it. Each of the dreadnaughts are heavily armed; guns, canons, missiles, and other weapons are located on each dreadnaught and will be trying their best to end your mission. Multiple skill levels are included which alter the number of dreadnaughts you must destroy, as well as their speed and firing capabilities."
7697,Fighting Vipers 2,,1998,6.7,Action,Fighting,,"This game is a sequel to Fighting Vipers a 3D fighting game that allows you to face adolescents and adults that comes from different ""urban tribes"", but also, in that second version you can choose or beat another time the most charismatic characters of FV1 and some unedited characters never seen again (either in FV2 arcade, version appeared in 1998 on Model 3 arcade board). FV2 as in FV has the incentive to destroy the fight arena walls with the last combat impact, also, you can destroy again the armor of your opponent, that as a newness in 1998's FV2 includes the ""Super KO System"", in which, if you break the armor of your opponent and immediately, you make a Super Combo that leaves him ""confused"", you will win without dispute a second round."
7700,Inner Worlds,Inner Worlds: mondes intérieurs - une aventure épique dans un monde magique,1996,7.4,Action,,Fantasy,"Inner Worlds is a side-scrolling fantasy action game in which you play the role of a woman named Nikita who happens to be a werewolf. The game consists of three episodes (the first was distributed as shareware, you had to buy the full game to play the other two). In the first episode, Nikita is trusted by the village elder to free her people from the Gralob, an evil creation of a misguided genius, so she must travel to Castle Drofanayrb where the creature lurks. In the second episode she finds out that the Gralob was only one of two horrible creatures. And finally, in the third episode, she must travel to a volcanic mountain, inside which the secret of Drofanayrb lives, to fulfill her destiny. The gameplay is quite simple. You can jump, climb and crawl (same things in wolf form, however you're much smaller as a wolf, thus you can squeeze through narrow passages, and you have a special ""frenzy"" move that tears enemies apart). In some levels, you can find necklaces that upgrade your health, mana or attack damage. You can find weapons such as hammers, swords, or bows, and you can upgrade them with scrolls giving them unique abilities (ex. the hammer can ""throw"" lightning). You can also find different gems that give life or mana and potions that help jump higher or fall slower. Mana is needed for spells that you can aquire from level bosses. Each episode consists of 9 levels, and every third level has a boss. The enemies consist of animals, and experimental creatures of the castle. So you'll encounter spiders, bats, huge centipedes, alien-like creatures, and huge green beasts that can stretch their arms. The graphics of the game are a little strange as the characters are in 2D but the scenery and the foreground is a little bit 3D. The music creates an eerie mood suitable for the game."
7711,The Karate Kid,,1987,5.0,Action,"Fighting, Platform",,"Based on the 1986 John G. Avildsen film, The Karate Kid 2 The Karate Kid is a beat'em up game where the player, as Daniel Larusso, must go through some stages (including bonus ones) from the karate competition to the final battle in Okinawa against Chozen. There are different kinds of stages, from the fighting style game (similar to Street Fighter ) to the platform type like Kung Fu for NES, it also has some bonus stages in which the player's ability is tested. The game also features a One on One mode where two players can fight a single one on one battle to determine a winner."
7712,Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle,,1998,7.2,Action,Platform,,"Pitfall 3D is a remake of Pitfall! Once again, take on the role of Pitfall Harry and swing across pits and battle scorpions, but this time in 3D. As you try to complete each level and solve the puzzles that will allow you to progress through the jungle ruins, your main objective is to gather crystals."
7713,Cyclone,,1984,7.3,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Arcade,,"A cyclone is sweeping across a small group of islands. As the pilot of a lone rescue helicopter, it is up to you to locate and pick up five crates of vital medical supplies, while rescuing as many stranded islanders as you can. You will have to check your map and watch your wind force gauge, to stay out of the cyclone's way. You'll also have to keep an eye on your fuel. Cyclone is a spiritual successor to TLL:Tornado Low Level and it's played out in a colorful, pseudo-3D world that can be viewed from two different angles, to help you locate those pesky crates."
7719,Unnatural Selection,,1993,7.1,"Action, Puzzle, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"An evil scientist has used genetic engineering to create a race of rampaging monsters. As a fellow scientist you must take back a chain of islands by breeding your own creatures that are faster, smarter, more aggressive, and faster at breeding. Raise your creatures in a lab where you can mate them, examine them, and even create random mutations by introducing radiation into the environment."
7724,Fortified Zone,Ikari no Yōsai,1991,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A male and a female commando named Masato Kanzaki & Mizuki Makimura have been sent to the jungle on a mission. That mission, should they choose to accept it, is to destroy an enemy base and everyone in it. Stealth is required, since brute force will only lead to their capture. On their four-stage mission, Masato and Mizuki will encounter a host of mercenaries, soldiers, robots, and other enemies bent on cutting down the two commandos in their tracks and stopping them from destroying the heart of the Fortified Zone. It's up to the player to find out if their mission succeeds or fails. You are able to switch between the two characters at any time. Both characters have advantages and weaknesses - Masato can use special weapons while Mizuki can jump over obstacles."
7725,Second Samurai,The Second Samurai,1994,6.4,Action,,"Fantasy, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval), Prehistoric, Sci-fi / futuristic","At the end of First Samurai the Demon King was able to flee back in time to ancient Japan, so our hero follows him through time in order to confront him. The game consists of 15 levels crossing various time periods such as the prehistoric age, a futuristic age, and medieval Japan. Throughout these levels are vases that hold souls. A certain number of these vases have to be broken in order to free the captive souls before the game will let the player continue further. The samurai initially starts only with the ability to punch, kick, and jump but can find items like a sword, throwing knives, food items that replenish energy, and a thunder spell can be found that will aid the samurai in his quest against the legions of the Demon King's henchmen. Options let the player select the number of lives (3, 5, or 7) they start with and the difficulty level (Easy, Brave, Heroic, and Samurai)."
7728,Inherent Evil: The Haunted Hotel,Inherent Evil,1999,5.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Twenty years ago, your parents opened the Reed Hotel, and were mysteriously killed shortly after. Now, against all advice, your brother has decided to re-open it... and he's gone missing. You must explore the evil place to save him, and try to escape with your life. What lurks in the bowels of the Hotel's basement? What secrets do the rooms in the upper floors hold? As Kyle Reed, you'll explore from a first person perspective. To move from screen to screen, click on green areas that appear on-screen. Interaction is handled by the use of various icons that appear over ""hot spots"" or objects, very similar to The 7th Guest The game is divided into 8 chapters (or ""levels""). Should you die, you'll either be exited from the game or be able to restart the previous chapter. There are multiple endings based upon your actions within the game."
7731,Street Sports Soccer,,1988,6.3,"Action, Sports",,,"A soccer action game for one or two players. Instead of professional players in a soccer field, the game is played in one of several city street locations. Several default teams are included, or you can create new teams from a variety of characters."
7741,Lords of Magic,,1997,7.2,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Fantasy,"In the fantasy world known as Urak, supporters of eight different religions constantly fight each other. One of them is Balkoth, known as the Lord of Death, who worships the dark deity Golgoth. Balkoth has sworn to destroy all other faiths in the name of his own god. The other lords have to expand their ranks and defend themselves against the mad zealot. Lords of Magic is a strategy game that combines turn-based exploration and resource management with real-time combat. The player can choose to control any of the lords who oppose Balkoth. Each nation (faith) commanded by a lord has its own specific units. Before engaging in an offensive, the player must liberate a Great Temple for the faith of his/her choice. It is also necessary to build a stronghold, develop the nation's capital city, and recruit troops. The troops are led by a champion, representing the ""hero"" of the game. This hero can be either a warrior, a thief, or a mage, possessing the classical advantages and disadvantages of these classes: the warrior is good in close combat, the thief can sabotage enemy armies, and the physically weak mage can cast devastating spells. The isometric combat proceeds in real-time, with an option to simply calculate the result of a battle immediately, depending on the participants' statistics."
7744,Burntime,,1993,7.5,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Post-apocalyptic,"Deserts cover the globe, cities are destroyed, the end of every civilization is near. The few survivors search for drinking water and food. They eat all they can find. Like a Role-Playing-Game, you travel through the world and meet many computer-played characters. You want to rule the world. But there are other 3 characters with the same aim. You spend the most game time looking at the map, which takes up several screens. The position of the 4 characters, their occupied conquests, the cities, and the health condition of your character are shown on the map. The different settlements you can occupy are old factories, camping-grounds or ruins of old mega-cities. The five great cities are opened for all competitors and can’t be occupied. In these cities you cannot fight against your enemies. Sometimes you meet a human for changing news, items or take them in your party. There are different classes of computer-characters: fighters, engineers or doctors for example. Every character of your party can carry up to 6 items (food, weapons). These items are produced by the settlements you control."
7745,Savage: The Ultimate Quest for Survival,Savage: Überleben in der Serengeti,1996,5.7,"Action, Educational",Hunting,Africa,"Savage: The Ultimate Quest for Survival has you play as a lion on the Serengeti. In each level you must catch and kill prey such as gazelles and wildebeests, but avoid deadly hippos and leopards. There are over 20 species in the game which behave realistically and can be killed (including human tourists!). The game uses a Doom-like 3D engine, and allows you to play ten levels with different objectives through a first or third person perspective. The game also contains various educational video clips about lions and the Serengeti."
7753,Motoroader MC,,1992,6.6,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Motoroader MC is, like its predecessor an overhead racing game with car combat. Gameplay mechanics, however, are different: players can only control regular-looking cars, which are presented as small sprites. Each car is equipped with two types of firearms, which can be used against opponents to win the race. Every course only occupies one screen, and the player has to complete laps faster than AI-controlled cars or race against time. Multiplayer (for two or four players) is also available. Time attack mode allows the player to select any course from twenty-five available ones, thematically grouped in five categories: Circuit (resembling racing tracks), City (urban locations), Nature (field, beach, desert, etc.), Märchen (colorful fairy tale-like courses), and Special (unorthodox designs, e.g. a giant ape overlooking a road). Courses usually include various hazards that slow down or trap cars, as well as turbo fields that speed them up. Some courses also have entrances and exits, which teleport cars to another location on the screen."
7760,Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven (Limited Edition),,1998,7.5,"Compilation, Special edition",,,This compilation includes the following:
7762,Total Distortion,,1995,5.9,Adventure,,,"This game is an expansive adventure, music video generator, and business sim all-in-one. The storyline goes as follows: You've spent every last penny of your money buying an expensive music video production tower and having it blasted off into another dimension. In order to complete the game you must earn enough money (minimum of $1 million) to blast your tower back home. To earn money you must make music videos. Dozens of songs and video clips are provided for you, and you must construct a ""bonzai"" video that one of three music TV producers would like and strike deals with them. But sometimes the clips and songs given don't cut it, and you must venture out into the world and film different clips yourself. Every once in a while you must have a duel to the death with a guitar monster. You also must recruit singers for your videos to improve your song quality, singers such as Johnny Fang and Edgar Death. All in all its a very large game with weeks of playing time."
7768,Novastorm,Scavenger 4,1993,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the distant future, humans have left Earth, carrying its ecosystem with them. However, the journey to the stars lasted longer than they had thought. Computers took control of navigation, and humans had nothing else to do but sleep, dreaming of a new paradise. When the mysterious Scarab-X forces attacked, the Scavenger 4 squadron became humanity's only hope for survival. Novastorm is a rail shooter in which players blast enemies against a cinematic backdrop, trying to kill the computer-controlled fighters before they take over the world. Unlike first-generation interactive movies with action, the game has hooks into the environment: if the player-controlled fighter moves into the path of a pre-rendered obstacle, there is a collision and the craft takes damage."
7770,Victory Goal,Aquila,1995,7.3,Sports,,,"Victory Goal is the club-only older brother of Sega International Victory Goal That makes it not only the first game of the series, but also the first game of the series to include clubs, in this case those of the Japanese J.League. It is also the first one to include real player names, since it is an officially licensed product. Regarding other aspects, such as gameplay, graphic engine, cameras, etc, everything is exactly like in Sega International Victory Goal which was in fact supposed to be an worldwide-friendly version of its older brother. As such it was released once the SEGA Saturn had been introduced in all Western markets, unlike this title, which was in fact one of the first titles for the Japanese catalog."
7773,Tecmo Super Bowl,,1991,8.1,Sports,,,"Tecmo Super Bowl is the follow-up to the NES football arcade/simulation Tecmo Bowl. While the basic gameplay of the original is intact, a host of new features and improvements have been added. Features include: 28 real NFL teams/mascots with real NFL players (circa 1991), 11 players on the field per team, player substitutions, fumbles, improved control over kicks and punts, eight plays to choose from during games, customizable playbooks, arcade/coach/computer simulation options for one or two players, pre-season/regular season/Pro-Bowl games, regular season team standings and rankings, regular season player statistics and rankings, end-of-game boxscores, and a 12-team playoff following the NFL format."
7779,Sporting Triangles,,1989,5.7,Sports,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"A licensed version of a British TV game show from the late 1980s. The game features 3 players, all either human or computer. Each chooses a category of questions out of 12 on offer - some are for a single sport (such as soccer or cricket) while others are more general (such as Indoor Sport and Pot Luck). Four of the seven rounds involve each player being asked a question, which could be from one of the 3 selected categories, or it could be a general sport. A die is rolled, and the colour of its final position on the board indicates the type of question. The other 3 rounds include Hit For Six, in which you get a succession of clues and have to work out which of the 6 named people they refer to - get it as quickly as you can to maximize your score. The Jigsaw round involves identifying a club crest, pitch for a particular sport, or similar, with a piece added to the picture after each incorrect guess. Again the score declines the more guesses you need. There's an 'on the buzzer' question round at the end."
7782,Hot Chix 'n' Gear Stix,"Hot Chix 'N' Gearstix, Muscle Car '76",2000,5.4,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,Behind the wheels of one of the 6 mid-70s American muscle cars your only aim is to show yourself as the hottest chix around in this arcade-style racing game.
7786,L'Empereur,L'Empereur Napoleon 1,1990,6.9,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),"Europe, Historical events","L'Empereur is a military strategy game. The game takes place during the violent aftermath of the French Revolution and follows the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte who became one of the most popular and charismatic leaders of France. Gameplay You start as an officer in charge of the military and local city affairs and later in your career you become the French First Consul and finally the Emperor and take up the responsibilities that come with it. You can only rise in rank if you have gained the support of the people. You have to build and organize a loyal military army and lead them into war. Defeat the belligerent neighboring countries and collect taxes and pay stipends on time. But be aware of military uprising, strikes, rebellions and deal with weather conditions a harsh winters and other natural disasters that might occur. You fail if your captured by the enemy or die. Scenarios The game scenarios that can be selected are based on Napoleon's military life: Napoleon's Beginning. The desire for Power. The End of the Revolution. The Glorious Empire."
7789,Outlander,,1992,6.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Post-apocalyptic,"The game's setting and style closely resemble the movie The Road Warrior (""Mad Max 2""). Your objective is to drive your car through the wasteland, trying to survive motorcycle gang members' attacks and to avoid running out of gas. The gameplay is a split of two genres: racing and side-scrolling. In the racing parts you have to destroy enemies like motorcycle gang members, gyro-copter captains, red trucks, etc. Your car has a machine-gun installed in its front, and if some guy drives along side of you, a little window pops up, allowing you to shoot them with your shotgun. Along the road there are several towns, and every time you pass through one of them, an alarm will warn you. As your gas run low, you have to stop on these towns and refuel your reserves of gas and ammo. When doing so, the game turns to a side-scrolling perspective, as you get out of your car, dealing with your enemies in hand-to-hand combats. In the cities you'll also find new equipment to your car, such as missile launchers, nitro, etc."
7793,Pulstar,ACA NeoGeo: Pulstar,1995,8.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"An alien threat looms over the galaxy and only you and your trusty star fighter can defeat them. Pulstar is a 2D side-scrolling shooter in which you control your ship as it makes its way past stages filled with waves after waves of enemies bent on your destruction. You can upgrade your main weapons by collecting power-ups and charging up energy allows you to release charged attacks at the cost of power-up consumption. Additionally your ship comes with an ever-present ""option"" gun pod that floats around your ship and which can be positioned in several configurations to help protect the ship or increase its firepower. While completely 2D, the game uses pre-rendered 3D sprites and includes fully animated cutscenes between each level. Also features support for two-player gameplay."
7798,SoulCalibur,,1998,8.5,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"SoulCalibur is a single-player and multiplayer weapon-based fighting game. Set in the late 16th century, the story follows a diverse cast of warriors drawn from across the world in pursuit of the cursed sword Soul Edge and its holy counterpart, SoulCalibur. Characters hail from backgrounds ranging from knights and samurai to assassins and monks, each motivated by revenge, duty, or ambition. Battles take place across a series of arenas inspired by European, Asian, and fantastical settings, with the overarching goal of proving oneself the strongest warrior and gaining control over the legendary blade. Gameplay revolves around one-on-one duels that emphasize weapon combat. Each fighter wields a distinct armament such as swords, rapiers, staves, axes, or nunchaku, and every style is tied to a unique move list exceeding one hundred attacks. Players can use high, mid, and low strikes, guard against enemy blows, throw opponents, or employ guard impacts that parry attacks and create openings. Certain special moves are designated as unblockable, requiring careful evasion through sidesteps, jumps, or ducks. Movement is a central feature of the system. SoulCalibur allows characters to freely shift around the 3D arenas using an eight-way run mechanic, circling enemies to exploit openings and avoiding linear strikes. Stages are bounded, and ring-outs occur if a character is forced over the edge, instantly ending the round. Matches are decided through multiple rounds, with victory achieved by depleting an opponent’s life bar or causing them to fall from the battlefield. Beyond standard versus play, the Dreamcast version expands significantly on the arcade release. Additional modes include a mission-based campaign that assigns battles with special conditions, a tournament mode that simulates bracketed competitions, and a survival mode that challenges players to endure against consecutive opponents. Completing objectives unlocks hidden characters, new arenas, alternate costumes, and artwork. A dedicated museum mode provides detailed profiles for each character, along with motion-captured demonstrations of their martial arts techniques. The game supports both single-player play against computer-controlled fighters and multiplayer sessions for two players."
7803,Worms,,1995,7.6,Strategy / tactics,Artillery,,"Worms is a turn-based strategy game. It features up to 4 teams of 4 worms, aiming to destroy the others on a generated terrain. Each worm has 100 hitpoints and dies when his hit points fall to 0. Upon death, a worm explodes, causing damage to everyone around. Gameplay is turn-based. Each turn, the player can control one specific worm from his team. The worm can crawl left and right or jump. However, there is a time limit to make a move; also, if the worm falls from a great height, it loses health and the turn ends immediately; and if a worm falls into water or offscreen, it dies. Each turn, a worm can also make a single attack: the player can aim up and down, choose a weapon and then fire it. After attacking, the turn ends. There are a lot of weapons available - the standard ones as bazookas (which are affected by the (random) wind settings and gravity) and grenades. The others include a Fire Punch, dynamite, airstrikes, and utilities such as ropes and girders. There are 10 styles of terrain, ranging from forests and deserts to Candy land and the moon (complete with affected gravity). Shots leave craters in the ground, and complex tunnels can be formed."
7806,Hoverforce,Resolution 101,1990,7.2,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Hoverforce takes place in the year 2050 where enemies known as 'alterants' have taken control of the city by distributing mind-controlling drugs. You play with a 3-D view from a hovercraft in an attempt to destroy all alterants and stop the drug runs they make. The story is slightly different in Resolution 101 This game is set in the USA in the city of Las Envegas. Crime is rife and law enforcement just cannot cope so in 2038 a new law, Resolution 101, was passed which allows convicted felons to be released from jail in return for tracking down and eliminating gangland bosses. The player takes the role of one of these 'Search and Destroy' criminals. They are given a Theta 4000 ground skimmer armed with a light machine gun and they play their way through a series of increasingly difficult levels. Each level starts with a meeting with the sheriff who names the new target. After that the player is in their skimmer patrolling the streets shooting things, not mind-controlled alterants but the drug runner's henchmen and gangland minions (same sprites different names). The city of Las Envegas is divided into four areas each of which is controlled by a separate drug runner. During the course of the game's twelve levels the player must defeat each runner three times in order to finally kill them. The runners have minions who will attack the player as they pursue their quest for justice/freedom. As these are destroyed they leave behind cash and drugs that can be collected, the drugs must be collected as evidence. As a further complication the drug runner only makes a few runs through the city in each level so the player must collect the evidence and shoot them down before the last run is complete, otherwise the sheriff will be displeased and the player will lose a life. Around the city are three shops where the player can upgrade weapons, and repair shields or their skimmer."
7807,Sean Dundee's World Club Football,,1997,6.8,Sports,,,"Sean Dundee's World Club Football is a soccer simulation which features several championship modes and exhibition matches. The player can choose between 356 teams, which include all from European's major leagues. The rest are selected ones from the other continents. The game itself is played like other soccer simulations: The player uses standard soccer maneuvers and special tricks to gain the upper hand against his opponents. Before the matches there are several options to change the lineup and the tactical orders. Specialities are three camera angles, matches in halls and the editor which is not restricted to team and player data but offers the possibility to create own championships. The official website offered regular updates for the team data to reflect current player transfers."
7808,Dick Tracy,,1990,5.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"You play as square-jawed detective Dick Tracy as he tries to solve five different crimes that vary in difficulty. This game is mostly a platform game with some overhead driving to get to the different buildings in search of clues. There are five different weapons in the game: hand gun, tommy gun, super punch, tear gas and Tracy's plain fists. There are also medical kits that can be found. Enemies can be armed or unarmed. If Tracy shoots an unarmed thug, he loses health. The main goal of the game is to collect five clues; enough to be able to arrest the culprit. Clues are scattered all over town in various buildings, usually full of Tracy-hating thugs. You start by viewing the mug shots of known criminals, going to there last whereabouts and interrogating them."
7829,Star Trek: The Rebel Universe,,1987,7.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Starfleet Command is attempting to contain a rapidly growing Federation mutiny in the Sagittarius Arm. Every Federation starship set to discover the nature of the problem has also mutinied and joined the Klingons. To avoid the mutiny spreading to the entire Federation, Starfleet plans to wrap the entire area in a Klein Sphere, sealing it off forever. In a last attempt to find out what is happening, Starfleet sends in the Enterprise before the Sphere is set up. Its five year mission is to attempt to discover what is causing the defections, and hopefully stop them. If you fail in your mission, the Sphere will be made permanent, if you succeed the Sphere will be dropped, avoiding a potential war with the Romulans. The game is basically a graphical adventure with some real-time combat and piloting. The game progresses by flying to planets, beaming down on them, and retrieving any items you find. There are several possible solutions to the game, with clues found along the way."
7832,The Amazing Spider-Man,,1990,7.0,Action,Platform,,"In The Amazing Spider-Man Spider Man has to rescue his girlfriend Mary Jane who was been kidnapped by the super villain Mysterio. The whole game takes place on a film set studio. This game is primarily a platforming game in which Spider-Man fights against various enemies. Those can be stunned with Spider-Man's iconic web substance, but touching them or other hazards in the game world will decrease his health. Another important part of the gameplay are puzzles, mostly with the goal to deactivate some of Mysterio's gimmicks, e.g. changed gravity, to clear the path. Spider-Man can climb walls and shoot grappling hooks."
7842,Germ Crazy,,1991,7.3,Simulation,,,"In Germ Crazy, you play the part of a fledgling surgeon who must protect his patient from a debilitating, flesh-eating virus. The disease must be stopped by whatever means necessary; whether by antibody injections, black market drugs, amputation, or all-out germ warfare. Just be sure that your patient doesn't suffer too much surgical abuse or else he will be greeted by Mr. Grim Reaper himself. On the flipside, being too careful may result in the rapid spreading of this hideous mutant virus, and the poor victim will literally rot away until all that remains is a skeleton! The gameplay is complex and unique, and resembles a more biological version of Sim City There are six levels of difficulty, but even at the easiest level, Germ Crazy is a difficult game to master. The subject matter, although undeniably grim, is tempered with a sadistic sense of humor throughout."
7845,Mario Bros.,"Arcade Archives Mario Bros., Mario Bros.-e",1983,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Mario and Luigi, the best plumbers in the world, have a real job on their hands. A host of characters have taken over the sewers, and the brothers must clear them out of the pipes. The platform puzzle which first introduced Luigi to the world has both single and multiplayer action with two differing game types, but with the same objective. Crabs, turtles and fighter flies must be cleared out by jumping underneath the platform they sit on, then kicking them away. Each level is cleared when a set number of coins is collected. For the two player mode, the first to collect the set amount of coins wins."
7847,The Unholy War,,1998,7.3,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Two powerful forces are about to clash and you must decide which side you are on. The Arcanes are the natives on the planet Xsarra. The Teknos crash land on Xsarra and decide to conquer the planet in this unholy war of flesh vs. metal. The Teknos are cybernetic conquerors who want the resources of Xsarra for themselves. The Arcanes have coexisted peacefully for thousands of years but now band together to destroy the machine invaders. Each side is compromised of seven different types of warriors for a total of 14 playable warriors. Each warrior has three separate types of moves or attacks that can be performed against their opponent. Each warrior also has a strategy skill that can be used when playing that mode of gameplay. There are two types of gameplay, Mayhem mode and Strategy Mode. Mayhem mode consists of choosing seven warriors and facing off against seven opposing warriors controlled by the computer or another player. Action is fast, furious, and different each time depending on one of the several ""terrains"" that can be chosen to fight the battles within. Random power-ups also appear to help which ever warrior can get to them first. All the warriors and environments are rendered in full 3D with the camera centering on the middle point above the two warriors. The warriors dance around each other, hurling their attacks and avoiding traps. Strategy Mode consists of a three-dimensional map where the player moves his warriors across it with the ultimate goal to destroy the opposing warriors or destroy their fortresses. When two warriors meet on the map, gameplay switches to Mayhem mode and the two warriors fight to the death with the winning one returning to the map to fight another day. To create new warriors, a special type of energy called ""Aur"" must be mined. Warriors in strategy mode can perform two types of actions. These include moving, attacking, or using their special power. There is a underlying story that is never fully developed but, is revealed as the player progresses through each of the 12 regions of the Strategy mode for both the Arcanes and Teknos. A great deal of strategy is required to win in Mayhem mode and Strategy mode. Primarily, it involves figuring out which warrior to use to destroy another. Each warrior has at least one fatal weakness when matched with the appropriate opposing warrior."
7849,The Quest for the Rings,"Caccia al Tesoro, Die Suche Nach Den Ringen, Em Busca dos Anéis Perdidos, Jagten på Ringene, Jakten På De Magiska Ringarna, La Quête des Anneaux, La búsqueda de los Anillos, Quest for the Rings!, Sormusten Etsintä, Speurtocht naar de Ringen",1981,7.2,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Board game,Fantasy,"The Quest for the Rings is a fantasy strategy game using the combination of a game board, tokens, keyboard overlay and the computer to play the game. The game board is used to hide the ten ring tokens with various monster tokens under the castle tokens by the Ringmaster. The keyboard overlay is used by the Ringmaster to interface with the computer when your heroes enter the castles choosing what type of labyrinth in which you will do battle. Combat is controlled by using the computer joysticks. There are four heroes: a warrior with a magic sword, a wizard with various spells, a changeling who can become invisible and a phantom who can walk through and hide in walls. The four labyrinths are dungeons, infernoes, crystal caverns and shifting halls. The four monsters are orcs, bloodthirsts (bats), tyrantulus (spiders) and dragons. Gameplay pits the Ringmaster against up to four players. The Ringmaster controls the game by hiding the rings, choosing the dungeons and can even enter into combat. Before the game starts the hero players decide how many turns it will take to complete the quest for the ten rings either 50, 75 or 100 turns. Turns are based on castle visits and combat and if you don't complete your quest within the amount of turns you choose you lose. The hero players can start from any designated starting point on the game board and begin their quest for the rings."
7852,Challenge Golf,,1991,6.0,Sports,,,"Challenge Golf is a golf game with four courses (18 holes each). It uses the standard ""two-click"" control system: a bar represents the power the athlete puts into the shot and a line runs up and down. The player clicks when the line is at the desired place. After that, the same is done again for the snap of the shot. The only exception is when it comes to putting, then the field is shown from a top down view and the player has to choose the direction by choosing one of a few pre-defined positions. The power is determined the usual way. It is important to calculate the wind in, which is also the only thing affected with the three difficulty levels. Other features are a handicap system, 16 clubs (change the parameters of the bars) and a replay system after shots."
7863,Mole Mania,"Mogurania, Mole Mania: Buddel Dich durch!, Mole Mania: You'll dig Mole Mania!",1996,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Muddy Mole's wife and seven kids have been kidnapped by the evil farmer, Jinbei! It's up to you to help Muddy solve the many puzzles of Jinbei Land. Snatch all of Jinbei's cabbages in every level, and if you get stuck, dig underground and create your own secret underground paths. A word of warning, however - Jinbei has got his best goons guarding your family, so you'd better watch out! Mole Mania plays from an overhead perspective. Although in each room you have to destroy all the foes to progress, the game is much more puzzle-oriented than it is towards action. It is quite common in later levels to get yourself 'stuck', which can be fixed by leaving and returning to the screen to reset the puzzle. One of the game's clever 'hooks' is that players can dig underground in each stage to find a completely different map than they do above ground, which can be used to get through otherwise impassable terrain. The game also features a two player mode, where one player is Muddy, and the other is Jinbei. Muddy must swipe as many cabbages as possible, and Jinbei must stop him. At the end of the round, players swap roles, and then the player who got the most cabbages wins."
7865,Risky Woods,Jashin Draxos,1992,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"Unusually for Electronic Arts in the early 90s, this was a platform -shooter game with little or no adventuring or strategy elements. The game scrolls sideways, and has sections where precision jumps are required, either to clear rivers or collect bonuses. You carry a dagger to deal with the enemies, and must avoid contact with them. When killed, they leave coins to be collected - these are spent in the shop sections. Death loses you most of your coins, but they can usually be retrieved if they land on solid ground - making it better to be killed in combat than by drowning."
7872,Game & Watch Gallery,"Game Boy Gallery, Game Boy Gallery 2, Game Boy Gallery 2: 4 Games in 1",1997,6.8,"Action, Compilation, Puzzle",,,"The Game & Watch Gallery is Nintendo's first portable compilation featuring their popular line of original 1980's handheld games, featuring the popular ""Mr. Game & Watch"" himself, as well as Mario and friends. The compilation consists of four popular titles from the Game & Watch Series, each with a ""Classic"" and ""Modern"" version of each game: Each mode (Classic and Modern) has two difficulties: Easy and Hard. The higher score a player gets in each version, new unlockable bonuses will become available via the ""Gallery Corner"". These bonuses include release dates, pictures and animations which tell in greater detail the history behind Gunpei Yokoi's portable creations."
7874,Daley Thompson's Super-Test,,1985,6.8,Sports,,,"This game features a variety of sporting events in the second game licensed around the Decathlon champion. Each one has its own world record and a target time/distance/score to reach. Fail and the player loses one of three lives. After completing all events successfully they repeat with tougher targets. The Amstrad, Commodore, and ZX Spectrum 48K versions of this game feature eight sporting events: cycling, giant slalom, penalties, pistol shooting, rowing, ski jumping, spring board diving, and tug of war), while the ZX Spectrum 128K release has four additional events: 100 metres hurdles, javelin, sprint, and the triple jump; making twelve games in all. Rowing, 100 metres hurdles, and cycling are pure tests of joystick waggling; this is a feature of many other events. The penalty shoot-out involves timing the run-up then pressing fire to set the angle of the shot. In the ski jump, timing the launch and landing are crucial. The tug of war involves choosing a candidate the player feels can beat and then out-waggle them. In the triple jump, the player runs to the line before holding down fire for the right length of time for each of the 3 phases of the jump (45 degrees is optimal). The hurdles event involves running to and pressing fire to clear the hurdles. Pistol shooting gives the player limited time to correctly move a sight into position, before firing as close to the centre as possible. This is made harder by only being able to move up and towards the target, which prevents being able to correct over-movement."
7875,Astro Plumber,,1985,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You play the game as a repair man equipped with a jetpack and an upwards firing plasma laser. Your mission is to repair all the leaking air pipes which supply the Colony research station on the surface of the Moon. Sounds simple enough, but now the caverns are inhabited by a number of alien lifeforms which will kill you if they touch you. Finally you must keep an eye on your ever decreasing air supply. You can refill from one of the big air tanks on the surface but it means breaking off your repairs. Your space suit tank can only hold so much air. Overfilling is deadly!"
7880,M&M's: The Lost Formulas,"M&M's: Die Geheimformeln, M&M's: Las Fórmulas Perdidas, M&M's: Shell Shocked",2000,5.7,"Action, Educational",,,"In M&Ms: The Lost Formulas the 2 lead candies are about to set off on a vacation until the red candy realizes that the yellow candy left the M&Ms Minis in charge of the candy factory. The Minis promptly steal the secret M&Ms formulas and cause havoc at the factory. It is up to the yellow candy to set the situation right. The gameplay has been described as being similar to the Crash Bandicoot series The action in the game takes place over 8 levels. The first 7 levels involve some kind of math skill (configurable at various skill levels to cover addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division). The first level depicts the yellow candy frantically driving back to the candy factory. Along the way are math formulas on the side of the road, followed closely by 3 crates on the road, each with a number. Striking the crate with the correct answer for the previous formula will allow passage, while the 2 wrong answers are steel crates that will end your vehicle. The same action is repeated in a later level involving a forklift. Another type of level has the yellow candy jumping from number platform to number platform according to the math formulas that a disembodied female voice calls out. Another type of level is a 3D running/jumping action level in which the yellow candy will run down a hallway while observing clues about math formulas along the way. At the end of the hallway will be 3 doors, each with a possible answer. Choose wisely. All along the way are M&Ms candies to be collected in large quantities. Every 100 M&Ms candies earns the player an extra life. The PlayStation version is basically the same game but minus the Math mode."
7891,World Heroes 2 Jet,Nettо̄ World Heroes 2 Jet,1994,7.2,Action,Fighting,,"World Heroes 2 JET is the third game in the World Heroes series. A third tournament featuring warriors from all over the world (and different periods in time) has begun, and it's up to you to fight to the finish to find out who is organizing it. The game is an upgrade / fine-tuning of World Heroes 2 and contains many new features: ""Entry to the Tournament"" features you fighting several elimination rounds against three different opponents; you have to win two out of three one-round matches to move on. ""The Forging of Warriors"" is a training mode where you can fight against four different enemies in order to hone your skills."
7893,NHL Hockey,EA Hockey,1991,8.1,Sports,,,"The game includes all of the 24 NHL teams and over 500 players, rated in over 15 skill categories. You can play the complete league season or create your own brand new league with up to 24 human participants. All the rough and tumble action of the sport is recreated from a top-down viewpoint. A full replay system is included. Digitized speech and organ music aim to bring authentic NHL arenas to life."
7896,Skyblazer,Karuraō,1993,7.9,Action,Platform,,"Arianna, a young sorceress, has been kidnapped by Ashura. Sky has pledged his life to rescuing her. Sky must venture through many colorful stages and nice background effects. Skyblazer is a blend of side-scrolling fighting with magical skills. Locating potions to recover energy and gaining magic points to thrash the enemies becomes a major part of the gameplay. Sky can also stick to and climb vertically up walls."
7897,Speed Demons,,1999,6.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Speed Demons, not to be confused with an earlier title with the same name is a 3D arcade racing game for Windows. The game features 10 circuits in various landscapes, such as savanna, snow, an erupting volcano and American traffic-packed motorways. You can drive 6 different strange customizable vehicles. You can change the appearance of various parts of your vehicle. The vehicles have collision models that simulate damage when you collide with your opponents. There are three camera views, cockpit, bumper, and chase cam. In multiplayer you can opt for horizontal or vertical split-screen, or a network game with up to 6 players."
7905,Eternal Eyes,Koukroseatro: Yūkyū no Hitomi,1999,6.2,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,,"Luke and his sister Elena are two orphans, living in a small house in the kingdom of Gross. They have two good friends - Mouse and Nicol. One day, while exploring a local cave, the four youths find a mysterious jewel. Later, they travel to the city of Goondocks, where they find a similar jewel - along with a note left to them by Luke's and Elena's parents. They learn that their parents belonged to an ancient race named ""Eternal Eyes"" - people who could control inanimate dolls called Mappets. Now the four heroes have to learn the power of controlling Mappets, and to stop a villain from resurrecting the Goddess of Destruction. Eternal Eyes is a combination of strategy console-style RPG similar to Final Fantasy Tactics and Pokémon -like monster-breeding gameplay. The only controllable human character in your party is Luke. Throughout the game, he will be able to capture more and more Mappets, which will then help him during his quest, also participating in battles. There are different kinds of Mappets which can be used with various effects during the turn-based battles."
7912,Pool Champion,,1995,7.0,Sports,,,"""The realism of a simulation. The intrigue of an adventure."" Players play the game of pool against the computer, against another player, or practice by themselves. Players may also embark upon the ""Great American Pool Adventure."" In the adventure, players play against and wager with a series of increasingly difficult pool opponents with the goal of eventually earning enough money to go to Las Vegas and win the National Pool Championship."
7914,ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron,"TJ&E:2, ToeJam & Earl in Panik auf Funkotron, ToeJam and Earl 2",1993,7.7,Action,Platform,,"The sequel to ToeJam & Earl starts off where the first game ends. The two funky aliens have finally gathered all their rocket parts and left Earth for their home planet Funkotron. Accidentally, some earthlings manage to cling on to their spaceship and come along to Funkotron with them. Being responsible for the huge disturbance the humans are causing on their funky planet, the duo set off to clean up the mess. The earthlings come in all sorts of surprising forms, kids running around, construction workers, tourists, and the regular wierdos. You can choose either character, or have two players play out together, as you hit the earthlings with special jars that suck them in, so they could be transported back to Earth. You meet other Funkotron inhabitants and interact with them, things like helping them find stuff or ringing their doorbell and running away. All these people will help you in getting the job done and preventing Funkotron from losing its funky-ness."
7929,Videocart-14: Sonar Search,"12: U-Boot-Jagd, Cassette 14: Schiffe versenken (Sonar), Programkassett 14: Sonar-sökning, Videocart-12: Sonar-Peilung",1977,5.9,Strategy / tactics,,,"Sonar Search features the basic gameplay idea of Battleship but with a unique twist. Instead of trying to randomly guess what grid an opponent's battleship is on, after the player takes a shot, the player will hear a sonar ping noise. The shorter the noise, the closer the player is to hitting a target. In the 1 player game, the player has a limited number of chances to sink the enemy fleet of ships, while in the 2 player game, players take turns trying to sink their opponent's ships before having their own ships sunk."
7930,Downhill Challenge,"Eddie Edwards Super Ski, Super Ski, Superski Challenge",1987,7.6,"Action, Sports",,,"This skiing game is viewed from behind the player in 3D. There are four different events available – Slalom, Giant Slalom, Downhill and Ski Jump. These can be practiced in Training mode, or taken on in a sequence of 2 of each in Competition mode. You must pass through the pairs of gates and hit the single ones, remain on the course, and avoid trees and spectators. Offences such as these will cause you to accrue penalty points, which will detract from your score. Up to 5 players can attempt these, with their results compared at the end."
7931,Chocobo Racing,Chocobo Racing ~Genkai e no Road~,1999,6.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Fantasy,"The Chocobo has appeared in every Final Fantasy game since Final Fantasy IV as a large yellow bird that you can ride to other destinations or use during fights. With Chocobo Racing you can race a Chocobo along with a range of different characters both from the Final Fantasy world including Cloud and Cid from Final Fantasy VII and created just for the game through many different fantasy worlds at high speed, using a selection of weapons to aid you. The game supports 1 and 2 player racing."
7933,SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium,,1999,8.4,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"With 18 starting characters (26 total after unlocking), numerous battle modes and varied minigames, this may be the largest fighting game for the Neo Geo Pocket Color. Choose the fighting style that suits you from the available Single, Tag and Team modes. The SC Olympic mode grants access to minigames from a music game featuring Felicia to a whack-a-mole style game with Jubei. The Olympic mode also allows players to compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in various fighting challenges. Link features include NGPC-to-NGPC battles and NGPC-to-Dreamcast data exchange with other SNK titles."
7936,Pitstop II,,1984,7.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Race Formula-1 in several tracks while trying to beat a computer, or human opponent. Pay attention to your fuel and tires: It will be necessary to drive into a pitstop to swap them out and refuel. Tire damage is indicated by their colour; they start off black and become lighter as they take damage. Once they have turned white a collision will send the car off the track. Six different tracks are available to race on including Brands Hatch and Vallelunga. Tracks can be played singly, or all together in a Grand Prix contest. When playing the Grand Prix this is scored in the same way as the real contest. Players can select how many laps they want to race and 3 different skill levels."
7937,Bristles,"Bristles: Starring Peter the Painter, Pennelli",1983,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The object of this game is to paint all the rooms of a building without losing your paint brushes (lives) and before time runs out. You and up to three friends can select from any of eight player sprites, male or female. There are six skill levels with eight buildings per level. After you finish a building, you will be given part of a special message. There are six messages, one per skill level. You get from floor to floor by way of elevators. Be sure the elevator is at your floor when you board or you will fall down the elevator shaft. There are also three ladders out of the basement. Watch out for Flying Half-Pints. They will appear on one side of the building at any floor except the basement and will move horizontally across. You must jump or duck to avoid them. Starting at building number two, you must also avoid Dumb Buckets. These will walk around and ride the elevators but they always move in a set pattern. Starting on building three and continuing every other building, you have to contend with Brenda, the superintendent's brat. She will put hand prints on your freshly painted walls, which will cost you forty points and require repainting to finish that building. You can grab the candy cane in these buildings and give it to her. This will stop her for fifteen seconds so you can repaint. Starting with building four, you must beware of the Bucket Chucker. Unlike the Dumb Bucket, he does not follow a set pattern, he follows you. You cannot destroy the Bucket Chucker but there are two ways he can be trapped. One way is to use the paint mixer, a square within a square. You touch it to turn it on for four seconds and if the Bucket Chucker touches it while it is on, he will shake for four seconds. You can turn the paint mixer on over and over while the Bucket Chucker is in it, unlimited times. Another way to trap the Bucket Chucker is to go to the basement, lead the Bucket Chucker to the ladders, go up a ladder, avoiding the elevator, then go left or right. The Bucket Chucker will then be stuck in the basement until you lose a brush. Starting on building five, you must jump over steam pipes or they will trip you, losing you a brush. In buildings six, seven and eight, your brush will run dry after eight, seven or six rooms, respectively. To refill, simply touch the large paint brushes in some rooms."
7945,Super Mario Land,,1989,7.6,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Super Mario Land the plumber's first outing on the Game Boy, is a side-scrolling platformer much in the vein of the previous Super Mario Bros. This time, Mario must save Princess Daisy, rather than Princess Toadstool, from her kidnapper, Tatanga, a mysterious spaceman. The game follows largely the same formula of its aforementioned predecessor, with Mario defeating enemies by jumping on them and collecting coins and power ups by hitting floating blocks, with each world leading up to a boss fight which is defeated using by collapsing the floor. A unique feature of this instalment is two scrolling shoot-'em-up levels, the first of which Mario pilots a submarine, and the second an aeroplane."
7960,Jane's Combat Simulations: ATF - Advanced Tactical Fighters,Jane's Combat Simulations: A.T.F. - Advanced Tactical Fighters,1996,7.5,Simulation,,Contemporary,"Jane's Combat Simulations: Advanced Tactical Fighters is the sequel to USNF The game uses the same engine as USNF with updated aircraft shapes and terrain. One of the new features is a comprehensive Jane's research suite on all the game's aircraft, weapons, vehicles, ships, etc. There are two campaigns (Egypt 1998 and Vladivostok Russia 2002), various of single missions, an in-game mission creator, and a quick mission creator. Replay value was further increased by Duosoft's toolkit, which allowed players to greatly modify the game with custom add-on libraries. The game focus is on futuristic aircraft and campaigns, with many of the flyable aircraft still in development at the time of the game's development. The flyable aircraft are F-117 Nighthawk (Stealth Fighter), F-22 Raptor, XF-29 FSW, XF-31 EFM, ASTOVL (JSF), B-2 Spirit and Rafale C."
7961,90 Minutes: European Prime Goal,J League Soccer: Prime Goal 3,1995,6.5,Sports,,,"90 Minutes: European Prime Goal is a soccer game with the 14 teams of the Japanese first division (J. League) to play with. In the European version they were replaced by national teams, but some playing modes are still reminiscent of the original. The available modes are exhibition matches, tournament, league, cup and all-star (the teams are divided into two leagues and the overall winner is decided with play-offs). With the option ""You're a Hero"", the player can create a new athlete, change his stats with a few training lessons and swap it with an existing one. The player either controls the athlete who has the ball or, when in defense, the one who is nearest to it. The field is shown from a slightly angled side-perspective. During most modes, all teams can be taken over by human players, but only two can play at the same time."
7964,Time Commando,Time Commando: Fight your way through time. Or you're history.,1996,7.7,Action,Puzzle elements,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the near future, the military has created an advance computerized combat simulation, which allowed participants to be trained in various forms of combat throughout human history. However, a programmer working for a corporation that seeks the downfall of the simulation developers infects the system with a virus. This virus creates a dimensional vortex that threatens to swallow the entire world. Stanley Opar, a member of S.A.V.E (Special Action for Virus Elimination) enters the vortex with one goal: destroy the virus before the universe ceases to exist. Time Commando is an action game with light puzzle-solving elements. The player character travels to eight different time periods: Prehistoric, Roman Empire, Feudal Japan, Medieval, Conquistador, Wild West, Modern Wars, and Future. Each era has its own characteristic enemies and sets of weapons: for example, Stanley fights with rocks and bone knives in the Prehistoric era, switching to shurikens and katanas in Japan, revolvers and shotguns in the Wild West, laser pistols in the future, etc. Most of the time in the game is spent fighting enemies. Character navigation and combat resemble those of Alone in the Dark The navigation is character- rather than camera-based, similarly to survival horror games. During combat, Stanley has three attack moves at his disposal, as well as a blocking move. Part of the challenge relies on choosing the right weapons against particular enemies. Stanley starts with a small life bar that can be increased by picking up life power-ups, as well as multiple lives. Time limit is imposed on each level. To lower the countdown, the player has to deposit computer chips collected throughout the levels in special orb pools. The game utilizes animated pre-rendered sequences to represent locations, and polygonal models for the characters."
7969,Tachyon: The Fringe,Jestokie Zvezdy,2000,7.8,Action,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Jake Logan was an ace pilot, living in Sol and holding a steady job flying for Advanced Ganymede Technologies. However somewhere in the middle of a mission it all went wrong and explosions ended up killing several civilian lives. Jake has now been fired from his comfortable job, arrested by Star Patrol and exiled from Sol space. What's left is The Fringe, which consists of unexplored and contested sectors, linked together by gates run by the Tachyon Corporation. Out here, the rule of law is thin... and corporate rivalries take one a whole new deadly meaning. Take for instance a dispute between the Galspan corporation and Bora Mining, a conflict which threatens to overwhelm all allegiances within the Fringe. Tachyon: The Fringe is a 1st-person space combat game. Players will sign up for missions, which vary from starbase to starbase. The objectives include escort missions, combat, recon, search and destroy, cargo scanning and sector defense. Completion of these missions will increase Jake's credit balance and unlock new equipment and ship types from different corporations. Typical equipment includes laser guns, projectile guns, missiles, scanners, ECM, mines and targeting equipment. Jake can also hire wingmen to help him out for a small initial fee, as well as a percentage of each completed mission in which they participate. There are over 60 different missions, each of which is scripted. There is no free flight ability while not on a mission, though it's usually possible to move between space stations and sectors. Tachyon: The Fringe also features two different multiplayer modes (Arena or BaseWar), which can be played over the Internet at NovaWorld."
7970,Austin Powers: Operation: Trivia,,1999,6.7,Strategy / tactics,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"Multiplayer trivia game ala ""You Don't Know Jack"". Starring Austin Powers as the good guy and Dr. Evil as the bad guy."
7972,Galaxy Game,,1971,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Galaxy Game is a conversion of one of the earliest video games ever produced, Spacewar Released in September of 1971, it is the first known arcade game - beating yet another Spacewar conversion, Computer Space by a mere two months. The game was never mass-produced and was only available at the Tresidder Union Coffee House at Stanford University. With monochrome vector graphics, Galaxy Game is a space shooter where two players try to blow up each other's spaceship. Besides firing, players can rotate their ships left and right, thrust forward, and jump to hyperspace, reappearing at a random (potentially dangerous) location. Both ships have a limited amount of fuel that is consumed over time and as the players use their engines and the hyperspace ability. A ship explodes when it runs out of fuel. One of the most interesting gameplay elements of the game is the gravitational pull caused by a star in the middle of the screen, which both players must avoid colliding into. However, this feature can be disabled by setting one of the machine's control switches. The game also features a single-player mode for practice."
7976,Iron Helix,Iron Helix: A deadly war game gone awry...,1993,7.2,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A rogue navy ship, Jeremiah Obrian threatens to start a war. A virus has wiped out its crew, but the threat of it firing its Iron Helix doomsday weapon is still there. You must remotely pilot an unarmed science robot to explore the ship and work out how to shut the weapon down. The game uses interactive quarter-screen footage to display the ship's interiors. The main challenge is that an automated security device is chasing you down, and must be avoided and ultimately destroyed. A delay between your commands and the robot's receipt of them forces you to pay close attention to the security drone and plan several steps ahead. As you explore the ship, you will find data ports, which can be jacked into to gain information or to open doorways. To access most of these, you will need to find and collect a DNA sample from a member of staff whose role gave him/her access."
7977,The Chessmaster 2000,,1986,7.4,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Chess",,"This iteration of the Chessmaster series offers a strong chess opponent at 12 skill levels, catering for novices to grandmasters. Its many features include an opening library built around 71,000 moves and the ability to print out the move history. To help novices there is a teach mode showing all legal moves, a hint mode offering what the computer feels is a strong move, and the chance for the Chessmaster to analyse all previous moves in a game. Famous real-life game positions and pre-set challenges offer individual challenges."
7986,Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude!,Greendog,1992,6.7,Action,Platform,,"In this game you play the role of a surfer called Greendog who discovers a gold pendant while out surfing. Unwittingly he puts the pendant on and discovers it won't come off. A bikini clad girl tells him that the pendant was made by the Aztecs long ago, and that they cursed it so that whoever wears it will be attacked by any animal that comes near them. Worst of all the person wearing it is unable to surf. The only way Greendog can lift the curse and remove the pendant is to find the six pieces of Aztec treasure and put them all together and the only knowledge of the whereabouts of the treasure is stamped on the back of the pendant. The gameplay involves you getting from the left end of the level to the right while fighting off wild animals with your trusty Frisbee and using your athletic skills to jump over platforms."
7993,The Bombing Islands,,1997,6.0,Puzzle,,,"After getting a message from King Clown that strange blue bombs have appeared on all six worlds, Kid Clown sets on a mission to clear away the threat. You control a character whose purpose is to blow the blue bombs scattered on each island to smithereens. The gameplay is similar to Bombuzal Each stage has a red bomb and blue bombs. The bombs that you blow are on a pre-designed spot but are movable and must be placed in a way that all of them will set off at once. To make certain that everything will blow you can check the number at the top of the blue bombs which equals the radius the blast will reach. The stages are chessboard-like with little touches like trees and water for the first island, lava pits for the lava world and so on. The levels are rotatable with an isometric view (top-down if you hold down L2). There is also a time limit in which you must do the above."
7995,Bo Jackson Baseball,,1991,5.9,Sports,,,"Bo Jackson was the first all-star athlete in two major sports, Baseball and American Football. Bo Jackson Baseball is a game about Bo Jackson baseball career. This game plays lake a standard baseball nine (or 5 – 8 if you wish) innings baseball game. There are three difficulty levels giving access to players at all still levels. When pitching you are given 5 different pitch types that pitcher chooses by pressing the correct directional button before the pitch, therefore keeping it hidden from your opponent. Batting is done the same way but the type of hit is chosen as the batter hits the ball. At any moment, base sneaking can be made (by the batter) or stopped (by the pitcher). Fielding is only done using the CPU, but once the fielder gets the ball then you must choose what base to throw to using the directional buttons. All of the teams are just city names and players, all with different stats, are fictional except for Bo Jackson himself who is hidden in the game."
7997,Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure,,1992,7.4,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"On a trip with his parents to every kid's favorite place in the universe (Disney World, of course), Cosmo becomes stranded on a planet, his parents vanished. You direct him as he runs and jumps through different lands, such as alien tropics, haunted forest, ice cave, and future world, to find his parents. Along the way he encounters the various platform baddies that he must either jump to death in the classic style or destroy with bombs. Bombs are also useful for finding secrets. Cosmo is also armed with suction cup arms which he can use to climb up tall walls."
8001,Hi-Octane,Hi-Octane: The Track Fights Back,1995,7.0,Racing / Driving,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A futuristic racing game with hover cars, in the same line as Wipeout using a modified version of the Magic Carpet 2 engine. Gameplay takes a straightforward approach, with the directional keys controlling the steering and throttle, and three keys to fire the minigun, missiles or charge the booster. While the minigun has unlimited ammo, both fuel, armour and missiles must be replenished by passing through some marked areas or picking up powerups in the track or by left destroyed opponents. While the vehicles float on the track they are still influenced by the ground material: they slow down on dirt and even more on water. Each track has a number of shortcuts or alternate routes that offer powerups, and some tracks feature gates and ramps that open or close randomly. Includes 9 tracks and several game modes (for Saturn owners and PC players with the 1.2 patch installed) such as single race mode (with option to change the number of laps), a Championship mode, Split Screen, Clone Race (beating the ghost of the best race time), Death Match (Where instead of finishing first what matters is finish alive and with the most kills) and Hot Seat, where up to eight players can compete in the same race by taking turns, with the computer taking control of the players' vehicles waiting for their turn. There are six hover cars to choose from: the fast Flexiwing and Outrider, the balanced KD-1 Speeder and Vampyr and the slow but armed to the teeth Berserker and Jugga. In addition to the natural capacity of each, their Minigun, Missle and Booster capacities can be upgraded by picking up powerups during the race. There are Eight teams to choose from, which change the colour of the vehicle: Mad Medicine (white), Bullfrog (aqua green), Storm Riders (purple), Fire Phreaks (orange), DethFest (blue), Foo Fighters (yellow), Gorehounds (red) and Assassins Anonymous (black)."
8008,Quest for Glory III: Wages of War,"Hero's Quest 3: Wages Of War, QFG3, Quest for Glory III: Der Lohn des Krieges, Quest for Glory III: Seekers of the Lost City",1992,7.6,"Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",Graphic adventure,Fantasy,"Wages of War is the third game in the Quest for Glory series. It is set in the Africa-like world of Tarna, where the hero travels with paladin Rakeesh, his new Liontaur friend he has met in the previous game Shortly after his arrival, the hero learns about the conflict between the human Simbani tribe and the seemingly malevolent neighboring Leopardmen. It is now time for our hero to become a skillful diplomat and prevent an upcoming war between the two nations. The basic gameplay system is similar to that of the two preceding games. The game has an adventure-like structure and gameplay elements, including puzzles to solve, inventory items to use, and characters to talk to, as well as a role-playing system with combat and character development. As in the predecessors, the player character can be either a fighter, a thief, or a mage; in this installment, the paladin class is selectable from the beginning of the game (unlike the previous game, where the hero could only earn the title of a paladin during the course of the story). Saved characters from the previous game can be imported. Like in the earlier Quest for Glory games, the main character's parameters increase directly after battles or by repeatedly performing various actions. New to the series is an overworld map on which the hero travels between locations. Hostile encounters may occur randomly while traversing the map. Combat system is similar to the predecessors, with real-time battles where the player selects various offensive and defensive options. Graphics engine and interface in this installment are the same as in the remake of the first game: it has 256-color graphics and an icon-based interface which was used by Sierra for their contemporary adventure games."
8016,Gunbird,Mobile Light Force,1994,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter","Fantasy, Steampunk","Gunbird is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Psikyo. It hit the Japanese arcade in 1994 and was followed by a Japanese release to the Saturn and the Playstation in the following year. The game is set in a fantasy setting with steampunk elements. Lush forests and medieval castles meet steam trains and mech robots. Instead of piloting the genre-traditional space ships, Gunbird lets the player chose between five different characters (Ash, Marion, Valnus, Yuan Nang and Tetsu) who traverse the game world on broomstick, jet packs and pedal-powered helicopters on a quest to find the pieces of a magic mirror across seven stages. Unorthodox vehicles aside, the gameplay follows traditional genre standards. The main goal is to dodge all bullets that fill the screen while collecting power-ups to make the character stronger. Gunbird features one power-up that incrementally increases the firepower of the standard weapon (P-items) as well as additional ammo for the screen-clearing special ability (B-items). Standard weapon and special ability differ from character to character. Where some characters excel in high firepower in a straight line others allow for a wider spread of bullets or additional homing missiles."
8017,Madden 95,Madden '95,1994,6.5,Sports,,,"The Madden Football series makes its debut on the Game Boy with Madden 95 Unlike most games in the series since 1993, this one does not include a NFL license, and thus features generic team names. The included teams, stats and schedules are however based on the 1994 NFL season. Standard game modes include exhibition games, full seasons (including playoffs) and playoffs. Special modes include Championship playoffs - featuring 38 legendary champion teams, including Green Bay '66, San Francisco '89 and Pittsburgh '78 - and Franchise playoffs - featuring 12 'all-time' teams. Exhibition mode allows players to select from all regular, champion and franchise teams plus a regular Madden and an all-time Madden team. Game length can be set between 20, 40 and 60 minutes. The game features a playbook of more than 80 offensive plays (including fake punts and field goals) and more than 60 defensive plays, all of which can be flipped. The game also features freely definable audibles, substitutions (quarterback and halfback only), timeouts, and game stats. Gameplay during a game is seen from the top, with the field scrolling vertically. Players are moved via the D-pad and the Game Boy's two buttons are used for throwing the ball left or right during passing play, spinning or diving during rushing play, selecting the defender closest to the ball or tackling during defensive play, and so on."
8022,Frogger 2,,2000,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Frogger 2 is an extension of the original Frogger making the levels containing the usual highways and rivers vertically scrolling, with limited side scrolling. Along the way from the bottom to the top of the level, you can collect gems and extra lives, and each level usually has one or more restart points. Along the way, your frog encounters and older, wiser frog called Tadius, who offers advice on strategy. You can save several games and pick up where you left off, as well as revisit finished levels. The game is made up of several worlds with different themes."
8024,Director of Football,"Telefoot Manager 2002, kicker FUSSBALLmanager",1999,7.3,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Director of Football is a typical football-management game of the ""German school"" in the line of titles such as Bundesliga Manager series (by the same designers) or the ANSTOSS series where handling finances take a part as large as managing the team itself. Featuring 4 main leagues (England with 4 divisions, France and Italy with 3 and Spain with 2) along other four minor leagues with a single division (The Netherlands, Germany, Portugal and Scotland). However, only one of the four main leagues can be fully activated, removing all lower levels from the remaining leagues. The player can create his own leagues and data sets (allowing to have more recent or even fantasy squads) using the built-in editor. And as if that's not enough, the player can also choose to select any team and play with it on another championship, randomize the starting team of players as well as their attributes, positions, ages and stadium sizes, making each game unique. Players are rated according to a ""CTI"" rating in a 0-999 scale. CTI sums the abilities of a player by averaging his c ondition, t echnique and i ntelligence values, which is further affected by the player form. Each value of the CTI corresponds to a wider range of skills: condition includes his strength, stamina and tackling abilities, intelligence his team spirit, tactical sense and overview and finally technique his average of acceleration, dribbling and shooting values. They are also rated on other special skill areas, such as crossing, goal instinct and experience. Goalkeepers, being specialized players, feature a much more simplified rating system with a single strength category (not affected by form) and seven skill areas. Inside the game, the player is responsible for several areas, including managing the squad (setting tactics and formations and team talks), acting as the titular ""Director"" (insure players against injuries, hire players and set contracts, set training camps and deal with potential new players for the youth team), and acting in finances (advertising and stadium expansions). The player can earn additional revenue from dealing in the stock market (risky) or making long-term deposits, which provide a reliable return, but the money can't be withdrawn before the stipulated date. The player advances on his career depending on two factors: his success as manager (set by a numeric score) and achievement medals, won by completing the season with certain criteria met (such as a high contract-end average, performing well in the competitions and milking advertisers)."
8027,Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,The Empire Strikes Back,1982,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back recreates a scene from the movie of the same name. You are on the icy planet of Hoth, and Imperial Walkers are closing in on the rebel power generator. As the pilot of a snowspeeder, you need to take out as many of the walkers as you can. The walkers are heavily armoured, and it will take a lot of fire power to destroy one! The game is played on a large, scrolling screen with a radar screen at the bottom to help keep track of where the enemy is located. If a walker reaches the power generator, or you run out of snowspeeders the game is over. Good luck, and may the force be with you!"
8030,Gremlins 2: The New Batch,Gremlins 2: Shinshu Tanjou,1990,7.4,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"As Gizmo, you must reach the Gremlin Control Centre to wipe them out. This is an isometric action game differing from the Elite title You can gain items such as a bow and arrow and matches after each level to help. Mr Wing's Shop also contains many goodies, so watch out for its door magically appearing. Hazards include spiders, electrified wires, ground-mounted hazards, and a boss at the end of each level."
8036,River Raid II,,1988,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"You're the pilot of an F-14 assault jet, assigned to the dangerous mission of taking out an enemy bridge at the top of a heavily guarded river. In River Raid II, the gameplay is similar to the original River Raid, but with a few additions. For each mission you start out on an aircraft carrier. After a successful takeoff, you need to get past enemy forces located over the ocean which guard the entrance to the river. Make sure to collect plenty of fuel from the refueling jets, since once you reach the river fuel will become scarce! Next you will have to make your way up the treacherous river channel until you finally reach, and hopefully destroy, the bridge. But the level isn't over yet, for now you have to return to the aircraft carrier and land safely. After completing all of this, you move on to the next, more challenging level. In addition to the expanded levels, another change in River Raid II is the ability to control the altitude of your plane. You can fly high above everything, or fly low into the channel to take out enemy tanks and barges."
8037,Earl Weaver Baseball II,,1991,6.6,Sports,,,"Earl Weaver Baseball II is a realistic baseball game in 3D. Graphics are in full screen SVGA, and features fully animated players and various camera positions. Compared to the original there are enhanced physics, and the real and fantasy playground options help to get an authentic atmosphere ingame. The game has four different skill levels. Various statistics can help you to improve your gameplay. Accumulated full game stats with over 50 stats, ratings for hitters and fielders, and more than 30 pitcher stats. Ratings will be helpful for you while choosing the right tactics, for example against powerful hitters. Statistics for all the major leagues of the day are included as well as manager stats. Included in the package is the ""Commissioner's Disk II"" containing a Manager Construction Set to create your own managers, a complete Fantasy League creation module, the ability to design your own parks and fields, and even print baseball cards. Multiplayer options let you challenge Earl Weaver himself or play against friends."
8039,Wonder Boy in Monster Land,"Bikkuriman World, Mônica no Castelo do Dragão, SEGA AGES: Wonder Boy Monster Land, Super Wonder Boy, Super Wonder Boy Monster World, Super Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Super Wonder Boy: Super Monster Land",1987,7.7,Action,"Platform, RPG elements",,"Eleven years have gone by since Tom-Tom rescued his girlfriend Tanya from the clutches of the evil King. Word of Tom-Tom's dangerous adventure soon spread throughout Wonder Land. The people were very proud of him and gave Tom-Tom the highest honor of all - the legendary name of Wonder Boy. With the evil King defeated, Wonder Land returned to its peaceful state, and for over one decade, the kingdom was a paradise, and everything and everyone lived happily together. Eventually, the peace was broken when a ferocious fire-breathing dragon appeared out of nowhere and took over Wonder Land with an army of evil, monsterous henchmen, causing Wonder Land was immediately thrown into utter chaos. Defenseless that they were, the people were quickly taken over and the tranquil and serene kingdom was transformed into a land of demons and devils. Wonder Land was now a Monster Land. Tom-Tom was summoned to set out on a journey, destroy this dragon, and restore peace once again. Tom-Tom is Wonder Land's last hope. There are twelve locations in which Tom-Tom must venture through, including (but not limited to): the city of Wonder Land, Valley of Peace, The Coastal Town of Baraboro, The Mam Desert, and Pororo Islands. During his journey, he must defeat monsters with the sword that he got at the beginning of his adventure. These monsters will leave either gold coins or bags of cash, which he can use to buy better weapons, shields, armors, and boots. At the end of each location, there is usually a boss that Tom-Tom must defeat in order to obtain a gold key that will unlock the exit gate, as well as plenty of gold coins or bags of cash. If he touches any enemies, or is shot at, he will lose health. During his travels, Tom-Tom must take note of the hourglass; if the hourglass display sands at the bottom, he must get another one that appears out of nowhere, or he'll also lose health. There are two ways in which he can restore it. He can either go into bars to have a drink that will restore it and get a hint about what lies ahead as well, or go into hospitals and heal himself to restore the lost health."
8057,Artura,,1988,5.0,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Artura is a side-scrolling platform game. The game semi-utilizes the mythology of King Arthur in that you play as Artura, son of the Pendragon. Your goal is rescue Nimue, apprentice to Merdyn, from your evil half-sister Morgause. You will battle numerous horrible creatures such as spiders and bats with your axe and avoid deadly traps while attempting to gain access to Morgause's castle. You will also search for 6 runes, which contain spells, that you must find in order to free Nimue. Artura contains 4 maze-like levels that are so complicated that poster sized map of the levels is included with the game."
8058,Nightdawn,,1989,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Nightdawn the player takes the role of an engineer who has to prove that his remote-controlled tank is better than the previous model. To do so, he needs to master a series of top-down mazes. The goal of each level is to find the exit, but it is secured with locked doors and energy barriers. Navigating the maze and finding the means to overcome the doors (finding keys) and barriers (finding switches) is the main challenge of the game, but there are also mines, turrets and patrolling robots. During the course of a level there are optional and needed upgrades to find, e.g. a cannon (initially the tank can't shoot), a mine detector, extra energy or a radar."
8071,Rygar,"Argos no juujiken, Rygar: Join Forces With The Legendary Warrior",1987,7.1,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, RPG elements",Fantasy,"This version of Rygar is quite different from the arcade original and its ports though it shares the same basic story: a legendary warrior rises from the grave in order to defeat the forces of evil in the land of Argool. Rather than being a linear arcade-style game, this version emphasizes exploration and allows the player to re-visit locations with special items that may open previously inaccessible locations. The game contains a light RPG element in form of permanent power-ups which increase the main character's performance in combat. It also offers multiple viewpoints: the action-oriented stages are viewed from a side-scrolling perspective, but when travelling between zones the game takes on an overhead view that can also lead to combat situations."
8089,Terminator 2: Judgment Day,T2: The Arcade Game,1991,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","This is an arcade rail-shooter based on the film Terminator 2: Judgment Day Up to two players shoot through future and present levels as robotic killers reprogrammed to serve the human resistance. Both players wield a machine gun with infinite ammo that lowers its firing rate (overheats) as it is continuously fired. A secondary weapon (missile launchers in the future, shotguns in the present) has limited ammo but deals heavy damage. Powerups inside the game world include secondary weapon ammo and coolant for the machine guns, and are shot to be collected. Terminator 2: Judgment Day renamed T2: The Arcade Game for home conversions, features seven levels based on specific scenes or general concepts in the film. The first four levels act as a prelude, as the player guns down waves of metal Terminators across a post-apocalyptic Battlefield, a besieged Human Hideout, and through the security checkpoints of the enemy supercomputer SkyNet. After destroying the computer, players travel back in time to protect John and Sarah Connor, while also destroying every scrap of SkyNet research at the headquarters of its manufacturer. From there, players must fend off the indestructible T-1000 until the final showdown in the Steel Mill. Assets from the movie are used when possible, such as voice clips from Arnold Schwarzenegger, and close-up digital stills of Robert Patrick for the final battle against the T-1000. The Genesis and SNES versions also support lightguns (the Menacer and Super Scope, respectively)."
8093,S.C.A.T.: Special Cybernetic Attack Team,"Action in New York, Final Mission",1990,7.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In a humorous take on the eighties' sci-fi judgment day films, you play as either one of two cyborgs, Arnold and Sigourney, or team up on a mission to save the world. The year is 2029 and an alien invasion, led by Supreme Commander Vile Malmort, threatens the earth. He has destroyed the city of New York and built a device known as an ""Astrotube"", which connects the ruins of the city with his alien space station. If this invasion does not stop, humanity will surely be doomed! A duo of cyborg soldiers have been assigned to combat the invading forces, known as ""S.C.A.T."" The fate of mankind rests on the success of their five-stage mission. The heroes are equipped with a jet pack and two orbiting cannons. These can be set to fire in one direction or in a fixed pattern. You can fly in all directions and use power-ups to gain new types of weapons or to restore health. Only six lives (three in the Japanese version) per mission are provided, but there is an unlimited amount of continues."
8097,Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny,"Lands of Lore 2, Lands of Lore II: Guardians of Destiny, Lands of Lore: Götterdämmerung, Lands of Lore: Les gardiens de la destinee",1997,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),"Action RPG, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"In her quest for power and revenge, the witch Scotia accidentally set into motion the revival of Belial, God of Evil. With her dying breath, Scotia gave her son Luther her mighty powers of shapeshifting, but through an error Luther received the powers in a damaged form: he cannot control when he changes or what he changes into. Things aren't easy for Luther: not only is he cursed with his mother's power, but the people of the Lands are understandably upset with Scotia and will attempt to take their frustration out on her son. With his mother's magic and a little help from the Draracle, an ancient being watching for signs of Belial's resurrection, Luther must find a cure for his curse and eventually stop Belial. Guardians of Destiny is the sequel to Throne of Chaos and the second installment in the Lands of Lore series. Unlike its predecessor, it is an action RPG which occurs in real-time 3D (much like Daggerfall ) rather than in grid-based environments. Luther is the only player-controlled character in the game and can freely move around, attack in all directions, jump, and crouch. The game features numerous video sequences featuring computer graphics and live action. Luther's unique ability are his transformation powers, allowing him to morph into a powerful humanoid beast or a lizard. Though eventually the player gains control over them, initially these transformations occur at random. The beast form is stronger and able to smash obstacles on his way, but the lizard is more agile, can cast magic and access areas restricted to other shapes. Only Luther's native shape, however, is able to use weapons, both melee and range ones. Unlike most role-playing games, experience points are not awarded directly for vanquishing enemies. Rather, Luther's weapon and magic proficiencies increase and reach higher levels the more the player uses correspondent combat styles. Typically, only defeating more powerful foes contributes to this growth. The player can also combine items to create new ones, and enhance Luther's weapons with them (e.g. making a poison sword). There are elements of puzzle-solving, optional areas, as well as moral decisions that influence the game's ending."
8110,1830: Railroads & Robber Barons,,1995,6.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Board game, Managerial / business simulation","Industrial Age, North America","Based on Avalon Hill's board game of the same name, 1830: Railroads & Robber Barons is a railroad empire building game that is along the same lines (although a different style of gameplay) as the much more famous Railroad Tycoon Capturing the very look and feel of the board game, all the way to the hexagonal playing field and track tokens, 1830 is a turn based game that emphasizes the successful running of a company and manipulating the stock market rather than managing a railroad. Tracks can be laid, cities connected, trains purchased, and schedules set, but the ultimate goal in the end is making money, even at the cost of your company; you'll wind up buying and selling a number of them during the course of the game anyway."
8117,El Viento,,1991,7.1,Action,Platform,,"In 1930s New York, a dark cult plans the resurrection of their master, the Dark Prince Hastur, in order to control all of New York and the world. The mob is on their side in this, funding their dark projects and rituals needed to bring their dark master out into their world. The only one that can stop them is a young girl named Annet... born of the cursed bloodline of Hastur, yet against his plans. Her only weapon: a mystic boomerang known as El Viento... As Annet, you will do battle with the mob, navigating through Sewers, Caves and buildings, collecting bonus items along the way."
8118,Disney's Toy Story,Toy Story,1995,7.1,Action,Platform,,"This game is based on the movie ""Toy Story"". It sets you as the character of Woody as you jump, swing, and drive to the end of each level. Each level contains familar scenes from the movie. The gameplay consists of the platform\sidescrolling kind. You use Woody's pullstring to defeat enemies like sharks, Mr. Potatohead, and Ham. After each level, you are treated to still images from the movie."
8125,Shockman,Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman 2,1991,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the sequel to Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman once again the player takes the role of either cyborg Tasuke or Kyapiko (renamed Arnold and Sonya for their US debut) to face an alien threat to the world. Both cyborgs have traded their energy blades for ranged attacks, which change the pacing of the game a bit but nevertheless remains an action-oriented side-scrolling platformer in which your objective is to clear the stage of all enemies and bosses, while picking up any power-ups that can aid you in your quest. The game makes a linear progression from stage to stage, losing the world map from the original as well as the upgrade buying between levels (since ""Doc"" the inventor of both cyborgs and provider of upgrades has been abducted by the aliens), although new shooter stages have been included to spice things up."
8126,Armored Core: Master of Arena,,1999,7.0,Action,Shooter,,"The third and final AC on Playstation has you continuing your custom mech building job, where companies contact you to complete objectives with a big pay load attached. 20 missions range from the usual destruction of structures and bases to battles against other mechs. Parts can be bought using the credits recieved from missions, allowing you to build up your mech. Players that have played the previous two Armored Core titles (Armored Core and AC: Project Phantasma) can load their previous mechs and build them up further thanks to 30 new parts available (as well as hidden parts scattered throughtout the levels). Again, you can take on a friend in 2 player split screen and link cable mode (you can use two Playstations and TV's)."
8128,Vette!,Vette!: The Street Race Simulation through San Francisco,1989,6.6,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",Sandbox / open world,,"Race your corvette against another human or computer player through an accurate reproduction of San Francisco. Choose between store models (stock or ZR1) or a tricked-up 'vette (twin turbo or ""sledgehammer""). Use your on-screen map display to choose the best route -- there are multiple ways to reach the finish line careening through the streets of San Francisco. You can also switch between views, including left, right, rearview mirror, with or without dash, helicopter chase cam, or a combination of views."
8131,Creatures 3,,1999,7.1,Simulation,,,"You're trying to successfully breed a population of Norns. Norns are creatures that were created a thousand years ago by an advanced race called the Shee. Norns live for around seven hours, and have their own bloodstream, brains, and even a genetic structure called Creatures Digital DNA. With your help the Norns can thrive. You can protect them, teach them, breed them and even construct vast automated machines that help you in your quest."
8140,Chex Quest,,1997,6.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Chex Quest is a 3D FPS running on a modified DOOM engine The planet Bazoik has been overrun by Flemoids- mucous-like alien creatures who are consuming all of the IFC's (Intergalactic Federation of Cereals) nutritious foods. You, a large square-shaped man must go in and rid the various levels of the miscellaneous green Flemoids. Your weaponry starts out with a bootspoon (which can be upgraded to a Super Bootspork) and a small Zorcher (which uses Zorch energy). The Zorcher can, of course, be upgraded to frightening levels... Zorch is apparently an interdimensional substance, because enough of it can ""send a Flemoid back to his homeworld."" You can strap on armor, of course- the armor is a Chex kibble (or a Super Chex kibble). This will protect you from the mucous that the Flemoids snort at you. The opening contains a notice to concerned parents, avowing that the game is non-violent; to keep childrens' interest, the violence was replaced with (and they tried to be delicate here) gross booger sounds. Your character never ""dies"", but becomes immobilized by being covered from head to toe in mucous. Healthy eating habits are also supposedly reinforced- health is regained by eating a bowl of fruit (10% energy), bowl of vegetables (25%), a glass of water (5%), or... yes... ""a complete breakfast"", featuring a bowl of cereal (presumably Chex), toast, glass of milk, and a piece of fruit, for a complete health boost."
8145,Toughman Contest,,1995,6.4,Sports,,,"Toughman Contest is a game based on the world famous boxing competition of the same name. You pick one of 24 fighters, compete in one of 5 locations from around the world, and re-create the Toughman tournament as seen on TV. The boxing action is viewed from behind the back of the fighter you control. Your fighter is rendered as an outline, so you can see what your opponent is up to and react accordingly. Toughman matches consist of three one minute rounds. Your goal is to KO your opponent by causing their stamina meter to decrease to the point where they fall down, or beating on them enough that you are scored the winner at end of the third round."
8146,Puzzled,"ACA NeoGeo: Puzzled, Joy Joy Kid",1990,5.8,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"There were once two villages located right next to each other. One village was full of men, and the other full of women. The two villages didn't get along and were always fighting, so the gods built a tower and wall between them to stop the conflict. However, this caused even more problems for everyone, because the tower blocked all the sunlight to both villages. The village of men sent out a boy and the village of women sent out a girl to travel in hot air balloons to the top of the tower to ask the sun god to remove the barrier. Puzzled is a puzzle game similar to Tetris but instead of clearing lines, the player's goal is to clear a path for their balloon to travel upwards. Every time blocks are cleared, a meter is slightly filled. When the meter is filled one third or higher, the player can unleash the Lightning Ball, or L-Ball, to automatically clear blocks around them in a Breakout -like fashion."
8147,Wargame Construction Set,,1986,6.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,Historical events,"WCS lets you design and play turn-based strategic battles. You can create scenarios in many different time periods including modern day, ancient times, 1800's, and in the future. You have complete control over all the units, and can customize their firepower, movement points, strength, aggressiveness, etc. Supports 1 or 2 players. Comes with 8 pre-made scenarios."
8159,Total Carnage,,1992,5.8,Action,Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The war of 1999 left the country of Kookistan in shambles. Naturally, a dictator named General Akhboob took control of the beleagured nation and began creating an army of radioactive mutants. With a virtually impenetrable stronghold, a bunch of hostages, and a legion of mutants under his command, the evil despot will stop at nothing but world domination. Only two men have the courage and idealistic naivete to take on Akhboob and his forces: Captain Carnage and Major Mayhem, also known as the Doomsday Squad. As Captain Carnage or Major Mayhem, it is up to you or you and a friend (in simultaneous action) to rescue the hostages while shooting hundreds of mutants bent on your destruction. As you walk and run forward, backward, left, right, and diagonally through 20 battlezones of nonstop action, you'll always have your machine gun by your side. Additional weapons which you can find along the way include grenade launchers, rocket launchers, plasma machine guns, flame throwers, spray-fire rifles, defensive blades, and an assortment of bombs."
8164,Cyber Sled,,1993,6.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2067. Prosperity has spread throughout the world. However, decadence has started society's decay. Similar to the decline of the ancient Romans, the only spectator sports left are blood sports. Duels between huge tanks, known as cyber sleds, are the most popular. The user plays as one of these future gladiators. Jump into one of 6 tanks, each varying in speed, shield strength, weapon power, and maneuverability, and enter an arena. As an added bonus, choose between the original arcade arenas or exclusive PlayStation arenas. Avoid obstacles and try to blast your opponent into small unrecognizable pieces with machine guns, heat seeking missiles and other weapons. The game also supports 2 player modes, via a split-screen option."
8165,Battlezone II: Combat Commander,,1999,7.8,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Real-time strategy (RTS), Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The sequel to the real-time strategy/first-person action game of 1998. New enhanced graphics, immersive gameplay with all the strategy/tactical elements combined with the excitment of a first-person shooter. New vehicles, weapons and diverse landscapes."
8172,Push-Over,"Pushover, This game is no... Push-Over",1992,7.9,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,,"You're playing a small ant that is willing to help a friend in a rather inconvenient situation. Apparently, the Quavers mascot Colin Curly likes his Quavers so much he lost balance and dropped them down a giant ant-hill. It's now your job to go in, in a mission to solve puzzles and retrieve the snacks for your friend. Now, this ant-hill is a bit different from the ones you saw, and especially from the one you live in. Its path is filled with domino-like tiles and closed gates that must get through to find the snacks. You'll have to traverse different themed worlds in order to retrieve Colin's precious Quavers. The main game consists in controlling the ant from a standard third-person platformer perspective and moving dominoes to place them in a well imagined line, so that when you push the correct one, all of them fall with a specifically marked tile falling last. The door will otherwise stay shut and you will be unable to progress. In addition to that, your ant can't fall from too high or it will die and make you restart the level. Every domino tile has its own marking. For example, yellow ones are the ones you simply push in a direction so they push the one next to them, most often in a chain reaction. Red ones, on the contrary, can't be pushed at all (but can be moved) and tiles that hit it will fall back in the opposite direction. Other types of tiles include one that explodes when being pushed or hit by another tile, clearing the way for other tiles; one that keeps moving ahead until it hits another tile; one that creates a bridge over a gap; or one that moves straight up and stick to the ceiling, pushing a tile next to it. Each level is timed and requires quick thinking in order to be completed successfully. Upon completion of a level, the player is given a password that can be used to resume the game at the level they last left off. The SNES version doesn't have the Quavers branding and involves retrieving drops of cash for a rat character instead."
8173,Afteroids,,1988,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"You control a spaceship that floats around. You have to blast all the meteors and other objects that bounce in the area. However, shooting the meteors will cause them to fragment into several smaller meteors."
8174,The Neverending Story II: The Arcade Game,"Die Unendliche Geschichte II: Das Arcade Adventure, La Historia Interminable II, Päättymätön Tarina 2, 回到大魔域",1990,5.4,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The Neverending Story II is a platform game which is largely based on the movie. The concept is simple: you're Bastian, and are called forth once again by the Childlike Empress to save Fantasia, the Land of Dreams. The game itself is indeed a platformer where you have to outrun giants (as in the movie) or push them over ledges. With every level you will be awarded with another advancement in the plot, usually a few pages written on a ""book""."
8179,Worlds of Legend: Son of the Empire,Legend Worlds 1: This time it's war: Son of The Empire,1993,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Worlds of Legend is the follow-up to Legend The game is in essence the same as the former game - an isometric 3D RPG. It is now set in an ""Eastern"" environment but once again you take control of the four characters (Barbarian, Runemaster, Assassin and Troubadour), as you're required to solve puzzles and conquer dungeons. Again you can encounter hostile armies on the plains as well, but the landscape has changed. A new feature allows you to import your characters from the original game, with all their gold, weapons and level enhancements, although you can generate them from the start again."
8180,Mort the Chicken,,2000,5.5,Action,Platform,,"Cube shaped life forms from a parallel universe mistake bales of hay on a farm as captured cubes and Colonel Cubicles sends a demand to the chickens living there that all the cubes on the farm need to be freed. Failing to do this, the cube creatures kidnap all the baby chicks down a well which lead to their world. Now it's up to a chicken, named Mort, to head down the well and rescue those baby chicks. The game is broken up into stages in which Mort goes around searching for the baby chicks to rescue. Once he collects the chicks, he has to return them to the well at the start of each stage. He must be careful of the block shaped enemies that are trying to impede his efforts. To attack his enemies, Mort can peck and comb whip them. Mort can also crack open eggs to find power-ups such as springs, invincibility, or even an ability to launch baby chickens at any of the enemies. If an enemy does hit Mort he will lose some health. To restore health, Mort can eat corn and beans which are strewn among the ground of each stage. Mort can also collect stars and coins which will increase the player's score. In between each stage, two newscasters, Chicken Little and Henny Penny, give up-to-date commentary on current happenings which help move the story along."
8181,Ice Climber,"Arcade Archives Ice Climber, Ice Climber-e, NES Classics: Ice Climber, VS. Ice Climber",1984,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In Ice Climber one or two players need to climb their way to the top of 32 different mountains. Each mountain is broken up into eight levels of platforms along with a bonus stage at the top. Attempting to stop the player from making upward progress are different creatures ranging from polar bears to condors, as well as treacherous landscapes with falling icicles, moving platforms, and icy floors. To help out, the players have a weapon, a mallet, which can be used to knock out enemies as well as bust away bricks in the platforms to provide some room to jump up to the next level. When the player finally reaches the top, it's time to move on to the next, more difficult level."
8185,Premier Manager 98,,1997,6.9,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Premier Manager 98 is a team data update of Premier Manager 97 All 92 teams from the nationwide leagues and international teams were updated for the 1997-98 season, keeping all the features from the previous title (online English league database, 3D match engine) untouched. Although only the English league is available, it is still possible to play in pre-season friendlies or international competitions against most first division teams in Europe and South America or scout and sign their players. There are two game modes: Manager and Pro-Manager. Manager allows the player to start in any team. Pro-Manager, on the other hand, requires the player to build his career from the Conference, promoting the club from the lower divisions or getting promoted himself to better ranked teams. It's possible to tweak options such as the level of control (""trainer"" leaves the player only in control of player tactics and squad selection, ""accountant"" is the exact opposite, giving the player control over transfers, contracts, staff, finance, board room options and ground expansions, but no limited control over the squad, ""Manager"" gives control in all but contract deals and ""total"" gives full executive control) or if players age and eventually retire, or play forever. Up to 20 players can play in Manager mode, 8 in Pro-Manager."
8186,Revenge of the 'Gator,"Pinball: 66 Hiki No Wani Daikoushin, Pinball: Revenge of the Gator",1989,7.4,Action,Pinball,,"Revenge of the 'Gator is a pinball game with an alligator motif. There is one table, and 3 bonus areas that are accessed by knocking down specific targets in the main playing area. There are several modes of play. First, there is the standard single player game. Second, there is a two-player alternating mode. Finally, there is a linked mode for two simultaneous players."
8192,Mamono Hunter Yōko: Dai 7 no Keishō,,1991,6.5,Action,Platform,,"Mamono Hunter Yōko: Dai 7 no Keishō is based on the anime series Devil Hunter Yohko The anime tells the story of Yōko Mano, who was a regular girl making her way through high school--until she learned that she is the 108th successor to a line of warriors charged with defending the earth against demons. Every woman born into the Mano family has taken up the role of the legendary Devil Hunters, warriors who battle demons and other forces of darkness who threaten Earth. The realm of the demons (which is parallel to our world) is in cross-dimensional alignment with our own, which could cause a portal to open, allowing the demons to cross over, and launch an all-out attack. The demons are trying to destroy Yōko before she can take her rightful place as the 108th generation Devil Hunter. She must stop the demons before they can perform the ritual that will mean the end of the human race. Mamono Hunter Yōko: Dai 7 no Keishō is a side-scrolling action game with platform elements along the lines of Valis series. The player controls Yōko who is equipped with a sword, which she uses to slash enemies. If the player holds the attack button a shield is created, which will block weak attacks. The shield can also be thrown to attack enemies. The heroine travels through various worlds with different themes (plant-covered surface, water, cave systems, snow landscape, etc.)."
8193,First Contact,,1990,7.0,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In First Contact a communication space station is overrun by aliens. The player takes control over the maintenance droid with the goal to keep the station running as long as possible. The aliens will destroy vital part of the station and the droids need to repair them. There are also other important tasks like getting repairing equipment out of lockers or refueling. The player does not control the droid directly, but programs a script which is then performed independently. If the droid is interrupted, they stop the program and don't fight back. It has to be manually restarted by the player. To be more effective, the droid can be split into three droids with different abilities which have to be programmed individually. The game ends when all droids are disabled by the aliens, but if only one or two are down they can be repaired. There are four decks which can be reached through teleports."
8195,The Blues Brothers: Jukebox Adventure,"Blues Brothers: Jukebox Adventure, The Blues Brothers, The Blues Brothers 2",1993,6.5,Action,Platform,,"Jukebox Adventure is the sequel to The Blues Brothers Once again, the player has to choose a favourite Blues Brother and take him through different side-scrolling platform levels. He needs to collect records and use them as defence by throwing them towards enemies. There are also power-ups that can be gathered until the jukebox to progress to the next level is found."
8203,Star Trek: Klingon,,1996,6.5,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Welcome to the Klingon Language Immersion holodeck program. You will be guided by Gowron (his hologram, actually) in this true immersive experience in the Klingon culture. You will participate as Pok, a young Klingon about to take his Rite of Ascension. You start at home getting ready to entertain guests of your father. Be ready to participate in this interactive adventure, so you can truly experience what it feels to be a Klingon. Klingon is basically a full-motion video click-your-own-adventure. At certain points in the game, you will be given a few seconds to make a decision on what to do. You perform action by clicking on the object onscreen, or do nothing (which is sometimes appropriate). Make the right choice, and the game continues. Make the wrong choice, and Gowron scolds you for not learning, and gives you another chance as the program was ""rewound"" back to that decision point. The game also comes packaged with a Klingon Language Lab, which helps to teach you about the Klingon language, complete with speech recognition to correct your Klingon pronunciation."
8204,Rocky Rodent,Nitro Punks: Might Heads,1993,7.1,Action,Platform,,"Mafia member Don Garcia has kidnapped Melody, the daughter of the owner of the Rose Restaurant. Rocky Rodent agrees to rescue her in exchange for an all-you-can-eat meal. In order to find Melody, Rocky Rodent has to complete a number of fast-paced, side-scrolling platformer levels. While he can also defeat enemies by jumping on them, his most important weapons are four different hairstyles: His first hairstyle allows him to skewer and throw his enemies, destroy porous blocks as well as cling to and jump up certain ledges. A mohawk can be thrown at enemies like a boomerang or thrown into certain walls, from where it serves as a trampoline. Braids can be used as a grappling hook and a corkscrew-like haircut lets him bounce on his head to jump higher than normal. When Rocky is attacked by an enemy, he loses his current haircut. If he is attacked while not wearing any special haircut, he loses a life."
8210,Starcross,Starcross: INTERLOGIC Science Fiction,1982,7.0,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2186. Humanity has established colonies on the moon, Mars, and several of the larger asteroids. Earth's sky is dotted with space habitats, and the spaceways are always busy. As usual, there is the urgent need for energy to power this advanced civilization; one of the primary sources of that energy is quantum black holes. In Starcross you are a miner of black holes, scouring the asteroid belt in your one-man survey ship. Finding and harnessing a single black hole can make a person's fortune. It's a lonely business, fraught with the known and unknown hazards of space. You've equipped your ship, the M.C.S. STARCROSS, with the best gear you could afford. You've put everything into this venture, and though you've tried before, you somehow sense that this time will be different. The ship's computer handles the functions of navigation and routine maintenance. You watch the sophisticated mass detector as it unceasingly scans the vicinity for uncharted masses. To assuage the tedium of your long trip, you browse through the compact tape library, a compendium of human knowledge and culture. But the drone of the ship gradually lulls you into a deep sleep. As you sleep, you dream of the riches which would be yours if your search for a quantum black hole is successful. Little do you suspect that the alarm on your mass detector is about to jolt you out of your dream - but not to grapple with the long-sought black hole. Your quest has taken an unexpected turn, for you are destined to rendezvous with a gargantuan alien spaceship from the outer fringes of the galaxy."
8215,Tetris Attack,Yoshi no Panepon,1996,8.2,"Action, Puzzle","Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle",,"All is not well on Yoshi's Island! The devious king Bowser has cast a spell on the island's inhabitants, turning them into his mindless slaves. Only Yoshi has escaped its effects, and so he must set off to free his friends, and to defeat Bowser and break the spell. Tetris Attack is a fact-paced action puzzler featuring the colorful cast of characters from Yoshi's Island A stack of blocks continually rises from the bottom of the screen, and the player controls a cursor which can swap any two blocks horizontally. Make a row or column of three or more and they'll clear, potentially creating combos from new blocks falling to take their place. Combos will send large garbage blocks to your opponent, which must be eliminated by clearing a piece that is touching it, turning it into normal blocks. The game offers a story mode against the computer, as well as a 2-player versus mode, an endless mode, a timed mode where a certain number of blocks must be cleared, and a puzzle mode where a set arrangement of blocks must be cleared in a specific number of moves. The game is based on the Japan-only title Panel de Pon"
8221,Daily Double Horse Racing,,1988,6.2,Sports,,,"Daily Double Horse Racing is a gambling game for 1-4 players, where each player bets virtual money on horses, both for simple win/place/show for bets on one horse, and for two-horse bets - exacta/parlay/quinella/daily double. Players enter their bets at a bookmakers desk, with some information based from the racing tables and the manual, and when all players are done you watch the races from the side of the course. Each player starts off with an equal amount of $100-$500 chosen at the start. It's possible to gamble in up to ten races every 'day' with six horses and twelve jockeys in each race, taken from a selection of 180 horses, all described in detail in a racing newspaper that comes with the game. The horse performances/statistics are not updated after each race, only the printed paper is used to calculate odds for the coming races. The track length and which horses participates in each race is randomly selected, while the track condition is player selectable from dry/muddy/turf."
8222,Mutant League Hockey,,1994,7.3,"Action, Sports",Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mutant League Hockey is a violent hockey game in the same series as Mutant League Football. There are 23 bizarre hockey teams to choose from, with players consisting of zombies, skeletons, trolls, and robots. The arenas are equally strange, with hidden bottomless pits, mines placed under the ice, spikes, and a ""Demon Net"" that functions as a goalie by chomping up and down and devouring the puck. The game plays similar to normal hockey, except in this game your players can pick up chainsaws, maces, axes, etc. to use against the competition. It's a bloody game, with opponents exploding into piles of goo (or circuits if they are a robot) when they become too injured. The player can call special plays, like an exploding puck or jail break and attack the goalie. The game also has fighting sequences if two players decide to get into a brawl. The game comes with multiplayer and a playoff series, full stats for your players and instant replays."
8224,Shadow Tower,,1998,6.2,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Shadow Tower is a first-person dungeon crawler from the team that created the King's Field series. Though the two games share a similar style, theme, and look, Shadow Tower is the start of a new series unrelated to King's Field The player controls mercenary Ruus Hardy, who, upon visiting the town of Zeptar, finds it razed to the ground. The towns inhabitants have been killed, and their souls claimed by evil spirits lurking below a nearby tower. Ruus heads alone into the underground dungeon to slay the monsters and set the souls free. This journey will take the player through six ""worlds"" based on nature, including Earth, Fire, Illusion, and Death, and pit them against monsters and bosses alike. Players control Ruus from a first-person perspective, swinging swords and casting spells accordingly. Players can strafe with the left and right shoulder buttons. Weapons and armor are found around the dungeon and equipped from the status screen. Rings can be found that are imbued with a predetermined set of magic spells. The player can have one ring on each hand, and one spell active for each ring. Players can buy and sell items at shops. Equipment can wear out with repeated use, and must be repaired by a blacksmith or replaced all together. There are no experience levels in Shadow Tower Instead, the player builds stats by repeating related actions. Players can find fixed warp and save stones within the world to travel and preserve their progress. There are no maps, either in-game or included with the documentation, so the player must make their own with the help of an in-game compass. The game supports multiplayer only through a limited 2-player battle mode."
8228,Cyborg,,1987,6.8,"Action, Adventure","Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A team of 7 scientists has flown on a spaceship to find a way to stop an asteroid on a collision course with Earth when all communication is lost with them. You are a cyborg (half-man and half-machine) sent to rendezvous with them and to find out what happened to them. Upon landing, you discover the asteroid is in fact an alien ship bent on conquering Earth and only you can stop them. Each level of the alien ship has rooms to explore and you must either avoid sinister aliens and robots or destroy them. Computer terminals encountered will give you access codes needed to enter locked areas of the ship. The game screen has the top half showing your character and location scene while the bottom half has a read-out panel showing an analysis of items encountered and an options display with commands like: character analysis, scanner, examine, status, get, put, hold, and inventory. As a cyborg, you have a power unit which has a shield that depletes when firing shots but gradually regenerates. If the shield is totally depleted then the power unit will sustain damage and you will die if it in turn is depleted. This was one of the first games to have a black hero who was not a sports star."
8230,Premiere,,1992,7.5,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Six film reels have been stolen from your film studios by a rival company. In this platform game, your mission is to rescue from within the sets and backstage rooms they have been hidden in. Backstage sections are entered through doors, and weapons can often be collected in these. The sets are themed around six different genres of film, and the backdrops, weapons and enemies fit these sections. There is a slapstick comedy played out in black and white (complete with greyscale background) a cartoon with lots of Road Runnering and goofy facial expressions, a Wild West romp, Sci-Fi complete with aliens, and so on. After each platform level you will have to pass through a film scene - piloting a runaway mine-cart, navigating a scrolling shoot 'em up level, or similar."
8232,Super Thunder Blade,,1988,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"This follow-up to Thunder Blade is very similar to the original arcade game. Get into a helicopter and blast away at the numerous enemies with its cannon and missiles. The game's four stages all follow a similar pattern: the first part is from a perspective behind the helicopter where players not only have to dodge enemy fire but also obstacles like buildings or caves. In between, players face off against one or two smaller boss enemies. When the first part of a level is finished, the view switches to an overhead perspective for the confrontation with the level's end boss."
8234,NASCAR Racing 3,,1999,7.3,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"The NASCAR Racing series gained more features in this iteration. The game includes full Winston Cup and Busch Grand National cars, drivers, and tracks. Race length and opposition ability can be customized, as can full-course yellow presence and restart style. The action can be replayed from multiple angles and saved to disk. Setup options include specialized elements such as grille tape and sway bars. Resolutions up to 1024x768 are supported with 3D acceleration. Smarter AI than before will keep you on your toes. The game includes a paint-kit to create your own paint jobs. An internet multiplayer system is built in."
8236,Talonsoft's 12 O'Clock High: Bombing the Reich,"BTR, Talonsoft's 12 O'Clock High",1999,6.2,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War II","12 O'Clock High: Bombing the Reich is a detailed simulation of the Allied strategic bombing campaign against Germany in World War II. All important industry and military installations in Europe are present. The strategic map ranges from Minsk to the French Atlantic coast and from Scotland to North Africa. There are several campaign settings, the longest starts in autumn 1943 and ends in spring/summer 1945. The Axis industry is interconnected and all branches depend on each other in some way. This allows the Allied player to choose between various strategies. The German player can influence his aircraft production, even researching new aircraft is possible, thus modifying the availability date of certain planes. Combat is modeled in detail down to the individual plane / pilot. Each pilot can gain experience, has a morale value and a kill rating. The game distinguishes between day and night combat (night fighters are present, special night fighting tactics can be used). Overall score is measured through damage sustained by the German industry, German towns and the readiness of the Luftwaffe. When the Allied player reaches a certain score, the war will be over (otherwise the campaign will end automatically depending on the scenario chosen). The game has multiplayer options (PBEM)."
8237,Cabal,,1988,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Originating in the arcades, Cabal is a shooter where the protagonist runs back and forth along the bottom of the screen, ducking and dodging bullets and grenades from the enemy. The roll maneuver from the arcade was not implemented in the PC version. The player returns fire by moving a target around the screen which also moves the player character and may expose him to enemy fire. The enemies throughout the five levels come thick and fast and there are many of them. They include normal foot soldiers, tanks, helicopters and end of level bosses such as submarines and war machines. Just about everything on the screen can be blown up or shot. There are bonus points to be picked up for destroying buildings and weapons to be picked up from the enemy, such as machine guns and shotguns. Two-player mode is available."
8238,Comanche: Maximum Overkill,Comanche: Operation White Lightning,1992,7.9,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,,"Comanche: Maximum Overkill is the first helicopter simulator to showcase NovaLogic's Voxel engine, which renders organic and lifelike terrain and realistic looking objects that no other game using polygons could match. It features the Army's experimental RAH-66 Comanche light attack helicopter (LHX). The game features a simple flight model and allows the player's helicopter to take much more damage than it could in reality. Additionally, weapons on the Comanche feature deadly accuracy and power. There are over 20 scripted campaign missions, similar to all other NovaLogic simulations. Of great importance to the international gaming world was the addition of ""Voxel Space"" by Kyle Freeman. This was the first time DOS gamers were given fully illustrated environments within which to ""fly"" - shadows and reflections moved in realistic, relative sync with the ""pilot"" and in relation to a ""natural"" light source."
8240,Drakkhen,,1989,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The prophecy has been fulfilled. The world shall be ruled by the dragons. On an island far away, their lords prepare for the conquest of the lands. There is only one hope for mankind. The emperor sends out four heroes -- warriors and magicians -- to solve the puzzle of tears and prevent the invasion of the Drakkhen. Drakkhen is a role-playing game with a visual presentation that combines 3D landscapes and 2D interiors. The player's party will travel overland on a flat terrain made up of vectors, on which 2D objects are zoomed (The same type of engine was later used in Eternam ). The player will encounter monsters and fight them in real-time combat, and discover the palaces of the dragon lords. Indoors, the player has to find a way through the maze of chambers, solving puzzles and defeating the minions of the Drakkhen. Party members are depicted in four status windows on the left side of the screen, thus allowing to see their current status and equipment at once."
8243,Dojo Dan,,1992,7.0,Action,Platform,,"Control Dojo Dan through twenty massive multi-directional-scrolling levels of platforms, pickups and hand to hand combat in your quest to defeat the evil tyrant Valrog, who has taken over the land of Banzaari. Levels vary from jumping puzzles to hoverboarding, flying and buggy riding. The game features a large amount of constantly attacking enemies, and its combat is very similar to the punch/kick attacks of Kung-Fu Master The game was originally titled ""The Woo-Lan Kid"", but was re-named to suit a younger audience."
8244,"Chaos Break: Episode from ""Chaos Heat""",,2000,6.0,Action,Shooter,,"Chaos Break is essentially a third-person shooting game, with echoes of survival horror such as Resident Evil Set in an abandoned biochemical laboratory on an isolated island, the two player characters, Mitsuki and Rick, are part of an investigatory and cleansing force sent to find out the cause of an 'anomalous thermal reaction'. This game is a spin-off, set in the same universe as the arcade game Chaos Heat Progress through the game is made by defeating enemies, which in this case are alien lifeforms and the laboratory's own automated defence system. An element of survival horror is introduced through the use of computer terminals, where the player can save and read files explaining the backstory of the game."
8246,Crash Bash,Crash Bandicoot Carnival,2000,7.2,Action,"Mini-games, Party game",,"This game in the Crash Bandicoot series features Crash and his cohorts participating in games a la the Nintendo game Mario Party There are 7 minigame types, 4 of which are available from the start of the game. Each of the minigame types has 4 variations, for a total of 28 different minigames. The minigame types range from bumper-cars to four-way pong. The goal of every game is for the player to either score more points than their opponents or destroy them. Every minigame can be played with up to 4 players total, with AI sitting in for any unused slots."
8254,Sid Meier's Civilization II,"Civ2, Civilization II, Civilization II de Sid Meier, Cywilizacja II Sida Meiera, Wenming II",1996,8.0,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",,"Starting out with just a single unit and knowledge of a small local area, your challenge is to guide your civilization into becoming the dominant force, either by conquering every other civilization or by sending a spaceship to Alpha Centauri. As you'd imagine, a lot of challenges come into such a task. You must locate cities so as to make use of food, construction and trade resources, which can be later improved by constructing irrigation, roads, mines, railroads, and farmland. Each city can construct one item at a time - civilian and military units, buildings or Wonders of the World (there are 28 of these across the different eras of the game, and each can be possessed by only one city). The buildings and wonders have different effects - most buildings and some wonders improve defenses, scientific research, trade or food output, but most wonders offer unique advantages that can be used to great strategic effect. There are over 100 scientific advancements in the game, and most require prerequisites before they can be researched. How quickly this happens depends on your scientific output, which must be traded off against financial and military concerns. Combat can occur in cities or in the open terrain - things like forests and mountains give the defense an advantage. Unlike in the original Civilization, fights aren't always won outright - most times the winning unit will be damaged, reducing its movement speed and attacking prowess until it's repaired, but the losing unit always disappears from game. If multiple units are in a square that comes under attack, the strongest unit fights - unless it is a city or Fortress, all units will be lost if the fight is lost. Once a city has no defensive units left, it can be captured. Certain units have the ability to cover all squares as fast as if they were roads, only a few can see submarines, and air units require re-fueling in a friendly city. There are up to 6 other Civilizations in the game, and keeping good diplomatic relations with these is crucial. At times you may want to trade knowledge or pool military resources with a neighbor - at others they may want to destroy you. If you make deals and go back on them your reputation is affected."
8257,Claw,"Capitan Artiglio, Captain Claw, Kapitan Pazur",1997,8.2,Action,Platform,,"Captain Claw, also called ""The Surveyor of the Seven Seas"", is an infamous and successful pirate. The feats of Nathaniel Joseph Claw are legendary as is his ability to slip out of situations and find treasure. Frustrated, the Cocker-Spaniard Kingdom issues a gigantic reward of one million gold pieces for the Captain's capture. This attracts legions of bounty hunters to Claw's tail, and eventually he is captured by Captain Le Reux and imprisoned at La Roca. However, even in prison, Claw's luck continues to work, as he stumbles across an old letter from Edward Tobin containing the location of the ""Amulet of Nine Lives"", a mystical item said to grant near-immortality. Inspired by this new challenge, Captain Claw manages to break out of his prison cell and embarks on a perilous journey. Claw is a side-scrolling platform game in which the player must complete a linear set of stages, some of which culminate with boss battles. Environments include indoor and outdoor areas - city streets, forest, a large ship, underwater, and others. Each stage has two save points. Claw can move left and right, jump and stab his sword directly in front of him. His offensive arsenal includes, beside the sword, a pistol with expendable ammunition, dynamite bombs, and a special ability called ""Magic Claw"", which allows the feline hero to hurl projectiles at the enemies. Many hazards await the Captain on his journey, including traps, spikes sticking out from the floor, bottomless pits, and others. Overcoming these hazards often requires the player to time the protagonist's jumps, hop on moving or disappearing platforms, swing on vines and ropes, etc. Additional power-ups may be found, such as invincibility, the ability to fire projectiles from the sword, and others. Along with power-ups, various treasures are scattered around the levels and can be collected for points, which eventually increase the amount of the player character's lives. The most valuable treasure and power-ups are usually located in places that are hard to access, requiring the player to overcome particularly challenging hazards. A variety of enemies will seek to defeat Claw and end his quest. Many of them serve the Cocker-Spaniard crown and are, as such, canine warriors of different types. Others inhabit the areas Claw traverses and will usually attack him on sight. Certain enemies, such as most of the dogs, use weapons similar to those wielded by Claw, and will duel him. Boss battles often require figuring out a specific way to defeat the foe and may include puzzle-solving elements. Animated cartoon-style cutscenes tell the story between levels, setting the stage for Captain Claw's adventure. A level editor is also included, which allows players to create their own levels and import new ones that others have made."
8260,Super Boulder Dash,,1986,7.3,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Super Boulder Dash is a compilation including the original Boulder Dash and it's sequel, Boulder Dash II In each of these games you control Rockford on a quest to recover diamonds from numerous caves. The caves contain numerous (falling) boulders, walls, and assorted creatures that all get in your way! Each game contains both an action and strategy element; you'll need to run fast to avoid creatures and falling boulders, but also need to carefully plot your course through the cave to avoid becoming trapped. When you have collected enough diamonds on the current level, you can make your way to the exit for the next, more difficult round. To make the games more challenging, each level has a time limit for completion."
8263,Submarine Titans,Morskie Titany,2000,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Submarine Titans is a real-time strategy game set in a future Earth where its surface was devastated by the Clark Comet. Remains of humanity have moved to installations at the bottom of the seas, but formed two rival civilizations - the White Sharks, eager to claim power by force, and the Black Octopi, a technologically advanced but ecologically friendlier faction. Not long afterwards, they discover an alien race known only as the Silicons in the depths. All three of the mentioned factions have their own singleplayer campaign of 10 missions each. The game features multiple innovations to the genre. Firstly, there are five different heights upon which submarines can move, adding a vertical dimension to the gameplay while using a 2D engine. Structures are built on the bottom of these levels, either on the very floor of the sea or on large stone plates. For the human factions, structures are spawned by construction submarines and are then gradually formed independently from those units, while the Silicon use capsules which transform themselves into any structure. Among a wide variety of standard and specialized submarines, several types stand out: Marauders/Raiders/Usurpers can capture enemy submarines and structures (similarly to Star Trek: Armada ), Avengers can disable their targets, and Dreadnoughts launch special pods which damage targets from above. Enemy technologies can be captured by hacking, allowing for potentially optimal submarine combinations. Submarines armed with torpedoes or ion shells require a special building that produces these weapons. Defensive structures share some similarities to this, and are also technologically advanced, some providing shielding to friendly objects in the surrounding area or sending damaging ultrasonic pulses to enemies in their vicinity. Each faction also has weapons of mass destruction similar to Command & Conquer superweapons. Human factions have access to four resources: oxygen, metal, Corium 276, and gold. Oxygen is required for proper functioning of all base assets (especially construction speed), metal and Corium 276 are mined from their respective deposits, and gold can be extracted from anywhere on the map with varying rates of efficiency. Silicons, on the other hand, can gather only three resources: energy, Corium 276, and silicon. Energy is gathered from metal deposits and fuels friendly objects' hit points and shields, while silicon is gathered from sand and its extractors need to be placed in a moderate distance from each other. All these resources can be converted to gold/energy. Complex tech trees are unlocked through research, giving access to new submarines, structures and upgrades. Despite having a 2D engine, the map view can be rotated in 45° increments and zoomed in and out. Aside from the standard three levels of artificial intelligence (AI), players can change AI parameters in a special application that comes with the game. The game also comes with a map editor and a sound editor. Maps can also be randomly generated for skirmish and multiplayer matches."
8267,Demon Sword,Fudo Myouoden,1988,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval),"In Demon Sword you play the part of the noble fighter Victar. Victar carries with him a sword which was used long ago to defeat the evil Dark Fiend who took over the land. Now he is back, and Victar must use the sword to defeat him once again. The game is an arcade style platform game. You begin with just part of the demon sword, and after defeating a large monster at the end of each level an additional section of the sword is restored. After all six missing parts of the sword are found, you can attempt the final level to defeat the Dark Fiend. In addition to the sword pieces, there are other items which can be found during the levels to help out; these include keys to open mystic doors, spheres to restore life, and different types of weapons."
8268,The Blue Marlin,,1991,6.6,"Simulation, Sports",,,"The Blue Marlin is a big, strong, quick fish with a long nose. To catch such a fish is the dream of any fisherman. A great fishing competition begins this summer in Florida and Hawaii. You are invited to participate in it. Will you be able to demonstrate your fisherman skills and win the competition? The Blue Marlin is a fishing simulation. You start out in Florida and work your way through various fishing stages in Florida and Hawaii. Each stage contains three different locations. You navigate your boat from a top-down view, choose an appropriate place, and then start fishing. You can choose the length of the line, how deep you put it into water, what lure you use, etc. The more you fish, and the better fish you catch, the better stats you gain."
8279,Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,,1991,6.2,"Action, Racing / Driving","Platform, Puzzle elements","Interwar, Middle East","Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade differs from the two other games with the same name as it is a hybrid of various genres such as platform action, motorcycle racing, puzzle solving and even some adventure elements. In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade you play Indy's role in his search for the Holy Grail, but this time it is you who chooses which step he will take at each part of his quest. For example, in the very beginning you receive a diary about the Grail from Indy's father, who is in Venice. At the same time, you receive a telegram from Marcus saying that the Cross of Coronado is in Portugal on a ship called Coronado, and that he'll meet Indy there. So you have to choose what you'll do first: go to Venice and check about the Grail and your father, or go to Portugal to find Marcus and the Cross of Coronado. In the entire game you'll be prompted with these choices, each one leading to different stages throughout the game. Each stage presents different game genres. For example, in Venice you find a scrambled picture of the Grail, and you have to try to put it back together, just like you'd do with the pieces of a puzzle. Besides, in the platform stages, Indy has plenty of movements, as he can punch, kick, walk, run, jump and use his whip. The game presents bitmapped pictures of the real movie actors, such as Harrison Ford and Sean Connery"
8285,Typhoon Thompson in Search for the Sea Child,Typhon à la Recherche de l'Enfant de la Mer,1988,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Typhoon Thompson in Search of the Sea Child is an enhanced remake of the Apple II game Airheart It is an unusual game where you have to fly round an ocean and shoot at various unusual beasts. The plot centers around a ""Sea Child"" who was stolen, and Typhoon Thompson is sent in to rescue it, with the guidance of a few strange, cowled ghost-types (who would occasionally be nasty to poor old TT). While the original game was controllable with a joystick, this game is mouse controlled."
8291,Pepper II,,1982,7.5,Action,Arcade,,"Pepper II is a maze game with zip! The object of Pepper II is simple enough, all you do is zip closed sections of the maze and they will become filled with color. Zip in all the sections of the maze and it's complete. However, if you backtrack you might unzip your path, so be careful! Each stage has four mazes you must complete to move on, but you can move from maze to maze by using the exits located at the top, bottom, and sides of the screen. And don't forget about the bad guys trying to take you out all the while. If one touches you you're toast! You can fight back by zipping sections of the maze closed that contain power-ups that will make you invincible for a short time or clear the screen of all the baddies. The game keeps getting harder as you progress to higher stages."
8297,Championship Manager Italia,,1993,6.8,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,Championship Manager Italia is an updated version of Championship Manager 93/94 The only difference is that the player now takes control over an Italian soccer club of the series A or B instead of an UK team. The applied soccer rules are adjusted to the Italian circumstances.
8299,WWF in Your House,WWF in Your House: There goes the Neighborhood!,1996,6.1,Sports,"Arcade, Fighting",,"WWF In Your House is a successor to WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game Like its predecessor, it is a hybrid of wrestling game and arcade versus fighter, with over-the-top, unrealistic moves. Concept and presentation are similar to Mortal Kombat games: digitized sprites are used to represent the wrestlers, and the game features finished moves that are performed before the final pin. There are a total of ten WWF wrestlers in the game: The British Bulldog, Goldust, Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Ahmed Johnson, Shawn Michaels, The Ultimate Warrior, The Undertaker, and Vader. A new four-player mode is available."
8304,Poy Poy 2,Poitter's Point 2: Sodom no Inbou,1998,6.9,Action,Board game,,"Poy Poy 2, the sequel to Poy Poy, is a multiplayer party/action-game in which four players battle it out by throwing rocks, bombs, logs, etc. at each other on varying battle arenas. The time limit for each round is 90 seconds and at the end players are awarded points based on their remaining health, how many times they were able to hit others with objects and how many ""lucky hearts"" they were able to collect from the arena. Players can also choose from a number of psycho-gloves, that give them various special-abilities when used."
8323,M1 Tank Platoon,M1 Tank Platoon: The Definitive Simulation of Armored Land Combat,1989,7.9,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"A very encompassing game that allowed players to issue orders to Tanks, AA units, Aircraft, Artillery and Infantry in a campaign against Warsaw Pact units in Europe, while specifically controlling a platoon of 4 M1 tanks. The player could jump into the position of the driver, gunner or commander of any of the tanks to view the world from a 1st person perspective, or work from a tactical map to command all his forces. Characters in the M1 platoon actually increased in skill as they survived battles."
8328,3D Baseball,3D Baseball: The Majors,1996,6.9,Sports,,,"3D Baseball is a 3-D polygon baseball game with over 700 actual Major League players and their previous years stats to choose from. There are over 50 real-life batter stances that were motion-captured through the actual players themselves with five different dynamic camera angles to choose. The standard modes apply such as Exhibition and Pennant along with a General Managers Mode where players can trade and even alter the stats of their players to create the ultimate team. It feature realistic animation and the voice talents of Van Earl Wright with over 1,000 different commentary phrases. Though it did feature the MLBPA (Major League Baseball Players Association) license, it did not however feature the actual MLB (Major League Baseball) team names and logos."
8343,Ishidō: The Way of Stones,,1990,6.7,Strategy / tactics,,,"Ishido is a solitaire board game played with tiles, similar to Shanghai The objective is to place all of the tiles onto the board and obtain the highest possible score by following specific rules of play. There are ways to play that can dramatically increase the score, which makes the game very strategic in nature. Additionally, when desired, the player can get an oracle reading by asking a question, which is answered when the player makes a very elegant play (four-way match). There is also a ""construction set"" where players can create their own tiles and backgrounds. The game comes with numerous tile sets and backgrounds."
8344,Dragon Scape,,1989,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Fantasy,"In Dragon Scape the player takes the role of a young man who gets magically transported into the land Tuvania. The peace has been disturbed by the evil King of Kaos who has to be defeated. The protagonist has to ride a dragon, find 40 artifacts and bring them to the corresponding places. The artifacts can only be dropped at the correct location. Of course there are enemies which try to stop the player and can be destroyed by using the dragon's fire breath. Besides the artifact collecting, the game plays out as a traditional multi-directional scrolling shooter. There are five levels with eight artifacts each."
8347,Taboo: The Sixth Sense,,1989,3.7,Simulation,"Cards / tiles, Party game",,"Turn the Nintendo Entertainment System into a tarot card deck with Taboo: The Sixth Sense. Write down a questions via the controller, and after a shuffling of cards, the game will attempt to predict your future. Some fortunes may be positive, offering wealth, fame and power. Other fortunes may warn the player to take care and use caution in future events. After the final card is revealed, the player has an option to choose their lucky numbers. Obviously, Taboo: The Sixth Sense is meant for entertainment purposes only, and should be taken as such."
8349,Battleground 8: Prelude to Waterloo,Die Große Schlacht: Napoleons Weg nach Waterloo,1997,7.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Historical events,"Recreation of the battles of Ligny and Quatre-Bras (16 Jun 1815) using the ""Battleground""-system. Includes several scenarios differing in size and difficulty. In-game map view can be toggled between 2-D and 3-D perspective. Also, small video-sniplets are included, showing battle-actions. Both, Allied or French may be played by humans."
8351,P.T.O.: Pacific Theater of Operations,Teitoku no Ketsudan,1989,7.6,"Educational, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,"Historical events, World War II","P.T.O. is another military sim from KOEI. In this game you can choose to be either Japan or the Allies. By managing your fleets and ordering new warships you can control many different sides of the conflict (Ship development, Base defense, Fleet arrangement, Direct battle control, Economic decisions). There are many different options of play in PTO, you can choose to play from one of many different famous battles or you can play the campaign. You can control one side or both. There are also limited controls on victory conditions."
8363,Double Dragon II: The Revenge,Arcade Archives: Double Dragon II - The Revenge,1988,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"The lovely Marian was rescued from the clutches of the Black Warriors gang by Billy & Jimmy Lee in the first Double Dragon game but now the gang has killed her in retaliation of their early defeat. The Dragons must now embark on a mission to avenge her death and defeat the Black Warriors for the second and final time. The original arcade version of ""Double Dragon II"" was essentially an improved version of the first game. In addition to offering renewed audio and visuals, as well as new traps, moves and enemy characters, ""Double Dragon II"" discarded the conventional punch and kick buttons in favor of a direction-oriented attacking system similar to the original Technos beat-em-up Renegade The NES version offered new stages, new moves and illustrated cut-scenes, as well as a new final boss and a new ending. Unlike the first NES game, it offered 2-Player Co-Op gameplay with the option to turn off the friendly fire."
8372,Microsoft Flight Simulator 98,,1997,7.5,Simulation,,,"The ""1998"" version of the popular Microsoft series. Flight Simulator is aimed at enthusiasts that features 3000 airports and precise recreations of 45 cityscapes. Flight modeling is provided by experts in both military and aerobatic fields. Helicopters and pre-launch planes are among those included. Many scenarios with full dialogue with the control tower adds a lot of realism to the game. Internet play enhances your flight experience with other human-controlled airplanes. 3D acceleration and MMX technology are supported."
8376,Dragontorc,The Dragontorc of Avalon,1985,7.7,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"After Maroc the mage defeated the Lord of Chaos a new power rose, Morog the Shapeshifter Witch Queen of the North. Morog seeks to recover the five crowns of Dragontorc in order to remake the Torc of power. Maroc has to find the remaining crowns and defeat Morag to save the realm. Gameplay is similar to the predecessor Avalon where the player controls Maroc's astral projection and the projection can only act or move through the use of spells. A new feature is that other characters can now be recruited to your cause. Enemies will attack the projection and drain its energy which can be replenished with a spell, if depleted the projection is destroyed and the game reverts to Maroc's physical body, ready for another go."
8379,On the Ball: World Cup Edition,Anstoss: World Cup Edition,1994,8.1,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"This is an unusual take on the football management game, which features virtually no statistics. Up to four managers can join in, to lead their chosen team through the World Cup, from qualifying to the actual tournament. Tactics and training are hugely important due to the game's short time frame. The players each have individual personalities, and these have been factored in during the game. Sometimes players will drink too much, fall in love, or have personality clashes with their team-mates or with you, all of which have to be factored in. The press will ask you loaded questions, so be careful how you answer. At half-time in each match you can single out a particular player for praise or criticism - if the team feels that you were unfair, their performance might fade. The World Cup is emulated accurately, other than having 2 points for a win instead of 3. The colourful match graphics and oil-painted stills are the same in style as those in the League Edition"
8380,Superman,"Superman - The New Superman Adventures, Superman - The New Superman Aventures, Superman 64",1999,2.7,Action,,,"Lex Luthor pulls off another stunt, this time he and Braniac have developed a virtual reality version of Metropolis to trick the people of the fair city. And Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen are the first to be tricked. It's all to pull in Superman, the world's strongest hero, in order to take him down. But as the man himself, your job is to destroy any and all hopes of the bad guys chances. Using all of his many powers (including heat vision, flight and x-ray vision), you must fight your way through air, sea, underground and indoor levels of bad guys, bosses and puzzle elements in order to reach Lois and destroy Lex's mission. 4 player multiplayer modes are also included as you take control of the many characters for some beat 'em up action. The United States release contained an exclusive collector's edition Superman comic book inside the package."
8381,Empire: Wargame of the Century,,1987,7.3,Strategy / tactics,Wargame,,"The object of the game is simple - gain control of the entire world by using your armies to crush your opponents. You'll start off with a city, which must then produce armies, that are used to conquer more cities. The array of unit types is limited to eight, including various ships, fighter planes, ground units and a submarine. This is more than made up for by the significantly different abilities each of the units possess, and the game will mostly likely appeal to the Chess and Risk player's of the world."
8384,M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration,,1996,7.9,,,,"As its name implies, M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault and Exploration is a conquer 'n' plunder-type strategy game in the same vein as the Warcraft or Command & Conquer series, albeit with a few interesting twists. The goal of M.A.X. is to colonize newly-discovered planets, controlling the resources found there, and defend your colony against other rival factions looking to literally blow you off the planet. M.A.X. is most notable for its ability to be played as a real-time or more traditional turn-based strategy game, which can significantly impact how the game is played. The length of turns is adjustable, as is game speed, so the game can be as challenging or brain-dead as the player wants. But at its core, M.A.X. is about resource-gathering, building, and tactical combat. The game offers more than 50 land, sea, and air units, most of which can be upgraded to improve their armor, speed, and range. You can play as one of eight different Factions (all of which are explained in a rather lengthy fictional introduction in the manual), either in a complete campaign or in a limitless number of custom missions. There's also a tutorial campaign to get new players up to speed on the myriad unit and building options."
8389,War Hawk,,1986,6.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Warhawk is a vertical-scrolling shooter set in space (its authors were inspired by coin-op arcade game Star Force ). The player pilots a laser-armed starfighter flying into an asteroid belt, fighting against enemy starbases and waves of fighters, avoiding mines and meteor showers depleting ship's shields, while hunting for precious power-ups."
8396,Pitstop,,1983,6.7,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Pitstop is an action racing game featuring six different race tracks. Your goal is to earn as much money as possible by winning races in the Grand Circuit which consists of a race on each of the six tracks; each time a race is completed, you'll earn money based on how you placed and the number of laps completed before moving on. While you are racing, keep an eye on your tires and fuel; if your tires become too worn (causing a blowout) or you run out of fuel, the game will be over. To prevent this from happening, you'll need to make a pitstop. Here you control the pit crew and can replace tires and refuel. While in the pit the race is still going on, of course, so repairs need to be made as quickly as possible to get back into the race without losing too much ground. Several game options are available to control the level of difficulty and the number of laps. In addition to the Grand Circuit which is the full race, you can also practice a track in a single race or enter the mini circuit which consists of three races."
8400,J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan,,1991,6.9,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Another J.R.R. Tolkien based game, but specifically focused on the Two Towers story, starting right before the siege of Helm's Deep: the battle between the defending forces of Rohan and the attacking legions of the evil wizard Saruman. The game introduces a similiar style of play as War in Middle Earth that is a macro-world map point of view which operates battles and movement of mass armies, and there's a micro point of view, a more 'action' approach where the original characters of the Fellowship can battle enemies at a smaller scale: shoot orcs from a ranged distance, fight them melee in an arcade fighting style or challenge them in a duel of magic."
8401,Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time,Monty Python's Reine Zeitverschwendung,1994,7.1,Adventure,"Arcade, Mini-games, Puzzle elements",,"Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time is an interactive CD-ROM with minigames, screen savers, desktop wallpaper and icons mainly based on Monty Python's Flying Circus TV series. based on the world of Monty Python. Including a game to discover the secret to Intergalactic Success, the Desktop Pythonizer, and an Interactive Monty Python Show. The game's main menu takes the form of a brain with six sections: Try Your Skill section has three mini games: The Pythoniser which is a set of windows customisation options Among the shown clips are many classic ones, such as the ""The Dirty Vicar"", ""Nudge, Nudge"", ""The Dead Parrot"" and ""The Lumberjack Song""."
8405,Dirt Track Racing: Sprint Cars,DTRSC,2000,6.5,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"A follow-up to Dirt Track Racing this installment features sprint cars, those fully looking race cars with huge unbalanced wing on their roofs. A full physics model and car tweaking are there, with over 20 new oval tracks to race on. With 4 classes of cars and a full career mode, can you make it into ""World of Outlaws"", the ultimate Sprint Car race series, and beat the real drivers?"
8407,Sir Fred,,1986,7.3,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Sir Fred is a platform game in which the titular character must infiltrate the great castle of Beni-Gómez in order to rescue his beloved princess. The player guides Sir Fred through the different rooms of the castle until he completes his quest. The protagonist must avoid many hazards on his way, and use various objects that would help him to reach his destination."
8408,Jeopardy!,,1987,7.1,Puzzle,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"Based on the tv game show. Three players compete against each other by coming up with the question for a given answer. There are two rounds of play each with six categories of answers, and one final round consisting of a single answer. Each correct question given can be worth from $100 to $1000 for the player to respond first, or if a daily double is uncovered the player to find it may bet up to the current amount of money they have. The player with the most money at the end wins. Jeopardy! features a high scores table so players can save their characters wins and losses, different male and female character animations to choose from, and of course a wide variety of answers and questions. Up to three human players can compete, or a combination of human and computer players."
8412,Heavy Gear,,1997,7.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In a distant future on a planet called Terra Nova, an epic war is waged between the AST and the ECEF. You are a ""Gear"" pilot for one of these sides as you join the battle for supremacy. You pilot the various Heavy Gears (large biped fighting robots) in a variety of missions, either playing through the storyline for both factions or participating in the endless dynamic war going on between the two. As you get promoted, you gain access to better Gears and more destructive weaponry to acomplish your goals."
8415,Wing War,,1983,6.0,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"Wing War is an action game where you control a dragon. Beginning in your underground cave, your goal is to capture a sparkling diamond. To do this, you will first need to unlock the secret passage by bringing a fire, water and air crystal back to your cave. Crystals can be found by exploring the various locations available, usually you will need to destroy one of the many enemies so they turn into a crystal. Fire and water crystals can not be in the cave alone at the same time, an air crystal must be placed between them; so you will need to bring back the crystals in the order fire, air, water or water, air, fire. Once you've done this a super crystal is formed unlocking the secret passage so you can try to get the diamond! Your dragon has a limited amount of energy; being hit by enemies will cause the energy to deplete, and the game ends when all of your dragons have lost all their energy."
8417,Front Mission,,1995,7.8,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the future, many military forces are dependent on huge mech robots, called Wanzers (Walking Panzers) for combat. At Huffman Island, located in the the pacific ocean, wanzers are deployed by both the USN (United States of the New Continent) and the OCU (Oceana Community Union), who dispute ownership over the island. One night, the OCU forces stage a covert recon mission on a facility located in Larcus, a USN-held territory and weapons facility. Lead by a soldier named Roid, this mission was entirely unofficial and violated the peace treaty. During the mission, USN forces lead by Commander Driscoll appeared and ambushed the OCU soldiers. During the combat, Roid's fiance, Karen is killed and the USN facility is blown up; placing the blame on the OCU. This became known as the ""Larcus Incident"" and the OCU denied all knowledge of it's soldiers actions. Ultimately it would be a leading cause to the second Huffman War. One year later, the war is underway and Huffman island is under provisional control of the OCU, but with a weakened military unable to defend against USN attacks. The soldiers involved in the Larcus Incident have all been discharged and disgraced. Roid spends his time fighting as a gladiator in the Wanzer fighting arena before being approached by a mysterious man. Colonel Olson has found out about Roid's history and wants him to command a mercenary unit he is assembling on behalf of the OCU, dubbed ""Carrion Crow"". Convincing Roid that Driscoll is still out there on the island, Roid agrees. Front Mission is a turn-based strategy RPG played from an isometric perspective. Players progress in the story through large strategic battles involving multiple units and cutscenes between them. At certain places, usually towns, the player can visit multiple locations including bars and shops, and talk to people. Shops are also found to purchase new weaponry, parts and make repairs. In combat, each Wanzer robot is a separate unit that has a large variety of weapons and attack styles depending on what's equipped. Units get experience for defeating enemies and also for using various techniques. The more an attack is used, the more powerful it becomes."
8421,Tennis Manager,,1998,4.3,"Action, Sports, Strategy / tactics","Managerial / business simulation, Paddle / Pong",,In this game the player is a manager who takes a tennis player under his wings. The greatest source of expenses are the salaries for the talent and her coach and the rent for the training ground. Income is generated from tournament prizes and sponsors. The player can take influence in the training contents. Training and tournament matches are calculated by the computer or can be played in an action sequence which is inspired by the classic Pong - including the graphics. One round represents one week which is sometimes interrupted by random events like a lottery prize. The player can use his earned money to buy status symbols like cars or houses.
8424,Rana Rama,,1987,7.4,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Fantasy,"The purpose of apprentice courses is for young people to learn a trade gradually, without putting yourself or your employers at risk. Unfortunately, nobody explained this to Wizard’s apprentice Mervyn, before he tried to cast a spell to make him irresistible to females, as the spell misfired, and made him attractive only to female frogs. However, his dungeon was soon invaded, and Mervyn was not killed, as he appeared to be a humble frog. Viewed from above, the aim is to kill all 96 of the wizards who have invaded the dungeon, which is split into 8 levels, each made up of 16 screens and at least 50 rooms. To see what’s in a room he has to enter it, in a manner similar to the Switchblade games. The game’s rather esoteric title comes from the way you obtain spells to upgrade the four different types of power you have (power, offence, defence and effect). When you meet a warlock you enter a mini game in which the letters RANARAMA are in random order, and by swapping pairs of letters in sequence you must form the full word in as little time as possible. This system of having a sub-game for collecting upgrades is similar to the ‘grappling’ concept in Paradroid This earns up to four of the Runes (Mysticism, Witchcraft, Magecraft and Runecraft), each of which can be used on one of the four types of power. The Magecraft offensive use is a fireball, defence for Runecraft makes you invisible to enemies, and the special effect for Witchcraft allows you to jump through space. Lose a life and you lose all these powers, and losing another life means it’s Game Over."
8429,International Soccer,"Amiga Soccer, ST Soccer",1988,6.6,Sports,,,"International Soccer is a soccer game in which two teams play against each other. The match itself can be varied with many settings, e.g. difficulty level, weather, half-time length or time of day, but there are no additional playing modes like a league to be found. However, the basic tactical approach can be set before starting the match. When not in ball possession, the active athlete can be switched by pressing a button and the opponent can be tackled. The strength of a kick depends on how long the fire button is pressed."
8430,Twisted Metal 4,,1999,6.8,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Post-apocalyptic,"The fourth game in the Twisted Metal series! The Twisted Metal tournament's boss since the beginning, Calypso, has been overthrown by the maniacal clown Sweet Tooth and his circus buddies with there wish for winning the tournament. Now Sweet Tooth has the chance to hold his own tournament, with more powerful vehicles, tons of battleground, and a whole new selection of drivers and old legends like thumper, axel, auger and even minion and much more. The prize is the same - Sweet Tooth will grant any wish the winner asks for! But this time, Calypso's participating in the tournament..."
8433,"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea","20000 Leguas de Viaje Submarino, 20000 Lieues sous les Mers, 20000 Meilen unter dem Meer",1988,5.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Steampunk,"The game is based on an 1870 novel by Jules Verne. On July 5th, 1867 the government decided to launch the famous ship the ""Abraham Lincoln"", which left on the trail of a sea monster. The great French professor Mr. Arronax took part in the expedition. The weeks passed without any sign of the monster's presence in the area, when, one day, 300 miles from the shores of Queen Charlotte's Island... three members of the expedition set out on board the Nautilus, a submarine navigated by Captain Nemo. The player takes Arronax's role to find out more. Most of the game is spent on the Nautilus, which consists of three rooms: the living room, the control room, and the library. There the player can manipulate objects and talk to people to receive hints on what to do next and the state of the Nautilus. With the map, he influences the route. Sometimes the player leaves the submarine to explore other locations, and respectively solves puzzles to receive more hints or to solve action sequences, e.g., fighting against a shark. The game is played in real-time, which means the key to success is being in the right location at the right time. This also results in various possibilities to render the game unwinnable and causes waiting times. For the same reason, the player also needs to watch Nemo's mood. If they anger Nemo, e.g., by manipulating the ship instruments, he locks the player into their room and valuable time passes. The game is played completely in point & click and has no function to save progress."
8435,Breach,,1987,6.5,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Breach is a turn-based tactical squad combat game. It introduces team-oriented missions, RPG-style squad leader development and a scenario builder. In the ten missions supplied with the retail version (and potentially infinitely more created with the included scenario builder), a squad of usually five space marines under the command of a squad leader embarks on sci-fi missions that involve hostage rescue, data retrieval or simply elimination of opponents. Squad members advance and act in turn on basis of a movement point system. The multi-level maps consist of outside terrain and structures with several stories, connected by lifts, filled with enemies and objects. Squad members can find and use weapons such as grenades, rockets or detonation packs and tools such as Medikits, scanners or shields. In an unique twist, the squad leader advances from mission to mission (while the rest of the team is always new), improving his basic stats with each successfully completed assignment, based on his performance. Only experienced leaders may attempt STAR-rated scenarios. If the squad leader gets killed, he is lost forever: the game deletes the corresponding leader file."
8436,Chaos in Andromeda: Eyes of the Eagle,Eyes of the Eagle: A Chaos in Andromeda Mission,1991,6.3,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Chaos in Andromeda: Eyes of the Eagle is set in the 22. century. The player has an important mission, named ""Eyes of the Eagle"", to accomplish: Visit the planet Andromeda in order to free a kidnapped scientist. Needless to say, the fate of the galaxy depends on it. The most important part is exploring the map from a top-down perspective. Interactions with the world or in-game menus are conducted by using one of the symbols which are placed on the border around the playing screen, e.g. talking to other characters which may provide clues. Unfortunately there are also enemies roaming on the planet which, because movement happens in real-time, may be avoided or fought on a separate battle screen - later in the game helpful android can be used during combat. The player character can divide points on character statistics like strength or wisdom."
8439,Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III,"Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands 2, Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands II, Parasol Stars: The Story of Rainbow Islands 2",1991,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"This sequel to Rainbow Islands sees a return to the gameplay of Bubble Bobble, but with Bub and Bob in their now-human forms. The boys must clear a series of screens of bad guys - who take slightly more esoteric forms than the angry caterpillars from Rainbow Islands - and again pick up a whole bunch of power-ups. But this time they're armed with umbrellas! Oh, okay then, parasols..."
8440,Football Limited,"Bundesliga Manager Hattrick, Football Ltd.",1994,8.0,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Bundesliga Manager Hattrick is a German football (soccer) management simulation, the sequel to Bundesliga Manager Professional The player or players (up to four) take the reigns of their favourite teams and try to lead them to both sportive and economical success. For example, you can take out loans, invest money in real estate, buy new players, send them to training camps, strike advertisement deals, expand your stadium, select training methods and decide upon tatics and formation. The latter two can still be modified as required during matches which are presented in a new ""realitymode"", one of bigger changes from previous installments of the series. Instead of just seeing a pre-calculated textual representation of the match, little pixelated player now move around the field and you can see where the ball is going and adopt your strategy accordingly."
8451,Footballer of the Year 2,,1989,5.6,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Fed up with football (soccer) management games, with all the match strategies, financial turmoil and prima donna players? This game offers a unique twist, leaving you 'managing' the career of a single player, involving matches and transfers. You start with 10 'goal cards' - up to 3 can be played in each match, each of them giving you a shooting chance, at which point arcade action skill comes in. The action sequences involve studying a move plan on the chalkboard, then getting into the right position to execute the final shot. Fail to score enough goals and you may lose your place in the team; do especially well and you may gain a transfer up the league. The better you perform, the higher your wages are, the more chance you have of a big-money transfer and international call-up, and the less chance you have of being dropped from the team. There's also a trivia section, which asks increasingly difficult questions allowing you to go double or nothing on knowing the answers - up to £8000 a time can be won on this."
8456,Legends of Valour,"Legends of Valour: Gōyū no Densetsu, Legends of Valour: Volume 1 - The Dawning",1992,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The city of Mittledorf is in chaos - an evil cousin of the King is oppressing the people. Your cousin Sven is not evil though, so when he disappears, you head to Mitteldorf to try to track him down. Legends of Valour is a role-playing game using a similar movement system to Ultima Underworld You walk through the world in real time, passing texture-mapped buildings. The complex gameworld is over a mile squared and includes 40 miles of underground tunnels, as well a thousands of characters getting on with their daily business. When designing your character, you can customise his or her looks, and this affects your likelihood of being befriended or fought. To make any inroads into finding Sven, you will need to join professional Guilds and complete quests. You have spells available to you, but will need to acquire more as the game progresses."
8459,The Ford Simulator,,1987,5.7,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,The Ford Simulator is an advertisement for Ford It presents their 1987 model line and gives you a chance to drive each one in a simulation. You can also fill out a form to get more information about each car.
8460,Adventures of Lolo 2,Adventures of Lolo,1990,7.6,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Adventures of Lolo 2 is a sequel to Adventures of Lolo (NES). Once again, the brave blue ball-like Lolo has to save the princess from the evil demons, who kidnapped her and imprisoned her in a high tower. Solve puzzles to proceed from room to room. Push tiles, eat hearts, turn green dragons into white eggs, and protect yourself from enemies firing at you and chasing you all over the room."
8464,Tom Clancy's SSN,,1996,6.7,Simulation,,,"Tom Clancy's SSN is a simulation of the 688i (i.e. Los Angeles-class) nuclear hunter/killer submarine. The player commands the USS Cheyenne in a limited war against China over the Spratly Islands in a 15-mission campaign where they'll perform a wide variety of missions from patrol to escort, from boomer hunt to convoy attack. The game uses a large number of video briefings and ""news"" reports to enhance the atmosphere both before and after the missions. During the mission, the player can see their submarine in a 3rd-person view with a rotate-able camera (only horizontally though). The player is limited to only torpedoes (no Harpoon anti-ship missiles). While VLS (vertical launch system) is included, it has no real effect in the missions. Sonar is vastly simplified, leaving the player only with command decisions such as where to turn, what depth to go to, when to shoot, when to use active sonar, when to deploy decoys, and so on. Thermal layers (large difference in water temperature, affects sonar performance) is simulated."
8469,Rage of Mages II: Necromancer,"Allody 2: Povelitel' Dush, Sortilèges: Rage of Mages II",1999,6.8,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Rage of Mages II: Necromancer is the sequel to the first game in the series and continues in its role-playing and strategy roots. This time the player must fight over 30 enemies on their quest to defeat the evil Necromancer Guild. On your journey through forests and deserts, you will find companions and search for the Crown, an ancient treasure which has the power to defeat even the most powerful necromancer in battle."
8471,Scooby-Doo!: Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom,"Scooby Doo: Das Geheimnis des Phantoms, Scooby-Doo!: El Misterio del Parque de Atracciones, Scooby-Doo!: Le Mystère du Parc Fantôme, Scooby-Doo: The Mystery of the Gobs o' Fun Ghoul",1999,7.0,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"The great Scooby-Doo returns to the PC, and once again Scooby and the gang are called on the solve the mystery of the Fun Park Phantom, who haunts the Gobs' family Fun Park, keeping visitors away, leaving the family with no choice but to close the park. That's where you step in. You must find all the clues as you control the gang (except for Scooby himself, but if you find the Scooby Snacks that lay about the park, he will show you where to go to find that all important clue). The graphics and sound are true to the 70's TV show, with original cut scenes and hand drawn animation."
8489,Cloud Master,"Chūka Taisen, Gokuraku Chūka Taisen, Monkey King: Master of the Clouds",1988,6.1,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,You play a small character who floats about on a cloud and shoots small balls of energy at bad guys who fly at you from the left and right of the screen. You can collect powerups and visit shops to upgrade your offensive and defensive powers. There are a number of different stages which are punctuated by a mini-boss half way through and a big (literally) boss at the end. This is one of the only games ever made which features flying noodle bowls and bears with guns.
8491,Xevious: Fardraut Saga,,1990,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Xevious: Fardraut Densetsu despite sharing its name with Xevious: Fardraut Saga ( Fardraut Densetsu in Japanese), can be considered a sequel to that game. The humans' battle against the bio-computer GAMP continues, with new pilots rising to the challenge and doing their best to protect the Earth. The game consists of two modes, entitled Arcade and Fardraut The Arcade mode is the same as the Recon mode in Xevious: Fardraut Saga being a port of the original arcade Xevious The Fardraut mode is composed of four stages, featuring familiar South American backgrounds. Unlike most Xevious games, the player takes control of the aircraft Solvalou only in the third stage; the first two ones are played controlling two different, smaller ships, each possessing properties similar to the Solvalou: rapid fire against air enemies, and bombs dropped on ground structures."
8493,World Masters Golf,,1995,6.9,Sports,,,"World Masters Golf is a golf game featuring four gouraud-shaded courses. Modes of gameplay are Tournament, Match Play and Practice. Up to eight players are allowed to compete. Players can either use existing golfers or create and customize their own. The game allows golf handicapping, and features a mode 7 view camera that follows the ball after it is hit."
8502,Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures,Hello! Pac-Man,1994,6.2,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Join Pac-Man in a side scrolling adventure where you must guide him through Pac-Land, solving puzzles and finding objects in order to defeat the evil Ghost Witch of Nentor. You don't control Pac-Man himself, as you must show him where to go and what to look for, while using the slingshot to knock over and find items or open doors and defeat bad guys before Pac-Man bumps into them. You can collect items you find along the paths from Pac-Man's house in the inventory and use them for a later day."
8504,Cosmic Sheriff,,1989,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Cosmic Sheriff is a shoot 'm up game and you control Peter Jones, the Cosmic Sheriff who has to take out the rebels on a remote moon and shut down the pumps. In the year 2023 the element cobalt has become an element of great strategic importance for the human race. The last deposit in the galaxy is on IO, the third moon of Jupiter. An extraction plant has been installed but has been sabotaged by rebels. The rebels placed pumps that will explode if their request is not agreed upon. Orbital station TERRA-1 sends Peter Jones, the Cosmic Sheriff - controlled by the player - who is the best laser sniper of the galaxy. His mission is to deactivate the pumps and to end the saboteurs. The station has three zones: Zone 1. The warehouses Zone 2. Computer and control Systems Zone 3. The surface Zone 1 consists of three levels and contains two pumps, zone 2 consist of 5 different levels and it is necessary to deactivate four pumps. Zone 3 consists of 9 levels and has 6 pumps that must be deactivated. The pumps are always hidden behind doors, and Peter needs find and deactivate them before time runs out. Locked doors can be opened by firing on them and contain a digital indicator on which you can read how many times you need to fire. Beware, the base station is filled with all sorts of enemies. Aliens, called Maiketrons and the cause panic, invaders that carry laser guns. Androids, called Teeas. Tanks that equipped with revolving turrets. Mercenary soldiers from the planet Zorak called Lagartrones. They fight for the rebels."
8508,3-D Ultra Radio Control Racers,"Funk-Flitzer, Mini Rally, RC Racing",1999,6.4,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Take one of the 4 completely different RC racers as you tackle 8 different tracks in 2D or 3D from an overhead isometric view. The tracks feature lots of weird places like haunted graveyard, backyard (complete with doghouse), plain dirt track, mini-golf courses, and more."
8510,Super Hydlide,"EggConsole Hydlide3 PC-8801mkIISR, Hydlide 3: The Space Memories, Hydlide 3: Yami kara no Hōmonsha",1987,6.4,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Action RPG,Fantasy,"A long time ago, evil descended upon the peaceful people of Hydlide. Old legends tell of a lone brave hero who saved Hydlide from the imminent threat of doom - the evil demon Varalys. Since then, the people of Hydlide have lived through centuries of peace. But one dark evening, a huge column of fire exploded out of the depths of Hydlide. The next morning, strange doors began to appear from nowhere. Many who were curious entered these doors, but were never seen again. From that day on, unusual events and disasters began to take place. Huge cracks opened in the ground, scarring the beautiful lands, floods wiped out entire villages. And then the monsters came. The Hydlide council feared that the same evil in the legends was back again. A wise old oracle predicted the second coming of evil. He also spoke of a young man who could save Hydlide from the grave danger. This young man is you... Super Hydlide (originally entitled Hydlide 3: The Space Memories ) is the third entry in the Hydlide series, continuing its action RPG legacy. Character creation allows the player to choose one of the four character classes: Warrior, Thief, Priest, and Monk. In combat, the protagonist uses melee or long-ranged weapons or casts magic spells. Unlike the previous games in the series, the player is required to press the attack button during melee combat, instead of simply ""bumping"" into the enemies. There is an internal clock in the game, which makes it necessary for the protagonist to sleep periodically and regain his strength. The main character also has to eat from time to time, otherwise his hit points will gradually decrease. The morality system from the previous game returns: killing friendly creatures will reduce the player's morality level, which will eventually have an effect on one of the game's most decisive battles."
8513,The Koshan Conspiracy,B.A.T. II,1992,8.0,"Adventure, Strategy / tactics",,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","This second part of the BAT series takes place in ROMA 2, the most important city of the planet Shedishan. The United Galaxies Organization has contacted the ""Bureau of Astral Troubleshooters (BAT) in order to investigate the murder of a BAT agent named Sylvia Hatford who tried to uncover the businesses of a mysterious dealer of important raw materials. You are playing the second agent, Jehan Menais, now involved in the dangerous investigations. The game itself is a mixture between graphics adventure, space combat simulator and strategy game. The adventure part is realized in a classic 2D point-and-click environment, the space combat can be best described as a small version of Firebird's Elite and the various small arcade games included can either be played in a strategic mode or an arcade mode where your reaction skills are required."
8516,Ultima IX: Ascension,"Ultima 9, Ultima 9: Ascension",1999,7.2,Action,"Action RPG, Puzzle elements, RPG elements",Fantasy,"For the last time, the Avatar is being summoned to free Britannia from Guardian's curse. The eight Shrines of Virtues, the pride of Britannia, have been all desecrated by this evil and mysterious creature. The glyphs which protected them have been taken, and put into huge columns the Guardian built in Britannia, with their entrances hidden deep in dangerous dungeons. As a result, the people of Britannia have lost their virtues. The Avatar must now cleanse the shrines and let the virtues return to the people. His task becomes particularly difficult because he cannot trust the people he encounters any more. With the help of a few allies, the Avatar will have to help the inhabitants of Britannia, and learn about the true origin of the Guardian. Ultima IX: Ascension is the last single-player installment of the Ultima series, and the conclusion of its overarching story. The game still contains role-playing elements such as the series' traditional character creation based on ethically ambiguous questions, a quest-based structure (including side quests), a large world to explore, heavy inventory management, financial system, as well as weapon and armor customization. However, the game has no experience points system; the protagonist's basic attributes are increased only after completing certain storyline events. Similarly to the previous installment the combat in the game is action-oriented, and the protagonist has no companions that would help him in battles. The Avatar can use melee and ranged weapons (bows) or magic spells to dispose of his foes. The puzzle-oriented structure of the dungeons further emphasizes the game's tendency towards action-adventure gameplay not dissimilar to Zelda games. The game features support for EAX sound and a fully 3D world with an almost unrestricted freedom of movement: in addition to climbing and jumping, which the Avatar has ""learned"" in the previous game, he can also swim and dive; some well-hidden locations can only be accessed in this way. The physical interactivity with the game world has been preserved; almost every object can be moved from place to place or taken into the Avatar's inventory."
8535,The Ultimate Doom,"Doom, Doom (1993), Doom Classic, The Ultimate Doom: Thy Flesh Consumed",1995,8.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Ultimate Doom is a full copy of Doom with an additional fourth episode, titled Thy Flesh Consumed, which offers nine levels of more demon-slaying and bigger challenges."
8537,Dynamite Dan,,1985,7.3,Action,Platform,,"You are secret agent Dynamite Dan and you have been chosen to save the world from the evil Dr Blitzen and his assistant Donna. After landing your Zeppelin on top of his house, you must explore the house and find 8 sticks of dynamite (left behind by a previous agent) and blow up the Doctors vault to get the plans for a Mega-Ray. The house is full of baddies and obstacles to deplete your energy bar. Your energy bar also depletes slowly so food must be found to keep it topped up. Points are awarded for various objects scattered around the house. Dynamite Dan is a flick-screen platform game similar to Jet Set Willy where the joystick or keyboard can be used to control the hero. As well as the main playing area you can also see your energy bar, score and amount of lives.."
8551,Disney's Goof Troop,Goofy to Max: Kaizokujima no Daibōken,1993,7.6,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Goofy and his son Max were enjoying a peaceful day of fishing, when Keelhaul Pete absconds with Pete and PJ. Now it's up to Goofy and Max to travel to Spoonerville Island and venture through the jungle to rescue their friends. As either character, you'll take on an army of surly swashbucklers as you dodge exploding cannon balls and search dank dungeons on your way to the final showdown with Keelhaul Pete. Along the way, you'll have to dig for treasure and solve puzzles to find the keys that will allow you to enter the pirate's hideout and face Pete."
8557,Devilish,,1991,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",Fantasy,"Gamma has kidnapped the hero's love and has her being held hostage at his Evil Temple hideout. The hero must defeat Gamma's forces in order to rescue his love. Devilish is a Breakout variant. Instead of the screen remaining stationary, the game screen will scroll forward once the ball (called a power orb in this game) passes through a barrier. The game consists of eight stages. Players control a paddle and have to hit a power orb at barriers in order to break through them and the orb can also be used to destroy enemies too. The paddle itself can be configured into four different formations which are an offensive and defensive position and an L and reverse L formation. Stages must be completed before time expires. Stages also contain treasure chests that can contain either a time bonus, a 1-Up, a Buster Ball that can break through any barrier, and a Flash Bomb which will destroy any blocks surrounding it when it explodes. The game offers a regular game mode and a time trial mode. The time trial only includes the first six stages. Options let the player choose between an easy, normal, or hard difficulty and also let the player select the number of power orbs they have available at the start."
8558,Hollywood Monsters,,1997,6.9,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"This is an old school-type graphic adventure, right down to the verb-selecting SCUMM-ish interface. Every year the ""Hollywood Monsters awards ceremony"" is organized to recognize the acting monsters. You play a reporter from ""The Quill"" who gets the assigned to cover the show (celebrated at the apropiatedly gloomy Hannover mansion, owned by the president of MKO pictures). However things go bad and both your character and Frankenstein dissapear. You'll then procede through the game alternating between Sue (the first character) and Ron, who was sent to find out what happened. All this in a world populated with wacky versions of popular horror movie monsters (the werewolf appears as a gigolo, the mummy is whipped by his wife, etc...)."
8563,Barbie: Super Sports,Barbie Sports Extrême,1999,4.8,Sports,,,"In Barbie: Super Sports the blonde icon takes on the sports of Snowboarding and Rollerblading. Both events have a practice area where Barbie gives advice on how to race and get better scores, which will earn tickets that can be traded in for better equipment. And you'll need better equipment if you want to beat Barbie and her friends. After beating the computer-controlled opponents, challenge your friends to a race with the Two-Player mode, or see who can complete a course the fastest in the Time-Trial mode."
8565,Ex-Mutants,,1992,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Fighting, Platform",Post-apocalyptic,"In the game you have to stop mutant Lord Sluggo. You and five of your comrades are not mutants as the everybody on the Earth has become and you know how to recreate the human race after the nuclear war. You have to acquire six genetically pure samples. All you need is to save your comrades from Sluggo, slashing with your battle axe through 11 levels of a wasteland that calls itself Sluggtown."
8567,Burai Fighter,Burai Senshi,1990,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Burai, a race of evil super-brain aliens, have launched their plan to conquer the universe with their army of half-organic, half-robot creatures -- the robo-mutants. It's up to you to stop them! Strap on your jet pack, and get ready to become the ultimate Burai Fighter. Burai Fighter is an arcade shooter with two modes of play. Most levels are side- and vertical-scrolling with pre-designed layouts. A few levels are different, though: top-down perspective, with a randomized layout. Either way, you'll be armed with a variety of weapons, including different guns (laser, missile, ring) and the powerful cobalt bomb which kills everything onscreen. Burai Fighter uses a slightly different gameplay mechanic when compared to other shooters. You can shoot in 8 directions, and when you hold down the fire button you keep shooting in that direction."
8570,CART Precision Racing,,1997,7.9,Racing / Driving,,,"CART Precision Racing is american racing league game. CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc.) features different kinds of tracks (road, street, oval). Each car features a photo-realistic cockpit that includes an accurately modeled LCD instrument display. Cockpit view is also panning, that way you can see next curve better. You will have access to your own 'virtual mechanic' who will give feedback to help determine the best setup for their cars."
8571,Underwurlde,,1984,7.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter",Fantasy,"Sabreman’s second game (following Sabre Wulf and preceding Knight Lore and Pentagram ) finds him trapped in an underground cavern network, split into nearly 600 side-viewed screens. There are three ways to escape, each protected by a guardian who can be killed using one of the three major weapons you can locate – a dagger, a torch and a knife. As you explore the levels, you will encounter randomly-moving nasties, who can’t kill you but can knock you off your path and cause you to fall. Eagles can grab and drop you in mid-air. Falls of much more than a screen’s height cost you a life, although extra ones are available. Jewels can be collected for temporary invincibility. The game’s screens are functionally split into Castle and Caverns, with the castle screens higher up. Moving across the castles involves a lot of blind jumps, often deliberately bouncing off fortuitously-placed objects such as flower pots. In the caverns, use a rope to hook onto the ceilings and move up and down – if you have found it. How many screens deep you are is noted on screen at all times."
8572,Shuttle: The Space Flight Simulator,,1992,6.9,Simulation,,,"An old, but very realistic space shuttle simulator. The package contains, in addition to two game disks, a very thick manual and a large sheet (A2 size, maybe) displaying the cockpit instruments of the shuttle. To successfully fly the missions, the player must learn a great number of dials and how to use every single instrument, located in nine different cockpit panels. The controls can be used with mouse, but keyboard shortcuts are essential for quick operation. In addition to cockpit views, there are various external views, from which you can see the shuttle e.g. in launch pad and in orbit. If you do not use time advance or time skip options during the game, playing one mission can last for days. Going through the proper pre-launch countdown takes five hours, for example."
8578,H.U.R.L.,"Blob Schlammschlacht 3D, Slob Zone 3D",1995,6.4,Action,,,"The Slob Zone is under the control of Bob the Slob, the leader of the Hardcore Union of Radical Litterbugs, an army of oversized animals. Bob the Slob has stolen all the world's clean underwear, and sends his dirty minions against the one brave hero who dares to venture into his realm and reclaim the stolen goods. H.U.R.L. is a non-violent action game that uses a first-person perspective and 3D graphics reminiscent of first-person shooters. Instead of shooting enemies, however, the protagonist washes them. Soap, water balloons and deodorant can be found or acquired at vending machines, trading collected rubbish for them. Animals try to hit the hero with various kinds of dirt, to which he reacts with cleaning; after having been assaulted with cleaning utensils for a sufficient amount of time animals surrender."
8610,Second Samurai,,1993,8.0,Action,,Fantasy,"At the end of First Samurai the Demon King was able to flee back in time to ancient Japan, so our hero follows him back in time, and has 10 levels awaiting him. Unlike the original, each world is split into sub-levels, with a boss at the end of each one, emphasising the arcade side of the gameplay, which still combines hacking and slashing with puzzle-solving. As in the first game, you start without weaponry but can pick up swords and daggers as you progress through the levels. There are lots of hidden sections as you progress, which open up more of the end sequence to you, as well as several subgames including a shoot 'em up mode."
8615,RedJack: The Revenge of the Brethren,"Red Jack, RedJack: Die Rache der Bruderschaft, RedJack: La Revanche des Pirates, RedJack: La Vendetta dei Brethren",1998,6.7,"Action, Adventure","Fighting, Puzzle elements",,"RedJack: Revenge of the Brethren is a pre-rendered adventure game featuring 3D action sequences. The game follows the story of Nicholas Dove, a boy with a thirst for adventure and the high seas. What starts as a quest for simple excitement could very well end up with him walking the plank in a sea full of sharks, or being slashed apart by a sword, as Nicholas senses that his fate is pre-ordained, and tied somehow with the mighty pirate RedJack, and the vow of vengeance he made 17 years ago."
8616,Worms: Armageddon,,1999,7.9,Strategy / tactics,Artillery,,"Worms: Armageddon is a standalone expansion to Worms 2 introducing extensive improvements and additions over the original game, among which are: Like the previous Worms installments, the game is an artillery variant. The player give an artillery piece a shot angle and shot power, and try to hit the opponent, taking into account wind effects. The player and the opponent exchange these shots in a turn-based fashion. The game puts the player in command of a team of up to eight worms, which can move around the landscape (one at a time), using many types of weapons to try to dispatch the enemy, from bazookas to mini-guns to exploding sheep. In some situations, the worms can also jump, swing by rope, and descend with a parachute. As of 2002, updates have been handled by an authorized community member named Deadcode, who was joined in 2006 by CyberShadow. The two have removed many bugs and glitches, improved game stability and compatibility for Windows operating systems that have been released along the way, added new features (more resolutions, expanded options and settings, auto-recorded match replays, full PNG support for map importing...) and integrated WormKit, an extension framework for the game which allows for easier modding. These updates have been available from Team17's servers and are included by default in subsequent digital releases."
8619,Striker '96,"Striker 96, Striker: World Cup Premiere Stage",1995,6.8,"Simulation, Sports",,,"1996's edition of the Striker football series from Rage Software. Graphics combine a 3D pitch with 2D player sprites. The game includes multiple camera angles as well as different weather effects. You can modify any team's roster, select basic formations, time limits, difficulty, etc. Select from 41 international teams and take part in either friendly games, league, or cup tournaments. Also included is a 6 on 6 indoor mode, and multiplayer support for up to 4 players using Gravis's GrIP system or through a network. The game includes commentary by Scottish commentator Andy Gray."
8620,Gorf,,1981,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,Gorf is a game that consists of five levels: Finishing the game increases the player's rank and starts the game over at level 1 with a faster game speed for more challenge.
8621,Star Raiders II,,1987,6.9,"Action, Simulation","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Zylons have returned to attack the Celos IV star system. In this 3D shoot-'em-up, the player takes control of the Liberty Star and must warp to threatened planets to battle the Zylon Fly Fighters and Destroyers. The Zylon Squadrons can also be attacked while in transit, and friendly Space Stations allow refueling. To achieve victory, the Zylon Attack Bases on their own planets must be destroyed. The game ends if the Liberty Star runs out of fuel, or if all cities are destroyed by Zylons."
8623,Redhawk,The Fantastic Adventures of Redhawk,1986,6.5,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"By shouting 'Kwah!' ordinary Kevin Oliver can transform himself into superhero Redhawk, a power you must use in this cartoon adventure. As you travel the city you must pay attention to your popularity ratings - you can play the game either to perform good or evil. The game uses a text parser with a vocabulary allowing for actions such as walking, looking around, arresting people, hitting them, using objects, or waiting in a set position for a set amount of time - every action sees time get used up. Standard input methods such as using AND or commas to delimit multiple commands, and leaving out words like THE and SOME are implemented. Being in Redhawk mode uses up energy, so this must be used sparingly.The screen display is in comic book style, with the last 3 drawings on screen at each time."
8628,Dunkle Manöver,,1998,7.3,Strategy / tactics,,,"A crime syndicate threatened the world. You’re an undercover agent of the X-Organisation and want to defeat Ernest Savage and his R.A.T. Syndicate. You and your team fights against R.A.T. in 20 missions around the world. Before the mission you chose the vehicles for the operation. The number of vehicles is limited. Every vehicle is able to do some actions like shoot or move. This action costs action points. With some luck you can overtake the enemy vehicles. This is necessary to grow up your vehicle funds. Sometimes you must repair, fill up or get your vehicles more ammunition. Vehicles who survive the mission go with in the next stage."
8629,RoboCop,Robocop: The Future of Law Enforcement,1988,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on the 1987 movie of the same name, Patrolman Alex Murphy was killed on the streets of Detroit. The major corporation there, Omni Consumer Products (OCP) saw an opportunity to sell a new kind of law enforcement officer to the troubled city. They took what was left of Murphy, encased it in titanium armor, wiped his memory and created RoboCop. Now it's up to RoboCop to clean the streets of Detroit and eliminate the one responsible for his murder, Clarence Boddicker. But it looks like Clarence might not be the kingpin of this town... Ocean's version of RoboCop for 8-bit machines loosely adapts the Data East arcade game with stages inspired by those from the coin-op, but also entirely new gameplay elements. In most levels, RoboCop walks from left to right, shooting his gun at hordes of enemies that intend to kill him with bullets, chainsaws or their fists. Stages include the streets of Detroit (in two parts, based on the first level of the arcade), a drug factory (based on the fourth arcade level), and a junkyard (based on the third coin-op stage). Gun power-ups to collect include a rapid fire model, a three-way shot and a powerful flame cannon. Two levels end with boss fights against RoboCop's chief adversary ED-209. For some reason, ED is impervious to bullets and must be defeated using Robo's fists alone. New challenges from the arcade include hostage scenarios: in these, seen from a first-person perspective, a criminal holds an innocent person. Moving crosshairs and firing precisely, RoboCop must take care to shoot only the criminal, not the civilian. Another new game element requires some quick thinking: in a puzzle mode, a composite sketch of a suspect is presented and must be matched by choosing the correct parts (hair, chin, eyes, etc.) of the face within a tight time limit."
8633,Cap'n Crunch's Crunchling Adventure,,1999,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Evil pirates are stealing all the Crunchium from the poor crunchlings. The brave Cap'n Crunch arrives and trains the crunchlings to beat the pirates in a series of athletic events and reclaim their crunchium. Hooray! The day is saved! This promotional disk has an arcade style game for PC users, a vitual pet crunchling for Mac users, and an audio adventure story for those without computers. Not bad for two proof of purchase from any Cap'n Crunch cereals."
8643,Grant - Lee - Sherman: Civil War 2: Generals,"Grant - Lee - Sherman: Civil War 2: Generals - Welche Armee wollen Sie befehligen ?, Grant - Lee - Sherman: Civil War 2: Generals - Which Army Will You Command?",1997,6.9,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"Grant - Lee - Sherman: Civil War 2: Generals expanded its earlier title, Robert E. Lee: Civil War General Battle as the boys in blue or gray in the Mississippi Valley or on the Atlantic Coast. Play an individual battle, a mini-campaign or the entire war. Create your own customized battlefields with the new terrain editor, and challenge foes around the world to Internet, modem, or network war. The game features turn-based play on a hex map and artwork by Mort Künstler"
8647,Bad Dudes,"Bad Dudes Vs Dragon Ninja, Bad Dudes Vs DragonNinja, Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja, Dragon Ninja, Dragon-Ninja, DragonNinja, Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Bad Dudes, Retro Classix: Bad Dudes",1988,6.4,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Bad Dudes is a six-level action game originating in the arcades. The gameplay involving beating a succession of guys to complete the level, then an end-of-level bad guy. The action takes place on two different levels of the screen, which can be jumped across or navigated using ladders. Moves such as punches and kicks are on offer. The control method makes jumping sideways quite tricky."
8650,Spooked,,1989,6.3,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"As an experienced ghoul-chaser, you think you can handle anything when you get a call to explore a haunted mansion. You soon realize that you're wrong, however, and you'll need all of your skills to deal with 384 screens of spookiness. It's an arcade adventure, with ghosts to avoid as they cause your character to fall off course, sometimes down a screen or two. Collecting bugs and beetles allows you to use one of the cauldrons to produce spells to kill enemies. You have 4 minutes on each life, although more can be picked up from the many egg-timers around the screens. The game keeps track of your 'Scaredyness factor' and adjusts the game difficulty to help struggling players accordingly. The eventual target is to collect items to turn into letters - earning enough of these allows you to play a Hangman game against the 'spooky old man'."
8654,Globdule,,1993,7.3,Action,Platform,,"One of not-nearly-enough games to star an amorphous blob, Globdule sees your character moving around a level by sliding along walls, or jumping off them onto a nearby surface. Each level has a set amount of fruit, all of which must be collected by crossing its path, before reaching the exit. This must all be done within a time limit, and many levels involve collecting keys to unlock doors which are located elsewhere. There are enemies after the first few levels, who must be killed by hitting them, then their eyes must be collected as they wander off. You can withstand 7 hits on each life, but losing a life resets the level."
8655,Dynamite Headdy,,1994,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"Dynamite Headdy is a platformer... with a difference. You control a little character whose main attack comes from his disembodied head. Yes, years before Rayman appeared, we already had a hero who used detachable appendages to attack his enemies. Rather than the traditional power-ups, Dynamite Headdy enables you to swap your head for different kinds – such as heads that heal you or heads that stick on to walls. You use your head in order to climb up on platforms as well, as you can grab hold of things with it, and on certain stages of the Mega Drive/Genesis version it is used to turn the game into a side-scrolling shooter, as you gain a propeller, jet, or bird head. Basically, Dynamite Headdy is just a traditional platformer at heart."
8657,The Black Cauldron,,1986,6.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Based on the Disney movie of the same name, The Black Cauldron focuses on the story of Taran, who is an assistant Pig-keeper in the land of Caer Dalben. One day Taran notices that one of his pigs, Hen Wen has magical powers. The Evil Horned King wants the pig so that he can locate the Black Cauldron and ultimately rule the world. Taran must now embark on a mission to rescue Hen Wen and defeat the Evil Horned King before he can discover the Cauldron's location. The Black Cauldron is a side-view adventure game. Gameplay is similar to other Sierra adventure games of its day (such as Space Quest II or King's Quest III ) but does not use a text parser. Instead the function keys are used to initiate actions. Players control Taran and can make him walk, run, swim and interact (talk) with other characters in the game. Puzzle-solving and advancement in the plot requires item manipulation of using the right item at the right time or at the right location."
8659,The Golden Baton,,1981,7.5,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"Your mission is to retrieve the Golden Baton a priceless artifact worshipped by your race for eons. It maintains balance and keeps peace in the land, but now it has been stolen from the Palace of King Ferrenuil! Many have searched for it, none have returned. The player will face wolves and crabs, navigate a boat trip, and deal with a magical crystal. Most of the way, you use one object in some way to gain another. Golden Baton uses the Scott Adams adventure engine, and thus has the same features - a basic 2-word parser, limited vocabulary (object names plus standard words such as EXAMINE, WEAR and DROP), and brief descriptions. A Help command is also available which provides hints. Although primitive by later standards, these compare favourably to other interactive fiction of the time."
8667,Gettysburg,,1990,7.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,"Historical events, North America","Gettysburg is a wargame simulating the Battle of Gettysburg (fought on July 1-3, 1863), the turning point and one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War. You may choose to command either Union or Confederate forces, it is also possible to play a two player game or watch the computer playing both sides. As in the previous games in this series, the player is observing the battle area through a 3D perspective, while issuing commands by typing in certain pre-defined text elements (combined with names of commanders, places and time of execution). You will get reports from your officers indicating whether or not your orders have been carried out to the letter."
8670,Blades of Vengeance,,1993,7.2,Action,"Platform, RPG elements",Fantasy,"Blades of Vengeance is a platform game incorporating light RPG elements and character styling, reminiscent of Gods by The Bitmap Brothers The Dark Lady has unleashed hordes of monsters whom the protagonist must slay. The player can choose from three main characters - the Huntress, Warrior and Sorcerer, all of which have different abilities. Throughout the game the player has the option to improve their powers by collecting armour and weapons (such as a mace and a crossbow) or by using spells. Each of the eight stages ends with a boss."
8672,King's Quest,"King's Quest 1, King's Quest: Quest for the Crown",1984,6.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Sir Graham is a brave knight who is sent on a quest to retrieve three treasures that were stolen by deception and stealth: a shield that protects its bearer from invaders, a mirror that foretells the future, and a treasure chest that is forever filled with gold. If Graham takes these treasures back to the royal castle, then the ailing King Edward the Benevolent of Daventry will hand over the crown. During his travels, Graham will meet characters that will either help or hinder him. King's Quest is commonly considered the progenitor of third-person-perspective adventure games. As opposed to earlier graphic adventures, the player is able to navigate the protagonist on screen in eight directions, creating an effect of three-dimensional exploration. The player character can also be obscured from view when hiding behind an object, is subjected to gravity, and has different animations for actions such as picking up an item, falling, swimming, etc. Graham can be moved around with arrow keys and perform various actions when the player types commands, normally consisting of noun and verb combinations (e.g. ""Take flower"", ""Talk man"", etc.). The game world consists of a cyclic outdoor area with places of interest (houses, characters, etc.) that must be found through exploration. Much of the kingdom is accessible to Graham from the beginning, and there are only a few restrictions imposed on traveling. In order to complete the game, the player has to procure certain items and use them in correct situations or with specific characters. Some of the puzzles rely on fairy tales, and a good knowledge of those makes them easier to solve. The game awards the player points for most of the actions Graham performs. Since some of those are not crucial to completion, it is quite possible to finish the game without having attained the full score. Some of the tasks in the game have multiple solutions, though the game may grant the player less points if a simpler one is chosen. Many hazards await Graham on his journey, and death is frequent if the player is not careful. The game can also be rendered unwinnable by failing to collect a specific item or wasting it."
8691,Flames of Freedom,Midwinter II: Flames of Freedom,1991,7.9,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This sequel to Midwinter takes place years after the events of the first game. The world has thawed and Midwinter has disappeared beneath the ocean. Its legacy, the Peaceful Atlantic Federation, is facing an invasion by the slave trading Saharan Empire. Between the two lie the Slave Isles, a chain of islands under the oppressive thumb of the Saharans. You are a covert operative for the Atlantic Federation. Your mission is to conduct assassinations, enlist rebels and sabotage the Saharans operations in the Slave Isles. As you carry out these open-ended missions, the islands will rebel and aid your efforts when the Saharan invasion finally comes. Flames of Freedom uses the same engine as Midwinter for land, air, and sea travel (and combat) but now, you control only a single customizable character. A strategic map allows you to identify key islands for your cause and determine the mission objectives that will sway its population to your side. Then, it's up to you to head in and carry out the mission as you see fit (perhaps guns first, perhaps with a big bag of money, perhaps just relying on your charm). Flames of Freedom mixes first-person action with strategy, vehicle combat, and diplomacy."
8694,Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball,Future Basketball,1990,5.7,"Action, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Set in a dystopian future of 2190, mass unemployment among millions has led to a spike in violent crime mainly due to the masses being bored so a new form of entertainment was needed to satisfy people's new found hunger for violence. The solution was a new form of basketball that went to the extremes of the sport. One of the first Speedball clones takes the basic court layout of basketball as its inspiration. There are 5 players on each team, on a small court with 2 and 3 point shooting areas. The difference is that physical contact of a fairly violent nature is allowed, and the court is littered with mines and bombs to wound the players. Shooting involves holding down fire to get the height right, so avoid being tackled as you prepare your shot. Other basketball rules such as double-dribbling and the 25-second hand-over are unsurprisingly waived. A 3-division league is included to progress through. The computer game would later be ported to the SNES as Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball The dystopian future was toned down a bit to a more grounded future (relatively speaking) where in the year 2030 Bill Laimbeer becomes the new commisioner of the NBA and turns it into a more contact focused sport."
8702,Gradius: The Interstellar Assault,"Nemesis II, Nemesis II: The Return of the Hero",1991,7.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is the second Gradius/Nemesis game to land on the Game Boy. Like the first game, this is a side-scrolling shoot-em-up featuring the characteristic Gradius style power-up system. By collecting power-up pods, the player can choose exactly which parts of their weapons get upgraded. One aspect that sets this game apart from other Gradius games short animated segments that interconnect the levels. So, the player can see how their ship gets from one level to another."
8706,Las Vegas Cool Hand,Cool Hand,1998,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Cards / tiles,,"Las Vegas Cool Hand is a game featuring three card games: Black Jack (LA Strip, London, Atlantic City or Downtown LA house rules), Cribbage (6 Card, 7 Card, 6 Card Auction or 7 Card Auction) and Solitaire (Klondike, Elevens, Monte Carlo or Calculation). For each card game there are also a few additional options to set, e.g. the difficulty level for Cribbage or a time limit for solitaire. Besides a detailed in-game explanation of the games and their history, there are no further specialities."
8715,Delta Force 2,,1999,7.1,Action,Shooter,"Africa, Asia, Contemporary","Delta Force 2 is the sequel to the award winning Delta Force In this game, you play as an elite member of the Special Forces DELTA squad, a secret, government funded anti-terrorism squad. The Delta Force series are first-person shooter games that focus on one thing: realism. From the amount of shots it takes to kill, to the wind affecting sniping, and the terrain affecting the speed at which you are able to move, the game stresses realism. The single player mode consists of many missions, taking you all over the world to disrupt the threat of terrorism. Missions range from assassination attempts to overtaking enemy installations. The multiplayer game utilizes Novalogic's NovaWorld matching service to set up matches consisting of up to 32 players. Multiplayer modes range from Capture the Flag, to DeathMatch, and King of the Hill."
8722,Archer Maclean's Pool,"Archer MacLean's Billard Americain, Archer Maclean's 3D Pool, Pool Shark by Archer MacLean",1992,8.1,Sports,,,"Using the game engine from Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker this game recreates pool in minute detail. A bold 3D graphics engine with realistic physics and millions of shot permutations (in terms of direction, speed and spin) is at the heart of it. Three versions of pool are offered - UK and US 8-ball as well as the fast-paced all-action 9-ball game. There are 20 computer opponents, with the hardest of them being almost unbeatable, as well as two-player and trick-shot modes. Unlike the original release of Whirlwind Snooker you can save more than one game on the disk at a time."
8726,Hoyle Solitaire,Hoyle Classic Solitaire,1996,6.1,Puzzle,Cards / tiles,,"Hoyle Solitaire is the Windows version of the MS-DOS Hoyle Official Book of Games: Volume 2 with the 28 solitaire games found in that old release, upgraded with new looks, sounds and mouse control. A Card Flick game has been added, the object of which is to accurately toss as many cards into a hat as possible in the time allowed. Two versions can be installed on your computer at the same time. The Hoyle Solitaire HD (hard drive) game can be played without the CD in the drive, sacrificing only the music. Sound effects (shuffling and dealing cards) can be heard in either the Hard Drive or CD version. It plays in all versions of Windows released thus far, from Windows 3.x through Windows XP. Most of the gameplay is ""drag and drop"" but playing a card in some of the games simply requires a right click to send it to the correct spot. Easy and Difficult settings can be chosen per game and you can undo moves as often and as far back as you desire. Options allow you to replay the current game from the beginning, choose backgrounds, music and card decks. Up to 4 players can save their statistics separately."
8727,Beach Head 2000,Beachhead 2000,2000,4.6,Action,Shooter,,"Any one remember Beach Head on the C64? Here's the 2000 version. You are one guy in a turret on the beast against the invading army. They come at you with attack choppers, multiple landing crafts, dozens and dozens of soldiers, tanks, attack jets, and more. All you got is your turret, which is armed with machine guns, missiles, and more. Shoot them all, and you'll get to the next level, which features even MORE bad guys to shoot... Occasionally you'll get supplies airdropped, and you must shoot the swinging crate BEFORE it hits the ground... Did I mention your ammo is limited?"
8739,Bomberman 64,Baku Bomberman,1997,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Bomberman 64 is a 3D action platformer. In the game's one-player Adventure mode, marauders have set their sights on Bomberman's peaceful planet. You'll explore labyrinthine levels by dropping bombs, solving puzzles and finding hidden items. The action takes place across five brightly colored worlds: a smoldering volcano, ruined castle, icy mountain range, orbiting space station and storybook village. Find all 100 Gold Cards in the first five worlds and you can access a sixth world. To maximize your score, you'll need to finish each of the 20 levels as quickly as possible. Deadlines are tighter on the Hard difficulty setting. The game's multiplayer mode comes in two variations: in Single Battle mode, players dash about arenas, trying to blow each other to pieces. Team Battle mode is a highly explosive version of capture-the-flag. Your goal here is to destroy the enemy team's gems while protecting your own. You can choose the number and duration of battles. You can also choose from three levels of artificial intelligence for CPU-controlled bombers. When the Ghost option is selected, your little guy will return as a wispy double of his old self after he's gone boom. Ghosts can control a normal Bomberman, but they cannot deploy bombs. Other features include the possibility to toss or kick your bombs diagonally, the ability to pump up bombs, knock foes unconscious and then grab and toss them."
8744,Bump 'N' Burn,,1994,7.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Mario Kart is taken one step further in this racer. The computer racers include Loretta L’Amour, the Buck-Toothed Beavers, and the uncompromising Colonel Carnage, each of which have individual looking cars, varied weapons, and some attempts at humour and pathos. The courses are quite lengthy, and are laden with hazards and power-ups such as oil slicks and homing missiles. The computer cars appear to be faster when behind you than when in front – strange. The handling is deliberately arcadey, with fast acceleration and braking as well as the chance to brake and steer at the same time. The graphics are third-person, with a split-screen option, in the grand Mario Kart / OutRun tradition."
8745,Adventures of Tom Sawyer,Tom Sawyer no Bōken,1989,4.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Tom Sawyer's famous literary exploits come to life in this adventure where you play Tom Sawyer (or Huck Finn in a 2 player game). The adventure begins in Tom's dream while he sleeps in school. Control in this typical platform game consists of jumping and throwing rocks. Avoid many obstacles such as rolling barrels; defeat persistent enemies such as pirates, mice, and even a giant octopus. Help Tom navigate down the Mississippi River, through forests, haunted houses, and the sky above."
8746,Morpheus,,1998,7.0,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Morpheus takes place in the Artic circle. You are an explorer, searching for your father, who disappeared thirty years ago while searching for the privately owned yacht, Herculania. You are confronted by ghosts from the past as you search the ship for clues to your father's disappearance--and the mysterious fate of all the passengers who boarded the Herculania. It's a world where dreams never die...even when the dreamer is long gone."
8747,Jet-Boot Jack,,1983,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Music notes have escaped throughout the world, and Jet-Boot Jack must collect them up. There are ten levels, the first five of which can be played from the main menu. Gameplay is platform-based, and largely involves progressing down the levels, using holes and moving platforms. Enemies hover over the holes, but these can be disabled by toggling the right switches. There are also timing-based hazards such as arrows emerging from walls and lazer beams - contact with any of these costs one of your five lives. You also lose a life if you run out of energy. Some levels vary the format by requiring you to simply collect every note on a single screen, which has regeneration points and one-way platforms."
8749,Pirates: Captain's Quest,"Piratas: O Terror dos Mares, Piratas: Tu Gran Desafío, Piraten: Käpt'ns Quest",1997,6.1,"Adventure, Educational",,,"In Pirates: Captain's Quest the player takes on the role of a pirate captain of a Spanish brig in the early 1700s and gets to do all sorts of piratey stuff, such as sword fighting, sailing the seas, conquer islands and dig for treasures. The game is an educational game targeted towards children age 9 and up. The player gets to learn how to read a map, use a compass, and how wind sailing, trading supplies and repairs work. There are 47 adventures to embark on which success all depends on their skills in trading supplies, accurate navigation and their ability in battle. The player gets to fight both on the sea with ships and their cannons and on land with sword play."
8750,Realm of Impossibility,Mike Edwards' Realm of Impossibility,1984,7.6,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Realm of Impossibility which is a deluxe version of Zombies is a platform game in which the protagonist has to fight the titular monsters, snakes, spiders, and an array of other creatures in order to survive. The dungeons the hero must traverse make use of visual effects, similar to those found in M. C. Escher's work, to create physically impossible scenarios. These structures serve as a basis for puzzles which must be solved in-between the fighting in order to proceed. The game features a total of 13 dungeons with 129 different rooms, which is an increase from the original Zombies 7 dungeons with 74 different rooms. A cooperative mode with another player is also included."
8757,Steel Thunder,Steel Thunder: American Battle Tank Simulation,1988,7.2,Simulation,,,"Steel Thunder offers multiple theaters in which to do battle ranging from Cuba to Europe. While actually in the tank, the player can easily move from the position of Commander to Gunner or Driver, offering a significant degree of realism, but still keeping the action moving. You can simply stay in the Commander's seat, and give commands to the Driver and Gunner and just watch the action as it plays out, although only from the internal views. As play progresses, the player also increases in rank. The initial mission set-up screen offers the player multiple tanks ranging from the Bradley to the M1A1. In addition to this, the player can also choose specific crew members and see their respective ""grade"" regarding their performance characteristics."
8760,Cratermaze,,1990,6.4,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Cratermaze is an action puzzle game viewed from an overhead perspective. Each stage consists of a maze filled with various enemies and items. You must collect all of the keys on the stage to open the exit door while avoiding or eliminating enemies. Your primary method of dealing with enemies is to dig holes; if an enemy walks into a hole, they are momentarily trapped and you can then fill the hole to kill the enemy. You can also obtain temporary weapon powerups such as rayguns and yo-yos, as well as extend your digging reach to dig multiple holes at once. There are also several bosses encountered throughout the game. The Japanese release, Doraemon: Meikyū Daisakusen features popular children's character Doraemon and his friends. The game is a conversion of the 1987 Nichibutsu coin-op Kid no Hore Hore Daisakusen which also saw a modified Famicom version called Booby Kids"
8764,Behind the Iron Gate,Za Żelazną Bramą,1995,6.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Behind the Iron Gate is a 1st-person perspective DOOM -style game, set in a prison. The game requires the player to accomplish various small mission objectives. These objectives comprise little more than putting a key into a lock to unlock gates, which is done several times before you must activate a self-destruct sequence and escape within the required time, similarly to Alien Breed: Tower Assault As with all such games you have some enemies to foil and extra weaponry such as rockets, stun bolters and to pick up. Game mechanics are Wolfenstein 3D -influenced, and the graphics smooth and, surprisingly, fast, though they do not vary much except in colour tint. Sound effects consist of the odd gun shot and scream and the music is designed to be atmospherically suited. Four different control systems are offered."
8770,Die Hard Arcade,Dynamite Deka,1996,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Quick Time Events (QTEs)",,"Die Hard Arcade is a 3D beat 'em up game based on the first Die Hard movie. One or two players work their way up and down a skyscraper in attempting to rescue the President's kidnapped daughter. A large number of fighting moves are available through the simple controls of punch, kick and jump, plus movement. Many weapons are available from knives and broken bottles to machine guns and rocket launchers. Other objects can be picked up and used as weapons such as chairs, an aerosol and lighter combo and even a grandfather clock! Between several of the stages are reaction tests that require a button to be pressed quickly, usually punch, kick or jump. Failure means an extra fight has to be won often with little or no reward in terms of items. The climax sees the heroes fighting the mastermind (who has many swords on his person) on the roof of the skyscraper. Also included is an old Sega arcade game, Deep Scan used to gain extra credits for the main game."
8771,Red Baron 3-D,Red Baron 3D,1998,8.0,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War I","Red Baron 3-D is a World War I combat flight simulation, essentially a heavily patched version of Red Baron II The game is playable as a single-player game in either campaign or instant mission mode, or in a multiplayer dogfight mode against up to 100 opponents via internet game matching services. Players can play as French, British, German or American pilots and can choose from 22 authentic WWI planes."
8774,Junction,,1990,6.5,Puzzle,,,"Junction is a puzzle game somewhat similar to Pipe Dream where the object of the game is to slide square track pieces into the correct place, in order to allow the ball to reach the exit. The game consists of 50 levels which can be attempted in any order, but a certain number of points must be accumulated in order to beat the game."
8777,Army Moves,,1986,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Army Moves is a one-player arcade game divided into two parts. In part one, the player controls a jeep and must cross a bridge, avoiding enemy jeeps and helicopters. A second section involves an helicopter and the goal is to cross enemy airspace without being shot at by airplanes or any other ground fire. The player must then land on the pad near the end. In part two, our hero starts out in the jungle and must reach the enemy base without being blown to bits. Then he needs to locate the general's offices and steal the secret documents detailing a new neutron bomb. In all versions of the game part two is loaded separately and a password obtained after completing part one is needed to access it."
8778,Drelbs,,1983,7.0,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"Drelbs is loosely inspired by the paper-based game played on a grid of dots, in which players draw lines alternately, with the intention of forming more squares than their opponent. The similarities end there; in Drelbs you represent the only member of the Drelb race who has not been imprisoned by the evil Trolloboars. Members of the Gorgolyte race and Trolloboar tanks are targeting you. A set of randomly-arranged lines are already in place, and contact with them pushes them in the direction of contact. Forming a complete square locks it into place, and it turns into either a monster (causing death on contact), a woman (resulting in bonus points on contact) or a barrier. They will randomly change into stairways, which can lead you into a bonus room."
8783,Timecop,,1995,5.0,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based off of the Jean Claude Van Damme film Timecop, this game acts as a sequel of sorts. We learned well from the film that the power time travel affords corrupts all men weaker than the Muscles from Brussels, and this has extended to the original inventor of time travel. He proclaims himself dictator of the universe, captures Van Damme as he arrives from fixing all the wrongs in the film, and challenges him to a ""duel across time."" Platforming action follows across multiple periods of history. The primary feature of this game is its digitized characters, uncommon for console games of that era. Actors were taped in front of a bluescreen and stills were taken from the video to create all characters and their animations. The effect is impressive for the SNES, though it does result in robotic enemies who do not respond well to being punched or kicked. The ""timing,"", both in terms of controlling your character and fighting with enemy characters seems off through the entire game. There are 15 levels in total, most of which are standard fighting platform levels. Three basic fighting moves are available to the character, not including jumping and crouching kicks, and not including the use of a gun with extremely limited ammo. Some vehicle levels are mixed in, and the game culminates in a jetpack duel over Los Angeles with the villainous time travel creator fellow. The game also featured some rare use of digital voice, primarily in the ""FBI... Get on it!"" background theme in the first few levels."
8798,Paperboy,,1985,6.8,Action,Arcade,,"The object of Paperboy is to deliver papers to your customers while inflicting as much damage as possible to the houses of your non-customers. To make things more difficult, numerous obstacles get in your way including construction workers, rogue tires, skateboarders, dogs and cats, cars, and even the occasional tornado."
8799,RoboCop 3,,1992,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"RoboCop 3 is a side-scrolling platform shooter. You get missions (such as rescuing your colleagues who are being kept hostages), which are divided into several smaller levels. The levels usually consist of several platforms, and are heavily populated by enemies who shoot at you. You can gather special repair kits, which will be used to restore your health after you've completed a level. ""RoboCop 3"" is more of a shooter than its predecessors, having more and tougher enemies."
8807,Masters of the Universe: The Arcade Game,"He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Masters of the Universe: The Ilearth Stone",1987,5.5,Action,,Fantasy,"In a spin-off from one the most popular cartoon franchises of the day, the evil Skeletor has captured the magic-giving Ilearth Stone This allows him to take control of Castle Grayskull, kidnap the Sorceress, and create a horde of fighters to attack He-Man's palace. He-Man must first rescue Orko from an 'imprison' spell (by collecting the right ingredients to cast a counter-spell), before taking on the full horror of the defences Skeletor has placed around the Ilearth stone. He Man must use the Sword of Power to destroy the foes he faces throughout his journey, which is horizontally-scrolling. He-Man has a limited amount of time to complete his task, and a limited Body Shield to protect him for combat harm."
8808,"Evander Holyfield's ""Real Deal"" Boxing",,1992,6.7,Sports,,,"Evander Holyfield's ""Real Deal"" Boxing is a boxing simulation. Holyfield is the only licensed boxer, the rest are fictitious. Rather than a fanciful approach like Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! the developers went for a more strategic sim. Differently from its Genesis counterpart the game is played from a first or third person point of view, with the fighters facing each other directly. The player can choose to see the fight from his or from the opponent's point of view (""through his eyes""). Players can either play a quick exhibition match or fight their way through the Career mode, using a created boxer to work their way up the 15-boxer ranking list until they fight Holyfield himself. During character creation, players can choose the fighter's head, color of skin, trunks and hair, physical and mental attributes. The physical attributes are dominant hand, power, speed, recovery and stamina. The mental attributes are style (brawler, dancer, boxer and dodger), killer instinct (low, medium or high) and favorite punches (jabs, straights or hooks aimed at head or torso, one for each hand). Between matches, career mode offers various exercises to assign the boxer to improve his stats. The players can choose the view mode (normal or reverse), three kinds of control schemes, round length (up to four minutes) and fight length (up to 12 rounds)."
8810,QuackShot starring Donald Duck,"I Love Donald Duck: Guruzia Ou no Hihou, QuackShot estrelando Pato Donald",1991,8.0,Action,Platform,,"QuackShot starring Donald Duck is a steady Disney run-and-jump platformer, with a little puzzle-solving element. Characters are mostly based on Disney's cartoon series Duck Tales Donald and his three nephews get their hands on a treasure map and set out to hunt the big prize. Donald travels throughout the world, to places like Egypt, India, South Pole, and even Transylvania, while his nephews fly an airplane. As a weapon Donald uses plungers that can freeze the enemies or stick to walls which can then be used for climbing. Other wacky weapons are popcorn and bubblegum."
8816,Brides of Dracula,The Brides of Dracula,1992,6.4,Action,,,"Brides of Dracula is a two-player split-screen game similar to Spy vs. Spy in gameplay. Each player (human or CPU) controls either the vampire hunter Van Helsing or Count Dracula. Van Helsing is summoned to the Bistritz village to kill Dracula and his brides. His goal is to find thirteen tools to kill Dracula, bring them back to Helsing's home and store them in the cupboard. For Dracula, the objective is to create thirteen brides by finding women, biting and leading them back to the crypt, where thirteen coffins are lined up waiting for their recipients. Both characters can be killed by certain hazardous environments and non-player characters (NPCs). Some of these dangers may effect only one of the characters (ghouls only attack Van Helsing, while priests and villagers only harm Dracula). Each player starts with three lives. Collected objects and women are displayed at the bottom of the character window, along with the health bar. The game takes place in the church cemetery and the adjacent village."
8820,Metaplex,,1988,5.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"There is a huge metal complex inside an asteroid that houses and guards a two-headed alien called Garth. Garth just wants to destroy Earth. Earth isn't going to put up with this so the player character is sent to destroy four power units that give Garth his energy. To do this he has to collect flasks, fill them up with acid, locate a power unit and blow it up. Trying to stop the protagonist are Garth's minions. The hero has a limited shield and limited lasers, which can be topped up. Metaplex is viewed from the side. It is a maze game where one room is shown at a time. The player character rides in a space-type buggy. The screen shows the player a lot of information including lives, flasks, how much shields and lasers the hero has, score, and of course the main playing area."
8821,Xcel,,1985,6.5,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In a period of advanced technology, humanity created 30 Sentinel planets - advanced technological devices that were designed to protect us forever. Inevitably these rebel, and destroy everything in their path. Some years later, with society having declined, they must be destroyed, and this is where you come in. Gameplay has several elements, with the first task being to locate a Sentinel and guide your ship to it. Two inbuilt computers can be used to help you with this. Next you must land on the planet's surface, avoiding contact with anything as you head for the ground. The main bulk of the game sees you walk around the planet's surface, destroying all the alien craft you can find. These include dark creatures such as Tri-Syncs and Mirobs."
8822,IronSword: Wizards & Warriors II,,1989,6.6,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The mighty warrior Kuros has defeated the evil wizard Malkil in the previous game However, Malkil did not perish, and has now taken the shape of the four elements: water, wind, air and fire. Kuros is summoned to the land of Sindarin to destroy Malkil again. In order to accomplish that, he will have to collect the shattered pieces of the legendary Ironsword with the help of the four animal kings, and defeat the elementals who protect Malkil's essence. Like its predecessor, Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II is a side-scrolling action game with platform elements. Kuros uses swords and spells to fight the enemies in his path. He can also jump and crouch, which is often necessary to move through a stage and avoid taking damage. The game world consists of four domains; in each of those, Kuros must find a golden artifact and bring it back to the animal king residing there. This opens the path to the elemental boss guarding the domain, which must be defeated with spells. Magic spells can be bought in special locations or found during exploration. They have a variety of functions, e.g. turning enemies into money or food, slowing down enemies, granting Kuros temporary invincibility, or creating fountains that help him reach high areas. Some of these spells disappear after one use, while others consume magic points. Weapon and armor upgrades can also be bought in shops. Kuros can restore his health by eating; food is either scattered throughout the stages or offered at inns."
8828,Exodus: Journey to the Promised Land,,1991,6.0,"Action, Educational, Puzzle",Game show / trivia / quiz,,"In Exodus you need to guide Moses through 100 different levels in order to reach the promised land. The gameplay features an action/strategy part similar to Boulder Dash and a question part. In the action part, you need to collect five question marks and enough Manna to open the exit of the maze-like screens. There are a variety of boulders, walls, dirt, and other obstacles in the way. Some obstacles can be destroyed when moses uses his staff to say the word of god, other obstacles can be pushed out of the way, and some you must find a way around. You need to be careful when navigating around the screens, if you cause any boulders to fall and they land on you a life is lost. Also wandering about are a variety of enemies which can be destroyed or avoided, but will cost you one life if you get caught. When you find all the question marks and manna you need, the exit appears and you can move on to the question phase. Here you will be asked five multiple choice questions about the book of Exodus. Answering the questions correctly will reward you with bonuses, such as extra lives."
8829,Mace: The Dark Age,Mace: The Dark Age - Wield the Power of Mace,1997,7.4,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"Mace: The Dark Age is a 3D fighting game set in a dark fantasy setting. Players can choose between 18 characters from all over the world equipped with swords, daggers, maces, katanas and other weapons. Basic moves include: a quick and a strong attack with weapons, kicks, sidesteps, and throws. Additional attacks can be performed by pressing the standard attack buttons in different positions or combined with directional buttons. Counter attacks are also possible, but require more complicated button combinations and good timing. Standard moves can be linked to combos and each character has a number of individual special moves that require specific button combinations to be used. Battle arenas feature multiple levels and usually contain hazards like acid pools or swinging axes that deal damage when touched. Some arenas also contain interactive objects like plant pots or torches that can be thrown at opponents. The game is fairly bloody (the gore can be turned off in the options menu) and all characters have their own finishing moves (called executions) - particularly brutal ways of killing an opponent."
8837,Doom 2D,,1996,6.9,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"DOOM 2D is, as the name suggests, a 2D game styled after DOOM Most of the graphics and sounds are ripped straight from the original wads, and used to create a 2D platformer. The storyline is presumably much the same (and even more sparse), shoot the hell spawn and save the world. Gameplay goes much like many other platform shooters, shooting the bad guys, pushing buttons, collecting the various weapons and powerups. It's DOOM, but not as we know it."
8839,Aerial Assault,,1992,5.1,Action,Shooter,,"It is the year 2015 and the terrorist organization NAC are quickly taking over the known world. From the ranks of the NAC, the player takes the role of a renegade fighter pilot from the Freedom unit to strike and destroy the NAC threat. Sharing similar mechanics to the Sega Master System game, the player flies through a number of stages shooting air, ground and naval enemies as well as collecting powerups. Each mission consists of two or three stages, ending with a boss."
8842,"King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow",King's Quest VI: Heute geerbt und morgen verschwunden,1992,8.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"For months Prince Alexander of Daventry has shut himself away from the world, thinking only of Princess Cassima, who he met while imprisoned in the previous game Eventually he can take it no longer, and he hires a ship to search for the Land of the Green Isles located on the edge of the world. After months of searching he finally sets sight upon the island kingdom, only for a freak storm to strike the ship, destroying it and leaving him the only survivor. His troubles are far from over, however, as he soon finds out that the King and Queen have passed away, the Greens Isles are on the brink of war, and his beloved Princess Cassima may even be held prisoner by the royal vizier. Like its predecessors in the series, King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow is a third-person puzzle-solving adventure game. For Alexander to save the Isles, he must travel between the Land's four magical islands, each based on myth and fables, and encounter people and strange beasts that will either help or hinder him. Alexander must be careful as well, because, as with all the King's Quest games, poor choices or missteps will often prove fatal for the Prince. Puzzles are solved linearly, although late in the game there are two completely different paths to take to reach the final confrontation. Like the previous game, actions are performed using a point-and-click interface with icons that represent verbs (""walk"", ""examine"", ""use"", ""talk"", etc.). The CD-ROM version of the game includes both DOS and Windows versions, full speech, a pre-rendered introduction, and the Girl in the Tower theme song."
8844,Reunion,Merit's Galactic Reunion,1994,7.2,Strategy / tactics,,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the 27th century, centuries of peace have allowed great scientific progress in the development of the first interstellar warp drive. Two research ships, designated Explorer-1 and Explorer-2, are outfitted with experimental drives and sent to find new planets for colonization. Only Explorer-2 returns back to Earth. Refitted as a colony vessel, Explorer-2 is once again ready to embark when the peace is disrupted. A planet-wide rebellion stages a coup and overthrows the government. The Explorer-2, crewed by a loyalist space crew, barely escapes and leaves the solar system. Years later, the Explorer-2 arrives damaged at it's destination and a colony is set up, naming it New Earth. After many generations, the colony is self-sufficient enough to develop a mission: Explore nearby space, research new technologies, harvest resources, develop a space fleet and eventually... reconquer and reunify with the Earth. Reunion is a strategy game where players must manage the resources and development of a colony. From a central command area, players select from among different menus to control different aspects of the colony. Many of these menus also need the appropriate personnel in charge (commanders), whose skills and price tag vary. Typical menus include: The research screen where specific areas are selected, the production/buy menu which turns resources into goods, the colony building menu where construction can be scheduled and the colony's facilities managed, the galactic map where new planets are chosen for a closer look, and eventually colonization. Players can also consult with their commanders or go to ""space local"", the nearby bar for all the gossip. In order to produce new material, the player has six different minerals to mine and discover on various planets in the solar system."
8847,Herzog Zwei,SEGA AGES: Herzog Zwei,1989,7.5,Strategy / tactics,"Arcade, Real-time strategy (RTS)",,"The premise is that two opposing forces are in combat with one another. Each player controls a jet airplane which zooms across the screen and may turn into a ground based soldier. These ground soldiers can hurt enemy units, but can not affect bases. To take over bases scattered across the map (and ultimately, the enemy base), players must purchase new units and transport them to certain positions. In this way, the player acts more like a transport and management for different types of units rather than a combat character themselves. If the plane is ever destroyed, it restarts at the player's base location. As previously mentioned, a level is complete when either side's base is lost to the opposing forces."
8855,Blaster Master,Chōwakuseisenki Metafight,1988,7.9,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The game begins with a classic story of a boy and his frog who runs away, becomes radioactive and jumps into a hole. More importantly however, it is a story about a boy named Jason who finds a fully functional battletank, SOFIA the 3rd, and goes adventuring around the underground. His mission is to find new weapons and add-on parts to the battletank, which will in turn allow him to explore more areas until eventually he finds that freedom-loving mutant frog. And while he's down there he might as well defeat the Evil Plutonium Boss who wishes to threaten the Earth. Blaster Master is an action game that mixes platform and overhead segments. Most of the platforming levels are spent in the tank, which can fire its main cannon as well as secondary weapons with limited ammunition: homing missiles, lightning ball, and warhead missile. The tank cannot access every area in the platform levels; in order to advance, Jason often has to step out and explore on foot. At that point the view switches to top-down. Jason can use his gun and toss grenades to dispatch of regular enemies and bosses encountered on his way. The gun can be upgraded by collecting power-ups. The goal of the top-down stages usually involves obtaining special abilities for the tank, such as swimming, driving on walls, and hovering in the air, which must be used at specific locations in the platform stages. The game uses a ""continue"" system and ends when Jason has lost all his lives. There is no password feature and no possibility to save game progress."
8862,Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals,,1999,5.4,Action,"Fighting, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Transformers, robots in animal styled disguises, battle for supremacy (and peace, depending on which side your on) in the universe. Megatron and Optimus Primal lead their teams of elite robots against each other, but its up to you to decide who is the winner. Choose from eight characters and battle against the computer AI or a friend in one-on-one battles, featuring transformations from animal, to robot, to vehicle and special moves."
8869,Bangai-O,Bakuretsu Muteki Bangaioh,1999,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A group of space pirates known as the Cosmo Gang is concocting an evil scheme, which involves smuggling rare fruits and using them for their own foul purposes. Two young mecha pilots, Riki and his sister Mami board a giant mecha called Bangai-O, in order to confront the pirates in battle and foil their villainous plans. Bangai-O is a multi-directional shooter and a spiritual successor to Hover Attack The player maneuvers the titular mecha and shoots in eight directions. Two firing modes represent switching between the two pilots. Riki fires homing missiles, while Mami's shots bounce off walls. Enemies drop fruits upon defeat, which are equivalent to power-ups in other games. It is also possible to execute a special attack that consists of a burst of shots fired in all directions. Scoring successful combos (or increasing explosion count in the Dreamcast version) leads to higher-level power-ups."
8874,3-D Glooper,3D Glooper,1983,6.2,Action,,,"3-D Glooper is a version of Pac-Man where you must move about a maze-like city eating blue blocks while trying to avoid the baddies called Gloopers that roam it. You can only escape once all the blocks are gone. Occasionally a red block will appear which for a short time allows you to eat the Gloopers. The game is viewed from a first person perspective. As well as the main playing area the number of lives, High Score, Score, and a timer can be seen at the top of the screen. Pressing F1 also brings up a map showing the location of any Gloopers and blue blocks left to eat at the top of the screen."
8877,Top Gun: Hornet's Nest,,1998,5.6,Simulation,,,"Top Gun: Hornet's Next is the sequel to Top Gun: Fire at Will Once more you take on the role of US Navy pilot Maverick in his F-18 Hornet. The game features a multi-player mode, instant action and a campaign with 30 missions. In the campaign missions are briefed with full motion videos. Battles in this flight simulator are fought in Columbia, Siberia and the Persian Gulf."
8881,Great Ice Hockey,,1986,4.5,Sports,,,"In Great Ice Hockey one must use the Sega Sports Pad to play the game. One must stroke the roller ball to try and pass, skate, shoot and score! The team that ends up with the most goals as regulation time runs out wins. The game plays as a regular hockey match. Two difficulty settings (junior and senior) are an option for amateur or more skilled players. The player is assigned the US hockey team and then can choose from a number of other opponents from various countries."
8886,Yo! Joe! Beat the Ghosts,,1993,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Graffiti artists live a hard life. Joe and Nat are always on the run, trying to escape New York's police. When they reach a mysterious castle, there's no way of knowing they're in deep trouble already. Yo! Joe! Beat the Ghosts is a platform game featuring two characters. The protagonists can jump, crawl, kick, beat, slide, and swim. They are even able to hold their breath when under water. If you are playing the game solely, ""Joe"" is your character of choice. A friend can take on Nat's part at the same PC. The game's purpose is to get rid of ""Professor X"", who is the bad guy. The players can attack opponents using several weapons, including molotovs, chainsaws and nunchakus. Yo! Joe! Beat the Ghosts doesn't offer save games. The copy protection requires the original disk at every start-up."
8888,Vroom,,1991,8.1,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Vroom is a Formula 1 car racing game that can be played either in arcade or simulation mode. The main options screen allows you to select manual or automatic transmission, number of laps, and training, single race, or full season. The multiplayer option allows two players to race against each other on separate computers. Each track, with different layouts and background graphics, includes many tight curves, steep grades and inclines, as well as tunnels and a pit stop. The player-controlled car has working side-view mirrors, which allow you to view the actual action behind you, as well as a working speedometer and gear display. The game features a colorful mix of 3D and 2D graphics, realistic sound effects, and blazing fast, smooth animations."
8891,MicroLeague Wrestling,,1987,6.4,Sports,,,"MicroLeague Wrestling is a wrestling game, the very first one licensed by the World Wrestling Federation. The game can be played by one or two players and comes with two possible match-ups, each with a separate match disk. There is Hulk Hogan versus ""Macho Man"" Randy Savage (all platforms) and Hulk Hogan versus ""Mr. Wonderful"" Paul Orndorff (Atari ST/C64). For DOS and Amiga the second match is Hogan vs. Dibiase. A bout can last 10, 20 or 60 minutes. Game presentation before, during, and after fights is modeled after WWF TV shows and features digitized stills of actual WWF personalities, including wrestlers, managers, interviewers, commentators and announcers. Digitized images illustrate on-camera interviews, the wrestlers' entrances (complete with renditions of their themes), ringside commentary, and the reactions of the crowd. During a fight, the game follows an unusual approach: instead of controlling a wrestler directly, players select a move to perform from a menu. The computer decides if it was a success or not and the result is shown via a digitized picture."
8892,TFX,"T.F.X., TFX: Tactical Fighter eXperiment, TFX: The Cutting Edge of Aerial Combat",1993,8.2,Simulation,,Contemporary,"TFX (Tactical Fighter eXperiment) is a flight simulation where the player can fly with F-117A, Eurofighter 2000 or F-22 Superstar in various scenarios as a UN fighter pilot. Before the player begins his/her duty, there is a need to complete 10 training missions. Only then will the rest of the possible game modes be available. The game also contains a mission editor where the player can create his/her own missions in any of the chosen scenarios."
8902,Shining Force III,"Guangming Liliang, Shining Force III Scenario 1: Outo no Kyojin",1997,8.2,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Set in a world of fantasy and magic, Shining Force III places you in the boots of a young general, fighting to preserve the peace in your world. The story starts out as the Emperor is abducted from within the city of Saraband, and you must go on the run with your king, who is suspected of being the mastermind behind the abduction. Of course, things are not as they seem, and you will be taken through a web of lies and deceit in your quest to prove the King innocent. The game is very similar in style to the earlier Shining Force titles, so anyone who's played them will be comfortable with the game, though likely they'll also be happy to find the game graphically overhauled, with a 3-D landscape and 3D characters during the battle animations. As ever the main game is controlled like a traditional RPG, with you controlling the main character, talking to NPC's and searching various items. However, the main selling point of the Shining Force series has always been its battle sequences. The combat system is amended from the earlier titles, with a new and unique ""friendship"" system, whereby the more two characters work together (helping each other out, healing each other etc.) the closer they bond, and they will start to give each other bonuses on the battlefield. Other traditional features, such as the rock-paper-scissors nature of the weapons (sword beats axe, axe beats spear, spear beats sword etc.) and the terrain effects (someone hiding in a forest is going to get better protection than someone on an open road) remain fully intact, and anyone who's played the earlier titles in the series will likely be very comfortable with the combat system. It should be noted that this is actually the western conversion of Shining Force III: Episode I, and was therefore only the first episode in an intended series of three. Unfortunately the other two titles were never released outside of Japan, so most western gamers were only able to experience a third of the storyline."
8903,Pac-Man,"Arcade Archives: Pac-Man, Arcade Game Series: Pac-Man, Dobişko, Jelly Monsters, NES Classics: Pac-Man, Pac - Man, PacMan",1980,7.2,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"Pac-Man is a single-player maze game. The player controls Pac-Man, a yellow, circular character who must navigate a series of enclosed mazes while eating small pellets scattered along the paths. The objective in each stage is to clear the maze of all pellets while avoiding capture by four ghosts who pursue Pac-Man relentlessly. As the player progresses, the mazes repeat but with increased difficulty as the ghosts become faster and more aggressive. The ghosts each follow distinct behavioral patterns that affect how they chase the player. Blinky, the red ghost, targets Pac-Man directly. Pinky, the pink ghost, attempts to ambush from ahead. Inky, the blue ghost, uses a conditional strategy that can create unpredictable movement, while Clyde, the orange ghost, alternates between chasing and wandering aimlessly. One touch from any ghost results in the loss of a life, and the game ends when all lives are lost. To counter the ghosts, four large power pellets, known as Energizers, are positioned in the corners of the maze. Eating one temporarily changes the ghosts to a vulnerable blue state, allowing Pac-Man to chase and consume them for bonus points. When eaten, the ghosts’ eyes return to the central box where they regenerate and resume pursuit. Fruits and other bonus items also appear occasionally in the maze, granting additional points if collected. The game offers continuous play with no fixed ending. After every few stages, short comedic intermissions between Pac-Man and the ghosts are shown as lighthearted rewards, becoming progressively more elaborate. As players advance through more levels, the speed of the game increases and the Energizer effect shortens, eventually reaching a point where the ghosts no longer turn blue. Pac-Man was first released in arcades and has since been reissued under multiple titles, including Jelly Monsters PacMan Arcade Archives: Pac-Man and Arcade Game Series: Pac-Man (amongst others). These versions preserve the original gameplay, with some offering optional features such as enhanced graphics, online leaderboards, and adjustable display settings."
8907,M.I.A.: Missing In Action,,1998,7.2,Action,,,"Missing In Action is a 3D action helicopter game that takes place during the Vietnam War. The game features a single player campaign which is divided into 26 missions, which are briefed by full motion videos with real life actors. Missions include finding MIAs, providing back-up for a damaged helicopter, destroying Vietcong camps or scouting an area. Each missions is action packed with many enemies that try to shoot you out of the air. The game features a radar that shows nearby enemy and friendly troops so that you know who to shoot. Each mission you receive a new helicopter of a different type. Each new helicopter has more firepower than the previous one. It is also possible to call in artillery support, SEAL teams, napalm strikes and drop flare and smoke grenades."
8911,Sonic Drift,,1994,6.7,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"Sonic Drift is a Sonic the Hedgehog racing game. The evil Dr. Robotnik has stolen the chaos emeralds and you have to win them back in a racing tournament. In Sonic Drift, you can play as Sonic, Tails, Amy, or Robotnik. Sonic Drift can also be found on Sonic Adventure DX and Sega Mega Collection Plus There are six levels in each game and three different tournaments, totaling 18 levels."
8913,Mad News,,1994,7.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,Mad News is a German business simulation. You are chief editor of a tabloid newspaper. With spectacular stories you try to increase your paper's circulation (and your account balance). You also can earn money with adverts in your paper. Two other papers are in competition with you. This is the unofficial sequel to Mad TV
8918,D-Force,Dimension Force,1991,5.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"A top-down scrolling shooter. Players control a helicopter and must fight their way through several levels, shooting everything that moves. Defeated enemies sometimes drop power-ups that improve the helicopter's standard weapon or equip it with homing missiles as secondary weapon. In addition to the standard ""shooting mode"" D-Force also features an ""exploration mode"". In exploration mode, the player's helicopter is attacked by animals instead of warplanes or other helicopters. In this mode, the shoulder buttons can be used to change the helicopters altitude and attack (or dodge) enemies at different heights."
8922,Arkanoid,,1986,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The original Breakout concept involves controlling a bat at the bottom of the screen and using it to catch and direct a ball so as to hit all the bricks which are arranged at the top of the screen. It was unpopular for over a decade, before Taito revived it with some new ideas in this arcade game. The game's plot redefines the bat as a Vaus spaceship, the ball as an energy bolt, and the bricks form a mysterious wall stopping the ship from progressing to safety. By the mid-80s, power-ups were popular in most types of arcade games, and Arkanoid features them. They are caught by positioning the bat below them as they fall (meaning that you risk missing the ball if you go for them at the wrong time). The power-ups include lasers (which are mounted to each side of the ship and allow you to shoot out the blocks), a catching device (so as to be able to fire the ball off at a different angle every time you hit it) and one that slows the bolt down."
8928,Worms 2,,1997,8.0,Strategy / tactics,Artillery,,"The worms are back, powered by a brand new graphics engine. The main gameplay hasn't changed, and the purpose of the game is the same as before: exterminate the army of worms of your opponent. The worms are now represented by big and well animated sprites. And of course, an even larger array of weapons of mass detruction are available, from miniguns, napalm airstrikes and homing rockets to explosive mad cows, super banana bombs and flying sheeps."
8933,Conqueror,,1988,7.2,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,,"Conqueror is a polygonal isometric-view tank action/strategy game with an elaborate control system (emulating ""real"" tank controls on normal joysticks) and two-player possibilities by switching the controls to use one joystick each for gunner and driver. The goal of the game is generally to destroy all enemy tanks on the map using a preset squad of tanks of your own. The tanks on the player's side that aren't controlled by the player act on AI, but the player-controlled tank can be switched at will via an in-game map. Alternately, the player can use that map to direct tanks to other places - but even when planning troop movements on the map, the game goes on. To top things off, there is also a limited amount of resources allocated to the player that can be gained by destroying enemies; these resources can then be used to buy new tanks before the start of the next mission."
8935,The Dagger of Amon Ra,"Colonel's Bequest II, Laura Bow 2, Laura Bow: Der Dolch des Amon Ra, Roberta Williams' Laura Bow in The Dagger of Amon Ra",1992,7.6,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Interwar,"One year after the events described in The Colonel's Bequest Laura Bow, fresh out of college, is hired by a New York newspaper to write a story about the newest exhibit acquired by the local Leyendecker Museum, an ancient Egyptian dagger. However, during a party to celebrate the opening of the museum's new section, someone is murdered, the dagger is stolen, and Laura, after asking to be allowed to investigate, is locked in with the rest of the guests. This sets the stage for a series of murders, and it is up to Laura to find the person responsible for them. The Dagger of Amon Ra plays similarly to the The Colonel's Bequest focusing primarily on exploration and clue-gathering rather than on solving puzzles, although there are more instances of inventory item collection and usage in the sequel. With the exception of the introductory act, the entire game is set in the museum. The player navigates Laura through its rooms and interacts with characters to gather information and uncover their true motives. The game's clock advances when it is triggered by certain actions or simply by moving from location to location. Some information and events may only be available in specific places and at specific times. Near the end of the game Laura will be asked to make a case to to the coroner, which involves answering a series of questions concerning the crimes. Depending on his playing style, clues discovered, and deductive skills, the player may or may not have the correct answers to all the questions. Unlike its predecessor - and like most other contemporary Sierra adventures - the game utilizes an icon-based interface instead of typing verb-object commands to interact with the environments. Topics can also be chosen from a list when the player selects the ""Ask"" command. The CD version features full speech, including narration."
8939,Cabela's Big Game Hunter II,,1998,5.1,Sports,Hunting,,"Hunt big game in Alberta, Colorado, New Mexico and The African Plains. Over a dozen different weapons, 18 species to hunt, and authentic Cabela catalog of hunting gear!"
8940,Psyborg,,1992,6.8,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Mental training",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"You are a psyborg named Duncan Norton, who must travel through the vortex from a space vessel trapped in a galaxy very far from Earth. An alien race is threatening to take over 38 planets and you've got to stop them. Starting from Anacreon, you will mentally pass through the Krypton, Kalgan, Zorgon, Terminus, Trantor, and finally Sol systems. Each stellar system has a certain number of planets, which you will traverse from one to another. The game is a first-person virtual reality race, where you run as fast as possible on the tiles that are formed in a pentagonal prism. At the starting point you accelerate, and then change the facets of the prism in order to avoid falling through the gaps. When the tile's path spirals, you may decelerate your velocity. Time runs out, and you must refill your time meter by standing on tiles marked with a ""T"". Standing on certain tiles that are marked with shapes of different blinking colors will give you a different amount of points. Special actions, such as jumping from one part of prism to another as well as teleporting forward and back, may be performed. Save points are placed on the track but the number of prism facets may change during your run. Finishing the race to each planet will give you a password, which may be used later to start from this point. The best scores will be written in High Scores table. The game is available for 1 or 2 players."
8942,Elevator Action,,1983,6.0,Action,"Platform, Shooter, Stealth",,"You are Agent 17 (codename: ""Otto""). Your mission is to secure all top secret documents from a security building and escape in the getaway car, located in the basement of the building. Enemy spies are scattered throughout the 30-floor building and they have only one mission: execute Agent 17 at all costs. There are several ways in which Agent 17 can kill them: Whenever a light has been dropped, the hallways will be dark for a short period of time, making the enemy spies harder to see. The same holds true for hallways that are already dark. While Otto is in an elevator, he will have complete control of it by moving up or down. Agent 17 can still get killed if he's already in an elevator if a bullet's trajectory is aimed at it. When Otto is not in an elevator, it will move from floor to floor automatically, even when enemy spies are in it. Otto is able to leap over the elevator gaps, but he must be as close to the edge as possible without falling off in order to make the jump safely. If there is an elevator cable in the way, however, it will block him, causing him to fall. Just because the game is called Elevator Action doesn't mean that elevators are the only means of travel. There are also escalators which you can ride up or down, useful if you want to avoid gunfire and don't have time to jump. Otto must go into the rooms with red doors to collect the top secret documents. If he tries to get to his car without getting all the documents, he cannot escape and must go back and collect the remaining documents. Once he has all the documents and drives away, he then proceeds to the next building. If Otto takes too much time to collect the documents, the alarm will go off, and he will have trouble controlling the elevators, which will take time to react. Bad guys will be especially aggressive. The alarm doesn't go off when Otto loses a life, it only resets after finishing a building. Besides ducking, bad guys may also drop themselves and lay flat on the floor. It's virtually impossible for Otto to shoot bad guys when they do this. Also, Otto cannot duck when in an elevator."
8943,Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,,1985,5.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Interwar,"The computer versions of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom are conversions of the Atari arcade game based on the second movie in the series. As Indy, the player must complete several cycles of the following three types of levels: With every cycle the mine & mine cart levels become more complex, the layout of the temple levels is always the same. After several cycles there's a showdown with Mola Ram on the rope bridge."
8945,NHL FaceOff,,1996,8.2,Sports,,,"The first in the NHL FaceOff series. You'll find one-timers, a wide selection of checks, slap shots, drop passes, every NHL player and team, and statistics. Also found in FaceOff includes pretty good AI for the time of the game's release. In terms of sound, FaceOff really tries to recreate an in the arena hockey sound, with the announcer's voice echoing combined with organ music and cheering from the crowd. There are also multiple camera angles that can put you in the middle of the ice."
8950,Motocross Championship,,1995,5.7,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Motocross Championship is the only dirtbike racing game for the 32X. The action takes place from a behind-the-bike perspective, and makes use of the 32X's hardware bitmap scaling to present a 3D graphical effect. Like the title suggests, the main game mode is a points based championship. You can compete in one of 3 motorcycle classes over 12 indoor and outdoor tracks. There's also two player split screen mode so you can share off-road fun with a friend."
8964,Bedlam,,1983,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Bedlam is a multi-directional shooter. The player controls a cannon in the center of the screen that can rotate 360°. Around the player is a star-shaped geometric form that changes from stage to stage. The corners of the star emit enemy ships that must be destroyed. The ships have different attack patterns, from ones that just travel in a straight line towards to ones which are indestructible and can only be pushed away from the player. If one of the enemy ships makes contact with the player, they will lose a life. Besides the fire button, the player can use a quick turn to better defend against opponents coming in from the other side and a ""zap,"" which destroys all ships on screen. Later levels feature stars with corners slowly moving towards the player (and thus with enemies spawning much closer) and rotating star shapes."
8965,Beach Buggy Simulator,,1988,5.6,Racing / Driving,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In this game you control a beach buggy that’s competing in the Dune Trials. It consists of eight rounds and you must complete each round within the time limit to advance. During the rounds you must jump over rocks and fire as well as shoot helicopters as they will make you crash and lose time. You have a set amount of fuel and you must collect fuel canisters to replenish it and maintain your speed. Should your fuel count reach zero you will go slow until you collect a canister which would also cost you time. You also cannot fire with your fuel empty. If you complete all eight rounds the game loops over and you begin at round one again. If you fail to complete any round within the time limit, your game is over."
8968,Technician Ted,"Arcade Adventure wtih Technician Ted, The Chip Factory Featuring 'Technician Ted'",1984,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Ted is an enthusiastic worker at a computer chip factory, which takes the form of dozens of hazardous platform screens, most of which lead to more than 2 other rooms, through holes in the floor and ceiling as well as a lift. Each room is littered with moving sprites as well as lava pits and dangerous drops, all of which will drain the energy from Ted's single life. Ted has 21 tasks to complete in this 8 1/2 hour-day, but it is largely up to him to find out what they are, and which order to do them in. The full day includes trips to the canteen, photocopier, power generator and the boss' office - logic will give you clues as to when these are to be accomplished. He knows that solving one problem can change the nature of another, due to the program's advanced Event Processing. In each room, two flashing boxes must be hit, sometimes within a time limit, and Ted knows the location of the first few of these. On the technical side the game promises a full uninterrupted soundtrack and super-smooth animation."
8972,F1-ROC II: Race of Champions,"Exhaust Heat II: F-1 Driver no Kiseki, F1 ROC II: Race of Champions",1993,7.4,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"F1ROC II: Race of Champions is the follow-up sequel to F1ROC: Race of Champions where the player can race to become a legend in Formula One racing, but first must have to go through three different tiers of racing in order to do so. The player starts out in ""Group C"" in the lowest tier with less powerful cars and novice drivers. After winning the eight races of ""Group C"", the player is then transferred to F-3000 with more advance drivers and powerful cars. The player must win another eight tracks in this division to advance to the final division, the F-1 Grand Prix itself, with the most advanced cars and the most talented drivers and to win this series the player must compete in 16 tracks. If the player does well enough, they can return to the Grand Prix division the following year with the ability to choose a new car and sponsor. The main gameplay is a basic racing game, but does not involve oval tracks such as NASCAR, but twisting and turning tracks where the player must use caution when turning on winding roads. Players can also qualify before races for a better starting spot and must make pit stops during races to replace fuel, tires and repair damage. The player can also win prize money for doing well in races to buy better parts and upgrades for their car to race better in future races. They must be careful, however, when combining parts to try and make a perfect handling car. If the player uses the wrong combination, they can have a car that handles well in turns, but is slow on long straightaways. Likewise, they can also become to fast and dangerous in turns, causing disastrous accidents. It features a battery back-up to save games and stats and also features authentic Formula One cars such as the FW14B Williams, the McLaren MP4, the Benettion B192, the F92 Ferrari among many others and also has the entire 1992 F-1 racing season."
8974,Ultima VI: The False Prophet,"Ultima VI: Itsuwari no Yogensha, Ultima: The False Prophet",1990,7.9,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Several years after having restored Lord British to his rightful position as the monarch of Britannia, the Avatar is captured by demon-like creatures and placed on a sacrificial altar. His friends Iolo, Shamino and Dupre appear just in time to save him. In the Britannia castle, the Avatar learns that his abductors were gargoyles, a race of enigmatic creatures who have recently invaded Britannia and occupied the shrines of Virtue. As the Avatar embarks on a quest to liberate Britannia, he begins to gain insight into the gargoyles' true motives, and realizes that it is his duty to achieve peace and understanding between the two races. Ultima VI is notable for having a fully continuous world. There is no ""world map"" in the game; all the locations are seamlessly connected to each other, turning the game world into an open environment. Compared to the previous installments in the series, the game focuses more on quests and exploration rather than on combat. The latter no longer involves separate screens; battles occur during exploration, without any transitions. The turn-based system from the previous games has been preserved. The interface has been re-designed, the original key-bound commands co-existing with selectable command icons and mouse-based interaction. The game world is more detailed than in the previous games, with a large number of various objects that can be manipulated or added to the inventory. Conversations are more extended, with a wider selection of topics, including many personal ones unique to specific characters. The player is also able to conduct extensive conversations with the Avatar's companions, as well as split the party and control the characters separately. Some important topics may be highlighted during text display, to facilitate further dialogue, which requires the player to type the desired conversation topics. Like in the predecessors, the player is free to explore the game world from the beginning of the game, and visit locations in any order. Following the main quest and obtaining specific items and information is necessary to complete the story; however, the player can also opt to bypass a large part of it by using previous knowledge of the game or outside help. The FM Towns version has full voice acting for all the conversations, in English and in Japanese."
8977,Battle of Britain,"La Bataille d'Angleterre, La Batalla de Inglaterra",1985,7.1,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,"Historical events, World War II","In Battle of Britain the player controls the RAF Fighter Command during the turning point air battle of the World War 2. You may familiarize yourself with the game by choosing to fight one day with either light or heavy enemy activity, or play the full campaign (starting 20 August 1940, limited to 30 days). The map shows the southern half of Great Britain and a small corner of France, with airfields, radar stations and cities. Fighter squadrons (18 available) need to be scrambled to intercept detected incoming Luftwaffe raids. At the end of the day a tally of losses will be displayed, followed by a reinforcements allocation screen. Optional action sequences allow the player to fly a Spitfire in a dogfight or man an anti-aircraft gun (not available on ZX Spectrum)."
8980,Spelunker,,1983,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In this game, you are a spelunker who climbs deep down mountain caves in search for treasure. The levels consist of many platforms, connected to each other by a riding cart, ladders, ropes, etc. You'll have to time your jumping well, because a slight fall will lead to your death, and the abyss is near! You should jump over various obstacles, avoid ghost-like enemies, climb on ropes, and use inventory items such as dynamite to create obstacle-destroying explosions that will bring you nearer to the desired treasure."
8986,Zero 5,,1994,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Zero 5 is a space shooter which places you in control of a small and maneuverable fighter craft, or a powerful warship, depending upon which level you play. Taking on the role of a pilot, you must defend the earth from alien attack with dozens of missions needed to succeed. Your tour of duty includes travelling through deep space to meet enemy convoys head on and shooting across asteroid and planet surfaces taking out installations. There are three different play modes:"
8989,Lazy Jones,,1984,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Welcome to the World of Lazy Jones. You play the role of a janitor in this game, a lazy janitor that sneaks into back rooms and plays computer games. You can move around from floor to floor, and go into the back rooms and play the old (and I mean old) computer games that are in these rooms. Be careful you wouldn't want to get caught by security guards that are roaming the floors. There are 18 rooms to choose from, there are 3 that actually aren't games, and of course everyones favorite, the one that isn't a classic game, but you are just trying to get drinks off of the bartender, while avoiding the drunk."
8991,Ultra Golf,"Konami Golf, Konamic Golf",1991,7.4,Sports,,,"Ultra Golf is a golf game with two courses which can be either played in training or tournament mode. After inspecting the field from an overhead view, the shot is performed from a separate window. First the player gets to choose the direction and club and then the classic ""two click"" system comes into play: a symbol moves on a circle and its position after pressing the button influences the drift and strength of the shot. It is important to consider the wind direction."
8993,Keith Courage in Alpha Zones,Mashin Eiyūden Wataru,1988,5.8,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As a member of N.I.C.E. (Nations for International Citizens of Earth), Keith Courage takes up the fight against the aliens of B.A.D. (Bad Alien Dudes) through seven levels in this side-scrolling action platformer. As Keith Courage makes his way through the various zones, he attacks various forms of enemies in order to gain coins. The coins can be used in the shops for various power-ups, equipment, and other helpful items. When he makes it to a certain point in each level, Keith Courage is given access to the Nova Suit, an armored suit with a powerful sword that is used to dispatch the end bosses of each level in the Underworld. Once Keith Courage defeats the boss, the returns to the Overworld sans armor to complete the next set of challenges."
9002,Will Harvey's Music Construction Set,"The Orchestrator, Will Harvey's Music Construction Set: You may be an unheralded musical genius",1984,7.1,Educational,,,"Compose and play a musical score using an easy graphical interface and toolkit. Use a pointer to drag notes, sharps, and other music nomenclature directly onto a staff, then play your creation. You can cut, copy, and paste entire sections of music, as well as print your masterpiece."
9006,SEAL Team,,1993,7.4,Simulation,,,"Seal Team simulates American operations in the Vietnam war. Missions include Patrol (kill enemies), Ambush (kill enemies), Demolition (building or well), Rescue (friendlies), Recover (certain object), Snatch (capture enemy leader), and Observe (call in the fire support teams). The player controls a single character giving orders to the others, with his statistics improving as the game progresses. True to the danger of Vietnam, you can run into traps like tripwire, panji stake pits, and more. As point man, you'll need to ""mark"" those so the follow-up don't run into the trap. Seal Team is one of the few games in which you get to see the ""riverine"" attack boats, including the Swift and PBR's. Sometimes they serve as infiltration and extraction vehicles, other times as fire support. To simplify gameplay, civilians and VC wear different colors of ""pajamas"". VC gets black, civilian gets purple. This makes target ID much easier."
9011,New Adventure Island,Takahashi-meijin no Shin Bōkenjima,1992,7.3,Action,Platform,,"Somewhere on the peaceful Adventure Island, Master Higgins weds Tina, the new ""Miss Island"". Everyone who was invited to the wedding begins to celebrate when, suddenly, the evil Baron Bronsky appears and snatches Tina away, while his henchmen take the six children away. To reach his castle and rescue Tina, Master Higgins must first rescue the six children, each of whom is hidden on a separate island. New Adventure Island is a one-player action game that consists of seven areas, with four rounds each. In order to get through the areas, you must use your hatchet to destroy wildlife such as frogs, spiders, birds, snails, insects, and other pests, and watch out for hazards such as rocks, fire, water, and pits. As you progress further, your vitality will get low, so fruit must be collected in order to restore it. Along the way, you can smash open eggs that will award you with better weapons that include boomerangs, arrows, and magical fire. Some of the eggs will also reveal a fairy, which will protect you from getting hit. If you are unlucky enough to find an eggplant hidden in one of these eggs, your vitality will drain away very fast, and you need to get fruit every five seconds in order to survive. When you get to the end of an area, you will have to defeat one of the henchmen and rescue a child from one of the four castles. An update of the original game"
9013,Legend of Mana,Seiken Densetsu: Legend of Mana,1999,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"A twinkling consciousness became a star that sparkled in the night and banished the darkness. The Mana Goddess acquired consciousness by gazing into the light of that sun. She made Fa'Diel, a great land, but so far an empty one. In Legend of Mana the player controls a hero or heroine traveling over the land of Fa'Diel. The game features a land creation system, allowing the player to create new locations and story elements by placing mysterious artifacts. Those ancient artifacts are repositories of the land's long-forgotten memories and the many events that once took place there. As the game advances, the player will receive more artifacts and find out more about the land. It is also possible raise pet monsters and create powerful golems, forge mighty weapons or refine musical instruments. The game is non-linear in terms of gameplay, allowing the player to visit areas in any order and play through 67 related scenarios. There is, however, no continuous world to explore, and each scenario is confined to a particular area. Like in the previous games in the series, combat is action-based, but in this installment it takes place on separate side-scrolling screens. AI-controlled characters can fight alongside the protagonist in some of the scenarios."
9021,The Rocketeer,,1991,6.3,Action,Platform,Interwar,"The Rocketeer is based on the 1991 Disney movie of the same name. Nazis are trying to steal an experimental jet pack that will presumably give them a strategic edge in modern warfare for the purpose of world domination. It is up to the hero to don the jet pack and the helmet to stop the Nazis and keep the world safe. The Rocketeer is a side-scrolling, run-and-jump (and sometimes fly) game. About halfway through the first stage, the Rocketeer is able to scavenge jet fuel power-ups, in addition to health and ammo power-ups. The fuel power-ups allow him to use his namesake power and fly for short distances. The Rocketeer has 6 offensive options available from the start of the game, limited only by the amount of ammunition points he has in reserve: A punch (requires no ammo points and is therefore unlimited), pistol (1 ammo point per fire), tommygun (2 ammo points), spread gun (3 ammo points), grenade (5 ammo points), and a bazooka (20 ammo points)."
9029,Pac-in-Time,,1994,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Pac-Man gets thrown back in time to his younger days after the nefarious Ghost Witch casted a spell on him for spoiling her plans. Now he has to find his way back to the present time. Pac-Man has to go through several areas broken into ten sections each. To exit a section all of the pellets need to be collected in order for the exit to the section to appear. Pac-Man can jump and use tools. Tools include things such as hammers, fireballs, a bubble for underwater survival, and a climbing vine. This version of Pac-in-Time should not be confused with other versions of Pac-in-Time as the game engine, level layouts, and aesthetic are different."
9030,Rainbow Warrior,"Greenpeace: Rainbow Warrior, Rainbow Warriors",1989,6.3,Action,,,"Named after the Greenpeace ship that was sunk in the 1980's, this was an environmentally themed game. There were seven different campaigns, with each one featuring a different style of game inspired by actual Greenpeace actions. These included blocking pipes to stop the release of nuclear waste (while avoiding mutated wildlife), stopping waste from being dumped at sea, saving a whale and stopping acid rain. While the games were rather simplistic, it was interesting to see it at the time, released on the Microstyle label (set up by Microprose as ""games for adults"", aiming at a mature audience, after the acquisition of Telecomsoft)."
9032,Anno 1602: Creation of a New World,"Anno 1602: A la Conquête d'un Nouveau Monde, Anno 1602: Creación de un Nuevo Mundo, Anno 1602: Creatie van een Nieuwe Wereld, Anno 1602: Creazione di un Nuovo Mondo, Anno 1602: Erschaffung einer neuen Welt, Anno 1602: Tworzenie Nowego Świata",1998,7.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy (RTS)",Age of Discovery / Enlightenment,"Anno 1602: Creation of a New World is a real-time strategy game, set around the 17th century period of history. The game is based around colony building and resource management on a series of small islands. It includes aspects of exploration, combat, diplomacy and trade. The focus lies more in economic aspects and production cycles than combat. The game design is noteworthy for its attempt to implement a 'progressive' AI. This should mean that the pace of the game changes in response to how quickly players act."
9033,Microsoft Pinball Arcade,"Microsoft Pinball Arcade: Sept flippers qui ont fait l'histoire, Microsoft Pinball Arcade: Seven Tables That Made Pinball History, Microsoft Pinball Arcade: Sieben Meilensteine in der Geschichte des Flipperspiels",1998,6.5,Action,Pinball,,"Take a trip down memory lane with accurate simulations of seven pinball tables made by the Gottlieb pinball company: All games include either the original music, or a background CD track representative of the time. The newer games allow up to four players."
9036,Soccer Manager Plus,,1989,6.2,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Soccer Manager Plus is a managerial soccer simulation. The player takes control over a team from the second division and is responsible for its financial and athletic success. In the original German version the game used real athlete and club names, but the athletes are randomly divided between the clubs. In various menus, the player can set ticket prices, visit a training camp or take action on the transfer market. Before the match, the athletes are divided into the team. Here the player should note each athlethe's statistics (goal, defense, offense, mid field and energy) which determine his performance depending on where he is used. The last setting to take is toughness: the higher the setting, the higher the chances of success. The downside is a higher risk of injuries and cards. The main part of the game is completely menu based, but the player may choose to watch match highlights, only the goals or directly the result. The match segments are shown in a side-scrolling perspective."
9040,Dun Darach,,1985,7.8,Adventure,"Fighting, Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Dun Darach may be the first ever videogame prequel – to Tir Na Nog As such, it features the warrior Cuchulainn of Muirmethne, in a war against the Conachta. When he and his colleague Loeg meet a beautiful woman named Skar in an inn, they do not suspect that she is a spy, and will kidnap Loeg to the secret city of Dun Darach (the 'Oak Fort' in Celtic). Cuchulainn will not stand for this, and sets off to Dun Darach to rescue him. This will involve secondary quests being completed along the way. The game system is identical to that of Tir Na Nog – a single road of the city is shown at a time, which can be walked along to the left or right. When you come to a junction, the view can be rotated by 90 degree to allow this path to be followed. Gameplay is also similar - sword fights must be won and word-based puzzles solved, although unlike Tir Na Nog you cannot die. Trade and money management plays a bigger part than before - objects can be offered to, sold to and stolen from others, and you get obtain jobs for money. Watch out for Ryde the policeman - if he finds you with stolen goods, everything you are carrying will be taken. You must also speak to people and enter magic rooms to obtain key information."
9046,Dragon Warrior VII,"Dragon Quest VII: Eden no Senshitachi, Dragon Warrior 7: Warriors of Eden",2000,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"In ""Dragon Warrior VII"", you are a 16 year old son of a fisherman living on a small island called Estard. There is nothing else on the planet beside this island and the vast ocean surrounding it. One day, you and two friends make a discovery and realize the the world was once much more than Estard Island. So what caused it to disappear? In order to find that out, you travel to the past, where you hope to solve the mystery and to restore the present world the way it was before. ""Dragon Warrior VII"" shares with its predecessor the job system: you can assign character classes (""jobs"") to your party members, and learn many different abilities, depending on the job you have chosen. The game maintains the traditional style of the series, including strictly medieval setting and first-person turn-based combat."
9051,Shadowrun,,1993,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","After the Awakening, magic has been re-discovered, and human beings have accepted the existence of those they thought to be fantasy creatures. Mega-corporations and cyberworlds had to give space to elves and Native American shamans. Jake Armitage was a seemingly ordinary data courier, assassinated by a hit squad in the year 2050 in Seattle, Washington. Miraculously, his true story began after his death. A mysterious figure approached Jake and cast a spell on him; after that, he woke up in the morgue. Jake doesn't know what happened to him, he doesn't even remember his own name. He is contacted by a shamanistic Dog totem with a cryptic message about his mission. Wandering through the large city where monorails, computers, and street gangs armed with automatic weapons co-exist with orcs, dwarves, and vampires, he begins to unravel the mystery, gradually learning about dangers awaiting him around every corner, and his own past. Shadowrun is based on the pen-and-paper role-playing game of the same name, more specifically on the novel Never Deal with a Dragon by Robert Charrette It is entirely different from the Genesis adaptation of the same license. The game is a skill-based RPG with action-oriented combat. Most of the time Jake uses firearms; he can also learn magic spells, primarily with defensive and support capabilities. The player can hire ""deckers"", temporary party members who can aid Jake in battles, and to whom the player can assign basic commands or let them be controlled by the AI. Karma points are awarded to the player for successfully eliminating enemies. These act like experience points in other RPGs and can be manually distributed by the player. The player can increase the character's basic parameters (such as hit points or charisma), as well as have him master various skills. These include firearms, computers, negotiation, leadership, and others. Jake can also use his cyberdeck to access cyberspace known as the Matrix, for plot-related purposes or in order to obtain money. Represented by an icon, Jake moves through the cyberspace, fighting programs that protect data from intruders. Jake's success in these endeavours largely depends on his computer skill. Dialogue with non-playable characters plays an important role. Most quests involve Jake exploring various locations in Seattle and gathering information from people. Conversations are topic-based; often it is necessary to learn about a particular topic from a specific character and then choose it in a conversation with another one to obtain the necessary information."
9056,Spellbinder: The Nexus Conflict,,1999,7.0,Action,,Fantasy,"Spellbinder: The Nexus Conflict is an online-only multiplayer-shooter based on the P&P-RPG ""Rolemaster"". It plays in a medieval fantasy scenario so instead of rocket launchers the players battle with spells. In every match there are two or three teams with one goal: Conquer all the power nodes. This is accomplished simply by using a certain spell in their vicinity. With more nodes the team gets more mana for using spells. Also every team has a more powerful node in their base. The match ends after 60 minutes or when a team has all nodes in their possession. The game features four character classes: magician (strong attacks). mystic (high agility and an invisible spell), runemage (traps) and healer. With every hit and/or kill the player gets experience points and, when earned enough of them, a new level. Bonus points are rewarded for team success and playing the whole 60 minutes. New levels give more spells and points which can be used to improve the player's abilities, e.g. attack power or hit points. To ensure fair fights the players are assigned to matches where the opponents and teammates are about their level."
9060,Hell Bent,,1988,5.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Hell Bent set in 3530, the player takes the role of Captain Drak Hellbent who has to drive off aliens which invaded his home planet Aldonicha. The goal is to destroy a set amount of ground targets in each of the ten vertically scrolling levels. To do so, the player has to change the altitude of the space ship - but flying low creates the danger of crashing into another building. Fuel and shields can be replenished by flying over especially marked buildings. Of course there is also alien opposition which is dealt with by shooting them. Later levels introduce additional challenges like laser fences which have to be passed through with the correct timing."
9061,Winter Games,,1985,7.2,Sports,,,"Another in the series of Epyx Olympic sports games. Compete in many different sporting events: Ski Jump, Hot Dog, Biathlon, Bobsled, Free Skating, Figure Skating, and more."
9065,Fantasy Zone,Fantasy Zone Gear: Opa Opa Jr. no Bōken,1991,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Originally entitled Fantasy Zone Gear: Opa Opa Jr. no Bōken this game plays very similarly to the arcade and console game of the same name However, its background story is different, and technically, it is a sequel to the first game. The player controls Opa Opa Jr., the son of the previous game's hero, whose goal is, among others, to rescue his famous Dad from the clutches of evil aliens. Like other games in Fantasy Zone series, the game is an arcade-style shooter for one player. Boss enemies guard the exits of the levels and must be defeated in order to advance further. The player can also purchase better weapons and engines for the ship at some points."
9066,The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes,"Los archivos secretos de Sherlock Holmes: el caso del escalpelo mellado, The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel",1992,7.7,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel is a verb-based point-and-click graphic adventure game. London, 1888. Sherlock Holmes, the world’s most famous private investigator, and his faithful companion Dr. Watson are called to the scene of a gruesome crime: a young actress has been murdered in an alley behind her theatre. Not surprisingly, Scotland Yard’s Inspector Lestrade is clueless. Was it the work of the Ripper? Sherlock Holmes is not so sure -- the circumstantial evidence indicates a much more intricate crime. The shrewd detective begins the hunt. The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes is a classical crime story with two protagonists. In the role of Sherlock Holmes, you travel through London in search of clues. Interesting locations are gradually added to a city map. Your most important source of information are dialogues with suspects, witnesses, and other people – and with Dr. Watson, who will readily comment on the situation. When talking to persons, you may choose one of several lines that seems most appropriate. Watson notes down all conversations in his journal, where you can access them if needed. True to the novels, Holmes will solve many puzzles through sharp observations and thorough searches of every location (thus discovering clues and deducing connections) as well as clever interrogations. Readers of the Sherlock Holmes stories will recognize many acquaintances, from Lestrade to Miss Hudson, from Inspector Gregson to Toby the hound. The game's introduction, cutscenes, and ending feature digitized speech."
9069,Godzilla: The Series - Monster Wars,,2000,5.3,Action,,,"Godzilla: The Series - Monster Wars is the second game based on the animated TV series Godzilla: The Series Godzilla is the good guy and has to save the world from other monsters, but unfortunately the military wants him dead. So he walks through the ten side-scrolling levels with different background graphics and kills all opposition. Godzilla has six attacks, e.g. a fire breath or a tail whip, which the player has to trigger. Because of his size, there are no variations in movement. Being hit causes Godzilla's life energy to go down. This is mostly the same game as the predecessor Godzilla: The Series The only differences are that Godzilla now has to be moved manually to the right, the head attack has a crosshair and the life energy does not automatically refill anymore."
9075,Time Trax,,1986,6.8,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Dark forces have set out to destroy the fabric of time, by opening eight space-time continuum portals. Each one is guarded by a great mind, who must have a relevant object returned to them before they will allow you to seal the portals. Doing this requires formulating a spell from the runes the Minds give you. All of this is played out in a combination of side-view action and icon-based object manipulation. Starting in your living room as you search for a weapon and its bullets, you move along a network of levels and ladders, avoiding or shooting the many foes you encounter. Pressing down and fire together brings up a menu allowing you to pick up items, swap them with Guardians, and cast spells (with the chance to test them first)."
9081,FireTrap,Firetrap En Ilamas!,1986,5.6,Action,Arcade,,"A girl is trapped on the top floor of 16 burning skyscrapers, and as a firefighter, your mission is to climb up these skyscrapers and put out the flames that shoot through the building's windows, threatening every single floor. You'll also rescue other people trapped inside. Your mission becomes difficult by falling objects and fireballs, and even the flames shoot sparks in any direction at any time. You can use the water spray on the flames to distinguish them. Doing so will occasionally reveal cash and other special items, which include: the 3-way water spray, which allow you to extinguish flames north, east, and west of you; invincibility, to make you invincible for a few seconds; and speed, which boosts you up several floors. You start the game with four lives. You'll lose any one of these lives by coming in contact with fire and falling objects, running out of time before rescuing the girl, or getting the speed power-up when you are near the top of the building."
9084,Silhouette Mirage,Silhouette Mirage: Reprogrammed Hope,1997,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Following genetic experiments conducted by a group of scientists at the turn of the millennium, a biological explosion contaminated the genetic structure of life on Earth. Two attributes emerged from the ruins, known as Silhouette and Mirage; like Yin and Yang, they cannot exist without each other, but are fundamentally opposed in their nature and ideology. Only a Messenger, one who contains both attributes in a balance, is able to get to the Edo facility and reverse back the genetic disaster, destroying both Silhouette and Mirage. This messenger is a young girl named Shyna Nera Shyna. Silhouette Mirage is a side-scrolling action game. The basic gameplay is somewhat similar to that of Gunstar Heroes The game's standout feature is the concept of the two attributes. Depending on the enemy's attributes and the type of attack used by Shyna, damage can be increased, and spirit (equivalent to magic power) can be absorbed from enemies. Shyna can dash, jump, crouch, slide, and grab enemies, executing combo attacks. It is also possible to master moves, acquire money, and purchase special creatures called ""parasites"", which teach Shyna various types of attacks. The PlayStation port adds a new boss called The Reaper and adds a new story branch."
9091,Super Mario Bros. Deluxe,,1999,8.5,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The Mushroom Kingdom has been invaded by the Koopa, a tribe of turtles who possess dark magic. Their king Bowser has transformed all its inhabitants into stones, bricks, and mushrooms; he has also captured Princess Toadstool. She is the only one who can break the evil spell. Imprisoned in a castle deep in Bowser's new found kingdom, Mario, a humble plumber, hears of the tragedy and sets out to free her. Run, jump, and throw fireballs to defeat the evil Bowser and his minions. The game features a remake of the original 1985 game a challenge mode, and versus game option. Also included are records, an album, and a toy box. The Lost Levels is also included, but has to be unlocked first."
9092,Dragon Fighter,,1990,7.1,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Fantasy,"In Dragon Fighter the protagonist is a fighter who can turn into a dragon. In this side-scrolling action game the hero can walk, jump, and slash with his sword. He can also charge his sword to fire a magical projectile. The real power-up, however, is that he can transform into a flying dragon. When this happens, the game turns into a shmup-style game in which the scrolling moves at a constant rate and the dragon can shoot fireballs in a spread formation. Transforming into a dragon is restricted by a power meter. The game features six levels of action-- a snow level, a cave level, a water level, an industrial level, and a haunted castle level. The sixth and final level is fought entirely as a dragon with unlimited flight capability."
9093,Natsume Championship Wrestling,,1994,6.7,Sports,,,"Natsume Championship Wrestling is one of the many unlicensed professional wrestling games released in its heyday. It contains 12 fictional wrestlers (Asteroid, The Viper, Spike, Python, M. Roach, The Phantom, Big Ape, K-Bruto, H. Snake, Fangz, J. Kraze and Conan). The game modes include 1P v. CPU, 1P v. 2P, a regular and a tag team tournament or a round robin tournament to compete in. Each wrestlers has a very extensive set of moves, where different moves can be performed based on the ring situation (grappling, holds, dashes, on the ground, from ropes...) but in the end every fighter basically has the same set of moves, punch, kick, bodyslam, with a few unique ones like piledrivers and powerbombs. Each one also has his own devastating finisher."
9099,Gallop Racer,Gallop Racer 3: One and Only Road to Victory,1999,6.9,"Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports",,,"Gallop Racer is part horse racing simulation, part action/arcade racer. When choosing horses for your stable, you have to take a lot of factors into account. For instance, is the horse a long or short distance runner? Does it do better on a dry track or a wet track? The factors appear to be endless at first. After you have your horse, you then get to race it. Unlike several horse racing games from this time, you get to control the horse on the track instead of just watching. Actually, you really control the jockey. The controls basically boil down to hitting the face buttons when you need to get the horse moving; similar to riding the horse in The Ocarina of Time only without the turning. However, you can't drive the horse on for the entire race, or else it'll tire and you'll be left in the dust. Once the race is over, you get your cash. Each place earns you a specific amount, which you can then use to improve your ranks of race horses. If you'd rather not spend more money, you can also breed them, creating a ""super racing horse"" from two exceptional racers. The horse isn't really super, but it will almost certainly have a prolific career."
9101,The Last V8,,1985,6.4,Racing / Driving,,Post-apocalyptic,"Seven years have passed since world war III, and only now dare you leave your shelter in order to investigate what has become of the surface world. You drive out in your specially-equipped vehicle, the Last V8, only to discover that the outside world is more hostile than you would have expected. Your task is now (as commended by a digitised voice at the beginning of each level) simply to get back to the base in as short time as possible. The Last V8 is an over-head driving game where you must drive through narrow roads without crashing into anything, and with a strict deadline for your arrival at the base. This is somewhat complicated by the fact that you have only a narrow stripe of screen space to see where you're driving; two thirds of the screen is dedicated to instruments (speed readout, radiation level and mission objectives). The steering method is not the usual Sprint one; instead you simply pull the joystick in whichever direction you want to go, pulling it in the opposite direction in case you need to decelerate. All versions except the C128 version have two levels. The first one takes place in an almost pastoral landscape where you must reach the scientific base, after which you must find your way back to your own base while avoiding radiation sources. A distance readout will help you find the correct route."
9104,Hexuma: Das Auge des Kal,,1992,7.3,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Hexuma - Das Auge des Kal is interactive fiction with graphics and a point-and-click interface. This German-only game is the last of three text adventures created by the Weltenschmiede team, the other two being Das Stundenglas and Die Kathedrale Hexuma sends you into an old, supposedly haunted mansion, which turns out to be a gateway to six different periods in Earth’s history. Travel from the age of dinosaurs to the distant future and bring back six crystal shards to battle the sinister god Kal. Otherwise a conventional text adventure in its design and functionality, Hexuma is aiming for the versatility record: the game knows six different ways to enter a command. You can simply type it in. You can click on objects in the graphic window to trigger the most probable action. You can piece your sentence together in an icon menu. You can consult a list of pre-fabricated commands tailored to the situation. You can click on any word in the text screen to copy it in the command bar. And, strangest of all, you can enter your command letter by letter with the mouse on a display of a keyboard. Talk about German diligence. There are a few puzzle dead-ends, so you might consider saving frequently."
9106,Wing Nuts: Battle in the Sky,Wing Nuts,1996,5.8,Action,Rail shooter,World War I,"Wing Nuts: Battle in the Sky is an action-oriented flight game set during World War I. The player takes the role of a young pilot whose airplane base is attacked by Germans coming out of nowhere. He has to find the source of these attacks by shooting all German planes he encounters. The story is told through live-action cutscenes. The gameplay almost completely consists of flying through the six levels and shooting German airplanes. On two occasions, the player has to use bombs to destroy a balloon and a bridge."
9110,Ring Cycle,Ring der Nibelungen,1996,4.6,Action,,Fantasy,"Ring Cycle is based on Richard Wagner's (1813-1883) ""Der Ring des Nibelungen"", a cycle of four operas incorporating German and Scandinavian mythological elements, including the titular ""Ring of the Nibelung"". Taking the role of Siegmund, son of Volsung, the player is instructed to look for ten quest objects in three-dimensional landscape both under and above ground, and question Wagnerian characters such as Alberich the Dwarf and Brünnhilde the Valkyrie for their whereabouts. Siegmund can also collect fireball ammunition and flagons of mead and other bonus items along the way, and engage with enemies in fireball duels. The game uses a modified engine from Mike Singleton's previous effort Lords of Midnight III: The Citadel Although the Lords of Midnight series were all hybrid games with elements of strategy and role-playing in them, Ring Cycle plays as a straight action/adventure. The player can choose between first and third-person camera modes, and has to manage Siegmund's health and dispose of enemies efficiently to prevent being resurrected and placed back in the centre of the gameworld, losing most of the inventory items in the process; quest items, however, stay once obtained. The soundtrack consists of approximately 25 minutes of instrumental extracts from Wagner's Ring, arranged and produced specifically for the game."
9113,The King of Chicago,,1986,6.8,Adventure,,Interwar,"With Al Capone out of the picture, Chicago's prohibition-era profit is up for grabs. Are you merciless and cunning enough to gain it by whatever means are required? Every action you take has complex long-term consequences which are not always obvious at the time. You must keep your people on your side, watching what you say and do, knowing that an overthrow could be hatched at any moment. Look after your woman as well - who's going to respect a single mobster? The money has to be juggled in these ways, not forgetting to reach an 'understanding' with the Mayor to avoid any negative attentions."
9127,Treasure Island Dizzy,Dizzy 2,1988,7.5,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"This is Dizzy's second adventure. Dizzy is a cute little egg character who must explore the strange magic kingdom that is Treasure Island, solving problems and puzzles in order to escape from there. Dizzy must journey through haunted mines, tree villages, and underwater caverns in order to find hidden treasures. They will be used as bargain items to buy parts for the boat. The secondary goal is to collect 30 coins so he can pay the bribe in order to safely get off the island. Unlike the other installments in the series the player has only one life without any energy bars to complete the game and is unable to select any particular item from the inventory for use. Items are rolled up through the inventory so the top one is used or dropped."
9133,Thunderbirds,,1989,7.5,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"International Rescue is made up of Jeff Tracy, Brains, and Tracy's five sons, each of whom has a Thunderbird craft of their own. They have four missions to complete in turn. Each of these involves a two-man squad, whom you can switch between at any time. Each must select the correct objects to bring beforehand. You will have to move through the screens via lifts and ladders, avoid hazards and solve puzzles. Mission one is set in a mine shaft, which is rapidly flooding and has two miners trapped. Next up is a nuclear submarine stranded after hitting a mine, which must be repaired and reactivated before it explodes. During this mission, you discover evidence of the miner's construction, so must break into a bank to steal the appropriate documents. This reveals that a madman is holding International Rescue to ransom, so you must finally travel to his lair to stop him."
9145,The Need for Speed,"Need 4 Speed, Nissan Presents: Over Drivin' GT-R, Road & Track Presents: Over Drivin', Road & Track Presents: Over Drivin' DX, Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed",1994,7.9,Racing / Driving,,,"Drive some of your favourite sports cars through wild and fast tracks, including the Dodge Viper, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, Corvette, Mazda RX7, Toyota Supra Turbo, and Acura NSX. Some of the tracks are open road, meaning you simply fly down a huge highway, with cops following in hot pursuit. One of the options in the game allows you to pick which time of the day to race in."
9147,Star Trek: The Next Generation - Klingon Honor Guard,,1998,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Klingon Honor Guard is a first person shooter set in the Star Trek universe It uses the Unreal engine with all its accompanying visual eye candy. As the name suggests, this game stars the Klingons, those lovable growling, bellowing, live-grub scarfing fellows who as a whole are probably more suited to be the subject of a first person kill fest than the peace-loving can't-we-all-just-coexist Federation folks. As the game starts out you're a new freshman inductee into the Honor Guard, the Empire's most elite group of warriors and bodyguards to the Emperor (of course the Klingon Empire hasn't HAD an Emperor for a couple hundred years, but that's another story). It seems someone has made an assassination attempt on the Empire's head honcho Supreme Chancellor Gowron. The conspiracy runs deep, and not even the members of the Council or the Honor Guard can be trusted. Except you, of course, since you just got here and have no idea what's going on. That's why Honor Guard leader Korek has assigned you to track down the assassins and give them a taste of vengeance, Klingon style. What follows is a sonic disruptor bolt filled, pink blood spilling spree through various Klingon locations such as a Klingon suburb, the penal asteroid Rura Penthe, and even the interior of a Bird of Prey spaceship. All through the way you'll be alternatively taunted and ordered around by your commander Kurn, fight your way through an alien conspiracy, and ultimately face off with a pair of familiar faces from Generations who you'd think would be dead by now."
9153,Apache,Apache Longbow,1995,7.9,"Action, Simulation",,,"Fly the most fearsome helicopter to ever grace the skies - the AH-64 Apache. The core gameplay is simulator oriented featuring missions in 4 distinct combat theatres. Enemy threats are fully featured and include a myriad of Russian tanks, anti-aircraft systems, surface to air missiles, and aircraft. For novice users there is an 'arcade' flight model with simplified controls and flight mechanics, in addition to a training mode. Apache originally came out for DOS in 1995 and was later upgraded to Windows 9x in 1996, featuring a different box and a few minor in-game changes."
9154,Running Battle,,1991,5.5,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform, Shooter",,"Running Battle is a brawler-type beat'em up game where the player has to beat up waves and waves of thugs. The story is about a city taken over by the sinister ""M."" and his ""Soldiers of Darkness"". You control a policeman called Grey who sets out alone to destroy the gang and avenge the murder of his partner Brody. Unlike most games of the genre, the player can only move left and right, not up and down. The gameplay is very basic. The character's movements involve only punching, jumping, ducking and jump-kicking. A number of items, which appear in the levels, can be found. These include health regain, temporary boosts in strength and several types of firearms. The game has five levels, each of them divided into sections and ending with a boss fight. The sections can be crossed completely without taking out a single enemy, only to leave the player is required to beat the enemies currently on screen. Unlike most beat'em ups, Running Battle is an exclusively single-player game."
9160,Mario Lemieux Hockey,,1991,6.5,Sports,,,"This hockey game contains an exhibition, tournament, shootout, and a fight mode. It also has 16 teams that represent the cities of real NHL teams but the game does not contain either real NHL teams or players. Exhibition mode is just a one on one matchup between 2 teams. In the tournament mode, a team must win to advance to the next round. If a team loses they are eliminated. The shootout mode consists of two teams who take turns taking shots at the goalie and whoever scores the most goals wins. Fight mode consists of two hockey players fighting each other until either of their energy bars runs out. This mode is good to get some practice because when the fight happens in a hockey game the loser of the fight gets sent to the penalty box. There are three skill levels and four period-lengths to choose from. The game also has an option to make the referee either blind, fair, or tough which affects the frequency of penalties."
9170,Spiky Harold,Spiky Harold (Goes Hibernating),1986,6.5,Action,Platform,,"Winter is nearly here and Spiky Harold the hedgehog has only 24 hours to eat as much as he can before hibernating. You play as Harold and in this one player flick-screen platform game you must explore various screens and eat any food you find. On each screen are various nasties and if you touch them you lose one of 20 lives as you try to beat the clock. Coins can be collected to gain extra lives but any wine glasses picked up and it turns Harold drunk. As well as the main playing area you can see your lives, food eaten and time, and a joystick or keyboard is used to control Harold."
9171,Prisoner of Ice,"Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice, Gevangen in het ijs, Prisoner of Ice: Jashin Kōrin",1995,7.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Interwar,"Another game in Infogrames' line of H. P. Lovecraft inspired games started by Alone In the Dark Prisoner of Ice puts you in the role of Lt. Ryan, an American agent stationed aboard the submarine H.M.S. Victoria on a rescue mission to the Antarctic. The Victoria picks up two mysterious crates during the course of the rescue. Before you know it the Captain is eaten alive by the cargo, a horrific monster with whom you are trapped aboard the submarine. And that's just the start of your problems. Prisoner of Ice features a very simplified version of the classic adventure game interface, where you can left click with the cursor to operate an object or right click to look at it. The program won't let you do anything with these objects, other than the few appropriate actions needed to advance the game."
9173,Phoenix,Phoenix-gō,1980,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Phoenix is an arcade action game with gameplay similar to Space Invaders You are the commander of the Phoenix, and your mission is to reach an alien spaceship which has been draining your planet's resources. The ship is guarded by four levels of bird-like creatures. After clearing all four stages, the fifth level will be against a large, heavily shielded mothership. If the mothership is destroyed, the game will then repeat, but with increased speed and difficulty. To defeat the numerous enemies, the Phoenix is equipped with a laser cannon and a force field."
9175,Twice Shy,,1986,7.1,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Twice Shy is a thriller written by Dick Francis and published in 1981. This game is a text based adventure that puts you in the role of Jonathan Derry, a physics teacher in a comprehensive school in the south of England. Dick Francis is famed for his complex thrillers based around the English horse racing scene and this game is based around one of his classics. Without giving too much of the plot away, the story is based around some Spectrum software cassettes, horse racing and the bad guys who want them. As well as the adventure game itself there is a racing game which can be run either independently as a free-standing game, or part of the adventure, when the game requires the player to go to a race-course to look for clues. The text interpreter is easy to use and has a wide vocabulary. It accepts simple commands such as Go South, South and even 'S' as well as more complex combined commands such as 'Go south, east, north and open the door'. Commands can be given to other game characters by typing ""Say to Jane 'Tell me about Ted'"", and ""Sarah 'Go south and open the door'"" It is possible to save the game and restart from a saved position."
9181,Journey to the Center of the Earth,"Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde, Voyage au centre de la terre",1988,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"First computerised version of the novel written by Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth is a mix of action and adventure - an exploration game paved with many action-oriented mini-games. You play the role of a scientist who is on the way to prove that Arne Saknussemm's scroll is true, i.e. he really discovered the center of the Earth. You'll have to find your way through the volcano Sneffels, avoiding falling rocks and mammoths alike."
9185,Flag Capture,Capture,1978,4.3,Puzzle,,,"Flag Capture is an action/strategy game for one or two players. Your goal is to locate a flag hidden somewhere on a 9x7 grid. Using the joystick you can move your explorer around the grid; on any square you can press the button to see if the flag is located in that square, or if not to receive a clue as to the flags' location. If the square doesn't contain the flag, one of several items may appear: an arrow indicating what direction the flag is, a number indicating how many squares away the flag is, or a bomb which will cause you to have to start again. In the one player game, your goal is to locate as many flags as possible in the 75 second time limit. There are several varieties of two player games: in free-for-all, both players can move around the grid simultaneously and whomever finds the flag first scores a point. In the other two player games, players take turns moving around the grid. Several skill levels are available which control the players moving speed, allow the flag to be stationary or move, or add an invisible wall around the playfield."
9191,Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports,Tiny Toon Adventures 3: Doki Doki Sports Festival,1994,6.0,Sports,,,"The stars of the Tiny Toon Adventures animated series are the contestents in this multi-sport challenge. This title consists of a series of mini-games based loosely on popular sports. Playing as either Babs or Buster Bunny, you will participate in the following sports: Baseball, American Football, Tennis, Soccer, Basketball, and Mini-Golf. In each of the contests, success is based on quick reactions and good timing. Two players can play, but only alternating, not simultaneously. In addition to the sports games, there are two carnival games: A shooting gallery, and a catch-the-falling-object game."
9193,Jeremy McGrath Supercross 98,,1998,6.6,Racing / Driving,,,"Jeremy McGrath lends his name to this Supercross racing game. Game modes include a Racing Season, Single Race, and a Ghost Racing mode. The Racing Season mode involves the player racing against 5 opponent racers on a number of indoor or outdoor tracks trying to get first place. The higher the position the racer finishes the race, the more points that racer will earn (1st place = 5pts., 2nd = 4pts., etc...). Players have to earn a certain number of points in a series of races in order to move on to tougher competition. If the player becomes really proficient, they'll then be able to challenge Jeremy McGrath himself for the championship. Getting far in this mode will also unlock more bikes. The various motorcycles available have different statistics in engine power, tire grip, and handling. Players can choose to race with either auto or manual transmission. The Single Racing mode lets the player race alone, with opponents, or against another player. Players get to select from 7 different tracks and can also race on reversed versions of those tracks. Ghost Racing lets the player compete against a ghost racer who represents the player's best time on a track. The game also includes a track editor. Players can place various jumps, hairpin turns, and other types of track features and create their own track to race on."
9198,The Jetsons: Invasion of the Planet Pirates,Yōkai Buster: Ruka no Daibōken,1994,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"George Jetson was about to run out to work when his pal Captain Zoom appears out of thin air. Zoom tells him that Zora, the leader of SPREE (""Space Pirates Revelling in Evil Enterprises""), is planning on looting this solar system of all its resource! Unfortunately, in his last encounter with Zora, Zoom has used up all his strength and now he is powerless so he asks George to take over. He gives George his Pneumo Osmatic Precipitator (or P.O.P.) and bids him good luck. Can George save his family and this galaxy? Guide George through 9 stages of intergalactic action armed with only his wits and the P.O.P....which is like a super vacuum. The P.O.P. can be used as a traveling tool by sucking onto walls and ceilings, it will enable George to climb up and across platforms. As a weapon, the P.O.P. can be used to suck up blocks or enemies and spit out at other enemies. George can also use the P.O.P. to breathe under water! Talk about multi-functional! George's conditions are indicated by the number of hearts he has at the top of the screen. By collecting more hearts, it will refill George's health. Food items will increase your score and by getting a high enough score in each stage, you may get to play a bonus game."
9202,GP World,"G.P. World, The Circuit, World Grand Prix",1984,6.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"GP World has a simple premise: the player must race against the clock and computer-controlled Formula 1 opponents in a series of races. Along the way, the player will earn points to upgrade various aspects of his machine, including acceleration, top speed and handling. The game also includes a track editor on home versions, which allows players to create their own courses."
9203,Trampoline Terror!,Explode Star,1990,5.9,"Action, Puzzle",,,"As the titular gymnast ""Trampoline Terror"", it's up to the player to put a halt to the alien menace who has kidnapped the queen of the planet Ahas. To accomplish this task the player must diffuse bombs by walking over self-destruct switches while avoiding getting hit by enemies. The player can jump on tiles and trampolines in order to distance himself from any incoming enemies, although trampolines can only be jumped on a few times before they rip and become a hole that the player can fall down and die in. The player can also pick up a limited number of P-Balls in each stage and use them to eliminate enemies."
9205,Swing Away Golf,Golf Paradise,2000,7.3,Sports,,,"Much like Hot Shots Golf and Mario Golf, this golf game involves cartoon characters instead of the real thing. You can play a 4 player match (basically take turns and finish with the best score), or, if you don't have any pals around at the time, go for story mode, where you choose your warrior, distribute skill points (in areas of power, accuracy, control, etc.) and make a career (in other words, work your way from amateur to pro, winning as many tournaments as possible, etc.)"
9211,You Don't Know Jack: Sports,,1996,7.7,Strategy / tactics,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"The You Don't Know Jack series of party games is known for its oddball humor, sarcastic wit and roundabout way of asking trivia questions. This time Jack is aimed squarely at sports-related topics. Hosted by Guy Towers, this game includes the normal trivia as well as special questions in the form of Gibberish Questions Multiple-Choice and Fiber Optic Field Trips As with all Jack games, you can always try to screw another contestant (with actual screws!) or Don't Be a Wimp and be forced to answer the question if that player is in the lead."
9217,The Chessmaster 3-D,,1996,6.7,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"Chessmaster 3-D brings the Chessmaster 4000 chess engine to consoles. The game provides six 3D chess sets and lets you control the camera to view the board from almost any angle. A 2D ""war room"" view is also available. Twelve computer opponents are provided, each with a different play strength, photograph, and short biography. You can also play a human opponent or set up a position and ask the chess engine to solve for mate."
9218,Perry Rhodan: Operation Eastside,,1998,7.3,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2326 man prepares to conquer the ""Eastside"", the other side of the galaxy and to build new colonies on foreign planets. Choose among different species and lead the operation to conquer the Eastside. You have to travel through the galaxy, visit new solar systems and planets, create new colonies for your own people and challenge foreign species in a fight of your lifetime."
9220,Assault City,,1990,5.9,Action,Rail shooter,,"In the latter half of the 21st century, robots have been engaged in labor in dangerous places, housework, etc. Then suddenly, the control system used to function these robots plotted a revolt against the human race, and ordered every robot to annihilate all of the people. The robots robbed them of their weapons, and occupied various military bases and factories. The war robots that were manufactured there murdered men one after another, and the survivors organized a resistance and went into a full-scale offensive against the enemy's army. You are Joe, and you swear that nothing can stop you from destroying the control system which forces the robots to kill. Assault City is a one-player shooter. At the beginning of the game, you participate in a little shooting practice, where you must shoot squares that contains pictures of robots, and avoid shooting squares that contains pictures of humans. In the levels that follow the shooting range, you must kill robots that appear and attack you. If you are hit by these robots, some of your energy will be lost. Occasionally, shooting the power-ups that appear will result in more weapon power or more life. At the end of each level, you need to defeat a boss in order to proceed to the next level. The game ends when you lose all of your energy. You have unlimited continues, however. Assault City comes in two flavors: the control pad version, as well as a Light Phaser version."
9225,Super Hang-On,3D Super Hang-On,1987,7.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,"Africa, Asia, Europe, North America","In Super Hang-On you race a motorcycle around the world, completing each section of track within a time limit. There are other bikes on the road, but beating this is not important, so they can be thought of as moving obstacles. Each continent is a different difficulty level: Africa is beginner, Asia is junior, the Americas are senior, and Europe is expert. This is a very simple and straightforward game, viewed from behind the bike in 2D (so the screen does not tilt with the bike). The right/left controls are steering, and up/down are gear changes. Your cycle is always moving, and your speed strictly depends on the gear you are in, although contact or running off the road slows the bike down. The Sega Genesis version features ""Original mode"" in which the player participates in racing tournaments, hires mechanics, upgrades his bike. This mode uses passwords allowing players to continue a previously played game."
9235,Bonk's Revenge,"PC Genjin 2, PC Kid 2",1991,8.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Bonk has his revenge on King Drool III in his second game for the TurboGrafx. It's not exactly clear why Bonk is so vengeful, but it appears that King Drool is responsible. Bonk uses his over-sized cranium as a lethal weapon in this sequel. The gameplay in this adventure is very similar to the first game. Bonk has head-butting, head-stomping, and fire-breathing moves when he eats some spicy meat."
9236,Fireball,,1982,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Fireball is an arcade action game similar to Breakout The player controls a juggler who needs to keep multiple fireballs within the play field. The juggler can hold on to two fireballs at a time, so be careful because if he tries to catch a third it will fall off the screen. The goal is to destroy the bricks at the top of the screen by hitting them with the fireballs. When all the bricks are destroyed, the player moves on to the next round and is given one additional fireball to keep in play. Five different game variations are included: Firetrap: Two additional fireballs are trapped within brick walls. Once a hole forms in the walls, the player will also need to keep these additional fireballs in play. Marching Blocks: In this game, each time the player catches a fireball, the rows of blocks will drop down one level. From time to time, a mystery fireball may also appear. Knock-A-Block: This is the most basic game variation. There is a solid wall of blocks at the top of the screen that the player needs to destroy. Migrating Blocks: In this game, the rows of blocks move. Every few seconds each row of blocks will rotate either to the left or to the right. Cascade: There are five additional fireballs trapped within the block formation. When the player destroys enough blocks to release an extra fireball, it too will need to be kept in play."
9239,Gear Works,Clik-Clak,1992,6.7,Puzzle,,,"This top-down puzzle game starts with a screen featuring a number of red cogs at different parts of the screen, and a grid of pegs (which become less complete on later levels). Your task on each level is to use a number of gears of one of 3 different sizes to ensure that all the cogs are linked together. All this has to be completed before the engine overheats. Making life harder are two creatures with the peculiar name ""Poffins"". One of these goes around removing pegs, and the other causes the engine to overheat further. They can be shot out of the way, or have gears placed over them to stop them. There's also a bonus round, which is a fruit machine, only with cogs and other things from the game rather than fruit."
9244,War in the Gulf,,1993,7.1,"Action, Simulation",,"Contemporary, Historical events, Middle East","A third game in the tank combat series, following from Team Yankee (whose story and setting came from a book) and Pacific Islands (set in an imaginary 1995 war). The third game imagines a situation in which Iraq invades Kuwait for a second time. The series' main distinguishing feature was the way you always viewed all 4 tanks in a platoon at the same time, via a split screen. Action here is purely mouse-driven. The AI has been significantly updated from previous games in the series. A full roster of tanks and weapons are included, with Iraq mainly using Soviet machinery. A major consideration involves destroying particular buildings for money, and preventing other particular ones being destroyed, also for financial reasons."
9251,Miami Chase,,1990,6.5,Racing / Driving,Shooter,,"Your name is Don Ferrari - tough cop. In the hope of boosting his re-election chances, the Mayor of Miami has set you a task. Aboard a souped-up F40 you have 48 hours to rid the city of 5 most notorious crime lords (4 in Commodore 64 version), by any means necessary. Your objective is to drive around Miami, looking for red cars driven by criminals and shooting them away, within a time limit for each level. When all red cars are destroyed, the crime lord that will appear in a yellow car must be destroyed too so the exit from current level will open. Avoid hitting buildings or other cars, and don't shoot too many civilian cars or you are history. If you drive erratically in the vicinity of other cop cars they will stop you, costing valuable time (not present in Commodore 64 version). You can use a map of the city to help you find your targets. Amiga version supports 1-2 players, whereas Commodore 64/ZX Spectrum version is 1 player only."
9252,Obsession,,1994,7.2,"Action, Simulation",Pinball,,"This is a pinball simulator with four different tables, each with its own set of graphics, music, sound effects and gameplay The table themes centre around underwater action, a spy mission, Paris-Dakar and baseball. The game does not feature any multi-ball but several play-modes and a highscore table."
9254,Tetris,,1988,8.3,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"One of many conversions of the famous block-stacking game available for Nintendo's home console, this one is based on the 1988 coin-op version produced by Atari Games. The goal is to place pieces made up of four tiles in a ten-by-twenty well, organizing them into complete rows, which then disappear. As rows are cleared, the pace of the game increases, and the game ends if the stack reaches the top of the well. The game features a standard endless mode, as well as a two-player competitive mode where players race to complete each level. There is also a ""cooperative"" mode where both players play within the same well, working together to complete lines. Both the competitive mode and the cooperative mode can also be played with the computer. The game offers standard starting-level and garbage options, several different background music themes, and cute little Russian dancers to congratulate you between levels."
9258,Werewolf: The Last Warrior,Choujinrou Senki Warwolf,1990,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"An evil leader and his gang of bio-engineered monsters has taken over the land and only one man stands in their way. Only he's not a man, he is a lycanthrope, a person able to transform into a terrible werewolf to let loose his anger. You start the game in human form. The human can punch, jump, move and shoot a powered up shot which moves horizontally across the screen. By finding a Red ""W"" icon, the human is able to transform into a mighty werewolf creature. Accidentally grabbing a blue ""W"" icon or losing too much energy will change you back into a mere human being. The werewolf form offers higher jumps, quicker speed, greater strength, a shockwave attack and the ability to climb walls, so naturally you'll want this form whenever possible. Additionally the werewolf form has an anger meter that is augmented by collecting orbs. After 5 such orbs, the werewolf will transform yet again into a SUPER werewolf with even greater strength, speed and partial invincibility. There are 5 stages in all. Each with a boss who moves in a distinct pattern."
9259,Typhoon of Steel,,1988,6.2,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","Typhoon of Steel is a tactical level simulation of small unit actions during WWII. It is a sequel to the best selling Panzer Strike and the rules are very similar. Three theaters are covered: the Pacific Theater (Americans vs Japanese), the Asian Theater (British vs Japanese) and European Theater action involving American vs German troops. Typhoon of Steel includes practically every ground weapon used by the combatants in this theater (over 220 weapon types). Units consist of infantry squads or single guns and tanks. You can choose to simulate either single battles or entire campaigns spanning several years. In the single battles you can play against another person but in campaigns you play against the computer. The ultimate objective of the campaign games is to fight and win as many battles as possible before the war ends. If you suffer heavy losses during one battle it will take a long time to replace and upgrade your forces before you can fight the next battle. Single scenarios can last from 30 minutes to 2 hours with campaigns lasting up to 30 hours. Like Panzer Strike the gameplay is considered to be advanced level."
9261,Return to Atlantis,,1988,6.3,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Someone is trying to destroy the earth's oceans. As you are an expert on deep-sea diving and underwater combat, it's up to you to stop it. After planning your mission, choosing equipment and healing yourself from your Viceroy mobile base, you must dive into the oceans with your helpful robotic drone RUF and complete a series of 14 missions to save the world. There are around 100,000 unique locations to be explored in this 3-D side scrolling game, which is a cross between arcade style action and a role playing game. There are lots of things to explore and experiment with as you travel back to Atlantis. You will meet and question many NPCs throughout the game - talk to them carefully and wisely to gleam key information."
9264,Mass Destruction,,1997,7.0,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,,"Mass Destruction puts players behind the controls of a one-man tank. The environments range from arctic to desert to urban. The player can blow up trees, buildings, walls - whatever you don't like the look. Enemies will come at you in tanks, planes, helicopters, and on foot. Each of the different weapons available to the player works best on a specific enemy. The player can use guided missiles for the helicopters and run over infantry men with the tank."
9267,Thunderbirds,,1989,6.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"An evil alien named Hood wants the Thunderbirds to turn over all their vehicles to him within a 60 day time period or Hood will bombard the Earth with meteors. The Thunderbirds figure he needs the 60 days to prepare to come through with his threat so they decide to go looking for places which may contain his energy sources for his power. The game takes place over North America, the Indian Ocean, and Asia as you fly through doing different missions in each location. As a Thunderbird, you'll fly 5 different futuristic aircraft such as a Mach 20 Thunderbird 1 Rocket, the Neptune Hydro-Turbojet, and the Fire Flash Atomic plane. Each vehicle can only take 3 hits before being grounded. If your vehicle is grounded, it will take 3 days to be repaired. These 3 days will be subtracted from your overall 60 days you have to beat the entire game. Your enemies consists of such exotic fare as poisonous space scorpions, mutant sea worms and even environmental adversaries such as fire spitting volcanoes. By defeating certain enemies, you aircraft can gain powerups such as replenishing delpleted heath, increased firepower, or adding orbital ships to fly by the side of your main ship to assist you in combat."
9274,Tecmo Super Bowl III: Final Edition,,1994,7.3,Sports,,,"A late entry in what was once the premiere football simulation, TSB III has updated rosters and teams for the 1994-1995 season and is licensed by both the NFL and the Players group. Features real NFLP players and photos, the real NFL schedule, and weekly standings. You can change defensive and offensive formations, create your own Pro Bowl, fake punts and field goals, go for the two point conversion, and call audibles. Updates to the game itself include new cinema screens, superstar mode, free agency system, improved graphics, larger field simulation, passing modes, and improved speech and music. Horizontal scrolling. Also features battery back-up."
9279,Zork,"DUNGEN, Dungeon, House of Banshi, Mainframe Zork, ZDungeon, Zork: A Computerized Fantasy Simulation Game, iDungeon",1977,6.6,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"A bunch of university kids at MIT (soon to be the guiding lights behind Infocom ) played the pioneering cave-crawling treasure-hunting text adventure ADVENTURE and thought ""Hey, we can improve on that!"" Around June of 1977 they pooled their collected creative juices and cranked out a sassy successor in MDL on a PDP-10. It didn't have a name, so they just used a hacker nonsense word in place of one temporarily -- ""Zork."" This game presented the next in a long line of treasure-hunting protagonists with a vast Great Underground Empire to explore -- provided their lantern didn't run out of juice -- and whimsical obstacles among the Flatheadian ruins forced players to employ lateral thinking to collect wondrous treasures worth thousands of zorkmids... and deposit them in the trophy case back aboveground. If this sounds familiar it's no coincidence -- Zork/Dungeon is the primordial clay from which the first three games of the Zork series were fashioned, following some extensive refitting of set pieces -- due to the game's enormous size of one megabyte making it commercially available for home microcomputers, with their limited memory and storage capabilities, was not considered a viable plan in 1979... until they came up with the idea of segmenting the giant dungeon up. (Ports of this game also exist for VMS, the Acorn Archimedes, and the Z-code TADS and GLK software platforms.)"
9281,The 7th Saga,"Elnard, Seventh Saga, The",1993,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Your character embarks on a quest to find the seven crystals that are hidden throughout the land of Ticondera. There are seven different characters to choose from, each with different beginning stats and specialties. The game is presented in a 2.5D perspective, but shifts to an over-the-shoulder semi-3D view when combat initiates. Combat is turn-based, depending on which character you choose, your combat will either be almost entirely melee or magic-based. Potential enemies wandering around the world cannot be seen, however a radar map helps indicate enemies as as white dots."
9283,Alien Rampage,,1996,7.4,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alien Rampage is a 2D side-scroller with large animated sprites and multiple layers of parallaxing backgrounds. You are a lone angry alien dude with a bad attitude. You crash landed on an inhospitable planet, and thus you set out to get back to a ship so you can leave this horrible place. To make it, you'll blast hundreds upon hundreds of nasty creatures, enemy bounty hunters, and you'll use some pretty impressive weaponry to do it. You'll also get to buy power ups and get help from the goofy local troll-like natives, to solve puzzles. The gameplay consists of running, jumping and shooting, with a big emphasis on shooting. The action is very gory, and is akin to DOOM in 2D."
9288,Cosmic Fantasy 2,Cosmic Fantasy 2: Bōken Shōnen Van,1991,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Van is a young boy who lives on the planet Idea, a place where technology has not yet reached a high level. One day his sweetheart Laura gets kidnapped by an unknown villain. Van soon discovers that Laura possesses mysterious powers that may grant immortality to the one who marries her. That is exactly what the evil wizard Galam has in mind. Van sets off to rescue Laura, on a quest that involves intergalactic journeys and travel through time. Cosmic Fantasy 2 is a sequel to Cosmic Fantasy: Bōken Shōnen Yuu and the only installment in the series to have been released in the West. Though initially not directly related to its predecessor story-wise, the game features several common characters and themes. Like the previous game, it is a Japanese-style RPG set in a mixed sci-fi and medieval world. The game has random enemy encounters and simple turn-based combat mechanics. Player-controlled characters can learn and use various offensive and healing spells; however, enemies are restricted to physical attacks. Characters join and leave the party frequently, as dictated by the plot; the party may contain up to four active combatants. Story progression and overworld exploration is linear; dungeons are usually fairly complex and maze-like. Full-screen anime-style cutscenes with voice-overs advance the story of the game."
9289,Fahrenheit 451,,1984,7.0,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on Ray Bradbury 's classic science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451 In a not so distant future, books have become illegal. As Fireman Guy Montag, the player's role is not to save houses, but to burn them for the books inside. However, Guy becomes passionate about books and becomes a rebel, pursued by the authorities. With the help of the Underground, he must survive and save books from complete extinction. The game acts a sequel to Bradbury's novel. Following the imposition of martial law Montag finds the young woman who inspired his resistance to the established order. With her help he can now track down 34 microcassettes which hold the contents of the New York Public Library, then pass them on to underground members who will memorise the texts."
9293,Perfect General II,The Perfect General II,1994,6.9,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"Easy to learn, terrain effects, multiple difficulty levels, plenty of units (albeit same for either side), scenario editor, full campaigns, intricate scoring system, multiple zoom levels, make up this turn-based war game."
9294,Lunar 2: Eternal Blue - Complete,Lunar 2: Eternal Blue,1998,8.0,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),,"Lunar: Eternal Blue Complete is a remake of the SEGA CD game Lunar: Eternal Blue Similarly to the remake of the first game in the series, this version features reworked, 32-bit graphics. The anime-style cutscenes of the original have turned into similarly styled movies. Some cutscenes have been removed from the remade version; however, many of the remaining scenes have been expanded. A few dungeons are absent in the remake, while a few others were added. Dungeon design have been somewhat simplified compared to the original version. Some monsters (in particular a number of bosses) have a different visual design. The most notable gameplay-related change in the remake is the absence of random battles. Enemies are now visibly walking on the screen and can be avoided. Enemy encounters on the world map have been eliminated completely."
9295,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,"Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles II: The Arcade Game, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin-Op!, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 Classic Arcade, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Kame Ninja, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game, Tortues Ninja 2: Le Coin-Op!, Tortugas Ninja 2: The Coin-Op",1989,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting",,"April O'Neil, the reporter friend of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, is kidnapped by the villainous Shredder and his two goons, Bebop and Rocksteady. The four ninja turtles: Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello and Leonardo fight their way through hordes of Foot Soldiers in order to rescue April. They battle familiar foes such as the mad scientist Baxter Stockman, General Traag from Dimension X and the evil alien brain Krang, up to the final showdown with Shredder himself. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an arcade game made by Konami during the height of the cartoon series' popularity. Depending on the version of the game, up to two, three or four players can take part in the action. The game plays like a simplified Double Dragon While most of the standard Foot Soldier enemies are easily dispatched, some attack with knives or ray guns and are thus more dangerous. At the end of each level, players encounter a boss (or in certain cases two bosses working in tandem, such as Bebop and Rocksteady). The NES version of the game, renamed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game in the West, features additional content not present in other versions of the game: two new levels (Snowy Central Park and The Dojo), new bosses (including Tora, Shogun and Baxter Stockman as a fly), additional music tracks as well as more variations of Foot Soldiers."
9296,The F.A. Premier League Stars 2001,"Bundesliga Stars 2001, K-League Stars 2001, LNF Stars 2001, Primera División Stars 2001",2000,6.6,Sports,,,"Stars 2001 (in either one of the F.A. Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga and LNF flavours) is the sequel and last title of the short run of EA's Stars series, a spin-off from the mainstay FIFA titles. Instead of digressing into several leagues, Stars focused on only one (giving each team individual kits and stadiums) and allows the player to improve his team by enhancing the players' abilities or in the transfer market. However, to do so, first the player has to win Star Points on the playing field - by scoring, not losing and having a clean sheet in both goals against and sending offs. Occasionally, there might be some Stars Challenges, which require the player to fulfill a task (scoring five goals, for instance), which will grant more star points, at the risk of possibly losing them if the requirements are not met. After the player completes a season (which includes the league, cup, European cup, international cup and legends match, against an all-time squad), the player can save the team, customize it and then play against other human-controlled custom team, the winner being able to select (well, steal) key players from the opposing team. Commentary is provided by Richard Keys, Martin Tyler, Clive Tydesley and Andy Gray. Music is provided by one of the leading record labels of the house music scene, Ministry of Sound."
9313,Mad TV,,1991,7.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,"Contemporary, North America","Mad TV sets you in the role of Archie (though that can be fixed...), an average guy watching some television late at night, when you see a woman you absolutely must meet. The next day, as you wander around the television station looking for her, you run into the boss of Mad TV. Having just fired his executive producer, he hires you. (You're not limited to Mad TV, however; you can also hire yourself in one of the competing stations, Fun TV or Sun TV.) Your objective in this game is to push your ratings to the top by buying and selling movies and features, choosing the news, and even producing your own shows. You must also earn money by putting in commercials. Be careful, if you don't show commercials by their due date, you'll end up owing, instead of earning. And all this while trying to impress the woman you saw on TV."
9316,The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,,1983,4.0,Action,Arcade,,"In this game, you are Leatherface. Some tourists have trespassed onto your land. They have been mostly eliminated but a few remain. The object is to chase down the remaining tourists and kill them. You chase the tourists with your chainsaw. When you get next to them, you press the fire button to rev up your saw and make cold-cuts out of them. Try to avoid obstacles like hedges, fences, cow skulls and wheelchairs. Try not to rev the chainsaw unnecessarily as you only have 3 tanks of fuel and when you're out of fuel, the game is over. If you run into fences, cow skulls or wheelchairs, you will be delayed a moment. If you run into hedge, you will need to use the chainsaw to remove them. The chainsaw idles all the time so you don't want to be delayed. You get 1000 points for each tourist killed. You get a new fuel tank every 5000 points. When you run out of fuel, a tourists comes up behind you and kicks you in the pants."
9319,Solar Fox,,1982,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Solar Fox, your mission is to guide a spaceship through a solar cell matrix and collect as many of the solar cells as you can. When all of the cells in a matrix have been collected, you move on to the next round. Each matrix is guarded by two sentinels trying to stop you. The sentinels wander around the perimeter of the matrix and will shoot fireballs at your spaceship which can destroy it. You are unarmed, so your only defense against the fireballs is to avoid them. To help you out a bit, your ship is capable of flying at two different speeds. Each round begins with a 'skip-a-rack' timer; if you collect all solar cells before this timer runs out, you will earn bonus points and skip ahead a level. The game ends when you have lost all of your spaceships."
9320,3-D Ultra Pinball: The Lost Continent,"3-D Ultra Pinball: Der Vergessene Kontinent, 3-D Ultra Pinball: O Continente Perdido, 3D Ultra Pinball: Le Continent Perdu, 3D Ultra Pinball: The Lost Continent",1997,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Pinball",,"The third installment in the 3-D Ultra Pinball series, this game has a dinosaur theme instead of the space and horror motives of the previous games. Featuring 15 tables, the game appears to be bigger than the previous games, but most of those levels are much smaller than in the previous games. The story, although very short, involves crash landing on an island taken over by a mad scientist, who is turning the inhabitants into dinosaurs."
9323,Sorcerer's Apprentice,,1983,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"Based off the animated Disney classic ""Fantasia"", Sorcerer's Apprentice puts players in charge of Mickey Mouse as he collects and shoots stars and meteors on the mountaintops to keep the walking brooms from filling the Sorcerer's cavern below. For every caught star, a bucket appears to remove some of the water from the cavern. Mickey also has the opportunity to catch the brooms before they get to the bottom of the stairs and flood the cavern further. If Mickey fails to provide enough buckets, or stop the brooms, they will flood the cavern, and the game is over."
9324,GunForce: Battle Fire Engulfed Terror Island,GunForce,1991,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"Gun Force is a 2D side-scrolling run and gun game. The player takes control of a soldier who is dropped off onto an island and must fight his way through hordes of enemy soldiers until he gets to the final showdown in order to protect Mother Earth from the invaders. Gameplay consists of moving forward and blasting all the enemies who get in the way. The player starts out with a normal gun, but can find other weapons throughout a level, such as a flamethrower or a laser gun. While the normal gun has an infinite amount of bullets, the other types of weapons will eventually run out of ammo. With these weapons, the player can shoot either straight, up, or on a diagonal. The player will also have the opportunity to commandeer a vehicle, which they can also fire bullets from. The player starts with 5 lives and 3 continues. Each of the stages must be defeated in a certain amount of time or the player loses one of those lives."
9325,Bouncers,,1994,6.1,"Action, Sports",Arcade,,"Arcade basketball game where YOU are the ball. You can't jump high enough on your own to go through the hoop, so you must bounce off other players. There are eight characters to choose from, powerups (and powerdowns) that affect your speed and jumping ability. Games can turn into fighting matches of sorts, as players can kick each other to get their opponent in the air. With practice, you can learn to shoot three pointers and slam dunk yourself into the basket. Courts range from a standard city court to an underwater and low-gravity moon court."
9328,Street Fighter II: Champion Edition,"Street Fighter II', Street Fighter II' Plus: Champion Edition, Street Fighter II': Champion Edition, Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition",1992,8.1,Action,Fighting,,"This version of Street Fighter II is similar in most aspects to the original, save that all 12 characters are selectable from the get-go (the boss characters were originally locked), and the game engine has been revamped."
9330,VS. Super Mario Bros.,Arcade Archives: VS. Super Mario Bros.,1986,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Nintendo took a selection of games for the Nintendo Entertainment System and converted them into arcade machines called the Nintendo VS. Series. They weren't just ports, however, as they were different games in their own right, with increased difficulty and altered levels. One of the chosen games was Super Mario Bros. Most of the layout is the same, but harder enemies are encountered at the beginning of the game. Some levels are replaced by their counterparts from The Lost Levels Other changes have also been made. Power-ups have been reduced, warping is limited, and the coin counter has three digits, among various other changes."
9333,Chessmaster 5000,"Guoji Xiangqi Dashi 5000, Schach",1996,7.7,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"Chessmaster 5000 is the 10th Anniversary release of the game. This implementation features a revised Windows interface, new tutorials, a new chess database with over twenty seven thousand entries, new time controls, sound effects and music. The game can be played against an AI opponent, against another person or against a remote player. The game's documentation lists the following as the top fifteen new features of this game:"
9343,Stationfall,"Stationfall - a science fiction story, Stationfall: Floyd is back in the Boffoid Sequel to Planetfall.",1987,7.9,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Stationfall is a text adventure game and a sequel to Planetfall featuring the same protagonist who has been promoted from Ensign Seventh Class to Lieutenant First Class. However, the current work in the Stellar Patrol seems to be less satisfying than before, as the Lieutenant has to deal with boring paperwork. One day the Lieutenant receives an assignment that involves accompanying a spacetruck to a space station and picking up a load of ""Request for Stellar Patrol Issue Regulation Black Form Binders Request Form Forms"". The Lieutenant travels to the space station with his robotic side-kick Floyd. Once they arrive, they find it deserted, with only an ostrich and an Arcturian balloon creature left untouched. The two must investigate the station and find out what happened."
9348,Top Gun,Vs. Top Gun,1987,5.8,Action,Arcade,,"Top Gun is loosely based on the film of the same name. It is an action game in which the player controls an F-14 Tomcat fighter through four different missions. The action is seen from a first-person cockpit view. Depending on the mission, different kinds of targets must be destroyed. There are always enemy aircraft, but some missions include sea and ground targets as well. Two weapons are available: machine guns (with unlimited ammunition) and missiles. The player can choose from three types of missiles before a mission: the more powerful ones can only be carried in lower quantities. Enemy aircraft either overshoot the players's plane from behind and can be easily taken down, or they come from the front and fire guns and missiles. Sometimes, an enemy plane will position itself on the player's six. It should be lost quickly by steering left and right, or instant death follows. Halfway through missions two through four comes a refueling sequence where the fuel plane's nozzle must be aligned with one's aircraft. Every mission (except the first one) features a final mission target, which can take a lot more damage than regular targets. Each mission concludes with a landing attempt on the aircraft carrier. To successfully land, the player's plane must have a certain altitude and speed. Successfully landing gives bonus points, but crashing the plane doesn't end the game - it simply costs a life."
9350,Aliens: A Comic Book Adventure,"Aliens: Ein Comic-Strip-Abenteuer, Aliens: Un Libro di Avventure a Fumetti",1995,5.9,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You play Lt. Col. Hericksen, an ex-colonial marine who is now the commander of a three-man terraforming team. Your objective is to travel to remote outpost B54-C in order to find the cause of a distress call your vessel received. Gameplay is a point-and-click adventure with limited, inventory-based puzzles. Grid-based combat is present as well. The player is given what amounts to timed objectives throughout the game, and must uncover the truth about the mysterious outpost's history before the colony's sudden destruction. The game functions as a sequel to Dark Horse Comic's Aliens: Labyrinth and follows up on characters and events from the end of that series."
9351,Sceptre of Bagdad,,1987,7.0,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Middle East,"You're Caliph - king of Iraq. An evil wizard from distant land broke into your palace, transforming it into a maze of traps and puzzles, and taking the sacred Sceptre of Bagdad. Unless you can recover it, your spell as ruler is finished. Featuring lots of enemies to dodge, platform-style jumps and object manipulation, the game resembles the Dizzy games with a Jet Set Willy -influenced setting. There are many objects you need to use, but you can only carry two at a time. You have three lives with which to complete the game."
9360,Pinball Builder: A Construction Kit for Windows,"Pinball Construction Kit, Pinball Construction Kit: Maak je eigen flipperkast",1996,5.7,Action,Pinball,,"From the creators of the Pinball Dreams / Fantasies series comes a pinball construction kit for Windows. Choose from 8 table layouts, each with 4 different flipper/outlane configurations. Choose the base for your table, add all the bumpers/lights you want, and play the table. You can change all the scores and the letter combinations as you please. You can also play without editing one of the eight sample tables which the layouts are based on. The tables are also playable in DOS, featuring the traditional scrolling mode. They can be played in various resolutions from basic 320x200 / 320x240 up to hires modes 640x480 / 800x600 / 1024x768. This package was included in Encore's ""Pinball Madness 2"" collection in 1999."
9363,Sega Chess,Master Chess,1991,7.1,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"Sega Chess is a chess game for one or two players. The game follows the standard chess rules. There are 11 difficulty modes: beginner, novice, amateur, intermediate, professional, chess champion, grand chess champion, chess master, grand chess master, adaptive (which tries to adapt to the player's skill) and infinite think mode. The game also offers a problem solving mode. Gameplay consists in moving a hand icon across the board selecting the piece to move and the target location. The player can ask for hint moves and when it is the computer's turn, he can force the opponent to move. The table side can also be flipped during the gameplay. The plays are recorded and the players can see it in the main menu screen. Players can also set up a game with a given set of pieces, provided there is at least one king to each side. Two players mode can be played with one or two controllers. The table can be viewed in a 2D or 3D view."
9365,Cool Boarders,,1996,6.8,Sports,,,"The first title in the long-running PlayStation snowboarding series. Imagine riding down the slopes, avoiding the trees and trying to hit the jumps. When you catch enough air, you grab your board, twist, and land a perfect trick. Choose from several different riders and 10 boards, and then hit one of the five courses. On each track you can earn three different trophies: one trophy is awarded for getting down the hill in the quickest time; catch big air to pull off big tricks to earn the highest trick point trophy; or win the final trophy by getting the highest total score, which is based on both time and trick points. If the competition seems a little rough, race against the ghost from your last run and find a smoother line down the mountain."
9376,Spyro: Year of the Dragon,"Spyro 3, Spyro: El Año del Dragón",2000,8.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The third in the Playstation Spyro the Dragon series sees Spyro having to recover a clutch of Dragon eggs from the evil Sorceress. The player can now play as not only Spyro, but Agent 9 the Space Monkey, Sheila the Kangaroo, Bentley the Yeti, Sgt. Byrd the Penguin and his two best friends Sparx and Hunter. Sparx has his own levels for the very first time. Also, Spyro has learned a few new abilities, including skateboarding!"
9378,Super Air Zonk: Rockabilly-Paradise,CD Denjin: Rockabilly Tengoku,1993,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Super Air Zonk: Rockabilly Paradise is the sequel to Air Zonk where once again the player takes control of the titular character in a battle against his arch nemesis, the evil SandroVitch. The gameplay is similar to the first, a 2-D side scrolling shooter where the player advances throughout the stage, destroying enemies and collecting power-ups to make it to the end of the stage and advance to the next. The standard huge bosses are still present along with the cartoonish-style of graphics that was present in its predecessor. Zonk can also transform in nine different super-powered alter egos by collecting a meat icon. They include Sushi Zonk (who hurls sushi at opponents), Mini Air-Zonk, Mr. Heli Zonk, Elvis Zonk and even Gamera Zonk. He can also morph into other forms with powers and more weaponry by combining with friends that are scattered throughout the stage."
9381,Ridge Racer Revolution,,1995,8.0,Racing / Driving,,,"This new version of the classic arcade racer now adds new cars, new tracks and some remixes of the in-game music"
9393,Garfield: Caught in the Act,Garfield in TV Land!,1995,7.1,Action,Platform,,"As lazy cartoon cat Garfield, you're somehow trapped in your TV, that's what happens with too much TV watching. Go and find all remote-control pieces to get out of that box, and check the fridge for a change. The player advances through levels and bonus rounds in his attempt to escape. Unlike most other platform games of its time, Garfield boasted completely unique art on each of its six levels, both for tile art and character costumes. The levels are inspired by classic movies, but given a Garfield twist, like ""Catsablanca"" and ""The Curse of Cleofatra""."
9396,International Sports Challenge,,1992,6.7,Sports,,,"International Sports Challenge let you and up to 3 friends compete in 6 different sports and 21 separate events. You can choose from any mixture of individual events (over 2000 combinations) or play them in sequence with the 26-mile marathon. Sports available are: - Marathon, - Diving: one- and two-meter springboard, five-meter platform, or medley competition. More than 40 total dives are available. - Show-jumping: difficulty levels include Gymkhana, National, International and World. - Swimming: 50-, 100- or 200-metre races, using breast-stroke, butterfly or freestyle. You can also swim the 200-metre medley (50 metres each of breast-stroke, freestyle, back-stroke and butterfly). - Cycling: 1000- and 2000-metre courses in sprint or pursuit racing. - Shooting: skeet, trap, boar (moving) or target shooting. While some events are purely rendered in 2D (marathon, diving, swimming, shooting), some other are a mixture of flat-shaded 3D and sprites (show-jumping, cycling)."
9402,Pingus,,1998,7.6,Puzzle,,,"Pingus is an open source, cross-platform, and free Lemmings clone. The gameplay is the same: the player must help a group of creatures (in this case, penguins) to reach the exit and escape the level. Each penguin has to be assigned a task, represented by a series of icons at the left side of the screen. Blockers stop the other penguins, and are best deployed near dangerous environments and chasms. Jumpers spring upwards, arcing through the air, covering a small distance. Bridgers build diagonal bridges across chasms. Bombers explode, removing a chunk of the terrain with them. Diggers go downwards, mining deep in the ground, or sideways, tunnelling through walls. Sliders lunge forward, passing under low roofs and escaping some traps. Climbers have the reusable ability to scale vertical walls, and floaters have the reusable ability to survive any fall. As in the original, each level has a set number of penguins that have to cross the portal (sometimes with a time limit). Three icons at the bottom pause the game, make it run faster, or explode all the birds (useful if the level was made unsolvable by wrong actions). The game has a built-in level editor, that can be accessed directly from the main menu. Extra unofficial levels can be found in several sites."
9403,Flight Unlimited II,,1997,7.9,Simulation,,North America,"Flight Unlimited II took Looking Glass ' flight sim series away from its aerobatic origins and into the world of the general civilian flight sim, with the Beechcraft Baron, Piper Arrow, de Havilland Beaver, P-51D Mustang, and Trainer all at your disposal. As well as presenting the most detailed terrain yet seen in a PC flight simulation (11,000 square miles of the San Francisco bay area created from satellite photography and real-world elevation data), Flight Unlimited II also introduced numerous other advanced features such as fully-integrated air traffic control (along with other air traffic), detailed weather systems, night-time flying and lighting, VFR or IFR navigation, objective-driven adventures, and online flying lessons."
9409,Shanghai: Dynasty,,1997,7.5,"Puzzle, Strategy / tactics","Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle",,"Shanghai: Dynasty includes nine themed tilesets, new puzzle modes including ""Pandamonium"" and ""Dynasty"", simplified Shanghai for kids, and true Chinese mahjong (not the Western tile-matching variety) with any mix of AI or real players via LAN or modem."
9415,Civilization II: Multiplayer Gold Edition,Civilization II: Ultimate Classic Collection,1998,7.6,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",,"This compilation includes the contents of the following games on one single disc: This release includes multiplayer capabilities, and is a native 32-bit Windows application unlike the original game."
9428,Champions,,1992,7.1,Compilation,,,This compilation contains:
9430,BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat,"Battletech 3050, MechWarrior 3050",1994,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Take control of a Mad Cat 'Mech as you fight your way through several level of mechanized mayhem. Use machine guns, rocket launchers, homing missiles, flame throwers, mines and atomic bombs to defeat the encroaching enemy threat. The different levels have different terrains, such as snow, ice and swamps, which affect the progress of your 'Mech. You can also destroy the smaller enemy 'Mechs by stomping on them."
9434,Quadrax,,1994,6.7,Puzzle,Platform,,"Quadrax is a puzzle game where two characters have to be moved to a predefined place in logical levels. As the entire screen is filled with obstacles, the characters need to help each other get around by flipping switches, moving stone blocks, opening doors, and using lifts. It was originally released for the ZX Spectrum with 50 levels. The PC version conversion contains 100 levels, with variations on the same themes."
9436,A320 Airbus Vol. 2,,1995,6.0,Simulation,,"Europe, North America","A320 Airbus Vol. 2 is the second main game in the Airbus series following the first two that were split up based on the territory to cover. This flight simulator improves the original game with more authentic navigation systems, improved flight, and control. Also, some improvements in usability in preparing a flight are included. Four new areas are added in Europe: Italy, Spain, Portugal, and the Canaries. These four areas add 29 new airports and 200 new radio beacons. The game includes a duty mode starting as a rookie to become a chief pilot. Evaluation is based on various factors such as the runaway landing angle or the conservation of reserve fuel. In the training mode, the weather parameters can be set manually, but in duty mode, they are selected randomly and need to be taken into account when setting the flight path. Players also need to tap in the coordinates to set up the navigational system. The package includes a pilot's manual and approach charts."
9438,FIFA International Soccer,,1994,8.2,Sports,,,This version of FIFA International Soccer features 3D stadiums with 2D players.
9447,Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb,"Erben der Erde: Die große Suche, Inherit the Earth",1994,7.2,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this game you are Rif, a young fox, who is falsely accused of stealing the magical orb of storms. This orb is capable of predicting when storms will arrive. Obviously this is important to farmers, but it is just as important to the boar tribe, for their supply of mud. You'll have to find the Orb and the real thief, to clear your name, save your girlfriend and prevent war with the boar tribe. While your doing this you'll encounter a much larger mystery: What is the origin of the tribes? Legend has it that the humans gave the animals the power of thought and speech, and then vanished. Who were they and what happened to them?"
9449,Imperium Galactica II: Alliances,Imperium Galactica 2,1999,7.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Starting on an untouched planet you have to expand your empire throughout the whole universe. Colonise more planets, fight against other races, research new technologies, and many other things more. You also can be diplomatic and cooperate with some species. Graphic effects include independent weather effects and lens flares on every planet, and explosions when it comes to space or ground fights."
9451,Space Bunnies Must Die!,,1998,6.6,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter","North America, Sci-fi / futuristic","In this 3rd person, Tomb Raider-esque action game, you take on the role of Allison Huxter, a truck-stop waitress who must save her kidnapped sister from the clutches of the evil Space Bunnies. Along the way you'll discover the Bunnies' plans and stop them to save the earth. Gameplay involves Allison running about, climbing on things, hopping from various ledges, and shooting whatever stands in her way. An odd new feature in the genre is the ability to dance, which entices your opponents to do the same and let their guard down. Space Bunnies Must Die takes a whimsical perspective on the whole Lara Croft-inspired genre, with its white trash humor, goofy designs, and silly objects."
9465,Dragon's Lair,Dragon's Magic,1992,6.5,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"This version of Dragon's Lair is a departure from the earlier arcade titles of the same name. Instead of recreating the original arcade experience, the game now focuses on action/platforming elements, not dissimilar to Konami's Castlevania games The story begins with our hero, Dirk the Daring, on a quest to rescue the Princess Daphne from the evil dragon, Singe. However, before he can rescue the princess, he must first overcome 24 levels filled with enemies and obstacles. Fortunately, Dirk has both his trusty sword and the ability to used ranged weapons (axes, knives, & shuriken) at his disposal."
9468,World Rugby,,1992,6.0,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Time to take your favourite country from the bottom of the pile to be the best team in the world. Time to manage them and make them men, winning promotion from division 3 to division 1. After choosing your country you are taken to a list of options. Here you can pick your team, train them and check any injured players. The actual match is shown in a TV studio with a presenter. Here you see a clock counting the minutes gone in the game. When there is a decisive moment the game switches to a overhead view of the pitch. Here you can see an attempt at a try or a kick at goal. Sometimes a try is scored or the player is tackled. If a try is scored then you watch the conversion attempt."
9471,Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold,Blake Stone 3-D,1993,6.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Aliens of Gold the first game in the Blake Stone series, pits the space-age British secret agent against Dr. Pyrus Goldfire; a madman bent on world domination. Using a mastery of genetic engineering and a tremendous reserve of wealth, Dr. Goldfire intends to unleash a mutant army upon the Earth. The first chapter begins in Goldfire's S.T.A.R. Institute headquarters building. Each level has Blake fighting through guards to find an elevator keycard for the next level. Dr. Goldfire will personally appear along the way to fire shots at Blake, and his genetic creations also pose a tough challenge. Each chapter lasts 10 levels, and brings Blake closer to reaching Goldfire, only to have the mad doctor escape to a new installation in his network, and the start of a new chapter. Blake Stone uses the Wolfenstein 3-D engine to render its levels. Basic gameplay and enemy AI is similar in most respects. Some of Blake 's innovations include silent weapons that can kill guards without alerting others. Alerts are given to the player through text messages on the HUD. Health can be gained through use of wall-mounted vending machines, operated with tokens picked up off dead guards. An automap and stat-tracking are both available during gameplay. Finally, there are friendly AI characters who offer clues and powerups when you speak to them - provided Blake doesn't accidentally shoot them first!"
9475,Manx TT SuperBike,,1995,6.7,Racing / Driving,,,"Race motorcycles in this arcade port based on the real-life Isle of Man Trophy Race. There are two courses to race with the usual reversed and mirrored variations on the tracks. Also provided is a short and long version of the main course. Play modes include arcade (standard tracks), PC mode (added variations), time trial, and network games with up to eight people."
9476,Goal!,"Dino Dini's Goal!, Serious Soccer",1993,8.0,Sports,,,"Goal! takes the basic gameplay of Dino Dini's previous Kick Off games, but updates most features in some way. Teams from various European countries are included, and you can customise these by moving players around, and changing the starting lineups and formations. An Arcade Challenge mode sees you play matches against each of the five computer team speeds, in succession, until you lose one. You can also arrange leagues or play individual matches. A wide range of options are included, with variable wind settings, a range of pitches and referees, variable match lengths, and the chance to play up/down or left/right, a choice of close or distant view, and variable computer speed and skill. All of these features can be combined in various ways with each other."
9479,Kagero: Deception II,"Kagero: Deception 2, Kagero: Kokumeikan Shinshou",1998,7.3,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,,"The race of Timenoids was once human, but long time ago, they have traded their human souls for immortality. The humans perceive them as demons, and invade their country. Fearing that they might lose the war, the Timenoids brainwash a human girl named Millennia, effectively turning her into a tool to serve their purposes. They put her in charge of defending their castle by entrapping the human invaders. But Millennia has yet to choose whose side she will eventually be on... Kagero: Deception II is the sequel to Tecmo's Deception It follows a similar, hard-to-classify gameplay style, which can be perhaps defined as a real-time strategy game with RPG elements. Instead of commanding troops and units, Millennia has to place traps and activate them to prevent the intruders from conquering the castle. Unlike the first game, Kagero: Deception II is played from a third-person perspective. A major addition to the gameplay is the introduction of ""trap combos"": traps can be positioned in such a way that they will trigger each other, leading to powerful combinations that would harm the invaders more. The game also allows to customize traps and use various materials to build new ones. As before, the main character and her traps grow in power in correspondence with the amount of enemies killed, lending the game a RPG flavor. The morality system also present in this sequel, as the player can decide for Millennia whom to kill and whom to spare. Eventually, the player will be able to choose to join either the Timenoids or the humans."
9483,Ballyhoo,,1986,6.8,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Ballyhoo is a mystery text adventure in which you play a disillusioned circus goer who decides to help find the owner's kidnapped daughter. Gameplay involves searching for clues in the circus arena, the tents and other back areas trying to locate the girl. The game features a ""Standard"" difficulty level. The original Commodore 64 Grey Box Contents included:"
9485,NFL Quarterback Club,NFL Quarterback Club '95,1994,7.7,Sports,,,"One of the earliest in the series which features all 28 NFL teams including their respective nicknames and logos and many of the top players of the day including John Elway, Joe Montana, Brett Farve and Troy Aikman, just to name a few. There are a variety of game modes to choose from including NFL Play which includes preseason, season and playoff modes along with the Simulation mode that allows players to relive past moments of NFL history and lets the player recreate these moments or change history all together. Also included is the Quarterback Challenge which would become a staple in the series. In the QB Challenge, the player chooses from one of nineteen different NFL quarterbacks to compete in a series of challenges that will test their accuracy, speed, power and knowledge. Players can also create their own custom quarterback and throw them into the competition. Players can also customize their options including quarter lengths, weather conditions, rules, etc. The game also contains a battery backup to save games and created characters."
9498,Shinobi II: The Silent Fury,The GG Shinobi Part 2,1992,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The second Shinobi game for the Game Gear, it’s a 2D side-scrolling platform game with basic strategy elements. You have to rescue the four elemental ninjas and their corresponding crystal. When you rescue a ninja they join up with you and you can switch to them. Each ninja has a different power and ability which must be used in order to progress through the game. The first four levels can be played in whichever order you want, when both the ninja and crystal have been recovered from all the levels the final level is unlocked."
9500,One Step Beyond,One Step Beyond featuring Colin Curly,1993,7.2,Puzzle,Platform,,"The star of the game is Colin Curly, a dog, who loves Quavers (snack). It was a stormy night and Colin was playing his favorite game Push-Over Accidentally, Colin has been digitized and curlified into his computer at the moment he completed the final level of the game. Colin has been trapped inside his own computer and an amazing array of challenges are standing between him and the escape from this electronic nightmare. You have to move Colin Curly from the ENTRY packet to the EXIT packet by jumping from one platform to the next. Colin can only escape from a level if ALL the platforms have shut before he reaches the exit. As Colin steps off a platform, it will slide shut behind him, never to open again unless it has special properties. So, it is important to work out the correct route to follow in order to close all the platforms before Colin reaches the EXIT while still being able to move around the level."
9503,Harrier Attack!,"Bombedero, Harrier Attack!: Superb Air Combat Action",1983,6.1,Action,Shooter,,"Harrier Attack is viewed from the side, and instantly resembles titles such as Wings of Fury and Jetstrike You're on board of a Harrier and must reach the enemy island, destroying planes and ground installations as you go, then destroy their base and fly back to yours. Your Harrier is armed with both bombs and a gun. You must be careful not to fly at full speed throughout your journey as fuel is limited. There are 5 difficulty levels - the latter ones increase the volume and pace of the enemy, and add more mountains to avoid. The difficulty level also affects how quickly enemy aircraft appear on your radar."
9504,John Romero's Daikatana,,2000,5.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Three years ago, when N64 fans were grumbling about the delay of Rare's GoldenEye 007, hotshot PC game designer (Doom, Quake) John Romero set up shop as ION Storm and promised to lead gamers into uncharted first-person territory with Daikatana. Now, N 64 players can see what all the hullabaloo is about. Though far from the groundbreaker that Romero's Wolfenstein 3D was, Daikatana N64 comes across best as a cheeky blend of tried-and-true first-person action with a zillion and one pop-culture references. Having obviously passed many a Saturday afternoon in their youths watching old movies on TV, Romero and friends have concocted a hopelessly convoluted storyline that bristles with blatant borrowings from Conan the Barbarian, Clint Eastwood's Escape from Alcatraz, Blade Runner and much, much more. Romero even had the effrontery to swipe the name of '70s blaxploitation classic Superfly for one his characters! To begin at the beginning, ""daikatana"" means ""big sword"" in Japanese. Given that a ""katana"" is already pretty gargantuan, measuring upwards of three feet, the addition of the superlative speaks volumes of Romero's over-the-top ambitions. You assay the role of Hiro Miyamoto, a young martial-arts instructor in 25th century Japan whose ancestor forged the daikatana. Late one night, an unexpected visitor knocks on his apartment door. The old man, named Toshiro Ebihara, claims to be a direct descendent of the Ebihara clan, sworn enemies of the evil Mishima clan, and tells the dreadful saga of the daikatana. It's not just any piece of stainless steel, this daikatana. Anyone wielding the jumbo bodkin can time travel. Crafted centuries ago in the midst of a particularly vicious shogunate war by a naive swordsmith, the daikatana has been recently swiped by the odious Kage Mishima, big cheese at globe-straddling Mishima Industries. Here the backstory veers unexpectedly into Outbreak territory, as we're told that a horrendous plague nearly wiped out all humanity in the early 21st century. Kage has built his ill-gotten fortune by going back into time, filching the plague vaccine, then convincing everyone in the 25th century that he created it. Scoundrel! Toshiro has spent his fortune to recover the daikatana, only to have Kage steal it. Adding kidnapping to injury, Kage has captured Toshiro's comely daughter, Mikiko, and is holding her deep in the bowels of the heavily fortified Mishima Industries HQ. Toshiro beseeches Hiro (pronounced ""hero,"" get it?) to retrieve the sword, save the world from Kage's evil plans and, oh yeah, save Mikiko. The subsequent adventure takes Hiro to four time-periods: 2455 A.D. Kyoto 1200 B.C. Greece 560 A.D. Norway 2030 A.D. San Francisco In another time-traveling N64 adventure, Body Harvest, the developers clearly had lots of fun researching vintage vehicles and slang. In Daikatana, though, the time periods feel as if they were chosen just to look different, with oddball weapons like the Poseidon Trident (your basic rifle) tacked on. Play mechanics involve finding weapons, ammo, armor and health recovery. Starting from scratch in each time-period, you must also locate power-ups that improve your armor, skill and other attributes. You also improve your ""speed skill"" with sharpshooting. As you might expect from the guy behind Doom, the levels feel almost claustrophobic, as you're compelled to probe bewildering labyrinths of corridors and tunnels. Caution is the byword here, as enemies and drone guns seemingly wait behind every twist and turn. Mikiko and the aforesaid Superfly Johnson make extensive appearances in the lengthy cut-scenes between each level, but in the one-player game you only control Hiro. For the N64 version, Kemco Japan has built all-new art and stripped out a few of the levels, but in terms of maps and gameplay, this promises to be a pretty faithful port of the PC version. The Multiplayer mode offers two versions: Deathmatch and Jewel Quest, a variant of capture the flag. This ad blurb may contain mature content. Source: www.nintendo.com – Nintendo 64"
9507,Dogz,,1999,5.2,Simulation,,,"Dogz is a virtual pet and basically the same game as Catz The player adopts a dog and has to care for its well-being. The dog walks around in its one-screen room and the player controls a cursor which can be used to pet or grab it. Additionally a few accessories can be selected from a different screen, e.g. a brush, which are used for to keep it healthy and happy. If the player neglects it, the dog runs away. Over time the player can unlock more items and even more dog breeds."
9509,Murder on the Mississippi,"Mississippi Satsujin Jiken, Murder on the Mississippi: The Adventures of Sir Charles Foxworth",1986,7.4,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",North America,"The famous detective Sir Charles Foxworth is taking a holiday on the Mississippi with his servant Regis on the Delta Princess. He's just taking a stroll around the upper deck of the ship when he discovers an open cabin door. Behind it: a dead man. As it turns out, the body of Raleigh Cartwright III. Sir Charles has three days to find the murderer, because then, the ship will reach New Orleans, giving the culprit a safe chance to escape. The joystick controls the player's sprite to move into the respective direction, and pressing the button opens a menu with appropriate commands for the current situation. Walk around, Inspect an item, or examine evidence. You will meet some characters who also happen to be suspects. Use these encounters as a fact-finding session. Take notes on what he or she has said. Share these notes with other passengers and crew members. But your first job is to find the body. Until you do, any information you gather will be of little value. Once you find the body, the other passengers will prove to be much more talkative. Collect as many notes and evidence as you can to solve the mystery. Once you think that you have it solved, make an accusation by going to the character that you want to accuse and by using the joystick, point to Talk to [character's name], and press the joystick button. Then point to Accuse [character's name] and press the joystick button. Depending on the amount of evidence collected, you will know if your hunch was right or wrong. Murder on the Mississippi has four possible endings with many variations on each one. Don't let the Delta Princess arrive to New Orleans before you solve the mystery, or the murderer will get away."
9511,South Park,,1998,5.7,Action,Shooter,"North America, Sci-fi / futuristic","A comet is heading toward South Park, causing many of the enemies from early seasons of the shows (including cows, aliens, and clones) to rise up and attack. The player takes control of Kyle, Cartman, Kenny and Stan to fight through the town in a first-person perspective. Features new dialogue from the original voice actors on the show. Single player takes the form of a ""Story"" mode divided into five episodes and fifteen linear levels. The player will face weak minions (which change based on the episode), plus occasional sub-bosses which will try to escape into town. The final level is devoted to a unique boss fight. Players use quirky weapons ranging from infinite yellow snowballs to cow launchers and toxic Terrance and Phillip dolls. Every weapon has a secondary fire, and players switch between the four main characters when they switch weapons - each of the four kids shares a single life bar because of this. The kids will comment on game actions as they occur, with heavier profanity censored with bleeps. The kids will get angrier (and fouler) as their health depletes, until they finally give up on saving the town and go home. A multiplayer mode lets players take characters and weapons they unlock in Story mode into small deathmatch arenas. The PlayStation version supports 2 players, the N64 does 4, and the PC version allows players to go online to search for opponents through GameSpy. Players can set standard victory options like knockouts or time limits. Voice samples for multiplayer are also included, so the characters will make comments and taunts when hit. Graphics are rendered in 3D, in a style approximating that of the show. Draw distance is limited by a heavy fog, with varying severity based on the platform. None of the environments are interactive, and only enemies respond to weapon hits. The N64 version supports the Expansion Pak."
9512,Cyberun,,1985,6.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The planetary system called ""Zebarema"" is the only place in the universe where you can find cybernite, the hardest material known to man, and key to generating enormous power and wealth. To exploit the unique resources of the planets, a ship is constructed and sent to Zebarema. All this boils down to a Jetpac -influenced game where you fly your ship around a hostile planet, at first picking up pieces of your ship in order to make it fully functional, then finding resources. You have a laser gun and a plasma weapon at your disposal to fight the enemies which float around or are actively hunting you. The sky is also filled with dangers such as acid rain clouds, hovering lasers and meteor showers. The undulating terrain is equally dangerous."
9520,Championship Bass,,2000,7.0,Sports,,,"Championship Bass is a bass fishing simulator. The game's artificial intelligence creates a realistic simulated bass behavior: false strikes, swerves, return attacks, and short-strike lunges. Even if the player does land a strike, the fish will go for obstacles in order to break the line. The game offers multiple difficulty levels, plenty of tricks in your lure box, multiple game modes, multiple lakes, and more. The player may sit in a boat and go for the fish, or simulate a whole fishing trip."
9523,Cakewalk,,1983,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Time management",,"You must catch pastries from six conveyor belts before they fall on the floor. Each pastry caught is boxed and put behind you. Sometimes, a knife and fork come down the conveyor belt. If you are hit by the utensils or miss a pastry, the janitor has to clean it up. If he has to clean up too many times, he gets upset and storms out and game over. You can push the button to stop a conveyor belt for about four seconds but if you stop a second one, the first belt starts right back up. On games with belt speed up, you can push right on the joystick to speed up the belt you are in front of. At the end of each level, you will have a cup of coffee come down the belt, but not fall off the end. When you grab the cup, you get an extra clean-up (life) and the next level begins. Difficulty switches Set the left switch to A to start at level five. Set to B to start at level one. The right switch is not used. The are game variations that force the baker to pause when transferring boxes, making it harder, variations that allow belt speedup, variations with fast moving bakers and variations with all gingerbread men."
9541,Zone Warrior,,1991,6.3,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the distant future of the 30th century, the Earth is under attack by evil aliens, known as the Geeks. Their attempts at conquest have thus far proven unsuccessful due to humanity's advanced technology. But that might soon change: the Geeks have captured experimental time travel technology aboard an Earth defence satellite. Their plan is to travel into the past, disrupting the development of human technology, making conquest easy in the future. Our last hope is a lone soldier sent after the aliens. He must save Earth's scientists and destroy the Geeks in different time zones. Zone Warrior is a side-scrolling platform game with exploration and shooting elements. It consists of five levels: Prehistoric, Egyptian, Medieval, Japanese and Future zones. Various enemies stand in the way, fitting the respective time period: dinosaurs and cavemen in prehistoric times, pharaohs in Egypt, robots in the future. The player's blaster can be upgraded to three- and five-way shots by collecting power-ups. Also available are various bombs and mines and a flamethrower. Levels are large and consists of distinct sections interconnected by doors and gates. To help navigating them, parts of a level map can be found. To complete a level, a number of hostages must be rescued and the Geek Commander destroyed. The Commander is located behind a security door, and a key must be found to open it. Also in each level is an armoury with some especially powerful weapons useful in defeating the Commander."
9543,Kung Food,,1992,5.0,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"The ultimate food fight! Mutant munchies from your freezer invade your kitchen, your life and your world. Speed and your martial arts skills are required to overcome the vicious veggies!"
9545,Ragnarok,Valhalla,1992,6.5,Role-playing (RPG),Roguelike,Fantasy,"Valhalla ( Ragnarok in the US) is a medieval fantasy based roguelike game with Viking/Norse (Scandinavian) mythology as its main theme, reflected by various events and creatures within the game in accord with the mentioned mythology. It is the year 999 A.D. The player is a young Viking and like many other Vikings at that age, are worried and anxious of the Ragnarok prophecy -- the Norse version of Armageddon i.e. the end of the world. Determined, the young viking sets out to leave the village and thwart the prophecy, or at least prolong its coming with the help of the good Norse gods and some personal human intervention. In order to do so, there are several quests/goals that may help a more favorable ending for Ragnarok *: *Further details of each quest are presented within the game (options) as well as hints on how to accomplish them. Valhalla offers six classes to choose from. However, these classes are not permanent in effect. After every 10th level, you may choose to switch to other classes for maximum effect, as most skills and powers of each class are usually achieved at the 10th level. Classes the player may choose from are: The blacksmith is one of the most respected classes in Valhalla able to forge weapons and armour, the blacksmith is the very soul of adventuring. A master blacksmith may learn to forge his/her own weapons and armour. The alchemist bring with him/her a wide inventory of potions. Eventually at higher levels, the master alchemist may acquire the knowledge to create his/her own mixture of potions. The sage is the weakest class in Valhalla However, what he/she lacks in strength is made up for in brains. The sage is the educational class of the group. A master sage may eventually learn the skill to write his/her own magical scrolls. The conjurer is the mage class of Valhalla There are five available spells available for casting. By the 10th level, all five will be at the disposal of the conjurer. The master conjurer may also learn the skill to teleport. The Woodsman is the ranger class of Valhalla A master bows and crossbows, a master woodsman may learn nature's art to tame wild animals. The Viking is the fighter class in Valhalla Being the strongest class in the beginning of the game, the Viking at higher levels may achieve the status of a weapons master and learn second attacks. Each class has their primary skill and power (if any) as some stated above. However, certain magical items or events may grant the character skills and powers previously not available to that class, either permanently or temporary. The world of Valhalla itself is divided into three realms. There are also five minor planes and countless other areas outside the boundaries of space and time. Each realm has its own unique terrain and set of monsters. The main three realms are: Each new game in Valhalla is completely unique, including shopkeeper locations and the items sold, making Valhalla as a whole, a completely repeatable game."
9547,Star Rank Boxing,"Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing, Barry McGuigan champion du monde de boxe, Star Rank Boxing: Main Event",1985,7.8,Sports,"Fighting, Managerial / business simulation",,"Twenty tough computer opponents, finishing with legendary champion Barry McGuigan himself, await in this early boxing game. The fights take place in a full 3D arena, with a range of hooks, jabs and cross-punches available, aimed to the head or body. Before you start you must create your character, including his appearance and initial abilities, and choose one of five play styles. You can start off as a New Pro or a Contender - the latter option means tougher fights form the word go, but you start halfway up the rankings. A full training options is included, allowing you to work on your boxer's abilities to best prepare for the next fight."
9549,Arabian,"Arcade Archives: Arabian, Super Arabian",1983,5.5,Action,Platform,Middle East,"An action platformer styled as an Arabian Nights -flavored ""storybook"", which follows the trials of a brave Arabian prince as he attempts to infiltrate the palace and save a princess locked in the tower. To reach said damsel in distress, the prince must complete four ""pages"" (or levels) of the book: an ocean-bound ship, a maze of caves, the castle walls, and the tower, each infested with an assortment of mythical enemies, like flying Rocs and evil Genies. Besides walking, jumping and climbing, the prince can cling onto vines, duck and crawl through tight passages, and glide along on flying carpets. Last but not least is the mighty kick, which sends the baddies sprawling; if you kick multiple enemies in one go, you'll get a score bonus (in the arcade version) or temporary invicibility (NES). To complete a level, all the lettered jugs must be collected. A bonus is awarded if they're picked up in the right order to spell out the indicated word (""ARABIAN"" in the arcade version, or a different word in each level on the NES). Once a princess is rescued, the next section begins, more difficult than the last."
9555,BioForge,,1995,8.2,Action,Puzzle elements,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"In the far future, a fanatical group of religious extremists known as the Mondites have begun a campaign of galactic conquest. They believe in the evolution of man through machine by cybernetic implants. You are one of the unlucky victims: a prisoner in a Mondite complex on a distant moon, with no memory of your former life. Your body has been turned into a hideous cybernetic nightmare by the evil Dr. Mastaba. It is up to you to explore the complex (abandoned and on the verge of nuclear meltdown), discover the secrets of the Mondites and the mysterious remnants of alien civilization they've discovered, and get out alive from this moon. BioForge is an action game with puzzle-solving, technologically similar to Alone in the Dark featuring polygonal (and textured) characters over pre-rendered backgrounds. The adventure elements involve the hero collecting items and figuring out puzzles in order to get to new places and discover the secrets of the complex. The action elements involve combat against foes robotic and alive, both with melee weaponry and with guns, though some enemies require trickery rather than force to defeat. Numerous journals, documents and diaries are found throughout the game; these are all recorded and can be re-read at any time."
9557,Pro Tennis Tour,Great Courts,1989,7.2,"Action, Simulation, Sports",,Oceania,"THE ULTIMATE TENNIS SIMULATION Okay Tennis Ace, now's your chance to compete with the best. You've always wanted to test your skills against top-seeded players. Pro Tennis Tour - The Ultimate Tennis Simulation ranks you 64th amongst the best tennis players in the world. Set your sights on such championships as the Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Step into centre court, tighten your grip and prepare to serve up your best shot - Pro Tennis Tour is about to begin Source: Back of Box - Amiga (UK) - Hit Squad release"
9561,The Price of Magik,,1986,7.4,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"In the final instalment of the Time and Magik series of interactive fiction, the light from the Red Moon is under threat. It was captured and harnessed by the magicians of Baskalos, but its keeper Myglar has turned against them and is using it for himself. He must be defeated before the crystal is exhausted. The typing interface is typical of Level 9 games of the era. Time saving features include an ALL command can apply TAKE and EXAMINE to every object you can see, and the ability to type future commands while the screen is still scrolling. 18 spells are available, activated using 3-letter codes you will discover while exploring. These range from confusing or angering an enemy to healing yourself and detecting danger."
9562,Triad Stone,"Strahl, Strahl: Himerareshi Nanatsu no Hikari",1994,6.4,Action,Quick Time Events (QTEs),Fantasy,"In Strahl the story takes place in a world where magic and monsters roam the land, terrorizing innocent villagers. The player takes control of a young warrior who sets out to root out the source of evil and bring peace and tranquility back to the land. The gameplay is the same as Space Ace Dragon's Lair and Time Gal where the player presses buttons at a certain time to either avoid obstacles or fight enemies in order to advance to the next screen. As the game progresses, the changes in the world are shown throughout the game depending on the actions of the player. There are no difficulty settings to choose from. Players can choose from a couple of different scenes to begin at, with other scenes being unlocked as the previous ones are finished."
9570,Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom,,1993,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom is the sequel to Ishar: Legend of the Fortress Following the defeat of Krogh and the banishment of the powers of chaos, Ishar became a cultural and intellectual centre in Kendoria. Over time, people came to the island and settled there. A city named Zach's Island developed and flourished. Shandar, a monk of chaos, entered the city along with settlers from the northern lands. His trading in hallucinogens soon made him rich and powerful. Eventually, Shandar controlled Zach's Island and had many followers and worshippers. He built a strong fortress, a second Ishar, to challenge the empire. The warrior Zubaran has a vision that sends him on the quest to defeat Shandar and save his homeland. The gameplay system is similar to that of the predecessor and includes exploration of 3D outdoor areas, towns, and dungeons, party management and real-time combat. In this sequel, the player can import saved characters from Ishar or recruit characters to join Zubaran on his quest. The game world includes dungeons, tree-cities, and mountain paths with real graded height effects. Unlike the first game, there is a day and night cycle in Messengers of Doom Shops are closed during the night, while medieval nightclubs are open only at that time. The game world is considerably larger than in the previous game. Other new features include the ability to use pet animals as allies in battles, and create magic potions."
9572,U.S. Navy Fighters,,1994,7.9,Simulation,,"Contemporary, Europe","U.S. Navy Fighters allows players to fly US naval aircraft over Ukraine in a war against Russia. The game features a campaign, single missions, an in-game single mission creator, and a quick mission creator. The game offers not typical cockpit view where instead of myriad of indicators, gauges and buttons, the player receives information in the corners of the screen in order to interact."
9581,Blackhole Assault,,1992,5.8,Action,Fighting,,"According to Blackhole Assault the 22nd century sees earth technology advance to the point where exploration of the immediate solar system is not only possible, but necessary due to resource constraints. Humans are attempting to harvest the resources of the entire solar system but have met with trouble from alien invaders. It is up to a small force of humans who recognize and understand the threat to confront the aliens head on. The weapon of choice in this game is the Cybernetic Anthropomorphized Machine, or C.A.M. The C.A.M. is a large robot that fights 1-on-1 against alien robots. All of the gameplay in Blackhole Assault revolves around single-round, 1-on-1 robot fighting action. There are 10 backdrops against which to beat up robots, including various planets and moons around the solar system. The game has 4 different modes. The main story mode is Operation BHA. The exhibition mode allows players to customize matches down to the robots each player will use and the backdrop to play on. The exhibition mode can be configured to allow one or even both fighters to be controlled by the computer. Further, the game has tournament and league modes."
9582,Tiny Toon Adventures: Toonenstein - Dare to Scare!,"Tiny Toon Adventures: Toonenstein - Geisterstunde!, Tiny Toon Adventures: Toonenstein - Le Château Hanté",1999,5.5,Adventure,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Contemporary,"Plucky, Hamton and Furball from the television cartoon Tiny Toon Adventures need to escape from the spooky haunted mansion of the evil Baroness Toonenstein (played by Elmyra) where she needs their brains to build a monster. The player moves Furball through numerous rooms looking for power cell actuators needed to activate the elevators on five floors while chased by different types of evil flying Bombats which explode if they touch him. When the Bombat Disabler Gun is found, the view changes to a stationary sniper mode and enemies can be shot with green goo. Furball can also open doors, activate levers, and take items such as codes to a treasure vault in the basement. There are different mini-games and puzzles to solve, in order to progress. Plucky and Hamton will sometimes be too frightened and run away, and must be located."
9585,1000 Miglia,"1000 Miglia: 1927-1933 Volume 1 - The Roaring Years of Sports Cars, 1929-1935, Millemiglia",1991,5.6,Racing / Driving,,Interwar,"Based around a classic motor car race from either side of the war, 1000 Miglia (literally '1000 miles') is an unusual racing game. You have to progress across Italy through a number of stages in your rickety 20s car. Keeping within time limits at each point is crucial to staying in the game. At the beginning of the game, you can choose the spare parts that you will take with yourself in case your car breaks down. You also choose a car and set up the skills for your two drivers; you can distribute points between Skill, Resistance and Mechanics, and choose the driver's favorite part of the race. Atmospheric conditions change throughout the race: sometimes the weather will be clear, sometimes you'll have to drive through rain or mist. During the race, your car will sometimes lose a wheel or need other repairs. If this happens, you'll lose a couple of minutes repairing it - as long as you have the appropriate spare part; if you don't have one, it's game over!"
9590,Igor: Objective Uikokahonia,Igor: Objetivo Uikokahonia,1994,7.1,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Igor, a college student, wants to date the most beautiful girl of his school. Instead he discovers a criminal plot he has to investigate. The game offers classic 2D point-and-click adventure gameplay. There are actions buttons near the bottom of the screen, as well as an inventory."
9599,Chess,Chess C.4,1980,5.7,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"Chess is one of the oldest PC games ever made: it was written in March, 1980 and converted to IBM PC in December, 1981. This is probably the very first chess game running in MS-DOS. Taking it's age into account, it's no surprise that the game features only text-mode graphics. The chess board and the pieces are drawn using ASCII characters. For the same reason, it's also no surprise that the user input is based just on keyboard commands. In Chess there is no multiplayer mode - you play only against the computer. As usual, in this kind of game, you can select the A.I.'s skill level. The game offers 24 difficulty levels."
9602,Hugo III: Jungle of Doom,"Hugo III: Jungle of Doom!, Hugo's Amazon Adventure",1992,6.2,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",South America,"Hugo III: Jungle of Doom is the third and final installment in the EGA adventure series The game features the same engine as in previous Hugo games, along with some new features. These include a turbo button, and a ""hints"" feature. In this game, Hugo and his girlfriend Penelope crash in a jungle somewhere in South America, where Penelope is soon bitten by a poisonous snake. As Hugo, the player must venture through the jungle, confront a witch doctor and try to find the ""pool of life"". The Hugo series later received a fourth installment, this time in the form of a 3D first person shooter, Nitemare-3D"
9607,Jennifer Capriati Tennis,Grandslam: The Tennis Tournament,1992,7.3,Sports,,,"This is a tennis game featuring the game modes Exhibition Circuits and Training Exhibition allows for either singles or doubles play. Circuits mode involves the player competing to win four major tournaments: the Sydney Open, Paris Open, London Open and the Florida Open. The player can also customize their own tennis player by choosing their race,sex, and tennis wear color. Players can also choose whether their tennis player is right or left handed, their type of spin, forehand, and backhand. They can also distribute a set amount of points between skills such as the power forehand, backhand, their footwork, and their net game. The game also offers the option of either playing on lawn, hard or clay surfaces."
9611,Dynamic Duo,,1989,5.2,Action,Puzzle elements,,"In Dynamic Duo the player takes the role of a bird and a dwarf who explore a haunted castle. The goal is to open the door to the calculation room, but to do so ten hidden keys have to be found first. The screen is divided into three parts: the action screen, a map and the status screen. The player can switch between the two protagonists at will and if they explore different parts of the castle (or if a second player takes part) the map gets replaced with a second action screen. This is necessary because the two have different abilities: the bird can fly and is generally faster while only the dwarf can open chests. On their way they meet various enemies that can be shot with a gun with a limited amount of ammo."
9614,Super Double Dragon,"Double Dragon IV, Return of Double Dragon",1992,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"Billy and Jimmy Lee return for another adventure. This time, fellow martial arts instructor and narcotics investigator, Marian, has disappeared while attempting to infiltrate the ruthless criminal mob known as the Black Shadow Warriors. Once again it is up to you (and a friend) to battle your way through a selection of side-scrolling beat 'em up levels to defeat the Shadow Warriors and their leader Duke, and save Marian."
9617,Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force,,2000,8.1,Action,"Shooter, Stealth",Sci-fi / futuristic,"On its course to the Alpha Quadrant, the U.S.S. Voyager is attacked by an unknown ship and is transported to a graveyard of ships with a giant space station in the middle. The player is Ensign Alex Munro (male or female, according to the player's choice), second in command of the newly formed Hazard Team, an elite force of Voyager security personnel. It's up to the player and their team to find out why the Voyager was brought here and to find a way to escape. To do so, they will have to complete several missions on different ships and space stations. Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force is a first-person shooter that uses the Quake III engine. The different types of missions range from pure combat to stealth missions. The enemies include many well-known Star Trek races like the Borg or the Klingons, but also other alien races and creatures invented specifically for this game. All the weapons have a futuristic design, ranging from the low-damage hand phaser to stasis weapons and grenade launchers. The weapons either gradually recharge ammunition automatically, or require ammunition that can be collected from other weapons or terminals. Though the player directly controls only Munroe, up to three teammates usually accompany him (or her) during the missions and fight the enemies, controlled by the AI. Scripted events and cutscenes often involve actions committed by these teammates. When not on a mission, Munroe can explore the space ship, talking to characters directly or overhearing their conversations with each other. A few decisions can be made by the player during the course of the game, which may influence the subsequent events. A multiplayer mode called ""Holomatch"" is also available."
9620,Verytex,,1991,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Humanity has long since advanced into space, and colonies have been established on many planets, but humanity has yet to contact any alien life. However, an emergency signal has come from the planet Shirakusa. During a colonization survey, contact was lost with the battleship Aphrodite. As a member of the elite Verytex squad, you are sent to investigate. Verytex is a vertically scrolling space shooter with vague organic themes. There are six stages and three different weapon types: Normal Shot, a standard multidirectional cannon; Beam Laser, a powerful forward-shooting weapon; and Boomerang Laser, a wide-range forward shot. Each weapon type can be upgraded to three increasing levels of power. Also available are homing missiles, which are also upgradeable, as well as smart bombs and shield pickups."
9622,Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets!,Gizmos & Gadgets! A Super Solvers Science Adventure,1993,7.4,"Action, Educational, Puzzle",,,"Morty Maxwell, the Master of Mischief, has moved into the Shady Glen Technology Center and taken over as the head scientist! Your job is to accept Morty's challenge and prove that you are a better scientist than he is. Morty has locked the doors in the warehouse with science puzzles. Show him how much you know about science by solving the puzzles. Then go through the doors, find the best vehicle parts, and build faster vehicles than Morty builds. To make your job more difficult, Morty's sneaky Cyber Chimps are collecting vehicle parts, too. Outsmart the Chimps by throwing bananas to them and making them take a nap. Race against Morty and win all 15 of the challenge races. You will reclaim the Technology Center and be the head scientist!"
9623,Ultimate Body Blows,,1994,7.5,"Action, Compilation",Fighting,,"Ultimate Body Blows is a compilation of Body Blows and its sequel, available only for Amiga, Body Blows Galactic The game combines everything from its predecessors and adds more colors, improved graphics, and music, more backgrounds and endings, giving the player a total of 22 characters (including the invincible Max and his true self, the Terminator T17) and many fixes. The game was released only on a CD offering the in-game soundtrack played directly from a CD."
9626,Frontier: Elite II,,1993,7.6,"Action, Simulation","Managerial / business simulation, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Frontier: Elite II is the sequel to Elite and it continues in much the same way. You have a ship and limited funds, and nowhere to go but out into space. Trade, fight, hunt criminals, work for the various governments, anything goes in Frontier There are few, if any, limits on what you can do or where you can go. And Frontier 's universe (with approx. 100,000,000,000 planets and moons) is so big you'll never see the end of it."
9633,Dragon's Lair III: The Curse of Mordread,,1992,5.6,Action,Quick Time Events (QTEs),Fantasy,"This game features a set of levels from the arcade version of Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp not used (unable to fit, presumably!) in Readysoft's earlier home conversion It has Dirk dodging QTEs through various time periods and dimensions to such memorable locales as Wonderland, a pirate ship, and even the keyboard of Ludwig von Beethoven!"
9639,Pilotwings 64,,1996,8.2,"Action, Racing / Driving, Simulation",Puzzle elements,,PilotWings 64 is the update to the original PilotWings for SNES. The gameplay is somewhere between a flight simulation and an action/arcade experience. Players start with a limited number of craft and earn access to other craft and bonuses upon successful completion of set criteria.
9641,Extreme Assault,,1997,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Extreme Assault is an arcade shooting game in which the player takes control of two different vehicles: a fictional Sioux AH-23 Attack Helicopter and a T1 assault tank. Using these vehicles the player must fight alien forces who have set up secret operations on Earth. Players can blast their way through completely 3D environments through various different missions. There's little story, but lots of action. The player can blow up pretty much anything. There's multiple difficulty levels and the player can select between multiple camera angles to behold the carnage."
9643,Star Trek: Hidden Evil,Star Trek: Der Aufstand,1999,6.1,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Hidden Evil is a third-person action-adventure in the same style as Resident Evil which means you move your character using the keyboard, environments consists of 3D polygon characters transposed onto 2D pre-rendered scenes, and gameplay consists of both puzzles and combat. Rather than focusing on intense, hardcore action or puzzles, the game was designed with more casual gamers in mind with fairly straightforward gameplay. The game's story takes place shortly after the movie Star Trek: Insurrection After the defeat of S'ona captain Ru'afo and the destruction of the Metaphasic Collector, the remaining S'ona agreed to peacefully co-exist with their Ba'ku breathren and establish a colony on the Immortality Planet. During the construction of the colony, S'ona and Ba'ku workers uncovered underground ruins belonging to a previously undiscovered ancient civilization. Captain Picard, known for his love of archeology, arrives along with android Commander Data to research the ruins. You take the role of Ensign Sovok, a human raised by Vulcans. You are assigned to assist Captain Picard in his exploration of the ruins, which is a big break for you since you're aiming for a transfer to the prestigious Enterprise rather than your current assignment near the Ba'ku planet in the middle of nowhere. However, the excavation of the ruins takes a turn for the worse when S'ona rebels seize control of the colony. Fired upon by the S'ona, Picard is teleported by an alien device to an ancient installation deep within the planet's core. While Data remains behind to deal with the S'ona, you are sent into the planet's core to retrieve Picard. The ""Hidden Evil"" of the game comes into play when you encounter Xa'atal, last surviving member of the alien race. Xa'tal is an ancient scientist whose life has been sustained for all these years by the same Metaphasic Radiation which keeps the Ba'ku people eternally young. Although Xa'tal herself quickly befriends you, her tainted DNA contains the code for creating a deadly biological organism known as the Xenophore Seed. The S'ona's Romulan benefactors led by Admiral Ratok teleport into the ancient city and kill Xa'tal to create the Xenophore Seed. It then becomes your task to rescue Picard and defeat the S'ona so you can pursue Ratok and stop him before he uses the Xenophore Seed and the horrific creatures it spawns to endanger the galaxy."
9646,Guns of Fort Defiance,The Guns of Fort Defiance,1981,6.6,Action,Arcade,,"Fort Defiance is a half completed stockade blocking the path of an invading army that heavily outnumbers you during the War of 1812. You command a lone Napoleonic era artillery piece and its crew and are guarding the weakest point in the fort's defenses. Your performance will determine whether the fort will stand or fall. The game is played under a handicap system (from 1-63). The lower the handicap you choose at the beginning, the faster the enemy will break and run. The handicapping system insures that each attack which is repelled is followed by a more determined effort. As commander of the artillery piece, it is up to you to select the type of ammunition, fuse length, elevation and target."
9648,Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain,Kain the Vampire,1996,7.7,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The nobleman Kain has been slain by a group of bandits and in his death, he is revived by the necromancer Mortanius for his own ends. Kain is returned in the form of a vampire and yearns to exact vengeance on those who killed him. Stronger and faster than a human being, coupled with a thirst for blood that must be satisfied regularly, he is able to dispatch his killers quickly. However, Mortanius and other forces seek to use him as a tool in a greater plot. Mortanius is of the Circle of Nine, the guardians of the Pillars of Nosgoth. These pillars, connected to the world and balancing the forces, have become corrupted and the Circle members been driven mad. At the Pillars, Kain meets Ariel - a former guardian of the Pillar of Balance, now a spirit after being murdered by an unseen assailant. She informs Kain of his relation to the Pillars and that the only way for him to restore the balance is to seek out each guardian and kill them. The fate of Nosgoth may hang on Kain's decisions. Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain is an action game where the player controls the vampiric Kain. As a vampire, Kain is able to withstand sunlight, but is harmed by water. However, he is able to obtain several cursed abilities and spells such as being able to transform into a bat, wolf, and even a cloud mist respectively, as well as learning the ability to disguise himself from creatures of weaker mind. Kain is also fixated on murder and is a master of several ways to kill and destroy his opponents. As the enemies are slain in front of him, Kain may drink their blood to restore his health, which is always trickling away, representative of his insatiable craving. To aid in the slaughter of his enemies, Kain may equip different weapons and armor, each with its own unique properties."
9652,Dungeon Quest,,1989,6.2,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"In a far-off land, an evil force is in charge, and you set off with the intention of putting things right. Immediately you see signs of desolation and environmental failure, with lifeless and malnourished people all round. Still, you must not give up; your friend who lives amidst this needs your help. With full graphical depiction of events and places, this interactive fiction can be played purely using the keyboard, but the bottom half of the screen contains some mouse interaction for direction entry. You can move in four directions, examine and take objects, talk to people and solve puzzles."
9655,Clay Fighter: Sculptor's Cut,Clay Fighter: Sculptor's Cut - Director Frosty - Take 63 1/3 in 3D Worlds,1998,5.6,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"Clay Fighter: Sculptor's Cut is a parody of one-on-one fighting games and features sixteen playable clay fighters, including Sumo Santa, Statue of Liberty, Booger Man and Earthworm Jim It is the sequel to Clay Fighter 63 1/3 Like the title suggests, it is not an entirely new game but rather a different version of it. The most notable differences are the four extra playable characters and betterments in the 2D-style camera angle. You cannot perform unlimited combos anymore either. Moves are a mix of standard punches and kicks (although not all of the contestants have hands or legs) and a large number of special moves specific to each and combos. You can sometimes interact with your environment by kicking your opponent through a door or window and continue on the other side. You can also end the fights with Mortal Kombat -style ""Claytalities""."
9659,Madden Football 64,Madden 64,1997,7.3,Sports,,,"Madden Football 64 is the first in Electronic Arts' Madden series to appear on the Nintendo 64. In terms of features, it is based closely on the PlayStation/Saturn version of Madden 98 (with the same playing modes and even menus) but there are two important differences: The N64 version does not have an NFL license, so there are generic team names without logos (there is an NFLPA license for real player names), and it is the first game in the series to feature fully polygonal graphics, for both stadiums and players. Consequently, Madden 64 was the most graphically advanced Madden game at the time of release. Visual features include 5000 frames of animation and a first-person HelmetCam view. AI adjusts during the game to the player's style. Creating, drafting and trading a full roster of players is possible."
9672,Wages of War: The Business of Battle,,1996,6.8,Strategy / tactics,,,"Wages of War is a squad level tactical simulation set in the year 2001. The game is a solitaire simulation pitting the player as owner of a mercenary company, against computer controlled enemy forces and competing mercenary companies. The goal of Wages of War is to make the most money possible and become the world leader in mercenary activities. To do this, the player must plan missions carefully, spending enough money to acquire what is needed for each mission, while minimizing expenditures and casualties. Winning missions is not enough, the player must win each mission while making the greatest profit possible."
9674,Frogger,The Official Frogger,1981,7.6,Action,Arcade,,"Frogger is a single-player and multiplayer action arcade game. The objective is to guide a frog safely from the bottom of the screen to one of several goal slots at the top. Each attempt requires crossing a busy multilane road filled with cars, trucks, and other vehicles, then navigating a hazardous river filled with floating obstacles. A successful run places the frog into one of the home slots, and once all are occupied the player advances to the next, more difficult level. The road portion is the first challenge. Vehicles move at varying speeds, and contact with any of them instantly costs the frog a life. Once across the pavement, the frog must contend with the river, where the water itself is deadly. The frog rides on moving logs, turtles, and other floating objects to cross. Some turtles periodically dive beneath the surface, forcing careful timing. Alligators and snakes appear on higher levels, with their heads being dangerous to touch. The home slots at the top of the river present their own challenges. Only empty slots can be occupied, and some may be blocked by alligator heads. Occasionally a lady frog appears on a floating object, and safely escorting her to a home awards bonus points. Flies sometimes appear inside goal slots, also offering a scoring bonus when captured. Each level is completed by filling every slot before the timer runs out. Scoring is based on survival and efficiency. Points are earned for every forward movement, successfully guiding a frog home, escorting the lady frog, eating flies, and surviving longer durations. The game ends when the player runs out of lives. Different releases of Frogger introduced different changes. The original arcade cabinet supported one or two players alternating turns, while early home ports to systems such as the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, and Intellivision recreated the core gameplay with graphical compromises. Later console and computer versions sometimes altered level design, added new obstacles, or provided enhanced visuals and sound. Digital re-releases and compilations preserved the original arcade experience, while modern remakes experimented with updated graphics and new modes but retained the central premise."
9675,World of Aden: Thunderscape,Thunderscape,1995,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),,"Fantasy, Steampunk","The Thunder Age has been marked by an industrial revolution. Having discovered the power of steam, the races of that magical medieval realm began to produce firearms and construct steam-powered golems. However, the development was stopped by a horrifying event, known as the Darkfall. Hordes of unholy creatures, or ""nocturnals"", were released into the world. Some people found in themselves no courage to resist them, and began cooperating with the nocturnals, earning the title of ""Corrupted"". Only the bravest of adventurers will dare to venture into the dark underground areas where the forces of evil have built their stronghold. World of Aden: Thunderscape is a 3D dungeon-crawling role-playing game. The player creates a party of up to six characters, choosing among several races, including traditional medieval fantasy species such as elves and dwarves, but also some races unique to the game. The player also chooses the class and the initial combat-oriented skills of the characters. Combat is turn-based and takes place on the same screen as exploration. When characters gain enough experience to level up, the player can raise their parameters or have them learn new magic spells."
9678,Diggers 2: Extractors,Extractors: The Hanging Worlds of Zarg,1995,6.0,Puzzle,,Fantasy,"Diggers 2: Extractors is a sequel to Diggers with Lemmings -like gameplay. It includes more levels, more tools, and more challenges. The game objective is to unite the 25 Hanging Worlds of Zarg. There are 3 types of extractors, each with their own abilities: the digger, the strongest, and the teleporter."
9685,Summer Camp,Summer Camp: Featuring Maximus Mouse,1990,5.9,Action,Platform,,"In Summer Camp, you play Maximus Mouse. The flag of Wottadump has gone missing, 24 hours before the start of the season. Maximus must find a replacement, and decides to get the one on the moon. The game is a platform game, made up of four levels, each made up of a collection of inter-connected screens. There are a variety of objects to collect, but the aim on each level is to collect the parts (found in ACME crates) of a vehicle to get to the next one. When all the parts are in place, there is a sub-game where the vehicle is constructed, although this is only for bonus points."
9691,Crazy Climber,"Arcade Archives: Crazy Climber, Arcade Hits: Crazy Climber",1980,5.7,Action,Arcade,,"As Crazy Climber, climb your way to the top of a series of buildings, where a helicopter is waiting to pick you up and take you to the next building. As Climber scales a building, he is able to climb up and sideways but he cannot climb down. While climbing a building, windows will open and close simultaneously. If any window closes on either of his hands he will lose his grip. However, if a window closes on both of his hands, he will fall to his death, resulting in the loss of a life. You have three Climbers in total, but you are awarded an extra Climber every 30,000 points. Besides windows, Climber is faced with other dangers, including: The climber must try to avoid or overcome each of those hazards which he will encounter as he continues climbing in his attempt to reach the rooftop. If he falls to his death by windows or objects, another climber will replace him and will start at the same location where the last one fell. The specific danger will not be present at the same point, so the climber can go further up to face the next danger. Most of the hazards are announced by certain recognizable musical themes. Crazy Climber is awarded a bonus score on each building every time after getting carried off by the helicopter. However, each bonus score will decrease by every ten seconds that the climber will spend scaling each building as he attempts reach the top. Somewhere in the game, there is ""The Lucky Balloon"", which can lift Climber about ten stories and raise the player's bonus score if he catches it."
9694,Last Resort,ACA NeoGeo: Last Resort,1992,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Last Resort is a 1-2 player horizontal shooter game where you pilot a spacecraft across horizontally scrolling cityscapes and wastelands, while destroying hordes of enemy spacecraft, either metallic or organic, including huge mid- and end-level guardians. Getting power-up pods provide the craft with a movable drone which can be charged up and fired or locked into position and used as an extra gun or 'battering ram'/shield. A clone of R-Type (both one and two ), but with much improved graphics and sound."
9695,AI Wars: The Awakening,,2000,5.5,Action,Shooter,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"AI Wars: The Awakening is set in the near future where every structure is linked to the NET which stores all information of the world. Artificial Intelligences, so-called ""agents"", do all necessary deeds in this cyberspace world. The player takes control over an agent who wants to achieve one of three possible goals: become immortal, achieve sentience or conquer the NET. Whatever goal he chooses, most time is spent by exploring the big levels, hacking into computers and collecting data. Of course there are also forces who wants to stop him, namely viruses in the form of robots. To get rid of them the agent needs to be upgraded with offensive or defensive program updates, e.g. masquerading into a virus, an anti-virus update to repair damage or a weapon which paralyzes enemy robots while they try to calculate π. Other updates help in the hacking process. All these upgrades cost money which is earned by selling sensitive corporate data gained by hacking into their systems. For all goals it is most important to collect as many data as possible to develop new technologies which are used to achieve the goal. Exactly with this application the game differs depending on which goal the player pursues, e.g. to become immortal he needs to upload his memories into the NET."
9697,Theatre Europe,,1985,7.7,Strategy / tactics,,Europe,"This game covers the first 30 days of what was then feared to be the next war in Europe. You can choose to be the supreme commander of the NATO or the Warsaw Pact. In your control are air and ground units. These are backed up by your ability to make strategic nuclear/chemical attacks. As the Warsaw Pact commander your task is to break the lines of the NATO alliance, which you see is a powerful invasion force, poised on your border. Your first task is to take over West Germany. As NATO commander your task is to stop the Russian invasion. Hold the lines on West Germany's border. You will achieve this by preventing the occupation of West Germany. Your computer opponent can play in three different ways. Nuclear weapons can be disabled for a Beginner game, while the thought processes can be either rational or unpredictable. Gameplay is turn-based and primarily strategic, but some scenes can be played out in optional action sequences."
9698,K-1 Grand Prix,Fighting Illusion: K-1 Grand Prix '98,1999,5.6,Sports,,,"K-1 Grand Prix is a kickboxing game featuring 32 real K-1 fighters. The game features a 1 player K-1 Kings mode, where the player picks a fighter and faces off against a series of computer controlled fighters, and another mode which is the 2 player K-1 Hercules mode. There is also the K-1 Grand Prix mode which has 16 fighters competing in a tournament to be the K-1 champion. The K-1 Challenge lets the player create a fighter. Players get to choose their fighters build type, skin color, color of their trunks, nationality, and a gym to train at which best reflects the fighting style they want. Players get to choose a trainer and 2 sub trainers to help condition them to become a fighting machine. To condition, the player selects a variety of exercises like jumping rope or using a medicine ball for their fighter to train in. Training builds up the fighters statistics and also earns them training points which can then be spent on moves such as uppercuts and hooks. Eventually after training for a while, the player will be challenged by a rival and they can choose to accept the challenge or decline if they feel they aren't ready yet and need more training. This mode takes the player's fighter through 8 years of his career trying to become a K-1 champion. Training mode lets the player practice their moves with a sparring partner. Finally, the Ring Side mode lets the player observe a match between 2 computer controlled fighters. Gameplay consists of two opponents in a boxing ring throwing punches and kicks at each other, trying to knock each other to the canvas. Options include setting the number of rounds, the number of downs, how fast the rounds are, whether to have English or Japanese voice types, the difficulty level of the opponent fighters, and whether to turn vibration on or off."
9703,Daria's Inferno,,2000,6.0,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,Based on MTV's animated series Daria this point-and-click adventure game puts the player in control of sarcastic high school student Daria Morgendorffer. She's fallen asleep during a class lecture on Dante's Inferno and finds herself in a nightmarish dream world populated with annoying people from her waking life. Daria must explore five areas of the town of Lawndale to find some missing school items and escape from her nightmare with her sarcasm intact.
9709,SODA Off-Road Racing,"DSF Off-Road, Gripped: Off-Road Championship, Spin Out: Off-Road Championship",1997,7.1,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Choose from buggy, 2WD truck, or 4WD truck, and participate in authentic Short-Course Off-Road Drivers Association (SODA) circuit races! Adjust your gears, suspension, and more. Do short races or a full career mode. Includes track designer and Force Feedback support, and Rendition 3D acceleration support!"
9711,Azure Dreams,Other Life: Azure Dreams,1997,6.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The huge Monster Tower stands near the village Monsbaiya. It is populated by vicious monsters, and few dare enter it. But the monsters in the tower lay eggs, and whoever takes possession of such an egg, can tame a monster which will come out of it, and those monsters, called ""familiars"", will help their tamers in times of danger. Some brave adventurers dared to enter the tower and to take the eggs. One of them was called Guy. He was killed in the monster tower. Now his son Koh is fifteen, and he is allowed to try his luck in the tower. The player controls Koh and his party of ""familiars"" in this dungeon crawling/monster taming RPG. Each floor of the tower is randomly generated when entered, including the layout, items, and traps within it, although the enemy monsters that appear are based on the current floor number. Movement and combat in the game is turn-based; first Koh moves, then allied familiars, then enemy monsters, but outside of combat enemy turns happen instantly. Because Koh's level is reset to 1 every time he enters the tower he has to depend on equipment, a sword and a buckler, and familiars. A familiar's MP will slowly deplete as it follows Koh, however, and they must be periodically fed with appropriate food or they will become unresponsive. As in most Mysterious Dungeon type games Koh will lose all items, even carefully upgraded equipment, if he is defeated in the tower, so fleeing the tower is always a valid strategy. Once back in town the player can hatch any found monster eggs into permanent familiars and sell off loot from the tower. This money can then be reinvested in the town to add new buildings, decorate Koh's house, unlock minigames, and to show up Koh's rival Ghosh, a rich pretty-boy who never lifted a finger to help Monsbaiya. As Koh restores the town he also meets new female love interests, who over the course of several dungeon trips can be befriended and eventually become close confidants. Koh's familiars retain levels earned in the dungeon, and by carefully merging familiars they can be upgraded with skills they otherwise could never acquire."
9723,Space Empires IV,,2000,7.1,Strategy / tactics,4X,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Space Empires series of exploration-based strategy games made it to a fourth title. The goal is the same of games like Master of Orion and the predecessors, you must survive and maybe conquer the rest of the galaxy. You must build facilities, ships on planets with differing resource potential. Once settled, you can discover technologies, and must watch out for enemy empires and pay attention to diplomacy, economics and resources. Ministers take care of micro-management tasks. The game is highly customizable, with attributes for most characters editable through text files, and a wide range of victory conditions available."
9728,StarCraft 64,,2000,7.9,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the distant future, a small group of human exiles have been doomed to fight for survival on the edge of the galaxy. Through military strength, espionage, and deceit, a unified Terran government has maintained an uneasy peace. But as resources and fuel run short, the Confederate nations find themselves looking towards the rich worlds of their alien neighbors, the enigmatic Protoss. To further complicate matters, it seems that a previously unknown species-- the Zerg-- has entered Protoss space and is destroying everything in its path. The time for war has come. The N64 port of StarCraft is a real-time strategy game featuring three distinct races - Terrans, Protoss and Zerg. Controls have been adjusted for the gamepad, with several Hot-Key menus available, and resource gathering has been automated to limit the required number of options. However, it lacks the cutscenes and map editor of the original game. If the player has the Expansion Pack for the N64, the entire Brood War expansion is also available. One player can play with up to 7 bots on a random map, or 2 players can team up in co-operative mode (with the N64 Expansion Pack) or go head to head with up to 6 other bots for total mayhem."
9735,Exodus 3010: The First Chapter,,1991,6.4,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Exodus 3010: The First Chapter is set in 3010, shortly before Earth is lost for humanity. The player takes control over a huge space ship with 3 million settlers; the big goal being to find a new home planet. Unfortunately the settlers are all frozen up and there is only a small amount of resources on the ship which makes it more or less defenseless. The game is a mostly menu-based strategy game. Most actions center around producing more smaller ships and weapons. However, everything needs resources which are gained by sending ships on gathering missions on meteors. By experimenting with the resources at hand, the player can either discover new items to produce or make a unhealthy bang. The smaller ships are piloted by settlers which have to be unfrozen and trained individually. Their statistics influence their successes during missions and fights. The latter may occur when the player meets other ships while travelling through space. Besides attacking on sight, there is the possibility to have a multiple-choice conversation with them. Optionally the player can participate in missions or fights by taking the role of a space ship. This plays out as first-person action which controls similar to Elite"
9741,ALF: The First Adventure,,1987,5.9,Action,Arcade,,"This was a budget release computer game based on the popular '80s television show of the same name. The player controls Alf, who has to run around the neighborhood, collect items for his spaceship (cats, parts, and a key), and return them to the garage, while avoiding the dog-catcher and the man of the household."
9742,Armored Core 2,,2000,7.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The genuine sequel to the original Armored Core. Thrown into the world of AC mechs, you must complete the objectives set for you by a range of different companies, each with a hefty pay packet attached. If the mission is completed, the money goes towards upgrades and repairs to your mech. The collection of items to upgrade your mech is fully stocked with weapons, defense systems, rocket packs and guidance systems to increase accuracy and speed. Certain missions require a particular upgrade for the mission to be completed correctly, so spending the cash wisely is important to your career. Once your mech is ready for battle, you can also take on a friend in arena mode, where one-on-one battles rage on for as long as you wish in huge outdoor areas."
9752,Flight Assignment: Airline Transport Pilot,,1990,6.8,Simulation,,,"Airline Transport Pilot is an advanced simulator from subLOGIC, that allows you to fly airliners, such as Boeing 737, 747, 767 or Airbus A320. The graphics engine was improved, with two dozen different airports across the entire continental US, some buildings in major cities, and radio beacons all across the country. And for the first time in flight sim history, Air Traffic Control. The AI ATC will actually give you directions!"
9755,Oscar,Oscar in Movieland,1993,6.3,Action,Platform,,"In Oscar the player controls the eponymous protagonist through seven levels in Hollywood-style areas (Science Fiction, Western, Horror, Cartoons, Dino, Detective and Gameshow), each divided into three scenes. The main goal is to jump and run through the level in order to find... Oscars (yes – the Academy Awards' statues!). If enough Oscars are collected, the level is completed. The player can explore levels in any order he/she wants - they are accessible through a tower of doors that are opened when tasks are completed. During his trip through the stages, the player encounters many enemies that can be avoided by jumping over or killed by jumping on them. The latter, as well as some collectibles, reward the player with power-ups like invulnerability, superjump or Yo-yo gadget that can break down walls. The Amiga 32CD version adds 2 more worlds while the DSi version adds its own unique world. The SNES version has been truncated to only 4 worlds."
9760,Bullseye,,1984,4.7,Simulation,"Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz",,"A computer game version of a famed TV quiz show based around the game of darts. The computer version features 2 players, both human-controlled - on TV there were 3 teams of 2 (one amateur darts player and one to answer questions). The first round uses a custom board which is split both inwards (4 separate grades representing 30, 50, 100 and 200 points respectively) and around (10 sections lettered A-K, representing a different subject each). The first player must choose a category to aim at, and shoot a dart at it. If they hit one of the sections for that letter, they get that score and are asked the question. If they hit another category they get no bonus but are asked that question - if it's still there. Each players gets 3 goes at this, with increasingly tough questions worth 30, 50, 100 points. Round 2 involves each player throwing 3 darts at a standard board, with the player who scores the most getting asked a question, with the value of the darts on offer. If they get it wrong, the other player gets a chance, for the points THEY scored. This is repeated 3 times. After these 2 rounds, the player who is in front gets to aim at a board with 8 black segments, 8 red ones and the bullseye. The bully scores 50 points, the others reds score a randomly-selected value between 15 and 45, the blacks score zero, and hitting a red for the second time loses you that prize - hence the presenter's catchphrase ""keep out of the black and into the red, nothing in this game for 2 in a bed"". Once the player has finished the round, they choose whether to gamble their score against the final Prize Board. 101 points must be scored in 4 darts (in the TV show it was 6 - 3 for each player)."
9763,The Trolls in Crazyland,Doki! Doki! Yūenchi: Crazy Land Daisakusen,1991,6.0,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"One day at an amusement park an evil being kidnaps a girl. Her friend hurries to the rescue. The Trolls in Crazyland is a typical platform game featuring a boy who kicks a ball at the enemies (in the original Japanese version). When damaged the boy changes the color of his shirt and the power of his weapon increases. Among the stuff that remains from the fallen enemies he can collect a bird that will chase and defeat foes. For the European market, the sprite of the main character was redrawn to depict a popular troll character under license from Russ Berrie & Co."
9777,Battleship,,1993,4.8,Strategy / tactics,,,"Battleship for NES and Game Gear is an adaptation of the pen and paper battleship game that puts its own spin on the concept. The ship lineup is unique in designations and sizes, the grid is 12 by 8 instead of the standard 10 by 10, and only one shot can be made per turn regardless of if it hits or not. Major changes from the classic game are a level structure and special weapons. The game contains eight larger levels, consisting of five sub-stages each, with passwords awarded after a successful battle. Each main level adds a new gameplay element: either a new ship (submarine and carrier are not available from the start) or a new weapon for an existing ship. The special weapons fire many missiles many points across a set grid, for instance in an X pattern. The bigger the ship, the larger the grid area. Each ship can only shoot its special missile once per game and if the ship carrying the weapon is destroyed then the weapon becomes unusable. Later stages add reconnaissance weapons: a sonar that can only detect the submarine and an aerial recon that can spot any ship."
9780,Hot Shots Golf 2,"Everybody's Golf 2, Minna no Golf 2",1999,7.7,Sports,,,"Hot Shots Golf 2 is the sequel to PlayStation game Hot Shots Golf While the sequel is in many respects similar to the original, it brings some improvements to the series. Like the original there are several characters to choose from, and many more to be unlocked throughout the game. Each character has his or her own strengths and weaknesses, making character selection more than just choosing a skin. The character models themselves are of a more realistic style this time around, as opposed to the big-head anime style of the original Hot Shots Golf There are several different modes of play, from standards like stroke, match, and tournament, to the 'vs. mode', through which new characters can be unlocked. Gameplay itself is a version of the standard 'tap-tap-tap' variety used by the majority of golf games."
9787,Mayday Squad,Mayday Squad Heroes,1989,6.7,Action,RPG elements,,"In Mayday Squad the Lutonian Embassy has been taken over by the Red Legion terror organisation and the ambassador's daughter has been kidnapped. The player takes the role of a group of three special agents which have to save her within a time limit. The player has to choose between nine soldiers which are divided into three categories: leader (shooting), demolition (grenades) and communication (opening locks and picking up items). The soldiers within the same category also have different advantages and weaknesses. Also chosen before starting the mission is the difficulty level and hit points of the team members. During the game itself, one member is controlled by the player and the others by the AI. However, to perform special actions it is possible to instantly switch between them. This is needed because there are a lot of options of how to proceed in the maze-like embassy, e.g. players may choose to open a lock or shoot it open. While a large portion of the game is dedicated to finding the way and searching for clues which hint to the daughter's location, there are also strong action elements: when meeting enemies and controlling the leader, the cursor has to be quickly moved over the opponents to shoot them before they can damage the team. Resources like ammo are limited."
9793,Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair,"Dirige tu película con Steven Spielberg, Faire un film avec Steven Spielberg",1996,6.5,Educational,,,"With a guide like Steven Spielberg we have got a chance to direct our own movie in this interactive movie-making game. Some of the most talented people in cinema industry are also helping us to choose and do the right things during our project. In addition Jennifer Aniston and Quentin Tarantino are our stars, OUR STARS of OUR OWN MOVIE! However, like most of the interactive games, this game is lacking its game side: Mostly all you've to do is to click the places you've told and wait to see what happens next."
9795,Batman Returns,,1993,6.6,"Action, Racing / Driving",Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Like Konami's other adaptation of Batman Returns the NES version is a side-scrolling beat 'em up. Next to brawling action, it also features two sections where the player controls the Batmobile and the Batskiboat seen in the movie. In the beat 'em up sections, Batman has to defeat a large number of enemies (members of the Penguin's circus gang) to advance. Possible attacks include punches, sliding attacks, drop kicks and a powerful 360° cape slash attack which will drain Batman's health bar. Gadgets to be used include a limited number of batarangs and a grappling hook. The hook is useful for many things: it can take down flying enemies, pull Batman up to higher levels, lets him climb into open windows and more. Hidden in background items somewhere in the levels are power-ups, including hearts that refill the health bar and extra batarangs. Each of the six levels in the game concludes with a boss fight against one or more especially powerful enemies. The Batmobile is armed with machine guns and bat discs, used to dispatch the enemy bikes and cars in the driving level. The Batskiboat section is similar, except that there are no enemies and the only goal is to collect coins for extra points."
9797,Zeitgeist,Jupiter Strike,1995,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Zeitgeist is a 3D shooter in which the player controls a futuristic fighter jet flying through space. The lone hero must battle multiple waves of aliens and asteroids, fly across planets and inside space stations, as well as combat large mother ships and other boss enemies. The game only allows limited movement of the jet, prompting the player to focus on targeting and destroying as much as he can on his path. The jet that has two main weapons, and a laser sub-weapon that homes into targets. Unlike most other shooters, this game does not have any power-ups."
9802,NHL 97,,1996,7.8,Sports,,,"1997 edition of EA's NHL sport simulation series. Improvements in this edition come mostly in the graphical arena, with a refined version of the ""virtual stadium"" system that adds new camera angles (including the classical top-down one strangely missing from NHL 96), and polygonal players instead of the bitmap-based ones with motion-captured animations. Other extras include multiplayer support for up to 8 players through network or Gravis's GrIP system, the option to create new players and trade them around, and the usual amount of EA sports licensed multimedia flair, including an interesting ""Goalie Mask Viewer"" which lets you observe the elaboratedly decorated helmets of 30 goalies."
9803,Super R-Type,,1991,7.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this SNES sequel to the arcade R-Type shooters, you are the R-9, Earth's most advanced form of defense against the evil BYDO Empire. There are seven stages you must go through, picking up power-up items to defeat the stage bosses which have returned from the arcade versions of R-Type and R-Type II. Your R-9 ship can also be united with FORCE, which are invincible units that surround your ship to protect you and can also power up and attack."
9806,Sai Combat,Kendo,1986,6.9,"Action, Simulation",,,"Sai Combat features real-life combat, in the Japanese style of Sai Karate AKA Kendo. The difference from standard karate is the presence of a large stick for each player, which is used to inflict much of the damage. Your challenge in a one-player game is to progress through the Belts and Dans, by winning every fight. Each hit scores you points depending on how tough a maneuver it is deemed to be- three hits must be impacted to move up a level. A player's energy level, or Chi, is depicted by a white dragon turning green or red as weakened."
9809,Color a Dinosaur,,1993,3.6,Educational,,,"Color a Dinosaur is an electronic coloring book designed for kids ages 3 to 6. The game provides 16 different dinosaurs which can be colored in with a variety of colors and patterns. There are two coloring modes available: free form mode where you control a pencil and select the region to be colored, or automatic mode where the computer selects a region and you only have to select a color."
9813,"James ""Buster"" Douglas Knockout Boxing",Heavyweight Champ,1990,5.5,Sports,,,"James 'Buster' Douglas Knockout Boxing is a boxing simulation featuring the former world heavyweight boxing champion (replaced with the fictional S. Davis in the European version). The game is not to be confused with the Genesis title of the same name, which is an entirely different game. Instead this title is completely identical to the Game Gear and Master System versions of George Foreman's KO Boxing to which it served as a basis, only with George Foreman instead of James Douglas and reworked by Sims Co., Ltd. a spin-off of the original Sanritsu team. The player is cast as James Douglas to go through a series of boxing matches against different opponents to win the championship title belt. The boxers are shown from the side. Players can move left or right in the ring to avoid punches. Other moves including blocking, and left and right punches that can be varied into jabs and crosses. Matches can last up to ten rounds and when no regular or technical knock-out occurs, the winner is based on the jury's points, provided between the rounds. During knock-out phases, no buttons need to be pressed to get the boxer back to his feet. At the start of the game, a slow or fast speed for the gameplay can be selected. Each match the player's boxer can use three super punches. These need to be charged and then unleashed when near an opponent. It sends them straight to the back of the ring, a dangerous area as it is easy to keep punching them into the ropes. Health is slightly restored during the intermission and after each won match the player is awarded skill points to be distributed over three characteristics. Matches for two players are supported."
9814,King Salmon: The Big Catch,,1992,6.7,"Simulation, Sports",,,"King Salmon: The Big Catch is a fishing competition simulator: a player has to spend a day fishing for king salmon. Activities simulated include driving a boat to choose the best place to fish, choice of lures, line lengths, fishing depths, driving a boat to troll for salmon and, finally, pulling the caught fish out. The objective is to overcome some fictional fishermen, played by computer, in terms of the fish caught. Game also includes simple role-playing elements, as player's skill improve with time and experience and it's possible to catch bigger and better fish successfully."
9816,Cops n' Robbers,"Cops & Robbers, Cops 'n' Robbers",1984,6.2,Action,Arcade,,"You are a robber whose target is the Acme Diamond Co. and the old mine, both which are full of jewels. Once collected, the jewels need to be returned to your getaway vehicle. Making your job hard are cops who are very smart, choppers who are dangerously low to the ground, and ghosts that can kill you if you come in contact with them. You have one weapon to deal with these enemies, but it has limited ammo. If you get killed by cops or ghosts, you can enter the jail and release one of your captured men."
9819,Sonic CD,Sonic the Hedgehog CD,1993,8.0,Action,Platform,,"Sonic the Hedgehog and his self-proclaimed girlfriend Amy Rose travel to Never Lake, only to discover the legendary Little Planet there, tied in chains and covered by metal. It appears that Sonic's archenemy, Dr. Eggman, is using the powers of the planet to manipulate the fabric of time. He created Sonic's evil counterpart, Metal Sonic, who kidnaps Amy and disappears. Now the brave hedgehog must explore the Little Planet, collect seven jewels capable of altering the passage of time, free Amy, and defeat Metal Sonic along with his master. Sonic CD is a fast-paced side-scrolling platform action game, similar in gameplay to other installments of the series. Sonic uses his patented spin attacks to destroy the doctor's minions and collects various items, such as protective rings, shields, and speed shoes. His special attacks include the Spin Dash and the Super Peel Out. A stand-out gameplay feature of this installment is Sonic's ability to travel to past and future versions of the stages he traverses. Depending on the player's action in the past version of a level, the future versions (which contain obligatory boss enemies) will change from ""bad"" to ""good"", having more or fewer enemies and obstacles, respectively. Time Stones can be collected by completing special stages, in which Sonic has to shoot UFOs within an allotted time limit. The game's ""good"" ending can be achieved either by collecting all the seven Time Stones or by turning all future level versions into ""good"". The game has features that take advantage of the CD format such as CD audio, video clips, and more levels (over fifty in total)."
9828,Addicta Ball,,1987,7.6,Action,Paddle / Pong,,"Addicta Ball is a Breakout clone with a twist. Players control a paddle to break down a wall of different block by bouncing a ball against them, but instead of removing them to clear a level, players need to make a path for the paddle to pass through. As time goes on, the bricks move lower down the screen so the path needs to be created as long as there is an opportunity. The game is over when the bricks hit the paddle. There are different kinds of power-ups, weapons, a thruster to move over the screen, and a barrier at the bottom of the screen that prevents the ball from disappearing, but it degrades over time. There are also some vehicles at the bottom of the screen that can be hit. Cooperative games for two players are supported."
9830,Flight Commander 2,,1994,7.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Historical events,"A tactical wargame focusing on air-to-air combat. You take the commander's seat and are given control of a squad of 2 to 30 planes from 100 possible planes. There is no specific scenario to fight in, instead the game cover the last 30 years of air combat with every possible engagement from Korea to Desert Storm and even throws some ""possible"" scenarios on the near future. There are two modes of play, basic and advanced, with the advanced throwing in more rules, and the game is turn-based and each turn is divided into an order and execution phase (plus and ""advantage"" phase). You issue orders such as maneuvers, targets, what weapon to use, etc. in the order phase and watch the execution in the execution phase. Game modes available include a set of pre-designed missions, 6 campaigns, and a random mission generator as well as e-mail and hotseat multiplayer support. The game also includes a set of reference material regarding every plane and engagement in it."
9835,Big Ol' Bass 2,"Exciting Bass 3, Fisherman's Bait 3",2000,6.5,Sports,,,"Big Ol' Bass 2 is the third part in the Fisherman's Bait series The game is known as Fisherman's Bait 3 in Europe and Exciting Bass 3 in Japan. Again there are more than fifteen different types of fish, twenty holes and many different lures. Even more exotic fictional fish make their way in the World Monster Fishing mode. The new Surival mode allows you to partake in a knock-out system. Two player splitscreen is supported against a friend or AI."
9840,Zaxxon,,1983,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This fantastic three dimensional space battle game puts you in control of a futuristic spaceship. The ship zooms through the sky, diving down to bomb the enemy fighter planes and to attack the enemy's installations. The ship must avoid hazardous walls, devastating force fields and the enemy's fire to survive and score. Can you do it? Source: Description from Intellivision catalog"
9841,Exploding Fist +,Fist +,1988,6.4,Action,Fighting,,"As with IK+, the main addition of this Way of the Exploding Fist follow-up is a third player during the bouts - unlike IK+ all 3 can be human-controlled. A similar range of moves is offered to the predecessor, including attacking and defensive moves, and the moves vary in their value in terms of the points they offer within the fight, and the points they add to your score. You start off as a rookie; to reach the first of the 10 Dans you must win 2 bouts before either of your opponents. Each bout is won by scoring 6 points, or by having the top score after 60 seconds. Finish last in any bout and you are out. After every two rounds, a bonus game is played, which sets you in a darkened alleyway shooting at a succession of ninja heads, scoring points for each until you miss one."
9847,Tales of Phantasia,,1998,7.4,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"The PlayStation remake of Tales of Phantasia on the Destiny engine keeps the same main story with minimal dialogue changes and environmental designs, but was otherwise remade from the ground up. All character sprites have been redrawn to more closely resemble their official illustrations. All voiced roles have been recasted, including the vocalist for the theme song Yume wa Owaranai. The game now has animated FMVs for the intro, ending and select segments in the story campaign. The gameplay has also seen major changes in this remake. The most significant change in the combat gameplay is how the active character is controlled. Arte activation is no longer determined by proximity to target. Instead, like Tales of Destiny, each bindable arte now corresponds to one of the 4 directional buttons. The commands to reverse formation are now on the same button that also has the additional function to order your other party members to stop following the active character. The ""Technical Ring"" accessory was also brought over from Tales of Destiny, enabling you to switch to Manual control mode (where your active character doesn't auto run to target when activating artes and you can manually jump by pressing Up run by double tapping Left/Right) or Auto mode (which gives control of your active character to the AI, effectively an auto battle feature). Another feature brought over from Destiny is the addition of a local co-op mode. By equipping party members 2-4 with the new ""Channel Ring"", players on controllers 2-4 will be given controls of said party members, respectively. Other content and gameplay changes include:"
9848,Axe of Rage,"Barbarian 2, Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax",1988,6.8,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"In the sequel to Barbarian / Death Sword the Wizard Drax is back after your previous defeat of him. But this time, you're not alone. The princess you saved back then has taken up a sword and joined your cause! Now, it's more than a death match. You have to explore the many tunnels in his dungeon, defeat the dangerous monsters that come between you and put cold steel to Drax's throat. The game has similar game play to the original, but with a different challenge. Various monsters will come and attack you, but you'll need to use different approaches in order to defeat each of them. For example, you can't overhead chop a monster that's shorter than your axe. There are 4 dungeon levels to explore before you reach Drax at the final stage."
9855,Pebble Beach Golf Links,"New 3D Golf Simulation: Pebble Beach no Hatō, True Golf Classics: Pebble Beach Golf Links",1992,7.5,Sports,,,"Players take on the challenge of one of the most beautiful and notorious golf courses in the world: Pebble Beach. These eighteen-holes demand accuracy, finesse, and even at times brute strength. The famous beach-side course is littered with sand-bunkers as well as sweeping fairways and cliff-side greens. Game play takes a classic approach - players control a selected golfer from a third-person perspective. Swing-control is displayed as a power and accuracy meter with which players must start and stop accordingly. Again, the classic-style putting system, complete with a topographic grid, lets the player know of the slope and elevation of the three-dimensional putting surface. As there are no other courses to play, this game is a tribute and testament to the challenging course-design of Pebble Beach Golf Links."
9856,Blade,,2000,5.8,Action,Shooter,,"Buffy, move out of the way. Activision brings the original vampire hunter with an attitude to the PlayStation. Based on the action-packed motion picture and Marvel comics, Blade is a 3D action/adventure game where you must save humanity from the threat of vampires. As Blade, you have an arsenal of projectile weapons and martial arts moves to battle your way through hordes of vicious, nightly creatures."
9861,Revs+,,1987,7.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Revs+ is the sequel to Revs The game adds new circuits to the original game's Brands Hatch and Silverstone: Oulton Park, Snetterton, Donington Park, and Nurburgring, which includes competing against computer controlled racers on those circuits. The player can adjust the car's front and rear wings for optimal performance on different circuits. A computer assisted mode is available for players without an analog joystick."
9864,Bugaboo (The Flea),"Booga-Boo (The Flea), La Pulga, Roland in the Caves",1983,6.3,Action,Platform,,"A Flea arrives on board of a space probe at the Cebolla-7 planet, an intricate labyrinth of caverns. The objective is to find the exit to each maze-like level. This isn't so easy as the player must ascend very carefully, avoiding protruding rocks and branches and taking care to not fall (which forces the player to start again from the ground level). The only enemy here is a Pterodactilous that will do everything it can to devour the flea. It is not always present, but when it attacks the flea must avoid it."
9871,Lemonade Stand,,1979,6.7,"Educational, Simulation",Managerial / business simulation,,"Lemonade Stand is a simulation game where players take charge of their own lemonade business in the fictional town of Lemonsville. Before the start of each business day, players are given the day's weather forecast: Sunny, cloudy or hot and dry. After receiving the weather report, players take charge of three factors that will affect business for the day: The number of glasses of lemonade to make, the number of advertising signs, and the cost of lemonade per glass. Depending on how the prices are set during the day's weather conditions, players will either make a profit or lose money until the next day. Lemonade stand is a single-player game or can be played with up to 30 players alternating turns."
9876,Tails' Skypatrol,Tails no Skypatrol,1995,6.3,Action,Platform,,"Tails' Skypatrol is the first solo adventure of the Sonic sidekick Tails in the Sonic the Hedgehog series and it was only released in Japan. While flying around, Tails discovers an island. It seems to be completely abandoned except for some mine cart tracks. As he lands on the island a cart approaches, and Tails hides in the bushes. The passing silver cart is driven by a woman who says she is Wendy Witchcart. She proclaims that everything on the island is hers and threatens to transform everyone in crystal who does not follow her rules. Tails, determined to save all the animals on the island, sets in a chase to the Witchcart. Gameplay is fairly similar to the Sonic series. Tails need to defeat enemies and complete obstacles. He can fly, but is constantly suspended. He carries a golden ring that is used to take out enemies or to latch on to devices. Sonic, the emeralds and Dr. Robotnik are not presented, and neither are there rings to collect during the levels. The game came to other territories as an unlockable minigame in the GameCube version of Sonic Adventure DX and as one of the titles in the Sonic Gems Collection"
9889,Dangerous Dave in the Deserted Pirate's Hideout!,"Dangerous Dave, Dangerous Dave in Trophy Trouble",1988,6.8,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Guide Dave through ten terrifying levels as he tries to reclaim his trophies from a deserted pirate's hideout! This is a standard platform run and jump game although with only 10 levels it's meant to be more difficult than the usual. This game is in 16-color double-res mode on the Apple II and is essentially the same as the original Apple II hi-res version titled ""Dangerous Dave in the Deserted Pirate's Hideout""."
9890,Animorphs: Shattered Reality,,2000,5.9,Action,Platform,,"Animorphs: Shattered Reality is a quasi-3D platformer based on the popular Scholastic book series. A quick back story: Earth is being secretly conquered by an alien race known as the Yeerks, small slug like creatures that enter a host’s ear, latch onto their brain, and completely control them. The only thing standing between the Yeerks and total domination is the Animorphs, a group of kids who have the power to morph into any animal form they can touch. In this game, the leader of the Yeerk invasion, Visser 3, has a plan to finally take over the world. Using a device called “the Continuum Crystal”, Visser 3 plans to manipulate the space-time continuum in such as to change reality, making his invasion force the rulers of Earth, with no more Animorphs to fight against him. However, as he activates the continuum crystal, is misfires, shatters itself and the shards of the crystal become scattered. The Animorphs must collect all the shards of the shattered crystal to prevent Visser 3 from achieving his evil designs. You then control the various members of the Animorphs crew, leading them through several differently themed levels (forests, swamps, urban, factories, underwater, subway tunnels, spacecraft, etc.) to collect the pieces of the crystal. Most of the gameplay is jumping around on platforms collecting coins, battling aliens (when you encounter an alien, you automatically morph from your human self into your “battle morph”, which is a unique animal for each character), defeating the occasional boss alien, and trying not to fall. A few levels are more of a 3rd person race, rather than platform based, as you navigate a dolphin, dragonfly, bat, or hawk (one of the Animorphs in another one of their animal forms) down a dangerous path. All the levels are quite linear in nature."
9896,Space Shuttle: A Journey into Space,Space Shuttle,1983,7.1,Simulation,,,"Space Shuttle is a simulation game where you are the pilot of space shuttle Discovery. Your goal is to launch the Discovery, establish an orbit around the Earth, open the cargo bay doors and recover a satellite to perform repairs, and finally land the Discovery successfully, all while using as little fuel as possible. Each time the complete mission is accomplished, it will then repeat at a higher difficulty level (in the higher difficulty levels the satellite has a more erratic flight path). The game is played from a first-person perspective in the space shuttle cockpit where you can control everything from the shuttle's engines to cargo bay doors. When the game is over you will be given a ranking which is based on the number of successful dockings and the amount of fuel that was used. In addition to the full flight mode, two easier game variations (autosimulator and simulator mode) are included. The autosimulator mode is the easiest; the computer will control the flight (you can take over at any point you wish) and the controls are simplified. The simulation mode is closer to the full game, however, you have an unlimited amount of fuel so there is no time pressure, and the computer will help compensate for inaccurate maneuvering."
9902,Realms of Arkania: Star Trail,"Das Schwarze Auge: Die Nordland-Trilogie Teil II - Sternenschweif, Das Schwarze Auge: Sternenschweif, Realms of Arkania 2 - Star Trail Classic, Realms of Arkania: Part II of the Northlands Trilogy - Star Trail",1994,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The united orc tribes have attempted to invade the region of Thorwal, but their plans were foiled by a group of valiant adventurers during their earlier quest However, the orcs have regrouped and are planning to attack another, more vulnerable area. An elf ambassador summons the party to the city of Kvirasim. It appears that an artifact known as the Salamander Stone has to be recovered in order to unite the races of the elves and the dwarves in the struggle against a common enemy. Yet not everything is as simple as it seems: as the party advances towards an abandoned dwarven mine that may hold the answers to their questions, someone else makes it clear that cooperation between the two races is not desired by everyone in the country. Star Trail is the second installment in a German-made role-playing series based on the RPG system Das Schwarze Auge (""The Dark Eye""). Visually and gameplay-wise, the game is very similar to its predecessor, with its pseudo-3D towns and dungeons, isometric battle screens, detailed options for tactical combat, as well as skill-based character creation and advancement. The sequel offers more side quests as well as more personalized and varied events during the party's travels, which often compel the player to make choices."
9911,Death Drome,,1997,7.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Here's the setup: the year is 2057, and the world's prisons are teeming with vicious, condemned criminals. The Committee of Recreational Termination (CORT) has devised a lethal form of entertainment called DeathDrome, where lucky cons like you are given the chance to win freedom if you can survive three rounds of gladiatorial combat in each of the eight deadly domains."
9918,The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾,,1985,6.9,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"Sue Townsend created a phenomenon in the mid-1980s, essentially incorporating lots of sharp satire and observational humour into the diary of a confused teenager. It might sound like an odd idea for a computer game, but Level 9 felt that there was an adventure in there. Most of the major characters from the book appear, including Adrian's warring parents and their respective flings, his sweetheart Pandora, his best mate Nigel, school bully Barry Kent, and curmudgeonly pensioner Bert Baxter. The game does't use many typed commands. Instead the player reads passages of text (many of them from the book) and is given 3 choices as to what to do, which lead to other events unfolding. You can also use a help option which displays information about characters featured in the diary. Your aim throughout all of this is to make Adrian as popular as possible. The player's score and ranking is displayed at particular times during the game. The percentage achieved relates to the rank, with 26% being 'a spotty creep' and 38% 'a middling thicko' for example."
9919,Rabbit Transit,,1983,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"You are a rabbit who is just trying to get to where you can get a mate and make like a mathematician by multiplying. First you must get through the meadow and across the ledges without losing life and limb. You start in a screen called The Mysterious Meadow. You must hop from the top to the river, landing on the turtle while avoiding snakes and choppers that will lose you a life and butterflies that will send you back to the start. Do not dally as you are timed and if time runs out, you lose a life. Once you get to the turtle, he will take you to The Land of Ledges. Here you must hop from ledge to ledge and change their color, ala Q*Bert Beware of the man at the top of the screen, as he will drop stones that will lose you a life. In later levels, he will change some ledges back to their original color, forcing you to retrace your steps. You are still timed so don't delay. After you finish The Land of Ledges, it is off to The Bunny Bushes. This is just a cinematic of you finding a mate and family. You can skip this if you press fire. Then the game starts back at the beginning only harder."
9921,Bonkers,"Disney's Bonkers: Hollywood Daisakusen!, Disney’s Bonkers",1994,6.8,Action,Platform,North America,"The game is based on the Disney TV show of the same name. Bonkers is a bob-cat police officer who lives in ""toondom"", a cartoony land where people co-exist with various creatures from cartoon movies. One day, Bonkers and his partner Lucky hear about a shocking robbery: Hollywood's most valuable treasures - Sorcerer's Hat, Mermaid's Voice, and Magic Lamp - were stolen! Now it is up to Bonkers to capture the thieves and to take back the stolen treasures. This is an action platform game. Bonkers can jump and dash, throwing enemies aside and even destroying some obstacles. Enemies can be killed by jumping on their heads. You can also collect various items such as bombs to throw at the enemies, cakes to refill your health, or hyper juice to make you dash continuously. Besides the common license, this game is totally different from the Genesis game Bonkers"
9930,Armored Core,,1997,7.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You play the role of a Raven mercenary, piloting a powerful Mech called ""Armored Core"". You only work for profit, as the money you make goes towards upgrades and repaires to your mech. Multi-national companies are lined up at your door, paying you to complete certain objectives, which mainly include the destruction of a certain target or another mech. The more you complete, the better the pay and job offers, therefore allowing you to build the ultimate Armored Core. Apart from the single player campaign, you can take on a friend in a multiplayer battle. You each control a mech, and battle it out in a large war area (ranging from huge cities to desert planes)."
9944,Magic Johnson's Fast Break,Magic Johnson's Basketball,1988,6.2,Sports,,,"Magic Johnson's Fast Break is fast-paced two-on-two action rather than the usual five-on-five contest. On screen you get a full-court, horizontally-scrolling gameplay. A referee monitors the action and calls the fouls if the gameplay gets too rough, and a crowd cheers you on. Your team starts each game at a certain salary level. Your goal is to beat the opposition to earn a larger salary. Keep winning and you might etch your name onto the Big Earners Screen. Choose from five skill levels - Rookie to Professional. Each level provides quicker gameplay, tougher defense, and bigger bucks if you win. Each game lasts four three-minute, real-life quarters. In between quarters, you can review stats such as field goal percentage, three-pointers made, rebounds, and steals. If the score is tied at the final buzzer, you play additional quarters until someone wins. You control one player at a time. An arrow appears on-screen above the head of the player you're running. Just hit B to switch players. You can play against the computer or up to three friends."
9955,Heirs to the Throne,Erben des Throns,1992,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Fantasy,"Fantasy-themed strategic/managerial wargame. The premise is that in a vast continent made up of warring fiefdoms a king arose and unified the whole land. Eventually the once warring barons agreed that they couldn't live peacefully with each other and the king was assassinated while the sole heir was conveniently out fighting in the Crusades. You play one of this barons who must expand his starting territory and conquer the entire kingdom. Gameplay is phase-based and you have to do all sort of things from commanding armies and devicing combat strategies to managing your budding villages and fiefdoms by collecting taxes, recruiting, and balancing your checkbook. The game includes a series of gameplay options to modify and create your own game modes. You can select the size of the kingdom, the amount of territory to be explored, the chances of random events, and there's even an option that makes the game a race against the clock as you try to get the kingdom before the rightful heir returns. Includes hot-seat multiplayer support for up to 4 players."
9958,Dan Dare II: Mekon's Revenge,,1988,7.4,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"While this version of Dan Dare II: Mekon's Revenge features similar gameplay to the other versions of the game, this version features different map layouts for its four levels."
9959,Black Tiger,Black Dragon,1987,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"You are a barbarian who must slay three dragons that descended from the skies and plunged the kingdom into darkness. You must go through several areas, destroying monsters that get in your way. Along the way, you will come across old men, which when rescued, will give you a range of items that include extra time, more vitality, or more coins, or they might sell you items, including armor upgrades, weapons, keys for treasure chests, anti-poisoning potions. But, as always, you need to collect coins, which can be obtained by destroying certain monsters or breaking a series of pots."
9963,Kid Kool and the Quest for the Seven Wonder Herbs,Kakefu-kun no Jump Tengoku - Speed Jigoku,1988,5.1,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Kid Kool is a side-scrolling platformer. The king is sick and Kool must gather the seven magical herbs to cure him within three days. Unlike most platformers, momentum is very important in Kid Kool. He takes several steps to get up to full speed when running and cannot stop on a dime. There is no air control, so how far he is able to jump depends entirely on how fast he was going when he left the ground. Kool faces a variety of enemies. They can be defeated by jumping on their heads. The first jump drives them into the ground and the second eliminates them. They also can be beaten with a furry companion that Kool can pick up by running fast enough past the appropriate spots. He can be thrown with the B button, then retrieved by standing near him. He also affords some protection as if Kool is hit while holding him, he will only lose his companion, not a life."
9968,Normy's Beach Babe-O-Rama,,1994,5.7,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Normy is one popular surfer, especially with the ladies on the beach, however one day a UFO appears and kidnaps all the ladies on the beach and it is up to Normy to travel to 29 different alien worlds to bring them back to Earth. The gameplay is a side-scrolling action game, controlling Normy and fighting off various bad guys scattered throughout the stage using weapons such as glove extending hammers or beaver mallets. There are also puzzles that need to be solved at times to advance on, various pitfalls and traps to avoid, and six different bosses to fight."
9970,All-Star Baseball 2001,,2000,7.9,Sports,,,"The last All-Star Baseball on the N64 once again includes some new features as well as improvements to previous play modes and options. For 2001, a new team is included, The Coopertown Legends, featuring a selection of some of the finest players to ever grace the MLB, including Yogi Berra, Willie Stargell and Reggie Jackson. Along with the legends team, you can choose from every player, team and stadium from the real 2000 MLB season. Each player includes facial expressions and looks inspired to realism, plus motion-captured player movements, batting stances and reactions to key events during play."
9972,A.G.E.,Advanced Galactic Empire,1991,7.1,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A.G.E. is a follow-up to Galactic Empire Like its predecessor, it is a first-person space exploration game rendered in 3D. As you pilot your spacecraft around the planets and stars, engaging in space combat and conversation with other characters, you unravel the Conquer the Universe plot. The game is similar to Elite in that you are relatively free to travel to wherever you please."
9974,Arc the Lad II,,1996,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"This direct sequel to Arc the Lad continues the unfinished story of the first game, but starts from a totally different perspective. You control a bounty-hunter named Elk, who suffers from amnesia. On his quest for his own true identity he discovers the powers hidden within him, and the destiny of his entire tribe. While pursuing his archenemy, Elk meets up with Arc, the hero of the first game, and then both realize they have been looking to destroy the very same evil. The battle system of Arc the Lad II is similar to the one used in its predecessor: in battles you can move your characters on the battle field, and your proximity to the enemies plays an important role. You cause and take different amounts of damage depending on your position on the battle field. Unlike the first game, this one is a full-fledged RPG, without the ""strategy"" feel of the predecessor. You move through the game world on your own, visiting towns and exploring dungeons."
9975,HardBall III,Al Michaels Announces HardBall III,1992,7.1,Sports,,,"The third game in the Hardball baseball series. This revision features 256 colour VGA graphics, and announcer Al Michaels provides running commentary while you play."
9982,Cruis'n USA,,1994,6.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Originally an arcade machine, Cruis'n USA was then released for the Nintendo 64. The game asks players to choose from four vehicles to race in a variety of courses throughout the USA —based on real locations, their names are: Golden Gate Park, US 101, LA Freeway, Arizona (easy mode); Beverly Hills, Death Valley, Iowa, Indiana, Appalachia (medium difficulty mode); San Francisco, Redwood Forest, Grand Canyon, Chicago, Washington, D.C. (expert mode). Various pre-race options included are the choice of automatic or manual transmission, various controller configurations, as well as background music selection option. Players take control of the vehicle from a third-person perspective, and while avoiding various hazards along the way, must beat the clock as well as the CPU-controlled rivals to achieve first place."
9983,WCW/NWO Revenge,,1998,7.4,Sports,,,"WCW/NWO Revenge puts the power of the biggest, baddest and meanest wrestlers around the world in the hands of the player. There are more than 60 real and fictional wrestlers - including then-superstars Hollywood Hogan, Kevin Nash, Raven and Goldberg - to choose from to square off in the ring in any of several modes of play. Each wrestler has an extensive list of moves they are able to perform, although certain physical attributes can affect the availability of certain actions - such as a heavyweight not being able to perform a moonsault from the top ropes, or a cruiserweight not being able to power bomb a larger opponent. The engine is based upon a B-button strike and A-button grapple system. Holding the respective button results in a 'heavy' strike or grapple. Finishing off an opponent generally involves performing your wrestler's special move on them, which can be executed with the flick of the control stick once the wrestler has filled his Spirit Meter, and will be followed with a TV-style instant replay. Depending on the match settings set beforehand, a player can find hidden weapons from the crowd, be assisted or double-teamed by a run-in interference or make his opponent tap out with a submission hold. There are several match types and game modes, all of which can take place in a number of arenas designed after the current WCW pay-per-view events of the time. New to the series is a 40-man battle royal, allowing for 4 players or computer-controlled wrestlers to square off in the ring at a time until one is pinned or submitted; at which point they are replaced by a new entrant, continuing on and on until up to 40 wrestlers have entered. The main focus of single-player wrestling revolved around the championship mode, in which a player chooses a wrestler and a championship belt to compete for - beginning with the TV Title on up to the WCW World Championship. After defeating a successive series of opponents, the player then goes toe-to-toe with the current holder of the belt for possession of the championship; upon victory a new wrestler and new championship is unlocked. 1-4 player exhibition matches can be set to play out with an assortment of various settings and rules - such as 2 vs. 1 handicaps, no-disqualifications and tag team battles. The game automatically tracks and saves to the battery the stats and arcade-style scores accrued across the various game modes. Also available to the player is a costume editing feature, allowing for quick color changes to full-on wardrobe conversions for each wrestler. Revenge was a refinement of the engine seminal wrestling house AKI developed for WCW/NWO World Tour. It would be their final WCW game, as the developer moved on and converted their engine to the WWF license with their next release."
9989,Pressure Cooker,,1983,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Time management",,"In Pressure Cooker, you are a cook whose job is to fulfill hamburger orders at ""The Grille"". Along the bottom of the screen, you will see the orders for various types of hamburgers come in. Tomatoes, onions, lettuce, and cheese may all be requested and you need to collect the proper ingredients, put them on a hamburger, and drop it in the wrapping machine. The hamburgers will be coming down the left side of the screen on a conveyer belt as all other ingredients come flying out of the dispensers on the right. Make sure you catch all the ingredients and don't let any hamburgers fall off the end of the conveyer belt, otherwise you'll lose performance points! If your performance score drops to zero, you will be fired and the game ends. Of course, the ingredients will rarely come out in the desired order, so you also have the ability to toss an ingredient back without losing performance points if necessary. As you successfully create the ordered hamburgers and drop them in the proper wrapping machine, the game difficulty will increase by upping the speed of the conveyer belt and increasing the complexity of the orders."
9990,Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000,,1999,6.5,Sports,,,"This handheld version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000 is the only game in the series to appear on the Game Boy Color. The game lets the player compete against six pros from the PGA Tour. There are four different modes of play: stroke, tournament, skins game and shoot out. Three courses exist: Summerlin, Sawgrass and Scottsdale. These are all official Tournament Players Club courses. Up to four players, either human or computer controlled, can play at any time. When playing the player first get to see a top down view of the tee. He can here get information about wind and terrain and adjust his spin and cross hair. Once ready, the player has to use a power meter to take the shot. The player has to click it three times, first to start the backswing, then to end the backswing at the right strength and finally to strike the ball at the right time."
9994,Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny,Ultima V: Shukumei no Senshi,1988,8.3,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The Avatar, the embodiment of the Eight Virtues and the hero of Britannia, is called back to deal with a grave threat. Lord British, the country's benevolent monarch, has disappeared, and a man named Blackthorn has usurped his throne. The tyrant rules the land by enforcing the virtues upon the will of the people, corrupting their meaning in the process. His fundamentalist visions led him to create a police state, where failure to adhere to the virtues is punishable by death. Behind Blackthorn are the three Shadowlords, anti-thesis to the three principles of Truth, Love, and Courage. The Avatar must understand their meaning and origins, find a way to defeat them, rescue Lord British, and restore the former ethical principles of Britannia. Ultima V uses the basics of the Ultima IV engine, an overhead perspective for the map of Britannia and its towns, and a rosette-compass 3D view for the dungeons. The battle system also resembles that of the previous game, with separate battle screens and navigation of character icons in turn-based style. Many of the gameplay elements of the predecessor return, including the complex spell system (reagents must be bought in order to cast spells), recruitable party members, moongates that teleport the party between locations, various means of transportation (horses, ships, etc., with the notable addition of a magic carpet), and so on. Character creation based on morally ambiguous questions and basic leveling up system have been preserved as well. In comparison to the predecessor, the classes have been reduced to four. Additional challenges include navigating characters through the Underworld, a vast underground area containing many hazards; random presence of Shadowlords in the cities, which influences the behavior of their inhabitants, making them run away, steal from, or attack the Avatar; inscriptions in a runic alphabet that must be deciphered by the player, and others. The game has a noticeably more detailed world than any of its predecessors; the towns are much larger, with many unique buildings and objects represented graphically. Ultima V introduces physical interaction with the game world: many objects can be pushed or pulled, the main character can sit down on a chair (which is graphically shown), etc. It also incorporates a day/night cycle and schedules for non-playable characters: for example, it is impossible to shop at night because the shopkeepers are sleeping. Dialogues with NPCs have been enhanced, featuring more unique and detailed conversation topics."
9998,Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine,"Indiana Jones V, Indiana Jones e a Máquina Infernal, Indiana Jones e la Macchina Infernale, Indiana Jones et la machine infernale, Indiana Jones und der Turm von Babel, Indiana Jones y la Máquina Infernal",1999,7.2,Action,Puzzle elements,,"The year is 1947. Dr. Jones Jr is on a retirement from adventuring, living the life of a scholar and an archaeologist. But soon he meets his old flame ..and new enemies. Soviets are tracking parts of a mysterious, powerful machine from ancient Babylon, hoping to use it as a weapon. They must be stopped from unleashing unspeakable danger from another world. Are you ready to lead Indy into adventures in lost temples, under mountains and through unexplored mines, for tales of missing artifacts, snake encounters and other things? Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine combined action and adventure in a way the older Indy games did not do. The gameplay is inspired by Tomb Raider as Indy moves through 3D representations of 17 locations around the world. The game engine is modified from Jedi Knight Puzzles based around switches & items; precise jumping must be negotiated on regular basis. You must use ladders, ropes and dinghies as well as moving on foot. You will also find yourself aboard a jeep and a mine cart. Replacements for your standard whip can be collected en route (from Soviet army arsenal), including grenades, sub-machine guns and bazookas. The valuable treasures you find can be used to buy extra ammo (between the levels). After each level you get your score (Indy Quotient) - you must reach all the treasure items cleverly hidden in secret places to get all the points."
10003,Fighter Squadron: The Screamin' Demons over Europe,,1999,7.2,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","Fighter Squadron: The Screamin' Demons Over Europe is a WWII flight simulator where you can fly a selection of ten different US, British and German fighters and bombers in a series of 30 missions over Dover, the heart of Germany, or North Africa. You can play the missions for either side, man any of the aircraft, as well as change positions inside the bombers to man the guns and bombsight. It also allows the users to add their own planes, vehicles and missions via a text-based plug-in format called OpenPlane. Every part of the aircraft is individually listed in its OpenPlane file and can be edited - you can change the power of the engines for instance, or the distance the various gun turrets can traverse."
10010,Defcon 5,Defcon 5: Peace has a Price,1995,6.3,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the far future, conflict is at an all-time low and outdated defence bases are being vacated and replaced with automated software. You play as an engineer sent to update one such base. Just after uploading the automating code, the base is suddenly invaded by unknown assailants from the air and ground. You must rely on your wits and the defence software to fend them off. The main game takes place in a first-person view inside the complex. Trams connect the maze-like living areas to a handful of manned turrets outside. You must shuttle between shooting down waves of fighters in the turrets, and scouring the base levels for card keys during the downtime. A third consideration is the ""Virtual Operating System"" controlling all major base functions. You use this interface to repair damage from attacks, monitor intruders, and place robot sentries to guard key passages. As you find more access keys, you can increase the software's efficiency to the point that you can command turrets remotely, or set them to auto-attack with a high degree of success. As defending the base becomes more automated and efficient, you have more time to search the levels for keys. Your ultimate goal is to find the clearance to self-destruct the base, defend your escape shuttle, and get out alive."
10022,NiGHTS into Dreams...,,1996,8.3,Action,,,"It all started about two young kids. First there is this boy named Elliot Edwards who loves to play basketball, but then he was humiliated in front of his friends by a group of older kids who wants to play in a ""friendly"" game. Then there is Claris Sinclair, she loves to sing, but when she step on the stage, she felt so nervous that she ran out to the exit like a coward. NiGHTS was a first class Maren together with Reala. They were both created by Wizeman. As day pass by, NiGHTS notice how his master becoming so evil. So when he started to refuse on obeying his master's evil deeds, Wizeman punished him by locking him up into an Ideya Palaces. But NiGHTS found out that he has a chance to escape his prison by combining his body to a human dreamer. Those dreamers were Elliot and Claris. He also found out that those two have a Red Ideya within them. As he finally free himself out of the Ideya Palace, he will find Wizeman and destroy him with the help of Elliot and Claris. Here you basically control Elliot, Claris and Nights. You start a level by choosing Elliot and Claris. Gameplay is similar to Sonic but unique in a way that it is best to use the special D-pad. As you fly through the levels you should pass through a certain number of loop rings to finish each level. You gain bonuses by dancing which can be easily achieved by using a D-pad."
10027,Dirt Racer,,1995,4.7,Racing / Driving,,,"Dirt Racer is a racing game which is set on five off-road courses and offers three different vehicles (truck, buggy and stock car). The player participates either in a league (three divisions with eight drivers each) or a tournament with a knock-out system (also eight participants). The races itself are always one-against-one and the winner is who has the best end time. If the player drives in the water or against another obstacle, time is lost and the car gets set back on the course - but only for a limited amount of times; after that the race is lost. The controls feature two different acceleration speeds and three different braking strengths. Up to eight players can participate in the events, but the racing itself is limited to two at the same time."
10029,Braveheart,Coração Valente,1999,5.8,Strategy / tactics,"Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy (RTS)","Europe, Historical events","As a scottish Lord in medieval England, you have to unite the clans and defeat the british army. Braveheart mixes economy and troup management on a 2D map with realtime-strategy battles in 3D. Although Braveheart is the official game to the hollywood movie featuring Mel Gibson, there is no direct reference to the film. (Apart from a single picture of Gibson, that is.)"
10032,Championship Surfer,,2000,6.2,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"In this surfing game the player can choose from 10 of the best beaches the world has ever seen, and attack them with the help of 8 championship surfers, including Cory Lopez and Shane Beschen There are plenty of moves to perform with each surfer, but the best points come in the bigger waves (including the half pipe)."
10039,Pinball Quest,Pinball Quest: The World's First Pinball Fantasy!,1989,6.9,"Role-playing (RPG), Simulation",Pinball,Fantasy,"Pinball Quest is billed as a pinball role-playing game, though the term is used loosely, as you only earn gold to buy stoppers and more powerful flippers. Actually, there are four different modes of play. The RPG-mode has six, multi-screen pinball tables, where you use your flippers to knock the pinball into enemies, find keys, and eventually rescue Princess Bali. The other modes, POP!POP!, Viva Golf, and Circus, are each specialized multi-screen pinball tables involving sports, golf, and the circus. The latter has a slot machine and a bonus game in which you throw balls at animals to save the girl they are chasing."
10042,Trailblazer,Trial Blazer,1986,7.6,Action,Arcade,,"An imaginative action game in which you must guide a ball-shaped craft through a succession of levels. These have a patchwork-quilt type display, with holes to avoid, and squares of various colors, which affect the craft's speed, both within its power potential and into warp, as well as a control-reverser and lots of holes. You can jump and thus avoid these holes, although you have a limited number of them for each level, and it's possible to adjust the speed through joystick or keyboard control. You also face a time limit on each of the levels, although your time is boosted every time you complete one."
10046,Strike,Strike!,1987,5.5,Sports,,,Strike is a game that allows you to play 10 pin bowling against a friend or a computer player (skill level 1-4). The game follows the rules of bowling where you have to knock down 10 pins at the end of the lane with two shots unless you get a strike on the first throw. You play over 10 rounds and the winner is the player with the highest score. The game has an isometric view showing the player at the start of the lane. To throw the ball you first have to position your bowler by moving his feet left or right. When you are happy with your position you press up and hold down the fire button. You release the fire button at the right time as you approach the line. Let go too soon and you drop the ball and hold on too long and you throw the ball in the air to land on your foot. If you release correctly you see the ball move up the lane and off screen. A box in the top left corner shows the pin positions and the ball hitting them. The bottom right has your scorecard. Once you have had your two shots then the computer or friend throws. A joystick or keyboard is used to control your bowler.
10057,Boxing,,1980,6.1,Sports,Fighting,,"Boxing is an action boxing game for one or two players which is played from an overhead point of view. The game lasts for two minutes, and the player who can earn the most points in that time wins. You earn one point for a long jab, two points for a close power punch, and if you can manage knockout it's worth one hundred points. Two difficulty levels are included which can be set individually for each player."
10064,Super Bomberman 3,,1995,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The third bomberman game in the SNES series. This game was an overhaul of the entire system of bombermans from before. Again there are new levels and a new story but there are also a lot of new features. Super Bomberman 3 adds in 5 player support using a multitap and the extra controller slot. The ""revenge"" or ""miso bomber"" feature was introduced in this game. That is when a player dies they can still throw bombs in from the sidelines in an attempt to swap places with a player that is still alive. Many new powerups were added in this game including the Kangaroo which in addition to giving a player and extra hit allowed them to have some extra ablity including jumping, laying rows of bombs, and high speed running. Players are also not limited to the traditional Bomberman. There is a wide selection of different characters that the player can choose from."
10069,Testament,,1997,7.0,Action,Shooter,,"You are a soldier on an expedition to find the crypt of the ancient magus Ghuwta, the mightiest of the sorcerors and ruler of an empire 4 000 years ago. Or at least you were, until you were separated from your group. Now your task is simply to survive, and eventually find your way out of the haunted lands you are trapped in. Unfortunately, the way out seems to involve finding and defeating Ghuwta's ghost. Testament is a horror-themed Doom clone, set outside and inside graveyards, catacombs and dungeons filled with ancient fantasy monsters. On each level you will find a scroll, a piece of the ”testament” of the title. This will allow you to save your progress and move on to the next level. The engine is very similar to the original Doom, with no ability to look up and down, little in the way of lighting effects and bitmapped monsters. On the other hand, it does have fading light into the distance and a map overlay, and runs on an unexpanded Amiga 1200."
10070,Dirt Track Racing,,1999,6.7,Racing / Driving,,,"In this racing game, the player drives a vehicle around small oval dirt tracks. The player can choose to either play one race or play in career mode where the player starts with next to nothing and work your way up gaining sponsors and more money as the player gets better. The player can also race with up to 10 people online. Dirt Track Racing features 3 classes of cars (stock, pro stock, and late model, each can be enhanced with performance parts) and some figure-8 tracks instead of just ovals."
10082,Rugrats Adventure Game,"Les Razmoket: A la recherche de Reptar, Rugrats: Os Anjinhos Super Aventuras",1998,7.9,"Adventure, Educational",,,"This is an adventure game in which the evil alien Queen Angeleeka has kidnapped the great and mighty Reptar (read: baby Tommy's Reptar action figure). You'll play as the baby gang fight to save Reptar, the only one who can best the evil alien menace. Daunting tasks are before you, even getting Angelica herself to help you. You'll have to accomplish a variety of puzzles with only your wits and an inventory of useful tools in your diaper inventory. The Rugrats checklist reads something like:"
10084,Pentagram,,1986,7.0,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Following the events of Knight Lore, where Sabreman got himself rid of the curse of the werewulf, he has been tasked to find the ancient magic Pentagram in the forest. Using his magic wand, Sabreman must find the four parts of the Pentagram and use the water from magic wells to restore them. Once this is done five magic runes must be discovered and placed on the Pentagram to make it his. Pentagram is the final Sabreman Filmation title by Ultimate Play the Game, the gameplay and the isometric graphics are very similar to Knight Lore and Alien 8 with the addition that Sabreman can hurl magical projectiles at the denizens of the forest. The player must solve environmental puzzles to proceed and uncover objectives."
10091,The Mask of the Sun,"Mask of the Sun: Das Geheimnis der Aztekenmaske, The",1982,7.8,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"You are Mac Steele - archeologist, adventurer and treasure hunter. Poisoned by one of your newly found artifacts, you're fighting against time to find the legendary Mask of the Sun, which is your only chance to find a cure. On your trip you'll stumble across antique ruins of the Aztecs, burried deep within Mexico, which hold the secret of a long lost civilization. Mask of the Sun is a classical text adventure with graphics of your surroundings."
10095,Thexder,,1995,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"Assume the role of a transforming robot in this remake of the 1987 game You'll travel through many worlds as a robot, tank, or jet as you obliterate drones and big bosses in this platform shooter."
10106,Brian Bloodaxe,,1985,6.5,Action,Platform,,"Brian Bloodaxe is a viking who has been stuck in an ice block for hundreds of years. After the ice has thawed out, Brian vows to conquer Britian, but little does he know he woke up in 1983. Brian must wander through 100 locations looking for the Crown Jewels and sit on the throne. Objects are scattered throughout each location, and Brian needs to figure out their purpose. Monsters – such as ducks, Daleks, Mad Scotsmen, and Turkish soldiers – roam each location making Brian's task of getting these objects difficult. Up to three objects can be carried at any one time, and they can be used to block the path of monsters or to make extra platforms. The objects do not fall when dropped, making it easier for Brian to leap across blank areas. Getting the correct objects in the correct places is a daunting task."
10107,Dragon's Revenge,,1993,7.0,Action,Pinball,Fantasy,Dragon's Revenge is a sequel to Dragon's Fury (Devil's Crush) The table for this fantasy pinball game is three screens tall with medieval and dragon graphics. Each of the three screens has a pair of flippers at the bottom and the table elements are all animated and numerous monsters roam the screen. The object is to hit wandering monsters and certain groups of creatures to open up the gateway to a sub-level. The single screen sub levels offer multi-ball play and are the key to scoring high. Each of the three screens has a unique sub-level portal.
10119,Big Bird's Egg Catch,,1983,6.6,"Educational, Strategy / tactics",,,"Big Bird wants to win the county fair egg contest and you can help him. A chicken at the top will lay and egg and it will go down a chute. You must get Big Bird under the correct chute to catch the egg. Game one is one player only. Games two through ten are one or two player. All games have two rounds. Game one is a practice round. There are two chickens, straight chutes and when you move Big Bird left or right, he pops right under the chute. Games two and three have three then four chutes and the game gets faster in the second round. Game two's chutes are straight, game three's zig-zag. Big Bird still pops under a chute. Games four, five and six have three rounds. There will be eleven white eggs dropped and one golden egg. Games four starts with two zig-zagging chutes in the first round and four in the second. Game five has two crisscrossing chutes in the first round, four in the second. Game six has four crisscrossing chutes in both rounds. Big Bird no longer pops under the chute but must be positioned correctly. Games seven has eleven white eggs and one golden egg dropping per round with unlimited rounds. There are five broken eggs on the bottom left and you do rounds until you miss so many eggs you are out of broken eggs. when you catch the golden egg, in addition to points, you get an extra broken egg. Game eight is the same as game seven except you can't see an egg in the chute, only when it pops out the bottom. Games nine and ten are the same as game seven but the chutes shrink up in the direction of the hens. This means you must memorize when the chute comes out for which chicken. In game nine, the chutes are all the same for each round. In game ten, the patterns change per round. Each white egg caught is worth one point, each golden egg, five. For ages three to seven."
10120,Yogi's Great Escape,,1990,5.9,Action,Platform,,"Yogi Bear has woken from his hibernation and is now searching his home, Jellystone Park for Picnic Baskets brought by tourists. On one search, Yogi over hears an awful telephone conversation with Ranger Smith that the Park is closing and all animals must be caught and transferred to a zoo. Not wanting to live in a cage or enclosure, Yogi has decided to escape and thus the beginning of his adventure. Yogi's Great Escape is a platform game where you move Yogi from left to right with the screen scrolling when you move. You have to guide Yogi over six levels (ending in New York) keeping ahead of a tracker and his dog. You must complete each level in 2 minutes 40 seconds or it is game over. On the way there are obstacles like holes, as well as other characters to get in your way. Touching these loses one of three lives. Scattered over the levels are various food items which will give you 100 points as well as invisible ones giving 250 points. If you want a bigger score then on certain levels you can collect six items which reward you with 7500 points."
10122,Crypt Killer,Henry Explorers,1995,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Contemporary,"Crypt Killer is a horror-themed lightgun shooter. As a tireless adventurer, you are looking for the ""Eyes of Guidance"", ancient crystals of mysterious power. To find them, you have to shoot your way through hordes of monsters. The game has six stages which can be taken on in any order. Each stage consists of four acts. The levels range from dark forests to deep caves, ancient crypts and underwater labyrinths. You move through the 3D levels on a predetermined path and shoot at skeletons, zombies, spiders, demons and other foul beasts. Your standard weapon is a shotgun, but you can gain additional weapons like gatling guns and grenade throwers. Some enemies throw projectiles like knives or bones at you, so be sure to aim at those as well. If the screen becomes too crowded, clear it with a smartbomb. At the end of some acts, you can choose from one of two paths through the next act, giving you different ways of completing a stage. At the end of each stage, a boss enemy awaits."
10123,Grand Prix Manager,,1995,7.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",Managerial / business simulation,,"In Grand Prix Manager the goal is to build a successful Formula One racing team, and keep it there for 40 years. In the role of manager, the player will have to make sure that they are employing the best personnel available in the market: including engineers, designers, mechanics, marketing staff and of course, the drivers, All this within the constraints of the team's budget. The marketing people are responsible for ""wooing"" potential sponsors to the team and to negotiate merchandising deals. The engineers, mechanics and designers, the unsung heroes of a Formula 1 team, have to divide their time between preparing the cars for race day and doing R&D for new parts, driver aids and the next year's chassis."
10126,Scorched Planet,,1996,6.6,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Scorched Planet the player takes the role of Commander Alex Gibson who has to defend the earth colony Dator 5 from alien invaders. He uses a combat vehicle which is a hybrid between a heavy armed aircraft and a heavy armed tank. It can always drive but needs fuel for flying. But the main aspect isn't just to kill the aliens. On every continent are settlers who have to be evacuated. The locations of these people are marked on the map, and when landing near them the player takes them in his vehicle and flies to a dimension gate to rescue them. But there is a maximum of five people per ride. The aliens aren't very happy about Gibson's efforts and so they try to kidnap the humans with their big freighters. Additionally they use giant spiders which infect the humans and transform them into willingness creatures. These zombies infect other humans by contact and explode after two minutes. But there is a antidote which the player gets by destroying a spider. It is used by throwing it into a crowd of infected people. Other aliens give other extras when destroyed, e.g. weapons, shield energy or invulnerability. A tactical component comes into place with the city emblem which is used by the humans as an orientation point. This means when it is picked up and placed in another place, all people go to this point. On the way they pick up fuel. On the planets are soldiers which fight the aliens without the player's intervention. They also have a emblem the player can use. In the levels are additional tasks which have to be carried out to end the level, e.g. repairing chain bridges or deactivating cannons by cutting their power supply. Every three levels the player has to fight a boss."
10128,Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour,"Great Courts 2, Jimmy Connors Great Courts 2, Pro Tennis Tour 2",1991,7.7,Sports,,,"Great Courts 2 is a tennis game and the sequel to Pro Tennis Tour You start the game by creating a player and distributing character points, for instance on speed, forehand, backhand etc. The initial skills are raised after winning a few matches. There are different tournaments to choose from, such as all APT tournaments and the Davis Cup. Prize money is provided by doing well in a tournament. The game supports both single and double matches. In the training mode you can play against a ball machine or against a friend. There are different settings to program the ball machine, for instance to practice a certain type of shot. It is also possible to have matches with one player competing against two."
10141,The Lone Ranger,,1991,7.1,Action,,Western,"In the early 1880s in Texas, a man has returned to bring justice to the outlaw who murdered his brother and his former comrades, the Texas Rangers. His name is the Lone Ranger. The outlaw, whose name is Butch Cavendish, has now kidnapped the President. The time has come for the masked man to begin his journey of adventure for the purpose of safely rescuing the President and avenging the deaths of his brother and former comrades. The game takes you through eight western-themed regions, each with a different objective, all of which brings you closer to your nemesis, Butch Cavendish. The game features many points of view during gameplay. Most of the time, the game is played from a top-down perspective, as you travel through the country and walk through towns. At other times, the game switches to a side scrolling view when you are in a boss stage. On occasion, the view switches to a first person perspective and plays similar to a first person shooter. Each bad guy you kill is worth money. You can use money to buy more bullets, dynamite, rifles or a patch up from a doctor. For example, you start with a short barreled gun which you can upgrade to either a medium or long barreled gun. Your gun shoots standard bullets but can also fire silver bullets which are stronger than the standard ones."
10142,SaGa Frontier,,1997,7.0,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The events of SaGa Frontier take places in a fictional universe called ""The Regions"", which incorporates different worlds with various degrees of technological development. The player can choose to follow one of the seven available scenarios, each dedicated to a different protagonist. The seven protagonists of the game are: a half-human, half-Mystic girl named Asellus, who is rejected by both races and will eventually have to decide where she belongs; the twin mages Blue and Rouge, who must descend into hell in order to find answers concerning their true identity; a part-time model and secret agent Emelia, who is wrongly accused of murdering her fiance; Lute, a bard who was kicked out of his house and who embarks on a quest to avenge his father's death; a teenager named Red, who becomes a superhero in order to bring down an evil syndicate; a Lummox (a race of fox-like creatures) named Riki, whose entire world is in peril; and finally, T260G, an ancient robot who awakens in modern times and needs the help of a human to survive. SaGa Frontier plays similarly to its immediate predecessors in the series ; utilizing the so-called Free Scenario System the game allows non-linear exploration and features many side-quests, atypically of Japanese RPGs. The battles, however, are handled similarly to most representatives of the genre: using physical attacks, special skills, or magic, the player-controlled party engages the enemies in a turn-based fashion. There are no random battles in the game; all the enemies are visibly walking on the field."
10143,Syphon Filter 2,Syphon Filter 2: Conspiración Mortal,2000,7.8,Action,Shooter,,"The sequel to the previous year's Syphon Filter Syphon Filter 2 adds new features such as a two player mode, new locations, new weapons, and more. The game compares to Goldeneye on the N64. It's a shooter, but you must also use strategy. You have a health meter, so it's not a ""one shot and you're dead"" type of game. You must complete missions, or battle it out in a deathmatch with your friends, or enemies. The plot is about you having to prevent the sale of the Syphon Filter virus to a terrorist nation."
10148,Kick Off 3,Kick Off 3: Out of This World,1994,6.2,Sports,,,"The third entry in the Kick Off series is the first that offers an isometric view instead of the old top-down view. In the game, there are four competitions (World Cup Finals, League, Knock Out Cup and the challenge). There are several options for game speed and ball control to suit both novice and skilled gamers. Each of the 32 teams in the game has a distinct style of play, ensuring that no two games are alike. Each team also has ""key players"", such as Liberos and Wingers, who play a pivotal role in how that team plays. Kick Off 3 offers two styles of play: Arcade and Simulation. The difference is that in the Arcade mode you can switch off rules to focus purely on reflexes."
10149,The Great War: 1914-1918,Historyline: 1914-1918,1992,8.2,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War I","A turn-based strategy game set in World War I, using a similar engine and gameplay system as Battle Isle Both players act simultaneously on a split screen. While one player can move his units, the other can attack and vice versa. The results of battles are shown in animated sequences that can be turned off or on depending on a player's choice. Terrain affects the performance of units during battles adding a little variety factor. The more damage a unit causes to opponents the more experienced it becomes. It has a huge influence on its accuracy and strength. Units have different weapon and movement range depending on the type and the purpose of the unit. Different units are introduced as the game and war progress with more air and sea battles later on. Maps are filled with depots where a player can repair damaged units and factories where units can also be produced. During the game, seasons change with an impact on the terrain and the battles. There are 48 single-player maps in the game - 24 maps for each of the battling parties: Germans and French. In addition, there are 24 two-player maps. Each of them is accessible through an access code received after successful completion of the previous map. While playing, it is also possible to make a save game of the current progress on the map. The game includes a lot of information about the period: after each mission, historical facts with black and white pictures about two months of wartime are displayed, as well as some technical specifications and pictures of units are presented during the game. This also adds an educational factor concerning the World War I time period."
10151,Mike Stewart's Pro Bodyboarding,"Bodyboarding, Mike Stewart's 360° Beach Bodyboarding, Pro Bodyboarding",1999,5.6,"Action, Sports",Tricks / stunts,,"Mike Stewart's Pro Bodyboarding is a sports game based on bodyboarding, a derivative of wave riding where players lie down on the board to perform tricks. The game is named after Mike Stewart one of the pioneers of the sport and winner of nine world championship titles. Players can choose from different characters, including Stewart, to ride the waves. When starting a game, the player needs to ride the board inside a wave, rendered in 3D. The boarder can be moved around and perform tricks such as forward spins, reverse spins, air rolls, backflips, double barrel rolls, and more, for points. There are twelve types of tricks in total. The boarders also need to avoid rocks, buoys and swimmers in some modes. After a certain time limit, the session ends. When dropping off the board, the character will climb back on, losing a few seconds, and continue. In the Arcade mode however, the game stops when the board is damaged too heavily. The six game modes are Contest, Arcade, Slalom, Practice, Training, and there is a hot-seat multiplayer mode for two players. The rides take place on locations all over the world, each with different types of waves, and the characters have different characteristics."
10162,Dragon's Lair Part II: Escape from Singe's Castle,,1987,7.2,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"Following the first adaptation of the laserdisc-based arcade classic Dragon's Lair Software Projects followed it up with Escape from Singe's Castle again loosely adapting scenes from the original game for the capabilities of contemporary 8-bit machines. After defeating the dragon Singe and rescuing Princess Daphne, Dirk the Daring still yearns for adventure. He ventures into the domain of the Lizard King, where according to legend a large pot of gold awaits bold adventurers. The player controls Dirk through eight distinct scenes: Ye River Caves: Dirk must go down a wild river in his boat, avoiding rocks by steering in the direction indicated by arrows as well as avoiding deadly whirlpools. Boulder Alley: Channeling Indiana Jones, Dirk must escape a giant boulder rolling towards him, leaping over holes in the ground and avoiding other obstacles in the way. Throne Room: Deadly magical traps await in the Lizard King's throne room. Dirk can only survive by using the correct sequence of sidesteps and sword slashes. Dungeons of the Lizard King: Dirk is very close to his goal, but the Lizard King has laid a trap: he stole Dirk's sword, put it near the pot of gold, and now is close on the hero's tail. Dirk must navigate a maze of rooms to find the sword, avoiding the Lizard King who is in hot pursuit. Once found, the sword must be used to strike down the King. Magical Flying Horse: Riding on a flying horse, Dirk must evade rocks of ice (which sap his strength) and solid walls (which end his journey instantly when hit). Doom Dungeon: Traps and evil creatures abound in a dungeon room. Again, only the correct sequence of attacks and steps will allow Dirk to survive. Mystic Mosaic: Dirk must cross a room to get to one of two possible exits (only one of which leads to safety), but there's a catch: the floor consists of a magical mosaic, which constantly changes shape in a repeating pattern. Standing in the wrong place at the wrong time means certain death. A giant bat that inhabits the mosaic room can be vanquished with a sword blow. Mud Monsters: The key to final escape is a magic bottle, a long way from the place where Dirk starts this scene. He must find a way across a gap in the canyon and jump across a huge mud-spewing geyser, all while avoiding the mud monsters."
10164,Kingdoms of Germany,Brian Vodnik's Kingdoms of Germany,1994,6.3,Strategy / tactics,,,"Based on the engine of Kingdoms of England the game represents the same game, but flown now in the German lands. As its predecessor, the game is turn-based medieval strategy game for up to six humans or computer opponents. Each player assumes the role of a Lord in control of a Kingdom with up to twenty armies to command in an attempt to become Sole Ruler and King of Medieval Germany. From the very beginning of the game, you are placed in complex control of your kingdom. Using the mouse as controller and its cursor as your powerful finger, you must build your skills not only as the leader of a Campaign Army but skillfully manage the infrastructure of your kingdom. There are two game scenarios:1. Against up to six human opponents. The scenario is based upon each player's ability to build his Kingdom into a society, which must prosper to enable the player to create the wealth to expand the growth required to increase the size and strength of his army, which will enable him to strategically conquer his opponents territory in his quest to become King of Germany. 2. Head-to-head against computer opponents. In this scenario the human player must gain the skills as outlined in scenario one, but he is pitched against War Lords (up to five) who play by different rules, their aim is to gain wealth by conquest with no thought of development. They act as barbarians. It is up to human players to use the more constructive approach to outwit the computer player."
10170,Nobunaga's Ambition: Lord of Darkness,"Nobunaga no Yabō, Nobunaga no Yabō: Bushō Fūunroku, Nobunaga's Ambition: Bushou Fuunroku, Super Nobunaga no Yabō: Bushō Fūunroku",1990,6.8,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval)","Lord of Darkness is the fourth game in the Nobunaga series (but only the third one to have been localized in English). The story of Nobunaga takes place during the Japanese civil war of the 16th century. In a wartime strategy game, 15 different warlords are represented across several territories. One to eight human players can play, controlling different leaders and factions. Gameplay is done in one of two scenarios; the beginning of the civil war in 1555 or Nobunaga surrounded by his enemies in 1571. Management of population, supplies and military are the gameplay and successful manipulation of these numbers in the right combination to attack and defend against hostile intentions is what will bring your forces to victory."
10171,Herbert's Dummy Run,Herbert's Dummy Run!,1985,6.9,Action,Platform,,Herbert's Dummy Run is the 4th game out of five in the Wally Week series ( Automania Pyjamarama Everyone's a Wally and Three Weeks in Paradise ) and sees baby Herbert lost in a department store trying to find his parents Wally and Wilma in the Lost and Found before the end of the day. As in previous games Herbert's Dummy Run is an arcade adventure where you must pick up objects and place them in the right locations. You are only able to carry two objects at a time and some objects are needed to be found to help complete the various arcade sequences. Nasties need to be avoided as well and if touched part of your tear gauge is filled. If your tear gauge is filled then one of three lives are lost. Lose all three lives or run out of time then it is game over.
10187,Virtual Boy Wario Land,Virtual Boy Wario Land Awazon No Hihou,1995,8.1,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"On a vacation in the Awazon river, Wario stumbles across a hidden cave filled with treasure. Of course, being Wario, he wants it all to himself. But the treasure is guarded and soon he finds himself deep within the Earth as the floor crumbles underneath his feet. Now Wario must find his way back to the surface, all the while collecting the treasure he believes rightly belongs to him. This 3D style platform game, following the tradition of the Mario and Wario platform games of the Game Boy, will have you using Wario's unique abilities (butt stomping for one) to crash his way through the earth to the surface. His other abilities depend upon the hard hat he wears, and different ones are available that can come as an advantage."
10189,Harley-Davidson: Race Across America,,1999,4.7,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Step into the fully 3D world of HARLEY-DAVIDSON®: RACE ACROSS AMERICA™ and bring the legend to your PC! You'll ride your Harley® across the country in a mad race to the mother of all motorcycle meccas - the Sturgis Bike Rally. As your journey unfolds, you will be faced with challenging competitors, unpredictable roads, intense weather conditions and loads of obstacles. Do you have what it takes to meet the Harley® challenge? Source: Back cover (US)"
10193,Uniracers,Unirally,1994,7.7,Racing / Driving,,,"What do you get if you cross Sonic the Hedgehog with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater ? It might seem an odd combination, but it describes Uniracers perfectly. One of the more successful releases of the Super Nintendo's twilight era, Uniracers mixes platform-based high-speed racing, with crazy stunts and tricks. The basic idea in most levels of the game is simple. Get your unicycle from A to B as quickly as possible, and finish ahead of your opponent. It's like Sonic, but with none of those pesky enemies, pointless power-ups and frustrating obstructions. In fact it doesn't sound like much of a game at all... Here's the key, though. Tricks performed and landed during the race increase your speed. The better the trick, the greater your increase in speed will be. Also, some levels are set in areas designed solely for stunts. Such levels require you to earn as many style points as possible, by doing tricks. These levels are against the clock, and a set points score, rather than an opponent. Unicycles are stupid and difficult, and yet fun, once you get the hang of them. Much the same could be said about Uniracers..."
10196,Sly Spy: Secret Agent,"Johnny's Turbo Arcade: Sly Spy, Secret Agent",1989,6.0,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Shooter",,"With a clear James Bond influence, Sly Spy must stop terrorists destroying parts of the city in this collection of sub-games. Roughly half of these (starting with level 2, and alternating from there on) are side-scrolling Green Beret -influenced offerings, not entirely dissimilar to a great many Ocean movie licenses. There are bad guys to shoot and bullets to avoid, with boxes to climb up on and strategic positions to shoot from behind cover. The first level involves skydiving down the screen and shooting at the agents as they themselves fall - complete this and you'll safely parachute to the ground. There's a motorbike chase, in which you must shoot out and dodge agents. Two underwater levels follow, in which more enemies and some sharks must be shot. Before reaching the final multiple-enemy showdown in a missile factory full of the baddies from the game."
10204,Spider-Man,Spider-Man Vs. the Kingpin,1990,7.3,Action,Platform,North America,"The Kingpin is framing Spider-Man for planting a bomb in New York City. Spider-Man only has 24 hours to find the keys that will let him disarm the bomb and clear his name. The game consists of eleven stages including boss fights and bomb defusal. The game has a counter that continually counts down until the bomb will explode. After the second stage, Spider-Man is given the option to exit a stage at anytime to return home and recover his health, but doing so will cost him precious time and he will have to restart the stage from the beginning again. Spider-Man must search through each stage thoroughly as the boss of the stage will only appear when all the humanoid enemies are defeated. Spider-man can punch, kick, jump, and can also fire a webshot that will temporarily stun enemies. Spider-Man can also climb walls and use his webs to swing. Spider-Man can only use his web powers as long as his web cartridges are not empty. Spider-Man can refill his web cartridges by taking photos of the supervillains he comes across and selling the photos to the Daily Bugle newspaper. The game has four difficulty levels with the hardest difficulty level Nightmare featuring random attacks from Venom. A same titled game came out for the Genesis that features a similar story and general level progression, but the design of the levels are different."
10210,FIFA: Road to World Cup 98,"FIFA 98, FIFA: A Caminho da Copa 98, FIFA: Die WM-Qualifikation 98, FIFA: En Route pour la Coupe du Monde 98, FIFA: Rumbo al Mundial 98",1997,8.2,Sports,,,"The late-1997 edition of FIFA was heavily tied in with the qualifying procedure for the 1998 World Cup. In the Road to the World Cup mode, you take a team from first qualification through to the main tournament, using the varying systems in different parts of the world. The game features 16 distinct outdoor stadia. The League play features 189 clubs and 11 leagues. Each team has specific crowd chants incorporated into the ambient sound. The action is faster than in previous versions, and AI has been expanded. Players have distinct facial feature and hair styles. Each match is introduced by Des Lynam and commentated on by John Motson and former Scotland international Andy Gray."
10212,Cookie Monster Munch,,1983,6.6,Educational,,,"Cookie Monster hungry! Want cookie! You are moving around a maze, collecting cookies and bringing them back to a cookie jar. Games one through three are one player, games four through ten are one or two player. In games one, two and three, you move Cookie Monster around the maze, get the cookies and return them to the cookie jar, one at a time. Between mazes, Cookie Monster eats each cookie, one at a time. There are three mazes per game. In game one, there are one, two then three cookies. In game two, four, five then six and in game three, seven, eight the nine. Games four through six are timed. You can carry multiple cookies and keep playing mazes until time runs out. In games four, five and six, you have five, four and three minutes, respectively. Games seven through nine are also timed but now you play as the Cookie Kid. You are trying to collect cookies for a surprise party for Cookie Monster. Since he hasn't been told this, he is pacing back and forth on the other side on the fence. Each time you pick up a cookie, Cookie Monster jumps over the fence and chases you. He will each and cookies of the path he is coming down and if he catches you, he will eat all the cookies you are carrying. The times for games seven, eight and nine are five, four and three minutes, respectively. Game ten in the same as game nine (three minute time limit, you are Cookie Kid and chased by Cookie Monster) except the maze is invisible. When you pick up a cookie, the maze flashes for a second so you can figure out the fastest route to take. You get one point per cookie in the jar. For ages three to seven."
10227,Prospector in the Mazes of Xor,,1989,7.7,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Xor involves guiding two characters through 15 complex mazes to collect all the balloons within a move limit. Hazards such as boulders, volatile ducks and teleports make this harder. In this update, 15 new levels have been added. The characters are now called Herb and Pip. A full level designer is also included."
10236,Warzone 2100,,1999,7.7,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Earth's defense satellites accidentally launch nuclear warheads due to computer malfunction. Our planet is destroyed, except for a few factions that rebuild their strength and attempt to dominate the brave new world. As you make your way across the wasteland, hunting down artifacts and destroying hostile forces, you find out that the satellite's unexpected nuclear launch may not have been entirely accidental after all... You are in charge of searching the land for technological artifacts held by the other fellows. These artifacts are then researched to create new weapons, chasses, and propulsion types, all of which are interchangable, meaning there are over 2000 units for you to blow stuff up with. You can build tanks, hovercraft, Vertical Take Off/Landing (VTOL) vehicles, as well as cyborg units. There are machine guns, missile launchers, flame throwers, mortars, etc. Since all your technology comes from artifacts you swipe from your enemies, you are almost always fighting with weapons a step below what the other guy has, meaning you have to rely on your strategic prowess instead of sheer military superiority. The battlefield is fully 3D, the camera is rotatable and zoomable, and all units are 3D as well, except for humans, which are sprites, but they aren't too plentiful, so it's a minor point."
10238,Austerlitz,Battle of Austerlitz,1986,6.7,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"This was the second in Lothlorien's Warmaster series of Strategy wargames and covers the battle in 1805 when Napoleon defeated a combined Russian and Austrian Army at Austerlitz. In the game, you command Napoleon's forces - either directly or through a number of computer-controlled Corps commanders. Infantry and cavalry units are available for both sides (no artillery), each with varying degrees of strength and morale, with terrain effects playing an important role in their effectiveness. The game also features 'fog of war', where only those enemy units spotted by your advanced units or those encountered before combat, are revealed."
10239,Hotball,,1988,5.7,Sports,,,"Hotball is a soccer game which is played from a top-down perspective on a vertically scrolling field. A team consists of two athletes: a goalkeeper and a field player. The player can set the skill level, the athletes' names, the match duration and the used joystick. There are no throw-ins or corner balls."
10241,Revenge of Defender,"Star Moon, StarRay",1988,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A side scrolling shooter, the object is to defend your colonies from various waves of attacking aliens. Revenge of Defender features layered scrolling screens, and new background artwork and enemies for each of 7 levels."
10243,DoDonPachi,,1997,8.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"DoDonPachi is Cave's sequel to their 1995 arcade release DonPachi Like its predecessor, DoDonPachi is a vertical-scrolling and military- and robot-themed manic shooter featuring a giant mecha bee for a final boss. The player's ship and the gameplay are virtually the same as in DonPachi with one of three weapons selected at start then levelled-up by collecting dropped power-ups."
10244,Strike Gunner S.T.G.,Super Strike Gunner,1991,6.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Strike Gunner S.T.G. is a vertical-scrolling jet fighter adventure set in the far-off year of A.D. 2008. The player controls their fighter as the scene unfolds around them, as enemies of air, land, and sea continuously enter the screen in wave after wave of assault. The player(s) begins with a set number of lives, a number which can be added to with good play. Run out, and your mission is over - there are no saves! Before each level, the player chooses one special weapon that can be utilized via an often-refilled meter, in addition to their normal guns. But choose wisely, you can only use one special weapon per round, and once used, it will be unavailable to you in later rounds! Play solo or with a human wingman."
10250,Ronaldo V-Football,,2000,7.0,"Simulation, Sports",Arcade,,"In this football game endorsed by the Brazilian superstar Ronaldo Nazário de Lima, 64 International teams (some featuring real names, others not) are available to play in game modes: Exhibition, Arcade Cup (a 16 team knockout where the player has three chances to beat all teams, with no option to save between games), Resistance (a five division challenge where players must beat 8 other teams to climb to the next rank, Tournaments (continental championships, available in both tournament and league models, if the player wins faces national teams in a FIFA Confederations Cup styled competition) and the V-Football Cup, the World Cup of this game. As a bonus of winning competitions, all-star teams are unlocked. 15 stadiums (some based on real locations) are available to play in, with setting for day and night, as well as clear, rainy or foggy. Gameplay is simple and works mostly around the four face buttons: Triangle sprints, Cross makes a low pass and a regular tackle on defense, Square lobs and crosses the ball (depending on the position) and makes a strong tackle on defense and circle shoots on goal and makes a sliding tackle on the player. The first row of shoulder buttons allow complex passes, such as the through-pass (R1) and the one-two (L1 + pass). There are three pad configurations to choose from.The player also acts as the manager, with options to change the formation, and to call several sets in-play, such as offside traps and the number of players in a free-kick wall."
10252,Blood & Magic,,1996,6.3,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Blood & Magic is a real-time strategy game focused on unit management rather than base construction. It uses the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons license (and thus has AD&D type units) and takes place in the Forgotten Realms AD&D setting. There are five separate storyline scenarios of increasing difficulty with three missions per scenario, playable from the side of both factions each, for a total of 30 missions in the game. The game is tile-based with a 2D top-down perspective. The player starts out with the ability to create Basal Golems, around which the game revolves since they generate your sole source of power: mana. By spending mana they can be transformed into stronger fighter units or, less frequently, into buildings. The various types of terrain affect combat & movement; magical items may be found on the battlefield (and the enemy does use them, too!)."
10254,Battle Isle 2200,Battle Isle 2,1994,8.1,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Battle Isle 2200 is the second title in Blue Byte's Battle Isle series. After a long space flight, the player arrives on the planet of Chromos and must save the planet's civilization from the Titan-net Empire. Titan-net, the computer overfiend of part one, and its allies have begun a devastating final campaign against all Drullian forces. The player commands the forces with the computer ""military operations console"", nicknamed MilOp. Set in a futuristic world, players fight in turn-based scenarios against the computer army of Titan Net. The battlefield is organized in hex fields. Each time a battle takes place, a 3D polygon animation sequence is started and shows the results of the battle."
10260,Turbo Trax,,1995,6.9,Racing / Driving,,,"Turbo Trax is a top-down racing game. The main game mode involves competing against five other competitors across a variety of different surfaced tracks such as dirt, racing circuit, ice and city. Each track has hazards such as oil slicks that will slow cars down, and turbo booster icons that will speed the car up when it's driven over. The player can collect money that is scattered around the tracks in order to buy tuned parts for their car. Before each race the car's setup can be adjusted for the conditions."
10262,The Ancient Art of War in the Skies,"The Ancient Art of War in the Skies: Strategie & Action des Ersten Weltkrieges in einem neuen Spiel, The Ancient Art of War in the Skies: The Fun World War I Strategy & Action Game",1992,7.0,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Real-time strategy (RTS), Wargame","Historical events, World War I","After naval combat, the second sequel to The Ancient Art of War is all about aircraft combat in World War I. It is a real-time strategy game in nature, and most of the time is spent on the overhead map. Here players plan their strategy and set the goals and routes for their aircraft. There are various statistics which are affected by the happenings on the battle field, e.g. destroying factories lengthen the time the enemy can get new aircraft. Overall the game features many real and fictional campaigns, as well as an editor to create more, with the winning condition to either destroy the enemy's flight force, his capital city or wearing him out. When a flight battle or bombing occurs, the game switches to a side-scrolling combat screen. Here players actively participate in the combat; during dog fights the goal is to destroy the enemy and bombings are a matter of releasing the bomb at the right time while avoiding flak fire. Those sequences can be automatically calculated by the computer; then the pilot's skills affect his changes of success."
10267,NBA Give 'n Go,"NBA Jikkyou Basket - Winning Dunk, Run and Gun: B-Ball Show Time, Slam Dunk: B-Ball Show Time",1993,7.2,Sports,Arcade,,"NBA Give 'N Go is different from usual basketball games of the era because it is played at court level with the player with the ball. Most basketball games previously had a side scrolling or isometric view. Building upon this technique, the game features large player sprites and graphics. The game features the NBA roster from 1995 complete with player ratings. Gameplay consists of true 5 on 5 basketball but in a more arcade like style with alley-oops and high flying dunks. The audio includes action oriented commentary, in the style of NBA Jam."
10276,The 7th Guest,"7th Guest for Windows 95, The, T7G",1993,7.2,Puzzle,,,"The 7th Guest is a puzzle-adventure game which takes place inside an abandoned mansion. Venture into the 22 rooms of the spooky mansion, solve over 20 mind-bending puzzles to unravel a tale of revenge and horror that took place in the 1930s. The owner of the mansion was Henry Stauf, a famous maker of children's toys. Once a homeless drifter and thief, influenced by a vision in a dream, Henry invented a wondrous doll, so incredibly life-like that it sold like wildfire. Stauf's toys became popular overnight bringing fame and fortune and changing his rags to riches. But things took a tragic turn when owners of the doll became infected with a fierce and deadly virus. None of those children recovered. After this turn of events Stauf secluded himself inside his estate, stopped making his toys and never came into contact with the outside world for a long time. Something very strange happened when six people receive an invitation to a party at the mansion. By solving the riddles inside Stauf's ""fun house"", you'll delve into the past to learn what happened to them, and the mysterious 7th guest, on that fateful night. The game is played in first person perspective with a point-and-click interface featuring horror-themed animated cursors (skeletons, bulging-eye skulls etc.). It is one of the first games to be released on the then-new CD-Rom media. The graphics are fully rendered in SVGA, and real actors and actresses bring the story to life during numerous full-motion video cut scenes. The visuals are accompanied by an original, orchestrated musical score. To finish the game, you must solve the puzzles in Stauf's manor; each solved puzzle will unlock new rooms or new movie sequences to watch. The puzzles are quite varied; there's the classic ""eight queens puzzle"", another puzzle where you need to compose a sentence by rearranging letters, and others. If you get stuck, you can visit the library; a book within will give you hints on the puzzle. If the hints aren't enough, the puzzle will solve itself automatically once you consult the book enough times. Some later, limited releases of the game came with a separate video that included a ""behind the scenes"" look at the making of the game and interviews with the developers."
10284,Syndicate,,1993,7.9,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,"Africa, Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Oceania","In the future, the world is controlled by a handful of global corporations (syndicates). You are the Marketing director (hitman) for one of these companies. It is your job to take control away from the competitors. The job is not one of diplomacy, but one of brute force and physical control. Advance your way to the top of the corporation by successfully completing your missions and managing the money you make from your territories. The gameplay is visually reminiscent of X-Com with an angled top-down perspective, but it is real-time rather than turn-based. You have missions ranging from infiltrate and capture, to seek and destroy. In each of these, you direct a team of four agents as they move through the world shooting at anything that gets in their way. You can upgrade and modify your agents, as well as equip them with tools you have researched or liberated from opposing syndicates. As you complete missions, you gain more funds to use for purchasing agents or researching upgrades and equipment."
10287,Infestation,,1990,7.4,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Alpha 2 research colony on Xelos has been invaded by aliens, wiping out the crew and laying 167 of their eggs, all waiting to hatch into a lethal alien infestation. Superhero Kal Solar is the only one who can prevent a catastrophe, and that's where you come in. The game is viewed in 3D from Solar's perspective, with a full HUD built into his helmet showing direction, health and supplies. Other HUDs also allow you to check whether the current air is breathable (you have limited oxygen), as well as one built into your Jetpack. There are two movement modes, one of which allows you to pan the view and the other allows you to shoot. Objects have to be picked up and used, computers operated, and an infra-red kit located and used. To win the game you will have to destroy all the eggs, and then shut the compound down and escape in time."
10296,Carrier Air Wing,U.S. Navy,1990,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Carrier Air Wing is a 2D side scrolling arcade shooter. The player chooses one of three different jet fighters (F-14 Tomcat, F/A-18 Hornet and A-6E Intruder). The game is a pretty standard shmup - player flies to the right and shoots enemies and bosses. Carrier Air Wing has a quasi-modern war style, but has several sci-fi elements (like a giant spider-robot). The game is a spiritual descendant of U.N. Squadron and has shops - player can upgrade ships between stages."
10298,Red Dog: Superior Firepower,,2000,7.3,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The agreement between the Earth Council and the Haak Delegates came about, not through political or military means, but by financial measures. Three years after their mother-ship first orbited the earth the Haak were invited to the surface in peace and in the search for mutual rewards. This agreement has been upheld for 7 years with only the occasional backlash causing small localised human/Haak conflict but the Haak have kept up their end of the bargain - until now. We have started to lose contact with the human installations around the Haak settlements. The first three recon forces sent to investigate the disturbances were shot out of the air. The Red Dog Tactical Response Team is now preparing for war. As commander of the Red Dog assault vehicle, your job is to rid our people of the now aggressive Haak forces currently occupying the continents of planet earth. Good Luck - Don't dent the tank!"
10302,Who Shot Johnny Rock?,,1991,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Interwar,"Another live-actor arcade shooter by American Laser Games (makers of Mad Dog McCree and Crime Patrol ), Who Shot Johnny Rock? is set in the classic 1920's style gangster era. As the title suggests, you're supposed to find out who shot singer Johnny Rock (or at least who hired the guys who shot him) and put them behind bars. There are some differences between this game and previous American Laser Games shooters. Instead of a wimpy pistol, you get a tommy gun (which doesn't need to be reloaded). Unfortunately, you also have limited ammo and need to buy more at times. Instead of lives, you have a fixed supply of money, and each time you die you lose some cash. Lose it all and it's game over."
10304,The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100,,1988,7.6,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"An update/modification to Chessmaster 2000 adding 640x200 graphics for nicer displays, many tutorial and ""expert"" options, and a plethora of other features too numerous to mention here."
10305,Dragon Breed,,1989,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Fantasy,"Zambaquous has done everything to make life hell for the people of Agamen, and as their King Kayus, the time has come to head out to destroy him. This leads to six levels of horizontally-scrolling shoot ‘em up action, although with some vertical movement as well. The thing which sets the game apart from every other horizontally-scrolling shoot ‘em up (except Saint Dragon ) is that you are riding on the back of a dragon, called Bahamoot. Both you and the dragon have firepower, and holding down the fire button increases Bahamoot’s energy bolt’s ferocity. The dragon’s tail can be controlled indirectly, and because it is indestructible, it can be used either as a shield, or as a weapon in its own right. There are power-ups to collect by dismounting from the dragon and walking into them. These include fiery breath, bolts shot from Bahamoot’s tail, homing missiles of sorts, and lightning bolts, with only one ever active at a time. Each level has a time limit."
10309,iM1A2 Abrams,iM1A2 Abrams: America's Main Battle Tank,1997,6.9,Simulation,,"Contemporary, Europe, Middle East","Similar to the M1 Tank Platoon games, iM1A2 Abrams is a tank simulation game focusing on battlefield management and commanding an entire company through three individual campaigns (Ukraine, Iraq and Bosnia)."
10310,Disney's Villains' Revenge,"Die Nacht der Schurken, Disney Le retour des méchants, Disney's Villains Revenge Adventure Game, La Venganza de los Malvados de Disney",1999,7.1,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Disney's Villains' Revenge is a first-person game with predominantly action-oriented gameplay. The interaction in the game consists of segments in which the player is required to use a simple point-and-click interface to fight enemies with a sword or perform other mini-game-like activities. Jiminy Cricket guides the player through the game. The mission is to journey into Disney's most famous stories and restore the happy endings before the villains take over forever. The fate of Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, Dumbo, and Snow White rests in the player's hands. The game features replayable puzzles, mazes, exploration, and special reward video clips of classic Disney animation."
10314,Galactix,Galactix: Save the World from the Aliens,1992,6.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Defend Earth from destruction from the onslaught of the Xidus fleet. Your state-of-the-art ship is equiped with a limitless supply of ammunition, and in addition has missles, bombs, and a retractable claw used for retrieving ship upgrades during the heat of battle."
10320,Championship Manager: Season 97/98,"L'Entraîneur: Saison 97/98, Scudetto 97/98",1997,7.1,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"This was the final update to Championship Manager 2 and it was fully debugged and had the AI tidied up in several areas. The team and player data was updated for the 97/98 season, meaning that Michael Owen has emerged at Liverpool and Emmanuel Petit has joined Arsenal, for example. Nine different leagues are included, and up to 3 of these can be played at once on 16 Megabyte machines. As a result of this, more teams and players are included in the game system than ever, making for a more realistic player-signing challenge. A full data editor is included for the first time."
10321,Jane's Combat Simulations: WWII Fighters,Jane's Combat Simulations: WWII Fighters - 39-45: Chasseurs de Légende,1998,8.1,"Action, Simulation",,World War II,"You get to fly either as an Allied or German pilot during World War II. You'll only get to fly fighters, but the selection is very good, ranging from the FW-190, BF-109, and Me-262 to the P-51, P-47, P-38, and the Spitfire. There's a lot to learn, but it's very easy to get in and fly. You also have the option of playing single missions or starting off on a career."
10322,Tumble Pop,,1992,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Tumble Pop is a platform game similar along the lines of Bubble Bobble Your character has a vacuum cleaner attached to his backpack, and you must use it to suck up enemies into the backpack and shoot them back out before they break out. Enemies will often give out letters that spell out the word TUMBLEPOP. If the player collects all the letters, the current level is bypassed and a bonus game will be played where money, extra lives, and other items can be collected. After several levels, a boss needs to be defeated, and these bosses include a squid, man-eating plant, a genie, a fire creature, snow man, clown throwing bombs, robot, and a giant alien creature. A construction mode is available, so that you can create your own levels."
10325,Command & Conquer,"C&C, Command & Conquer (Special Gold Edition), Command & Conquer for Windows 95, Command & Conquer: Der Tiberiumkonflikt, Command & Conquer: Der Tiberiumkonflikt (SVGA-Version), Command & Conquer: Teil 1 - Der Tiberiumkonflikt",1995,8.1,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Africa, Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic","Command & Conquer develops ideas from Westwood's previous game Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty forming a real-time strategy (RTS) game. The control system involves selecting units with the mouse and then directing them, while the opponents make their moves without waiting for a ""turn"" to end. The game focuses on a war between two organizations, The Brotherhood of Nod and the Global Defense Initiative, which fight not only for global supremacy, but also over the mysterious extraterrestrial resource known as Tiberium which is highly valuable yet lethal to direct human contact. The player can take control of either side for more than 15 missions. Both have different units and structures, including artillery, tanks and light infantry. In most missions, a base needs to be built first in order to build new units and structures. Most important are the harvesters, which collect Tiberium and deliver it to a refinery, where it's converted into money, thus funding the construction of a base and an army. The game also features FMV mission briefings and victory cutscenes."
10327,Gradius,"Arcade Archives: Gradius, Nemesis",1985,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The people of Gradius are in trouble. The ameoboid Bacterions have launched an all out attack against the planet, and it's up to you to fly into battle and save them. Along the way you'll be able to power up your ship with hyper speed, force fields, lasers, missiles, double beam cannons and more to help you battle. Gradius is a side-scrolling shooter. Shooting certain enemies will leave a power up pod behind which can be collected to add more power to your ship. Each level features a wide variety of enemies trying to stop you, with a large boss at the end. Gameplay is for one player or two players alternating."
10328,Microsoft Baseball 2001,,2000,6.7,Sports,,,The 2001 edition of Microsoft's PC baseball game featuring arcade like gameplay. All rosters have been updated for the 2000 MLB season. This newest version features the Baseball Mogul stat tracking engine.
10333,TalonSoft's Rising Sun,,2000,6.8,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, Oceania, World War II","The Japanese empire started in 1941, with the founding of ""Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere"". From Manila to Guam to New Zealand, the flag of Rising Sun flew overhead. Take either the Allies or Japan in over 30 scenarios of combat that traces the rise and fall of the Japanese Imperial Army with full order of battle for both sides in this hex-maped turn-based strategy wargame."
10337,Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle,"Alex Kidd: Cheongong Maseong, Alex Kidd: Tenkū Majō",1989,5.8,Action,Platform,,"Alex Kidd, resident of planet Aries, is the king's brother. One day he comes across a rumor that his long lost father, King Thor, is alive and somewhere on the planet Paperock. Of course he immediately travels to said planet to find his father. Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle offers standard platforming action in which Alex explores side-scrolling levels and has to avoid touching enemies. He has two standard attacks to his disposal: punching enemies on the ground and kicking them in the air. He also uses items to make his life easier, e.g. a pedicopter with a gun, a pogo-stick for reaching higher ground or an invulnerability cloak. After usage Alex puts those items into his inventory but he loses the active item when dying. Coins are acquired from defeated enemies or treasure chests. Just like in Alex Kidd in Miracle World the mini game Janken, also known as rock-paper-scissors, plays an important role: bosses are not defeated by shooting but by beating them in this game of chance. New in comparison to the predecessor is that Janken also needs to be played to purchase items in shops: After paying for the item it is only given to Alex if he wins the mini game. The result of failure is death."
10340,Dead in the Water,,1999,6.2,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",,"A 3D Battle game that pits the players in heavily armed boats in fully destructable arena's. This is a a Vehicular Combat Game similar in basic structure to Twisted Metal or Vigilante 8. There are many characters to choose from, each with their own unique boat and then is entered into an arena to race against other contestants while also trying to score points by shooting and destroying the other boats."
10351,Disney•Pixar A Bug's Life,,1998,5.5,Action,Platform,,"Based on the Disney/Pixar 3D animated film, you must guide Flik as he sets out to find a group of warrior insects to help his colony of ants to fight off the hungry grasshoppers. Unlike the other versions of this game the GBC version is a 2D side-scroller. You must guide Flik in finding parts for his inventions. Along the way, you must avoid other enemy insects, including the grasshoppers, or hit them with berries."
10353,The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate,,1988,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The warriors who have destroyed the evil wizard Mangar receive a letter while celebrating their victory. The letter informs them of a terrible disaster: Mangar's master, the Mad God Tarjan, has unleashed his wrath upon the town of Skara Brae, completely destroying in. The heroes visit a refugee camp nearby and embark on a quest to defeat Tarjan. Thief of Fate is the third installment in the Bard's Tale series, and a sequel to The Destiny Knight It is similar to its predecessors, being a first-person fantasy role-playing game in which the player explores maze-like pseudo-3D towns, dungeons, and wilderness areas. Two new character classes have been added: Geomancer and Chronomancer. There are more dungeons than in the previous games, and this installment also adds an auto-mapping feature. The game's world is divided into separate realms accessed by using time warps, each with its own theme and setting - including, among others, famous locations from Earth's history such as ancient Rome or Berlin during World War II."
10355,Bundesliga Manager Professional,,1991,7.7,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Your favorite soccer team is in the third class, has no money and no future? Take the job as a manager and lead your team in the first division. Bundesliga Manager Professional is a managerial simulator of soccer. The game simulates the German Bundesliga (first, second and third division) and the German league cup (DFB-Pokal). The teams and players have real names (season 1990). Up to 4 players can take part. You can transfer players, raise your stadium, deal for advertising, and train your players. The tactics of your team can be set very individual on a small playing field. Also included are match graphics with 3D-animated goal chances. Other features: Bundesliga Manager Professional is the second installment in the series. A version of the game featuring English/Italian league teams can be viewed here The Manager"
10358,Doofus,,1993,5.9,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Doofus is like a reverse Sleepwalker - you play a simpleton (hence the title) and must get through a series of platform levels ensuring that neither you nor your pet dog get hurt. The game unusually scrolls from right to left, with the dog simply following you. The platforms are often on different levels, providing multiple routes through the game. Most hazards in the game can be shot, but others can be avoided by jumping. A number of bonus weapons and other enhancements are on offer."
10360,The Pharaoh's Curse,Pharaohs Curse,1983,7.1,Action,Platform,,"In the centuries since the sealing of the Pharaoh's Tomb, even the dim memories of the fabulous treasure contained in the pyramid, have become infrequent whispers on the lips of mad adventurers. For three thousand years, the tomb has been a mystery and deathtrap. It is rumored that the chambers contain dark and terrible dangers for those that would make the pharaoh's treasure their own. And even more ghastly, the pharaoh and the guardian mummy are said to walk the chambers for all eternity, destroying all trespassers in the tomb. You've heard it all before and lived to tell about it and this is a chance of a lifetime. You've spent months finding these ruins and finally you're here at the fabled tomb. Still... what if the legends are true? As you descend into the first chamber, you hear footsteps... Somewhere in the swirling sands of the Sahara stands an enigma. A secret tomb that has for 43 centuries stood undisturbed... untouched... unknown and unentered. The ancient pharaoh who lies buried within the vast twisting underground chambers was the 16th and last of a vast dynasty. His treasure, the gold, the art, the jewel encrusted sacred scarabs, all lie with him in the untouched chambers of the crypt. Unimaginable wealth for any but an emperor has lured you here and now you must descend... Before his death, the pharaoh vowed that he himself and his hideous minions of the underworld must protect his treasure from all who dare defile his timeless tomb. And so you must slip past his sentries and deathtraps that riddle the passages and shafts of his monument, and steal the treasures before you perish. As an adventurer, you must explore the pyramid in search of these treasures, while on the lookout for both the mummy and the pharaoh, who will shoot at you if you are caught. You will be awarded an extra life for each treasure you get. There is also the winged avenger. This creature does not harm you, but if you are caught in his grasp, he will take you elsewhere in the pyramid. There are keys that can be collected, and can open locked doors so that you can visit new chambers in the pyramid. You lose keys when you get carried away by the winged avatar or lose one of your lives. There are three levels. The higher the level, the more treasures you have to get and there are also new chambers. Higher levels require a password, which is revealed after playing the previous level."
10362,Dragonflight,,1990,7.0,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Many years ago, great dragons roamed the land, protecting the human kind from evil. However, a bitter rivalry between the Black and the White mages disrupted this harmony. The dragons have mysteriously vanished, and so have the leaders of the magic guilds. Four friends - the fighter Bladus, the mage Rinakles, the dwarf Dobranur, and the elf Andariel - have been summoned by an elderly wizard in the city of Pegana. They are entrusted with the task of locating the dragons and learning the high art of magic to restore balance to the world. Dragonflight is a fantasy role-playing game primarily drawing inspiration from Ultima series. There is no character creation and the player is immediately put in control of the four protagonists as a party. Overworld travel and town navigation are displayed from a top-down perspective; house interiors are not shown graphically. Dungeons, on the other hand, are done in first-person pseudo-3D style, similarly to Dungeon Master Game progression is non-linear, with the player able to travel to most locations from the onset. Monsters are sometimes encountered wandering the wilderness, and are also found at fixed locations in the dungeons. When combat initiates, the game switches to a side-scrolling view with a grid displayed above it. The player can move characters over the battle field, attack with melee or ranged weapons, and cast spells, all in a turn-based fashion. Experience points are awarded for vanquishing monsters. Characters can also learn magic by mixing reagents and choosing between the Black and the White schools. The game can be saved at any time on the overworld. There is no auto-mapping feature."
10367,Top Gear,"Top Gear 1, Top Racer",1992,8.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"In the first of three released games for Super NES, players can choose among 4 different cars, each one with different attributes (maximum speed, fuel consumption, boost power and tire grip) to face 32 challenging courses situated in several places around the world as Brazil, USA, France, Japan etc. In more longer tracks, players will find a Pit Stop section, where they can enter to replenish the fuel meter (total or partially). The game has a split-screen display for 1 or 2 players. In 1-Player mode, you'll dispute the races against the computer, that has a slightly bigger speed than yours, helping to give a lot more of competitiveness. A password system was included, being possible to stop a current game and resume it later. Through the game, players will find several obstacles scattered by the courses, like rows of iron plates or even lots of stones. In order to qualify for the next circuit, it's required to complete it at least in the 5th position, or else the game is over."
10371,A Nightmare on Elm Street,Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors,1989,7.0,Action,,,"A Nightmare on Elm Street is an action game based on the movie of the same name, where the player attempts to free their friends from the grasp of the evil Freddy Krueger. Find a way into Freddy's house on Elm Street, enter the Nightmare World, and fight him with unique powers or die trying! Selectable Characters Before the game begins, the player must first choose one of available five characters in an attempt to free Joey who, as informed by this selection screen, has been already been captured by Freddy. Spending too much time during this section will allow Freddy to capture random character, until all but one selectable character is left, so choose a character quickly! When a character is selected, all the other characters are deemed captured by Freddy and must also be rescued. Each character has a different Soul mater and Power meter rating, as well as unique abilities. Soul represents the player's health and if it runs out, the player dies. Power is used up every time the player uses a special ability. The characters are: 1. Kincaid - Special ability: Power Punch - Kristen - Special ability: Power Kick - Will - Special ability: Lightning - Nancy - Special ability: Time Freeze - Taryn - Special ability: Magic Knives - Joey - Non-selectable (victim) Finding Freddy Krueger's House The game starts on Elm Street with the player viewable from a top-down perspective. The player must find Freddy's house through this maze of streets while avoiding Freddy (displayed as a giant character) himself. Bumping into Freddy during the search may damage the player's soul. Inside Freddy Krueger's House Inside the house, the player must explore and find a way to the other levels. The level location of each friend is displayed on the right frame as well as their remaining soul. As time passes, their souls may decrease, indicated by a text informing the player of their screams. While exploring, the player may encounter monsters, items, and traps. Monsters and traps will decrease the player's soul. Items may consist of weapons, ammunition, gold coins (to buy items), batteries, objects to restore soul, and other uses. Items will automatically be picked and placed in the player's inventory, also displayed on the right frame. Items must first be selected in order to use or drop them. During exploration, power will gradually recharge; however, soul may only be restored by using specific items."
10376,Carl Lewis Athletics 2000,DSF Carl Lewis Athletics,2000,7.4,Sports,,,"Carl Lewis Athletics 2000 is a sports game focusing on Decathlon and its ten disciplines: pole vault, long jump, shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, high jump and running (100, 110 hurdles, 400 and 1500 metres). The controls follow the traditional mechanics: rhythmic button mashing, followed if necessary by pressing an action button. Besides the traditional championship mode, the player can also participate in the arcade mode in which a certain performance must be met in order to qualify to the next event. Unlockable by winning the Decathlon is a special mode with three additional disciplines: hurdles (200 and 400 metres) and 100 metres relay race. The player creates an athlete who is saved on the cartridge and can be improved by training. Up to two players can participate simultaneously; some disciplines also offer a hot-seat option with only one cartridge. Best times and a ghost can be transferred via infrared. A side effect of this feature is the possibility to race against the own ghost."
10377,Magical Drop III,"Magical Drop, Magical Drop III ""Toretate Zoukangou!"", Magical Drop III +1, Magical Drop III: Special Edition, Magical Drop Pocket",1996,6.9,"Action, Puzzle",Tile matching puzzle,,"This is the third installment in the puzzle frenzy series Magical Drop. In the game you control a clown who throws marbles up on the screen into the cluster of multi-colored marbles, rocks and crystals. The goal is to get three or more of the same color to remove marbles, but you can also grab more than one at the time to create long chain combos and gain better ""special"" blocks at the top of the screen. You can play the game in single player modes or versus a friend in versus mode. In versus mode you get to pick your character, much like in a fighting game, each with their own counter attacks and abilities. For the PSX version, the first Magical Drop was included on a separate disc."
10378,Pacific Strike,,1994,7.4,Simulation,,"Historical events, Oceania, World War II","This is a flight simulator which uses a slightly modified version of the RealSpace engine from Strike Commander You play a World War 2 pilot and get to fly in various historic missions such as dogfights, bombing runs and missile attacks, many of which are based on real battles. The US and Japanese planes of the time, and their weapons, are brought to life. One thing that makes Pacific Strike unique is that rather than a simple retelling of historical battles, the course of World War II is affected by the player. Failing to destroy particular targets will ensure that they remain problems in future missions, and doing extremely well will allow the allies to be more successful. Thus regardless of the actual course of the war, events unfold. For this reason it's possible to end the war prematurely before Hiroshima was bombed or end up in a situation where American forces surrender to the Japanese."
10382,FIFA International Soccer,"EA Soccer, FIFA 94, FIFA International Soccer Championship Edition",1993,7.5,Sports,,,"The game that started the best-selling series licensed by football's world governing body, this first installment in the long running series used a dimetric (colloquially known as ""isometric"") viewpoint, previously unusual in football games but quickly imitated by several titles. The televisual presentation, one of the unique points of the early EA Sports titles, with hosts introducing the matches, was another thing making the game stand out from a market dominated by Sensible Soccer and Kick Off games. Based on international teams (with fictional player names), their abilities in each skill area rated out of 10 to give the player an overall impression of how good they are. The options available follow the standard set: fouls and offsides can be toggled on and off, the match length can be set, and if the timer operates continuously, or only while the ball is in play. Gameplay privileges quick runs, short passes and blistering shots outside the penalty box, and set pieces are controlled by moving a box into the target area for the ball, and then passed, lobbed or kicked directly. On the tactical side, formations can be selected, with 5 different strategies also available (although not all of these combinations make sense) as can the team Coverage - the areas which defenders, midfielders and strikers cover."
10383,LEGO Rock Raiders,,2000,6.6,Action,,,Take Command! Protect and rescue the Rock Raiders team as you mine energy crystals that power the LMS Explorer to take you and your team safely home. (screenshot captions) EXPLORE CONTROL MINE DEFEND Source: Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US)
10392,Flying Nightmares,,1994,6.5,Simulation,,,"Flying Nightmares is a 3-D flight-sim game that has the player take to the controls of the Harrier jet, flying in a series of missions with realistic controls and weapon systems against a horde of enemy planes and ground units. The player can also fly alongside three computer wingmen that will help them out during missions, completing certain objectives such as destroying certain enemy units or protecting friendly units. There is a multitude of views to choose from (1st, 3rd, and even a missiles POV) and features FMV sequences between missions that tell the story of the game."
10394,Major Motion,,1986,6.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Major Motion The Draconian League have taken over the roads and made them dangerous for ordinary road users. You are in control of a car, driving up a vertically scrolling road with occasional forks in it, making the game similar to Spy Hunter The car is mounted with guns, and so are many enemy cars, but cars can be rammed off the road as well as shot. Watch out for other enemy vehicles such as helicopters though; be sure to avoid their bullets. You can drive into the back of open lorries to gain upgraded weapons. Weapons are activated via keyboard presses, which makes the game more difficult than it would otherwise be. Sound and music sampled from suitably action-packed films aims to add to the atmosphere."
10396,Norm Koger's The Operational Art of War Vol 1: 1939-1955,"Norm Koger's Operational Art of War Volume 1: 1939-1955, Norm Kogers Art of War: Volume 1 1939-1955",1998,6.8,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","TOAW is the first in a series of wargames released by Talonsoft. The game focuses on historic conflicts (mainly World War 2 and Korea) that lie between army- and battalion-sized engagements. Each unit is modelled individually down to infantry guns, tanks, etc. The game is scenario driven, meaning that there is no campaign where you fight battle after battle. A scenario can last from a couple of hours to several years (in game time). Two graphics modes are available: Top-down and isometric (pseudo 3D). The latter one shows units as ""miniatures-like"" icons, representing the main type of equipment in the formation. The other mode uses military symbols for representation. The game is played on a zoomable map (2 levels). The game includes weather effects and political events. All features of the game (units, map, events, etc.) can be edited through the included scenario editor."
10404,Bio Hazard Battle,"Bio-Hazard Battle, Crying: Aseimei Sensō",1992,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The civilization on the planet Avaron is by far more advanced than that of the Earth. People developed special biogenetical creatures - giant flies, crabs, and other animals. Unfortunately, those monsters rebelled against the Avaronians and threatened to conquer the planet. It is up to you to save the planet Avaron from the invasion! ""Bio-Hazard Battle"" is a horizontally scrolling space shooter. You can choose one of the four ships, each one having its own attacks. During the game, you can upgrade your ships' weapons by collecting colored balls floating around. You can store up to three different weapons at the same time, executing attacks in different directions. There are 8 levels of increasing difficulty to complete."
10406,Sega World Tournament Golf,,1993,6.9,Sports,,,"Sega World Tournament Golf is a golf game for one to four players. Players can select the competition format (Medal, Matchplay, Foursome, Fourball, Skins, Championship, depending of the number of players), course (Country Club or Links Golf Club) and number of holes (18, 36, 54, 72). Players can customize a series of features for their characters. The player can edit names, change player tee (front, middle or back), rearrange the 14 clubs, and select a player level (novice, amateur or pro). The game is viewed from a top-down perspective. The speed and direction of the wind is shown on the top-left corner of the screen. Two small windows at the bottom of the screen show the player character and the field in front of the player. As the player changes the direction of the shot, new terrain is shown in the lower window. The ball trajectory is also shown in this lower window, and changing clubs show the different trajectories the ball will take. To shoot, players have to hold the button 2 to set the power and then release it in the right moment, as shown by two meters in the lower window. A map of the course can be seen by pressing the button 1."
10408,Mick & Mack as the Global Gladiators,Global Gladiators,1993,7.1,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Global Gladiators is a platform game licensed from fast food chain McDonalds. While playing through the game's 12 levels you'll notice McDonalds logos, burgers and all sorts of family restaurant type stuff as you take Mick and Mack (the game's protagonists) on a journey to clean up ""Monsters of Slime World"", ""Toxi-Town"" and more."
10411,Battle Cars,,1993,6.3,Racing / Driving,,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Battle Cars takes place in the 22nd century. In the century beforehand, the Greenhouse Effect has taken a toll on the world, the polar ice caps have melted, causing countries to begin to go underwater, as a result, battles for territory become more fierce, causing confrontations to become nuclear, forever altering the landscape. You are a rookie driver, in the new blood sport known as Battle Cars, held by the IBCA (International Battle Cars Association) and your goal is to qualify for each race then take out your rivals and eventually face the top driver of that circuit in a final fight for supremacy. There are nine levels in all, each with their own unique boss and the ability to upgrade your car and weapons. The game resembles F-Zero in a way of gameplay, but the cars are more modeled after Formula One cars."
10418,The Ren & Stimpy Show: Stimpy's Invention,"Ren et Stimpy: L'Invention de Stimpy, Stimpy's Invention starring Ren Hoëk & Stimpy",1993,7.0,Action,Platform,,"Stimpy has invented a wondrous, diabolic machine... The Mutate-O-Matic! Unfortunately it explodes, and having pieces of a Mutate-O-Matic lying about is not a good thing. So Ren and Stimpy embark on an adventure that spans Mr. Horse's refrigerator, to the pound, and even... The Great Outdoors! References from the cartoon are frequent, coupled with lots of side-scrolling action. Players can switch controls between Ren and Stimpy. Their respective abilities vary greatly, even though they tend to use each other for their moves (i.e. Stimpy uses Ren as a boomerang and Ren uses Stimpy as a bowling ball). Another player can also jump in at anytime and play as either Ren or Stimpy."
10425,The Kristal,,1989,7.1,Action,"Fighting, Shooter","Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","The Kristal of Konos is a magical artefact described as the key to world peace. However, an evil being known as Malvalla has taken it, releasing Chaos into the universe. A space pirate named Dancis Frake ventures on his twin cannon space galleon to the planet Meltoca, where he hopes to find clues concerning the Kristal's whereabouts. Based on the theater play The Kristal of Konos (1976), The Kristal is primarily an adventure game with space shooter and fighting segments. The adventure portions consist of exploring populated planets, gathering clues and talking to characters in order to gain information. When traveling between planets, the player-controlled ship may be attacked be enemies, which must be eliminated in shooting sequences. Dancis has special strength and psychic ratings, which may increase or decrease depending on his actions. He may participate in swordfighting to improve these parameters. ""Skringles"", a form of intergalactic currency, can be found, earned, and spent in the game."
10426,Golden Nugget 64,,1998,6.6,Gambling,"Board game, Cards / tiles",,"Real-time 3D casino play on the Nintendo 64, set inside the famous Golden Nugget casino in Las Vegas. Features include a fast and simple interface, 15 classic games of chance and 4-player simultaneous play. Try your hand at Black Jack, Craps, 5-Card Draw, 7-Card Stud, Texas Hold 'em, Mini Baccarat, Big Six, Roulette, Video Poker, and an array Slot Machines."
10431,Unreal,,1990,7.5,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Unreal is a magical world where you must save Princess Isolde, your true love, from the evil Polymorphic, the Master of Darkness. It is an action game made up of eight levels and contains a mixture of 2D and 3D graphics. The environment is also completely interactive - you can run up and down hills and slide through the snow but you have to be careful not to fall off the top of a cliff. On each level you will be faced with puzzles and battles and you need to get the high score to pass to the next level. If your health reaches zero you will die and the game is over. Fortunately, your health is replenished at the end of each level."
10432,Grand Prix Manager 2,,1996,7.5,"Racing / Driving, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Take control of one of the existing Formula 1 teams (or one of two customizable fictitious ones) and try to take them to the top of the start in this management simulation. Every major decision is under your control. You must choose which parts of the car to improve, including Driver Aids whose legality varies over the years - is the extra performance worth the risk of disqualifications? Testing will help you assess the car's performance and prepare set-ups for the next race. Staff can be hired and fired, ranging form drivers to designers and commercial staff, which often means trading off having a large team, or a small but well-drilled and capable one. Obtaining and retaining the interest of sponsors and engine manufacturers is a crucial challenge as the years go on. Once the race weekend comes around, you must make the best use of practice and qualifying sessions, as well as preparing a pit strategy and being ready to adjust it if incidents, weather or unexpected performance issues occur. The action is viewed from overhead, with full commentary. There are also 5 Challenges, which set you a specific task based on one changed variable (such as bank balance, driver skill and engine supply)."
10434,Club Drive,,1994,4.3,Racing / Driving,,,"It is the future, and the most popular theme park around is Club Drive. Scientists have managed to invent indestructible cars. Patrons to Club Drive can drive these cars around imaginative environments and play outrageous driving games. Club Drive as a Jaguar game is a simple driving simulator. You are put in the drivers seat, and can race through some large environments. The racing areas available are: an old west ghost town, San Francisco, a giant house, and a simple hot-wheels style track. In addition to the racing modes, there are object collection and 2-player tag modes. These modes are played out in smaller versions of the areas described above."
10454,Riddler's Den,,1985,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements, RPG elements",Fantasy,"Riddler's Den is similar to Ultimate's games such as SabreWulf or Atic Atac, twinning maze with puzzle-solving elements - and it also includes some RPG elements. Regarding the story, Trunkie, the Manlephant, has entered the Riddler's Den to complete the 1st part of his quest by finding the Golden Tusk and ultimately meet the Great Golden God Gregogo. To be successful in these tasks, Trunkie will have to decipher how to take advantage from the many objects he'll find in the way."
10461,5th Gear,,1988,5.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"The aim is to drive from the beginning of the track to the end while avoiding obstacles and eliminating (with your machine gun) other vehicles. The tracks are not roads, but maze-like obstacle courses in the wilderness. It is part maze solving, part combat, part racing against the clock."
10462,No Respect,,1997,6.2,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are in control of a hovering gun-ship of your choice, your mission is to battle out other ships in deathmatch-based single play game. Or you can choose to challenge up to 8 of your friends in a local area network battle. Each of the gunships have individual attributes and pilots. You can upgrade your ship and weapons to fit the epic environments that the voxel engine makes possible."
10464,CyberStrike 2,,1998,6.8,Action,,,"Unleash an arsenal of weapons to save your clan from exploding enemy fire in the most intense cyber battle ever. Set in a war-torn future where cyberpods from rival clans battle over planetary turf, your missions are complex and your options are endless. Enjoy challenging solo play or link to the internet for multiplayer gaming that allows thousands of players to compete simultaneously in hundreds of cyber cities."
10466,Yo! Noid,Kamen no Ninja: Hanamaru,1990,6.2,Action,Platform,,"The Noid, the mascot from Domino's Pizza commercials during the 1980s, is in trouble. There is another Noid named Mr. Green, running through New York City playing practical jokes and causing trouble, but everyone is blaming the Noid for these shenanigans. Now the Noid must clear his name and save the city by catching this impostor. It is another 2D jump and run platform for NES, but with a strange idea and cartoonish and cheerful graphics. The weird character has to beat pizza delivery boys using a yo-yo."
10472,Blue's Journey,Raguy,1991,6.5,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The planet of Raguy was once beautiful and peaceful, but all hell broke loose when it was invaded by the Daruma tribe. The pollution started to spread through the city. Blue was summoned to get rid of the Daruma tribe, and save Raguy from the Daruma Empire that has turned the inhabitants into slaves. You control Blue, who only has one weapon to deal with the Darumas. You can use his leaf to whip enemies upside-down, and hurl these enemies at others. Along the way, you can get flowers for use at the shop to buy items that will help you along the way. These items include flower honey (increases stamina), swim fins (easier swimming), light safe (protects all your items), spikes, and ocarinas. Later in the game, you can also get the shopkeeper to sing you a song. This helps you break curses that are placed on you by a witch.You will also interact with other characters along the way that can also help you if you tell the truth. You exit each stage by jumping on a huge plant. The higher up you are on this plant, the more points you are awarded. Every two or so stages, you have to defeat a boss before a guy in a devil suit offers you something. You can refuse or accept the other. If you accept the offer, you will have to pull one of four strings that will give you a life ball, more stamina, 30 flowers, cocoons, or five flowers. You are on a time limit. If you run out of time, a black creature appears out of nowhere, and starts firing ""bird"" missiles at you."
10474,Red Lightning,Red Lightning: An Operational Game of World War III,1989,7.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"Red Lightning is an operational level wargame of a potential conflict in central Europe between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. It's a game of a hypothetical World War III in the early 1990's. As the Soviet player, the mission is to sweep aside NATO forces and capture the Ruhr. As the NATO commander, the mission is to stop the Russian invasion."
10480,SideShow,,1989,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"This is the third light-gun game for the Commodore Amiga. It is a collection of eight arcade-style games that take place at a carnival. The scenario is that the player arrives at the carnival and has tokens to play the various mini-games. These mini-games include shooting balloons, throwing knives at a clown, the water dunk tank, the haunted hill, shooting balls, a hammer strength test, and the clock shoppe. This was one of the first video games that allowed players to import their own images and place themselves inside the game (referred to as ‘InterActor’ on the game box)."
10484,Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths,"Tony Tough e la notte delle falene abbrustolite, Tony Tough i Noc Pieczonych śCiem, Tony Vočko a případ růžového tapíra",1997,7.2,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A dastardly alien is stealing all of the children's Halloween candy! Tony Tough P.I. will not stand for this. He sets out to stop the fiend before it's too late, and the alien takes over the world! Tony Tough is a traditional 2D ""point and click"" adventure with a crazy story. The humor and style are reminiscent of old LucasArts games, like Day of the Tentacle."
10485,Legends,,1996,7.7,Action,"Mini-games, Puzzle elements","China (Ancient / Imperial), Egypt (Ancient), Fantasy, Medieval, Pre-Columbian Americas, Sci-fi / futuristic","An alien race watched the wars on Earth as television shows. After a period of peace threatens the ratings, two alien scientists go back in time on various continents of the planet and start to deploy modern weaponry on them. When they return to the present, Earth is engulfed in chaos. A British scientist discovers the conspiracy and using his new invention, the soul transfer machine, sends a boy called Billy to be incarnated on a native of the different time periods. Legends is an action-adventure with Zelda-inspired gameplay. The player controls a character pertinent to the time period (an American Indian from 1400 A.D. - America, a knight from medieval England, a Chinese warrior from Imperial China, an Egyptian acolyte from ancient Egypt, and Billy in the alien spaceship). These characters collect objects and coins to buy items, weapons to fight the enemies and hearts to increase the health bar (located on the top-left of the screen). Pressing 1, 2 and 3 switches between the available weapons. Other characters provide clues and level objectives. Each epoch has bosses to be defeated and mini-games (for example, on the Chinese level there's a race on the Great Wall). After solving each time period, the game displays a password that can be entered at the start on the main screen. There is no form of saving progress while playing the main game."
10498,Vortex,Vortex: The FX Robot Battle,1994,6.7,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Vortex was one of the few games designed to use the SNES Super FX 1 chip, a custom-made graphics accelerator RISC processor. The game is a 3D shooter similar to Star Fox by the same development studio, but with some subtle differences. Players can morph their vehicle at any time from the standard walker to a sonic jet, a land burner and a defensive hard shell, each with their own weapons, strengths and weaknesses. The player is cast as a soldier fighting the Aki-Do Forces, an evil empire bent on taking over the entire universe. To stop them, the player has access to an experimental mech, the Vortex, to travel the seven worlds of the Aki-Do system and destroy the bases."
10501,Scott Adams Scoops,,1987,6.3,"Adventure, Compilation","Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,A compilation of four of the Scott Adams adventures. It contains:
10512,Conan,"Conan the Barbarian, Conan: Hall of Volta, Visi Goth",1984,7.1,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"You, Conan the Barbarian, must enter a castle and defeat the evil Volta. You are armed with ten boomerang swords and your own cunning. Along the way magic gems, keys and an ""Avian Ally"" will help you through seven very diverse levels in which you must navigate treacherous obstacles including lava pits, powerful geysers that hurl you into the air, spike pits, and floating platforms. Volta's castle is guarded by several of his nasty beasts: bats, scorpions, giant ants, fire-breathing dragons, floating eyeballs, and even a huge electrical generator gone haywire -- you'll soon realize why he calls himself ""Volta""."
10514,Corpse Killer,"Corpse Killer: 25th Anniversary Edition, Corpse Killer: Graveyard Edition",1994,5.6,Action,Rail shooter,,"Corpse Killer is a full-motion-video (FMV) shoot-'em up. It seems the evil genius Dr. Hellman has found a way to raise the dead and created an island of zombies. The player is an elite special forces soldier who has been parachuted onto the island; it is up to them to shoot their way through the undead hordes and stop Dr. Hellman. The game is played from a first-person perspective. Various zombies pop up in front of a video background and the player must shoot them down either by moving a mouse cursor on-screen or by using a light gun. The Saturn version has a few different features, including extra power-ups and additional enemy footage."
10518,Bad News Baseball,Gekitou!! Stadium,1989,7.1,Sports,,,"Welcome to the world of Bad News Baseball, a place where rabbits serve as umpires, home runs escape the earth's atmosphere, and batters are knocked unconscious when they make an out. Bad News Baseball is a Japanese import for a younger audience. The game has two leagues - the Ultra and Super leagues - with 12 teams that represent major league cities which use fictional team and player names. There are several modes to choose from at the start of the game. You can play a One Player tournament versus the computer: pick a team and play against every other team once. Or, you can play a three-game series against a friend. There's also an all-star mode, which enables you to build a 23-player team from the rosters of one of the leagues. And if you want to watch a game, there's a spectator mode."
10520,MiG-29M Super Fulcrum,G-Force,1991,7.1,Simulation,,,"Taking off from where MiG-29 Fulcrum left off, Simis created a new simulator based around the top-modern MiG-29M. The M model has been equipped with modernised avionics, a fly-by-wire system and stronger engines. As opposed to its predecessor, Super Fulcrum takes place in one big scenario instead of single missions. Your task is to represent the Soviet Union in a UN force sent to South America to defend a small country that is being threatened by a bigger and stronger neighbour. The game is relatively open-ended, allowing you to fulfill your missions in the way you see fit instead of monitoring your every step. All missions and their results are handled in your pilot's log."
10522,Match Day,,1984,6.8,Sports,,,"Match Day is a football game that allows you play a match against the computer, against a friend or with seven friends in a cup competition. Other options available before you play is the length of a half (5, 15 or 45mins), the computer level (Amateur, Professional or International) and changing the team names. Once you have selected your options and type of game it's on to the match. The game is viewed from the side at an elevated angle with part of the pitch shown and the screen scrolls when the player with the ball moves. A joystick or keyboard is used to control your players and the main football rules apply. You can dribble with the ball, pass it or shoot, and you control the player nearest to the ball. When the ball appears near your goal you can also control the keeper. Throw-ins, goal kicks and corners are also used."
10524,Ninja Remix,"Last Ninja 2 Remix, Last Ninja Remix",1990,7.4,Action,Puzzle elements,,"This is an updated version of Last Ninja 2: Back With a Vengeance The differences are a short intro, some minor graphic changes and a remixed soundtrack. Gameplay is exactly the same as in Last Ninja 2."
10527,Strike Commander,,1993,8.0,"Action, Simulation",,,"Following the collapse of Soviet Union, USA began to dominate the politics of the Commonwealth of Independent Nations. Islamic countries started a global jihad against the Western world, and as a result, petroleum has become an even more rare and valuable resource. In a chain of events, Alaska declared independence, and major powers of the world began fighting over its oil-rich territory. Japan turned into the world's most powerful nation, while United States and the Catholic Church were weakened; by the year 2011, humanity's dreams of unification have become completely shattered, and the fate of the world was decided by mercenary organizations. Similar to Wing Commander in gameplay style and visual presentation, Strike Commander is a flight simulator with action-oriented combat. You lead a rag-tag mercenary fighter squadron known as the Wildcats, trying to make a living in a dangerous, chaotic world. Somewhat simplified dogfights in your blackmarket-purchased F-16s are supplemented by interactive cutscenes where you converse with your teammates, or go into town to buy new contracts."
10528,Roland Garros 97,"Roland Garros French Open Tennis 1997, Speel Roland Garros",1997,6.6,Sports,,,"RG97 is a tennis game with 3D characters. The game takes its name from a real famous French tennis tournament, but the characters in the game are made up. You can choose from between 10 different males, 7 females, or 3 futuristic players. You can play on 5 grounds (two are hidden and need to be unlocked) which are Roland Garros (France), England, USA, Australia, and Power Dome (a futuristic one). You can play single or double matches, and you have the choice between 3 difficulty levels. The four different game modes include Single match, Network, Friendly match, and Tournament. You can also choose the camera angle to play with (look at the screenshots)."
10530,The Hulk,"Questprobe featuring The Hulk, Questprobe-One, The Incredible Hulk",1984,6.5,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"1st in the Questprobe Marvel Comics series. Play Bruce Banner and the Incredible Hulk through this interactive fiction game with graphics. You awake as Banner, tied by ropes to your chair in a bunker in the desert; once you free yourself, collect all the gems to escape this hellhole."
10532,Assassin: Special Edition,,1994,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Budget release of Assassin which was updated. The main player now has an arm LASER instead of the boomerang weapon in the first game, a mission was cut and layout and pick-ups were updated."
10537,F-1 World Grand Prix,,1998,7.8,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"The 1997 Formula One World Championship, won by Canadian Jacques Villeneuve in dramatic fashion after a final-race collision with Germany's Michael Schumacher, is recreated in this racing simulation. You have the chance to set up the car to perfect the handling for each of the 17 diverse circuits. Wet racing is incorporated, with gradual weather chances, as well as tyre wear requiring pitstops. In total there are five distinct gameplay modes. A solo player can play through the entire championship, with practice and qualifying as well as the race against 21 other cars. A Challenge mode including key situations allows you to try to alter the course of history. There is also a 2-player head-to-head mode, Time Attack and one-off races of any length."
10538,Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship,,1990,6.6,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The golden warpship was once the most powerful ship in the galactic fleet. But the ship was captured by aliens, and its parts scattered throughout twelve different worlds. On each world deadly aliens, booby traps, black holes, and extreme gravitational forces guard the parts. It is now up to Solar Jetman to land on each of the worlds and retrieve all the parts so the golden warpship may be reassembled. At the beginning of each world, Solar Jetman starts out at the mother ship and explores using a jetpod. When a part of the golden warpship or something else of use is located, the jetpod can be used to haul it back to the mother ship. The mother ship will move on to the next world when all the parts on the current world have been brought back. If the jetpod takes too much damage, Solar Jetman must return to the mother ship for repairs before continuing the quest."
10542,Microsoft Golf 3.0,微软高尔夫3.0,1996,7.2,Sports,,,Using an engine licensed from Access play through 18 holes or practice your swing.
10543,Techno Cop,Technocop,1988,5.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Techno Cop is set in the near future. You are a cop who seeks to clear his town of all the criminal scum. The game consists of two parts; one driving-action and one sidescrolling-action. In the first part you drive around in your red Ferrari and destroy hostile cars; in the second part, you turn somersaults over gaps, use elevators and shoot lots of enemies until you reach the boss. After having killed / caught the villain, it's back to the road again for the next mission."
10553,Reach out for Gold,Summer Olympix,1993,6.1,Sports,,,"This has a more humorous approach then most other games of this type, the characters and graphics have a lot of cartoon feeling. There are 8 different events to compete in. Some are really easy if you fast on the buttons, like Swimming and 100 meter sprint. But others like Long jump, Javelin and Archery needs more technique then hammering on the buttons. Also there is Skeet shooting, Boxing and Kayak events."
10555,Storm,,1986,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Fantasy,"Una Cum has abducted Storm's wife Corrine and locked her in his well-guarded laboratory. Storm and his Wizard friend set off to have her in a top-down arcade game similar to Gauntlet You run around rooms which are all the same size, killing monsters and collecting treasure. A simultaneous 2-player mode is on offer. The C16 version was limited from 100 rooms to 40 rooms."
10558,Space Armada,,1981,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Space Armada is a clone of the game Space Invaders Rows of bomb dropping aliens are invading your home planet, and you need to protect it! You control a laser gun at the bottom of the screen; your goal is to earn as many points as possible by destroying the waves of attacking aliens at the top of the screen. The aliens march steadily downward, and if they reach the ground or you run out of laser guns, the game is over. When all aliens in a wave are destroyed, you move on to the next, more challenging round. From time to time, a flying saucer will pass by at the top of the screen which can be shot for bonus points."
10560,Fish,"Fish!, Fish!: One Nibble and You're Hooked., Fish: An Extraordinary Tale in Illustrated Interactive Fiction",1988,7.7,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"Inter-Dimensional Espionage. Inter-Dimensional... because you can ""warp"" into the body of a living thing in this or any other dimension. Espionage... because there are good guys and bad. And you're a good one... with years under your belt and a multitude of successful missions behind your dark glasses. The payoff? You get a vacation, and the ultimate vacation in this business is to become a goldfish. Yes, a goldfish. Hey, it's cushy. You swim a little, eat a little, live in a castle. (So what if it's plastic.) Just as you were getting into vacation mode (umbrella drink and all), the tide turns. The most dangerous group of inter-dimensional anarchists surface - the Seven Deadly Fins. This septic septet will stop at nothing to destroy all forms of life as we know it. And wouldn't you know it, you are drafted to stop them!"
10561,Crime Fighter,,1993,6.7,"Action, Puzzle, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Board game",,"In the near future, gangland crime runs rampant. And you and up to three other friends are fighting to become the boss of the criminal underworld in a small city. You must commit various crimes, such as burglary, pickpocketing, robbery, kidnapping, assassination, and smuggling to climb through the ranks. Each type of crime has a minigame attached to it, be it tactical fighting, item pushing puzzles, breaking a code, sneaking past guards, or running through halls, trying to stay away from the cops. Eventually you will command up to 9 other gangsters to help you rise to power. Crime Fighter can be played by up to four people at the same machine, though a single player mode is available as well."
10566,Mecarobot Golf,Serizawa Nobuo no Birdy Try,1993,5.3,Sports,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Mecarobot Golf a mechanical golfer by the name of Eagle was banned from competing in professional human tournaments when it was determined that his mechanical brain that can determine the right angles was an unfair advantage. Instead, the engineers that built Eagle have built him his very own course and the player has taken up the challenge against the mechanical golfer. The player doesn't get to play as the robot, instead they attempt to beat the robot in a standard 18 rounds of regular golf including weather conditions and obstacles such as sand traps, bunkers, water hazards and trees. Players can also practice their swing on the Driving Range to learn the basics of the game."
10569,Need for Speed: High Stakes,"Need for Speed 4, Need for Speed: Brennender Asphalt, Need for Speed: Conduite en état de liberté, Need for Speed: Road Challenge, Over Drivin' IV",1999,8.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",Arcade,,"Just like its predecessors Need for Speed: High Stakes is an action racing game with a wide selection of exotic sports cars and many different types of tracks. The trademark Hot Pursuit mode game mode from the first game in the series is still present, where players race opponents on tracks filled with regular traffic and police cars that chase the racers. The classic pursuit mode is extended with two additional modes: Getaway and Time Trap. In Getaway the player needs to shake off the police in a set amount of time, or playing as the police trap a speeder before time runs out. In Time Trap an entire race needs to be completed before time runs out, or as the police all speeders need to be arrested. There are minor differences between the two platforms for this game mode, regarding spike strips, road blocks, and back-up. The latter for instance is unique to the PlayStation version. The Pursuit mode is available in multiplayer as well and players can take different sides or race together. It is the first game in the series to introduce a Career mode with a set of challenges. Beating these is rewarded with trophies for unlocks, and money to spend on new cars, repairs and upgrades. In the PlayStation version the Career mode is split up into two different sets of challenges: Tournament (required races) and Special Event (optional races). High Stakes in the title refers to races where players bet their cars. In the PC version these are a part of the Career mode when the player owns more than two cars. In the PlayStation version two players can insert their memory cards and race against each other. The winner immediately receives the opponent's car and it is deleted from the loser's memory card right away. In addition to the new game modes it is also the first game in the series to have a detailed physics models. Damage now affects both the appearance and the performance of the car for the first time."
10576,Star Trek: Borg,,1996,6.7,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The player take the role of a Starfleet Cadet whose father died in the battle against the Borg at Wolf 359. When the Borg attack again, Starfleet won't allow you to stay and fight them. However, the mysterious entity ""Q"" (played by John deLancie) gives you the chance to travel back in time to Wolf 359 and try saving your father and his ship. Star Trek: Borg is an interactive movie filmed in first-person through the eyes of the cadet. Q initially takes the player onto the bridge of the cadet's father's ship as an invisible observer. Later, the cadet is transported inside the body of the ship's security officer, where he can use his knowledge of upcoming events to change the outcome. The interface is handled entirely through mouse clicks to make decisions or interact with puzzles at key points during the movie. Players can also pause the movie at any time with a single left-click, and gain access to a tricorder cursor. This cursor can then be clicked on any person or object in the frame to get a Q-narrated description of its backstory or function."
10577,Way of the Warrior,,1994,6.1,Action,Fighting,,"Way of the Warrior is a 2d fighting game that features digitized graphics of real fighters, 3d rendered backgrounds, and zoom effects. Players have to defeat 9 of the world's greatest warriors, plus a 'shadow' match, and a dragon to finally win the opportunity to dethrone the champion."
10587,Monkey Island Special,,1997,7.3,Compilation,,,This compilation includes:
10588,Frostbite,"El Esquimal, The Arctic Adventures of Frostbite Bailey",1983,7.6,Action,,,"You're an Eskimo who wants to build an igloo to live in during the cold season. To do this, you must jump from ice-block to ice-block, while avoiding wildlife such as birds and crabs. Coming in contact with any of these will cause them to push you off the block and into the deadly water. Once you have built your igloo, you must enter it to proceed to the next level. Remember, you must build it before the temperature drops to 0°. You have four lives."
10589,Quarth,"Arcade Archives: Block Hole, Arcade Archives: Quarth, Block Game, Block Hole",1989,7.7,"Action, Puzzle",Arcade,,"Quarth is a typical puzzle/arcade game. Quarth can be moved from right to left while the screen scrolls down. The playing field is filled with different blocks and your aim is to fill them in so they form complete rectangles or squares. Only when you succeed in this mission, the concerned blocks will disappear. New 'unformed' blocks appear while the playing field scrolls down making you play into full action at all times. As soon as a line of blocks reaches the bottom line, it is Game Over. Then you'll be granted 10 seconds to decide if you want continue the level. Each Level consists of 9 Areas and you progress to the next level once you've cleared the last area. The Battle mode is a dual player mode."
10591,Surf Ninjas,,1993,6.2,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",,"Surf Ninjas was created as a tie-on for the 1993 New Line Cinema movie of the same name and is loosely based on its content. The entire introduction of how the surfers discover they are the sons of a Patusani king is not mentioned and instead the player is thrown in the story as a ninja trainee right away. Colonel Chi wants to overthrow the kingdom and kill the last heirs, so he sends troops of ninjas to kill the two brothers. Players control one of the brothers as he travels through different locations such as the Palace restaurant, the docks at Venice (California), the island of Patu San and more. The 2D side-scrolling platforms missions contains platforms, enemies and ninjas and various hazards. One button is used to jump while the other, in combination with the D-pad, launches punches, kicks, throws and various combos. Attacks can also be performed from the air or using very high jumps. During gameplay an options screen can be accessed to review the statistics (health, strength, reflex and fight), get a hint through Adam's Game Gear, call the ninja Zatch to launch a powerful attack or select a weapon such as shurikens, fireballs, a knife and a sword. By defeating enemies coins are collected to be spent on bonus time on the clock, Zatch power-ups, a bonus life, complete regeneration, a hint, a weapon or a continue."
10592,International Ninja Rabbits,Ninja Rabbits II: The Buck Stops Here,1991,5.3,Action,Fighting,,"Having saved the day by destroying a chemical plant in Ninja Rabbits Bugs must now travel the world and destroy several more chemical plants to save the environment from pollution. To get to each plant our hero must walk from left to right on a scrolling side view game. Bugs doesn't just have to travel above ground but has the option in various places to go underground as well. The baddies appear from the right and using various moves, punch, kick or swing his stick, our hero can defeat the baddies. The baddies can fight back and if they hit you then your damage meter (in the shape of a carrot) will get smaller before it disappears and you lose a life."
10598,The Magic Candle: Volume 1,,1989,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The Magic Candle is best described as an Ultima clone. Its a top-down party-driven RPG. The plot revolves around you (Lukas) and your party of intrepid adventurers, whose task it is to seal the demon Dreax within the Magic Candle (which is burning down, and when it does, he gets released). The game has 3 difficulty levels (changing the number of 'days' you get to complete the game in.) A lot of travelling, dungeon-crawling, town-exploring, and especially, lots of conversing with NPCs."
10604,Half-Life: Platinum,"Half-Life: Generation (2nd release), Half-Life: Generation 2, Hλlf-Life: Generation, Hλlf-Life: Platinum",2000,6.8,Compilation,,,This compilation contains:
10610,Tangled Tales,Tangled Tales: The Misadventures of a Wizard's Apprentice,1989,7.0,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"You're a wizard's apprentice whose Master has taken access to your spells. To get them back, you need to complete three quests. Create your character by assigning points to Strength, Intelligence, Speed and Charisma, before setting off. This role-playing title is specifically aimed at younger people and non-hardcore roleplaying gamers. The screen display is split into a text window, a graphical window and a movement window. A comical mish-mash of characters ranging from knights to surfers await, each with their own part in solving your quests. You must learn new spells and fight when required, also recruiting people and spending money at many stages of the adventure, which takes in over 100 screens."
10612,Oddworld Adventures,,1998,6.8,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this side scroller, you play as Abe from Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee You have to save the paramites and scrabs from being turned into food by Ruptured Farms. You'll need to get to, and unlock, the outer temple door, get all the temple lights lit then get through the temple to save the paramites and scrabs. This is essentially a side-scrolling, puzzle-solving game. You will use meat to distract paramites, use rocks to destroy explosives, use hypnotic chants to control a slig (who's gun you can then use), and use levers for various tasks. Sometimes you will just sneak past an enemy or paramite."
10621,Namco Museum Vol. 4,,1996,6.3,Compilation,,,This compilation includes the following games:
10624,Switchblade II,,1991,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Fighting, Platform, Shooter",,"As Hiro, you must once again defeat the ninja lord Havok. Using ninja throwing stars and other weapons, you must defeat the minions of Havok to reach him. Switchblade II is a side-scrolling platform action game. One key aspect of the game is obtaining coins from defeated enemies, which can be traded at shops for extra lives, energy, and weapons."
10628,Ghoul Patrol,,1994,6.9,Action,Shooter,,"In the sequel to Zombies Ate My Neighbors players control the kids Zeke and/or Julie, who travel to different worlds and fight skeletons, ghouls, ghosts, and other demonic creatures in order to save their town from a horror exhibit that came to life. Shooting enemies with weapons like Plasma Gun or Lobbing Smash Gun, the heroes need to rescue ten trapped victims on each level and fight the boss at the end, all the whole conserving the limited ammunition."
10636,Jaws,"Jaws: The Computer Game, Tiburon",1989,5.4,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"As Amity Island's Police Chief Brodie, it is your responsibility to stop the lethal shark Jaws from killing the residents and tourists. The Mayor is keeping an eye on you, and wants the job done as quickly and cheaply as possible. Unfortunately, the main weapon which must be used to finally kill Jaws has been broken into four pieces, which are located along the sea bed in different places. As you explore the 150-plus screens of the game, you must shoot the other fish - some can be shot using your standard weapon, while others (those which flash) must be shot using special limited bullets. You also have responsibility for closing beaches, which removes the risk of a shark attack, but also costs the area business, especially on hot days, and irritates the Mayor."
10637,Dino Eggs,,1983,7.5,Action,Platform,"Prehistoric, Sci-fi / futuristic","While on an expedition through time to the prehistoric past, Time Master Tim accidentally brings a case of European Measles to that era. He has to return the Dino eggs to the present time in order to save them from this epidemic. Tim has to face the dino egg predators, such as spiders and snakes which will contaminate the eggs. The mother of the eggs also lurks by, and if a fire is not built, she may just step in. Will you be able to save the dinosaur race from extinction?"
10640,Gekisha Boy,"Simple 1500 Series Vol. 94: The Cameraman, The Cameraman: Gekisha Boy Omakefu",1992,7.3,Action,,,"Gekisha Boy is a 2D side-scrolling game in which you play the part as a camera man who is out to snap some high paying photos to please their contractor. You control the movement of the shutter aim and you have slight control over the character as well (using the same style of control as such games as Cabal ). You walk along a side-scrolling street and you have to snap unusual/tragic/funny or simply weird photos to rack up the points. It can be anything from crashing airplanes to Marilyn Monroe lookalikes and UFOs abducting cars. Every stage has a set score you need to reach to progress to the next one or you have to start it over again. The PlayStation version The Cameraman: Gekisha Boy Omakefu is an updated and expanded port released as Volume 94 of the Simple 1500 series and contains an additional stage. It also has an unlockable cooperative mode with a second player as the Gekisha Girl. Otherwise the versions are identical in graphics, sound and gameplay."
10643,Orb-3D,,1990,6.0,"Action, Puzzle",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The evil space wizard Krohn has mastered the power to control a black hole, and plans on using this power to control the universe. You are an explorer on assignment in a remote corner of the universe. You have just been reassigned to fight Krohn since your ship, the Millennium Orb, is the only space craft cabable of withstanding Krohn's black hole. To defeat Krohn, you must get past 30 different chambers blocking the path. On the left and right side of each chamber are force fields which you must maneuver to keep the Millennium orb within the chamber. Each chamber contains a plane in the center with various targets, around which the Orb will travel. You can make the Orb dive out of it's orbital path into the plane and hit the targets. To complete each chamber you need to complete a goal with the targets (often you will need to figure out a way to clear them all.) The Millenium Orb has a limited amount of feul, however, which will be used up over time and in even greater quantities should you miss the Orb with the force fields. When fuel is low, you can head to Vern's Orb-O-Rama and use earned credits to refuel your Orb. Included with the game is a pair of 3-D glasses which can give the game a more 3 dimensional appearance, though they aren't required for gameplay. Due to gameplay similarities this game is often considered a follow-up of Beyond the Black Hole"
10644,Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch,Ringworld: La Venganza del Patriarca,1992,6.6,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A graphical adventure set in Larry Niven's ""Known Space"" universe. The centerpiece of the Known Space universe is the Ringworld, an artificially created planet that is actually an immense band orbiting a distant star ( Halo borrows this idea for its setting). If you aren't familiar with Niven's series, go out and pick up any one of the dozens of Known Space books and you won't be far from having to track down all of them. In Revenge of the Patriarch, the player must travel to the Ringworld to uncover information which could prevent the alien Kzinti from starting another war with humanity. It follows the standard point and click formula for adventure games."
10645,SEGA Bass Fishing,Get Bass: SEGA Bass Fishing,1997,6.8,Sports,,,"Explore the exciting sport of bass fishing! Based on the arcade hit, explore eight fishing locations as you try to catch the biggest fish possible! You can choose between fourteen different lures, and compete in four tournaments, starting with you as an amateur, up to a Masters Classic tournament!"
10657,Lamborghini: American Challenge,"Crazy Cars 3, Crazy Cars III",1992,7.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Starting out with just a basic Lamborghini and $6000, your aim is to rise to the top of the 4 divisions of racing through success on 60 race tracks across The United States. In each division there are 20 rival racers, up to 3 of which compete in each race at a time. The races also feature lots of local drivers (who can take crucial positions away from you and the other championship drivers), Sunday drivers going at normal speed, and police. Before each race you will be told of the quality of the locals and the likelihood of police presence. When police are in the area, speeding beyond 110 km/h could see you branded as an offender, at which point the police will try to ram you off the road, Chase H.Q. -style. You can attempt to reach the end of the race despite this damage (which eventually hampers your speed) or simply pull over and accept a fine and the loss of race points. If the police subsequently stop you, the fine is heavier. Each race costs money to enter and your earnings can be boosted by betting on the results with the other championship drivers. If one of you wins, each driver gives you either the amount they bet or the amount you bet, whichever is lower. If a local wins you get your stake back. Lots of power-ups can be bought along the way, including tires, radar jammers, engine improvements and nitro boosts. To move up a division you must take the Divisional Challenge, a one-off trek through a tough section within the time limit. You buy a set of 3 passes for this, each allowing one attempt."
10669,Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes,"Marvel vs. Capcom 1, Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes EX Edition",1998,7.6,Action,Fighting,,"Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes is a 2D fighting game that combines characters from Capcom's videogames with characters from the Marvel comic universe, similar to Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter The game takes place in a Marvel universe where Professor Charles Xavier asks the heroes to help him before he merges with the consciousness of Magneto to form the being known as Onslaught, the final boss. The game follows the standard fighting gameplay, but different from X-Men vs. Street Fighter you now have to make up a squad of three characters instead of two. The other characters can be summoned for assist attacks and there is also a duo team attack to control two characters for a brief time, along with the ability to perform super moves where the characters team up. Options include a straight arcade battle, 4-player tag modes (Dreamcast version only), a survival mode (much like Street Fighter Alpha 3 ), and a training mode. The PlayStation version does not have the 4-player tag mode and also reduces the second character to an assist role, but in addition, introduces a ""crossover"" mode where tag-team play with identical teams is possible. For Marvel, the cast of playable characters includes Spider-Man, Captain America, Venom, Hulk, Gambit, War Machine, Wolverine, Gold War Machine (secret character), Hyper Venom (secret character), Orange Hulk (secret character), and Onslaught (secret character). The Capcom side offers Chun-Li, Ryu, Zangief, Morrigan Aensland, Captain Commando, Megaman (Rockman in Asia), Strider Hiryu, Jin Saotome, Roll (secret character), Lilith-Mode Morrigan (secret character), and Shadow Lady (secret character). There is also a large number of special partners that can be summoned."
10674,Catz,,1999,5.4,Simulation,,,"Catz is a virtual pet and basically the same game as Dogz The player adopts a cat and has to care for its well-being. The cat walks around in its one-screen room and the player controls a cursor which can be used to pet or grab it. Additionally a few accessories can be selected from a different screen, e.g. a brush, which are used for to keep it healthy and happy. If the player neglects it, the cat runs away. Over time the player can unlock more items and even more cat breeds."
10675,Uprising X,,1998,7.1,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Uprising X is a PlayStation-exclusive entry in Cyclone Studios' series of tank simulators, combining the gameplay of real time strategy games with first-person combat. The player controls a tank named ""Wraith"" with both analog sticks, using the left one to aim and the right stick for movement. The minimal plot is developed through mission briefings and cutscenes, telling the struggle between a rebel faction against imperial forces for the dominance of planets. As one of the rebels, the player has to maneuver the tank on a battlefield, searching for suitable places to construct reinforcements buildings. After entering a piece of terrain marked with four glowing orbs, a large structure topped by a turret called ""The Citadel"" appears on a nearby spot. The player can enter it by pressing both L1 and R1 buttons, assuming the role of the turret operator. Besides handling the weapons, the player can access the build menu, from where unit factories can be erected on the surrounding terrain. Extra turrets can also be placed around the perimeter to protect the base. The structures can be recycled to be replaced with new ones. The tank is equipped with several weapons, from laser beams to guided missiles, that can be used against enemy troops. From the inside, friendly units can be summoned when available to fight alongside in battle. Infantry, tanks and aircraft can be called into action from the interface menu. A tactical map showing an overhead view of the terrain can be activated with the select button. There are three split-screen modes for two players: challenge, deathmatch and siege. The first two have the players fighting directly against each other, while the last one is more strategic, where the objective is to defend the base from incoming enemy assaults."
10683,Casino Games,,1989,6.0,Gambling,"Cards / tiles, Pinball",,"In Casino Games the player can visit a Casino with $500 in the pocket where they spend it on casino games. The games come in 3 different categories that include card game, slot machine, and pinball. After the player picks there gender and their surname they are greeted by the woman at the information desk. The player can then pick if they want to enter an account number if the player has played before. If not the default $500 is given and the player is on there way to play some games. The categories and games available are: Card Games Poker – The player plays one of the four CPU players available ranging from the easy player, Nancy, to the hardest player, Charley. The player is presented with a one on one game using the five-card-draw poker where the player, after playing the ante, can Bet, Pass, or Fold for a round, before replacing unwanted cards for the 2nd and final round of betting. The more skilled the opponent the harder it is to bluff them and they will try to bluff more themselves. Blackjack – The standard game against the dealer where the objective is to score higher then the dealer to but not exceed 21 points for the value of all the players’ cards. The player can Hit (get another card) or Stand (keep the cards) It uses the casino rules like Double Down (if the score lower then 12 then the player can double the bet but have a maximum of one more card), Split (turn two matching cards into 2 separate hands), and Insurance (player wins if the dealer gets 21 with two cards after playing extra). Bets can be between $10 and $100. Baccarat – Player tries to beat the dealers score by using only the last digit of the total of the cards (i.e 10+4 = 4) if the score is under six then the player gets dealt one more card. If the players score is over six or seven then the dealer may get an extra card based on complex rules. Eight and above then no one gets an extra card. Bets can be between $10 and $100. Slot Machine There are old standard fruit slot machines with 3 lines each. The player picks a slot machine that come in $1, $5, $25, $50, or $100 per token. There is one token per line to a maximum of 3 lines after which the player will be increasing the payout per line up to 3 times (9 tokens max). The payouts range from 1 Cherry (2 tokens) to Lucky Sevens (50 tokens). Pinball: After choosing the table slope of Gentle, Middle, or Steep (slow to fast) the player is presented with a standard 3 ball pinball table named CASINOGAMES with drop-targets, bumpers, rollovers, and 2 levels of flippers. The plunger strength is based on timing and flippers are controlled by left and B. There is only one table to play is no money to be won. There is no amount to play to, however, if the player runs out of money then it is game over. When the player has won an amount then they can get an account number to password save the game."
10690,Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts,"Cho Makai-mura, Cho Makai-mura R",1991,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform","Fantasy, Medieval","4 years after Arthur saved Princess PrinPrin from the evil demon Loki, a wonderful celebration is about to take place! Arthur and the Princess are engaged, and the wedding is to take place at last! Thousands from around the kingdom have come to witness this joyous event! But somewhere in the darkness of the forest lurks a horrible evil... Arthur and PrinPrin are spending a quiet moment locked in embrace, when she is suddenly snatched away by a huge demon! As her screams echo through the night, Arthur rushes from the castle, and pursues the demon to the graveyard, where he is greeted by hundreds of horrible ghouls and monsters! Now, this time, they've gone too far...Arthur is ready for them..."
10694,Galaxy 5000,Galaxy 5000: Racing in the 51st Century,1991,7.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Galaxy 5000 is an isometric-perspective space racing game where 4 spaceships compete head to head in outer space races. 1 or 2 human players can compete in the races; the rest of the ships are controlled by the computer. The ships complete several laps around each course and have limited firing capacity to throw their opponents off balance. The ships can also jump. In fact, the ships can jump right off the edge of the course and drop down (in space). If the player does not complete a course in good time, the entire race track will disintegrate and leave the ship to fall down (and apparently splash into some water below). A notable item about this game is its use of squeaky, comical, digitized voices for exclamations when colliding with another player (""Hey!"", ""Excuse me!"", ""Watch it!""). There are also 2 completely different control schemes that a player can adopt for cruising around the course. The first scheme rotates and drives the ship in the direction that the control pad is being pressed. The second scheme uses left and right to rotate the ship and up to thrust in the direction the nose is pointing."
10699,In Cold Blood,"A Sangre Fría, A Sangue Freddo, A Sangue Frio, Cold Blood, De Sang Froid, ICB",2000,7.2,"Action, Adventure","Puzzle elements, Shooter, Stealth",,"In the near future, Cold War has reignited between USA and People's Republic of China. CIA has requested assistance of British MI6 to send an agent into Volgia, a fictional state under control of General Nagarov which he founded after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The player takes control of John Cord, MI6 agent chosen for the assignment. His investigation turns out to be anything but simple. In Cold Blood has characteristics of an adventure game, a stealth game, and a shooter. It relies on puzzle-solving but also includes action segments. Progress in the game is mostly achieved by collecting items and talking to various characters to find clues. Many conversations consist of multiple-choice dialogues. At certain points it is necessary to use stealth to proceed undetected, or attempt to solve the situation violently. Combat is fairly simple and consists of melee fighting (punches) or shooting."
10700,Orc Attack: You Against the Hordes,,1983,6.6,Action,,Fantasy,"Orc Attack: You Against the Hordes is a side-view single screen game where you must move along the top of your castle wall to protect the castle from hordes of Orcs. You move left or right and movement is like you are on ice where you must compensate for your inertia to stop in the correct position. At the bottom of the screen are the Orcs and they move into a position with a ladder and climb up some of the way. Other Orcs will then place their ladder on top of that ladder to get higher. To defend the castle against the Orcs you have to drop rocks on they heads and you must go to either side of the screen where a rock icon is and then you must find a gap in the battlements to drop the rock and kill the Orcs. If there is no gap over any Orcs then you can remove the Battlement by repeatedly hitting it. If any Orcs reach the top of the castle then sword icons appear at the sides of the screen and this must be collected and you can hit the Orcs to make them fall. If there are no more Orcs at the top of the castle then the rock icons appear again. As you fight the Orcs with your sword they can also fight back and if you are hit then you receive a wound and when you receive ten then you lose one of two lives. After a certain time, boiling oil appears and when dropped destroys all ladders and kills all the Orcs but it only appears when no orcs are at the top of the castle. A pyramid of Orcs then appears to show how many you have killed before you go to the next level. Other Orcs that make an appearance are Orcs with bow and arrows, Demon Trolls, and Ninja Orcs who don't need ladders to climb walls and rocks can't kill them."
10701,Dreams,,1998,4.4,Action,,,"In this game you are Duncan - a man, who must save the worlds of Dream and Reality from dark force. While in the PC version called Dreams to Reality you have a whole dream world to explore, progressing in a storyline, solving puzzles and having conversations with NPCs, the Playstation version is a simple arcade-style game: you're placed in a small area of floating isles where you must defeat all the monsters and collect all the objects in order for an exit to pop up. This exit will then lead to a new small area of floating isles. In this game you can choose between a variety of playable characters, all of which have a different skill and style of movement. Also, the intro video is completely different to that of the PC version."
10703,The Return of Medusa,Rings of Medusa II: The Return of Medusa,1991,7.0,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"In Rings of Medusa Prince Cirion managed to defeat Medusa who threatened to overthrow his kingdom Morenor. Unfortunately she has a new plan: travelling to the future (2200) when Cirion is long dead. Of course he pursues her and now his quest of defeating Medusa begins anew. This time the main goal is finding thirteen keys which are divided over dungeons all over the country. The change of scenario, the predecessor was set in medieval times, means that there is modern weaponry and technology. In order to find the keys, the player needs to build up an army and gather enough money to search for them and defeat Medusa's city. There are several ways to do this, the most important being trade. Other options are searching for treasure on the world map or playing roulette at a casino. Important for success is the assembly of the army as there are multiple races, classes and weaponry to choose from. The main addition in comparison to the predecessor are the dungeons which are shown from a first person-view. The player can take up to three companions into those dungeons and needs to solve puzzles and defeat enemies in real-time (ranged with firearms) in order to reach the goal. The game is also in real-time when travelling on the world map; only inside the cities where the management part takes place the time is stopped. There is also the occasional arcade sequence to solve."
10705,Daffy Duck in Hollywood,,1994,6.9,Action,Platform,,"The Looney Tunes platformer Daffy Duck in Hollywood received a unique version for Sega's 8-bit systems. While similar in story, concept and themes to the Mega Drive version the 8-bit version has unique level designs and also several differences in gameplay. Players control Daffy Duck, who is hired to reacquire Yosemite Sam's Golden Cartoon Movie Awards, stolen by the nefarious Doctor Duck Brain. Daffy has to make his way through six different worlds of three levels each. Each world is based on a movie genre including western, horror, adventure, sci-fi and more. At the beginning of the game, the six levels of the first two worlds can be selected in any order. Completing all six unlocks the levels of the next two worlds. Each level consists of several sections. The entry to the next section only opens once Daffy has dispatched a number of enemies in the current section. To to so, Daffy is armed with a bubble gun. Shooting bubbles at enemies makes most of them float away, some however are invulnerable and must be avoided. Daffy can upgrade his gun via bubble power-ups, making it shoot faster, in different patterns or with more power. Also available are magic wand power-ups which summon a ""fairy duck mother"", preventing Daffy from losing a life by absorbing the next hit - otherwise, each hit is instantly fatal. Golden clipboards give continues while dollar signs, gold coins and diamonds can be collected for points. Not every level contains one of the Movie Awards, and collecting them isn't even necessary to finish the game. Yosemite Sam won't be pleased however if not all are recovered."
10718,Wild Cup Soccer,,1994,5.4,"Action, Sports",Fighting,,"Following on from Brutal Sports Football came this interpretation of soccer, released alongside the 1994 World Cup. In one player mode you can play a Wild Cup or a League system; two player games are restricted to single ‘Unfriendly’ matches. Unlike its predecessor the game uses an isometric viewpoint, perhaps because the original FIFA was so popular at the time. A number of vicious moves are on offer, with tackles Vinnie Jones would flinch at along with lethal head-butts and shoulder barges. If a game finishes drawn, it goes into a ‘Penalty Shoot Out’, which involves going round shooting the opposition;– the last team standing wins. The pre-match screens include attacking at defensive play styles, transfers and the chance to buy items such as rocket launchers and shields."
10721,Mugsy,,1984,7.4,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Interwar,"Chicago in the 30s. You are an aspiring boss of a criminal organization and plan to make big money. Easier said than done, though - you will have to decide how much money to spend on guns and ammo, how much to bribe the police and how many people to put the squeeze on in your protection racket. And doing a good job might be bad for your health, since other organizations might hire hitmen to eliminate you. When this happens an arcade sequence takes place where you must outgun the hitman. Fail and you are given a percentage rating for your performance in the game. The game features stylish graphics and is presented - not unlike King of Chicago - through conversations with other goons of your mob. And if you lose all your money or men, you will get the unforgettable message by your right-hand man... ""What a schmuck you are, Mugsy."""
10722,Tobal No.1,,1996,8.0,Action,Fighting,,"The year is 2027 and an Earth starship has discovered the planet Tobal which has large deposits of a rare and powerful energy source called Molmoran. A tournament is set up to see who should get the rights to it. Tobal No.1 is a fighting game with a stand-out feature: grappling system. Every character has the ability to grapple the opponent, which in its turn allows access to new moves. Grapple reversal and grapple escape are also available. In addition, there is a large amount of combo attacks to perform (by rapidly pressing corresponding buttons), most of which are unique to each character. There is also a quest mode."
10723,Descent Maximum,Descent 2,1997,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Descent Maximum took the best parts of the original Descent and Descent II for the PC and adapted them to the Playstation game console. In Descent the player takes control of the ""Material Defender"" a pilot sent into a series of interstellar mines to rid them of the crazed robots that have taken over them. The player has total 360-degree movement of the ship to navigate through the twisting mines and is equipped with over 20 specialized weapons. Descent Maximum was the second and final Descent game available for the PlaySation game console. Initially, the game was to be a direct port of Descent II to the Playstation, however at the time Sony were rejecting PC ports of games to the PS in the US, so the game was retooled, renamed and all the previous levels were scrapped in favor of 36 (!) new Playstation exclusive levels. It was still released as ""Descent 2"" for the Playstation in foreign markets."
10726,The Activision Decathlon,Decathlon,1983,7.1,Sports,,,"The Activision Decathlon is a series of Olympic games similar to the Epyx games series Up to four players can compete in the ten different events of a real-life decathlon, either in sequence or individually. Included are the 100-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400-meter race, 110-meter hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw, and 1500-meter race. The flat running events involve simple joystick waggling, which must be balanced with accurately-timed button presses to clear the hurdles - hitting them or breaking stride causes a loss of momentum and thus time. For jumping and throwing events, you must build momentum by waggling and then press the button to throw or jump at what you feel is the appropriate moment. For each event, points are earned based on how well you do (this can be based on your running time, or how far you throw the javelin or discus, etc...), and the player with the most points at the end of the decathlon wins the gold medal."
10728,Wacky Races,"Chiki Chiki Machine Mou Race, Corri con Dastadly e Muttley, Corrida Maluca, Corridas Malucas, Les Fous du Volant, Los Autos Locos, Wacky Races: Autorennen Total",2000,6.3,Racing / Driving,,,"For those who can remember the cartoon series, this will be a blast from the past. Choose from all your favourite characters including Peter Perfect, Penelope Pitstop and, of course, Dick Dastardly and Muttley, and wind your way through cartoon like environments in the familiar vehicles of each character. Simply get to the end of the race first to open up new tracks, and use weapons to pick off the rest of the cast, and aid your progress."
10729,Decisive Battles of WWII: Ardennes Offensive,"Decisive Battles of WWII: La Bataille des Ardennes, Die Entscheidung: Ardennenoffensive 1944",1997,6.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,"Historical events, World War II","Decisive Battles of WWII: Ardennes Offensive is the first game in the Decisive Battles of WWII series It's a turn based strategy game that takes place around the Battle of the Bulge. The hexagonal game map is displayed from above and the units are represented by icons, similar to what you would expect in a board game. The game comes with eight scenarios with a varying number of turns in which to complete them. The scenarios can be played against the computer or against friends in hot seat, LAN, online or play-by-email. The game is divided in turns, in each turn you can give orders to your units using a point and click interface. The game is very open in information. It shows exactly the strength of all forces, their modifiers and odds of winning; so nothing is left to chance and all focus goes towards a good strategy."
10730,Dominant Species,,1998,6.2,Strategy / tactics,"Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy (RTS)",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are one of the alien Mindlords, controlling your species in the battle for ""Anima"", the substance of all life on this planet, against other Mindlords. Then came the humans. As the most promising young Mindlord, take your species to triumph over the invading humans, while keep your species safe against the encroachments of other species."
10744,Harvest Moon 3 GBC,Bokujō Monogatari GB 3: Boy Meets Girl,2000,7.3,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"After much acclaim for your past farming accomplishments (as part of the previous Harvest Moon titles on GBC), you are asked by a young girl to help her get her farm up and running. The farm, situated on an island, needs plenty of work, so you need all your skills to get things working correctly. Your many tasks range from tending to the farm animals, keeping an eye on the budget while purchasing goods (food, water, mechanical items, etc) at the local stores, and so forth. And although the main aim is to build and maintain the farm, there are plenty of opportunities to take care of yourself (go to the movies, buy pets, find a girlfriend/boyfriend)."
10753,Destructo,"The Island of Doctor Destructo, The Island of Dr Destructo, The Island of Dr. Destructo",1987,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"You are leading a mission to destroy Dr. Destructo's array of ships, and ultimately his island hideout, over 21 levels. You do this by flying a plane over a limited area, and shooting his planes so that they fall and inflict damage on the target item, which is large at the bottom of the screen. Multiple shots on a particular spot will ultimately cause a water-spout; three waterspouts and the ship (or island) will sink. Some enemy beings can be shot down, but others are indestructible and require evasive action. You are also armed with a bomb, which can be used to inflict precise damage once per level. One of the features of this game is that it uses a day/night cycle."
10756,Doodlebug,Doodlebug: Bug-Bash 2,1992,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Doodlebug is a side-scrolling platform sequel to the programmer's earlier shooter Bug Bash in a very colourful cartoony style. Your aim as the ""Doodlebug"" is to make your way through five different levels (with three sub-levels each), killing baddies by jumping on their heads until you eventually make it to the final baddie. The most unique thing about this game is the novel theme at its centre: You can choose between five different coloured pencils to throw at your baddies (presuming you've picked some up). If the pencil's flight path is uninterrupted then they'll draw a useful item for you: Either an Umbrella (for long falls), Ball (to be able to jump onto higher platforms), a Potion (invincibility), a Clock (stops time) and an Eraser (kills everything on screen)."
10759,Sonic Adventure,Sonic Adventure International,1998,8.1,Action,Metroidvania,,"Yet again Sonic and friends find themselves wrapped up in the schemes of Dr. Robotnik. This time he plans to exploit the power of Chaos, a malevolent being that feeds upon the power of the Chaos Emeralds. In their own way, five heroes will do what they can to save Station Square and, perhaps, the entire world. The player can select from which character to play after meeting them with Sonic, and each has its own unique version of each level. Sonic's levels involve racing through a level as quickly as possible, destroying any robots along the way. Tails can hover over distances, and his levels are similar to Sonic's except that he must beat an opponent to the finish line. Amy can't charge up ramps or run as quickly as Sonic and Tails, but she does have a giant hammer she can break obstacles with. The goal of her levels is to avoid being captured by a robot sent after her by Dr. Robotnik. E102 Gamma is a slow, difficult to maneuver robot, but it has guns and missiles that can lock on to several targets at once, chaining together attacks and earning a higher score and more time on the clock. The goal of its levels is to reach a boss enemy and destroy it before time runs out. The final character is Big the Cat, a fisherman searching for his lost frog. Big's levels are almost entirely devoid of action or fighting; he just fishes. Each character can find items that increase their abilities as the story progresses, such as a ring for Sonic that lets him home along lines of rings, or improved lures for Big. A final chapter wrapping up the story is unlocked after all other characters have been completed. Additionally, each of the characters can visit the Chao garden where they can raise baby Chaos. By petting, feeding, and showing animals found in levels to the Chaos they can grow stronger, and optionally be put into races against other Chaos. As well each level in the game has additional objectives that can be completed to acquire extra emblems, although the emblems don't do anything in this version of the game. Finally, at one time it was possible to go online and download additional levels and bonuses in the game, such as a Christmas theme for Station Square and a level sponsored by AT&T, but since SegaNet shut down this is no longer possible."
10765,Xak: The Art of Visual Stage,EggConsole Xak PC-8801mkiiSR,1989,7.8,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Action RPG,Fantasy,"Two hundred and fifty years ago, the god Duel defeated an evil demon named Badu, encasing him in a mountain of ice. Now Badu has managed to escape from his prison. Demons have overrun the land, and the king of Wavis sends a messenger to a warrior named Dork Kart, asking him to defend the country. However, Dork is absent, and his sixteen-year-old son Latok decides to do the king's bidding, and even go as far as to confront Badu himself. Xak: The Art of Visual Stage is an action RPG, in which Latok travels through the world of Xak, exploring its outdoor environments and dungeons, and eliminating many enemies encountered on his way. Defeated enemies grant the player experience points, allowing Latok to level up and become stronger. The protagonist often needs to meet minimum level requirements in order to wield better weapons and equip better armor."
10766,Minesweeper,"Démineur, PM Mine, Win Mine",1990,6.8,Puzzle,,,"Minesweeper is a puzzle game in which the player is presented with a board filled with mines, without knowing what fields they occupy. When the player clicks on a field a number appears on it, indicating how many mines are located in the fields nearest to it. The player then clicks on other fields, trying to avoid mines. If the player makes a mistake, the mine will explode and the game is over. The game features three difficulty levels, distinguished by the size of the board - the bigger the board, the higher the difficulty level."
10773,Master of Monsters,,1988,7.6,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Master of Monsters is a turn-based strategy game in which you choose one of five different wizards and fight the other wizards for domination of the land that stands without a ruler after the master wizard's death. You can play in two campaigns against the computer which requires you to defeat the enemy wizards on all maps and allows you to take all units that have survived a battle into the next one. You can also play all maps individually with up two four human players. In battles, you can summon different monsters and cast spells. Which monsters you can summon and which spells you can use depends on which wizard you have chosen. Your aim in every battle is to defeat all other wizards and thus conquering the land (In the campaigns you only have a limited number of turns to do so). Your wizard and monsters gain experience from fighting and your monsters' abilities differ largely from one-another. For example some monsters can execute long-range attacks, some have strong magic attacks but are physically weak. Furthermore, their movement is affected by different terrain types. While flying monsters can move freely, most of the other monster have a preferred terrain type (lizards move best in water etc.). You can summon up two 30 monsters per battle, but how many monsters you can summon each turn is not only determined by the amount of MP, but also by the number of towers that you control, which makes conquering and defending towers a key-element in battles."
10774,Isle of the Dead,,1993,4.8,"Action, Adventure","Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror",Oceania,"Isle of the Dead is a mixture between a first-person shooter and a traditional point-and-click adventure game. While walking through a level in a FPS mode you can examine certain areas closer and the game switches to adventure mode. The shooter part is visually and technically similar to Wolfenstein 3D The player controls an apparently sole survivor of a crash, stranded on a tropical island in the South Pacific. The hero must hunt for survival items, weapons and a way to get off the island. Hideous zombies, vicious wolves and other horrors await him."
10777,Carax '95,,1997,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,In Carax '95 the player takes control over a space ship and shoots at aliens. The goal of every level is to kill every alien on screen - but there is a catch: there is a time limit of three minutes. If the player gets hit by an alien projectile he doesn't die but the time limit takes a 10 seconds hit. After every level the game also calculates the hit ratio: if it is over 70% the player receives additional time. The ship can be moved freely within the one-screen levels.
10778,Titanic: Challenge of Discovery,Expedition zur Titanic,1998,5.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"A strategy/simulation game that includes a little bit of education, Titanic: Challenge of Discovery puts you in the lead of an underwater archaeological team charged with finding three diverse famous wrecks: the Roman galley Isis, the German battleship Bismark, and then the starring ship, the RMS Titanic. With both a limited budget and window of opportunity, you must assemble a crew and equipment, then research the legends and tales of the wrecks to find a general area to search. Once you're out at sea, you'll use the common tools of the trade, from towed sonar to remote controlled submersibles to look for signs of debris. With a probable location, you can then excavate valuable historical pieces. Doing all this while maintaining a happy, healthy crew and not losing any equipment will give you the points you need to tackle the next target. Crew members have hidden stats, which affect how long it takes for jobs and how well they're done. Weather and sea conditions can affect your choices for the day, as poor situations could make searching not only difficult, but also dangerous. The game is played primarily through a bunch of control panels similar to ship systems. In addition, the Jason remote controlled vehicle and Discovery sub are controlled in a first-person sim like situation, with the dark ocean bottom displayed before you in 3-D Graphics. The game is primarily for those interested in the deep sea searching, as much of the time is spent listening to sonar traces and examining the ocean floor, determining what is a piece of a Roman galley and what's a WWII fighter."
10783,Secrets of the Luxor,Les Mystères de Louxor,1996,6.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You're an archaeologist exploring an ancient pyramid in this Myst -like adventure. You've discovered evidence of a powerful artifact left behind by an advanced civilization, and you have to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. As you explore the pyramid and solve puzzles, you will travel across time and space to three different worlds. The game features a point-and-click interface and static 3D rendered graphics, with full-motion video interludes and a VR headset mode allowing for 360 degree panning. The game ships on 2 cds."
10787,Lethal Enforcers I & II,"Lethal Enforcers, Lethal Enforcers Deluxe Pack",1997,6.4,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Shooter",,"Lethal Enforcers I & II contains the Konami coin-op shooters Lethal Enforcers & Lethal Enforcers II: Gunfighters both on one disc. The games both share a similar gameplay structure with digitized enemy targets ""popping up"" on screen and simply needing to be shot down before they take a shot at you.The original game places you as a 1990s police officer fighting bank robbers, Chinese Mafia and drug dealers while in the sequel you are now a Sheriff up against more bank robbers and wrong doing but now set in the Old West. Lethal Enforcers can be played with either a standard game pad or for more of an authentic arcade experience, the Konami Hyperblaster light gun."
10791,An American Tail: Fievel Goes West,,1994,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Based on the movie by the same name, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West is a platform game featuring the young mouse Fievel Mousekewitz. After immigrating to overseas to America in the beginning of the 20th century, the Mousekewitz family has moved out onto the open frontier of the wild west. With dreams of being a cowboy, Fievel soon makes friends and plays on the dusty streets imagining himself a great gunslinger. But all is not well as the villainous Cat R. Waul and his gang of cats (as well as other creatures) has plans to turn this place into an all-you-can-eat mouse buffet. It's up to Fievel to get in the way of Cat's plans with the help of the canine sheriff, Wylie Burp and his non-mouse eating cat pal, Tiger The game is a traditional action platformer. Fievel can jump and fire a pop-gun as he ventures through each level, collecting coins. The pop-gun can be powered-up to fire more powerful projectiles."
10792,Tetris 4D,,1998,6.5,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"Tetris 4D is a fairly standard Tetris game that was released in Japan shortly after the Dreamcast launched. The game features two modes, Classic and Battle. Classic mode offers a normal solitaire Tetris game: rotate and fit falling blocks to complete lines. Five difficulty settings are available, which change the speed and piece preview settings. The sound and graphics generally follow a modern urban/industrial theme, with five techno music choices, including a variation of the classic Tetris ""Karinka"". The 3D backgrounds are basic but shift viewpoint as you advance in levels. The Battle mode offers two to four player multiplayer. One player starts off flagged, and blocks push up from the bottom as other players make lines. Once he makes enough lines himself the flag moves to another player. Difficulty is set independently allowing for handicaps. Unfortunately, you can't play the battle mode against the computer. There's also no VMU support for saving high scores, a rather critical omission for this type of game."
10795,Toy Racer,,2000,6.2,Racing / Driving,,,"This is an online pseudo-sequel to Toy Commander Released at the budget price of £5, £1 of that went to charity. It had no AI and was only for on/off-line 2-4 player racing. It featured toy cars racing around ""real world"" environments like the bathroom."
10796,TwinWorld: Land of Vision,TwinWorld,1989,7.6,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"After the Cariken family became complacent, the land of Gaspar ceased to be ruled as well. This left the way clear for evil men such as Maldur the druid to step in and slaughter the family, shattering their magical amulet. Only one of the family survived, and the amulet was broken into 23 pieces. As Ulopa, the sole survivor, you must reclaim the pieces. They are spread across 23 levels of platforming action, combining surface areas with some underground tunnels. You have 3 types of weapons with different functionality: switching between them at the right moments is vital. You can also collect upgrades from the carcasses of dead enemies. Other upgrades such as springs and a parachute can also be found."
10797,Battle Arena Toshinden Remix,Toshinden S,1995,6.8,Action,Fighting,,"Toshinden Remix or Toshinden S as it was called in Japan is a port of Takara's Playstation fighting game Battle Arena Toshinden to the Sega Saturn by Sega. It adds an additional secret character as well as a story mode for each character. These additions also hint at some of the plot twists in the game's sequel Battle Arena Toshinden 2 The games graphics took a huge hit in the port; the Playstation version really does look considerably better. Though the character model and arena for the afore mentioned port exclusive character looks notably better than the ported graphics. Toshinden Remix also redubs all the games voice samples with more light-hearted samples with over the top and arguably outrageous accents. Like the graphics, the game speed also takes a huge hit in this port running considerably slower than the Playstation original."
10798,Quest for Glory: Collection Series,Quest for Glory Collection,1997,8.2,Compilation,,,"A compilation of: This is almost the same as the Quest for Glory Anthology However, it also includes a demo of Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire and a soundtrack CD."
10800,Superman,,1987,4.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In this Jump'n Run, you take on the role of the Man of Steel and must free Metropolis from criminals in several missions. You start the game as Clark Kent, but as long as you have enough energy, you can change into Superman. Apart from jumping and punching, Superman can also use different super powers such as Heat Vision, X-Ray Vision (makes certain enemies visible), two kinds of Super Breaths (one that freezes certain enemies) and Super Flight which takes him to different locations."
10801,Monopoly,,1988,6.2,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Monopoly for Master System is an early licensed version of the classic real estate trading board game. The game supports up to ten players (ten classic tokens are available), of which any number can be controlled by the computer. The skill of computer opponents can be set in three levels from beginner to expert. During a game, it is possible to convert any human player to a computer player or vice versa. It is also possible to set a time limit for each game. The game board is seen from the top and fills the screen, with the exception of a bar at the right which is reserved for an image of the current player's token, name and cash reserve, as well as the number of houses and hotels remaining with the bank. The movement of tokens around the board is seen in a special animation which can be toggled off. Available options during a player's turn are selected from a menu. The game cartridge contains a battery for saving a game in progress."
10806,Addams Family Values,,1995,6.6,Action,RPG elements,,"The evil Debbie Jelinksi is harming the Addams family once again... She has kidnapped Baby Pubert, and Uncle Fester is the one who must find him and to bring him back to his loving family. The game is based on the live-action movie of the same name. Addams Family Values is an action adventure game with slight RPG elements (you gain more hit points while proceeding in the game, can upgrade your equipment and special attacks). You control Fester, by moving him around, fighting regular enemies and bosses, talking to members of Addams household, and occasionally solving puzzles. The combat is pure action, Zelda -style."
10807,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters,Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: Tournament Fighters,1993,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters is a fighting game in the tradition of the Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter series, pitting the player against one opponent at a time. The game features eight fighters: the four turtles, Casey Jones, April O'Neil, Ray Fillet (from the comics) and the original character Sisphyus. The gameplay is similar to other games in this genre: each character has standard attacks (normal and strong) as well as special attacks which require button combinations to perform. The goal is to deplete the other fighter's life energy completely. However, a losing opponent has one last straw: a very powerful attack which is only unlocked shortly before death. The amount of rounds can be set between one and seven. The game's modes include a story mode, in which the selected hero has to battle against Krang's evil clones of the player characters in order to save the kidnapped Splinter, a two-player mode, a practice mode and a tournament mode which requires the player to fight against multiple opponents one after another with only one life bar."
10808,Penny Racers,"Choro Q, Choro Q: Ver.1.02",1996,6.5,Racing / Driving,,,"Screech along tarmac raceways, slide around icy corners in the winter sections, or skid around dirt tracks in the rally courses. Squished up versions of real-life cars plus a split screen mode for frantic two player road duels. Source: Back Cover - PlayStation (UK)"
10816,RBI Baseball '95,R.B.I. Baseball 95,1995,6.8,"Simulation, Sports",,,"This version is an updated follow-up to the R.B.I. series Many of the same features from other baseball games are present and there are three different game modes to choose from: exhibition, playoff, and home run derby. What makes this version different from the others is a lack of MLB license, though it does feature a MLBPA license with top players of the time such as Roger Clemens, Otis Nixon, and Bobby Larkin among many others. Though it doesn't have a full MLB license, it tries to recreate the MLB experience by omitting the teams nicknames but using similar team colors and using the actual stadiums without using their distinctive trademarks. It doesn't feature a battery back-up, but does have a password feature for a player to pick up and play later if they choose."
10818,The Complete Ultima VII,"Ultima 7: The Complete Edition, Ultima VII: The Complete Edition",1994,7.9,Compilation,,,This compilation includes the following games:
10821,Thunderchopper,Thunderchopper: The new state of the art in helicopter simulation,1986,6.9,Simulation,,,"Thunderchopper puts you in a Hughes 530 MG Defender helicopter, and offers several modes of play. First is training, intended to simulate the movement and physics of the real chopper. Next are rescue and combat missions, which test your perception, precision, and reflexes. For further challenges, there are finally sea rescue and armed escort missions. Each mode has three levels of difficulty. You have a limited selection of guns and missiles for combat, and an onboard computer guides you through missions. If you get bored with the game scenery, you can load scenery disks from subLOGIC's Flight Simulator series"
10828,Aladdin's Magic Lamp,,1989,6.4,Action,Shooter,Middle East,"Sideways scrolling shoot 'em up, where you control a genie in a magic lamp to blast your way through the waves of enemies. Destroy all the baddies in a wave to get a power-up. As you progress through the game the enemies you meet to get more and more bizarre and increasingly dangerous. You are given 5 lamps as lives at the start of the game and you will need to use them sparingly."
10834,Power Struggle,,1988,6.5,Strategy / tactics,,Cold War,"Power Struggle allows you to compete against a friend or the computer for World domination as either the West or the East. After choosing your side you are presented with a map of the World. The countries belonging to the West are in green, the countries belonging to the East are red and neutral countries are white. Your aim is to take over as many countries as you can while your opponent is doing the same. You are presented with icons and within a time limit must decide how to take over countries, these options are attack, supply, apply political influence or build factories and armies. Once you have both made your choices the orders are executed. Although you can take over countries your opponent can take yours over and vice versa so holding on to them is part of the challenge as well."
10835,Kung Fu Kid,"Makai Retsuden, Sapo Xulé O Mestre do Kung Fu",1987,6.6,Action,Platform,,"The wicked Madanda has just awakened from a sleep of several thousand years, and as the hero, your job is to use your kung-fu skills to fight the thugs in each of the seven rounds before reaching him, and you have 99 seconds to complete each round. The thugs tend to attack you from behind as well as in front. As usual, you have to defeat a boss at the end of each round in order to proceed to the next round. However, round six requires you to fight several bosses. Bonus points are awarded at the end of each round for the energy and time that still remains. The Brazilian release, Sapo Xulé: O Mestre do Kung Fu (which means Sapo Xulé: the Master of Kung Fu), the main character is replaced by Sapo Xulé, a character based on a popular toy in Brazil back in the 80's: a toad with shoes which, when taken off, release a really bad smell."
10839,Real Pinball,Fire Ball !!,1994,4.2,Simulation,Pinball,,Real Pinball is the standard video game conversion of the actual machines with five different tables to choose from with the main goal being to gain as many points as possible by using the game controller to control the flippers of the machine. The game features realistic graphics made to resemble an actual machine.
10841,Dick Tracy,,1990,4.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Dick Tracy is a tie in to the 1990 movie adaptation of the classic comic strip, staring Warren Beatty and Madonna. While an action/adventure hybrid using this license was released by Disney for the PC and Amiga, Titus also held a license to the movie. This is a side scrolling action game, where you control Dick Tracy as he moves through five stages, shooting gangsters with an assortment of weapons. Each stage leads to one of the mob bosses, until you ultimately capture the big man himself."
10842,Virtua Racing Deluxe,V.R.: Virtua Racing Deluxe,1994,8.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Virtua Racing Deluxe is an enhanced arcade-to-console conversion of Sega's 3D racing game. This game is primarily an arcade-style affair; Players compete in a 5 lap race with timed checkpoints. It's also possible to play with 2 players in a split-screen mode. The 32X version of Virtua Racing adds a couple of new features. There are now 3 different types of cars to drive, including a stock car and a prototype racer. Furthermore, there are two all-new tracks."
10846,Battle Arena Toshinden 2,,1995,6.8,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"Battle Arena Toshinden 2 is the first sequel to Battle Arena Toshinden It adds three new starting fighters; Tracy and Chaos with the original game's final boss, Gaia returning un-armoured and with a completely new move set. There are also three new bosses and hidden characters raising the total number of fighters to 15 (up from 10). Toshinden 2 on top of additional special attacks for every character, adds several running attacks to each character: the ability to strike a grounded opponent with new ground attacks and the powerful Overdrive attacks that one must fill up a bar by using other attacks to be able to use. Toshinden 2 also does away with the free-form combo system of the original Toshinden replacing it with a simple combo system (i.e. light attack, hard attack, special or light attack, light attack, hard attack, special). The 3D movement in Toshinden 2 has also been made notably slower to prevent the heavy abuse it could be used for in the original. As a result, while the core game play is similar, this sequel is more tactical than the original game. Where as in the original Toshinden, one could throw normal attacks (i.e. light slashes) around with fairly reckless abandon and sidestep repeatedly without fear of their opponent being able to counter them easily, opponents in Toshinden 2 are able to capitalize on individual missed attacks. As a result, Toshinden 2 is more balanced than its predecessor. This balance was further tweaked with a re-release called ""Toshinden 2 plus"" in Japan. Unlike the Playstation release of the original Toshinden, Toshinden 2 was not re-dubbed for releases outside of Japan. Also unlike the original Toshinden, the PC release of Toshinden 2 for Windows computers, is a straight port of the Playstation version and supports Direct3D rather than specific 3D cards."
10854,Kid Niki: Radical Ninja,"Kaiketsu Yanchamaru, Kid Niki To The Rescue!",1986,7.0,Action,,,"In this side scrolling action game, Kid Niki must rescue his beloved Princess Margo who has been kidnapped by the Stone Wizard. You are equipped with a Spinning Sword to clear any minions that stand in your way. You can also find a Golden Bell, whose chime slays from a distance, a Silver Bell, which creates an impenetrable shield of sound around you, a Mini-Niki, which grants you an extra life, and a Mini-Princess, which averts one death. There are seven realms you must traverse, each having a boss at the end. The seven bosses are Death Breath, Spike, the Stone Buddha, the Horned Witch, the Green Grub, the Mad Monk, the Samurai Guard, and the Stone Wizard. After you rescue the princess you must chase and defeat the Stone Wizard in the final eigth round."
10856,Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard,Wizard,1994,6.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Somewhere on the top floor of a sinister tower, there is an evil wizard who likes conjuring powerful deities. Those mighty creatures threaten the wizard, but they are trapped in magical cages, unable to act. To prevent the revenge of gods, the wizard imprisoned the souls of the four greatest gods in four talismans, and then hid them in four different dungeons. Controlling a party of adventurers, you must retrieve these talismans and release the gods. This is a first-person RPG with a 4-person party made up of warriors, wizards, rangers, and assassins. Characters are pre-generated and chosen from a pool of 16 adventurers (4 of each class). Choose from 32 spells drawn from the disciplines of earth, chaos, dragon, and night magic. Combat takes place on the same screen as exploration and is fully in real-time."
10859,Time Soldiers,"Battle Field, Time Soldier",1987,6.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are a Time Soldier, who is asked to rescue five warriors from different time periods: Sirius in the ""Primitive Age"", Laplace in the ""Age of Rome"", Dymos in ""The World Wars"", Alpha in the ""Age of War"", and Altair in ""Future World"". Each one of them is guarded by one of Gylend's henchmen, but to get to them, you must fight off other enemies that are specific to each time era. Some of these enemies will drop weapons that you can pick up and use. You can use several teleports scattered in each time era to travel to another."
10860,Jumping Flash!,,1995,7.8,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,Jumping Flash is a first-person 3D action platformer where the player must use their triple-jump and special weapons to defeat enemies. The story goes like this: the evil Baron Aloha and his minions the Muu-Muus have stolen all of the Earth's greatest locations to use to construct his own private retreat. It's up to the player as Commander Robbit the robotic super-bunny to save the world and stop Baron Aloha. The player begins with 3 lives and an additional life is given when 1 million points are achieved. There are 18 main levels to explore in 6 worlds. Boss fights take place in the final level of each world. There are also some hidden bonus worlds in the game. Once a level has been completed a time attack mode for it is unlocked.
10882,Montezuma's Return,"Max Montezuma: Der Fluch der Azteken, Montezuma's Return!, Mystery Island: Der Fluch der Azteken",1997,6.9,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",South America,"Max Montezuma is a soldier who also happens to be a descendant of a legendary Aztec emperor. One day Max's plane crashes on an uncharted, deserted island. Max discovers ancient ruins there and ventures to explore them, attempting to connect the mystery of the past with the events of the present. Montezuma's Return is a sequel to Montezuma's Revenge and also focuses on platforming gameplay which includes puzzle-solving, avoiding obstacles, and fighting enemies. Unlike its predecessor, it is a first-person 3D game. The player is able to see the protagonist's feet when moving the camera, to facilitate precise platform jumping. Every level ends with a boss battle, and each boss must be defeated in a specific way. Max can punch and kick enemies, and also use environmental hazards to damage them; pushing enemies into water or luring them into traps will kill them. Some areas require Max to jump on moving platforms, climb ropes, swim, avoid falling into lava or deadly spikes, etc. Max can collect treasure on each level, bananas or watermelon slices to heal himself, and special items to unlock barriers. The full version of Montezuma's Revenge is included on the CD."
10883,Snoopy and the Red Baron,,1983,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Snoopy takes to the skies on his Sopwith Camel doghouse to bring down the Red Baron. A Defender-esque shooter geared more towards the young gamer, it is up to Snoopy to blow his foe out of the sky while catching the various treats (bones, hamburgers, root beer) that the Red Baron drops to gain bonus points. Shoot down the Red Baron enough times, and be rewarded a medal. Fail, and the Red Baron lives to fight another day."
10891,Links LS: 1998 Edition,Links 98,1997,8.4,Sports,,,"Links LS 1998 Edition is the first game in the Links series to run in native Windows 95 mode. ""Look ahead"" rendering sees the game predict where your next shot will be from, reducing redraw times. There are two new offline tournaments for a total of six, and an internet play mode. Perhaps in response to Tiger Woods' success at the time, a black-skinned golfer is added to this version. You now view other golfers on the main play screen, and the action is tracked by 8 smart cameras. New visual enhancements include water reflections, waving flags, blimps, balloons, airplanes and environmental haze and fog. The standard 3-click swing is still used in this version, as well as the fine-tune adjustments for swing style, draw/fade, chip, lob, bump & run and of course, load up that driver and let 'er rip. There are now 6 modes of play including Scramble, Alternate Shot, Match Play, Best Ball, Skins and Stroke. In addition to the Kapalua Village, Plantation and Bay courses in previous versions, the 1998 Edition also adds Arnold Palmer's favourite course, Latrobe Country Club (and can run courses from previous versions). Palmer also provides multimedia features."
10895,Lotus: The Ultimate Challenge,"Lotus II, Lotus II: R.E.C.S., Lotus III, Lotus III: The Ultimate Challenge, Lotus: The Ultimate Challenge for your PC",1992,7.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Licensed by the classic British car company, this game featured 2 modes of play - one has you racing against 19 computer rivals (with witty names such as Alain Phosphate and Crash-Hard Banger), and the other pits you against the clock. There are 13 different types of races, ranging from Motorways to night-time to sections punctuated by roadworks, and some are lap-based with others being simple A-B. 2 players could play on a split screen mode. The game's crowning glory, however, was the RECS editor, which allowed you to create courses of your own, with theoretically millions possible."
10896,Destruction Derby,,1995,7.4,Racing / Driving,,,"You probably feel like a crash test dummy when you're playing this game - it's not only a racing game, but you get points for wrecking your enemies! The amount of points you get depends on how you hit them .. e.g. you get more points for getting them do a 360 other than driving into their sides at high speed. The game has more to offer: a head to head mode with only two cars or the legendary destruction derby itself - a huge arena, every car starts at the edge of it, and then - have a nice crash!"
10905,The Rubicon Alliance,Starfox,1987,5.9,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this intergalactic 3D action-flight-simulation your mission is to save the Rubicon, an constructed anti-matter zone that was made by the alliance of the eight planets of the Hyturian system. In 2746 after many centuries of war between the eight planets of the system, they decided to build up this anti-matter zone around the entire system as protection against each others. It worked fine for several decades - the peace remained unthreatened. But now the time has come that the Rubicon barrier has been breached, by the entry of a new planet and its hostile home race, the Space Thugs. Enter your Starfox fighter, save the whole system, and find out who breached the system. The action is viewed from the cockpit of your starfighter, which is equipped with lasers and side/rear-view mirrors. It also has a status log detailing your weapons and current threats, and an advanced 3-dimensional navigation system called the Holocube. Controlled from a separate screen, the Holocube allows you to rotate a 3D image of space and plot the co-ordinates of your journey. The player must manually navigate through wormholes for fast travel - contact with the edges drains your shield. Electrical and ion storms are a constant hazard - the easiest way to avoid these is to use the general log to note their co-ordinates. Weapons can be upgraded Starfox features eight missions to be completed in order. The first is to shoot down 60 Space Thugs."
10914,Microsoft Baseball 3D 1998 Edition,,1998,7.0,Sports,,,Microsoft Baseball 3D is the first in Microsoft Baseball games line-up. With it it tries to compete with games like Triple Play 99 and MLB 99. Microsoft Baseball 3D is an arcade baseball game that focus on action. It has three difficulties and allows you to play out an entire season. The game features all real names and statistics of Mayor League players.
10921,Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games,,1996,7.7,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics","Tactical RPG, Turn-based tactics (TBT)",Contemporary,"Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games is a single-player and multiplayer turn-based tactical strategy game with RPG elements. Unlike the original Jagged Alliance which focused on liberating a single island through a connected campaign, Deadly Games presents players with a sequence of standalone missions tied together by a loose narrative framework. The player once again takes on the role of a commander who hires mercenaries from the Association of International Mercenaries (A.I.M.) to form a squad. Missions are introduced by a shadowy employer who sets the objective, which can range from eliminating all enemies in an area to destroying supply depots, rescuing hostages, escorting VIPs, or surviving ambushes. At the start of a campaign, the player selects and equips a team of up to six mercenaries. Each mercenary has distinct attributes, skills, and personality traits that affect performance in combat. Weaponry and supplies must be purchased and distributed before each mission, requiring careful planning and resource management. In combat, the game retains the action-point system of its predecessor, where every movement, attack, or inventory action consumes points, forcing players to balance aggression with caution. Missions are turn-based and played on grid-based maps, with terrain influencing line of sight, movement, and cover. Weather and lighting conditions can also impact tactics, making stealth and positioning important considerations. Enemies vary from lightly armed guards to heavily equipped soldiers, and their AI reacts dynamically to player actions. A key difference from the first game is that mercenaries are hired only for the duration of a mission rather than for an ongoing campaign, which reduces long-term management but increases emphasis on immediate tactical execution. This title introduces new content beyond the original Jagged Alliance. There are 10 additional mercenaries to choose from, a wider arsenal of weapons including rocket launchers and heavy explosives, and more varied terrain types such as snowy landscapes and desert outposts. The new mission structures also broaden gameplay variety, focusing not only on elimination but on sabotage, retrieval, and defensive operations. Multiplayer functionality allows up to four players to compete or cooperate in tactical scenarios over an IPX network. Players can test their squads against one another in skirmish missions. One of the most notable additions is the scenario and campaign editor. With it, players can create custom missions by designing maps, placing objectives, and selecting enemy forces, then linking missions together into full-length campaigns."
10925,Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance,The Last Ninja,1988,7.5,Action,Puzzle elements,,"With the scrolls now in his possession, The Last Ninja begins training a new order of Ninja. During a training session he is mysteriously transported to XXth-century New York. The Evil Shogun has returned! Torn from his own time, The Last Ninja must defend himself once more with nothing more than the belief in his own abilities. Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance is an action/adventure game where the player, controlling a powerful ninja, must fight his way through opponents while collecting necessary items. The game is split into various levels, each of them depicting a different locale and divided into several screens. The view is isometric and the ninja can move in four different dimensions (he can also walk backwards) and jump. Enemies, armed with fists and various ninja weapons, wander around the levels. The ninja must fight them either bare-handed or with the weaponry he finds along the way; in either case, he has a number of blows and attacks at his disposal, as well as the ability to block. There's a special weapon, shuriken, which are thrown in a straight line rather than used for melee combat; if they strike an enemy, they'll instantly kill or at least heavily damage him. There are items scattered around the levels, such as keys, rope, a map or hamburgers (which restore health when eaten). Collecting these items and using them in a proper place is necessary for completing the game."
10935,SeaQuest DSV,,1994,6.3,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are the SeaQuest Deep Submergence Vessel serving the United Earth Oceans Organization. You will be sent on various missions to help Earth and its oceans, from salvage to rescue, etc. On the SeaQuest, you have radar and torpedoes to help you. When needed, you also can deploy other vehicles. The Game Boy version of this game differs from the others in that the missions are different and it is a 2D side-scroller."
10941,Speed Racer,マッハGoGoGo,1996,6.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Speed Racer is an arcade-style racing game based on the television show, originally released shortly before the 1997 series revival. The driver has a choice between three versions of the Mach V: Manual, Automatic, or Super. The racer also has a choice between three versions of the racetrack: small, medium, and large. The Mach V has various features equipped on the car in order to gain an advantage on the opponent, including buzz saws and flamethrowers."
10943,Die Maus,,1998,6.4,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Die Maus is an action / puzzle game based on the German children's television show Die Sendung mit der Maus (The show with the mouse). You control both main characters of the show, the mouse and the elephant, in a search for the duck who has disappeared. The levels of the game are isometric puzzles. Both characters must reach the exit using and combining their different abilities. The mouse, for instance, is larger than the elephant, but the elephant is able to push heavy objects around. The game contains more than 150 puzzles in 5 different game worlds."
10945,Desert Speedtrap starring Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote,,1993,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"This is a platform game starring Looney Tunes famous Road Runner(who you control) and nemesis Wile E. Coyote. Road Runner can jump, eat birdseed to replenish life and run, of course! Holding the D-pad down speeds him up. The clock is ticking and if you run out of time a try is lost, collecting stars adds time to the clock. There are various items/powerups and bonus areas. 3 difficulty settings, choice to play with or without music and/or sound effects and an option to play the game music while not in game."
10952,Lufia & the Fortress of Doom,"Estelle, Estopolis Denki I",1993,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),"Japanese-style RPG (JRPG), Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The hero Maxim and his group defeat the Sinistrals on Mt. Doom (as portrayed in Lufia II), and all is peaceful. With such a great peace, the defense forces of the world become lax. One hundred years later attacks begin taking place, supposedly by the Sinistrals. It's up to the descendant of the hero, and his childhood friend Lufia, to form a new band of champions to save the world. Gameplay is fairly standard for RPGs, with turn-based battling by way of a menu of icons, and random battles. There's also a higher-than-normal emphasis on puzzles within dungeons."
10954,ABC Wide World of Sports Boxing,TV Sports Boxing,1991,6.6,"Action, Sports, Strategy / tactics",,,"STORY You play a rookie boxer trying to fight your way to the top. Fight bouts to win money, to pay for your training and manager. Ultimately fighting your way to the title ""Champion"". GAMEPLAY TV Sports Boxing introduces many elements within the game, which among others may be categorized as the following: The ""campaign"" version in TV Sports: Boxing allows you to start ""a new career"" of which you have to create a new ""human player"". Here you can customize your boxer, generally how he looks but more importantly what stats he begins, what style of boxing (ie. Boxer, Brawler, Dancer, Defensive), and which punch packs the most (ie. Jab, Cross, Uppercut). At the ""Training Camp"" you can meet up with your manager and your trainer. The Manager sets up bouts for you to fight in the following month. Managers can only introduce bouts relevant to their ""quality"" of service. Better managers may be hired as they provide better-paying bouts - and higher-ranking opponents (though they also ask for a higher wage). You must, however, fire your current manager first and have adequate funds to hire a new one. Each bout pays a certain amount of money. Regardless of whether you win or lose (minus manager cuts, trainer fees, and training camp expenses). The Trainer provides you with additional training per month, depending on his/her specialty stat (ie. Power, Stamina, Footwork, etc.) If you continue a successful career, better trainers will appear offering different types of services (which they also ask a higher fee, of course). While meeting with the Trainer, you can also purchase equipment to increase your training (stats increase). There are 3 slots available for equipment. Equipment has a certain duration of time (months) expiration before it needs to be replaced. Additionally, you can also view your character here, to view monthly stats increase, either obtained by training or by bouts (stats increase are automatic). After you've arranged a bout with your manager, you can enter the appointed bout in the following month. The TV commentator gives comments on ""Tale-of-the-Tape"" of both boxers before the match begins, as well as the rules of the game. The Ring The match starts in a top-down perspective where you can close into your opponent and fight face-to-face or you can dance around the ring (usually meant to increase your stamina). Boxing The fight itself enters a 3rd person perspective screen (Player 1 on the left, Computer opponent, or Player 2 on the right). The purpose is of course to weaken your opponent and knock him down! If the stamina bar reaches zero, the opponent falls down. However, if the Head or Body reaches zero, they fall down and don't stand up! Knock Out! Being knocked out 3 times in the same round or serious injuries is considered a T.K.O."
10955,"Baby Jo in: ""Going Home""",Baby Jo: The Super Hero,1991,6.1,Action,Platform,,"As the eponymous Baby Jo you're trying to make it back home. Can a simple baby get past the four levels while avoiding the bad-tempered animals and machines on the way? Baby Jo in: ""Going Home"" is a side-scrolling platform game. Jo can pick up rattles which can be tossed at enemies (such as bees, lawnmowers or spiders). Apart from watching out for the baby's dropping health (represented as an increasingly tearful face), the baby's diaper gets wetter over time and the thirst increases, too. If the diaper becomes too wet or the baby becomes too thirsty, the player immediately loses a life, so collecting fresh bottles and diapers is important. The game is multilingual (you can choose between English, French, German and Spanish)."
10958,The Scoop,,1987,7.1,Adventure,,Interwar,"You play as a reporter for a big city newspaper. Recently, a rival reporter was found stabbed to death in a phone booth. Your job is to travel around the city following suspects, listening in on conversations, and even searching in their homes when they're away. Based on an Agatha Christie novella."
10959,Marvel Super Heroes,,1995,7.6,Action,Fighting,,"Marvel Super Heroes is a 2D fighting game and the second Capcom title to feature characters from the Marvel comic universe. The gameplay is very similar to X-Men: Children of the Atom but with a simplified Super Combo gauge and the addition of infinity gems. Each character starts with a set of gems. These can be activated during a fight to improve speed, power and defence, or provide special abilities to create crushing stone walls, open up a rift in space, or reverse the opponent's controls. The use of the gems is inspired by the The Infinity Gauntlet comic book series. There are ten playable characters. The heroes are Captain America, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Psylocke, Spider-Man and Wolverine. The villains are Blackheart, Juggernaut, Magneto and Shuma-Gorath. Anita from the Darkstalkers series is a hidden character in the Japanese version. The bosses are Doctor Doom and Thanos. During the boss fight Thanos steals all the player's gems (except for mind) and uses them with new effects."
10962,Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss,Tetris 2 + Bombliss,1992,7.6,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss is one of the many versions of the famous soviet puzzle game, the first one available for the Super Nintendo, and an updated version of Tetris 2 + Bombliss As the title would suggest, the game features both standard Tetris as well as another similar game called Bombliss. Tetris offers three game modes: standard marathon (A-type), start with garbage (B-type), and rising garbage (C-type). There is also a two-player versus mode where clearing rows sends garbage to the other player. Bombliss is slightly different from normal Tetris. Arranged on the board and in some dropped pieces are bomb squares. Completing a row does not clear the blocks in the row, but will trigger any bombs in the row which will destroy blocks. Different sizes of bombs will generate larger explosions. Bombliss is offered in standard marathon mode, a puzzle mode where a set board must be cleared using set piece drops, and a 2-player versus mode."
10963,Timekeepers,,1995,7.5,"Puzzle, Strategy / tactics",,"Fantasy, Historical events, Sci-fi / futuristic","Timekeepers: An elite police force, trying to protect the 4th dimension from terrorist attacks. 14 platoons are sent to 4 different time periods (2 million BC Belgium, 1245 Medieval Europe, 1966 Vietnam and 2001 Space). Their mission: to disarm nuclear bombs placed by a psychotic warlord. Timekeepers is a hybrid strategy and puzzle game. It plays like a cross between Lemmings and a RTS like Dune 2 The main game screen has a row of icons at the bottom, timekeepers' portraits at each side and at the center a scrolling map of the level. The platoon is autonomous. The player can't control it directly but instead has to place icons on the map to order the troops. A soldier will try to perform an action while passing over an icon. The available icons are: There's no limit of time or amount of icons that can be placed. The levels have booby traps, enemies and dangerous environments that can kill your timekeepers. There are 60 levels on 4 different time settings, each with their own graphics set. The main objective of each level is to reach the exit and teleport all your troops to the next map."
10968,Alien Breed Special Edition & Qwak,,1994,7.6,"Action, Compilation","Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,Alien Breed Special Edition & Qwak is a compilation which includes the following games on one CD:
10980,Neo Geo Cup '98 Plus Color,"Neo Geo Cup '98, Neo Geo Cup '98 Plus",1998,6.8,Sports,,,"NeoGeo Cup '98 Plus is a soccer game for the Neo Geo Pocket. The game features single match play, head-to-head play (using a link cable), and story mode. You can choose to play one of 16 international teams. Each team has their own collective stats. On the field you can perform passes, shots, dribbles, slidings and charges. In the story mode you have to win as many matches as possible in a series of tournaments. Before and during matches you can change the field formations and switch players. Each won match gives you prize money, this can be used to buy items for your team. These items usually improve one stat, but decrease another. This is a revised version of Neo Geo Cup '98 which adds a quick-start option for single matches and the two-player mode."
10981,Transport Tycoon,Transport Tycoon 3D,1994,8.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"In Transport Tycoon the player is in charge of a transport company starting in 1930 in the midst of The Great Depression, and the aim is to build up an empire of trains, ships, lorries, planes and helicopters, with technological evolution gradually taking place and allowing for better vehicles to be used. The game can be played alone, or with a number of computer-controlled rivals. At the beginning of the game, a large terrain is generated. It is shown in isometric projection and includes hills, rivers, lakes, bridges, industrial facilities and a lot of small towns. It is up to the player to decide how to start building a transport empire. All transport connections involve linking towns and/or factories, constructing vehicle depots and purchasing vehicles. For example, a common starting move includes connecting two towns with a road, building a vehicle depot somewhere next to the road, and setting up bus stops in both towns. Then, a bus needs to be purchased, its schedule set, and ordered to start. As it goes between both bus stops, taking passengers and unloading them, it earns its owner money. Train networks are built similarly, but require individual locomotives and appropriate wagon types to be assigned to each train. Most businesses offer certain types of cargo and are ready to pay for transporting other cargo to them; for example, a steel mill has a lot of steel to fill entire wagons, and will gladly accept iron ore any is available. Landscaping tools are also available, best used for clearing terrain for new roads or tracks, or for creating canals for ships to pass through. Some buildings like airports require large sections of flat land. Clicking on any vehicle brings up a small window where a live feed of what the vehicle is doing can be observed and its status is shown. If anything important happens during the game (such as a particular station accepting its first vehicle), it is shown as a newspaper headline at the bottom of the screen. Various versions exist building upon the DOS original, with the most notably different being the PlayStation port, which in addition to the isometric graphics includes a 3D view of the world map taking advantage of the PlayStation’s graphics hardware. The game was followed up with the release of the World Editor and later re-released in enhanced form as Transport Tycoon Deluxe"
10989,Captain Dynamo,,1992,5.7,Action,Platform,,"Insane genius Austen van Flyswatter has stolen a huge collection of diamonds, and retrieving them involves navigating a succession of fiendishly-designed arrangements of platforms and traps. Does that sound like a job for a retired superhero? Captain Dynamo thinks so, and aims to recapture them for their rightful owner. Gameplay is platform-based, with 12 (6 in Amiga version) vertically-scrolling levels, each containing around 50 diamonds - the more of these you can collect, the higher your score. Some will require advance planning to reach, while you will often be dependent on booster pads to reach the higher sections of a level."
10991,Battle Isle '93: The Moon of Chromos,"Battle Isle Data Disk II: The Moon of Chromos, Battle Isle Data Disk No. 2: Der Mond von Chromos",1993,7.7,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Moon of Chromos is the second scenario (or ""Data Disk"") for Battle Isle but is standalone and does not require the original game. It keeps the same split-screen turn-based strategy formula where the goal is to capture the opponent's headquarters or destroy all their units in order to win on several hex-grid based maps, but, as the title implies, takes the conflict to Chromos' moon and brings some new units to the table."
10992,Nightmare Creatures II,,2000,6.7,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Adam Crowley, from the original Nightmare Creatures is back to unleashing creatures in London. As Wallace, you must fight the monsters, rescue your lover Rachel, and travel across nine levels in search of Crowley and the final battle."
11001,Home Alone,Home Alone: Esqueceram de Mim,1992,5.4,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Macaulay Culkin briefly became a child star following the film Home Alone, in which he played Kevin McCallister, who is accidentally left behind by his family when they go off on holiday. During this time, burglars attempt to break in, and Kevin must foil them. Playing as Kevin, you start off on his trusty sled, but the main job is to get to the house and make it burglar-proof. This involves setting traps throughout the house. Useful objects such as a Crossbow, Wire and Pepper can be combined to make fiendish weaponry. You must also lock up any valuables you find, to avoid the family losing them."
11010,Shadow Dancer,"Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi, The Secret Of Shinobi",1989,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Shadow Dancer is a one-player game in which you control Shinobi. With the help of your dog, you must kill your enemies while you venture through locations such as airports, railroads, waterfalls, sewers, and more. Furthermore, you must find and disarm several bombs along the way before you leave each. You also have the option of using magic against enemies, which may consist of tornadoes or fireballs. There are four missions you must complete; and each one has different objectives such as obstructing the enemies deadly mission, disrupting the enemy's supply route, raiding the enemy's industrial units, attacking the enemy's underground forces, and liberating and securing the shuttle's base. Each mission consists of three stages and there is a boss on each of the mission's final stages. What's good about the dog, you say? Well, if you tell it to, the dog will maul enemies (provided that the dog barks at them when you face them) and distract them long enough so that you can shoot at them. Remember that you have a limited time to do this, as the enemy will eventually kick the dog off him. This causes the dog to yelp and shrink, making him powerless against them."
11011,Dream Zone,,1988,7.1,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Dream Zone is a first-person adventure game. A mad scientist's elixir has turned the protagonist's dreams into reality; while in this dream state, he must fight to stay alive, leave that forsaken place, and return to the real world. The game is composed out of still screens, and the player can move between them by selecting four directions. The interaction is performed either by typing text commands or by selecting verbs bound to function keys. Among those verbs are traditional ""Look"", ""Talk"", as well as the more unorthodox commands such as ""Buy"" or ""Hit""."
11012,Insects in Space,,1989,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Insects in Space is a side-scrolling shooter with similarities to Defender Insects killed everyone on Earth except a few babies. This causes the mystical leader of motherhood, St. Helen, to travel to Earth's remains and save the babies. The most important feature of this protagonist is the fact that she is topless and - as prominently mentioned in the manual - ""big breasted"", but she controls and shoots just like the space ship normally found in those games. The levels are side-scrolling and St. Helen can move in both directions. Additionally the levels are two screens high, the lower with a floor and the higher with a ceiling, which can be changed by leaving the current screen to the top respectively bottom. The babies are either positioned at the top or bottom level and are hunted by bees. Those bees pick them up, steal their life energy to create a new monster and drop them to the ground to die. The player's job is to kill the bees and save the babies. To help, a radar shows where in the level a kidnapping is in progress. Babies can be either returned to the ground for points or kept in Helen's grasp to convert them into power-ups eventually. Helen can also summon a dust cloud which teleports her near a bee target."
11015,Seven Games of the Soul,"Faust: De Zeven Spelen Van De Ziel, Faust: Die sieben Spiele der Seele, Faust: I Sette Giochi dell'Anima, Faust: Sedm her duše, Faust: Sju spel om själen..., Faust: The Seven Games of the Soul, Faust: les sept jeux de l'âme, Faust: os Sete jogos da Alma, Fausto: los Siete misterios del Alma",1999,7.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"In this dark adventure game you play as an old black man, Marcellus Faust. In an old theme park, now condemned and abandoned because of numerous disappearances which happened there, you meet Mephistopheles, the Devil himself. Mephistopheles is not your typical red devil; he is instead a charismatic, charming and mysterious man. From there, your quest begins. The Devil asks you to help him: he had a quarrel with God (or the Boss, as he calls him) about whether or not 7 souls who lived here during the 1930 Depression era should be condemned. You have to investigate on their lives in the past and find evidences of their acts: the decision will be based on your findings. During your inquiry, you will discover the dark side and the worst of the human nature. These seven lives were touched by temptations, lust and greed, and you'll have to understand how they can lead to crimes. The whole game is composed of 3D rendered environments in which you can rotate to 360°."
11017,Herrscher der Meere,"Havets Hersker, Havets Vargar, Merien Valtias, VOC Heersers der Zeven Zeeën",1997,7.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Herrscher der Meere (""Ruler of the Seas"") is a traditional German business simulation. The player trades goods, explores ports or becomes a pirate. First the player needs to buy a ship out of five different ship types. Then some goods need to be acquired in order to become a trader. The game proceeds in real time and makes it possible to see other ships sailing on the map. In friendly ports the player can build factories to produce one of the sixteen types of goods. The battles are also in real time. Defeated enemy ships can – when not destroyed – be taken possession of."
11027,Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six,"Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Das Schicksal der Welt liegt in ihren Händen, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: The Fate of the world is in your hands",2000,6.5,"Action, Simulation","Shooter, Tactical shooter",,"The Game Boy Color version of the original Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six game scales back the 3D visuals of the original game in favor of an almost top-down view, but builds on the same premise of the player controlling a member of the Rainbow counterterrorism unit, responsible for resolving hostage situations and neutralizing threats, in sixteen missions. The limitations of the platform are not traded in for an arcade-like approach. Just like the major computer version it stresses careful planning and tactics. After a briefing that needs to be followed attentively, the player assumes the role of the commander and assembles a squad of eight operatives, each with different statistics and abilities, based on character traits such as aggression and self-control, physical elements such as stamina, and specific skills including stealth, firearms, electronics, demolitions and many other types of weapons. They can be divided into up to four independent teams. Next, the operatives are outfitted with a selection of six different rifles, six different handguns, 24 types of armor or camouflage and additional tools including heartbeat sensors and door charges. Default equipment is suggested right away, but that is not sufficient for later missions. In the planning mode, the last part of the pre-mission activities, the commander needs to set out waypoints on the map and determine the course of action. The actual missions are shown in 2D where the different characters can sneak around, blow up doors, rescue hostages and engage the enemy, all requiring a tactical approach. The general plot points and mission objectives are true to the computer version."
11029,International Tennis Open,,1992,6.8,Sports,,,"More of a simulation than an action game, with a multimedia showcase (the game's got thousands of mini-videos, voiceovers, etc.). You select one of 9 nations to represent and get to play singles against a variety of opponents (no doubles play) in either practice mode, quick match, or tournament. Practice is pretty self-explanatory, quick match allows you to select your opponent (among 4 fictional players) and the type of court (concrete, grass, clay). While on tournament mode you select a host city from around the world and start playing from the quarter-finals on. You view the action from a 3rd-person perspective and in-game graphics consist of 2-d rotoscoped-animated sprites."
11030,MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat,"MechWarrior 2, MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat (Pentium Processor Edition), MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat - Arcade Combat Edition, MechWarrior 2: Combat au 31'eme Siecle - Arcade Combat Edition, MechWarrior 2: Combat au XXXIe Siecle, MechWarrior 2: Combate no Século 31, MechWarrior 2: Kampfspiel des 31. Jahrhunderts - Arcade Combat Edition",1995,8.1,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are the genetically engineered Clan Mechwarrior. The Clans are invading the Inner Sphere. Join either the Wolf Clan or the Jade Falcon Clan as they pursue their own agenda against the Inner Sphere and other Clans. Take your advanced Omnimechs into battle against all comers. Win high warrior ratings (by using less mechs or smaller mechs than needed, completing secondary objectives, etc.) and you'll get chance at a promotion trial where you face superior odds in an arena. If you win, you advance in rank. If you are very successful, you can make it all the way up to Khan, leader of the Clan. Mechwarrior II was developed in-house by Activision as the successor to their original Mechwarrior While this time there are no dynamic campaign and mercenary actions, the Clan culture is integrated into the two campaigns. Different clans have different mechs and different rules, even different weapons. You can customize your mechs in order to use less than the ""par"" force in order to get a higher rating. The game features full 3D environments. The addition of NetMech allowed users to fight each other online. When 3D cards came along, special versions of the game were created to take advantage of 3D texturing."
11031,Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo,"Pouce-Pouce Sauve le Zoo, Putt-Putt redt de Zoo: De Dierentuin van AutoStad, Putt-Putt salva el Zoo, Töff-Töff rettet den Zoo",1995,8.0,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,,"Putt-Putt and his faithful dog Pep have to help Outback Al find six missing baby animals before the new Cartown Zoo can open. Putt-Putt must search through Arctic Land, Jungle Land and Grasslands for the missing little ones. Once he finds them, he must use tools he finds along the way to help them get home to their parents."
11041,Kane,,1985,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Western,"There are four fairly distinct sections to this Wild West themed action game, two involving shooting and two putting you on horseback. The first level involves shooting at birds, with a minimum of 3 required to progress. You must aim in front of the birds, so as to allow for the distance they will cover as the bullet travels. In the third level you are now shooting at bad guys, who emerge from locations (bank, saloon, store) on an accurate Wild West layout. The second level sees you attempting to jump over rocks and cacti, whereas level 4 involves jumping across a speeding train in order to wrestle control of it."
11042,Lucky Luke,,1997,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements, Shooter",Western,"Based on the famous comics series about good cowboy Lucky Luke. In this game, Lucky Luke has to arrest the four Dalton brothers – Averell, William, Jack, and Joe. Gameplay involves progressing from level to level, shooting enemies (bad cowboys, jailbreakers, and hostile Indians) with Luke's revolver, collecting various items like bullets, dynamites or sheriff stars, running, jumping, ducking, and climbing. Locations vary from forts, towns and jails, to mines, a train, and a haunted saloon. On every level, Luke will have to complete different side objectives to progress, like freeing a bank director, collecting gold nuggets for a miner in exchange of some nitroglycerine, or building a totem for the Apache. Some levels end with a boss battle, usually against one of the Dalton brothers. Different arcade sequences between levels involve chasing the Dalton brothers, riding Luke's faithful horse Jolly Jumper, running away from a tornado, or navigating a raft, among other things. Bonus level arcade sequences include a wrestling challenge with Jolly, bottle shooting, or a revolver barrel roulette. The game uses a password system to start directly from certain points in the game. It was made in French, English, German and Spanish."
11043,Bedlam,,1996,6.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A fast paced action game where you run around a machine-gun wielding robot destroying everything in your path. There is a multitude of enemies and you can destroy almost every single thing on the map (buildings, vehicles, etc.). The reason for all this destruction is a revolution led by the robots against their human masters."
11044,Prize Fighter,,1993,5.9,Sports,,,"Prize Fighter is a FMV boxing game which puts the player in the body of a boxer known as ""The Kid"" and must face off against four opponents: Honeyboy Fernandez, Mega Joe Falco, Rex Hawkins, and, the ultimate challenge, Nuke ""The Duke"" Johnson, over the course of two CDs. While the game requires a completely different approach than sprite-based or polygonal games, the tactics are still the same - jab, punch and deliver uppercuts when the opponent has his defenses down, and block and bob as he makes his moves. After a win the player can improve his left and right glove abilities and stamina by assigning ""Power Points"" to each area. The only sprites visible during the bouts are the player gloves and the health indicators - the boxers and the rest of the ring are black and white FMV. As with other FMV games, the player can enable tips, which indicates to the player when to hit certain buttons."
11047,Crystalis,God Slayer - Haruka Tenkuu no Sonata,1990,7.8,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","October 1st, 1997 is known as END DAY. A great war encircles the globe and brings about an end to civilization. The surviving humans concluded that they could never repeat their mistakes and build a great tower in the sky to watch over the world and act accordingly to combat ""evil"". One hundred years have passed since then and a hidden cryogenic chamber in the mountains springs to life... Crystalis is a top-down action role-playing game. Starting from the cryogenic chamber, the player takes the role of a mysterious hero who must uncover the mystery of the tower. The character may equip weapons, armor, shields and globes or bracelets on his body and a single item from his inventory for use in the field. To aid the hero on his quest, four wise people will gradually teach him offensive and healing magic, which requires MP to use. The protagonist will also obtain four elemental swords which will help him progress. Each sword can be charged for a powerful ranged attack; if special items are found, this attack can be enhanced for two additional levels. The hero gains experience and gold from defeating monsters. The experience is used to gain levels and improve statistics, however a minimum level is required before one can do damage to specific bosses. Gold is used to purchase items in shops."
11048,Batman: The Animated Series,,1993,7.2,Action,Platform,,"Batman: The Animated Series is based on the television show of the same name. You control Batman in another side-scrolling action adventure game. Your villains this time around are: The Joker, Scarecrow, Mr. Freeze, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, The Riddler, and The Penguin. In a few of the five levels, you get to play as Robin, as well."
11050,SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle,SWAT 3: Confronto Direto,1999,7.7,"Action, Simulation","Shooter, Tactical shooter",Contemporary,"2005. After many negotiations, the United Nations Nuclear Abolishment Treaty is about to be signed in L.A., celebrating what's to be named the ""Global Peace Day"". However, the joyous occasion is also seen by domestic and international terrorists as a soapbox for their demands, and it's up to SWAT to keep everything going as planned. As if terrorist threats are not enough, two portable nuclear demolition devices are for sale... in the L.A. area. A tactical FPS, the player is in control of a five man strike team, and it's up to him to guide the other two-man teams to complete each mission, for a total of 16, ranging from dangerous arrests, hostage rescue, VIP escort to track and disarm bombs, while visiting landmarks of the city such as the City Hall or the Convention Center (where the E3 takes place). To help the strike team, each officer has one of four standard-issue weapons to choose from, a sidearm and utilities such as glowsticks, C2 door breaching charges, CS gas, flashbangs and the always useful optiwand, to know what's after the corner and the Leatherman tool, to disable electronic devices and unlock doors."
11057,Lotus Trilogy,The Classic Lotus Trilogy,1994,7.8,"Compilation, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,This collection features the whole trilogy: This is the first release of the games for the Amiga CD32.
11063,Contra: Legacy of War,,1996,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The first Contra game for the 32-bit consoles and released exactly 10 years after the first Contra Unlike the original Contra and follow-ups, this is an overhead-view 2D shooter (with 3D graphics) that plays more like a side-scrolling Commando or Mercs The graphics are truly 3D; an option allows you to view them as red/blue images, and some packages of Contra: LoW come with 3D glasses to garner full enjoyment of the feature. Hidden within the game – accessible on a certain level and through a secret code – are a mini-version of Gyruss and a Pac-Man-like game called Pactank."
11064,Ant Attack,"Hormigas, Soft Solid 3D Ant Attack",1983,7.4,Action,,,"Ant Attack is an action game which innovated the usage of three freedom grades for an isometric perspective game. The freely explorable city, identified in the inlay blurb as Antescher, a combination of Ant and Escher the famous visual paradox artist, is teeming with deadly giant ants. The player controls a boy or a girl and races around the city trying to find his/her lost half while jumping on structures to avoid the ants, or fighting the insects by either jumping on them or throwing grenades. When the hostage is found, the protagonist needs to guide him/her into safeness. Then the next round, with higher difficulty and the hostage being placed at another point, begins. The perspective can be switched to four 90° turned views."
11065,Pastfinder,Explorer,1984,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Pastfinder is a vertically scrolling action game which takes place in the year 8878. You are a member of an elite team of explorers known as the Pastfinders. Your goal is to search deadly, radiated planets for various artifacts and time capsules and to deliver them safely to a base. At the beginning of each level, you will be presented with the map screen and can select which sector you would like to explore next. At first, only a small portion of the map will be visible but as you make your way through the game additional portions become visible. The amount of radiation in each sector may vary, and the map is color coded to indicate just how deadly a particular sector may be. Next you will have an opportunity to equip your ship with supplies; these include heavy metal (slows the rate at which your ship absorbs radiation), beam shields (protects from enemy fire), scramblers (prevent enemies from tracking you), and a deradiator (decreases accumulated radiation). Equipped items will last until your ship crashes or is destroyed, and additional items can be found on the planet surfaces. Finally you will be able to explore the planet's surface in the sector you have selected! Controlling your ship, you need to avoid walls, enemy craft and other obstacles on the surface while searching for artifacts. Your ship has the ability to jump over obstacles as well as fire lasers to destroy enemies. Each section of the planet is filled with deadly radiation; the longer you're there, the more radiation your ship absorbs. A gauge at the bottom of the screen indicates your ship's radiation level, and if it gets too high the ship is destroyed. From time to time floating crystals will appear; shooting these will reduce your ship's radiation level a bit. When you finally reach the end of the sector, you will be returned to the map screen where you can choose another sector and begin exploring again. The game ends when you have lost all of your ships; additional ships can occasionally be found on the planet's surface and are also earned every 5000 points."
11071,Herc's Adventures,Hercules no Daibōken,1997,7.2,Action,,,"Ahhh...ancient Greece. A fertile land, full of wine, women, and some of the best gyros you'll ever taste. Thanks to Persephone, the Greek goddess of spring and fertility, Greece is a wonderful paradise. But now the lord of the Underworld, Hades, has gone and kidnapped Persephone, causing the land to slowly wither away! Zeus, the King of the Gods, needs help in saving her, so who do you call? None other than three of the greatest warriors in the land! You can choose from the big 'n' buff Herc, the super swift Atlanta, or the young and street-smart Jason, each of whom have their own weapons and strengths. The game's 40 levels include many further variations and pastiches of Greek mythology and legend. It's all up to you to rescue Persephone and give Hades a beatdown he'll never forget!"
11076,Action Biker,,1985,7.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Action Biker is a game that uses the character Clumsy Colin from the British comic Buster, and he was also used as the mascot for the crisp range KP Skips. You take control of Colin on his motorbike and you must ride around an isometric 360 degree landscape to collect various clothing items and bike parts to enter a drag race. There are various obstacles to avoid and these include walls, fences, trees, telegraph poles, a petrol station and water and if you crash into any then you lose one of five lives. There are also raised platforms that can be negotiated but you are able to jump from them safely. Once you have collected all the items required, you can make your way to the drag strip to race."
11077,Wimbledon II,Wimbledon,1993,7.1,Sports,,,"Wimbledon II is a tennis game based on the championship with the same name. The game features two modes: Free Match allows for singles or doubles games and supports one or two players. Tour Mode puts the player on the road, playing the best in the world for the championship cup. Players may create their own characters and save the progress via a password system. Three kinds of surfaces are available: hard, lawn, and clay; all of which affect the ball’s behaviour."
11082,DeathKeep,,1995,5.7,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Deathkeep is a first-person perspective single-player role-playing game with a touch of medieval AD&D gameplay in a full 3D environment. Apparently, another hero is stuck in an underground cavern crawling with monsters. This time they have to defeat an evil Necromancer located somewhere in the lower levels. To get to him they have to fight through 25 dungeons (every 8 floors) filled with horrific monsters who never heard of dental care. Three different characters can be chosen as the hero: Dwarven male Fighter Half-Elven male Fighter Elven female Mage These classes offer different combat capabilities: Gameplay consists mostly of adventuring and flattening every living and non-living creature in your way. Destroying monsters allows the character to level-up and become more powerful as well as gain new spells. The dungeons are filled with traps, streams, caverns, ledges, and every possible obstacle to cause the player to lose their way in this maze of mazes."
11094,3-D Ultra Minigolf,,1997,6.9,Sports,,,"A 3D version of the popular summer pastime of Mini Golf. The game offers one course of 18 holes which can be played as front nine, back nine or entire course. A version of a skins game and playing against the clock are also featured. Up to four people can play and you can play over won.net (or whatever it is called now). There are also two different putting style, a traditional click and hold, and a move the mouse to swing version."
11096,Moon Cresta,"Arcade Archives: Moon Cresta, Arcade Hits: Moon Cresta, Eagle",1980,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Moon Cresta is a vertical scrolling shoot-'em-up. The action involves the player moving their ship along the base of the screen, while wave after wave of aliens come towards it. The yellow aliens split when shot, while the magenta ones are the toughest of all. Once the coast is clear, the player must attempt to manually dock their ship in a limited amount of time. Docking successfully will earn the player bonus points."
11097,Overlord,D-Day: Operation Overlord,1994,7.6,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","It is your job to succeed in destroying the German forces occupying Northern France, in Operation OVERLORD, the air campaign leading up to D-DAY. Overlord gives you the opportunity to fly the Typhoon 18, The Mustang III or the Spitfire IX."
11098,SuperKarts,,1995,7.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Oceania,"SuperKarts is a fun arcade Go Kart racing game that features 16 tracks. The sequel is Manic Karts If you're tired of all those technical racing games, try this: just drive and steer. You can also get numerous power-ups and upgrade your kart, such as Turbo, Oil and Grip."
11099,Twinsen's Odyssey,"Little Big Adventure 2, Little Big Adventure 2: Twinsen's Odyssey, Relentless 2, Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic, Twinsen's Little Big Adventure Classic 2",1997,8.3,"Action, Adventure",,,"After freeing the world of Twinsun from its evil dictator in the previous game the hero Twinsen has since gotten married, is planning to have a child and has settled down at home. One day, Twinsen finds out that his friend, a creature known as the Dino-Fly, is struck by lightning and hurt. Further investigation reveals that there is something strange going on in the skies on Twinsun; and indeed, visitors from outer space have arrived. Do they come in peace, or is there a sinister goal behind their appearance? Twinsen once again embarks out on a quest for the good of his world... Like its predecessor, Little Big Adventure 2 ( Twinsen's Odyssey in the US) is an adventure game with action elements. The game's interface and controls are similar to those of the first game. The focus is still on exploring the game's world, interacting with its characters and objects. The four stances - Normal, Aggressive, Sneaky, and Athletic - have also returned, and must be used in the right situations to advance the plot. The game's world is quite large, containing some optional objectives and quests, which makes it similar to sandbox games. It retains the isometric perspective from its predecessor for indoor locations; outdoor navigation now features rotatable camera, and the world is rendered in real 3D."
11101,Laser Arena,,2000,6.6,Action,Shooter,,The fun of laser tag is now yours to enjoy wherever and whenever you desire. This non-violent game throws players into arenas using lasers to 'tag' opponents out. The object is simple...tag or be tagged. 15 multilevel environments serve as futuristic playgrounds for your laser tag matches.
11107,Smash T.V.,Super Smash T.V.,1990,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 1999. The world's most popular television show is Smash T.V., an ultra-violent contest between two armed-to-the-teeth combatants, set loose in a series of deadly arenas that are filled to bursting with hordes of mindless beasts and killer robots. The aim of the game is to blast everything in sight and try to grab more cash and prizes than the other guy. Toaster ovens, VCRs, fancy cars and luxury holidays are there for the taking... for anyone who can survive long enough to enjoy them. Smash T.V. is an insane shoot-em-up from the brain of Eugene Jarvis, creator of Robotron: 2084. It retains that game's frantic style of play and two-joystick control method, but adds plenty of gore, violence, a hint of satire and that all-important two player mode."
11109,Virtua Cop,Virtua Squad,1994,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",,"Virtua Cop is a light gun rail shooter and first game in the series. Cast as one of two brave cops, players are charged with bringing down an evil crime syndicate that is running riot in some unspecified town. Dropped into a series of locations, one or two players must arm up and shoot their way through three death filled levels, in an attempt to restore peace and order. Played from a first person perspective view, players can use keys or joypad, to aim and fire at the multitude of sharp shooters who come gunning for them. Starting the game armed with just a trusty old six-shooter, players can pick up more powerful, state-of-the-art weapons -- such as machine guns and shotguns -- as they progress. As these are hidden away in crates and the like, finding these weapons is an important part of the game and they can give players extra firepower when they most need it. In particular, such weapons can be extremely useful when trying to take on the customary end-of-level bosses. Made of stern stuff, you'll need all the help you can get in dispatching them off to hell."
11112,In 80 Days Around the World,Around the World in 80 Days,1987,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Based on a tale first scripted by Jules Verne. You start as Phileas Fogg in the Reform Club of London where Fogg boasts that he is able to traverse the world in 80 days. The nobs of the Reform Club force him to bet all he owns: 20.000 GBP. Together with your Butler Passepartout you set off on 2nd October to your great adventure. Half the time of the game you play as Phileas Fogg, half the time as Butler Passepartout. The screen shows a world map, a puffing train in the corner indicates the speed level you travel, a money bag indicates your finances and 2 buttons exist where you can bribe (to speed up the train) and play cards (to increase your financials). Action parts are arcade-styled, normally side-scrolling platform-action in which you have to collect items for your further travel. The first action-adventure parts starts in India, where you control Passepartout running through the Jungle to a temple where you have to collect something for your further adventures. While running through the jungle, Indians drop things on you and throw spears after you. You must beware of fall traps and make the exit in time or your adventure is over. Your next stop take place in Japan - here you have to catch acrobats on your shoulders. Next action part in America: Beware of dodging wolves! Afterwards you must copy the dance of an indian medicine-man if you don't want to end as an Indian snack... Finally after returning to England you have to master the Dungeons of London. Are you able to return within 80 days to the Reform Club?"
11115,Wonder Boy in Monster World,"Chō Eiyū Densetsu Dynastic Hero, Dynastic Hero, Wonder Boy 5: Monster World 3",1991,7.5,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, RPG elements",Fantasy,"Monster World was once a peaceful region. Then, the peace was shattered by an invading army of monsters. A young man named Shion vowed to defeat them and make his land peaceful again. Wonder Boy In Monster World is the third game in the Monster World spin-off series, originally known as Wonder Boy 5: Monster World 3 It puts the player in control of Shion in his quest to save Monster World from the evil hands of BioMeka. It controls like a standard platform game - run, jump, and kill enemies. The game has light RPG elements such as talking to townsfolk, collecting money to buy items, upgrading your life, and equipping a variety of armor and weapons - staying very close to the Zelda format. You can save your game to continue your quest at a later time."
11120,Nether Earth,,1987,6.5,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Nether Earth is a realtime strategy game that takes place in the distant future. A war is being waged between humans and ancient race of aliens called Insignian. On their mysterious planet there are four bases to capture - Kerberus, Tarras, Faretra and Diolkos. Use factories to build giant battle robots, similar to Mech units in other games. Commanding robots, capturing factories and defeating enemies in realtime are the player's primary goals. The player controls a small flying robot, instead of mouse cursor. With this robot the player can enter a factory to design unique battle robot from parts like wheels, antigrav, radar, laser gun or nuclear weapons. After that the player has to command the robot. Artificial intelligence works well at first, but in tough times it is possible to control the robot manually. As the balance of power changes with each conquered base, the player must also adjust strategies and tactics."
11121,Final Fantasy Anthology,,1999,8.1,"Compilation, Role-playing (RPG)",Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Final Fantasy Anthology is a two-disc collection containing two games: Each game has new CG introduction and ending movies. Final Fantasy VI also includes an unlockable mode which allows the player to access an art gallery and a monster encyclopedia, as well as view battle history and watch the game's CG movies. The European version has another game selection."
11123,Hit the Ice: The Video Hockey League,,1990,6.0,"Action, Sports",Arcade,,"Hit the Ice is a fast-paced, high-impact hockey game. Having more in common with Midway's Arch Rivals than any sane hockey simulation, this arena is no place for penalties, and no place for wimps. While the idea is still to somehow put the puck into the opposing team's goal, each team only has three players, there is a heavy focus on checking, and it is possible to do a ""super shot"" which is strong enough to send the goalie into the net along with the puck. Available are exhibition and tournament modes for one or two players. Two players can even team up to take on the computer. The TurboGrafx-16 release also adds a four-player mode, while the Gameboy version adds a ""shot race"" mode where the player must get a certain number of goals as quickly as possible."
11128,Lancaster,,1989,5.7,"Action, Simulation",,World War II,"This is a flight simulator where you get to play the gunner of a Lancaster bomber in WW2. The bombing runs are split into two different game segments. During the first cockpit-view section, you approach the site to be bombed and have to shoot down enemy forces in order to stay alive, by controlling the crosshair using the mouse and firing on incoming planes and bombs. Then, while flying over the target area in a top-down view, you have to direct the plane using the mouse, and drop your limited number of bombs on specific targets."
11138,Nester's Funky Bowling,,1996,6.5,Sports,,,"Nester, once the mascot of Nintendo Power, and his sister Hester have decided to star in a bowling game As with every other bowling game in existence, you roll a ball down an alley in an attempt to knock down 10 pins. To do this in this game, you have to try and match up two gauges: Spin and Power. The Spin gauge determines how far left or right the ball will go, and the Power gauge determines how hard your character throws the ball."
11141,Inca,Inca I,1992,7.0,"Action, Adventure",,"Pre-Columbian Americas, Sci-fi / futuristic","You are a space pilot who can travel through time. Now your mission is to land in South America at the time of the European invasion, and find the mysterious treasure of the great Inca civilization. Inca is a game that combines adventure and action, or to put it more correctly, it's an adventure games with many action elements (such as space combat)."
11143,Vikings,"Vikingos, Vikings adventure out of time",1998,6.1,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Edutainment/adventure game set in the Viking empire some time in the 11th century. You play the role of Hjalmar, son of the bersekir Ingmar. The game opens in Finland, where you must assist Ingmar's friend Leif Harraldson in hiring the shaman Eldgrim. Eldgrim tells Hjalmar that his father's estate Dynhólmar in Iceland has been destroyed and his father killed. Hjalmar travels to Iceland to verify the claim and recover the family's heirloom axe Hildirid. Following the trail of the axe, Hjalmar will travel to Greenland and finally to Vinland (now called North America). As he reaches the end of his quest, even the gods become involved in his quest as he discovers his father's secrets. Gameplay is fairly standard 2D adventure, but with the twist that in addition to items, Hjalmar's ""wallet"" can contain images of people who can also be used on objects or other people to solve puzzles. Costumed actors are used for the numerous characters in the game, with video seamlessly integrated into the scenes, along with quite a few full screen video sequences to advance the story. The story itself is broken up into a series of nine ""riddles"" which must be solved to progress. These ""riddles"" include allocating the right laborers to the correct provinces to produce the goods needed to buy Eldgrim's services, collecting the different foodstuffs needed to survive the winter at the destroyed Dynhólmar estate, winning a game of Knattleikr (which resembles a violent form of baseball played on ice skates), and navigating the open seas from Finland to Iceland. The game includes a reference database on Viking culture. Every character and item in the game is described in the database, along with lots of other background information on the world and legends of the Vikings. The database is essential for solving many of the game's puzzles. It also provides a well-integrated way to present much of the game's educational content about Viking culture."
11145,Star Trek: 25th Anniversary,Star Trek,1992,5.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This 1991 release was intended to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the 60's television series. The plot of this Trek is based around a giant ""Doomsday Machine"" that is destroying ships, planets, and other valuable stuff in federation space. The Federation has constructed a weapon to defeat the doomsday machine, but the Klingons think that it will be used against them. So, they steal the weapon and break it up into 12 pieces spread out over 3 planets. It is up to the crew of the Enterprise to travel to the 3 planets, recover all 12 pieces of the weapon, and finally stop the Doomsday Machine. There are two modes of game play. First, there is a side-scrolling shoot-em-up in which you pilot the Enterprise through asteroid fields and enemy fleets. Second, there is a overhead-view game in which you maneuver Captain Kirk around the planet to gather up the pieces of the weapon."
11147,Alien Syndrome,,1987,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,Alien Syndrome is a scrolling shooter. Your job is to run around and rescue all the captives and make it to the escape hatch before the time bomb explodes. Then face the mother alien at the end of the level.
11151,Cliffhanger,Risco Total,1993,4.2,Action,,,"Cliffhanger is based on the 1993 Sylvester Stallone movie. The lead character, Gabe Walker, is an expert in high mountain search and rescue and receives a distress signal from a plane that has crashed nearby. However, the plane is actually loaded with terrorists who hijacked a large shipment of cash. The game consists of side-scrolling action. The hero can walk, run, jump, punch, and kick while jumping. Further, he can perform special feats as the situation requires, such as crossing a rope suspended from two cliffs. One of the biggest threats in this game is nature as Gabe must defend against wolves and birds, snow falling off cliffs and structures, and falling rocks."
11157,Family Feud,,1991,5.6,Strategy / tactics,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"Based on the television game show, Family Feud. The player chooses a family of five to play against another family. Players are asked to find the most common answers to various questions asked by the host, so the family can earn points. The family with the most points at the end of the game wins the prize money."
11159,Golden Gate,,1997,6.3,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,North America,"In Golden Gate explore modern day San Francisco to uncover an ancient treasure hidden there years ago. The game has a point-and-click interface, is explored in first person perspective, and includes a small number of adventure-type puzzles. Scenes of San Francisco are drawn in watercolors and appear in ""slide-show"" fashion. The gameplay is similar to a treasure hunt since scenes must be investigated thoroughly to find all of the clues and items. Full motion video cut-scenes advance the story."
11165,Buggy Ranger,,1990,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Year 2019, in a post-apocalyptic world, we must fight versus the evil machines that destroy our planet... This is the plot of Buggy Ranger a side-scrolling shoot'em up, very similar to the ""jeep stage"" of one of the most famous titles of Dinamic, Army Moves The main difference, is that in this case, the turret of our vehicle, can fly and shoot in the air at the enemies."
11167,Assassin 2015,,1996,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Jack Butcher is a former soldier, and now an assassin working for the government. His contact Sabre has a new assignment for him: take out Jacques Arnoud, head of Microkomm and an associate of the Red Storm Rebellion. They are planning to use Microkomm's new government contract to fund a rebellion, and the government wants him dead. This should have been an easy assignment - hit and run, escaping through the roof. However, seconds after Jack shoots Arnoud, a guard bursts through the door. After narrowly avoiding capture by the guard, a bomb blows the stairways to the roof. Jack is stuck in a building crawling with guards and security drones who are out to get him. Assassin 2015 is a plot-driven 3D first-person shooter focusing on combat rather than exploration. Opening the wrong door or going the wrong way will usually result in the player character's death, as he will encounter a horde of guards or drones. The player listens to the instructions of Jett Jones, the protagonist's only outside support, and follows her directives. The gameplay is mostly linear and involves traversing corridors and rooms and shooting the enemies within. However, the game features some other scenes, such as running away from a giant robot and an elevator shootout."
11168,Contender,"Dynamite Boxing, Victory Boxing 2",1998,6.7,Sports,,,"Contender is an arcade-style boxing game which features an Exhibition mode, a VS. mode, a Main Event mode, and a Tournament mode. The exhibition mode lets the player pick a boxer and fight a computer boxer. The VS. mode lets two players slug it out in the boxing ring against each other. The tournament mode lets the player compete in a tournament. The Main Event mode lets the player pick one of eight different boxers, each with their own set of skills (life, power, speed and endurance), and work their way through the ranks (Local, National and World) by defeating 40 different boxers in order to win the World Championship. If the player is good enough to actually win the World Championship, they then have to defend their belt against numerous challengers. Players can improve their skills by winning matches and training between matches by sparring with their trainer. Advancing through this mode also unlocks boxers for the exhibition mode. In the ring, each boxer can throw punches like jabs, upper-cuts, hooks, and crosses, and is also able to duck and weave and block high and low while on defense."
11173,Traders: The Intergalactic Trading Game,,1991,7.3,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Pit your business and marketing skills against as many as three other competitors while raising and lowering your buying and selling prices for a variety of goods on the interplanetary market. You can produce goods, such as perfume, by planting your fields with flowers. You'll have to purchase raw materials, such as water, which may raise the price of your finished products."
11179,NFL Coaches Club Football,,1993,7.0,"Simulation, Sports",,,"NFL Coaches Club Football is an American football simulation, the first in a short-lived series from MicroProse. The game features the teams and players of the 1993 NFL season, and has both single game and league modes. Also included are comprehensive team and playbook editors. Each of the 80 offensive and 80 defensive plays that come with the game can be modified by changing formations and positions as well as individual commands for each player. The plays can also be compiled into playbooks at will. In the team editor, team ratings, the player roster, the starting players, and even strategies for each coach are adjustable. Actual game play can be done in either Coach mode (only the plays are called) or Action mode (players are controlled as well). During playcalling the camera is set behind and above the line of scrimmage, but moves in accordance with the action, moving to different angles when there is a long pass or a field goal attempt, for example. The game allows the recording and playback of plays as files and features digitized speech for players and referees."
11182,Spider-Man,Questprobe featuring Spider-Man,1984,7.4,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"The second Questprobe adventure moves on from the 'verb noun' command interface of The Hulk and allows fuller sentence inputs. The in-game graphics also see some degree of advancement. You play Spider-Man, Peter Parker's crime-fighting alter-ego, as he takes on Mysterio, who can block out Parker's Spidery senses using his canisters of poison. As in The Hulk, the Examiner plays a key part in the game, as he initially strips Spider-Man's knowledge and prepares him for the battle. Throughout the game you meet many familiar Marvel characters, using the clues in the provided guidebook to help you deal with these situations correctly."
11189,Kyodai Mahjongg,"Kyodai, Kyodai 1999, Kyodai 3D, Kyodai Majongg 2006, Kyôdai Mah Jongg",1997,7.1,Puzzle,"Cards / tiles, Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle",,"A shareware Shanghai-like solitaire game system that uses Mah-Jongg tiles. Contains a number of unique or non-standard games. Created and programmed by a fan of Mah-Jongg solitaire. The games are presided over by manga-style girls, who react to the gameplay, let you know you're in the high score board, etc. High score lists are maintained for all games, all skill levels. The game is fully customizable- backgrounds, tilesets, and music can be changed (and new selections are available for download through the official site.) Dragon layout can also be changed, for variety greater than the traditional game provides. Game variations: Solitaire: the standard, famous game, with the standard, famous ""dragon"" (layout). Click tile pairs to remove them, if the tiles are free to move to the side. Rivers: same tiles, square layout, new rules; tile pairs must be free to move from side or top, and there can be no more than two 90 degree ""turns"" to bring the two tiles together. Players of the old/rare arcade game ""Sports Match"" will understand the mechanics. Memory: same tiles, square layout; tiles need not be ""free"", but since they're all turned over, you must remember where partner tiles are located. Clicks: new tiles (color-based rather than MahJongg based). Based on a freeware game, ""Clickomania"" (and Sega Swirl is suspiciously similar to it, too.) Tiles of different colors can be removed if there are more than one of the same color connected. Gravity affects remaining tiles, which create a dynamic, moving playfield. Remove as many as possible, and leave as few tiles remaining as possible. Slider: same tiles as Clicks. Slide tiles around to form 5-tile lines (and remove them). Each move adds 3 new tiles to the board. Hashira: same tiles as Clicks. Falling 3-tile sets must be combined to remove combinations of same-colored tiles. Incredibly similar to Columns. The early versions of Kyodai are suitable for Windows 3.1+. Middle versions are suitable for Windows 95+, and are in 2D. The latest versions are in 3D, and use DirectX technology. (OpenGL versions are also available.)"
11192,Space Invaders: Virtual Collection,,1995,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Space Invaders: Virtual Collection features both Space Invaders and Space Invaders Part II along with a few frills. Both games are available in their original format, although Part II 's multiple colors are lost seeing as how the Virtual Boy can't display any colors other than red. The two games are also available in a ""3D"" mode where the camera is tilted down 45°, although player and enemy movement remains unchanged. Finally two challenge modes are available for both games: Time attack, where the player is tasked with clearing a screen as fast as possible on a single life, and Score attack, where the player aims for the highest score possible on only three lives, with an extra life awarded every 1,500 points."
11195,Discworld Noir,,1999,8.0,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Ankh-Morpork is a city surrounded by darkness, where the cold river Ankh flows, where it always rains, and where dwarves and trolls co-exist with secret societies, religious fanatics, stupid police captains, and bar pianists. It is also where a bitterly sarcastic sharp-eyed private investigator named Lewton tries to earn a living solving bizarre cases. A mysterious woman named Carlotta hires him to find her lost lover. Wandering through the dark city and gathering evidence, Lewton has to solve the case, confront a sinister conspiracy, and once again become torn between love and despair. Discworld Noir differs from other Discworld adventure games not only thanks to its more serious tone and much darker ""film noir"" atmosphere, but also because of its gameplay. Instead of inventory-based puzzles there are clues, which Lewton writes down in his notebook and which should be then used whenever there is a connection between the clue and the situation in question. Most of the gameplay is thus dedicated to detective work in conversations; but the usage of the right clues at the right place is still comparable to inventory-based puzzle-solving of other adventures. Graphically, Discword Noir features three-dimensional character models and pre-rendered backgrounds."
11207,Blue Thunder,Airwolf,1984,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Blue Thunder is a side-scrolling shooter and tie-in with the short-lived TV series of the same name which has you piloting a new 'jetcopter' as the only survivor of an alien assault. As it turns out, you're not alone after all, so you depart from your ship and fly across a sea full of heavily defended islands to reach the enemy stronghold, disable its defenses and rescue your comrades. Should you succeed, you get to try it again at a higher difficulty level, where you'll face enemies with higher firing rates, planes, barrage balloons and missile-armed submarines. All the while you'll have to keep an eye on your dwindling fuel supply. Your jetcopter can fire at any angle it's flying, even straight down. The C64 version scrolls in the opposed direction and has a few smaller differences in the environmental graphics. The Atari 8-Bit version was later re-released with a new TV show license ( Airwolf ) and a new helicopter model."
11212,Blast Radius,,1998,7.0,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Kayne, the sole survivor of the Wolf Squadron, is tasked with saving the Vorn which is being attacked from the nefarious Kotan-Kal. For offering to help the Vorn out, Kayne is given his choice of the Vorn's most advanced spacecraft and weapons. In this space combat game, Kayne has the choice of 1 of 9 different spacecrafts which differ in appearance, weaponry, and control. Kayne is tasked with completing 40 different missions while fighting 37 different types of enemy crafts, which include bounty hunters, crime spaceships and military ships. The game also offers a 2 player death match mode."
11217,Star Command,,1988,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Command is a sci-fi role-playing game set in a vast fictional universe and featuring tactical space and squad-level combat, similar to SSI's Pool of Radiance released the same year and other games of the Gold Box series The game has nothing to do with Star Command Deluxe or Star Command: Revolution The game plays in a distant future. Earth is a distant memory, having been destroyed long ago. The small human population is concentrated in a small portion of the galaxy, called ""The Triangle"" due to its form, and threatened from its neighbors: The Alpha border is plagued by pirates, recently united under a certain ""Blackbeard"", the Beta border is frequently ambushed by an intelligent insect-like alien race who is thought to plan an all-out war. The third border leads to largely unknown territory with space-faring robots of unclear origin. The only hope for mankind is the Star Command, the headquarter of military forces. You control a spaceship crew, trying to secure peace by completing missions issued by Star Command. The game starts at Startport Luna, where you first will have to assemble and equip your crew and buy a starship before rushing out saving humanity. Assembling the crew, i.e. character generation, is quite detailed and done by first recruiting and then training characters. Each character has seven basic stats like Strength and Intelligence. If the stats look okay, you select one of four classes (Pilots for flying ships and communicating with aliens, Marines for espionage, Soldiers for fighting, and finally Espers with strange psi powers). The character now has to be trained for eight years; each year, you select a skill to be trained, and, if you're lucky, the character increases his skill -- he may also learn nothing. Skills can be trained more than once, increasing the effective skill level. All in all, there are 18 skills, with a different set available for each class. Some trainings does not improve skills, but basic stats -- Special Forces, for example, increases speed and accuracy. Character usually start out as Privates, but they the rank can be increased by going to Officer's school. There are 13 ranks up to Grand Admiral, with increasing pay -- money is sparse, so this may be a good choice. Then again, it may be not. Later in the game, with enough funds, you can create clones of your character to replace him when he dies. Character also age during play. After you have created your crew, it's time to spend your money. First of all, you need a spaceship -- there are nine different ships, with different attributes like armor or fuel capacity. The ship may be upgraded by several systems, including from engines, guns, shields, drop ships, computers, etc. Finally, you have to equip your crew, again choosing among a vast selection of armor, weapons and miscellaneous items. Having a fully equipped crew at your disposal, you're now ready to get some mission from the Space Command and launch your ship. While in space, you are shown a view of the environment, with commands at the bottom and the crew or ship status on the right. The galaxy is quite big, consisting of 32x32 sectors, each containing several systems, with each one having up to 10 planets. You can select the view, changing from Galaxy Scan (showing the whole galaxy) to Long Range Scan (showing 8x8 sectors) to Sector Scan (all systems and starports of a sector) to System Scan (the star and its planets) to Visual Scan (direct view of a planet, starport or space station with its statistics). While travelling through space, you may encounter ships. The game then switches to turn-based tactical combat -- but that may include peaceful interaction. In each turn, you first have a selection of communication strategies -- bargain, plead, ask, demand, even impersonate a deity are possible. Then you can move and rotate your ship, and finally, you can fire. Some situations, for example when you're boarding an enemy ship or while travelling on land, you can engage in squad combat, which closely resembles spaceship combat, but is influenced gravity, atmosphere and terrain. One some missions, you will have to explore underground complexes, which may contains traps and other specials events. There are 17 missions all in all, but they have no time limit, so you can do other things -- and you should, like trying to get some cash. Additionally, some missions are randomly generated, so each game differs somewhat. Character get training after each completed mission, but they can also pay for it, which is very expensive."
11219,PaRappa the Rapper,PaRappa the Rapper: The Hip Hop Hero,1996,7.2,Action,Music / rhythm,,"The rapping pup, PaRappa, dreams of impressing his friend, the beautiful Sunny Funny, and going out on a date with her. But what he lacks is confidence - help PaRappa rap his way through learning Kung Fu, a driving test, cooking and more, all in order to get the girl. And remember - You Gotta Believe! PaRappa the Rapper is a game based on lyrics, music and rhythm. The game itself is very basic - each stage has a 'teacher', that PaRappa must follow. You'll see the teacher say some lyrics, and then PaRappa must copy the teacher by pressing the appropriate buttons to repeat those lyrics back. Rap well, and you'll be able to continue; fudge up the lyrics, and the music will start to distort and the teacher will become displeased. Continue to mess up and you'll fail the stage. Of course, the goal is not to copy the teacher, but instead to outperform them - you can do this by improvising in the song's gaps. Listen to how the song goes, and improvise in time to the music; if you perform well enough, the teacher will step aside, leaving you to freestyle on your own! The PSP version of the game is a remake of the PlayStation original. However, it includes a few upgrades, such as a 16:9 display, sharper graphics, game sharing, multiplayer support of up to four players, and the addition of song remixes, which can be downloaded via the internet onto your Memory Stick Duo."
11221,Golf,T&E Virtual Golf,1995,6.5,Sports,,,"Play one course of 18 holes in this 3D game of golf. Pick your club, factor in the wind and course conditions, swing away by watching the meter. Be careful of the hazardous of this course as it will challenge players of all handicaps."
11223,WWF Wrestlemania: Steel Cage Challenge,,1993,5.5,Sports,,,"The Sega version of WWF Wrestlemania: Steel Cage Challenge is different from its NES counterpart There are ten wrestlers to choose from: Each wrestler has a standard set of moves consisting of punching, kicking, body slams and turnbuckle manoeuvres, as well as a finishing move for every wrestler. There are three different game modes to choose from: Single (either regular or steel-cage), Tag Team and Championship"
11229,Athena,,1986,4.5,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"In this game, players take the role of Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom, who has grown tired of her life within the castle and ventures into the Fantasy World beyond the castle walls. Strange and fearsome creatures will attack at every turn, but weapons can be found along the way: a ball and chain, a bow and arrow, and a mighty sword. Put on wings and take to the sky, or become a mermaid to explore the ocean depths."
11231,Elvira,"Elvira: La Aventura Fantastica, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, Elvira: The Fantasy Adventure",1990,7.3,"Action, Adventure","Puzzle elements, RPG elements",Fantasy,Elvira: Mistress of the Dark is an RPG/adventure game. The game uses a first-person perspective view in which the main protagonist wanders around the castle in which Elvira is held captive by dark forces commanded by Lady Emelda. The player has to find six special keys to retrieve a magical dagger and scroll to kill Lady Emelda in order to free Elvira. In the castle and its surroundings the player can find many useful items that may be useful or ingredients that can be used to create spells and potions. The latter can be only prepared by Elvira who resides mostly in the kitchen. The castle is also full of enemies like undead creatures or bewitched knights that player has to kill. The game uses a real-time combat system - you have to time your attacks and blocks in order to defeat the enemy. One of the unique elements of the game are different death sequences that are played when the player dies from many different occasions.
11235,Swords and Serpents,,1990,6.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Deep in the dungeons lay the fabled ruby treasures. Many brave souls have tried to recover them; all have failed. Little did they know how futile their quests would be -- they met a horrible fate at the hands of a horrible serpent king. Can your party of champions defeat the dragon and claim the ruby treasures? Or will you, too, be vanquished? Swords and Serpents is a first-person, party-based CRPG in the tradition of Wizardry Put together a team of 4 heroes (roll your own characters or simply use the pre-generated party) from three classes: warrior, thief, and magician. A 16-level dungeon awaits you, full of weapons, armor, magic spells, and other valuable items. Beware, though: an assortment of traditional fantasy beasts and villains awaits you! Teleporters and ""zoom tubes"" speed up your travels. Temples provide safe havens for your party to restore health and mana. An auto-map feature helps the player keep track of what locations you have visited. A password system allows you to save your progress as you travel deeper into the darkness."
11237,Hunter Killer,"Hunter Killer: Run Silent — Run Deep, U Boat Hunt",1983,6.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,World War II,"Hunter Killer is a submarine simulation game set in the North Sea off the German / Danish Helegoland coast during the Second World War. You are the commander of a British 'S' type submarine on a mission to find an enemy submarine in the area and sink it. The coast is heavily mined, so sailing in too close, may result in hitting a mine or running aground. Going outside the area will expose you to destroyers that are hunting for you. Aircraft patrol the area, so staying on the surface can be fatal. The game has three views, Control Room, Periscope and Chart Room. In the control room the player operates the submarine's engines and ballast, the periscope is used to find enemy vessels and the chart room to navigate. Once an the enemy sub is in range and dead ahead, it is time to launch a torpedo for the kill. The game has five levels of difficulty. Once the enemy sub has been dispatched, the game moves to the next target. If you are sunk, it is game over."
11249,Admiral: Sea Battles,,1996,6.2,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),,"Admiral: Sea Battles is a naval warfare turn-based strategy game but with the emphasis on action rather than accuracy. Instead of using rules to model real warfare conditions, or simulate historically accurate battles, Admiral uses a simple rule system and among the 11 types of ships you can command you can have both galleons and steam frigates at the same time for example! The game is composed of 3 campaigns with 6 battles each. Each battle has specific objectives involving naval battles, invasions, strategic placement of forts and ports, etc. You view the game from a top-down squared tactical-map perspective from where you issue orders to your fleet. Among the added features is the ability to board and capture ships, build forts and ports (to repair ships) and both single player and hot-seat multiplayer modes."
11251,Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story,,1993,5.5,Action,Platform,,"Based on the 1993 movie of the same name, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story has Bruce Lee learn that he was born in America and he sets off to explore this new land. However it is a dangerous place and must fight to survive. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a side-scrolling action game. Bruce Lee travels through various locations and engages enemies in martial arts. As Bruce Lee, the player can jump and attack. The direction button being pressed at the time of the attack determines whether Bruce will Punch, Roundhouse Kick or Low Kick. Power-ups are scattered throughout the levels and can be activated by attacking them. Bruce has a health meter at the top of the screen, when it is depleted he loses a life."
11264,Premier Manager,,1992,7.6,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"The first game in Gremlin's series of football management games. You start off managing a team in the Conference (the fifth tier of English football) and aim to progress up the leagues, either by improving your existing team or earning jobs at better clubs elsewhere. The features at your disposal include selecting training regimes, planning tactics for each match based on your opposition's strengths and weaknesses, scouting for new players including youth prospects, and arranging sponsorship and stadium improvements (to attract more fans). The transfer system is a crucial part of the game, as you aim to sign players (who are broadly rated in each of the main skill areas) up against other teams who want them and sell off players you don't need. You have an overdraft available, but make sure not to exceed it. The game supports up to 4 players, whose matches all take place at the same time. You can make tactical changes and substitutions mid-match."
11267,F1 Pole Position,Human Grand Prix,1992,7.7,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,Africa,"This Formula 1 racing game features 3 game modes and 16 tracks to race on. The game modes included are Battle, World Grand Prix, and Test Run. Battle mode allows for an exhibition race where the player can choose any course and its condition plus how many laps the race will be. The player can also choose to race up to 13 other opposing racers, World Grand Prix mode lets the player compete in a season of F1 races. The higher a position a racer finishes in a race, the more points will be awarded to increase their place in the total season standings. Test Run lets the player practice any track without the interference of other racers, Players can fine-tune their car using a variety of settings. Settings include adjusting the steering, tires, gears, brakes, wings, and the suspension. Players can also choose the type of pit work, tachometer (digital or analog), and whether to have either manual or automatic gear shifting."
11270,Videocart-3: Video Blackjack,"3: Blackjack (17+4), Cassette 3: Blackjack (17+4), Programkassett 3: 21, Videocart 3: Blackjack (17+4)",1976,5.9,"Gambling, Strategy / tactics",Cards / tiles,,"Videocart-3 features a computerized version of the card game blackjack. The game follows the typical blackjack rules; your goal is to get cards totaling as close to 21 as possible without going over. The computer acts as the dealer, and is required to hit on a 16 or 'soft 17' and to stay on a 'hard 17'. The game features a full 52 card deck, and the computer will automatically shuffle the deck if there are less than 16 cards left; optionally you can request the computer reshuffle the deck at any time. One or two players can play, each player beginning the game with $500. There is a minimum bet of $1 and a maximum bet of $99. In the two player game a player who has gone broke may optionally borrow $100 from the house to re-enter the game."
11277,Colossal Adventure,,1982,7.8,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Colossal Adventure takes its cue from the very earliest mainframe text adventures Our hero must rescue the elves and find fifteen pieces of treasure. There are many dark areas, so lights and batteries are at a premium. Be careful of vicious dwarves, who can be killed using axes. You can carry up to four objects at a time; the useful ones include a newspaper, keys and sandwiches. The vocabulary includes saying spell names, DROPping items to stay within the carrying limit (and for other specific reasons), CATCHing a bird, and standard directions plus IN and OUT."
11278,Area 51,,1995,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Using a light gun you blast your way through the secret base, Area 51, which has been taken over by mutant aliens. As you work your way to the secrets at the heart of Area 51, you'll need to destroy an increasingly dangerous line of aliens, upgrade your firearm, and cause as much collateral damage as possible. The game rewards the player for destroying windows, light fixtures, computers, explosive barrels, and even fire extinguishers. Each consecutive hit increases your streak rating (which adds to your score) and certain combinations of these collateral hits will open up secret bonus rooms. The home version has special bonuses and additional secret levels not found in the arcade version and a mouse option is available."
11279,AMA Superbike,,1999,6.2,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"AMA Superbike puts you in the hot seat of professional AMA Superbike racing. You choose which class of racing you want to tackle, either Supersport (four bikes) or Superbikes (five bikes). You have three levels of difficulty: beginner, intermediate and expert. You can race online with up to 30 people using Motorsims own network servers. Physics modeling and the for joystick designed controls are geared toward a simulation aspect. The motorcycle settings can be changed before every race."
11283,Track Attack,"Track Attack: Bei Track Attack ist alles anders, Track Attack: Changes Everything",1996,6.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Track Attack is a futuristic 3D racing game in the style of Hi-Octane The player races through futuristic cities and tunnels trying to beat their opponents. This game also features damage, and some special upgrades. Perhaps the most innovative feature is the Dynamic Track System, which allows the 39 circuits to change during the race. There are arrows the player can drive over which make the track behind them change for their opponent (obstacles popping up for example), therefore making it harder for a driver to catch up."
11284,007: The World is Not Enough,"007: Die Welt ist Nicht Genug, 007: El Mundo Nunca es Suficiente, 007: Le Monde ne Suffit Pas",2000,6.8,Action,Shooter,,"007: The World is Not Enough is based off of the 1999 James Bond film of the same name. In it, Pierce Brosnan 's Bond must investigate the murder of a British oil tycoon and attacks on his new pipeline, which leads to a larger sinister plot requiring gunplay and frequent flier miles to diffuse. This version of the game has a few notable differences to its Nintendo 64 counterpart : it runs off a version of the Medal of Honor engine, and has 11 missions in contrast to the N64's 14; some of which are not shared between the two. The missions that are similar (usually those taken from the film) further tend to play out differently, and utilize completely different gadgets and weaponry. This version does not feature additional objectives at higher difficulty modes, and only cheats are unlocked by beating specific missions at a specific difficulty. However, it does feature CD-quality music and voices, as well as video clips from the movie for cutscenes. It is single-player only, and features no multiplayer component."
11286,Bomberman Quest,,1998,7.3,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Puzzle elements,,"Carrying with him all the monsters he captured on his last mission, Bomberman is headed for his home planet Bomber. However, all of a sudden someone steals all of his four rocket engines and he is forced to make an emergency landing. After having woken up from the crash he realises that not only are his engines gone, but all of the monsters have escaped! Bomberman Quest is a top down action RPG in which Bomberman has to traverse four different lands and speak to the natives to aid him in his quest to reclaim the engines and monsters. In true action RPG fashion, you pick up upgrades along the way, such as bomb parts and skills acquired from defeating monsters. There is also a battle mode where two players can duke it out via linked Game Boy Colors."
11288,Extreme-G,,1997,7.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Blazingly fast futuristic motor cycle racing. Blast your opponents off the track with laser cannons, homing missiles and an assortment of other weapons, such as mines, bombs and tripwires - all at 300 MPH. Includes championship and multiplayer modes, with a tournament mode for 16 players, over a host of tracks set in four different worlds."
11291,Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000: Professional Edition,,1999,7.2,Special edition,,,Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000: Professional Edition is a more expensive version of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 with additional features:
11293,Sin and Punishment,Tsumi to Batsu: Hoshi no Keishousha,2000,7.9,Action,Rail shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Rogue mutants, named Lufian were originally bred to manage food production in the overpopulated and resource scarce Earth, but they've revolted against their human masters. The army has been soundly defeated, and now it's up to two teenage heroes, 14-year-old Saki Amamiya and 15-year-old Airan Jo to save the day. As the story advances, the heroes find out the Lufian's true intention and that the mutants could jeopardize the future of Earth!"
11294,Attack of the Killer Tomatoes,Killer Tomato,1992,6.0,Action,Platform,,"Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is a standard platformer based on the cartoon series of the same name (which itself is based on a movie series). The hero Wilbur Finletter has to travel through eleven side-scrolling levels in order to stop the evil Doctor Gangrene who runs over the town with his killer tomatoes. Basically Finletter moves through the levels, jumps over gaps and avoids the enemies because they have the ability to drain his life energy by touch. Losing enough energy causes the loss of a life. However, he is not defenceless as he can use a kick against the tomatoes. Additionally he can find swords in the levels which can be thrown. Other things to find are lightning bolts (invulnerability for a short time), parachutes and general point suppliers. Finletter also has the ability to use a skateboard. The goal of each level is to find the hidden tomato can and the level end within the time limit. In three instances, there is also a boss fight."
11296,Air Diver,Air Diver: F-119 Stealth Fighter Simulation,1990,5.4,Action,Shooter,,"A terrorist organization led by a fanatic operating out of the Middle East has brought together a military force capable of holding the entire world hostage, backed by a lot of evil governments. The player needs to board a F-119 stealth fighter and stay undetected while taking out all opposition. Although technically boarding a stealth fighter, no stealth elements are involved. After choosing one from the different locations on the map, the player is shown flying from a first-person cockpit perspective and enemies do not seem to have trouble locating the player's aircraft. In different solo missions the player needs to take out all opposition using regular bullets and lock-on missiles. All statistics, including the remaining time before running out of fuel and the enemies on the radar, are shown in the cockpit HUD. The craft is able to move left and right, and use a boost to do sideways rolls or complete loops to get behind enemies. Some shots can be taken, leading to body damage, but incoming missiles are usually fatal and those need to be shot or avoided. Next to regular enemies, there are also a few boss planes. Missions take place all over the world during different times of day."
11300,Icewind Dale,Bingfeng zhi Gu,2000,8.0,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"In the Northern parts of Faerûn the winter never ends. In this harsh realm of ice only a few tough survivors live, and nowadays even those hardy few find the conditions a tad tougher. A party of adventurers has just arrived at the small fishing town of Easthaven. Its leader Hrothgar organizes an expedition to help a troubled nearby tree-village, Kuldahar. The party joins the expedition, but an ambush by frost giants causes an avalanche, killing everyone but the heroes themselves. Now they must continue Hrothgar's quest and discover the source of the evil that threatens the land. Icewind Dale is a party-based role-playing game with real-time combat, very similar in visual style and basic gameplay mechanics to Baldur's Gate The game utilizes the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules. As opposed to Baldur's Gate (and similarly to older AD&D RPGs), the player is free to create a party of up to six characters belonging to various races and classes; no characters inhabiting the game world are able to join the party afterwards. Compared to Baldur's Gate and Planescape: Torment by the same developers, Icewind Dale is more combat-oriented; it has a linear plot advancement and focuses on extensive exploration of hostile areas rather than conversations with characters and quests."
11308,Creature Crunch,"Criatura Crunch - O Monstro, Monster Mix",1996,6.7,Adventure,,,Creature Crunch is an animated point-and-click comedy adventure. The plot is about a boy named Wesley turned into a monster by evil Dr.Drod. Wesley must escape the mansion of Dr.Drod by eating the right items to defeat monsters. The game features the voices of SCTV veterans Martin Short and Eugene Levy
11316,Bushido Blade 2,,1998,7.3,Action,Fighting,,"Two samurai families who date back over eight hundred years have been feuding ever since the Gempei War, where the Kagami family sided with the Minamoto and ensured themselves a victory over their rivals, the Sue. Over the centuries since, the two families evolved into ninja clans, but their hatred of each other never faded. Now, in the 20th century, the Shainto, descendants of the Sue, are in a position to bring vengeance on the Narukagami. Bushido Blade 2 takes place some time after the events in the original game and is also a weapon fighting game without health bars, power displays, or over-the-top special maneuvers. The game features the Story Mode, Versus Mode and Slash mode present in the original game as well as a new tournament mode, where the two sides face each other with shinai and other bamboo weapons in a kendo like ring. Fighters have different styles (including some with two sword nito and iaijutsu styles) and there are many weapons to choose from (although the hammer has been replaced with the yari spear). The controls have changed somewhat, but stances are still in the game, as are one-hit kills if blows strike a sensitive part of the body. Initially players can choose from six warriors, three from each clan. As progress is made in the story mode, supporting characters will be encountered. If beaten, those characters will become available for play in the game's other modes."
11324,Eggs of Steel,"Eggs of Steel: Charlie's Eggcellent Adventure, Hello Charlie!!",1998,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"In Eggs of Steel the player takes control of Charlie the Egg, a night watchman at the MOM Steel Factory. However while on break, the machines start up and it is up to Charlie to stop it by hitting the reset button hidden on the other end of the factory, but to do this Charlie must face hazardous obstacles and bad guys trying to stop him. Eggs of Steel is a flip-screen platformer, using prerendered 3D backgrounds, a technique similar to Resident Evil The gameplay involves jumping onto ledges, climbing pipes and avoid flying obstacles such as girders. Also Charlie will encounter bad guys along the way that he can take out with his ""Egg Roll"" and use his trusty wrench to trap and take out the baddies. There are 43 levels and 12 different bosses along with power-ups such as donuts that will increase Charlie's health. The story is told through thirty minutes of full screen animation and music includes genres like jazz, salsa and even Polynesian."
11325,Shadow of the Beast III,,1992,8.0,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"You play Aarbron, and you must again face Maletoth, the Beast Lord, in order to free yourself from his curse. In order to be powerful enough to meet Maletoth, you need to collect four items: The Skull of Louq-Garou, the Quintessence of Being, Pendek's Mace and the Crystals of Hodag. These four items are spread across four levels: Forest of Zeakros, Caves of Bidhur, Fort Dourmoor, and Nosthomak. This is the third and final game in the Shadow of the Beast series. In the first game your character was a beast and you belonged to Maletoth as a Beast Messenger. In the second game, you have developed more into a human-like being, but Maletoth and his aid Zelek were not destroyed. His sister is kidnapped by Maletoth and you, Aarbron, seeks out to rescue her. In the third game, you have developed to a human. Zelek was killed when you rescued your sister, but Maletoth is still alive, and he must be destroyed for you to be free from his curse. The gameplay is a combination of action and puzzle solving, with an emphasis on the latter. Typical puzzles involves levers and chains moving hooks, bridges, and doors."
11334,Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy,"Egipt: Przepowiednia Heliopolis, Egipto II: A Profecia de Heliópolis, Egipto II: La Profecía de Heliópolis, Egypt II: Die Prophezeiung von Heliopolis, Egypt II: La profezia di Heliopolis, Egypte II: De voorspelling van Heliopolis, Egypte II: La prophétie d'Héliopolis",2000,5.9,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Egypt (Ancient),"Although named Egypt 2 there are only a few similarities between the first game, Egypt 1156 B.C. and this point and click adventure. This game actually takes place earlier in time than its predecessor. Offering historical background and facts about Ancient Egypt, it has been categorized as edutainment as well as an adventure game. The game takes place in the city of Heliopolis, the City of the Sun, which was the center of learning and one of the most important capitals of Egypt in 1350 B.C. Your character is Tifet, a young priestess and a student of medicine, who sets out to find the cure for the horrific epidemic which is spreading rapidly throughout the city population. It becomes very personal when her adoptive father contracts the disease. As the story unfolds, Tifet uncovers a diabolical plot of deception and treachery."
11336,System Shock 2,System Shock 2 (Classic),1999,8.5,Action,"RPG elements, Shooter, Stealth",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"In the year 2114, forty-two years after the events described in System Shock a soldier joins the military organization Unified National Nominate (UNN), receiving the number G65434-2, and is shortly thereafter assigned to the military space ship Rickenbacker. This ship's duty is to escort the Von Braun, an experimental faster-than-light starship, on its maiden voyage. However, the next thing the soldier can remember is waking up in a cryo-tube on the Von Braun. It appears that both ships were infected with something so horrifying that nearly the entire crew was either killed or mutated into monsters. The soldier is contacted by a woman who identifies herself as the only human survivor. His first task is a rendezvous with this woman, for which he will have to traverse the monster-infested corridors of the ghost ship. System Shock 2 is a hybrid of first-person shooter and role-playing game. In the beginning of the game the player chooses a career for the protagonist in the UNN. This choice grants bonuses to the protagonist's initial skills. Marines specialize in combat, navy officers can repair weapons and hack computer terminals, and OSA agents may begin the game with psionic powers. Notwithstanding this initial choice, the player may choose to learn any of these skills as the game progresses, spending acquired cybermodules to develop the main character in a RPG fashion. As the hero traverses the corridors of Von Braun, he will have to avoid death at the hands of hostile creatures and robots on the way, acquire a variety of items, and complete missions to unlock new areas and advance the story. The game emphasizes survival rather than elimination of enemies; in many situations the protagonist is underpowered, and new enemies may appear in already explored areas. Combat is done in FPS style, with both ranged and melee weapons. The ranged weapons can accept a few different types of ammo, each of them efficient against different foes, and can shoot in two firing modes. However, ranged weapons deteriorate quickly as the player character uses them, and will eventually break down after prolonged use. Healing items, such as medical hypos and medikits, will save the hero's life, while other items will shield him from radiation, cure him from poisoning, or temporarily boost his attributes. The soldier can find armor to wear and implants which will amplify his skills, as long as their battery doesn't run out. There are also some alien items that the player has to research (which usually requires finding specific chemicals in the ship's chemical stores); researching weapons and items allows the player to use them, and researching enemies' organs makes it possible to deal more damage to them. Apart from finding them lying around, items can be bought from ""matter replicators"" for nanites, the game's currency. Nanites are also used for cybernetic activities (hacking electronic systems), repairing broken weapons and improving them, healing the protagonist on surgery tables, and, after death, resurrecting him in special chambers found on most levels. Cybermodules are received for successfully completing objectives or found during exploration. They are used to enhance the main character's attributes: the player can improve his strength, agility, endurance, as well as his cybernetics and weapon skills; psionic powers are also acquired in this way. Psi powers allow the protagonist to move objects from a distance, paralyze enemies, become invisible, etc. A special ""psi amplifier"" must be found in order to use them, and the hero spends ""psi points"" each time he uses a psi power. Like in the first System Shock much of the background story in the game is revealed by finding messages left by crew members before they fell victims to the mysterious infestation."
11340,Tom and Jerry in Mouse Attacks!,Tom and Jerry in De Muizenval,2000,6.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Tom has captured Jerry's five friends: Duckling, Uncle Peco, Tyke, Tuffy and Muscles and has locked them up in five different locations, and it's up to the player (as Jerry) to rescue them. The game features a total of five levels, and all have the same objective: find a way to get to Jerry's friends. The player moves Jerry around, avoiding enemies and obstacles while collecting musical notes. In each level, Jerry meets two characters: Angel Jerry and Devil Jerry, who give Jerry hints and tips. There are doors leading to mini games, and players have to collect a certain number of musical notes (which is shown above each door) to gain access. These mini games are designed with young players' skill in mind. After completing a mini game, players acquire items which can be used to solve puzzles later on. Mini games may repeat with increasing difficulty as players proceed in the game. Once one of Jerry's friends is found, Jerry will need to defeat a ""boss"" to proceed to the next level. The game's graphics are in 2D. Players have a choice among English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Danish. The game knows no save function. In order to choose a level, players have to enter the right passwords."
11342,Blaster Master: Blasting Again,Blaster Master,2000,6.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Years ago, the Earth was threatened by an evil being known as the Plutonium Boss. The Plutonium Boss and his minions were devouring the Earth from within, and if they had succeeded, Earth would've been destroyed. He didn't count on a young man named Jason, a beautiful alien woman named Eve, and their battle tank, the Sofia MA-01...because of his underestimation, the Plutonium Boss was defeated. Since then, Jason had been defending the Earth from any threat that arises, with Eve by his side. She even bore him two children, Roddy and Elfie. Jason trained Elfie in engineering, and Roddy in battling in Sofia. But now Jason and Eve have died, and Roddy must take his father's place as defender of the Earth. And an old threat seems to be arising to challenge this new generation of heroes..."
11351,Astro Chase,,1982,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"As pilot of a spaceship, your job is to save the planet Earth! Eight mega mines are slowly homing in, and you need to destroy them all before they reach Earth. Trying to stop you are a variety of flying saucers which will constantly be chasing you around the planet. Your ship is equipped with lasers which can be used to destroy enemy saucers and the mega mines. Located throughout the space around Earth are eight shield depots; if you fly through one of these, you will temporarily become invincible. Your spaceship also has a limited energy supply; if you get too low on energy, it can be resupplied at one of the generators located in the four corners of the play area. When all of the mega mines have been destroyed, you will move on to the next, faster chase! You start with 3 spacecraft with 1000 energy units each. When a level is successfully completed an additional 2 craft are awarded."
11353,Vectorball,Vector Ball,1988,5.4,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This one on one future sport combines ideas from a number of real-world competitions, most notably the schoolgirl favourite Netball. The action is viewed isometrically, so moving the joystick up moves your droid north-east, down moves south-west, and so on. The aim is to score more points than your opponent in each match, and be the first to win four matches (against either a human or computer opponent), before moving up to the next difficulty level. There is a goal in the middle at each end, and the ball can be advanced by shooting it (the length of a shot is affected by pushing the joystick up or down with fire pressed) as you can't run with the ball, or hold onto it for long. The main novel idea in the game is the shaping of the pitches, which are viewed in full 3D and have bumps and big divots all around."
11357,Road Runner,Correcaminos,1986,6.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,Fantasy,"In Road Runner the player takes control of the Road Runner. The Road Runner must run along the road, avoiding trucks, landmines, falling rocks, etc. and also not get caught by Wile E. Coyote. The Road Runner must also eat birdseed along the way or he will become faint and Wile E. will catch him. The Road Runner can earn points for eating the birdseed and also by making Wile E. get hit by trucks, falling rocks, etc. The Atari 2600 version has a difference from the other versions, in that the Road Runner isn't required to eat the birdseed but can do so for the points."
11376,Hunchback,El Jorobado,1983,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"Victor Hugo never could have expected that his creation Quasimodo, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, would run such an obstacle course as is dished up in this game, dodging fireballs and arrows while leaping over pits and pikemen, sometimes with the help of a swinging bell-pull rope, in hopes of rescuing his beloved Esmeralda from the top tower -- all while being slow-but-steady chased across the castle parapets by an invincible knight in full armour. Once you get the hang of any individual obstacle, the game starts throwing them at you in tandem, until toward the end you're tracking the swing of the rope, the thrust of the lance, the approach of the arrow and the advance of the knight all simultaneously. Succeed, against all odds, and you get to do it again, but faster! Even an able-bodied protagonist would have a hard time juggling all these threats, but the player must succeed controlling a handicapped person."
11377,Builderland: The Story of Melba,,1990,6.9,Puzzle,Platform,Fantasy,"The story of this game is quite simple, presented during the intro as a series of short scenes without words. Melba is an easy-going guitar player who is having a picnic with his girlfriend; suddenly, an ultra-strong, evil-looking character appears and kidnaps the poor girl, sailing away on his ship. The brave Melba swims after the ship, and finds a bottle with a map inside. Knowing now the way to the evil kidnapper's lair, Melba embarks on a journey without further hesitation! The premise, the map with the ""stages"", and the side-scrolling view indicate a platform-type action game; in reality, however, Builderland is a puzzle game, somewhat similar to the famous Lemmings As in Lemmings the player has no control over the protagonist himself (except on a few occasions, when ""boss"" enemies must be defeated by throwing certain objects at them). Instead, the player must manipulate the environment in order to build a path for Melba, deal with the enemies, etc. Melba is for the most part entirely helpless and simply walks forward automatically. Various items such as boxes, weapons, platforms, etc., must be collected and placed properly in order to save the hero from premature death."
11379,Warriors of Might and Magic,,2000,5.9,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"Step into the shoes of a warrior by the name of Alleron. Framed for a crime in which he did not commit he is branded with a painful mask and banished into the depths of the dungeon. Here he must fight his way out and discover the truth behind this crime. Will he save the world from destruction or will he fall at the feet of his nemesis? Warriors of Might and Magic is an action game with RPG elements set in the Might and Magic universe. The gameplay style is similar to that of Crusaders of Might and Magic The player navigates Alleron through predominantly dungeon-like environments, fighting enemies in action-based combat, executing various melee moves (including blocking), and casting spells."
11381,Earthrise,Earthrise: A Guild Investigation,1990,6.5,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,A sci-fi adventure in which the player attempts to save Earth from a collision with a mechanically controlled asteroid. The game includes space travel and exploration of the deserted mining colony.
11387,Fahrenheit,,1995,5.7,Action,Quick Time Events (QTEs),,"Fahrenheit is an interactive movie that puts players into the flame-resistant suit of a firefighter. You are the new guy in the firehouse. Last week, you saved three lives. But now, you're on a new squad, and have to prove yourself to them. Like most interactive movies, Fahrenheit is played entirely while watching a digitized video. At certain critical points in the video, players must press certain directions on the control pad or action buttons in order to progress in the game. Fahrenheit takes this a step further by providing several buildings in which the player has the ability to move from room to room in in a non-linear fashion. As players move from room to room, they have to locate victims and neutralize fire hazards."
11388,Kartia: The Word of Fate,"Legend of Kartia, Rebus",1998,7.3,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics","Cards / tiles, Managerial / business simulation",Fantasy,"A strategy role-playing game released during the height of the genre's popularity in 1998, when Final Fantasy Tactics and two Ogre Battle games were released. Kartia tells the story of the lives of two separate people during a chaotic chapter in a country's history. Several unique additions to the genre hope to detach Kartia from the rest. First is the Kartia system, where cards can be imbued into weapons, armors, or spells or can create completely original apparatus along with monsters that fight alongside you. Secondly is the ability to burn down or destroy most of the battle field and surroundings."
11390,Splatterhouse,,1988,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"Splatterhouse is the first game in the series, but only the second game to appear on a home console (after Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti on the NES), which was later continued on the SEGA Genesis. Rick and his girlfriend Jennifer enter West Mansion (known as Splatterhouse) to study Dr. West's parapsychology teachings for a school project. After a flash of lightning and a scream, Jennifer is gone, and Rick is left wearing the Terror Mask, which gives the wearer great strength. Rick must survive seven blood-soaked levels full of corpses, demons, and other disturbing creatures in this arcade side-scrolling beat-em-up. Several weapons are at Rick's disposal throughout the house, such as a meat cleaver, a two by four, and a shotgun. If Rick wants to find Jennifer alive, he must move quickly through the floors of the mansion.... as a happy reunion is not always guaranteed."
11392,Tokyo Highway Battle,"Shutokō Battle '97, Shutokō Battle: Drift King",1996,6.5,Racing / Driving,,,"One of the earliest in the Shutokou Battle series where the player took control of 12 different cars and 60 different parts and upgrades available to choose from. There are a variety of tracks to choose from, all recreated to resemble actual Tokyo roads and highways and featured the ""Drift"" button that allowed the player to take a turn faster. Players can also earn points through this action as well as from winning races to upgrade their car and go head-to-head against the computer or against three CPU opponents. Keiichi Tsuchiya, a racing champion from Tokyo and Masaaki Bando, a top automotive expert from Japan both lent their expertise to the game to ensure authentic handling and physics for each vehicle that was rendered in the game."
11398,Golden Eagle,L'aigle D'or: Le Retour,1991,6.5,Action,Puzzle elements,,"The plot of Golden Eagle is a basic one: the evil priest Nahmur stole the Golden Eagle, severed it into five parts and hid them in the city. The player controls a special agent with the order (the employees are mutants) to find said parts. So the player walks through the levels while shooting all opposition. There are also some basic puzzles to solve (collecting an item at one place and using it at another or switch puzzles) and safes to open (either with found codes or by using special equipment) in order to find the eagle parts. There are also some traps to avoid. Besides walking and moving, the protagonist can jump and duck. All other actions like crawling can only be performed in certain places. Using terminals reveal useful information in the form of messages or a map for easier orientation. Other terminals offer the possibility to play a completely optional game of Reversi."
11407,Tron,,1982,5.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on the 1982 Disney film of the same name, players take control of TRON in four different game grid scenarios: Light Cycles : race TRON's blue Light Cycle against one or more enemy Cycles in an attempt to have them crash and de-rez against their own light walls. I/O Tower : blast through numerous Grid Bugs in an attempt to get into the I/O Tower. MCP Cone : blast through the defensive walls of the MCP in order to get into its central cone. Battle Tanks : maneuver TRON's tank against one or more enemy tanks (or Recognizers) to be the last one standing. The Xbox Live version offers competitive or co-op play to go for the highest score, and a mode that features enhanced graphics."
11409,Down Load,Download,1990,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Nearing the end of the 21th century, human society entered a development stage that was dubbed ""neo capitalism"". Powerful mega-corporations built gigantic computer systems which were able to create entire virtual worlds, where humans sought refuge from the grim reality and the certainty of death. But crime flourished in the cyber world as well; a unit of special agents called ""cyber divers"" was created in order to fight criminal organizations. Syd is one of such cyber divers. His companion Ohala was once trapped in the cyber world and never returned. And now, another friend of his, the lovely Deva, tells him that she has been arrested while trying to investigate Ohala's disappearing. It's time for Syd to ride his flying bike and get to the bottom of the business - in real world as well as in the dangerous virtual reality. Down Load is a side-scrolling shooter. The player controls Syd on his flying bike, which acts, for all purposes, like other aircrafts in comparable games. Before each mission, the player selects one of the two available main weapons: vulcan cannon (spreading fire, up to five directions if powered-up), and laser beam (powerful, focused fire; beams are added with power-ups). The secondary weapons include homing missiles, a bomb-like gadget, and a shield - all with limited ammunition/energy. The stages include real-world locations as well as abstract ""computer-like"" virtual reality worlds, with geometrical figures and computer-related objects as enemies. Boss enemies usually guard the exit to each level, and utilize a variety of shooting patterns to stop the hero. Anime-style cut scenes advance the story between the missions."
11412,Alone in the Dark 2,"Alone in the Dark 2 (1996), Alone in the Dark: Jack is Back, Alone in the Dark: One-Eyed Jack's Revenge",1993,7.1,Action,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror",Interwar,"In Alone in the Dark 2 you take the role of detective Edward Carnby, one of the two main characters in the original Alone in the Dark Carnby is now called upon to investigate a bootlegger named One Eyed Jack after an old detective colleague named Stryker attributes Jack to the kidnapping of young Grace Saunders. Stryker attempts to infiltrate Jack's dilapidated mansion of Hell's Kitchen and rescue the girl, only to disappear himself. That's where Carnby comes in. Carnby soon learns that Jack and his gangsters are really 15th-century pirates who gained immortality after Jack joined forces with Elizabeth Jarret, a Voodoo witch. However, the dark magic which keeps them immortal also requires Jack and his crew to regularly make human sacrifices (which explains Grace's kidnapping). Now Carnby must battle his way through Hell's Kitchen and Jack's army of Tommy-gun-wielding gangsters, searching for a way to break the spell and make them stay dead. Alone in the Dark 2 is an action-adventure game, similar to the original Alone in the Dark Like its predecessor, the game uses hybrid 2D-3D graphics. Completing the game requires you to solve a lot of puzzles while fighting zombie pirates along the way. Some enemies can be killed with the numerous weapons at your disposal, while others need to be defeated via trickery. Apart from Edward Carnby, the game also includes a short section (two sections in the CD-ROM version) where you play as the little Grace Saunders. Grace obviously cannot fight, and thus the sections featuring her are all about fast reflexes and wits to evade and outsmart the enemies."
11421,Final Doom,,1996,7.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Final Doom is the last id Tech 1 Doom game. It adds two separate 32 level episodes: TNT: Evilution and The Plutonia Experiment to Doom II Gameplay in both episodes is completely identical to Doom II right down to the level progression (i.e. 30 levels and two secret levels), although they have a new backstory (both following directly on Doom II rather than each other. Other changes are some new textures and, in TNT 's case a few new music tracks. Neither episode was made by id Software, but rather by two groups of individuals hired by them; Team TNT and the Casali brothers."
11423,Sensible Soccer: European Champions,,1993,6.6,Sports,,,"Sensible Soccer: European Champions is a fast-paced soccer game. The action is shown from a top-down perspective which only shows a part of the playfield. The controls only use one button to initiate a shot: how long the button is pressed determines the strength and the direction pad controls the direction. However, there is also a novice mode available with the usual division between a shoot and pass button. Another important option is the dribbling (novice or expert) which sets how well the ball sticks to the controlled athlete. Before starting a match, there are also some limited tactical options available (choosing the formation and switching the position of athletes around). In contrast to the computer versions there are no pre-set tournaments, but the player can start two tournaments with customizable requirements: cup or league. The cup allows to set the number of rounds (one to four) and some rules can be switched on or off for each round individually (number of legs, extra time, penalties). The league on the other hand has the options number of teams (between one and seven), how often the teams face each other (between once and four times) and if a win rewards two or three points. The pitch type (normal, dry, wet, icy, hard or random) can be set in both modes. There are twenty national and twenty club teams (all with slightly changed original names) to choose from. General options are the game length (between three and seven minutes) as well as switching weather on or off."
11431,Attack of the Timelord!,"Gerry Anderson's Terrahawks, Senhor das Trevas!",1982,6.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The player has just attracted the attention of Spyrus the Deathless, the Timelord of Chaos, and his only defense is his Time Machine's laser cannon. The Timelord will now send his fleet of Time Ships to destroy the player. In this space shooter the player controls the Time Machine horizontally with the directional stick and shoots its laser with the action button. The Timelord's Time Ships have four kinds of weapons to assault the player, and they will be introduced in the game's first four levels. In the first level, the Time Ships will shoot missiles, which travel in straight lines toward the bottom of the screen. In the second level, the fleet will also use antimatter mines, which will follow the player's Time Machine movements. In the third level, the fleet will also use annihilators, weapons that will go straight to the bottom of the screen, and then try to hit the player from the sides. In the fourth level, the Timelord will also send Nucleonic Time killers, robot-piloted destroyers which can anticipate human actions. The game has 256 stages of progressively increasing difficulty, with faster and better armed enemies. Each level is beaten after all Time Ships are destroyed. The player scores 2 points for each missile destroyed, 4 points for each antimatter mine, 5 points for each Time Ship, 8 points for each annihilator and 16 points for each Time killer destroyed. The Timelord appears at the start of each level, but his transmission can be jammed by starting the game pressing 0 (zero). This way he'll not reappear each time the player destroys a fleet of his Time Ships."
11441,Pocket Billiards!,"Bigliardo elettronico, Bilhar!, Bilhart electronico, Biljard, Billar electronico, Billard +, Billiard, Billiard Americain, Billiard à Blouses!, Electronic Billiards, Elektronisch biljart",1980,5.0,Sports,,,"In this pool title, two players can choose either one of the two games available: 8-ball or Rotation. The games are selected by pressing any direction of the joystick while their names are displayed on screen. In the 8-ball game, the winner is the first player to sink either one of the two black balls in game. In Rotation, the black balls are replaced by colored ones, and the winner is the player to sink the most balls. By sinking one ball, the player gets the chance to try another shot. There are no penalties for missing the balls or sinking the white one. Players can choose the direction of the shot (by rotating the cue around the white ball) and the strength of the shot (the longer the action button is pressed, the harder the shot is)."
11442,Blastar,,1993,7.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Viewed from above and set in space, Blastar is a multi-directionally scrolling shoot 'em up. Each of the 12 levels have aliens coming at you in all directions, and you must use the scanner to see where they are, and fly around taking them out. The ship has heavy inertia, so you can't brake and steer instantly. Contact with aliens weakens your ship, and eventually costs you one of your 3 lives. The game features a full techno soundtrack, with 1 Megabyte of sound and 3 Megabytes of graphics - both high figures for an OCS game. The playing area totals 400 screens, with animated backgrounds"
11447,NASCAR 99,,1998,6.8,Racing / Driving,,,"NASCAR 99 the arcade-style racing game from EA and Stormfront Studios. In addition to 2-player simultaneous racing the game featured 37 officially licensed cars and 17 tracks, as well as the voices of Bob Jenkins and Benny Parsons commentary. Using the Andretti Racing engine, NASCAR 99 was EAs first entry into NASCAR racing for the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation."
11448,Breakout,,2000,6.5,Action,Paddle / Pong,,"In this updated version of Breakout players take the role of ""Bouncer"", whose main objective is to rescue both his friends and Daisy and defeat the evil Batnix. Gameplay is similar to the original game from 1977, but with 3D graphics and multiplayer support. Play through exotic locations like a dark prison cell, a menacing dragon-owned castle, an animal infested farm, and outer space. The game also contains numerous challenging modes, secrets and bonuses."
11454,CyberJudas,Shadow President 2,1996,7.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Cyber Judas is the sequel to Shadow President where in both games it's all about power, government, diplomacy, sovereignty and the casual terrorist who wants to make you (the President of the United States) look bad by nuking another country with your own nuclear arsenal! However, being the president of one of the most powerful states in the world is not an easy job. You must gain the public trust of the American citizens to secure your future re-election by spreading the American way of life to the international community: Bestowed with all the powers of the presidency, you have the full compliment of the cabinet behind you as your indispensable advisors: These (passive) advisors give you up-to-date information on domestic and international events subject to their area of expertise in performing your duties as president. However, one of them is a traitor – a Judas – a Cyber Judas! Threatening to destroy your presidency by using your own information system against you. Fail to act decisively and world opinion may react differently upon your ‘actions’ performed by this Cyber Judas. This threat may range from losing public faith, assassinations on your other cabinet advisors or the biggest nightmare of them all: Losing control of your nuclear arsenal. Cyber Judas aims to make your presidency the worst historical nightmare by launching a nuclear missile and thus provoking a nuclear war! To help you track down this, you are also connected with the Artificial Intelligence – TRACE. A high-tech computer program that gives you world-wide information regarding Cyber Judas. It’s now only a matter of time… Note: The ‘Cyber Judas’ threat only exists in campaign mode."
11459,The Count,Le Comte,1979,7.3,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"You awaken in a sealed wing of the Count's Transylvanian castle, seemingly restrictive but yielding further avenues of secret passages and unexpected exits to the intrepid and timely explorer. Over the course of a few days you need to cultivate a familiarity with the layout of the castle and the nocturnal activities of its primary resident, who chooses to make midnight snacks of you rather than a main course. An unpredictable day/night cycle forces your hand, necessitating finding a reliable light source and some means of staying awake -- or else you awaken the next morning back in bed, your possessions pilfered by the kleptomaniacal creature of the night and your neck boasting irritated bite marks. Each day you must incrementally approach your goal of overcoming the Count, lest you wind up as one more dried-out apéritif."
11460,Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon,Sailor Moon,1993,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform","Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","The game is based on the popular manga/animé series of the same name. The heroine of the series is a 14-year-old schoolgirl named Serena (Usagi in the Japanese version). One day she encounters a magical talking cat named Luna, who tells her she has been chosen to be a Sailor Moon fighter, to find the lost Princess of the Moon Kingdom and to fight the forces of darkness lead by the evil Queen Beryl. This adaptation of the story is a beat-'em-up game. You can control either Serena herself or one of her Sailor Moon companions. Each girl has different strengths and special attacks. You advance in the game by moving on a platform and defeating the enemies you encounter. You can't move on if you haven't defeated all the enemies that keep coming at you."
11464,Saban's Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue,,2000,4.4,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue is one of several different games based on the 2000 incarnation of the franchise. This time, the Power Rangers are recruited to protect the city of Mariner Bay against the evil Diabolico and his minions. The game's main story mode is called Titanium Quest and consists of three episodes that have to be taken on in order, each consisting of a number of missions, for over 30 missions in total. The missions are of one of four different types. The Ranger levels are seen from an angled top-down perspective. A pre-determined Ranger is tasked with either rescuing a number of innocents or removing dangerous obstacles within a time limit. A radar map shows the way to the next objective. Enemy goons that stand in the way can be taken out by shooting an energy burst. Power-ups can be collected that enable more powerful shots, short-time invisibility or enhanced armor, health upgrades and more. Occasionally, the Ranger levels feature boss fights against more powerful enemies. The driving levels are seen from the side. A Ranger-controlled vehicle drives from left to right and must put out fires, rescue civilians or clean up radioactive spills while avoiding traffic and shooting at enemy vehicles. There is a time limit and power-ups can be collected to restore health lost through attacks or crashes. The Megazord levels are one-on-one battles that pit the Ranger's Megazord mech against one powerful boss enemy. Perspective can be switched between first- and third-person. The goal is to destroy the enemy with missiles or, if close enough, with melee attacks. Blocking is possible and power-ups can be picked up to restore health or increase firepower. The final type of level are flying levels in which players control the Green Ranger's hovercraft. In these, the goal is once more to rescue innocents or alternatively, collect a number of items. The hovercraft is seen from behind and can freely move through a 3D environment. As in the Ranger levels, there is a radar map that shows the way to the next objective and a time limit. A two-player mode is also available, which consists of a split-screen variant of the Megazord battles. Characters to use in this mode must be unlocked by progressing in the single-player game. Comic-style illustrations advance the storyline between levels."
11467,Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk,"Dizzy 6, Dizzy the Adventurer",1991,7.1,Action,Platform,,"Rockwart the Troll has cast a spell on Daisy, leaving her asleep for 100 years. Dizzy sets off to put this right in a compact and concise arcade adventure following the conventions of the Dizzy series You start the game trapped underground, thanks to the results of an errant spell, but can find your way out to explore the castle and find Daisy. There are stars to collect along the way, as well as food to replenish energy lost in contact with the many hazards. Succeed and you and Daisy will ride off into the sunset together."
11473,Diablo II,,2000,8.1,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"Diablo II is a single-player and multiplayer action role-playing game with hack-and-slash and loot-collecting mechanics. The story follows the aftermath of the first game, Diablo The hero of Tristram, who attempted to contain Diablo’s essence within himself, has become corrupted and now roams the world as the Dark Wanderer. His path leaves terror and destruction in its wake, and his journey is linked to the release of other Prime Evils. Players take the role of a new adventurer who begins in the Rogue Encampment, helping its defenders against the encroaching corruption and gradually pursuing the Dark Wanderer across different regions of Sanctuary. At the start, players choose one of five character classes, each with distinct combat roles and skill trees. The Amazon specializes in bows, javelins, and passive bonuses to agility. The Necromancer raises undead minions, curses enemies, and uses poison or bone magic. The Barbarian excels at melee combat, can dual-wield weapons, and learns warcries to aid himself and allies. The Sorceress relies on elemental spells of fire, ice, and lightning. The Paladin blends melee fighting with holy auras that strengthen allies or weaken foes. Each class has unique animations, equipment choices, and strategies. Progression is tied to experience points earned from defeating enemies, completing quests, and exploring. Level-ups grant attribute points, which can be distributed into Strength, Dexterity, Vitality, or Energy, and skill points that unlock or improve class-specific abilities. Skills are organized into branching trees, and some provide synergies that enhance others when invested in together. Enemies drop randomized loot, including armor, weapons, charms, and consumables. Rarity tiers add magical properties, while unique and set items grant powerful bonuses. Socketed gear allows customization through gems, jewels, or runes, permanently altering statistics or adding elemental effects. The campaign spans four acts, each with its own hub town, wilderness zones, dungeons, and quest lines. Environments range from forests and deserts to jungles and hellish landscapes. Many areas are randomly generated in layout, with different enemy placements and item drops in each playthrough. Dungeons often feature multiple levels, with staircases, traps, and bosses waiting in the depths. Quests advance the story but also reward new abilities, item upgrades, or access to critical locations. Combat is real-time, click-based, and supported by quick access slots for consumables and abilities. Health and mana are replenished through potions, wells, and shrines scattered throughout the world. A stamina system governs running, encouraging players to manage movement in combat and exploration. Gold serves as currency for purchasing equipment, repairs, and gambling for randomized items. Inventory and stash management play a central role, as limited space forces players to choose between carrying loot or resources. Secondary systems expand the core loop. Horadric Cube recipes allow item transmutation, producing upgraded gear, consumables, or quest-critical objects. Waypoints provide fast travel between explored areas, while town portals create temporary exits from dungeons. Mercenaries can be hired to fight alongside the player, offering different combat specialties depending on the act. Difficulty modes unlock after completing the campaign, scaling enemy strength and loot rewards, while Hardcore mode introduces permanent death. Multiplayer is available through LAN or online, allowing cooperative play or player-versus-player duels. Characters can trade items, share loot, or combine powers in parties. Online play also enforces seasonal ladders with ranking and unique items."
11479,StarBlade,,1990,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"StarBlade is an epic space-opera, set in the vastness of the Orion galaxy, the year 3001. The human race has been decimated to a series of small hi-tech colonies by the ruthless, insectile Cephalhydras. To finally wipe out humanity, Cephalhydras geneticist have produced Genolyn, a hideously mutated Queen brood-mother, who will spawn a legion of super warriors... Before his murder by agents of the Cephalhydras Investigation Bureau Professor Julius Gordon discovered the location of Genolyn. To outwit his pursuers, he transposed the co-ordinates of her secret location onto a series of diskettes, and dispersed them on a number of planets. Your mission, to board ""StarBlade"", the most technically advanced starcruiser in the galaxy, and to find and eliminate Genolyn before she starts to breed... Source: Back of Box - DOS (UK)"
11480,Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage,"Bugs Bunny - Hachamecha Daibōken, Pernalonga Rabbit Rampage",1994,7.6,Action,Platform,,"A fiendish animator has gone crazy and has started painting Bugs Bunny into all sorts of messes across reused cartoon landscapes. Bugs is getting into trouble from all kinds of characters including Elmer Fudd, Marvin the Martian, Crusher the wrestler, Yosamite Sam, the three little pigs. Bugs will need to use his experience, wit, and arsenal of wacky ACME weapons in order to defeat the challenges of each location. Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage is a side-scrolling platform game. The player, controlling Bugs Bunny, is able to jump (and squash), high-kick, throw cream pies and use ACME weapons. These weapons are scattered all over the landscape and include such cartoon favorites as bone-shaped dynamite sticks, anvils to drop on heads, Shrink Rays, portable holes and many more. Players will encounter a variety of familiar Looney Tunes characters as enemies and level bosses. At the end of each level (10 in all). players are given a rating based on their gameplay style, which includes how many of these ACME weapons they were willing to use."
11484,Ignition,"Bleifuss Fun, Fun Tracks",1997,7.7,Racing / Driving,,,"Ignition is an action packed racing game viewed from above and slightly behind the player. The cars on offer range from police car and VW Beetle to school bus and truck, each of which has its own strengths and weaknesses - trying to win with the bus, which involves blocking everyone behind the hideously slow vehicle for 3 laps, is perhaps the ultimate challenge. Initially there are 5 tracks available, with practice and single race modes as well as full championship at 3 levels - winning each of the first 2 levels unlocks an extra track. They all have hazards running through them, and sections where you must make a split-second choice between the safer route and the risky but potentially rewarding one. Multiplayer can be done via network or by split-screen - in a break with convention the screen is split vertically rather than horizontally."
11489,Shipwreckers!,Overboard!,1997,7.4,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Action and puzzles on the high-seas! In Shipwreckers! you are a captain of a small galleon style playing ship through all kinds of dangerous environments. Levels consist of interconnected puzzles and combat engagements (against pirate vessels). Reward treasures and increasingly more potent weapons keep the pacing alive in this near top-down 3D action game. Shipwreckers! supports solo play, head to head, and multi-person battles."
11495,Final Fantasy III,"Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy VI Advance, Zui Zhong Huanxiang 6",1994,8.4,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk","A thousand years ago, the War of the Magi occurred. People remember it as one of the most horrible tragedies in history. Since the War of the Magi, magic has been all but forgotten, technology began to grow, and people returned to seemingly normal lives. The only true worry people have is the Empire, whose leaders are looking to revive the great force once known as ""magic"". The Empire had heard word of the remains of a mystical being, known as ""Esper"", being found in the mining town of Narshe. Quickly, three soldiers were dispatched to find this Esper and bring it to the Emperor. One of the soldiers, a young girl, triggers a power in the Esper that initiates a dangerous series of events. The only ones who can help her are a rag-tag band of rebels and heroes, who offer their very hearts and souls to save the world from the mad plans of the Empire. The sixth entry in the Final Fantasy series was dubbed Final Fantasy III in the West because three out of the five previous installments of the series had not been released there at the time. Similar to its predecessors, this is a role-playing game where the player controls a party of characters, traveling between various locales in the world, fighting randomly appearing regular enemies and bosses, and making the characters stronger by improving their skills and getting better equipment for them. The game maintains the ATB (active time battle) system of the two previous installments in the series, spicing traditional turn-based combat engine with a real-time element. In battle, every character can fight using weaponry and items, and each has a special combat skill as well. It is also possible for nearly every character to learn magic spells. By finding various Espers and equipping them on characters, the player can improve their parameters in different ways and choose the magic spells the characters should learn. Unlike most other Japanese RPGs, the game does not have a single main character. Rather, the player-controlled party can be considered the game's collective protagonist. The first part of the game develops linearly, with one of the characters playing a central role; however, during the second part, the player is associated with a different character initially, exploring the game world, recruiting characters, and completing sub-quests in a non-linear fashion. PlayStation re-release of the game includes new FMV cutscenes, bestiary, and artwork galleries. Game Boy Advance version and later Android, iOS, and PC releases remove FMVs but instead include two new bonus dungeons (the Dragons' Den and the Soul Shrine), new bosses, espers, weapons, and gear, as well as many other minor additions and changes."
11504,Civilization: Call to Power,,1999,7.1,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",,"Civilization: Call to Power is a turn-based empire building game. The players start a civilization in the stone age and lead them to the future through science, diplomacy, war, trade, and other actions. Eventually, the player will be building colonies in space and cities in the ocean if the player can survive."
11515,Keystone Kapers,Busy Police,1983,7.6,Action,Arcade,,"The notorious thief Harry Hooligan is on the loose! You play the part of Officer Keystone Kelly, sent in to capture Harry. Harry is trapped in a four-story mall and is running as fast as he can to reach the exit at the top. Your job is to catch up to him and send him to prison. You will need to use either the escalators at the end of each floor, or the elevator in the middle to go from floor to floor. The escalators may be further away, but the elevator moves pretty slowly so you will need to decide which route will be faster in getting you closer to your goal. If Harry can make it to the top before you catch him, you will have to retry that level. Harry has no intention of letting you catch him easily and is hurling everything he can find in an attempt to slow you down. Shopping carts, bouncing balls, biplanes, and more will all be flying past on the screen and will either slow you down or send you back to the beginning if you get hit. As the levels progress, Harry will run faster and faster, and more objects will be tossed your way to duck and jump over."
11516,Interstate '82,,1999,6.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,North America,"Much like the original Interstate '76 Interstate '82 has the player driving beefed up cars and blasting away the enemy with all the latest high-tech weapons, just with '80s cars instead of the '70s monsters. However, this sequel is a more action-packed title like the console version of Interstate '76 Vigilante 8"
11519,Putty,"Putty Moon, Super Putty",1992,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Putty is a platform game where the lead character is... a blob of putty. He has been expelled from Putty Moon by Dazzledaze the wizard and his assistant Dweezil the Cat. Your job is to lead the character round the platform levels making use of his special abilities to rescue and destroy. When moving, Putty has a natural bounce, and his eyes are loosely attached, moving after his body after falls (as a visual effect). He has many moves available - he can stretch himself to traverse larger gaps between (or move up/down) platforms, unleash a long-range punch, explode (which works like a smart bomb, clearing the screen of enemies) or flatten himself into a puddle on the floor (to absorb anything that walks over him)."
11527,Rescue Terra I,,1982,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Terra I supplies Earth with Zenbar crystals, which is used to supply 72% of the power to Earth. Ordinarily, a computer controls the defense systems but it looks to have been sabotaged. Space pirates are in the area and the robot interceptors are working against us. Your orders are to fly your F-117 Starwarrior to Terra I, destroying anything that tries to harm you. You can move your ship up, down, left or right. You begin with a top-down view of the F-117, facing towards the bottom of the screen. Meteors and later space pirates come from the bottom moving up and you must shoot them. After you get through these, you switch to a side view of the ship and face left or right. Robot interceptors will come from the sides and must be destroyed then fish force fields (yes, fish force fields) will come from the top, moving down and you must shoot the fish-shaped devices to destroy them. They are Terra I's last defensive line so when you get through them, you win. In the two player games, player one controls the F-117's left and right movement and player two controls the up and down movement, therefore players must work together. Firing alternates between both players in two second intervals."
11531,Slap Shot,,1990,6.5,Sports,,,"Slap Shot is an ice hockey game with 24 national teams. They are divided into three pools with different skill levels and in single-player only matches between teams from the same pool can be played. The available playing options are exhibition matches or a tournament. Regarding gameplay, the player either controls the athlete with the puck or one from the defense (including the goalkeeper) and one button is used for passing and another for shooting. From time to time two athletes get in a fist fight and the loser has to visit the penalty box. Overall the graphics and gameplay are similar to Blades of Steel"
11534,Zaxxon,,1982,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Zaxxon defense system must be destroyed in this isometric-viewed shoot 'em up. The game has three stages, first taking you through Asteroid City, which is heavily protected by aircraft, guns, and missiles. Many barriers are alarmed, leaving you with limited space to progress through, and fire must constantly be dodged. Stage two is a space shoot out against hordes of enemy aircraft - those you failed to destroy in the first part of the task. Complete this and you reach the final battle with Zaxxon, the game looping with increased difficulty if you can survive the first time. There are three distinct skill levels, while controls involve using forward to dive and back to climb, in the manner of flight simulation."
11536,Space Crusade: The Voyage Beyond,,1992,7.0,Compilation,,,"After the success of the original Space Crusade Gremlin Graphics created 10 new levels. These had higher difficulty than the previous ones, and included new monsters and game features. This edition includes the original game and the new levels, making for 22 levels in total; a lower-priced pack with just the new levels was also released at the same time."
11543,Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon,"EOB2, Eye of The Beholder II: Legende von Darkmoon",1991,8.2,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The Archmage Khelben summons the Heroes of Waterdeep, slayers of the Beholder Xanathar, for another mission. Strange things are happening in the forests near Waterdeep, centered around the Temple Darkmoon. People have been disappearing and shallow graves containing human remains have been found. Khelben teleports the party to the forests near Darkmoon so they may find out what kind of evil is working in the towers of the temple. Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon is, like its predecessor a first-person dungeon-crawling role-playing game based on the second edition of AD&D rules. It uses the same point-and-click gameplay mechanics and controls as the first game, with only minor changes. The game is set entirely in pseudo-3D maze-like areas; no automapping is available. Combat flows in real time, and characters can move as a single unit to lure enemies or avoid blows. A starting party consists of four characters, which can be transferred from the earlier game or created from scratch. Six classes (Fighter, Ranger, Paladin, Cleric, Mage, and Thief) are available. Characters can reach higher levels and learn new spells, must face new and tough monsters, and solve multiple puzzles. Compared to the first game, many more illustrated NPC encounters and cutscenes were added."
11549,9: The Last Resort,,1996,6.9,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"9: The Last Resort is a surreal point-and-click adventure game in which you have just inherited a large mansion and have to get rid of the 9 evil muses that have taken it over. The gameplay is first person view and similar to Myst which means you spend most of your time searching for clues and solving logic puzzles, often mechanical or musical ones. Later in the game you also have to solve a shooting gallery sequence. It is most notable for involving some of the most famous people ever in a computer game including Robert De Niro Cher James Belushi Christopher Reeve and a couple of guys out of the rock band Aerosmith"
11553,Blue's Clues: Blue's 123 Time Activities,,1999,7.9,"Educational, Puzzle","Board game, Cards / tiles",,"Blue's 123 Time Activities is the third Blue's Clues game. Devoted to teaching kids ages 3 to 6 early math and thinking skills, Blue's 123 Time Activities features the characters from the popular preschool television show Blue's Clues. There's a big backyard fair, and emcee Steve greets players in his inimitable fashion. The game is a series of mini-games tied together with the backyard fair theme, each geared toward teaching match and logic skills while it entertains. A breakdown of the mini-games:"
11555,Night Trap,Night Trap: The Director's Cut,1992,6.7,Puzzle,,,"Five girls go to a party in a nice house on a lakeside. Five girls disappear without a trace... Now another five girls go there in order to spend their vacation with the Martins, the owners of the house, in particular with the lovely Ms. Martin. This time, you should not let them die a gruesome death! Because ""nice people"" can sometimes turn out to be... yes, that's right - vampires. The whole house is full of traps that are intended to catch the poor innocent girls so that the vampires can suck their blood. Luckily, the brave adventurer is there in order to cease to be hunted and to become a hunter instead! Set the traps so that they capture the villains themselves, using precise timing and good organization. Night Trap was the very first game that used FMV (full-motion video) technology with live actors. Although it doesn't contain nudity or particularly gory scenes, it was considered one of the first games to have mature content."
11556,Timothy Leary's Mind Mirror,Mind Mirror,1985,6.9,Simulation,,,"Mind Mirror allows the performer to digitize (scope) any thought, compare it with other thoughts and compare thoughts with others, and to engage in simulation of various roles. It can be considered a ""party game"", similar in concept to Scruples"
11557,Chubby Gristle,,1988,4.6,Action,Platform,,"Chubby Gristle the car park attendant is on a mission to get as much food into him as possible, and avoid any visits to the health farm or gym. You play Chubby in this Monty Mole -inspired platform game. The screens contain bonus foods to be collected - burgers, chocolate and similar. Progress through the flick-screen levels is achieved by jumping onto platforms, scaling up ropes and using moving ledges.Large falls or contact with the pre-programmed hazards costs you a life."
11559,DragonStrike,,1992,6.1,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"Unlike its namesake on computers this version of DragonStrike is a straight action game with a top-down perspective. Set during the War of the Lance in the Dragonlance world of Krynn, the player controls dragons in missions against the forces of evil. At the start of the game, one of three dragons can be selected (Bronze, Silver and Gold), each with different attributes in speed and armor and two different breath attacks. In each of the more than 12 missions, several objectives must be completed: enemy dragons must be hunted down, ships sunk and fortresses destroyed. The dragon can change between low and high altitudes to avoid obstacles and enemy fire and to attack certain types of enemies: ground troops can only be destroyed from the lower altitude, dragons only from the higher one. Killed enemy dragons leave power-ups that grant temporary protection, speed, or let the dragon regain health. Some of the missions include boss battles against large enemies like a giant kraken or a powerful dark wizard. In two-player mode, the second player (who can select a different dragon) can continue in the mission where the previous player failed."
11562,Pop'n TwinBee Rainbow Bell Adventures,,1994,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"You play as either Twinbee, Gwinbee or Winbee. Cooperative play is also available. In this mode the second player takes control over one of the two characters left. Either way your task is to find and defeat the evil Dr. Warmon who tries to enslave the islands of Dunburi. To deal with the many villains Dr. Warmon throws at you, you need to collect colored bells. Depending on the color of the bell you can use different attacks like a laser (blue bells) or a lash (orange bells). But even without the bells you're not defenseless. Your standard-attacks include a shock wave and the ability to fly."
11565,3-D Ultra Cool Pool,,1999,6.5,Sports,,,"3-D Ultra Cool Pool is a 3D pool game. It offers various game modes including billiards, eight ball, nine ball, cut throat and rotation. The player can choose from three different difficulty levels none of which will challenge the real pro Pool players. Extra game options include poker, where each ball represents a card, Chameleon where balls change colour and a variety of differently shaped tables (triangular, circular, T-shaped). The game allows multiplayer in hot seat or online play with up to four players in doubles."
11569,Castlevania: Dracula X,"Akumajo Dracula XX, Castlevania: Vampire's Kiss",1995,7.2,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"In Transylvania, people lived in fear of the evil Count Dracula. The ultimate embodiment of evil, Dracula swept his dark hand over the land, making the people mere sheep for his thirst for blood. But when a young woman named Sonia Belmont came forth to confront him, he made a horrible mistake: he underestimated her. Thus, the battle between Dracula and the Belmont family began. Now, in the late 18th century, the battle still rages on... Dracula has been resurrected by a cult of black magic to cast his shadow of fear and terror over the land once again. But now, Dracula takes his fight to those the Belmonts are close to. He kidnaps two girls, Annette and Maria Renard, to bring forth the latest Belmont, so that he may destroy the bloodline for good. Richter Belmont, Annette's lover, has no choice now, but to take up the legendary Vampire Killer and follow his destiny: to battle Dracula and save Annette and Maria."
11574,Champions!,"Soccer Boss, The Boss",1983,6.6,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Take control of a football team in a division below the top one, and try to lead them to glory in both league and European competition. You start with a squad of 12 players, whose names can be changed, but have room for 15 players in total, with chances to buy and sell players. You can take out a bank loan, the level of which depends on your division. The team's formation can be customised, and as outfield players are not limited to a single position, you can customise the team's strengths and weaknesses in quite a precise way. Matches are played out by listing scorers as they happen, and are followed by a full list of the division's other results. Finances change after each match to wages, gate receipts, and possible incidents such as riots and illegal player approaches."
11575,Disney's The Jungle Book,"Disney: Das Dschungelbuch, Disney: Le Livre de la Jungle, Walt Disney's The Jungle Book",1994,7.5,Action,Platform,,"One of several games released in 1994 based on the Disney film The Jungle Book the version for Nintendo's 8-bit machines is similar in design to the Genesis version but has a unique set of levels. In each of the 10 platforming stages, jungle boy Mowgli has to collect a certain number of jewels to advance. Most of them are scattered over the level, but some are dropped by killed enemies. The foes consist of a variety of jungle animals like snakes, monkeys, rhinoceroses and hedgehogs. Mowgli can jump on their heads or use a number of weapons to dispatch them. These include bananas, double bananas, boomerangs and nuts. Ammunition for the last three must be collected from fallen foes. In addition to ammo, Mowgli can also pick up fruit that restore health, a mask that grants invincibility (to be triggered when needed) and a shovel which grants access to bonus levels. In every second level, the jewel hunt is followed by a boss fight. These not only feature the film's villains like Kaa the snake, King Louie the ape and Shere Khan the tiger, but for some reason Mowgli must also knock out his friend Baloo the bear."
11581,Alien Syndrome,,1987,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alien Syndrome is based on the arcade version of Alien Syndrome However, some distinct changes have been made. The level layouts have been changed and the game now features a flip screen instead of scrolling, which causes the enemies to always appear in the same location when entering a new location. The game is also now littered with hazardous tiles on the ground that will kill the player if they step on them and these tiles will fire the occasional shot that needs to be avoided. The tiles can only be temporarily disabled by shooting them. Unlike the arcade version the first player is always Ricky and the second player is always Mary and the players take turns instead of being able to play co-op."
11593,NASCAR: Revolution,,1999,6.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"NASCAR Revolution lets you race in stock cars. It features 17 authentic tracks and all official names and brands that come with the NASCAR license The game also contains a database of NASCAR drivers with official stats and biography. Game modes include single race, multiplayer match and season mode. Multiplayer allows you to race with people from all over the world over the internet. You can customize any part of your car. The game features a realistic damage model and in-race pit stops, variable weather conditions, and fallible pit-crew."
11594,R.C. Pro-Am,"Championship Pro-Am, R.C. Pro-AM: 32 pistas de pura emoção!",1988,7.3,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"Guide your radio controlled car to victory in this racing game. You have to beat your 3 opponents on 32 tracks while avoiding obstacles like water and oil puddles and collecting bonus items like better engines and tires. You can also collect a variety of weapons to blast your opponents out of the way. The Genesis version is basically the same game as the NES version with a few minor changes such as having 5 opponents instead of 3, spelling out CHAMPION instead of NINTENDO, and having enhanced graphics."
11595,Ruff 'n' Tumble,,1994,8.0,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Ruff Rogers has lost his marbles - in the literal sense of the small round balls used to play a game on drains. He's been armed with a gun to retrieve them from 16 levels of side-scrolling platform shooting. The gun you start with isn't especially powerful, but various machine guns and flamethrowers can be collected, which make much lighter work of the enemies. Your character can jump and duck responsively, and fire at all angles. There are 3 different colours of marbles, which a quota to recover from each level. Collecting enough of each particular colour sees all similar ones turned to coins, which can go towards extra lives and points bonuses. Switches are built into the levels; these act as restart points."
11596,The Adventures of Rad Gravity,Die Abenteuer von Rad Gravity,1990,6.6,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this game you are Rad Gravity, a futuristic heroic spaceman. A mad scientist disrupts the peaceful universe and it is your job to visit various planets to re-establish contact between all the worlds. Sights vary between verdant planets, lava pits and hazardous jumps, with gravity variations and craters. The game is a platformer and on each world you must fight your way past many enemies. You can collect different weapons and additional health bars which will help you when you face the evil boss. With the main computer you can choose your next destination - but many puzzles rely on the usage of items found on a different world; e.g. an alien-translator."
11597,iPanzer '44,Panzer '44,1998,6.4,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","It's 1944, the final months of world war 2 and you are in command of a tank division. With the choice of 3 nations (Russian, German and American) to campaign with and either the western or eastern fronts to chose from... you must strategically direct your tanks to the areas where they'll do much good. Tanks are slow unweilding vehicles however and you'll be reaching for your binoculars as well as spotter and advance units to determine where to direct your fire. Individual objectives are varied and determined by the map you are playing as well as the starting point that you choose."
11598,Blazing Dragons,,1996,7.4,Adventure,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Blazing Dragons is an adventure game based on the Nelvana cartoon of the same name. In this twist on the King Arthur legend, the player controls a young dragon named Flicker who lives in the kingdom of Camelhot. Flicker is an inventor who wants to become a knight and win a tournament. The prize is the hand in marriage of Princess Flame, Flicker's lifelong love interest. The player must solve puzzles to defeat the evil mechanical Black Dragon, the human race's entry into the tournament. The gameplay is mostly straight inventory-based point-and-click, but there are several arcade sequences that the player must successfully complete in order to progress."
11600,Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22,,1995,5.0,Action,Fighting,,"Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 is a 2D fighter that takes place in the Dragon Ball universe. Players choose between 22 characters (not including the secret ones) and fight in Story, Versus, Tournament and Power Battle modes."
11607,Puzzled,,2000,6.7,Puzzle,,,"Disguised behind a 50's style B-movie background story about an evil professor (trying to take over the world, of course) who turns the hero (you) into a shapeless 'blob', is an increasingly complex strategic puzzle game with a variety of different targets. Typical Mission goals would be centered around clearing the screen of all elements, but hitting certain targets on the way and making sure that there is still a route to the exit. If the player reaches the exit with all mission objectives complete, the next level is introduced by a password. Playtime per level is up to 20 minutes and there are 150 levels. The first 20 or so levels introduce all game elements one by one. There are various extras, allowing to manipulate puzzle pieces, remove blocked routes and so on, as well as special blocks such as teleporters (beaming you around the playfield), or ice (making direction changes impossible) etc. The basic principle is like memory, i.e. two equal looking puzzle pieces need to be found and are then taken of the playfield. To do that the player can 'clone' the blob, and send his alter ego to connect the blocks occupied by the main character and the clone."
11611,Warlock,Warlock's Quest,1988,6.7,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Warlock is a game which played much like Ghosts & Goblins The player has to find the ancient relics which are needed in order to beat ""The Unspeakable One"". When the player kills enemy characters in the game they will sometimes drop powerups including vitality (health), power (magic), armor, treasure (points), and mystery (often bad things)."
11614,NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC,,1999,7.2,Sports,,,"NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC is a descendant of the original NBA Jam and is created by some of the key team members. The game follows in the footsteps of NFL Blitz, featuring the option to save personal records and a cheat code system operated by pressing a sequence of buttons. It also features unlock-able characters, including NBA team mascots, and the ""On-Fire"" option that defines Midway 's sports games. Players are able to perform special moves such as the alley-oop, the spin move, and the double dunk. The game also features a Create-a-Player mode that allows custom players to have tweaked abilities by winning matches. NBA Showtime debuted as an arcade game featuring rosters from the 1998-99 NBA season as well as secret characters based on the Universal Monsters. The later home console ports of the game use updated rosters for the 1999-2000 season and lacks the Universal Monsters characters. An arcade update was released in 2000 with refreshed rosters as NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC - Gold Edition"
11620,Fast Eddie,Der moderne Ritter,1982,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"As Fast Eddie, you must go from floor to floor, collecting prizes. Up to two prizes will be on the screen at any one time on any floor but the top one. There are a max of ten prizes per screen. On each floor, a Sneaker stands or roams back and forth. You move to another floor or jump to avoid the Sneakers. On the top floor is High-Top, the tallest Sneaker. You have to get at least nine prizes. After you get the ninth, High-Top will be low enough to jump over. You then jump over him to get the key above him. Then it is on to the the next screen. You get ten points for the first prize, twenty for the second, and so on up to ninety points for prizes nine and ten. You don't HAVE to get the tenth prize unless you want the extra ninety points. After every screen, you get an extra Eddie; up to a maximum of three in reserve."
11623,Crystal Kingdom Dizzy,Dizzy 7,1992,6.5,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"The magical crystal treasure has been stolen and scattered all over the islands, so it is up to Dizzy to find them and restore order. Once again, Dizzy's main enemy is the pirates, and some deadly island creatures, but all Dizzy's friends are around to help out when the going gets tough."
11629,Knockout Kings,"Box-Champions, Knockout Kings 99",1998,7.3,Sports,,,"Thirty eight of the sport's greatest boxers (including Muhammad Ali Evander Holyfield Sugar Ray Leonard Oscar De La Hoya & Lennox Lewis ) are together for the first time in one game for you to compete as and against. Compete for a collection of different belts (lightweight, heavyweight, etc.) through-out the world as the greatest names in the history of boxing, or create your own boxer and go all the way to the top. Jimmy Lenno, Jr. adds his voice for ring announcements, Sean Ogrady and Al Albert commentate the play, and Mills Lane is your fighting instructor."
11630,Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,Super Star Wars: Teikoku no Gyakushuu,1993,7.7,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The sequel to Super Star Wars is, as the name implies, based on Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back the second of the original Star Wars movie trilogy. The game features familiar locations and events from the film, such as the ice planet Hoth, the search for Yoda on the jungle planet Dagobah, and the fight against Darth Vader. Several locations are expanded, adding places and boss enemies that did not exist in the movie, and certain key events in the story are omitted or changed. As in the previous game, the player is able to control three characters: Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Chewbacca. Unlike the first, each character has been given a distinct special move. Chewie spins a path of destruction through enemies, Han has grenades and a powerful slide, and Luke can switch to his lightsaber and block oncoming fire. Gameplay is very similar to the first game, mostly focusing on platforming elements. As before, there are Mode-7 vehicle levels, during which the player is able to pilot a snowspeeder against encroaching Imperial walkers, pilot the Millennium Falcon through the asteroid field, and break through Cloud City's defenses in Luke's X-Wing fighter. The game's other major addition is the inclusion of a suite of Force powers for Luke. They are learned by collecting hidden orbs on the Dagobah level, and add a second special bar that depletes with each usage of a Force power. Power-ups include health items, weapon upgrades, screen-clearing detonators, and orbs that restore Luke's Force power. Passwords have also been added, and are given upon completion of each of the game's 25 stages."
11632,Offensive,,1996,5.6,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","Offensive is an RTS/Wargame, that put you at the battlefields of World War 2. As an axis or allies commander, play through 20 various scenarios, from Normandy invasion to the capture of Berlin. Control 15 different types of units, including armor, tanks, trucks, guns and infantry. Game uses isometric graphic engine with three levels of zoom, where you can view map from different angles."
11638,Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It,"Eight Tales of Cliches, Spoonerisms, and Other Verbal Trickery",1987,7.0,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It is a text adventure game revolving around puns and wordplays. Idioms and clichés have become real-world objects in the town of Punster, and the player has to sort them out in order to win. There are seven separate scenarios that can be played in any order, as well as the final one that can be accessed only after having completed all seven. These scenarios are:"
11647,Solar Star,Sun Star,1986,6.7,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Sun Star the player takes control of a special space ship constructed to collect energy from 16 solar grids in space. In each level, the player flies around the grids from a first-person perspective (along with a top-down radar at the bottom of the screen) with the goal to collect ten energy crystals. They are gained by shooting one of four disruptors divided over the level which causes them to teleport somewhere else and leave the desired energy behind. However, the energy crystal has to be collected fast before it disappears. The space ship has a limited amount of energy which is reduced by shooting or crashing into obstacles. The only way to refill them is to fly through a hyper warp, but this has the disadvantage of destroying one of the collected crystals. This can only be done a limited amount of times per level."
11667,Barbarian,,1987,6.2,Action,Platform,Fantasy,In this game you play the role of a barbarian who must navigate his way through dangerous dungeons. The game is played from a third person side scrolling perspective and also has platform jumping parts to it. The barbarian is controlled by using left and right on the joystick to move and up and down is used to scroll through the various commands at the bottom of the screen. When a command is highlighted pressing fire will perform that action thus saving on extra buttons being needed to play. There are two weapons at your disposal. A sword which you start the game with and later a bow which is handy for long range attacks. There are many traps to avoid and various monsters who have different attack patterns.
11669,Hungry Horace,"Horacio Gloton, Horácio Glutão",1982,6.0,Action,,,"Hungry Horace is a single-player arcade-style maze game. The game follows Horace, a mischievous character whose appetite leads him into a park patrolled by guards determined to stop him from collecting flowers and food scattered across each level. The player’s goal is to guide Horace through a succession of mazes while avoiding capture, gathering every item on the screen, and escaping through an exit once the maze is cleared. Gameplay draws clear inspiration from Pac-Man with Horace pursued by multiple enemies at once. Each maze consists of twisting corridors, side paths, and wrap-around tunnels that allow movement from one side of the screen to the other. Unlike most games of this style, the player cannot simply clear the screen by eating all the objects. After the last item is collected, Horace must still reach the exit, requiring careful planning to avoid being trapped by the guards. Each level contains a single “power pill” that briefly turns the tables, allowing Horace to chase and scare away his pursuers for points. As the game progresses, the number and speed of the enemies increase, and the layouts of the mazes become more complex."
11674,Enduro Racer,Super Cross,1987,6.1,Racing / Driving,,,"In this game you play the role of an endurance bike racer. The gameplay involves you racing against the clock to get to the finish line and jumping over ramps. At the end of each race you get points for how many cars or bikes you have overtaken with which you can upgrade your bike. There are various different terrain for you to race on including desert beach and dirt tracks plus a number of things to slow you down or even knock you off of your bike all together. The main idea is to find the best route through each level to shave off valuable seconds in order to over take more cars and bikes. The Japanese version of the game has more tracks than the international version has. The international version only has 5 tracks that repeat twice while the Japanese version has the 5 tracks from the international version plus five more. Among them is a snow track which is one of the hardest tracks in the game, because there are a lot of stones on the thin road. Also, the Japanese version has a map screen that shows the player's progress after the time is up, while the international version lacks this."
11677,Aldynes: The Mission Code for Rage Crisis,,1991,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2020, and global depression has descended upon the societies of the Earth. When humans least expect it, aliens from a mechanical planetoid attack seemingly without any reason. The League of Nations collaborates with NASA to produce a powerful space fighter under project name Aldynes. When a pilot known as Fox-A is killed, his girlfriend Hiroko heads to the air base where works on Project Aldynes took place. As the aliens launch their attack, Hiroko hijacks one of the fighters and enters the battle. Aldynes is a horizontally-scrolling sci-fi shoot-em-up. Player-controlled spaceship can acquire power-ups that either change its default vulcan gun to lasers that shoot either straight ahead or in different directions, or enhance the shot of an already equipped weapon. A special power-up adds a small ship that fights alongside the player-controlled one; collecting more power-ups of the same kind adds more ships. These ships can be ordered to stay behind and repeat the shooting patterns of the player-controlled craft, or shoot at enemies following their own AI. The player-controlled fighter does not have hit points and loses a life every time it is hit. There are seven stages altogether, each ending with a massive boss battle."
11678,Tunnel B1,"3D Mission Shooting Finalist, Underground Mission",1996,7.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are on a mission to destroy the ultimate weapon of your enemy. This involves travelling through a set of precarious tunnels in your high-tech hover-craft. The tunnels are filled with enemy vehicles, choppers and sentry guns which you have to take out or avoid. To make life even worse, a lot of sections require you to clear them in a given time limit. The only good thing is that you'll be able to upgrade your weaponry often."
11679,Highway Encounter,,1985,7.7,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this isometric 3D action-strategy game, the player uses a Vorton droid to push a bomb to the end of the highway into an alien base. There are 30 screens, most of them filled with hazards trying to block (like barrels) or destroy (mines and aliens) your bomb. The perspective and guidance concept are not the game's only original features; there are 4 more bombs with you, representing your extra lives - pushing you forward on your mission. If these other Vortons are destroyed, one of your extra lives is lost without the player being able to use it."
11684,Delta Patrol,"Delta, Delta Charge",1987,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Delta Patrol is a side-scrolling spaceship shooter involving waves of enemy formations in the Delta Sector of deep space. This horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up with 32 levels is something of a predecessor to Armalyte It's set in the Delta region of space, in which the Hsiffan Khanate species have a powerful presence, using their technology to steal and analyze Terran ships.This environment is the home to outcasts and criminal elements of space pirates, misfits and alien creatures of mayhem. You've been assigned to the Delta Patrol, an elite intergalactic police squadron,for the express mission of taming this region of all antisocial and murderous entities. The player is in control of his space cruiser engaging formations of the enemy, gaining power up points with victories over each attacking formation. There are obstacles to be avoided, and your default ship isn't strong enough to survive half of these, so in time-honored tradition power-ups are available via a credit system, while trying to intercept and connect with blocks for higher speed, faster fire rate, and increased energy. Intense battle time erodes power and the player must constantly be aware of these opportunities to stay in action.The more credits you have, the more blue tokens (offering weapons) are offered - if you don't have many, fatal-to-touch grey tokens are unleashed. Enemies encountered are the spiral Gyro, Space Donuts, and the alien mothership. Your own powerful cruiser is equipped with plenty of firepower, including the Fish Weapon, designed to disperse the atoms of even the most fearsome space creatures. The 32 levels each feature different static hazards, as well as the actual Hsiffan forces, which come at you in programmed attack patterns. The player must also be alert to avoid the Sea of Dreams, where gigantic waves can overwhelm his cruiser and drag him into the depths forever."
11692,Todd's Adventures in Slime World,Slime World,1990,6.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"While flying your spaceship, you crash land on a planet covered entirely in slime. You and a friend explore the labyrinthine planet of slime, armed with a water pistol and all manner of gadgets you find along the way in an effort to find your way back out. The game world is a giant maze with quirky hidden areas and plenty of original layout ideas. Depending on the game mode, you are either cooperating or competing with your ""friend"" to find and get to an exit first. Due to the massive sizes of the slime worlds (about 6 entries to choose from), games often take several hours to complete. The basis of the game is exploration, with varying game modes further focusing on competition, puzzle solving, speed, exploration, or cooperation."
11694,Star Trek: Starfleet Command,"Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Captain's Edition, Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Gold Edition",1999,7.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Trek: Starfleet Command is the tactical, ship-to-ship combat simulator set in the world of Star Trek. It is based on the tabletop game Star Fleet Battles and it follows its rules almost to the letter. The player can choose to play a career that will span 30 years as the captain of a Federation, Klingon, Romulan, Gorn, Hydran, or Lyran ship. They begin with a small frigate class ship, and as they complete missions they gain prestige that is then spent on acquiring larger ships, and better crew. The campaigns are randomly generated by the ""Dynaverse"" generator, with certain key missions that will come up as the player go through their 30 year career. Missions range from escorting and patrols, to space monster investigation and starbase assault. There are over 300 different ships and ship mods to choose from and a wide array of weaponry. Phasers, Photons, Disruptors, Missiles(Drones), Expanding Sphere Generators, Plasmas, Hellbores, Fusion Beams, Mines, Marines, and Fighters. Effective management of the ships energy resources on the fly is critical, especially with all the weapons, shields, ECM, ECCM, tractor beams, shield reinforcements, and other options available for the player to use. The game is played on a 2D plane, like the original boardgame's ""hexmap."" The developers also released the dll files to the public, so anyone adept at C++ programming can use these files to construct ships, missions, even entire campaigns. These can be downloaded at their website. Releases marked as the Gold Edition come patched to version 1.03, and include all the missions which were previously downloadable for free from the official website (3 for the Federation, 3 for the Klingons, 10 for the Hydrans, 7 for the Gorn, and 3 for the Romulans)."
11696,Cro-Mag Rally,,1998,7.3,Racing / Driving,,,"Brog is a caveman in this kart racer with a choice of 11 vehicles which vary in acceleration, speed, suspension, and traction such as the Bone Buggy, the Geode Cruiser, and the Logmobile. You compete against rival cavemen on nine courses with different themes such as the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages. Brog can collect various weapons such as bone bombs, bottle rockets, homing pigeons, and land mines. There are different game modes such as: Race - challenge three computer opponents on three laps per course; Gather - collect arrowheads found scattered across the track."
11699,The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun,"Kuifje: De Zonnetempel, Las Aventuras de Tintin: El Templo del Sol, Les Aventures de Tintin: Le Temple du Soleil, Tim und Struppi: Der Sonnentempel, Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun, Tintin: Solens Tempel",1996,7.5,Action,Platform,,"The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun is based on the Belgian comic book of the same name. The basic plotline is the same: Professor Cuthbert Calculus gets kidnapped and the player, in the role of Tintin, needs to rescue him. The rest is more loosely adapted: in contrast to the comic, which is mostly based in Peru, this game offers many different locations all over the world. The gameplay itself is a typical platforming action: Tintin walks through the levels while avoiding the enemies. Pretty much everyone, e.g. little girls and security guards, is out to hurt Tintin who has no means of defending himself. This means the most important aspect is learning enemy placements, their patterns and how to avoid them. But he has to hurry because of the time limit. Required for success is the usage of the two playing plains: from the player's perspective in the foreground and further towards the background. Tintin can switch between the two at any time."
11701,Police Quest 2: The Vengeance,"PQ2, Police Quest II",1988,7.4,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",North America,"Little time has passed since the events of Police Quest when Sonny Bonds climbed the ranks of the Lytton police department and became the key element in the arrest of Jesse Bains, the notorious drug lord. After the trial, Sonny's application to the Homicide division was accepted and proposed to Marie, who had her prostitution charges dropped and started a new life away from the streets. Life was good - until Bains escaped, taking advantage of a low-security prison and an inexperienced correctional officer. Sonny is now in danger from a vengeful Bains and is saddled with his new chain-smoker partner Keith. Sonny goes to the field again to capture Bains, but things are about to get awfully personal... Using Sierra's new SCI engine, the graphics are more vibrant than in the first game, but gameplay remains basically the same, with the player ordering Sonny to move to a place in the scene (either using the directional keys or the new mouse interface) and a parser interface to interact with the game world. Game sequences are more varied, and include a shooting range, an underwater search or searching the inside of an escape vehicle. The driving sequences are gone, and the player can relax while reading the chatter between Sonny and Keith as they move from location to location. The approach to the game, however, is radically different. While the first (for a large part) is based on street police work, this sequel is oriented into forensics field work such as collecting evidences that link Bains into the happenings of the game."
11703,Knight Orc,,1987,7.6,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"Knight Orc is a text adventure with graphics. The protagonist, Gringleguts the Orc, swears revenge on all humankind for the treatment of his race. The game flows in real time; each person and creature goes on about their daily lives and follows their schedule. So, if the protagonist revisits an area and finds a person that was previously there gone, it may mean that the person in question is in another location. The player's decisions and timing play a key role to the game's outcome."
11708,Congo: The Movie - Descent into Zinj,Congo the Movie: In die Tiefen von Zinj,1995,6.4,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Africa,"Congo is an adventure game adapted from the 1995 movie of the same name. The plot revolves around a search for a diamond that presumably have power enough to change the world of telecommunications as we know it. On a mission issued by Travis, the head of TraviCom, you are sent in contemporary Congo in order to recover the diamond and find out what has happened to another expedition led by Dr. Karen Ross. As you arrive at the place of you destination more and more pieces of the puzzle begin to fit together in a wholesome picture as even more questions arise. Who are the monster gorillas populating the area? What is the meaning of all the Egyptian writings found throughout the place? What drives Amy -- a sentient gorilla capable of speech, to help you? And most importantly -- how to survive and get hold of the precious diamond and, perhaps, save the unfortunate souls of the first expedition in the process. The gameplay is that of a classical inventory-based adventure. Although occasionally the game does depart from the formula. It mostly concerns the sequences where player should operate a multi-functional device resembling a laptop. With it's use player is able to analyze visual images to gain clues, record audio, track homing signals on the map and examine additional info from the files downloaded from the TraviCom network. Other notable gameplay features include navigating a river by boat and a maze-like sequence in the middle of the game. Visually the game is similar to the first-person adventure games of it's era tracing its roots to Myst It contains the same pre-rendered 3D backgrounds with the smoothly animated transition sequences and the characters done in live-action, except for Amy who is also executed in pre-rendered 3D. The game is supplied with the trailer of the afore-mentioned 1995 movie."
11709,IO,,1988,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"An enemy has entered your region of space in a mothership, and unleashed foes aimed at destroying you. As the planet's top pilot, the player is sent out to ultimately destroy the mothership, in this horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up. As well as aliens, the player will encounter gun turrets and missiles, plus bosses at the end of each level. Levels 3 and also add narrow R-Type -style gaps. Smart bombs appear on the screen at random intervals, which can be used in two ways. Flying over them destroys everything on the screen, but shooting them turns them into power-up tokens or protective orbs, to be picked up. Players lose all these weapons every time they are defeated by enemies."
11719,The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki,The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki (Fancy Edition),1994,5.6,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki is a first-person shooter with an early example of mouselook and weapon reloading. Dr. Radiaki has created an army of genetically modified creatures, and wants to conquer the world. The player has to go to his fortress and stop him. The game features 15 levels and 15 different enemies. The 2025 Fancy Edition includes high resolution (pillarboxed) support, compatibility with more modern controllers, improved mouselook, strafing, a larger set of options, crosshair, sprint toggle and control rebinding."
11721,Moto Racer 2,,1998,7.6,Racing / Driving,,,"Delphine's sequel to their popular Moto Racer, MR2 features more tracks, several different ""championship"" modes, an enhanced Direct3D graphics engine, and a track editor for creating your own superbike and motocross tracks."
11723,Gain Ground,"Gain Ground SX, SEGA AGES: Gain Ground",1988,6.8,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Arcade,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Gain Ground is an arcade style action game with a bit of strategy thrown in. The goal is get all of the soldiers to the opposite side of the screen or to kill all of the enemies. Each soldier in the army has a unique specialization, from among 20 types. Each soldier can attack in two different ways, using either a normal weapon or a special weapon. The strategy comes from deciding which soldier would do best in which situation. Some weapons are better at dealing with certain enemies and obstacles than other weapons. Players start with only three soldiers but can encounter other soldiers that can be rescued, by touching them. If the new soldier survives long enough to reach the exit, they can be added to the soldier inventory. The number of possible soldier in a player's army is over 30 soldiers. There are 50 stages total, divided into rounds of 10. At the end of each round, players encounter an enemy boss."
11730,Punchy,,1983,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Punchy is set, as the name might suggest, in a theater setting. It is an adaptation of ""Punch & Judy"": you are the hunchback Bobby, your goal is to make your way across sixteen theater stages to rescue the beautiful Judy from the Punch. Each stage is filled with the typical hazards of a traditional play, like crocodiles, custard pies and rotten tomatoes, as well as the pits that must be crossed via moving platforms. You'll sometimes have the chance to catch a sausage flying around in the air as you move along. Even though it is a rather early game, the Spectrum version features some interesting speech samples using a technique that was very uncommon at that time."
11738,Astérix and the Secret Mission,As Aventuras da TV Colosso,1993,7.4,Action,Platform,Classical antiquity,"The druid Getafix is out of magic potion, and Astérix and Obelix are set out on a secret mission: to find the necessary herbs, so he can brew the potion again. In this side-scrolling action game, the player can choose to play either Astérix or Obelix at the start of each one of the six levels. Although the main setting of each level is the same to both characters (forests, caves, deserts, underwater stages, waterfalls and such) the level design for each one may vary. In two player mode (Master System version), players will take turns playing as Astérix and Obelix. Both characters jump (by pressing button 2), punch enemies and break blocks (by pressing button 1). Astérix can run (by pressing and holding button 1 while moving) and double jump (by pressing 2 in the middle of a jump). Obélix is stronger and can break several bricks in a row when jumping over them (pressing 1 while jumping), and can also slide down hills (by pressing down at them). Astérix can get some potions (thrown by pressing up and 1), which can break rocks, kill or shrink enemies. Obelix can get miniature menhirs which can be thrown (by pressing up and 1) against enemies. Both characters can also get bones throughout the game, granting access to bonus stages where the player controls Dogmatix. Some levels also involve minor puzzle solving, like pushing switches or moving rock blocks. The Brazilian release As Aventuras da TV Colosso (which translates to ""The Adventures of TV Colosso"") is a modified version with Astérix and Obelix replaced by Gilmar and Priscila, characters from a Brazilian TV puppet show, popular during the early 90's."
11739,Moonbase,Moonbase: Lunar Colony Simulator,1990,6.8,Simulation,"City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Moonbase the Lunar Colony Simulator puts the player in command of a base on the moon. You have to supply the oxygen, water, power, heat and shelter for the entire colony. Starting with a virgin lunar plain rich in minerals and elements (but alien to everything human), you establish your shelters and life support facilities while keeping an eye on your population, supplies, and support levels from earth. You succeed only if your city becomes self-sufficient."
11741,Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Driver,,2000,6.7,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Tricks / stunts",,"A side-scrolling stunt racer where the player is rewarded with speed bonuses for each stunt. Tracks are based on the toy tracks every child is familiar with. The game is somewhat similar to Excitebike in that the player must make jumps and land them correctly in order to complete each track. The player has the ability to roll and spin while in the air and is rewarded with a speed bonus for each successful stunt. The bigger the stunt, the faster you go. The game features 6 licensed Hot Wheels cars and 6 tracks. There is also a two player link mode."
11742,Xi You Ji,,1994,7.2,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Fantasy,"The Journey to the West is a side-scrolling beat'em up game. It is based on an ancient Chinese novel of the same name in which a Buddhist monk, Xuanzang travels westwards to retrieve sacred texts, on his journey he is accompanied by three protectors. This is depicted in the title screen. Consequently in the game there are three characters to choose from of predominantly animal fighters who are going for a pilgrimage to India, as described in the novel. In single-player mode each marches from left to right across a scrolling background with devils of various kinds to defeat along the way. The game has three levels of difficulty: Easy, Middle and Hard. The player has three lives with which to score as high as possible. The game has some English words in the configuration section, 'General Midi'; 'Soundblaster' etc but all other text is in Chinese (Traditional), there is no option to use any other language. This is a game for one or two players, it can be played by two players sharing a keyboard but a gamepad is also supported. There is in-game music but a scoreboard was not observed."
11747,Sonic R,,1997,7.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"While on vacation, Tails and Sonic come across a recruiting advertisement for the World Grand Prix race. Sonic is not interested at first, but once he notices that Dr. Robotnik will participate he decides to enter. Robotnik is only interested in the race because he's learned the location of the Chaos Emeralds and now he'll get a chance to beat Sonic while he gets them. Knuckles finds out that Sonic will participate, so he joins him. Amy overhears Robotnik's plan, so she will also be racing to get the Chaos Emeralds. There are many modes of gameplay in Sonic R: Grand Prix: You race against the rest of the characters on each of the circuits, and get a chance to race the level's boss to unlock some of the extra playable characters. Time Attack: Run on one of the tracks as fast as you can, get 5 balloons or tag 4 characters. Multi Player: 4 players on a split-screen or over a network. You can race against up to three players or challenge them on a balloon finding game. The screen can be divided horizontally or vertically for 2 player games."
11756,Machiavelli the Prince,,1995,7.3,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"This game is a remake of the popular trading simulation Merchant Prince You take control over one of the most influential families in the 14th century. From their hometown Venice, Italy, they controlled most of the sea and land trade of this era. The games main ideas a very well done and are based on Niccoló Machiavelli´s famous book ""The Prince"" which analyzed the political and religious situation in the the 14th century."
11761,Little Nemo: The Dream Master,Nemo Pajama Hero,1990,7.8,Action,Platform,,"Based on a comic strip from the 1900s, Nemo is a young boy from London summoned to the kingdom of Slumberland, a fantasy realm filled with strange creatures and dream-like locations. You soon learn that the King of Slumberland has been kidnapped by the Prince of Nightmares, and you are requested to save him by Princess Camille. Using your only weapon, a sack of candy, you stun enemies and lull friendly animals into helping you through levels like the Mushroom Forest and Train Land. This platformer featured licensed characters and artwork from the comic, along with using the animals, such as apes and moles, to traverse through the different terrain."
11762,Cyber Cross,,1989,6.8,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Robots and insectoid creatures are trying to take over the world. You play a man who has the ability to turn into Cyber Cross and stop these evil creatures. As you punch and kick your way across the side view scrolling game you can collect coloured pods and turn into Cyber Cross. The colour of the pod decides which power you have. Red is a sword, blue is a laser gun and a boomerang is green. Hold down a button and releasing it gives you a special attack. Get hit three times as Cyber Cross and you lose your suit. As well as the main playing area you can also see your score, lives, time, health meter and your special weapon meter."
11764,Disney's Ariel the Little Mermaid,,1992,5.4,Action,Platform,,"Help either Ariel, the gleeful little mermaid, or Triton, her father, foil the evil Ursula, who has transformed everyone into small, green worm-like creatures, including the character you don't initially choose. Rescuing requires you to simply swim into the unfortunate little victims as they hang about at fixed places in the watery world; while fending off and dodging enemies like eels, clams, sharks, and several other sea meanies. Friends like Flounder and Sebastian can also be summoned for a little helping hand."
11771,NHRA Drag Racing,,1998,6.0,Racing / Driving,,,"NHRA Drag Racing is a 3D drag racing simulation. It allows you to participate in drag races from a first person perspective. This officially licensed title features 22 official NHRA drag racing events on 19 different tracks and real drag racing stars. You can choose from various vehicles from the nitro-burning dragsters (rails) or funny cars category. Like in real life the drag races only take up about six seconds, but weather conditions can have a great effect on how your car handles. There are several parts of the cars you can fine-tune to improve performance. The game comes with detailed descriptions of all the included official tracks and sponsors."
11772,Power Blade,,1991,7.4,Action,Platform,,"It is the year 2191, and Earth's blissful existence was governed by a master computer. Then suddenly, its master control program malfunctioned, and people panicked ensuring total chaos. Secret Agent Nova is called in to locate agents located in six sectors. These agents hold an ID card which Nova must acquire to gain access to the security room within each sector. There, he must defeat the guards and obtain secret tape units, and if Nova obtains six of these, he will be able to gain entry to the control center and defeat the guard to destroy the computer and restore order to society. Power Blade is a platform game, in which you must run through the level, destroying various enemies, and exit through the door. However, you can't leave each sector without locating agents. By destroy enemies, you can get power-ups which restore your energy or upgrade your weapon. Occasionally, you can get a special power-up which transforms you into a Mech, which has a special attack mode and three units of energy. You must get through each sector before time runs out. You can leave a sector without getting the ID card and go to another sector, and come back when you're ready. Power Blade is the significantly altered US Version of Power Blazer"
11773,The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening,"A Lenda de Zelda: O Despertar de Link, Zelda no Densetsu: Yume o Miru Shima",1993,8.5,Action,"Metroidvania, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The fourth game in the Zelda series although it does not take place in Hyrule. After being attacked at sea, Link's ship sinks, and he finds himself stranded on Koholint Island. He awakens to see a beautiful woman looking down at him. He soon learns the island has a giant egg on top of a mountain that the Wind Fish inhabits deep inside. Link is told to ""awaken the wind fish and all will be answered,"" so Link sets out on another quest. Play is mostly similar to the SNES game with a top down perspective. However, there are short sections in dungeons where the game switches to a side-scrolling view with platforming elements. Link must go onto each of the 7 temples to retrieve a musical instrument that will help awaken the Wind Fish. Along the way, Link must search the land and uncover hidden treasures and items that will allow him to progress on his journey. With new items, he can open up new passages that will take him even farther on his quest and allow him to enter new areas that were inaccessible before. Link can attack his enemies with his sword or use items he finds during his quest to help him. Guarding every instrument is a temple boss, which must be defeated if Link is to awaken the Wind Fish."
11790,Billy Bob's Huntin'-n-Fishin',,1999,6.6,Action,Hunting,,"In Billy Bob's Huntin'-n-Fishin' the player takes the role of Billy Bob, an obese redneck, who wants to win the heart of his love Daisy Mae. But she makes high demands: her lover needs to be a skilled hunter and fisherman. Two attributes which don't fit Billy. The only way to change this is by solving a variety of simple mini games, e.g. a shooting gallery or catching worms by walking to the hole and pressing the button with the correct timing. Those mini games can be tackled in any order and when all in a category (fishing or hunting) are finished, the player gets access to the main assignment. This plays out with another, slightly more complex mini game. All this has to be repeated five times with increasing difficulty in order to beat the game."
11797,WWF Raw,,1994,6.9,Sports,,,"WWF Raw is a professional wrestling game featuring up to twelve superstars (ten in the GameGear, eight in the GameBoy version) from the World Wrestling Federation: Bret ""Hit Man"" Hart, Bam Bam Bigelow, 1-2-3 Kid, Diesel, Doink, Lex Luger, Luna Vachon, Owen Hart, Razor Ramon, Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, and Yokozuna. In this game, player-controlled wrestlers attempt to pin the opponents to the mat by reducing their power meter until they can fight no more. There is a large number of moves to perform, including turnbuckle maneuvers and ""illegal"" acts such as hitting the opponent with a metal folding chair. This game supports up to four simultaneous players, and has the following modes: One-on-One, Tag Team, Bedlam, Survivor Series, Royal Rumble, Raw Endurance Match, and Rematch."
11807,StarPeace,Legacy Online,2000,6.1,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"StarPeace is a MMORTS in which players manage economic empires. Each player builds facilities (factories, shops, dwellings), à la Sim City which interact with each other. For instance: a player can own a farm that will sell wheat to a food processing plant owned by another player, which could in turn sell the food to a store, which would then sell to the general public - whether there will be demand or not depends on many factors, such as location, price, etc. There are approximately 30 industries in the game ranging from raw material (e.g. agriculture, mines...) to complex manufactured product (computers, cars...) and services (television, movies...), and anything in between (plastics, electronics...). Raw materials and semi-processed goods are required by more than one industry, which allows complex interaction between players. These interactions take place at the building level: one given plant or shop buys and/or sells goods from another plant or shop, which can belong to the same player or to another one. As it is difficult to manage all of these relationships (one player can potentially manage thousands of buildings), players can set up high-level rules: a plant can try to get raw material from ""allied players"", for a price not higher than a given amount. This allows the economy to keep functioning even when players are offline. Workers also have to live somewhere: this is why players can also build dwellings and set rent levels, just like they can define the wages they pay in their factory. This has a direct influence on their behavior as consumers. Players must take the market into account: if all of them are manufacturing clothes, for instance, the equilibrium price will fall drastically, and only the most efficient cloth makers will be able to turn a profit. Likewise, the first player to master the technology necessary to manufacture advanced products such as cars has basically a license to print money. Planets, initially, look like huge playing fields but are limited in space. Each facility occupies one or more tiles. While planets are a few million tiles wide, the available space shrinks rapidly as the game progresses. That can be regulated by ""mayors"", players which are elected by their peers with special powers. While players can only destroy their own buildings, mayors can bypass that limitation (but must refund the offended players out of the city's budget) and can apply ""zoning""."
11810,College Football USA 96,,1995,7.1,Sports,,,"College Football USA 96 features gridiron action of the college ranks with 108 Division 1-A teams complete with 45 man rosters for each team. It features the standard game modes including Exhibition and Season along with the ability to play in the four major bowl games (Rose, Orange, Fiesta & Sugar) in an effort to win the National Championship. The gameplay is virtually identical to many of its competitors by passing, running, special teams, etc. It also featured a 5 receiver window at the top of the screen when the player switches to passing mode to view all available receivers at one time. Player and team stats were up to date at the time and featured classic football plays such as the Hail Mary and the Wishbone."
11814,Alien Breed: Tower Assault,,1994,7.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A scientific outpost on a far-off planet has been attacked. Nothing is known about the attackers since all communications have been destroyed. A team of marines is dispatched to investigate and destroy the unknown invaders. As their dropships enter the atmosphere and approach the base, the defense lasers, damaged in the onslaught, move into action. They launch wild bursts of laser fire at the approaching marines, who are not prepared and take heavy losses. Rookies Nash and Jordan crash-land and must fight off the alien force. As with the previous Alien Breed the gameplay is viewed from above. Your soldier shoots his way through the levels, collecting keys, ammunition, and credits along the way. Computers can be logged into to buy new weapons. A new 'retreat' mode allows you to fire while moving backward. The game is largely non-linear, as most levels have multiple exits, and the game can be moved through in different ways. There is a variety of indoor and outdoor levels, although you spend most time inside some of the multi-level towers. After activating a self-destruct mechanism, you must escape the building quickly."
11822,Hidden & Dangerous,H&D,1999,6.9,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,World War II,"In Hidden & Dangerous the player is in charge of four Allied commandos in operations during World War II. One of them in controlled directly in first-person perspective and the others in a tactics mode. The campaign is divided into many episodes, and each episode into missions. These vary from bomb planting to hostage rescue. It is also possible to drive tanks and other vehicles."
11824,Clue: Master Detective,"Cluedo: Master Detective, Computer Clue Master Detective, Leisure Genius Clue",1989,6.8,"Puzzle, Strategy / tactics",Board game,,"Licenced from Waddington Games Ltd. and Parker Brothers this game is a computer remake of the logic board cards game. Mr. Boddy was murdered in his manor by one of his guests. You have to solve the mystery of murder: find killer, weapon and place of murder. Computer shuffles 30 cards, holds the murder cards and deals other cards to the players. Objective of game is to move around the manor, enter possible murder places, gather information of other player's cards, make suggestions and deduce the murder cards by a process of elimination. Number of moves is defined by thrown dice. When you are sure that you have deduced the correct solution to the murder, you must make an accusation to win the game. 3 levels of computer intelligence and difficulty for you. Multiplayer is up to 10 players sitting near one computer."
11830,The Computer Edition of Risk: The World Conquest Game,,1988,7.6,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"The Computer Edition of Risk: The World Conquest Game is an official conversion of the classic Parker Brothers board game. Two to six human and/or computer players attempt to conquer the world with their armies. Computer players have three different skill levels. There are actually four major versions of the game available: UK full game, US full game, UK short game, and US short game. The short games have an added rule to make the game go faster. In the UK short game, players can try to complete an assigned mission to win. In the US short game, players try to occupy enemy HQs. In addition to rule differences between the UK and US game, there are different graphics used for the cards."
11831,Bebe's Kids,,1994,3.9,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"This side-scrolling beat em' up game is based on a 1992 Paramount Pictures animated movie which was the first ever to feature an all-Black main cast. The characters were originally from comedian Robin Harris' ""Bébé's Kids"" (pronounced Bay-Bay) stand-up comedy act. They're described as little hellions and bad-ass troublemaker kids. In this game, someone has taken control of the Fun World amusement park, and you've got to help Kahlil, LaShawn, and PeeWee make things right. You can play as either Kahlil or LaShawn and can use each character's different special attacks. Kahlil uses a spin-tuck to take out almost any enemy you meet and LaShawn uses powerful cartwheels. Enemies such as animatronic robots and security guards must be taken out in the first time-limited level. Some items can also be picked up and thrown at enemies. The second level has the baby PeeWee in a china shop knocking glasses off shelves and you must break 10 before they hit you or the ground or are grabbed by your caretaker Robin. There is also a haunted house maze level where you must keep trying different doors until you find the exit while avoiding mummies along the way. Then there's a pirate ship beat em' up level and eventually you make your way to the underground control center and the Big Boss."
11836,Dr. Plummet's House of Flux,,1990,6.0,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Dr. Plummet's House of Flux the player has to man a small space ship to reach Dr. Plummet, a mad genius whose inventions are needed to stop an incoming alien invasion. The game has 28 levels (divided into four difficulties) which are solved by saving seven stranded pilots which previously failed the same mission. The gameplay of this game is similar to Thrust : the most grave obstacle is gravity which may change from level to level. It causes the ship to steer into a certain direction and the player needs to counter steer so it does not ram into the environment. The player can freely rotate the ship and use the thrust to get a boost. The gun is used to destroy alien turrets which shoot at the ship and are mostly stationed near the astronauts. The fuel reserve gets drained when the thrust is used or if the shields have to fend off an enemy shot - reaching zero causes the loss of a life."
11838,Andre Agassi Tennis,,1992,4.8,Sports,,,"A game endorsed by the American player who stunned the tennis world in the early 90s with his ""Image is everything"" looks, sporting long hair, earrings and colorful shirts, Andre Agassi Tennis includes eight players (male and female and as expected, only Agassi is a real player) rated according to movement speed and both accuracy and strength on serve, backhand and forehand. Gameplay features all the usual moves: smashes, passing shots, volleys and all kinds of backhand and forehand plays, but unlike other games, precise positioning and timing are crucial to avoid hitting the ball outside the court, swinging the racket into thin air or more embarrassing, let the ball hit you on the head. Three courts are available: Grass, Clay and Indoor (Sega versions add a fourth, Hard), but the differences between them are minimal. Game modes change according to the version, with the 16-bit versions including a ""Skins"" game, where each point is worth a sum of money based on the number of times the ball was hit."
11841,Dennis the Menace,Dennis,1993,5.9,Action,Platform,,"This game brings the US cartoon character Dennis the Menace's menacing treatment of poor old Mr. Wilson to the computer screen, around the time of the film also released in 1993. Dennis is a platform game across settings such as Sewers, the Park, and Mr. Wilson’s house, each of which has an end-of-level bad guy. The in-level opposition follows standard attack patterns and can usually be avoided. The enemies regenerate as you move on, although you generally only progress from bottom-left to top-right anyway. Some of the holes in the ground are deadly while others lead to secret rooms. Fortunately, you are given up to 9 lives at the start, and lots of extra lives are on offer throughout the game, so these are well worth checking out. A choice between music and sound effects is offered."
11843,Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2,SK8: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2,2000,8.5,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"The sequel to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater adds many new tricks, while retaining those from the original, and a complete roster of the greatest skaters worldwide. Among the new tricks is the ""manual"", which allows the player character to balance on two wheels. There are also more options for scoring high-trick combos. Trick combinations can also be edited and customized. It is possible to visit some of the most popular skate parks in the world, or create own areas and share them with other players. Players can also create their own skaters, with a choice of clothing and official skateboards."
11851,Alien 8,,1985,8.0,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is a puzzle solving game. You are on board a space ship that is heading towards a remote planet. The Cryonaughts, the name of the planets inhabitants have been frozen during the journey. You have to find 24 valves and the cryogenic chambers that they are to be plugged into before the ship reaches its destination. The ship contains many rooms filled with obstacles that you have to negotiate. There are several types of enemies such as Dalek-like mice and clockwork mice. Both should be avoided! You might need a valve to climb over some walls."
11858,Garry Kitchen's Super Battletank: War in the Gulf,Super Battletank,1992,6.3,"Action, Simulation",,,"In February 1991, The United States of America sent troops into Kuwait and fought in armed combat against the forces of Iraq. Operation Desert Storm featured many different types of units including mobile armor. The M1 Abrams tank division is deployed in a variety of missions to destroy marked Iraqi targets. Super Battletank: War in the Gulf is a 1st person tank simulation. Players sit in the cockpit of a M1 Abrams tank. Controls allow the player to accelerate forward, decelerate, rotate the tank's trajectory left and right, move the tank's cannon left and right, fire the weapon and check the map. The goal of the player is to travel to the location of enemy targets, line them up with the Abrams cannon and fire upon them until destroyed. Each mission covers a large area of land and the player will need to consult the real-time map to travel appropriately to target locations. The M1 Abrams tank also features 2 special weapons: The laser which is more powerful than regular cannon, and the smoke screen which allows the player to escape."
11860,Arnhem: The 'Market Garden' Operation,,1985,6.3,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","Arnhem is a first entry in R. T. Smith 's World War II trilogy, including Desert Rats and Vulcan It simulates the assault operation initiated by Allied forces in September 1944 to take over the bridge of Arnhem, the Netherlands. There are British, Irish, Welsh, Polish, and American units of Allied forces against German forces and 5 scenarios, including advance to Eindhoven, operation 'Garden', operation 'Market', the bridge too far, and entire campaign from start to finish. The gameplay is shown on scrolling map in turns. The player of Allied forces places airborne units all over the map on clear places and waits while they are landing. After that the player selects the units and gives them orders to travel, dig in, or change size. Units move on the grid of rectangular cells. The bombard attack is possible for certain units. Axis forces defend from the attacks. Historically, Axis won this battle, and it is player's opportunity to alter the history. The game comes with detailed instruction booklet and includes historical notes on the campaign, maps and photographs. Two players representing Allied and Axis may be computer or human."
11865,Guerrilla War,"Arcade Archives: Guerrilla War, Guevara, Revolution Heroes",1987,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",North America,"A tropical island (specified as Cuba in the Japanese original) is being oppressed by a dictator, but fortunately one or two brave US soldiers (Ernesto ""Che"" Guevara in the Japanese version) are on hand to restore justice. March through the rivers, swamps and forests to overthrow the dictator (specified as Batista in Japan) in this evolution of the Commando style. The game scrolls vertically, as you move up the screen shooting enemies, finding good strategic firing points and collecting powerups. As the enemy soldiers come towards you in groups, some care is required when picking them off, either using your gun or the grenades. There are also hostages carried by some soldiers, with points bonuses for not shooting these but shooting their captors. Each level ends with a boss."
11866,Lethal Xcess: Wings of Death II,,1991,7.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"After the events of Wings of Death the once evil sorcerer Sagyr has been reintegrated into society and only does good things with his magic. Unfortunately, one day he stumbles upon a curse which releases an evil witch called Xandrilia. She immediately conquers the world and teleports Sagyr 3 000 years into the future. Using a spaceship, his only hope to free the world is to destroy the planet Metallycha, where Xandrilia's heirs live. Just like its predecessor, Lethal Xcess is a vertically scrolling shooter. The graphics are less fantasy-oriented than its predecessor, in favour of a combination between high technology and plantlife. Your spaceship no longer morphs according to powerups picked up, but the basic weapon system is still there, only expanded. Eight different weapon systems are now available, each of which can be upgraded multiple times. Other powerups are extra speed, smart bombs and autofire. The skull-shaped ""power-down"" also rear their ugly heads again. Technologically, the game has also undergone great upgrades since its predecessor. The playfield is now larger, and up to 150 sprites can be displayed on screen on the Atari ST, more on STE machines. In fact, the game was put out on dual-format disks which boot both on Amigas and Ataris. Another new feature is a simultaneous two-player mode."
11872,Fighter Destiny 2,Kakutou Denshou: F-Cup Maniax,1999,6.3,Action,Fighting,,"The sequel to Fighters Destiny (the title now without the s in 'Fighters') has you again taking your created fighter up the ranks by competing in a number of challenging 1 on 1 battles. As with the first title, the aim is to hit a number of targets on the opposition's body to gain points, as well as knockouts, ring-outs, time expiry and so forth. In total there are over 30 moves to be used. The winner is the one with the most points at the end, which will not necessarily be the one with the most energy left."
11881,Disney's Dinosaur Activity Center,Disney Dinosaure : Atelier de Jeux,2000,6.9,Educational,,,"Disney's Dinosaur Activity Center is a collection of five games games with gameplay similar to parts from the film. Their are actual stills, 3D additional new scenes and even some quotes from the film.The five games include Lemur Love Match, Colossal Fossil Face off, Stracosaurus Spelunker, Iguanodon Pond-a-thon and Line O' Dinos Puzzle Maker. Some games have level selection that go from either 1-3 or 1-60. Others might have timing or help. Colossal Fossil Face off is a chess like game with three levels 1,2 and 3 that go from easy, to very hard. As the herbivores you have to protect an egg and get one back that was stolen by then carnivores. Everytime you win a game you will earn a factcard about prehistoric facts, the Cretaceous period or the dinosaurs that appear in the movie. Zini the Lemur will also help you if you don't understand it. Lemur Love match is a puzzle game where you have to match flowers that are the same color and you get timed and may advance in to higher levels. Stracosaurus Spelunker is a game where you crash rocks to get out of a cave. You have to get either three or more of the same number of rocks, with the same number of circles. Their are also Carnotasaur rocks and light sunlight rocks. Iguanodon Pond-a-thon is a game similar to lines and boxes where you can play as either Emma the stracosaurus and Bayleen the Brachiosaur or Kron the Iguanodon and try to line an area with water. The gameplay is timed. Line O' Dinos Puzzle Maker is a game where you write a story about your own dinosaur using other dinosaurs parts and giving it your own sound, story and then you have to make a picture by doing a puzzle."
11884,Mr. Driller,,1999,7.0,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,Fantasy,"Mr. Driller's world has been covered with mysterious blocks. Armed with only a mighty drill, you'll have to dig your way down to safety before his air supply runs out! Mr. Driller is a real-time puzzle game that relies solely on quick-thinking and a bit of planning. The gameplay is a combination of Tetris and Boulder Dash : You have to drill down through multi-colored blocks to reach the bottom while avoiding the consequences of reckless drilling; blocks left without a foundation will drop down after a while, potentially crushing Mr. Driller. As the hero's air supply is depleted with time, the player must regularly grab oxygen pick-ups. Some of the blocks are ""X-Blocks"", which take a few tries to drill through and take away a large chunk of the player's air if destroyed. If four or more X-Blocks come in contact with each other, they vanish and leave behind a small blue creature ""Chisokojin"", which grants 765 points when picked up. There are two scenarios in the game, the ""2500ft"" and ""5000ft challenge"" (called ""500m"" and ""1000m"" in the Japanese version), which are five and ten levels long respectively."
11886,Vice: Project Doom,Gun-Dec,1991,8.0,"Action, Racing / Driving","Platform, Rail shooter, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Quinn Hart and his partner, Detective Reese of the VICE squad both work to stop the trafficking of illegal substances. But something new has appeared on the scene, a neon gel with great addictive properties. During investigations as to the origin of the gel, Reese mysteriously disappears and leaves Hart without a lead. Time passes and Hart becomes romantically involved with his new partner, Christy, as he continues trying to track down the gel. But Hart is about to get a brand new lead... Vice: Project Doom is a game that features side-scrolling platform sequences, overhead driving modes and rail-shooter stages. In driving stages Hart's vehicle can accelerate or slow down and fire his weapon straight ahead. During side-scrolling sequences, Hart can jump, duck, climb or use his selected weapon. Weapons that can be selected include a Katana sword, a pistol and a grenade-type weapon. These weapons feature limited ammunition with the exception of the katana. Power-ups include ammunition, coins, and health. In rail-shooting stages, similar to Operation Wolf Hart can shoot enemies with his gun or throw grenades and pick up items by shooting at them. During these sequences, Hart must fight and maneuver his way past enemy foes to confront a boss. By destroying the boss and completing the level, Hart progresses and learns a bit more about the origins of the neon gel and what Project Doom is all about. Cinematics dialog between the levels tell the tale in a style similar to that of Ninja Gaiden"
11889,NBA ShootOut 2001,,2000,6.6,Sports,,,"NBA Shootout 2001 is an officially licensed basketball game that features all the current NBA teams at the time including top players such as Shaquille O'Neal, Alonzo Mourning and many others. It has the standard set of modes that included exhibition, playoff and season mode. Players also had a choice of either playing a more fast paced game with Arcade or a more realistic experience with Simulation. It features over 400 different plays to choose from including team specific plays and also has awards such as Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and MVP that is handed out in season mode. Players can also play against each other in a versus mode."
11891,Lode Runner,"Kong, Lode Runner Classic, Lode Runner for WonderSwan, Suicide",1983,7.4,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,,"The Bungeling Empire has stolen a huge cache of gold from its rightful owners, and your mission is to infiltrate its treasury and recapture it. This entails progressing through 150 screens of platforms, ladders and ropes. The Empire has sent robotic guards down to protect the gold, and contact with any of these will cost you a life. Your method of escaping them is to press fire to dig a hole in their line of movement, thus causing them to fall in briefly, allowing you to move across the gap safely. Once all the gold has been collected, a ladder allowing you to move onto the next screen is added. Completing these screens often requires forward planning and precision. This was one of the earliest games to include a level editor, allowing the creation of new level designs with no programming skill."
11892,Strange Loop,,1984,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Strange Loop is an arcade action game with 240 different rooms, each filled with dangers. The protagonist, clad in a space suit and armed with a laser gun, has to regain control of a factory located in Outer Space. The factory, where robots are produced, has been taken over by aliens and they are reprogramming the robots to take over planet Earth. To take over control of the factory, the protagonist has to reach the central Control Room; but to get there he has to overcome many obstacles and collect several objects. These objects can be used to perform several tasks of which some must be done before the player takes over the computer by stopping it. Fuel and patches for the suit can be picked up and retrieve items such as rings and spanners, which are given out by robots or just left around on the floor. The game has an option to save and load the current game status."
11894,You Don't Know Jack: Television,,1997,7.5,Strategy / tactics,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"You Don't Know Jack: Television follows the same formula that was introduced in You Don't Know Jack : the players compete with each other in a quiz show that features humorous questions rooted in popular culture. As the title implies, this installment focuses exclusively on television-related trivia questions. The hosts Raul and Cookie are trying to challenge players with 800+ questions in that particular field."
11898,Batman Forever,Batman Forever: The Arcade Game,1996,5.0,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"A Final-Fight / Double-Dragon style game which features the Caped Crusader and his sidekick Robin in a traditional beat-em-up. Based on the Batman Forever movie, this side-scrolling beat-em-up features the plot, several memorable characters, and quotes from its movie counterpart. The player gets to use batarangs, a bat grapple, and tons of other Batman-specific goodies in order to accomplish their goals. The player can create their own combos and collect power-ups to help them in their quest to rid the streets of Gotham from an everlasting flow of bad guys."
11902,Asteroids,"Asteroids 3D, Asteroids: Der Durchbruch ins neue Jahrtausend",1998,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Unlike Activision's earlier remake of an Atari arcade classic, Battlezone this one stays close to its namesake. Take the original, Atari coin-op game Asteroids, add in the features of the Atari 2600 cartridge, then give it 3-D graphics and a bunch of power-ups, and you've got Activision's Asteroids remake. You are an employee of the Astro-Mining Corporation. Your mission is to simply go to an assigned area of space and clear the area of asteroids and the occassional debris. The game consists of five zones, each with a different background and some with special features. Each zone has 15 levels. In addition to the standard asteroids, there are also mined asteroids that explode; indestructible asteroids that are, well, indestructible; fireball comets; crystal asteroids that regenerate; alien egg asteroids containing deadly baby space worms; and ancient energy asteroids that shoot back! And there's plenty of enemies in addition to the asteroids, such as Standard and Super Saucers, Asteroids Tugs, Fuel Transports, Hexes, Nuke Drivers, and Vulturoids. There are three types of ships to choose from, each with different strengths and weaknesses. There are also three skill levels. If you beat the game at Expert or higher, you gain access to a fourth type of ship. All ships features the standard laser, shield, flip (instantly flips your ship 180 degrees), and hyperspace. There are also limited power-ups you can pick up such as GunSat, Mines, Homing Missiles, Plasma Drill, and Trigger Bombs. The game supports either one or two players. In two player mode, the object is to simply outscore your opponent in a random zone and level. You cannot directly kill your opponent by shooting him, but there are other ways.... Lastly, if you shoot the classic-style asteroid in level 15 of the first zone, you'll find the option of ""Classic Asteroids"" now appearing on the main menu."
11905,Zool 2,,1993,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The sequel to Zool sees him take on the bad guys Mental Block and Krool across 6 levels divided into 16 stages (Swan Lake, Bulberry Hill, Tooting Common, Snaking Pass, Mount Ices : 3 stages each and Mental Blockage : 1 stage). Additionally, Amiga CD32 version contains 1 extra level ( Paper Plains : another 3 stages). Zool 2 is a platform game where you control the titular ""Ninja of the Nth Dimension"" (or his girlfriend, Zooz, who can complete each level in a slightly different way) as he rampages through a variety of levels, collecting countless tasty treats, shooting any enemies that he encounters and finding bonuses (there's a variety of special power-ups Zool can find - for example, a bomb that follows him and can be blown up at any time to remove on-screen enemies or temporary invulnerability). New to the sequel is Zool's ability to scale walls and his new spinning attacks. On each level, you have to collect 99% of the tokens within an allocated time limit, and then find the exit across the multi-directionally-scrolling levels. There are lots of hidden areas to see, including a bonus Breakout game starring Zool's pet 2-headed intergalactic wonderdog Zoon."
11910,Earth 2150: The Moon Project,"The Moon Project, The Moon Project: La suite officielle du jeu de stratégie ""Earth 2150"", Zemlya 2150: Deti Seleny",2000,7.7,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2150, Mankind are at war... The three factions: Lunar Corporation, Eurasian Dynasty, and United Civilized States are battling for control of Earth and who gets to get off... While the battle for Earth itself rages... News came from the moon... The Lunar Corporation has a secret project on the dark side, known only as ""Project Sunlight"". What kind of secret is Lunar Corporation hiding? A UCS fleet was dispatched to investigate... The Moon Project is the first standalone expansion to Earth 2150 a 3D real-time strategy game. While adding new campaigns, new technology, new units, and a brand new terrain, TMP also adds more, such as a full editor that allows the player to create their own textures for the vehicles and buildings, even EarthC, the internal programming language used in the creation of the series."
11926,8 Eyes,,1988,5.3,Action,Platform,,"8 Eyes chronicles the adventures of Orin, the falconer, who must visit 8 different houses in 8 different lands and defeat 8 different guardians in order to collect 8 different jewels called eyes. It is a side-scrolling action/adventure game where the lead character can attack with a sword of somewhat limited reach. However, that is not the most powerful tool at his disposal - Orin also has his trusty falcon that he can send around the room to attack enemies or trigger remote switches. In single-player mode, the player controls both the falconer and the falcon. However, the game also offers a cooperative mode where the first player controls Orin and the second player controls his falcon in a mode which offers greater flight capability."
11934,Nevermind,Never Mind,1989,6.5,Puzzle,,,"Your task is to reconstruct a series of pictures by collecting scattered tiles and placing them in the right sequence. It's an apparently simple assignment on the surface, but don't be fooled. You will also have to cope with tile-pinching chess pieces, dissolving tiles and causeways, transporter tiles, and a horrendously tight time limit."
11943,Arcadia,Arcadia 64,1982,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Arcadia is a space shoot 'em up along the lines of Galaxians and Space Invaders You have a ship at the bottom of the screen. Enemy ships come at you in waves scrolling across the screen from right to left. There are twelve levels. When the last level has been completed the game cycles to level one again and continues with no increase in difficulty. You get an extra life if you clear 4 waves. They keep on coming and the object is to get a high score. Interesting key mapping on this game: the bottom row of keys moves left & right, but they are mapped alternately so Z, C, B, M and SPACE move you right while CAP SHIFT, X, V, N, and SYMBOL SHIFT move you left. The middle row of keys (A, S, D, etc) power the thrusters while the top row (Q, W, E, etc) fire the dual lasers."
11944,Ork,,1992,7.6,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Ork tells the story of a young alien military cadet Ku-Kabul, who is beamed town to the surface of Ixion - the planet of trials. Once on the surface, he must complete 5 survival boot camps and become the Legion-Command Officer or die trying. A sidescrolling action-adventure developed by WJS Design and published by Psygnosis ( Shadow of the Beast Leander ), Ork features five expansive levels characteristic of Psygnosis games of the era. While slightly similar to the same firm's earlier Killing Game Show Ork's presentation is more polished, and the gameplay is less hectic. In addition to blasting enemies, the player must complete tasks reminiscent of adventure games. Examples including locating and delivering a payment to a gate keeper, finding a specific key to open a door, or locating an orb to deflect lasers."
11949,Sea Bass Fishing,SeaBass Fishing,1996,7.5,Sports,,,"No more fish tales, it's time to wind in that dream catch in the comfort of your own home. Follow the instructor's expert advice and choose from an extensive range of tackle developed by the fishing experts at Daiwa. From Barracuda to Tuna, watch the bite close up in beautifully rendered 3D graphics, as the perspective zooms in on the underwater action. With a choice of Tournament and Free Fishing modes you can learn how to be a better fisherman and even fry up your catch in the lodge keeper's kitchen, so there will be no more talk about the one that got away. Source: Back of Box - Saturn (EU)"
11962,SonSon,Capcom Arcade Cabinet: SonSon,1984,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"In this game, you play the role of either Son Son or Ton Ton as you try to rescue your three friends from the clutches of a random bad guy who kidnapped them right in front of you. Son Son is a side-scrolling action game, where the game field advances automatically, and the screen is divided in six different floors, all of which are populated by enemies or obstacles that will kill you if you touch them; but both Son Son and Ton Ton attack their enemies by shooting small bullets at them out of their weapons (a magic cane and a pitchfork, respectively). Their attack can also stop many enemy projectiles! Your chosen character must jump from floor to floor, evading hunters, bats, fish, statues, insects, skull coins, and mad bombers! As you advance, you can pick up several food items to increase your score. Clearing the screen of enemies will also net you several hefty bonuses. The story is heavily based upon ""Journey To The West""; the player characters as well as the kidnapped ones are based upon the main characters in the story."
11965,FireTeam,,1998,7.7,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"FireTeam is the first-of-its-kind, team-oriented combat action game with live over-the-Internet voice communication. You play in to three teams of four compete in a choice of four different tactical combat games. The game comes with a headset so that you can hear and talk to your teammates that could be around the world. You must have internet access to play this, there is no single-player game that you can play with it. FireTeam is the only online game that integrates the Internet, the game, and its player Community to offer team play with people all over the world. You have access to real-time stats, as well as customized, individual and Company Web pages. Games are fast paced and last a maximum of 10 minutes, Choose from 3 combat characters that each have their unique strengths and weaknesses. Included game types are ""Team Deathmatch""; ""Basetag,"" try to destroy your opponents' base; ""Gunball,"" basically American football, except tackling your opponent for the ball involves pumping him full of lead; ""Capture the Flag,"" differing from conventional CTF rules, a number of flags remain in fixed points around the map, and your job is to claim them for your team by running over them – every 10 seconds, your points are increased according to how many flags you possess at that moment."
11975,Match Day II,Matchday II,1987,6.8,"Action, Simulation, Sports",,,"The original Match Day was the first serious football game to hit the Spectrum, and this sequel emerged over 2 years later. League and Cup tournaments for up to 8 teams (any or all of which can be human-controlled) are offered alongside one-off Friendly matches with a handicap option - passcodes are given to allow you to restore these to the same state another day. Matches are seven-a-side, with variable lengths from 10 to 30 minutes. All kicks except set pieces are variable in strength using a Kick-o-meter which is displayed on screen. One revolutionary feature of the game was the Diamond Deflection System, which mathematically calculated the angle and pace of any rebounds."
11977,Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire,Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - El Imperio Oculto,1995,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",,"Following his successes for the Rebel Alliance in the previous game the adventures of the starfighter pilot ""Rookie One"" continue. While out scouting in the Dreighton Nebula, Rookie One's patrols receive a distress call from a freighter. As this is an area where ships are known to disappear, any deviation from the flight path is dangerous. But what they find is an Imperial presence where there shouldn't be one... and a new secret project to bring about the destruction of the Rebel Alliance. Rebel Assault II is a rail-shooter ""interactive movie"" featuring a variety of action sequences. Rookie One will fly sequences in an X-Wing, the Millennium Falcon, speeder bikes and being on foot. His only real ability is the precise targeting and shooting of laser weapon and occasionally the chance to take cover and avoid obstacles. Rookie One will team up with other characters who will aid him and need to be defended in turn. Occasionally different paths can be chosen in the animation and different events triggered, but for the most part the game is a closed environment."
11984,NHL 96,,1995,7.7,Sports,,,"This release of the NHL series recreates the 1996 ice hockey season with a mix of realistic teams and custom teams, plus new moves and control schemes that match the team members' roles. Rules can be changed before starting a game in any of the three modes: There is also an edit mode to create custom ice hockey players cosmetically and allocate 360 edit points across several categories of statistics for both goalies and defenders."
11987,Fish Fillets,Fish Fillets: Next Generation,1998,7.5,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"Fish Fillets is a challenging puzzle game. The player's goal in each level is to guide two fish, one large and one small, to the exit by moving various objects around. The fish can lift objects and push them along surfaces, and some objects (steel ones) can only be moved by the bigger fish. Be careful though, if an object falls onto or is pushed onto one of your fish the fish will die. The seventy levels are arranged into eight branches which open up as the game goes on, so the player has a bigger choice of puzzles to try. Careful thought and planning is needed to ensure that the fish can escape unharmed."
11989,Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero,,1992,8.0,"Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",Graphic adventure,Fantasy,"Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero is a remake of Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero The remake features 256-color VGA graphics. Locations have been re-drawn, and character portraits appear during conversations. This version also has an icon-based interface instead of the text input of the original, very similar to the one used by Sierra for their adventure titles. The player selects dialogue choices from a dialogue menu, as opposed to typing in conversation topics in the earlier release. A few changes have been made to the dialogue, adding (or altering) some of the easter eggs and references to other games. Combat now features clay models for the enemies and stop-motion animation. The perspective has been switched to an over-the-shoulder view farther away from the player. Battle commands (two types of attacks, parry, and dodge) are displayed as icons on a shield in the corner of the screen. The player can switch to the spell menu at any time, and also click the middle of the screen to escape from combat."
11995,Fire Hawk: Thexder - The Second Contact,"Fire Hawk, Firehawk: Thexder -- The Second Encounter, Thexder 2: Firehawk, Thexder II: Firehawk, Thexder: The Second Contact",1989,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Fire Hawk: Thexder - The Second Contact is the sequel to Thexder The Fire Hawk robot has the same main design as Thexder: a laser, shield and the ability to transform into a jet. It's also possible to use some special weapons which can be found during the missions, such as the Flasher, (damages anything on screen) and the Stopper (freezes enemies for a while). Levels are divided into sub-levels, with each fourth one featuring a boss fight. Some of the main improvements compared to the original game include the ability to save a game at certain points, the ability to switch between special weapons during gameplay, and a greatly expanded high-quality soundtrack."
11996,Summer Games II,,1985,7.7,Sports,,,"Eight Olympic events feature in this game, and any selection of these can be played at a time. There is no pure sprinting, and only the rowing and cycling can be thought of as pure joystick-waggling. The triple jump involves pressing right to start the hop (before reaching the white line), right again for the step as you land, left as you land for the jump, and then up to propel you through the sand. I high jump, after selecting a height you feel you can clear, you use up and down to control the speed, fire to jump, and then forward to propel you over the bar. For the javelin even you hold down fire to build up speed, and push left to throw the javelin, holding it left before releasing to change the angle. In the equestrian event, you must use up to increase speed, and fire or right to jump when appropriate to clear the hazards - too many faults will see you disqualified. Fencing involves moving your foil using the joystick, always staying one step ahead of your opponent, retreating when appropriate. The kayaking event involves navigating a river by controlling the direction, ensuring that all the gates are past correctly even when this requires some precise lining up. You can also load the events from Summer Games 1 in, to play all 16 events in a marathon session."
11998,Dive Bomber,Night Raider,1988,6.1,"Action, Simulation","Arcade, Shooter","Historical events, World War II","In World War 2, the Bismarck battleship has been dominant thus far. Armed with torpedoes and a machine gun, can you destroy the Bismarck with a well-aimed torpedo and turn the tide of WW2 in the Allies' favour? Find out is this flight simulation and strategy game. How you complete the task is largely up to you. You will need to deal with the plane's instruments, to take off, and plan which areas of the sky you patrol in the search for the Bismarck. There are four distinct instrument panels to control engineer, navigator and gunner functions as well as the main flight controls. Statistics on how much of each enemy's fleet you destroy are kept."
11999,Enemy Engaged: Apache/Havoc,"Apache Havoc - Frères ennemis, Enemy Engaged: Apache vs Havoc",1998,7.7,Simulation,,,"Take control of two of the hottest attack choppers in the world in a state-of-the-art simulation! Control either the AH-64D Apache Longbow or the Mi-28N Havoc-B in multiple semi-dynamic campaigns in full contoured 3D terrain with 3D acceleration support. Hide among the trees to stay out of enemy view and launch deadly anti-tank missiles. Fly in all times of day, from dawn to dusk to rain and fog. Multiple options and difficulty configurations let you customize the sim to your preference."
12001,Photon Storm,,1990,6.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As with all Jeff Minter games, this has a definite distinctive look and feel (although no Llamas or lawnmowers this time). It's a top-down shoot 'em up resembling Sinistar with the unusual twist of being mouse-controlled, using the left button to fire and the right button to thrust. You can rotate the direction of fire while holding fire down, allowing you to move one way and fire another way (another Minter tradition - witness Llamatron ). A Boost function exists to power up your ship, including plutonium pods which unusually can be collected and harvested by the end-of-level enemies as well as your own ship. After the main levels you must steer the ship through a tight tunnel, avoiding contact with the walls."
12005,Codename MAT,,1984,6.7,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Managerial / business simulation, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mission: Alien Termination involves all the knowledge of science, space combat and military tactics being implanted into the strong, agile and future-proof body of a 13-year-old boy. You play Mat, at the helm of the USS Centurion prototype fighter, and have the task for saving the world. The game's basic space combat component is fast and smooth, with raging battles resembling Star Raiders. However, in addition to this you must plan your course carefully, both during and between fights. You also have the option of taking on command duties, directing all the other ships in the force."
12006,Gyromite,"Family Computer Robot: Gyro Set, Robot Gyro",1985,6.2,"Action, Puzzle","Arcade, Platform",,"In Gyromite, you need to help a mad scientist deactivate all of the dynamite in his laboratory before time runs out! ROB the robot will assist you in this game by moving the red and blue pillars blocking the way. Just in case finding your way through the laboratory wasn't enough, be sure to watch out for the deadly Smicks who wander about trying to prevent success of your mission. If you find a radish, pick it up and feed it to the Smicks so you can safely get past them. There is also a second game variation where you need to clear the way for a sleepwalking mad scientist so he can get home safely."
12007,Interstate '76,"Interestadual 76, Interestadual 76: Simulador de Combate em 3D, Interstate '76: 3-D Auto Combat Simulation, Interstate '76: Course et combat explosifs en 3D, Interstate '76: Kultige 3D-Action-Raserei",1997,7.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,"Alternate history, North America, Post-apocalyptic","In a dark alternate vision of 1976, the Federal U.S. Government has faltered and the world suffers from the effects of an oil crisis. Armed gangs terrorize the roads of the American South West. You are Groove Champion - when your sister Jade is killed you inherit her custom-built Picard Piranha and become a vigilante, with only revenge on your mind. Interstate '76 is a vehicular combat game with a 1970s theme which means muscle cars & funky disco music. Hit the road and seek the killer of Groove's sister in 17 scripted missions across open-ended trackless areas, or battle creepers in the instant melee mode, against up to 7 other human players. The player can equip their car with different weapons, like machine guns, turrets, grenade launchers and mines. Although the game world is not intended to be realistic, the car handling and collision physics are."
12009,Microsoft Windows 3.1 (included games),"Démineur, Hledání min, Mayın Tarlası, Röj",1992,6.6,"Compilation, Puzzle, Strategy / tactics",Cards / tiles,,"Microsoft's Windows 3.1 operating system extension. This entry is considered a compilation as the following games are not available stand-alone: Minesweeper: In this game the player must reveal the location of mines by marking them. This is done by revealing empty fields, these contain numbers indicating how many mines are directly adjacent, ranging from 0 (no number, automatically reveals adjacent 0-fields) up to 8 (completely surrounded by mines). If a mine is clicked on, all mines are revealed and the game ends. If all mines are marked, the player wins the game. The game can be played in three game modes, increasing the size of the playfield and the amount of mines in there. Solitaire: In this card game the goal is to put all the cards sorted (ace, two, .., queen, king) by suit into the four fields at the top. When starting a game, the target fields are empty, the main field consists of 7 piles of cards, whereby only the top one is visible, also in an ascending amount (left side one card, right side 7 cards), and the rest of the cards are in one pile at top left. Cards can only be moved from one pile to another when putting a lower card of the opposite color on a higher card, when the pile is empty, kings can be placed there, and finally, when the target piles are empty, only aces can be put there (then twos on aces, etc.). Depending on the setting, the player either takes one or three cards from the top left pile. When all cards are sorted in the target piles, the player has won the game. If no more allowed moves are possible, the player has lost the game. Hearts: In Hearts, the player plays against three computer opponents. The goal of the game is to have the less points at the end of a match, and a match ends when one player reaches or exceeds 100 points. A match consists of several games in a row. In order to win, the player must either avoid hearts (worth one point) and the spade queen (13 points), or acquiring all hearts and the spade queen in a match (this is called ""shoot the moon""; if the player manages that, all the other players receive 26 points at the end of the match). While playing, the player must follow the played color, unless the player does't has this color, then any color can be played. Note: Hearts can be played alone or against other players using LAN."
12010,The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard,Ein Elder Scroll Adventure: Redguard,1998,7.8,Action,"Puzzle elements, RPG elements",Fantasy,"It is the ninth century of the Second Era, and the Tamriel Empire has been continuously expanding. Hammerfell was among the many provinces to lose its independence to the reign of Tiber Septim. Cyrus, a Redguard mercenary and a well-known hero, finds out that his sister Iszara has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Cyrus travels to the port city of Stros M'Kai in Hammerfell and begins an investigation, which gradually draws him into a political intrigue. Redguard is set four hundred years before the events of Arena and thus is a prequel to other Elder Scrolls games. The game is considered a spin-off to the main series, being primarily a 3D action-adventure game with only few role-playing elements such as a quest-based structure and money management. The protagonist has no numerical attributes and remains constant in power throughout the game. He fights with a sword, which he can use for slashing, stabbing, and combo attacks, depending on the combinations of keys input by the player. Active blocking is available as well. Cyrus can also swim, jump and automatically grab and hang on ledges, which is sometimes required to advance in the game. Although certain items must be procured and quest completed in order to make the plot progress, many of these tasks can be handled in a non-linear fashion, and much of the game's world (the city Stros M'Kai and the surrounding wilderness) can be explored freely from the beginning. Progression also relies on conversations with the many characters inhabiting the area, which feature extensive keyword-based multiple-choice dialogue options."
12011,Magician Lord,ACA NeoGeo: Magician Lord,1990,6.9,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Magician Lord puts you in charge of Elta, a wizard who has the task of collecting eight books of wisdom from the clutches of Az Atorse, the god of destruction. By collecting the right power-ups along the way, you can transform into different characters, including the Rajin, Samurai, Waterman, Shinobi, Poseidon, and Dragon Warrior. Each character has different abilities. There are eight areas in the game, and each stage ends with you trying to defeat both a guardian and the end-of-area boss (which are basically Atorse's incarnations). One of the first games that demonstrated the graphical abilities of the Neo-Geo."
12013,Crush Roller,,1999,6.6,Action,Arcade,,"Crush Roller is a game for the Neo Geo Pocket Color based on the 1981 arcade game Make Trax which was released as Crush Roller in Europe and Asia. The object of the game is to color the entire maze-like playing field with a paint brush. While you paint, two enemies walk around in the maze, when they hit you, you lose a life. A level has rollers which you can push forward with your paint brush. If you capture an enemy in the path of the roller he dies and is temporarily taken out of the game. This scores you extra points. Each subsequent enemy rolled over is worth more points. Every once in a while another creature will pop up, it will run around leaving behind track marks in your paint. Painting over this creature removes it from the game and scores you additional points. His tracks have to be repainted. When the entire maze is painted you win the level. Unlike the original arcade version the Neo Geo Pocket Color version has multiple levels."
12016,Mega Man,,1990,5.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"It is up to the blue robot Megaman to stop the plot of Dr. Wily, the maverick lab assistant, by jumping and shooting his way past an army of robots. At the end of these levels are three of Dr. Wily's robot masters, Dyna Man, Sonic Man and Volt Man who each drop a key when defeated. These keys are then used to gain access to the room where the megacomputer Crorq is being stored for a final showdown. As always, Megaman can absorb the weapon power of the robot masters and use it as his own. Mega Man is a side-scrolling platform game. It differs greatly from the earlier console release with only three bosses and not very many extras to find. Lesser robots can be defeated and drop a variety of power-ups including an energy capsule for filling energy, a weapon capsule which restores the power of captured robot weapons, an extra life, a continue and an energy tank which will restore all of Megaman's energy once."
12018,Army Men: World War,Army Men: Operation Meltdown,2000,5.7,Action,Shooter,,"16 missions await you and your green army as you wage war against the tan army through true world war environments including beaches, jungles, countrysides and war-torn cities. Each army man has a range of weapons to use, including pistols, flame throwers and the bazooka. You can also use heavy artillery such as tanks, jeeps and boats when normal attacks fail to breach the enemy line."
12023,NASCAR Road Racing,,1999,5.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"EA Sports' second NASCAR PC game, NASCAR Road Racing uses the same engine as NASCAR Revolution The game contains only road course racing on 12 fantasy road course tracks, and features 26 NASCAR drivers."
12030,Vigilance,,1998,6.0,Action,Shooter,,"Vigilance is a single-player first-person shooter which puts the player at the center of counter-terrorist missions. In a world facing terrorist threats from a shadowy organization, Special Intelligence Operations Network (SION) agents infiltrate global strongholds like oil platforms and monasteries to disrupt enemy plans. Gameplay spans twelve linear levels, with the player toggling between first- and third-person views. Before entering each level, the player chooses to play as one of eight agents with the skills most suited to eliminate threats, rescue hostages, or secure intelligence. Each agent has their own strengths and weaknesses across nine categories such as speed, stealth, armor, assassin, sniper, and demolitions abilities. The game features over twenty weapons, from pistols to rocket launchers, with new weapons being acquired throughout the missions themselves. In addition to the single-player campaign, the game features a multiplayer deathmatch mode which be played via LAN as well as SegaSoft 's HEAT.NET service. Deathmatch mode features 27 characters to play as."
12031,CART: Flag to Flag,"Cart Racing, Super Speed Racing",1999,7.2,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Have a quick race or fight the CART championship in this officially-licensed racing game. It features 19 accurately-modeled tracks including ovals, street, and road courses, all based on the real thing. You can choose from 27 drivers and 17 official teams. The simulation mode lets you tweak the tires, suspension, and steering for each race, and simulates damage and tire degradation. Each race includes practice and qualifying sessions, and variable weather effects."
12040,Karnov,,1987,5.8,Action,Platform,,"Jinborov Karnovski (also known as the titular Karnov), is a Russian circus strongman who is collecting all of the pieces of a treasure map so he can become a wealthy man. This Lost Treasure of Babylon is being guarded by the evil dragon Ryu. While the gameplay is basically the same as the other versions, the story for the Famicom version is different. It involves Karnov, who comes from a small town called Cleamina, being called by God to be his envoy. Karnov is tasked with getting rid of the evil troublemaker known as Alakatai. Karnov features nine stages of side-scrolling action. Karnov's main attack is to breathe fireballs at his enemies. Karnov can collect power-up orbs which can increase the amount of fire he can breathe out. Karnov is also able to jump, with the height being increased by collecting boots. Other items Karnov can carry and use include bombs, ladders, boomerangs, clappers (which destroy minor enemies that are currently on the screen instantaneously), and shields. Occasionally, Karnov will be able to make use of certain items such as wings which let him fly in the air and a scuba gear helmet which lets him swim underwater. Also, scattered throughout the stages are K icons. Collecting 50 of these will reward Karnov an extra life."
12044,Tecmo Super Baseball,,1994,7.1,Sports,,,"This is Tecmo's attempt at baseball after their Tecmo Bowl series It has 700 authentic MLBPA players including Ken Griffey Jr., Tony Gwynn and Barry Bonds to name a few. However, it does not feature an MLB license, so the cities nicknames and logos have been omitted, but all 28 teams with 1993 stats are still included. The standard modes apply including Exhibition All-Star and Season in which the player can choose either to play a full or reduced season. The player can also choose to simulate games and watch them unfold or they also have the option to manage their team and watch the outcome of their decisions. It also features a battery backup to allow saving of stats and games as well as two-player capabilities to allow friends to compete head-to-head."
12045,Top Gear Rally 2,,1999,7.1,Racing / Driving,,,"The second rally racer from Kemco on the N64 provides a vastly different style of rally racing to the original Top Gear Rally. Along with the new option to join a rally racing team, who supports you through-out each championship cup you take part in. Money raised by each vistory or top place in the cups goes towards improving your car, or reparing any problems. If you take a wrong turn and damage a part of your car (which can be anything from tyres to a full engine), the repairs come out of your pocket, so driving carefully is important. New sponsership deals and bigger team call ups will also come into play the better you race, allowing the chance to drive the more powerful rally cars and play for big money. Much like the real rally championship, you don't race against other cars in the cups. Instead, you must race the clock. Whoever clocks the best time for each stage will win the points and move on to the next stage and the bigger cup challenges. You can also take part in the usual arcade rally style against 4 other cars, with the first to get to the finish taking the points. 2 players can play as part of one team during a championship campaign, as well up to four players split screen in the arcade mode."
12046,Power Blade 2,"Captain Saver, Power Blade II",1992,7.0,Action,Platform,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Christmas Eve, 2200. The Delta Foundation has just finished the development of a cyborg unit which represents a new generation of fighting robots. They want to sell it to the government's department of defense as it would pose a threat to the security of the nation if it is sold to a foreign country. They have asked the president, who is actually an alien from outer space, to consider their offer and respond in one week. The government takes this matter very seriously, and assigns Nova to destroy the Delta Foundation. Unfortunately, the government cannot be involved in the event that something might happen to him. Power Blade 2 has six stages which involve you running through the level, while killing off enemies and avoiding hazards. At the start, you can choose which stage to start at, but unlike Power Blade once you have chosen a stage, you can't exit and choose another one until you have completed the current one first. Nearly each stage involves you using your wits, as you dodge spikes, jumping towards the top of the screen to avoid fire, and getting fans to lift you onto platforms. You can also slide your way through tight spots, as long as you slide in the right place. At the end of each stage, you fight a different boss. However, in the end, you must fight all the bosses you fought before you get to fight the alien leader."
12050,Leader Board,,1986,7.7,Sports,,,"When converting the original Leader Board golf simulation to the 16-bit systems, Sculptured took advantage of the power of these systems by adding trees, bunkers and rough, thus increasing the variety of the challenge. The same basic features still exist in terms of shot styles, and in the way a 72-hole contest can be arranged through a variation of the 4 provided 18-hole courses. Hold the left mouse button while moving the mouse to affect shot angle, then use the right button to fire the shot away."
12053,Shadowgate,"Shadowgate Classic, Shadowgate Returns",1987,7.1,Adventure,Graphic adventure,Fantasy,"Using the same graphical interface as Deja Vu Shadowgate is an adventure game set in a fantasy world. Players take the part of an adventurer sent to the ancient keep of Shadowgate on a quest to find a mystic artifact known as the Staff of Ages and stop the evil Warlock Lord from summoning a horrific demon known as the Behemoth. However, Shadowgate has become infested with the Warlock Lord's demonic minions, not to mention the castle's still functional booby-traps. Unlike Deja Vu death comes at the protagonist suddenly, unexpectedly and, most of all, often. Such simple acts as pulling the wrong switch or opening the wrong door can cause the hero to be skewered by a booby-trap or disemboweled by a monster. If the player character's torch burns out (this happens quite regularly) and the player forgets to light a new one, the protagonist will trip in the dark and break his neck."
12054,The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home,Sherif Fais-Moi Peur,1999,5.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Boss Hogg is foreclosing the farm. Bo and Luke are the prime suspects of the robbery of the County Bank. Then there's these strangers in town looking for trouble... Can Bo and Luke get themselves out of this mess? Three levels of difficulty, over 40 stunts you can perform, and a whole lot of racing going on! Features voices of the original crew. DoH is a 3rd person arcade racer where you take the General Lee and drive all over the place, dodging Rosco P. Coltrane (the sheriff) and Dep. Enos Strate and advancing the plot."
12057,Interstate '76: Nitro Pack,Interstate '76: Nitro Riders,1998,7.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,"Alternate history, North America","Interstate '76: Nitro Pack is a stand-alone add-on for the vehicular combat game Interstate '76 It takes place before the events from the original game and contains 20 single-player missions, in which the player can choose a character from among: Taurus, Skeeter or Jade (the sister of Interstate '76 protagonist Groove Champion). The missions are not tied together by a storyline but can be played in any order and with every vehicle. Though not required, owners of the original Interstate '76 can use this product to upgrade their version of the game, making this also an add-on. New features with this add-on include Force Feedback support and support for D3D, 3Dfx and Rendition Power VR. The improvements to the game itself are: more weapons, more cars & paintjobs, a racing & a ""capture the flag"" mode and advanced multiplayer hosting options."
12058,Cruis'n World,,1996,7.1,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"While Cruis'n USA takes the player on a trip across the highways of America, Cruis'n World leads them to race all around the world. Courses, taken from the coin-op version, are located in: Egypt, Florida, Germany, Hawaii, Russia (in easy mode); England, France, Kenya, New York (in medium mode); Australia, China, Italy, Mexico (in expert mode). The gameplay is not intended to be realistic. It is for instance possible to ride across the Great Wall of China, leap-frog over a semi truck with a police car, or perform a back flip with a military ATV, or take part in a race on the moon. Principal variations from the arcade game to the console version consist in that: In the arcade version, introductory voice clips are present in some stages; animals explode into bloody chunks when colliding with the player's vehicle (in the N64 version they cross the road swiftly enough most of the times, and the vehicle goes across them as if they were immaterial in the infrequent other occasions). The N64 version offers two-player and tournament modes, a special course on the Moon, the possibility to enhance cars with custom boosts and alter its appearance by paintworks, and does not use the sound effects from the previous game."
12060,RC de GO!,"Go by RC, Simple 1500 Series Vol. 68: The RC Car (RC de GO!)",1999,6.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"RC de GO! is a take on the Densha de Go! series however this time the focus is on remote controlled rally cars. The player can choose from three unique RC cars, each with their own strengths and weaknesses and over 80 different customizable options to choose from including new chassis that can be used to either make a car faster or turn better, among many other unique attributes. Players can race on fourteen different courses and have four different race modes to choose from: Practice lets the player learn the basics elements and controls of the car. Quick Race allows the player to choose from any cars and tracks available for an exhibition race. Time Attack has the player complete a course in a set amount of time and Championship puts the player on twelve different off-road and road courses in an attempt to win the championship. If a player is able to win this mode, they will have the chance to test their skills on three special unlockable tracks. Additionally, players unlock many of the parts, upgrades, tracks and cars from the championship mode."
12066,Mickey's Racing Adventure,,1999,7.9,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Everyone in Mickey's home town was getting prepared for a big carnival! Professor Ludwig Von Drake had just finished all the carnival floats and was showing them to Mickey, Minnie, and all their friends. However, spying from his creepy mansion on the outskirts of town was Big Bad Pete, furious at the group enjoying themselves. Soon, he'd gathered his cronies and raced into town, swiping all the floats and decorations. All that was left was a letter challenging them to a race to get their things back. Mickey's Racing Adventure centers around isometric racing challenges in various worlds. It's possible to play as Mickey and his friends, as they explore various parts of Mickey's town, earning money for car upgrades and finding train tokens to travel to different worlds and challenge Pete and his henchmen to various races. For a fee, Magica de Spell will also conjure up spells for you to use in races and get an edge on your opponents. The first time you travel to a new world via the train, Casey Jr., you must play a special train mini-game. Pete has muddled the tracks leading to the worlds, and you must guide Casey Jr. by shifting the track tiles around so that he doesn't hit any dead-ends. There are also TNT detonators that you must set off by running into them before you can guide Casey Jr. to the exit. The game also allows you to play as Pluto - while he can't race himself, he can sniff around town and dig for secrets. He'll also find hidden tunnels which let you play a Digger -like mini-game where you must either collect all the bones underground, or defeat the other dogs in the area by dropping rocks on them. After completing the objective, Pluto must then head to the exit. Mickey's Racing Adventure also supports the Game Boy Color's Infra-Red feature by allowing you to send e-mail to your friends via the Infrared Communications port. Once you unlock the Print Shop, you can also use the Game Boy Printer to print out assorted Disney stickers."
12068,Eye of Horus,Eye of Horus: An Action Adventure in Egyptian Mythology,1989,6.6,Action,Platform,Egypt (Ancient),"As a mystical shaman, go through a pyramid in ancient Egypt to get the magical eye of horus. In a cool twist, by pressing the up arrow you turn into a birdy and can search through the levels. Just press the down arrow and voila! Human again. Many traps try to trick you."
12070,The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants,,1991,6.4,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Bart vs. The Space Mutants is a platform game where the player goes into the role of Bart Simpson (from the TV show The Simpsons) and must stop the Space Mutants from invading Springfield. On each of the five levels, Bart must collect (or get rid of) the ingredients that the Space Mutants are planning to use to build their machine, such as purple objects or balloons. He also has to collect enough ""proof"" of the aliens existence (brown coins left behind when they are jumped on), so his family members will help him when he meets a boss (characters such as Nelson and Sideshow Bob). This won't be easy since the Space Mutants are ""using"" human bodies as disguise. In order to discover who are the real Space Mutants, Bart must use his X-ray Specs. The ways Bart can get rid of those objects sought by the Space Mutants are numerous. For instance, in the first stage, Bart must get rid of purple objects. He can dye them red, cover them, wash them, etc. Some even involve a little puzzle solving, like playing a trick on Moe to make him get out of the bar. Bart also has some coins that can be used in many ways throughout the game, like buying things, getting devices operating, etc. Those coins are essential to solve some puzzles in the game."
12074,Front Mission: Gun Hazard,,1996,7.4,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)","Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2064, when the great solar power satellite, ATLAS is overshadowed by the invention of fusion power. The government alliance that had supported the building of ATLAS now find themselves facing economic crisis as the balance of power shifts. In this world of conflict and change, the Walking Panzer, or Wanzer, (a form of mecha) becomes the standard armored unit for wars and petty battles across the globe. For the small nation of Bergen, a coup d'etat is underway, staged by Colonel Ark. Seeking to establish complete control over the government and the NORAD units stationed there, Ark's first step involves the capture of President Orwen. Tipped off to the rebellion, Orwen seeks to flee from Bergen, looking for safe passage out of the seaport of Port Ertothal. A young Wanzer pilot, Albert Grabner, is assigned escort duty to the president by loyal elements of the army stationed there... Gun Hazard is a side-scrolling shooter with strong RPG elements, and a spin-off of the Front Mission series Gameplay is more than a little similar to Cybernator or Metal Warriors The player moves between different stages on an area map. Once inside a stage, the player controls Albert and his wanzer as it moves left, right across the screen. The wanzer is able to jump, and attack with a primary and a special weapon. At any time during a stage, Albert can eject from his heavily armed wanzer to explore. Although vulnerable when outside, Albert is able to reach areas the wanzer cannot, in addition to being a smaller target and being able to jetpack indefinitely. Money and experience are earned through the completion of mission objectives as well as the kill count of enemy wanzers. Additionally, Albert can recruit other characters through the normal course of the story, some of whom can be designated to support roles. These support characters when set can provide a variety of different cover fire abilities for Albert during his missions. They too gain experience and levels. Different weapons and armor can be found or bought. Essential components include the Booster ability which allows the wanzer to hover and increase its jumps, as well as the Dash ability which allows quick left-right movement by the wanzer."
12078,Metal Slug 2nd Mission,,2000,8.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"Take control of the Metal Slug tank on the NGPC once again, this time to defeat the rebel strike force ""Phantom."" Travel through 38 stages in a non-linear battle path defeating enemy troops and rescuing hostages. Pilot the Metal Slug tank, Slug Flyer combat jet, and the Slug Sub submarine and fire the heavy machine gun, rocket launcher, and fire gun. Two unique playable characters, a list of rescued hostages, and a time attack mode add depth to this side-scroller."
12080,RoboCop 3,,1992,7.1,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Probe 's RoboCop 3 for 8-bit computers combines two different styles of gameplay: the first level is a Operation Wolf -style shooting gallery, while the rest are side-scrolling platform levels. RoboCop's enemies are mostly ""Splatterpunks"" and ""Rehabs"", while bosses include Otomo Ninjabots, a tank, and RoboCop's old ""friend"" ED-209. In the platform levels, Robo can collect weapon power-ups, which upgrade his standard weapon first to rapid fire, then to a three-way shot. Also available are a flamethrower, laser gun and a guided missile (each with only limited ammunition). In level three, RoboCop dons his jetpack to fly across the area, but must walk back the same way in level four. In all levels, he can collect repair tokens, which allow the player to repair specific areas of the cyborg's body in a repair screen between levels."
12082,Pokémon Pinball,,1999,7.7,Action,"Pinball, Puzzle elements",,"Discover a whole new way to catch Pokemon -- by playing pinball! Hit the targets with your Poke Ball to catch and evolve Pokemon. The better you do, the more rare Pokemon you'll find. Every Pokemon you catch is automatically recorded in your Pokedex. See if you can catch all 150!"
12084,Pro Pool,,2000,7.4,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Pro Pool is a Pool simulation game on the Game Boy Color. You can play a single game against the computer or a friend using a link cable, or you can start hustling. In the hustle mode you start with 100 dollars and have to play games to earn money. With more money you will gain access to bigger places with tougher competitors where more money can be earned. With enough money you can start your own pool bar. The game allows you to play a variety of pool games such as 8 Ball, 9 Ball, 6 Ball, 3 Ball, Straight pool and Speed pool. There are 64 computer opponents to play against."
12087,P. P. Hammer and His Pneumatic Weapon,,1991,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"In this platform game featuring over 2500 screens, our hero is in search of hidden treasures across worlds such as caves and castles, and must collect it all to advance onto the next level. The twist, as you may guess from the title, is that his weapon is a hammer which can be used to burrow into the ground. The blocks quickly reappear though, which can be fatal if they trap him, but can also be used by the cunning player to trap an enemy. Not all the platforms and transporters on the levels are visible, which guarantees an element of Rick Dangerous -style trial and error. You have six lives, which isn't much considering that failing to complete a level within the time limit costs a life, and contact with enemies is costly (you can't drill through them Worms -style)"
12088,Panzer Commander,,1998,7.2,Simulation,,"Europe, World War II","Panzer Commander puts the player in the lead tank of a WWII tank platoon, fighting for the German, Russian, US, or British forces in one of 40 standalone scenarios, or in one of three German Russian campaigns."
12094,Kid Icarus,"3D Classics: Kid Icarus, Kid Icarus: Angel Land Story, Paltena no Kagami",1986,7.1,Action,Platform,,"Far away in peaceful Angel Land lived a young angel warrior named Pit, who has been given the task of defeating the monstrous Medusa, who wishes to destroy Angel Land and all of the people, and she has started by kidnapping Palutena, the Princess of Angel Land. Young Pit must rescue the Princess and restore peace to Angel Land. He will travel from the deep caverns of the Underworld to Medusa's palace in the sky on his journey, and deadly monsters will attack him every step of the way. But he has the power of the Gods on his side! A powerful bow and arrows, Water of Life, and Angel Feathers will assist Pit on his quest to destroy Medusa and save the princess! Kid Icarus is a platform game where the player goes through several vertically outlaid levels, shooting enemies with his bow on the way and collecting hearts they leave behind. Pit's bow can shoot both forward and upwards. As Pit continues upwards, more and more of the level ends up beyond the bottom of the screen and if Pit falls down out of the screen, he dies. The levels contain doors which lead to chambers of various types - some chambers are filled with enemies, some are treasuries which allow Pit to obtain a power-up, some are stores where Pit can buy stuff, some will replenish his health, in some Pit will be able to take a test in hopes of getting a powerful weapon, and finally some chambers give Pit a chance of receiving a strength upgrade, therefore increasing the amount of damage his attacks deal. Pit earns experience as he defeats enemies, and he gains levels from this experience. The more levels Pit has, the more maximum health he has. Hearts taken from enemies are used in shops to buy various items and power-ups. Items include a protective shield which harms enemies, a more powerful bow, a mallet which allows you to smash the poor Palutena's warriors turned to stone who will later help you to fight a boss, a torch to see yourself in dark areas and others."
12101,Star Reach,Space Federation,1994,6.6,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Managerial / business simulation, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Reach is set in space in the 23rd century. After an unsuccessful peace attempt between the seven alien nations present in the galaxy, war spread out with each nation trying to take control over the others. Gameplay is real-time, simultaneous action/strategy and blends economic strategy with outer-space combat. The player is in command of an expedition to conquer and control a galaxy of alien worlds. Victory is achieved by controlling every planet in the galaxy or by destroying enemies' headquarters. The player is in control of a vast fleet to assist in setting up colonies on other planets that can be used to take advantage of the available resources for production of goods for trade or production of weapons."
12102,Skramble,,1983,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A clone of one of the world's most cloned games, Scramble this is another example with the world's most popular name for Scramble clones, namely Skramble. You fly your spaceship through a cave system split in six sections. Pressing the joystick button will unleash both your front mounted gun and your bombs. Missiles will launch in your path in order to intercept you, and you must not only shoot those down, but also bomb all fuel cisterns you see, or you will run out of fuel. The second cave section introduces aliens that fly up and down in your path. In the third section, you are met by fire balls which are immune to your bullets. The fourth section is played out in a very cramped space, where you have little time to react to the missile launches. Here, the graphical style changes into a more technological one than the natural caves earlier on. The fifth section is equally cramped, but with steep shafts which must be descended into or ascended from with precision, due to the speed at which you are moving. Finally, the sixth section is an infinite loop where you must bomb a single enemy construction before you run out of fuel."
12104,Ancipital,,1984,7.3,Action,,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic",Ancipital is a typical Jeff Minter game with no storyline and an unusual setting. You play the role of what looks like a yak which can walk on two legs and shoots at enemies with bananas. At least in the first screen; the projectiles change in different levels. You can jump and flip upside down onto the ceiling to attack your foes. The gameplay involves you shooting at enemies until the floor or walls change to let you move to the next screen which can be seen on the map in the corner of the screen. Each level has different themes ranging from skull and crossbones to cigarette papers and lighters. There are 100 different levels in the game.
12113,Captain Novolin,,1992,4.6,"Action, Educational",Platform,,"Some Superheroes possess incredible strength, others can fly or make themselves invisible; Captain Novolin has the power of .. diabetes! And he is going to need that power when aliens (appropriately disguised as sugary junk food) come to take over the earth under command of their leader Blubberman. The first action the aliens take to pursue their evil plan is to kidnap the mayor of Pineville, who has only enough diabetes supplies for 48 hours! On his quest to save the mayor and defeat the aliens, Captain Novolin has to complete several Jump 'n Run levels while dodging attacking aliens and managing his diabetes. Before every level he has to take the right dose of insulin, and he shouldn't pick up more food items than he is advised to."
12120,Tōkyō Bus Annai,Tokyo Bus Guide,1999,6.5,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"In Tokyo Bus Guide players drive on three real-world routes of the Toei Bus service. In addition to stopping at the right bus stops on time, triggering announcements, and ensuring passenger comfort by not accelerating or braking too harshly, drivers also have to follow the rules of traffic by stopping at traffic lights, obeying speed limits, and correctly indicating when turning or changing lanes. Part of a green ""life bar"" in the lower left corner of the screen turns red every time a rule is violated or a task not completed correctly. More serious violations, such as crashing into another vehicle, entail more serious consequences than minor mishaps, such as forgetting to announce the next stop. The life bar can be replenished by passing or stopping at stations on time. When the life bar turns entirely red, the player is forced to retire prematurely. The three routes selectable in the game are the Niji 01 (across the Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo Bay area), Tian 70 (in the busy Shinjuku ward; this line was decommissioned in 2000), and Ume 76 (a more rural route in Western Tokyo). All the routes can be driven at noon, in the evening, or at night, with respectively different traffic density and amount of passengers. Some of the routes and schedules have to be unlocked by gaining experience in Story mode. Story mode also includes short cutscenes of interactions and monologues of some of the passengers, which play at certain bus stops. These cutscenes unlock brief files on the respective passenger's profiles in the main menu, along with occasional entries into an album. There is also a Free Run mode where no data is saved and no content can be unlocked. A mini-game that can be downloaded to the Visual Memory unit is a quiz game on Japanese road signs."
12133,Microsoft Windows 98/98SE (included games),"Campo Minado, Démineur, FreeCell, Memphis, Minesweeper, Solitaire, The Microsoft Hearts Network",1998,7.2,"Compilation, Puzzle, Strategy / tactics",Cards / tiles,,"The Microsoft Windows 98/98SE operating system is the successor to Microsoft Windows 95 The Second Edition ( Microsoft Windows 98 SE ) fixes issues in the first version and includes updates to software, accessory programs, and utilities. In either version users have the option to install a few games. All are single-player games playable only offline except for Microsoft Hearts Network which can be played as both single player and multiplayer over a LAN network. These games are not available separately or individually elsewhere. Included games are: The Second Edition also includes the demo versions of the following games on the disc ( cdsample\demos directory):"
12148,Gearheads,,1996,7.0,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Suppose you are child and want to play with your friend in 'virtual sand-box'. Cause you are not old enough to play chess or cards, you can use your beloved mechanical toys. They will help you to win a some sort of strategy game. In turn-based mode you have to activate different mechanical toys to get from one part of the sand-box to another. Your opponent do the same. If your toys pass their way twenty one times then you are winner. There are 12 types of toys. Every toy has own program of behaviour and out of control after activation. Some of toys has a program to deactivate the enemy toy. You can play against a computer and against your best friend."
12161,Monster Business,,1991,6.8,Action,Platform,,"Monster Business is influenced by vintage platformers such as Mr. Do and Dig Dug Bob owns a zoo, but the creatures (monkeys, snakes and all the rest) have gone on the rampage and must be stopped. Its levels contain ledges, ramps, and similar, and scroll vertically. Bob must aim his short range gun at them for long enough to cause them to explode, then release to send them up the screen, and ideally hit them again, to release as many bonus fruits as possible. This must all be done within a time limit – complete it before being told to hurry up and you get a time bonus."
12168,Air Rescue,,1992,6.6,Action,,,"Air Rescue is similar to Choplifter! You are a pilot of a helicopter and the object is to rescue hostages without being shot down by soldiers, jeeps, tanks, choppers, and ground-based missiles, and bring them back to base. A maximum of four hostages can fit into the helicopter at any given time, so it is necessary to make more than one trip. You can choose from a variety of weapons that you can use to shoot down enemies. There are five rounds, which take you through theme parks, burning skyscrapers, army bases, sunken submarines, and caverns. The round ends when you have taken the required number of hostages to the bases."
12173,Apprentice,,1990,7.2,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"If you can defeat the dragon Fumo, your status as a magician will be ensured. Many have tried to rid the world of his evil, but none have been strong enough. Gameplay scrolls sideways and is platform based, with a very cutesy and consolesque look, and 17 levels, each containing an extra hidden section. Each level has its own elemental setting, taking in the fires of Hell and the clouds and light of Heaven. The levels are full of boxes, which can be used as weapons by kicking them at enemies. As you go you can also collect money, which can be spent in shops to buy useful extras. Many collectibles and other items exist, such as leaves (which change the effects of gravity, allowing you to jump higher and stay hanging in the air for longer), extra lives, fruit for bonus points, and balloons allowing a degree of vertical movement."
12174,Evil-Garden,,1989,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Evil Garden is a Centipede variant. As with the original, the principle is that a centipede roams around the playing field and the player, stationed at the bottom row, tries to shoot it. Every time a part of the centipede is hit, it disappears. If two different parts are left, i.e. a part which is not the front or back is hit, they continue to move on their own. There are multiple obstacles, e.g. mushrooms which bounce back shots or lice which drop stones on the player, which try to hinder progress. On the other hand helpful power ups can be collected which have useful effects, e.g. an extra life, a better weapon or a shield. There are 32 levels, the goal is achieving a high score and the background story is about a mercenary who takes part in a competition for money and fame."
12175,BreakThru,"BreakThru: The Arcade Game, Johnny Turbo's Arcade: BreakThru, Kyōkō Toppa, Retro Classix: BreakThru",1986,4.7,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",,"BreakThru is a 2D side-scrolling vehicle shooter. Your mission: race, jump, and blast your way through five levels (mountains, bridge, plains, city, and airfield) of enemy defenses to recapture the stolen jet fighter. A host of enemy soldiers, mines, vehicles, and aircraft will try to stop you, though. Oh yeah... and don't forget to watch out for those rocket attacks and falling rocks!"
12178,64th. Street: A Detective Story,Arcade Archives: 64th. Street,1991,6.5,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"64th Street: A Detective Story is a 2D beat'em up game, similar to Final Fight The game has two heroes to choose from: Rick Anderson, a 35-year old professional private detective and Rick's 19-year old pupil Allen Tombs. A rich man hired them to rescue his daughter, who was kidnapped by an evil corporation. The gameplay is typical of the genre, the player goes right (in a limited way also up and down) and fights against groups of enemies (and standard, strong, tough boss at the end of the level). The heroes use different fighting styles, and can use various objects."
12183,JetFighter: The Adventure,,1988,7.2,Simulation,,"Cold War, North America","Fly the F/A-18, F-16, and F-14 in a hypothetical invasion of the U.S. west coast by the Soviet Union. Missions range from combat air patrols to bombing runs to intercepting cruise missiles. Plus, carrier launches and landings are also possible. Graphics include a detailed model of San Francisco -- the Golden Gate Bridge, Transamerica tower/pyramid, and more are all represented. This game is effectively an enhanced version of F/A-18 Interceptor from the Amiga (same setting, programmers etc) with extra missions and the addition of the F-14."
12185,Pegasus,,1991,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Fantasy,"In this game, an evil demon called Satan has spread chaos in the world, and someone has to stop him. This is where you come in. Playing as the hero Perseus, you have to go to 5 different worlds, each with its own theme, and kill Satan's guardians (end of level bosses). A friendly wizard has also given you a magical flying horse called Pegasus, to help you in your quest. Each world has 10 levels, and half of them are played flying on Pegasus back, and the other half walking, without your magical horse. When flying, the game plays like a Shoot'em up, but when walking, it's a platform game, and you have to rely on your sword. You can buy weapon upgrades and other bonuses, if you collect enough diamonds. They can be found spread out all over the levels, and fallen enemies drop them sometimes as well. If your health drops too low, you can also heal yourself by spending some diamonds. After every world, you get a password, letting you continue from the same place the next time you play. That's fortunate, because this game takes a long time to complete."
12187,Wasteland,"Wasteland 1: The Original Classic, Wasteland: Adventure in Post-Nuclear America",1988,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),,"North America, Post-apocalyptic","Wasteland takes place in the future after the nuclear holocaust of World War III. The player guides band of Desert Rangers from town to town, gradually uncovering a sinister plot that threatens what's left of mankind. Much of the game is played like most other RPGs of its time: the player navigates the party through the top-down world, fights enemies (which appear randomly in hostile areas) in turn-based style on combat screens represented by enemy pictures, acquires information, equipment, and items from NPCs in towns, etc. The player can create a whole party of adventurers and/or recruit some of the characters that populate the game's world. However, Wasteland also introduced an original skill system that has had a significant influence on the genre. The game makes use of the skill system in conjunction with traditional character attributes to achieve goals and get past obstacles. Beside helping the characters to fight more efficiently, main attributes sometimes have an impact on activities used outside of combat. For example, high strength can be applied to break a heavy object, charisma rating might influence the way NPCs interact with the main character, etc. The skills work in a similar way: some of them improve the characters' proficiencies with different types of attacks and weapons, while others are needed to solve and/or by pass certain situations during interaction with the game's characters and objects. These skills are rather diverse, ranging from physical abilities such as swimming to more complex actions (medic, lock-picking), or even psychological states (confidence). Skill learning and progression depend on the main character's IQ rating."
12188,Disney's Beauty and the Beast,La Belle et la Bête,1992,6.6,Educational,,,"Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Be Our Guest is translation of the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast Players solve simple puzzles playing as side characters with the aim of organizing a ball for Beauty and the Beast. The game is presented in colorful graphics and animations with a midi soundtrack. The game is aimed at children with simple puzzles such as memory, sorting pieces of cloth and creating a tune. As there is no way to fail a puzzle (the player can always try again), the player can't do anything wrong."
12192,The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension,The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension!,1984,6.0,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A tie-in to the 1984 film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension you play the ineffably cool Dr. Banzai: radical neurosurgeon, cutting-edge physicist, nemesis of nefarious criminal mastermind Hanoi Xan and lead guitarist of new-wave sensation the Hong Kong Cavaliers. (Unfortunately, you'll have to take our word for it, as the game doesn't make much use of these qualities). As in the wacky movie, your goal here is ultimately to overcome a potentially planet-destroying bomb set by the Black Lectroids, inhabitants of Planet 10. Unlike the movie, you don't accomplish this by overcoming the Red Lectroids from the 8th Dimension with the assistance of Team Banzai and the Blue Blaze Irregulars -- instead you wander an eerily depopulated town to procure the necessary components (gasoline, sand, bauxite and ""a special catalyst"") to power up your oscillation overthruster -sporting jet-car and transmit cancellation codes to the bomb. The game uses a simple VERB NOUN text parser and, on some platforms, illustrates the scene with static images."
12195,Holiday Island,,1996,6.7,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Holiday Island is in the style of Sim City but instead of building a town you have to fill up some Caribbean isles to create the ideal holiday location. There are more than 60 different buildings to choose from - hotels, bars, car rentals, sport facilities, parks, discos and many more. You are facing several rivals, and can play dirty tricks on them to inhibit their progress You can start an endless game or play one of the 6 scenarios, each with a different goal. The backing MIDI music is Caribbean -themed - Reggae and samba."
12196,Mario Party 3,马里奥聚会3,2000,7.4,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Board game, Mini-games, Party game",Fantasy,"The series continues with a set of 70 new mini-games. Play in the new single-player Story mode, or bring in some friends for Party mode. Four player games and a new two player mode are also available for play. In Battle Royale mode (four player), you race around different boards to earn the most stars and coins. At the end of each round, you face it off in one of the mini-games, which can be chicken chases, snowball fights, or various other competitions. Duel mode allows play between just two people. You still race around the board, but mini-games are only played when you land on a specific square. Another play change is the addition of another character for your team, allowing tag team-style action in the game. Story mode is essentially the same as a Battle Royale, except your opponents are played by the computer."
12199,Soul Fighter,,1999,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"Pick the warrior, thief, or wizard, and fight through five huge levels, each with its own boss. Your main weapons are your fists, but you can pull out weapons for quick kills. You only get so many shots with your weapon before it breaks, though. Gameplay is basic 3D brawling. You will be attacked by one or more enemies, and will need to defend yourself, and attack back. The game features arcade and adventure modes. In the arcade mode, the levels are timed, and you only get 5 lives but you are revived where you died. In adventure mode, you get unlimited retries of each level, but must complete each level on a single life. Note that your objective in each level is to kill every enemy; since the levels have multiple paths, you will need to backtrack often."
12208,Shape Shifter,Shapeshift: Makai Eiyū Den,1992,6.8,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The Dark Ones have captured the Ring of Five and imprisoned the wizards that guard it. A barbarian named Lykos has the power to transform into different creatures. He needs to rescue the wizards and the Ring of Five from the Dark Ones before they invade his home, Krellion. Shape Shifter is a side-scrolling action game with platforming and light role-playing elements. Much of the game consists of traversing hostile areas, fighting regular enemies on the way and defeating bosses. The game's ""hub"" area is a town where Lykos can replenish his health and buy any of the three available weapons (axe, mace, or bow). These weapons can be upgraded by enchanting them or picking up power-ups. After Lykos rescues a wizard he gains access to a transformation power. Transformations require special gems and cannot be performed if Lykos runs out of them. There are four transformations in the game: the panther can jump over large gaps; the shark can swim; the golem can jump higher; and the golden dragon can fly. Each of these forms can also collect power-ups that unlocks a few other attack abilities. The game's stages are interconnected, but usually a new form must be acquired before Lykos can access a new area. Lykos has eight lives consisting of smaller health units (hearts). The game can only be saved in the town."
12211,J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth,,1989,6.4,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"War in Middle Earth on 8-bit machines is a simpler version of the 16-bit game It doesn't feature the questing and RPG aspects of the other title and is instead a pure strategy game. The player controls the forces of good in the War of the Ring from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings The game begins with the Fellowship of the Ring just having formed in Rivendell and the hobbit Frodo Baggins carrying the One Ring. The ultimate goal of the game is to get the ring bearer to the cracks of Mount Doom to destroy the ring. The game is lost if the ring bearer is killed or corrupted by the ring's influence or if Sauron's forces capture the city of Minas Tirith. The game takes place in three different views. The Middle Earth Map displays the whole of the land on one screen, with the player's armies highlighted (unlike the 16-bit versions, enemy armies cannot be seen until encountered). A more detailed view is available in the Campaign Map. This displays much more detail of the land, showing rivers, roads, forests, mountains, towns, et cetera. Units are displayed as shield icons, representing either individual characters or larger military formations. If combat occurs, the Battle Screen is employed, which shows every individual soldier. Orders to units and characters are given on the Campaign Map. Units can be told to move to a certain position or either join or follow another unit. While giving orders, the game is paused. Time starts running with the appropriate command given from the Middle Earth Map, with units following their movement orders, and stops again if the enemy is encountered. Before a battle is fought, the two party's statistics can be compared on the Campaign Map. The battles themselves are fought in real time. Individual soldiers can be ordered to attack an enemy and it is also possible to directly control each friendly combatant with the joystick. The own forces will not move until given orders, but will defend themselves if attacked. Combat ends if either side is completely defeated. If the ring bearer is involved in a battle he does not wish to be part of, he can use the ring to disappear. This of course can have severe consequences. Using the ring enhances its corrupting influence, and it is of no use against the Nazgûl, who will instead attack only the ring bearer if the ring is worn. Should the corrupting influence become too much, the ring can be given to another character in the same space on the Campaign Map. Each character and soldier is rated in different categories determining damage rate and strength, amount and depletion rate of energy and more. Elves, dwarves and men move at different speeds. Of special importance is the virtue rating, which determines how fast the ring corrupts the ring bearer. Many of the major and minor characters of the book are featured in the game and can be controlled, including the entire Fellowship, Gollum, and the leaders and captains of the free peoples like Thranduil, Celeborn, Dáin, Brand, Théoden and Denethor. The starting positions of the player's units correspond with the setting of the book: the Fellowship is in Rivendell, armies of men in Rohan and Gondor, elves in Lothlórien and dwarves in the northern mountains. It is not necessary to follow the strategy employed in the book and send off the ring bearer alone while having the larger armies fight diversionary battles. It is also possible to keep him well-escorted and break into Mordor through the front gate."
12213,Boulder Dash: Construction Kit,Boulder Dash IV,1986,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Rockford returns in another Boulder Dash adventure which contains 15 new levels, in addition to the easy-to-use game editor. Players can build, save, and play their own levels. The software includes a feature to sequence your levels on a separate game disk. All of the elements and hazards from the previous Boulder Dash outings are back: The fireflies, butterflies, growing amoebas, enchanted walls, and of course, the boulders. New features include titanium (indestructible) walls, growing walls, and slime that allows boulders and diamonds to drop through it at a varying rate."
12222,GP Rider,,1990,6.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Oceania,"GP Rider is an arcade like motorcycle racing game that players can race in all the tracks of all the 15 tracks of the 1989 Motorcycle Grand Prix. There is also an extra Arcade track for the player to race on. There are 3 modes of play that are Arcade, Tournament, and Grand Prix. In Arcade the player races on only 1 track that is named Arcade. In Tournament players get to choose any number of tracks to race, from 0 (which defaults to the Arcade track) to all 15 available tracks. Grand Prix is where the player races in all 15 tracks in order of the 1989 season. All races regardless of the mode played in the same way. The game is played on a split screen even if only one player is playing. A CPU character named Wayne controls the bike on the top screen if there is no other player playing. Wayne races like a real player would, having both good and bad races and occasionally making mistakes. The race is made up of a Qualify to determine gird position and then the Race where the player races 15 other races (including Wayne) over a predefined number of laps depending on track length. The track can raced in ether the wet or the dry (only dry in Arcade mode) and the weather can change from the Qualify to the Race. The races take place on flat roads with straights and curves simulating the layout of the real track. On the bike there is a fuel gage that simply counts down the seconds left of fuel and is automatically refilled at the completion of each lap. If the player doesn’t complete the lap before time runs out then the player will “Out of Fuel” and end the race in the placed down with other non-finishers. At the end of each race (accept in Arcade mode) the player will get points depending on there position before going onto the next race. The player sets up the bike with some basic set ups that are all available from the start. In Arcade mode the player has the options of an Automatic or Manual gearbox with either High Gearing (better top speed) or Low Gearing (better acceleration). In Tournament and Grand Prix modes the options are extended to Engine type of Lean, Medium, and Thirsty which progressively adds speed while cutting the time available per lap. There is gearing that works the same as Arcade mode, and a tyre type of wet and dry depending on the weather."
12232,The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga,O Incrível Hulk: A Saga do Panteão,1996,5.3,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"The Incredible Hulk is an isometric 3D action game. The popular Marvel comic book hero The Hulk returns to the PC, Playstation and Saturn systems to battle tons of lowly enemies and the occasional monstrous super-villain. When the lawful Pantheon society of superheroes kidnaps the green giant, he joins forces with his abductors and smashes through 13+2 isometric 3D levels (in a look reminiscent of the Loaded series of games). True to the comic books, the Hulk relies on no other weapons than his massive muscles to punch, kick and crush his enemies. When he has accumulated enough gamma energy, he may use powerful special moves like a Vortex Spin or the Floor Hammer. Rare bonus items also allow the Hulk to summon one of the four Pantheon team members Atalanta, Ulysses, Ajax and Hector to assist in the thick of battle. Most levels include at least one arch-enemy, such as Piecemeal, Trauma & Lazarus or the U-Foes. Luckily, the Hulk’s regenerative powers allow him to regain health slowly. Little seems to be left of the Hulk’s legendary leaping capacity, however, so the green meat ball is forced to hop from platform to platform every now and then. You can find more information on The Incredible Hulk comic books in the trivia and links sections."
12235,Seiken Densetsu 3,"Secret of Mana 2, Trials of Mana",1995,8.0,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"Seiken Densetsu 3 is set in the same world as the two previous Seiken Densetsu games (the first is Final Fantasy Adventure and the second is most known as Secret of Mana ). The mysterious power of Mana is also the center of all events in Seiken Densetsu 3 Years have passed, and all the destructive powers of Mana have been securely sealed by Mana Swords into eight seeds, all placed in eight different kingdoms. But some people know about those sealed powers, and they don't want to free them for the sake of humanity, but for their own gain - such as the kingdom of Altena, which is slowly freezing and which can be saved only by the legendary powers. The game features several plot lines connected to each other by their common background. In the beginning of the game, you are offered to choose a group of three among six different characters of different classes: Duran the Fighter, Angela the Magic User, Lisa the Amazon, Carlie the Cleric, Kevin the Grappler and Hawk the Thief. Each one of them has her/his own background story and dwells in a different land. Gradually, the connections between those different characters become apparent, and the seemingly loose story lines are connected into a whole. Seiken Densetsu 3 like the previous game of the series, is an action RPG, with real time combat."
12236,Alien Virus,,1995,5.6,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alien Virus is a point-and-click adventure with a sci-fi setting and SVGA graphics. The player uses the command bar (with the four verbs ""use"", ""take"", ""use"" and ""close"") to interact with the environment. The puzzles are inventory based. Conversations take a minor role. The player is cast as starship pilot Joshua Stone, who is returning to the space station Zeus to meet his girlfriend Cara after delivering some cargo. Upon arrival, he finds the station to be completely abandoned. Hence curious and bewildered, he wants to find out what happened."
12242,Maelstrom,Syd Mead's Maelstrom: A New Form of Entertainment,1992,6.3,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Maelstrom is a managerial space strategy and simulation game. After the last great war, a small and previously unnoticed planet, Zokbar J, seized the opportunity and pounced on the broken pieces, creating the ""Syndicate,"" which now vies for domination of the galaxy. You defected, and now control Harmony, a large Fitzholium miner, and can manage your planets' resources to build a fleet and defeat the Syndicate."
12244,Burger Time Deluxe,BurgerTime Deluxe,1991,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"You play as Peter Pepper, Chef Extraordinaire. Your objective is to make burgers by walking across the all the parts completely. Each area where the burger pieces are, are connected by ladders. Watch out though, these areas are patrolled by the food foes, Me. Hot Dog, Mr. Pickle, and Mr. Egg. Pepper is his best weapon against them. One shake can send send them into a crying fit allowing Peter to pass by. Pepper is a precious commodity and must be conserved. Each successive level gets harder with more enemies and parts of the burger to walk across."
12249,Championship Pool,Super Billiard: Championship Pool,1993,6.4,Sports,,,"Championship Pool is a pool game where players can 8-ball or 9-ball pool tournament that starts off with the BCA Regional Championship where the player must defeat 32 opponents in a first to four games match. If the player loses against any of the 32 opponents, they are then eliminated from the tournament. The winner of that then goes onto the World Championship. All of the gameplay is done from a top down view of the table. The player moves an icon to indicate location they want to hit the ball too. To aid in the aiming, a ghost of the cue ball and the first ball that is hit is repetitively played out to show the path of the hit ball. With the all the shots there is a very small margin of error, but this is only notable when a long shot is played or a shot from a sharp angle and the ghost balls will randomly play out all the possible occurrences. The player can also change the power and spin of the played shot with the ghost balls will updating to show the outcome of those changes. There are 4 different game modes that can be chosen, each with a different set of pool games. The different game modes and there games are: 1. Tournament: The player must defeat 32 different players in a first to four knockout tournament in 8-ball or 9-ball pool before going on to the World Championship. During the tournament the opponent is never actually is seen playing there shots. Instead, when it is the opponents turn, it cuts to an image of the player with a caption and then returns the control to the player with some balls removed and moved. This way the opponent can finish the game within 4 turns regardless of if they where snookered or not. 2. Challenge : It has many different pool games that are played, all with one player without an opponent. The games are: 14.1 Challenge * – After the break the ball is placed anywhere at the top of the table behind the line. At that point, the player can hit any ball but once the fails to hit a ball in a hole the game is over. If there is only one ball left on the table the rest of the balls are re-racked and play continues. At the end score is given based on the number of balls that where hit in the holes. The score are tallied up over 5 games to get the total score. Eight Ball - After the break the ball is placed anywhere at the top of the table behind the line. The player must hit all the chosen set of balls (stripes or solids) and the 8-ball in one turn. The score is based on how many balls where hit in. Nine Ball - After the break the ball is placed anywhere at the top of the table behind the line. The player must hit the 9 ball in one turn. The score is based on how many balls where hit in. Equal Offence – Same as 14.1 Challenge but there is only one game played. Three Pool – Only have 3 balls on the table. Score is based on how many shots it takes to get all three balls in with lower been better. Speed Pool – Objective is to hit all the balls in as quickly as possible as a timer is timing how long the game takes. Any ball can be hit at any time and the player can miss the shot and not be penalised (other than taking longer). 3. Party: It has many different multiplayer pool games that are played with ether just 2 or 2 to 8 human players. The games are: Eight Ball (2 Players) * – A standard eight ball game with the players taking turns to play. Nine Ball (2-8 Players) – A standard nine ball game with up to 8 players taking turns. First player to get the 9-ball in wins. 14.1 Continuous (2 Players) – Players can hit any ball in for a point. If a shot is missed then other player plays. If there is only one ball on the table the pocketed balls are re-racked. Play continues until one of the players reaches the score chosen at the start of the game. Ten Ball (2-8 Players) – Same as Nine Ball except with 10 balls. Rotation (2-8 Players) – Only the lowest ball can be hit and the score for getting a ball in is the value of the ball (e.g. 8-ball is 8 points). Player with the highest score at the end of the game wins. Straight Pool (2 Players) – Same as 14.1 Continuous but the player with the highest score after one game wins. Equal Offence (2-8 Players) – Same as Equal Offence in challenge mode but players can take turns to beat each others score. Fifteen Ball (2-8 Players) – Same as Rotation except that any ball can be hit not just the lowest. One Pocket (2 Players) – The two players are given one of the two pockets at the end of the table. The player must hit all the balls in there nominated pocket with the one with the most balls wins. Three Ball (2-8 Players) – Same as Three Ball in challenge mode but players can take turns to beat each other’s score. Speed Ball (2-8 Players) – Same as Speed Ball in challenge mode but players can take turns to beat each other’s score. 4. Freestyle: Lets the player practice with no opponent, no penalties, the ability to move any ball to the desired location (or remove by throwing the ball in the pocket), and the ability to place potted balls back on the table."
12251,Big Sky Trooper,,1995,6.9,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"On day an alien race of slugs is out patrolling space, when they encounter the Lucasarts logo. The logo, as we all know looks like a statue of a person with his hands extending towards the sky. Seeing this logo, the slugs determine that ours is a race made up of BONES and of ADVERTISING, two things the slugs simply hate. So they attack. With the slug invasion in full swing, earth is quite simply outnumbered by the gooey slugs. It must recruit special super soldiers, Big Sky Troopers, armed with a special heavily armored suit to combat the menace. So urgent is the need for qualified Big Sky Troopers, that recruiting and rank are petty things. It is not unknown for example for a brand new trooper to start as a 21-star general in the army. Once selected, it is up to your Big Sky Trooper, piloting a FIDO class starship, to engage the slugs in space and in planetfall and thwart their plans to destroy mythical galactic devices and conquer humanity."
12254,Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side,,1995,7.6,Action,Fighting,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy","Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side is an enhanced port of the Genesis version of Eternal Champions It contains added features such as new characters and moves, CGI cutscenes (including intro, cinematic kills and outros), CD quality music and many secrets. The game contains thirteen characters altogether to select from at the beginning and there are twelve secret characters to be unlocked as well."
12255,Bust-A-Move 3,"Bust-A-Move '99, Bust-A-Move 3 DX, Puzzle Bobble 3, Puzzle Bobble 3 DX, Puzzle Bobble 64",1996,7.9,Puzzle,"Arcade, Tile matching puzzle",Fantasy,"One day, Dunk, the magic magician of Bubble World, releases a spell that transports eight characters from their home worlds to Bubble World. Now it is the player's turn to bring them back home! In Bust-A-Move 3, you must try to remove all the bubbles in each stage by connecting three or more of the same color. Five playing modes are available: The Nintendo 64 version also includes two- and four-player modes."
12256,The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest,"KOF '98, The King of Fighters '98: Dream Match Never Ends",1998,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"The King of Fighters '98 takes a break from the Orochi plot line and instead is presented as a ""Dream Match"" game where the KOF roster duke it out for the top spot (similar to Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 but without the storyline component). Most of the characters from the past four years return, thus providing the player with a very large roster containing 38 characters. Many of the characters have been altered in an attempt to make the game balanced regardless of the player's choice of fighter. Rugal Bernstein is provided as a non-secret character for the first time in KOF '98, and several regular characters have hidden ""alternate"" versions that may also be used in-game. KOF '98 uses the same gameplay system present in The King of Fighters '97 so players may still choose between Extra and Advanced modes. In addition to the Survival battle mode and the ability to choose between Single Play or Team Play, versions of the game on console systems that use CDs to contain their media (PSX, Neo-Geo CD) also include an Art Gallery one may look at."
12258,Dark Reign 2,,2000,7.6,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The sequel to Dark Reign: The Future of War comes in real 3D, which is not the only new feature in this title. Gameplay is still the same like it used to be some years ago - just another RTS from that point of view. Music is dynamic and changes when it comes to a battle. Between the missions are short rendered clips. The coordination of the units is easy, and the terrains are unique in this game."
12263,007: The World Is Not Enough,"007: Die Welt ist nicht genug, 007: O Mundo não é o Bastante, James Bond 007: Le Monde ne Suffit pas, TWINE",2000,7.7,Action,Shooter,,"007: The World is Not Enough is a James Bond game based on the 1999 movie of the same name. Both game and film follow Bond's investigation of attacks on a British oil tycoon's new pipeline, while the game introduces new areas and a backstory not seen in the film. James Bond is a MI5 agent that employs gadgets and gunplay, with each mission requiring the player to complete specific objectives outlined in a pre-mission briefing. In contrast to the PlayStation title of the same name, this version is structured more like a successor to Rare 's GoldenEye 007 There are 14 missions with three difficulty settings (Agent, Special Agent, 00 Agent), and higher difficulty settings add increasingly complicated objectives to each mission. An ""awards"" system encourages replay by granting new multiplayer skins, maps, and modes for beating target times for single-player levels. The game includes a local, split-screen multiplayer mode for up to four players or a combination of computer-controlled bots. Some levels are taken from single-player mode, while others are exclusive to multiplayer. New game modes include King of the Hill, Capture The Briefcase, and Last Agent Standing. The notorious Golden Gun also returns from GoldenEye 007 and retains its one-shot-kill power. Weapon groups and victory conditions can be tweaked at the start of a multiplayer match."
12265,Metalizer,,1998,6.9,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Metalizer the player takes the role of Val Gordon whose goal is to defend his home planet Tress from an invasion. For that reason he travels through the country Djelassia to put together a team with four metalizers, combat robots similar to BattleMechs. The story is told in Full Motion Video with a length of one hour. Basically Metalizer is a real-time strategy game without base building which focuses on the combat. But the player can pause the game at any time to give orders. Accuracy and amount of damage are based on the stats of the pilot and the equipment of the robot. Combat experience results in higher capabilities of the pilots. Besides the main character the player can choose his companions - there are 50 with different abilities to choose from. Of course the player has to pay them with the money he earns during the missions or in arena fights. Besides new pilots this money can be spent on upgrades for the 20 metalizer models."
12271,Zarlor Mercenary,,1990,6.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Zarlor Mercenary is a vertically scrolling shooter in which players takes the role of a mercenary group. The scenario is a long-time war between the Mendicant and Zarlor races and the mercenaries are hired by the Zarlors to clear out six levels hold by Mendicants. The basic gameplay consists of using a space ship to kill all enemy opposition on the way to the level end. Getting hit by their attacks lowers the health bar which leads to a life loss when completely gone. On the other hand, every killed enemy or destroyed building gives money which can be used between levels to buy upgrades like mega bombs (damages all enemies on the screen), a back cannon, extra lives or a powerful shield. While the direction is always vertically, the screen can be slightly scrolled left and right. Up to four players can participate in co-op gameplay; the difficulty is only effected by starting out with less lives. Then there are also two additional upgrades to buy: invisibility to hide from other players and back stabber which damages the other players instead of the enemies."
12278,NFL Xtreme 2,,1999,6.3,"Action, Sports",Arcade,,"This football game is a followup to NFL Xtreme The game contains both an NFL and NFLPA license and features over 125 taunts made by 23 real NFL players and over 150 different player celebrations. Game modes include an Exhibition, Season, Playoff and Tournament mode. Other features include trades, free-agent acquisitions, a draft, the ability to create a player, three difficulty levels, adjustable weather, adjustable quarter lengths, and three different game speeds. The game is similar to NFL Blitz It features arcade-style five-on-five football that emphasizes speed of play and hard hits and tackles. Streamlined play calling and the fact that there are no penalties helps to encourage this fast paced type of gameplay. The game also has two passing interfaces, an icon-based passing method and a one-button method where the computer makes the pass for the player. Some offensive moves players can perform include power shoulder charges, double spins, super jukes, stiff arms, and clothesline tackles."
12286,Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter,Guerra nas Estrelas: X-Wing Vs. TIE Fighter,1997,7.6,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"X-Wing Vs. TIE Fighter is the third game in the X-Wing series of Star Wars space combat simulators from. The game contains a suite of multiplayer modes supporting up to 4 players over the Internet and up to 8 players on a LAN. The game also features a completely re-written game engine and introduces stronger AI, more sophisticated scripting, enhanced graphics, and a CD audio soundtrack. The multiplayer component requires an in-depth scoring method to balance player skill and craft configuration/armament. The plot is deliberately vague as the focus of the game is on multiplayer (both free-for-all and team-oriented, including co-op vs. NPCs). Rather, the missions are somewhat generic and reflect typical combat scenarios such as attacks, raids, escorts, base defense, meeting engagements, etc. Gameplay remains true to the series signature style of dogfighting in space. The Star Wars universe portrays such combat in a way that is obviously inspired by World War II air and naval combat, and as with all games in the series, the simulator places a premium on situational awareness and demanding flight controls."
12290,War Gods,,1995,5.2,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"War Gods is a one-on-one fighting game that takes place in 3D environments. The fighter under your control can perform many different moves, and string those moves together to perform ""combos."" Furthermore, the fighters all have special ""finishing moves"" that eliminate your opponent in some gruesome manner at the end of a match. There are 10 different fighters to choose from, all based on different ancient civilizations. The graphics in War Gods are fairly unique. They were created by texture-mapping 3D character models with digitized photos of people. This gives them a reasonably lifelike look."
12292,F1 Manager,"F1 Manager 2001, F1 Official Team Manager",2000,6.8,Racing / Driving,Managerial / business simulation,,"Manage an F1 team from the 1999 season onwards. You are in control of every aspect of F1 managing, both at the office and on the circuit. You manage everything from sponsors, development, employees etc to testing, car assembly and pit stop strategies. All tracks, sponsors, drivers, teams and employees have their real names and pictures in the game, adding to the realism factor. At racing day, you have a variety of camera angles to choose to watch your drivers from, and you can even use the TV view that lets you view the race as it would look on TV. You also have a simple to use interface where you can manage pit stops and driver aggressiveness, and also watch stats on lap times, tire wear etc."
12295,Firestriker,Holy Striker,1993,7.0,Action,Pinball,Fantasy,"A long time ago the kingdoms of wind, fire, earth and water competed for the Trialight, a weapon created by the Arch Mage Wylde that can only be used by a Firestriker. The kingdom of wind won and united the four kingdoms. Wylde however, was not satisfied with peace and conjured four monsters to overthrow the united world. Now, only the kingdom of wind remains and the player takes control over the last Firestriker to free the other kingdoms and defeat the monsters. Even though Firestriker looks like a typical SNES RPG, it is in fact an action game that has more in common with a pinball-game than with any other genre. The Trialight is a ball of fire that basically behaves like a pinball. The player controls the Firestriker who can freely walk across the screen and strike at the Trialight to control its movement. Levels are filled with obstacles, destroyable block and monsters. Monsters and blocks can only be destroyed by the Trialight. The goal of each level is to maneuver the Trialight towards the exit of the screen. The exit is usually blocked by destroyable obstacles and sometimes certain conditions (such as killing all monsters or destroying certain objects) have to be fulfilled before a level can be completed. If the Firestriker is killed or the Trialight falls off the screen, the player loses a life. Additionally to the Firestriker, the player can use the shoulder buttons to control a magician who (in single player mode) stays at the bottom of the screen. The levels consist of several screens and are entered from a world map. As the game progresses, the player will also fight several bosses and free other Firestrikers whose special abilities are necessary to complete the game. Firestriker also features a two-player cooperative mode as well as a duel-mode for up to four players."
12296,Wrecking Crew,,1985,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Wrecking Crew is a platform action game for one or two players. Players control Mario and Luigi, who need to demolish various buildings. After each wall in the building has been destroyed, players move on to the next (and more difficult) building. Many of the buildings have a puzzle element to them; players may need to find the path to reach all of the walls without the heroes getting trapped at a dead end. Wandering throughout the buildings are dangerous creatures and the construction foreman, all of whom will stop Mario and Luigi from completing their task. The game features 100 levels. A construction set is included, allowing players to create and play their own buildings."
12302,FIFA 2000,,1999,6.7,Sports,,,"The FIFA series receives its only entry on the Game Boy Color with FIFA 2000 The game is very similar to developer Tiertex' earlier entries in the series with the same isometric graphics (updated for the GBC's capabilities) and many similar options and modes. It features the traditional exhibition, tournament, playoffs and league modes and adds a new mode for indoor games. Also new is a quick start option for a quick random game. There are 63 teams available (up from 52 in the predecessors) - 62 national squads plus the THQ Tornados all-star team."
12305,Questprobe: Featuring Human Torch and the Thing,"Questprobe 3: Fantastic Four - Chapter 1, Questprobe: Featuring The Human Torch and The Thing",1985,7.5,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,The 3rd installment of Questprobe's Marvel comic book text adventures with graphics. Free Alicia Masters from the evil Doctor Doom by playing the Thing and the Human Torch. You can switch between the two characters at any time during gameplay.
12308,Sports TV: Boxing!,,1998,6.5,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Sports TV: Boxing! is a managerial simulation. The player is the owner of a small boxing promoting firm and forms world class boxers from unknown amateurs. Similar to managerial games set in the soccer business the player sets the training and diet schedules, organizes matches and reels sponsors in. Other possibilities are stock dealing and sabotaging competitors. The matches are shown in 3D and the player can give orders like ""avoid him"" or left-right combination""."
12316,Boxxle II,Sōko-ban 2,1990,6.8,Puzzle,,,"In this sequel to Boxxle Willy's girlfriend has been kidnapped by a UFO and now he wants to earn enough money to buy a rocket and rescue her. And what better way is there to earn money than pushing crates? And there are lots of crates to be pushed in all 120 levels of the game. The new levels are the major difference between Boxxle 2 and its predecessor as there are no graphical changes to speak of. To solve all these levels, you'll once again have to push crates onto certain spots, which is made difficult by the fact that you can only push but not pull them so that it can easily happen that you push a crate into a dead end or block your own way. A password records your progress, but there is no battery to save your self-created levels."
12320,Aevum Obscurum,"Age of Conquest, Age of Conquest: Europe",2000,7.7,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Turn-based strategy (TBS)","Fantasy, Historical events","Age of Conquest is a medieval strategy game about world domination in 1300 Europe. You take the reigns of a budding empire and struggle for control of the world. It is designed as a multiplayer game, but also features a single player game mode. Options include military, population and economy management. You can interact with other players by means of messaging. A diplomacy panel allows for alliances, non-aggressive pacts and cease-fires. Age of Conquest uses a turn-based system which resembles a play-by-mail game, although everything is automated. More than 50 players can join a single game."
12321,The Castle,,1998,6.8,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Set in a surreal castle of medieval surroundings mixed with mystical hi-tech machines, you must search for clues and solve challenging riddles as a plot about love, passion, and deception unravels. Noemi found herself trapped in the castle with two men from her past where they encountered an oracle who seemed to predict the future. Suddenly, one of the men disappeared. By finding Noemi's lost diary, solving strange puzzles, and finding hidden secret passages, you may have a chance to figure out what happened to them."
12323,Shinobi,SEGA AGES: Shinobi,1987,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"You control a shinobi, Joe Musashi, who must battle his way through each level in search of hostages which must be rescued. You have shurikens, kicks and punches to defend yourself with, as well as powerful ninja magic which can clear the screen of enemies in one go. Each level is broken down into smaller scenes, and hostages are guarded by big blokes who throw swords. Watch out for gun-toting enemy henchmen and ninjas. Reaching the end of each level will find you battling it out with a boss. These range from 8ft tall giants to helicopter gunships."
12326,International Superstar Soccer 64,Jikkyō World Soccer 3,1997,8.5,Sports,,,"International Superstar Soccer 64 is a football (European)/soccer simulation game that lets players experience the excitement and drama of professional soccer. The Japanese release is specific to Japan's J-League. Players can choose from a variety of national and club teams from around the world and compete in matches against other teams for the International Cup; World League is a series of 70 matches against every team from around the world. There are six game modes to play, including a 1-4 player Exhibition, League, Cup, and Training - each with its own unique challenges and objectives. You can also play a penalty shoot-out competition with up to 4 players, or attempt to complete certain scenario games (where each game is set up with a specific goal, for example scoring a goal within a given time limit or stopping the opposing team from scoring, etc.). In Exhibition mode, players can choose to play a single match against any team in the game. The League mode allows players to participate in a full season of matches, competing against other teams to win the championship. In Cup mode, players can participate in a tournament-style competition, competing against multiple teams to become the champion. The game's Training mode is a great way for players to practice their skills and improve their performance. It allows players to practice different soccer techniques and hone their gameplay skills. One of the most notable features of International Superstar Soccer 64 is its AI, which provides a challenging and dynamic gameplay experience. The game also includes multiple camera angles, allowing players to see the action from various perspectives."
12333,Swords of Twilight,,1989,6.7,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Swords of Twilight is a real-time RPG for 1-3 players. In 3-player mode, 2 use joysticks, and the third uses the keyboard. Form your party of 3 from 31 pre-made characters. Characters have different personalities, speed, magic and fighting abilities. Travel through the 8 parallel worlds (you'll note many similarities) to find the 7 Swords of Twilight. You will talk and/or fight creatures you meet along the way. As time passes your characters will get hungry and sleepy, and if they are not fed or given rest there are consequences."
12336,Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego?,Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?,1986,7.0,"Educational, Puzzle",,North America,"As a detective, the player must hunt down Carmen Sandiego's henchmen, who have stolen outrageous items that are important in US history and heritage. Using clues, the player will follow the henchmen from city to city."
12338,Dracula the Undead,,1992,6.5,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"In this game you play the role of Jonathan Harker, an Estate Agent who has visited Dracula's castle to conduct some business. The gameplay is a point and click style adventure except it has been tweaked to accommodate the Lynx controls. To interact with an object you move Jonathan next to the object with the D-Pad and then its name will pop up in the interaction bar. You then need to select an action such as Open, Close examine etc. The main idea of the game is to explore Dracula's castle while he is away and try to gather information that will prove he is a very serious threat to the mortal world. There are also other characters in the game to interact with and Bram Stoker (the writer of Dracula which this game is based on) is in the game in digital form to narrate the story."
12342,Balloon Kid,"Balloon Fight GB, Hello Kitty: World",1990,6.9,Action,Platform,,"Balloon Kid is a unique side-scrolling platform game. You control a little girl who's brother has floated away on a big bunch of balloons. It's up to you to chase after him through eight treacherous levels. Instead of the usual jumping from platform to platform, you have a pair of balloons that allow you to float through the level. You must control your height carefully by tapping the 'A' button. Meanwhile, the screen is always scrolling to the left, and you have to keep up. In addition to the single player adventure, there is a 2-player mode that allows you to compete against a friend via the Game Boy link cable. In this mode you try to get your opponent to maneuver their balloon kid into the various level hazards."
12345,The Summoning,,1992,7.1,Action,"Action RPG, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The Summoning is a single-character fantasy role-playing adventure, set inside a huge labyrinth with 40 different levels and hordes of mean monsters. Use steel, magic and wit to fight, cast and puzzle your way through the evil that lies within. Struggle to survive and grow strong enough to fight and defeat Shadow Weaver, the villain responsible for the evil spreading across the land."
12346,StarTropics,StarTropics: Um teste de coragem!,1990,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"In StarTropics you play the part of Michael Jones. Mike's uncle (Dr. Jones, a famous archaeologist) is on C-Island looking for some lost ruins and has invited Mike to come visit him. However, shortly after arriving on the island Mike learns from Chief Coralcola that Dr. Jones has recently been abducted! Now it is up to Mike to locate Dr. Jones and find out why he was abducted. StarTropics is an action game with light role-playing elements, played from an overhead point of view. Starting out with just an island yo-yo, Mike will need to search the island for Dr. Jones. The villagers may be able to offer some clues, there are many dangerous enemies to defeat, and along the way there are a variety of new weapons and other items to be found which will help Mike on his quest. The cartridge uses a battery backup to allow games to be saved."
12353,Wild West World,,1990,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Western,"Wild West World is a strategy game in which you build up an economic empire in the old west of the 1800's. Farming, ranching, mining, and hunting, are all methods for generating cash to buy land and build your economic empire. Employees of various trades must be hired, farms, ranches, and mines established, and all must be kept supplied with livestock, food, and tools. Eventually, the only way to grow, will be to play dirty tricks on your competition, which include the hire of a gang of outlaws to harass or eliminate them, to bribe Indians to burn them out and kill their workers, and more."
12357,The Untouchables,,1991,6.2,Action,Shooter,Interwar,"The Untouchables is based on the 1987 film by Brian De Palma and works to correspond to the movie's plot outline. In 1920s Chicago, Eliot Ness and his small crew of law enforcement professionals are determined to bring down Al Capone and his gang. The game features 7 levels of action named The Street, The Warehouse, The Bridge, The Alleys, The Train station, The Hostage, and The Rooftop. Some of the levels feature traditional jumping and shooting action. Other levels pit you against the gangsters in a first person shooter-style of gameplay where your character begins behind a wall, wraps around into an open area, and must take out the bad guys. When your character runs out of ammo, he slips back behind the wall to reload. These levels are accompanied with time limits and goals for the number of enemies you must kill."
12362,Spinmaster,Miracle Adventure,1993,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"An evil doctor has kidnapped John and Tom's friend, Mary, and has stolen their treasure map. Rescuing Mary and getting back all pieces of the map takes them through 5 levels of arcade-style Jump'n Shoot-action. There are several weapons to acquire, ranging from a yo-yo (the standard weapon) to bombs, icicles, missiles and more. Weapons differ in range, shooting frequency, and power, and can be shot in all directions. Each weapon also has a unique chargeable attack as well as a super-attack (which uses up one bomb-symbol). It is also possible to jump on enemies or perform a sliding attack."
12363,Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (CD-ROM),"Mais où se cache Carmen Sandiego? (CD-ROM), Wo steckt Carmen Sandiego? Welt-Edition",1995,7.7,"Educational, Puzzle",,,"Carmen Sandiego and her international gang are behind the thefts of some of the world's most priceless treasures. It is your job, as a rookie detective, to identify the thief, obtain an arrest warrant and to finally track down the crook to his/her hideout before time runs out. As you solve more cases, your rank will rise, thus enabling you to tackle more and more difficult cases. This is an update of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Deluxe Edition) and features SVGA graphics and 15 additional countries."
12371,Firepower 2000,"Mega SWIV, Super SWIV",1992,7.5,Action,Shooter,,"A secret ""underground race"" on an island in the mid-Atlantic ocean has stolen top military vehicles and equipment from around the world and have rebuilt powerful war machines from them. They are even piloted by robots with one mission: to destroy. Military and intelligence officials of major countries have detected them, but they are afraid that they will be unable to prepare against an assault by this underground race. Their plan is to send you in to infiltrate their base and destroy them before they have a chance to unleash the war upon the rest of the world. You can choose to control either the Helicoptor or the Jeep, which have different advantages -- for instance, the Helicoptor is not obstructed by obstacles but the Jeep can fire in any direction. There are nine weapons (five permanent, four short-lasting specials) you can pick up along the way to help you destroy the enemy."
12378,Tempest X3,,1996,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Tempest X3 is a modern-day update to the original arcade game, Tempest This game features three modes called Classic Tempest, Tempest X3, and Tempest Duel. Classic Tempest is the original arcade hit. Tempest Duel faces you off against a second player. Tempest X3 is an upgrade to the original featuring enhanced visuals, more enemies, an AI droid, jumping ability, and a modern soundtrack. The X3 mode is very similar to Tempest 2000, but with improved speed, visual effects, and a remixed soundtrack."
12381,Total Annihilation: Gold Edition,,1999,7.5,"Compilation, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,The Gold Edition is the first release of Total Annihilation for the Macintosh. It also includes the two add-ons The Core Contingency and Battle Tactics
12384,Space Invaders: Fukkatsu no Hi,,1990,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Invaders are back and tougher than ever! Space Invaders: Fukkatsu no Hi (Day of Resurrection) is an update of the iconic game from Taito. The game features updated graphics and nearly a dozen different weapon types, as well as a much wider variety of enemy Invaders to shoot down. Also included is a conversion of the original 1978 coin-op."
12386,Terra Cognita,Terra-Cognita,1986,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mining Engineers working on the planet Krion have inadvertently triggered its destruction, and must escape in this vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up. There are over 100 screens to fly through, and they include many barriers and narrow paths, as well as force fields. There are also time-shift fields - some move you forward, but some send you back to the start. Enemies are in short supply - the game's feel resembles Artificial Dreams (from the same designer ). You have limited fuel and must collect fuel tokens to recharge this. Other available powerups include points bonuses, extra lives, changes to the constant speed of scrolling, and invincibility from force fields (although not enemies)."
12387,Hook,,1992,7.0,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Peter Banning is an ordinary suburban dad with two kids - or so everyone thinks. What not even his family know is his past as Peter Pan, scourge of Captain Hook in JM Barrie's children's fiction. Captain Hook gains revenge on Banning by stealing his two children, so Peter must return to Neverland, return to eternal childhood, and get them back. It's a point and click adventure, and the pirate setting ensures that it recalls the Monkey Island games. The top 2/3 of the screen features a visual depiction of the area Peter is in, which a row of icons along the bottom can be selected to alter the function of a mouse click. These include looking at an object, picking it up, talking to people, using objects to solve problems (often in combination with others), and giving objects to others."
12388,Ultraverse Prime / Microcosm,,1994,6.0,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Rail shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Although the package appears to be a compilation, this is the first and only release of Ultraverse Prime Since it was originally envisioned as a SNES game but not completed, it was eventually released as a Sega CD title as a pack-in with Microcosm a game that was released separately before. As such this should be considered the base entry for Ultraverse Prime It is a sidescrolling brawler game similar to Final Fight or Streets of Rage Players control the superhero Prime, a thirteen year-old boy called Kevin Green that has the power to transform into a superhero adult version of himself. Prime can punch, kick and jump, and combine these into some new moves and combos. The player as well as the enemies can also occasionally find weapons or objects to pick up and throw. Some stages are much faster as Prime flies at a fast speed and needs to punch obstacles and enemies out of the air. As a bonus, fifteen different Prime comic book issues can be accessed through the main menu, as well as video interviews with the writers and artists. The game design has the typical SNES feel, with no changes made to match the advanced options of the Sega CD platform. Compared to the SNES prototype, even though the graphics style is the same, the fighting style is slightly different and a 7-minute rock theme song was added along with the bonus features mentioned above."
12391,Bureaucracy,Bureaucracy - A Paranoid Fantasy,1987,7.5,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Contemporary,"Bureaucracy is a text adventure game that describes the misadventures of a person who has recently moved to a new apartment and begins to fall victim to various bureaucratic procedures that always go wrong. He can't receive his mail, access his bank account, or generally lead a normal life; all his activities are impeded by needless and confusing hurdles. In order to retrieve the lost mail and put his life back on track, the protagonist will have to meet exotic characters and perform various tasks while being constantly threatened by various bureaucratic occurrences. The gameplay involves typing commands composed out of verb and object combinations, used to interact with the game world and solve puzzles. In addition, a special ""blood pressure"" meter will gradually fill itself the more the protagonist is bothered by bureaucratic annoyances. Once this meter is completely full, the player character suffers an aneurysm, and the game ends."
12392,Dragon Quest I & II,,1993,7.1,"Compilation, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"This is a remake of two first Dragon Quest titles the second version of both Dragon Quest and Dragon Quest II preceding the Game Boy Color compilation of Dragon Warrior I & II This remake includes updated graphics that retain the original look, sound of higher quality, and some changes in the gameplay and in the game world: certain locations are larger, some menu commands (such as ""Stairs"") are omitted, and there is a larger variety of items."
12395,Turbo Toons,Hanna-Barbera Turbo Toons,1994,7.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Fantasy,"Turbo Toons is a fixed screen racing game featuring characters from the Hanna Barbera cartoons. In the game up to five players can race each other on over thirty tracks. The game features over twenty cartoon characters. Playable characters include Snagglepuss, Yogi Bear, Hong Kong Phooey, Top Cat, Quick Draw McGraw and Huckleberry Hound. On the track are items that can help or hinder the players. These include a rain cloud that can be transferred to another player. Sometimes AI controlled characters walk or move across the track and have to be avoided."
12396,Clue: Murder at Boddy Mansion,"Cluedo, Cluedo: Asesinato en Blackwell Grange, Cluedo: Le jeu des grands détectives, Cluedo: Moord in Blackwell Grange, Cluedo: Mord på Svarthult, Cluedo: Murder at Blackwell Grange, Cluedo: Mysteriöse Morde im Herrenhaus, Cluedo: Omicidio a Blackwell Grange",1998,6.1,"Puzzle, Strategy / tactics",Board game,,"This is a version of the well-known board game, in which you must solve a murder by discovering who the murderer was, in which room and with which weapon, by listing clues as other players are forced to reveal which cards they have, as proof that particular people/weapons/rooms were not involved. This implementation includes a 3-D mansion game board, 3-D character models, and animations for the player/weapon murder combinations. Three levels of computer AI are available for solo games, along with modem/network play options."
12407,Killer Instinct,,1994,7.7,Action,Fighting,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the distant future, a monopolistic and technological corporation called Ultratech organizes a fighting tournament known as ""Killer Instinct"". Many fighters answer the challenge to participate, including several of Ultratech's experimental warriors. To increase the tournament's challenge, Ultratech utilizes a technology that can create bridges between alternate dimensions, releasing a creature known as Eyedol. Eyedol is a two-headed ancient warrior that was imprisoned along with his bitter rival, Gargos. Some warriors enter the tournament to seek glory or escape. Other fighters are attempting to bring an end to Ultratech's corruption. Killer Instinct is a 2D versus fighting game that features 3D rendered sprite based graphics. Players choose from ten characters: Orchid, Cinder, Jago, Glacius, Fulgore, Riptor, Sabrewulf, Spinal, T.J. Combo, and Thunder. The game is known for its heavy combo-based fighting system, allowing players to pull off moves that land a high number of hits on their opponent, the highest being the ""Ultra Combo"". The game also features combo breakers, finishing moves and stage fatalities, double energy bars, and a dance-music inspired techno soundtrack."
12411,Return of the Mutant Camels,"RMC II, Revenge II, Revenge of the Mutant Camels II",1987,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Fantasy,"Jeff Minter 's third camel-themed game (after Attack and Revenge ) is again a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up, taking place over 100 levels. 6,000 years ago, mankind fought the forces of Zzyax, using mutated forms of common animals. Now, the Zzyaxians are back, and the 90-foot camels must defend a planet no longer accustomed to warfare. The Zzyaxian hordes consist of typical Minter zaniness. Postboxes and letters, Pacman ghosts and microchips are all out to get you. The game allows you to fire in any direction, by moving the joystick while holding down the fire button. Additionally, you can drop miniature versions of yourself, as bombs. After completing a level or losing a life, the player can move to a level adjacent to the current one within a 10x10 grid. You can also purchase improved shields, energy recharges, or improved weaponry such as bigger or 'smart' bullets."
12413,Night Striker,Night Striker S,1989,5.2,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Night Striker is a third-person shooter reminiscent of Space Harrier Laser optics expert Dr. Lindvery Maska and his daughter have been kidnapped by a terrorist group, and Dick Dagras, head of the Special Service Agency, is mobilizing a group of elite soldiers experienced in the use of special armored flying cars, in order to rescue Dr. Maska and destroy this terrorist group. The player flies through each stage, controlling their armored car and shooting down waves of enemies. A boss appears at the end of each stage, and after this the player must choose what path to take in the next stage, as in Darius Instead of lives, the player has a shield that takes damage from each hit, but is recharged at the end of each stage. The Sega CD version of the game features remixed CD-audio, and the Saturn version features a set of exclusive bonus levels."
12415,Bug!,,1995,7.8,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Bug's creepy-crawly insect friends need rescuing from the evil widow Queen Cadavra's clutches. Fight your way through six worlds to rescue them and find and defeat the spider queen. There are three levels to get through in each world of 3D platform action. Bug's key attack is his bug bounce but he can also somersault, spit and zap when powered up. The game also includes some simple puzzle elements."
12417,Tomcat Alley,,1994,6.8,"Action, Simulation",,,"Tomcat Alley is one of the last of Sega's TruVideo games for the SegaCD, featuring you and your F-14 Tomcat doing what you do best - dogfighting Russian Migs! This time, a renegade Soviet commander is threatening the United States with chemical weapons from his base in the Mexican desert, and its up to you and your wingmen to fine-tune your air-to-air combat strategies to make the entire western hemisphere safe again! Tomcat Alley was one of Sega's last TruVideo games, featuring what is called ""Active Matrix"" software, which allows for many different outcomes to any given situation. This means only one thing - much more interaction and variation than previous FMV (Full Motion Video) games!"
12422,The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends,,1992,3.6,Action,Platform,,"It turns out that Bullwinkle is the lost Earl of Moosechester and an inheritance is awaiting him in England. Now, Bullwinkle and his flying squirrel pal Rocket J. Squirrel have to travel from their home of Frostbite Falls, Minnesota all the way to England to claim this inheritance. To complicate matters, Rocky and Bullwinkle's antagonists Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale intend to impede their progress so they can claim the fortune for themselves. The game consists of five episodes (stages) of side-scrolling platform action. Players can switch control on the fly to either Bullwinkle or Rocky and will have to do this as each character has their own unique abilities. While both characters can jump and throw bombs, only Rocky possesses the ability to fly while Bullwinkle can charge enemies with his antlers."
12423,The Brainies,"The Tinies, Tiny Skweeks",1991,6.9,Puzzle,,,"This puzzle game has 101 levels, in which you have to guide a varying number of Brainies of four different colors onto a spot that matches their color. You control a cross-hair, and press fire while over a Brainy to take or give up control of its motion. Running out of time costs you a life. The challenge lies in the fact that you can only control the direction in which a Brainy will walk. Once this is set, he will continue to walk until he hits a wall, an obstacle or another Brainy. To make things a bit more complicated, there are various obstacles like arrows that change the direction a Brainy is walking in and items than can optionally be picked up."
12424,Mickey's Space Adventure,,1984,7.7,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Walking along one day, Mickey and Pluto come across a spaceship. After boarding the ship, they are given a quest by XL30 from the planet Oron. A long time ago, a thief stole the planets memory crystal and broke it up into nine pieces, hiding them on each planet in the solar system. It is Mickey's job to travel to each planet and locate the crystals so the inhabitants of the planet Oron may receive their memory back. Information about the different planets and locations visited are displayed on arrival, and XL30 may occasionally give clues through the ships computer. The interface for the game doesn't use a text parser, instead short sentences are created by using the cursor keys to highlight the necessary words from a selection on the screen. The game will also suggest better options if an illogical or impossible action is requested."
12427,Inspektor Zebok: Das Erbe,,1994,5.4,Adventure,,,"You are playing as Inspector Zebok who has a new case to solve: the death of a notary - natural death or murder? The gameplay consists basically of three actions: going to certain destinations and search them, questioning witnesses and giving orders to your staff. When searching a place you have to click on interesting items in the video window and watch a video of Zebok's actions. It is possible to miss clues and make the game impossible to beat. At the start of the game you have to choose your staff of six people out of about 20. You can't use them anytime, just at certain places."
12428,Pick Axe Pete!,"Didi na Mina Encantada!, Gold Rush, Guldgraveren, Guldgrävar-Joe, Hakku-Pete, Houwelen Henkie, Il Piccone Magico, Pedrito Piqueta, Pedro Picareta, Peter Tête de Pioche, Pickaxe Pete, Pickel-Peter, Pierre et la Pioche!",1982,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Pick Axe Pete is in the Misty Mountain Mine, trying to strike it rich. The player controls Pick Axe Pete in a platformed mine. Three doors leading to deeper parts of the mine are displayed, and from them, gold bearing rocks will burst in random intervals. Pete must strike the rocks with his pick, which will break every once in a while. When it happens, Pete must avoid the falling rocks, by jumping over or crawling under them. If two rocks collide, they will uncover a new pick for Pete, which will remain onscreen for a limited amount of time. Also, keys to the other levels of the mine will appear flying occasionally. If Pete catches one of them, he'll be able to unlock one of the doors, going to a deeper level. If he tries to get past through a door without a key, he'll get stuck and will be vulnerable. If a rock hits Pete, the game is over. Pete earns 1 point each rock evaded, 3 points for each piece of gold struck with a pick, 5 points for getting a new pick, 10 points for getting a key and 20 points for going through a door with a key."
12430,The City of Lost Children,"Die Stadt der verlorenen Kinder, La Cité des Enfants Perdus, La ciudad de los niños perdidos, Lost Children: The City of Lost Children",1997,6.2,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Steampunk","You play Miette, a character from the movie of the same name. The graphics are the style of 3d characters over rendered backgrounds. You travel through the streets at the whim of Pieuvre, the siamese twins who are your schoolmistresses. You do small robberies for them, but soon a larger plot emerges. Mysterious men called Cyclopses are kidnapping children to steal their dreams. You must determine what is truly happening in this adventure game."
12432,Sonic Blast Man,,1992,6.9,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting",,"You take on the role of Sonic Blast Man, a superhero, in this side-scrolling shooter, fighting against various forms of evil. While you have the typical punch, jump, and kick moves, the Sonic Blast Man also has two special power moves: Dynamite Punch and Screw Bomb. You travel through five different stages and fight enemies ranging from local ruffians to robots and even aliens from outer space."
12433,Mercedes-Benz Truck Racing,MBTR,2000,7.4,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Mercedes-Benz Truck Racing is a truck racing game based on the BreakNeck engine, with the Mercedes license behind it. Test your skills in racing a million dollar souped-up freightliner in a 1st or 3rd person view. The game supports a variety of steering devices, though a simple keyboard will do. It features real truck racing teams and drivers, realistic damage, a replay editor, and an optional unlimited speed mode (trucks are normally limited to 160 km/h to minimize the damage these 5 tonners do when they spin out of control). Compete in single race or full season mode on a number of licensed race tracks from around Europe, or practice all tracks with or without a Ghost truck. Made in cooperation with DaimlerChrysler AG."
12435,Space 1889,,1990,7.0,Role-playing (RPG),,"Alternate history, Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk","A role-playing adventure set in the ""future"" as seen by Victorian-era science fiction writers. Players explore the far corners of the Earth (Atlantis, King Tut's tomb etc...) and travel between planets on ships made of martian ""liftwood"" (invented by none other than Thomas Edison). Based on GDW's pencil and paper roleplaying game. Similar in design to Paragon's MegaTraveller series."
12440,Turmoil,,1982,7.2,Action,Shooter,,"Turmoil is a fast-paced shooter. You pilot a ship that is trapped within a chamber of seven tunnels. Your ship can only move up and down along a vertical corridor connecting the tunnels. You are not alone, however. A variety of enemies travel along these tunnels, focused on destroying you. Therefore, the ultimate objective of “Turmoil” is to zoom up and down the center alley and blast aliens as they streak by. Keep shooting and keep moving, and you will survive to live another day! As you move quickly up and down, you must also fire your own weapons into the left or right side. Part of the intensity of this game is driven by the fact that you can't stay in one place for too long. If you do, an indestructible enemy will come flying at you, forcing you to move onward once more. The enemy ships you will encounter in each of the seven tunnels travel at a variety of unique speeds. The faster a given enemy moves, the more points you will receive if you shoot them. Occasionally when you destroy one of the enemy ships, a flashing orb will appear at the far end of the tunnel. This is the one exception where you are not restricted to your vertical pathway. In these situations, you are allowed to move down the tunnel to recover it. If you grab it quickly, it is worth bonus points. If you hesitate, it hatches into a fast-moving missile and will destroy you if you get in its way. When you start a game of Turmoil, you are given five ships. If you can blast all of the aliens in a level, you'll receive a bonus ship. In addition to your current ship, you can hold as many as six reserve ships at one time. You will lose a ship if you make contact with any of the passing aliens. There are nine levels to the game, each with multiple waves to complete, and each one faster and more challenging than the previous level. This is considered by many to be one of 20th Century Fox's best games."
12443,Fernando Martín Basket Master,"Basket Master, US Basket Master",1987,6.3,Sports,,,"""Basket Master"" is a one-on-one basketball game from premier Spanish developer Dinamic Soft, dedicated to NBA player Fernando Martín, the first Spanish (and first European non-student in a US university) to play in the NBA, who tragically died 3 years later in a traffic accident at the age of 28. The focus is on pure, unadulterated action here: just choose one- or two-player game, and presto-- you'll be out on a CGA court trying to score. Although difficulty level can be toggled (""amateur"" or ""NBA""). Basket Master was originally for 8 bits computers, platforms for which appeared December of 1986 after several delays."
12444,NFL Blitz,,1998,6.0,Sports,Arcade,,"NFL Blitz for Game Boy Color is an adaptation of the football game of the same name released on other platforms While it features the same style of arcade gameplay with loose rules, it has slightly different features and presents everything in platform-appropriate two-dimensional graphics. Among the deviations from standard NFL football are 30-yard-downs, seven-man teams, legal pass interference, the clock stopping after every play, and the absence of referees. Play modes include exhibition games and a full season with progress saved via password. Quarter length can be set between one and six minutes. Players can select from the 30 teams of the 1998 NFL season. Differences from other versions include different featured star players and the season not following any real-life schedule. Gameplay is seen from an isometric perspective. The playbook (same as in other versions) includes 18 offensive and 9 defensive plays, which are flippable. On offense, players can engage a turbo to run faster, and launch evasive moves like spins and hurdles while on defense, the controlled player is freely switchable and is capable of diving and tackling. The Game Boy Printer is supported for printing out stats and passwords."
12445,S.C.I.: Special Criminal Investigation,"Chase H.Q. II: Special Criminal Investigation, S.C.I.",1989,6.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,"Three girls have been reported missing including the mayor's daughter, and Chase Special Investigations has asked you to track down five vehicles, mentioned in the mission briefing, who are believed to be involved in the kidnapping. Using a heavy-designed machine with a V6 DOHC 3000CC Twin Turbo Engine, five sets of nitro-fuel boosts, and a gun attached to the steering wheel (which you can use to damage the target vehicle), your mission is to patrol the streets and find these vehicles. The gameplay is similar to Chase H.Q. except for a few differences. For example, cars travel in both directions instead of one, and some of them will catch up to your car and shoot at you. At least once in every stage a helicopter does a fly by and drops you some grenades you can use to further damage the target vehicle. A guy on a motorcycle will catch up to you and throw grenades at your car. And, most importantly, as mentioned earlier, you can shoot at the target vehicle rather than just bumping into it. Have fun driving around, but remember there is a strict time limit, so I wouldn't waste time or keep crashing into things if I were you."
12449,The Legendary Axe,Makyō Densetsu,1988,7.5,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",Fantasy,"You are the mighty warrior Gogan, whose village has been required by the Jagu tribe to give a human sacrifice each year. Flare, your childhood friend, has been chosen as the sacrifice. Your task is to rescue Flare and destroy the Jagu and their leader. To help you complete your mission, you are given the Legendary Axe, which is said to possess tremendous power that is usable only to its wielder. There are six zones in the game and has Gogan exploring forests, caves, mountains, dungeons, and castles, while defeating enemies that get in his way with his axe. Idols can be broken to reveal power-ups that will increase the axe's power and speed up its swing. These power-ups can also award you extra lives, more points, and the ability to access secret areas. At the end of each zone, you have to defeat a boss in order to proceed."
12451,The Psychotron,"Psychotron: Dominez l'esprit... Dominez le monde!, Psychotron: Wissen bedeutet Macht..., The Psychotron: Dominate the mind... Dominate the world!",1994,5.9,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,,"The Psychotron is an adventure from the early development time of live video, set in a wild Texan environment. A sort of Mission Impossible type of game with much usage of live video. You have been assigned by the US President and the FBI to find out a missing official science project. The video interaction is very sharp and the game also offers the player many puzzles, card and board game sequences."
12455,NFL 2K,,1999,8.1,Sports,,,"NFL 2K is the first of Sega's NFL franchise to hit the Dreamcast system. It is also the first football game of the ""128-bit"" generation, making it the game that most future football games get compared to. NFL 2K features VMU play calling, accurate stadium models, and a play editor."
12459,Chronicles of the Sword,,1996,5.3,Adventure,"Fighting, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Point and click adventure taking place in the England of King Arthur. You're Gawain, a knight who has to save the kingom of the evil witch Morganna. The game also features some fighting scenes, which you can do yourself or let the computer do for you. The graphics are pre-rendered, as well your character."
12462,D,"D no Shokutaku, D: Das Geheimnis zu lösen bedeutet in die dunkle Seite Deiner Seele zu sehen, D: Résoudre le Mystére...Explorer le Côté Noir de Votre âme, D: Solving the Mystery Means Visiting the Dark Pit of Your Soul, D: The Game",1995,6.5,Adventure,"Puzzle elements, Quick Time Events (QTEs)",,"The story begins in 1997. It's the dead of night in the city of Los Angeles, and there has been a mass murder at a general hospital on the outskirts of downtown. The perpetrator is the director of the hospital, Richter Harris. He has shut himself up in the hospital and taken a number of patients as hostages, leaving the police helpless and unable to move in. After hearing the situation, Richter's only daughter, Laura Harris, rushes to Los Angeles from San Francisco to the tragic scene at the hospital. Upon entering, Laura finds herself transported to an old mansion, while the disembodied voice of her father pleads with her to leave. Nevertheless, she must press forward to save her father and herself. D is a puzzle game requiring Laura to solve esoteric inventory puzzles on a very strict time limit. Each of the game's four discs must be completed in about thirty minutes each, and saving is not an option. The time is kept track of using Laura's pocket watch. The pocket watch can also be used to supply hints for puzzles, but after three uses the glass will shatter and it will stop working. The game also has multiple endings."
12472,King of Dragon Pass,,1999,7.2,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"In this turn-based strategy game, based on the role-playing game Rune Quest, you take control of a clan of Orlanthi (somewhat resembling iron age Scandinavians) in the magical world of Glorantha. Yours and many other clans have recently migrated to Dragon Pass, a rich and fertile yet vastly unexplored valley. You try to survive and thrive in this environment however you can, your basic means being crops, livestock, hunting, trade, war and exploration. You can raid or fight the other Orlanthi clans, trade and ally with them and explore the wilderness around you. As resources you have the land you live on, goods your craftsmen create, rare commodities that can be found via exploration as well as horses, cattle, sheep and pigs. Your clan consists of trained warriors, artisans and farmers. The game is split into five seasons each generally allowing the player two actions, but also restricting them: Exploration during the dark season is not advisable and your clan will usually refuse to wage war during harvest time. Additionally you will be presented with many random events which will force you to make decisions. Every decision has its consequences and even the most trivial choice will have repercussions over time. The clan is ruled by a Council of seven that advises the player on most decisions. The council is chosen from a group of potential candidates (basically your nobility); Picking your councilmen and -women according to their abilities and the gods they worship is crucial. Just as crucial is determining who to listen to in a given situation. A great warrior may not be a good advisor on trade and diplomacy, just as a healer may not be adept at matters of war. If a council member causes too much trouble you may have to remove or even outlaw him or her. There are other reasons for reorganizing the council, the most obvious one being the death of a member. Goals of the game, other than mere survival and building a strong, rich clan, are relearning and reenacting all the myths of your gods (called performing a heroquest), forming a tribe from several clans and eventually uniting all tribes into a Kingdom under your leadership. The game consists entirely of still images and selection screens, with a considerable amount of storytelling, requiring the player to read quite a bit. Player interaction is mostly limited to choosing by point and click."
12481,One,,1997,7.8,Action,Shooter,,"In this game your goal is to find out who you are. One of your only clues is a bar code on your neck. At the beginning of the game, you awaken on the floor, with a gun in place of one of your arms, no memory, and police helicopters shooting missiles through your window. From here, it's nonstop action as you battle your way across the city and countryside, constantly pursued by the police and miliary. Each level of this action shooter delivers nonstop action with a total of 6 levels and bosses at the end of each."
12489,Harvest Moon GB,"Bokujō Monogatari GB, Harvest Moon GBC",1997,7.3,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Harvest Moon is a farming simulation where you must build and maintain a farm during the course of a year, while taking care of your budget and yourself. You have the ability to buy, sell and take care of farm animals, crops and any other supplies that you may have. You can trade with many of the town's people, and fellow farmers. If you link up a friend's Game Boy, you can trade items between players as well. The local stores supply plenty of items to help you in your quest, at a cost, of course. And if you have the time, you can go about the town in search of a little fun away from work. From an overhead perspective, you can explore your farming area, the local town and the Harvest Sprite tunnels, full of strange and wonderful creatures that can help or destroy your quest. There are four seasons (Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring) and each brings with it new challenges such as keeping arm animals warm during the colder seasons, and supplying water to the crops during the warmer periods. The GBC version includes all new characters and background sprites in full color, but is also backwards compatible with the original Game Boy version."
12491,Kingdom O' Magic,,1996,6.8,Adventure,,Fantasy,"Kingdom O' Magic is a fantasy adventure game spoof - along the lines of Zork but with British humour. Play as either an unintelligible Green Lizard Guy (use subtitles) or the token female - who was intended to be humorously overproportioned although now Tomb Raider has raised the standard. The designers intended for the game to be non-linear, and many NPCs wander around the entire map getting into fights with each other. Entirely comedic - the troubleshooting guide in the manual discusses sexual malfunction. The dialogue trees encourage the player to be abrasive and confrontational - not doing so will cause you to miss out on much of the enjoyment, and many of the puzzles."
12493,The Goonies,,1985,7.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"The Goonies is based on the Steven Spielberg film of the same name, in which a motley crew of suburban kids in Astoria, Oregon, must save their homes from being foreclosed upon and find their salvation in a treasure map leading to an old pirate ship in a cavern. However, they must maneuver around an eccentric family of Italian criminals -- the Fratellis -- on the lam, who are also on the trail of the treasure. The game is divided into a series of eight screens based on scenes from the film, each of which contains puzzles that must be solved by coordinating the activities of two of the kids from the Goonies (and in the last screen, the elephant-man-like Sloth) without getting killed by deadly bats, homicidal Fratellis, flying demon-skull thingies, or other environmental hazards. For example, in one screen one player must wind up and hold a winch that lifts a large stone so that the other player can pass it, run backward on a ball floating in deadly water, bypass a series of three water buckets going up and down that kill you if you do not time your passage underneath correctly, jump to the top of a rail, and slide across to grab the key to the door below -- and all this without getting hit by a wandering bat. The game keeps a score and a high score, and you have a certain number of lives, which would be replenished at certain points or at certain score totals, and there is no save feature. In other words, the game had to be played all in one sitting, near-perfectly, to see the ending. The Goonies can be played single-player, with the joystick button used to switch between the two characters on-screen, or cooperatively, with each player controlling one of the characters."
12494,Necronom,,1991,6.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A side-viewed horizontally-scrolling space shoot 'em up. There are a wide variety of targets to hit or avoid, some stationary, some with programmed attack paths and others with artificial intelligence to close in on you. The graphics have a very metallic look, similar to Cybernoid in a way. There aren't many power-ups on offer, and you aren't too dependent on them to be able to survive. However, an auto-fire joystick is strongly recommended."
12500,The Heist,,1983,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"As a cat burglar, it's up to you to collect all of the valuable paintings from each level while avoiding security systems, pits and robotic sentries which move back and forth. Each level is comprised of three floors and ladders connecting them. Your cat burglar has only the ability to jump, and you must rely entirely on that to keep you alive."
12503,Puyo Puyo Sun,"Pocket Puyo Puyo Sun, Puyo Puyo Sun 64, Puyo Puyo Sun Ketteiban",1996,8.1,Puzzle,"Arcade, Falling block puzzle",,"Puyo Puyo Sun is the third entry in the main Puyo Puyo series of real-time puzzle games, its title being a pun involving the Japanese word for ""three"". The evil Dark Prince has caused the sun to augment its size and power to dangerous levels, and thus the Puyo Puyo world is on the verge of being scorched unless you prevent it. The game features three distinct story campaigns, each pitting you against a different set of enemies which you must battle in classic Puyo Puyo fashion: In each stage you face off against an opponent in two different play areas, one for you and one for your opponent. As the blob-like ""puyos"" start falling in your play area, you must align them and create groups of the same color in order to clear the screen before you get flooded with puyos. Chaining puyos of different colors allows you to send several ""garbage"" puyos to the opposing player's play area in hopes of either flooding it, or slowing his advance, and whoever defeats the opposing player moves on to the next challenger. New for Puyo Puyo Sun are the Sun Puyos, which can be added to combos for extra damage. Also includes 2P vs gameplay, challenge modes and galleries and other bonus features."
12507,Pocket Monsters Stadium,"Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 0",1998,6.8,Strategy / tactics,,,"The first Pokémon Stadium features only 42 playable Pokémon. The game focuses mainly on battling. Upon start-up, the game asks if the player if they want to use the Pokémon in their Game Boy Game Pak. If not, only Battle Mode can be accessed. The modes of the game are: • Battle Mode, as the name suggests, involves Pokémon battles. There are two types: Free Battle and Tournament. • Organize Mode, where players transfer Pokémon and items between their Game Boy party, PC boxes, and Stadium storage boxes. • List Mode, where players can look at a list of their Pokémon to see their stats. • Register Mode, where the player registers a team of their Pokémon for battle. • Party Mode, where the player examines their current team. • GB Mode, where the Game Boy Pokémon game currently in the Nintendo 64 Transfer Pak can be played on the Nintendo 64. The game is only compatible with Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow Versions."
12511,Final Fantasy Tactics,,1997,8.1,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",Tactical RPG,Fantasy,"Final Fantasy Tactics was a big move for the whole Final Fantasy franchise into different fields. Tactics combines traditional elements of the Final Fantasy series with a completely different game mechanics and battle system. It was the 1st game during the Final Fantasy 32-bit era using a 3D, isometric, rotatable playing field, with bitmap sprite characters and a turn based strategy system. In the game you build up a team by recruiting many available characters you meet during your travels and stocking up plenty of items, to defeat various enemies waiting on your path. The game features a very complex character class(job) system where each character begins his way with a job such as Squire or Chemist. Successfully participating in battles, characters can later select one of more advanced jobs, with a total of 19 to choose from. In addition there are certain monsters and computer controlled ""guests"" with their own jobs and special abilities available to learn. In total, over 400 abilities are available which leads to nearly endless combinations."
12513,Blaze & Blade: Eternal Quest,Legend of Foresia: La contrée interdite,1998,5.5,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Action RPG,Fantasy,"Blaze & Blade: Eternal Quest is an action RPG where you control a party of four. Character creation allows you to define a player's behaviour as well as their abilities. Your goal is to venture into The Forbidden Land, formerly known as Foresia, and deliver the land from evil. Foresia has been inhabited by monsters and demons since the time of the twelve Wisemen. These monsters and demons often transform into useful items once destroyed."
12514,The Abyss: Incident at Europa,Return to Abyss,1998,5.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Abyss: Incident at Europa is a science fiction game which builds upon events that took place in James Cameron's epic film The Abyss During the years that followed events in that movie, the deep undersea research facility, Deepcore, has been occupied both by human researchers as well as the alien race introduced in the film, the NTI (Non-terrestrial intelligence). When surface contact with the station is lost, your mission is to ""Return to the Abyss"" to investigate. What you find is a very badly damaged facility that is, at first glance, totally unoccupied. Your objectives change drastically when you learn that a lethal, predatory virus from Jupiter's moon Europa was inadvertently transported to the station, mutating all life forms (alien and human) into monsters. To stop the virus, save the NTI race and humanity, you must find the components of the cure and combine them in time. Your search will eventually take you to the Ark, the huge NTI spaceship, and then to the Europa moon. Armed with only a stunner gun, you must fight your way through mazes of corridors, getting past a multitude of murderous mutants, who attack in zombie-like fashion. The game is played in first person perspective and uses the keyboard for navigation and interaction. Because of the interface and the shear number of mutant encounters, this game is more action than adventure. Features include a ""CD quality soundtrack."""
12519,Contra Force,,1992,6.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Contra Force a special forces team including Commando Burns, Smith, Beans, and Iron, protects Neo City from the terrorist group, D.N.M.E. This is the third Contra game for the NES (and was released just after Contra III: The Alien Wars for SNES). There are five missions, involving both side-scrolling and overhead shooting levels. Switch between the four commandos and find secret passages, not to mention a large arsenal of weapons: rocket launchers, flame throwers, bazookas, land mines, rifles, time bombs. For one or two players."
12520,Fighting Force 2,,1999,5.4,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Fighting Force 2 is a beat-em-up game set in the not-to-distant future. Human cloning has become a real possibility, but has been banned by an international treaty. The Knackmiche Corporation has been suspected of researching cloning, and you, Hawk Manson, are sent in on a covert mission to investigate. The game features large levels and both hand-to-hand and weapons combat."
12521,Panic in the Park,,1995,5.7,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Mini-games, Puzzle elements",Contemporary,"Can Jamie, the beautiful heir to Skyview Park, keep her evil identical twin sister Janie from turning their father's dream into a parking lot? Can you, as a dashing reporter, help Jamie find the deed that will establish her claim to Skyview? Will you be able to unmask the thief responsible for swiping and hiding the deed? And will you be able to do it all in just one night? Panic is a combination of FMV (1.6+ GB worth), Myst-style slide show, arcade games, a few twiddle puzzles and a logic puzzle. As is standard in the FMV games of the period, players click from one slide to the next and are surprised now and then by a grainy AVI file."
12524,Cosmic Creeps,,1982,5.6,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Civilization is doomed! You are our last hope! You must protect the Cosmic Kids from the Cosmic Creeps as they escape the orbit-decaying planet! The first part of the game is The Voyage You begin on the bottom in your Orbinaut. You must move to the space station at the top while avoiding plasma, which moves from top to bottom, and Space Skeeters, which move left to right or right to left. If you are hit by anything, you will spin off into space and must begin again. Releasing a new Orbinaut, however, also causes the planet to decay a little more The second part of the game is The Rescue A Cosmic Kid starts at the bottom left of the screen and moves to the right then goes up one level moving left, all the while being chased by one or two Cosmic Creeps. You, using the space station, must fire and time your shots to hit a Creep, sending them back to the bottom. If your shot hits the Kid, a new Kid must start at the bottom and the planet's orbit decays a little more. If the planet's orbit decays completely or if a Cosmic Creep gets to the upper right of the screen, the game is over. You get 100 points for each Creep you shoot and 1500 points for each Kid you get to safety. You need to score 5000 points on the Rescue screen to advance to the next level, where you will start the Voyage again, only faster."
12527,Arrow Flash,,1990,6.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Arrow Flash is a side-scrolling space shooter. The player controls a female spaceship pilot who is sent on a mission into deep space to save the Earth from an assault by an evil dragon from another galaxy. Moving vertically or horizontally, players must avoid or kill the enemies and make it to the end of the level alive where a boss battle awaits. During gameplay, the player can switch at any time between two modes: normal spaceship and flying robot. The two forms use different weapons and also have different special abilities, called Arrow Flash. While the spaceship can fire destructive lasers for major damage, the robot can raise a shield that will protect from enemy attacks for some time and instantly kill anything that touches it. The Arrow Flash attacks can be charged by holding a button for several seconds, or collect icons during your flight to release it quickly afterwards."
12534,Tigershark,,1997,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Tigershark is set in 2060, where a Russian commander is seeking to sink the entire Pacific tectonic plate by constructing geothermal taps in the ocean. Only the Tigershark, a powerful prototype attack subfoil (submarine-hydrofoil) can stop it. The Tigershark will encounter enemy submarines, hostile aircraft, and powerful battle cruisers in battles in both sea and air. Some missions require escorting ally submarines to safety."
12535,Tiny Toon Adventures: Acme All-Stars,,1994,7.4,Sports,,,"Tiny Toon Adventures: Acme All-Stars features all the usual characters from the Tiny Toon Adventures animated series. There are several different game options. The main two games are Soccer and Basketball. Both of these options allow you to pick your own team of 4 characters and to choose their playing positions. You can then pick from 5 different sporting arenas. Play against the CPU or against a friend. The Story Mode sees a predetermined team competing at several different events at the Acme Looniversity Tournament. Finally there are three smaller games to play: Obstacle Course, 10 Pin Bowling, and Montana Hitting (like the ""hit the pop up monsters with a hammer"" machines that you see in amusement arcades)."
12541,Sonic Jam,,1997,8.2,"Action, Compilation",Platform,,"A compilation of Sonic's greatest 2D adventures. Included on the disk is the original Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic 2 (featuring Tails), Sonic 3 plus Sonic & Knuckles Each game has you taking control of Sonic (and later on in the series, Tails and Knuckles) who must use his speed to blast his way through level after level and rescuing his animal friends from the evil Dr. Robotnik. Along the way you will also enjoy 3rd person bonus rounds and take on a host of end of level bosses. Exclusive to the Saturn compilation is the Sonic 3D museum, which allows you to control a 3D animated Sonic through a world full of historical information on the Sonic series, including behind the scenes, details on the characters from each game, artwork and more."
12546,Winter Challenge: World Class Competition,"Winter Olympiad, Winter Olympiad 88",1988,7.0,Sports,,,"This is a winter sports game that lets you compete in five Olympic events: Downhill skiing, Biathlon, Slalom, Ski Jump and Bob Sled. It is very similar to offerings like Winter Games from Epyx. In Downhill skiing, you must avoid the obstacles and make it to the bottom of the hill, by swerving left and right and adjusting your speed by pushing the joystick forward and back. The Slalom is similar, involving skiing around flags. In the ski jump, you must position the skis for a proper landing. In the bobsled event, you must carefully control the angles so your bobsled doesn't flip. The Biathlon event combines skiing to shooting ranges and shooting the targets archery-style."
12547,Loom,,1990,8.0,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The Age of the Great Guilds has arrived. Communities and states comprised of people united by a common trade were created. The Guild of Weavers has achieved such mastery in their trade that they discovered the secret of weaving the very fabric of reality. They were treated with suspicion by other guilds, who eventually accused them of practicing witchcraft and banned them to a secluded island, which they called Loom. Bobbin Threadbare is a young man from the Guild of Weavers. He is outcast from the guild and blamed for the lack of prosperity in recent times, though he does not know why. On his seventeenth birthday he is summoned by the Elders of the guild, who intend to decide his fate. However, shortly thereafter all the inhabitants of the village except Bobbin are turned into swans. Bobbin finds out that he is the child of the Great Loom, found by Lady Cygna, who tried to use the loom's powers to save the guild. Bobbin's stepmother Dame Hetchel teaches him the art of weaving magical drafts, and Bobbin embarks on a journey to find the lost flock, and the answers to his questions. Loom is an adventure game that sets itself apart from other titles in the genre through its unique gameplay system: the player character does not carry items around, but rather manipulates objects through the use of spells (called ""drafts"" in the game). The drafts themselves are woven by playing magical notes on a special instrument called ""distaff"". All the puzzles in the game are solved by learning and correctly applying these drafts. Each draft is a sequence of four notes within one octave. The player learns new drafts by exploring the environment and interacting with it through a simple point-and-click interface. Once a draft has been learned, it may be applied in a different situation in order to solve a problem. Drafts range from simple general actions (such as opening) to more specific and complex commands, e.g. turning straw into gold. Drafts can also be ""reversed"", i.e. played backwards, in order to execute the opposite action (for example, closing something instead of opening). As the game progresses Bobbin learns to play higher notes on the distaff, allowing him to access more drafts. The game features three difficulty levels, differentiating them by changing the way the interface works. The easiest level displays names of the notes as well as marking the correspondent areas on the distaff; Standard level features the distaff with the marks at the bottom of the screen, but no written notes; whereas Expert does not display the marks at all, requiring the player to memorize and play the drafts by ear. The CD DOS version of the game has enhanced 256-color graphics, audio tracks, and full voice acting. However, it also removes a few close-up scenes and conversations. The FM Towns version preserves these scenes and includes similar graphical and musical enhancements, but has no voice acting."
12549,Electroman,"Electro Body, Electro Man",1992,6.1,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is a platform game with puzzle elements. You have to guide Jacek, the Electroman, around the levels, using such things as teleporters, while shooting enemies and collecting weapon power-ups. This latter activity is essential - over a period of time, your weapon downgrades itself, until you can't actually fire at all. The game features in total 8 levels, on which there are three microchips that must be collected in order to proceed to the next. The difficulty level is very steep, and each death sets you back to your previously visited checkpoint, but fortunately already collected microchips stay collected. Checkpoints also serve as an additional difficulty factor, as once touched, they remove all your weapons, leaving you unarmed. Unlike many platformers, you can't control your jumping mid-air, and the main protagonist can only jump and fall at a given angle. This proves an extra challenge as when there are enemies above or below you, perfect timing is essential in order to succeed. Apart from the title screen, only the last level, which really is just a credit to the producers, has background music."
12552,Ghost Town,,1980,7.2,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Western,"The old frontier town is long since deserted, but thirteen treasures can still be retrieved from the deceptive stillness of its closed mine and Boot Hill. Uncover secret passages and navigate a certain supernatural undercurrent using your VERB NOUN text parser as best you can while riding a bucking bronco, cracking a safe and learning the ropes from the spirit of a long-dead shaman."
12558,Tennis Arena,,1997,7.0,Sports,,,"Tennis Arena is a comedic, arcade take on tennis. Featuring a total of 10 selectable characters (five male and five female), the game allows for both singles and doubles matches, as well as tournament play and a world tour mode. Some players have unconventional outfits, such as overweight William Lee Chan, who plays barechested with baggy pants and a large gold necklace. The game also features wacky sound effects and special shots, which can be deployed after racking up six straight returns. Available court options include a New York City park, a traditional professional stadium, the Sahara Desert, the Roman Coliseum, and an ocean cruise liner."
12562,Super Sega,,1991,7.3,"Action, Compilation",,,Super Sega is a collection of five games:
12564,Battle Stations,,1997,6.3,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Real-time strategy (RTS)",,"This naval combat game feature a 1 and 2 player game. The 1 player game is split between either Arcade or Campaign mode. The 2 player game is split between Arcade or War Games mode. The Campaign mode features 50 missions with objectives such as eliminating enemy supply convoys or carrying out a full scale assault on an opponent's homeland. The player then selects the admiral they want to fight in the battle. There are 5 opposing admirals and each admiral has their own set of skills on how they wage war. The Arcade mode lets 1 or 2 players choose their ship and then have a 1 on 1 ship battle. Players earn points for sinking their opponent's ships which will allow them to climb 10 naval ranks all the way from Ensign to Fleet Admiral. The War Games mode allows 2 players to play against each other in 26 different locations. Players can compete in these locations in three different ways. One way, is called war, with the objective to destroy every one of their opponent's ships. Another way, is to play capture the flag, which has the player trying to sink their opponent's flag ship and then return the flag back to their own harbor. The final way is called capture the harbor. This has the player attempt to drop marines, who are being carried inside a troop transport, off into their enemy's harbor, so the harbor can be attacked and captured. In this mode, players also get to choose between playing as one of several countries, or have a balanced or custom naval force. This choice affects the number of units of each type of ship the player starts the battle with. The game features 8 types of ships which are aircraft carriers, destroyers, battleships, cruisers, patrol boats, mine layers, troop transports, and submarines. Each ship has different ratings in the categories of top speed, target range, hull strength, main guns, special weapon, and defensive weapon. Gameplay has players moving their ships strategically on an overhead map. When two ships move close enough to each other, a battle can happen. In the battle, players try maneuvering a target reticule on their opponent ship to attack them, while also attempting to move out of the way of their opponents attacks. Once one of the ships health meters become empty from taking to much damage, they are sunk."
12566,Shivers,"Shivers: La Terreur Révèlera les Secrets des Ténêbres, Shivers: What Darkness Conceals, Terror Reveals",1995,7.1,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Surviving a dare by your friends to spend the night in a haunted museum is how Shivers begins, but it soon turns into a challenge of capturing the evil Ixupi, ghosts of South American legend, in pots scattered throughout the museum. The game is similar to Myst in many aspects in that it's an adventure game with a 1st-person slideshow-type presentation. Though unlike Myst you have a life meter and the Ixupi can steal life from it if you aren't careful."
12572,Bottom of the 9th,Bottom of the 9th: Major League Heroes,1996,7.4,"Simulation, Sports",,,"One of the earliest in Konami's franchise, this version featured 300 actual MLB players at the time, but did not feature the MLB licensed teams. Players can choose to either play against a friend in Exhibition Season or Playoffs. The gameplay is geared for more of a simulation style of play with the players stats determining on how well they hit, pitch and field. Along with the standard modes for a baseball game, this one also featured the ability to customize their teams and choose any player to create their ""Dream Team"". It also had a variety of different camera angles to choose from and had meters to show their players progress such as a ""Streak Bar"" that showed a batters hitting ability and a ""Pitching Bar"" that showed whether a pitcher was fatigued."
12574,Die Fugger II,,1996,7.4,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Germany in the year 1600 - the empire of the Fuggers is destroyed. Now it's your turn to rise it again. ""Die Fugger 2"" is a turn based trading simulation. During the game you can expand your business over 16 towns and try to get emperor of the country. Trading is the way you'll get your money. But it's not that easy, your trails may be plundered, your stocks may burn down, or anything else. It's also possible to get your own pirate hideouts to plunder your competitors goods. But be careful, if they find out who did that, you may end up in prison. When you claim a higher political position it's possible for you to change laws, rise taxes and many more. This all sounds very complex, but after a few hours of playing it's quite easy to handle as the menues are clean and direct."
12580,Super Burnout,,1995,6.7,Racing / Driving,,Oceania,"Super Burnout is an arcade-style superbike racing game inspired by Super Hang-On Players control an ultra-fast motorcycle through races that take place on famous tracks throughout the world. There are six bikes to choose from with races on a total of eight different tracks. The usual racing game modes are present. There is a single race mode, a practice mode, and a championship mode. Players can also compete against a friend in a single-race versus mode."
12583,Jaleco Rally: Big Run - The Supreme 4WD Challenge,,1991,5.8,Racing / Driving,,"Africa, Europe","Jaleco Rally: Big Run - The Supreme 4WD Challenge is partly based on the arcade game Big Run The player participates in the Paris-Dakar rally with the basic goal to finish all nine stages of the race within a time limit. The driving itself is action oriented with two gears. However, the major difference to the computer/arcade version is the addition of a few strategic components. Before starting the tour, the player has the choice between different sponsors. The given money is then reinvested into a navigator which tells the player the desired driving direction (sometimes jungle or darkness obfuscates the path) and spare parts. Those are important because every part of the car has only a limited durability and it may be needed to repair them during a race stage. if the parts are not available right away, the player has to take a major hit on the time limit. Repairs can also be conducted between the single race stages. Another aspect that needs to be calculated in is the weight of the spare parts: the more parts in the car, the lesser the maximum speed."
12587,Quad Challenge,MegaTrax,1991,5.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Rev the engine, pull the throttle, and hit the dirt with Quad Challenge a conversion of Namco's arcade racer Four Trax Race one of four different high-powered ATVs on sixteen different off-road tracks. You can play against a friend, or challenge a grueling 16-race championship. Two different difficulty settings and four different control options let you play however you like."
12589,BattleWheels,,1993,7.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Post-apocalyptic,"The year is 2019, and the world is bored with conventional entertainment. Enter the world of BattleWheels, where contestants fight in post-apocalyptic deserts and dead cities in the most violent destruction derby ever. At your disposal are machine guns, flame throwers, missiles, mines, and even paint (to obstruct someone's view). And if you survive your car getting destroyed, you can hoof it and try to wreak as much carnage as possible before becoming roadkill. You can buy a pre-made car, or customize your own car with different levels of engine power, suspension, and armor. BattleWheels can be comlynxed up to 6 simultaneous players."
12595,Ray Tracers,,1997,6.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"Ray Tracers is an arcade racing game where you have crash into others cars to destroy them. It is a spiritual successor to Chase H.Q. with some differences like a nitro boost system, four cars to choose from and more variety in end bosses. You can choose Chase or Time Attack mode. Chase is arcade mode, where you have to go through several missions, ram into other traffic for extra points and fight end bosses. The bosses include high speed dual tanks, a helicopter and other military vehicles. In Time Attack mode you try to set the best lap time on one of four selectable courses, with or without a computer controlled rival. You can choose from 4 cars, Spanker (no joke), Buffalo, Lynx, Hawk. Each of the cars vary in attack power, top speed, acceleration and steering agility."
12596,Streets of SimCity,,1997,5.0,"Action, Racing / Driving, Simulation",Shooter,,"Race through or create havoc in one of 50+ cities, or import your own SimCity 2000 cities for battle-on-wheels! Play pre-built missions or take on up to seven opponents via LAN or Internet play."
12604,Auf Wiedersehen Monty,Au Revoir Monty,1987,6.8,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"In Monty On the Run the intrepid coal thief Monty Mole fled to the rocky island of Gibraltar. However, the Intermole agency is on to him, and his only hope of escape is to trek across Europe, collecting enough cash to buy the Greek island of Montos and live there in luxury. This is Monty's third game (fourth if you count Monty is Innocent ), and the structure is similar to the previous three. It's platform and ladders based, with 80 screens each representing some area of Europe - the Eiffel Tower and the Leaning Tower of Pisa are among the identifiable landmarks. There are different ways of travelling through the levels - some bouncy platforms coupled with a new super-leap move allow for big progress to be made, while Monty can also suspend from the ceilings and dodge his way across. Monty can now fall without being hurt, although landing on water can cause multiple lives to be lost in quick succession. Collecting wine bottles makes Monty drunk and he will stumble around randomly until he recovers by becoming sober again. There are many items to collect - the most important are Eurocheques for money and airplane tickets. Once on a plane you must fight off the encroaching Intermole planes for extra points."
12606,1869,"1869: Erlebte Geschichte Teil I, 1869: Hart am Wind!, 1869: History Experience Part I",1992,7.3,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Industrial Age,"As a 19th-century merchant newcomer, the player needs to buy a ship, find a crew, load a few goods on the ship, and sail into the horizon, until the player reaches a port with a demand for said goods. The next step is to expand by buying more ships, creating regular trade routes, and becoming the head of a regular trading company. 1869 focuses on management and economy, rather than action. Actual sailing is done by plotting a route and then watching the days go by, interrupted only by the occasional random event. Basically, the main activities are planning routes, watching out for special assignments (that pay well if completed on time), and generally trying to steer clear of the shores of bankruptcy."
12608,Links LS: Legends in Sports - 1997 Edition,"Links 97, Links LS: Legenden des Sports - Edition 1997, Links LS: Legends in Sports '97",1996,8.2,"Simulation, Sports",,,"The 1997 Edition of the popular Links golf simulation. New features include higher resolution graphics (up to 1600x1200 in 16.7 million colors) with a new terrain rendering engine, and improved ball flight physics. Three new courses are featured, Latrobe Country Club, Kapalua Village Course, and the Kapalua Plantation course. Also included is a video tour of Latrobe Country Club, and a virtual reality tour of Arnold Palmer's office and workshop."
12611,Sam & Max: Hit the Road,,1993,8.3,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Mini-games, Puzzle elements","Fantasy, North America","Sam and Max - a canine shamus and a hyperkinetic rabbit - are the freelance police: private investigators who receive missions from and are answerable to ""The Commissioner"". Upon the completion of a rescue mission from the clutches of a mad scientist, the duo drives through the opening credits and immediately receives a new assignment: Bruno the Bigfoot is missing from the circus and seems to have kidnapped Trixie, the Giraffe-Neck Girl. Sam and Max are on the case and will follow the mystery all across the United States, even if it takes them to such locations as The World's Largest Ball of Twine and The Mount Rushmore Dinosaur Tarpit. Sam & Max Hit the Road is a puzzle-solving point-and-click adventure game. The player directly controls Sam, though Max will usually follow closely behind and is even available to use directly as an item in the inventory. Sam is able to be directed anywhere on the screen, look at objects, try to use objects, try to speak to objects and use items from his inventory on objects. Sam and Max must unravel the mystery piece by piece in order to unlock new locations on their map. They can travel between these locations at any time by using the car keys on their police car. During conversation, the player is able to make Sam ask questions of persons, speak non-sequitur exclamations, or ask about specific objects, people, and locations (which are also unlocked as clues are discovered). The verb interface from previous LucasArts adventure games has been modified to icon-based commands, allowing the entire screen to be used for the playing area, similarly to Sierra titles. The game also features a variety of mini-games, which can be accessed at any time once found. These include Highway-Surfing: a game where the player must jump over exit signs on the interstate, Car Bomb: a variant of Battleship a Sam & Max coloring book, a Sam & Max dress-up game, and a Whac-a-Mole variant entitled Wak-A-Rat. The CD version of the game includes voice-overs for all the conversations."
12612,SimPark,,1996,7.6,"Educational, Simulation",Managerial / business simulation,,"Made by Maxis, the company famous for its line of ""Sim"" games, SimPark deals with the simulation and management of a real wildlife park. SimPark allows you to build and manage parks from scratch, completely isolated from civilization. You have the choice of choosing from hundreds of different species of flowers, bushes, plants, mammals, birds, and reptiles to live and thrive in your park. Which plants and animals to put in is completely your choice, but you have to make sure that their biological needs are met so that they won't die. You start out with a bare patch of land, but as you add plants and animals, it will begin to grow. Depending on the climate and food available, certain animals will even begin migrating to your park. SimPark contains a massive database of plants and animals that you need to use in order for your park to flourish. Over hundreds of species are cataloged in SimPark, and each article includes a brief bio, their scientific name, their wants and needs, and even an authentic recording of what each animal sounds like. You need to utilize this information to figure out what plants and animals to put in your park, in order for the creatures to flourish. If a creature or plant does not get enough food, a plant does not like the climate, or trees do not get the amount of water they need, your park will not grow. When plants and animals are placed incorrectly, the park becomes unstable. Weeds and animals will begin to overpopulate the park. Other trees will die or get overeaten by rampaging species. Because of this, the game tries to teach the concept of a ""balanced ecosystem."" It is up to you to have an understanding of the animals in your park to preserve a balance. Only through a perfectly balanced biological system can all of the creatures flourish. Besides the biological aspect, there is also the managerial aspect of it. Above all, it is up to you to manage the budget for the park. Planting trees and adapting animals costs money, and if you can't manage that money, you're fired. Even though you get federal funding each year, it is also important to attract visitors to the park to make a little income. You need to make provisions for humans, like paths and bathrooms. You also have to make sure visitors behave and do not litter or ravage the park. Besides this, you also have the duty to identify species in your park, through a mini-game which has you identify them through their characteristics. As well, you may have to decide on other things like if you want to receive donations, or cater to boyscout parties (which might have negative effects on the ecosystem). Like any classic Sim game, you can ravage your own park with disasters. You can simulate a garbage dump disaster (a large pile of garbage and lots of rats), a fire, an alien invasion (pink and blue blobs that create garbage) and a kudzu infestation."
12614,The Elder Scrolls: Chapter II - Daggerfall,"Daggerfall: Die Schriften der Weisen, Daggerfall: The Elder Scrolls - Chapter 2",1996,7.9,Role-playing (RPG),"Action RPG, Sandbox / open world",Fantasy,"Daggerfall is a sequel to The Elder Scrolls: Arena ; it is set in the same medieval fantasy world Tamriel - more specifically, in the homeland of the Breton race, known as High Rock, and the province Hammerfell, home of the Redguards. The game's title is derived from the name of High Rock's capital city. The main protagonist travels to Daggerfall at the request of the emperor Uriel Septim. His mission involves freeing the ghost of the late King Lysandus. Apparently, a letter concerning the king and sent by the emperor to the court in Daggerfall contains information about a dangerous ancient power. It is now up to the hero to retrieve the letter, reveal the dark secret that has been preserved in the king's family, and eventually discover the key to the resurrection of an iron golem who wields immense power. Like its predecessor, Daggerfall is an open-ended role-playing game, in which the main quest is but a small fraction of the various missions and assignments the player is able to undertake. The game is notable for breaking records concerning the size of its world (though much of it has been generated randomly). Interaction with hundreds of thousands of non-playable characters is possible. The player is free to join one of the many political and social organizations of Tamriel, as well as pursue a personal quest for power. The player is able to buy houses, ships, and horses, as well as become a werewolf, a vampire, or a wereboar. Combat in Daggerfall is action-based: the player uses the mouse to determine the direction and the power of sword swings and shots from a ranged weapon. Character growth is handled somewhat similarly to that of Quest for Glory games: the more the player performs an action, the better the protagonist becomes at it. For example, swinging the sword will eventually increase the player character's attack power and skill with that weapon, etc. This extends to non-combat activities such as jumping, bartering, speaking foreign languages, etc. Leveling up occurs when several main and secondary skills have been raised sufficiently. During character generation the player is given the option to create and name his or her custom classes by combining attributes and skills."
12615,"Crush, Crumble and Chomp!","Crique, Craque, Crocue, Crush, Crumble & Chomp!, Crush, Crumble and Chomp, Crush, Crumble and Chomp! The Movie Monster Game, Crush, Crumble and Chomp!: The Movie Monster Game",1981,6.5,Strategy / tactics,,,"Crush, Crumble & Chomp lets you assume the role of a movie-style monster, becoming one of any number of giant crawling, swimming, or flying beasts. Technically CC&C is a strategy game; you have to keep an eye on several statistics, including your health, appetite, and even such minute details as the tilt of your head (helps in aiming breath weapons). Destroy the city before the human military destroys you!"
12618,Rocco,Rocky,1985,6.3,"Action, Sports",,,"Our Stallone-inspired hero has four fights to win before becoming champion boxer in this sports game. Cimbel Lin, Ted Matare, Jansen Sino and Fighter Bull must be dealt with in order, with fights getting tougher as you progress.The action is viewed in 3D, from behind your boxer and with a full view of your opponent. A health bar is provided for each player, going from green to red as hits are scored. When the strength goes down to zero, a punch will floor your opponent - either player can be seen hitting the floor when a knockout blow is struck. Three knockouts are required to win a fight."
12621,Willy the Worm,,1985,5.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,You play a worm that has to get to the bell at the top of the screen without hitting blocks that slide down at you ala Donkey Kong-style.
12622,Pandemonium!,Magical Hoppers,1996,7.4,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The young sorceress Nikki, the court jester Fargus, and his side-kick Sid the puppet are the three main protagonists of this 3D platform game. While attending a ""Wizards in Training"" seminar, Nikki accidentally casts a powerful magic spell, which results in a giant monster swallowing the whole village. The three friends must now travel to a place called ""Wishing Engine"", and be granted a wish to revert the world back to normal. The characters each have a special movement to kill enemies with. The game uses floating camera angles through a vast Prince of Persia -style world. The goal of the game is to clear the various levels, avoiding spikes and enemies and collecting coins for extra lives. Unlike most 3D platformers, Pandemonium offers only two-dimensional movement, rather than complete freedom of movement. The characters move along a curving 2D course within a 3D environment."
12625,Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette,"Silent Scope 2: Fatal Judgement, Silent Scope 2: Innocent Sweeper",2000,6.4,Action,Shooter,,"Pick up your sniper rifle and get ready to take down the terrorists. Story mode takes you through a day in the life of a sniper, out to stop a deadly threat to the President and the rest of the world. Choose from 2 characters, Jackal and Falcon, each with a different angle to each level of the action. Multiplayer mode is also included, using the link cable mode to use two PS2 consoles and 2 TV screens. However, no sniper rifle peripheral is included."
12627,Robotica,"Deadalus, Robotica: Cybernation Revolt",1995,6.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Robotica was the first, first-person shooter for the platform and a first generation game for the console. It is somewhat similar to Space Hulk only that the player takes the role of a machine that rebels against the robots to save mankind. The weapons include a punch, Vulcan gun, Missiles, and Lasers. The main environment is made up of various hallways. The player runs through the various stages collecting keys, using computers, and triggering lights. The enemies are relatively basic but are dangerous in numbers. The game is set in 2877, 800 years after the world's peacekeeping unions have collapsed. They are replaced with World Silent Security Service, a global world order to maintain the security on earth and in space. However, over time the role of the order is questioned, and the Reformist Faction rebel group sends three pilots in Laocorn assault robots to the WSSS' space station Daedalus in earth's orbit. Two are immediately destroyed, but the player gets to control the remaining robot."
12628,Ninja Gaiden Shadow,"Ninja Ryūkenden GB: Matenrō Kessen, Ninja's Skyscraper Fight, Shadow Warriors",1991,7.2,Action,Arcade,,"Ninja Gaiden Shadow is a prequel to Ninja Gaiden It is 1985, 3 years before the events of the NES game, and Jaquio has not yet been awakened. However, Emperor Garuda, an evil dictator, threatens New York city and it is up to the Ryu Hayabusa to fight him. This game is an action side-scroller. Ryu can run, jump and beat his enemies using a sword. He also has a grappling-hook device, which can be used to reach higher platforms, which can then be hand-climbed across. By collecting power ups Ryu can use a magical technique called ""the art of the fire wheel"", an ascending and spinning wheel of fire which will take more damage than his usual sword. He has up to 5 charges of this technique. Ryu has a life meter with six units, which can be replenished by finding proper power ups inside containers. The game is divided in 5 stages. Each stages has sub-screens, and the main objective is to go from left to right till the end of the screen, destroying the enemies in the way. Among the enemies Ryu will find humans, cyborgs and machines. At the end of each stage a boss fight awaits Ryu."
12634,Rad Mobile,"Aquarius, Gale Racer",1991,6.4,Racing / Driving,,,"Rad Mobile is a 1st-person racing game where the scenarios are 2D and all of them correspond to 20 zones across the United States. The only available camera is the one inside the car, from where you can see the wheel and indicators (again, in 2D). Also, the game features weather effects, like rain, fog and night, for which you should use either the headlights or the windscreen wiper to succeed in the race. The Saturn version is similar to the Arcade version except that your rivals are fully polygonal cars. It also adds Full Motion Video sequences, as well as a CD soundtrack."
12635,RollerCoaster Tycoon: Gold Edition,"RollerCoaster Tycoon, RollerCoaster Tycoon & RollerCoaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3-Pack, RollerCoaster Tycoon: Collection, RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe, Totally RollerCoaster",2000,6.7,Compilation,,,"RollerCoaster Tycoon: Gold Edition is a compilation of the theme-park management title RollerCoaster Tycoon with its expansion packs. Altogether, this package includes the following: Despite being called RollerCoaster Tycoon the Xbox version also includes both add-ons, as well as a unique zoom feature. This is the first release on that platform."
12636,3D-Pinball,Pinball Power,1989,6.3,Action,Pinball,,"A standard pinball table is featured in this simulation, but with the original addition of a tilted view of the table, giving an illusion of 3D. As with any table, the aim is to get a high score, and this is done by hitting particular targets repeatedly. There are bonus ramps, bumpers, lights to be hit to increase your bonus count (which can be toggled using the left and right flipper keys). There is no 'pin' between the flippers, and no apparent tilt feature, meaning that luck plays a bigger part than in most pinball games. The ball is always launched at a standard speed on each of your five lives."
12638,Choplifter III,Choplifter III: Rescue Survive,1993,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In this third installment of the Choplifter series, it is once again your job to fly your helicopter through enemy territory to rescue hostages. The helicopter does not only take damage from enemy fire, but also from contact with buildings, trees, walls etc., which makes some levels difficult to navigate. Enemies can be destroyed by either using the helicopter's standard weapon, or more powerful weapons that can be picked up throughout the levels. The main task of each level however, is picking up a certain number of hostages and taking them to your home base."
12641,Mega Man III,Rockman World 3,1992,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Dr. Wily is at it again! This time, he's set up an oil rig in the middle of the ocean and is drilling deep down to the earth's magma core. The reason? He plans to use the incredible power generated to fuel his latest diabolical robot creation! Of course, only Mega Man can stop him! Mega Man III follows the tradition of the previous Game Boy games - you must run, jump and blast your way through four boss worlds. After defeating the four bosses, you will encounter an intermission level. Once this level is beaten, you face four more bosses, then move on to the final showdown with Dr. Wily. This is the first Game Boy Mega Man title to introduce the Mega Buster from Mega Man 4 for the NES. If you hold down the B Button, you'll be able to charge up your cannon for a more powerful shot. Mega Man III combines Snake Man, Gemini Man, Shadow Man and Spark Man from Mega Man 3 as well as Dust Man, Skull Man, Dive Man and Drill Man from Mega Man 4. In addition to this, there is a powerful Game Boy exclusive boss called Punk, who uses screw-like weapons to attack."
12649,F1 Championship: Season 2000,"F1 Championship: Saison 2000, F1 Championship: Temporada 2000",2000,7.5,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"All cars and drivers from the 2000 season are here and the game modes include a single race, a championship season, a custom season (where you pick the track order yourself) and a quick race where you start at last place in the field, and you must get as far up the field as possible in just 4 laps."
12660,Street Sk8er,"Simple 1500 Series Vol. 47: The Skateboard, Street Boarders, Street Skater",1998,7.0,"Action, Sports",Tricks / stunts,,"Street Sk8er was one of the first skateboarding games to hit the PlayStation. It is much simpler than its genre brother Tony Hawk's Pro Skater with a simpler way of performing tricks and more linear stage design. What it does bring to the table though is a tailor made licensed soundtrack with artists such as H2O, Less Than Jake and I Against I, and some hidden characters and stages to unlock as the player progresses through the game. There are different characters to choose from, boards and stages."
12666,Tekken Tag Tournament,,1999,7.8,Action,Fighting,,"In this, the fourth Tekken game in the series, and the first for the Playstation 2, you can duel it out with all your favourite characters from past Tekken games with the new tag feature (as the title suggests). You simply choose two characters to battle with, and during the fight you can swap the characters on screen (much like tag team wrestling)."
12668,The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield,,1997,7.2,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,An Interactive Springfield from the TV show The Simpsons. You can walk around and visit various locations from the show. You can collect things from these places in order to access other previously inaccessable ones. Some simple mini-games also exist in the arcade.
12671,Gate of Doom,"Dark Seal, Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Gate Of Doom, Retro Classix: Gate of Doom",1990,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",Fantasy,"According to an ancient legend of the Kingdom of Etrulia, should the people get corrupted by wickedness, demons and devils would break through the Gate of Doom, ruling the land as their own. However, by the same time four heroes with different powers would be summoned by the Force Divine to destroy the monsters of darkness and using the magic gem and magic crown they would try to lock the Gate of Doom forever. Dark Seal was originally released in arcades in 1990. It is a beat'em-up in a fantasy set. One or two players (in co-op mode) can choose among 4 different characters: the Knight (who has a strong weapon), the Wizard (who has powerful magic), the Bard (who's immune to poison) and the Ninja (who has high-speed movement). The characters are viewed in an isometric perspective and can move and attack in all 8 directions, though they can't move while attacking. All characters wield mid-range weapons. The Knight uses a morning star, the Wizard uses a magic flame pillar, the Bard uses an elastic spetum and the Ninja uses shurikens. They can also use magical attacks when a magic meter shown at the side of the screen is full. A book of spells keeps flipping its pages, showing a different spell in each page. Once the player hits the spell button, the spell showing in that moment in the book is activated, transforming him or her into different elemental forms (a tornado, a sparkling cloud, a bush of fire, etc.), lasting until the magic meter is depleted. The enemies are typical fantasy ones, such as skeletons, ghouls, kobolds, etc. Some of them can poison or confuse the players. Throughout the game, chests can be found containing items can be collected to fill the characters life and magic meters, as well as items such as armor parts which can improve players stats."
12672,Namco Museum Vol. 5,,1997,6.6,"Action, Compilation","Platform, Shooter","Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","This Namco Museum series member combines Pac-Mania Dragon Spirit (which is a combination of 1942 and Xevious ), Metro-Cross (a type of skateboarding action game), Baraduke (where you control the hero through many caverns filled with monsters) and Legend of Valkyrie which combined classic gameplay with improved scaling effects. And as usual, you can find some great info on each title in the museum."
12673,Chase,,1988,6.2,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Chase the player takes the role of a hero who has to save the abducted princess Chardonnay. To do so, the hero mans a space ship and has to solve four levels with slightly different gameplay mechanics: When all levels are solved, the game loops with a higher difficulty."
12676,Rushdown,,1999,6.1,"Racing / Driving, Sports",,"Africa, Contemporary, Europe, Japan (Modern/Futuristic), North America, South America","Rushdown(TM) for the PlayStation is an exhilarating, high-speed, downhill racing game that challenges players in three extreme sports: mountain biking, kayaking and snowboarding.Set in real-time 3-D environments, Rushdown(TM) features white-knuckle action in authentic worldwide locales such as Africa, Europe, North and South America, Southeast Asia, and Japan. Rushdown(TM) offers three different modes of play: Arcade, Championship, and Multiplayer. Players race against the clock in the Arcade mode to hone their skills for the ultimate showdown. On each continent, players race against the local champion in all three sports - victory must be achieved to advance. Challenge a friend in the Multiplayer modes, in which you can compete in either the arcade or championship events. Make sure to select your gear wisely, as having the right equipment for each situation may make the difference between glory and defeat. Source: Official Site (feeltherush.com)"
12683,Ninja Rabbits,,1991,5.4,Action,Platform,,"The rabbit you control has ninja skills and an appropriate costume. Ninja Rabbits is a platform game where you usually go to the right, except sometimes you must go down into the sewers or metro and fight there. Enemies on various levels include street thugs, ninjas, bears and frogs. Most screens have more than one enemy, but you only fight one at a time. Be careful to avoid the bouncing dots, as these sap your energy. This is depicted as a carrot which gets smaller as it fades - collect extra carrots to recharge it."
12688,World of Dragon Warrior: Torneko - The Last Hope,"Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko no Daibōken 2 - Fushigi no Dungeon, Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko no Daibōken 2 Advance",1999,6.2,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Torneko: The Last Hope is the sequel to Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon and like that game, stars Torneko (aka Taloon), the merchant from Dragon Warrior IV Having become rich and prosperous in the previous game by collecting treasures, Torneko eventually recovered the ""Joy Chest"" from the very bottom of the dungeon and had it enshrined at his shop. Peace had returned to the town for some time. After awhile, a mysterious stranger arrived and seemed concerned about the Joy Chest being outside the dungeon. At the same time, monsters started reappearing and different parts of the kingdom began turning into ""mysterious dungeons"". It will be up to middle-aged Torneko, to fight through these strange places and help the king discover what has broken the peace. Like other Fushigi no Dungeon games, Torneko: The Last Hope is a dungeon crawler viewed from the overhead. The dungeons are randomly generated. When venturing into dungeons, Torneko will find many items and fight monsters. He can freely move through the dungeons, but each movement or action of his is countered by those of the monsters (if they are present on screen). All actions are made in turns, so despite the illusion of walking and fighting in real time, the game is turn-based. There are all kinds of items in the dungeons including herbs which can be eaten or thrown, magic scrolls which can be read, swords and shields that can be equipped and staffs which can be waved until their charges are depleted. Players must also keep an eye on Torneko's hunger meter and eat regularly, otherwise Torneko will go into starvation and start losing hitpoints at a great rate. There are several ways to leave a dungeon including death, an Outside Scroll, donating to a Priest or reaching the very bottom floor. When leaving the dungeon areas, Torneko's experience points and stats are lost. To make money, he must sell items he has collected from the dungeon, but may keep a couple of his items in the Storage Room for later use. Torneko's village initially starts small, but as progress in made in the game more and more services and shops will be attracted to it. Some examples of services include a Bread Baker, a Witch, a Blacksmith, a Builder and a Meldersmith."
12695,Demon's Winter,,1988,6.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The land of Ymros was first encountered in Shard of Spring and it returns in this follow up, which is viewed from above, but has a game-world 32 times the size of its predecessor. Your characters can include Humans, Elves, Dwarves and Trolls, each with different skills as well as generated and varying statistics, and one of 10 different character classes - Barbarian, Wizard and Scholar for Example. You will need to choose the right balance of these for your mission, which involves tracking down Malifon and gain revenge on the damage he has done to Ymros. Combat takes place via close-quarters combat and spell-casting, depending on the character's abilities. Towns can be visited to buy weapons, and you can return to your camp to worship one of the various Gods and receive their gifts such as resurrection and protection. It has also a 'skill/item' menu in which items can be used on other items to solve problems."
12701,Doc the Destroyer,,1987,5.6,Action,"Fighting, Puzzle elements, RPG elements","Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic","Centuries of pollution have destroyed the environment, causing the few survivors to live beneath the energy dome - outside of this havoc and dark creatures reign. Against all advice, Doc the Destroyer attempts to put things right by convincing people to return overground. Gameplay has several distinct elements, beginning with creating a character by balancing strength, endurance, luck, charisma and intelligence. Each area you travel through is described in text, and you will be presented with options as to where to explore, hide, flee, fight etc. Fights involve the gameplay moving into one-on-one beat 'em up territory, which has several moves on the C64 version but is more timing-related on the Spectrum implementation."
12704,Half-Life: Uplink,Hλlf-Life: Uplink,1999,7.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Half-Life: Uplink is a special standalone version of the 1998 first-person shooter computer game Half-Life Uplink features many of the common enemies, characters, and weapons from the full game, but the location and scenario in this demonstration do not appear in Half-Life. Like its successor's demo, however, Uplink was made available for download after the release of the full retail version of the game. The Uplink chapters were made a few weeks after the base game was already released, and roughly fit in prior to or during the Lambda Core chapter. Some segments use audio that was cut from original, while the premise is based on the cut level Communications Center Uplink also includes the same Hazard Course tutorial from the full release of Half-Life Uplink was included with the Game of the Year Edition of Half-Life as a mod, and was included with many subsequent releases. When the series migrated to Valve's own Steam distribution service, Uplink was absent entirely until 17 November 2023, when it was integrated into the Half-Life base game as part of the 25th Anniversary Update. Uplink was also included with certain video cards as bundled on one disk that also included Team Fortress Classic and Counter-Strike 1.3 Uplink is available in English, French and German."
12708,Diablo,Diablo (Game of the Year),1997,8.1,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"Long ago a secret war raged between Heaven and Hell, each using humanity as its pawns. While the Prime Evils of Hell were engaged in war their lesser lieutenants conspired to overthrow them. They mutinied suddenly with the combined forces of Hell, overwhelming the three Primes. Stripped of their power, they were banished to the mortal realm. Human agents of Heaven, upon discovering this, found the three Primes and sealed them within gemstone prisons, each of them sent to a different corner of the earth and kept under guard to prevent them from escaping. As years turns to centuries, however, the power of Heaven's agents waned, until eventually not even the people of the town of Tristram knew that buried deep under their chapel was the soul of the Lord of Terror, Diablo. As the strength of his prison waned Diablo reached out into the world, corrupting the dreams of the land's good king, driving him to attack his neighbors. The nation of Khanduras fought wars with no intention of winning, desiring only slaughter and suffering. Now the lands lay scorched, home only to monsters and the dead. Rumors spread of a way to stop the demons, as well as rumors of great wealth, and both draw adventurers from far to the small town of Tristram. Players start by choosing their avatar's class: either Warrior, Rogue, or Sorcerer. Warriors have the highest maximum strength and can repair weapons and armor inside the dungeon, but this will lower the item's maximum durability. The Rogue has the highest maximum dexterity and can both see and disarm traps on treasure chests. The Sorcerer has the highest maximum magic attribute and can recharge the charges on a spellcasting staff at the cost of his own mana. Characters can equip armor, weapons, and accessories found in the chapel's shifting dungeons, but strong equipment will have minimum attribute requirements to be worn. Most equipment will have randomized stats, but some strong monsters will drop Unique weapons with set stats. Magic can be learned by finding magic tomes, and leveled up by finding multiples of the same spell tome, but advanced spell levels can not be learned if the character's magic stat is too low. Upon destroying enough monsters to level up the player is rewarded with additional attribute points to distribute to whichever attributes they wish. Occasionally the few people left in town will inform the player of a job they would like done, either an exceptionally strong monster that must be slain or a unique item found deep in the dungeon, and will reward the player in kind upon completion of the quest. Diablo can be played cooperatively with 1 to 3 other players over LAN or BattleNet with the PC versions, or with 1 player locally on the PlayStation. Players can team up to survive the depths of the dungeons, or turn on each other to steal one another's items from their corpse. The quest unique zones are removed from the online version of a dungeon, and instead quest monsters will be found wandering the level that would normally lead to their unique area."
12711,Disc,,1990,7.0,Action,Arcade,,"Disc is a game of fast reflexes and clever thinking. Control one player against the computer or another person. The objective is to finish off opponents by knocking him off the platforms or by making the platform disappear by hitting the walls behind your opponents. Your weapon is a disc, which you can throw at your opponent or at the walls. The disc will ricochet off the walls, opening a wide range of angles and attacks. You can also try a direct hit at your opponents, as enough of these will eliminate him as well, but be careful - since it gives him a chance to block your disc, thus gain control of it! As you progress through the levels, from Novice, through Disciple, up to a Great Guide, your rivals become tougher, platforms take longer hits to disappear, and there are more discs on the playing field."
12718,SOS,Septentrion,1993,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",Interwar,"The date is Tuesday, September 13th, 1921. It's a stormy night, and the luxury ocean liner ""Lady Crithania"" is about to be capsized by an enormous wave. Many of its crew and its 2300 passengers will be killed outright in the initial overturning; in the transfigured catastrophic ship environment, most of the remainder will be unable to locate, reach and secure a safe exit from the sinking ship before it floods entirely. Inspired by Paul Gallico's 1969 novel The Poseidon Adventure this game puts the player in the shoes of one of four denizens of the fated vessel: Capris Wisher, architect; Redwin Gardener, counselor; Luke Haines, sailor; or Jeffrey Howell, doctor. Each of these gentlemen possess certain exclusive skills and distinct backstories and motivations - a successful strategy toward winning the game will vary greatly depending on which character the player initially selects to control. The goal is not to be on the ship when it goes down for the last time. Accomplishing this demands mastery of a new skill hitherto untapped by its platform-game spiritual predecessors Prince of Persia and Flashback : exploring and navigating the ship in both an upright and an upside-down position, as well as many of the gradiated permutations between - thanks to dizzying Mode 7 abuse, the game environment will tip, tilt and skew at predictable intervals, granting access to some previously unreachable areas while denying access to other portions of the ship the player perhaps intended to go back through. A successful evacuation is going to require the assistance of other survivors. Supposing the player can find and reach them, it will still be necessary to safely lead them past obstacles and hazards; as with most NPCs, they're slower and less agile than the protagonist, necessitating plotting out the simplest, safest course possible, given the circumstances. The game's ending is determined by which and how many people the player managed to rescue. The game must be completed within a time limit of one hour. Since injury in this dangerous and unpredictable environment is so frequent and, indeed, inevitable, death has been replaced by a deduction of five minutes from the time remaining; but no matter how safe the protagonist may find himself after one hour of game time, when the countdown reaches zero, it's game over."
12729,Echelon,Echelon: 3-D Space Flight Simulator,1987,6.1,"Action, Simulation",Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Echelon is a space combat simulator with wire-frame graphics. Fly around an alien planet, looking for clues to a ""mysterious event"" in the planet's past. The game has a feature that allows people to play without concerning themselves with battle, or turn off the ""exploration"" and concentrate solely on combat."
12730,Blue's Clues: Blue's Art Time Activities,,2000,7.5,Educational,,,"In Blue's Art Time Activities - based on the children's television series Blue's Clues - Blue and her human friend Steve invite the player to join them as they prepare for the Really Big Art Show at Blue's school. With the help of some other characters from the series, the player will assemble and embellish many pieces to be displayed in the art show while learning some art basics such as color-mixing, shapes, textures, and primary colors. Each activity allows the player to create and save several pieces in Blue's portfolio. The player is provided with a checklist inside the portfolio, showing the characters to assist and activities to be finished before the Art Show may commence: Once all the activities have been finished, the player is ready to participate in the Art Show and select his favorite art piece to award a ribbon to. Blue's Art Time Activities uses a point-and-click and click-and-drag method as in other Blue's Clues games and allows the player to print his completed pieces; an option that can be turned off by a parent. The game is intended for the 3 - 6 year-old, complementing a preschool artistic curriculum as well as providing creative free play."
12736,Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus,,1987,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus is the third chapter of the Phantasie trilogy. This time, the Dark Lord Nikademus has set his evil sights on conquering - not only an island - but the entire world. He must be stopped, and you've chosen to undertake this difficult and dangerous quest. The basic gameplay in this game is quite similar to the system implemented in part one and part two with several additions and enhancements. Some weapons and spells have been added. During combat, you can move each character to the front, middle, or back of the party. It's also possible to aim your spells at different ranks of the enemy. Wounds are specified by body location and extent of injury."
12737,WipEout 64,,1998,7.7,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"WipEout 64 is a follow-up to WipEout XL taking place one year later (2098). Like other installments in the series, it is a futuristic racing game in which players control hovercrafts and use weapons to damage the opponents' vehicles, trying to finish the race in the first position. The gameplay is similar to its predecessor in many aspects, such selection of hovercrafts, handling system, visuals, etc. The main differences include:"
12745,Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie,,1995,7.3,Action,Fighting,,"This version of Power Rangers is different from its other versions While still based upon the movie, this version is a one-on-one fighting game like its predecessor on the same platform instead of a 2D brawler. There are three modes of play to choose from: Story where the player chooses from one of six Power Rangers to fight against Ivan Ooze's minions in an attempt to force a showdown with Ooze himself. Versus modes lets the player not only choose from the Power Rangers, but they can also use the bad guys as well and face off against randomly picked opponents. Link allows to players to face off against each other using the Gear-to-Gear link cable."
12751,Tag Team Match: M.U.S.C.L.E.,"Kinnikuman: Muscle Tag Match, M.U.S.C.L.E.",1985,5.3,Sports,,,"M.U.S.C.L.E. (Millions of Unusual Small Creatures Lurking Everywhere) is an early NES wrestling game based on the line of toys popular in the 1980s. M.U.S.C.L.E. allows you to choose two wrestling stars from the M.U.S.C.L.E. universe (from a selection of eight) in a tag-team match tournament in one player mode, and versus a friend in two player mode. Each wrestler has one special move that can be used by collecting the power pellet that floats around the ring at random instances."
12753,Super Monaco GP,"G.P. Mônaco, Super Monaco G.P.",1989,7.5,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Super Monaco GP is a first-person perspective racing game which allows you to race other cars around the famous Monaco Grand Prix course. You first must qualify for a position on the grid by driving round a shortened version of the course on your own. The faster you drive the higher placing on the grid. The actual race has you competing against 19 other drivers and as well as trying to beat them all you must get to checkpoints within a time limit or it is race over. You also have to stay ahead of a certain position which starts at 20th and gets lower the longer the race goes on. The Genesis version of Super Monaco adds a complete career mode, however. In the career mode, your goal is to win a season of races. Unfortunately, you start with a relatively slow car. By challenging other drivers, you can move to a better team and car, and ultimately win the F1 World Title. As well as the famous Monaco course, others from around the world have been added, to give the game a longer shelf life."
12755,Policenauts,,1994,7.8,Adventure,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2010 mankind has built its first space colony, Beyond Coast. Three years later the founders of the colony felt it needed to be protected, and chose five best policemen from Earth to do that: Gates Becker from Scotland Yard, the Japanese Sadaoki Tokugawa, Salvatore Toscanini from New York, and two policemen from Los Angeles: Jonathan Ingram and his best friend Ed Brown. During a routine patrol on Beyond Coast, something happened to Jonathan's spacesuit. He was sucked into space and presumed dead. Twenty-five years later, he is miraculously discovered in his life pod, alive. He still looks like a young man, but in reality, he is fifty-five years old. Trying to forget his past, Jonathan opens an investigation agency on Earth. One day, his ex-wife unexpectedly pays him a visit. She has re-married during Jonathan's prolonged absence and asks him to find her missing husband. When she leaves the office, her car explodes, and she dies. Determined to fulfill her final request, Jonathan prepares to re-visit Beyond Coast. Policenauts is a Japanese-style adventure with action elements, similar in many ways to Snatcher The player interacts with the environment in a point-and-click fashion: positioning a cursor over an object allows the player character to examine it or perform other context-dependent actions. There are a few puzzles in the game, but most of the time the story is advanced by visiting various locations, examining objects, and talking to characters. Conversations usually include a selection of topics. Action sequences are similar to those of Snatcher but are more numerous and varied. The player must rapidly shoot enemies moving within a one-screen area viewed from a first-person perspective, reloading the gun manually and trying to eliminate the enemy before Jonathan's health bar is depleted."
12757,NetHack,,1987,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),Roguelike,Fantasy,"NetHack is a roguelike role-playing game with both traditional ASCII graphics and a graphical tileset. The objective is to find the Amulet of Yendor and sacrifice it to your deity. In the beginning, you choose one of the classes - there are some traditional ones, like Priest or Knight, but also unusual ones like Tourist or Caveman. Then, you find yourself on the 1st level of the dungeon, along with your pet that will accompany you and help you in combat. On each level, you have to find an exit to the lower level; on the way, you'll find countless monsters to fight, as well as items to collect. Sometimes, you come upon a shop, where you can buy or sell items. Items you find can be blessed (more effective than normal), but sometimes are cursed (less effective, or outright harmful). Eating the corpses of fallen enemies is an important part of the game since many creatures give you special abilities or immunities when eaten. While the above description might seem brief, NetHack is, in fact, a very complex and merciless game - there are lots of ways to die. Since NetHack is a roguelike, everything is represented as a top-down view of the current dungeon level, where the walls, the floor, and all items, characters, and monsters are ASCII characters. More recent versions of the game also include an official set of graphical tiles which can be turned on at the player's option."
12766,Mutant Monty,,1984,6.4,Action,,Fantasy,"You are Monty and you are about to attempt to fulfill your life's ambitions, become rich and be a hero. You have the opportunity to rescue a Princess while collecting gold nuggets on the way. The game consists of 40 single screen rooms viewed from above at an elevated angle, and to leave each room you must collect all the gold nuggets scattered around within a time limit, and once all the gold is collected then you can leave by the opened door. Moving around each room are various creatures and if you touch any, then you lose one of five lives, and failing also to complete the room within the time limit also loses a life. The joystick is used to control Monty and once you move him in a direction he keeps moving until he hits an object but he can change direction as he moves. Also to note is that the longer you hold the joystick in a direction the faster Monty moves."
12769,Courier Crisis,,1997,6.4,Action,,,"Courier Crisis is a game that simulates the life of a bicycle courier. As you peddle around a virtual city, you must pick up packages from grumpy customers, and then deliver them to other grumpy customers before a timer runs out. The 3D city and the traffic in Courier Crisis are your biggest obstacles. You can pull off crazy jumps and huge tricks that help you dodge them. There are many different areas of the city in which you can do delivery runs, such as the wharf, China town, the slums, and the city center. In total, there are more than 250 missions to complete. As you complete missions, you earn money that you can use to buy better rides."
12776,The Game of Life,,1992,6.1,Puzzle,,,"The Game of Life is a real-time puzzle game. Calling itself modestly ""the ultimate cell simulation"", the Game of Life tries to recreate the processes inside a simple organic structure. This body consists of five different types of cells: The proto cells (the ""flesh"") will grow quickly and aimless, unless you border them with skin. To control proto growth, you can install control cells; they consume energy produced by support cells. Sense cells will provide you with information about the well-being of your organic entity. The basic cells will grow all by themselves, but also rot if left unattended. Your task is control: Move or destroy unwanted cell blocks, build and link a power supply throughout the structure, prevent decay and (in later missions) virus attacks. There are 99 levels to fulfill. Early ones make you rebuild a given design; later on, you'll have to reach goals like a certain amount of energy stockpiled. The time for each mission is limited."
12778,Alpine Skiing!,"Esqui, Esqui nos Alpes!, Faire du ski, Sci, Ski, Ski Alpin!, Ski-rennen, Skiing, Skiløb, Störtlopp och slalom",1979,5.1,Sports,,,"One or two players can choose among three kinds of skiing competitions to play: Slalom, Giant Slalom and Down Hill. In the Slalom event, players must ski through 55 gates. The winner is the fastest player to conclude two runs down the courses. If a player misses a gate, the timing stops and the counter registers the numbers of violations. The winner then is the player with the lesser number of violations. The Giant Slalom event follows the same rules to the slalom, but is longer than the slalom, with gates farther apart. In the Down Hill event, the winner is the player to achieve the end of the marked course in the shortest amount of time. If the player goes off-course, the violations are counted instead, and the winner is the player with the lesser number of violations. In any event, crashing into the gates will make the players lose time. Each player's course is displayed at one half of the screen and separately, even though their progresses are shown simultaneously. Players can go off-course and invade each other's courses, though. The players select the events by pulling down the stick when the desired event's name is displayed in the screen. The skiers are controlled with the stick. By holding the stick down, the skier runs down in a straight line. By pushing up, the skier stops. Right and left will change the skier direction and pressing the action button will accelerate the skier's in 30% of its speed."
12780,Slightly Magic,,1991,6.3,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Slightly Magic is a platform game not unlike Codemasters' own Dizzy and Seymour series, but is generally shorter and easier than most other games of that genre. In Slightly Magic you are cast as Slightly - mischievous nephew of legendary wizard Bigwiz, who has suddenly taken off on some urgent business, leaving his castle in disarray with dragons and magical spells running amok. One of the dragons kidnaps the princess, and now Slightly has to save her. In addition to standard inventory puzzles of Dizzy games, Slightly Magic introduces a magic system that requires multiple objects to be combined in order to achieve effects ranging from frightening the enemies to turning the player into a fish."
12783,Arachnophobia,,1991,6.4,Action,Arcade,"North America, South America","This simple action game is based on the Hollywood movie Arachnophobia South American spiders have overrun a large area in some areas of the United States. It's your task to clean the infested farms, houses or public buildings by using a very effective pesticide called ""Toxi-Max"". One of the most useful devices your character can use is an arachno-detector indicating approaching vermin. The player sprite is controlled from a side-view and basically only needs to use his toxic pesticide in time to defend himself from attacking spiders, just like a simple reaction game."
12788,Tom Clancy's The Cardinal of the Kremlin,,1990,6.3,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy (RTS)",Cold War,"The Cardinal of the Kremlin is a global management simulation. It is the time of the Cold War. An American ground reconnaissance satellite discovers a strange structure near the northern border to Afghanistan. It is identified as project ""Bright Star"" - the Soviet laser ICBM defense system, capable of destroying satellites and airplanes with a beam of energy. At the same time, the USA is busy developing their own SDI project, code name ""Tea Clipper"". And as the race for the deployment of a space-based laser defense system begins, KGB and CIA agents swarm out to infiltrate the laboratories. Among them: The United States' top spy in Moscow, the Cardinal of the Kremlin. Based on the popular novel of the same name by US author Tom Clancy, The Cardinal of the Kremlin puts you in the position of US project leader. Your task is to build, test and deploy a network of laser defense satellites before the Russians manage to do so. In this time of crisis, however, all your actions are overshadowed by the threat of espionage and treachery. The scientists that you hire may be geniuses, but are they trustworthy? The more technology tests you schedule, the easier it is for Russian spies to steal your knowledge. If you tighten up security on the other hand, the overprotection will throttle research efficiency. As you race against time and an invisible enemy, the word ""paranoia"" gains a whole new quality. Luckily, the counter-intelligence department is at your command, too. CIA agents in Moscow not only supply you with information on the Soviet project's progress, but also on KGB operations in the USA. How accurate the reports are, however, is for you to judge. You must also supply the Afghan warlords Archer with weapons and equipment, as only he can launch a desperate attack on the Bright Star base that will hopefully throw back the Soviet project for months. You conduct battles in a simple top-down action sequence."
12789,Hercules,Yolanda: The Ultimate Challenge,1986,5.6,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The 16-bit box calls this ‘The Ultimate Challenge’ and they’re not kidding; this flick-screen platform game is one of the toughest you’ll come across. In the 8-bit versions Hercules has some titanic tasks to complete, whilst in the 16-bit versions his daughter Yolanda has been cursed and can only free herself by completing the same tasks. Unusually, the game’s dozens of screens are given in a random order, with a different one after you lose each life. You have no weapon with which to harm the various creatures that lurk within. The pace of the enemies is quite hectic, but the real unique feature is that you must keep moving – each platform is set on fire a few seconds after you first touch it."
12790,Ice Palace,,1985,7.2,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"You are on a quest to retrieve your dead Father's crown to help you destroy the evil Ice Queen and remove eternal darkness from your land. You must navigate around her Ice Palace to find the seven pieces of the crown over seven levels to succeed in your quest using objects to solve puzzles. The game is an arcade adventure and contains two screens, the Action Screen or the Adventure Screen. The Action Screen is viewed from above showing a part of the level on the screen. Each level is made up of Hexagon shaped rooms with various objects inside to help or hinder you in your quest. There are six types of rooms and these are empty, a lake which cannot be crossed, a sword which contains various items, a fire which replenishes your firestick, ice which is difficult to cross and a black moline which cannot be entered. Each room has has various entrances and each room can be rotated to align entrances. As you explore the Palace there are various waves of creatures which when touched moves a gauge from good to evil and when it reaches evil it is game over. You can destroy these creatures with your firestick and once a wave is defeated then a spinning cylinder appears and when touched increases your gauge to good. The adventure screen has text and allows you to interact with objects found and solve puzzles. You can also see how many pieces of the crown are found, your good/evil gauge, indicator of any nasties in the area and a candle showing how much time you have left."
12792,Astérix: Caesar's Challenge,"Astérix: De Uitdaging van Caesar, Astérix: Die grosse Reise, Astérix: El Desafío de César, Astérix: La Sfida di Cesare, Astérix: Le défi de César, Astérix: O Desafio de Cesar",1993,6.9,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"This interactive board game offers action and adventure as Asterix and his friends journey around the Roman Empire on a challenge from Caesar while learning about different countries' history and culture. You can play as various characters including Asterix, Obelix, Impedimenta, Panacea, Justforkix and Geriatrix. You have to collect souvenirs from various places as proof you've been there, and then get back to your village in time or else Caesar will win. It allows for up to 4 players or you can play against the computer. The game track has 54 squares that can be landed on which represent countries, challenges, prisons, magic potions, traps, rest, and meeting character opportunities. The druid Getafix is host and will hand out magic potion flasks to players (except Obelix who, as fans of the comics know, fell into a potion when he was very young). You can acquire some interesting gadgets from the druid-spy Dubbelosix, that will help you move more quickly. To win the recquired souvenir items, you have to either answer the questions asked in the country squares or buy them from the Phoenician merchant Ekonomikrisis with sestertii won in challenge squares. The scoundrel Tortuous Convolvulus will also try to impede the players progress, so look out."
12794,Kyatto Ninden Teyandee,Samurai Pizza Cats,1991,7.9,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Edoropolis is home to a race of Animaloids, anthropomorphic animals which are a combination of flesh and cybernetic body parts. They are ruled by Shogun Tokugawa Lei Lei and his daughter, Tokugawa Usako. Unfortunately for them, the Prime Minister Kitsunezuka Ko'on No Kami is actively trying to depose both of them and wants to assume power by force! He's always got a plan up his sleeves, usually involving attacking the city using an army of Ninja Crows, led by Karamaru and Karasu Gennarisai (who also serves as Ko'on No Kami's advisor). It's here where Inuyama Wanko-no-Kami, Chief of the Palace guard, steps in - by bringing in the Secret Ninja Team Nyankii! Whenever Wanko-No-Kami hears that Ko'on No Kami is plotting something, he dispatches the Nyankiis from their secret base at the Pizza Cat Restaurant so they can stop him before he is successful. However, there are rumors that a foreign scientist called Dr. Purple is aiding Ko'on No Kami... but for what purpose? What could Ko'on No Kami be planning this time? Kyatto Ninden Teyandee is a side-scrolling action game in the tradition of Ninja Gaiden and it is based off the Japanese TV show produced in 1990 by Tatsunoko Productions and Sotsu agency. There are eleven stages in total, and you can play as any of the three main Secret Ninja Team Nyankii members: Yattaro leader of the team, who uses his Cat's Eye Sword as his main weapon; Pururun the only female on the team, who attacks with projectiles and her razor-sharp nails; and Sukashii who uses an umbrella to dispatch his enemies. By pausing the game, you can switch out and change places with one of the four Rescue Team members in order to use their special abilities: Rikinoshin can break boulders, Mietoru can fly for a limited time, Gotton can drill through certain walls, and Nekkii can swim easily and use water attacks. You can only use their abilities for a limited amount of time, which can be recovered by picking up items with a cat paw printed on it. All seven playable characters have an upgradable special move, which can be used by pressing Up + B. Each move is more devastating than the last, but can only be used a certain amount of times, until the Ninpo bar is drained."
12796,Amazon: Guardians of Eden,,1992,7.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",South America,"Amazon: Guardians of Eden is an adventure which tries to capture the feel of a ""B series"" set in 1957 - complete with cliffhanger endings at the end of each chapter. The plot follows the adventure of Jason Roberts, whose brother was attacked during an expedition into the Amazon. Now Roberts starts his own expedition to help his brother and eventually race for a lost treasure. Jason is moved with the keyboard, while actions are performed with a point & click interface, which means that the player combines a symbol from the command line or the inventory with another object or person in the game world. Most puzzles are inventory-based or multiple-choice dialogues, but there are also some action-based mini games, e.g. a canoe ride. Many puzzles require quick thinking (player character is killed if it takes the player too long to figure out the solution) and ""pixel hunting"" for small hot spots on the screen. During some sequences the player has to switch between Jason and the female lead character to progress. An in-game hint system is available, but nevertheless it is possible to get stuck in a dead end, having missed an important item from a previous chapter."
12801,Carmageddon 3: TDR 2000,"Carmageddon TDR 2000, Carmageddon: Total Destruction Racing 2000",2000,6.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"The third title in the Carmageddon series. There are three modes of play: ""Free Play"", which consists of 30 races across 9 different environments; ""Campaign"", which includes all the races of Free Play mode as well as 25 challenging and individual missions; and ""Multiplayer"", which features 5 different deathmatch arenas with 7 different network games. The last mode represents the core of the game. Animated props such as working cranes, lifts, and bridges produce a life-like gaming environment. For the first time, you can customize your car. People in the maps interact with their environment, crossing streets or waiting in front of theatres. The cops are also back again, so watch out! Technically, the game is up-to-date with graphic and sound rendering technologies at the time of its release, supporting reflections, rain, smoke, shadows, or surround sound, among other things."
12811,Zeus,,1998,5.0,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),"Classical antiquity, Europe","Zeus is a strategy game similar to Sid Meier's Civilization II ; however, instead of the whole world, the eleven missions of the game are restricted to ancient Greece. The player starts with a capital from which he sends settlers to found villages. Up to three factories per village produce goods like wool, weapons or tools. These goods are available to all villages of the player's empire, surplus wares are sold to other empires. When a fight is inevitable the player sends troops to defeat the enemy which are recruited and trained in the capital."
12816,Jarrett & Labonte Stock Car Racing,"TOCA World Touring Cars, WTC: World Touring Car Championship",2000,8.3,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"The 3rd game from the successful Touring Car series. This game is bigger & better, with instead of just the British touring car series, they have expanded the game, so you can compete in touring car championships from across Europe, The Americas, Asia and Australia. You can race in an exhibition race or participate in a realistic championship mode, where you choose a scenario, first of all you have to complete the Testing session, similar to Gran Turismo. After that you are given a target to reach before the end of season. If you complete the target, you unlock secret cars."
12821,Glover,,1998,6.4,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"A wizard is mixing up a batch of magic potions, when an explosion sends the gloves off his hands flying into the air. One lands safetly outside the castle, but the other lands in an evil potion mixture. It's this evil glove that decides to take over the castle. Meanwhile, 7 crystals, which used to sit on top of the castle and gave the surrounding lands its life force, also fly off in all directions. Thankfully, though, the good Glove changes the crystals into rubber balls, so that they would land safely. You must control the good glove (name Glover) and find the 7 crystals, putting them back into the castle to restore the life back into the land. But be careful, the bad glove is out to stop you and take the kingdom, and the wizards power, for his own."
12823,Sea Battle,Combat Naval,1980,7.1,Strategy / tactics,,,"Sea Battle is a strategic game for two players only. Each player controls a fleet of ships including Submarines, Destroyers, and Battleships. The goal is to engage and sink enemy ships. The winner is the player who commands the troop transport ship into the opponent's harbor. There are two phases in Sea Battle; the strategy phase, and the combat phase. The strategy phase includes maneuvering your fleet into different strategic positions on the map, laying mines, and repairing fleets. Opponents engage in ship-to-ship warfare in the combat phase, triggered by the ENGAGE button. Each of the different types of ships have their own strengths and weaknesses, such as weapon range and maneuverability."
12826,Subterranea,,1983,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Subterranea is a side scrolling shooter. Your goal is to locate treasure crystals within the Hexuplex Caves. Controlling your cave ranger, you need to blast the various types of aerobots which are guarding the cave. When all of the bots on a cave level have been destroyed, a passageway opens allowing you to travel deeper into the caverns. When you reach the last level of the cavern, you can collect the treasure crystal and be transported to the next (more challenging) set of caves and try for another crystal. In addition to the deadly aerobots, be sure not to crash into cave walls; these will drain your energy rapidly, especially if you hit one of the skulls. When all of your reserve cave rangers have crashed, the game is over. As you progress through the caves, they become narrower and the enemies move faster. Standard and advanced skill levels are available."
12827,"Conquest Earth: ""First Encounter""","Conquest Earth: ""Das Manifest"", Conquest Earth: ""Primo Contatto""",1997,6.0,Strategy / tactics,,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","This RTS (real-time strategy) game tells the story of a futuristic war between the humans and the inhabitants of Jupiter (Jovians). The player can choose to command the armies of either side. Humans and Jovians have different menu layouts and tactics which they can employ for offensive and defensive actions. Also, the Jovians must deal with the atmosphere of the Earth, which obstructs their view, by using special troops; the humans also face a problem in the sulphur shrouds of Jupiter. The game implements its own view system for battles. Some may know it from their TV's - there's a picture-in-picture option to view 3 different locations at the same time. You can choose from two modes of play, normal RTS, or a more complicated variant which is just playable if you're confident with the manual."
12829,Pool of Radiance,"Pool of Radiance: A Forgotten Realms Fantasy Role-Playing Epic, Vol. I",1988,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Located on the northern shore of the Moonsea in Forgotten Realms, Phlan was once a flourishing trade city. However, lately monsters began settling in it, gradually turning whole districts into ruins. Only New Phlan remained under human control, but its inhabitants are afraid to venture into the monster-infested areas. In order to clean the nearby Barren River and rebuild Phlan, local authorities spread rumors about alleged riches hidden somewhere in the city. A party of adventurers, attracted by these news, sails towards Phlan and accepts the quest. Pool of Radiance is the first adaptation of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons role-playing system in a computer game format. In the beginning of the game the player can use a pre-made party of six characters or create each of them from scratch. Six races (human, elf, dwarf, gnome, halfling, and half-elf) and four classes (fighter, cleric, wizard, and thief) are available. The player can tweak the attributes of the characters and assign a moral alignment to each one. Exploration of the town and hostile areas (dungeons) is viewed from a first-person perspective in a pseudo-3D world. Enemy encounters are random and take place on separate isometric combat screens, where player-controlled party and enemies take turns fighting each other. Experience points are awarded for defeating enemies, and characters level up after having accumulated set amounts. Fighters gain more attacks, thieves become proficient in backstabbing, while clerics and wizards can memorize more spells to cast before they need to rest. Non-human characters can also ""multi-class"" (learn the abilities of another class) when leveling up. The NES version was substantially different from other versions. It removed references to the Adventure's Journal and some of the more complex features of the computer versions, like different currency units. Battles were significantly reduced in size, the graphics were overhauled and redesigned so that the game could be controlled with a control pad, and music was written for it. A randomly generated dungeon feature was also removed."
12834,Bejeweled: Deluxe,"Bejeweled, Diamond Mine",2000,7.2,Puzzle,"Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle",,"Goal The object of the game is to score as many points as possible by swapping adjacent gems to create sets, either horizontal or vertical, of 3 or more identical gems. Controls Swap any two adjacent gems by clicking on one, then the one you want to swap it with. The gems must be adjacent vertically or horizontally (not diagonally). You must create a valid set of three or more identical gems with each move, or the gems will revert back to their original position. Sets can be either horizontal or vertical, and can contain more than 3 gems. When you have successfully created a set, they will disappear and new gems will fall into place, possibly creating a chain reaction or 'cascade' of more sets. You can also swap gems by clicking on one, then dragging it in the direction you want to swap. This can be faster and more efficient once you're used to it! Hints You can get a Hint at any time by clicking the purple Hint button on the left-hand control bar. This will cause a gem onscreen to flash briefly, indicating that it can be used to create a set. However, every time you use the Hint button, you will lose points! In Timetrial mode, you will also lose several seconds of time. Options The Options are accessible from the first game selection screen, or by clicking the Menu button while playing the game. They include: * Music Volume and Sound Effects: you can adjust these volume sliders separately to fit your preferences. * Fullscreen: If this is checked, Bejeweled Deluxe will use your entire computer screen. If it is not checked, Bejeweled Deluxe will be played in a window. It’s up to you to decide which you prefer. * Custom Cursors: If this box is checked, you will see special custom Bejeweled Deluxe cursors in the game rather than Windows standard cursors. If you have a special theme installed that changes your Windows cursors, you may need to activate this option to see the cursor properly in the game. * Help: This will show you instructions on how to play Bejeweled Deluxe. * High Scores: This will show you your best scores in both normal and timetrial modes. Game Modes You can play Bejeweled in either Normal or Timetrial mode. Switch modes by clicking the appropriate button on the left-hand control bar. You will have to abandon your game in progress to switch game modes. Normal Mode In Normal mode, there is no timer and you can take as long as you like to make each move. The game will end when there are no more available moves. Every set or cascade you create will cause the Bonus Bar at the bottom of the screen to increment upwards. When the Bonus Bar is full, you will proceed to the next level. Each successive level increases the value of all sets and combos! Timetrial Mode Timetrial mode is for experienced Bejeweled players who want a fast-paced challenge. In Timetrial, the Bonus Bar at the bottom of the screen continually counts down towards zero. When it hits the bottom, your game is over. You can replenish the Bonus Bar by creating sets and combos. The bigger the combo or cascade, the more the Bonus Bar will be regenerated. Filling the Bonus Bar will take you to the next level. Sets and combos are worth more on each successive level, but the timer will also count down much faster! You can press any key to pause the game while playing Timetrial."
12836,Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams,"Street Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors Dreams, Street Fighter Zero",1995,8.1,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"It's Street Fighter as you always remember it, with some new moves, characters and combo systems, as well as a more polished look and feel. The new moves available for each fighter, called Super moves, allow them to fire off very powerful moves. A bar at the bottom of the screen represents the power that you have to use for the moves. You start the first round on 0, and each attack that you make adds power to the bar. Once you reach level 3, you can unleash the special attacks, that can sometimes KO the opponant. The other major change over the Street Fighter 2 series are the Alpha counters. These can be used to counter an on-coming attack after blocking."
12837,Blade Runner,,1997,8.2,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"The game is based on the movie bearing the same title (which, in turn, is based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? ). In the grim world of the future, cities lie in darkness, and nature gave its way to artificial, bio-mechanical production of all creatures - including human beings. Those artificial humans are called replicants, and are treated as servants unworthy of being ""true"" humans. The police officer Ray McCoy is a ""Blade Runner"", whose special job is hunt down replicant rebels. During his investigations, McCoy also gets to see their side, and his vision of the world and society begins to change. Blade Runner is an adventure game with an emphasis on detective work rather than on puzzles. There are very few ""real"" puzzles in the game, and the gameplay mainly consists of questioning suspects, gathering evidence, etc. There are also some action sequences, and throughout the game the protagonist has the ability to use his gun. The player's decisions can (and will) influence the outcome of the story, bringing the game to one of the six possible endings."
12844,Total Recall,,1990,6.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Doug Quaid is a mild-mannered construction worker with a gorgeous wife in an apartment on futuristic Earth. Plagued by restless feelings and dreams of Mars, he heads to Rekall, Inc. to purchase a commercial memory implant of a Martian vacation 'cheaper, better, and safer than the real thing'. However, the implant procedure uncovers latent memories of Quaid's real life as a secret agent for the Martian government. Pursued relentlessly by his former employers, Quaid must fight from Earth to Mars in a battle to reclaim his past and secure his future. Total Recall for the Amiga and Atari ST has players controlling Quaid as he fights through seven levels on Earth and Mars. The game alternates between platforming levels and driving levels. Platforming levels require Quaid to fight guards and find the exit. The player may duck to avoid bullets and fight back with both captured weapons and meaty Schwarzenegger fists. The first level requires the player to locate items to open the exit, and a later level has the player switching control between Quaid and resistance fighter Melina to solve a puzzle. Driving levels are high-speed side-scrolling runs, with the player's vehicle moving at a fixed speed. The player must dodge passing traffic, or blow them apart with weapons. If they survive to the end, they must defeat a mobile boss vehicle to end the level. Cutscenes appear between certain levels that tell the plot of the movie and set up the next scene."
12855,Space Hulk,,1993,7.2,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Space Hulk is a real-time conversion of the original board game by Games Workshop set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Players control a squad of Space Marines in an maze allowing 90 degree turns which they may view through multiple first person cameras or using an overhead map. Their mission: to wipe out the Genestealers, a vicious alien race inhabiting the derelict ships. The 5-man squad (sometimes accompanied by another), encased in Terminator armors and armed with long range and melee weapons, can be given tactical orders (executed simultaneously) via map - with an option to temporarily freeze time (to give player more room for thinking). The game features 51 missions, including tutorial and original Deathwing campaign. The CD-ROM re-release adds extra 9 missions and more digitized speech (in slightly better quality)."
12858,Dust: A Tale of the Wired West,,1995,7.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","North America, Western","Dust is set in a New Mexico town in the 1880s. You play a mysterious (unnamed) stranger. After crossing a dangerous outlaw called The Kid you explore the desert town of Diamondback. You must deal with a displaced Indian tribe, bounty hunters, lost treasure, murder, and a confidence scheme. And that's just the beginning."
12860,Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine,,1991,7.9,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine is a platform game, the fifth in the Commander Keen series as a whole, and the second in the second series Goodbye, Galaxy Eight-year-old genius Billy ""Commander Keen"" Blaze, having learnt about the alien Shikadi's plans to destroy the galaxy, arrives on board of their ship, the Omegamatic, in order to destroy it and prevent the evil deed. The objective is to reach and destroy the core of the Omegamatic, but before this happens, Billy must find and destroy four machines which protect the main elevator. The game begins with a top-down map of the Omegamatic. This is the level select screen, where Billy can walk around and the player can choose the next level they want to enter. On each level, Billy has to either make your way to the exit, or destroy a vital machine if there is one on this level. Once a level is completed, Billy ends up back on the overhead map. The levels are full of enemies, mostly robots of various kinds. There are also many deadly hazards. If Keen gets shot or touched by an enemy, or falls into a pit or touches something hazardous, he dies and loses one life. Thankfully, Keen can stun most enemies with his raygun. He also carries a pogo stick which allows him to jump very high. Other items to find include: ammo, gems and keycards that are needed to open locked doors, bonus items which give score, jars of ""Vitalin"" (100 of them give an extra life) and the rare Keg O' Vitalin which gives an extra life."
12866,Virtua Fighter,,1993,8.3,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Virtua Fighter is considered one of the progenitors of one-on-one fighting games with fully 3D environments and characters. The fighters and arenas are rendered in flat-shaded polygons. Unlike many fighting games, Virtua Fighter focuses on gameplay based on actual fighting styles, rather than outrageous special moves and storylines. There are eight fighters to choose from in Virtua Fighter, and an equal number of fighting backdrops in which to compete. Each fighter has a distinctive fighting style, and their own set of signature moves."
12873,SideWinder,,1988,7.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This vertically scrolling shoot 'em up varies from the standard for this style of game, as it also features a degree of horizontal scrolling. The screen area moves across as you reach the edge of the screen and reveals a whole new range of enemies. These include lots of static turrets as well as cannon-fodder waves of enemies. There are 6 levels and each level starts and ends with you travelling through a tunnel, and emerging on the other side faced with a new graphical setting, be it industrial, space or woodland. After clearing the last level the tunnel leads back to the first level, so there is no real ending to the game. There are no end bosses, instead each level ends with a more difficult part with a large ground structure and increased enemies and turrets. There are 3 difficulty levels to choose from, and a 2 player mode. Interestingly, the game was not only released for Amiga and PC, but also as a coin-op machine for arcades. The arcade version is identical to the Amiga version, the arcade PCB even contains parts of the Amiga operating system."
12893,Mystical,,1990,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Fantasy,"Acquiring the title of Supreme Magician, you should travel from the Marsh of Eternal Stench to the Garden of Eden, facing danger and humour, and trying to survive the deluge of monsters, thoroughly determined to stop you! In this vertical scrolling action you should avoid the contact with enemies and their attacks, or eliminate them. You may move on the screen in four directions, collect the items, drink potions and read the scrolls to acquire the certain magical powers. The powers such as firebolts or genie assistant varies as well as your enemies such as monks, doctors, and walking trees, and everything was made with a certain sense of humor. The best scores will be written in High Scores table."
12899,Hitman: Codename 47,"Hitman: Pagato per Uccidere, Hitman: Tueur à gages",2000,7.4,Action,"Shooter, Stealth",,"A third-person shooter that emphasizes stealth and tactical thinking, Hitman: Codename 47 is a mixture of action and puzzle gaming. You play the mysterious, nameless Hitman, whose perfectly lean body and UPC-stamped head indicate a somewhat unnatural childhood. Waking up one day in a cell, you escape your imprisonment and are shortly contacted by the Agency, an organization as mysterious as yourself. Offering a job in what you do best (delivering death), you embark on a career as an assassin. But the shadow of your past creeps up on you...and the last thing an assassin needs is something creeping on him. A 3D game done nearly entirely from the third person (first person is used for aiming certain weapons), Hitman may initially draw comparisons to the Tomb Raider series. Although you can play in such a mode, there is also another mode where the mouse is more free to roam. Reflections, muzzle flashes, bodies that obey physics and slump and fall when necessary, and impressive shadows attempt to make the world feel realistic. A wide array of weaponry are available, from knives and piano wire to silenced pistols to sub-machine guns and even heavy machine guns. Although such weapons are available, stealth will be your friend. The A.I. reacts to shouts, gunfire, and other odd occurrences, sometimes even getting suspicious if you're running around and so silence and sneakiness are your two best allies. Take down lone guards, hide their bodies and steal their uniforms. Then move in closer to your kill. Multiple methods of completing most of the levels are available, although one or two are the most efficient and therefore earn you the most money."
12903,Championship Soccer '94,"Sensible Soccer, Sensible Soccer: European Champions",1993,7.5,Sports,,,"Championship Soccer '94 is based on the computer game Sensible Soccer: European Champions The gameplay is identical: a fast-paced, top-down soccer game with emphasis on fast passes and simple control system. Players can choose between 40 national, 64 club or 64 custom (fantasy) teams and can assemble their own tournaments (cup or league) with them. The number of participating teams and some of the rules can be customized. The main difference to the original is the reduced number of pre-set tournaments: for national teams World cup qualifiers and the new Maastricht Cup (a knockout tournament) and for club teams the European Superleague and EUFA Cup. Custom teams only have the Booby League and Turkey Tournament available anymore. Another important difference is that the athletes and tournaments no longer use original names, e.g. EUFA instead of UEFA. The SEGA CD version uses its increased storage capacity for additional sound and some rendered movies, e.g. a flight over a stadium before starting a match."
12905,Street Sk8er 2,"Street Boarders 2, Street Skater 2",2000,7.3,"Action, Sports",Tricks / stunts,,"This is a skateboarding game very similar in gameplay to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. You pick a skater and go through different skate parks, selecting either pro or amateur settings. You can also create your own skate park. Multiplayer competition is also provded, including 4 player serial play. Street Sk8er 2's sound track contains music from many well known bands such as Deftones, Ministry, and Static X."
12908,Ultima I,"Ultima I: The Beginning..., Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness",1986,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Ultima I is a remake of the classic RPG Ultima from 1981. You must travel to another world and save the land Sosaria from the evil wizard Mondain. The game features tile based top-down overworld graphics and first person perspective pseudo-3D dungeons. The original Ultima was re-programmed using assembly language, with updated graphics, minor changes in towns' and people's names, and some different puzzles."
12910,Lunar Jetman,,1983,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Unfortunately, it seems like the crudely assembled multi-stage rocket that Jetman created in his first video-game outing ( Jetpac ) could have been put together a little better. With the rocket disintegrating about him in warp space, Jetman manages to crash land on a previously undiscovered planet, inhabited by hundreds of aliens intent of the total destruction of Earth. Oh no! Save us, Jetman! Lunar Jetman has a graphical feel to it that is very similar to the original Jetpac game, but the gameplay is quite a bit different. Jetman's jetpac this time only has limited fuel, and that can prove hazardous when those pesky aliens come looking for him. Fortunately, Jetman also has a lunar rover at his disposal. Inside this he can replenish his jetpac's fuel supply as well as travel unmolested about the planet's surface. Unfortunately, the lunar rover can only travel across flat land, so the player must find and set down bridging units to allow the rover to traverse over any craters blocking the way. Blocking the way to what, you ask? Well, each level has an alien base somewhere. Jetman must locate a bomb (which can be carried on the back of the rover), take it to the base and destroy it before the level's timer runs out. Taking too long results in missiles being launched to destroy the Earth and Jetman himself. The game contains multiple levels, each obviously more hazardous and tricky than the last, and the player continues playing, racking up points until he runs out of lives."
12914,Pop'n Twinbee,,1993,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Another top-down shooter in the Twinbee ""cute'em up"" franchise. Heroes Light and Pastel decide to go out and help a young maiden bring sense back to her scientist father, who apparently has bumped his head and transformed into a evil mastermind that seeks world domination. As the other games in the series Pop'n Twinbee is a vertically-scrolling arcade shooter in which you and a friend get behind the controls of Twinbee and Winbee, the cutest starfighters ever created, and try to clear stage after stage of enemies with your weapons. Being a console original instead of a port, Pop'n features a number of additions to the gameplay mechanics, including an energy bar, eight difficulty levels and a handicap feature when playing with a friend (which makes most enemies target one fighter instead of the other). The upgrade system remains consistent with the series's: you shoot colored bells which give different power-ups when collected, including multiple shots, ""options"" and shield energy. Also when correctly powered-up both fighters can join and perform powerful team-up moves."
12916,Alisia Dragoon,,1992,7.9,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Alisia Dragoon is the female protagonist of this fast-paced platform game. Alisia must destroy an evil demon and avenge her fathers death through eight stages. She has only one weapon to dispose of enemies: thunder magic. This magic is auto-aiming and can track multiple targets. However, her quest is no easy task as the levels are loaded with fantasy-inspired monsters. Using thunder magic reduces a magic gauge, meaning you often have to wait for it to recharge. Once fully charged Alisia can unleash a massive rolling blast of lightning across the screen. During the game, you can improve your magic by picking up potions. There are also four monsters which accompany Alisia: Dragon Frye, Ball O'Fire, Thunder Raven and Boomerang Lizard. Each has different abilities, deciding which, if any, to use in a given situation is part of the challenge. These monsters, like Alisia herself, are fully upgradeable with power-ups. They can also die if weakened too much, forcing you to hunt for a reviving power-up. You can pause the game and select your companion at any time."
12919,Pilgrim,,1986,7.5,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Legend has it that deep in a mountain in the land of Meridan lies a Guardian who is believed to be eternal and would provide help to the people in their darkest need. The Guardian is needed now as Silvian have invaded Meridan once again, destroying everything and killing people with new and strange weapons. You have decided to test the legend of the Guardian by exploring the lands ahead to find the mountain that contains the Guardian. You start your quest waking from unconsciousness in your destroyed room. Pilgrim is a text adventure where text on screen describes your location and you type in commands with the keyboard to control your hero and interact with each location."
12922,Deutschland Europameister 2000,,2000,4.1,"Action, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"The main feature of this soccer simulation with the not-really-prophetic title is the ""Adventure-Mode"": The manager of the German national team is stranded on an island. Now the player has to impersonate him and lead Germany to victory in the European championship. His tasks are setting the tactics and choosing the right answers in interviews - the results have an influence on the public's opinion. The matches are played with two-button-controls: passing or shooting. Before and after the matches the player receives FMV messages by the former national goalkeeper Sepp Maier who gives advise and advances the story. Besides the Adventure-Mode the player can choose two other playing modes: exhibition matches or the European championship without the story. There are neither licensed player names nor an editor."
12925,Cannonball Blitz,,1982,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The player has to reach the flag on the top. The guard sends the cannonballs down, so you must jump over them. Cannonballs roll on the floors which have hatches, that open randomly. Also cannonballs fall on the swings, so you have to use them for climbing to the upper floor. Finally you must catch the balloon to make your way up to the flag and to the next level. Moving options available are up, down, left, right and jump."
12935,Starlord,"Starlord: Der Kampf um die Vorherrschaft in der Galaxis, Starlord: The Game of Galactic Domination",1994,6.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Starlord is a game of exploration and conquest from Mike Singleton the author of the similarly-focused Midwinter and The Lords of Midnight As the title implies, Starlord is set in a science-fiction world, as opposed to the fantasy universes of those previous games. Your family are Starlords of a single planet, but seek dominance of a vast space consisting of 1000 individually-ruled planets. If you are to come out on top you will have to manage resources across each of your starbases, using revenue to ensure enough fuel, food and minerals are available. Trade with other leaders and form tactical agreements. To actually take over planets, you will have to lead your ships into space combat, which is played out in multiple-view 3D."
12936,Kirby's Dream Land 3,Hoshi no Kirby 3,1997,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"That mean old King Dedede is at it again! He's causing his mischief and Dreamland's in trouble! Kirby, the resident hero of Dreamland, sets out to teach Dedede a lesson, this time with the help of many of his good friends! But wait! Something's wrong! Dedede doesn't seem to be himself... Looks like Kirby has to stop Dedede and find out what is wrong with him! It almost seems like something's controlling him..."
12944,Better Dead Than Alien!,Brad Zoom Starring in: Better Dead Than Alien!,1988,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Brad Zoom takes on the Brain Eaters from the Purple Planet, in this homage to vintage action games, primarily Galaxians There are 75 levels, accessed via passcodes. You control a spaceship at the bottom of the screen facing upwards, firing at arrangements of aliens. You can move up and down as well as left and right as you shoot them. At set intervals an alien will emerge from the main pack and sweep down towards you. Other levels feature Asteroids which split when shot, or a single ‘boss’ alien. Aliens with green eyeballs release power-ups, such as improved weapons, shields and bombs. You have a single life with which to survive the carnage. You get points for surviving as well as scoring, so slow but cautious play is more rewarding."
12952,Kid Gloves II: The Journey Back,Little Beau,1992,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"A platform game resembling Mario and Wonderboy quite strongly. Kid must rescue the woman he loves by crossing 6 worlds, each split into 4 levels. There are a range of baddies to beat, following pre-set attack patterns or just staying on the spot, to be killed using your sword. Once killed most release things like tokens, keys (sometimes required to open end-of-level doors), apples (for extra energy) and occasionally poison. There are lots of semi-hidden sections and bonus areas to find and explore, including bonus arcade games and fruit machines. Every world ends with a boss."
12955,Ruiner Pinball,,1995,6.0,Action,Pinball,Post-apocalyptic,"Ruiner Pinball is a collection of two fantasy pinball tables: Ruiner and Tower. Ruiner is a two screen wide table that features flashy scaling and rotation effects. There are lots of ramps and animated moving targets to score on. Ruiner has a cold war nuclear holocaust theme. Tower is an extra-tall table that features a medieval horror motif. Like Ruiner, it contains animated targets and scaling effects. Both tables contain missions, or series of targets to increase the scoring opportunities available."
12971,Man of War,,1997,5.6,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"Man Of War is comprised of two distinct sections, the turn based setup and plotting stage and the real-time action phase. In the setup and plotting stage, players can choose to play either a historical scenario or a customized scenario. From a map of the chosen battle, players survey the strength of their fleet, analyze the weakness of the enemy and contemplate strategy. During setup the appropriate pre-battle doctrine is set and first orders are issued through a flag system of command. When the planning is complete, Man Of War's real-time action phase puts the player on the deck of the flagship in a first-person perspective. Players can move about freely to watch the outcome of their orders from any vantage point on the ship's deck. In a phase that lasts up to four minutes, players will experience the roar of the cannons, the impact of a broadside and a changing environment of 16 different weather conditions. When the four minute turn is compete, play will return to the plotting stage where damage and fleet movement is assessed and new orders are issued. When the final orders are given and the last cannon has fired, the Victory Summary will display the results of the battle and proclaim the victor."
12972,Free D.C!,,1991,5.9,Adventure,,,"With robots now in control of the Earth, the last remaining humans are held in a Zoo. They are alongside key American artifacts, for the entertainment and curiosity of the robot overlords. A wave of killings is taking place, and you have 12 hours to work out who is responsible and why. Free D.C! is primarily an adventure game, in which conversations with other characters provide most of the clues. The game is not puzzle-oriented in the way contemporaries such as Monkey Island and Legend of Kyrandia are, and is organized in a non-linear way. Graphics are made using Claymation figures, and the sound includes sampled speech."
12978,Surface Tension,,1996,5.3,Action,Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the far future, a seemingly incurable virus known as PMA struck humanity with devastating results. Eventually a cure is found based on an other-worldly element known as Glomavine which is mined by the Lynx corporation. As the game starts the Lynx corp. is exploiting the supply of Glomavine and tries to control a monopoly at the expense of everyone's lives. You are a fighter pilot who gets convinced by a Professor Rawlin to stand up and start a Robin Hood-like campaign against Lynx. Gameplay consists of earth-based Wing Commander-like space combat and you proceed through the game accomplishing missions made up of (usually) several objectives involving some level of strategic thinking. Available weapons include standard missiles, beam weapons and a deployable remote controlled tank-like probe that changes the pace of the game a little. The graphics engine uses voxel technology to render landscapes a la Comanche, and uses pre-rendered bitmaps to display enemies and objects."
12980,Thundercats,Thundercats: The Lost Eye of Thundera,1987,6.9,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"This license of the children's TV show set it as a Ghosts 'N Goblins -style hack-n-slash adventure. The Thundercat must defeat Mumm-Ra's forces, which range from dwarves to bats. Although you start with only a sword, more can be collected by attacking the various containers through the levels - later weapons can destroy these enemies quicker, and allow attacks from a distance. Reaching the end of each level sees bonuses for time and kills. The path through the game can be varied on later levels, so you can play it through more than once and find new sections, even though the individual levels only scroll left-to-right."
12986,WarCraft II: Battle.net Edition,"WarCraft II: Battle Chest, WarCraft II: Wersja Deluxe",1999,7.6,"Compilation, Strategy / tactics",Real-time strategy (RTS),"Fantasy, Steampunk","WarCraft II: Battle.net Edition contains both WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness and WarCraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal It's been updated, with re-sampled sounds, and is playable over Blizzard's Battle.net multiplayer servers. New features, such as improved fog of war and shared vision, have also been added. Some editions also include Prima's strategy guide."
12987,Skool Daze,,1984,7.6,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Skool Daze sets you as Eric, a typical scamp of a schoolboy whose school report is due, and it is so bad that his parents can't be allowed to see it. This means retrieving it from the headmaster's safe, by obtaining every piece of the pass-code from the teachers, by hitting each of the shields with your catapult. All this has to be done around all the rigors of a typical school day. you must go to class when the bell goes, or else it's detention, and the other kids will often play around to block you. The game's Artificial Intelligence means that events continue to unfold around you in the other rooms and corridors."
12990,Jurassic Park,,1993,6.8,Action,Shooter,,"One of many different titles based on Steven Spielberg's 1993 dinosaur thriller, the version for NES and Game Boy is a top-down action game with exploration elements. Playing as Dr. Alan Grant, the player must work through six levels by completing certain objectives including rescuing the kids Tim and Lex, restoring power, destroying Raptor nests and finally getting off the dinosaur-infested island. To advance in a level, a number of dinosaur eggs scattered over the area must be collected or destroyed. This will reveal a passcard used to gain entry to buildings, or some other items necessary to complete the assignment. The park's computer terminals can be used to request hints on where to go next. Naturally, the levels are full of hostile dinosaurs. Dr. Grant can fend them off with his gun. Several ammunition types are available, varying in damage and shooting patterns. Killed dinosaurs will always drop the most basic ammo type, the others must be found. Next to ammo clips, there are boxes with question marks on them to be collected. These might include beneficial powerups like a health increase, but can also be dangerous and reveal a bomb. Some levels end in boss encounters, including a Triceratops stampede and a fight against the Tyrannosaurus Rex."
12993,NBA 2K1,,2000,8.4,Sports,,,NBA 2K1 is the second game in Sega's NBA 2K series of basketball simulation games for the Dreamcast. The graphics from the NBA 2K edition have been updated and the team rosters match the official NBA 2000-2001 rosters. Besides all the usual modes & coaching options NBA 2K1 features several improvements over it's predecessor: NBA 2K1 is endorsed by Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76'ers.
13002,Barker Bill's Trick Shooting,,1990,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Pull out the Zapper Light Gun, and blast a variety of objects in Barker Bill's Trick Shooting The game starts out simple enough; shoot rising balloons while avoiding the happy-go-lucky dog. As you get through each stage, the challenges become more difficult. Each level offers a new challenge, including Balloon Saloon, Flying Saucers, Window Pains (pun or translation error?) and Fun Follies."
13003,Cardiaxx,,1991,6.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A Defender style shoot 'em up with a succession of waves to fight off. The background graphics aren't very detailed, but the game's extremely fast-paced. The controls are quite precise, making the barriers at the top and bottom of the screen qutie imposing. For no apparent reason, your score is written in huge numbers in the middle of the screen. Two versions of the game exist, one from Electronic Zoo, and a budget one from Team 17, which had a few minor changes."
13008,Andretti Racing,,1996,7.5,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"For the first time ever in an arcade racer, take control of either NASCAR or Indy cars and cruise around 16 detailed tracks. There are 3 views available to drive from. As well as individual races, you can play a full career. Derek Daly and Bob Jenkins provide a running commentary. Outside factors such as pit-crew mistakes and mechanical failures can affect your races."
13009,SEGA Worldwide Soccer 2000: Euro Edition,,2000,6.2,Sports,,,"This game is an upgrade to Sega Worldwide Soccer 2000 with an improved graphical engine and the possibility to let you play the Euro 2000 celebrated in Holland and Belgium. Other available game modes are the World Cup (where you could compete as any of the 64 best teams in the world), National leagues (Italian, Spanish, English, German, Japanese, etc), International leagues and friendly match. Regarding player licenses, this game takes the same position as World League Soccer 98; that is, player names will resemble those of their real life counterparts, but will not be exactly the same (although curiously, game commentators will pronounce them correctly)."
13013,Riddle of the Sphinx,,1982,5.8,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Egypt (Ancient),"As the Pharaoh's Son, it is up to the player to lift the curse of Anubis, God of the Dead, by reaching the Temple of Ra, and solving the riddle of the Sphinx. Armed with a sling and a pile of rocks, the Prince must navigate past thieves and scorpions on his journey. He can trade with wandering nomads, dig for buried treasure, make offerings to the gods, or seek counsel and healing with Isis, the goddess of fertility and motherhood. Great care must be exercised in his journey, for the Prince can weaken from thirst, which can be be replenished at an oasis or from certain treasures. He will also sustain wounds from the hostile creatures of the land, including Anubis himself. Once the Prince visits the various temples of the desert and makes his offerings, he must choose to make the correct offering (or offerings) to the Temple of Ra. Choose wisely, and the Prince is rewarded. Choose poorly, and the Prince loses inner strength points, and Egypt remains cursed."
13015,Mega Man Soccer,"Megaman's Soccer, RockMan's Soccer",1994,6.0,Sports,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Dr. Wily, angered at being foiled once again decides to send his robots to the soccer field. Dr. Light immediately responds by forming a soccer team of Mega Mans to counter Dr. Wily's latest scheme. Mega Man Soccer is an overhead view soccer game featuring characters from the Mega Man series. Players begin by selecting either Exhibition, Tournament, League or Capcom Championship modes. Depending on the mode, a team must be formed using either all of one type of robot, or a mixture of different types assigned to different positions on the field. In any case, each soccer team has 8 players on the field including the goalie. The goal of each team is to score on the net of the opposing team, earning points to win the game. The action follows the ball as it is tossed around the field from player to player. Once a player's team member has the ball they can choose to pass it to another teammate, shoot the ball straight ahead or perform a clearing kick (if the goalie). If the player does not have the ball, they are given control of the nearest player to the ball and can slide tackles or shoulder tackles to try to gain possession. Each type of robot has a special move that can be initiated."
13018,Bomber Raid,Battle Wings,1989,6.7,Action,Shooter,,"Fly your plane through five levels, shooting enemy planes, submarines, helicopters, and other enemies along the way, and use your equipped cluster bombs if necessary. You need to destroy a target that is outlined in your mission briefing. You have three lives and limited cluster bombs. To help you along the way, you can shoot a power pod to score points, increase your firepower, and gain some help from fellow squadrons."
13019,Xena: Warrior Princess - The Talisman of Fate,,1999,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Fantasy,"Xena: Warrior Princess - Talisman of Fate is based on the TV-series Xena: Warrior Princess. The Nintendo 64 version of the series tie-in is a fighting game, unlike its PlayStation counterpart The whole Xena universe is used in the game as all the levels and characters, except the new boss character, are familiar to the fans of the show. The action takes place in arenas which represent different kinds of surroundings with all the characters having their ""own"" level. The fighting is done with various weapons each character wielding his/her trademark weapon such as Xena's chakram, Gabrielle's staff and Callisto's sword. It includes most of the standard fighting-game modes such as story, vs. and training as well as a roster mode, where each player picks a succession of characters rather than just one. The fighting system is somewhat different from more traditional games. The most obvious difference is that four players are allowed instead of two. It can be a team battle or a free-for-all. The analog stick moves characters around on the ground in two dimensions, with separate buttons for block, jump and duck. The C-buttons handle attacks. Special moves are accomplished mostly by pulling the analog stick either toward your opponent, then away or vice-versa."
13026,Combat Command 2: Danger Forward,,2000,5.6,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","Traditional hex-based wargame, set in WW2. Recreates several battles that do NOT get major treatments, such as Anzio, Sangro River, San Pietro, Salerno, Gela, Troina, Primosole Bridge, Syracuse, Palermo, Maleme, Heraklion, St. Vith, Celles, Bastogne, Hurtgen Forest, Stolberg Corridor, Sealion, Sword, and Carentan. Rules emphasize command and control (or lack of) of paradrops, glider landings, and amphibious ops."
13029,The Adventures of Batman & Robin,,1995,7.2,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform, Shooter",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Based on the award-winning TV series, The Adventures of Batman and Robin pits the player against the diabolical Mr. Freeze who wants to freeze Gotham with a huge ice cannon and his hired help of other Gotham super villains: The Joker, Mad Hatter, and Two-Face. The player can take the role of either Batman or Robin but this choice doesn't make a difference regarding gameplay. This is a side-scrolling action game. The player basically walks from left to right while fighting numerous foes in hand-to-hand combat. Weapons which are found during the levels are used to shoot enemies from a greater distance. These weapons can also be upgraded by picking up the corresponding symbols. There are overall four areas (one for each villain) with three levels each, including a film studio or the Gotham University. While most stages are typical fighting levels with occasional 3D effects there are also a few flying ones where the player uses the Batwing or a jet pack."
13034,Head Over Heels,"Head Over Heels HD, Head-Over-Heels",1987,7.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Two distinct characters called Mr Head and Mr Heels are played in this arcade adventure. They are separated at the shoulders but capable of joining together to maximize their abilities in some situations (but reduce them in others, so they can be split again). The game is presented from an isometric perspective, and presents the characters with a number of puzzles involving switches, jumps and climbs. The levels are three-dimensional, and the characters must collect crowns as they progress. Objects can be picked up and manipulated as necessary."
13041,You Don't Know Jack: Volume 2,You Don't Know Jack,1996,7.8,Strategy / tactics,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"You Don't Know Jack: Volume 2 is a sequel to You Don't Know Jack Like its predecessor, the game imitates a television game show. Each game can consist of seven or twenty-one question rounds. Pressing a key that acts like a ""buzzer,"" each player tries to be the first to answer a trivia question that pops on the screen. Many questions are humorously structured, drawing inspiration from pop culture references. The game's ""host"" provides jocular commentary during the show. The sequel adds new gameplay modes: DisOrDat in which players have to quickly classify words into two or more categories; Celebrity Collect Calls which features real-life characters asking bizarre questions; and Picture Questions which adds pictures to the predominantly sound-oriented game."
13044,World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck,"I Love Mickey & Donald: Fushigi na Magic Box, World of Illusion Estrelando Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck, World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck",1992,7.9,Action,Platform,,"World of Illusion is a follow-up to Castle of Illusion Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck are taken to a magic world and have to get back home. In order to do that, they can play magical tricks and interact with each other in a two-player cooperative mode. Like many other Disney games of the time period, the game has cartoon-like graphics and is played as a side-scrolling platformer. Both Mickey and Donald can run, jump, or attack with their capes. Magic spells are learned after boss battles, and are later used as transportation means, e.g. flying on a magic carpet, building a bridge out of cards, etc. While Mickey can squeeze through certain gaps, Donald must find alternate routes in the single-player mode. If two players are controlling them, Mickey can pull Donald through a gap. The two can also stand on each other's shoulders and lower ropes to access certain areas."
13046,Pokémon Trading Card Game,Pokémon Card GB,1998,7.5,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",Trading / collectible card,,"A Game Boy version of the popular card game, in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, your character must collect cards, form decks, and battle Gym Leaders for better cards. Secret cards can be unlocked by defeating certain characters. Includes card types: Grass, Fire, Water, Electric, Fighting, Psychic, Colorless, Trainer Cards, and of course, Energy Cards. Special cards include Surfing or Flying Pikachu, and others. The game starts our with a mini-tutorial which lets the main character learn the game, and lets him or her choose the starter deck."
13047,Pyst,"Pyst : Une comédie interactive sur CD-ROM et Internet, Pyst: An Interactive CD-ROM and Online Comedy, Pyst: eine Interaktive CD-ROM-und Online Komödie",1996,5.2,Adventure,,,"Four million people have explored the world of Myst—and they've turned it into a dump. Dead animals line the docks, windows are smashed in, graffiti is everywhere, and the dignified rocket is down being used to dry clothes. Make your way through the littered landscape of Pyst, aided by the mysterious King Mattruss, and enjoy what is clearly a parody of a game, rather than the real thing."
13048,Puma Street Soccer,,1999,5.7,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Puma Street Soccer is a 4-on-4 football game, based on Puma's own version of indoor football. The field is small, surrounded by a hip-height that board players can use to bounce the ball. The rules are simple: the game starts like in basketball, with the ball being dropped between the two forwards in midfield. The rest of the game is very freeform, with fouls being awarded for awkward challenges (penalties are given if the attacking player is on the break) and throw-ins (scored with the feet) if the ball goes above the boards. The player can select the tactics - with the three field players (the goalkeeper can't leave the goal area), it's possible to play more offensively (with two in front and one in the back) or defensively (two in the back and one in front). While the real tournament was traditionally played on public parks and car lots, the game version includes these and more exotic settings, such as an airport, a ship's deck, or in the middle of a city crossroad. The grand finals are always played inside an indoor arena. After a team manages a number of shots, they are entitled to three ""supershots"", which are much more powerful and swerve a lot more than regular shots. The three shots, if well used, can turn a game upside down in a matter of seconds, or mean the team will have to do a lot to make up for them if spoiled. While building up the Supershot gauge, the player has to rely on well-placed shots, headers, volleys, bicycle kicks, or moving the ball in attack very quickly to score. By winning competitions, players can unlock Puma-sponsored stars, such as JJ Okocha, Lothar Matthaus, Angelo Peruzzi, or Gianluca Pagliuca, and compete with them in their national teams."
13050,Twisted Edge: Extreme Snowboarding,"King Hill 64 Extreme Snowboarding, Twisted Edge snowboarding",1998,6.4,"Action, Sports",,,"This downhill snowboarding game includes seven tracks, multiple characters and boards, and many trick moves. It can be played in Competition Mode, Stunt Challenge, two-player VS. Race, and Practice Mode, which includes a ghost of your best race. Hidden features include new characters and boards, secret shortcuts on tracks, and mirrored mode."
13056,Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace,"Star Wars: Episode 1 - Die Dunkle Bedrohung, Star Wars: Episode I - La Menace Fantôme, Star Wars: Episodio I - La Amenaza Fantasma, Star Wars: Episodio I - La Minaccia Fantasma, Star Wars: Episódio I - A Ameaça Fantasma",1999,6.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Twenty years before the original Star Wars (A New Hope), the Galactic Republic is undergoing a major political crisis because of a dispute on commercial taxation. Under the pretext of solving the crisis, the greedy Trade Federation has besieged the small planet of Naboo with armies of combat droids and space battleships. Two Jedi Knights, master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice, a very young Obi-Wan Kenobi, are sent by the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic to negotiate the end of the blockade with the Trade Federation's leaders. But little do the Jedi know that these events are only the beginning of a master plot by an ancient enemy to control the entire galaxy. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace is an action-adventure game based on the movie of the same name from 1999. Playing a number of characters from the movie -depending on which level you're on-, including Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, Queen Amidala of Naboo, and Captain Panaka of the Royal Security Forces, you undertake quests and side-quests, solve puzzles, and use weapons to defeat enemies -including your lightsaber, the weapon of a Jedi Knight-. While the story of the game is faithful to that of the movie, additions and extensions to the plot have been made for the sake of gameplay, including a mission detailing Amidala and Panaka's attempts to reach the Senate Chamber on planet Coruscant."
13059,The Untouchables,"Gli intoccabili, Les Incorruptibles, Los Intocables",1989,7.8,Action,"Platform, Shooter","Interwar, North America",You are The Untouchables in this side-scrolling action game. Play as Elliot Ness after the ruthless Mafia boss Al Capone. You have various tasks throughout the six levels and a variety of weapons to pick up such as a shotgun or tommy gun. Watch out for Capone’s henchmen though.
13061,Syyrah: The Warp Hunter,,1997,6.2,"Action, Puzzle","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Syyrah: The Warp Hunter is a Bust-A-Move variant. You have to team up with Syyrah in 120 levels, when strategy and reflexes mix up in action-puzzle game. You have to put grenade in necessary places to eliminate dangerous obstacles. The game now features 2D and 3D graphics. You can play the game by 1 or 2 players (including head-to-head challenge in a split-screen mode)."
13066,Gunrunner,,1987,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Planet Zero is in an indefinite ice-age, and its people can only survive via a network of pipes supplying heated nuclear power. The inhabitants of planet Destrovia have come to steal as much of the plutonium being used as possible, and it's your job to stop them. Essentially you do this by flying from left to right and shooting those alien waves. You must jump over many boxes and other barriers, but can use these to gain a safe place. Bonus items on offer include 3-way fire, a 'poison' smart bomb, a shield and a jet-pack. Each of these has a limited length of time in use, but if you are carrying one, you lose the item rather than a life."
13068,Solar Eclipse,Titan Wars,1995,6.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Solar Eclipse is a 3D space flight simulation shooter that takes place on and near the many moons of Saturn. You are a hot-shot pilot with a troubled past. You've been re-assigned to a new squadron aboard a Tomlinson-class carrier. There's trouble on a mining colony on the moon Janus. Your squadron is sent in to investigate, and uncover a lot more than they went looking for. Solar Eclipse plays kind of like a sequel to Total Eclipse for the 3DO, which gameplay is similar to Space Harrier You can view the game from a behind-the-ship perspective, or an in-cockpit perspective, but the scrolling is on rails and the player can only travel in one direction. In each of the 9 missions you will find wave after wave of enemy ships, and a powerful boss ship at the end. The story in this game is told through a series of full-motion video clips. In addition to between-level scenes, FMV messages from your squad mates appear from time to time while you play the game."
13073,Dungeon Master,,1987,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Dungeon Master is a role-playing game where the player selects four adventurers and descend into the depths of the dungeon. The gameplay is reminiscent of the 3D dungeon crawl type of role-playing games popularized by Wizardry and The Bard's Tale However, unlike these games, Dungeon Master features real-time combat, which requires the player to click on the opponent in order to execute an attack. Another notable aspect of the game is its growth system: instead of gathering experience points and leveling up, characters improve by repeatedly using the same action. Spellcasting involves selecting and combining symbols, which can be arranged as rune sequences. The game also allows the player to directly interact with objects in the game world through a point-and-click interface."
13078,Bahamut Lagoon,,1996,7.5,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"The kingdom of Kahna is in great danger. The evil Emperor Sauzer, obsessed by his world domination ideas, is preparing to invade the kingdom. The king sends his best troops of knights and wizards to face the enemy, but in vain - the kingdom is conquered by Sauzer, the king is murdered, and his lovely daughter is kidnapped. The brave leader of the Dragon Squad remembers the promise he gave the princess a long time ago: always be at her side. Supported by his friends and his faithful dragons, he must now free the princess and the kingdom from the enemy's hands. If only the strongest of the dragons, Bahamut, could be awakened... Bahamut Lagoon is a tactical role-playing game. The player controls several parties of four characters each, and commands different dragons at once. The battles start on a top-down screen typical for strategy games, but often switch to a dynamic side view, such as often used in Japanese-style RPGs. The outcome of some battles can also be affected by other tactical decisions, such as, for example, setting a whole forest on fire to prevent enemies from coming through it."
13086,The Grandest Fleet,,1994,7.0,Strategy / tactics,,,"Spiritual successor to The Lost Admiral this game has VGA graphics, more extensive resources, a ""research"" element to get the more powerful ships, and an extra-powerful flagship with cruise missiles."
13090,Freeciv,,1996,7.5,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",,"Freeciv is a free and open-source remake of Sid Meier's Civilization originally SGI IRIX, later expanded to all possible platforms. The goal is to be a good multiplayer version of Civ and to be true to Sid Meier’s version. The game can be configured to be very close to the original DOS Civ and to Civ II, but not to any other versions of Civilization. It is a turn-based multiplayer strategy game (but human players move simultaneously), in which each player becomes the leader of a civilization, fighting to become the greatest ruler. The game ends when there is only one nation left, when the final year has been reached, or when a player builds and launches a spaceship, which reaches Alpha Centauri first. Freeciv is maintained and constantly improved by an international team of coders and enthusiasts with full multiplayer options and extensive multilanguage support. The game comes with different modpacks that incorporate the rules of the different Civilization games as well as the popular settings of Freeciv players. You can create your own maps with the civworld editor as well. The map editor doesn't exist in a ready-to-run release yet."
13091,Slalom,Vs. Slalom,1986,6.5,"Action, Sports",Arcade,,"In Slalom you need to ski down different trails and beat the clock to move on to the next of the 24 trails. Other skiers, trees, snowmen, sledders, and moguls will get in your way and slow you down if you crash into them. Slalom flags are located throughout the trails, and skiing on the wrong side of these will cause your player to snowplow momentarily and lose speed, so to get the best times you need to make sure none of the flags are missed."
13094,Fathom,Ningyo Densetsu,1983,6.5,Action,Arcade,,"Neptina, Neptune's daughter, has been imprisoned at the bottom of the sea by Titans. Your goal is to rescue her by locating the scattered pieces of a magical trident! You will need to take the form of a dolphin and a bird in order to locate the pieces that are hidden in the ocean and clouds. When flying in the air, there are several screens that have clouds flying by. Touch all of the clouds, and the trident piece appears! Other birds which are flying around will cause you to lose energy if you touch them accidentally. Underwater, trident pieces can be found by touching the sea horses. Octopuses, sharks, and a deadly maze of seaweed will get in your way and cause you to lose energy if caught! When you have located all of the trident pieces, the cage holding Neptina can be unlocked, but if you run out of energy first the game will be over."
13096,Pocket Bomberman,,1997,6.8,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Long, long ago, the sun was covered by a dark and heavy cloud. It was said this cloud was caused by a monster that had sealed the Sword of the Sun. Legends also says that to break the seal, a hero must collect five Power Stones that are guarded by monsters. Bomberman takes up the challenge as he is the last hero strong enough to defeat such monsters. This is a side-scrolling platform game. In each world, you must clear four areas by killing any monsters within. To kill a monster, you drop a bomb. After a few seconds, the bomb explodes in a four-way blast. If the monster is within range of the blast, it is killed. After you clear these four areas, you must clear a fifth area by killing a boss to clear the world and collect its Power Stone. Be careful, though, because if Bomberman is touched by a monster, touches a dangerous item or is caught in the blast of his own bomb, you lose a life. After all lives are gone, you get the option to restart that last area or quit. In most areas, you can, though the placement of bombs, find items to increase your jumping, speed, blast radius, etc."
13098,Top Gear 2,Top Racer 2,1993,7.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Oceania,"This third-person racing game resembles Gremlin's earlier Lotus series, in terms of its general look and feel, right down to the text font used in the game. Your task is to race through 16 countries, each of which features four races, with many real-world circuits recreated in incongruous locations (such as the Monza layout in Ayers Rock, and the old Hockenheim in Vancouver). These four-race blocks each represent their own mini-championship, in which you race against 19 cars, needing to finish in the top 10 to continue, and with the top 6 scoring points 10-6-4-3-2-1, and the respective amount of money in thousands. This can be spent on various upgrades, ranging from engine to tires (wet and dry) and from shocks (front, side and rear) to gearboxes. The ideal approach is to buy the more expensive versions ASAP, as you get no saving when upgrading. If you win the four-race championship, you get the next password. You get a set amount of nitro boost to use during each race, although bonus nitros, money and instant speed-up token appear on many tracks. Hazards such as puddles, barriers and ramps are also frequent."
13101,Quarter Pole,,1993,5.7,"Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Quarterpole is a horse racing simulation and stable management game based on the thoroughbred racing board game of the same name. In this game over one thousand horses, 125 jockeys and 150 trainers race 311 days a year from May through August on five 3D modelled tracks. Race your thoroughbreds in cups, stakes and classics night or day in various types of weather conditions. Results depend on past performances, track conditions, pace, track bias, race positions, running styles and other factors. You will manage every aspect pertaining to your horses from their purchase (at auction or private sale), through their training and handling and finally their entry into races of your choice. As your horses win they advance to the higher classes in Allowances and Stakes. The game uses a betting system patterned after real racetrack payoff software. Place your bets for big money to Win, Place or Show with exactas/trifectas and choose wisely using expert tips available in-game. The sights and sounds of real racing action can be seen and heard. The game features full-motion video footage of race day events with music, voices and digitized sound effects. Additional features include instant replay, slow motion and various camera angles."
13104,"Gold, Silver, Bronze",,1988,6.9,Compilation,,,This collection features Epyx's earliest Olympic games:
13105,Frank Bruno's Boxing,Frank Bruno's World Championship Boxing,1985,6.8,"Action, Sports",Fighting,,"Former boxing World Champion Frank Bruno, famed for his catchphrase ""you know what I mean, Harry?"" and more recently his heroic battle with depression, put his name to this boxing game which replicates Super Punch-Out!! As Frank, you must take on 8 progressively tough boxers (3 on C16) to win the title. The action is viewed from right behind Frank in 3D, meaning that you can see and feel the full impact of punches. A full range of moves is provided, with the standard jabs complimented by body punches and the ability to dodge, duck or raise your guard. Each punch weakens your opponent's strength, although going long enough without being hit can see this begin to recover. A rain of blows can produce a quick knockout, but in general you must hit him many times, and then with a knockout blow, to see him go down. Most of your opponents have a special move which must be avoided, or you will be floored instantly. Once you have beaten all of your opponents you are declared Champion of the World."
13107,Theme Hospital,,1997,7.9,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation",,"Theme Hospital is a level-based hospital management simulation where players have to start on an empty building, and then assemble rooms with all kinds of material, from desks and file cabinets for the general diagnosis to the expensive ultra-scanners and X-rays to diagnose such bizarre diseases as Bloaty Head, Slack Songue or Alien DNA, and treat them with even more bizarre machines like an Head Inflator or a DNA fixer. There are several additional rooms, such as a staff room for your employees to rest, a toilet so that patients don't have to relieve themselves in the corridors, a research department to get the most advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies and a training room where consultants can teach a thing or two to rookies, making them capable doctors. The size and layout of each room can be set by the player, according to the available space. In addition to rooms, the player must provide radiators, seating for patients and drink machines. However, rooms don't run by themselves. Most diagnostic and clinics can work with regular doctors, but others like the operating theater and the research room require specialized staff while the ward, pharmacy and the fracture clinic require an attending nurse. At the same time, the hospital can't run without handymen cruising around the hospital to water up dry plants, clean up litter and vomit (after all, people go there because they are sick) and fix machines, while receptionists direct patients to the proper rooms. As levels advance, the player faces increasingly harder situations: VIP visits, emergencies, epidemics and earthquakes, which can either take a toll on reputation or on the bank account. On the other hand, as more and more equipment is required, additional plots of land are available for purchase in later maps."
13117,Uchi Mata,"Brian Jacks' Uchi Mata, Judo Uchi Mata",1986,6.4,Action,Fighting,,"Uchi Mata is a unique tournament-based Judo fighting game in which you play as a judoka in the ultimate tournament. The game is played from a non-scrolling side view. You control your fighter and attempt to get within striking distance of your opponent, however you don't attack directly with your attack button. Instead, your attack command puts you in a fighting stance that allows you to input a series of directional moves. That, combined with the correct feet placement of both fighters (which can be seen in a helpful window) allows you to unleash specific throws and offensive maneuvers that form the basis of the combat in the game. A stamina and health bar also keep your attacks in check, as you may need to rest and build up your strength in order to perform effective attacks."
13125,Incredible Shrinking Sphere,,1989,6.7,"Action, Puzzle",,,"The Incredible Shrinking Sphere of the title comes under your control in this isometric maze game which has similarities to Marble Madness and Spindizzy The ball needs to be guided from the start of a level to the end, through 4 linked sections. Various functioning squares must be used to your advantage. Uniquely these include changes to the ball's size, as well as it's physics. Revolving squares randomly fire the ball off in another direction, and ramps shoot you in the current direction at high speed. Weapons can be collected, as can shields - both of which are required to avoid some of the hazards on show. Black holes are always fatal however."
13126,Val d'Isère Skiing and Snowboarding,,1994,6.9,Sports,,,"This is a skiing and snowboarding game that takes place entirely at the French Val d'Isère resort. Both sports are represented equally. There are three events: downhill, slalom, and giant slalom. There are also three game modes, free ride, training, and competition. Competition mode provides a series of timed events in which to compete leading up to a final timed event. The other two modes are self-explanatory. Game play is presented with scaled 2D sprites that present a 3D effect, similar to many early racing games. Everything wooshes by at extremely high speed, and winning requires the player to have great reflexes."
13128,Tennis Cup 2,Tennis Cup II,1992,7.0,Sports,,,"This tennis simulation recreates all the rules of the sport, from tie-breaks to break points. The action is viewed from behind one of the players, also featuring a split-screen option. You can play singles and doubles matches over 1,3 or 5 sets. There are 4 different types of court - grass, quick, hard and clay. You can play single matches, practice using a ball machine which fires a succession of shots at you, or play a season made up of major tournaments such as the Grand Slam events, the Masters and the ATP Cup. Player abilities can be adjusted to suit different styles of play."
13132,Byzantine: The Betrayal,"Byzantine: O Império da Traição, Byzantine: Tod in Istanbul, La pesadilla turca, Planet Explorer: Byzantine - The Betrayal",1997,7.3,"Adventure, Educational",,,"Byzantine: The Betrayal is a first-person adventure game in which the player takes the role of an American journalist, summoned to the city of Istanbul by an old college friend with the promise of a once in a lifetime story. By the time the player arrives police are already on the scene, his old friend, Emre, has run away. Players must use their investigative skills in order to uncover the secret he struggled, but failed, to reveal. Failure could mean death. The game plays in a typical first-person adventure fashion, providing 360º of freedom of movement around the player, as well as the ability to look up and down. Locations are presented as static images and talking is handled similar to that in the Tex Murphy series with live cast and photo realistic surroundings. The game incorporates details of Turkey's history, as well as that of Southeastern Europe and so the player will have to make use of an abnormal piece of technology to investigate through the past and save yourself in the present, uncovering the secrets that lie behind Emre's disappearance."
13133,Time,,1989,6.8,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The ability to move into the future with Time Machines has meant man can monitor activity that may harm the human race and prevent it happening in the present year 2047. You have been summoned to the space-station Historisat for a top secret meeting with the Director himself. Once you have found the meeting place, you get told that one of the androids called Meks will replicate so quickly that all human life will be destroyed in the near future. Meks can't be killed by Humans, only by another Mek with an amulet fully charged. The problem is that the amulet is empty of its power and the only way to charge it is to take it to various historic figures from the past to touch it. You must travel in the time machine into the specific time periods, find the figures and return to the space-station and give the fully powered Mek it to kill the rebel Mek. Time is an icon driven graphic adventure where the screen represents a console with a screen. On the screen you can see your character move around various locations from the side interacting with the environment and other characters. The console part of the screen has various icons that enable you to move your character, pick up/examine/drop/use objects and talk/give objects to other characters. The mouse is used to move an arrow to select your options."
13148,Leader Board,,1986,7.8,Sports,,,"Access' long line of golf simulations started with Leader Board Hold down the fire button to set the pace, then press it for hook and slice if needed. Greens are sloped, so be sure to factor this in. Four 18-hole courses are provided, and a 4-round match can consist of any combination of these, with up to 4 players joining in. There are three skill levels - novice players just have to hit the ball at the right speed in the right direction with the right club. Amateurs must be precise with the snap, to set the desired level of hook or slice - conventional wisdom in golf is to work on eliminating it first, then adding it back in - while the professional level also adds wind fluctuations."
13153,Ultim@te Race Pro,Ultimate Race Pro,1998,7.6,Racing / Driving,,,"Race alone or with other gamers in this snappy racing game. You're able to play on four tracks, plus one training course. In single player mode, you can race either for time with a ghost or with computer drivers. Multiplayer play adds Arena Deathmatch mode for crashing cars with people around the world."
13161,Alien Earth,,1998,6.2,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alien Earth is an isometric action-adventure game set in a dystopian future where aliens have enslaved humanity, keeping humans alive solely to hunt them for sport. At regular intervals, a human sacrifice is demanded to ensure the survival of the rest. The player takes on the role of Finn, the next chosen prey - though he has no intention of going down without a fight. Across seven levels, Finn must rely on both strength and cunning to survive. The game features classic inventory-based puzzles, such as collecting items, combining them, and using them within the environment. Along the way, Finn encounters friendly characters who can provide assistance. Combat plays a significant role as well: enemies can be dispatched using a range of weapons, from a simple axe to advanced energy-based firearms. Finn also possesses PSI abilities that allow him to heal himself or deploy a protective shield. His health regenerates automatically when he is not under attack, and character progression follows a ""learning by doing"" system that improves skills through use. The game can only be saved at hidden save points, adding an extra layer of challenge to survival."
13162,Star Wars,Star Wars: The Arcade Game,1983,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Wars is a first-person shooter based around the final scenes of the original Star Wars film. It first appeared for arcade coin-operated machines and was subsequently converted to other gaming platforms. You take on the role of Luke Skywalker, aiming to destroy the Death Star. In the first phase you have to pass swarms of TIE Fighters, including dogfighting the one piloted by Darth Vader himself. In the second phase the station's surface is protected by laser towers, third involves attacking its weakest spot - the unprotected exhaust port - with proton torpedoes. Your X-Wing starts with six shields, but more can be awarded for good performance. Complete the game and it loops back around at ever-increasing difficulty. The game uses vector graphics, which allow lots of action at high speed on comparatively slow systems."
13165,Siege,Seige,1983,7.0,Action,Arcade,Medieval,Siege is a simple arcade game where the player is defending a medieval castle. You stand at the top of the castle wall and have to throw stones at the attackers who are climbing up the wall. Often you will be able to take down multiple enemies as one falling man catches another. As time goes by the enemies will move faster and faster. When the enemy reaches the top of the wall the game is over. The more attackers you knock off the higher score you'll get.
13168,1942: The Pacific Air War Gold,1942: The Pacific Air War,1994,7.9,Compilation,,,"This is a compilation of 1942: The Pacific Air War and its expansion 1942: The Pacific Air War Scenario Some editions of the game include additional content such as flight instructions, aircraft identification, and more. While the games themselves are still DOS, those multimedia extras require Windows 3.x."
13169,Airwolf,,1985,5.9,Action,Shooter,,Game features: - REALISTIC SIMULATION OF HELICOPTER CONTROL - SUPERB GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS - FRANTIC ARCADE ACTION - L.S.A. (LARGE SCALE ANIMATION) - FULL GRAVITY AND MOMENTUM WITH 64-DIRECTIONAL SMOOTH SCROLL OFFICIALLY LICENSED COMPUTER GAME Source: Back of Encore edition inlay - C64 / Spectrum (UK)
13174,Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of the Universe!,"Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of Universe, Hokuto no Ken: Sōbetsu Jūban Shōbu",1989,5.6,Action,Fighting,"Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic","Fist of the North Star is a versus fighting game starring 11 characters from the Fist of the North Star franchise. Fights are either one on one or five on five. Each character can punch, kick, and jump, and in addition each has a specific special attack: either a tackle or a fireball projectile that must be charged up. After a fight characters level up and gain stat points. A two player multiplayer game is possible with a link cable."
13176,Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator,,1999,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Septerra is a world which is composed of ""layers"" - continents that spin around the planet center. In the center is the Core, a kind of a living computer. According to the legends, the Creator of Septerra left there a precious Gift - an artifact that grants the one who possesses it legendary powers. Septerra is controlled by the Chosen, who live at the top of the world, consuming massive amounts of energy and throwing the ""waste"" down, to lower levels. Maya, a ""junk scavenger"" who lives among those wastes and earns the living collecting junk, unexpectedly comes into contact with the Chosen. It appears that their goal is to reach the legendary Gift. Maya and her friends decide to face the Chosen, and ultimately discover the true history of the planet. Despite its Western origins, Septerra Core is a Japanese-style role-playing game. The game's visual design is close to Japanese anime, and the emphasis of the game is on a character-driven linear narrative with simple role-playing mechanics. The game's story evolves across the seven worlds of Septerra, each with its own distinct style, including post-apocalyptic, semi-medieval, futuristic, etc. In the first half of the game the player-controlled party explores these worlds on foot, accessing towns and other areas from an overworld. Later the player gains a ship that allows fast transportation to any world, including previously inaccessible areas. Combat is turn-based and takes place against enemies who either visibly wander around or appear at pre-set locations in hostile areas. There are no enemies on the world map. The action bar of each character is divided into three segments and is gradually filled. Opting for either fast and weak or strong and slow attacks, the player must select a character in real time, stopping the bar and pausing combat. Magic spells are usually awarded after completing plot events and may be combined with each other by two or three characters to create new ones. The player is for the most part free to form a party of three active combatants from a larger cast."
13183,Snoopy's Magic Show,Snoopy: Magic Show,1990,6.7,Puzzle,,,"This is a puzzle game featuring several Peanuts characters. You play as the beagle magician Snoopy The Great whose bird friend, Woodstock, has been replicated by a dangerous Magic Ball Trick that goes out of control. Snoopy must rescue all the duplicate Woodstocks in each room within a time limit while avoiding the bouncing balls. Each room is an 8x9 grid which also contain blocks which can be pushed, one way arrows, warp zones and power-ups. There are 120 different rooms and passwords are used to start at levels you have beaten already. After level 60 to make things more difficult, Spike, Snoopy's brother will follow and try to catch him as well. The multiplayer is a vs mode where the second player plays Spike and attempts to catch Snoopy before he completes each room."
13186,Street Slam,"Dunk Dream, Street Hoop",1994,7.3,Sports,,,"Street Slam is a 3-on-3 street basketball game. One or two players can choose among 10 teams: France, Spain, U.S.A., Italy, Germany, Taiwan, United Kingdom, China, Japan and South Korea (in the European and Japanese versions. The U.S.A. version features local cities). The teams are rated in 1 to 9 points on four attributes (dunk, 3 point, speed and defense). Each game lasts two halves of 2 minutes each. The game ends if the player loses the first half, needing to spend a continue to play the second half. When on offense, the player can perform 2 or 3 point shots by pressing the A button. The B button is used to pass the ball. Pressing A and B together throws the ball high in the air, catching it meanwhile (by pressing A) causes the player to perform a dunk. When on defense, the player can jump and block by pressing A and cut off and steal by pressing B. A fantasy element is added to the game: a super shot meter is shown at the bottom of the screen for each team. As points are scored, the meter is filled. When the meter is full, the player can perform a super dunk by pressing A within the 3 points shot line, making the player jump 10 meters in the air."
13189,GoldenEye 007,GoldenEye,1997,8.4,Action,Shooter,,"The name is Bond. James Bond. The famous hero of Ian Fleming's novels returns in this first-person shooter, which is based on the movie of the same name. Agent 007 and his friend Alec Trevalyan (a.k.a. Agent 006) were sent to the Soviet Union on a secret mission. But everything goes wrong, James Bond barely escapes, and his friend is presumed dead. Ten years later, a mysterious organization named ""Janus"" appeared. Commanding a new satellite called ""GoldenEye"", the organization attempts to steal money electronically from banks, deleting all evidence of transfer. It's up to our Agent 007 to venture to the Soviet Union once again and to put an end to Janus' ambitions. In this 3D action game, the player controls James Bond from a first-person perspective, using a variety of weapons (from knuckles to grenade launcher) to eliminate his foes. However, many parts require the player to be careful, to stay unnoticed, or to snipe guards from distance, since they will react to his presence and alarm their comrades. The game is divided into missions, and in most of them Bond will have to perform other tasks besides killing his enemies: disarm bombs, take pictures of important evidence, or avoid killing scientists. The game features a multiplayer mode with a variety of options and three difficulty levels. Higher difficulty means, besides having to deal with tougher enemies, additional objectives needed to be fulfilled in order to successfully complete the level."
13198,Alcazar: The Forgotten Fortress,,1985,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"In this adventure game you control an explorer who's on his way to fortress Alcazar. To reach Alcazar you are travelling through a countryside of fortresses and you need to collect several items that you can find along the way. Once you enter the Alcazar fortress you have to search for the crown. The strategy map gives you an overview of the countryside, it's fortresses and your location in it. What perils lurk in these mysterious castles? Which path is quick and safe? The Alcazar castle is three stories high, all other castles have only two stories. To enter a castle you just have to follow the path. Each castle has it's own sought-after objects and these objects are always guarded by the castles main demon. Objects to look for are for example: a rope, a gun, raw meat, water or a raft. Collect them and use them properly to master the legendary Alcazar fortress. The game gives you clues and tells, for example, which monsters are nearby. Some monsters are really hard to kill. The game can be played at four difficulty levels."
13213,Wings of Destiny,,2000,5.4,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","Wings of Destiny is a flight simulation which takes place in World War II, more specific the air war between England and Germany. So the game simulates four aircraft: the German Messerschmitt Bf 109 E and Messerschmitt Me 262 A, the English Aviation P-51 Mustang and the Spitfire. The game is focused on the realistic presentation and handling of its machines. There is a German and an English campaign with overall 50 missions. The story is told in comic panels. There are no training modes and three difficulty levels."
13216,Dual Heroes,,1997,4.8,Action,Fighting,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Battle to be the ultimate hero against as one of eight fighters, each with unique fighting style. Train a robot with your style for use against the opposing fighters in Robot Mode, or select five virtual enemies who will train a fighter and become your rival. Single and 2 player multiplayer options included."
13218,Astérix and the Great Rescue,,1993,6.2,Action,Platform,,"The game is based on the popular French comics series Astérix It is 50 B.C., and the entire Gaul (today's France) is conquered by the Romans. Only one village still remains independent, thanks to the incredible powers of its two great warriors, Asterix and Obelix. In the game, they must first of all liberate the village Orvio and rescue their friend Dogmatix. The player can play as either Asterix or Obelix. They make their way through platform levels, fighting enemies by punching them, and jumping to access higher ares or to avoid falling down. There are also some items that the player can collect, such as bombs, with which the player can overcome obstacles and advance in the game."
13219,Road Rash 64,RR64,1999,6.3,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"The first version of Road Rash for any Nintendo console. The game was originally supposed to be a port of Road Rash 3D but ended up being an original product. Like other Road Rash titles, it featured motorcycle racing and combat, although Road Rash 64 had more of an emphasis on combat than on racing."
13224,Overlander,,1988,6.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Overlander sees Elite attempt a Roadblasters style driving game with shooting overtones, with the action viewed from behind your armour-plated well-armed car. It all takes place in a post-apocalyptic universe in which a lot of money can be earned by transporting goods form place to place, but the large gangs of Overlanders who already do this are keen to stop you. Two missions are on offer at a time, one tougher but more lucrative than the other, with half the money paid upfront and the other half on successful completion. Before setting off, you can buy upgrades such as turbo chargers, armour and enhanced weapons, each of which has a limited lifespan. Attacks from other vehicles can come either from guns or attempting ramming, and the roads are poorly-maintained and hazardous, so be careful, or better yet be violent first."
13229,Xargon,The Xargon Trilogy,1993,6.9,Compilation,,,"An archaeologist named Malvineous Havershim was studying strange ruins in Madagascar, remnants of buildings constructed during the age of a long-forgotten civilization of the mysterious Blue Builders. One day Malvineous spotted glyphs on one of the structures. As he attempted to translate them, Malvineous was hit by a wave of gas and fainted. In his dream, a talking eagle named Silvertongue tried to warn him of upcoming dangers. The archaeologist awoke in a strange and hostile world, unable to understand anything. With Silvertongue's guidance, Malvineous will have to overcome all dangers and eventually confront Xargon, the tyrannical ruler of that world. Xargon is a 2D side-scrolling action platformer. Malvineous is initially equipped with a basic laser gun, which can be upgraded by collecting power-ups or buying upgrades in a store. These include extra laser bullets, rapid-fire mode, limited-ammo fireballs, and others. The gun can be controlled by pressing up or down arrow keys, making it slightly advance upwards or downwards. The store can be accessed at any time, provided the player has collected a sufficient amount of emeralds, which act as currency. Health units, invincibility power-ups, and weapon upgrades can be purchased. This game entry refers to the registered version of the game with its three episodes: The first episode was available as shareware with the option to register for the other two, but in the US all three were also released separately and commercially by B&N Companies, Inc. In 2008, the entire game was made available as freeware."
13230,Sabotage,,1987,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Sabotage is mainly a vertically-scrolling top-view shooter with the screen scrolling upwards constantly as you play the role of a mercenary hired by your own planet to repel attack waves from aliens over various levels. Each level has you moving around the screen avoiding and blasting the waves of aliens to try to reach the end-of-level guardian before landing on a runway. Once you land then you move around a maze looking for a 5th columnist rebel who has part of a blueprint for a code to lock-on your main weapon to the elusive Mothercraft. As you avoid and blast the aliens there are two power-ups that can be collected, one allows you immunity for a short time, while the other one pushes you up the level a short distance at a great speed. Getting hit by any of the aliens loses you one of six lives (four on the Amstrad) and you have to restart the whole level again (start in the same place you die on the Amstrad). Two players can play with each player taking it turns to play when the other player loses a life."
13232,Casino Kid,"$1,000,000 Kid: Maboroshi no Teikohen",1989,5.8,"Gambling, Strategy / tactics",Cards / tiles,Contemporary,"You are Casino Kid, a nameless youth who has 500$ in his pocket and is ready to face the best poker and blackjack players in the casino to increase this amount significantly. You move around a large casino room and talk to people. Some people will just chat with you, while others will challenge you to a game: either blackjack or poker. In the beginning, most people won't agree to play with you. You'll have to defeat the opponents in a particular order in order to be able to win all blackjack and poker games and to face the Final Opponent."
13234,James Pond: Underwater Agent,,1990,7.4,Action,Platform,,"James Pond: Underwater Agent is a parody of the famous James Bond character. You control Pond, a fish-like creature, who has to complete several missions while making his way through levels full of dangers and hostile creatures. It is not a typical ""jump and run"" game: instead of breezing through large levels, Pond has to complete unique missions for each game area: free hostages, detonate a structure, find keys, etc. It is possible to exit a level only after having completed the objective. Many missions are timed."
13235,Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire,"Star Wars: Rebel Assault I & II, Star Wars: Rebel Assault I + II",1996,7.6,Compilation,,,This compilation contains:
13236,Midtown Madness,,1999,7.9,Racing / Driving,,"Contemporary, North America","Drive around the streets of Chicago in a series of races, or just try the various timed challenges! The entire city is recreated, with more landmarks and major streets drivable, complete with pedestrians and traffic cars! Drive your ""common"" cars like Cadillac Eldorado or Ford Mustang, or go superexotic like Panoz Roadster, or drive a super-though F-350 HD pickup... Or even the Detroit City Bus and/or a Freightliner truck... Lots of variety, lots of scenary to admire, lots of challenges to attempt... And when you get bored, try the multiplayer, including tag, football, cops and robbers, and many more modes."
13254,VooDoo Kid,"Le Voleur d'Esprits, Le Voleur d'Esprits: Contes Obscurs, VooDoo Kid: Scary Tales, Vudú Kid, Vudú Kid: Cuentos Horripilantes",1997,7.8,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"This is a horror adventure game for young gamers (ages 8-15 or so) in which players can choose to play as either a boy or girl, though the game is still the same either way. When the game starts, the protagonist is reading a boring story about Baron Saturday, an evil voodoo spirit captain that's turned his entire crew into mindless zombies and is taking them to the Island of Lost Souls. The protagonist falls asleep and is transported onto Saturday's ship, where (s)he meets the Captain's butler who needs their help. He asks the protagonist to save all the other lost souls, spirits, and zombies who are trapped on the ship. Throughout the game, the butler will provide the player with clues as he keeps getting trapped."
13260,Hydro Thunder,,1999,7.5,Racing / Driving,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Port of Midway's arcade boat-racer. The premise is non-existent, you simply rev up the engines and go on 13 water courses set in Antarctica, the far east, the Greek isles, etc. on different types of futuristic boats. Races use the usual arcade checkpoint system and scattered across the courses you'll find an assortment of power-ups and upgrades like nitro boosters. Graphics are entirely 3D with reflective water effects and realistic bouncing and bucking in the boats. Multiplayer competitions are supported for 2 players on the PlayStation version. The PlayStation port has exclusive Circuit and Time Trial modes."
13264,Galactic Warrior Rats,,1992,6.6,Action,Shooter,Post-apocalyptic,"Einstein, Newton and Darwin are the Galactic Warrior Rats, mutant hybrids who come under your control in this top-down multi-directional shooter. Their plan is to save the badly polluted planet Smeaton Five by destroying its robotic defences and the computer primed to explode it. Many enemies must be shot down along the way, but most release credits when shot – wait a few seconds for these to appear. You have three lives, with each rat representing a life, which means that all upgrades are lost when you lose a life, and each rat’s protective biosphere has the ability to withstand a few shots. Before heading into the action, you can spend your initial 500 credits on upgrades and weaponry. Your movement features a degree of inertia, making it harder to stop short of a position."
13267,Barbie Super Model,,1993,3.6,Action,"Arcade, Managerial / business simulation",,"Help Barbie become a great fashion model! This is an arcade game with many different activities to participate in. In each level, Barbie starts by going left to right with forced scrolling. She has a default speed and can speed up as well. She must avoid moving obstacles by moving up and down and controlling her speed. If she hits one, she loses a chance and it's game over if she runs out of chances. She must pick up items which grant point bonuses and extra chances. There is also a camera item to pick up which brings you to a magazine cover shoot. You are shown a cover with barbie wearing an outfit which is themed to the level. You must then go to her dressing room and dress her in a matching outfit. You are also given separate control of the colors of three different components and must match these. You are awarded points for each correct match. When you reach the right side of the level, you are given a runway practice. This consists of four positions on the runway floor labeled to tell you which button you must press at each one. Barbie then goes back through the level right-to-left. On the return trip, there is a handbag to pick up. This brings you to another magazine cover. You then go to a makeup mirror where you must match Barbie's hairstyle, earrings, eyeshadow and lip and nail color to the cover. Again, you are awarded points for each item which you get correct. When you reach the left side of the level, you must then do Barbie's runway walk that you were given earlier. You are awarded points for each station at which you perform the correct move. Barbie then continues to the next level. There are a total of four: Barbie driving down the street, skating on the beach, walking through a ski resort and walking through the park."
13268,Predator,,1987,6.4,Action,"Fighting, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Predator is a side-scrolling platformer which uses the imagery and characters from the classic Arnie movie of the same name. The game is not a faithful conversion of the movie however - your unit has already been killed off when the game starts and you will battle scorpions, enemy soldiers and dodge various obstacles, before facing the Predator itself a number of times. The game is a fairly standard run-jump-shoot platformer, except that you start with no weapons at all and must collect them as the game goes on."
13273,Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation,"Command & Conquer: Alarmstufe Rot - Gegenschlag, Command & Conquer: Alerte Rouge - Missions Tesla, Command & Conquer: Retaliation",1998,7.9,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Alternate history, Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic","Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation combines the campaigns seen in the Command & Conquer: Red Alert PC add-ons Counterstrike and The Aftermath into one complete game for the PlayStation. It also continues the same storyline seen in the original Red Alert New additions include specially produced cutscenes, an improved interface for the control pad users, and a special two player mode, where two PlayStations can be connected using the link cable and two TVs. Inserting one of the discs into one of the consoles results in playing a 2-player version of Red Alert with 100 different skirmish/multiplayer maps to play."
13279,Kingmaker,Kingmaker: The Quest for The Crown,1993,6.5,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"Based on Avalon Hill's board game of the same name, Kingmaker is a strategy game set during the War of the Roses period of medieval England. You can play either York, or Lancaster, and your goal is to get your choice for royal heir crowned king of England. You do this by granting titles to people favorable to your cause, and eliminating those who would oppose it. Kingmaker has a simplistic combat interface, rather concentrating on politics and dirty tricks as the strategies of choice."
13283,Team Yankee,,1990,7.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,Cold War,"In this tank simulation game based on Harold Coyle's book of the same name, Team Yankee is a squad of crack tank drivers and gunners. They are in the latest tanks, such as the well known Abrams M1, Bradley M2, T-72 and T-62, armed with lasers, machine guns and SABOTs. As Commander Sean Bannon, you must use these resources correctly in five missions ranging from defending a hill to attacking a centre through a forest. The control interface of the game is somewhat unique as it features a four-way split screen with different control options in order to grant direct orders to four individual platoons of tanks. The game simulates instruments of war including thermal imaging in a detailed manner, as well as giving access to scrolling maps of the battlefield as combat unfolds."
13288,Hype: The Time Quest,Hype: O Cavaleiro do Tempo,1999,7.1,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"King Taskan IV celebrates the end of a civil war. The valiant warrior Hype is given the Sword of Peace for his heroic deeds and his loyalty to the throne. However, a mysterious black knight named Barnak appears and casts a powerful spell on Hype, turning him into a statue and sending him two hundred years into the past. The magician Gogoud brings Hype back to life, and the brave knight has to figure out a way to return to his own time, defeat Barnak, and marry his sweetheart Vibe. Based on the medieval castle toy series from Playmobil, Hype: The Time Quest is an action game with puzzle-solving and light role-playing elements, similar in style to 3D installment of the Zelda series. Hype primarily fights with close-range weapons, though he can also cast offensive spells in three elemental categories. Hostile areas occupy the largest portion of the game; Hype will explore dungeons, face boss monsters, and will have to hunt for quest items needed to advance the story. Some of the puzzles revolve around time-traveling concept."
13294,NFL's Greatest: San Francisco vs. Dallas 1978-1993,,1993,4.8,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"NFL's Greatest is an FMV football coaching simulation featuring two of the most popular teams in NFL history: the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys. Both teams are represented by clips from 25 years of NFL archive footage. The game is quite simple to play: each team chooses a play, then footage is played showing the outcome of the selected choices and the in-game display is updated to reflect the new standing. It is possible for a single player to be the coach of either team, for two players to go head-to-head, or to watch the computer select plays for both teams -- just like watching a real football game!"
13298,Third World War,"The IIIrd World War, The Third World War",1993,6.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Third World War is a ""hypothetical/what if"" wargame with a twist. Set sometime in the late 20th century, when conflicts all over the world have erupted, and world peace is but a thing of the past. As the leader of one of 16 nations, your ultimate goal is none other than world domination. To accomplish this you have a multitude of options ranging from raw military might, diplomacy, foreign or domestic investment policy, aiding terrorists or revolutionaries, to media manipulation. In other words, it's just like the real world. The game offers 5 distinct scenarios, all of which require different strategies to win."
13305,Frantic Freddie,,1983,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In Frantic Freddie your goal is to clear all of the buckets of gold from each single screen level. Each level features a unique form of monster that will chase you relentlessly and try to stop you from finishing. Strewn about the levels are ladders that act as both obstacles and your means of getting around the screen. You cannot pass through a ladder but rather must ascend it in order to climb down on the opposite side. Bonus items such as stars and hearts can be grabbed as they pass through the level, scoring you more points. The gold buckets are randomly distributed on the levels which varies the difficulty in every game. Completing two levels in a row will reveal an interlude depicting Freddie versus a large frog monster. There are two interludes which are repeated. Each level also has a musical theme that plays. After sixteen levels you have completed the game."
13308,Triple Play 96,,1995,7.2,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Triple Play 96 is one of the earliest entries in EA's Triple Play series that featured a full MLB and MLBPA license with many of the top players of the 1995 season along with authentic stadiums from all 28 MLB teams along with 2,500 frames of animation to give the game a more realistic feel. Many of the standard options are present such as exhibition, season, playoffs, etc. along with a battery back-up that can keep extensive track on 25 different stat categories and has 12 unique pitches that can be chosen during the game. Players can also create their own baseball player and use them in the game or go against four friends."
13310,The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain,"Dr Brain a perdu la tête !, Dr. Brain und das verlorene Gedächtnis",1995,7.6,"Educational, Puzzle",,,"This game is the third in the Dr. Brain series. Solve logic, math, and other puzzling conundrums designed to stress your brain. The game includes new puzzles, but you can play any one at any time, unlike previous versions, where you had to beat some puzzles before you could go to the next puzzle."
13320,Halloween,,1983,5.9,Action,,,"Protect the children and fight for your life ""the night HE came home!"" Babysitting a group of children in a large two-story house, players assume the role of Laurie Strode as psychopath Michael Myers has escaped from the mental institution and has come back for revenge. Players must guide the children to safe rooms while avoiding Michael Myers and his knife. The house is large and full of dangerous blackouts and dead-ends within its sixteen rooms. However, Laurie is not completely defenseless. There is a knife that can be found to protect herself once the familiar theme music begins to play and killer remains in pursuit. Players will advance to the next level by either stabbing Michael Myers twice, or rescuing five of the children."
13330,Shark! Shark!,,1983,7.7,Action,Arcade,,"In Shark! Shark! you control a fish! Your goal is to earn as many points as possible while staying alive. Swimming in the ocean with you are other fish of various sizes, lobsters, crabs, jellyfish, and a very fast shark. You are able to eat any fish that is smaller in size than you are, and any fish that is larger will eat you! The shark can also be killed if you nibble at its tail several times, but careful for the shark can turn quickly. Each time you eat a fish or nibble on the sharks tail, points are earned. Each time you score 1000 points, your fish will grow larger in size allowing you to eat even more of the fish on the screen. Several different game speeds are included, and one or two players can play."
13334,International Soccer Challenge,"International Soccer Challenge: la Suite de Microprose Soccer, International Soccer Challenge: the Sequel to Microprose Soccer, Internationale Soccer Herausforderung",1990,6.1,"Simulation, Sports",,,"International Soccer Challenge is loosely a sequel to MicroProse Soccer and it has many similarities to the original, including the way the ball sticks to your player's foot. The major difference is the visual perspective, which is in pure 3D, viewed just behind the ball as you move up the pitch, with full polygons and some shading. You have a radar on screen to allow you to see where your teammates are, which reduces the disadvantage of not being able to look behind you. Two tournaments are featured - a superleague and a recreated World Cup, as well as practice modes. By moving the joystick as you shoot, you can adjust the direction and height of a pass or shot, allowing for a wide range of moves."
13344,Foreman for Real,,1995,5.5,Sports,,,"Before marketing fat-reducing grills, boxing legend George Foreman endorsed this boxing game with a 3rd-person view similar to Punch Out A full range of punches and jabs are available, with full round-by-round scoring from the judges. You can choose from 3-12 rounds, and there are 2 camera views as well as an automatic switch option. You can play simple exhibition matches or tournaments, or launch into a career mode. In this you start at the bottom of the world rankings, and must reach the top by beating the game's players, who other than George are all fictitious boxers with varying strengths and weaknesses. The coach gives advice before each fight to help highlight weaknesses in your play. There are passwords for each round."
13361,Center Ring Boxing,"The King of Boxing, Victory Boxing",1995,7.4,Sports,,,Center Ring Boxing is an unlicensed 3-D polygon boxing game where the player can choose from 30 different male or female boxers and compete in six different weight divisions. They may also create their own boxer and use them to rise through the ranks to become champion choosing from one of five distinct styles of boxing. There is also a trainer by the name of Snake that will help train the player as they progress thorough the game as well as become a selectable character along with a hidden character in two-player versus mode once the player becomes heavyweight champion. A practice mode also is present that will allow the player to get accustomed to the game's controls and features 12 different camera angles and a replay mode that will the player to view their previous fight in it's entirety.
13365,Shock Troopers,,1997,7.8,Action,Shooter,Contemporary,"Shock Troopers is a 1-2 player game where players select one of eight characters to play as. Each character has their own attack. Players also have to choose one of three routes to take. The object of the game is to go toward the end of the level and defeat the end-of-level boss, which is usually a huge vehicle. Crates that are scattered throughout the levels can be broken into to reveal new weapons and power-ups. There is a team mode where players have to select three characters. The characters can be switched on-the-fly during gameplay, which is useful if one of them is badly injured. Players can use the other teammates until life-ups can be found."
13368,PGA Tour 98,,1997,7.3,Sports,,,"EA's highly customizable golf series moves to the Sony Playstation with PGA Tour 98. Players can choose course conditions, whether to use special rules like mulligans, and even how much your caddy will assist with setting up a shot. With commentary by Ernie Johnson Jr., up to four players can play various play modes such as Skins games, Four-ball match play, and Skills Challenge on five real locales. The power and accuracy of ones shot is determined with a timed meter, which can be represented with a traditional vertical bar or a more realistic arcing meter."
13371,Morpheus,,1987,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,There are 50 sub-universes consisting of a central Nucleus surrounded by 32 Orbitals. The sub-universe is called a Aither. The object of the game is to enter the Aither with your ship and destroy enough Orbitals to shut down the Nucleus. Before the Nucleus dies it spits out a Morphi which when destroyed gives you bonus points and money. Before you deploy your ship from your base you can purchase hulls and weapons. Even sell or scrap the ones that you don't need. The game is viewed from above your large ship. After deploying from your base you can move about freely in any direction. On the screen you can see your score and a small radar which shows the position of the Orbitals and Nucleus. The further into the game you go and buy more hulls and weapons you will end up with a ship that nearly fills the screen.
13377,Mutation of J.B.,J.B.,1996,5.6,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"You control a young boy called Johnny Burger who plans to visit his cousin Emanuel for two weeks. As he arrives he finds him gone. A scientist, who's also looking for Johnny's cousin, comes by and offers Johnny 500DM (Deutsche Mark) for an experiment. Of course, the experiment goes awry. During the procedure a mysterious guy flashes the scientist's memory. The emerging irritation causes the professor to start pushing random buttons, which results in Johnny's transformation as a human pig. After Johnny wakes up the professor is gone, too, as he was kidnapped to the Planet Ladea. So, Johnny's quest comprises of finding the professor to be transformed back into a normal state and finding out what happened to Emanuel. Mutation of J.B. plays like a usual Point 'n Click comic adventure. At the bottom of the screen you find a selection of commands in German (""Go to"", ""Talk to"", ""Look at"", ""Use"", ""Take"") and your inventory that stores all collected items. The game doesn't include English subtitles."
13390,40 Winks,"40 Winks: Conquer Your Dreams, Dream Story : les aventures de Tim et Lola, Ruff & Tumble: De Droomkrijgers, Ruff'n'Tumble",1999,6.9,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"40 Winks is a 3D action-platform game in which you play as Ruff or Tumble, two children who must battle ghosts, goblins and other monsters in their dream-world. They must try to capture 40 winks scattered around the world in order to stop an evil old man named Nitekap. Nitekap wants to turn the winks into hood-winks, the things responsible for nightmares. You also have to find the 12 dream keys to unlock the boss level. A unique aspect of the game allows the players to temporarily morph into different costumes with special abilities. The costumes include a Prehistoric Man, Jester, Super Hero, and Ninja."
13392,Gremlins 2: The New Batch,,1990,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Gremlins 2: The New Batch ties in with the movie of the same name. Gizmo is trapped inside Clamp Centre by the evil Gremlins. It is up to the player to help him battle his way to the Control Center and rid the city forever of the Gremlin menace. This game is a side scrolling platform game. Gizmo can equip a variety of weapons from a pencil to a toolbox to use against different Gremlins and other vermin such as spiders, bats and rats. There are also traps that hurt Gizmo. Gizmo can be hit by an enemy or trap multiple times before he loses a life."
13396,Tail'Gator,Shippo de Bun!,1991,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Once again a peaceful kingdom, this time named Moberry, was assaulted by an evil entity. The player, taking control over the alligator Charly, has the task to defeat the dragon warlord Basso Gila. To do so, five areas (with three or four levels each) have to be conquered. Those levels can be tackled in any order and - for the first three areas - are either land, air, cave or underwater levels. Of course there are also a number of enemies which try to harm Charly: every contact with them or environmental obstacles makes a heart from the health bar disappear. Charly can defeat himself by hitting enemies with his tail (the range depending on the power meter). The goal of each level is not only to reach the exit and defeat the occasional boss, but also to open all treasure chests on the way. Those contain random power ups, e.g. health refreshments, bonus points, power or a bomb which kills everything on screen. The last chest in a level contains the key which is needed to open the exit."
13413,Baku Baku Animal,"Baku Baku, Baku Baku Animal: Sekai Shiikugakari Senshuken, Baku Baku Animal: World Zookeeper Contest",1995,7.0,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"The Minister approaches the King to tell him that his only daughter, the Princess, wants a new pet. But the King says she already has too many, and she can't take care of so many animals. Thus the Minister purposes a contest of skill and daring to select the Royal Zookeeper. Master Piggy then sends his pupil, Polly, to participate in the contest. Baku Baku Animal is a variation on the very often copied Tetris type of game. The game has three different play modes: practice, normal and hard. It also can be played by two players against each other (except for the Master System version). The objective is to pair animal heads with their respective food. If a rabbit head comes falling, you must make it fall on a pile of carrot tiles, dog heads with bones, panda heads with bamboos and monkey heads with bananas. There is a bonus item, the ""BB coin"", which will appear from times to times, and remove piled tiles from the playfield. Removed tiles will be sent to the opponent's playfield all at once, increasing the difficulty of the task. Polly will face several contestants, and she'll win when her opponents get their playfield piled to the top."
13414,onEscapee,The Escapee,1997,7.6,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"onEscapee is an adventure game similar to Flashback Daniel White is a reluctant hero, having been abducted by aliens and ended up on a dumping planet; alone, abandoned and with little chance of returning to civilization or stopping the mysterious alien race in question from continuing to abduct humans. There are seven levels to get through before things come to an end, containing many puzzles and action moments, many of the puzzles being timing-sensitive. It is possible to die in several different ways, each death bringing an animated sequence to life. There is plenty of help for the early puzzles, which allows the player to adjust to the combat system."
13419,Hoi,,1992,7.1,Action,Platform,,"Hoi is a small green dinosaur, who must venture through 5 levels to reach the area in which female dinosaurs live, in the hope of finding a perfect match. Although the gameplay is platform-rooted, there are variations, with levels introducing jet-packs and SCUBA diving. The final level features advanced strobe effects - the packaging wisely warns epileptics to stop after level 4. There are lots of switches on the levels, as well as moving and controllable platforms. There aren't many bad guys around, the levels are large and maze-like, and big falls kill Hoi, so a methodical approach is required."
13422,Ninja,Ninja Mission,1986,6.6,Action,Fighting,,"This is an side-scrolling beat-'em-up game consisting of a succession of fights, in which you (surprisingly) play a ninja whose job is to go through the playfield and kill everyone in his path. You are also equipped with a dagger and a shuriken which you can hurl at your enemies. You must also collect ""idols"" which are left lying around), which will reinvigorate you, as well as grant you further points. Once you collect all of the idols, you will have won the game."
13425,WCW Backstage Assault,,2000,5.3,Sports,,,"Moving away from the usual in-ring wrestling action, WCW Backstage Assault is just that, one-on-one battles in locker rooms, bathrooms, outdoor arenas and much more. Each wrestler has his/her usual set of moves, plus the ability to use the surroundings and any items (chairs, tables, etc.) they can find. You can create your own wrestler, modify an existing wrestler, or choose from a large collection of WCW talent, competing for special championship belts, or hardcore matches where every win opens up hidden secrets."
13429,Buster Bros. Collection,Super Pang Collection,1997,7.4,"Action, Compilation","Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"A collection of 3 classic Buster Bros. games: Each game plays virtually the same- these are action-puzzle hybrids (akin to Bubble Bobble); maneuver your character along the bottom of the screen and fire your rope gun; your rope causes the bad evil bubbles to break into smaller bubbles until they finally are defeated (much like the asteroids in Asteroids). BBros and SBB both involve your world being attacked by the Bubble King (the funny synopsis of BBros in the instructions notes ""One day for no particular reason the Bubble King began a siege on Earth's cities with multi-sized breakable bubbles""- Idi Amin he ain't.), while BBuddies involves precious art being guarded by bubbles- in a rare turn of events, you play as the thief looking to steal the art!"
13430,European Championship 1992,,1992,5.5,Sports,,,"Tecmo's World Cup '90 arcade game was remodeled based on the 1992 European Championships for its home computer release. The tournament's structure of the time (2 groups of 4 play each other once, top 2 go through to semi-finals followed by a final) is recreated, with any of Europe's soccer nations available to be chosen as those 8, and 1 or 2 human players choosing their team, playing on either keyboard or joystick. The matches are played from a side-scrolling perspective. The ball sticks to the player's foot, and can be kicked or passed with a press of the fire button. The referee is fairly lenient when it comes to tough sliding tackles, although fierce contact will result in a free kick being given."
13431,Nations: WWII Fighter Command,Nations: Fighter Command,1999,5.6,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","Nations is a WWII flight sim not unlike Jane's Combat Simulations: WWII Fighters You can fly vintage aircraft like the Focke Wulf 190, Messerschmitt bf109, Messerschmitt 163, Messerschmitt 262, Hawker Hurricane, De Havilland Mosquito, Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Typhoon, P-38 Lightning, P-40 Kittyhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt, and finally the P-51 Mustang."
13446,Monopoly,,1995,7.1,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"This is an adaptation of the Monopoly board game for computers, completely reproducing all aspects of gameplay. Player movements can be presented as 3D animations, but those can be optionally turned off for those who don't want to see animations. There can be up to 6 players at once, and it can be played over the Internet. Music is in MIDI format, with WAV sound effects. Roll dice, spin around the board, and don't forget to have fun as you pass GO!"
13451,Spiritual Warfare,,1992,5.0,"Action, Educational",,,"Spiritual Warfare is a Zelda -like overhead action game where you play as a soldier of God, fighting the forces of darkness in various parts of a modern city to find the armor of God, each one guarded by increasingly difficult demon bosses. When you are dire need, an angel may come down and help you, if you answer Bible questions correctly. The game will take through increasingly difficult levels of play, where in the end you will face off with Satan himself."
13475,Alien Breed,,1991,8.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alien Breed is a top-down science fiction shooter somewhat inspired by the movie Aliens in terms of plot and atmosphere. Gameplay, though, was obviously inspired by the Atari arcade classic Gauntlet The game tells a typical sci-fi story of an alien invasion on the space station ISRC-4. Two space marines, Johnson and Stone, are the only human beings left to clear the base of aliens divided into six levels. Moving around an alien-infested complex in a top-down view, you must at all times keep an eye not only on your energy level but also be conservative with ammunition. Though you will find new ammo cartridges strewn around the levels, they are consumed quickly by respawning aliens that may come crawling out of the floors and walls when you least expect it. On the floors, you will also find keys for passing through locked doors. Keys must also be used with care, or you may find yourself locked out of a room containing the remaining keys that you will need in order to complete the level. Other doors are one-way and will electrocute you if you try to pass it in the other direction. Other major bonuses found on the floor are emergency kits for restoring your health, and credits. The credits come in handy when you find an Infotex terminal. There, you can access information about your current mission and your vital statistics, as well as buy supplies such as ammunition, weapons, and keys. Music is forfeited in this game, in favour of the ambient sound of machinery, machine guns, and aliens running around the base."
13480,Super Noah's Ark 3-D,"Mega 3D Noah's Ark, Super 3D Noah's Ark",1994,5.3,"Action, Educational",Shooter,,"Super Noah's Ark 3-D is a First Person Shooter based on the Wolfenstein engine with a biblical twist. As Noah, the player travels around the Ark feeding the restless animals in order to put them to sleep; this is achieved by firing feed (ammo) at them using a variety of hand catapults. The SNES version is largely a reskin of the SNES version of Wolfenstein 3D, the only notable difference being slightly altered behaviour for a couple of bad guys. Even your weapons are reskins that behave exactly like the guns from Wolf3D; Noah must be very skilled to operate a catapult at the speed of a machine gun!. The PC version however, while still a reskin of Wolf3D in gameplay has some more advanced features; higher resolution graphics (along the lines of the Jaguar and 3DO versions of the game albeit with all 8 directions like the original PC version), midi music support, floor textures (like Blake Stone ) and a new game play feature in the form of a question mark pickup; picking one up pauses the game and brings up a random multiple choice question about content in the bible. Answer the question correctly and you get a bunch of ammo and points."
13482,Every Second Counts,,1988,5.1,Educational,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"Every Second Counts is a computer game based on the popular UK television show of the 1980's. This is a quiz show game for either three couples or six individuals, single players compete with a computer partner, where contestants compete to win seconds, not points. The player with the most seconds takes part in the final round where those seconds are the time they have available to compete. There are six blocks of questions so the game can be played six times before some categories come up a second time. The game consists of:* Round 1: True or False This round consists of nine True / False questions. Player 1 from each team takes it in turn to answer a question. A correct answer gains the player's team two points, an incorrect answer scores nothing and knocks the team out of this round. Play continues until all questions have been asked or until there is only one team remaining. This round is identical to the previous round and is played by Player 2 from each team Both team members play in this round. Questions are asked and the team has ten attempts to answer correctly. The bonus starts at ten points and decreases with each incorrect answer This round is identical to Round 1 with four points for a correct answer This round is identical to Round 2 with four points for a correct answer The format and scoring for this round is the same as the previous bonus round The team with the greatest number of seconds competes in this round. The team chooses one of two categories of question. They take turns in answering a series of six questions within their time limit. If all questions are answered correctly then they team is presented with a further set of seven questions which they attempt to answer within the remaining time. At the end of the final round the team's score is displayed on the Every Second Counts trophy screen."
13489,Infodroid,,1986,6.6,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Infodroid is set on a planet which exclusively deals with administration and focuses on the delivery of information and packages. The player is in charge of a startup company and tries to become a big player within a established competition. All deliveries are executed by droids which travel on five streams (two forward and two backwards) with different speeds; the central being static and allowing to enter a variety of rooms: junctions, dispatch rooms in which new delivery jobs can be taken and old ones concluded, information rooms where the game options can be changed and garages for repair duties. On the way, droids from other companies try to ram the player (hence the need for repairs) which need to be avoided by jumping between the streams. With money earned by delivering packages to the correct destination, new droids can be bought or the old ones upgraded, e.g. better shields or boosts which allow to jump multiple streams at once."
13491,EarthBound Beginnings,"Earth Bound, EarthBound Beginnings, Earthbound Zero, Mother",1989,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),,"In the early 1900s, a mysterious dark shadow covered a small country town in rural America. A young married couple vanished from their house without a trace. The man's name was George, the woman's name was Maria. Two years passed, and George suddenly returned. He never spoke to anyone about what he had experienced. Instead, he led a solitary life and began an odd study, all by himself. His wife never returned. Eighty years have passed since then. One day, something strange happens to a young boy who lives in a small town together with his parents and his two sisters: his house seems to be possessed by a poltergeist. Things start attacking house inhabitants. The boy's father advises him to talk to his grandfather and learn how to use psychic powers in order to discover the reason behind the strange poltergeist. On his journey, the boy meets three other children: a quiet girl who lives together with her mother, a young genius who isn't accepted by his classmates, and a boy who joined a gang, hoping for revenge. The four heroes will explore the world and find out the connection between the strange events of today and the mystery of the past. Earthbound Beginnings is a Japanese-style RPG set in modern times. Combat system is similar to Dragon Warrior : the player-controlled party encounters random enemies and bosses, and fights them in turn-based combat viewed from first-person perspective. Instead of magic, the characters can use special psychic powers called PSI."
13497,Earth 2140,Earth 2140: Hightech-Kriegsführung im 22. Jahrhundert,1997,6.9,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Post-apocalyptic,"It's the year 2140, earth is almost completely destroyed after numerous wars and environmental catastrophes, and the people primarily live underground. The two enemy parties are the United Civilized States and the Eurasian Dynasty. In this RTS game, both are trying to conquer as much land as possible. Earth 2140 's game concepts overlap with those of the Command & Conquer lineage - mine resources, build units, and send them into battle with an enemy which must be tracked down. The two sides have different units, with the UCS advantaged by its Mercs and robotic infantry. There are cinematic cutscenes for each mission"
13498,Las Vegas Video Poker,"Vegas Poker, Video Poker",1986,5.1,Strategy / tactics,Cards / tiles,,"With 20 coins in your hand, you approach the electronic poker machine confidently, with the aim of making a killing. There are several winning hands, with a Royal Flush paying out at 250-1, a Royal Flush at 50-1 and Four of a Kind at 20-1. Smaller winnings can be scored with multiple pairs or pairs of 'face cards'. There are five skill levels, and four different values of money to play with. After the initial draw you can choose which cards to hold in the hope of getting the best possible combination together. There is no opponent to play, and thus no bluffing involved."
13502,Tyrian 2000,,1999,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Tyrian 2000 is a direct re-release of the original action smash, Tyrian It is essentially the same game with an additional new episode (Hazudra Fodder), a revised engine (fewer bugs and better controls) and added Windows support. It also adds another option called ""Timed Battle"". Tyrian is nothing like your run-of-the-mill shoot-'em-up. It gained a following even larger than the classic Raptor: Call of the Shadows and rightfully so: it has a plot. A plot, you ask? Yes. And even a complex one. You play the role of Trent Hawkings, this galaxy's ace solo fighter-pilot, whose luck forces him to save the galaxy, one time after another. Again and again, Trent must fight off MicroSol, a company with the evil intent of taking over the galaxy. Through your struggles, you will find yourself again and again betrayed by friends and allies, your parents will be killed and you will have to return to points you've already been to (with variations on the levels) in order to remove further threats to the galaxy and to yourself, all for the ultimate goal of overthrowing MicroSol. Tyrian also has two player arcade mode and supports network/modem/serial play. It features a multi-layered ship upgrade engine, in which you can change hulls, decide upon and upgrade your front and rear weapons, buy better shields and generators and even add ship ""sidekicks"". Tyrian's complete arsenal amound to over a dozen type of ships and over 100 weapon types!"
13507,Dragon's Lair,,1984,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Timed input",Fantasy,"The first home conversion of the legendary Dragon's Lair laserdisc arcade game was originally released for the Coleco Adam home computer in the USA; UK-made ports released by Software Projects followed two years later. While mostly maintaining its trial-and-error gameplay concept, the computer versions adapt the original only loosely: the player controls Dirk the Daring on his quest to rescue Princess Daphne from the dragon Singe through nine distinct scenes: The Falling Disk: Dirk must try staying on top of the disk that falls down to the dungeons. An Air Genie will try to blow him off, and he also has to jump off at the right moment to get onto a ramp leading to the next level. Skull Hallway: Dirk must evade or fend off creatures like skeletons, slimes and bats emerging from passageways. The Burning Ropes: Dirk must swing across chasms on ropes, being fast enough so the rising flames won't engulf him from behind. The Weapons Room: Weapons and armor come to life and attack Dirk: he can only survive through well-timed sidesteps or weapon slashes. Ramps and Giddy Goons: Dirk must jump from ramp to ramp quickly before they disappear behind him, and he also has to take out the goons standing in the way with his sword. The Tentacle Room: Similar to scenes two and five, Dirk must again evade or kill creatures in a room, who emerge from the ceiling and floor. The Second Disk: a reprise of the first scene, deeper in the dungeons. The Deadly Checkerboard: A dangerous game against the Phantom Knight. The Knight can teleport around the board at will and will turn a line of squares in front of him into deadly traps. Dirk must get close to the Knight and strike him down with a series of sword hits. Slaying the Dragon: The grand finale: Dirk must evade Singe's fiery breath long enough to get to a magic sword and then deliver the final blow."
13510,Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll,Hiryu No Ken: Ougi no Sho,1987,6.1,Action,Fighting,,"The grand master Juan was robbed of the secret scrolls of Hiryu-no-Ken, which is the ultimate kung-fu stance that gives the impression of a flying dragon when in effect. Luckily Juan has entrusted the remaining scroll to his worthy student, Ryohi. Juan's last request was for Ryohi to visit Shorinji. Gengai, the bishop of Shorinji, took the young Ryohi under his wing. Six years later, a letter of challenge is sent from the Tusk Soldiers, who are the enemies of Shorinji, The letter mentions the upcoming ""World Tournament of Contact Sports"". Ryuhi decides to take part in the tournament as a representative of Shorinji. Ryuhi also hears from Gengai that it was the Tusk Soldiers who robbed Ryuhi's master of his scrolls and now Ryuhi plans on getting them back. The player controls Ryuhi. During the side-scrolling portion of the game the player can use kung fu to dispose of enemies. There are also miniboss type enemies (the screen turns black when they appear) that must be defeated because they drop items that must be collected in order to continue on. The items they drop go in a sequence of power-ups which will eventually allow you to get a key to exit the level. There are some one on one duels during fighting tournaments that involve hitting a target on an opponents body while defending the target on Ryuhi's body."
13527,Brian Jacks Superstar Challenge,,1985,5.7,"Action, Sports",,,"This is a multi-event sports game licensed by British judoka and 1972 Olympic bronze medallist Brian Jacks and loosely based on the BBC sports programme Superstars. In this game you compete against Brian in eight different events and you score points in these events based on your performance. The events are Running, Archery, Cycling, Football, Swimming, Squat Thrusts, Canoeing and Arm Dips. There is no qualification time/score to beat and you compete in all events regardless of performance. The game plays in a number of levels and should you score more points than Brian you win the level and move onto the next one where the process is repeated. Afterwards the scores from each level are combined for a total score, should Brian score more points than you at the end of any level then you will lose the challenge. The Amstrad and ZX Spectrum versions are split into two sides of four events each. The Running, Archery, Cycling and Football events are in side A and after you've competed in those events you are given a choice of starting again or loading side B, which contains Swimming, Squat Thrusts, Canoeing and Arm Dips. The Commodore 64 version allows a two-player option to play against a friend."
13541,Dive: The Conquest of Silver Eye,Human Recall,1996,4.9,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,A enchanted adventure in the deeps seas. Search the hidden and mysterious treasure in the fabled pirate's cove of Silver Eye on the bottom of the sea. Fight your way through the inhabitants of the dark underworld.
13544,Roberta Williams' King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown,,1990,6.8,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Roberta Williams' King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown is a remake of King's Quest It uses Sierra's 16-color SCI game interpreter, making it visually similar to the series' fourth installment, with more detailed EGA full-screen graphics and optional mouse support, while retaining text-based input and interaction. This version also has a musical score that supports sound cards, as opposed to the speaker-only output of the original release. Several changes have been made to the game's locations and script. A few new characters appear in the remake, and some of the conversations feature additional lines. A number of puzzles have slightly different solutions, and some objects are found in different places than they were in the original version."
13547,Captain Commando,,1991,6.6,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Metro City, 2026. A corrupt mutant group by the name of ""Scumocide"" plot to control the universe. The hero, Captain Commando assembles a team of three renegades; Ginzu the Ninja, Baby Head, and Mack the Knife; to help him foil Scumocide's plans. This task will not be easy as many of Earh's institutions are infested with Scumocides minions, but strength and persistence runs the team into the crusade. The player chooses one of these four characters, who must fight their way through an army of genetically engineered super-criminal, traveling through a series of locations such as the bank, museum, circus, aquarium, and several others, right through to a planet called ""Callisto"", where the evil behind ""Scumocide"" awaits. All four characters have their own special attacks. Captain Commando can use the power of his suit to shoot electricity through his palms. Baby Head rides around in a mech suit which does more damage. Mack can use short knives. Each location ends with the character defeating a boss before proceeding to the next one."
13553,Super Bases Loaded,Super Professional Base Ball,1991,7.0,Sports,,,"Another baseball game in the Bases Loaded series. The game features a 1 and 2 player game plus a watch mode that allows the player to watch two computer players play each other. During the 1 player game the player selects 1 of 13 fictional teams and plays the other 12 teams in a row. The overall goal, instead of just merely winning baseball games, is to play the perfect game and get a perfect rating. During a game, players start with an overall rating of a 100, and then after the game is finished game points are added or subtracted in 13 different rated categories such as number of errors made, the number of walks, pitched, number of times struck out, etc... The players final game points determines the difficulty level of their next opponent. The game has up to 5 difficulty rankings. Scoring a perfect 100 game points on a level 5 rated team will complete the game. Both pitching and hitting are done from a behind the pitcher viewpoint and players can select whether to turn the designated hitter rule on or off. The game also has an option to edit players."
13554,Sołtys,Soltys,1995,6.9,Adventure,Puzzle elements,"Contemporary, Europe","(In)famous for jokes about it, the Polish city of Wąchock is the place where the story of the Polish adventure game Sołtys takes place. You play the head of the village of Wąchock and your aim is to find the missing husband of your daughter (who apparently isn't very attractive if you know what I mean). Scared of his future, Leon decides to run away from the wedding and you are responsible for bringing this poor guy back. The game is a classic point and click adventure in which you collect objects and find places to use them. You move from one location to another using special ""location icons"". Number of available locations to visit represents the game's progress. At first there are only eight of them and later on they increase to total number of 24. The game is full of Polish jokes and ""play on words"" technique to give player hints how riddles should be solved."
13561,Robotron: 2084,,1982,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are a mutant human, who by some freak of nature has the ability to shoot energy pulses from his body in eight different directions! Your job is simple: save humanity from their own creation -- the ROBOTRONS! The gameplay is pretty unique for the time. You can move and fire in any of eight directions. You get thrown in a room with various evil baddies strewn about, you've got to kill all the robots while at the same time finding some way to grab humans and avoid death."
13562,Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion,"Dangerous Dave 2, Rooms of Doom",1991,7.1,Action,Platform,,"Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion (a.k.a Dave 2 ) is a sequel to Dangerous Dave In this side-scrolling action game you run through a huge mansion with many different levels, battling all kinds of monsters and collecting items (mostly bonus points). Every so-and-so points you get an additional life, and every so-and-so levels you combat a boss. One of the things that make this game unique is that instead of just having a limited amount of ammunition, you have a shotgun and can shoot 8 bullets at any given time. However, you must wait in order for Dave to reload his gun. Another thing that sets the game apart is the ability to aim your gun in several angles (generally: up, down or straight ahead)."
13563,Aces of the Pacific,,1992,8.0,Simulation,,"Historical events, Oceania, World War II","Dynamix/Sierra's answer to the Lawrence Holland Air Combat Trilogy This game includes an incredible amount of aircraft and ships. In contrast to BattleHawks 1942 this game features ground attack missions and land-based aircraft in addition to anti-shipping strikes and carrier-based aircraft. You can fly for the US Navy, Army Air Force, Marines or Japanese Navy and Air Force. You can fly in single missions (dogfighting, fighting famous aces, escorting bombers, etc.), or fly a career spanning major battles or the entire war. The game also offers several realism options including blackouts, weather effects, sun blind spot, no collisions, etc. US aircraft featured: F4F-3, F4F-4, F6F, F4U, SBD, SB2C, TBD, TBF, P38F, P38J, P39D, P40E, P47D, P51D, B17D, B17E, B24J, B25D, B25J, B29A. Japanese aircraft featured: A6M2, A6M3, A6M5 Zero, D3A Val, D4Y Suisei, B5N Kate, B6N Tenzan, Ki27 Nate, Ki43 Oscar, Ki61 Hien, Ki45 Toryu, Ki84 Hayate, Ki100, Ki21 Sally."
13566,Little Computer People,"House-On-A-Disk, The Activision Little Computer People Discovery Kit",1985,7.6,Simulation,Life / social simulation,,"Little Computer People can be described as the ""mother"" of The Sims When you load the game for the first time and personalise it with your name you'll see a house with several rooms like a kitchen, living room, bed room, etc. After some time of waiting a little person will appear and check out the house with all its rooms to see if he likes it. If he likes it, he will move in shortly and bring his dog along with him. That's where the real ""game"" starts and that's what it will be like every time you'll load the game from then. You see the house and the little person living in it, doing all kinds of stuff people do in their daily routine. He'll cook, eat, feed his dog, read newspapers, watch TV and from time to time he will write you a letter to let you know what he feels or what things he misses. To keep it more game-like, you can ""talk"" to him in form of typing commands like ""feed dog"". You can also play cards with him and send him food or a present. There is no aim in this game other than to interact with your LCP."
13584,Super Columns,,1995,7.4,Puzzle,"Arcade, Falling block puzzle",,"Super Columns is an updated version of Columns with more options of play, but with the same setup, maneuvering falling blocks into groups of three or more to eliminate them from the screen. Along with a Versus mode there is also a Story mode as well. An evil sorcerer by the name of Surhand has stolen a mystical amulet which brings peace and serenity to the land of Phoenicia and hopes to use it to bring death and destruction to the land. The player must battle their way through his four guards in a series of best two-out-of-three games of Columns in order to face off against Surhand and bring peace back to the land. The Flash Mode also returns to this version as well as the new Endless Mode where the main objective is to score as many points as possible before the timer runs out. There are also special columns throughout these modes such as Glitter Columns which eliminates all blocks of the same color on the screen at once as well as Stone Block Columns which can only be eliminated through magic power-ups that can be obtained by eliminating the base blocks."
13588,Atlantis,Ocean City Defender,1982,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"The lost city of Atlantis is under attack! Wave after wave of Gorgon vessels are approaching, each armed with weapons capable of destroying a part of the city. You are in charge of the command posts at the edges of the city and need to defend it from the invaders. The various gorgon craft will keep flying by on the screen in varying numbers and in different flight patterns. At first they fly high in the sky but then progressively lower. If an enemy makes it low enough before you destroy it, it will use it's weapons and destroy one of the buildings in Atlantis. As you progress in the game, the enemy craft will keep increasing in speed. The game ends when all remaining buildings in the city have been destroyed."
13589,Legend of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse,Mickey Mouse: Densetsu no Ōkoku,1995,7.3,Action,Platform,,"Once upon a mouse, there was a kingdom that was ruled by the selfish king Pete. One day, a terrible shadow crept over the kingdom, threatening the lives of its inhabitants. The king's adviser said the only way to stop the shadow would be for the king himself to travel out and to seek the cure. But the cowardly king Pete preferred to stay in the castle, and sent a simple laundry boy named Mickey instead! As Mickey Mouse, you will travel through various levels in this platform game. Mickey shoots an unlimited amount of little balls on the enemies, can jump, climb on stairs, hang on ropes, and perform other tricks. Mickey can also pick up items and put them in another place, for example to access a higher level or to break a treasure chest open."
13590,Car and Driver,,1992,7.2,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Test drive ten of the best cars on ten varying tracks, from Monterey Raceway to a mall parking lot. Game setup is in the format of the Car & Driver magazine. Race solo or against multiple cars, computer-controlled or via modem. As with most racing games, includes replay with various camera angles."
13592,Raid 2000,,1987,6.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Xanthidian have invaded the Earth and slowly they are spreading over countries and cities and taking control. You have been tasked to destroy the invaders in four Raider Crafts from a base in the South Pacific. You must look at a map of the world with purple areas under alien control and green areas still under human control. You move a Raider Craft over an invaded part and it will tell you if an Alien Reactor Plant is active. When you have selected an area the game turns into a top down shooter which scrolls in various directions when you move your ship and the speed is controlled by the joystick. You must find the reactor and destroy it before destroying all ships with your laser. If you touch a ship or hit an obstacle then you lose part of a damage bar and when it reaches zero you lose that ship. If you want to leave the screen before all is destroyed you fly over a flashing square and press the fire button. This takes you back to the map. As you play each area, the purple areas expand as the aliens take over more of the world. If they are spreading too fast, each Raider Craft carries one thermonuclear device and can be placed on an invaded area. The area turns yellow and wipes out all aliens and their reactors but the infected area can't be inhabited by humans. Once all the aliens have been sent back home they regroup and attack again but you receive your full compliment of Raider Craft. It is game over if you lose all four Raider Craft, the World is taken over or your base has been lost."
13597,Earthworm Jim 1 & 2: The Whole Can 'O Worms,"Earthworm Jim 2: Eine Dose voll Würmer, Earthworm Jim 2: The Whole Can O' Worms",1996,8.0,Compilation,,,This compilation includes:
13602,Xardion,Chōkō Gasshin Xardion,1992,5.5,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Xardion tells the tale of three warring planets that are home to three distinct alien races. Their fighting is interrupted by the threat of invasion from a much more potent alien race. The three planets find that they are able to set aside their differences long enough to battle their shared menace. Each planet sends a warrior to deal with the threat. There is a robot named Triton, a cat-like quadruped named Panthera, and a giant red bipedal insect alien name Alcedes. The single player of the game controls one of these characters at a time and can switch at any time. If the current character loses all of his health, the player is sent back to the start of the level and that one character receives a health refill. Each character has special attributes that help the team. For example, Panthera's relatively small size allows him to squeeze into spots where the other two characters can not travel. The characters can gather a number of unique power-ups and weapons to help them on their mission."
13610,Cosmic Pirate,,1989,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Cosmic Pirate the player takes the role of a criminal who works for The Council, a space pirate organization. It offers several missions to the player, all with the goal to hijack a space truck. During the course of the game the player will undertake increasingly more dangerous and difficult missions. This game is a multi-directional shooter. For each mission the player gets transported to the estimated destination of the truck. However, the correct space sector has to be found first through the means of elimination. The player uses warp beacons to go to the next sector and when the correct one is found, the radar shows the way to the truck. However, every usage of a beacon costs money which is earned by shooting alien ships in the current sector, which can be freely explored in all directions. Every killed enemy gives credits and probably leaves an extra behind which gives advantages if picked up, e.g. bonus credits, a protection shield or a smart bomb. Money left after finishing a mission can be reinvested into ship upgrades."
13613,Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Arsenal,,1998,7.6,Compilation,,,This compilation includes:
13615,Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland,Alice Au Pays Des Merveilles,2000,7.0,Action,Platform,,"A true translation right from the Disney movie, Alice finds herself in the wonderland that she's expected to. Over the course of the game Alice meets major characters from the story, who will have either lost an item or need some help in some sort, for which Alice will volunteer to help. Basically a side scrolling platform, with parts in an isometric view as well."
13616,Robo Pit,,1996,6.3,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Robo Pit is an arena fighter, plain and simple. Well, maybe not so simple. When you start your game, you have to build your mechanical gladiator; choosing the color, body, eyes and legs. While most of your starting choices are purely cosmetic, the legs you choose do slightly affect your game by changing the speed and mobility of your fighter, as well as its special attack. Once you've created your robotic brawler, it's time to start climbing the ranks. To progress, you have to fight the robot that's occupying the rank above yours. Once you beat them, you get to take an arm and then move up. The game continues on in this fashion until you've bested all of the other combatants. However, a few curve-balls are thrown your way as you climb the ladder. For starters, there are several different arms you can acquire; from swords and shields to cannons and lasers, and the more you use them, the faster and more effective (i.e. damaging) they are. On top of that, even so often a sort of ""boss"" robot is put in your way. These ""bosses"" use special weapons that only they have access to. Until you pound them into scrap and take them, that is. These weapons can be incredibly powerful if you stick with them, making the rest of the fighters, save number one, a breeze. As an added bonus, you can even save your cyber-combatant to a memory card and bring it to a friend's house for some one-on-one let's-see-who-has-the-best-robot fighting goodness! The arenas themselves are fairly basic, but they are varied, offering up different layout and obstacles to take cover behind or use to get the drop on your opponent. They also have ledges, and like most fighting games a ring-out means an instant loss. As for the fighting, it's simple, but effective. Square and circle attack with the left and right arms, X jumps and triangle triggers your special (which has to charge of course). Of course different weapons have different ranges and timing, which will also improve the more you use them."
13618,1080° Snowboarding,,1998,8.0,Sports,,,"1080° Snowboarding is a snowboard racing game. The player will find 6 downhill slopes and a half-pipe as courses, several characters to choose from, and be able to perform more than 25 tricks. After choosing a character and a board among the available eight, the player can compete in a variety of events:"
13619,Close Combat: The Battle of the Bulge,"Close Combat 4: The Battle of the Bulge, Close Combat IV: Battle of Bulge, Close Combat IV: Die Schlacht in den Ardennen, Close Combat IV: Het Ardennenoffensief, Close Combat IV: La bataille des Ardennes",1999,7.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,"Historical events, World War II","Relive the infamous Battle of the Bulge as the Germans or Americans. This entry, fourth in the Close Combat series, introduces a Strategic map, features new units, and includes airstrikes."
13631,Star Wars: Episode I - Obi-Wan's Adventures,,2000,6.5,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Play as Obi-Wan through many levels of battle droids, similar in style to Jedi Power Battles You can use your lightsaber, blaster or the force to defeat the enemy and advance to the final showdown with Darth Maul."
13632,Space Bucks,,1996,6.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You start the game by choosing your race, they each have their own advantages and disadvantages. You then choose which planet populated by your race you want your starport and ship to start at. The premise is to build the biggest, richest trading empire by the the year 2500, starting in the year 2375. You can either do this through hard work and diligence or go about this the cut throat way and make life difficult for your competition. The game runs in real time, so once you set up a trade route the ships will continue to make deliveries, you can pause the game and make changes."
13635,Hong Kong Phooey: No.1 Super Guy,,1990,5.2,Action,Platform,,"Nr. 1 Super Guy is a straightforward platform action game where you play as Hong Kong Phooey himself to help fight crime. In this game Baron Von Bankjob has escaped from jail and it is up to Hong Kong Phooey to find him. The game starts off with the trademark scene of Hong Kong Phooey jumping out of his file cabinet as seen on the animated TV show. From there on you must maneuver yourself through each of the levels full of obstacles like the Baron's thugs, collapsing platforms, conveyor belts, oil and acid patches. Hong Kong Phooey's health is displayed via the ""Hong Kong Phooey Book of Kung Fu"" meter located on the bottom left of the screen. Collect drinks to help replenish your health, unlock doors and activate switches to help advance further into the level to find Baron Von Bankjob and bring him to justice."
13638,Madden NFL 2001,Madden 2001,2000,7.2,Sports,,,The best-selling PC football game is back to dominate with legendary Madden gameplay and the deepest feature set available. Think you got game? Take your skills online against the best through EA SPORTS-sponsored tournaments. Check the online ranking to see how good you really are. The exclusive NFL coaches club license brings in real coaches complete with their own signature styles and plays to add even more strategy to your game. Historical All-Madden team rosters let you match-up today's stars with the legends of the game for all-time braggings rights. Throw in an improved front end and enhanced AI and you've got the ultimate in PC football.
13647,MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head: Bunghole in One,,1998,5.6,Sports,Puzzle elements,,"Join Beavis and Butthead in this unique take on the world of miniature golf. There are 18 holes to play, each based on an area from the TV series (including Van Driessen's Psychedelic Playground, Burger World, The Living Room and what Beavis and Butthead game would be complete without the most famours characters of them all, Corn-""hole""-io [Thanks to the guys at Illusions for picking that up]). All of the characters are there to play with, and you can add three of your mates for a great multiplayer experience."
13659,Keio Flying Squadron 2,Keio Yugekitai,1996,7.4,Action,Platform,,"Keio Flying Squadron 2 is a 2D platform game, departing from the shoot 'em up-oriented style of its predecessor The player once again controls Rami Nana-Hikari, a fourteen-year-old girl who is also the keeper of a secret treasure that unlocks valuable treasure. Dr. Pon and a new villain, Himiko Yamatai, are hunting for that treasure, and it is up to Rami to stop them. Rami traverses side-scrolling levels, defeating enemies and overcoming obstacles with the three tools: a mallet (basic melee weapon), an umbrella (allows Rami to float and deflect projectiles), and a bow (long-ranged weapon). Rami also collects spheres that award the player with useful information and points. A few stages are vertically scrolling or return to the shoot 'em up roots of the series."
13667,Jack the Nipper... II in Coconut Capers,Jack the Nipper 2,1987,6.8,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Oceania,"Naughty toddler Jack finds himself in Australia, with the aim of progressing through 192 screens of platform action. He starts with nine lives but no weapons, although a supply of coconuts to lob is close at hand. The jungle is full of snakes, monkeys, birds and all manner of other creatures, all of which must be avoided or killed - remember that their attack paths are pre-programmed, and the trajectory of your coconuts is quite limited. Travelling through the levels involves, amongst other things, ladders, mine carts, trees, ropes and logs. As well as simply completing the game and amassing as many points as possible, you can aim to be as naughty as possible, which is gauged by a 'Naughty-O-Meter' next to the score, with numerous objects available for that purpose (one can be carried at a time, alongside one weapon)."
13673,The Great Waldo Search,,1992,4.1,"Action, Puzzle",Hidden object,,"Based on the popular Where's Waldo series of books, the player's goal is to find Waldo, who is hidden in various pictures, before the time on the clock runs out. The player controls a magnifying glass and must click on various items for different effects. Finding a clock adds more time to the search, clicking on a 150 icon adds 150 points to the score, etc. Each picture consists of 6 adjacent screens containing a continuous theme. The themes are The Carpet Flyers, The Underground Hunters, The Battling Monks, The Unfriendly Giants and The Land of Waldos. Players are given the option of playing on Normal difficulty, Expert difficulty, or playing the Land of Waldos stage. The only difference between the difficulties is that on expert there are no clock items to provide players with extra time. In all of the stages the player must find both Waldo and a scroll to complete the stage. Waldo must be found before the scroll in order to complete the stage. Waldo's dog Woof is also in each of these stages (except for the Land of Waldos) and by finding him players get to play a small bonus stage where they collect points as they control the dog on a flying carpet."
13676,Goldrunner II,,1988,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Goldrunner II is set 50 years after the events of its predecessor Since then humanity has started to use robot pilots for defense, but space pirates have managed to capture them. The hero, the grandchild of the original Goldrunner, now has to save or at least destroy the robots before they can be used against their creators. To do so he flies through 16 vertically scrolling levels, called platforms, to shoot down the transporters carrying the robots. Then he collects the robots (the capacity is up to five at a time) flies to the teleporter station, unloads and repeats until all robots in the level are captured or destroyed. Well, it is not that easy: every destroyed transporter causes recovery ships - basically enemy fighters and mines - to show up, which need to be destroyed first. The game also features dust clouds which block the ship's shots and smart bombs which destroy all enemies on the screen when used."
13677,Dodgem Arena,,1998,6.7,"Action, Racing / Driving, Sports",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Participate in the thrilling sport of the Dodgem Elite League. Dodgem Arena is a futuristic racing game that takes place in 2049 AD. In this racing sport four players controlling so-called dodgems hover in huge bowl-shaped arenas, while trying to shoot an ice hockey puck into a goal at the top of the arena. You can choose between various dodgems and during the match you can stockpile weapons, ammo and shields to improve your dodgem. There are six stadiums and each match has four rounds. The first round starts with four pucks, the second with three, until one is left in the final round."
13680,Chameleon Twist 2,,1998,6.0,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"After finding his way back home from his first adventure, Davy decides to relax with his friends. However, while playing on the see-saw, a huge rabbit falls from the sky, sending Davy's head long into the sky. So once again, using his long tounge to attack enemies and grab on to distant ledges, Davy must find his way home from the land in the sky. For this second adventure, you can choose from 4 different Chameleons, Davy and friends Linda, Fred and Jack. And as well as using his tongue, Davy can also use a parasol to float across large gaps."
13682,Superman: The Man of Steel,,1989,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In this action game made under licensed from D.C. Comics, Inc. and First Star Software, Inc. you play as Superman on his mission to save kidnapped Lois Lane and all humankind from two super villains, Darkseid and Lex Luthor. The gameplay consists of different action-oriented sections including 3D flying, overhead vertical scrolling and side scrolling. Sections are linked by comic book graphics telling the story. Player controls the Superman on the game levels and use one of his four superpowers to defeat the opponents. Power energy is exhausted with its use and it should be regenerated. Collision with opponents may lead to life energy decrease. Top scores will be stored when game is over."
13684,Shadow Company: Left for Dead,Shadow Company: Mercenários das Sombras,1999,7.3,Strategy / tactics,"Managerial / business simulation, RPG elements, Real-time tactics (RTT)",Africa,"You are the commander of an elite mercenary team. During a mission in Angola, you've been abandoned by your high command. You must complete with the mission with your remaining mercenaries, make your way out of Africa, rebuild the unit, and eventually find out who set you up for that fall, and take revenge... Shadow Company is best described as Jagged Alliance in 3D. Command your mercs (up to 8) on missions and take on the different opponents. A full arsenal of weapons and ability to drive vehicles sets this game apart from others."
13697,Sub Battle Simulator,,1987,6.7,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","Sub Battle Simulator is set in World War 2, with the player on the American or German side. Six different submarines are simulated in a total of 60 missions. You will have to navigate, using five different levels of mapping, and plan attacks based on weather and surroundings, paying close attention to the radar. Watch out for torpedoes and Sonars. This was the first submarine simulation to include aircraft as opponents. You can choose to remain on the surface and defend yourself with your guns, or dive and hope to avoid the bomb and/or strafing that'll surely follow."
13701,Rommel's Revenge,"Battle-Tank Simulator, Tank Busters",1983,7.2,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Rommel's Revenge is a variant of the arcade game Battlezone Like the original game it is a first person game with wireframe graphics where the player controls a tank that has to shoot down other tanks without getting hit by their fire. The game takes places on a plain with mountains in the distance and various geometric solids (such as pyramids and cubes) acting as obstacles. Movement is limited to moving forward and reverse and rotating left and right. The game goes on until the player has lost all lives. A radar helps the player finding the location of the enemies. Some additional features exist in later versions of the game. The Dragon/CoCo version has some additional enemies such as saucers and anti-tank missiles. The Amstrad version (retitled Tank Busters) makes further changes and uses the graphics engine from Dark Star The player here has two weapons, a regular cannon and anti tank missiles as well as a shield that can absorb some hits before the tank is destroyed. There is however only one life. The anti tank missiles can be steered manually by the player and it is possible to turn on a missile eye's perspective."
13702,Harvest Moon: Back to Nature,Bokujou Monogatari Harvest Moon,1999,7.6,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"As a young boy, you visited your grandfather's farm one summer, which was one of the best there was. Now, some years later, your grandfather has passed away and you inherited his farm, which is now in a state of disrepair. The Mayor of the village has given you three years to turn things around, and bring the farm back to a state that your grandfather would be proud of. At the same time, you must also think about dating and getting married to secure a place in the village. Roll up your sleeves and get ready to get dirty, because that farm needs help and you're the only one who can make it the best farm anyone's seen."
13706,Zork: The Undiscovered Underground,"ZTUU, Zork: The Undiscovered Underground - a text adventure prequel to Zork Grand Inquisitor",1997,5.8,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"This was a free game released by Activision to celebrate and promote their newest game, at the time, Zork: Grand Inquisitor It is a text only adventure done in the style on the original Zork games. The year in 1066. You're a private, 7th class, in the Inquisition Guard. After getting relieved of your post at the Port Foozle Inquisition Gift Kiosk, you see the Pastor of Disaster, the Minister of Sinister, the Grand Inquisitor. It looks like he has a job for you. Yes, you. After asking about other, ANY other, guards to go instead, you have your orders. Sigh. Very well. Archaeologists have unearthed a tunnel that seems to lead to a new section of the Great Underground Empire or GUE. You are to enter this tunnel and explore the Great Underground Empire. You'll be back in no time. You hope."
13708,The Revenge of Shinobi,"The Revenge of Shinobi Classic, The Super Shinobi",1989,8.1,Action,Platform,"Japan (Modern/Futuristic), North America","In this game, a follow-up to the original Shinobi once again you are Joe Musashi, but this time you're not out to free hostages, but to gain your revenge on the 'Neo Zeed' bandits. The story told is that the old enemies 'Zeed' from the first Shinobi game has reorganised, and they have now struck back at your clan, first by killing your old master, and then kidnapping your bride. What you have to do is go around killing enemies with ""kunai"", or throwing knives, and find the exits on each level. You can also find power pack upgrades by breaking boxes - though some are booby-trapped with bombs. Once you touch an upgrade, your knives turn into fire and you have a ninja sword. Extra knives and health are also sometimes in these boxes. There are eight zones to pass through on the map, each having three levels, with a boss at the last level of each zone. Standard enemies vary from ordinary WW2 type soldiers, shooting rifles, machineguns and throwing stick grenades - to ninjas with shurikens throwing stars, katana swords and chigiriki-type flail weapons. Some types of enemies only appear in specific environments. The environments are kept in similar style within a zone, starting out in a traditional rural town and forest area with ninjas and attack dogs, next into a modern city with an airport and factories, defended mainly by soldiers, moving onto a highway with almost frogger-style jumping to avoid cars, soldiers and jumping enemies disguised in nun-outfits (nun-jas?), next into an entertainment districts on rooftops and backstreets with ballet-dancing enemies, escaping on a train (riding on top of course, a shinobi won't buy tickets) to a harbour with more soldiers and cannon towers, and ultimately to the island where the final boss of the Neo Zeed bandit resides. The zone bosses varied with each release, as there were licensing issues preventing their free use - initially several well known cinematic characters were used: Godzilla, Batman, Terminator and Spiderman, but they were gradually replaced with other characters, sometimes varied only by simple palette changes."
13718,Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation,,1989,6.5,Simulation,Tricks / stunts,,"Blue Angels: Formation Flight Squadron is an F/A-18 flight simulator, with a focus on Air Shows. The Blue Angels are the United States' Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, known for tight maneuvers and precision flying. The game attempts to replicate this by offering formation flying, having to react and coordinate with other Blue Angels in the air. The player can practice any maneuver in the simulator: dozens of high, low and flat maneuvers, Diamond 360 passes, left rolls and 4-point rolls or an entire air show for example. Other than practice events, the player can perform an air show or just go for a free flight. In the air, players fly from a 1st person perspective inside the plane or a 3rd person perspective from a chase plane behind the player. Additionally there are 4 different camera views and 3 different gameplay speeds. After the flight, an analysis is displayed of the flight and the player's performance graded."
13725,Re-Loaded,ReLoaded,1996,5.8,Action,Shooter,,"This is the sequel to 1995's Loaded with an improved graphics engine, and just as much violence and blood. Re-Loaded puts you in the shoes of a number of characters, such as Sister Magpie or Butch. Each character is weird, deformed, and generally strange. It is a mission based game, where you must complete various objectives to successfully win in each of the 12 worlds. Throughout each mission, you must kill lots of people, with a variety of weapons such as plasma cannons, lasers and ultra bombs."
13726,Frantic Flea,,1996,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Frantic Flea has the player take control of a flea warrior out to protect his Flea World from an evil race of bugs called the Insideos who are enslaving his friends and family. The gameplay is a side-scroller with six different levels, where the player explores each stage, freeing fellow captive fleas and utilizing weapons and devices to aid in their missions such as the Hoverpod which enables flight and the Stikko which can give the player the ability to climb walls. The graphics are done up in a cartoon-style with over 100 animation frames to give sprites a more fluid life-like feel."
13727,Animaniacs,,1994,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Those lab mice bent on world domination, Pinky and The Brain, have hatched a new scheme to try to take over the world! Their latest plan is to steal a prized script from Warner Bros. Studios, which they will produce to earn them enough money to take over the world. The CEO of Warner Bros. asks Yakko, Wakko and Dot to recover all 24 scenes of the film's script. Animaniacs is a platform game where you control the three Animaniacs, Yakko, Wakko and Dot. Players can cycle between their current Animaniac by using R Button, and in addition to jumping, the player can stack the Animaniacs on top of each other to reach places they couldn't on their own. The Animaniacs can pick up and throw small objects to attack, as well as dash to break objects and dodge enemies. Larger objects can be pushed, to access higher areas, or sometimes to reveal secrets. If a Warner is captured by Ralph, Warner Bros.' security guard (which is equivalent to ""death""), the player has a chance to rescue all the Warners lost by entering the Water Tower stage from the map. After negotiating this small stage and reaching the top of the tower, it opens and all the Warners are rescued. Script scenes are key to finishing the game completely. A few are given to players for finishing the level, but others are hidden in secret places and players must perform special tasks to locate them all. The other collectable aside from script scenes are coins. These coins are used to start a slot machine that is at the bottom of the screen. Depending on the way the reels land, players may get an extra continue, invincibility, all of the Warners returned, more coins, or lose some of their coins."
13728,Spy vs Spy,,1999,7.8,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Puzzle elements,,"Players take on the role of a spy in white (or black), and go on a mission to go to four different locations and collect 4 items: a CD, passport, key and a sum of cash (and a brief-case to contain these things). But there's a catch, another spy is also on the same mission. Players have to sweep him out of their way and collect the items before he does! Players have a choice among four locations and between Black Spy and White Spy. Each location contains a certain number of levels, which all have the same objectives: get the briefcase, collect the four items and get to the exit door. Players can try to slow their competitor down by killing him by placing traps in the rooms (dynamite, coil, spring, bucket and a time bomb) or using weapons (fists, knife and stick) when encountering him. When getting killed, players will be redirected to the starting point and all collected items are lost. Players are provided with a map which shows how many rooms there are and what is inside each room (trap, players' counterpart, items). Players can never be killed off entirely. The game is only over when the counterpart gets all the items and escapes through the exit door. The graphics are in 2D. The player's process is saved via passwords. The player can play against the computer or another player."
13736,Dead Moon,,1991,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"About 200 years in the future, a comet is detected at the edge of the solar system. Astronomers determine that it will pass near the earth, and send probes to examine it. When the probes near the comet, it abruptly changes directions and heads towards earth. At the last moment, the people of earth are able to launch surface-to-comet missiles and deflect its impact into the moon. At the center of the impact crater, alien war machines are gathering! The U.N. sends a lone spaceship to the moon to destroy the alien threat. Dead Moon is a side scrolling shooter with 6 levels that take place on earth, in space, and on the moon. It features 4 different primary weapon types, and several secondary weapon types. Each level features mini-bosses and end of level bosses."
13740,Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars,Alex Kidd: The Lost Star,1986,6.0,Action,Platform,,"Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars has similar gameplay like in the other Alex Kidd games, but this one's easier and designed for kids. Once again you play Alex, whose mission is to run through each location, knocking down enemies, and obtain the six miracle balls. These balls are hidden inside the strangest places like golden eggs, the Fantasy Zone ship out of action, clamshells, Christmas presents, pumpkins, and desk bells. Alex must then venture in outer space to defeat the evil Ziggurat. Locations include Toy World, Machine World, the World of Make Believe, Water World, and Monster World. You will even tour through the giant's body. Once you obtained the six miracle balls, you have to run through all the locations again, but these repeated locations introduce new enemies. With all the locations, you're under a time limit, and as usual, if the time expires, you lose a life. Alex starts the game with nothing, but during the game, he can collect power-ups that give him extra time, and allow him to shoot enemies or jump higher."
13750,Days of Thunder,,1990,5.8,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Tom Cruise's film brought NASCAR racing to the masses, and Mindscape did the same for games players with this license. If you mentally change the driver names, it can be thought of as a recreation of real NASCAR racing rather than a direct recreation of the film. You play Cruise's Cole Trickle character (his name, like many of the others, is slightly different to that of a real NASCAR racer of the day) against your rivals on 8 tracks, based on real-life counterparts. The races are all on ovals, although the exact lengths, corner types and gradients are varied. This means that the ideal racing line on one track can put you into the wall on another. Qualifying is incorporated alongside the races themselves. From time to time you'll have to pull into the pitstop area. When doing so, you control the five members of the pit crew. Losing time in the pitstop will make you lose positions at the race. The other racers, however, never pit. The NES version has 3rd-Person perspective only."
13751,NBA Full Court Press,,1996,6.3,Sports,,,"Simulation-style Basketball game. Features relatively high production values, with play-by-play speech, full NBA license (players and teams) and even NBA players acting as consultants to the title. Also features complex coaching options and team and player editing. Controls are also complex, and allow for faking shots and passes and calling for balls - as you don't have to control the player that has the ball - as well as the usual actions like shooting, passing, stealing and grabbing rebounds. Play against the computer or with as many as 3 (joystick, mouse and keyboard) players on the same computer, either as teammates or as opponents. In-game engine supports many resolutions, but the graphics are 2D with pre-rendered, low detail players."
13752,Duke Nukem,,1999,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Duke Nukem is back in this self-titled game. Duke Nukem has become famous and because of that attracted the attention of the alien Zorgonites. The Zorgonites want to abduct Duke to let him lead their armies to conquer the universe. Duke Nukem on the Game Boy Color is a classical jump and run platform game where you can walk, shoot, jump, climb ladders, hang from ledges, crawl, but also mount vehicles such as a little tank and space ship. You have to avoid enemies and hazardous environments. Levels will bring you on board a Zorgonite spaceship, the moon, LA and other locations. The game features 12 usable weapons, including a flame thrower, bazooka and machine gun. Other power-ups include body armor, health packs and bonus lives."
13756,Zen: Intergalactic Ninja,,1993,6.5,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Lord Contaminous is trying to destroy the Earth, so it's up to Zen, the intergalactic ninja, to save the day. Gameplay consists of Zen going through various stages in order to defeat Lord Contaminous. The stages include the oil, smog, dust, and dam areas. These stages can be tackled in any order, before the final stage opens up. Zen comes equipped with a photon stick he uses to defeat his enemies. He also has the ability to do a slide maneuver as well as a jumping kick. There are also items scattered throughout the stages such as one that can give Zen temporary invincibility or another that can refill a bit of Zen's depleted energy bar. This version of Zen: Intergalactic Ninja shares some similarities with the console release ; however, the stages and the visual style are different, and the gameplay is generally simpler."
13757,Inferno,Inferno: The Odyssey Continues,1994,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As a sequel to DID 's sci-fi space simulation Epic Inferno continues the story-line of the Raxxon - Terran conflict that began at the time of Epic The premise offers more plot developments than the original game: you are a Terran pilot who was ambushed by the Raxxons, who transformed you surgically into one of their own. Enraged, you killed all the Raxxons on board the station to regain your human form. With renewed vigor and thirst for revenge, you vow to eliminate their race once and for all... The game's engine is an improved version of the one in TFX"
13760,Super Buster Bros.,Super Pang,1990,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"Super Bust Bros. is an adventure for one or two players that takes the player around the world, aiming to rid the planet of a terrible foe: seemingly innocuous-looking bubbles. The main portion of the game is Tour mode, where the player visits a series of different levels representing different countries of the world. Each player's character is armed with a gun, which shoots a vertical cable. If this hits a bubble, it will cause it to split in two. Upgrades allow two cables to be shot at once, or the ability to stick a cable to the ceiling where it will cling for a few seconds, bursting any bubble that hits it. Players must clear each screen of bubbles before progressing to the next one. The largest bubbles will have 4 degrees of splitting before clearing. Many level layouts have ladders, barriers and breakable bricks in part of the screen, affecting movement of both the player and the bubbles. Faster bubbles in the shape of diamonds also bounce around the screen going any which way rather than bouncing in predictable arcs like the other bubbles. Several power-up tokens are also available, offering features such as splitting all bubbles down to their minimal size, freezing the bubbles for a few seconds, and various different weapons. Monsters also enter the screen periodically, which hit the bubbles and take them down a size, and can often be directed by the cable weapon. In addition to the main Tour mode, the game also features Panic mode, in which a succession of bubbles are thrown at at the players. As the player progresses, the amount of bubbles required to reach the next level also increases, similar to scoring on Tetris"
13771,F-16 Multirole Fighter + MiG-29 Fulcrum,,2000,7.3,Compilation,,,Compilation including the following both flight-simulations from NovaLogic:
13778,Tower Toppler,"Castelian, Kyorochan Land, Nebulus",1987,7.4,Action,Arcade,,"You play a small green guy who needs to blow up eight towers because their presence is somehow poisoning the water of planets which could potentially be ideal colonies. Unfortunately, you need to get to the top of these towers to blow them up. You make your way up to the top of the tower via walkways around the outside of the towers. You need to jump over, kick, and run from various enemies in your journey to the top. Most vertical movement is achieved by jumping onto moving ledges at the right moment. The game was considered revolutionary in its time for its graphic technique. As the main character walked around the outside of the tower, the character was fixed in the middle of the screen while the tower itself rotated. This gave it a pseudo-3D effect. Towers are linked together via a voyage through the sea in your trusty MK.7 submarine. This plays out as a side-scrolling collect-'em-up in which bonus points can be obtained."
13783,Mr. Gimmick,Gimmick!,1992,7.8,Action,Platform,,"Mr. Gimmick is a little doll with a life of its own, that's given to a girl for her birthday. The girl's other toys quickly become jealous of the attention given to Mr. Gimmick, and they decide to carry her away to a mystical land. Mr. Gimmick goes after them to bring his owner back. The game Mr. Gimmick is a platform game where you take control of Mr. Gimmick over the course of six levels. You defend yourself by throwing bouncing stars that take a second to form and are then thrown downward. You can also ride the stars thrown to gain access to higher platforms. The inventory you have allows you to store bombs, potions, and fireballs. The game has two endings. The easier way is to just run through all of the levels. Each level has a treasure hidden that can be a bit difficult to get, and finding all of these gives access to an extra level. But if you lose all of your lives and have to continue, the game will take all of your treasures away, and not allow you to get to the final level."
13784,You Don't Know Jack,,1999,7.3,Strategy / tactics,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"The irreverent quiz show party game makes its debut on the PlayStation console. It contains over 1,400 questions that came from a mix of questions that appeared on You Don't Know Jack: Volume 3 You Don't Know Jack: Movies and You Don't Know Jack: Offline"
13786,Warhead,,1990,7.3,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2045, the Earth was attacked by aliens from Sirius. Looking like insects and believed to be related to the insect life forms known to humans, the Sirians have shown no mercy: a third of the human population was annihilated. This assault led to the dissolution of all political borders on the Earth. The humans have united to defend themselves against the common enemy. An organisation called the Fist of Earth was formed to defend the planet, and its most important military base, the SolBase, built in orbit. The Fist of Earth sends a fighter pilot navigating the FOE-57 spacecraft on a series of missions to stop the Sirians and protect humanity. Warhead is a mission-based space combat simulation. Objectives include destroying enemies, protecting friendly forces, as well as search and rescue missions. The player proceeds to the next mission after having completed the preceding one. The space ship is navigated with the mouse; the keyboard controls offer autopilot modes, multiple weapons including mines and stinger missiles, an HUD display, multiple viewpoints, targeting and navigation, all of which must be used during combat."
13792,Kwirk,"Kwirk: Er ist verw-irre-nd!, Kwirk: He's A-Maze-Ing!, Puzzle Boy",1989,7.4,Puzzle,,,"Kwirk is a puzzle-game, in which you have to help a tomato reach the exit of numerous levels. The path to the exit is blocked by boxes, holes and spinning doors. Boxes can be pushed aside or into holes to make them traversable and there are different types of spinning doors. In some levels, it is also possible (and necessary) to control several different characters to help the main character get to the exit. As the game progresses, levels get larger and more complicated."
13803,Jeopardy!,,1998,4.8,Puzzle,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"This version of Jeopardy features the digitized look and voice of the TV show's host, Alex Trebek and even the announcer, Johnny Gilbert, as well. There are 650 different categories to choose from as well as 4,000 new answers. The player answers questions by selecting letters by using the analog or D-pad and will be given suggestion words to help them along. The same rules apply to the game as they do in the TV show, the game is divided into three different rounds: Regular, Double Jeopardy and Final Jeopardy and has three different contestants."
13806,Tecmo Bowl,"Arcade Archives: Tecmo Bowl, Tecmo Bowl GB",1987,7.1,"Action, Sports",,,"The most popular American football game to hit the NES console, Tecmo Bowl pits the player vs. the computer in 11 game single-elimination playoff action, or you can go head-to-head with a human opponent in action or coach mode. There are 12 teams of real NFL players (circa 1988) to choose from, but don't look for official NFL team logos or mascots like Bears or Dolphins--Tecmo Bowl has the NFLPA but not the NFL license. The play perspective is top-down and the screen scrolls horizontally. Player graphics are large and colorful, which is made possible by limiting the number of players to nine per team. Animated cut-scenes are shown following touchdowns and at half-time, and crowds are shown filling the endzone seats. There are four plays to choose from on offense--usually two runs and two passes. The player takes control of the quarterback before the snap and then either hands off to the running back or works through his receiver progression from the top to the bottom of the screen. Defense consists of trying to guess which offensive play the opponent will select and then taking control of one of the defensive players before the snap. A very simple power meter system is used for kicking field goals, extra points, and punts. There are no game or season stats and there is no way to save your season, but there is a password feature allowing you to resume tournament play where you left off."
13807,Championship Soccer,"Pelé's Soccer, Soccer",1980,5.7,Sports,,,"In this soccer game, each team has one forward, two backs and a goalie. The forward and backs always run in formation. You only control the goalie when he has the ball, otherwise he is computer controlled. The game is played in 2 halves with the object to score as many goals as you can in the time allowed. The allowed time varies by game setting. (see Game Variations below) Difficulty switches Left for player one, right for player two. Set to A to make your goal wider, so as to give the other player an advantage. Game Variations Number of players Games 1 to 27 are two player games. Games 28 to 54 are one player against the computer. Player speed The players move at slow speed and each half is three minutes long in games 1 to 9 and 28 to 36. The players move at medium speed and each half is four minutes long in games 10 to 18 and 37 to 45. The players move at fast speed and each half is five minutes long in games 19 to 27 and 46 to 54. Out-of-bounds penalties There are no penalties in games 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21, and 28 to 54. If the ball heads to the field's edge, it will just bounce back into play. There are penalties for the sidelines only in games 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, and 24. The ball can go out on bounds on the sidelines but not to the left or right of the goal. There are full penalties in games 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 25, 26, and 27. The ball can go out of bounds anywhere but the goal. Goal size Large in games 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40, 43, 46, 49, and 52. Medium in game 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 38, 41, 44, 47, 50, and 53. Small in games 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 51, and 54. Computer opponent difficulty Difficulty is easy in games 28, 29, 30, 37, 38, 39, 46, 48, and 48. Difficulty is medium in games 31, 32, 33, 40, 41, 42, 49, 50, and 51. Difficulty is hard in games 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 45, 52, 53, and 54."
13809,PGA Tour Golf 486,"PGA Tour 96, PGA Tour Golf III",1994,7.8,"Simulation, Sports",,,"This is 1994's incarnation of the long-running PGA Tour series, this time the additions come mostly on the technical arena: new, better, graphics and sounds including videos and commentaries of all the courses, as well as 9 digitized PGA pros to play as or 55 opponents with whom to play against in the tournament. The courses in the game include the TPC at Summerlin, River Highlands, and Sawgrass with all their corresponding holes. Gameplay is practically unchanged from the previous series, with some small additions like sudden-death playoffs to decide ties for the lead, etc. in addition to being a much more difficult game."
13811,Borrowed Time,"Time to Die, Time to die...",1985,7.8,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Interwar,"Borrowed Time is set in mid-1930's. The player assumes the role of a private investigator named Sam Harlow, who has to solve the kidnapping of his ex-wife Rita Sweeney. At the beginning, he runs away from two thugs, who want to kill him for an unknown reason. They fail, and he begins to search the town for clues, asking its inhabitants for information. But if the player makes a wrong move, Sam dies - killers come from nowhere and murder him... The player has to type in combinations of verbs and nouns to make an action. Locations are described in text form and presented by pictures, the latter often providing additional information not contained in the text description."
13814,Monkeyshines!,"Abekattestreger, Affenjagd, Apestreken, Apornas krig, El juego de los monos, Itazura Monkii Geemu, Macacos me Mordam!, Monkeyshines, Os macacos irritaveis, Singeries, Singeries!",1981,6.4,Action,Platform,,"In Monkeyshines! one or two players will try to tag as many monkeys as they can while avoiding being tagged back. The players can move and jump over platforms where the monkeys are hanging and moving around. If a player catches a monkey, an ""action"" button has to be pressed to tag the monkey and throw it in any desired direction. Once tagged, the monkey will become red for a while and try to tag back the player. If the player is tagged, it is game over. The game ends when both player characters are tagged. The computer keeps track of how many monkeys were tagged. If more than 10 are tagged, the monkeys start to stay red for a longer period of time and it becomes harder for the players to avoid being tagged. The difficulty levels can be skipped without having to score points by pressing the ""+"" key once (for the second level) or twice (for the third). The main gameplay is called Monkey Tag! Additional variations can be played by the introduction of keyboard commands:"
13816,Oink!,,1987,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Oink! is based on the British comic magazine of the same name. The chief editor, Uncle Pigg, has a problem: He is missing many pages for the next issue and the editorial deadline is near. The player needs to play three mini games and, depending on the performance, more or less pages are filled. Said comic pages can be read after finishing the mini games.* Pete's Pimble is based on Breakout : the player controls a paddle to prevent a bouncing ball to leave the playfield from the side the paddle is installed. The playfield is full of blocks which are destroyed when the ball touches them - the goal is to get all of those. Enemies can be destroyed by shooting a laser cannon. In Rubbishman the player controls a super hero of the same name. He flies through obstacle courses and the player needs to steer the flying height to avoid said obstacles. He can also shoot the blocks to destroy them in time. This section has 12 levels. Tom Thug, another superhero, has to be guided through a top-down maze to the exit. To do so he has to find and pick up special blocks which either reward advantages like extra lives or keys which are needed to proceed further. Enemies can either be stunned or destroyed with his gun."
13820,Dragonstone,,1994,6.8,Action,,Fantasy,"The pseudo-sequel to Darkmere Dragonstone has a look and feel influenced by Legend of Zelda games. Agon is the villain whose hordes you must destroy. The game is split across 7 multi-directional levels, taking in forests and caves in a fantasy setting. You are armed with a sword and a special energy-bolt attack, which can be charged up. Some vanquished enemies discard food or gold; there are shops in which to spend this."
13827,The Last Dynasty,,1995,6.6,"Action, Adventure, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Last Dynasty is a hybrid game that casts the player in the role of the space pilot Mel Raauq. The pilot receives the mission of a lifetime: he has to to locate and eventually destroy Lord Iron, whose minions are out in space in at attempt to subdue other inhabitants of the galaxy. The gameplay is divided into two phases: space combat simulator in the vein of Wing Commander and first-person puzzle-solving adventure. The player can pilot many types of spacecraft, such as fighters and cargo vessels, and engage enemy ships in battle using four main weapon types: lasers, remote-controlled missiles, rockets, and aft mines. During the adventure phase, the player explores the environment in a Myst -style fashion, collecting items and solving puzzles. Full-motion video sequences are used to advance the plot."
13828,Impossible Mission 2025,Impossible Mission 2025: The Special Edition,1994,7.0,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The evil Elvin Atombender returns in this modernized version of Epyx's original game Elvin has assembled a crack team of robots within his high-security tower - the only way to stop him unleashing them is to destroy them first. Gameplay is puzzle-oriented as before, although the levels are now scrolling, and as such much larger than before. Each one contains objects to pick up to enable you to take on the level's final puzzle of putting them together in sliding-block form. There are lots of bonus games, ranging from a Simon title to standard shoot 'em ups. A bonus for old-timers is provided in the form of a near-perfect remake of the C64 original."
13836,The King of Dragons,,1991,7.0,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Fantasy,"The King of Dragons is a fantasy themed side-scrolling beat'em up. There are five different characters to choose from: a fighter, a cleric, an elf, a wizard and a dwarf. All characters have different strengths and weaknesses in speed, attack power and magic. After choosing an appropriate character, the player has to fight his way through numerous short levels guarded by an equally high number of bosses; gaining better weapons and shields/magic in the process."
13856,An American Tail: The Computer Adventures of Fievel and His Friends,An American Tail: Fievel Goes West,1993,6.3,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"An American Tail: Fievel Goes West is a point-and-click adventure game based on the Steven Spielberg movies An American Tail and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West At the beginning of the 20th century, Fievel Mousekwitz is a young Russian mouse emigrating across the ocean to America. During a storm at sea, he was tossed overboard and lands at New York City away from his family. He must now wander the streets, and interact with other mice and cats in order to become reunited with his family. And once that happens, the Mousekwitz family have always talked about moving west, onto the Frontier. You take the role of Fievel, a mouse in a blue hat, who then moves between areas picking up and interacting with items and characters. Fievel can store an unlimited number of items in his inventory and must use these to solve various puzzles & mini-games in order to progress."
13859,Speedball 2100,,2000,6.1,"Action, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Speedball 2100 is a PlayStation a revamping of the Bitmap Brothers home computer classic Speedball 2 The only differences though, are change to 3D (although the angles are exactly the same as in the original game) and the ability to name and color your team."
13861,Time Zone,,1982,7.2,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Someone has chosen you to secure the Earth's future by destroying the evil ruler of the planet Neburon. He offers you the ability of time and space travel in order to do so, and has placed a time machine in your home so that you can travel to different time periods. In these periods, you will meet such famous names like Julius Caesar, Christopher Columbus, Cavemen, Robin Hood, Benjamin Franklin, and Cleopatra. Like other Hi-Res Adventures by On-Line Systems, you can switch between graphic and text modes. You are required to type a one- or two-word command to perform actions. The game can also be saved with a floppy disk, but with one that is specifically designed for use with the game."
13862,Taz-Mania,,1992,6.8,Action,Arcade,Oceania,"This version of Taz-Mania is different from the side-scrolling versions by Sega, in this version the player controls Taz from a third-person perspective. The goal of the game is to travel down the road, collecting Kiwi's before the timer runs out, avoiding obstacles along the way. The Kiwi's will get harder to catch as the game goes on, jumping over Taz and actually outrunning him at times. Some obstacles Taz faces are trees, telephone poles, tour buses, even pterodactyls who will bring Taz back at the beginning of the level, but also have to avoid characters such as Axl & Bull, a pair of gators who try to capture Taz for the zoo, The She-Devil who is in love with Taz and if the player is caught by her, the game is instantly over and Wendal T. Wolf, who will jump on Taz's back and cover the screen with his hands making it hard to see. You can avoid some obstacles by using Taz's tornado spin, but using the spin will cause Taz's health meter to drop, but it can be refilled by eating Kiwi's along with blue and red birds, bushrats and items thrown to Taz by Didgeri Dingo, but beware, he can also throw obstacles at Taz as well including T.N.T. There is also a bonus stages after completing three levels in which you collect as many items you can in the allotted time to raise the score."
13863,Scrabble,Scrabble CD-ROM,1996,8.0,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Word construction",,"Scrabble is a simulation of the classic board game. It can be played by 1-4 players, any of which can be humans or computers. Human players can be local or remote, and each computer player can be set to one of four difficulties. The game features a dictionary, a hint function, a word lister, sound and music, and 5 backgrounds."
13877,HardBall 4,"HB4, HardBall '94",1994,7.3,Sports,,,"New features in this edition of the baseball simulation include the Home Run Derby and Pitching Practice. Multiple viewpoints and instant replays are included. 28 pitches are included, each with distinct effects. You can use real or fictitious teams, and even create your own right down to the logo and kit. Statistics such as batting average and RBIs are stored and can be printed out. Also, as in the previous game, announcer Al Michaels says things during the game."
13880,Stack-Up,"Family Computer Robot: Block Set, Robot Block",1985,6.2,"Educational, Puzzle",,,"Set up R.O.B. with the colored discs included in the game and then control his movements in the game by using Professor Hector to jump onto various blocks. The blocks represent commands given to R.O.B. in sequence. This game can be played in several different ways. In the regular game, you have to stack up the colored discs as fast as possible and in a certain pattern and sequence. In memory mode you program an entire sequence of movements to move the discs and won't know if it actually works until you RUN the program. Finally there is a 1 or 2 player bingo mode in which you align different columns and rows to BINGO and activate rob commands. An opponent will also hop around activating commands. Your goal is to have R.O.B. move as many of the colored discs without dropping them."
13884,Psycho Fox,Sapo Xulé vs. Os Invasores do Brejo,1989,7.4,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Psycho Fox is a platform game where you play a fox and you must get through seven worlds, consisting of three areas each. At the end of each world, there are one of seven bosses waiting to destroy you, but some of the later bosses are exactly the same as the earlier ones. The title is a bit misleading because you can also play as three other characters including Hippo, Leopard, and Monkey Boy. Each character has their own disadvantages. For example, Hippo is much slower than the other three. However, all the characters share one thing in common: they can use their fists and punch enemies as they approach them. They can also jump on them and keep knocking them in the ground until they disappear off the face of the earth. If they don't make them disappear, they will pop back out again and set out for revenge. Obstacles are scattered through each area, including spikes, cannonballs, escalators, fireballs, and steam. You start the game with three lives. Once you touch an enemy, you lose a life. Lose all of your lives, and the game is over. If the game is over, you can continue where you left off. There are several items to find, and these can help you on your quest, and one of these items are eggs. If you break any of these eggs, either the ""switch"" item or the invincibility item is revealed. If you're lucky enough, a white bag is also revealed, but more often than not, one of your enemies can pop out from inside the egg. One egg will reveal a bird which you can carry for the rest of the game. This bird may be nothing but a pest, as it hinders your progress, but you can throw it at enemies to knock them out. It can also be used as a backup, meaning that you can have enemies touching you, but it is the bird that is killed, not you. There is little chance that you'll find a white bag inside an egg, unless you go up into a secret area, which can often be found if you jump on springs that are scattered throughout the level. These white bags are useless, until you get to the bonus areas, which are at the end of each area. In these bonus stages, you can place a number of foxes on a path depending on how much white bags you've collected throughout each area. The Brazilian version, Sapo Xulé vs. Os Invasores do Brejo (which translates Sapo Xulé vs. The Swamp Invadersreplaces the main character by Sapo Xulé, a character based on a popular toy in Brazil back in the '80s; a toad with shoes which, when taken off, release a really bad smell. Other characters from this game were replaced: Hippo, Monkey Boy and Leopard were replaced by Porcopum (a pig), Ratopulga (a mouse) and Tartafede (a turtle), as well as the main villains."
13889,Astate: La Malédiction des Templiers,,1990,5.1,Adventure,,,"Astate is a French point-and-click adventure game with static screens and a icon-based interface. Devoid of inventory (you can carry one item at time), it visually recalls Myst As an archaeologist the player has to search the French countryside and its Templar ruins for all the pieces of a missing statue. Each piece collected plays a short animation with part of the storyline. Clicking the right mouse button cycles through several icons, each with a specific function: ■ A pair of boots allows travelling from one place to the other by clicking them on the right or the left side of the screen; ■ A pick-axe and an electric drill for prospecting spots on the screen; ■ A scanner helps finding the right spot to dig for an object; ■ A hand picks up objects; ■ A garbage pail gets rid of a held object There's several ways to die on this game, some (like walking on a dangerous spot) are instantaneous. On some occasions, the player is presented with a screen where he has to avoid falling spiders. It is also possible to get into an unwinnable situation, by getting rid of a necessary object."
13904,Fields of Glory,Fields of Glory: The Road to Waterloo,1993,7.1,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"Originally released in 1993, this historical combat simulation deals with the wars of Napoleon after his return from exile in Elba in 1815. The game is close to historical facts and therefore can be recommended to provide good information about this period of European history."
13908,Astrosmash,"Astroblast, Astrosmash!, L'Astrosmash",1981,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Astrosmash the player controls a laser cannon at the bottom of the screen; the goal is to earn as many points as possible by destroying the various incoming meteors, bombs, and other objects. Points are earned for destroying objects, while points are lost for letting them get past the player. Meteors are the most common item needed to defend against. They come in various sizes and colors, and some even split into two smaller meteors when shot. Mixed in with the meteors are white spinning bombs. While letting a meteor get past the player will only lower the score; the player has to shoot the spinners. If one gets past, the player will lose a life. On the more difficult levels, UFOs and guided missiles will also appear occasionally and attempt to destroy the player's cannon. If trapped in a hopeless situation, the cannon may enter hyperspace and be instantly transported to a different location on the screen. Just be careful, sometimes the player may be transported to a situation worse than the one the player left! The game ends when all of the laser cannons have been destroyed."
13910,Dogs of War,,1989,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Dogs of War sets you as a freelance mercenary soldier available to take on a range of missions. These include rescuing kidnapped children, preventing terrorists from overthrowing a Government, and retrieving stolen oil paintings. The amount of money on offer for each mission depends on its difficulty. Gameplay is influenced by Commando with levels scrolling in a single direction at a time and featuring hordes of enemies moving towards you. Buildings and trees offer positions to hide behind, and occasionally launch safe attacks. Before each mission you must buy your range of weapons and enough ammunition for them. These include pistols, machine guns, anti-tank devices and grenade launchers, each of which has its own strengths and weaknesses detailed."
13918,Wall $treet Trader 2001,,2000,6.4,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"This game is a simulation of the stock market where the player takes the role of a recently graduated business student who gets venture capital from Juliette Fleming, the daughter of millionaire Lord Fleming. The gameplay consists basically of buying and selling stocks in several currencies. Simple, isn't it? Not quite, like in reality the main quality of a successful speculator is the quick reaction to trend reports and a bit of luck. The latest news are also an important source of information. So the player often has to ask himself questions like how a new Gulf War would influence the quotation of the dollar or oil. There are also other options which are more common in regular economic simulations: hiring employees, e.g. lawyers or press agents, insider deals, spies or rumors to influence the stock prices. The game features seven scenarios where the player has to concentrate on a certain industry, e.g. music, cars or luxury goods. For stock markets and companies real names are used."
13919,Tiles of Fate,,1990,6.5,Puzzle,"Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle",,"In Tiles Of Fate the object of the game is to clear the screen of all the tiles within the given time limit. This is done by selecting two tiles with matching symbols which will cause them to disappear due to the force of symmetry. However, the force of symmetry can only make two right angles at most, and can not pass through other tiles. To clear all the tiles, you will need to plan your moves carefully. To help out, you may discover one of three forces of fate under a tile which can be saved and used when you're stuck. The forces are The Flash of Chance (allows symmetry to affect any matching tiles on the board, even those surrounded by other tiles), The Force of Balance (will eliminate brick walls that block the path of symmetry) and The Flag of Knowledge (this will make your next move for you in case you can't spot what the best move is.) Also included is a level editor which lets you create your own tile challenges."
13921,Winter Supersports 92,,1992,6.0,Sports,,,"Winter Supersports 92 is a sports game with eight events from the Winter Olympiad. The basic goal is to participate in all events in a row (events can be deselected, though) and the player with the most points is the winner. If multiple players participate, two of them are playing at the same time on a split-screen. Then the next batch of two starts."
13940,Sailing,,1987,6.9,Sports,,,"In Sailing the player participates in a sailing league with the goal to reach the top. Each event has the same basic procedure: the player challenges another boat, up to two places above in the league ranking, to a race and based on the opponent's ship and the weather report, there are various changes to the own ship to be made, e.g. the overall length or the hull material. Before beginning a new league, the player chooses a skill level which determines the starting place in the ranking and therefore the difficulty level of the next opponents. The races itself take place from a first-person perspective and involve following a course while being faster than the other ship. The information gained from the display on the bottom of the screen - wind strength, wind direction, boat speed and a mini map - should be used to find out the best course of action. The player can rise and turn the spinnaker, but then no manual steering is possible."
13946,Fast Food,Der Vielfraß,1982,6.5,Action,Arcade,,"Eat! Eat all the calories you can but watch out for the purple pickles. They stay with you and give you debilitating gas. Food starts on the left and moves to the right. You move the mouth to eat the food; the more fattening, the better. After eating several food items, you get the message that you're getting fatter. Then a faster round begins or, in a two-player game, player two plays. The green pickles are fine but avoid the purple pickles. If you eat six purple pickles during the game, you will burp, ending the game. You will then see a closed sign for the snack bar. The food calorie count, from lowest to highest, is:"
13954,Sleeping Gods Lie,,1989,7.1,Action,RPG elements,Fantasy,"Long ago, the old gods created the world of Tessera, a vast and geologically diverse land shaped like a tesseract, which would become home to 8 kingdoms. Empires have risen and fallen since then, and in present times the emperor has fallen under the influence of the evil Archmage. Thanks to his influence, the kingdoms have become destitute, a plague has swept the land, and the people have become oppressed. The hero of this story lives in the town of Thurin, in the kingdom of Calia, which is somewhat out of the Archmage's range of influence. However, when a gravely wounded kobbold delivers a message to him and dies on the threshold of his house - to find the artifact to wake up the mysterious god N'Gnir - the game begins. Sleeping Gods Lie combines elements of action and RPG-style gameplay. The entire game world is viewed from first person perspective, rendered in ""fake"" 3D. The player explores this world, finding items, solving occasional puzzles, and getting closer to the goal. Enemies will often attack the hero; the key to victory is usually the power of the weapon the hero wields. These are a variety of ranged weapons, from slings and bows to magic staffs. Combat is entirely action-oriented. Experience points are granted upon victory, and increase the player's health and magic power. The game has its own clock and calendar, consisting of 17 months named after the game's gods, each consisting of 17 days of 12 hours. In the Amiga and ST versions, during the 3 night hours, the screen turns dark, but the DOS version remains consistently daylight."
13958,George Foreman's KO Boxing,,1992,5.5,Sports,,,"Featuring heavyweight champion George Foreman, this is a boxing simulation where players, taking the role of Foreman, go through a series of twelve rounds against different boxers to win the championship title belt. Played from an third-person perspective using a view from right over the shoulders over the boxer, players can move left and right to dodge incoming punches, block and throw left and right punches. The standard punch is a cross, but by holding the Up-key pressed, jabs can also be thrown. By avoiding punches and hitting them, a superpunch often becomes available, inflicting much more damage. A fight consists of a maximum of three rounds of three minutes each. When a boxer is knocked down four times, the match is over (technical knock-out). The same happens when a boxer goes down three times in a single round (regular knock-out). When down, players need to press both punch buttons in rapid succession to get back to their feet. The screen shows an energy meter drained when punches are received. After being knocked down and during intermissions, some energy is restored. All versions, except for the Game Boy, can be played with two players. A password system is used to save the progress."
13961,Valis III,,1990,7.1,Action,Platform,,"After Yuko has defeated the evil Rogles, peace descended upon Earth and the magical world of Vecanti. But a new threat has arisen: an enigmatic man named Glames from the Dark World, possessor of a sword named Leethus, is planning to conquer both Earth and Vecanti, convinced that there is no other way to save his world from imminent destruction. A young girl from the Dark World named Cham escapes from Glames, and asks Yuko to help her stop him with the aid of her Valis sword. Like its predecessors in the series, Valis III is a side-scrolling platform action game. Unlike the previous installments, the player can control three characters in the game: Yuko, Cham (who uses a whip and fights similarly to Castlevania protagonists), and princess Valna from Vecanti, who is weaker physically, but can cast more powerful magic. Each of the characters can equip different weapons and has access to her own magic spells."
13968,PGA Championship Golf 2000,,2000,8.0,Sports,,,"You must take to the tee, and get that little white ball in the hole in the least amount of shots. The new ""quick start"" feature allows you to get into the game quicker than before (skipping some of the more technical parts of the sport). You can create your own golfer (give him a face, a body, and a unique style of dress) and take him onto the pro tour or the amateur circuit. If your game needs a little work, the putting practice greens and the driving range are available."
13969,Wing Commander: Privateer - CD-ROM Edition,Wing Commander: Privateer,1994,8.0,Compilation,,,The CD-ROM version of Wing Commander: Privateer is similar to the original but actually features the following products:
13971,World Trophy Soccer,"European Club Soccer, J.League Champion Soccer",1992,7.1,"Simulation, Sports",Arcade,,"World Trophy Soccer (also known as European Club Soccer ) is a reworking of Manchester United Europe using the same side-view gameplay and a wider view than Krisalis' other football game of the time, John Barnes' European Football All the teams who were in contention for one of the 3 main European tournaments as they were at the time of the game's release are included, although with fictitious player names and a few inaccurate kits. Cutscenes detail the match's progress, while a referee is active on the screen. The game can be played in arcade or simulation modes, with 6 different formations available."
13974,Machines,"Machines: 3D Echtzeit-Strategie, Machines: 3D Real-Time Strategy, Machines: Wired for War",1999,7.5,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Machines is a futuristic 3D real-time strategy game. The game features real-time polygonal environments with multiple camera perspectives including zenith, 1st and 3rd person command capabilities. Gamers can manage their 3D units on a broad management scale as well as get inside individual units to shoot it out. Machines also features the components of resource management (through resource location, mining, and factory production), research trees (for the production of new units of increased weapon diversity, defensive capabilities, intelligence and locomotion types). Machines can be played as a single player campaign or via up to 4-player skirmishes over the Internet."
13975,Robo Rumble,"Reflux, RoBoRumble",1998,7.0,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"One of the first 3D real time strategy games, offering a quite new concept. Instead of gaining resources and building your units using them, this game starts with a standard number of 'money', which can be spent on new units. With these units you can attack the enemy’s base, which is nothing more than a 3D-card effect which glows up and rotates (a colored black hole where the enemy units come out of). When this is defeated you'll proceed to the next mission. When your units die in battle you gain the money you paid for them back and you can get them to the enemy base again. It takes some time to construct them so in this time you're weaker than the enemy for a while, and that's all where the game is about. This game features a pretty high-tech 3D engine with some great lightning effects, supporting most of the modern 3D acceleration cards. Though the environments you play in are small and don't mean anything (they're weird metal structures). Between missions you can buy parts for new robots in a conversation-like interface."
13999,Power Drive,,1994,6.6,Racing / Driving,,,"Power Drive is an arcade racing game based around rally driving. Handbrake turns and lurid powerslides are both possible, and the steering is suitably loose. There are 3 types of stages - individual time-trials, head-to-head races against the computer, and some skill tests. There are 8 rounds of gameplay, set across countries ranging from Sweden to Kenya. The player gets prize money for winning races, and it costs money to repair damage."
14011,Codebreaker,,1978,4.5,Puzzle,,,"In Codebreaker your goal is to guess a 3 or 4 digit secret code which is generated by either the computer or another player. Depending on the difficulty setting, the player has either 8 or 12 guesses to figure out the code by entering in values with the keyboard controller. After each guess, the computer analyzes your input and displays results which indicate if you have a correct digit in the correct position, a correct digit in the wrong position, or no correct digits at all. Points are scored based on how many turns it takes to correctly identify the code. A second game variation called Nim is also included. In this game, two players take turns removing items from a stack. On each turn, a player must take at least one item from a stack, and the player who removes the last item from the screen wins. You can have the computer set up the stacks automatically or set them up manually, and a variation is included where the player who removes the last item from the screen loses rather than wins."
14012,Rendering Ranger R²,Rendering Ranger: R² - Rewind,1995,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Rendering Ranger R² is a multi-directionally scrolling action shooter. The main character runs through science fiction scenarios blasting away everything that moves. Starting with only a single shot, 5 different upgradable weapon systems can be collected as extras. Upon death, the last activated system loses one increment of its current upgrade status, but can be refueled by additional extras collected. Every weapon has also a massive 'smart' bomb feature, wiping out mostly everything on screen at once if invoked. There are also some R-Type -style space shooter levels thrown in as well. Several boss monsters appear per level. Level progress is saved via password feature. The 2025 Windows port additionally includes rewind and save systems."
14015,Kabuki: Quantum Fighter,Jigoku Gokuraku Maru,1990,7.4,Action,Platform,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","In this futuristic platform game, a computer virus has affected the Earth's defense systems. A lone warrior is transferred into digital data and sent inside the mainframe, where he becomes a Kabuki warrior. Gameplay is similar to other ninja-platformers (such as Ninja Gaiden ) but with some interesting modifications, such as using your long red hair as a whip to attack enemies!"
14016,Prawo krwi,,1995,5.9,"Action, Racing / Driving","Fighting, Shooter",,"After the fall of Communism, Poland has become an attractive destination for criminals from the East. To put an end to illegal dealings, the Polish government decided to set up a special anti-terrorist unit called GROM. The player takes on the role of the commander, replacing his predecessor killed in the previous mission. Prawo krwi (Blood right) is a side-scrolling beat'em up game. The character walks to the right and defeats enemies. The game is divided into consecutive missions; some of the missions (two and six) involve first-person shooter gameplay, while the third type of a mission (four and eight) is a simple car chase with a time limit. Each mission is introduced through a short briefing. The player has limited energy and a few extra lives. The main character and all enemies were created using digitized images, recording the actors before performing complicated camera moves and strikes. Some of defeated enemies leave power ups, such as: additional energy, temporary invincibility, extra points and extra life. Amiga version of the game features level codes (mission 3, 5, 7) and was released in two version - with AGA ans ECS graphics."
14023,Law of the West,La ley del oeste,1985,7.4,"Action, Adventure",,,"The West is out of control and a new sheriff is in town. As you wander through the dusty streets of this cowboy town keeping law and order, you are encountered by many characters ranging from gunslingers to the ladies. You must use your conversation skills to get through each character and if that's unsuccessful, you may have to use your quick draw skills and lay the law down."
14029,Monopoly,"Monopoly 2: Nouvelle Edition, Monopoly: Jahrtausend Edition",1999,7.2,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Board game,,"In this interpretation of the world's most successful board game, each piece has special voice acting, as does your host, Mr. Monopoly himself. Play on the classic board, one themed around a famous city (the European version includes several localized layouts, with local currencies including the Euro), or create your own custom board with its own names and pictures. The game faithfully recreates the board game but adding several different views of the board, 3D pieces with move animations (such as a truck literally carting you off to jail) and clever (?) quips from the pieces. Many rules can be customised - number of turns in jail, Free Parking Jackpot, number of houses required before a hotel can be bought, and the like. A status screen shows statistics on the current state of play."
14033,Carriers at War II,Carriers at War II: Fleet Carrier Operations in Southeast Asia 1936 - 1946,1993,7.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War II","Carriers at War II: Fleet Carrier Operations in Southeast Asia 1936-1946, is the follow up to Strategic Studies Group's 1991 game Carriers at War. The game covers 10 crucial years in the development of air/naval warfare which includes scenarios for the Java Sea, Port Darwin, Leyte Gulf and Okinawa."
14036,By Fair Means or Foul,Pro Boxing Simulator,1988,5.1,"Action, Sports",,,"On ST and Amiga features a full range of jabs, uppercuts and weaves. All fights take place to realistic WBA rules, as you aim to rise the rankings and fight for the title. The crowd frequently shout encouragement and insults, which are displayed using speech bubbles. The 8-bit game is a little different, featuring illegal moves such as kicks and groin punches. There is a referee, so you'll have to wait for him to look away before using those moves. Fights last 15 rounds, and a knockout ends that round, not the entire fight."
14038,Hardline,,1996,6.1,Action,Rail shooter,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"In the near future become helicopter rescue pilot Ted Irvin, a man with mysterious budding psychic powers as he battles a strange cult called The Sect. An on-rails shooter with light adventure elements."
14041,Toyota Celica GT Rally,,1990,6.9,Racing / Driving,,,"A detailed recreation of rallying licensed from Toyota Great Britain. Driving on gravel, asphalt and ice is involved, with each race made up of a series of short stages to complete. After each stage, your times are compared with those of your rivals, whose names are subtly changed from the real drivers of the day. Up to four human players can be involved, taking it in turns. As visibility is sometimes low, and the exact curvature of a corner isn't always obvious from the apex, a co-driver is provided to give pace notes. These can be adjusted before you take to the track, specifying what is defined as 'hard left' and how early the warning should be given. The steering sensitivity can be adjusted, and you can choose between automatic centering, and a push-the-opposite-way-to-centre mode, but more unusual is the option to race with the steering directions reversed - definitely one for advanced players."
14045,NBA Live 96,,1995,8.0,Sports,,,"As with all games in the NBA Live series you can draft, trade and edit players. Play a full season, exhibition or just the playoffs. 96 includes 29 teams including the expansion Toronto and Vancouver teams."
14048,Lunar: Eternal Blue,Lunar II,1994,8.0,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"This is the original version of the second title in Lunar series The events of the game take place a hundred years after those of the first Lunar You control Hiro, a young treasure hunter who likes exploring various caves and ruins with his trusty companion, the wise-cracking pink flying cat Ruby (who claims to be a baby dragon). One day he meets a mysterious blue-haired girl named Lucia. She explains that she has come from the nearby Blue Star and now needs his help in order to defeat a dark being called Zophar. Bewitched by the girl's beauty, Hiro agrees to help Lucia, and soon finds himself opposing the ruling religion of the world, and shadows from the past. This is a Japanese-style RPG with turn-based combat viewed from top-down perspective, like the rest of the game. You fight with a party where each member belongs to a particular class and fights using his/her own techniques. Anime-style cutscenes are included to advance the story."
14055,Track & Field,"Arcade Archives: Track & Field, Hyper Olympic 1, Hyper Olympic: Gentai Ban!, Track & Field 1, Track & Field in Barcelona, Track and Field",1983,6.9,Sports,,,"Track & Field is a sports game that allows the player to have an experience based around the Summer Olympic Games. Events include the 100 meter dash, the hammer throw, the javelin throw, the long jump, the high jump and the 110 meter hurdles. The MSX version replaces the hurdles with a 400 meter dash. The Famicom version loses the hammer throw and the high jump, but the NES version restores the high jump while adding skeet shooting, the triple jump and archery as events. The NES version also keeps the 110 meter hurdles and forgoes the 400 meter dash. If the player wants to go to the next event or round then they will have to qualify, by beating increasingly difficult maximum times or minimum distances. This game contains a two player option, in which the players take it in turns."
14060,Razor Freestyle Scooter,Freestyle Scooter,2000,6.1,Action,Tricks / stunts,,"Razor Freestyle Scooter is an extreme-sports style action game modeled around small, nimble scooters. In contrast to most games of this type, there is a story. A crazed giant robot has kidnapped your skating buddies. By completing skating challenges at the robot's sky fortress, you must rescue your friends. You skate around 3 large areas and attempt to perform wild tricks, collect scooter wheels, and earn bonus time. By completing an objective on all 3 areas, you unlock a sky fortress level in which you can rescue a new skater to control. Gameplay is based heavily on the Tony Hawk series of games. Tricks consist of button and direction presses, and can be strung together with grinds to create high-scoring combos."
14062,Edgar Torronteras' eXtreme Biker,,1999,7.4,Racing / Driving,,,"This motocross game, endorsed by Spanish MX freestyle champion Edgar Torronteras includes 4 game modes: racing on outdoor tracks in Motocross mode, on indoor tracks in Supercross mode, hunting for checkpoints in the wide Baja areas, or going for spectacular stunts in Freestyle mode. There are over 20 different tracks, including city courses. Players can choose from various customizable bikes, ranging in displacement from 125cc to 500cc. Several difficulty modes determine how hard it is to keep the bike under control, and a multiplayer mode allows races between up to 8 human riders."
14065,Virtual Karts,,1995,6.2,Racing / Driving,,,"Race in the little leagues, except these Karts are anything but slow! With the fastest going up to 130 MPH, these karts are what professional race drivers drive to keep their edge in the off-season! Choose from three classes of engines, 4 types of chasis, and 4 types of tires. Customize your kart and your alter ego to specific colors, stripes, and logos, even racing numbers. Adjust your gear ratio for optimum acceleration vs. top speed. Join single-race at any of the dozen different tracks, each with their own challenges, or play a full season's championship against ruthless AI who will shove you out of the way if they can. When you're finished having fun, invite your friends to compete on the network!"
14070,Jet Bike Simulator,Championship Jet Ski Simulator,1988,6.2,Racing / Driving,,,"Jet Bike Simulator allows one or two players to race a jet ski against computer riders over a number of laps on various courses. There are three areas to race in: docks, lakes and coastline. There are a number of courses in each area and you have to complete a number of laps within a time limit to move onto the next course. There are numbered buoys on the courses that you have to ride between: if you miss a set then you don't complete a lap. The game is viewed from above and the whole course is shown on the screen. There are two difficulty levels, which set different time limits."
14072,Blood Bowl,Blood Bowl: The Game of Fantasy Football,1995,6.3,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"This computer adaptation of Games Workshop 's board game brings a fictitious and violent sport to life. The Champions of Death, The Underworld Creepers and The Elfheim Eagles are among the tough sides contesting single matches or a full league. In each match you give the orders and watch your players act them out. Hire free agent star players to improve your roster or replace your causalities."
14077,Digital Pinball: Last Gladiators,Digital Pinball,1995,7.4,Simulation,Pinball,,"Digital Pinball: Last Gladiators is a pinball simulator. It has four different tables (Gladiators, Knight of the Roses, Dragon Showdown and Warlock). Each table has approximately 10 rounds and a multiball mode. The manual includes a map and detailed round descriptions for each table."
14078,Ninja Princess,,1985,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Ninja Princess is an action shooter. You play as a female ninja as you fight your way through hordes of enemies on your quest to recapture territories and to take back the Castle all of which have been captured and occupied by the enemy forces. Throwing knives and shuriken are your weapons as you shoot your way through enemy occupied territory. Coming into contact with any enemies or any of their thrown projectile weapons equals instant death. Unlike the original arcade machine, the SG-1000 and MSX ports contain only 13 levels instead of 16."
14080,Dizzy: The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure,"Dizzy, Dizzy ! The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure, Dizzy 1",1987,7.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Dizzy's world is being threatened by the evil wizard Zaks. The player takes control of Dizzy, the anthropomorphic egg, who must search the land for a Leprechaun's Wig, a Cloud's Silver Lining, a Vampire Dux Feather, and Troll Brew, to make a potion to defeat Zaks with. This is the first game in a long line of platform games starring Dizzy. Like all other installments, the gameplay is standard platformer fare, with the exception of inventory items scattered around the world, which are necessary to overcome obstacles and progress through the game. The world expands in all four compass directions, items are frequently far away from the obstacles they are used on, and it is only possible to hold one item in the inventory at a time, so much backtracking is necessary. There are many monsters and hazards in the game's stages. Some inventory items are used to destroy monsters. For example, one of the first inventory items the Dizzy finds is birdseed. As long as birdseed is the item in the inventory, Dizzy destroys any birds he touches."
14085,Kick Off World,Kick Off World Manager,1998,6.0,Sports,,,"The first Kick Off game for PlayStation offers the ability to play with national or club teams. The game is not just about playing, coaching is equally important as you head for the Reebok DMX Super League. Kick Off World has four levels, and five modes which includes a practice mode as well as Friendly and Cup Competition modes. As the manager you can sell and buy players."
14086,Rats!,Reservoir Rat,1998,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Mr. Raz used to be an awful hitman. Luckily he found his girlfriend Loretta Mozzarella and stopped the killing. Turning a new leaf in his life, him and Loretta moved out to the countryside and started a farm instead. However, when mob don Marlon Mozzarella found out that his daughter went missing, he became enraged and ordered his goons to go pick her up. So, if Mr. Raz wants to see his girlfriend ever again, he has no choice but to pick up his weapon again and head to the city. The game is a side-scrolling platform game, in which you have to make your way through 5 worlds, each spanning 15 levels. You have to collect a certain number of pieces of food before a timer hits zero in order to work your way through the stages, while getting rid of enemies and avoiding obstacles in your way."
14089,Jewels of Darkness,"Jewels of Darkness: a premier collection of classic adventures, The Jewels of Darkness",1986,7.9,"Adventure, Compilation","Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,This is a collection of three previously-published Rainbird interactive fiction (with graphics) games. It contains: The J.R.R. Tolkien Middle-earth theme was removed in this compilation. Only the respective original releases of the games have references to Middle-earth.
14091,Brutal: Above the Claw,Brutal Unleashed: Above the Claw,1995,6.2,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"As with the original Brutal: Paws of Fury the game involves a martial arts tournament set up by the Dalai Llama. A selection of 12 anthropomorphic animals are involved; choose from them for the cartoon-styled beat 'em up action. Characters each have their own fighting style, array of moves, and storyline. As you progress through the game, you unlock more moves for each character. There's also a progressive conquest mode which challenges you to take over the entire Brutal Island."
14093,Lost Patrol,The Lost Patrol,1989,7.0,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Arcade,Historical events,"You and your squad are on their way back from R&R in Saigon to your operations base when Viet Cong guerillas force your helicopter to crash land in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. It's now your responsibility to lead the remaining survivors to the nearest U.S. base, evading or facing an elusive and dangerous enemy on his own grounds. Most of the time, you'll see a map of the country on the screen and navigate your men through the country. It's important to watch your men's health and morale by getting them food, water, ammo and letting them rest, etc. When reaching certain spots on the map, e.g. a native village, the game presents the current situation in a nice graphic scene. Sometimes you'll run into V.C. snipers, patrols, whole ambushes or encounter minefields. Then the game offers some small arcade sequences like firing your guns or fighting it out in desperate hand-to-hand combat. The progress of your party is accompanied by video sequences from the Vietnam War."
14101,In the Hunt,"Arcade Archives: In the Hunt, Kaitei Daisensou",1993,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A 2D side scrolling shooter in which you take control of a small attack submarine and engage in underwater combat. The Dark Anarchy Society's forces threaten to destroy the earth's most important cities and only you can get past their defenses and destroy their secret underwater lair. In the Hunt follows the classic template for 2D shooters, with the added feature of being able to control scrolling speed. Includes seven levels of underwater action (and keep an eye out for threats from above the surface), upgradeable weapons, and two player cooperative gameplay."
14103,HeroQuest + HeroQuest: Return of the Witch Lord,Hero Quest: Special Edition,1992,7.5,Compilation,,,"This compilation includes: For the DOS version, this bundled title was the only release of the expansion pack."
14109,Cool Boarders 2,Cool Boarders 2: Killing Session,1997,7.3,Sports,,,"The second release in the Cool Boarders series. This was the last Cool Boarders title by original developer UEP Systems, before 989 Studios took over development duties. Imagine riding down the slopes, avoiding the trees and trying to hit the jumps. When you catch enough air, you grab your board, twist, and land a perfect 360 mute. Choose from 7 different riders and 18 boards, then hit one of more than 10 courses to compete in freestyle mode, where the score is based on speed and tricks; or just concentrate on pulling off tricks in the big air and halfpipe modes. For those who want to test all of their skills, try the Competition mode and compete in all three events. When competition gets to be too much, try the unscored Board Park mode to practice all of your moves. The game features a range of 2 player modes; either in split-screen mode, or via the PlayStation's link cable."
14122,Khalaan,,1990,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),"Historical events, Middle East","Khalaan is a strategy game of empire building set in the ancient Arabic world. Turn based, it requires you to establish trade, raise armies, and manage your economy to build a strong empire. You can expand your empire through conquest and diplomacy. Turns are seasonal, and military, naval, and trade caravans are the tools of empire."
14129,Super Scramble Simulator,"Mega Cross, Motor Cross Simulator",1989,6.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Super Scramble Simulator recreates the sport of scrambling/ motorcross, but in a manner similar to the Kikstart TV show and games. The basic aim is to ride a motocross bike through hazardous courses within the time limits. The game uses a split-screen display, with a big window viewed from the side as well as a longer-range aerial view - the latter is useful for dodging hazards to the left or right, as the side-view doesn't demonstrate these accurately. The bike has 3 gears, and you must use a low gear to go uphill. You will need to do wheelies to ensure good landings from the big jumps, and to clear divots in the ground."
14131,UFO,,1989,6.7,Simulation,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Using the 3D terrain modeling system designed for Bruce Artwick's famous Flight Simulator series subLogic created a whole new flight simulator - UFO You control a UFO (with controls unlike those in any earthly vehicle), careening and skidding around the earth under the power of standard thrusters or a gluon disruptor propulsion system, avoiding detection by humans (you can use your translucer to become radar-invisible), in a search for fuel for your species' galactic ships. You can return to your mother ship and trade your scavenged fuel for additional supplies. (Your mother-ship docking tractor beam can also be used to capture earthly aircraft... hmmm...) The controls are akin to (but different from) a helicopter's. You can control the amount of anti-gravity; you can pitch, roll, and yaw; you can thrust back and forth, up and down, and side to side. (Thrusting up and down is preferable to the less precise use of antigravity - important while docking.) For advanced flying, it is possible to use anti-laminar transducers to completely eliminate drag (important to keep your hull from overheating), and use the aforementioned gluon devices to ""fly"" forwards (But watch out for spinout!) There are other options available, including landing pods, illuminator beams, probes, gravitons, shields, teleportation. UFO is also compatible with the subLogic Scenery Disks."
14134,The Firemen,,1994,7.1,Action,,,"You play as a firefighter, together, you and your squad are sent in into a big building which is on fire. Your mission is to rescue the people inside the building and also put out the fire. Use your watercannon to put out fire or use your waterbomb to put out bigger flames. Be sure to listen to every word your squadmate tells you, or you may be toast."
14135,Tony La Russa Baseball II,,1993,7.6,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Play/Manage a team of either some of the greatest teams ever from 1901-1968, or the best of the best on each team, with a total of 2000 players to choose from, each ranked in 134 different categories. If that's not enough, you can create your own teams/leagues and set how each computer manager manages, team colors, and so on. You can play at classic or modern ballparks with realistic dimensions. Wind is a factor in the baseball game; lots of home runs or a no hitter? Ron Barr calls the plays as they unfold, while jumbo screen replays also help you analyze performances. The game aims to allow you to answer the 'What If's of baseball."
14142,Dirty Harry,,1990,5.2,Action,,North America,"Dirty Harry is based on the popular Clint Eastwood movie character of ""Dirty"" Harry Callahan (rather than the specific movie ""Dirty Harry""), a cop famous for his use of a 44 magnum for doing away with evildoers, and for his catchphrase, ""Go ahead, make my day."" In fact, the game begins with a digitized sample of that quote. The game play consists primarily of side-scrolling action. Dirty Harry can punch and kick the copious thugs that assault him using their own fists, guns, baseball bats, nets, and dynamite. The hero can also pull is 44 and aim it in 5 directions in order to pick off enemies, but the ammo is limited. Further, Dirty Harry has a number of other tools at his disposal, provided he collects them. This is not a one-way side-scroller, however. There are some adventure elements as well, such as being able to walk through alleys to other streets and going through doors to enter building. Entering buildings provides even greater challenges, like snakes and laser flooring. Dirty Harry even takes the fight down to the sewer."
14143,SiN,,1998,7.7,Action,"Shooter, Stealth",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2037. The police forces of the world have been disassembled due to their incompetence at stopping the ever-rising waves of crime. Instead, private security companies have taken upon themselves to protect citizens or entire companies from criminals for a fee. One of the best-known security services in the city of Freeport is HardCorps, under the command of Colonel John Blade. A large-scale bank heist involving a hostage situation, apparently perpetrated by a well-known gangster Mancini, attracts the attention of HardCorps, and John is summoned to the crime scene. Further investigation reveals the existence of a powerful new drug called the U4, and possible ties to a multi-national biotechnology corporation known as SiNtech, which is guided by the beautiful and enigmatic Elexis Sinclaire. With the help of his colleagues from HardCorps, John will have to avert the greater threat and save the city. SiN is a first-person shooter that uses a modified version of the Quake II engine John Blade is armed with a rather standard FPS arsenal, starting with a default bare knuckles and a pistol, and ending with heavy guns such as rocket launcher and plasma rifles. The game is notable for being the first FPS that had missions exclusively based on stealth (i.e., the game is automatically lost if the hero is detected). The game incorporates realistic damage effects: headshots are instantly effective, while shooting an enemy in the knees will merely hinder his movements. SiN also includes the option of hacking computer terminals to disable security. Cutscenes are employed to advance the plot between the levels. At certain times, the outcome of a mission will be different depending on the player's actions during it. Taking a cue from Duke Nukem 3D SiN features a wise-cracking main hero, humorous ""easter eggs"", and environments with a high degree of interaction."
14145,Jet Force Gemini,Star Twins,1999,7.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Twins Juno and Vela, and their dog Lupus, are Jet Force Gemini, intergalactic police. Their mission? Stop the evil space bug, Mizar, from his goal of galactic conquest with his seemingly-infinite army of Drones. They'll have to stop along multiple planets along the way, and assisting King Jeff and rescuing his subjects, the Tribals. Jet Force Gemini is a third-person shooter which revels in making gigantic creepy bugs explode into dribbly mucousy bits. The Jet Force team are given progressively more powerful weapons, from the Machine Gun, which rips through both enemies and ammo, the Plasma Shotgun, which you can charge up for some explosive fireworks, and the Tri-Rocket Launcher, which fires three rockets with every shot, sending explosive doom in the direction of your target. There's also the Fish Food, which, as the name implies, is used to feed fish. Each member of the team has their own special abilities - Juno can walk through lava without any trouble, Vela can swim underwater, and Lupus can hover for short distances and travel through tight spaces. These abilities are required to fully access areas that they previously couldn't reach. The team also get the help of Floyd the Droid, a hovering robot that can be controlled by player two as a floating gun with infinite ammo when he joins your team. The game also includes three different multiplayer modes: Battle - featuring most options of an average First Person Shooter but with a third-person perspective, Target Shoot - a shooting gallery with a first-person view, and Racing, which includes some kart-like racing as well as old-school top down racing games."
14147,TimeScape: Journey to Pompeii,"Pompei, Pompei: Die Legende des Vesuvs, Pompei: La colère du volcan, Pompei: Legenda Wezuwiusza, Pompei: Legenda o Vesuvu, Pompei: The Legend of Vesuvius, Pompei: la leggenda del Vesuvio, Pompeia: A Fúria do Vulcão, Pompeji: Legenden om Vesuvius, Pompeya: La Leyenda del Vesubio",2000,6.3,"Adventure, Educational","Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Adrian Blake, trapped in a mountain cave, surrounded by a raging war, fears his exciting and adventurous life is almost at an end. The goddess Ishtar appears before him and offers to save him in exchange for his love. Rejecting her advances and safely returning home, Adrian discovers that his fiancée is missing. Realizing that Ishtar has cursed him, Adrian searches ancient scrolls to invoke the goddess to help him find Sophia. Instead, Ishtar challenges him to go back in history to Pompeii in the year 79 A.D. and win the love and trust of Sophia, as a complete stranger. Adrian must race against time - he is aware that Mount Vesuvius is destined to erupt in just 4 days. Overcoming numerous obstacles, Adrian must act quickly to save Sophia and himself before all is lost."
14150,StarCraft: Battle Chest,,1999,8.1,Compilation,,,This compilation includes:
14151,Crimson Skies,,2000,8.1,"Action, Simulation",,Alternate history,"Crimson Skies is an arcade flight simulator, set in an alternate reality in the year 1937. Based on a FASA pen-and-paper game, the player is cast as a daring rogue who flies missions for fame and fortune. The planes look like a mixture of futuristic planes and planes from WW2. The single player missions let the player complete jobs such as finding a treasure, hijacking an experimental plane from the enemy or defending their base, a huge zeppelin."
14152,1943: The Battle of Midway,"1943: Midway Kaisen, 1943: The Battle of Valhalla, Capcom Arcade Cabinet: 1943",1987,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",World War II,"The sequel to 1942 which is still a vertically scrolling shooter, has the player once again fighting over the clouds during the second world war, this time in an intense battle just off the coast of Midway islands. Updates to the gameplay include an energy bar, which can be run down by either being hit by incoming fire or using a special weapon. The energy bar can be replenished by picking up power-ups, while special weapons (lightning, cyclones, and waves) can knock down all fighters on the screen at the time."
14155,Mind Grind,,1996,5.1,Puzzle,Game show / trivia / quiz,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mind Grind is a one or two player quiz game. The player selects a character from one of several that are supplied, most are aliens, and competes over five rounds:* The Matrix of Knowledge: This takes place on an 8x8 grid and to advance to the next level the player must connecting four cells in any direction: horizontally, vertically or diagonally by correctly answering the question that they contain. In both one and two player games there are bonus points for being the first to complete a stage and options to spend some points/dollars, for example in the final level there are meteors and such to be avoided along the way so spending points to buy a deflector shield may be a worthwhile investment"
14157,Spellbreaker,Spellbreaker - An Interactive Fantasy,1985,7.1,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"The head of the Circle of Enchanters is a brave hero, the same one who has defeated the evil Krill and solved the mystery of the Necromancer Belboz. However, now an even greater threat has appeared: the very foundations of the art of Magic seem to be failing! The Guilds organize a great assembly to discuss the alarming waning of Magic; suddenly, a mysterious shadowy figure casts a spell that transforms everyone to toads and newts - everyone but the intrepid leader of the Circle, who must commit his most heroic deeds yet, solving the hardest mystery of all. The concluding part of the Enchanter trilogy within the Zork universe Spellbreaker is a sequel to Sorcerer The game plays similarly to its predecessors, the player inputting text commands to interact with the game world and solve puzzles. The magic system is still present; however, spellcasting can fail now, due to the game's premise of the decline of magic. A new feature is the player's ability to name the objects the protagonist collects in the game. This ability becomes a necessity when the player is required to collect the identically-looking Cubes of Foundation, having to name them in order to differentiate between them."
14165,Perfect Dark,Wanmei de Hei'an,2000,8.4,Action,"Shooter, Stealth",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Joanna Dark is an agent for the Carrington Institute, a secret organization funded by anonymous sources and dedicated to protecting the world. Through their highly trained operatives and special devices (gadgets), Carrington keeps an eye on terrorists, world powers, and strange happenings. The speed at which the dataDyne corporation has established itself through the development of new technologies is starting to worry the institute. So when Carrington receives a message from Dr. Caroll, a scientist wishing to escape dataDyne, they send their best agent, Joanna, to infiltrate the company headquarters. Perfect Dark is a 3D first-person shooter similar to Rare's earlier GoldenEye 007 though with more of an emphasis on stealth. Joanna can pick up and use a variety of firearms, including shotguns, submachine guns, sniper rifles, various explosives, and others. In addition, she carries quite a few spy gadgets such as IR scanners, night vision, probes, and a deadly laptop. Most weapons have secondary fire modes and reloading them is displayed in an on-screen animation. Shields are scattered through the stages and can be picked up for additional protection. There are no health-restoring items and Joanna cannot jump. Like GoldenEye 007 the game has three difficulty levels, with the higher ones featuring more accurate enemies, less ammo, and more objectives for the player to complete within each mission. Cutscenes with voice acting advance the story between missions. The game also features a training mode set in the Carrington Institute. Completing the firing range challenge there unlocks the classic weapons from GoldenEye 007 In addition, the campaign can be played in a co-operative mode for two human players or one human player and up to three computer-controlled teammates (in split-screen mode), as well as in a ""Counter Operative"" mode, where one of the players takes control of an enemy and tries to stop Joanna from fulfilling her mission. Multiplayer includes a variety of modes. Among those are the traditional deathmatch as well as the objective-based Capture the Flag and King of the Hill modes. Other scenarios and objectives include surviving as long as possible while carrying a briefcase, hacking computer systems with randomly placed data uplinks, and hunting down a single player as a team. Stages, teams, and weapon placement can be customized by players. The Xbox 360 port has redone graphics to support a 1080p full HD resolution at 60 frames per second. It also incorporates full multiplayer support over Xbox LIVE."
14166,Mummy: Tomb of the Pharaoh,,1996,6.2,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"One of the myriad of indirect Myst descendants and sequel of sorts to Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster Mummy is your standard first person adventure game from the mid-to-late nineties. You play the role of Michael Cameron, an investigator for the National Mining Company. One of your company's sites in Egypt has reached a bit of an impasse. It appears the workers there fear that they have come across sacred burial grounds and believe they have awakened a mummy. Your job is to investigate these claims (with the hope of proving them unsubstantiated so work can continue), all the while dealing with the Machiavellian-like site manager and the resident Egyptologist, who happens to be an old flame. Game play involves navigating static, rendered scenes, picking up and manipulating items and occasionally coming across someone, which leads to a short video conversation with them. You never get a choice in such conversations outside of potentially offering the other person an item to have or examine."
14168,Galaxian,"Arcade Archives: Galaxian, Galaxia, PT Galaxian, Zero Time",1979,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Galaxian is a shoot 'em up in which the player is at the bottom of the screen, with an arrangement of aliens at the top. The player moves left and right to aim at an alien, then shoots a bullet up the screen, and the alien it hits is killed. The aliens are classed as Drones, Emissaries, Hornets and Commanders, with those higher up the screen scoring more points when destroyed. At set intervals an enemy will move down the screen towards you, escorting a bomber, which is a moment of high danger. Clear a wave and another is generated."
14169,Congo: The Movie - The Lost City of Zinj,,1996,6.4,Action,Shooter,Africa,"This game is loosely based off of the movie of the same name. The player is put in the role of a mercenary for the TraviCom Corporation who is sent in to find the Lost City of Zinj in an attempt to find the infamous diamond mine. The story is told through FMV with original scenes made for the game and spliced footage from the movie into it. The gameplay is a standard first-person shooter, roaming through four different environments and shooting at various enemies such as giant spiders, mutant dragonflies, monstrous lizards and of course the dangerous gray apes. The starts out with a hand gun and can pick up more powerful weapons as well as medical packs to restore their health."
14170,Outtrigger,Outtrigger: International Counter Terrorism Special Force,1999,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In Outtrigger you play a member of the ""International Counter-terrorism Special Force (Interforce)"", formed by ""Visitaria"", a multi-national company for military and space products. Your goal is to defend against terrorist attacks. You can select one of four predefined players, which differ in speed, armor and weapons, or you can create a customized character. The game itself doesn't provide any storyline, instead you can choose one of the three modes: Arcade, Mission or Versus. In all modes you find yourself in one of several small arenas after starting the game. Usually your goal is to kill a certain amount of terrorists in a limited time (or your friends in Versus mode). The gameplay is similar to Quake 3 Arena especially in regards to game speed and the (configurable) key assignment of the controller."
14175,Tony Hawk's Pro Skater,Tony Hawk's Skateboarding,1999,8.3,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is a skateboarding simulation in which you control a famous skate star around 3D environments. Each game area contains a plethora of objects like ramps, rails, and half-pipes which can be used to perform tricks. Each trick you perform earns you more points for your score. The game is divided into two types of levels. In the first, you skate around locations like a mall, a city street, or a warehouse. In each of these areas, there are 5 goals to complete. Some goals involve obtaining a high score, others smashing objects and some collecting objects. For every goal you complete, you earn a videotape. By collecting enough videotapes, you unlock levels and skateboards for you to use. There are 6 levels like this. The second type of level is competition. You get to make 3 timed runs through a skate park and attempt to get the highest score possible. If you do well enough, you will beat the scores of the computer-controlled skaters and win a medal. There are 3 levels like this. There are nine real-life pro skaters you can choose to play as, including Tony Hawk himself. Each skater has their own signature moves that earn you big points if pulled off successfully."
14177,"Star Trek: The Next Generation - ""A Final Unity""",,1995,8.0,"Adventure, Strategy / tactics","Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Jean-Luc Picard, captain of the Federation starship USS Enterprise-D, is on a mission to encounter an ultimate threat to the known galaxy. The game starts with a Federation outpost detecting an unknown ship approaching Federation space; the Enterprise is sent to deal with this new situation. The mystery ship appears to be a small scout-ship from Garid that has lost power to its engines and as a result has sailed off of its intended course. Suddenly, a Romulan Warbird battleship from Garid uncloaks itself right between the protagonist and the new ship, and thus a new story begins. A Final Unity is a hybrid game with adventure and strategy segments. Whilst on the ship the player can use the tactical console to engage in occasional battles against enemy, repair damaged systems, and select teams for away missions. These missions constitute the larger portion of the game, and are played like a traditional point-and-click adventure, including item manipulation and puzzle-solving. Dialogues may vary depending on the crew members previously selected by the player."
14180,Virtual Skipper,"Virtual Skipper: Die erste Regatta-simulation auf dem PC !, Virtual Skipper: La première simulation de régate sur PC",2000,6.6,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Virtual Skipper is a sailing simulation. There are three types of boats. each of which handles very differently, 3 difficulty levels, multiple locations with real water conditions that changes based on weather and currents, 3D graphics, real yacht racing rules, and more. You can also join players across the world in organized tournaments on the official website."
14184,X-Men: Gamesmaster's Legacy,X-Men 2,1995,6.8,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"X-Men: Gamesmaster's Legacy is a follow-up to the first X-Men Game Gear game made by SEGA, where once again the player can take control of their favorite mutants Wolverine, Bishop, Gambit, Storm, Rogue, Jean Grey & Cyclops, each with their own unique abilities and powers. Each character has a unique ability vital to some stages such as Storm's and Rogue's ability to fly while Cyclops and Gambit has long range capabilities and Wolverine's raw power. The story starts off with the world in peril as a deadly virus called the Legacy Virus is spreading throughout the world and is threatening to extinguish all of mankind. The X-Men learn of a cure that has been developed by a scientist by the name of the Gamesmaster and ask for his help, but in order to obtain the antidote they must first compete in a series of games scattered throughout the world by beating up various enemies and avoiding pitfalls and traps. To make matters worse, Gamesmaster has promised the X-Men's arch-rivals that if they can stop the X-Men from completing their tasks that they can have the antidote and destroy the only hope for mankind. The gameplay is a 2D side-scrolling beat-em-up with eight stages total that range from the Arctic to Egypt and the Moon with the ability for the player to choose the location they wish to explore first at the beginning of the game. Players must advance through these stages using their powers, which are in limited supply, beating up various enemies and creatures and face off against an end level boss for each stage."
14185,Dynatech,,1992,6.9,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the future, the resources of the Earth are depleted. Therefore, a giant company named Dynatech is created to secure the demands of Earth through the discovery and development of distant worlds. The player is a business man who wants to have a share of the huge profits that are to be made by this policy. To achieve this goal, he can buy facilities and spaceships from the Dynatech corporation. The player must compete in the interplanetary market, and sometimes in cooperation with their opponents, to extract the raw materials and develop customer products, food or machines. The game is very trade-based and focuses on the logistics of a demand-and-supply economy through trading and production, with no further gameplay options like piracy or combat. The game runs in real-time and can be played by two players at once on a computer. It can be compared to the modern Patrician series or the Port Royale series."
14194,V,V: The Computer Game,1986,6.3,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"There were two popular sci-fi television miniseries called V in 1983 and V: The Final Battle in 1984 which led to one season of a television weekly series also in 1984-1985. The plot involved an alien invasion of Earth by a reptilian race known as ""The Visitors"". In this game, you play as Mike Donovan, a resistance leader who enters the visitors' huge spaceship in order to blow up its reactor by setting explosives at key points. The aliens will try to stop you as will surveillance, cleaner, maintenance, and security robots. If you touch any robots or are shot by them, a static charge will cause your hearbeat to increase. If this happens several times you have to rest or it could kill you. In 8 different laboratories you will find formulas for Red Dust which is lethal to the aliens - releasing it into air purification plants will kill many of them and also slow the robots. You can use a laser or when its charge runs out, you can jump over or roll under enemies. The gamescreen has three sections. The middle and upper are corridors you are going through and one above or below you. The bottom of the screen is a communiputer with various sections. One allows you to monitor the aliens' messages and to send messages of your own to confuse them; another shows your score and time remaining, and levels of health and laser power. There's a six-button menu: pause/quit, ship info, lay explosives, return to game, display secury code, and info on anti-Visitor red dust formula. Also, there's six number keys (the aliens count in base 6) which you need to type in security codes to unlock doors. You can also move between levels using teleport pads. Finding the key points in the ship is crucial before you set the explosives which will be on a timer so you have a chance to get out before they blow the ship up."
14196,Cool Ball,Pop-Up,1990,6.7,Action,Arcade,,"Pop-Up is a basic action game in which the player takes control over a bouncing ball. The goal of each one-screen level (the background themes progress from the big bang all the way to the future) is simple: bouncing between platforms, collecting as many points as possible and above all the exit key which opens up the way to the next level. Of course there are various hazards to overcome, mostly in the form of special platforms like sticky or angled ones. There are also other tools to collect which can be used to make life easier at other places: water drops for extinguishing fires, a hammer for destroying walls and keys for opening up passages."
14208,Heavy Metal,Heavy Metal: Modern Land Combat Vol. I,1988,6.0,Action,Shooter,,"This multi-genre military action game puts players in the seat of the tactical commander of mechanized forces. Starting as Cadet, you'll raise your career from the rookie, when you should perform actions by yourself in different vehicles, to the ultimate elite, when you should act as a Tactical genius. There are three kinds of combat simulations: MBT (main battle tank M1A1 Abrams ), where in first-person view you should sit in tank's cockpit, command your gunner and driver, and eliminate surrounding enemies; FAV (fast attack vehicle XR311 ), where in third-person view you should drive your vehicle in desert, shoot scattered obstacles and enemy helicopters, and avoid the bombs dropped from the skies ; ADAT (air defense anti-tank M1132A ), where in first-person view you should shoot air and ground enemies, surrounding your statical position. Performing useful actions in each mode, you'll gain points, and gathering 5,000 points in each mode will give you a seat of Tactical Commander. Here you'll be able to continue your actions on the field, or perform some tactical moves using the map, which is very similar to the territory, including and surrounding Western Germany."
14211,Blood,,1997,8.2,Action,Shooter,"Europe, Fantasy, North America","Caleb was once a feared gunslinger, until he met a woman who was involved with a mysterious cult known as Cabal. Caleb, too, is sucked in, and soon becomes one of the Chosen - the most favored worshippers of the evil god Tchernobog. But one day, Tchernobog inexplicably kills the four Chosen, including Caleb. Mysteriously resurrected years later, Caleb is out to get revenge, and learn why his lord cast him down so abruptly. Blood is a first-person shooter with horror elements, which uses the Build engine. Similarly to Duke Nukem 3D the environment is interactive: many objects can be physically moved or affected in other ways. Destruction of landscapes is possible (although only in specific spots), with bullet holes being left by misplaced shots. The Build engine version is 2.5D, so there are rooms above rooms and puzzles which are based on this. The game consists of four episodes, each containing a set of maps that have to be traversed by the protagonist in a specific order. The levels are usually realistic-looking structures, e.g. a carnival complete with twisted attractions, a city district, a moving train, etc. Throughout the levels, Caleb will have to find keys (up to six in a level) and hit switches in order to work his way to the exit. On the way, he will meet a variety of enemies, such as zombies that tend to come back to life after killed, cultists armed with shotguns and tommy guns that shout in pseudo-Latin language, crawling hands that attempt to choke him, hell-hounds that can set him on fire with their breath, and many more. Boss battles await Caleb at the end of each episode. To defend himself against this menace, Caleb utilizes a variety of weapons: a pitchfork; a flare gun that can set enemies on fire; a sawed-off shotgun; a tommy gun; a napalm launcher; TNT bundles which come in three different varieties; a home-made flamethrower made of an aerosol can; a tesla cannon that electrocutes enemies; a magical staff dubbed ""Life Leech""; and a voodoo doll. There are items to pick up strewn around. Unlike most other 3D shooters, the protagonist's health is not replenished via medikits, but by ""Life Essences"", heart-like power-ups randomly dropped by enemies upon their death. It is also possible to find armor, which comes in three different varieties - Physical, Fire, and Spiritual, each one defending Caleb from different attacks. There are also other power-ups: some (such as Jumping Shoes or Doctor's Bag) can be picked up and activated at any time, while others (such as Partial Invisibility) activate immediately when taken. As the title implies, violent and gory imagery plays a significant role in the game. Enemies might explode when taken out; it is possible to kick severed heads; impaled victims can be found lying around; enemies die in different ways depending on how they are attacked and in which part of their body, etc."
14214,Nihilist,"Nihilist: Der Kampf beginnt..., Nihilist: Let the killing begin...",1996,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The premise of Nihilist is simple: The player controls a spaceship which has to beat deathmatches in an arena called Kraal. The gameplay is a mix between the classic games Beamrider and Star Wars In Beamrider the player is on the bottom of a grid and shoots enemies on the upper part. Star Wars had among other things a sequence were the player flies in pseudo 3D through the Death Star. In the 25 levels the player duels one enemy each. Additionally there are other ships which shoot both opponents and asteroids which either split when shot or give extras like better armor. There are three arenas: horizontal, vertical and spherical. Every fight costs credits so the player has to pick up money symbols during the fight. When having more money he can spend it on weapon and armor upgrades. The soundtrack features 17 songs from bands like Dog eat Dog Pop will eat itself and Sugar Ray and can be replaced with another music CD."
14216,Power Strike II,GG Aleste II,1993,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Though it shares its Western title with the Master System shooter, GG Aleste II takes place in the far future, and not the steam-punk 1930s of Powerstrike II for the Master System. As in GG Aleste you're the woman pilot of a space fighter faced with the task of saving the world by destroying a lot of alien spaceships and technological plantlife. The gameplay in GG Aleste II has been further refined since its predecessor. Before starting out, you're given the choice between all the secondary weapons, with suggestive names such as Hammer Hawk or Rising Masher These are upgraded in the same vein as in GG Aleste until you reach a frightening potential, covering the screen in bullets and napalm explosions. As a last resort, you're also given the ultimate weapon; a smart bomb destroying all enemies on-screen. Unfortunately, you're only given one bomb per life. As far as the weapons arsenal goes, this is the pinnacle in 8-bit Aleste versions. The graphics have been revised with a clearer look which turns out better on the Game Gear's fuzzy screen. Perhaps taking a cue from the Sonic games of the time, the bonus levels are in 3-D, giving you the chance to earn bonus points and extra lives by shooting down as many baddies as possible in Galaxy Force style."
14224,Theatre of Death,,1993,6.2,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"Theatre of Death is an isometric tactical war game similar to Cannon Fodder but much more advanced. You are a commander of squads of soldiers, which you have to guide through missions in various terrains from the grasslands, desert and snow to the Moon, using a variety of weaponry at your disposal such as pistols, machine guns, grenades, rocket launchers, landmines, and even tanks, APCs and choppers."
14226,Manhunter 2: San Francisco,,1989,6.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Picking up immediately where Manhunter: New York left off, Manhunter 2: San Francisco has the player crash-landing their stolen ship in the City by the Bay after trying unsuccessfully to keep up with enigmatic serial killer Phil. Left with no alternatives, the player assumes the identity of a local Manhunter and solves more crimes for the alien Orbs while searching for Phil and working for the local human resistance. Manhunter 2 presents the same urban decay and oppressive alien invader regime as visualized in the original, this time using streets and landmarks from the Bay Area. The Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower, Alcatraz prison, and the TransAmerica Pyramid all receive alien makeovers. New puzzles, new characters, and new investigations await as the player tracks Phil by his string of strangled corpses. All concepts and gameplay elements from Manhunter: New York return. The player again uses the MAD tracking device to follow suspects provided by the alien Orbs and uses clues found through first-person location investigation to discover the suspects' name. Occasional arcade sequences bring mixed challenges, and though they cannot be skipped, a new difficulty option has been implemented. The same point-and-click gameplay (no typing required) is used to navigate the game world."
14227,The Bitmap Brothers Volume I,,1992,8.2,Compilation,,,The Volume I compilation contains three games by legendary British developers The Bitmap Brothers:
14228,Exile,"Exile: Toki no Hazama e, XZR II",1988,6.9,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Platform,"Fantasy, Middle East","After Sadler defeated the Caliph, he returned to his home village, greeted by his fellow assassins. A spy of the Crusaders has been spotted outside of the village; following his trail, Sadler encounters the powerful leader of the Knights Templar. Travelling together to different countries of the world, they try to find a mysterious holy artifact that can supposedly put an end to the religious wars. Exile is a sequel to XZR Like its predecessor, it is an action role-playing game with platforming elements, set in a fictionalized version of the Middle East and other world regions in 13th century. Travel and exploration occur in the traditional overhead view of RPGs, while the battles and dungeons are side-scrolling mazes, similar to Wanderers from Ys Experience points are awarded for defeating enemies. Leveling-up automatically raises Sadler's attributes. Sadler fights with swords and can also cast offensive and restorative spells. Weapons, armor and items can be bought and sold in towns."
14232,NHL Open Ice: 2 On 2 Challenge,2 on 2 Open Ice Challenge,1995,6.1,Sports,Arcade,,"NHL Open Ice is the NBA Jam for ice hockey, with a 2 on 2 arcade action featuring a full NHL license including actual team names and logos and 120 actual NHLPA players with reflective stats for the 1995-96 season. The game features power-ups that will aid the players along during a game including the ""Hot Meter"" which is filled with every score, body check and steals. Once the meter is full, the player will literally catch fire and their stats will max out for a brief period of time, allowing the player to score goals better, steal the puck more often, etc. There is five difficulty settings and adjustable options such as period time times and cheat options such as ""Big Head"" mode and multiplayer capabilities for either head-to-head action or co-op play. Chicago Blackhawks announcer, Pat Foley, lends his voice talents to the game for in-game commentary."
14234,Surround,"41 Surround, Chase",1977,5.2,Action,Arcade,,"Surround is an arcade action game for two players. Each player controls a constantly moving wall; the goal is to trap and force the opponent to crash into a wall. The player earns a point each time the opponent crashes. The first player to reach ten points wins. In addition to this mode, a video graffiti mode is also included which allows players to draw on the screen. Several game variations are included which optionally allow diagonal movement, allowing players to wrap around the screen and control the game speed."
14238,Panzer Front,,1999,6.8,"Action, Simulation",,"Historical events, World War II","Panzer Front is a realistic World War II tank combat simulation spanning the summer offensive into Russia of 1941 to the fall of Berlin in 1945. Nearly 25 historical missions are provided in which the player can control American, German, or Russian forces. Nearly 30 realistically modeled tanks are playable along with 7 fictional ones and dozens of other vehicles that make up friendly and enemy forces."
14245,Holiday Lemmings,"Christmas Lemmings, Holiday Lemmings 1993",1993,7.7,Puzzle,,,"Based on the original classic game Lemmings, Holiday Lemmings was a small stand-alone game that was released during the early 1990s holiday seasons. It features classic Lemmings gameplay, only with Christmas-themed levels. The basic objective is to use the Lemmings' special abilities to create a path to the exit that all the Lemmings can follow. Your goal is to try and keep as many Lemmings alive as possible."
14254,Cool World,,1992,6.5,Action,Platform,,"Cool World exists as an alternate dimension to this world where cartoon doodles are alive. An object called the Golden Spike of Power keeps both dimensions balanced in harmony. It was placed on top of the Ocean Hotel in Las Vegas for safekeeping. However a doodle named Holli Would want the power of the Golden Spike so she can become a real human, but in doing so may cause both worlds to come to ruin. A prisoner in the real world, Jack Deebs, is transported into the Cool World by Holli Would as she is interested in him. Now Jack has to stop Holli from getting her hands on the Golden Spike so the real world he wants to return to isn't destroyed. Cool World consists of eight levels. with six being platforming action levels and two being side-scrolling driving platforming levels. In the game Jack can jump, collect objects like nickels and sweets, suck doodles into a pen, and use a stretch punch to deal with foes. As Jack explores the levels he should try to avoid getting arrested by the Cool World Popper Police force. If Jack does get arrested he can either get chewed out by Detective Frank Harris or will have to pay bail money using the aforementioned nickels."
14260,Alien Breed,,1993,6.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,The PC version of Alien Breed is an enhanced version of the Amiga's Alien Breed: Special Edition 92 It includes all 12 of that game's levels and intersperses them with half a dozen all-new stages.
14263,Tomb Raider II: Gold,"Tomb Raider II Gold: Estrelando Lara Croft, Tomb Raider II: Director's Cut, Tomb Raider II: Golden Mask",1999,7.5,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements","Asia, North America","Tomb Raider II Gold is a re-release of Tomb Raider II along with a new scenario titled ""The Golden Mask"", comprising five new levels. In this bonus mission, Lara explores Alaska in search of the Mask of Tornarsuk, an artifact with allegedly holding the power of resurrection. The levels take you to an abandoned Russian mining base, the ruins of an Inuit settlement and a tropical Shangri-La."
14264,Silver,,1999,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,An RPG set in a medieval land where all the women have been kidnapped and it is up to you to get them back. What starts as a mission to save the women soon turns into a battle against good and evil to the death.
14267,Fantasy Zone: The Maze,Opa Opa,1987,6.7,Action,Arcade,,"Sega decided to make their last game in the Fantasy Zone series different. You see, the gameplay now involves you going around mazes, collecting all the dots while avoiding enemies. You are awarded points for each dot collected, but they vary depending on their size. For example, small dots award ten points each, while you get 200 points for each larger dot you collect. Once you have collected all the dots in the maze, the enemies will turn into coins, which you must quickly get in a strict time limit and you move on to the next maze. Just before this, though, you get a statistics screen that shows the amount of time that you spent in the maze. Points are also awarded, but sadly, if you spent over sixty seconds in a maze, you won't get any. Every world you travel to consist of three mazes, and after you complete all three, a bonus round appears where the object is to collect all coins before time expires. While you are collecting the dots in the normal mazes, you must touch the enemy's energy, a flashing red spot within each maze to avoid 2nd-generation enemies from entering the mazes. Some power-ups can be collected, which consist of weapons and speed boosters (big wings), which can be collected by landing on the circle which it is in. However, you need money in form of the amount outlined just before each maze. If you land on a circle while you are short of cash, a 'NO SELLING' sign will appear above it, and you have to collect some more dots and try again. Also you can die by touching an enemy. When you die, a coin will take you place, and when you get resurrected, you can grab the coin. The game can be played with two players, but the same rule applies in a 2-player game."
14268,Voyager,,1989,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Voyager II space probe found us some impressive images of outer space. However, it was later found by the people of Roxiz, who locate Earth and decide to invade it, by establishing bases on each of Saturn's 10 moons. As former POW Luke Snayles, you must destroy each of these fleets of 80 aliens, before they can be dispatched. Voyager is viewed from on board the craft, and is a first person shoot 'em up using polygon graphics. You start with a laser and a few bombs, but can collect extra weaponry and the ability to fly through the mothership. Not all enemies can be killed simply by shooting them, so there is a tactical element to the slaughter."
14273,Hyper Sports,"Hyper Olympic '84, Hyper Sports 1",1984,6.8,Sports,Arcade,,"Six tough events await in this joystick-waggling successor to Track &Field The full sequence of events is - swimming, skeet shooting, gymnastics, archery, triple jumping and weightlifting. You must complete each event in order to be allowed onto the next one. Swimming involves moving left and right as fast as possible, while pressing fire when a breath is required. Skeet shooting and archery both come down to timing - though elevation and wind factors affect the latter. Gymnastics involves timing a succession of presses to ensure that the jump is long and the landing graceful. The triple jump involves one press for each part of the jump, whereas the weightlifting involves merely brute strength. If the player wants to go to the next event or round, they will have to qualify by beating increasingly difficult maximum times or minimum targets."
14275,World Championship Boxing Manager,Campeonato Del Mundo Boxing Manager,1990,6.8,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"In World Championship Boxing Manager the player can develop the careers of aspiring heavyweight boxers. The options are selected through an icon-based system, representing the manager's office. Training the boxers involves deciding which areas they should work on, considering their strengths and weaknesses and any damage inflicted in previous fights, and those of their next opponent. There are 97 of these in the game, so reaching the top of the rankings will take about 15-20 fights. Choosing a beatable opponent who can get the fight as high up the Friday Night bill as possible, as well as negotiating the best financial deal and a mutually agreeable dare, are the main considerations. Two different governing bodies are included in the game, each with subtly different rules. A fight in one set of rules won't be viewed quite as significantly by the other. The matches are presented from the commentary box, with the two expert analysts exchanging textual descriptions of the key punches, and who is doing the best (a clue to how any judges’ decision would go). Before and during the fights the player can instruct the boxer as to what tactics to adopt."
14285,Jones in the Fast Lane,,1991,7.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Board game, Life / social simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Contemporary,"Jones in the Fast Lane is a simulation of a person's life, presented as a turn-based strategy game. You can play by yourself, or compete with other human players or the computer-controlled Jones. At the beginning of the game, you determine what your goals are, in four categories - Money, Happiness, Education, and Career: the higher your goals, the longer the game. The game itself is presented as something akin to a board game. The board represents the city where you live. Each turn (here, a turn represents a week of your life), you have limited time to act, and you have to choose how to spend it. Walking somewhere else costs you time, as well as working, learning, and looking for a job. The first thing you should do is look for a job at an employment center. Since initially you have no education, experience, or work history, you can only choose the simplest, lowest-paying jobs - such as a janitor or a cook. Later on, as you enroll in various courses at a university, you'll get smart enough to get high-ranking jobs. However, remember that some jobs require you to purchase and wear expensive clothing. Work isn't mandatory, and you can dedicate time to working whenever you feel like it. The money you get can be spent in many ways. You can buy a snack at a fast food restaurant (you should eat something each week, or next week you'll have less time due to hunger). You can buy some appliances for your house, lottery tickets, newspapers, and more. You can also store your money in the bank (a wise choice, considering the ubiquity of pickpockets) or invest in the stock market. Remember that you have to pay rent for your house - if you don't pay for a long time, your landlord will garnish some amount from the money you earn at work. But if you get enough cash, you can rent a luxury apartment and move out of the stinky hole in which you've been spending your life!"
14291,The Cyber Shinobi,The Cyber Shinobi: Shinobi Part 2,1990,5.4,Action,Platform,,"In the previous game an evil army of villains, known simply as ""Zeed"" but some of them escaped, however. Time has passed and it is the year 2XXX where atomic power plants in countries around the world are attacked, and plutonium, which was the equivalent of 100,000 megatons of explosive power, was stolen from these plants. The words ""Cyber Zeed"" was always written at the scene of the crime. Later, the world realized what Cyber Zeed had planned to do: use their nuclear capabilities to terrorize the world. Every nation sent their best forces to stop this threat, but all of them failed. Joe Musashi came forward to this great evil, and he is required to fight those who rose from the ashes and put an end to this threat. Cyber Shinobi is a one-player game that consists of six rounds. You need to fight ninjas that get in your way using your fists and legs. You can also defeat them using special attacks and ninjitsu. Power-ups can be collected along the way, which will give you more shots, ninjitsu, power, and life. A boss needs to be defeated at the end of the round."
14297,Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble,,1996,6.1,Action,Platform,,"The game is based on the Looney Tunes cartoon movies. Bugs Bunny falls asleep, and in his dream sees Yosemite Sam developing a robot called Gossamer. The robot disobeys the commands of his master and goes out of control. Now Bugs Bunny has to enter the TV world and to correct things, bringing order back to the lives of Looney Tunes inhabitants. The game consists of several platform-based stages, each one having a different goal (guiding another character to a safe place, defeating a big monster, etc.). Bugs Bunny can jump and run quickly, as well as collect items and throw them at enemies."
14306,Age of Sail,,1996,6.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Historical events,"The Age of Sail that the title refers to is a period during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries when tall sailing ships dominated the world's navies. Age of Sail is a real time combat game. You control a tall ship and engage in cannon battles with enemy fleets. Gameplay centers around tactical decisions like selection of ordinance for the cannons, using the wind and manoeuvring into position to fire at the enemy. In the campaign mode you start as an Ensign for one of four countries - Britain, Spain, France or the United States - and work your way up through the ranks. There are also about one hundred historical scenarios you can play, most of them taking place during the Napoleonic wars and the War of 1812. Scenarios give you control of multiple ships per battle."
14315,"Videocart-2: Desert Fox, Shooting Gallery","Cassette 1: Wüstenfuchs / Tontaubenschießen, Programkassett 1: Lerduveskytte / Ökenkrig, Videocart 2: Wüstenfuchs / Tontauben-Schießen",1976,5.6,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Shooter",,Videocart-2 features two game programs:
14317,The Magic of Scheherazade,Arabian Dream Scheherazade,1987,7.1,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,"Fantasy, Middle East","The evil wizard Sabaron summoned a horde of demons to invade Arabia. One brave magician tried to fight Sabaron, but was trapped in the holes of time. This magician is you. Traveling through different time periods, you'll have to stop Sabaron's evil plans and to rescue the beautiful princess Scheherazade he kidnapped. Magic of Scheherazade is a mixture of action- and turn-based combat RPG styles. Wandering through Arabia, you'll encounter enemies whom you'll fight in real time, using various weapons. You'll also be attacked by enemies with whom you'll engage in strategic, party-vs.-party combat. You can choose from three character classes: Fighter, Saint, and Magician. Each class has its own special abilities that you'll use in battles as well as during your exploration of the game world."
14322,The Plague,,1990,6.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The colonization of space goes well, but there are not enough humans to do all the work. So scientists engineered androids which are constructed on one planet. Unfortunately they got infected with a virus and they mutated into monsters. A hero, optically representing a barbarian despite the science-fiction scenario, has to clean this mess up. The Plague is a traditional shooter of the ""run and gun"" variety. The player walks through the four side-scrolling levels while shooting everything which moves. There is also bit of platforming and dodging involved: getting hit by enemies result the energy bar to go down which eventually leads to death. The protagonist wields a machine gun which can be upgraded by collecting power ups and makes a big blast when holding the fire button for a time. A limited amount of smart bombs can be used to kill everything on screen. The sprites are relatively big and every level has a boss."
14323,Dark Century,,1990,6.6,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You control a squad of high-tech tanks and you have to destroy the enemy squad. The tanks can move quickly, make sharp turns or fire in all the directions. The graphics in 3D are very well done for a 1990 game. Even if the game has a rather simplistic plot it can get quickly very addictive."
14334,Xenomorph,,1990,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You have landed your crippled ship at the Atargis mining station. The platform was deserted and no one answered your radio calls. Now you are forced to enter the station and find a way to get off the asteroid. Hopefully whatever happened to the 200 personnel in the labyrinth of mines under the station won't happen to you too. Xenomorph is a first person RPG. Like in the Dungeon Master series everything happens in real time. You move around in 10 foot steps and can turn 90 degrees. You have two hands to fight and use items with, a belt and holster for quick access to weapons as well as an inventory for carrying things. The objective of the game is to find parts to repair your ship. You must also find food and water for sustenance and guns, grenades and mines for self defense. Other items can help you during your mission such as environmental suits, security passes and a motion detector. Data disks found throughout the station will fill in the story."
14336,Explorer,,1986,4.0,"Action, Simulation",,,"After attempting to simulate orienteering with The Forest Graham Relph takes things a step further by creating a game-world with no fewer than 4 billion locations. These are drawn in considerable detail, and viewable from 2 different modes, as you fly (viewed from above) or walk (viewed panoramically). The task is to locate 9 objects, and you do this by flying close enough to one that a beacon is activated, which will direct you to it. You must then find a patch of clear land to land on, and then get close by walking to it. Occasionally you will encounter robotic bugs to kill."
14340,Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure,Tiny Toon Adventures,1993,8.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"While cleaning up Acme Looniversity, Buster discovers a map leading to a secret treasure! But Montana Max swipes the map, and goes after the treasure himself. He also gets Dr. Gene Splicer to brainwash most of Buster's friends, and kidnaps the rest of them! Buster has to reclaim his map, his treasure, and save everyone while he's at it! Buster's Hidden Treasure is a platform game starring Buster and many other Tiny Toons characters. As Buster, players run through each level, jumping on enemies to defeat them. Buster can also pick up carrots - for every fifty he collects, he gets a helper friend which can be used to destroy all enemies on the screen. Although Buster only starts the game with three hearts, his health meter can be increased by collecting bells. The goal of each level is to find Gogo Dodo, who will let Buster exit the level. Similar to Super Mario World Buster's Hidden Treasure has a world map that you can select your level from. Also similar to Mario World, some levels contain hidden exits, creating shortcuts, or granting players access to tougher levels."
14341,SuperStar Soccer,"Gary Lineker's Super Star Soccer, Gary Lineker's SuperStar Soccer",1987,6.3,"Action, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Much of the design and programming of Superstar Ice Hockey (by many of the same programmers) is revised to provide a six-a-side soccer game. You can control any combination of centre-forward, goalkeeper (on the C64) and manager. For much of the game you are merely the centre-forward as the action unfolds around you - don't be afraid to track back and help out. The ball sticks closely to a player, who can pass, shoot, head or bicycle-kick it. Goalkeepers are penalised for retaining possession for too long (a rule later adapted for use in real-life football). Match length can be between 6 and 90 minutes, by toggling the speed at which time moves. Fouls are fully implemented. Single matches can be played in the cassette version, but the disk version adds a full-season structure. 64 English teams are split into 4 divisions of 16, with a season consisting of either 7 or 15 matches."
14342,Indy 500,"11 Indy 500, Race",1977,6.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Indy 500 is a racing game played from a top-down point of view. In the one-player game, your goal is to complete as many laps as you can in 60 seconds. In the two-player game, the first player to complete 25 laps wins! Included are several different race tracks, two difficulty levels, and additional game variations called ice race, tag, and crash 'n score. In ice race, the track is icy causing your car to slide often and making it difficult to steer. In tag, one player is ""it"" and needs to tag the other player. For each second you race without being tagged, a point is earned. Lastly, in crash 'n score the goal is to crash into targets which appear on the race track. The first player to crash into the target earns a point, and then a new target will appear elsewhere on the track."
14356,Golvellius: Valley of Doom,Maô Golvellius,1987,7.2,Action,"Platform, RPG elements",,"In this game, you play Kelesis, a warrior who is sent to seek out Golvellius and rescue the beautiful Princess Rena. But in order to find him, you must defeat seven of his fiercest demons that were sent to stop you. These demons are found in caves throughout the valley floor, but in order to access these caves, you need to defeat some of the wild beasts that are scattered throughout the valley. When you kill these beasts, you will receive some gold, but when you are hit by these beasts, your energy will be lost. Some caves will appear when certain objects are struck with your sword. In some caves,you will find fairies, sorceresses, and wise women who will help you in many ways be increasing gold, giving you life potions, and restoring your energy. There is a password save feature in this game. At the beginning of each area, you can enter a cave where a woman tells you what the password is, but if you die in the course of your quest, the password will already be revealed. By entering this password, you will be able to begin the game from the opening of the valley (if you get that far) with all your possessions intact."
14363,College Football's National Championship II,,1995,7.0,Sports,,,"This is the follow-up to College Football's National Championship with the exact same game engine as before which is essentially a clone of NFL Football starring Joe Montana It still has the standard set of modes such as Exhibition Tournament and Season and updated rosters for the top schools of the time, reflecting the 1994 season. There are 32 teams with five added ones to this version (Wisconsin, North Carolina, Colorado State, Oregon and Washington State), however to add these schools five others were taken out that were in the previous game (San Diego State, Pitt, LSU, Arkansas and Houston). It also keeps track of 19 different stats along with authentic offensive and defensive plays attributed to each team. It also features a battery backup to keep track of stats and save games along with the ability to let four different players compete utilizing multi-tap. There are also new sound effects added to this version with the announcer from the previous version removed from this one."
14368,Big Run,,1989,5.9,Racing / Driving,,,"Take part in the gruelling Dakar rally, driving high speed through a variety of landscapes, from countryside to desert. Your car has 2 gears. You will have to beat the clock on each of the six stages, and run high enough up the racing order, to qualify for the next stage. When you use a continue, the time is reset but your position is not, making it relatively easy to complete a stage after coming close with one credit."
14379,Knockout Kings 2001,Box Champions 2001,2000,7.6,Sports,,,"Fight as your favorite boxers including Sugar Ray Lewis, Muhammad Ali, Lennox Lewis, Oscar De La Hoya and plenty more past winners and current champions. There's also plenty of things to do, including a straight up arcade game (so you can beat your mates to the punch!) and a career mode, where you can take your chosen player from the rookie list to the world stage, all in one day."
14384,Dugger,,1988,5.5,Action,Arcade,Prehistoric,"A Dig Dug clone with a prehistoric theme, which sports updated 16-bit audio visuals. Game can be played by one or two players alternately, using a single joystick, or alternatively with two joysticks. Here you take control of caveman Herbie Stone, and enemies are Crunchy and Frugal, whom are worth 300 and 400 points respectively for standard elimination, and either is worth two thousand points if dispatched using a falling rock. Bonus items to collect periodically appear for a short time in the centre of the display, such as a Mushroom or a Leaf."
14407,Executive Suite,,1982,7.2,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"After a short job interview, you get hired to Mighty Microcomputer Corporation. You have only one goal in your mind: to become the president of the company as soon as possible! The game presents you with situations and problems which you must solve by choosing from multiple choices. After a series of questions the game evaluates your performance. If you have made the right choices, you get to advance in your career, but if you have made the wrong decisions, you get fired from the company and the game ends."
14410,Mixed Up Fairy Tales,,1991,7.5,"Adventure, Educational",,,"Bookend has been mixing up Bookwyrm's fairy tales and you have to set things right by aiding well known fairy tale characters such as Cinderella and Snow White. To set things right, you will need to go around acquiring objects, such as Jack's magical beans, to give to Jack so that he can raise a beanstock. The game is designed with younger gamers in mind, and features a simple VGA interface with two actions, ""Do"" and ""See""; rather than the full hidden icon bar used in other Sierra games."
14411,Dune 2000,Dune 2000: Long Live the Fighters!,1998,6.9,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Dune 2000 is a remake of the classic Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty updated for Windows. In this real-time strategy game, the player controls one of the three houses: the noble Atreides, the insidious Ordos, or the evil Harkonnen. Each has different sets of units and tactics while maintaining an overall balance. The Atreides have air superiority and rely on their honor and alliance with planet natives, the Fremen. The Ordos rely on guerrilla tactics and superior technology, as well as mercenaries. The Harkonnen just go brutal, with no care for lives of their own troops or destruction, as long as they are victorious. Unlike the original, the cutscenes happen after every mission, with a live-cast this time, like already seen in Westwood Studios' Command & Conquer franchise. A 16-bit colour mode is the default setting, setting the game's graphics on par with the Command & Conquer games that came before it, while an 8-bit colour mode is available as an option in the game's settings. Everything from the original is back: sandworms, the spice, the Fremen, the known structures and the map of the planet, and even the intro cinematic is an enhanced live-action/CGI version of the original one."
14412,Space Quest: Collection Series,"Space Quest Collection 2, Space Quest: Zawiera 6 Części Gry",1997,7.3,"Adventure, Compilation","Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This compilation includes: As a bonus, besides the six Space Quest games, there is a preview of Space Quest VII: Return to Roman Numerals, but this game was never completed."
14413,Flying Dragon,Hiryu No Ken Twin,1997,6.3,Action,Fighting,,"Flying Dragon is a side-view battle game reminiscent of 16-bit titles. It features eight characters to choose from with two main modes of play, ""SD"" (super deformed) and ""Virtual"" (ala 'Virtua Fighter' style). SD mode is sort of RPG'ish with treasures you gain from winning battles and becoming a stronger fighter. it has the usual circuit, tournament and practice modes plus a 'treasure box' where you check your existing items, buy new items or trade items you already have for something else. Virtual mode is the more familiar format of a battle game with game modes such as circuit, tournament and practice. It also has 2D and 3D ""rules"" for how the game is played. 2D is 16-bit arcade style and 3D is more realistic."
14426,Danger Ranger,Gefahrenzone,1983,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Danger Ranger is an early, fixed-screen platform game. It is set on two screens. On the first screen, consisting of five platform floors, you must jump between the platforms with your Ranger, picking up all the keys. To make things more complicated, some floors are inhabited by dangerous birds or bats, which you can shoot with your gun. Furthermore, the left and right boundaries of the screen are patrolled by floating objects which shoot beams whenever you are on the same level as they. They can also be shot down, but regenerate soon afterwards. Since your Ranger cannot jump high enough to reach platforms above his head, your only way to collect missed keys is to take the lift at the bottom of the screen. On the second screen, your Ranger walks along platforms to pick up treasure chests. Deadly masks are placed around the screen, and must be shot down in order to progress. Meanwhile, a deadly rain falls both from above and below, hindering your steps. Once both screens are completed, you go on to the next level where the enemies are more numerous. The game can be played in the usual green, buff and black/white colour schemes on the Dragon, whereas the Tandy version plays in NTSC artifact colours; orange and blue."
14427,Tower of Souls,Der Seelenturm,1995,6.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Tower of Souls is set in the land of Chaybore in which seven crystals are responsible for the well being of its citizen. But the evil demon Baalhathrok has taken them and so the player controls Treeac to retrieve them. In an isometric view, Treeac has to conquer the seven floors of Baalhathrok's tower. The player controls a ball with his mouse and clicks where Treeac should go. Fights are initiated with left clicking on the enemy, for other actions the right mouse button has to be hold while choosing a symbol on the bottom of the screen. Besides of fighting the enemies the player has to open several doors - either by finding the key, pressing the right buttons in the right order or using one of his four lockpicks. When using the lockpicks the player has to beat a mini game where he has to make the correct mouse movements. When searching the rooms of the dungeon there are various potions, herbs and magical pieces of equipment to be found. With the herbs the player can mix potions or spells, which are available in four categories: Attacking, defending, transforming and item manipulation. There is no free save system, there are special save points during the game. Every time he wants to save the player has to sacrifice one piece of equipment."
14434,Ultra Fighters,UltraFighters,1999,5.5,Simulation,,Post-apocalyptic,"On the third millennium, after many decades of scientific and social enlightenment, nations had to deal with increasing overpopulation, terrorism. pollution and a collapsing economic system. This led to increased border tensions, and soon small regional wars turned into a Global War, where all kinds of weapons were used, killing millions and destroying vast amounts of knowledge. As the use of nuclear weapons rendered many oil fields useless due to radiation, mankind had to turn away from fossil fuels, and eventually outlawed their use and turn to clean energy sources. During the war, China had broken up into several independent states, but thanks to their reliance in both old and new technologies, they bounced back, and under the hand of Emperor Zindo reunited, and went to control most of Asia. The United States, while had their population devastated, managed to hold their infrastructures and technology mostly intact, and had Mexico and Canada joining as new states, as well as a change in the constitution that changed the government into a private company, with certain special citizens being considered ""shareholders"". Due to the limitations of non-fossil energy sources, the control of a recently discovered material (Thermodux) that could amplify the power output of those energy sources is highly coveted. So, after an accident that killed the researchers and completing an hostile take-over of India Incorporated, Zendo announced a ""security attachment"" to ""protect"" the Solomon Islands (where Thermodux was being studied) from further terrorist threat. However, The US contracted a mercenary company, Navco, to clear the island, with the player joining as new recruit for the company, working for cash and shares in the US government. The game is a typical flight combat simulator, with missions involving patrol, defense and attacking enemy facilities. The ultimate goal of the game is to survive each mission, taking down as many enemy aircraft as possible to collect a bounty, that can be used to purchase better weaponry and new crafts. The player should also avoid the destruction of USA-controlled facilities, as they carry a fine."
14436,NASCAR 2000,,2000,6.7,Racing / Driving,,,"NASCAR 2000 for the Game Boy Color is the handheld edition of the console / PC game featuring platform-appropriate 2D graphics and its own selection of drivers, tracks and modes. The game includes 33 drivers of the 2000 season, along with 16 tracks to race on. The available racing modes are single races and a 16-race season, with progress saved to battery-backed RAM. There is also a head-to-head two-player mode via link cable. Game options include selectable difficulty, numbers of car on the track (from 10 to 20), race length (in % of a real NASCAR race, default is 3% for 11 laps), car damage (off, on, or limited) and pit mode (for short or long races). Before a race, the selected car can be tuned from the defaults of which every driver has his own. Fuel volume, wheel lock, rear spoiler, shock absorbers, tire pressure and weight jacking are adjustable. During the race, the own car is seen from a third-person perspective, with race stats, damage and fuel indicators, speed and current gear displayed at the top and bottom. Only in the season mode there is a choice of automatic or manual shifting."
14439,In Extremis,,1993,6.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Extremis is a science-fiction First Person Shooter (FPS) in which you play as a crashed space pilot stranded aboard a derelict vessel. To escape, you must collect key cards and insert them into terminals. Valid cards will give you a code for the current level. That code will grant you access to lockers containing weapons and equipment. A second set of key cards opens up elevators, allowing you to travel to deeper into the ship's 29 levels. Technically, the game is similar to graphical updates of the Wolfenstein 3-D engine (such as used in the Blake Stone series), and features textured walls along with optional floor and ceiling textures. Faked lighting effects (your screen shifts to a different colour as you pass under coloured lights) also appear. Architecture is still limited to 90 degree angles and heavy on mazes. Aside from finding new weapons and blasting aliens, you have a limited inventory of pickups to manage. Your suit's air tanks are constantly depleting, and must be replaced with fresh tanks before they run dry. Your suit contains a motion tracker and nightvision, both which drain the same replaceable batteries. Syringes can be collected and used to restore your health. Finally, alien nests appear on some levels and endlessly spawn new enemies. Bombs can be collected and deployed to destroy these."
14443,Pu•Li•Ru•La,PuLiRuLa,1991,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"Pu-Li-Ru-La is a psychedelic side-scrolling arcade beat 'em up set in the magical land of Radishland. As the story goes, some evil magical entity has stolen the keys of time for the towns in Radishland, freezing time and turning every animal and creature into evil magical contraptions. Only Zac and Mel, empowered with their ""invented magic sticks"" are able to escape the curse and must thread through Radishland turning all the monsters back into their original form and recovering the keys of time. Gameplay-wise the game is a side-scrolling beat 'em up in which you control your character in a 2.5D isometric plane as he clears each stage by beating the many wacky enemies with his stick and a few magic spells that are randomly selected whenever you start the game. At the end of each stage there is a harder ""boss"" creature you must defeat and upon doing so you proceed to the next stage. The game is notable for its surreal graphic design, featuring digitized graphics merged with hand-drawn sprites and featuring mostly colorful nonsensical graphics. Features single player or co-op two-player gameplay modes."
14444,Indianapolis 500: The Simulation,Indy 500,1989,7.7,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"The famous Indianapolis 500 Mile race, held annually at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the Memorial Day weekend, is one of the most famous automobile racing events in North America. The event is simulated here using 3D polygon graphics to recreate the 33 cars in the race. Players are able to choose their car and customize it with a variety of options. Modifications include wing down-force, tire pressures, wheel stagger (making the right-side wheels larger, to compensate for the banked corners) and turbo output (which provides boost, but stresses the engine and uses more fuel). After qualifying (by performing during four laps and taking the average), players can race over 10, 30, 60 or the full 200 laps. Lower modes remove car damage and the 'full-course yellow' system, the absence of these can make for repeat carnage including traffic collisions and huge pile-ups."
14446,Total Eclipse,,1988,7.5,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Uses 3D system called Freescape developed by Incentive Software Ltd. A pyramid has been built to destroy anything that blocks the sun and now a total eclipse is about to occur. Collect ankhs to open doors, shoot mummies, drink water and maybe then you solve the puzzle of pyramid. Controlling yourself in 3D world, you may change angle of your rotation and width of your steps to avoid some obstacles. Also you can use your gun to shoot some doors or to eliminate some foes."
14450,Super Ninja Boy,Super Chinese World,1991,6.3,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Sci-fi / futuristic,"One day a spaceship came down from the heavens and into the skies of Chinaland. It began broadcasting an image of peace. Soon Emperor Chin was holding a peace conference with the space ship's leader, Rub-A-Doc. Rub-A-Doc visited with some of the other places in the world before departing to the heavens and leaving the world. All seemed peaceful however there seems to be trouble starting up, strange monsters have been seen throughout Chinaland. Could the increase in monsters be somehow related to the recent visit from Rub-A-Doc? The ninja masters of Mount Edin, Jack and Ryu are sent to investigate... Super Ninja Boy is an action RPG for one or two players. In a two player game, each player controls either Jack or Ryu. In a one player game, only Jack appears. A second player may join at any time by visiting a convenience store. The game contains familiar role-playing elements such as equipping differing kinds of weapons, equipment and gaining levels. The Ninja Boys are treated as a single entity and so these statistics are shared between Jack and Ryu with equal values. Battles with the enemy, either through random encounters or visible on the map is where the action starts. The characters enter a side-scrolling 'battle mode' where they may jump, fight, use their special techniques, items and spells, as well as activate various bonuses on the battlefield by breaking open the bonus boxes. A battle is over and experience points awarded when a pre-determined number of enemies are defeated or the Ninja Boys are defeated. When bosses are encountered, the gameplay changes to a turn-based system. Each turn, commands are given to Jack and Ryu, which include usage of special items and skills acquired during the game, who then perform actions based on those commands. The enemy's turn takes place the same way. The battle ends when one side of the conflict runs out of hitpoints."
14455,Vikings: The Strategy of Ultimate Conquest,,1996,4.9,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Historical events,"Vikings is a strategy game with a dash of action. Deep down it feels like the classic Pirates! set a few hundred years back. You take the role of a viking ruler. Its up to you whether you decide to stay and rule over your province (good for the province) or go out and trade with/raid other areas (good for wealth, fame). Along the way you can get yourself married, go on quests, get in bar fights, and in general get into all sorts of viking fun."
14463,Back to the Future Part II,"Paluu Tulevaisuuteen 2, Regreso Al Futuro - Parte II",1990,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Puzzle elements",,"Back to the Future II is a collection of five arcade and puzzle games. Based on the second installment of the popular Hollywood series Back to the Future this movie conversion has Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel through time to stop their arch-rival Biff from changing the future. The game consists of five parts, each inspired by one of the movie's most memorable scenes:"
14465,Wargame Construction Set II: Tanks!,,1994,7.6,Strategy / tactics,Wargame,"Historical events, World War I, World War II","Wargame Construction Set II: Tanks! offers limitless small scale tactical armored confrontations using the various tanks and tools of mechanized warfare from 1918-1991. The random scenario generator allows you to create a custom map. Choose one of three climates, pick opposing forces, and assign objectives. In addition, there are over 20 ready to play historical scenarios and a campaign feature included."
14478,Cybermorph,,1993,6.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Cybermorph was the first game released for Atari's Jaguar console. It's a 3D sci-fi shoot-'em-up. The story goes like this: The evil Pernitia Empire is swallowing up the galaxy's planets left and right. What's worse, the resistance forces have had their secret weapons stolen from them and put into pods spread out on many different planets. You must pilot the T-Griffon morphing attack craft to each planet and recover the pods to stop the Pernitians. So, in each planet, or level, you must collect a certain number of pods and make it to the exit before the enemies shoot you down. Fortunately, there are power-ups that can strategically enhance the T-Griffon's offensive capabilities. After clearing 8 planets, you take on a boss creature/ship before moving on to the next sector. There are 4 levels like this to clear, each with progressively increasing difficulty."
14485,Neighbours,,1991,5.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"This racing game is set in the Ramsay Street universe of the Australian soap opera, which was hugely popular in the UK at the time. Nominally you play Scott Robinson, riding his skateboard in races against between one and four fellow characters – Mike Young on another skateboard, Charlene Ramsay in a go-kart, her brother Henry on a lawnmower, and Matt Robinson on a motorcycle. The eight races take in Ramsay Street, the Lassiter’s Complex, Erinsborough High School, and Anson’s Corner. There are three boards available (two on the Spectrum), trading top speed off against manoeuvrability. Gameplay involves guiding your craft through a series of gates around a forced-perspective course. There are three levels of hazard presence available – hazards include kangaroos, emus and other (stereotypically Australian) animals, Bouncer the dog, grotty old Mrs. Mangel, and traffic bollards. Contact with any of these costs you time, and popularity (reflected by a Neighbours logo fading out along the bottom of the screen – collecting litter will restore this)."
14489,Crack-Up,,1989,6.8,Action,Paddle / Pong,,"Crack-Up is a Breakout clone where moving your bat at the bottom of the screen you have to bounce a ball of the bat and get rid of all the bricks that disappear when hit, to move on to the next level. There are various icons that fall when certain bricks are hit and these help/hinder your game. These include move to the next level, catch ball, double balls, extend bat, laser bat (fire to shoot bricks), slow bat and extra life."
14490,PGA Tour Golf II,,1995,7.2,Sports,,,"A follow-up to PGA Tour Golf and a reduced version of its Genesis counterpart where the player can choose play as a generic pro golfer or as an amateur and compete against four real-life pros including Fred Couples, Paul Azinger, Craig Stadler, and Fuzzy Zoeller with six different locations to choose from. Players may choose to either play in tournament mode, skins play, or learn the basics of the game in practice mode. Players use a cursor on a top-down view of a map to determine the location as well as another view from behind the golfer to avoid various obstacles such as trees. After selecting their location they can then use a meter to the bottom left to determine how much draw or fade will be put into the shot. To hit the ball, the players presses the B button to start the power meter and hitting it again to stop. Players must also adjust to changing wind and weather conditions during game play which will drastically change the outcome of their shot. It features four-player capabilities using Gear-to-Gear links as well as a password feature."
14502,Airwolf,,1989,4.8,"Action, Simulation",Arcade,,"In this game based on the TV show, you command a military helicopter on a mission to rescue hostages. The main action is first person but when a POW camp is reached a third person viewpoint is used. A variety of enemy aircraft and weapons must be destroyed to successfully rescue the prisoners."
14503,Fire & Ice,"Cool Coyote in Fire and Ice, Fire & Ice: The Daring Adventures of Cool Coyote, Fire and Ice, Fire+Ice",1992,7.8,Action,Platform,,"The background story of Fire & Ice is quick to tell: A coyote (you) runs, throwing ice cubes, through various worlds. In the levels, you must jump on platforms and kill your enemies. The enemies (for example, birds and penguins) can be shot with your ice cubes; they become frozen, so you smash them. Sometimes they leave part of a key behind after they're destroyed. The complete key, assembled from all the pieces, opens the door to the next world. In this ""jump & run"" you can also get some power-ups. You can find some coyote puppies; these puppies follow you, are invulnerable, and also shoot enemies. In higher regions you find some snow-flakes; enough of these and you get a great snowball for freezing more enemies on the screen."
14509,Thanatos,,1986,7.5,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"Thanatos is a side-scrolling dragon action game with a dragon protagonist named Thanatos the Destroyer. The large on-screen dragon was animated with a lot of detail on the head, wings and legs, and the background had a semi-3D parallax scrolling system, akin to the semi-3D systems seen in other Durell games such as Fat Worm Combat Lynx and Turbo Esprit The game's title music, composed by Julian Breeze, is multi-channeled on the Spectrum's single 'beep' channel, using the same multi-channel engine as some other Durell titles. On Spectrum 128, the title music has actual multiple channels. In the game the player must guide the dragon through the land flying towards the right, and fight its way through a multitude of enemies, both humans and fantasy creatures: sea snakes, giant spiders, a hostile two-headed dragon. They can be burned with the dragon's fiery breath, or they can be grabbed with the dragon's claws and dropped onto other enemies. Boulders can also be picked up and dropped on enemies. To win the game, the dragon's mission is to pick up an enchantress for a ride, then safely deliver her to find a book of spells, and finally take her to a magic cauldron so she may cast her spell. The enchantress brings extra challenge to the task, as she must be kept safe from harm. If Thanatos turns around too fast while flying, she may fall off and must be picked up again. If the sorceress is slain or Thanatos dies, the game will end. The dragon makes its way through a few strongholds, whose gates must be burned through (apparently the castle walls are too tall to fly over). If the dragon runs out of fire breath, it must backtrack to find a virgin strapped to a pole, land nearby, and walk closer to eat the virgin. This will restore the dragon's breath. However, be wary as a knight is waiting in ambush and attacks the dragon while it's landed and vulnerable. The dragon's health is indicated by a beating heart in the bottom of the screen. As the dragon takes hits from enemies the heart starts beating faster and faster, and near death it starts flashing blue. The dragon must withdraw to safety to rest and recover."
14513,Wipe-Out,,1990,5.4,Action,Arcade,,"Wipe-Out is a light cycle game with hover boards. The gameplay itself is simple: two players (the second either AI or human) race in a closed off area and both leave behind an energy trail. However crashes into the walls or an energy trail loses the match. Random appearing power ups give advantages if picked up, e.g. going through the opponent's trail. The camera is placed behind the shoulder and the screen is always split. This is all embedded in leagues on different planets. The ultimate goal is to get better and better until the player is invited to an ultimate championship with a great prize. Between matches, the player can upgrade the hoverboard, e.g. adding brakes or a better engine, or bet on the outcome of AI matches. All planets have a difficulty rating which influences the rewarded fame and money for winning."
14515,Joe Montana's NFL Football,,1993,6.1,"Simulation, Sports",,,"This enhanced version of the Joe Montana series features 3D models and even full-motion video of Joe Montana himself. It sports a full NFL license with all 28 teams of the time with their respective nicknames and logos, along with 10 of the all-time greatest Super Bowl teams including '85 Bears, the '72 Dolphins, just to name a few, that the player can compete against if they win the biggest game of the year. The gameplay is a behind the quarterback view with 3D angles including four different replay options including a ""Helmet Cam"". It features digitized voices and videos including Joe Montana in which the player can consult him three times during a game. The standard modes also apply including regular exhibition games and a full-season mode complete with playoffs and the ever important, Super Bowl."
14516,Tornado,,1993,7.6,Simulation,,,"A detailed flight sim of the Tornado strike fighter. Features high-speed, low-altitude precision bombing runs over a battlefield full of active friendly and enemy air and ground units. Allows you to utilize all the complex avionics in both positions of the two-man cockpit. Campaign mode contains a full-featured mission editor. The editor contains a dynamic battlefield map, which reflects the results of your latest missions. If you plan and execute a mission against a SAM site, it will be gone in the next planning session. The editor allows you to plot and synchronize attacks consisting of multiple flights of Tornados."
14530,Ogre,,1986,6.8,Strategy / tactics,Board game,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Ogre is a 2D turn-based strategy game, and a direct computer conversion of Steve Jackson's board game of supertanks going against conventional infantry with howitzers. It plays exactly like the board game - on a hex-based board one player controls ordinary military units (soldiers, tanks etc.), and defends against the second player, who controls a supertank named ""Ogre"" - Ogre is very powerful, and can easily destroy normal weaponry and ground forces."
14535,Myth: History in the Making,Conan,1989,7.3,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Depending what machine the player is using, the game welcomes him/her with a different story. In the 8-bit version of this platform game the player controls a teenage boy from the 20th century (featured on a box cover) who falls through a tear in the space-time continuum and is transported to the ""Time of Legends."" There he is rescued by a high priestess who informs him that their world is under attack from Dameron - the Dark Angel of Time who must be destroyed. When he succeeds he will be sent back home. The 16-bit machines were presented with a bit different scenario deeply etched into mythology (check a box cover). The main character is a mystical warrior - Ankalagan - who lives in the year 63AD and uses the powers of Stonehenge to travel in time and combat evil throughout the ages. Apart from the story and slight graphics changes, the rest remains the same. Myth: History in the Making is a platform game with a lot of fighting. The levels of this game deal with different mythologies from ancient Greece to the Vikings, over to Valhalla (where none other than the hammer-wielding Thor awaits you), and more. Apart from jumping from platform to platform, you'll also fight the enemies and bosses in your path with a variety of weapons. In the beginning you have only fists to defend yourself, but later you'll find more powerful weapons, such as swords and axes. Typically, enemies keep appearing and coming at you from all sides, no matter how many of them you kill. There are many various types of enemies, different on every level that require a different approach and weapons in defeating them. Some obstacles in the game require not only brute force, but also a bit of thinking and puzzle-solving (and guesswork) to get past."
14536,Soul Blazer,"Soul Blader, Soul Blazer: Free the Freilians. Make Deathtoll Pay",1992,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"You have been called by the Master to restore life to the Friel empire. The ruler, King Magridd, struck a deal with the evil Deathtoll - in exchange for the soul of one living being, Deathtoll will give him a piece of gold. Magridd's greed got the better of him, and, thinking of the millions of souls of every living creature around the world, readily agreed to the deal. But Magridd himself has since disappeared, and the the land is now devoid of life - instead only filled with Deathtoll's monstrous minions. Will you be able to save Friel's subjects from their horrible fate? Soul Blazer is an action RPG in the style of The Legend of Zelda Like Zelda battles are not turn-based - the player directly attacks enemies and dodges them. As they progress, they also unlock special items which allows them to complete tasks for characters or access special areas (such as the Dream Rod, which transports you into someone's - or some thing's - dream). Unlike Zelda the game has an experience meter, and the player levels up and becomes stronger as they defeat enemies. The game's unique hook is that there are ""Monster Lairs"" spread all over the land of Friel. When they destroy all the enemies in a lair, they don't come back, and when they step on the empty lair, it restores part of the game world, bringing back anything from plants, to animals, to people, to buildings and more. Each restored soul helps in some way - for example, the player can climb regrown ivy to reach new areas, reunite families by bringing back husband and wife, rebuild cities by restoring architects, and talk to characters to complete even more quests. The player's main goal is to find six Stones, which allow them to gain access to the World of Evil, where Deathtoll resides. These stones are guarded by key characters in different parts of the world, usually the rulers, who require the player to defeat a boss character to rescue them. While most of the game allows them to progress in a linear fashion, there are certain souls that can only be restored by killing monsters that can't be harmed with their earlier weapons. The player will need to find special weaponry and then backtrack to previous areas to rescue these souls. It's also advisable to revisit previous locations, as certain characters may have new sidequests to complete which can reward them with new items to make them even stronger."
14541,Zoda's Revenge: Star Tropics II,Zoda's Revenge: Startropics II,1994,7.1,Action,Platform,,"The young Mike Jones receives a telepathic message from Mica, the princess of the Argonians, whom he had rescued in the previous game She tells Mike how to decipher a code that he and his uncle Dr. J found on the Argonian space pod. The archaeologist and his nephew read the deciphered message aloud, which teleports Mike into the Stone Age. While helping the natives, Mike discovers a strange object which Mica identifies as a ""Tetrad"". These Tetrads are scattered across different time periods, and Mike has to find them in order to help the Argonians. However, an unpleasant surprise awaits the hero: the antagonist Zoda appears to be alive and well during the same time period as the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, and is hunting for the Tetrads himself... Like its predecessor, Zoda's Revenge: Star Tropics II merges action-oriented combat with light RPG elements. Mike will travel to different time periods, communicate with various characters (some of which are real historical figures), solve mysteries, and fight regular enemies as well as bosses. Mike has a larger arsenal of weapons at his disposal this time, including an axe, a dagger, and a katana. He also learns an upgradable projectile magic called Psychic Shock Wave. As in the previous game, Mike's health is measured in hearts; similarly to Zelda games, their amount can be raised during the game."
14548,The Lords of Tantrazz,,1996,4.9,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,,"In The Lords of Tantrazz the player controls agent Veronika Callahan who has to fight an unimaginable evil named ""The Hunger"". The numerous cutscenes are voiced comic strips and the game itself is played in a 1st-person 360° view. The puzzles are mostly inventory- or logic-based, (eg. ""push the buttons in the right order"" or ""complete the circuit"".) When using an inventory item it is simply clicked on in the game world. Additionally there are reaction tests and shootouts. When failing these the player can try again three times, then has to load a saved game - but it is only possible to save at the end of one of the six chapters. The player finds discs during the game which provide additional information about the mission. The Lords of Tantrazz features the voice of former Alice Cooper guitarist Kane Roberts."
14554,The Terminator,,1993,7.5,Action,"Platform, Shooter","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Similar to the adaptations of The Terminator on Genesis or SNES the Sega CD game is a platformer where the player controls Kyle Reese, who travels back in time from the year 2029 to protect Sarah Connor from the unstoppable killing machine known as the Terminator. The game consists of 10 levels. Future locations include the post-apocalyptic wasteland of 2029 Los Angeles and the time displacement complex. In the present of 1984, Reese must traverse the streets and rooftops of L.A., as well as the Tech Noir club, the police station, and, for the finale, an automated factory. Reese is armed with a gun with unlimited ammo as well as a limited number of grenades to dispatch the many enemies, including Terminators and HKs in the future and punks in the present. In addition to these, several bosses must also be fought. The boss battles include several encounters with the Terminator, who naturally cannot be completely destroyed until the finale, but must be driven back to keep him from harming Sarah. Between levels, the game shows small digitized clips from the film that advance the storyline. The game also features a fully CD-based soundtrack with tracks ranging from heavy rock to electronic tunes."
14555,Horace Goes Skiing,Horacio Esquiador,1982,6.4,"Action, Sports",Platform,,"A more accurate title for this would be ""Horace Goes Skiing, but only if he can brave a Frogger clone first"", as you start the game by having to reach the ski shop to get skis, and then get back across to reach the slopes. The road is full of cars and bikes, contact with each of which costs $10 in ambulance fees out of your starting $40, and the skis themselves cost $10. The actual skiing section has a pseudo-3D view, similar to a roving camera mounted above the course. Your task is to cut between the red and blue sets of flags, without hitting any of the trees on the course. Light contact with these will allow you to carry on; heavy contact breaks your skis and sends you back to the first section of the game (which you also return to after completing each of the courses)."
14558,Megaforce,"Arcade Archives: Star Force, Star Force, Video Game Anthology Vol. 3: Star Force",1984,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,You are a spaceship pilot shooting enemy spacecraft and ground targets. Pick up the special letter symbols for bonuses and additional power-ups. Levels or areas are named after the Greek letter alphabet and the end boss at the end of each area must be defeated before you can continue to the next area.
14561,Soulbringer,,2000,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"After the death of your father, you are sent to live with your uncle, Andrus outside the snowy town of Madrigal. Once you arrive at his house, he tells you about magic and his past. You learn of Harbinger, an ancient warrior who sealed the Revenants (demon kings) in the well of souls which are now breaking free and returning to the World. The game is advanced as you are assigned quests, which are recorded in your journal. Not all quests need to be completed in order to finish the game. Soulbringer is an action RPG. Melee combat consists of detailed moves, which can be chosen by the player: high and low slashes, strikes, etc. The player can create combos with two or more such actions, and execute them. The main character also specializes in magic (including elemental schools), and can fight with weapons and cast spells at the same time."
14562,Die by the Sword,,1998,7.5,Action,Hack and slash,Fantasy,"Die by the Sword is a third-person action game set in a medieval fantasy world. The player controls Enric, a knight whose sweetheart Maya was kidnapped by kobolds and who swears to bring her back. The game's distinguishing feature is its sword-fighting system, which allows detailed and precise control of the player character's moves, giving it a fighting game flavor. The game features a fairly complex and elaborate control system, with separate keys and button combinations assigned to moves such as running, jumping, slashing, stabbing, parrying, etc., which allows the player to execute these moves simultaneously in a variety of combinations. A somewhat simpler control system, dubbed ""arcade mode"", is also available. This system limits the amount of combinations to three kinds of slashes and blocks - low, medium, and high. The game also incorporates a local damage system, in which wounding specific body parts will inflict different conditions on the enemies, including severing their limbs and even decapitation. The game's levels include, beside enemies, many hazardous traps that Enric will have to avoid. In addition to the story mode, the game also features arena and tournament modes, which allow up to four players to participate in free-for-all battles using the game's sword-fighting system. The player is also given the opportunity to create his own custom moves with a built-in editor."
14565,Heartland,,1986,7.2,Action,,,"Heartland's meta-referential plot involves a struggle between good and evil, as depicted in a book, the last six pages of which have become lost. As a result, you must dive into the game's world to complete the story, and ensure that evil doesn't win, by saving the white pages and destroying the black ones. There are six levels, all with distinctly cutesy themes and colourful graphics. The level layouts are extremely complicated, and you have to make your way back to base after each one, before being transported onto the next one, all within a time limit. The levels are full of wizards who must be shot, as well as a small amount of character interaction."
14571,Lemmings 2: The Tribes,,1993,8.0,Puzzle,Platform,,"The sequel to Lemmings has a plot describing how the Lemmings have split into 12 distinct tribes. Each tribe has its own landscape and cultural identity - they include Egyptian, Circus, and Highland. However, Lemming Island is now in danger, and you must complete 10 levels for each tribe in order for them to reunite and reassemble the Talisman from the 12 pieces. Across the 120 levels, there are over 60 skills, although no more than 10 are in use on each screen. The Classic tribe has the ones from the original and is perhaps the best option for first-time players. The others range from digging methods such as a scooper (diagonally downwards) and club basher (horizontal), building skills such as a planter (takes time to produce the desired raise to the landscape) and a sand pourer, and various methods of movement including a Pole-Vaulter and a Skater (the only Lemmings who can cross ice). Some of these are only subtly different from others, and their exact uses are unclear, but there are 4 Trainer levels where you can select any combination of skills and experiment. Unlike the first game, the player is rewarded for saving as many Lemmings as possible, rather than simply passing or failing. The ultimate aim is to save all 60 Lemmings through all levels, thereby earning a Gold Medal for that tribe - Silver and Bronze are also on offer. The player can also go back over levels in the hope of saving more Lems. Because there are 12 tribes, and the player can switch between them at any point, you have to be stuck 12 times to be unable to progress. The game saves progress rather than using passwords as in the first game."
14574,Grandia II,,2000,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,"Fantasy, Steampunk","Long ago, the battle of light and darkness was held, pitting the god Granas against the demon Valmar. Though scars of the battle still mark the land, time has passed and the people of the world have built new civilizations and kingdoms to colonize the planet. The ""Day of Darkness"" will someday occur, heralding the resurrection of Valmar. Ryudo is a ""GeoHound"", a mercenary available for hire, usually for slaying monsters and recovering goods. Working with a talking bird named Skye, who sites on Ryudo's shoulder, they will ""do anything"" if the price is right. One day Ryudo receives a job from a branch of the Church of Granas, they ask Ryudo to become a bodyguard for a young priestess named Elena during a prayer ceremony. During the ceremony, strange events occur requiring Ryudo to escort Elena on a journey towards the Grandia 2 is a 3D RPG, viewed from a top-down perspective for most of the game and a 3rd person view during battle. Controlling Ryudo, the player will explore various locations, locating townspeople and objects within an area to interact with. Towns and dungeons are displayed in the same manner, though dungeons tend to be mazes filled with monsters and towns tend to be friendly areas filled instead with conversation and shops. Any monsters present in these areas will be shown walking around. Walking over to and touching the monster in any way will activate a battle. If the monster notices the player approaching it is considered a normal battle, if Ryudo is able to approach undetected the player's party will gain the initiative in battle, if any party member besides Ryudo is approached by the enemy then the party loses initiative. In battle, each character is able to choose from a list of actions that include ""attack combos"" (standard attack command), Special Abilities/Magic, ""Critical Strike"", Guard, Evade and Escape. Critical Strikes are weaker versions of attack combos with the advantage that they can block an enemy's action. This partly depends on the positions of the character on the action bar, displayed at the bottom of the screen, which shows each character's (and enemy's) time to act within the battle. Some magic spells and special abilities are also able to block enemy actions, though they take longer to perform than normal attacks. Both combo attacks and critical attacks require the attacker to run up to the enemy in order to perform the action. This depends heavily on the character's individual movement as well as other characters acting as obstacles on the screen. Successfully defeating enemies in battle awards experience points, power points, magic points, gold, and items."
14581,Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight,,1991,7.7,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)","Hack and slash, RPG elements",Fantasy,"Something's happening in these lands, and the only hope seems to be the moonstone. You, as a chosen knight from the druids, are about to find it and bring it back. The game can be played from 1 to 4 players at once, with no difference between solo and multiplayer as no matter how many players play, the story stays the same for everyone. However, if you choose to play with only one player/knight, the other three will be the computer rivals. Wandering through the map, you can visit enchanted places, towns where you can buy equipment or try your luck in gambling, but mostly visited places on the map will be cabins which represent the places where certain enemy beasts are. Each spot has about two or more beasts which after defeating them can be rewarding in a certain way, depending on the game's randomized placement. Also, for example, if the place has three beasts and you kill two before you die, the next time you (or some other player) go back there, there'll be only one beast left to fight. It's also possible for two players to run into each other and, once defeating the other, the one who prevails can steal the other player's money and/or weapons. Thus, searching for the moonstone begins, but that's only half of the story. The rest unfolds once you find it."
14583,HBO Boxing,,2000,5.7,Sports,,,"HBO Boxing is a standard boxing game with the Home Box Office (HBO) license, known for their boxing broadcasts and events and over 35 real-life legendary fighters including Sugar Ray Robinson, George Foreman, Rocky Marciano, Hector ""Macho"" Camacho, Roy Jones Jr. among many others. The standard modes apply such as Exhibition Career Tournament as well as a Quickbout which lets a player go into a quick match with the computer selecting the boxers, arenas, etc. Players can also create their own boxer with a variety of stats including speed, stamina, etc. along with the sex of the fighter. Using this fighter, the player can fight their way through the ranks of professional boxing from local arenas to big time Pay-Per-View events. Jim Lampley Larry Merchant and Harold Lederman also lend their voice talents for in-game commentary."
14586,Capcom vs. SNK,Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000,2000,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Two of the worlds greatest arcade fighter developers, Capcom and SNK, join forces to finally answer the question asked by many for years: Who is the dominant fighter? A range of fighters from both worlds are available to choose from, with two different fighting styles (Capcom and SNK, of course) meaning that players of both worlds can fit into the game easily, while new gamers can try Ryu using the SNK format."
14591,Gauntlet: Legends,,1998,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"As many as four (Expansion Pak required) can band together in an epic quest through seven magical worlds -- three of which are brand-new to the home version -- to defeat the vile Skorne. The nonlinear action begins in a hub, which leads to the worlds, each with two to five levels. You can complete a level in one world, then move to another world, returning later to finish a new level in the first world. Developer Atari Games has delivered four new characters in addition to the four in the arcade version. Each character will have unique special attacks. Controller Pak support will allow players to team their evolving characters. Enemies, bosses, power-ups, music and sound effects are all getting radical makeovers. Atari is busily remapping carryover levels and cooking up devious new puzzles and hiding places for items, so don't even think of cribbing from the coin-op version. Graphical updates include real-time lighting, which is nowhere to be found in the arcade version. The N64 Expansion Pak pushes plenty of polygon-based enemies onto the screen. The essential action -- team up with others, find keys, magic, runes and other items, and beat the stuffing out of anyone in your way -- remains unchanged from the arcade hit. Atari has delivered a far meatier storyline, though, spiffed up by cinema cut-scenes at the successful conclusion of a world."
14595,Power Piggs of the Dark Age,,1996,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"The player is put in the role of Bruno, an anthropomorphic pig who has the task to defend his land which is currently under siege by wolves. Bruno comes equipped with a sword and the ability to throw donuts that he finds throughout the six levels of the game. Bruno also has the ability to jump and to also butt slam crates. No description of this game would be complete without mentioning the blowholes which are liberally sprinkled throughout each level. These blowholes will lift Bruno in the air so that he will be able to get to higher plateaus that he simply couldn't get to by just jumping normally."
14603,Titan,,1988,5.7,"Action, Puzzle",Arcade,,"Titan is a 2D arcade/puzzle game hybrid. For some reason, mad professors of the future tend to invent strange entertainment games in which every participant dies. Professor Hybrys’ variant is called Titan and involves a ball, a control unit and 80 labyrinths. Your objective is either to destroy all destructible blocks in each level by hitting them with the sphere, or to pilot it to the exit. The black ball is beyond your control; it will bounce straight or diagonally through the labyrinth with constant speed. You move the control unit, a small box, which you are to position in a way that the ball bounces off it in the desired direction. You can also catch the sphere by quickly moving over it, and then release it in a direction of your choice. The labyrinths not only contain harmless, destructible blocks, but also increasingly difficult hazards. If the sphere or your control unit hit a skull symbol, one of your nine lives is lost. Teleporters exchange the position of you and the ball, wall pieces can be pushed around or destroyed by your unit, and floor tiles will grow into walls when you pass over them too often. The high game speed can be slowed down by holding the space key – a very useful option in tricky situations. Titan mixes an arcade game foundation (requiring quick reflexes and good nerves) with puzzle game elements (requiring logical thinking to beat the complex levels). The challenge is to control the sphere accurately, yet indirectly."
14611,Necromancer,,1982,6.4,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"Tetragorn the Necromancer has a fleet of evil beings at his disposal, from spiders to ogres and Hammerfists. You play Illuminar the wizard, aiming to use the forces of light and nature to triumph over dark. There are three stages of play to this action game. Standing constantly in the centre of the screen, you must use your long-range Wisp weapon to create an army of them, while also fending off Ogres. Venom Spiders infect your trees - to prevent them from withering away, you must first kill the Spider, then hit the tree with your wisp. Eye-Pods (did Steve Jobs play this game?) can be hit to produce even more seeds. Trees you produce in this stage are taken with you into the vaults, which are split into five increasingly tough layers. Use your wisp to activate a tree, and guide it into the Spider larvae. It will then grow over it, and can be replaced in the storage area once it has completed its task. Larvae which does hatch turns into Sith Spiders, which kill trees and can kill Illuminar - destroy it with your wisp. Hammerfists are also primarily a hindrance - they destroy trees, and if they hit you, you must wrestle free before they can kill you. However, they will sometimes drop strength-giving rings, and random-effect Mysteries. Once you reach Tetragorn's lair, you must destroy the headstones that trigger him. Once he has appeared, destroy him with your wisp, but above all you must avoid contact. Again, this stage takes place on 5 levels of increasing difficulty."
14612,Street Fighter III: Double Impact,Street Fighter III:W Impact,1999,7.7,"Action, Compilation",Fighting,,Street Fighter III: Double Impact is a compilation of the the first two Street Fighter III installments: The games feature typical additions compared to the arcade originals (e.g. Training and Versus modes) and allows the use of the boss character Gill as well as Shin Akuma (in 2nd Impact).
14616,Mario Tennis,"Mario Tennis 64, Mario Tennis: Mario & Friends Serve Up Another Ace!",2000,8.0,Sports,,,"Choose your favourite Nintendo character and take to the world of tennis. Game types include ring shot (where you must shoot the ball through golden hoops that are suspended above the play area, gaining bonus points as you play), bomb tennis (simply put Tennis with Bombs) and Piranha Challenge (much like the tennis machines which chuck balls at you, but in this case they are replaced with Piranha plants). Of course, there is your normal tournament mode, with up to 4 players in on the action, and some crazy arenas, especially Bowser's Castle, which is suspended above a lava pit!"
14626,SEGA Rally Championship,"SEGA Rally Championship 1995, SEGA Rally Championship: International Rally",1995,8.3,Racing / Driving,,,"Sega Rally was a major success in the arcades, bringing rally-style racing to the masses before the Colin McRae games. Four detailed tracks have been created, with a succession of stomach-churning bends and jumps, and you can choose from 3 different cars. As well as the main championship, there is a time-trial mode featuring a ghost car to beat, so you always know how your run compares with your best-ever. Two machines can be linked for multi-player action. The handling of the cars is unrealistic, to put the focus on action and instant playability."
14631,Street Rod,SR,1989,7.3,Racing / Driving,Managerial / business simulation,,"The year is 1963 and you're one of the hotshots aspiring to be king of the county. You're given a small sum of money to buy your first car. Tune it for maximum performance and off you go. In the diner where other hotshots are waiting to take your prized possession, you race for money and pink slips and if you win, you get to take home their cars! The game's interface is relatively easy and fun to use. You have your own garage as the interface itself. Options are in the form of the garage's elements such as the clock for the game's main menu and the newspaper as your source for buying cars and parts. Add to that a third person with an attitude that talks to you as you play. It's really a neat idea by which up to now, no other racing games have that style. You feel that you're living in a virtual world as opposed to just going from menu to menu. Another realistic part is the ability for you to sell your car and haggle."
14639,Ajax,"Arcade Archives: A-JAX, Arcade Archives: Typhoon, Typhoon",1987,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this arcade shoot'em up your mission is to infiltrate the alien fortress during eight levels, and to destroy the fortress and the alien. Sitting in Ajax H.Q., you must pilot the remote-controlled drone ship to do this. The drone represents jet fighter (behind view) and helicopter gunship (top-down view). It may be moved on the screen, fire air-to-air and air-to-ground guns and pow bomb. Limitless hordes of mechanoid invaders, whose sole intent is the total domination of the Earth, will try to stop you. Exit from each level is guarded by the powerful boss, who you should eliminate. There are two versions of the arcade version ( Typhoon in Europe and Ajax in Japan) which only differ in the order of the eight stages. The DOS and Sharp versions are based on Ajax while the Commodore 64, CPC (five levels) and ZX Spectrum (six levels) versions are based on Typhoon The PlayStation 4 version includes both arcade versions."
14642,adidas Power Soccer International '97,,1997,7.1,Sports,,,"This sequel to the early PlayStation bestseller adidas Power Soccer expands on the number of available leagues (from 3 to 5, with Spain and Italy adding to the English, French and German leagues) and a ""Top 20"" division with top European Clubs, as well as 56 national teams. The usual game modes and options in the genre make a presence here, being possible to play cups, tournaments or leagues. As with the previous game, the same fast-paced gameplay remains, while the regular mode isn't much different from the remaining sports game in the first years of the console, with the face buttons controlling the basic aspects of the game, such as passing, lobbing or kicking (or different kind of lunges on defence). However, the game gains a new dimension in the ""arcade mode"", where it's possible to bend the rules with infamous kicks to the head or unleash the trademark move of the series - the Predator Megakick, named after the then revolutionary boot models. However, doing those decrease the players' stamina meter, and after the bar is depleted, players not only no longer can make special moves, but also take longer to recover from a tackle, so longer games can be won (or lost) by the number of players that can't feel their legs no more."
14645,Intact,,1990,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Intact is a vertically scrolling shooter. The player uses a space ship to fly through four levels. Of course there is a lot of alien opposition to be blasted away with the built-in gun. Every time a full enemy formation is shot, the game rewards it with a credit symbol which needs to be picked up in time. From time to time the player visits a shopping passage in which extras can be purchased from those credits, e.g. a turbo boost, extra lives or weapon upgrades. Those upgrades to not vanish after losing a life. Using a smart bombs also cost credits but don't need to be purchased first. The plot centers around the need to defeat alien invaders."
14646,Alleykat,Demolition Mission: The Alleykat Space Racer,1986,7.3,Racing / Driving,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alleykat is a vertically-scrolling racer with elements of a shoot-em up game. The player, a speeder pilot, strives to become the Alleykat Champion by competing in eight space stadiums scattered around the galaxy. Different races like demolition derbies, time-trials, endurance epics and others feature all kinds of obstacles like rocks, pillars, bridges and hard walls, and several types of enemies race along. The game also features a cooperative two-player-mode."
14650,F29 Retaliator,F-29 Retaliator,1989,7.8,Simulation,,Contemporary,"F29 Retaliator is a combat flight simulator that puts players in the cockpit of two advanced aircraft: the experimental F-29 fighter and the then-cutting-edge F-22. The game emphasizes a balance between accessibility and realism (for its time), offering an experience that mixes authentic flight dynamics with streamlined controls suited to a wide audience. The setting covers a series of fictional conflicts across different regions, and players take on the role of a fighter pilot tasked with completing a wide range of combat missions. There are four campaigns of escalating difficulty: a training series set in Arizona and three war campaigns that take place across the Pacific, the Middle East, and Europe. Each campaign offers a variety of mission types, including traditional dogfights against enemy aircraft, precision air-to-ground strikes on strategic targets, and escort or defense assignments. Mission objectives range from straightforward engagements to more complex operations requiring careful navigation and tactical decision-making. Success relies on managing fuel and weapons loadouts, as well as mastering the unique capabilities of each aircraft. Distinctive features include fully polygonal 3D graphics, a dynamic cockpit interface with working instrumentation, and support for a wide arsenal of modern weaponry such as heat-seeking missiles, cluster bombs, and guided munitions. Players can choose between Arcade and Simulation styles of play, making the experience approachable for newcomers while still offering depth for veterans. In addition, missions can be flown individually for practice or as part of the larger structured campaigns."
14653,Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire,"Hero's Quest 2: Trial By Fire, QFG2",1990,7.4,"Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",Graphic adventure,"Fantasy, Middle East","Trial by Fire is the sequel to Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero It takes place in the town Shapeir and the desert surrounding it, in a Middle East-like environment. It seems that the powerful elemental spirits have been troubling the Shapeir folk recently. Something, or someone, is behind those troubles. It is the hero's task to find out what is going on, get acquainted with the many inhabitants of Shapeir, and prove once more that he is worthy of his heroic title. Like its predecessor, Trial by Fire is a hybrid game that incorporates elements from adventure and role-playing genres. It has a text-based interface, puzzles to solve, inventory items, characters to talk to, as well as pure RPG elements such as character growth system and battles. Player character can be either a fighter, a thief, or a wizard, and can also become a paladin during the course of the game if he follows a strict moral code. Real-time combat is presented on separate screens and offers more options than the previous title. There are several types of high, mid-level, and low attacks, as well as parrying and dodging. The hero raises his combat proficiency and other skills by fighting enemies, training, and performing various actions that influence the corresponding parameters."
14656,Grim Fandango,,1998,8.5,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Not much is known about the life of Manuel ""Manny"" Calavera. It is, however, known what happened to him after he died. The Land of the Dead is where all people are reincarnated after death, turning into skeletal figures. The Land of the Dead is also very similar to the world of the living: people work, have careers, fall in love, and can even die again, turning into flowers. And they all await their final destiny - a trip to the underworld. Depending on their deeds in life, they might get a good journey or be destined to walk there without any means. Manny works in a travel agency that takes care of such trips. But recently, something has been going wrong. Manny is unable to get good clients, and he suspects that there is a scheme to falsify the dossiers of dead people, offering the best trips to scoundrels for bribes. Manny's grand adventure begins as he steps into the world of corruption and intrigues. Grim Fandango is a puzzle-solving adventure game that describes several years of Manny Calavera's afterlife. Influenced by Mexican mythology, film noir and Art Deco, the game combines 3D characters with pre-rendered backgrounds. The traditional mouse interaction was abandoned in favor of keyboard control for movements and actions. Manny is navigated with arrow keys, and tilts his head whenever something attracts his interest; the object or character in question can then be examined or interacted with. As usually in LucasArts' adventure games, conversations offer plenty of different responses that can be chosen by the player. Despite the lack of the option to combine items with each other within the inventory, the game still contains many challenging puzzles that require manipulating inventory items and the environment."
14659,Madden NFL 97,,1996,7.9,Sports,,,"The Madden football series makes its debut on the 32-bit consoles with Madden NFL 97 Like the PC version the game moves into the world of polygonal 3D graphics, but has a unique set of modes, teams and options. The game includes the 30 teams of the 1996 NFL season, the 1996 All-Madden team plus 68 classic teams from NFL history. Playing modes include Exhibition, Season and Tournament. All scheduled games during a season can be either played or simulated. The tournament is for either 8 or 16 players in single elimination mode. The game also includes the 30 team's home stadiums plus one extra arena in Hawaii. Many features introduced in previous titles are reused here: variable weather (including night games), injuries and substitutions, ten different penalties (all adjustable), two skill levels, a bluffing mode for play calling, color commentary by John Madden, instant replays, and team roster editing with player creation (stats are set from a point pool), trading, releasing and signing of free agents. Player records and season progress can be saved to memory card/backup RAM. A new feature is the possibility to change which team is controlled at any time during a game. During a game, the stadiums are rendered in polygonal texture-mapped 3D, with only the players, referees and ball as bitmaps. The game allows to choose from eight different camera perspectives, including views from the end zones and sidelines, a diagonal view and a ""classic cam"" emulating the perspective of earlier titles in the series on Genesis and SNES."
14666,Rugrats in Paris: The Movie,"Les Razmoket à Paris: Le Film, Rugrats en Paris: La Película",2000,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Rugrats in Paris: The Movie is based on the 2000 Movie of the same name, which in turn is based on the Daytime Emmy-award winning animated television series. Unlike the PC and Game Boy Color spin-offs from the movie, the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation games are 3D platform games. Tommy Pickle's father has been sent to Europe for maintenance work at Euroreptarland. The Rugrats join him on his travel to Europe. There are 16 levels and hidden bonus level to play through. The game consists of various mini-games that have to be completed in order to earn enough tickets to beat the game. Most tickets, however, can just be collected by running around the park and picking them up. Tickets can be used to buy prizes. There are ten mini games including whack-a-ninja, bumper cars and mini-golf."
14668,After the War,,1989,6.5,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The year is 2019, Manhattan. After a nuclear war. Out of the ashes comes a hero, Jonathan Rogers, better known as ""Jungle Rogers"", the owner of the asphalt jungle. The only chance of survival is to reach the airdrop platform XV-238, located in the control base of the schizophrenic assassin professor McJerin, and to escape to outer colonies. There is no easy way to do this. The game is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up, with thugs coming at you constantly, and a few moves to use on them. You must cross the dangerous streets of Manhattan, which have become overrun by feral thieves. Later you await the guardians of the scientific complex of McJerin."
14669,G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero,G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero!,1985,7.2,Action,Shooter,,"G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a 2D action game with two different game types. In the first mode, you have to destroy enemy tanks, radar stations and Cobra HQ in a top-down view. There are different geographical locations like wood, desert and Arctic tundra. The available characters in this mode are Ace (jet fighter), Steeler (tank), Wild Bill (helicopter) and Clutch (Jeep). In the second mode, various Joe characters (""Joes"") face off against Cobra characters in one-on-one battles, using their unique weapons that all vary in weight and reloading speed. Battles can be fought against backdrops like city, Cobra HQ, Arctic tundra, desert, or the woods. The loser of each battle goes to prison and becomes unavailable for future battles. There are 12 available Joe characters in this mode: Duke, Scarlett, Recondo, Torpedo, Snake Eyes, Roadblock, Spirit, Zap, Gung-Ho, Snow Job, Blowtorch, and Stalker. On the Cobra side, the available characters to battle are Destro, Baroness, Zartan, Firefly, Cobra Commander, Storm Shadow, Major Bludd, and Scrap-Iron."
14671,Batman & Robin,,1998,6.3,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Batman & Robin is based on the movie of the same name. Take control of Batman, Robin or Batgirl as you try to save Gotham City from the evil Mr Freeze and Poison Ivy. The game features a mixture of action and driving around a full 3D Gotham City."
14674,Midtown Madness 2,,2000,7.7,Racing / Driving,,"Contemporary, Europe, North America","In Midtown Madness 2 players get to race a greater variety of vehicles than in the original Midtown Madness New vehicles include: a Mini, a Panoz roadster, a Ford pickup and a Greyhound bus. Gameplay is essentially the same, being arcade oriented with simplified handling and physics, and pure action modes. The roads, hazards and visual style of London and San Francisco are incorporated. A Crash Course Career mode allows players to take the role of a stunt actor or a taxi driver. The races are short and simple, but the player should expect tight turns and tighter time limits."
14675,SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative,"Global Defense, Mobile SDI, SDI: Now The Odds Are Even",1987,6.4,Action,Shooter,"Cold War, Sci-fi / futuristic","SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative is based around classic-style shoot 'em up action. It puts you in control of a satellite which must ensure that the wave of bombs aimed for the United States do not hit. Direction of motion and direction of fire are controlled independently - on the 16-bit versions you rotate the mouse left and right to direct the targeting, move it up and down to increase the range, and use the joystick to move the satellite and thus avoid any contact. Each level is split into defensive and offensive stages. On defensive levels you must stop each unit as it heads towards the earth, a lá Missile Command Offensive stages follow the old 'shoot it before it becomes a danger' philosophy, being free-flying shoot 'em up sections among a network of destructible (but worth saving) platforms."
14680,P.T.O.: Pacific Theater of Operations II,Teitoku no Ketsudan II,1993,7.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War II","PTO II is a KOEI game that depicts the conflict between the USA and Japan during World War II. The player takes control of the Navy forces of both nation, and tries to outsmart each other."
14684,The Civil War,Amerika 1861-1865,1995,6.2,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"The Civil War covers the American Civil War from the years 1861 to 1865. You can play as the North or South, and the object is to take over a certain amount of cities of the opposing side before the war ends. It features both strategic and tactical parts in a turn-based format. This game has about 45 difficulty levels (9 different ""strategy factors"" like supply, unit types, fatigue, etc. x 5 realism levels each). However, even with all 9 set to the highest difficulty, the game can be won in a few hours."
14686,Devil's Crown,,1985,6.2,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Legend has it that a group of sailors uncovered a buried treasure consisting of seven gems, and split it with the intention of running off, before being struck by a mysterious force which sinks the ship and kills them all. This leaves a wreck underwater, with 7 gems to retrieve, replace in a golden crown, and bring back to shore. Before each of the jewels can be revealed, you must find ways to convert various flashing objects into their real physical forms. After revealing the flashing gems you must do the same to those. The ship is made up of 40 screens, each with nasties to avoid, although a pistol comes in handy to shoot these down. You have limited oxygen, but there are vats of it on the ship, for some unclear reason."
14688,Codename: Eagle,,1999,6.0,Action,Shooter,"Alternate history, Europe","It is 1917 and the powerful Tsar of Russia has been assassinated. His son, Pietre, turns his nation into the ultimate war machine. With overwhelming speed, Russia's forces storm through her neighbors and stand poised to conquer the world. The remaining free nations of the world form an alliance aimed at stopping the new Russian superpower, with you as its best hope for success. Codename: Eagle is a plot-driven first-person shooter. You will be on a series of missions in an alternate history 1920's Russia, from stealing biplanes and shooting down chasers to fighting rabid wolves in the wilderness. There is multiplayer support with many servers, large levels to explore, and a variety of enemies to shoot."
14691,Soko-Ban,"Soko-Ban: A Strategy Maze Game, Sokoban",1984,7.9,Puzzle,,,"Soko-Ban is a classic puzzle game, the basis of numerous clones in the later years. It is set in a warehouse. On each level, the player must push crates (from square to square) to get them onto designated spots; once each crate is on a marked spot, the level is complete. Crates can only be pushed one at a time (so two crates next to each other cannot be pushed together), and cannot be pulled--so it's possible to get a crate stuck in a corner, where it cannot be retrieved! By the last levels, you must plan 40 steps in advance."
14693,Undercover Cops,,1992,7.7,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"2043. Dr. Clayborn and his army have gained control of New York and Commissioner Gordon made one last plea for help and called three of the finest city sweepers: Matt, an ex-professional football player; Rosa, a former female vigilante and Miss America pageant; and Zan, an ex-karate master and a retired philosophy teacher. They must fight every lackey and vanquish Dr. Clayborn in order to restore law and order to the city. Go through the game's five stages, defeating enemies along the way and destroying the end-of-level boss before proceeding to the next stage. Along the way, weapons such as fish, rocks, i-beams, cars, and more can be used."
14695,Ultrabots,Xenobots,1993,6.9,Simulation,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"An alien vessel had approached earth along an elliptical orbit, at first mistaken for a comet, and launched pods at the surface. These pods disembarked giant alien robots which then carved out a path of destruction, attacking cities and removing life. In desperation, the world unleashed it's nuclear arsenal to stop the robots, in the process adding to the devastation. The broken remains of humanity gathered the pieces of the destroyed robot invaders and learned enough of it's manufacturing and design to copy the designs and build their own. Manufacturing their own armies, they prepare to repel an anticipated invasion that will come with the alien vessel's second pass.... Ultrabots is a single player first person robot simulation game. The player sits in the cockpit of one of the robotic fighter and is able to attack with weapons specific to that model. The player can instantly switch his location between any robot currently in play via a strategy map. There are three different models of these robotic assault machines. The Humanoid model is the main fighting model and average speed, The Scorpion model is slow, has a powerful stinger tail weapon and can lay down or dismantle the power grid. The Scout model is the fastest type but has light weaponry. These robots only operate within a certain proximity of the ""power grid"" and function only on a limited amount of battery power when leaving it's proximity. The power grid can only be extended through use of the Scorpion robot which should be protected due to it's slow speed and vulnerability. Each damaged robot can be repaired at the player's base after a short delay. Success on each map comes when one side is able to reach the enemy's base and destroy it, halting any further production."
14697,Basketball Nightmare,,1989,6.3,"Action, Sports",,,"The captain of the home town basketball team is leading his team to win the All-American Championships. But then the captain had a strange dream, nightmare in fact, where he was playing basketball against all these strange creatures in exotic locations. Basketball Nightmare is a basketball game where the player plays basketball against strange humanoid creatures on the court where the creature lives. The player must play and defeat each creature before moving onto a new place with a new harder opponent. The player starts of playing against Wolfs in the Forest and then, upon defeating that opponent, moves on to play Frogs at the Pond, One Eyed Aliens at the Waterfall, Vampires in the Skeleton Cave, Geishas in the Bamboo Forest, before finally playing against Samurais at the Shrine. If the player loses a match then that match can be replayed until won. The player at the start of each match gets to pick how long the match duration is out of the options of 15, 30, or 45 minutes (not in real time) before being placed on the court. When on the court the player always plays towards the right of the court. First the player tries to get the ball from a throw by a well timed button press. When the player has the ball the player has the option to move, pass the ball, and jump. When jumping the player can shoot, with the accuracy of the shot depending on the timing, or just simply pass. When defending the player can cycle through the field or just simply run into the opponent to challenge for the ball. There are a few penalties that the player can get including but not limited to Travelling (not passing after jumping), Charging (Sometimes called when the player with the ball runs into an opponent), and Pushing (Sometimes called when the player without the ball runs into an opponent) with all the penalties resulting with the other team getting the ball on the side of the court. Also there are two more modes called CPU vs CPU, where the player can get the CPU to play itself and Versus Play to play against a friend. In both modes the player or players pick one of the 8 nations that are USA, CBA, CHN, JPN, URS, DDR, CAN, and FRN all with a character representing a player of that nation. All the rules are the same as single player mode."
14701,Ivanhoe,,1990,6.4,Action,,Fantasy,A scrolling beat 'em up along the lines of the Streets of Rage series. Our hero is armed with a sword. He must progress through lots of tough levels in order to save the princess. He has various ways of slashing at opponents with his sword. The game features large characters with animation indicating clumsy lumbering movement.
14710,Blood Bros.,,1990,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Western,"Blood Bros. is a wild west themed shooter, similar to Cabal Up to two players control either a cowboy or a native American, shooting their way through the fictional Dodge City. Enemies come in the form of cowboys and native Americans, either on foot or on horseback. Players can also destroy large parts of the background; barrels, glass bottles, stalagmites, bridges, tipi's and even entire buildings or mountains can be leveled. When the enemy gauge at the bottom of the screen is empty the level is completed and any remaining buildings will collapse by themselves. A chirpy and up-beat jingle is played and the players dance comically into the distance. The gameplay is broken up in 5 level with 4 screens each. At the end of each level players must fight an end boss. The end bosses in order are a steam locomotive, a blimp, phoenix birds, a giant snake and finally Big Bad John. Players have unlimited ammo but a limited amount of dynamite. Dynamite can be replenished by shooting incoming grenades, certain figures in the background or the tin can. Shooting the pink or black hog, which appear occasionally, reward players with a shotgun or machine gun for a temporary boost in fire power."
14716,David's Midnight Magic,Midnight Magic,1981,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Pinball",,"David's Midnight Magic is a simple pinball game designed for 1-4 players. The game was modeled on the popular Black Knight pinball table released by Williams Unlike Black Knight however, David's Midnight Magic contains a mixture of bright colors. Featuring dual flipper controls, upper and lower playing fields, tilt mechanism, multiple ball play, electromagnetic deflectors, and many special effects, the game represents the first generation of home computer pinball simulations available with relatively realistic pinball features."
14720,Plok,Plok!,1993,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"At one day, Plok awakes to find out that his flag has been stolen. He spots it on a neighboring island and travels there to get it back. However, as he returns to his home, he realizes that all flags on his island have been replaced with flea-flags. This is only the beginning of his problems though, and he has to face many more challenges before the end of the game. Plok has to jump and fight his way through numerous levels, trying to find the exit or fulfilling certain missions such as killing a set number of fleas. Plok can perform two different jumps, a normal jump and a higher spinning jump. He can attack his enemies by throwing his limbs at them. Collecting presents will temporarily equip him with different weapons, or transform him into all sorts of vehicles such as a helicopter or a U.F.O."
14722,Zamzara,"Bahnzy, Zamsara",1988,7.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Zamzara is a side-scrolling platform shooter in which the player controls an alien of the same name. The object of the game is to escape from a laboratory before a bomb explodes. You have little time to trek through the lab to finally get to your ship, which you need to leave the complex. Along the way you'll encounter a bunch of nasty aliens and monsters which you will need to kill with your large arsenal of weapons. You are armed with fire weapons such a laser gun and rocket launcher."
14729,MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries,"MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries (3Dfx Interactive Edition), MercNet",1996,8.0,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The stand-alone follow-up to Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries puts you in command of a small company of 'mechs whose only loyalty is to money. As there is a brutal war between 2 tribes underway, your goal is to cash in by doing tough jobs for both sides. Buy and equip your mechs, hire pilots, and fight in a wide array of campaigns against rebels, pirates, the Clans, and even other houses of the Inner Sphere. In the Merc mode you will have to keep an eye on stocks of salvageable material, and use this to designate which Mercs are built next, while Story Mode plays like a straight-ahead action game. Internet options include play with up to 15 others around the world."
14730,Flying Corps,,1997,7.5,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War I","Fly four different campaigns of World War I. The missions are very different and range from patrol flights to fast attacks. You'll meet planes like Sopwith Camel, Nieuport Scout, SPAD S.XIII, Albatros D.III or Fokker Dr.I Triplane, to mention a few. The game is for both beginners and experts as you can individually change the realism model."
14731,Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Interactive Movie,,1990,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Fighting, Puzzle elements",,"This is a mixture of action and adventure in a game based off of Clive Barker's movie ""Nightbreed"" (which is based on Barker's novella Cabal). You play Aaron Boone, the main character from both the book and the movie. Boone is attempting to get to a planet of bliss called Midian. His attempts at gaining acceptance go wrong when he is bitten by a cannibal, and the Police of Earth find Midian and set out to destroy it. Boone must stop them. The game has several different sequences, most arcade-based, trying to bring sequences from the movie to life on the computer screen. There are eight action types from driving to Midian, running from Peloquin the cannibal, or fighting 'The Mask', a serial killer whom Boone is mistaken for."
14732,The Depths of Doom Trilogy,,1997,7.4,Compilation,,,The Depths of Doom Trilogy is an official compilation containing:
14737,Test Drive: Off-Road,Gekitotsu! Yonku Battle,1997,6.6,Racing / Driving,,,"The Test Drive series of racing games traditionally involve driving cars on tarmac. However, a sub-series of games involving hazardous racing on less prepared surfaces was commenced with this title. Choose from one of four monster trucks (Hummer, Land Rover Defender 90, Jeep Wrangler, and Chevrolet K-1500 Z71), each of which has its own handling as well as realistic damage modeling. Take them through 12 tracks incorporating sand, snow and dirt. In the single-player mode your task is to progress through increasing challenging leagues. An assortment of camera angles are supplied to play from. 3 exclusive remixes of Industrial band Gravity Kills make up the soundtrack. Up to four drivers can race against each other."
14738,Prince of Persia,"Jordan Mechner's Prince of Persia, Pers Prensi, Prince de Perse, Prince of Persia Retro",1989,8.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Middle East,"While the Sultan of Persia is fighting a war in a foreign country, his Grand Vizier Jaffar orchestrates a coup d'état. His way to the throne lies through the Sultan's lovely daughter. Jaffar kidnaps her and threatens to kill her if she refuses to marry him. Meanwhile, the man the Princess loves is thrown into the dungeon. He has only one hour to escape from his prison, defeat the guards on his way, and stop Jaffar before the terrible marriage takes place. Prince of Persia is a 2D platformer that is commonly regarded as a progenitor of the cinematic platformer genre. Rather than following the more common jump-and-run mechanics, it focuses on careful advancement through fairly complex levels, emphasizing the protagonist's vulnerability and survival aspect. Rotoscoping technique is used to give more realism to the animation of the characters' movements. The protagonist must avoid deadly traps, solve some simple jumping and environmental puzzles (such as stepping on pressure plates to raise portcullis), and engage in sword fights with the guards. The player character has an infinite amount of lives, but has to restart at the beginning of a level each time he dies, and must complete the game within an hour. The hero starts with three units of health, which can be replenished with small health potions or permanently increased with large jars. The Game Boy Color and SNES versions of the game feature additional levels and new enemies. The Genesis version has a new intro, an altered set of graphics and four new levels."
14739,Spirou,"Piko, Robbedoes, Splint, Sprint",1995,7.3,Action,Platform,,"Spirou is a platform side-scroller based on popular Franco-Belgian comic strip Spirou et Fantasio The story begins in New York where famous inventor Count of Champignac is about to present his latest inventions. Journalists Spirou and Fantasio, the Count’s most faithful friends are also there. Suddenly an evil robot woman Cyanida (originally called Cyanure), known to be obsessed with plans to enslave humanity, appears and abducts the scientist! There’s no time to lose, so Spirou and his pet squirrel Spip rush to the rescue, while Fantasio stays back to dig for more information. The player controls Spirou. He is able to jump, duck, climb ladders and cliffs and run fast if the player holds down the action button. In the fourth level Spirou gets a gun to stand a chance against the increasing numbers of Cyanida’s minions. Spirou’s quest will see him travel through city streets and rooftops, a toy store, subway, Palombian swamp and jungle and other locations in over 12 levels. The player only gets 3 lives and no continues to beat the game. A single password is granted after beating the first half of the game."
14743,Deus Ex Machina,,1984,6.6,Simulation,,,"Deus Ex Machina is an unusual and experimental game by Mel Croucher In 1987 all UK records of the Department of Health and Social Security, Police and State Security are then coordinated in a central data bank. The year after, passport, censorship operations and communications were integrated. By 1994, the computer controlled all defense and internal security. Tuesday evening, the machine rebelled .. Players take control and follow the life of a ""defect"", in the shape of a human body, that has formed inside the machine. It is taken through all stages of life, from cells to senility, with many quotes from and references to William Shakespeare's The Seven Ages of Man from the play As You Like It (""All the Screen's stage and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one person in their time plays many parts, their Acts being Seven Ages""). The game is advertised as audio-visual entertainment. It contains no sound, but there is a cassette tape that needs to be played along with the game. Both sides contain 23 minutes of sound, forming 46 minutes which is also the length of the game as it is meant to be played in a single sitting. The tape's soundtrack contains singing, musical compositions, and speeches by a number of famous voice actors. They vaguely clarify the different stages of the game and often tease the player based on what is happening. The full transcript of the speech is also included in the manual. The player has to guide the defect through the different stages of life, constantly followed by the defect police. The game cannot be lost, but based on a number of actions a percentage shown all the time will vary. The player's controls consists of four directions, and the combination can form diagonal movement. The effect of the controls is different for every screen. Deus Ex Machina is based on a number of vignettes with limited gameplay. There are no win conditions for any part and controls do not appear to affect the game's progress. Screens have the player move a green dot between strings of DNA, ward off the defect police examining the body, jump over words such as ""LIES"" or ""WAR"" - where the relevance and atmosphere is generally provided through the background soundtrack. The game can be played without sound, but it does not make any sense that way. There are in-game instructions to synchronize and turn the tape."
14748,Ten Little Indians,,1983,7.4,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Number 10 in the Mysterious Adventures series of interactive fiction is inspired by the Agatha Christie book "" And Then There were None "". The player's aim is to find the gold statue, formed by Major Johnstone-Smythe from most of his assets shortly before his death. The Major also made 10 worthless copies in various colours, and hid them in and around his mansion. Only the 10 'little indian' figurines, assembled together, would reveal the location of the final golden one. These figurines are hidden behind and under ordinary household objects, and in various hiding places. The game begins in a train carriage and the player's first task is to prevent the train from crashing, which must be achieved in a limited number of moves. Once this has been achieved the train arrives at Lower Massington station and the player must then find their way to the Major's mansion in Upper Massington. Around this time, Scott Adams ' game engine was redone to allow complete sentences instead of the more primitive 2-word input that had been used previously. Brian Howarth gained the chance to use this in the Mysterious Adventures games, although early versions of the game may have still used the cruder parser."
14750,Leavin' Teramis,,1990,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Leavin' Teramis the titular space ship gets conquered by aliens. The whole crew has managed to flee - except Nigel MacGibbons who slept through the evacuation due to his nightly drinking activities. Now he needs to reach the last escape pod by finding his way through ten levels, all with a big boss at the end. From an overhead perspective, the player controls MacGibbons through the corridors and rooms of the ship, scrolling in multiple directions. Despite controlling a human instead of a ship, the game is a straight shooter: using a gun to kill everything that moves while dodging enemy attacks and bullets. Getting hit reduces the energy bar and when it reaches zero, a life is lost. Special symbols give advantages when picked up, like extra time on the time limit, extra lives or weapon upgrades."
14754,Plane Crazy,"Plane Crazy (Championship Edition), Plane Crazy 2",1998,7.2,Racing / Driving,,,"If cars can be used for racing, why not airplanes? Plane Crazy puts this theory to the test, as eight brave pilots (Nemesis, Big Red, Tsunami, Bustin' Bear, Slippy, Swifty, Duke, and Chub) take to the skies. Players choose one of three planes (with different handling characteristics), which can be upgraded (and downgraded) during the race by collecting tokens. There are 9 distinct courses: Each course has its own hazards such as skyscrapers, waterfalls and trees. There are also shortcuts to be found. Three types of races are included: The game can be played against other players via LAN or over HEAT.NET."
14756,Alive ....Behind the Moon....,Moon 2037,1996,4.4,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alive ...Behind the Moon.... is an enhanced remake of the 1991 game Alive originally developed by Lankhor for the Amstrad CPC. On the moon's side which is turned away from earth a unknown cosmic element causes atmospheric changes. So James Butterfield, a dishonorable dismissed astronaut, flies with his friend Sven to the moon to check the situation and get a reward of one million dollars. Of course the space ship crashes. So the first task is to find medicine for the injured Sven. When that is taken care of James explores the moon and meets many foreign peoples like the Gouaks, Wounks or Amazons. The user interface consists of many windows. The main window is in the upper right were a picture of the current view or conversational partner is shown. There the player can click on items to collect them or use items from the inventory to solve puzzles. Some items are showed in a close up view in a windows left to the main window when clicked on. There it can be manipulated further. Above this window is a mini map. Under the main window is a panel were the main actions can be chosen, e.g. looking, speaking or fighting. Left and right of this panel are the inventory screens were objects can be used and combined with each other. Finally on the far left are bars were the current stats of health, fatigue, durst and hunger are shown. These have to be hold on a reasonable height by eating, sleeping and so on When speaking with someone the interfaces changes to another screen where left of the main windows the possible answers can be chosen. Under the main window the statements of the other person are displayed. Death waits behind every corner, a step in the wrong direction, a false answer or a lost fight lead to a individual game over screen."
14759,Mad Mix 2: En el castillo de los fantasmas,,1990,6.4,Action,Arcade,,"Peace had arrived finally at ""Cocovillage"" thanks to the good work made by Mad Mix, who had become the worthy successor of his grandfather. But the nightmare had still not finished, because a few miles away, in the town of his cousin Ope, ""Cococastle"" (a place crowned by a phantasmagoric Castle), a strange phenomena was happening. All the indications are that a ""coco"", survivor of ""Cocovillage"", had converted the Castle into his dwelling, establishing in addition a maleficent alliance with the sinister inhabitants from that place. The terror had seized the inhabitants of ""Cococastle"", and only Mad can give back the tranquillity to the pacific inhabitants of this village. The game consists in eating all the ""coconuts"" (small ball species that are dispersed through all the Castle) which appear at every moment. Once you have finished with all the coconuts of the level you will pass to the following stay of the Castle of the Ghosts, this is the mechanic until you have been able to explore all its corners. However, you shouldn't care only in eating all the ""coconuts"", but in addition you will have to be very kind trying to not collide with any of the inhabitants of the terrific Castle, as well as to avoid the different traps (or using them in your own benefit) while taking helpful - some with really curious effects - objects."
14781,Flimbo's Quest,,1990,7.5,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Rescuing girlfriends is a pretty common challenge in older computer games - why can't any of these ladies look after themselves? On this occasion Pearly has been kidnapped by Fransz Dandruff, so better make sure he's hair today, gone tomorrow. The gameplay is platform based, although the player may move down platforms as well as up to the next one. There are lots of baddies (drawn in a cutesy style) who need shooting and offer rewards. The seven levels are fairly short and linear."
14782,Renegade: Battle for Jacob's Star,"Renegade: A Batalha pela Estrela de Jacob, Renegade: Kampf um Jacobs Stern, Renegade: The Battle for Jacob's Star",1995,6.8,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,Command a squadron of rebel pilots to outfly and outsmart the Terran Overlord Government invasion force.
14785,King's Quest: Collection Series,,1997,6.9,Compilation,,,"This box contains the first seven installments of King's Quest adventure series and a sneak preview of King's Quest: Mask of Eternity In addition to that, the collection features three more games:"
14790,Tetris,,1991,6.7,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"Tetris for the CD-i is a conversion of the classic puzzle game. Geometric shapes fall from the top of a playfield to rest on the bottom; fit the pieces together, and the line they form disappears. If the pieces don't form lines and eventually stack up to the top of the playfield, the game is over. Difficulty increases by dropping the pieces faster and faster over time. This CD-i version of the game features slightly different graphics, video nature scenes at the background while you play and a relaxing soundtrack by Jim Andron The game play stays exactly identical to the classic."
14794,The Planets,,1986,7.8,"Action, Simulation",Puzzle elements,"Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic",The Planets is an exploration-based sci-fi game combining the genres of simulation and puzzle-solving. It's made up of two separate parts which complement each other during gameplay. The first is the main game and takes place aboard a mother ship which can travel between the planets of the Solar System; monitoring the flight of a surface spaceship on a planet's atmosphere; and commanding an exploring robot on some locations of a planet where a puzzle has to be deciphered. The second is a puzzle-solving game with different levels of difficulty.
14796,Software Star,,1985,5.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"An unusual simulation by the maker of Football Manager ; here you manage a computer games company. Your task is -- besides making £10,000 profit -- to become a ""Software Star"" for ten successive months. Each game you produce has its own quality, depending on the amount of development. You can decide about the employing and firing of staff and managing their productivity. The game is sold in four regions, for which you can set different weights for advertising. For public relations, you can choose Honesty or Hype. The program takes seasonal factors into account -- for example, you'll always sell less in summer. At the end of each month, you can review a monthly statement to check your progress. After each year, the board of directors will check your progress -- if you did badly, you may be fired. The game has seven difficulty levels and offers the possibility to save the game."
14798,Medal of Honor,Medal Za Otvagu,1999,8.0,Action,Shooter,"Europe, Historical events, World War II","Medal of Honor is the first in the long-running series of World War II shooters, originally created by Steven Spielberg The play assumes the role of Lt. Patterson who has to complete different tasks in the OSS. The missions vary from securing a small French village from any Nazi forces, to taking out a Heavy armored German rail gun. The player has access to a wide selection of antique weapons such as P38 pistols, M1 Garand carabines, MP40's and more. The goals also include undercover missions. Split-screen multiplayer is supported for two players."
14808,Blast Chamber,"Blast Chamber: The 3-D Rotatable Deathmatch, Kyuu Bakukku",1996,7.0,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A quite weird puzzle/actiongame in 3d, where you are a little guy in a chamber which is rotatable by pushing around the corners. Objects will fall down then and some other parts of the level get accesible. The game also supports a 2 player competitive mode, where you have to pick up objects and put them in another one's crystal. Try to avoid the other to get to his crystal by moving around the chamber."
14809,Empire,,1983,7.3,Strategy / tactics,,,Empire is a strategy game inspired by the board game Risk where you must compete against the computer for world domination with nine skill levels. You are first presented with a map of the world with various white squares as well as some yellow neutral squares and you and the computer take it in turns to choose a white square as your territory. Once you have both chosen your territories you can then allocate an extra 26 armies with up to nine added to a territory. You and the computer now take it in turns to attack either the other players army or a neutral territory by selecting the territory they want to attack. Once the result is known and who ever wins the battle can then decide how many armies to place in the new territory. The game progresses until one player has captured all territories.
14819,Spec Ops II: Green Berets,"Spec Ops II: Omega Squad, Spec Ops II: U.S. Army Green Berets",1999,5.8,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,,"The sequel to Spec Ops: Rangers Lead the Way puts you in the role of a US Army Green Berets. Spec Ops 2 offers you 5 campaigns (Antarctica, Korea, Pakistan, Thailand, Germany) with a total of 26 missions which you can complete in any order you choose. The main task is to control your team through these levels and to reach the mission's goal. The 19 weapons available and various explosives will help you to succeed. The game also supports LAN and Internet multiplay for up to 16 players. Note, that there are no AI squadmates in the Dreamcast version."
14829,Beyond Atlantis,"Atlantida 2, Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis, Atlantis II, Atlantis II: Beyond Atlantis, Atlantis II: Legenden fortsätter..., Beyond Atlantis: Your Journey Awaits...",1999,6.9,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this adventure game, take Ten, the Bearer of Light, through his journey to Shambhala to confront the Bearer of Dark so that balance can be returned to the Universe. To find Shambhala, he must gather the pieces that make up the ""road to Shambhala"" from different locations and time periods - China, Ireland and the Yucatan. You begin aboard a ship in the mountains of Tibet, which acts as a home base. As the pieces are found and put in place, Ten is mystically transported to exotic locations and will become different characters. Each ""chapter"" can be played in any order since each is self-contained with its own puzzles, objects and people. The game features a ""point and click"" interface, full 3D panning, puzzles of varied difficulty, conversations with other characters, and a fully-orchestrated musical score."
14833,Phaser Patrol,,1982,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Phaser Patrol you are the pilot of an interstellar spaceship on a mission to defend the Human Federation from the deadly Dracon armada. Gameplay is similar to Star Raiders You begin with a view of the sector map and need to warp to a sector where the Dracon are located. Once you've reached your destination, the game switches to a first-person point of view where you need to destroy all enemy fighters located in the sector. Once the sector is cleared, you can return to the sector map and warp to a new location. The mission is successful when all sectors containing enemy fighters have been cleared. Your ship has a limited amount of energy; energy is depleted by warping to new sectors, or by taking damage from enemy fighters. If your energy runs out the game is over, however you can recharge your ship by visiting one of the friendly starbases that are located throughout the galaxy (visiting a starbase will also repair any equipment that has been damaged, such as the photon torpedoes or sector scanner). The game is timed, and the faster you can complete your mission the better your ranking at the end will be!"
14834,Mille Miglia,,2000,6.1,Racing / Driving,,,"A racing game set in the golden era of BMWs and Mercedes, Alfa Romeos and Bugattis, Enzo Ferrari and Sterling Moss, but with all the 3D rendering effects you would expect from a standard Playstation racer. Putting you in the seat of some of the most well-known racing cars of the time, Mille Miglia lets you try out well well-honed Playstation 'driving' skills on some new, but old, tracks. Letting you take part in full championship mode, the game sets you about some idyllic countryside scenery in the hopes of obtaining that elusive victory."
14835,Hired Guns,,1993,7.7,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2712, and four mercenaries have been sent to the planet Graveyard on a hostage rescue mission. Upon arriving, however, they discover that the call for help was just an excuse to lure them into proving grounds, where they will have to fight genetically engineered creatures. Hired Guns is an action RPG using square-based movements, à la Dungeon Master in which up to four players can take part and set in a futuristic setting. The screen is split into 4 parts (or 3 in case 3 players play together), each one representing the viewpoint of the characters, these being selected from a team of 12 available mercenaries. If one player plays alone, he will control all 4 characters, using the mouse to navigate between each character viewpoints. A follow mode is available to avoid tedious numerous amounts of clicking when moving several characters. If two players play together, then each player will use a mouse to control two characters. In three or four-player mode, players can freely choose to control their characters via either a joystick/joypad or some of the predefined keyboard layouts or a mouse. When 4 people play together, the screen will display 4 viewpoints, like in 1 and 2-player modes. In 3-player mode, the top of the screen displays two viewpoints for player 1 and 2, but the lower part of the screen displays a single viewpoint, centered, for player 3. Three game modes are available. The Training mode features 5 simple maps on which the player(s) can learn how to move, use inventory items etc... The Full Campaign mode takes the player(s) to the far reaches of the Luyten planetary system, on the planet Graveyard. Battling through more than 20 theaters of engagement, your team of mercenaries test their limits of military prowess in order to wipe out all threats on the planet surface. To this end, they have to make their way through the different missions and gather 4 fusion power core rings, before entering the final mission in the Spaceport. Finally, in Short Action game mode, the player(s) can choose between 17 maps. On those maps, the player(s) will have to fight some enemies to reach the exit within a specified time limit. Additionally, when more than one player takes part in the mission, players will compete with each other since only the first to reach the exit will win."
14837,Slicks 'n' Slide,,1993,7.4,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",,Slicks 'n' Slide is an overhead racing game where you try to drive your vehicle as fast as possible in available tracks. You can also use weapons to slow down your opponents. The idea of the game can look simple but Slicks 'n' Slide has very detailed options giving you the opportunity to change it in your own style.
14856,Prodigy,The Prodigy,1986,6.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The tyrannical Wardlock has created two humanoids within his mechanical world, for his own amusement. Solo the Synthelman must lead Nejo the baby out of this nightmare and to safety. There are four worlds to get through, Ice Zone, VegieZone, Tech Zone and Fire Zone. These are linked via teleports and all full of nasties to fend off and protect Nejo from. The Ice Zone contains oxygen bubbles which must be popped to keep you breathing well. Nejo needs feeding and taking to the showers regularly. The game is viewed isometrically and smoothly scrolls, unlike other isometric games of the day."
14864,Fly! 2K,,2000,6.7,Simulation,,,"Fly! 2K is an updated ""special enhanced"" version of Fly! a civilian flight sim similar to Microsoft Flight Simulator Flight Unlimited and Sierra's ProPilot series. Five different flyable aircraft are available, with five detailed metropolitan areas simulated. Fly cross country with 300000 simulated NAVAIDS, full featured flight planner, and absolutely authentic weather with volumetric clouds. Practice Instrument Flying with Cessna IFR panel."
14867,Arnie Savage: Combat Commando,Arnie 2,1993,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Arnie 2 is an isometric action game. Although it's obvious to which Hollywood actor the game's name alludes, Arnie 2 is not a licensed title and not based on any movie. It is the sequel to the Amiga / C64 platform game Arnie (1992). Unlike the previous title it has been developed in-house by Zeppelin Fast reflexes and a lust for violence are required for success here. Your average muscleman shoots and bombs his way through four enemy-infested territories: Shut down a chemical plant by blowing up enough pipeline valves. Clear an airfield from enemy soldiers, tanks and helicopters. Climb from battleship to battleship in a hostile harbor. And finally, rescue as many prisoners as possible from a jungle POW camp. Naturally, the levels are crawling with enemies: from simple infantry armed with rifles, mortars or rocket launchers to MG teams, missile batteries and tanks. Most of the opponents are stationary and stolidly fire in a single direction; however, foxholes spew out cannon-fodder at a constant rate. To destroy such nests or efficiently dispatch groups of soldiers, Arnie has a (limited) supply of grenades. Some deceased foes drop more powerful weapons as well as invaluable first aid kits and extra lives."
14878,Cyberia 2: Resurrection,,1995,6.7,Action,Rail shooter,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"The original Cyberia was a rail shooter that combined puzzle-solving with Star Wars: Rebel Assault -style action sequences. The sequel is essentially the same, except the 3D rendered graphics have been improved, and the quantity of in-game movies has been increased. Cyberia 2 takes off where the original ends. After destroying FWA leader Devlin and his orbital headquarters, Zak and the Cyberia weapon crash land back to Earth, where they are picked up by an FWA team led by the maniacal Dr. Corbin. Corbin sticks Zak in cryo-storage and uses the remains of the Cyberia weapon to create a doomsday virus known as nano-toxin. His FWA employers want the nano-toxin to put down a growing rebel movement, but Corbin (who's got something of a messiah-complex) intends to use it to kill millions and ""reshape the world as we know it"". Three years later Zak is thawed out by a renegade FWA Major, and together the two of them have to find Corbin and stop his sinister plan."
14891,Phantasy Star II,"Phantasy Star 2, Phantasy Star II Classic, Phantasy Star II: Kaerazaru Toki no Owari ni",1989,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Sci-fi / futuristic,"A millennium has passed since Alis defeated the ultimate evil in the first Phantasy Star The planet Motavia of the Algol solar system is no longer the antlion-plagued desert: humans have constructed a sentient computer called ""Mother Brain"", which could regulate the climate of the planet, turning it into a thriving utopia. One night, a young Motavian government agent named Rolf awakens in his bed after having a nightmare. He sees a young girl fighting a demon, but he is unable to help her. Shortly afterwards, he learns that dangerous bio-monsters have broken free from the laboratories, and is sent there to retrieve a recorder that might contain valuable information about the terrible incident... Like its predecessor, the game is a party-based Japanese RPG with randomly appearing enemies and turn-based combat. Eight characters can join the quest and can be swapped at will to participate in a combat party of four. Characters can equip a wide variety of weapons, including firearms; dual wielding is also possible. Various techniques which require ""TP"" (technique points, equivalent to magic points in comparable games) are learned by different characters at specific levels. Unlike the first game, Phantasy Star II utilizes the same top-down view for both navigation and dungeon exploration; the now-2D dungeons are notable for their complexity."
14894,Deadlock II: Shrine Wars,Deadlock II: Krieg der Altäre,1998,6.5,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A sequel to the game Deadlock This game features campaign play for each of the seven races in the game. Game is played in a turn-based set-up with financial, diplomatic, and military aspects that must be watched."
14895,China Warrior,The Kung Fu,1987,4.9,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"China Warrior is a game in the spirit of Kung-Fu Master The story is of a Kung-Fu warrior named Wang who sets out to destroy the Dark Emperor and liberate China. The gameplay is a side-scroller and the goal of the game is to make it to the end of the stage and battle its boss, bashing bad guys along the way. There are only three types of attack; punch, kick and jump-kick and there are four stages in all."
14900,Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun,"C&C 2, C&C:TS, Command & Conquer 2: Tiberian Sun, Command & Conquer: Soleil de Tiberium, Command & Conquer: Teil 3 - Operation: Tiberian Sun",1999,7.6,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Europe, Middle East, North America, Sci-fi / futuristic","Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun is a real-time strategy game and the direct sequel to the original Command & Conquer set in the year 2030. The Earth is now heavily contaminated with the alien crystalline substance known as Tiberium and is becoming less habitable with time, while new life forms have formed in areas of serious contamination. While the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) still has a technologically advanced arsenal, it is also tasked with Tiberium research and abatement. The Brotherhood of Nod suddenly re-emerges from hiding, and its leader Kane, believed to have been dead since the assault on Sarajevo in the First Tiberium War, unveils himself to General Solomon on GDI's orbital station Philadelphia As Nod's sneak attacks start scourging the world like decades prior, GDI prepares for self-defense. Meanwhile, survivors of Tiberium mutation who call themselves The Forgotten live separated from society, but are about to become relevant for both GDI and Nod efforts. Tiberian Sun debuted an isometric engine which combines the use of 2D sprites with 3D voxels (short for volume elements). There are even larger differences between the two playable sides in terms of gameplay styles and visual design - GDI prefers brute force while Nod specializes in hit-and-run tactics and the element of surprise. Some of the technologically advanced units include hovercrafts, subterranean flame tanks (aptly named ""Devil's Tongues""), mechanized walkers, etc. Each side now also has multiple support powers at their disposal, and some of the special technologies have direct counters - stealth units can be discovered by mobile sensor arrays, while subterranean units can be directed further from sensitive areas with concrete pavement. The campaigns, similar to those in preceding titles, have side missions which can aid in resolving main missions (e.g. destroying a nearby outpost will reduce the size of the enemy army in the main mission)."
14916,Space Ace II: Borf's Revenge,,1991,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Quick Time Events (QTEs)",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Another Laserdisc conversion of one of Don Bluth’s cartoons: Space Ace II: Borf’s Revenge continues the saga of young cadet Dexter, who tries to free his love Kimberly from the clutches of the evil nemesis Borf. In critical situations, the meek Dexter can transform into his mighty alter ego Space Ace. Thus empowered, he has to defeat Borf’s minions. Space Ace II is a essentially a cartoon strip in which our hero will encounter numerous hazards. You have to avoid traps and enemies by pressing the right key at the right time: cursor keys for movements, Insert key to shoot. You never control Dexter directly, you just choose an appropriate direction. Each of the 27 seconds-long scenes requires one to three keystrokes. If your decision is wrong, the cartoon will end with a death animation, and Dexter will lose one of his three lives. So you’re basically trying to keep the strip running. Timing is crucial; you will need to press keys in the exact second. Luckily, you’re allowed to save your progress at four fixed points. Space Ace II is ported to the PC from the original arcade Laserdisc version. The result is a cut version due to space restraints. Although Space Ace II comes on 12(!) low density 5 1/4"" discs, most scenes are shortened noticeably."
14924,Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday,,1990,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Buck Rogers had once fought in the cold war, a pilot sent into outer space to destroy a Russian weapons platform. He was successful, but his success destroyed the planet, as nuclear war was launched, and you went into a centuries long cryogenic sleep, abandoned by the people who could not retrieve you. In the centuries that he slept, Earth colonized the solar system. There are large groups of people on Mars, Venus and Saturn. The colonies once existed to bring resources back to an Earth that had problems sustaining itself. But the intervening centuries brought a power shift. Now Earth is at the Mercy of the interstellar alliance RAM—formerly the Russian-American Mercantile, but now the superpower, based on asteroids surrounding the planet Mercury. Mercury exploits the Earth for resources, at the expense of Earth's population. Earth has fallen into barbarism, except for one small light—the New Earth Organization (NEO). These ""rebels"" consider themselves freedom fighters, and they are fighting for Earth's freedom from the interstellar powers. Awakened from centuries long sleep in the 25th Century, Buck Rogers becomes an ancient military hero and symbol of earlier times. As he is brought up to date, he decides to join the the NEO, to fight for his home planet. Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday is a role-playing game similar in gameplay, interface, and visual styles to the Dungeons & Dragons games by SSI, despite the completely different setting and sci-fi scenario. The player's first task is to create a party of six characters from a choice of five classes (Rocketjock, Warrior, Medic, Rogue, and Engineer) and six races (Human, Desert Runner, Tinker, Venusian, Martian, and Mercurian). Then, these six new NEO recruits are trained, and are thrust into the battle for Earth. There are several navigation modes in the game. The player can navigate the space ship on a top-down map of the Solar System, choosing planets to land on. Hostile ships may attack the player-controlled ship in this mode. Landing on a planet usually positions the heroes on a local overworld map. Finally, navigation in individual locations (towns and hostile areas) is done in first-person perspective, with pseudo-3D environments. Combat is turn-based and is viewed from an isometric perspective; characters are represented as icons and can be freely moved on the battle field."
14929,Total Mayhem,Total Mania,1996,6.2,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,Isometric action shooter. Control cyborgs in various missions to shoot and recover items.
14934,Swords & Serpents,,1983,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Swords & Serpents is a one or two player Dungeons & Dragons -style dungeon crawl. In a one-player game, the player controls the Warrior Prince on his quest to collect treasures, learn the secrets of the Fortress of the Sinister Serpent, and locate the Serpent's lair. In a two-player game, the right player controls the Warrior Prince, while the left player controls Nilrem the Wizard. As players explore the labyrinthine fortress they can collect treasures, magic scrolls, and healing items while battling Phantom Knights and Red Sorcerers. But they must be careful—if their adversaries catch them, they can lose half a life, and may need to be ""reincarnated."" Each player has only 9 Reincarnations, and when those are gone, the game is over."
14935,automobili Lamborghini,Super Speed Race 64,1997,7.0,Racing / Driving,,,"One of the earlier racing games for the Nintendo 64 developed by Titus 8 cars are included in this game were the Lamborghini Diablo, Porsche 959, Ferrari F50 and some hidden ones. The courses are detailed including special effects like lens flares. Races take you through six circuits in exotic areas around the world. There are 4 modes in Single Player including Arcade Mode, Championship Mode, Single Race and Time Trials. The game also includes 4 player support."
14937,King's Quest: Mask of Eternity,"King's Quest 8, King's Quest 8: Mascara de Eternidad, King's Quest 8: Maske der Ewigkeit, King's Quest Masque d'Éternité, King's Quest: La Maschera dell'Eternità, King's Quest: Máscara da Eternidade",1998,7.2,"Action, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The Realm of Sun is a magical world situated above the Kingdom of Daventry. Powerful beings known as Archons dwell there, guarding the Mask of Eternity, which preserves balance in the world. But on an ominous day, Lucreto, the leader of the Archons, turns evil and shatters the Mask into pieces. One of such pieces falls down, right under the feet of a simple peasant and fighter named Connor. As he picks up the fragment, he finds out that all the inhabitants of the land have been turned into stone. He must now search for the other pieces of the Mask, repair it, and face Lucreto in the Realm of Sun. King's Quest: Mask of Eternity is the eighth installment in the King's Quest series, and the first one done completely in 3D. Gameplay-wise, it differs from its predecessors by introducing considerable action and role-playing elements. It doesn't entirely depart from its adventure roots, however, featuring commands for looking, talking to people, picking up objects, and using them to solve inventory-based puzzles. Connor may encounter hostile creatures and can fight them using his melee weapons or bow. Some portions of the game also include environmental hazards the protagonist has to avoid, or jumping puzzles reminiscent of platform games. RPG elements are present in character development: Connor gains experience points from vanquishing enemies and completing tasks, and eventually levels up, increasing his hit points and combat parameters. Weapons and armor can be found or bought for money obtained from defeated foes."
14939,Homeworld,,1999,8.4,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"A discovery is about to turn the culture of Kharak upside down. The people, Kushan, are not native to Kharak at all. The discovery of the Guidestone is the ultimate proof that Kushan had came from another solar system, far away. And it's time to go home. The Mothership project united the world. Part base, part construction yard, the Mothership is capable of everything, as you never know what you will find in the void... Homeworld is a 3D strategy game where you control a mothership and a fleet as you harvest resources, conduct research, and build up your fleet that can vary from small, fast, and nimble scouts to lumbering heavy cruisers. Move your camera in full 3D (up/down/around) and issue full 3D movement orders. Specify 3D formations for your ships, employ cloaked vessels to ambush enemy or employ salvage vessels to capture enemy ships, or defend against them with prox sensors and mines. There is a 17-mission single player campaign, or you can play online in true internet multi-player."
14942,The Castle,The Castle and Princess.,1985,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"In the puzzle and platform game The Castle the player controls a prince that has to save the princess. To find his princess he must explore the castle, which has a hundred different rooms. Each room is a puzzle on its own as the prince must avoid enemy knights, fat Tiroler men, hazardous objects and has to use objects to get to the next door. In each room the prince has to collect keys and items, such as rings, gold bars and bottles. The bottles will give the prince an additional life. The keys may have different colors and only opens doors with the corresponding key color."
14943,Der Schatz im Silbersee,,1993,6.5,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Western,"Der Schatz im Silbersee is a graphic adventure game with an icon-based point-and-click interface. Based on the novel Der Schatz im Silbersee by German author Karl May, this game let’s you join the wild west adventurers Old Firehand, chief Winnetou and Tante Droll on their way up the Arkansas River, through Utah to the Rocky Mountains. They’re searching for the famous treasure in Silver Lake, but they’re not the only ones: the unscrupulous Red Colonel and his band of tramps aren’t exactly eager to share... You take control of Old Firehand, performing actions with a set of only three basic commands and a good deal of inventory management. The game features four episodes: the steamer Dogfish, the rafter’s camp, Butler’s farm, and the treasure hunt at the Silbersee. The Eagle’s Tail and Utah chapters of the novel, roughly one half of the book, are omitted. The cast is greatly reduced, too, with neither Old Shatterhand nor any of the companions appearing at all. Knowledge of the book will not give you any advantages, as all of the puzzles are original and often deviate strongly from the events in the novel. You can find more information on Karl May and his books in the trivia and links sections."
14945,NeoHunter,Neo-Hunter,1996,5.2,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"After a meteor crash causes the separation of California from the rest of the continent, major corporations of the future decide to invest in the decadent state. It's not long before the newly restored California calls for independence. And so is Calia created. The player controls Rick Cage, a good-guy hunter trying to continue the investigation his father left after being murdered. Conspiracies are all around in the rich but decadent state of Calia. The game begins after Senator McAllister, a close friend of Rick's father, is murdered in public. Rick seeks the truth and revenge, and must work his way up the conspiracies ladder by arresting hackers and drug suppliers in order to get to the major drug lords that corrupt Calia. NeoHunter plays like a cinematic-backdrop shooter similar to Virtua Squad series. It mixes some puzzle solving and light elements of resource managing (like gathering credits to get new weapons and equipment), and also allows the player to choose the next steps to take, making for a quasi-linear experience."
14946,Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour,,2000,6.2,Racing / Driving,,,"Dale accidentally dropped his acorns into the Magical Kingdoms fireworks machine causing it to malfunction and explode into thirteen pieces that scattered all around the amusement park. So Chip and Dale decide to enlist their friends to help collect the pieces of the machine before nightfall hits. They decide that racing would be the quickest way to get the pieces, and since time is of the essence the pieces should go to the quickest of the friends. Of course, everyone wants to be the hero, so the races won't exactly be that friendly. Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour is side-scrolling kart racer. The selectable racers include Chip, Dale,Amanda Sparkle, Tiara Damage, Bruno Biggs, Moe Whiplash, Otto Plugnut Oliver Chickley III, Polly Roger, Baron Karlott, as well as Jiminy Cricket and two other characters who are unlockable after certain conditions are met. The regular race tracks include racing at Big Thunder Mountain, Blizzard Beach, Dinosaur (Disney's Animal Kingdom), Rock 'N' Roller Coaster, Haunted Mansion, Jungle Cruise, Tomorrowland Speedway, Space Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Splash Mountain The races consist of going around the track in three laps against three other opponents. On the track itself are coins that when collected increase the players speed and arrows on the ground called zippers which give the player a temporary burst of speed. There are also Mickey balloons that when ran over are popped and give the player an item which can either help the player or hinder their opponent. Items include acorns, guided bottle rockets, teacup mines, frog spell, turbo, and invincibility, There are also eight fairies on each race course to collect that involves the games unlockable content. Coming in first place earns the player a piece of the fireworks machine. These race courses can be raced three times each, Once for the machine piece, once for a 1st Place Pennant, and once again for a Trophy Challenge. While the first two are done as races with competitors, the Trophy Challenge just has the player by themselves trying to collect trophies in a limited amount of time. There are also three Disney Challenge courses where the player has to collect 30 coins before the time expires in order to earn a piece of the fireworks machine. The courses are Test Track (Epcot Center), Typhoon Lagoon, and Disney Studios. Besides the Adventure mode storyline there is also a Time Trial mode."
14948,MiG-29: Fighter Pilot,MiG-29: Fulcrum,1993,6.9,Simulation,,,"MiG-29: Fighter Pilot is a successor to MiG-29 Fulcrum by Simis ; this time the theater of operations is the Middle East. The joined forces of NATO and the Commonwealth of Soviet States are to stop General Hasouz who is seeking to gain control over the world's oil resources. You are the pilot of the Russian-built MiG-29 and you need to accomplish several strategic missions to ensure the success of the operation. As this is a simulation game, the MiG-29's control panel is recreated (displaying altimeter, compass, thrust indicator, radar and more), and many actions are done manually by the player (such as controlling brakes and landing gear, performing take off and landing, etc.). There are a number of weapons and an automatic targeting system to help successfully accomplish the missions. The MiG-29 is also equipped with flares and chaff used to avoid enemy fire. The game is divided into 5 missions plus a tutorial mission. Mission objectives include destroying the enemy's command control and communications systems, escorting a submarine to safety, and destroying enemy Scud missiles. Mission score is based on the number of enemy structures and craft destroyed. The game features real-time 3D polygon graphics and there are even several short video clips, something very uncommon for Genesis hardware."
14964,TOCA 2: Touring Car Challenge,TOCA 2 Touring Cars,1998,7.9,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"The BTCC (British Touring Car Championship) was Britain's biggest domestic racing championship in the late 1990s, and this game recreates it. Cars from 8 constructors tough it out over 8 circuits of first-person high-contact racing. You can race the full championship or take on single races or time trial challenges. At this time the series required all cars to make at least one pit stop during the race. This seriously affects your driving and pitting strategy. Besides the TOCA races, each of the venues also features special racing events where all drivers race identical cars. These range from the Ford Fiesta to exotics like the AC Blower and the Lister Storm, and higher, in a format similar to American IROC races. 8 bonus track layouts are also included."
14967,Blade Runner,Blade Runner ... a Video Game Interpretation of the Film Score by Vangelis,1985,5.5,Action,,,"Based on the movie of the same name. You have been assigned by the police force to track down and eliminate any replidroids that have landed on Earth. There are six types of replidroids, labeled Replidroid 1 through 6. The higher the number, the more intelligent it is. The majority of the game is viewed from inside your skimmer, and inside of your skimmer are three displays that you need to pay attention to. The main display displays a radar view of your area, allowing you to navigate the streets in search of replidroids (which are represented by octagons with crosses inside them). To the right of this is a smaller display which shows the whole city and your position in relation to the replidroid's. Below this is a text readout giving information on the number and type of replidroids within the vicinity. In the main display, your position is represented by a yellow cursor which you can use to navigate the streets with. If you find a replidroid, you can hover over it and press the fire button. Doing so will put you in pursue mode where you automatically land. After you get out, you must hunt down said replidroid in a busy street. There is a scanner in which you can use to keep track of where it is. The replidroid is represented as a green square. The further you progress, the closer you are to them. If the replidroid gets out of range, your skimmer automatically picks you up, and you have to hunt down replidroids elsewhere. Once you catch up with it, you must match your position with theirs and shoot at them in order to get the bounty displayed in the status bar. Your scanner also shows oncoming traffic that must be avoided. What it does not show, however, is people which you must dodge. If you crash into people, the game ends."
14968,Yie Ar Kung-Fu,,1985,6.2,Action,Fighting,,"This version of Yie Ar Kung-Fu contains some significant differences compared to the versions directly ported from the original arcade release. For once, the hero of this game is not Oolong, but a fighter named Lee, inspired in appearance by the famous martial artist All the opponents in this version are different as well; beside bearing other names, many of them also exhibit different fighting styles - for example, there is a character who throws fireballs, another one who can fly, etc. Altogether, there are only five possible opponents in this release, as opposed to ten in the other version. There is only one location (background) in the game, a kung-fu training hall. Gameplay-wise, this version retains the basic system of the original; however, due to the reduced number of opponents, there are less moves in the game. A distinct addition is a jump kick, and the ability to bounce off the walls."
14969,Pocky & Rocky 2,,1994,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"The sequel to Pocky & Rocky brings back the cooperative shooter action to the SNES with enhanced gameplay mechanics. Princess Luna has been kidnapped by a gang of evil demons and its up to Shinto priestess Pocky and her raccoon buddy Rocky to rescue her. As in the previous game, the gameplay involves taking control of either character to clear stage after stage of enemies in classic top-down shooter manner by blasting them with your magic cards or other collectable unique powers. New for the sequel is the ability to play with optional AI-controlled partners that add team-up special moves required to beat certain bosses as well as unique abilities that take the game in different directions (opening locks, or digging to get to the underworld sections of each stage for instance)."
14970,Aquanaut's Holiday,"Aquanaut no Kyuujitsu, The Aquanaut's Holiday",1995,6.7,Adventure,,,"In this game, players are put into the role of a submersible to explore the ocean depths at their leisure. Along the way, players can cruise the depths of the ocean from a first-person perspective, climbing or diving the waters as they see fit to discover the wonders of the ocean. Along the way, players can locate sunken ships, statues, and other aquatic treasures, or attempt to communicate with the various sea life through sonar, whether it's a whale, or one of the more bizarre creatures found within the darkest depths of the ocean. Players can also leave underwater stations to mark points of interest for future study, or even assist in building a customizable coral reef that will continue to grow and attract marine life. Aquanaut's Holiday focuses on the subtleties of discovery over fast-paced action sequences or point accumulation."
14971,Star Command: Revolution,,1997,6.3,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Real-time strategy in space. Play as one of four different races. Do the normal RTS thing; collect resources, build up a powerful military, and crush everyone else."
14972,Battle Blaze,,1992,6.1,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"In the land of Virg, it is custom to select the King at the Tournament of Champions. Aspiring to rule the human world, a zealous demon from the Netherworld sends out five phantoms to posses each contender, so that the last survivor will be able to murder the king. However, one of the contenders, Durill manages to defeat the phantom that tries to take control of him, but dies from exhaustion. His son Kerrel takes Durill's place in the Tournament to avenge his father and kill the demon. Battle Blaze is a one on one fighting game seen from a side-scrolling perspective. A jump and an attack button is all that is needed to control the six different characters. Each character uses a different weapon and has a few unique special attacks. There are two modes of play: In ""Hero""-mode, the player can only control of Kerrel and must follow the game's story. In ""Battle""-mode, all characters are available and two-player fights are possible."
14973,Odyssey,,1995,7.6,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The hero of this game does have his share of family conflicts. His uncle murdered his father who also happened to be the king. Now, after a few years in exile, the obvious goal is to take back the throne by killing this evil man. However, the only way to become strong enough for this challenge is by claiming the power of crystals which are divided all over the kingdom. Odyssey is a platformer with puzzle-solving elements. There are seven big, multi-directional scrolling levels which need to be conquered by finding all hidden crystals. The first three are available right from the start and the others gradually open up as a more crystals are found. A lot of time is spent with jumping over gaps and fighting the uncle's soldier with the sword, but there are many puzzles to solve. Much consists of the standard ""finding an object and bringing it to the right spot"", but the big catch is that the hero can transform into animals, e.g. a lion or a bird. Each animal has their own set of abilities which are needed to solve the obstacles the game throws at the player."
14979,Double Switch,,1993,6.6,Puzzle,,,"A young man named Eddie has been apparently trapped in the basement of the old apartment complex Edward Arms. The player character must venture into the complex and find out what is really happening there, at first avoiding various traps and hazards, and later learning to set them against those who harbor evil plans. Double Switch is a ""trap-'em-up"" game very similar to Night Trap in gameplay and visual presentation. The player has to manipulate cameras to avoid or set traps, affecting the course of the storyline which is represented by live action movie sequences."
14982,Malkari,,1999,5.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","4X, Managerial / business simulation",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Malkari is a 4X (explore, expand, exploit, exterminate) space strategy game in the tradition of Reach for the Stars and Master of Orion. However, there is a new twist on the traditional concept here: your solar system has been devastated by a runaway star, ripping the old planets apart into a vast clutter of asteroids. Making things more difficult for long-range planning, the asteroids are all moving at their own particular speeds, so the planet next door may be on the other side of the system a hundred turns from now! Now that your people have emerged from their long cryo-sleep, you must resume the old struggles against rival guilds...all the while trying just to survive in the strange new Malkari system."
14986,Rally Cross 2,,1998,6.9,Racing / Driving,,,"The sequel to the chaotic off-road rally racing game, Rally Cross The lead programmer, Mark Lyons and the lead artist, Scott Atkins from Rally Cross had left Sony and formed a new company, Idol Minds Rally Cross 2 was one of the first two games developed by Idol Minds. It was an attempt to build on the original, while creating a game with a simpler learning curve. Rally Cross 2 retains the rough terrain of the original, with even more jumps and crashes. Multi-tap and 4 player split screen were not included in the sequel, but 2 player split screen remained. The ability to control attributes such as suspension, tires, and steering was added, as well as the ability to paint your car with a primary and detail color that can be picked from a large palette. Once again the courses can be raced forwards or backwards, and in suicide mode (cars racing in opposite directions at the same time). The multi-race season mode still exists. One of the biggest additions is the track editor. There are a dozen or so different pieces that can be rotated and dropped into a 2D grid to create completely new tracks. The cars are still flipped upright with the shoulder buttons, but it now requires only a single button press instead of the multiple rocking motions in the original. Handling has changed significantly since cars tend to fishtail around the corners instead of flip, but high speed crashes will still result in an upside down car."
14987,Lode Runner 3-D,,1999,7.0,"Action, Puzzle","Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Emperor Monk of Pandora has begun raiding the Out-Sector Colonies, stealing vital gold supplies from the free systems. The Federated Hegemonies have no choice but to ask the Lode Runners to stop the raids and put an end to the Emperor's rule. Unable to use the full fleet on the Emperor's defenses, which would cause mass casualties, they decide that a lone Lode Runner should enter the enemy base to recover any gold found and destroy the Emperor. From an isometric style perspective, you must guide Lode Runner through each of the levels, dodging defensive blocks and enemies by either placing bombs and blowing holes in the ground to finding another way around. By finding all of the gold on the level, you can then progress to the next level."
15004,Champions World Class Soccer,"Champions World Class Soccer Endorsed by Paris Saint-Germain, Champions World Class Soccer Endorsed by Ryan Giggs, Champions World Class Soccer empfohlen von Sepp Maier",1993,6.5,Sports,,,"This soccer game offers 32 national teams to play, with none of the players' names shown. Shown from a slightly tilted 3rd-person side perspective, players can do an exhibition match, full tournament or go against a human player in the 2-player exhibition mode. The different teams are ranked by speed, offense and defence, and different team formations can be selected. The gameplay is very basic: players can pass, shoot, tackle with a third button used to switch between players. In the options menu, fouls and offside can be disabled, the amount of time per half can be determined and there is a radar and mini-map to track the other players. The European edition is endorsed by Ryan Giggs and the game uses a password system to continue tournaments."
15005,Spellcross,"Spellcross: L'Ultima Battaglia, Spellcross: Ostatnia Bitwa, Spellcross: Poslední Bitva",1997,6.8,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"This turn-based C&C/X-Com hybrid puts you in command of an extensive array of modern-day sounding troops, needing to play battle after battle against the merciless hordes of fantastical creatures (orcs, elves, skeletons, etc.) in an attempt to save the world. As the game progresses your selection of troops increase and you, hopefully, gain rank and lead your troops into trickier and trickier battles. Only you can save mankind!"
15012,King's Field II,King's Field III,1996,7.4,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"A storm runs through the kingdom of Verdite, taking away the precious Moonlight Sword and spreading evil throughout the land. Players take on the role of Lyle, the king's son, in his quest to retrieve the Moonlight Sword and save the kingdom and his father. Unfortunately, the king fell victim to the ensuing corruption, and Lyle must acquire magical powers from the four greatest mages in the kingdom in order to complete his quest. King's Field II is a first-person action role-playing game. Despite the number in its Western release title, it is the third game in the series, originally entitled King's Field III The events of the game take place fifteen years after those depicted in its predecessor Gameplay-wise, it is similar to the previous installments, offering vast interconnected areas open for exploration and a variety of enemies to defeat with the help of weapons and magic. The game's world is larger than in the earlier games and has more open-air areas, including several towns with friendly NPCs. Magic is divided into disciplines and special crystals are required to become proficient in any of them."
15014,UEFA Champions League 1996/97,,1997,6.6,Sports,,,"UEFA Champions League 1996/97 is a soccer simulation licensed by European soccer association UEFA It features the 16 teams of the 1996/1997 soccer championship Champions League and additionally 32 other teams which can be played in other fictional championship modes, e.g. a league. Thanks to the license it features the real player names, digitalized photos and the original stadiums. The matches itself are mostly action oriented. The player can perform several tricks and the standard soccer actions like shooting and passing. The game features several camera angles."
15016,The Computer Edition of Scrabble Brand Crossword Game,"Computer Scrabble, Monty Plays Scrabble",1983,6.9,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Word construction",,"Computer Scrabble is the earliest official computer version of the popular word game. The game has a 8500-20000 word dictionary depending on the computer, containing the most frequently-used words in Scrabble. As a result, some very obscure words (mostly of 2 and 3 letters - keen Scrabble players will know that these are often the most profitable scoring method) are included, but common words such as 'bigot' and 'sheen' are queried by the game - simply tell it that your move is a word and it will move on trustingly. Inputting words is done by moving the cursor across or down to the starting position of the word, and then pressing to key the word in, pressing space before the letter you wish to use a blank tile as. All words formed are accurately scored. The game can juggle your tiles and allow you to manually rearrange them, and you can watch the computer 'think' as it notices possible moves and their scoring. There are four difficulty levels, with the highest capable of combined scores over 700."
15020,Arrow of Death: Part I,"Arrow of Death: Part 1, Arrow of Death: Part One",1981,8.2,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"Brian Howarth's third Mysterious Adventure follows on from your success in retrieving the Golden Baton Peace was initially ensured, but the baton has subsequently become tarnished, and now radiates evil. Crop failures and illness are now rampant throughout the land. The only solution is to find the Arrow of Death (in this game) and assemble it. Armour, an orb and an eagle are among the helpful objects in completing your quest. The game is largely one of exploration and object manipulation, with little combat. These games used the Scott Adams adventure engine, and thus also have the same features - a basic 2-word parser, small vocabulary, and brief descriptions. They were similar to other adventures of the time."
15025,Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion,,2000,7.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"When the Primagen's Lightship was destroyed in Turok 2: Seeds of Evil the resulting explosion created a shockwave throughout the universe. This effect nearly ended the life of Oblivion, a 'thing' that drifts through space, consuming anything that ends up in its way. Also during this explosion, a new world was created. In this world lies the Turok family tree, and Oblivion knows that the only way the pain the lies within can be stopped is to destroy the Turok line. The third title in the Turok series allows you to choose who will become the successor of the Turok lineage, either Danielle Fireseed or her brother Joseph. Each has unique paths through the same levels, as Joseph's small size allows him to fit into air ducts to take the low road, while Danielle's magnetic grappling hook allows her to take the high road. Each also has unique upgrades to basic weapons. While Danielle's shotgun upgrade coats the shrapnel in napalm to immolate anything they touch, Joseph's instead charges them with electricity, causing them to ricochet off of walls and floors. The story is told through in-game cutscenes with highly detailed models. There are no keys to collect this time around, as each level leads linearly into the next. Turok 2 's multiplayer mode returns, and includes the ability to add computer controlled bots. Each playable character in multiplayer mode has a unique set of weapons they can use."
15026,Shogun: Total War,Shogun,2000,8.1,Strategy / tactics,"Real-time tactics (RTT), Turn-based strategy (TBS)","Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval)","Shogun: Total War is a real-time strategy game in which you play as a Daimyo, one of the warlords battling for the right to be called Shogun, ruler of a united Japan. The game is roughly split into two sections: a map-based planning stage and a 3D battle stage. The map stage is where you build buildings in the territories that you own, organize forces, plan campaigns and generally deal with the running of your conquests. You can also research new technologies and train troops here, so it is very important. When a conflict arises, you turn to the battle stage. Unlike almost all other real-time strategy games, Shogun 's battles take place on a 3D battlefield with realistic terrain. Hills roll gently into the distance, scattered trees break up the horizon and your troops lie dead in a pile on the floor. Because in Shogun your men don't just disappear when they die, they lie there, bleeding. Up to 6 armies, each containing thousands of troops, can be displayed on screen at the same time. You can zoom in to individual companies of 100 (the smallest unit) or zoom out to view the battlefield as a whole."
15029,Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus,,1991,7.4,"Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)","Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements, RPG elements","Contemporary, Fantasy","Elvira - a horror movie star, a witch, and your girlfriend - is in trouble. A demon Cerberus has kidnapped her in order to kill her and gain her power. To save Elvira, you arrive at the studios of Black Widow Productions, where she is being held. Unfortunately, the whole studio is filled with monsters, as the horror movie sets have turned real. Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus is an adventure/RPG first-person game. You begin by choosing one of the four classes for your character (which determines your starting attributes, such as Strength, Intelligence etc). For movement, you click the arrows in the bottom-right corner of the screen. Collecting items can be done via clicking on them in the first-person view window and dragging them into your inventory. (You can also click the ""room"" icon to see all the items that you've found in the room so far.) Should you encounter monsters, you fight by clicking on them. You can choose one of the four tactics (Normal, Defense, Fierce, Berserk) when fighting, and there's a number of different weapons you can find in the game. If you meet someone who doesn't want to murder you (a very rare occurrence) you can talk to him, though conversations are pretty simple and consist mainly of short phrases. As you defeat monsters, explore the game world and cast spells (see below), you get experience. Once you have enough experience, you gain a level, and your attributes improve. Thanks to Elvira's spellbook she gave you, you have the ability to create and cast spells. Some spells can be used to heal yourself, protect you in combat or damage your enemies, others are necessary to solve certain puzzles and make progress in the game. Creating a spell requires you to be of high enough level and to have the proper ingredients, different for every spell. The ingredients are usually gone forever once the spell is ready, so beware and don't use up any items vital for completing the game! Casting a spell requires you to use some amount of Power Points (PP), which regenerate automatically but slowly. What's more, you only get a limited number of castings when you prepare a spell, so don't waste them."
15034,Pop'n TwinBee,Twinbee da!,1990,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"A remake of the classic top-down shooter TwinBee, released for the GameBoy portable consoles. TwinBee Da!! Puts you behind the controls of two experimental TwinBee fighters as you attempt to rescue Dr. Cinnamon from evil alien forces. In order to do that you must journey through 6 different planets filled with cute and surreal creatures bent on your destruction. The game uses the classic gameplay mechanics for the genre, with you controlling your craft as the background scrolls vertically towards the end of the stage and trying to survive and destroy all enemies with your laser shots. Twinbee features a selectable power-up system in which you must shoot the bell power-ups to select which type of upgrade you want depending on the color they take (or in this case, the shade of grey). Features single player or two-player cooperative gameplay via GameLink."
15036,Malice: 23rd Century Ultraconversion for Quake,,1997,8.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Malice: 23rd Century Ultraconversion for Quake is a commercial mod of Quake While requiring a full, registered version of Quake it acts like a stand-alone game, employing its own characters, weapons, environments, rules, etc. The player assumes the role of a mercenary named Damage, who works for the boss of an underground crime syndicate, Colonel Bossman. Damage's main mission is to assassinate the head of Takahiro Industries, Bossman's main rival. To do that, he has to venture into his heavily protected headquarters, dealing with security guards and robots on his way."
15041,Team Xtreme: Operation Weather Disaster,Operation Hurricane: Windstärke 12,1995,6.3,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A disgruntled TV weatherman, bored with the stable weather conditions of his work place, changes the world climate in radical ways. A disaster task force called Team Xtreme is called to restore normal conditions to all places in Earth and fight the evil madman. Team Xtreme: Operation Weather Disaster is a educational point-and-click adventure similar to Myst one of its many clones that came out at that time. A typical full-motion video game of the nineties, it features 360º horizontal panning of some locations and easy puzzles for its target audience (mostly comprised of children). Published and produced by the computer game branch of the documentary channel Discovery the focus is obviously on didactic elements: a small scientific facts database is integrated as a button to the interface, and can be accessed at any moment in the game. It plays animations and videos of hurricanes and other weather phenomena. It also contains clues to the solution of some of the puzzles. In an effort to further dispel any attempt at any meaningful amount of challenge, a hint button is provided on the interface at the bottom, placed between the inventory and the volume control and a compass. Gameplay is the standard fare of this type of game: instead of Myst's focus on mechanical puzzles, most are inventory-based. There are some short arcade sequences that need to be completed to advance the game."
15042,Panzer Dragoon,Andromeda,1995,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Post-apocalyptic,"Panzer Dragoon is set in a distant oppressive future. The Dark Dragon needs to be destroyed, and you, Keil Fluge, are aboard a dragon and armed with a powerful weapon to do so. In this shooter, you ride an armored dragon on a predefined path with 360º of freedom (you can rotate and zoom in and out). This path takes you through an aquatic setting, through a tunnel and over a forest, and into combat with giant worms, wasps and flies. Each level ends with a boss. In a idea influenced by the film Blade Runner, cutscenes use a fusion language combining elements of German, Latin and Japanese."
15049,Hogs of War,"Cerdos en Guerra, Front Schweine, Frontschweine, Hogs of War: Born to Grill, Hogs of War: Nati per Soffritto, Les Cochons de Guerre, Marranos en Guerra, Marranos en Guerra: Chorizo Peleón",2000,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Artillery,,"Command a regiment of hogs through different battlefields - all with the same mission: eliminate the enemy. Gameplay is comparable to the Worms games, but Hogs Of War comes completely in 3D. There are many different types of weapons to choose from, as well as the possibility to assign special jobs such as sniper, medic, etc. to the hogs."
15053,Mindbender,Migrain,1989,7.3,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Mindbender uses similar gameplay principles to Deflektor which means that you have indirect control over a beam of light. On each of the 50 levels you must guide it from a starting point to an ending point, taking out all the enemies along the way. Rotating each of the many mirrors on the level to send the beam onto the points the enemies hover over does this – reaching many of them will involve several attempts at finding the right combination of angles. Rotating barriers, light bulb switches and locked sections must all be taken into account, but there are also magic balloons later on. All this must be done within a time limit, and directing the beam back into itself causes overloads and must be avoided, Tron -style."
15056,Marathon Infinity,,1996,8.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"It seemed that you finally escaped Durandal's grasp at the end of Marathon 2 yet for reasons unknown the rampant AI has returned in its stolen alien vessel with a distressing message: a terrible force has been unleashed in the galaxy and the very fabric of time and space is at stake. As the primary enforcer of Durandal's will you once again take on the role of the lone security officer from the Marathon, your quest this time being to follow Durandal's conscience as it warps from different locations in time and space and somehow make sense of what is going on. Marathon: Infinity is the third and final entry in Bungie 's FPS series. It uses the same engine and graphics from its predecessor but features a whole new slew of maps to fight through as well as including a branching storyline that takes the plot to different places depending on how you complete each level. A new feature allows physics models to be built into maps, meaning parameters controlling everything from the behavior of weapons to gravity to which monsters are friends and which are foes can change from level to level. To further increase value, the game includes Forge and Anvil, the level and object editing tools used by Bungie to create the Marathon games as a bonus feature."
15067,Marble Master,Swing,1997,7.6,Puzzle,"Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle",,"Swing is a Tetris inspired puzzle game: At the top of the screen you see two lines of eight balls (""spheres"") in different colors and weights (shown as numbers). At the bottom are four scales. You can transport and put down one sphere at the same time through a grey device between the two parts described above. Three spheres of the same color side by side will disappear and give you points; all other same spheres in vertical or horizontal neighborhood to this three will also vanish (combos)! The clue are the scales because of imbalance they go up or down and can catapult the spheres over the whole area! And there can be highest only eight spheres on one scale pan - otherwise game over. Later in a game there will be more and more colors and special items. The multiplayer mode is even more funny because there you have to make big combos for better items which you can catapult into your opponents area!"
15071,The Daedalus Encounter,Daedalus Episode 1: Nanpasen no Alien,1995,6.4,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The interstellar war is over, leaving you, a casualty, as a disembodied brain inside a life support system. Your buddies rescue you from the lab so that you can go exploring - scavenging the galaxy for wreckage and artifacts left over from the war. In due course, you stumble literally into an alien craft. With your own craft disabled, and the alien ship on a collision course, you must explore it to find out what has gone wrong and to make a course correction. Gameplay consists of conversations with your colleagues (displayed as live-action video), animated exploration sequences, as well as puzzle-solving that mostly involves figuring out how to operate alien mechanisms. There is also a maze sequence and sporadic action-based tasks. There is no inventory to speak of, because, being a brain in a box, you have no pockets. All the action takes place in an in-game window that is your view of the world. It takes up only a small part of the screen and the rest of the screen is taken up with a kind of fleshy 'inside of your head' background that is there to remind you that you are inside a machine. Three difficulty settings, in-game instruction, and assistance, as well as a few extras (such as high-resolution pictures) are included."
15075,Hole in One,"HAL's Hole in One Golf, Jumbo Ozaki no Hole in One",1991,6.7,Sports,,,"HAL 's Hole in One is a standard 18-hole golf game, played from a top-down perspective. You can compete in stroke play with up to four players, or match play against a friend or the computer. When playing against the computer, you will play against an opponent that uses metal clubs, which hit farther than the standard wooden clubs. In addition to stroke and match play, you can obtain passwords that allow you to replay any spectacular shots that you make (eagles, holes-in-one, and double-eagles)."
15079,On the Road,,1990,6.8,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"On the Road is a managerial simulation in which six players (either human or AI) become the manager of a forwarding agency. The basic goal is to generate as much profit as possible; the specific winning conditions can be set before starting the game. There are also other options, the most significant being if the police controls speed, weight and the night driving ban in Austria. Gameplay is completely menu based with a graphical representation of the office, this means clicking on the telephone brings up the telephone menu and so on. There are a big variety of things to take care of, e.g. insurance, employment, buying or selling trucks, managing the assignments, watching the financial status or expanding into other European cities. Other options present themselves in the city: a bank for making loans and paying bills, the court and lawyer agency for dealing with (or starting) law suits, an airport to fly to other cities and a company specialised on illegal deeds. A speciality compared to other managerial simulations with this scenario is that the player has to communicate with the drivers over a radio to give specific orders. Also the player has to take periods of rest to prevent health problems. Choosing reasonable rest times is an important aspect of the game because the competition has free game during those periods. During the resting times the player sees a map of Europe and what happens to the own drivers - for emergencies, the game can be re-entered prematurely to the next full hour, of course with negative health consequences."
15082,International Sensible Soccer,"International Sensible Soccer: Limited Edition featuring World Cup Teams, International Sensible Soccer: World Champions, Sensible Soccer v1.2: International Edition, Sensible Soccer: European Champions, Sensible Soccer: International Edition",1994,7.6,"Action, Sports",,,"Released alongside the 1994 World Cup, this was the first version of Sensible Soccer to feature teams from outside Europe. The World Cup tournament is featured in full, and you can adjust which 24 teams this features, a particularly crucial feature for English and French fans, as their nations failed to qualify. For the first time in the series an on-screen referee is featured. The club team data has been updated to take into account transfers and kit changes since the previous version. Gameplay is much the same as previous editions, being viewed from above with small sprites and loose ball control."
15083,NFL Quarterback Club 97,,1996,6.7,Sports,,,"NFL Quarterback Club 97 utilizes many of the same gameplay elements seen in Madden NFL 97 - including the kicking T-meter, the three-quarter overhead primary camera angle, and the button assignments and controls. Player animations are fluid and realistic, and the player sprites have clearly visible jersey numbers and names. The game also boasts a historic simulation mode. Players can choose among 50 different classic NFL game situations and try to rewrite history. Imagine...it's December 23, 1973. The Dallas Cowboys are down 28-13 to the 49ers. With under a minute remaining, the Boys score a touchdown and recover an onside kick. Can you complete one of the greatest comebacks in NFL history?"
15086,Darius,"Arcade Archives: Darius, Darius Plus, Darius Wide, Darius+, Sagaia, Super Darius",1987,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Darius was Taito's effort to compete in the arcades against the likes of R-Type and Gradius Technically impressive, it featured three screens depicting the largest playfield seen in a game so far (the same system was employed for Ninja Warriors ), with the player sitting atop a big set of loudspeakers. Visually and audibly, it was a league above Irem's and Konami's offerings. When Taito (and others) ported the game to home machines, they were forced to shrink the playfield to fit in one single screen, and re-dubbed it Darius Plus The plot of Darius involves the two heroes Proco Jr. and Tiat Young fighting the menaces posed by galactic fish and other sea animals again their homeworld. What sets Darius apart from other shoot'em-ups of the time is its way of letting the player choose his path with a certain amount of freedom. At the end of each area (level), you are able to choose between one of two worlds which the area branches into. This renders a higher replay value, since there are many paths to reach the end of the game by. Apart from this, the gameplay is on the simplistic side, both due to unimaginative attack waves and little interaction with the surroundings, but mainly due to the very basic powerup system, which is nowhere near the complexity of the aforementioned R-Type's and Gradius'"
15089,Scott Adams' Graphic Adventure #2: Pirate Adventure,,1982,7.3,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements","Fantasy, Sea pirates / Caribbean","This is the enhanced version of the original all-text Scott Adams Adventure, Pirate Adventure Additions to the original game include illustrations for each location, and support for the VOTRAX voice synthesizer. Otherwise the game remains essentially the same as the original."
15091,Toys,,1993,5.7,Action,,,"Welcome to Zevo Toys, where whimsy and childlike innocence are the order of the day. Workers sing and dance as they make wondrous toys in their mission to bring joy to children everywhere. Unfortunately, Kenneth Zevo, the head of the company, is dying. While he’d like to leave the company in the hands of his son Leslie, he feels that Leslie has yet to learn to take life seriously and isn’t ready to run the company. In a desperate gamble, he leaves his brother, the strait-laced and humorless Lt. General Leland Zevo, in charge of the company. He knows that his brother is ill suited to run the company, but also knows that his military methods and lack of any sense of humor and whimsy will spur Leslie to grow up if he wants to keep Zevo Toys the way it always was. Alas, Kenneth’s plan is working TOO well: Leland is producing deadly weapons designed as toys. Tanks, helicopters, dolls, and balloons, among other things, have been designed with sinister and deadly intent. It’s a disgrace to everything that Zevo Toys stands for, and if Leslie wants to save the factory and the good name of his family, he’ll have to face his uncle head on and fight toy with toy. Toys is an isometric action game based on the 1992 surreal comedy/fantasy movie of the same name starring Robin Williams, Joan Cusack and LL Cool J. As Leslie, you’ll explore three areas of Zevo Toys (the West Bay factory area, the cafeteria, and the warehouse) in order to take down General Zevo’s elephant-head security cameras. To do so, you’ll have to take out the active defenders of each camera such as jeeps, Hurly-Burly Helicopters, Tommy Tanks, deadly pogo stick bears, bomb-toting balloons, and much more. When the defenders in one area are cleared, you’ll have to disable the camera. This is accomplished by blinding the camera’s eyes with water from your trusty water gun, then spraying the lens until the camera is destroyed. Careful, the movement of the camera will make things difficult, along with the laser mounted in the camera if you take too long... The non-camera areas aren’t safe either, with wind-up walking bombs, amorphous slime globs, spiders and toy paratroopers backing up the defenders. Fortunately, your cousin Patrick will supply you with your own toys to combat the General’s army. These range from your trusty peanut gun to bowling balls and tops to custard pies and water balloons and so much more. Once you’ve destroyed all the cameras, you’ll traverse a model of Manhattan via a giant toy plane. Avoid the the Hurly-Burly Helicopters and keep the plane charged using the giant charging coils, and you’ll reach the General’s office and shut down his plans. It’s time to fight fire with marshmallows and let joy and innocence prevail!"
15095,Hammerfist,,1990,7.2,Action,Platform,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","In a grim future, the people are kept under control by a horde of genetically-modified beings who look identical to everyone else, and appear to act the same, but are subtly controlling minds and actions. This works perfectly for Centro-Holographis until two of their droids, Hammerfist (male) and Metalisis (female) malfunction. They try to put things right, and come under your control in this side-view action game with adventure elements. You can switch between the two characters at any moment, and must use this wisely as their abilities differ greatly. On each screen you must kill all enemies, as well as taking out the robots which keep the doors locked."
15097,Batman,Batman: The Movie,1989,7.6,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"Based on the 1989-Batman movie. The game consists of five different parts, each resembling well-known game types. Part one, the chemical plant: Hunt down Jack Napier who has raided the plant (typical platform action, climb ladders or use ""Bat""-rope and shoot at some enemies...). Part two, ""Batmobile"" (...the car): Joker is chasing you and have to escape to the ""Bat""-cave. Avoid obstacles like police blocking the road and others. Part three, ""Bat""-cave: A puzzle game where you have to find a certain item (belonging to Joker) amongst other items. Part four, ""Batjet"": Cut the ropes of the balloons which are filled with poisonous gas. Part five, the cathedral: Hunt down Joker. This part plays like the first one. Finally you will confront the Joker in a fight that decides the fate of Gotham city."
15100,Motorhead,,1998,7.1,Racing / Driving,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Motorhead is a racing game set in the near future. Despite it's semi-futuristic setting, the cars require realistic handling. There are 10 different cars and 8 different tracks. They are not all available from the start however; the player has to earn them by winning championships in the Transatlantic Speed League."
15104,Outlaws,"Outlaws: Cidade Sem Lei, Outlaws: Die Gesetzlosen, Outlaws: Une histoire de feu et de sang",1997,7.7,Action,Shooter,Western,"Marshall James Anderson had been a great gunfighter. He had worn the badge of the law and put men to death or to jail. But a Marshall can only travel alone so long. And so James Anderson retired; he got himself a wife, got himself some land, got himself a daughter and dedicated himself to the peaceful life of a home on the range. The Gentleman, Bob Graham, has other plans for James Anderson's plot of land however. It sits right along some prime real estate for where the railroad is going to go, and whoever could own that land might be able to get rich setting up a town. So Bob hires himself up some of the roughest and toughest ruffians west of the Mississippi to try and ""persuade"" Anderson and the other land-owners to sell or abandon their lands. James Anderson returns home from town one day to find his homestead aflame, his wife killed and his daughter abducted by Bob's henchmen. Not willing to trust in the fates, Anderson dusts off his six-shooter, digs up his buried shotgun and dons his old tin star. He's about to follow the trail of these men across deserts and valleys, until he finds his daughter. Outlaws is a first-person shooter set in the American Old West, featuring hand-drawn graphics and a stylized soundtrack. Locations include outdoor as well as indoor areas, most with a characteristic Western flavor: a small town with one main street and a saloon, a canyon, a speeding train, and others. The Marshall uses firearms such as a revolver, single- and double-barrel shotgun, a rifle (with or without a sniper scope), and others. In dark areas James can light a lamp, for which he will have to find canisters of oil. The game contains no supernatural elements: enemies encountered in it are exclusively human. The gameplay focuses on combat, though exploring the levels is necessary in order to locate various keys needed to unlock the next part, or discover secret areas. Manual reloading of the guns is required during combat. A secondary game mode, called ""Historical Missions"", allows the player to relive Anderson's rise to the rank of U.S. Marshal. Each of the missions involves the protagonist capturing a killing a criminal, preferably recovering gold stolen by them. Ranks (Deputy, Sheriff, and Marshal) are awarded to the player upon a mission's completion."
15107,Operation Thunderbolt,,1988,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Africa,"Operation Thunderbolt is the exciting sequel to Operation Wolf An airliner is hijacked by terrorists en-route from Paris to Boston, who threaten to kill all hostages on board if their mates aren't released from jail. Instead of reaching its destination, the airliner makes a landing in Kalubya, Africa, and all the hostages are hidden in various locations. The authorities have asked the hero from Operation Wolf to rescue the hostages, but only this time, the hero brings his friend along for the ride. There are eight missions to complete in Operation Thunderbolt and each one has you shooting down soldiers, choppers, and tanks. The gameplay varies every one or two missions. In some missions, you are driving a jeep or controlling a boat, while in others, you are walking while you're shooting. You have a limited supply of ammo, and a limited supply of rocket bombs, but you can always stock up by shooting down crates falling from the sky, or by killing a cat or dog that get in the line of fire. Also from crates, you can get special items like bulletproof vests, rocket bombs, and different weapons. You also have a life bar to worry about. If you're shot at by soldiers, or if rocket bombs or grenades are thrown at you, you 'll lose energy, and once you're energy is depleted, you lose one of your three lives. You can lose a lot of energy by killing hostages on purpose, and you can't easily avoid killing them if you decide to use rocket bombs to wipe out enemies. The eighth mission, the mission that involves you fighting terrorists on a plane, proves to be difficult because a woman in a blue dress stands up and gets in the line of fire, and you have to very careful when you're going to use rocket bombs. There are two endings to this game, and which ending you can watch will depend on the number of hostages you've saved, and whether or not you shot the pilot instead of the mission eight boss."
15114,Carnival,,1980,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"You are at the carnival, and are going to take a chance at the shooting gallery! Your goal is to earn as many points as possible by shooting the various targets before you run out of bullets. In addition to the assorted targets that float by, there are boxes which can be shot to earn additional bullets. You also need to be careful of the ducks! From time to time, a duck will fly down and eat some of your bullets if you don't shoot it first. You move on to the next round of gameplay when the rack has been cleared of all the targets, and the game ends when you use up all of your bullets."
15116,Hard Boiled,,1997,7.1,Action,Shooter,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Hard Boiled is a mix of futuristic hovercar action with a traditional, albeit 3D, shoot em up genre. It looks somewhat similar in concept to New York Race based on The Fifth Element movie. The car is always on the move, and while you can speed up or slow down - you can't stop it and also you can't go back, only maneuver across the screen - just like in a typical shmup title. Your vehicle is armed with some basic projectile type guns and you could pick up other types of weapons floating around the levels. The game story is based on the same name comic book by Frank Miller and Geof Darrow that was published in the early 90s. Here you play as Nixon who thinks he's a regular tax collector in dystopian retro-futuristic Los Angeles, but actually a cyborg-assassin for one of the big corporations that gets his memory reformatted once in a while. The gameplay is centered around riding your hovercar and shooting your way through the various city locales destroying all sorts of vehicles, turrets, barriers and occasional boss in the process. There are five missions in total with their own sets of enemy units and level design."
15117,The Greatest,,1993,7.8,Compilation,,,The Greatest is a three game compilation consisting of games originally published by Virgin Games. The three games are slightly different on the platforms:* Dune (PC and Amiga)
15118,Alien Soldier,,1995,8.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alien Soldier is a side-scrolling action game in which the player takes the role of Epsilon-Eagle, the former leader of the Scarlet mutant group. The mutants are now lead by the evil Xi-Tiger who had turned them to terrorism, and one of their goals is to kill Epsilon-Eagle... At the start of the game the player chooses four out of six weapons - each with special advantages or disadvantages against certain enemies. As mutant Epsilon-Eagle also has other special powers, e.g. teleporting across the screen or (with full health) morphing into a powerful phoenix destroying everything in his way. The 25 levels consist of short side-scrolling sequences and a few boss fights. In fact the bosses take on the majority of the game and the side-scrolling sequences are mostly used to give the player opportunity to collect ammo boxes. Bosses have their own patterns and weaknesses."
15123,Vermeer: Die Kunst zu erben,,1997,7.0,Strategy / tactics,,,"Vermeer: Die Kunst zu erben is a Windows 95 remake of the 1987 game Vermeer All centers around Walther von Grünschild, a rich merchant and patron of the arts from Berlin, whose art collection was stolen. Now he sends his four nephews into the world to regain his paintings. The most successful of them becomes his heir. The game starts in 1918 and ends when von Grünschild dies. One round equals one day. The length of a round can be chosen between five seconds and infinite. In auctions the missing pictures are sold from time to time. But to buy them the player obviously needs money. This is gained by opening up to 24 plantations in the Third World. There the player either grows coffee, cacao, tea or tobacco. After the harvesting the goods get shipped to warehouses in New York or London where the player sells it to interested companies. The player has to be on-site for every action which means an important part of the game is to plan ahead where he has to go during the next days. Another way to win money is gambling at horse races. Besides his business the player can visit art schools to gain the ability to distinguish real paintings from fake ones. This is useful during the auctions because it is annoying to buy a forgery. Another way is to hire a middleman to attend anonymous to the auctions. This way the other players don't know he tries to buy a certain painting and it gets cheaper. Of course the middleman can't profit from the player's expertise and is more likely to buy a forgery. In Chicago the player can hire robbers to steal paintings from his competitors."
15124,Tilt,,1990,7.2,Action,,,"Viewed from above, the task in Tilt is to rotate the screen so as to guide a ball across a maze into a hole. Unfortunately, if the ball hits any of the walls en route you have to start again, which means that the energy used on the previous tilts is wasted (and you only have a limited amount). There are a number of gates on each screen, which you must open by pressing the fire button at the right moments. As the game progresses the ball gradually gets bigger, giving you less margin for error on maneuvering it. There are also traps to avoid - these are active if the maze isn't tilting, so you'll have to keep it moving."
15126,Celtic Tales: Balor of the Evil Eye,Celt no Seisen,1995,7.3,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Finally the champion long awaited by the Goddess Danu, has arrived. The people of the island of Eire (Ireland) have long suffered from the curses the evil Formors and their leader Balor, thus are in need of a High King to unite the scattered tribes. To accomplish this, the player will descend from the heavens to Eire and pick a guise from 9 champions available. Gain respect of the other tribes of Eire through diplomacy and war. Unite them to become High King of Eire and finally defeat Balor once and for all! Celtic Tales: Balor of the Evil Eye is an isometric turn-based strategy game with various character development elements. Gameplay of this game may be identified as the following: The winning army then decides the fate of the captured heroes (if any)."
15134,Elidon,,1985,6.7,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Winter has gone and Spring is upon us. To celebrate, the Faerie Queen of Elidon is to be crowned by placing a garland of seven flowers called Finvarra on her head. The only problem is that the flowers have yet to bloom and will be needed by dusk. The only solution is to get seven potions to pour onto each flower but they are scattered all over the land. You are the Faerie tasked to explore the land and find all seven potions. Elidon is a flick-screen platform game where you control the Faerie. She can walk and fly on each screen but must avoid the nasties and obstacles which drain an energy bar. A wand can also be used to remove the nasties. There are items that can be picked up to help in your quest but you can only carry three items at a time and this includes the potions themselves as well. A joystick or keyboard is used to control the Faerie."
15137,POD,POD: Planet of Death,1997,7.6,Racing / Driving,,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Your planet is doomed, and there is only one remaining seat on the spaceship leading citizens to safety. This will go to the winner of a sequences of races held within this futuristic world. Viewed from above and behind the car, the game boasted a lot of technologically advanced features. Computer AI adjusted to your style of driving whilst in progress. It was the first game to use MMX technology, and the first to support 3D acceleration straight from the box. It also had a range of multiplayer options including networks and split-screen, and an online internet server to automatically match player."
15141,Kennedy Approach,,1985,6.9,Simulation,,,"An air traffic control simulator. Guide planes across the screen through the USA, from varying airports. Graphics resemble a radar view. You must set the flight level (height), speed and direction of the aircraft passing through your jurisdiction and guide them to their correct airports. Do try and keep them apart!"
15147,Screamer 4x4,Bleifuss Offroad,2000,6.9,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",Arcade,,"Screamer 4x4 lets players loose on rough terrain in a range of modified off-road vehicles, ranging from the simple Land Rover to the massive RÁBA H18. Players compete in a series of time trial championships and trophies, earning new vehicles and upgrades as they go. There is a variety of play modes, including the option of a free drive (like Midtown Madness ). Additionally, there is a range of multi-player games reminiscent of Carmageddon"
15154,Taz Express,,2000,6.3,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Taz the Tasmanian Devil is a well-known Warner Bros. character which this game expands on. This 3D platform game sees Taz delivering crates across twenty-five levels and five game worlds including Mars, the Bushlands, Monument Valley and the Wild West. Spin, run, jump onto skyscrapers, jump with various springy devices, swim, and fly with a jetpack through levels to complete tasks and puzzles in the bright coloured cartoon environments. Complete the game four times to unlock all the secrets and discover what is in the crate Taz is delivering."
15156,Star Parodier,,1992,8.0,Action,Shooter,,"Star Parodier is a ""cute-'em-up"" top-down shooter that lampoons the Star Soldier games by replacing most sci-fi elements with humorous graphics and sounds. The player can choose to play the game as the starfighter from the Star Soldier games, a flying Bomberman and a giant, laser-toting PC-Engine, each featuring their own weapon combinations which can be swapped at will in-game by collecting the right power-ups. The game features fully-animated cutscenes and CD music."
15163,Adventure Island,"Adventure Island Classic, Adventure Island Classic in the Pacific, Hudson's Adventure Island, Takahashi Meijin no Boukenjima, Wonder Boy",1986,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Oceania,"In the South Pacific, Master Higgins lives peacefully wearing only a grass skirt and a cap. That is until the Evil Witch Doctor decides to capture Tina and hold her as his own. It's up to Master Higgins to gather throwing axes, fireballs and skateboards in order to aid his noble quest. The game is a side scroller, Master Higgins moves across the screen from left to right and finds his power-ups in giant eggs. This includes a skateboard which results in a great speed enhancement - until Master Higgins gets hit and loses his power. If he is not on a skateboard a hit means instant death. Another game mechanic is starvation which gets indicated through a meter which steadily decreases. If it hits zero the hero dies and the only way to fill it up is by collecting food on the way. Bosses await him at the end of levels, all the way to the Evil Witch Doctor himself."
15164,Spider-Man,,1994,6.6,Action,,,"Spider-Man is a side-scrolling action game inspired by the animated Spider-Man television series. Players take on the role of Spider-Man, who uses his usual spider abilities to fight off the bad guys: web-spinning, kicking, and punching. The story is about three of Spider-Man enemies escaping from prison, namely Dr. Octopus, The Green Goblin and Smythe, and it is Spider-Man's job to find them and ""kick their butts"" as the intro states. During the levels Spider-Man will also encounter a lot of robots, in different shapes and sizes."
15183,Trivial Pursuit Interactive Multimedia Game,,1994,6.1,Puzzle,"Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz",,"This is the first multimedia version of the classic Parker Brothers board game. It uses photos, animations, videos & voice clips to pose over 2000 questions and answers to Trivial Pursuit questions. In the Classic Game, up to 6 players roll an on-screen die and move their 'pie-dish' marker around the spoke-and-wheel game board, just like the board game. The square you land on is color coded to one of six trivia categories: People & Places, Sports & Leisure, History, Arts & Entertainment, Science & Nature, and Wild Card. Answering the trivia question correctly lets you take another turn. Further, if you are on the 'prize' square at the end of each spoke (1 spoke end for each category color), the correct answer grants you a colored pie piece in your pie-dish marker for that category. Once you have all 6 pie pieces in your dish, you need to head back to the hub for a final random question to win the game. In the Fast Game, up to 6 players can forgo the die-rolling and board movement. It's a race to answer correctly a question from each category first! Categories are randomly selected in this mode."
15187,Alien³,,1993,5.8,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alien³ on the NES is similar to Probe Software 's adaptations of the film on other systems. While using the same overall game concept as the Sega and Commodore versions the NES title has unique levels. The player controls Ripley through a number of platform levels. She must not only defend herself against hordes of aliens and find the exit, but also save a number of prisoners, all within a tight time limit of only minutes per level. Weapons to use against the aliens include a pulse rifle, flame thrower, grenade launcher as well as hand grenades. Ammo for each is limited and must be collected in the levels. The rifle is prone to overheating, so should only be fired in short bursts. Next to health packs, Ripley can also find a radar. The radar indicates both moving aliens as well as the locations of prisoners. After every two levels, a guardian level follows, in which an especially tough alien must be defeated to continue."
15190,DEcapAttack,"DEcapAttack: Starring Chuck D. Head, Decap Attack Classic",1991,7.1,Action,Platform,,"In this game you play as Chuck D. Head, the product of a mad, but benevolent, scientist. Chuck looks a lot like a mummy, except he is missing an important part: a head. Fortunately, he is equipped with a set of eyes and a weird punching appendage in the middle of his chest. Chuck's weird features come in handy when, one day, this evil guy named Max D. Cap emerges from the underworld. Max quickly takes over our world, and only Chuck can stop him. The gameplay in Decapattack is of the side-scrolling platformer variety. You play through several colorful worlds, collect useful power up potions, and deliver a beat down to the ugly bosses."
15193,RealSports Football,Football,1982,4.9,Sports,,,"Football is an action football game for two players or one player against the computer. The game is played from a top down point of view of the field which scrolls to follow the action. There is a variety of offensive and defensive plays that can be called, along with several skill levels for each player. Each game will last for one fifteen minute quarter, whichever team has the most points at the end wins!"
15197,AH-3: ThunderStrike,Thunderhawk,1993,8.0,"Action, Simulation",,,"AH-3 Thunderstrike is a helicopter sim/shooter. You will pilot the AH-3 over 10 operations all over the world. Each operation is composed of several missions, such as destroying tanks, or destroying bridges, or escorting trucks, and so on. Thunderstrike's graphics consist of scaled sprites arranged to create a 3D environment. It makes use of the Sega CD's scaling and rotation hardware to create this effect with a smooth frame rate."
15199,Terracon,,2000,7.3,Action,,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Terracon is a thirdperson action game for the PlayStation. When a terraforming machine malfunctions you (Xed) are the only surviving member of you race. He has to fight its robot minions in order to survive and collect the Genergy required to rebuild his homeworld. With a variety of guns Xed runs around several worlds, which are divided into 32 huge 3D levels."
15205,Grand Prix Simulator,,1987,6.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Calling it a 'simulator' was a stretch, as with many of Codemasters ' titles. In reality it was an overhead-view Super Sprint style arcade racer for 1 or 2 players, similar in many ways to the company's BMX Simulator There were up to 14 circuits depending on the format, which incorporated many underpasses (some of them deliberately unrealistic) and tight curves. There were oil slicks to avoid and points bonuses to pick up. The cars have slow acceleration but a lot of power down the straights. You are scored based on your overall time and your fastest lap. Lose to the computer car and it's game over."
15208,Nail 'n Scale,Dragon Tail,1990,6.6,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Nail 'n Scale is a mixture of Jump'n Run and puzzle game. The player character can jump and throw nails at his enemies. Apart from killing enemies, nails can also serve as platform when they are thrown into blocks. Some blocks can be destroyed when you throw a nail into them and jump on the nail, whereas other blocks cannot even be penetrated by the nails. As the game progresses, levels get more and more complicated and new types of nails,such as explosive nails that remove particularly resilient blocks, become available."
15211,Chocobo's Dungeon 2,Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon 2,1998,6.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Following the adventures of the first Chocobo Dungeon game, Chocobo and Mog continue to search for treasure. One day, Mog discovers a new Mysterious Dungeon and takes the treasure from inside. This releases a seal which causes the Bahamut to appear just as the dungeon plunges into the ocean. Chocobo is rescued by a young white mage, Shiroma, who is the only human living in the monster village. Chocobo must help Mog, find Bahamut and fix whatever has been unsealed from the Mysterious Dungeon. Chocobo's Dungeon 2 is an action RPG in the style of other games in the Mysterious Dungeon series. Chocobo must descend into dungeon areas alone or with a partner (controlled by artificial intelligence or the second player), gathering treasure, while finding the passageway to the next floor and satisfying hunger. The game is viewed from the top down as all objects on the screen move at the same time. Chocobo can equip a single weapon and armor item, while the hunger level is satisfied by eating different forms of nuts. Spells can be collected, while successive casting increases the proficiency in that spell. Unlike other Mysterious Dungeon games, Chocobo keeps his level and stats between trips to the dungeon. Boss monsters wait at the completion of most objectives. Different sub-quests are available from the residents of Monster Town."
15223,A/X-101,,1994,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2500, humanity is attacked by the alien Gurzons. The Earth Defense Force doesn't stand a chance, and whole cities are laid to waste by the evil invaders. There is still hope, however: enemies of the Gurzons from the planet Prism offer their help. If just a few EDF pilots can make it to Prism, they will be provided with the ultimate weapon which may turn the tide: the A/X 101 system. Controlling one of four starfighters launched on the mission, it is the player's job to break the orbital blockade, make it to Prism and then take the fight to the enemy. The game is an on-rails shooter, with gameplay seen from a first-person cockpit perspective. The player's ship moves automatically through pre-rendered space and planetary environments and only the targeting crosshair can be moved freely. Laser Cannons and Fusion Warheads are available to hit the numerous enemies. Lasers have unlimited ammunition but need a few moments time to recharge. The warheads function as smart bombs and clear the screen of enemies, but are available only in limited supply. They are restocked when reaching a certain score. The ship's energy shield functions as a life bar. Between the shooting levels, there are transitional cutscenes, pre-rendered in the same way as the actual gameplay."
15229,Serf City: Life is Feudal,"Die Siedler, Gongren Wuyu, The Settlers",1993,8.3,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy (RTS)",,"A strategy game with cartoony graphics and an innocent line in humour. At the start of the level you choose a starting point, the intention being to get lots of flat land as well as resources to mine and ideally existing sources of trees, stones and water (for fish). Your people are vying for supremacy with up to 3 others. The gameplay focuses on resource management. Each building requires a certain amount of wood (and stones for some of them) to be constructed and requires particular resources to perform its function successfully. Food must be produced (either fish, bread (requiring a windmill, grain-farmer and baker) or pork (requiring a pig-farmer and butcher as well as the grain-farm) to feed the people working in mines to produce the iron, coal and gold (as well as additional stones). Huts and Watch-Towers are built to expand your territory, sometimes at the expense of an enemy's land (clever play involves targeting an area where your opponent has a crucial building, thus compromising his production). To finally win the level, you must defeat your opponents. Combat is fought one-at-a-time by the little soldiers and a victory results in all surrounding buildings being lost. The game features 30 preset missions. 6 tutorials missions will help beginners to learn the game mechanics. The game also offers the possibility to play semi-randomly (based on a 16-number key) generated maps. The map size varies from small maps, for quick matches, to large maps to, depending on how much RAM is available, huge maps, for very long matches as the fact that the in-game statistics can be displayed on a 50-hour scale illustrates. These semi-random maps can be played in single-player mode but can also be played by 2 players on one system, if you have 2 mice, in which case the screen is vertically split."
15231,Powerslave,"Death Tank, Exhumed, Seireki 1999: Pharaoh no Fukkatsu",1996,8.0,Action,"Metroidvania, Shooter","Africa, Sci-fi / futuristic","In this first-person shooter, you're an armed forces specialist sent to investigate strange happenings at the ancient Egyptian city of Karnak. Soon you learn that alien invaders with a penchant for mummifying humans alive have taken over the place. You have to fight your way through increasingly difficult levels with an unbelievable cast in order to finish it."
15232,Crisisbeat,,1998,6.3,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Crisis Beat is a 3D beat 'em up game. The story takes place aboard a ship called the ""Princess of the Fearless"", which gets sea-jacked by a group of Terrorists, led by Colonel Whigen. The player will have to fight through the different areas aboard the ship in an attempt to stop the Terrorists. The game's combat system heavily emphasizes combos, air juggles, and the use of background objects to attack, it also features a Lock-On Counter system. The player gets to choose a character from 2 pairs, so their story begins differently. Each character has their own voices, and their designs give them an anime look."
15234,Sōkyūgurentai,Terra Diver,1996,8.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Soukyugurentai is a top-down shooter using an elaborate combination of pre-rendered and real-time 3D graphics as well as 2D pixel art. The player is given a choice to control one of the three fighter ships of the JIN-SET Corporation Self-Defense Corps, all with strangely fish-themed names - S.O.Q. 004 Swordfish, S.O.Q. 010 Mackerel,and S.O.Q. 025 Scallop. Each ship comes with a unique, upgradable weapon system - Swordfish uses an all-around average rapid fire gun, Mackerel fires a weak laser and homing missiles, while Scallop obliterates foes with a narrowly-focused rail gun and a sub-cannon that fires in a direction opposite to the ship's motion. In addition to the primary weapons each ship carries a lock-on laser, activated by holding down the fire button."
15238,Descent to Undermountain,,1998,4.8,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"In the city of Waterdeep, people are inexplicably disappearing. In this game, you are asked to descend into Undermountain to determine where they went. You'll explore an underground labyrinth in this Forgotten Realms (AD&D) game built with the Descent engine. Your goal is to find the eight pieces of an amulet used to control the legendary Flame Sword of Lolth. With the power of this sword, an infinite army will be at your command, and Waterdeep will be saved."
15241,Revelation,Revelation!,1991,6.9,Puzzle,,,"Revelation is an abstract puzzle game based around cracking codes on safes. Each of the 80-plus levels is a top-down view of an arrangement of locks and dials, which must be aligned to unlock each section by having identical colors touching each other. Not all locks can be moved, however, and all of this must be done within a time limit. Your time to collect the gold (by opening each of the 9 doors in sequence in the hope of finding lots of bling) is limited by how long you took to crack the code. There is a bonus game to unlock, as well as extra lives and special power-ups. A password system ensures that a level need only be cleared once."
15245,NBA ShootOut 98,Total NBA 98,1998,7.2,Sports,,,"This game features all 29 NBA teams from the 1998 season. The game modes included are Exhibition, Season, and Playoffs. The game also features a draft mode and a player creation option. The game also contains player and league leader stat tracking. Game options let the player choose whether to play a sim or arcade type of game, set the difficulty level, set the quarter length, and whether to turn turbo on or off. During the game, players can use the Total Control Dunking which lets the player perform various types of slam dunks. Also featured during the game is Icon Passing and Icon Cutting. These let the player select which team member they want to get open for a pass or to cut towards the basket."
15248,Warlock,Beware the Ultimate Evil of Warlock,1994,6.3,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Warlock is based on the 1989 movie of the same name. When the sun aligns with the moon once every millennium, druid guardians summon their magic of their runestones to prevent the rebirth of the Warlock. The runestones are scattered through time and across the continents and you must find them before the Warlock does. The gameplay is simple. You go through different stages fighting off creatures and then finding the runestones. You fight off enemies by simply blasting them with this energy, using this orb you have with you, or you can use a spell to kill them. There are some puzzles in the game too. Some of the battles with the tougher enemies require some strategy to defeat them."
15254,Scenario: Theatre of War,,1992,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Wargame,"Europe, World War I","Scenario is a turn-based strategy game set during World War I. The player's goal is to conquer the entirety of Europe. The game takes place on a map of Europe divided into a number of provinces. There are 4 players, each of which can be human or computer-controlled, and each player starts with 1 province and a small army in it. The rest of the provinces are independent countries, just waiting to be conquered... Armies consist of tanks, airplanes and ships. Each turn, the player can freely move their forces between their provinces or attack neighbouring provinces (though each tank, plane and ship can be moved only once per turn.) A ship automatically takes a number of tanks and airplanes when it is moved. When the player attacks a province, whether a neutral one or controlled by another player, the progress of the battle is shown. Of course, if the attacker emerges victorious by destroying the opposing army, they take over the country. If there's no army in that country, it can be taken over without combat at all. Producing new armies costs money, acquired from taxes paid by the empire's citizens. It is also possible to get cash by mining for raw materials (coal, iron or copper); their prices change each turn, but they usually yield a lot of profits - but raw materials eventually run out, and trying to mine a depleted resource is a waste of money (though the player can pay a 250.000 fee to make an analysis and see how much resources there is left in a province). Another way to earn money is to send ships to overseas colonies to get money from them. Producing armies requires first building factories; each factory produces a specific type of military units, and has a limit as to how many units it can make per turn. Fortifications can also be built in a province to make a defending army a bit stronger during enemy attacks. It is also possible to acquire an enemy province by providing the local revolutionaries with a hefty sum of money, allowing them to take over the province and make it a part of the player's empire. Each turn, a random event can happen, such as worker strikes (cannot dig for raw materials) or discovery of a gold mine (cash bonus). The player is sometimes given an opportunity to destroy a factory in an enemy province; to do this, a short arcade sequence must be completed, which involves quickly aiming and shooting five guards in the head before the time, or ammunition, runs out."
15259,"Dick Vitale's ""Awesome, Baby!"" College Hoops",,1994,5.6,Sports,,,"Dick Vitale, the famous college basketball coach and commentator, lent his unique voice to this game for the Sega Genesis. There are four levels of depth to the commentary. Another aspect of the license is that the variety of offensive and defensive strategies and formations for player and AI use are pulled from the pages of Coach Vitale's own playbook. The game features a 3/4 pseudo-3D perspective similar to that available on the SNES console in Mode 7. There are 32 college teams to choose from in four conferences, and games are played by official NCAA rules. Available gameplay modes include Single Game, 2-on-2, Slamfest (a simple slam-dunk contest), and Tournament. The AI can take control of defense, and the game can be played without foul rules."
15264,"Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou Koto Nakare","Sakura Wars 2, Yinghua Dazhan 2",1998,7.5,"Adventure, Strategy / tactics",Japanese-style adventure,"Interwar, Steampunk","Japan, 1920's. After having defeated the ultimate evil, the charming ladies of the Hanagumi Squad and their young commander Ichiro Ogami believe that Japan is safe forever. But their archenemy is resurrected by a mysterious hand. And even though the heroes defeat him once again, they realize that sooner or later they'll have to confront the masked demon who has brought their foe back to life, find out who or what is pulling the strings behind the scene, and revive once again the tragic past. Being a direct continuation to the first Sakura Taisen the second installment is very similar to it graphically and gameplay-wise. The game is divided into adventure and battle modes. In adventure mode, the player controls Ichiro Ogami, moving around the theater (into which the base is disguised), trying to initiate conversations with the girls and choosing timed responses, which influence the hero's relationship with the girl and also slightly affect her parameters in combat. Battles are pre-set and take place on large isometric fields, on which the player navigates mech-piloting girls and Ichiro himself, fighting enemy forces in turn-based combat. There are two new characters in the game, and several refinements to the timed answer system."
15272,Scud: The Disposable Assassin,,1997,6.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You play the game as Scud, a ""disposable assassin"", who has been hired to take out a target in the ""Marvin's Manikan"" factory. Based on the underground comic by Rob Schrab, Scuds are designed to self destruct after they have destroyed their target... Scud has become aware of this fact, and instead only injures his target enough to not self-destruct. But, being a robot, Scud has no money, and must turn to freelance jobs to pay for his original target's life support. The game can be played with either a controller or the Virtua Stunner (or other compatible light gun). With a controller, the game is a side scrolling shoot-em-up; but with a light gun, it becomes a first person shooter. You can play with any combination of controllers and guns, but the game is essentially meant to be played with two guns (Scud himself uses two guns). The game is fueled by music from ""DJR/IB3 LTD."" (Darryl J. Reavis & Illuminado Berrios, III), Fidget-X, and Unbelievable Jolly Machine"
15275,Umihara Kawase,,1994,7.6,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,,"Umihara Kawase is an unusual platformer featuring a girl that is captured in a bizarre dream world full of walking fish. Equipped with a fishing line, she can swing and abseil from platform to platform using it as a grappling hook. The game's specialty is the detailed physics system that allows Kawase to perform various tricks using the elastic and length variable rope to move around the levels. There are almost 50 fields (levels) but most have multiple exits that allow you to play through the game on different paths without playing every single field in order. You can also record a good game and save it to watch it again at a later time."
15276,Ballz 3D: Fighting at its Ballziest,"3-Jigen Kakutō: Ballz, Ballz, Ballz 3D: The Battle of the Balls, Ballz 3D: The Battle of the Ballz",1994,6.1,Action,Fighting,,"Ballz is a fighting game, but what makes it unique is the fact that your player is made out of balls. The game has a detailed 3D engine with a fixed camera. The game plays like your normal beat 'em up game. This game supports 2 players, 3 difficulties, and up to 21 matches."
15277,Zeppelin! Command a Global Airship Empire,"Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky, Zeppelin: Giganten des Himmels",1994,7.2,"Educational, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Interwar,"Zeppelins were the sky's biggest aircrafts ever. So - have you ever thought about managing a fleet of them? In Zeppelin this is just your job. Invest in new technologies, build airships for several nations, find new flight routes and win the race with competing companies. You can participate in flying competitions, take on special missions (such as time critical assignments), speculate at the stock-market, etc. The game also contains precise historical material; political and economical developments strongly influence the storyline."
15278,Wally Bear and the NO! Gang,,1992,4.9,"Action, Educational",Platform,,"Wally Bear needs to find all of his friends for the party at his parents house, but he has an awful lot of obstacles to overcome! Riding a skateboard through the streets he must dodge dive-bombing pigeons, rabid bull dogs, and anthropomorphic animals who want to get him hooked on drugs and jumped into a gang. Worst of all: he's got to beat the curfew as well! Wally Bear and the NO! Gang is a side-scrolling platformer designed to teach kids the dangers of doing drugs, gang banging and hanging out with the wrong crowd. Most obstacles can be avoided, but Wally can also bop enemies on the head with his skateboard. The game features seven levels to traverse and a total of two power ups to find all while racing against the clock to help out your friends."
15279,The Incredible Crash Dummies,,1994,6.4,Action,Platform,,"Junkman breaks into the crash test center and kidnaps two of the Incredible Crash Dummies, Daryl and Spare Tire with the intentions of using them for their parts to build his junkbots. Now it's up to Slick and Spin to go and rescue the kidnapped crash dummies. In The Incredible Crash Dummies the player alternates between Slick and Spin as they go through five levels with each level containing 2 stages (except for the 4th level which only consists of one). One of the Dummies' legs has been replaced with a wheel while the other Dummy has his legs intact. So the main difference in gameplay is that in some stages the player either rolls throughout it or walks throughout it. The Dummies' arsenal includes an air gun which stuns enemies at close range and an oil gun which shoots and kills enemies at a far range. There are also a few powerups scattered throughout the stages such as the arrow, balloon, and arm powerup."
15280,Dino Crisis,,1999,7.7,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Survival horror,,"Three years ago, a brilliant scientist disappeared while researching a new form of energy. The government that funded his research wrote the whole affair off as a loss, which made it all the more upsetting when reports of Dr. Kirk's good health and nearly finished research came in. A special forces team is sent to the doctor's private island laboratory to extract him and his research, but they are totally unprepared for some of the side effects of his developments. Side effects that come from 100 million years in the past. Dino Crisis is a survival horror game that is very similar in both control and gameplay to its sister series, Resident Evil As in that series, protagonist Regina will have limited supplies and ammo with which to fight deadly enemies while searching rooms for keys (some figurative, some literal) to open locked areas. Unlike Resident Evil games, Regina will find very few actual supplies laying around, and will instead find ""plugs"" that are used to open caches of emergency supplies located around the complex. There are only enough plugs to open some of these caches, however, so care must be taken to decide what items are really needed. In another change from Resident Evil the game is rendered in 3D, allowing the camera to rotate or pan, although camera angles are still out of the control of the player. Even the dumbest dinosaur is smarter than the undead, and enemies can chase and disarm Regina, and even occasionally follow her through doors. Regina can use the force fields in the complex to block her enemies."
15281,Booty,,1984,7.0,Action,Platform,,"Like any good pirate ship, the old vessel upon which Booty is set is overloaded with treasure and so the player takes the role of Jim the Cabin Boy as he tries to collect as much of it as he can. The ship is viewed side-on in a platform-type perspective, and contains 20 holds, each of which is split across 8 screens of treasure. Once the player has cleared each one they have 45 seconds to escape the hold and prepare for the next one. The levels all feature lots of doors, each of which has its own key to open it - these are numbered. As only one key can be held at a time (pick another up and the first one returns to its original location), and many of the enemies are located behind doors, a great deal of strategy as to which order the keys are collected in is required."
15282,Kirby's Pinball Land,Kirby no Pinball,1993,7.9,Action,Pinball,,"Kirby's Pinball Land is a game of pinball based on the Kirby series of games, with Kirby as the ball. In the game you have to help Kirby defeat King Dedede and the three bosses who each guard one of the Pinball Lands. The game is divided into three tables or Pinball Lands, each consisting of four screens, three ordinary screens, and a boss screen If you fall off the bottom of the lowest one, you lose a life, unless you press A at the right moment to activate the springboard, which becomes harder each time. Each screen has a variety of things to do. The middle screen will give access to some sort of bonus game, where you must try to get as many points as you can, and can add to your bonus and bonus multiplier. The bonus is added to your score when you lose a life, as in ordinary pinball. The aim is to defeat each boss. To get to the boss you must perform a task on the top ordinary screen. The bosses themselves must be defeated by firing Kirby at them, but they will try to stop you, sometimes by temporarily de-activating one or both of the flippers. If you defeat the boss on each table, you face Kind Dedede himself."
15284,Rise of the Robots,,1994,4.4,Action,Fighting,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Electrocorp, the world's leading manufacturer and developer of advanced robotics ran the Leader Project to develop a multi-task, ultra-intelligent, self-aware robot to manage every aspect of the factory plant. The end result was the Supervisor Droid, a machine capable of assuming any form and accessing any database. But when an EGO virus infected the Supervisor's self-awareness it started to consider its need above of those of the company, infecting the other robots in the plant and declaring itself their leader. Electrocorp then sent its top-secret ECO32-5 Cyborg to infiltrate the plant and destroy the supervisor. Rise of the Robots is a versus fighting game. The player controls the ECO32-5 Cyborg and must fight all the other robots in the plant until finally meeting the Supervisor Droid. The controls consist of 3 buttons for punches and 3 buttons for kicks (one for each in the Game Gear version), and jumping, moving, crouching and blocking are performed with the directional pad. The Cyborg has two super moves, the Turbo Head Butt and the Shoulder Barge. The player can choose the difficulty, number of rounds and time limit for the fights, as well as turn turn the super moves off. The game has three modes: mission, where the player fights each robot in a fixed order; training, where the player can fight any robot in any desired order; and two players versus mode (absent in the Game Gear version), where the second player chooses any of the enemy robots to fight with. It features an AI system that reacts to the player style, 3D rendered cutscenes and the title song was composed by Queen's guitarist Brian May"
15286,Army Men 3D,,1999,6.7,Action,Shooter,,"The Army Men jump into PS action in a fully 3D environment, allowing you to use all the weapons found in the original, but from a 3rd person perspective. You can also blast away with a mate in a multiplayer mode or two."
15295,Galaxian³,Galaxian 3: Project Dragoon,1990,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Welcome aboard the Starship Dragoon, gunners! From now on, you are no longer 'I', you are 'we'! We will fight together or we will fall together! The Cannon Seed has been discovered and it is aimed directly at Earth. The United Galaxy Space Force and Earth are counting on us! In Galaxian 3 you, and multiple other players (28 in the GH-28 version, 16 in the GM-16 version, & 6 in the Theatre 6: GT-6 version), man the guns on a starship called Dragoon. The piloting is handled elsewhere so all you're concerned with is gun-firing. As enemies approach, you must shoot them down. You are trying to make it through the enemy fighters to reach and destroy the Cannon Seed. Be advised that all players are on the same ship so you all share the same life meter. When that life meter reaches zero, everybody's game is over."
15298,Lunacy,"Ge-kka-mu-gen-tan Torico, Gekkamugentan Torico",1996,7.0,Adventure,,,"A traveler named Fred has lost his memory. The only thing that gives him a clue to his past is a mysterious tattoo on his forehead that leads him to a strange place called City of Mists. Wandering through the bizarre locations of the town, Fred has to reveal the secret that leads to his past and to stop the evil plans of the maniacal Lord Gordon. Lunacy is a first-person adventure of the Myst school, with a simple interface and many complex puzzles."
15299,Motor Toon Grand Prix,"Motor Toon Grand Prix 2, Motor Toon Grand Prix USA Edition",1996,7.8,Racing / Driving,,,"In Motor Toon Grand Prix ( Motor Toon Grand Prix 2 in Japan), all the familiar characters are back in Sony's sequel to Motor Toon Grand Prix Very much like Mario Kart this game offers multiple worlds and tracks along with crazy characters and plenty of power-ups for some wild racing. The available characters are Captain Rock, Princess Jean, Bolbox, Raptor&Raptor, Penguin Bros., Vanity, Billy the Tough and Ching Tong Shang. The colorful worlds are Toon Village, Toon Island 2, Crazy Coaster, Gulliver House 2 and the Haunted Castle. The Championship mode takes you through all five tracks. For practice you can select from a single race, time attack and free run. You can even play back your races in the Replay Theater. The game includes a second disc for a two-player mode where you can link two separate playstations together. While racing, there are 17 power-ups to take out the competition: Bomb, FireBall, Jump, Missile, Crazy Mushroom, Dynamite, 32t Weight, Stealth Field, Turbo, Big Bigger Biggest, Tiny Tiny Tiny, Oil Can, Pandora's Box, Wonder Clock, Magic Hand, Power Up, Super Shield."
15301,Wacky Races,,1991,7.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,"You take on the role of Dastardly and Mutley from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series in this action title with superficial racing overtones. Your aim is to complete each course in a particular position, which is achieved either by waiting for them to suffer enough damage to drop out of the race, or by inflicting that damage yourself. Your car is armed with a forward-shooting arrow to impale the opposition cars, and deal with the many hazards the races throw at you, including boulders and rabbits, which can be taken out for points. The action is viewed from the side, scrolling horizontally as you progress, and vertically when you need to jump or duck over the bigger hazards, which must be avoided Moon Patrol style, meaning that you must often time one jump properly so as to be able to make the next one successfully. In some sections of the road you can duck down onto another set of roads, which may or may not be less hazardous. Falling into thin air costs you a life, while heavy impacts deduct some of your energy points. When the view doesn’t show the next section, and the correct course is not clear, an arrow appears to direct you."
15307,Trojan,"Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Trojan, Tatakai no Banka",1986,6.8,Action,,Post-apocalyptic,"The world is ruled by a vicious warlord named Achilles and his henchmen. You are Ryu, the master of martial arts and sword-fighting, who has decided that a confrontation with Achilles is in order to bring peace and order back to the world. Your character is equipped with both a sword (for offense) and a shield (for defense). You will go through six stages starting at a ruined city, each with two boss characters (in the middle and at the end). Some enemies are so powerful that you will die the instant you fail to block. You also have to race against time as well, which makes the game that much more difficult."
15311,Dizzy's Excellent Adventures,,1991,7.2,"Action, Compilation",Puzzle elements,,"A collection of five games starring the egg-shaped Dizzy character. All formats include: Additionally, Amiga and ST versions feature Bubble Dizzy while C64, Spectrum and Amstrad CPC versions feature the previously-unreleased Dizzy Down the Rapids"
15312,David Crane's Amazing Tennis,,1992,7.1,Sports,,,"A tennis game featuring both an exhibition and a tournament mode. In the head to head exhibition mode, the player can choose their opponent (with the higher ranked opponents being better than the lower ranked ones). The tournament mode allows for 16 different players to compete to become the champion. Both of these modes can be played on either grass, hard, or a clay court. The player can also choose whether to be either a left or right handed tennis player. During the game, whoever is serving the ball will be closer to the screen. Players will be able to use topspin, execute drop shots, perform volleys, lobs, slices and overhead smashes, and decide on either a hard or soft serve to keep the opponent off balance. Although the game features fictional players, it is endorsed by Footlocker."
15313,TechnoClash,,1993,6.6,Action,,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Ronaan, the Wizard Prince, is given the task of chasing the Engine Man (a half man, half machine entity that infiltrated the magickal Inner Realm) into a world that has been overrun by technology. Joined by his bodyguards, Chazz and Farrg, and his spirit guide, Indar, Ronaan joins the battle between magick and technology whose outcome will determine the fate of two dimensions. TechnoClash is a top-down scrolling action game. The player controls Ronaan, whose goal is to track down and defeat the Engine Man. Ronaan is accompanied by two computer-controlled bodyguards who help him in combat situations; he can scout out the tactical situation using Indar, a falcon who can fly anywhere; and he can cast spells to accomplish many tasks, including attacking his foes, teleporting out of danger, and healing himself."
15320,Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp,,1990,6.0,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"After adapting the original Dragon's Lair into two different games, Readysoft continued with the arcade sequel Dirk the Daring is called back into action when his wife Daphne is kidnapped by the evil wizard Mordroc. Encouraged by Daphne's mother (and her rolling pin), Dirk escapes to Singe's old castle, where he finds a time machine, which will take him to different eras and dimensions on the search for his wife. Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp for home computers adapts parts of stages 1 (escape from Daphne's mother), 2 (prehistoric times), 4 (Garden of Eden), 7 (confrontation with Mordroc) and 8 (final escape) from the arcade game. Gameplay is close to the original - scenes run automatically and the player has to press the right button at the right time (either moving or using Dirk's sword) or die, albeit without the flashing prompts present in the coin-op. All scenes from the original animated film are completely redrawn to fit the limitations of the 16-bit machines."
15328,Pac-Man: Adventures in Time,,2000,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Pac-Man returns, in a new, full 3D adventure. Each level represents different time periods, from the pyramids of Egypt to the futuristic settings of space, and combines detailed 3D environments with the classic Pac-Man gameplay from the early '80s titles. And now players can play with their friends, in LAN multiplayer modes or over the internet."
15332,The Lion King,"Der König der Löwen, El Rey Leon, Il Re Leone, Le Roi Lion",1994,7.3,Action,Platform,Africa,"The Lion King is a side-scrolling platform game based on the Disney animated film of the same name. The version for Sega's 8-bit systems is based on the 16-bit version and has the same general gameplay and the same level themes, but its own level designs and other differences. The player controls the young lion Simba through ten levels, all based on locations from the film. In the first six, Simba is a cub, from level seven on he is an adult. The two forms differ slightly in abilities: young Simba can roll sideways, damaging enemies that are in the way. Only adult Simba can slash enemies directly with his paws, while both can use their roar to temporarily stun and jump on top of enemies to defeat them. Several stages end with boss fights against the likes of a hyena and an orangutan, with the final level consisting only of the fight against main villain Scar. In most levels, various power-ups can be collected, many of which come in the form of bugs. These include health restoration, temporal invincibility and upgrades for the power of Simba's roar and slash. Other items to collect include extra lives and continues as well as diamonds which enable the playing of a bonus rounds after finishing a level. In the bonus round, the player controls the warthog Pumbaa, who must catch melon seeds falling from the top of the screen. For every ten seeds collected, an extra life is awarded at the end. Accidentally catching bugs removes seeds, however."
15336,Ultimate Pinball,"Screamball!: The Ultimate Pinball Experience, TWG Pinball",1996,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Pinball",,"Ultimate Pinball is an arcade-style pinball game. The game is almost identical in style to the pinball games by 21st Century Entertainment such as Pinball Dreams It includes six different pinball tables to play, all based on generic ideas such as sports, horror, Egypt, space, pirates, and the American west. The game features smooth scrolling, digitized sound, and local multiplayer capabilities."
15339,Brat,,1991,7.8,"Action, Puzzle",,,"In Brat you must guide a baby, Nathan, through levels with features such as dynamite, bridges and holes. You do this indirectly, by specifying which direction he goes in, in a manner vaguely similar to Lemmings You also tell him when to use objects in a simplistic manner similar to the Dizzy games"
15340,Boarder Zone,Supreme Snowboarding,1999,7.4,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"Boarder Zone is a snowboard simulator with four events, five modes, nine different courses, and dozens of different tricks to perform. There are multiple weather conditions, real authentic Y2K boards, and even real boarders."
15343,The Humans,"Dino Dudes, Dinolympics, Evolution: Dino Dudes",1992,7.3,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,Prehistoric,"The gameplay of The Humans has similarities to Lode Runner and Lemmings Your job in this action puzzler is to help prehistoric man to evolve by helping them discover tools, the wheel, weapons, or even fire. Each level in the game will have a given task to help in this, and you are allotted a number of characters who must accomplish the task. The player can switch from person to person while moving the characters around each scrolling puzzle, and teamwork is essential to success. Tasks can include finding objects (like a spear) on the screen, or trying to reach a specific destination which may require the use of objects you have discovered so far. Each level has a time limit, when time runs out the level can be restarted."
15346,Astérix,Asterix,1993,7.1,Action,Platform,,"The year is 50 BC. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well, almost entirely... One small Gaulish village continues to defy the occupying forces, the villagers protected by a magic potion which makes them invincible. But now Obelix has vanished! The Romans have confirmed his capture and taken him to an unknown destination. Astérix is a platform game based on the eponymous comic books, where the short and mustached Gaul has to progress through levels located all across Europe, fighting Romans and various aggressive animals along the way, to rescue his friend Obelix before Caesar throws him to the lions...."
15347,WarCraft II: The Dark Saga,,1997,7.7,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Fantasy, Steampunk","This port of Warcraft II includes all the missions from Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness and its expansion pack, Beyond the Dark Portal into one package. New features for the console release include an auto-build option, where the player can set a queue of units to be produced and the ability to select sixteen units at a time instead of the PC's nine."
15348,Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf,"Ozaki Naomichi no Super Masters, Tournament Golf",1989,6.9,Sports,,,"Select your level of play, and then head for the pro shop to choose between Black Carbon, Glass Fiber, and Ceramic Clubs. Tee off by yourself or play 18 holes with a friend. Besides the One and Two Player modes there's also a practice mode, match play (head to head), and a full-blown international tournament, where you'll stroke it out against 15 competitors. Tournament play lasts 12 rounds, 18 holes of golf each. Most rounds are standard ""stroke"" play but the seventh and eighth rounds are ""match"" games. Things really get serious when match game ends in a tie, and players move into a sudden death play-off. During the tournament players earn higher skill levels, more knowledgeable caddies, and more power. You'll earn a password at the end of each round of the tournament. The game let's you play on three different courses; Japan, the United States, and Great Britain."
15349,Sol Divide,Sol Divide: Sword of Darkness,1997,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Fantasy,"Set against a medieval fantasy backdrop, Sol Divide is a 2D side-scrolling shooter that pits one or two players against a horde of flying enemies. There are three different characters that can be played as, each with their own weapon and fighting style. Various magic scrolls can be found by defeating enemies which allow the player to cast several different types of spells including lightning and fire. The story itself concerns an evil being who sets out looking for a Power Stone and cuts down all in his path with his sword, the Sol Divide. It is up to you to stop him, battling your way through several stages in both Arcade and Original Mode (which contain different areas and require different tactics to beat, the Original Mode being designed as a more difficult experience for players who want to progress on to a higher challenge). Defeating enemies rewards the player with different items to help them on their journey, including the aforementioned magic scrolls, healing potions, magic bottles (only when playing Arcade Mode) and protection accessories (if playing Original Mode)."
15356,Deuteros: The Next Millennium,,1991,7.7,Strategy / tactics,,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The sequel to Millennium 2.2 (released two years prior), is a space strategy game in which you start with a minimum amount of supplies and scientific knowledge, and must expand beyond Earth to explore and colonize other planets. As Earth has been devastated by war, the available remaining population must be trained either for research, production or as marines in order to be assigned to their different jobs. As your research team discovers new technologies and items, and your mining facilities gather the needed material, your production team can start building the items necessary to your expansion. When your first space shuttle is built, you can launch it to build an orbital factory station which, in turn, allows you to build larger interplanetary spacecraft to reach farther planets with rare minerals. As you colonize other planets, gather new materials, and mine asteroids, you will be able to build different items not available at the beginning of the game. Certain spacecraft can later be equipped with devices to automate asteroid mining and transportation of minerals from one location to another. The graphics of Deuteros are dark and consist of mostly static screens with basic animations. There is no background music during gameplay, only futuristic sound effects. The interface uses simple point-and-click on different icons and buttons (more functions become available as the game advances.)"
15359,Star Ocean: The Second Story,Star Ocean 2,1998,7.7,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Claude Kenni is a young man who recently joined the Earth Federation, following the steps of his father. A strange energy has been spotted somewhere on a distant planet, and Claude and his father go there to investigate the matter. However, Claude gets sucked into a portal and ends up on a mysterious planet, in the middle of jungle. There, he sees a young girl threatened by a ferocious beast. That young girl is Rena Lanford, an inhabitant of the planet and the second protagonist of the game. The dangerous encounter makes the paths of the two heroes cross, and they continue their journey together. Like its predecessor Star Ocean: The Second Story is a Japanese-style role-playing game with action-based battles. Combat takes place in an arena that allows player-controlled characters to chase down or run away from enemies, as well as unleash special moves that damage any enemies in a large area of effect. Characters can learn various skills during the game, and become an expert alchemist, blacksmith, scientist, etc. They can also produce their own items (like for example making armor from iron ore if the character has the appropriate skill). Another stand-out feature of the game, carried over from the previous installment, are the so-called ""Private Actions"". The protagonist can talk to other party members and raise or lower their sympathies, influencing their performance in battle and ultimately branching the plot and affecting the ending. The games has eighty slightly different endings that depend on the player's choices during character conversations throughout the game."
15362,Need for Speed II: SE,"NFS2:SE, Need for Speed II: Special Edition",1997,7.5,Racing / Driving,,Oceania,"This is a special edition release of Need for Speed II which provides improved visuals in comparison to the original release. The graphical improvements within this version of the game are only officially supported on 3Dfx Voodoo graphics cards, however, and thus the game is effectively graphically indistinguishable from the original version when played using different hardware. Besides the graphical improvements, the new additions to this version are:"
15365,Avalon Hill's Squad Leader,Squad Leader,2000,5.3,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","Although it bears the full title of Avalon Hill's Squad Leader this game is actually the descendant of Soldiers at War and Wages of War: The Business of Battle Random Games ' previous attempts at turn-based, isometric, X-Com like squad games. Through three campaigns of ten scripted missions each (mixed with optional random missions), you will lead your squad of American, British or German troops through the battles of 1944-45. Each of your soldiers is individually rated and has a unique biography (although they don't have the personality of a Jagged Alliance merc) and their morale and skills are affected with each battle (and occasionally the random occurrence between battles, such as a girlfriend writing to say she's leaving one of your grunts for another man). As your team progresses, the survivors will become a tight-knit group of skilled veterans, able to withstand the increasing dangers. Teams consist of a number of rifle squads, along with some heavy weapon squads and specialists, such as the squad leader, sergeant, medic, sniper, and combat engineer. In addition, your squads will gain support from both artillery and the occasional vehicle. They'll march through sniper infested towns, wade onto dangerous beachheads, and fight over the very tools they need to emerge victorious. A vast array of WWII weaponry (both real and 'Hollywood') is available to your men and you'll find nearly every piece coming in handy. The game features a random mission generator to elongate the lifespan, but can only be played single player."
15370,Metaltech: Battledrome,Metaltech: Battledrome - Robotic Combat Network,1994,6.8,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Command giant HERCs in head-to-head combat over network / modem or against the computer. The two-player aspect of this game (network or modem) was ahead of its time as a predecessor to NetMech. It would run respectably on a 486-33 as well, which was a bonus for its time. Note that this was apparently never designed to satisfy single-player urges, but was meant from the outset as a two-player head-to-head game."
15373,WWF King of the Ring,,1993,5.7,Sports,,,"WWF King of the Ring is a wrestling game that uses the World Wrestling Federation license. Each wrestler possesses personal attributes in three categories: strength, speed, and stamina. The wrestlers share the same set of moves, consisting of punches, kicks, body slam, throw, dropkick, suplex, stomps, elbow drops, and a move off the turnbuckle. There are no signature moves unique to each wrestler. There are eleven wrestlers in total: Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Lex Luger, Yokozuna, Razor Ramon, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Mr. Perfect, Bam Bam Bigelow, The Undertaker (the last two are absent from the GameBoy version), and a wrestler the player can create with custom attributes. The game features one-on-one matches, championship matches, tag team matches, and the King of the Ring tournament."
15374,A-10 Cuba!,,1996,7.3,Simulation,,North America,"A-10 Cuba! the sequel to A-10 Attack! is a military air combat simulator featuring the Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft, otherwise known as the ""Warthog."" Like its predecessor, it is a highly realistic simulator with a 3D polygonal graphics engine. New features include more detailed graphics and 12 missions set in an expansive, intricate model of Cuba. Four additional multiplayer-only environments allow up to eight players to compete on a LAN. The game provides a detailed 2D cockpit with clickable buttons and switches. A wide variety of weapons are available for air-air and air-ground combat, including Sidewinder, Hellfire, Maverick and HARM missiles and free-fall, laser-guided, and cluster bombs. Rockets and the Warthog's famous GAU-8 Avenger gatling gun round out the arsenal. Physics, damage and avionics are simulated in great detail. The Macintosh version also includes a mission editor."
15388,Manchester United,Manchester United: The Official Computer Game,1990,6.4,"Simulation, Sports",,,"A football management simulation with an arcade component where you manage the world's most famous football team. Lead them through a season to see how many trophies you can win. You can pick your dream team for the positions you want and see how they do in the championships. The management side lets you choose and configure your team, choosing training schedules to develop your players and viewing their skills. The arcade side can be used purely as a hands off simulation, or as a way to have a direct effect on the result."
15396,Rudra no Hihō,,1996,7.5,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The Earth is ruled by heavenly powers, who destroy it and create it again every 4000 years, to end the live of powerful races and to let new ones appear. Many years ago, four great races dominated the Earth: the wise Danans, the beautiful Mermaids, the proud Reptiles, and the strong Giants. But those races had to give place to a newly born race: the humans. During the era of the humans, the planet's air has become filled with smog and the water dirty with pollutants. The cult of the Rudra have appeared and begun foretelling the end of the world. As the 4000 year deadline approaches, three characters each embark on their separate yet intertwined quests. Rundra no Hihō is a turn-based RPG, similar in gameplay and graphics to the better known Final Fantasy VI Whenever players load the game cartridge, they are able to choose which of the three characters they wish to play. This allows any one of these quests to be saved and put aside for any amount of time, allowing the player to change between characters as they so desire. Regardless of which character is chosen, the game is displayed as a top-view on the overworld and in towns. Players can move around to different locations, search treasure chests and talk to townspeople. On the overworld and in dungeons, random encounters can occur. During battles the game is displayed from a side-view and is turn-based between the player's characters and monsters. Players are able to Fight with their weapon, use mantras (magic), use items, defend or run away. Defeat of monsters will result in the party earning experience points and money, which can be spent to buy new weapons, armor and items. The game's mantra (magic) system is unique in that all spells are formed up of syllables, each with it's own effect (for instance, the syllable ""Ig"" represents fire and the syllable ""ga"" augments any mantra's power over it's basic form. Therefore ""Igga"" is a more powerful version than ""Ig"" alone). Syllables must be arranged in proper combinations in order to form effective magic spells. Hints towards some of these combinations can be found inside treasure chests or by talking to townspeople."
15400,Earl Weaver Baseball,,1987,7.3,Sports,,,A game with teams of era's like with Babe Ruth and Willie Mays. A game very up to date for its time. Camera angles and TV style presentations.
15406,Thunder Fox,,1990,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"In 19xx, the world is overtaken by a storm of terrorism, and the evil power of invasion extends over the land, sky, and sea. However, there are brave men fighting against it for putting down a storm. The anti-terrorism team of Thunder and Fox is called in to complete a series of missions, ranging from breaking through the enemy's barrier and destroying their choppers, to destroying the enemy's headquarters. Walk through the levels and destroy enemies using your knife and defeat the end-of-level bosses. Various weapons are at your disposal, including flamethrowers, bazookas, machine guns, and grenades. You can also pistol-whip enemies as well. Smash open crates for 500 points, 1000 points, and extra life + 5000 points."
15409,AAARGH!,,1987,5.4,Action,Arcade,,"What's that coming over the hill, is it a monster? Yes, as this Rampage -influenced arcade game sees you play either an ogre or a dragon. Both are searching an island for an egg that will give them superpowers. This is located inside a building, and to find the right one you must continuously smash them up, using either the ogre's horn or the dragon's tail. Humans must also be attacked as you see them, as their catapults weaken you. Food can be found to restore energy, Once you have located the egg, a one-on-one beat 'em up battle with your rival ensues - win five of these to finally win the game."
15414,Taz in Escape from Mars,Escape from Mars Starring Taz,1994,6.8,Action,Platform,,"You play as Taz, the famous cartoon-character. Taz is captured by Marvin the Martian and transfered to his intergalactic Zoo! Now it is your job to aid Taz in his great escape from the Zoo-prison and also find a way back home to Earth. To make the escape a little easier, there are items placed here and there, such as cakes which make regain your health. You also find gas tanks, which you can eat and then breath fire. You will travel through the Zoo, and a big wasteland and many other hostile zones with lots of weird enemies and bizarre bosses."
15420,Top Banana,,1991,5.7,Action,Platform,,"Top Banana is a game synthesized from everything that was hip, cool, and ""in"" during the early nineties. With members from the experimental sampling music group Coldcut in the development team, it aimed to look no worse than a contemporary MTV video, with a cool rave intro, crazy ""sampled"" graphics composed of random imagery, and lots of acid. What it all boils down to is a very simple platform game with very advanced graphics. You control a girl in a rave outfit who jumps through a series of platform worlds where you throw some love around in the form of hearts, which somehow ties into an environmentally conscious (the packaging was made out of recycled paper) theme where the enemies are representatives of big business. Also, similar to Rainbow Islands a mass of water is slowly rising from below, so you must hurry upwards through the level. The graphics make the game look not quite like anything else, as though the graphics artist just inverted all the tiles and put them in random order. Keeping with the 90s sentiment of ""information wants to be free"", the samples and sprites are kept uncompressed on the disks, for everyone to edit according to their own tastes."
15431,Austerlitz,,1989,6.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Historical events,"Third entry in a row of historic wargames focusing on the Napoleonic era (the first two were Waterloo and Borodino ). This time the player can re-fight the decisive battle of Austerlitz, which took place on Dec 2, 1805. You may either play as Emperor Napoleon or Czar Alexander. It is also possible to play a two player game, or to take neither side (watching the computer playing both sides). Compared to the first two entries in the series the games' presentation and interface didn't change. You are observing the battle area through a 3-D perspective, while issuing commands by typing in certain pre-defined text elements (combined with names of commanders, places and time of execution). You will get reports from your subordinates indicating whether or not your orders have been carried out completely (this is of course besides watching the battlefield yourself)."
15433,Return to Eden,,1984,7.9,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The command robots of Snowball have found the colonisable planet Eden, and already set about colonising this lush verdant planet. Not easy though - native plants and animals have adapted and fought back at the threat to their territory. A walled area now encloses the city, which is crumbling around you. When Snowball 9 reaches the planet, Commander Kim Kimberley is filmed apparently committing a murder. As Kim, you must escape from the 'justice' of crazed robot droids. Snowball 9's landing is made dangerous due to the robots malfunctioning. Return to Eden is an interactive fiction game which sets you as Kim, and challenges you to enter and survive within the robot city. Strange and surreal outcomes about - what do you get when you plant a brick? The world includes a bank, a theme park, the Corridors of Power, and a Starbike. Unlike its predecessor it features graphics, with over 200 illustrative pictures featured. adds the ability to type while the screen is updating. Vocabulary is simplified - a new IT command refers to the last-mentioned object, and clothing can be WEAR'ed without being GET'ted first."
15435,Action Soccer,Futbol Action Soccer,1995,7.9,Sports,,,"Action Soccer is a quick and uncomplicated soccer game with two different graphic styles (2D overview and 3D isometric). The 16 teams have 6 skills like speed, strength, shotpower etc.. There are no things like offside, fatigue or tactic. You can play a friendly game, the UBI-Cup, a championship or a tournament. In few options you can change the weather (sun, night, rain, snow) or little tactic (offense, defense, normal). Worth mentioning is also the humorous audio-commentary from Jonathan Pearce and the editor."
15437,Bonk's Revenge,"B.C. Kid 2, GB Genjin 2",1994,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Although this shares the same name as the second Bonk game for the TurboGrafx-16 this is actually a brand new adventure. It's pretty much the same as the other games in the series, where the player takes on the role of cave boy Bonk. While most of the levels are completely new, the game reuses features from the first two in the series In this platform game the Bonk uses his hard head to flip through the air, climb and bounce off of walls, and bash enemies."
15442,Team Suzuki,,1991,7.4,Racing / Driving,,,"Team Suzuki uses official support to simulate motorcycle racing using polygon graphics. The action is viewed from the cockpit. Contact with other bikes or the scenery gradually increases the damage percentage, which will eliminate you at 100%. Crashing results in an external replay of your final moments. Joystick and mouse control options exist, with the mouse being ultimately faster but harder to learn. 125, 250 and 500cc options exist, with the difficulty higher on the more powerful bikes. You can contest a full season, single race, or simply practice on a free track. 16 circuits are featured, from Suzuka and Misano to Rijeka and Philip Island, with races over 5-50 laps. Your opponents are seven factory Suzuki riders from various classes at the time, including 1993 500cc World Champion Kevin Schwantz."
15444,Emergency: Fighters for Life,,1998,6.8,Strategy / tactics,,,"Emergency: Fighters for Life is a real-time strategy game where the player controls a group of cops and doctors, trying to save as many people as possible from a number of different kinds of emergencies. Players begin by first examining the site and decide who will be needed. They are called in from the barracks; they drive to the scene of the emergency to take the player's instructions. Then an ambulance will need to be called to collect injured victims and bring them to the hospital. Only when everything is done is the mission accomplished and emergency personnel rounded up. This game contains a large variety of missions, from a collision between a car and a tractor to preparing a Formula 1 match!"
15447,Realms,,1991,7.5,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Fantasy,"Realms is a medieval real-time strategy game located in a fictive kingdom where the player just has been named king. Your kingdom is threatened by the surrounding realms of different rulers and it is your task to defend yourself and expand your own kingdom in order to become ruler of all realms. The game features 125,000 square miles of fractally-generated landscape, 128 armies with many thousand members each. You can order your armies into different battle formations and conquer countless towns with their inhabitants and its gold treasures"
15453,Rebel Planet,,1986,6.8,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You play the part of an agent of SAROS, the Terran resistance movement against their imperial alien overlords, the Arcadians. Disguised as a merchant, you will fly your ship, the Caydia to three different colony planets -- Tropos, Halmuris, and Arcadion -- to rendezvous with underground freedom fighters and gather the intelligence you require to destroy the central computer of the Arcadian hivemind, liberating humanity! An adaptation of Robin Waterfield 's Fighting Fantasy gamebook #18, published the previous year, this computer game version rejects the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure gameplay design of the book in favour of a more open-ended text adventure model, albeit one with a restrictive text parser. Most elements of the trademark Fighting Fantasy RPG system, including the randomness of even simulated die-rolls, have been streamlined out, leaving only metrics for damage taken and hunger (hitherto untracked in the books.) Carrying limits, while atypical in FF gamebooks, are enforced here as in the original book. A further new dynamic includes the strict timetable of the space traffic control towers -- you need to have wrapped up your business planetside before your launch window comes up, otherwise you're out of luck. In keeping with the game's sci-fi setting (in both rural and urban flavours), you will find extensive use of objects such as your limcom, nutritious hcaps (tasty like dead Zorkons, num num!), and the indispensable lite-kube. Combat has been largely phased out in favour of an extension of the gamebook's espionage theme of ciphers and passwords, magic words with the power of plot advancement."
15456,Double Dribble,"Double Dribble: 5 on 5, Double Drible, Exciting Basket, Hyper Dunk, Konamic Basket",1986,6.7,"Action, Sports",,,"Double Dribble is a basketball action game for one or two players. You can select different time limits for games, select teams, and begin playing! Gameplay is entirely action, so no time needs to be spent customizing the teams or with statistics. You control each player on the team one at a time (the player with or about to receive the ball will be human controlled, with the computer taking over the other players temporarily.) Some versions feature a small amount of digitized sound effects, and close ups of slam dunks."
15460,The Blues Brothers,HaAhim Bluz,1991,6.8,Action,Platform,,"The Blues Brothers are on the run from the law. Take control of either bulky Jake or nippy Elwood in this five-level platform game. You must cross a prison, a river and the big city to reach freedom. You also must find your missing records and collect these. Everything and everyone is against you, but you can pick up and throw warehouse crates to defeat your opponents."
15462,Ice Hockey,Eishockey-Fieber,1981,7.6,Sports,,,"Ice Hockey is an ice hockey game for one player against the computer or two players. Each team consists of two players, one offensive and one defensive. At any given time one player is active and can be controlled while the other remains inactive; if the puck is near your goal then the defensive player becomes active, otherwise, you control the offensive player. Each player has the ability to shoot the puck at a variety of angles, and can even body check their opponent! The game lasts for three minutes, and whoever scores more points by the end of that time wins. The game can be played at normal or high speed, and optionally one of the players can be handicapped to give an inexperienced player more of an advantage."
15471,Jaws,,1987,4.7,Action,Shooter,,"Loosely based on the fourth movie ""Jaws: the Revenge"", players take control of a ship to sail the ocean in the search for the killer shark. Along the way, the ship will stop to allow a diver to swim out and kill baby sharks, jellyfish and manta rays to find conch shells. The conch shells are used to buy upgrades for the boat. Extra conch shells can be earned in bonus rounds where a sea plane flies over the water to bomb jellyfish (think the bonus rounds of Galaga with reversed perspective). The diver will battle Jaws several times in an attempt to wear down his life meter. If the player is lucky, they can find a submarine to increase their firepower and defense. If the diver manages to wear down Jaws' energy, they take back to the boat again, launching strobes into the water in an attempt to lure the shark out of the water. If close enough, the player can use the boat to ram Jaws in an attempt to kill him and win the game."
15473,Thrash Rally,"ACA NeoGeo: Thrash Rally, AkeAka NeoGeo: Thrash Rally, Rally Chase",1991,6.6,Racing / Driving,,"Africa, Europe","Thrash Rally is a fast-paced racing game, similar to Neo Drift Out and Overtop but using a top-down view. You can either participate in a World Championship or do a complete Paris Dakar rally. Using basic controls: accelerate with automatic transmission, brake and a combination of both to power drift, you have to follow a set path of courses. In the World Championship, each location consists of different stages that need to be finished in a single run. There is a strict time limit and you receive a time bonus upon finishing a section. The Dakar mode is one long track without stops. The championship uses regular cars, but in the Dakar race you can also choose a sand buggy, off-road bike or a truck. A global ranking is kept while racing, but it is based on your time, not on the number of cars you pass during the race. Aside from your opponents, you'll also find water, animals, hills, bridges, bushes and different obstacles in your path."
15482,Aliens Versus Predator,Aliens vs. Predator,1999,8.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Aliens Versus Predator is a sci-fi first-person shooter based on the associated two film franchises. The game has three playable species, and each has its own single-player campaign with different missions and plotlines. There are several multiplayer modes. For a difficult game, you can pit all the players against the horde of computer creatures (which includes experimental robotic Aliens and tough Predalien hybrids). Alternatively, players can choose their favorite species and face each other in an arena-style deathmatch."
15485,BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge,,1990,6.9,Strategy / tactics,,,"BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge is the sequel to BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception It is the year 3029 during the Succession Wars; as the nineteen-year-old Mechwarrior Jason Youngblood of the Lyran Commonwealth (House Steiner), it is time to strike back at the treacherous forces of the Draconis Combine (House Kurita), who captured Jason's father in the original BattleTech and whom he has sworn to rescue. Unlike its predecessor, the game inclines more towards RTS (real-time strategy) than role-playing gameplay style. The player will lead the forces of 31st Century BattleMechs (Warrior Robots) in a daring mission of rescue and revenge. The game consists of two parts - the storyline, which gives the player guidance and direction, and changes with the outcome of every decision made; and the scenarios, which are the arenas where the player watches his/her maneuvers unfold in real time. The game has digital speech and a technically advanced musical score."
15486,Night Shift,Night Shift: Industrial Might & Logic,1990,7.6,Action,Platform,,"Night Shift is a puzzle platformer set in a factory owned by Industrial Might & Logic (a parody of Lucasfilm 's special effects company Industrial Light & Magic ). Taking control of either Fred Fixit or Fiona Fixit, the player is tasked with ensuring the smooth production of the factory's products, merchandise based on Lucasfilm properties like Star Wars and Indiana Jones by travelling around the factory line fixing problems and completing tasks. Gameplay is divided into 6 different kinds of shifts, each with its own assignments (provide power, use wrench to tighten bolts, etc.) The player uses tools throughout the game, and can be awarded with bonus items (hourglass for extra time, cash bonus for extra points)."
15487,World Cup Year 94,World Cup Year '94,1994,7.7,Compilation,,,"Released to tie in with the 1994 World Cup, this collection features the following four soccer (football) games:"
15492,Bloody Roar 3,,2000,7.0,Action,Fighting,,"The third edition of the beast transforming beat 'em up series includes 12 gameplay modes including the usual arcade, versus and practice along with survival (beat as many opponents as possible before dying) and 8 gameplay modes that can only be played once you unlock them. The same gameplay style created in the 2 PlayStation versions continues here, where your character has the ability to morph into a beast during play to inflict more damage and combos on the enemy. However, each arena in the game now has breakable landscapes in the style of Dead or Alive 2 while the graphics have been improved greatly to use the available power of the PS2."
15502,Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space,"BARIS, Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space: A U.S.-Soviet Space Race Simulation",1993,7.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,"Cold War, Contemporary","Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space re-creates the thrilling endeavor of trying to lead your country's space program to the moon before a competing superpower does the same. As head of your country's space program you will need to develop all the hardware you need for your spacecraft and make it safe, choose the right persons to send into space and make sure they come back alive. Loaded with lots of historic video clips, and other historic correct items make this game reflect the ""Cold War"" situation as it should."
15505,NFL Quarterback Club,,1995,7.5,"Simulation, Sports",,,"One of the earliest in the NFL Quarterback series this version features the standard game modes such as Exhibition Season Playoffs etc. and features a full NFL license with players and their teams respective names and logos. One feature that is present in this game is the Quarterback Skills Challenge where the player can choose from 13 different quarterbacks such as John Elway, Steve Young, Dan Marino and many others in a QB competition. The goal is to complete a series of drills such as hitting a bulls-eyes, throwing long distances, competing in obstacle courses or test out their throwing accuracy. It also has a two-player option where friends can compete head-to-head."
15509,Big Sea: The Better One Will Win,,1994,5.8,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,Fantasy,"Management simulation about production, trading and conquest set in a fantasy world with dragons and wizards."
15515,Pitball,,1996,6.7,"Action, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Pitball is a 2-on-2 futuristic sports game. The gameplay is a cross between Rollerball and Basketball. Players 'fight' within an enclosed arena, over control of a floating orb, which they then pick up and throw into the opponents goal. Various power-ups are dropped into the arena during play, that offer advantages to the player, such as extra speed, more accurate shooting, more power and various bombs and landmines that can be used against the opponent. In addition, special orbs can be picked up, that can be built up and then used to execute a 'special moves'. The game also allows the player to 'manage' a team. The management portion offers the player a wealth of options including a full transfer market, to trade for better players, and an equipment shop to buy upgrades. Wins earn cash, but the player can also gamble on the outcome of games to further increase earnings. The player can also use cash to bribe opponents before a big game, and they will not try as hard when they face you. The game supports up to 4 players and is compatible with the Multi-Tap."
15517,Radar Rat Race,"Chasse au rat, Katz und Maus",1981,7.2,Action,Arcade,,"Radar Rat Race takes the gameplay of Rally X and puts it into a rodent context. You control a rat, who must grab all the pieces of cheese in a maze, and flee from all the other rats. Once you reach a barrier in the maze, you are automatically rotated, but you can always manually change direction. There are red ones who chase after you, and black ones who are activated when you get close to them - both types kill you on contact. When they are close, you can activate a Star Screen to block them off. The Radar of the title is on the right of the screen, and shows you where each piece of cheese is, although the actual maze is not illuminated, so your next snack might be further away than you think."
15518,FIFA 99,FIFA '99: European League Soccer,1998,8.2,Sports,,,"This was the third FIFA title in a little over a year. It incorporates 42 national sides, as well as 250 club teams from 12 different leagues, to play a complete true-to-life season, the preset Super League, or a league or cup of your own design. Formations and tactics can be set, and players can be moved between teams. Gameplay can be viewed from multiple angles. Players have more animation than ever before, with new moves including sliding challenges and close-control trapping. Goalkeepers now have a level of human control."
15522,Panza Kick Boxing,"André Panza Kick Boxing, The Kick Boxing",1990,7.4,Sports,Fighting,,"Endorsed by André Panza this video game adaptation of Thai kick boxing features over 35 moves. Use the training gym to build up your character's abilities until you feel ready to take on an opponent. You also have the ability to customize your attacks. When you are ready, go to the ring to take on various opponents as you try to become the best kick boxer in the game."
15526,Arcticfox,,1986,6.7,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In 2005, aliens have taken over Antarctica. You are sent in to combat them with the new super tank, the Slye-Hicks MX-100, Codename: Arcticfox. Arcticfox is a futuristic-based 3D tank simulation game where your overall goal is to destroy the invading aliens' main fortress before Arcticfox is destroyed. Enemy targets come in all sorts of shapes and sizes: planes, tanks, recon sleds and other important targets such as communication towers, atmosphere converters, etc. Your state-of-the-art killing machine is equipped with a cannon, guided missiles and mines at your disposal in addition to radar and forward/aft view-screens to detect your enemy advances."
15532,Theatre of War,,1992,6.7,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Theatre of War is similar to the classic game of chess, but in real time with projectiles. There are 3 gameplay modes: Medieval, Great War and Contemporary. Medieval has things like swordsmen and archers, Great War has a setting similar to World War 2, and Contemporary is air combat. All the modes play pretty much the same except you get different units in all the modes. To win you have to destroy your opposing King/General/Control Tower. Each unit has a health and power bar. When you move or use a special attack the power goes down then the King/General/Control Tower must come to re-power them. This puts your main piece in danger. When the health bar is depleted the unit dies. 2 players can go head-to-head in real time over a serial cable, or turn-based on the same computer."
15535,Haunting Starring Polterguy,The Haunting,1993,7.2,Simulation,,,"The ghost of a teenager seeks revenge against a snobbish family. Your job is to scare them out of their house(s). They can't see you, so your only means of scaring them is by possessing various objects throughout the household. For example, possessing a piece of furniture would cause something to fly out from it, and possessing an object would make it come alive in some way or another. You need to act quickly because you have something called ""ecto"" which acts as the fuel that allows you to roam the real world. You're awarded more ecto each time a family member exits the room. The more scares you did, the more ecto you gain. Losing all ecto sends you to the underworld where you have to regain your ecto to full capacity in order to go back into the real world."
15538,Jurassic Park,,1993,7.0,Adventure,,,"This is the Sega CD game based on the 1993 Steven Spielberg movie based on the book by Michael Crichton This game differs greatly from other Jurassic Park games. It is a point-and-click adventure game, with a strong emphasis on action sequences which require split-second timing. The story takes place after the events of the movie/book. You are sent back to Jurassic Park to retrieve dinosaur eggs from around the park and put them in an incubator. You only have 12 hours to retrieve one egg from every species of dino in the park. Unfortunately, shortly before arriving at the park, your helicopter crashes!"
15539,Small Soldiers,Pequeños Guerreros,1998,6.5,Action,Shooter,,"Small Soldiers is a third-person action game released at the same time as the movie of the same name. Instead of dealing with the toy Commandos and Gorgonites from the movie, the game uses the characters in an imaginary environment as described on the back of the toy figures' packaging. It has fourteen levels of single-player action some featuring the Gorgonite Archer, others featuring the commando Chip Hazard. You assume the role of Archer, who has to defend his world against an invasion of the commandos. You can run, jump, climb ledges and fight using a blaster. Many levels involve freeing captured Gorgonites who then help you fight. Multiplayer includes two head-to-head two-player Chip vs. Archer mode where you either need to capture flags or get a set amount of frags."
15542,Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero,,1997,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Fighting, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero is a story-driven fighting game that casts you in the shoes of Sub-Zero, and chronicles a series of events that occurred prior to Mortal Kombat 1 In a storyline that is reminiscent of Looking Glass's Thief the Lin Kuei assassin/thief is sent to steal an important document; this mission proves to be a test from a mysterious character (which turns out to be MK4's Quan Chi) and who charges you upon retrieval of this object to recover an ancient medallion of untold power. However once you retrieve the medallion, Quan Chi reveals that he actually tricked you, and the medallion is the key to awakening the demonic Shinnok (yup, the same baddie from MK4). You must now become a reluctant hero, as you pursue Quan Chi trough hell itself hoping you get to Shinnok before him. Gameplay wise the game takes the Mortal Kombat familiar 2D fighting environment and turns it into a hybrid fighter/platformer game, where you must travel trough hazardous levels running and jumping around as well as fighting your way against both digitized and polygonal enemies. Sub-Zero's interface is the same as in every MK game, with the addition of a ""use"" and ""turn around"" buttons and additions such as an inventory, and a slight RPG twist in which you get exp. for defeating opponents, which translates into new techniques and moves to execute in the game. Technically speaking this game represents the final evolutionary step in the MK's series 2D engines. New features include zooming, 3D lighting as well as 3D backgrounds and characters, etc."
15545,Diamond Mine II,,1985,5.9,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Arcade,,"In Diamond Mine II the player must collect diamonds from underground shafts using a vacuum cleaner. A shaft, or level, consists of corridors and alleyways that fills the screen through which the player must manoeuvre their vacuum hose. All gems collected are sucked to the top of the mine for storage. The harvesting task is made more difficult by the monsters who inhabit the mine. They will appear and will attack the vacuum hose. Any contact they make with the hose will cost a life. The player can suck the monsters up with the hose by attacking them from the side. This scores bonus point but does not kill the monsters who will re-appear. Lives can also be lost if the player tries to cross the path of the hose or goes back on themselves. A level is completed when all the diamonds have been collected. There are twenty shafts / levels to the game and each is progressively harder - after level ten the shaft becomes invisible!"
15546,Yogi Bear,,1987,5.9,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Yogi must travel across Jellystone Park to rescue his friend Boo-Boo, who has been kidnapped. Travel through 198 screens to reach him, collecting six toffee apples en route - these are converted into a code which allows Boo-Boo to be rescued without his kidnapper raising a fuss. The park scrolls sideways, with Yogi moving into and out of the layered screens. It contains animals who can harm you on contact, as well as black holes and water hazards. Contact with the park ranger or tourists is also forbidden. Yogi must watch his energy level, which is kept up by swiping fish and pick-a-nick baskets. Boo-Boo must be rescued before he and Yogi have to hibernate for the winter."
15557,Battle Isle: The Andosia War,"Battle Isle: Der Andosia Konflikt, Battle Isle: La Battaglia di Andosia",2000,7.4,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Take command of either ""Children of Harris"" or ""Bratt's Legions"" and battle over Andosia in this mix of turn-based and real-time strategic and tactical combat. Two full campaigns are included. Manage supplies, research, repairs, while you allocate units and build new combat vehicles to accomplish your objectives. Join up to seven other players in multiplayer games."
15566,WWII GI,World War II GI,1999,5.6,Action,Shooter,"Historical events, World War II","World War II GI is a first-person shooter that takes players back to D-Day and the Normandy invasion. The player takes control of a G.I. (""galvanized iron"", referring to a soldier in the US military), sent in to wipe out scores of Wehrmacht and SS soldiers. Missions take the player through the D-Day beach landings, assaults on equipment depots, and other set pieces. This game is based on the Build engine, with 3D environments and 2D character sprites. It shares many gameplay elements with NAM created by the same developers."
15573,Wavy Navy,,1983,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Battle 30-foot waves, enemy fighter jets, bombers, and helicopters while dodging mines in this Galaxian clone that has a few novel twists. Your P.T. Boat can be moved left or right and can fire missiles to bring down enemy aircraft, but it also moves up and down, staying on the surface of the huge, slow-moving waves."
15580,Breach 2,,1990,7.3,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"An early squad-level tactical combat game, much like the X-Com series of games and the more contemporary Laser Squad. Breach 2 features turn-based combat from an isometric point of view set in the far future. As one of the more unique aspects the squad leaders gain experience from successful missions should they survive. Breach 2 is set in the same sci-fi universe as Omnitrend's Universe and Rules of Engagement series and shares the same backstory with those games. Breach 2 is a part of the IGS (Interlocking Game System) and compatible with the two Rules of Engagement games. This means you can use Breach 2 to resolve the tactical combat situations, boarding an enemy ship for example, you run into in the starship command simulation, which is the heart and soul of the Rules of Engagement series. A scenario builder is included with the game, making it possible to create your own missions and trade them."
15584,Illusion City: Gen'ei Toshi,,1991,7.9,Role-playing (RPG),,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the beginning of 21th century a terrible disaster, called ""demon-coming crisis"", devastated the Asian continent. Hong Kong was most affected by the mysterious demonic attack. Terrible diseases turned the once prosperous city into a pale shadow of itself. But once people came back to see what happened to the isolated city, they saw it was ruled by a new order - a corporation called SIVA. The new order proclaimed New Hong Kong to be an independent state. People's Republic of China and United Kingdom signed an agreement in which they both renounced their claims over the city. The player takes on the role of Tianren, a ""diver"" (demon-hunter) who lives in Hong Kong. His place of birth and the identity of his parents are unknown. Together with a girl named Meihong, he was brought up in the house of a wise Master. Traveling through the huge city, gathering information and fighting demonic forces, Tianren will have to unravel the mystery surrounding the corporation SIVA and the supernatural beings from Chinese myths. Illusion City is a Japanese-style role-playing game with several distinguishing characteristics. Unlike most games of the genre, it has no overworld, and takes place entirely in a vast city divided into several districts. The player advances the story by exploring the city, talking to non-playable characters, gathering information, receiving missions, and eventually heading into large, complex hostile areas. There are no random battles in the game; all enemies are visibly moving on the field, and many of them can be avoided. Combat is turn-based, utilizing an ""over-the-shoulder"" perspective similar to that of Phantasy Star II Characters join the party as dictated by the plot; an active party includes three combatants. A wide variety of weapon and armor types can be purchased or found in dungeons. Each character has his or her own weapon proficiencies, which can be increased by repeatedly using the same weapon type. Firearms require specific ammunition (e.g. bullets, shotgun cartridges, etc.), which is expended in combat and must be re-stocked. In addition, certain characters can use offensive, supportive, and healing techniques. The game's visual style aims for realistic presentation of locations and characters, and shares more common traits with contemporary Western visual aesthetics than the traditional Japanese anime art."
15590,"J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I","El Señor de los Anillos, Volumen Uno",1990,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Many years ago, the dark lord Sauron forged the One Ring to control the races of the Middle Earth. He was defeated by the human prince Isildur, who took the ring to himself. But such was the evil power of the ring that it brought misfortune to whoever dared to bear it, corrupting their souls. Eventually, the ring ended up by Frodo Baggins, a peaceful hobbit who was unaware of his possession's true nature. Realizing that the only way to be free of the ring's power would be to destroy it, the wizard Gandalf tells Frodo to carry it to Sauron's land, Mordor, and throw it into the lava rivers of the Orodruin volcano, thus saving Middle Earth from destruction. J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I is a fantasy role-playing game based on The Fellowship of the Ring the first volume of the Lord of the Rings book trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien The events of the game follow those depicted in the book rather closely, though a few characters and occurrences are not present, and many quests have been added. Characters belonging to various races and nations join Frodo on his quest; these include key figures from the book as well as several characters unique to the game. The game is rather open-ended, allowing the player to roam vast top-down environments and undertake side missions in addition to the main storyline, which must be followed in order to complete the game. Combat takes place in the same area as exploration, and is turn-based. The player has full control over the actions of the characters in the party. These characters can also be swapped, equipped with weapons and armor, and use various skills (individual and shared), such as sneaking, perception (to find hidden items), unique ""words of power"", and others. Unlike the vast majority of role-playing games, there are no experience points or character levels in the game. Player-controlled party becomes stronger by obtaining better equipment and items, learning new abilities, and recruiting stronger characters that would help the weak hobbits to survive encounters with Nazguls and other dangerous creatures. There are optional ways to access major locations, and much of the combat in the game can be avoided. The CD version of the game features cutscenes taken from the animated Lord of the Rings movie by Ralph Bakshi The original floppy release often required the players to read story-related text from the manual; the CD version inserts this text into the game itself at the appropriate places. It also adds an automapping feature to the game."
15602,Full Contact,,1991,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"A platform fighting game that you can play in several different ways. You can fight against your friend or a foe on the same computer, using two joysticks, or joystick + keyboard combination. You can play tournament, or as a solo, fighting through the serious of computer AI controlled fighters (even a dog), with one tougher then the other. The reward is as usual, being top on the top 10 list."
15603,Fatal Run,,1990,5.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","In this post-apocalyptic driving/racing game you must travel to various towns delivering medicine, while on your way to a missile base which houses a rocket that can save the world. While driving through the 32 levels, you'll meet countless enemies who want to stop you from achieving your goal. Your car boasts many weapons to help you out, including dynamite, rockets, oil slicks, smoke screens, and machine guns. You can also upgrade your vehicle within the city shops. Upgrading your gas tank provides better mileage while upgrading your bumper protects you during collisions. A password feature let's you continue where you left off."
15604,Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2,"Shutokō Battle 2, Tokyo Highway Challenge 2",2000,7.6,Racing / Driving,,,"The second of the Tokyo Xtreme Racer’s to appear on the Dreamcast is nearly identical to the first one gameplay-wise. Once again, there is no specific start, or finish lines, it all depends on how well you drive, and how fast. This time around, there are more opponents to beat, roughly 120, and plenty of new cars to choose in your quest. Like other installments in the series, TXR 2 implements a system found most commonly in fighting games, where each player has a life bar and the player with remaining life wins the race. Different factors can cause the life bar of a player to deplete, include hitting into objects, other cars, or just simply falling behind the lead car."
15607,MLB 2000,,1999,7.8,Sports,,,"This game is basically an update to MLB 99 with a few new features. The game contains depictions of the real teams, stadiums, stats, and players that reflect their real life counterparts. The modes returning from the previous game include quick play, season, playoffs, spring training, and home run derby. One of the new modes is general manager mode. In this mode, players can draft, create, trade, call up, waive, release, and sign players. Another new mode is the manager mode. In this mode, players can check out scouting reports during the game, warm up relievers in the bullpen, and try to get their team to the World Series and hopefully win it. Vin Scully makes a return from the last game to do the play by play commentary, and is aided by Dave Campbell who does the color commentary."
15613,Looney Tunes Racing,,2000,6.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Looney Tunes Racing is a kart-racing game in which you can race as famous Looney Tunes characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Marvin the Martian. Each character has their own typical bike such as a giant carrot, duck bill and flying saucer respectively. During the races players can collect power-ups to gain an edge on the opponents. In between races it's possible to upgrade vehicles in Sylvester's shop. Your money can also be spent unlocking new tracks, items and playable characters. There are two game modes: arcade and championship. In the championship mode you race through several progressively harder cups with each three races. All tracks are familiar Looney Tunes settings."
15624,Cardinal Syn,,1998,6.5,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"For decades, the clans of Bloodland were locked in a never-ending war; then the Wanderer arrived with the Book of Knowledge. He divided the book and gave each clan a piece, hoping the clans would come to rely on each other's newly acquired knowledge. The Wanderer left and the clans, hoping to reassemble the book, returned to their old ways. That is when Syn appeared. She turned the pieces of the book into weapons and organized a tournament of the clans' warriors. Whoever wins the tournament will control the Book of Knowledge and become the ruler of Bloodland. Cardinal Syn is a gory versus fighting game, set within a series of character-specific arenas that may include traps such as poisonous puddles or lava. Players can choose between 20 characters, each with unique combos and weapons (including ranged and magic attacks) and battle their way through the tournament. Additional modes include Practice, Survival, and Team Battle."
15628,Streets of Rage,"3D Streets of Rage, Bare Knuckle: Ikari no Tekken, Streets of Rage Classic",1991,7.9,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Streets of Rage Sega's answer to Final Fight follows the story of three young police officers (Adam Hunter, Axel Stone and Blaze Fielding) in a city controlled by a criminal syndicate led by a ""Mr. X"" where crime is rampant, which leads the three heroes to make a pact to leave the force and topple the syndicate by themselves. Gameplay is straightforward and simple. Three buttons are used, one to jump, other to attack and another to perform a range attack from a support police car. Each character has a limited set of moves that include punching and kicking or performing a back attack (if in the open), two grapple moves (depending if holding the opponent in front or by the back), a flying attack, and if playing with another player two additional tag attacks, and different abilities: Adam is slow, but a good jumper and a hard hitter, Axel fast and also a hard hitter, but a lousy jumper and Blaze fast and a good jumper, but weak hitter. Levels are in typical arcade side-scroller fashion: move from left to right (with two exceptions), clearing screens from enemies one after another as fast as possible while avoid taking damage with a boss in the end. Some levels feature ""death drops"" where the player must avoid falling, while throwing enemies there at the same time, including a typical elevator level. Several items are scattered on the ground, from melee weapons and bonus points (and lives or additional police cars) to apples and turkeys (to restore health)."
15630,Queen: The eYe,"Queen: The eYe - Nous devons tous voir pour croire, Queen: The eYe - We Must All See to Believe, Queen: The eYe - Wir müssen alle sehen, um zu glauben",1998,6.9,Action,"Fighting, Puzzle elements","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","Queen: The eYe is a 3D action game with hand-to-hand combat and some puzzle-solving. The game has a somewhat unusual storyline and music by the rock group Queen In the future, the world is ruled by an all-seeing machine called 'The Eye' who has gotten rid of anything which will promote freedom-of-expression or creativity. You play Dubroc, who annoyed The Eye by re-discovering music, and are sentenced to death in 'The Arena', a show broadcast to the world in which the contestant battles fighting champions called the Watchers... from there Dubroc goes on a quest to destroy The Eye."
15632,Armourdillo,,1987,5.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"For centuries, the peaceful planet of Mobanti lived in total isolation and tranquility, and had no understanding of war and destruction until an alien race from a distant galaxy known as the Milky Way invaded them. Mobantians had no way of defending themselves, so it was clear that extinction was just around the corner unless action was taken. The leader sent out scouts, who were wise in the ways of disguise and dexterity, to penetrate their strongholds to find out the secrets of warfare. The few scouts that has returns from their mission said that their world had been at wall throughout the entire evolution, and advances in technology meant that they developed weapons that were too powerful enough for their leaders to handle, and in one confrontation they destroyed their own planet. The scouts went on to say that they were the last survivors from that planet they called Earth. Mobanti's crust has very little metal, and that is way Mobantians did not built machines. Instead, the scientists have used biological technology to create living structures in the society. They have combined their old technology with this new machine's technology to create Armourdillo, Mobanti's first - and hopefully last – fighting machine. Armourdillo must be driven to the far left of each city to pick up survivors – by deactivating a force field and picking up the pods that contain the survivors - and drive them to the emergency escape tunnel on the far right. Only one survivor can be carried at any given time, and while it is doing this, the machine will be attacked by the alien forces, but Armourdillo has a unlimited supply of missiles which can be used to destroy them."
15639,Loopz,,1990,7.2,Puzzle,,,"A puzzle game where the main goal is to make loops! Random pieces are presented over a board, including simple lines and corners as well as S bends and other warped shapes, of varying sizes. It is up to the player to link them up in a loop form, then moving on to the next level. Pieces can be placed on any empty space on the grid, and rotated into one of the four main compass directions. Any pieces which are not part of the finished loop when a level is completed are left on the screen, so there is value in playing towards 2 distinct loops, to ensure that you have options depending on which pieces are drawn - unlike Pipe Dream there are no clues as to which pieces are coming next. Three play modes are available, two of which can be played with two players. Game A is freestyle - simply make loops, gaining extra points for size and style. Game B is about unlocking bonus boards of the game by reaching a certain score and uses a bonus multiplier method depending on loop difficulty. The third mode of play begins with an already made loop and then removes random pieces of it, so the player has to put them back in when they appear again. It is essentially a memory test and logic puzzle of fitting the pieces back as one remembers - although placing a piece where it seems to fit is also often effective."
15645,Checkered Flag,,1994,5.5,Racing / Driving,,,"Checkered Flag for the Jaguar is a 3D F1-style racing game. The racing game staples are here: single race, practice, and tournament. You can choose to set up a variety of options for each race, also. You can choose various weather conditions. Or, you can set up your car to change it's handling characteristics. There are 10 different tracks on which to race, each with a different theme. Some take place on sunny beaches, others take place in the arctic."
15648,TransBot,"Astro Flash, Nuclear Creature, Transformer",1985,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Back in the solar year 2000 there was a nuclear war, and people are finally now emerging from underground to build a new society. But something is still wrong. DALAUS, a leftover computer from the old world is creating its own empire, and it is up to you to stop it. To complete this mission you will pilot a CA-214 (the TransBot), a new experimental astro-plane. TransBot is a side scrolling shooter for one or two players. There are a wide variety of enemies you will need to get past to be victorious throughout the many locations. The CA-214 can have different types of weapons to help out. You start out with a basic, default gun, but after collection a ? symbol you can choose a new weapon to use. There are six choices which will scroll past at the top of the screen, and your TransBot will be powered with whatever selection you make. Powered up weapons will only last for a limited amount of time before the TransBot reverts back to the basic weapon."
15652,Lazer Tag,,1987,4.2,"Action, Sports",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Lazer Tag is a game based on the sports brand of the same name. The real activity involves walking around with guns and trying to ""shoot"" the other players - the only significant difference to paintball is that it uses infrared guns to register hits instead of physical projectiles. This game transplants this non-violent principle into a science-fiction scenario. The player takes the role of a cadet at the Lazer Tag Academy who tries to work his way up by solving laser tag challenges. Every level is played against a time limit and has the goal to score as many points as possible. However, there are two different modes: rabbitoid and target. Rabbitoid is a classical deathmatch competition (well, except that there is no death) in which the competitors move around the playing field and try to find a balance between covering from enemy shots and scoring hits. In target mode, the AI takes over the moving part and the player's role is restricted to aiming."
15662,Kentilla,Kentila,1984,6.4,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Kentilla is a text adventure with graphics. It is a sequel to an earlier text adventure by Derek Brewster Velnor's Lair At the end of the previous game, Velnor was vanquished and his soul was hurled through the void into the flames of the Abyss. In the spilt second that the corridor was opened Grako returned from the Abyss and now controls the source of Velnor's power, the Moonstone of Aigrath. The object of the game is to defeat Grako and to return him to the flames of the Abyss. In this the player is aided by the mystical sword Kentilla and companions such as Elva, who can carry things as well as perform tasks and fight. The game's text parser, in addition to accepting the normal commands of 'Go North' and 'Get item' allows the player to issue commands to others such as 'Say To Elva ""Get Moss""'. The game also plays music while the game is in progress."
15684,Incoming: The Final Conflict,"Incoming, Incoming: Tulnukate Rünnak",1998,7.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Incoming aliens! Incoming aliens! They've already attacked the international moonbase, and they may already have a base in the Arctic! Earth is building a huge tracking station as first part of the counterattack, but now you detect incoming aliens and they don't look friendly! Defend your base against the initial incursion by manning turret, tank, helicopter, harrier jet, and even captured alien fighter as you battle the aliens in various continents, and eventually lead the counterattack on the moon! Incoming is a 3D shooter with plenty of action. In arcade mode, you can play it as a straight shooter. Some missions have you manning an immobile turret where you simply aim at the sky and engage incoming bogeys. Other missions can have you control a ground hovertank engaging enemy ground threats. Yet other missions will have you control a helicopter, a Harrier jumpjet, and even a captured alien fighter. There are also an ""action"" mode and ""action-tactics"" mode, where you are given some limited control of other friendly units."
15686,Halls of the Dead: Faery Tale Adventure II,,1997,6.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Faery Tale Adventure II is the sequel to MicroIllusions' classic RPG. The three brothers, introduced in the first game, have been teleported to a foreign country where they have to save the local people from evil powers spreading in the once peaceful lands. The graphics resemble those in Ultima VIII: Pagan and the gaming world is large."
15687,The Immortal,"Will Harvey Presents The Immortal, Wizard of the Immortal",1990,7.8,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Your old mentor Mordamir has disappeared - probably kidnapped. You're not too sure where he might be, but a dungeon is always a good place to look, so you seek out the nearest one and plunge into its depths. Beware: eight levels of traps and deadly enemies await. The Immortal is an isometric game with puzzle-solving and action combat. Progress is made by encountering a hazard, dying, solving the problem, encountering the next hazard. To solve a level, you have to know its traps and their patterns by heart. The puzzles range from simple avoidance of traps to the correct use of items; you collect objects in an inventory. Every now and then, the game offers a special challenge. For example, you've got to ride a magic carpet through a hallway full of fire traps, or ride a barrel on an underground river. The dungeon isn't empty: some friendly characters may have valuable information or trade items, the nasty sort of guys will attack. Combat is fought man-to-man - on the main game map in the original versions; on a special screen in the console and PC ports. Your adversary indicates his next attack a few seconds before he executes it, so you've got time to react appropriately. You can dodge to the left or the right, as well as attack from these two directions. There is no save option in the game, but you may restart each level as often as you like. Levels can be skipped by entering passwords."
15689,Kurushi Final: Mental Blocks,"I.Q: Final, Kurushi Final: El Rompecabezas Elevado al Cubo",1998,7.2,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Kurushi Final: Mental Blocks is a puzzle game where your wits are pitted against a 'higher power'. It is the sequel to Kurushi Standing on an isolated platform, you must destroy blocks that are rolling towards you in order to survive. By destroying certain blocks, the size of the platform increases. If blocks fall off the edge of the platform, or you destroy the incorrect blocks, the platform becomes smaller. There are four game modes: 100 Attack, Survival, Create and Final. It has nine player characters (1 Initial, 8 Hidden) and includes a facility to create custom levels."
15690,X-Men: Mutant Wars,,2000,5.1,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"X-Men: Mutant Wars is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up in which you take control of the X-Men (including Wolverine, Storm, Iceman, Gambit, and Cyclops) and must use the powers of each to fight your way through the many levels of evil mutants, crazy machines and boss characters including Magneto. You can change the character at any time during the game, which is important as your characters power level decreases as you go. When you change a character, the character you take out rests, and the power level increases. Also, some areas can only be completed by using the certain powers of each character. Apart from the normal mode of play, you can also play a second version, where you must fight all of the Boss characters, and if your character runs out of power, you cannot use him/her again."
15692,Twinkle Tale,,1992,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Fantasy,"An overhead scrolling fantasy shoot 'em up, Twinkle Tale casts the player in the role of the young witch Saria, in a quest to rid her magical floating island of the evil creatures that have invaded it. The game is played from an overhead perspective, with Saria having complete freedom of movement in all directions and with the objective being to clear out all enemies in all 9 stages, looting whatever treasure you can find and defeating each stage's boss. Saria's offensive weapons come pre-defined as three different spells, which you can freely switch to at any time and level-up by collecting power stars, as well as screen-clearing bombs."
15693,Jack Nicklaus Golf,,1992,6.9,Sports,,,"Jack Nicklaus Golf brings Accolade's golf series to the Game Boy with a selection of courses from the computer versions and most features and options also present. Four courses are available: Jack's Greatest, Castle Pines and Desert Mountain as previously seen in Greatest 18 Holes and Muirfield Village from Unlimited Gameplay modes are skins (for two to four players) and stroke play (for one to four players). Players can choose their golfer's gender and select from beginner and expert skill levels and different tee modes (professional, men's and women's). Besides playing the complete course, there are also practice options for a single hole, the green, and a driving range. Playing a hole begins with a top-down overview of the hole, followed by the standard view from behind the golfer. Strokes are done with the standard three-click method: start, power, and accuracy. During play, it is possible to pull up the hole overview, look at the score card and statistics and change the weather conditions. The game also offers replays and mulligans."
15695,Superbike 2001,SBK 2k1,2000,8.0,Racing / Driving,,,"The officially licensed Superbike race sim is back! All the riders, all the bikes, all the teams, all the tracks, all from the 2000 Superbike season. Watch the crash and the riders flying through the air! Various driving aids will ease you into heated competition. Race up to 5 other people online."
15706,NBA Action '95 starring David Robinson,,1995,6.9,Sports,,,"This is the sequel to NBA Action '94 with the standard modes (Exhibition, Season, etc.) and features 300 top players of the 1994 NBA season and all 27 NBA teams and their respective logos. Players can also edit their own team's roster and create up to 40 different custom players that can be saved to the game's battery back-up. The game not only has former San Antonio Spurs player, David Robinson, endorsing and appearing in the game, but also play-by-play commentator Marv Albert also lends his voice talent to the game."
15709,Dragonworld,,1984,7.4,Adventure,"Arcade, Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"You have recieved word from a messenger that the ""last dragon"" has been kidnapped. You hold the scroll in your hand and read that you must travel with a special companion named Hawkwind. Only with him and yourself can you save the ""last dragon"" from never seeing the light of day again."
15718,Strange Odyssey,,1979,6.2,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Strange Odyssey is the sixth game of the Scott Adams text adventures series, marketed by Scott's company, Adventure International It is an old-style text adventure sporting a two word parser and split screen interface. You play a space traveller whose space ship breaks down while orbiting a remote asteroid. Starting with only a phaser pistol, space suit, and shovel, our mission is to collect 5 alien treasures and link back up with your mothership."
15721,Putty Squad,,1994,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In this sequel to Putty the Wizard's peoples have invaded Putty land, and it's up to you to head to the Wizard city of Klud and free your many POWs. The gameplay has less of a puzzle element than the original, and is more of a standard platform game - to whatever extent a game in which you can become an all-conquering Terminator Putty, must face pups throwing grenades at you, and can use Uncle Ted to play a tune to distract enemies can be seen as a 'standard' example of anything. You take control of the same amorphous blob as before, which has the ability to 'stretch' left and right (using this as a weapon which kills on contact) and to stretch upwards to make jumping easier. He can also explode himself and absorb other objects, even becoming them physically to gain an advantage. There are stars littered around the level, and collecting these upgrades Putty's abilities, starting with a super punch for 10 stars, going up to the Terminator ability for 40. The pups from the previous game are no longer on your side, and are out to get you. These have all manner of abilities - shooting mortar bombs at you, paradropping towards you, and even flying a helicopter."
15726,Dawn Patrol,,1994,7.5,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War I","Having simulated modern-day planes with Flight of the Intruder and World War 2 with Overlord Rowan brought World War 1 to life in this flight simulation. It is structured around an illustrated book with pilot biographies, all of which modify as the game goes on and events unfold. 150 missions are featured, each with fully inter-linked briefings. There are 13 different fighter planes to fly, both Allied and German (Fokker Dr.I, Fokker Eindecker, Fokker D.VII, Albatros D.I, D.II, D.III, Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a, Airco DH.2, Sopwith Pup, Sopwith Camel, Sopwith Triplane, Nieuport Scout, SPAD VII)."
15727,Virtua Fighter Remix,"Virtua Fighter PC, Virtua Fighter PC Remix",1995,8.2,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"Akira Yuki, the only active master of the powerful Kung Fu technique known as Hakkyoku ken (“The Eight Point Fist"") travels the world in search of enlightenment and worthy opponents. He has found them in in the World Fighting Tournament, where the strongest fighters determine who the master of hand-to-hand combat is. All techniques are allowed as long as the contestants use no weapons but their own bodies. After weeks of trials, only seven other warriors remain: Sarah Bryant and her brother Jacky, Lau Chan and his daughter Pai, Jeffry McWild, Wolf Hawkfield and the ninja Kagemaru. Virtua Fighter Remix (aka - Virtua Fighter PC Remix) is an enhanced port of Sega's arcade hit Virtua Fighter It features the original characters and stages with higher polygon counts and texture mapping (a la Virtua Fighter 2) and various minor gameplay tweaks."
15731,Pool,Pub Pool,1987,6.4,Sports,,,Pool is a game about pool billiard. There is one opponent to compete against (either controlled by the AI or another player) without further possibilities for customization. The control method is divided into two distinct parts: first the basic position of the cue is set in a top down view. After that the game switches to a first-person perspective where the player can fine-tune the cue to select the spin (the game gives the parameters of the current position). Finally the shot is performed with a mouse click. For both parts the player is on a time limit of about ten seconds each.
15737,RC Revenge,,2000,6.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"Players take control of a range of remote controlled cars and boats in an action packed racing game for the Sony PlayStation. Based around an enchanting movie Theme world, players take their cars through a number of genre styled levels, including horror, sci-fi and cartoons. Multiplayer split screen racing available in all modes of the game and a unique track editor allows you to create your own tracks to save on memory card and challenge your friends."
15739,Blue's Clues: Blue's Reading Time Activities,,2000,8.3,"Educational, Puzzle",Cards / tiles,,"This Blue's Clues title from Humongous is based on the USA TV show version of Blue's Clues. The in-game images are taken from the show, or in the same form of real, clay and paper items. The same style of early-education interaction and feedback is used in the game as the TV show has. This collection of activities focuses on reading skills, under the guise of creating newspapers for the Blue's Clues folks. In-game activities include: - Dictionary (screens of thematic items that have mixed up labels or labels that need to be attached). - Neighborhood News (Collect all the powerful words i.e. verbs to move Blue along the path) - Word Match (match all the corresponding pictures and word cards until you have none left - a card game) - Sticker Story Maker (a madlib system that uses stickers with words/images on them to build the story) When you get enough newspapers made, you'll get puzzle pieces. When all 45 newspapers are made, you get the entire puzzle and a payoff."
15743,Rad Action,"Arcade Archives: Ninja-Kid II, Ninja Taro, Ninja-Kid II, Ninja-kun: Ashura no Shō",1987,7.6,Action,Platform,,"The game tells another story in Ninja-kun series This time it’s a platform game with some twists. There are two tasks alternating through levels: you are required either to kill every enemy in the level (as in the previous games) or simply to reach the exit. Running into enemies usually won’t kill you, however if you are hit by a single projectile, you’ll have to start from a checkpoint. Enemies vary from plain ninjas to giant skeletons or killer fish. Each level has a time limit, and when this limit is close to an end a fire wheel of death will appear on the screen, chasing Ninja-kun. Ninja-kun has some techniques for successful progression though the levels: many enemies can be temporarily stunned by jumping on them or hitting them from below; and ninja can obtain some power-ups including boomerang, bombs, a devastating fire attack or invincibility. Ninja-kun is capable of wall climbing and wall jumping, the latter requiring some practice from the player. The levels (called “scenes” in-game) are scattered through mountains, caves, beaches and underwater locations. You can choose which set of levels you’ll start in by playing a mini-game at the beginning."
15746,NFL GameDay 2000,,1999,7.6,Sports,,,"In addition to all the features you expect from this series, this version of GameDay includes one-handed grabs, diving into the end zone, and running out of bounds and slamming into the coach. With a multitap controller, seven players can play at the same time. Also new in this edition of the series is the addition of a play editor and general manager mode. With the play editor you can select patterns for your receivers and running backs as if you were the offensive coordinator. In general manager mode, you can play through multiple seasons with one team, cut players, sign free agents, make trades, and even draft players. Also new this year is the ability to play through an entire game as a player other than the quarterback."
15748,My Hero,"Gang's Fighter, Seishun Scandal",1985,5.2,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Rescue your girlfriend (Remy in the arcade version) from the clutches of an evil gang in this extremely unforgiving side-scrolling beat-em-up. The eponymous hero (Steven in the arcade version) can only jump-kick and punch and must fight numerous thugs, pigs, bulldogs and frogs on his way to the gang's leader, Mohikan. A conversion of the arcade game was released on Master System card format, with some differences existing between them. The arcade version uses different settings and appropriately attired enemies and bosses for each of its three levels (Present Street, Past Ninja House, and Future Space Fortess), while the SMS version only uses the Street setting throughout its three levels. Also, in the arcade version it is possible to rescue a tied up citizen, who will join in the fight if rescued."
15751,Dick Tracy,,1991,6.9,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform, Shooter",,"This is one of the games based on the Dick Tracy movie. You are Dick Tracy, a police detective who enjoys a peaceful life with his wife. But his wife's father is murdered by a local gangster named Big Boy Caprice, and Dick Tracy is now out for revenge. The game doesn't follow the exact plot of the movie, but simply lets Dick Tracy fight his way through several levels until he faces his archenemy. This is a platform shooter/""beat-'em-up"" game. Plenty of gunmen will attack our hero from all the sides. Dick can only move to the right or to the left. He can use his pistol gun to take out enemies who are in front or behind him. Since he can't approach enemies who attack from the depth of the screen, he can dispose of them using his machine gun. When the enemy is too close, Dick will punch him instead of shooting."
15756,The Great Battles of Hannibal,"Hannibal: Die großen Schlachten der Antike, Les Grandes Batailles d'Hannibal",1997,6.6,Strategy / tactics,,"Classical antiquity, Historical events","In the second title of The Great Battles Series the player is in charge of the Carthaginian army, led by the great general Hannibal, against the Roman army during the Second Punic Wars, featured as the Campaign mode. 11 Battles are included - Bagradas, Trebbia, Lake Trasimene, Cannae (one of the biggest battles in ancient history), Baecula, Metaurus, Ilipa, Great Plains, Zama, Cynoscephalae and Magnesia. The game is based on a board wargame, and so, plays as such. Each turn alternates between a number of generals, which can give a variable number of orders depending on his level. The battlefield is composed by several hexagons which can be occupied by a military unit composed by several soldiers. The winner is the first to reduce the rout points to 0 by forcing units to flee after taking heavy casualties or obliterating them completely."
15757,Metroid II: Return of Samus,Metroid 2: Return of Samus,1991,7.3,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is the sequel to the very popular Metroid for the NES. In Metroid 2, you control Samus Aran in her quest to rid the planet SR388 of the Metroid parasites. After killing the space pirate Mother Brain in the original Metroid, Samus must take on this adventure to prevent the Metroids from multiplying throughout the galaxy. Samus soon finds out that the Metroids have mutated, making them much more difficult to defeat."
15759,Columns II: The Voyage Through Time,"SEGA AGES Columns II: A Voyage Through Time, SEGA AGES Columns II: The Voyage Through Time",1990,7.1,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,Classical antiquity,"Columns II: The Voyage Through Time is, as its name implies, the sequel of the popular tetris-like puzzle game by SEGA. Released worldwide for the System C, the game plays in a very similar maner as the first episode. However, the ""time travel"" features in the title allows the gems that you have to destroy to be replaced with various objects such as fossils or futuristic disks - a mere graphical update, as it doesn't affect the gameplay at all. The only novelty is the appearance of a ""Flash Columns"" mode that didn't appear on the Arcade version of the first game, and that commands you to destroy a specific flashing object among the tiles that cover it. The game also contains a bonus stage that occurs every three levels. The two-players game mode act in a way very reminiscent of Puyo Puyo, with both players being given the same gems in order to build up devastating combos."
15772,Laser Zone,"Laserzone, Lazer Zone",1983,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"One of Jeff Minter's early eighties shoot'em'ups in his typical frantical style, Laser Zone has you controlling not one, but two ""zone gunners"" in a constrained playfield. Controlled with only one joystick, you move one zone gunner on a vertical wall and one at the bottom. Wave upon wave of nasties come into the zone, and must be shot down before they reach either wall, where neither gun can reach them and they advance toward you. You can try to escape perpetually, since your movements wrap around the screen borders, at least until another enemy has reached your wall, but it is better to use up one of your electro bolts that will erase everything on the screen."
15773,Monty on the Run,,1985,7.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Monty Mole was imprisoned due to his coal theft in Wanted: Monty Mole and rescued by Sam Stoat in Monty is Innocent Now he has to get out of Britain while he still can. Like the original, the game is a flick-screen platformer with puzzly leanings. Learning the movement paths of enemies, and the timing sequence of the crushers, and working out a path across the screen by using the offered ropes and platforms. Not all parts of all screens can be accessed at once. You will need to collect money and other items along the way. Before starting the game, you must choose five items from a selection of 21 to form your 'Freedom Kit' – correct selections are essential to complete the game, and a degree of trial and error is required to know which ones are correct."
15782,Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions,,1993,6.9,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on Chuck Jones ' Looney Tunes character, Daffy Duck, Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions sees Daffy in his quirky ""Duck Dodgers"" spin-off persona, also known as ""Duck Dodgers in the 24th and 1/2 Century!"". In this game, Duck Dodgers sets out to stop Marvin the Martian from performing various notorious deeds, including destroying his beloved home-planet, Earth. There seems to be only one way to stop Marvin - and that's to destroy all five of his deadly machines! Gameplay-wise, this is a standard platforming affair. However, you can also shoot at your enemies using an array of weapons, fly around with your jet-pack and defend enemy fire with your shield."
15791,Postal,,1997,6.3,Action,Shooter,,"You've just gone off the deep end, and in your deeply demented mind, you've decided that this little peaceful town no longer needs peace and quiet. You gather your arsenal as you plan your next move... Postal is best described as a three-quarter view isometric shooter with a disturbing theme. Instead of shooting at demons, monsters, bad guys and terrorists, your targets are typical citizens like a high school marching band, ordinary pedestrians, and even Santa Claus! You are provided with an arsenal of diverse weapons to choose from, ranging from good old fashioned guns to flame throwers."
15793,Power Golf,,1989,6.0,Sports,,,"Power Golf is played primarily with a top-down view of each hole, and a third-person perspective for hitting the ball. There is also stroke and match play, in addition to a competition mode for up to three players. The object of the game is simply that of golf: To complete the course with the fewest shots and lowest score. Game modes:"
15794,Todd McFarlane's Spawn: The Video Game,Spawn,1995,6.2,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Many kids have been kidnapped and only Spawn can save them. But it's not an easy job, a guy with an unknown name has hired a bunch of thugs to bring you down. But this fella with an unknown name, didn't know you can fight.... Maybe you still have a chance to save the kids and slaughter that fella with an unknown name if you use Spawn's fist, feet and psychic powers..."
15798,Cosmic Causeway: Trailblazer II,,1987,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"You have 24 levels to roll through within the time limit. Each level is composed of an assortment of squares with different functions - red slows you down and green speeds you up, black holes must be avoided, cyan squares temporarily reverse your controls, and blue squares trigger a jump. Aliens can be shot, but every other hazard must be avoided, as contact with them or falling into holes costs valuable time. Time left at the end of each level is added to the score. Hit the white blobs on the screen to earn credits, which can be used to purchase power-ups or tricks, which last only for the next level. Options include slowing down time, closing all black holes, deactivating the purple squares, and a shield."
15808,True Golf Classics: Wicked 18,"Devil's Course, New 3D Golf Simulation: Devil's Course, The Hyper Golf : Devil's Course, Valora Valley Golf",1992,7.2,Sports,,,"Valora Valley Golf is an exaggerated approach to the world of golf. While it does feature traditional golf course hazards like water hazards and bunkers, lava pits and greens on top of a mountain are also present. The courses range from basic-looking golf courses with long fairways where the player can drive the ball 450 yards in one shot and giant water hazards to ancient ruins and a course inside of a volcano. The controls are simplistic, click one time to bring up a meter, click again to set the angle, and once more for how much power to drive the ball with special shots are obtained at the end of the meter. It doesn't feature any real-life golfers or courses."
15817,Giants: Citizen Kabuto,Giants: Obywatel Kabuto,2000,7.9,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy (RTS)",Sci-fi / futuristic,"On a far away planet, three races fight for control of the few landmasses available: the marooned Meccs, who specialize in firearms and other things that go boom, the mystical and cold-blooded Reapers, who were the original inhabitants of the planet, but were forced to live in the sea by Kabuto, the third character; a truly gigantic monster with a ravenous appetite and a fondness for performing wrestling maneuvers on those the size of his hand. You can control any of these races (although in the single player mode, you have to progress through the storylines of the Meccs and Reapers first) in their bid to be the dominant species. Each species varies in the way they play the game and have vastly different types of attacks available to them. Giants: Citizen Kabuto is an action/real-time-strategy game that emphasizes action. While there is base-building and resource management for most of the races, it is done through a simple to control interface and one or two keystrokes. The majority of the game is spent in a third person view (first person mode is available) jet-packing/warping/leaping about the 3D landscape. Single player sessions consist of missions with specific goals, such as rescuing Smarties or recovering lost items. Multiplayer options include standard deathmatch, capture the Smartie (flag), the above with basebuilding as an option. Other creatures also inhabit the islands. From the meek Smarties (who are employed to build your bases or eaten as a primary source of protein, depending on your species), to the cow-like vimps to the deadly rippers, the fauna of the planet will either try to kill you or avoid being killed/eaten/captured. While not so energetic, the flora of the islands can be crushed, knocked over, or burned in careless combat (or by Kabuto not paying attention). Game controls are similar to Shiny's MDK and can best be described as a simplified shooter interface. You can run, jump, turn, shoot, and strafe. Beyond that, a half-dozen keystrokes are all you need to play (and some, like Kabuto's howls, are for fun and show). The alien world in the game is bright and presented with vibrant colors. In addition, the game tries to maintain a humorous streak. The single player game has goofy dialogue and a few jokes spread along its story line and even the multiplayer is lighthearted, with Smarties cheering you on as you carry them on your back, among other little sounds and nuances."
15826,Tracers,,1988,7.0,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the future all computers are connected to one central mainframe so a force called Tracers are created to stop hackers entering the computer by mind and stealing or corrupting vital data. You play a Tracer and you must enter the computer with your mind and play a battle of wits against a hacker who can be played by the computer or a friend. Tracers is a Light-Cycle game where the game is viewed from above so your Tracer Module and your opponent are represented by squares. As each module moves it leaves behind a growing trail of data and if one of the modules touches a trail then they get their brain fried and after so many 'Burns' the person thrown out of the computer. Hackerdust can be found to raise your intolerance slightly to the burn. You can't control the speed of the module, just steer it but you can give yourself a limited short burst of speed. The whole arena is shown on the screen and a joystick used to control the modules."
15828,Airlock,,1982,3.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The player is trapped in a crashed nuclear submarine which has begun taking on water. They need to escape by making their way up the levels of the submarine one at a time. Each floor has two hatch keys that need to be collected in order to unlock the elevator to the next level. There is a time limit, though; if you take too long the floor will flood and you'll be unable to escape. Due to the crash, the torpedoes on board the submarine are now loose and wander across the floor as the boat shakes. The player will need to jump over any torpedoes that cross their path, or they will be stunned momentarily and lose precious time."
15831,John Madden Football,John Madden American Football,1990,8.1,Sports,,,"Unlike the first computer versions this game originated on consoles and focuses on the action on the field instead of detailed strategy. There is still a detailed range of moves available, all grouped for quick selection. Game play modes include regular season, playoffs and sudden death. The game features 16 regular teams plus one All-Madden team, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Play actions include selecting a pass recipient as a play unfolds, block tackles, dives and sackings. Different weather conditions come into play when it's wet, snowy or muddy."
15837,Madden NFL 2001,,2000,7.4,Sports,,,"Madden NFL 2001 is another yearly update in the long-running football series. The version for PlayStation and Nintendo 64 comes with its own selection of teams, modes and options, refined from the previous year's iteration Compared to other versions it has the largest number of modes, but less graphical fidelity and a lower number of selectable teams. Players can select from the 31 teams of the 2000 NFL season and the 1999 All-Madden team on both consoles. The PlayStation version adds 31 All-Time franchise teams and 101 Classic NFL teams, from 1960 to 1999. Available modes include exhibition games, season, franchise, custom league (four to eight players), tournament (for 4, 8 or 16 players in single or double elimination), practice, and situation (set up any possible game situation to play). A new addition is called Two-Minute Drill: up to ten players compete for points by trying to perform spectacular plays within a two-minute time limit. Exclusive to the PlayStation version is the Great Games mode, allowing players to relive classic matchups from NFL history. The Great Games must be taken on in order and winning one makes the involved teams available for selection in other modes. As usual, player creation, drafting and trading as well as custom play creation is included in the game as well. The previous year's Madden Challenge reappears in a new form called Madden Cards, resembling a collectible card game. The game includes a list of 100 challenges organized in five different levels. These include making certain plays or play combinations, beating teams under certain conditions (e.g. at home and in the rain), avoiding fumbles, sacks and penalties, et cetera. Completing a challenge gains the player tokens (how many depends on the difficulty level played at) which can be spent to buy a number of randomized Madden Cards. There are a total of 296 cards in the game (differing in rarity) which are collected in the in-game card book. Unwanted cards can be sold to regain half the tokens paid. It is also possible to trade cards with other player profiles and it is even possible to wager cards in two-player games. The cards have a number of different effects: most unlock classic players as well as hidden teams and stadiums. Others can be activated for different gameplay effects: making the game harder or easier or enabling gags such as teleporting players or putting the camera inside the ball."
15839,Nitemare-3D,"Hugo 4, Hugo's Nitemare 3-D, Nite Mare 3D, Nitemare 3-D, Nitemare-3D: The Complete Trilogy",1994,4.9,Action,Shooter,,"Nitemare-3D is a horror-themed first-person shooter and a sequel to the adventure game Hugo III: Jungle of Doom Hugo's girlfriend Penelope is kidnapped by the nefarious Dr. Hamerstein, who intends to conduct terrifying experiments on her. Hugo has to explore the Doctor's twisted mansion, travel through underground caverns, and eventually face the villain himself and rescue his sweetheart. The gameplay mostly follows the conventions of Wolfenstein 3D which the game also resembles visually. However, its gameplay is somewhat more slow-paced and includes heavier doses of puzzle-solving. There are four weapons in the game - plasma gun, magic wand, pistol and auto-repeat plasma gun; enemies may be vulnerable to a certain weapon and resistant against others. The levels are maze-like and contain secret areas. The first episode was released as shareware; two commercial episodes followed, for a total of thirty levels."
15843,Ring: The Legend of the Nibelungen,"Der Ring des Nibelungen, Ring: El anillo de los Nibelungos, Ring: L'Anneau des Nibelungen, Ring: La Leggenda dei Nibelunghi, Ringen",1998,5.9,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Ring is an interactive science fiction opera adventure, a 3D graphical adventure set in the 40th century that follows the story of Richard Wagner's epic opera Ring of the Nibelungen As one of four characters, the player must conclude the legend of the Ring and restore humanity to its rightful place as leaders of the universe by defeating four evil powers."
15845,Vectorman 2,,1996,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is a sequel to Vectorman This time, the super-powerful little robot was attacked while coming back to earth in his spaceship. He falls down on the earth only to discover dark locations full of hostile creatures and to participate in a platformer full of fast and furious action. Fight your enemies, collect photons, jump over obstacles, find weapons, morph into other creatures, and climb walls as the green ""orbot"" Vectorman."
15847,Valhalla and the Fortress of Eve,Valhalla 3,1996,6.9,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"The King of Valhalla, having rescued his kingdom from the evil clutches of The Lord of Infinity, has been ruling successfully over his now peaceful land for several years. With evil now far away, the young King has decided to find himself a wife, only to find out that all the eligible ladies have been kidnapped and taken to a fortress far from the borders of Valhalla. The player's task is to guide the King through four massive levels, solving countless puzzles along the way, in order to free the women of Valhalla from the clutches of the Evil Witch Queen Eve. Within her fortress, the player will encounter a strange and mysterious world full of treachery and distraction. Does the player possess the intellect to outwit Eve and help the King of Valhalla find the woman of his dreams? Unlike the first two Valhalla games, Valhalla and the Fortress of Eve is mouse-controlled. The player uses the mouse to walk through the game's environments, or to interact with objects. While exploring the scenery, the player will often come across locked doors, which need to be opened by flipping a switch. There are two bars on either side of the screen. One bar is your stamina. If this bar is empty, the player will die and will have to restart the level. The other bar indicates, if the player manages to pick up a flask, how much time they have until the flask is empty."
15851,Sorcery,,1984,7.5,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"You are one of the last four remaining great sorcerers. When Necromancer kidnaps the other three, it is your task to rescue them within a time limit in this action adventure hybrid. The player must fly through 17 screens including wastelands, a river and the woods, collecting items and keys to access other screens. Avoid evil ghosts and sorcerers, as they will drain your limited (but replenishable) energy. The final destination is Stonehenge, where the player must kill Necromancer using one of the three potential objects discovered during your journey."
15854,Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2,Dragon Ball Z: La Legende Saien,1993,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 2 is a fighting game that chronicles the events that take place during the battle against Perfect Cell, and includes a side story about Bojack and his henchmen (who Gohan, Trunks, Piccolo and Vegita fought in the ""Bojack Unbound"" movie), and Broli, the Legendary Super Saiyan. You can play as SSJ2 Gohan, Piccolo, Vegeta, Future Trunks, Perfect Cell, Cell Jr., Bojack or Zangya. Goku and Broli will be also available after you enter a secret code. Some basic elements from Super Butouden have remained, such as the split screen system or the special attacks (which now are executed by a shorter button combination). However, now you will also count with the Meteo combos, which allow attacks with multiple hits. You can also hold down buttons in order to quickly recharge your energy. Special moves can be also fired back in retaliation to your rival's attack, marking then the beginning of a button smashing duel. There are 3 game modes, including a story mode that lets you choose different paths and changes depending on the outcome of battles; a 1 vs 1 mode, where you can battle against another player or the CPU; and a martial arts tournament mode with an eliminatory system in which you and other players (or the CPU) choose a character to become the winner."
15857,Back to the Future,,1989,3.8,Action,,,"In Back to the Future 80s teen Marty McFly is mistakenly send 30 years into the past where he disrupts his own parents from meeting. Faced with extinction at the hands of a temporal paradox, Marty must find a way to reunite his future parents and make it back to his own time. LJN's game differs completely from the computer versions, and plays as a literal race against time broken up by brief arcade minigames. In the main game, the player controls Marty in an overhead view as he runs down the streets of 1950s Hill Valley. A collection of period-appropriate bad guys block his path, including bullies, hula hoop girls, bumblebees, and park benches. The camera scrolls forward at a fixed speed, so the player must keep Marty on the move and away from obstacles. Hitting one causes Marty to fall and lose a life. The player must also collect clocks scattered on the street to stop Marty's photograph from fading away. If it fades completely, Marty is erased from existence. Street running sections lead to three minigames. In these, Marty must sling milkshakes at oncoming bullies, deflect kisses (shown as hearts) from his mother, and collect notes to rock out on stage at the high school dance. The final stage resembles the street sections, as the player must control the DeLorean time machine and collect enough energy to travel through time (shown as lightning bolts instead of clocks)."
15862,War Wind II: Human Onslaught,"Human Onslaught, War Wind II: Die Invasion",1997,6.8,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,This is the sequel to SSI's 1996 real-time-strategy game War Wind It continues the story of the four races of Yavaun now facing a new threat through the invasion of humans who shipwrecked on the planet. Gameplay is very similar to the first part of the series but features some small modifications and additions as well as improved visuals and sounds.
15866,MDK 2,"MDK 2: Armageddon, MDK 2: Out Snipe - Out Shoot - Out Think, MDK2",2000,7.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"After Kurt Hectic, the janitor extraordinaire has bravely ventured into the perilous minecrawlers and averted the alien threat to the Earth, he returns to his friends, the genius scientist Dr. Fluke Hawkins, and his invention, the six-legged robotic dog Max, to celebrate their great victory. However, they find out that one minecrawler in Canada still hasn't been destroyed. Kurt is sent to complete the mission, but as a result, gets kidnapped by an alien being known as Shwang Shwing. Doc and Max rush to his rescue and soon realize that they are up against a much bigger threat, involving an alien empire and galactic conquest. The fate of the Earth is in their hands. MDK 2 is the sequel to the third-person shooter MDK largely following the same gameplay template and re-creating its humorous tone. Most of the gadgets used by Kurt in the previous game return in the sequel. In addition to levels in which the player controls Kurt, the game introduces two new playable characters, Doc and Max, with their own levels. The three protagonists have distinctly different gameplay styles. Kurt is a versatile fighter who is able to shoot enemies from afar using his trusty sniper gun; the boss encounters of his levels usually involve various sniping strategies. Kurt can also use his special suit to glide from platform to platform. Max is the most straightforward of the three; having six legs, he can shoot from four guns at once, and also use a jetpack for long jumps. The Doc is physically the weakest character; he relies on stealth and manipulation of items to solve problems. He is able to fight using an atomic toaster, and can also consume plutonium, which transforms him into a monster for a short duration. The PlayStation 2 version as well as the later Wii version based on the PS2 version introduce different difficulty levels absent in the other versions."
15867,Angband,"Angband: The Pits of Angband, PCAngband",1993,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),Roguelike,Fantasy,"Angband is an updated version of the game Moria adding more monsters, character races, and classes; deepening the dungeon from 50 levels to 100; and including such new features as monster pits and unique items. The object of the game is to become powerful enough to defeat a difficult unique monster, Morgoth, at the bottom of the dungeon."
15872,4x4 Evo,4x4 Evolution,2000,7.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"4x4 Evo is a racing game featuring real-life pickup trucks and SUV's. Actual trucks from manufacturers such as Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge, Nissan, Toyota and more are included. The actual racing game is based very heavily on Terminal Reality 's Monster Truck Madness series of games, except with SUV's instead of monster trucks. One significant feature of 4x4 Evo is the online multi-player option. The Dreamcast, PC, and Macintosh versions can compete against each other in 4 player online races. In addition to the on-line mode of play, there is a single player career mode. The career mode gives you a small allotment of money with which to purchase a truck. You then can compete in races to earn more money for more trucks or performance parts for your current truck."
15875,Ristar,,1994,7.6,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Like Ristar on Genesis, Ristar on Game Gear is a sidescrolling platformer about Sega's short lived stellar mascot, fighting his way through six planets to defeat the evil tyrant Greedy. This 8-bit release of Ristar has the same plot, similar themes, and plays much like its more famous Genesis counterpart, but has a different set of levels, making it a separate game. Half of the planets are re-arrangements of the Genesis ones, and the other half are unique to this iteration. Some of Ristar's moves and various enemy mechanics have been tweaked or expanded. Also unique to Ristar on Game Gear are collectable mini-stars scattered throughout the levels, which award an extra life on collecting 100."
15882,Shining Force II,Shining Force II: Inishie no Fūin,1993,8.1,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Shining Force II is a strategy/RPG hybrid with cartoon-like graphics. The game is comprised of two modes: exploration, in which the hero and his companions engage in the role-playing game standard of talking to townspeople, exploring new lands, and furthering the plot; and battle mode, in which the combat is resolved from a tactical point of view, with individual combats being resolved from a close-up view with animated characters. The plot consists of such quests as saving a princess from the clutches of demons, rebuilding the hero's hometown, and uniting the various forces of good together against the hero's nemesis. Along the way, the hero will be joined by many characters who seek to aid him in his journey. Several of these characters can only be obtained by completing side quests. In addition, random battles can occur between the programmed scenarios, giving the hero's party a chance to obtain experience and gain levels outside of the set scenarios. There are several difficulty levels in the game, selectable when starting a new game. In addition, there is a configuration code that allows cheats to be activated, including the ability to control the enemy units."
15883,Colony,Kolonie,1987,7.3,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Managerial / business simulation, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mankind has established a distant colony, but the area is infested with ants, ladybirds and other parasites, all ready to cut through the perimeter fencing and eat your people's food. As a service droid it is your job to prevent this, and maximise the output. Achieving this involves a lot of planning and resource management. There are several buildings at your disposal, containing seeds, solar panels, weaponry, fencing and traps. You must plant the seeds, use the solar panels to maximise their growth, and then harvest the finished product so as to trade it. You can carry a gun to take care of the bugs, but this needs recharging frequently, and the location of the munitions store must be determined. When the bugs break part of the fence, you need to replace it to stop lots more coming through. This can be done more quickly by reducing the compound size, which causes the trade-off loss of growing room."
15884,Gridders,,1994,6.9,Puzzle,,,"In this Klax -like puzzle game, the player is cast as a boy named Zack, whose only goal is to reach the basement of an evil corporation in order to destroy it, but first, he has to get through 36 levels of death in order to reach it. His main obstacle is to avoid giant Gridder blocks, which can crush poor Zack within an instant. To get out of the level, the player has to solve a puzzle for each level and collect green pyramid keys throughout the level. Along with the dangerous Gridder's, Zack must also avoid trap doors, elevator squares, and diversion squares to name a few."
15889,Pinocchio,,1995,7.0,Action,Platform,,"Journey through as Geppetto, the carpenter's live wooden puppet, Pinocchio, as he did in his Disney animated film - which itself was based on a children's novel. Have Pinocchio run, jump and twist-kick through all the familiar places, including the inside of a whale, and do good deeds enough to become the real human boy he's always wanted to be. A standard Disney platformer."
15898,Kingpin: Arcade Sports Bowling,Kingpin: Arcade Sports Series Bowling,1995,6.4,Sports,,,"Kingpin: Arcade Sports Bowling is a bowling game with support for up to 6 players, who can be human or CPU-controlled. Player statistics can be built up as you play. On the bottom right of the bowling alley screen there is a power gauge that can be altered pressing the Up and Down keyboard arrow keys / joypad buttons. Pressing the Left and Right keys changes the position of your avatar, and hitting Enter / fire makes a small moving arrow appear in the bowling lane. It shows the direction your character will throw the ball when you hit Enter / fire again."
15900,Shanghai Pocket,,1998,7.4,"Action, Puzzle","Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle",,"This is a portable edition of the solitaire game Shanghai. The game uses traditional Mah Jong tiles. The aim of the game is to match tiles. Four of each type are present on the playing field, and when two tiles are matched, they are removed. When none remain, you win. Only tiles that have an empty space on their left or right may be matched. A wrong move may result in the impossibility to clear the field. A light story mode is presented in the Shanghai mode; each tile setup is based on a Zodiac animal that needs its power restored. The goal is to complete all twelve stages by restoring each animal's power. Some variants are also included: Kong Kong: * Compete against a computer to clear tiles. If you are too slow, extra tiles will be sent over to your side by your opponent. This type of play is similar to games like Puyo Pop Kong Kong may be played against another player by using a link cable or against a computer. Challenge (WonderSwan only) : A large Shanghai game that you'll try to race through to get the best score. Goldrush: In this mode you will race against an opponent to reach a tile marked 'G'. G is for GOLD, boy! So get cracking."
15919,Dangerous Dave's Risky Rescue,Dangerous Dave 3,1993,6.7,Action,Platform,,Dangerous Dave is back in this gory and macabre side-scrolling action game. Battle wolves and other man-killing creatures with your shotgun attempting to rescue Dave's little brother Delbert from the castle of the evil Dr. Nemesis. There are eleven levels in the game and some more creatures than in the previous installments.
15921,Puzz 3D: Victorian Mansion,,1999,8.0,"Adventure, Puzzle",Cards / tiles,,"Puzz 3D: The Victorian Mansion is a virtual 3D jigsaw puzzle with a twist. When the puzzle is completed the player can enter it and attempt to solve a murder mystery. The game has four levels of difficulty. The simplest level, the Bronze level, only gives the player access to the first floor and two of the mysteries. In this level the player has only one hundred and fifty pieces to assemble, and all the pieces come pre-sorted into wall pieces, roof pieces etc. They do not overlap and they do not need to be rotated to make them fit. The player also has access to pictures showing what the completed house looks like, and a 3D construction grid that they can place sub assemblies into. The toughest level gives access to all four floors and all the mysteries. On this level there are seven hundred pieces that are not sorted, may overlap, and there are no aids at all. The player assembles the house by completing sub assemblies such as a complete wall section or a piece of the roof which are then placed into 'the gold tray'. When the player changes view from the assembly view to the construction view they take sections from the gold tray to build the house. There is a 'book' in the top right corner of the screen which can optionally be suppressed, when present it alerts the player to pieces of relevant information that become available when certain parts of the jigsaw have been completed. Some of this information is in the form of video sequences such as the one which welcomes the player to the game, others are facts such as the date of the Gettysburg Address, while others are in the form of short QuickTime videos. The Mystery is played in a smaller window as the player moves around the house in a manner not to dissimilar to the way Myst plays. Once in a room the player can rotate through three hundred and sixty degrees, look up and down, while remaining fixed to the spot. In each room there is something to find, typically one or two of the following; an informative piece describing it's use, a puzzle, a video featuring a character who gives some information, or a fragment of paper that gives the player more clues. All clues are entered into the right hand side of player's 'notebook' in the form of the name of a person or a room. When they are ready the player answers the questions on the left hand page of their notebook by dragging across the appropriate answer. If the player answers the questions successfully the game is over. As a final act the game tells the player that, should they replay the game at a higher level, the place where their notebook, containing the clues they have already found, can be located."
15922,Sid Meier's CivNet,Civilization for Networks,1995,7.6,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",,"Multiplayer version of the original Civilization Single player is still available, but there are a lot of multiplayer connection options. Gameplay is exactly the same as in the original. Beginning 4000 BC with only a few settlers, you build up your civilization by building cities, making discoveries and competing with your rivals. A map editor is included."
15923,Atomic Bomberman,,1997,7.1,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Atomic Bomberman pits you against 9 opponents, human or computer, in the ultimate frag-fest. For the uninitiated, you control a cute little guy who carries an endless supply of bombs. The idea is to kill your opponents with these bombs - dropping bombs near them, throwing bombs at them, kicking bombs towards them. Very intense gameplay which requires complete awareness and lightning reactions."
15927,Home Alone,,1991,5.8,Action,"Platform, Survival horror",,"Kevin is left alone at home while his family is celebrating the holidays elsewhere. Unfortunately for him, two burglars have entered the house to keep him company. Kevin must avoid being caught by the burglars while he gathers all the family belongings and bring them to safety. To aid him in his quest, Kevin has a slingshot and a water pistol, but equally important is proper handling of the environment - a banana skid placed in the right spot or a bowling ball on top of a cupboard will help Kevin in his cause against the robbers."
15928,Star Trek: Generations,Star Trek: Generazioni,1997,6.3,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Generations was the 7th Star Trek film, and saw Captain Kirk rescued from the spacial nexus he was trapped in and joining the Next Generation crew. Their mission was to stop Dr. Tolian Soran from destroying a succession of planets, so as to return him to a paradise-like dimension called the Nexus. All of this is brought to life in this game, with a succession of 12 away missions on various planets linked by strategic space combat, and Stellar Cartography planning to track Soran's next move. Away missions are in first-person 3D and feature action and puzzle solving. Each is played out by a different member of the crew, all of whom have their voices digitised. Some sub-plot elements and related video sequences from the stars (Patrick Stewart, William Shatner and Malcolm McDowell) are not in the film and have been added to the game."
15937,Stealth Mission,,1988,6.7,Simulation,,,"Stealth Mission is a flight simulator allowing you to fly three planes, F-19 Stealth Bomber, X-29 Experimental and a F14 Tomcat. There are four missions to fly but each mission can be played as easy or advanced making eight in total. Once your mission and plane is chosen then you can load your plane with a variety of weapons. There are 10 skill levels to choose from as well, 0 is easy, 9 is hard. Stealth Mission is viewed from a 1st person perspective. The main playing area is your view from the cockpit while all your instruments surround the edge of the screen. A variety of instruments are seen including altitude, thrust fuel and your radar. The joystick is used to steer your plane while there are a wide variety of keys used on the keyboard to help you fly a successful mission. There are a variety of camera angles as well including a side view, view from the tower, satellite and even a missile camera."
15944,Operation Neptune,"Operación Neptuno, Operação Netuno",1991,7.4,"Action, Educational",Shooter,,"Operation Neptune is a math edutainment title similar to Treasure Mountain but aimed at older kids. As with other Super Solvers games, Operation Neptune combines platform action with educational puzzles. The game helps build a solid math and problem solving foundation with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, ratios, and percentages. Problem solving hints, calculator, and customization options are all only a keystroke away. Real-life problems such as using area, distance and volume to make measurements help kids see how math can be used in the real world."
15947,Hover Bovver,,1983,7.1,Action,Arcade,,"Your lawn needs mowing and your mower doesn't work. Now what? You look next door and see your neighbor's lawnmower. When he's not looking, you grab his lawnmower and start mowing your lawn. Try to avoid being caught as you mow up to 16 lawns while avoiding your flower beds. If you mow a flower bed then the gardener will arrive to try and take away the mower. Your dog can help you keep that pesky neighbor away while you finish your work. However, the dog's tolerance of the mower noise decreases over time and he may eventually end up attacking the mower."
15949,The Pink Panther: Hokus Pokus Pink,"A Pantera Cor de Rosa em Abracadabra, Den Lyserøde Panter - I Hokus Pokus Panter, Hokus Pokus: Różowa Pantera, La Pantera Rosa en Abracadabra Rosa, La Panthère Rose 2: Destination Mystère, Pink Panther und die Zauberformel, The Pink Panther's: Hokus Pokus Pink",1998,7.4,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,,"After the successful events in The Pink Panther Passport to Peril Pink Panther gives up his life as agent and gets a job as door-to-door-salesman. But his leisurely life gets interrupted as Nathan, son of the lunatic dentist Dr. Periowinkle, steals utensils from the magician Strangeblood and accidentally transforms the little girl Violet into a wombat. The player takes control of Pink Panther and has to travel to Israel, Indonesia, Siberia and Greece to find a counterspell. Of course he encounters many strange people and inventory based puzzles. Because the game is mainly aimed at children the puzzles are not too complicated and the controls are constrained to the left mouse button. During the course of the game the player can retrieve a lot of background information regarding history and lifestyle of the countries he has visited by accessing a special menu, but this is not necessary to complete the game. Of course some of the information gets addressed during the regular gameplay. There is a optional function included which gives hints or solutions for the puzzles when the player is stuck."
15950,Starmaster,,1982,7.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A cockpit view space shooter very similar to Star Raiders but not requiring a keypad. In your starship, you must warp to sectors of space containing enemy starships. Here you will engage and destroy them before they can surround and destroy your starbases. In a starbase sector, use your joystick to guide your reticle to the starbase when it is near you for repair and/or refueling. In a fight, you can take damage. If you see an L, it means your lasers are out of commission. This means you cannot fire (this is not good in a fight!). If you see a W, it means your warp drive is damaged. You will use twice as much fuel when warping. If you see an S, it means your shields are out. If you are hit again with no shields, you will be destroyed. If you see an R, it means your radar is damaged. You will not be able to see the enemies on the starmap until you get the radar fixed. All your starbases will still show with damaged radar except any that have been destroyed. When warping, if the screen at the bottom is green, you are headed to an empty sector. If it is red, you are headed to a sector with enemies in it. If it is blue, you are headed to a sector with a starbase in it. The game ends when either all the enemies are destroyed or you are destroyed. Your final score is determined by your base score plus 100 points per enemy destroyed minus 500 points per starbase destroyed minus 100 points per each time you docked at a starbase minus 1 point per stardate."
15951,Freeway,"""Das Verruckte Huhn"", Bloody Human Freeway",1981,6.4,Action,Arcade,,"In Freeway, your job is to help the chicken cross the road! Each time you successfully guide the chicken across ten lanes of freeway traffic, you earn a point. Try to score as many points as you can by the end of the 2 minute 16 second time limit! In the two player game, whoever scores the most points by the end wins. Several game variations are included which can adjust the speed and amount of traffic on the freeway."
15953,Boxing Legends of the Ring,Final Knockout,1993,6.7,Sports,,,"Boxing Legends of the Ring lets you take control of eight middleweight legends of boxing, Roberto Duran Tommy ""Hitman"" Duran Jake ""Raging Bull"" La Motta Rocky Graziano ""Sugar"" Ray Robinson ""Sugar"" Ray Leonard ""Marveleous"" Marvin Hagler and James Toney You can either compete in an exhibition mode or play in career mode and become the greatest of all time. The set of punches in the game is pretty much standard, jab, hook, uppercut, even the ever popular but illegal low blow. Also, for each round and every knockdown you score on an opponent, you get a super punch, a straight shot to the face and is almost unstoppable and connected right could knock out your opponent, but if you miss, you lose your punch for the round. There are two main displays during a fight, a damage inflict meter in the form of two boxing gloves, one on each side and as a player connects a punch, the glove will show a black area of where the glove connected and a damage meter that show's the two fighters faces. As the round progresses, the fighter shows more bruises and cuts and starts to flash red when the fighter is getting tired and is the best time to land your super punch. Another feature is from round to round, your view will alternate, from looking over your shoulder to the next round and looking at yourself over your opponents shoulder."
15956,Colin McRae Rally,Colin McRae the Rally,1998,8.0,Racing / Driving,,,"From the makers of Touring Car Championship comes Colin McRae Rally a rally title hoping to knock V-Rally over. Codemasters has included an collection of fifty two tracks set over five countries including Greece, United Kingdom, Sweden and Australia. Colin McRae Rally also offers a selection of eight Rally vehicles with 4WD and 2WD vehicles. The game also offers a number of game modes including Championship, Rally, Time Trial, Rally School (learn the ropes from Colin McRae himself) and a two player mode."
15958,Tournament Tennis,"Balle de Match, Match Point, Super Tennis, Tennis",1984,7.5,Sports,Arcade,,"Tournament Tennis is an early tennis game featuring or even creating many conventions that would become standard features in later tennis simulations. Matches can be played at quarter-final, semi-final or final level—winning at one level automatically moves the player to the next one. They can last for 3 or 5 sets, with a player requiring a 2-game lead to win a set, though a tie-break comes in at 6–6 in all but the final set. The view is pseudo-3D, from above the court, and features a shadow on the ball to give its motion a more realistic appearance and make it easier to judge the ball's height. Spectators turn their heads to view the action, and ball boys run on to the court to retrieve dead balls. Shot speed, direction and spin can all be applied, and both forehand and backhand strokes are available."
15963,Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing,Redline Racer,1999,6.6,Racing / Driving,,,"Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing is the sequel to Redline Racer It now features an official Suzuki Alstare Racing Team license. It's an arcade superbike racing game. Game modes include Main Game, Reverse Challenge and Single Race. In Main Game you have to have to compete in challenges to earn a place in the Suzuki Alstare Racing Team. Reverse Challenge is the same but with mirrored circuits."
15965,NFL Football,"Football, Le Football NFL, Super Challenge Football",1979,6.3,Sports,,,"NFL Football contains almost all the elements of a real football game. The game consists of four quarters, fifteen minutes each. There are four difficulty levels; high school, college, semi-pro, and pro. There are nine different plays to call, including running plays, field goals, passing plays, and punting. The only thing that's not realistic about NFL Football is the teams only have five players on offense and on defense."
15966,Wild Wild Racing,,2000,6.7,Racing / Driving,,,"Wild Wild Racing was one of the very first games released for the Playstation 2 in the United States. It is a straightforward off-road racing game. You drive one of nine dune buggies in races that take place around the world, in places like the American desert, India, Iceland, Australia or Mexico. Wild Wild Racing features a championship mode where you compete in a series of races to win a title. It has a challenge mode where you attempt to perform feats such as driving through a stunt course or collecting letters littered across a race course. It also has a time-attack mode."
15967,Tom Landry Strategy Football,,1993,6.5,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Football simulation game featuring the likeness and strategic advice of legendary coach Tom Landry You'll take the role of a new coach for the team of your picking who gets mentored by Mr. Landry himself along your career. The game allows you to modify and customize your team to enhance its strengths, manage the acquisition of new players and perform general management tasks. Come game time the game takes away all the menus and windows and puts you in a side-scrolling view of the stadium from which you can watch the game take place. At any time you may issue offensive or defensive formations and make substitutions to try and indirectly affect the outcome of the game. Features VCR-style controls to speed up or pause the action and any time and an ubiquitous on-line hint and help system in the form of an ""Ask Landry"" window in which you can consult him on any aspect of American football coaching."
15969,NCAA Football 98,,1997,6.9,Sports,,,"ELECTRONIC ARTS SHIPS NCAA FOOTBALL 98 FOR THE PLAYSTATION EA SPORTS' Top Selling College Football Video Game Graduates From 16-Bit to Advanced Gaming Platform SAN MATEO, Calif. August 5, 1997 -- Electronic Arts® (Nasdaq:ERTS), a leading global interactive entertainment software company, today announced the shipment of NCAA® Football 98 for the PlayStation’. NCAA Football 98 is the latest version of EA SPORTS'’ best-selling college football video game line. Previously only available on the Sega’ Genesis’ 16-bit game console, fans of this franchise have been waiting for its arrival on the PlayStation. NCAA Football 98 includes all 112 teams from the ten different Division I-A conferences. It has 20 all-time historic games, with 40 of the greatest college football teams ever to step onto the gridiron. It is therefore possible to recreate such memorable games as the historic 1987 Fiesta Bowl that featured the great 1986 teams from Penn State and Miami. Accurate position rankings and skill levels for each school enhance the game's realism. Exclusive rights to the Fed Ex Orange Bowl Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and Nokia Sugar Bowl provide real life bowl games not found in any other interactive football game. NCAA Football 98 also has the rights to the Rose Bowl The 1998 Fed Ex Orange Bowl will host this season's National Championship game, and with the exclusive rights to this bowl NCAA Football 98 is the only interactive college football game in which the user can play for the undisputed National Championship. ""We have created a football game that stays true to the feel of a Saturday afternoon college event,"" said Rob Martyn, executive producer, EA SPORTS. ""You'll hear the voice of Rose Bowl announcer Chuck White during the game. We worked with former UCLA coach Terry Donahue to make sure the playbook for each team was authentic and reflects the style of play that team actually uses. You play this game and you feel like you are on the field and part of the college football experience. The emotion, tradition, rivalries and enthusiasm that surround the college game is very intense and EA SPORTS has captured that feeling in NCAA Football 98."" The level of detail in the game is incredible from the jersey numbers that are shown on each player, to 122 fully-rendered and authentically reproduced stadiums for every team in the league, plus extra stadiums used in post-season play. Even the most minute details were taken care of, such as the field starting to degrade in quality over the course of the game if it's raining. Also, over 30 licensed fight songs are in the game. In order to ensure a competitive game against the computer, whether the game player is a novice or an expert, skill setting can be placed at Junior Varsity, Varsity or All-American levels. Saved instant replays allow the user to save a great play to a PlayStation memory card and carry it to a friend's house to replay. NCAA Football 98 has features unique to the college game that distinguish it from other football games on the market. Dynasty mode allows the user to build a powerhouse program over the course of multiple seasons. In dynasty mode, after the season the user can pick blue-chip recruits from a field of incoming freshman. The better the previous season's record, the better the caliber of athletes available to your team. Thus, a weak team can be built up to national champion by quality play and shrewd recruiting. As seniors graduate, it is up to the player to replace them with talented freshman who can help build the program. Rival mode instantly brings up the main rival for each team in the game, and with every Division I-A school in the game the number of matchups is huge. With team rivalries being a major part of college football, the rival mode adds an element to the game that defines what the college football experience is all about. Many times a winning season for a team is still considered a failure because of the simple fact that the team lost to its main rival. NCAA Football 98 captures that feeling and immerses the user in the passion of the college game. EA SPORTS is the leading interactive sports software brand in the world. Its top-selling titles include FIFA Soccer, John Madden Football’, NHL® Hockey, NBA Live Basketball, PGA TOUR® Golf, Triple Play Baseball’, and Andretti Racing. Electronic Arts (EA), headquartered in San Mateo, California, is a leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, EA posted revenues of $625 million for fiscal 1997. The company develops, publishes and distributes software worldwide for personal computers and advanced entertainment systems such as the PlayStation’, Nintendo® 64 and Sega Saturn’. Electronic Arts markets its products worldwide under six brand names: Electronic Arts, EA SPORTS’, Origin Systems’ Inc., Maxis®, Bullfrog’ Productions Ltd. and Jane's® Combat Simulations. EA has international subsidiaries in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, and North American development operations in San Mateo and Walnut Creek, Calif.; Baltimore, Maryland; Austin, Texas; Seattle, Washington; and Vancouver, British Columbia. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://www.ea.com. Source: Press Release - PlayStation"
15971,Werewolves of London,,1987,6.5,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"A curse has turned you into a werewolf, which is surely bad news for your employment and relationship prospects. The only way to rid yourself of the curse is to kill all the relatives of those who inflicted it. The more you kill, the more the police want to capture and jail you, but with the right equipment you can get out and continue your murderous rampage. The game is an arcade adventure viewed at an angle. Collect as many objects as you can from people, including Underground tickets to get around London more quickly, torches and manhole cover removers to access and function in dark areas, and bandages to repair shot wounds. These objects can be stored for later use, even inside your jail cell."
15972,Project-X Special Edition & F17 Challenge,,1994,7.2,Compilation,,,"This compilation contains the updated edition of shoot 'em up Project-X which is an easier and debugged version of the original, and the racing game F17 Challenge neither of which had previously been released for the CD32."
15973,The 3rd Millennium,"Das 3. Millennium: Die Simulation, Het Derde Millennium, Le 3e Millénaire: La Simulation, Terceiro Milênio, The 3rd Millennium: La Simulazione, The Third Millennium, Trzecie Milenium",1997,5.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The 3rd Millennium is a simulation game which places you as a political leader in the year 2001 (near future at the time of release). The world has evolved into 31 different states divided over 5 large countries. Your goal is to become governor of your state and eventually president of the entire world. To achieve this you will need to build cities (building by building), collect taxes, negotiate deals with other world leaders, pass social reforms and run for grander offices. The more power you acquire, the more options become available to you to pave the road to presidency. You basically have full control over your country and can play for up to five hundred years."
15980,Magic of Endoria,,1994,7.6,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"The strategy-game Magic of Endoria takes place in the fantasy kingdom Endoria. Aeons ago the gods of Endoria were disgusted by the badness in the world and morphed themselves into crystal splinters and retreated into the underworld. Who gets all these splinters becomes the master of Endoria. Now two rival arch mages got aware of this myth and go on the search. You are one of them. Of course you have to dig deep into the underground to find them. Your responsibility lies in the building. managing and defending of mines. To achieve this you hire employees with different professions: Craftsmen, researchers, mine workers, hauliers and warriors. These people want to see money for their work and they improve their abilities when they become experienced. During the game you dig new alleys, equip them with traps, research new tools and fight against enemy troops to conquer their alleys. Later you have mutated creatures to your disposal. You spend most of your time on a map with hexagonal fields. There you issue orders and set the routes of your employees. The in 1995 released CD-ROM version features speech, new background music and an online help. Additionally there is a ""light"" version of the game which tones down the complexity. The PC version of Magic Endoria differs from the Commodore 64 version released the previous year in that it is real time instead of turn based."
15991,Dark Savior,,1996,7.6,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The bounty hunter Garian is entrusted with the task of accompanying a monster named Bilan to a prison island. On the ship, Bilan escapes, and Garian must stop him before he reaches the captain's cabin... ..at which point the game's narrative is split into three different scenarios (called Parallels ), which depend on how much time it has taken the player to reach the captain. Parallel I occurs if the player needed more than four minutes; in this scenario, Bilan escapes and goes on a killing spree, and Garian must catch him again. Should the player need between three and four minutes to reach the captain, Parallel II is triggered; Garian defeats Bilan, but the monster undergoes a surprising transformation, and Garian realizes that a deeper plot has to be uncovered. Finally, if the player manages to reach the captain under three minutes, Parallel III begins, with Bilan being confined, but escaping once again. Dark Savior is a 3D action game with elements of platforming, puzzle-solving, and battles that resembles fights of a fighting game. The player navigates Garian through 3D environment, but the view switches to isometric perspective once a fight is triggered."
15992,The Worm in Paradise,,1985,7.8,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Eden has been successfully colonised, by creating several domed cities. Society is rigidly functioning, unemployment, crime and poverty all non-existent. The economy functions on fines rather than taxes, making for a plethora of petty rules and no penal punishment. Robot employees make everything run cheaply. Body part reselling allows hospitals to turn a profit. Robots can even control human reproduction. The end result is a society in which humans have no useful role. Who would live in a 'paradise' like this? The Worm In Paradise is the culmination of the Silicon Dreams series of interactive fiction. The Worm in Paradise is set about 50 years after the events of the previous game in the trilogy, Return to Eden. The game relies on strict timing and a day/night cycle (using a decimal clock with 10 100-minute hours) – return to your home before darkness falls, and don't expect robots to help with tasks which will not be finished in the day. Vital buildings can be located using colour-coded co-ordinates, but these change every time you load the game, so be careful to write them down."
15995,Magical Tetris Challenge,"Defi au Tetris Magique, El Tetris Un Mágico Desafío, Magische Tetris Uitdaging, Sfida al Tetris Magico",1998,6.8,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"Magical Tetris Challenge is a Tetris game that combines the classic puzzler with the Disney license, and offers two original competitive Tetris variants: Magical Tetris and Updown Tetris. Both follow the standard Tetris template: Tetris pieces fall onto the playing field from the top and must be arranged so they form horizontal lines which are then removed, with the player whose stack of pieces reaches the top first losing. In Magical Tetris, clearing two or more lines at the same time sends a magical attack to the opponent, which puts a non-standard magical piece into their queue. Magical pieces consists of more than four blocks and are thus harder to place, but can theoretically clear more lines at once. Magical attacks can be countered by clearing lines while the piece is in the queue. This sends the piece back to the opponent, changing it to a 2x2 square piece. Countered pieces can again be countered, growing in size with each counter to a maximum of 5x5. Overflow to an already full queue turns existing pieces into ones marked with an exclamation mark. These can't be countered and are massive in size and come in pyramid or diamond shapes. A clock counts the time during Magical Tetris - each minute of game time raises the game level, up to a maximum of 4, with higher levels resulting in more magical pieces added to the opponent's queue per cleared line. Updown Tetris is less complex. Attacks against the opponent are made by clearing two or more lines, which are then (minus one column) added to the bottom of the opponent's playing field, pushing their stack higher. Both modes include another gameplay element: the magical gauge is filled by clearing single lines or through attacks made by the opponent. Filling the meter clears the entire playing field above a certain threshold and simplifies the block structure below it. The meter is then cleared and the threshold rises, requiring more moves to fill it a second time. The threshold can only be lowered by clearing all blocks off the field. The two modes are available in story and two-player modes. In story mode, players select one of four Disney characters (Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Minnie) who each come with their own storylines. The game then consists of consecutive matches against the other characters and the bad guys (Pete, Big Bad Wolf and Weasel), with cutscenes between matches. Only the home versions have an endless mode, which offers standard Tetris and Magical Tetris."
16001,Goemon's Great Adventure,"Ganbare Goemon: Dero Dero Douchuu Obake Tenkomori, Mystical Ninja 2 Starring Goemon",1998,7.6,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Goemon and his friends return in this side-scrolling sequel to Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon Bismaru, who looks like Goemon's friend Ebisumaru dressed up as a nun, has swiped a freshly-invented Ghost Returning Machine! With it, he's using planning nothing less than world domination. All Ebisumaru wanted to do with it was meet his ancestor, James Dean! Help Goemon and his friends retrieve the Machine, and bust some ghosts on the way. Mystical Ninja 2 reverts back to the traditional side-scrolling 2D platforming style of the SNES games. However, due to to the Nintendo 64's 3D capabilities, you'll encounter massive bosses and detailed worlds as you make your way through Japan. To attack, you can either hurl coins, or use each character's specific weapon, such as Goemon's trademark pipe. Two players can also play simultaneously and work together to beat foes, and you can even ride piggy-back onto your friend. There are also towns to explore, where you chat with villagers and explore various shops and houses for information and clues. Goemon Impact, the giant singing robot wearing rollerskates, also makes a return as you battle enemy mechs from inside its cockpit in a first-person view."
16005,Twilight: 2000,"TW2000, Twilight: 2000 - Role-Playing in the Aftermath of World War III",1991,7.2,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",Wargame,Post-apocalyptic,"This tactical wargame/adventure is based on the GDW pencil and paper role-playing game. NATO and Warsaw Pact forces spent the latter part of the 1990s fighting a brutal war, which has turned Poland into a desolate radiation-riddled land, full of abandoned vehicles and weapons. The maniacal Baron Czarny wants to take over what's left of the country; you must stop him. The player must organize a team of 20 generated soldiers, each of whom will respond to orders differently, based on their personality. Specific abilities, attributes and languages spoken can be set. Action from within the vehicles is shown in 3D, outside action is viewed top-down. Both aspects of the game require meticulous planning around the game's range of weapons and vehicles. Help can be received from NPCs, via the game's communication system."
16021,Jumpman Junior,,1983,8.1,Action,Platform,,"Jumpman Junior is the sequel to Jumpman and features similar gameplay with all new levels. As Jumpman, your goal is to disarm all of the bombs on the level before time runs out. Each level consists of a variety of platforms, ladders, and ropes you will need to jump and climb to reach the bombs. To make the game more challenging, a bullet will fire on the screen from time to time which will cause Jumpman to lose a life if hit. Each level has a different theme to it, and a few also have additional dangers as well. You will encounter deadly fires, the bouncing hellstones, moving ladders, disappearing platforms, and more."
16039,Annals of Rome,Annalen der Römer,1986,6.7,Strategy / tactics,,,"Annals of Rome begins in 273BC and sets you as a Roman senator, with the ultimate aim of colonizing as much of the known world as possible, and retaining that power against Carthaginians, Vandals, Parthians, Persians and all the other world forces. You have a strong army at your disposal, and can direct your generals as to which countries they attempt to invade. The game is turn-based, and these turns operate in phases, beginning with the economic circumstances of population and tax income being decided - it's recommended to keep taxation taxing low unless things become desperate. The game then updates you on the statuses of your generals, and give you the chance to redistribute them to other parts of your kingdom. Officers may rebel and cause a civil war - fortunately this can usually be pre-empted. More serious are attempts to take land from other civilizations, which take place in order and include conflicts between other groups. These, like every element of the game, are accurately historically modeled and variable in time-span as a result."
16041,Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie,Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie featuring Ivan Ooze,1995,6.4,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The SNES game based on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie is a side-scrolling beat'em up in the vein of Final Fight and similar titles. To stop the evil Ivan Ooze, the Power Rangers must brawl their way through seven large stages, featuring city streets, an aircraft carrier, a ski resort (complete with downhill snowboarding), a moving freight train, and more. The rangers must face off against Lord Zedd's Putty Patrol (whose troops come in more than a dozen varieties), several small and one large boss per stage. Six different rangers (Red, Yellow, Blue, Pink, Black and White) are available for selection before every level. In the two-player mode, two rangers can play at the same time. The rangers begin each level in their civilian outfits and must collect power-ups from defeated enemies to slowly fill a power bar. Once that bar is full, they can transform into their ranger outfit at the press of a button, making them more resilient to damage and their attacks more powerful. Filling the power bar again allows them to use a signature weapon unique to each ranger for a limited time or perform an extra powerful special attack. The game takes place on two lanes, and at most points in the game it is possible to jump between foreground and background to get to enemies or evade obstacles. In two-player mode it is of course possible to keep each ranger on their dedicated lane and only switch if absolutely necessary."
16049,Vertical Force,,1995,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is a Gradius style top down shooter with the standard power-ups of Laser, Wide Shot, and Shield. Each power-up can be enhanced up to three levels. You can also pick up AI Drones that can be powered up as well. You can use up to four drones or they can be placed into reserve. Three types of drones are available. Laser, Wide Shot and Repair. Each can be powered up to 4 levels. Repair drones carry out repairs that restore your damage meter when they are not fighting. The 3D component of this game has you switching between high-altitude and low-altitude to face the enemies."
16051,Stargoose Warrior,Star Goose!,1988,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Goose a top-down space shooter in which you move through a semi-3D environment shooting rounds and missiles at your enemies. Occasionally, the player can enter a tunnel and collect upgrades (ammo, shield or fuel) by climbing the walls of the tunnel to run into powerups."
16057,Turok 2: Seeds of Evil,Violence Killer: Turok New Generation,1998,7.6,Action,Shooter,,"Turok 2: Seeds of Evil is the sequel to Turok: Dinosaur Hunter Having defeated the Campaigner, Turok throws the Chronocepter into a waiting volcano to destroy it. Unfortunately the blast awakens an even deadlier force - The Primagen - who lays in wait for his freedom from a wrecked space craft, buried at the core of the Lost Land. Once again a Turok is tasked with restoring peace to the land and stopping the Primagen from merging Earth with the nether world. The game features an armory twice as large as its predecessor, and many weapons will even have a later update that makes them even more devastating. New weapons include the lethal discus Razor Wind, a proximity mine layer, and the Cerebral Bore, a flying grenade that homes in on an enemy's head, drills through their skull, and then explodes. Enemies have damage models now, allowing limbs to be torn off or bloody holes to be blasted through torsos. Turok won't be facing any human opponents this time, but will find himself under attack by plenty of dinosaur/human hybrids, brutish giants, and man-sized insectoids. The goal of each level is to reach the end and defend one of the five totems that keeps the Primagen captive in its ship as well as finding keys to unlock the portals that lead to later levels. In each level Turok can also find a special spiritual power, such as immunity to lava or a long jump. After finding a power, he will need to return to an earlier level to use that power to find one of the five keys that opens the portal to the Primagen itself. While searching for spiritual powers Turok will occasionally find portals that transport him to a strange place full of deadly creatures who appear to be unaffiliated with the Primagen, but discovering their true purpose is the job for another Turok A multiplayer game is included as well, with options for between 2 and 4 players and game-types like deathmatch and capture-the-flag. This multiplayer mode would later be expanded into a full game with Turok: Rage Wars"
16061,Star Trek: The Next Generation - Future's Past,"Shin Star Trek: Ooi naru Isan IFD no Nazo o Oe, Star Trek: The Next Generation - Echoes from the Past",1994,7.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Romulans request permission to enter the Neutral Zone in order to search for a team of their researchers that they claim has gone missing. The USS Enterprise is sent to monitor their activities and find out their real motives. Gameplay is divided into three parts: commanding the Enterprise from the bridge, controlling an away team on a planetary mission and combat with other ships. From the bridge you can control all of the ship's main functions. Conn : Set course to a different planet or sector. Communication : Communicate with other ships. Sensors : Receive information on your surroundings or planets you are orbiting. Computer : Access a database that contains lots of information on planets, races, technology, your crew, etc. Engineering : If the Enterprise got damaged during combat, you can use this command to allocate resources to the different parts of the ship that need to be repaired. Briefing Room : Receive orders and information on your current mission. Tactical Station: Engage in combat. Transporter : Assemble an away team and beam it down to a planet (which is only possible if your current mission requires it). Before starting an away mission, you have to assemble a team of four crew members that differ in strength and in tactical and technical ability. Some crew members also have special abilities: Dr. Crusher can heal other crew members, Geordi and Data can see in the dark and Data can survive without air. Away missions are shown from a top-down perspective and you can control each team member individually or order different members to follow your currently selected character around. Most away missions are a mixture of simple (real time) combat and puzzle solving that usually consists getting hints from tricorder readings and finding objects that have to be used in the correct way. Ship battles are also seen from a top-down perspective and let you attack enemy ships with phasers and photon torpedoes, while keeping an eye on your shields and trying to dodge your enemy's torpedoes. If your ship is too heavily damaged, you can surrender and hope that your enemy spares you. While the SNES and Genesis versions are essentially the same game, there are some noticeable differences. The Genesis version plays considerably faster during ship battles and on away missions as well as on the bridge (meaning it takes much less time to repair the ship). There are many graphical differences and the map layout for away missions is slightly different from the SNES version as well."
16067,Pax Corpus,,1997,5.0,Action,Shooter,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"In the game you play an attractive female mercenary who knows little about her own past. You've been hired to discover the secrets surrounding Corporation Alcyon's Pax Corpus Project, and eliminate any threat it poses to the free world. The gameplay of Pax Corpus revolves around shooting, weapon upgrades, and level progression through the acquisition of keycards. Rave-style music accompanies the player throughout the futuristic world of violence."
16068,SlamTilt Resurrection,"Avery Cardoza's Slam-Tilt Pinball, Пинболоид",1999,6.7,Action,Pinball,,"SlamTilt Resurrection is a 3D version of the hit Slamtilt pinball game released back in 1997. It features new high res graphics up to 1280 by 1024 in 32Bit color. It includes 2 tables: Demon and Pirate. Players are able to choose from 5 levels of difficulty ranging from novices to pro gamer. 4 types of gameplay modes like normal, tournament and so on. There are also 20 different in-game modes for each table."
16069,Rebel Moon Rising,,1997,5.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Rebel Moon Rising is a sequel to Rebel Moon It is a first person shooter where the player takes on the role of a rebel colonist on the moon fighting against the oppressive UN forces from Earth. In Rebel Moon the player is thrown into a conflict between the self-proclaimed Lunar Free State (also known as Free State Selena) and the United Nations of Earth who seek to quell the rebellion and bring back the colonies on the Moon under control. Declaring the colonists ""terrorists"", the UN deploy their ATFOR (Anti-Terrorism Force) units which comprise the main enemies of the game. As the war for independence unfolds, the player takes active participation in the role of a Lunar Defence Forces (LDF) operative who is tasked with various missions to thwart the UN invasion. Despite the rebels' tactical successes, ATFOR troops manage to win a major victory, and the leader of the Lunar Free State disappears in the aftermath. The story is continued in Rebel Moon Rising The revolution is far from over, as LDF and the Free State still control several domes on the Moon's surface. The UN forces on the other hand face their own problems. ATFOR's victory over the colonists would not be possible without the aid of the Neue Deutsche Einheit (NDE) - Germany's successor state - and the superior training and firepower of NDE Blacksuits. However NDE is not part of the UN and has its own agenda concerning the lunar colonies. The arising tensions between the two factions present an opportunity for the LDF to gain advantage and tip the scales in their favour. Further complicating the situation are rumours of alien sightings on the Moon's surface. While the gameplay of Rebel Moon Rising is in many aspects similar to that of Doom and other contemporary first-person shooters, it is much more mission-oriented, making it comparable to Star Wars: Dark Forces There are four mission types: Commando missions, which involve infiltrating enemy installations, acquiring a device or destroying a target; Search & Destroy missions where the player needs to locate and eliminate a number of targets; Defence missions which require to protect a critical item, location or piece of equipment; and Rescue missions where it is needed to free LDF prisoners and escort them to safety. Sometimes, the player is accompanied by AI-controlled allies during the missions. In addition to an arsenal of weapons of varying firepower, the player can find and make use of items such as a jetpack and temporary invisibility or invulnerability ""powercels"". However the most important item is the oxygen recycler. The player starts each mission with a supply of oxygen which slowly gets used up as the level progresses. This essentially limits the time to complete a mission, and the oxygen supply duration is indicated in the briefing. This time limit is cancelled if the player finds an oxygen recycler in the level, usually hidden in one of the secret areas. The level design often emphasises stealth over direct, frontal assault approach. The player is encouraged to search for secrets and backdoors to get past enemy forces. It is possible to sneak up on unsuspecting enemies; conversely, setting off an alarm might end up the player facing an overwhelming number of enemy troops."
16073,Flight of the Intruder,Flight of the Intruder: The Air War in Vietnam,1990,8.2,Simulation,,,"Join ""Tiger"" Cole and ""Cool Hands"" Grafton as you command the US Naval Aviators over Vietnam. Take on MiGs, AAA, and SAM, and the unforgiving nature of carrier aviation. Configure each plane's loadout for your mission, plan your mission package, then fly your missions. Command multiple sections of planes and switch among them at will. When you're done, you can even try your hand at LANDING on an aircraft carrier."
16074,Super Punch-Out!!,,1994,7.9,Sports,,,"Your dreams are finally going to come true! All the years of training...all for that day where you'd finally step into the ring, amidst the roar of the excited crowd, to square off against the best of the best...you tighten your fist and hear your gloves tighten with them...you take a step foward...the door opens before you...and the boxing ring beckons your name! 16 world champs are here, with the same dream as you: to win the WVBA Championship! Welcome to the world of boxing, kid! Give 'em an uppercut or two for your fans!"
16077,Toy Bizarre,,1984,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"As a worker at a toy store, you must stop the toy robots from taking over the store, before they take over you. Stop the valves that are getting these toys released in order to control where they land on the floor. Make sure you are ready for those safety checks, turn off the valves before you are hit by hefty Hilda. Stop the toys by jumping over them, or by stunning them. Once you finish doing this, next hour, things start up again."
16085,Pole Position,"Arcade Archives POLE POSITION, Rekor Arabaları",1982,7.1,Racing / Driving,,,"Pole Position is a Formula 1 racing game. Enter the Grand Prix, race against other racing cars to achieve the highest score possible in the shortest amount of time. Before the player can enter the Grand Prix, the player must first qualify by competing in the Qualifying Lap within 73 seconds or less. If the player, however, does not qualify in the Qualifying Lap, the player may continue to race until the Race Timer runs after 90 seconds. The player will score 50 points per 5 meters and additionally 50 points for every racing car passed. When the time runs out - Game Over. The player will have to restart the Qualifying Lap. Qualifying will enable the player to start in one of the eight available positions. The faster the lap time was, the better the starting position in addition to bonus score points. The number one starting position is the Pole Position. During the Grand Prix, the player will compete against the Race Timer as well as against other racing cars. If the player fails to beat the Race Timer in any lap, the player drops out of the race - Game Over. Completing the race by reaching the finishing line will grant the player 200 points per second left on the Race Timer, a bonus score for distance covered, and passing bonus points. Scoring Positions"
16092,Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess,,1990,7.0,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"A sequel to the original Battle Chess, this game takes on a more Chinese approach, both in the rules of the game and in the presentation. Using a Chinese variation of the game of Chess, pieces like the Queen and Bishop are replaced by Counsellors, Ministers, and Cannons. Pieces behave differently than their European counterparts and even the board is set up differently. Two things remain the same: the ultimate goal of checkmating the opposing player's king and the Battlechess-style animated battles that occur when two pieces contend for the same spot on the board."
16094,Caesars Palace 2000,Caesars Palace 2000: Millennium Gold Edition,2000,5.4,Gambling,,,"Play authentic Caesars Palace casino games without going to Las Vegas! The game includes Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Slots, Baccarat, Video Poker and more, all with realistic rules. Watch the authentic Caesars Palace game tutorials to learn how to play.Odds are scientifically calculated to be accurate, and there are multi-player options."
16098,Street Fighter EX2 Plus,,1999,7.6,Action,Fighting,,"The second in the 3D Street Fighter games drops two characters from the first (Kairi and Sakura) and adds plenty of new fighters (Volcano Rosso, Nanase, Sharon, and Area) One of the new modes of play available is the Director mode. It's here where you can record your fighter doing his/her moves, edit the film after recording (changing the camera angels, snipping footage that you didn't like, etc.) and then save the film onto the memory card to share with your friends. If, however, your not sure what to do, you can let the CPU choose which camera angles, etc. to use. Simple really."
16100,Judge Dredd,,1986,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are Judge Dredd. Your job is to track down unsolved crimes in Mega City and solve them. To do this you have your Lawmaster bike and your Lawgiver gun. In Mega City solving crimes means shooting anyone who looks like a threat, a perp, a seed, and that's just about everyone. It's a nice idea though. You start on a screen that represents Mega City. Around the city crimes are being committed, these are represented by white tiles saying 'arson' murder' etc. Your task is to navigate to each crime and hit the fire button. This takes you into that location where you blow everyone away in a platform like shoot 'em up. Then it's exit the location, go to the next, and repeat. While you're doing this there's a decent synth-rock sound track playing but no sound effects, just an on-screen comic book 'BLAM' when you fire your gun."
16102,Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story,Dragon: A História de Bruce Lee,1993,6.8,Action,Fighting,,"Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a action/fighting game in which you play Bruce Lee, the infamous martial arts master. As you go through the different levels, the game follows the format of the 1993 Universal movie of the same name, but is not identical to it. As Bruce Lee, you can perform a wide variety of high-flying martial arts moves, roundhouse kicks, flying kicks, flying chops and throws. Defeat a multitude of new opponents and build up your Chi in order to gain special abilities and weapons."
16105,Diablo,"Blodia, Blodia: IQ Engine Game, Bloodia, Timeball",1983,6.4,Puzzle,,,"Diablo is a puzzle game with similarities to sliding block puzzles. Each level is composed of a number of tiles and every one has a part of a pipe (straight or angular) on it - except one which is just a black hole. In one tile a red ball starts rolling and all tiles it rolls through become blank. The goal of each level is to let the ball roll through all pipe parts without meeting the hole or a blank tile. To ensure this, the player can move the parts while using the hole as buffer. So, as example, if the player clicks on a tile which is a few tiles away from the hole, all tiles between the clicked tile and the hole are moved by one towards the hole. Then the hole is at the place where the player clicked on. At the start of a puzzle, rolling out of the level boundaries is also deadly, but after a certain amount of tiles are cleared the ball comes out at the opposite side of the playfield."
16106,Spindizzy,,1986,7.9,"Action, Puzzle",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As GERALD (Gyroscopic ExploRAtion Landing Device) you must explore 385 screens of Hangworld, using limited fuel. The game is viewed isometrically, which means that the controls are rotated through 90 degrees - this, coupled with the fact that many screens have huge gaps and diagonal paths, means that it's hard to get far at first. Falling off ledges loses you time, which is very limited to start with. Gerald must collect energy crystals throughout his journey - which can also be shortened by using a complex system of lifts. Collecting the energy crystals extends the time limit for the player. Sections you have travelled through are automatically mapped. The game ends when time runs out or the world has been completely explored."
16112,Kirby Super Star,"Hoshi no Kirby Super Deluxe, Kirby's Fun Pak",1996,8.2,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Kirby Super Star is a single-player and cooperative multiplayer platform game in the Kirby games The game is presented as a compilation of seven distinct platform adventures, with several smaller mini-games included. The initial set, Spring Breeze, Dyna Blade, Gourmet Race, and The Great Cave Offensive, are unlocked from the start. As progress is made, additional scenarios become available, including Revenge of Meta Knight, Milky Way Wishes, and The Arena. Each title uses Kirby as the main character but introduces different objectives and conditions. Gameplay across most modes is centered on Kirby’s trademark abilities. He can inhale enemies and copy their powers, gaining skills such as sword fighting, fire breathing, or beam attacks depending on the foe absorbed. Unlike earlier entries, Kirby can also transform captured abilities into computer-controlled allies. With a second controller, another player can take control of the helper, turning the game into a cooperative experience. Kirby’s flight ability remains central, allowing free exploration of levels and access to hidden areas. Each of the main adventures offers a distinct style. Spring Breeze is a streamlined retelling of the first game in the series, serving as an introduction. Dyna Blade is a short quest to stop a giant bird threatening Dream Land. Gourmet Race pits Kirby against King Dedede in stages that mix platforming with footraces, where both speed and food collection determine victory. The Great Cave Offensive plays as an extended treasure hunt, with Kirby exploring a massive cavern system to collect hidden valuables and navigate light puzzle elements. The later modes increase in complexity. Revenge of Meta Knight adds urgency with a strict time limit as Kirby fights to stop Meta Knight’s battleship. Milky Way Wishes removes the inhale mechanic, requiring players to find and unlock copy abilities as permanent options, resembling exploration-focused games. The Arena serves as a boss rush, challenging players to fight every major foe in succession with limited health items and only one life."
16116,Dizzy Dice,,1986,5.6,Gambling,,,"Dizzy Dice is a gambling game simulating a fruit machine. You start with a fixed amount of cash. As you play and get winning combinations, you'll have to choose whether to collect or gamble what you've won. After completing the fruit machine game, you'll get the chance to play a dice game where you have to guess if the next throw will be higher or lower than the current one. Dizzy Dice features two game modes. The first one you play as a normal fruit machine. But then there also is the bank mode, where you start with $20 and need to reach $100 to break the first bank. In total there is five banks, each requiring more cash to win. The game is controlled using the keyboard."
16117,Alien Logic,SkyRealms of Jorune: Alien Logic,1994,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the 21st century, human beings have all but destroyed their home planet Earth. Surviving humans found a shelter on a planet called Jorune. A civil war errupted, humans fighting the indigenous population; eventually, peace was achieved, and the various races found a way to co-exist with each other... all except one. The Shantha, one of the most ancient and powerful races on Jorune, adepts at the magical art of Isho, were not satisfied with the shape the planet has taken. 3500 years later, one of them, known as the Red Shantha, began attacking human settlements. The hero of the game is one of the villagers who have survived Red Shantha's attack. Having found the way to master Isho, the hero must rescue his friends and explore the planet, searching for the source of evil. Alien Logic is based on the Skyrealms of Jorune role-playing system. The player takes control of one character; there is no party in the game. While there is a story to follow, much of the game is open-ended, dedicated to exploring Jorune, searching for items, precious crystals (which increase the hero's parameters), and fighting enemies. The exploration mode uses a side-scrolling perspective; the player can switch to combat mode when an enemy is nearby. Combat takes place on the same screen as exploration, and is action-based. Combat relies heavily on magic ( Isho ); casting spells deplete the Isho bar. Spell sequences are called dyshas which can be offensive or defensive. Preparing dysha combinations beforehand and then using them on the enemies (by clicking on them) is an essential combat strategy."
16118,Sky Runner,,1986,5.6,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are descending in the skimmer on the hostile planet to eliminate Harvester. But you may do this only in a skybike, which should be dropped down from the skimmer. The gameplay is flown in third-person perspective, while you are controlling your vehicle (skimmer or skybike) always flying forward. Moving left or right allows you to avoid the obstacles such as trees, accelerating and decelerating changes the speed, and shooting keeps you alive. Harvester is a boss, which appears after certain number of enemies will be eliminated, and it should be destroyed. Upon defeating the harvester the game awards the player with money, and loops back to the moment of time, when player controlled the skimmer. Collision with any obstacle means game over. Hi-score table allows you to see the most successful Skyrunners."
16125,Solitaire Poker,Ryūkyū,1989,7.0,Strategy / tactics,Cards / tiles,,"Solitaire Poker That's certainly an odd sounding combination, but that's exactly what it is. It's even more interesting that you realize that there is a touch of bingo in there too. Your objective is to draw face-down cards from one of four different piles and draw these cards into five different ""hands"" that are scored as traditional poker values. However the hands may be scored in any combination... vertical, horizontal or diagonal on the game board... (that's where the bingo element comes into play)."
16126,Lock n' Chase,Lock 'n Chase,1990,6.5,Action,Arcade,,"Lock 'n' Chase is an arcade action game similar to Pac-Man You play a thief who has to rob banks. Each bank is a different maze, and there are policemen who chase you. You need to collect all of the gold coins and avoid the police officers. Located throughout the maze are numerous doors. As you run through the maze, you have the ability to temporarily close a door in an attempt to block the police. You can only close maximum of two doors at a time, so you can even trap a police officer between two closed doors. Closed doors automatically open again after a short amount of time. As the stages progress, extra items and hazards are introduced. There are sliding doors that open and close slowly, question marks that toggle police officers on and off, alarm clocks that wake up sleeping police officers, invisible passageways, teleporter doors etc. Occasionally a bonus item will appear in the maze, such as a cash bag that temporary stuns all police officers, and a diamond which makes you temporary invincible. Also, after clearing all stages in a bank you get to play a bonus game. You play a slot machine to earn extra lives, and each collected diamond is worth one try."
16127,Videocart-4: Spitfire,"Cassette 4: Luftkampf, Programkassett 4: Röde baronen, Videocart 4: Luftkampf",1977,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Videocart-4 features the action game Spitfire This is an aerial dogfighting game that pits the Red Baron against the Blue Max. The goal is to try to shoot down your opponent to score a point, and the player with the most points wins. Viewed from the side, your bi-planes have the freedom to fly anywhere on the screen; the screen wraps, so if you fly off of one side you will appear again on the other side. You can also hide just off screen to attempt to sneak up on an opponent; be careful, even though you may not be visible you are still vulnerable to attacks! The game can be played by two players against each other, or one player against the computer. When playing against the computer, the computer's skill level will vary throughout the game; the more times you are successful in shooting down the computer, the more its skill level will increase! However the more the computer shoots you down, the more its skill level will decrease."
16134,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:  Fall of the Foot Clan,"TMNT 1, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan",1990,7.3,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This game is the first in a series of Game Boy games by Konami based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series of comic books, movies, cartoons, toys, etc. The basic premise of the TMNT is this: Four turtles, living in a sewer in New York, are exposed to some radioactive goo. The goo turns them into humanoid creatures and gives them approximately human intelligence. Hence, they are ""mutants."" Also, they are teenage turtles, which means they all talk like surfers and like to eat pizza. An equally mutated, but apparently much older, rat named Splinter acts as the turtle's guardian. He trains the turtles to be ninjas, and to fight crime. He also gives the turtle's their names: Michaelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, and Leonardo. In the game, the Turtles' TV reporter friend, April, is kidnapped by the evil samurai, Shredder. The turtles must rescue her and defeat Shredder. Gameplay consists of standard side-scrolling jump-and-attack action. Occasionally, hidden bonus games appear to give your turtle bonus health points."
16139,Short Order/Eggsplode,,1989,6.8,"Action, Compilation, Puzzle",Arcade,,"This cartridge used the power pad and contained two games: ""Short Order"", is a Simon-like game in which you are given an order and need to make the burger exactly as the order says. ""Eggsplode"" is a game in which you must destroy bombs that a fox is placing underneath chicken nests before they explode without destroying the chickens or their eggs."
16142,Secret Mission,,1996,7.1,Adventure,,,"Secret Mission plays in Opalia, a small kingdom in south-east Asia in the 1950s. Because of its geographical position the two superpowers, the USSR and the USA, are highly interested in the country. Their agents have destabilized the country, and local rebels, led by Prime Minister Vishaka, plan to assassinate the king. You play Jeff, a double agent, and when you arrive in Opalia, you are ambushed. You wake up in your hotel without remembering who you are and what you are doing here. Soon you learn who you are and what your mission is: to find evidence for the Minister's devious scheme. A complicated mission, as both countries are after his plan and both have their own motives. Secret Mission is an inventory-based adventure with a big variety of puzzles, including the for the genre familiar ones (decoding messages, cracking safes). The game is completely controlled by the keyboard and features voices and subtitles."
16145,Shadow Madness,,1999,6.7,Role-playing (RPG),,,"Something is going wrong in the land of Arkose: cities destroy themselves, monsters attack innocent citizens, diseases spread among the people. A giant blast has destroyed a whole town, only a young guy named Stinger narrowly escaped death. Stinger engages himself on a quest to avenge his hometown's destruction. On his journey he meets the beautiful elven girl Windleaf and the robot Harv-5, who help him to reach his ultimate goal. Although it all seems like a typical Japanese RPG, it is not. Shadow Madness was developed and produced in the USA, although, beyond any doubt, the Final Fantasy series has been the main source of inspiration here. The battles are random, like in many Japanese RPGs, and the battle system is almost the same like in Final Fantasy games: menu-based, with several sub-menu choices. The graphics are in 3D with polygonal characters in anime/manga style (what some people call ""deformed"")."
16148,Firehawk,,1991,5.9,Action,Shooter,,"The President of the United States has put you in charge of stopping the trafficking of drugs into the United States. To accomplish this, you pilot a Firehawk helicopter gunship through seven missions that involve rescuing agents and destroying drug producing facilities. When flying you survey the whole landscape from a top down view. However, this view changes to a 3rd person perspective when you are extracting an agent with your helicopter winch."
16150,Survivor,,1987,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Survivor is a platform game in which you take the uncomfortable role of the ""bad one"". This time, you will be a ruthless alien wandering around in a gigantic spaceship which contains the last vestiges of the species which once extended thorough the entire Universe. Unfortunately for these species, Survivor (you) wants his race to be the only existing one. With such an evil purpose, you will move in different zones of the spaceship erasing all the species you encounter including their babies. Your main weapon to do so will be a recalcitrant liquid, which you will be able to throw from your mouth. You are, however not immortal, and in order to recharge you energy you will have to eat some humans."
16156,Thunder Force III,,1990,8.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The famous shoot'em up series Thunder Force reaches its third installment. Eight new levels of non-stop action, as always packed with gargantuan bosses. What made Thunder Force stand apart from the other shooters, the ability to switch weapons on the fly, hasn't changed a bit. However, the original mix of side-scrolling and top-view levels that was present in Thunder Force II has been dropped; only the side-scrolling levels remain."
16167,Tutankham,,1982,6.8,Action,Arcade,,"Tutankham is an arcade action game played from a top down point of view. You are an explorer in King Tut's tomb on a mission to retrieve as many of the valuable treasures as you can find. In addition to the treasures, you will also find a key in each of the chambers. This is needed in order to unlock the entrance to the next, more difficult chamber. Be careful, for the tomb is guarded by many dangerous creatures! Cobras, bats, scorpions, and more all appear in the maze and will cause you to lose a life if you're caught! To defend yourself you are armed with a laser gun which you can fire left or right, but not up or down. In each of the mazes you are also give one ""flash"" which can be used to destroy all creatures currently on the screen."
16176,Space Squash,,1995,7.0,"Action, Sports","Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"An intergalactic Squash tournament is being held in space, and champions from all corners of the galaxy rush to compete. Space Squash is a first person Squash game, similar in gameplay to Super Glove Ball and Pong After choosing a character, players control a robot on the screen as it moves up, down, left and right to intercept the ball and hit it against the wall."
16177,Super Ski II,Super Ski II,1992,6.3,Sports,,,"In the sequel to Super Ski six ski events are available - Super Giant, Bobsleigh, Slalom, Ski Jump, Moguls, and Downhill. Set in famous resorts of French Alps such as Val-d'Isère, Courchevel, or La Tania, ski events may be practiced in Training mode, or taken on in a sequence of 2 of each in Competition mode. Almost all events show the player from behind, except Moguls, where screen is scrolling down with players` progress, and Ski Jump, where player should come to camera from the far view. Player should avoid obstacles, stay on a route, and pass the gates in Slalom-like events; stay on the route in Bobsleigh, finish in first place with more style and jumps in Moguls, and jump good in Ski Jump. 1-2 players mode is available."
16179,Andro Dunos,,1992,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The invasion of an unknown life source is getting worse. Nobody knows if the defensive line or the heart of the enemy base is ruined first. With the people's hope, the most advanced fighter will be dispatched into multi-scrolling space. Fight your way through seven stages in this horizontal-scrolling game, and defeat a boss at the end of each one. You start the game with four main weapons, which you can switch from with the click of a button. Some of these weapons are more powerful than others. You can also fire off a charged shot if your main weapon level is two or greater, simply by holding down the fire button for about two seconds. Using charged shots can do more damage to an enemy ship. If you happen to die, you will lose one power level from all four weapons. If all your lives are lost and are forced to continue, you will start again with your main weapon on the second power level and all three sub-weapons on the first power level."
16181,Deadlock: Planetary Conquest,"Deadlock: Conquista Planetária, Deadlock: La Conquista Del Pianeta, Deadlock: Planetarische Eroberung",1996,7.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","4X, Managerial / business simulation",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Deadlock: Planetary Conquest is a 2D turn-based 4X strategy. Players take the roles of aliens deadlocked on a planet surface. The game has seven different races with special abilities, for example the Maugs are great scientists, ChCh-T have the highest birth rate etc. They spend turns building, expanding, and ultimately warring. The planet's surface is divided into smaller areas. Each area is home to one of the cities that need to be constructed. To colonize a new area, the player must build a colonizer. Players can expand their cities by erecting residential buildings, farms, factories, mines and research centres. Inventions made in the latter provide new units, new materials and better buildings (for example a hydroponic farm is far better than a normal farm). The residents' satisfaction is important - dissatisfied citizens (taxes are too high) protest and don't work. The battle begins after the player places their units in a foreign land. Battles are separately animated - after being initiated players have no control over them. The game also has a spying mechanic that spies can use to steal technologies. The player wins by fulfilling one of the victory conditions, for example remaining the last living race on the planet, or reaching a set number of city centres first."
16183,Gex,,1995,7.3,Action,Platform,,"Enter your television to defeat the evil Rez by collecting remotes to open worlds inside your tv. You are a gecko with all the usual platform hero skills such as jump, fire, and close-range attack, but also suction cups to help you scale walls, a tongue to pick up those tricky to get power-ups and plenty of wise-cracks to keep you amused. Use them all to make your way through TV land searching for the remotes, collecting pickups, power-ups, and killing TVs."
16184,Ancient Conquest: Quest for the Golden Fleece,"Ancient Conquest, Ancient Conquest: Die Suche nach dem goldenen Vlies, Ancient Conquest: The Golden Fleece, Verover de Oudheid",1999,6.2,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Classical antiquity, Europe, Fantasy","Ancient Conquest: Quest for the Golden Fleece is a real-time naval strategy game set in mythical times. The game title is inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts who attempted to retrieve the legendary Golden Fleece. The objective of the game is to acquire the Golden Fleece. To reach the objective, player(s) have to build their navy, starting with the legendary ship Argo, earn money, use the power of highly skilled heroes while exploring natural resources such as amber and fish, while command of the fleets of Greece or Persia and defeat opponents on the high seas and land. The game also features heroes such as Hercules, Jason, Odysseus, and Perseus. While playing the game, fulfilling 14 heroic missions, players will have to fight against monsters (harpies, medusas, cyclops, the Minotaur, and dragons), various sea creatures (sharks, crocodiles, sea-serpents), spiteful wizards, survive natural disasters, as well as the mighty Persians and Barbarians. To defeat enemies, the player will need to learn and employ an ancient magic and also upgrade fleets and weaponry. The player may play through a campaign and stand-alone scenarios. It is also possible to design scenarios. Up to 7 opponents are supported in the multiplayer mode of the game. A player can connect through a LAN (Local Area Network), the Internet, a modem connection, or a serial connection using a null modem cable. The game employs 2D graphics and animation."
16192,Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory,"ACA NeoGeo: Fatal Fury 3, AkeAka NeoGeo: Garō Densetsu 3 - Haruka-naru Tatakai, Garō Densetsu 3: Haruka-naru Tatakai",1995,7.2,Action,Fighting,"Contemporary, North America","An adaptation of the Neo-Geo fighting game. 2-D scrolling one-on-one fighter with pseudo-3D aspects (that allows for players to ""escape"" holds, throws, and other attacks). Part of the incestuously-popular SNK fighting game pantheon..."
16214,The Manager,,1992,7.1,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"The Manager is a variant of Bundesliga Manager Professional It has the same gameplay and visuals, but features the English football (soccer) league instead of the German Bundesliga. Acting as the manager of a 3rd division team, it is your mission to negotiate with sponsors, hire or get rid of players and choose the best tactics to win every match and keep the club afloat. The right decisions can even get the club get promoted to the Premier League. The game includes a complete database of the 91-92 season of the English League."
16225,Death Knights of Krynn,,1991,7.5,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Death Knights of Krynn is the 2nd volume of the Dragonlance epic and is the sequel to Champions of Krynn Characters from that game may be imported to this game. This time the party faces an undead threat that turns former friends into fierce enemies and infests Krynn with hordes of decaying monsters. The party must find the origin of these nightmarish undead creatures and eliminate it in order to save Krynn from turning into a land of undead. Like Champions of Krynn Death Knights of Krynn introduces a different and unique character selection with the availability of the ""Knight"" class, unavailable in AD&D non- Dragonlance RPGs. Characters in this game may level-up to higher levels and obtain new skills as well as more powerful spells. Experienced Knights may ultimately choose one out of 3 ""clans"" to focus more on a different type of fighting style. Adventuring consists of either overland map travel or the standard 1st person town adventure. The player's party consists of 6 characters (of which one must be a Knight) as well as possible NPC characters joining your party. Wandering monsters will of course attack the party on occasion so gear up and prepare for undead monster-bashing combat!"
16231,T'ai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger,T'ai Fu: Die Rache des Tigers,1999,7.2,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"T'ai Fu looks to avenge the destruction of his village by the dragon clan. He travels through ancient China, seeking out masters in the various animal styles of Shaolin Kung Fu to teach him the skills he needs to defeat the dragon clan. In addition to the various animal styles that T'ai learns, the masters will teach him to focus his 'chi' or inner energy to produce some energy blasts that no enemy will be able to survive. T'ai Fu uses a blend of fighting with exploration. The player controls T'ai from a 3rd-person view and can simultaneously use all the different Shaolin Kung Fu moves that he knows. During battles, he can complete complex combo chains that will give him 'chi' and health. The game will call out which styles were used and how long the combo was."
16234,Chuck Norris Superkicks,Kung Fu Superkicks,1983,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Asia,"In this action game you play the part of Chuck Norris on a quest to reach a monastery where an important leader is kept hostage. The game consists of several different screens: when beginning and between fights you will see a view of the path that leads to the monastery. Walking along the path, you will encounter numerous enemies. When fighting, the view switches to a close up of your current location. By pressing the joystick button and moving the joystick in one of four directions you can perform various kicks, punches, and blocks. The enemies you encounter are varied, and some can only be defeated by certain moves. The path you walk along will occasionally split up into two or more choices; when this happens, only one choice is correct and the others are dead ends. If you choose incorrectly, you'll have to back track a bit and try again. Beginning as a white belt, you will slowly increase in rank as you win fights. By the time you reach the monastery you need to earn black belt status in order to defeat the deadly ninjas inside! Your quest must be completed within a time limit, or the game is over. Walking off of the path or losing fights will also cause you to lose even more time."
16236,Shao Lin's Road,,1985,5.5,Action,Platform,,"The arcade follow-up to Yie Ar Kung Fu switches from the one-on-one style into a platform beat 'em up design. You play Lee, who has become trapped in the Temple by the Triads, and must escape by over-powering them. Each section of the game is on several levels (which you can jump up and down) and scrolls. Balls of energy are sometimes released when you kill a Triad - grab this and it becomes a powerful weapon you can hurl at an opponent. Most enemies can be killed with standard kicks, but each level has a Super Triad who can only be killed through magic."
16244,Konami Hyper Soccer,,1992,6.8,"Action, Sports",Arcade,,"Konami's Hyper Soccer is a soccer game in the Hyper Sports series This is an action game for one or two players against the computer or each other. You can play the game in tournament mode or play just one match in demonstration mode. You can choose from several different national teams, select the start formation of the team and other player parameters as speed, technique, offense, defense, kick and even luck. Soccer features throw-ins, goal kicks, corner kicks, penalty kicks and an overhead view of the field which scrolls to follow the action."
16247,JoJo's Bizarre Adventure,"JoJo no Kiimyo na Bouken, Le Bizzarre Avventure Di JoJo",1998,7.1,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"Based on the Japanese manga/anime of the same name, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a 2D fighter from Capcom. Take on the role of one of 18 characters and battle your friends in Arcade Mode, or take on the role of Jotaro ""JoJo"" Kujo and his friends in Super Story Mode as they battle their way to the evil vampire, Dio Brando, in order to save the world! A Dreamcast version also exists, but without the Super Story Mode and a couple of missing characters. Both games were ports of Capcom's arcade fighter, JoJo's Venture and its update, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure"
16251,Spec Ops: Stealth Patrol,,1999,6.5,Action,Shooter,,"Stealth Patrol is the first console adaptation of the long-running PC military Spec Ops series. Players command two rangers on a variety of missions. Instead of working with a squad like the PC versions, only two rangers can be controlled. This can be done by two human players working together. When there is only one player, the computer AI takes over the second ranger, but the player can switch between them at any time. Also different in this console adaptation is the change of gameplay perspective from first-person to third-person. Before starting a mission, players select the ranger best suited to complete objectives, based on five classes: machine gunner, grenadier, rifleman, close quarters specialist, or sniper. Each class has different abilities, and access to specific weapons or items. Each type also has a certain encumbrance, but the equipment can be further customized based on the available options. Some of the included weapons are shotguns, grenades, tripwire mines, machine guns and sniper rifles, but also more general items such as nightvision goggles. The missions are set in a forest in Siberia, snowy mountains in Bosnia, the desert in Iraq, mountains in North Korea, and the jungle in Vietnam. The radar is an important element during gameplay. When a ranger is shot at, the enemy position briefly lights up on the radar as a red dot. Killed enemies often leave behind medkits and additional item pick-ups such as ammunition."
16252,Ultraman,Ultraman: Towards the Future,1991,5.1,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the future, Earth must protect itself from alien invaders, a task handled by the Science Special Search Party. However, they are not alone in this endeavor. After crashing his ship on Earth while in pursuit of the evil alien Bemular, the super-being Ultraman is here to help whenever the attacking aliens prove too much for humanity alone to handle. Standing hundreds of feet tall with incredible strength and amazing abilities, he can only remain on Earth for a few minutes, and so must defeat his foes before his power drains completely. Based on the popular television show from 1967, Ultraman directly follows the story of its source material. Cast in the role of the titular Ultraman, the player must defeat many of the same monsters that appeared in the original series. Taking the appearance of a 1-on-1 fighting game, Ultraman can punch, kick, and grapple his opponent, as well as use a variety of various special moves that must be charged. However, in order to actually defeat his opponent, Ultraman must deplete their continually-recharging life bar, and at that moment hit with his most powerful special attack: the Specium Beam. As the game continues, different enemies may even find ways to avoid this most formidable attack, and Ultraman must adapt... Each stage has a time limit of only three minutes, and there are three lives and no continues."
16257,Croc,,2000,6.0,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"All is not well in Croc's world. His friends, the Gobbos, have been captured by the evil Baron Dante. It is Croc's mission to reach Dante's castle to free the Gobbos. Croc is a standard side-scrolling platformer. The levels progress generally from left to right with some vertical movement. However, Croc also has to explore a bit on the side in order to find keys and bonus areas with rewards. Those are usually either extra lives, shortcuts or crystals which also serve as life energy: every time Croc is hit, one crystal is lost. Croc's main abilities consist of jumping, pouncing, and using his tail to get rid of enemies. In some levels, he also has to swim or ski. The game features about 30 levels divided into four areas (jungle, desert, ice world and the castle itself) as well as bonus rounds between levels like a sliding puzzle."
16261,Revelations: The Demon Slayer,Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible,1992,6.7,Role-playing (RPG),,,"Revelations: The Demon Slayer is a side-game (gaiden) of the Megami Tensei ( Megaten ) universe. Unlike all other Megaten games, this game is not set in modern-day or futuristic Japan. On a distant planet, a race resembling humans possess the ability to call upon a power called Gaia. The player takes the role of a young boy who learns the arts of Gaia. However, the land is in danger - an evil force is approaching. Assisted by his friends, the hero has to summon an army of demons and lead them in a war against the evil. Like in all other Megaten games, the player can summon demons and fuse them, getting more powerful variants."
16264,Super Bomberman 5,,1997,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,The fifth and final Bomberman released for the SNES (so far). This game is very similar to Super Bomberman 3 and 4. Again there is a new story and new battle arenas but other than that it is the same game. Players choose between the bosses of the story game levels in battle games like in Super Bomberman 4 yet they have not special powers this time around.
16275,Return of the Phantom,,1993,6.9,Adventure,Graphic adventure,Europe,"It is the present time (1993), and many people are about to enjoy the performance of the opera ""Don Juan Triumphant"" at the Palais Garnier. However, that piece of art will soon become covered with the blood of innocents, as the great ceiling chandelier crushes down on the crowd. The player controls Raoul Montand, a detective who's been asked for help by his old friend Monsieur Brie, the manager of the Opera. Bringing Raoul to a crime scene, he leaves him in hope he'll find some clues and prevent this terror from happening again. Supposedly, the disaster was caused by a being known as the Phantom of the Opera, a mysterious creature who has been haunting the opera house since 1881. The detective is about to find out what secrets lie beneath the surface, looking for clues in the present time and traveling back to 1881. Return of the Phantom is a third-person adventure game based on the book Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux The player interacts with the environment by selecting verb commands (Look, Talk, Take, Push, etc.) from a menu and combining them with objects to gather information, solve puzzles, and advance the story. Most of the events in the game take place inside the opera house, including the numerous tunnels and secret passages beneath it, which are supposedly the Phantom's residence. The CD version of the game adds voice-overs to the dialogues."
16279,Jagged Alliance,"Jagged Alliance DS, Jagged Alliance: Kampf um Metavira",1995,7.7,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics","Tactical RPG, Turn-based tactics (TBT)",Contemporary,"Jagged Alliance is a turn-based tactical combat game with a mixture of strategy, reminiscent of X-COM games. The player hires and manages a team of mercenaries to resolve a conflict in the fictional country of Metavira, where the Fallow trees which are used for an experimental medicine are forcibly claimed by the evil Santino. Each of the mercenaries have their own personality, and some work well with others, while others do not. Their specialties vary: shooters (both long and short guns), explosive experts (to set or disarm bombs/traps), mechanics/gunsmiths (to fix and modify equipment), and doctors/nurses (to heal wounded mercenaries). Each mercenary also has a different price. In the strategic view, the various sectors of Metavira are visible. The player starts with just one sector, with a few trees for income, as they are used as a resource for a revolutionary medicine. Hold more sectors increases the number of trees held, which will increase income. When moving into an enemy-held sector, the game moves to the top-down, turn-based tactical mode, where movements are based on action points, which limits the number of actions each merc can perform per turn. The action continues until the sector is no longer contested (either one side got wiped out, or retreated to another sector, or both). After the sector is clear, native guards can be called in to hold the sector (which requires payment just like mercenaries), as well as hire more natives to process the newly acquired trees. Mercenaries need to be returned to the homebase if any one was wounded, and let the doctor/nurse treat them. Idle mercenaries at the base can train to improve their ratings. Some scripted events and some random events such as poisoned water, a virus that attacks the trees, the kidnapped daughter of a chief, and others can also occur."
16282,Snow Racer 98,,1998,7.5,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"Snow Racer 98 is an alpine winter sports game featuring both skiing and snowboarding. Players can choose from among 15 different alpine tracks, and opt to compete in speed-based events, or perform aerial stunts to score as many points as possible. Available modes include Championship, Time Attack, and Versus, where two players can compete head-to-head."
16290,Cobra Command,"Thunder Storm FX, Thunder Storm LX-3",1984,7.2,"Action, Simulation",Rail shooter,,"Cobra Command is an arcade conversion of a helicopter shooting game from Data East. It is an ""on rails"" style shooter with the player controlling only the aiming of the shooting but not the direction of the helicopter. Your job is to shoot down the enemies as you are flown through footage of New York streets, the Statue of Liberty, the Atlantic Ocean, Italy, the Grand Canyon and finally, the treacherous corners and return fire of the enemy's stronghold on Easter Island. There is no background music to go along with the sound effects. The levels are fairly short with a total game run through possible in about 20 minutes."
16294,Videocart-6: Math Quiz I,"Cassette 6: Rechenrätsel 1, Programkassett 6: Matematik",1977,4.9,Educational,,,"Math Quiz I is a math game which focuses on addition and subtraction. The game presents a series of problems to solve; using the controller you need to enter the correct answer, earning you a point. If you enter an incorrect answer you are then given a second chance. Answer incorrectly a second time and then a point is given to the computer which will also show you how to solve the problem. These are the only variations featured within the game itself, however the instruction manual includes a variety of suggestions for games that can be played by two or more players. These include:"
16297,Barbie Game Girl,,1992,5.7,Action,Platform,,"In Barbie Game Girl Barbie must gather an outfit in preparation for her date with Ken. She'll have to jump from platform to platform in a mall, a restaurant and more to get to the end of each level where the pieces of her ensemble are hidden. There are also underwater stages where Mermaid Barbie can swim up down, left and right to dodge fish, divers and more and weave her way through an underwater maze to the end of the level. On both levels, Barbie must face various enemies. She can pick up bouncing stars which, when thrown, will freeze them in place for a few seconds, or occasionally pick up a ""B"" logo which will knock them out of the level completely. Because of the short supply,most enemies must merely be dodged."
16298,Battlecruiser 3000AD,,1996,5.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is the original release of Battlecruiser 3000AD. An updated version was released in 1998 as Battlecruiser 3000AD v2.0 In this space simulation game, the player takes the role of a Galactic Command officer and has command over a giant space ship, a Battlecruiser, and can control everything that happens on this ship. The year is 3000AD and Gammulan Empire is on its way to conquer the galaxy. This isn't seen lightly by the Galcom who sends out their best commander (the player) to stop the threatening empire. The game is mostly played from the bridge, where the player has access to all the ship's functions. There is three modes in the game: Free Flight, Advanced Campaign Mode and Xtreme Carnage Combat Simulator. The Free Flight mode lets new player explore the world and learn the game without having to fear being attacked. The Advanced Campaign Mode is dynamic and features a number of alien civilizations that influences what happens in the world. The Xtreme Carnage Combat Simulator mode allows players to train their combat performance."
16309,Columns III: Revenge of Columns,Columns III: Taiketsu! Colums World,1993,7.0,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"Third game in the Columns series. In this fast-paced puzzle mayhem, your goal is to arrange three or more jewels of the same colour horizontally, vertically or diagonally to remove them from the playing screen. While the jewels are falling, you can change the order of their colours. In the Arcade, Versus, and Time Trial modes, you can test your skills against an opponent, a clock, or a specific task such as removing a particular jewel. New features include a rising bar that can be used to annoy opponents and magical items that have strategic value to alter the outcome mid-game."
16332,Quattro Adventure,"Boomerang Kid, Linus Spacehead, Super Adventure Quests, Treasure Island Dizzy",1993,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Quattro Adventure features four action games on one cartridge. Boomerang Kid: It's a little known fact that boomerangs don't actually return when you chuck them. It took the Boomerang Kid an entire day to find this out, and he has lost an entire boomerang collection. Now he has to set out to collect them all. They are scattered throughout the outback, with plenty of treacherous terrain and a variety of wildlife to get past before all the boomerangs can be found. Super Robin Hood : Marion is being held captive in a castle by the Sheriff of Nottingham. It is up to Robin Hood to rescue her! The castle is heavily guarded, and there are many secret passages to find and locked doors to get past. Treasure Island Dizzy : Dizzy has set out on his new boat, the HMS Eggwhite, for a short vacation. After a storm throws him off course, he ends up stranded on a strange island. Dizzy must now explore the island and find a way to repair his ship in order to get back home. Linus Spacehead: Linus has crash landed on a distant planet called Earth. Unfortunately, the landing has broken his radio so he can't radio home for help. Linus needs to locate all the radio parts that have been scattered throughout this strange world. Many dangerous creatures and alien landscapes make this a challenging task."
16338,La Russa Baseball 95,,1994,7.0,Sports,,,"With LA RUSSA BASEBALL '95, you not only get more than 700 Major League Baseball stars, you also get to the wisdom and experience of manager Tony La Russa. Considered to have one of the best baseball minds the game has ever seen, La Russa will offer his strategy and tips throughout the game, so you'll know exactly what he would do in a similar situation. There are three difficulty levels to choose from, and two different gameplay styles: Slugfest, which offers arcade-style action; and Sim, which puts every decision and every play in your hands. You can choose from 28 Major League teams, track your players' stats in all the major categories, and you can even choose whether you want to play or just manage your team. Step up to the plate and see if you can manage the game like La Russa does."
16344,"Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned","Gabriel Knight 3, Gabriel Knight 3: Blut der Heiligen, Blut der Verdammten, Gabriel Knight 3: Enigme en Pays Cathare, Gabriel Knight 3: Il Mistero di Rennes-Le-Château, Il Mistero Macchiato di Sangue, Gabriel Knight 3: Krew Świętych, Krew Potępionych, Gabriel Knight 3: Sangue Profano, Gabriel Knight 3: Testamento del Diablo",1999,8.1,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The third game in the series takes Gabriel Knight, the former owner of a book store in New Orleans, and now a Schattenjäger (""shadow hunter"") living in a castle in Bavaria, to Rennes-le-Chateau, a quiet town in Southern France. Gabriel and his assistant Grace Nakimura investigate the kidnapping of a baby: the son of Prince James of Albany was taken away, and the trace leads to Rennes-le-Chateau. While exploring the town and its surroundings and getting acquainted with the unusual history of the place, Gabriel and Grace realize that supernatural beings are pulling the strings behind the stage, and become involved in a mystery with a religious background dating back to the very beginnings of Christianity. Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned is a 3D adventure game. Playing as Gabriel or Grace, the player navigates the characters through fully 3D environments, which can also be viewed and explored from first-person perspective using the ""camera"" option. The player interacts with people and objects by clicking on them and then selecting one of the available actions. There are many kinds of puzzles in the game: traditional inventory-based ones, detective investigation, as well as complex puzzles based on the player's knowledge and understanding of the game's lore."
16346,Hangman,Spelling,1978,4.9,Puzzle,Word construction,,"Hangman is an electronic version of the game hangman! Your goal is to figure out a word that the computer has generated by guessing one letter at a time. Guess a correct letter, and it will appear on the screen in the proper location, but if you guess a letter that isn't in the word then you are one step closer to being hung. Guess eleven incorrect letters, and the game is over. A point is earned each time a word is completed. Several difficulty settings are included which affect the number of letters in the words. The game can be played by one or two players, and in the two player version the words can optionally be created by one of the players instead of the computer."
16349,The Great Escape,Escape,1986,7.2,Action,Puzzle elements,World War II,"The Great Escape is an isometric action-adventure game. Controlling a prisoner of war in a German camp, your goal is to break out undetected. There are numerous ways to freedom – back doors, cracked fences, even underground tunnels. However, you have to plan your escape while obeying the strict rules of the camp. Number one: Daily program. You have to attend two roll calls a day, one meal, one exercise, and stay in bed at night. Failure to appear at any of these events will result in the alarm being rung. When you do not touch the controls, your protagonist will move automatically, going to all important events. You have to detect and use gaps in the time-table to explore the camp. Rule number two: guard rooms are off limits. If a soldier catches you in a room that is forbidden, you will be placed in solitary confinement. Of course, you have to enter restricted parts of the camp to find items crucial for your escape. The moral flag will turn from green to red to indicate that you are in an area where you shouldn’t be. Rule number three: no prisoner may carry forbidden objects. When you are caught in a suspicious situation, you will be stripped of all items that you found so far. To avoid that, you have to deposit objects in a safe place. You need to find keys to open locked doors, uniforms for camouflage, flashlights to see in dark tunnels, and many more. Rule number four: guard commands are to be obeyed at all times. The German soldiers patrol on fixed routes and have a line of sight. You have to learn the guard’s routes and sneak past their backs to avoid detection when breaking out. If you are caught, your morale will decrease. If your morale reaches zero, your will to escape is broken."
16350,Vengeance of Excalibur,,1991,6.4,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"This follow-on to Arthurian RPG adventure Spirit of Excalibur Vengeance of Excalibur picks up where the old one ended. While power in Britain has been restored after the death of King Arthur and the destruction of evil sorceress Morgan Le Fay a terrible force has been unleashed. The demonic Shadowmaster, a dark summoning of the slain witch, is terrorizing Britain entrapping the King and stealing the fair court enchantress, Nineve. You must command the knights of the kingdom to find and destroy the vile beast. The gameplay takes place in seven acts or episodes and features a mix of RPG and simple strategy game (for combat) elements. The game world itself is loosely based on medieval Spain, and features dozens of towns, cities, and castles. Traveling from location to location takes place on an overhead map, while each actual location consists of picturesque hand-painted backdrops depicting the type of environment it is set in. The interface is entirely mouse-driven (although keyboard short-cuts are also present), iconic, and streamlined to make it accessible to inexperienced game players."
16355,Border Zone,Border Zone: A Game of Intrigue,1987,7.3,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Stealth",,"It is the 1980's, and the Cold War between the Western Bloc (led by the USA) and the Eastern Bloc (led by the Soviet Union) is at its peak. The town of Ostnitz is located on the border between the fictional Eastern Bloc nation of Frobnia and the equally fictional neutral Litzenburg. The US ambassador is about to arrive in Ostnitz in order to deliver a speech on the occasion of the local Constitution Day. However, a plot to assassinate the ambassador, hence escalating the tension between the super-powers, is soon revealed. Border Zone is a text adventure game in which the player controls three different protagonists throughout three chapters: an American businessman and two special agents - a Western and an Eastern one. Besides the traditional text-based exploration and puzzle-solving, the game has real-time elements: time passes even if the player does not interact with the game. Some stealth-oriented sequences rely on these elements, timing being crucial to advance."
16356,Charlie Chaplin,Starring Charlie Chaplin,1988,4.9,Action,Platform,,"Charlie Chaplin is a unique game in which the player takes control of the world-famous comedian. As Charlie Chaplin the player has to star in films, which are much in the line of famous black-and-white masterpieces. After a scene is filmed, the player is given the opportunity to edit it. Once every scene for the movie is filmed and edited, the player is allowed to film, star in and edit a much more expensive movie (i. e. expensive script, more props and extras). To resemble a Charlie Chaplin movie the game is deliberately executed in a two-color palette."
16358,Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit,"NFS 3, Over Drivin' III: Hot Pursuit",1998,7.9,Racing / Driving,,,"In the third major installment of Electronic Arts' Arcade racing series, there are several modes of play available. You have the standard race, with one big difference - now there are traffic cops out to ticket you for your excessive speed. Alternatively, you can take your turn with the radar gun and attempt to pull over speeding computer or human racers. Returning to the flavour of the original Need for Speed, this adds a new Pursuit mode, where you must out run the cops through fast, open area tracks, while also out-lasting the rest of the pack. Another new mode is knockout, where you race through all the tracks, and whoever is last after each race is knocked out. The winner is, of course, the one that lasts the distance. Almost every course in the game has one or more shortcuts. The cars include Ferrari 550 Maranello, Ferrari 355 F1 Spider, Italdesign Scighera, Lamborghini Diablo SV, Lamborghini Countach, Jaguar XJR-15, Jaguar XK8, Aston Martin DB7, '98 Corvette C5, Mercedes SL600 and the Mercedes CLK GTR."
16359,BioMetal,,1993,6.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"BioMetal is a fast-paced, side-scrolling shooter game. The war that divided the galaxy and used all its resources has ended. A fleet was sent on a mission to find more natural resources. They never returned. Their last transmission reveals that the enemy created one last experiment - a combination of the aggressive nature of animals and the efficiency of machines named BioMetal. The MF-92GX Halbard mothership has been assigned to destroy the threat. The player is piloting the MF-92GX Halbard fighter that is equipped with the experimental Gel Analog Mutant weapon. The GAM's power is charged up while not in use, and can be used to surround the ship as a protective shield or be thrown at the enemy forces. It slowly drains charge energy, and the pilot must balance being protected by the shield with recharging. Their are three choices each for primary and secondary weaponry, including plasma shots, lasers, and missiles. The enemies become larger, more aggressive, and more plentiful as the game progresses."
16361,DragonHeart,,1996,7.1,Action,,Fantasy,"Dragonheart is based on the 1996 fantasy film of the same name. The player controls Bowen the dragon slayer, through eight levels fighting many dragons and encountering characters from the film, such as Gilbert, Kara and King Einon. The exploration is presented in a 1st-person-view and the battles are presented in a side-scrolling view. The player can get information about the current quest from peasants that are found in the many villages and houses throughout the game. The battles resort only to two buttons, one to attack and other to defend."
16367,Hybrid Heaven,,1999,6.9,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Aliens are trying to take over the US by eventually replacing the President with a clone. To do this, they begin by replacing advisors and Secret Service operatives with clones. One of these clones is scheduled to meet with a collaborator named Diaz in a Manhattan Subway, to get weapons for the Presidential Replacement. The clone arrives at the meeting, and sees Diaz with two Men in Black. As the clone approaches, Diaz starts hearing voices, and shoots the clone. He gets taken down an elevator, where, in his struggles to escape the Men in Black, he falls off the elevator. His fall is slowed by the anti-gravity device that powers the elevator, and he begins his journey into the underground facility. Gameplay: Two styles of gameplay: Overworld and Battle. Overworld: Battle:"
16373,Machine Head,Blam! Machinehead,1996,7.1,Action,Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Blam! Machinehead is basically a normal 3D shooter where you shoot enemies and explore the futuristic, barren wastelands and abandoned factories and such as you try to save the world. The player controls Kimberly Stride, who is a scientist. She has to save the world from bad DNA that is slowly ""eating"" everything away. As a player, you control this hovercraft-thingy which was designed to be a safe vehicle to be in while travelling through this infested world. The game has nice 3D graphics and a very unique mood to it that separates it from the more common shooters."
16374,Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Volume I,,2000,6.5,Compilation,,,A collection of classic Arcade titles:
16375,NBA Jam Extreme,,1996,6.8,Sports,Arcade,,"""Takes the NBA Jam game and puts into an all new 3d engine with lifelike player movement. All the real basketball action is bundled with extreme moves. Zany sound fx, commentary and victory dances by the players."" Basketball with altered gameplay. Features two players on each team with a huge number of special dunks and moves. There is an inclusion of a new extreme button for added excitement. Commentary by Marv Albert"
16376,The Settlers III: Ultimate Collection,"Die Siedler III: Gold Edition, The Settlers III: Gold Edition, The Settlers III: Złota Edycja",2000,7.4,Compilation,,,This compilation includes:
16382,Powerball,Wrestleball,1991,6.5,Sports,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this game you take on the role of 1 out of 8 teams who represent various nations trying to become the Powerball champions. Powerball is a game consisting of a hybrid of sports such as American football, soccer and rugby. You play on an 100 yard field trying to score on the opposing team. Scoring consists of either running into your opponent's end zone holding the powerball for a touchdown or kicking the ball into your opponent's net to score a goal. Goals are worth 1 point, and touchdowns are worth 3 points. The game modes are 1 or 2 player exhibition play, and 1 or 2 player league play. League play allows you to use bonus points, and distribute them to your teammates to improve their statistics."
16383,Kung Fu,,1984,6.6,Action,Fighting,,"This martial arts simulation features large and detailed characters drawn in line form. In the one player game you have 3 lives, losing one every time your opponent defeats you in a fight, and your target is to reach the black belt status and then defend it repeatedly. As well as launching attacking moves, you must be able to back away to avoid taking hits yourself. Once you hit your opponent (knocking off a Yin-Yang symbol) he becomes weaker for the next few seconds, and thus easier to knock down again. A slow motion action replay is built in."
16387,Kinetik,,1987,5.5,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"Kinetik is an arcade adventure which features gravity, inertia and other real physics heavily. You control a round spaceship, which must be guided through the 44+ screens. Collect the letters P,A and X in that order and reach the end to win. There are foes to avoid or shoot – some take objects you have but most merely drain some of your energy. Some walls can also be shot out. Some rooms have white spots which affect gravity and drag you inwards. Avoid contact with red walls as these drain energy; all others are harmless. There are teleporters to help you navigate the game, and power-ups which remove the complex physics."
16391,RoboCop 2,,1990,7.2,"Action, Puzzle","Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"RoboCop 2 for the Atari ST, like other versions of the movie license on home computers, combines platforming action, a puzzle mode and first-person gallery shooting, but features unique levels and gameplay mechanics. The main attraction are the platform levels. The player controls RoboCop on his way to specific goals: the primary goal that ends the level is the destruction of the Nuke drug plant or the arrest of a major villain. Secondary goals include picking up Nuke drug canisters and arresting suspects like scientists or drug process workers. Making all arrests and finding all canisters is rewarded by extra lives. Robo's progress is hindered by hordes of respawning goons coming at him from all sides, attacking with guns and grenade launchers. His standard gun can fire only one projectile at a time, but hidden in crates or dropped by enemies are gun power-ups that include three-way and five-way shots, but all with limited ammunition. No matter the gun, care must be taken because firing rapidly can overheat the gun, requiring a cooling-down period in which no shots can be fired. Besides better guns, there is also an invincibility power-up as well as clocks that extend the time limit and glasses of baby food that restore Robo's health. After every platform level, a puzzle stage and a shooting gallery follow. In the puzzle stage, RoboCop tries to regain some of his human memories. To do so, a cursor has to be moved over a circuit board, with the goal of hitting all red chips. Moving the cursor leaves a trail, and neither the trail nor any chips besides the red ones may be hit or the puzzle game is over. Completing four boards in succession (each within less then a minute) leads to extra lives being awarded. In the shooting gallery, targets appear in windows and on the street, and a crosshair must be moved to hit them. But not every target is a criminal, and care must be taken so that no civilians are hit. Good performance at the gallery improves Robo's accuracy for the following level. The last level of the game returns to the platform game mechanics, but the only goal is to defeat Cain in his ""RoboCop 2"" form. This takes place over several screens, with Cain sometimes recuperating while sending smaller enemies like flying drones and ED-209 at RoboCop."
16392,Gleylancer,"Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer, Gley Lancer",1992,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A side-scrolling sci-fi shooter, Gleylancer casts you as Lucia, a young pilot in the Space Fleet of starfighters that hijacks the experimental Gleylancer fighter to go explore the outer borders of known space in search of her missing father. Along the way Lucia will have to shoot down dozens of enemies in standard shooter fashion, while avoiding destruction and collecting power-ups that extend her ship's energy, upgrade weapons and gather screen-clearing bombs. The Gleylancer comes equipped with two hovering satellites that can receive weapon upgrades of their own, and can lock their positions at specific angles to increase your firepower and protect the player from enemy attacks. Features only a single-player campaign with two different endings depending on how the final stages are completed (e.g. if Lucia's father is rescued or not)."
16394,Mario's Game Gallery,Mario's FUNdamentals,1995,6.5,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"The game is a collection of board games, in which you play with Mario. He talks to you, playing Checkers, Go Fish, Dominoes, Backgammon, Yacht. Most of games can be played for Yoshis or Koopas - tribes of animals."
16397,Marsport,,1985,7.6,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Marsport is the first (and ultimately only) game in an unfinished trilogy set in the 25th century. Humanity is at war with the Sept alien race, and they are now in a position to invade Earth, as they have the plans for their protective sphere. You play John Marsh, a soldier turned leader who must go to Mars and locate the original plans. Marsport uses the same game system as Tir Na Nog and Dun Darach although a 3D effect is incorporated into the graphics. A single path is displayed on screen at a time, and the view is rotated at junctions. The Warriors and Warlords must be shot down using weaponry, making this Gargoyle's most action-driven adventure up to this point. The Marsport is split into ten distinct sections with their own functions, such as Stores, Administration and Computers. There are robots to interact with, for gaining information or objects. Pairs of objects can be combined to manufacture new ones. A central computer locks out many sections until it can be found and disabled. You will have to shoot the Sept before they can touch you, and also be wary of Warden robots which may malfunction and mistake you for a Sept."
16398,Excellent Games,,1993,7.8,Compilation,,,The DOS version of this compilation contains the following four games: The Amiga version contains the following four games:
16399,Star Wars Arcade,,1994,7.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Wars Arcade is a 3D shoot 'em-up set in Episodes 4, 5, and 6 of the Star Wars saga. You take control of either an X-Wing or Y-Wing, and are put right in the middle of the space combat. In some levels, you have to shoot down a specific number of TIE fighters before time runs out. In other levels, your goal is to simply to make it to the end without getting blasted out of the sky. Some of the missions take place in deep space, around asteroids, or near Star Destroyers. Other missions take place on the surface of the Death Star and re-create the Luke Skywalker's famous trench run to destroy it."
16400,Road Rash,,1994,7.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Road Rash is a remake of the original from the early nineties. For those who've not played the original, you're competing against thirteen other ""Road Rashers"" who will stop at nothing to win. During the race, you have two options available: you can either do your best to cross the finish line or use your weapon to bring the Rashers to the ground if they give you trouble. Do the latter, and your opponents will do the same to you during the next race. There are five circuits to race: The City, The Peninsula, Pacific Highway, Sierra Nevada, and Napa Valley. Some of these circuits are dangerous. In addition to the obstacles and traffic you encounter along the way, there are also police motorcycle units that will arrest you if you happen to crash or stop near them. Get caught, and you'll have to pay a fine to get in any more races. If you crash too often, your bike will be wrecked, forcing you to pay for damages. The amount you have to pay depends on the bike you are riding. Once you have completed the first five circuits, you have to race them again another four times - but at a much higher difficulty. Manage to win all five circuits on all levels, and you win the Road Rash cup! There are about five bikes to choose from, divided into three groups; Rat, Sport, and Super. You start the first level with a Rat bike. As you progress through the levels it will become increasingly important to pick bikes from different classes. If you have no plans to win the Road Rash cup, you can choose the game's Thrash mode. The difference between this and the other mode is that there is no money involved (i.e., you are not allowed to buy bikes), and you're competing against fourteen opponents. And if you wreck your bike or get busted, you have to start all over again. Regardless of the mode you pick, you will always start in the last place. The remake also contains FMV movies that usually depict the outcome of the races, as well as limited songs performed by various recording artists, including Soundgarden, Therapy?, Monster Magnet, and Swervedriver. These songs can be changed on-the-fly via the game's options menu."
16406,Gender Wars,,1996,6.6,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"After eons of fighting between the genders, men and women have broken into separate factions, each using genetic engineering to create new followers, and waging terrible war upon each other. Upon selecting the side you wish to play (depicted as either clueless blondes who can't drive, or beer-swigging lazy oafs), you select a team of 4 for your missions, arm them up with guns and other assorted weaponry, and wreak havoc on the 'enemy' in this isometric Syndicate-like game. Progress through the levels to the final conflict, collecting tanks and other assorted 'powerups' along the way, and watching the humourous cutscenes as you go."
16411,Invasion,,1987,6.6,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Strategy games with a real-time movement element didn't begin with Dune 2 and this was one early implementation of the concept. Your army has landed on an alien planet and has the intention of destroying their weather control station, and ideally as many of their units as possible. The action is viewed from above, and you use a cursor to direct units, and automatically target and attack enemy units. Once you blow up the weather control tower, by exploding at least 2 bombs next to it, you must flee the planet ASAP. Protecting all your units is important and requires a tactical overview approach, but the bombs are particularly vital."
16412,Shadowcaster,Shadowcaster CD,1993,7.7,Action,,Fantasy,"Living in a peaceful land with a man he called grandfather, Kirt has always thought he was just an ordinary human. One day, following a storm, the old man told Kirt that he was the last of The People - an ancient race that possessed the ability to shapeshift into magical creatures. Kurt's parents and the rest of The People were slaughtered by followers of the outcast god Malkor - former renegade shapeshifters who got corrupted by his promises of power. Now, Malkor's minions are after Kirt, and he must recall the techniques of his race to defeat evil. ShadowCaster is a 3D first-person fantasy-themed action game with light role-playing elements. Utilizing an engine similar to that of Wolfenstein 3D the game adds to it the abilities to jump, swim, and (under certain circumstances) fly. The game's stand-out feature are Kirt's shapeshifting abilities. Throughout the game, he will be able to transform into magical creatures, each with its own strengths and weaknesses, which must be taken into account during combat and exploration. These include a four-armed cat who can see invisible things; a leprechaun who can fit into tight spaces and unleash a swarm of insects; a dragon who can fly, breathe fire and attack with his tail, and others. Some of Kirt's forms can use magic, which requires magic points to cast. The CD-ROM enhanced version features enhanced redbook audio narration, two new levels, and 3D rendered cutscenes."
16414,Die Höhlenwelt Saga: Der Leuchtende Kristall,Die Höhlenwelt-Saga: Der leuchtende Kristall,1994,7.1,Adventure,Puzzle elements,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","After a series of German interactive fiction games ( Das Stundenglas Die Kathedrale Hexuma ), Harald Evers and his Weltenschmiede move on to point-and-click graphic adventures. Die Höhlenwelt Saga embeds a fantasy underworld in a science fiction frame. Starship pilot Eric ""Speedy"" MacDoughan traces his lost love, mysterious Maomi, to the barren planet 2S-126 in the Taurus 5 system, to discover that a network of caves leads to a gigantic cave world far beneath the crust - the Höhlenwelt (""cave world""). Down there, flying dragons and humanoid peoples live on a magical-medieval level under the despotic rule of an alien reptile race called Drakken. Eric meets the artificial being Cal (a deja vu for Hexuma players), who sends him to the cave world to retrieve a powerful energy crystal (the Leuchtende Kristall (""glowing crystal"") from the game's title). And find Maomi, of course. Die Höhlenwelt Saga is a pretty straight-forward, inventory-driven point-and-click adventure game. Once Eric befriends a flying dragon named Susi (yes, Susi), he's free to explore the key places on the cave world continent of Veldoor at leisure, though the game's puzzles are strictly linear nevertheless. The game is entirely in German and was published in Germany only. The CD version of Die Höhlenwelt Saga features voice-overs for the intro and narrator sequences, but character dialogues stay text messages."
16415,Tag Team Wrestling,"Tag Team Pro Wrestling, The Big Pro Wrestling!",1984,5.6,Sports,Arcade,,A wrestling game that focused on teams. You can either play as a face team (the good guys) or a heel team (the baddies)!
16421,Baldur's Gate: The Original Saga,"Baldur's Gate + Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast, Baldur's Gate: Die Saga",1999,8.1,Compilation,,,Baldur's Gate: The Original Saga contains:
16433,Welltris,"Alexey Pajitnov's Welltris, Welltris: The Soviet Challenge Continues...",1989,7.5,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"Welltris which is the first Tetris sequel, is originally designed by Alexey Pajitnov (the creator of Tetris ) with Andrei Sgenov It has the same gameplay concept as Tetris ; simply all the player has to do is to rotate and maneuver the falling pieces into a proper position in order to form complete layers in the rectangular playground. But Welltris changes this rectangular arena into a four sided well with grid-like walls and bottom where the falling pieces can be moved from wall to wall within the well. Form the pieces into solid rows either horizontally or vertically on the bottom of the well. Billed itself as Tetris in three dimensions."
16441,Backstreet Billiards,Carom Shot 2,1998,7.1,Sports,,,"Backstreet Billiards is one of the most unique and full fledged pool simulations for Playstation. This game offers a wide variety of pool and carom games: 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Rotation, Basic Pool, 141 Continuous, Bowlliards, Cutthroat, 5-9 and One Pocket. Carom games include: 3-Ball, 4-Ball, Free, One Cushion, and Three Cushion. Adding to that are timed, trick shot and practice modes. The most unique aspect of the game though is a story-mode. This mode consists of a adventure game where you play as a character on the search for his father's famous pool cue. The story mode allows you to visit different locations and challenge opponents who get tougher along the way. Hidden items and ability upgrades help you along the way in this RPG like mode. Four player's are supported with or without multitap."
16449,Shadow of Yserbius,The Shadow of Yserbius,1993,6.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Shadow of Yserbius is the single-player, non-networked version of the popular graphical multi-user dungeon game on The Sierra Network. You create a character and journey as a solo adventurer into the dungeons and depths of the volcano Yserbius. You see the game from a first-person perspective as you journey through Yserbius. The story slowly unfolds as your character advances in experience while exploring the volcano."
16450,Hoppin' Mad,"Cataball, Hopping Mad, Hopping Mad: Boucing Madness!",1988,6.3,Action,Arcade,,"The player controls four bouncing balls that must make their way through twelve environments ranging from park to desert and beach to undersea world, collecting up to ten balloons in each. Each one of the balls must deal with several hazards, by jumping over them or crushing them. Collision with any of these will cause a ball to burst. The player can speed up or slow down the balls, or control their height, to make it easy to avoid these hazards. If all four balls have been punctured, the player loses a life. Once all ten balloons have been collected, the player is transported to the next environment, and when they have managed to get through all twelve environments, the player is transported back to the first environment."
16452,Stargate,,1995,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"Based on the movie of the same name, a mystical circular portal called a ""Stargate"" has been uncovered. In attempting to unlock its secrets, its power is unlocked creating a passageway to a different world named Abydos. A special forces team is sent to the new world to investigate but is soon ambushed and its supplies taken including a powerful nuclear bomb. As Colonel O'Neil, a variety of objectives must be met starting with the recovery of supplies and the finding of other teammates, including civilian archaeologist Daniel Jackson. Once regrouped, O'Neil must lead the attack on the god, Ra and escape back to Earth before the power of the nuclear bomb can be unleashed on this new world. The game is a side-scroller platform adventure. The player controls O'Neil on a variety of objectives and is armed with a rifle weapon and grenades. Embarking through desert, caverns and nomad towns... eventually to the palace of Ra."
16453,The Pandora Directive,"Pandora Akte, Die, Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive",1996,8.4,Adventure,Graphic adventure,Post-apocalyptic,"Welcome to San Francisco of the future - a strange megalopolis with a post-apocalyptic feel, where ordinary humans co-exist with mutants - the result of radioactivity. In this city is also the office of Tex Murphy, a lonely private investigator, kind-hearted, yet bitterly ironic. He is hired to investigate the disappearance of a scientist named Thomas Malloy. A series of murders occurs at that time, and before long Tex finds himself involved in a complex conspiracy of political intrigues and shocking scientific discoveries. The Pandora Directive is a sequel to Under A Killing Moon utilizing the same 3D engine, real actors, and gameplay system. The player can physically explore the game world, looking at objects from different angles, zooming in, etc. It is necessary to talk to many people about various topics, and also solve some complex puzzles. The game provides a built-in hint system for the puzzles, but the player does not get any points for solving them if he opts to use it. The game introduces a new gameplay element: Tex has three kinds of answers at his disposal during some important dialogues. Depending on what kind of approach the player chooses for Tex (especially in conversations with his sweetheart Chelsee), subsequent plot events will be influenced, eventually leading to one of the six different endings."
16456,Stormtrooper,,1988,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Stormtrooper the player takes the role of a soldier who has to kill a mad scientist. This is a traditional, horizontally scrolling action game in which the player controls the protagonist while shooting at everything which gets in his way. In addition to shooting enemies, there are also ladders to climb, gate controls to destroy and sometimes platforms to jump. At the bottom of the screen there is a radar which tells when a fast droid is on its way which has to be jumped over."
16463,Jungle Quest,Micro Adventure No. 2 Jungle Quest,1984,7.4,"Adventure, Educational","Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Africa,"You are code-named Orion, an adolescent agent of ACT (the Adventure Connection Team), summoned straight out of the hallways of your high school by Max Huntington to participate in a mission taking you to the darkest jungles of Africa, to locate and defuse the limitless energies stored in an alien artifact there before sinister competing agents of BRUTE (the Bureau of Random Unlawful Terror and Evil) beat you to it! Other members of your team include an archaeologist (""Digger""), an environmental scientist (""Erda""), a nuclear engineer (""Celeste"") and Olano, your guide. You, of course, are the computer expert, and your skills will be put to the test, typing in included BASIC programs to decrypt secret messages, weigh tolerances, plot courses through labyrinths and calculate necessary angles of deflection. The abilities of the whole team will be called for to overcome natural obstacles, untrusting natives, the sapping effects of the Devorim Force, BRUTE agents, a traitor in your midst, the perils and traps of the golden lost city containing the artifact, and the deadly artifact itself! Though the story shares the dynamic 2nd-person perspective (""You try to talk, but you cannot make a sound"") of Choose-Your-Own-Adventures, the text (like most books) is a non-interactive fixed-rail trip of zero interactivity -- however, some of the type-in programs included offer numerous outcomes, moving into the ""game"" field what might otherwise be best categorized as an elaborate set-up for low-impact programming exercises. An appendix is included describing how to modify the BASIC program listings for greatest compatibility with 10 of the most popular home microcomputer BASICs, as well as describing what each program does and how it works. Hey! You got your education in my adventure!"
16465,Suspect,Suspect: An Interactive Mystery,1984,8.1,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"You are a suspected murderer and time is running out because the police are ready to throw the books at you. If you ever want to return to your normal life of being a reporter you better prove your innocence. However, the real murderer is probably watching your every move -- so be careful."
16477,Grumpy Gumphrey: Supersleuth,,1985,6.8,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Gilbert Gumphrey is a veteran store detective, whose tasks range from the complex to the mundane. They include putting out fires, rescuing children, killing ducks, and getting the boss his afternoon cup of tea. Failure to do any of these successfully can lead to the sack. Grumpy Gumphrey Supersleuth is made up of 39 screens of puzzles. Each room is viewed in forced-perspective 3D, and the perspective of a room is not always the same as the perspective you entered it – however the initial movement into the main space of the room is automated. A task is dictated to you at the base of the screen, with instruction on where to find the objects you need. Watch out for an umbrella, keys and a skateboard among other things. You can hold multiple objects, cycling through them with the 'S' key."
16480,Ultimate Yahtzee,,1996,6.7,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"A computer adaptation of the classic dice game Yahtzee. Players take turns throwing five dice and attempting to make scoring combinations (full house, straight). The elusive five of a kind is referred to as a Yahtzee (hence the game's name). In addition to the standard game (solo, against the computer, and against other human players), Ultimate Yahtzee has four other variations including Battle Yahtzee (your roll can hurt the other player's roll) and Pyramid Yahtzee (uses four sided dice)."
16484,The Bard's Tale Construction Set,,1991,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"After three games in the Bard's Tale universe Interplay gave fans the chance to create their own games based on the game engine. You can design your own Monsters (choosing their look from existing ones or by drawing it yourself), level layouts (from the pre-defined objects of Bard's Tale III ), spells and collectible objects. Your creations can be largely hack-and-slash based, or have more of an exploration and puzzle-solving focus, by designing event sequences to be triggered at particular locations. The package comes with a sample adventure set in Isil Thania."
16485,Atomino,,1990,7.7,Puzzle,,,"Build molecules out of the atoms provided - but watch for double, triple or four way atoms that will stop you from completing your task!"
16488,Red Alarm,Red Alarm: Virtual 3D Shooting Game,1995,6.6,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"At the beginning of the 21st Century, a World War raged not stop for 70 devestating years. It wasn't until the creation of an advanced program called K.O.S (Killer Operating System) that the threat to the world was ended. The people rejoiced as the system eliminated the enemy and peace was restored. With a new government in place, the order was placed to destroy all weapons so as to protect the world from any future threat. KAOS, as it was later called, was also on the list of weapons to be destroyed. Unknown to the people, KAOS had a plan of its own. It had become a sentient being of its own, and it had one goal .. to survive. Unleashing it's weapons on the undefended world, true chaos erupted. It's up to you, in the last remaining fighter, to take to the sky and end the threat once and for all. This 3D fighter will have you flying through a host of evil and dangerous areas, where your only hope is to blast anything in sight."
16495,Armored Fist 2,,1997,7.2,"Action, Simulation",,,"Based on the same engine as Comanche 3 Novalogic once again delivered a tank simulator using their VoxelSpace technology. Armored Fist 2 models the US Army's M1A2 Abrams main battle tank just like its predecessor, which also used the previous Comanche voxel engine to generate realistic terrain and models without 3D accelerator video cards. Similar to most Novalogic simulations, this product is targeted more at an action-oriented audience not seeking too much realism. Armored Fist 2 has over 50 pre-scripted missions set on campaigns in Europe, Asian, Africa, and the Middle East. The tank can be controlled through various views such as the gunner's station, driver's port, commander's seat, or exterior views. You also have a few other tanks in your platoon usually, and sometimes even helicopter gunships for close air support. The CD also features live training footage from the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at 29 Palms, California."
16496,Litil Divil,,1993,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"A little devil named Mutt is a rather lazy character who prefers to do nothing in his own cozy part of the underworld. However, his luck changes when he is chosen as the hero who must venture into a mysterious Labyrinth in the overworld and retrieve the Pizza of Plenty from there, so that his demonic friends will have enough capers and anchovies to eat. Litil Divil has puzzle-solving and action elements, including platforming and combat. Mutt is being transported to various puzzle rooms, where he has to avoid obstacles, fight enemies, and manipulate the environment in order to succeed. It is also possible to buy items such as weapons and shields at specific locations."
16497,The Time Warp of Dr. Brain,"Dr. Brain reist durch die Zeit, Dr. Brain voyage dans le temps",1996,7.2,"Educational, Puzzle",,,"The fourth installment in the Dr. Brain series. This game, like the others in series, is meant to challenge your intellect through a series of puzzles. In this particular game, Dr. Brain is trapped in the ""space time discontinuum"" and you have to save him. The only way to save him is by completing a series of puzzles, which can be done at novice, expert or genius difficulty levels. The puzzles in this game can be done in any order, much like The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain."
16501,Stadium Events,"Family Trainer 2: Running Stadium, World Class Track Meet",1986,5.9,Sports,,,"Stadium Events later re-released as World Class Track Meet is a track and field game for up to six players requiring the Power Pad. Only a maximum of two players can play together on the pad at the same time. There are several events: 100m dash, long jump, 110m hurdles and the triple jump. When you beat the computer in the single player mode, you move on to a faster opponent. The AI opponents are (slowest to fastest): Turtle, Bear, Horse, Rabbit, Bobcat and Cheetah. With each defeated opponent, you earn a medal or a trophy - the harder the opponent, the better the award. Olympics is a 1-6 player event in which you will do all four events in a row. At the end, the computer will show you a total score. There is one player at a time in the jumping events and two at the same time (for two or more human players) in running events."
16514,"Harlan Ellison: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream","Bezmolvnyj Krik, I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, No Tengo Boca y Debo Gritar",1995,7.7,Adventure,Graphic adventure,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic","I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is based on the short story of the same name by Harlan Ellison. After the Cold War, the computers of the USA, Russia and China take over the world and wipe out almost the entire human race. The Allied Mastercomputer (called AM) holds the last five humans as prisoners to torture them. Any of them has to face his or her past in a virtual adventure AM has designed for them. There they encounter their fears and weaknesses. The player can choose which of the protagonists he wants to be but in fact he has to complete all of the six stories in order to solve the game. There are different ways of completing the game depending on the humanity the player shows. The voice acting features Harlan Ellison as AM."
16515,The Duel: Test Drive II,,1992,5.9,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Unlike the computer version which consists of one long race with intermittent stops at gas stations, this version features three different races. The game also adds another car, the Lamborghini Diablo, which was not in the computer version."
16519,Normality,,1996,7.3,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Kent Knutson is a teenager who lives in the city of Neutropolis. The city is controlled by a totalitarian regime, which prohibits people to express any emotions that would deviate from the prescribed norm - such as joy and happiness. Kent is arrested by the Norms, the police force of Neutropolis, and put in prison for whistling a merry tune. In prison, he received an anonymous note that tells him that there is a resistance group somewhere in the city, which seeks to overthrow the dictator of Neutropolis. The question is - how can Kent find that resistance group?.. Normality is an adventure game done entirely in 3D, similarly to Under a Killing Moon though with more colorful, cartoon-like visuals. Besides the somewhat unusual (for the genre) engine, the game plays like a traditional puzzle-solving adventure, primarily relying on manipulation of objects Kent is able to pick up and put in his inventory."
16527,Backyard Baseball 2001,Backyard Baseball '01,2000,7.9,Sports,,,"As coach, you pick from either the 30 fictitious Backyard Kits, 31 real major league players portrayed as kids, or both. Pick a Backyard Sports team or create your own, or pick from 30 licensed MLB teams (with uniforms and logos). Play a single game, or an entire season (winning pennants and trophies and maybe getting into the Hall of Fame), or even online against other BB2001 players. There's even batting practice, from Tee-ball to Hard difficulties, and a Spectator mode to let two teams duke it out while you watch. And, as with Backyard Sports titles, there are power-ups: pitches like the Big Freeze, Corkscrew, or Elevator. The game features pretty simple menus, baseball cards of all the players, rosters and schedules, a system of ""Good & Bad Days"" that alter players' stats (one person may not like Tuesdays, or be much better when a particular person is on the other team, etc). Players do move differently on different fields, slower on sand and faster on turf."
16535,SimCopter,"SimCopter: Fliegen Sie Missionen durch Metropolen, SimCopter: Fly Missions in the Metropolis",1996,7.2,Simulation,,,"SimCopter is a light helicopter flying simulator closely related to Sim City 2000 The player is a rookie helicopter pilot that must make his living by transporting passengers and help the city authority in several tasks, including rescuing sims from fires and boat accidents, divert cars from traffic jams, aid on putting out fires and arresting criminals, controlling riots and MEDEVAC injured sims to nearby hospitals. The player starts with a basic helicopter, and by completing missions, earn money that can be used to buy larger and faster helicopters and equipment required to deal with more advanced problems (such as a water cannon to put out fires without having to fly directly over the fire and disperse a crowd, tear gas or a megaphone), as well as points to advance to the next level in career mode. The opposite also happens: if a player takes too long to solve a traffic jam, he gets penalized in points. There are two game modes: Career makes the player jump from city to city, while the Free mode allows to play on any city, as well as any city created in Sim City 2000 Included helicopters:"
16537,True Lies,,1994,7.1,Action,Shooter,,"Take charge of gun toting Arnie in this top down omni-scrolling action shooter. Arnie takes on the terrorists using a variety of weapons in all the locations from the movie of the same name. In each location you have a mission such as retrieve data or capture a terrorist.This usually involves searching around for your goal while dispatching enemies and trying to minimise civilian casualties. The emphasis is on action and weapons, in particular Arnold's favourites: flame thrower and the uzi. He also has a diving roll to help him dodge the enemies bullets and come back guns blazing.."
16538,Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Domination Pack,"Command & Conquer: Alarmstufe Rot - Das Kombinat, Command & Conquer: Alerte Rouge - L'Integrale",1997,7.4,Compilation,,,The Domination Pack contains:
16539,Moto Roader II,,1991,7.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Moto Roader II is a racing game shown in a top-down perspective. Five vehicles compete on a course with the goal to finish first. However, the screen always follows the leading vehicle and if a vehicle is left behind, it gets replaced on the current screen. Every vehicle has a fuel counter which gets a penalty if the vehicle is hit or needs to be replaced. Reaching zero ends the race. Players can choose between three vehicles which drive differently (car, tank or hovercraft) and, if they have gathered enough prize money, can upgrade it between races (including weapons). In contrast to the predecessor the game has a futuristic look."
16547,Troll,,1988,5.9,Action,,Fantasy,"You are Humgruffin, a troll who has been transported to the Netherworld of Narc a land full of Goblins and crystals and ceilings to walk on. The only chance to escape is to reverse a spell that put him there. In each chamber is a crystal which needs to be collected and put in an amulet. You need to avoid the Goblins or being trapped by walls built by them. If you touch a Goblin then you start to turn to stone and transported elsewhere in Narc. To help you on your quest you can make holes appear in the ground for you to fall through into another part of Narc or make a Goblin disappear. You can use other objects as well and these include Pyramids (to jump up to the ceiling), Toadstools (summons a Dwarf to make holes in the floor) and Die (to make a random hole). Troll is a 3D isometric game which shows both the floor and ceiling that can be walked on. The game is viewed at an elevated angle. The joystick or keyboard can be used and as well as the main playing area you can also see the icons you need to help you on your quest."
16575,Virtual Pinball,,1993,6.7,Simulation,Pinball,,"Virtual Pinball is the spiritual successor to Bill Budge's classic Pinball Construction Set Programmed by Bill Budge, this Sega Genesis game allows the player to try different pre-built pinball tables and additionally create, save and play custom tables."
16581,Rigel's Revenge,,1987,6.7,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Re-Unification War is in full swing throughout the 22nd Century Galaxy, during your career as reporter Harper. When you are sent to Rigel V, your partner Elliott is killed by a bomb, and attempts to communicate some instructions to you as he fades. You catch part of them, telling you to proceed eastwards, disarm a device protected by android guards, and find a light-guide. In this text adventure, you set about doing precisely those things. Solutions have a sense of realism - you have to dive to avoid bullets and use a mine detector. Objects include an Identicard, a Jetcycle and dipswitches. Input is mostly VERB NOUN, but a few commands require fine-tuning."
16586,Recoil,Tank Blaster,1999,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Tanks patrol the desolate city streets, turrets and missle sites threaten the skies. Robot warriors carrying pulse rifles surround military installations. What's become of Earth? Machines have taken over. Corporate greed and rapid technological advancments have made humans pawns of their own creations. Command a tank that can change into four different types of vehicles a Tank, A hovertank, a Amphibious tank, and a Submarine. Fight through six missions of Tank blasting action on your way to destroying Megacorp!"
16587,Masters of the Universe: The Movie,,1987,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Cosmic Key has fallen through time and space and landed on Earth. Find it before Skeletor does or Eternia and the universe will suffer. This is an adaption of the motion picture Masters of the Universe You, as He-Man, must find the eight chords to the Cosmic Key. Along the way, you must fight Skeletor's minions. First, you fight in the streets and try to find a chord hidden in the streets. After you enter the scrapyard, you will meet and fight Blade and Karg to the death in a hand to hand beat 'em up to get another key. In Charlie's Electronics Store, you aim your cross-hair to shoot oncoming enemies who guard a chord. Later, make your way to the rooftops and fight a laser battle on a flying disk. After all eight chords are retrieved, go mano-a-mano with Skeletor in the final battle."
16594,Sky Kid,"Arcade Archives: Sky Kid, Sky Kid: Authentic Arcade Edition!, VS. Sky Kid",1985,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",World War I,"You are the legendary Red Baron, flying a plane through a horizontal side-scrolling scenery set during World War I. To complete a mission, you simply need to get to the landing spot on the other side without being shot down, but you can gain extra points by destroying enemy vehicles and planes. For huge points, pick up a bomb hidden in the level (you will be warned by a sound when approaching it) and drop it on a large structure. If you fail to land on the landing strip, you run out of fuel and crash. You can only shoot horizontally and diagonally by tilting the plane's nose. When in trouble, perform an aerial loop with the secondary button, this often destroys other planes and avoids bullets. There is a co-op mode with the character Max as well."
16603,Putt-Putt Enters the Race,"Bip-Bip Uchastvuet v Gonke, Gas-Gas Entra in Gara, Pouce-Pouce 3: Entre dans la Course, Putt-Putt 3: Autostad 500, Töff-Töff und das große Rennen",1999,7.5,"Adventure, Educational",,,"That lovable little car, Putt-Putt and his dog Pep must gather various items including fuel and a flag before they can enter the Cartown 500. There are plenty of old friends as well as some fun new characters to give Putt-Putt a helping hand."
16605,Rad Racer,"High Way Star, Highway Star, Speed Racer",1987,7.3,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"Rad Racer is an arcade style 3-D racing game. The object of the game is to race to the goal within the given time limit. Along each course are several checkpoints which will increase the amount of time you have to reach the final destination. There are eight different stages with increasingly difficult roads, changing weather conditions, and a variety of opponents who tend to get in the way. Included with the game is an optional pair of red-blue 3-D glasses which can be used to give the game an even more 3-D appearance."
16606,Thing!,A Week in the Life of the THING!,1988,6.8,"Action, Adventure","Arcade, Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"THING! is a side view game combining the genres puzzle-solving and shoot'em up. It has also adventure and RPG elements and it has a cartoon and comical tone. Both characters, the Thing and the Ball are commanded by the player: The Thing is responsible for carrying and using objects and The Ball for the fire-power. The objects are accessed and managed through several options of a menu by pressing their respective numeric keys. There's the possibility of examining, using and exchanging them. To complete a task or restore the character's health and ammunition, the player has to carry one or more compatible objects and use the correct one.Both characters status can also be accessed through the menu by pressing the number 4 key. It will resume their health (of both characters) and the ammunition left (BALL). Every time the Thing is severely damaged due to the extent of its injuries, it's body is shut down for a period of 24 hours for repairs. Regarding the game's plot, The Thing, an intergalactic postman, genetically engineered on the planet Crazee, was entrusted by the Astral Harmony Council with the diplomatic mission of rendering their political adviser to the Dingalinger Overlord. The adviser is an inhabitant of the planet Rombus and it has the form of a Ball. During the last months, tension between Dingalingers has been growing, negotiations have failed and the planet is on the verge of a nuclear war. Dingalinger Overlord has hidden himself away and only agrees to meet the adviser if the Thing manages to complete 10 tasks in 7 days. It has to be very careful because there are many Dingalinger gangs roaming on many of the 26 districts of the planet the Overlord is hiding.They are very hostile to any Thing trespassing their land. These districts can be travelled through a teleporting system called Telephonex. To use the Telephonex and travel to other districts of the planet, the Thing has to be placed in front of a telephone booth and use his telephone book, which is the only object in his possession in the beginning of the game. These travelling points are called Kiosks. The player has to manage both characters health and ammunition to assure they'll survive the many dangers encountered on their travels, before successively completing their mission before the end of the week. If he fails, the Overlord will nuke his own planet and the game will be over."
16611,Puzz 3D: The Orient Express,Puzz 3D: The Orient Express from the Twenties,2000,7.1,"Adventure, Puzzle",Cards / tiles,,"Fed up of all those jigsaw puzzles? Well, this might be what you're looking for. Based on the puzzle series Puzz 3D this CD-ROM allows you to build up the famous Orient Express, either in 2D or 3D. A tutorial is there as well to help you along (wish there was one of these with normal puzzles!) and once you complete the major task, you can take a trip through the Orient Express and solve a few small puzzles along the way."
16616,World Class Leader Board,World Class Leader Board Golf,1987,7.7,Sports,,,"Before the long-running Links series Access Software produced the Leader Board lineage, which concludes here. Wind, snap, and power are the main considerations as players dodge the bunkers, water, and rough, which make for more complex courses than the 8-bit versions of the original. A course editor is included. The courses provided include real locations: St. Andrews (Scotland), Cypress Creek, and Doral Country Club (USA) and a fictional one, The Gauntlet, which, as the name suggests, is designed to push the player's skills to the maximum. The PC version utilizes the PC speaker to reproduce voice samples via the company's patented RealSound process. Quips like ""No doubt about it, he's deep in the sandtrap"", ""Straight onto the fairway"", and ""Looks like he hit the tree, Jim"" are used as running commentary during gameplay."
16619,Batman: The Caped Crusader,Batman - El Super Heroe,1988,7.3,"Action, Adventure","Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Batman: The Caped Crusader is a combination of an arcade and adventure game. The game is played with a side scrolling view, with each new location opening in a new panel similar to the appearance of a comic book. The game has two parts to it, and these can be played in any order. In A Bird In the Hand, The Penguin is back, and planning on taking over the world with an army of robotic penguins. In A Fete Worse Than Death, The Joker has kidnapped Robin, and it's up to Batman to save him."
16622,Iridis Alpha,,1986,7.6,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"There is war on the planet Iridis Alpha between the Humans and the defenses on the planet left there by the Iridians. The Iridians have left the planet, leaving it in stasis while they are off looking for peace and having evolved beyond the need for physical bodies. Naturally the Iridians wanted to protect their precious planet from being robbed and they installed some heavy defenses. The defenses are based on a multiphase reality, allowing it to exist in two realities at the same time. Furthermore there are 5 different realities, each in two orientations. These weapons were very interesting to the Humans in their fight against the Zzyaxians, on whose planet Zzyax-Prime the existence of Iridian-Prime was discovered in the Iridian Base there. In order to deal with this confusing planet, the Humans built a craft containing a specially adapted brain which called itself Gilbie. Gilbie has to fight the Iridian defenses by killing the Iridian ships to absorb their energy (but not too much or Gilbie will explode). This energy can then be exchanged with the planet's core. Once the core has enough energy Gilbie celebrates by playing their favourite sport Point to Point Racing. It is vital that Gilbie switches orientations once Entropy has eroded one reality's energy away. Iridis Alpha is a Horizontal shoot-em-up viewed from the side. You control Gilbie with a joystick and to switch between planet orientations you have to shoot an Iridian ship leaving behind a ring. You enter the ring without pressing the fire button to switch. The Point to Point Racing is a where you race up a vertical top-down scrolling course. When you're tired or bored of the main games then you can pause the game and play a relaxing game called Made in France which is version of an older Jeff Minter game called Deflex"
16628,Supercross 2000,,1999,6.4,Racing / Driving,,,"This is a Supercross motorcycle simulation game, officially licensed by the AMA. It features racing through 16 real stadium tracks, with professional commentary, and a freestyle tricks mode with special tracks. The bikes have realistic physics and AI. 2 players can race split-screen and replay mode lets you fly anywhere."
16630,The Raven Project,,1995,5.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Sci-fi shooter with gameplay similar to the Rebel Assault series. Divided into missions, you get to play in ship-to-ship combat, mechanised warrior battles, surface-planetary warfare and tail-gunning, according to the developers. The game also features a complex story with live-action video sequences."
16643,The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends,,1993,5.4,Action,Platform,,"The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle is the video game adaptation of the 60's cartoon series staring Bullwinkle, a moose, and Rocky, a flying squirrel. The game plays out much like an episode of the show. The story begins at the dedication of the Frostbite Falls Rocky and Bullwinkle museum. Unfortunately, the not-so-nice Boris and Natasha have disguised themselves as security guards for the museum and managed to steal some of the priceless artifacts. Bullwinkle and Rocky must track down the stolen artifacts and return order to Frostbite Falls. Most of the action is of the side-scrolling platformer variety, but along the way, you will get to play lots of mini-games involving characters from the show. During the platforming sections you can switch instantly between the two protagonists. Both play differently: Bullwinkle can throw bombs at enemies and Rocky can fly for short instances."
16649,Dirt Trax FX,,1995,7.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Dirt Trax Fx is a Motocross racing game in which players can choose between 8 drivers, differing in top speed, acceleration, turning and braking, to compete on 22 different tracks. The tracks feature lots of mounds, ramps, pits and other similar obstacles. Parts of a track might also be covered in water mud or ice. To successfully navigate the motorbike through these obstacles, the shoulder buttons can be used to lean the bike, while pressing up or down changes the angle of the bike. Before the game begins, players can choose between four different bikes ranging from 50cc to 500cc (the last bike needs to be unlocked first). The choice of the bike greatly affects the game's speed as well as the overall difficulty. Apart from the main race, there is also a ""Rad Tag"" mode. In this mode, a timer ticks down that can only be stopped by hitting the opponent. The driver whose timer reaches zero first loses."
16655,Spitting Image: The Computer Game,,1988,5.5,Action,Fighting,,"This game is based on the long-running British satirical television show with puppet likenesses of political figures and celebrities. A prophet determines that a world war will occur in seven years instigated by a mysterious leader. To avoid this, one ruler of the world must be determined in this beat 'em up involving six rulers: U.S.A.'s Ronald Regan, the U.K.'s Margaret Thatcher, the USSR's Mikhail Gorbachev, South Africa's PW Botha, Iran's Ayathollah Khomeini, and Pope John Paul II. Having chosen which to play as, you travel to an opponent's country to engage in a best-of-three fight that is judged by Queen Elizabeth II on a postage stamp. You attack each opponent on the ground as well as jumping in the air and each character has a special move like Thatcher's head-butt or Khomeini's beard whip. You can also call for help twice from an aide who will usually throw a projectile at your opponent. If you manage to defeat all 5 opponents, you will meet the mysterious leader in a final showdown in a mud-wrestling pit in the dark where you will only be able to see the eyes of the characters. You can also play 2-player fights, one against another on the same computer."
16656,World Class Rugby,Blanco World Class Rugby,1991,7.5,Sports,,,"Like Domark's Rugby: The World Cup World Class Rugby was released alongside the 1991 Rugby World Cup, which was won by New Zealand in a final against England. Recreating this full 16-team event is an option, as are individual friendly matches and an 8-team league. Options are highly customisable on most versions - there are 10 skill levels, variable match lengths, the option to play without offsides, and variable pitch conditions. Replays can be enabled for each try, and then saved to disk. The accurate rules of rugby are recreated, including scrums, line-outs, penalties and drop goals."
16664,Jack Nicklaus 5,,1997,7.4,Sports,,,"The Jack Nicklaus series of golf games adds several new features and updates. A new MouseMeter control system is designed to feel more like real golf than the more traditional 2-click and 3-click systems which are also provided. The action can be viewed from anywhere on the course, although some views are more suited to action replays than actually taking aim or playing a shot. Ball lies are not always flat in this edition. This one offers nine Jack Nicklaus courses and a specially created course for the game that is similar to Pebble Beach, as well as an online facility to download over 100 more. CBS' Gary McCord provides a running commentary. The course includes a number of 3D golfers that the player controls. The course designer, a mainstay of the series, has been enhanced for this version."
16671,Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul,"Evil Islands, Evil Islands: A Maldição da Alma Perdida, Evil Islands: Klątwa Zagubionej Duszy, Proklyatie zemly",2000,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"There is trouble in the land of Gipath. Legends tell of a Chosen One that will come and save its inhabitants. However, they didn't think he'd appear as a mere boy with blond hair and grey pantaloons... This boy, whose name is Zak, finds himself dazed and confused in the middle of some ruins. Without any idea who or where he is, he must travel between three islands in search of his identity, with plenty of tasks to accomplish. Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul is a fantasy role-playing game with real-time combat and stealth elements. The player-controlled party can support up to three people, which are for the most part fixed for scripting reasons. The gameplay focuses on outwitting the enemies by crawling or sneaking to backstab and surprise them, or pickpocketing a valuable item from an unsuspecting victim. Magic is also prominently featured, as many of the enemies are best met with a fire bolt or a lightning strike at long range. The gallery of enemies varies from orcs, wizards and skeletons to mighty dragons, lizards and cyclops. This game also features blueprints which allow players to create their own armor, weapons and other accessories, provided they possess the required materials. There are several types of materials with various characteristics. The player is responsible for equipping every character in the party with items gained from travels and combat."
16672,Contra,"Arcade Archives: Contra, Gryzor, Kon To Ra",1987,6.8,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"In the year 2631, a small meteorite has fallen into the Galuga archipelago, located 20km northeast off the coast of New Zealand. Two years later, a terrorist group known as Red Falcon has seized the island in preparation for an alien invasion. The earth's marines sent two members of their elite Contra unit, Bill Rizer and Lance Bean, to neutralize the terrorists. As either Bill (player 1) or Lance (player 2), the player must get to the end of each stage, shooting everything in sight, while avoiding enemy fire themselves. The player can upgrade their standard-issue rifle into one of four different weapons, including the powerful spread shot. The game contains some differences depending on the platform:"
16675,Iwo Jima,,1986,5.2,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","Iwo jima is a strategy war game based on a battle in World War II where the island of Iwo jima was invaded by the USA forces to take over the islands and air bases to help in the defeat of Japan. You play the USA forces and the computer controls the Japanese forces which has five difficulty levels (1-5). You view a map of the whole island and you can see icons depicting the terrain, minefields, enemy forces and your own forces. Each player takes it in turns by giving orders given to various units before the computer calculates the results of the orders. The aim of the game is to defeat the Japanese forces and take full control of the island."
16682,Doctor Hauzer,,1994,6.5,Adventure,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror",,"This is an early 3D survival horror game that involves surviving traps in a sentient house and solving puzzles rather than fighting enemies. Like the best horror movies, it uses sound effects such as echoing footsteps and creepy changing music to increase the scary atmosphere. It takes place in 1952, where you play as an investigator searching for the archeologist Dr. Hauzer who has disappeared. He built his house over an archeologist site and became obsessed with the deity Kellbim to whom he sacrifices his interns. You will die numerous times in the house's deadly traps but having unlimited save games makes viewing the death animations part of the fun. You can switch the view between first-person, third-person, or overhead. Choosing a different view will help you overcome some traps."
16685,Daffy Duck in Hollywood,,1995,6.2,Action,Platform,,"Yosemite Sam calls on Detective Daffy Duck to attempt to retrieve his precious golden movie awards. Mad Professor Duckbrain has stolen the awards and wants a million bucks to give them back. Daffy Duck grabs his trusty bubble gun and must explore film sets and retrieve the awards. The themed movie worlds range from horror to western and jungle to sci-fi. Along the way Daffy can power up his bubble gun to fire different types of bubbles. Enemies are defeated by capturing them in bubbles and allowing them to float away. You can also attain the help of a fairy duckmother, who will fly around with you and protect you. The scenes are rigged with dynamite that must be deactivated before it goes BOOM!"
16688,Big Brother: The Game 2,,2000,4.3,Action,Arcade,,"Big Brother: The Game 2 is the official game about the second season of the German version of the TV show. Instead of one playing mode like the first game this features four: Just like the first game the player can pick any candidate he wishes. The game also features several bonus videos from the show, an internet high-score list and spoken commentary by the presenters Oliver Geissen and Aleksandra Bechtel."
16689,Theme Park,Theme Park DS,1994,7.8,Strategy / tactics,"City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation",,"Dominating the exciting world of Theme Park ownership is your goal in this strategy game from Bullfrog. The first task is to set up your rides within the available land, structuring convenient paths and queues and ideally leaving some space for bigger rides once they become available, and include some lakes and trees to increase the park's allure. Rides range from Teacups and Haunted Houses to the biggest most elaborate roller-coaster you can design, and water rides that loop around other rides. Shops must also be included so that the visitors can buy food, drinks, and souvenirs - the cunning player will combine salt, sugar, and caffeine settings to maximize consumer interest. Staff must be hired to keep everything running smoothly, and they will only work for what they consider a fair rate of pay. You are competing against other Theme Parks, so don't let them get an advantage over you - monitor your success in attracting customers and financial viability closely using the supplied statistics pages. More important, ensure that research is adequately funded to produce new rides. It can be played in three modes - Sandbox level lets you concentrate on the park design elements, while Sim and Full add more strategic features."
16695,Samba De Amigo,,2000,8.3,Action,Music / rhythm,,"Samba De Amigo is a highly unique game: a maracas simulation. Game play is based around a special maracas controller that you use to interact with the music. The controller senses which region in space out of a possible 6 that the maracas are in. It also senses when the player shakes the maracas. As the music plays, the player must shake the maracas in the appropriate region with proper timing to progress. A standard controller can also be used if you do not have the maracas controller, which is sold separately. The music in the game comes from a wide variety of sources. Some of the songs are traditional samba music, while others are recognizable pop tunes, like ""Macarena"" and ""Tequila."""
16697,The Seven Gates of Jambala,,1989,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The Seven Gates of Jambala is a Jump & Run game. Business with people to come continues, really tough mystery to escape from Jambala. Beware of the mystery traps, the doors behind which the player know not what. Some items will guarded and the player must destroy the big boss in order to get it."
16698,Cannon Spike,Ganspaiku - Gunspike,2000,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Originally an arcade game, this shooter was converted and is now found on the Dreamcast. Somewhat similar in style to Smash T.V. in gameplay, you do battle in ten levels, containing two to four areas each. Players can choose from a variety of characters including Mega man (or Rockman) from the Mega Man series Knight Arthur from Ghost 'N Goblins series Charlie and Cammy, both from Street Fighter series and B. B. Hood from Darkstalkers as well as two original characters: Shiba and Simone. The different characters use slightly different attacks but each share the setup of one regular ranged attack and one powerful ditto as well as one regular and one powerful mêlee attack."
16703,Pray for Death,,1996,6.1,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"This is one of the few fighting games that follows the Killer Instinct school of fighting, that is: lots of eye candy, techno soundtrack and combo moves that allow you to string together dozens of hits. Storywise the game puts you in the shoes of a deceased character among a gallery of several equally dead characters competing in hell on a tournament sponsored by Lucifer himself with the grand prize being to return to the mortal plane. The characters include the standard amount of ""real"" martial artists like the Bruce Lee clone and the dominatrix, as well as some fantasy characters like demons, vikings, etc. each with his own array of special moves, combos and finishing moves. Graphically the game pulls some nifty tricks. Backgrounds consist of looping FMV and pre-rendered sprites with pyrotechnic effects, reflecting water, etc.., the camera zooms in and out of the fighters, etc."
16712,Eraser: Turnabout,Queima de Arquivo,1997,5.5,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"Eraser Turnabout is a predominantly action game with some puzzle-solving, featuring pre-rendered action scenes and a lot of recorded full screen video. You play the role of John Krueger on a hectic mission to shut down a conspiracy in a few hours that threatens the free world and to stop a terrorist strike. Along the way you get to shoot a lot of assassins, solve puzzles and clues. There are a few additional characters that accompany you on the way, but mostly you will be on your own."
16719,Circus Atari,Circus,1980,6.6,Action,Arcade,,"Pop the balloons and score points. A wall of red, blue and white balloons will appear at the top of the screen. You must pop balloons by catching a clown on the teeter-totter and bouncing him up to the balloons. Use the controller to move the teeter-totter across the screen to catch the clowns. Each time a clown pops a balloon, the balloon will disappear and you score points. Each player receives five clowns or turns. If you fail to catch a clown on the teeter-totter he will crash and disappear from the playfield. Press the controller button and another clown will bounce off the trampoline from the right or left corner of the playfield. After five clowns have crashed the game is over. The clowns may land on any point on the teeter-totter except where the other clown is sitting, which causes them to crash."
16721,Micro Machines: Military,,1996,7.3,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"This entry in the Micro Machines series flirts with a military theme. Using a top-down view, you race on different scaled-down tracks such as a pond, a kitchen table, a workbench, in the garden, ... The theme is reflected in the vehicles (helicopters, speedboats, tanks, supply trucks...), as well as in the music. Up to 16 players can participate through the hot-seat party mode, but 8 racers can race simultaneously using the J-Cart and by sharing a part of the joypad. There are different game types, such as regular races (challenges), time trials, and battle arenas, in which you have to survive for a set amount of time while enemy vehicles charge. Other players can be shot to slow them down."
16732,NBA ShootOut,Total NBA '96,1996,7.8,Sports,,,This is the first entry of Sony's basketball franchise that has all 29 NBA teams and their respective logos of that time as well as updated rosters with 300 major players. The players animations were motion captured and represented by 3D polygons. It has the standard modes: Exhibition Season and Playoffs as well as the ability to have eight friends play simultaneously. It has three different skill levels along with several camera angles and various plays that can be chosen from as well as slam dunks and pick & rolls.
16734,Kampfgruppe,"Kampfgruppe: Tactical-Level Combat on the Russian Front, 1941-45",1985,6.6,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","A platoon-level tactical game of armored warfare that encompasses almost all ground weapons used on the Russian Front from 1941-45. Kampfgruppe puts the player in command of either a German or Russian battle group, providing four historical and an infinite number of randomly created scenarios. The historical scenarios: The game will automatically end after 20 turns (after 30 if there is an assault battle being played). However a game may be ended earlier or continue after it has ended if all sides agree. At the end of the game victory points will be awarded which will determine whether the battle was a draw or a marginal, substantive, or decisive victory."
16740,Final Fantasy,,2000,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,Final Fantasy is a remake of the Famicom (NES) game of the same name. This version includes the following changes and enhancements:
16743,Heart of China,,1991,7.5,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Asia, Interwar","Kate, the daughter of a wealthy businessman named E.A. Lomax, is abducted by a Chinese warlord named Li Deng near Chengdu, where she was volunteering as a nurse. Lomax recruits the former World War I fighter pilot Jake ""Lucky"" Masters for a dangerous mission: travel to Hong-Kong, locate a mysterious ninja, and find a way to infiltrate Li Deng's fortress and rescue Kate. Heart of China is an adventure game with a romantic theme somewhat reminiscent of films such as Raiders of the Lost Ark The game is set during the 1930's in China as well as a few other locations. It uses a simple point-and-click system for interaction and object manipulation, and is very similar visually and gameplay-wise to Rise of the Dragon Some of the tasks in the game have multiple solutions, allowing the player to pursue different methods and choose different responses in branching dialogues. However, some choices may lead to the protagonist's death or bring the investigation to a dead end. There are also a few arcade sequences, which can be skipped if the player fails to complete them after several tries. The game utilizes digitized photos of live actors superimposed on hand-painted graphics."
16744,Sesame Street: Letter-Go-Round,,1984,7.0,Educational,Platform,,"The Sesame Street Muppets invite a child player for a spin on the Letter-Go-Round !. By catching and matching letters on a spinning ferris wheel, children practice recognizing and matching letters, simple spelling and word formation. There are several types of game: Upper case matching; Lower case matching; Mixed case matching; One little word; What's missing?; Spell the secret word. At the start of each game, one of Muppet pets brings out a letter to match or word to spell and drops it on the seesaw. A letter appears on each ferris wheel bucket and as the Letter-Go-Round spins, child player should find the right letter to match or complete a word. Child may choose and try any letter, because there is no time limit to play. When a match is made or a word is completed, Muppet pets will dance and cheer a child player to the next round of play. The game is recommended for 1 player aged 3 to 4."
16746,AeroWings,Aero Dancing featuring Blue Impulse,1999,6.7,Simulation,Tricks / stunts,,AeroWings is a simulation that allows the player to fly as a member of a jet aerobatics team. The game contains a variety of jet-powered aircraft that the player can fly in several game modes.
16750,Rakugakids,,1998,6.7,Action,Fighting,,"It was school holidays, and the Twinkle gang of schoolkids sailed to an island where they found a cave with crayons hidden inside. They split them among the group, but before they had finished, a bully came and stole the pack along with the last two crayons! He drew a mischievous-looking character, who came to life and said ""Let's cause trouble!"" Twinkle Town was terrified of the bully and his crayon character, so the Twinkle gang decided to draw their own superheroes to stop the bully! Rakugakids is a 2D fighting game, similar to Marvel Vs. Capcom You select from a variety of hand-drawn cartoon characters, and fight using low, middle and high punches and kicks. As you'd expect with this type of game, special button combinations yield special, more powerful moves. There is also a 'crayon meter' that fills the more you attack your opponent - when it is completely filled, you can pull off a devastating special move. The kids' characters are a lively bunch, full of an assortment of crazy moves. There's Robot C.H.O., who is a robot that turns into different metal objects on the fly, such as a car, garbage can, rocket, and more. There's BearTank, which is a green teddy bear with gun turrets on it. Captain.Cat.Kit is a DJ cat with slick basketball moves who also attacks with a variety of musical instruments. An interesting feature of Rakugakids is that Story Mode can be played by using ""Training Mode"". In this mode, you select a character, and train them up by playing matches against any character you like. It is beneficial to train more, because you can choose to play Story Mode in 'Battle Mode'. This mode automatically plays the game for you using your trained up character. If you've trained enough, your character will react to opponent attacks in the same way that you yourself would."
16752,Cyborg Justice,,1993,6.2,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are a member of the Galatic Unity Agency on routine patrol in deep space when your patrol ship is damaged after accidently passing through a meteor storm and starts to lose control, smashing into a nearby planet and blacking out. The next thing you remember you are rummaging through scrap metal and welding together steel to make parts for weapons. You have become a cyborg slave in a munitions factory for the Cydrek Federation, a twisted machine with a human brain, unable to comprehend your situation, clouded by cybernetic programming until one day your human side finally starts to break through. You remember everything and realize that the Cydrek Federation is building an army to take on the G.U.A. and you must stop it. You must take on the entire Federation using your new cybernetic body and stop them from taking over the universe. You can build up to 216 different combinations of cyborg body parts to rip, tear and burn your opponents in submission, even using the destroyed parts of your downed foes and putting them onto your body. You can also play in Arcade mode in which you take on wave after wave after wave of opponents until your cyborg is finally destroyed or even play co-op with a buddy. The game features up to five levels from the plants surface, the Cydrek Command Center even a futuristic jungle."
16759,Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt,,1988,8.4,Compilation,,,"Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt is the game cartridge that came with the Nintendo Entertainment System consumer package that included a control deck, two controllers, and a light zapper. The included games are:"
16761,Bumpy's Arcade Fantasy,,1992,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,Mixture of action and puzzle elements. Collect items by jumping back and forth between several platforms. In later levels shape and function of these platforms changes and obstacles are added.
16764,Rayman,"Rayman Advance, Rayman Classic, Rayman Ultimate",1995,7.8,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"When a villain known only as Mr. Dark appears, trouble brews in Rayman's world. Mr. Dark captures the Toons - source of light and Rayman's friends. With no more light, evil creatures begin to roam, making the world unsafe for everyone. It’s up to you, as Rayman, to free your friends and put an end to Mr. Dark's dastardly schemes! Rayman is a side-scrolling platformer starring the titular Rayman, a big-nosed chap with no arms or legs. Rayman can jump and use his hair to hover for a short period of time. He can also attack by throwing his fists, or winding up his fists for a more powerful punch. He can occasionally find special power ups that grant him unlimited flying power, giving him the ability to navigate through tricky mazes."
16765,Surf Riders,"Max Surfing 2000, Surf Riders: Gerry Lopez",1999,6.3,Sports,,,"**★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★ PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar). PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using ""Screenshot"" from the ""Settings"" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.** A surfing game with originality is now here! Take off on the realistic waves! Techniques such as aerial and off the lip will be available so use it to earn points! Dance on the waves dynamically and with beauty to mark on your way in becoming a world champion! Copyright: ©Softgarage Purchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. Source: PlayStation Store Description"
16768,Premier Manager 2000,"Anstoss Premier Manager, Canal+ Premier Manager",2000,6.8,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Continuing the Premier Manager series Premier Manager 2000 brings football management back with more features. Allowing four players to go up against each other with their favorite team and with the use of the multi-tap. Take part in the transfer market involving teams and players from England, Italy, Germany, France and Spain. Take your team into domestic and European competitions to become the best team in Europe. As well as team management you control all aspects of your stadium including ticket pricing, expansions, scouts and finances with the bank. With 3D match play you can see your changes and formations in action accompanied by commentary from Barry Davies"
16769,Dragon Valor,,1999,6.3,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Dragon Valor is a hack-and-slash medieval action game with some light rpg and puzzle-solving touches. You control a series of generations of Dragon Valors, who are the wielders of the Dragon Valor sword, the only weapon that can kill the evil dragons plaguing your land. Using your sword and a series of magical spells, you'll progress through a plot that spans several generations in which you'll have to rid the land of dragons as a character, and then take on the role of his descendant whose skills depend on the actions and the power-up items you took in the earlier generation. The game touts 2 different endings, as well as a character gallery as a bonus for finishing the game."
16772,Moon Patrol,"Arcade Archives: Moon Patrol, Patrulha Lunar",1982,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Moon Patrol is a side-scrolling game where the player must drive a moon buggy from one station on the Moon to another, all while avoiding crashing or getting destroyed by alien ships. The vehicle is constantly moving right and the player can speed up or slow down, jump, and shoot (simultaneously firing upwards and forwards.) There are 25 checkpoints along the way, each symbolized with a letter from A to Z and serving as a respawn point. Every five checkpoints mark a separate ""stage"" within the entire course; reaching the end of a stage under the par time grants a large score bonus. Dangers on the Moon include rocks (small and big ones) which can be shot to pieces or jumped over, pits which must be jumped, and UFOs which fire at the player or bombard the ground (creating pits). Later the player also comes upon stationary tanks which fire missiles (which can be destroyed with the player's own shots), landmines, carnivorous plants that pop up out of pits, and rocket cars which stalk the buggy from behind before rushing forward in an attempt to ram it down. After completing the first course (the ""Beginner Course"") the player can attempt the harder Champion Course."
16776,Der Planer,,1994,7.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"In Der Planer you are the boss of a forwarding business. You not only have to plan the best and cheapest routes between the different cities, but also need to acquire drivers, trucks (or planes, train space...), get customs papers, and last but not least, make your family happy, too."
16777,Baldur's Gate (Gold Edition),,1998,8.5,Special edition,,,Baldur's Gate Gold is a special edition of Baldur's Gate with the box and many internal elements (including the discs themselves) pressed/printed with a gold foil look to them.
16780,Wild West Seymour,"Seymour's Wild West, Seymour's Wild West Adventure",1992,6.7,"Action, Adventure",,,"You are Seymour, a round, happy fellow with legs and arms. You are an aspiring film producer, and you're about to fulfill your dream: producing a hit western movie. But everything goes awry when an enigmatic fellow known only as ""El Bandeeto"" destroys your script and litters your equipment all over your studio. Your goal is to retrieve these things and then to safely arrive at the shooting location. Wild West Seymour is an action-adventure game similar to Dizzy series. It consists of four levels (film studio, town, desert and prairie) where you have to use both your wits and your reflex to get the necessary items and use them to solve puzzles. You can hold up to three items at once, which forces you to do some skillful inventory management. Beware of dangers, such as deep water, which can damage you - you have a limited number of lives!"
16783,Dragon's Lair,Dragon's Lair CD-ROM,1983,6.2,Action,"Quick Time Events (QTEs), Timed input",Fantasy,"Originally released in the arcades as a LaserDisc game, Dragon's Lair is an interactive cartoon movie. Players control Dirk the Daring as he struggles his way through a dungeon to fight Singe, the Dragon, and rescue the beautiful Princess Daphne. The game consists of animated scenes, during which the player has to press direction buttons or the sword button at the right moment to trigger the next segment of the movie."
16786,Suikoden,Genso Suikoden,1995,7.9,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"Loosely based on the classic medieval Chinese novel Water Margins the game is a fantasy RPG set in an imaginary universe, its main theme being political struggle. The hero of the game is the young son of Theo McDohl, a general who serves the Scarlet Moon Empire, presently controlling the land of Toran. Through a series of events the hero becomes involved in a rebellion against the Empire, led by an organization known as the Liberation Army. Will the hero find a new home there, will he be able to tear himself away from everything that has been sacred to him, including his own father? Suikoden is a Japanese-style role-playing game with several unusual additions. There are three kinds of combat in the game, the most common one being the traditional turn-based party combat (players can have up to six people in their active party). Magic runes can be equipped on the player's characters which allow limited usage of offensive and healing spells. There are also a few army battles, where the player must control whole units of fighters, archers, magicians, etc., and one-on-one fights (duels). The game allows the player to build and customize a castle, which serves as their home base and fortress. 108 characters can be recruited in the game, a tribute to 108 Stars Of Destiny in ""Water Margins"". Many of those characters will be available as active party members and participate in battles, while others will act as strategy advisers, or enhance the castle itself in various ways."
16788,Gotcha! The Sport!,,1987,6.3,"Action, Sports",,,"Gotcha! is an NES Zapper title based on the ""sport"" of paintball, and loosely tied into the paintball-themed movie caper of the same name. You are required to traverse three different battle zones, grab the opposing teams' flag from the opposite end of the field, and make it back to your flag without getting shot. One hand controls the Zapper while the other must hold the controller, since the D-Pad controls your movement up and down the field. Limited ammo is also a concern, as is the ability for the computer team to snag your flag and return it to their base to win. You can chase down and tag the flag carrier yourself to prevent this. The game contains three difficulty levels and three different zones (woods, city, snowfield) which cycle until you lose all of your lives. Numbers of enemies and their reaction time increase with each cycle. Aside from additional ammo, there are no powerups, no teammates, just you against the computer for a beat-your-highest-score challenge."
16792,C: The Contra Adventure,,1998,5.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"C: Contra Adventure is a sequel to some of Konami's earlier Contra classics. The game's story follows the events of Contra: Legacy of War It follows Ray, the only surviving member of the Contra task force (who is originally from Contra: Hard Corps ), fighting an alien invasion in the jungles of South America. All the innovations that were introduced in Contra: Legacy of War are maintained in this game: memory card saving, hit-points, three-dimensional fire fights. However, the gameplay varies depending on the level and perspective used. The nine levels are a combination of mostly overhead with some side scrolling, and third person 3D. For a different twist in one of the levels your character is weightless. City Rescue - sidescrolling Village - third-person 3-d Canyon - overhead Pyramid - third-person 3-d Weightless - Sidescrolling Hunting - third-person 3-d Alien Lair - sidescrolling The weapons are the standard laser, machine gun and spread weapon. You can carry multiple weapons and in this version of the game you can take multiple hits before dying."
16793,Panzer Elite,,1999,7.3,Simulation,,World War II,"Panzer Elite is a tank simulation in which you command a platoon of tanks for either the US Army or the German Heer. Your main role is to play the tank commander and give commands to your crew - drive here, shoot at that - as well as the other tanks in your platoon. You can also call in artillery strikes using a mission map. The game consists of a number of missions called scenarios. The missions can be strung together into a campaign which takes place in North Africa, Sicily and Italy, and Normandy, and at the end of a campaign you are asked if you would like to move onto the next. The crew of both your tank and the other tanks in the game will improve in quality as the game progresses. You can see this in many different ways; they start spotting targets earlier, gunnery improves greatly, and drivers will attempt to ""hide"" their tank in a hull-down position. In addition you are given the chance to change equipment, ammo, and crew between each mission, so you will start the campaign with a beat up tank and end with the latest and greatest."
16794,Chariots of Wrath,,1989,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong, Platform, Shooter",Fantasy,"You are prince Agar of the Forgotten Kingdom. Your arch-rival, the Baron, has kidnapped the Princess Arthena, your future Queen. The player needs to guide Agar through different levels to save her. Each level however has completely different gameplay. The first one is set inside a castle with a first-person perspective where Agar needs to defend it against invading creatures by shooting them, similar to Operation Wolf The second level is a Breakout variant The third one a vertically-scrolling top-down shooter and the fourth one returns to the Breakout -like gameplay. The fifth one has typical platform gameplay, the sixth one returns to the mechanics of the first level and finally the seventh one is an Asteroids clone."
16796,Mankind,,1998,6.3,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mankind is one of the first MMORTS (massively multiplayer online real-time strategy) games. You are responsible for a fleet of space ships. You start with only one but after time, you can have up to a few thousand vessels. You can also populate planets, make guilds and start wars with other players to be the master of the universe. All access to the game is free for a limited time, but a monthly fee is required for longer play."
16797,Premier Manager 2,"Premier Manager 2: The New Season, Premier Manager II",1993,7.4,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"This football management game features all five national English leagues. The player begins the game managing one of the teams in the Conference, with the ultimate goal of trying to reach the Premier league and win European competitions, either by improving your current club or doing well enough to earn job offers elsewhere. Each match involves selecting the team, and choose a formation and a set of match tactics - intensity of tackling, height and length of passes, and shooting range could all be varied. In total there are almost 500 permutations of these options, as well as 18 basic formations. The game's transfer system involves making a financial offer to both club and payer and hoping that no other club offered more. Players whose contracts have expired can be signed for no club fee - so make sure all your players are under contract. The player must also negotiate sponsorship deals, plan ground improvements, ensure that injured players got the right treatment, set up training schedules, and hire backroom staff (such as coaches and scouts)."
16800,The Feeble Files,"Flojd, Floyd: Es Gibt Noch Helden",1997,7.6,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is a humorous point and click adventure game from the creator of the Simon the Sorcerer series of games. You play an alien called Feeble (who is voiced by Robert Llewyllyn best known for his role in the science-fiction sitcom, Red Dwarf). He lives in a world controlled by the Omni-Brain, which aims to keep everybody happy and successful. As such, unhappy people are killed, and over a million laws exist. Feeble works for the Ministry of Galactic Uncertainty's crop-circle division, which involves creating crop circles on less advanced planets than his own, as a way to cause panic on those planets and stifle their intellectual development. As Feeble, your goal is to overthrow this system. Devious behaviour is required to achieve this. Over 5000 lines of spoken dialogue are included, as well as 80 locations."
16806,Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares,,1996,7.8,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Legends speak somewhere in space of the mystical planet Orion. Created by the Ancients, it remains unclaimed due to a powerful Guardian that orbits the planet and keeps out intruders. These same Ancients long ago fought a war against the Antarans and banished them into another dimension. Now... long after the Ancients empire has vanished, new races take to the stars, wishing to establish their own star empires, defeat the Antarans and become... The Master of Orion. Master of Orion II: Battle At Antares is a turn-based 4x space empire game and is the sequel to Master of Orion reinterpreting that game from scratch. Unlike the original the game can be played single player or with other human players. The player takes the role of a ruler of one of thirteen races, while also having the extra option of creating a custom one. They must manage planet resources to build ships and facilities, improving production. Exploration of the galaxy is done via scouts and colony ships, which can establish new planets as part of the empire. Research must also be done to discover and utilize new technologies. Alien civilizations which are encountered can be negotiated with, or ships can engage in combat in a turn-based grid system. As new systems are explored, random events are triggered and strange artifacts found in orbit around unexplored planets. Wormholes can also be found which allow transport across dozens of parsecs into new star systems. The game can be won in different ways: through conquest of all other races, being voted supreme leader of the galaxy or destruction of the Antaran race."
16816,Snake's Revenge,Metal Gear II,1990,6.7,Action,,,"Snake's Revenge is a licensed but non-canon sequel to the original Metal Gear for the NES. Three years has passed since the Outer Heaven incident. FOX-HOUND has gained intelligence that an unknown terrorist group has seized a remote facility containing mass-produced Metal Gear tanks, as well as a new Metal Gear prototype which was under development. The newly-promoted Lt. Solid Snake is called back into action to infiltrate the terrorists' base with the help of two FOX-HOUND rookies, former marine Nick Myer and navy intelligence agent John Turner. The player once again assume the role of Snake. The objective is similar to the previous game, as the player must avoid any kind of visual contact (even moreso than the first game), while collecting weapons and equipment on-site. There is a greater variety of areas such as a jungle, a warehouse, a train, a couple of prisons and even a cargo ship containing the mass-produced Metal Gears. The player must also overcome new traps such as searchlights, soldiers in gyrocopters, door-sealing devices and even suicide bombers. The player must also interrogate captured enemy officers by injecting them with a truth serum to increase their rank, in addition to saving hostages like in the first game. Side-scrolling areas are also included in addition to the main overhead game, where the game takes a more action-oriented route (while still maintaining the stealth premise)."
16820,Commander Blood,,1994,6.2,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Bob Morlock is an interstellar businessman who also happens to be the oldest living being in the world. Feeling that his time to depart has finally come, Morlock wishes to go back in time to the very beginning, in order to witness the Big Bang and the creation of the universe. His company Kanary has a clone-constructing department, which promptly produces the fearless Clone Consortium Commander Blood, who must navigate his ultra-modern ship, the Ark, in order to fulfill the wishes of the eccentric boss. Commander Blood is a follow-up to Captain Blood Like its predecessor, it is an open-ended, space- (and time-) travelling adventure game that relies on complex communication system with the various creatures inhabiting the universe. The game utilizes pre-rendered scenes and animated sequences, as well as animation technique involving live action puppeteering in front of a chroma key screen."
16825,Batman: The Video Game,,1990,7.6,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"A Batman game based on the movie with The Joker. Contains three action stages and one shooting stage where Batman shoots missiles aboard the Batwing. Takes place in several well known places from the movie such as the Axis chemical factory, the Flugelheim Museum, and the Cathedral."
16826,MTV Sports: Pure Ride,,2000,6.6,"Racing / Driving, Sports",Tricks / stunts,,"MTV Sports: Pure Ride is a snowboarding game for the Game Boy Color. Unlike the PlayStation version it's completely 2D and differs in game modes. The Game Boy Color version comes with tour challenge, half-pipe competition and a training mode. The tour challenge features fictional courses from all over the world where you have to race downhill and perform tricks. Half-pipe competition is played in a different perspective and is focused more on performing tricks. IN the training mode you can practice tricks at your own leisure. There are 23 possible tricks in the game."
16835,Baseball Simulator 1.000,Choujin Ultra Baseball,1989,6.9,Sports,Arcade,,"In Baseball Simulator 1.000 you can choose from four different leagues; three with six preset teams each and one where you can build the teams yourself from scratch. Face the computer or challenge a friend to compete in a 5, 30, 60, or 165 game season. Games take place in six stadiums. As the manager you build up your team by allocating a set bunch of points for batting average, home runs, running speed, and fielding ability among your players. Then, you customize your pitching staff by divvying up points for ERA, speed, right and left curve balls, sinking pitches, and stamina. Your managerial responsibilities also include deciding who's right-handed and who's a lefty, and whether your pitchers throw overhand or sidearm. You can also play in the Ultra League. Ultra League play enables you to give your hitters and pitchers special skills, such as the ability to pitch balls that zig zag, or hit balls that explode on contact."
16842,Menacer 6-Game Cartridge,Menacer 6 em 1,1992,5.2,"Action, Compilation","Paddle / Pong, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Menacer 6-Game Cartridge was released as a pack-in cartridge for the Menacer light gun. It is a compilation of six games: Pest Control : in this game the player has to defend a pizza from the attack of assorted bugs. The player smokes the bugs while controlling a spotlight, but it is also possible to see the whole table while pressing a second button (in this case, it won't be possible to use the insecticide). The game is over when the pizza is all eaten. Different bugs will appear throughout the levels, such as some big ones which explode in smaller ones when shot. Space Station Defender : the player has to shoot aliens inside pods which appear on the screen in a given sequence and in specific positions. As the player follows the pattern, he has to reload the weapon by aiming the lower end of the screen where ""power"" can be read. There's also a random mode, where all pods appear at the same time and the player has to guess the order in which they'll open. The aliens shoot back if the player takes much time to shoot them. Once in a while a little flying saucer will cross the screen; shooting it will give the player a shield point. The game is over when player's life is depleted. Ready, Aim, Tomatoes! : this game is set in Toejam & Earl 's universe. As the screen scrolls right, Toejam has to shoot tomatoes at enemies such as the Cupid, the Dentist, the Boogie Man, the little Devil and so on. There are also special items to shoot, like bombs which will kill all enemies at the screen or tomato baskets which will give ammunition. For each level there's a target score to achieve. In advanced levels the enemies will shoot back. The game is over when Toejam's life is depleted. Whack Ball : this is some sort of a Breakout game. The player controls a paddle and has to bounce a ball against a frame of blocks. Once a block is touched by the ball, its color is changed, and the objective is to change all blocks colors. Some glowing blocks have special effects when hit like sticking the ball to the paddle, giving an extra ball or shrinking the paddle. A time limit is given to each level, and if the player doesn't succeed, another chance is given. The game is over when all balls are lost though the holes in the frame. Front Line : in this game the player has to shoot tanks, trucks, planes and helicopters before they shoot back. There are two weapons available: a cannon with unlimited ammo and 10 missiles per stage. Rockman's Zone : in this game the player has to shoot cardboard pictures of bandits while avoiding shooting pictures of women, children and policemen. Bonus points are given for accuracy. In the shooting games the player can choose to have the Accu-Sight on or off. If it is on, a crosshair will be displayed. If it's off, the player can also choose to use the Menacer's Binocular Module."
16845,Demon's Tomb: The Awakening,,1989,7.0,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"A famed archaeologist named Edward Lynton disappears mysteriously. Richard, his teenager son Richard sets out to discover what happened with his father. Unbeknown to him, the evil god Darsuggotha is trying to ascend from his dimension and incarnate on a heathen priest called Tzen. Richard must stop him, as the demon is bent on destroying the world. Demon's Tomb: The Awakening is a text adventure set on England on modern times. The game starts with a prologue to the rest of the game, where the player controls the main character's father while he is fighting for his life. After this brief prelude, the story jumps to 16 years-old Richard and his search for his father in Britain's moors. The parser is on par with the one developed by Infocom It supports chain commands and adverb recognition, and goes beyond by adding support of mouse input and interface customization. These features are enabled on a menu that pops up when right-clicking on the screen. The optional verb menu allows complete sentence construction with the mouse. The interface can be changed to several different ways of displaying text, from a Zorkish traditional full screen output to a scrolling window. Some locations have a picture associated with them that can be displayed by pressing a key. There is support for setting up macros within the game (for example, a ""IN"" abbreviation for ""Inventory"" can be set by entering DEFINE IN=INVENTORY). The game has an online hint-system. The player gets clues by using the THINK ABOUT command with something in the game. The game supports disk saving and loading, as well as memory saving and loading (with the commands RAM SAVE and RAM LOAD, respectively)."
16855,Helicops,,1997,6.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The City of NeoTokyo has been infested by the criminal activities of the Nemesys syndicate. Out of control and with traditional policing methods inadequate to handle the military might that the Syndicate seems to have access to, NeoTokyo's police force has put together a special task force: The Helicops. Stealthy and Secretive, they're mission is to surprise the Syndicate's forces at every turn and use their available weaponry to destroy their forces utterly. The game is a 3D Helicopter game with a view in the cockpit and externally. You choose one of 5 pilots, each with different stats, followed by choosing one of 5 different helicopters, each specially equipped. Once in the cockpit, you have controls of moving left, right, forward and back and have targeting information to help you aim your weapons. Objectives between missions are unique and varied, missions themselves being selectable and able to be played in any order."
16858,N.GEN Racing,"Jet X, Next Generation Racing",2000,7.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"N.GEN Racing is a racing game for the Playstation. Instead of a car, like in most racing games, you control a Fighter Jet Plane. The game features two game modes: arcade and N.GEN. In the arcade mode you play a series of championships. Winning a championship grants you access to a higher one. In N.GEN mode you start with a poor plane and have to earn money to upgrade it so you can participate in more challenging and more rewarding races. You can choose between arcade or professional controls. The planes can shoot various weapons, such as missiles, rockets and guns at the opponents. There are 38 jets to fly in on 14 different tracks. In Two player mode you can play Powerball. Here each player has to try and pick up the ball and score points by flying through drones."
16866,Faselei!,,1999,8.0,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Faselei! is one of the last titles to be released for the Neo Geo Pocket Color and even features digitised lyrics to the game's main theme. Heavily story driven, this strategy RPG takes place in a time when mechs known as TS are the weapon of choice for combat. Gameplay revolves around the battles and customising your TS between those battles. Battles are part turn based and part realtime. The player inputs their actions at the beginning of the turn. The amount of actions they can input is dependant on their type of TS. Once they have finished their selection everything is played out in realtime for the duration of the turn. This makes thinking about what your opponents and allies will do in advance essential before taking your turn."
16868,F17 Challenge,,1993,7.0,Racing / Driving,,"Africa, Asia, Europe, Japan (Modern/Futuristic), North America, Oceania, South America","A third-person racing game featuring real Formula 1 cars and circuits, which represented Team 17's first attempt at the genre. There are two gameplay modes, Arcade and Normal - in Arcade mode you have to finish in the top 3 each time, whereas in Normal mode you accumulate the appropriate points, irrespective of one or two bad results. There are 3 difficulty levels, and the number of laps is variable. The field includes 22 cars (you can choose between a Ferrari, Williams, McLaren and Benetton), and contact with these (or with the kerbing or roadside barriers) inflicts damage on your car. This may get bad enough that you have to pit for repairs (if you don't make it to the pits and have more contact, you may get forced out altogether). Avoiding the slower cars you come up to lap can be crucial."
16874,Digital Champ: Battle Boxing,,1989,5.4,Sports,Fighting,Japan (Modern/Futuristic),"Digital Champ is a boxing game where you have to fight various other fighters to become a champ. The game is viewed from the perspective of your fighter with your gloves in front of your face. The other fighter is stood in front of you. The joypad is used and can enable you to dodge punches, throw various punches, use your super punch and defend your face. As well as the main playing area you also can see your stamina and energy bars, the other fighters' bars and a timer."
16886,Insmouse no Yakata,"Innsmouth no Yakata, Innsmōsu no Yakata",1995,6.5,Action,"Shooter, Survival horror",Fantasy,"Insmouse no Yakata is an action game where the player must survive many mazes filled with mutated monsters. When starting a new game or loading a password the player starts with three hearts and six bullets for their revolver, but more health and ammunition can be found randomly in each maze. The goal of each maze is to first find a key and then locate the exit door while avoiding monsters when possible. Finishing a level quickly will put the player on the path of harder mazes as well as the best ending."
16888,Micro Machines 64 Turbo,,1999,7.7,Racing / Driving,,,"Conversion of Micro Machines V3, with added extras exclusive to the N64 version. Race a selection of tiny toy vehicles (racing cars, tanks, boats and more) across the beach, garden and areas of the house, just like you would with the real Micro Machines toys. Although in full 3D, the game is played from the top down perspective to allow the player to view more of the track as well as showing how small the Micro Machines really are. And although only four controllers are allowed on an N64, up to 8 people can play at any one time using what's called Pad Share (where one person uses one side of the controller, stearing with the Directional pad, while the other player uses the four C-buttons)."
16892,Vikings: Fields of Conquest - Kingdoms of England II,Brian Vodnik's Vikings,1992,7.1,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),"Europe, Medieval","The sequel to Kingdoms of England is turn-based medieval strategy game for up to six humans or computer opponents. Each player assumes the role of a Lord in control of a Kingdom with up to twenty armies to command in an attempt to become Sole Ruler and King of Medieval England. From the very beginning of the game you are placed in complex control of your kingdom. Using the mouse as controller and its cursor as your powerful finger, you must build your skills not only as the leader of a Campaign Army but also skillfully manage the infrastructure of your kingdom. There are two game scenarios:1. Against up to six human opponents. The scenario is based upon each player's ability to build his Kingdom into a society, which must prosper to enable the player to create the wealth to expand the growth required to increase the size and strength of his army, which will enable him to strategically conquer his opponents territory in his quest to become King of England."
16896,Fusion,,1988,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Fusion is an action game in which your job is to find nine pieces of a fusion bomb scattered over 13 levels. There are two craft at your disposal: a fighter and a detachable ground vehicle. To find the bomb pieces, many enemies and their spawning points must be destroyed. Barriers block the access to other levels and keys must be found to open them. Certain areas can only be reached by the ground craft which is not as powerful as the fighter, however - some careful planning is required."
16898,Graham Gooch's Test Cricket,"Graham Gooch's All Star Cricket, Graham Gooch's Match Cricket",1985,6.5,Sports,,,"Time to get your bat and pads, put on the whites and have a game of cricket. In this computer version of the game, you have the choice of length of game (40, 50, 60 overs or two innings), how many players (one or two), skill level (one to nine) and whether you want to play a simulation or arcade version. You then choose your eleven players for each team: wicket-keepers, slip catchers and bowlers. The main game is viewed showing a small part of the field from behind the bowler at an elevated angle. Also shown: the batters, wicket-keeper and slip catcher. In simulation mode you control the direction of the ball when bowling. In arcade you can determine the speed as well. For the batter, in simulation mode you can play defensively or aggressively. In arcade mode you always play aggressively. If a ball is hit into the field then it shows a side view at an elevated angle of the fielders chasing the ball. The computer determines how many runs you get."
16900,Adventure,"Aventura, Maceralar Beldesi",1980,7.3,Action,Puzzle elements,"Fantasy, Medieval","A graphic dungeon quest inspired by the old mainframe game of the same name Adventure is a graphic action-adventure game where you use your joystick to wander around, collecting keys to explore castles, labyrinths and everything in between, whilst slaying anything that moves (i.e. Dragons & Co.) to get treasures. The game has 3 difficulty settings: Gameplay revolves around picking up (and dropping) items, hacking your way though dragons, finding keys to open the castle gates and using magic (i.e. reincarnation) in case you get swallowed by failing-to-follow-their-diet-plan-dragons."
16907,ZorkQuest: Assault on Egreth Castle,,1988,6.4,Adventure,Visual novel,Fantasy,"The Egreth Castle, once the royal abode of the proud king Duncanthrax, has now become a terrifying, haunted place. Trolls, hobgoblins, and night gaunts have turned the castle into their permanent residence. On top of that, an evil, insane, and powerful wizard is controlling everything that happens in and around the castle. A caravan of brave adventurers, guided by a magical amulet, reaches the castle. Will the heroes be able to overcome all obstacles and find a way to defeat the evil?.. ZorkQuest: Assault on Egreth Castle can be called an interactive comic book. The game consists of text accompanied by pictures, somewhat similar in visual style to comic books; the interaction is restricted to the player's choices that affect the storyline. The player is able to experience the story from the points of view of the several main heroes, witnessing their personal stories intertwining. Several playthroughs are necessary to experience the story in its entirety."
16913,Echelon,,1998,6.0,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Echelon is an real-time strategy game in the vein of Command & Conquer The background story behind the game involves the inhabitants of a faraway galaxy. In their advanced society they destroyed their weapons and have set their differences aside, living in mutual understanding and peace. But then humans discovered the galaxy and started war. Your mission is to lead one of the races in this game to victory. Each of the three different races you can play has unique tactics, strategy, units and buildings. The following races are available* The intelligent, unpredictable, treacherous and merciless Aruthas.They are well-developed and live mostly underground. The peacekeeping Eriins, who see themselves as Gods. They have a strong scientific background. The brutal, unintelligent and rugged Trasks, who aim to destroy all beings other than themselves. You use the buildings in your base to produce infantry, vehicles (including naval, air and tanks), which in turn are used to destroy the enemy. The game features three types of worlds (desert, alpine and ice) on which there will be fought. Not only against the humans but also among each other. The game features no multiplayer modes."
16917,Autobahn Raser II,Autobahn Raser II: Mit Vollgas über Original-Strecken Deutschlands rasen!,1999,5.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"The second installment in the German spin-off of Davilex' Racer series. Again the player gets to race on the German Autobahn. The player can expect to be pursued by the police while he races illegal street races on the highway and the following cities: Dortmund, Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, Hamburg and Berlin. The player can choose between 13 different vehicles to race with."
16920,Skateball,"Skate Ball, Skate Wars",1989,6.1,"Action, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Skate Ball is a futuristic sports game in which two teams try to score goals by putting a puck into the opponent's goal. Just like ice hockey, the team members skate on ice and use a hockey stick. However, the active team only consists of two members: a field athlete and a goalkeeper. The player controls the field athlete and tries to score goals or tackling the enemy when in defense. As with many futuristic sports games, a match can be hazardous to the athletes. Not only are rude actions like flying kicks allowed, but the playing field is filled with obstacles like pits or disintegrators. Stepping on those causes the athlete to die and the need to use one of the two substitute athletes. Those have different stats (strength, reaction, shooting and balance) which influence the match - if there are enough alive, the player can choose the used athlete at the start of the match. The scrolling screen keeps on the puck and a radar helps to navigate the obstacles off-screen."
16923,The Saga of Erik the Viking,,1984,6.6,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"In this text adventure, you play the role of Erik the Viking. Upon returning home, you find your farm abandoned; your family has been kidnapped. You gather the things you need for a journey, and go rescue them. This game combines text adventure with graphics. The graphics illustrate the places you go, and are drawn on the screen as you watch. The display doesn't load a photo. Rather, a pen races around the screen, drawing the pictures in. While the picture is being drawn, the screen flickers. Although the pictures slow the game down a bit, they are done in a style reminiscent of Viking-age farms. In one scene, you are placed in the center of a longhouse, and they show the depression in the floor, just as can be seen in books."
16927,KKND2: Krossfire,"KKND II, KKND: Krossfire, Krush Kill 'N Destroy 2: Krossfire",1998,7.4,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Finally, a formidable computer opponent to challenge the smartest cagey old vet. Battle an AI that probes your defenses, retreats, sets ambushes, and even attacks from multiple fronts. Add units that gain experience through combat, improving their damage potential and accuracy, and eventually the ability to heal themselves. Now you have a recipe to make any PC commander drool - welcome to the world of KRUSH, KILL 'n DESTROY!"
16929,Super Chase: Criminal Termination,"Super Chase H.Q., Super H.Q. Criminal Chaser",1993,6.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Super Chase: Criminal Termination is an enhanced sequel to Chase H.Q. As usual, you must drive your way towards a criminal's vehicle, which is known to be involved in some crime, while avoiding passing cars to gain points. Your car also comes equipped with three turbos, which can be useful if you are way behind the vehicle. But this time, cars aren't just the only things that you have to worry about. You will also encounter bikes that shoot or throw firebombs at you, as well as cars that go the wrong way. (If you crash into one of these, you'll be sent flying through the air.) Not to mention other obstacles such as barricades. Furthermore, as well as the criminal's damage indicator, you also have your own. When you finally catch up with each criminal, they are likely to shoot at you if you get too close to their vehicle, but you may encounter criminals who have different ways of attacking you. The fourth criminal, for example, launches a missile at you if you are further behind him. Once you are shot at and hit, your indicator decreases for every time you are hit, but this rule does not apply when you're hit by passing cars. When your indicator is empty or when you're out of time, the game ends. When you complete each round, a statistics screen will appear, and you are awarded points based on the time remaining, how much damage you've done, and the number of nitros that are used. One of the options allow you to display the game's speedometer in either MPH or Km/h. The game also has a storyline, which can be viewed in between rounds."
16930,Bograts: The Puzzling Misadventure,,1996,7.5,Puzzle,Platform,,"Bograts: The Puzzling Misadventure is a side-view puzzle game involving indirect control, although unlike Lemmings the player controls a parent Bograt who must guide the red and blue baby Bograts through each of 100 levels. This is done by clearing a path through the level for them to progress along. Hazards include spikes, roaming enemies, trap doors, and ladders. Many levers are provided which will change the position of some of these hazards. The standard view focuses on the parent Bograt, but a mode exists to split the screen so as to allow one child to be viewed at the same time. The Bograts have different abilities and attributes, which can work both for and against the player. Vulcan have used the Lemmings 2 system of a game-save system rather than Lemmings 1 passwords."
16932,Vera Cruz,L'affaire Vera Cruz,1985,6.9,Adventure,,,"You are Detective Sergeant in the Crime Squad at Saint Etienne (Loire). As an Officer of the Police, you are capable of leading any criminal investigation. As you took your post up, you were called to investigate what the press are fast terming ""L'affaire Vera Cruz"" (The Vera Cruz Affair) Prostitute Vera Cruz sprawled on the floor in her ""Forest"" apartment was found by caretaker. The pool of blood poured from a bullet wound in her chest. It was believed to be a case of suicide with a gun as the weapon involved. But you have to prove that it was a murder. The gameplay flows in two parts: crime scene investigation to collect the evidence, and work with telex machine to gain information about possible suspects. At the crime scene, you should collect all possible evidence moving the marker on the screen and examining the objects scattered at the scene as well as the body itself. With telex machine you should perform investigation according to the police procedures. Different actions are possible here such as sending messages within Diamond Network to receive the replies, printing the notes, contacting other Police services to gain the new information, comparing the evidences, carrying out examinations such as autopsy, interviewing/checking the alibis of suspects, and arresting finally. To specify the subject for each action you should type it."
16938,Microsoft Windows 95 (included games),"Buscaminas, Campo Minado, Chicago, Démineur, Minesweeper, Solitaire, Solitario",1995,6.6,Puzzle,Cards / tiles,,"The Microsoft Windows 95 operating system includes a couple of games offered as entertainment for users: The original full edition of Microsoft Windows 95 for customers without a previous version of Microsoft Windows was only available on 3.5"" disks and sold as a boxed, shrink-wrapped product. Later editions were provided only to computer original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for installation on new PCs. Upgrade versions were available on either 3.5"" disks or on CD-ROM and had higher system requirements."
16940,ThunderBlade,"3D Thunder Blade, Thunder Blade",1987,6.6,Action,Shooter,,"Aboard the lethal Gunship Gladiator helicopter, it is your job to ensure that a coup fails to install a dictator as leader. The game features 12 levels split into three distinct styles. First of all you'll be flying over a city in your helicopter, shooting out tanks by ducking low enough to target them, but also climbing to avoid the skyscrapers in the area. The third section is viewed similarly, but sees you attempting to wipe out the planes mounted on an aircraft carrier. The second section is viewed behind your helicopter in full 3D, and adds helicopters and planes to be shot, with dodging their bullets as you duck down to shoot the tanks being the main challenge."
16943,Pokémon Blue Version,"Pokémon: Blaue Edition, Pokémon: Blaue Edition - Schnapp' sie Dir alle!, Pokémon: Blue Version - Gotta catch 'em all!, Pokémon: Edición Azul, Pokémon: Edición Azul - ¡Atrápalos ya!, Pokémon: Version Bleu, Pokémon: Versione Blu, Pokémon: Versione Blu - Acchiappali tutti!, Pokémon: Versão Azul - Agarre todos... se puder!",1998,8.3,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"Pokémon Blue Version is a single-player role-playing game with turn-based battles and monster-collecting mechanics. It is one of the paired titles that introduced the Pokémon series outside Japan, released alongside Pokémon Red Version The story follows a young Pokémon Trainer who sets out from Pallet Town with the goal of completing the Pokédex, an encyclopedia of all known Pokémon species. Guided by Professor Oak and rivaled by Oak’s grandson, the player travels across the Kanto region, capturing and training Pokémon, battling other Trainers, and defeating the eight Gym Leaders in order to challenge the Pokémon League. Along the way, the player confronts Team Rocket, a criminal group that exploits Pokémon for profit, and works to thwart their schemes. Gameplay is presented from a top-down perspective and alternates between exploration and combat. Players capture Pokémon in the wild using Poké Balls and can carry a party of up to six creatures at a time. Battles are turn-based, with each Pokémon having a set of elemental types, hit points, and up to four moves that include damaging attacks and status effects. Fainted Pokémon must be revived at a Pokémon Center or with healing items. Victory in battle grants experience points, allowing Pokémon to level up, learn new moves, and in many cases evolve into more powerful forms. Progression involves exploring towns, caves, and routes while solving simple environmental puzzles, such as navigating the Rock Tunnel or using abilities like Cut to remove obstacles. Players must earn Gym Badges in sequence, which allow the use of special hidden techniques outside of battle and open access to later areas. The ultimate goal is to assemble a strong team capable of defeating the Elite Four and becoming Champion of the Pokémon League. Pokémon Blue Version includes 151 species, but not all are obtainable in a single game. Certain Pokémon are exclusive to Blue requiring players to trade with Red owners through a link cable to complete the Pokédex. Battles and trades between players are central to the design, making multiplayer interaction a key component despite the primarily single-player structure. Compared to the earlier Japanese release Pocket Monsters Midori (Green), Blue Version features revised graphics, audio, and code based on the Japanese Pocket Monsters Ao (Blue). These improvements include adjusted encounter rates, redesigned sprites, and modified dungeon layouts. The international releases consolidated these revisions into Pokémon Red and Blue as the definitive paired versions."
16950,King Kong,,1982,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"King Kong has taken a lady to the top of the Empire State Building. It is up to you to rescue her but it won't be easy. Kong is throwing bombs at you. This game is a clone of Donkey Kong except instead of barrels, you must avoid bombs. You must make your way across the floors and up the ladders while jumping over bombs for points and holes in the floor. There is also a timer in the upper right. It starts at nine-hundred ninety and counts down ten points per second. If you are hit by a bomb or fall through a hole in the floor or the time reaches zero, you lose a life. Occasionally, Kong will release a magic bomb that gives more points when you jump it as well as moves you to the next floor up. Once you reach the top floor, the game starts again but faster."
16952,Army Men,Army Men: La Guerra dei Soldatini,1998,6.6,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"It's war! Watch your plastic, green and tan toy-soldier figurines come to life and vie for supremacy in this squad-level real-time action/strategy hybrid. In Army Men you take on the role of Sarge, a grizzled veteran leading his troops through desert, alpine, and swampy settings, grabbing weapon power-ups and blasting his way to victory. Call in air strikes and paratrooper drops. Steal tanks and jeeps for destructive uses. Almost everything can be destroyed in this gasoline-soaked world. Soldiers die in a manner appropriate to the weapon that killed them: rifles break off plastic limbs, flame-throwers melt them into puddles of goo, and rockets send them flying into little bits. Both action and strategy elements are in abundance."
16954,Shanghai True Valor,,1999,7.2,Puzzle,Puzzle elements,China (Ancient / Imperial),"The Activision version of mahjong solitaire is back for the PlayStation via Sunsoft USA. The ""True Valor"" title comes from the following story: ""Many years ago, there was a land called the Dragon Kingdom. This land was ravaged by endless wars, and its people were left starving from hunger......This story is the tale of the brave warrior who single-handedly united the Dragon Kingdom through skill, perseverance, and 'True Valor'"". Touted as the first 3D Shanghai game for the console, original or arcade versions of the game featuring classic, rolling and battle shanghai modes can be played against the computer or second player. This PlayStation version of the game is also mouse compatible."
16964,Chrono Cross,,1999,8.2,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Serge is a young boy from a fishermen's village. One day, while strolling on the sea shore with his sweetheart, Serge suddenly disappears. He comes back to senses several moments later. Everything seems just the same as it was before, but when Serge visits his home village, nobody recognizes him. He hears from people that he has been dead for ten years. Serge begins to realize that he is now in a parallel world. His first and only wish is to find a way to return home, but, in order to do that, he must understand what has caused the existence of parallel words, allowing inter-dimensional travel. His quest will also reveal to him the truth about his own existence. Chrono Cross is a Japanese-style role-playing game, and a sequel to Chrono Trigger The game's story is not directly connected to that of its predecessor, though there are sub-plots and characters that refer to it. Combat in the game is turn-based; like Chrono Trigger the game has no random battles, and enemies are always visible on screen. During battles, Serge and his party members can perform three kinds of attacks: weak, medium, and strong, which tend to miss more frequently but inflict more damage. Actions in battle deplete a certain amount of stamina, which recovers as other characters act. There are also no character levels in the game: instead, the characters get their parameters increased directly after each battle. All magic spells, character-specific tech attacks, and consumable items are grouped into six elements, which are divided into three pairs with opposing properties. Each player-controlled character and enemy has an innate element, which enhances the power of spells categorized under it when used by said character, but also weakens his or her resistance to the opposing element. Battle fields may also be marked by a particular element, granting bonuses to attacks based on it, and reducing the damage caused by the opposing one. Player-controlled characters have differently shaped grids which allow the player to allocate purchased or found elements there. When the character participates in a battle, the allocated elements act as equipped spells, and can be cast until their amount is depleted. Though most of the plot progression is linear, there are several sub-quests that are not required to complete in order to reach the game's ending. The game features many recruitable characters (up to 45, though not all of them can be recruited in one playthrough), several different endings, and the ability to play the game again with the statistics and items from the previous play."
16966,Match of the Day,,1992,6.1,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"There was a massive wave of football management games in 1992, and this was Zeppelin's contender. It was licensed around the BBC's football highlights programme famed for its classic theme music. The standard options exist (such as training, transfers and tactics) but the control system is unique. A diary is presented on the table, and you have to drag the icons for the activities you want to focus that amount of time on. This not only makes the presentation and style unusual, but also accurately represents the limited amount of time a real manager has."
16968,Konami GB Collection: Vol.1,,1997,7.7,Compilation,,,This compilation contains four Konami titles on one cart: Each game is fully compatible with the Game Boy Color and Game Boy.
16969,Microsurgeon,,1982,7.6,Action,Arcade,,"You're a microsurgeon, and your patient is in critical condition! First you need to examine the patient's medical chart to find out what's wrong, and which conditions are the most critical. Now to save the patient, you control a robot probe which can be used to administer aspirin, antiseptic, or ultrasonics to clear up the problem. You should clear up the most critical conditions first, then move on to the less serious areas to ensure your patient survives. Your probe should navigate through the veins, arteries, and lymph; if you guide the probe outside these areas, it's movement will slow down and swarms of white blood cells will attack it, depleting the limited energy supply. There are 197 different patients you need to help, each with different ailments."
16973,Irritating Stick,Ucchan Nanchan no Honō no Challenger: Denryū IraIra-bō Returns,1998,4.8,Action,Arcade,,"Ever played that thing at carnivals were you have to maneuver a metal rod through a maze without touching the sides? well, this is what this game is. Seriously! This game is based on a Japanese show in which you actually get shocks when you touch the sides of the maze. You control the rod and have to maneuver it through several 3-D mazes without touching the sides. Includes 1 or 2 players simultaneous play or 8 players tournament mode, 3 courses with 100 mazes in total plus a random maze generator and editor mode."
16976,Legend of Legaia,"Legaia Densetsu, Legend of Legaia: Aventurate En Tierra De Leyendas",1998,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),,,"Legend of Legaia is a Japanese-style RPG. Your initial party consists of three characters: Vahn, Noa, and Gala - two males and one female. You engage yourself on a quest of freeing your planet from a mysterious mist which is floating above the planet and which can turn anything it touches into a dreadful monster. In order to clean the planet from the horrible mist, you have to find so-called Genesis Trees which are scattered around on the planet. The combat system is a bit similar to that of Xenogears as it utilizes combo attacks. Your choices aren't just attack, defend or use special abilities: the attack option itself has many choices: high-attack, low-attack, kick etc. Apart from this system, the game is a typical Japanese-style RPG with 3D graphics, anime/manga aesthetics, world map exploration, etc."
16979,The Real Ghostbusters,"Garfield Labyrinth, Mickey Mouse IV: Mahō no Labyrinth",1992,6.6,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"The Real Ghostbusters known as Garfield Labyrinth in Europe and Mickey Mouse IV: Mahou no Labyrinth in Japan, is a puzzle/platform game. The story is very simple: Venkman (or Garfield and Odie or Mickey and Mini Mouse, depending on the version you play) walk over a bridge one day, a tile breaks loose and Venkman/Garfield/Mickey falls down a deep pit, which ends up in a bizarre labyrinth, which Venkman/Garfield/Mickey must escape. There's no other goal apart from that, the player just needs to find the exit in each level. Apart from getting there, the exit must also be unlocked. For the latter, the player must collect all gems in the level. Each level contains various traps and enemies which need to be avoided. The puzzles involve finding keys to lower bridges or open doors, make use of teleporters and especially: drilling away blocks. Conveniently, the player finds a pneumatic hammer at the beginning of the game, which must be used to create paths to certain areas and items, without blocking the way forth or back. There's also an inventory to store items like keys and bombs (used to kill enemies). The protagonist has a health bar and can take several hits before losing a life, but there is also a time limit for each level. The game features a password system, a password is given automatically after completing a level. In spite of the differences in main character and a minor variation in the short intro cinematic all regional versions are identical. The levels are copied from the Amiga game P. P. Hammer and His Pneumatic Weapon with some changes due to the limitations of the Game Boy."
16982,Nomad,Project Nomad,1993,7.2,"Action, Simulation",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A human astronaut is sent by the OESI (the Organization of Earth's Special Intelligence) on an exploration mission, but their ship gets stranded in the orbit shortly following the launch, due to a malfunctioning engine. The protagonist is rescued by Granger Tinker Brin O'Keef, a member of the galactic Alliance, which fights a highly advanced mechanized race known as the Korok set to destroy all life in the galaxy. The protagonist then decides to join the Alliance and help them in their battle against the Korok. Nomad is a space exploration, trading, and combat game. Its basic gameplay mechanics revolve around trading with various alien races (based on bartering rather than currency), as well as defending the ship against hostile crafts in action-oriented space combat. Compared to other space simulations, the game is more story-driven, featuring scripted conversations with characters and information-gathering. The game world includes several hundreds of planets and eleven alien races. The player-controlled ship can be customized with weapons (such as missiles), loaders, shield generators, engines, scanners, and jamming devices."
16989,F1 Race,"F-1 Race, Nintendo 500",1984,6.3,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"In this game, which is similar to Pole Position the player takes control of an F1 car. The player can race the vehicle on one of three different skill levels. Each skill level contains five different tracks for the player to race on. On each of these tracks, the player must complete 2 laps before a countdown timer expires. The player must also try not to crash into other racers and obstacles on the sides of the road. The vehicle has a manual transmission, so the player has to switch between low and hi gear while racing."
16991,Lunar: Silver Star Story - Complete,"Lunar: Silver Star Story, Lunar: Silver Star Story - Complete: Fan Art Edition, Lunar: Silver Star Story Touch",1996,8.3,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),,"Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete is an enhanced remake of Lunar: The Silver Star The remake features 32-bit graphics (as opposed to the 16-bit of the original); many of the locations and characters have been re-designed. The anime-style cutscenes from the original have turned into full-motion animated movies. Some scenes were added and/or prolonged. While the main storyline remains the same in the remade version, changes were made to some of the quests, dialogue, and motivations of some of the characters. A few characters that play a role in the plot development were added. Some of these changes affect the gameplay as well: for example, a certain character accompanies the party during a major quest in the remake, while in the original that character remained at home. Gameplay system also underwent significant changes. The most notable difference is the elimination of random battles; in the remake, enemies are visibly walking on the screen and can be avoided. Also, enemies no longer appear on the world map. The magic system of the game was altered to resemble the one from the original's sequel New items have been introduced, and the properties of some others changed. The protagonist Alex's side-kick Nall has now an active role in the battles: he would revive fallen characters, restoring them to 1 HP."
16997,Dune: The Battle for Arrakis,"Dune, Dune II: Battle for Arrakis, Dune II: Kampf um den Wüstenplaneten",1994,8.1,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Westwood Studios ' real-time strategy classic Dune II received a major overhaul when ported to the Sega Genesis. While the basic concept remains the same, the game features all-new graphics, streamlined controls, changes to the tech tree as well as completely new levels. As in the original game, the player controls the troops of one of three noble Houses, called by the Emperor to mine the Spice Melange on the planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. A series of consecutive battles must be won by mining spice, constructing a base and building units to attack the enemy. The rather complex menu-based controls of the original game have been replaced by a context-sensitive cursor system, where a unit reacts according to what is below the cursor - either moving to a destination or attacking an enemy unit, for example. The tech tree has been simplified: Among other changes, concrete slabs are only available in the 2x2 size, there is only one type of vehicle factory and the advanced units do not require an IX research center anymore. Finally, the progression of levels in the console version is strictly linear, as there is no choice of the next map to be played as in the original version."
16998,Spaceball,Starball,1988,5.3,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Spaceball is a basic Pong variant. The plot is set in 2164 and the planet Utalis was conquered by the Jitter-Bobs. Their only chance for freedom is to beat the invaders in a Spaceball competition. The utilities consist of two paddles which are positioned on the left and right side of the screen; either one or both controlled by human players. Both participants try to hold a ball on the playfield by bouncing it back with their paddle. If a player lets the ball exit, the other receives points. Sometimes objects or yellow balls appear on the playfield: the former cause the ball's direction to change and the latter causes certain effects on the paddle which touched the ball last, e.g. a smaller, faster, bigger or disappearing paddle."
17001,Transylvania,,1985,6.6,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Europe,"This release is a new edition of Transylvania featuring redrawn high-resolution graphics, new locations and puzzles, and new packaging with the Polarware label."
17004,Quadralien,,1988,6.5,Puzzle,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Quadralien is a real-time puzzle game in the tradition of Sokoban The future: Mankind's space stations throughout the solar system are powered by a huge space reactor, called Astra. Astra is about to break down. The enemy race of Quadraliens has captured the reactor; now, contamination is rising and total failure is imminent. The last chance are six remotely controlled droids, which are to clean Astra and destroy the Quadrailen mother in Astras core. You're controlling two robots in each of the 19 levels, cleaning up the contamination on your way. Gameplay is a variation of Sokoban: You've got to push spheres in the right direction to clear the way. However, the spheres are magnetically charged, meaning that they repell or attract each other. You've got to consider chain reactions. Before entering a level, you may chose which robots to take with you. Each droid has different abilities, like higher range of movement, higher capacity to carry contaminated materials, or a magnetic charge of its own. You can blast your way out of hopeless situations with a limited number of detonators, and you may restart every level with already removed contamination staying removed. However, there's a time limit for the whole game in form of reactor core temperature and energy, so be quick!"
17015,Stellar-Fire,,1993,6.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The dreaded Draxon race has been at it again, pushing the human race around, working to either enslave all 10 billion humans or wipe them out completely. As the last surviving pilot sent on a mission to thwart the Draxons' plans, all hope rests on you. Invade each of the fortified moons orbiting the Draxons' homeworld of Arctaurus and then aim for the mother planet itself. The action takes place in your hovermorph craft. In the game's introduction, the ship proves to be a deadly starfighter. When it enters the moon's atmosphere and approaches the surface, the hovermorph transforms into a powerful hovership. Blast away Draxon enemies, both ground- and air-based, from a first-person perspective on a 3D polygonal battlefield."
17016,JetFighter II: Advanced Tactical Fighter,,1990,7.8,Simulation,,North America,"War erupts once again along the west coast of America, although this time it is with a drug baron. The military is put to action, and the most advanced jets in the U.S. inventory are put to the test: the F-14, F/A-18, and the YF-23 (Northrop's black-skinned fighter that eventually lost the ATF contract to Lockheed/Martin's YF-22). Game options include an ""adventure"" (i.e. campaign) mode, where mission successes and failures dynamically affect the overall war, free flight, and various other single mission scenarios. The YF-23 has the naval package, which allows it to participate in carrier-borne operations alongside the F-14 and F/A-18. Graphically, the engine has been updated to take advantage of the latest in VGA technologies, and included the popular ""gradient"" horizon. And like its predecessor Jetfighter San Francisco is featured with its notable landmarks."
17024,Prehistoric Isle in 1930,"Genshi-Tō 1930's, Prehistoric Isle",1989,7.3,Action,Shooter,North America,"Ships are disappearing in the Bermuda Triangle. Two planes are sent to an unexplored island, the so named ""Greenhell Isle"", to investigate the disappearances. They discover a land forgotten by time, filled with hundreds of hostile dinosaurs. The player's plane in Prehistoric Isle only has a single, straight ahead shot. By picking up a power-up icon from floating dinosaur eggs, however, the ship gains an option. The option rotates around the ship when the secondary button is pressed, and unleashes different attacks based on its positioning: straight ahead powers up the primary weapon, at an angle above fires reflecting orbs, at an angle below drops bombs, straight above or below fires a reflecting wave, and straight behind drops floating bombs. The option and the ship's speed can both be upgraded from icons dropped by dino eggs. Enemies come from all sides of the screen, and the screen will occasionally scroll vertically as well as forward."
17026,Wild Metal,Wild Metal Country,1999,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Wild Metal Country is an action game in which one of five little tanks can be selected to control. Tank-like machines have gone wild on the three different planets of the Tehric system and the player's job is to defeat them. The battles take place in desolate mountain environments. The big differences in altitude play an important role in the game. In the single player mode, complete levels by collecting 8 colored power cores, which are defended by the machines, and returning them to one of several hovering stores. The player has an infinite amount of lives. The weaponry consists of 8 types of missiles and 4 types of mines. Help is received from a pair of helicopters that drop ammo and provide healing. The two tracks of the tank are operated independently. For example, make a quick spin by going forward with one track and backwards with the other. Moreover the turret can be turned in any direction. The camera always moves with the turret sometimes diverting the view towards the camera. The angle of the turret and the distance the rockets travel can be changed. The tank can only be controlled using the keyboard. Noteworthy aspects of the game are: the physics modelling, the 3D engine and the amount of freedom the player has (no time constraints etc.)."
17029,Fire and Forget,,1988,5.2,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",,"Restore peace on earth and collect a high score while doing so in the first one of the Fire and Forget games by Titus Fire and Forget is a racing game in which you have to complete courses by blowing up various enemies and avoiding obstacles on the road. The different tracks are located all over the globe. There are six courses within each level of difficulty. You have an infinite amount of lives, but when your car runs out of fuel it's game over. So be sure to pick up those power-ups."
17035,Rayxanber II,,1991,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Rayxanber II is a sequel to Rayxanber Like its predecessor, it is a horizontally scrolling shooter that puts the player in the role of a lone fighter pilot who has to protect Earth against the invasion of biomechanical aliens serving the Zoul Empire. As in most games of its kind, the action revolves around shooting waves of continuously attacking enemies, facing bosses to terminate stages. The player can collect colored power-ups that will modify the ship's weapons, turning them into an explosive gun (red), flame laser (green), and multi-way fire (blue). These power-ups are constantly rotating, and picking them up at specific moments will change the direction they are facing - up, down, left, or right. By holding the attack button the player can charge the ship's power, unleashing explosive attacks. It is also possible to increase the ship's speed for a quick thrust, which makes it easier to evade enemy fire."
17039,Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far,"Close Combat 2, Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far, Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far - The Thrill of Combat-The Power of Command, Close Combat: Die Brücke von Arnheim, Close Combat: Die Brücke von Arnheim - Der Nervenkitzel des Kampfes - die Macht der Befehlsgewalt, Close Combat: Un pont trop loin, Close Combat: Un pont trop loin - Le frisson du combat - Le pouvoir de commander",1997,7.7,Strategy / tactics,"Real-time strategy (RTS), Wargame","Historical events, World War II","You're the commander of the Allied forces at Operation Market Garden. You can play as either the Germans or the Allies. Gameplay is done in real-time from a topdown view. The battlefield is bloody and realistic, with screams of agony as soldiers are getting their heads blown off and the real sounds of firearms being shot. The Close Combat series has always been realistic because of the AI. Your men will run away if the Germans do a rush or something like that, and they'll be unresponsive if you make them do something stupid (like rushing tanks). If they start to move into gunfire under your command, they'll go back to the start, or away from the enemy."
17041,Super Star Wars,,1992,7.6,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The story of this game is based on Episode IV: A New Hope the first of the original Star Wars movie trilogy. The player initially controls the movie's main hero, Luke Skywalker, but two more controllable characters join later: the careless captain Han Solo and his Wookie side-kick, Chewbacca. The game generally follows the movie plot, allowing the player to experience some of the most important sequences, such as the search for Obi-Wan Kenobi, rescuing princess Leia, and the final confrontation against Death Star and its TIE Fighters, led by the mysterious Darth Vader. Most of the game levels follow traditional platform gameplay style. As Luke, Han, or Chewbacca, the player makes his way through the linear levels, fighting enemies, jumping over obstacles, and collecting power-ups. The power-ups include standard health-restoring items, upgrades for the blaster gun (up to five different upgrade levels), as well as special items that can be used for massive destruction of the enemies. Luke uses a weak blaster gun, but later gains access to a lightsaber, being able to fight enemies melee-style. Han and Chewbacca use stronger flame guns, but cannot upgrade to better weapons. Some of the levels are dedicated to familiar Star Wars vehicles (such as a land speeder). Controlling the vehicle from a third-person view, the player has to navigate it through the pseudo-3D environments, avoiding obstacles and shooting at enemies on the way. The PlayStation ports of the SNES version have updated controller and display options, leaderboards, new save options, and Trophies."
17048,MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head: Wiener Takes All,,1996,5.9,Simulation,Board game,,Huh-huh-huh. Beavis and Butthead from the MTV animated series host this party quiz game with questions about them and the show. Both characters are on their usual couch in front of the tv where questions will be shown with four possible answers. The player that buzzes in first when they know the answer gains a dollar amount for a correct answer or loses the same amount for an incorrect one. The player with the highest score at the end wins the game.
17049,Timeline,,2000,5.1,Adventure,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on Michael Crichton's novel Timeline (1999), you play the role of Chris Hughes, a graduate student employed in the archaeological dig in the Dordogne region of France. When your professor, Edward Johnston, fails to return from his experimental trip back in time to 14th-century France, you must try and rescue him together with another researcher, Kate Erickson, and Victor Baretto, a security expert. Armed with stun rods with explicit orders from the professor never to kill anyone, your adventure will lead you through the medieval town of Castelgard and its fortifications, underground passages and waterways, and the castle of La Roque, carefully reconstructed from historical evidence. The game combines adventure elements with action parts such as sneaking behind soldiers to stun them, shooting with bows, and jousting in the lists, with directions and hints provided by your partners through your in-ear radio equipment. Separate from the game there is a 30-minute tour of the scenes narrated by the author, Michael Crichton. The tour also offers a chance to freely wander around the reconstructed historical environments."
17050,Slipstream 5000,,1995,7.3,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,"Europe, North America, Sci-fi / futuristic",Take over control of one of many futuristic racers which fly through courses all over the world. A very nice feature is the ability of picking up weapons during fight to keep your opponents under control. You're able to upgrade your racer after every track.
17079,Steel Reign,,1997,6.4,Action,,,"General Storm and his militia are out to take over the world, and it's up to you to stop them. Luckily, you are armed with a battalion of tank prototypes. While there are only three different types to choose from at the beginning, the number of choices will grow to 12 as more tanks are discovered throughout the game. Play takes place in either the Arcade or Quest modes. Arcade has the player fighting through 10 levels of driving and shooting action, where players can pick up new weapons like laser beams, plasma cannons, and missiles. Between each mission, there is the opportunity to change tanks. Quest mode plays the same way, except the player is not given the opportunity to switch vehicles and must drive the same tank through all of the levels. Can General Storm be defeated?"
17083,Quest for Quintana Roo,,1984,5.4,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,,"You are Yucatan Sam on a quest to explore the temple of Quintana Roo. Your goal is to find the vault which is hidden somewhere within and return with the treasure that is inside. You begin your quest outside the temple; climb your way up the side of the temple in order to get inside. Poisonous snakes and deadly lightning bolts will block your progress here. Once inside the temple, you have a limited air supply so you need to explore quickly. Hidden in various rooms of the temple are numerous keys which are needed to unlock the vault. The keys and some other useful items are hidden in secret rooms which you need to locate by using your trusty pick axe or the flasks of acid you carry. To help figure out which rooms may contain hidden objects, you carry a geiger counter with you; the higher the reading, the closer you are to something of interest. The rooms you'll be exploring are guarded by snakes, spiders, and even mummies. To deal with these enemies you carry a gun, and you can also use the acid flasks against them (ammo is limited, so use it wisely). If you are successful in your mission, you may receive a secret code which can be used to begin the game at later levels."
17088,Tweety's High-Flying Adventure,Tweety Sekai Isshū: 80-Hiki no Sagase,2000,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Tweety's High-Flying Adventure is a platformer based on the direct-to-video animated movie of the same name. Granny sends off Tweety on a world trip to gather paw imprints of 80 cats in order to win a bet. There are overall 40 levels with ten scenarios, i.e. two cats per level. The levels itself are relatively open and have to be explored in order in order to find the cats, especially by using Tweety's flutter ability. The player has to tap a button rapidly in order to keep him in the air longer. On the other hand, he has no standard attack and has to use items found in the levels, e.g. banana peels or acorns. The cats have to be overwhelmed with those items to get access to their paws. Of course there are also other enemies which take away a part of Tweety's life energy when touched. There is also a two-player mode in which the participants try to get as many paw imprints as possible in a limited amount of time."
17089,Toobin',Ciambella,1988,7.3,Action,Arcade,,"Toobin' involves Biff and Jet racing their way down the rapids of a river, riding on tires. You rotate your tyre left or right, and drift as the current sends you, making sure to avoid the banks of the river, and the dividing lines in the middle. Hazards include crocodiles, stray logs, branches and fishermen - you are armed with a limited supply of tin cans to take care of these. There are gates to slide through on the way down - these give you a points bonus. Each level has a strict time limit to adhere to, although there's a kickin' party at the end if you succeed."
17092,Ultima VII: The Black Gate,"Ultima 7, Ultima VII - Die schwarze Pforte, Ultima VII: La Porte Noire",1992,8.3,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The Avatar sees a strange message on his computer screen. An unknown being who calls himself the Guardian claims that Britannia has entered a true age of enlightenment, and soon everyone, including the Avatar himself, shall bow before the new lord. At this moment, a moongate materializes, and the Avatar steps through it into Britannia. He emerges in the city of Trinsic, where his old friend Iolo tells him that two hundred years have passed since his last visit. A horrible ritualistic murder has just occurred - the body of the local blacksmith was found in the stables. The Avatar learns that a new organization known as the Fellowship has been recruiting more and more followers recently. The champion of Britannia must solve the murder and find out about the Fellowship's true purpose, while still pursued by the ominous warnings of the mysterious Guardian. Ultima VII: The Black Gate features revamped graphics and controls. The traditional Ultima top-down view of the world now fills the entire screen, with other informational windows overlaid on top of it only when necessary. Both world interaction and dialogue are fully mouse-controlled. Objects can be physically interacted with by dragging them with the mouse. Objects can also be stacked upon each other, and some puzzles are based on this feature. Equipment screen utilizes a ""paper doll"" concept: equipped items are graphically displayed on the character. It is also possible to physically manipulate inventory items, arranging them within bags and other containers. The tactical combat system of previous Ultima games has been replaced with a real-time system where only general strategies can be set and party members fight automatically, the player taking control of the Avatar alone. Combat pauses when the player accesses the inventory. Leveling up system is similar to the previous games, the Avatar's parameters increasing automatically once a sufficient amount of experience points has been accumulated. The Avatar and his companions must regularly eat in order to stay alive. The game's world is vast, populated by many non-playable characters with their own schedules. There are more extensive dialogue trees and individual conversation topics compared to the series' previous installments. As in the earlier Ultima games, the player is free to explore Britannia from the beginning of the game; certain tasks must be accomplished in a specific order to conclude the story."
17102,Submarine Commander,,1982,6.3,Simulation,,,"You're the commander of a submarine in enemy waters. Use your skills, radar, and luck to take down the enemy ships. With 8 difficulty settings there is a lot of the game to master as you must start to keep an eye on your fuel, torpedoes, radar, and enemy while avoiding depth charges as the difficulty rises. You can fire up to two torpedoes at a time. While enemy ships go by your periscope sink as many as you can. The periscope can turn 360 degrees and look off into the horizon or close to your sub. Some ships move slower than others, and one of the ships moves so fast that the only way to hit it is by tracking it by radar instead of visually."
17111,G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor,,1992,6.5,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform",,"Cobra, the evil villain, previous encounter with G.I. Joe ended with Cobra’s base been destroyed (as played in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero ). But this time Cobra has unlocked the secret of Atlantis. Using an ancient power source Cobra has managed to raise Atlantis out of the bottom of the ocean and now is rebuilding his forces set to destroy the world. It is up to General Hawk and his friends, all part of the Joe Team, to save the day again. G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor is a side-scrolling platform game where the objective is to get General Hawk and/or his friends to make there way though the missions to end up at Cobra’s headquarters. There are 3 paths to take though the 22 levels (plus some shortcuts) that split and merge at decision points and it also allows the player to backtrack and take a new path. The levels vary from a simple “get to the end” to mazes to “find these items” type levels, also with the odd boss fight. The game starts of as playing General Hawk, the main character, however as the player completes levels they unlock new characters. These new characters, all with the there own strengths and weaknesses (like how high they can jump and hit points) and special abilities. These characters can be picked at the start each new level. The characters are General Hawk (main character), Wet Suit (can dive under water), Storm Shadow (close combat), Road Block (cruel though narrow passages), Duke (fire gun in any direction), and Snake Eyes (close combat). There are also non playable characters that can help the chosen character that are also unlocked after completing certain levels like Stalker (informant), Big Bear (heals during battle), Spirit (heals out side of battle), and Gung-Ho (gives ammo when running low). The player gets two weapons to start with and there are three more to collect after completing certain missions. The weapons are Punches (sword for Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes), Machine Gun (starting weapon), Pulse Rifle, Laser Rifle, and Rocket Launcher. When a weapon is collected any character can use it. Each weapon has 4 different power levels that can be obtained by collecting a few “Pow” pickups from fallen enemies or completing certain levels. Each character must level up there weapons individually. Password save is available using a letters/numbers in a grid system."
17114,Movie Premiere,,1991,6.8,Compilation,,,"Compilation with four movie-licensed games, includes:"
17115,Jelly Boy,,1994,6.2,Action,Platform,,"Jelly Boy is a platformer in which the player controls a pink blob with transformation abilities. In comparison to the SNES version the Game Boy version has a different level design. The gameplay mechanics are the same, though: the blob has the standard abilities to jump and punch enemies. Collecting power-ups transform him into other forms with different abilities, e.g. a balloon which allows him to float. Other collectibles are music notes (those are lost after being hit by an enemy; without any notes this results in death) and fruit which eventually reward an extra life. The game features six worlds with eight levels each; every level has to be completed within a time limit."
17124,Armada,,1989,6.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Historical events,"The game is another entry in a row of historic wargames by Dr. Peter Turcan This time it is focusing on the battle of English fleet against Spanish Armada invaders, which took place near Plymouth on July 31st, 1588. You may either play as Lord Howard or Medina-Sidonia. It is also possible to play a two player game, or to take neither side (watching the computer playing both sides). The battlefield is observed in 3D perspective, up to 30 orders are typed in certain pre-defined text format, which is combined with names of commanders, places and time of execution. You will get reports from your subordinates indicating whether or not your orders have been carried out completely besides watching the battlefield yourself."
17129,Soviet Strike,,1996,7.6,Action,Shooter,,"In 1991, the U.S.S.R. (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics); boasting the largest military force in history, suddenly and unexpectedly collapsed. Since that time, the fallen empire has lain lifeless -- a rich corpse waiting to be picked clean. Now, a sinister ex-KGB general codenamed Shadowman directs a flock of vultures to swoop in from all parts of Eastern Europe and claim Russia's nuclear warheads and weapons of mass terror. With these ""wars of liberation"", Shadowman intends to shake democratic Russia to its foundations, bringing about a return to the Cold War... or even worse. Soviet Strike is the fourth installment in the Strike series and the first for 32-bit consoles. Once again, this is a shooting game where the player is in control of a combat helicopter, this time guiding it through 41 deadly missions across five unique 3D worlds, from Crimea to the streets of Moscow or above the Black Sea. This installment introduces a brand new ""Living Battlefields"" feature, where the enemy troops, their tactics and vehicle responses will adapt to the player's actions as they progress toward their objective, sometimes triggering events without waiting for the player to be on site."
17132,Polaris SnoCross,SnowCross,2000,6.0,Racing / Driving,Tricks / stunts,,"As the title implies, Polaris SnoCross is a game based on the sport of snowmobile racing. It has 3 available modes (Single Event, Instant Action, and Tournament) and supports up to 4 players. * In Single Event the player can select any of the 5 sleds available for racing. The player can also select the rider suit and the race’s difficulty. Tricks and stunts can also be performed while in-game. The current mode supports up to 4 human players. Instant Action instantly lets you in on the game by randomly selecting the sled, track, time of day and weather conditions. In Tournament the player can select to play in a new one or continue from a previously saved game. There are 7 events in the Tournament mode and each one consists of a 3 day race (3 races basically). Only one is available at first but each time the player successfully complete an event another of higher difficulty is unlocked."
17133,The Hobbit,,1982,7.3,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"Relive Tolkien's The Hobbit as Bilbo Baggins. A piece of Interactive fiction (with graphics to illustrate locations), you follow the plot of Tolkien's book (before the Lord of the Rings trilogy), starting with an encounter with Gandalf and Thorin. The other characters can make their own moves independently of the player and their actions can sometimes result in a situation where it is not possible to complete the game. Every character and object in the game has a calculated mass which affects how they can be manipulated by the player. The implementation is rich enough that you can play entirely without pictures if you wish. Also, gameplay happens in realtime, uncommon for interactive fiction. The game's parser, called Inglish took as long to develop as the rest of the game. In contrast to other text-based games of the period which were based on simple verb-noun parsers, Inglish allowed for complete sentences to be entered."
17145,Fox Sports College Hoops '99,,1998,5.7,Sports,,,Fox Sports College Hoops '99 features 120 authentic NCAA teams and their respective logos including all the major conferences at the time and preseason and conference tournaments and updated rosters for that season. It also had the obligatory game modes: Exhibition Season and Tournament including the ability to skip ahead and compete in the Sweet 16 or the Final Four The gameplay is geared towards the style of Courtside with a TV style presentation in association with Fox Sport. It also has three different skill levels along with multiple camera angles and stat tracking throughout an entire season. Classic teams are also available to be played and the ability to customize lineups to their liking. Friends can also go head-to-head in multiplayer mode.
17150,Dungeon Campaign,,1978,6.1,Role-playing (RPG),Roguelike,"Fantasy, Medieval","Dungeon Campaign is one of the earliest role-playing games for home computers and in a way again, like Beneath Apple Manor of the same year, an obscure Rogue -like -- two years before Rogue actually coined the term. Dungeon Campaign is a basic fantasy dungeon crawl that doesn't even care about a background story -- enter dungeon, slay monsters, amass treasures, find exit. Not even a fabulous all-powerful item to be found here! Unusual is that the player does not control a single character, but rather a fighting force of 25 men -- who, effectively, represent the player's hit points The game starts out by generating the four random dungeon levels the player will be exploring. This takes a few minutes, but as the maps are shown on-screen while generated, the player can try to memorize them. After this introductory cutscene the game begins. In a top-down view, the player guides the party (a red block) through the level's maze. All commands are entered by key presses, using LRUD for walking left, right, up, or down which needs getting used to. The player will soon encounter green blocks -- groups of werewolves, vampires, orcs, goblins, basilisks, giant spiders, gargoyles, trolls, griffons, and whatnot. Walk onto them to pick a fight, walk the other way to try to evade -- some monsters are slow and can be evaded, while others will catch up with the player. Combat is done in a basic manner: Dice are rolled for the player and the opponent; depending on the result, the player and the enemies' losses are computed; last man standing's the winner. An interesting twist is that the dice rolls are interactive: random numbers scroll up the text window, with the player pressing a key to stop them when the player feels lucky. After a successful fight, the player can search to find and grab any treasure carried by the defeated enemy. Sometimes the player will find a magic carpet, with which the player can fly, making the player randomly fly about the current level -- great for exploring, and indispensable for reaching parts of the map that cannot be reached (yes, map-generation isn't so sophisticated). When a certain time spent on a level, the player will wake a special monster (grey block) who'll begin to chase the player. If he catches the player, the player will lose one of the party. On earlier levels, this block represents a man-eating dragon who is quite easy to escape, deeper levels feature a giant snake chasing the player in real-time, or a specter who, not being restricted by walls, goes directly for the player and is sure to get the player after some time. Other hazards found in the maze include pits, necromancers or pteridactyls (sic!) that transport the player to other parts of the level, or even to other levels (the abundance of these makes this game somewhat similar to the Snakes and Ladders board game), or areas with poisoned gas that the player will have to leave quickly (in real-time, again). The player will get a warning if he is near one of these dangers, but note that the player is not told exactly where it is. The player can try to jump over a square where the player suspect some dangers -- this feature can also be used to move quickly, for example to escape enemy monsters. The main goal, of course, is to find the stairs down to the fourth level, and find the exit."
17154,Alone in the Dark: The Trilogy 1+2+3,"Alone in the Dark : La Trilogie (1+2+3), Alone in the Dark: Die Trilogie (1+2+3), Alone in the Dark: The Trilogie (1+2+3), Trilogia Alone in The Dark",1995,7.5,Compilation,,,This compilation brings together the CD-ROM versions of:
17155,Chimera,,1985,7.2,Puzzle,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A strange alien spacecraft has been discovered orbiting the Earth, its' weaponry primed and ready to destroy the planet. Your mission: To infiltrate the craft, disable the weapons, initiate the self-destruct sequence, and escape with your life. Chimera is an isometric adventure game set on an uninhabited space ship. The player must explore the ship, which is divided into a grid of rooms. There are various items scattered around the maze-like craft, which will be either a help or a hindrance. For example, food and water will keep the player alive, while radiators will quickly deplete water reserves while standing in the same room. The only actions the player can perform are to move and to interact with objects. Many objects — such as electric fences, or the aforementioned radiators — are deadly to the touch unless the player has the correct item in their possession. The ultimate goal is to prime and activate the four-stage self destruct sequence in the correct order by using items found on the ship. A scrolling message indicator at the bottom of the screen provides useful status information."
17156,Virtual Snooker,,1996,7.6,"Simulation, Sports",,,"A 3D Snooker simulation, the most realistic available at the time. The snooker version of the popular Virtual Pool game."
17162,Watchtower,,1996,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Watchtower is a topdown arcade action game in the same style as Commando or Ikari Warriors You take the role of a hitman, a professional mercenary who takes jobs from various factions across the globe. The game has six missions in three different terrain types: jungle, desert and city. In your inventory you have seven weapons to choose from. Some of them are a Kalashnikov, a minigun and a flame thrower. The enemies that will come in your way range from ordinary soldiers to armed vehicles and aircraft. The game can be played either in single player mode or the simultaneous two player mode."
17166,Computer Baseball,,1981,7.0,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",,,"Computer Baseball is a game of both strategy and statistics. Managers manipulate pinch hitters, infield positions, relief pitchers and base runners. 28 major league teams are provided to choose from and data for new teams can be entered as well. Starting the game, you have four options to choose from: playing a game against the computer, playing a two player game, entering data for a new team and reviewing or editing data in an existing team data file. The display screen will consist of a scoreboard, batter and pitcher status information, and a representation of the playing field. The bottom of the screen is used for inputs on actions being taken. There are seven different defense actions to choose from: setting the infield position, setting the outfield position, how close to hold base runners, making pitching changes, making a defensive substitution, saving the current game status and how to pitch to the batter. Some of the defensive actions taken will branch out to further options to select. There are three different offense actions to choose from: selecting a base running strategy, putting in a pinch hitter and choosing how you want the batter to hit the ball. Selecting any three of the offense actions will branch out to further options to select. Player injuries are possible during game play, which the computer will specify while also determining how long the player will be injured (in days). It is also possible for a player to be ejected from the game for arguing with the umpire. On the event of a player being injured or ejected, the computer will ask for a substitute player. If a pitcher throws too many innings in one game, he will begin to tire, and another pitcher must be warmed up. Bringing in a pitcher who isn't warmed up in the bullpen properly will reduce his effectiveness. Before the game begins, you can stipulate which players and pitchers on each roster are unavailable for that game. There is no functionality to save statistics or game results."
17171,Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom,"Zoom 909, Zoom 909",1982,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom is a single player science fiction themed obstacle race, where the player controls Buck Rogers' space ship and must guide it through multiple pairs of pylons throughout the game. Controlling the ship involves side scrolling to the left or right, stop, moving forward (and faster), and moving backwards/break (and slower). Additionally, the spaceship can also fire its weapon to unleash a pair of energy bolts. The player starts in sector 1.0 and will finish this level after the player successfully goes between an allocated number of pylons, indicated at the top left side of the screen; the first requirement is 9 pylons and will gradually increase with each new sector. In sector 1.1., with the addition of having to complete the pylon requirement, a group of flying saucers, ranging from 1 to 4 (per group), fly in a pattern. The player must avoid these flying saucers by maneuvering out of their way or by shooting them down. In sector 1.3., a new type of robot spaceship (at least one) will fly erratically and attempt to crash into the player's space ship (due to the marvel of technology of that era, enemy ships that disappear from one side of the screen, will emerge on the other side of the screen). Later sectors will gradually introduce more difficult challenges. The game ends when the player loses all three lives by crashing into (or being crashed by, it seems sometimes) pylons or enemy space ships. Although there is no penalty in avoiding pylons altogether, the game will also end if the allocated amount of time (indicated by a long bar at the top center screen) runs out. The player may increase speed to move faster, which will present maneuverability challenges in itself. The overall score increases by distance traveled, pylons traveled through, and enemy spaceships shot down. The latest score and the high score are saved and shown in the main menu."
17175,Darkstone,"Darkstone: Bruderschaft des Lichts, Darkstone: Evil Reigns",1999,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"Darkstone is a Diablo clone. But there is a difference one will recognize immediately: it is in 3D. But this is not the only ""improvement""--the second most important thing is probably that the player is in control of two characters. The other character is computer controlled and the player can switch between them at any time. Also, Darkstone has lots of new spells and skills. The player will be walking through huge woods, have to solve a lot of riddles and descend into deep and dark dungeons."
17177,Tiger Mission,,1987,6.5,Action,Shooter,,"Tiger Mission is a vertically scrolling shooter in which the player controls a helicopter. The goal is easy to explain: destroying the enemy base at the end of five levels and avoiding the own destruction. Attackers only appear on the ground and using the standard cannon normally takes care of them. Additionally there is a limited amount of smart bombs available which can be unleashed at any time to wipe out everything on the screen. Extras can be collected after shooting boxes on the ground: smart bombs go into the inventory while everything else, e.g. turbo speed or better range, are limited in time and used immediately after picking them up. After losing one of the three lives, the current level has to restarted from the beginning."
17179,Drakan: Order of the Flame,,1999,8.0,Action,,Fantasy,"Many centuries ago, mankind and dragonkind fought each other, and chaos ruled. After many years, the conflict came to an end, as the Order of the Flame was created, bonding men and dragons together as the protectors of peace and virtue. Under the direction of the Order, the world of Drakan has prospered in peace, attaining new heights of learning of magic. All this came to an end when Navros, the war mage, betrayed the Order of the Flame, and led the Dark Union against the Order in the Dark Wars. He released evils on the world such as the Wartocks, to serve as his army. The Order was demolished, and only by the sacrifice of the great dragon Arokh the Drak Union was stopped. Arokh and the rest of the surviving dragons went away to sleep, and the Order and the Union were thought to be finished at that time, centuries ago. They were wrong. Waking up from a Wartock raid of her village, Rynn, a young warrior, discover the village in ruins and her brother kidnapped. As she sets out to find him, she becomes, perhaps by destiny, bound to the legendary dragon Arokh. The two then set out to find out what is happening... Drakan features a unique engine that seamlessly blends outdoor scenes and indoor scenes. Playing the game, you will ride Arokh, using his fiery breath as a weapon, or walk around as Rynn, using swords and bows as your weapons. You will have ""dog""-fights with dragons, or a hand to hand combat with giant spiders, scavengers and Wartocks."
17182,Great Volleyball,Great Voley,1987,6.0,Sports,,,"Assemble your six man team and take on the world! In volleyball, that is! Choose from one of eight different countries, including USA, the U.S.S.R., Cuba and Brazil, and play against the rest, either in goodwill matches, or on a worldwide tournament. The game is very simple to play, and features a practice mode. You can try out the game mechanics there, and a coach judges your skill by yelling at you. If you fail to perform even the simplest tasks correctly, you'll have to do everything again. Once you're confident enough to take on other teams, be sure to check out the tournament mode, where you play against the other teams to obtain the world cup!"
17192,Sophistry,,1988,7.1,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Sophistry is a puzzle game in which the goal is to fully explore the game area consisting of 21 levels, each consisting of about 20 screens called ""boards"". At the start of the game, only five of the levels are open. The remaining ones have to be unlocked through keys, 64 of which are scattered all over the area. The keys can either be collected or can be bought by spending amassed points. Each of the boards, shown in isometric perspective, must be solved individually. Each screen is made up of tiles or blocks which all have different functions, triggered by moving the player's pod onto them. Many of the tiles score points, the amount depending on the type of tile. Certain tile combinations result in special bonus points. A special tile is the Target block. Once touched, it will move to another place on the board, usually score a high number of points and may have other special effects depending on the level. Other tiles include exits to other boards on the same level as well as exits to other levels, teleporters (which move the player to a specific place somewhere else in the game), question mark blocks which trigger a random effect, joker blocks (which do nothing, but are also safe from most possible changes to level geometry) and the 64 key blocks. Besides moving around, the player's orb can also release ""Uppers"" by pressing the fire button. Uppers are gained by trading in bonus points and when released increase the points value of all score tiles on the board by one. Each level has a set of certain attributes: if the Decrement Status is set, the point value of a score block will be lowered by one once the player's pod leaves it. Once a block with a value of zero is left, it will disappear. Even more dangerous is the Tracking Status. When set, every block except jokers, exits and targets can only be jumped off once, then disappears. Releasing Uppers can make decremented blocks reappear, and reaching the target block will usually reset the entire board. Another attribute is the type of exit lock. The exits to other boards on the same level can either be unlocked from the start, be unlocked after reaching a certain score or after spending a certain amount of time on the board. These three attributes are combined with ten different board types for additional challenge: there may be a time limit for leaving, a score threshold or limit that must be met before touching the target block, blocks that disappear forever or move in a certain direction once jumped off, and more. And if the dangerous environment isn't enough, some levels will also release seekers that hunt down the pod and destroy it upon contact. A menu appears upon leaving a board or losing a life, in which points can be traded for lives, keys or uppers and a map of the current level can be studied. An in-game manual detailing tile and board types is also available."
17193,Eishockey Manager,,1993,7.9,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Eishockey Manager is a managerial simulator for a team in the German Hockey League. The game contains the real player and team names of that time. Eishockey Manager allows the player to handle most of the relevant aspects of a hockey team both economic and sport-wise. The user has to trade players, organize the training, handle the team's line-ups and tactics, negotiate contracts with players and sponsors, and expand the team's stadium. If the player has proven successful he gets the chance to manage the German national team competing in the world championships after the end of a season. Your team's games can either be watched in a ticker-like text display only, or with animated, prerendered, goal-scenes. Up to four players can play simultaneously in hot-seat mode. As opposed to Software 2000's six game soccer manager series, Eishockey Manager remained the only hockey manager ever released by this publisher. Technically Eishockey Manager represents a step between Bundesliga Manager Professional (1991) and Bundesliga Manager Hattrick (1995)."
17196,Iggy's Reckin' Balls,Iggy-kun no Bura² Poyon,1998,7.1,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"It's a race to the top of the tower, as you control a collection of ball like characters up spiral platforms, with the aim to be the first to the very top. A whole range of items are on offer to aid your progress, including jumps, grappling hooks, conveyor belts, springs and more. And as well as competing against the other characters, there are also enemy characters that litter the platforms, attempting to stop you from getting to the top."
17198,Dizzy Collection,,1991,7.0,Compilation,,,"Compilation compiling the first five games in the Dizzy series: Fast Food is a Pac-Man style game, Kwik Snax is Pengo style, all others are arcade adventures."
17200,The Ultimate Wizardry Archives,,1998,7.3,Compilation,,,The Ultimate Wizardry Archives comprises the first eight games in the classic Wizardry series. It contains: This compendium features all eight games on 1 CD.
17203,Frederik Pohl's Gateway,,1992,8.1,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"When humans finally managed to colonize the planet Venus, they discovered a gigantic system of artificial underground tunnels there. It is assumed that a highly advanced alien race known as Heechee has constructed those tunnels thousands of years ago. Eventually, an abandoned, yet fully functional Heechee spaceship is discovered. One of the explorers boards it, which leads humanity towards the discovery of a space station with many similar ships - all with coordinates of unknown planets already punched in. This station becomes known as the Gateway, being humanity's only connecting point to the rest of the universe. Since traveling to the potentially dangerous destinations involves a great deal of risk, only some particularly courageous (or perhaps reckless) adventurers, called ""prospectors"", volunteered to go on these journeys. The protagonist of the game is one of those prospectors, having won the membership alongside a small sum of money and a one-way ticket to the Gateway. Eventually, he discovers an ancient device that contain a warning against a mysterious alien species known as Assassins - and the prospector is entrusted with the task of protecting the humans from that threat. Gateway is a text adventure with graphics, based on the Heechee universe books by Frederik Pohl It is identical in interface and general concept to Legend's other text-driven adventures (such as the Spellcasting series): the player may opt for text-only input as well as selecting verbs from a list. Clicking on objects or characters within the graphical representation of the location provides a text description. Puzzles are mostly inventory-based, though there are logic-related tasks as well. The player character explores various planets during the course of the journey. In a few cases, it is possible to die in the game."
17207,Wreckin Crew,Wreckin Crew: Drive Dangerously,1998,6.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Wrecking Crew is a racing game similar to Mario Kart Players take control of unorthodox characters such as a pair of Siamese twins, a circus trainer and a mad scientist, and race their hot-rods across ten tracks using unusual weapons such as lighting bolts, body bags and chickens. A two-player mode is available, and there are many funny unlockable characters. The tracks are sprawling, with teleports, secret routes and hidden areas to find."
17209,R-Types,,1998,7.2,"Action, Compilation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"R-Types is a compilation of R-Type and R-Type II ported pixel-for-pixel from the coin-op to the PlayStation. A couple of handy features have been added to lower the original difficulty level. First, your progress through the game is saved at the start of each level, so you don't have to start from scratch every time. Second, you now have unlimited continues. R-Types also contains a small library section which describes some of the story behind the R-Type universe, and lets you browse some of the in-game graphics. Other bonuses include an FMV intro movie and ending movies."
17214,Tron: Maze-A-Tron,"Mazatron, Maze-A-Tron, Tron II",1982,5.4,Action,,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","You play the role of Flynn, who's been zapped into the circuits of the Master Control Program (MCP). The MCP has plans for world domination, and only Flynn can stop it. The ultimate goal of Maze-A-Tron is to disable the MCP. Maze-A-Tron is played in rounds; Circuit Maze and the Master Control Program. You go around the maze and collect energy for your shields, which can be used to protect Flynn from some enemies. You also collect zeroes that are used to clear RAM. When you proceed to the Master Control Program, the MCP works to fix the RAM you cleared. Your goal here is to fire a Bit-Gun at pairs of BIT streams and BIT stacks before they hit the top of the screen. These two phases repeat with a higher difficulty each time."
17218,Kings of the Beach,Kings of the Beach: Professional Beach Volleyball,1989,7.5,"Action, Sports",,"North America, Oceania, South America","Kings of the Beach is a two on two beach volleyball game. You must quickly move your team about on the sand performing serves, thumps, and spikes to not only out-perform but also out-smart the opposing team. There are 15 levels and 20 challengers to beat, on famous beaches like Rio, Hawaii and Sydney, in order to be crowned King of the Beach Both cooperative and competitive multiplayer (non-networked) are also supported."
17222,Brett Hull Hockey,,1994,7.0,Sports,,,"Brett Hull Hockey lets the player take control of NHL great Brett Hull along with 600 NHLPA players and all of the NHL teams of the time including their respective names and logos. The player can choose to play in an Exhibition mode either against the computer A.I. or a friend, Playoffs or in Season mode with three different length options (a full season, half a season or an 11-game season). The game simulates hockey action including slap shots, body checks, hat tricks among many other real-life hockey moves. Al Michaels also lends his voice talents to the game for in-game commentary."
17233,Smash Tennis,Super Family Tennis,1993,7.6,Sports,,,"The controls of Smash Tennis work similar to other tennis games and especially Namco's previous tennis game World Court Tennis : the player moves the athlete over the court and presses buttons with the correct timing in order to win the match. This time there is no story mode, but a tournament mode instead. Here the goal is to win the Grand Slam by playing various tournament matches. However, a match only has a single set. There are 20 athletes (both male and female) to choose from which have different advantages and drawbacks. The exhibition matches are more free form: the player can choose the conditions of the match, especially the surface which influences the ball physics. Some of them are recreations of realistic tennis stadiums, others are fictional places like a strand or in front of a temple. Here there are optical gags built in, e.g. a mountaineer who falls down when hit with the ball. The ""Whistle-Stop-Tour"" allows to play against the same opponent on multiple surfaces."
17235,Formula 1 98,,1998,7.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"All 22 drivers and 16 tracks from the 1998 Formula One season are included in this racing game. It has an Arcade mode & a realistic Grand Prix mode, with car setups and trickier handling. Split-screen and four-player link options are offered. There is a new in-car view and more overall camera views than before. A rear-view mirror is available as a separate view, triggered by holding a d-pad button. This version adds the ability to tour the track, with TV analyst and former driver Martin Brundle directing you. Brundle and TV legend Murray Walker commentate on the races. The race modes offered by the game are:* Arcade Race: This is the 'pick-up-and-play' version of the game. Here the player can compete against other cars and against the clock, winning time extensions for good lap times and passing checkpoints. Racing in this mode allows the player to set a race length, difficulty, and toggle braking assist, steering assist, and car damage. The Grand Prix: This race mode allows the player to make many adjustments to their car, tuning the suspension, brakes and more. There are both Practice and Qualifying sessions with which to refine the car's setup. The player can choose from three levels of difficulty, a choice of weather conditions, player aids can be toggled on and off as well as other features such as mechanical failure, tyre wear, fuel depletion, and whether race flags are to be obeyed. Pit stops are needed to repair tyres and to refuel, in Practice and Qualifying the car setup can be adjusted - this option is not available in the main race. Championship: this is a full season of Grand Prix races The sixteen circuits that were used in the 1998 season are Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia; Jose Carlos Race Circuit in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Autodromo Alfredo Galves circuit in Beunos Aires, Argentina; the Enzo E Dino Ferrari circuit of Imola, San Marino; The Spanish Catalunya circuit of Barcelona; the Monaco Street Circuit, Montreal's Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Canada; France's Circuit de Nevers Magy-Cours; Britain's Silverstone; the A-1 Ring of Austria; Germany's Hockenheimring; the Mogyorod-Hungaroring of Hungrary; Belgium's Francorchamps circuit; Italy's Autodromo Nazionale Monza; the famous Nurgergring of Luxembourg; and finally the only non-European circuit the Suzuka International Racing Course of Japan. The teams represented were Benneton, Williams, McLaren, Jordan, Prost, RedBull International, Arrows, Stewart, Tyrell, Ferrari and Minardi. Each team had two drivers."
17240,King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella,,1988,7.7,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"King Graham and Queen Valanice were glad to have their children back. Graham thinks that it is time to pass onto them his old adventurers' hat. When he throws it across the room, he suffers a heart attack and collapses on the floor, and he is carried off to bed. The only way that Graham's health can be restored is by retrieving the magic fruit in the faraway land of Tamir. A beautiful fairy called Genesta offers Rosella the chance to be transported to the land, and find the fruit. But once she gets transported, she cannot be sent back unless she helps the fairy regain her talisman that was stolen by the evil witch, Lolotte. King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella is the first game in the series to have a female protagonist. Rosella will meet characters that will either help or hinder her. The player moves Rosella around with arrow keys, and have her perform actions by typing commands. Unlike the previous King's Quest games, which used the AGI engine, this installment uses the new SCI engine with more detailed graphics; the most visible effect is that the game is paused while the player is typing, giving unlimited time to complete even the longest commands. An AGI version of the game, however, was released as well. Gameplay-wise, the game is similar to the first two installments of the series, with a large interconnected world open for exploration and no time limit imposed. The game is the first in the series to have a day and night cycle; certain actions can be performed only during a specific time."
17241,Armor Battle,Armor Ambush,1979,5.7,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Armor Ambush (aka Armor Battle ) is a two player game, where each player is in command of two tanks (one at a time), and they must try to destroy each other. The battlefields constantly change, so no battle is ever the same. Tanks move at average speed on grass, fast on roads, slow through trees, and slowest through water. Tanks will explode after three direct hits. The Harder game mode adds ricochet shots."
17242,Cutthroats,,1984,7.0,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"You live on a small seaport island called Hardscrabble -- hardly the hip place to be. Working as a professional scuba diver, you have the chance to salvage a sunken treasure from one of four shipwrecks, earn the respect of all the old farts and become wealthy beyond all imagination."
17245,Turbo Cup,Turbo Cup Challenge,1988,6.9,Racing / Driving,,,"Based on sportscar and Paris-Dakar racer René Metge and his Porsche 944 Turbo, Turbo Cup is a racing game viewed from above and behind the car, in a forced perspective. Instead of the sand of the Dakar race, the game features four conventional French racetracks - Paul Ricard, Nogaro, Magny-Cours and Dijon-Prenois. After completing a qualifying lap you race against 21 similar cars. Contact with cars from behind causes you to spin but does not affect your rival, although side-on contact is usually beneficial. There are hazards off the track to avoid, and hitting the grass at speed causes a spin."
17253,Gun Law,,1986,5.3,Action,Shooter,,"You are the only one left after a bloody alien attack and now with your weapon store emptied and destroyed you have to traverse over five levels of terrain to escape the aliens. Armed with just a gun you must shoot the enemy who are attacking you with your weapons, but you can take cover behind tree's, fences and houses. Gun Law is based on the arcade game Commando as you move vertically up each level. The game is viewed from above at an elevated angle and you use a joystick to control your soldier."
17256,Trashman,Basurero,1984,6.6,Action,,,"While few young people aspire to the role of a Dustman, New Generation Software felt they would enjoy pretending to be one in this innovative arcade game. Each section presents you with a road of houses, drawn from forced-perspective 3D, with flick-scrolling as you move up the road. Each house's dustbin must be collected, emptied and replaced within the time limit, which is indicated by the Bonus timer at the top of the screen. If this reaches zero, you receive the first of 3 warnings - a third sees you out of a job. Setting foot on the grass causes the bonus to drop more quickly, and there are additional hazards to avoid, including the local cars, which appear to be driven by maniacs, and cyclists and barking dogs, which can both injure you and cause your movement to slow. If hit by a car then it is game over. Once all the bins have been emptied walking up to the top of the street will complete the level."
17268,ōdi∙um,"Gorky 17, Gorky 17: Das dunkle Vermächtnis, Gorky 18, Odium",1999,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),Tactical RPG,,"Story Mutants have been found in the bombed out Polish city codenamed ""Gorky 17"" near Lubin, and a trio of soldiers (Sullivan, Owicz and Trantigne, each of different nationalities) enters the city to find out what happened and look for any member of the first squad previously sent there. You control the team and direct them through a world of surprises and mysteries that wait to be resolved. Gameplay The game is composed mainly of two playing modes. The (tentatively named) ""Adventure mode"" is displayed in a top-down view, with the team walking around the city in real time, interacting with objects, picking up weapons and ammunition from item chests, and using key items (such as keycards) to advance to new areas. At fixed locations, the team will be ambushed by mutants, and the gameplay switches to the (again, tentatively named) ""Battle mode"", featuring a battle field in isometric perspective divided into square grids. Each side takes turn moving, attacking, defending and using items; the battle ends when all mutants die, or one of the main characters dies. The battle field would sometimes have items like exploding barrels, or item chests similar to those in ""Adventure mode"". Character Advancement Each time a soldier hits and wounds a mutant, they gain experience; once the character has gained enough experience, they level up and gain stat points which can be used to improve attributes such as hit points, accuracy, etc. Also, each time the character successfully uses a weapon, their experience with that particular weapon will improve, and at the highest level (level 10), the weapon will deal its intended maximum damage (displayed as ""max damage"" in the weapon info). Items and Weapons The soldiers can equip themselves with melee weapons (crowbar, axe), conventional small arms (pistol, shotgun, assault rifle), special weapons (tranquilizer dart gun, stun gun), heavy or sci-fi weapons. All weapons have limited range and most firearms can only shoot in certain directions (for example, pistols can shoot up, down, left, or right, while assault rifles can also shoot diagonally); some fire in bursts or have splash damage, meaning they can hit multiple enemies. Mutants also have varying degrees of protection (armor) against certain types of weapons and some have immunities to weapon special effects (such as stun), which are automatically added to personal notes as the player finds about such information. In both ""Adventure mode"" and ""Battle mode"", characters can transfer and equip weapons and body armor if available, or heal themselves or each other. The characters are 3D models while the environment is a pre-rendered 2D background, similar to games like Resident Evil 2 At certain points in the game, the characters may be joined by surviving soldiers or citizens, and will occasionally encounter boss-like monsters."
17275,Tass Times in Tonetown,Tass Times in Tonetown: A Bizarre Adventure into an Alternate Reality,1986,7.6,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"Your grandfather has invented a device which makes real everything he can see in his dream. All the strange places and creatures he can dream about really exist in an alternate reality. One of those creatures, named Franklin Snarl, traveled through the device to our reality and kidnapped Gramps, teleporting him into the crazy world of Tonetown. He hopes that Gramps will always remain asleep, which assures Snarl's own existence! Now it's up to you, the hero of the game to travel to the alternate dimension of Tonetown and to rescue your grandfather. You interact with the environment by either typing in commands, or choosing one of the action icons available as interface. The game, therefore, combines text-based interaction with the more modern ""point and click"" approach."
17276,Cadillacs and Dinosaurs,Cadillacs Kyōryū Shinseiki,1993,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is a 2D side scrolling beat'em up, based on the Cadillacs and Dinosaurs animated series. The game has 4 playable characters: Jack Tenrec, Hannah Dundee, Mustapha Cairo and Mess O'Bradovich. Gameplay is similar to Capcom's other beat'em ups (for example Final Fight ) — players go right, fight against enemies and bosses, collect bonuses and weapons (knives, UZIs etc). In one level, players get into the Cadillac, and can squash enemies."
17279,X-Perts,X*Perts,1996,5.6,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting",Sci-fi / futuristic,"X-Perts is a spin-off of the Eternal Champions series. The game's plot is based on an alternate timeline, in which the assassin Shadow Yamoto, wasn't killed by the Black Orchid in 1993. She formed an anti-corruption group, the X-Perts, in revenge for an attempt on her life. Meanwhile, a group of terrorists took over an underwater research lab called AQUA, threatening to detonate a device that will destroy the entire Earth... In this side-scrolling fighting action game, the player controls Shadow and two companions, switching between them. Each character can execute unique fighting moves, and possesses specific skills. The game is set entirely in the lab; the player uses a special RECOM screen to monitor the placement of characters across the separate areas of the lab, as well as all mission objectives, enemies, facility robots, and other hazards. Beside fighting enemies, the player is also able to activate tasks for mission objectives. The time it takes to complete a task is based on the strength of the characters' engineering or computer science skills. Some secondary missions allow character upgrades to their personal weapons. Characters can also use the so-called ""torture moves"", unique for each character, to get information from the enemies instead of killing them. This would sometimes be needed for mission objectives. However, if not executed properly, it would instantly kill the enemy instead. When the player leaves a character to activate another, he would still continue to perform his task until it was attacked by enemies, and would automatically defend itself, but to a lesser extent than if directly controlled by the player. The game is broken down into chapters (save points). and each chapter remembers the status of the entire lab environment (enemies, flooded areas, broken power grids, hacked computers, and active force fields.)"
17286,Starlancer,,2000,8.0,Simulation,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"It's 2160, and the Eastern Alliance has launched a surprise attack on the Western Coalition's fleet and decimated it. The call has gone out for volunteers to become Alliance fighter pilots, and you have signed up with the 45th Volunteer Squadron. Designed by Chris and Erin Roberts, the creative force behind the Wing Commander/Privateer megaseries, this space fighting simulation features the genre's standard mission types: escort, fighter sweep, interception, attacking space stations, fighting in asteroid fields, etc. 12 pilotable fighters (you can choose which you fly as well as missile loadout, but not all are available in the early missions), 9 enemy fighter types."
17291,Space Ace,,1993,5.7,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Borf has kidnapped Dexter's girlfriend Kimberly and is threatening to turn earth's population into babies using his ""Infanto Ray"". Naturally, Dexter cannot let this happen and sets out to stop Borf and rescue Kimberly. While following the same story as the Laserdisc conversions the SNES version of Space Ace obviously lacks the long video sequences of the original, and also features different gameplay. Instead of only pushing the right button at the right moment, the player has complete control over Dexter. Most of the time, he will be busy jumping over chasms and dodging alien attacks, but occasionally, an 'energize'-symbol will appear which, by pressing the correct button in time, will temporarily transform Dexter into his stronger alter ego and enable him to shoot at his enemies. Once he boards his space ship, Dexter has to find his way out of a labyrinthine seen from a top-down perspective, destroying obstacles with the ship's laser and avoiding collisions. In order to retain the atmosphere of the original, the SNES version features a large number of (short) death animations and the platformer levels always follow the exact same sequence, which results in a trial&error-style gameplay somewhat similar to the original."
17298,Cholo,,1987,7.0,Action,Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","After a nuclear war, the few survivors entered an underground tunnel network below the city of Cholo waiting for the day when radiation has faded to a safe level. However, because the radiation was higher than anticipated, the computer malfunctioned, keeping people underground. It is your job to send a group of robot droids above the surface to disable the system. You have a first-person view of the robot currently under control. You start with a RAT Droid named Rizzo, but can find and gain control of others including air droids. When you find the computer room you can connect your droid to the terminal and run programs such as the Pass1Txt password list for other robots. Watch out for the robot guards who shoot at you - try to find weaponry of your own. Only a small area of Cholo is inhabitable, so listen out for Geiger Counter clicks as you get close to the wasteland areas - these will weaken your droid. A map is provided, which also indicates where the teleporters are."
17304,World Driver Championship,,1999,7.7,Racing / Driving,,,"World Driver Championship allows players to develop a racing career as they compete for job offers with each of the 15 World Driver Teams. The game features 10 tracks (Sydney, Kyoto, Rome, and others), 20 challenging events spread across two different levels of competition, and over 30 exotic cars. The game strives to imitate realistic physics and car handling."
17312,The Sporting News Baseball,The Sporting News Power Baseball,1994,6.9,Sports,,,"The Sporting News Baseball doesn't feature a Major League license, but does feature the MLBPA license, meaning that it features some of the best players of the time, such as Ken Griffey Jr. Daryl Strawberry and John Smoltz to name a few. There are only three stadiums to pick from; two are generic but the other is the baseball field from the movie Field of Dreams. There are several modes such as exhibition games, All-Star Game, the Home Run Derby, and a pennant race. The gameplay is similar to other baseball games, certain buttons to swing the bat and bunting or selecting pitches."
17314,Riddle of the Sphinx: An Egyptian Adventure,,2000,6.9,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"An adventure game in the style of Myst (static rendered backgrounds that switch as you take each 'step'), Riddle of the Sphinx places you in the role of a close friend of Sir Gil Blythe Geoffreys, an archaeologist who as recently uncovered some remarkable finds about the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx. His discoveries have doomed him with a curse, however, and its your duty to right the wrongs he has uncovered. Taking place in the near future (after the Egyptian Antiquities Organization apparently closed off the sites to the public), you will uncover secrets that have been buried for ten millennia. Rendered in 3D, the game tries to reasonably copy the sites and monuments surrounding the Sphinx and the Pyramids of the Giza Plateau, allowing you to explore the area without ever leaving your chair, much less sweat out the heat of the desert. Gameplay consists of moving the cursor around, taking note of the highlights that can be selected, which include walking in directions and picking up or using items. Occasionally, you'll be treated a Quicktime VR panoramic scene that will allow you to freely turn and look around, but the majority of the game is static views that allow you to take 'steps' of varying sizes in different directions. The game tends to emphasize exploration of ancient Egyptian structures and their passageways, both real and fabricated."
17316,Magical Drop II,Magical Drop 2,1996,7.4,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,,"In Magical Drop II you control a clown that can grab and throw balloons. You have to match three balloons of the same colour or more vertically to pop them and clear the screen. You can hold multiple balloons of the same colour at once and cause consecutive collisions. There are special balloons that cannot be removed that easily and power-ups that clear entire rows or provide additional help. Depending of the originating country, there are different game modes: Survival : Play as long as you can - an endless flow of balloons appears at a rapidly increasing speed while you move up levels. Puzzle : You have a limited time to clear a fixed set of balloons before time runs out. VS Mode : Fight the CPU or a fellow player in a direct split-screen duel. Each character has specific item balloons during gameplay."
17318,Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors,Galaxy Fight,1995,6.9,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As the millennium nears in the far future, a being of ultimate power named Felden will make his appearance in the galaxy. It is unknown whether he comes to destroy all living beings or use his powers for good, but whatever the reason a group of skilled fighters from all corners of the universe have decided to beat each other up in order to face off against him and claim his power. Enter Galaxy Fight a one-on-one 2D fighter set in the far future and featuring sci-fi characters and settings. In the game itself, you have to select from 8 fighters, each with his unique moveset and stats, and then attempt to defeat the other character in 2 out of 3 matches using your special moves and attacks while avoiding your opponent's strikes. Features single player and 2-player Vs. game modes, secret bosses and bonus rounds."
17320,The Colour of Magic,,1986,7.2,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"The Colour of Magic is an interactive fiction adventure (with some graphics) set on Terry Pratchett's wildly improbable Discworld The world, a flat disc, rests on the backs of four elephants, who in turn stand on the shell of Great A'Tuin the Turtle. Therefore, unlike some text games which use North, South, East and West, directions in Discworld are Hubward, Rimward, Widdershins, and Turnwise. Players control Rincewind the Wizzard, the fastest Wizzard in Discworld, who understands the finer points of survival (like it's not where you are running to, it's what you are running from). In his adventure, based on the book of the same name, he meets Discworld notables like Twoflower the Tourist, Luggage the luggage, and Death while saving Ankh-Morpork (again)."
17324,Super Batter Up,Super Famista,1992,6.4,Sports,,,"Super Batter Up is a baseball game with both a 1 and 2 player mode plus a league mode. The game carries the MLBPA license, but not an MLB license, so it only features all the players from the 1991 season playing for a team in a city that they really play for. Players get to play in either a dome, modern, or traditional stadium each with their own unique characteristics. The 1 and 2 player mode lets the player play an exhibition game against the computer or another player. League mode lets the player play through a season of games against computer controlled teams. Pitching and batting are done from a behind the batter viewpoint. When batting players can sub in a pinch hitter and when on base, a pinch runner, and when pitching can call in a relief pitcher from the bullpen. Game options include setting the number of innings (1, 3, 5, 7, or 9), turning errors on or off, and turning the called game option on or off."
17327,Ka-52 Team Alligator,KA-52: Гром с небес,2000,6.9,Simulation,,,Take the latest Russian attack chopper out for a spin! Take multiple wingmen out on semi-dynamic campaign missions as you move in to surpress civil unrest in Belarus and Tajikistan in this fully 3D state-of-the-art helicopter simulation from the creators of Team Apache 3D accelerated resolution up to 1280x1024 is supported at a decent frame rate as you fly under 100 ft at over 100 knots...
17331,Disney's The Little Mermaid II: Pinball Frenzy,La Petite Sirène 2,2000,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Pinball",,"This game is basically Pokémon Pinball minus all the pokémon plus Ariel and her young daughter, Melody -- and a lot of minigames. The game features four-player support via alternating tables, as well as a battery-powered rumble feature for those who absolutely must feel every tilt and tumble of the table."
17332,Comanche CD,Comanche Mac,1994,7.3,"Action, Compilation, Simulation",,,This compilation includes: It is the first release of the game on Macintosh.
17334,A Question of Scruples: The Computer Edition,,1987,6.3,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"This computer game is based on the popular adult board game. Three to ten people can play, any of which can be computer controlled. Before the game starts the human players determine their personality by giving scores to certain attributes. The computer's personalities are pre-determined. You can choose a picture of a face. Each player has three to five dilemma cards and a single answer card. The responses are limited to yes or no. The objective of the game is to get rid of all your dilemma cards. You select an opponent to answer a card. If the players answer and your answer card match then they are both discarded. You are given a new answer card. Your strategy is to pick a person you know will give the answer you are looking for. If the answer doesn't match, the player is challenged. The remaining players vote on whether the answer given is true to their character or not. The winner of the challenge gives a dilemma card to the loser. The graphics are limited to just showing the questions, your cards and the other players faces."
17336,International Superstar Soccer,World Soccer GB,1998,6.6,Sports,,,"International Superstar Soccer for the Game Boy brings the popular console soccer series to the handheld systems. In the game you can play any of 36 national teams in an International Cup. You can change settings like game length from 3, 5, to 7 minutes and multiple difficulty settings. Turn fouls on or off and determine if overtime should be decided by a golden goal or extended time. You can choose various formations and stances for your team and switch players before the match starts and during half-time. Each player also has a current condition which determines how well he plays on top of his regular stats. While on offense you can take a shot or pass the ball. In defense you can make a sliding or switch the player you control. The Game Boy version doesn't feature a multi-player mode."
17349,The Goonies,,1986,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The Goonies is based on a movie of the same name from 1985. A group of youngsters from a neighborhood called the ""Goon Docks"" are trying to find the lost treasure of One-Eyed Willie to prevent the foreclosure of their houses. Unfortunately, the treasure is buried under the hide-out of the infamous Fratelli gang, a family of ruthless criminals who are on the run from the law. You play as the asthmatic Mikey, who must find the treasure and save the other Goonies before time runs out. The game consists of six levels. In each level, you must collect three keys to advance to the next area. These can be found by blowing open doors with bombs that are dropped by enemies. Also hidden behind doors are power-ups and other Goonies to rescue. Trying to stop you are enemies such as rats, skeletons, and even members of the Fratelli Gang. Bonus points can be gained by picking up diamonds and other valuables, rescuing the other Goonies, or by dispatching enemies with your slingshot or kicking them. Unlike the sequel the Famicom version was never released outside of Japan."
17351,Monkey Hero,The Adventures of Monkey Hero,1999,6.2,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"In this game you play a monkey, a brave little monkey, who has been trained by another monkey called Master Sage. When the game begins, three worlds are fighting against each other. The Dream World, the Nightmare World and the Waking World. The Nightmare King has stolen a book, the Magic Story Book, which is keeping the peace in the three worlds, and you have to get it back. Make your way through the Waking World while fighting the Nightmare King's minions to get the book back. Travel through libraries, forests and mines. Make friends which will help you on your quest. Use your weapons to crush crates; these crates often contain fruits which increasee your health. If you don't have a weapon to crush the crates with, then you have to throw them. You will acquire two weapons throughout the game: a bamboo stick to hit your enemies with and small rockets or spears to shoot down enemies far away from you. Solve many puzzles, defeat bosses and explore a large world."
17364,Spiderbot,"Arac, Arac and the Arachnidroid",1986,7.3,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"You're a robotic insect, leading a normally happy life in your robotic jungle, when some of your robotic cousins decide to chew through the nearby citadel. Unfortunately for you, they're threatening to chew right through the reactor core! Capture renegade insects to stop their damage, and use them later to perform tasks for you."
17365,Gyrodine,,1984,6.8,Action,Shooter,,"Gyrodine is a basic vertical scrolling shooter. You pilot a helicopter and have to shoot as many enemies as you can. You will fight against enemy helicopters, bunkers, tanks and fighter jets above different terrains like water, deserts and military camps. There is no background story and there are no levels."
17369,Lands of Lore III,Lands of Lore 3,1999,6.8,Role-playing (RPG),"Action RPG, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Copper is the bastard son of Eric LeGré, brother of King Richard and commander of the White Army who had a relationship with a half-dracoid dancer, Copper's mother. On a pig hunt with his father and brothers, who resent him because of his mixed blood, some rift hounds appear from another dimension and kill everyone but Copper himself. He is able to escape, but the monsters take his soul with them. It is Copper's task to prove himself in a world where everyone suspects him of having killed his father and brothers to claim the throne. His second task is to find out how to get his soul back. Lands of Lore III is the third and final part in Westwood's Lands of Lore series. Just like the previous game, it is an action RPG played from the first-person perspective. It introduces features such as mouse-look and inventory quick spots, but is otherwise similar to its predecessor in basic gameplay mechanics. Copper can jump, crouch, and attack any creature encountered in the game with melee and ranged weapons or magic spells. Unlike the previous game, polygonal objects and characters are used, and pre-rendered 3D cutscenes replace live action movies. After the introduction the player is free to join one or more guilds in the city of Gladstone: Fighters, Clerics, Magicians and Thieves. Each guild comes with different abilities, upgrading Copper's rank three times within each chosen path. These abilities include, among others, requiring less time to swing a weapon, becoming a sniper, drawing mana from the environment, reviving companions, etc. By using actions linked to the guild (fighting with swords, using magic, healing, lockpicking), the player character's expertise improves. The protagonist is also offered a familiar, a creature that helps him during the quests. These familiars come with their own abilities, which include identifying various types of objects, protection from certain kinds of damage, picking locks, etc. Copper has a large inventory, room for spells, a compass, a map, a journal and meters for health, mana and hunger. There is a fairly large amount of freedom; the player can opt to kill innocent NPCs and choose different ways to finish the game, with many side-quests. The locations include a volcano world, a frozen world, the underworld and various caves, woods, lairs and castles."
17370,The Rise & Rule of Ancient Empires,,1996,6.2,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Historical events,"The Rise & Rule of Ancient Empires is based on a classic strategic game: Sid Meier's Civilization However, in this game, the period is shorter, and only hard cavalry can be discovered. As ever, the goal is the conquest of all the known world and impose your law upon it."
17397,Looney Tunes: Twouble!,"Piolin y Silvestre: Enemigos Para Siempre, Sylvester & Tweety: “Vogel zum Frühstück“, Sylvester and Tweety: “Breakfast on the Run“, Titi et Grosminet: Déjeuner en Cavale, Titti e Silvestro: Prima Colazione, Tweety & Sylvester: Het Ontsnapte Ontbijt",1998,6.1,Action,Platform,,"In Looney Toons: Twouble! you play as the Warner Bros. character Sylvester the cat. It is your goal to capture Tweety Bird. There are two distinct types of levels, which alternate each other. The first type features an isometric view of the world. Here the player has to navigate Sylvester around in the hope to find Tweety. To do this he'll have to solve various puzzles and avoid enemies like Hector and Granny. Puzzles involve collecting items, combining them and using them at the right spot in a room. Once you found Tweety you will have to chase him in a 2D side-scrolling level. You have to avoid obstacles from tripping you in order to catch him. he subsequently escapes, Which advances you to the next level where you have to find Tweety again."
17403,X-Men,XM1,1993,7.0,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Professor X's Danger Room is a training facility that can fully re-create environments in which the X-Men can practice their powers, similarly to the holodeck in Star Trek One day, the danger room starts to go crazy, and randomly loading up dangerous simulations. It turns out that Magneto, the leader of the mutant Brotherhood and the main adversary of the X-men, has loaded a virus into the Danger Room's computer, and now the X-Men have to stop it. X-Men is a side-scrolling action game based on the comic book series of the same name. The player can control one of four playable characters: Gambit, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, or Cyclops. In addition, it is possible to call upon four other X-Men in when necessary."
17407,Penny Racers,Choro Q 64,1998,6.1,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Penny Racers is a racing game with cartoonish, made-of-paper-like cars. There are thirteen cars which you can choose from and nine tracks in total – all available right from the start. It features two playable modes, Race Series and Time Trial, and a mode that allows you to create your own track. The game also supports up to four human players. In Race Series you can select one of the thirteen cars and race in any of the nine tracks with five more competitors. You can only compete in Class C (lower difficulty) races at first but can unlock more if you finish within the first three positions. At the beginning of each race you are given the option to customize your car’s parts – parts like the car’s body, engine, tires, etc. – but only if you have more than one in stock for each category. New parts can be taken from the other cars at the end of each race but only if you are among the first three racers that cross the finish line. Also, each part has points and the sum of these points must not exceed the point limit for each difficulty. For example a basic brake part may add one point to the total sum (better parts add more points). If with all the other parts the sum of points exceeds a lets say point limit of six then you are not allowed to enter the race. The current mode supports up to two human players. Time Trial is the basic mode where you run against time. You can also load a previously saved ghost to race against. VS Race mode can be accessed only if three or four human players are selected. It has 8 tracks that are different from the ones of the other modes and these tracks have more obstacles. New Track lets you create your own custom made track. You can select the road type (on road/off road) and track type (circuit/stage). After the basic layout is selected you are taken on the “map” where you can choose from the available layers to make the track. You can also adjust the road’s height."
17411,Sonic the Hedgehog 2,"3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sega Ages: Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic 2",1992,8.4,Action,Platform,,"Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is a side-scrolling platformer based around speed, and the sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog Like the original, players run through different worlds called ""zones"", which each have their own specific theme. There are two Acts in nearly all of the 10 Zones, and at the end of each Zone's last Act is a machine that Robotnik controls, which you must defeat to progress. The evil Dr. Robotnik wants to conquer the world. In order to do that, he imprisons and transforms all animals into robots called ""Badniks"". This way they can build his powerful weapon, the Death Egg. Only Sonic the Hedgehog, and his new tagalong partner, Miles 'Tails' Prower, can stop Robotnik and his army of Badniks from taking over the world. Sonic and Tails can collect rings which are scattered throughout all of the levels. As with most platformers, when the player collects 100 rings, they earn an extra life. However, the rings also act as protection; if Sonic is hurt when he is carrying rings, they scatter everywhere and he is briefly invincible. If he is hit again when he has no rings, he'll lose a life. If the player reaches a continue point lamppost with 50 or more rings, they'll be able to access the Special Stage. In this stage, you must gather a set amount of rings in a halfpipe-like stage before you reach a checkpoint. Complete all the checkpoints and you'll earn one of the seven Chaos Emeralds. New to Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is the ability to play the game co-op with a friend - at any time, a player can plug in a second controller and take over the AI-controlled Tails. Tails has infinite lives and the camera remains focused on Sonic, meaning that Tails will not hinder play. Sonic (and Tails) can now also get speed from a standing start by holding down and repeatedly pressing the jump button for a ""spin dash"". This is useful when stuck near steep slopes or other areas where you need some momentum. The game also features a 2-player versus mode. This mode is a horizontally split-screen race through levels based on three of the zones in the single-player game. The mobile version (iOS/Android) contains ten new levels in a new environment called Hidden Palace Zone, a boss attack mode, upgraded graphics, faster frame rate, a re-mastered soundtrack, and Knuckles as a third playable character."
17413,Bases Loaded II: Second Season,Moero!! Pro Yakyū '88,1988,5.9,Sports,,,"In this version of Bases Loaded you coach your team through a 130-game season in either an Eastern or western division of a professional baseball league. Win the pennant and you're off to the World Series! You can also play head-to-head with a friend. Choose from six teams in each division. Once you take your place in the dugout you're the manager, juggling your own lineup and battling order. You'll also have to somewhat of a psychologists as you learn to interpret the Player Performance Ratings. This unique feature of Bases Loaded II rates each player in three categories: physical, sensitivity, and intellectual. Each rating is like a biorhythm, going up and down, just like in real life. The Player Performance Ratings simulate what players really go through - streaks and slumps. Bases Loaded II also features similar realistic on-field action that was present in the first game of the series."
17414,The Worlds of Billy,"Anthoska, Drilling Billy",1997,5.4,Action,Arcade,,"In The Worlds of Billy a boy named Billy has to cross 100 arcade levels to get back home. But of course there are bad guys who wants him dead and in this case the culprits are fruits. To get rid of them Billy has to dig holes in the ground and whack them with his hammer when they fall in - similar to Lode Runner In the levels are several goodies to find, e.g. tennis balls which can be thrown at the enemies or bombs which decreases time needed to dig a hole. There are five worlds with different themes like a building site, caves or Egyptian ruins. The player has to beat a whole world before he can save the game."
17417,Death Rally,"Death Rally (Classic), Death Rally: Death in the Fast Lane",1996,7.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,"Death Rally is a top-down racing game where the player can rely on more than speed to be the number one, and brains must be riding along brawn to get the most from each race. Starting with only $495 and a lowly car, the player must compete in one of three races (picked from 19 tracks) with increasingly difficult opponents but higher rewards, getting enough money to buy new cars, choosing from six models, and enhance them with one to four upgrades for engine (increase top speed), tires (improve traction, allowing to drift less on turns) and armor (reduces the damage caused by opponents, mines or collisions). But there are more ways to spend money by reaching the underground market where the player can buy land mines (can be dropped to get opponents directly behind or create traps in narrow sections), get some rocket fuel (which increases boost speed greatly at the expense of some damage for both the user car and the ones directly behind) or bribe a mechanic to mess around with the best-ranked opponent car. All these upgrades are valid for one race only. The race varies in length depending on the difficulty chosen, but follow the same structure: four drivers with the starting grid set according to the championship table, with the worst placed starting in front and so on, and the first to cross the line after the stipulated number of laps wins or the last driver standing wins. At the same time, the fourth place driver gets no points and no money, including pick up bonuses, and lapped drivers get the same luck. The player can use a booster to increase speed for a few seconds, but once the reserve is depleted, the player has to wait it replenishes or pick up icons scattered on the track. Similar items appear to replenish ammo, repair the car or give small money bonuses. Occasionally, large money and repair items appear, which provide a much larger bonus. Along the money earned in races, there are several bonuses if the player manages to wipe out all competition, complete the race without a scratch, achieve a streak of wins, or fulfill certain missions for some sponsors, such as collecting steroids and winning the race or destroying an opponent. The value of these bonus changes according to the car: a bonus with the Vagabond can be worth as little as $650, but with the Deliverator a mission can be worth 12 grand, regardless of the race selected. The ultimate goal is to top the championship table, and then defeat the Adversary in a special track."
17419,Satan,,1989,6.2,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Three magic scrolls must be found in the first part of the scrolling hack 'n' slash game, before you can make the journey to defeat your foes and rescue the other wizards in the second part. As with so many Dinamic games, the two parts are loaded separately, but the second can't be accessed until a password (provided at the end of part one) is input. Contact with the enemies en route (which are mostly mutant demons) drains your limited energy, and you are also working against a time limit on each section. As well as your magical powers (which are stronger in part two), you can collect swords to attack, as well as lightning bolts which can be collected to destroy all enemies on screen. In part two vanquished foes release coins, which can be spent at shop sections on rechargers, shields and teleporters amongst other things."
17427,Superman,,1988,6.6,Action,Shooter,,"Clark Kent, a mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, possesses a secret - when he pulls off his coat, he becomes Superman, a strange being from another planet with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Our hero will need those powers and abilities, because Earth is under attack again! Time for Superman to take some serious action. The game is basically an alternative multi-scrolling beat'em up and multi-scrolling shoot'em up. Some of the stages are set on ground level where Superman can walk or fly at a low attitude and some find Superman flying high as the action changes to a shoot'em up. Superman has a handy special attack punch which is achieved by holding down the punch button a few times. However, as useful as it is, Superman cannot move while charging. Two players can play simultaneously, with the second player controlling a palette-swapped clone of Superman."
17429,Front Page Sports: Football Pro '96 Season,,1995,7.0,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"New addition to Sierra's FPS Football series. Changes this time are mostly cosmetic with new high-res svga graphics (which consist of rotoscoped sprites for characters over polygonal stadiums) as well as the expected stats update which adds not only player names and team stats, but also expansion teams such as the Carolina Panthers, and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Gameplay modes available include quick matches as well as career mode, were you take the manager's seat as well as the quarterback's and two player gameplay."
17430,American Dream,American Dream: Von der Pommesbude zum Fast-Food Imperium!,1996,5.7,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"American Dream is a managerial simulation which centers around fast food. With a fund of $500,000 the player has to build a burger empire. The game is sectioned into two parts: In the first phase the player chooses a US state and opens a small business. To ensure the satisfaction of the customers and therefore the cash flow there are the tasks of hiring employees, e.g. cleaning staff and cooks, buying ingredients, advertising and determination of the prices. Later the player can expand or renovate his building, buy better furnishing, conclude insurances or even open a new division in another city. When the player manages two flourishing fast food restaurants he gets promoted to General Manager of the whole USA. Then he can open divisions in all US states and hire managers for them so he don't have to do all the micro management. His main task is the managing of the central division and the laboratories where new products are developed. Detectives can be used to sabotage competitors, search after bargain offers or guard own subsidiaries. The time flows in real time which can be accelerated."
17437,Cyber Troopers Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram,,1998,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,The game is set in the distant future where a mysterious gate has been discovered and has been used to create massive battlesuits known as Virtuaroids. There are nine plants linked to the gate. Their owner has mysteriously disappeared and has given two rival corporations ownership of the factories. They are now battling for control over all the plants. Fight as a giant Virturoid in a one on one battle to the death. There are 11 different virtuaroids each with a different array of weapons and skills. Player duels across a wide range of environments ranging from space stations to undersea bases.
17438,Creepers,,1993,7.4,Puzzle,,,Help your worm change into a butterfly by getting past obstacles. You will use a lot of tools and your intelligence. Gameplay is similar to Lemmings but now with bugs.
17446,Daryl F. Gates Police Quest: Open Season,"Police Investigation 4, Police Quest 4",1993,6.9,Adventure,Graphic adventure,North America,"Police Quest: Open Season is the fourth installment in the Police Quest series. It abandons the story arc of the previous three games, introducing a new setting and a new protagonist, homicide detective John Carey of the Los Angeles Police Department. Carey finds his best friend and ex-partner, Officer Bob Hickman, murdered in an alley in the Southern part of the city. An eight-year-old boy named Bobby Washington has been murdered as well. Carey begins an investigation that leads him deep into the criminal life of the city and a hunt for a maniacal murderer. The game utilizes Sierra's traditional icon-based interface for interaction with the environment and generally follows an adventure format. However, it focuses on realistic police procedures even more than the previous games in the series. Much of the gameplay is dedicated to examining crime scenes, questioning suspects, and conducting a by-the-book investigation. There is a considerable degree of freedom in the interaction, allowing the player to perform actions not connected to the main story, some of which will, however, lead to the protagonist's death. The game utilizes digitized photorealistic images for its visuals."
17449,Strike Force: Cobra,Oddział Cobra,1986,6.3,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,,"The Enemy has kidnapped the world's top computer scientists, and is intent on cracking into your supercomputer. Strike Force Cobra must penetrate his hideout, crack his computer codes, and rescue the scientists before any of this can be done. To crack the code you use a DLB (Digital Lock Breaker) which is more effective when more numbers have been found, and the scientists give these when rescued. Your team of four members of varying nationalities is chosen from a pool of 8, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. The game is viewed isometrically, and you move the characters (one at a time) through the lair, shooting down intruders and clearing any traps for the other members to go through."
17451,Air Fortress,Air Fortress: Kūchū Yōsai,1987,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Federation of Intergalactic Powers is under threat by gigantic fortress spaceships which have suddenly appeared and destroyed nearby civilization. When conventional defense tactics fail, the Federation looks to find a specially selected person, Hal Bailman and equip him with a special ""Lightship"". His mission will to be to fly through the defenses of the eight known Air Fortresses and dock at the airlock. Then he must travel through the fortress in only a spacesuit to find and destroy the central core. Once the central core is destroyed, Hal must then quickly find the emergency lightship and escape before the fortress explodes. The game is made up of two parts. The first part is a side-scrolling shooter on the surface of the air fortress where you must avoid various flying enemies and try to destroy as many waves as possible. This lasts until you dock with the airlock. Once docked, you walk the inside of the Air Fortress at your own pace. Hal is equipped with a jetpack rather than a jump as well as a blaster weapon and a more powerful bomb weapon. Any movement or firing you do consumes energy which is regenerated by standing still. Your goal is to blow up the core and find the escape ship before explosion. Power-ups to increase Energy or Bombs can be found in each part of the game. Additionally, Super-bombs (clear screen of enemies) and Invulnerability can be found while flying the lightship."
17453,Tomb Raider II,"Tomb Raider 2, Tomb Raider II: Estrelando Lara Croft, Tomb Raider II: Il Pugnale di Xian, Tomb Raider II: Starring Lara Croft, Tomb Raider II: The Dagger of Xian",1997,7.9,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements","Asia, Europe","The Dagger of Xian is a legendary weapon that was used by Chinese emperors to command their armies. It is said that a person can turn into a dragon by piercing his own heart with this dagger. When one of the emperors used it for that purpose, Tibetan monks manage to withdraw the dagger from his heart and return it to its resting place on the Great Wall. While investigating the legend, the archaeologist Lara Croft finds out that a powerful Venetian crime lord is hunting for the dagger, and must do everything in her power to prevent him from obtaining it. Tomb Raider II is an action game with platforming and puzzle-solving elements, similar in concept and gameplay to its predecessor Most of the gameplay consists of traversing hazardous 3D levels utilizing Lara's athletic skills and solving environmental puzzles. The sequel puts more emphasis on fighting enemies, adding many human foes to the mix. Additional weapons include a harpoon gun, a grenade launcher, and an M16 rifle. Automatic pistols replace the magnums from the first game. There are two vehicles the player can drive in the game: a motorboat in Venice and a snow scooter in Tibet. Lara can now climb ladders and perform a roll in the air, landing in an opposite direction. The sequel also allows the player to save the game anywhere."
17458,Monopoly,,1999,6.5,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"The Nintendo 64 received its own adaptation of the classic board game of ruthless capitalism, featuring fully polygonal 3D graphics. The game includes US and UK board versions and three varieties of game: standard, short and timed. In each, various rule options can be set, including popular house rules like the free parking pot, double money for landing on GO and having to go around once before starting buying, while standard rules like the even build rule, the auctioning of unsold properties and rent immunity in trading can be switched off. Players can be set between two and four, with the computer filling out any number of positions. The personality of the computer opponents can be set in four levels, from cautious to intelligent. Eleven tokens are available, including the money bag, introduced to the game in 1998 by popular vote. Gameplay is seen in 3D, with an animated roll of the dice, the tokens moving around the board (the walking animations can be turned off), and Mr. Monopoly holding up Chance and Community cards. The camera can be set to five different positions during token movement, and there is a free camera mode for inspecting assets. The game can be saved between turns."
17459,Y2K: The Game,"S.O.S 2000, Y2K",1999,5.2,Adventure,,,"The final days of the year 1999 are approaching. Buster Everman is an accountant at Dharke Electronics, a company that specializes in robotics and AI technology. After the death of its founder, a gothic horror writer, the company used his mansion as a testing ground for a fully automatized home management system, with robotic servants controlled by a master computer. Now the Dharke Mansion is for sale, and Buster decides to buy it, after having unexpectedly won the lottery. Buster and his girlfriend Candace arrive at the mansion, where they want to spend the New Year eve. There is just one tiny problem with the sophisticated computerized system of the mansion - it is bound to do unpredictable things at the turn of the millennium. When the clock strikes midnight at the start of the year 2000, things start to go wrong. Buster is unable to leave the house, and his girlfriend has disappeared. Now he has to deal with the treacherous devices of the mansion, rescue his beloved one, and fix the system. Y2K: The Game is a third-person point-and-click adventure game. Locations are viewed from fixed camera positions, similarly to Alone in the Dark games. Most of the puzzles in the game are dedicated to fixing various computerized devices or figuring out the way to access locked rooms and safes."
17464,Omni-Play Basketball,"Magic Johnson MVP, Magic Johnson's MVP",1989,7.7,Sports,,,"Two distinct basketball games are offered in this package, with 3 skill levels and sets of players. One recreates the real game closely, offering a full league for 1 or 2 human players, which can be saved to disk. The other is faster-paced, with the Flow-Control feature for easier shooting. Shot time limit and match length can be varied, as can kit and court colours. Long range shots and slam-dunks are all available. The game features 9 years of historical statistics for teams and players."
17468,Project Neptune,"Bob Morane: Ocean, Operation Neptune",1988,6.8,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,,"Taking on the role of special agent Robert ""Rip"" Steel, it is up to you to destroy the evil Yellow Shadow's network of undersea mining bases. At the same time, you must protect your own bases from attack. You are in command of a small but powerful submarine, and must work quickly and strategically, if you are to succeed."
17481,Soccer,Arcade Archives: Soccer,1985,5.5,Sports,,,"Soccer is an action game for two players or one player against the computer. You can play the game in one of five skill levels, choose from several different teams, and select the amount of time the match will take. Soccer features throw-ins, goal kicks, corner kicks, penalty kicks and an overhead view of the field which scrolls to follow the action."
17484,PGA Tour Golf,,1990,8.0,Sports,,,"PGA Tour Golf introduced many of the conventions commonly seen in the genre since. The three-click control method (the first to start the swing, the second setting power and over-swing, the third setting draw or fade) allowed for a multitude of different shots, and required a sense of timing. Four courses are included, one of them a fantasy 'links' course designed by the programmers. Some of the holes are fiendish, with bunkers, water hazards and trees, and the need to plan strategies to get the best approach to the green. When playing a tournament there are 60 opponents, each representing top US golfers - ten of these appear in the game, with one providing tactical advice for each hole."
17494,Conan: The Cimmerian,,1991,7.2,Action,,Fantasy,"Conan the Cimmerian was living happily as a blacksmith with his wife in the village of Irskuld, Cimmeria...until one fateful day. A group of horsemen raided his village...Conan was knocked unconscious, awakening only to find his wife and his friends butchered in the aftermath. Conan discovers the architect of the slaughter was a wizard named Thoth Amon, a high priest of the Cult of Set. Sword in hand, vengeance aflame, Conan now travels south in the land of Hyborea to the city of Shadizar. Here his journey of vengeance begins... Conan: The Cimmerian is an action-adventure game with some RPG elements. The game is divided into 3 areas. The first is the overland map, where Conan may travel only between an identifiable town and other locations. The second is the town map, here Conan is viewed in a horizontal 3rd Person and the last is the combat screen (or when he enters houses) where Conan is viewed in vertical 3rd-person. Conan may also view his character status and inventory sheet, anytime during the course of the game. Gameplay consists of exploration and combat. The exploration element in the game sets Conan to find his way around towns and hidden locations, often breaking in houses and searching the premises for hidden loot. Towns consist of various places to visit, among other temples which usually offer quests, shops offering weapons and other items, and inns to stay for a health boost. NPC’s may be conversed with to seek information, while the tougher-looking types may be provoked into combat. Combat is real-time, one-on-one with Conan on the left and the opponent on the right, consisting of only movement to the left or right and attacking. There are no defensive maneuvers. Both must now keep on attacking until the health bar of either side drops to zero. If Conan wins, he may search the remains and may find loot. At the beginning of the game, Conan may only use one sword style (swing) out of three available sword styles. Additional sword styles may be trained by a sword master."
17510,Pinball,"Arcade Archives Pinball, Pinball-e",1984,6.1,Action,Pinball,,"Try to keep the ball out of the little hole at the bottom of the board by using two flippers (in case somebody doesn't know what kind of game pinball is :). The playing field is splitted into two parts, so if the ball falls down the first little hole you aren't dead yet: you get to play on the bottom floor. If you are lucky you get to play the bonus game where Mario makes an cameo appearance: bounce the ball off a platform on top of your head to save Pauline. Pinball was one of the very first NES games ever released."
17522,Baseball Mogul,,1997,7.2,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Baseball Mogul is a managerial baseball simulation and runs on the same engine as Football Mogul The player takes the role of a General Manager of a Major League Baseball team and is responsible for its athletic and financial success. The game has no MLB license and uses fake team names, but real athlete names. The team names can be edited. The user interface uses the typical Windows menus to reach the various screens. On the financial side, the player can manage income (ticket prices, concessions and broadcast) and expenses (dividing the available funds - after the fixed costs have been deducted - between the farm system, scouting and medical staff). Team management includes setting the rotation for defense and offense, selecting the lineup and trading athletes. There are also various statistics which can be viewed for analysis; the accuracy of athlete statistics depend on the scouting budget. The player can choose how long the game should simulate ahead (e.g. only a day, the full season or until a fixed date) and when the period is over, the player takes control again. Matches can be viewed play-by-play, but without options for intervention."
17523,You Don't Know Jack: Movies,,1996,8.0,Strategy / tactics,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"You Don't Know Jack Movies is a part of the You Don't Know Jack series of humorously presented trivia question games. As the title implies, this edition is dedicated entirely to cinema, as players are tested in their knowledge of the film industry. The gameplay is very similar to that of the ""regular"" entries, in particular the second installment The game features the traditional Flickerpiss Nosescums (gibberish questions), Multiple Choice, and Jack Attack question modes, as well as those introduced in You Don't Know Jack Volume 2 - Fill in the Blanks, Dis or Dats, Whatitsname, and Picture Questions. The Celebrity Calls mode from the second game has been replaced with Fiber Optic Trips, which involves calling strangers and having them ask the contestants questions."
17525,Gradius III and IV,Gradius III and IV: Fukkatsu no Shinwa,2000,6.3,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is a compilation containing two side scrolling shooters from Konami : Both games are straight emulation of their arcade counterparts, though some additional features are also included (adjustable difficulty and speed, a stage select option, and some extra game modes). Also, a new 3D introduction movie was created to introduce the games."
17539,MLB 2001,,2000,7.5,Sports,,,"This baseball game is an update to MLB 2000 The game contains depictions of the real teams, stadiums, stats, and players that reflect their real life counterparts. This game features Exhibition, All-Star Game, Season, Playoffs, Spring Training, and Home Run Derby modes. There is also a Franchise mode that let's the player build a team from scratch and try to turn it into a World Series caliber team. Another feature the game has is Manager mode which lets the player check out scouting reports during the game, warm up relievers in the bullpen, and try to get their team to the World Series and hopefully win it. A unique feature of this game is the Total Control Fielding and Total Control Batting systems. The batting system effects how much control the player has on how the ball is hit, which direction it gets hit to, and the power of the batter's swing.The fielding system lets the player have more control over the fielders. There is also an Advanced Batting Cursor option where guessing the pitcher's pitch correctly let's the player lock on to the pitch for more power while guessing incorrectly will make the batting cursor shrink and make the ball harder to hit The Artificial Intelligence used in the game was developed with consultation from Tony Gwynn, Trevor Hoffman and Davey Johnson. Vin Scully and Dave Campbell are on hand to supply commentary during the game."
17541,Excitebike,"3D Classics: Excitebike, Arcade Archives Excitebike, Excite Bike, Excitebike-e",1984,7.0,Racing / Driving,Tricks / stunts,,"Race by yourself against the clock or compete with other motocross riders on 5 tracks full of long straights, large jumps and obstacles to win the Excitebike championship. Create your own tracks by placing jumps and obstacles of all different sizes and shapes on the track and choosing how many laps each race will have, then race against the clock or other riders to see how your track fares in competition."
17545,Tintin on the Moon,"Tim Und Struppi Auf Dem Mond, Tintin En La Luna, Tintin Sur La Lune",1989,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Hergé's famous cartoon character is brought to life in this multi-stage action game, specifically based around two previous Tintin comic books. In many details the story was similar to the real moon landings, then many years off. A more accurate title for the game would be 'Tintin Gets to the Moon', as reaching it is your challenge. The game is split into two distinct types of sections; the first of these involves guiding the rocket through space. Steer it to avoid contact with asteroids, and to collect eight red spheres. Yellow spheres boost energy, and so should be collected. This is followed by a platform-based battle, as the evil Captain Jurgen has tied up several crew members, planted time bombs, and started several fires. Use your extinguisher on Jurgen and the fires, and touch the bombs and crew members to solve those problems. Turn gravity off to reach the more troublesome bombs."
17552,Golfamania,,1990,7.5,Sports,,,"Golfamania is a golfing simulation game where players play on an 18 hole golf course with all the rules and scoring like in the real game. Within the game there are 4 different modes to play on that includes Practice, Match Play, Stroke Play, and Pro Tournament. In Practice a single player can play any of the 18 holes available. Match Play is 2 player mode against human or computer. Stroke Play is the player can play up to 4 others that can include 1 computer player. In this mode the character skill can increase in 3 different areas that are power, accuracy, and luck with the 6 different characters available. The main mode is the Pro Tournament and it is where the player plays against over 30 computer players (all playing different holes) with the objective to score lower than the other players (as per the rules of golf). Based on performance the player can earn experience points (XP) that they can use to upgrade the power, accuracy, and luck of the character for future tournaments. Some of the holes have awards like ‘longest drive’ and ‘hole in one’ awards that can earn bonus XP. Regardless of the mode the game is played in the same sort of way. The player selects a character (the selection depends on the mode) and then sets up the character by naming and picking their style. In all modes but Practice the player must pick 3 golf clubs that they must remove from their selection of 17 different clubs (1-5 wood, 1-9 Iron, Pitching Wedge, Sand Wedge, and Putter). When playing the player is presented with a top down view where the player lines up the shot and the location on the golf ball they want to hit (for spin). Then the player selects the club they want to use (all go varying distances). When that is all done the player must play the skill part of the game, where they are presented with a power bar that has a marker that going is up and down along it. The player must stop the marker on the red area in the centre of the power bar to get a good hit (with the center been a perfect hit)and if this area is missed the ball will only travel about 20 yards (compared to about 100+ yards of a good hit). The amount of red that is on the power bar depends on the golf club used. To help the player the distance of the shot can be lowered in exchange for a lower marker speed and can be used for shots closer to the hole (very helpful for putter shots). The game uses battery backed RAM save to continue play later."
17554,Whale's Voyage,Distant Frontiers,1993,7.0,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Whale's Voyage is a sci-fi role-playing game with trading elements. The story involves a space traveler who has made a bad deal buying a space ship known as Whale, which turned out to be half-wrecked. Stranded on the orbit of a remote planet, the traveler and his crew have to find a way to gain money and outfit the ship so that it will stand a chance in that dangerous area. The game's character creation involves shaping four crew members. Each is generated at first by selecting his or her father and mother, choosing among humans or an alien species that does not appear elsewhere in the game. Educational background chosen for characters determines their class. There are six classes in total: Soldier, Bounty Hunter, Arania, Biochemist, Psionian, and Doctor. Depending on the class, characters gain access to skills such as healing, setting traps, identifying, using computers, etc. Each character also has six main attributes that can be manually improved in the beginning of the game, increasing the character's ""mutation level"". In the beginning of the game the player can only explore one planet, but acquiring money allows him to buy fuel and travel to other planets of the local solar system. There are six planets in total, differing in their visual design but all represented as pseudo-3D mazes set in populated areas, which are explored from first-person perspective. Combat takes place in the same area as exploration and is fairly sporadic, usually involving selecting attack options for each player-controlled character and exchanging blows in a turn-based fashion. The player advances by talking to various characters and completing their quests. Space travel is menu-based. The Whale can be ambushed on the way to another planet, which leads to a turn-based space battle shown on a separate top-down screen. The number of turns is determined by action points of the participants. The player can also outfit the Whale with better engines and weapons. Trading plays an important part, since many objectives are based around amassing money. Buying items on one planet and selling them on another for profit becomes the main source of income."
17558,PGA Tour Pro,,1997,7.6,Sports,,,"Play golf on the PGA Tour versus the computer or a friend via LAN or modem at two famous courses: ""The TPC Scottsdale"" and ""The Bay Hill Club"". You can also play with up to 80 other players on the Internet. Among the features there is Flash Draw (no waiting between shots), TV-style presentation, a 3D hole overview, a Risk meter to assess the potential risk of your next shot, the ability to walk the course in real time to read the green and view fly-bys and hear strategic commentary. There is also a Extra Disc that allows you to play Pebble Beach."
17563,Crusader: No Regret,"Crusader: No Regret - Nowy Rozdział, Crusader: No Regret - The Next Chapter",1996,7.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Crusader: No Regret is a direct sequel to Crusader: No Remorse its events starting 46 hours after those depicted in the previous game. The protagonist of the game, a silencer known as the Captain, manipulates his escape pod into a WEC freighter heading towards the moon. There, WEC has established itself as the sole power, overseeing mining procedures and using the moon as prison for dissidents. The Resistance members are forced to work for WEC, extracting a precious radioactive component, Di-Corellium. The powerful corporation is not happy to see the Captain on the moon, and he has to use all his wits and skills to survive as WEC, led by Chairman Draygan, is trying to hunt him down. The game looks and plays very similarly to its predecessor, being an isometric shooter in which the Captain can also jump, run, roll, and kneel to avoid enemy attacks. A few new weapons and death animations have been added. The game's structure is somewhat more straightforward compared to the previous installment. In No Remorse the Captain was limited to carry five weapons; in No Regret this limitation has been removed."
17579,Thrasher Presents Skate and Destroy,Thrasher SK8,1999,7.4,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"Endorsed by skating bible Thrasher magazine, this game attempts to capture the spirit, style, and skill of the renegade freestyle street-skating culture. Choose from several skaters, pick an outfit, and then select from one of 12 skateboarding locations, including the Brooklyn Bridge banks or L.A.'s Santa Monica Courthouse. These and other concrete temples are all based on real-life locations. There are more than 100 tricks to master, which is necessary if you want to unlock secret levels or outrun the donut-eating cops. In addition, each environment is interactive. For example, you will see leaves fall from a tree if you happen to hit it. Of course, you can also interact with objects to show off your skating skills. Features a hip hop soundtrack, also."
17581,Cosmic Ark,,1982,7.2,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Alpha Ro solar system is in crisis! Their sun is about to go supernova, meaning the death of all the many planets and the exotic lifeforms who call them home. Luckily, though, the noble Atlanteans have heard of Alpha Ro's plight and have sent a vast Cosmic Ark thousands of light-years across the galaxy to try and save as many species as possible. As the captain of the Ark, the player will have to contend with deadly meteor storms and planetary defense systems to succeed the mission. Cosmic Ark features two play screens: On the first, the player will have to blast meteors with four-way cannons. Blast enough and the player can go on to the second screen. The Ark descends low over one of Alpha Ro's planets. The player will then have to guide a shuttle craft down and beam aboard two creatures, while avoiding any laser defense system that may be in operation. The player will have to get the creatures back on board quickly, because another meteor shower could happen at any moment. Then it's off to the next planet!"
17586,Kid Chameleon,"Chameleon Kid, Kid Chameleon Classic",1992,7.4,Action,Platform,,"Kid Chameleon is a side-scrolling platform game in which the main character has entered a virtual reality game called ""Wild Side"" to free the other kids inside that have been captured. He can change his shape into various other forms, justifying his nickname. This gives him special abilities which must be used to pass each of the game's 100+ stages. All these stages must be played in sequence without any save or password feature."
17589,Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu,"Fire Emblem 4, Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War",1996,7.8,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"The fourth installment in the popular strategy series, set in the continent of Jugdral, southeast of Akaneia. The game's first fifth chapters follow the Prince of Chalphy, Sigurd -- from there, his son Celis becomes the protagonist. The game uses the same turn-based strategy gameplay as its predecessors, but changes up the promotion system by making it entirely level-based, adds RPG-style status effects, and introduces the concept of the weapons triangle, in that a sword is strong against an axe, spear against the sword, and axe against the spear. Seisen no Keifu also featured much larger maps than previous titles (though a lower number of them -- 12 in all) and a handful of new units, such as the Troubadour, Dragon Master, and Falcon Knight. The game was released late in the Super Famicom's lifecycle in Japan and never published internationally."
17596,Supreme Warrior,,1994,5.4,Action,"Fighting, Quick Time Events (QTEs)",,"Supreme Warrior is a full-motion video fighting game. The game, or interactive movie, is set in China hundreds of years ago. You are tasked with protecting half of a magical mask. The wearer of the mask will be granted untold power. Unfortunately, the villainous Wang Tu has the other half of the mask and wants your half badly. So, you must fight off Wang Tu's minions, and eventually Fang Tu himself. The gameplay in Supreme Warrior consists of digitized video with interactive elements. At many points during the video, you can unleash a punch, kick, or block. If your timing is correct, you inflict damage on your opponent. If your timing is off, your opponent hurts you."
17597,Colossus Chess X,Colossus X Chess,1988,7.7,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"Colossus Chess X is the first 16-bit adaptation of the chess games series by Martin P. Bryant This fully-fledged program understands all the rules of chess, including underpromotion, the fifty move rule and draws by repetition; it can achieve the king-bishop-knight mate. The new features are a modifiable opening book of 11000 moves, the program also learns new lines of play from playing experience. You can also play against the clock, try a blindfold mode or use the program to solve mating problems. Apart from the standard 2D board there's a 3D one, which can be freely rotated. Four graphical chess piece sets are available, as well as music & speech, and a demonstration mode."
17601,OSman,"Cannon Dancer: Osman, Cannon-Dancer",1996,7.0,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting","Middle East, Sci-fi / futuristic","OSman is a 2D side-scrolling platform beat 'em-up game that puts players in the shoes of an acrobatic martial arts fighter that has to kill the evil Abdullah the Slaver in a futuristic Middle eastern setting. As the player navigates through the stages he has to jump and climb. Attacks include various kick and slide attacks. You also have a limited special attack that kills all enemies on screen. Enemies include soldiers, machines and various bosses. Power-up capsules can be retrieved along the way witch will boost your attack and creates phantom images of your movements. As you consume more power-ups more phantom images will appear. Your pants changes color with each consumed power-up. The game is similar to Capcom’s Strider and designed by a former Capcom employee."
17607,Space Invaders,"Space Invaders EX, Space Invaders X",1999,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In 1978, Earth successfully repulsed an invasion from outer space thanks to ""the Tank."" The Tank was based on alien technology found when a scout ship had crashed years earlier. Now, over 20 years later, a new Tank has been created based on the technology recovered during the 1978 invasion. And none too soon, because the Invaders are back! Space Invaders is yet another classic arcade game remake by Activision (see Battlezone and Asteroids ). But this time, Activision licensed a game from Taito instead of Atari. The game stays close to its roots while adding many power-ups and enemies. You can play either one or two players against the Invaders, who march down the screen in orderly rows and columns, at one of three skill levels. You'll start at Pluto and work your way through the Solar System to Mars, then Venus, and finally Earth. There are four common aliens (red, green, blue, and yellow), plus seven more less common ones. You receive special one shot power-ups by shooting four of the same type of Invaders in a row. As in the original game, there are also Mother Ships that fly above the action, but in this version if you hit them you can pick up other useful power-ups like shields or double shots. Plus, after fighting off several waves on each planet, you'll face a unique boss. If you manage to finish the game, you'll be able to play a reproduction of the original coin-op."
17610,AirForce Delta,"Deadly Skies, Flight Shooting",1999,6.9,"Action, Simulation",,,"As a mercenary jet fighter pilot flying during a middle-eastern conflict of some sort, you'll take to the skies in a variety of air objectives and earn money for your efforts. The money can then be can be used to purchase new planes and upgrades for those planes. Altogether you have a choice of 30 different types of aircraft and 20 different different missions."
17613,Dragon Lord,Dragons Breath,1990,7.8,"Action, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Play one of the three evil wizards all competing to find the magical talisman. To do so, the player must hatch, raise, breed dragons, and use them to spread terror and power across the land! Use these dragons and spells to conquer or help numerous villages and cities across the land while devastating the other wizards also seeking control of the land. Dragon Lord introduces different levels of gameplay, which may be categorized as the following: The game introduces a complex process of alchemy. Different ingredients have positive and negative results in combination of different types of Magic equipment used for it. Use alchemy to strengthen (or even weaken) own dragons or use them to cast spells at surrounding villages and cities (as well as some alchemical spells for the player's own benefit). Creating a too powerful spell in the Magick Laboratory may introduce an unpleasant explosion in the lab. Ingredients may be obtained through villager tribute or purchase from traveling merchants. Note: The game is almost impossible to play without the Alchemical Table of Ingredients. The player may breed several individual dragons in the castle. Each require nurturing and patience before they can hatch and even more so after they hatch! Use alchemy spells to help strengthen the dragon eggs (or they may not hatch at all!). This feature gives a top-down perspective of the political map around the land. Send dragons to wreck havoc and terror to the surrounding villages and cities, or use them to explore the region and even protect villages and cities from enemy dragons! Attacking villages and cities may prompt them to surrender themselves under the player's control, providing the damage done is sufficient enough. This is also where the player may control the taxation of villages and cities (under player control) as well as any other information regarding them. Though optional, the player may enter manual combat (as to automatic combat) and enter a top-down, side-scrolling (vertical) arcade combat when attacking villages or cities. Here the player basically uses a dragon to burn anything that remotely looks like a structure. Note: If there is an enemy dragon near the area, the enemy dragon will come to the defense of that village or city!"
17616,HardBall 6,,1998,6.7,Sports,,,"Baseball simulation. Hardball 6 follows up on Hardball 5 It is the first in the series to feature 3Dfx enhanced graphics. It also has full Major League Baseball licensing, which allows the use of all real player names and teams. Gameplay modes include: Dynasty Dlay in which players get older over time which will effect their capabilities, Interleague Play, Consecutive Season Play with the amateur draft, and a custom league and schedule generator. An All-Time team that stars famous players from the past is included as well. Play-by-play commentary is provided by Greg Papa. Multiplayer options allow you to play against friends by modem, serial or LAN connection."
17629,Town & Country Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage,T&C Surf Designs,1988,5.7,Sports,"Arcade, Tricks / stunts",,"T&C Surf Designs features both skateboarding and surfing games. The skating section (called Street Skate Session) is a side scrolling action game where you need to navigate through an obstacle course within the given time limit. Ideally you want to earn as many points as possible by performing tricks, jumping over items, and collecting bonuses. If you crash too many times (or fall into a hole, run out of time, etc...) then the game will be over. In the surfing section (called Big Wave Encounter) you need to surf a giant wave all the way to the beach. As with skating, you can earn points by performing tricks and collecting bonuses; likewise the game ends if you crash too many times. You can choose to play either game individually, or alternate between the two (the Wood & Water Rage option). You can select several T&C Surf Designs characters to play as, including Thrilla Gorilla, Kool Kat, Joe Cool, and Tiki Man."
17631,Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy,,1999,6.3,Action,Platform,,"Earthworm Jim is up against 12 levels of bad guys as he explores his bedroom. It's far from the adventures against Psy-Crow, but there are plenty of evil beings lying under the bed that are just as dangerous. It's an all new adventure, using similar elements to the previous two Earthworm Jim platform games on the SNES. Many of his zany attacks are here with a few added extras, plus the return of Professor Monkey-for-a-Head."
17636,Elektraglide,Elektra Glide,1985,6.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","Elektraglide is a futuristic motorcycle driving game where the player chooses to drive in one of three countries, England, Australia, or America. On the road, there are many strange obstacles such as bouncing globes, spinning prisms, and airplanes that drop tall screens in your path. You are racing against the clock, so you must swerve around these obstacles because hitting them will force you to stop and cause you to lose time."
17637,Disney's Tarzan,Disney: Tarzan,1999,7.4,Action,Platform,Africa,"The adaptation of Disney's 1999 animated film Tarzan for the Game Boy Color is a side-scrolling platformer. In 23 levels, the player controls Tarzan (first as a child, later as an adult), his gorilla friend Terk, and Tarzan's love Jane. In Tarzan's and Terk's levels, the goal is always to collect a set number of bananas, then to find their friend to exit the level. Being creatures of the jungle, Tarzan's and Terk's abilities include swinging on vines, swimming in deep water, climbing plant-covered walls and moving through even the thickest forest quickly. Various animals like baboons, warthogs, snakes and fish populate the stages and might hurt the heroes. But since Tarzan and friends don't kill other beings, the enemies should be avoided or evaded instead. Jane is not as agile as the other two characters, so in her levels, there is no vine swinging or banana collecting. She comes equipped with an umbrella, though, which can be used to drive away enemies. In the early part of the game, there are several bonus stages: young Tarzan must escape from an elephant stampede, avoiding incoming tree boughs and collecting bananas. The game also includes two boss fights: the first against Sabor the leopardess, who killed Tarzan's parents, and the second against Clayton the gorilla hunter. The game has a unique two-player mode called ""Hide 'n 'Seek"". One player places his character somewhere in the jungle, then hands the Game Boy over to a friend, who has a limited amount of time to find it. Finally, the game also supports the Game Boy printer for printing out pictures that can be created by combining different backgrounds and character graphics."
17644,Moon Buggy,"Moon Buggy 16, Moon Buggy!",1983,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Moon Buggy is a clone of the classic Atari game Moon Patrol The player is the moon base commander, out on patrol in the ATMB (All Terrain Moon Buggy). An alien attack has penetrated the base's outer defences and its the player's job to see that this incursion is stopped. The game features flying saucers that drop bombs, craters that must be jumped, boulders that must be blasted, incoming missiles, tanks and land mines. The buggy tracks left to right across the screen, it can accelerate, decelerate, fire missiles and jump but it cannot go backwards. Points are scored for enemies destroyed and distance travelled. The game records the top five scores for the gaming session."
17645,Don't Go Alone,,1989,6.6,Role-playing (RPG),,,Don't Go Alone is a horror role-playing game. The player can choose their party from a variety of 16 paranormal characters available. With their party they'll investigate a haunted house on a hill. The house is huge and players will encounter over 100 spooky opponents and solve various puzzles in order to find out the mysteries of the haunted house. An automap feature helps prevent the player from losing track in the huge dungeons of the game.
17647,Myst,"Myst 1, Myst I",1993,7.0,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"You have just stumbled upon a most intriguing book, a book titled Myst. You have no idea where it came from, who wrote it, or how old it is. Reading through its pages provides you with only a description of an island world. But it's just a book, isn't it? As you reach the end of the book, you lay your hand on a page. Suddenly your own world dissolves into blackness, replaced with the island world the pages described. Now you're here, wherever here is, with no option but to explore. Myst is a first-person point-and-click adventure where the player controls a character known as The Stranger. Magically transported into the world described in the book, he needs to explore Myst Island and solve its mysteries. The game is presented as a series of static scenes where the player acts with the environment by clicking and manipulating objects. There are no enemies and it is not possible to die. Through Myst Island, the game is further divided into mini-worlds set in different ages accessed through different books. The game's interface is reduced to a single cursor for navigation and interaction. Rather than collecting items and using them to solve puzzles, the player must gather subtly placed clues and manipulate complex mechanical devices in order to advance in the game. The world of Myst is mostly uninhabited, and the game has very few live-action scenes with characters and dialogue."
17655,Koronis Rift,,1985,7.8,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You play as a techno scavenger in the year 2049, exploring the Koronis Rift, in one of Lucasfilms earliest games. The Ancients abandoned the planet, leaving behind many different artifacts and ships, which you can loot. Send your droid to retrieve modules and try to figure out what the ancient technology is for. It could be batteries, shields or even weapons, to help you fight the trigger-happy saucers that want you dead. The game uses fractal graphics, the terrain is vast and detailed, and the story behind it is quite complex, considering the type of game."
17659,Mayday: Conflict Earth,Mayday: Tag der Entscheidung,1998,6.4,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2051, humans have depleted the environmental resources of the Earth. Ensuing natural disasters eventually led to a global conflict powered by three organizations: the technologically powerful UCA (United Continents of America), the science-oriented ASF (Asian Federation), and the shady SBL (Southern Block), with Europe trying to stay out of the war. Mayday: Conflict Earth is a real-time strategy game. Players select one of the factions and commands an entirely mechanized army, which includes automatized tanks, cyborgs, and other non-human personnel. There is no resource harvesting in the game, and money is awarded gradually as the player completes missions. There is also no construction, with the buildings already available, requiring the player only to assign their position on the map."
17664,POD SpeedZone,POD 2: Multiplayer Online,2000,6.2,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"POD SpeedZone is the sequel to the original POD for the PC. It is a simple, futuristic racer, where you are able to attack your opponents. You are a miner on the colony of Damethra, and an alien virus has taken over the cars on the colony, creating mutant cars. It was one of the first games playable on SegaNet, and one of the only games to support the Dreamcast Broadband Adaptor. This game features eight different vehicles to use on five 3D tracks."
17666,OutRun,"3D Out Run, Out Run, Sega Ages: OutRun",1986,7.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"OutRun is a racing game that allows the player to race across varied terrain in a readily available Ferrari, complete with a female passenger, over a series of short tracks. Gameplay is viewed from just above and behind the car. The roads are full of sharp bends and hazards, contact with which can cause the car to roll and lose the player's time. On each section of track there is a fork in the road, allowing the player to choose which direction he or she wishes to go. The player has to to complete five track sections in total, out of the fifteen in the game."
17667,Wheel of Fortune: 2nd Edition,,2000,6.6,Puzzle,"Game show / trivia / quiz, Word construction",,"This was Hasbro 's second attempt at recreating the popular game show Wheel of Fortune on home computers. There are 2500 puzzles to work through, and a full roster of prizes. Against-the-clock bonus rounds are also included. You can also attempt an equivalent of the exam given to would-be contestants. Backstage video clips are included, and successful players will unlock interviews with glamorous hostess Vanna White."
17673,The Typing of the Dead,,1999,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",,"This is essentially the same game as the arcade light-gun rail-shooter House of the Dead 2 except they've turned it into a edu-tainment typing trainer. Instead of guns, your characters have keyboards strapped to them, and instead of shooting the zombies that constantly jump out at you you'll need to type out the words attached to the zombies in order to kill them before they crack open your head and feast upon the goo inside. The game ranks you on your typing speed and provides various tutorials and other edu-tainment sundries. Otherwise it's pretty much the same game as House of the Dead 2 Much like the Resident Evil series the zombie hordes have gone from infesting a vaguely gothic creepy old mansion to infesting a vaguely gothic decaying city, and its your job to stop them and save the human race (as usual)."
17675,The Ultimate Stuntman,,1990,7.0,"Action, Racing / Driving","Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"Dr. Evil has kidnapped the scientist Jenny Aykroyd and it's the Ultimate Stuntman's job to rescue her. Ultimate Stuntman must fight through 7 worlds with 4 stages each and then through the final world which consists of 3 stages. The game has a variety of different gameplay types. The stages go in the order of an overhead view stage, a side-scrolling stage, a climbing stage with the Android boss, and then a bomb disposal stage. The overhead view stages deal with you driving either a car, boat, glider, or a dune buggy and trying to get to the end before time runs out on the clock. You must do this while either dodging or shooting enemies. In all the stages besides the one where you're given a glider you can use a limited number of turbo boosts to speed up your vehicle. In the glider stages you can alter your altitude to either go high above or below various obstacles. All of these levels end with a boss battle. Sometimes after these stages there is a bonus round where you try to collect extras in a limited amount of time without crashing into any obstacles. Completing this successfully will yield an extra life. The side-scrolling stages consists of two different experiences. One is a platformer where you walk around and can shoot enemies while searching for a set number of keys to unlock a forcefield at the end of the stage. The other consists of you flying a glider throughout a stage shooting enemies and trying not to crash until you get to the end of the stage. The climbing stages consist of you climbing a building and shooting enemies with a reticle that you can move all over the screen.You have to get to the top of the building before time runs out. Once at the top you will have to fight an android boss. Such as Mega Slug, Techno Beast, and the Sand Yeti. The android boss fights take place on the buildings rooftops with a side view of the action. The player must drain the energy from the androids by repeated shooting bullets into them. In the bomb disposal stage you must dispose of a bomb before the fuse burns all the way detonating it. You dispose the bomb by unsoldering chips away from each other. The player must use the directional pad to move the cursor from chip to chip keeping an eye on the number on each one. Every time the cursor moves to a certain block, the number on it decreases by one. This creates a puzzle-like scenario, where if the player makes a mistake he must reset the disposal and try again with less time."
17677,Lords of the Realm II,,1996,7.6,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Europe, Medieval","Lords of the Realm II is a mixture of turn-based county and economic management and real-time combat. As the game begins, the king has died and 5 nobles (including yourself) are vying for control of the realm, including the noble Baron, the headstrong Knight, the ice princess The Countess, and the backstabbing Bishop. You have to hold on to your counties by building larger castles and keeping the peasantry happy and well-fed. When you engage your enemy in battle is when the real fun starts. You are given a Warcraft -type view of the battlefield with the units in your army and have to either get them to retreat (a rarity) or kill every last one of the little buggers. In a siege, you can end the battle by capturing the enemy's flag or dispatching all of your opponents soldiers to the great big Realm in the sky."
17678,Road Rash 3,"RR3, Road Rash 3: Tour de Force",1995,7.6,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,Africa,"Following the previous two Road Rash games the player has conquered the US illegal motorcycle championship. But why settle for that when one can take over the World; racing in the peaceful streets of the UK, dodging the animals in Kenya, blaze through the night in Japan or jump in the hilly circuits in Italy? Keeping the same spirit of the previous two games, Road Rash 3 adds all new digitized sprites (based on Sega-CD remake released an year earlier), bike upgrades, more weapons and meaner police. Most other aspects of the game remain unchanged: the player starts on the lowest division with a small amount of cash and a slow, hard to handle bike. To get more money (and get a faster bike) the player must beat as many of the other 15 racers to the finish line, using all means possible, even kicking and punching them into knockout. By clearing (finishing on the top three spots) all five races on a level, the player advances to the next, where opponents are faster and tougher, the police is more active and a longer race. As for new gameplay elements in the final title in the series released for Sega's 16-bit console, bikes can also be improved by choosing cheaper upgrades (instead of simply buying new ones) such as tires (less skidding), engine (improves acceleration and top speed), suspension (allows better control while landing after jumps) and body (bike takes more hits before turning into smoking metal). Instead on relying on simple motorbike patrols, the police now has helicopters at their disposal (which try to land on the player) and patrol cars, which attempt to block the path of the bike, forcing it to stop or collide to get a bust. To make things easier (or harder), new weapons were added, some of which allow the carrier to stun an opponent for a few seconds, making him the perfect victim for an incoming vehicle. Also new, if the player finishes the race with a weapon, carries it to the next race. Each track has its own features: in the UK, cars drive left on a rainy day, in Australia and Kenya animals wander into the road, in Brazil bikers can get themselves a close-encounter with a car on a crossing, in Italy the hills allow a lot of air-time for light and speedy bikes, Germany, where the icy roads and sharp turns make a deadly combination and finally in Japan the race goes during the night under the neon lights."
17682,Head Rush,You Don't Know Jack Headrush,1998,6.9,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz",,"Head Rush takes the gameplay and style of the You Don't Know Jack series and creates a teen-angled trivia game with it. The basic format of the game is the same as in the YDKJ, the major difference being a shift from sexual humor to toilet humor and a change in art style to cartoons."
17692,Liero,,1999,7.4,Action,Shooter,,"Liero is like Worms but with players battling in realtime instead of turn-based. The game combines the gameplay of MoleZ with the splitscreen mode of Tunneler At the start of the game, each player chooses 5 weapons from a vast weapons array, 40 in total. The weapons range from simple pistols and shotguns to bazookas and the ever deadly cluster bombs (known in the game as the chiquita bomb) Players can dig through mud, jump and throw ninja ropes to navigate through the area. The players must seek each other out and destroy the opposing player. When a worm is hit, ridiculous amounts of blood spurts around. All weapons have infinite ammo, however they do need to be reloaded after emptying a clip. Reloading takes a few seconds, and during this time the player cannot fire. The more powerful a weapons is, the sooner it needs to be reloaded, sometimes after every single shot. During the game, players can pick up crates with weapon power-ups. When collected, the weapon power-up replaces whatever weapon is in the active weapon slot."
17697,Wild Life,,1990,5.5,Action,Shooter,,"Wild Life is basically the same game as the developer's previous Safari Guns with new scenarios (America, Arctic, India and Australia) and interface. In each level, the player is given a list of three animals he or she needs to photograph. The process is similar to first-person shooters like Operation Wolf : the player controls a crosshair over the left and right scrolling landscape. After an animal appears, the crosshair needs to be quickly moved over them and a click triggers the photograph. The interface is basically a set of buttons which need to be clicked on to change the active crosshair: hand (needed to pick up additional equipment or medi packs for healing), 50 mm lens, telephoto lens (for small and far off animals) and a rifle (shooting hunters which try to hurt the player). The number of photographs the player can take is limited and needs to be refilled by picking up frequently appearing new rolls."
17702,The Running Man,,1989,5.8,Action,Fighting,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","In this game inspired by the movie with the same name featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger you are an ex-cop presumed guilty for the murder of many civilians. One day, you escape from jail and go to the airport to flee. Unfortunately, you are captured again, but not by the police. This time your captor is man responsible for the Running Man TV show. This show is the most popular hobby in the future, and people bet huge amounts of money on the outcome. You are hunted by professional killers, you must run and stay alive to win money. Along four levels, you must fight the hunters and reach the end if you want to be free again."
17704,Cool Boarders 2001,,2000,6.4,Sports,,,"This is the fifth game in the Cool Boarders series. This has many of the same features as previous editions of the series, but includes more board parks with a trick finder option. This game also gives you the option to compete against 10 champion snowboarders including Todd Richards, Tara Dakides, Kevin Jones. Compete in the Vans Triple Crown of Snowboarding to unlock different tracks and boards. There are a total of 20 different courses featuring 9 different events including downhill, slalom, and trick complete. The soundtrack also features modern music from bands including Stone Temple Pilots, Fear Factory, and Blind Dog."
17709,Skiing,,1980,6.8,Sports,,,"In Skiing, your goal is to ski to the bottom of the mountain in the shortest time possible. The mountain is treacherous with plenty of trees and moguls in the way! There are two different modes of gameplay. In slalom mode, there are a series of gates you need to ski through; missing any will result in a penalty to your time. In downhill mode you just need to ski to the bottom as fast as possible. Each mode includes five different skill levels which affect the length of the course (and the number of gates in slalom mode.)"
17710,PC-Man,PC-Man and the Micro Monsters,1982,7.4,Action,Arcade,,"A fairly faithful reproduction of the classic Pac-Man arcade game, considering its age and use of CGA graphics. As ever, the main character moves through a maze collecting dots and avoiding ghosts, using power pills for a chance to kill the ghosts for points."
17712,LEGO Island,"A Ilha LEGO, Abenteuer auf der LEGO Insel, Aventures sur L'Ile LEGO, Isola LEGO, L'Ile LEGO, LEGO Insel, La Isla LEGO",1997,6.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",Sandbox / open world,,"Lego Island is an action adventure game designed for younger players. The game is played from a first-person perspective as one of several characters on the island. The island is a three-dimensional world with a lot of Lego inhabitants for you to interact with. As you travel from place to place, you will find numerous points where you can assemble small vehicles from Lego pieces. Once the car, ambulance, jet ski, or whatever is assembled, you can use it to travel around the island. Some vehicles are used in races on the Island's race tracks as well. In addition to exploring the Island, there is a storyline involving the Brickster, a mean guy who likes to disassemble lego buildings. By interacting with other characters and performing tasks around the Island, the player eventually puts the Brickster in jail."
17713,Rolling Ronny,Rolling Ronny the Errand Boy,1991,7.2,Action,Platform,,"Who says being an errand boy is dull ? Take Rolling Ronny - he's the coolest dude in town. Help him rollerskate and shoot his way through nine levels of parkland, city streets, office complexes and even the underground sewers to his final destination at the other side of town. Collect cash by running errands for the inhabitants of this weird and wonderful town to earn enough money for a bus ticket to the next part of this barmy game."
17717,Monopoly,,1991,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"From Sculptured Software comes an adaptation of the classic board game Monopoly for the dominating console systems of the early 90s (later also ported to Game Boy Color). The game can be played by up to eight players (only four in the Game Boy versions). Any number of positions can be taken over by computer opponents. The game comes with eight different opponents, which are selected from a portrait gallery (8- and 16-bit versions feature different names and portraits). It is possible to set up a time limit for a game, and also to customize the game. Amount of starting money, owned properties, houses and hotels can be set for any player before starting. The game also comes with a number of preset scenarios with varied starting parameters. The 8-bit versions have eight scenarios, the 16-bit versions add another four. The Game Boy versions also feature the scenarios, but don't have the customization option. During gameplay, the board is seen from the top. Moving tokens are displayed in a special animation in the center of the board, as is a hand throwing the dice. Auctions and trades take place on special screens, with the 16-bit versions being more elaborately animated and illustrated."
17720,The Chessmaster 3000,Guoji Xiangqi Dashi 3000,1991,7.6,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"Chessmaster 3000 provides a strong chess opponent with 168 openings and different types of playfields (2D, 3D, and War Room). The game can suggest moves and determine the player's rating. It also contains 151 replications of classic real-world matches, and a Mentor feature which can act as a personal chess tutor through a variety of practical techniques."
17724,Winter Sports,,1985,5.4,"Action, Sports",,,"Eight winter sports events are recreated in this Epyx -style action game. Three variations on skiing are included - Downhill, Slalom and Giant Slalom, which involve setting the correct speed and direction change as you steam through the gates. These events have a split-screen view displaying different angles at once, as to the ski jump, Speed Skating, Bobsled and Biathlon (all bar the latter are vertically-split). As it includes target shooting, the Biathlon is one of the more challenging events. The game also includes an Ice Hockey mode as something of a bonus."
17725,Pokémon Puzzle League,,2000,7.9,"Action, Puzzle","Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle",,"Welcome to Pokémon Puzzle League ! Being selected to participate in the Official Puzzle League Tournament is one of the greatest honors a Pokémon Trainer can earn. In this brand new type of Pokémon battle, you'll have to use your strongest Pokémon to compete against the very best Trainers in Puzzle League Village. To succeed in Pokémon Puzzle League, your fingers have to be fast and your brain has to work even faster. True Pokémon Puzzle Masters will discover many ways to play the game, but the basic idea is to destroy puzzle pieces by matching up three or more blocks of the same color. The more puzzle pieces you eliminate at the same time, the more points you'll score. If you're battling another Trainer, you can send powerful attacks to their puzzle board by completing big Combos and Skill Chains. If you can't clear your stack of puzzle pieces before they reach the top of the screen, you're doomed. You'll discover many challenges as you travel through Puzzle League Village, from the exciting 3D Puzzle Mode to the brain-bruising exercises at Pokémon Puzzle University. The best way to experience Pokémon Puzzle League is to bring a friend along on your adventure. Heated two-player Pokémon battles are so intense and action-packed that you just might forget to breathe! Are you ready for this new type of Pokémon Battle?"
17741,Urban Runner,"Avudim BaIr, Lost in Town, Urban Runner: Lost in Town...",1996,6.3,Adventure,,,"The player is Max, an American journalist in Paris. There seems to be a story at hand, about a big drug dealer who is covered by some influential person in politics. To get the dealer talking, the player offers him a photography in exchange for some information. But when the player gets there, the druglord is dead and everyones on their back - mistaking them for the killer. The game itself is a movie adventure on four CD-ROMs, dividing gameplay in Clue- and Action-turns. The player can control the game completely via mouse."
17747,Hotshot,,1988,5.9,Action,Platform,,"A simple two-player game released to much marketing fanfare, Hotshot places you and another player (either another person or an AI robot) in an arena split down the middle into two save for a hole about half the screen's height for the ball to travel through, with a series of bricks on each side to destroy. The aim of the game is to destroy your own bricks before your opponent can destroy his. This is achieved by catching the ball by pointing your suction device at it and holding fire, and then releasing it by letting go of the button. This is easier said than done, as the ball neither moves in a straight line or according to the natural rules of gravity. Should either player be hit with the ball and not catch it properly, they will be knocked down and possession of the ball is passed to the other player."
17759,Catechumen,,2000,5.6,Action,Shooter,"Classical antiquity, Europe, Fantasy","A Christian-themed first-person-shooter, you are a Christian-in-training in the Ancient Roman times. You are battling the hordes of demons sent by the devil to corrupt Roman souls. Most of your comrades have been locked away by the possessed Romans. Only you, armed with a holy sword that shoots word of God, can enlighten the possessed Centurions, banish the demons, save your fellow Christians, and defeat Satan himself..."
17761,The Vindicator!,,1988,7.0,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In The Vindicator! aliens invaded earth and laid it into ruins. The rest of humanity had to flee underground and one sole hero, the vindicator, goes out on his quest to kill the Dark Overlord. The game has three distinctive parts: the first is set in an underground complex where blueprints containing a way to destroy the aliens have to be found. To do so the vindicator has to navigate a maze, find keycards, kill aliens in the way and finally solve an anagram puzzle. After that stands a long way towards the alien base which plays out as a vertically scrolling shooter section. Here the player takes control over a plane or - after a life loss - a jeep with a regular weapon with unlimited ammo and a special weapon (bombs or grenades) for larger enemies. Inside the base the vindicator has to navigate side-scrolling platforms while using lifts and trap doors and shooting a lot of opposition."
17763,Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire,"Sangokushi, Sangokushi IV",1994,7.0,Strategy / tactics,,"China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events",The Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history is the setting for this strategic war game. Select one of 38 leaders and guide your people to power by military or diplomatic means in an isometrically viewed world. Military tactics such as well-placed taunts and deliberate enemy confusion are on offer. Weaponry includes catapults and automatic-firing crossbows.
17766,Spider-Man / Venom: Maximum Carnage,Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage,1994,6.8,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting, Platform",,"Loosely based on the comic book series, the story opens as Carnage breaks out of the insane asylum and wreaks mayhem. Spiderman immediately acknowledges the new job at hand and sets out to stop him. You start off with Spidey but in certain parts you get to choose between him and Venom, which takes you through an alternate routes. The gameplay is your standard beat-em-up, the regular punching and jump-kicking, with the addition of the all important webbing - ie web swinging, web shield etc."
17774,Fables & Fiends: Hand of Fate,"Fables & Fiends: The Legend of Kyrandia - Hand of Fate: Book Two, Kyrandia 2, Kyrandia II: The Hand of Fate, The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate, The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate (Book Two)",1993,8.2,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"In the first part of this trilogy Brandon, soon to be a king and only heir to the throne, determined to stop the evil jester Malcolm. Now, Kyrandia is disappearing. The high council found the cure for that - the anchor from the center of the world. When the young sorceress Zanthia comes to that anchor, she realizes it is not the answer. Her friend Marco is in possession of a giant hand, and it looks like that hand is responsible for the sabotage. Now, Zanthia must save Kyrandia before everything else vanishes without a trace. Hand of Fate is the second installment in the Kyrandia series. The gameplay is similar to that of the previous game. Interaction is possible only with highlighted objects on the screen, and is reduced to a single cursor, without the distinction of separate commands. There are also no branching dialogues. Many of the puzzles involve picking up ingredients and concocting magic spells out of them."
17778,Sasa,Astro Robo Sasa,1984,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"This is a shooting game with a twist. You are in control of a small character who has to go through a series of stages. Each stage consists of one screen only and contains several energy packs hidden behind various obstacles. Your goal is to eat up all the energy packs at a given stage or destroy them, which is sometimes easier but has dire consequences in the later stages. If you manage to eat the energy packs, you'll gain more energy points, which carry over to the next stage. You'll need the energy points because every shot from your gun costs you one, and each collision with the various enemies flying around can deplete a large bulk of them. The twist of the game is in the movement: instead of simply flying around, you must shoot in the direction opposite of the desired movement. For example, if you shoot several times to the left, you'll be thrown to the right. Everything is built around the reactive force of your gun and the gravity force, which will slowly make you descend to the ground if you don't shoot continuously. Preserving the precious energy points and trying to propel yourself exactly to the obstacles which you must destroy on your way to the energy packs is the only way to successfully complete the game."
17783,Air-Sea Battle,"02 Air-Sea Battle, Batalha Aero-Naval, Hava-Deniz Savaşları, Target Fun",1977,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Air-Sea Battle is basically a target shooting game. On most settings, you are positioned at the bottom of the screen and you shoot at targets at the top of the screen. The various settings provide different targets and weapons with different characteristics. In games 1-6, you are an anti-aircraft gun and you shoot, unsurprisingly, at aircraft. You are stationary. Your control is limited to selecting the time of firing, the angle at which your shot is fired, and, on some settings, exertion of minor control over the direction of your missile. In games 7-12, you are a submarine and you shoot torpedoes at the ships above. On these settings, you are able to move your submarine back and forth across the bottom of the screen. Your torpedoes, however, can only be fired directly above. Some settings allow minor control over the direction of your torpedo once fired. In games 13-15, you are apparently the anti-aircraft gun again. This time, however, you are shooting at shooting gallery targets (clown faces, ducks, rabbits). The controls are as in games 1-6. In games 16-18, you are a ship and you fire Polaris missiles at jets flying above. Your ship constantly moves on its own, you control only the speed. When you fire, the angle of the missile and its speed are based on the speed your ship was traveling at the time of firing. Some settings restrict your ability to change speed once a missile is fired, others allow you to exert control over the missile by changing speed once the missile is fired. In games 19-21, the situation is reversed, you are the jet dropping bombs at the ships below. The controls in this setting are the same as in games 16-18. The difference, of course, is that you are dropping bombs from above at targets below. In Games 22-27, one player is the jet and the other is the ship. Each of the two-player games is a matter of who can hit more targets in (oddly enough) 2 minutes and 16 seconds. (The manual says that the game will also end if one player hits 99 targets. I have yet to see this happen.) In each of the single-player games, the single-player tries to outscore a computer opponent that simply constantly fires."
17785,Hurricanes,,1994,6.2,Action,Platform,,"Featuring in a children's TV cartoon, The Hurricanes are the most revered team in the World Soccer League. The Gorgons are desperate to beat them in a key match - so desperate that they have made it hard for the team to even get to the stadium. Taking control of one of their star players, you must trek through the jungle, mines and a temple to get them to the stadium on time. Soccer Kid seems like a logical game to 'influence' a license of a show about brilliant football players. Arc Developments agreed. The gameplay thus has a football used as a weapon against encroaching foes. There are ropes to move across, precise jumps to time, and traps to avoid. In The Hurricanes the ball sticks closely to the player's foot, even while he is jumping. It is only released when purposefully kicked, and replaced if it hits something or is lost. It can be flicked up while you are off the ground. The levels move from left to right but on several different vertical levels, and there is often more than 1 possible path, in a manner similar to Global Gladiators Power-up tokens can be collected and traded in. Losing one of your 5 lives takes you back to the last restart point - losing one of your continues takes you to the start of the world."
17794,Bravo Air Race,"Air Race, Reciproheat 5000",1997,6.6,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"In this air racing game, players race planes in an attempt to be first at the finish line. First they get to choose a plane, with each plane having their own ratings in max speed, acceleration, and mobility. The types of planes include a Lightning, Mustang, Thunderbolt, Corsair, Zero Fighter, Sinden, Messerschmitt, Spitfire, Gee Bee, Pitts, plus a few planes which have to be unlocked to use. They also can choose whether they want to fly the planes with automatic or manual transmission. They can choose to race in 4 different courses, which are the easy difficulty rated Mountain, the normal difficulty rated South City, or either of the hard difficulty rated Canyon or Snow Land course. When the race starts, players compete against 11 other planes. Players can view the plane they're flying while racing or they can choose to view the race from inside their cockpit. Players can turn a guide option on or off, with the guide being on, it helps the player stay on course and not fly out of bound by placing a trail to follow. Players also have to get to each course's checkpoints before a timer counts down to zero. If the player makes it to a checkpoint on time, their time is extended so they can get to the next one. During a race, players may see an S icon that when touched will give the player's plane a temporary burst of speed. Planes also can perform aerobatic rolls to quickly get out of danger. If a plane crashes, the players starts where they crashed, but costs them precious amounts of time. If players don't make it to the checkpoint on time, the race is over. The game also features a 2 player mode where 2 players race against each other while in split-screen. There is also a time attack mode where the player can fly the courses by themselves and try to complete laps as fast as possible and finish a course in as little time as possible."
17795,FaceMaker,"Fratzenschneider, Make-A-Face, Mil Caras, Portrait-Robot",1982,6.9,Educational,,,"Everyone's mothers always say ""Don't make those faces! They'll stay like that!"" But now you have the chance to make the silliest looking faces anyone's ever seen! Choose from a wide assortment of eyes, ears, noses, and mouths. Then make your newly created faces blink, wiggle their ears, wink, or razz you. You can even play a ""Simon Says.."" type game where your face will do some kind of action and you have to follow along!"
17796,Floppy Frenzy,,1982,6.2,Action,Arcade,,"In Floppy Frenzy players guide a floppy disk through a maze, being careful to avoid dust and magnets. Players can trap magnets in a trap, while using traps on dust will reduce the dust and make it harmless. Be warned though, as magnets get free after a while or if they touch another trap after they are trapped. There is also a timer. If the player does not use their traps on all the enemies within the time limit, they will die. If the player loses all three of their lives the game is then over. After each level the player gets to a bonus score screen, which shows how well they did within the time limit. The faster a player used their traps on all the enemies, the higher the bonus score multiplier."
17803,Gyroscope,,1985,6.8,Action,,,"Releasing a game which resembles a well-known arcade game before any official license can be released was always a challenge for publishers, and in this case Melbourne House released a game similar to Marble Madness Controlling a gyroscope, you most navigate your way down a sloping track full of hazards. The viewpoint is in fixed isometric 3D, with hazards including buildings, ramps and drops. The gyroscope accelerates quickly and takes time to slow down, so it is easy to go into a screen too fast. Failing to keep the gyroscope spinning freely as it navigates these costs you one of your seven lives. You are also playing within a time limit - losing a life sees you return to the start of a level without regaining lost time, but running out of time sees you lose a life, but be able to continue from where you were left with a new set of time (so, as with Chase HQ completing tricky levels can take 2 or 3 lives at first). You get time bonuses for completing a screen, points bonuses for completing one of the seven four-screen levels, and an extra life for reaching 1000 points. At the end of level 7, you will get 1000 points for each remaining lives, doubling your current amount of lives. You will then start again at level 1 but mirrored by the vertical axis (you are now climbing from the bottom of screen to the top). After level 14 (level 7 mirror), you will again win 1000 points for each remaining lives and then the game loop on level 1 (not mirrored)."
17805,Shadoworlds,,1992,7.0,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this sequel to Shadowlands you find yourself commanding a team of explorers through a deserted space-station, trying to discover what happened to the crew. Along the way you must solve puzzles, fight baddies and do masses and masses of exploring. You have four characters to control in this real time RPG, and the designers have done their best to remove all the numbers usually involved in RPG's (dexterity/wisdom etc) and replaced them with friendlier looking graphical bars. Another good idea is the way you can put your characters in formation instead of having to move them one at a time. The other big innovative game system is the clever use of light: Teque's ""Photoscaping"" system which means you can only see a few feet in front of you and you can use flares and torches to light up areas."
17807,Donkey Kong 64,,1999,8.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Donkey Kong 64 is similar to Rareware's other Nintendo 64 platformer series, Banjo Kazooie but starring Donkey Kong and his friends from the Donkey Kong Country games Several new features have been added to the game, like being able to change between different characters with different weapons and abilities. As with many platformer games players will run around the various levels, jumping, swimming, and climbing where needed. Each level has multiple objectives, such as collecting DK's stolen golden bananas, collecting bananas color coded to each of the five characters, and miscellaneous other objects that need to be found to eventually complete 100% of the game. The player starts only being able to choose Donkey Kong, and must rescue the other four characters from the early levels before they can be used. By visiting Cranky Kong in each level more moves can be learned for each character, allowing them to complete challenges and reach sections in levels that were previously inaccessible."
17808,Street Fighter Alpha 3,Street Fighter Zero 3,1998,8.4,Action,Fighting,,"Street Fighter Alpha 3 the third game in the Alpha series, has a total of 31 fighters, the most in the series so far. New characters include old favorites E. Honda, Blanka, Vega, Cammy, T. Hawk, Dee Jay, Juni, and Juli. Some of the newest fighters on the block include a former Final Fight character (Cody, who has been in jail since the last Final Fight game, or so his clothing suggests), Karin Kanzuki, and Rainbow Mika. The major difference between this Alpha and the last two are the new play modes World Tour, Arcade, VS, Training and Entry. World Tour - Simply choose your fighter and travel around the world, fighting the hometown heroes that you run into. The more fights you win, the stronger your fighter becomes. You can also learn new moves, and there are three levels of Super moves to choose from before you start each round (called Isms). Arcade - A simple conversion of the arcade version. Beat each fighter with your chosen warrior, in three rounds per match (much the same as past versions of Street Fighter) Versus - Two human players battle it out. Training - A good way to learn all the super moves that are available, against a dummy. Entry - If you save your character during the World Tour mode, you can upload him here to use in the other modes in the game (especially handy for Training). Finally, if you complete certain areas of the game three new fighters become available, including another old favorite in Guile, Evil Ryu, and Shin Akuma."
17809,Laser Blast,,1981,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Laser Blast, you control an intergalactic spacecraft, and you need to destroy enemy ground forces. Using your laser blasts, try to destroy the enemy vehicles which appear three at a time. But be careful, they are fully armed with their own lasers and have no intention of letting you take them out easily! The more enemy vehicles you destroy, the more points you earn. If you do get hit by a laser blast, your spacecraft will fall to the ground and crash. When hit you still have one last chance to take out an enemy by maneuvering the spacecraft to crash land on top of it."
17813,Amsgolf,Golf,1984,5.8,Sports,,,"An early golfing game on the Amstrad CPC and exclusive to the system, this is a one player game where the player is challenged to take on 18 hole golf course from an overhead point of view that switches to a 2D one for some pressure shots. The aim is to get around the courses in as few strokes as possible to improve your handicap, avoiding sand traps, rough grass and water features. Improving your handicap will result in longer and more accurate shots on your next round. The game has a password system to allow players to continue to work on lowering their handicap over several sessions."
17815,X-COM: Apocalypse,APOC,1997,7.6,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based tactics (TBT),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Things have not gone well since the last Alien War. The world resources have been exhausted, and most of the population have been concentrated into the last hope: Mega-Primus, a self-sufficient city. Things were starting to look good until a strange portal opened in the sky, and UFOs emerged from it. It seems that the X-COM is needed again. X-COM: Apocalypse is a sequel to X-COM: Terror from the Deep and is the third entry in the X-COM series. It is a real-time / turn-based strategy game that features a mix of research, resource management, macro tactical combat, and micro tactical combat. At the city screen, the player controls vehicles to engage the threats (everything from rival factions to alien UFOs). If a UFO has landed or infiltration has been reported, the vehicles will land/dock at the infestation site and engage in tactical combat with the equipment at hand. Once the player managed to capture aliens and alien equipment, the scientists can research and perhaps even copy them for the player's use. The player will also need to balance the budget as everything costs money, from agents to equipment. The various human factions must be kept happy, otherwise they might turn against the X-COM. The player must hire recruits, buy weapons, ammo, and equipment to outfit his squads in the vehicles (including weapons on the vehicles and their ammo). The management mode for tracking down UFOs is called the Cityscape; combat takes place in a separate environment, the Battlescape, where the player engages the individual aliens that managed to escape. Differences from the previous games in the series include reworked graphics, larger maps, a more complex world, and the possibility of choosing between real-time or turn-based tactical combat. Also, instead of just engaging aliens, the player will also have to deal with multiple human factions, from a cult that worships alien invaders to gangs, from industrial giants to security forces."
17816,NBA Jam 99,,1998,7.0,Sports,"Arcade, Managerial / business simulation",,"NBA Jam returns, this time removed of its flashy jams and flaming basketballs, replaced with a full simulation of basketball complete with all teams and players of the 99 season, full create-a-player and create-a-team modes, season, exhibition and shoot out modes. Total team management is also included, with the ability to trade, release and sign new players as well as scouting reports. 4 player multiplayer is also supported."
17819,Junction,,1991,6.0,Puzzle,,,"Junction on the Game Gear plays much like its Genesis equivalent but the view is top-down rather than isometric. The object is still to guide the ball along a path to the exit, shifting tiles as needed."
17820,Scratch Golf,,1994,6.3,"Simulation, Sports",,,Scratch Golf is an overhead golfing sim that the player can play on two different golf courses either against three computer opponents in a game of scratch golf or practice on any course by themselves. Two-players can also play via link up against each other in head-to-head or team up and go up against a computer duo. Like many other golf games the player uses a power and accuracy bar that is brought up after pressing a certain button and pressing it again to confirm the position.
17829,Pete Sampras Tennis 96,Sampras Tennis 96,1995,7.3,Sports,,,"The Europe-only sequel to Pete Sampras Tennis Pete Sampras Tennis '96 includes new features, such as a reworked graphics engine with parallax scrolling, new shots and aftertouch controls, with an Indoor court joins the previously available Grass, Clay and Hard courts. Changes to the game go well beyond the graphics - now the ball reacts differently in each court and it's harder to control the direction of the ball, meaning the powerful forehands that could win a game in minutes of the first game are much harder to pull. Services now must be perfectly weighted in both power, direction and timing, facing the risk of hitting the net or going off bounds, with a speedometer showing how fast the best serves went. All these are controlled using the three buttons of the gamepad and the d-pad, with the A button for lobbing the ball, B to make passing shots and C to dive for a direction. By combining the B and A or C buttons it's possible to add top/back or full spin to the ball, with the Y axis changing the power and the X axis the direction. The large roster of Pete Sampras Tennis was replaced by only eight players: Pete Sampras himself, Sam Nimitz (German, powerful player best suited for hard courts), Marie Guyennot (French, accurate and fast around the court), Minori Hurosawa (Japanese, fast and agile all around), Dino Turnetti (Italian, with an aggressive style of play), Wanda Tucker (American, all around), Esperanza Delgado (Spanish, powerful serve and volleying abilities) and Richard Potter (English, rookie all-arounder). There are three game modes to square things up - Challenge (single match, pairs or doubles on any court), Tournament (""Party mode"" for up to eight players) and World Tour (single player mode, where the player squares against seven computer players, with the option to play singles or doubles. There's a Pro mode which extend the match to three sets and increase the difficulty setting by enhancing computer player AI and allowing them to perform spin shots)."
17835,Killing Zone,,1996,5.1,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"Seven infamous monsters from Frankenstein to the Minotaur go head to head in this early PlayStation fighting game. These initial seven monsters are all there is; there are no hidden characters to unlock or a final boss to beat. Most of the characters are slow and un-manoeuvrable. This may be by design to represent the weight of the monsters; most of them are big and their fighting styles could be considered anything but skill based. For instance the Skeleton can jump on the opponent and stab them in the neck repeatedly with its sword while the Minotaur gores them with its horns. It must be said that the attacks in the game generally fit their respective monster. There are only two game modes available with the main one being the standard ""Normal Mode"" where one player goes up against the six other monsters and finally a mirror match. A second player can join in at any point (in fact it's the only way a second player can play as there is no Vs mode). If one completes this mode they are presented with a breakdown of their performance in each fight, though no ending in the real sense, as the game has no story at tall to explain why these monsters are fighting each other. The second game mode is an innovative mode the game calls ""Auto Mode"" and devotes most of its manual to. In this mode the player functions as a side line trainer to train and guide an AI controlled monster (selectable from one of the same seven as the Normal Mode) through several tournaments. This is done by pressing various buttons on the controller to tell your monster to try to perform certain offensive or defensive plays. The monster you are training start's of with little more than the ability to throw a punch and is slow to respond to your prompts, but will gain additional attacks and respond quicker and more intelligently to your prompts the more it fights, until it ultimately gains the full range of attacks it would have in the Normal Mode. However the full potential of this mode is undermined by the games lack of any save feature."
17840,Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 2,Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 2 for Windows® 95,1995,6.0,Compilation,,,"As if the original Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack wasn't enough for old-school console gaming junkies, Activision follows up with a second set of 15 cartridges from their archives. These are not PC ports; the package includes a 2600 emulator and the original cartridge ROMs. The games featured in Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 2 are:"
17862,Core,,1986,5.9,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The asteroids have been colonised and are protected in the Federation. An evil contingent of aliens have decided to wipe-out the humans. Unable to find out why this has happened the Federation sends Mr Andrew Angello to gather information of the attacks. One such asteroid EROC 1 has just had such an attack. A faint signal is still being heard so this means the Central Computer is still working. Mr Angello needs to find the bio-memory chips so that the plan of attack and alien armaments can be studied thus saving other asteroids in the future. You play Mr Andrew Angello and you have to walk around the caves beneath the surface of the asteroid over four levels. Although the aliens have left they have left booby traps and if touched saps the power from his backpack. When the energy is gone then Andrew will suffocate. Power can be replenished by finding batteries. Various pieces of equipment need to be found and to do this a spade has to be found so you can dig into the ground. Core is a flick screen side viewed game. The joystick moves you around while pressing down allows you to pick up objects or dig with the spade. As well as the main playing area you can see an information bar as well as directions you can go, time, backpack power and icons allowing you to save the game."
17865,Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel,"Zero High-Flying Squirrel, Zero o Esquilo Kamikaze",1994,7.2,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"One day, Zero, the side-kick of the evil Edgar Ektor, receives a letter from his girlfriend Amy, which informs him of a lumberjack named Jacques Le Sheets chopping down trees and destroying his homeland for financial purposes. Despite Ektor's protestations, Zero decides that the desire to protect his land is more important that whatever villainous plans his boss might have had in mind. It's time to show that lumberjack that squirrels of dubious reputation are no strangers to the battle for environmental protection! Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel is a spin-off of the Aero the Acrobat games, its main protagonist being one of Aero's antagonists. The gameplay is similar to that of Aero the Acrobat games, involving fast-paced side-scrolling and platforming action. Zero can eliminate his enemies by executing his trademark Kamikaze Slam: spinning in the air and crushing the unlucky adversary. He can also collect shurikens (shooting stars) scattered across the levels, and use them for projectile attacks. The squirrel is able to perform double jumps to reach high platforms and jump over larger chasms."
17867,Bridge-It,,1984,4.8,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Bridge-It is a single player puzzle game which can be played by keyboard or joystick. The game is quite simple. There are two houses connected by a walkway. On the walkway are a series of four bridges. People walk between these houses and, unless the bridges are closed, they will fall, lemming like, into the water below. However, the bridges do not stay closed for more than a second or two so timing and fast reflexes are crucial. The player can start the game at any of its nine levels of difficulty, the game at each level is identical, but the period between each walker is reduced. The player can also make the game more difficult by increasing the number of lives, or how many walkers can fall to their doom before the game is over, to any number between 1 and 50. The player is entertained by music while playing the game, and this can be toggled on or off during play."
17870,Battle City,"BattleCity, Tank",1985,7.3,Action,Shooter,,"Battle City is a refined version of Namco's old arcade game Tank Battalion Destroy different enemy tanks, while trying to keep them away from your base. When you have destroyed 20 enemy tanks you advance to the next level with different layout. In each level there's some obstacles which you can use to your advantage. Obstacles include red bricks which you can shoot out of your way, silver bricks which are highly armored, water and ice. You start the game with a basic tank, which you can power up to better one little by little. The NES game includes a construction mode, so you can make your own levels when you have played through all the 35 original levels."
17879,Horror Zombies from the Crypt,,1990,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Horror Zombies from the Crypt pays homage to the horror genre of the 1950's by creating Count Frederick Valdemar (our hero of the game), the gothic mansion he enters, and the creatures he is going to meet there like vampires, zombies, ghouls and many other scary things that cinema fans can easily remember. You have six levels to pass with each level promising one hundred ""all-action"" screens..."
17883,They $tole a Million,,1986,7.6,Strategy / tactics,"Puzzle elements, Stealth",,"In They $tole a Million you are The Boss, a would-be criminal mastermind out to seek his fortune the dishonest way. To do this you will have to hire a team of criminals, with skills ranging from explosives to driving - these will each seek an upfront payment and a percentage cut of the eventual profits. You will have to buy information and plans on potential targets - an art gallery and bank for example. Menu options reveal pop-up windows of information and sub-menus. Planning the raid itself is your next task. An overhead view of the site is prevented, with your information on doors and storage locations all readily available. You move each member around the map to give them orders, using a displayed clock to ensure that the action timings overlap correctly. Many options bring up sub-menus of icons. During the actual crime, you wait outside, with a walkie-talkie to issue orders. Keep an eye out for police cars, as their presence may for you to freeze, or run off with what you have so far. You can enter the site to help out, but this leaves you defenceless if the police arrive."
17898,Burai Fighter Deluxe,Burai Senshi,1990,7.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Burai, a race of evil super-brain aliens, have launched their plan to conquer the universe with their army of half-organic, half-robot creatures - the robo-mutants. It's up to the player to stop them! Strap on your jet pack, and get ready to become the ultimate Burai Fighter. Burai Fighter Deluxe is an scrolling shooter game. The levels are side- and vertical-scrolling with pre-designed layouts. The player is armed with a variety of weapons, including different guns (laser, missile, ring) and the powerful cobalt bomb which kills everything on screen. The top-down stages from NES version are not included. The ""Deluxe"" part refers to the added versus multiplayer mode through the link cable functionality that is included with this Game Boy release."
17901,Kaboom!,,1981,7.0,Action,Arcade,,"The mad bomber is on the loose! As he races back and forth at the top of the screen, you need to catch the bombs he drops in buckets of water. One point is earned for each bomb caught, but miss one of the bombs, and Kaboom! As the levels progress, the mad bomber will move faster and faster and drop more and more bombs. You start the game with three buckets and lose one each time a bomb is missed. The game ends when all of your water buckets are gone."
17903,Scott Adams' Graphic Adventure #3: Secret Mission,"Mission Impossible, Secret Mission",1982,6.4,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"This is the enhanced version of the original all-text Scott Adams Adventure, Secret Mission Additions to the original game include illustrations for each location, and support for the VOTRAX voice synthesizer. Otherwise the game remains essentially the same as the original."
17909,Nemesis 3: The Eve of Destruction,Gofer no yabō: Episode II,1988,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Nemesis 3 ( Gradius II in Japan) is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up. Shooting at certain enemies will leave a power up pod behind, which can be collected to add more power to the player-controlled space ship (for example special weapons or a force field). Every level features a wide variety of enemies trying to stop the protagonist, with a large boss at the end. Gameplay is for one player or two players alternating. The plot of the game focuses on the planet Gradius, which is involved in three space wars: versus Bacterion, Venom and Salamander."
17918,Zombie Nation,"Abarenbou Tengu, Darc Seed, Samurai Zombie Nation",1990,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",North America,"In 1999 a mysterious object crashes into the desert and a mysterious creature, Darc Seed appears. Using magnetic powers, he soon turns the people of the United States into zombies and exerts influence over various weapons and objects. Among the weapons Darc Seed claims is the legendary samurai sword, Shura. When the great head of the samurai, Namakubi hears about this, he sets out for the United States to defeat Darc Seed and reclaim the sword. Zombie Nation is a side-scrolling shooter in which the player can control Namakubi's movement across the screen and the ability to shoot. The hero's designation as a ""great head of the samurai"" is to be taken literally: Namakubi is indeed a giant disembodied head. His main weapon is the ability to shoot projectiles from his eyes and bombs from his mouth which he fires at various enemies, objects and buildings. Furthermore, should a zombie hostage fall out a window he can rescue them to slowly power up his attacks. Enemies reduce health by varying amounts; health can be restored by increasing the player's score. The game features four distinct stages with two difficulty settings."
17927,Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!,,1988,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2XXX A.D., Earth is under attack from the aliens of Planet X. Armed with monsters of terrible destructive force, the invaders establish bases on every planet of the solar system. These monsters include the foes Gezora, Moguera, Baragon, Varan, Hedorah, Gigan, Mecha-Godzilla and King Ghidora. To combat the menace, Earth sends two of it's own monsters, Godzilla and Mothra, in order to drive back the invaders of Planet X. Godzilla is a game of alternating turns between the player and the AI. On each turn, the player may select either Godzilla or Mothra and move them across a hex field map taking place on one of the planets of the solar system. Any tiles of the hex field that are crossed must be battled through by the selected monster during an action sequence with side-scrolling gameplay: dodging obstacles or destroying them, battling smaller enemies and evading projectiles. Enemies and obstacles encountered depend on the terrain type, which include mountainous, jungle, volcano, alien city, underwater and special. Encounters against enemy monsters on the map may also take place. These boss battles last 90 seconds, with either one side's monster being defeated or the turn ending. Mothra can move four tiles each turn and has additional mobility through her flying. She fires red laser bolts from her eyes and can unleash special pollen bombs that she drops at an angle downwards. Godzilla can only move two tiles each turn but is the stronger creature. He can punch, kick, swipe with his tail, jump and unleash radioactive breath on everything in front of him."
17930,Bubsy II,,1994,6.9,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Bubsy is back! After defeating the evil Woolies in the first game Bubsy, the brave bob-cat, has to participate in an even more dangerous adventure: to explore a mysterious hyperdimensional mansion, inside of which there are portals that lead to different area in different locations and times. Similarly to Sonic games, Bubsy moves very fast and can also jump very high. Bubsy kills the enemies by jumping on their heads. The levels are large and can be accessed right from the beginning of the game (except the ultimate level), starting in either west or east wing. There are five types of regular levels: Egyptian pyramid, sci-fi space-like environment, a world filled with musical instruments and notes, a ""green"" level with trees and hills, and a side-scrolling group of levels where Bubsy has to navigate an airplane."
17936,No One Can Stop Mr. Domino,Domino-kun o Tomenaide.,1998,7.0,"Action, Puzzle, Racing / Driving",Falling block puzzle,,"Most dominoes wait forever, just waiting to be toppled over. But no one can stop Mr. Domino - he has to run around everywhere, causing mayhem everywhere he goes. Help Mr. Domino use the domino effect to trigger tricks and traps on unsuspecting objects and people! No One Can Stop Mr. Domino is a puzzle game which sees you controlling the titular Mr. Domino (or one of his friends, if you prefer) as he zips around levels which can be best described as a racetrack. As the title suggests, you can't actually stop Mr. Domino - however, you can guide him around the track, speed him up and slow him down. He'll need to dodge obstacles as he aims to activate ""tricks"" which are placed around the board. By holding down X, Circle, Triangle or Square as he runs, players can lay a trail of dominoes behind Mr. Domino. When he reaches the dominoes you've placed, guide him into them to make them topple and start a chain reaction. Make dominoes fall onto the ""trick switches"" to activate them. If you're clever, you can set off a chain reaction of dominoes by placing the next set of dominoes from the Hint Tile (a red circle) to the next trick switch, and so on, until all the level's tricks are completed. As Mr. Domino runs, he loses stamina - lose all his stamina, and it's Game Over. You can prevent this by running over Stamina Tiles, which replenish all his stamina. Mr. Domino can cause chaos in a variety of places - topple cards and shoot billiards at the casino; heat popcorn and crash toy cars in the supermarket; or crush a grandfather with a gigantic bell and indirectly cause a father to get punched in the genitals in the family home. As the title says: No One Can Stop Mr. Domino."
17940,Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light,Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi,1990,6.4,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Dark Forces have attacked the land of Aritia. You're controlling some of the members of the Aritan's forces that escaped from their country and came on the island of Tamis for safety. Unfortunately, a group of pirates is invading the Tamis, and it's up to you to control the island again. Fire Emblem is a strategy game where you have to move your units on a map. You can control the blue units while the red ones are enemies. You have to attack enemies from various ranges, in function of the weapon you're using. Usually, you have to be one or two squares next to the enemy. When a battle is set, you see both characters; allies in blue on the right and the opponent in red on the left with a detailed animation. The enemy will counterattack if he can, and either you or the enemy may also do one more hit to close the battle. When you've finished, it's the computer's turn and it will do the same with its units. Once the HP (Health Points) of any unit reaches 0, they are definitely out of battle and can't return again, whether it's an enemy or an ally."
17946,Embryo,,1994,6.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A very long time ago, aliens planted a few offsprings on Earth's ocean grounds until they grow strong. However, humanity wakes them from their sleep with atomic tests and therefore a big war. The player mans a futuristic fighter plane to drive them back during 20 missions. While the cockpit perspective with relatively detailed information prompts and the open locations remind of simulation games, this is a pure shooter. A radar shows where the main mission objective is, the player flies there while shooting everything in the way. Killed enemies sometimes leave power-ups behind which reward additional ammo or upgrades for the weapon systems. The game tracks locational damage which may result in malfunction of a ship part."
17951,Aegis: Guardian of the Fleet,Aegis: Wächter der Flotte,1994,7.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Historical events,"AEGIS: Guardian of the Fleet is a simulation of the U.S. Navy's Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser. It features over 100 missions in seven battle sets and a training area, as well as a detailed ""Warbook"" full of interactive weapons/platform information. The main focus of the game is the realistic simulation of the war ship. It is set in modern times which means there are a lot of technical systems to the player's disposal. The most important ones are the tracking systems (e.g. radar, active or passive sonar) and weapon systems (e.g. torpedo, rockets or anti-aircraft). Every station offers many settings or actions to consider. These can be reached from the bridge where the player can switch between the stations by clicking on the corresponding monitor. There is also a tactical map which can be used to start attacks. Typical mission goals are destroying enemy units (ground targets, submarines, ships or aircraft), escorting friendly units or recon missions."
17957,Eddie Kidd Jump Challenge,,1985,6.3,Racing / Driving,Tricks / stunts,,"Licensed around stunt legend Eddie Kidd, this game gives you the chance to recreate his death-defying feats. You start off attempting to jump oil barrels on a bicycle, with the bigger feats of jumping a motorbike over cars come later. You get no speedometer to help you judge speeds, but you can learn to gauge exactly how the bike handles and what it can do. You can position the start of your run-up, with wind needing to be factored in as an affect on the distance. Wheelies can be practices on the approach ramp. The further on you land, the better the score."
17960,Stir Crazy featuring BoBo,"BoBo, Stir Crazy",1988,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"BoBo is a cartoon style arcade game. The main character is Bobo, an inmate who has been sentenced for seventeen years. He must do many chores, such as peeling potatoes, ladling soup to his fellow prisoners, helping his fellow prisoners to escape, jumping electric wires and singing lullabies to his snoring cell mates. It is possible to play through the events in a sequence or one at a time. Up to six players (alternating, not simultaneously) can play this game. Each event can be played with joystick or keyboard. The specific moves you have to make vary from event to event but it come basically down to moving the joystick or keyboard keys fast from left to right. It is also possible to pick things up and toss them. The game includes the following events: In the next event Bobo must help his inmates to escape prison. The inmates are jumping out of their cell windows and it is Bobo's task to get them over the prison wall by moving a trampoline around. The score is based on how many inmates actually can escape. Bobo must be sure to catch the inmates under the right angle with his trampoline because if he fails the inmates will crash into the prison wall. Finally, Bobo found an way to escape prison. He must jump from wire to wire and as the wires are electrified he must take care not to be electrocuted. The score in this event based on how long Bobo can prevent being electrocuted. Bonus points can be earned by picking up the green objects that appear occasionally on the wires."
17961,Rick Davis's World Trophy Soccer,"World Cup Soccer: Italia '90, World Trophy Soccer",1989,5.9,Sports,,,"This football simulation focuses on international football, allowing you to play a tournament or single friendly matches. Up to 8 human players can be involved in the tournament. Options include three skill levels, variable match lengths and a choice of sound or music (or both on some versions). The match is viewed from the side, although it switches to a 3D view when the ball is close to the goal. The ball roughly sticks to the player's foot. Set pieces are controlled by moving an aiming cross-hair."
17976,Zhadnost: The People's Party,,1995,7.3,"Educational, Puzzle, Strategy / tactics","Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz, Mental training, Mini-games, Party game, Tile matching puzzle, Timed input",Cold War,"Welcome to Zhadnost, the ""most popular game on Bizzarnian state-run television""! Bizzarnia, a small communist nation has kidnapped contestants for its favorite game show and is playing them against each other to compete for their freedom. In this party game for two to four people, you will be in near-constant action. You will play mini-games with such names as Propaganda, and Eye Spy. Try to force your opponents into harder games and uncover secrets about their characters. All characters are live-action including the host."
17982,Roadkill,,1994,8.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Set in the future, Roadkill is a racing game featuring all manner of gruesome additions. There are 9 computer opponents in each race, and you must finish in the top 3 every time. Rockets and homing missiles can be collected so as to shoot the rival cars out. The tracks feature inbuilt hazards and treacherous shortcuts. Money is a big factor in all of this - the higher you finish in a race, the more you get; it can be collected during the race; each car you destroy gives you more money than the previous one, as you go for the Jackpot and then the Super Jackpot."
17984,Fist Fighter,,1993,5.0,Action,Fighting,,"Five fighters have come together to fight in three different locations, Egypt, Japan and America. Only one can be Fist Fighter champion. Fist Fighter is a one to two-player fighting game on a single screen which does scroll left and right a short distance. Various options are available like location of fight, difficulty and number of players. You also have the choice of five fighters. The joystick is used to deploy various moves to hurt your opponent and two bars are seen at the top of the screen, which gets smaller when you or your opponent are hit. There is also a timer which counts down from 99 seconds."
17987,Fighters Destiny,Fighting Cup,1998,7.5,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"Take a collection of fist-fighters, wrestlers and martial arts experts, and combine them into one tournament. But instead of relying on simply depleting the health bar, you must win points depending on how you defeat an opponent (for example, ring-outs are 1 point, special moves 4 points and countering a special move is 2 points). Game modes include the standard VS. mode, simply defeat everyone you see. VS. Battle allows you to defeat the enemy, then acquire their moves for the next round. The Master Challenge has you spinning a wheel to determine who you fight. Spin up a Master, and you get a tough challenge in which you can win new moves. Spin a Joker, and you simply have a challenge, with nothing to gain, but everything to lose."
17993,The Silver Case,Silver Jiken,1999,6.8,Adventure,Visual novel,,"DEMO now available! Update on 30th Sep enabled the SAVE function + more! ## STORY 1999 - the ""24 Wards"". A string of mysterious serial killings plagues the city. The detectives of the 24 Wards Heinous Crimes Unit have their eyes on one man: Kamui Uehara, legendary serial killer and assassin of a number of government officials 20 years prior in the now-famous ""Silver Case"". However, nobody knows who - or what - Kamui really is. Has he really returned? Who is this infamous serial killer? As player, you will take control of the protagonist - a member of the Special Forces Unit known as “Republic” - from a first-person perspective. Inspired by classic adventure and visual novel-style games, The Silver Case offers a fresh and unique gameplay experience as it leads the player through an in-depth story containing various puzzles, uncovering the truth piece by piece. The Silver Case was the debut game from developer SUDA51, creator of titles such as Flower, Sun and Rain, Killer 7, the No More Heroes series, Lollipop Chainsaw and most recently LET IT DIE. Now, The Silver Case HD Remaster - the new and improved version of Grasshopper Manufacture Inc.'s maiden title - is coming to various PC distribution platforms in the fall of 2016. The game will be fully remastered while still retaining the same feel and atmosphere of the original PSX version from 1999. It will also be fully localized into English for the first time ever, finally giving SUDA51 fans throughout the world the chance to enjoy The Silver Case. This ad blurb may contain mature content. Source: Steam Store Description"
17995,The Legend of Zelda,"A Lenda de Zelda, Zelda no Densetsu",1986,8.1,Action,"Metroidvania, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"In one of the darkest times in the Kingdom of Hyrule, a young, pointy-eared boy named Link takes on an epic quest to restore the fragmented Triforce of Wisdom and save the Princess Zelda from the clutches of the evil, power-hungry Ganon. The Legend of Zelda marks the first title of the Zelda series. Players must make their way through the various forests, graveyards, plains, and deserts of the Overworld to find the secret entrances of the eight dungeons in an attempt to piece together the broken Triforce. Once all pieces are joined, Link will be able to gain entry to Death Mountain, home of Ganon, and prison of Princess Zelda. The game is drawn in a top-down perspective. Link begins his quest in the Overworld, which features forests, mountains and lakes and is divided into several screens. Link can explore the Overworld freely, though when he enters a screen, he will encounter several enemies. He can attack them with his sword. If Link is at full health, he can toss his sword to attack enemies from afar, but when he is hurt, even slightly, he can only fight in melee range. Link's health is represented by hearts; initially he can have a maximum of three hearts, but as he progresses in the game, he will find heart containers that increase his maximum health. The enemies are varied - some attack from up close, some shoot projectiles. When killed, they often leave behind an item - a heart to restore energy, rupees that function as money (and can be used to buy stuff in various shops in the Overworld), or bombs which can be picked up and set down to attack enemies or destroy some walls. Some items function as weapons or armor, while others are used to solve puzzles. When enemies are killed, they stay dead and will not re-appear once the screen is entered again. To find the Triforce pieces, Link must explore dungeons. Once he finds an entrance to the dungeon and goes in, he must explore the rooms, fight enemies and collect keys until he finds the boss monster he must defeat. He will then be able to pick up a Triforce piece and gain a permanent health increase. Once he does so, however, all the monsters in the Overworld come back to life. If Link dies on his quest, he can continue it; he will go back to his start position in the Overworld (or the entrance to a dungeon), but with the items he managed to collect so far. When Link finishes his quest, the player can choose to play the ""second quest"", which is essentially a harder version of the game. The Legend of Zelda is known for several factors that were advanced at the time: a continuous world that could be freely explored, power-ups that would permanently enhance the main character's abilities, and a battery back-up save feature that allowed players to retain their progress instead of having to start over. The gameplay balanced out frequent action sequences with discovery, secrets, and exploration."
17997,Virtua Tennis,Virtua Tennis: Sega Professional Tennis,1999,8.3,Sports,,,"Virtua Tennis is a tennis game in which it is possible to control one of eight licensed players and uncover the secret stars. As well as the traditional arcade mode, you can play in the exhibition mode, with four-player action via doubles play. Once you've mastered those modes, take on the world in the world circuit mode, with unique training games, different challenges, and shops to buy clothing, equipment, stages, and playing partners."
18006,Conflict: Korea - The First Year 1950-51,,1992,5.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,"Asia, Cold War, Historical events","Conflict: Korea is a detailed wargame/simulation which concentrates on the first year of the Korean war. Three historical scenarios let you become General MacArthur or the commander of the North Korean forces. A hypothetical 1995 scenario is also included. Game mechanics are similar to other games in this Strategic Simulations series of games, such as Conflict: Middle East Second Front and Western Front"
18007,The Legend of Blacksilver,,1988,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The Legend of Blacksilver is the sequel to Legacy of the Ancients and uses a similar but refined interface. In a dream, Princess Aylea, appears to you and tells you that Baron Taragas has found Blacksilver, an immensely powerful artifact, in his mines and kidnapped her father King Durek, the king of all Bantross, before he could lead his army to attack Taragas. The noble wizard Seravol has sent her to find a hero who can rescue her father. She leaves you with the request to visit her brother, the prince, at the castle, and gives you a falcon feather that will prove that you were sent by her. LoB is a one-person RPG. The interface is basically the same as in Legacy of the Ancients with all commands (speak, magic, fight, rob etc.), functions (inventory, armor etc.) and character-information (HP, food and Gold) displayed at the left side of the screen. Combat is turn-based with different options for approaching the enemy. When you encounter a monster or human you can either ""approach"" (attack), ""flee"", ""stalk"" (which might give you the first attack but is not a good way to greet friendly NPCs), ""wait"" (the counterpart to the stalk command) or speak with them if they are human. You don't gain any experience from combat however. Instead, higher ranks can be gained at King Durek's castle for completed quests. In towns you can buy items, spells and travelling equipment or earn money by gambling, putting it in the bank, selling items or taking on jobs and errands. Castles contain treasures, useful items or helpful characters, but all castles (except King Durek's castle) are hostile and very dangerous. Unlike the rest of the game, which is seen from a top-down perspective, dungeons, temples and archives are seen from a first person perspective. Dungeons are large, sometimes labyrinthine, underground places filled with enemies and various traps. In temples you can improve you characters attributes if you can reach a Gamemaster and beat him at his game. There is a total of three different games. Beneath some of the temples you can find archives that contain different exhibits. These exhibits work similar to those found in the intergalactic museum in LoA If you have the right gem, the exhibits can give you useful information, items or even serve as a gateway to far away places."
18012,Märchen Adventure Cotton 100%,Cotton 100%,1994,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"This is the sequel to the original side-scrolling shooter Cotton and it continues the adventures of the cute young witch and her quest for candy. The game features new levels and enemies, all rendered in a much lighter family-friendly tone. Gameplay remains the same as in the original, with the addition of being able to collect different magical spells additionally there are now 3 different difficulty settings to choose from."
18014,Extreme,,1991,5.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Your task in Extreme essentially involves wiping out alien pirates, across 3 distinct sections. This was essentially a spare-time pet project, so you would expect some of the most advanced graphics and special effects you'll ever see on a Spectrum. The first level involves flying around in a ship shooting out aliens, with contact depleting your energy (and causing the screen border to flash). The second section involves travelling underwater, running into landmines to set off explosions to kill surrounding enemies. The final part sees you travelling through a building in a huge droid, taking out everything in your path. The game is quite short, and would take around 20 minutes to play through."
18015,Shaolin,Lord of Fist,1999,5.7,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,,"Shaolin is a fighting game for the PlayStation. Duels take place in 3D fighting arenas. Between the fights, the player walks around in a typical J-RPG fashion in a full 3D world. The player can talk with various NPCs that populate the world. Some will challenge the player to a duel, which has to be won in order to progress in the game. Duels aren't always one versus one, but can include multiple enemies. The player starts the game with a young character which will age throughout the story to an old man or woman. Eating at restaurants restores health, but also has an effect on the look of the character. Sleeping at inns saves the game. There are six different fighting styles that can be mastered, with each their own sets of moves and animations. In multi-player, the player can opt to play with four friends and up to an additional four NPCs in versus mode or battle royal."
18019,Conker's Pocket Tales,,1999,7.2,Action,Puzzle elements,,"The squirrel Berri decides to throw a surprise birthday party for her boyfriend Conker. However, the Evil Acorn breaks up the party and abducts Berri along with all the presents. Without delay, Conker embarks on a quest to rescue his sweetheart and bring back the presents. Conker travels through many top-down levels, trying to find presents that the Evil Acorn has stolen. Conker is equipped with a slingshot to battle enemies, such as mutant plants, snakes, and others. Players encounter a few mini-games on their adventure, including olympic-type games."
18023,Destrega,,1998,7.0,Action,Fighting,,Destrega is one of the first fighting games to focus more on long range attacks and use of interactive backgrounds than close-up fisticuffs. The story revolves around a battle for control of relics left a millennia ago by the Strega - mysterious beings with benevolent gifts of powers to human beings.
18036,Heretic II,,1998,8.0,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"The medieval land of Parthoris is swept by a mysterious plague. Its infected inhabitants descend into madness. Corvus, the protagonist of the first Heretic finds a way to escape from his home town, but is still contaminated by the plague. Since he possesses one of the ancient Tomes of Power, he is not immediately affected by the plague; but sooner or later, he will have to succumb to it. Before that happens, Corvus must find who or what was causing the plague in the first place... Heretic II is a third-person fantasy shooter game with the camera chasing behind the character. The perspective is pretty much the only thing that breaks with the tradition of the series The core gameplay still consists mainly of exploring the large fantasy-themed levels, using medieval weapons (mainly long-ranged) and spells to deal with the plethora of enemies. Despite the third-person view, jumping and environmental puzzles are used as moderately as it is usual in first-person shooters."
18037,Spider-Man,Spider-Man: The Animated Series,1995,6.0,Action,,Fantasy,While this version of Spider-Man features the same story and similar gameplay to the SNES version the game has completely different levels.
18039,World Cricket,,1991,5.7,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Time to take to the field and manage a cricket team. This one-player game allows you to choose your team from seven countries and play versus the other ones. You can choose from three lengths of tour (home and abroad). These tours include one-day, three-day and a full blown test match. The game is a standard managerial game with icons on the menu screen to allow you to manage your team. When you play a match a scoreboard appears with the runs totting up. Occasionally the game will show a highlight of a decisive moment. This is a side view, first showing the bowler then the batsman. Here the ball can hit the wicket. If the batsman hits the ball then it either shows a catch or a six. During the game if you are batting you can choose the next batsman when a wicket has fallen or if you are bowling then when things need changing you can change bowler."
18047,The New Tetris,,1999,7.9,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"In this new version Tetris, from the same people that brought Tetris into the 3D sphere world, you can now play a 4 player game, and dump your cleared lines to another player using 'garbage'. In the single player mode, the total lines cleared in every match that you play are added up, and once you reach a certain amount, a famous monument will be unlocked, and you can view them from all angles in full 3D. The process can be sped up by building four-by-four squares out of pieces, which will turn into silver (and for squares made of four of the same piece, golden) squares that grant bonus lines."
18055,Have a N.I.C.E. day!,Axelerator: Have a N.I.C.E. day!,1997,7.0,Racing / Driving,,,"A racing game with 3 different car leagues. The more races you win, the more money you earn. You can buy new weapons and extras. The graphic engine is simple; the whole terrain is ""flat""."
18058,Terranigma,Tenchi Sōzō,1995,8.2,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The planet known to its inhabitants as Earth is composed out of two realms - the surface, or Lightside, and the underground world, or Darkside. Two cosmic forces, called God and Devil by the humans, were fighting each other fiercely until their final battle in Antarctica led to a catastrophe: the continents of the surface world submerged into the ocean, presumably eradicating all life on the Lightside. Meanwhile, the isolated underworld, consisting of frozen crystal mountains and lava rivers, continues to exist. A young boy named Ark grew up in Crysta, the only remaining village on the Darkside. One day, he and some other boys hear mysterious voices coming from beyond a door the village elder forbade them to open. Unable to resist their curiosity, the boys open the door, and Ark finds a box with a strange creature inside. By opening the box, Ark inadvertently causes all the villagers to be turned into stones. In order to bring them back to life, Ark has to find five towers within the dangerous Darkside and eventually restore life on the surface of the planet. Terranigma is an action role-playing game. Ark levels up after having completed an important quest or cleared out an area. He can attack enemies with various weapons, using different techniques: pierce, leap, dash, etc., resulting from the combination of three basic actions - attacking, running, and jumping. Special objects called Magirocks can be collected and converted into rings, which act as one-use items capable of casting magic spells. The game is closely connected to and often regarded as the final part of a trilogy, the first two games being Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia"
18064,Strider,,1989,7.0,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)","Metroidvania, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Striders are a global organization of infiltration specialists who work to combat villainy and keep the world safe. From their orbital space station, the Blue Dragon, they are able to quickly reach anywhere in the world. Hiryu is one of the top striders. He is given the task by Vice-Director Matic, of finding another captured strider, Kain. But rather than mount a rescue, Hiryu is told his assignment is to kill Kain. Hiryu questions these orders and travels to Kain's last known location to try to find him... Strider is a platform game where Hiryu must fight his way past enemies and uncover keys, characters and data disks (which can be analysed aboard the Blue Dragon) to find out what's going on. His primary weapon is his jumping ability and sword, the Cypher, which he uses to strike with great speed. At some point in the game, the Cypher may be modified to shoot plasma arrows. Hiryu also has a various set of ""skills"" which he learns as he gains levels. Examples of skills are a healing ability (Medical), a jumping ability (Jump), some additional attacks (Spark, Fire, Sp-Ball) and the ability to leave an area (Warp)."
18067,Joe Blade II,Joe Blade Two,1988,7.2,Action,"Fighting, Puzzle elements",Contemporary,"As Players Software correctly predicted, London in 1995 is an unfriendly unsafe city ran by thugs. Innocent civilians who leave the house will almost certainly face violence. An acclaimed hero since his successes in the original Joe Blade is the man to put things right - if he can kill 100 thugs and rescue 20 civilians within ten minutes, the thugs will retreat and the city will be saved. As Joe, you must move through the streets and kill these thugs, by kicking them in the head (they have body armour). As in the first game, the streets are flick-screen and have many doorways linking them. Rescuing civilians involves touching them before completing a sub-game within a minute. There are four subgame variants of increasing difficulty, all based around a 1-2-3-4 sequence of numbers. The first involves simply stopping the cursor as each one appears in order - pressing the wrong one sends you back to having to find a 1. In the second, the numbers are on screen in random order, a cursor cycling through them - press fire to swap the two numbers currently highlighted. In the third, you are presented with two jumbled sets and must put one of them in order, by swapping numbers across the two sets. In the fourth, you must form the sequence by swapping an ever-changing number into the right place, by pressing fire at the right moment."
18068,TalonSoft's East Front,"TalonSoft's Eastern Front, TalonSoft's Front de l'Est",1997,7.2,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","A turn-based, tactical war game published by Talonsoft that depicts some of the most important battles of WWII. You can choose between Hitler's Wehrmacht and Stalin's Red Army. The game enables you to play single battles or all out campaigns. It also allows for internet play via e-mail."
18074,Striker,"Eric Cantona Football Challenge, World Soccer, World Soccer 94: Road to Glory",1992,7.3,Sports,,,"Striker is a football (soccer) game with a forced-perspective 3D view. The players are drawn large and there is a large scanner to assist with long passing. The standard mode has the ball sticking closely to the feet, which makes mazy runs upfield a common strategy. There are 64 international teams on offer, with a European-style knock-out cup competition included. Many different formations and strategies are offered."
18076,Mean 18,Mean 18 Ultimate Golf,1986,6.4,Sports,,,"Mean 18 is a golf simulation released in the early years of 16-bit technology. The three-click control system was used, whereby the first click starts the swing, the second sets the power, and the third sets draw or fade. Apart from the Bush Hill course the game comes with Famous Course Disk Volume I which includes: A unique feature for the day was the Course Architect, which was quite versatile with practice. Beginner and Expert difficulty options are given - the latter mode has more pronounced draw and fade effects, making the timing of the third click even more crucial. You can also choose between regular and professional tees - in the latter option the distance on the holes is longer, and the computer doesn't choose the best club automatically. Because long drives aren't a crucial aspect of many of the holes, the Beginner/Expert setting is a bigger factor on your likely scoring."
18078,Galaxy,"Galactic Empires, Galaxy!, Galaxy!",1979,6.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As Fleet Admiral of a newly commissioned starship armada you send your ships from the home planet to explore the unknown resources of the stars. The planets circling those stars may be barren or they may have industrial capacity and will resist your colonization attempts. It is up to you whether to conquer and colonize those worlds, and convert them to producing new ships for continued expansion, and to bring the entire galaxy under your control. Galaxy can be played by as many as 20 players who compete against each other for control of up to 40 star systems. If you are playing multiplayer, the person controlling the most planets at game end is the winner. The computer produces a different galaxy every game."
18081,Outwars,,1998,7.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,Swarms of exoskeletal aliens are ripping a merciless path of annihilation through the galaxy. Your outposts have fallen--your drop zone just became the front line. Strap a Jet Pack onto your battle armor and select from the lethal array of weaponry--you and your squad are all that stand between Earth and the savage horror of the relentless Skull hordes.
18083,Looney Tunes Racing,,2000,6.9,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Looney Tunes Racing is a kart-racing game for the PlayStation. There are some definite similarities between this title and Crash Team Racing both in game play mechanics and depth. Completely immersed in the humor and soul of the Looney Tunes license, the player starts the game with only a handful of characters and levels available, but as the game proceeds features become unlocked including new characters, levels, and challenges. Each character has an unique vehicle themed just for them, and is accompanied by voice taunts, provided by Warner Bros. licensed voice actors, and character-specific animations that help bring these characters to life. The weapons the player can unleash onto the opponents include cherry bombs, homing cream pies, thunder clouds with devastating lightning bolts, and giant anvils that drop out of the sky. In addition, each uniquely themed level has a series of amusing booby traps and obstacles that the player can unleash to slow down your foes. The player can make boulders fall, launch giant boxing gloves on springs, and trample the opponents with sheep in the red-rock canyons, get spacecraft to fire lasers in the Martian level, and activate a huge, fat, white horse in the Opera stage to come in and trounce on the enemies. Even Gossamer, the large monster make entirely of red hair (except for those big white eyes and white tennis shoes), makes a cameo in the Gossamer’s castle level, as he comes right out onto the track to take out any oncoming traffic. Beyond the races, other noteworthy game modes include the Multi-player Battle Mode, where the players basically pummel each other with wacky weaponry, and the ACME Challenges, which include challenges such as Boss Races (against Porky Pig, for example), picking up key items in a certain order, and others."
18093,Ninja Gaiden,,1991,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Ninja Gaiden is a side scrolling game where Ryu the ninja can run, jump, and slash with his ninja sword. He can also attach to any vertical surface. Powerups are littered throughout the landscape that allow Ryu to toss fireballs and ninja stars, and perform other feats. Ryu will battle through urban city settings, forests, jungles, snow covered castles, underground railroads, and ancient castles. A major feature in Ninja Gaiden are the cinematic scenes -- sometimes fullscreen -- through which the storyline unfolds."
18102,Cluedo,"Cluedo: The Great Detective Game, Leisure Genius presents the Computer Edition of Waddingtons Cluedo, Waddingtons Computer Cluedo",1984,6.3,"Puzzle, Strategy / tactics",Board game,,"Cluedo is a version of the popular Waddington's board game known as Clue in the U.S.A. The game is a detective / puzzle game for one to six players, though the computer will play five of these for a single player game. The objective is to determine who killed Dr Black, where they killed him, and what the murder weapon was. This is achieved by a process of elimination. Each player has three clue cards. When all of these have been accounted for, what remains unaccounted for is the solution. Players can learn what other cards other players have by making suggestions. The game rules require opposing players are asked in turn if they possess any of the items suggested and if they do one card must be revealed. This computer game follows the board game very closely starting with rolling the dice for a high number to see who goes first. After that the cards are shuffled and play commences. The dice is rolled. When it is the turn of a human player a series of options are presented The game also has an optional sound feature which plays music before each player, 'Colonel Bogey' before Col. mustard etc."
18106,Necrodome,,1996,6.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"The game is set on a futuristic world where stadium sports are ruled by car-combat. Sort of like the Running Man on wheels if you will. You play one of the contestants and the game itself consists of 30+ matches of a weird sport in which you have to drive a heavily armored car around arenas blasting opponents, retrieving a flag from (usually) locked areas and then returning the flag to your starting position. You can control your car both in 1st person or 3rd person view, and you can also get out of your car and go on foot to access otherwise unreachable areas tough you become obviously vulnerable to other contestants, and speaking of opponents, you'll fight against foot soldiers, flying soldiers and eight different types of vehicular enemies. Multiplayer options include both competitive and cooperative gameplay, where one player drives around, and the other acts as gunman, with directplay support in addition to the standard modem/ipx support."
18107,Iron Storm,World Advanced Daisenryaku: Kōtetsu no Senpū,1995,8.1,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","Iron Storm is a traditional turn-based strategy game. The original Japanese release was the second entry in Sega's Advanced Daisenryaku series, with gameplay very similar to that of it's 16-bit predecessor changing some details and using 3D animations for the combat cutscenes. The game uses a hex-based map and features fog-of-war, weather, unit experience, unit upgrading, supply, and other common strategy wargame features. Unlike the previous game, three campaigns are available instead of one. Japanese, as well as United States forces can be commanded now in addition to German units. The scenarios that are played during a campaign can change depending on the battle results - a successful player may invade North America for example. There are also ten scenarios with pre-set forces separately available for selection in Standard Mode, during which the control of all involved armies can be switched to a human player."
18112,Suspended,"Suspended: A Cryogenic Nightmare, Suspended: INTERLOGIC Science Fiction",1983,7.7,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"On a space settlement named Contra, a human being serves as a regulator for the planet's vital systems: he controls transportation, weather, and manages resources all while being in a deep sleep, through the neural power of his brain. Such a regulator is called Central Mentality. However, after five hundred years of stasis, the current Central Mentality suddenly awakens, greatly troubled by reports of computer malfunctioning and resulting problems in weather condition, food production, and transport. He must now act, and act quickly: the crew members assumed that he has gone insane, and are coming to disconnect his mind. But what can he do if his state of suspended animation prevents him from moving? Suspended is a text adventure game with a twist: instead of navigating the protagonist, the player indirectly controls six robots that do his or her bidding, exploring the environment and interacting with it. Each robot has different functions and has its own way of seeing reality and reacting to events around it. Iris is the only robot that can see and therefore visually describe locations and objects; Whiz can provide technical information obtained from computers; the sonar-powered Waldo is good at holding items; Auda is an expert in sounds; the cryptically speaking Poet senses the flow of electric currents; finally, Sensa can detect magnetic and photon emissions. The player advances in the game by using the different abilities of the robots and solving puzzles."
18114,Amidar,,1982,5.9,"Action, Puzzle",Arcade,,"As a paintbrush, run over the borders of each rectangle to color them in, in order to complete the level, while avoiding enemies. You can force them to jump to help you if they get in your way up to 3 times per level or life span. As the player progresses from level to level, the number of enemies and their speed increases."
18118,Booly,,1991,6.3,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,,"Booly is a puzzle game with a similar concept to Gem’X in some ways. You are presented with a top-down view of an array of inter-connected blocks, which are shown in a variety of colours. The aim is to turn them all to grey, but clicking on them (using the pointer you are in control of) will often cause a pattern of other squares to change to the next colour in the sequence as well. You are doing all this with a time limit for each of the 300 levels. A level designer allows you to create your own sequence of up to 1000 levels."
18119,Jail Break,Manhattan 24 Bunsho,1986,5.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"""The warden has been taken hostage. Free him, no matter what the cost."" As a policeman, the object of the game is to fire on escaped convicts who have taken the warden hostage, and in order to do this, you must make your way through downtown streets, a park, a bridge, and eventually, a prison. By rescuing hostages along the way, you can obtain a number of weapons, such as a pistol and a tear gas gun, and you can select them by using the weapons select area at the bottom of the screen. Be careful: If you shoot any hostages, you will lose whatever weapons that you have."
18126,Daleks,"Bots, Classic Daleks, Color Daleks, Dalek, Daleks!, Micro Daleks, Pocket Daleks, Robot Attack!",1985,8.3,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Following in the footsteps of the early UNIX game Robots and the earlier BASIC game Robot Chase! ), this game puts the player in charge of a little protagonist, often claimed to be The Doctor, occupying a position on a top-down grid which is otherwise strewn, not with mines, but with those killer cyborgs which are his personal nemesis, the Daleks. They have no long-range weapons, but if they touch him, he will find himself ex-ter-min-ated! Fortunately for him, contact with them is as lethal to each other as it is to him. Every time he takes a step, they all draw one square closer to him; The Doctor's cunning strategy is to manoeuvre himself so as to cause their paths to intersect and the Daleks to terminally collide, leaving a pile of rubble dangerous both to him and to subsequent Daleks -- a strategy not always possible on the narrow confines of a grid. Fortunately for the good Doctor, where this game outdoes its predecessors is that he also has his trusty Sonic Screwdriver in hand, whose offensive use destroys all Daleks within a threatening one-square radius of him. Also, it allows him to teleport out of harm's way to a random location on the map -- hopefully one behind a pile of Dalek rubble, and not one within a single step of a Dalek currently on the map. In many versions both Sonic Screwdriver and Teleport use are limited. Should The Doctor survive this onslaught, he is brought to a new grid map, generally one populated with still further Daleks. Other features particular to some versions and absent from others include the use of graphical tiles vs. mere roguelike textmode character representation, and occasionally a conversion will use (universally unlicensed) sound effects taken from canonical Doctor Who sources; more commonly these games also offer a Last Stand command, to be used, like the ""drop"" in Tetris, when the player is so confident in the security of their location that they are willing to sit tight and grant the Daleks as many moves as it takes to either reach The Doctor or be rendered down into scrap metal through unforeseen collision. Successful use of the Last Stand often results in a score bonus; unsuccessful use of it, of course, results in The Doctor's death. (Don't worry, chances are good that he'll regenerate into a new incarnation -- not in this game, however). Some versions feature keyboard directional control (in which sometimes the player is granted access to diagonal movement like the Daleks are, and sometimes not), while others present The Doctor with a halo of directional arrows around him, to move him one step in the appropriate direction if an arrow is clicked upon. Generally he also has the option of standing in place and passing a turn."
18131,Rubicon,,1991,7.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Rubicon is a side-scrolling run-and-gun shooter in which the goal is to traverse five levels in order to reach a cache of nuclear weapons and check on their integrity. Standing in the player's way are various creatures mutated by radiation as well as military hardware like tanks, helicopters and walkers. The player's gun cannot be upgraded, but one level offers a jetpack power-up and another the possibility to ride a captured creature. To unlock the weapons vault, the player must collect four ""SW units"" found in the levels. The 16-bit version of Rubicon despite being billed as a port, has nothing in common with the C64 version besides the basic premise."
18135,VR Sports Powerboat Racing,,1998,6.0,"Racing / Driving, Sports",Arcade,,"This game represents an arcade-style approach to powerboat racing. Races take place on enclosed circular waterways in easily recognizable locations around the world. There are several types of races, including the standard championship, time trial, practice, and multiplayer modes. The boats you can choose to drive vary slightly in type and ability. You start off with only monohull boats, but you can unlock catamaran boats by winning championships. The tracks are equipped with shortcuts and lots of animated background objects to enhance the racing action."
18139,Robert E. Lee: Civil War General,,1996,7.5,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"Strategic turn-based wargame focussed on the North American civil war. The game is campaign-based and links eight major battles into a single campaign where you decide the fate of the confederation. Includes simulations of actual historical battles such as Antietam, Gettysburg, etc. as well as a fictional assault on Washington D.C. Uses traditional top-down 2d graphics for the tactical maps, and the game includes a series of fmv clips re-enacting battles, charges, etc. that play upon specific actions."
18140,Command & Conquer,,1999,7.4,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Africa, Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic","The Nintendo 64 version of Command & Conquer includes all of the content from the DOS original and introduces an engine with 3D terrain, buildings and vehicles, while infantry still uses adapted 2D sprites. There are new 3D cutscenes exclusive to this version, as well as four Special Ops missions (two for GDI and two for Nod) which are not present in the original, and are different from the missions of the same name from the 1996 PlayStation port"
18141,Links LS 2000,,1999,7.9,Sports,,,Play golf on several realistic golf courses. Create your own golfer or use a pre-exisiting model. Also includes play-by-play commentators to push the game along.
18143,All-Star 1997 Featuring Frank Thomas,"All-Star Baseball '97, All-Star Baseball '97 Featuring Frank Thomas",1997,5.8,Sports,,,"This baseball game is the follow up to Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball It features an Exhibition, Season, Playoff, All-Star, Batting Practice, and Home Run Derby modes. It also features all the 28 MLB teams plus the Tampa Bay and Arizona squads, the 2 new expansion teams of that era. The game includes the real players, stats, stadiums, and logos of each team. During full season play, the game keeps track of stats in more than 27 different categories. The player can also trade players from their team during the season. The play-by-play commentary is from sportscaster Jon Miller"
18147,Super Match Soccer,,1998,5.1,Sports,,,"Super Match Soccer is an action oriented soccer simulation which has one major difference to other soccer games of its time: the pass system. Instead of the usual separate buttons for passing and shooting there are three levels of shooting intensity which depend on how long the button is pressed. Also there is no semiautomatic passing, the player has to aim himself. Aside that the match control is genre standard: button combinations result in tricks like back-heels or lobs and with the sprint button a player can run fast for a limited time. By default the player controls the player which has the ball. But a optional mode enables the player to control just one soccer player. Playing modes are cups and leagues with 24 national teams which can be altered in the editor."
18153,007: Tomorrow Never Dies,"007: Demain ne meurt jamais, 007: El Mañana Nunca Muere, James Bond 007: Der Morgen stirbt nie",1999,6.6,Action,Shooter,,"In 007: Tomorrow Never Dies which is based on the movie of the same name, the player takes the role of the famous James Bond who fights against Elliot Carver. Carver tries to increase his TV ratings by creating a war between the British and the Chinese. To achieve his goal he sunk a British ship with his stealth ship and made it look like the Chinese Air Force was the offender. Now it is Bond's responsibility to set things right... Most of the ten levels are like traditional third-person-shooters where the player walks around the levels while killing numerous foes. While there is an option for a free aim most enemies can be dispatched with the auto-lock function. This means if the player gets close enough to an enemy while using an appropriate gun the game automatically shoots at him when the player faces the general direction. Bond also has gadgets to his disposal which are used to fulfill the mission goals. There are two missions which differ from this formula: in the driving sequence the player chases and shoots at enemy cars while avoiding obstacles; during the skiing part he is mainly concerned with dispatching other skiers which want to bring him out of balance."
18156,Shadow Fighter,,1994,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Shadow Fighter was one of the few Mortal Kombat influenced fighting games released for the Amiga. There are 16 fighters, each with their own home country and arena, plus Pupazz, a puppet you could repeatedly attack to practice moves. The usual sequence of best-of-3 fights is on offer, with variable difficulty and optional blood. The control system is designed around a one-button controller, but still offers 25 moves for each player, with special moves executed by spinning the joystick around 180 degrees. Each arena features multi-layer parallax, with up to 80 colors."
18159,Curse,,1989,5.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Curse is a basic horizontal-scrolling shooter, one of the first released for the Megadrive, where one pilots a space fighter through deadly environments such as a mutated jungle, a ruined city, and an underground volcano. The game features five stages, and at several points in each stage, a larger boss enemy appears which must be destroyed to continue. There a variety of weapon power-ups to collect, each with three power levels. There is a spread shot that can cover nearly the entire screen, a bomb that explodes into shrapnel when it connects, and a twisting wide shot that can pass through environmental obstacles. There are also homing missiles, smart bombs, speed-ups, and an option that can be placed on any side of the ship. The ship also has a shield which can absorb damage from smaller bullets, meaning it can take a few hits before exploding unless it's hit by an enemy ship, part of the landscape or some special enemy weapons that just ignore the shield."
18165,Rock 'n Roll,,1989,7.2,Puzzle,,,"Rock 'n Roll is a real-time puzzle game. You know, there's this ball, and it's stuck in a labyrinth for no apparent reason. Never mind -- let's just help him out, okay? You control the friendly, spotted ball with the cursor keys. It'll gain speed as it goes, bounce off when it hits obstacles, lose energy when it's caught in traps, and die when it falls off the platform. The 32 levels through which you've got to guide the ball are full of traps: laser barriers, ramps, tubes, breakable tiles etc. Colored keys will open doors, switches create (or destroy!) helpful items. These include picks to repair floor tiles, parachutes to prevent you from falling off and bombs to destroy walls. Items have to be bought with coins that are found all over the level. The inertia of the ball has a very realistic feel to it, making the control intuitive and relatively easy. Not so easy, however, is the design of the (huge) levels; to finish Rock 'n Roll you need skill as well as patience. Have you got the balls?"
18166,Roy of the Rovers,,1988,4.8,Sports,Arcade,,"There is a charity football match to be played to save Melchester Rovers' ground but oh no the team has been kidnapped. The mighty Roy Race is the only man to save them and the ground. Roy must walk round Melchester to find them. In his way are opposition supporters, holigans and heavies. If you manage to find any players then you play the actual match. If you don't find any of them then the bulldozers move in."
18172,Time Stalkers,Climax Landers,1999,6.1,Role-playing (RPG),,,"A warrior named Sword encounters a mysterious girl who asks him to explore an old clock tower. As he arrives there, he is attacked by a heavily armored enemy. Pursuing the assailant, Sword finds a strange book and opens it. Everything changes, and the hero is teleported into another dimension. It appears that several other heroes beside him were lost in this dimension, each coming from a different world. Sword's task is to locate these heroes and find a way to bring them back to their respective worlds. Time Stalkers is a role-playing game with turn-based combat, heavily oriented towards dungeon crawling. The player controls Sword and other heroes, some of which are characters from other games made by Climax Entertainment such as Shining in the Darkness Landstalker and others. Even though the player controls a party of characters, only one hero can lead it at a time. The rest of the party members consist of monsters, which can be captured in combat and recruited. Combat requires precise positioning of the characters in order to execute attacks and capture monsters. A peculiar feature of the game is the reversion of the characters' level to 1 upon completing a dungeon. The characters retain the items and the skills they have learned, but start again at the lowest level in the next dungeon."
18193,Hi-Res Adventure #3: Cranston Manor,Cranston Manor,1981,7.4,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Contemporary,"Cranston Manor is the fourth game in On-Line System's Hi-Res Adventures series, along with Mystery House The Wizard and the Princess and Mission Asteroid In the game, you must invade a mansion that was occupied by a late millionaire and steal the sixteen treasures that lie in it. You perform actions in the game by only typing a one- or two-word command (e.g. ""west"", ""get shovel"", etc.), and you can save the game at any point in the game by inserting a disk and pressing a letter. Cranston Manor was based on the original text adventure, The Cranston Manor Adventure by Larry Ledden."
18203,Darklands,"Darklands: Heldenhafte Abenteuer im mittelalterlichen Deutschland, Darklands: Heroic Role-Playing Adventures In Medieval Germany",1992,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,"Europe, Fantasy, Medieval","Darklands is a role-playing game set in 15th century Holy Roman Empire, which at that time encompassed today's Germany and several surrounding countries. Unlike most other role-playing games, it is set in a concrete historical environment that is accurately depicted, including geographical outlines, social and cultural backgrounds, authentic establishments and items, and so on. The game's supernatural elements are strictly based on the popular beliefs of that time and region and include fantastic creatures such as kobolds or dragons, curses, witchcraft, alchemy that actually works, etc. The player controls a party of four active characters, though any amount of them can be created and swapped in the town inns. The player can begin by either selecting a pre-made party (quickstart) or by creating their own characters. In the beginning the player selects the character's social background. Afterwards, when they are ten years old, the player can choose an initial career path for them. Careers may include diverse occupations such as soldier, peasant, bandit, etc., which may eventually become more specialized (e.g. a student turning into an alchemist). The more time the player invests in a certain career path (in five year periods), the more experience points the character receives, which can be manually allocated to improve their skills. Career choices affect main attributes such as strength or charisma, as well as skills, which involve weapon proficiencies, stealth, virtue, speaking Latin, healing, riding, and many others. Though there are no class definitions and each character can theoretically achieve excellence in any skill, character builds in the game can be seen as warriors, clerics, and alchemists. Religion-oriented characters may learn about various saints during the course of the game and pray to them for different benefits. Alchemists gain access to formulae and have to procure ingredients to mix potions with various effects. Skills in the game increase through repeated use: using swords in combat may increase the edged weapon skill, successfully conducted conversation may increase the character's common speech skill, etc. The party chosen by the player begins the adventure in the inn of a randomly chosen town. The main plot eventually involves confronting a powerful demon and its cult, but it is unraveled only under specific circumstances achieved in the game. The game has a vast scope and can go on indefinitely. However, characters would age, grow weaker, and eventually die, requiring the player to create new ones. The main goal is to collect as much fame for the party as possible to obtain higher-ranked quests with better rewards, which also includes the quest that leads to the completion of the main plot. The player is completely free to roam the vast map of the Empire, accessing towns, castles, villages, and other places of interest. Towns and castles are navigated via text menus, with background images representing various locations. The travel screen is a map of the Empire with a lone figure representing the player-controlled party. Most settlements of the same type have nearly identical options, though actual results may vary depending on the characters' skills, their local reputation, as well as unique traits found in different locations. For example, different towns may have wares of vastly different quality for sale; villages may engage in devil worship, and the player may attempt to prove that, etc. It is possible to increase local reputation (for example, by taking on cutthroats bothering the citizens) and overall fame by making virtue-increasing choices and vanquishing foes. It is, however, also possible to become outlaws by attacking guards, killing priests on the roads, and so on. The game has several large isometric dungeon-type areas, most notably mines of different types, which contain generic quests as well as puzzles to solve. Areas unique to the main plot are also built like dungeons with particularly dangerous enemies and treasure to loot. However, much of the activity in the game takes place either in towns or in the wilderness, through various types of random encounters. The player is always given the option to avoid combat either through diplomacy or other means, the success depending on the character's corresponding attributes. Combat takes place on separate isometric screens and proceeds in real time, but the player can pause the action to give orders to the characters at any time, giving it a pseudo-turn-based flavor. Characters can be ordered to attack, search for the enemies' vulnerable spots, use items, etc. Different types of weapons may have different effects depending on the enemies' armor: for example, blunt weapons are more effective against plate armor than swords. Depending on the enemies' intentions, player-controlled characters may only be knocked down or wounded mortally in case of defeat. Dead characters can not be brought back to life and must be replaced with new ones."
18205,Fragile Allegiance,,1997,6.9,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this game, as the new employee of TetraCorp, it is your job to colonize asteroids and make them successful mining colonies. You start with one asteroid to mold into the shape you see fit. Then you must break out into the great unknown, colonizing nearby asteroids. Soon, you must sell your precious ore to the Federal Ore Transporter. Once you get enough ore, money, and time, you must create massive fleets of warships, for you are not alone. The Mauna will try to destroy you. However, the other races despise them as much as you. Negotiate peace treaties, Joint Combat treaties, and hire agents to sabotage the enemy. May the best man win."
18233,Tecmo World Cup '90,"Tecmo World Cup, Tecmo World Cup '92",1989,5.9,Sports,Arcade,,"Tecmo World Cup is a football game which features solely national teams. Like the title indicates, you can play the World Cup tournament, which will also include a qualification round. You can choose your team from a pool of 24 nations, though the assortment is not identical to the roster of the latest World Cup by the time of the games release. Also, the qualification, in contrast to the real World Cup, only has four teams as no other than the available 24 teams take part. Apart from the World Cup, the only other single-player mode is a friendly match against a randomly chosen team. The gameplay is shown from the side and above. Before a game begins, you choose one of four different tactics (which can't be changed during half time), further team management does no exist. The game uses two buttons, one for passing and tackling, the other one for shooting or changing to another player when the opposing team has the ball."
18239,Los Angeles SWAT,"Los Angeles SWAT: Special Weapons And Tactics, S.W.A.T., SWAT",1986,6.2,Action,,,"The streets of Los Angeles are not safe. Lately, the kids are sick and tired of parents ordering them about and telling them what to do, so they decide to go out on the streets and threaten to club every policeman who gets in their way, making the streets not safe for the public, not even for little old ladies who decide to take a walk on a sunny day. The bad news is: you're a police officer patrolling the streets, and you have two other police officers at your side. Your job is to shoot the little troublemakers that approach you. These troublemakers are harmless at a distance, but they are known to throw fire bombs at a few policemen. When you are killed by one of the troublemakers, one of the policemen replaces you as the one who gets to control the streets. If there is no policemen left, the game is over. There are also turret guns located on top of buildings that fire, so you just can't stay on the footpath and hope not to get clobbered by the troublemakers. You just have to cross the road which is dangerous for a policeman in situations like this. When you come to the intersection, you'll come face-to-face with a gang, and you must shoot each gang member before they have a chance to leave you for dead. Once you've shoot all remaining gang members, a man appears holding a woman hostage. The object here is to shoot the man to free her. If you shoot the woman instead, you'll sacrifice 1000 points. Your score increases when you walk, but score more points if you manage to shoot a troublemaker. You'll lose 100 points for killing a lady walking down the footpath."
18244,Cool World,,1992,5.7,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"A licensed game based on the live action/animation movie ""Cool World"". Same as the movie, the game features cartoon graphics. You play as Frank Harris and your task is to stop Holli Would from entering the real world. You clear the levels by shooting doodles and collecting coins. The game has four worlds with four levels each."
18245,Trap Gunner,"Trap Gunner: Countdown to Oblivion, Trap Runner",1998,6.8,Action,Puzzle elements,,"In Trap Gunner two opponents battle in small arenas, and while each has a relatively weak ranged and melee attack, the favored means of damaging an opponent is through hidden traps. Each combatant has at his or her disposal a range of explosives, pits, throwing panels, and gas bombs. An enemy is significantly damaged by a single trap, but one may create a sequence of traps for a devastating amount of damage. With one of six different special agents, each a specialist in assassination and demolitions, a player may progress through a story mode consisting of several missions, a sub-boss, and a final boss. These characters are also available for custom battles against a human or the computer."
18248,Astaroth: The Angel of Death,,1989,6.6,Action,"Fighting, Platform",,"You must guide Ozymandias through the catacombs of Astaroth's domain. To aid you in your quest you can pick up nine different mind powers, which act as powerups. These powerups include levitation - allowing you to float, Pyrokinetics - ability to create fire with your mind, and shape shifting. The game is in the platform style and you must jump and duck the various obstacles you encounter. The monsters you will meet include giant scorpions, beholders and fire elementals. You will have to defeat Astaroth's 3 guardians of the soul along the way, firstly a sphinx, secondly a 3 headed hydra and finally a marlith demon. Once you have defeated the guardians you will have to face Astaroth herself in a battle of the minds using the powerups you have collected."
18256,A.D. 2044,,1996,5.8,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","This is a point-and-click adventure set in a near future post-apocalyptic world where women now rule. After a radical women's group hijacks some nuclear missiles asking for a share of world power with men but are met with resistance, missiles are launched from both sides and a nuclear winter ensues. A thousand women at a conference survive and establish an all female society underground. Later in the year 2044, they discover a lone male preserved in a hibernation capsule during a mining operation. The player, as the male, escapes imprisonment and explores the society looking for items that will help him while avoiding female androids. Your character will talk to himself in a digitized voice and there is also another male voice that narrates the story and provides hints. Each screen must be searched for hotspots, which can also be examined and are indicated by a magnifying glass cursor. Similarly, you can pick up items if a hand cursor appears. When you examine items, they will rotate in a special full-screen viewing mode. Some items can be combined in this mode."
18257,Armor Alley,,1991,6.2,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Shooter",,"In Armor Alley you pilot a helicopter through side-viewed terrain. Your job is to take out the enemy forces and their base, initially armed with missiles, bombs and machine guns. Watch out for enemy anti-aircraft balloons. However the game differs from most Choplifter style games by involving management of a squad. You have tanks, explosive vans, engineers and infantry units which can be ordered from the base, and must then be protected from enemy fire. Supplies are limited by financial constraints, as every unit and weapon has a price."
18264,Exile III: Ruined World,,1996,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"In Exile you were cast down into the underworld by the Empire. In Exile II you claimed the pit as your own, and fought off the Empire. In Exile III your battle is to return home, to return to the surface and the sunlight you had thought lost forever. The problem - the surface is being destroyed, and nobody knows how or why. Move fast, or there will be nothing left for you to return to."
18275,Solitaire Royale,,1987,7.5,Puzzle,Cards / tiles,,"This was an early commercial instance of Card Solitaire. There are 8 different solitaire games, including Klondike, Calculation, and Three Shuffles and a Draw. You can also play ""Aunt Anne's Tour"" where you play all 8 in row, trying for the highest combined score, and 3 children's games. In addition, there are 10 different choices for deck art."
18277,International 3D Tennis,,1990,7.2,Sports,,,"International 3D Tennis is a tennis game with ten camera angles, 1 or 2 players, 64 different computer opponents with 15 skill levels, 72 tournaments based on real events and 4 court surfaces (grass, clay, carpet and cement). You can choose 22 tournaments and play in a full tennis season. Other features is to learn to play topspin and backspin balls, four player ability levels (amateur, semi-pro, pro and ace), TV tennis theme tunes and Any-time save option. The game uses vector graphics that gives it a 3D look."
18287,Cyborg,,1981,7.2,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","A science fiction text adventure game in which an artificial intelligence is electronically merged with your body as the result of a scientific experiment. Your mission is to find a source of energy to keep you alive. The game uses a text parser, except for character interaction, during which you choose a question from a predetermined list."
18298,Paladin II,"Omnitrend's Paladin II, Paladin 2",1992,5.6,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"The Order of Paladins are called upon at various times to undertake all sorts of tasks. As the young apprentice to the order, Brandon, it will be your job to lead a party of brave warriors through several unique and different quests on a variety of objectives. Characters may be imported from Omnitrend's original Paladin game or from Breach 2 Additionally a Quest builder tool is included to author your own game maps and objectives."
18299,Maze Mania,,1989,6.0,Action,Arcade,,"Maze Mania is a Pac Man variant. Flippo, the protagonist, has to solve a number of mazes by turning all tiles into a certain colour. He has to walk over them to turn them, but some of them turn every time he walks over them and other ones only turn when approached from a certain direction. Of course there are also enemies which try to hinder Flippo's progress: every contact with them lowers his energy and when it reaches zero, a life is lost. Spread over the levels are power ups which either give an extra life, extra energy or allow Flippo to kill his enemies at contact for a limited amount of time. Flippo can jump over enemies and holes."
18300,3-D Tetris,,1996,6.3,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"A 3D Tetris game with a supply of three modes: A. A three dimensional well appears, large enough to hold five layers of Tetris blocks. Every time you complete a layer with you falling blocks it will vanish and you will be rewarded by a hefty dose of points. If you ever stack over the five layers you will lose one of your layers, once all five are lost your game is over. B. In this mode you place blocks around the center of the well, any blocks placed in the center will vanish, unless the block completes a layer in which case it will vanish. C. In this mode a shape will be shown before the game begins. You will have to replicate this shape perfectly, even one block out of place and your game is over. Succeed and after a short animation a new shape will be given."
18302,War Zone,,1991,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"As the name implies, War Zone is a game mainly about shooting, shooting, some hostages rescuing (or shooting if you want) and also shooting. The game consist of 8 top-down scrolling missions in which you're controlling Arnold-like soldier armed with basic machine gun. Each mission is taking place in different location with little repetitive signs further in the game. Starting point is at the jungle, but you will also visit some kind of stores, sewers and factories. Your task is to get at the end of mission and destroy main boss. Throughout your way a lot of enemies is waiting for you. Expect heavy resistance by infantry armed with machine guns, guided missiles and grenades. Of course, enemies are using plenty of vehicles so prepare for trains, tanks, helicopters, jeeps and even one submarine. Luckily you aren't reliant to machine gun only. Shoot boxes with ""W"" sign and arm yourself with better/stronger weapons like grenades thrower, flammer, guided missiles launcher or laser. Also watch carefully for hostages. If you release one, you'll be awarded with points or health-pack."
18303,Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II,"Guerra nas Estrelas: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II: O Cavaleiro Jedi, Star Wars: Jedi Knight",1997,7.9,Action,"RPG elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Kyle Katarn, a former mercenary and now an ally of the rebels, discovers that he is in fact a Jedi, and is on a quest to find his lightsaber and learn the techniques of the Force. The evil Sith lord Jerec, who was responsible for the death of Kyle's father, is on a quest of his own, searching a mythical place called Valley of the Jedi, where his dark powers could be unleashed. Will Kyle be able to stop Jerec and become a true Jedi without falling to the dark side? Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II is a sequel to Dark Forces The game is set in the Star Wars universe and its events occur after those depicted in the movie Return of the Jedi (Episode VI). Primarily a first-person 3D shooter, the game also allows the player to switch to third-person perspective. Kyle can use blasters and rifles to take care of his enemies, and later in the game he will also be able to fight enemies with a lightsaber. There are three kinds of Force powers Kyle may use in the game: light, dark and neutral. Light powers are mostly used for healing purposes; dark powers involve violent actions such as choking enemies or hurling objects at them; neutral powers enhance Kyle's speed and jumping ability. There are fourteen Force powers altogether; if the player chooses to develop only one type of powers throughout the game, a bonus power can be gained. Completing levels rewards the player with stars, which can be allocated to enhance the powers. The game has a branching storyline with different endings, and the player's decisions can lead Kyle to the light as well as the dark side (for example, killing innocents will add ""dark points"" to Kyle's score). The game features video sequences with live actors as cutscenes."
18306,Rage of Mages,Allody: Pechat' Tainy,1998,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"Rage of Mages is an isometric role-playing game, in which the main character and his companions must journey through the world of Kania, on a quest to find a magical weapon that will break the cycle of war. The player generates the protagonist by making him either a Mage or a Fighter, each with their own skills and disciplines that may involve weapon proficiencies, elemental spells and resistance to them, etc. The player also allocates points into the four main attributes - Body, Agility, Mind, and Spirit. Over the course of the game other characters will join the party. NPCs can also be hired to tackle some of the more difficult missions. Combat is done in real time and relies on tactical preparations and planning."
18308,Freestyle Motocross: McGrath vs. Pastrana,,2000,5.4,Racing / Driving,"Arcade, Tricks / stunts",,"Freestyle Motocross offers a chance to play as two Supercross greats. Both Pastrana and McGrath feature customizable bikes, allowing for edit of model, color, engine, and exhaust, all of which come in handy while playing on any of the multitude of courses. Both open and normal oriented maps are available to race, freestyle, or combine both on, allowing two players to battle in split-screen mode or a 6 person race. Customizable tricks can be achieved while attempting to win a freestyle match in either a Single Event or a Tournament Mode, unlocking tons of new levels including Las Vegas, Volcano, Inca Ruins, Loch Ness, and Desert Warzone."
18309,WCW vs. the World,,1997,6.9,Sports,,,Wrestlers from around the world are competing against the WCW to win the title of champion. The player can pick from a large selection of 51 wrestlers to play in seven different game modes:
18311,The Masked Rider: Kamen Rider ZO,Kamen Rider ZO,1994,5.9,Action,"Quick Time Events (QTEs), Timed input",,"The Masked Rider is a Japanese super hero, a man who has become genetically altered to be a man/grasshopper who rides a motorcycle. This FMV game adapts scenes from the movie Masked Rider ZO, and creates a Dragon's Lair style experience. The game centers around 10 battles of the film's 3 main characters. The player watches the video and hits the correct direction or button at the right time to achieve success. The visual cues of the movie suggest the correct buttons. For example, when the Masked Rider punches, the player should press the Punch button. If he dodges left on screen, the player should press the left direction pad. Correct timing hits the enemy harder, lowering their health bar. Failure reduces the players health. Completing the moves accurately will allow the player to ""defeat the monster early"" and watch the rest of the video as a reward."
18312,The Race Against Time,,1988,5.8,Action,Arcade,Contemporary,"The Race Against Time is a game based on Sport Aid '88, a global program of sport, music, and carnival, cultivating in the simultaneous 10km world-wide run that took place on September 11, 1988. Millions of people around the world joined the campaign to help children worldwide by fighting hunger, poverty, and disease. Players take on the role of Omar Khalifa, the legendary Sudanese athlete who has decided to participate. Starting from the El Mowheli relief camp in Sudan, he has limited time to raise a flag and light a flame in each of the six continents. Khalifa's journey has him pass famous landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty, the United Nations, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Mt. Rushmore, the Sydney Opera House, the Colosseum, and the Eiffel Tower. There are multiple routes on each continent. Khalifa can pick up objects to help him reach places, but only one object can be carried at a time. He can also get an hourglass which will give him more time. The run is over when Khalifa runs out of time or when he comes into contact with dangers he must face."
18316,1943 Kai,1943 Kai: The Battle of Midway,1988,7.1,Action,Shooter,"Historical events, World War II","This is an enhanced version of 1943: The Battle of Midway with most of the graphics and sounds reworked. There are also changes in the weapons and the inclusion of anachronical items such as laser-firing WWII planes and ships that run on ground. The player controls a biplane Boeing Stearman E75 N68828 instead of the P-38 The PC Engine adaptation adds some original levels to those from the arcade version, as well as animated intermissions."
18318,The Real Ghostbusters,Meikyū Hunter G,1987,5.8,Action,Shooter,,"After the success of the Ghostbusters film (and indeed of the licensed game from Activision ) a cartoon TV series was created, which this game is based on. The player controls a Ghostbuster, who has 10 levels full of ghosts to clear up. This is done by first shooting the ghosts using a gun, and then by using a photon beam (by holding down the fire button) to suck them in for storage in the backpack. Photon recharges can be collected, as can the potential for an improved shot, as well as a shield. The Ghostbusters mascot Slimer also appears as a power-up, which hovers around the player's character killing ghosts on contact."
18323,Batman Returns,,1992,6.5,Action,Platform,,"From Sega 8-bit specialists Aspect comes one of many adaptations of Tim Burton's 1992 superhero sequel Batman Returns Like other versions, it is a side-scrolling platformer. While very similar to the Game Gear version the Master System version has slightly different levels and gameplay mechanics. Batman must move through five stages on his way to defeat the Penguin. These include the streets and rooftops of Gotham City, Max Shreck's department store, the sewers, and the Penguin's lair. For the first four levels, a route can be selected from two options, allowing for different paths through the game. Enemies standing in Batman's way can be defeated by throwing the Batarang at them. At the beginning, the weapon's range is very limited, but it can be expanded by collecting powerups. Other tools Batman can use are a grappling hook to pull himself up to higher levels or swing across dangerous areas, and his cape, which can be used as a parachute, for more control during falls. Unlike in the Game Gear version, there is no health bar: a single hit will kill Batman. To compensate, the game contains a generous amount of extra lives."
18324,Cyborg Hunter,"Borgman, Chōon Senshi Borgman",1988,6.3,Action,Metroidvania,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"It is the year 2242. You are Paladin, the galaxy's toughest bounty hunter. Cyborgs are about to take complete control of the universe under the direction of Vipron, their evil leader. You are sent to the cyborg fortress to get rid of all the chief cyborgs in each of the seven areas. The game screen is divided into three sections. This includes a first-person view of the map, in which you can see objects that are coming your way. There are two types of objects: red objects indicate the lower cyborgs, while white ones indicate the chief cyborgs. Next to it is a map of the area, your life and psycho power count. Below these is the action screen. In each of these seven areas, there are several floors which can be reached via the elevator. At the beginning of the game, your only weapons are your fists, but weapons can be collected throughout each area, which include psycho punch, ray gun, light gun, and bombs. Power-ups like extra life and psycho power can also be collected. If you use the psycho punch or psycho gun, your psycho power gets depleted, and when it is empty, you must stock up on some more. You can also get shields that will protect you from laser beams, and jet engines so that you can fly over hazards. In some areas, you defeat a boss which leaves an ID card, which you can use to access other areas of the fortress. Some chief cyborgs are easy to kill, while some are hard. You will just have to work out which weapon works best with them. The game ends when you lose all your life. You are not alone in this mission. You also have Adina, your contact back at headquarters. Follow her instructions carefully and you may survive. Cyborg Hunter is based on the Japanese-only animated TV series Borgman"
18326,Red Asphalt,"Red Asphalt: Racing with a Vengeance, Rock & Roll Racing 2: Red Asphalt",1998,6.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Red Asphalt is a racing and combat game with a post-apocalyptic futuristic theme. There are a total of 24 tracks and players can choose from 6 characters. Each character has different driving skills, tactical skills and aggression skills. Players start out with a sum of money and can win additional cash by winning the races. Use the money to buy vehicles, 6 to choose from, and upgrade them with better engines, armor, tires, suspension and weapons. It is a direct sequel to Rock'n Roll Racing although it features a very different style and gameplay."
18330,Fears,,1995,7.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"One of the numerous Doom style games for the Amiga in the mid 90s. Like Gloom it was published by Guildhall Leisure, who gave the Amiga a lot of time in that era. Fears took the approach of having full-screen, though relatively low-resolution, graphics. The level landscapes feature lots of stairways and lifts, giving it a pseudo-3D feel. The game is played across 30 levels, with a level designer also included. The one-player game has 3 difficulty levels, while multi-player action is available via a null-modem cable."
18331,Disney's Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers 2,,1993,8.0,Action,Platform,,"Following the first Rescue Rangers game the Rangers overcame the plot of their arch-nemesis Fatcat and locked him up in the prison/pound. However, Fatcat's henchmen have sprung him from prison by blimp. Suddenly a television news anchor is reporting that there is a bomb threat in a local restaurant. The Rescue Rangers take it upon themselves to save the day only to learn that the whole bomb scare was a diversion in order to allow Fatcat to steal an artifact known as the Urn of the Pharaoh. The team must track Fatcat and learn what he has in store for the stolen goods. Like the previous game Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers 2 is a side-scrolling action game where 2 players can play simultaneously as Chip & Dale, or 1 player can control either chipmunk. Our heroes must conquer a series of oversized (from their perspective) stages in order to thwart Fatcat's nefarious schemes. For example, the first stage has the chipmunks hopping across the tables, chairs, and counters of a restaurant, and on through the kitchen. Many enemies try to slow the player's progress. The chipmunks' offensive ability is to pick up any of the copious blocks that litter the landscape and toss it in any of 5 directions (sideways, up, and diagonal-up). Along the way, there are scattered RR blocks for the heroes to collect. The other members of the Rescue Rangers -- Monty, Gadget, and Zipper -- are on hand to lend help out at key junctures."
18342,Seven Kingdoms II: The Fryhtan Wars,Seven Kingdoms II: A Guerra dos Frythans,1999,7.8,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Seven Kingdoms II: The Fryhtan Wars is a real-time strategy game featuring empire-building and diplomatic intrigue. The player gets to choose from among 12 nationalities to command, each with distinct features and behaviors relevant to the respective cultures."
18344,The Lost Adventures of Legend,,1996,7.0,Compilation,,,A collection of the first eight games Legend Entertainment released:
18353,Strike Squad,,1993,5.5,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Strike Squad is a squad-based tactical strategy game, much like the later X-Com from Microprose Strike Squad is the sequel to Mindcraft's Tegel's Mercenaries The Consortum is falling prey to an alien race of insects, called K'Kistiks, that move from planet to planet and dry their resources. One last planet, Berok, remains for the Consortum resistence, and its distress beacons have been dispatched to call for aid, in the attempt to gather mercenaries from around the universe toward their cause. Your character in the game, in turn, is a successful mercenary commander, that is after personnal revenge against the K'Kistiks, for having destroyed your home planet Bao and killed your loved ones. Choose your mercenaries, that rate very differently in a variety of skills (from shooting to medical), and battle your enemies in either real-time or turn-based. The game features some management elements also, and you get to purchase weapons and tools from dealers. Also, the game features a 2-player, split-screen mode, and the players can either play as allies or enemies."
18372,Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Cartridge,"ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS CLOUDY MOUNTAIN Cartridge, Crown of Kings",1982,7.3,Action,,Fantasy,"Pursue the ancient Crown of Kings in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Cartridge You control a three person party equipped with three arrows apiece, though more arrows can be found on your quest. Quest over the land of Cloudy Mountain and explore caves with many enemies that try to stop your progress. There are four difficulty levels."
18375,Megamania,Megamania: A Space Nightmare,1982,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"MegaMania is an arcade action game with gameplay similar to Space Invaders You control a spaceship at the bottom of the screen and need to defend yourself from numerous waves of attackers. But in MegaMania the attackers are much more bizarre than invading aliens. There are hamburgers, diamonds, steam irons, bow ties, space dice, and more! You need to earn points by destroying as many of these strange attackers as you can before your energy supply becomes depleted."
18378,Secret of Evermore,,1995,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A boy and his dog live together in the town of Podunk. One day, the boy chases the dog into an old abandoned mansion where a scientist lived thirty years ago. Some of his equipment is still operational, and when the dog chews on it, they are both sent to the strange world of Evermore, and have to figure out how to get back. Secret of Evermore is an action RPG similar to Secret of Mana with a few key changes. Multiplayer is out. Rather than three characters, there are just the two. The equivalent of magic is alchemy, where each effect requires several base ingredients which the player gathers as the game advances."
18381,The Covenant,Le Survivant,1985,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Metroidvania","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The Covenant is a flick screen arcade adventure where, as the sole survivor of an otherwise extinct planet, you must find the 64 fragments of your sacred texts - scattered throughout a large complex of caverns, in order to find the secrets required to repopulate the planet and breathe life back into your home. To complete your task you need to find anesthetic on each sub-section of the map and use it to stun and then collect the animals that are loose in the caverns and will be used to add life to your planet once completed. Once the animals are collected, you'll be to access a key to a chest which will in turn open up the next section of the map."
18382,Red Ghost,,1995,5.3,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"A new enemy has risen from secret bases throughout the world. Armed with the latest in military technology, Red Ghost is aiming at world domination. You will command eighteen of the world's most elite group of fighting men to stop this threat. Red Ghost blends the elements of a traditional isometric/top-down strategy game with elements of 3D first-person perspective games. You will use your tactical skills in the overhead stages to plan your attack, however when the battles begin you'll have the ability to commandeer jeeps, tanks, helicopters and ground artillery units for close combat from the first-person perspective. Red Ghost is one of the early showcases of the CD-ROM format. By taking full advantage of the medium the developers were able to add Silicon Graphics cinematics and CD quality sound effects and music."
18387,Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance,Guerra nas Estrelas: X-Wing Alliance,1999,8.3,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are a young member of a trading family trying to make a living by staying neutral, but your business rivals have other ideas. The galaxy is at war, and sooner or later you will have to choose sides... X-Wing Alliance is the latest in the X-Wing series of Star Wars space in-cockpit combat sim. You start in your family's Corellian transports (multiple models) as you deliver cargo and practice gunnery against pirates, poachers (who steal your cargo), and rivals. Later, you will get to join the Rebel Alliance, fight plenty of battles, and eventually make your way to the battle that will destroy the second Death Star! Adjust power, change weapons, arm lasers and concussion missiles, even jump into a gun turret (for crafts so equipped), adjust power and recharge. There are OVER FIFTY missions for you to make your way through, plus full multiplayer support. You also get a ""souvenir"" from each mission you complete... Very cute."
18390,John Romero's Daikatana,,2000,5.5,Action,Shooter,"Europe, Fantasy, Japan (Modern/Futuristic), North America, Sci-fi / futuristic","Hiro Miyamoto is a martial arts instructor and a member of an ancient clan of fighters. One day he learns that Kage Mishima, a sworn enemy of his clan, has gained possession of the Daikatana, a magical sword that allows its bearer to travel through time. As a result of Mishima's quest for power, a devastating disease is threatening humanity. Hiro and his friends must venture into different time periods, retrieve the sword, and defeat Mishima. Daikatana is a first-person shooter using the Quake II engine. The game is divided into four episodes of several levels each, each episode taking place in a different time period: far-future Japan, ancient Greece, Dark Ages Norway, and near-future USA. The game uses cutscenes and text to tell the story. Two AI-controlled characters accompany Hiro throughout the quest, helping him in battles and also requiring protection. In addition to several different firearms, the Daikatana itself, which the player acquires in Episode 2, can gain experience and grow stronger as it is used. The game includes a multi-player deathmatch mode."
18393,Dance Dance Revolution,,1998,7.8,Action,Music / rhythm,,"Simon has been taken to the next level in this arcade dancing game. The game cues you which direction to step. You use a special floor mat to step out the moves in rhythm. The more moves you step out keeping the beat, the better your character does on screen. You get to choose from 28 different songs to dance to. It's possible to dance alone or with a friend."
18396,The Software Toolworks' Star Wars Chess,Star Wars Chess,1993,5.9,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Chess",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Wars Chess is a chess game where the pieces are characters from the Star Wars universe When pieces are taken, an animated battle is shown, much like in Battle Chess"
18398,1941: Counter Attack,,1990,7.1,Action,Shooter,"Historical events, World War II","The prequel to 1942 like the other games in the 194x series is a top down shooter set in WWII. One or two players control a P-38 (for player 1) or a Mosquito (for player 2), shooting enemy airplanes and ships. As in the previous games, one button shoots the airplane's weapon (which is upgradeable by collecting power ups left by enemies) and the other makes the airplane loop, destroying everything on screen (or causing extra damage to bosses, fought at the end of each level). The regular ammo is infinite, while the upgraded weapons have limited ammo. When the weapon button is held down, a bar at the bottom of the screen is charged and a special shot can be released, which varies in effect from weapon to weapon. The airplane has a life bar which starts with three points. Each hit taken or loop used will consume one life point. The player will earn new life points at the end of levels or by collecting proper power ups. Other power ups available are auxiliary side and ghost airplanes. Three continues can be used, and one point is added to the score when one of them is used (a feature first introduced by this game and then copied by other shoot-em-ups)."
18399,Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill,Nancy Drew 1,1998,6.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Detective story star Nancy Drew's first adventure game is set in Florida, at Paseo Del Mar High School. An unpopular student there is murdered, and Nancy feels determined to solve it. The game is a first-person point & click adventure using mouse control. Many objects can be zoomed in on to examine clues. Over 75 cryptic puzzles must be solved before the killer can be unmasked. A junior mode featuring less of the difficult puzzles is provided."
18406,Park Patrol,,1984,7.0,"Action, Simulation",,,"Do you have what it takes to become a park ranger? This game will test you to see if you're really up to the job. You play a park ranger, whose job is to collect twelve items scattered around the park, such as soda cans, bottles, and balls. Unfortunately, getting these items is not as easy as it sounds, as your task gets difficult by swimmers, swamps, snakes, turtles, and ants. To make matters worse, your energy gets depleted quickly, so to restore it, you can either return to your hut, or snatch food off an ant's back in later levels. More often than not, some of the turtles will follow you into the lake. If they enter the lake, you can run them over for 500 points before they decide to jump back out again. Besides collecting items, you also must rescue swimmers that are about to drown in the lake. Fail to rescue a swimmer in a limited amount of time, and you'll also drown, and the same can be said if you bump into snakes. Rather than collecting items, you can also roll on logs. Doing this will earn you 5000 points if you manage to roll for a long time. There are five levels of Park Patrol to complete, and once you complete all of them, the diffculty level gets higher and the game becomes much more difficult. To give you an example, the turtles will stop at nothing to kill you, and there will be more than one swimmer to rescue at once. This game can have two players. Park Patrol even provides you with a menu, in which you can alter the number of turtles, ants, swamps, swimmers, and snakes in each of the five levels. With the menu, you can have none of these in every level, but what's the fun of completing a level without any enemies to avoid? Also, you can play as a boy or a girl."
18415,Zone 66,,1993,7.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A pilot is warned by a mysterious stranger that something terrible is about to happen in his town. Rushing home, the pilot discovers that his wife and baby daughter were murdered. The stranger who tried to warn the pilot is gravely wounded; however, before dying, he passes some information to him. The hero is back on his plane, determined to avenge the deaths of his beloved ones, alone against terrorist forces whose true goals are yet unknown... Zone 66 is a top-down shooter in which the player controls an aircraft, eliminating other planes as well as ground-based hostile units (tanks, etc.). The player-controlled aircraft is able to move in any direction, avoiding enemy fire or preparing a better angle for the next shot. There is a wide selection of aircraft to choose from and each of them, before the gameplay, can be individually equipped with different types of weapons like missiles and bombs. Battles take place on eight different maps."
18417,Shaq Fu,,1994,5.4,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"While en route to a charity game in Tokyo, basketball star Shaquille O'Neal (called ""Shaq"" for short) is drawn into an alternate dimension by a local man who believes only Shaq can save his grandson. Once there, he must fight a succession of 11 opponents, one at a time, with gameplay resembling Street Fighter 2 or Mortal Kombat The game's graphics used similar rotoscoping techniques (similar to those used in Flashback or Prince of Persia ) making Shaq's 7'2"" frame is represented. As well as the story mode, the player can play individual fights, either with 1 or 2 players, although one human player must always be Shaq. Shaq can jump a huge distance, although he struggles to block."
18424,Shining the Holy Ark,,1996,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Part of the Shining game universe, Shining the Holy Ark is a pure console-style RPG (unlike Shining Force games, that were strategy/RPG hybrids). You play the role of a young swordsman Arthur, who decided to work as a mercenary for various people needing his services. On his first mission, the King of Enrich sends him to a mine, in order to find and punish a renegade ninja who has escaped from him. However, an accident occurs that makes Arthur realize that he'll have to do much more than his usual mercenary assignment, and that there is a true evil in the world that must be defeated at all costs. The game features 3D graphics and utilizes first-person perspective for dungeons and battles. The turn-based battles are of a traditional Japanese RPG kind, except the addition of ""Pixie System"". In various places in the game you can find pixies who can later be used as allies in battles."
18425,Frankie Goes to Hollywood,Frankie: The Computer Game,1985,7.4,"Action, Adventure",Shooter,,"Playing a thoroughly drab, mundane and predictable character, your aim is to become interesting enough to reach the Pleasuredome. After discovering a gruesome murder, your interest in something greater than the routine of 80s Liverpool is awoken. You explore the streets and houses in the search of a way out. The main basis of the game involves picking up objects and using them in the correct way - most objects have more than one potential use, and misusing them is the only way the game can be lost. There are several sub-games along the way, including shoot 'em ups, a maze and a jigsaw puzzle."
18427,Chiller,,1986,4.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Chiller is a first person shooter for one or two players. Back in the middle ages a castle on the outskirts of town has been invaded by an evil force which is causing the dead to come back to life! You need to stop this force before it can create a large army and take over the town. As you make your way to and eventually inside the castle, numerous dead creatures will be trying to stop you. Each level has a monster counter, and you need to shoot this many monsters before the timer runs out to continue on. Each level also has 8 talismans hidden in it; you need to find and destroy these to stop the monsters from appearing. If you complete a level without destroying all of the talismans, you will need to return to the level later on. There are 32 talismans in all that need to be destroyed in order to rid the town of the monsters!"
18429,Player Manager 98/99,"Guy Roux Manager '99, Player Manager Ninety Nine, Player Manager Novanta Nove, Player Manager Época 98-99",1998,5.3,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Like its ancestors this title marks a return to the popular managing game where the player not only is a starting manager, but also a footballer close to retirement age (the player, however, does not control his footballing avatar directly in the field). Players are rated in 18 attributes (plus some hidden attributes), and eight formations. Several tactics give the manager a lot of depth to change into the style more suitable for the footballers available. As there isn't a stat to display the overall value of a player (other than his market value), the player has to choose the starting eleven according to the desired playing style by their individual strengths: defenders with strong heading should be placed in the middle, fast dribblers in the flanks and so on, as well as using the post-match analysis statistics to see how well they performed. Like the older titles, the game uses the Kick Off engine to simulate games, in this case Kick Off 97 Other match simulation options include a 2D radar (which can quickly change to the 3D engine in key parts of the game such as goals and cards) and a CM-like text mode. If two players want to discover who has the strongest team, they can do so by choosing the ""Friendly"" mode. This allows to import team data from the floppy drive, and play a dream match between them."
18433,Airwolf 2,Airwolf II,1987,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Airwolf II is a direct sequel to Airwolf however this side-scrolling shooter's story has even less in common with the popular TV series, as now Stringfellow Hawke has to pilot his ultra-modern helicopter to combat alien invasion, finding new weapons (lasers, missiles) on the way. First released in 1987 as a part of compilations, for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16 & Commodore Plus/4, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum."
18435,Hot Wheels: Turbo Racing,,1999,6.7,Racing / Driving,,,"In Hot Wheels: Turbo Racing you can race over 40 classic Hot Wheels cars, some looking sporty and some not. Race through 11 tracks filled with loops and danger chargers. Cars and tracks are unlocked as you play, either by winning races or performing stunt flips, side rolls and combos. Two player races can either be pure head-to-head, or also feature the computer cars. The soundtrack is rock-based, including tracks by Metallica and Primus."
18446,Battle Droidz,Red L.E.D.,1987,7.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Earth's resources are running out so we need a new power source. The only way this can be achieved is by linking The Cosmic Interlace Grid. 37 hexagons make up this grid and to get power there has to be a continuous line from one side to the other. To liberate a hexagon to make your line across with three ZMX all-purpose robots. They have one hour real-time to achieve this task. The robots have to navigate the landscape and collect four pods. Once collected a teleport is created. When the robot is teleported, the hexagon has been liberated. There are three types of robot to choose from. Fang doesn't like acid pools but is immune to gravity and stays on slopes. The flat round hover robot likes acid pools but hates slopes. The last robot, a standard issue one hates gravity and acid. There are lots of enemies to avoid and shoot, these are produced by generators so try to destroy these robot makers. The hexagons do provide power-ups for you to help in your task. The game is viewed from a 3-D isometric view. The robot is controlled by the joystick and can fire lasers. Before you start a hexagon, a map of the grid is shown. Here you can plan your route from side to side. Be careful though, if you fail a hexagon it can't be attempted again so plan that route carefully."
18451,Pub Darts,"180, 180!, Darts 180, World Darts, World Darts!",1986,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Board game",,180 is a darts simulation game and it follows the traditional darts rules where you compete against an opponent to see who scores the 501 points first on a best out of three sets. If you play against the computer in a Championship knockout competition the computer will randomly select the players out of eight different opponents. Each player has his own characteristics and style of play as their 'favorite doubles' they like to throw. Regardless against whom you play they will become better as you progress towards the final. A practice mode helps you to become familiar and more skillful at throwing the darts. The game can be played by one or two players.
18452,Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit,Heavenly Symphony: Formula One World Championship 1993,1994,7.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Beyond the Limit is a racing sim based on Formula One circa 1993. It features real-life cars, tracks, and drivers from the world of F1. The graphics in Beyond the Limit are created from scaled and rotated sprites that create a 3D effect. It also features a lot of full-screen video clips taken from Fuji TV's coverage of actual races. There are two main game modes: Grand Prix and 1993. Grand Prix mode is a points-based championship spread out over 16 races. 1993 mode lets you re-enact specific challenges in that year's races."
18467,Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick,Duckman: Ente süß-sauer,1997,7.0,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick is based on the popular USA Network animated series Duckman. In this game, Duckman has been replaced by the new Duckman (who looks more like a super-hero than the old Duckman) and you have to take back your show. As the title might suggest, it is an adventure game, in the LucasArts-style."
18470,Revolution X,"Revolution X featuring Aerosmith, Revolution X: Music is the Weapon",1994,5.1,Action,Rail shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Revolution X is about the ol' Rock & Roll. There is an evil nation putting the youth down and banning our beloved rock music. Who you gonna call? Aerosmith! With the help of Aerosmith, the player must shoot his/her way through enemy infested levels, (light) guns blazing, collecting power-ups and releasing hostages. Almost all of the graphics are digitized and Aerosmith themselves are too! There are also lots of fmv videos."
18474,Rainbow Islands,"Rainbow Islands: Story of the Bubble Bobble 2, Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2",1988,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"While on a search for treasure, Bubby and his brother Bobby travel to the Rainbow Islands. Instead of finding treasure, they find out that the people of the Rainbow Islands have been kidnapped. Now it's up to the brothers to save them using their rainbow powers. This version of Rainbow Islands has some differences from the original Rainbow Islands Some of the differences include:"
18475,Soulstar,Soul Star,1994,7.7,Action,"Rail shooter, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Soulstar for the Sega CD/Mega CD is a 3D shoot-'em up that combines several different types of gameplay into one game. Some levels in this game are on a fixed path, similar to Space Harrier or Star Fox. Other levels allow your space craft to hover freely around a 3D environment, and in other levels your craft transforms into a walker robot for close-up attacks. In Soulstar the player takes the role of a warrior pilot known as Bryk Hammelt. It is your mission to prevent an alien aggressor known as the Myrkoids from draining the Soulstar system of its energy resources."
18476,Crypts of Chaos,,1983,4.6,Action,,Fantasy,"The object of this game is to kill monsters in the crypts, get any treasure you can find, and get out on the crypts. How deep in the crypt you start depends on the game selection. Games one, two, three, or four place you at levels five, nine, thirteen, or one, respectively. Your weapons are a sword (unlimited attacks but useless against wizards), wand (limited attacks, depending on game selection, useless on dragons), ring of power (limited attacks, depending on game selection), and peace symbol (unlimited uses but you get no points and only useful on trolls, eyes, wizards and dragons). Your enemies are trolls, frogs, snakes, skulls, blobs, eyes, wizards and dragons. Level one has only trolls, level two has trolls and frogs, level three has trolls, frogs and snakes, etc. up to level eight and below which has everything."
18482,Fallout,"Fallout: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game, Fallout: Ein postnukleares Rollenspiel",1997,8.3,Role-playing (RPG),,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","A devastating nuclear war had wiped out almost the entire population of the Earth. The civilization, as we know it, has been destroyed. The Earth has become a huge wasteland populated by mutated creatures. Only small number of humans survived and they formed communities living on the surface, where they mostly scavenge what remains from the pre-war civilization. Some lucky people managed to reach safety of the Vaults, huge underground dwellings, during the war. Recently, the water purification controller chip in Vault 13 broke. Without clean water, the people of the Vault cannot survive. One person is sent to find a replacement chip and ventures outside to face a dangerous world, hoping to return within a hundred and fifty days. Fallout is a role-playing game that utilizes a character development system called S.P.E.C.I.A.L., an acronym formed from the first letters of the game's basic character attributes: Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility and Luck. In addition to having these attributes, the protagonist can also learn and improve skills, as well as acquire traits and perks. Skill points are awarded when the player character levels up; traits are assigned during character creation, while perks are obtained every three character levels. There are eighteen different skills in the game, divided into combat, active, and passive categories. Combat skills include weapon proficiencies (e.g. small and big guns, melee, etc.); active skills are used for support or interacting with the environment (doctor, lockpick, science, steal, and others); passive skills are mainly dedicated to social interaction (barter, speech, gambling, and so on). Traits bestow various benefits upon the character while also imposing penalties; in contrast, perks are purely beneficial. By developing and customizing attributes, skills, traits and perks, the player is granted a considerable freedom in shaping the protagonist in his combat-related and social behavior. The game has an open world which can be freely explored from the onset. Only a few quests are required to complete in order to advance the main plot; a vast amount of side quests is available. Thanks to the game's emphasis on social interaction, many problems can be solved in a non-violent way; in fact, it is possible to complete the game without engaging in battles at all, running away from enemy encounters and concluding the final confrontation in a relatively peaceful fashion. Conversely, the player can opt for a destructive path, killing everyone in sight. A Karma system is used to track the player's moral decisions during the game. Combat in Fallout is turn-based. Participants have a limited amount of action points (AP) per turn; each action (including movement) depletes a certain number of AP, eventually ending a character's turn. The player can target specific body parts of enemies during battles. Characters may join the protagonist, traveling together and participating in combat as a party. Though the player may assign general commands to the companions, their actions are controlled by the AI, and they cannot be customized."
18487,Judge Dredd,Judge Dredd 95,1995,6.5,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Judge Dredd is a platform action game based on the British comic book character of the same name and the 1995 movie that tarnished that name. The game was a multi system release so it fits the standard console jump/shoot/duck formula although it does add some unique twists such as wounding enemies so that they surrender and can be arrested. The initial levels follow the plot of the movie with futuristic lawman Judge Dredd framed and sent to the Aspen penal colony from which he must escape and prove his innocence. Following the fight at the top of the Statue of Liberty that ended the film, the game continues on with levels and characters inspired by the comic book culminating with a battle against the Dark Judges on Deadworld."
18489,Commander Keen: Keen Dreams,"Commander Keen 3.5, Commander Keen 7, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams",1991,6.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Fantasy,"Commander Keen: Keen Dreams is a platform game. Its events take place after Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die! but before Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle Eight-year-old genius Billy ""Commander Keen"" Blaze, the hero of the universe, the saver of planets has a problem: his mom forces him to eat yucky vegetables. This night, he dreams that he found himself in the land of Tuberia, where sentient vegetables live and reign supreme, and where the evil king Boobus Tuber enslaves children brought by his Dream Machine. The objective is to reach and destroy king Boobus Tuber, but before this happens, Keen must find a number of Boobus Bombs which are the only things that can harm the king. The game begins with a top-down map of the land of Tuberia. This is the level select screen, where you can walk around and choose the next level you want to enter. On each level, you have to make your way to the exit, collecting Boobus Bombs on the way if there are any on this level. Once you finish the level, you're back on the overhead map. The levels are full of evil vegetables of all kinds and deadly hazards. If Keen gets hit or touched by an enemy, or falls into a pit or touches something hazardous, he dies, and you lose one life. Unlike in other Commander Keen games, Keen does not have a raygun or a pogo stick to help himself. Rather, Keen fights his enemies with ""Flower Power"" - special bombs which can be thrown to temporarily turn enemies into harmless flowers. If they miss an enemy and fall to the ground, they can be retrieved. Other items to find include: keys to open locked doors, bonus points that give score, an extra life and a rare ""magic eyeball"" which gives three extra lives and a lot of ammo."
18493,Basketbrawl,,1990,5.5,Sports,,,"In a desperate attempt to stop inner-city gang wars, the city leaders organized a basketball league. The league is scheduled to play on three courts: a street, a junkyard, and a rooftop. The mayor figured that a friendly game of hoops would be a much more peaceful way to settle disputes. He was wrong. You can choose 1-on-1 or 2-on-2 game modes. There are six characters to choose from (ten in Atari Lynx version); each with their own health, speed, and power attributes. Each player without the ball can jump to block a shot or punch there opponent to get the ball. There's also an option to perform a power throw on an opposing player. Players with the ball can shoot or pass. Power ups appear on the court at random instances. These power up one attribute for the player. For example, the lightning power up increases the player's speed. The referee does not call fouls, but does hurl knives at the players."
18495,Grudge Warriors,,2000,5.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the future, gang warfare is settled between gangs by using advanced armored vehicles. A mysterious figure called the Crimelord has set up a tournament on a secluded island dubbed ""The Death Ring"" to get all the gangs to fight each other to earn his favor. It's up to the player to take their gang to the top by infiltrating all the opposing gang's bases of operation and take out their network of power generators which will effectively cripple those opposing factions. Gameplay is centered around vehicular combat. Bases are defended by enemy vehicles, gun turrets, and mortars which harass the player while they are searching for the power generators to destroy. Players choose a vehicle (which represents a gang) with each coming with their own distinctive weapons such as shield draining bombs, energy megabolts, corrosive sulfur gas bombs and, mini-thermonuclear warheads. Each of the 23 missions contain power-ups such as invulnerability, invisibility, double damage, nitro boosts, and guided missile lock jammers. Powerups are earned after collecting a number of tokens scattered throughout each mission. There is also a 2 player split screen combat mode where two players can fight against each other."
18506,The Light Corridor,,1990,7.0,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,,"The aim of the game is to guide a ball through 50 levels of walls, barriers and general obstacles. You control a bat, which must 'serve' the ball into play, and then follow it through the level, deflecting it before it falls behind you, as this costs you one of your 4 lives. Initially the obstacles are all static, but moving barriers add timing, reactions and luck to proceedings. There are also several bonus objects, which are collected by passing through them. These include an L for an extra ball and dual rectangles to give you a second bat which moves around at random. The game also comes with a full level editor, allowing you to design new levels and save them to tape or disk."
18510,Red Ace,"Hunt for the Red Baron, Master of the Skies: The Red Ace",2000,6.9,"Action, Simulation",,"Historical events, World War I","Red Ace is an action oriented simulation set in WWI, more exactly France, Belgium and Africa. In the three campaigns with overall 25 missions the goal is mostly to kill all enemy aircraft. Sometimes this gets varied by additional ground targets, e.g. factories, which have to be destroyed. The game features four planes: Airco DH2, Sopwith Camel, Bristol Scout and Spad VIII; all with turrets, bombs and rockets as weaponry."
18512,Qwirks,,1995,6.9,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"Qwirks is a simple puzzle game in which colored blobs fall from the top of the screen, and the player has to arrange them in collections of four or more. The game is a variant of Puyo Puyo but Spectrum HoloByte had a license from the original creators"
18513,Guardian War,Powers Kingdom,1994,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"In a classic Japanese RPG style, Guardian War pits you as guardian golem against the dark forces of Azrael, the Evil Lord. Your world is infested with monsters and your job is to destroy them. Along the way you meet other golems that you need to revive so that they can join your quest. Your ultimate goal is to defeat Azrael. RPG elements are fairly standard with hit points, magic points, speed, mobility, skills, etc. Each golem type has specific abilities, for example, Priest is strong in Light Magic whereas Archer is strong in arrow attacks. General movement is done on the World map, which is divided into Fields, and the player is able to see which Fields are occupied by the enemy. Shops are only accessible on the World map. Selecting a Field takes the group of golems into a Field map which is presented in pseudo-3D. Players can freely travel the Field map, finding treasures and other items, periodically bumping into enemy groups. Battles are fought in turns on the same map, there is no separate battle screen. Movement is into main compass directions only and the player controls the whole group when traveling. Only during battle are each group member individually controllable."
18514,Space Battle,"Rymdkriget, Space Attack",1979,6.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Space Battle is a one player game that pits you against the computer. Five alien fleets of different sizes are attacking your mothership, and it's up to you to defend it using your three squadrons. Alien ships will dodge your attacks and will attack you with photon blasts. There are two game modes; Radar Mode, which is more strategy, and Battle Mode, which is all out action."
18523,Mageslayer,,1997,6.3,Action,,Fantasy,A millennium has passed since the stronger Mageslayer clans betrayed Lord Thane and the Clan of Knowledge. Now Lord Thane is ready to take revenge on the clans that refused to help him against the mages. He's gathered the relics of the StarStone and placed them under the protection of his minions. But his enemies have joined forces and sent the best warrior of each of the four remaining clans to fight back. In this top-down 3D action game you play the role of any of the warriors chosen among the remaining clans.
18526,Return to Zork,"Return to Zork: An Epic Adventure in the Great Underground Empire, Return to Zork: Ein episches Abenteuer im großen Reich der Unterwell, Return to Zork: Une aventure héroïque dans le Grand Empire Souterrain",1993,6.8,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"You are standing behind the white house. There is something in the mailbox. A video message from a wizard informing you that you are the sweepstakes winner to the Valley of the Sparrows... right now, by magic flight. Upon arriving at this mysterious place however, not everything is as it should be. There's nobody to meet you and those who you do come across don't seem to have any knowledge about a sweepstakes. It looks like this is a private vacation and you'll need to find your own way through this land. Return to Zork is a first-person adventure game using live actors and video sequences. The game is similar to Myst in interface; the player is also able to rotate the viewpoint to discover new areas and uncover items that can be used or picked up. Various characters will be met along the way and spoken to via a system of dialog choices. The game allows the player to experiment with items in various ways, including discharging them; however, this often leads to ""dead ends"", rendering it impossible to complete the game."
18528,Wild Wild West: The Steel Assassin,,1999,6.3,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,Steampunk,"A short while after the end of the American Civil War and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, President Ulysses S. Grant receives death threats from someone who claims to be the true murderer of the former president. Grant sends his two best agents, Jim West and Artemus Gordon, to investigate the mystery and prevent the unknown killer from repeating the bloody act. Wild Wild West: The Steel Assassin is based on the TV series of the same name. The game puts the player into the roles of West and Gordon, alternating between them in different chapters. Gameplay style changes accordingly: Gordon's segments are puzzle-solving adventure that relies on inventory items and logic puzzles, while West's portions contain action shooter sequences. The player can choose the order of the chapters before the final one, where it is necessary to frequently alternate between the two to complete the game."
18544,Sonic the Hedgehog,"3D Sonic the Hedgehog, SEGA AGES: Sonic the Hedgehog, STH, Sonic 1, Sonic the Hedgehog Classic, Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis",1991,8.1,Action,Platform,,"Sonic the Hedgehog is the first of many games starring Sega's premier hedgehog, Sonic. It's a side-scrolling platform game with a difference: speed. Sonic rushes through levels with incredible speed, allowing him to traverse loops and jumps with ease. The plot of the game is simple. The evil Dr. Robotnik has captured many of Sonic's animal friends and trapped them inside robots. Fortunately, Sonic can free his friends by destroying the robots with his spin attack. Meanwhile, Dr. Robotnik is trying to control the all-powerful chaos emeralds. Sonic must grab them before he does in the 3D rotating bonus levels. Sonic's weapon is his spin attack; while jumping, Sonic destroys hostile robots by touch. Throughout the platforming levels, Sonic collects numerous rings. If Sonic is hit by an enemy, all the rings he's carrying fall out and scatter around; Sonic can quickly grab the rings back before they disappear. If Sonic is hit while not carrying any rings, he dies. Collecting 100 rings gives Sonic an extra life. There is also an invincibility bonus which temporarily protects Sonic from all attacks. The game is divided into several ""zones"", each of them containing three levels. At the end of each zone, Sonic confronts Dr. Robotnik in a boss fight."
18550,Slot Racers,Maze,1978,4.9,Action,Shooter,,"The goal of this two-players console game is to move your vehicle in a maze so you can shoot missiles at your opponent without getting shot at. The games features four different mazes to choose from, and some ""levels"" are at faster or slower speeds. Another feature lets you decide to make the missiles faster or slower than the car, or in some variants the missile would be stopped when it hit any walls. The difficulty switch determines whether you can shoot a missile while one of your own is still on the screen. Otherwise, your missile has to hit the enemy or be retrieved by your vehicle before you can launch another one. You steer your car with a joystick. Each time you hit your enemy with a missile, you get a point. The first player to get 25 points is the winner."
18556,Hard Truck 2,"Dal'noboyshchiki 2, Kelyje 2, Truck Racing 2001 - Os Gigantes da Estrada",2000,6.8,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",Managerial / business simulation,,"Take 12 different trucks (from small trucks to 18-wheel tractor-trailers) and deliver cargo ahead of your competition while avoiding the police. Bid on jobs, manage your money for upgrades, and keep on trucking! Alternatively, race fellow truck drivers on over 70 miles of roads or do time trials and obstacle courses. The road awaits!"
18557,Powerslide,"Powerslide : Tracez votre propre route, Powerslide: MaKE YOuR OWN DaMN RoAD...",1998,7.5,Racing / Driving,,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","After an environmental holocaust that killed 98% of the population, the remaining feral population above ground turned to moding and racing the cars left over in the ruins of civilization. Race through abandoned cities buried in sand, ruins of a dam, abandoned mine shafts, and other desolate landscapes. Perform death-defying jumps and slide through the corners as you eek out each win! Powerslide is a racing sim with full car dynamics, force feedback support, and full TCP/IP multiplayer support."
18560,Basketball,"Atari Basketball, Basketbol",1978,5.8,Sports,,,"Basketball allows you to play a game of one-on-one against either the computer or another player. The court is viewed from the side with a basket at each end of the screen. Using the joystick you can move your player around the court, dribble/shoot the ball, and attempt to block your opponent. The game is played in two 4 minute halves, and the player who scores the most points wins. There are two different skill levels available which can be set individually for each player."
18568,Aliens: The Computer Game,Aliens,1987,7.5,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Electric Dreams' game based on the 1986 film Aliens is a first-person strategy game somewhat similar to Space Hulk The player controls six characters from a remote terminal, guiding them through a 255-room complex in search of the Alien Queen. Each character has a helmet camera and a smart gun, each controlled by the player acting in the role of overall operational commander. The player can switch to any character at any time, and must consider coordinating their movements and finding a safe location before switching to the next character. Characters occupy one room at a time, and can pan their view a full 360-degrees inside each room. Doors can be locked to halt Alien progress, or blasted open to get through (at the cost of permanently destroying the door). Alien bio-mass must also be destroyed before it spawns facehuggers, and the Aliens themselves leave lethal puddles of acid when killed (and so shouldn't be killed in front of doors!). Aliens prowl the complex and are attracted to gunfire. They will home in on nearby characters and attack, requiring the player to aim that character's gun to defend against the rushing Alien (a headshot kills instantly, while three to the body do the same). If an Alien attacks a character the player is not controlling, they will ""capture"" that character (indicated by a yellow status light). The player must guide another character to the position of the hostage and kill the guarding Alien to rescue them. If not, the captured character will be lost. Ammunition for all characters is limited, and refilled only by making a trip to the complex's armory. Similarly, a medical bay can replenish any damage. Characters also have limited stamina, used up with every move made. When stamina is low, the player must find a safe spot for that character to rest up. The complex also houses a generator controlling the lights, which the Aliens can destroy, or the Marines can then repair."
18570,Zero Wing,,1989,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Zero Wing is an horizontal shooter game where the player is in control of a ZIG, an escape pod released after its main ship was attacked and destroyed by the evil cyborg CATS, bent on taking over the world. Like most games in the genre, there are three color-coded weapons: red (scatter), green (homing) and blue (lasers). Each weapon has three levels of power, and to obtain those, similar upgrades must be collected sequentially. However, what makes the game unique is the ability to use a traction beam to trap an enemy and then throw him against his peers, destroying them. The game (more precisely, the European PAL version of it) is known for being the origin of the grammatically incorrect phrase in the English translation, All your base are belong to us which has since become an internet phenomenon."
18572,Charge 'n Blast,,2000,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Charge 'N Blast is a shooting game where you play as one of three marines who have to rid the earth of alien scum. The gameplay is similar to Cabal, you move left and right dodging enemies while charging up you weapons to blast them away. There are three different marines you can choose from, each with their own set of weapons. As usual there is the balanced character (Johnny Rock), a weaker but faster one (Pamela Hewitt) and a slower but stronger one (Nicholas Woods). You can choose to play in one player mode, time attack or two player mode. The missions are broken up into small areas where you have to kill all enemies before moving on to the next area. Each mission ends with a boss character such as a giant insect or a Godzilla-like monster. Use the X, Y or B buttons to choose a weapon, press A to charge and shoot and aim with analog stick. There are different types of weapons that can be used on the different types of enemies. For example the single missiles for far away targets and torpedoes for underwater enemies. You can fire your weapon continuously, but this doesn't do as much damage compared to a fully charged shot. Charging each shot means you have to aim a little more carefully, but you'll especially need this in the later levels. You can dodge enemies with the L and R buttons."
18577,Gaplus,"Arcade Archives: Gaplus, Galaga 3",1984,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You control a ship that must shoot down a number of enemy ships that attempt to kill you with bombs and kamikaze attacks. After you have destroyed all ships on screen, the next level begins. While you are shooting down ships, you also have the opportunity to shoot down the queen ship when it shoots down. Doing so will emit a beam at the front of your ship, and this beam can be used to capture enemy ships, and make them work for you, therefore giving you double the firepower. Occasionally, a challenging stage appears, and the object of these is to destroy three groups of enemy ship before they disappear. For each ship destroyed, you will form a letter that makes up the word BONUS."
18586,Awesome,,1990,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Awesome is a multi-section space-based game. The plot involves an attempt to get across a harsh galaxy despite not having the funds or firepower to make it. To reach each planet the player has to progress through numerous action sections, starting with some overhead-view shooting of rocks which break into progressively smaller blocks, a scanner tells the player roughly where they are located. This is followed by an into the screen shoot-out against an enemy flying backwards and forwards, and then the final approach to the trading centre, which involves the player progressing on foot from an overhead view, and sees contact with the enemies lose time rather than energy – the player has 3 attempts to get there in time. Once the player reaches the planet, a trading aspect comes into play. Strategic purchase of the right equipment to boost the ship, as well as extra shields and firepower (which can be balanced depending on the next level)."
18593,Aquanaut,,1989,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Aquanaut the protagonist has to find and kill the leader of an alien race which wants to destroy Earth. This alien is smart and is not easy to find, but humanity managed to track him down to an underwater location in the Caribbean. The game is divided into three levels with distinctive different gameplay mechanics. The first level is a traditional, horizontally scrolling shooter. The protagonist, equipped with diving gear, has to make his way to the alleged position of the alien ship. Enemies are mutated underwater animals which are shot with the harpoon. There are also friendly creatures like dolphins and mermaids (their kiss gives an extra life) and military crates which contain additional gear. Air is limited and has to be refilled at certain parts of the level. In level two, the player has to investigate an underwater maze. He needs to find and grab various items which are used at another place to proceed. This section is puzzle-oriented and the action concentrates on obstacles which need to be avoided and single enemies. Level three is also a maze in which objects need to be found (a decoder and keys) which need to be brought to a final location. However, it is set on land (Atlantis, to be exact) and therefore air is no longer an issue. The fights take a ""run and gun"" approach where the player shoots a lot of aliens and dodges their attacks. In this section the game flips the screen when another room is entered."
18599,Crüe Ball,Crüe Ball: Heavy Metal Pinball,1992,6.6,Action,Pinball,,"Crüe Ball is a pinball game based on the glam-rock supergroup Motley Crüe. The game features Genesis-style renditions of the songs ""Live Wire"", ""Dr. Feelgood"", and ""Home Sweet Home."" The main pinball table is three screens high. The goal of the game is to knock out certain targets in the two lower screens in order to gain access to the top screen. Once you get the ball into the top screen, you can hit a ramp shot to advance to the next level. All told, there are nine levels, each with varying goals to complete. Four players can play in a round, with each player taking turns. There's also a bonus game where you play pong versus freaky exploding skeleton things."
18604,Cosmic Relief: Prof. Renegade to the Rescue,Terramex,1987,7.0,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"This multi-level action/adventure takes players back 40 years to find Professor K.K. Renegade, who predicts that a catastrophic asteroid is heading straight for earth. You're in charge of finding Professor Renegade. Select one of the five most intrepid Adventurers from England, France, Germany, Japan, and the U.S. to spearhead the search. Professor Renegade was last seen in the unexplored region of the highest Tibetan ranges; an area populated by creatures and conditions of the professor's own design: venomous stone snakes, reptilian birds, and acid storms. Not only must your Adventurer survive these tests of courage, but he must and properly use such curious objects as spurs, a vacuum cleaner, and a unicycle. Once you locate the professor and convince him to help, you'll need to help him construct an anti-asteroid deflector to prevent the destruction of the earth. You must now search for high-tech tools such as an atomic pile, a 9-volt battery, and a bent coat hanger! Use the joystick and the appropriate keys to maneuver the Adventurer across the landscape. You have 30 days to complete the mission. During the mission, the Adventurer collects various items (points are awarded for each). Some items serve little purpose; others are vital and others only work in certain places. Only one item can be held at a time and it must be held to be used. Native bearers carry the items collected. To look at what each bearer has, type 1 or 2 to scroll through the bearers. The Adventurer can exchange the item held (press S) with a bearer that is closest to him. It's trial and error time. Good luck. The game comes with cheats and a map for those that require a little help."
18608,Ys: Book I & II,,1989,8.1,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"Ys: Book I & II contains enhanced remakes of two games: Ys: The Vanished Omens and its sequel, Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter The enhanced versions were not released separately. The players controls a young red-haired hero named Adol Christin, whose task is to find the six books of Ys, an ancient paradise-like land that mysteriously disappeared long time ago. It is said that whoever possesses the six books can gain access into Ys. In the first game, Adol is on the quest to find the books and to enter Ys. The second game takes place in Ys itself, and Adol must defeat an even greater evil and liberate the land. This release features enhanced CD-quality sound, higher-quality graphics, and new anime-style cutscenes."
18613,Double Hawk,,1990,5.8,Action,Shooter,,"In the early 1990s, violence was spreading across the globe, and the disturbances centered exclusively around a group of international terrorists whose purpose is to terrorize and massacre the innocent. The United Nations ordered two seasoned veterans, John Jackson and Jack Thomas, to destroy the syndicate. Double Hawk has two settings: easy and difficult, and the gameplay is similar to Cabal in which you have to kill a group of enemies before a meter runs out to proceed to the next level, and these enemies include soldiers, tanks, choppers, snorkelers, and more. Your journey will take you through jungles, wastelands, villages, seashore, and finally, to the mountain. During the way, you can get different power-ups that include bombs, machine guns, rapid fire, and more speed. There are five missions, consisting of four levels each, including a boss level."
18615,Dragster,,1980,5.8,Racing / Driving,,,"Dragster is a drag racing simulation for one or two players. The object of the game is to be the first car to race across the screen in the two player game, or to race across the screen in the shortest possible time in a one player game. The joystick acts as both the gas peddle and clutch; you have the ability to shift from first through fourth, but be careful not to shift too soon because you can't downshift! You must also be careful not to rev your engine too much, or you'll blow your engine and be out of the race. There are two game variations included; in the simpler game, you just need to drive straight to reach the goal. In the advanced variation, you also have the ability to steer and need to keep your car driving straight between the bleachers and road divider."
18616,Raptor: Call of the Shadows,"Raptor: Call of the Shadows - 2010 Edition, Raptor: Call of the Shadows - 2015 Edition",1994,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Raptor is a vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up. It features smooth scrolling VGA graphics, a variety of enemies on ground, air and sea, and an original soundtrack. After completing each level you have the option of upgrading your ship with a powerful arsenal of weapons and goodies. Some weapons are effective on only ground or air targets, while some are on both. There are some really advanced weapons like the auto-track mini-gun which can effectively destroy almost any kind of targets without aiming the ship. Dying in shoot'em ups can be annoying, especially if you have to start all over the beginning. However, in Raptor you can save your game between each level. If you have enough credit you can even buy multiple shields for further protection. The 2010 edition of Raptor: Call of the Shadows includes improved graphics and native support for higher resolutions (640x400, 960x600 and 1280x800). Standard graphics are also available."
18618,Turbo Charge,,1991,7.4,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"The intro shows us Iraqi terrorists breaking into an U.N. military camp escaping with the stockpile. Now it's the turn of the British agents Agaippa and Dausus to catch the terrorists and secure the stockpile. This is a classical ""Drive & Shoot"" game. You are controlling a red sports car, driving down a narrow road, shooting every car on the road while trying to avoid the enemy's gunfire and various obstacles on the road (The story tells us, it's a chase through hazardous countries like Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Thailand, South Africa and more). The difficulty increases from stage to stage. While in the first stages there is almost no hostile activity almost all cars will start shooting you on sight later in the game. Even worse, there are helicopters and jets going to attack you too. Various obstacles on the road will make it harder to keep the upper hand on the street. These obstacles range from cones, to mines and even rather large rocks. Finally there are various intersections where always one will lead into a dead end, causing your car to crash."
18619,StarQuest: Star Warrior,La Conquête du Cosmos: Le Guerrier des Étoiles,1980,6.0,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"It's one warrior against an empire, but you are a Fury, a paladin fighting for freedom, and you have nuclear missiles. Your mission is the liberation of Fornax, a peaceful planet firmly under the boot of the Interstellar Union of Civilized Peoples. The Union has tanks, skimmers, forts, and countless troops. You have a suit of force-shielded, powered armor which jumps, flies, self-repairs, and will even tend to your wounds. Skulk in the woods and snipe, or move fast and blast away. Either way, stay alive, complete your mission, and return to the recovery point. The game screen looks down on one of sixty-three square kilometers, resolved to twenty meters, showing terrain, your position, your enemies, and frequent blaster fire. Terrain is key to survival, as sooner or later you'll need to go to ground and heal up. However, it can hinder your reconnaissance as much as your enemies', and sometimes you'll find yourself under fire from an unseen source. Sound matters, too: your powergun is nearly silent, but the blaster alerts enemies as effectively as it destroys them. Play is turn-based, but fast. The opportunity to press the right key flits by quickly, bringing new bursts of enemy gunfire around you. Varying movement options, weapons, and enemies make tactics the determining factor in your success. Two scenarios fit into the story: a diversionary expedition to blast everything in sight (except the civvies, so check your targets!), and a search-and-destroy mission to start the revolution. Five difficulty levels and varying equipment (customizable in the disk version) lend additional variety."
18627,EF 2000,"EF 2000 TFX, Eurofighter 2000",1995,8.0,Simulation,,Europe,"Made by the same team that produced TFX this simulation focuses on the Eurofighter 2000 Set in a fictional campaign against Russia, you are called into action when a Russian force attempts to take control of Norway and Sweden as a foothold to an invasion of northern Europe. You'll play through a variety of randomly-generated missions ranging from patrols to ground strikes. Included as well is a fairly extensive multi-player support, including network and modem play."
18629,Musya: The Classic Japanese Tale of Horror,Gōsō Jinrai Densetsu Musya,1992,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Shizuka holds a talisman that has locked away the Evil One in the Abyss. Recently, a guard of the Evil One has taken Shizuka away from her village along with her talisman. Now it is up to the pikeman, Imoto, to save her and seal away the Evil One. Gameplay has Imoto going through various stages defeating enemies and stage bosses with his spear. Imoto can both thrust and spin his spear to attack enemies. He can also use 5 different magic spells, such as Thunder and Flame, which kill all the enemies on the screen. Imoto may hold up to four scrolls of each of the five spells. Used spells can be replenished by finding items throughout each stage. The stages included are Tengumura Cavern, Catacombs, Palace of Hate, Cave of Darkness, Catacombs of Akuma, Cursed Palace, and the Watery Prison."
18633,Guardian's Crusade,Knight & Baby,1998,6.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"A young boy named Knight is sent on a routine assignment by the mayor of his home town. His best friend, a fairy girl named Nehani, joins him. Together, they find a little pink monster whom they call Baby Shortly afterwards, Knight has a vision: a mysterious voice tell him that they should go to a place called ""God's Tower"", where they can find Baby's mother. On their way, the three encounter people and groups with different agendas, and eventually begin to put the pieces of the puzzle together and discover the source of evil. Guardian's Crusade - or Knight & Baby as it was originally called - is a Japanese-style role-playing game with turn-based combat. A notable feature of the game is a seamless 3D world, without the transitions from ""world map"" to individual locations or hostile areas to towns, as it is the case in most comparable games. The game has no random battles: all the enemies are visible during exploration, and can be avoided or bypassed silently. Lower-level enemies will flee when they see the protagonist's party. During his journey, Knight will find so-called Living Toys mechanical creatures that can assist him in battles. There are many types of Living Toys - offensive, supportive, healing, and those that can be used outside of combat. Using a Living Toy drains Knight's special PP (psychic points) meter."
18634,SteamGear Mash,,1995,6.7,Action,Platform,,"SteamGear Mash is an isometric platformer. It has the (almost) classic case of ""kidnap and rescue"", except now you play a robot who has to save a little girl called Mina. She was lonely and the scientist with whom she lived built her a robot, called Mash. One day, while these two were playing outside, an alien spaceship came around and fell in love with the girl. He sent his minions to take her and they did. Now it's your job to rescue Mina. There are seven stages, two of which are shoot 'em up stages."
18636,Skydive! Go Ahead and Jump,,1999,4.0,"Action, Sports",Tricks / stunts,,"In this skydiving simulation the player can choose between three events: Accuracy diving where the goal is to hit a certain point on the ground, Sky Slalom where the player has to dive through rings in the air and Free Fly where the points are granted for performing tricks. Also there are 33 locations from all over the world to choose from. The player controls the diving by moving the mouse over the screen, the speed is controlled by clicking the left (faster) or right (slower) mouse buttons. Stunts and the like are performed automatically when the conditions are right."
18642,Aztec,Aztec-X,1982,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Aztec is an Indiana Jones -type action game with adventure elements, featuring our hero's quest to recover a valuable Jade Idol from a maze. Armed with only three sticks of dynamite and a pistol, the hero must get by traps, animals (lots of snakes and panthers), and natives, and find a way to make it out alive. The value of the Idol is set on the level of difficulty and declines as the game progresses. Thus, the player is awarded with the speed of which a successful recovery can be made. Multiple commands allow for freedom of movement, and expand the adventuring side of the game. The animation used several frames for each creature. Although the game is somewhat easy on the lower levels of difficulty, the game appears impossible on the highest of the 8 skill levels. The creatures in the maze increase in number and speed, and tend to want to follow you around more. This is difficult however if you want to go to the lower level and there's a hungry jaguar waiting for you. You walk around exploring boxes and ""trash piles"". Sometimes a box contains something useful such as a machete, pistol, bullets, dynamite, a health potion, or the idol. Sometimes it contains skulls or bones, or even nothing at all. The game features some unusual traps. You can walk into a room and the walls start moving in on you, or the ceiling starts dropping on your head. When you die, you have the option of restarting using the maze you just died in. That way, all of your exploring is not wasted."
18643,The Muncher,The Muncher eats Chewits,1988,6.2,Action,Arcade,,"In the Muncher based on the sweets product Chewits the player takes the role of a prehistoric monster on its quest to retrieve its eggs from Japanese explorers. At the bottom line this plays out as destroying as many houses and attackers as possible to get a high score. The monster has a variety of moves to its disposal, depending on if it is on the ground or currently climbing a building, which includes a limited amount of fireballs. These can be recharged by eating petrol trucks. Another important gameplay mechanics are the above mentioned eggs: if found, they can be brought to waste disposal sites which are abused as breeding grounds. There they basically act as extra lives. When another giant monster is encountered, the screen stops to scroll until it or the player is defeated."
18645,Demon Stalkers,The Raid on Doomfane,1987,7.0,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"Demon Stalkers is essentially a Gauntlet clone. You must travel through 99 mazes, before meeting the final demon. The game features different enemies as you progress through the mazes, with clues to progression built in. There's a 2-player co-operative mode. The in-built level editor uses pull-down menus, and offers a high level of flexibility. As well as creating actual levels, you can create a integrated storyline and game world, as the text on scrolls can be edited."
18653,Wolverine,,1991,5.8,Action,Platform,,"In this side-scrolling action game, you play as Wolverine, stranded on a remote island by Sabretooth and Magneto, and must fight your way through nine missions, ultimately concluding with battles against Sabretooth and Magneto. Along the way, fellow X-Men Havok, Psylocke and Jubilee can be called upon to aid Wolverine in certain situations. Of course, you can always utilize your adamantium claws and healing factor when the going gets tough."
18654,EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus,"EcoQuest 1: The Search for Cetus, EcoQuest: Die Suche nach Cetus, Le Secret de la Cité Engloutie",1991,7.4,"Adventure, Educational",Graphic adventure,Oceania,"In EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus the player is cast into the role of Adam, the twelve-year-old son of the famous ecologist Noah Greene. One day, his father rescues a dolphin from an abandoned fish net. As Adam becomes more friendly with the creature, he is amazed to discover that the dolphin can talk! Adam finds out that his new friend is Delphineus, the messenger of the whale king Cetus. As a qualified scuba diver, Adam is chosen to venture into the underwater kingdom of animals known as Eluria, and help its inhabitants. The game's interface and basic gameplay are similar to those of other Sierra adventures: the player interacts with the environment by selecting icons that represent verb commands (""Look"", ""Talk"", ""Use"", etc.) and applying them to objects or characters. Compared to most other adventure games by the same company, the difficulty level is lower, with the intention of making the game more suitable for younger players; for instance, it is impossible to ""die"" or get irrevocably stuck in the game. Despite its supernatural elements, EcoQuest contains educational material. The inhabitants of the deep sea are realistically depicted, and there is plenty of information concerning their life habits, environment, and the threats posed to them by human beings."
18656,Chameleon,,1986,6.6,Action,,,"The universe is near from collapsing because an evil person found the source of the elements and exploits it without caring for the consequences. The player has to take the role of Chameleon to set thing right by passing five levels; the first four based on the four elements fire, water, earth and air. The exact requirements for finishing a level change slightly over the course of the game, but the basic idea is always the same. Each level is shown from the side and scrolls both left and right. The player has to find two things: the hidden exit and a certain amount of power points. There are three days available to exit a level and the time of day (one of four states) is represented by the colour of the sky. This is important because the said power points have to be activated by being at the right place at the right time. Another requirement is to kill enough demons from each element which attack Chameleon. The way to achieve this is by switching between four missile types (each useful against a certain element) and shooting them. Being hit by a demon or running into other environmental obstacles causes the life energy to go down; refreshments can be picked up from killed demons."
18657,Rock'N Roller,,1988,6.2,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"Rock'N Roller is a game similar to the game Rally X in Rock'N Roller the player takes control of a buggy, that must find, in each of the 30 stages, the six parts of a prototype car, that are hidden in the stages. In each stage there are three enemy types: speed cars, armed jeeps, and a giant helicopter equipped with missiles. Additionally there are varied traps (like dangerous bridges, oil spots, mines, red semaphores, etc.) that must be avoided and a limited amount of fuel that must be taken into consideration."
18659,Tail of the Sun,"Tail of the Sun: Wild, Pure, Simple Life, Taiyou no Shippo: Wild, Pure, Simple Life",1996,6.3,"Action, Simulation",Life / social simulation,Prehistoric,"In Tail of the Sun you start out as a caveman struggling to survive in the world. Hunt, gather, explore, increase your various stats, and eventually die. It's not just the usual game hazards of animals and drowning that can take your life, but also hunger and age. At that point you select a new member of your ever-growing tribe to continue on as. Your ultimate goal is to kill mammoths, and collect enough tusks to construct a tower that can reach the tail of the sun."
18668,The Last Bounty Hunter,,1994,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Western,"The Last Bounty Hunter is a simple shooter in the tradition of American Laser Games 's Mad Dog McCree Fairly simple in design, it features a video background with which you interact - you use your mouse or a light gun to literally shoot your foes and protect the innocent. The story is this: you're a bounty hunter, one of the last, who come to a crime-infested Wild Western town to aid its Sheriff in getting rid of the criminals."
18670,Mega Man Xtreme,Rockman X: Cyber Mission,1999,6.9,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mega Man X hits the Gameboy Color! When an unknown hacker group breaks into a super system known as the Mother Computer, havoc breaks out all over the world! X and Zero are called in to find and destroy this hacker group and restore the Mother Computer before the world is thrust into chaos!"
18672,Constructor,"Constructor Classic 1997, Constructor: The Classic 1997 Release, Constructor: The Simulation with Street Smarts",1997,7.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Constructor gives the player the chance to run a construction company in a place where real estate is up for those who want to develop it first and where everything is allowed to get rid of the competition. Starting in a single plot of land with the headquarters, a construction team (composed by a foreman and one to five workers) and a repairman, the player must start by building a wood mill and provide housing to the bottom of the social ladder: slobs. From there, taking advantage of their fast reproduction rate, the player can train new workers, and as soon as three different wooden huts are available, the council will allow the construction of a cement yard, which in turn allows the construction of better buildings. However, slobs wouldn't appreciate living in such luxury, and so a gadget factory can be built so that computers are distributed to their houses, allowing for a new generation of better educated citizens. While the workers pack a nasty punch when in a large group, violence should be left to the professionals. After building a Pizza Parlor, the player is allowed to use the services of gangsters. These are able to take on that pesky foreman or that building the Council asked to get rid off. But there's more to the game than just building from ghetto houses to luxury apartments, and as they say, all is fair in war, and construction IS war. The player can send their foremen to capture other teams' buildings, or do even worse: provide housing for the scum of society. From hippies to ghosts, these can do a number on the other teams' properties. Want to stress out a tenant? Send the thugs to do a wild party in their house. Need some cash or materials? Send the thief to relieve a team from them. All this while preventing the others from doing the same to you by assigning police patrols to key areas. As time passes, it pays out to build other, more friendly, buildings. For example, a school allows everyone to breed more civilized members of the society, the hospital allows recovery of wounds much faster, and everyone can go to the park to relax a little. Improving the rooms and giving them garden furniture is also a good way of keeping tenants happy, but jealousy can grow among neighbors. Failing to comply to tenants requests and demands will quickly turn the Council against the player. The player will have to balance the output of their tenants to achieve success: overdeveloping one aspect might make a dent in the bank account (leading to bankruptcy), cut the arrival of new workers (putting a strain on existing teams), prevent deceased tenants from being replaced (leaving houses vacant, eventually having them turn into a flaming pile of rubble not before giant cockroaches settle in), or decrease police and mob favors (necessary to patrol areas against undesirables and gangster actions). The difficulty level affects what maps can be selected, but also which actions the undesirables can perform. To choose higher difficulty settings, more computer players (up to three) must be activated."
18681,Touchdown Football,,1984,5.3,Sports,,,"A very capable football simulation, given the year and technology. Call the plays, then run them using the keyboard or joystick. Digitized voices enhance the game, including the crowd, calling the numbers, and referee's calls."
18683,Icebreaker,,1995,6.0,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"Icebreaker is a puzzle/shooter that has the player take control of a flying pyramid who has to navigate through 150 levels blasting other stationary pyramids. The stationary pyramids are either green, blue, or red and can turn into each other's colors throughout a level. The red pyramids can be destroyed by being shot, the blue pyramids are destroyed by being touched, and the green pyramids are destroyed by luring enemy pyramids into them. Speaking of enemy pyramids, each enemy pyramid has its own abilities:* Orange pyramids have the ability to morph There are also many different environments to play in such as ice fields, swamps, lava pits, and bottomless pits, four different difficulty settings to choose from that range from easy to insane, and eighteen different music tracks that can be changed during the game."
18686,World Championship Soccer,"Sega Soccer, Super Futebol, Super Futebol 2, World Cup Italia '90, World Cup Italia 90, World Cup Soccer",1989,6.2,Sports,,,"This soccer game lets you choose a team representing one of twenty-four countries around the world to participate in the World Championship tournament, which is identical to the real 1990 World Cup. Once you pick your team you can also select which players you want on the field, so that you can round out the team's strengths and weaknesses. Also provided are modes for single exhibition matches, either against the computer or against a friend. The action is viewed from above with large player sprites. Violent play is encouraged as there are no free kicks. The gameplay is rather simple: you can only control the player closest to the ball, and many soccer rules (such as penalty flags and offsides) are missing."
18691,Classic Concentration,,1988,5.7,Puzzle,"Board game, Cards / tiles, Game show / trivia / quiz, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle",,"Concentration was a popular game show in the mid-to-late 1980s, and this game was adapted from that television program. Two players can play against each other, or one person can play against a computer generated opponent. The answer to the puzzle is hidden by tiles. The tiles have words denoting game prizes (""Mexico"", ""Camera"", ""Telescope"", for example), and your object is to find the two matching worded tiles. Exposing two at a time, your memory is taxed as more prize tiles are revealed and then covered over again. As more tiles are matched, the hidden puzzle is revealed. Solve the puzzle and you win the game."
18700,Will Harvey's Zany Golf,"Will Harvey presents Zany Golf for 16-Bit, Zany Golf",1988,6.5,Sports,Arcade,,"Using the mouse to determine the direction and strength of your putts, you must navigate 9 tricky holes of crazy / mini golf. Try to putt into holes protected by bouncing hamburgers, windmills, etc. Courses have several twists; one is a mad scientists's lab, another is a pinball table. The final hole is especially bizarre, themed around energy. You start with 3 strokes, but get the par for each hole added on, if you reach it in time - run out of strokes, and your game is over. You can earn bonus strokes by finding hidden bonuses and by completing courses quickly. Up to 4 players at a time can take part in this game, with anyone badly over par being eliminated as the game progresses."
18701,The Incredible Crash Dummies,Crash Dummy: Slick-bōya no daichōsen,1992,6.1,Action,Tricks / stunts,,"The Crash Dummies need to earn some money so they've taken on some odd jobs. And when it comes to Crash Dummies, the odder the better. Although it shares the same name, this game greatly differs from the NES version and other platforms You play as crash dummy Slick, trying to earn money. The better you do, the more money you earn. If you don't earn enough, you must redo the level. The levels vary with events like diving off a building as a movie stunt, driving a car to test air-bags, skiing down a mountain, etc. Up to two players can play, alternating."
18706,Pinball Magic,,1989,6.9,Action,Pinball,,"Pinball Magic is for one or two players, working through a sequence of twelve tables. Each one has several letters on screen, usually in more than one place. Runnig the ball over each letter opens the exit; pass through this to reach the next screen. Completing a screen gives both players a new set of the 5 balls they start the game with. Tables look similar to 1950s designs, with 'mushroom' bumpers, points-based targets. A more electronic feel is added by 'black holes' yielding an extra life, a set of bricks to be cleared on one level, and an integrated 'fruit machine' segment on another."
18709,Turbo Prop Racing,Rapid Racer,1997,7.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"From the same team that developed Porsche Challenge for the PlayStation this is a high-speed racer where the user controls a number of adrenaline-pumping speedboats. Choose from a selection of teams and powerboats, with lightning fast gameplay and true handling dynamics, so be careful how you accelerate and turn - these things aren't as stable as cars. The game has a number of different game modes, (including championships - battling against 20 other competitors), bonus games, and multiplayer modes."
18716,James Pond 3,"James Pond 3: Operation Starfi5h, Operation Starfi5h",1993,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Unlike the first game of the series, which was a mission-based game, and the second one, where your character had unique abilities such as observing the whole level and growing to unlimited height, James Pond 3 is a standard jump and run platform game. Pond can run very quickly (by holding down the A button) through large levels, which often contain steep mountainsides and other tricky areas. Once again, he has to oppose the evil scientist Maybe and his minions."
18717,NHL 99,,1998,8.2,Sports,,,"After the award-winning NHL 98 EA worked to improve what was considered to be one of the most complete ice hockey games in the market. Along the usual and almost obligatory NHL roster updates, the International mode first featured in the previous version was expanded, allowing players to choose IIHF rules and rink size. Graphically, the arena is more detailed with more rinkside features, and ice reflections, player faces were improved and stand more seamlessly into the model, enhanced motion capture result in better animated hits (with the ability to break the glass with a well-placed body check making a return), shots and saves, and finally an higher polygon count complete the graphic enhancements to the game. As graphic changes aren't enough to make a game better, gameplay was also tweaked, with computer players being smarter, both in offense and defense. Shooting was tweaked (slap shots are easier to pull, players no longer skate in circles to do some backhand shots and must be facing the goal to shoot, particularly in one timers) and a new special move brings dekes, spin-o-ramas and the kind of moves Jágr, Fedorov and Selänne pull when one-on-one with the goalie. However, if the player gets too close to the crease, the referee might want to review the play in the new video goal judge, so the player must think twice before trying to pull a ""Brett Hull"". For newcomers to the sport, a new Beginner mode allows players to get used to the ice without having to concern with penalties or an overly strong opponent. The season mode was also improved, with the players now having streaks that affect either positively or negatively his abilities. Debuting the Nashville Predators, players can either choose to play with their initial roster, or do a fantasy expansion draft. Like in the previous year, Jim Hughson and Darryl Reaugh liven up matches with play by play and colour commentary."
18729,Point Blank,Gunbullet,1994,7.8,Action,Shooter,,"Point Blank is a light gun arcade game, in which players shoots targets in a wide variety of stages. The Playstation version uses the G-Con gun, for action similar to Time Crisis also by Namco. The game has a distinct cartoon theme and is non-violent, making it suitable for all ages. Each stage has a different objective, explained at the start of each stage. This varies from simple target shooting (and avoid to shoot bomb), shooting cardboard villains (avoid shooting cardboard civilians), shooting own color targets (avoid shooting opposing players color), protecting the iconic Dr.Don and Dr. Dan, and many miscellaneous challenges such as the Galaxian stage where lightgun is used in place of spaceships to shoot aliens. The stages are presented in groups of 4 and the player or players can choose in which order to play them. You lose a life-heart when you shoot an incorrect target or bomb, or when you fail to complete a mission within the time limit. As well as converting the arcade game in its entirety, this conversion also offers a new Quest mode, a Party Play system and more."
18732,Time Machine,,1990,7.2,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Time Machine the player takes control over Professor Potts whose main profession is building time machines. As terrorists bomb his laboratory, he gets sucked ten million years into the past. During the course of his adventure he will visit five time zones with five screens each. This is an adventure with action elements. Most of the game is spent manipulating objects in the different time zones which have an effect on a later zone, e.g. planting a seed in the stone age will cause a tree to appear in the later zones. He also may need to bring an object from one time to another. In each zone there is one big puzzle to solve in order to get access to the next zone (the ultimate goal is to prevent the time machine from getting destroyed), but constant traveling between the time zones is necessary. The professor has a limited amount of mini time machines in his pocket which can be placed on a screen for travelling purposes. However, the usage of them is not limited. The action elements of the game consist of enemies which try to hurt the professor. Those can be disposed of by firing an (automatically recharging) electrical discharge. While those action elements are always present, the focus lies on the puzzle solving."
18733,id Anthology,,1996,7.9,Compilation,,,"The id Anthology is a collection of all the games id Software made up to Quake It also contains collectables, such as a poster, comic, T-shirt, and a model cyberdemon. This compilation has 19 games on 4 CDs. The first CD has the games id Software made from 1991 to 1993: this includes all the Commander Keen games, both Wolfenstein games, and really early games such as Dangerous Dave and Slordax Commander Keen: Aliens Ate my Babysitter is only the CGA version. The second CD titled Doom has The Ultimate Doom Doom II Master Levels and Final Doom Master Levels does not include Maximum Doom on the Doom CD, however it does on the Mac CD. All the Doom games apart from Master Levels have both the DOS and DOOM95 versions of v1.9 (the latest). Master Levels comes with a DOS launcher doomit v9.5c where the player may load the wad files from. The Doom CD also has a copy of DirectX 4, Dwango95, and xband. The third Quake CD has Quake on it with the audio CD music. The fourth Mac CD has Mac versions of Wolfenstein 3D The Ultimate Doom Doom II and Final Doom Also included in compilation is the Book of id : a book that is a part of the 4 CD case and has a story about id Software and starts off ""I've run out of ammo. Nothing much left between me and Them but this fire door..."" Also included is a poster of someone screaming against a length of film, a phone card with a picture of the Doom II boss on it, two dog tags with the id logo on one and the id Anthology logo on the other, a led cyberdemon miniature (unpainted, no paint included), a black t-shirt with the id Anthology logo on it, and a Doom comic book. The game manuals are on the CDs and are viewed with omoplay. Games included CD 1: Vintage CD 2: DOOM CD 3: Quake CD 4: Mac"
18734,Bram Stoker's Dracula,,1993,5.9,Action,,,"Bram Stoker's Dracula is the title given to a number of games based on the 1992 film of the same name. Gameplay for each game varies greatly from platform to platform, but they all retain a similar plot based on the movie. The 16-bit console versions are side-scrolling hack-and-slash games. The player controls a young lawyer named Jonathan Harker. Harker must free himself from Dracula's capture, follow him to London, and end his reign of terror."
18737,Crusaders of Might and Magic,,2000,5.7,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Action RPG,Fantasy,"New World Computing melds the popular realm of 3D adventure games with its venerated Might and Magic franchise to create a hybrid of role playing and pure action. As Drake, recently a member of the High Guard, you set out to destroy the Legion of the Fallen. Much like Tomb Raider, the game is viewed in a third-person perspective (i.e., behind your character's back). Adversaries include legions of foul, undead warriors, sentient hive-dwelling insects, and a nasty group of surly dwarves. Luckily, Drake is adept at both combat and magic, wielding an assortment of melee and ranged weapons, as well as several invaluable spells. Divided into five distinct realms, exploration is encouraged by the non-linear plot. Your character can advance in terms of experience and abilities, but this is more of a single-player adventure than a game of heavy role playing. Source: Playstation.com description"
18738,Heroes of Karn,,1983,6.2,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"A long time ago, before the rise of the empire of Karn, evil creatures attacked the lands of Beren, the last of the Mountain Kings. Only four men, who would become known as the four heroes of Karn, survived the massacre and managed to flee. However, they were soon caught and put under a spell. The player takes on the role of the legendary Stranger from ""a land where men can fly and machines can think"", and must rescue the four heroes and retrieve the treasures of the realm. Heroes of Karn is an Interactive Fiction game with graphics and more unusually, music. You can type in commands to manipulate objects, solve puzzles or attack enemies. While it is not possible to have conversations with NPCs, you can give them orders to do certain tasks."
18745,Parodius,"Parodius 1, Parodius Da!, Parodius: Non-Sense Fantasy",1990,8.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"This is mostly a parody of Gradius (Nemesis on some systems), with some flavor from other shoot-em-ups, like Twinbee The series is available on numerous platforms. The game is a right-to-left scrolling shoot-em-up. You can choose from 4 different flying creatures, with different weapons. You must finish 7 stages, each having a boss at the end. You may start at either one, but must complete every level to advance to the final stage."
18750,Shadowlands,,1992,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Viewed isometrically, this role-playing game saw you leading a party of four intrepid souls on a mission to restore peace to the land. Sixteen levels awaited them, all filled with traps and monsters. Spells could be collected as the game went on, and multiple ones cast in quick succession. The characters could be split, and sent off on different routes and tasks to save time. The game’s title was inspired by its innovative use of light, or rather of darkness. Nothing could be seen without the torches your characters had; these meant that vision faded outside their circular arc. You had to manoeuvre the torch around to reveal secret areas, and it could be used to ward off some monsters, although it alerted others to your presence."
18751,Octapolis,,1987,7.4,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"By the year 3897 the Galactic Imperium had conquered almost the entire galaxy. Only the planet Octapolis could resist the empire with telekinetic powers that turned the best pilots into bumbling idiots and caused the most sophisticated A.I.s to blow a fuse. However, after 200 years of searching, the Galactic intelligence Agency found a pilot immune to the effects of the mental powers and sent him to deactivate Octapolis' defenses. Your task is to conquer all eight cities and deactivate the planet's defense system. Each level is divided into a shooter and a platformer portion. During the shooter portion, the screen is split in half showing your ship from the side and from above. This means you cannot only move the ship forward, backward, up and down, but also to the left and to the right (by holding down the fire-button which enables you to control the ship's sideway movements in the bottom half of the screen). The ship fires automatically and once a certain number of enemies is destroyed or a time limit is reached, you have to maneuver your ship onto a certain spot and enter the city. Inside the cities you must jump and shoot your way through five screen-sized rooms. Destroying ""evil eyes"" will reward you with bonus points. All other enemies cannot be damaged by your weapon and have to be avoided, which is made difficult by the fact that you cannot control your jump in the air. After leaving the last room you continue to the next city."
18755,Electrocop,,1989,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Today, if a daughter of the President goes missing, I would look in the nearest bar. However, in the near future, the explanation is that she's been kidnapped by a Criminal Brain robot, and held in a booby-trapped lair. As the advanced hybrid Electrocop, your task is to rescue her within an hour. Gameplay involves working your way through the complex warehouse maze, unlocking coded door along the way. Extra weapons can be collected to help dealing with the drones. There are also computer terminals to buy new weapons - these also have simple subgames built in. What makes the game unique, and intended as a showpiece for the Lynx hardware, is that full 3D is used, so that the character walks in and out of the screen as well as across it."
18761,Final Fantasy Legend III,SaGa 3: Jikū no Hasha [Kanketsu-hen],1991,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The final (no joke) Final Fantasy Legend title to grace the Game Boy, FFLIII tells the story of a great flood which destroys cities in the past, present and future. As you control a party of 4, with a choice of human and mutant classes, and travel back and forth through time collecting pieces of the great ship Talon so as to defeat the enemy that has flooded the lands. The inclusion of a time travel storyline means that whatever you do in one time frame can have an affect on what happens in another time. Other major changes compared to the original 2 in the series are the ability to mutate your characters further and a change to the upgrade system. Items picked up after battle can be attached to your mutants or humans to turn them into monsters or robots, increasing your parties power and abilities. And although the original system of obtaning experience points after every battle has been removed, its replacement allows you to choose which magic stone each character can use, so they learn that specific magic type and never lose it."
18763,Sky Target,,1995,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Another 3rd person perspective arcade flight sim by Sega, similar to their classic After Burner in gameplay but featuring new gameplay mechanics and an entirely polygonal engine. As in most games of it's type your objective is to clear a number of stages by shooting anything that moves, but at the end of each stage you can select where to go next thanks to branching paths a-la Darius which coupled with 4 different planes to select give the game an increased gameplay value. No multiple lives are given, but you get a life bar (which can be replenished in-flight) to help you outlast your enemies."
18770,Skyhammer,,2000,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In a futuristic city, you are a mercenary pilot flying a helicopter-like craft in cyberspace. Hired by the large corporation Cytox, you are to defend its corporate holdings from those who seek to destroy all it has accomplished. The numerous missions involve flying to several large cities and hunting down the renegades who threaten them. You have a cockpit view of the city as you hunt down your enemies and dock at the Cyber Mart for repairs. As you destroy your enemies and complete missions, you can earn credits for buying more supplies, weapons and ship upgrades at the Cyber Mart. Play in Mission Mode or Battle Mode. To win the game, you must complete each mission successfully. The enemies become more tough as you progress through the ""levels"" of gameplay."
18778,Military Madness,Nectaris,1989,7.5,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Military Madness is a futuristic turn-based strategy war game. The year is 2089 and the setting is Earth’s moon, which yields many important resources. While the governments of Earth bicker over their staked claims on the moon, the evil Axis Empire launches a lunar military campaign and takes over the moon, using its factories to produce advanced weaponry, the most devastating of which is the SAM (Supreme Atomic Missile). As commander of the Allied forces, it is the player’s responsibility to lead what’s left of the Allied armies in a desperate offensive against the Axis Empire on the lunar surface before they can use the SAM to destroy Earth. There are 32 maps (2 different campaigns with 16 maps each) to play through. In each map, the player must strategically defeat the outnumbering Axis forces either by destroying all enemy units or capturing the enemy base camp. There are many different units that both sides utilize - infantry, tanks, aircraft, artillery, and a few others that have specialized functions. Gameplay consists of moving units into positions that will gain the best advantage to attack the enemy, capitalizing on many factors, which include battle experience, terrain, support tactics, and - sometimes - pure luck."
18783,Vigilante 8,,1998,7.8,Racing / Driving,Arcade,"Contemporary, North America","The game takes place in the Western United States during a time of world-wide oil shortage in 1976. An organization known as OMAR (Oil Monopoly Alliance Regime) was making money off the shortage everywhere except in the United States. OMAR hires the best terrorist that $100 million could buy: Sid Burn. His job, aided by five hired Coyotes, is to destroy all gas refineries in the southwest of the U.S. so OMAR can bring the country to its knees. When gas prices went wild, six civilians who called themselves Vigilantes, led by the truck driver Convoy, began fighting against the Coyotes in different areas to keep OMAR from succeeding. Vigilante 8 is a vehicular combat game similar to Twisted Metal in concept. Players can choose from eight characters with different agendas, and select vehicles ranging from classic 1970's muscle cars to a school bus, each stacked high with various kinds of weapons. Unlockables include two hidden levels (three in the Nintendo 64 version) and five hidden characters and cars. Multiplayer is also included: the PlayStation version allows two players (four in the Nintendo 64 version) to go head-to-head."
18786,Fun 'N Games,Fun 'N' Games,1993,5.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Fun 'N Games presents a mixture of games and applications. The main menu is divided into four sections: * Paint A paint program that offers different tools and brushes, a few pre-made backgrounds and objects as well as the option to import figures that were created in the sub-games Stylin' Stuff and mix 'n match. Games Songs can be composed by choosing from several instruments and putting notes onto a stave. It is also possible to add sound effects (animal noises and others) or edit provided songs. This section contains two mini-games: + Stylin' Stuff: Here, the player can edit the sprite of a woman by selecting different clothes, hats or haircuts. + Mix 'n match: Sprites can be created by putting together different heads, torso, and legs."
18787,Off Road Challenge,,1997,6.0,Racing / Driving,,,"Off Road Challenge is an off-road truck racing game for the Nintendo 64. Like Cruis'n USA it was also an arcade game ported over to the N64. Gameplay is similar to that of its predecessor, Super Off Road: The Baja The player races against other off-road vehicles across various landscapes, while collecting nitros and gold along the way. Gold picked up on the course or earned from racing can be used to upgrade the vehicle. Once the player has completed the circuit, they move up to the next difficulty level and go through it again, keeping the upgraded truck."
18788,Silent Bomber,,1999,7.5,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Silent Bomber is an old school style game which takes place in the future. You play as a character named Jutah Fate, a genetically engineered man created by the government. You're an expert at using bombs. You start out being able to set only a few bombs at a time, but eventually you can increase the number by collecting E-Chips. It's a fast paced game of blowing things up before they blow you up."
18794,NBA Basketball 2000,,1999,6.9,Sports,,,"NBA Basketball 2000 is an officially licensed NBA basketball game for the PlayStation and Windows. It features 340 actual NBA players with authentic faces, and 33 NBA all-star and rookie teams. Each player has a complete set of statistics and record history in the game. Game modes include: season modes, all-star games, and exhibition. On the PC network play allows for up to 10 players simultaneously. On the PlayStation, using Multi Tap adapters you can play with up to eight players in a single game. The game also comes with a selection of coaching options, including player substitutions, trades, injuries, rosters, and a create-a-player feature. In game commentating is performed by Greg Papa and Doc Rivers."
18795,Operation Harrier,,1990,6.7,Action,Shooter,,"Operation Harrier is an action game starring Britain's famous VTOL aircraft. It uses an enhanced version of the Rotoscape system first used in Creative Materials' earlier Rotox : their own plane is seen from the top and when steering left or right the polygonally rendered background rotates around it. A new addition is the ability to change altitude. The game consists of several missions, each with a specific goal like destroying an enemy cruiser or power plant or defending an airfield from enemy fighters. Before a mission, the Harrier can be armed with a variety of weapons, including air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles as well as two types of bombs. Standard armament is a forward-firing cannon with unlimited ammunition. A radar screen and a map help find the enemy during a mission. Fuel is limited, but in some missions in-air refueling is possible. While the Harrier can survive a few hits, it can also be repaired (and refueled) after mission's end. Sometimes it is also possible to make a mid-mission resupply landing at a friendly base."
18796,Gex: Enter the Gecko,,1998,7.1,Action,Platform,,"A conversion of the 3D platform title this game features all the same levels shrunk down onto the Game Boy Color screen. Gex is sucked into his TV, and must explore all of the TV style levels, find the remote controls and save the world of television from Rez, who is planning to take over the world's TV networks, as well as return home. Each level is based on a popular TV genre, such as horror, sci-fi and comedy, and has mentions of well known programs and movies along the way."
18798,Corsarios,Corsaires,1989,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",Sea pirates / Caribbean,"As the name indicates, Corsarios is a game focused on sea affairs, which consists of two independent parts. On the first one, you will be on a wild island, a place in which we will have to face endless hordes of pirates whose only obsession will be killing us. Some of them will use all kind of deadly weapons, such as the famous saber or a blunderbuss. Luckily for us and unfortunately for them, our protagonist is quite capable when it comes to fight with punches and kicks. So if all goes well, you will find a small boat which is awaiting you at the other extreme of the island. The second part, to which we can access without the need of finishing the first one, takes place in a pirate galleon. There we will have to represent the role of the hero once again and we should try to rescue the beautiful damsel. Now the game system is quite different from the first part, because we will be no longer able to directly blow our enemies, but we will have to use a sword to finish with all of them. The objective consists in ascending to the pirate flags which are in the different masts of the ship and, in the end, to arrive where the girl is before she ends being food for sharks."
18801,Z,"Z Origins: Z The Game, Z: The Game",1996,7.1,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Z is a real-time strategy game in which you fight for control of the sectors, some of which contains manufactories that can gain you additional units. Touch the ""flag"" in the sector and it's yours. Capture the sector before the new unit comes out of the manufactory and the new unit is yours. With six different robots (different armaments, armor, and speed), multiple vehicles (from jeeps to tanks) the robots can utilize, your ultimate objective is to destroy the opponent's base, and prevent him from doing the same to you. The game differs from many other RTSs by emphasizing territorial control (and the manufactories) instead of getting kills and gathering a big army. You have to finely balance defense and offense. If you wait too long, the enemy will grab all the manufactories first. If you go too fast, you'll get hammered for stretching yourself too thin. You can hijack enemy vehicles by shooting the driver off. If you send a group of soldiers toward an objective and they find a vehicle, one of them will split off to grab the vehicle; you don't really need to micromanage each soldier."
18803,Body Blows,,1993,7.1,Action,Fighting,,"Around the time of the Amiga version of Street Fighter 2, Amiga specialists Team 17 came up with a similar one on one beat 'em up, designed around the machine's strengths and weaknesses. In one-player mode you have four characters to choose from - brothers Dan and Nik play identically, Lo-Ray is a Buddhist Monk, and Junior a failed boxer. The opponents include a Ninja warrior, a businessman whose post-fight catchphrase is 'I'm sorry about that', and a thin Spanish girl. The backdrops feature lots of color and animation, varying from wrestling rings to building sites and beaches. The control is designed around one-button controllers, with special moves generated by pushing in a certain direction and pressing fire, and one 'super special' move by holding fire for a few seconds. The real skill is in combining these moves effectively."
18812,EverQuest,,1999,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),Massively Multiplayer,Fantasy,"EverQuest is a fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game. The game's basic concept is reminiscent of earlier MUD (multi-user dungeon) games, replacing text-based gameplay with a graphical interface. In the beginning of the game, players create their avatars. Character races range from traditional elves to creatures unique to the game's world, such as the dragon-people Drakkin. Afterwards, the player assigns a class to the avatar, choosing between several categories which include various types of warriors, spellcasters, and clerics. It is also possible to customize the avatar's physical appearance. The player then ventures into the medieval fantasy world of Norrath. The basic gameplay is similar to that of most other RPGs: the player character fights monsters, accumulating money and experience points, and completes quests given by non-player characters. Trading with other player characters occupies an important place in the game; characters' trading skills can also be improved. Social interaction between players is often essential to build a balanced, efficient party of characters in order to tackle dungeons and bosses as a group. Players can interact with each other and discuss strategies, as well as join in-game player guilds. The game mainly focuses on cooperative gameplay; dueling is confined to restricted PvP (player-versus-player) areas."
18813,Snow Strike,,1989,5.7,"Action, Simulation",Arcade,,"You must fly an F14-LBC ""Rapier"" on a series of missions all along Colombia. You've land missions like free flight, destroy drug labs, bomb drug refineries, destroy drug stores and destroy drug convoy. You've aircraft carrier missions like free flight, destroy enemy aircraft carriers, destroy drug ships and destroy enemy oil supplies. In the air you can fight the MiG-27, Su-27, MiG-29 and MiG-31 armed with heat or radar guided missiles! You can choose to be an existing pilot or to create a new one. You can choose between 2 levels of difficulty: beginner (less enemy attacks) or expert (the most dangerous). The weather will affect the mission. The good weather will be great for training, and the stormy will be dangerous but great for attacks, as you can hide into the clouds and approach the enemy unnoticed. You'll have a copilot that will help you telling what's going on every moment. You can avoid missiles using your skills, using chaff or... if you can't, you can use your parachute!"
18814,Dreams to Reality,,1997,7.1,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"In this game you are Duncan - a man, who must save the worlds of Dream and Reality from dark force. World of dreams allows you, for example, to fly between islands in the sky or to make your clone. You will encounter some peaceful creatures, who can talk to you and help you with your quest, and evil ones, who want to take away your will and must be killed. So you jump and run your way through the ancient land in search for the well of mankind's dreams."
18817,H.A.T.E: Hostile All Terrain Encounter,Hostile All-Terrain Encounter,1989,6.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Hostile All-Terrain Encounters await in this shoot 'em up notable for it's unusual diagonal scroll, which is similar to Costa Panayi 's previous Highway Encounter series. As nobody is qualified to take the enemy on, your task is to complete the 30 levels of training (the actual war could've been the basis for a sequel, although this never happened). The levels alternate between controlling a Star Fighter plane and a Ground Assault Vehicle; the latter is faster but is confined to ground motion. The plane can move up and down to make dodging the simulated enemy fire easier. This generally comes at you in waves, although there are also ground installations. Central to the game is to shoot at the cases of plasma crystals, and then fly over these so as to carry them to the end of the level. Dying loses you one of these crystals if you have at least one, or a life if you do not. Completing a level with at least 2 crystals is effectively a restart point as well, as when you die you are sent back to a level in which you collected at least 2."
18828,Red Baron II,,1997,7.7,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War I","The much anticipated sequel to the first Red Baron, this game allows you to take to the skies once again in actual World War I aircraft. You are allowed to fly a wide variety of fighter craft (scouts, as they were called) from both sides in ""instant action,"" single mission, and campaign modes. The campaign mode features a dynamic war front that is always changing based on the actions of you, your squadron, and all the other squadrons positioned along the Front. The basic idea stays true to the original Red Baron, but with improved graphics, more realistic flight models, smarter AI, and a much larger, vibrant game world."
18834,Jack and the Beanstalk,,1984,6.4,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Jack and the Beanstalk has the player controlling Jack, a young boy determined to steal the giant's treasures. The game consists of four levels. In the first level, Jack must climb a beanstalk to the top while avoiding worms, spiders, and birds. Jack may obtain a weapon in this level and use it to kill them. In the second level, Jack climbs a series of brick walls while avoiding the same enemies, and collects the money bag at the top and leaves the screen in the upper-left. On level three, Jack climbs the fireplace to get to the golden goose in the cage, then climbs down a ladder to the bottom. Finally, level four has Jack climb up the giant to reach the table, where a huge money bag resides. The game ends when Jack completes his objective or when all of his lives are lost."
18839,AirForce Delta,Deadly Skies,2000,5.4,Action,Arcade,,"As a jet fighter pilot in a civil war, the player will take to the skies in a behind-the-plane view for ten missions with a selection of up to eight aircraft. To complete a mission, the player must destroy a certain number of enemy aircraft or ground targets then destroy a boss air or ground craft. Each mission will reward the player with money. When the player has beaten the boss, the money may then be used to purchase new planes and upgrades for those planes."
18840,The Legend of Kyrandia: Book 3 - Malcolm's Revenge,"Fables & Fiends: The Legend of Kyrandia - Book Three, Fables & Fiends: The Legend of Kyrandia - Malcolm's Revenge: Book Three, Kyrandia 3, The Legend of Kyrandia: Malcolm's Revenge (Book Three)",1994,7.8,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Everyone blamed the jester Malcolm for allegedly turning everyone to stone and killing the King and the Queen of Kyrandia. Their son Brandon eventually turned Malcolm himself into stone. However, a thunderbolt strikes the jester, liberating him from his predicament. Now it's his turn to tell the world his version of the truth, whether in his usual mischievous manner or by becoming a nicer person. Malcolm's Revenge is the third entry in the Legend of Kyrandia series and, like its predecessors, an adventure game focusing on inventory-based puzzles. The basic gameplay is similar to the previous entries: the ""smart cursor"" is responsible for all the actions in the game - taking, using, talking, etc. During conversations, it is possible to control Malcolm's level of truthfulness as well as his ""good"" and ""bad"" attitude. Many puzzles in the game have multiple solutions, though the main story remains unchanged for the most part."
18842,Agent USA,Agent U.S.A.,1984,6.8,"Adventure, Educational, Puzzle",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Agent USA is a geography enhancement game that centers around a character that travels by train to different U.S. cities. The object of the game is to find the ""FuzzBomb"" which turns ordinary people into ""FuzzBodies"". You plant crystals which regenerate into newer crystals, and when you build up 100 of them and touch the FuzzBomb, the nation is saved!"
18845,Flunky,Mad Flunky,1987,6.8,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"A Flunky is a male servant who must do routine jobs for his masters; in this game you are a Flunky and your masters are the British Royal Family. There are five tasks to be undertaken – light all the fires, fetching a toy boat from the bath for Prince Andrew, some freckles for Fergie, a wig for Diana, and a mystery task for the Queen. To gain access to each room, you need the signatures of particular royals along the way. Flunky is an arcade adventure using the same game system as other Don Priestley 's Trapdoor license – large sprites overlaid onto block objects, seemingly designed around Spectrum attribute-clash issues. Many screens operate on more than 1 horizontal plane, so you can move your character in and out of the screens as well as across them. Guards will shoot at you if you attempt to access restricted areas, so be careful."
18849,Gunship 2000,"Gunship 2000: Mehrere Kampfhubschrauber im Gefecht - Eine völlig neue Simulation, Gunship 2000: The All-New Multi-Helicopter Combat Simulation, Gunship 2000: The Multi-Helicopter Gunship Simulation",1991,8.3,Simulation,,,"Take the Apache, the new Longbow Apache, The Blackhawk, Comanche Scout, Comanche Gunship, or the MD-500 Defender on campaigns or missions. The updated graphics engine provides much more detailed terrain variation, with true valleys/hills and even train tunnels that you can fly through. When you are promoted to a sufficient rank you can take along multiple helicopters to accomplish your objectives. The dynamic campaign generates new missions based on multiple maps. Attack, defend, sweep, scout, rescue, drop... Lots of missions to keep you busy. The crew learns and grows in experience as they continue to survive and succeed. A full mission recorder allows you to view every member of your team as they fight or die. Plenty of weapons are available for your side from the latest Hellfire missiles and Sidearm anti-radar missiles to the old-fashioned chain gun and gun pods are available for your use. The enemy can be well-armed as well, from deadly 2S6 gun/missile combo to old-fashion ZSU-23, even the occasional MiGs."
18851,Arkanoid: Revenge of DOH,"Arkanoid 2: Revenge of DOH, Arkanoid II: The Revenge of Doh",1987,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Revenge of Doh is a direct sequel to the original arcade smash Arkanoid Along with improved graphic engine, better sound and music, better hardware support and more levels, Revenge of Doh also features a built-in editor and allows you to create your own level sets! Revenge of Doh continues Arkanoid's plot as follows, directly taken (including typoes) from the game: A long time period passed and the dimension controlling force Doh has again come back to life. Occupying the huge starship Xorg, it has entered our universe from a different dimension. Mixtec, Arkanoid type spaceship, has lauched the craft Vaus II to make a preemptive attack on Xorg."
18858,Runestone,,1985,7.2,"Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Runestone takes the panoramic views and multiple characters of Lords of Midnight and allies them to adventure-style features. There are NPCs who have specific roles in the storyline, move in real-time, and can be given instructions. You have the ability to directly enter buildings, and a changing score is constantly kept. The land of Belorm consists of Warriors, Wizards and Elves. The Great Wizards ensured centuries of peace, before legions of orcs attacked from the Northern Wastes. A series of sneak attacks weakened Belorm, the last of them killing Elwin. However, the Great Book leads Greymarel the Wizard to believe that Kordomir is the mythical Dark One, and the greatest threat. Now Belorm and can only be saved if Greymarel, Eliador (the last of the Elves), and Morval the Warrior can find the Runestone a sacred device sculpted by Zaphir the Great Wizard. Commands are input from the keyboard. You can move in a direction by typing (for example) GO or MOVE E, or alternatively can LOOK E and then GO – only N/S/E/W movement is offered, so moving northeast requires 2 moves. Instructions for other characters are issued using TELL or ASK. When issuing combat instructions, you can specify the target orc and the weapon to be used. Chain commands are accepted. Greymarel has little spell-casting ability as the game starts, but can gain many as they are discovered. He also has many strange relics, which may prove to be of use. Key NPCs include Chronos the Wise, Quester the Hermit and Brunor the Bold. The Great Waters separate the north from the south; they must be crossed via boats."
18860,Mindfighter,,1988,5.6,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Post-apocalyptic,"The computer game of an Anna Popkess book (which was originally bundled with the game) uses an interactive fiction System Without A Name, or SWAN for short. It’s set in a post-apocalyptic world of guards desperately attempting to retain order over mobs of genetically-mutated thugs, with extensive use of the death penalty. Into this maelstrom steps Robin, an 11-year-old psychic beamed forward in time from before the drama. Adjusting to a completely different form of life, Robin must learn to survive and get adequate food, and ultimately infiltrate this vicious police state. Encounters with other characters are frequent, of whom some retain a semblance of old humanity. Daryl, Alison and Matthew all come in handy, and must be coaxed into doing what you wish. Examining objects often gives few clues, so the detail in the manual is vital, although few of the objects are vastly different from familiar 20th century artifacts. Two levels of object descriptions exist, allowing for faster or more immersive play."
18865,Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain,,1989,7.9,"Action, Simulation",,"Historical events, World War II","The second of Lucasfilm Games' air combat simulations and follow-up to Battlehawks 1942 Their Finest Hour recreates the Battle of Britain during WWII in the summer of 1940. Players can fly both for the German Luftwaffe and the British Royal Air Force. On the British side, two planes are available: the Spitfire and the Hurricane. For the Germans, there is the fighter Bf 109, the heavy fighter/fighter bomber Bf 110, the infamous Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber, and the three light/medium bombers Do 17, He 111 and Ju 88. Next to training missions for every plane, there are several historical combat missions to be flown. In accordance with history, most RAF missions consist of defense assignments - intercepting and destroying German bombers. Most Luftwaffe missions are attack runs - either flying the bomber escort or the bombers themselves. In the heavier planes, not only can the pilot of the plane be controlled, but also the gunner(s), and, in the bombers, the bombardier. The special Campaign Mode allows one to actually change the historical outcome of the Battle of Britain. On a strategic map, planes must be organized into groups and assigned to missions, one of which must be flown. The outcome of that mission affects those of all others and also the status of the overall campaign. The British side wins by simply surviving for a certain time or by destroying enough German aircraft. The German side wins by destroying enough RAF fighters, either in the air or on the ground. Also included in the game is a mission builder for designing custom missions, and a film playback option for reviewing recorded flight footage."
18869,WWF Smackdown! 2: Know Your Role,"Exciting Pro Wrestling 2, WWE Smackdown! 2: Know Your Role",2000,7.7,Sports,,,"WWF Smackdown! 2: Know Your Role is a wrestling game using the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) license, and a sequel to WWF Smackdown! The game mostly follows the gameplay template of its predecessor, while expanding some of its features. The sequel features a larger arsenal of moves, which not only includes signature moves of WWF wrestlers, but also those of other wrestling promotions, such as WCW Japanese associations, etc. The game also adds striking moves in one-on-one matches and special double team moves. The Season Mode from the previous game returns, adding more scenes depicting wrestlers preparing for a match, and featuring multiplayer support, with up to four players participating in a tournament. Create-A-Superstar mode has been enhanced, allowing the player to customize facial features and outfits of their wrestlers. A new Create-A-Taunt feature, in which the player can create a new taunt for a custom wrestler, has been added."
18871,Lethal Weapon,L'arme Fatale,1993,4.8,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"This version of Lethal Weapon has an emphasis on beating the bad guys with the fists, although Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh also have their pistols. There are several pick ups that can be used as weapons: knives, grenades and crates. The player controls Riggs from the start of the game; however, if the player takes Riggs out of the left side of the screen, he’ll swap him for Murtaugh. While out of the screen, the other character gains back some health, so alternating characters is essential to survive. Characters have different stats and abilities: Riggs jumps higher and can pick up knives and his attack is a high kick. Murtaugh is not as agile, but he can pick up crates and attacks with a punch. On later levels enemies drain the characters’ health bar very quickly and once both cops are dead you can use a continue only once. The game is divided into 3 levels each 3 stages long. The GameBoy version, however, consists only of the two later levels."
18872,International Track & Field 2000,"Ganbare! Nippon! Olympic 2000, International Track & Field 2, International Track & Field: Summer Games",1999,7.2,Sports,,,"Track and Field sports over 12 different events that will test your gaming mojo. From Weightlifting to gymnastics to the 100M dash, Track and Field is the successor to the Track and Field games from the 8 bit Nintendo."
18878,Deer Hunter II: The Hunt Continues,Chasseur de Daims II: La Chasse Continue,1998,5.7,Simulation,"Shooter, Stealth",,"You still play the role of a hunter searching for bucks and does to kill, all in first-person perspective, only this time you are allowed to move yourself around the hunting areas. Other additions to the previous game include new accessories and weapons, as well as the ability to adjust the sights of said weapons. Also, a character registry allows you keep track of some game statistics like shots fired, hit ratio, and time played."
18880,Gloom,,1995,7.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As the title implies, Gloom is an attempt at recreating the Doom experience on the Amiga. In 1995 this was a big target for programmers, as it was felt that the Amiga 1200 was capable of bringing the first person 3D action to life. Gloom was written by New Zealand's respected Acid Software team, and published by Guildhall who supported the Amiga heavily in its later years. The emphasis was placed on action, rather than collecting keys and negotiating through maps."
18886,Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition,"Super Runabout, Super Runabout: The Golden State",2000,6.5,Racing / Driving,,,"Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition is the third game in the Runabout series. The player can drive around San Francisco, crashing into objects. There are two scenarios: Scenario A places the player in control of San Francisco Motors, a kind of ""messenger/delivery/bomb disposal service"" rolled up in one, while Scenario B has the player controlling laid-back San Francisco police officers. The two scenarios have different missions, whether it's stopping a runaway cable car, or collecting bombs for disposal."
18891,Populous,Populous Gaiden,1989,7.8,Strategy / tactics,"Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy (RTS)",,"You play a god, gaming against other gods in a celestial game of conquest. To win, you must help your chosen people take over the world and wipe out the vermin who worship that other god. Each god starts out with a single human, dumped into the middle of the wilderness. Sometimes there is inhabitable land in sight, sometimes not. To get a chance to win, you must change the landscape, creating flat land for your followers to build on. The more followers you have, the more powerful you will be, so take care of them. Build as fast as you can, because the other god is doing the same. When you have enough followers, you can make the leader of your people into a hero. He will then go around the land you have built, literally taking strength from the people into himself, and working his way toward the enemy. When he gets there, he will engage in holy warfare upon your enemy's people. He will burn; he will kill. And he won't stop until they're all dead... or he is. But you don't have to let your people have all the fun; the gods have other tools as well. You can drown your enemies one at a time with your land-lowering powers, submerge their towns in swamps, or raise a volcano in the middle of their best farmland. Even better, you can flood the land and drain all the people who didn't build on high ground. And when you win, you'll have 500 more worlds to conquer. A god's play is just never done."
18896,Ancient Evil,,1998,6.1,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"In Ancient Evil a master magician named Alaric constructed a big crypt of 24 levels. Everyone who dares to enter and survives has the opportunity to find gold and valuable items. Naturally, the player character doesn't let this chance pass. The gameplay mechanics of this action role-playing game are very similar to Diablo The player explores caverns and caves full of swords, sorcerers and spells, hacking and slashing monsters. The base character can specialize in either spell casting or hand-to-hand combat, and attributes improve through fighting and spell casting."
18906,Galaga: Destination Earth,Galaga: Destinazione Terra,2000,5.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The player chases the famous alien horde through space debris, asteroid fields and the rings of Saturn before orbiting the sun and moon. The stages proceed to Earth's upper atmosphere and, in the closing sequences, its cities. Players collect the aliens' weapons and use their fighters to defend against missiles and suicide runs through infinite levels. In a tribute to the arcade classic, there are special Challenge Stages during which the player can earn tons of bonus points. Players will even be able to retrieve captured fighters from the descending Galaga Commander to double their firepower. Features include 3D ships, enemies and landscapes as well as power-ups and special weapons."
18909,Asheron's Call,,1999,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),"Action RPG, Massively Multiplayer",Fantasy,"Asheron's Call is a MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game). This means that you can interact with hundreds (even thousands) of other players while exploring the gameworld provided by the game developers. Like most RPGs, you start off in Asheron's Call as a rank beginner. As you gain experience, you gain power. The gameworld is robust and, with the exception of zombies, skeletons, and other types of undead, Asheron's Call features completely original creatures not found in the typical fantasy environment (i.e. there are no Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, Goblins, etc). Character development is skill-based, rather than level-based or class-based. This means that your character isn't restricted in his/her ability because of his/her class, and it means that you don't have to wait until you reach a new level to increase your abilities. The biggest thing Asheron's Call has going for it, however, is the fact that once a month the game developers change the world slightly and add to the ongoing storyline. Quests are added which can affect the story, and players can complete those quests if they possess enough skill and luck. The first year of Asheron's Call saw the release and eventual defeat of Bael'Zharon, a major bad guy in the Asheron's Call universe. It was the players who released him, and the players who defeated him. This provides a glimmer of the ultimate promise of the MMORPG genre: the chance for players to have permanent, lasting effects on the gameworld."
18920,Dexter's Laboratory: Robot Rampage,,2000,6.4,Action,Platform,,"Your laboratory has been filled up with evil robots. It's up to you, as Dexter, to make your way through different levels, picking up the necessary tools to rid your lab of the cybernetic menace. Use laser pistols and other futuristic weapons to help dexter's cause, while searching for marked doors that contain either a new weapon or one of the items needed to complete the level."
18921,Peter Jacobsen's Golden Tee Golf,,1998,6.9,Sports,,,"Peter Jacobsen's Golden Tee Golf is a golf game based on the arcade game Peter Jacobsen's Golden Tee '97 but with some differences such as three additional courses for the PlayStation version. The PlayStation version also contains extra modes and an overview of the holes. The trackball support is replaced by holding down the D-Pad to adjust the power of the backswing. On the PC the mouse is moved backwards and then forwards to determine the swing. The PC version introduces tournaments and contests through online multiplayer, and games over LAN are supported as well. The PC version also contains Shadow Games where you can save and share your performance to play against that shadow player."
18924,Foxx Fights Back,"Fox Fights Back, Fox Fights Back!",1988,6.7,Action,Shooter,,"Usually, it would be farmers who get sent out of the house by their lady to go off and shoot some potential food. Denton Designs reversed the roles here though, and put you in control of a fox, out for revenge. You'll be foraging both above and below ground, with sleeping rabbits and nesting hens on offer to eat (thus replenishing your stamina), and apples, eggs, sausages, milk and the like that can be collected. All of this must be brought back to the home to your ever hungry wife. Diverse manner of nasties are thrown at you, including eggs (from hens), nuts (from squirrels) and rocks (from badgers). Another threat for the fox are biking or shooting hounds, bombing birds, rolling hedgehogs and one life is automatically lost whenever you fall into the water. You're armed with a pistol thus are able to fight back against your enemies. At various locations in the game there are 4 more powerful weapons to be found (shotgun, rifle, rocket launcher and machine gun) and also one extra life in the shape of a huntsman's horn."
18932,Thrust,Thrust+,1986,7.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Thrust brings realistic physics and inertia-based movement into arcade games, directly influencing titles like Oids and Exile (by the same author as this title). The action is viewed from the side, with the graphics drawn in vectors, in keeping with the mathematical nature of everything that unfolds. As a Resistance fighter, the player must fly into enemy lines in order to steal Klystron Pods to power more advanced starships, using your tractor beam to take them. A network of mounted guns are aiming to shoot the player down – these can be disabled by shooting their power source, but eventually this will explode, forcing the player to flee. Some of the later levels feature doors, the player needs to shoot an orb to slide open a wall section. After a while it will close, shoot an orb on the other side to make it back out again. After the first 6 distinct levels the same layouts are repeated but with reverse gravity (mission 7 through 12), then invisible landscape where the wall visibility is toggled on and off (mission 13 through 18). And finally both reversed gravity and invisible landscape (mission 19 through 24)."
18939,Championship Manager: Season 00/01,"Championship Manager: Seizoen 00/01, Championship Manager: Säsongen 00/01, L'Entraîneur: Saison 2000/2001, Meistertrainer: Championship Manager Saison 00/01, Scudetto: Championship Manager - Stagione 00/01",2000,7.5,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"The Championship Manager series involves choosing a football team and then leading it through a potential 30-year career. You must deal with signing and selling players, choosing your team and its formation and tactics, and making sure you have the backroom staff (coaches and scouts for example) to keep your existing players fit and ensure you discover new stars first. This was the third release of the Championship Manager 3 game engine, and as usual it features squads updated to take account of transfers, and player statistics and abilities updated. 26 leagues from around the world are now featured. As typical with later releases of a CM iteration, a data editor has been added. The press will now ask you loaded questions based on the team's performance and potential signings, and you must deal with these by choosing the valid answer. Also, players now interact in different ways, and do not always get on with each other, as well as having more potential reasons to be unhappy."
18944,The Ancient Art of War,Sun Tzu's L'Art de la Guerre,1984,7.3,Strategy / tactics,"Real-time strategy (RTS), Wargame",Historical events,"The Ancient Art of War is a real-time strategy game based on the very basic elements of war: unit types, formation, and strength. The game is set in ancient battle-style times before the use of gun powder, consisting of the three basic unit types of that period: the light armored but fast 'barbarians', the heavily armored but slow 'knights', and the ranged 'archers'. A fourth non-combatant unit type is also available: 'spies', which is only available under certain campaign rule settings. The game consists of different scenarios to choose from, each with a different geographical setting, difficulty setting, visibility setting, and victory condition setting. Some settings may be subject to change by the player. Gameplay is represented in two major areas: The first is the tactical/political map, which visualizes geographical and terrain elements from a top-down perspective. Here the player can coordinate, position, reinforce troops, and also command them to attack, defend or ambush enemy troops in a real-time setting. Time may be set to pause, faster or slower to make battle plans easier. The second is the combat screen where one group of soldiers fight another group of the enemy. A squad consisting a maximum of 14 soldiers will fight according to their set battle formation and will act only on the player's real-time battle commands (e.g. attack, forward, retreat, etc.). The difficulty levels are represented by eight opponents, which include the Greek goddess of war Athena, a stereotypical Russian-Soviet commander named Crazy Ivan, as well as the historical characters Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Geronimo, and Sun Tzu as the hardest opponent. Each opponent has a different fighting style of combat and strategy. The game also comes with a construction set which allows the player to their create own campaigns: From the story, rules and to the map editor. In this game editor, the player can also tweak troops to the player's liking, such as default troop formations."
18945,Kettle,,1986,6.4,Action,,,"You play the role of a flying Kettle as you attempt to escape from 30 levels in an underground system viewed from the side which scrolls when you move. Each level has an exit but this can only be opened when you find a tin opener which is hidden in a Bowel. There are various Bowels scattered over a level but only one will leave behind a tin opener when destroyed, with the other Bowels leaving behind an alien, bonus or a jug to replenish energy. Each bowel though emits bubbles and when touched decreases your energy, which is also lost if a discovered alien touches you. If you run out of energy then it is game over. To help you in your quest to escape, you are armed with a Crizza, which circles around your Kettle and will destroy any bubbles that hit it or a discovered alien which takes multiple hits. You can also send your Crizza forward by holding down the fire button to destroy bubbles and aliens. With your Crizza you must hit a bowel ten times to destroy it which then leaves behind a diamond and when this is destroyed it hopefully leaves behind the tin opener needed. Two players are able to play at the same time with a split screen and each player can either co-operate or leave the other player to do the work and nip in to get the bonuses and items. Before the game starts you can select either level one or four to start from and if you complete level four then you have the option to start on higher levels on your next game."
18953,Operation Wolf,Operation Wolf: Take No Prisoners,1987,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",,"You have been recruited for Operation Wolf, a desperate attempt to rescue prisoners from the enemy. Through a series of missions, you'll engage a variety of enemies, from soldiers to ninjas, patrol boats to helicopters, and more. Can you carry the day? Operation Wolf is an arcade game by Taito. It is essentially a bitmapped ""rail-shooter"", where you basically hold the gun and shoot just about everything that moves, while conserving your ammo and grenades. Shoot ammo/grenades and healing items on the screen to ""pick them up"". Your primary machine gun can kill everything if you hit it enough times, but you can also use the grenade launcher for really deadly targets like helicopters or armored cars. You can collect a machine gun which will allow you to shoot faster for a few seconds. You'll be pummelled by a LOT of enemies. Some will be shooting, others will be tossing grenades, knifes, and more. Some are armored and require more than a few hits, and others can dodge. You can shoot grenades and knives out of the air if you aim well enough. There are also civilians running around which can be shot, but it's not beneficial. Bosses appear at the end of some levels, and each has a specific weakness you need to exploit."
18969,Neutopia II,,1991,7.1,Action,,Fantasy,"Some years have passed since the brave hero Jazeta destroyed Dirth, the Emperor of Darkness. Peace has returned to the land of Neutopia. But there are still monsters roaming the countryside, and some of them were spotted near Yurius Shrine. Jazeta went there to find out what exactly had happened. But he never returned. His son must first of all find his missing father. Can it be that the shadow of Emperor of Darkness threatens the peaceful land again?... Neutopia II is similar to its predecessor in every way. Navigating the hero from a top-down view, the player explores the vast countryside, fighting monsters in action-based combat. The game is not a true RPG; the protagonist does not gain any experience points from combat, only collecting money to buy supplies. In dungeons, the player can use bombs on walls to reveal secret passages, push stones, and fight many regular enemies and bosses."
18970,Lose Your Marbles,,1997,7.3,Puzzle,"Arcade, Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle",,"""Better than Tetris or your money back!"" You line up three marbles of the same colour inside the black square and one marble drops into the opponents column. Whoever's column fills up first loses the game!"
18976,Soldier of Fortune: Gold Edition,"Soldier of Fortune: Edición Gold, Soldier of Fortune: Edition Gold, Soldier of Fortune: Edizione Oro",2000,6.3,Action,Shooter,Contemporary,This updated re-release of Soldier of Fortune includes:
18981,Cacoma Knight in Bizyland,Cacoma Knight,1992,6.1,"Action, Puzzle",Arcade,Fantasy,"The people of Bizyland were hard-working and prosperous. However, Wagamama, the queen of Lasyland was jealous and used the power of her magic mirror. The spell that was cast would switch the realms of Bizyland and Lasyland around. The only people left unaffected by the spell were those who were not hard-working: notably the king of Bizyland as well as two children and a robot who were playing that day. Using the king's magic chalk, they must travel over Lasyland and restore enough of a percentage of each area so as to break the spell over each region. Cacoma Knight is a puzzle-painting game. Choosing one of the three characters, the player will begin each level only able to move around the edges. The player can start using the chalk to move away from the edges and draw a line over the darkened area and reach another edge. Once a section (always the smaller) is ""chalked off"" from the rest, it will be restored. Any treasure chests revealed will be opened for points bonuses. Different enemies will walk along the chalk lines or fly in between them. They can be destroyed by being in a section of the screen when it is restored."
18985,Wizkid: The Story of Wizball II,,1992,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"The Wiz and his cat Nifta have successfully restored colors to the world. Both got married (though most probably not to each other) and begot children: the Wiz had a son, Wizkid, and Nifta had eight kittens. Their peaceful life ended when the evil mouse magician Zark kidnapped the Wiz, Nifta, and all the kittens, imprisoning them in different parts of the world. Wizkid must venture into unknown realms and rescue his father together with the feline family. Wizkid: The Story of Wizball II is a sequel to Wizball This game deviates from the original in many ways. The screen does not scroll and Wizkid does not bounce around like his predecessor. The player has full control over Wizkid and his movements. He has to be moved around the screen, bashing into bricks (which come in different shapes and sizes) so that the flying bricks collide with the onscreen enemies. Once the screen is cleared of all the enemies, coins are dropped, which must be picked up quickly before they disappear and the player proceeds to the next screen. Killing multiple enemies with a single brick releases a bubble that will sometimes offer a nose (to juggle bricks) or teeth (letting Wizkid grab hold of bricks), but more often they turn into colored notes. These must be combined to form tunes, as patterned at the top of the screen. Once the player completes a tune, you are taken to a shop where you can buy items needed to progress to the next stage. If Wizkid has bashed all the bricks on a screen, but failed to remove all the enemies, the player may be taken to a puzzle screen, where he must solve Crossword 2091 for bonus money. The player has a number of words to put on the screen, but they must all overlap each other and use each other's letters. Each move has a time limit. If the player fails to complete the puzzle he is taken back to the level. When exiting a shop the player can choose either to exit as a head or a body, which is Wizkid with arms and legs. Assembles in this way, Wizkid is now limited by gravity and can jump around and use onscreen objects such as ringing bells or cranking wells. He may also come across interactive elements which he will need to use with items in his pockets. Most such levels require the player to solve inventory-based puzzles."
18988,Below the Root,,1984,7.2,Adventure,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Below the Root is based on Zilpha Keatley Snyder's fantasy book series ""The Green-Sky Trilogy"". Following the events in those books, The Kindar and the Erdling societies have joined together. However unrest and distrust still remains. An old woman, D'ol Falla has heard the words ""The Spirit fades, in Darkness lying. A quest proclaim, the Light is dying"". Choosing one of five available people (of different ages and of either Kindar or Erdling descent) either she believes can help, D'ol Falla assigns the quest of discovering what these words mean and how to quell the racial and political tensions building between the races. Below the Root is a adventure game and a platform game. Choosing one of five characters (each very different from one another), the player explores the tree-based lands Erdling and the underground-based lands of the Kindar. As an adventure game, goals are primarily accomplished by talking to people (though each character is treated differently by others) and finding the right items to use in specific situations, but also dealing with the challenges of level design in a platform game. Each character can obtain different items to help with their movement as well as psychic abilities such as pensing (telepathy), kiniporting (telekinesis) and grunspreking (plant manipulation). Violence is abhorred among the Kindar and the Erdling and violent actions tend to harm the player's reputation. Kindar or Erdling factions may kidnap the player's character if they wander into the wrong areas, throwing them into a local ""prison house"" from which they must escape. The player must eat constantly to retain their energy, however Erdling characters do not eat meat."
19006,SkyRoads: Xmas Special,,1994,7.2,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This Special edition of SkyRoads features 3 new worlds for Christmas and one for a training course to its existing worlds. However by this addition you will not able to play Satellite, Into The Sun, Asteroid Belt and The Earth again."
19017,Chicago 30's,Chicago's 30,1988,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Interwar,"You are Eliot, on the trail of the gangsters who dominate Chicago in the 1930s. They lurk in the docks, on the streets and in an alcohol distillery, armed with guns and grenades, and must be taken out. Gameplay is side-view and takes place on a number of vertical levels, with a feel similar to Green Beret Jump and duck to target and avoid crooks. Later you spend time inside a car, and can lean out of the window to shoot people. Watch out for enemy cars, which can only be destroyed using grenades."
19019,Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems,Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems,1996,7.0,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems is a side-scrolling platformer/beat 'em up based on the Infinity Gauntlet storyline from the comics. Adam Warlock calls on the heroes to recover the 6 Infinity Gems before they are used for evil. You may choose ones of five heroes: Spider-Man, Hulk, Captain America, Iron Man and Wolverine. Each one has different stats and abilities. (i.e. Spider-Man is agile. Hulk is strong, Iron Man can double-jump with his rocket boots, etc.) Initially you can choose a training area in Avenger headquarters or four levels. As you complete levels, most open up. Each hero can be equipped with gems to boost their abilities in each section. These must be obtained by finding them in the levels. Gameplay is fairly similar to X-Men-Mutant Apocalypse Combat is all on a 2D plane. Each hero has basic jumps and attacks and special moves that can be executed with button combinations like quarter-rolls. Enemies include various villains from the Marvel Universe and evil doubles of various Marvel heroes."
19026,World Championship Soccer II,World Championship Soccer 2,1994,6.5,Sports,,,"World Championship Soccer II is an update of the first game with improved graphics. It contains the teams from the previous game, but adds the 1994 World Cup teams to use in exhibition and tournament play. It also features eight teams from the 1986 and 1990 World Cups, more formations and strategy options, and a four-way play option so four people can play together. It does not feature the FIFA logo or license and is more of a violent soccer game without yellow cards and penalties."
19027,Portal,Portal: A Computer Novel,1986,6.9,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Where are all the humans? Upon returning from your 100 year voyage in the milky way, you find earth empty and abandoned. Between the decaying remnants of civilization, you discover a terminal for Worldnet, the global network that recorded all human activities. The answer must lie deep in its database. Anxious, you log on. Portal is a computer novel - an attempt of creating and adapting a novel specifically for the computer. The story of the boy Peter Devore, his incredible discovery and the mysterious portal are told by an AI named Homer, who reconstructs it piece by piece out of database fragments. As the plot develops, you acquire accompanying information by accessing eleven additional databases - for example a historical archive, military files or social backgrounds. As you switch between the databases to uncover new details, an extensive sci-fi story unfolds."
19030,Bulls vs. Lakers and the NBA Playoffs,NBA Pro Basketball: Bulls vs. Lakers and the NBA Playoffs,1992,6.7,Sports,,,"The sequel to EA Sports' basketball title Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs The core gameplay of the original is supplemented with a variety of new features, including: All 16 1992 NBA Playoff teams (up from 8 in Lakers vs. Celtics) plus the East and West All-Star Teams, plus courts with official team logos/colors. The rosters are based on the 1990/1991 season. Player game stats updated while the game is in progress. An Instant Replay mode. New ""signature moves"" for star players.* Improved defense and passing controls and a foul shooting meter. Multiplayer options include cooperative and head-to-head modes."
19032,Ka-50 Hokum,KA-50 Hokum: A Helicopter Flight Simulation over the South China seas,1995,7.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"In this game you are a commander of a Base Ship cruising around Indonesia and a pilot of four helicopters available on it. These helicopters are Kamov Ka-50 Hokum (assault), MIL Mi-8 Hip (assault/transport), Westland Lynx (anti-ship assault/transport), and Bell AH-1 Cobra (assault). And your mission is to end piracy on those waters. You are planning the schedule of your missions and completing them with an appropriate helicopter. Planning of missions is based on your previous reconnaissance flights. Missions vary from intercept pirate boats, escort ship through pirate waters, and provide air support, to unload battalion of jungle commandos, rescue an ejected pilot, and annihilate villages. During the mission the player can switch back to Base Ship and plan other missions. The game builds upon Super-VGA Harrier but this time with helicopters."
19036,The Tower of Druaga,"Arcade Archives: Druaga no Tō, Arcade Archives: The Tower of Druaga, Druaga no Tō",1984,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"You control a heroic knight, who is actually prince Gilgamesh, who must attempt to rescue the maiden from the demon Druaga. You are armed with a sword and shield to attack and defend. You move from floor to floor, which are constructed as mazes, searching for the key; this key will unlock the stage exit. Items can be found by performing various (unknown/hidden) tasks on each floor."
19037,Winter Gold,,1996,6.6,"Action, Sports",,,"Winter Gold is a winter sports game with events like bobsled, ski jump and snow boarding, all in a 3D graphics environment. Both single player and multi player options are available; you can play with up to eight people in compete mode."
19038,Jewels of Babylon,Les Joyaux De Babylone,1984,6.1,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"The Jewels of Babylon are the most beautiful jewellery collection in the world and were created 3000 years ago in the old city of Babylon, and now in the 19th Century, they are in English hands. Queen Victoria has decided to give them to an Indian Princess as a wedding present but they have been stolen by Pirates on the West Coast of Africa from the ship carrying them. You have survived the attack and now you have vowed to find the Jewels and take them to their destination. After much searching you have found the pirates and their base on a remote island and so you must get on the island and retrieve the Jewels. Jewels of Babylon is a graphic text adventure where you are shown a picture of your current surroundings before you see text describing where you are. You type in commands with the keyboard to interact with each location."
19046,Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos,"Solstice : Die Suche nach dem Zauberstab von Demnos, Solstice : La Busqueda Del Baculo De Demnos, Solstice : La quête du Sceptre de Demnos, Solstice: Alla ricerca dello scettro di Demnos",1990,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The Princess Eleanor has been captured by the evil mage Morbius and is somewhere in the fortress of Kastlerock. You play the part of Shadax, who must now rescue the Princess by searching the fortress for the six pieces of the magical Staff of Demnos and use it to defeat Morbius. Solstice is a combination of puzzle-solving and action game played from an isometric 3D point of view. There are numerous rooms to explore in the fortress, many with dangerous, evil creatures wandering about and traps and obstacles to get past. Along the way there are magic potions, keys, and many other items to find which help you get past the creatures as well as reach new parts of the fortress."
19056,Kasparov's Gambit,,1993,7.3,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"Kasparov's Gambit was Electronic Arts' attempt to enter the niche chess market dominated by Chessmaster 3000 and Battlechess It has a number of pluses including being based off a competition-winning chess engine, a database of 500 games, an SVGA isometric chessboard and the license of the world's reigning chess champion, Garry Kasparov Garry Kasparov pops up in video windows during play to give advice such as: ""Your Queen is in Jeopardy"", ""Watch your Rook"" and other context sensitive kibitzing. This was EA's first use of windowed video."
19058,Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs,,1990,6.7,Sports,,,"Lakers vs. Celtics on Genesis is an update of the game of the same name for PCs It features the same perspective, same action-oriented gameplay with an emphasis on offense, and the same game modes: exhibition games and the playoff tournament mode. It features ten NBA teams from the '89-'90 season. Compared to the PC version, it also adds more signature moves, different home- and away-jerseys, animated coaches, TV-style scenes from other games in the halftime show, player portraits for the starting five, voice samples for the referee and counts the number of personal fouls a players has committed, making it possible for them to foul out."
19060,MS-DOS 5 (included games),"QBasic Gorillas, QBasic Nibbles",1991,6.6,Compilation,,,"MS-DOS 5 was a major update for Microsoft's command-line operating system. Among other changes was a new BASIC variant -- gone were the days of the bundled BASICA, GW-BASIC or QuickBasic interpreters. Now users had QBasic to play with. In addition to two utilities ( RemLine and Money Manager ), it included two sample games: QBasic Nibbles and QBasic Gorillas Nibbles first: in short, it's Microsoft's version of the classic "" snake "" game. The player navigates their snake so that it can eat up the random numbers appearing on the screen. After consuming a number, the snake grows longer. It dies if it runs into the walls or into its own tail, which grows pretty long after several helpings of numbers. The higher levels feature more walls, therefore, navigating them is more difficult. The game has a two-player mode as well as the standard single-player. All objects in this game, including the snakes and the walls, are represented by simple ASCII characters in textmode.... Then, there is Gorillas This is what happens when one takes the classic ballistic artillery game (perhaps the first major application for computers, and a field whose advancement was arguably single-handedly responsible for numerous categories of mathematical development in the West), replace the cannons and cannonballs with gorillas and bananas, place them, like King Kong or George from Rampage atop buildings of varying heights instead of in the bowls, on the slopes and peaks of hills and valleys, and package it with the QuickBasic interpreter included with MS-DOS 5.0. The game play is a dense inter-tangling of mathematical formulae that Donkey Kong can only scratch his lousy head enviously at while trying to count on his great monkey paws and do long division in his simian cranium. Players must account for the wind's variable direction and speed as well as a constant gravitational pull in order to attempt to lob banana bombs on an angle and with launch power permitting a trajectory such that it will clear the tops of intervening buildings and land on or near the opposing ape, exploding violently and giving us an unprecedented demonstration of guerrilla warfare. If successful, the top banana does the Donkey Kong (a very brief disco dance sensation); in the event of failure, the human opponent gets an opportunity to plug in some numbers and attempt to do unto others as was done to him, until one of the two is reduced to banana-ape-gunpowder gumbo. In the meantime, the urban landscape is reduced to a wasteland pocked with the craters of near misses -- a wry turning of the tables only too rarely possible among endangered species."
19063,Top Gear 3000,The Planet's Champ TG 3000,1994,7.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The last game of the Top Gear series for the SNES goes into outer space. Face the challenges found in 48 tracks and become the best pilot in the entire galaxy. Just like the previous games, Top Gear 3000 comes with a password system that allows the player to continue a game in progress. The upgrade system of Top Gear 2 gains new breath and now comes with newly designed parts: ranging from tires to engines up to atomic turbos. As players travel from one planet to another via spacecraft, they race on various planets in different systems, getting progressively harder. The prize money earned in each race increases as does the price of new car parts. Moreover, the game comes with a versus mode which allows up to 4 players to race simultaneously via splitscreen."
19065,'Nam 1965-1975,,1991,7.5,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Historical events,"'Nam 1965-1975 is a strategy game set during the Vietnam war. The player takes the role of both the President of the United States and the commander-in-chief, and the goal of the game is to prevent the South of Vietnam to fall in the hands of the Vietcong, managing its military resources and preventing the public opinion to reject the war. As President, the player has to manage the military resources, and as Commander in chief they can take direct decisions on the terrain, such as tactics or engaging enemies. The game offers five different scenarios: Khe Sanh, Tet Offensive, 1975 offensive, Nixon and Johnson. The first three are some of the most decisive battles during the conflict, whereas choosing ""Nixon"" or ""Johnson"" changes the year (1964 or 1968) in which the player starts playing."
19067,X-Kaliber 2097,Sword Maniac,1994,6.4,Action,"Fighting, Platform","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","X-Kaliber 2097 takes place in the year 2097 A.D. in NEO N.Y. The city is run down and controlled by a warlord named Raptor. Raptor has unleashed an army of ruthless, mutating Morphs upon the city to enforce his brand of order. Only two special forces agents, Slash and Alix do not submit to Raptor's will. Raptor decides to hatch a plan to kidnap Alix, so Slash, and more importantly his magic X-Kaliber sword, will come to him in an attempt to try and rescue her. The game consists of two modes. The first modes gameplay consists of side-scrolling action. The player can jump and swing a sword at enemies. The player can also deflect projectiles with the sword. The game also features one on one boss fights that are set up similar to a fighting game. The second mode is a two player duel that is set up like the one on one boss fights but is between two human controlled players."
19074,Super Mario 64,"Chaoji Maliao 64, Shindou Super Mario 64",1996,8.6,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Super Mario 64 is a single-player 3D platform game in which players guide Mario through Princess Peach’s castle and its magical worlds in an attempt to rescue her from Bowser. When Mario arrives at the castle after receiving Peach’s invitation, he finds her missing, the castle overtaken by Bowser, and the Toads trapped by his spell. To break Bowser’s control and free Peach, Mario must explore the castle’s many paintings, which act as portals to different worlds, and collect Power Stars hidden within them. Unlike earlier side-scrolling Mario games, this installment is set in fully three-dimensional environments. Each course is built around objectives tied to Power Stars, such as defeating bosses, completing timed challenges, or solving environmental puzzles. Levels can be revisited multiple times, often with new areas opening once Mario gains new abilities or items. Progression through the castle requires collecting enough Stars to unlock doors and access new wings of the castle, with three major encounters against Bowser determining Mario’s advancement to the final showdown. Mario’s movement set is greatly expanded compared to earlier games. In addition to running and standard jumping, he can crouch, crawl, climb, and punch or kick enemies. Advanced maneuvers such as double jumps, triple jumps, long jumps, wall kicks, and backflips are essential to reach hidden areas or complete challenges. Swimming requires careful management of Mario’s air supply, and some levels feature puzzles that involve carrying items or interacting with switches to advance. Several power-ups appear in special hidden blocks throughout the game. The Wing Cap allows Mario to soar through the air when launched from a cannon, the Metal Cap makes him invulnerable and able to walk underwater, and the Vanish Cap lets him phase through certain barriers. These power-ups are temporary but often required to access Stars in specific courses. Later versions of the game introduced new features. Super Mario 64 DS added additional characters, touch-screen controls, and mini-games. Subsequent re-releases on the Wii Virtual Console, Wii U Virtual Console, and in Super Mario 3D All-Stars for Nintendo Switch preserved the original structure while improving resolution or presentation."
19076,Great Naval Battles Vol. II: Guadalcanal 1942-43,"Burning Steel 2: Guadalcanal 1942-43, Daikaisen Solomon 1942-1943",1994,7.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Real-time strategy (RTS), Wargame","Historical events, Oceania, World War II","Great Naval Battles: Guadalcanal 1942-1943 is the second installment of Strategic Simulations' Advanced Simulator series. The game sends you to the South Pacific for the monumental conflict that rocked this remote island in the Solomons during 1942-1943. Five tactical battles, three carrier battles and two full campaigns are included. Build your forces with 100 ship types or 20 plane types as you engage enemy forces on land, at sea or in the air."
19079,Top Gun,,1986,6.6,"Action, Simulation",,,"The Tom Cruise film featured an F-14 Tomcat plane, and this licensed game recreates this. Viewed from the cockpit in full 3D, the game is a straight head-to-head duel, against another player or the computer. You are armed with missiles (while put you in control of a small target zone, which must remain over your opponent for 3 seconds), flares and cannons (which overheat when overused)- use these more wisely than your opponent. Pay attention to speed and altitude too. The computer has 3 planes to throw at you, of which the last is the toughest, while each player in a 2-player game also has 3 'lives'."
19080,Garrison,,1987,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Garrison is a top-down action game very similar to Gauntlet Up to five characters fight their way through over 100 dungeon levels taking on hordes of enemies, collecting potions, gold, scrolls, keys and magic items along the way. Each player character has different strengths and weaknesses so the game plays best in multiplayer mode because some levels really benefit from particular capabilities eg. speed or magic. The enemies also have a large variety of attacks, some fire projectiles at you, some engage you in hand to hand combat, some just drain your health when they touch you and some attack you with magic."
19081,Star Wars: Dark Forces,"Star Wars: Dark Forces (Classic, 1995)",1995,7.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Kyle Katarn is a former Imperial officer turned mercenary, now hired by the Rebel Alliance. After having stolen the Death Star plans from a remote facility, he is tasked with investigating the sudden destruction of a hidden Rebel base. This leads him to face off against Imperial General Rom Mohc and the various iterations of his Dark Troopers - cybernetic soldiers with the armor and firepower to turn the tide of the war. Dark Forces is a close prequel to the original Star Wars movie trilogy. The game marks LucasArts' first attempt to enter the first-person shooter market. Instead of licensing the DOOM engine, like many competitors, LucasArts created its own internal Jedi engine. The Jedi engine contains advanced features over similar tech, including the ability to look up and down, jump, crouch, and limited support (in the build used for Dark Forces ) for rooms (sectors) over rooms. The 3D models also make occasional appearances inside the game, as turrets or Kyle's ship dropping him off or picking him up from each mission. Most levels have a fairly complex, often maze-like structure, and include various switches that need to be activated to change the layout of the level. Jumping is integrated into the gameplay, as certain areas can only be accessed in that way. In addition to weapons, Kyle can use shields to protect himself from damage, a head lamp to illuminate dark areas, as well as specific items used to counter environmental hazards. The player character is given a certain amount of ""lives"" per level; he dies permanently once he runs out of all of them. Game progress can be saved only between missions. The game features fourteen substantial levels as Kyle works to disarm the Dark Trooper project. Many levels reference characters or areas from the Star Wars movie trilogy, such as a visit with Jabba the Hutt, a trip to Coruscant, and a battle through the interior of a Star Destroyer. As opposed to most first-person shooters of the time period, every level has objectives for Kyle to complete, ranging from grabbing a clue and getting out alive, to planting charges around a facility to demolish it. Cutscenes appear between key missions to update the plot. The Star Wars license gets plenty of use, as the game features imperial officers, stormtroopers, and a collection of aliens seen in the films as enemies. Blaster rifles and thermal detonators are used as weapons, along with other firearms inspired by the tech of the films. Dark Forces also uses the iMuse engine to dynamically change the music during action scenes, with much of the music based off or directly replicating, John Williams' original film score. The game is entirely a single-player campaign; no multiplayer is included or supported."
19088,The Computer Edition of Scrabble Brand Crossword Game,"Computer Scrabble, Computer Scrabble De Luxe, Deluxe Computer Scrable, Micro Scrabble",1986,6.6,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Word construction",,"Perhaps the earliest ""official"" version of Scrabble for the PC. This adaptation of the classic word puzzle game allows up to four players with the option of using computer opponents that can compete at 8 different skill levels. The 20,000 word dictionary can be amended by the player to include words not initially recognized by the computer. Other features include a time clock and an option to save and load games."
19100,Fire!,,1989,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In Fire! the player mans an advanced helicopter and tries to solve some of humanity's problems by shooting at them. The game consists of five thematically unrelated levels which consist of two stages each, e.g. in one mission the player has to destroy drug plants in South America and another one requires the player to deal with terrorists at sea. Regarding gameplay, this is a traditional, horizontally-scrolling shooter: the player moves from left to right while shooting everything which moves. Shields and fuel are limited and if one reaches zero, the one and only life is lost. However, they can be refilled with power ups which are left behind from killed enemies. The standard gun can be either aimed straight or slightly downwards, but by picking up the correct power-ups, the weapon system can be upgraded."
19107,Silent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer II,Silent Thunder,1996,7.5,"Action, Simulation",,,"Silent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer II is the sequel to A-10 Tank Killer The game simulates the Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II, a very powerful anti-tank aircraft developed for the US Air Force in the 1970s. There are 10 weapons, a lot of friendly and enemy aircraft, and ground vehicles available in the 24 flown missions."
19108,Redline Racer,"Redline Racer: Ultimate Championship, Suzuki Alstare Racing",1998,7.4,Racing / Driving,,,"An arcade racer with some realistic physics, Redline Racer features 10 different tracks in six different locations, multiple teams, 8 different bikes, up to eight different players, internet, network, and modem multiplayer, playmatching server, and ability to edit your bikes and teams."
19110,Space Hawk,,1981,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Space Hawk is an arcade action game featuring gameplay similar to Asteroids You are an astronaut stuck in deep space. You are equipped with a jet pack to help move around, and a laser gun to destroy enemies. Your main enemy is a white space hawk which wanders around the screen, leaving a trail of deadly bubbles behind him. Try to score as many points as you can by destroying both the space hawk and the bubbles. In case of emergencies, you have the ability to enter hyperspace which will temporarily bring you away from danger. Hyperspace ability is limited, however, so be sure to conserve if you can!"
19115,Castle Quest,Triumph,1990,6.7,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Castle Quest is board strategy game mixed with magic battle confrontations. The game is like a chess clone with fantasy creatures that fight with playing cards. The player's goal is to topple the opponents king. A player controls a small army (with units like orcman, karate man, warrior etc) on a small chess board. If two pieces meet on the same square, they fight on special screen with a playing-card roulette. Depending on the cards that each unit gets they will do damage to an opponent. Different units have different health points and also different cards, for example, some units have more propensity to getting the instantly killing joker card. Some units are able to cast attack or defense spells. When these pieces move to an empty square on the map a spell window will open. Each spell can either damage surrounding squares or heal/revive surrounding units."
19118,Small Soldiers: Squad Commander,,1998,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Real-time tactics (RTT),,"Small Soldiers: Squad Commander is a single player Real Time Tactics game based on the movie Small Soldiers and targeted towards children. You can play as both the Commando Elite or Gorgonites in 20 missions (10 missions each) that replicate the settings from the movie. You control your squad with the mouse as you move through various settings like a house, shop and school, while shooting down the enemy's forces."
19126,Defender,"Earth Attack, T.T. Defender",1981,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Defender put players in charge of a ship sent to protect mankind from wave after wave of attacking alien forces. Armed with smart bombs and the ability to use hyperspace to move quickly around the planet, the player ship must fight against Bombers, Pods, Swarmers, Baiters, and Landers - that can capture the humanoids and transform them into deadly and relentless Mutants. Fail to save the humanoids from freefall or Mutant transformation, and the planet is destroyed."
19131,Draconus,,1988,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Metroidvania, Platform",Fantasy,"Draconus is an arcade platformer where the player gains control of Frognum - a beast similar to a serpent or a dragon. His mission is to destroy the Tyrant Beast, an evil ruler of the dark and dangerous world in which Frognum lives. The main weapon in the game is fire breath, but on his quest Frognum will find many magical artifacts and, thanks to those, gain new powers. The gameplay is simple. The player just has to explore different screens, incinerate opponents and use artifacts (for example Morph Helix that transforms Frognum into a sea monster, which allows him to swim and fight underwater)."
19138,The Dark Queen of Krynn,,1992,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The Dark Queen of Krynn is the last part in the Dragonlance RPG series using the standard game engine found in the Goldbox series (with slight enhancements). Evil, after failing two times before, finally tries to defeat Good and conquer the world of Krynn. This time, the Dark Queen herself will take command over the forces of Evil. Her aim is to enter Krynn, which would ultimately lead to the defeat of Good. The party's task is to prevent this. Characters from Death Knights of Krynn can be transferred."
19141,Marco Polo,"Marco Polo: Gloire, Fortune et Aventure, Marco Polo: Glory, Wealth and Adventure",1994,5.4,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,China (Ancient / Imperial),"Marco Polo is a business simulation game. You act as Marco Polo, the young Venetian merchant, and travel in Asia. Your goal is to become rich in making business in native markets. You can also accomplish missions. These missions are illustrated by numerous pictures from Italian TV series. As a bonus, a historical database about Marco Polo and ancient China is included."
19144,Eliminator,,1988,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A shoot ‘em up set on a patchwork-quilt coloured road. Eliminator puts you in control of a ship with a basic weapon, flying along at breakneck speed. There are barriers along the way to avoid, often set in quick succession, and lots of bad guys to shoot at or avoid - their shots must be avoided too. Some parts of the track are blocked unless you can shoot through obstacles before reaching them, or hit a jump pad. At some points you can change to travelling along the ceiling as well. Tokens can be collected en route, and used to obtain better weapons, but losing a life costs you the best one you’ve currently got."
19146,Pro Powerboat Simulator,Powerboat Simulator,1989,6.4,"Action, Racing / Driving, Sports",,,"If this 'simulator' is to be believed, powerboat racing is a chaotic race across a number of largely one-directional tracks with fjords and inlets forcing you down one of two lanes, and sections where a bridge needs to be cleared by hitting a ramp at the right speed beforehand (as you jump over these, you can land so as to skim off other boats). Your boat is fitted with bombs, which can be placed so as to force the other boats to run over them, gaining you points. Extra bombs and fuel litter the course, often close to the banks, which you must avoid contact with, for fear of crashing your boat. When this happens you are forced into the next one, which is, as if by magic, available at a convenient point just beforehand. A helicopter flies overhead, dropping bombs which you must avoid, and often obscuring your view. The other boats often crowd together attempting to force you into the wall. As with all the Codemasters budget titles, realism goes out of the window, with an emphasis on simple instantaneous action."
19151,Mad TV 2,,1996,6.4,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"In this sequel to Mad TV you take control over a TV station, where you are responsible for all aspects of daily work: employees, the TV schedule, advertisements. The graphics of the game are cartoonish in style, fitting the not-too-serious gameplay."
19156,RealSports Soccer,"Football RealSports Soccer, Futbol, Futebol, Soccer",1982,5.1,Sports,,,"The game is played from an angled overhead point of view of the field which scrolls to follow the action. If your team has the ball, you control whichever player is currently dribbling the ball, otherwise you can control any one player at a time while the computer controls the rest of your team. Various time lengths can be selected for each game, you can kick the ball low, medium or high, and there are throw-ins, corner kicks, goal kicks. When playing against the computer several different skill levels are available."
19159,Centauri Alliance,,1990,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Describing Centauri Alliance as "" The Bard’s Tale in Space"" would be fitting since it was designed by Michael Cranford the creator of the first two Bard's Tale games. In this science-fiction RPG, players build a party by designing characters from six different races and arming them with a variety of weapons and psychic powers. They then set off across a cluster of star systems on a secret mission to find a powerful super-weapon and save the worlds of the Alliance from evil forces. The game contains most of the standard RPG elements of late '80s games including first person 10' X 10' square adventuring maps, turn-based combat and an ongoing quest to find bigger and better ways to kill things."
19164,Shattered Light,,1999,4.3,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"A great evil has come across the land and it's up to you to destroy this horrible evil. That pretty much sums up the story of the pre-made single player game. Shattered Light comes with a World Builder that lets you create maps, write quests, create weapons, write NPC dialogue, and much more. Then when your world is full of quests and evil monsters to slay you can take it online with eight other people and, if you are the host, modify player attributes on the fly."
19172,Countdown,"Countdown: An Interactive Movie of Intrigue, Espionage and Suspense.",1990,7.3,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Mason Powers, a former CIA agent, awakens in a Turkish asylum with many of his memories erased. Gradually recovering from his amnesia, Mason realizes that he has been locked up for allegedly murdering his supervisor. Convinced that he is innocent, Mason eventually escapes from the mental hospital. However, that brings him back to his old job, where he becomes entangled in a world-wide conspiracy of espionage, terrorism, and murder. Countdown is an adventure game with emphasis on traveling and conversation, though inventory-based puzzles are present as well. Over the course of the game the protagonist travels to many different locations around the world, though the areas themselves are fairly small. Interaction is performed by choosing verb commands such as Look, Get, Taste, and others. There are no ""hot spots"" that indicate that an object can be interacted with. A bulk of the game is dedicated to conversations, which include, among others, special commands such as Help, Hassle, Pleasant, and Bluff. Sometimes choosing a wrong action may lead to a premature end of the game. A few segments involve navigating top-down mazes. It is possible to die in various ways and also get irrevocably stuck. The game imposes a time limit of ninety-six in-game hours on the player. Certain actions - such as spending more money and traveling by plane instead of a train - may help the player stay well within this limit. The game is notable for using digitized photography alongside hand-painted graphics; character portraits are all scanned photos. It also uses digitized music and speech samples, which can be heard even with a PC speaker thanks to a special software."
19173,Kronolog: The Nazi Paradox,Red Hell,1993,5.4,Adventure,,Post-apocalyptic,"Kronolog is a graphic adventure that is based in an alternate world in which the Nazis won the Second World War and subsequently enforced world domination. The world as it is now in a state of decay from excess pollution, environmental problems, and similar blights. Players take the part of Hoffman, a member of the government who is in search of his missing son. The game uses a standard 2D-adventure interaction system. There are a series of icons that are clicked to achieve the desired action. Kronlog features VGA graphics and includes a series of voiceovers and digitized pictures for specific conversations."
19177,Zelda II: The Adventure of Link,"Zelda II: A Aventura de Link, Zelda II: Link no Bōken",1987,7.2,Action,"Metroidvania, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Link has just turned sixteen, and discovers a strange birthmark on his hand. With the help of Impa, Zelda's nursemaid, Link learns that this mark is the key to unlock a secret room where Princess Zelda lies sleeping. When young, Princess Zelda was given knowledge of the Triforce of power which was used to rule the kingdom of Hyrule, but when a magician unsuccessfully tried to find out about the Triforce from Zelda, he put her into an eternal sleep. In his grief, the prince placed Zelda in this room hoping she may wake some day. He ordered all female children in the royal household to be named Zelda from this point on, so the tragedy would not be forgotten. Now, to bring Princess Zelda back, Link must locate all the pieces of the Triforce which have been hidden throughout the land. Each piece of the Triforce is in a temple guarded by a powerful monster which must be defeated. At the same time, Ganon's underlings are still around and gaining in strength and number. It is said Ganon could be brought back to life by sprinkling the blood of the one who defeated him on the ashes - which was Link himself. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is an action role-playing game, and a sequel to The Legend Of Zelda The gameplay alternates between a top-down view (when traveling the land) and side-scrolling perspectives (when fighting, in a temple, or town). In the top-down view, Link cannot do much except for walking: in the side-scrolling action view, however, he can fight, cast spells, collect items and talk to people. When Link encounters an enemy in the wilderness, or enters a location which contains enemies, he can fight them with his sword. If Link is at full health, his sword can be thrown, but when he is hurt, he can only fight in melee. Link has a shield which protects him against some of the enemies' attacks if they strike the shield. Touching an enemy or getting hit by their attacks decreases Link's health. If he runs out of health, he loses a life. If he loses all his lives, it's Game Over. Link can replenish his health completely by encountering a fairy in the wilderness, or by using the services of a healer in a town. Link also has a ""magic"" meter. He can cast spells (as long as he has learned them) if he has some magic power left. Spells cost a various amount of magic power. They have various effects: they cure Link, allow him to jump very high, shoot fireballs etc. The magic power meter can be refilled by collecting blue and red jars sometimes left behind by enemies. When Link slays an enemy, it might leave behind an item, or give Link some experience. When Link gains enough experience, he gains a level, which allows him to buy weapon power, maximum magic, or maximum health upgrades for his experience points. The player can also decide not to buy anything and stockpile his experience points for later use. There are some items to be found that are necessary to get past certain points in the game. The Adventure of Link features a battery backup so games can be saved without needing a password system."
19180,White Water!,,1983,6.8,Action,Arcade,,"In White Water! your goal is to raft down a river in the shortest time possible. The river features many dangerous turns, rocks, whirlpools, barrels, and other obstacles that get in your way. You begin your trip with three men, and if you don't navigate carefully they can fall out of the raft! If any men remain in the raft, they can try pick up anyone who has fallen out but must do so before they hit a rock, a whirlpool, or leave the screen (if all of your men fall out of the raft, the game will end). In the easier game variations, your score is based on how quickly you can reach the finish line. In the more difficult game variations, you not only need to reach the finish line as quickly as possible but also need to earn points by landing your raft at various beaches along the way and collecting treasures that can be found in the forest. Some of the treasures will be guarded by the natives, so be careful (also be sure not to wander too far into the forest, or you'll become lost). The game ends when you reach the finish line, or all your men are lost either by falling in the river or in the forest."
19191,Point Blank 2,GunBarl,1996,7.4,Action,Shooter,,"Dan and Don return for another round of shooting action. This time there are heaps of new mini games, as well as a few that improve on what was available in the first title in the series. The PlayStation version supports the GunCon (or G-Con), but the player can also use normal controllers."
19192,Parasite Eve,,1998,8.2,Role-playing (RPG),,,"An ordinary day in New York for rookie police officer Aya Brea. Christmas Eve is the present day, and you've decided to visit the opera theater. Now this is where the fireworks begin. Suddenly audience members are set on fire, toasted completely, and it appears that the lead vocal is the source of this burning terror. Yet you appear to be immune, and as a police officer you're always on duty, so you must confront the danger. There has to be some connection between the two of you, as that seems the only rational explanation. What if mitochondria are a species on its own, more advanced then humankind, and using them only to create environments and civilization for themselves? What if humankind are just hosts? What if mitochondria are the natural enemy of humankind? That would make Aya their natural enemy, so the battle for survival and uncovering the truth has already started. The game is played over six days, each day bringing its own quest. Environments range from Central Park and the American Museum of Natural History to a police office and hospital, all of them modeled like realistic places and most of them crawling with bloodthirsty mutant animals. Combat is different from traditional RPGs, as while you still take turns attacking and/or using parasite powers, you'll be able to run across the battlefield and dodge enemy fire or even strike from a better angle or behind. As Aya levels up she will gain access to parasite powers, such as healing or supercharging a bullet with energy. These powers will deplete a recharging energy bar, although the bar will recharge slower the longer combat drags on. Aya will find many guns of various types throughout the game, and every gun can be modified with extra stats, either with special items, or by breaking down another gun to move over its bonus stats or special effects. The same is true for armor Aya finds."
19194,The Adventures of Willy Beamish,"Les Aventures de Willy Beamish, The Adventures of Willy Beamish: What if you were nine again... knowing what you know now?",1991,7.2,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Willy Beamish is a kid who likes to goof off and have fun. Naturally, all the grown-ups get in the way by making him go to school, making him clean his room, etc. But now that's school's out for the summer, Willy is determined to have a good time and maybe even have his pet frog win the frog jumping contest. However Willy has a habit of getting into trouble, and naturally, that means it will be a challenge to get out of it. The Adventures of Willy Beamish is a point-and-click graphical adventure. You play Willy Beamish, an eight-year-old kid who is just trying to get through life without losing his lunch money. But he'll have to deal with parents, teachers, babysitters, and bratty sisters. The player must solve different puzzles to ensure Willy can progress, get out of trouble and generally avoid ending up grounded. The in-game time progresses even if no action is taken. This means many puzzles have to be solved in a certain time frame or rely on being in the right place at the right time. A special aspect of this game is the bar which shows Willy's relationship with his parents. It gets affected by the way certain situations are resolved, e.g. it increases if Willy refuses to play with his sister, and when it is full they send Willy to a military school and the game is lost. The GOG release of this game for Windows includes both Floppy and CD versions of the game. The main differences are that the CD version has updated graphics, features animations and animated character portraits instead of static images, enhanced audio, and full voice-acting whereas the Floppy version doesn't feature any voice-acting."
19195,Daytona USA Deluxe,Daytona USA Evolution,1996,6.6,Racing / Driving,,,"This is the sequel to the classic stock car racing game. This version features a new track, a CD soundtrack, and 8 player network play. You also have the choice between 8 different cars, each with its unique handling."
19199,Colony Wars: Vengeance,,1998,8.1,Simulation,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"After the first Colony Wars game, the Earth Empire was defeated... and the remnants of this regime sealed inside of the Sol System, cut off from the rest of the galaxy by some unknown technology. Within Sol, the Earth Empire civilization has fallen apart. Various tribes and factions, warring with one another have left the once great home system of humanity a wreck of salvage and waste from used up resources. One leader however, a Commander Kron, seeks to unite the warring clans under a banner of vengeance... and together find some way to break out from this solar prison. The game is space combat, done from a cockpit view. Different combinations of weapons can be equipped on your space fighter prior to launch. Missions take place in space as well as inside planet atmospheres. Various buttons cycle weapons, activate tractor beams, communicate responses and navigate your ship. In typical space combat fashion, you are equipped with 360 degrees of movement as well as thrust and braking options. The game does not feature realistic inertia and objects will gradually ""slow"" in space."
19207,Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom,BS Wizardry 5,1988,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"After L'Kbreth's Orb was used to bring peace back to the land of Llylgamyn, a new threat emerges in the region. Strange malevolent energies have been spotted beneath the Temple of Sages. These energies - called the ""Maelstrom"" by the local inhabitants - can be sealed by a person known as the Gatekeeper. Unfortunately, the latter has been imprisoned by a mysterious power or person only referred to as SORN. A party of brave adventurers seeks out the high priest G'bli Gedook, the guardian of L'Kbreth's Orb, who explains to them that they have to release the Gatekeeper and eventually vanquish the evil at its core. Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom returns to the gameplay concept of the first three installments of the series, abandoning the unusual premise of its predecessor As in the initial games, the gameplay consists of exploring a vast maze-like dungeon with a custom party created and outfitted in the game's only town. Though visually very similar to their predecessors, the game's dungeon is no longer limited to a square layout. Several tweaks have been applied to the gameplay system, including range rating for all weapons (allowing back row attacks), a more prominent role for the Thief class (who can now hide in shadows, backstab enemies, and open locks), etc. The game is more puzzle-oriented than the preceding entries, requiring the player to obtain a larger quantity of crucial items needed for its completion. It is the first installment in the series with friendly NPCs who can be encountered in the dungeon and interacted with by typing keywords. Also for the first time, the game allows - but does not require - importing characters from a previous scenario."
19209,"Army Men: ""Toys in Space""","Army Men: ""In Space""",1999,6.0,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"If you like the other Army Men games, then you'll like this one too. Similar gameplay with new weapons and an entire new race of plastic soldiers. Help Sarge and Tina Tomorrow save the Earth from alien invaders."
19212,The Guardian Legend,Legend of Goardic,1988,7.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the far future, Earth is a peaceful place with very few worries. To ensure it stays that way, a top secret project was authorized: the creation of the guardian suit. It's a suit of flight armor that allows the guardian to survive any environment. It's a good thing too, because a giant space station is spotted on a collision course with Earth. You take the role of the guardian. Your mission is to activate the station's self-destruct and destroy it before it collides with Earth. As you travel through the station NAJU, you'll find increased armor and better weapons to help you defeat waves of enemies. You'll battle through the station in a human form and also as a jet in certain areas. There's also a hidden mode that allows you to play the game in Arcade fashion - only autoscrolling overhead shooting levels, without the on-foot part. New weapons and upgrades are automatically awarded after each level depending on the player's total score. Dying resets the score to zero."
19214,Macadam Bumper,"Flipper (Macadam Bumper), Pinball Wizard",1985,6.4,Simulation,"Pinball, Platform",,"A single classical-style pinball table is provided in this simulation. A table editor is also provided — this allows you to choose a shape for the table and arrange the component parts as you wish. Up to four players can take it in turns, each with five balls in turn. Unusually, the default table has multiple flippers at the bottom of the table, as well as some located higher up. Use them to return a ball higher on table and to prevent it being lost at the bottom of the table. Hitting some valuable areas of the table gives you a bonus. Gain as many points as possible to rack up a high score."
19216,Terror of the Deep,,1987,6.7,"Action, Adventure",Shooter,,"In Victorian Scotland there have been sightings of meteorites falling over Loch Ness. Alien life-forms have been spotted coming out of the Loch at night and terrorising the locals and could even be putting The Loch Ness Monster in danger. Something must be done to stop the creatures so you have come across an old Scottish engineer who has designed and built a diving-bell type craft before his death. The diving bell is powered by Water and Seaweed to produce a electric current to power the bell. As the engineer was old and dying he asked you to pilot the craft and gave you brief instructions on how to use it before he died. You also have managed to get a surface ship to aid you by lowering you into the water, lifting you out and re-supplying you with spears and fuel. Before you dive you must indicate on a map of the Loch to the Captain where you need lowering to kill the alien life-forms. Once in the murky depths of the dark water you view your surrounding world from a 1st person perspective. You have four windows in front, behind, port side and starboard side which can be looked out but beware as the craft will only go forward. Below the windows is your instrument panel with many instruments on it to keep you alive and complete your mission. Your main gauge to watch out for is your Oxygen and when it gets low (a bell will also warn you) you can use a pump to keep it topped up. A fuel gauge will also let you know your fuel levels. You are able to move the craft by various devices and levers which enable you to move forward, turn left or right, and lower or raise the craft. A wheel used to turn yourself will also generate power for energy when used. To kill any alien life-forms you have a spear gun which has a limited supply of spears to use. You can fire the spears from any side of the craft as well as lower or raise the gun. If a life-form attaches itself to the craft you can also activate a electric field, they attach if you are stationary and will do damage to the craft. Your last defence is dropping bombs but if you don't operate the plunger when dropping the bombs and you don't get away from the area you will blow yourself up. If you run out of spears or low on fuel you can sound a klaxon to get the Captain above to send you more down. Once the supplies have reached the bottom you can use your magnet to pick them up. You are able to switch your lights on and off to save energy and your last instrument is a compass. Once you have searched a certain area you can go back up to the ship and search another part of the Loch."
19228,Moto Racer World Tour,Moto Racer World Tour: Pasión por las Motos,2000,7.2,Racing / Driving,Tricks / stunts,,"Moto Racer World Tour is the third part of the Moto Racer series for the PlayStation. The game offers you to race on 34 different bikes in both dirt and street bike category. Each bike's settings can be manually adjusted. The game features 18 real-life tracks. Besides normal races you can play a variety of different modes, such as obstacle course, drag race, freestyle race (where you have to perform tricks to score points) and Traffic Race (with normal traffic on the road). The game features two player multiplayer."
19231,Actua Golf 3,,1998,7.3,Sports,,,Actua Golf 3 is a golf simulation game featuring eight courses. You can completely customize your own character. With a new character you start with amateur tournaments until you have removed your handicap. Then you can participate in the pro tournaments. To hit the ball in this game the player will have to use his analogue stick and swing that much like a real club. The game features commentary by Peter Alliss and Alex Hay
19235,B-1 Nuclear Bomber,"B-1, B-1 Bomber Game, B-1 Nuclear Bomber Game, B1 Bomber Game",1978,5.9,Simulation,,,"In B-1 Nuclear Bomber you have to ""fly"" a B-1 bomber to it's destination, and destroy the target of the mission. You input text commands to control your bomber's altitude, course, radar, weapons, and so on. And, of course, the USSR will try to stop you from bombing their targets, with an arsenal of MiGs and SAMs, and they are dealt with by the use of electronic counter-measures, evasive actions, or by shooting them down. The game ends when it reaches a logical conclusion, either by deploying your bombs and getting far enough away, returning to base, or being destroyed. After this, you get a short summary, and an option to play again."
19236,Spot Goes to Hollywood,,1996,6.8,Action,,Fantasy,"The central character in this game is Spot, the little red mascot from the 7-Up TV commercials. Spot has somehow become trapped in a movie projector. As he jumps from film to film, he encounters many classic film genres that make up all the different levels of the game. The main levels are a pirate movie, an adventure movie and a horror movie, but there are also many other bonus films to unlock. The game is played from an isometric overview perspective. Spot has to collect five Hollywood stars per level to unlock hidden areas and ultimately complete the game 100%."
19237,Desert Falcon,,1987,4.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Egypt (Ancient),"Desert Falcon is an arcade style shooter. Many of the Pharaoh's great treasures are lost throughout the desert, and your goal is to steal as many as you can to earn points. The game features a scrolling, isometric point of view as you control your falcon through the various desert landscapes. The treasures you are after are guarded of course. Many desert creatures including vultures, warriors, flying fish, sphinxes and more will all attempt to stop you from succeeding in your task. Also, at the end of each level you will need to face a large, howling sphinx before you can continue on. Your falcon isn't completely unarmed, and has the ability to fire darts which can be used to destroy the assorted enemies and the sphinx. In the sand, you will occasionally come across some hieroglyphs. Several different superpowers can be gained by landing and hopping over three of these hieroglyphs. Depending on which hieroglyphs are collected, you may become invincible, warp to the end of the level, earn free points, trick enemies into attacking a decoy instead of you, or even get an air bomb which destroys all airborne enemies."
19239,Rolling Thunder 2,,1991,7.8,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"A follow-up to the original Rolling Thunder this is a ""shoot-the-bad-guys-and-save-the-world"" game. A terrorist group has taken out the world information flow and, as either a guy named Albert Ross or a woman named Leila, you must stop them. You can also get weapons that pack more of a punch than your ordinary hand gun. The original Arcade version of Rolling Thunder 2 supports two-player cooperative play. The Genesis conversion introduces several new stages with new enemies and bosses. The original stages have been tweaked to provide more cover points and bonus items; also two new weapons were added - a laser and a flamethrower. The storyline cutscenes between the stages were expanded. This version introduces a password system that allows the players to continue from any previously visited stage."
19241,Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere,,2000,7.2,Action,Shooter,,"In Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere the player takes the place of an ace fighter pilot who works for an organization called ""UPEO"" and has to accomplish various missions, e.g. taking out a special aircraft carrier or taking out enemy satellite systems in orbit around earth. The player can earn ratings from A to D: the higher the rating, the higher the chance that the player can acquire new kinds of planes. The game has many environments which range from normal aerial missions to stratospheric missions and even outer space missions. There is also an autopilot feature which can be used to land or reach a destination. This international version of Ace Combat 3 has revised the story into a completely linear one, removing the branching decisions and multiple endings or the original. This conversion process also took out most of the characters, news reel FMVs and some missions."
19244,Actua Ice Hockey,,1998,6.5,Sports,,,"Another sport was added to the Actua series in this license of the Ice Hockey component of the 1998 Winter Olympics. You can choose from any of the leading teams and attempt to lead them to glory, starting from the qualifiers, with friendly matches (surely a misnomer in the tough world of Ice Hockey) and a practice mode also on offer. Players are motion-captured, and the action can be viewed from multiple camera angles. Paul Ferguson provides a running commentary, and full replays are provided."
19252,Revs,,1986,7.5,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Revs can almost be thought of as a 'dry run' for Geoff Crammond's successful F1GP series. It's a simulation of Formula 3 racing cars, which many top Formula 1 drivers began in. Realistic physics are applied for perhaps the first time in a racing game. Brands Hatch and Silverstone are recreated in fairly minute detail. Graphics are similar in style to F1GP, but obviously much less sophisticated."
19257,Clifford the Big Red Dog: Thinking Adventures,"Clifford: Narozeninové dobrodružství, Clifford: la fête d'anniversaire, День рождения Клиффорда",2000,7.6,"Adventure, Educational","Arcade, Mini-games",,"Clifford the Big Red Dog: Thinking Adventures is centered around a character created by author Norman Bridwell and featured in his series of children's books about the Big Red Dog and his owner, Emily Elizabeth. After you sign in, pick a level, and choose four jewels for Clifford's collar, this point-and-click adventure takes you to Emily Elizabeth's room. Here you learn that it's about to be Clifford's birthday, and there are tasks to be completed before it's time for his party: taking Clifford to the groomer for bathing, cleaning up the yard, getting his birthday cake, and picking up a package from the Post Office. Outside, a bird lands on Clifford's nose, triggering a giant sneeze that scatters the four jewels all over the town - retrieving them is another task in the game. At the bottom right of the screen is a rolled-up map you can use to get around town, or you can travel by clicking on paths on the main screen with your yellow arrow cursor. Next to the map is Emily's backpack, which serves as your inventory. To the left of that you'll see place-holders for the four jewels you picked at the beginning of the game - as you collect them they will appear here. The largest spot on the bottom of the screen shows the tasks you need to complete, and in the left corner is a stop-sign icon used to quit the game. On the activity screens, you'll have two icons at the bottom - a button on the left to return to your game, and a question mark on the right if you need help. Additional help can be found in the game manual under Hints for Parents - basically a cheat-sheet listing the location of items needed to finish the game. Visually, this game is much like Clifford the Big Red Dog: Reading since the art in both games is patterned after the cartoon-style art of author Norman Bridwell but the gameplay is more that of an adventure game sprinkled with mini-games, as you have to collect items and use them to advance through the story. Thinking Adventures was written for pre-kindergarten children and covers such skills as logic and reasoning, problem-solving, color and shape recognition, spatial reasoning, classifying & sorting and following directions."
19259,Super Dragon Slayer,,1988,6.2,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Fantasy,"What does a brave magician do when the princess gets kidnapped? Well usually nothing since we have brave knights to save her, but not this time. The mighty dragon is holding a princess captive in his lair and our brave magician must rescue her by battling hordes of evil minions in 4 levels of this almost forgotten game. The gameplay is a classical side-scrolling shoot 'em up. The enemies come in pre-determined patterns and never attack you directly. They are just there for you to avoid or shoot at. Shooting enemies gives you points but also builds up your magic points. When you collect enough magic points you'll get a spell to cast. These spell are really useful and quite fun to use. There is a bomb spell that kills everything on the screen and ""frog"" spell that lets you jump a large holes. Some spells change depending on the level of the game you're playing. Speaking of holes, you must remember that in this game holes are your biggest enemies. Most of the time the trick is finding a right place to jump from. You only have one life, you can get a extra life when you kill enough enemies, but one wrong step and you're in the hole and you're dead. Extra life doesn't count for holes."
19260,Railroad Tycoon II,Tielu Daheng 2,1998,7.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Establish yourself as a mogul to be reckoned with as you work your way up the ranks of the railway industry in this strategy game. Expand your domain across continents and a changing global marketplace. Build the Transcontinental Railway or the Orient Express. Run Steam train through the jungles of Africa, or electric trains through the Swiss Alps. Run your competitors out of town on a rail. An 18 scenario campaign lets you re-create history's greatest railroading feats and failures. Your wealth can be built up with a sophisticated stock market with margin buying, short selling, and hostile takeovers."
19261,Tank: The M1A1 Abrams Battle Tank Simulation,,1989,7.2,Simulation,,"Cold War, Middle East","A 3D military tank simulation which looks like it uses a modified Falcon AT engine. Control up to 16 tanks, head to head option, command the company, platoon, or individual tank parts, three theatres of war, 15 different missions, real-time gameplay and night mode thermal imaging."
19266,LEGO Loco,,1998,6.8,Simulation,,,"In Lego Loco, you build and design a town with lego buildings, and then build railroads to transport the people. You can also build roads so people can use their cars. You get to choose where everything goes and you can also pick people up and move them around. Another feature is the ability to send postcards over the Internet to other players. You can play on your own or play multiplayer. The product comes with several pre-designed layouts and these, or the player's layouts can be used as animated screen savers."
19267,Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Quest,,1993,5.4,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Play as Belle from Disney's ""Beauty and the Beast"" and (loosely) follow the animated film's story. Jump and duck to ward off hindrances, which can come in forms of birds, rats, bats, etc. Also have the 'beauty' interact with her supporting characters as you lead her from her start as a village girl, to the final dance with her prince in the ball room."
19271,Warriors of Fate,Tenchi o Kurau II: Sekiheki no Tatakai,1992,7.5,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,"China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events","Warriors of Fate is a 2D side-scrolling beat 'em-up and sequel to Dynasty Wars taking place in ancient China. Akkila-orkhan the dark lord of Shang-Lo has decided to conquer the neighboring countries. The wise Kuan-Ti has summoned the five greatest warriors of the lands to stop this from happening. The five warriors to choose from are(international names) Portor, Kassar, Subutai, Abaka and old man Kadan. As you make progress you encounter numerous different enemies including spearman, archers, mace wielding soldiers, hand to hand fighters and bosses. Various weapons dropped by enemies can be picked up and used. Along the way health can be replenished by consuming food as well as mounting a horse. The game can be played solo or with up to two friends in the arcade version. The Saturn and PlayStation version allow two player to play."
19280,Manchester United Premier League Champions,,1994,7.4,"Action, Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"After Manchester United won the English League championship for the first time since 1967, it was no surprise that Krisalis re-used their existing license for a third licensed football game. Little did they know that the club was entering an unprecedented run of success that has continued well into the 2010s. The basic control system will be familiar to anyone who’s played a Kick Off game as it involves holding fire to trap the ball under your player’s foot, and releasing fire to pass, although the ball will be kicked onwards if it is moving fast when it comes to you. Other gameplay features include diving headers, variable pitch conditions, penalty shoot-outs and accurate deflections. 2500 players featured in the game all had a range of varied ability statistics, as well as different skin tones. As well as individual matches and custom-created tournaments (which have much the same range of features as Sensible Soccer plus full calculation of injury and suspension severities, including disciplinary points and differing injury lengths), you can play out a full season of matches for any club in England’s top 5 divisions – all domestic league and cup matches are included, with promotions and relegations taking place after each season. The Tacti-Grid editor allows for advanced match tactics to be configured and experimented with."
19282,Kageki,Ka•Ge•Ki: Fists of Steel,1988,5.4,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Ka•Ge•Ki is a slightly-angled 3rd person beat-'em-up set around underground fighting matches a la Pit-Fighter in which you must take down every member of a notorious biker gang. Each match begins with a showdown with several weaker henchmen and then moves on to next of the 9 gang members, who must be KO'd 3 times before moving on to the next round. The game allows you to move your character in any direction, provided he doesn't leave the confines of the arena, and allows you to attack via mostly a combination of button presses that also trigger dodges and parries depending on the button pressed. Graphics are 2D with a unique super-deformed design (stocky bodies with gigantic heads)."
19284,Last Battle,Hokuto no Ken: Shinseikimatsu Kyūseishu Densetsu,1989,5.1,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",Post-apocalyptic,"Last Battle is a side-scrolling beat-em-up game in which the player takes control of a martial artist named Aarzak who must single-handedly (and -footedly) defeat the lackeys of an evil fighter called Duke, and eventually stand against three generals who have kidnapped his girlfriend. The hero fights using punches and kicks, combining these moves with jumping and crouching. He also has a special power meter that refills over the time. When the power meter is full, Aarzak gains a boost that allows him to perform rapid attacks for the rest of the stage. Most of the levels are simple scrolling areas that the player needs to complete within a time limit. Some levels, however, are more maze-like, requiring the player to explore them in order to find the exit. Bosses await Aarzak at the end of most stages. He will also encounter allies who will increase his offensive or defensive strength, or replenish his health. The original Japanese version is based on the Fist of the North Star manga and anime; the protagonist is Kenshiro, the main hero of the series. All character names have been changed in the translated version, which also has reduced gore. However, the rest of the visuals, gameplay, and locations remain identical."
19288,Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado,Gold und Ruhm: Der Weg nach El Dorado,2000,6.8,Action,Platform,South America,"The GameBoy Color version of Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado is a side-scrolling platformer that follows the main events of the animated movie. Through many levels you control one of two main characters: Tulio or Miguel. They can walk, run, jump, climb, collect objects, and use cutlasses. In most levels you should proceed from one part of level to another collecting a certain number of items, sometimes significant ones such as parts of a map showing the way to El Dorado. Different opponents will try to prevent your progress, but they can be either avoided or eliminated. Different arcade sequences such as running away from a bull or riding a horse as well as several battles with bosses are present. Such encounters include fights with a cougar, Cortez himself, and also playing Indian basketball against the Indian champion."
19290,Moonsweeper,,1983,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Moonsweeper your goal is to rescue miners from the moons in Star Quadrant Jupiter. You begin your mission in space where you must avoid deadly aurora flares, photon torches, and space bullets from the sun in this quadrant. From time to time, you will see a moon pass by, and by flying near it you can descend to the surface. As you sweep along the surface, you will see stranded miners which need to be rescued by flying over them. Also on the moon's surface are various obstacles which must be avoided or destroyed, such as towers and lunar satellites as well as alien surface destroyers. Should you survive and rescue six miners (the maximum your ship can carry), then you may take off from the surface by using the accelerator rings. There are several different types of moons found in this quadrant, each with a different level of difficulty. To help out, your ship is equipped with photon torpedoes and shields (though you will lose points while using the shield)."
19291,Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars,"Commander Keen: ""Invasion of the Vorticons"" - Episode One: Marooned on Mars",1990,7.1,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Billy ""Commander Keen"" Blaze, an eight-year-old genius, has flown to Mars in his Bean-with-Bacon Megarocket built out of common household objects. But while Keen was exploring Mars, the alien Vorticons stole vital parts from his ship and hid them in the Martian cities. Now Keen must find the stolen parts if he wants to return to Earth. Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars is the first in a series of platform games. Your objective is to find the 4 missing parts to your ship. The game begins with a top-down map of Mars. This is the level select screen, where you can walk around and choose the next level you want to enter. On each level, you have to find the exit, and possibly grab a missing rocket part which may be on the level. Once you reach the exit, you're back on the map of Mars. The levels are typically full of enemy creatures. Most numerous are Yorps, which are mostly harmless, if annoying, but other creatures are a genuine danger. If Keen gets shot or touched, or falls into a pit or some hazardous object, he dies, and you're booted out of the level back to the map of Mars and lose one of the lives. Thankfully, Keen can defeat some of the enemies with his raygun. He can also find a pogo stick which allows him to jump very high. Other items to find include keycards that open locked doors and bonus items which give score (Keen gets an extra life if he collects enough score)."
19294,Airwolf,,1984,6.5,Action,Shooter,,"The game of the TV show is viewed from the side and puts you in command of an attack helicopter. Your task is to rescue 5 scientists from an underground lair by destroying its layer of protection and then getting to the core. Moving onto a screen at a time you must shoot out anything and everything in your path, including lots of regenerating static targets. Realistic gravity takes effect, so you can't simply hover in a set position."
19297,Pandora,,1988,6.6,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The generation ship Pandora has been set to infect the Earth with a nasty spore of deadly flowers. You have to stop this ship with the help of all the people on board that are still alive. The only person that can stop the ship is you. When you arrive, you have to get ID from the entry officer, or else you get frazzled by a roof lazer. The time limit to destroy this ship before it begins infesting the Earth with spores is 999 seconds."
19298,Bop'N Wrestle,"Rock 'N' Lucha, Rock'N Wrestle",1985,6.4,Sports,,,"The company behind Way of the Exploding Fist and Fighting Warrior also tried its hand at wrestling, with this game claiming to be the first 3D combat sports game, in which you can avoid the opponent by moving up or down the screen as well as left or right. Like any fighting game worth its salt, the game can be played with one or two players. In one-player mode there are 10 opponents to take on in sequence. The moves on offer include almost everything you'd find in real wrestling (and I don't mean WWE) - piledrivers, arm twists, body slams and turnbuckle flies, all of which are fully animated. The whole experience includes detailed multi-colour graphics and a full rock soundtrack."
19299,Boppin',,1992,6.7,Puzzle,Platform,Fantasy,"A group of do gooders, set on making the video game galaxy pure of evil, entrap all the villains of video games in picture patterns and it's up to the Boppin brothers to save them by matching all the pictures together, and destroying the blocks."
19305,Fighter's History,Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Fighter's History,1993,6.4,Action,Fighting,,"Fighter's History is a traditional 2D fighter along the lines of the Street Fighter series The player can choose between 9 different characters to play as: Ray, Feilin, Ryoko, Matlok, Samchay, Lee, Mizoguchi, Jean and Marstorius. Two hidden characters, Clown and Karnov, the bosses of the game, are also playable. Each of the fighters have a number of unique moves, once again, fashioned in the image of Street Fighter II There are three different gameplay modes are available. CPU Battle is the traditional arcade mode, where the player select a character and try to complete the game by beating all of the other fighters. In survival mode, the player select a team of five characters to go up against another team. And finally versus mode, where the player can go up against his friends."
19308,RC Revenge Pro,,2000,6.1,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"In RC Revenge Pro, the player can compete in races with radio controlled vehicles. There are championship, single race and split-screen modes. The game features more than 30 different and crazy vehicles from sports cars to trucks, jeeps and more. There are also more than 20 tracks, set in the jungle, a haunted mansion, a space station, a post-apocalyptic world of mutants, a cartoon world and a pirate island. Every scenario has 4 tracks and is very unique in graphics and music. There is also a track builder mode, where players can create their own race tracks with simple street blocks. Each car is also available in a boat version, because many tracks contain water sections. There are also many crazy pickup weapons which let the player occasionally win a race he is expected to lose."
19312,Card Sharks,,1988,7.1,Strategy / tactics,Cards / tiles,,"Card Shark is a a game about playing cards where the player can select from three different games: poker, hearts and blackjack. Poker is additionally divided into five card draw poker, seven stud poker and hold'em poker. He can play as up to three players from six available opponents featuring such characters as Michail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan and Margret Thatcher. The aim is simple: the players start with a set amount of money each and the one who takes all the opponent's money wins."
19313,Capitalism Plus,"Capitalism Plus: Die definitive Simulation der realen Wirtschaftswelt, Capitalism Plus: La reference en matiere de simulation economique et financiere",1997,7.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Enhanced version of ""Capitalism"". Build your personal business empire. In order to do so you can control the whole production chain of your goods (raw materials, semi-products, retail), or you can choose to concentrate on special sectors (e.g. only mining ores or only selling hi-tech products, etc). New features in this game are:"
19322,Intensity,,1988,7.0,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The plot of Intensity deals with the space station Canis Major which was overrun by aliens. There is no chance to defeat them by force and therefore the station has to be evacuated. This noble task falls to the player who controls a skimmer. It is basically used to fly over the one-screen levels and mark the place the drone, a rescue ship, should land. There are various openings in each level and from time to time astronauts come out of those - of course the drone should be nearby then. After collecting a certain amount of astronauts the exit opens, but the player may choose to spend more time collecting to earn additional money (but this also leads to a more difficult level afterwards). Between levels it can be used to buy additional drones and skimmers; both available in three variants: pricier ones can take more hits. Better skimmers additionally fly higher, meaning some obstacles don't have to be circumvented. The enemies are aliens which are walking over the levels. At first they are no threat, but they can mutate into one of two forms. Stalkers have the ability to transform astronauts into suicide bombers; trackers go directly after the skimmer. A crash between skimmer and drone is always deadly."
19323,The Chessmaster,Sega Chess,1989,7.6,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"The Chessmaster is a game where the player has the chance to play against the CPU controlled Chessmaster at a standard game of chess. To play the game, the player must pick up the chess pieces with their hand cursor and place it in the desired location, within the rules of a standard chess game. There are 16 different difficulty levels, including 2 beginner levels, 13 standard levels (ranging from an average of 5 seconds to 4.5 minutes per shot depending on level), and an infinite level that will keep thinking of a shot until a perfect shot can be made or it is forced to make a move. There is also a teaching mode that shows the player all the possible moves with the selected piece. Two players can play against each other with two controllers and there is also an option for letting the Chessmaster play against itself."
19333,GP 500,"GP 500: La Simulation Officielle du Championnat  du Monde de Vitesse, GP 500: The Official FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix Race Simulator",1999,7.7,Racing / Driving,,Oceania,"This game follows the 98 Championship of the World of GP motorbike racing with 500cc bikes raced by the likes of Michael Doohan, Max Biaggi, Alex Creville. GP500 gives you a choice of the 14 circuits raced in 1998, the real riders and 6 different bikes (the V2s and V4s, and the Modenas KR3 V3). Kenny Roberts Jr. tested the bikes' physics models, so they are very accurate to drive, making GP 500 an accurate simulation not suitable for beginners."
19336,The Star Wars Trilogy,,1989,8.0,Compilation,,,"As the title indicates, this compilation contains three Star Wars games:"
19337,Sega GT,Sega GT: Homologation Special,2000,6.7,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"With a nod towards GT2, Sega tosses in their entry in the race-career-category, meaning that this game is all about racing. Racing to win competitions, cars, money and other prizes (such as licenses for bigger cars), buying new cars to race in, upgrading cars to race in and gaining licenses to race with. It features realistic controls, graphic and physics, and spans over career, multiplayer or arcade modes, and hundreds of cars to boot."
19353,International Championship Athletics,,1991,4.9,Sports,,,"International Championship Athletics is a one player multi-sports game based on certain track and field events. After choosing your country, you play the events in a set order. you can practice each event before competing in it. The events are: The joystick is used to control all the events and depending on which event it is you have to waggle the joystick, press the fire button and use energy, power and angle bars to succeed in each event. The game has various views including side view scrolling, side view on one screen and a top down view."
19357,Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer,"MicroProse Soccer, Microprose Pro Soccer",1988,7.5,Sports,,,"Arcade-style soccer game. It has two different parts: Indoor and Outdoor. The Outdoor game is the normal European soccer. You may play single matches, league or tournament (world championships). Optional features are: weather effects, replays, customizable game length. Some quite funny movements and shots are available (e.g. banana flanks). The Indoor game has US soccer teams (?fictional?) and plays on a much smaller field. It has different rules compared to outdoor soccer. You can play single matches, league and All Star tournament. The same movements and shots can be made, sometimes with even funnier effects (e.g. banana shot bouncing of the wall and into the goal)."
19358,Prison,,1989,6.8,Action,"Action RPG, Puzzle elements",Post-apocalyptic,"You are a innocent man, who is banished to a planet for a crime you didn´t commit. The planet has been devastated by a nuclear war and is used as a galactic prison. There are rumors about a spaceship that crashed on the planet and you have to search for 8 parts of the missing escape pod in order to escape. The game is a action-adventure with multiple interactions. You have to talk to their characters to solve puzzles, as well as fight aliens and robots."
19363,V-Ball: Beach Volley Heroes,,1998,6.5,Sports,Arcade,,"V-Ball: Beach Volley Heroes is the sequel to the NES game Super Spike V'Ball an arcade game that deals with beach volleyball in a very special way. There are several teams you can choose from, such as Soldiers, Ninjas, Soccer players and so on, and each of them has got its own moves and special effects. There are commands for both heavy shots and for light ones, making you choose the strength to hit and throw the ball. There are no power bars and once hit, the ball flies to the opposing side automatically. The special moves can be triggered whenever you push certain button combinations (triangle and circle, circle and cross, etc) at the right moment. If it is a defense move, for instance, you must do it in response to others attacks. There is a Tournament mode, which is the main solo entertainment (although you can also play single matches vs the AI), but this game is clearly designed around player-vs-player mode, for arcade matches against human opponents."
19364,Eliminator,,1998,5.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Essential a basic shoot-em-up game, Eliminator puts you in control of experimental hovering craft, running the gauntlet of various courses, dodging obstacles and blowing up opponents in an attempt to reach the end before an on-board bomb blows you up and out the game. As you progress through the game you gain the standard options of upgrades and the courses become trickier to navigate."
19368,Battletoads,,1994,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Arcade version of Battletoads is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up game. Once again the battletoads Zitz, Pimple and Rash set out to stop the Dark Queen from dominating the galaxy. Unlike other installments in Battletoads series this game is almost purely beat-'em-up action (with only one shoot-'em-up level and one vertical descent level similar to Stage 2 of the original Battletoads ). Up to three players can play at once choosing their favorite toad, each with it's own unique attacks and finishing moves. The game is considerably darker in tone than its predecessors, featuring violence and gore."
19372,Tetris & Dr. Mario,,1994,7.8,"Action, Compilation, Puzzle","Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle",,"Two of the most popular puzzle games return, but now together in an exclusive compilation for SNES. The games have a slight graphical update when compared with the original Game Boy and NES games, but the gameplay remains totally faithful to the games released for both platforms. In Tetris the main objective is to pile blocks that will fall down continuously, in order to create a row or ""line"" without spaces. For this collection, the game comes with two bonus options: 2 PLAYER GAME (absent in the NES version) and VS. COM (absent in both versions), with 3 CPU opponents available, each one representing a difficulty level (EASY, MEDIUM, and HARD, respectively). In Dr. Mario the objective is to eliminate all the viruses contained in a big bottle. Dr. Mario (situated in the upper-right side of the screen) will throw capsules with 6 different color combinations (Red-Red, Red-Blue, Yellow-Yellow, Red-Yellow, Blue-Blue and Blue-Yellow) in order to line up at least four viruses or capsules of the same color horizontally or vertically and to make them disappear. In this compilation, the game comes with a bonus option: VS. COM, where you'll face the CPU players: Blue Virus (EASY), Yellow Virus (MEDIUM), and Red Virus (HARD). For competitive players in both games, there is Mixed Match, where you and a friend can play Tetris and Dr. Mario like a tournament! Adjust the handicap levels, play time, music, and other settings to balance your different skills. The game order is: TETRIS B-TYPE (clear a certain amount of lines), DR. MARIO (disinfect a predetermined number of viruses) and TETRIS A-TYPE (clear lines until the time expires). At the end of the time limit, the player with the highest score is the winner."
19375,Jawbreaker,,1982,7.0,Action,Arcade,,"Unlike the Apple II and Atari 8-bit versions the Atari 2600 version of Jawbreaker is not a Pac-Man clone. Instead, you have a screen with nine horizontal levels. There are dots, candies, if you will, on each level. You must eat all the candies to get a teeth brushing and advance to the next, harder, level. Also on the levels are happy faces. They are happy to knock your teeth out, which they will do if you touch them. This will lose you a life. When all lives are lost, the game is over. Three times per level, a vitamin pill will appear in the center of the screen. If you eat this, the faces will turn red, allowing you to eat them for a short time. The faces will flash red and white, briefly, before returning to normal, as a warning. To move from level to level, there are moving openings on the levels or you can move to the far left or far right of the screen."
19379,Water Polo,,1987,6.5,Sports,,,"Water Polo is based on the team water sport. It has four modes: Demo, 1-player, 2-player, and Championship. The game presents a playing field in a 3-D style with the goals to the left and right sides. The game scrolls across the play field with the ball as the play field is about two screens wide. Each team has 6 players as in a real game of water polo. The player controls whichever player has or is closest to the ball."
19389,Armalyte: The Final Run,,1991,6.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the infamous Delta sector of space, the evil aliens of the Aalan Empire have invaded four peaceful planets. The people of Earth, fearing to be next, send a preemptive strike: Armalyte Force. Naturally, they run into a trap, and only a single ship survives. Our hero now has to free the four occupied planets and then strike at the Aalan homeworld. Armalyte: The Final Run like its C64 namesake is a traditional side-scrolling shoot'em up heavily inspired by R-Type giving the player's spaceship the task of traversing five levels. The starting setup is a simple forward-facing shot as well as a power shot that must be charged by holding on to the fire button. Upgrades are a forward-facing three-way, a vertical two-way, or the addition of a single backwards shot (only one of the three at a time). Also available are pods that attach to the ship and fire a forwards laser, and, only in the final level, self-homing missiles. The levels not only feature many enemy formations, but also environmental hazards, like drops of acid or falling stalactites. On one occasion, the scrolling speeds up, making the level a hazard course. Each stage ends with the customary end boss."
19397,Contra Hard Corps,"Contra: The Hard Corps, Probotector",1994,8.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"When there's a hideous alien race, mad terrorist army, or just some general madman scumball to be eliminated, there's only one team to do the job: the Hard Corps. Now some madman military commander has stolen an alien cell; a remainder of the Alien Wars. He plans on using the cell to resurrect and clone Red Falcon, the most dangerous alien ever to exist! If he wins, the world as we know it is history! The Hard Corps must stop his plans from being set into motion and destroy that alien cell before the Earth is destroyed!"
19398,Land der Hoffnung,,1999,5.7,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"In Land der Hoffnung (Land of Hope), you are the leader of the small country Breehn, which is in a bad trap - the number of inhabitants is increasing rapidly, but there's no more room for them to live. So you need another place to live. A wealthy place, a place with room to settle down, with large forests and much green land for your cattle. And you eventually find this land! So you gather your trusted council members around you and begin to lead your people to this fabulous land. But you didn't know that others wanted that too... Land der Hoffnung has 40 missions, each with increasing difficulty. It features 40 different buildings, each of them training different units (25 in total). The game is not about war (in some missions, you even fail if you attack an opponent). In short, Land der Hoffnung is a typical Settlers clone."
19405,Disney's TaleSpin,TaleSpin,1991,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Based on the Disney cartoon Talespin. Baloo's airline cargo company, Higher for Hire, makes deliveries all around the world. The air pirates, lead by the daring Don Karnage, have increased their attacks against air travel. In order to foil the plans of the pirates, Baloo trades in his normal plane for a ""Mini Sea Duck"", designed to fly more maneuverably. To get his cargo delivered on time, Baloo must fly over many dangerous areas, and also pick up any cargo stolen or scattered by the air pirates. Eventually, the fortress of the air pirates themselves must be destroyed for air travel to remain safe and profitable. Talespin is a side-scrolling shooter, moving left to right across the screen. The Mini-Seaduck can fire projectiles and switch direction, flying right-to-left while upside-down. The money you make from recovery of these cargo items can be used to purchase upgrades at the end of each level from Wildcat, the mechanic. Many strange boss creatures and devices will guard the final areas of most levels."
19407,Link: The Faces of Evil,"Link: De Gezichten van het Kwaad, Link: Die Fratzen des Bösen, Link: The Faces of Evil - A New Interactive Animated Adventure",1993,4.8,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform",Fantasy,"This is one of three Zelda-based games released for the CD-i. Ganon and his cronies have seized the island of Koridai and kidnapped Princess Zelda. Link must fight through Ganon's minions to defeat the Faces of Evil, one at a time. He must also destroy Ganon, free Zelda, and bring peace back to Koridai. This is a side-scrolling platform game with animated cut scenes like Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon"
19416,Extreme Tactics,,1997,5.6,Strategy / tactics,,,Extreme Tactics is a real-time strategy wargame that allows you to design your own war machines and then send them into battle.
19417,Flip-it & Magnose: Water Carriers from Mars,,1990,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Flip-it & Magnose, the title characters of this action game with strong puzzle elements, live on Mars. Unfortunately the planet has not exactly the biggest water resources of the universe and so they are sent to Earth to get some. In the vertically scrolling platform levels the player has to solve puzzles by collecting objects and using them at the right place respectively giving them to the right people. However, the water is not given directly, but there is a water drop which has to be caught by using the water catcher object. The goal of each level is to collect a certain amount of water within the time limit. The player character can't die, but loses fruit when he falls too much of a distance. Fruit can be collected when wandering through the levels and are used between the six levels to buy traps which have different effects (and of course different prices), e.g. wasting a bit of time or reversing the controls. This is useful because the two Martians don't work together and try to beat each other's water score. There are also other items to collect which are not directly related to puzzle solving, like a spring for long jumps and objects which help against special hazards in the level. Collecting pills is a bit of a gamble because they can either add or subtract points on the water or fruit counter. The game uses a split-screen; one half for each Martian. In two-player games, the second Martian is controlled by player two."
19419,Magical Tarurūto-kun,,1992,6.7,Action,Platform,,"Based on a popular manga comedy published in Shonen Jump, Magical Taruruuto-kun is about a boy named Edojou Honmaru who is constantly being bullied at school until he calls the titular hero Taruruuto from another world to help him. It is a cutesy platform game that plays similarly to most other games of its genre. There are many hazards to jump over and end of level boss fights, Taruruuto can hit enemies with his wand or pick up items and throw them."
19425,Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday,As Férias Assombradas do Gaguinho,1995,6.4,Action,Platform,,"Porky Pig ventures to Dry Gultch Haunted Theme Park and while staying there, falls asleep. He dreams up a nightmare, staring all sorts of fiendish foes including a very annoying Daffy Duck of various sorts. Venturing through ghostly mansions, haunted woods and a strange otherworld that plays the music from Terry Gilliam's Brazil!"
19431,Xena: Warrior Princess,Xena: Princesse Guerriere,1999,6.8,Action,,Fantasy,"Xena: Warrior Princess is an action game based on the TV series of the same name. As Xena, the Warrior Princess, the player has to stop the evil sorceress Kalabrax, who seeks world domination which she could gain by sacrificing Xena's friend, the mortal queen Gabrielle. Xena must make her way through many large levels, hacking, kicking, slashing, and cutting everything that gets in her way. Items can be found and upgraded as she proceeds through the levels. Apart from a variety of moves, the game also features little gimmicks such as a ""Karma Meter"", which gives Xena benefits if she saves hostages or defeats enemies without killing them."
19438,Command: Aces of the Deep,Asse der Tiefe,1995,8.0,Compilation,,,"The Windows version of Aces of the Deep is an enhanced port that has new textures, runs on higher SVGA resolution, adds a voice command functionality, adds voice acting in English and German and adds an option to fire the deck gun manually. The Mediterranean missions from the Expansion Disk are included."
19439,Blood Bath at Red Falls,Fight Machine,1995,6.1,Action,Shooter,,"A bunch of prisoners have escaped from a prison bus and you, as the Sheriff's deputy, must take them out. Unfortunately, they have had help in escaping, and have been supplied with guns. Blood Bath at Red Falls is a shooting gallery game where the enemies are digitized actors who pop up from behind cover on the different screens. You can shoot for other items including ammo, a better gun, extra hits and lives. Be careful not to shoot innocent hostages who might get in the way. There are three difficulty levels: Easy, Bring it on, and Bad Ass."
19440,Bomberman,Dyna Blaster,1990,7.9,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The black spaceman kidnapped Bomberman's beloved and brought her to his chambers in the castle, far beyond his reach, over the rivers, forest and mountains. Bomberman's job is to save her, battling the sea of the enemies, with only bombs at his disposal. The range of Bomberman's bomb explosions can be upgraded with time, but if he dies, the range resets back to the minimum range and Bomberman loses his previous skills. Some updates can make Bomberman walk through the walls, increase his speed, and give him some other assets to aid him in his quest to save the woman he loves. This top-down action-arcade game consists of nine levels per stage, each tougher than the other, and each final one consisting of the boss that will have to be dealt with. Bomberman can move horizontally and vertically and lay down bombs behind him, thus evaporating the enemies, but beware: Bomberman can block himself with his own bomb, and thus become a victim of his own bomb."
19449,Bloody Wolf,"Battle Rangers, Narazumono Sentou Butai Bloody Wolf",1988,7.1,Action,Shooter,,"Snake and Eagle, two commandos of the Bloody Wolf special forces, receive instructions from their commander to destroy the enemy's heavily armed base to rescue the President and any allies who have been reported as MIA. This top-down run and gun shooter takes a nod to Contra-style gameplay, allowing the mercenaries to blast their way through eight levels of enemy opposition armed with only a knife and a machine gun. Along the way, new weapons such as shotguns, bazookas, flash bombs, and grenades can be added to the arsenal, as well as health and defensive power-ups. Players can even find a motorcycle to ride in some areas, or swim through certain parts of a level."
19450,Jupiter's Masterdrive,,1990,6.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Jupiter and its moons are colonized, and are an ideal setting for motor racing. 3 lap races featuring 3 cars each take place, viewed from above. Weapons which can throw a car off course are commonplace, as are short cuts and speed-boosting pads (which do not always follow a conventional racing line). As well as the races, there are timed money-collecting bonus duels on enclosed circuits. You are one of the competitors, either in single races or a full season. Money is won for results, and collected as it lies on track. This can be spent on improvements such as engine and armor upgrades, as well as more powerful races."
19453,Rygar,"Arcade Archives: Argos no Senshi, Arcade Archives: Rygar, Argos no Senshi, Legendary Warrior, Rygar: Let's Fight!!!, Video Game Anthology Vol. 9: Argos no Senshi",1986,6.5,Action,,Fantasy,"An evil being known as Ligar is about to conquer the land of Argool. Such is his power that no living creature dares to cross paths with him. But the legendary warrior Rygar rises from his grave to restore peace and justice. Armed with his famed weapon Diskarmor, Rygar begins to traverse the vast lands that lead to the lair of the demon, as his minions are trying in vain to stop him... Originally released on the arcades, Rygar is a side-scrolling action game. The player controls the titular hero, advancing through stages populated by hostile creatures. Beside the Diskarmor, a weapon that looks like a shield with a chain attached to it, the hero can use a variety of other weapons, including projectiles that can be fired in four directions. Various ""powers"" are scattered through the levels and can be collected. The effects of these powers include increasing the fire power of the equipped weapon, adding time to the clock, temporary invisibility, extra points, etc."
19456,The Spy Who Loved Me,"007: The Spy Who Loved Me, Der Spion, Der Mich Liebte, James Bond 007: Rakastettuni, La Espia Que Me Amo",1990,6.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,"You are James Bond and with your sidekick Agent XXX who's name is Anya Amasova must stop Karl Stromberg. You must use your skills to end Karl Stromberg's goal of world domination and start a war between east and west. Gameplay-wise it is similar to Live and Let Die except you control your famous Lotus Espirit that can turn into things like a boat and submarine. Your Lotus Espirit is equipped with the usual gadgetry such as a Laser, Missiles, and many other things."
19460,Jill of the Jungle,,1992,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Jill of the Jungle is the first episode of a shareware series. It is a platform game where the player takes the role of the titular character: an Amazon woman who takes the untypical role of monster-slaying, leather-wearing feminist warrior. Jill's most distinguishing ability is morphing into various creatures, such as a bird, a fish, and others, which allow her to explore specific areas. Levels often feature platform structures that must be navigated precisely, as well as keys that must be found in order to advance. There are no boss battles in the game. The game can be saved anywhere."
19472,Professional Tennis Simulator,"Pro-Tennis Simulator, Simulador Profesional de Tenis",1990,6.1,Sports,,,"In this game you will have the possibility to play seven different championships, including the four Grand Slams, so, depending on the competition, you will play on clay, grass or synthetic surface while facing someone of the 11 best ATP players. You also will have the option to train with another player, the computer or using the ball-launcher machine. With the serve training and choosing equipment and surface, you will also improve your game on all the possible conditions. If this game is called a simulator it's because your shots will be different depending on the net distance, the effect and direction of the ball in serve will be defined by you, and you will have total control of the ball direction, shot power and shot style on the moment of the impact (according to the pressed keys). You will also be able to access game stats on every moment, and finally, you will have the possibility of choosing racket and slippers (all of them adapted for every situation)."
19478,Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports Challenge,Tiny Toon Adventures: Wild & Wacky Sports,1994,6.5,Sports,Arcade,,"Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports Challenge has the player take control of either Buster Bunny, Babs Bunny, Dizzy Devil, or Plucky Duck in a variety of Olympic-type events: ice cream throw, weightlifting, saucer throw, obstacle course, a flying contest called the birdman contest among more. There are four difficulty settings to choose from (Easy, Normal, Hard and Super) each unlockable through passwords which are represented by Tiny Toons characters. Players can utilize the multitap, which allows four human opponents to face off against each other. The game also features graphics and animations from the TV show, but does not feature any voice overs from the characters."
19479,PGA Tour 97,,1996,6.9,Sports,,,"This golf game is another entry in the Electronic Arts PGA Tour Golf series Players can choose to play as one of fourteen professional golfers such as Fuzzy Zoeller and Jim Gallagher Jr. or choose to create their own golfer by giving them a name and choosing what their golfer looks like from the few portraits that are available. Players are then able to select what type of game mode they want to play. Game modes include letting the player practice a round of golf, compete in a tournament, have a shoot-out, or compete in a Skins game. The game features two 18 hole golf courses to play at. Both platform versions of this game include the Sawgrass golf course, with each also including a unique golf course of their own. The Playstation version includes the Spanish Bay links, while the Saturn version includes the Spyglass Hill course. When on the course, player select what club they want to use. They also can set the angle, pitch and backspin of the ball before taking a swing. They then have to aim where they want their shot to go. When shooting, players have to contend with the ""Target Arc"" power bar interface which effects the velocity and accuracy of each shot. This meter also factors the players risk in their shot by determining the degree of difficulty it would be to make the shot. Bold shots get rewarded while risky shots are not. The game also features TV style commentary and several different camera angles, including a picture in picture view."
19482,The Bard's Tale Trilogy,The Bard's Tale Trilogy Pak,1989,7.6,Compilation,,,This compilation contains:
19486,Trip World,,1992,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Thanks to the Maita Flower, Trip World is at peace. It is being protected by an old Shabubu, a member of a race of bunny-like beings. The flower grows on the holy mountain known as Mount Dubious. However, one day the old Shabubu is attacked and the Maita Flower is stolen. Trip World becomes disarranged and its inhabitants don't stop quarreling with each other. But there is one hope in the form of the old Shabubu's grandson, Yacopu (also spelled Yakopoo). The player controls Yacopu through five stages in this side-scrolling platformer. The young Shabubu's trademark ability is to shapeshift into different forms. In his normal form, he is able to walk and jump as well as to kick enemies, Yacopu's primary way of attacking. Unlike in many other platformers, many of the enemies don't harm you on contact and push your character around instead. However, certain foes might attack you after you damaged them, while others do so from the beginning. At almost any time, the player can change to the flying or fish form. Flying Yacopu is able to reach places he wouldn't otherwise be able to, while the fishy hero is best suited for underwater areas. You also come across power-ups that temporarily give your character new powers, such as stunning enemies with seeds, bouncing around as a ball, or attacking with an extended tail. Beneath the mountain, settings in the game include a jungle, the ocean, and a castle. In each stages, you have to defeat a boss at the end. Eventually, you will encounter the one who stole the Maita Flower. The flower must be retrieved in order to save peace in Trip World."
19491,Math Rescue,,1992,6.8,"Action, Educational",Platform,Fantasy,"Sort of a sequel to Word Rescue the mean bad aliens (I think they were aliens) Gruzzles are at it again, this time stealing the numbers of the world. An educational/side-scroller game, Math Rescue has very little gameplay differences with its predecessor, save for the fact that you now solve mathematical puzzles."
19497,Killing Time,"Tozasarata Tachi, Tozasareta Yakata",1995,7.2,Action,Shooter,,"Tess Conway was a wealthy heiress to an estate located on Matinicus Island in the state of Maine. She financed an expedition to locate the Water-Clock of Thoth, an ancient Egyptian artifact that was eventually discovered by the Egyptologist, Dr. Hargrove. However, during the night of the summer solstice in 1932, Tess attempted to use the artifact and mysteriously vanished as a result. Many years later, a former student of Dr. Hargrove arrives on the island, only to discover that it has been overrun by horrifying creatures. He must explore the estate and its surroundings, and find out what really happened on that fateful night. Killing Time is a 3D first-person shooter differing in several ways from the traditional template of Doom Rather than being divided into successive levels, the game's world is fairly open, allowing the player to explore locations in a different order as well as backtrack to previously visited areas. The game's arsenal includes, besides various guns and Molotov cocktails, unique weapons such as an Ankh that damages multiple enemies at once. Various setpieces may involve sudden attacks by large amounts of enemies, traps, etc. The player character is able to jump, strafe, and crouch and those actions are required in certain places. The spirits of Tess and her guests appear occasionally and bring the story of that night to light, helping the player to find keys, unlock doorways, locate secret passages, and solve puzzles."
19500,Endorfun,,1995,5.9,"Action, Puzzle",,Fantasy,"In this puzzle game players must move what is known as the light-bodied cube to pick life forces and progress to the next level. However it is not as easy as it sounds, as other squares on the board can light up, making it harder to move the cube around. On certain levels there also is a time limit and if the required number of life forces are not collected, it's game over."
19501,Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine,,1994,5.5,Action,Rail shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Loadstar is a rail-shooter concerned with shooting enemies while navigating your ship, much like Sewer Shark You're actually on rails in this game, as you travel in a truck/train called Loadstar along a magnetic rail network covering the moon. Shifting the cursor to the edge of the screen changes to a different track when available, with incorrect turns either killing you instantly or moving you off-course from the level end. Direction indicators and distant landmarks help keep you driving in the right direction, while accidents, track closures, and robot cops work to keep you from it. Your weapons ""tag"" enemies and force them to explode, or can tag incoming shots and deflect them with a separate shield button. Gameplay is broken into three levels as you race from one destination to another to escape with your cargo. The game features sophisticated full-motion video cutscenes breaking up the levels and providing the story. Barry Primus and Ned Beatty star."
19502,Prehistorik,,1991,7.1,Action,Platform,Prehistoric,"Prehistorik is a side-view platform game with a superficial similarity to Chuck Rock You control a neanderthal who must march through hostile pre-historic environments seeking food and keeping himself safe. Some food can be found in caves, but it mainly exists in living animal forms. These include fire-breathing Pyro-Tax dragons, the Turtosaurus, and the Bad Bat. Each of these must be clubbed to death, some taking up to 5 hits, and then walked over. Some other enemies are indestructible, with the monkeys who throw coconuts at you particularly fiendish. You will have to complete the level within the time limit, and avoid contact with these foes. However, bombs and improved weapons can be collected, as can extra lives, time bonuses and an improved jump."
19512,Gran Turismo 2,Gran Turismo 2: The Real Driving Simulator,1999,8.4,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Gran Turismo 2 is the second game in the Gran Turismo series of racing games exclusively for the PlayStation. The racing game features 20 tracks and over 400 vehicles, an arcade mode and a simulation mode, and also supports two-player split screen racing. It's the first GT game to feature rally racing (even though it's like a time trial)."
19516,Looney Tunes: Marvin Strikes Back!,"La Revanche des Martiens!, Looney Tunes Collector: De Wraak van Mars!, Looney Tunes Collector: L'Attacco dei Marziani!, Looney Tunes Collector: La Revanche des Martiens!, Looney Tunes Collector: Martian Revenge!, Looney Tunes Collector: Rache Vom Mars!, Looney Tunes Collector: ¡Venganza Marciana!, Looney Tunes: Marvin Contra-Ataca!, ¡Venganza Marciana!",2000,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Looney Tunes: Marvin Strikes Back! is the sequel to Looney Tunes Collector: Alert! This time you play as Marvin the Martian. After his defeat in the previous game he sees a video from Daffy Duck claiming he was the one who defeated Marvin. This ticks Marvin off and he goes back to Earth again to take revenge on Daffy. Marvin can only walk and shoot, so he has to rely much more on the other characters to help him (for example to fit through small holes or jump over pits). This time there are 45 Looney Tunes characters to collect and play with. These can again be traded and won in two-player mode. The game is compatible with the previous game, so you can bring characters from the first into the second game."
19532,Swedish Touring Car Championship,"STCC, Tourenwagen Simulator, Touring Car Racing Championship: STCC",1999,7.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Touring car racing game based on the Swedish Touring Car Championships. Features official STCC drivers, cars and race circuits. Game modes included are complete championship with test training, qualifying races, Shoot Out and championship races as well as individual races against computer cars or multiplayer over internet or network."
19536,Asghan: The Dragon Slayer,"Asghan der Drachentöter, Asghan: O Exterminador de Dragões",1998,6.3,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Asghan, a young warrior, swore to avenge his father's death. For this, he travels to a dangerous land of dragons, and his objective is to get rid of all the monsters populating the land. Asghan: The Dragon Slayer is an action-adventure in the style of Tomb Raider with a jump-&-run flavor (climbing, crawling and jumping) and slight RPG elements (medieval fantasy setting, using magic, finding money and other objects on the bodies of defeated enemies). The game is 3D with many different camera-movement options (although not 360 degree freedom) and is mostly controlled by the keyboard. You can switch from the default 3-rd person perspective to 1-st person perspective. There are 60 kinds of monsters in the game, and they use various weapons against you."
19537,The Last Blade 2,"Bakumatsu Roman: Dai Ni Maku Gekka no Kenshi Final Edition, Bakumatsu Rōman Dainimaku: Gekka no Kenshi ~Tsuki ni Saku Hana, Chiri-Yuku Hana~, LB2, The Last Blade 2: Heart of the Samurai",1998,7.8,Action,Fighting,Japan (Modern/Futuristic),"The Last Blade 2: Heart of the Samurai is a 2D fighting game which features anime-style characters that fight each other with swords, clubs, and even fishing poles. These characters pull off their special moves with that 'quarter-circle-to-half-circle' and 'double-half-circle' controller motions, reminiscent of Street Fighter."
19540,Paradroid,Heavy Metal Paradroid,1985,8.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Paradroid is a top view shoot-em-up set aboard eight large space freighters filled with droids. After going through a storm in space, the rays affected the droids and they malfunctioned and killed the crew. You now have to destroy all the droids on the fleet of eight ships. You control an ""Influence Device"" which can temporarily control other droids and use their weapons to destroy the others. When your power is low or your damage is high, you will need to find a power point to recharge or transfer to another droid, or risk losing your Influence Device. The player can also access computers on each deck which provide information on droids, deck plans and an overall ship plan. Once all of the robots on a level have been defeated the lights are automatically dimmed. The player can then travel to another level using a lift to continue their mission."
19543,Rapid Reload,Gunners Heaven,1995,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The object of interest in this game is the mysterious Valkiry Stone. Two treasure hunters, Axel and Ruka, set out to find the stone, but the evil gang known as the Pumpkin Heads wants to find the stone first. As either Axel or Ruka, blast your way through six side-scrolling levels against hordes of enemies, facing off against several bosses in each level. You can select from four different weapon effects (normal, bouncing, homing and flamethrower), use smartbombs and a grappling hook."
19550,Haunted House,"Casa Mal-Assombrada, Nightmare Manor",1981,6.6,Action,Arcade,,"Hidden throughout a haunted mansion are three pieces of a magical urn, and your goal is to enter the mansion and retrieve all three before you lose your nine lives! The game is played from an overhead point of view where you see only your eyeballs as you explore the four floors of the maze-like mansion. To make your mission even more difficult, there are various creatures wandering throughout. Tarantulas, giant vampire bats, and one fast moving ghost will all cause you to lose a life if encountered too closely. As a defense against the creatures, a magical scepter can be found in the mansion which will make you immune to its inhabitants. The mansion contains many doors, some of which may be locked; to explore all the rooms, you will first need to find the master key which is hidden somewhere. The mansion is very dark, and you will not be able to see any of the objects in it (and in more difficult game variations, you can't see the walls either). To reveal objects and the mansion walls, you need to light one of your unlimited supply of matches which will light up a small area around you. Don't be surprised if a swift wind or passing creature blow out your match, though! You are only allowed to carry one object at a time so you will need to create a strategy for exploring the mansion; to unlock a door or move a piece of the urn, you will need to put down the scepter. You win the game when all three pieces of the urn are assembled and you make it out of the mansion. The game keeps track of how many matches you have used on your mission, and the fewer matches the better the score."
19558,Man of War II: Chains of Command,Man of War II: Befehle des Schicksals,1999,6.3,Strategy / tactics,,,"The sequel to Man of War adds improved 3D graphics, allowing you to walk around your ship in a first person perspective. Your task is to command the ship, dictating what your crew is doing - repair work, navigation, preparation for battle and preparation for boarding other ships have to be balanced. Different ranks change the way you play the campaigns. Campaigns include The Wooden Walls of England (fight as the British in the Anglo-French wars in the Channel) or John Paul Jones (where you play the hero role, and lead the American Navy). There are also 20 smaller campaigns to play through. A few distinct multiplayer modes exist to to challenge your mates, and answer the age-old question ""Who is the best captain?"" A scenario editor completes the package."
19561,Kid Gloves,,1990,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Although not released for 8-bit systems, this platform game has a definite Commodore 64 feel to it. Bright primary colours and smiling characters are used to tell the tale of Kid's journey to rescue his girlfriend. The levels feature an assortment of enemies to kill, including snakes, elves and crocodiles, as well as flames and spinning wheels. Many of these appear during the level, forcing you to plan for them. You have 10 lives, but the loss of one resets the level to its original state. The initial coin-throwing is pretty weedy, but better weapons (as well as extra lives and smart bombs) can be bought in the shop, which appears every 5 screens. The levels are flick-screen, and can usually be finished in different ways, which results in different starting positions on the next screen, and you can travel back and forth through them, for example to pick up bonuses which are visible but not accessible as the level starts."
19569,Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf,,1998,7.6,Sports,,,"The next generation of EA's PGA Tour series. Essentially, the game uses the same mechanics as previous PGA Tour games with some technical improvements and modifications on the interface. Two swinging modes are available: the old twitch-and-click one and the new ""Analog Pro Swing"" which is a mouse-motion swing type, a la SimGolf. The swing bar has been revamped to include all relevant information and the overpower mark has been replaced with the ""Tiger Zone"", an arcade style gimmick that makes the game shout ""Tiger Shot!!"" and makes your character glow with electricity when hitting the ball. The game comes with 3 18-hole courses: Pebble Beach Golf Links, TPC at Summerlin and TPC at Sawgrass, but also for owners of previous PGA Tour games, the game has the option both to export this courses to and import the courses from PGA Tour 96 for Windows, PGA Tour Pro, PGA Tour Gold, PGA Tour Laptop and some of the course disks into Tiger's game complete with new renderings on the brand new engine that uses a combination of 2d pre-rendered backdrops, 3d foregrounds and digitally captured golfers. The golfers include Tiger himself as well as 7 other PGA champs and an option to create a custom player. Game modes available include practice, stroke, tournament, skins, shoot-out, match play, foursomes, fourball and driving range. Multiplayer gameplay is also supported with voice and text chat and up to 4 player gameplay."
19573,Crusade in Europe,Crusade in Europe: The Strategic War Simulation,1985,6.7,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","The first of the Command Series of tactical wargames released by MicroProse in the mid-1980s, Crusade in Europe is the descendant of Meier's first wargame, NATO Commander. Sid Meier and Ed Bever, Ph.D. collaborated on Crusade's design, which (along with the game's manual) shows an enormous amount of research and attention to historical detail. As the title suggests, the game's focus is the European Theater of World War II in 1944-45, and the Normandy Invasion in particular. Although there are only five scenarios, each can be customized through multiple variants (with different initial deployments and reinforcement schedules) and levels of difficulty. Another nice feature is the ability to play using either traditional boardgame symbols or unit icons. Both sides (Allied and Axis) can be played, and two players can play head-to-head in hotseat mode."
19574,Red Heat,Double Détente,1989,5.3,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Red Heat is based on the Walter Hill film of the same name, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi. You take control of Soviet detective Ivan Danko (played by Schwarzenegger), who travels to Chicago in pursuit of the fearsome Georgian drug lord Victor Rosta. The game is essentially a side-scrolling beat'em up in the vein of Vigilante As Danko, you proceed across four levels which follow the movie's original setting, where you are constantly attacked by members of the Cleanheads, a group of drug-dealers who are in business with Victor Rosta. To eliminate hostiles you can either punch them (slow but long-ranged) or head-butt them (close-ranged but faster). The only defensive move available is crouching, so as to avoid being hit - there is no jumping or any other evasive tactics. Occasionally, you can get hold of a handgun and fire six shots at the villains. Other items you can pick up will boost your health, grant you access to bonus levels, or cause you to lose control of Danko for a few seconds. One peculiarity of Red Heat is its widescreen-like game area, and the fact that all characters are drawn from the waist up. This may find partial explanation in the first level, set in a Russian sauna where, as in the original movie scene, all characters are not wearing clothes."
19584,Cyberball 2072,"Tournament Cyberball, Tournament Cyberball 2072",1989,5.9,Sports,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Cyberball 2072 is the sequel to Cyberball The Cyberball series is a sci-fi imagining of American Football featuring giant robots as players, and a ticking time bomb as the ball. Players run plays, in the usual configurations familiar to American football games (pass plays, run plays, and options plays), in order to progress downfield and score touchdowns. Instead of downs and conversions in the usual sense, each time a team runs a play without passing the yardage necessary to achieve a first down, the ball gets hotter, eventually becoming critical. If the team with a critical ball fails to score or achieve a first down, the ball explodes, and any robot player holding the ball at the time is destroyed as well. The game does not feature field goals. Cyberball 2072 can be played either competitively or co-operatively. Each play, the offensive player plays the quarterback, and if a human player is playing on the same team, that player selects which robot they will control for that play. The defensive player(s) likewise select which robots they will control for the play, and each defensive robot player can activate a burst of speed once during the play. When a robot player is ""tackled"" -- knocked down -- it is damaged, and after a certain number of hits on previous plays, once it is hit again in a future play, it will be destroyed and fumble the ball, allowing either team to grab the ball and continue. The game is played in six periods, and, as a team scores and/or blocks the opposing team from scoring, the team earns money which can be used to upgrade its robot players. Upgrades proceed from plastic to various tiers of metallic robots, with titanium being the highest, each of which is faster and more durable than the last. Robot players that take hits to the point of damage can be replaced before they get destroyed and fumble the ball in-play. The arcade versions of Cyberball 2072 were released either in two-player cabinets with one screen, or in four-player cabinets with two screens. The latter version was called Tournament Cyberball 2072"
19586,Spore,,1987,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,The location of Spore is a laboratory in which hazardous spores are cultured. Unfortunately there was an outbreak and soon the spores will infest places outside the lab. The only way to stop them is to use use all the available antidote on them - but the canisters are inside said lab... So the player's mission is to travel inside the non-scrolling levels to collect all canisters. With his hand gun he can kill the spores which attack him - but they are replaced by a destroyable spore generator. Helpful are extras which can be collected in the levels: flasks regenerate life energy and pills can be activated at any time to drive away spores for a short time. Other special fields are earth (can be destroyed by the player or the spores to pass) and impenetrable barriers (which can be deactivated and sometimes are reflected by mirrors).
19595,Black Shadow,,1988,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are the pilot of a spaceship who has just been deployed above a deserted asteroid named ""Black Shadow"", which is presumed to be the former habitation of hostile aliens. You have made it past the defensive shields, but the other ships in your squadron were not so lucky. And now one of the structures, on what was supposed to be an abandoned world, has begun to open... Black Shadow is a vertically scrolling shoot-em-up. You control a spaceship, which can move around in the bottom half of the screen. Alien ships attempt to run into you, and ground-based structures pose as navigational hazards, and can also shoot at you. Your ship fires both normal bullets that are effective against the ships, and bombs which detonate on the ground some fixed distance ahead of your ship. The aim of the game is to fly to a base at the end of the level, destroy it, and then repeat for the remaining levels. You start the game with three lives. Each ship can withstand three hits from enemies before being destroyed, after which you must start the level over again. There are both one and two player modes. In two player mode, if one of the player's ship is destroyed, both return to the start of the level."
19597,Deadly Towers,Mashou,1986,4.3,Action,RPG elements,Fantasy,"You are prince Myer, and you are about to become the ruler of your country. Strolling outside just before the ceremony, you meet a strange person by the lake. You are told about an evil wizard planning to destroy the land. In order to stop him and to fulfill an ancient prophecy, you have to travel to the Northern Mountain and to destroy the Seven Bell Towers. Deadly Towers is an action game with very light RPG elements. On every screen there are hordes of enemies for you to dispatch, by throwing your sword at them. The gameplay style is similar to Zelda series."
19599,Su-27 Flanker,,1995,6.6,Simulation,,,"SU-27 is a deep, challenging and extremely accurate sim starring one of Russia's premiere fighters in a variety of missions set in Crimea (just below Ukraine). Disregarding graphics and presentation, the game puts the emphasis on a very solid flying model and the possibility to create your own missions or edit the existing ones using a simple yet powerful scenario creator."
19600,Hattrick!,,1995,7.9,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,Saturday - half past 3 p.m. Ideal soccer weather for soccer. The stadium is sold out. The fans are singing the team hymn. You're team is 2 points behind the leader. This is the match of the year for you and your team. The next 90 minutes will decide over success or failure. You have to win if your team want to be next year in the first division. The pressure is mighty. You have to calm your nerves. You sit on the hottest seat in soccer. You are the manager of your favorite team and have to lead your the team from the amateur division into the European first class. Hattrick! is another German soccer manager. There are two different modes. The serious and the funny one. The difference you see in the game newspaper reviews.
19601,Test Drive 6,,1999,6.2,Racing / Driving,,,"The 6th game in the Test Drive line of games that started in 1987. 40 sports and muscle cars and 20 tracks in places like: London, Paris, Egypt, Hong Kong, Maui, Rome, Ireland, Tahoe, England, and the Caribbean. Environment specific sounds. Breakable Objects, In-road Obstacles, and Shortcuts. ""All-Units"" AI has the police working together taking you down in force. Economic racing system. Purchase, upgrade, and stockpile cars in your custom garage. High-Impact collisions. Unpredictable cross traffic. Split-screen head-to-head racing (PlayStation and Dreamcast only)."
19608,Treasure Trap,,1990,7.4,Action,Puzzle elements,Interwar,"In 1829 The Esmerelda, a cargo ship carrying gold, sinks to the bottom of the ocean. In 1927 a treasure hunter called Howard Kelp dons a diving suit and searches for the bullion in the wreck. Treasure Trap is an isometric action game similar to Head Over Heels but less abstract in its theme. The player guides the diver in a series of rooms (100 total) where the main goal is to collect gold. The main hazard encountered is the sea life that occupied the vacant ship. The character has no weapons, but carries a limited amount of ""smart fishes"", trained piranhas that attack and destroy all the enemies in the room. Since the player starts with two fishes and only receives a new one at each 80 gold bars collected, most of the time the enemies have to be avoided by staying away or jumping over them. Stacking boxes and other objects stops the fauna from getting to the character (and also allows access to high places). There's an air gauge that is constantly depleting at the bottom-right of the screen. It can be filled with the compressed air tanks scattered in some rooms. Some doors require geometric-shaped keys. These can be collected and stored in three slots at the bottom-left of the screen. The game allows saving at each 50 gold collected."
19610,Rippin' Riders Snowboarding,"Cool Boarders, Cool Boarders Burrrn, Snow Surfers",1999,7.0,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"Rippin' Riders is a fun and ""extreme"" snowboarding game from Sega and UEP Systems, the developers of Cool Boarders 2. As in most snowboarding games, your objective here is to maneuver your snowboarder down a slippery slope. Rippin' Riders features 8 courses, 2 of which are hidden, with lots of picturesque scenery to look at. At several points on each course, there are huge jumps you can fly off of. While in the air you can perform numerous tricks. Scoring in Rippin' Riders is based on both your elapsed time through the course, and the number and variety of tricks your successfully perform. Performing will on the single player game unlocks hidden characters, outfits, snow boards, and courses. In addition to the standard downhill mode, there is a half pipe mode in which you can practice your tricks. There is also a two player split screen mode so you can compete against a friend."
19619,World League Basketball,,1997,6.5,Sports,,,"World League Basketball part of the Mindscape Sports Advantage series, is a realistic basketball game developed using motion capture and physics of real players. Change the rules of play for arcade, custom or simulation game with control over the difficulty level to time length of actual play from 5 minutes (10-minute default) to a maximum 25 minutes. Players can choose ""exhibition play"" for practice matches between teams, before committing to one team for a 30-game ""season play"" or six-round ""tournament play"" in prearranged series of scheduled games against 36 different countries of various abilities. The latter two allows for simulated games to skip matches - if desired with results automatically calculated by the computer. View statistics of your team before embarking in a match to determine the best on-court positions from point guard to centre of talented team members according to their performance and capabilities. Freely adjust player attributes from height, weight, strength, endurance to ball handling skills. On-court play includes live commentary by Chris Smith"
19633,F-19 Stealth Fighter,F19,1988,7.8,Simulation,,Contemporary,"Rule the night! Take the pride of American Stealth technology and take on the best the Warsaw pact technology can offer! Dodge between radars, sneak under enemy fighters, and take out your primary objectives and secondary objectives with your limited weapons onboard, then make your way home. Can you survive all the way to general and win the Congressional Medal of Honor? F-19 Stealth Fighter was based around Sid Meier's closest estimate of the stealth fighter based on the data available at the time. You get full 3D graphics, 3D enemies, random objectives and enemy dispositions (so each mission will be different), dynamic radar effectiveness that depends on your position and radar cross section, enemies that search you out if you do ""tickle"" their defenses, even civilian aircrafts in the air, and ability to play in cold war, moderate war, or all-out war, with very different rules of engagement."
19640,Typhoon,,1987,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Typhoon is a vertically scrolling shooter in which the player uses a space ship to kill aliens. The game has about 50 levels in changing environments, e.g. an asteroid belt, a jungle or a futuristic city. Special symbols, available at the beginning of each level, grant an extra life or one of three special upgrades (like a better weapon or a shield). The latter are only temporary. The game features two especially dangerous enemies: indestructible, rotating plates and skulls which grant instant death when shot. The game always shows how many points are missing before getting a better rank in the high score list."
19645,Victory Boxing: Champion Edition,"Kensei: The King of Boxing, Victory Boxing'97",1996,7.1,Sports,,,Source: Back of Cover (UK)
19649,Sangokushi V,"Samgug Ji 5, Sanguo Zhi 5",1995,7.4,Strategy / tactics,,"China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events","Romance of the Three Kingdoms V is the fifth game in the popular turn-based strategy game series, based on the classic medieval Chinese novel ""San Guo"" (""Three Kingdoms""). The novel, written by Luo Guanzhong, is perhaps the most popular classic book in China and all countries influenced by the Chinese culture (such as Japan). Its events occur in the third century AD, during the Later Han Dynasty. Several army leaders (the most important ones being Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Jian) are trying to unite China under their rule, and each one strives to defeat his opponents. Romance of the Three Kingdoms V offers many innovations. You won't only participate at wars, but also manage your country, and learn resource management of people and goods. A new ""Reputation"" parameter directly affects the people's opinion of you as the leader. Multiplayer allows participation of up to eight players (playing the eight main characters). The game was never translated into English. It was released in Japan for the PC (both DOS and Windows), and for PlayStation. A Chinese translation of the game (DOS version) is available."
19656,Mega Man 6,"Mega Man VI, Rockman 6: The Biggest Battle in History!!, Rockman Complete Works: Rockman 6: The Biggest Battle in History!!",1993,7.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Mega Man 6 the whole world is alive and buzzing with word of the 1st Annual Robot Design Contest. Hundreds of robot designers from all corners of the globe enter their most powerful robots into the contest in hopes of taking home the ultimate prize. The sponsor of the contest, the mysterious Mr. X, suddenly declares that he has decided on winners...and takes 8 of the Robot Masters for his own purpose...taking over the world!! Mega Man confronts him and demands an explanation, and what Mr. X replies with shocks him. Mr. X declares to Mega Man that he had been using Dr. Wily as a puppet the entire time, and now he would take over the world, and nothing could stand in his way! Mega Man finally decides to stop Mr. X once and for all, and sets off to defeat his 8 new Robot Masters and then the madman himself!"
19658,Amazing Penguin,Osawagase! Penguin Boy,1990,6.5,Action,Arcade,,"Amazin Penguin is a basic action game with a penguin protagonist. Each of the 40 levels consists of a number of lines which divide the playfield into squares. On those lines are switches (represented by a minus) and dots which need to be activated respectively kicked. If all lines around a square are cleared, it gets filled out and all enemies which happen to stand on one of the lines are killed (but respawn shortly after). The goal of the level is to fill all squares out. A life is lost by touching an enemy or running out of time."
19659,Solid State Pinball: Tristan,,1991,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Pinball",,"Solid State Pinball: Tristan is a pinball simulator which features a single medieval-themed board (hence the title) displayed in a single screen with score and bonus indicators filling the rest of the screen. Includes multiplayer hot-seat support in which each player plays a ball and switches when losing and also features the ability to nudge and tilt the machine, besides regular paddle controls."
19662,FaceOff!,Face Off!,1987,7.1,Sports,,,"Face Off! is a hockey game by developers MindSpan who are better known for their HardBall series of baseball games. Play an exhibition game, an entire season or go straight to the playoffs and lead your team to the Stanley Cup. For the basic hockey gameplay a traditional side view is used, but whenever you or your opponent shoots at the goal the game switches to the special Shot Cam view. Occasionally when someone commits a nasty foul, the game turns into a one-on-one fighting game; he who wins the fight can stay on the ice while the loser must spend some time in the penalty box. Face Off! can be played with realistic rules, relaxed rules or with no rules at all. Other options available include the number of players per team, difficulty & period length and whether or not you control the goalie during the Shot Cam mode. Some minor coaching and management options are also included. You can design your own plays in the playbook, modify your lines, move players form your minor league team to your major league team and vice versa, and make trades with the other teams in the league. Face Off! doesn't have an NHL license, so all players and teams are fictional. One does have the option to rename teams & players however. Multiplayer gaming comes in the form of a two player cooperative or competitive mode. Non-networked of course."
19670,Wizard Warz,,1987,5.5,Action,RPG elements,Fantasy,"Wizard Warz is an overhead view action game with very light role-playing elements. The player starts off as an apprentice wizard whose goal is to defeat seven master wizards and become the chief wizard himself. To accomplish that he must return six treasures to their rightful owners and find more powerful spells. The wizard starts with four minor spells of the player's choice, and can acquire new ones during the course of the game. The gameplay focuses on exploring wilderness areas and fighting monsters. Enemies have their own strengths and weaknesses to the wizard's offensive magical barrage, so choosing the right spell against the right foe is usually the key to success. The wizard can also summon a familiar to help him on his mission. For example, having a crow will extend the player's viewing distance."
19673,Marble Madness Construction Set,,1986,7.1,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Marble Madness involved guiding a ball through precarious levels with drops, ramps, and enemies to avoid for fear of losing time or being sent back to the start of a screen. The initial home licensing was split – Electronic Arts converted the arcade game itself to several systems, whilst Melbourne House provided their own level set, but more significantly designed an environment allowing players to create their own levels. Angled and slanted ramps can be placed anywhere, either on a blank screen or to edit an existing level. Enemies can be placed anywhere, these will follow their own paths once you play the game. Time / points bonuses and oil slicks can also be added to the levels. A complete block of levels can be saved to create a game set of its own. Designs can be tested out before being committed to storage."
19674,The Official Father Christmas,,1989,6.2,Action,Platform,,"The game is set on Christmas Eve, with Santa (Father Christmas) rushing to deliver presents to the entire world. After the player enters his/her name (which is used later in the personal letter to Santa), the first level takes the form of a flip-screen collecting game with Santa at home gathering the scattered pieces of his sleigh. If he collides with one of the elves running around, the item he is carrying is lost and has to be found again. The player chooses six presents they want (computer, doll, book, etc.), which are listed on their letter to Santa. Santa then collects the presents as they fall from the top of the screen. Finally Santa can deliver the presents, riding his sleigh over several horizontally-scrolling continents. The presents are dropped with parachutes and should be delivered to the homes indicated by arrows. Clouds and aeroplanes can knock them off course."
19675,Brain Lord,,1994,7.1,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"In Brain Lord you play a young traveler and warrior who is searching for his long lost father. Long ago, when you were a mere child, your father told you about the great legacy of your village. Once your people were Dragon Warriors, who could control and fly on dragons. But the dragons had disappeared, and your father was determined to find the legendary Tower of Light, where, according to rumors, the last dragons might be hiding. You father went to search the Tower of Light and never came back. Years have passed, and now you finally found the Tower of Light. But your adventure doesn't end there, as you had thought - it begins there... Brain Lord is an action RPG with a heavy emphasis on dungeon exploring. You fight enemies in real time, using various weapons with different ranges - swords, axes, etc. You can equip different kinds of armor and shields. On your quest you will find magical jades that summon fairies who would fight at your side. The fairies have special attacks and level up after fighting just like you, but are controlled by the AI. There are also puzzles to solve in the dungeons, and the hero has the ability to jump."
19677,Madō King Granzort,,1990,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Madō King Granzort is based on the anime of the same name. The story takes place in science-fiction scenario in which a few kids get special powers to save the world from the evil Jadou Clan. To be more exact, they can summon three powerful creatures: The Madou kings of earth, water and wind. The player takes the role of those kings to defeat the Jadou Clan. The player needs to find the way through the levels while solving basic platforming challenges and a lot of fighting, either with a sword or by shooting. The player can switch between the Madou kings which have different abilities. It is important to look after the energy bar and the time limit: both result in the loss of a life when running out."
19679,Vampire Killer,Akumajō Dracula,1986,7.6,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform",Fantasy,"You are young Simon, who has just entered Dracula's Satanic Castle. The world of Dransylvania is in trouble, and you are the one to set it right. You have to fight your way through 18 stages of demons to where Dracula is hiding. Once you have destroyed Dracula, the evil force behind all the trouble will show up, attempting to destroy you! Destroy this menace, and Dransylvania will return to it's happy days after a wait of hundreds of years. Vampire Killer follows the same plot as Castlevania but with a different gameplay. At each stage, Simon has to find a white key to open the exit door which leads to the next stage. The keys are usually hidden in the castle's walls, in which he will also find useful items. Items can also be found by whipping candles and other sources of light inside the castle. Among the items which can be found are: Hearts are both a kind of ammunition and currency in the game. They can be found by whipping candles or killing enemies. They are used for buying items from the Old Crone and as ammo for the Holy Water and the Hourglass. Simon can also find several primary weapons in the game, such as whip upgrades, a throwing dagger, an axe and a cross. Differently from Castlevania the dagger, axe and cross replace the whip and do not use hearts as ammo."
19688,John Madden Football '93,Pro Football '93,1992,7.9,Sports,,,"Another update in the Madden football series. New this time are some graphics and animations, including an animated coin toss and some player moves. New gameplay features are no-huddle offense and a stop clock play. There are 28 teams from the '92-'93 season, two All Madden teams and 8 Greatest Ever teams. Game modes are the usual pre-season, regular season, sudden death and playoffs. A special playoff mode for the 8 greatest teams is also available. The Genesis version features John Madden's digitized commentary speech and a battery-backed RAM for saving playoff results and player stats."
19691,Kawasaki Caribbean Challenge,,1993,5.2,Racing / Driving,,,"Race a Kawasaki Ninja Motorcycle or Jet Ski over 3 different islands in the Caribbean. When you're ready, take the Challenge to see how good you really are! Look down at your vehicle from a bird's eye view and cross bridges, make sharp turns, knock other opponent's off the road (or ocean) and get first place, if you can! You get to choose from a selection of 3 Motorcycles and 3 Jet Ski's when you race. You must complete 5 laps on each level and try to get first place!"
19692,Hybris,,1988,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Hybris is a classic vertically scrolling shoot-em-up which has its roots firmly with arcade stalwarts like Capcom’s 1942 The back story takes place in 2461 A. D. and concerns an Earth colony being lost on an alien planet known as Jurica. The space station Hybris cannot establish communications with the colony. So a scout ship must be sent on a rescue mission over this seemingly desolate desert-like expanse to find the colonists, and subsequently return them to safety. Warning: Inbound Hostiles! The game is for one, and the player can select from two Ace pilots - J.P. Maverick or K. Lovett. You navigate the scout ship around the screen at will. The aim is to shoot everything that moves, whilst outmanoeuvring enemy fire. One contends with spiralling waves of alien nasties which move into the play area from multiple direction’s something akin to Galaga as well as stationary gun turrets & other surface installations that periodically spew projectiles. At times a power cube bonus will drift onto the screen. Which upon being shot by the player, will reveal a strength upgrade feature for the scout ship. Each subsequent upgrade collected will progressively beef up the ship (which is visually realised in real-time), in turn increasing your firepower. The scout ship can also be expanded on the fly into unique power configurations attributed to which cube bonus has been collected. You also have control of a smart-bomb feature which can relieve sticky situations."
19694,Cheesy,,1996,6.3,Action,Platform,,"CTA's first venture on the Playstation was a platform style game which incorporated several first person elements. Cheesy the mouse (and the star of the game) has been captured by a mad scientist for his genetic experiments. However, mohawked aliens attack the castle and in the commotion cheesy escapes. He has to navigate through 24 levels of mutated creatures, fight huge spiders, balance a mine cart through derelict tracks and escape flames inside a burning chimney."
19695,F1 2000,,2000,7.5,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"F1 2000 was the last Visual Sciences' F1 racing game to appear on the PlayStation. With an official FIA Formula One license, it includes the full 2000 World Championship season, including the new US Indianapolis Grand Prix and the Jaguar Racing Team. The game modes features a full championship, quick races, racing weekends, custom grid and time trial modes. In the multiplayer section, you can either go head to head in 2-player split screen sessions, or play a hot-seat time trial mode for up to 22 players. All cars can be fine-tuned in the pits, and there is clear pit-to-car radio commentary. Full telemetry data is shown for detailed set-up changes. Your best performances can be saved in the replay mode, including race highlights. In this version, the computer opponents now have more realistic racing behaviour, as they make mistakes and have car failures."
19701,Super Hunchback,Le Bossu: Super Hunchback Quasimodo,1992,6.9,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Quasimodo straps on his trusty hump one last time to rescue his paramour, the perpetually-imperilled Esmeralda, this time captured by a new villain, the horrible Halfenpounder. You must run, jump, and eat fruit (can malnutrition cause a hunched back? Can nutrition reverse it?) through a varied series of platform environments, jumping over (and atop) rolling logs that will briefly daze you if you mistime your jump and spiked pits that will, well, skewer you as surely as in the original swinging on ropes, and signalling the end of each level by ringing an enormous bell there specifically for that purpose. Since our pal Quasi is from Paris, not Krypton, and doesn't grow large eating mushrooms, one must conclude that it is the amusing idle animations and hidden bonus stages that lend the ""Super"" prefix to this game."
19703,R.B.I. Baseball 2,"R.B.I. Baseball Two, RBI Two Baseball",1990,7.3,Sports,,,"R.B.I. Baseball 2 features all 26 major league teams, each with a full roster of players. You can choose any National or American League team. You can even play one of the 1989 All-Star squads. The game features One Player and Two Player options as well as a Password mode to enable you to play a full season (one game against every team in the division). In addition, a watch mode provides you with the best seat in the house for a computer-controlled match up. This second version is similar to the original game in terms of gameplay. This time around the game uses the teams and statistics from the 1989 season. Just as in the original, you get to see what it's like to step up to the plate as Ricky Henderson, pitch the ball like Nolan Ryan, and catch a line drive like Ozzie Smith."
19704,Marathon,,1994,7.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A security guard was accompanying a group of space colonists on their trip on the huge space ship, the Marathon. Suddenly, aliens of the Pfhor race attack the ship and massacre the colonists. What's worse, the aliens damage the omniscient super-computers on Marathon. One of them is heavily damaged, and the other becomes insane. Caught in the midst of the battle between the two AIs, trying to stay alive in the onslaught of the Pfhor, the protagonist begins a desperate fight for survival. Marathon is a first-person shooter, notable for pioneering the ""free look"" feature (moving the camera in all directions with the mouse). There is a variety of weapons that serve the hero in battle. Different types of enemies (organic or mechanical) take different amounts of damage depending on the weapon. The protagonist is also able to fire from two weapons (such as pistols) simultaneously. Shooting enemies is not the only thing to do in the game; it is possible to communicate with the damaged AIs of the ship by looking at messages they send you via computers. The story is unraveled primarily through those messages."
19705,Mario's Picross,Mario no Picross,1995,7.7,Puzzle,,,"Nonograms are number puzzles where logic is used to find the solution. Clues are provided along the sides of the playfield grid, telling the player how many squares to fill in each row and column. With logic the player can figure out exactly which squares of the grid to fill. The thinking process is similar to solving Sudoku puzzles. Mario's Picross (from PICture CROSSword) is Nintendo's take on Nonograms. In this game, Mario takes on the role of an archaeologist who chisels away the squares in each playfield. The result is a small picture. There are 256 different puzzles to solve, divided into four courses with increasing difficulty level."
19706,Skull-Diggery,,1987,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Skull-Diggery is a Boulder Dash -clone for medium resolution. As in the original game you have to collect a certain number of gems in each level to complete it. As you dig your way to the gems you have to be careful so that you don't get crushed by a skull. In some levels there are monsters, if you hit a monster with a skull it will explode and destroy anything within 3x3 square, this can be used to open up walls to sealed gem rooms. Sometimes you have to convert skulls to gems to get enough of them to complete the level."
19708,The Adventures of Dr. Franken,,1993,6.7,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Franky and his girlfriend Bitsy are planning a vacation to New York. There's just one problem: Bitsy doesn't have a passport. Our protagonist comes up with a brilliant idea: He takes Bitsy apart and mails her to New York in different packages, where he will put her back together. Unfortunately for the couple, Bitsy has been lost in the mail. It is up to Franky to find her parts and put her back together. The Adventures of Dr. Franken is a standard platformer where the player navigates platforms and avoids enemies. Touching too many enemies result in death. To defeat himself Franky has the ability to kick foes. The goal of every level is to find a package which is hidden in it. To reach it Franky also has to solve switch puzzles. There are overall 20 levels including four bonus levels."
19711,Meat Puppet,,1997,6.2,Action,Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic","In Meat Puppet, you play the role of Lotus Abstraction in a darkly futuristic post-apocalyptic world. Lotus responded to a personal add claiming ""help wanted for nocturnal missions"". These ""missions"" turn out to be a far cry from what Lotus expected! As Lotus, your main quest besides performing the occasional kill is to discover the identity of your employer, who has deigned not to reveal himself, and free yourself from his mafia-style employment agreement."
19713,Scorcher,,1996,6.0,Racing / Driving,,Post-apocalyptic,"Scorcher is a futuristic racing game by Scavenger. In dark post-war-looking decors, you race against a couple of opponents driving in a spherical racer. You can pick up special triangles to gain speed powerups. The graphics support resolutions up to 640x480."
19719,Imperium Romanum,,1996,6.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,"Alternate history, Classical antiquity",In this traditional graphic adventure Caesar has conquered the whole world and so you’re living in the Roman Empire in the 20th century. You’re Gaius Ludus. You’re working in a museum as a cleaning man. But – something is wrong. In a Caesar statue you find a mysterious message from the future. So you know what to do – save the world! First you joined the liberty party – then you have to find the time portal. With it you travel in the past (to Caesar) and in the future. Thus changes the present…but be careful!
19721,Spirit of Excalibur,,1990,7.4,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"A spiritual descendant of War in Middle Earth Spirit of Excalibur uses the same engine to tell the tale of what befell Camelot after the death of King Arthur. You play the role of the regent who holds the throne while chaos spreads through Britain. The game is broken into a number of episodes, which carry the overall plot of trying to restore Arthur's kingdom to some semblance of what it once was. Early episodes involve gathering the Knights of the Round Table, who have broken their fellowship. Because of their general distrust and dislike of certain other members, many knights will only return if asked by certain people and/or are given the correct incentive. Ultimately, you will wage a war on the sons of Mordred, who vie for the same throne their father did and stop the machinations of Morgan LeFay. The game is played on two different levels. The first is a real time map where groups move about from place to place. At any time (or when a group encounters another or a place of importance) you can switch to a 'scene' level, which is a side-view of the group currently highlighted. Here you can pick up, drop, and manipulate quest items."
19726,WWF Wrestlemania,,1989,5.3,Sports,,,"WWF Wrestlemania is a wrestling game using the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) license. The game features six popular WWF wrestlers: Hulk Hogan, André the Giant, ""Macho Man"" Randy Savage, The Honky Tonk Man, Bam Bam Bigelow, and ""The Million Dollar Man"" Ted DiBiase. All the wrestlers can execute basic punches, kicks, and headbutts; turnbuckle moves and bodyslams can only be performed by particular wrestlers. Different wrestlers may use different moves with varying frequency, reflecting the preferences of their real-life counterparts. Wrestlers might also become angry (turning red on the screen), entering a rage state during which their attack power improves. Character-specific health power-ups will sometimes appear on the ring, and can be collected by corresponding wrestlers. The two gameplay modes include a single exhibition match (one player versus the computer or two players against each other), and a tournament. In a single player tournament, the player chooses one wrestler and must defeat the other five in a series of matches to win the championship. In a tournament with up to six player-controlled wrestlers, each wrestler faces every other wrestler one time, for a total of fifteen matches."
19728,Continuum,Alpha Waves,1990,7.3,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Continuum is a 3D game viewed from third-person perspective. The player pilots a ""Mobile"", a craft which bounces off of the platforms that fill the rooms. The player can rotate the craft left and right, thrust it forward, and move the camera up and down for optimal viewing. The game contains 256 rooms, which the player explores while in search of 16 crystals and 16 cubes. The Mobile bounces from platform to platform, making its way around the room to the doors that lead into other rooms. On the way, the player encounters many other creatures and vehicles, as well as surprises, such as rooms with reversed gravity. There are two modes of play: Emotion and Action."
19730,Complete Chess System,,1993,7.1,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,Complete Chess System is a Chess game that allows you to play a match against your computer. The game comes with a set of historical games played by pros. With a skill level similar to those of national champions the game is meant for professional chess players. The game of chess is played in top-down 2D with icons depicting the various pieces or in 3D from the player's perspective.
19731,Bubble Bobble Part 2,Bubble Bobble 2,1993,7.1,Action,Platform,,"Cubby and Rubby, descendants of Bub and Bob from the original Bubble Bobble must rescue their friend Judy, who has been kidnapped by the evil Skull Brothers! The game plays much like the original game: You use a dinosaur that spits bubbles at their enemies, trapping them until you touch the bubbles to make them pop and defeat the trapped enemies. But Cubby and Rubby have two skills their ancestors did not: by holding down the attack button, they can float upwards - and by releasing it, they'll fire several bubbles at once. They can also pick up special items that increase their points, speed and attack power. This game features 80 levels, all-new enemies, and bonus mini-games."
19734,Deathbringer,,1991,5.5,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Fantasy,"Karn the warrior has been the scourge of a group of evil wizards for many years, and as such they have trapped a demon inside the Deathbringer Sword. Karn has this sword, and must use it to get through 30 levels to wreak his revenge. The game is side-scrolling and beat 'em up focused. The levels are inter-connected and have multiple exits available, with over 600 screens in total. The publishers made a big deal of the level of parallax scrolling and other graphical detail in the game."
19739,Saban's Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue,,2000,5.9,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue for PlayStation is one of several games based on the 2000 incarnation of the long-running TV franchise. This version lets the Power Rangers defend Mariner Bay against the minions of the evil Queen Bansheera in a 3D beat'em up. The game consists of six regular plus one hidden level, with such featured environments as an office building, a dam, the top of a moving train and more. Players can select from the five different Lightspeed Rangers, who each have varying stats for energy, strength and speed and a unique special attack. The game uses 3D polygonal graphics with the camera emulating an isometric viewpoint. The goals in each area include rescuing hostages and beating up bad guys. Updates via comlink from Captain Mitchell and Miss Fairweather keep players posted on story developments and new goals. To defeat the various enemies, the controls allow for punches, kicks and jumps (which can be chained into combos) as well as blocks. To use a ranger's special power, the appropriate meter must be filled by picking up colored crystals. The powers include a targeted beam, a ground-shaking hit, multi-target somersaults and more. Other pick-ups besides the crystals include health refills and short-time invincibility. Each level includes various bosses with large health bars to pummel down. In some levels, the rangers need to transform into their Megazord mech form to defeat the final boss. Live-action clips from the TV show set the scene between levels and the actors from the show lend their voices to the game as well. The game features a two-player mode that allows two rangers to take on the enemies at the same time."
19748,LSD: Dream Emulator,,1998,7.3,"Adventure, Simulation",,,"Inspired by a ""dream journal"" written by Hiroko Nishikawa, LSD is basically a simulation-based game themed around dreams and nightmares. The gameplay is simple, walking around various dreamscapes and occasionally discovering surreal visuals. Coming into contact with any object or wall in the dream can result in warping to another part of a dream, which can go on for very long (up to 10 minutes), or can be cut short by falling off cliffs or through floors. After the dream ends, it is displayed on a graph showing whether it is considered Upper, Downer, Static or Dynamic. Gameplay takes place over various days, and after a long time passes, the counter resets, though the game can still be played. Textures can be completely randomized, and upon starting a new dream, you can not have the same one twice in a row, though dreams can be replayed using Flashback mode (unlocked after 20 days have passed), which is an option to revisit the same areas and allow you to choose different paths, though only for 3 to 5 minutes. There is no goal in the game, except to emulate dreams, ranging from colorful and happy, to dark and unsettling. Occasionally, dreams may be invaded by an apparition called the Grey Man, who can appear out of nowhere and remove your ability to remember a dream in Flashback mode."
19761,Head Coach,American Football Head Coach,1986,6.5,"Simulation, Sports",,,"An early American Football strategy game from the same stable as Kevin Tom's pioneering Football Manager which gives the player the role of Head Coach of an NFL American Football team and the responsibility of building up the squad by trading players and draft picks, selecting the offense, defence and kicker and calling the plays each week during the regular season games. Games are played out with simple graphics depicting rush, line plunge and pass plays as well as field goal attempts. Successful teams advance to the playoffs and possibly to the Super Bowl. An unusual feature is the College Draft in which draft picks were used to select new players for the next season. The master ""Head Coach"" would aim to win the trophy in three consecutive seasons on the highest level of the game."
19766,Gobliiins,"Gobliiins 1, Goblins, Gobliny",1991,7.4,Puzzle,,Fantasy,"Gobliiins is a puzzle game with adventure elements, in which the player controls a team of three goblins: Oups, Ignatius and Asgard (Hooter, Dwayne, and BoBo in the US release) to find four magic components. A voodoo doll has turned their king Angoulafre mad and by collecting the components they can track down Niak the Wizard, the only one who can make things right. The player needs to solve various puzzles by combining the different skills of the three goblins. It's possible to switch between them and control them separately. Most of the puzzles are based on coordinated actions. One of the goblins can cast powerful but erratic spells, another can collect and use objects, and the last can hit things. Action icons are activated at the bottom of the screen. The game takes place in 22 stages, each of which has puzzles that must be solved in order to advance. The characters have limited energy, which can be sapped by traps."
19767,Pole Position II,Arcade Archives POLE POSITION II,1983,6.7,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"In the sequel to Pole Position you are again driving an F-1 racer in a timed qualifying run, trying to achieve the pole position. Then it is off to the race, in hopes of taking that top spot. The difference in Pole Position II and it's predecessor is that now you have four tracks to select from."
19768,Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure,"Bonk III: Bonk's Big Adventure, PC Genjin 3",1993,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Bonk's Big Adventure is the third installment in the side-scrolling platformer series. As in previous games, the player assumes the role of a caveman named Bonk who headbutts his way through various enemies in order to defeat King Drool. Familiar moves include swinging on trees, bouncing off walls, breaking blocks and climbing walls with his teeth. Compared to the previous games, he walks and moves a little faster. Bonk has the new ability to pick up red and blue candy power-ups that make him grow or shrink and grab a flower copter. As always, there is plenty of platforming and enemies to discover. The game consists of seven rounds, set in the Dinosaur Kingdom, finished off with a boss. At the end of each stage, 16 smileys can be exchanged to play up to eight different bonus stages (2 smileys per stage needed). New level elements include ziplines and sewer pipes. The game also features a cooperative multiplayer mode."
19769,M.U.L.E.,MULE,1983,7.4,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Board game, Managerial / business simulation",Sci-fi / futuristic,"M.U.L.E. is about four hopeful explorers trying to make a fortune on a virgin planet. This is done by producing various goods (Food, Energy, Smithore, Crystite). Each of these goods have their uses: if you don't have enough food, you will have less time during your turn. If you don't have enough energy, your output will be lower. If enough smithore isn't produced, there will be a shortage of M.U.L.E.s. Crystite is the big earner that can make or break your game. You start the game by selecting your race. Some are easier to play, some harder. There are three levels of difficulty, in the easiest the game only lasts 6 turns, but the real game is 12 turns. Crystite is not available at the easiest level. Each turn starts with a land claim. Each player gets to choose a spot of land for themselves from the map. If two players choose the same spot, the player with less money wins. The map consists of different landscapes. River is best for producing food, plains for energy, mountains for smithore. Crystite is hidden and must be first found by taking a land sample to the town. After the land claim, each player takes turns in cultivating their land and doing other tasks. They can buy M.U.L.E.s to start production on their land, sabotage other players by buying M.U.L.E.s and letting them loose, try to catch the Wumpus for cash and try to find crystite veins. The time to do these things depends on if the player has enough food. Finally the player goes to the casino and wins a small amount of money, depending on how much time was left. After the cultivation phase is the production phase where each land produces an amount of goods depending on a number of factors such as if the player has enough energy in storage, what type of land is used, and some random events such as sunspots that increase energy output. Also, if the same player has plots producing the same goods next to each other, they gain a bonus. Three plots of the same production type anywhere on the map by the same player also gives a bonus. Third phase is the auction. Here the players buy and sell their goods on the open market. Players negotiate the price by moving up and down on the screen. The shop also has prices that depend on how abundant or scarce the goods are. So if there is a shortage of food, the price goes up and vice versa. This allows for various tactics, especially if one player manages to monopolize food, energy or smithore production. If there is no food, others don't have time to change their production types, if there is a shortage of energy, their land won't produce and if there are no M.U.L.E.s they can't change production type on their plot. Hoarding goods also has a drawback in the form of surplus where each turn a percentage of goods is wasted. There are a number of random events in the game. Some affect one player, usually the one winning gets small penalties and the losing player(s) get small rewards. The big events that happen randomly are: M.U.L.E. goes crazy - the M.U.L.E. on one of the plots runs away losing production for that round plus the money to replace it. Planetquake - production of smithore and crystite is much lower. Fire in store - all stock in the shops are destroyed (which means prices will skyrocket, but if you needed to buy something, you are at the mercy of other players). Pirate attack - pirates steal all crystite from stores and players (in the easiest level they steal smithore). Nasty if you happened to have a lot of them waiting for better prices. Acid rain storm - affects the plot under the storm and below it by boosting food production and decreasing energy production. Sunspot activity - increases energy production. Pest attack - eats all food on one plot. Meteor strike - destroys the M.U.L.E on the plot it strikes but creates a very rich crystite plot. The game always has four players, with 1-4 human players possible and the rest played by the AI. Because the players only need two buttons at most (up/down) in auction, it's easy to play with four people around the computer."
19775,Armalyte,Delta II Armalyte,1988,8.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the Delta region of space, the remnants of a long forgotten war remain - far beyond what those in the Terran system were used to. This technology is potentially valuable, but retrieving it from the 8 sectors will involve a lot of blasting and dodging. Armalyte is a left-to-right horizontally-scrolling shooter and was marketed as the sequel to Delta even though that one was done by different developers. Extra weapons are gained by shooting crystals and then collecting the resultant pod. Weapons on offer including lasers firing vertically and outwardly, as well as faster weaponry recharging. Weapons upgrades are not lost when dying, but they are taken away at the start of a new level, except for the batteries and the generators that are reduced one level above the initial one, if applicable. There are eight levels and a boss at the end of each one, with smaller bosses in the mid sections. Some parts of the scenery can also be lethal to the ship. The craft is accompanied by a computer-controlled drone with the same capabilities and in the two-player mode it is replaced by a regular ship. The later PC version is done by a different team but officially approved by the owners of the IP. It has the same gameplay, but updated graphics, animation, music and sound effects."
19776,King's Field,King's Field II,1995,7.5,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"The powerful and holy Moonlight Sword was stolen from King Alfred of Verdite. Prince Alexander, one of the king's closest friends, embarks on a journey to retrieve the sword. During his voyage a terrible storm overcomes his ship, and it sinks to the bottom of the sea. Alexander miraculously survives and is washed ashore on the mysterious island of Melanat. He has to explore the island, aware of the monsters roaming it, and find the sword. King's Field (originally dubbed King's Field II ) is the second game in the series, and the first one to become localized in Western countries. Like its predecessor it is a first-person 3D action role-playing game with a heavy emphasis on dungeon crawling. The game takes place in world consisting of interconnected areas, which gradually open up as the player acquires keys and other means to enter them. Most of the time the player is free to explore large areas, though he may encounter powerful enemies he is yet unable to defeat. The player character can attack physically with melee or ranged weapons (bows), as well as cast magic. Physical attacks and spells are each assigned to a different button. Character growth is handled by repeatedly executing the same types of attacks and applying certain items to raise attributes. New in this installment is the learning of magic from special crystals. Most of the creatures encountered in the game are hostile, with only a few offering help such as procuring different types of crystals needed to make healing potions. Every NPC in the game, whether hostile or friendly, can be killed by the player. Alexander can sprint now, though doing this depletes his hit and magic points and he must rest for a while to recover them. It is also possible to teleport between areas."
19781,Nocturne,,1999,7.7,Action,,Interwar,"It is the end of the Prohibition, and the beginning of the Great Depression in the United States of America. The Stranger is a mysterious operative of a secret organization known as ""Spookhouse"", founded by President Theodore Roosevelt to combat supernatural creatures. He investigates four cases, which can be played in any order and involve teaming up with a half-vampire to retrieve a powerful artifact from a castle in Germany, liberating a Wild West town from a zombie assault, fighting reanimated mobsters created by the mafia boss Al Capone in Chicago, and solving the mystery of a house with deadly traps. Nocturne is an action game with survival horror elements. The game features 3D characters and pre-rendered backgrounds with fixed camera angles. The Stranger mostly fights with firearms, and has to confront monsters and mythological creatures. The player can opt to aim manually, or choose the auto-aim option from the menu."
19784,Doom Troopers: Mutant Chronicles,,1995,5.9,Action,Platform,,"Based on the popular role-playing and card game, Doom Troopers: Mutant Chronicles casts you as a fearless commando who has been commissioned to save the world from an invading force of mutants. Play as either Mitch Hunter or Max Steiner as you embark on the most important mission of your life--the complete annihilation of the Dark Legion. Work your way through eight detailed levels filled with all kinds of evil and dangerous mutants, as you unload with a barrage of high-powered weapons that are readily available. If the pressure is a little too much for you to handle alone, recruit a friend and try to eliminate the Dark Legion together. The world is in grave danger and only the Doom Troopers can make things right."
19788,"Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure","Gadget: El pasado es el futuro, Gadget: Past as Future",1993,6.3,Adventure,,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Gadget puts you in a strange surreal world were a comet appears to be heading for the earth. Most people dismiss this situation since apparently it won't collide with us, however a group of scientists scramble to develop a way to stop this comet. Whether they want to destroy it, divert it, or whatever is unknown however, and you are charged with the task to find out what really is going on. The game is viewed from a first person perspective and progresses as an adventure game, where the emphasis is to explore and discover rather than solve puzzles (this seems to be the Japanese concept of an adventure game) so ultimately it is not so much of a game as it is more an interactive ""tour de force""."
19793,Premier Manager 3,,1994,7.3,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"In the Premier Manager series you lead a team from the Conference, the fifth division of English football, into the Premier League and onto European glory. Sign the right players and sell the bad ones to improve your squad. As in previous games in the series, the telephone puts you in touch with your staff, such as coaches to improve your players' skills and a scout to find new players. Stadium improvements (room for more supporters, undersoil heating, a better supporters' club) and sponsorship (assigning a brand to each piece of the stands around and above the pitch) are largely unchanged from PM2 New to this version is the Assistant Manager - if you can sign a quality one, he can do jobs such as training for you. Tactical depth is increased in PM3 - each player can be assigned a position on the pitch depending on which sector the ball is in, in a manner similar to Sensible World of Soccer Match coverage is fuller than in earlier versions, with an isometrically-viewed pitch displaying each touch in detail, helping you work out why your team lost 5-0, and how to stop it happening again."
19799,Air Zonk,"PC Denjin, PC Denjin: Punkic Cyborgs",1992,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In 1992, Hudson Soft expanded upon the Bonk's Adventure franchise they had built by creating Air Zonk a 2D side-scrolling ""cute 'em up"" shooter set in a cyberpunk-esque future. While Air Zonk differed from its successor in terms of gameplay, the cartoonish style of the Bonk series could still be seen all throughout the game, especially in the graphics, the characters, & of course, Zonk himself. Air Zonk may appear to feature a candy cartoon coating on the outside, but it's still a traditional shoot-'em-up at heart. You still have a selection of your basic weapon power-ups (8 in total here), but spread guns & powerful bursts are now represented by killer decks of cards & giant metal mandibles. Large, imposing endbosses are still the norm, but here your foes range from giant heaps of living garbage to killer football players. And outer space? Who needs to blow up things there when you have other venues (5 in total) such as a gigantic stadium to do it in? In addition to all of this, Air Zonk gives you a feature that allows you to choose from one of 10 ""friends"" at the beginning of each level who will fight by your side once you pick up a certain power-up. These friends range from giant scud missiles to living dump trucks to floating cow-things, among others. Pick up another power-up, & Zonk & his friend combine to create a powerful hybrid form, featuring some of the strangest attacks you may ever see in a video game. So will Zonk be able to defeat King Drool, rescue the moon from his clutches, & save the world? As usual, the answer is up to you..."
19800,Gumshoe,,1986,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Rail shooter",,"Your daughter, Jennifer, has been kidnapped! You have to help Mr. Stevenson who is on a mission to rescue her. Throughout the levels there are five diamonds you must collect which are needed to complete the final level and rescue Jennifer, with plenty of obstacles and enemies to get in the way. During the game Mr. Stevenson continuously walks to the right and you have to use the light gun to save him from any obstacles blocking his path. Some obstacles can be destroyed with the light gun, others Mr. Stevenson will need to jump over (shooting him with the light gun will cause him to jump.) You have a limited amount of ammo, but more can be obtained by popping the balloons which are scattered throughout the levels."
19804,EarthBound,Mother 2: Gīgu no Gyakushū,1994,8.5,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the year 199X, in the village of Onett, on the continent of Eagleland... Young Ness was asleep one night when a loud crashing noise awoke him suddenly. As he rushes out of bed and up to a nearby hill, he encounters a strange meteor, carrying a single passenger: a mysterious insect-like being named Buzz Buzz. Buzz Buzz tells him that in the future, an evil alien being known as Giygas has conquered the world, and the only ones who can stop him are four young kids: three boys and a girl. Ness, of course, is one of the chosen ones, and he must find the other three children: Paula, a young girl with remarkable psychic powers, Jeff, a mechanical genius, and Poo, the young Prince of Dahlaam. Together, these four friends have the power to defeat Giygas and save the world from his chaotic reign! EarthBound is a sequel to Mother It is a top-down role-playing game in which the heroes travel around Eagleland and various other, exotic countries, trying to end Giygas' evil influence. On the way, Ness and his friends will encounter a lot of enemies and battle them in turn-based combat. Unlike in the previous game, enemies are visibly walking on the screen. Each turn, each of the characters in the party can attack with their weapons, use a special ability (some characters have powerful psychic powers that can hurt enemies, heal comrades, and more; some also have some other, unique special powers), use an item or try and escape. The game features ""rolling HP meters"" - when a character is dealt damage, it's not all taken away from his HP right away, but instead his HP decreases slowly; if the combat is ended quickly, even a massively damaging attack can leave a character with only minor injuries. By winning battles, characters receive experience and thus become stronger. If the player-controlled characters are strong enough, weak enemies will escape from them instead of trying to attack; when chased down, they will be defeated instantly. Saving the game is done by finding a telephone and calling Ness' father. When the heroes defeat enemies, Ness' bank account receives money, which can be then retrieved from ATM machines throughout the game and spent in shops to buy better equipment or useful items."
19807,Das Stundenglas,,1990,6.3,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Das Stundenglas (“The hourglass”) is the first of three interactive fiction games by German developer Weltenschmiede (the others being Die Kathedrale and Hexuma - Das Auge des Kal ). It is entirely in German. Upon jumping into a mysterious chest, you arrive in a beautiful fairy-tale world. Yet the serenity is spoiled: the enchanted hourglass that controls the flow of time is lost, and the world has been split into two realities. Both planes are the very same land, but certain buildings and people exist only in one of the two zones. On your quest to reclaim the missing artefact, you will have to travel between the two worlds and claim a magical coin from each of the twelve inhabitants; of course, all of them ask a little favor in return for their gift… The game contains a (generous) time limit; you have to find the hourglass in 24 days. Consequently, there is a day-night-rhythm, and the characters will wander between certain locations in a daily routine. There are two graphics for most locations to reflect day and night. You can download Das Stundenglas for free by now; check the links section."
19808,Angel Devoid: Face of the Enemy,Death Mask,1996,5.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","In Angel Devoid: Face of the Enemy which is set in the futuristic NeoCity of the year 3032, the player takes the role of Jack Hard, a cop whose life goal is to hunt the criminal Angel Devoid. After an accident during a car chase he awakens in an hospital - only to find out that his face was operated to look like his eternal enemy. Now he is a wanted man... The controls of the game are similar to The 7th Guest : in a first-perspective view the player clicks on interactive items and a video clip shows the result. The game is designed to give an expression of the time pressure the protagonist is under - he has to react fast or he dies. This is also true when meeting other characters; in many situations Jack needs to use his gun to avoid being killed. Often he runs into conversations with people and robots instead of shooting them directly; then the player doesn't choose the exact answer but only the mood (aggressive, passive or normal) Jack answers in. The wrong approach may result in death. The protagonist can't walk freely through the city; the game consists of several single screens which have to be left by clicking on an exit, followed by a walking animation. There are quite a few places to visit, e.g. bars or a museum, but choosing the wrong path or hot spot generally leads to an instant death. There are also a few basic inventory-based puzzles to solve."
19810,Magic: The Gathering - Battlemage,,1997,5.6,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Fantasy,"Another of the Magic: The Gathering series, where you are a battle mage trying to challenge the authority of the new ultimate planeswalker of the lands. This game combined a strategy-based interface with a real-time action battle simulation, in an attempt to ""put to life"" the creatures of the cards in real-time battle. The storyline has different possibilities for the hero to take, so the course of the game differs for every new game."
19814,Landstalker,"Landstalker: Die Schätze von König Nolo, Landstalker: Kōtei no Zaihō, Landstalker: Le Trésor du Roi Nole, Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole",1992,8.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements, RPG elements",Fantasy,"An experienced treasure hunter named Nigel is on a quest to obtain the valuable Statue of Jypta. After successfully recovering and selling the statue, Nigel meets wood nymph named Friday, who is being chased by a trio of thieves. The thieves assume that Friday knows the location of the mysterious treasure of King Nole. However, she does not appear to have the exact location in mind, and instead relies on her senses to track it. She offers Nigel to accompany him on a long journey and eventually lead him to the coveted treasure. Landstalker is an isometric action game with platforming, puzzle-solving, and light role-playing elements. Much of the game is spent in dungeon-like hostile areas, where Nigel must often fight enemies, jump, climb ladders and ropes, and throw objects to overcome obstacles and solve puzzles. Nigel can acquire better weapons and armor, as well as items that permanently increase his hit points and strength. In towns it is possible to talk to non-player characters and buy items in shops. There are optional quests in the game, which may reward the player with attribute-increasing items."
19817,Saint Dragon,"Arcade Archives: Saint Dragon, Arcade Archives: Tenseiryū, St. Dragon, Tenseiryū Saint Dragon",1989,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter","Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Cyborg Monsters have taken over the galaxy, reducing race after race into slavery. Being designed by man these beings have superior firepower and attack capabilities, and can only really be beaten by one of their own. St. Dragon the Cyborg Warrior chooses to fight back against this tyranny, and that is the role you take in this horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up. Five R-Type -style levels await, with a wide variety of weapons on offer. When you lose a life (even your last life; there are continues on offer as well) you don't lose any of your power-up weaponry, but the restart points are quite far apart. The game's main unique feature is the armoured tail you have, which can be used to ward off attackers and can do considerable damage on its own if well-used."
19827,National Lampoon's Blind Date,,1994,5.6,Adventure,,,"This is a sort of ""dating simulator"" if you will, closely related to another interactive movie, Man Enough This one, however has more in the way of interaction and its humor makes it a more reasonably human experience (instead of being an all-out sexfest). You control a lucky guy who has been set up on a date with Sandi, a gorgeous and charming girl. Your objective? To get her, of course! (this doesn't mean you get any sexual payoff from the game; though there's a lot of sexual innuendo, your conquest of Sandy is played more for the fun of it than for sex). Gameplay consists of verbal sparrings which trigger appropriate video sequences; to spice up the action, you also get some mini-games."
19830,Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back,"Crash 2, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex no Gyakushuu!",1997,8.2,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"After the last battle with Crash Bandicoot, Cortex is thrown down to Crash' island. In a cave he finds a crystal which he finds out holds great powers. Cortex plans to use these powers for an improved Cortex Vortex which will turn everyone on Earth into his mindless slaves. But in order to do that he has to find 25 other crystals to power the Cortex Vortex. He recruits his old enemy, Crash, to find them, but Crash doesn't know about Cortex' evil plans."
19833,hyper 3-D Pinball,Tilt!,1995,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Pinball",,"Tilt! is a pinball game. The 6 pinballs you can play in the 3D full screen-modus or in the classic 2D scroll-modus. The themes of the pinballs are Science Fiction (Star Quest), Horror (Monster), Racing (Road King), Underworld (Gangster), Fantasy (Myst & Majik) and Fair (Funfair). Every pinball has multi-ball gaming, animations (esp. ball-locks) during the game and intermezzos in the scoring field."
19834,Harrier Mission,"Jump Jet, Sea Harrier",1985,6.1,Simulation,Shooter,,"Is anyone better placed to write a simulation of a Jump Jet than someone who flies them for a living? With any luck, no - Vaughan Dow is behind this attempt at an accurate recreation of his day job. You can take on one of four statuses, from Flight Lieutenant right up to Group Captain, with a practice mode also included. You must use guidance missiles and close-range guns, while paying attention to your fuel level, and the wind on higher difficulties."
19837,You Don't Know Jack: Volume 4 - The Ride,You Don't Know Jack 3: Abwärts,1998,7.6,Strategy / tactics,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"You Don't Know Jack: Volume 4 - The Ride is the fourth main installment in the series of humorously inclined quiz games. Several changes has been made to the game's structure and themes, compared to the previous entries. The game follows an episode-based format: ""The Ride"" refers to an elevator that transports the player character to rooms, each dedicated to a different theme. The choice of room for the player to tackle depends on his/her answers to the game's initial questions. The rest of the gameplay revolves, as in the previous installments, around answering trivia questions and gaining money by doing so. The game has a higher degree of randomization regarding the prizes offered for correct answers. There is also a new type of question, called ""Roadkill"", which requires the player to find a word that connects two other phrases."
19838,SPQR: The Empire's Darkest Hour,SPQR: L'heure la plus sombre de l'empire,1996,5.6,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"SPQR is a point-and-click Myst -style game set in Ancient Rome. Journal entries, newspaper articles, and various puzzles must be dealt with as the player unravels a conspiracy which threatens the Empire."
19840,Virtua Striker 2,"Virtua Striker 2: V2000.1, Virtua Striker 2: ver. 2000.1",1999,6.4,Sports,,,"It's here, Virtua Striker 2 V2000.1 has come to Dreamcast in all its arcade-perfect glory. Play any of the new modes - including 'Ranking' and 'Leagues' - or just sit back and enjoy the original arcade mode from the comfort of your armchair. You can save the best goal on your VM unit and use it when your competing in two-player mode. Football has never looked so good and felt so right... you can almost taste the pie and Bovril at half time."
19847,Matrix Marauders,,1990,6.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Matrix Marauders is a racing game set in the future. The player takes part in the ultimate racing championship and, well, races against other cars and tries to be the first at the goal. All cars are equipped with weapons which can be used to destroy the opposition. Other things to keep in mind are holes on the track which need to be jumped over and power ups which offer advantages when picked up, e.g. more speed. Permission to start at the next race is only given if the player finishes the race among the first three. Between races the car and its weapon system can be upgraded."
19850,Joan of Arc: Siege & the Sword,"Jeanne d'Arc, Joan of Arc",1988,6.9,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"In the 14th century, England has a presence in France, and as Charles, it's up to you to get rid of them. You are heir to the throne, and will have power if you can recapture the city of Rheims from the English, with Joan's help as everybody else thinks it's a lost cause. Combat is one major aspect of this arcade-strategy hybrid. Armies are made up of archers, cavalry and foot soldiers, whose movement and firing angle must be controlled. Storming a city also involves defeating some staunch defences. Once you have overall control, your goal is to reunite France, by retaking each city in turn. You must raise taxes so as to have the adequate funds (but don't let provinces become unhappy, they can rebel), and use this money to fund a big army. Sometimes the pen is mightier than the sword though - many devious diplomatic tactics are available, including bribery and poison."
19858,TalonSoft's East Front 2,TalonSoft's Eastern Front II,1999,7.1,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","Actually an update of the original East Front, this new version includes all the original scenarios patched and with improved graphics, plus 50 new scenarios and another 50 fan-made scenarios. (totallying 150). New options include rules like ""extreme fog of war"", armor facing, and other tweakings. Also available is a campaign game mode, plus multiplayer support by modem, IPX, E-mail and hotseat for 2 players."
19866,Mega Man 2,"Mega Man II, Rock Man 2, Rockman 2, Rockman Complete Works: Rockman 2: The Enigma of Dr. Wily",1988,8.3,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"After defeating Dr. Light's six robots that were reprogrammed by the villainous Dr. Wily in Mega Man it seemed like the world was safe. But it was not to be. Dr. Wily has escaped from prison and is madder than ever, this time creating eight new Robot Masters of his own to take over the world and crush Mega Man! Is the world doomed? Mega Man 2 is the sequel to the NES game Mega Man In this game, Metal Man, Air Man, Bubble Man, Quick Man, Crash Man, Flash Man, Heat Man and Wood Man are Dr. Wily's eight prize creations that have been sent to take over the world. As Mega Man defeats these bosses, he can steal their powers and use them for himself. Each Robot Master is weak against another's weapon, and through experimentation, Mega Man can gain the upper hand by using the weapon they're vulnerable against. Other additions to the game include the 'E-Tank' - an item that can be used at any time to completely refill Mega Man's energy, and a Password System, which allows players to continue their game by recording which Robot Masters have been defeated and how many E-Tanks they have. Mega Man 2 also removes the scoring system from the original game."
19872,V-Rally: Championship Edition,V-Rally: Edition 99,1998,7.3,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",Arcade,,"The GameBoy version of the popular V-Rally series includes 4 licensed cars and 20 racing tracks from different countries with varying weather conditions (raining on the English track, snow in Sweden etc.), and two game modes: Arcade and Championship. In Arcade mode you race against the clock, and in Championship mode you race against other cars to get to the finish line first. You see the car from behind in the usual early racing game style, with symbols popping up to warn about turns and obstacles on the road."
19874,The Tube,,1987,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are returning back to Earth after a five year mission patrolling the outer reaches of Province 4. Problems have arisen though on your journey as you lose control of your ship with engine damage. Looking out you see the lack of light and realise to your horror that you are being sucked into a black hole. The thing with this black hole though is that it is an alien scrap collection system, The Tube. You must now enter The Tube, survive and exit the other side. The Tube is split into three zones: The first is the Transfer Zone which captures and sucks debris into The Tube. Here you must avoid the debris or lose energy. You can shoot debris with your weapon. The second is the Defence Mechanism Tunnel. This place is to weaken any debris by smashing it. You must avoid or shoot anything trying to hit you as well as force fields and radar traps. The third and last zone is the Capture Area. This is where ships and debris are stored before being dismantled by the aliens. Some ships still have amounts of energy. You can dock with these ships and drain the energy. If you don't have enough energy for your shields then it's game over. Also some ships have energy crystals to recharge your ship engines. The first zone is viewed as a 1st person 3D shoot-em-up. The debris comes towards you from the distance. The joystick controls a sight while the fire button fires your weapon. The second zone is a horizontally scrolling shoot-em-up. The joystick controls your speed as well as steering the ship. The fire button shoots your weapon. The third zone is a top down view of the Capture Area. The joystick steers your ship. As well as the main playing area you can see the distance needed to travel, time, shields and energy."
19877,Crackout,Nazo no Kabe: Block-kuzushi,1986,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"In the year 30XX, the mankind has exhausted all the metal resources on the Earth, so they had to travel into space in order to find more. They find a planet high in minerals, and they name it Selim. But soon they discover that there is someone watching, spying on them; it's some kind of alien race. These aliens find a hole in the humans' main computer and get inside it. The computer, programmed to self-destruct in case of a failure, starts its countdown. There is only one way to avoid self-destruction, which is entering a 14 digit code into the machine; but these digits are hidden in the walls of the corridors in the complex. Your mission is to find these letters and avoid self-destruction, aboard the ""Red Warrior"", and using your only weapon, an energy ball. Crackout is an Arkanoid clone for the NES, but it's probably one of the most singular clones. You'll have to destroy all blocks but also the walls surrounding them, as the 14 letters are spread inside them, apart from killing the alien bosses here and there. In your way, you will find a bizarre mixture of enemies, from alien forms to parts of the body (eyes, lips, skulls...), who will make your game tougher by changing the direction of your ball; but also happier by dropping a sweet variety of power-ups such as the cherries (extra life), the clock (the enemies freeze), a rocket (to throw into the blocks), a fire device (the ball fires missiles), a parachute (slows the ball) an extra ball, or the weirdest of them all, the so-called Konami Man, who will take you to a secret parallel complex with different (and harder) levels."
19878,Sopwith,,1984,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",World War I,"Sopwith is a game where the player flies a Sopwith biplane, trying to shoot down enemy planes and destroy all enemy buildings. It can be played in single player or in skirmishes against the AI."
19883,Heroes of Might and Magic,,2000,6.5,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Fantasy,"Heroes of Might and Magic is a turn-based strategy game with a fantasy setting and the first appearance of the series on the Game Boy Color. In concept, rules and gameplay it is based closely on the original PC game but has controls and graphics adapted to the handheld and comes with its own set of scenarios. As in the original game, players control one of four warlords and must defeat the other three to win a scenario. Heroes are the central units of the game and are used to explore the top-down map, gather treasure and resources, claim mines, find artifacts and fight battles against roaming creatures or enemy heroes. The player's castles are used to recruit new heroes and to produce units to both defend the castles and make up the heroes' armies. Castles can be upgraded by adding new buildings, allowing for different and more powerful units to be built. Battles take place on special tactical screens and allow attacker and defender to give movement and attacking orders to each group of units. Heroes can employ magic spells during battles, but otherwise don't take part in the fights directly. By gaining experience, heroes level up RPG-style, increasing the power of their armies in the process. The game does not include a campaign like the PC version, but instead comes with a selection of 31 freely selectable scenarios designed especially for the handheld. These are rated according to difficulty (6 easy, 17 medium, 8 hard) and map size. The opponent's intelligence and the amount of initial resources are customizable. Games can be saved to battery-backed RAM, for which three save slots are available."
19899,Chessmaster 6000,Guoji Xiangqi Dashi 6000,1998,7.6,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Chess",,"Another installment in the Chessmaster series. Adds rated gameplay against true-to-life opponents, a stronger engine, and an easy-to-use 300,000 game database. There are audio annotated games from Josh Waitzkin and new tutorials from Bruce Pandolfini a noted chess teacher."
19900,F355 Challenge: Passione Rossa,"F355 Challenge, Ferrari F355 Challenge",1999,8.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Get behind the wheel of one of the most world's most prestigious cars - the F355 Ferrari. F355 features a number of game modes: the Arcade mode which is the same as the checkpoint arcade version; Championship mode where you race a total of 6 races for the combined highest score; Single play which is the same as Arcade mode but with no time limit; Versus play with a two player split screen; and Network Race where you can connect to the Internet and race a time attack against other players ghost cars. The courses that are available to race on are Motegi, short and long versions of Suzuka, Monza, Sugo, Long Beach, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Nurburgring (GP track), Laguna Seca, Sepang, and Fiorano (Ferrari's test track). The game features 3 levels of difficulty. There are also four Assist functions - Stability Control for cornering, Traction Control from the engine to the tires, Anti Lock Brake System to keep the tires from locking during braking and Intelligent Brake System for braking before corners so beginners can concentrate on steering. You can also connect to the Internet and register your driver data."
19901,Die Sage von Nietoom,,1994,5.4,Adventure,,,"The German point-and-click adventure Die Sage von Nietoom (English: ""The Legend of Nietoom"") was released in 1994 by a small game development team from Berlin, Germany being their first and only released title. Young Marco is an ordinary boy living in the little town of Arluk near the Marmaan Mountains. Sometimes he visits his grandpa Wando who lives in a old hut in the mountains. Wando is the best storyteller in the world and one day he tells Marco about the secret doors to travel between the worlds."
19908,Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth,"Chitei Senkou Bazolder, Wurm: Uma Jornada ao Centro da Terra!",1991,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 1999, the world is suddenly facing intensive natural disasters. Scientists are perplexed and decide that research on the inside of the earth is needed. To this end, an underground vehicle is constructed to explore the underworld. They call it the VZR, but the crew know it more commonly as a Wurm. Four different Wurms have already been dispatched and mysteriously disappeared, so a fifth Wurm vehicle is ready to launch crewed by the best and the brightest. Crew Chief Moby has been chosen to lead the mission, even though she has lost both her love and father on previous Wurm missions. It will be up to her and the crew to figure out this mystery and rescue the other Wurm members. There's also a matter of mysterious crystals that have been found underground... Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth is a game featuring multiple sequences. The player controls the VZR vehicle, and occasionally Captain Moby when she ventures out on foot in vertically and horizontally scrolling sequences as well as a first person battle against enemy monsters. Players progress through 5 levels, in which the VZR-5 investigates the fate of the other VZRs. After the completion of each level, the player gains a crystal, which will unlock additional weapons for the VZR, mentioned below. The VZR is controlled in both a side-scrolling sequence and a top-down vertically scrolling sequence. In the side-scrolling section, the VZR is able to change between Tank Mode and Hover Modes mode. In the top-view section, the VZR is able to change between Hover Mode and Aerial Mode. The Tank mode drives along the ground, firing in three directions and uses a drill to tear down obstacles. The Hover Mode can fly around the screen, but uses fuel constantly while doing so. Like the tank mode, It can also fire in three directions and has the drill, however the weapon can be changed to two power-ups: energy balls that fly across the screen and a wave weapon the shoots out in both directions. The Aerial Mode is a fighter jet form and sacrifices the obstacle-clearing drill for a laser weapon which bounces off of walls. In all forms, the VZR has a Life bar and a fuel bar, either of which will end the game if it runs out (though Tank mode does not use the fuel). Defeated enemies will sometimes drop fuel restore power-ups. The VZR also engages enemy monsters in a first person shooter game. The player moves the perspective of the VZR left and right, and is able to fire the weapon. There is a ""Possibility"" percentage on the screen that determines when the player is able to kill the enemy creature. This possibility must reach 100% before the battle is over. In order to raise this possibility, the player can attack the monster's weak point... slowly driving it up, or the player can ""talk"" to crewmates on the VZR who will analyze the monster with sensors and move the the Possibility value up (or down). Players can also change between different weapons, some of which are more effective than others, all of which are fired the same way on the screen. When Captain Moby leaves the VZR vehicle, the action changes to a side-scrolling platform game. Moby must navigate her way through a maze of different rooms, looking for the objects or persons required for her to open different locked doors. Moby's only abilities are a jump, a karate kick and a pistol. Moby has an ammo bar which determines how many times she can use her pistol, and a life bar, which ends the game if it runs out."
19912,Boxer's Road,,1995,7.2,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Boxer's Road is an early boxing simulation game by NEW who would later be responsible for the Victorious Boxers series. The game provides a detailed simulation of your boxer's professional career, including scheduling training and meals, monitoring a huge range of statistics on your boxer (which will affect your classification), and looking at your opponents' histories and information before each fight. You also directly control your boxer during fights, and you have a sizable variety of different punches and other techniques. In addition to following your own career, you can also play an exhibition match against a friend's boxer on their own memory card. You can also save replays of your matches."
19914,Arrow of Death Part II,Mysterious Adventure #1: Arrow of Death,1982,7.9,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"Arrow of Death Part II is the fourth game in the Mysterious Adventure series of illustrated text adventures by Brian Howarth This is the continuation of the previous game, Arrow of Death Following the events of that game, the player now has all of the pieces of the Arrow of Death, which can destroy his enemy. However, the Fletcher who knows how to assemble it correctly has been kidnapped by Xerdon. The player will have to travel through unfamiliar lands with exotic plant-life and many threatening creatures in order to rescue the Fletcher and safeguard your people. These games used the Scott Adams adventure engine, and thus also have the same features - a basic 2-word parser, small vocabulary, and brief descriptions. They were similar to other adventures of the time."
19916,Radikal Bikers,,1998,5.9,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Radikal Bikers is a game set in a Mediterranean environment in which players show off their motorbike skills while delivering pizzas. The game places two players in direct, head-to-head competition to deliver pizzas as fast as possible."
19925,Capital Punishment,,1996,7.8,Action,Fighting,,"You choose one of four warriors (Corben Wedge, Wakantanka, Sarmon or the topless Demona) and try to battle your way through a series of baddies ('Street Fighter' style) until you reach the final boss: Qwesul! On the way you get the chance to 'Rescue' the other fighters you could have chosen after you beat them in a fight. After that you get to choose which fighter to take with you into the next arena, depending on who you think will work best for that fight."
19928,R4: Ridge Racer Type 4,"Ridge Racer 4, Ridge Racer Type 4",1998,8.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Developed exclusively for the Sony Playstation, this fourth title in the Ridge Racer series features new visuals, powered by goraud-shaded polygons, giving each car and track a more refined appearance, while keeping the same arcade gameplay popularized by the first game of the series. While it includes the usual time attack and a new split-screen versus mode, the focus of the game is the Real Racing Roots '99 Ridge City's three heat, seven race championship, with the grand finale in a speedway during New Year's Eve. The player starts by choosing one of the four teams available (from easiest to harder): Micro Mouse Mappy directed by the lovely Sophie Chevalier who hopes to win the first title in many years for the French team to honour her ill grandfather, Pac Racing Team a recently created Japanese team directed by Shinji Yazaki who expects to create an immediate splash in the Ridge City racing scene, from Italy the RRR champions Racing Team Solvalou with the demanding Enki Gilbert at the helm, and the American team Dig Racing Team who has fallen into financial difficulties, with team director Robert Chrisman struggling to provide the driver with a car capable of out-handling opponents. After picking a team, the player can choose one of the four car makers available: Lizard and Assoluto keep the old RR tradition of cars drifting wildly on corners, but Age Solo and Terrazi offer a new experience with their ""Grip"" cars that require more breaking and careful trajectories, but are easier to control during turns. The player earns (and so, unlocks for free play) cars by completing races; however, final placement defines how good the car will be. By scraping through the first two heats (the Final GP accepts nothing but a victory), sponsors will be unwilling to invest in the team and instead of a new car, the mechanics will only upgrade the current vehicle. But winning all races allows the driver to reach the Shooting Hoops speedway with the fastest car. By combining all qualifying placements, 320 cars are waiting to be unlocked. R4 Ridge Racer Type 4 also includes an extra disk, featuring the original Ridge Racer in higher resolution. For a time, the game was also sold as a bundle along Namco's innovative Jogcon controller."
19941,Freedom Force,,1988,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In Freedom Force Rad Rex and his partner Manic Jackson are part of an elite counter terrorism unit. Their mission is to save the hostages in a hijacked plane by killing all the Bagmen. After they successfully take back control of the plane they must work there way back though the airport and streets to take out the guerrillas hideout to get to their leader, Eugene Extreme. Freedom Force is a light gun game that is played with the Nintendo Zapper. The object of the game is to kill all of the bad guys with out losing all of Rad’s health or killing too many hostages or civilians. The friends and foes appears though doors and windows, and from behind objects forcing a quick decision whether to shoot them or not. There are 5 levels in total (Aeroplane, Gangway, Airport Terminal, Street, and Hideout) and the 4 different types of weapons that enemies have are guns (one shot), machine guns (one burst loses about quarter health), grenades (instant kill but can be shot in air), and missiles (faster then grenades). To help the player an icon can appear quickly in the lower left corner of the screen representing health, ammo, gun, a grenade launcher (weapon to kill everyone at once, not good with hostages and civilians around), and a harder difficulty (more enemies), that the player must shoot to activate. A two-player mode is available with the two players taking turns, with the second player playing Manic Jackson. There is also a hangman mini-game that is played between every two levels where the player must shoot the correct letter when it is lit up."
19946,Space School Simulator: The Academy,Academy: Tau Ceti II,1986,7.7,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Pete Cooke 's follow-up to the previous space shooter-explorer takes things away from the Tau Ceti setting. Players take the role of a student at an academy for advanced piloting. There they need to solve 20 simulated missions on a wide range of planets. The self-contained missions mean that the game uses the Tau Ceti structure and theme, without the causality of previous decisions having an effect on later choices. This reduces the complexity of management. Although players can customize the ships, including giving them names of your choice, the game comes with supplied ones include a variety that should suit many different circumstances. Whichever vehicle is chosen, players will control it from a 1st person perspective and a series of controls. All ships skim over the surface of the planet and feature weapons. Most missions will involve destroying rogue robots enemies. Players will have to dock with buildings to refuel or move on to a different planet."
19947,Mad Dog McCree,Mad Dog,1991,6.1,Action,Rail shooter,Western,"Mad Dog McCree and his gang have kidnapped the Mayor and his daughter, and it's up to you to rescue them. You must blast through bars and bank robberies to take the gang out and save everything you regard as good and true. Where the game differs from other Operation Wolf -influenced shoot-'em-ups is in the use of live video, with real people appearing on the screen before you shoot them down. You have unlimited continues with which to reach the end, so the actors will have their screen deaths seen by as many people as they would had they starred in a film. The PlayStation 3 version has re-mastered full-motion footage (720p), a new scoring system with leaderboards, and cooperative gameplay for up to four players. The Move peripheral is supported as a controller."
19949,3-D Ultra NASCAR Pinball,3-D Ultra Pinball: Turbo Racing,1998,6.5,Action,Pinball,,"3-D Ultra NASCAR Pinball is, as the name suggests, a pinball game with a racing theme. Unique is that the theme is not only present on the table's background images but that the player actually takes the role of one of four real-life NASCAR drivers. Every race consists of three parts, each represented by one table: preparing, racing and pit stops. The player prepares his car by playing at the garage table. Similar to regular pinball games the goal is to score as most points as possible. The player visits the speedway table two times per race: at first there is a qualifying round which, together with the garage score, sets the starting position for the race. During the race the player constantly competes against the other drivers; to be successful he needs to score points by hitting certain parts of the table as fast as possible. Lastly the pit stop table is entered by hitting a certain point on the speedway table. This is required if the player hits the ""accident"" spot or at certain times during the race. Again the goal is to hit certain points on the table as fast as possible. The game also includes an informational part on the CD-ROM where the player can read texts or watch videos about NASCAR racing."
19952,Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine,,1988,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"There are three asteroids, hidden among thousands, where various minerals and precious gems were stored. It was believed the riches would be safe there, until the Zoggians discovered them! Now you have to fly an experimental spacefighter, the Cybernoid, into battle to recover the asteroids. The Cybernoid is equipped with standard laser blasters, missiles, and the ability to pick up other weapons along the way. Cybernoid is an arcade style action game for one player. You can choose from three different skill levels; easy, hard and lethal. On some versions two different sound modes are also available, a basic music and sound effects mode, and a super sound effects mode with no music. Each room you explore is equipped with a time bomb. The bomb will explode taking you with it should you take too long to get past all the obstacles on the screen. You start the game with nine ships, and more can be earned by collecting enough points during the game."
19954,Dynasty Wars,Tenchi o Kurau,1989,6.2,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,"China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events","Originating in the arcades, Dynasty Wars is a beat-em-up set during the Three Kingdoms Era of the Chinese history, and is, more specifically, based on the Tenchi o Kurau manga adaptation of the story. The player adopts the identity of an ancient Chinese warrior, and riding on horseback has to eliminate all his opponents, mostly infantry and archers. Four historical characters from the time period can be controlled: Zhang Fei (fights with a halberd), Liu Bei (broadsword), Guan Yu (a Chinese pole weapon known as guan dao), and Zhao Yun (pike); some of the character names are misspelled in translated versions. The characters are distinguished by their health and strength parameters. The game uses a lateral scroll and the player can move in all four directions. A novelty is the attack system: when pressing fire the energy of the attack will load up as the warrior moves his weapon up and backwards, in order to gain momentum. The more the player can keep fire pressed, the more powerful the attack will be. In addition, so-called ""tactics"" can be used at specific moments; these are powerful area attacks that deplete the protagonist's HP in process and range from summoning an ambush partner and causing rock slides down slopes. Stages typically culminate in boss battles. Along the way, various power-ups can be collected. Besides treasure that increases the player's score, and food packs that heal the protagonist, there are also yellow and blue orbs, which represent the game's light RPG elements: yellow orbs count as experience points and increase the character's vitality after a stage is over, and blue orbs increase the power of his weapon."
19961,Cultures,"Cultures: A La Découverte Du Vinland, Cultures: Die Entdeckung Vinlands, Cultures: Discovery of Vinland, Wenhua",2000,7.3,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Medieval,"Cultures is a real-time strategy game with a slight difference: the player does not have to bash all his opponents into submission. The story is told from the perspective of a young Viking boy, Bjarni, now in adulthood. He and his family form part of a village community on the coast of Greenland whom have come upon hard times with harsh weather conditions ruining their harvest. One day, a comet comes crashing to Earth, splitting into six pieces as it enters the atmosphere. Convinced that this is a sign from their Gods, the villagers make the necessary preparations to embark on a mission to recover the six pieces in the hope that this will bring them prosperity. The story unfolds across thirteen scenarios, and during the adventure, they come into contact with several other cultures such as Eskimos, Indians, and Mayans. Besides the campaign, there are four tutorials, a number of standalone single player scenarios (including some designed for beginners). Multiplayer is supported for up to six players across the Internet or a local area network. All players assume the role of the Vikings."
19967,Uprising 2: Lead and Destroy,,1998,7.4,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This sequel is basically identical to its predecessor with improved graphics and sounds as well as a significant simplification of the game's controls. The story of this sequel continues the events of the original game and allows the player a more detailed view at the complex conflict between the alien race named Kri'iSara and the human race, which is constantly on the verge of destruction. The mixture of real time strategy and action game can be compared with the Battlezone series"
19982,Amnios,,1991,7.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Amnios is a multi-directionally scrolling top down shoot 'em up set across ten levels, each representing a planet whose eco-system has been infected. The controls involved thrusting and rotating, similarly to Asteroids There are two ways to successfully complete the level - destroy enough of the infection to allow the planet to survive, or rescue enough of the citizens, Defender -style. For each of the organs to be destroyed, a specific weapon can be created to cleanse it easier - blueprints must be collected and taken back to your ship for this."
19983,COMPUTE!'s Guide to Adventure Games (included game),Tower of Mystery,1984,7.3,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"In this demonstration game, whose type-in source code is included in the book to demonstrate text adventure game programming, the player must venture into a defunct factory tower (based on a real building in Manchester, NH) in hopes of retrieving magnetic media on which is stored a copy of Crowther & Woods' inaugural adventure game, ADVENTURE Typical text adventure adversaries of vermin and small animals interfere with the efforts, and must be overcome through the solving of standard text adventure puzzles. Three versions of this game's source code are included in the book, for Microsoft BASIC, modified Microsoft BASIC for Atari computers, and for TI BASIC."
19985,Machine Hunter,,1997,6.6,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A classic shooter with a twist. Aliens have invaded the Martian Colonies and reprogrammed the mining robots into killers. Earth, fearing an invasion, creates the Machine Hunters. They wear special suits that allow them to reprogram and take over the robots on contact. The trick is learning to control 9 different types of robots to fight the other robots. There are many different worlds to explore as you locate and battle the robots. All of the worlds let you teleport to different locations on the planets."
19992,V2000,Virus 2000,1998,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"V2000 is a 3D space shooter based on the '80s game Virus Aliens are using a virus to corrupt and possess many creatures from different worlds by opening up links between the worlds they are trying to conquer. From many of these links emerged the hives. The usual mission objectives in the game are to destroy the mutated creatures and the hives, rescue local inhabitants, while ""beaming up"" weapon upgrades along the way. Players are then awarded ""trophies"" for each world saved or if it is saved quickly. These trophies allow the player to receive new ships."
19996,VMX Racing,,1997,5.5,Racing / Driving,,,"VMX racing is a 3D dirt bike racing simulation. The game features four bikes, six different tracks, both outdoor and in stadiums. You can unlock bonus tracks (including one that takes place on the moon) trough performing tricks during the races. You can choose from individual races or a championship in which you play all tracks. Each time you race against seven opponents. One of them can be a friend in two player split-screen mode."
20004,Checkered Flag,,1991,8.1,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Checkered Flag for the Lynx is a racing game employing open-wheel racing cars (either Formula 1 or Indy-style depending on whether the box or the instructions are believed). The game features 18 tracks located in the American countryside or cities. Game modes include Practice, Single Heat and a 8-race Tournament. The start position can be set randomly or determined in a qualifying lap and the length of a race can be set between 1 and 50 laps. Also customizable are color of the car and the gender of the driver, both having only cosmetic effect. Gameplay is Pole Position style, with the own car seen from behind, a perspective view of the track, and cars and roadside obstacles displayed as sprites. A graphical representation of the track, lap times, speed meter and rear view mirrors are always in display. One button accelerates, another brakes. Left and right on the joypad steers while up and down shifts gears if manual transmission (either 4 or 7 gears) has been selected beforehand. Crashing into other cars sends the own car into a spin while hitting roadside obstacles (trees, bushes, rocks or animals) reduces speed to zero. The game can be played by up to six players via a ComLynx connection. If fewer players race, remaining slots can be filled by AI-controlled drivers for a maximum of 10 cars per race."
20005,Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands,"Zork Nemesis - Les Territoires Interdits, Zork Nemesis: Das Verbotene Land",1996,8.0,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"In the last days of the Great Underground Empire, four of the Empire's greatest Alchemists disappeared into the Forbidden Lands on the day of the Solar Eclipse, supposedly searching for the secret of the Quintessena, the Eternal Life. An imperial spy, Bivotar, was dispatched to locate them. He never returned. Now, the task has fallen onto you. You soon discover that the Alchemists are dead, slain by a horrible demon known only as the Nemesis. You manage to get on the Nemesis' nerves, and soon find yourself allied with the spirits of the dead Alchemists, attempting to finish their work before the Nemesis can finish you. But all is not as it seems, and as you unravel the secrets of the past through old letters and ghostly flashbacks, you begin to realize the full horror of the events which transpired under the Eclipse all those years ago. Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands is a graphical first person adventure game in the style of Myst mixing logic puzzles with live-action FMV sequences which advance the story. The player views each location from a first-person perspective, and can rotate the camera 180 degrees to get a full view of your surroundings. Like other Zork installments, the game contains humorous elements, but in general its story and atmosphere are darker, including images and themes such as decapitated heads and human sacrifice."
20011,Er*bert,"Crazy Er*bert, Cub*Bert",1984,6.5,Action,Arcade,,"Er*bert is a clone of the arcade game Q*Bert with some minor modifications. As in the original game, your must leap up and down an isometric landscape of square blocks while avoiding predators (in this case, Boris the gorilla and Coily the snake) and other obstacles (such as falling boulders and trapped squares). Every time a square is visited it changes colour, and the goal is to visit all blocks without being killed. There are also single use teleporter disks at the edges of the playing area, allowing Er*bert to escape from tight situations. The first level is the same pyramidal shape as in the original game, but there are also three other levels shapes, which are repeated for 10 different difficulty settings. The enemies also behave differently from the arcade, with Boris always distracted by a banana before chasing you. Picking up the banana gives you a double points bonus for each new square visited. There is also a hover-hat which can be activated to temporarily fly above the landscape out of harm's way."
20012,Prime Mover,,1993,6.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Prime Mover is a motorcycle racing action game, viewed from behind the bike. There are twelve riders and five bikes (with different top speeds, acceleration and handling) to choose from. The full championship includes 12 races against a field of seven riders (computer opponents are loosely named after real riders of the day – Rain Wayney and Lucie Kavanora for example). Circuits are set around the world, with various weather effects, with a rendition of each national anthem played on the pre-race screen. Handling is loose and arcadey. It is not possible to fall off – contact with hazards or other bikes simply results in you losing time."
20023,Cubulus,,1991,6.9,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,,"How do you make an interesting computer game out of the venerable Rubik's Cube concept? According to cult programmer Tobias Richter, you view it from the top with all sides displayed, and allow the player to choose the number of sides, from 4 to 25. A large number of different starting arrangements are offered, grouped by difficulty. Rather than having a level-based progression, you can choose any of these from the start. A number of different tunes are provided, written by Team 17 cohort Bjørn Lynne."
20027,China Syndrome,,1982,5.3,Action,Arcade,,"The Spectra Island reactor provides power for millions of residents. Ordinarily, there is no problem but there has been an earthquake. This has damaged the reactor, causing it to release radioactive particles. You must use the robot arm to retrieve these particles before the radiation builds too much and we have a meltdown. There are three sections per screen. They are colored, from top to bottom, red, blue and yellow. You start with one particle in each area and you must move the robot arm to intercept these particles, pushing the fire button to grasp them when they get to the robot arm. If you delay too long, however, the particles will split as they bounce around, causing the radiation level to build. If the radiation builds too much, you lose one robot arm. In later levels, you also must avoid hitting the circulating fans, as this will also destroy the robot arm. The game ends when you clear level nine and save the day or lose your last robot arm and the reactor enters meltdown."
20033,Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds,"Jeff Wayne's La Guerre des Mondes, WOTW, WOW",1998,6.8,Strategy / tactics,,"Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk","The game based on Jeff Wayne's musical play and the classic science fiction novel by H.G. Wells. it is the year 1898 and the Martian have escaped from their dying homeworld to conquer the Earth and take its resources - and the blood of its inhabitants. Take either side in this epic real-time strategy game. You can play as the Martians with their superior technology and powerful but expensive war machines in their campaign to take over Great Britain and the rest of the world. Or play as the weaker but more numerous Humans to turn back the alien onslaught before their fiendish plans can be made reality. Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds is a real-time strategy game. There aren't any set missions or a linear story-line, it's all up to you. You must use your time wisely to build up your forces and production facilities within your sectors before the enemy can launch their attack. Research new technologies, construct new buildings, and build new military units to win the game and save your race. The fate of your species, whether Human or Martian, is on the line."
20034,Pieces,Jigsaw Party,1994,7.7,"Action, Puzzle",Cards / tiles,,"Pieces is a new take on Jigsaw puzzles by mixing it with Tetris Players take pieces of a jigsaw and fit them into the proper outlines on the puzzle to form a picture. Players can compete in the Jigsaw Mode which allows up to five friends to compete against each other, by taking turns, in a race against time depending upon the difficulty setting (four total). Players can also compete against the computer, complete with power-ups that can help the player such as ""Sweeper"" which takes away half of their opponents completed puzzle. There are eight different categories of puzzles to choose from ranging from sports themes to global locations, each with eight puzzles ranging from 36 to 60 pieces in size."
20035,Channel F (included games),,1976,6.6,"Action, Compilation, Sports",Paddle / Pong,,"Fairchild's Channel F console comes with two built-in games. Those two games are: Hockey is an extended version of the Pong concept. Two players try to get the ball to land in their opponent's goal. The paddles can be moved not only up and down, but all across the playfield. They can even be tilted to have the ball reflect in another direction. In addition to the main paddles, both players also have a special goal keeper paddle that they can move up and down between the poles. There are four ball speeds to choose from. Matches end when either one of the players reaches a score of 15, or after a time limit of 2, 5, 10, or 20 minutes. If the game ends in a tie, the players can decide to play 1 minute of overtime. Tennis is a simple Pong variant. Two players compete by passing back and forth a ball with paddles. If a player misses the ball, his opponent gets a point. In Tennis the players can choose from 4 different game speeds. A round can be configured to end as soon as one player reaches a score of 15, or after a time limit of 2, 5, 10, or 20 minutes."
20040,Goofy's Railway Express,"Dingo Et Le Train Express, El Tren Expreso De Goofy, Goofy und der phantastische Schnellzug, Goofys S-Bahn, Il Rapido Di Pippo",1990,7.2,"Educational, Puzzle",,,"In Goofy's Railway Express Goofy and Mickey are railroad conductors helping children with colors and shapes. This is done by a series of screens for young children to start visually identifying shapes and color matching while the train crosses colorful landscapes. When the train smoke stack produces colored shapes, such as a square, circle, or triangle, the child must press the spacebar key. If the shape and color matches the shape and color above a Disney character waiting on the train platform, then the train will stop and pick up that passenger. Otherwise an unique animation appears somewhere on the screen for entertainment."
20042,Rad Warrior,"Die Heilige Rüstung des Antiriad, La Armadura Sagrada de Antiriad, Rad-Warrior, Radwarrior, Sacred Armour of Antiriad, The",1986,7.3,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, Puzzle elements",Post-apocalyptic,"As Tal, your job is to single-handedly clear out the aliens who have invaded a desolate and destroyed post-nuclear earth. To have any chance of this, he must locate a sacred suit of armor. Not only will this protect him from radiation, and allow him to withstand some enemy contact, it also heals him, and enables him to float. This means that the game has two distinct styles, with your character limited to jumping, and with only rocks (located around the screens) to throw. Once he finds the suit he can fly around the ledges, shoot the inbuilt Pulsar beam, and survive within the volcanic hideout the aliens have based themselves. You will need to recharge the suit at times, and also take it off to pass through tight caverns."
20045,Up Up and Away,,1983,6.9,Action,,,"Up Up and Away is a horizontal scrolling game where you have to fly a hot air balloon from base to base avoiding obstacles such as clouds, trees, kites, birds and people throwing rocks. You have a limited supply of sandbags and fuel and these decrease the higher the difficulty level is (0-5). Moving the balloon upwards consumes fuel so careful control needs to be observed. Sandbags can be used to hit people or hit icons with the letter P to improve your score. Refuelling stations to land on are also along your route. The keyboard or a joystick is used to control the balloon."
20046,Airlines,,1994,5.3,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Here you have an typical mid-nineties economic simulation which, you guessed it, simulates a airline company. At the start of the game you own 100% of a stock corporation with a few million dollars capital. With this money you buy airplanes, which differ in statistics like range, price or room. On a world map you define routes, ticket prices and load (passengers or commodities) and send them on the flight. The rest is handled by the game itself and the only thing you have to do is buying new planes, sell parts of your stock due to financial difficulties, watch your balance sheet and handle a few random events like strikes or oil crises. Due to the nature of the game you'll spend all your time either on the world map or in front of statistics."
20049,Magic Fly,,1990,6.9,"Action, Simulation","Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Your enemy have designed a new fighter craft, the Moth. The only prototype is held in a network of caves within an asteroid, heavily protected by 30 different types of craft. As a pilot of the T2 'Magic Fly' craft, it is your job to find and destroy the Moth. You fly through a set of tunnels presented in a mixture of vectors and solid 3D, with arrows guiding you as to which way to go. The ship's damage is split into ten areas, and the auto-repair feature can be set to prioritise these. Energy resources are limited, and must be allocated across different areas of the ship. Accurate steering and shooting are not enough – puzzles protect the route, and these will take some pondering. You are armed with multiple weapons (types of lasers, mines, a rear-gunning-droid and various guiding missiles), each of which has its own use. You also have an on-board map and radar, as well as a turbo facility."
20050,Centurion: Defender of Rome,,1990,7.3,Strategy / tactics,,"Africa, Classical antiquity, Egypt (Ancient), Europe, Historical events, Middle East","Starting as a young Roman legionnaire in 275BC, your job is to conquer the known world through force or diplomacy, fighting on land and sea. Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy game. You start with one province, Rome, and one legion. To complete the game, you have to conquer all the provinces on the map. One part of the game is micro-managing your provinces. You set up tax rates and make people happy by organizing games. In Rome, you can organize a chariot race, a gladiatorial combat or even a simulated naval battle; this starts an action mini-game where you control the chariot rider, gladiator or ship. Another part of the game is military conquest. You can raise legions or strengthen them in any province you control (let's just hope there are enough men in the province, or your legion will be incomplete and weaker). There are three types of legions, each of them has a different strength. You can also move a legion to a neighbouring province. When you enter a province you don't yet control, you can speak with the ruler there. With luck, you can convince him to give you the province for free; but this isn't very likely, and you'll often have to fight. When your legion attacks a province, or defends one of your provinces from an invader, the game switches to an isometric view of the battlefield. You can give orders to your legion (assuming they are within the range of their commander's voice) and watch as they duke it out with the enemy forces. Eventually, one of the sides will be completely wiped out or panic and retreat. Finally, you can buy warships and have naval battles with the enemy fleet. This is represented as an action mini-game, depicting a duel of the flagships; however, the outcome of the battle actually depends on the strength of your fleet."
20057,Powerdrome,,1988,7.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Powerdrome racing series is now into its 24th year of high-speed high-octane action. Why race on flat 2D circuits when you can charge through a multi-textured half-pipe in small aircraft? Typhoon Racing have taken up the challenge, and entered you in their machine. There are 6 different circuits, with hazards including chicanes, tunnels and crusher gates. Shading to the sections marks out whether a corner or dive is coming up. There are 5 computer opponents to race against in one player mode, while a data link cable allows 2-player games. Each planet has its own atmosphere, and your machine's filters will need to be set to take account of this. Rain on some circuits necessitates a pitstop for a changeover. You are armed with afterburners, which can provide a speed use in open air but should not be overused. The Amiga version allows you to adjust the sensitivity of the controls - either way, joystick is easier to use but mouse is seen as ultimately being faster."
20059,Eight Man,Eightman 8,1991,6.3,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"The super-hero must stop the destruction of a city at the hands of a giant robot and its maker. The object, as Eightman (or Nineman), is to move left or right punching enemies and fight a boss at the end of the level. In some levels, you are chasing after a vehicle while enemies jump out at you. Power-ups can be collected along the way, which, when collected will make your kicks and punches stronger as well as give you bombs which are used to damage all enemies. If a two-player game is in progress, a spark will be between them and their bomb power will be increased."
20064,X: Beyond the Frontier,,1999,7.1,Simulation,"Managerial / business simulation, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2912. Kyle Brennan, an Earth pilot, is testing the new X-Shuttle, which can jump between parts of the known universe through wormholes. During the test jump, something goes very wrong, and Brennan ends up in an unknown part of space. He meets aliens of the Teladi race, who repair his ship and loan him some money. Unable to return to Earth, Brennan is all alone, owing money to an alien race, and yet unaware of the existence of the Argon race, who look surprisingly similar to humans and are threatened by mechanical beings known as the Terraformers. X: Beyond the Frontier is a space trading and combat simulation, similar in many ways to Elite set in the fictional X universe. Trading occupies the larger part of the gameplay. There are fifty-four star systems in the X Universe, each with space stations, solar power plants, shipyards, and other installations. By trading with them the player makes a profit, upgrading the X-Shuttle with new weapons, better shields, and increased cargo space. The player is also able to buy factories, which will generate money at regular intervals. From time to time, hostile ships will attack the X-Shuttle, which will force the player to engage in action-oriented space combat, using the weapons on board or ramming the enemy ship."
20083,Super Tennis,Super Tennis World Circuit,1991,7.8,Sports,,,"The world circuit of tennis awaits you. Select from 20 male and female players, each with their own style of game play (strengths and weaknesses) and play singles, doubles either against or with a human opponent or a CPU controlled player(s) on all the major surfaces (clay, grass & hardcourt). The circuit mode is the meat of the game. Here, using a password save system, you play a selection of tournaments all around the world. The more games you play and win, the more points you receive. These points go towards your rank in the world tour rankings. There are 4 major tournaments (as in real life) and many minor tournaments to play."
20089,Rally Challenge 2000,Rally '99,2000,6.0,Racing / Driving,,,"Rally Challenge 2000 is a racing game for the N64 and features 9 courses in different countries around the world, licensed cars including Subaru Impreza, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, Toyota Corolla, etc. and with each car having its own strengths and weaknesses, car damage, various weather conditions and 4 modes.* Arcade - you must simply select one of the 3 difficulty settings, one of the available cars and compete with the other 8 CPU players for the first place. Each difficulty setting has 3 races and the place you manage to get at the end of each race is carried on to the next one. Car damage does not apply in this mode."
20110,Corporation,,1988,6.3,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Corporation is set in the future where big corporations exploit natural resources on planets, no matter the cost. The player leads a mining mission on an asteroid which is on a collision course to a moon. The player has to meet a certain mining quota until the crash occurs - and leaving the asteroid on time is also advised. This is a strategy game where the player purchases robots which do the work. There are six types of robots with different abilities, like mining robots for digging, survey craft to identify the crystals, trucks for transportation or fighting robots to attack the competing company (either controlled by the AI or another player). Those robots can be either equipped by fusion or solar drive: the latter is cheaper but does not work during nights. The player has a limited budget to work with and the robots can be either controlled directly (shown from a first-person perspective) or programmed to follow pre-set behaviour patterns. After finishing a round successfully, the player receives a code which can be entered for more credits and a higher quota to reach."
20111,Tom Mason's Dinosaurs for Hire,,1993,6.9,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"""Dinosaurs For Hire"" does not really have a plot. Unknown monsters and weird robotic creatures attack the Earth. For some reason, the only ones who can stop the invasion are the three Dinosaurs for Hire: Archie, a tyrannosaurus rex and their leader; the triceratops Lorenzo, lover of fine food, fine wine, and fine clothes, and the one-eyed, unpredictable stegosaurus Reese. Each dino has its own strengths and weaknesses. You guide the dinosaur of your choice through the platform levels of the game. You are equipped with a gun: tons of enemies will attack you from all the sides, so your best bet will be walking with the fire button pressed down. You can shoot to all the directions and also engage in melee combat when the enemy is too close. Each level has a boss enemy waiting for you in the end. There is also a cooperative two-player mode."
20115,Barbie,,1991,5.3,Action,Platform,,"Barbie has a big day tomorrow, so she needs to get a good nights rest. She has strange dreams about all her planned activities. She must traverse five levels made up of a total of thirteen stages to make it through the night. Barbie travels through various location in the mall, at the beach and in the soda shop trying to make it from the left side of each level to the right. Each level is populated with animals and with living objects of the sort you would find in that location. She can jump with the A button and throw crystals with the B button. The longer you hold the button down, the farther each crystal is thrown. She has three kinds of crystals, each of which has a different effect. One makes creatures help her, one defeats them and one has varying effects."
20129,Flappy,,1983,7.3,Puzzle,,,"In this puzzle game, you control Flappy, a yellow mole. The object of the game is to help Flappy push the Blue Stone onto its Blue Platform in each level. Red Stones are placed in key locations across the levels. They can be pushed, stacked on top of each other, and even destroyed. Flappy must strategically take advantage of the gravity and the Red Stones in order to clear the path for pushing the Blue Stone. Three different types of enemies will try to prevent Flappy from clearing the level, so you must either avoid the enemies, crush them from above with the Stones, or pick up Sleeping Mushrooms to knock them out temporarily."
20134,Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo,"Super Puzzle Fighter II, Super Puzzle Fighter II X",1996,7.8,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"A Tetris-like puzzle game featuring popular characters from many Capcom games. Colored gems fall from the top of the screen in pairs, but this time lining up those of the same color is not enough. To break the gems and punish your opponent with counter gems you have to place a crash gem of the same color next to the gems. If you make a block of gems of the same color they'll fuse, forming a power gem. Breaking a power gem sends more counter gems to your opponent than breaking the same amount of gems in some other configuration. But the ultimate attack is breaking power gems in chain."
20137,Spot,"7 UP Proudly Presents Spot: The Computer Game!, 7 UP Proudly Presents Spot: The Video Game!",1990,7.3,"Puzzle, Strategy / tactics",Board game,,"A puzzle game loosely featuring licensing from the 7Up soft drink. The gameplay involves up to 4 players, which can be either human or computer, each taking on spots of a particular colour. Starting from opposite corners, they take it in turns to move, either by 'reproducing' one of their spots to form another one in an adjacent square, or by making a jump, losing the square you did have but taking one two spaces away. When a piece lands next to one of another colour, that piece changes colour into that of their opponent. The winner of each round is either the last player with any pieces left, or the player who has the most pieces left when the level is full."
20138,Bubsy 3D,"Bubsy is 3D in ""Furbitten Planet""",1996,5.0,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Bubsy 3D is a polygonal platformer, and one of the earlier games released domestically for the Sony PlayStation. It is a continuation of the Bubsy series, which debuted on the 16-bit platformers back in the early 1990s. The game's graphics are predominated by flat-shaded polygons. The gameplay is broken up into a series of stages. The typical goal is to find pieces of a broken spaceship. The game supports both password saves and the PlayStation Memory Card, but it does not feature analog support."
20139,Formula One,"F1, F1 World Championship, Fórmula 1, Vroom Multi-Player",1993,7.5,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,Oceania,"F1 is an Official Formula One Racing Game. There are two modes of play available: ""Arcade"", ""Grand Prix"". In both of these modes you complete a certain number of laps (4, 8, or 12) and select which circuit that you want to race on. The circuits include San Marino, France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Japan, and Australia. Some circuits are easy, while some are difficult. There are slight differences between the two modes. For instance, ""Arcade"" allows you to select the circuit in any order that you like, whereas ""Grand Prix"" only allows you to fine-tune your car before starting a race. You also need to race a circuit in the order that they appear on the circuit selection screen, but you can skip a track if you want. F1 is a 1-2 player game, meaning that if you have another player handy, you can compete against each other."
20144,Moonshine Racers,,1991,6.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Ike and Billy Joe are running illegal booze around the US, and you must take control of their vehicle and make sure they complete each part of their journey. The action is viewed from above and behind the car, in a similar manner to the OutRun and Lotus games. Gameplay is a sort of reverse Chase H.Q. as you aim to flee Sheriff Sam's staff, without destroying your car or running out of time. As well as typical car upgrades, between stages you can also buy maps, which will help you plan your route. The game's atmosphere includes banjo-based background music and CB radio sounds, for that authentic Midwest feel."
20146,Castle Master,,1990,7.6,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Long ago, the Magister created the world and all its creatures. One creature rebelled against his control, man. The Magister watched with bemusement as man increased with number before deciding to sleep beneath a hill in England. A castle was built upon the hill, called Castle Eternity. Eventually, in medieval times, man awoke the Magister from his slumber, but his power had seeped into the land. So he bade his time until the day of a great feast, held by your father, the king. There the Magister turned the castle's inhabitants into all manners of ghoul and beast, but thankfully you and your sibling were outside the castle at the time. Castle Master is the fourth and final individual game to use the Freescape first-person solid 3D game system (after Driller Dark Side and Total Eclipse ). As a Prince or Princess armed with a slingshot, you have to explore a medieval castle to free your twin sibling from the evil Magister. Gameplay combines action and puzzle-solving, across four primary towers with three levels each. Doors must be opened using one of the ten included keys. These are unmarked, as are the various potions - making it a challenge to know which keys open which doors, and which potions are beneficial. Contact with ghouls drains your energy, as does falling too far (there are narrow pathways to negotiate), while eating cheese can replenish this. Movement and aiming are controlled separately."
20165,MegaRace 2,,1996,6.5,Racing / Driving,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"MegaRace 2 is a 3d racing game with detailed graphics. You can choose between 14 armored cars loaded with weapons of mass destruction, and race on 6 different tracks. Only the cars are rendered in real-time 3d, while the tracks are actually pre-rendered. This allows the player to have very detailed cars and tracks, but limits the interaction with the scenery. The game also features a TV Show in full motion video between the races."
20167,World Wide Rally,,1997,4.4,Racing / Driving,,,"World Wide Rally is a first-person rally racing game. The player selects between a variety of rally car models, and races opponents in various real-world locations. The player must pay attention to terrain restrictions that would impede the driving."
20169,Tunnels of Doom,,1982,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"One of the first graphical computer role-playing games, Tunnels of Doom puts the players in control of up to four characters in a single party, to explore the dangerous Tunnels of Doom, fight monsters, and collect treasure. The four characters can be controlled by one player as a party, or by up to four players, each choosing an action during battles. There are four different character classes available: Fighter, Rogue, Wizard, and Hero. The latter can be selected only if he is the only character in the party. Enemies appear randomly, and the battles are turn-based. Various treasure is scattered around the dungeon; the player also has the option of buying certain equipment. In some places, fountains can be found; drinking from them will affect the party in different ways, positive or negative."
20173,Jumping Flash! 2,Jumping Flash! 2: Big Trouble in Little Muu,1996,7.6,Action,Platform,,"Just like in the predecessor you jump around a 3D scenery and try to find all the Muumuus hidden in each level. You'll once again go through big levels with some huge structures reaching into the skies with floating platforms and loads of shooting enemies. Luckily you're armed too, so prepare for some really thrilling jump and run action along with a lot of shooting."
20177,Bomberman World,,1998,7.3,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"This is Bomberman's first appearance on the PlayStation in North America. This version maintains the style of play of the 2D Bomberman games, but has a pseudo-3D look to it. Bomberman World features the one player story mode as found in all Bomberman games, but it most importantly has a five player battle mode. The multiplayer game has twelve different maps, along with three different modes of play."
20178,Treasure Quest,,1996,5.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Professor Jonathon Faulkner has died, leaving an inheritance of $1,000,000 to the first of his students who can solve the mystery he created in his 10-room mansion. In fact, the first player of this game who submits the correct solution to the game's publisher will receive one million real dollars! As you explore each room of the mansion, Terry Farrell (""Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"") appears in a video clip to give you some clues and insight to the room's mystery. Words and phrases are hidden in each room in the form of word search puzzles, cryptograms, fill-in-the-blank puzzles, or even more subtle forms involving musical and audio clues, and pictures. These words and phrases fit together to form a quote. After finding the quote from each of the ten rooms, an ultimate solution must be deciphered and submitted, along with the ten quotes, to win the prize. According to the publisher, the $1,000,000 prize was won by P. Dreizen of San Francisco, California, in May of 1998."
20180,Hogan's Alley,,1984,6.2,Action,Shooter,,"This game involves the use of the Nintendo Light Zapper, and has, truly, no plot. You are in the police station doing target practice, either with three targets at a time with at least one innocent person, or in an alley with both good and bad targets in windows and walking on the sidewalk. Then there's Trick Shot, where you shoot the cans, trying to make them land in a slot for points, or at least not let them fall to the ground."
20184,Magic Knight Rayearth,Delphinus,1995,7.5,Action,,Fantasy,"The balance in the magical world of Cefiro is supported by the prayers of the lovely princess Emerald. When the evil Sage Master imprisoned her, the existence of the entire world was endangered. Using her spiritual powers, the princess contacted three Japanese high-school girls, Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu, turned them into Magic Knights, and summoned them to Cefiro, where their goal is to save her and to restore the balance. This adaptation of the eponymous manga and anime series is an action game with light role-playing elements, somewhat similar in style to Zelda games. The protagonists are all the three girls, but the player can controls only one of them at a time. Each one has advantages and disadvantages, as well as different fighting styles: Hikaru uses swords, Umi a rapier, and Fuu a bow. The player advances through the game by exploring the world, talking to non-playable characters, and fighting enemies in real-time combat. There is no experience system; new abilities (among them swimming and jumping) are gained as dictated by the story, and must be used in certain points in order to advance."
20190,Jeopardy! Sports Edition,,1994,6.6,Puzzle,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"This version of Jeopardy! focuses more on sports related themes with 700 different categories and 3,500 questions to answer related to sports such as baseball, football, hockey, etc., along with many other sub-categories such as players, sports equipment and the like. The rules are still the same as the others, there are three rounds where the player buzzes in to answer and spells out the answers using the D-pad. It features digitized photography of sports-themed clad contestants such as baseball, football, volleyball and the like along with authentic digitized studio surroundings and the likeness and voice of long time Jeopardy! host, Alex Trebek"
20203,DogDay,"Curiosity kills the cat?, Kōkishin wa Neko o Korosu ka",1996,5.8,Adventure,,,"In this 1st-person, point and click adventure game, you play a dog (in a dog's universe) living under the brutal and corrupt regime of a dictator named Chegga. Chegga has full control of the media and has placed his friends in positions of power. Players must collect evidence of Chegga's wrong doing and sell it to a shadowy group called C.A.T.S. (Coalition Against Totalitarian Society) which will presumably use the information to wrest control from Chegga. In selling this information, the goal is also to be gaining enough money to purchase a train ticket, leave this part of the world, and try to make a better life. The way the plot is laid out, it is unclear whether the player's character is out to rid the world of a tyrant or simply in it for the money."
20205,Devilish: The Next Possession,Bad Omen,1992,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",Fantasy,"Genki's first game is a paddle/pong game with a background story. Once upon a time there were a prince and a princess who loved each other. But the evil jealous demon named ""Y"" turn them both into stone paddles. Suddenly, a blue sphere fell from the sky, becoming the ball which the paddles can now push forwards, overcoming obstacles and defeating demons. Devilish is different from other paddle games by letting you play with two paddles. The lower one behaves just like a usual paddle - you use it to prevent the ball from dropping down. The upper one can move and turn, allowing you to hit the ball from different angles and from different parts of the screen. You advance through levels by destroying bricks and enemies, going up until the level boss enemy appears."
20212,Lunicus,,1994,6.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is a conversion of a highly acclaimed Mac title. The premise is that aliens come to wipe out the earth and only you can stop them...geez, anyway. You are a soldier based on the Lunicus moonbase, earth's last defence. The game progresses through missions in which you go back to earth, clean up a specific place of alien scum in standard fps fashion, and go back to the moon. Eventually you'll have to defend you base and finally you'll take on the alien's mothership. The game includes a lot of cut-scenes and you can chat with your fellow soldiers aboard the lunicus between missions."
20213,Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic,,1995,7.2,Action,Platform,,"Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic is a 2D platformer that takes inspiration from the classic Sonic and Mario games. Hermie Hopperhead is a young city kid with weird-looking red hair that sticks out in all directions. While waiting for his girlfriend, Trish, he happens to spot an egg with arms and legs come leaping out of a nearby garbage can. The bipedal egg coaxes him to come with it, and Hermie is lead into another world called Egg World. The world's resident villain, Mad Migo, is trying to take over this world of innocent egg people. What's worse, the evil Migo has taken Hermie's girlfriend, Trish, hostage. It is now up to Hermie to put a stop to Mad Migo's plans and rescue his girlfriend. The gameplay is very similar to that of Mario games: enemies are usually defeated by jumping over them. A notable feature is the assistance of the inhabitants of the Egg world. Some of them follow the protagonist around and may turn into platforms and other things to help his progress."
20218,Jagged Alliance 2,Guerilla: Jagged Alliance 2,1999,8.2,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics","Tactical RPG, Turn-based tactics (TBT)","Contemporary, Sci-fi / futuristic","The political situation in the democratic monarchy of Arulco has gone from bad to worse. The country has been taken over through a coup d'état by Queen Deidranna Reitman, the wife of Enrico Chivaldori - rightful heir and son of late King Andreas Chivaldori. Enrico was reportedly killed in an assassination attempt during his trial for the murder of his father. Enrico however is alive and has contacted the Association of International Mercenaries (A.I.M.) to help him retake the island. Making contact with Miguel Cordoba, the head of the resistance team, A.I.M. will hire mercenaries and coordinate battle plans to control towns, organize militias in a quest to overthrow Queen Deidranna. Jagged Alliance 2 is an isometric, third-person perspective turn-based tactics game. The role-playing elements of the game refer to (mostly) character development. The game is also able to switch between two different styles: sci-fi or realistic modes. From a new game, players will use their laptop to review information and hire mercenaries. Following that, the political map shows a satellite top-down position of the island of Arulco. From the map, equipment and funds are managed, as well as a review of enemy movement, and planning can be made to capture towns, mines and other locations. From the map, mercenaries can be deployed into a specific sector. Hostile sectors and enemy counter-attacks initiate combat mode. The combat screen is where most of the actual gameplay occurs. Traveling in towns, exploring houses (with the purpose of stealing stuff of course!) and most importantly combat, occurs here. An encounter with an enemy team (either offensive or defensive) will prompt a battle in the area of contact. If on the offensive, players may opt to place mercenaries in favorable positions. Each team plays in turns, unless their action in interrupted by an opposing member. Enemies come in all shapes and sizes: enemy soldiers, tanks, bloodcats, and (in sci-fi mode) insect-like monsters. The team that remains alive will control the sector. In order to recapture the island, players must engage in town militia management. A defense system must be organized for newly conquered towns to defend against enemy troops. Only loyal towns however may have its population trained into militia (indicated by a green percentage on the town via political map). A maximum of 2 mercenaries may train militia in any given town. The militia has 3 different training levels: green, regular, and veteran. The first 2 may be acquired through training, while the veteran status may only be acquired through combat."
20225,Secret Agent,SAM,1992,7.2,"Action, Puzzle","Platform, Shooter",,"As Agent 006, you are the world's only hope: the terrorist organization known as the D.V.S. has captured the blueprints to a new, powerful weapon known as the ""Red Rock Rover"". Your mission is to infiltrate several islands occupied by the D.V.S. and retrieve each part of the blueprints. The shareware version only has the first episode available; the registered version consists of three installments, packed as separate executables. Secret Agent is a side-scrolling platform game, where your objective is to complete 15 levels, allowing you to gain access to the ""main fortress"" which is the 16th level. On each level, you have to find and destroy a radar dish, and also find a bundle of dynamite and place it at the exit to blow it open. On your way, you'll be threatened by human henchmen and robots, as well as various hazards, such as spikes, deadly laser beams (which have to be de-activated by finding a floppy disk and bringing it to a computer terminal) or pools of acid. The only weapon you have is a rifle which can be used to kill most opponents, though some are immune to bullets or require a little more than shooting blindly if you want to kill them! Agent 006 has three health points, and losing all three will kill him (though you have unlimited lives) - not to mention that some hazards kill instantly! You'll also have to make good use of pushable barrels which you can occasionally find: they'll be used as stepping-stones to reach higher ground, but make sure you don't drop them into a pit from which they cannot be retrieved. There's a variety of objects to collect - ammunition, bonus objects that give score (such as bags of money, briefcases, walkie-talkies etc.), and an opportunity to get a big score bonus: on each level, if you find three letters S, P, Y and collect them in the exactly right order, you'll get a lot of points - but it won't be easy! You can also find a few power-ups: boots that speed you up for a while, goggles that makes a few more platforms appear (thus giving you access to unreachable spots), an ""increased shot power"" item which allows you to fire faster, but also a question mark which reverses your movement for a moment (very confusing) or a ""1/2"" fraction which slows you down."
20226,Kingpin: Life of Crime,Kingpin: Life of Crime - On the Street,1999,7.4,Action,Shooter,,"Crime in the city is beyond the capabilities of the authorities, The Kingpin runs the whole town. Nearly every dirty thug and thief in the city is in some way working for him or paying protection money. Otherwise they have a habit of ending up dead. One such thug refuses to pay his protection money to one of the Kingpin's lieutenants, Nikki. For his troubles the thug is left beaten and bruised in an alley. Swearing revenge, it will be up to this thug to track down Nikki and every other member of the Kingpin's organization... and deliver a violent end to their lives of crime. Kingpin: Life of Crime is a first-person shooter, in which the player takes the role of the thug on his mission of revenge. The player's health meter is a number, and when depleted the player dies. Armor can also be collected which offered protection of either the head region, the torso region or the leg region of the player. Weaponry begins with a small lead pipe but other weapons such as a pistol, shotgun, tommygun, flamethrower, grenade launcher and rocket launcher, will become available when picked up. Kingpin keeps track of weapon skills so that the player's aim is generally worse when they newly acquire a weapon and improves over use. Many of these weapons will be found hidden in rooms, but others will be for sale at the Pawn-O-Matic series of pawn shops. The pawn shop also sells health, armor, ammunition and upgrades for certain weapons. In order to reach the Kingpin, the player will need to interact with various NPCs: some wanting to trade items, some wanting quests completed and others just available for hire. Interaction with NPCs is limited to the player giving either a positive or negative response/statement. Much interaction with NPCs or the Pawn shop will require money, which is collected from dead enemies or found lying around in apartments or inside of locked safes. The player is able to hire certain goons who will the follow the player and use their own weapon to attack enemies. They feature their own damage display, similar to the player's, and can be ordered to follow the player or stay put. Some goons will also have lockpicking skills which can be used to open locked doors or safes."
20227,Bismarck,"Bismarck: Chasse Atlantique du Nord, Bismarck: Nord-Atlantik Jagd, Bismarck: The North Sea Chase",1987,6.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War II","May 1941, operation Rheinübung. German battleship Bismarck is attempting to elude the Allied fleet in order to escape from the North Atlantic and be able to conduct shipping raids against Allied supply convoys. The player can take command of either the British or German side. You can conduct air searches on the map, read weather forecast, move your ships, fire their deck guns and torpedoes, control repairs during battle. You can also fly Fairey Swordfish and make a torpedo run. Germans win if Bismarck safely escapes south or returns to France after sinking enemy ships."
20231,Run Saber,,1993,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2998, the brilliant Dr. Bruford is experimenting with genetic structures and radiation. He hopes to create new functions in nature that will remove the pollution from the Earth before it is too late. Unfortunately Dr. Bruford's experiments go wrong and genetic monsters are unleashed upon the world. The only thing that can stop these creatures are Dr. Bruford's previous achievement: Genetically enhanced warriors known as the Run Sabers. Two of the Run Sabers, Sheena and Allen are ready to activate. Run Saber is a side-scrolling platform game similar in gameplay to Strider Players assume the role of one or both of the Run Saber characters. Choosing either Sheena with her Ice powers or Allen with his Thunder powers, players must defeat mutant monsters. The Run Sabers can move side to side, jump in the air, attack with a sword, climb along walls or roofs, slide across the ground and drop-kick. Additionally, each character has a special move, which damages everything on the screen with either Ice or Lightning, and which can be activated by collecting orb power-ups. Other power-ups include small health, large health, extra life and a larger sword. Players progress through 5 different levels, often encountering powerful boss and miniboss mutant creatures."
20232,F-16 Combat Pilot,,1989,7.9,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"True to the aircraft’s flexibility, you pilot the F-16 in assignments as diverse as dogfights, bombing raids or reconnaissance missions. It is up to you to plan your flight route by setting waypoints on the tactical map prior to take-off; you can also (but need not) select the armament of your plane. When you have accumulated enough flight experience, you may command entire squadrons in the fictional Operation Conquest campaign, a simple simulation of an entire war theater that already hinted at what would later become DI’s Virtual Battlefield. F-16 Combat Pilot allows multiplayer duels via modem or serial link."
20236,Dark Reign: The Future of War,Dark Reign Redux,1997,7.6,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Dark Reign narrowly beat Total Annihilation as the first RTS to incorporate 3D movement and positioning. This increases the strategic advantage of hills and mountains. Each mission puts you in the role of the commander of either the Imperial army or the Freedom fighters in a campaign to undermine and eventually destroy the opposing force. This game has many unusual features for the RTS genre. AI patterns allow you to simply give a unit the order ""Search and Destroy"" and it will drive off towards the enemy's last known location, in search for something to kill. There is also an ""explore"" mode which lets your units do all the map exploration for you. A mission/campaign editor is also provided."
20237,Nitro,,1990,7.5,Racing / Driving,,Post-apocalyptic,"A racing game in which four cars - up to three of them can be controlled by players - complete for the first place in over 20 levels. These levels are divided into four themes, and a few of them are played at night: Although it's hard enough to tell which way to go in the eight-way-scrolling maps during the day, you're sure to hit many barriers and walls at night when only your headlights give you any clues about where to go. Depending on how well you raced, you'll get money to upgrade your car - and you'll also need to refuel your car! There are three types of cars to choose from, and depending on what kind of terrain a level is on, making the right choice here can give you the edge."
20240,F-1 Race,,1990,6.8,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"F-1 Race is an arcade style racing game featuring tracks in locations all around the world. You will find tracks from Australia, Canada, Portugal, India, Russia, and even Egypt. Gameplay is viewed from a behind-the-car perspective using scaled bitmaps. There are three modes of play. First is a championship mode, where you compete in a series of races, and must place first in each to advance to the next. Second is a time trial mode, in which you try to achieve your shortest lap time around the track of your choice. Finally, there is the multi-player mode for up to four drivers."
20244,To the Earth,,1989,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2050 the Earth has been attacked by the villainous Raggosians and it is your job to save the planet! You will need to pilot your ship, The Tempest, to the planets Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Earth in order to retrieve certain minerals which can be used to fight the Raggosians. The Raggosians will be trying to stop you from reaching these destinations, though, so you need to use the Nintendo zapper to fight back. Numerous (and very fast!) enemy ships will fly by on the screen and attempt to destroy your ship. You need to shoot the ships and incoming missiles before your ship takes too much damage. From time to time a comet will fly by, and if you shoot this a temporary barrier will be formed that protects your ship from enemy fire. Occasionally you can also earn a smart bomb which appears in the bottom of the screen and destroys all enemies if shot. Each level ends with a large boss which will take multiple hits to destroy."
20257,Shien's Revenge,Shien: The Blade Chaser,1994,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Fantasy,"Shien and Aska were swift ninjas fighting in a civil war. Having defeated hundreds of enemy soldiers, monsters suddenly appear and kidnap Aska. It is up to Shien to defeat them and rescue Aska from these creatures beyond the Time Gate. Shien's Revenge is a first-person Operation Wolf -style shooter that puts the player in the role of Shien the ninja. Movement is automatically controlled by the game, which scrolls horizontally or vertically. The player must use his weapons, long-range shuriken (throwing stars) and a close-range dagger in order to defeat various enemy ninjas and creatures that appear on the screen. A set of candles indicate the player's life meter. Power-ups such as rapid fire and scrolls can be picked up by defeating enemies. The use of scrolls produces a powerful attack that damages everything on the screen. At the end of each area, the player encounters a boss who must be defeated through the depletion of its life meter."
20263,Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes,,1999,6.9,"Action, Simulation",,"Oceania, Sci-fi / futuristic","Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes is a mech combat simulation set in the Gundam universe. Created to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the franchise, it presents an original story set during the One Year War between the Earth Federation and Zeon, parallel to the events of the first Gundam TV series. It takes place in Australia and stars the mobile suit team White Dingo, a guerrilla combat unit supporting the main forces of a Federation counteroffensive against the Zeonic forces. The player controls Lt. Rayer, who along with his team mates Leung, Mike and Anita must fight Zeon in nine missions. Before each mission, briefings from Commander Hawkins and messages from the teammates are shown as FMV sequences. The squad of three mobile suits (Anita controls the OASIS hover truck) must be outfitted by choosing suits, weapons, and shields. Two suits are available from the start: RGM-79 and RGC-80, with the RGC more heavily armed and armored at the cost of reduced mobility. Further suits become available for special mission objectives later in the game. The choice of weapons includes various projectile and beam weapons, along with rocket launchers and grenades. Weapons differ in ammo (some have unlimited shots, others have magazines and thus a short reloading time), range and power. Missions are seen from a first-person cockpit perspective, but also employ in-engine cutscenes to show plot developments. Mission objectives usually include the destruction of a specific enemy unit or structure, but goals can change mid-mission. Leung and Mike fight on their own but can also be given specific orders, including movement and search patterns, attacking specific enemies or defending friendly units. They can be given preferences for long- mid- or close-range combat. Anita's OASIS truck cannot attack or defend, but can be used to detect enemies on the map through a special radar scan. Enemies include all sorts of ground soldiers, tanks, aircraft and of course mobile suits as seen in the TV show, including Zakus, Goufs and Gelgoogs. The player's suit is controlled via the directional pad for movement and the analog stick to look around. Double-pressing on the pad enables a quick dash via vernier thrusters. The thrusters can also be used to jump or hover, but can overheat and then require a cooldown period before becoming reusable. For ranged combat, the cockpit view can be switched to a sniping mode. Close combat against a mobile suit on the other hand automatically switches to a melee mode, in which the suits draw their beam sabers and duel it out."
20264,Bride of Frankenstein,,1987,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"You are alone in Castle Frankenstein...well, you're the only person here, anyway. Scattered about the castle and its grounds are lungs, hearts, kidneys, and brains your beau Franky needs. You must use the joystick to move around the castle and find the parts that are needed. You must also locate keys to unlock doors. But beware, for while you may be the only person here, there are other dwellers within, such as ghosts and skeletons. If they touch you too much, you will have a heart attack and die."
20271,UMS II: Nations at War,Universal Military Simulator 2: Nations at War,1990,6.5,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","Sequel to the original Universal Military Simulator of 1988, this release continues the game concept of its predecessor and allows the player total control of nearly every aspect of a battle. In the original program, three scenarios are included: Invasion of the Allies in Normandy 1944, Battles of Alexander the Great in 334 B.C. and Napoleon´s greatest battles at Trafalgar, Austerlitz, Borodino and Waterloo. Also included is the UMS Planet Edition which lets the player create their own scenarios."
20272,Sword of Vermilion,Vermilion,1989,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"The ""cousin"" of Sega's RPG Phantasy Star II Sword of Vermilion is a role-playing game with action combat in a medieval-fantasy setting. A third-person, top-down perspective is used to move around towns. A first-person view is used for overland travel outside of towns. A third-person side view perspective (a la Double Dragon or Final Fight ) is used for the combat sequences. The player is cast in the role of an ordinary young man who discovers that he is really a prince, and the son of the deceased good King Erik. He is charged with traveling around the land of Excalabria to collect the eight magic Rings of Good, defeating a number of boss enemies on the way to confronting the evil King Tsarkon."
20289,Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake,,1990,7.7,Action,Stealth,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In 1999, a great scientist named Kio Marv invented ""oilix"", a special petroleum-purifying substance that was supposed to help in the upcoming oil crisis. Shortly after the invention became known in the world, Dr. Marv was abducted. An investigation showed that he was held captive in Zanzibar Land, an isolated state in Central Asia which was ruled by a group of mercenaries from all around the world. Having oilix in addition to nuclear weapons are bound to Zanzibar an invincible state that would sooner or later attempt to conquer the entire world. Roy Campbell, ex-commander of special unit FOXHOUND, sends Solid Snake, the man who has single-handedly brought down the military nation of Outer Heaven four years ago, on a mission to infiltrate Zanzibar and to bring back the scientist and his invention. Like its predecessor Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is a stealth game. The driving element of the gameplay is to stay unnoticed. If guards spot you, you don't have much chance in combat, unless you are armed with appropriate weapons, which aren't easily acquired. Snake can use a variety of weapons and gadgets to help him survive during his mission. He can also hide behind objects, punch guards, and crawl. From time to time he'll have to participate in boss battles, where stealth won't help any more."
20293,SEGA Worldwide Soccer '97,"SEGA Worldwide Soccer 97, SEGA Worldwide Soccer PC, Victory Goal Worldwide Edition",1996,8.3,Sports,,,"Well, it's a soccer game made by Sega but with an arcade-like style of gameplay. So the handling is kept pretty straight-forward: one button for a shot towards the enemy goal (from any position on the field), one for passing to teammates and one for lobbing. But simple doesn't mean limited since a couple of things are not explained in the manual and you'll have to figure them out yourself, which can take some time. You can choose between dozens of national teams from all over the world. Player names are made up since there's no Fifa license or anything but they're editable if you feel like correcting that. Game modes include Exhibition, Tournament, League or World Cup. You can play either versus the CPU, vs. up to 2 human players or even coop (2 humans vs. the CPU or other 2 humans)."
20297,1st Division Manager,,1991,5.8,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"1st Division Manager is a football management game where the player takes on a team of their choice in any of the top four English leagues. On the main menu, there are four icons as well as some major information such as the player's name, the name of the player's club, current league position, a rating, and the account balance. The first icon from the left is the picture of a computer and by clicking on it you will get to the main database menu where you can handle the players’ training, study the coming fixtures, and edit the teams or players. The second icon is a telephone and by clicking on it and you will be able to make a phone call to either the transfer market (for buying and selling players) or the bank (to get a loan). The third icon is a notebook and by clicking on it you will see tables from all four divisions. The last icon is the picture of a football pitch and by pressing it you will get to your next match. After choosing your squad you will see the highlights of the match from a top-down perspective. After the match you will get reports about players being injured, results in the other matches, and the finances for that week."
20303,Redneck Rampage,,1997,7.2,Action,Shooter,"Contemporary, North America","Redneck Rampage is a pseudo-3D first person shooter much like Duke Nukem 3D with 2D sprites for enemies and other objects. In fact, it uses the same Build engine as Duke Nukem 3D. Redneck Rampage also has a singularly unique setting... instead of taking place in an alien installation or secret government facility, the game is set in the backwater small town of Hickston, Arkansas. It seems that a bunch of tabloid leather-fetish cyborg aliens have abducted the town's stereotypical redneck inhabitants and cloned them. The aliens have also abducted Bessie, the prize pig of brothers Leonard and Bubba. As Leonard you'll have to fight the local yokel clones as well as the aliens throughout Hickston to rescue your pig. The 'Redneck' theme is used very heavily. Levels range from trailer parks to chicken processing plants, and the arsenal of odd weapons include a gun that shoots circular saws, a TNT crossbow, and even a machine gun bra. Also, instead of armor and health kits, you restore health and become tougher by drinking whisky and eating pork rinds. But if you drink too much you go into ""drunk mode"" with blurred vision and stumbling movement."
20310,Dynowarz: Destruction of Spondylus,,1990,5.6,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is a game of combat between giant mechanized dinosaurs named robosaurs in a faraway solar system named Spondylus. Mad robosaurs have overrun the planets of this man-made solar system and it is up to Professor Proteus to take the controls of the #1 robosaur, the Cyborasaurus. The goal is to get to the center of all 7 planets in this solar system and disable the artificially intelligent life support systems, which are guarded by progressively tougher defense. Gameplay consists of getting into your robosaur, tromping across the surface of desolate planets in the solar system, fighting meaner robosaurs, and equipping better weapons along the way (you can launch your dino's fist!). Once you make it to the middle of each planet, you eject from the Cyborasaurus and head to the life support computer. Destroy the computer and get out fast."
20313,Star Wars: X-Wing - Collector Series,,1998,7.8,"Action, Compilation, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The X-Wing Collector Series is a bundle which contains: All the included games have been enhanced to run optimally under Windows 95/98, and now have 3D accelerated graphics."
20316,Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar,"Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar, Ultima IV: Avatar no Tankyu, Ultima IV: C64, Ultima: Quest of the Avatar, Ultima: Seisha e no Michi, Última IV",1985,8.0,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Following the defeat of the evil triad in the previous three Ultima games, the world of Sosaria changed beyond recognition: continents rose and sank, and new cities were built, heralding the advent of a different civilization. Unified by the reign of the benevolent monarch Lord British, the new world was renamed Britannia. Lord British wished to base people's well-being on the ethical principles of Truth, Love, and Courage, proclaiming the Eight Virtues (Honesty, Compassion, Valor, Justice, Sacrifice, Honor, Spirituality, and Humility) as the ideal everyone should strive for. The person who could accomplish full understanding and realization of these virtues would serve as a spiritual leader and a moral example for the inhabitants of Britannia; he alone would be able to obtain holy artifacts, descend into the Stygian Abyss, and access the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom. This person is the Avatar. The fourth game in the Ultima series features an improved game engine, with color graphics and enhanced character interaction: the player can have conversations with non-playable characters by typing names of various topics. However, the main difference between Ultima IV and its predecessors in the series (as well as other role-playing games) lies in the game's objectives and the ways to fulfill them. Instead of building up a character by any means possible in order to face a villain in the end of the game, in Ultima IV the player is trying to become the Avatar, a role model for people. This means upholding the Eight Virtues, basically trying to become a better person. Making morally conscious decisions and helping other people is not done expecting a material reward, but because it is the actual goal of the game and the main focus of its gameplay. The game frowns on behavior typical of most other RPGs, such as backstabbing fleeing enemies or picking up everything that isn't nailed down even if it does not belong to the protagonist. This different approach established the game's reputation as the first ""true"" Ultima influencing the design philosophy of later installments and the overall spirit of the series. Character creation is done by choosing responses to morally ambiguous questions. Each of the Eight Virtues corresponds to a character class; by determining the player's personal priorities in the virtues, the game assigns a class and a starting location for the Avatar. After emerging in Britannia, the player is free to explore it in various ways (on foot, moongate teleportation, on horseback, by ship, etc.). Certain items must be collected in any order to enter the Stygian Abyss and complete the game. The Avatar also has to reach the highest level in all virtues. This is achieved by various means: donating blood increases Sacrifice, not fleeing from combat increases Valor, etc. The process, however, is not irreversible: should the Avatar overpay a blind seller, he gains Compassion points; should he, on the other hand, cheat the seller by underpaying, his level in several virtues would decrease. These unorthodox features of the game co-exist with plenty of traditional RPG elements, such as dungeons to explore and hostile monsters to kill. Enemies are encountered on the world map as well as in dungeons; combat takes place on separate top-down screens, allowing player-controlled and enemy parties freely move on them. Characters accumulate experience points and level up, gaining higher amount of hit points and access to stronger magic spells. Like in the previous installments of the series, world map, town exploration and combat are presented from a top-down view, while the dungeons are pseudo-3D and are explored from first-person perspective. Ultima IV also introduces several new gameplay features to the series and role-playing games in general. A number of initially non-playable characters living in various areas of the game world are able to to join the party and fight alongside the hero, replacing traditional player-generated characters or mercenaries and adventurers available only in special locations. Additional new elements include buying and combining reagents in order to cast spells, puzzle rooms in dungeons, and others. The FM Towns version, while identical to the others in gameplay, introduces upgraded graphics similar to those used in next installment of the series."
20319,Donkey Kong Land III,Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong,1997,7.9,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"DK and Diddy Kong have left in search of The Lost World after hearing of a contest to find it on the radio. This leaves Dixie stuck with minding her baby cousin Kiddy Kong. Frustrated at this, she decides to take Kiddy with her and find The Lost World before everyone else! As with Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Dixie Kong takes the lead in the third chapter of the Donkey Kong Land series. Dixie can glide using her hair, and carries barrels over her head. Her partner is the heavy Kiddy, who carries barrels in front of him, and can jump a bit further by somersaulting over platform edges first. There are also special animal friends that can help the two primates out. Ellie the Elephant can shoot water at enemies, while Enguarde the Swordfish can glide through water with ease. Squawks the Parrot can fly and spit eggs, and Squitter the Spider can shoot webbing as well as use it to create new platforms. Each level has Bonus Coins and DK Coins tucked well away in the levels. While it's possible to gain an ending without these, to complete the game properly, players must seek them all out and unlock levels of the fabled 'Lost World'. A new feature to the game series is a Time Attack mode - once players finish the game, they can attempt to beat the best time for certain levels."
20324,Delta Force: Land Warrior,"Delta Force: Operaciya ""Specnaz""",2000,6.9,Action,Shooter,"Asia, Contemporary, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America","A military sim in which you play an infantry soldier. The focus here is on land warfare: you, your feet, a few weapons and some back-up. While there is a wide assortment of weapons from which to choose, you of course can only carry a limited number at a time. You can, however, drop your weapon, and pick up your enemies'. Numerous characters and a broad mission assortment provide for countless hours of action-oriented entertainment."
20329,Wizards & Warriors,Densetsu no Kishi Elrond,1987,6.8,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"You are Kuros, a powerful knight who enter the woods of Elrond. Legend says that a powerful wizard named Malkil has has gone completely mad during his years and turned his powerful magic to the dark side. Malkil has his base on the castle IronSpire where he has imprisoned a young and beautiful princess. It is up to Kuros to save the princess once and for all."
20335,Wing Arms,"Antares, Wing Arms: Karei Naru Gekitsui Ō",1995,7.3,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,,"Wing Arms is action/shooter starring airplanes mainly from the WW2 era. There is very little simulation here as you shoot your way through levels where usually your mission is to shoot everyone, or to bomb certain targets. Night missions add to the variety. Gameplay is similar to the Wing Commander series and is intended to be easy to play but hard to master."
20337,Tetris,,1989,8.3,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"This version of Tetris is one of many conversions of the famous block-stacking game, as well as the best-known (but not the only) version on Nintendo's first home console. The goal is to place pieces made up of four tiles in a ten-by-twenty well, organizing them into complete rows, which disappear. As rows are cleared, the pace of the game increases, and the game ends if the stack reaches the top of the well. The game offers two different modes of play, ""Type A"" and ""Type B"". ""Type A"" is a standard endless mode, where the speed of the game increases every ten lines, with an option for the starting level when beginning the game. ""Type B"", on the other hand, is a race to clear 25 lines, with options for both drop speed and starting garbage. In both modes, successful play is rewarded with cute animations. There are also three different background songs to choose from."
20342,Bug Bomber,,1992,7.3,Action,,,"A computer’s mazelike circuitry is infected with bugs, and you have been sent in to destroy them. You are armed with bombs, mines, blockades, and various types of hatchlings, which when released will track the bugs and hopefully stop them. The basic gameplay is inspired by Dynablaster but it differs because there is more than one way to kill the foes off. Depending on which way you push the joystick as you press fire, you will either release a quick-exploding bomb, a proximity mine, or a hatchling. Collecting ‘EN’ symbols will restore your energy, and ‘IQ’ symbols increase the ability of your hatchlings to track and hit your foes. Be careful when placing blocks; it is possible to shut yourself in. The single-player game gives you three lives, plus another when you complete each of the 50 levels. The multi-player game can be played in 2 different ways – co-operative (work together to clear the computer of bugs) or competitive (Dynablaster-style free-for-all destruction)."
20344,Demoniak,,1991,7.1,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Demoniak is an interactive fiction adventure in which the player guides four superheroes in an attempt to stop the evil Demoniak entering our dimension and doing dastardly things by sealing his gateway. The player may 'become' another character at any time and give that character instructions, objects, such as weapons, may be passed from one character to another."
20364,Motocross Racer,,1984,5.8,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Motocross Racer is a bike racing game where you need to race through three different scenes in the shortest amount of time possible. Each scene takes place in a different location with a different perspective. First you will race through the desert with a 3-D behind the bike point of view. Rocks, cacti, scorpions, and other obstacles should be avoided or you'll crash and lose valuable time. Next you'll race a winding path uphill through the woods. This section has a top down view, and you'll lose time if you wander off the track or crash into obstacles. The final segment of the race takes place on the beach with a side scrolling point of view. Various obstacles and other racers will all get in your way here! If you crash too many times, or take too long the game will be over."
20372,Backyard Soccer,Backyard Soccer '98,1998,7.3,"Action, Sports",,,"Backyard Soccer is the first game in the Backyard Sports Soccer series. Gameplay is simple: there are 30 kids to pick on a team, and many custom color teams to create. You also get to be in two game types: Single in which you play one small game and Season play, in which you play for a whole a lot of time and features you playing against some unusable custom teams. This game also includes a practice mode to help you get used to the kicking in the game, and also shows what it is like during a penalty. All rules to soccer including fouls and hat tricks, are included in the game. When picking the kids on your team you will want to read about how good they are - don't just pick a kid cause they look cool."
20374,Peter Beardsley's International Football,"EuroSoccer '88, Eurostar Soccer",1988,4.9,"Action, Sports",,,"Licensed around former England player Peter Beardsley, this football (soccer) game is viewed side-on. The only playing option is the European Championship tournament of the day, although you can choose the 8 teams from the 26 major European footballing nations of the time (so the USSR, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia are all still complete). Two players can compete in these groups, but there's no guarantee of getting straight to a 2-player game, especially as tournaments (and individual matches) can't be quit out of. The gameplay features variable strength kicks, determined by how long you hold the fire button for. In a break with realistic physics, the ball ricochets back in the direction it came from. Goalkeepers stay on the goal-line rather than using the whole penalty box."
20382,ABC Sports Monday Night Football,,1996,6.4,"Simulation, Sports",,,"ABC Sports Monday Night Football simulates live-action football in the National Football League (NFL). Using the official 1996-97 rosters, all 30 of the NFL teams and all of their stadiums are included in the game. There are two modes of play: Action Mode * - become an actual player on the football field. Playable with a 2-button joystick or gamepad only, the Action Mode allows you to control both the ball carrier on offense and any member on the defensive squad. The game also features a Play Editor with which you can design your own plays and then execute them. Play-by-play action is delivered by legendary sports commentators Al Michaels Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf acted out by the real people. Real photos of the team players are shown in all team rosters. All of the sound effects from a live football game are incorporated into the game as well as the official music. Settings for the game are selected in the Control Booth. This is where you pick the home and visiting teams, switch the camera angles, change the weather conditions, save your games, and watch replays of saved games. Two players can play simultaneously using LAN or modem-to-modem. League play, tournaments and updates to player statistics require an internet connection. Player stats are updated weekly on the developer's website."
20387,Das Hexagon-Kartell,,1996,7.4,Simulation,,,"In Das Hexagon-Kartell the eponymous crime syndicate practically controls the world. So the governments have no other choice than to found a task force, the United Navy, which shall take care of this problem. The player controls a member of the helicopter unit and leads operations against the Hexagon-Kartell in South America, North Africa, the Gulf of Mexico, China and the Pacific. Every mission starts with the selection of the used helicopter - the game features nine of them: Apache AH-64, Super Cobra, Hind, Sea King, Blackhawk, Belll 222, UH1, MDD 500 and the game-exclusive Witchride. The helicopters have different flight parameters and weaponry, so it is important to choose a appropriate one for every mission. The missions offer a wide variety of goals, e.g. a stealthy destruction of enemy forces, locating convoys or transporting goods. The campaign is mostly non-linear, which means failures don't necessary lead to a game over but change the parameters of the next mission or unlocks an extra mission, e.g. when failing to rescue a crashed pilot the next mission is to rescue him from an enemy camp. Additionally to the campaign there are 14 training missions available where a real-life instructor of the Federal Armed Forces (German: Bundeswehr) introduces the player to the helicopter flight. The difficulty is stepless adjustable, both in respect of the realism of the flight control and the enemy AI. The auto pilot offers a lot of possibilities, e.g. flying to all way points scarcely over the tree tops, holding the height or landing."
20399,Enduro,Super-Ferrari,1983,7.7,Racing / Driving,Arcade,North America,"Enduro is an action racing game similar to Pole Position Your goal is to last as long as you can in an enduro race; each day of the race you are required to pass a certain number of cars. If you succeed, you get to continue on, fail and you are out of the race. The driving conditions will vary as the days pass by; not only will you have to drive at different times of day with different amounts of light, but the seasons can change as well. Snow, ice, and fog will occasionally appear to make driving more treacherous. With each day that passes, the other cars will become faster and more aggressive. At the bottom of the screen is an odometer, so when the race is finally over you can see how far you made it."
20405,Sorcerian,"Dragon Slayer 5: Sorcerian, EggConsole Sorcerian PC-8801mkiiSR",1987,7.6,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Metroidvania,Fantasy,"Sorcerian is the fifth game in the Dragon Slayer series It is set in the fantasy land known as Pentawa, whose inhabitants are in constant need of protection from ferocious creatures roaming the wilderness. The king of Pentawa hires a party of adventurers, and their first assignment is to retrieve a precious sceptre from a dungeon, where it is guarded by the evil demonic lord Ouks. The game is an RPG with an unusual side-scrolling perspective and action-based combat, somewhat of a cross between Wizardry and platform games. Despite being a Japanese game, Sorcerian resembles Western RPGs of its time, focusing more on character development than story. In the beginning, the player creates a party of four characters, choosing between fighter, wizard, elf, and dwarf (races and classes are not distinguished). Beside the usual inns and shops, there are many things that can be done in the towns of the game, including complex development of magical spells (up to 120 spells of different disciplines), training to raise personal skills (strength, intelligence, etc.), enchanting weapons with elemental magic, as well as looking for part-time jobs. The view switches to side-scrolling when the party ventures into a hostile area. Combat is performed in real time, with the player controlling the entire party at once. The lead character can be changed at any time, and battle actions will be carried out by whoever is in front. Melee attacks and magic spells are unleashed by pressing corresponding buttons. The characters can also jump and interact with objects by bumping into them. Dungeons are usually maze-like, and some contain simple puzzles such as finding and activating hidden switches to open doors."
20406,Madden NFL 99,,1998,7.9,Sports,,,"As with all yearly updates to the football series, Madden NFL 99 features improved graphics and AI over its predecessors. Force feedback, 8-button controllers and online support are available. The team roster includes nearly 100 successful vintage NFL teams as well as the full up to date roster at the time. There is more commentary integrated than before. This version features a new Franchise mode, which allows you to control a team through a number of seasons, taking into account free agents, retirement, drafts, and salary caps. Each team can have different playbooks. Also added is a one-button mode, which simplifies controls for beginners. Tying in with this is the arcade mode, which removes some of the more complex rules and adds to the force of impacts."
20409,NIRA: Intense Import Drag Racing,,1999,6.0,Racing / Driving,,,"NIRA: Intense Import Drag Racing is a drag racing simulator. Tune your choice of 10 different cars and take it out to one of the several available game modes: single race, quick race, multi-race event or a full career mode. Including over 20 race tracks and literally hundreds of parts you can customize your car with, if the single play modes aren't enough, the game supports up to 32 players multi play modes."
20418,A Collection of Classic Games from the Intellivision,Intellivision Classic Games,1999,6.2,Compilation,,,A compilation of 30 games originally published for the Intellivision: A flashy menu system demonstrates each game.
20419,Samurai Shodown II,"Samurai Showdown2: Katana Battle Action Game, Shin Samurai Spirits: Haōmaru Jigokuhen",1994,7.9,Action,Fighting,"Fantasy, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval)","In Samurai Shodown II players take on one of the roles of fifteen warriors, fighting their way through the land to defeat Rashojin Mizuki, who was thrown into the sea when she was a little girl and since then became a servant of the dark god Ambrosia. This sequel to Samurai Shodown introduces five new playable characters: the warrior and Haohmaru's rival Genjuro Kibagami, the cat-like Cham-Cham (Tam-Tam's sister), the Prussian gun-wielding knight Neinhalt Sieger, the old monk Nicotine Caffeine, and the hidden boss and unlockable character Kuroko. The game features special moves accessible by charging up a power meter, as well as other gameplay-related additions. Characters can now roll forward and backward, perform small jumps to evade low attacks, and duck to avoid high ones. There is also a parrying move that leaves the opponent vulnerable for a moment if executed at the right time."
20427,NCAA GameBreaker 2001,,2000,6.6,Sports,,,"Like previous games in 989 Studios' GameBreaker series, NCAA GameBreaker 2001 is a counterpart to their NFL GameDay series. You start out as a bottom-rung coach at one of the 115 division 1-A college teams and as your performance increases, you obtain promotions and offers from other schools. At the end of the season, you're able to export your players to NFL GameDay. As with the previous games, broadcaster Keith Jackson returns to provide voice commentary."
20430,Equinox,,1986,6.9,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Sury Ani 7 has been a source of mined resources for many a year, but now that it is contaminated, the only way to harvest its bounty is to do so remotely. Worse still, the security system of defence droids is active, and primed to damage anything which attempts to penetrate the surface. As such, you are in control of a Dedicated Disposal Droid in, which must eventually shut down the security system and clear the area of radioactive material. This is done by throwing it down the disposal chute on each of the 8 levels, but you only have limited time before they explode. Fuel is limited and must be found within the complex, with the retro-thrust move using it up particularly quickly. To reach the next level you must find the appropriate pass."
20432,Keep the Balance!,,2000,6.0,"Educational, Puzzle",Arcade,,"Keep the Balance! is a fast-paced puzzle game requiring basic math skills. An evil joker has invaded our world and tries to disturb The Magic Scales that balance our world, in order to unleash the forces of Chaos. Each level has a monkey standing on top of the scales. You have to keep the equilibrium by launching objects, passing below on a conveyor, onto the scales. All locations have unique sets of objects to which weight, shown as a number, has been assigned. As the objects appear from both sides of the screen at the same time, you move the cursor below an object and press a key to launch it. At the top of each scale, the current weight is shown. If there is a big gap in weight, the monkey will slowly slide to the heaviest side. When it falls down, the game is over. Each level has been divided into 10 consecutive skill levels. By finding the correct balance, you improve your score, raise the skill level, and open up new locations. Higher levels introduce a faster conveyor belt, new objects and intrusions by the joker. He can suddenly appear and jump on the scales to unbalance them, or unexpectedly throw or remove objects. Each scale has six sections to contain items. Once launched however, they can be replaced by new ones. For advanced strategies, you can combine or manipulate certain items. Guillotines can cut objects and trampolines bounce them back. Extra bonus points can be acquired by throwing food towards animals, or by making animals do tricks (e.g. throwing a squirrel through a hoop of fire, or caging it). Almost all objects are animated and you have to take into account that certain animals do not get along when positioned next to each other. The game's options allow you to disable the weight preview for extra difficulty or to play a run at a fixed skill level. Multiplayer games are available for two players simultaneously on a single PC. In this mode, you have to make the monkey fall off on your side by throwing heavy items on your scale and removing them on your opponent's."
20440,Dark Rift,Space Dynamites,1997,6.0,Action,Fighting,,"The cosmos is controlled by two Prime Elements, known as ""Core"" and ""Dark"". Each is possessed by a tyrant who is in perpetual search of the third element, the Light, which would grant its owner tremendous power. Sonork Nezom, the carrier of Core Element, has organized a fighting tournament, with Core Element itself being the prize. He hopes that the carrier of the Light Element will be among the participants. He plans then to strike and gain possession of all the elements at once. But Lord Demon Demitron, the carrier of the Dark Element, has other plans... In this one-on-one fighting game, the player can take any of the eight playable participants through the tournament mode. Once the selected hero has defeated his opponents, he will have to face battles against Sonork and Demitron. A practice mode is also available. During the fights the player can use standard attacks common for all the characters - vertical and horizontal punches, kicks, running jumps, etc. Each character also possesses an arsenal of special techniques, which can be executed by pressing different buttons in rapid succession."
20445,Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom,"Wing Commander IV: Mekhir ha-Khofesh, Wing Commander IV: O Preço da Liberdade",1996,7.9,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Christopher Blair, ""Heart of the Tiger"" had retired to a farming planet after the war, content with retirement, so he says... In the depths of space, a new menace has surfaced. Some unknown attackers are killing civilian ships. The tension between the Confederation and the Border Worlds is at an all time high, as both sides accuse the other of staging the attacks. Admiral Tolwyn has recalled Blair back to service, where he will make the most difficult choice of all... And contemplate action he had never dared before, in the name of justice... Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom is a mix of interactive movie and space sim. The game has a dynamic mission tree, which means the player's behaviour will determine the next mission. The videos feature real actors, like Mark Hamill Tom Wilson John Rhys-Davies and Malcolm McDowell Before the start of each mission, the space craft can be equipped with different weapons. Sometimes the mission objectives change during flight, and the player has to make decisions what he wants to do next, e.g. help out his friend or destroy an enemy fighter."
20447,Superbike 2000,,2000,7.5,Racing / Driving,,,"Superbike 2000 is the second episode of the EA Sports Superbike series with greatly improved graphics including motion captured animation and a completely new bike handling system. The first appearance of a PlayStation version, it is more arcade oriented than the first game."
20451,The Boggit: Bored Too,,1986,7.5,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"After Bored of the Rings parodied JRR Tolkien's classic Lord of the Rings series, Delta 4 did the same thing with its predecessor The Hobbit, preceding New Line Cinema's identical sequence by 20 years. There is a logical 3-part structure to the adventure, but there are also jokes such as the Old Ford location on the map being near a New Ford - a new Ford Sierra car. This interactive fiction with graphics game thus features reluctant adventurer Bimbo Faggins and devious magician Grandalf attempting to gain treasure, ultimately by appearing on a TV game show. VERB NOUN inputs are used for most instructions, although you have to TALK someone before SAYing anything to them. EXAMINEing objects is crucial to progress, and to finding the best jokes."
20453,The Adventures of Lomax,Lomax,1996,7.2,Action,Platform,,"Cute, green-haired yet halfwitted creatures Lemmings this time appear in a platform game. As the only survivor Lemming that managed to rescue himself from the evil spell of Evil Ed, you (Lomax) must stop Evil Ed's distracting effect over the LemmingLand. In your quest most of your enemies will be Hench Lemmings which've been possessed by Evil Ed's evil spell. You will be mainly using your spin attack or -when grabbed- your magic helmet to free these imprisoned Lemmings from the spell. You have also some special abilities like building a bridge, digging horizontally through certain obstacles (just like the other Lemmings games) or throwing a flaming helmet that will help you to accomplish your goal."
20456,Psychic World,Psycho World,1988,6.6,Action,Platform,,"A scientist and his two female assistants work on ESP research in a remote science laboratory. One day, a section of the lab blows up. It turned out that the monsters kept for experiments escaped and took one of the assistants with them. The scientist gives an ""ESP booster"" to the remaining assistant so she can go rescue her. Your character possesses psychic power which she uses to blast away her enemies. You start the game with few powers and eventually gain more as items dropped by monsters are picked up. You control powers such as fire, ice, sonic waves, temporary invincibility, levitation, and more. Press Down + Button 2 to access your arsenal of powers."
20458,Super Castlevania IV,"Akumajō Dracula, Castlevania 4",1991,8.4,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Super Castlevania IV is, story-wise, a remake of the first game in the series. Set in the year 1691, the game casts the player in the role of Simon Belmont, a vampire hunter armed with a powerful whip, on a quest to defeat the evil Count Dracula in his castle. Despite the identical plot, the six castle stages have different layouts and themes; also, five initial stages that depict Simon's advancement towards the castle through various environments have been added. The gameplay consists of traversing timed, linear platform stages, defeating enemies with the whip or sub-weapons that require collecting hearts and can be found by destroying parts of the scenery. Simon's stand-out ability in this installment are eight-directional attacks with his whip, which allow him, among others, to damage enemies standing below and above him. Holding out the whip will block enemy attacks. Simon can also latch his whip on special grappling points to swing over pits and obstacles. Game progression is saved by passwords given to the player after a stage has been completed. Visually, the game uses hardware ""Mode 7"" effects such as parallax scrolling, rotating rooms, and pseudo-3D objects in some locations."
20460,Over Horizon,,1991,7.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Over Horizon is a side-scrolling shooter in which the player has to guide a spaceship through various levels and destroy numerous enemies. The ship's weapons can be fired in two directions and defeated enemies sometimes drop power-ups that equip the ship with different weapons and up to two options. There are three different weapons in addition to the standard shot: Laser, homing missiles and bombs. The ""Edit Mode"" presents an unusual feature. In it, players can determine the options positions (which can be changed by pressing the A and B button simultaneously), as well as the properties of the weapons. It is, for example, possible to have the laser behave like homing missiles or the homing missiles like bombs."
20462,Police Quest: SWAT 2,,1998,6.7,Strategy / tactics,Real-time tactics (RTT),Contemporary,Police Quest: SWAT 2 is a real-time tactical game in which you control the actions of a SWAT team on crisis situations. The game is played from a 3/4 isometric view as you control the team members' movements and actions. Play as either the police or the terrorists to achieve your goals.
20465,Street Cat,Bad Cat,1987,7.0,"Action, Sports",,,"Sports game featuring you, the cat with various stages. Your task is to pass various obstacle courses, each more difficult than the last. Events include:"
20468,Pilot Brothers: On the Track of Striped Elephant,Pilot Brothers,1997,6.9,Adventure,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"A rare striped elephant named Baldakhin has disappeared from a zoo in a provincial Russian town. The main suspect is a notorious animal trainer Karbofoss. Controlling two Pilots brothers - Brother Chief and Brother Colleague - you must find the missing animal, and perhaps also to save the world. The game can be best compared to Gobliiins being a puzzle game with a plot. There are 15 levels in total. You must solve all the puzzles on a given level, manipulating objects and using the special abilities of the two brothers, in order to proceed to the next level. There are also some semi-arcade parts where precise timing is necessary. The 256 color graphics resemble classic cartoon-style adventures."
20469,NBA ShootOut '97,Total NBA '97,1997,7.9,Sports,,,"One of the first few games to be developed by SCEE's internal studio, this official basketball simulation is endorsed by the NBA, and features all of the teams from the '97 season. The game features real player likenesses, names and stats. There is also the facility to create customised players. The usual range of Season play, Tournaments and Exhibition modes can be found. A host of tactical options can be set-up, and 'special moves' are there to discover. The game supports multiplayer modes of up to 8 players."
20476,Banana Prince,Bananan-ōji no Daibōken,1991,6.7,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"In the great Banana kingdom, the Banana nation possesses a great symbol of prosperity - a big banana. One day, the Prince is engaged in a conversation with the Dragonmaster, when the evil Paprika Dragon flies over, saying ""quack, quack!"", and... oh horror - steals the holy banana! The Dragonmaster is desperate. ""Fear not"", - says the Prince, - ""for I shall embark on the perilous journey and return our dearest possession to the folk"". And that is exactly what he does! Banana Prince is an action platformer. You travel between locations on the world map in a linear fashion, entering various platform levels - forests, caves, towers, etc. The Prince will find various weapons during his journey and use them to take care of the numerous enemies. You can also collect rings scattered everywhere and use them as currency in shops, where you can acquire various items."
20482,Pierre le Chef is... Out to Lunch,Out to Lunch,1993,7.3,Action,Platform,,"Pierre Le Chef is famed worldwide for his mouth-watering recipes involving the freshest ingredients. So, when the vegetables start attempting to run away from him, he has no choice but to chase after them. Out to Lunch is a platform game set across 6 countries, starting off in Switzerland and finishing in Paris. To recollect the vegetables he must first stun them, either by firing at them or jumping on them, then walk over them, in a manner similar to Fire & Ice Unusually, the game was converted from the SNES to the Amiga, not the other way around."
20483,Fantastic Voyage,,1982,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Fantastic Voyage is a vertically scrolling shooter for one player. The premise of the game follows that of the 1966 movie of the same name; you and your submarine have been miniaturized and injected into the blood stream of an ill patient. Your goal is to prevent the patient from dying by locating deadly blood clots and destroying them. In each level, you will guide the submarine through the blood vessels and need to avoid the many obstacles you'll encounter such as bacteria and clotlets. The submarine is equipped with a laser ray which can be used to shoot these obstacles. There are also helpful items as well; some phases have numerous blood cells (don't shoot these, the patient needs them!) and enzymes (shoot these to release their healing properties). When you make it past all of the obstacles and through the narrow passage ways, the blood clot can be found; once destroyed, you move on to the next level. If you crash too many times or fail to destroy the clot, the patient dies and the game is over. Several game options are included which control the difficulty and length of each level."
20485,NFL Quarterback Club,"NFL Quarterback Club '95, NFL Quarterback Club II",1995,6.1,Sports,,,"This version of NFL Quarterback Club '95 is a take of Acclaim's other 16-bit versions with the same amount of teams, 28 in all, and has pre-season, playoffs and a season mode as well, but is missing the simulation mode, QB challenge and the ""Build you own"" QB mode that the console versions feature. It also has only 20 different running and passing plays per team."
20490,Crash 'n' the Boys: Street Challenge,"Bikkuri Nekketsu Shinkiroku! Dokodemo Kin Medal, Bikkuri Nekketsu Shinkiroku! Haruka naru Kin-Medal, Crash 'n the Boys: Street Challenge, Kunio-kun The World: Bikkuri Nekketsu Shinkiroku! Haruka naru Kin-Medal",1992,6.8,"Action, Sports","Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting, Tricks / stunts",,"Another tournament composed of several different challenges rocks the streets near Nekketsu High and since the series hero Kunio isn't going to turn down a challenge anytime soon, every gang in the city sends its team hoping to come up on top. Crash 'n' the Boys: Street Challenge features the same basic gameplay engine and mechanics found in the rest of the Kunio/Nekketsu High games. The player controls a character in side-scrolling levels and try to defeat opponents using an arsenal of attacks and special moves. Unique to this game is that in order to clear the five stages, the player must also accomplish a series of sport-themed objectives. There is a throwing event, a golfing event, swimming, jumping, and all-out fighting events, all with unique twists inspired by the street/gangs theme of the game (e.g. the jumping event involves jumping across the rooftops in the city). Depending on the player's performance in each event they may earn medals that can be exchanged for power-ups and stat increases. The game supports two players co-op or vs. gameplay."
20491,Lucky Luke,,1996,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Western,"This game features Lucky Luke, lonesome cowboy who draws his gun faster than his shadow. Learning from a telegram that Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Pat Poker, and the Dalton Brothers have escaped from jail, the good cowboy and law keeper sets out to catch them and bring them back across 12 different levels. Players guide Luke through levels by walking, jumping, climbing and ducking. There are also objects to collect such as dynamite (which can be used to reveal hidden paths), revolver barrels, sheriff stars and other useful items. Some of the collected items are used to get past certain obstacles, such as a red cloth to show to a bull, a bone to give to a dog, and so on. Luke can attack enemies by shooting in straight or diagonal directions, and each shot exhausts one of the six bullets in his gun's barrel. Enemies include bandits, bad Indians, or prisoners, each of them requiring a specific number of shots to be defeated. Locations of the levels vary from towns, saloons, and jails, to the prairies, ranches, and an Indian village in Cheyenne Mountains. At the end of most levels waits a boss, with all four Daltons being fought one after another in the final level. Some levels have scrolling-style arcade gameplay, such as stagecoach traveling, chasing a train, escaping the Tornado or Buffalo, or rowing in the rapids. There is also a bonus level where Luke has to shoot all the bottles to get an extra life."
20493,NBA ShootOut 2000,,1999,7.2,Sports,,,"This game features all 29 NBA teams from the 1999-2000 NBA season. The game modes included are Exhibition, Season (28, 56, or 82 games), and Playoffs (either the 5-7-7-7 game series or single elimination format). There is also a Create Dunk mode which lets players create signature dunks by positioning the limbs of the basketball players in all sorts of different ways. Game options let the player choose whether to play a sim or arcade type of game, set the difficulty level (rookie, veteran, all-star, or hall of fame), set the quarter length, and whether to turn fatigue, touch shooting, auto replays, and close scores on or off. The game also contains player and league leader stat tracking. Rosters can also be managed with the player being able to edit, trade, sign, and draft basketball players. During the game, if players choose to use touch shooting, they will see a meter every time they take a shot at the basket. Depending on what color the meter is when the shot is released will greatly effect the chances of the basket being made. Icon Passing and Icon Cutting make a return from the previous entry of the series. Icon Passing lets the player select which team member they want to get open for a pass while Icon Cutting lets the player select which team member they want to cut towards the basket."
20496,Bust A Groove,Bust A Move,1998,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Music / rhythm",Contemporary,"Match the moves shown on-screen in this Simon-like game to dance. Keep up with the continuing commands and your persona will be able to do combos and other fancy moves. Dance different styles as a disco throwback, a breakdancer, a robot, and others, either alone or with a partner. When dancing with a partner, coordination is important so you can gain a clear lead on him. When dancing together each character gets an opportunity for a dance solo. Don't waste it as it's a great time to rack up points."
20498,Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future,,2000,7.4,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Hundreds of years in the future, mankind and dolphins live peacefully together and share the earth. Dolphins, who are much more intelligent than they seem, act as the earth's caretakers, while dolphins and humans explore the galaxy. An alien force, known as the Foe, seeks to end this happy existence. The Foe damages the Earth's defense system, and alters history for the worse. One extraordinary dolphin, Ecco, must travel through time to set things right. Ecco is a 3d underwater adventure game. There are more than 25 aquatic environments to explore. Ecco must communicate with other ocean creatures and learn to manipulate his environment if he is to succeed in defeating the Foe."
20503,BattleTanx,,1998,6.6,Action,Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","BattleTanx is a mission-based tank shooter game set in the post-apocalyptic future. The player can fight through single-player campaign levels based in U.S. cities against multitudes of gangs with their own tanks and heavy firepower. The game has a large multiplayer component, allowing up to four players at once, with or without teams, AI opponents, and in several gameplay styles, including a standard deathmatch and a capture-the-flag style game."
20506,Disney•Pixar A Bug's Life,"Bichos una aventura en miniatura, Disney•Pixar 1001 pattes, Disney•Pixar A Bug's Life: Vida de Inseto, Disney•Pixar A Bug's Life: megaminimondo, Disney•Pixar Das grosse Krabbeln, Disney•Pixar een luizenleven, Disney•Pixar græs-rødderne, Ett Småkryps Liv, Ötökän Elämää",1998,6.7,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Based on the Disney/Pixar 3D animated film, you must guide Flik as he sets out to find a group of warrior insects to help his colony of ants to fight off the hungry grasshoppers. Travel through the 3D insect world, using the many elements of nature to fight the enemy, to get to the end of each stage, in turn saving fellow ants and knocking the grasshoppers quest for ant domination on the head."
20508,Marksman Shooting & Trap Shooting,,1986,5.1,Action,Shooter,,"These two games allow you to use the Sega's Light Phaser to your advantage. In Marksman Shooting you shoot red spots on a several number of targets in order to score points before they disappear. Try to shoot at least ten targets, otherwise your qualification score may be low. If you beat the qualification score, you proceed to the next round. Otherwise, the game ends. In Trap Shooting shoot discuses that are thrown into the air. If you miss, then they will fall into the distance. Your gun is reloaded after each go."
20520,Planet's Edge: The Point of no Return,Planet's Edge,1991,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The discovery of an alien craft entering our solar system causes quite a stir. When the small craft is accidentally fired upon, it creates a strange electromagnetic effect that envelops the Earth, causing it to disappear. While its gravity remains, the physical Earth simply isn't there. The moonbase, surviving on scrounged resources and manpower, builds an interstellar ship. A team of four specialists is then sent into deep space to find unique parts for the construction of the Centauri Drive, a machine that the moonbase scientists hope will cause a reverse effect. Planet's Edge is a sci-fi role-playing game with space exploration and other gameplay elements, including spaceship combat, mining for resources, trading, and light puzzle-solving. The game begins on the moonbase, where the player can access the shipyard, crew quarters, warehouse, and research lab. The player is put in control of four pre-made characters: William Dean (pilot), Katya Mershova (weapons officer), Nelson Ngatadatu (engineer), and Osai Tsakafuchi (medic) Each of these characters can be cloned for different attribute rolls, while retaining their primary skills: astrogation and ship weapons for William; light, heavy, and hand weapons for Katya; ship repair and computers for Nelson; and first aid and xenobiology for Osai. Unlike most role-playing games, characters do not receive experience points and can only become stronger by equipping better weapons and armor. The game is completely open-ended, allowing the player to travel to any of the dozens of stars. The player physically navigates the ship on an overhead screen. Entering a star system enlarges the view, allowing the ship to orbit a planet. Though most planets cannot be landed on, a large amount remains that can be explored on foot from a top-down view similar to that of Ultima VI Each planet is represented by an enclosed populated area, usually containing friendly NPCs as well as enemies. Advancing the storyline involves gathering clues from various characters as well as obtaining objects, many of which have to be used in other locations in a puzzle-like fashion. Combat on the ground is turn-based and can be avoided in most cases. Planets can also be mined for various elements such as organics, metals, liquids, etc. These elements can be then brought back to the moonbase, where they can be used to produce better equipment for the crew members or upgrade the spaceship. Alien technological blueprints can also be recovered and used in the research laboratory to develop new ship models. The spaceship can carry cargo between planets, which can be traded or used to bribe hostile aliens. If the bribe is unsuccessful or the player decides not to resort to it, a fight against a hostile ship ensues. These fights are action-based, requiring the player to manoeuvre the ship in real time while shooting at the opponent."
20521,Spaceship Warlock,,1991,6.0,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Terran Empire no longer rules the galaxy. After a pan-galactic battle that lasted a thousand years, mankind lost the war against the powerful Kroll Imperium, as well as their planet. The Kroll moved the planet from its orbit and hid it deep in Krollian space. You start your adventure in Stambul, a world dominated by the Kroll Imperium. You manage to leave this ugly world and board the spaceship Belshazzar, which is attacked by the pirate ship Warlock. You are captured and taken aboard the pirate vessel, where you will embark on a journey across the galaxy to search for Terra, your stolen planet. Spaceship Warlock is a science fiction game with a 3rd-person perspective and simple mouse control. The player can pick up things one by one, and collected items are shown in the right bottom corner (the game doesn’t have an inventory). Space Warlock was originally published for the Macintosh in 1990 and ported for the PC in 1994. Despite its age it includes music, voices and lots of animations, and it even runs on Windows XP."
20532,Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation,Das Boot is Missing,1990,7.0,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","Das Boot (literally 'The Boat') simulates controlling a Type VII U-Boat for the Nazis, in an exact recreation of submarine warfare circa 1941. Both internal and external views are provided, all rendered in full 3D. Allied submarines and surface boats are attacking you from all sides - use your Hydrophone to be aware of forthcoming threads, and use the water as protection from enemy planes. You have 4 styles of torpedo on board - Contact, Acoustic, Looping and Magnetic. All orders are sent in code, to prevent sensitive information reaching Allied forces, with an Enigma code-cracking machine built in to decipher them. There are three skill levels to play at."
20537,ATF: Advanced Tactical Fighter,,1988,6.8,Action,Arcade,,"ATF: Advanced Tactical Fighter is an action-oriented flight game. The game is set during a war of two unnamed war parties over an unnamed island. The player mans an Lockheed ATF fighter bomber to win the battle. The goal of every round is to destroy a number of strategic targets. The positions are shown on the jet's on board computer and the player can tackle them in any order. The game is action-oriented in nature, but the player still needs to take care of a few parameters, like a constant speed to avoid crashing or limited fuel and ammo. When resources or health are low (and the jet is near a friendly base), the player can start an automatic landing sequence to refill and repair. On the way to the targets it is either possible to take on enemy jets in direct combat or to fly low to avoid detection. The camera is fixed behind the jet's back."
20538,California Speed,,1998,5.6,Racing / Driving,,,"California Speed has you racing through, of course, California, with a range of different tracks based on the real maps of the state, with short-cuts and branching roads adding choice and variety. Cars include a collection of fast cars, as well as F1 cars and golf-carts, and you can customize your car's paint to suit your style. Split-screen two-player racing is supported."
20549,Army Men: World War,Army Men: Operation Meltdown,2000,5.9,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),,"Some things in life are inevitable: death, taxes, and the Green Army being at war with the Tan Army. Players take on the role of the Green Army and must put a stop to a Tan Army insurgence. Army Men: World War is a squad-based strategy game. The game includes 12 missions themed after World War II, plus a Boot Camp tutorial. Players take command of an entire infantry squad although the game also lets the player control an individual squad member who has the ability to run, crawl, and dive. The infantry squad is armed with guns and grenades. Guns include things like machine guns, flamethrowers, bazookas, and sniper rifles. Even vehicles like tanks and jeeps can be put to use. An occasional napalm or air strike can also be called in to destroy the enemy forces. Players should try to keep as much as their squad alive, as it's possible for squad members to carry over to future missions. The game also has a Battle mode for skirmishes and a multiplayer mode too."
20551,Davis Cup Tennis,"Davis Cup World Tour, International Tennis Tour",1993,7.6,Sports,,,"The Davis Cup is an annual international team event in men's tennis. The participating countries, consisting of different players, compete in both singles and doubles matches. The entire championship has been made available in this game, and the matches are played using a third-person perspective. There are different types of courts and difficulty levels. Aside from the championship, you can also practice, enter tournaments or play exhibition matches. Work along with a friend as a team or compete in singles matches. Aside from the familiar strokes, timing is important to determine the amount of spin."
20552,ISS Pro Evolution,Winning Eleven 4,1999,8.1,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Before the Pro Evolution Soccer series, ""Seabass"" Takatsuka produced International Superstar Soccer Pro Evolution for the Playstation. The game includes a Master League, a club league of 16 teams including Man U, Arsenal, etc. The game has what you would except of soccer simulation, including an International League, & Cup, & not forgetting the European, African, The America's, & Asian cups."
20553,Rocket Roger,,1984,6.9,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are Rocket Roger and on your way home to Earth, your ship has run out of fuel and you are forced to land on a mysterious planet. As you explore the planet you realise that scattered over the planet are fuel crystals and 99 are needed to refuel your ship. Problem is the locals aren't friendly and will try to kill you as you explore the surface and underground caverns. Some can be shot with your laser but others must be avoided and if you touch one then you lose one of five lives. Turrets also need to be avoided as well as their bullets and under the planet's surface are electric gates and lasers to avoid. As well as your gun you have a jet-pack strapped to your back and this can help you clear gaps and reach higher parts of the planet. As you fly your fuel for the jet-pack will decrease from an initial level of 5000 units, but you can collect extra to keep it topped up. Rocket Roger is a platform game where a small part of the planet is shown and the screen scrolls in all directions when you move. The keyboard or joystick is used to control your hero and as well as the main playing area you can also see your score, jet-pack fuel, best score, crystals collected, lives and which zone you are in. The planet is made up of 30 zones of around 6 screens each. Transporter pads can be found in each zone, when the player walks over one it serves as a save point which you can continue from if you lose a life."
20558,NHL 2K,,2000,7.7,Sports,,,"Ice hockey featuring all 28 NHL teams, rosters, and arenas from the 1999-2000 season. Play an exhibition game or play through an 82-game season, including the All-Star Game, culminating in the playoffs where you vie for the Stanley Cup. You can also trade players as the GM and create up to 40 players."
20563,Sudden Strike,Ziyuan Zhanzheng,2000,7.8,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","This game offers the player the option to replay WW2 in a very realistic way. First you have to choose from three nations, then you go straight to the front lines. The game is very tactics-based, as you won't be successful just by rushing in. Many details are everywhere and they are also take effect on the gameplay: Slightly damaged bridges can be repaired, ammunition is limited, soldiers can hide in houses or jump out of planes, etc. There's also a variety of modes for multiplayers."
20581,Airline Tycoon,Airline Tycoon: First Class,1999,7.2,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Airline Tycoon better known as Airline Tycoon First Class in-game, is an updated re-release of Airline Tycoon with its First Class expansion pack. The subtitle was dropped in the manual and on the covers internationally because this was the first release of the game outside the German-speaking market. The most significant new features are cargo flight assignments, a completely new campaign which consists of 10 new missions and finally a multiplayer mode. Minor novelties include changing seasons outside the airport, new MIDI music, more aircraft upgrade capabilities (besides enhancing passenger comfort as in the original, one can also improve steering, safety etc.), new items and slightly improved briefings."
20586,Hellbender,,1996,6.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Councillor, we have a big problem. The Bion commandos have just destroyed our fighter pilot training school. ALL of our fighter pilots have perished, along with most of our fighters. You, as a retired pilot, are our ONLY remaining pilot. Fortunately, Hellbender, our experimental assault craft, has survived. Unfortunately, that Bion attack is likely only the first wave. You must take the craft and destroy the Bion attack. Good luck to us all. Hellbender is a 3D vehicle shooter that is a sequel to Fury³ and a descendant of Terminal Velocity The player pilots this vehicle through a first or third-person view, going in any direction and shooting almost anything. Fly above the clouds to fight, fly near the ground to attack, and sometimes, dive into the tunnels to search and destroy. The player will be challenged by ground defenses, fighters, missile launchers, and much more -- even a few puzzles to solve, figuring out which switches open what. There are power-ups everywhere, but they have to be looked for. With ten different weapons to choose from, there are plenty of ways to deal out destruction! Even multiplayer is supported."
20597,Tegel's Mercenaries,,1992,5.9,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The galaxy is a rough place and nobody knows this better than General Tegel. He's heading a major offensive to destroy an alien threat known as the K'kistik. But Tegel needs soldiers. Good soldiers. So he's willing to hire anybody of any race and ship them halfway across the galaxy to get the needed missions done. The toughest soldier for any job will have to be Tegel's Mercenaries. Tegel's Mercenaries is a top-view real-time strategy game. Assigned missions by General Tegel, the player must hire up to six soldiers from Tegel's personnel listing to take on the mission. Each comes with their own equipment which cannot be changed. During gameplay, selecting any of these soldiers, will allow orders to be issued (Move, Use, Attack, Search, Give, Follow). Each mission features it's own objectives to be completed, often with bonus opportunities to earn more money. Money is only used to keep track of the player's score and to hire tougher mercenaries from the personnel list. The game also contains the Scenario Kit & Working Interface Developer (Skwid) allowing custom missions to be built."
20599,Sierra Soccer: World Challenge Edition,,1994,7.0,Sports,,,"Sierra Soccer: World Challenge Edition is a soccer game in which the player participates in the (unlicensed) World Cup '94; either with the original or random groups. Each athlete has six attributes, e.g. reaction speed, which influence his performance during the match. During the match, which is shown from a slightly angled top-down view, the player directly controls the team and can additionally change tactics and line-up. The controlled athlete is automatically chosen by the computer. Additionally to the World Cup, there are also friendly matches in addition to a training mode. Besides a standard one-against-one match, up to eight players can control one team in tournament mode. Those are either national teams with slightly changed athlete names or new teams with custom athletes."
20604,Williams Arcade Classics,"Midway Presents Arcade's Greatest Hits, Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits 1, Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits, Williams Digital Arcade",1995,6.9,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Shooter",,"Williams Arcade Classics is a compilation that includes the following games: The PC, PlayStation, and Dreamcast versions also contain Bubbles The PC and Playstation versions contain FMV supplements, including interviews with the original programmers."
20605,Free Enterprise,Big Business: Das virtuelle Wirtschaftsimperium,1996,6.1,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,Free Enterprise is a business simulator. You get to choose your factory and then hire a unique workforce to operate machinery and carry out the orders that you assign them all done by exchanging memos. You can produce up to 100 products in your factory and your goal is to be successful.
20613,Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers,"Aku Ankka: Universumin Sank@r!?.!, Disney Donald : ""Cou@k Att@k?*!"", Disney Paperino: ""Oper@zione P@pero""?*!, Disney Pato Donald, Disney Pato Donald ""Cu@c Att@ck?*!"", Disney's Donald Duck: ""Qu@ck Att@ck""?*!, Disney: Kačer Donald vr@cí úder!, Disney’s Anders And: Et R@pt Eventyr?*!, Donald Duck: Quack Attack, Kalle Anka: ""Kv@ck Att@ck?*!"", Szalone Przygody Kaczora Donalda",2000,7.0,Action,Platform,,"You play as Donald in this 3d platform action game. Donald's girlfriend, Daisy is a reporter for a television station in Duckberg. While doing a story on the secret temple of Merlock, a terrible magician, Daisy is kidnapped. Now, it is up to Donald to get her back. Along the way he will have help from his nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and the inventor Gyro Gearloose. He will also have competition from Gladstone Gander, who is also trying to save Daisy. Game play alternates between side-scrolling running and jumping and 3d running and jumping. The side scrolling levels play a lot like the Super Mario Bros. games. The 3d levels play a lot like the Crash Bandicoot series of games. All in all, there are 20 levels, spread out through areas."
20614,Naxat Open,,1989,7.1,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Naxat's first foray into golf games features a full 18-hole course and lots of top professional opponents. You choose your clubs before starting play, and the game automatically chooses what it feels is the best club for each shot. Before each shot you can view either a fly-by of the course or a close-up of the green and its contours. The game's courses scroll in multiple directions form an overhead view, and feature bunkers, trees, water hazards and all the rest. A three-press control system is used for playing shots, switching to a two-click once you reach the green (as draw and fade become irrelevant)."
20615,Codename: Tenka,Lifeforce Tenka,1997,6.4,Action,Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Wars and pollution have driven the Earth to chaos. The year is 2096. The remaining colonists' only dream is to leave the planet and establish on Extrevius 328, a corporate conglomerate manufacturing plant for deadly warriors, known as Bionoids. You are Joseph B. Tenka, future Bionoid, very unpleased with the situation, and determined to stop the corporate evil plans. Over 20 missions with detailed briefings can be found in this Doom clone with creepy atmosphere which has been compared to Aliens"
20618,Willow,Willow: The Computer Game,1988,5.7,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"Based on the movie. Willow consists of various action sequences which recreate different scenes from the movie including an escape from the dungeons, lost in the ice caves, escaping from guards in the woods, and others. The player can go through all the sequences in order, or read the story in the form of a scrolling manuscript and click on keywords to jump to a particular action sequence."
20621,Re-Bounder,,1987,7.3,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Bounder is back! Again the player is in control of an tennis ball, that bounces and bounces and bounces... This time the aim is to collect smart bombs to finish the game. The player needs to collect all 16. The player must avoid landing on bad stuff like sand, spikes, traps or enemies. Unknown squares, signed with an ""?"" also await: sometimes these are helpful (higher/longer jumps, extra-time and so on) - other times they're traps too."
20625,BattleTanx: Global Assault,BattleTanx 2: Global Assault,1999,6.7,Action,Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The year is 2049. A nuclear holocaust has caused 99.9% of the women in the entire world to die out, leaving mankind desperate to search for women for reproduction. Instinct has taken over, and the only rule is mob rule. There is no form of government, form of justice, and the only way to survive is lookout for yourself. Mobs and warlords have emerged trying to claim the world's last surviving women. In the midst of the chaos, Griffin and Madison escape back to San Francisco with their new baby boy Brandon, where they hope to rebuild a better society. However, the evil QueenLord, Cassandra, captures him. Cassandra leads Griffin and Madison all across America and Europe in a frantic search for Brandon, who may have psychic abilities that can save the world. Global Assault is the sequel to the original BattleTanx It features many new weapons, new vehicles, and new powers that were not available in the original. Global Assault now also features a destructible environment, allowing you to seize control of the environment and create ultimate destruction. Global Assault allows two players to play together in co-operative mode, or four players to go head-to-head as one of the dozens of tank gangs in all new maps and many more game modes."
20632,BraveStarr,,1987,5.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The planet of New Texas is similar to the Wild West-era Texas - mystic Indians, bar-room brawlers and sharp-shooting mercenaries. The only man tough enough to keep order in such a place is Marshall Bravestarr. Stampede is the villain of the piece; he aims to bring the dead back to life as zombies for his own use. BraveStarr is a side-scrolling action title based on the popular 80's space western cartoon series. Starting with a limited amount of time, you must find and rescue Shamen who was captured by the evil Tex Hex, to aid Stampede's plans. You get nine minutes to complete your task. The game begins in Fort Kerium in front of the bar. You can enter buildings to talk to people and examine rooms. Outside, you must jump around, shoot enemies and collect various power-ups they drop. Marshall BraveStarr has only one life - when he takes damage, he loses time instead of life energy."
20634,Millennia: Altered Destinies,,1995,6.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","In Millennia you play a human who is snatched from his own space by a race called The Hoods, in order to take upon himself the mission of restoring balance to the dimension called Eschelon. You are equipped with a time traveling, self-sufficient spaceship called XTM. Using it, you have to travel through time and establish the four indigenous species so that they're evolved enough to travel through space, all in an effort to stop the spread of the Viroid-Croids, or Microids in short, an evil and aggressive race with no regard for other lifeforms. Also, if you want to escape Eschelon, you will have to render the same four species evolved enough to generate replacement circuits for the ones damaged in your ship. Your decisions will either get you out of Eschelon, destroy the Microids or, should you decide wrong, be the end of all life in Eschelon."
20645,Radar Mission,,1990,6.3,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Radar Mission is mostly a Battleship board game clone with two game modes. The first is very recognizable, with a map to select and place the ships. Then the game is played by picking squares (e.g. A5). There are several different ships, ranging from the five-hit aircraft carriers to the two hit cruisers, even a fighter jet in later levels. The second mode is more of a side-scrolling shooter. The player controls a submarine, trying to destroy the enemy fleet before they take the player's vessel out. Either the player takes out all the battleships causing the enemy submarine to surrender or he directly destroys the submarine to end the level. When submerged a radar view appears, showing the player's ships along with the enemies, providing a strategic intermission to plot out the attack."
20646,The Evil Dead,,1984,6.5,Action,,,"Based on the horror movie of the same name released a year earlier, here you take on the role of the film's lead protagonist, Ash, and like the film, the game takes place in the isolated cabin deep in the woods, where a diabolical evil is set free. The game’s viewpoint is from the top-down over head perspective, where you see the character’s head and shoulders only. The play-field consists of the cabin interior, which is outlined in a kind of plan view, where doors are represented by a short white line which disappears and reappears upon opening and closing, and windows are represented by dotted lines which function in the same way as the doors. Some details that are from the film are the swing on the porch which is gently swaying in the wind, the fire place, which is ablaze, and the two old beds. The crux of the game-play is as follows: you take control of Ash, represented by a white figure, and you must try to keep out the Evil Dead shroud, which looks like a green cloud mass, that has the ability to open the various windows to get inside, and you must try to close the windows to stop it possessing your friends, Linda, Cheryl, Shelly or Scotty. When one is taken by the evil shroud, they will become a green mutant. Periodically, weapons will spawn and disappear about the house which Ash can utilise to fight the mutants. Weapons consist of hatchets, shovels, and swords, and can be used for a limited time. As you fight the various new additions to the evil dead, they will split into various body parts before being completely finished off, so you will have to contend with disembodied arms, and legs, ghost spirits, and such. You score points for each mutant, or evil body part dispatched. Ash’s health is expressed as a number, initially 10,000, and as you are attacked, and subsequently defend yourself, this number will proceed to diminish, and when it reaches zero, it is game over. The ultimate goal of the game is to score enough points to conjure up the book of the dead, and it will appear on the screen, and if you manage to collect it and throw it in the fire place, this is the way of concluding the game."
20647,Animal,,1996,5.2,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Animal is a product tie-in to Unilever brand Peperami, a spicy pork salami sausage. The 'Peperami Animal' was launched in 1993 advertising with the slogan 'It's a bit of an animal'. This surreal adventure takes place in the town of Snackopolis, where tension between cookies, vegetables and other snack-creatures is on the rise. Just before the mayoral election, the current mayor and top candidate Dr. Pepereinstein is kidnapped while he is cloning Peperami. In addition, the cloning device was tampered with, with horrible results. As Peperami, a walking and talking sausage, you investigate and seek to rescue the mayor and to clean up the mess left from the cloning. You explore over 130 hand painted locations around the city, talk to other snacks to find clues, solve puzzles, and fight the bad guys. The game is a traditional point and click adventure with the exception of two DOOM -style first-person shooter sections at the end of the game."
20652,B.A.T.,"BAT, Bureau des Affaires Temporelles, Bureau of Astral Troubleshooters",1989,7.6,"Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","B.A.T. is a cyberpunk romp through the underworld of crime and corruption. As agent for B.A.T. (Bureau of Astral Troubleshooters), an ultra-secret organization serving the Confederation of the Galaxies in the 22nd century, you will be assigned various missions covering a wide range of spy activities and planets. B.A.T. is a mixture of first-person adventure game and role-playing. Most of the game is spent exploring the futuristic locations, talking to characters and gathering items needed to advance the narrative. Combat occurs randomly and utilizes a real-time system: the player must prepare for the battle within a limited amount of time, after which the combatants exchange blows. The protagonist is able to side-step and dodge the attacks. Other features include the ability to program the B.O.B. (organic computer implanted on your arm), and RPG-style character development based on various stats."
20654,Live Wire!,,1999,6.4,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Arcade,,"A 3D puzzle game where you across a gridded landscape (Tron-cycle like) leaving a coloured trail behind you. Any square on the landcsape that you managed to colour on all sides gets claimed by you and earns you points. You're up against a varied number of opponents and the game covers about 50 levels, with the landscapes having different properties and shapes (e.g spherical world landscape). Add to this a bunch of pickups and bonus abilities, and you've got a retro- puzzle game that's a bit fun."
20662,Disney's The Little Mermaid II,"Disney La Petite Sirène 2, Disney La Sirenetta II, Disney La Sirenita 2, Disney's De Kleine Zeemeermin II, Disneys Arielle 2",2000,6.6,Action,,Fantasy,"Generally following along with the plot of The Little Mermaid I and II, the game is a 2D collectathon with 3D graphics. The game features over 30 minutes of movie footage, 12 levels, and 3 bonus minigames. Following the source material, most of the levels take place underwater, allowing full freedom of movement. (Within the 2D plane, of course.) On land, movement is the standard run and jump type. In all levels, there are coins and pearls to collect."
20665,Car and Driver Presents Grand Tour Racing '98,"M6 Turbo Racing, Total Drivin",1997,7.6,Racing / Driving,,,"Total Drivin is a racing game with five different classes of cars (4x4 Buggies, Dakar Rally, Sports, Indy and Rally) in six different locations (Moscow, Easter Island, Scotland, Hong Kong, Egypt and Switzerland). Each location has six different tracks to master with a total of 36 tracks. The different tracks actually are variations of the same track only slightly different. For example drive with different car type, reverse direction, ramps added or safety rails removed, different weather conditions etc. You can choose to drive with 1 of 8 different teams, each with different driving behaviour, providing 40 cars in total. There is multiplayer for 2 to 4 players, using split-screen and a link cable. The game also features typical 1990's rave music. When your car rolls over the game will turn you right side up again, but if your car drives into water or falls into lava the game instantly ends."
20672,I Ludicrus,,1989,5.6,Action,Fighting,,"Having drunk too much at the bar and made a fool out of himself, arena cleaner Ludicrus finds that he has been ""promoted"" to gladiator. In order to once more become a free man, he must beat three opponents: the big Germanic warrior Herr Liss, the femme fatale Bon d'Age and the masked gladiator Bud Vyzr. Ludricrus must stand five rounds against each opponent, or he must face a lion. If the lion wins, it's game over. The game is a one-on-one fighting game where Ludicrus is armed with a short knife. Using a combination of button presses and joystick pulling, Ludicrus may back off, jump, take cover and slash with his knife. There is limited horizontal scrolling as in Streetfighter II Since there are no power bars, you have to hold a mental score of how much damage you have taken and given. Graphics are cartoony with a touch of Astérix"
20678,Magical Tetris Challenge,Tetris Adventure: Susume Mickey to Nakamatachi,2000,8.1,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"Magical Tetris Challenge mixes the well known Tetris brand with the characters and worlds of Disney. The original Tetris is on offer through the usual endurance challenge or the new story mode, where you choose one of the many well known Disney characters (Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy) and take on the bad guys in a game of Tetris to save the day. A 2-player mode is also included."
20681,Wrestling Superstars,,1992,5.9,Sports,,,"After watching middle age British men grappling each on a Saturday afternoon in the 70s, along came a bigger, brighter and louder version of wrestling from the USA. It was called WWF and now is your chance to participate. There are no options, you are just thrown straight into the action. The game is viewed from the side showing the whole of the ring. You can punch or kick your opponent. If you get into a grapple then you have to waggle your joystick left and right as fast as you can. The winner picks up the other fighter and throws him to the canvas. You are also able to climb a corner post and jump on the other fighter. If you are pinned to the canvas then you need to waggle that joystick again to throw your opponent off. Also seen on screen are energy bars. The lower these get the harder it is to throw your opponent when pinned to the canvas. There is also a time limit, how many wins, score, picture of the fighters and a picture of the referee who will commentate on the fight."
20685,MissionForce: CyberStorm,,1996,7.4,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Prometheus is believed destroyed, but the Cybrid menace has not ended. As the humans expanded out into interstellar space, they encountered more Cybrids, and they will exterminate them wherever they are found... As a new commander at Unitech, the player's job is to command cloned pilots called ""bioderms"" and their HERCs to mine the various planets in the system, wipe out any Cybrids they see, and eventually take out the main Cybrid nexus in the system. As the player advances in rank, they will gain access to more power tech, HERCs, and more valuable bioderms. Each planet has different terrain that'll affect the battles, and the bioderms will grow in experience and even perish in combat. Money earned by mining and killing Cybrids allows to buy new weapons, HERCs, and bioderms. With hundreds of different weapons (projectile, laser, plasma, missile, indirect, ELF, special, etc.), plenty of other equipment to mount, and over a dozen different HERC models to outfit, combinations are endless. The player will be able to hone their skills in many battles across three systems. The game itself is played like Earthsiege but with a 2D overhead-semi-isometric view and turn-based hex movement. While the action can be a bit slow, the graphics are good, commands are intuitive, and coordinating fire among all the different HERCs to maximize destruction is not a simple task. It's even possible to administer some chemicals to the bioderms to maximize their effectiveness temporarily (at a cost of some genetic instability, which could be fatal if prolonged). It was possible to go online and play against others on Sierra's WON.NET, when the service was still officially supported. Players could choose to fight other corporations (with or without Cybrid presence) or play other standard games. The HERCs have value ratings so it's easy to balance the forces."
20687,Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue,"Disney's 102 Dalmatiner, Disney's Les 102 Dalmatiens à la rescousse",2000,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Cruella De Vil has captured more Dalmatian puppies to make into a coat. You, as Domino or Oddball, must free them. Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue on the Game Boy Color is a 2D, side-scrolling platform game. You must run and jump about the level, searching for a key. Once you have the key, you then go to each cage to open it and free the puppies. When all puppies are free, you will get a password and move to the next level. Try to avoid the enemy toys that move about as they will damage you. You can use your bark to stun a toy but that is temporary."
20688,The New Adventures of the Time Machine,"As Novas Aventuras da Máquina do Tempo, De Nya Äventyren Med Tidsmaskinen, De nieuwe avonturen van de tijdmachine, Die Zeitmaschine: Die neuen Abenteuer, La machine à voyager dans le temps, Stroj času, Time Machine: Las nuevas aventuras de la máquina del tiempo, Wehikuł Czasu",2000,6.3,Adventure,Puzzle elements,"Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk","Inspired by the classic story of H.G. Wells take the role of an intrepid time adventurer trapped in a mysterious future. The only way home may be the demi-god Khronos, Master of the Hourglass... In a similar manner to Myst players move around a 3-dimensional world in first person. Collect objects and explore various locations to solve various puzzles. Speak with other characters and grapple with action elements during the game's 40+ hours of playing time."
20691,Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Pinball,Thomas the Tank Engine's Pinball,1995,6.8,Action,Pinball,,"Britt Alcroft's train-based characters (famously voiced by Ringo Starr) were brought to several computer games, and this is perhaps the most unusual, simplifying the game of pinball to aim it at younger players. Four different tables are included, based loosely around Thomas, James, Percy and Toby. Up to 8 players can take it in turns, and there are 3 skill levels and a high score table. The tables vary in their complexity and difficulty; Thomas' is very basic in its design, while the others (especially Toby's) have more advanced ramps and combos. Full screen and scrolling view modes are available, and the game's feel is comparable to the Pinball Dreams series which is unsurprising as Spidersoft did Pinball Mania themselves."
20694,Star Wars: Return of the Jedi,Star Wars: Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritter,1984,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The arcade game from Atari based on the third Star Wars movie features three action sequences inspired by the film. First, you control Princess Leia on a speeder bike racing through the forests on Endor. You have to evade trees and deal with enemy troopers by shooting at them or luring them into Ewok traps. In the second sequence, you control Chewbacca who has captured an Imperial AT-ST Walker, evading tree traps and shooting at enemy walkers. In this sequence, the perspective sometimes switches to the Millennium Falcon which you must guide through a fleet of enemy Star Destroyers and TIE Fighters. In the final sequence, the Millennium Falcon enters the Death Star and has to make its way to the reactor, surviving more TIE Fighters and laser turrets. Once the reactor is destroyed, you have to get out again before the explosion engulfs the ship. After the Death Star has been destroyed, the game restarts at the first sequence, but with a higher difficulty."
20695,Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return,"Tomba!: The Wild Adventures, Tombi 2, Tombi! 2, Tombi! 2: Contra los Cerdiablos",1999,7.7,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, RPG elements",Fantasy,"The evil pigs from Tomba! are back, and only Tomba can stop them. The pigs have kidnapped Tomba's friend Tabby, and imprisoned her. To find her, Tomba will have to brave puzzles and quests that are similar to the first game's combination of platform side-scrolling and adventure quests."
20711,Stunt Driver,Crash Course,1990,7.2,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",Tricks / stunts,,"Stunt Driver allows the player to control a '60s Mustang car and take on three different opponents in a virtually unlimited amount of courses (thanks to the included course editor). The player's driving style must be adjusted according to the opponent's behavior. Drawbridges, loops, banked curves, hills and oil slicks are there to impede the player-controlled car's progress. The game also features a replay camera complete with custom camera placement."
20724,Abuse,"Abuse Classic, Alien Abuse",1995,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"It is the unimaginably distant year 2009. You are Nick Vrenna, falsely locked inside a high security prison. The genetic experiments conducted in the prison, combined with a full-scale riot that took place recently, caused all guards and inmates to be transformed into insane, aggressive mutants. Your job is to escape while stopping the genetic plague from transforming the whole world. Abuse is a side-scrolling platformer with a lot of shooting. It's a nonlinear game, as the levels often have a few exits that lead to different areas. Your character is a cyborg equipped with various weapons; initially, you only have a weak laser rifle with unlimited ammo, but you can find more powerful guns later on, such as grenade launchers, flamethrowers or lightsabers. You move through a building complex, fighting any enemies you might encounter on the way. The enemies are mostly the mutants, but also the defense systems (such as stationary missile launchers). While you move with the keyboard, you can aim with your mouse, so you can shoot at any angle no matter what direction you are running. On your way, you'll find elevators, teleporters, cracked walls that can be destroyed and more. Apart from ammo and health, you can also find upgrades which have a number of beneficial effect - increasing your running speed, for example."
20727,Postman Pat,Postman Pat: The Computer Game,1989,5.7,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Kids TV favourite Postman Pat aims to stamp his authority on the games scene by delivering a first-class licensed game. Your job is to guide Pat and his van around a particularly busy day of work.First you go to the post office where Mrs Goggins will give you the letters or parcel to be delivered.You will also have to help herding Peter Fogg's sheep, and do all this against a time limit. The game includes a rendition of the show's music, as well as two difficultly levels - according to the inlay the easy version is for children, and the harder one for 'the serious gamer'."
20728,"Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000",,1997,7.1,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This game pits you in a brutal war between the Orks and the Human Space Marines from the classic Warhammer 40,000 tabletop game. Using a variety of troops, vehicles and giant robots you must conquer your foes in battle. Battles take place in turns: Each turn you get a chance to move and shoot at your enemies. Each side gets a variety of units: some are just foot soldiers, there are also tanks, hover-bikes and even giant robots. Weapons range from Bolters (big sub machine guns) to laser cannons and vortex bombs. The plot is simply to destroy your enemy -- each mission usually works this way too. Simply get your guys together and fight."
20735,Crazy Golf,Krazy Golf,1983,5.1,Sports,,,"Nine holes of chaotic top-viewed ricochets and hazards make up this early Crazy Golf game. They can be skipped for a score of 12 if you get stuck. There are no moving hazards, so gameplay is essentially a golf-themed precise positioning puzzle. Furthering this aspect, it does not matter what pace the ball is at when it reaches the hole (it never rebounds out of it) and that rebounds are always at precise 90-degree angles without taking pace out of the ball. Sixteen shot angles and sixteen shot paces are available. The first hole is simply a row of vertically-placed barriers with only small gaps at each end, but later holes include randomly-placed ball-sized blocks, curved barriers almost enclosing the hole, and square blockades leaving only narrow corridors to play (bounce, more effectively) the ball through. The final hole combines all these for a par-12 challenge."
20744,Air Duel: 80 Years of Dogfighting,Dogfight: 80 Years of Aerial Warfare,1993,7.1,Simulation,,"Historical events, Middle East, World War I, World War II","As the name suggests, this flight simulation gives you a chance to fly most of the famous fighter models from World War 1 to the present day. You can fly the Sopwith Camel, the Spitfire, the F-4 Phantom, the Harrier Jump Jet, the F-16 Fighting Falcon, the Fokker DR1, and the MiG-23, each with realistic and functional cockpit features. The game offers 6 historical missions, a duel mode and a ""What If?"" air duel. In the latter, you can apply weapons from different time periods to aircraft, and try to shoot down a modern plane using an older one."
20747,Alpha Mission,ASO - Armored Scrum Object,1985,5.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Out beyond, in the galaxy of Tetrenova, a war has been fought that has exhausted resources and even worlds. The survivors band together and look for a new place to rebuild. They choose a seemingly undeveloped planet, Earth. Using your defense ship 'Syd,' you must destroy the invading forces and ground targets with bombs. Obtain power-ups to gain energy for ship upgrades that allow you to transform to a more powerful machine. The game itself is a vertical shooter, moving continuously up towards the top of the screen."
20748,Catastrophes,Helistad,1984,6.7,Action,,,"Catastrophes is a single screen building game where you must carry bricks with a helicopter one at a time from a barge and place them on an island to build a hotel as high as you can. You must try to get the highest score you can over six days and each day is shown by the sun moving from east to west across the top of the screen. Every time you place a new storey then you receive a point and as you build you are competing against the computer or a second player who are building at the same time. As each day progresses there are a couple of natural disasters that occur with the first two being a flood and an earthquake which removes bricks for a short space of time. As the days progress then storm winds and lightning can also occur and a plane keeps flying across the screen, and if touched carrying a brick then you lose the brick. The game is over once the six days are over but even if you can't build anymore on an earlier day the game keeps playing. If you leave the joystick alone then after a certain time the computer takes over but you receive no score."
20757,Planetfall,Planetfall - a science fiction story,1983,7.7,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"It all started with your great-great-grandfather who was a High Admiral and one of the founding officers of the Patrol. All generations since then have served in the Patrol. Now it's your turn and two years into you are still a lowly Ensign Seventh Class. Your direct report, Blather, is really making your life miserable. Are you really Stellar Patrol material?"
20765,Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 1,,1996,7.2,Compilation,,,"Another in the series of Midway's retro arcade compilations, this is the first to feature early Atari titles (in addition to the usual FMV interview segments.) The games included are:"
20766,Pro Striker,J.League Pro Striker '93,1993,7.3,Sports,,,"Pro Striker is the first title in Sega's early-'90s soccer franchise. It is an arcade-style soccer game similar in play to Sega's earlier World Championship Soccer The game is viewed from a birds-eye perspective with a full field minimap on the side of the screen. The player can also make substitutions and choose from six different formations. It features an official J.Leauge license, including all ten teams and all players from the 1993 season. There is an exhibition mode, a playoff mode, and a full league mode, and up to four players can play simultaneously."
20768,Companions of Xanth,,1993,7.4,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Two otherworldly and all-powerful demons are competing with two unwitting human champions over the future of the magical realm of Xanth. One of these unlikely champions is Dug Mundane, a young lad from our world who has just broken up with his girlfriend Pia. His friend Edsel sends him a computer game, betting that if Dug ends up liking it he'll forfeit his attempts to win Pia's heart back. However, when Dug puts the game disk into his computer, he is teleported to Xanth, where his adventures begin. Companions of Xanth is an adaptation of Piers Anthony 's fantasy novel Demons Don't Dream (included in some releases), taking place in his mystical and punny world of Xanth. Unlike Legend 's previous parser-based adventures, this one is fully mouse-controlled. Commands such as ""take"", ""give to"", ""listen"", etc. are on the left of the screen; directional icons and an inventory are at the bottom, with an illustration of the current location taking up over half of the screen. The gameplay relies mostly on inventory-based puzzles, with many solutions involving puns. Besides puzzle-solving, there are also branching conversations with the various characters populating the world. The game is divided into several areas; some are interconnected, while others become unavailable for exploration as the plot advances. It is possible to die in the game, though the player is allowed to undo his last move if that happens. There are also a few instances of getting irrevocably stuck if the player failed to pick up a crucial item in an earlier area. Although the game invites the player to pick up a companion in the beginning, only one choice is correct, while others lead to a premature end of the game. The chosen companion can be talked to most of the time and provides hints and solutions to some puzzles."
20775,Unreal Tournament,Tournament,1999,8.0,Action,Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","Unreal Tournament is a single-player and multiplayer arena first-person shooter. In an era where combat sports are broadcast as entertainment, contestants enter the Tournament to fight across purpose-built arenas. The single-player ladder casts the player as a new competitor who advances through a series of matches with AI teammates and opponents, culminating in a final duel against the reigning champion. Outside of the ladder, custom matches can be configured across all modes with adjustable rules, maps, and opponents. Matches are fast and rules-driven. Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch focus on frags within a time or score limit. Capture the Flag places a flag at each team’s base and awards a point for carrying the enemy flag home while protecting your own. Domination scatters control points around the map, awarding teams points every second they hold a location. Assault is objective based: attackers complete sequenced goals, such as breaching doors or destroying installations, while defenders delay them; sides then switch, and the faster team wins. Weapons define the moment-to-moment play, and each has a primary and alternate fire that change its role. Examples include the Impact Hammer for close quarters, the Enforcer sidearm, the Shock Rifle with a beam and an energy orb that can be detonated for a “shock combo”, and the Redeemer - a steerable warhead suited to clearing objectives. Item pickups support these tools: health packs and vials, armor and thigh pads, a Shield Belt, Invisibility, and a damage amplifier that boosts firepower for a limited time. Mobility and traversal are central. Players sprint, jump, strafe, and time lifts and jump pads to control high ground and item cycles. Maps place translocators in objective modes, letting players throw a beacon and teleport to it to cross gaps, infiltrate bases, or recover quickly after a failed run. Spawn systems, weapon placements, and power-up timers encourage map control and coordinated pushes in team play. Robust bot support mirrors multiplayer. Bots have adjustable skill, aggression, and accuracy, and they follow orders such as Attack, Defend, Hold Position, or Cover Me. Team voice menus allow quick commands, and in Assault they understand objective steps and alternate routes. The single-player ladder gradually increases difficulty and introduces mode-specific tactics before the final one-on-one championship match. Server settings allow score limits, time limits, friendly fire, and translocator availability to be tuned per mode. Map voting and rotation lists support continuous play, and LAN or internet sessions host mixed human and bot rosters."
20777,UEFA Champions League Season 2000/2001,,2000,6.6,Sports,,,"UEFA Champions League Season 2000/2001 is a soccer game with an official UEFA license for the 2000/2001 season. It includes all the 32 official teams of that season, plus all champions since the sixties and some custom for more than eighty teams total. Game modes include Training, Quick Match, And a variety of cups and championships with the available teams. Interesting options in the game is to have teams play of earlier incarnations of themselves or arrange a cup between all UEFA Champions League winners."
20778,Kileak: The DNA Imperative,Kileak: The Blood,1995,6.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Scientist Dr. Kim has taken his experiments in genetic engineering one step too far. A strike team of the International Peace Keeping Forces is dispatched to his south pole base but is shot down before landing. As one of only two survivors it is your mission to enter the base, find Kim and stop his evil plans. In first-person shooter manner you explore the levels of the base, destroy robotic enemies and search for the elevator to the next level. Your SJ107 assault suit features an automapping system and can be upgraded with better armor and weapons. It runs on battery energy which can be recharged at an energy station somewhere on each level. If doors are locked, they can be opened with a keycard or by solving a lever puzzle. The storyline is advanced through communications with your surviving comrade Carlos and through recordings found in the levels which can be watched at a computer station."
20779,Vegas Stakes,Las Vegas Dream,1993,6.5,Gambling,Cards / tiles,,"In this Casino simulator, you have decided to be a high roller. Followed by four friends, their main objective is to risk the Lady Luck and become a high roller in Las Vegas, place of luxurious and refined gambling houses. With only $1000 in your pocket, feel free to explore five different casinos (The Hideaway, Golden Paradise, Buffalo Head, The 2020 and later, the Laurel Palace), making the possible and impossible to increase its banking account and reach the goal of $ 10 million. To be successful in this millionaire-journey, you'll have different options of how to earn lots of money: Blackjack, Slots, Roulette, Craps or Seven-Card Stud Poker. Randomly, some people will chat with you, asking for some borrowed money, selling value objects and many other goodies: depending of the chatting, you'll be able to gain benefits (money increased) or damages (have half of its money stolen). During this tough ""mission"", a friend (chosen by you in the Casino room) will help you, explaining in details the rules of the current game or offering some wager advices."
20781,Alfred Chicken,,1993,7.1,Action,Platform,,"Alfred the chicken must rescue his friends and his bird (pardon the pun) Floella from the Meka Chickens. The result is a platform game across differently-themed levels, which are finished by either climbing to the top of the level or killing a boss. Bonus games and secret rooms have been included, and progression sometimes requires solving positional puzzles. Alfred cannot fly, but he can use ramps to jump up and hit enemies with his bionic beak - this kills them, but any other contact will hurt Alfred. Watch out for spiked snails though. Other enemies include whales armed with guns and stray bombs."
20782,C-Dogs,,1997,7.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The sequel to Cyberdogs C-Dogs improves the original Cyberdogs gameplay formula. The game involves you taking your character on missions which usually involve shooting anything around using a variety of weapons that can be bought before missions. Many more options are available in this version, one of the most interesting being an editor that allows you to create your own C-Dogs campaigns."
20790,Carnage,Turbo Carnage,1992,6.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"In Carnage you race in a top-down view where every car goes with the same speed. And if you want to see the next track you must win your race; if you can't, unfortunately the game is over! In total there are 18 tracks. After every race you earn 800 pounds, and go to a shop where you can buy necessary things for your car like nitros and mines, or equipments for upgrade."
20794,World Championship Snooker,,2000,7.2,Sports,,,"World Championship Snooker is a snooker simulation game. The game allows you to train in master classes, play a single match, and partake in official tournaments, and the world championship. You can play against many professional snooker players. Each of the players such as Mark Williams and Stephen Hendry plays with his own style and qualities. To aid the player it is possible to active certain helping lines to aid you in aiming you cue."
20795,Red Zone,,1992,6.6,Racing / Driving,,,"Red Zone sees Psygnosis attempt to simulate motorcycle racing using 3D polygon graphics, in a similar way to Team Suzuki and No Second Prize Ten different circuits are featured in the game's championship, although there are no bike setup options. The graphical detail level can be set, which affects the game's running speed and smoothness. The mouse is used for control, with options to vary the sensitivity of the response as well as the skill of the opposition. The game keeps track of how many times you punted an opponent off, and how many times you endangered one with your riding."
20796,Crime Time,,1990,6.3,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Crime Time is a more or less classical 3rd person point-and-click adventure, with the major difference that you don't click on the graphics, but on controls below the graphics. Actions are done by clicking on words, as is movement. The story is a classical mystery setting: two friends go hitchhiking, and since it's raining so bad, they rest in a small hotel. One of the two starts to drink till he's totally out of control. He stumbles into the wrong room, gets knocked out and wakes up next to a corpse. Now, you have to prove you didn't do anything."
20807,The Winning Team,,1991,6.8,Compilation,,,The Winning Team is a collection of five games.
20810,Tellurian Defense,Tellurian Defence,1999,5.2,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the year 2024, meteorites from space crashed down on Earth causing major destruction, obliterating cities and disrupting our fragile atmospheric balance. In its weakened state, Earth is in its most vulnerable state. Alien races are planning an invasion. You are part of an elite force of fighter pilots whose objective is to stop the invaders before it is too late. In over 30 missions, pilot your high-tech jet over different locations on Earth, chasing alien fighters and shooting them down. Your air battles will fly you and your wingmen over major cities with landmarks you will recognize. Besides the enemy’s ship, you must carefully avoid other obstacles including mountains, skyscrapers and bridges in the thick of things. Part of your activities will include examination of debris – including pieces of the alien craft you just destroyed, alien corpses, equipment or a weapon. Send objects to the research labs for analysis and retrieve communications detailing new orders."
20811,Bad Mojo,Bad Mojo: The Roach Game,1996,7.4,Adventure,Graphic adventure,North America,"Roger was about to do something bad. Unfortunately, he can't remember what it was because he has been transformed into a cockroach. In this Kafkaesque graphic adventure game, Roger (you) must scurry through the walls of a run down San Francisco bar trying to restore his memory and his human form while avoiding spiders, a roach eating cat, and other creatures that live in the bar."
20815,Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend,Side Pocket 2: Densetsu no Hustler,1995,6.7,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend is a pool game where the player can participate in a story mode and play against a set of pros in six different pool halls in an attempt to face off against Minnesota Fats himself. There are seven different variations of pool to play: Eight-Ball, Nine-Ball, Rotation, 14-1 rack, Three ball, Cut Throat & One Pocket. There is also a Versus Mode to let players take on any opponent of their choice including a two-player option to take on a friend and a Tournament Mode Players can also try out the Trick Mode that has the player try to compete 16 different trick shots."
20818,Jasper!,,1984,7.3,Action,Platform,,"Jasper the mouse must face 22 screens in this platform puzzler. Tonnes of objects are placed throughout the game, and each has a specific use. You select these using the 1-5 number keys, which tells you that only 5 objects can be carried at a time, which makes for a certain degree of backtracking. The screens are full of adversaries like cats, spiders and wasps, all of which must be avoided, as contact loses you a life. Methodical planning of your route before you start, and inch-perfect timing and key-pressing once you do, are essential for progress - charging in headlong is unlikely to produce anything but a dead mouse (and a dead keyboard after you hit it)"
20822,GBA Championship Basketball: Two-on-Two,Basketball Two On Two,1986,6.8,Sports,,,"GBA Championship Basketball can be played as One or Two Player vs. the Computer or Two Player with Computer Teammates and includes Practice Play. Draft your Teammates from a list of ten players whose styles are patterned after real professional superstars. Practice with games like ""Around the world"" and ""Horse"", or go one-on-one with a friend. You play GBA Basketball on a full court. And when it comes to shooting, you have a full range of choices, like hook shots, tip-ins, jumpshots and even dunks. After each game, you can read the sports page of the Gamestar Gazette to check box scores and division standings."
20823,ATV: Quad Power Racing,,2000,4.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"ATV: Quad Power Racing introduces to the PlayStation the slightly unusual sport of four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle racing. The game includes three different terrain types (forest, desert and ice) with four tracks each. There are Amateur and Pro Championships for every terrain type, with Amateur and Pro tracks differing slightly. The Amateur trophy has to be won to unlock the respective Pro circuit. Players can select from six different riders and at the start there are two quads per terrain available to choose from. Winning each Amateur circuit unlocks two more per terrain and winning everything unlocks the best quad in the game. Gameplay is seen from either 3rd (behind the quad) or 1st person perspectives and players can select from manual or automatic transmission. The quad and the rider are controlled independently from each other: the right analog stick steers the quad while the left stick is used for leaning the rider, which is important while cornering: incorrect leaning can lead to the rider being thrown off, losing valuable time. Besides the Championship mode, there are Single Race, Time Trial and Two-Player modes. Tracks and quads to be used in those modes have to be unlocked via winning Championship races first."
20824,All-Star Baseball 2000,,1999,6.7,Sports,,,"All-Star Baseball 2000 is the second portable installment of Acclaim's baseball series, and the first on the Game Boy Color. It is based closely on the previous year's game with the major changes being the addition of color graphics and the rosters and teams updated for the 1999 MLB season. All the same playing modes of the predecessor return: exhibition, season (now with four different possible lengths), playoffs, all-star game, Home Run Derby and batting practice. All 30 teams of the 1999 season are available. Gameplay remains largely unchanged from the previous year or even Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball Pitching and batting are seen from behind home base, while during running and fielding the view switches to an isometric perspective of the field. Pitches are made by first aiming via height and direction meters, then choosing the pitching style and finally the speed. Batting is done in the traditional way by pushing buttons for either a swing or a bunt, with variations done through the D-Pad."
20832,Steel Talons,,1991,6.1,"Action, Simulation",Arcade,,"Steel Talons brought realism-oriented helicopter combat to the arcades, and later to home systems. The action is viewed from behind your helicopter, with the 3D polygon world rotating around you, taking in mountains, rivers and deserts. There are 12 missions in total, each of which requires you to destroy targets in a set time limit. There are also training and head-to-head (against a CPU-controlled drone) modes. You have a limited number of automatically-targeting missiles as well as a cannon. A tracking map tells you where you are on the level, and where the enemies are. Contact with the ground, mountains or other vehicles will damage or destroy your helicopter."
20833,Suikoden II,Genso Suikoden II,1998,8.0,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"A young boy from the town Kyaro, adopted and raised by a martial artist together with his sister Nanami, now serves in a Highland army, in a youth squad, together with his best friend Jowy. Their camp is attacked during the night. The two friends escape and jump down from a high cliff into a river. Soon the two become involved in a political struggle, as several nations seek an alliance against a powerful country led by an insane, bloodthirsty prince. What will destiny bring to the young heroes? What will they achieve in their lives? Will they fight together or will their paths be separate from now on? Like its predecessor Suikoden II is a Japanese-style role-playing game with a story that focuses on war, friendship and betrayal. As in the previous game, the goal it to build an army and participate in a war, defending the lives of the innocents. Once again it is possible to recruit 108 characters (Stars of Destiny), as well as build and customize a castle that serves as headquarters for the army. The main bulk of the gameplay, however, is traditional RPG exploration and character growth. Together with turn-based party combat, which allows up to six active player-controlled combatants, there are also a few strategic battles, which are quite different from those of the first Suikoden : the player has to move squads on a grid field, trying to surround the enemies and eventually defeat them. Characters can equip runes that allow them to cast a limited amount of magic spells; unlike the first game, it is possible to equip up to three runes on a single character. Items are shared by the party rather than being restricted by individual inventories. There is a variety of mini-games, some of which are available only if the player recruits specific characters."
20839,ESWAT: Cyber Police,"E-SWAT, ESWAT, Elite Special Weapons And Tactics",1989,5.7,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Crime is getting out of control in Liberty City, and to combat the problem, the LCPD establishes a new unit, called ESWAT (Enhanced Special Weapons and Tactics). Police officers who are promoted to this unit wear a cyber-suit that contains state-of-the-art military equipment including two Turbo-Booster Thrusters, extra ammunition, and increased protection. In order to become an ESWAT member, all a dedicated police officer has to do is arrest enough criminal masterminds to progress through the ranks, which include Captain, Assistant Chief, and Chief. ESWAT: Cyber Police is a horizontal-scrolling beat 'em up where you have to make your way from left to right and defeat a mastermind. There are 15 stages to complete, and have you patrolling through Liberty streets, car yards, stadiums, restaurants, the CBD, construction sites, and boat docks. While you're out on patrol, you can pick up ammunition, and the amount you get varies. For example, on some levels, ammo may be worth 10 bullets, while in others, you may get 60 bullets. Once you have obtained the cyber-suit, you wear it for the duration of the game."
20840,The Divide: Enemies Within,,1997,6.8,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In The Divide: Enemies Within the player takes control of an explorer on an alien planet. After they land to investigate, they are attacked, where the player is frozen and their partner kidnapped. After being thawed, the player takes control of a mech and sets out to rescue their partner and destroy the alien menace. The basic gameplay has the player explore through eight different worlds with a total of over 100 different stages in a 3-D environment. The player explores the levels, collecting new weapons and power-ups to fight out the 20 different enemies scattered throughout the level. At the end of each level, the player must fight off an enemy boss before fighting the final boss at the end of the game."
20847,Hagane: The Final Conflict,,1994,7.9,Action,Platform,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","The Fuma clan protects the Holy Grail which is said to possess the power to destroy the world. When the Koma clan attacks and steals the Holy Grail, only one ninja survives. Transformed into a cyborg, it is his task to retrieve the Holy Grail and save the world. Hagane is an action-oriented platformer, featuring five stages, divided into several sub-stages, filled with lots of enemies, jumping puzzles, mid- and endbosses. The titular main character can perform double jumps, jump off walls, use four different weapons, slide over the ground, somersault to dodge attacks and use several different special attacks. Weapons include: a short sword, a chain, small bombs and throwing knives. Bombs and knives have limited ammunition that can be restored by picking up the right items dropped by defeated enemies. Pressing and holding the shoulder buttons will cause Hagane to somersault and jump across the screen. This movement goes through three phases, pressing the jump or attack button during any of these phases lets Hagane perform different special attacks, such as flaming punches, kicks or backflips."
20848,Jumpin' Jackson,Jumping Jackson,1990,7.7,"Action, Puzzle",Music / rhythm,,"Jumpin' Jackson is a top-down puzzle game. Jackson hops around a game board, picking up records (anyone remember vinyl?) and putting them down on record players. Each record carries one instrument's part of a tune, and as the records are put down, the tune builds up. Once all the records are spinning, the tune and level are completed. Blocking your way are a variety of violent musical instruments - violins, trumpets, bass drums."
20850,Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman 3: Ikai no Princess,Cyber Citizen Shockman 3: The Princess from Another World,1992,7.1,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Third game in the Shubibinman series of action platformers. Cyborgs Tasuke and Kyapiko have taken a vacation from all their robot-bashing when they receive a plea for help from the princess of an alien world, naturally our heroes accept and make the journey to outer space, where more robot-bashing adventures await. The game plays like a standard action side-scroller in which you must clear each stage of all enemies using your attacks and make your way to the end-level boss, kick his metallic behind and advance to the next stage. You have at your disposal an energy blade and a small collection of ranged attacks to deal with your enemies, and between certain stages you get to play shooter sequences to spice things up. As usual for SuperCD games, the title also features fully animated cutscenes with voice acting."
20861,The Hive,The Hive Wars,1995,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Hive is an on-rails shooter similar to Rebel Assault within a sci-fi setting. All levels are pre-rendered, the player controls the cross-hair to fire at enemy ships and turrets. The levels are connected with cutscenes using the same visual style of the actual levels. The shooting happens both in space, within the atmosphere of different planets, and even indoors. Control alternates between spacecraft, turrets, ground based vehicles and on foot. In some cases such as when controlling a turret the player has camera control."
20862,TV Sports: Football,,1988,7.8,Sports,,,"Before Electronic Arts sought to imitate television coverage of sports with their EA Sports titles, Cinemaware had the same idea, initially applying it to (American) Football. Cutscenes follow dramatic moments in the match, and each match is preceded by a TV-style introduction. The game is primarily action-based, although you also choose your plays before executing them. You then bring the passes and runs to life on the pitch itself. You can play single matches or full leagues, with any of the NFL teams of the time."
20868,Tracksuit Manager,,1988,6.8,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Tracksuit Manager varied the conventional Football Manager game style in a number of ways. You take charge of an international team aiming to qualify for and then play in the European Championships and World Cup. This means there is no transfer market, just a pool of 100 eligible players from which a squad of 22 is selected. You can view reports on each player's ability and form at any stage of the squad and team selection process. You can arrange friendly matches to try out players and ensure that the squad plays together as much as possible. The matches are presented as a running commentary, with a small graphic indicating which area of the pitch the ball is in. A wide range of tactical options are available to dictate the team's passing style, defensive approach and so on, and in another first you can give specific instructions to individual players (maybe telling a particularly pacy defender to man-mark a dangerous opposition winger instead of staying in a set position)."
20870,Darkstalkers 3,"Vampire Savior, Vampire Savior: EX Edition, Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire",1997,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"This is the 3rd in the Darkstalkers series. It plays much the same as the first, but features better animation, more playable characters, and a deeper storyline. Jedah, the ""Lord of Vampire"", has summoned all of the Night Warriors to his realm to be assimilated into his being. Of course, this serves as a great excuse to have more one-on-one fights... Play as Jedah, B. B. Hood, Q-Bee, Lilith, Demitri, Morrigan, Anakaris, Victor, L. Raptor, Hsien-Ko, J. Talbain, Felicia, Rikuo, Sasquatch, Bishamon, Donovan, Pyron or Huitzil, and conquer the enemy."
20872,Afterlife,"Afterlife: A Última Palavra em Simuladores, Afterlife: Chaos im Jenseits, Afterlife: La Simulation Stratégique enfin Ressuscitée!, Afterlife: La Simulazione per Eccellenza, Afterlife: The Last Word in Sims",1996,7.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Afterlife is is a humorous strategy game similar to SimCity where the afterlife is subject to market-based economy. The player has to make it work by managing heaven and hell simultaneously. In both hell and heaven the player constructs zones which deal with one of the seven capital sins respectively the corresponding virtues. Through the gates new souls arrive regularly which were sinful or virtues in one specific aspect. These go to the appropriate zones to receive their gifts or punishment - but only if the player constructed a street system. If there is no place left they wander through hell/heaven which is of course bad for business. After some time they get sent back to the home planet. These souls are the source of the player's income. Of course these facilities also need personnel. These can be either hired or trained by building special training facilities. There are also additional things the player has to keep in mind, e.g. the satisfaction of each soul and the energy supply. Every buildings has to be micro-managed by adjusting their settings but there is also the possibility to use a tool which does it automatically - for a price. Random disasters like ""Birds of Paradise"" (excrement rain down on the facilities) break the economic circle and challenge the player to repair the damage. Besides the free playing mode there are also five scenarios where the player has to solve certain tasks."
20874,PHM Pegasus,"P.H.M. Pegasus, PHM Pegasus: Patrol Hydrofoil Missile Craft Simulation",1987,6.4,"Action, Simulation",,,"PHM Pegasus is a combination simulation and action game. You control a naval hydrofoil missile boat, and need to complete a variety of different missions. Some of the missions include destroying all enemy vessels in a given area, surveillance requiring you to identify the location of enemy ships (without sinking them!), or to escort a supply ship through hostile territory. As missions are successfully completed you earn points based on how successful the mission was, and with increasing points you can advance in rank, from deck mopper up to admiral. Your performance on one mission won't have an affect on future ones, and you can choose to play missions out of order as well. Several missions include other craft you can control to help out (both ships and helicopters). A time compression mode is included, which can be used to reduce the amount of time waiting to arrive at a destination, or even left on to make the action sequences more challenging."
20881,Monet: The Mystery of the Orangery,Monet: Le Mystère de l'Orangerie,2000,6.1,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,,"Monet: The Mystery of the Orangery is an adventure game with an historical plot : you are a young architect chosen by the French government to oversee the restoration of the Orangery. But since money and profits are more important than art, your worst opponent will be Celeon Derek, an oil-well project backer, aiming to destroy the Orangery. Find clues, speak to everyone, and at least defeat Celeon Derek's plans. Travel from Le Havre port to Paris, visit Rouen and the house and gardens of Monet in Giverny. Monet's paintings are the scenes of the game, for the first time rendered in 3D. After installing the game, you will have first to train the combined use of the keyboard and mouse."
20886,Super Turrican,,1993,7.7,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Like other entries in the series Super Turrican for the NES is a side-scrolling platformer in which players explore large levels filled with enemies items and secret areas. Three different, upgradable weapons are available: multiple (spreadshot), laser and rebound. Holding down the fire button activates a rotatable laser that is useful for discovering hidden power-up capsules. Despite carrying the same name as one of its big brothers Super Turrican for the NES is based on Turrican and Turrican II While some levels are very similar to those found in Turrican I and II (with only slight changes of layout and enemy types), others are entirely new. Apart from different/new level design, there are other notable changes: Holding down the fire button let's Turrican run, there is no time limit to levels anymore, energy wheel usage is limitless and the shield isn't time based anymore, but can sustain a certain number of hits."
20891,4-D Boxing,"4D Boxing, 4D Sports Boxing",1991,7.3,Sports,,,"4-D Boxing leaves behind any pretences of being a pure arcade game based on boxing and aims to recreate the sport in full detail. The graphics engine allows for multiple camera angles and viewpoints, and considerably detailed visuals. These required more advanced hardware than was common at the time, but a stick-figure mode was included as a compromise. The moves on offer include all the uppercuts and hooks of a real fight, and the players are designed to move realistically to implement them. You progress through the game by taking on a succession of increasingly difficult fighters and get to train your boxer in between. Advanced action replays are included as well, so you can review all that happened."
20895,Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle,"Den' Schupaltsa, Der Tag des Tentakels, Il Giorno del Tentacolo, Maniac Mansion 2, Maniac Mansion II: Day of the Tentacle",1993,8.5,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Purple Tentacle, one of the crazy Dr. Fred's creations, drinks contaminated water from Dr. Fred's Sludge-o-matic. He mutates into an insane genius and grows arms, and now he's plotting to take over the world. In an effort to stop him, Dr. Fred sends three friends, Bernard, Hoagie, and Laverne back in time to yesterday, in order for them to turn off the Sludge-o-Matic and stop the sludge from spilling into the river, thus preventing the whole incident. Naturally, the cheap doctor uses a fake diamond over a real one in his time machine, which blows up sending Hoagie 200 years into the past and Laverne 200 years into the future. Now the player must bring back Hoagie and Laverne, with the help of the time machine's ability to move objects between time periods, and then stop evil Purple from taking over the world. Day of the Tentacle is a point-and-click adventure game and a sequel to Maniac Mansion The player controls Bernard, and later also Hoagie and Laverne, being able to switch between them at any time. By using the commands at the bottom of the screen, the character can pick up items, use them on other things, talk to people, and more. Any of the three friends can also send his items across time to another friend. The game takes place in the same area, but in three different eras, and thus affecting history takes a vital part in some puzzles. For instance, Hoagie can hide an item in the 18th century, and Laverne discovers it in the 23rd century - but by then, the item may have been affected by time and changed its properties. The CD version of the game contains voice-overs for all the dialogues."
20897,Leeds United Champions!,,1992,5.2,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Leeds United Champions! is a managerial soccer simulation in which the player takes control of Leeds United, the English champions of the 1991/92 season, in the fourth division; the goal being to conquer the Premier League in the long run. The game is completely menu-based and the sub-menus are reached through a list of icons in the main menu. In those menus, the player can set all the usual options of the genre, e.g. training, transfer market, lineup, ticket prices, youth section, or stadium expansion. There is no match presentation to speak of; just a screen representing a live ticker which gives out the goals and bookings. Each athlete has 15 stats which influence his performance on the field."
20898,Exile,,1988,7.7,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"When a terraforming team on an unexplored planet sends some disturbing messages back to Earth and then stops responding altogether, a space-adventurer is sent to find out what happened. The gameplay is a side-on 8-dimensionally scrolling action-adventure set on a planet. The player must find a way to the lower depths of the planet to rescue the terraforming team and defeat the evil Triax!"
20900,Euro Soccer,,1992,5.4,Sports,,,"The game represents the most powerful European teams of 1992 season. England, Germany, Scotland, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, France, and Sweden propose the best teams of their premier divisions such as Bayern München, Manchester United, Celtic, Ajax, AC Milan, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Monaco, IFK Göteborg, etc. for player's choice. Gameplay flows in side view, where soccer players are controlled either by human or CPU. There are two modes of playing. The first one is ""Friendly match"" for 2 players (playable only if a joystick is installed along with keyboard). The second one is ""Euro Cup tournament"" for 1 player. Different options such as match length (2/4/6/8 minutes), weather conditions (wet/dry), formation of the teams (4-4-2/4-3-3/4-2-4), and national anthems (on/off) may be adjusted. Simulation of the players` team actions lies in the following. When the ball is near the player of your team, this player is selected as active and becomes controllable. As this player you should run to the player of the opposite team and take the ball, after that you may run with the ball, which is stuck to your feet, give a pass to another player of your team, or strike the ball. Your player may be moved in 8 directions. Your goalkeeper keeps your gates by himself. Camera follows the ball but with some delay, so the ball is often not in the center of the playscreen as well as nearest player of your team is not visible. There is no ability to save the game in progress. So tournament should be played from the very beginning 'til the end during a single game session."
20902,Fatman: The Caped Consumer,,1993,5.7,Action,Platform,,"One night, when Roy Fat was home, thugs from the evil Thindicate corporation kidnap Roy's old lady while she watches television, and the only way that Roy is going to get her back is to trade her for the Duplicator, and the complete documentation that came with it. There are seven stages to the game, and there are three levels each in the first stage, only two in the rest. The object of the game is to eat all the food that there is in the level. Once all food is eaten by Roy, a tone will sound, meaning that the gate that leads Roy into the next level will be open. Stopping him from doing this is insects and other wildlife, including rats, birds, bats, and many more. Roy is able to fix this, however, by using a variety of weapons like his foot, his fat tummy, carrots, mushroom bombs, and my personal favorite, his burp. He can also jump in the air and land on his ass to get rid of enemies. If he touches an enemy, he loses one of his lives. If he loses all his lives, the game is over. Once Roy has collected all the food in a stage, he has to face a boss that is usually much bigger than him. Fatman can also pass flags, which lets him continue where he left off if he loses a life. Besides enemies, other hazards need to be looked out for, including spike, spikeballs, water, and fire."
20903,Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius,"Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius: Forever With Me, Parodius 3",1995,7.7,Action,Shooter,,"Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius is the third in the Parodius series. It retains the same gameplay and humorous elements that substantiated the first two games. Gameplay itself is a parody of Konami's famous Gradius series; the screen scrolls from left to right (most times) and the player manoeuvres a flying character around the screen destroying waves of enemies and avoiding obstacles. Unlike previous Parodius titles, this game contains a difficulty adjustment option, allowing the player to make things easier or harder. Also unique to this installment are bits of digital voice acting. Survival throughout the level leads the player to a boss fight, which frequently includes some of the strangest characters in the game. Power-ups include, besides the standard version (red, used to upgrade weapons), the shield power-up (blue) and a variety of different coloured bells. Green Bells will make the protagonist huge on the screen; Yellow Bells are worth points (points in turn are worth extra lives); Blue Bells are ""big bombs"" that clear the screen of enemies and can be saved until you need them; White Bells will give the player character a megaphone that will shout out phrases that damage enemies; Red Bells stockpiles the hero with three point-defense lasers, only one of which can be activated at a time and disappears after a short while; Purple Bells will clear the screen of all but the strongest enemies, turning them into power-ups. This time around there are sixteen different characters to chose from, each with unique power-ups and weapons. These include familiar faces from earlier games as well as new ones: Vic Viper, the ""gradius ship"" equipped with its traditional Gradius weapons; Pentaro from Penguin Adventure whose Potion weapon may now hit multiple enemies and his normal weapon shots explode against obstacles; Soitsu, a green stickman surfing aboard a paper airplane, whose laser weapon is able to charge up to deliver more power and who drops little stickmen onto the ground which occasionally dance around rather than attacking; Mike, a cute little kitten who happens to to have a very powerful wave weapon which can travel through obstacles and enemies, as well as a multiple bomb ability which requires his ""upgrade ability""; Memim, a flying fairy in bikini who carries missile weapons whose direction is determined by her current location on the screen when fired; Tako, the flying octopus wearing a baseball cap; Upa, the flying baby with a Mega Crush ability that destroys all enemies on screen, and others."
20909,Starflight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula,Starflight II,1989,7.5,"Role-playing (RPG), Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Following the events of the first Starflight the galaxy is at relative peace. The balance of power is disrupted when the Spemin, usually a minor nuisance, suddenly gain technological superiority and begin a campaign of expansionism. Through investigation, Interstel determines that the Spemin technology is not their own and that they have obtained it from somewhere on the other side of a flux (wormhole). Interstel commissions a force to visit this area, called the Cloud Nebula, and find a way to nullify the Spemin technology. Starflight 2 is a space exploration game that contains much of the interface from its predecessor. This includes crew management, ship improvement, resource collection, planet landings, alien diplomacy and exploration of a new galaxy. Much of the gameplay takes place via a standard interface that allows access to ship stations. Landing on a planet however will shift to an overhead view and the player manually controls a rover while searching for objects of interest. New to Starflight 2 is trading, alien races will now buy and sell unique items at different prices, it is no longer necessary to return to the Interstel starport to sell resources. As mentioned, the galaxy itself and the alien races that inhabit it are also new. New technologies exist for the player such as Blasto Pods (torpedoes); a devastating weapon, and Jump Pods; which will transport anywhere on the starmap."
20915,NASCAR Rumble,,2000,7.7,Racing / Driving,,,"NASCAR Rumble is an arcade style racing game. 18 unique on and off- road race courses are set in 6 areas. Indestructible cars and trucks compete to win using power-ups and lots of rough contact. A variety of special cars such as: the chicken truck, bulldozer, golf cart, jet engine car, hot rod, are unlocked as the game progresses. Every car has three versions, adding more power and style. Numerous power ups include: The Twister, Rain Cloud, Nitro, Big Hammer, Invincible, Freeze Steering, Oil, and Bad Gas. The difficulty of the game ranges from ""Kid Mode"" to very difficult. Powerups can be disabled, few, normal, or many. Team racing is available in both single and two player split screen."
20925,Super 1 Karting Simulation,"Go Kart Racing, Go-Kart Racing, René Arnoux Karting",2000,6.5,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Unlike other karting games released in the past with a strong arcade component such as the Mario Kart series or Virtual Karts this title licensed by the British Kart Series is focused on realism, so instead of making power drifts and collect road-burning turbo power-ups, the player must learn the proper trajectories and how to handle a kart capable of reaching speeds up to 120 km/h to succeed. Including 10 tracks and 24 different karts, the game features two modes: Arcade and Simulation. Arcade is just an introduction of the game, allowing the player to familiarize himself with the game controls by doing single races without having to care about damage or tuning, and just on Simulation the player can compete in the Championship. The game only requires a couple of controls: steer, accelerate, brake and compressing the engine, giving it more speed at the expense of less control on the next turn and heat increase. However, karts are low-tech and lack a differential, so the player must rely only on kinetic energy to make even simple turns. Up to four players can compete in the same computer using split screen."
20928,Andy Capp,,1987,6.8,Simulation,Life / social simulation,"Contemporary, Europe","In this game you play the role of Andy Capp, the hard drinking northern layabout from the comic strip in the British newspaper The Mirror If he doesn't give his new unemployment benefit to his wife, she will leave him - unfortunately he already spent it. So the goal of the game is to gather enough money. There are various ways to achieve this, e.g. pumping other people for money or betting. He also needs to keep his alcometer as full as possible while avoid being arrested for fighting various characters including your own wife. Andy can stop people in the street by blowing a kiss at them. When he stands next to a person he can interact by either giving them an item, talking to them or beating them up."
20931,Starglider II,Starglider 2,1988,7.7,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"More space combat and strategy in this sequel, which challenges you to collect the elements to form a bomb to destroy a resistance force, before delivering them through heavy fighting. Each planet has its own characteristics, with differing inhabitants and features. As well as flying through space, you must dart through tunnels under the planets, which restricted your movement range but are where most of the weapons are. As you go along you'll have to obtain objects from people, and trade them so as to be able to complete your main objectives. The biggest advance from the original Starglider was seen as the polygon graphics, which are filled on 16-bit systems, and contain considerable detail."
20934,Killed Until Dead,,1986,7.8,Adventure,,,"Killed Until Dead is a sophisticated mystery game with a leaning towards humor. The player has to solve every aspect of a murder case before it happens. The five biggest mystery writers in the world have gathered together at a hotel and one of them will be offing another unless Hercule Holmes can crack the case. Gameplay is a cross between the board-game Clue and the paper-based logic puzzles in which the player must eliminate clues in sequence. To solve the forthcoming murder, you will have to search the suspects' rooms and confront them with the evidence and set the hotel's security cameras to record secret meetings. By questioning the suspects as to what they know about certain people, rooms and objects, they may reveal combinations they know will not be involved in the murder - perhaps if it involves the gun, the killer will not be Lord Peter Flimsey, for example. However, there's a catch. If he accuses the wrong suspect, he might be the one who's Killed Until Dead - they don't take kindly to false accusation."
20936,Thunder Castle,,1984,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"In this medieval fantasy game, players take control of a brave knight as he sets out on a quest of treasure hunting and survival. The quest takes the knight into three different realms of danger, each with its own challenges, and an ever changing maze which they must navigate through. The quest is broken down into these challenges: Forest - The Knight must confront three dragons, each one more difficult than the last. Along the way, an enchanted bat will give him the strength to overcome the danger. Castle - The Knight must overcome six wizards, his only aid being a mouse that will generally try to avoid capture. Dungeon - A randomly appearing skull is the only defense against the nine demons that make up the sinister dungeons. Along the way, the items that the Knight will find may be of some help (or hinder) his quest to make it through the different areas. Challenge the areas again and again for the highest score possible!"
20941,Battle of Britain,,1999,6.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War II","Battle of Britain is a turn-based simulation of aerial fights between Germany and Britain in 1940. There are two campaigns with two different goals: The Britons need to defend their country and Germany wants to conquer it. As expected of such a game the most time is spent on a overhead map of Britain and northern Europe and several statistics screens. The rounds are divided into two parts: In the first both Britain and Germany give orders to their forces, in the second these orders are carried out in real time. During this the game can be paused at any time to give further orders. The success is measured by points which the player receives for certain actions, e.g. destroying an enemy aircraft."
20943,Masters of the Universe: Super Adventure,Masters  of the Universe in Terraquake,1986,6.1,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"This interactive fiction title (one of three licensed Masters of the Universe titles released in the mid 1980s) might suit the more intellectual He-Man fans. Skeletor has developed an Earthquaker device, which uses hypnotic rays to control a horde of Rockbinders - gigantic boulder beasts capable of gnawing through solid rock. As the game starts, the beasts are tunnelling beneath the Shadowlands and approaching Eternia. As Adam AKA He-Man, can you stop Skeletor and his evil plan before it is too late? The game is reasonably easy by adventure standards, and uses a largely two-word parser with commands such as ENLIST, EXAMINE and FIT. Time saving commands include GET ALL and DROP ALL, and BOM (back one move) for undoing mistakes."
20944,Graham Taylor's Soccer Challenge,,1992,7.4,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Although Graham Taylor was the England international football manager at the time this game was released, the player starts a management career managing in Division 3 of the league, and have to work your way up, either by improving your squad (much as Taylor did in his successful spell with Watford, who he took from the 4th tier of English football to the top division and the FA Cup Final) or by doing well enough to earn a job elsewhere. Once you can finish in the top 5 of the league, you get a password to load the international management game, in a manner similar to many of Dinamic's games. The standard features of football management games are included, such as player transfers, team selection and organising training. You have a team of scouts who can be sent out to investigate other clubs, giving ideas on potential signings and helping you plan for future matches. A full squad of young players who could potentially challenge for the first team are on offer as well. You can directly interact with your players, and also recieve newspaper reports assessing your team's performance. The matches are represented by fully-animated match footage, which is of a comparable visual standard to Krisalis' arcade football games."
20949,Heat Wave: Offshore Superboat Racing,Powerboat USA: Offshore Superboat Racing,1990,6.5,Racing / Driving,,,"Heat Wave: Offshore Superboat Racing is a racing game in which the player uses a power boat to race against four AI opponents. There are various aspects to keep track of during a race, like avoiding overheating the motors or a steady adjustment of the trim. During the race it may be needed to stop and conduct repairs on the ship due to contact with the opponents or the environment. However, it is important that the player took repair parts and fuel (which can be chosen after the qualifying race) with them. There are six courses and an editor to create more."
20950,Fire Fly,,1983,3.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"After your interplanetary craft accidentally enters a black hole, you find yourself in a different universe. This world is inhabited by strange, mechanical bug-like creatures. You find that this world contains both bad and good bugs; the good bugs have asked for your help, and you agree to defend them. Your first challenge is to rescue the Pixy; this is the last living creature on the planet and is guarded by a killer bee. Should you succeed, you next will need to fight off a variety of enemy creatures including a flaming pumpkin, demons, and coiled serpents. Each time you defeat the creatures on the screen, you can move to the right where a new challenge (and bonus) awaits! After you complete all of the screens of bad bugs, then the game repeats at a tougher difficulty level."
20951,Tip Off,GB Basketball,1992,6.4,Sports,,,"After the success with Kick Off and its sequel Anco tried their hand at basketball. This basketball game has like the Kick Off games a top down view and the action is quite pacey, a trademark for many football games of the day (Kick Off in particular). The teams in the game are British but you can edit them using the built-in utilities. The game also has a tactics designer and the option to change the kits of each team. You can play either single matches or a full league competition. Tip Off can be played by four players simultaneously, so can play co-op with a friend against the computer, or just compete against one or two other players."
20952,Bang! Gunship Elite,Big Bang,2000,6.3,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Welcome to the Gunship Elite. Sorry to rush you out of training school, but we have full confidence in your abilities. You are fighting for the future of our cultures and the heritage of your Arikhan warrior ancestry. The Alliance is being invaded by the Sektar and their bloodthirsty allies, the Morgoths. While for years we have held them, their numbers are wearing us down. We must take the offensive soon. That is where you come in... Bang! Gunship Elite is an action game where you shoot a lot of enemies all by yourself, in the vein of Wing Commander or Freespace but with the action turned up and tactics turned down. There are many power-ups (dropped by dead enemies or left in space by your supply ships). The game is mouse driven with keyboard inputs for things like speed and weapon selection."
20953,SwordQuest: EarthWorld,,1982,4.5,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"SwordQuest: EarthWorld is an action game with adventure elements. The game play boils down to walking from room to room, finding and dropping items, beating the action stages in order to find more items, and seeing the odd set of numbers flash at you if you get the right combination of items in the right rooms. The sets of numbers, for instance 16-4, were actually a combination of a page number and a panel number in the comic book that came with the game. On the page indicated by the game, you would find a word hidden somewhere in the numbered panel. When all the correct words were found, you could send them to Atari in hopes of winning the SwordQuest contest that this game was designed for."
20963,Myth: The Fallen Lords,"Myth: Kreuzzug ins Ungewisse, Myth: Les seigneurs damnés, Myth: Upadli Wladcy",1997,7.9,Strategy / tactics,Real-time tactics (RTT),Fantasy,"Myth: The Fallen Lords is a Real Time Strategy game which pits the evil Fallen Lords vs humanity. You must take control of archers, explosive-throwing dwarves, dependable infantry, and others to stop the horde of undead and evil from overrunning the last vestiges of good in the world. Battle plague-ridden corpses who detonate themselves in ground-shaking explosions, throngs of axe-wielding zombies, floating spectors who hurl poisoned spears at you, and quick-moving magical creatures armed with sharp blades. Live long enough and you will face the most powerful of the Fallen Lords. Take control of the high ground and your ranged attackers will be able to shoot farther distances, but the enemy can take advantage of the same situation. Sometimes it may be to your advantage to let the forces of evil thin their ranks for you... Go online and play vs other humans, using either side you wish, in many modes of play, including a game of capture the flag, but with a ball instead."
20964,Falcon Patrol,Skyhawk,1983,6.7,Action,Shooter,,"Falcon Patrol is a two-way side-scrolling shooter. Players fly a jet across a looping area and must shoot down attacking aircraft. A small radar at the bottom of the screen shows the enemies' position. Fuel and rockets are limited, but there are several landing platforms where the jet can be refueled and resupplied. Before the jet is able to land however, it needs to be brought to a full halt right above the platform, leaving it vulnerable to attacks. Landing platforms can also be destroyed if they are bombed or enemy planes crash into them. As the game progresses, enemies attack in increasingly large and difficult waves."
20969,Lethal Weapon,,1992,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"A more simplified version of Lethal Weapon In this version Riggs or Murtaugh can only be selected at the beginning, the game is linear instead of allowing players to select their missions, and most importantly the levels were redesigned."
20975,Over the Reich,,1996,7.2,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","Over the Reich is a turn-based strategy/flight simulator hybrid. It takes place during World War II, and you can fly for either the German Luftwaffe, the Royal Air Force, or the USA Air Force. There is a campaign mode and plenty of single missions to keep you occupied. On the harder skill levels it's just like a normal first person flight simulator, with banks, stalls, altitude, etc, except in a turn-based world."
20976,Keio Flying Squadron,,1993,7.3,Action,Shooter,,"Keio Flying Squadron chronicles the adventures of Rami, the little bunny-suited member of the flying squadron tasked with the protection of the ""Special Holy Object"". Unfortunately as the game starts the object in question gets stolen by the evil Dr. Pon, and so Rami jumps atop her trusty dragon in pursuit of Dr. Pon. The game plays as a classic 2D shooter with upgradable weapons and option characters, with a distinct cartoonish and family-friendly design. It features seven levels and three difficulty settings."
20984,R.B.I. Baseball 3,,1991,6.1,Sports,,,"R.B.I. Baseball 3 took the popular baseball series a step further statistically, adding each Major League Baseball division winning team from 1983-1990, in addition to the 1989 All Star teams and all 26 1990 teams (with full 1989 statistics). Want to see how the 1986 Mets might have done against the 1987 Twins? Here's your chance. The game was licensed by the Major League Baseball Players' Association; thus, real Major League players and statistics are included, but the teams themselves are represented only by their home cities. Team names are not used. Also, retired players who were no longer under contract with the MLBPA in 1991 are not present. Rather, they are represented by their initials and their fielding positions. Game mechanics remain unchanged from R.B.I. Baseball 2 focusing more on arcade fun than realistic gameplay."
20997,Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest,"Final Fantasy USA: Mystic Quest, Mystic Quest Legend",1992,6.4,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"Focus Tower is the center of the world and balances the forces of the world. However 4 monsters have taken the 4 elemental crystals (Earth, Water, Fire, Wind) for their own use, and also taken the 4 keys that for doors inside of Focus Tower. With the balance disrupted, disasters befall the world. A young boy by the name of Benjamin finds his home village destroyed. Meeting a mysterious old man while trying to escape from earthquakes, he soon learns that he is the prophesized hero and the only one who can save the world. Benjamin must recover the 4 crystals, unlock Focus Tower and defeat the ultimate monster before the 5th crystal, the Crystal of Life is corrupted. Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest is an RPG game, shown from an overhead view for movement within areas and using a 3rd person view for battles. The game is divided into ""areas"" on the world map between which the player can freely jump. These areas are divided into Towns, Dungeons and Battle Areas. Towns feature characters to interact and talk to, Dungeons are mazes filled with monsters and Battle Areas are instant battles with specific monsters, completion of which sometimes awards special items. Inside a Dungeon or Town, the player moves from an overhead view, with he ability to jump, use weapon at whatever is in front of the character, interact with NPCs and attack monsters. Unlike other Final Fantasy games, there are no random battles, all the enemies are visible to the player (or in specific ""Battle Areas""). During battle, the game features turn-based combat (but not the ""ATB battle system"" used in other Final Fantasy games ) where the player chooses from battle commands such as Attack, Defend, Item and Spells. Also unlike other Final Fantasy games, the player's party only ever consists of two characters: Benjamin and another character who can either by controlled manually or automatically by the AI. Benjamin can collect armor for 4 different parts of the body as well as 4 different kinds of weapons, however the other party member cannot have their equipment changed. Players can save at any point in the game. If the player is defeated in a battle, the game will let the battle be retried, but any items used will be lost."
20998,Space Megaforce,Super Aleste,1992,8.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Compile's Aleste series lands on the SNES with the appropriately named Super Aleste. Taking the role of a lone starfighter pilot, you are tasked with destroying an evil alien armada in standard 2D shooter fashion. And while you may be alone, you certainly won't be underpowered, with eight different types of weapons, each having six power-up levels for a grand total of 48 firing modes (not counting bomb power-ups), Super Aleste boasts one of the largest arsenals in 2D shooter history. Gameplay is single-player only with 3 difficulty levels. Also included is a short campaign with different levels that plays mostly like a ""survival"" mode with the objective being to outlast the time limit and rack the most points."
21001,Bust-A-Move,"ACA NeoGeo: Puzzle Bobble, AkeAka NeoGeo: Puzzle Bobble, Puzzle Bobble",1994,8.0,Puzzle,"Arcade, Tile matching puzzle",Fantasy,"Bust-A-Move (also known as Puzzle Bobble ) is a real-time puzzle game in which the player controls a device called ""pointer"" at the bottom of the screen, aiming and releasing randomly colored bubbles upwards. Depending on the aiming, the bubbles may float up directly or bounce off the walls, changing their trajectory. The goal is to aim the bubbles in such a way that they will touch identically colored ones. When such bubbles form a group of three or more, they pop and disappear from the screen. If the ceiling of the area is covered by too many bubbles, it will gradually descend; the game is over when it nearly reaches the player-controlled pointer. Should the player fail to release the bubbles within a specific time limit, they will be released automatically, unaffected by the pointer's aiming. A two-player mode is included as well. Each player competes on an area occupying half of the screen, dealing with identically generated bubbles. Whenever a player successfully disposes of a bubble group, a part of it is transferred onto the opponent's part of the screen. The game features the two dinosaur protagonists (Bob and Bub) as well as other characters from Bubble Bobble even though the two games have distinctly different gameplay."
21006,Catacomb 3-D,"Catacomb 3-D: The Descent, Catacombs 3",1991,6.2,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"You are a mage descending into the dungeons of Grelminar the Lich, in order to kill him and save one guy named Nemesis. Catacomb 3-D is a simple fantasy first-person shooter game. To get to Grelminar, you have to complete several maze-like levels. Your sole weapon is a fireball spell, which can be used an unlimited number of times and can be charged up to cause more damage. You can also find one-time use items: bolts and nukes. A bolt launches several fireballs in a machine-gun fashion, while a nuke launches a ring of fireballs in all directions. The various enemies (such as orcs or trolls) that you meet while exploring are the main target for those fireballs. However, you can also destroy whole sections of walls, which is often necessary to complete the level. Items you can find include (apart from bolts and nukes) healing potions, keys to open doors, and scrolls that provide hints. There isn't an overhead map in the game, but you have a compass to guide you. What's more, various areas of the map have specific names displayed at the bottom of the screen, making it a bit easier to navigate."
21012,No. 2 Collection,,1993,7.1,Compilation,,,This compilation includes the following 3 games:
21013,Robotrek,Slapstick,1994,7.3,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,"Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk","There exists a prosperous town named Rococo built on all the latest modern conveniences. Living in Rococo is a famous inventor, Dr. Akihabara and his son. All is peaceful until suddenly a group known as ""Hackers"" appear and begin causing trouble. The Hackers and their robotic monsters take part in robberies, vandalism and destruction around the world. Dr. Akihabara leaves on a voyage determined to thwart the Hackers plan, leaving his son behind in Rococo. As strange things begin to happen in and around Rococo, Akihabara's son decides to investigate. Idolizing his father and also wishing to grow up to be an inventor, he builds himself a robotic fighting machine and sets out on his Robotrek... Robotrek is a fantasy RPG with sci-fi and steampunk elements. Players take the role of Akihabara's son, living in his lab at Rococo. The majority of the game is an overhead view, traveling through areas, talking to people and using items. Early on in the game, the player will learn how to create a robot in the laboratory and will use this this robot in a side-view battle mode to combat monsters and gain experience. The robots can be upgraded and equipped with different types of weapons, both found and invented. The player can have a total of three different robots to choose to send to battle, which allows customization strategies for certain situations and enemies. Akihabara's son will also need to think up new inventions to thwart the challenges in front of him. He gets the ideas for these inventions from talking to people or witnessing events which cause a lightbulb to go off above his head. New items then become available for production in the lab. Also, many existing items including his own inventions can be combined properly in the lab to create new items and weapons. Items no longer wanted can often be turned into scrap which sometimes is also able to be combined."
21014,Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling,,1998,6.8,Sports,,,"Choose from one of the 13 genuine tournament bowlers, with real lanes, real player animations, real lane conditions and changes, real bowling balls (genuine Brunswick!) each with its physical properties. All the tournament rules are available along six game modes (Exhibition, Skins —the Brunswick ""Skins"" game—, Tournament, Career, Practice, Cosmic). The playing character is picked from the Brunswick ProStaff or self-created by the player."
21020,the Fourth Protocol,"Frederick Forsyth The Fourth Protocol: The Game, Frederick Forsyth's The Fourth Protocol: The Game",1985,7.5,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Cold War,"This interactive fiction computer game is based on the bestselling Cold War spy novel by Frederick Forsyth released in 1984 by Hutchinson publishing. As the novel's hero John Preston, you have been appointed head of the CI(A), an agency of the British Secret Intelligence Service. You uncover a plot, named AURORA, to take power in the Soviet Union hatched by a secret faction of high-level minds. In order to stop their plan you read a lot of info found in Top Secret folders, set wiretaps, monitor and interrogate suspects and informants, and gather facts and clues. The game has three main sections - The NATO Documents, The Bomb and The SAS Assault. A secret code must be gained in order to proceed from one to the next. Unique icon-based graphics provide the means to conduct your investigation though they're not mouse-clickable (you have to browse the icons using the keyboard). Plot twists and developments happen during the game and are communicated to you with text-only descriptions."
21022,Fighter's History Dynamite,Karnov's Revenge,1994,6.9,Action,Fighting,,"Fighter's History Dynamite is a 2D versus fighting game similar to Street Fighter II It takes place one year after what happened in Fighter's History After being defeated in The ""Great Grapple"", a martial arts tournament organized by himself, the mysterious K invites fighters from all over the world once again. The nine characters from the previous game (Ray, Feilin, Ryoko, Matlok, Samchay, Lee, Mizoguchi, Jean and Marstorius) are present, along with two new ones (Yungmie and Zazie). The two hidden characters from the previous game, Clown and Karnov, are also available as playable characters in this game. Each character has two punches (light and hard) and two kicks (light and hard) and one or more unique throw moves. Special moves are performed by using control sequences such as moving the directional pad down, down-forward, forward and pressing a punch button. Combos can be performed by connecting sequences of moves. A ""one-two attack"" system was introduced in this game: pressing a hard attack button while performing a light attack or blocking reduces the interval between light attacks, making combos easier to perform. There are two rounds in each stage, and the object of each round is to drain the opponent's energy in order to win the battle. If there is a tie after two rounds, a third round is played. The animated background for each character changes from the first to the second and third rounds. There is a time limit, and if this expires, the player with the less energy loses. The game can be played in single player or two player versus mode."
21026,Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad,,1994,8.0,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Similarities with the other Mr. Nutz game only go as far as the title and main character, although both are side-scrolling platform games. Mr. Nutz the squirrel is holidaying on Peanut Planet when he's called into action to save the local people from a race of chickens. Nutz can fly, swim and dive through the planet on his quest. The level layouts include tunnels and warp zones. Bonus items and additional weapons including bombs are available along the way."
21035,Base Jumpers,,1995,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Base Jumpers was the second release by Aaron and Adam Fothergill's Shadow Software outfit for publisher Rasputin and was very simple in concept. In a 2D platform gaming style, players run up to the top of towers, trying to combine 3 letter pickups to collect plain daft bonuses (there were something like 500 different 3 letter combinations) and then jump off the building and base jump down the outside. The last player to avoid the sticky out bits of the building and successfully open their parachute before becoming pavement art wins the round."
21039,Rambo: First Blood Part II,,1986,6.3,Action,Shooter,,"Tough Vietnam veteran John Rambo is called back into action after some soldiers are taken hostage in a PoW camp. His orders are to simply capture photographic evidence of the war crimes taking place, but after finding a close friend tied up, he decides to wipe them all out by himself. This being Hollywood, chances are that he will succeed. Ocean 's interpretation of his challenge recreates Commando fairly closely. You move up the screen, taking out enemies – these respawn, so there is no value in not moving upwards as quickly as possible. Find strategic positions from which to attack. Touch each hostage you find to free them. You have knives and grenades, but using the latter alerts the enemy as to your presence, making life harder. Extra weapons such as rocket launchers and machine guns can be collected en route."
21041,Merchant Colony,,1991,6.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Merchant Colony is more ambitious in scope than its title suggests. You are charged with the development of not just one colony, but an entire colonial empire during the Age of Exploration. Actually, you're also a merchant prince as well...so you must not only found colonies, but build ships, load them with trade goods and commodities, and do everything you can to turn a profit through the exchange of goods at ports across the globe. Other nations (under control of the AI) will try to compete with you, and perhaps even make war on you."
21048,Ardy Lightfoot,Ardy Light Foot,1993,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In this 2D platform game, you play as Ardy Lightfoot - a cat-like creature - with your friend Pec, a blue penguin that can be used to defeat the enemies. Your goal is to find the Seven Pieces of the Sacred Rainbow. Each piece is widespread in various colorful worlds with strange and funny enemies and bosses. You'll have to find all the pieces in order to face a terrible enemy in the last stage. At some parts of the game, you will receive a little help from your friends, such as Nina and a mysterious adventurer named Don Jacoby."
21056,Doraemon: Nobita to 3-tsu no Seireiseki,Doraemon: Nobita to Mittsu no Seireiseki,1997,5.9,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on the anime series of the same name, this is a 3D action game similar to Super Mario 64 Three sacred crystals were broken into pieces and scattered across the world. Controlling Doraemon, a robotic cat-like creature who can enter fantasy world through his dreams, and his three friends, you must retrieve the crystal pieces and prevent a powerful demon from conquering the world. You can switch between the five playable characters (Doraemon himself, Jaian the karaoke bully, Suneo the boxer, Shizuka, a girl who can jump very high, and Nobita the pea-shooter), each one of which has his/her own fighting style and abilities. Doraemon can upgrade himself by collecting various tools that will allow him to breath underwater, to fly, or to ride a winged dragon."
21059,Chō Aniki,,1992,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"The great bodybuilder Bo-tei Bill runs out of much-needed protein after having won ten consecutive titles in the Great Galaxy Bodybuilding contest. In order to gather more protein for his factories, he begins invading other planets. The heavens sends the god Idaten and the goddess Benten (the Japanese variants of the Hindu deities Skandha and Saraswati, respectively), to stop the bodybuilding army from conquering all known space. Like other representatives of the genre, Chō Aniki puts the player in control of a flying avatar that must clear out several levels of enemies while avoiding their firing patterns and attacks, as well as collecting power-ups that increase firepower, life, etc. The unique aspect of the game (much like Konami's Parodius games) are its often bizarre and deliberately nonsensical thematics. Idaten and Benten are the playable characters with different firing modes; other characters can aid them as options. Said characters include flying babies and laser shooting bodybuilders Samson and Adon. Enemies include flying heads and gigantic bodybuilders, as well as other examples of (usually very muscular) men fused with all sorts of machinery. The game features single player-only gameplay with three difficulty levels to choose from."
21066,Roll Away,"Kula Quest, Kula World",1998,8.0,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,,"In Roll Away the player controls a beach ball navigating a series of cubic-grid labyrinths suspended high above various locales. The objective of each level is to collect all of the keys scattered throughout to unlock the exit. The player can also collect coins and gems which increase their score. The direction of gravity relative to an object is always downward towards the surface which the object is rested on or the ball is jumping towards. When the ball reaches a point where the surface tilts upward or downward, such as the end of a pier or on a single block, the ball can move along this change in direction and relative gravity will shift accordingly, meaning that the beach ball is always on the surface facing up and objects do not fall from their positions on the other surfaces. There are also obstacles in many of the levels, such as spikes protruding from the floor, Captivators which move around a plane and capture the ball on contact, as well as ice blocks, which propel the ball forward uncontrollably, and blocks which collapse when the ball rolls over them to leave empty space where they stood. There is a fixed time limit which is constant across every level, which the player can reverse by collecting an hourglass. Red and yellow pills speed up the timer for a few seconds while slowing the balls movement, while blue and purple pills make the ball bounce uncontrollably and stop it from shifting gravity. The player can also fail a level by making the ball jump into empty space. In addition to coins and gems, each of the main levels contains a fruit, which changes depending on how many the player has collected. When the player collects five fruits, they are transported to a bonus level where ball must touch every block, their score only counting if they succeed. There also bonus levels in secret exits on some levels which function as normal levels but once again do not count a failed score. The single player portion of the game consists of Arcade mode, which involves racking up a high score and saving progress every 5 levels, and Time Trial mode, where the player must complete each level in a certain amount of time and save points come every 15 levels and there are no bonus levels. The player's score/time for a level is added to the total on completing the level, and taken away on failure. If the players score in Arcade mode falls below zero, or above zero in Time Trial, then they have to retry from their last save. The multiplayer modes consist of Copycat, where each player must copy exactly the other players movements and adding a new step each turn, and Time Trial, where the two players compete for faster completion times."
21067,Chinese Juggler,,1983,6.9,Action,Arcade,,Chinese Juggler is a single screen game where you are a plate spinner and the aim is to have eight plates spinning on eight poles before a timer reaches zero. There are four plate holders at the bottom of the screen and you pick a coloured plate up and place it on a pole with the colour of the plate having different points values. A white plate will give you the most points with a purple plate giving you the least but you can throw plates in the air and catch them to change colour. As you place plates on the poles the ones already spinning will start to slow down and have to be spun again to keep them spinning. Once all eight poles have a spinning plate on it then you move to the next level but it is game over if the timer reaches zero without eight plates spinning. On later levels it will tell you what colour has to be placed and spun next.
21073,True Golf Classics: Waialae Country Club,,1998,6.4,Sports,,,"This golf simulation game features one course with 18 holes: the Waialae Country Club in Hawaii. This course has been completely recreated in 3D. There are six gameplay modes: Waialae Open, tournament play, stroke play, match play, skins play and practice mode. You can play with up to four friends (not simultaneously)."
21078,Fatal Fury 2,"ACA NeoGeo: Fatal Fury 2, AkeAka NeoGeo: Garō Densetsu 2 - Arata-naru Tatakai, Garō Densetsu 2: Arata-naru Tatakai, Nettō Garō Densetsu 2: Arata-naru Tatakai",1992,7.3,Action,Fighting,Contemporary,"Again, the Lone Wolves return! Geese Howard may have been defeated, but that doesn't mean all is peaceful. A new opponent, Wolfgang Krauser, has come forth to begin a new Fatal Fury tournament. The Lone Wolves return, with new faces amongst them. Only one can be declared the winner though. The player can choose one from eight playable characters: Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, Joe Higashi, Big Bear, Jubei Yamada, Cheng Sinzan, Kim Kaphwan, and Mai Shiranui. The game has four bosses. The combat system is more complex than in the first game, supporting four keys to attack. The two-plane (foreground and background) battle system has been retained, but now, the player can move freely to the adjacent plane - just by pressing the Light Punch and Light Kick buttons simultaneously. The main principle remains the same - beat your opponent in a duel with fists and kicks."
21083,The Neverhood,"Klaymen Klaymen - Neverhood No Nazo, The Neverhood Chronicles",1996,8.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"You are Klaymen. Klaymen wakes up in a building in the strangely empty world of Neverhood. Initially, he does not know where he is or what he has to do, but as he explores the area, he finds mysterious disks. Each disk contains a fragment of a recording; gradually, the backstory is revealed as Klaymen finds more and more disks. It would spoil too much to reveal the exact plot, as finding it out is part of the game. The Neverhood is a point-and-click adventure game, notable for its claymation graphics. It uses a simple interface: you move and interact with the world by clicking on the screen. There is no inventory screen, though Klaymen can find a few items he can pick up. There are few inventory-based puzzles; most of the puzzles involve solving riddles and interacting with the environment. Generally, the game is seen from a 3rd person perspective, but when moving between locales, you see the world through Klaymen's eyes (but you have a limited freedom of movement)."
21084,Nine Princes in Amber,Nueve Principes en Amber,1985,7.7,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","This interactive fiction game is based on Roger Zelazny 's fantasy novels Nine Princes In Amber (1970) and The Guns of Avalon (1972). The game begins with you, as Prince Corwin, forced to compete against your eight scheming noble brothers and sisters for the throne of Amber at the center of the one true world. Corwin must travel across the dimensions to this fascinating realm and from there rally forces against those who would oppose him. Unfortunately, things do not always proceed as planned. When you wake up, you know little of this, as you have been knocked unconscious and pummeled with drugs. All you have is the address of your scheming sister. The game is largely based around interaction with other characters, and can end in 40 different ways depending on how these work."
21085,Door Door mkII,Door Door,1984,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Door Door mkII is an expanded version of Door Door with an additional 50 levels (only in the PC-6001mkII, MZ-1500, PC-8801 and FM-7 version lets you press A to play Round 1-50 and B to 51-100) and the characters are also larger compared to the first game. The game introduces a new character named Otapyon, unlike Namegon, Invekun, and Amekun it can jump like Chun. At the fifth round the music's style changes over time. Reaching 10000 points will add an extra life."
21091,F-22 Raptor,,1997,7.2,"Action, Simulation",,,"F-22 is another sim-lite game, as it was made for non-simmers. The game lets you fly missions in various areas of war. For the most part, your missions are of you sweeping an area for unidentified fighter planes, and occasionally bombing various things. Unlike other Novalogic games of the time the terrain is not rendered with voxels and instead uses polygons."
21117,Speedy Gonzales: Aztec Adventure,Speedy Gonzales: Abenteuer im Aztekenreich,2000,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Speedy Gonzales: Aztec Adventure is a side-scrolling platformer based on the Looney Tunes cartoons. Sylvester the cat has kidnapped all mice from Speedy's village and Speedy has to free them. The focus of the game is on platforming and, as Speedy's character dictates, running through the levels at a high speed. There is also the occasional enemy to fight with weapons (smoke bombs, boomerangs, etc.) which have to picked up first. Other extras to pick up include extra lives, extra life energy or speed enhancements. There are six levels in total with three stages each (some of them spent in a boat or underwater) and one boss per level."
21118,Puzzle Boy,,1991,7.2,Puzzle,,,"Puzzle Boy is a port of the Game Boy title Kwirk but features more and different levels along with changed graphics. In contrast to the original version, the perspective is straight top-down and there is no undo-function. However, regarding gameplay this is still a Soko-Ban variant. The player finds himself in a maze and needs to find the way to the exit. The obstacles on the way are boxes which can be pushed but not pulled, holes and revolving doors. The game features three playing modes, most notably the level mode with 100 levels. They are divided over four sets of 20 each. Those sets have a difficulty level associated with them and each rewards the same ending when solved. The other two modes are the challenge mode (solving ten levels in a limited amount of time) and a split-screen multiplayer mode."
21121,Dune 2000,Dune,1999,6.5,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"The PlayStation version of Dune 2000 had largely the same content in terms of storyline and gameplay. However, unlike the original, it was powered by a 3D engine. It also had incorporated cheats, as well as support for the link cable (required for local multiplayer) and the PlayStation mouse."
21123,The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin,Spider-Man vs. Kingpin,1993,7.4,Action,Platform,,"The Kingpin is at it again, and Spider-Man has just 24 hours to find the keys to defuse a bomb primed to wipe out New York City. Worse, the Kingpin has convinced the citizens that Spider-Man is the bomb's mastermind, and they're now out for his radioactive spider blood. To clear Spider-Man's name, the player must guide him through multiple levels and familiar super-villains in search of the bomb's keys - all while the 24-hour time limit mercilessly counts down. At Spidey's disposal are a range of hand-to-hand combat moves, plus web tricks including stunning web shots, web swings, and a web shield. Players can even form combos of web strikes and Spidey fists. And in a fairly uncommon platform maneuver, Spidey can stick to and crawl along any surface; including up walls and across ceilings. The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin for the Sega CD takes the idea and basic gameplay from the Genesis version but makes some significant changes. There are new levels, new bosses, and an expanded set of combat moves. The player now has the freedom to select the next level or boss to tackle from a map screen. Graphics have also been redrawn and expanded from the Genesis release. However, the player can no longer rest and heal at Peter Parker's apartment, or take photographs of enemies for cash; both prominent features of the Genesis version. Animated cutscenes with voices are new to this version, as well as a new CD soundtrack. The player can also find and collect digital versions of classic Spider-Man comics, making further use of the multimedia storage space. A password system has also been added to save the player's progress."
21124,Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012,Last Duel,1988,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012 follows the story of two planets that are at war with each other. On the planet Bacula, the Galden Tribe has overthrown the government and seized power over the whole world. Now they want more – by invading the peaceful planet of Mu and kidnapping Queen Sheeta. The Mu-ans decided to take action. They asked their best scientists to come up with a weapon that will defeat the Galdens. After many long months, they were able to develop a vehicle of immense firepower, capable of leaping into the air to avoid ground hazards. In addition to that, it can transform into an airborne vessel whose purpose is to eliminate any kind of enemy in the sky. Players have to guide their vehicle through six difficult levels - alternating between ground vehicle and fighter plane – while destroying every Galden that gets in their way. While progressing, holes in the ground need to be avoided, as players lose one of their ships should they happen to fall through one. Shooting power pods scattered around the level allows the player to increase their firepower. However, they lose that firepower if one of their ships is destroyed."
21132,Troll's Tale,,1983,6.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"An evil troll has hidden all of the treasures of Mark, The Dwarf King. There are 15 treasures hidden throughout the land that you need to help locate. If you locate a treasure, but the troll is on the screen at the time, you will need to come back and find a way to make him leave. Troll's Tale is an adventure game which requires minimal typing, using the spacebar to select from several possible actions which are listed on the screen and pressing enter to perform the selected action."
21133,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters,Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: Tournament Fighters,1993,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters is very much in the tradition of the Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat series, pitting you against opponents one at a time. Also included (besides the turtles) are three other familiar fighters: Shredder, Casey Jones and Hothead. The turtles did lose their trademark weapons and are restricted to unique melee attacks and kicks. Each character additionally has a set of special moves which can be performed with certain button combinations. Also each fighter can perform a fireball move, but has to collect a power up first which drops in the area from time to time. The game includes a story mode, where you can only select one of the turtles in a quest to face-off with the Shredder, a vs. mode (two fighters, the second either controlled by AI or a second player) and a tournament mode with four fighters."
21134,Mutation Nation,,1992,7.0,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"The Slum... an area of town completely forgotten. No one could imagine the cruelness suffered by innocent people who were transformed into horrible mutant creatures by genetic experiments. They hovered everywhere and completely took control of the town. Mutation Nation is a 1-2 player action game where you must control your hero and beat up any mutant that gets in your way, by either using your fists or one of four special attacks. A boss at the end of each area needs to be defeated if you want to proceed further through the game."
21144,Puzznic,,1989,7.3,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,,"The challenge in each level of Puzznic is to manoeuvre a selection of blocks into place so as to clear them all, by making them make contact with blocks of the same design. You control a cross-hair, which can move a block left or right, which can cause it to fall if there is no block under the space it would occupy. There are many complications in terms of solving the levels. Moving platforms mean that you need to move a block at a particular time, or in particular order, to prevent them from being blockaded. In some situations there are an odd number of a certain type of block - solving these requires positioning two of the blocks one space apart, such that a move will result in a piece making contact with two others, and immediately removing all three. You will also encounter blocks positioned on platforms suspended in space and gaps in level arrangements meaning that a certain number of blocks must be in place to make a certain move possible (by forming a stack, for example). The game structure is slightly unusual, as after you complete each batch of four levels you get a choice of two sets of levels - you are progressing through an expanding matrix of levels, which means there are two sets on level 2, three on level 3, four on level 4, and so on. This means that there are a total of 220 screens in the game. Each screen is played against a time limit, and losing a level (either by running out of time, or by making a poor move and leaving an impossible position) loses one of your three lives."
21146,Super Back to the Future Part II,,1993,6.3,"Action, Sports",Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Super Back to the Future Part II is a side-scrolling action game where the player controls an anime-like Marty through Hill Valley. There are multiple stages, set across different time zones (present, future and past) where Marty hover-skates later on. The player will encounter characters from the movie (such as Biff or Griff) acting as boss enemies."
21149,Red Comrades 2,"Petka i Vasilij Ivanovich 2: Sudnyj Den, Red Comrades 2: For the Great Justice",1999,6.8,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Vasilij Ivanovich Chapaev, a.k.a. VICH, the hero of the Russian civil war of 1918, was kidnapped by evil aliens. Yes, those same aliens who once invaded the earth in the game Petka and VICH Save the Galaxy Now the aliens want to turn him into a cyborg - a terminator. The hero escapes, but his body already contains cyborg parts, and he has to find his true self - in Russia and abroad, in the present and in the future... In this traditional graphical adventure, you control Vasilij Ivanovich and his young assistant Petka. The interface is point-and-click, and the graphics are a mix of pre-rendered backgrounds with cartoon-like characters."
21150,Denaris,,1989,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Denaris is a tweaked version of Katakis While the levels are the same, they have been re-ordered. The re-release also adds an additional level and features an upgrade to the graphics."
21152,Volfied,Ultimate Qix,1989,7.6,"Action, Puzzle",Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The space ship Monotros has returned after receiving an SOS call to save his home world ( Volfied ) from alien invaders and has to defeat a different boss and his minions in each level. Volfied is very similar to Qix -- the player takes control of a ship/object whose purpose is to roam the screen, forming shapes and removing them from the playfield. By way of reward, a picture is gradually revealed in the removed areas of the screen. The borders of the area not yet cleared by the player become the borders of the area the player's pointer can move along. When not cutting, the ship is protected by a shield that decreases over time. When it hits zero, the enemies can also killl you when not cutting. The player's object must avoid contact with any of the enemies which float around the screen, as this will weaken and eventually destroy it. Barriers limit which parts of the border boxes can be formed through. The goal is to clear 80% or more of the screen, and each additional percent adds bonus points. Most levels contain power-up blocks that can be claimed when the area around it is removed. Possible power-ups can increase speed (S), freeze the enemies for a short time (T), prevent the shield from counting down for a little while (P), give a laser to shoot the smaller enemies (L), kill all the smaller enemies instantly (C) or grant a weapon to kill the boss (a red tomato only found in blocks with the red light). This game allows for one- or two-player games in three difficulty levels, but offers no passwords or saved games across its numerous levels."
21159,Breakout 2000,,1996,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Breakout 2000 is the Jaguar update to Atari's classic arcade game, Breakout. The premise in Breakout is to bounce a ball off a paddle into a series of blocks that disappear when struck. While the original Breakout, which is included with this release, has simple rectangles that represent the ball and paddle, Breakout 2000 has flashy pre-rendered 3D graphics. There are also a couple of gameplay enhancements over basic Breakout. First, the game can be played with two players. The second player has their own playfield at the top of the screen. They also have their own set of blocks to demolish, and can send their ball to the bottom playfield for the other player to hit. You can set either player to be computer controlled, so you can even watch the computer play against itself if you want. The other enhancement are the various power-ups that allow you to shoot the blocks out directly, catch the ball, and so on."
21164,Ultimate Soccer Manager 98,"DSF Fussball Manager '98, Football Manager 98, USM 98",1998,6.5,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Following on the footsteps of its predecessor USM 98 brings the series to a new level while keeping the same presentation and style characteristic of the series. The biggest change when compared to USM 2 is the implementation of all leagues in the same executable, which allow players to jump between England (all five nationwide leagues), Scotland (four), Germany (both Bundeslligas and the Regionaliga), Spain, France and Italy (two divisions each). Signings were also changed, and now require a number of faxes between the clubs and the player, which can delay a transfer by two weeks. Players now also have positions, defined by skills. A player with high tackling is a defender, both high tackling and passing is a defensive midfielder, and so on. By intensive training a player can be adapted successfully to a new position, and there's also a favorite side, which makes the difference between an attacking midfielder and a winger. On the downside, players no longer have a personality trait. With the exception of the player's potential (which defines the speed a player, particularly young, increases his abilities), everything can be edited using the in-game editor. The rest of the game remained mostly unchanged, from the interface, composed by static pictures of several offices where options are reached by clicking on hotspots (like a TV for the teletext, where in-depth statistics can be consulted) to the financial options, where the player is given the lot of land close to the stadium to build stores for both marketing and merchandising."
21172,Creatures,"Clyde Radcliff Exterminates All The Unfriendly, Repulsive Earth-Ridden Slime, Creatures to the Rescue",1990,7.7,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"The inhabitants of the pretty but insignificant planet Blot decided to leave to find a trendier planet, and escape being called the Blotians, a most unhip name. Until they such a planet, they call themselves the Fuzzy Wuzzies. Their colony ship collides with an asteroid, and crash lands in the Pacific Ocean, near an unchartered island, which they colonise, calling it ""The Hippest Place in The Known Universe"". Unfortunately the island is also home to rather nasty demons, who can't stand the commotion caused by the happy Fuzzies, or their silly name for the island. The demons kidnap the Fuzzy Wuzzies by hosting a massive party, then capturing them in a net, and dragging them off to the torture chambers. The only Fuzzy not caught is Clyde Radcliff, who was already being sick in the bushes. He wakes up in the morning with a really bad headache, and fiery halitosis, and sets out to destroy the demons, and rescue his friends. The game consists of 3 levels, each made up of 3 of stages. The first two stages of each level are side scrolling platformers, where Clyde must destroy the enemies by firing at them, presumably using his halitosis. At the end of each of these stages, Clyde meets a witch, who can provide him with extra firing patterns, or upgrade those he has, in exchange for 'magic potion creatures' found during the stages. The final stage on each level is a torture chamber, which takes place on a single screen. Here Clyde must stop one of his friends being killed by the demons, who are using some sort of ACME device. This is a puzzle game stage, where you must use the items in the room to kill one of the demons threatening Clyde's friend. Clues can also be bought from the witch. Whatever the outcome, either death will be gory, although the cartoony graphics of the game means that things aren't really graphic."
21179,KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child,,2000,6.6,Action,Shooter,,"Wicked Jester, a band of four, are headed for a Friday night gig at The Coventry, a rundown dive outside of town. They arrive only to find the parking lot deserted, the club seemingly dead. The band's members: Pablo Ramirez, Andy Chang, Gabriel Gordo and Patrick Scott, stepping from their van, are startled by a voice from the shadows. She offers them four tickets to a circus -- tonight's the grand finale! Having nothing better to do, the four accept and the nightmare begins. Based on characters from comic book author Todd McFarlane, KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child brings the horror and carnage of the Psycho Circus to the PC in a shooter format. There are two-dozen creatures to battle with and three classes of weapons to use, each with four specific types: melee (beast claws, thornblade, twister and punisher), common (zero cannon, magma cannon, windblade and scourge) and ultimate (stargaze, galaxion, spirit lance and draco). In addition to the weaponry, temporary power-ups and instant items such as health, attack and defense powers are available."
21188,Greyfell: Legend of Norman,,1987,5.8,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Greyfell, a land of humanoid animals, has fallen into despair: the evil magician Mauron has stolen the Orb of Life and makes life a misery. But now the cat Norman is fed up with it and decides to do something about it. The player takes his role and accompanies Norman on his way to the castle. Greyfell: Legend of Norman is an isometric action game with puzzle elements. Norman has to wander through various non-scrolling, connected screens to find items he can use at another place to proceed further. A few friendly animals, e.g. a drunken rabbits, give hints how to proceed when encountered. Unfortunately a lot of enemies want to kill Norman and he either has to avoid or fight them by using one of three spells or punches. If he is not successful in his efforts to fight enemies effectively, his life energy gets reduced. It can be filled up by collecting flowers in the game world. The interface is icon driven: the player has to assign the wanted command to the action button. The game can be saved at any time."
21192,Winter Camp,,1992,7.1,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Winter Camp is the sequel to Summer Camp Maximus Mouse is now a rescue ranger at Camp Nice'n'Icy, but he soon notices a bird who will knock a pebble down a mountain, setting off a avalanche that will engulf the camp, unless he can prevent it, over eight varied levels. The levels offer various challenges. The most common type of level is a patrol. There are three such levels, involving ice skating, boating on a river, and skiing. On each level you have a quota of rescues to make. There are various obstacles on the levels, and a variety of objects to use to avoid them. For example, a spring will allow you to jump over a stretch of water. At the end of each of these levels is a boss, who must be defeated using the objects you have collected. The bosses are easier to defeat the more rescues you perform. Other levels include a skate training level, a snowball fight with bears hiding in trees, and a memory game with a cameo appearance by Clyde Radcliffe from the Creatures series Most of the levels have a time limit, indicated by the bird moving towards the pebble."
21195,Space Debris,,2000,6.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This third-person perspective space shooter casts the player as UED pilot James Bryant, the brash young adventurer who is humanity's last hope. Gameplay takes place across 10 levels with 6 different attack ships to pilot. The majority of the levels are linear with a few alternate paths. There are, however, numerous free-roaming levels which give the navigation controls over to the player. Five different power-ups enhance weapon capabilities while medals are awarded based on level performace."
21201,Thing on a Spring,,1985,7.3,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"The evil Goblin has used his magical abilities to ensnare all the toys in the neighborhood to go into his underground lair. Thing bounces to the rescue, and resolves to retrieve them from his 4 storey underground lair. To do this he must collect 9 pieces of a jigsaw puzzle on each floor. Needless to say, Goblin has not made things easy - a myriad of traps await our intrepid hero. There are traps all over, some crucial areas are guarded by switches, and the last of these switches locks the level-ending lift. Thing on a Spring is a platform game, made unusual by Thing's motion method. He can bounce to reach great heights, and be bounced off platforms strategically to reach higher platforms. You have limited oil, which is lost through contact with the many nasties you will encounter."
21204,Perfect Dark,,2000,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements, Shooter, Stealth",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Joanna Dark is about to become a full-fledged agent of the Carrington Institute. Before she does, though, she has one final field test to complete - an actual mission in the depths of the South American jungle. Joanna must infiltrate a hidden cyborg manufacturing facility. Along the way, she will have her first encounter with the nefarious dataDyne corporation. Perfect Dark is a prequel to the Nintendo 64 game of the same name. Players assume the role of Joanna Dark, just before her induction into the Carrington Institute. The game plays from a top-down perspective, and you battle enemies with a variety of high-tech weaponry, from handguns to rocket launchers. A weapon can be assigned to the A Button and the B Button, which represent your left hand and your right hand. It's also possible to search dead enemies for items and ammo by pressing Select near their corpse. Perfect Dark also includes a variety of mini-games which you encounter as you progress through the story. There are target ranges to practice in, vehicles to drive, sniper rifle sections, which are viewed through the sniper scope, and more. There are also boss battles against enemy cyborgs, helicopters, and other deadly enemies."
21211,Journey Escape,,1982,5.9,Action,Arcade,,"You're on the road with the rock band Journey! After each concert, your goal is to guide the five band members to the escape vehicle so they can get to the next concert on time. You start with $50,000 from the concert and need to guide one band member at a time; the screen scrolls vertically, and you need to get past the crowds and various obstacles before time runs out. Trying to slow you down are numerous fans, reporters, promoters, and photographers. Running into each of these will cause you to lose some of the money you start with, and also precious time! Stage barriers and fences will also cause you to lose time, but you won't lose any money if you hit one of these. To help you out, roadies and your manager are also in the crowds. They will give you temporary invulnerability allowing you to run straight through any obstacles. The game ends when a band member doesn't make it to the escape vehicle before the timer runs out. As the game advances, there will be bigger and bigger crowds to avoid, and they will be more aggressive about getting in your way!"
21215,Hoyle Casino,,2000,6.9,Gambling,Cards / tiles,,A variety of casino themed games in the newest version of Sierra's Casino series. You start off with $5000 and enter the casino intent on making your fortune in 1 of 350 Vegas-style games. You can enter in tournaments against computer opponents or play online against friends and family.
21217,3 Skulls of the Toltecs,"3 Czaszki Tolteków, Las 3 calaveras de los toltecas, Le Trésor des Toltèques, Tři lebky Toltéků",1996,6.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","North America, Western","Fenimore Fillmore happens to rescue an old peddler being attacked by some rustlers, but it is also him who accidentally leads the old man to his death by passing him the hair lotion. Just a few minutes before his death, the peddler revealed that he owned one of three skulls that will unlock the treasure of the Toltecs. Fenimore takes hold of the skull, but is then shot by the rustlers and passes out, with the skull going to the hands of the rustlers. When he regains consciousness, he sets out to recover all three and unearth the treasure himself. And of course, beside Fenimore, some other people are also searching for these skulls... 3 Skulls of the Toltecs is a 3rd person cartoon adventure game in the same vein as The Secret of Monkey Island The interface is point-and-click, and the player is given a list of verbs to select from to perform actions: open, close, pick up/give, use, look, move, talk similar to the LucasArts games it emulates. Once a certain portion of the territory has been covered a map becomes available for travel, or the player can ride the train tracks with a hand-pumped trolley or travel by donkey. Puzzles are inventory-based, and the player must talk to other characters in the game and collect items in order to solve them. In many conversations, players are given multiple choices of what Fenimore will respond. Players' choice largely affects their process in the game."
21218,Strikers 1945 II,Strikers 1945,1997,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",World War II,"Strikers 1945 II is a 2D side-scrolling shooter with a WWII theme. Use basic weaponry and many power-ups for real and not-so-real aircraft from the age. To keep in sync with the arcade version, the home versions are presented in a letterbox format."
21221,Animaniacs Splat Ball,,1999,6.7,"Action, Sports",Shooter,,"This is a kids paintball game in isometric view featuring Wakko, Yakko, and Dot from the tv animated series. You compete against the show's bad guys such as Thaddeus J. Plotz, Dr. Scratchansniff, and Ralph the Guard through three different playing fields - a Western film set, a Sci-Fi movie set, and the Warner Brothers Back Lot with a total of 72 levels. The game is a version of the familiar Capture the Flag (a balloon actually) and can be played on 3 different difficulty levels. You can pick up power-ups along the way, find hidden areas, and more while avoiding being hit with too much paint or else you will have to take a shower because you're too dirty. You get points by winning games through progressively harder competitions and try to earn the master title of ""Sultan of Splat""."
21222,Lords of Time,,1983,7.8,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Doctor Who references are obvious in this adventure - you play a time travelling hero, who faces a group of Time Lords as they attempt to rewrite human history. To do this, you must collect nine objects which have an hourglass symbol on, from nine different time zones. You will encounter tigers and an Ice Queen in the Ice Age, a guard and a frog in the middle ages, a Cyberman in the future, and more mundane tasks in the present day. To enter different time zones, go into the grandfather clock in your home (the starting location) and activate one of the nine cogs. Lords of Time is played by typing commands to guide your character, moving in compass directions and with standard commands such as OPEN DOOR, GET GLASS and EXAMINE CAR. Objects you will encounter include keys, an emerald and a petrol can."
21223,WildSnake,Super Snakey,1994,7.3,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"WildSnake is a puzzle game in which the player must manage falling snakes in a confined space and keep the snakes from reaching the top of the space. Snakes fall and slither until they reach a resting spot on the floor of the space. A snake will destroy any other snakes of the same color and pattern that it touches with its head on the way down, which often has the chain effect of loosening the pile of snakes so that all the snakes slither into new positions, possibly eliminating even more snakes. The game is played against a selection of backgrounds including desert, forest, water, or grass. Further, there are 7 game grids including the standard grid (a tall rectangle), X, plus, flask, Diabolo (an hourglass pattern), T-square, and obstacle (with a number of intermediate blocks). The player starts out as a nestling and earns higher and higher distinctions taken from the snake realm (garter snake, water snake, boa, mambo, python, king cobra, etc.) as more snakes are cleared. Also, as the level increases. more types of snake patterns must be handled. Sometimes, there is a flashing red snake that eliminates the first snake it touches. Further, there is occasionally an unstoppable snake that barrels down to the bottom of the space, eliminating all snakes in its path. The game can be played with 1 or 2 players in either easy, normal or hard mode. In the single player mode, the player can choose whether the preview showing the next snake will be shown. In 2-player mode, there is always a preview window. In fact, there is a queue of 3 snakes between the 2 player spaces from which the next snake is drawn. As a bonus during competition, multiple snake eliminations by one player result in obstacles appearing in the space of the opposing player."
21225,Blades of Steel,Konamic Ice Hockey,1987,7.1,Sports,,,"Based on the arcade game, Blades Of Steel is a hockey arcade action game (gameplay doesn't require the need to worry about statistics or provide the ability to customize teams). Two players can play against each other, or one player against the computer. In one player mode there are single game and tournament mode options. From time to time a fight may break out, which will provide a close up view of the two players. The player has control during the miniature fight game sequence, with the loser having to spend time in the penalty box. The referee will break up fights that go on too long, and calls a few penalties such as icing. Several short clips of digitized voices are also featured."
21228,Vib-Ribbon,,1999,7.1,Action,Music / rhythm,Fantasy,"Your rabbity character, Vibri, is composed of some fairly basic geometric shapes. Vibri skips around along the eponymous vib ribbon and you have to control Vibri until the end, dodging obstacles to rack up as many points as you can. The game is a music/party game. Japanese band Laugh and Peace provides this game with some of it's soundtrack. The soundtrack is used to generate the game levels. By analyzing the music being played, the game creates the level you are playing in real-time and forces you to navigate that level. Then once you have mastered the songs that come with Vib Ribbon, you can then put in your own music CD's to see what wild challenges you can create."
21235,Raiders of the Lost Ark,,1982,6.2,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Middle East,"Raiders of the Lost Ark is an adventure game which is loosely based on the movie of the same name. In the game you control Indiana Jones on his quest to find the Lost Ark of the Covenant. The ark is hidden somewhere in the valley of poison. Your mission begins in the Egyptian city of Cairo; next you must find your way to the Temple of the Ancients where there is a secret map room. In the map room you will find a hieroglyphic indicating an object you must have to unlock the secrets of the map room; when unlocked, you will be able to find where in the Mesa Field the entrance to the Well of Souls is located. If you can find your way safely across the Mesa tops into the Well of Souls, you will locate the ark and win the game! The game uses two joysticks for control; one joystick moves Indy around the screen and uses a selected object, the second joystick allows you to select and/or drop objects from your inventory. On the many different locations of your journey you will come across different objects (some hidden) which can be collected to help you out. You may find weapons (like a whip or gun) for defense, or objects (such as a key or money) which can be used to unlock new areas or receive help. You begin the game with three lives, and the game ends when all lives are lost. There are plenty of enemies to hinder your progress, and of course numerous snakes!"
21237,Wriggler,,1985,7.4,Action,,,"Wriggler is one of the few games to set the player as a maggot. The objective is to negotiate the four stages of the Maggot Marathon. This involves trekking through a garden, a shrubbery, an underground lair, and finally a mansion. Viewed form above, the game is maze-based, with many Atic Atac -style sections where the player can see other parts of the level on the same screen, but can't access them because the design of the maze puts something in the way. Graphics are quite large and chunky, reminiscent of Rapscallion's unusual visual design. The maggot protagonist has an energy bar which decreases constantly, and contact with the ants, spiders and the rest of the sickly creatures reduces this further. Fortunately the ""hero"" can obtain apples, cherries, cups of tea, and other foodstuffs to recharge this. These can be eaten immediately or stored for later use; however, it is only possible to hold one object at a time. Many other items are needed to get past situations during the game, requiring the player to think ahead what to keep, to avoid too much backtracking through the 256 screens."
21241,One Man and His Droid,,1985,6.3,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Control a droid on the planet Andromadous trying to herd Ramboids (alien sheep) into a teleporter. First the droid has to travel through a chamber filled with constantly moving Ramboids. Then the Ramboids must be herded towards the teleport receptor in a particular order. Each level must be completed within 20 minutes. As well as the droid's standard movement mode, it can also tunnel or dig through the caverns. In later levels, the cavern designs become more complex and moving blocks create further problems."
21244,Seafight,,1997,6.1,Action,Arcade,,"In Seafight the player controls ships in action oriented sea fights. He has a choice between England, France, Spain or pirates and can play 15 missions on every side. There are four possible goals: sinking ships, neutralizing fortresses, conquering ports or defending ships. In principle these tasks are easy to accomplish - turning and firing aimed broadsides is that is needed. But in later levels the player has to control multiple ships and has to play attention to their course. There are also several obstacles on the map like rocks or maelstroms which can wreck a ship. The game is played with a combined mouse-keyboard control system. There is no installation on hard disc needed."
21247,Star Wars: Episode I - Jedi Power Battles,Star Wars: Episodio I - Jedi Power Battles,2000,6.3,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Choose your jedi (including Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu, Plo Koon, and Adi Gallia) and fight the forces of the Trade Federation through the planet Naboo, facing plenty of droids and Darth Maul himself."
21253,Jane's Combat Simulations: 688(I) Hunter/Killer,688(I) Hunter/Killer,1997,7.4,Simulation,,,"Command the 688(Improved)-class submarine. Operate over 12 different stations, and sail over terrain of the entire globe. Let training missions develope your skills, then take your submarine and take on single missions and a full campaign. Even go multiplayer and play over the internet, network or modem."
21258,Paris 1313: The Mystery of Notre-Dame Cathedral,"Il Mistero di Notre-Dame, O Mistério de Notre-Dame, Paris 1313: Das Geheimnis von Notre Dame, Paris 1313: El Misterio de Notre Dame, Paris 1313: Le Disparu de Notre-Dame",1999,6.3,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Paris 1313 is an adventure game, revolving around a mysterious accident at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. As you progress through the game, you play as three different characters, each involved in the mystery in different ways. There's Jacques, a young goldsmith, Pierre, a young horseman who wants to join the King's Army, and Rosemonde, a dancer. Most of the game is a straightforward point-and-click adventure game, where you talk to people for information and clues, and find items that you use to solve puzzles. There are also a few arcade-like elements, such as climbing up a chimney and target practice with a bow and arrow. The game progresses in a series of chapters. In each chapter, you must perform a certain task with at least two characters in order to proceed. This game contains animated cutscenes and voice over work."
21263,Bonanza Bros.,Bonanza Brothers,1990,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Mobo and Robo Bonanza are enjoying their favorite television show when the picture crackles and a shadowy figure of a mysterious stranger appears on screen. This figure asks them to collect certain items that he has placed inside various buildings to test his security force. If they return the items successfully, Mobo and Robo will be rewarded. The two of them state that they will get the job done in just three minutes. However, little do they know that each building is packed with security guards who will raise the alarm if they are caught red-handed. Fortunately both Mobo and Robo are equipped with bullets that can knock the guards unconscious for a few seconds. An $100 reward will be given out if Mobo and Robo are apprehended. As either Mobo or Robo, you must collect all the treasures before leaving the ten buildings and shoot any security guards that get in your way. Remember that you are under a time limit. An in-game map will help you locate the treasures. There is a bonus stage after three buildings, where the object is to collect the gold bars in a limited amount of time without one of the three spotlights shining on you. If it is possible, hide behind open doors. If you manage to get all the gold bars, 10,000 points is added to your score. There are three of these bonus stages, but each of them varies."
21265,Die Hard 2: Die Harder,Die Hard II,1992,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",,"Die Hard 2: Die Harder is a 2D shooting gallery. In the early 90’s, two things just wouldn’t die: Bruce Willis in the Die Hard trilogy of movies, and, well, 2D point-and-click shooters. Renowned software undertaker Grandslam was happily ready to dig the grave several inches deeper for both. The spade: a game called Die Hard 2: Die Harder. Based on the 1990 movie Die Hard 2 the program sends you through five stages modelled after key scenes of the film. As N.Y. cop John McClane, you have to shoot terrorists invading Washington’s Dulles airport by quickly aiming a crosshair at them. You’ll successively clear the luggage center, airport annexe and runway, then chase after the bad guys on a snowmobile and finally shoot it out on the wing of the terrorist’s plane. Each stage consists of three screens; on the last one, several tougher bosses will appear. Occasionally, civilians cross the room and pray that you don’t kill them. Most dying terrorists drop power-ups, namely med-kits, armour, grenades and weapons that are more powerful or fire faster. You collect these items by shooting them in time. If you do not aim fast enough, the terrorist’s bullets will drain your health; you may die three times, but after that, John McClane bites the dust once and for all. Until you restart, that is. For more information on the movie Die Hard 2 see the trivia and links sections."
21267,Souls of Darkon,,1985,6.1,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Souls Of Darkon Is a single player text adventure with graphics. Megron, the planet where science and magic combine, has fallen. The Great Council of Megron is no more. Their obsession for power has released Darkon and the evil one has acquired all the council's knowledge. The player, together with their robot Komputa, is the only one who can save the day."
21278,International Rally Championship,"International Rally Championship 2, Tommi Mäkinen Rally",1997,7.4,Racing / Driving,,,"International Rally Championship is a follow up to Europress's previous rally simulation game 'Rally Championship'. International Rally Championship offers 16 new tracks set in various locations around the world from the deserts of Egypt to the rainforests of Brazil. There are various modes of play including arcade, time trial, simulation (a full rally season in which you drive on every track), championship (race on various tracks on various levels of difficulty) and custom mode in which you get to set up the race using various settings such as weather conditions and the number of cars which will actually take part in the race. Another excellent feature of the game is a track editor in which you get to create your own tracks. You are able to customize your own tracks from being able to set how steep the hills will be to what the track's surface will be (tarmac, gravel, etc)."
21285,MiG-29 Fulcrum,,1998,7.5,Simulation,,,"Under the advisement of Yuri V. Prikhodko, former Soviet MiG-21 combat pilot, instructor, and MiG-29, MiG-31, Su-27 test pilot, Novalogic created their simulation of the Mikoyan Gurevich Mig-29 Fulcrum. Built on the F-16 Multirole Fighter engine (and developed almost concurrently with F-16 MRF), MiG-29 was released shortly after. It features the same advanced realism modelling as F-16 MRF not found in previous Novalogic sims such as unbalanced loadout effects and the ability to perform the MiG-29's famous ""Kobra"" maneuver. It was designed with the intention of running on Novalogic's free Integrated Battle Space with up to 128 other pilots using Novalogic's MiG-29, F-22 Raptor, or F-16 MRF. The graphics are 3D-card enabled using only polygons (without any of the old Novalogic VoxelSpace codebase), with resolutions from 640x480 to 1024x768. There are single player quick missions which include tutorials, as well as numerous campaigns, two of which are shared with F-16 MRF (Serbia and the Congo) for multiplay. The terrains vary from snow-capped of Europe mountains to Africa's flat deserts. Weapons range from the R77 (Russia's AMRAAM equivalent) to bombs such as the KAB500 guided munitions. For further immersion, the ""Bitchin' Betty"" cockpit warning voice and other pilot voices are recorded in Russian."
21286,Times of Lore,,1988,7.3,Action,"Puzzle elements, RPG elements",Fantasy,"The Kingdom of Albereth was under attack of barbarian forces. King Valwyn drove the barbarians away, but was wounded in battles. Searching for a place where he could rest and restore his strength, he left the city - but never returned. Now, a new hero must rise and defend his homeland. Times of Lore is an action game with light role-playing elements, which follows the adventures of a young warrior (strong barbarian, armored knight, or quick valkyrie) to assist a weakened kingdom from various threats, and to recover special Artifacts that once made the kingdom strong. Gameplay consists of moving the protagonist in real-time (day and night) through various terrains, like forests, towns, and dungeons. The player character gathers basic items, like health and magic potions, and increasingly powerful weapons as he completes tasks and advances the plot. Conversations are handled through key phrases. Battles involve a few types of creatures (skeletons, orcs, rogues) of which there can be various flavors."
21290,Soul Crystal,,1992,7.0,Adventure,,Fantasy,"Your name is Dave, and these are your first holidays you're spending alone, without your parents. You're resting in a hotel near a mysterious loch in Scotland. You go swimming in the lake and dive through a waterfall - on the other side of it, you're finding yourself in a strange fantasy-like world. The game is a mixture of a graphical and text adventure. All actions can be performed by typing or by clicking on the icons."
21300,Arctic Adventure,,1991,6.1,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Six months after the events of Pharaoh's Tomb the young assistant-turned-treasure hunter Nevada Smith yearns for another discovery. Not willing to take his previous exploits as ""beginner's luck"" as accused by so called experts, Nevada has been determined to find another great prize. One night while scouring old tomes in the university's library, Nevada finds mention of a band of Vikings who, after a large looting raid, had hidden their ship-full of ancient treasures somewhere in an Arctic cave. Being distrustful of each other, the band of Vikings tore up the map that lead to the cave into four pieces and hid them as well. Only by putting the map together again would they be able to return to their treasure, but as fate would have it after hiding their loot and map pieces the Vikings hit a powerful storm on their venture back and were lost at sea, taking with them their secrets. Deciding that he must go in search of this treasure our determined hero asks his old professor Dr. Jones to assist him on his quest. Dr. Jones, though flattered, turns down Nevada due to his large workload but not before tossing Nevada a little parting gift to help him on his quest. There, inside a wrap of cloth is Dr. Jones' trusty old 38 caliber revolver. After running back to his apartment and quickly packing, Nevada hitches a ride on an Arctic bound freighter to start his Arctic Adventure In this sequel to Pharaoh's Tomb players again control Nevada Smith. As opposed to the first game, the player this time around starts out on a map of caves. Some caves need keys to unlock them while others are accessible only by finding a boat first. In this way, the player has some choice over which level they'd like to tackle first. Control-wise Nevada can walk side to side, jump and shoot a gun, for which ammo must be collected on levels. Pick-axes must also be collected to break blocks of ice in your path. Along your journey the player will run into multitudes of enemies from Yeti to penguins, which can be either avoided since they are restricted to moving in strict patterns or dispatched with your revolver. There are of course traps abound in the caves and most will be found too late by players. Natural hazards and obstacles such as spike pits, rolling boulders, and piercing icicles are another thing to be on the watch for. Lastly another introduction in this sequel is the presence of icy cave floors. Players must judge their movements carefully to control themselves and predict the predicament they may find themselves in by stepping onto the ice covered platforms. The entire game is split into four volumes comprised of twenty levels each with the first volume being the shareware version of the game. The volumes are simply titled Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 and Vol. 4. Keys and special items must be collected before advancing on to locked levels. The players have five lives but a save mode is available allowing the players to prolong their adventure. Saves can be made on the map screen and cannot be made while part-way through a level. A high-score table is available from the main menu displaying the top five scores."
21302,Survival: The Last Hope,Survival: De Laatste Hoop,1999,5.3,Action,Shooter,,"Survival: The Last Hope is a 3D action shooter where you control a futuristic aircraft flying at low altitudes. In the twenty-third century mankind has colonized much of the galaxy and lives in relative peace on terraformed planets, until an alien force enters the scene and destroys two human colonies. Now it is up to you to fly your aircraft and take car of the alien threat in a campaign with 30 missions. Anything that needs to be destroyed is conveniently marked by your HUD with big the big lettered word ""Destroy"". You can view your carnage from both first and third person. You get to fight various different enemy ships and structures including fast fighters, big flagships, and ground turrets. You'll get to use several different weapons to take care of them all."
21311,QIX,"Arcade Archives: QIX, QIX: Classic arcade action in the palm of your hand!, Qix: The Computer Virus Game, T.T. Qix",1981,7.3,"Action, Puzzle",Arcade,,"In this game, you guide a marker which must draw rectangles and other weird objects in order to claim your territory, and you can either draw these rectangles fast or slow. Drawing the rectangles using the ""slow"" method awards you the most points. Once a rectangle has been made, it will be colored in to show that you have claimed your territory. While drawing the rectangles, you need to watch out for Qix (pronounced ""kicks""), a series of colored lines that crawl the screen. In addition to Qix, you also need to avoid the Sparks who travel around the border, as well as any lines that you have made, as well as The Fuse, who travels along the line that you are drawing. Once you have claimed enough territory, you proceed to the next level."
21318,Les Fourmis,"El Imperio de las Hormigas, Imperium Der Ameisen, Império das Formigas, L'Impero delle Formiche",2000,6.3,Strategy / tactics,"Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy (RTS)",,"Empire of the Ants is a 3D strategy games featuring ant colonies, similar to SimAnt The player has to raise a tribe and resist some of the most dangerous enemies an ant can have. Not only are the other insects dangerous, but the four seasons are also dangerous. The player also has to keep an eye on the headquarters and especially the Queen Ant as she is the only way to get new ants."
21319,Chameleon Twist,,1997,6.6,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Davy the chameleon is minding his own business, when a rabbit catches his eye. Following the rabbit into its hole, he soon finds himself transformed into a super, alien chameleon, with an extra long tongue. Stuck in an unknown world, he must use his new strength to find his way out back to his home. Using the analog stick, you can control Davy's tongue to catch enemies and throw them back as bullets, grab onto distant poles and ledges for a quick way through the land, or perform tricks like tongue-pole vault, in which he can reach even higher distances by using his tongue as a pole vault."
21323,Dalek Attack,,1992,5.5,Action,"Platform, Shooter","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic",In this game you play the role of the Doctor from the BBC science fiction program Doctor Who The story sees you trying to stop the Daleks from invading earth with help from your companions. The gameplay starts with you flying along the sewers of London on a hover platform blasting monsters with your laser. In later levels the gameplay turns to on foot platform jumping and shooting Daleks and Robomen with your sonic screwdriver and grenades. There are three different incarnations of the doctor for you to play as well as three different companions for a second player to play co-operatively.
21332,Disney's Beauty and the Beast: A Board Game Adventure,"Disneys Die Schöne und das Biest: Abenteuerspiel, La Bella y la Bestia: Aventura sobre el tablero",1999,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Board game, Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Disney's Beauty and the Beast: A Board Game Adventure is a game for the Game Boy Color. There are two modes of play. In the first you play on a big game board, where each square represents a Disney character. When you land on a square you play a mini-game against or inspired by him or her. For instance if you land on the square showing the inventor father you will have to play a game where his new log chopping device cuts firewood and he has to bounce it across the screen on a spring. These mini-games range from 2D platform game segments to memory or reflex games. There are a total of seven boards to play on. You can play with up to four players. The second game mode is a 2D platform game where you have to beat bad guy Gaston to the castle to warn Beast from an upcoming mob. There are three levels to play through. You'll also have to play mini-games from time to time in this mode."
21335,Prehistorik 2,Prehistorik II: Back to Hungerland,1993,7.7,Action,Platform,Prehistoric,"Prehistorik 2 takes up the story of its predecessor for another caveman-era platform game. The hero must use his club to crush animal enemies, many of which then release bonus items to collect. He no longer needs to feed his clan, so there is no required minimum food target, unlike the original game. Other bonus items are located around the levels, while yet more can be found by using your club creatively and adventurously. Passwords for every level can be found written in various places and they are different on every computer. You also encounter bosses after every few levels. In addition, the game includes hidden locations, multiple level exits and even hidden levels. The Amstrad version is one of the few games to use the CPC Plus features for lots of colours and sprites and full parallax scrolling."
21336,Marko's Magic Football,,1993,6.4,Action,Platform,,"With the help of a mad scientist, Colonel Brown, the owner of a toy factory, has created a substance that can turn people and animals into mutant sludge monsters. After Marko's football comes in touch with the substance, it gets magical powers and Marko sets out to stop Colonel Brown. The gameplay is similar to the SNES and Genesis versions, meaning Marko can shoot his football to kill enemies or use it as a trampoline, but this version features less moves and a different level design."
21337,Battle of the Planets,,1986,6.7,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Battle of the Planets is based on a science-fiction children's cartoon series of the same name. Zoltar and his forces are attacking your solar system and its five planets - Xenath, Elias, Horaf, Olixal and Pete. As a G-Force space fighter armed with a Phoenix ship, you must repel each of these attacks, by destroying enough of Zoltar's craft to prevent the attacks from succeeding. The action unfolds through the window of your craft, with various types of enemy craft approaching and needing to be shot with your lasers or torpedoes. Once you have targeted an enemy, you must keep the enemy craft in your sights until it has been destroyed. There are five status screens to keep track of - shield strength, power stability, rocket status, laser status (it can overheat with constant use) and the current situation on the planet you are defending. To land on a planet you must fly towards its target on screen, and enter the docking bay. You will have to take out landers, using your rocket system. This is also your chance to repair and re-fuel your craft."
21341,Jimmy Connors' Tennis,,1993,6.9,"Action, Simulation, Sports",,,Welcome to the Jimmy Connors Invitational. Prepare to hold court with the ripest top-seeds in championships singles and doubles tournament play. Survive... and Jimmy will be waiting to give you the tennis lesson of your life! Source: Back of Box - Lynx (US)
21346,Double Dragon II,,1991,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"Double Dragon II for the Game Boy is not a port of the arcade sequel It is instead a re-skinned version of Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun: Bangai Rantōhen with general gameplay and level design kept, but character and background graphics as well as music completely changed to fit the Double Dragon series. Once again the Lee brothers are called into action when they are framed for the murder of a man named Wright. Now hunted by the leader of the Scorpions gang, the two must fend off Scorpions members sent after them and find the real murderer to clear their name. In single-player mode, the player controls Billy Lee, while in the simultaneous two-player mode via link cable, the second player controls Jimmy Lee. While still a side-scrolling beat'em up game, the game has many differences from other entries in the series due to its origins. There is neither weapons use by the player nor standard jumps. Only kicks and punches are available. Pressing both buttons simultaneously makes the player crouch, which can be used as an evasive tactic or can be followed by a jumping uppercut. The action moves through three stages of several sub-stages each. The first two begin in the streets and then move into a subway station and subway train. The third level moves from the streets to a multi-storied building in which the main bad guy resides. Besides standard goons to be taken out, several sub-bosses await, including a boxer, a ninja, a sumo wrestler and a Jason-Vorhees-meets-Leatherface styled masked maniac with a chainsaw."
21351,Pinball Wizard 2000,,1996,6.9,Action,Pinball,,"Pinball Wizard 2000 from Ikarion Software GmbH is the successor of Kingsoft's Pinball Wizard for the Amiga. This pinball game features five tables (Themes: Industrial Revolution, Hattrick, Rock'n'Roll Heaven, Prohibition, Earth Inferno) and one bonus table (Mystic). PW2000 is more of an action-oriented game instead of a real simulation since the physics are somewhat strange at times. But the real strength of the program is the implemented Pinball Construction Set. All tables were built with this construction set and with the detailed instruction manual and samples everyone with some programming knowledge can do some amazing tables on his own."
21357,Jaguar XJ220,,1992,8.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"In the early nineties, the Jaguar XJ220 was the fastest serial-produced car ever. Core Design acquired the right to build a game around it, in a move to counter Gremlin's immensely successful Lotus series. Just like Lotus Jaguar XJ220 is viewed from behind the racer. There are 36 tracks all over the world, with varying road conditions and animated weather conditions such as rain and fog in England, snow in Switzerland, and tumbleweed crossing the street in Egypt. You race your Jaguar in a constructor grand prix, with opponents running for Porsche, Ferrari and other famous makers. Between races, you must mend the damage your car has sustained, which eats up your prize money. Background music is selected through a dashboard CD player, which also features some rather uninspiring radio stations. The game can also be played in a two-player split-screen mode and features a track editor for when you tire of the built-in courses."
21361,Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,,1994,6.6,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the player gets to play as any of the rangers (Jason, Trini, Billy, Kimberly, and Zack) through 7 levels. Except for the last few, all the other levels let the player pick whatever ranger wanted. Each has their own unique ""super move"". At the end, whoever the player choses to play as will automatically morph and at the end of each level the player gets to fight the boss."
21364,One Unit Whole Blood,Blood: One Unit Whole Blood,1998,7.7,Compilation,,,This compilation contains:
21365,Obliterator,,1988,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You play Drak, the last of the Obliterators (genetically enhanced machines bio-engineered for otherwise impossible missions). Your mission is to save the Federation from an alien spacecraft. Obliterator is an arcade-style platform action game. The game screens are static (instead of scrolling, though you can optionally turn on scrolling transitions between screens) and can be maze-like at times, with many locations to search. Armed with a variety of weapons, you have to board the alien spacecraft, disable its weapons, plasma drives and shields, then escape."
21368,Saiyuki: Journey West,,1999,7.6,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",Tactical RPG,Fantasy,"Saiyuki: Journey West is loosely based on one of the four classical novels of Chinese literature, Journey to the West (Chinese: Xi You Ji ) by the 16th century writer Wu Cheng'en. This tactical RPG lets the players take the role of the novel's hero who is also a historical character, the 7th century scholar and Buddhist monk Xuanzang (Japanese pronunciation: Sanzo ) and his monster companions, including the famous monkey Sun Wukong (Japanese pronunciation: Son Goku ), as they travel to India. The game takes quite a few liberties with the original tale, including allowing the player to change Xuanzang's gender, giving each monster a more powerful ""were-"" form, and tying each character, save Xuanzang's, to an elemental affinity. The real meat of the game is the tactical battles, where careful unit placement and use of each monster's unique special abilities determine the outcome of the battle."
21375,Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World,"Might and Magic II, Might and Magic: Book Two, Might and Magic: Book Two - Gates to Another World!, Might and Magic: Gates to Another World",1988,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The space traveler and rogue guardian Sheltem has left the world VARN, where he was pursued by the relentless Corak the Mysterious and a party of local adventurers helping him. The Gates to Another World eventually takes all of them to another world, known as CRON. There, a great turmoil is caused by Sheltem's actions, and the heroes must stop his madness, preventing him from casting the planet into its own sun. Gates to Another World is the second installment in the Might and Magic series, and a sequel to Secret of the Inner Sanctum Core gameplay is similar to predecessor, with the player creating a party of six characters and exploring vast first-person 3D environments, while fighting enemies in turn-based combat and leveling up. Unlike the first game, enemy encounters occur at set points rather than spawning randomly, though enemy type selection is still random. Like in the previous game, character classes rely each on a particular attribute to be effective. Knight, Paladin, Archer, Cleric, Sorcerer and Robber return, with the addition of two new classes, Ninja and Barbarian. Race selection features humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes, and half-orcs. There are several locations and items that are restricted to certain genders, alignments, or races. A new feature is the possibility to hire two non-player characters to travel with the party and participate in battles. A new skill system is introduced as well, allowing characters to learn such abilities as mountaineering (necessary to traverse mountains), linguist (for reading certain messages), cartographer (for creating an auto-map), and others. Compared to the first game, the sequel is more quest-oriented, with various characters in towns giving quests to the party, as opposed to purely exploration-based traveling in the predecessor. Time also plays a large role in this game, with some instances requiring the party to travel to different time periods. Characters also age as the game goes on; If the player waits too long, the characters' statistics will change to reflect their aging, and they will eventually die."
21377,Black Dahlia,"Black Dahlia: A Game of Adventure and Dark Mystery, Black Dahlia: Il Fiore del Male, Black Dahlia: Um Jogo de Aventura e Mistérios Obscuros",1998,7.3,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Black Dahlia is a suspense thriller based loosely on the unsolved California murder of Elizabeth Short, nicknamed ""Black Dahlia"" for her favoritism towards black clothing. Taking place in the 1940s, the game puts the player in control of a rookie government agent, Jim Pearson, whose first case involves investigating Nazi propaganda. The case is not as simple as it sounds, however. Before long, Jim uncovers information and evidence that the Nazis have connections to the supernatural, occultism as well as some very bizarre and ritualistic killings. Jim meets Elizabeth Short who possesses a strange engraved stone known as the ""Black Dahlia"", an artifact coveted by the Nazis as a source of ultimate power. When her brutal murder occurs, the stone disappears. During Jim's search for the missing item, he uncovers a web of evil, deceit and intrigue. Will he get out alive . and uncorrupted? The game is a point-and-click puzzle-solving adventure with live action cutscenes. Full 360 degree horizontal and limited vertical panning allow the player to scan each scene with the mouse. Jim's in-game notebook acts as a journal as it records everything of importance that he has examined. Black Dahlia has over sixty puzzles dispersed over nearly as many locations. They range in difficulty, style and type including jigsaw, manipulation, code breaking, mazes and object based. Well publicized bypass codes can be used to ""auto-solve"" them without compromising the game, since no score is kept."
21379,The Powerpuff Girls: Paint the Townsville Green,,2000,6.0,Action,Fighting,"North America, Sci-fi / futuristic","Buttercup, one of The Powerpuff Girls, must track down the Gangreen Gang in the city of Townsville. Players must explore locations in Townsville and complete various tasks in order to learn the location of the level boss. Players can fly around or punch enemies who try and stop them. Also hidden in the game are electronic trading cards that can be found and traded with the other two games in the series via a link cable."
21385,Mario Party,,1998,7.7,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Board game, Mini-games, Party game",Fantasy,"Mario Party is a party game for 1 to 4 players. The festivities are based on a board game format, right down to the fact that players must roll a die to determine how many spaces to move. Players land on different squares, each space holding one of more than fifty different mini-games. These quick competitions determine who will earn coins and stars, and who will go home empty handed. The mini-games are spread over eight different game boards, all of which are not immediately available. Some of the games pit every man or princess against the others, some are two-on-two, and others are even three against one. One challenge is loosely based on ""Simon Says"", another involves a two-on-two bobsled race, and one game makes one player attempt to cross a rope while the other three do their best to shake the player off. There are skill games, racing games, puzzle games, and other types. A good portion of the actual game boards are animated, with hidden dangers and special challenges scattered everywhere. Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Donkey Kong, Bowser, Yoshi, and Wario are all invited to the party, and each character has his or her own game board."
21388,Rings of Medusa,,1989,7.3,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Rings of Medusa is a strategy game with light role-playing and business simulation elements. Located in a medieval kingdom, the game puts the player in control of the former king's son. Unfortunately, an evil sorceress called Medusa has taken control of the country and is now dominating the people. The prince's task is to find five magical rings that will give him the power to overthrow the sorceress and claim back his heritage. In the beginning the hero will try to earn money by doing trade between different towns, or try his luck at bounty hunting or at treasure hunts. Once enough money has been earned to maintain a larger army, the prince will send forth his men to search for the rings which are in the possession of large soldier of fortune armies rallying the lands. Sometimes the player takes part in small arcade sequences like sword fighting and sea fights, or controls an army on the battle field."
21403,Madden NFL '94,NFL Pro Football '94,1993,7.7,Sports,,,"Madden NFL '94 is the third in the Madden series of football games for the SNES. It features 80 teams -- 28 teams from the 1993 season, 38 Super Bowl teams from 1966-1991, 12 All Star franchise teams since 1950, and two ""All-Madden"" teams: one for the 1993 season and one from a 20-year time span. You can play these teams in a regular exhibition game or sudden death overtime game, or take the 1993 teams through an entire season. You can also enter the playoffs with the 1993 teams, the Super Bowl champions, or the All Star franchise teams. Unlike many other sports games, saving a season is done by password rather than by storing the data into a saved game."
21405,Mega Motion,,1994,7.6,Puzzle,,,"Mega Motion is a puzzle game where the player has to move a number of balls across the screen towards an exit. The balls are linked together with one acting as an anchor the others are constantly rotating around. The game is played with the mouse. By clicking on one of the balls it becomes the anchor that the others rotate around. Clicking with the right mouse button changes the direction of the rotation. Each level has obstacles that block the balls' path and objects that can be collected. Most common are blocks that are destroyed after being hit by a ball a couple of times but there are also those obstacles that destroy the ball that hits them. There are also bombs, which set off chain reactions when hit, and switcher blocks that reveal hidden doors or open up new passages. When all balls but one have been destroyed a life is lost and the level has to be restarted. Each level also has a time limit. Overstepping it is allowed but the player will then get a lower score. The game has a total of 100 levels that are divided into four categories: easy, average, difficult and very difficult. For every level completed the player is given a password."
21406,Chase H.Q. II,Super H.Q.,1992,6.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Similar to Chase H.Q. in some ways: same gameplay, same number of stages, and same objective. You basically drive on a freeway trying to catch up with five criminals who have committed felonies, but time is against you. If you catch up with the criminal's vehicle, you can ram into it to do some damage. If you do enough damage, the car malfunctions and you arrest the suspect. You can also use up to three turbo boosters that comes equipped with the car if you are far behind the suspect. However, what makes this game different is the fact that you can choose one of three vehicles to drive: a sports car, 4-wheel drive, and a semi truck, with each one of them having their advantages and disadvantages. For example, the truck may be slow in speed, but can do a massive amount of damage. The sports car, on the other hand, can perform at higher speeds, but has a poor attack efficiency. As well as passing cars, your task is made difficult by obstacles, such as barricades, on the freeway. Finally, some vehicles in the game will have someone shooting at you. And watch out for the helicopter that attempts to drop bombs on you."
21412,Pro Pinball: Big Race USA,,1998,7.3,Action,Pinball,,"The table included in this pinball game has a taxi theme attached to it. As you slam the ball around the screen, you can pick up passengers, drive around USA, and get bonus points through mini games, all related to taxi driving. Even the dot matrix screen gets a say in the action, where you must crash into as many cars as possible as you drive your passenger to his/her destination, all in the name of points of course."
21417,Body Slam,"Gokuaku Doumei Dump Matsumoto, Pro Wrestling",1986,6.1,"Action, Sports",,,"Pro Wrestling is a tag team professional wrestling game where one can choose from four tag teams to compete. These tag teams are the Mad Soldiers, the Orient Express, the Great Maskmen and the Crush Brothers and they all have something to prove. Each wrestler has his own special moves ranging anywhere from knee butts and body slams to flying head butts and pile drivers. The Mad Soldiers and the Great Maskmen can also use metal chairs to hit their opponents outside the ring while the Orient Express and the Crush Brothers have the capability of climbing onto the turnbuckle and releasing damaging blows to their opponents. Each wrestler can also bounce off the ropes to release a running attack. When a wrestler is low on health, he can tag his teammate in to carry on in the match. Compete in three sets of ten fall matches to complete the game. The matches are the Mexican League, the Pacific League and finally the World League. Pin the opponent ten times in a league to move on to the next."
21422,Air Warrior III,Air Warrior III DFX,1997,7.2,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","Air Warrior III starts by giving you more of what the series has already. For starters, it includes all of the Air Warrior II missions, planes and features. There's also four new Pacific planes (the Zeke, the Kate, the Val, the Oscar) and 6 new campaigns. Air Warrior III is also the first in the series to support 3D acceleration, providing a lot faster 3D action and effects. A major selling point of the series has been its online play, and multiplayer play has been completely redesigned. Now it features up to 250 in the same mission."
21429,Sensible Golf,,1995,6.3,Sports,,,"Sensible Golf is a 2D golf simulation. Having been quite successful with their cute action soccer game Sensible Soccer Sensible Software decided that the concept of ""No fuss, just fun"" could be applied to other sports, too. They chose golf. Sensible Golf is not an accurate simulation of golf, but an action adaptation of the sport streamlined for quick and easy gameplay. Consequently, complications such as wind and terrain heights are not featured, although the green has little arrows indicating the slopes. Apart from that, the player's only concerns are the water and sand hazards, and the distance to the hole. As a result, Sensible Golf is instead a practice in target shooting, rather than a golf game. Striking involves only two action: Aiming the pointer in the desired direction, and pressing the action button three times. The game uses the well-known three-click-control, with which you set power and swerve of the strike. The computer automatically suggests a proper club, but the player may change it manually. A pop-up map helps one find their bearing. The courses are fictional, composed from a pool of holes which often appear in multiple courses, sometimes with minor variations. Play modes include single 18-hole rounds, a complete season and a tournament. Up to 72 human players may participate in the latter."
21437,Death or Glory,,1987,5.6,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"New Stratford is under attack from a huge fleet of alien craft, and it is your job to shoot them down and save your planet. You fly around a top-view arrangement, flying into enemy craft in the hope of destroying them. You must use the fire button to destroy the mothership bases which appear in each section. Controls work on a rotational basis, and you have limited fuel."
21440,3-Demon,Monster Maze,1983,5.5,Action,Arcade,,"3-Demon commonly regarded as the very first progenitor of the 90s first-person shooters, is a surreal, wireframe-3D Pac-Man clone in which you have to move through a maze, collect points and occasionally take items which will allow you to kill enemy monsters (ghosts) instead of them killing you. After having cleaned the level of a certain percentage of points, you have the option to move to another level immediately by pressing the down key, where the monsters are smarter and move faster."
21447,Lunar Leeper,Lunar Leepers,1981,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In this game, you must guide your spaceship around while picking up hostages located on the surface, and bring them to safety. Your task becomes difficult by lunar leepers who leap up and try to grab you or the hostages that are picked up by your ship. If you approach a hostage while a leeper is nearby, the leeper will keep walking toward them until they are killed. If you are grabbed by a leeper, you lose a life. You can shoot at the leepers, but the catch is that you cannot shoot at them while they are on the surface, and you have limited ammo. You also have limited fuel, and if you are half-empty, you must refill at the gas depot in order to continue. In between levels, you enter a cavern where you must find a huge floating object. You must then shoot out its core to proceed to the next difficult level."
21451,Spelling Jungle,"Dream Team: Basic Spelling Tricks, Yobi's Basic Spelling Tricks, Yobi's Magic Spelling Tricks",1993,6.9,"Educational, Puzzle",Word construction,,"Spelling Jungle (also known as Yobi's Basic Spelling Tricks ) is an educational game with puzzle elements. The general objective of the game is to paddle a raft up a river, preventing it from flooding. The game consists of two main gameplay modes: solving a word-spelling puzzle on the ""puzzle map"", and participating in a simple spelling test. The objective of the puzzle map is to collect letter tiles by walking over them in the correct order, spelling a suggested word. The game consists of 101 such maps, gradually increasing in difficulty: the player will eventually have to avoid enemies (such as rhinoceroses and tigers), try not to fall into bottomless pits, and use various tools and vehicles to get to the desired letter. Completion of a puzzle map section leads to a spelling test phase, where the player is asked to spell various words. If the player spells the word correctly, his raft will slightly advance. After having spelled several words correctly, the player will be able to advance to the next level."
21452,Never 7: The End of Infinity,Never 7,2000,6.9,Adventure,Visual novel,,"Makoto is a student who never attends the lectures at the school. As a punishment, he has to attend an extra seminar on an island with other classmates. However, when he arrives on the island, strange thing start happening. A girl is found dead on April 6th, with a small bell in her hand. Immediately after that, Makoto finds himself in bed and sees the date - April 1st! Was the vision of the girl just a dream, or does he possess the power to predict the future? This is what he will have to find out as a series of strange deaths make his seminar much more suspenseful than he would have thought. Never7 is a visual novel. The player reads text accompanied by still anime-style pictures and from time to time makes decisions, which branch the plot, lead to different endings, and unlock new scenarios."
21455,Conqueror: A.D. 1086,Conqueror: AD 1086,1995,6.4,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Managerial / business simulation","Europe, Medieval","Strategy/managerial game set in the medieval England, much like Defender of the Crown The player starts out as a young knight in control of a small fiefdom and performs the usual managerial decisions to develop the economy, raise an army and expand their territory. RPG and arcade gameplay are also thrown into the mix as the player has to develop their character as a knight, going to melee and joust tournaments (actually arcade sequences) to gain experience. These also have other uses such as affecting popularity and offering a chance to expand the fiefdom by allowing to courtship noble ladies. The game is mostly played from an isometric view, except for some specific screens, and uses SVGA graphics. The game can end in two different ways: by marching to London and taking the crown from William the Conqueror, or going the hero route and hunting down the enormous dragon that has been scorching the lands for years."
21456,The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time,"Une Aventure Hors Du Temps: Buried in Time, Verschollen in Der Zeit: Buried in Time",1995,7.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The second game of the Journeyman Project series finds you traveling through time to clear yourself of a false accusation of altering history. Your future self materializes before you, tells you you've been framed for changing the past and gives you a time travel suit before being arrested by other members of the Temporal Security Agency. Now you must warp back to a variety of time periods and collect the evidence that proves your innocence."
21466,Shatterhand,Tokkyū Shirei Solbrain,1991,7.8,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Shatterhand is an action game with eight-direction scrolling. You control Shatterhand in his quest to find and defeat General Grover, leader of the Metal Command. Through the game you’ll encounter all kinds of mechanical and biomechanical creatures. Shatterhand’s primary weapon is his cybernetic fists and therefore most enemies must be defeated by punching them. Additional help can be given from any of the eight hovering satellite robots, each of which has it’s own weapon that fires automatically when Shatterhand throws a punch. These satellite robots can be obtained by collecting combinations of alpha-beta letters that appear when you punch some of the white boxes that are scattered throughout each stage. The game has seven stages. The first and the last must be played first and last respectively, but the five middle stages can be played in any order. The path to the final showdown with General Grover leads through a factory, a refinery, an anti-gravity research facility, a submarine, a burning subway, a filtration plant and finally to General Grover’s missile launch complex."
21476,Mr. Nutz,Mr Nutz,1994,7.5,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"You are the cool squirrel of the title, and you must defeat the evil Yeti before he freezes the entire world. Your quest will make you explore many areas such as a forest, a witch's cottage, a volcano, the clouds, a circus... Mr. Nutz is a platform game, in which Nutz must jump on enemies to kill them. His tail can also be controlled. You move through levels using ledges, ladders, bridges and platforms. There are some simple puzzles involving object manipulation."
21478,Crash Bandicoot,Crash 1,1996,7.9,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Dr. Neo Cortex and Dr. Nitrus Brio, two evil doctors determined to take over the world, create two devices to turn innocent creatures into genius destroyers of the world. One particular animal, a Bandicoot, is chosen to be the leader of the pack, but when the devices fail in their attempts, the animals are turned into crazy monsters. Only Crash Bandicoot survives with brain intact, now knowing that Neo Cortex is the real bad guy. Cortex notices the threat that Crash may cause, and banishes Crash to another island. So it is up to Crash to find his way through the islands monster population and stop Cortex from destroying the world, as well as saving his girlfriend who is next on the devices list. In Crash' first appearance on the Playstation, you must run, jump and spin your way through this part 3D platform/part Side Scroller/part Mario 64 style adventure."
21479,Tiny Toon Adventures: Cartoon Workshop,,1992,6.4,Simulation,,,"In Tiny Toon Adventures: Cartoon Workshop player's take on the role of the director and can create their own Tiny Toon Adventure. The player can choose from Buster, Babs, Plucky, Furrball, Calamity, and Little Beeper to play in a scene, but can never place more than two characters in a single scene. There's various poses, animations and backgrounds the player can add to liven up the scenes. The player can add sound effects, music and captions to further detail the story. Final stories can only be saved by hooking the NES to a VCR."
21482,Who Framed Roger Rabbit,,1989,5.7,Adventure,,,"Roger Rabbit's, a living breathing cartoon, has been framed for the murder of Marvin Acme. The motive is that his wife, Jessica Rabbit had been photographed playing patty-cake with him. Obviously this kind of affair is enough to drive a man, or rabbit, into killing. But he didn't do it and now there seems to be some kind of mystery surrounding Marvin Acme's last will and testament... and with it, ownership of Toontown. In order to clear his name, Roger has enlisted the help of Eddie Valliant, no-nonsense detective. Together they'll need to search through Hollywood, Toontown, the Wilderness and Toontown in an effort to find the pieces to Marvin's original will and stop the evil Judge Doom and his henchmen, the Weasels. You play this game as the Private Investigator, Eddie Valliant, while Roger Rabbit wanders around the scenery behind you. Your job is to search the city for clues, items and punchlines to jokes which will be your only defense should the Weasels catch up to poor Roger. Except for these Weasels (and birds flying overhead), Roger is more or less invincible as a toon. That means for most of the gameplay, he will be ignored. Should the Weasels appear in an area with you however (with an alarm sounding as they get close), Roger will go bug-eyed and try to run away. It is then up to Eddie to keep the Weasels away from Roger or engage in knock-knock jokes should they happen to catch him. The bulk of the gameplay takes place on side-scrolling areas that represent city blocks, caves and room interiors. There is also a top-view world map where you navigate between areas on foot or via Benny the Cab."
21486,NHL Blades of Steel '99,NHL Pro 99,1999,6.4,Sports,,,"Konami returns to the ice rink, in this updated version of the NES classic, Blades of Steel On this occasion, all 27 NHL teams (featuring every player from the 98/99 season) are supported, along with the ability to create your own player. Play modes include Exhibition, Season and Playoff, with up to 4 player support in Exhibition mode. Season and Playoff modes include the option to record all the stats made by each player in each game. You can also play as either All-Star teams."
21489,Creatures 2,,1998,7.2,Simulation,,,Creatures 2 is the sequel to Creatures In Creatures 2 the player is again put in charge of caring for a group of artificial lifeforms called Norns. The player is responsible for making sure the Norns don't starve by providing them with food and making sure they stay healthy. Players must also make sure that the Norns don't die out by ensuring that the creatures breed. Creatures 2 also features an option to import new Norns from the internet.
21490,Grell & Fella in the Enchanted Gardens,Grell and Falla,1992,6.8,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"In this side-view 2D platformer, named after the protagonists, the Dwarf Grell and the Fairy Fella, the objective is to maintain the sorcerer's magic garden which he inherited from an evil witch, whose dark magic still taints the inhabiting insects and flowers. In order to banish evil from the garden you have to use magic spells to cleanse the inhabiting critter or if everything fails, beat them senseless. Also you can grow new plants in the garden for bonus points."
21492,Virtua Fighter Animation,Virtua Fighter Mini,1996,6.3,Action,Fighting,,"Virtua Fighter Animation is an one-on-one 2D fighting game based on the Virtua Fighter anime series. It has two game modes: story and versus. In the story mode, the player follows the anime's plot, with anime style cutscenes before and after each fight. The story is divided in acts, each one of them corresponding to one fight. The player starts controlling Akira Yuki, as he beats his opponents, each one of them joins his party, so they can be chosen in the next fights. Besides Akira, the other characters which become available are Pai Chan, Jacky Bryant, Wolf Hawkfield, Kage-Maru, Sarah Bryant and Lau Chan. In the final act, the player must fight against Dural. The versus mode allows players to choose any of the seven available characters to fight against the CPU. In the two player versus game, Kage-Maru is removed from the character selection. The Game Gear version has 3 different viewing modes: Normal, Large and Real-Time. The Normal viewing mode shows the fighters from a more distant position (smaller sprites) than the Large mode (larger sprites). The Real-Time mode simulates the zooming camera effects from the other Virtua Fighter games alternating between the Normal and Large modes. It also has an extended intro sequence, with anime style cutscenes. In regards to gameplay, the game doesn't differ much from any other 2D fighting game, as the player can perform punches (button 1), kicks (button 2) and jumps (up), as well as some special maneuvers. The Game Gear version has also a block function (START button), absent in the Master System version. The fights are regular best of 3 round matches, and players will loose a round if one of this three possibilities happen: their energy is depleted, they fall out of the ring or they have less energy than the opponent if the time runs out."
21497,Fallen Angel,,1989,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting",,"Fallen Angel is a side scrolling fighting game similar to Vigilante You play the fallen angel, sent on a mission to locate the leader of a drug distribution network. Beginning in the London underground, each level will present you with two tasks to complete: find a plane ticket to reach the next level, and destroy the ring leader of the area. To do this you will need to fight the (often well-armed) thugs found in the various underground train stations and on the trains themselves. Each level consists of several stations; when all the thugs in a station are defeated, you may get on the train to go to a different station. The plane ticket you are searching for may be found in any one of these stations, and the level boss will be found in the last station. You are free to complete these two tasks in any order you choose, and don't need to visit the stations in any particular order. Fallen angel has the ability to perform a variety of kicks and punches to deal with the bad guys, and can occasionally pick up weapons."
21501,Disney's The Jungle Book,Disney's Mogli - O menino Lobo,1994,7.5,Action,Platform,,"Like the other adaptations of the 1967 Disney animated film The Jungle Book the SNES version is a side-scrolling platformer starring Mowgli, the young boy raised by wolves in the jungle. Running, jumping, climbing, and swinging on vines, he must make his way through 11 levels. These includes the jungle by day and by night, a village high in the trees, a waterfall, ape King Louie's realm and the wasteland charred by a fire. The jungle is full of dangerous animals, like bugs, snakes, anteaters and monkeys, which Mowgli can defeat by jumping on their heads or throwing bananas (from an unlimited supply) at them. Some jungle fruit like mangoes and coconuts can also be collected and used as weapons. Other power-ups include hearts (some of them hidden in fruit) that refill Mowgli's health bar, extra lives, masks that trigger invincibility and two kinds of gems: red gems count towards extra continues at the end of a level, while green gems count toward a special ending of the game. Some variety from the standard platforming comes into play in two automatically scrolling levels: once when Mowgli rides a parrot and once when he escapes from the collapsing ruins of Louie's castle. Several levels end in boss fights, featuring Kaa the snake, King Louie the orangutan and Shere Khan the tiger."
21504,Minnesota Fats' Pool Challenge,"Hustler, Hustler: World Championship 6 Ball Pool",1983,6.2,Sports,,,"Minnesota Fats' Pool Challenge is an overhead pool table view allowing one or two players to shoot six different configurations of pocket pool, or billiards, for score. The game requires a joystick and key commands to Shoot, break, or bank cue ball shots against an opponent, or the table. The six play templates are as follows:"
21505,A-10 Tank Killer,A-10 Tank Killer: Version 1.5,1989,7.7,Simulation,,Cold War,"This simulation puts you in the cockpit of the A-10 Thunderbolt II, which is also known as the ""Warthog"". As the game's name implies, it is used mainly to hunt enemy tanks, but also for destroying roads and bridges You are armed with 30mm Avenger cannon which can fire around 70 times a second. Multiple camera angles are featured. Landing is automated and an accelerated time function is on offer. Characters have full AI to act without your involvement and will communicate with you in-flight. Actions in one mission affect another - something you failed to destroy in one mission can attack you later. Version 1.5 re-released in 1991 added 7 new scenarios set during Operation Desert Storm in Iraq."
21506,Whip Rush,Whip Rush: Wakusei Voltegeus no Nazo,1990,6.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Whip Rush is a side-scrolling (with certain vertically scrolling descents and ascents) shooter similar to Gaiares and R-Type The player starts with 3, 4, or 6 ships depending on the difficulty level selected. In addition to moving and shooting, the ship has Power Claws that can be rotated and extended for offensive and defensive purposes. Power Claws can be equipped up to two units and can shoot bullets. The Laser is forward firing only but is rapid and strong, missiles can shoot back and forth and when shot from the Power Claw they will home in on enemies. Fireballs shoot in the opposite direction of your ships travel. The upgradeable weapons are Laser, Missile, Fireball, and Power Claw. Unlike most other games, the ship has variable speed, which comes in handy when maneuvering different kinds of obstacles and enemies."
21512,The Colony,,1988,7.3,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are a Space Marshall, investigating a distress call from the colony Delta 5-5. As you approach the planet, your ship comes in contact with a gravity well, and crash-lands. The landing drained your ship of all but minimal power, stranding you. After putting on your Power Armor, navigating the planet's surface and stepping into the Colony itself, you must uncover what has happened to the colonists, restore power to your ship, and, optionally, rescue the colonist's children."
21521,Quest 64,"Eltale Monsters, Holy Magic Century",1998,6.3,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The young hero Brian is tasked with a quest to save the land of Celtland. Brian's father, Lord Bartholomy, has mysteriously disappeared. The Eletale Book has also been stolen, which preserves harmony in Celtland. Brian must find his father and bring back the Eletale Book. In his journey he will travel linearly through the land, passing through towns, dungeons, and paths filled with monsters. Quest 64's combat exists in a mixture of turn-based and real-time inputs. In combat Brian and his opponents take turns moving and selecting spells to attack each other with. With luck and diligence attacks can sometimes be avoided manually. Brian has four schools of magic he can draw from; Air, Earth, Water, and Fire, and each can be strengthened with mana points gained from leveling or found in the world. Strengthening a school of magic makes it more powerful and unlocks new spells. Brian can carry items to heal or temporarily boost his stats, but there is no equipment in the game. The North American version of the game also has no in-game currency; some villagers will offer items, and free replacements if they are used, but items found in dungeons are used once and can never be replaced."
21525,Titanic: A Mysterious Undersea Adventure,"Titanic: Dare to Discover, Titanic: Ontrafel het mysterie, Titanic: Una Fantastica Avventura alla Scoperta del Mistero del Titanic, Titanic: das Unglaubliche Geheimnis",1998,5.1,"Action, Adventure","Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Having virtually nothing whatsoever to do with the eponymous ship (it never appears in the game!), apparently recent scientific observations near the wreck have revealed the presence of a mysterious undersea village which may have special mystical powers. Discovering an amulet nearby, you dive down to the village to uncover its secret and find out if it played a part in the sinking of the Titanic."
21526,R-Type,R-Type Complete CD,1987,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"R-Type is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up best known for its extremely tough and strategic gameplay. You control the R-9 spaceship as it launches a last-ditch effort to repel the evil Bydo empire. The R-9 comes equipped as standard with a small gun which can only take down the smallest of enemies without firing several shots. By holding down the fire button, it can be loaded up so as to release a large burst of energy, eliminating all but the strongest enemies in its path. From time to time, pods will come flying in your direction. Upon being shot, they release an upgrade. The first one will invariably be the one called ""The Force"", which is a weapons pod that clings either to the front or the back of your ship, absorbing any enemy bullets or acting as a bumper with which you can fly head-on into them. You can also use it as an offensive weapon by firing it and pulling it back in. Mastering the Force is vital to surviving in R-Type since it must be used both as protection against bullet clusters, as a remote-controlled cannon, and in order to clear the screen from obstacles. Other upgrades give you target-seeking missiles or a bigger main gun. Different gun types, differentiated by their color, serve different purposes. The blue one sends laser beams bouncing across the screen (good for tunnels), the red one fires straight ahead, and the yellow one follows any walls it may encounter (good for artillery emplacements). The stages of R-Type are made in an organic style, certainly inspired by H. R. Giger's artwork for the Alien movies. When it came out, it was considered trendsetting since it broke off from the stereotypical sci-fi mold of other shoot 'em ups. In part, the levels themselves are your enemy, which is exemplified by the fourth, where spider-like creatures weave webs that cover the screen and block your path or levels with intricate tunnel systems. Still, the levels are best handled with a combination of strategy and reflexes, without the memorization that is required of R-Type's contemporary rival, Gradius"
21529,Spike,,1983,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The villain Spud has captured your girlfriend Molly! As the hero Spike you need to rescue her. She is being held in a cage at the top of the screen; you need to find the key to the cage, and climb your way to the top. The screen consists of a moving catwalk which has several floors and gaps in it you need to jump over. There is also a ladder which can be moved around allowing you to climb between the different floors of the catwalk. As the levels progress, several enemies also appear which will be attempting to stop spike from reaching the top of the screen. To help out, Molly will occasionally drop a bow tie; if you collect this, all of the enemies on screen will temporarily freeze. When you have collected the key and reach the cage at the top, the level is complete and you move on to the next round."
21534,DNA Warrior,D.N.A. Warrior,1989,5.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Professor R. Szymanski has injected an accelerator and DNA into your brain to make you more intelligent. Just as the DNA was at the required level there was an explosion in the lab which sent the Professor into a coma. He was the only one who knew how to stop the experiment so a navy assault ship is shrunk and injected into your blood stream to go and stop the DNA from growing. Eight pieces of a growth inhibitor must be collected before facing your brain. With a foreign body in your blood, blood cells and other parts of your body are trying to destroy you. You must battle these to hopefully get to the brain and stop your brain from exploding. Another hindrance is the fact that you have to find all the intercellular junctions to move about the body. Some require keys. Plasma spheres can be found along the way to upgrade your ship and weapons. DNA warrior is a horizontally side-scrolling shoot-em-up. The joystick will steer your ship while the fire button will fire your weapon. Pressing the space bar will select your next upgrade when a plasma sphere is collected. Also seen on the screen is a energy gauge, score and a ship upgrade to select."
21536,Bud Tucker in Double Trouble,Podwójne Kłopoty Buda Tuckera,1996,5.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"This wacky adventure puts the player in the shoes of Bud Tucker, a pizza delivery boy during the day and lab assistant at nights. One day, Bud found the Professor missing and later learns he's been kidnapped by the evil Dick Tate! Tate, an insane, whiny sob wishes to create a world filled with the people he loves most...himself. To do that, he plans to use one of the Professor's invention and clone a billion versions of himself to populate the world. It's up to Bud Tucker to track down the loon and the Professor before Barryville becomes Tate Town. Bud Tucker in Double Trouble is a point & click adventure where the player explores and uncovers clues in a town called Barryville. The game play consists of picking up items and using it when necessary. The player can perform various actions (pick up, use, etc) which can be displayed in words as well as icons, The game is divided into three parts beginning with Bud Tucker locked up in a crumbly hotel in Seedy Street. Speech is available in the game as well as subtitles."
21537,Rascal,Bubblegun Kid,1998,6.2,Action,Platform,,"In Rascal you must rescue your kidnapped father, a professor, from the clutches of the evil Chronon. Chronon is using Rascal's father to perfect time travel for his evil plans and it's up to you to stop him. You are armed with a bubble-blowing gun to take on Chronon minions as you travel through time. There are six worlds to explore which include a medieval castle, the Wild West, Atlantis, a pirate ship, prehistoric times and the Time Dimension. Each world has three time zones covering the past, the present and the future. In each of those levels you assemble an hourglass of six pieces, which teleports you back home."
21551,Army Men: Air Attack,Army Men: Air Combat,1999,7.2,Action,Shooter,,"This installment in the long-running Army Men series is the first to feature third-person aerial combat in full 3D. Choosing a chopper among the Huey, Chinook, Super Stallion, or Apache, the player will have to rescue or provide air support to fellow Army Men, while shooting down anything that moves (including enemy helicopters and troops, as well as hordes of insects) across 16 different missions. The game also features a multiplayer mode where players can either battle each other or join forces in co-op."
21554,Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX,,2000,6.5,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"Acclaim's foray into trick-based BMX games spawned a unique version for the Game Boy Color. The basic design is the same as in the original console title and other post- Tony Hawk extreme sports games. In career mode, the player has to complete various goals in each level to advance and unlock further levels. These goals include reaching a certain score through tricks and combos, performing special tricks, or collecting items. The eight levels (shown in isometric perspective) are filled with half- and quarter pipes, ramps, rails and many obstacles to perform tricks on. Two dozen different tricks are available through various button combinations, some of which must be unlocked first by finding tokens in the levels. In training mode, unlocked levels can be practiced without the time limit present in career mode. The game also offers a multiplayer mode, where up to four players can take turns on a single GBC and the player with the highest score or the best trick combo wins."
21559,Mega Man & Bass,Rockman & Forte,1998,7.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The mighty robot King has taken over Dr. Wily's base, invaded the Robot Museum, and stolen 100 CDs containing secret robot plans, hoping to create the ultimate unstoppable army of robots! And to make matters worse, he's sent 8 robot masters to prove his new-found power! Mega Man is the only one who can stop him...or so he thought! Bass, Dr. Wily's greatest creation and Mega Man's sworn rival, is actually fighting ALONGSIDE Mega Man for once! Of course, it's only to prove that he's the strongest robot ever made, and he'll do it by smashing King's army of mechanical maniacs! Now, Mega Man and Bass are heading out to get back all of the CD's that King stole. Run, jump, slide, dash, and blast your way through to destroy this new menace!"
21561,Dilbert's Desktop Games,,1997,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Artillery, Mini-games, Platform",,"This game, part of the Desktop Toys series, features characters from Scott Adams' popular Dilbert comic strip engaged in a variety of time wasters. In typical Dilbert style, the game features undertones of office incompetence and company ineffectiveness, including voice acting of sarcastic quips and sayings in a variety of character voices. Many of the games are played on ""screenshots"" of the current desktop, allowing carnage to spread from the game onto the work documents the player might have had open. The ultimate objective in Dilbert's Desktop Games is to play each game, uncovering a a hidden ""part"" to the Desktop Toys machine. Successfully obtaining all of these parts (usually by shooting it) will unlock a ""secret"" Dilbert video on the cd-rom. All in all, there are 6 mini-games that feature the machine parts, often clones of arcade-style action, that can be played: Techno Raiders *: Dilbert must navigate the halls of his office in this platform game and avoid obstacles and traps set by ""Techno Bill"" who is attempting to usurp office technical superiority. As he ascends the office building, the challenges get tougher and tougher. Enduring Fools : Suddenly a bunch of idiots start opening doors to the player's desktop and disturbing productivity! There's only one solution then... to zap them all as quickly as possible with the phaser provided. Players move the mouse around, aiming and firing at co-workers before they exit Elbonian Airlines : The cheapest way to fly is by slingshot! Players send management on a variety of ""business trips"" towards various targets that appear on the screen. Boss Evaders : In a Space Invaders clone: The bosses are firing pinkslips from the top of the screen down at Dilbert. To justify his job, he must evade the firings and fire yellow status back towards the bosses. Inboxes will act as shields and absorb pink slips but only for so long. Extra Lives can be gained if the player is able to hit the ""Bungie Boss"" that briefly appears on the screen. Project Pass-off : It's meeting time and that's when the boss is handing out work. Players use the keyboard to try to knock the good assignments to their team (like donuts and cash bonuses) and send the bad assignments to the opponent's team (like actual work). This game is also 2 player. Can-O-Matic : Deadlines are coming up and the company needs to get as many products out as possible. There's obviously only one way to get this done... by loading expendable employees into Catbert's cannon and firing them at product ideas outside the company. Players try to hit as many profitable ideas while avoiding defective ones which will electrocute the employees. In addition to these games which provide parts for the Desktop Games machine, Dilbert's Desktop Games also provides some additional games and time wasters: CEO Simulator : For players who think they could run the company better... CEO Simulator is a simple managerial game, played over several days. As the owner of a small company, the player must keep productivity high and the employees motivated. Players can try to manage it to death, provide gifts or just leave the employees alone. The Jargonizer : Not technically a game, players can paste or type any innocent looking text into the window and then use the Jargonizer to add corporate jargon, buzz-words and managerial nonsense to the use of the English language. If nothing else, one should be able to fancy up a mission statement! The Final Word : Also not a game, this allows players to affix humorous ""stamps"" onto the screenshots, preferably of work documents. For instance players can add a ""URGENT: Start ignoring this immediately"" stamp to a Mobygames submission. There is no print icon for these stamped materials, but players could take screenshots (not built-in) for prosterity's sake and pass them around the office!"
21565,Thief II: The Metal Age,"Dark Project II: L'Age de Métal, Dark Project II: The Metal Age, TMA, Thief 2, Thief 2: The Metal Age",2000,8.5,Action,Stealth,"Fantasy, Steampunk","Following Garrett's previous adventure the repercussions of his actions have changed the political landscape. The Hammerite religion has crumbled and a new leader named Karras has risen up to convert many of these fanatics over to the mysterious Order of Mechanists. Meanwhile, a new Sheriff has arrived in town and has been effective at cleaning up crime - maybe too much so. This is bad news for Garrett, whose profession of master thief puts him on the wrong side of the law. As the risk increases however, so too does the amount of treasure available to a skilled thief. Thief II: The Metal Age keeps much of the same gameplay and abilities from the original Thief: The Dark Project but also offers a few new items for the protagonist to use. Among them are scouting orbs, which can be thrown to see around corners and flash mines. The heart of the gameplay is still stealth, made up of Garrett's ability to stay quiet, stay hidden and keep signs of trouble out of anyone's view. Garrett's main weapons are his sword, his blackjack and an assortment of arrows, each with a special power. Each level features a variety of objectives as well as several items which don't belong to the protagonist, but are nonetheless valuable and can be stolen."
21566,Fighting Soccer,,1988,4.2,Sports,,,Football coin-op conversion. Large sprites and small playing field. Passing is not important as the main emphasis is on winning the ball and running with it. Very difficult to keep hold of the ball when you are in possession as the opposition defenders have a lot more pace than the player with the ball so games tend to be a melee in the middle of the field of players all frantically tackling each other for possession.
21571,Asterix and the Magic Carpet,"Asterix im Morgenland, Astérix En La India, Astérix chez Rahàzade, Le mille e una ora di Asterix",1987,6.5,"Action, Adventure",,Asia,"The game is based on famous comics, animations and movies series about brave independent Gauls, who drink magic power potions and fight with Romans. This time Asterix and Obelix fly on the magic carpet to India with Cacofonix, whose song can make the rain for the friendly Indian villagers. But during the travel he lost his voice. Now Asterix and Obelix have to find the cure for Cacofonix' voice and rescue Princess Orinjade, who will be sacrificed by evil Hoodunnit if it isn't raining. During the game you watch the static cartoon scenes and choose the answers to progress in your travel. Sometimes you need an action, so it is action sequences in the game, for example, to defend the village from the robbers, etc."
21576,DX-Ball,,1996,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Michael P. Welch 's DX-Ball is essentially an improvement over the classic Amiga game Megaball by Ed and Al Mackey It is a fairly straightforward Breakout / Arkanoid clone with many levels - manipulate the ball in order to take out the cubes at the top, while collecting bonuses (extra shots, extra balls, extra life, etc.)."
21577,Imagination,,1987,6.0,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements","Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Imagination is an Interactive Fiction game that includes four different adventures that parody other well known games. Their names are: 2002 - A Very Odd Day in Space The Lords of Half Past Nine Panic Miner and Raid over Margate Each game presents you with a unique setting and different challenges. To solve Imagination, you have to enter these games and solve various puzzles that sometimes require you to use an item from one game in another game."
21587,V for Victory: Battleset 1 - D-Day Utah Beach - 1944,Utah Beach,1991,6.9,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","V for Victory: Utah Beach thrusts the player into the role of a military strategist during the Normandy invasion of WWII. As the American commander, the player has to overcome strong German resistance to occupy the Cotentin peninsula and the vital port facilities at Cherborg. Or, as the German Commander, the player has to defend Cherborg and drive the Americans back into the sea."
21594,CyberTiger,,1999,6.7,"Action, Sports",,,"A step back from the Tiger Woods PGA 's simulation style, Cyber Tiger Woods has more of an arcade feel to it, with cartoony-style animations, fast gameplay and elements added to make the game of golf more lively than the real-life counterpart. Although realistic elements are there, including full motion capture of Tiger Woods himself, recreations of five PGA tour courses, and the full range of moves (putting, chipping, driving, etc.), arcade elements —such as 2-player battle mode, zany characters including Little Tiger, and game modes that have you aiming to knock down the opposing character from his platform above a pool of lava turn— are central to gameplay. Game modes include a full practise range, skins tournaments and stroke play. Plus there are hidden characters to unlock, equipment upgrades and power-ups, as well as trick shots you just won't see on the PGA tour."
21596,Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle,,1984,6.8,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Number 13 in the Adventure series from Scott Adams, and the first which was never released in all-text format (except for BBC, Electron, Dragon and TRS-80 versions). Solon, the Master Wizard has lost the 13 Stars of Power. It is up to you, his faithful apprentice, to retrieve them from Claymorgue Castle. This is similar to the other SAGA games in the series. Additionally, there is some use of magic of course!"
21599,Autobahn Raser,Autobahn Raser: Ohne Regeln gnadenlos über deutsche Autobahnen,1998,6.0,Racing / Driving,,,"Autobahn Raser is the second release in Davilex's Racer series (the first being A2 Racer ). This game changes the setting from the Dutch A2 highway to the German Autobahn. You can race on various parts of the German Autobahn and through various German cities. Primary game mode is the carreer mode in which the player has to race on various tracks to earn money, which they can spend on repairs, tickets and new cars."
21607,Slinky,Slinky!,1983,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Slinky is a game where you control a spring and jump from block to block and attempt to change all the blocks to a destination color. The game has a very obvious Q*Bert influence. However, there are some original elements as well. Various objects float about the screen, like magnets, clouds, raindrops, and other monsters. The monsters are the only one that are a direct threat. The magnets can only grab you if you are not moving. The raindrops actually give you greatly increased speed, and the clouds turn you 'dusty'. Be careful, if you get hit by both a raindrop and a cloud, then your spring rusts and is dragged off by an oil-can. In addition to having five lives, you also must avoid running out of points. An 8000 point bonus appears briefly over various squares, and you need to catch at least some of them, because every jump decreases your points, and getting 'killed' and knocked off the blocks decreases points even faster."
21608,X-Men: Mutant Academy,,2000,6.8,Action,Fighting,,"X-Men: Mutant Academy is a fighting game featuring three-dimensional stages, but largely adhering to the rules of 2D fighters. The protagonists are a combination of the classic Marvel comics characters and the X-Men movie. Nearly every X-Men character is available, each with their normal moves (much like Street Fighter in terms of the buttons pressed on the control pad), and plenty of super moves to spice things up. The CD also contains various bonus materials, ranging from movie clips of a fighter after the player has completed the game with him/her, new costumes (each fighter starts with costumes from the comics; the new ones, when unlocked, are much like the ones in the movie), and a movie story unlocked when the player completes the game with all of the fighters. Also included is a movie trailer for X-Men and comic art by Marvel designers Joe Maduera, Adam and Andy Kubert, and more."
21609,"Videocart-1: Tic-Tac-Toe, Shooting Gallery, Doodle, Quadra-Doodle","1: Mühle / Tontaubenschießen / Malspiel / Videoskop, Cassette 1: Mühle / Entenjagd / Malspiel / Computermalen, Programkassett 1: Lerduveskytte / Luffarschack / Kaleidoskop / Rita Själv, Videocart-1: Mühle / Tontauben-Schießen / Kreatives Malspiel / Videoscope",1976,5.0,"Action, Compilation, Educational, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,,Videocart-1 features four different programs:
21616,Symbiocom,"Syn-Factor, Synfactor",1998,6.3,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The protagonist of this game is a maintenance engineer aboard I.S.T. Rident, a space-faring passenger liner in the delta quadrant. Suddenly, two war ships attack Rident. As the captain orders the passengers to escape on life boats, the hero is knocked unconscious. Some time later, he finds himself in a deserted spacecraft, and must find a way to escape from there, find out who was responsible for the attack on Rident, and what has happened to its passengers. Symbiocom is a first-person perspective adventure game, in which locations are represented by pre-rendered backgrounds; camera can be rotated, but movement is restricted to ""jumps"" between still screens, sometimes displayed as short ""on rails"" sequences. The emphasis of the gameplay is on solving puzzles, inventory- as well as logic-based. There are no characters to interact with, with the exception of a few robots and the so-called ""symplant"", a symbiotic artificial intelligence implanted in the protagonist's brain."
21627,Yoshi,"Mario & Yoshi, Yoshi no Tamago, Yoshi: Pure Puzzle Panic with Yoshi and Friends",1991,6.2,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"You have to help Mario cope with falling Goombas, Bloopers, Boo Buddies, and Piranha Plants. As they fall, catch them on trays. Switch and shuffle them to save the day. Stack two of a kind and they both disappear. Or capture a whole bunch between two eggshell halves. A different kind of Yoshi will appear depending on how many enemies are between the eggshell halves. There is a password feature to save your progress."
21629,Rupert and the Toymaker's Party,,1985,6.7,Action,Platform,,"The first digital outing of Rupert Bear, a classic British cartoon character that has been appearing in newspaper Daily Express since 1920. Rupert has made himself late for his chums' party. The route to the party is through the evil Toymaker's castle. In this platform game, each level is three screens long and consists of three floors connected by stairways that Rupert has to leap up or down. Collect all party invitations but watch out for marching toy soldiers, birds, planes and Jack-out-of-the-boxes. Touch any of them and Rupert loses one of his initial four lives. Luckily white-coloured baddies are willing to cooperate. Jump on them and they will transport Rupert to platforms that initially seem unreachable. Once all party invitations are collected, a door to the next level will open. In all seven platform levels in the castle must be negotiated before Rupert can attend the party."
21630,Airfix: Dogfighter,Dogfighter,2000,7.3,Action,,World War II,"Airfix: Dogfighter is an action-oriented World War II flight game with a difference: the player gets to fly model WWII planes around a house, shooting Mom's best china, attacking the enemy base (in the living room downstairs) or blasting through a window and taking on the enemy in the back garden. There are overall 20 missions in which the objectives range from escorting bombs to destroying enemy units. The player gets to fly 14 historical aeroplanes which weapon systems can be upgraded over time - from rockets to atomic bombs. For this the player needs to collect power-ups which are scattered in the environment. Besides weapon upgrades there are also fuel, health, and ammo replenishers to find. There are two campaigns for the Axis and the Allied."
21634,Spirit of Speed 1937,The Spirit of Speed,1999,5.2,Racing / Driving,,Interwar,"A slight change from the normal excessive number of F1 games out there, Spirit of Speed 1937 was an attempt to put you into the driving seat of some of the oldest, and well known, racing cars of the early-century. Take control of one of the 1930s cars and race it out around tracks, many of which are no longer available for professional competitive racing. The game is a single player race around historic tracks in a single race or a full circuit."
21635,Grand Touring,"Grand Touring: Heisse Reifen - Coole Gegner, Grand Touring: The Fastest Cars, The Smartest Opponents, Peugeot Sport Grand Touring, Turbo GT",1998,6.3,Racing / Driving,,,"This is a solid circuit racing game featuring more than 20 tracks and cars (no official car manufacturer licenses so the cars are all called coupe, saloon etc), multiplayer capability and 12 different characters, each with their own unique AI and driving characteristics. There are 2 game modes. Arcade Mode consists of Checkpoint Mode (continuous racing getting from checkpoint to checkpoint before the time runs out) and Single Race Mode. In Simulator Mode there are a 3 further options. Championship Mode will allow you to practice, upgrade and repair your car whilst aiming to win races and climb up the world rankings. Auto Test Mode will put you on an obstacle course to allow you to test your car's handling. Finally, Multiplayer Mode will allow you and up to 7 friends to challenge each other across a LAN or serial connection. The race tracks themselves are all based on international Grand Prix tracks. You also have the option to try these tracks in reverse (mirror image). Different weather options are also available (rain, snow and dry) and you can also choose whether to race during the day or at night."
21638,Missing on Lost Island,"Lost Island, Verschollen auf Lost Island, Ztracený ostrov",2000,6.0,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sea pirates / Caribbean,"Lost Island is a German 3rd POV point-and-click adventure game with English dialogues and subtitles. Tim and Diana, walking home at night, meet a couple of men dressed like 17th century pirates who are loading something on a cart. Disturbed by the couple, a man with a wooden leg shoots Diana with a laser gun and she vanishes. In the fight Tim is also shot and disappears as well, and materializes naked in a deep crater, somewhere in a different time period. Before you are on your way to find Diana and return to your own time and place, you have to find some clothing and find a way to get out of the pit."
21640,Return of the Space Warrior,Return of the Space Warriors,1986,5.0,Action,Platform,,"Edward Egg, from the planet Egg, leads a difficult life. Living on Egg is a real headache since all the inhabitants are called Edward, which look like eggs. Edward's name is chosen, from a list of inhabitants also called Edward Egg, to defend the planet from the Space Warriors that have just returned. Edward climbs into his egg-shaped craft and sets out to destroy the Space Warriors, whose spaceships also happen to look like eggs. The battle takes place on the Egg Battle Platforms, an arena of ledges designed for combat. For Edward, the stakes are high; if he is attacked by the Space Warriors then they claim the Planet Egg as their own. Among the attacking hordes of warriors is a Colonel Warrior, who flies a Blue Eggship. Doing battle with the Colonial Warrior is rather difficult since his ferocity increases with each battle. The battle takes place under some strict rules. For a start, no weapons are to be used. On the top of each Eggship is an Egg destruct pad. Coming into contact with the pad causes the Eggship to explode and a Yolk Helmet is left behind to drop onto it reaches a ledge. Edward needs to collect the Yolk Helmet. Failure to do so will result in it being transformed into a Colonial Warrior. To make the battle fair, Edward's ship is also equipped with a Egg destruct pad, and the ship can explode the same way. Besides the Space Warriors and the Colonial Warrior, there is also the Grand Egg. Once proud leader of Egg, he roams the Egg Battle Platforms and destroys any Egg inhabitant who comes into contact with him. Each wave is completed once all the Space Warriors have been destroyed by Edward. After several waves, a bonus wave appears, and the object of these waves is to collect all York Helmets before they turn into Colonial Warriors."
21645,Butch: Hard Guy,,1987,6.8,Action,,,"The evil Dr. Tie Fu has captured several ex-soldiers in his castle, which he has protected by superior combat droids. As war veteran Butch: Hard Guy it's your job to rescue them in this side-view beat 'em up. The game takes in 20 screens, each with multiple cells containing a prisoner - kick the lock in to free them, and make sure they can safely flee off to the bottom-right of the screen. The robots can be temporarily immobilised with a hit to the midriff. Another hit while they are prone will destroy them, in an explosion you must quickly get away from."
21646,Darklight Conflict,,1997,6.8,"Action, Simulation","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A space combat game like Wing Commander; you control a space ship, as the lone man trying to save humanity from not one, but two alien races. It also has multiplayer modes like Race and Tag for IPX network users."
21647,Disney's TaleSpin,,1992,6.0,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Baloo the Bear is the chief and only pilot at the always struggling air-freight company of Higher for Hire. With his cargo plane, the Sea Duck and the young orphan, Kit Cloudkicker... Baloo is ready to take to the sky and face down air pirates, bad weather and the ruthless Shere Khan."
21664,Troy Aikman NFL Football,,1994,6.3,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"You and a friend can become star NFL players or choose to coach a team in this realistic rendition of the game of American football, endorsed by former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and Super Bowl champ, Troy Aikman. Choose to play alone against the system, or play against each other. Pick from 3 play modes: Pre-season, Season, or Custom Generated (editable) season. There are also three skill levels: Rookie, Pro and Veteran. You can design your own plays, customize your team, and save your team's stats. True-to-life playing surfaces have an effect on how your team performs and include grass, mud, dirt, snow, rain and turf. Listen to the roar of the crowd and other authentic stadium sounds as your plays are followed through."
21671,Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror,"Baphomets Fluch II: Die Spiegel der Finsternis, Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror, Broken Sword II: La Profezia dei Maya, Broken Sword II: Las Fuerzas del Mal, Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror, Les Chevaliers de Baphomet II: Les Boucliers de Quetzalcoatl, Slomannyj Mech 2: Dymjascheesja Zerkalo",1997,8.0,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Contemporary, Europe, South America","Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror is the sequel to Circle of Blood and the second game in the Broken Sword series. The player alternately controls George Stobbart, the protagonist of the first game, and Nicole Collard, the French journalist he met in the first game and who has since become his girlfriend. The game starts with George witnessing the kidnapping of Nicole. This event eventually leads to an investigation into a conspiracy revolving around a forthcoming solar eclipse and the evil Aztec god Tezcatlipoca. The locations visited throughout the game include Paris, Marseilles, London, Quaramonte, the jungle, a Caribbean environment, and a zombie island. Certain locations from the previous game make a return. The game is entirely in 2D and gameplay is in typical point-and-click fashion. The player moves the character around using the mouse, examines the environment, talks to other people, and collect items stored in an inventory. These items need to be used or combined with other items to solve puzzles."
21672,Krypton Egg,Krypton Egg: The Ultimate Breakout,1989,6.8,Action,Paddle / Pong,,"Krypton Egg is a Breakout clone. Like in all such games, your goal on each level is to break all the bricks with a ball, which you bounce with a paddle, and try to save it from falling out of the level. Some bricks have a random power-up within them. There are many various power-ups (most beneficial, some of them harmful), such as: lengthening/shortening our paddle, enlarging or duplicating our ball, adding thrusters to the paddle so that it can fly, adding various weapons so that the paddle can shoot and destroy bricks, and many more. Occasionally, various monsters will appear on the playfield and begin flying around. Most of those are harmless and do nothing except interfering with the ball (if it hits them, it bounces off). However, some monsters will destroy your paddle if they touch it. Each few levels, there comes a special action sequence where you try to defend yourself from a horde of incoming monsters, or defeat a boss by shooting it and avoiding its missiles."
21674,How to be a Hero,,1987,5.9,Action,Puzzle elements,"Egypt (Ancient), Sci-fi / futuristic","This Gauntlet -inspired arcade adventure has three separate challenges, each of which can be loaded from the main screen. All are viewed from above, and involve shooting enemies (contact with whom drains your energy). Your health is represented by gradually-withering pineapples, which are recharged by eating food. The first is set in Egypt - you are locked inside a treasure-packed temple, and must escape through seven locked doors, each of which has its own key. The second sees you on a doomed spaceship, needing to collect security passes and circuit board pieces. The third is in a city full of mutants - escape passages are locked and a crucial document is in 24 pieces. The minimum target of escaping involves collecting keys - note that each barrier has only one way of being opened. To be a true hero, you must collect the sets of 24 treasure pieces/circuit board pieces/torn document pieces within the levels."
21677,Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation,"Tomb Raider 4: La revelation finale, Tomb Raider IV, Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation, Tomb Raider: A Revelação Final, Tomb Raider: De laatste onthulling",1999,7.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements","Africa, Contemporary, Fantasy, Middle East","According to Egyptian legend, Horus outwitted the evil god Set and imprisoned him in a secret tomb... Five thousand years later, Lara Croft discovers the lost tomb and unwittingly unleashes the Set, fulfilling the ancient prophecy of his return to plunge mankind into darkness! In a race against time, Lara must use all of her wit and skill to re-imprison Set and save the world from Armageddon. Pursued at every turn by her arch-rival, the unscrupulous archaeologist Werner Von Croy, Lara embarks on a journey of discovery across Egypt, where she must overcome the most ingenious puzzles and infernal traps ever devised, and face terrifying evil from beyond the grave... Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation plays very similar to the previous games in the series, but some new things have been added to the game. The biggest addition is that now rather large parts of the game consist of several interconnected levels sometimes explored in any order, with puzzles in one level often requiring that some actions are done in other levels. The new additions to Lara's arsenal are a revolver and a bow with several sets of arrows including exploding and poisonous ones. The players will also find a laser sight that can be attached to any of the two weapons described above allowing manual targeting and zooming. Inventory now holds a binocular with a built-in flashlight and a handy crowbar (found later in the game). Lara has also learned a few new moves: she can climb into the niches with low ceilings if the crouch button is pressed, she can now move around the corners while hanging and she can also pull levers and open trap-doors while jumping. Graphics have been upgraded too - there are new light effects and water is now dripping from Lara's clothes when she gets on the surface."
21678,Super Adventure Island,Takahashi Meijin no Daibōken Jima,1992,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"You are a caveman named Master Higgins. You have a beautiful girlfriend, and you like spending time sunbathing together on high trees and other places on the tropic island Waku-Waku. But all of a sudden, an evil magician turns your wife into a stone! As you begin to realize what happened, a bird grasps you and throws down somewhere on the island. You have to find your way back and to save your girl from the grim reality of petrification... This emotional drama turns out to be a rather simple platform game. The short, linear levels are all timed, so you have to hurry up and not to get delayed by the many treasures you might find on your way. You will have a weapon, your old trusty boomerang, which you will be able to upgrade during the game. After a series on levels, you will be invited to a boss battle. The sooner you complete a level, the more bonus points you get."
21682,Don Doko Don,,1989,7.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"In this game, you play a bearded dwarf whose girlfriend has been kidnapped and taken away to the dragon's castle, and in order to rescue her, you must defeat enemies with your mallet. Once you do, you can pick them up and throw them at other enemies, and collect the fruit that they leave behind. When you have defeated all enemies, you proceed onwards to the next round. If you take too long to complete a level, a winged devil will appear who will try to kill you while flying around the screen. Occasionally, power-ups will appear in the middle of the level, and these power-ups will increase your power, award you with different weapons, kill enemies, or freeze time. The more power you have, the more walls that you can through enemies through. At maximum power, you are able to throw enemies through all walls. If you happen to carry the blue hammer, you are able to throw it through walls, too. There are five areas that consist of ten levels each. At the end of each area, you have to defeat a boss in order to proceed further."
21684,Fatal Fury Special,"ACA NeoGeo: Fatal Fury Special, AkeAka NeoGeo: Garō Densetsu Special, Garō Densetsu Special",1993,7.5,Action,Fighting,Contemporary,Fatal Fury Special is an improved version of SNK 's 2D one-on-one fighter Fatal Fury 2 The objective is to win the tournament by defeating all other fighters including end boss Wolfgang Krauser. Fatal Fury Special features a fairly large selection of fighters that includes: Other improvements include: Fatal Fury Special still features the series' trademark pseudo-3D movement along two planes.
21693,Ballistic,"Puzz Loop, Puzzloop",1998,7.5,Puzzle,"Arcade, Tile matching puzzle",,"Ballistic is a puzzle game in which the player must place 3 patterned balls next to each other in order to clear them. It is somewhat similar to Puyo Puyo in this respect. However Ballistic places the player in the center of the screen shooting the balls outward. In Panic! mode, a constant string of balls appear and the player must keep destroying similar balls to keep the string short and prevent it from snaking around and reaching the middle of the screen. Stage mode plays similar to Panic! mode, but its set up as individual levels so there are rest periods instead of being non stop constant action. Ballistic also features a versus mode in which players can challenge one another. Similar to other puzzle games versus modes, one player's success results in additional balls on the other player's screen which they then must clear. The Arcade, PlayStation, and Nuon versions can be considered the closest versions to each other and they have all the modes listed above. The Windows and iPhone version can be considered closest to each other and have a stage mode and an endless mode which is basically another term for Panic! mode. They do not appear to have a versus mode. The Game Boy Color version dumps the stage mode in favor of two exclusive modes only found on this version of the game. In Checkmate mode, a limited amount of balls are given to the player which they must use to destroy all the balls on the screen. Strategy is used here since the amount of balls destroyed must be maximized. 'Time Attack' plays the same as 'Panic' mode but with a clock running."
21703,Footballer of the Year,,1986,6.4,Sports,,,"Footballer of the Year sees you taking total control of the career of an aspiring striker with a Division 4 team, with the Footballer of the Year award the ultimate goal. You start with a small amount of money, which is used to buy goal cards; each of these sets you up a chance in a match. Up to three can be played in each game, making Hat-Tricks a possibility. The action sequence is viewed from a 1st person perspective with the ball at the bottom of the screen and you either get a shot at goal or a penalty kick. If you have the chance to shoot at goal, you have the ball at your feet and you can move left or right before shooting. Defenders will come at you so you must move and shoot as quick as possible hoping the shot isn't blocked or saved by the keeper. The penalty attempt sees you trying to place the ball past the keeper. Fail to score enough goals and you may lose your place in the team; do especially well and you may gain a transfer up the league. There is no arcade sequence for the C16 or the BBC Micro version, you just get text asking if you want to shoot to the left or right with text describing the outcome."
21707,Tank Attack,,1988,5.6,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,Tank Attack requires you to use a board game playing with the computer. It is a fold out map which features a hex map presented in war-gaming style. It is split into four countries with a variety of terrains. There are four armoured divisions comprising of four armoured cars and eight tanks. Your aim is to destroy the bases of the other players' countries by getting into range and blowing up the HQ. The computer acts as a moderator deciding the outcomes of fire-fights and keeping track of the status of each force. At the start of a turn the computer rolls a dice to determine how many movement units a player can use. The player can decide where to attack and where to move. The winner is the one with their bases still intact and the other players' destroyed.
21714,International Truck Racing,,1992,5.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"This overhead view racing game is a serious simulation of the exciting sport of truck racing. This explains the apparently slow, jerky scrolling and rickety collisions, as this is how real trucks handle. There are 6 trucks in each race, which take place across famed international circuits. Every couple of laps you must refuel, which is done by driving into the pits and collecting the flag in your car’s colour. The top 3 finishers in each race score points, and you must finish in the top 3 to progress to the next round."
21715,Hyper Lode Runner,Hyper Lode Runner: The Labyrinth of Doom,1989,6.4,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,,"Hyper Lode Runner plays similar to Lode Runner You must run around on brick platforms gathering all the gold, while avoiding enemies, known as Mad Monks, who follow your every move. You can zap blocks to create temporary holes to trap enemies or to escape through to platforms below. To make levels more interesting there are ladders and vertical ropes to climb, but the enemies can use these too. There are 50 levels to play, and there is also a VS mode and a level editor that gives the possibility to create up to four levels each with the timed sub-levels but unfortunately without any possibility to save them."
21717,Yie Ar Kung-Fu 2: The Emperor Yie-Gah,,1985,6.5,Action,Fighting,,"Yie Ar Kung-Fu 2: The Emperor Yie-Gah is a sequel to the MSX / Famicom (NES) version of Yie Ar Kung-Fu rather than the versions directly based on the arcade release The game follows the quest of Lee Young, the main character from the previous game, to become a kung-fu master. This involves fighting with a wide range of opponents in a traditional one-on-one 2D environment. Lee Young has a wide range of attack moves he can use to lower his opponent's life bar, including traditional punching and kicking attacks as well as jumping ones. Opponents are well equipped with unique weapons and attacks."
21721,Virtual Pool 64,,1998,7.5,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Virtual Pool 64 is a pool simulation game and is a continuation of the Virtual Pool series. It has nine different pool games to play. They are eight-ball, nine-ball, three-ball, six-ball, ten-ball, straight pool, one-pocket, bank pool and rotation. In addition, eight ball has three separate rules you can play under, American bar rules, British rules and APA league rules. You can choose to play in a standard match, a tournament of up to 16 players, freestyle, which allows you to play without rules or Shark Skins, which is a combination of three-ball, six-ball and nine-ball."
21728,After Burner II,"3D After Burner II, AB2, After Burner, After Burner Complete, Sega Ages After Burner II",1987,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"After Burner II is an updated re-release of After Burner Besides extra levels, a few new enemies, a few touches at the soundtrack and more disposable missiles, the biggest addition is the ability to slow down or speed up manually. The rest of the gameplay remains identical. Despite being called After Burner most ports to home computers and consoles are based on this version. The NES, Amiga and Commodore 64 received two different ports with significant technical differences. This entry documents the original ports and the second ones can be found under the following entries: NES and Amiga / C64"
21730,GT 64: Championship Edition,City Tour GrandPrix: Zen Nihon GT Senshuken,1998,6.2,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"GT 64 short for Grand Tour 64, is a 3D racing game for the Nintendo 64. It features cars and drivers from the All-Japan GT Championship season of 1997 as it is an officially licensed game. There are three stages with each a long and a short version counting six tracks in total situated in Japan, the USA and Europe, all located in urban settings. You can opt to race three, six, twelve or 24 laps on each track. There are fourteen cars available to race in and they can be manually tweaked to improve performance. The Japanese re-release of the game includes two new tracks based on the 1998 season."
21733,Minder,,1985,6.9,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Based on the British TV series of the same name, you play dodgy businessman Arthur Daley and your aim is to amass as much money as possible in two weeks by buying and selling merchandise of dubious provenance. Assisting you is your bodyguard/minder Terry McCann, while the policeman Sgt. Chisholm is ready to fine you if he catches you with stolen goods. You start the game with two thousand pounds and some inventory in your storage locker. Some of the goods may have already been promised to someone, and just need to be delivered. Other goods are expected, but have yet to be collected from the supplier. Goods can be bought and sold by visiting individual sellers, or the Winchester pub where a variety of wheeler-dealer types hang out. Each character present at the time is represented graphically in the top half of the screen and is associated with a number. By pressing that number (quickly, as there is a time limit) you can initiate conversation with that character. If you fail to select a character before the time limit, a random character may start speaking with you. All dialogue involves buying items from them (using text commands like ""I WANT"", ""HOW MUCH"", ""OFFER"") or selling items to them. Once a deal has been agreed, the goods need to be moved. Your minder, Terry McCann can assist with this, and can be found at the Winchester, or in his flat (although he will tend to be uncooperative after working hours). He can be asked to collect or deliver items. If you are meeting with a dealer who might be upset with you because you have sold them poor quality merchandise, you can ask Terry to ""MINDER"" and he will accompany you to prevent violence (to you). Terry can also ""DUMP"" goods if they are stolen and you have the law breathing down your neck, so need to just get rid of them. You can tell goods are stolen because you will be questioned about them at odd times by Sgt. Chisholm. If he catches you with the goods at the storage locker, you will need to pay a hefty fine."
21738,Virtua Athlete 2000,"Virtua Athlete, Virtua Athlete 2K",2000,6.1,Sports,Arcade,,"Virtua Athlete 2000 was SEGA's contribution to the list of track & field based games released to tie-in with the Sydney 2000 summer Olympic games. The game itself is presented as a 3D sports simulation where the ability to repeatedly mash your pad buttons is essential if you want to take home the gold. The game features seven events in which you must demonstrate that you are the best. The 100-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 110-meter hurdles, javelin throw, and 1500-meter run are all that stand between you and gold medal glory. There is a choice of 10 athletes to compete with however a character editor is available to personalise the name, face and clothing of your chosen competitor. Virtua Athlete 2000 also supports simultaneous four-player participation and a now defunct on-line internet leader board."
21741,Oids,,1987,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Oids may be described as a cross between the classic arcade games Gravitar and Choplifter including a game editor for creating your own planetoids and galaxies. You control a V-Wing fighter on many different planetoids to rescue and free a race of android slaves, the ""Oids"" of the game's title. The spacecraft controls are similar to a lunar-lander. Turn and thrust because gravity is always pulling at your ship. If your ship crashes into a mountain or any other obstruction on the ground, it will explode. To survive against the various defenses on the planetoids (enemy spaceships, rockets and more) your ship is equipped with two different weapons and an energy shield. Flying around and using the energy shield costs fuel. You can refuel by landing next to a fuel base. The main objective on each of your missions is to rescue all the Oids on each planetoid in the galaxy. To rescue the Oids, you must first destroy the factories in which they are held captive. Use only single shoots to avoid killing the Oids. Once you have blasted a factory open, the Oids will run out and wave to you. Find a flat surface nearby and land your ship. Once eight Oids have climbed aboard, or you have rescued all the Oids on the planetoid, it's time to dock with your mother-ship to complete your rescue mission."
21742,Mario's Tennis,,1995,6.5,Sports,,,"Up for a game of tennis with Mario and his cohorts? You get to choose from seven different characters, (Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, Yoshi, Toad, Koopa Troopa, and Donkey Kong Jr.) all with different ability levels, to play against each other in either singles or doubles matches. You can also play in an exhibition or tournament mode. In regular mode, you play against an opponent that you choose yourself for either one or three rounds. In tournament mode, you get to play against three others in a tournament to see who is the greatest at tennis in a given game."
21747,Rolo to the Rescue,Zō! Zō! Zō! Rescue Daisakusen,1992,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Rolo to the Rescue is a side-scrolling platform action game. The player controls Rolo, an elephant who escaped from the circus. Rolo's main task is to find and rescue four other animals - a squirrel, a rabbit, a beaver, and a mole. Once rescued, each of those friends become player-controlled characters with special abilities that can help the player along the way -- the squirrel can climb, the rabbit jumps, the beaver swims, and the mole digs."
21749,Thunderstrike 2,"AH-3: ThunderStrike - Air Assault, Firestorm: Thunderhawk 2, Thunderhawk II",1995,7.8,"Action, Simulation",,,"This is the sequel to Core's Sega CD game, AH-3 Thunderstrike Like the previous game in the series, this is a helicopter simulator/shooter. It features realistic features like multiple weapons selection, full freedom of movement, and a mission-based structure. On the other hand, it also throws lots and lots of enemy tanks and helicopters at you to blow up. The graphics in Thunderstrike 2 are drawn completely with 3D polygons, including the helicopter's cockpit. As you track an enemy, the view changes so that it is always in your sights. There are 8 campaigns to complete, each with multiple missions."
21751,Paperboy 2,Paperboy II,1991,6.0,Action,,,"You're a paper boy. Get on your bicycle. Avoid obstacles on the road, such as dogs, cars, and basically everything you can imagine. Hell, some people shoot cannon balls at you! And you'd better be very sure to only throw papers at the right houses! (and at people, that's fun :)"
21752,Bike Daisuki! Hashiriya Tamashī: Rider's-Spirits,Rider's Spirits,1994,6.7,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Bike Daisuki! Hashiriya Tamashī - Rider's-Spirits is an arcade minibike racer very alike to Super Mario Kart that uses the same game engine and utilizes similar gameplay. There are five courses and four modes to race in: Grand Prix, Chicken Run, Time Trial, Endurance. Player can choose from 8 playable characters, each with their own statistics and appearance. Many various obstacles, acceleration-pads, jump-pads, zones with power-ups are presented on tracks. Two-player split-screen mode is also available. One of the screens serves a rear-view mirror purpose in the single-player mode."
21756,Mercenary,"Mercenary: Die Flucht von Targ, Mercenary: Escape from Targ",1985,8.0,"Action, Simulation",Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Due to an engine malfunction, your spaceship crashes on the planet Targ. Unlike your trusty vessel, you survive the crash and now have to find a way to get away from this planet. But hey, while you're at it, you might as well try to get some money off your unplanned stay on Targ. You're a mercenary, and it just so happens that the two races on the planet are at war. So why not use that to your advantage and do some favors for each race... against cash? You play this game in a first-person perspective with vector graphics. There's a huge planet for you to explore, you can walk around on it or take airborne vehicles to reach elevated locations."
21758,Railroad Tycoon II: Gold Edition,,1999,7.8,"Compilation, Special edition",,,"This release includes: For Linux, this is the first release of The Second Century content."
21764,Haunted Hedges,Jardins Hantes,1983,6.0,Action,Arcade,,"Prematurely entering into the spirit world, you must escape the ghostly glowing hedges and collect your fortune at the same time by scooping up the golden coins that line the maze. The maze is patrolled by guardians who roam the maze looking for trespassers - your only available defence is attack and that comes in the form of the ice-axes that are dotted around. Dispatching a guardian will result in him being returned to the centre point of the maze and buy you some valuable time."
21765,Mary Shelley's Frankenstein,,1994,5.7,Action,Arcade,,"Based of the 1994 movie remake of Frankenstein the player is the artificial man created by Victor Frankenstein. After Victor rejects his creation due to its hideous appearance, the creation flees from Victor and swears revenge on him. The player goes through a number of levels, battling anything that attacks with a wooden stick. It's possible to set the tip of the stick on fire, by swinging it at the fire torches located on the walls. The player can also use a special attack: a blue ball coming out of the hands of the creation, which takes some of the player's life away. There are also some simple puzzles to be solved in order to get through the levels."
21767,MTV Sports: Snowboarding,,1999,7.4,"Racing / Driving, Sports",Tricks / stunts,,"MTV Sports: Snowboarding is an extreme sports game where you have to perform tricks on your snowboard. You can opt to play with one of six different boarders, with each their own abilities. The game features five game modes: qualifying, challenge, create-a-park, head-to-head and training. The qualifying mode offers three levels where you have to score enough points to unlock the challenge mode, where you can challenge other boarders in trick events or races. The create-a-park mode allows you to create your own track to play on. head-to-head allows you to play a multiplayer match against a friend. The available tracks come in four general types: mountain X, big air contest, half-pipe and slopestyle."
21778,Panzer General II,"Operation Panzer, Panzer General IIID",1997,7.8,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),"Africa, Europe, Historical events, North America, World War II","Panzer General II is a turn-based strategy game set in World War II, with scenarios set in Eastern and Western Europe, North Africa and even an alternate 'what-if' scenario set in the USA."
21779,American Tag-Team Wrestling,,1992,5.6,Sports,Fighting,,"Released at a budget price around the peak of the WWF's original popularity, the twist in this wrestling game is the tag-team nature of competition. Each player selects two wrestlers from those on offer, and when the one in the ring is weakened he can go to the edge of the ring and tag his team-mate, who then enters the ring and allows the other to recover. You can either play individual matches (for one or two players) or a full tournament, with three rounds of variable length. There is no joystick-waggling in the control system, with a variety of kicks, throws and punches on offer using simple joystick motions. Once the players are close together they grapple - this gives you a chance to lift and then piledrive your opponent."
21784,Virtual Pool Hall,,2000,6.8,Sports,,,"Sequel to Virtual Pool 2 you have all the VP2 options such as arrange tournaments, adjust table settings (like pocket size), and arrange multiplayer over LAN, Internet, serial, or modem. It also adds better AI, more game types, better physics, new tables, and more."
21785,Crossed Swords,AkeAka NeoGeo: Crossed Swords,1991,7.2,Action,Hack and slash,"Fantasy, Medieval","As a knight, you must travel the countryside fighting monsters and bandits using your sword and shield. When you enter combat the view changes to a pseudo 1st-person perspective where the body of your knight is outlined so that you can see the creatures that you are fighting. When enemies have been defeated, they drop money and power-ups. There are seven chapters in the game, and each chapter (except one) starts with you entering a merchant's shop and buying weapons using the money that you have collected so far. There are also alternate paths which take you to different parts of the game. At the start of the game, you may choose a chapter (from one to three only) you want to start at."
21787,Tank Racer,,1998,6.3,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,"Tank Racer is a mixed driving and shooting game in which you race tanks through various courses. There are 15 normal and secret tanks to choose from, and a total of 22 different maps from a quiet English village to a spooky New Orleans swamp, a bustling Eastern European city to the controlled, sterile atmosphere of a biosphere!"
21788,Titanic Blinky,,1991,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Arthur J. Hackensack, an insane Texas billionaire bent on conquering the world, kidnaps professor Frobisher Goonhilly, a paranormal scientist working on a matter transformation weapon. As a demonstration of its powers, Arthur transforms the Isle of White into a giant custard slice, New York into a bath sponge and the Eiffel Tower into a toast rack. The ghost Blinky, secret agent for S.P.E.C.T.R.E. (Society for the Prevention of Ectoplasmic Crime, Telekinetic misuse and Reality Endangerment), infiltrates the madman's sea ship (the newly raised SS Titanic) armed with an ectoplasmic gun and a case full of disguises. Titanic Blinky is a platform game similar to Dizzy replacing the egg protagonist with a slightly effeminate ghost. As in that game, the aim is to collect objects to solve puzzles. One main difference from Dizzy is the fact that Blinky carries a gun with infinite ammunition. There's an energy bar at the bottom of the screen that gets depleted every time Blinky touches an enemy. When it is empty, Blinky literally flips over and the player loses one life. The game starts with three lives, and there is no form of saving progress."
21790,Transformers: Convoy no nazo,Transformers: Mystery of Convoy,1986,4.8,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"One of the first games to be based on the Transformers toys, Convoy no nazo pits the player as Ultra Magnus, who must find out the secret of Convoy (known as Optimus Prime in most of the world). To find it out, Ultra Magnus must travel through a set of platform-style worlds and fight a range of bosses, ranging from the Megatron, through the combiner series to a flying Decepticon emblem(!). Ultra Magnus starts out in robot mode, where he can jump far but his shots travel only halfway across the screen. Press down, and Magnus transforms into a trailer. In trailer mode, he can pass below the planes as well as shoot upwards. When a plane is shot down, it transforms into a robot, which must be killed with the forward-pointing shot. Later on, the game becomes more platform-oriented."
21791,Gateway II: Homeworld,Gateway 2: Homeworld,1993,7.8,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A huge, strangely shaped object was spotted just outside the orbit of Pluto. Scientists dub this object ""The Artifact"", assuming it to be a spaceship possibly connected to the mysterious alien race, the Heechee, who have disappeared without a trace, leaving only ships with cryptic destinations behind. Meanwhile, a terrorist sect is planning to use The Artifact to lure in the Assassins, an alien community bent on destroying other species. Eventually, a sole explorer reaches the enigmatic ship, only to discover traces of former Gateway prospectors This leads him to believe that something might be malfunctioning at the very core of the Heechee civilization. Gateway II: Homeworld is a sequel to Gateway It is the last adventure game by Legend Entertainment to use text-based input, after Companions of Xanth introduced a purely graphical engine. Its interface is identical to that of Eric the Unready : while most commands can be either typed in or selected from a list combining verbs and available objects, conversations with characters are handled by choosing pre-set topics and displayed on separate screens. The game also features some animated cutscenes."
21798,Haunted Castle,"Akumajō Dracula, Arcade Archives: Haunted Castle",1988,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"Haunted Castle is a 2D arcade platform game, part of the Castlevania game universe It's the first game in the series for arcade machines. The game's main hero is once again Simon Belmont. He wants to rescue his wife Selena from Dracula. The gameplay is simple - Simon goes from left to right and fights against various enemies - skeletons, zombies, bats, and others. Belmont has his trusty whip and can carry one sub-weapon, like bombs. Hearts are ammo, required to use any type of sub-weapon The game has 6 levels, every one ending with a boss fight."
21801,Hard Drivin' II,Hard Drivin' II: Drive Harder,1990,7.1,Racing / Driving,"Arcade, Tricks / stunts",,"Hard Drivin' II is the sequel to Hard Drivin' which featured bold 3D polygon graphics and a chaotic feeling of speed. Many of the bugs in the original, such as cars appearing through the hills, are gone in this game. The frame rate of the game increases slightly, with the controls being more reliable. A 2-player mode has been added. There are also 4 new tracks and a course designer."
21803,The Raiden Project,,1995,7.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Raiden Project contains two games: This release features difficulty settings, credit limits, remixed music, on-screen text positioning and the ability to save high scores with a memory card."
21811,Stonekeep,,1995,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"When the insane god Khull-Khuum was rampaging the world, devastating everything on his way, the only person who survived the destruction of the Stonekeep castle was a boy named Drake, saved by a mysterious figure. Years later, Drake returns to the ruins of Stonekeep, and the goddess Thera extracts his spirit so that he might withstand the dangers that await him there. Drake must avenge his past, and find a way to liberate the benevolent gods of the realm. Stonekeep is a dungeon-crawling role-playing game with real-time combat. The entire game is spent underground. There is no character creation; Drake's initial statistics are pre-set. Over the course of the game, up to three other characters will join the party and help Drake in combat, controlled by the computer AI. Drake becomes stronger by repeatedly fighting with a particular type of weapon. Magic is contained within runes, which must be found and equipped on staves. Spells can also be combined by the player to produce various offensive and supportive effects. The game utilizes digitized pictures and animations of live actors to represent characters."
21825,Fist of the North Star,"Fist of the North Star II, Hokuto no Ken 2",1987,5.4,Action,"Arcade, Fighting, Platform",,"This is a platform ""beat-'em-up"" game based on the animé series Hokuto no Ken According to the story mentioned in the manual, Kenshirou, the main character, has to save the people from the evil Emperor Heaven. The game itself, however, features no story whatsoever, but a lot of platform action instead. You have to run quickly through the levels (there is a time limit), punching and kicking your enemies, causing them to fly away or to explode, occasionally meeting a boss, visiting secret areas behind doors and collecting various power-ups. There is also a VS. mode which lets the player fight against the first four stage bosses consecutively. This is in fact the second game in the series; the first one was never released outside of Japan."
21826,Task Force Harrier EX,,1991,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"An underground communist group vying for world domination has resurfaced after years in hiding. They have developed the experimental warfighter TU-190, which has enough firepower to threaten the entire free world, and it's headed for the United States. The UN sends in a lone fighter, Falcon, who must break through the enemy lines, destroy TU-190, and save the free world from destruction. Commence operation! Task Force Harrier EX is a vertically-scrolling shooter based on the 1989 arcade title Task Force Harrier ; from UPL The player controls the titular Harrier V fighter plane, which fires both air and ground volleys -- necessary to hit the targets that approach from both the air and the ground, like in Xevious The player can collect various power-ups to increase their firepower, including smart bombs, weapon upgrades, and most notably a pair of invulnerable satellites which can change formation at command. There are three difficulty settings and a total of twelve stages to blast through."
21827,Asteroids,"Asteroids (Asteróides), Meteorlar Geliyor",1979,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Play the role of a spaceship pilot trapped in a gigantic asteroid cloud and pulverize incoming asteroids with the ship's photon cannon. When all asteroids are destroyed, the player can then move on to the next round. In addition to the asteroids, the player will also face an Alien Robot Saucer which shoots randomly across the screen. The player using the controller may rotate the ship (left or right) in any direction or move the ship forward. Shots will be fired according to the ship's direction. The player has three reserved ships available to replace a destroyed spaceship. The spaceship is destroyed if an asteroid collides with the spaceship or is shot by an Alien Robot Saucer. Additionally, the player may opt to use the hyperspace warp to avoid a collision. The warp, however, may also destroy the spaceship in the process. Asteroids when shot will break up into smaller pieces or be destroyed. There are three types of asteroids: large asteroids, medium asteroids, and small asteroids. Large asteroids and medium asteroids when shot will break up into two smaller sized asteroids. Small asteroids when shot will be destroyed. Alien Robot Saucers come in two sizes: small and large. Both use photon lasers to shoot and will explode when destroyed. Alien Robot Saucers will not appear at the Novice Level. Game Difficulty and Variations There are 4 available difficulty settings: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert. The game also offers three different game variations: Standard Play - For one or two players, taking turns when a player's ship is destroyed. Competition Asteroids - Two players appear on the screen at the same time. Friendly fire is in affect, which means shots fired from one player's spaceship will destroy the other player's spaceship. Each player has separate ship reserves. Team Asteroids - Two players on the screen at the same time. Friendly fire is disabled, which means shots fired from one player's spaceship will not destroy the other player's spaceship and just pass through. Ship reserves for both players are combined. Scoring The score of the Player 1 is viewable on the upper left side of the screen, while Player 2 on the opposite upper right side. A player will be awarded a new reserve ship for every 10,000 points."
21828,Jinxter,,1987,7.2,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Aquatania has recently become the land of misfortunes, due to a group of plotting witches. The task of finding five charms and a magic bracelet to put things right falls on you. And you need a change of luck because events in this game often emphasize the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. You get hit by a car, fall from a great height, are sprayed with a cheese sandwich, and more! Being the guinea pig in this strange world will drive you insane - if this jinxed land doesn't do it first. Jinxter is an interactive fiction with graphics title that takes a realistic world of people and situations, and then plays with the boundaries to create a strange and puzzling world. Characters are all getting on with their own tasks, and getting them to help you is usually a case of making sure something's in it for them. Dialogue aims to add a comic touch to proceedings. Puzzles can often be solved in multiple ways, but the most obvious way is not always the correct one. Due to the presence of a Guardian, you can't actually die."
21829,Snoopy: The Cool Computer Game,"Snoopy and Peanuts, Snoopy: The Case Of The Missing Blanket",1989,5.4,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"A simple adventure game for young players where you play Snoopy as the main character solving various puzzles in the area. The basic idea is manipulating objects by picking them up and dropping them at certain areas, which will result in a new sequence to the plot. You can use either a keyboard or joystick to play the game and there are only 5 actions you can perform: Move left, Move right, Jump, Pickup/Drop and Object Information."
21830,Romancing SaGa,,1992,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Once upon a time, three evil gods fought against the holy gods, and the holy God-Father chose a human warrior to help them. Finally, after a prolonged, terrible war, the leader of the three evil gods - Death, the eldest of them - surrendered. The youngest evil god, Schirach, became a human and has lost her powers. The middle one, Saruin, was sealed away in the dark world. Now, after thousand years have passed, and the seal of Saruin has weakened, it is time for you, the hero of the new generation, to defeat him. Romancing SaGa is the fourth installment in the long SaGa series - non-linear role-playing games with several main heroes. It is the first of the three SNES (Super Famicom) entries (following the first three games in the series, which were known as Final Fantasy Legend outside of Japan). In this game, you play the stories of eight characters, which will later unite to face the ultimate evil. The eight characters belong to different classes and have different abilities. There are four male characters (noble son, thief, adventurer, and pirate), and four female ones (nomad, ranger, dancer, and savage). The combat is turn-based, with enemies visible on screen. Taking a cue from the Famicom game Final Fantasy II instead of ""leveling"" your character as a whole you level specific abilities such as a type of weapon or magic, as well as, stats such as HP and Strength and Intelligence. New to this entry abilities are randomly unlocked during battle as a light-bulb appears over the characters head and the new ability is unleashed to the surprise of friend and foe. This serendipitous element of gameplay along with the multiple heroes to choose from greatly enhance the replay value as no two playthroughs are alike; the steep learning curve of the SaGa games might require multiple playthroughs to truly master the system. The game was never released outside of Japan until the Playstation 2 remake Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song"
21831,Wonder Dog,,1992,7.3,Action,Platform,,"Wonder Dog is a side-scrolling platform game featuring a dog with super jumping ability and powerful throwing stars. Wonder Dog has these abilities because he is not from Earth, but from Planet K-9. When Wonder Dog was a pup, K-9 scientists sent him to Earth to escape the impending invasion from the Pitbully Armada. Now, armed with the wonder serum, Wonder Dog must fight his way back to liberate K-9. This game features a variety of colorful stages, several hidden bonus rounds, and a large boss character at the end of nearly every level."
21833,Lost Eden,,1995,7.3,Adventure,Graphic adventure,Fantasy,"Lost Eden is an adventure game set on an eerie planet populated with dinosaurs. Your civilisation is menaced. Armies of Tyranns, led by Moorkus Rex, are gathering around your kingdom. Soon they will swarm in, destroy everything and kill your people. However, there is a single hope. There are legends telling that several hundreds of years ago, men and dinosaurs cooperated to build 5 mighty Citadels that were almost invulnerable to the Tyranns. Today, all the Citadels but one have been destroyed. You play as Adam of Mo, you must rediscover the secret of uniting men and dinosaurs, rebuild the Citadels, and finally defeat Morkus Rex and his armies. Lost Eden is a first-person adventure that utilizes Myst series -style navigation through pre-rendered backgrounds that represent locations. However, the gameplay is less heavy on environment-manipulating puzzle-solving than Myst having more in common with traditional adventure games with their inventory-based puzzles."
21835,Omikron: The Nomad Soul,The Nomad Soul,1999,7.6,"Action, Adventure","Fighting, Puzzle elements, Shooter","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","The futuristic city of Omikron on the planet Phaenon is sprawling beneath a huge crystal dome. It was erected to protect the city against the ice age which descended upon the planet after its sun ceased to exist. At the beginning of the game, the player is contacted by an Omikronian police officer named Kay'l 669, who begs him to leave his dimension, possess Kay'l's body, and enter Omikron to investigate a series of strange murders. The player then takes the role of Kay'l, but his investigation is foiled by a sinister force that the police are unable - and perhaps unwilling - to stop. As the plot unfolds, the player realizes that in order to solve the mystery his soul must establish contact with many inhabitants of Omikron, and ultimately save it from extinction. Omikron: The Nomad Soul is primarily a free-roaming third-person 3D adventure game. Much of the player's activity in the game consists of exploring the large city, which is separated into five districts. The player is generally free to roam the city regardless of the plot development. Certain buildings can be entered and explored. Automatic taxi-like vehicles called ""sliders"" can be hailed to shorten walking distances and deliver the protagonist straight to the goal. In order to advance the story, information must be gathered by communicating with characters and solving puzzles of various kinds, inventory- as well as logic-based. The emphasis of the gameplay, however, is on exploration and interaction rather than on puzzle-solving. Throughout the course of the game, the player may take on the role of up to 41 different characters through the use of the soul transfer ability. In many situations, a soul transfer is required to solve a puzzle and advance the plot, e.g. accessing a restricted area with a specific character who is able to enter it without arousing suspicion. Besides the adventure mode, the game also contains first-person shooter and fighting gameplay. These two modes are restricted to specific areas and are for the most part triggered by plot advancement. Once an FPS sequence has been initiated, the player must complete it in order to be able to return to the main adventure mode. Weapons and items for this mode can be found throughout the stages themselves, as well as bought in shops during exploration. The fighting sequences are also usually dictated by the plot. They take place on side-scrolling screens and consist of traditional exchanges of punches and kicks, with the goal of depleting the opponent's health bar. Each character has different initial fighting statistics. These can be increased by taking the characters to a training facility and practicing to increase their parameters and subsequent combat performance."
21840,Breath of Fire II,"Breath of Fire II: Shimei no Ko, Long Zhanshi 2",1994,7.9,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"Ryu was a young boy who has memories of a strange village far away and a magical doorway which sucked him through. However those are only distant memories. Ryu and his best friend Bow are apprentices in the Ranger's Guild. As adventurers they take on posted jobs needed by the townspeople. However it isn't long before one job goes awry and Bow is accused of stealing a valuable item. In order to clear his friend's name and find the meaning of his dreams, Ryu will explore the world, eventually discovering the meaning of his dreams and hidden abilities inside himself. Breath of Fire II is a role playing game. The majority of game is played from a top-down map, however battles are seen from an isometric view. Ryu will form parties from among 8 other characters, each with their own set of skills and powers that will help him discover the truth behind the mystery. In the GBA version, you can use a link-cable to link to friends and exchange weapons and items to defeat the higher evils. And with the inclusion of the community system, you can build and maintain your own city while you are fed up of exploring."
21843,Star Trek: Judgment Rites,Star Trek: Judgment Rites (Limited Collector's Edition),1993,8.1,"Adventure, Simulation","Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Sequel to Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Star Trek: Judgment Rites brings back the entire Enterprise crew in eight new episodes. Strange things are happening in distant space, such as dead planets spawning life and WW1 planes in outer space. You need to survive these situations. You must navigate your way through space, and send away teams onto planets to investigate situations, communicate with other characters and solve puzzles. Unlike the previous game, action sequences are optional. The CD-ROM version was enhanced with voice-acting."
21845,Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,,1995,5.3,Action,"Quick Time Events (QTEs), Timed input",,"This take on the Power Rangers franchise is different from the many other Power Ranger games as it features FMV with real video of the actual TV show. The footage is spliced from nine different episodes and the gameplay is reminiscent of games such as Dragon's Lair and Space Ace where the player must press a button at a certain time to avoid being punched, kicked, avoid a trap, etc. Failure to miss pressing a button will continue to play the footage, but cause the player to loose a life. After a certain set of lives are lost, the game will be over."
21847,Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat,"Warhammer: Dans L'Ombre du Rat Cornu, Warhammer: Im Schatten der gehörnten Ratte, Warhammer: La Sombra de la rata cornuda",1995,7.1,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat is one of the first 3D real-time strategy games. The game is based on the medieval fantasy world from Games Workshop Warhammer Fantasy Battle tabletop game. The player takes on the role of mercenary commander Morgan Bernhardt, with the Skavens (humanoid, intelligent rats) as the main villains. Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat is non-linear, the player can choose alternative missions to progress. Troops are transferred from mission to mission - as is their loss. The player commands whole groups, not single units (similar to the games in the Total War series Soldiers themselves belongs to various groups (cavalry, infantry, machinery, archers, etc.)."
21856,Blackwyche,,1985,7.1,Action,Puzzle elements,,"This is the third of Ultimate Play the Game's Sir Arthur Pendragon series of games. You find yourself on a ghost ship. You are searching for the captain's soul. You must avoid the obstacles in the game and find the necessary items needed before opening the captain's tomb. The player can use various weapons to defend themself from enemy skeletons. They can also collect items of jewellery, which increase the score but have no other function."
21858,Flying Corps: Gold,Flying Corps: Gold Edition,1997,7.6,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War I","Flying Corps Gold is a re-release of the 1996 WWI air combat simulator Flying Corps Adding to the realism and six airplanes of the first, the roster now also includes the Fokker D-VII, as well as a new campaign, a mission editor, Direct3D and 3DFX support, a multiplayer mode and support for the CH Force FX joysticks. Owners of the original game could partially update their version via a patch."
21860,Mayhem in Monsterland,,1993,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Mayhem is an unhappy dinosaur, as Monsterland is an unhappy place, due to an apprentice magic dinosaur who decided to practice some of his master's spells, after drinking too much cactus juice. Mayhem decides to change it back, with the help of Theo Saurus, the apprentice responsible for Monsterland being the gloomy place it is now. The game is a side-scrolling platform game, where you play the part of Mayhem. You can kill enemies by jumping on them. There are five levels in the game. Each one starts in unhappy mode, where Mayhem must collect enough bags of magic dust, from the enemies you face, then find your way to Theo's hidden cave. Theo then uses the dust to make the level happy again. This change is reflected in the more jazzy music, colourful landscape and even the monsters who look more friendly and cheerful. Some of the magic, however, clumps together into magical stars, that Mayhem must collect, on the happy version of the level, to stop them falling into the wrong hands. There is a quota of stars that Mayhem must collect, before going over the finishing line. In the happy version of the level there are more bonuses that can be collected, such as score multipliers, extra lives, extra time, etc. The most important is probably the ability to charge, allowing Mayhem to run very fast, killing any enemies in his way. Also, he stops with a skid, and extra points are awarded for a long skid over the finishing line."
21865,Vixen,She-Fox,1988,5.8,Action,Arcade,,"The Vixen is the last human on the planet Granath, which is now ruled by a race of dinosaurs. She has been raised by foxes, and intends to follow through on a promise she made to her elders to wipe the dinosaurs out and restore the planet to humanity. Each level must be completed within a time limit, by progressing from left to right. She is armed with a whip, a useful weapon for attacking the denizens of dinosaurs on each level. Lots of bonus items can also be whipped to activate them - bonus lives and extra time for example. Tokens to turn into a fox can also be collected - enough of these takes you into a bonus level set underground."
21873,The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2000,Bundesliga 2000 der Fussball-Manager,2000,6.9,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Bringing the world of football management to the PlayStation, The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2000 allows you to take control of any football team within the 4 English football divisions with all the right player and manager names for the 2000 season. Control everything from changing match tactics and team formations, buying and selling players on the transfer market, dealing with the finances, team building including training and youth club training. All designed for the PlayStation control system allowing simple fast access to the game without tedious learning of control systems and sub menus associated with PC management games. This is a pick up and play football manager game for the console market."
21875,Devious Designs,,1991,7.3,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A scientist obsessed with Picasso's cubist paintings develops a weapon that turns everything to cubes. The United Kingdom sends a secret agent to revert the affected objects and monuments back to their original state. Devious Designs is a puzzle game where geometric shapes have to be assembled. The player controls a 007-style secret agent that has the ability to walk on the walls, lift heavy objects and shoot. Using these, he must drag and drop the geometric pieces scattered on the screen (by standing next to them and holding the fire button) on translucent slots. Each level is a screen with a timer on the top. When the counter runs out, the level is reset and the player looses one life. Like in Bubble Bobble various objects fall from the screen that can be collected for points, along with more useful power-ups like explosives, extra-time, extra-lives and a special block than fills a slot (it can be shot if it's not needed). Also, if the player takes too long to solve the level a random enemy appears, but it can be killed by the agent's gun. The game starts with 6 lives and has a password system."
21881,Hollywood Pinball,,1999,6.4,Action,Pinball,,"Hollywood Pinball is a pinball game with seven tables with different themes: Shark!, Terror Dactyl!, Double Agent, The Legend of Robin Hood, Galaxy Wars, Ancient Temple of the Aczecs and Motel Hell. All tables are clearly inspired by movie franchises, e.g. Indiana Jones and have no major differences regarding their setup. As always the goal is to keep the ball on the table as long as possible and accumulating points for the high score by hitting obstacles like bumpers. Every table also has a special quest which rewards many points, e.g. collecting (i.e. bumping into) rockets and then hitting a special target."
21888,Jammin',,1984,6.9,Action,,,"You are Rankin Rodney and your task is to collect four instruments on a top view single screen and place them in their correct home over 20 levels. The screen is split into various coloured areas which are connected by different coloured moving circles. The coloured area you are on means you can only jump onto the same coloured circle and only jump off into the same coloured area. To change to a different colour you must jump onto a moving diamond which then allows you to jump onto a different coloured circle or into a different coloured area. In the centre of the screen are four triangles and you must move about the screen to get an instrument, once the instrument is collected, the triangle to place it on starts flashing. Once all four instruments are placed on their triangle, you move onto the next level. There are various notes and creatures moving about the screen as well and these can be collected for points but once you are carrying an instrument then touching these sends the instrument back to it's original place. Beside each instrument is an obstacle and when touched you lose a life and you also lose a life when the time runs out. Before you start the game, there are various options to select and these include how may players (1-2), which level to start on (1-8), number of lives (1-8) and skill level (easy, normal or hard). In the two player game, each player takes it in turn when the last player has been killed."
21893,Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss,Ultima Underworld 1,1992,8.2,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"After having brought peace to Britannia during his previous journey there, the Avatar returns to our world. However, he is haunted by ghostly dreams that warn him of great danger in Britannia. The Avatar decides to travel there once again. Upon his arrival, he witnesses the kidnapping of Baron Almric's daughter. Found guilty of the crime, the Avatar is thrown into the Great Stygian Abyss with the choice of either finding the girl or rotting in the dungeon. On his journey, he will have to get along with the many inhabitants of the dungeon, who are survivors of a failed colony, and eventually find out that there's much more to this kidnapping than meets the eye. Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss is commonly considered the first role-playing game with fluid first-person movement in a real 3D environment. Unlike earlier first-person RPGs such as Dungeon Master or Eye of the Beholder the player can move in every direction and the graphics are updated continually. The player is also able to look up and down with the press of a key, jump, and swim. The dungeon is not made entirely of corridors and rooms arranged in a rectangular fashion but has a lot of variety: slopes, stairs, bridges, underground rivers, and more. The game's combat system is action-oriented. The player has to draw his weapon, aim at his opponent, and hold the cursor over the game screen to inflict damage; the longer the player holds it, the stronger is the attack. Some weapons have different types of attacks, depending on where the cursor is held: for example, jabs are executed when the cursor is near the bottom of the screen, while slashes are performed with the cursor in the middle. At the beginning of the game, the player chooses the gender, the class, and the initial skills for the Avatar. Skills include various weapon proficiencies, lockpicking, bartering, and others. They can be increased by reciting mantras at special shrines after having accumulated a sufficient amount of experience points. Leveling up also increases the Avatar's hit points and mana. The magic system is based on runes that can be found in the Abyss. If combined in the right order, they produce a magical effect. As the Abyss is populated by more than just monsters, there are various conversations the Avatar can conduct with non-playable characters. The player can also make choices regarding the Avatar's behavior towards these characters. Game progression is largely non-linear: the player is able to explore most of the Abyss in any order, though several specific tasks must be accomplished in order to complete the story. An auto-map displays all the locations the player has explored previously, and also allows the player to make notes on it."
21898,Grand Monster Slam,,1989,7.5,"Action, Sports",,Fantasy,"Every five years the various races inhabiting the fantasy world of GHoLD meet for the Grand Monster Slam tournament to discover which is supreme. You must win a total of 9 matches to prove yourself, with two sub-games to negotiate (Revenge of the Beloms and Faulton Feeding - fortunately these can be practiced from the main menu) as well. The basic game sees you and your opponent start with a row of six Beloms (small round creatures) which must be kicked across the pitch quickly enough to leave your opponent with all 12 at his end. When this happens you can run to his end to win. The main things to avoid during the match are being hit by a shot and kicking one into the crowd. When hit you lose time recovering, and are penalised with a Pelvan, which can cost you up to 3 Beloms, by hitting the crowd. After every third match you must play the Faulton Feeding game, which involves aiming at six progressively-higher poles to hit the Faulton creature with the food - fail to get enough of these and you must replay the previous match. After other games you play the Revenge of the Beloms game, in which Beloms hurtle towards you and must be deflected away with your pole - failure to clear enough before one hits you reduces your score from the previous match."
21908,Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000,,2000,7.1,Racing / Driving,,,"This to-go version of Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 is a top-down racing game, featuring two game modes (championship and arcade), 6 bikers and a variety of tracks in different scenarios. Season mode features 3 championships, each with three stages composed of four races. The goal is to win all 9 gold medals by obtaining more points than the competition. Arcade mode is the same, except all championships and stages, as well as Jeremy McGrath, are unlocked from the start. The difference between championships is the engine size - with larger (thus faster) bikes, the player has less time to react, and going head to head into the edge of the track can be a matter of a simple bump in 80cc to a spectacular flip into the stands in 250cc, also because it becomes a lot harder to do sharp turns in a limited space. While it can be played as a straightforward racing game, by performing tricks the player can obtain some powerups - a bomb will knock down the next opponent, the arrow temporarily boosts bike stats and the shield allows the player to barge into one opponent, knocking him off his bike. There is one big catch - the skull and bones knock the player out of his bike, which can prove to be decisive in a close race."
21912,Chip's Challenge,Chip's Challenge 1,1989,7.2,Puzzle,,,"Nerdy Chip desperately wants to join the ""Bit Busters"" computer club, led by Melinda the Mental Marvel. However, before she'll let him in, he must prove his intelligence by passing the initiation test. 149 increasingly difficult levels, including a few hidden ones, await Chip in this tile-based puzzle game. Use tools such as keys, and special shoes to bypass obstacles. Manipulate switches and use dirt blocks to build bridges across waterways. Avoid enemy creatures, grab all the computer chips in the level, and hurry to the exit: on top of everything else, there's a time limit!"
21914,Surfing H³O,Surfroid: Densetsu no Surfer,2000,4.6,Sports,,,"H3O is a surfing game. A surfing game with some mondo big waves and plenty of chances to get creamed in the whitewash. With 11 playable characters, your goal is to take to the surfboard and ride up and down the crests of the ocean in your choice of 6 different areas. Take your skill to performing 11 separate tricks which can be linked together without limits. And all this done to the tunes of a mighty punk rock soundtrack!"
21918,Sinistar,,1982,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Originating in the arcades, Sinistar is a multi-directional shooter. In the game, you must fly your ship about, shooting the floating asteroids to release Sinisite crystals. These crystals must be gathered to create Sinibombs. Also gathering crystals are worker drones. They are gathering crystals to build Sinistar, who wants to destroy the universe. As the workers will sometimes steal your mined crystals, feel free to blast them. Also flying about are warrior ships who want to blast you to protect the workers and Sinistar. Once Sinistar is completed, he will announce ""Beware! I live!"" and begin chasing you. Hopefully, you have made enough Sinibombs to destroy him. As he chases you, press the fire button to release Sinibombs to damage him. Once he is completely destroyed, you are off to the next, harder, level."
21924,Super NES Super Scope 6,"Super NES Nintendo Scope 6, Super Scope 6",1992,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Falling block puzzle, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Super Scope 6 is the pack-in game for the Super Scope peripheral which is required to play this game. The emphasis of Super Scope 6 's gameplay is on first person shooting, using the required Super Scope accessory to aim. It features a total of six game modes, categorized as either Blastris or LaserBlazer Blastris Mode features a variety of unrelated games. LazerBlazer Mode feature a group of games set in a military atmosphere."
21932,Fisherman's Bait 2: Big Ol' Bass,Exciting Bass 2,1999,7.0,"Simulation, Sports",,,"The sequel to Fisherman's Bait allows you to fish for over fifteen different types of fish, using twenty different fishing spots and many different lures. The game features five game modes: Beginner, Free Fishing, Tournament, Versus Play and World Monster mode. The beginner mode teaches the player the basics, while the Free Fishing mode can be used to hone their skills at their own leisure. In the tournament you have to qualify in three lakes to participate. Versus Play allows you to compete against a friend and Monster mode features out-of-proportion fish in fictional environments."
21936,Fantasy Empires,,1993,7.1,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Build and control an Empire! In Fantasy Empires you play the ruler of a fledging kingdom; your objective: Take over adjacent kingdoms one by one using magic, war, or strategic planning. Features real-time combat in an overhead view, as well as a computer controlled The Dungeon Master, who provides insight as well as comic relief. Form alliances, recruit armies, train heroes, send them on quests, cast spells, manage resourses. All set in the enchanted world of D&D. Up to five players can take turns waging war against one another."
21938,PGA European Tour,,1994,7.4,"Simulation, Sports",,,"European Tour is best thought of as a remake of the original game, rather than a sequel as such. It features 5 courses from across Europe, and 60 top European pros, rather than the US-leaned lineup of the original. The graphics are much more detailed and colorful, as you'd expect considering the intervening years of advances in programming skills. The control system is the standard three-click method used in most golf games, but you can now define intended draw/fade levels in advance of playing the shot, so that a perfect aim leads to a measured effect, and an imperfect one exaggerating the effect. As well as the Stroke Play games of the original (where you count the total score across the whole round of 18 holes and compare this to your opponent), there are also Match Play (where the aim is to win as many individual holes as possible) and Skins (the same, but with money) modes as well."
21939,Room of Doom,,1982,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"You are trapped in a room with a monster. As if that wasn't bad enough, there are gunmen outside the room shooting at you when the portals open. To advance, you must shoot the gunmen when the portals are open. You can shoot the monster but it will only be stunned and if you stay in the same room too long, the monster becomes immune to your weapon. There are sixty-four game variations. In some, the gunmen shoot in a straight line only, others they aim at whereever you are, others are slow, others fast, others the portals all open at the same time and stay open, others various portals open and close. Scoring Shoot a gunman=75 points per gunman Stun a monster=50 points each time"
21941,NCAA GameBreaker 99,,1998,7.6,Sports,,,"GameBreaker 99 is the NCAA counterpart to NFL GameDay 99 This second installment in 989's college football series features 162 division 1-A teams (including historical teams), 18 bowl games, accurately modeled stadiums, custom play design, and team management functions (including blue chip recruiting). Broadcaster Keith Jackson also makes his videogame debut in GB99 as the color commentator."
21943,Ikari Warriors,"Arcade Archives: Ikari, Arcade Archives: Ikari Warriors, Ikari",1986,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Ikari Warriors is a vertically scrolling action game where one or two players fight their way through a variety of terrain, such as jungles, rivers, and ruins. Along the way different weapons can be found, including machine guns, grenades, and rocket launchers."
21949,Brian Lara Cricket '96,,1996,7.4,Sports,,,"Brian Lara Cricket '96 is an updated version of Brian Lara Cricket on the SEGA Genesis. It is basically the same game, with updated sprites and roster. The game features international matches, English county matches (with 18 teams) and 6 classic historical matches (from 1960 to 1994). Also available are the World Cup competition (with 12 national teams) and a Test Series. The game also features a team editor, battery back-up save and one to four multiplayer mode."
21950,Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000,"Motherbase, Parasquad",1995,6.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This 32X-exclusive sci-fi shooter is similar gameplay-wise to Sega's arcade game Zaxxon The graphics consist of a diagonally scrolling playfield which creates a pseudo 3D environment. The backgrounds are drawn using 2D scrolling planes, but the enemy and ship objects are drawn using 3D flat-shaded polygons. Although the basic goal of each of the 9 levels is to shoot everything without getting shot, the game has a strategic element. Your basic spacecraft has very little firepower, and can only sustain one hit. To make matters worse, there are very few power-ups. In order to survive, you have to jump on top of enemies and take control of their weapons systems. This system allows for a large variety of player-controllable ships."
21955,Blaster Master Boy,"Blaster Master Jr., Bomber King: Scenario 2",1991,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You thought the world would be free of radioactive threats from the underground world after the events of the original Blaster Master yet for reasons unknown several radioactive hotspots sprout from the ground all over the world. Once again you must get into your armour and journey to the underground caves in order to discover the truth behind the new menace. Blaster Master Boy is a ""somewhat"" direct sequel of Blaster Master, your mission is to control your character through a series of underground dungeons from a top-down perspective and defeat the enemies you encounter there. You no longer have your trusty tank to take with you in side scrolling areas, nor your grenades, but to aid you in the dungeons you now have the ability to carry special bombs which can be used to kill enemies as well as clear paths through the dungeons à la Bomber King"
21957,F1 Racing Championship,,2000,7.2,Racing / Driving,,Oceania,"F1 Racing Championship is a a Formula One racing game. Like its counterpart on the PC and consoles the game has an official license for the 1999 season and features all drivers, cars and tracks from that season. The game allows for a first person cockpit view of the races. The season can be played in arcade and simulation mode. In the latter mode the player is responsible for adjusting his car before each race."
21962,Slaygon,,1988,6.3,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Slaygon the player takes control of an advanced robot and has to infiltrate the facility of Cybordynamics, a corporation that is developing a toxic virus that potentially can kill all humans. The task ahead is to locate the main computer and disable it so that the cooling system of the facility's reactor will fail. To do so five override codes have to be found and entered into the computer. As the cooling system fails the facility will ultimately explode but before that the player has to steal a top secret data disk and flee from the building. The game is played from a first person perspective similar to a dungeon crawler and is completely controlled though a mouse based interface. While exploring the facility various objects have to be collected such as key cards to get through locked doors. There are also traps such as force fields, ionizer beams and proton mines that require the right items to get past without harm. The player also have to watch out for the robots that guard the facility. The player also have access to devices that can be turned on but they will cost energy which is the robot's health and when all out of energy the game is over. These are a cloaking device that makes the robot invisible, battle sensors that show enemies' laser and shield strength, a shield generator that protects from damage, a laser amplifier that attacks robot guards, a long range scanner that plots out a large area on the map and a plotter that maps areas as the player moves around."
21964,Tom Clancy's Politika,,1997,6.3,Strategy / tactics,"Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Contemporary,"When President Yeltsin suddenly died without naming an heir, the political vacuum means one of the eight factions has the chance to take over. Choose one of the eight factions (KGB, Church, Reformer, Mafia, Communist, Military, Nationalists, and Separatists) and try to accumulate influence..."
21969,Eco Phantoms,,1990,6.0,Action,Puzzle elements,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","After six years away from Earth, your delivery contract is finally over, you've been paid a fat cheque and you can't wait to get home. As your ship gets closer and closer to the old beloved blue planet, the anticipation mounts. But wait! What's this? The earth is an unfamiliar, grey husk! A vast alien mothership hangs above it, mercilessly sucking out all of its natural resources. While you were away, the Eco Phantoms arrived, and did this! Now, you've managed to steal an Eco zeppelin craft and have gone down to Earth, to try to reverse the planet-draining process before it's too late. The Eco Phantoms have built several domes on the planet's surface, which house their buildings and equipment. You'll have to navigate through three of these domes, learning how to operate and maintain your alien craft, gathering resources, collecting data spheres, rescuing prisoners and engaging in confrontations with the Eco forces. Eventually, if you survive long enough, you'll be able to enter the alien mothership, where you will have to reprogram the main computer, to reverse the process and restore Earth to life. Eco Phantoms is a hybrid game that contains exploration with an aircraft in pseudo-3D dungeon-like environments, action-based combat, arcade sequences, and puzzle-solving elements."
21972,Shadow Master,,1997,6.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,In a futuristic universe you must destroy the forces of ShadowMaster which are attacking your planet. You are in armored all-terrain vehicle and you must shoot over the enemies in a full 3D world.
21976,MLBPA Baseball,Fighting Baseball,1994,6.9,Sports,,,The strategy of baseball is merged with a fast-paced arcade game in MLBPA Baseball from Electronic Arts. Details designed to appeal to the die-hard fan include: real players with statistics based on the 1993 season; a full 162 game season mode; stadium music; animated scoreboards; defensive alignments; cut-off plays; run-downs; and even the double switch. Features meant to appeal to the casual fan include: large colorful arcade graphics; one stadium with animated crowds; a simplified pitching interface allowing players to steer the ball; and a batting interface that relies on timing instead of aiming cursors. Secret power-up play modes await so step up to the plate and take some hacks! Season play can be continued using passwords provided at the end of each game.
21979,Secret Mission,"Atomic Mission, Impossible Mission, Mission Impossible, Mission Impossible Adventure",1979,6.1,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Contemporary,This is adventure #3 in Scott Adam's text adventure series. It takes place in a nuclear power plant. You must race against time to fulfill your mission or the reactor may be doomed. You use one or two word commands to move around and manipulate objects.
21980,NBA Inside Drive 2000,,1999,7.4,Sports,,,NBA Inside Drive is Microsoft's answer to EA Sports. It features a full coaching mode as well as arcade-type action where you control the players. Each player has the unique face and they move very convincingly across the court in all their graphical glory.
21982,Atomic Robo-Kid,"Arcade Archives: Atomic Robo-Kid, Atomic Robo-Kid Special",1988,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"As the half-human half-cyborg flying machine of the title, you are faced with 28 levels to clear of enemies. The gameplay is horizontally scrolling. Your unit is able to fly and then hold at a certain level in space. Defeated enemies often release gems, which can be collected towards power-ups. These include more powerful or multi-directional firing."
21984,The Forgotten: It Begins,,1999,5.0,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Interwar,"The Forgotten is set in New Orleans, were you must find your friend, Richard Haliburton, who has mysteriously disappeared. He's been exploring a sect of black arts practitioners called Collectors.... are they somehow involved??"
21986,The Death and Return of Superman,,1994,6.5,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"""Doomsday"" is here and only Superman can stop him. Unfortunately in doing so he gets killed himself. Now four other characters emerge, each claiming to be the real hero. The story starts you off with Superman, then Steel, the Eradicator, the Cyborg, and Superboy. Each character has slightly varied moves so different strategies apply when playing as them. The gameplay is basically that of a standard beat-em-up, with the punches, throws and specials moves."
21987,Mega Man X5,Rockman X5,2000,7.2,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Years after the Reploid Wars, all seems peaceful in the world. But peace was not meant to last forever. When the ""Eurasia"" space colony is attacked by an unknown virus, the call goes out! X and Zero are called back into action to help destroy the colony, which is now on a collision course with Earth, and is expected to collide into the planet in only 16 hours! At the same time, Sigma, the archenemy of the Maverick Hunters, shows up again... Mega Man X5 retains the gameplay style of the previous games, adding new features such as advanced Maverick AI, bigger and more challenging stages, and new gameplay elements: ducking and swinging on vines and ropes."
21988,World Soccer,,1990,5.9,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"World Soccer is a managerial soccer simulation in which the player is responsible for the financial and athletic success of a soccer team. The world soccer league is the home of the best teams of Europe and the player takes over a team from the 3rd division; the goal being to become the number one in the long run. The game is mostly menu based in which the player can visit the medical station, the transfer market (available athletes are searched by a scout), the bank for a loan and of course the lineup for the next match. Each athlete has a few statistics which should be taken into account. During the matches the player can't intervene besides substitutions in the half-time. The player can watch the highlights of the match; either with animations in the 16-bit versions or as text in the 8-bit version. Alternatively only the results can be shown."
21990,Alien Invaders - Plus!,"Alien!, Das Weltraum-Monster, Envahisseurs Extra-Terrestres!, Le monstre de l'espace, Monster, Monstruo Espacial, Mostro Spaziale, Ruimte-monster, Rumuhyret, Rymd-monstret, Space Monster",1980,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is a Space Invaders variant with a twist. Eight robots with laser cannons and protected by a shield wall are advancing towards earth and the player has a mobile laser cannon that has to be used to destroy them. The shield wall is indestructible, but the robots and the cannons aren't. They'll go from side to side of the screen in an alternate movement shooting down. Three high density molecular laser shields are placed in defense of the laser cannon. Each one of them houses an extra cannon. Instead of a passing flying saucer as seen in Space Invaders the Merciless Monstroth moves left and right at the top, shooting down at the player. The player controls a robot defender inside the laser cannon. If the laser cannon is destroyed, the robot will be left unprotected. The robot can enter a new laser cannon housed in one of the shields. Once the new laser cannon is active, the shield is gone. Once the three shields are gone, the Merciless Monstroth will come down to hunt the player's cannon and robot. The player wins a battle when destroying all enemy robots and cannons on the screen. A battle is lost when the player's robot is destroyed. The first side to win ten battles wins the war."
21993,Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey,Flipper,1999,7.0,Action,Pinball,Steampunk,"The fourth in the Pro Pinball series, this game once again features only one table. The theme is Victorian technology - by building such machines as an airship and submarine and performing various tasks (such as completing 'adventures' by shooting ramps), the goal is to defeat the evil General Yagov. A multi coloured dot panel is the main new feature compared to other Pro Pinball games."
21996,F-15 Strike Eagle,,1992,6.6,Simulation,,Contemporary,"The player takes the role of a pilot flying an F-15 fighter plane on a series of of seven missions centered around the Persian Gulf armed conflict. In each mission, the player does dogfights with enemy planes, while doing bombing runs on primary and secondary targets with the aid of the plane’s guidance console. Good performance in a mission earns the player a promotion."
22006,The Mask of Zorro,,1999,5.0,Action,Platform,,"The Mask of Zorro is based on the 1998 movie of the same name. It closely follows the plot of the movie: In 1821 the Spanish (and evil) governor Don Rafael Montero controls California. Against him stands the masked rebel Zorro. Unfortunately Zorro gets captured and is imprisoned. 20 years later he manages to escape prison and trains a successor to continue his quest. Regarding gameplay, this is a side-scrolling platformer with a focus on fencing. The fighting mechanics allow Zorro to perform different moves, including blocking, in order to hit the enemies. Each character has an energy bar which decreases when hit and leads to death when it is empty."
22007,Battle Isle 2220: Shadow of the Emperor,"Battle Isle 3: L'ombre de l'Empereur, Battle Isle 3: Schatten des Imperators, Battle Isle 3: Shadow of the Emperor",1995,7.3,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,Battle Isle 2220: Shadow of the Emperor is a hex-based strategy game featuring live-action video sequences and real-time 3D fight animations.
22010,The Guild of Thieves,,1987,7.8,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"As a beginner and inducted into the ""Guild Of Thieves"", you must steal your way to the top - the Guildmaster is there to not only help you, but to make your life a living hell. Worst of it all is you're STILL in the land of Kerovnia.....if something makes it look tough to solve, that's nothing for a puzzle - something else will screw it up more."
22011,Sonic & Knuckles Collection,,1996,7.6,"Action, Compilation",Platform,,"The Sonic & Knuckles Collection contains three games ported from the Sega Genesis: In addition it contains Special Stage Mode a collection of bonus levels previously available in Sonic & Knuckles as ""Blue Sphere""."
22013,Ultimate Air Combat,Aces: Iron Eagle III,1992,7.4,"Action, Simulation",,,"The dictator, General Don Gwano, has attacked his neighboring countries with his army and navy. To stop the dictator, Admiral Cliff Stormdrane suggests using the best pilot to make lightning strikes on Don Gwano's forces. The game features 3 different flyable planes; FA-18 Hornet, AV-8 Harrier, and the F-14 Tomcat. The game features several types of missiles and bombs for the planes to use, including the harpoon, ASRAAM, rockeye, sea eagle, and maverick Ultimate Air Combat has 36 different missions, then one last final mission. Each mission is grouped into two parts. The first part uses a cockpit view where the player must shoot down three planes before either running out of fuel or getting shot down by enemy planes. After that, the second half of the mission uses an isometric view where the player must destroy enemy forces and installations."
22017,Ka'Roo,,2000,6.0,"Action, Puzzle",,Fantasy,"A little kangaroo wearing boxing gloves needs to be maneuvered through 80 levels. The levels consist of 3D platforms with varying styles (e.g. Egypt, Jungle etc.). Gameplay tasks the player with reaching the exit of a level within a certain timeframe, collecting 'energy crystals'. The level exit does not open before a threshold number of crystals has been collected. Difficulty increases gradually, with enemies added in higher levels. Enemies can be defeated with boxing gloves or collectible extras. Enemy detection is supported by a game radar. While involving a lot of action, the game focuses on puzzle solving."
22018,Penguin Adventure,Yume-tairiku Adventure,1986,7.6,Action,Platform,,"Penguin Adventure: the main character - a male penguin - must save the penguin princess from a sickness that has spread across the penguin world. The cure to the sickness can be found in the Golden Apple of the Golden Apple Tree. In this action packed game, you take control of the male penguin and travel across the lands and seas in search of the Golden Apple, fighting different types of enemies including bats, thunder-striking clouds, and environmental obstacles such as rocks, until finally reaching the princess. The stages feature different types of landscapes such as forests, mountains, caves, and water stages. As you fight your way through, you can also catch flying fish which you can trade at the different types of shops for new equipments and a weapon."
22022,The Rocky Horror Show,The Rocky Horror Show: Don't Dream It. Play It!,1985,6.9,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Play as either Brad or Janet to rescue the other, in this computer adaptation of the hit Broadway Musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show Search the castle for pieces of the Medusa machine to free your partner from stone and escape the castle before it blasts off. Each one must be taken to the De-Medusa machine, only carrying one at a time. You must collect keys and disable force fields along the way. Other characters in the game will hinder your progress by stealing and hiding your clothes or other objects you may be carrying. Watch out for Riff-Raff or he'll shoot you with his laser gun. And if Eddie thaws out and escapes from the freezer, he'll run you over with his motorcycle."
22036,Super Soccer,"Formation Soccer: Human Cup '90, Super Formation Soccer",1990,7.8,Sports,,,"Let's play soccer - the world's favorite sport! In Super Soccer you can choose between an Exhibition mode and a Tournament mode. While the first mode lasts a single game only the Tournament mode challenges you with 16 consecutive games, facing the Nintendo Allstar Team in the final round. The field is shown in a top-down perspective. Scrolling is done by Mode 7 chip. Difficulty varies with the opponent team, ranging from easy to hard in later games in the tournament. After winning a match in the tournament mode, you will be rewarded witch a code in order to pick up the game in the same round of the tournament later on."
22037,Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter,Mazin Wars,1993,7.4,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The story takes place in 1999 where a Bio-Beast by the name of Godkaiser Hell has reigned supreme over Earth, after a nuclear and biological holocaust has disfigured most of the population and formed an army called the Steelmask Force. The survivors have fled underground and are constantly attacked by the Bio-Beast horde until one day a scientist by the name of Dr. Kabuto creates a mech, the Mazinger-Z, that can be used against the monsters. This is where the player takes control of the games protagonist and pilots the suit in an attempt to reclaim the Earth. The gameplay is a hack-n-slash game, where the player controls the suit by using the D-pad and using the face buttons to slash at enemy monsters. There is also a Super Attack that the player can use, but it will decrease their health after each use. The enemies consist of mutant animals such as dogs and beetles as well as the Bio-Beast soldiers that can range from regular soldiers, female fighters and even ninjas. There are five levels in all (Tokyo, Asia, Europe, New York and Egypt) divided into three stages with a mini-boss and a main boss the player must defeat to advance to the next level. There are also items scattered throughout the levels that will give the player extra points, health refills, an extra life and even a brief stint of invincibility."
22038,Championship Wrestling,,1986,7.4,Sports,,,"Arcade-style game about wrestling, featuring 8 different characters, like K.C. Colossus or Prince Vicious, and 25 different moves, like leg drops, spin kicks, body slams, rope bouncing, flying drop kicks and the so-called ""infamous"" atomic drop. You can even throw your opponent off the ring. Scoring is based on the complexity of your moves. Two-player hot-seat feature available as well, and up to 8 players can play in the same championship."
22047,Space Football: One on One,Super Linearball,1992,6.3,Sports,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the futuristic sports game Space Football, 2 players steering hovercrafts try to score touchdowns on each other by picking up and carrying a hoverball into a touchdown area. The hovercraft has the ability to accelerate, reverse, track the hoverball, and it can also fire at the opposing player to make him drop the ball if he's carrying it. If the player's hovercraft picks up the hoverball, they must try to get to the touchdown area within four seconds or else the hoverball gets automatically fumbled. Each game is played for a duration of 500 time units and the player with the highest score when the time runs out is declared the winner. The playfield itself presents features that can affect the way the match is played. Some playfields contain things such as jumps, spinners, and force arrows which can help or hinder a players movement. There are a total of 12 drivers to choose from, with 4 per every speed level (slow, medium, and high)."
22050,Rollaround,,1987,6.1,"Action, Puzzle",,,"In Rollaround you roll around (surprise) 20 levels, in a game which comes across as a more cerebral version of Marble Madness The twenty levels each feature 9 screens worth of squares, with no scrolling across them as such. On each level you are set a target number of crosses of each colour to collect, with less and less leeway as to how many of the different ones are required as the game goes on. There are pre-programmed moving enemies on each level to plan around, but the level's blocks vary in many ways. There are holes on the levels, but these can be jumped by pressing fire. You can turn plain squares into either crosses or holes, both of which invert the status of the crosses and holes respectively as well. Mystery squares (whose effect can be good or bad) and clock squares (which stop the timing and slow the aliens) are also present."
22052,Alleyway,,1989,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Alleyway is a basic Breakout variant. As Mario, the player must control a ""podship"" and deflect the ball towards the mass of blocks. Hitting a block will either weaken or destroy it. Once all the blocks are destroyed, the level is complete. The game uses a small number of repeating tables along with twists such as horizontal rotation, periodical vertical drop of the entire mass of blocks, etc."
22057,Xenon 2: Megablast,"Xenon 2, Xenon II",1989,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Xenon 2: Megablast is a vertically scrolling space shooter, in which you have to pass several levels, filled with waves of enemies, that all end with a level boss creature. Each group of enemies you destroy grants you a cash reward and every once in a while you enter Colin's Bargain Basement, where you can use this cash to purchase upgrades for your ship like better weapons, speed & health upgrades, etc. Some upgrades can also be picked up during the levels. The first part of the game has an organic feel to it, while the second part of the game features mechanical enemies. As there are some maze-like sections with dead-ends in the game, your spaceship scrolls backwards when you keep pressing the down key."
22060,Dunjonquest: Temple of Apshai,"Dunjonquest: The Temple of Apshai, Le temple d'Apshaï, Temple of Apshai",1979,6.4,Role-playing (RPG),,"Fantasy, Medieval","Temple of Apshai is the first in Automated Simulations ' Dunjonquest series of role-playing games series and one of the first computer role-playing games. The game could be described as a graphical ""roguelike"", but actually it resembles the mainframe classic DND more, as you cannot see the whole level, but only your surroundings. Furthermore, the level maps are not randomized like in Rogue. Still, the gameplay has a lot in common with Rogue and other early dungeon crawls: A solo character explores a monster-infested, multi-level dungeon to grab some treasure, everything in top-down view. The game starts at the Innkeeper by creating a new character (if you already played the game, you can use characters that you created). You get different stat values (in Dungeons & Dragons style) as well as an amount of money that you can spend on weapons, armor and other equipment. Alternatively, you can just enter the stats to ""import"" characters from other role-playing games (this is also used as a primitive ""save / load game"" mechanism). After character generation, you enter the dungeons. On the left, the current room of the dungeon is displayed; the character status and other info are displayed on the right. One thing that sets Temple of Apshai apart from other rpg is that the manual contains detailed room descriptions for each room (that may contain hints about traps or treasures), to create atmosphere despite crude graphics. You move about and perform actions like opening doors, firing arrows, examining walls for secret doors etc. by pressing key commands. Moving is also done without cursor keys: You turn your character into the direction you want to go and then move him forward by 1 to 9 steps, also selectable by single keystrokes. But take care of fatigue: If you keep running all the time, your fatigue rises, and if it reaches 100%, you cannot move or act for some time -- which can be deadly in the presence of, say, a Giant Bombardier Beetle. Each room may contain treasures to pick up (sometimes just trash, sometimes gold, sometimes useful items), secret doors which lead to hidden parts of the dungeon and traps, which obviously should be avoided (you can try to search for them). Of course, you will also encounter monsters -- a variety of undead or giant insects -- which you have to fight using turn-based combat. Apart from the normal attack, there is also the thrust (which is more effective, but risky), and you can also fire arrows at distance or parry. To avoid a fight, you may also try to speak to them. If you return to the Innkeeper, you gain experience, which increases your stats. Still, if you quit the game, the only way to save your character is to write down the stats on paper and re-entering them the next time you play."
22062,C.E.O.,"A4 Networks, AIV Network$, AIV Network$: L'art supreme c'est le business, AIV Network$: Zug um Zug zum Erfolg",1995,6.9,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Dwight Owen Barnes (played by James Coburn), the longtime Chief Executive Officer of the “A-IV Group”, a multinational corporation with diversified assets and interests throughout the world, has just mysteriously disappeared in his private jet. As news reports of the disappearance break, stock in the company falls sharply, and you are swiftly selected as new CEO. Tasked with recovering the company from the downfall and ever further expansion you must prove your leadership fast. You will be required to buy and sell assets, build and manage the transportation infrastructure necessary to keep the company running, and allocate resources among more than 100 subsidiary companies. These are the tasks you must deal with while maximizing profit, keeping the investors from running you out, and preventing hostile takeovers from rival corporations."
22064,Madden NFL 2000,Madden 2000,1999,7.9,Sports,,,"John Madden brings the best football back to PC, bigger than ever! All 31 NFL teams (including the new Cleveland Browns), all-star and classic teams, player-specific animations, and much more. Graphics are better than ever. Improved running and rush interface gives you the ultimate control over strategy and execution. Even a franchise mode to keep you busy for a while."
22067,Deer Hunter 3: The Legend Continues,,1999,5.9,Sports,Hunting,,"In this iteration of the Deer Hunter series you can customize your hunter's appearance (gender, clothing) and choose from a huge selection of weapons and ""assistive gadgets"" that will help you to land that monster buck! The Season mode offers long-term replayability, with an in-game notebook in which you can jot down notes about where you planted that corn, or a description of the area where you left your favorite tree stand. Multi-player is offered via GameSpy."
22069,Battleship: Surface Thunder,"Battleship 2, Zeeslag 2",2000,6.2,Action,"Board game, Shooter",,"In this latest PC re-creation of the classic Hasbro board game, there are two games for which you can delve into. Battleship Classic: The original naval based game, where two players must guess where the opposing battleships are in the battlefield, and destroy them. Surface Thunder: Loosely based on the boardgame, this 3D action shooter has you in control of a lone battleship, which is stuck inside enemy territory. It is your job to get it out."
22072,Disney's DuckTales 2,,1993,8.1,Action,Platform,,"While in the basement of Uncle Scrooge's mansion, Huey, Dewey and Louie discover an old piece of paper. When they show it to Uncle Scrooge, he recognizes it as part of his great, great Uncle Fergus McDuck's legendary treasure map! With the remaining parts of the map hidden around the world, it's up to Uncle Scrooge to find them and discover Fergus McDuck's secret treasure! Duck Tales 2 is the sequel to the NES and Game Boy game, Duck Tales Based on the Disney cartoon of the same name, players control Uncle Scrooge as he searches the globe for massive amounts of wealth while trying to discover hidden pieces of the map. Scrooge's main method of attack is his cane - by jumping in the air and holding the B Button, the cane turns into a pogo stick, allowing players to jump onto most enemies' heads and cross dangerous terrain like spikes with ease. By pushing up against a wall or an object, Scrooge will whack his cane like a golf club, either sending the object flying or occasionally revealing secret items. New to Duck Tales 2 is the ability to push and pull certain objects with the cane after hitting them. Familiar faces such as Huey, Dewey and Louie, Webby, Mrs. Beakley, and Launchpad McQuack all turn up to lend a hand. Scrooge will even bump into the crazy inventor, Gyro Gearloose, who will improve Scrooge's cane so that he can access even more secret areas."
22076,Arcade Flight Simulator,,1989,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"This arcade game allows you to know what it was like to fly different aircraft from different points in time. You can fly a bi-plane from WW1 over Germany, a WW2 plane over Pearl Harbour and a Fighter Plane in WW3. After dispatching all the enemy planes you must go back to your base to collect a bomb. Then you must go back into enemy territory to drop the bomb on enemy HQ. While fighting keep an eye on your fuel. To re-fuel you must fly low over a fuel dump. The game is a birds eye view of the battle area. You can control your direction and altitude. You play the group captain who has to kill the enemy and destroy the bases. You have three lives to do this."
22078,The Island of Lost Hope,,1989,6.8,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"The Island of Lost Hope is a text-adventure with a pirate theme. The parser has standard Infocom -like abilities: it understands pronouns, chain commands,etc. You play a character whose ship was attacked by a pirate called Captain Black. Stranded on a small island, one day you have the chance to infiltrate the captain's vessel and exact your revenge. The screen is divided in 5 parts: - a top-left porthole where the graphics and the odd animation are displayed; - a compass in the center in the form of a skull that can be clicked with the sword-shaped cursor for movement (its use is optional, the player can also type the cardinal points and the up and down directions directly on the parser screen); - a top-right map that shows your current position and the explored surrounding area; - the screen bottom, the larger part of it being reserved for the parser and its messages; - the smaller right-bottom inventory that lists your possessions. No music, but there is some sound, mostly soothing splash noises from the sea."
22079,George Foreman's KO Boxing,Heavy weight Champ,1992,6.0,Sports,,,"The Master System and Game Gear versions of George Foreman's KO Boxing are fairly identical to the other versions in concept, but there are a few notable changes. The game is a reworking of the Master System title James 'Buster' Douglas Knockout Boxing not to be confused with the Genesis title with the same name, which is entirely different. Just like the other versions players are cast as George Foreman to go through a series of boxing matches against different opponents to win the championship title belt. Compared to the other titles, these versions have new opponents and show the boxers from the side. Players can move left or right in the ring to avoid punches. Other moves including blocking, and left and right punches that can be varied into jabs and crosses. Matches can last up to ten rounds and when no regular or technical knock-out occurs, the winner is based on the jury's points, provided between the rounds. During knock-out phases, no buttons need to be pressed to get the boxer back to his feet. At the start of the game, a slow or fast speed for the gameplay can be selected. Each match the player's boxer can use three super punches. These need to be charged and then unleashed when near an opponent. It sends them straight to the back of the ring, a dangerous area as it is easy to keep punching them into the ropes. Health is slightly restored during the intermission and after each won match the player is awarded skill points to be distributed over three characteristics. Matches for two players are supported."
22081,Grand Prix II,"GP2, Grand Prix 2",1996,8.4,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,Oceania,"All the circuits and drivers of the 1994 Formula 1 World Championship is recreated in Geoff Crammond 's second racing simulation. The game is viewed from within the cockpit - external views are provided primarily for use in replays or demonstrations. Texture mapping and full detail in the rear view mirrors are available for almost every visible feature. The game has 5 skill levels, 7 driving aids such as automatic brakes and a dotted 'ideal racing line' to follow available on lower skill levels, and variable race and practice session lengths. You will have to alter the car's setup to get the best possible car performance - this ranges from standard features such as brake balance and gear ratios onto more technical ones such as spring settings and the ride height. Multiplayer games involve either taking it in turns on a single computer, or on a linkup."
22092,Batman: The Video Game,Batman,1990,7.3,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",North America,"The Genesis version of Batman: The Video Game follows closely the plot from the 1989 movie. The game consists in six stages, four of side-scrolling platform action and two side-scrolling shooter ones, in the following order: Gotham City Street, Axis Chemical Factory, Flugelheim Museum, Gotham City Street (with the Batmobile and after that on foot), In the Sky over Gotham City (with the Batwing) and the Cathedral, where Batman finally faces the Joker. Batman can beat his enemies by punching them, slide kicking (by pressing down and the B button) or throwing his Batarang. By holding down the B button, Batman will block projectile-based attacks. He can also use his double jump (pressing the C button a second time while ascending) to leap greater distances or attack his enemies. To reach higher platforms, Batman can use his Grappling Hook (by pressing up and C to shoot, C again to climb). While piloting the Batmobile or the Batwing, Batman can shoot the Twin Vulcan Cannons (B button) or Twin Homing Missiles (A button). Through the levels, Batman will collect Batman emblems (which will give him Batarangs or Twin Homing Missiles, depending on the stage played), Hearts (which give him health) and Batman heads (which give him an extra life)."
22093,Carmageddon,Carmageddon: Carpocalypse Now,1999,5.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Carmageddon on the Game Boy Color is, really, Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now but in a three-quarter, top-down perspective. It is, however, still much the same. You are driving your car, trying to destroy other cars, run over zombies and win within the time limit."
22103,Wing Commander: Armada,,1994,6.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A strategy game base upon the popular Wing Commander Universe. This game sees you in command of either the Terran or Kilrathi empires in a bid to conquer a sector of space. This game provided 2 distinct modes of play with Armada being entirely tactically based and a far easier quick play method much like the mission creation facilities of Chuck Yeager's Air Combat of 5 years previous. This game also featured multi-player support both in Quick play and Armada modes. The game could be played either in split-screen, network, serial or modem modes and was one of the first multi-player 3D space sims."
22104,Battleship: The Classic Naval Warfare Game,"Flottenmanöver, Touché-Coulé",1996,6.7,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"This official version of Battleship dresses up the children's game originally made by Milton Bradley. It features hotseat and LAN play, as well as providing cinema scenes to dress up the action. Players can choose from several modes of play, including Classic rules and new variants, such as a Salvo Mode with different types of missiles."
22116,Jill of the Jungle: Jill Saves the Prince,,1992,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The final installment in the Jill of the Jungle trilogy features improved animations, new graphics, new music, new levels and a myriad of new enemies. It also features a map-based world which does not exist in the first two games. The story thus far: after having explored the jungle and defeated the forces of darkness in the first two games, Jill must endure another quest in order to save the jungle from being destroyed: Jill must save the prince who has been kidnapped by an evil green lizardman who wishes to destroy the jungle and build condos instead. Unless Jill saves the prince, he will succeed in his evil cause."
22118,High Heat Baseball 2000,,1999,6.8,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"High Heat Baseball 2000 is a baseball game which focuses on the simulation aspect. In comparison to its predecessor High Heat Baseball it now has an official license for the 1998 MLB season and uses a 3D graphic engine. Playing modes include exhibition matches, season (in varying lengths) home run derby, play-off and a career mode over multiple seasons. In the season and league mode there is even a managerial option available in which the player doesn't play the games himself but constrains himself on tactics and team development. The player can customize a big part of the rule set. The player editor allows to change attributes and appearance. With automatic functions for situations like defensive alignment or throwing the player can delegate unwanted tasks to the computer."
22119,Kong,Krazy Kong,1983,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,Kong is a clone of Donkey Kong This is a single player game that can be played with joystick or keys. The aim of the game is to achieve a high score by rescuing Fay Ray from the clutches of King Kong. There are four levels in this game. In the first screen Kong rolls barrels towards the player who can smash them with a hammer to gain bonus points. The second screen is set in a pie factory and the player must hurdle oncoming pies on a conveyor belt. Level three has the player pursuing Kong up the sky scraper in lifts while avoiding falling girders and the last level is set in Kong's lair. Each level starts with a set number of bonus points which count down over time so the faster the screen is completed the more points are gained. Umbrellas and handbags can also be collected for bonus points.
22122,RoboCop 2,,1991,6.0,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"RoboCop 2 is a mission-based platform game. Missions have various objectives, such as destroying Nuke drug canisters or killing all the enemies. If you didn't destroy/kill enough, you'll be transported to a training mission, which is a first-person perspective shoot 'em up. Should you also fail the training, you must go to the beginning of the previous mission. Successfully completed mission or enough points scored by training allow you to proceed to the next stage. Unlike in the first RoboCop there's no time limit, and you are able to jump."
22125,Deus,,1996,5.9,"Action, Simulation",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the world of the future interplanetary terrorism is a big threat to the universe, but since the terrorists are not easy to find or target, an all out war can't be waged against it. Instead the Alien World Exploration organization (which rules the universe) sends bounty hunters across the universe to planets suspected to harbor terrorist bases. You play one of these bounty hunters who gets sent to a world where the most dangerous terrorist group, the New Crusaders, are thought to have their HQ. The game is an informal sequel to 1994's Robinson's Requiem and you proceed through the game in exactly the same manner. You must gather clues and learn of your whereabouts in a fps-like environment while managing every aspect of your body in an attempt to ""survive"" the hostile alien world. You can play in action mode which removes most of the micro-managing, or in the standard simulation mode which boasts 22 ways to die (including hypothermia, untreated infections, etc.). Graphics are SVGA and the game offers single player gameplay only."
22148,One-Nil Soccer Manager,,1992,6.5,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,Your job in this game is to manage a soccer team. The team has to play to earn money. It is one of the first soccer management games.
22150,Virtual Pool,Virtual Pool: Snooker,1995,7.4,"Educational, Sports, Strategy / tactics",,,"Virtual Pool is the definitive pool simulation game that actually teaches novice players how to play and even promises to improve the game of the pool shark. Developed by a team of physicists and professional pool players, Virtual Pool brings the game to life with the highest degree of accuracy. Balls roll, skid, collide and move on a fully rendered 3D controlled pool table that mirrors reality. Virtual Pool has revolutionary features that allow players to actually 'walk' around the table to check out their next shot, take a closer look, back away, look left or right and then line-up the shot like they would in a real game with a real table. This title also allows players to take an overhead view from above, something unavailable in a real pool game! Taking game tips from World Champion pool player ""Machine Gun"" Lou Butera is guaranteed to improve the player's game. ""Machine Gun"" Lou will teach players over 30 famous trick shots the player can practice on their computer screen and then implement on a real table."
22152,Odyssey: The Search for Ulysses,"Odisea: La Búsqueda de Ulises, Odisseia: Em Busca de Ulisses, Odyseja: W Poszukiwaniu Ulissesa, Odyssee: Auf der Suche nach Odysseus, Odyssey: Hledání Odyssea, Odyssée: Sur les traces d'Ulysse, Odysséen: I Odysseus fotspår..., Odüsszeia: Odüsszeusz Nyomában",2000,5.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"You have been granted your freedom from prison with one catch: you must find Ulysses, missing since the end of the Trojan War. Travel throughout the known world, encounter friends and foes, monsters and legends, and much more. Can you find what happened to Ulysses, and ultimately save yourself?"
22153,Pac-Man World 20th Anniversary,吃豆人世界,1999,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements","Contemporary, Sci-fi / futuristic, Sea pirates / Caribbean","Twenty years after Pac-Man's first adventure in Pac-Land, Pac-Man returns one day to his house only to find it deserted. Toc-Man and his ghosts have kidnapped Pac-Man's friends, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac Jr., Baby Pac, Professor Pac, Pooka, and Chomp-Chomp the dog! Pac-Man must venture to Toc-Man's lair on Ghost Island to rescue his friends! Hidden through this 3D adventure game, Pac-Man faces challenging puzzles and games that have appeared in Pac-Man's previous games. Many things in this game are a tribute to original games and even Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde are back for another chance to get Pac-Man. There are several kinds of gameplay modes available. The newest is Quest mode. Pac-Man can maneuver up/down and left/right on the screen, but the camera is fixed on the side and scrolls along as Pac-Man searches through all the stages of Ghost Island. The player must collect Pac-Dots, Fruit, Keys, etc to advance through the level all the while defeating ghosts (by bouncing on them) and solving puzzles. An adventure game, the story progresses as the levels do with switches to be found and chests to be opened. There is also a scoring system that encourages the player to collect as much as possible. The other two types of modes are Classic mode and Maze mode. Classic mode is a 100% faithful conversion of Pac-Man's original game. Maze Mode is the gameplay from Classic Pac-Man translated into a 3D environment. All the Pac-Pellets, Ghosts, Walls, and Pac-Man are displayed in 3D."
22157,Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun,Kid Dracula,1990,7.2,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Kid Dracula is an unusual side-scroller from Konami. It's a parody of the company's popular Castlevania series. Instead of playing as a member of the Belmont family, you play as young Kid Dracula. You have been woken up from your sleep by the evil demon Garamos, who's been wrecking havoc in Dracula's Castle. It's up to you to stop him by traveling across several different locations, including Dracula's Castle, New York, the Sea, and Egypt! Gameplay consists of very standard jump and shoot platform action. As you progress through the nine levels, you gain the ability to perform spells, such as turning into a bat, and different special attacks, such as a spread / homing attack. You can also spend the coins you get when you defeat enemies in one of several mini-games that show up when you're between levels."
22172,High Frontier,,1987,5.9,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"When High Frontier was created, America was investing heavily in the original 'Star Wars' SDI, to fend off a feared Soviet missile attack. Your job in this strategy game is to oversee its development. The game is played via an icon control system, with a common set of icons and information panels are displayed around these screens. There are six distinct screens used to make the decisions, plus the ability to track existing satellites and keep track of active Soviet attacks. The Research & Development screen is the first port of call. It is split into six components, to which you must assign money and staff. The President will give the order to arm or disarm your units (including the activation code). Once you have working SDIs and the permission codes, you can launch them using the Shield screen. Espionage and Reconnaissance cameras are located to keep track of enemy development, although these figures are not always precise. The Threats screen lets you keep track of enemy resources and moods. The World screen effectively moves the game forward in time."
22174,African Raiders-01,,1988,6.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,Africa,"The game tries to represent the African part of the 11th Paris-Dakar rally route, which in the game takes place in Tunisia, Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal in 1988-1989. Controlling their car from a behind view, the player should drive through the marked path in Sahara. When a player loses their way, they may be in the sands alone and start to skid. In this situation, they may switch between the 4x4 and 4x2 modes of the car. These modes have their own opportunities and misses. The speed is limited to 87 in 4x4 mode and limited by the car's parameters in 4x2 mode. But in 4x4 mode path marks may stop the car, while in 4x2 mode the car may knock the path parks off. Switching the gear, the player may drive back and forth to avoid blocking the car either by path mark or by debris in the sand. The direction of the way is shown by compass as well as the length of traversed path and volume of residuary fuel are displayed by indicators. Other drivers are present on the way, day and night, therefore they should be left behind to win in the rally. There are five stages with different visible horizons: 1) Tunis - In Salah (5726 Km); 2) Ouallene - Achegour (4353 Km); 3) Achegour - Niamey (4587 Km); 4) Ouagadougou - Bamako (4438 Km); 5) Bamako - Dakar (3622 Km). So, you have to conquer the sands of Sahara, show good time on each stage, and be the first at the finish."
22176,Tobruk: The Clash of Armour,,1987,6.9,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,"Age of Discovery / Enlightenment, Historical events, World War II","The battle for Tobruk in May-July 1942 was one of the key battles of the North African front in World War 2. Rommel lead the Axis forces to a victory, taking out Allied forces which were gathered to densely mine a strategic defensive area of Libya. In this tactical wargame, players can do the same. Taking the six Allied supply points is crucial to your mission's success. You must guide the movement and attacks of your units. You can also call in aircraft and engineer support. The game is turn-based; once you have given your orders, the Allies do the same. Unit damage is progressively calculated. Unlike the Allies, you use mobile suppliers, which you also command. They should be kept in range of your units (with no Allied forces in between). The game includes optional action sequences, which can be practised outside the main game. You control navigation, driving and gunning (with turrets and machine guns) for individual units, from a first-person view. The Amstrad version has an additional mode - by linking 2 CPCs via a special lead, a simultaneous two-player strategy-only game is set up, in which one player represents the Allies."
22188,Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesu,,1993,8.3,Action,,,"As you may have guessed from the number 2 in the title, this is the second SNES game in the popular blend of the adventure and jump and run genres which is the Goemon series. Again, you (and your partner, in 2 player mode) control Goemon, his friend Ebisu-Maru and, new to the bunch, robot Sasuke, through loads of action stages and villages. Another new feature comes with 3D boss fights, featuring the giant mech type robot called ""Goemon Impact""."
22189,Power Eleven,,1991,6.7,Sports,,,"Power Eleven is a top-down soccer game with three playing modes: multiplayer, penalty kicks (shown from the back of the transparent goalkeeper) and a tournament mode. The latter is the main mode for solo players and features twelve national soccer teams. Then the player needs to defeat the other teams with rising difficulty to win the Hudson Cup. Regarding rules, the game features no fouls or off-sides. Each athlete has a rating in the five statistics (run, dribble, kick, technique and power) which influences his performance on the field. The player can also choose between different formations and after successful matches athletes can be substituted. The most unusual aspect of the game is the power rating which is lowered when using the power mode which allows faster movement and forceful shots. However, the power does only get completely refilled after a match so it needs to be used with care. Because the activation of this mode takes up a button, there is no dedicated passing button to be found. The distance of a shot is chosen by pressing the fire button quickly or holding it."
22191,Fruity Frank,,1984,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"You control Fruity Frank as he tries to harvest all of the fruits on the screen. However, there are numerous bad guys out to get him! Frank can defend himself from the bad guys in two ways: he can push the apples located throughout the play field on top of the enemies and crush them or Frank can use his power ball This ball can be thrown at an enemy to destroy it. He has only one power ball, though, so he will need to wait for it to return to him before it can be used again. When you successfully collect all of the cherries, you will move on to the next and more challenging level. This game is very similar to the first Mr. Do! game except that in Fruity Frank you don't collect letters from the alphabet."
22192,OutRun Europa,,1991,6.8,Racing / Driving,,Europe,"The third game in the OutRun series, which revolutionised the third-person perspective style of racing games. The levels are set across Europe, as undercover agent Simeon Kurz attempts to recover his stolen car (and, more importantly the top-secret documents that were inside it) while escaping the police who wrongly assume him to be a vehicle thief. Unlike other titles in the series, you use a different vehicle on each level, with motorbikes and jet-skis adding variety and taking different skill to use. You must complete each level within the strict time limits, and the routes are dogged with other vehicles to avoid and overtake. You can choose between sound effects or music."
22197,Art of Fighting,"ACA NeoGeo: Art of Fighting, AkeAka NeoGeo: Ryūko no Ken, Ryūko no Ken",1992,6.8,Action,Fighting,"Contemporary, North America","Yuri Sakazaki has been kidnapped! Her big brother Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia, his best friend, go search for her on the streets of South Town. As they go deeper and deeper they will find clues as to who ordered the kidnapping, the Sakazaki family's relation to the mob, and a person from their past. The gameplay differs from most fighting games. In this game, you have a Spirit meter. A Spirit meter is in the game and will decrease as you perform special moves. It can be recharged, but doing so leaves you open to attack. When your health is almost gone, you can perform a secret combination that will unleash a deadly attack on your opponent - provided you have a full Spirit meter. The arcade version doesn't allow you to play as Mr. Big and the elusive Mr. Karate."
22198,Street Fighter Collection,,1997,7.9,"Action, Compilation",Fighting,,Street Fighter Collection is a bundle comprising several different games of the Street Fighter series. It includes:
22211,SEGA Rally 2 Championship,,1998,7.8,Racing / Driving,,,"Sega Rally 2 is the sequel to Sega's hit arcade game, Sega Rally This game, like it's predecessor, is based on Rally racing. Rally racing is unique in that races take place on both race tracks and off-road courses. The courses in this game reflect this nicely. Some take place in the desert or forest, others take place in cities. The cars in this game are all actual rally cars, with manufacturers from Europe and Japan both well represented. You do not get to see very many of them at one time, however, since rally races are typically time-based events. In this game, you are not competing directly against the other cars, you simply have to have the best time through the course. So, during any race you will usually see a handful of other cars on the track. Sega Rally 2 contains several modes of play. The first mode is the simple arcade mode of play. Here, you race in 4 courses, one right after another. The second mode is the 10 year championship. In this mode you race on 16 courses, and can make modifications to your car between races. Finally, there is a 2-person split screen mode for head-to-head competition."
22212,Land of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse,"Land of Illusion estrelando Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse no Mahō no Crystal",1992,8.2,Action,Platform,,"Mickey Mouse is reading an interesting book and suddenly find himself in a strange, dreamy village. He is told that a curse has been placed on the village, turning its good magic into bad one. The evil Phantom, who lives in the castle in the clouds, is responsible for that! Mickey decides to help the villagers and to defeat the evil Phantom. This is a platform jump-and-run game. There is a time limit to each level. Mickey can jump, duck, climb, and defeat enemies by jumping on them and pressing the down arrow at the same time."
22221,Lucky Luke: The Video Game,,1996,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Western,"The game is based on the famous comics series about the brave and quick good cowboy Lucky Luke, who draws his gun faster than his shadow does. After Dalton brothers have escaped from the jail and put their eyes on the gold mine of the town, you as always should chase and bring them to justice. Shooting the bad guys, jumping, and collecting the stars, you have to progress in 24 levels to the final goal. Animation and CD-audio are provided. The game was made in English/French/German/Dutch."
22229,Front Page Sports: Golf,"DSF Golf, Sierra Sports Golf",1997,7.0,Sports,,,"FPS Golf allows anyone to play the game in as many ways as was possible in 1997. You could play alone on your PC, with co-workers over a LAN, or over a modem with another player or over the SIGS (Sierra Gaming Network). FPS Golf was Sierra's answer to Links"
22231,Leisure Suit Larry's Casino,,1998,6.9,Gambling,Cards / tiles,,"Larry Laffer, the protagonist of the Leisure Suit Larry adventure series, is running a casino. Leisure Suit Larry's Casino offers 5 casino games, 3 party games, a full gift shop, 3 restaurants, 3 bars, and a few surprises."
22232,Donkey Kong Classics,,1988,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,Donkey Kong Classics features both the original Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Junior in a single cartridge.
22235,Jocky Wilson's Compendium of Darts,Jocky Wilson's Darts Compendium,1990,6.6,Sports,,,"Zeppelin's second game licensed from the successful darts player has a much wider scope than the previous Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge The control system involves directing a hand which guides the dart, but this is constantly moving in a random arc, reflecting realistic jitters but making accurate aiming difficult at first. The standard 501 darts rules are among the six games included. The other games include variants loosely based on football (hit the bulls-eye to start scoring, then a double adds one goal to your score) and bowls (in which a 'jack' dart is thrown by one player, and the aim is to get your darts as close to it as possible). There are also Ten-Dart century (score exactly 100 with 10 darts), Shanghai (where only darts thrown at a particular area can score) and Scram (where one player shoots to successively knock sectors out of play, and the opponent must score as much as possible from the others)."
22236,Arc the Lad III,,1999,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The events of this game take place several years after Elk and Arc faced their ultimate enemy in Arc the Lad II You control Alec, a teenager whose entire village was destroyed by an unknown evil - an event that was later called ""The Great Disaster"". He was saved by a mysterious Hunter. Since then, growing peacefully in a village he was brought to, which was like a new home for the survivors of the Great Disaster, Alec dreams about meeting the Hunter again, and becoming a Hunter himself. Together with his best friend Lutz he tries his luck in nearby towns, receiving small Hunter jobs, until the fate crosses the ways of the two young people with a mysterious organization called the Academy. And there their adventure really begins... The gameplay of this third installment of Arc the Lad series is very similar to that of the predecessor. You fight enemies in turn-based battles, and can move freely on the battlefield, positioning your party members the way you like. You can upgrade your weapons by forging them with special materials, and have a variety of techniques and magic spells at your disposal."
22238,Bounty Bob Strikes Back!,,1985,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Bounty Bob Strikes Back! is the sequel to Miner 2049er and features similar gameplay. As Bounty Bob, your goal is to claim every inch of 25 challenging mines. To do this, you must walk over each segment of the framework in the mines. To reach each segment of framework, you will need to figure out a way to jump, climb, or use one of the many devices occasionally available to get there. To your help you get around (or sometimes hinder progress) are ladders, slides, suction tubes, cannons, transporters, and other devices. Wandering about the mines are many dangerous mutants. If you come in contact with one of these, you will lose a life. Scattered throughout each mine are special food items; collect one of these, and you will temporarily be able to eliminate the mutants by walking into them. You will need to figure out a unique strategy for each level in order to complete it, plus there is a time limit so claim all the territory quickly!"
22242,Fighter Wing,,1995,5.7,Simulation,,,"Fighter Wing is a flight simulator that instead of concentrating on a single type of aircraft, covers a wide array of flyable planes. You get to play in either Nato or soviet sides in a series of scenarios (no campaign mode) that take place over fictional situations (the President goes insane and orders a massive strike, etc.). On the Nato side, you can fly the F-4, F-15, F-16, F-18 and F-117. While on the Soviet side you get the MIG-21, 23, 29, 31 and the SU-27. Graphics are completely 3d with gouraud-shaded polygonal aircraft complete with insignias and other details, also present are clouds, smoke effects and ground modeled on actual map terrain and there's multiplayer support for up to 16 players. Available in both floppy and cd version with added fmv sequences."
22243,The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2000,"Bundesliga 2000: Der Fussball-Manager, LNF Manager 2000",1999,6.9,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Take control of your own football team from one of the world's major leagues, and aim to win domestic and ultimately European honours - lower division teams must win promotions to get there. The game puts more time into non-team matters than many management games - you must control behind the scenes matters including finance control, ticket pricing, and improving and building your stadium and facilities. The usual tasks are still there - buy and sell players, manage your youth team, manage a reserve team, give your worst players away for free. Set up your team down to the smallest detail and view matches in 3D allowing you to make on-the-fly changes to your team to best counter the opposition."
22250,True Pinball,,1996,7.2,Simulation,"Arcade, Pinball",,"True Pinball is a console version of Pinball Illusions that has 4 different tables, named ""Extreme Sports"", ""Vikings - The Tales"", ""Ricochet"" and ""Babewatch"". Both 2D and 3D views (not available in computer versions) are available and over 32,000 colors in high resolutions boost it visually."
22252,Moto Roader,,1989,6.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,"The action in this racing game is viewed from above and features rotational controls. There are 6 racetracks featured including real-world ones such as Laguna Seca. Before each race you can buy a full compliment of upgrades and weapons, with each area (engine, handling, turbo and so on) having several variably-priced options. The unusual thing about the racing system is that the action always follows the leader. If you slip too far behind, your car is blown up and placed back onto the track further on in order to keep up (similarly to Micro Machines ). This can only happen a limited number of times before the game is over."
22256,Aqua Aqua,"Aqua Aqua: Wetrix 2.0, Aquaqua",2000,6.7,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"Much like the original Wetrix you must use the many different shaped blocks and build dams around the playing field to trap the water, so it won't flow off. In this version there is a story mode, where you must complete each level under a certain time limit to advance to the next. The play field has also had some changes, with each part of the playing field represented by a bingo card in the bottom left of the screen. Every time you clear a part of the area, one of the areas on the bingo card is ticked off. A new training mode helps you improve your speed and accuracy, and of course there is a two player battle mode, for those who wish to prove they are Wetrix champions."
22258,Little Lancelot,The Legend of Prince Valiant,1992,6.4,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The Legend of Prince Valiant is a side-scrolling action game in which the player takes on the role of Prince Valiant. The game is licensed from the television cartoon series of the same name which in turn is based on an older comic series. As Valiant the player must find Camelot and go on a quest for King Arthur to become a knight. In most levels the player just has to move to the right side of the screen to reach the exit of each level. All the while enemies will spawn and attack Valiant. Aside from humans the game also offers its share of mythical creatures that have to be defeated including dragons. The player must also jump over pit traps and water or face death. The player can be hit multiple time and can regenerate health by finding power-ups. To combat the enemies the player can use Valiant's crossbow which shoots in a straight line. There are two special levels with different controls. In one such level the player can only move his targeting reticule in a first-person on rails shooting segment and in the other 6 cannons can be fired The player can select which cannon fires and how far it should shoot. The goal in these levels is to kill all enemies and avoid receiving damage. The later US release is completely identical, but loses the Prince Valiant license, instead replacing the protagonist with Lancelot."
22262,Hammerin' Harry,Daiku no Gen-san: Beranme-chō Sōdōki,1990,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In the peaceful town of Carpentersville, some workers known as The Rusty Nailers decide to bulldoze a house that belongs to Harry. Harry is certainly not happy with this, and goes on a rampage, destroying workers that get in his way. As Harry, you can destroy workers in one of two ways: you can smash them when one of them gets near them, or you can pound the ground, and by doing this, you will send shockwaves in both directions. There are four environments in which Harry needs to get through: construction sites, sewer, ship, and the mansion where Harry meets the leader who ordered the demolition of his house. At the end of each environment, a boss needs to be defeated in order to proceed to the next environment. In between these, there are bonus stages in which you have to destroy a number of enemies before time runs out."
22267,Sea Legends,,1996,6.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"Sea Legends is a pirate simulation game similar to Sid Meier's Pirates! As Richard Gray, a young captain, the player has to master ship navigation, sword fighting, trading, sea and land warfare, and crew recruiting in order to progress in what begins as a simple story but will evolve into a plot with many characters with a few twists and turns. This game features many different weapons (cannons, rifles, swords, etc.) and goods to trade. Colony buildings include a tavern, a governor house, an armory, in addition to a church, which allows the player to save games. One of the most important features in this game is sea warfare, incorporating a 3D voxel engine making combat more realistic."
22273,HKM,Human Killing Machine,1988,4.7,Action,Fighting,,"In today's moral climate, it seems that almost everyone is living by the rule 'kill or be killed'. Some people are taking the idea to extremes, plunging into danger just to prove that they are really tough and a lot stupider than the rest. In this game, players control Kwon, dubbed the Human Killing Machine. He has vowed to demonstrate the power of his homeland; and does this by battling a series of opponents in several countries such as Moscow, Amsterdam, and Barcelona. HKM uses the term 'knockdown' for players who defeat their current opponent. Three knockdowns are needed for the player to move onto the next opponent. Bonus points are awarded for the remaining energy Kwon has when he has successfully defeated his opponent. The player has five lives, and if all of them are used up, the game is over."
22275,Arkanoid: Doh It Again,,1997,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"A sequel to the arcade game Arkanoid Use your paddle to move the ball around and hit bricks to clear the level. Once all the bricks are gone in the current level, you go on to the next level. Power-ups, like lasers and paddle lengthening will help you during the levels. Unlike the arcade version, the sequel has boss battles and somewhat of a storyline."
22277,Heroes of Might and Magic II: Gold,"Heroes of Might and Magic II: Deluxe Edition, Heroes of Might and Magic II: Edition Deluxe, Heroes of Might and Magic II: Gold Edition",1998,7.3,Compilation,,,"This compilation contains: For the Windows Apps platform, this is the first release of the game."
22281,High Speed,,1991,6.7,Simulation,Pinball,,"High Speed is a conversion of the Williams Electronics pinball game of the same name. The game recreates the pinball table and gameplay from the arcade version and also adds some video game features, such as lightning bombs, attacking enemies, magnetic helicopters, and rust balls which dissolve your flipper. The bottom part of the screen remains on the bottom set of flippers, while the top half scrolls over the whole pinball table to follow the action. Gameplay is for one to four players alternating."
22289,Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe,"Speed Ball II, Speedball 2",1990,7.3,"Action, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Brutal Deluxe doesn't live up to their name - in fact they're the worst team Speedball has ever seen. As their manager, it is your job to transform their fortunes. As well as the league system, which consists of 2 8-team divisions and challenges you to advance to the top, there are also 2 cup tournaments, one of which is played out over 2 'legs' with the aggregate score deciding who progresses. You can play the matches as well, which is the real meat of the game. They consist of 2 90-second periods, and the gameplay is futuristic, fast, and frantic, with heavy tackling encouraged to retrieve the ball. Power-ups and tokens appear on the pitch, including ones to make your players extra-tough or freeze the opponents. The sides of the pitch each include a score multiplier, which you can run the ball through to increase the value of your scoring - the opposition can sometimes immediately grab the ball and nullify this. There are also 5 stars which are worth 2 points each if you hit them (more if you have the multiplier activated), but these can also be canceled out by the opposition hitting the same star, and their points values only become set after the half. Next to the stars, there are portals, which throw the ball out the opposite side of the pitch, in the direction it was going. You get money for the results, and by collecting the silver tokens which appear on the pitch at random intervals. Between each match, you can spend these either on improving your existing players as far as they can go or on buying better ones and fitting them into the team. Your original players can only be improved to a certain extent, so remembering where your signed players are and making use of them is important. A variety of tokens also appear during the match, some of which boost your team's power for a short period of time, and one freezes the opposition."
22293,Shadow of the Beast II,"SOTB2, Shadow of the Beast II: Jūshin no Jubaku",1990,6.9,Action,"Fighting, Puzzle elements",,"Essentially a side-on scrolling beat 'em up in the vein of The Way of the Exploding Fist but with an epic storyline and puzzles a-plenty. The introduction, now an Amiga classic, shows the Beast-mage stealing your infant sister and the purpose of the game is to rescue her back. On the way a variety of puzzles, sub-quests and really nasty monsters dog your every step."
22297,Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell,"De zaak van de gestolen Trompetschelp, Freddi Fisch: Der Fall der gestohlenen Trompetenschnecke, Freddi Fish and The Stolen Shell, Fritzi Fisch 3: Der Fall der gestohlenen Trompetenschnecke, Marine Malice 3: le Mystère du Coquillage Volé, Rybka Freddi - Delo o Pohischennoj Rakovine",1998,7.7,"Adventure, Educational","Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Freddi Fish and her pal Luther are back in another installment of this animated edutainment adventure series. The Great Conch Shell used to signal the start of the Founder's Day Festival has been stolen. Freddi and Luther have to find the missing shell, discover the identity of the criminal, and clear Luther's uncle, who has been jailed as the prime suspect. Gameplay is inventory based adventure style, peppered with a host of mini-games that are a hallmark of Humongous Entertainment's kids adventure titles. The mini games here include playing a huge pipe organ and testing your mettle at a host of carnival midway games."
22307,Independence Day,"ID4, Independence Day - maailmojen sota, Independence Day: The Game",1997,5.0,"Action, Simulation","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This arcade game is based loosely on the 1996 blockbuster movie ""Independence Day."" Interspersed with cutscenes lifted from the film, the game consists of flying a jet through various missions in order to take down the gargantuan, city-destroying spaceships. This entails flying around the 3D level and taking out targets such as: communication uplinks, shield generators, the occasional alien fighter craft, and ultimately bringing down the major alien ship via a strike on its main cannon. Powerups are plentiful, such as medical packs that heal your jetcraft, bonus weapons, bonus planes, and an item that freezes enemy planes for a brief time. Mission settings include the Grand Canyon, Washington D.C., and New York City. There are other missions that are provided on a need-to-know basis (as stated in the manual). The game also features 2-player head-to-head action via a network or null modem link."
22314,Bust a Groove 2,Bust A Move 2: Dance Tengoku Mix,1999,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Music / rhythm",,"This sequel to Bust-a-Groove adds new characters and music to the dancing game. Other changes were made in the interface graphics, but the bulk of the gameplay is the same as the original."
22317,The Misadventures of Tron Bonne,Tron ni Kobun,1999,7.6,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Post-apocalyptic,"Things are looking up for the Bonne family. Having just finished getting their airship, the Gesellschaft, operational, Teisel Bonne sets out with younger brother Bon Bonne to explore an unexplored ruin. Unfortunately for Teisel the loan he took out to pay for the Gesellschaft just came due, and the two Bonne brothers are taken prisoner. Now it's up to Tron to save her siblings and pay off their debt the only way she knows how: Grand Larceny. Most of the levels in The Misadventures of Tron Bonne are played similarly to Mega Man Legends but with minor tweaks to controls. Tron's walking tank, the Gustaff, can't equip the wide range of alternate weapons like Mega Man, but it can pick up and hurl large objects like trees and cars. It can also launch beacon bombs which direct the Servbots following Tron to either attack or steal anything in the vicinity. Additional levels include a crate stacking puzzle minigame where Tron needs to steal selected crates of valuables in a limited number of moves, and a first person dungeon exploration section where Tron must depend on the Servbots alone to clear out traps and enemies. Despite the Servbots all looking alike, each one has unique stats and abilities. By taking them on missions, training them aboard the Gesellschaft, or using special items their stats can be raised, unlocking hidden talents."
22322,Mortimer and the Riddles of the Medallion,Mortimer und die Rätsel des Medaillons,1996,7.1,"Action, Educational",Puzzle elements,,"Mortimer and the Riddles of the Medallion is an action/puzzle game aimed primarily toward children and developed by Lucasarts. The player can play either as Sid or Sally, and rides Mortimer the giant snail to thwart the evil Lodius. Lodius stole the medallion and turned all the animals into statues. The player must revitalize the animals in each of the five action levels, and then, using hints from the freed animals, answer a riddle to pass to the next level."
22324,Uridium 2,,1993,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Re-enter your manta in the sequel to one of the fastest 8-bit action games. You are sent out to take out half a dozen enemy battle groups, each consisting of four huge spaceships. Similar to the first Uridium, you face increasing numbers of unfriendly fighter wings and stationary defenses while sweeping over the carriers. The real challenge here is to avoid the many walls on the back of the vessel while you are under attack. After the exterior has been cleaned from most of the enemy presence you take care of the ships' reactor core in a jump-and-run-like sequence. While floating in a non-gravity surrounding, lower the core's shields and then destroy it. The game also gives you a number of extra weapons that can be collected by either flying over pick-ups left from dead enemy wings or by catching them after the power generator has been destroyed."
22329,Cosmic Swarm,Termite,1982,5.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are at the Waypoint Interstellar Trade Depot, a quiet outpost in space, when suddenly a dormant group of alien, mineral-eating termites awakens. They then begin haphazardly making their nest. Using your probe ship, you must destroy the termites and their nest blocks. You simply fire at the termites to destroy them but their nest blocks must be energized before you can destroy them. To energize a nest block, you must hit a block while a termite is still carrying it. This will energize all the blocks on the screen. If you shoot a termite that is not carrying a block or if one is carrying a block but you only hit the termite, all the blocks will not be energized and not be damageable. If you run into a block, energized or not, or are touched by a termite, you lose a life. Every so often, a refuel ship travels down and then back up the left or right side of the screen. You must dock with it (touch it) before it gets back to the top or the game ends, no matter how many lives you have left. To fire, press the fire button. To move, move the joystick while the button is not pressed. If you hold down the button, you can rotate left or right then you will stay at that angle until you rotate again. The points are: Shooting a termite that is NOT carrying a block=1 point Shooting a termite that is carrying a block but only hitting the termite=2 points Shooting a termite that is carrying a block and hitting the block=3 points Shooting an energized block=1 point"
22331,Dominium,,1992,6.1,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Dominium a distant solar system discovered recently, was acclimatized by settlers from the Earth. After that it grew rapidly, and war conflicts finally touched up the system. Peace was restored, and Galactic High Council decided to promulgate the Galactic Charter to prevent the recurrence of such events. Military forces were taken out except elite security forces, generally members of galactic orders. The most prestigious of these orders, the Galactic New Round Table, assigned you a rank of Knight, and the Grand Master of the Order gave you a first mission. It will take place on Dominium. This system threatened by a belligerent neighbor has required a military observer. Upon your arrival after long journey in hibernation box, you were met by Selena of Antioch, Regent of Dominium. She tells you that she refused the ultimatum of her neighbor Baron Kraal, who wants to conquer Dominium. So you have to rely on yourself and your resources to defeat the Baron, because your general forces are too remote to help you. Selena is grateful to your decision, and she gives you carte blanche to organize the defense of Dominium. In the main menu you can modify a 4 digit ""Stellar Code"" that represents the game's difficulty settings and also acts as seed for terrain map generation - number 0 to 9 for: enemy speed and brutality, enemy industrial and military capability, your charisma (spy reports and resource donations), your units' attack inaccuracy. You play at the same time on 7 planet maps and a single space map, that connects them all. The maps consist of hexagonal wraparound terrain grid. In space you move around with spacecraft (Fighter, Frigate, Cruiser, Cargo). On the planets you move around with ground vehicles (Jeep, Armor, Carrier) and may land your spacecraft on any free spot. A factory can produce new units and mine resources. At cities you can hire new crewmen for gold. The game is played in realtime while all units move stepwise depending on their individual engine speed. Each movement step consumes fuel/energy. Your mission is to find, conquer and hold 5 out of 7 fortresses, one on each planet, while your opponent is trying the same. Starting with a factory, you should build units to uncover neighboring lands covered by Fog of War. Finding resources, such as gold mines and energy deposits, you should collect them with a factory and build more units. Each unit is defined by 8 parameters: Speed, Range, Fire, Shield, Tank, Radar, Capacity, and Crew. The values of parameters, which may be increased and decreased before production, define the cost of a unit. Adviser Selena will contact you during gameplay and inform you on random planetary events out of your sight. The game may be played by a single player or by two players via serial cable. For two player mode you can additionally enable two computer opponents."
22343,You Don't Know Jack: Volume 3,You Don't Know Jack: Volume 2,1997,7.9,Strategy / tactics,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"You Don't Know Jack: Volume 3 is a humorous, sarcasm-laced trivia game for up to three players that plays like a parody of the Jeopardy television game show. The players compete in either 9 or 21 question games and the person with the most money at the end wins. Questions are arranged in categories and all have a time limit. The player will find multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and other special situation questions such as rhyming, jumbled words, as well as sound and picture questions. The final question is always the Jack Attack which is matching up words that fit the clue. This third installment of the series adds new categories, questions, and features."
22354,Gargoyle's Quest,"Gargoyle's Quest: Ghosts 'n Goblins, Red Arremer: Makaimura Gaiden",1990,7.7,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, Shooter",Fantasy,"The friendly Ghoul Realm was invaded by aliens know as the Destroyers ages ago. The Destroyers almost captured the Ghoul Realm except a powerful fire came from the sky and destroyed them. The Realm is threatened again and the secret of the fire must be recovered. You play Firebrand, a gargoyle who has powerful claws that allow him to cling to walls and other surfaces on a verticle plane. Firebrand can also hover and fly for awhile with his wings. Destroy the enemy characters with your firery breath. The game also contains an adventure type story that is unfolded by interacting with characters from an over-head perspective."
22358,Wizard Pinball,Pinball Wizard,1995,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Pinball",Fantasy,"Wizard Pinball is a pinball game that offers one table with a fantasy theme, featuring wizards, dragons, ghosts and skeletons. Two players can play taking turns, each starting with five balls. The table features various secrets and bonuses, including several hidden extra levels and a multi-ball feature. A high score list is available, but there is no way to save it upon turning off."
22372,Bass Rise,Fishing Freaks: BassRise,1999,6.6,Sports,,,"A fishing game with both a single and multiplayer VS. mode. In the single player game, players choose to play as either a man or a woman, choose the color of their clothes, and then choose an area they want to fish in. There are two lakes to choose from at the start of the game, but more can be unlocked by completing challenges. An example of a challenge would be trying to catch a set number of fish in five casts. These challenges are given to the player by fellow anglers, who also offer advice and tips to the player. Also, completing challenges may also earn the player new lures to use. The VS. mode lets from 2 to 4 players take turns fishing against each other. Players can choose how many casts are allowed (from 1 to 5 casts), how many games the competition will last (from 1 to 5 rounds), and what event to compete in (length, most weight, or number of fish caught). Once the player is ready to start fishing, they choose from a various amount of Megabass brand lures such as the Pop-X or V-Flat lures, to add to their tackle box. After they decide what lures they want in their tackle box, the player heads out to the lake and chooses their lure, line strength (8,12,or 16 pounds), and where they want to cast their line. Once they get a fish to bite, they have to reel it in while being careful not to snap their line by letting their line tension meter fill all the way. The game keeps track of the players record weight and length catches of large mouth bass, small mouth bass, and blue gill."
22375,International Superstar Soccer Pro '98,"International Superstar Soccer Pro 98, World Soccer Jikkyō: Winning Eleven 3 - World Cup France '98",1998,8.1,Sports,,,"GOOOAAAALLLL!! New for the PlayStation game console. Now endorsed by Carlos Valderrama International Superstar and captain of Colombia's national soccer team. Motion captured animations 5 unique soccer stadiums 8 preset strategies 5 different camera angles Compete for 7 different int'l cups 36 international teams Adjustable gameplay speed Play-by-play commentary by U.K. sportscaster, Tony Gubba 6 exciting play modes including training, penalty kicks and league play Source: Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US)"
22376,Spin Ball,"Flipper Pinball, Spinball",1983,6.1,Simulation,Pinball,,"Spin Ball is a pinball simulation game. The games pinball table comes complete with a variety of bumpers, spinners, and other targets which can earn you varying amounts of points with several combinations possible for even more points. Bonuses can be earned as well, both in point form and also ball savers which block the chutes on the corners of the screen. A ball splitter may also appear, allowing you to have two balls in play at one time. The joystick is used to set the tension on the spring when putting a ball into play or to shake the table during play, and the buttons are used to control the left and right paddles on the table. You begin each game with 5 balls, and the game ends when all 5 are lost."
22394,Abrams Battle Tank,"Krav Hatankim, M-1 Abrams Battle Tank, The Realistic M1A1 Combat Simulation",1989,6.6,Simulation,,,"Take the most powerful NATO tank, the M-1 Abrams, in 8 difficult missions against the Warsaw Pact forces. The four tank stations and the other aspects of the tank are quite nicely simulated, with different types of cannon rounds, coax machine guns, and all that. There's also the independent turret and track rotation commands."
22396,Castlevania,"Akumajō Dracula, Arcade Archives: Vs. Castlevania, Castle Vania, Vs. Castlevania",1986,7.8,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Castlevania is a single-player side-scrolling action platform game. Every hundred years, Count Dracula returns to terrorize the land. Simon Belmont, heir to a famed line of vampire hunters, enters the Count’s sprawling castle to break the curse and end the rampage. The fortress is a maze of halls, towers, catacombs, and clockworks filled with classic monsters and traps that guard the path to Dracula’s throne room. Players guide Simon through a sequence of themed stages, each concluding with a boss encounter. Movement emphasizes deliberate timing: jumps follow a fixed arc, stairs must be climbed to change vertical levels, and enemy hits cause knockback that can send Simon into pits or hazards. A visible timer limits each stage, and losing all health, falling, or running out of time costs a life. Checkpoints occur within stages, and limited continues allow progress to resume from the start of a section. Simon’s primary weapon is the Vampire Killer whip, which strikes straight ahead. Hitting certain candles and lanterns drops upgrades that extend the whip’s length and power. Secondary “sub-weapons” expand combat options and consume hearts as ammunition. These include the dagger, axe, holy water, stopwatch, and a returning boomerang-style cross. Sub-weapons are switched by picking up a new one, encouraging players to choose tools that fit the next room’s enemies and layouts. Resource and item management underpin the action. Hearts, earned from candles and enemies, fuel sub-weapon use but do not restore health. Roast meat hidden in breakable walls replenishes vitality. Additional pickups provide temporary enhancements such as the Double Shot and Triple Shot, which let Simon throw multiple sub-weapons in quick succession, and invincibility or increased points. Extra lives are awarded at score thresholds or by rare 1-Up items, while stage-specific hazards, such as moving platforms, collapsing bridges, and fire traps, test precision. The game’s structure is linear, with a fixed sequence of areas that escalate in difficulty, although secrets and optional breakable walls reward exploration with healing items, hearts, or score bonuses. Enemy types vary by behavior and vulnerability. Each stage culminates in a boss patterned after horror archetypes. Castlevania has appeared on multiple platforms and services. Home releases retain the core progression and mechanics, while some versions adjust difficulty or content. An arcade adaptation, VS. Castlevania modifies enemy placements and stage balance for shorter, tougher sessions. Later compilations and downloads preserve the original play while adding conveniences such as suspend or save features outside the game’s native design."
22399,F1 World Grand Prix,,1999,7.7,Racing / Driving,,,"F1WGP features the official license of the 1998 season, it features all the drivers for that season (except Jacques Villeneuve that was replaced with a blank photo and Driver 1). There are four main modes in Formula 1 World Grand Prix. Single Race lets you race around in any car on any track for a quick spin, Championship allows you to take part in the 1998 season, Time Trial pits you against the clock and Match Race offers some multiplayer fun."
22402,The Adventures of Cookie & Cream,Kuri Kuri Mix,2000,7.3,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Cookie and Cream are two cartoon bunnies who are on their way home on the night before their clan's yearly moon festival only to find out that the moon has decided to run away, and if Cookie and Cream aren't able to find it, there will never be another festival. Fearing this, the duo sets out to make sure that it doesn't come true. The Adventures of Cookie & Cream is designed for cooperative gameplay with two players. The goal of each level is to get to the end in a limited amount of time. There is basically a straight road from A to B where the players have to overcome obstacles in their way. This includes standard platforming or puzzles which need both players to solve, e.g. one has to press a button so that the other can progress. Because the way is not the same for both characters the game uses a split-screen view. Power-ups increase the time limits but certain obstacles decrease it again if touched. There are overall 35 levels. It is possible to play the game alone but then the player has to control both characters at once. The game also features a unique 4-player mode where each character is controlled by two people and one joypad."
22405,Pocky & Rocky,KiKi KaiKai: Nazo no Kuro Manto,1992,7.7,Action,Shooter,,"This is a single player or two player simultaneous game. It has wonderful ""Super Deformed"" type graphics set in ancient Japan and an above average difficulty. You play as the Princess Pocky and her Racoon Rocky. Run through each level beating the enemies and you'll face a goofy boss at the end. Beat him and you're on to the next level. You fight and shoot your way through numerous levels based on temples and shrines. Pocky shoot playing cards and Rocky shoot leaves for long range attacks. For short range Pocky uses a rod and Rocky his tail. Pocky also has a spin attack and Rocky can freeze into a invulnerable statue. (Think Tanuki Mario)"
22409,Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter,"SQ1, Space Quest, Space Quest 1",1986,7.5,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Roger Wilco is one of the most important men on the starship Arcada: he is the janitor! Just when he was doing what he does best (dozing off in a closet), the shrill sound of an alarm penetrated the air. Arcada is attacked by the evil Sariens! Before Roger realizes what is going on, he discovers that he is the only survivor. The Sariens have killed the entire crew and stolen the valuable Star Generator. Roger's immediate task is to find a way to leave Arcada, which is about to explode in fifteen minutes. And then he'll have to show the Sariens why they should never mess with brave intergalactic janitors! Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter is a humorous sci-fi adventure game made with Sierra's AGI engine. The gameplay is similar to that of King's Quest : the player navigates Roger around with arrow keys and interacts with the game world by typing commands. There are puzzles to solve and plenty of situations where the player will have to use his wit to save Roger from death."
22412,Davis Cup Complete Tennis,,1996,5.7,Sports,,,"The Davis Cup is tennis' equivalent of soccer's World Cup - a competition between teams of men in their sport representing their countries. 16 countries qualify for the tournament and you can choose from among 48 players - all with different attributes and skills. Locations for the matches vary from each of the 16 countries including the U.S., Sweden and Italy. The courts also vary between grass, clay, concrete and wood and the ball will react differently on each. You can take to the practice court first to perfect your serves, lobs, smashes and volleys. Then you can have a quick singles match against a random opponent, have a doubles match with a friend or even play a 4-player game using multitap. There's also the option of playing a ""winner moves on"" series of games, play in a league, or join the Davis Cup tournament."
22415,The Fifth Axis,"Le 5ème Axe, The 5th Axis",1985,7.7,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2140. Working from his artificial satellite orbiting around Saturn and helped by his faithful army of cyborgs, Professor Gern B. Dick has successfully designed a time-travelling machine. As a way of testing his new invention, he travels to different time periods to collect iconic historical items. Suddenly the machine malfunctions and explodes, scattering parts (called Anachronons) in 10 different locations and time periods. As a side effect, it appears that the destruction of the machine also distorted the space-time continuum and the existence of the very Universe is now at risk. Professor Gern B. Dick then hastily designs a second time-travelling machine that will be used both to send back the historical items scattered around the lab to their respective periods and to collect the Anachronons from the same time periods. To spice things up a bit, the professor army of cyborgs went crazy and have decided to attack any human entering the lab. That's obviously when the player is called into action, having been selected among 12 billion humans because of his skills in both technology and combat sports - the structure of the lab prohibiting the use of fire arms. Before starting, the player is given the opportunity to customize his character by allocating points to 3 attributes: Strength, Agility and Vitality. Strength will determine the damages dealt to enemies, Vitality how many health points the hero starts with and Agility, his running speed and how far he can jump. The player's mission is to collect the artifacts from different time periods that have been scattered around the 16 floors and the 10 levels of the lab and to retrieve the parts of the time-travelling machine that ended up in the Past. In the lab, the hero can run, jump, hit and kick cyborgs. Elevators let him go up a floor and keys will let him access areas that are outside of his reach. When destroying cyborgs, the percentage of the Fifth Axis (the number in the top right corner) is increased. Every 10 percents the hero is teleported to a specific time periods (Ancient Egypt, European Middle Ages, Paris from the 1980's, etc.) that offer a slightly different gameplay. Within a time limit, the hero must reach the end of an horizontal-scrolling level to retrieve one of the Anachronon items, while avoiding or destroying the obstacles and projectiles thrown at him. If successful the player is teleported back to the lab and start a new level."
22417,The Last Blade: Beyond the Destiny,"Bakumatsu Roman Tokubetsu Hen: Gekka no Kenshi - Tsuki ni Saku Hana, Chiri Yuku Hana",2000,7.2,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Fighting",,"A port of the successful 2D fighter Last Blade for the NeoGeo Pocket Color. The port features nearly all the characters featured in the original game clashing against each other using a limited color palette and a new super-deformed character design, but otherwise identically as in their arcade counterpart. You select your character from a selection of swordsmen and then proceed to fight and defeat all your opponents in a one-on-one fighting tournament involving weapon fighting a la Samurai Shodown Unique to the port is the fact that it allows you to unlock and play as characters from Last Blade 2 and in fact eventually unlock the full storyline for the sequel, making the game sort of a compilation of both released games in the series."
22429,Welcome to the Future,,1995,5.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"It is not easy to find this ""point and click"" adventure game. The whole game is a constant search for paths through the mazelike environments. During almost all the time, you will seek the signs - artifacts and keys which will open way to find more keys and artifacts, and new realms. Doing so you will be able to trace the ""Ancient Travelers"" who were messing around long before... Maybe you will find them... So, this is the plot... The game features 16 bit stereo, surround music and sound effects, and graphic art (full screen 3D). You can even ""explore"" the CD as a music CD.... The game can be played in one of two modes :"
22431,Warm Up!,"Pole Position 2001, Warm Up ! 800 chevaux, 600 kilos et vous ..., Warm-Up! GP 2001",2000,6.8,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"A Formula 1 game without the official license, with a simulation mode and a very arcade mode. This is the sequel of F1 World Grand Prix. 22 cars racing on 17 tracks, against computer or even online. It also has a ghost mode to challenge you against your best time on each track. A replay also allows you to review your best laps. The game features some original camera (like the helmet view), and offers the possibility to fine-tune your car in simulation mode, so the immersion is total. However, it is focusing more on fun than on realism, and thus it is not the most accurate F1 simulation available. The game features a fast-paced arcade mode, dedicated to speed and fun."
22442,Override,Override: Mission Code -Override-,1991,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Override is a vertically-scrolling shooter in which the player controls a fighter craft on a mission to stop an alien invasion of the Earth. Much of the action takes place on planet surfaces, and enemies include spaceships of various kinds as well as ground enemies, mobile (tanks) or stationary (turrets). The player-controlled craft begins with two lives with three hit points each; restoring power-ups can repair the plane or increase its number of lives. Other power-ups come in two varieties: strength-increasing or secondary weapons. Depending on the color, the latter grants the plane wingmen with laser attacks, spreading fire, side lasers, rotating energy balls, etc. The strength of secondary weapons can be increase by flying over strength-increasing power-ups as well. Special weapon that hurts all enemies on screen must be activated by charging, which is achieved by not pressing the fire button for a certain amount of time."
22445,Action Force,Action Force: International Heroes,1987,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"COBRA have attacked the small island of Botsneda. While in the pursuing chaos the inhabitants left behind some top secret documents that if found by COBRA will cause a breach of security. Instead of an all out attack from the island protectors, they send in the only suitable vehicle for the terrain; an All Weather and Environment (AWE) buggy. Problem is this has nothing to defend itself with. Enter stage left, Wild Bill in a Dragonfly Helicopter. His mission is to protect the AWE against enemy aircraft from destroying it. Also he must lift bridge parts and lower them down over gaps to stop the AWE from killing itself. The game is viewed from the side letting you become Wild Bill to control the Dragonfly while you watch the buggy trundle on to certain death. The AWE has 100 hit points while you have 200. The terrain and certain bombs can kill you and the AWE instantly. At the end of a level you receive a message before moving on to another landscape. Good luck William. You'll need it."
22454,Pong: The Next Level,Pong,1999,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong, Puzzle elements",,"After years of game gulping cash left, right and center at the old arcade machine, Pong has returned in an all new 3D title on the PC. But it isn't just your simple Pong any more. Now you can play Jungle Pong, Football Pong, Ice Hockey Pong and 4 player Pong. All this plus 3D graphics. Not to mention animated Penguins (!?!?!)."
22456,Hesperian Wars,,1998,5.8,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Fantasy,"After the death of its emperor the Hesperian Empire breaks down and four races fight for the leadership. Each faction - Giants, Mages, Druids and Pygmies - can be played in their campaigns consisting of 20 missions. The missions goals are usually to destroy or protect something. The units have special abilities and an inventory to store items like potions, money or spells which are left behind from defeated enemies. They also can be upgraded by moving them in the appropriate building (e.g. a blacksmith) and spending money. There is no classical base building."
22462,Austin Powers: Oh Behave!,,2000,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"A collection of games and features based on the Austin Powers movie series. Included on the cart are Austin inspired versions of classic arcade game Pac-Man, board game Othello and Rock/Paper/Scissors. The main game, titled 'International Man in a Platform Game' has you controlling Austin and dodging police hats and soccer balls through each level. Finally, there are extra features including the Shagulator (a calculator), Austin's Pad (a rudimentary word processor) an Internet style program detailing the two Austin Powers movies, as well as a complete Windows like environment to play around with (including a choice of background artwork, screensavers, sounds and more). You can also send messages to other users through the GBC's infra-red port and print messages using the Game Boy Printer."
22465,Town & Country Surf Designs II: Thrilla's Surfari,T&C 2 - Thrilla's Surfari,1992,6.8,"Action, Sports",,,"In order to restore his immortal powers, Wazula, an evil Kahuna, is ordered to travel to Hawaii to kidnap Barbi Bikini. Barbi Bikini happens to be Thrilla Gorilla's girlfriend so now he's off to Africa so he can rescue her. The game features 7 worlds each containing 5 stages (except for the 1st and 3rd world where each contain only 4 stages). Most of the game involves controlling Thrilla on a skateboard, dodging or jumping over various obstacles and enemies while attempting to get to the end of the stage. There will also be times when Thrilla will get to be on a surfboard, but gameplay remains the same as it was on the skateboard. Thrilla also rides a shark underwater with the goal still being to get to the end of the stage while either dodging enemies or throwing spears at them. There are also boss battles where Thrilla throws either coconuts or spears trying to deplete all the health of his adversary. There is also a shell game between stages which allows the player to obtain extra lives. The game also contains powerups throughout its levels such as a banana which restores health."
22475,Real Bout Fatal Fury,"ACA NeoGeo: Real Bout Fatal Fury, AkeAka NeoGeo: Real Bout Garō Densetsu, Real Bout Garō Densetsu",1995,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"The fourth title of fighting Fatal Fury series. Now, you can destroy fight scene objects and the ""Fatal Fury 2"" fighters are back forming this list: Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, Joe Higashi, Franco Bash, Mai Shiranui, Bob Wilson, Geese Howard, Billy Kane, Hon-Fu, Ryuji Yamazaki, Sokaku Mochizuki, Blue Mary, Kim Kaphwan, Jin Chonrei, Jin Chonshu and Duck King."
22484,Silpheed,,1993,7.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Silpheed for the Sega CD is a shoot-'em-up sequel to the PC title of the same name Gameplay is similar: this is basically a 2D shooter with 3D graphics. You move your ship in a 2D plane that reaches into the screen, kind of like a pinball table. The Sega CD version of Silpheed uses pre-rendered video for the backdrops, and filled polygon graphics for the player ship and enemies. The story here is typical for a game of this type. The central computer system controlling the galaxy network has been hacked by terrorists. The terrorists are using the computer to attack colony planets throughout the system. You are the Galaxy Union's last resort: you must fight your way across 11 stages to reach Earth, and re-take control of the computer."
22489,Hangsim,,1998,6.5,Simulation,,,"Hangsim is a flight simulator that simulates the sport of hang gliding or paragliding. The game objective is quite simply to stay aloft, with a simple interface that forces you to use your senses to find drafts, thermals, avoid turbulence, etc. and carry on flying. Includes a series of scenarios that introduce some aspects of the basic gameplay as well as a free-form flying mode. Graphics are completely Direct3D accelerated and include a host of weather and lighting effects."
22490,Zoom!,,1988,6.6,"Action, Puzzle",Arcade,,"Zoom! is an arcade style puzzle game. Your character Zoomer (a Pacman lookalike with arms & legs) must trace the outline of the squares on the game board to light them up. Points are awarded when full squares are formed, although the game also displays how many lines must still be completed. You proceed to the next level when all the squares have been lit up. There are various monsters that will try to hunt you down - contact with these costs you energy and eventually a life. There are also a number of power-ups that will aid your quest - quick filling of tiles surrounding the bonus piece, a level skip and bonus points, for example."
22491,Thexder,"EggConsole Thexder PC-8801mkIISR, Thexder 88",1985,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A platform shooter from Japan, Thexder offers many levels and diverse enemies that gradually increase in difficulty. You pilot a Battletech-style robot capable of switching from a mech into a jet at any time. Your weapon auto-aims, but uses up a fixed amount of rechargeable energy; if you run out of this energy, you'll have to wait a few seconds before you can fire again. Your mech also contains a shield that can be activated to protect you from harm, but this lasts for a few seconds and uses up some of your life energy."
22495,The Fury,,1988,5.7,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In 1996 the first Rim Race was competed for on a specially built track called a Rim in the Arizona Desert which was 20km in diameter and 60 km in length after eight years in construction. Over the following two weeks, over 1000 drivers competed with many deaths and in the final race, three drivers were left to compete which was eventually won by Seya Alkli. Over the next 45 years the race took on many forms and locations with it being shown all over the Solar System by one TV network, and finally in 2045 the race is shown in the form people (and aliens) know. There are 12 Rims surrounding a manufactured planet called Devs which orbits Jupiter and each Rim is 100km in diameter and 300km in length. You play as a driver trying to make his way in this violent driving sport by driving as fast as you can, destroying other drivers and avoiding being killed yourself. As well as the main competitors, there are drivers called Noids who are rookie drivers hoping to survive to become real competitors. These are the drivers you have to kill to keep up quotas set by the race officials. Any money you make during your time allows you to purchase better cars and weapons which include flame throwers, missiles and rail guns. The three types of races you can compete in are: Time Run: This is a race against the clock as you try to beat a qualifying time as well as finish the race. Any vehicles destroyed increases the bounty on your head but increases the money you make as well. Killing Race: You keep driving until you reach your quota of Noids killed Tag Race: A random vehicle is declared 'It' and must touch another vehicle as a crosshair constantly damages the 'It' vehicle until it is destroyed or the 'It' is passed on. If a vehicle is destroyed while 'It', then another vehicle is chosen randomly. The game is viewed from the side at an elevated angle with the screen scrolling while you move your vehicle. You must always drive excitingly or aggressively because if you don't, the track will turn red and a crosshair appears trying to destroy you. You have to start destroying Noids or drive faster to make the crosshair disappear. As you drive trying to destroy vehicles and staying alive you must also keep an eye on your fuel and damage meters which can be increased and fixed after each race. The ultimate aim for all drivers is to reach The Fury which happens at a certain part of the track and a certain speed which makes a vehicle disappear. No one knows what happens at this point so can you be the first to experience this and tell the tale."
22500,N2O Nitrous Oxide,"N2O, Nitrous Oxide",1998,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"N2O Nitrous Oxide's gameplay is in many ways similar to the arcade classic Tempest The game involves flying a ship down a tunnel. You can move left and right along the tunnel's walls, and fire into the tunnel. You have a standard blaster, and can pick up a range of special weapons along the way. You also can pick up a 'smart bomb' type weapon, that launches a firewall down the tunnel. Enemies are all based on real world insects, and range from flies, though to mosquitos, scorpions and spiders. Each tunnel introduces one new enemy. After each tunnel has been cleared you have to defeat a larger version of that tunnel's new enemy before you can leave. Mushrooms can be collected off the tunnel walls. Once you have collected the required amount, you can enter a bonus level. These consist of open tunnels, containing two items: eggs, and spinning blades. The objective is to avoid the blades, and shoot as many eggs as you can. When you shoot an egg you get points, however the ship also speeds up making it harder to avoid the blades. At the end of the game there is a final mutant boss insect to defeat."
22502,Darius Gaiden,,1994,7.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,Take command of your Silverhawk fighters once again as you battle to take back the planet Darius from the evil forces that had overpowered it! Converted from the Taito 1994 arcade game for the Windows platform (9x and NT).
22508,MechWarrior 3,,1999,8.2,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Inner Sphere is launching a counterattack on the Clans, and the Smoke Jaguars is the first target! Operation Democles will attack the planet Tranquil. As Connor Sinclair, you're leading the Democles Commando team lance, part of the Eridani Light Horse, on the attack. The op went terribly wrong when one of the two drop ships was hit during descent, and your lancemates have been scattered to the four winds in the frenzied drop. You must attack through Clan territory, meet up with your lancemates, remove any resistance in your path, and try to find a way off the planet, while also accomplishing what you came to do: destroy the Smoke Jaguars! MechWarrior 3 features detailed mechs (they limp when legs are hit, and destroyed limbs spark and trail wreckage) with slow and ponderous movements, as 100 ton mechs should. Firepower and precise application are the key in winning your engagements. Plenty of mechs are available. You start in a 55-ton Bushwhacker and work you way up to the really heavy stuff in a 20-mission campaign. Full multiplayer is supported with Internet play at Microsoft Zone. Your MFB has limited capacity so you'll need to decide what supplies to keep or dump for your salvage. You'll need to track ammo, weapons, equipment (like heatsinks), and the mechs. Keep the MFB safe or you'll have even less room! Redesign mechs to utilize newly captured weapons or adapt to the changing ammo situation."
22515,The Demon's Forge,,1981,5.5,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"For killing four palace guards, the king has banished you to the caverns of Demon's Forge. Now you must fight to stay alive and to find the exit with your life! No prisoner has ever found the exit or exited Demon's Forge! Being the greatest gladiator to ever serve the king, you may just have a chance to escape. Maybe."
22520,Kick Off 98,KO98,1997,5.9,Sports,,,"Kick Off 98 is an international-team based football game, released to take advantage of the forthcoming 1998 World Cup. Game modes include practice (with several situations available, such as corners, dribbling and free kicks), warm up (a mode where the level of play increases as the player learns to play more effectively), quick start, friendly, cup, world cup, ANCO Challenge (where the player chooses increasingly difficult opponents), network play and a name/appearance editor. The game was fully localized in several countries, such as Germany, Spain, Italy and Portugal."
22522,Formula One 2000,Formel Eins 2000,2000,8.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Formula One 2000 is an officially licensed Formula One racing game. The game is the 5th in Psygnosis/Sony series of Formula One racing games. All tracks, teams, cars and drivers from the 2000 season are in the game and can be selected. The game features a realistic damage model and various racing modes, including championship, single race-weekend, free practice and splitscreen mode for two players. Before each race, many aspects of the car can be customised. This is the first in the series to feature a safety car."
22523,Buccaneer,Buccaneer: Unter schwarzer Flagge,1997,6.1,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,"Age of Discovery / Enlightenment, Sea pirates / Caribbean","Buccaneer is a strategy game following in the footsteps of Sid Meier's Pirates! Set during the Age of Sail, you have a choice of six campaigns with varying goals (rescue a relative, get buried treasure, etc.), or you can just engage in standalone ship-to-ship battles. Good management skills are also required, as you must stock up on supplies and recruit men to join you on your missions."
22524,Broken Helix,,1997,7.1,Action,,,"Broken Helix puts you in the boots of an armed marine of a special forces team. You are sent in to a military base which has been taken over by terrorists for unknown reasons. The main character is voiced by Bruce Campbell, star of the Evil Dead movies. Throughout the game, he makes wisecracks and one-liners, and dialogue with personnel is generally comical. Broken Helix is considered a 4D game. For example, if you are on the third floor, you may have to make your way up to the fifth floor in order to defuse a bomb. There is no visible time limit, but if you do not make it up to that floor in time, the bomb will go off, and you will die. There are various objectives to complete, such as disarming bombs and finding certain items, but the game is mostly action/adventure, searching for keys to open doors. In order to be successful, you must sneak past cameras and other devices, in order to find out the truth behind the terrorist takeover."
22525,Puggsy,,1993,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Puggsy is a platform game with a combination of action and puzzle-solving elements. You control the creature Puggsy, who has crash landed on an alien planet and had his spaceship stolen. Your goal is to find the spaceship so you can get off the planet and return home. To do this, you will need to make your way from the start to the exit of numerous levels which take place in a variety of environments. Throughout each level are a variety of objects which you can pick up; on many of the levels you will need to figure out how to use the objects available to you in order to reach the exit. Some objects can be used (like a gun or keys), and objects may be thrown, moved around and stacked. Of course, each level will also have a variety of bad guys wandering about which will cost Puggsy one of his lives if he's caught. On your quest there will also be six evil guardians which will need to be defeated before you get your spaceship back!"
22527,Room Ten,,1986,5.7,Action,Paddle / Pong,,"On the low-gravity worlds of the Galcorp, there is not much to do, so the corporation invents a new sport, played in low-gravity rooms. In essence it's a 3D Pong game, with the aim being to hit a ball towards the other player in such a way that he will be unable to return it. When the ball hits the back wall their opponent scores 5 points, with the first player to reach 35 being declared the winner. The screen is split into two, showing the view of each player, with the bat in the middle to start with. The game speed can be altered from adagio (slow) to vivace (fast), and the skill of the computer player can be altered, as can the screen colour. A 2-player option is included."
22536,Omni-Play Horse Racing,Sport of Kings,1989,6.1,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"In Sport of Kings up to four human players can manage a successful horse racing stable. Choose which races to enter your horses into, and which jockeys to hire for them. Details of each horse and jockey's form, plus the conditions, should be used to help you make the right choices. After this, races are displayed from a side-view perspective."
22539,LEGO Rock Raiders,,1999,6.7,Strategy / tactics,,,"Based on the underground LEGO universe, you must take control of a team of LEGO figures and build your way through mission based levels, ranging from saving lost crew members, finding hidden bases destroyed in the rubble and building your base to gain new vehicles. As your crew grow in confidence, they learn new abilities like piloting skills or become explosive experts. All the LEGO pieces from the Rock Raiders series are there to choose from when building your base, and the LEGO minifigures move just like the real thing (just without the hands pushing them along)."
22542,Tonic Trouble,,2000,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Tonic Trouble for the Game Boy Color is a side-scrolling platform game featuring the alien janitor Ed as the protagonist, who spilled a toxic drink on Earth. This is causing all kinds of things to mutate, so agent XYZ is ordering Ed to go clean things up. Meanwhile badguy Grock is taking advantage of the Tonic. While the story is the same as for the Windows and Nintendo 64 version the gameplay and levels are quite different. The Game Boy Color version is completely in 2D and plays like a classic 2D platform game. Ed can walk and jump and has to avoid obstacles such as pits, falling platforms, poison spitting holes, and mutated enemies."
22544,Rotor,,1990,7.4,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You control a battle tank (the Rotor) which hovers in a 2D labyrinth. Gravity pulls heavily on the Rotor, making it fall towards the ground. As any contact with walls or enemies is deadly, your main task is to avoid that. You may rotate your tank freely and accelerate via an afterburner, thus manoeuvring through the corridors -- imagine a mix of Asteroids and Lunar Lander to get an idea of the physics. Scattered throughout the 18 different fortresses are boxes. Shoot these open to find either a) Fuel: this will replenish your supply, which is drained by shooting and accelerating. b) Sun crystals: Collect all to finish the mission. c) Bombs. They will explode in 30 to 60 seconds, destroying your ship. You can avoid that by leaving the screen quickly, or by picking the bomb up; this earns you major credits, but your ship drops much faster due to increased weight. d) Pearls. Collecting these advances the upgrade counter by one to three steps; you may activate the current upgrade at any time, which will improve your rotation speed, engine strength, weapon, shield, etc. Boxes are emptied by carefully flying very, very close to them and activating a tractor field. As if gravity and accurate flying weren't challenging enough, the game also confronts you with various enemies. All of these are immobile and fire in a straight line; the sheer mass of them makes avoiding the bullets a difficult task nevertheless. Apart from turrets, there are attractors and repulsors who'll smash you into walls, and force fields that need to be deactivated by finding and shooting a switch. The tricky labyrinths together with the short supply of fuel, weight constraints, and clever upgrade system make Rotor more a game of tactics and accuracy than arcade action. Wild shooting and careless flying will deplete your fuel in no time; you'll have to progress carefully to discern traps in time."
22552,Tony La Russa's Ultimate Baseball,,1991,7.1,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Tony La Russa's Ultimate Baseball (named after the manager of the Oakland Athletics at the time) was Strategic Simulations' short-lived foray into sports games. The simulation here is of a full season of major league baseball. You can view statistics for every team, and play with one or two players, or manage teams while the computer plays through the season for you. Players have injury records and performance streaks. The game could be enhanced with several add-on disks, sold separately: Great Teams 1901-1968, A.L. Stadiums, N.L. Stadiums, Classic Stadiums, and Fantasy Manager, which let you draft players into new teams and leagues."
22553,Adventures of Yogi Bear,"Yogi Bear, Yogi Bear's Cartoon Capers, Yogi Bear: Cartoon Capers",1994,6.0,Action,Platform,,"When Yogi Bear catches wind of a plan to turn Jellystone Park into a Chemical plant he sets out on a mission to stop it. Play as Yogi in this side-scrolling Action/Adventure that is fit for all ages. Work your way through the five park areas collecting ""Pic-i-nic"" baskets by bouncing on top of them. In many cases you bounce from one basket to the next raising you into the air where no ""average bear"" could ever go. There are a variety of enemies such as weasels and skunks. There are also some action parts where you ride a mine cart or go ""beaver surfing""."
22556,Reach for the Stars: The Conquest of the Galaxy - Third Edition,,1988,7.4,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The third and final edition of Reach for the Stars: The Conquest of the Galaxy is a near total rewrite of the game, replacing the entire structure and flow of the original with a menu-based interface similar to SSG's other games available in 1988, and for the first time is available on 16-bit platforms as well as the Apple II and Commodore 64 that Roger Keating and Ian Trout originally wrote it for. In addition to the revamped interface and tweaks to the basic game, RFTS 3.0 offers a new advanced scenario, with significant changes and additions, including ground armies, new mechanics on governing conquered planets, new technology trees for navigation and industrial capacity, and progressive social maintenance costs."
22570,Wooden Ships & Iron Men,,1996,6.4,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"Wooden Ships & Iron Men is a turn-based game that allows you to recreate naval battles from the 18th and 19th centuries, based upon the successful boardgame by Avalon Hill. You may choose from a list of scenarios or play a campaign. Choosing the Scenario option allows to select a series of set battles from the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary War, the Napoleonic Wars or the War of 1812, where you will have the choice of commanding American, British or French ships. In campaign mode, you take command of a selection of US ships during the War of 1812, where your task is to sink as many British ships as possible during your career. Ships are controlled with the mouse, enabling you to change course, load cannons, reassign your crew to stations and grapple. The game allows for a computer opponent, a human opponent or play by e-mail. A Scenario Editor is also available, allowing you to create your own missions."
22575,FIFA 2001: Major League Soccer,FIFA 2001,2000,7.6,Sports,,,"While series developer EA Canada moved the FIFA soccer series to new graphics engine technology with FIFA 2001 on PC and PlayStation 2 it fell to Software Creations to update the series for the original PlayStation, with graphics similar to those from the previous years' versions and less teams and features than the next generation version. The game includes teams from 16 national leagues (missing the Korean league from the PC/PS2 version) and 58 international teams (10 less than the PC/PS2 version). Gameplay modes are the same as on PS2: exhibition games, season play for the included leagues (without Brazil), tournaments (World Cup, EFA trophy and ECC) and a training mode. There is a player and team editor, but due to engine limitations, players are not modeled after their real-life counterparts as on PS2. Four different camera perspectives are available in-game, customizable in height and zoom factor. Again due to engine limitations, the PS1 version does not feature any licensed stadiums. Controls are mostly the same as on the other versions, with simple, intermediate and advanced controls allowing for headers, volleys, one-touch moves, skill moves and in-game tactics changes. Noticeably absent however is the new power bar mechanic for controlling shot power."
22582,Trash It,,1997,6.8,Action,,,"Trash It is an arcade action game where player(s) have to destroy buildings with a gigantic hammers. As a player, you take a role of construction worker who has only one mission: To smash everything to bits. Pieces are flying and houses falling as players hack their way through levels and earning points as they go."
22585,"Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe","Simon The Sorcerer 2, Simon The Sorcerer II, Simon the Sorcerer II: Der Löwe, der Zauberer & der Schrank",1995,7.6,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"A sequel to Simon the Sorcerer this second game in the series gives us more mis-adventures from our teenaged sorcerer (of some sort). Thrown into another dimension by a magic wardrobe, Simon starts the heroic mission (of some sort) to find -- a way that could get him back home. Equipped with his pointy sorcerer's hat (of some sort), he will also rescue the world (again) from the evil Sordid. A point-and-click adventure in a style similar to the first Simon game, only technologically improved."
22590,S.D.I.,"S.D.I.: The Screen Burns With Forbidden Passion and Global War!, SDI",1986,7.1,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"S.D.I. takes place in the year 2017 of an alternate timeline, in which the Soviet Union continued to exist and pose a threat to the countries of the free world. USA launched another Strategic Defense Initiative, its commander-in-chief being General Sloan McCormick. A Soviet extremist group consisting of KGB members has gained control of space launch facilities, and began firing nuclear missiles at America. McCormick must fulfill his duty, but his heart belongs to a woman who is on the opposing side. He controls a space-based fighter, trying to neutralize enemy missiles. Defense satellites must be repaired as well, and enemy bases infiltrated in order to rescue his beloved one and save his nation and the world."
22593,Duke Nukum: Episode 2 - Mission: Moonbase,,1991,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 1997, the maniacal Dr. Proton has developed mechanical creatures known as Techbots. Commanding an army of Techbots, the insane scientist intends to conquer the entire world. There is only one hero on Earth who can stop him with his guns and attitude: Duke Nukum. Based on the same game engine as Crystal Caves Duke Nukum, Episode 2: Mission: Moonbase is a side-scrolling shooter with platform elements. Most of the gameplay consists of shooting enemies and exploring the environments, trying to reach the exit and advance to the next stage. Some of the environment is destructible: obstacles can be eliminated by shooting them. Defeated enemies yield points to the player. Duke can also collect power-ups to increase his health or upgrade his gun, as well as pick up inventory items with special abilities. At the end of most levels the player may receive bonus points, depends on his performance and achievements unlocked during gameplay (e.g. destroying all security cameras). The game is the second episode of a trilogy; each episode was released separately and also as a complete game In this episode, Duke follows Dr. Proton to his moonbase, after the evil scientist has escaped the hero's wrath in the previous episode"
22594,D-Day: The Beginning of the End,,1994,6.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,"Historical events, World War II","The pivotal battle of World War 2 is recreated using Impressions' Micro Miniatures wargaming system. You take an overall command of the units by directing them, and can play out the individual battles yourself if you wish. The screen display uses letters to indicate the unit type, with only functional use of graphics and sound throughout. The gameplay is turn-based, with you selecting each move for your units before activating them and letting the computer do the same. The strategic considerations include the surrounding terrain, whether the enemy forces are fortified and ready for your attack, unit morale, unit fatigue and remaining movement points. At higher difficulty levels your orders may not be followed to the letter, as the more ambitious or arrogant generals attempt their own plans."
22607,Pyrotechnica,,1995,6.7,Action,Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","People are fighting to excavate the star cores. Terran Hardlight Corporation is paying millions for this. You fight the others for control of the star cores, but in the midst of it all, your comrades are being trapped and captured by those other folks whom are willing to risk it all - even engage in all out space warfare."
22609,Rolling Thunder 3,RT3,1993,7.5,Action,Shooter,,"The events in the third game in the series are synchronous with RT2 At the end of the twentieth century, satellites around the globe are being shot down, disrupting communications. Secret agency Rolling Thunder discovers the organization behind the terror: Geldra. While agents Leila and Albatross are fighting the leader Gimdo (RT2), agent Jay is instructed to bring down Dread, the second-in-command. There are many improvements to the gameplay: Jay can shoot while jumping and shoot diagonally upwards with certain weapons. At the beginning of each mission, you can pick a special weapon such as a laser rifle, bazooka, flamethrower or grenades. You have to choose carefully as they cannot be reused in later missions. You can still hide in doorways and recharge your weapons behind special doors. The mission timer from the previous game has been replaced by a sniper that targets you with a crosshair when you don't move fast enough. The brutal difficulty from the previous games has been toned down: there are more life marks at the start and you now resurrect where you died, rather than returning to the last checkpoint. Unlike the previous game, you can only choose one character to play with. After completing a mission, a password is provided to continue playing. There are ten levels in total, with a few hidden areas."
22610,Terminal Velocity,"Terminal Velocity (Enhanced CD Version), Terminal Velocity (Legacy)",1995,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Space is a dangerous place. For that reason, the Alliance of Space-Faring Alien Races (ASFAR) was formed to prevent interstellar war from breaking out. The ASFAR provides robotic Perimeter Defense Computers (PDCs) to watch over the star systems of each member race and prevent any single race from mobilizing weaponry. For 70 years, this has been successful, until suddenly, in the year 2704 A.D., PDCs direct armadas from all other systems to attack Earth. While bloody, the planet ultimately survives and rebuilds its military forces. The TV-202 is constructed, an advanced fighter craft that is equally agile in space and atmosphere. The TV-202 will be sent to various ASFAR planets in order to destroy their military compounds and prevent them from rebuilding attack fleets. Terminal Velocity is a first-person flight simulator sometimes compared to Descent due to its free-roaming nature. Players take control of the TV-202, a fighter notable for its ability to fly in 720 degrees of direction, ignoring gravity and providing constant thrust. While flying to different planets, the TV-202 is able to speed up and slow down, but will never come to a complete halt. The majority of the game takes place in the air (and sometimes space), flying above landscapes which include trees, mountains, rivers, snow and other terrain. Additionally, tunnels can be found, often hidden, dug into the sides of landscape. Upon entering these tunnels, the TV-202 loses its ability to turn around (going ahead constantly) and must navigate avoiding enemies, moving walls, rotating obstacles and other hazards. Power-ups are found by destroying enemy forces or destroying enemy bunkers which are scattered around each level. The TV-202 has an energy shield which is depleted by enemy fire and running into terrain, when the shield is gone, the player is destroyed. Shield Power-ups and Energy Core power-ups can be found to restore shield energy. For weaponry, the player begins with a single Plasma Assault Cannon (PAC) weapon that fires straight ahead. Other weapon power-ups can be found which include a PAC power-up, an Ion-burst gun (ION), Rapid Targeting Laser (RTL), Manual Aimed Missile (MAM), Seek and Destroy Missile (SAD), Shock wave Torpedoes (SWT) and Discrete Annihilation Missiles (DAM). With the exception of the Annihilation Missiles, all these weapons also fire directly in front of the player. There is an afterburner fuel power-up which will allow the TV-202 to increase its thrust substantially, traveling much faster than normal. Each world features its own unique enemies and hazards. The different levels of the game provide unique objectives which can include flying to checkpoints, destroying specific targets (including bosses) and entering tunnels. Upon completing the necessary objectives, the player is directed to exit the level via a Departure Unit (DUN) located somewhere on the map."
22612,NCAA Football 2001,,2000,7.6,Sports,,,"NCAA Football 2001 is a continuation of EA Sports' NCAA Football series. Just like the previous title NCAA Football 2000 it is exclusive to the PlayStation platform. NCAA Football 2001 simulates college football down-to-earth, now adding an official BCS rating system. Also new to this version are a create-a-player and create-a-team mode, the all-time top 25 college football teams ever, and a situation mode, putting you in any combination of football situations. It also has a more comprehensive Dynasty mode, improved player control, more receiver patterns and improved defensive AI. There is support for up to eight players and exclusive to this game is the FedEx Orange Bowl."
22613,Test Drive,,1987,7.1,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"This mix of racing simulation and arcade game consists of driving a choice of 5 sports cars on a mountain strip at the fastest speed possible without getting caught by the cops. To avoid them, use your radar detector -- or just try to outrun them if they spot you. Manual stickshift only, so make sure you don't redline or you'll blow your engine."
22617,Philip José Farmer's Riverworld,,1998,6.4,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Riverworld is a 3D real-time strategy game based on Philip José Farmer's universe of books, where on an earthlike planet, with just one river flowing from pole to pole and back, all of mankind (a figure around 36 billions) is resurrected, from the first homo sapiens to the early 21st century population, as humanity was wiped out shorty after. Playing as Richard Francis Burton, a British explorer from the 18th century (who has an uncanny resemblance to Welsh actor Timothy Dalton ), the player decides to evolve the people from the prehistoric ages to the future. For that, he needs to build new houses to increase the population, conquer new territories (which will allow the player to both expand territory and progress into more advanced ages), meet other notable people from the human history and defend against other characters with the same goal in mind."
22619,Kangaroo,"Arcade Archives: Kangaroo, Canguru",1982,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Baby Roo has been kidnapped by monkeys, and it's up to Mama Roo to come to the rescue! Your kangaroo starts out at the bottom of the screen. You need to guide the kangaroo up the various ladders and platforms to the top where Baby Roo is being held captive. The monkeys will be trying to stop you by throwing or dropping apples and knocking you off the platforms. Your kangaroo has boxing gloves, however, and can knock out the monkeys with a single punch! Along the way various types of fruit can be collected to earn bonus points."
22623,Disney's Dinosaur,"Disney Dinosaure, Disney Dinosauri, Disney Dinosaurio, Disney Dinossauro, Disneys Dinosaurier",2000,5.4,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Disney's Dinosaur is a puzzle-adventure game based on the movie of the same name. You control three characters: Flia the pteradon, Aladar the Iguanadon and Zini the lemur, each of whom has different abilities. Flia can fly, Aladar can wade through water and crush rocks and Zini can fit through small spaces and pick things up. The game is seen from a top-down perspective, with the player switching characters on the fly. As in the movie, they must work together to reach the sacred nesting grounds for water and food after the rest of world dries up. Throughout the game, the characters' abilities are upgraded via an Intelligent Points System in an RPG-like addition. There are twelve levels divided into four acts. The game includes FMV clips from the movie and a dinosaur encyclopedia with information about real dinosaurs."
22624,Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars,"Heroes 2, Heroes of Might and Magic II: Guerre di Successione",1996,8.1,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Fantasy,"Heroes of Might and Magic II is a fantasy turn-based strategy game that takes place in the land of Enroth, a place of magic. There is a multitude of creature types, from griffins to rocs, golems to pikemen, unicorns to hydras, and four different dragons. Each castle type has six different creatures, from the weak to the strong. There are six castle types, each corresponding to a hero class: Knight, Sorceress, Wizard (Good side), Barbarian, Necromancer, and Warlock (Evil side). There are also six different types of neutral creatures you can recruit in special structures scattered about the maps. Compared to the first game this sequel has larger and more interactive combat screens. The spell system is now based on spell points instead of spell memorization. The maps themselves range from small two-player maps to huge maps that all six player types could fit in easily. There is a map maker included, and you can multiplay via hot-seat, modem, or IP."
22631,Martianoids,,1987,6.8,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"After a long journey, robot ship Markon Dawn is attacked by the martianoids aliens which disrupt the passage of programs, destroy active components in the ships brain and drain your battery in attempt to destroy your ship. Your mission is to defend the Markon brain from the infestation using a defence droid that has to guide programs from a transmitter to a receiver to activate the ships defences. When all nine sectors are activated, the brain is safe. The droid is equipped with lasers as a weapon against enemies, and there is a console displaying messages and a map."
22637,GATO,GATO: WWII GATO-Class Submarine Simulation,1984,6.2,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","GATO is a real-time 3D submarine simulation game, where the player is a commander of a United States submarine in the Pacific Ocean during World War II against Japanese warships. Gameplay consists of missions where the primary directive is to navigate the submarine to track and intercept (multiple) enemy warships (patrol boats, destroyers, etc.) on the randomly created map (which consists of randomly placed islands) and close in for the kill with torpedoes. Combat itself consists of a direct visual of enemy ships (via periscope) and firing torpedoes at the correct angle to ultimately sink the ship. Be warned that although the player has the element of surprise of a submerged vessel, enemy ships will return fire. When all hell breaks loose, a disclosed submarine is a sitting duck to Japanese guns. Be prepared to direct the damage control team to fix up the damaged submarine when under fire. The mission ends when the player has successfully eliminated all targets on the map."
22640,Soul of a Robot,Nonterraqueous 2,1985,6.5,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"To save planet Nonterraqueous from a malfunctioning evil computer, its people have built a robot to attack the super-computer. Cunningly, it was designed with such tortured feelings that it can only be happy in successful death, so you must take it to the computer to blow itself up. The game is a succession of 256 platform-based screens, each of which has many obstacles and hazards. There are 5 levels of jump intensity, and the correct one must be used to clear each hazard and reach the next jump. The maze is split into 3 sections, with the computer in the last of these, and these can only be reached via a teleport."
22642,Space Channel 5,Space Channel 5: Ulala's Cosmic Attack,1999,7.6,Action,Music / rhythm,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Hey there, Space Cats! Some pesky little aliens called Morolians are trying to take over Earth, and they're forcing the population to dance endlessly! Space Channel 5, the planet's news channel, has sent the grooviest reporter they have, Ulala, out to cover the latest happenings, but those little Morolians also have to be taught a lesson! So it's now up to Ulala to dance and groove with the aliens to beat them at their own game and free the population of Earth! Get dancin', Space Cats, 'cuz we're gonna give those aliens a little taste of their own groove!"
22643,Battleship: The Classic Naval Combat Game,Kaisen Game: Navyblue,1989,6.2,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Battleship: The Classic Naval Game is a Battleship variant. On a 8x8 grid, both players place four ships of varying size. Each round one player guesses a grid of the opponent's board and is told if it was a hit. The winning condition is to sink all enemy ships first. The speciality of this variant are a few extra weapons with a limited usage which can bomb multiple fields at once. There is also a radar which reveals four fields of the enemy board."
22645,The Scottish Open: Virtual Golf,"Golf ni Ikō!: Tournament Leader, Tournament Leader, Virtual Golf",1995,7.0,"Simulation, Sports",,,"In the golf simulator you are allowed to win in Scottish Open on Championship Golf Courses, including The Bowery, Kilmarney, Penperro, and Carnoustie. There are many players in the game, who can rise during the playing. You can choose, edit or create one of them. Choosing a club, striking a ball, and counting turns, you have to beat your opponents, taking into account wind and height of landscape. The game employs 3 different camera angles to capture the most realistic aspect on the course."
22651,Nicky 2,"Nicky Boom 2, Nicky II",1993,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The sequel to Nicky Boom ; this time Nicky must find out who has been removing ladders and blocking off caves in his homeland. The gameplay is essentially platform, with multi-directional maze-like levels. Beating the obstructions requires occasional brainwork – hidden ladders are easy enough to uncover, and there are lots of hidden sections to look for. The levels are colourful, and the game has a cute look making it appear suited to younger players. Mirrors are placed around the levels, which transport you to a random place."
22653,Major League Baseball,"Baseball, Big League Baseball, Super Challenge Baseball",1980,6.5,Sports,,,"Major League Baseball is an action baseball game for two players. The game follows most professional baseball rules and allows you to control all of the players on the team. You can throw a variety of pitches (from curve balls to fast balls), steal bases, tag players out, bunt, try for a home run, and in the event of a tie the game goes into extra innings! Several difficulty levels are available which control the game speed and whether or not stealing bases is allowed."
22654,Samurai Trilogy,,1987,5.3,Action,Fighting,,"The name Samurai Trilogy refers to the fact that players can choose between three fighting styles: karate, kendo and samurai. In every of those disciplines the player gets confronted with six opponents, all with a different background and strengths. Before every fight the player chooses three training styles - examples being meditation, strength training or breath control - and the fight tactic emphasis (points divided to skill, speed, stamina and strength) for both attack and defense. The fights itself offer no surprises: the player performs different moves and attacks (overall 16) and tries to outsmart his opponent. Everyone has a attack and defense bar and if one of the two runs out, the fight is over. Additionally there is a training mode available."
22655,NBA Action,,1996,7.2,Sports,,,TAKE IT TO THE HOLE! Source: Back of Jewel Case - SEGA Saturn (US)
22658,Pokémon Silver Version,"Pocket Monsters Gin (Silver), Pokémon Edición Plata, Pokémon Silberne Edition, Pokémon Version Argent, Pokémon Versione Argento, Pokémon Versão Silver",1999,8.5,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"Pokémon Silver Version is a single-player role-playing game with turn-based battles and monster-collecting elements. The story is set three years after the events of Pokémon Red Blue and Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition Players take on the role of a new Pokémon Trainer from New Bark Town in the Johto region, a land distinct from Kanto with its own cities, routes, and culture. With the guidance of Professor Elm, the Trainer receives their first Pokémon and sets out on a journey to challenge Johto’s eight Gym Leaders, confront the remnants of the villainous Team Rocket, and ultimately face the Elite Four and Champion to claim the title of Pokémon League Champion. Gameplay continues the core loop of exploring the overworld, battling wild Pokémon, and capturing them in Poké Balls to build a balanced team. Battles are turn-based, with each Pokémon using moves that are affected by type advantages, accuracy, and status conditions. Progression involves gaining experience points to level up Pokémon, teaching them new moves, and evolving them into stronger forms. Trainers must also manage limited items such as potions, revives, and status-healing medicines, purchased with prize money earned from defeating other Trainers. Pokémon Silver Version introduces 100 new Pokémon, expanding the Pokédex to 251 species in total. This includes new evolutionary stages for certain Pokémon from the previous generation. The game also debuts two new elemental types, Dark and Steel, which were designed to balance the battle system and counter Psychic- and Normal-type strategies. Breeding is another major addition: placing two compatible Pokémon at the Day Care can produce an Egg, which hatches into a baby Pokémon after the player travels a certain number of steps. Several new systems deepen gameplay. A built-in clock tracks time in real hours and days, altering which Pokémon appear, triggering time-based events, and introducing day-and-night cycles. The PokéGear, a multifunction device carried by the player, includes a map, phone for rematches and tips, and a radio that provides music and announcements. The Pokédex now allows sorting by evolutionary families, making it easier to track progress. Beyond the Johto region, players eventually gain access to Kanto, the setting of the original games, doubling the amount of explorable territory and allowing battles with the Gym Leaders of that land. Multiplayer functionality is available through the Game Link Cable, enabling battles and trades with other players. Completing the Pokédex often requires trading with owners of Pokémon Gold Version or other compatible titles, as certain Pokémon are exclusive to each version. The Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console re-release in 2017 preserved the original gameplay while adding wireless trading and battling. This allowed players to complete the Pokédex without a physical link cable."
22660,Cosmic Avenger,,1981,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Cosmic Avenger is a side scrolling shooter based on the arcade game. You are the pilot of a space fighter on a dangerous mission above a hostile alien planet. Your goal is to earn as many points as possible by using your missiles and bombs to destroy the various enemies you'll encounter. The aliens are armed with deadly missiles, ufo's, fuel domes, barrage guns, torpedoes, mines, tanks and more. You need to destroy as many of these as you can before they destroy you!"
22661,Tron: Deadly Discs,,1982,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on the movie from Walt Disney, you play a man trapped in a computer world who must keep moving to avoid being hurt. Enemies will come at you three at a time, and will throw discs at you. You must keep moving to avoid them while also firing discs right back at them. There are different doors you can enter that will teleport you to another part of the room, giving you a chance to catch the enemies off guard. There are two skill levels, and the higher your score, the harder the game becomes. Do good, and your enemies will move faster, become more accurate, and the discs will go much faster."
22663,The Wheel of Time,"A Roda do Tempo, La Roue du Temps",1999,7.7,Action,,Fantasy,"For thousands of years the Dark One has been trapped, but now the four seals keeping him imprisoned have been lost. Four organization of opposing beliefs and principles were searching for these seals. The Aes Sedai sisterhood managed to recover three, but one of them was stolen, allegedly by members of a sect within their organization that worshipped the Dark One. Elayna Sedai, Keeper of the Chronicles of the White Tower, has been promoted to the leader of Aes Sedai, and must retrieve the lost seal at all costs. The Wheel of Time is a fantasy-themed 3D shooter based on the novel series of the same name by Robert Jordan Combat is ranged, but the player character doesn't use any weapons and instead relies on artifacts called ""ter'angreal"". There are 40 types of ter'angreal in the game, which can be used for offensive as well as defensive purposes, e.g. shoot lightning and fireball, heal or hide the protagonist in a cloak, etc. There are three multiplayer game modes - Arena is a straight-ahead FPS type challenge, whilst Citadel and Team include the game's strategic elements."
22667,Steve Davis World Snooker,,1989,6.8,Sports,,,"Steve Davis World Snooker is an updated 16-bit version of CDS' earlier 8-bit Steve Davis game It offers not only snooker (with ten or fifteen red balls), but also other cue sports: Pool (UK and USA versions) and Billiards (English and Carom - no pockets). These can all be single player, two player or human versus computer (In the guise of Steve Davis). The program has six different levels of playing skill. The view is fixed overhead, however you can zoom in on the table. Slow motion replays are included. The game also has a practice mode, in which lines indicate what the results of a shot will be, and balls can be moved around to set up trick shots."
22671,Warrior of Rome II,Ambition of Caesar II,1992,7.1,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Africa, Asia, Classical antiquity, Europe","Warrior of Rome II is a real-time strategy game similar to Populous in which the player controls the Roman Army. The player controls a number of individual units in each map, which can be directed in various ways, such as to approach and attack a particular target, construct or demolish structures, or form or disband units. The single-player scenario begins with Caesar receiving orders from Rome to suppress a revolt in Asia. There is also a free battle mode for one or two players that features several dozen maps to choose from. A unique feature of the game is the highly configurable menu system. The player can move, resize, rearrange, and close any of the different information windows as they see fit."
22679,Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon,,1992,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"In this interactive cartoon you are a brave English soldier, who must stop Fascist Von Max, who wants to build a Doomsday Machine with the special crystals. On every level you have to do something different such as shooting the foes, different fights, several chases, etc. Progressing in game allows you to watch the colorful animation of perilous adventure."
22685,Happy Trails,,1983,7.9,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Arcade,,"Happy Trails is an action strategy game for one or two players. Black Bart has robbed the stagecoach, and you need to recover all of the stolen money within the given time limit! The money is located in various locations in a series of maze-like paths. The paths are broken up into tiles, and there is one tile missing so you can rearrange the maze by moving a tile into the empty space. As your character walks through the paths, you need to rearrange the tiles to make sure there is always a connected path in front of him (or you'll lose a life) and to guide him towards the money bags. When all of the money has been recovered, you move on to the next round. On the more difficult rounds, Black Bart will also be wandering around the maze trying to stop you! You should avoid him at all costs, unless you have first collected a star which gives your character temporary invincibility."
22686,Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!,"Commander Keen: ""Invasion of the Vorticons"" - Episode Three: Keen Must Die!",1990,7.3,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Commander Keen has already foiled the Vorticons' plans to destroy Earth. Now he heads to their home planet in order to confront the Grand Intellect: a mysterious leader who enslaved all the Vorticons and forced them to carry out his evil deeds. But before Keen reaches him, he must get through numerous Vorticon cities whose mind-controlled residents all received one order from the Grand Intellect: ""Keen must die!"" Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die! is the third in a series of platform games. The game begins with a top-down map of the Vorticon planet. This is the level select screen, where you can walk around and choose the next level you want to enter. On each level, you have to make your way to the exit. Once you reach the exit, you're back on the overhead map. The levels are typically full of enemy creatures (mainly various types of Vorticons) and hazards. If Keen gets shot or touched by an enemy, or falls into a pit or something hazardous, he dies, and you're booted out of the level back to the overhead map and lose one life. Thankfully, Keen can defeat most enemies with his raygun. He also has a pogo stick which allows him to jump very high. Other items to find include keycards that open locked doors, bonus items which give score (Keen gets an extra life if he collects enough score) and the Ankh, which gives temporary invulnerability."
22689,WarGames,War Games,1984,6.8,Strategy / tactics,,Cold War,"Greetings, Professor Falken. Shall we play a game? This strategic game is based on the popular 1983 movie of the same name, starring Matthew Broderick It might remind people of Missile Command but the action is slower and spread over six screens which represent different areas of the U.S.A. Enemy missiles, planes, and subs will attack and you must direct your own forces, which include missiles, planes, subs, and satellites, to intercept them. Each type of defense has strengths and weaknesses (missiles are fast but limited in range, planes are slower but have unlimited range). Satellites are a better all-around defense but are only available every so often. Some weapons aren't available in certain areas, and some enemies are resistant to certain weapons, so you must alter your strategy accordingly. As your bases and cities are struck, a DefCon indicator for each area will count down and when the overall DefCon reaches 1 for a minute or when all cities and bases are destroyed, a counterstrike is launched and the game is over. The game is won by preventing a counterstrike long enough for a cease-fire to be reached. There's eight different difficulty levels to progress through as you get the hang of it. A two-player mode on the Colecovision lets one player to use the Roller Controller to guide and fire weapons, while the second player inputs keypad commands."
22692,Virtual Bart,,1994,6.3,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Bart's reality goes virtual when he is strapped into Martin Prince's Virtual Reality experiment at the elementary school science fair. Each virtual reality program represents a stage in the game that Bart must play through in order to escape the machine before the programs crash. The game consists of three side-scrolling platform stages and three stages that take place from a rear view. Bart assumes the roles of a pig, dinosaur, and baby for the platform stages. He tosses tomatoes and eggs, slides down a water slide, and drives a motorcycle in a post-apocalyptic Springfield for the three remaining stages. They are all accessed by chance via a wheel-of-misfortune."
22694,Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI: Awakening of the Dragon,Sangokushi VI,1998,7.5,Strategy / tactics,,"China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events","The Romance of the Three Kingdoms series returns for its sixth installment. As the leader of your own nation in war torn ancient China, it is up to you to unify the whole land. To do this, you'll need to build, manage and control your cities while interacting with and directing the actions of hundreds of different characters. Through military and domestic management, you can unify China and be the Emperor!"
22697,Batman Returns,,1992,5.7,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Atari themselves adapted the 1992 superhero sequel Batman Returns for their Lynx handheld as a side-scrolling beat'em'up. Batman must move through four levels on his quest to stop the Penguin and Catwoman. Enemies trying to stop him include circus clowns on the streets, policemen (whom Catwoman put on his trail) on the roofs of Gotham City, and penguin commandos in the sewers and the Penguin's lair. Batman can beat them up with his fists or destroy them using Batarangs and acid vials (which must be collected first). Several of the levels end in boss encounters with the two main villains, while in the last level, Batman must also save industrialist Max Shreck from the Penguin's wrath before finishing him off."
22705,Magic Pockets,,1991,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"In Magic Pockets the player controls the cool Bitmap Kid who has deep pockets that can store virtually anything. Bitmap Kid's mission is to get back his toys that were stolen by some creatures. The game is a side-scrolling shooter that plays out across four worlds inhabited by a variety of enemies. The player can cause more damage to these enemies by charging their shots before firing. The player's weapon also changes its shape and features according to the requirements of each world. The Bitmap Kid has special athletic abilities. He can jump high by stepping on whirlwinds and can even destroy all the creatures he hits after falling from a high place. In addition, he also can ride a bike, dive, and even fly thanks to the special items he encounters on the way."
22710,Titanic: Adventure Out of Time,"Titanic: Avontuur in de Tijd, Titanic: Eine interaktive Reise, Titanic: Odwróć Bieg Historii, Titanic: Uma Aventura Suspensa No Tempo, Titanic: Une aventure hors du temps",1996,7.2,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Titanic: Adventure Out of Time is an open-ended first-person adventure game set on the doomed maiden voyage of the HMS Titanic. The player takes the role of Frank Carlson, a disgraced British secret service agent. His career having ended after he failed in a mission on board the HMS Titanic, he now lives in a small apartment, surrounded by mementos of his past. Somehow, however, Carlson is thrown backward into his past to April of 1912, giving the player an opportunity to change the events on board the doomed ship. While the player is not able to avert the sinking of the Titanic, they are able to influence not only Frank's timeline but that of the other passengers on board the ship and, indeed, the progression of subsequent human history. As a result, details of the game's plot are affected by the player's actions, which can result in one of any number of significant or minutely different endings. The game is a puzzle-solving adventure game which utilizes a simple, point-and-click system in order for the player to interact with the world. While the game is played in the form of a traditional adventure game, it expands on this established system by constructing its game play around the idea of a continuous, transitory world. While the player still progresses through the game primarily through solving puzzles and interacting with other characters it presents these interactions as taking place within an active, malleable world. Characters, for instance, periodically move about the ship, and can be found in different portions of the ship during different times of day as they pursue their lives apart from the player. Puzzles are similarly tied to this progression of time, and players may choose to pursue plot lines how ever they think is best, influencing both the plot and other puzzles within the game, allowing them to completely overlook or pass over entire puzzles and story points. Early in the game, for instance, the player is asked to locate an item hidden by another character. If they're able to discover its location early enough, they can take the item from its hiding spot before someone else does. If they're sidetracked by other characters within the world, or in some other way too slow in locating the object, the hiding spot will be empty and the plot will accommodate this development. It is important to note, however, that the game does not progress in real-time as other adventures, such as The Last Express do. Rather, time progresses due to the player solving a puzzle or in some other way advancing the game. In addition to the traditional puzzles within the game, there are also mini-games which the player can participate in either for fun or to influence the plot, such as poker and fencing. The game is presented using 3D graphics, although the player still moves through the game by shifting from screen to screen, similar in style to the movement found in other adventure titles such as Riven The bottom of the screen features a nautically-themed interface featuring a life preserver (the menu), a pocket watch (which represents the in-game time), a rolled piece of parchment (a map of the ship), and a leather case (the inventory)."
22713,Warhammer: Dark Omen,,1998,7.6,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"This sequel to Warhammer: Shadow Of The Horned Rat is an overhead role playing game in which you play Morgan Bernhardt. The game consists of a series of battles where you view the battle from overhead via a rotatable view. You go through the game managing your army, deciding whether to fight in optional battles, and advancing through a deep and engrossing storyline via a series of conversations played out by talking portraits."
22719,Castlevania: Rondo of Blood,Akumajō Dracula X: Chi no Rondo,1993,8.3,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Count Dracula, the evil Transylvanian vampire lord, is resurrected in the year 1792, a century after the brave vampire hunter Simon Belmont vanquished him. His demonic servant Shaft is sent to nearby village to kill men, abduct women, and set the village on fire. Richter Belmont, Simon's descendant, swears to free the women, among which is his fiancee Annette. He takes the Vampire Killer, a powerful whip he inherited from his ancestor, and enters the castle, hoping to put an end to the Dark Lord's reign. Castlevania: Rondo of Blood is, like its predecessors in the series, an action platformer. Richter is trying to reach the end of each stage, defeating evil creatures on the way with his whip and traditional sub-weapons (throwing axes, daggers, holy crosses, etc.). He can also perform powerful ""item crash"" attacks with his sub-weapons. In comparison with the previous entry in the series, Super Castlevania IV the game lacks the eight-directional whipping. As with most Castlevania games the levels consist of platforming challenges which require good timing and reactions. At the end of each stage Richter will face a powerful boss. The kidnapped women are hidden in the castle and to find them Richter needs to uncover hidden exits which may lead to alternative levels and bosses. One of such hidden areas unlocks a second player character: Maria Renard, Annette's sister. She is weaker than Richter but has a greater agility and her own abilities such as sliding and double jumping, which allow her to find even more alternative paths. She also has her own special attacks with unique sub-weapons."
22726,The Cool Croc Twins,,1992,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Cool Croc Twins is a platform game where, as one of the cool crocodile twins Punk and Funk, you try to reach the beautiful crocodile girl. To do so, you'll have to complete over 60 levels. Each level is made of a bunch of thin, floating platforms. When you approach the edge of a platform, you do not fall off - rather, you begin walking upside-down on the other side! Instead of jumping, you ""reverse the gravity"" of your croc, causing him to fall up or down until he lands on a platform. You goal on each level is to light up all the bulbs by bumping them with your head. If you hit the bulb three times it will be completely lit up. Some bulbs are invisible on higher levels. There are also foes who want to stop you and who sabotage your efforts by bumping into the bulbs you've lit, turning them off. Your foes can walk on both sides of the platforms just as you and can jump from platform to platform just as you, so watch out! The game can be played by 2 players, so if you are Funk then your friend is Punk and you can challenge each other in scores."
22729,Protostar: War on the Frontier,,1993,6.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"An alien race known as the Skeetch is threatening humanity and the peace in the entire galaxy. The human organization Newfront has launched a Protostar Initiative in an attempt to convince four alien races to join the humans in their battle against the Skeetch. Protostar: War on the Frontier is a space trading/exploration game in the same mold as Starflight and Star Control series. The player can scour planet surfaces for resources, discover new planets and creatures and name them, use diplomacy, barter and trade with aliens, wage war against hostile races, find new crew members, and improve the financial situation of human organizations."
22731,Prince of Persia Collection,Prince of Persia: Collector's Edition,1998,7.8,Compilation,,,This compilation includes:
22740,Eastern Front (1941),"Eastern Front (1941): A Historic Military Strategy Game, Eastern Front 1941",1981,7.0,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","A strategic turn-based wargame for the Atari 8-Bit computer line. Eastern Front puts you in charge of the German invaders as they start their infamous Russian campaign, or as it was known at the time ""Operation Barbarossa"". The game is played from an overhead scrolling map that encompasses the entire eastern European theater, and from which you select your units and issue orders based on their action points and strength which are defined by their appropriate control zones. Isolate units, and their strength starts to go down proportionally. Only 1-player mode is supported against an AI that actually processes its moves between turns, the longer the player takes to make a move., the better the computer results will be."
22752,Criticom,Criticom: Critical Combat,1995,5.5,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Criticom is a one-on-one fighting game where 8 diverse fighters from across the galaxy vie for a crystal artifact. The game features a sci-fi backstory that involves mystery and intrigue surrounding the crystal and each of the 8 fighters is given a unique storyline to explain why he or she is so interested in the artifact. Among the colorful characters are a giant lizard man named Gorm, a ninja lady named Yenji, a killing robot named S.I.D., and a mysterious vampire-like creature named Demonica who places little value on clothing. The fighting action takes place on a round, elevated platform. Each fighter begins the fight with a full power meter and one power meter refill in reserve that is activated when the primary meter is depleted. Thus, there are no rounds. The fight runs until one fighter is knocked out (no more power in their meter), one is knocked out of the arena (or steps/jumps out), or the time runs out."
22756,Human Cannonball,Cannon Man,1978,4.9,Puzzle,Artillery,,"In Human Cannonball your goal is to fire a man out of a cannon and have him land in a bucket of water. To do this you need to adjust your cannon so the position, angle, and firing speed are just right. You score a point for each successful landing, and the game ends after seven attempts. Several game variations are included which allow you to have the position, angle and speed all set by the player, or have one or more of these in a fixed position, or have one or more of these randomly set by the computer. If you wish to make the game more challenging, you can also set a moving wall in front of the bucket which will make your timing more critical."
22759,Contraption Zack,Contraptions,1992,6.7,"Action, Puzzle",,,"It's Zack's first day on the job as a repairman at GadgetCo, and the whole factory is falling apart. He must navigate over 60 rooms, avoiding deadly traps, to find his missing tools and fix the incredibly complicated, interconnected machinery. Contraption Zack is best described as a combination puzzle adventure and third-person isometric perspective version of The Incredible Machine"
22760,Cyberball,Cyberball: Football in the 21st Century,1988,6.1,Sports,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"After American Football players started cheating by using bionic parts, the game was forced to change its rules. By 2022, the game was played not by humans, but two teams of seven robots. To spice things up, the usual pig skin ball was replaced with a 350 pound bomb. Cyberball brings this fast and furious action to life. Gameplay is essentially the same as the real sport, although the 'downs' are replaced by the bomb's heat gradually increasing towards 'critical'. After this it will explode and possession will be swapped. This is prevented when you cross the 50-yard line, lose possession or score a touchdown, in which cases it resets to 'cool'. Field goals and punts are not featured - the only kick is the initial kick-off you receive. Control passes from the quarterback (thrower) to the intended catcher as soon as a pass is released. The two-player game is co-operative - on offense one player passes and the other receives."
22767,DarXide,,1996,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"One of the last 32X games released (and exclusively in Europe), DarXide is a 3-D space shooter, inspired in part by the arcade gameplay of Asteroids It is one of the few 32X games to used texture-mapped polygons. Players control a lone starship rushing to destroy oncoming asteroids and alien vessels before they annihilate defenseless human miners and colonies. Asteroids break apart into smaller rocks, which much also be hunted down and destroyed. Aliens likewise arrive in larger, more dangerous vessels. Asteroids broken down to their smallest size and then vaporized will sometimes drop shield or energy recharges, to repair damage caused by laser blasts or collisions. New weapons can also be found. Players have a time limit to meet all objectives in a stage before they are forced to land and try again. The right side of the HUD shows asteroids remaining (and their approximate size), while the left shows the player's distance to their base (and so, time remaining in the stage)."
22768,Starion,,1985,7.0,"Action, Puzzle",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Aliens using a time machine have changed several crucial events in earth history. As Starion a rookie starfighter pilot in 2010AD, you must correct these, in a hybrid of puzzle and action. There are 243 sectors to correct, each representing a year. After selecting one, you are involved in first-person space dogfighting, viewed from within your cockpit. Pay attention to your multi-directional scanner to locate ships and mines. There are also indicators for your fuel and oxygen levels, pitch and yaw, and engine temperature. Shot enemies release letters, which must then be flown over. Once an area is cleared, you must use the letters to form a word. Then, fly through the time gate, and decide which historical event the word relates to."
22769,World Series Baseball II,,1996,7.8,Sports,,,"NEW FEATURES * All 28 Ballparks in Rendered Detail * Updated MLB Stats & Rosters * Play as the 1998 expansion Arizona Diamondbacks or Tampa Bay Devil Rays * Create your own expansion team roster * Awesome New Camera Angles * Choose from 8 players to call up from the farm ORIGINAL FEATURES * All 700 Players * All 28 Teams * Stat Tracking in 12 Categories * Play-By Play Announcing * 5 Modes of Play (All-Star, Playoff, Exhibition, Home Run Derby, and Pennant Race) Source: Back of Jewel Case - Saturn (US)"
22799,Starblade,"Starblade Alpha, Starblade α",1991,7.1,Action,Rail shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Sitting in the gunner position of a ""GeoSword"" fightercraft, you must shoot your way through the enemy armada and bring the fight to their base planet, Redeye. Altogether you'll have around 10 missions to get through before the galaxy is safe and your wingmen will help you along the way. And during those missions, you'll be expected to shoot out the sides of huge enemy battlecruisers, travel inside of enemy carriers, and travel through the canyons of Redeye to deliver your payload. The PlayStation and the 3DO versions offer the choice between an arcade mode and an enhanced mode. In the enhanced modes that flat polygons are remade in fully textured polygons and the black bars on the sides have been removed to turn the image into a fullscreen view."
22804,Quest for Fame,"Quest for Fame with Aerosmith, Quest for Fame: Be a Virtual Rock Legend with Aerosmith, RockBuster: Quest For Fame",1995,7.7,Simulation,"Board game, Music / rhythm",,"As the game itself comes shipped with some kind of electronic plectron you can connect to your parallel-port (it's called the ""V-Pic"" in the game) it's your mission to become a virtual guitar-hero. After a few training lessons in your private room, you get used to the game's interface. At the bottom of the screen is some kind of rhythm indicator that's similar to karaoke-systems. There's a red bar constantly moving from the left to the right end of the screen while in the background is a ""rhythm-scale"". When the bar is moving over a peak from that scale, you have to use your plectron on your tennis-racket so that virtually a guitar-riff is generated. The better and more exactly you can match the predrawn rhythm scale, the better your guitar playing will sound and the higher your score is to proceed to further levels of the game. The ultimate goal of the game is to reach the final level. To finally start a virtual concert with Aerosmith in a crowded football-stadium. Although the above description might sound a bit complicated the game soon catches even unmusical people's attention by its very own and unique gameplay."
22805,Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy,,1994,7.5,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"As either Roddy or Cathy, make your way through four locations that include Forest, Ice, Wind, and Fire, and destroy the two bosses in these locations. Both Roddy and Cathy have retractable arms which can be used to grab enemies or other gameplay elements. They can then be thrown at others to destroy them. Both players and enemies can interact with the scenery. For example, walls can be pushed over enemies to kill them, and switches can be flipped to reveal special bonuses. Throughout each location, you can pull on rings that will reveal special bonuses such as extra time. There are two different planes which the players can change between by pressing a button."
22811,Jet Grind Radio,"Jet Set Radio, Jet Set Radio HD",2000,8.3,Action,"Quick Time Events (QTEs), Tricks / stunts","Asia, Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi","Tokyo-to, a city not unlike Tokyo, somewhere in Asia, in the near future. This is the story about the Grace & Glory (GG's), one of three rival teenage gangs who ride motorised inline skates and are tagging the streets with graffiti. There is a turf war going on between the gangs GG's, the Poison Jam, and the high-tech freaks, the Noise Tanks. The evil Rokkaku Corporation has the corrupt police in their grasp, and, headed by Captain Onishima, the cops are hell-bent on subduing the unruly teen protagonists. But there is light in the darkness: the underground DJ, ""Professor K,"" and his Jet Set Radio station keep tabs on what is happening on the streets of Tokyo-to, and soon our teens will have something much darker than the police to worry about. As one of the GG's, you skate through a variety of different levels, from busy streets to run-down rooftops and smelly sewers where you learn new moves, collect spray cans, and tag the streets with graffiti. New graffiti designs can be unlocked by finding ""Graffiti Souls"" in levels, by designing new graffiti yourself, or by going online and downloading any images you find while browsing the internet. Fight the rival gangs ""Poison Jam"" and the ""Noise Tanks"", the evil mega-corporation Rokkaku and their police cronies in this fresh take on the platform genre, mixing traditional platform elements with skating similar to that of the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games. Players are scored on their performance in a level, both on the level of graffiti attempted as well as optional tags and skating tricks. As the game progresses challenge maps open that test the player's ability to do larger tags, more tricks, or race against an opponent. The American and European release contained two new levels based on New York. The story and order that you meet characters was modified to include these two levels. Both releases also have different unique soundtracks for these levels. The 2012 HD version has widescreen HD graphics and a new camera system, as well as all the original songs but one."
22812,Blazing Star,"ACA NeoGeo: Blazing Star, AkeAka NeoGeo: Blazing Star, Pulstar Blast",1998,8.0,Action,Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The sequel to Pulstar Blazing Star is again a horizontal-scrolling shoot-'em-up. One or two players proceed along levels, each with a boss enemy at the end, trying to redeem the humankind. There are six ships to choose from, each with its own pilot (four of them female), weapons and characteristics of movement. Each ship has its own types of shots, but also a standard shot, charged shot (more powerful) and split shot (a charged shot can be parted into more bullets, lowering the power of each bullet while widening the fire range)."
22822,Klustar,,1999,7.0,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"A puzzle game with rotating and sliding blocks. The player must keep the central Klustar from expanding to hit the edges of the screen. Pieces come in from all sides and the whole structure collapses when a block of 3 x 3, 4 x 4 or 5 x 5 is made. More points are scored the bigger the collapse. Ultimately you lose, so this is all about getting a high score."
22827,Heroes,,1990,7.2,"Action, Compilation",,,This is a four game compilation featuring games with quite diverse fighting heroes in the range from James Bond to Luke Skywalker:
22830,Rescue Shot,Rescue Shot Bubibo,2000,6.6,Action,Shooter,,"Rescue Shot is a shooter developed and published by Namco On one side, it differences from the famous Point Blank series. The game, in fact, looks more like Time Crisis which doesn't rely on accuracy less very much, thus letting you enjoying the fast-pace of the game dynamic. On the other side, the variety in Rescue Shot is similar to the Point Blank series. The game takes place on a lot of different scenarios, full of traps to avoid and dangers to overcome: from a manufacturing industry to a tube, from a Japanese market district to a country village. The main character in the game is Bow, a dog who wanders through a fairytale-esque land where all sorts of minions try to hamper his progress. The aim of the adventure is to help Bow regain his memory after he fell off a cliff. He needs to collect all 5 dream fragments to be able to make a wish, so he can remember where he came from. Each of the 10 scenarios (grouped in 4 stages) has got its unique inhabitants (robots, birds, porcupines, bats, ..) and boss (a tiger, a wolf, a machine...). Tons of items in the background, from mushrooms to spiders and flowers (and even windows), can be shot to reveal power-ups of all sorts. Occasionally you have to shoot Bow in the derriere to get him to jump over obstacles, or a timely shot to the head will cause him to duck flying objects."
22831,Sinistar: Unleashed,,1999,7.0,Action,Shooter,,"This is a remake of the classic '80s arcade game Sinistar The player gets sucked through a wormhole into the alternate universe of the Sinistar, where his spaceship is transformed into a strange organic living spaceship. In the center of each level is a huge jumpgate that evil worker drones are busy powering up by attaching sinisite crystals to it. Once the gate is fully powered an enormous, very aggressive boss monster comes out of it: the Sinistar. The player's job: destroy the gate before the Sinistar can get through it. If that can't be done, at least delay the arrival of the Sinistar as long as possible, and when it does arrive: destroy the Sinistar. But it won't be easy. Enemy fighters patrol the area. The Sinistar and the gate can only be harmed by using a special weapon, the sini-bomb. This game has 24 levels. Almost all of them follow the structure described above, though there are a few that are different. Each level has unique creatures, and every Sinistar is different. To power-up the player must mine asteroids for sinisite crystals. These will power the player's weapons. There are seven weapons: Also, there are many power-ups:"
22832,Tie Break,"Adidas Championship Tie Break, Adidas Championship Tie-Break, Adidas Tennis Championship",1990,7.4,Sports,,,"This tennis simulation uses a top-down scrolling perspective. You are not in control of the player's motion, but once he gets close to the ball, shot selection is down to you. Standard shots plus topspin, lobs and stop volleys are available, by pushing the joystick in the right direction as you aim the shot. The game supports up to 16 players in singles matches on a variety of court surfaces. It includes all of the major world tournaments - the four Grand Slam events at Melbourne, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and New York, plus the Davis Cup and Masters events. An early attempt at TV-style coverage is offered."
22835,Konami GB Collection: Vol.4,Konami GB Collection: Vol. 3,1998,7.3,Compilation,,,This follow-up to Konami GB Collection Vol. 3 contains:
22836,Network Q RAC Rally,"Network Q RAC Rally: Rally - La Derniere Epreuve du Championnat du Monde des Rallyes, Network Q RAC Rally: Rally - Simulação Autêntica, Network Q RAC Rally: Rally - The Final Round of the World Rally Championship",1993,7.5,Racing / Driving,,,"This is the first game in the Rally Championship series. Network Q RAC Rally as well as other titles, gives you an opportunity to participate in a long-running British rally championship. To do so, you can choose one of the five cars: Toyota Celica, Ford Escort, Lancia Delta HF Integrale, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution and Subaru Impreza. The only customizable thing here is the tire type. Controlling your vehicle is rather easy and driving model isn't complex, however, you can damage your vehicle and end your race before reaching the finish line."
22840,Heart of the Dragon,,1990,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Fantasy,"Heart of the Dragon is a beat-em-up game with and exploration section where you wander around the map collection magical items. You play as Tommy Lee, who with the help of Master Chi must defeat the evil Li-Kuan. The game is notable for displaying 192 colors on the screen at once."
22841,Rabbit Punch,"Arcade Archives: Rabio Lepus, Rabio Lepus Special",1987,7.3,Action,Shooter,,"The royal family of Bunnyland was kidnapped by monsters and the player has to save them by beating all six levels of this side-scrolling shooter. The reason why the protagonist, a rabbit, can fly is the rocket launcher on his back. Just like in most shooters, the main objective is to survive the way to the end boss of each level without getting hit by enemies (three hits result in a life loss). The rabbit has three ways to defend itself: a regular gun, a strong melee punch and limited homing missiles. The power ups are shield energy refreshments, extra points, invincibility, more missiles and missile upgrades."
22842,Professional Ski Simulator,Advanced Ski Simulator,1988,5.5,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Players have to guide a skier down the piste in the specified time limit. The ski is against a competitor but the clock is the main enemy because if the player doesn't cross the finishing posts in time it is game over. The controls are fairly simple: left and right on the joystick rotates the skier and the fire button propels the player character forward with his sticks. Avoid obstacles such as trees, gates or log cabins."
22854,Aliens Online,,1998,7.4,Action,"Massively Multiplayer, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Aliens Online was a massively multiplayer first person shooter released on the GameStorm subscription service. Players could choose to wield a pulse rifle as a member of the Colonial Marines, or stick to the shadows as one of H. R. Giger 's iconic Aliens. Gameplay pit the two species against each other in a standard team deathmatch with limited respawns. Players could fight in one of five initial maps, with multiple games running simultaneously and selected from an in-game chat area and browser. Maps ranged from a loose reproduction of the colony from Aliens to a derelict spacecraft with an Alien hive in the lower levels. Every map had cramped air ducts or sewer pipes that the Aliens could speedily, and usually securely, make use of - with hatches that allowed the player to drop onto unsuspecting marines and rend them with claw and tail attacks. Marines carried a selection of long-range firepower based on the weapons in the film. A lone marine only had access to a pulse rifle, pistol, shotgun, and motion tracker (deployed like a weapon, and not part of the HUD). Up to four marines could also band together in a fireteam, unlocking heavy weapons like the flamethrower and the auto-tracking SmartGun. Members of a fireteam could also open minature ""helmet cam"" windows for each of their teammates, and see a feed of what that player was seeing. Kills and victories resulted in experience points, which were permanently tracked by character. XP milestones granted stat-increasing ranks to marines, making veteran soldiers tougher and deadlier. A similar system also existed on the Alien side, with XP points granting the ability for one player per open game to play as the Queen - a bigger and tougher Alien requiring teamwork to take down."
22871,Fighting Steel: World War II Surface Combat 1939-1942,"Fighting Steel : Combat naval de la 2nde Guerre Mondiale 1939-1942, Fighting Steel: Seeschlachten 1939-1942",1999,6.9,Simulation,Wargame,"Historical events, World War II","Fighting Steel is a World War II Naval Surface Combat Simulator/Tactical Wargame covering the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters and recreating the most spectacular naval gunnery battles from 1939-1942. The game is the heir to Strategic Simulations earlier Great Naval Battles series, but is rendered in 3-D. Command over 90 different ship classes from the British, German, American, or Japanese fleets either as single ships or entire task forces consisting of several divisions.There are 10 historical scenarios, including long range daytime slugfests to close-in nighttime melees. In addition there are 4 linked scenario campaigns (1 for each navy), a battle generator and a scenario editor. The game can be played against the computer or multi-player over the internet."
22876,Terminator 2: Judgment Day,,1991,6.2,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The game consists of several action scenes linked together. All parts are different, each resembling typical games of the genre (for example: 1st level is like a side-view beat 'em up). Between each level a small cutscene from the movie is shown."
22878,Who Dares Wins II,"Comando Parachutiste: Who Dares Wins II, Mercenario",1985,7.0,Action,Shooter,,"Eight invaded townships must be brought back under your control in this Commando -style shoot 'em up, which progresses vertically using a flick-screen system. You are armed with a rifle (activated by a short tap of the fire button) and five grenades (used via a longer press), and must not only kill off the enemy forces, but also rescue your comrades who have been tied to trees along the way. If you take too long then the prisoners will be executed by a firing squad. You begin at the bottom of the first screen and slowly make your way upwards; enemies pop up from all sides, walking around and shooting, and you have to dodge their shots while trying to shoot them yourself. The foes make good use of the decoy opportunities of the terrain, and you must do the same to have a chance. The levels include rivers with narrow bridges, potholes, and train-lines. Extra supplies are dropped in as you progress through the game, as are extra lives in addition to your starting 5."
22883,NY Warriors,"New York Warrior, New York Warriors",1990,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic","NY Warriors is a top down action game in which you must face various armed gangs in a post apocalyptic New York and finish various missions. The game is heavily influenced by the movie The Warriors. In each mission the player faces a different gang with distinct outfits and characteristics; Ramboids, Sammies, Assasins, Sluggers, Killer Klowns, Ganja and finally Bomber. A fairly common shooter game, it is fairly true to the formula for such games, lots of enemies, lots of shooting and joystick action. Various weapons can be picked up for use as you progress to enhance your firepower. The atmosphere is maintained with details such as snoring bums and packs of stray dogs, also with some darkly cyber-punkish artwork."
22885,Pit-Fighter,"Pit-Fighter: The Ultimate Competition, PitFighter: The Ultimate Challenge",1990,5.3,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Pit-Fighter is a 3rd-person fight game that features digitized graphics of real fighters and zooming effects. Players select one of three fighters (Buzz, Ty or Kato) to take on anyone who dares. At the conclusion of a match, players are individually awarded a Knockout Bonus, Brutality Bonus, and a Fight Purse. Every third match is a Grudge Match where players test the skills of each other. The last man standing is the winner of this three-knockdown match. Players fight their way to the Elimination Match to decide who wins the opportunity to dethrone the champion, the Masked Warrior."
22886,Ecco Jr.,,1995,6.0,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Ecco Jr. is a prequel to Ecco the Dolphin set during his childhood. Together with his friends Tara the Whale and Kitney the Dolphin, Ecco goes looking for the legendary blue whale. Released after the two main Ecco games, this title is geared towards younger children with simplified gameplay, lacking the difficulty of the other Ecco games. The game also contains a number of educational facts about dolphins. Set in the same underwater world, players choose one of the three characters to solve a series of challenges. These all involve harmless exploration and solving small puzzles with no foes or violent gameplay. The characters need to use their abilities to locate animals, herd seahorses, retrieve a sea lion's lost ball, swim through rings and locate glyphs. After completing the main tasks, a large glyph needs to be located to end the level. The characters can be switched at any time during gameplay, but they all have the same abilities. One button is used to send out a sonar pulse to locate items while another boosts the animal. Most levels take less than a minute to complete and there are eighteen levels in total."
22887,Eskimo Games,,1989,6.7,"Action, Sports","Arcade, Fighting, Shooter, Time management",,"Eskimo Games takes the winter sports multi-event format and emphasises the winter rather than the sports. Operation Snowball is similar to the arcade game Cabal insofar as it resembles Operation Wolf but adds a roll manoeuvre. You must fire snowballs at people who are trying to make a catapult, and destroy the shots they aim at you. Eggsterminator places you at the top of a cliff, which has 5 ledges containing a bird’s nest. Birds will periodically land on these and lay eggs, which you must collect. Contact with the birds themselves causes you to fall and lose time. Ice N’Igloos involves using your axe to collect ice, and taking it to your incomplete igloo to complete it. Avoid the seals, as contact with these costs you time. Miami Ice is a clone of Tapper except that instead of beer you are serving ice cream to people. From one side of the screen you must ensure that each line has enough ice creams sent down it to match the number of people coming. Also ensure that you are ready to collect the empty cones when these are returned. Evidently, the taste of wafers is not popular near the poles. The final event is not present on the C64. It is Barbearian a one-on-one fight with a polar bear. The ice melting away sets the time limit in this game."
22888,Sandwarriors,,1997,6.3,"Action, Simulation","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is an arcade sci/fi flight game similar in style to the ""Inca"" series, but with an ancient Egyptian setting (like Stargate). The story goes as such, in the year 6225 B.C. on the far flung, sand covered planet of Tawy, a high-tech civil war is taking place. Over many generations two opposing Houses have formed, House Horus and the evil House Set, both completely determined to annihilate the other. As an elite warrior of the Horus empire, you are commanded by the God Horus to pilot the Sandships of the gods to destroy your evil enemies or die trying!"
22899,Knight Force,,1989,6.0,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform","Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","In Knight Force the land Belloth, crossroad between five time periods, was conquered by the evil wizard Red Sabbath. And if that is not enough, he also kidnapped the princess. The player takes the role of a knight who has to set things right. To do so, he needs to complete five levels which represent different time periods. The goal is not only to destroy the wizard clone which occupies the time period, but also to collect seven talismans which are in possession of the wizard's minions. Each collected talisman brings advantages to the hero but only work in the correct time period which may not correspond with the one it is found in. To put them to best use, the player can always pull out of a level and choose another. The challenges are platforming and melee sword-fights against various enemies. The player can perform eight combat moves."
22900,S.T.O.R.M.,,1996,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Year is 2055, energetic resources are nearly depleted. The B.A.E.R. (Bureau of Advanced Energetic Resources) had discovered the first deposit of praxillium, a new fissile element, more powerful than uranium, and not producing any nuclear Waste. After an explosion, the mining site remains silent, so the B.A.E.R. send the S.T.O.R.M to go and see what is happening. You are Andy Steale, pilot of the Submersible Tactical Operational Reconnaissance Module. The game is mainly a side-view Shoot'em up. You can use a robotic arm to pick up devices, you can send scuba divers to go in thinner passages). There is also 'interactive shooting' phases (rail-shooter with prerendered cinematic background)."
22901,Asteroids Hyper 64,,1999,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"An updated version of the classic arcade blast 'em up, this game features full 3D environments, all-new weapons and defense systems and a 2-player split-screen mode. The gameplay is exactly the same. Pilot a spacecraft and destroy the oncoming asteroids, each of different sizes, defeating the enemy boss at the end of each level. Alien ships and black holes are also out there, along with ship upgrades that update your ship's weapons and defense systems. Multiplayer options comprise cooperative and competitive options."
22911,Caterpillar Construction Zone,,1999,6.4,"Action, Simulation",Puzzle elements,,"Choose from eleven tough and rugged Caterpillar machines including tractors, backhoes, and bulldozers. Dig ditches, move boulders, and perform daring rescues. Plus, solve missions including plowing and harvesting a field and building a boulder bridge."
22915,Bump 'N' Jump,"Arcade Archives: Burnin' Rubber, Buggy Popper, Burnin' Rubber",1982,7.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Bump 'N' Jump is an action racing game played from a top down point of view. As you race through the treacherous and ever changing roadways, the numerous enemy cars will be trying to bump you off the road. You need to make sure you bump the cars out of the way before you get bumped and crash into the sides yourself! Your car also has the ability to jump quite high if you have enough speed. This is useful to jump over enemy cars if there are too many in the way, and must also be used to jump gaps in the roadway and other highway obstacles. As the levels progress, the road becomes narrower with more obstacles in the way, and the other cars increase in number and in aggressiveness."
22920,Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow,"Donald em Cold Shadow, Donald in Cold Shadow, Donald in Maui Mallard, Donald starring in Maui Mallard",1995,7.5,Action,Platform,,"Disney's Donald Duck takes the starring role in this sidescrolling platform game. As the detective Maui Mallard, he's on the trail of a long lost Idol, which has recently vanished. Early on, Maui can also switch between his normal self and Ninja Maui, and with all the creepy voodoo enemies he'll encounter throughout his adventure, he's going to need all the help he can get. As previously mentioned, there are two personalities to Maui, and as a result, two different sets of controls. Normal Maui carries a bug gun, which can fire a variety of different insect ammo, from basic bugs, to the more powerful lightning and fire bugs. It's also possible for Maui to combine bugs to pack a more powerful blast at his enemies. Once Maui starts to find Yin-Yang coins, he'll be able to transform into Ninja Maui. Ninja Maui has lightning-quick reflexes, and wields a bo staff. In addition to being handy for whacking enemies, Ninja Maui can also climb between walls by jumping and propping the staff between the walls at the height of his jump. He can also hook onto duck heads and swing from them to reach areas he normally couldn't. You'll need to constantly find Yin-Yang coins to fuel your Ninja persona, otherwise you'll run out and transform back to Maui Mallard. The level layout in the Game Boy version is slightly different with less secrets to be found."
22926,Astro Attack,Attaque Astrale,1984,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Your space fighter has been teleported into the grid: an arena where the alien Rigonites destroy captured vessels for their amusement. Fortunately you are not defenceless, and possess a photon blaster capable of obliterating their vessels. But you must destroy each wave of enemies before their ""Matter Zapper"" weapon has become fully charged, or you are doomed. Astro Attack is a top-down space shoot-em-up on a grid, similar to the earlier arcade game Targ There are a total of 40 levels of increasing difficulty, with each wave of enemies being more deadly and numerous. The starting wave has 4 passive enemies, and walls of energy that suddenly appear and annihilate your ship on contact. Later enemies also shoot back. Bonus points are given for the time remaining at the end of the level, as well as collecting tumbling satellites that appear throughout the game."
22937,NBA Live 2001,,2000,7.5,Sports,,,"NBA Live is back! Enhanced Chat & Match-up with the fast, easy-to-use Match-up System. Improved trade system can involve up to 3 teams and 15 players. Improved ""player personality"" means you'll see players argue calls, celebrate a key basket, encourage their teammates, and much more. Also, play the legends such as Michael Jordan in 1-on-1 or 5-on-5 games."
22939,Biosys,,1999,7.3,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You play professor Alan Russell, an eco-activist who was offered by a company named Subtech to design Biosphere 4. Biospheres are large complexes holding artificial ecosystems. Russell wanted to develop a synthetic plant that could efficiently transform CO2 into oxygen. But those plants soon turn to be killers: they can move and suck CO2 from the lungs of human beings. Russell opposes any further works connected to those plants, but Subtech continues the researches and is unable to prevent a disaster... Russell is trapped in Biosphere 4 and has to find his way out. There are four ecosystems (""biomes"") in Biosphere 4: rainforest, savannah, ocean, and accelerated evolution. Russell has to overcome all obstacles and to stay alive in this bizarre world. Biosys is an adventure game with simulation elements. You control the environment in the artificial world, but you also have to take care of your own condition. You must drink, eat, and sleep. Different kinds of nutrition will have different effects upon you, your condition will change depending on where you decided to sleep, etc. The rest is standard puzzle-solving gameplay: finding items, operating switches, etc."
22945,Stryx,,1989,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You star as half-robot operative Stryx. Dome City is under attack by KILLER CYBORG ASSASSINS! You navigate Stryx through numerous levels on foot, hovercrafts and some weird round eyeball-type flying craft. It's basic side scrolling action/arcade whackiness. This game was released for IBM PC, Amiga and Atari ST systems."
22947,Fatal Fury,"ACA NeoGeo: Fatal Fury, AkeAka NeoGeo: Garō Densetsu - Shukumei no Tatakai, Fatal Fury: King of Fighters, Garō Densetsu: Shukumei no Tatakai, The Battle of Destiny",1991,7.0,Action,Fighting,"Contemporary, North America","Southtown City plays host to the King of Fighters Tournament. Andy & Terry Bogard take part in the tournament cause winning the tournament is the only way they can defeat Geese Howard. Geese Howard controls Southtown City and killed their father several years ago. Also taking part is Joe Higashi, a Japanese kickboxer. Select either Joe, Andy or Terry, visit several locations in Southtown City and win that tournament! Fatal Fury is a 2D fighter and is the first game in a series of one-on-one fighting games by SNK. It's a conversion of the original Fatal Fury arcade game. This first game does not yet feature the series' trademark pseudo 3D mode (which allows you to move between the foreground & background while fighting). Includes a two-player vs. mode."
22950,The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World,Bart World,1991,6.2,"Action, Puzzle, Sports","Arcade, Cards / tiles, Game show / trivia / quiz, Platform",,"This game is actually a compilation of smaller games belonging to different genres. Krusty the clown appears in the beginning of the game and presents a menu with five games to play (one of which is not available from the start): A jump-and-run game, where Bart must find an exit on a ship, while enemies fire at him and try to prevent him from reaching the exit; a card game, where you have five tries to find hidden cards on a board; a simple jigsaw puzzle; a series of trivia questions concerning the Simpsons; and finally, a platform-skateboard game (available only after you have completed the ship level). Needless to say all games are connected to the famous TV series ""The Simpsons""."
22965,NASCAR 2000,,1999,6.9,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"This NASCAR stock car racing simulation is a sequel of sorts to NASCAR Revolution The game features 18 real world tracks plus several fantasy road courses, and 30 active NASCAR drivers plus some ""legend"" drivers. Game modes include quick races, full weekend events, a full or abridged championship series, a Race Against the King mode where you race against Richard Petty in a series of events, and multiplayer support for up to 4 players. Updated physics and AI help the game aim for more realism."
22967,Blade Warrior,Palladin: Lord of the Dancing Blades,1991,6.4,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The world has been enslaved by Murk, and you've got to free it by collecting the seven fragments of a tablet which are in the possession of seven wizards who inhabit seven towers. Blade Warrior is a unique game in two ways, the most obvious being the graphics. Everything in this game is seen in silhouette - as you wander around looking for magical items and killing baddies, all you see is your silhouette and the silhouette of everything around you. The background is made up of a night sky, with clouds and hills. Secondly, the game is an unusual mix of adventuring and battling. On your way to collecting magical items and exploring the huge ingame map, you're assaulted by baddies. Then, once you have collected certain artifacts, you can conjure up spells (so long as you have the recipe) back in your tower, trade with wizards for those all important tablet pieces and get clues to the next important artifacts."
22972,Montezuma's Revenge,"Montezuma's Revenge!, Montezuma's Revenge!: 8-Bit, Montezuma's Revenge: Featuring Panama Joe, Panama Joe, Predatore",1984,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Metroidvania, Platform",,"You play as a treasure hunter named Panama Joe, whose goal is to find an ancient treasure hidden by Aztec warrior deep inside catacombs. But beware, the catacombs are a large maze inhabited by monsters. Bouncing and rolling skulls, dancing spiders, disappearing and re-appearing chains and tons of fire await you. You'll have to find many keys and unlock doors in order to reach your goal. Panama Joe can jump and climb ladders, but doesn't have much to offer in terms of combat. That's why the monsters in the game should be avoided: a collision with an enemy leads to a premature death. He will also find amulets which make him invulnerable for a short time. Except for the Master System version, they are activated directly when picked up. The Atari 2600 port is a truncated version of the game and has only 24 rooms instead of 100. The room layouts are more of an approximation of the original version than being a direct copy due to the limited power of the console. The ZX Spectrum version has identical room layouts, however, the rooms are arranged differently and a few were removed. The Normal Distribution port has both a retro and modern mode. While the retro mode attempts to be faithful to the original version, the modern mode offers enhanced visuals plus has scrolling instead of the flip-screen of the original."
22988,Cutthroat Island,A Ilha da Garganta Cortada,1995,5.0,Action,Fighting,,In this game you play the role of a pirate lady called Morgan who was given a piece of a map by her father before he died. In the game you set out to find more pieces of the map so that you can find the hidden treasure buried on Cutthroat Island. The gameplay involves you scrolling along the screen and sword fighting pirates and other scoundrels one on one with various different attacks. As you progress you unlock more combos. This game is based on the film by the same name.
22991,Sports Illustrated: Golf Classic,,1994,5.9,Sports,,,"Sports Illustrated Golf Classic is one of the many golf games released in the day this one sporting the Sports Illustrated license. Mostly the game is generic with four different golfers to choose from, two amateur and two pros, each with their own degree of skill and difficulty and two 18-course holes to choose from. Like many other golf games the player uses the d-pad to plot their trajectory and using the main buttons for the power meter. Players can also must adjust to the ever changing weather conditions and can choose from twelve different clubs depending upon the situation. A password feature is also present and two-player capabilities utilizing the Game Boy Link cable."
22992,M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration,M.A.X. 2: Mechanised Assault & Exploration,1998,6.7,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this sequel, your brain is wired directly to a sophisticated command and control center, and you have to colonize and defend a new world. As in the previous game you have to build houses, control resources to build combat vehicles and eliminate any foe that shows in your sight. Turn-based elements allow you to show all your experience in military tactics."
23002,The Ninja Warriors,"Arcade Archives: The Ninja Warriors, The Ninjawarrriors",1988,7.0,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"The Ninja Warriors is a one or two player side-scrolling beat-em-up. The Taito coin-op featured three monitor screens side by side, while the Amiga version was developed in letterbox format in order to show as much of the wide screen background graphics as possible. The player(s) control robot Ninjas, which battle their way through the levels using Shuriken and knives. As the Ninja's take damage their classic Ninja garb is torn away to reveal robotic limbs, torso or head. When the damage reaches a critical level the Ninja Robot explodes scattering mechanical body parts. As with The Sales Curve's later title SWIV The Ninja Warriors uses the company's Dynamic Loading System to load sprites, sound and background graphics from disk on the fly."
23006,Fire Force,,1992,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"This shoot 'em up scrolls horizontally with gameplay on a number of different levels, similar to Green Beret You play an elite soldier dropped behind enemy lines who must take out the enemy forces, save hostages, destroy crucial enemy installations or mark them for destruction by aerial attack. There are 12 missions divided into three groups. Missions can be done in any order within the group and occur on three different types of terrain (jungle, desert, urban) - all but one are during daylight. All the missions have a time limit The player has to complete the primary objectives and reach the rendezvous point for extraction on time, else be considered as MIA. Before starting the mission the player is briefed with the objectives and can (or rather should) choose his weapons and ammunition according to what the goal is. There is a wide selection of guns and ammo as well as grenades, demolition packs, health packs and a trusty pocket-knife. During the missions the player has to avoid land mines and destroy bridges along the way. Defeated enemies can be searched, for ammo that can be used with already equipped weapon or for a weapon that can be swapped out."
23015,K240,,1994,7.8,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A space-based resource management game, loosely a sequel to the earlier Utopia You start building your community on an asteroid, whose natural resources must be mined and put to use. You must use generators to power the mines and their auxilliary buildings such as storage facilities, which must be maintained. All of this costs money, but the mined resources can be sold or used. Problems you face include pollution, collisions with other asteroids, worker discontent and alien unrest. Battles against the aliens indigenous to the area must be fought, making building and maintaining a space fleet a priority."
23018,League Challenge,,1986,5.6,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"An old-fashioned football management game, in which you take over one of 64 clubs and try to lead them to glory. The choice is fairly arbitrary, as you can rename the team, you always start in the lowest of the four divisions, and the kits aren't real-life. You start with only 11 players, and the maximum is 15, so you'll be keen to sign new players, and you get this opportunity after each match, when a player is offered, with his skill and form displayed. You can train your players to improve these skills, and sell players you don't rate highly. Matches are played out via a succession of short animations, in which the home side wears red and the away side blue. At full time you are told how many injuries were incurred. The league season features 15 matches, one against each team, with the top two teams gaining promotion."
23020,Blue Force,,1993,6.5,Adventure,Graphic adventure,North America,"May 15 1984. In a bar, shortly after a shady deal took place two men enter the bar. They are undercover cops, and once the criminal notices them, he flees the bar, and as his motorcycle skims past town, the pick-up truck used by the undercover cops isn't capable of keeping up when the criminal goes past a fence into an open field. However, while escaping, he left something very important behind. Three days later, someone breaks one of the agents' house. Inside, John and Jackie Ryan are brutally assassinated by an unknown hitman. Their son Jake witnesses everything hidden from the closet in his parent's room. 11 years pass by, and Jake Ryan, living with his grandmother since the incident, joins the Academy and graduates with flying colours. His parents' death turned into a cold case, despite the best attempts by Lyle Jamison, one of John's closest friends and P.I. to bring the criminals into justice. As he is assigned to the local Jackson Beach PD, he learns that stolen National Guard weapons are suspected to be circulating in the area, and one night something catches Jake's eye that might bring him closer to the truth... Designed by former Police Quest mastermind Jim Walls Blue Force is an adventure game mostly similar to Walls' previous games with Sierra, where real police procedures are blended into the gameplay. Visually it is also inspired by late SCI engine games with carefully crafted backgrounds overlayed with video-captured sprites as characters. Interface, however, is different, as the player has the complete inventory on the bottom side of the screen and actions (walk, look talk and use) can be reached using the right button."
23023,Top Players' Tennis,"Evert & Lendl Top Players' Tennis, Four Players' Tennis, Top Players' Tennis Featuring Chris Evert & Ivan Lendl, World Super Tennis",1989,6.5,Sports,,,"The Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open - the biggest names in tennis compete in these tournaments every year trying to win the coveted Grand Slam. So, why not you? Asmik's Top Players' Tennis let's you compete for the Grand Slam right along with the pros. Choose from many different modes - Singles (against the computer or another player), Doubles, and even One Player vs. Two Players on the other side of the net. In the Singles mode you head out on tour with the choice of using Chris Evert or Evan Lendl, or developing your own tournament player. If you decide to go it alone, you'll allocate points among different skills - speed, stamina, strength, agility, concentration, technique, and miracle shot ability. compete in the Asmik Open and try to win enough qualifying rounds to rank high enough to play in the Grand Slam Tournaments. As you win matches your player earns points and becomes stronger in the different skill levels. A password mode enables you to continue with the same player if you decide to. If you have a few friends ready to play there's a game here for you. Play Singles against on another, or play Doubles on your own, or with up to three people using the Nintendo Satellite. In Doubles play you'll head straight to the Grand Slam tournaments."
23024,Monopoly,,1997,6.1,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"The adaptation of the classic board game Monopoly for PlayStation supports up to four players. Players can select from eight tokens known from the board game. Any non-human players can be controlled by the AI - ten different AI opponent profiles can be selected. The game supports a variety of custom rules. These include popular house rules like collecting fines on free parking, double bonus on GO, and having to go around the board once before starting purchasing. Standard rules like auctions, the even-build rule or dealing from jail can be turned off. It is also possible to set the number of buildings in the bank to infinite. Various rules that vary in regional editions of the board game of the can be toggled as well, including higher luxury tax or the option of paying 10% income tax instead of a flat fee. During a game, the board is seen in a perspective view, with the side where the current token is situated always at the front. Controls are cursor-based point-and-click (the PlayStation mouse is supported). Clicking on Mr. Monopoly makes him throw the dice onto the board, while deals and trades are made from a special sub-menu. When a token is moving, the game plays a matching pre-rendered animation. Each board square also has a special animation played when the player reaches it. For properties, these change from an abandoned scenery for unowned properties to scenes with lived-in houses and hotels for properties that are built out. Both kinds of animations can be turned off before a game."
23026,R-Type DX,,1999,7.4,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"As the pilot of the R-9 space fighter, you're mankind's last hope of destroying the vicious Bydo Empire before they can wipe out the human race! This cart includes R-Type and R-Type II for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color enhanced versions, as well as the deluxe version, R-Type DX (R-Type and R-Type II mixed in one single game)."
23028,Thunder Brigade,,1998,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Thunder Brigade is an arcade hover tank game. 50-ton armored war machines fly in the air and race each other using advanced anti-gravity drives. There are three federations: Earth Alliance, the Halon Empire, and the United System. The player is a member of the United System's People's Army and must fight against the two opposing federations for their independence. Thunder Brigade takes place in 12 different locales and involves 30 different missions. A scenario editor is also included for both the single and multiplayer modes."
23029,Allan Border's Cricket,"Brian Lara Cricket, Brian Lara Cricket: World Test Record Holder, Graham Gooch World Class Cricket, Jonty Rhodes Cricket",1993,7.2,Sports,,,"One of the few computer games recreating cricket, the traditional summer pastime in many English-speaking countries. The game had different licenses with well-known cricketers in different countries. It was Audiogenic's second cricket game, 8 years after Graham Gooch's Test Match All the international sides are present, with the chance to change the player data and choose the team yourself. Test match and limited-overs matches are available, with 1 or 2 innings per team, and you can turn the Leg-before-wicket dismissal off, which makes the game easier to understand. There are 3 skill levels - Amateur, Professional and World Class. The bowling involves positioning a cursor to place the bowl, then controlling the speed/spin (depending on the type of bowler selected). Batting involves timing one of the many available shots, and fielding is largely automated."
23043,Imperium,,1990,7.1,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Imperium is a game of galactic conquest similiar to Master of Orion or Stars! It features depth and strategy, and good AI. In-game graphics are rare. The game mainly uses written statistics."
23044,Blade Force,,1995,7.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2110, in the city of Meggagrid, once known as Los Angeles, you meet Dr. Grubert, a very prominent inventor who has been crippled by an explosion perpetrated by a crime family known as The Pitt Family. He gives a suit known as the Helipak Flight Suit to fight back and take down the criminals in the city, apprehend The Pitt Family, and bring peace back to the city. With an arsenal of nine different weapons and twenty power-ups, the player flies around seven levels of the city with six degrees of freedom."
23052,Archibald Applebrook's Abenteuer,,1995,6.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"You control Archibald Applebrook, a Scottish man who works in a library and is bored of his job. All day he dreams of exciting adventures, what drives his boss crazy. Through luck you get a book in your hands which describes intriguing happenings on an expedition. This diary is the starting point of your adventure, which sends you all around the world. Archibald Applebrook's Abenteuer is a comic adventure with a very simple interface. If you click with the right mouse button on a hotspot you will open a small menu that lets you choose between various actions. In some situations, you can switch between different characters."
23058,Pro Pilot '99,Pro Pilot '99: Learn to fly like a Pro,1998,6.6,Simulation,,,"Pro Pilot is a flight program comparable to Flight Simulator It focuses more on realistic flight operations, and less on gameplay. Flight startup is more complex, and instead of a visual map, there is a more technical GPS system. It includes six planes and scenery for the USA and Western Europe. Also included is an in-game ""operations manual"", flight instruction videos and training flight courses, all geared to prepare the user for the real thing. Hardware acceleration is supported only for 3Dfx cards."
23070,Outpost 2: Divided Destiny,"Outpost 2: Destini Sospesi, Outpost 2: Geteilte Bestimmung, Outpost 2: La Division",1997,6.8,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Outpost 2 features colony-building strategy and a mission-based, real-time, active environment that allows players to find many paths to one common goal. That goal is to build a spaceship and escape from New Terra, a planet that is ravaged by a terraforming microbe gone bad. Outpost 2 includes real-time multiplayer combat with over 2,000 types of terrain and 16-bit color including the ability to choose open-ended play or defined missions."
23071,Command & Conquer: Red Alert,"Command & Conquer: Alarmstufe Rot, Command & Conquer: Alerte Rouge, Command & Conquer: Teil 2 - Alarmstufe Rot",1996,8.0,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Alternate history, Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic","Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a single-player and multiplayer real-time strategy game. The story presents an alternate history in which Albert Einstein travels back in time and eliminates Adolf Hitler before World War II. His intervention prevents Nazi Germany’s rise but allows Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union to expand unchecked across Europe. The player joins either the Allied or Soviet forces as they attempt to control the continent through military campaigns, covert operations, and large-scale battles. Gameplay follows the formula established by Command & Conquer Each mission begins with limited units or a small base, and the player must gather ore using harvesters, construct new buildings, and produce combat units to achieve victory conditions. Bases include structures for power generation, unit production, defenses, and research. Resource management is critical, as ore refineries and harvesters provide the credits needed to sustain an army. Both factions share some common mechanics but feature unique units and abilities. Allied forces rely on speed, naval dominance, and advanced technology, fielding units such as light tanks, artillery, gunboats, and spy units that infiltrate enemy structures. Soviet forces emphasize brute strength and numbers, deploying heavy tanks, attack dogs, submarines, and powerful air strikes. Superweapons add further variety: the Soviets can unleash a devastating nuclear missile, while the Allies employ a Chronosphere to teleport units across the map. Combat is viewed from a semi-top-down isometric perspective, with sprite-based graphics and terrain that influences strategy. Missions include a mix of outdoor battlefield scenarios and special indoor operations where players control small squads of infantry without base building. Objectives range from eliminating enemy bases and escorting convoys to sabotaging key facilities. Success unlocks subsequent missions and progresses the branching campaign story, complete with live-action cutscenes between missions. The game also supports skirmish and multiplayer play. Up to eight players can compete over local networks or the internet, choosing from maps that emphasize different strategic opportunities such as naval dominance, choke points, or resource distribution. Options include adjustable starting resources, unit limits, and AI opponents. Various versions and expansions introduced differences. The original release on PC included two full campaigns, while later add-ons, such as Counterstrike and The Aftermath added extra missions, units, and multiplayer maps. Console and handheld versions, including PlayStation and PSP, adapted the interface for gamepads and sometimes modified mission structure or added exclusive scenarios."
23079,Speedball,KlashBall,1988,7.4,"Action, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The original future sport game, Speedball is played out on a small court with five players on each team, making it more frantic than the more famous sequel The ball must be thrown into the goal at your opponent's end. Any amount of physical contact can be made, and there are no illegal ways to get the ball or the goal. Before each match you can bribe the referee into awarding you a head-start or strengthening the abilities of your players. You compete in a simple knockout cup tournament, or in individual 2-player games."
23089,Wave Race 64: Kawasaki Jet Ski,"Shindou Wave Race 64, Wave Race 64",1996,8.3,"Action, Racing / Driving, Sports",,,"Wave Race 64 is a jet-ski racing game. The goal is to beat the other participants in the race by successfully navigating the jet-ski through courses marked by colored buoys. Red and yellow buoys must be passed on right and left side, respectively, in order to gain speed and ensure advantage in the race. Failure to pass the buoys, on the other hand, leads to decrease in speed and eventually disqualification. Game modes include Warm Up (basically a training session in a course known as Dolphin Park); Time Trials, in which players race against time; Championship, in which players compete in a tournament, choosing one of the four available difficulty levels; and Stunt Mode, where performing various stunts awards players with point. A two-player split-screen versus mode is available as well. Players can customize their racers, modifying their parameters, which include grip, handling, acceleration, top speed and collision stability."
23096,Number Munchers,,1986,7.2,"Educational, Puzzle",,,"Learn basic math skills with Number Munchers. Keep your Muncher away from the Troggles by munching on multiples, factors, prime numbers, equalities, and inequalities. If you can stay away from the Troggles and earn enough points, you'll be part of the Muncher Hall of Fame."
23097,Huckleberry Hound in Hollywood Capers,,1993,4.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Based on the famous animated series created by Hanna-Barbera Productions about sweet blue dog Huckleberry 'Huck' Hound that speaks with a southern drawl and wants to find an appropriate job. So Huck as amateur Hollywood actor should complete many acts in the different scenes (Under World, Sea World, Canyon World, and Sky World), which may be available later by entering the proper code, using three takes. The goal of gameplay is to clear each level of diamonds (increasing your score), hearts (increasing your bone energy), and Oscar (increasing your score also) jumping from the bottom of the level to its top and vice versa. Different obstacles such as lethal drops, flying balls, sticky, icy, or moving ground, teleports, inhabitants of the four Worlds, etc. are present on your way, and your jumping skill allows you to avoid them. Your take is finished if you lose your current bone energy. The player's highest score will be stored. After completing the game once you may replay it again, but the gameplay will be harder. A bonus level is also available."
23098,Combat Air Patrol,,1993,6.6,Simulation,,,"CAP is an accurate flight simulation based around the F-14 Tomcat and the F/A-18 Hornet. Both launched from a carrier during Operation Desert Storm, you receive your missions and carry them out. The usual options apply, like configuring your aircraft, and choosing a pilot, but there are some more unusual options, like calling in sick for a mission. This causes you to skip a mission if you don't like the sound of it, but if you use it too much command may get suspicious. The flight model is realistic, and there are some animations. One feature missing from the PC version is the strategic side - you control the ground operations while flying to support them on the Amiga version."
23102,Renegade Legion: Interceptor,Renegade Legion: Interceptor - The First Line of Defense,1990,6.3,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Adaptation of the board game from FASA, the game offers a space fighter phased combat, in both skirmish and a campaign mode. The player may play as either side, the Terran Overlord Government or the Commonwealth Rebels."
23106,R-Type II,,1989,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"R-Type II is a side-scrolling 2D shooter with spacecraft and the sequel to the original R-Type The player controls the ship R-9C, the successor to R-9 with some changes to the weapons. The wave cannon is now able to track enemies and there are two new types of weapons: search laser and shotgun laser. For the land units a new anti-ground bomb can be used. The arcade game and most versions derived from it such as the Amiga one contain six levels, each with their own boss. The Game Boy version has five levels and does not incorporate the new weapons."
23113,TechnoMage: Return of Eternity,"TechnoMage: De Terugkeer der Eeuwigheid, TechnoMage: Die Rückkehr der Ewigkeit, TechnoMage: El Retorno de la Eternidad, TechnoMage: En quête de l'Eternité, TechnoMage: Ritorno all'Eternità",2000,7.1,"Action, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",Puzzle elements,"Fantasy, Steampunk","The fantasy world of Gothos is populated by two kinds of people: the Dreamers, who are capable of using magic, and the Steamers, whose civilization relies on technology. The two peoples live in separate areas, mistrust each other, and usually avoid contact. But more often than not, natural human feelings are stronger than anything else. A Steamer man and a Dreamer woman fell in love with each other, and the fruit of their passion was a boy whom they named Melvin. The latter grew up in Dreamertown, disliked and suspected by its inhabitants because of his mixed blood. As monsters suddenly attacked the town, Melvin was blamed for it, and expelled from his homeland. He decides to venture into the land of the Steamers and find his missing father. Naturally, this is just the beginning of a long and perilous journey, during which Melvin will become a true hero. TechnoMage: Return of Eternity is a hybrid game that incorporates elements of adventure, role-playing, and action-based combat. Many of the game's missions involve peaceful wandering through the environments, talking to characters, and performing tasks that often involve solving puzzles of various kinds, in an adventure-like fashion. RPG elements are present in experience points which the hero receives form eliminating enemies and completing quests."
23119,Chessmaster 7000,Guoji Xiangqi Dashi 7000,1999,7.8,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Chess",,"Prepare yourself to experience computer chess in an entirely new way. As always, those who don't feel strong enough to oppose the computer AI can always play more or less introductory chess in a basics-learning category. In this installment, there is a strong support on learning the basics and entering the world of chess itself, for adults and kids alike, with more appropriate figures to match the learner's age better. For more experienced chess players, tournaments with 80 human-like adversaries or over 35 grandmaster personalities are also available. The game includes an extended 500,000+ game database, and players can also challenge friend or foe to show their skills over modem or Internet."
23138,Space Rogue,Space Rogue Classic,1989,7.4,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Princess Blue was a trading vessel. While cruising through space, it happened upon a derelict ship floating in space. Only one crew member was allowed to investigate the abandoned ship. Suddenly, Manchi raiders appeared on the viewscreen. The Manchi managed to ambush and destroy the Princess Blue. The only surviving crew member from the Princess Blue swears revenge and is determined to do everything in his power to defeat the Manchi. Space Rogue is a hybrid game that combines space flight and combat simulation with trading and RPG elements such as interaction with characters and a quest-based structure with a main plot line. Space flight takes place in two different modes: Cruise Flight, which is ideal for travelling quickly, and Newtonian Flight, which works best for combat and precision flying. There are also three different camera views for the 3D exploration and combat. Each planetary system has a variety of destinations and obstacles to travel through via a top-down navigational map. Traveling to an outpost, a space station, or any other location with the star system can be done simply by selecting it and charting a course, or in real-time 3D flight mode. Interstellar travel between systems, is done by finding a Malir Gate and using it to reach hyperspace. While in hyperspace, the game becomes a simple 'tunnel' game where the player must manually control the ship not to hit any of the walls. Also hyperspace travel eats away at the ship, so the faster the player can get through them, the more armor the ship retains. While traveling in space the ship may get attacked, or the player may opt to assault any other ships first. It is also possible to buy and sell various goods, earning money and spending it on outfitting the ship with weapons and various upgrades, such as for example a device that allows it to move more stealthily through space and avoid detection by hostiles. The player character has a reputation rating with various factions such as the Imperium, the pirates, and others. This rating is affected by the player's actions towards them and can be raised or lowered by helping specific factions fight others. When docked at outposts or stations, the view shifts to top-down, and the player navigates the protagonist through the location in an adventure or RPG-like fashion, examining objects and talking to characters. Conversations may have multiple choices, and a few instances require the player to type in keywords, though for the most parts responses are selected from a menu. The game has a main plot line that requires finding, talking, and performing tasks for characters, as well as sub-quests that may result in various rewards such as money or ship upgrades."
23145,Nova 9: The Return of Gir Draxon,,1991,7.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"It has been two years since the Stellar 7 war. Gir Draxon, the villain, has not been found. Nova 9 has just issued a distress call... Captain John Alex, takes the experimental Raven II tank to investigate the distress call... Nova 9 is the sequel to Dynamix 's Stellar 7 a futuristic ""tank"" shooter, and features similar gameplay. Played from a first person perspective in the cockpit of your tank, the goal is to destroy all of the various enemies found on nine planets. John Alex's tank, the Raven II, is equipped with various weaponry and a long range scanner to help in the mission. It is also equipped with a cloaking device for emergencies. Additional power-ups such as pickup energy and enhancement modules can be either beamed in or ""salvaged"" from the enemy wreckage."
23148,Gooch Grundy's X-Decathlon,,1997,5.8,Sports,,,"Welcome to world's wackiest sports event: Gooch Grundy's X-Decathlon Up to four players, being either human, kangaroo or alien, compete in ten events. You can play all events in championship mode or play a single event. The game consists of the following events: Between events in the Locker Room you can enhance your character's three attribute ratings (strength, speed and endurance) by buying Ammunition, Power-ups or Energy Juice."
23153,Fire Fighter,,1992,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,In this game you play the role of a fireman who has to rescue babies from burning buildings. The gameplay involves you putting out fires with your hose in order to proceed past to save the babies. There are various things that can harm you including wind up toy soldiers and jack in the boxes which can be killed with your fire Axe. The babies are saved by you picking them up one at a time and returning them to your truck. Each level has more babies for you to save and more enemies to kill. The houses have multiple floors as well so you have to do a lot of back tracking to save all the babies.
23159,President,,1987,5.6,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"Become the President of a small country and make sure to win elections every two years in this strategy game. You must ensure that hunger and disease are minimised, but will spend most of your term enhancing your nation’s finances and military, before using these resources to please people at the last minute. Your land includes hidden resources, as well as land for building roads, food production and military bases. Units can be built and deployed. You must ensure that there is enough oil, which is often set up through trade with other nations."
23160,War Inc.,Project Airo$,1997,6.6,Strategy / tactics,,,"War Inc. is a real time strategy game, featuring tech research for components used to build your own combat units. Set in the future where private security forces have evolved into a corporate world police force, you run the company 'Granite'; one of the leading such mercenary corporations. The game includes a stock market, R&D area, and weapons design interfaces. Build your army to your specification, and dominate the competition. Game features include: Office view - access the stock market to buy and sell to make money while you are in-between missions. Technology research interface - hire scientists to research components used to build you war machines. Categories include, power plant, armor types, weapons, and vehicle chassis. 20 mission single player campaign, and multiplayer support over IPX."
23163,Anett Futatabi,,1993,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The sequel to the action/platformer Earnest Evans Anett Futatabi puts you back in the shoes of Anett from El Viento as she joins forces with Earnest to unravel a plot to take over the world with genetically engineered monsters by an ancient sect. The game plays like a side-scrolling beat 'em up, with you controlling Anett as she marches through each stage beating every enemy she encounters with her sword and magical powers until she reaches the stage boss. Anett's magical powers are triggered by spending an energy bar that is constantly refilling, depending on the amount of power available you'll cause more damage all the way up to a screen-clearing attack. Uses 2D sprite-based graphics and features red book music as well as anime-styled cutscenes between each stage."
23168,Allegiance,Microsoft Allegiance,2000,7.9,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Allegiance is an online multiplayer game (the only offline component is the tutorial) with action and strategy elements, comprising a fusion of real-time strategy and spaceflight combat simulation. Originally developed by Microsoft Research, the game was published for multiplayer play on Microsoft's Gaming Zone platform in 2000 under the name Allegiance Zone The game was not commercially successfully, and its servers were shut down in 2002. In its two years of operation, the game acquired a loyal and active player community who continued to play using player-made LAN servers and client software. In 2004, Microsoft released the game's source code under a Microsoft Shared Source license, and the community has since maintained the game under the name FreeAllegiance In 2017, the community sought to bring the game to Steam, and Microsoft changed the license to an MIT license, and it is now freely playable on Steam as Microsoft Allegiance The community continues to operate at the FreeAllegiance web site at www.freeallegiance.org as of January 2021. Allegiance features six playing modes: (1) deathmatch, (2) deathmatch with a time restriction, (3) capture the flag, (4) prosperity (generating a certain income), (5) artifacts (searching for artifacts), and (6) conquest (conquering all systems). Up to 75 players can participate in a match, with 2-6 teams of 3-15 players each. The game is played as a spaceflight sim from either a first- or third-person perspective, with an overhead perspective available. Players can take control of a variety of different space ships with different tactical uses, from regular combat and stealth fighters to capital ships and utility ships, such as salvation ships which can rescue downed player pilots and allow them to respawn immediately. Players can also serve as turret gunners on other players' ships. On each team, one player serves as Commander and coordinates the team, explores unknown sectors, and sends out vehicles to exploit resources. Another player serves as Investor, administering the team's funds and using it to research, build production plants, and upgrade ships. If it is preferred, the Commander can fill both roles. While Microsoft's Gaming Zone was originally a paid subscription service, players could play for free on the reduced-feature Free Zone. A paid subscription to MSN was necessary for statistics comparisons or registering squads (similar to guilds from online role playing games)."
23173,Raft Rider,,1983,5.5,Action,Arcade,,"In Raft Rider you are floating down a river on a raft made out of logs. Your goal is to guide the raft as far down the river as possible while avoiding the many obstacles. You will come across dangerous rocks, trees, beavers (which chop down trees making more obstacles!), and even a moose, all of which can sink your raft. For each segment of river you travel 125 points are earned, and additional bonus points may be earned by collecting gold nuggets which you will encounter in the river from time to time. You begin the game with three rafts (bonus rafts can be earned), and the game ends when all of the rafts have been sunk. Several difficulty levels are available which control the speed of the current, as well as the speed of the beaver and moose."
23179,Championship Lode Runner,,1984,7.0,"Action, Puzzle","Arcade, Platform",,"A follow-up to the original Lode Runner with identical gameplay. This package contained 50 of the most challenging levels ever designed, and was intended for expert players only. It did not include the level editor, you had to play through the levels in order, but a save-game option was provided (although you lost one life every time you restored)."
23180,Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines,"Commandos: Além das Linhas Inimigas, Commandos: Derrière les lignes ennemies, Commandos: Dietro le linee nemiche, Commandos: Hinter feindlichen Linien",1998,8.0,Strategy / tactics,"Real-time tactics (RTT), Stealth","Africa, Europe, Historical events, World War II","The setting is World War II, and England has made and trained a small group of special elite forces called ""commandos"". These commandos are specially trained to take on the most crucial and risky missions. These men are sent in to covertly take out installations, sabotage plans, assassinate leaders, and cause as much disruption to the enemies of the free world. Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game. The goal is to lead a team of six men throughout 20 missions across the entire WWII theater, with missions in the North African desert, Italy, France, and even in Norway. Strategy is a key element, as the team is vastly outnumbered in most missions, and stealth a main aspect of the gameplay, stealth kills being usually preferable over going in guns blazing. Missions get much harder once the alarm is sounded, with double the amount of guards and reinforcements possibly coming for every enemy killed in the open. Every mission comes with specific (and usually multiple) objectives to disrupt enemy activity. These may range from destroying trains, battleships, and structures, to rescuing captured GI's. The commandos team includes six highly trained operatives: Tiny, the heavy-duty trained killer; Duke, the silent sniper; Inferno, the demolitions and mechanical expert; Spooky, the spy; Fins, the navy diver; and Tread, the surly driver. Each mission only provides with the soldiers required to complete it. Some missions may require all six characters while others will only use two of them. Each man is essential to each mission, and if one dies, the mission must be loaded to an earlier point. Each performs a specific duty that is required to make the plan go off without a hitch. For example, the driver is necessary in order to drive the escape truck in most missions. The diver might be needed as a specific travel method to reach an island. The demolitions expert might be needed to cut a hole through a fence. Only through teamwork and careful planning can the missions be beaten. During the missions, the player will also have some tools at their disposal that provide extra info and tips. The eye tool allows for example to see the field of vision of the selected enemy. Every mission also comes with a fully animated map indicating the positions of the enemies. It is also possible to split the screen up to eight times, and use the camera tool to follow the path of specific soldiers in every screen. Commandos is an open game with no linear progression. There are no scripted events, and all soldiers act according to their AI. There is no true way to beat each mission, though some paths might be more difficult than others. Only by utilizing all of the soldiers' abilities and available resources will the player be able to complete each mission and have everyone return home alive."
23186,ACE 2,ACE 2: The Ultimate Head to Head Conflict,1987,6.4,Simulation,,,"A follow-up to ACE Similar to its predecessor, ACE 2 is an oldie head-to-head air combat flight sim set in modern days of aviation. The game has a very strong arcade feel, as all the missions you fly are nondescript or generic. Your plane is also a generic, hypothetical modern fighter, and the goal is to fly different sorties to kill enemy aircraft. Very similar to ACE, except that you can now play a 2-player hotseat game, or solo competition against the computer, in split-screen mode."
23187,Asterix: Operation Getafix,"Asterix: Le Coup du Menhir, Asterix: Operation Hinkelstein, Astérix: El Golpe del Menhir",1989,6.3,"Action, Adventure",,,"Asterix: Operation Getafix is an action and adventure game in which you control Asterix the hero of the Gauls and star of the Asterix & Obelix comics. In this game, you have to travel around collect items, and find a cure for Getafix, the druid of the Gauls. Getafix must be cured so that he can continue to make the potion that keeps Roman soldiers away from the tiny Gaul village."
23188,Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland,Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Montana Land e Yōkoso,1992,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Buster Bunny receives an invitation to a newly opened amusement park. He gladly accepts, unaware of the fact this invitation is a trap. Now he and his friends have to overcome all the obstacles and to survive in the Wackyland... ""Trouble in Wackyland"" consists of several mini-games which you can complete in no particular order. You have to reach the engine of a train in a standard side-scrolling platformer, keep your balance on a wooden plank while diving down dangerous waterfalls, compete in toy car tournament, etc. Once you gain enough tickets, you can access the Castle, that is standing behind the Amusement Park."
23189,Fritz 6,,1999,7.5,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"Fritz 6 is a chess simulation which can be adjusted for beginners, advanced players and professionals. In comparison to Fritz 5 its graphics were revised and the menu got improved. For beginners the game features several help functions, e.g. it explains all possible moves. When making a mistake the virtual coach comes up and helps. For advanced players there are many settings for the AI opponent to get the ideal training partner. The key parts of the programme are the extensive analysis functions. The database consists of 320.000 professional games and has an ELO rating of 2825."
23192,Micro Machines: Turbo Tournament 96,,1995,8.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Micro Machines: Turbo Tournament 96 is a sequel to Micro Machines 2 and although the gameplay and the typical top-down view still remain the same, this fun racing game offers a great number of new features. Besides Challenge-Race, Head to Head-Race, League-Race, Time Trial Challenge-Race and Time Trial-Race, a Multiplayer Mode is included with the J-Cart. Just plug two additional joypads into the cartridge slots and up to 8 (!) players can race simultaneously on the same track (always two players sharing one pad). With an included Construction Kit, you can even create own tracks and store them. Up to nine tracks can be saved."
23193,Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist,"Freddy Pharkas, Apotheker im Wilden Westen, Freddy Pharkas, le Cow-Boy Pharmacien, Freddy Pharkas: Cowboy Apotheker, Freddy Pharkas: Cowboy Farmacéutico",1993,7.8,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Western,"Freddy Pharkas was one of the fastest guns in the American West of the 1880's. However, in one particular gunfight with an outlaw named Kenny, he was outgunned and had his ear shot off. This traumatic experience caused Freddy to give up his pistols and enroll in the school of pharmacology. Blocking out the memories of his past, Freddy arrives in the town of Coarsegold with the dream to own and run his own pharmacy. Working with the town's doctor, Freddy is able to fill prescriptions, mix concoctions and diagnose simple symptoms. Business among the townsfolk is brisk however, the good times are not to last as suddenly townsfolk are run out of town and businesses are being foreclosed and boarded up. Freddy must deal with the town's problems, and discover the larger plot, or risk having a fancy shop in an empty town and losing all his customers. Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist is a humorous point-and-click adventure game bearing many similarities to other Sierra titles in the same genre, in particular Leisure Suit Larry series. Players use the command bar at the top of the screen to choose a verb command that is combined with locations and objects visible to the player. Freddy can walk to new locations, look at particular objects, attempt to use objects, talk to people and enter his inventory to access items that have been picked up. Like other Sierra games, successful actions add to the player's score, judging the player on 1000 points."
23196,Mechanized Attack,,1989,6.7,Action,Rail shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mechanized Attack is a game where the player uses a machine gun to stage an assault on a tropical island that's home to a cyborg army. Battle through numerous stages beginning with an approach to the island. This first stage is held over the water and features at attack on a number of small gunboats, a helicopter, and an entire battleship. As the player progresses through the stages of the island, the human (and even canine) enemies are revealed to be robots when the flesh is destroyed. At various junctures of the game, the player is allowed to choose which game path to pursue. In the NES version, the player can use either a gamepad or the NES Light Zapper to carry out the mission. While the arcade version of Mechanized Attack has a miniature machine gun replica for the player to use, the NES version attempts to reproduce the feel by allowing the player to hold down a game pad button or the Light Zapper trigger for automatic fire. Extra ammo is plentiful so be sure to fire at those power-up boxes to grab as much as you can. There are also more powerful grenades which are in much shorter supply than the bullets."
23198,Sid Meier's Gettysburg!,,1997,7.9,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, North America","Sid Meier's Gettysburg recreates the key battle of the American Civil War in real-time, over the exact terrain the soldiers faced. You can take control of the forces of either side, in either real or simulated situations. You must direct them into strategically advantageous positions, bearing line-of-sight and fog-of-war considerations in mind. Select the right formation for the situation from a large number of plans. The speed of the game can be altered depending on how busy things are."
23201,Twister: Mother of Charlotte,,1986,7.2,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"The evil Twister has a plan to ruin humanity, and only you can stop her. This involves travelling through your inner thoughts to gather the required symbols. The first level is platform-based and scrolls into the screen, with platforms arranged as with the grid in hopscotch, with one in the middle followed by one to either the left and right, then another in the middle. You must collect crystals, as well as packs of 8 shots (you start with 20), whilst shooting as many of Charlotte's minions as you can. On the second level you must collect 'Ultimate Power' by collecting each of those 13 levels, from a 3D room with full floor and ceiling interaction, by quickly swapping between the 2 surfaces, shooting and avoiding enemies in the process. Level four (of six) adds a rocket launcher, allowing you to move around the whole screen. Eventually you must face down and shoot the Twister in the throat to kill her."
23202,F1 Circus '91,"F1 Circus '91: World Championship, F1 Circus MD",1991,7.4,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"F1 Circus '91 is a Formula 1 simulation racing game. The series did not yet feature an official license, and so just like the first game it only features generic team and driver names. The game itself plays much the same, with the overhead race view and focus on car tuning and damage. The World Championship mode has of course returned, though the managerial Constructors mode is no longer present. There is also a Free Attack mode, where any course can be freely practiced; a Training mode, where special training courses can be raced on to learn the ins and outs of the game; and a Watch mode, where the player can choose a course and watch a demonstration race."
23203,Jabato,,1989,5.4,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"Jabato is an adventure composed of six parts, each one with its own independent argument, but subtly related to the main plot. In each geographic area you will have different problems, interlaced within a series of ""custom pictures"" which gather part of Europe and North Africa as they were in the first century BC. It was the time of the Roman Empire splendor, their legions extend and dominate the known world, but in each one of their provinces the inhabitants breathe freedom and make their own rules, codes and rituals. In Hispania, Jabato became a legendary figure, prototype of the implacable hero in the fight against the evil but with a great heart. In this history you will assume the role of this fabulous personage. But it won't be easy: instead of living one of his moments of greatness, you will incarnate a defeated Jabato, without friends, prisoner in a dirty Roman jail with the bitter feeling that his beloved Claudia is captive in a distant land. Your final mission will be to avoid having her sacrificed by the fanatical sect of the Egyptian sub-world. For it, on the first part, you must liberate yourself from the Roman yoke and search for company. Multiple adventures are awaiting you soon in the Galia and Hispania. The second part begins in Cesarea, in which you must enter in the heart of Africa and obtain the keys that could allow you to survive in the lands of the mythical tombs, sacred Pharaohs and great mysteries. If you survive, you will fight the final battle against the terrible forces of the dark wisdom."
23204,Infestation,,2000,6.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the game you drive an upgradeable buggy, an experimental vehicle, named ACAM. It can be transformed into six different shapes; you can turn it into an aircraft, or even a hovercraft. You have to shoot aliens with flashy weapons, collect resources such as Crystals, Energy Spheres and lost scientists. So you as single human hero must put evil aliens in their place and introduce them to his plasma cannon."
23206,Armored Core: Project Phantasma,,1997,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Like the original, you pilot an Armored Core into battles ranging from the destruction of enemy structures to other mechs and tanks, all for the sake of money used to upgrade and repair your mech. This semi-sequel to the original includes 17 new missions as well as a 2 player split screen mode and, using the Playstation link cable, a 2 player mode on two seperate TV screens."
23207,Bionic Commando,,1992,7.3,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This game tells the adventures of a soldier named Rad Spencer, who has a bionic arm that allows him to latch onto objects and propel himself toward them. His mission is to find the legendary soldier Super Joe and destroy the bases of the Doraize army and squash the plans of its director, Weisman, and his Albatross project. If this sounds familiar, its because this game takes the plot and most of the mechanics of the NES game Bionic Commando While there are no overhead stages, there are neutral zones, generator bosses, bullets to collect to increase your life bar, communication rooms, weapon and other upgrades and lots of grappling fun!"
23209,Vapor Trail,"Kuhga - Operation Code Vapor Trail, Vapor Trail: Hyper Offence Formation",1989,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"It's 1999, the terrorist organization ""DAGGER"" has taken down the communication system that provides communication for the world's military bases. The terrorists are now in control of the satellite communication network, and they threaten to destroy the world's greatest cities with nuclear bombs. The group is only prepared to cancel their threats when the world's leaders are ready to give their power to DAGGER. As a counter-offense, a special forces air unit is called in by the president of the USA. The air unit's code name: ""Vapor Trail"". The world's last hope lies in your hands now... The game is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up. You can choose between 3 planes; the fast but weak plane: Seylen. The mediocre all around: Silph; and the slow but very strong: Valkyrie. During the game you can pick up various items. These items include: Speed-up, power-up and extra lives. An extra useful feature is the spin-dash which makes you invulnerable for a few seconds. For this feature you have to wait until your power is restored to full by waiting some time. You also get more than one boss per level."
23213,The Mission,"The Mission: An All-Action Football Adventure, The Mission: Das All-Action Fussball-Abenteuer, The Mission: Quando il calcio diventa azione, The Mission: Una Aventura de Fútbol Donde Todo es Acción, The Mission: Une aventure pleine d'action et de football",2000,4.2,Action,Fighting,,"The Mission’, offers gamers the opportunity to play as some of the greatest footballers in the world. The aim of the game is to rescue a 'Geo Merlin’' ball, which has been stolen by Ninjas who embody the forces of brutality and poor sportsmanship, to save the future of football in its purest form. Using a selected team of two footballers, the player must battle and puzzle his way through over 24 levels of action, dispensing with fire-spitting demons and innumerable Ninjas trained in the martial arts along the way. Contains a mix of elements from football, action and combat games."
23221,ESPN Baseball Tonight,,1994,5.9,Sports,,,"ESPN Baseball Tonight is a baseball game with both exhibition and playoff modes. Other modes included are both practice (both pitching and batting) and Home Run Derby modes. The game contains 28 real MLB teams but no actual players. Gameplay options include being able to turn errors on or off and to have assisted fielding on or off. Gameplay has the behind the batter viewpoint, whether pitching or batting. One thing to note when fielding, the player must manually throw the ball back to the pitcher for the game to continue. The Sega CD version is an update which includes the option for an 162 game season and has over 10 minutes of video highlights."
23223,Rapid Fire,,1987,5.9,Action,,,"An undercover cop must destroy a warehouse owned by a group of bank robbers. This is achieved by reaching the master level where the central power electrode is stored, but in order to reach this level, the previous levels must be negotiated. The cop also has to shoot various thugs with his machine gun, which overheats after heavy use. At the end of some levels, a plasma computer needs to be destroyed before the cop can proceed to the next level. This is done by shooting the rotating plasma vent where bolts are fired toward the cop."
23227,The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime,The Journeyman Project 1: Pegasus Prime,1997,7.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime is a remake of the earlier The Journeyman Project The game's graphics and sound have been updated, the game has been modified to be more like the second game in the series Buried in Time and the third game (not released yet then) Legacy of Time The story is the same as ""The Journeyman Project ( Turbo! )"" and for the first time in the original story Agent 5 is called ""Gage Blackwood""."
23234,The Ring: Terror's Realm,Ring,2000,4.6,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"When Robert, a scientist at a private virus research facility, suddenly and mysteriously dies, newly hired researcher, Meg Rainman, begins to investigate her boyfriend's death. Aided by an ex-lover, Jack Nikson, Meg discovers that three other scientists died in suspicious circumstances on the same day as Robert. All four of the lab workers died while playing ""The Ring"", a new computer game. Meg, determined to solve the mystery, install and begins playing the game. She is transported into a world of mystery and horror, and must travel between the Real and Imaginary worlds to find a cure to stop this dreadful virus from spreading."
23241,Bubble Ghost,,1987,7.0,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Bubble Ghost needs to blow a bubble out of his creator's castle. Your task is to guide him so as to direct the bubble through the gaps in each room. The bubble's direction is affected by which part of the ghost hits it. Candles, fans, and other obstacles serve to make little Bubble Ghost's task harder. Bubble Ghost is invincible, but the bubble is prone to bursting if it hits anything at pace. You have five bubbles before the game is over."
23243,Road Rash 3-D,RR:3-D,1998,7.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Road Rash 3-D is a 3D installment of the motorcycle racing game in which participants utilize violent tactics to win. The gameplay is quite similar to that of the previous games: the player-controlled racer must avoid oncoming cars and obstacles on the road, beating opponents with metal pipes, crowbars, and other assorted damage-inflicting tools. The player wins money upon the completion of the race, and eventually can afford to buy better bikes. The courses are formed from connecting points in an environmental grid, which means that the player can utilize different stretches of courses to advance."
23245,7th Legion,,1997,6.2,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","7th Legion is a science fiction themed real-time strategy game set on future earth. Earths ecosystem began to fail after centuries of overpopulation and carless consumption. realizing the earth could no longer sustain them the governments of earth began an interstellar evacuation program. The evacuation was however not for everyone, only the upper-class was evacuated leaving commoners behind. Now after centuries of waiting the they (the Chosen) have returned to reclaim earth. Earth however is still inhabited by those left behind (the 7th legion). The game had a few novelty features in its day like troops gaining experience and free base building. Play the commander of either the Chosen or the 7th legion fighting for control of a post-apocalyptic Earth in the distant future."
23246,Zynaps,,1987,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up features 16 levels and 450 screens of Gradius -inspired action. You pilot a spacecraft through the levels, shooting as many of the encroaching meanies and mounted turrets as possible. Power-up tokens are offered for shooting some, which can be used to obtain better weapons including ground-attack lasers, speed ups and multiple bullets. Extra lives are on offer as well, which you'll certainly need, especially as you have to go back a long way when losing a life."
23247,V for Victory: Gold-Juno-Sword,,1993,6.6,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","V for Victory: Gold-Juno-Sword takes the series back to the Normandy beaches. As the commonwealth commander, you must take and hold a beachhead large enough to secure a foothold in Europe, and open a second front against Germany. As the German commander, you must destroy the commonwealth divisions, and force them to withdraw from the continent."
23249,Assault: Retribution,Assault,1998,6.1,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Assault: Retribution is a 3D run and gun platform game. Its story takes place in the year 2198. Arcadia, a world far away from Earth, is under attack by aliens. As members of the Arcadia Defense Force, the player takes part in the fight against the invaders. Featuring 3D graphics, the game's perspective varies from side scrolling to top down. There are 4 weapons available to each character, though the differences are mostly cosmetic (a weak gun with wide spread, a stronger but slightly slower gun, a homing weapon, and a powerful BFG). As the character picks up a Gun item, the character's next tier gun slot is filled. Each gun can be upgraded three times, which increases the number of shots fired per trigger pull, but also increases energy drain. Energy can be recovered by picking up the appropriate item, as can health. It is also possible to store health or energy for later use (though each character has only one item slot). Other pick ups includes an invulnerable energy sphere (can't be stored), lighting barrier and bonus lives. Besides the usual movement and shooting, the characters can also aim up, down at various angles and have a 'strafe/ side step' move. There are seven action packed levels. Multiplayer is possible in two-player co-op mode."
23259,ranTrainer,,1994,5.5,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"ranTrainer is an economic simulation were the player coaches a soccer team from the Bundesliga, the highest German soccer league. The main menu is a static screen which represents the player's office. By clicking on certain items he can switch to other menu screens. There are several settings the player can use to influence the athletic success of his team, e.g. training, player market or tactical settings. The matches itself are shown in real time isometric view. During the match the player can react to the proceedings on the field, e.g. by changing his tactics. The eponymous German soccer show ""ran"" is represented in the game with videos which are shown in the half-time and the end of the matches were host Johannes B. Kerner and commentator Werner Hansch analyze the results."
23265,Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WW II Pacific Theater,"CFS2, Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: 2. Weltkrieg: Kriegsschauplatz Pazifik, Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: Guerre du Pacifique, Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: La Segunda Guerra Mundial en el Pacífico, Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: Palco da II Guerra Mundial no Pacífico",2000,7.8,Simulation,,"Historical events, Oceania, World War II","The sequel to Microsoft's first Combat Flight Simulator, the focus shifts to the Pacific theater, where carrier battles and island hopping dominate the strategy. Fly for the Japanese Navy or the American Navy/Airforce in either single battles or branching campaigns. Controllable aircraft include the standard Zero, the P-38, Wildcat, Hellcat, Corsair, and George, each fighter representing different design philosophies from the most nimble Japanese planes to the powerhouse American designs. Escort bombers, strafe transports, and provide CAP for your carrier group. Learn how to successfully land on a carrier in strong winds. Featuring much of the realism and potential complexity (it can be simplified through options) of Microsoft's civilian simulator, you can either play in an arcade-like mode, or increase the difficulty...to the point where you're following a fairly realistic checklist for take-off. Featuring unique 1940's art for cutscenes, the engine's graphics attempt to represent the relatively sparse terrain of ocean, beach, and jungle with some detail. Models take visual damage and damage can result in the removal of the damaged part altogether. Standard padlock and various target views are available, allowing both a realistic look and the ability to achieve more exciting, cinematic views."
23275,F1 Tornado,F1 Tornado Simulator,1990,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"You are the pilot of a F1 Tornado and you must fly it over 4 levels in the Middle East destroying as many enemy fighters and ground installations as you can. At the end of each level is a large piece of military equipment to destroy. F1 Tornado is a side view horizontally scrolling shoot-em-up. The joystick is used to control your plane while the fire button fires your current weapon. When a helicopter is shot it leaves behind a icon. Collect the icon and press the space bar and you upgrade your weapon. As well as the main playing area you can also see your score, lives and your current weapon."
23277,Final Match Tennis,,1991,8.1,Sports,,Oceania,"Final Match Tennis is a tennis game for the PC Engine that was only released in Japan. It features 16 different (all male) players and all the normal strokes like smashes, stop balls, lobs, volleys and the like. Through the use of a multiplayer adapter up to 4 people can play the game in any combination in singles and doubles. A tournament and practice mode is also present."
23282,The Killing Game Show,Fatal Rewind,1990,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is a vertical platformer with horizontal wrap-around. For the entertainment of the futuristic masses, you play a criminal that has been inserted into a mechanical body with the promise that if you succeed in surviving through all the levels (there are many and they are hard), you will be set free. You start each level at the bottom, near pooling liquid which will soon rise, at your immediate peril. Navigate the level from bottom to the exit at the top before the liquid rises and kills you. There are many other foes that fly around, causing you damage and basically annoying you to spit. Most levels must be navigated through a series of keyed gates, doors, or portals. These shaped keys are scattered around the map and must by picked up and used only on the gates they match individually. Twist: You can only carry one special weapon (triple shot, laser beam, or vertical shot) and one tool (key, liquid-freeze, or a red herring) at a time. This game requires a lot of memorization of enemy movement patterns and optimum routes. A unique feature is that when you die, you can watch a replay and take over at any point to continue your game. You can also hit the HELP button at the start of each level to view a map, helping you plan your route."
23289,A320 Airbus: Edition Europa,,1991,6.9,Simulation,,Europe,"If you want to fly a modern passenger jet then this is the sort of game for you. This is a serious simulation of flying which was developed in corporation with Lufthansa and Deutsche Airbus. The flying area includes most of Western Europe with about 80 airports. During gameplay, you have to fly a specified route and navigate yourself by using the supplied map. There is also a training mode available."
23290,Rolan's Curse,Velious: Roland no Majū,1990,6.3,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Once the people of Rolan was terrorized by the evil ruler King Barius before he was imprisoned in a castle deep within the forest. When the king many years later was released he immediately unleashed legions of regenerating monsters on the citizens of the land. Now a hero (or two if you play it in multiplayer) is needed to defeat him and his minions. The game is an action based RPG played with an isometric perspective. As you battle your way through enemy territory you have two weapons, the sword that you start the game with and a Fire Wand that throws fireballs. You will also find some items to use, i.e. a magic axe that can be used to clear blocked passages, chamelon's ring that makes you part of the terrain and shield to help in defense."
23299,Milo's Astro Lanes,,1998,5.5,"Simulation, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Futuristic space bowling simulation, with nuclear balls, lots of power-ups and wacky characters. Robots, aliens and funky courses, and a multiplayer mode where you can ruin your friends' opportunities with different special weapons."
23300,Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny,"Les trois royaumes: Le destin du dragon, Romance of the Three Kingdoms III, Sangokushi III",1992,7.6,Strategy / tactics,,"China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events","Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny is another strategy game by Koei The concept is the same here as in Koei's other wargames: conquer all you can! In this case the historical setting is ancient China. The country is under the control of one Emperor, but all of the faction leaders want to be the emperor themselves. You begin with one territory and you must conquer more to win the game."
23304,Defenders of the Earth,,1990,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Defenders of the Earth consist of veteran comic-book heroes Flash Gordon, Lothar, the Phantom and Mandrake. Ming the Merciless has kidnapped their children, and they set off to rescue them in this action game. As Flash you journey through the side-scrolling areas of Ming's castle, shooting your way out of trouble. You can call on the assistance of the other Defenders, who can open doors and set diversions of enemies. Quick progress through the levels is needed, as Ming's security cameras are set to detect your presence."
23307,Xenon 2000: Project PCF,,2000,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Xenon 2000: Project PCF is a remake of Xenon 2: Megablast In this top-down arcade shooter, blast away meteors and your enemies, while collecting power-ups for weapons upgrades etc. Eliminate the end level bosses to clear each level. The remake features higher-resolution graphics and a different soundtrack."
23310,WarGames,WarGames: Giochiamo alla guerra?,1998,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on the movie of the same name, WarGames is a 3D Real Time Strategy game, that features the WOPR (War Operation Plan Response) computer as it tries to eliminate humanity. Play through the 15-level human or WOPR campaigns, or fight your friends in the 4-player multiplayer. Both sides have unique units. The humans feature soldiers and tanks, while WOPR has robots and large mechs."
23322,Zork Trilogy,The Zork Trilogy,1983,6.5,"Adventure, Compilation",Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,Zork Trilogy is a compilation of all three of Infocom 's original Zork games: The package also includes an item that was featured as an in-game object in Zork games: the Zorkmid Coin.
23325,Liberogrande International,Liberogrande 2,2000,6.6,Sports,,,"Liberogrande International (or Liberogrande 2 in Japan) is the sequel to Libero Grande Like its predecessor, it is an unconventional soccer game where instead of a complete team, only a single player is directly controlled, with the other 10 players being controlled by the AI, although with the option to influence their choice in plays. However, unlike the original title, Liberogrande International is a home console title, and along featuring a more realistic visual presentation, it's now possible to choose formation and pick any player (including goalkeeper and the title-mentioned libero ) to control, instead of being limited to play as either right-wing or playmaker, depending on the predefined team formation. Gameplay remains mostly unchanged; the camera follows the ball, circling around the controlled player. When the player is carrying the ball, he can do the usual actions (pass, shoot, cross, throw a long pass), while keeping an eye on other players asking the ball and running into space. With possession but without the ball the player can ask for either a low or an high pass. Without the ball, the player can either tackle or instruct other players when to attack the ball, if this option is enabled. At the end of the match, the player can see how well he performed, along a ""heat map"" on his positioning. Since all players are now given equal billing, the player can now edit all 32 national team players' names, as well as creating his own superstar (which can be used on any national team). Game modes include exhibition (where you can play with or against a friend in split-screen mode), LiberoGrande Cup (straight elimination cup), International Cup (World Cup style tournament) and World League. Unlike the Japanese version, the European one doesn't feature commentary."
23326,Ayrton Senna Kart Duel,,1996,6.8,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Ayrton Senna Kart Duel is a 3D kart racing game named after Ayrton Senna Playable modes presented in the game include: ""Race"", ""T.T"", ""VS"", and ""Beginner"". The Race mode is divided into three different classes: S Stock, SS Stock, and A Stock. Each class has three races. Before every race there are four different karts to choose from, each of them with its own characteristic (different acceleration, grip, maximum speed, and handling). The number of race laps can also be chosen: three, five, or ten. The player must win every single race in order to advance in the game, and therefore be promoted. Finishing below the first position only drives the player to the Game Over screen. After finishing successfully all the nine races, the player will receive the final challenge: racing against the greatest Ayrton Senna. If the player wins it, Senna will give the car he drove as a reward. The game also features a Senna Memorial Data where it is possible to view some of the Senna's career records and photos."
23327,Formula One,Formula Grand Prix,1985,6.5,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"Shortly after Football Manager became a sensation, the sports management concept was applied to the high-pressure dollar-intensive world of Formula 1 racing. The top six teams of the early 80s are featured (Ferrari, Williams, Renault and McLaren as well as the now-defunct Brabham and Lotus), and you can choose which one to manage. Your first tasks are to choose your two sponsors and two drivers, with all the day's top names as well as 6 'rookie' drivers, who are cheap, but there's no guarantee of getting a good one. Once the game is properly underway, you must buy engine and chassis upgrades, and can improve the quality of your pitcrew - all of which eats into your budget. Your cars must be raceworthy to be able to race. After qualifying you must choose your tyres for each car - rain can be a factor, and the game informs you of the expected conditions before the race. The races are depicted via a timing board which displays the top 6 in the order, images of the cars flashing by (with a distinction made as cars come into the pits), and messages detailing crashes, spins and technical problems. Your drivers can be called in for pitstops, which involves moving a man around to undo each tyre in sequence, which is hardly realistic but does add some arcade skill and variation."
23328,Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri: Planetary Pack,"Pack Planetário Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Pacote de Planetas Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Paquete planetario Alpha Centauri de Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri: Planetary-pakke",2000,7.6,Compilation,,,"This compilation includes: Both the original game and the expansion have been updated to versions 4.0 and 2.0 respectively. The only remaining officially released update not included in the retail package is the ""Win 2000/XP Update"" (version 5.0) compatibility patch for the base game released in 2002, which does not alter the game mechanics. However, digital releases includes it."
23335,Socket,Time Dominator 1st,1993,6.4,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Socket is a fast-paced platform game in the vein of Sonic the Hedgehog The evil overlord Time Dominator has constructed a time machine and is using it to steal treasures from the past, creating a warp in the flow of time. The Time Warp Patrol, created to prevent this sort of thing from happening, sends the special time-traveling duck Socket (or Minutes in the Japanese version) to fix the flow of time and stop Time Dominator. Socket has reasonably basic abilities: he can jump, kick to the side or straight upward, and run quite fast. As Socket is a robot, his energy level continually drains from simply being in operation; thankfully, there are a liberal amount of electric bolts strewn about each stage, which will refill his health when picked up. Getting hit by enemies will take a chunk out of his life bar. There are seven different themed zones, each with four separate parts. First up is the High Speed Zone, which is a gateway level leading to the next zone, and as the name suggests it encourages high speed play. Next is the Athletic Zone, which generally entails lots of jumping, and the Labyrinth Zone, which is focused on exploration and simply finding a path to the exit. At the end of each Labyrinth Zone, Socket faces off against Time Dominator in a boss round, then moves on to the next High Speed Zone. The game also features a sound test mode and a time trial mode, where the High Speed Zone stages can be played without any enemies present with times being recorded."
23336,Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge,"Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge, Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge, Wizardry VI: Kindan no Mahitsu",1990,8.1,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"It is said that the Cosmic Forge is a magical pen possessing an enormous power: whatever is written with it instantly becomes true. A group of explorers ventures into the castle where the king, the queen, and the wizard who created the pen used to dwell. Nobody knows what has been happening there for the last hundred years, since nobody dares to enter the haunted castle. As the heroes step in, the doors behind them close forever. They are left alone to discover the truth about the Cosmic Forge and the drama that occurred between the castle's inhabitants. Bane of the Cosmic Forge is the sixth entry in the Wizardry series. While retaining the basic premise of creating a party of up to six adventurers to roam first-person dungeons and fight enemies in turn-based combat, this installment contains numerous enhancements and new features. It is the first game in the series to feature full color graphics and a mouse-driven interface. Combat options are more detailed, with precise weapon moves (such as thrust and bash) available. Magic is divided into six different schools, the spellcaster's powers increasing if he or she concentrates on one of them. Picking locks or disarming traps by thief-like classes is done actively by participating in a simple minigame. Characters can learn skills unique to their class when leveling up. These skills range from weapon proficiencies to field abilities that can be used outside of combat. In addition to the traditional races of humans, elves, dwarves, hobbits, and gnomes, the player can choose between the Lizardman, the cat-like Felpurr, the canine Rawulf, the pixie-like Faerie, the intimidating Dracon, and the furry Mook. Each race has its own strengths and weaknesses, as well as predispositions to certain classes. Exotic character classes such as Valkyrie, Alchemist, Psionic, Ninja, Samurai, and Monk are also available during character creation, though they require a higher amount of bonus points received during the initial dice roll. It is also possible for characters to switch to another class during the course of the game. Conversations with NPCs have been extended, the player being able to talk about various topics with the same character. The game also features a branching storyline: depending on the player's choice to believe or mistrust a key character, the plot will split into different directions, resulting in several different endings. The entire game takes place within the castle and its surroundings, without the possibility to travel back to the town or create other characters after the game has started. Unlike the previous entries, it is possible to save the game anywhere manually."
23337,Bruce Jenner's World Class Decathlon,"Daley Thompson's World Class Decathlon, Daley Thompsons olympischer Zehnkampf",1996,4.1,Sports,,,"Bruce Jenner's World Class Decathlon is a remake of the classic title released for 8-bit computers: Daley Thompson's Decathlon Unlike other button mashers such as those released by Epyx, it focuses on a stats system and career development. As seasons pass by, the player grows from a rookie to, if successful, a world class competitor, by assigning skill points to key areas required to succeed in decathlon: throwing, running, jumping, etc. However, more important than anything else is stamina. As decathlon puts athletes in a strenuous 5 events per day, if the player gives everything in the early events, the legs will start failing in the 400 m (day 1) and the 1500 m (day 2) runs. All actions are mouse-controlled, and require presses and holds rather than mashing the buttons repeatedly. The game also includes FMV clips from Thompson or Jenney (depending on the version) offering advice about the events."
23338,Turbo Girl,Turbo Bike,1988,7.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Turbo Girl, well-known by that name in all the Galaxy, lieutenant of the body of immediate intervention of the korg army, has been chosen to fulfill a suicidal mission: Three ""Elder"" (strange cybernetic beings) intercept the provisions of the colony supported by a ship-robot army; she must destroy them. Cross the different levels avoiding to be demolished by the ship-robots and finish every ""Elder"" which all of them are protecting. The game consists of three levels very differentiated, and each one is divided as well in several parts that will allow you to continue from one of them when beaten."
23339,Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2,,2000,7.7,Action,"Fighting, Shooter","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. 2 is a third-person Action/Adventure, based on the Heavy Metal franchise (the comic books, movie, cartoon, etc.). The story takes place some years after the most recent movie, and basically involves big bad aliens threatening the planet of Eden, the home of Julie (aka F.A.K.K. 2) and other people rescued in the aforementioned movie. So Julie, being the heroine she is, sets out to stop the invasion and send the baddies packing. To accomplish this you get to use weapons ranging from many types of swords (fire, electrical, chainsaw, etc) to a rocket launcher to guns like a pistol, Uzi, and shotgun. There are even a few shields and some armor. The game has both left and right handed attacks, so you can hold a firesword in one hand, for example, and an Uzi in the other. This also allows for special combo moves which are used to kill powerful monsters quicker. You have health to watch, of course, but there is also Eden water. It not only provides some protection, depending on how much you have, but also allows Julie to run faster, jump further, and jump higher. Eden water is also needed to power some weapons. The more of it you have, the better."
23342,World Tour Golf,,1985,7.1,Sports,,,"World Tour Golf lets you play over a dozen well known courses, including Augusta and Pebble Beach. A split screen gives you an overhead view of the hole and a 3-D view. The control uses multiple button presses to set pace and draw/fade - fortunately a Driving Range is included to practice on. When you select a club, its range is superimposed on the view, making planning shots easier. Wind, pin placement and even weather conditions must be considered as you play your shot. Also included is a course architect for creating new courses or modifying existing ones."
23348,Robin of Sherwood: The Touchstones of Rhiannon,,1985,7.0,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Robin of Sherwood is based on a 1980s UK TV retelling of the legendary hero. Robin is trapped inside the Sheriff's castle with Will Scarlet and Much. Once escaped, Herne the Hunter will inform him that he must find the six Touchstones of Rhiannon, as dictated by the Prophecies of Gildas. You are constantly evading recapture from the Sheriff, also having to deal with nuns, magicians and taxmen and the challenges they set you for rewards. There are graphics for almost every location, many of them animated. The screen layout and command set are typical of Brian Howarth 's adventures - mostly two word commands."
23352,P.O.W.: Prisoners of War,"Arcade Archives: Datsugoku, Arcade Archives: P.O.W.: Prisoners of War, Datsugoku",1988,6.7,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Shooter",Cold War,"The enemy is unstoppable. They maintain vigilant guard over their front lines! The only way to defeat them is to get behind their lines. But how? By allowing a soldier to get captured, perhaps he could escape and single-handedly defeat the enemy forces in his way. In P.O.W., the player is a soldier who has been imprisoned in a Prisoner of War camp and must escape. In order to accomplish this, he must defeat a variety of enemies. The foes will attack you hand-to-hand, with knives, guns, and from helicopters. Boss enemies will guard the end of each level. To fight back, you can use hand-to-hand, and pick up weapon power-ups, found on the ground, in rooms, or dropped by enemies. These weapons include a knife, which can be used to stab or be thrown, guns and grenades."
23353,Castle of Dr. Brain,"Castillo del Dr. Brain, Das Schloß von Dr. Brain, Dr. Brain: Puzzle no Shiro",1991,7.8,"Educational, Puzzle","Graphic adventure, Mini-games",,"Castle of Dr. Brain is the first in a series of educational puzzle-games from Sierra. This brain-blasting game is set, how surprisingly, in Dr. Brain's castle, where the player will have to beat Dr. Brain's traps and puzzles in order to fulfill the assignment given. The game consists of three levels of difficulty what makes the game a bit different every time it is played."
23358,Super Grid Runner,"Grid Runner, Super Gridrunner",1989,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Yet again earth is under attack by the slimelords of Xtharrgg. The positive is that a few of the very latest Vorton Hyper X-13 UltraStarfighters are at hand, the negative, the only pilot good enough to fly them is you! Super Grid Runner is an iteration of the Centipede inspired 8-bit Gridrunner and Matrix: Gridrunner 2 for the 16-bit platforms of the day. The fighting again takes place on an ""abstracted geometric"" grid, The player controls a spacecraft that moves around the grid, blasting the alien invaders coming from the edges of the screen in segmented snake-like formations. Once a segment is destroyed, it turns into a pod that will, if left alone will again turn into an indestructible lethal bomb that falls down towards the bottom. Adding to the impending doom, indestructible rail guns patrol the borders of the screen taking potshots at the player's craft. At the start of the game the craft has the ""nosecone"" part of it detached and stationary on the grid. The cone fires single shots upwards, but if shot at it will triple the incoming shots and the angle of these shots can even be altered by the player. The nosecone can be merged again with the ship to be dropped off at another location. Various bonuses drop from the defeated aliens, in the form of camelids and bovidae in true Minter fashion. When a life is lost, the level resets and starts anew, however the player has the option to commit suicide when death is inevitable. This results in a life loss, but the level continues, your craft becomes invulnerable for 10 seconds and all enemies on screen are turned into bonuses that fall down"
23360,Ballblazer Champions,,1997,6.2,"Action, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"An updated version of the 1985 classic Ballblazer The basic rules have stayed the same: two players in rotofoils compete to put the plasmorb into the enemy's goal. But the new version adds numerous power-ups including weapons into the game, so you can blast the enemy out of the way. Choosing one of 8 different characters, each with a unique rotofoil, you compete in the Interstellar Ballblazer Championship to attain the title of Master Blazer. After a won game, you can upgrade your rotofoil with new equipment. In addition to the tournament mode, there is also a practice option and a split-screen multiplayer mode."
23364,Beethoven's 2nd,"Beethoven e suas Últimas Aventuras, Beethoven: The Ultimate Canine Caper!",1993,5.3,Action,Platform,Contemporary,"Beethoven's 2nd is a platform game where you get a chance to wear the metaphorical shoes of Beethoven - that lovable, big dog from the movie. Your four puppies need to be rescued and brought back to their mom. As a responsible father and guardian you'll first need to find the puppy, avoiding dangers such as bad-tempered cats, mean dogcatchers, acorns which have a habit to drop down just when you pass underneath, and careless skateboarders. You can bark at these opponents to scare them away. And if you'll find a source of water (such as a rubber hose), you can make yourself wet and then - in a tense situation - shake off the water, eliminating everyone in the vicinity. Once you find your pup, you'll find out that getting him back to his mom is no easy task. While your puppy can - thankfully - walk on his own accord when you put him down, you'll still have to carry it over obstacles, and you'll be forced to fight all the enemies again while doing it."
23368,Deer Avenger,,1998,4.9,"Action, Sports",Hunting,,"Deer Avenger is a parody hunting game where a well-armed deer named Bambo assumes the role of protagonist. The deer is out to take down as many humans as he can find who are wandering through his wilderness. The player selects from 3 weapons (an M-16, a bazooka, or a sling-shot) and then selects from among 3 locales (green West Virginia or Connecticut, or snowy Minnesota). The gameplay consists of roving on an overhead forest map and searching for signs of recent hunter activity (such as beer cans, nudie mags, tree carvings, or a name written in the snow with urine). Then the player can hunt from that point which involves scrolling through a 360-degree panorama of the area, waiting for humans to show up. Bambo can also try to encourage humans to show up with assorted calls. The emphasis of the game is the comedy aspect. Bambo has a variety of quips and calls that he rotates through during the game depending on the situation. Further, there are other touches such as when you use your binoculars to get a closer look at the region."
23373,Akuma: Demon Spawn,Lamentation Sword,1998,5.6,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"The story takes place in a time when demons are terrorizing the world. Three warriors come together and form a Blood Trinity, vowing to fight demons until the world is safe again. One warrior, Elim, is a noble Korean swordsman. The second, Kusa, is a Japanese sorcerer. The third is a woman, Raening, a martial arts expert skilled in archery. Elim becomes engaged to Shining a beautiful girl who he has to rescue when she is captured by demons. He cannot live with her until the world is free of demons. Kusa carries a box on his back containing the bones and restless spirit of his father. He is sworn to avenge his death and find a way to let his father rest in peace. Raening has to prove that a woman and a princess can be as good a warrior as any man. The warriors travel from village to village helping those beleaguered by demons and fulfilling tasks to help the villagers. As a result of their labors they accumulate money, weapons, and powerful spells. They will need all their skill and experience as they learn the story of the Blood Sword and vow to find it and use it to kill Satan. Akuma: Demon Spawn is a role-playing game similar in appearance to Diablo The player indirectly controls the characters with the mouse, choosing spells or abilities through a menu or hot keys during battles - the player only needs to click on the foe and the rest of the fighting is automatic without further interaction. The player has to handle three characters instead of one, which can make quite a big difference, since there is no pause function like in Baldur's Gate ; the combat occurs fully in real time. The majority of the game is spent by exploring the maps, killing hordes of monsters, receiving better gear and improving the hero's abilities. No longer needed equipment is sold in the villages connected to each other by teleporters."
23378,Columns,Shapes and Columns,1990,7.3,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,Fantasy,"Columns is loosely derived from Tetris as it involves arranging falling blocks in such a way as to clear them. However, in columns they are groups of 3 same-size but varying color blocks, which must be arranged into sequences of 3 or more, either horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Sequences of 4 or 5 count for double or triple points, and diagonal sequences score the most. The real trick is to set up 'combos' - where one line causes other blocks to drop so as to create other lines. As well as the normal game mode, there is also a 'flash' mode, in which the aim is simply to remove a particular block from the base of the pre-formed pile of bricks. The difficulty of this can be determined by increasing the number of complete rows which are already in place."
23388,MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients,,1991,7.0,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Three hundred thousand years ago, the ancients ruled the galaxy. It's now ~4000 AD and they're long gone. Unfortunately, one of their pyramids has started spewing slime that threatens to engulf the entire planet of Rhylanor. The player's party of adventurers must scour four sub-sectors of the Spinward Marches looking for clues to solve the crisis before Rhylanor is destroyed. MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients is a faithful adaptation of the Traveller board role-playing game with over 100 fully explorable planets (most with multiple cities and each with its own sub-quests) and a non-linear storyline."
23394,Super Trux,Elite Supertrux,1989,6.1,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"The Super Trux trophy is a hectic truck race across nine European cities. As one of the participants, you need to drive your truck through different tracks in places like London, Brussels or Paris and finish each section in the designated time. Every track features hazards, like ups and downs which limit your visibility, roadworks reducing the road to a single line, and the many other participant trucks. At the end of every track the road forks and the player can choose the next stage in their route. This feature, taken from Sega's ""OutRun"", makes every trip a new challenge."
23397,Heavy Barrel,"Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Heavy Barrel, Retro Classix: Heavy Barrel",1987,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,Heavy Barrel is a shooter with a top-down view similar to Commando and Ikari Warriors Terrorists have seized the underground control complex of a nuclear missile site. It is up to the player to infiltrate the installation and eliminate the leader of the terrorist army before they can launch the missiles. To stop the terrorists you will need the powerful weapon Heavy Barrel. The problem is that the weapon still is in the installation. Before the fortress fell the weapon was taken apart and locked in six different storage lockers. To defeat the terrorists you must collect all keys and reassemble the weapon. The game supports co-op for two players.
23398,RoboCop 3,,1992,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"RoboCop 3 for the NES is a platform shooter game starring the eponymous metal cyborg. This version is in many aspects similar to the version for 8-bit computers also developed by Probe Software : these games share level aesthetics and designs and musical score. However, the NES version is quite different: there's no first-person shooting level; instead, the first level is an exclusive side-scrolling stage. All levels feature slightly different designs, all bosses are redesigned as well, including the tank boss and final boss battle, in which Robocop has to do something entirely different than destroy the ninjas."
23404,Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars,,1995,6.4,Sports,,,"One of the many hockey games released, this version not only let the player control Gretzky but other major players of the time as well such as Mario Lemieux, Eric Lindros, Mark Messier among many others, 600 total. It also features the 26 NHL teams at the time as well as 6 International teams to choose from. The gameplay is similar to many other hockey games with the standard modes such as Exhibition Season Playoffs or even a ""Just Play"" option that instantly took the player to a random game. There is also a ""Simulation Mode"" that gives the game an authentic feel complete with penalties or an ""Arcade Mode"" that was more action oriented and with less rules. A battery back-up keeps extensive track of stats and has a two-player option as well."
23412,Taito's Super Space Invaders,"Majestic 12: The Space Invaders Part IV, Super Space Invaders, Super Space Invaders '91",1990,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Remember that arcade classic Invaders? Well this game takes it to the next level with harder aliens, bosses, power ups, and a variety of scenery! Invaders come in several configurations for you to try to blast, and power-ups help you with more weapons to choose from."
23413,Rotox,,1990,7.2,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this 3D Rotoscoped landscape the player controls Rotox the robot, which is required to to eradicate any form of mechanized existence on each of the levels. Each level is comprised of nine sectors, which are not all linked together. At the beginning of each level you drop in from above and get a general overview of the level. Planning a path from sector to sector often involves using moving pathways. The sectors are heavily defended, but weapons can be picked up throughout. When a sector is cleared of robots, the screen flashes and the player is free to move on to the next sector."
23420,The Hunt for Red October,A la poursuite de l'Octobre Rouge,1990,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Cold War,"Based on the movie of the same name, the Soviet Union have been building in secret a Typhoon-class submarine with nuclear strike capabilities. This war machine has been named the Red October. While on its trial run, the captain, Marko Ramius has hijacked the submarine along with it's crew. They plan to defect to the United States. Naturally, such a weapon must not be allowed to fall into American plans, and so orders are issued among the Soviet forces to destroy the Red October. You control the Red October during its run for freedom. The game plays as an underwater sidescroller. The Red October submarine can move in any of four directions. The A button fires torpedoes horizontally towards the right and the B button fires missiles vertically, upwards. Additionally, the Caterpillar drive (invisibility) may be activated for short periods of time. The player may also activate a ECM blast that will destroy all nearby offensive weapons. On the screen at all times are displays for Armor (health) and Power (fuel); should either run low, the Red October in danger of being destroyed. Power-Ups to increase or decrease the power of missiles and torpedoes may be found by destroying enemies."
23427,The Curse of Monkey Island,"La Trilogie Monkey Island, Monkey Island Archives, Monkey Island Collection, Monkey Island Saga, The Monkey Island Bounty Pack",1999,7.9,Compilation,,,"This LucasArts Archive Series box includes updated versions of the first 2 games in the series (cf. Monkey Island Madness ), as well as the third game. The box contains:"
23428,Ephemeral Fantasia,Reiselied,2000,5.4,Role-playing (RPG),,,"In this game, the player controls Mouse, a silent musician who travels with his talking guitar Pattimo. One day Mouse is invited to play at a royal wedding on an island called Pandule. But soon he discovers that the groom Xelpherpolis has put an awful time-looping spell on the island, and intends to destroy this way the entire population. Mouse has to stop the villain and, most importantly, recruit other people to help him break the spell. Ephemeral Fantasia is a Japanese-style role-playing game with turn-based combat. Several characters can be recruited to the party. The game's stand-out feature is the time-looping system, which is somewhat similar to the one implemented in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask The game has an internal clock, and the first five days repeat themselves until Mouse finds a way to stop it. Certain events occur only if Mouse travels to a specific location at a specific time."
23442,Project S-11,,2000,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,You must penetrate the enemies' defences and deliver vitally important tactical information to your defensive bases. Battle against over 20 unique alien forces and destroy the alien homeworld to save the planet. Good luck pilot... Source: Back of Box - Game Boy Color (US)
23450,Pinball Mania,Flipper Mania,1995,7.3,Action,Pinball,,"Digital Illusions was not involved in the fourth title in 21st Century 's pinball series, with this version instead being developed by veteran pinball game producers Spidersoft Four tables are featured: Kick Off centres around soccer/football, Jail Break is set in a prison, Tarantula reflects Spidersoft's name and logo as it features a rampant spider, and Jackpot is based around gambling. There are sequences of lights to activate, ramps to guide the ball through, and flippers to keep it in play. Multiball can be activated in set ways, to bring a second ball into play. The flippers are not as powerful as in previous games in the series."
23454,Nobby the Aardvark,,1992,8.1,Action,Platform,,"Nobby the Aardvark is on the hunt for Antopia after an ant ready to be lunch told him about this wondrous place. So begins Nobby's search over eight levels for ant heaven. Nobby the Aardvark is a mixture of game styles that include platform, mulit-scrolling, and top down maze levels. Vehicles included are a hot air balloon and a submarine. The joystick is used to control Nobby and the fire button is used to fire objects. If Nobby runs out of ants to fire then he can top up at an anthill."
23456,Vanguard Bandits,Epica Stella,1998,6.7,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,,"Vanguard Bandits is a tactical RPG that takes place on the continent of Eptina, which has been at war with itself for years until the kingdom of Pharastia discovers ancient mechanical giants created by a lost civilization. With the new found mecha's called ATAC (All Terrain Armored Combatant) Pharastia once again brings peace to Eptina until civil wars and coup d' etat's took place and thus began the Second Eptina Wars. Take control of Bastion as he wages war against the Junaris Empire to regain control of the continent. Gameplay consists of controlling a group of ATAC on missions on a 2D sprite map where players take turns moving and attacking. Once a fight between two ATAC's starts the game is switched to a 3D side view and the battle between the two continues. Use the terrain to your advantage like attacking from above or behind your enemy. Follow the story of Bastion and his friends on 56 missions to regain peace on the continent. Your actions before battles and as the results of battles will decide your outcome - with 5 different endings along three separate story lines."
23467,X-COM: UFO Defense,"UFO: Der unbekannte Gegner, UFO: Enemy Unknown, X-COM: Enemy Unknown, X-COM: Michi Naru Shinryakusha",1994,8.1,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Turn-based tactics (TBT)",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 1998, the amount of reports of UFO sightings has been drastically increased. Stories about abductions and alien attacks became more and more widespread. Finally, after various nations of the world have failed to intercept the UFOs, their representatives met in a conference of global importance in Geneva, Switzerland. It was eventually decided to organize a secret paramilitary group, dubbed Extraterrestrial Combat Unit (X-COM). Starting with one base, two fighters, one transport, and a few soldiers, X-COM must locate the aliens, learn about their origins and technology, find out where their base is, and destroy it. X-COM: UFO Defense is a strategy game featuring separate but interlinked elements. On the strategic side, called GeoScape, you get a rotating view of the globe, where you see all visible UFOs (those that are within your detection range) as well as major cities and your base(s). You order movements from here, such as sending out fighters to intercept UFOs, transports with soldiers to assault/recover UFOs, and perhaps assaults on alien bases (if you find any). You also control your research, as you must invent better weapons (the Terran weapons are just no match against the alien weapons) quickly, not to mention all the other cool tech you can recover from the aliens. You also need to control your budget, as you can't afford to overextend your reach. Researchers need to be paid, engineers (who build the new toys) need to be paid, base(s) need to be be built/expanded, planes need to be bought/maintained, supplies need to be replenished, and so on. You can earn money by selling unneeded stuff, and you receive funding from the nations of the world; however, a nation can decrease its funding if it decides you aren't operating efficiently enough within its region. It's even possible that a nation gets so fed up with you that it signs a pact with the aliens and ceases funding altogether. Once you join a ground battle, the game switches to Battlescape, which is an isometric view of the battlefield with realistic line-of-sight calculations and turn-based combat. Your mission is usually extermination of all aliens on the battlefield, though if you can capture a few it would surely help your research efforts. If you win, you also recover any alien artifacts left on the field, which can then be researched. In combat, each of your soldiers has a specific number of Time Units. Doing anything (moving, shooting, turning around, rearranging objects in the inventory etc.) costs a number of TUs. Once a soldier is out of TUs, he cannot act any more this turn (he gets all his TUs back on the next turn, though)."
23468,adidas Power Soccer 2,,1997,6.8,Sports,,,"adidas Power Soccer 2 is the second main game in the Psygnosis series and was made by a different development studio. Continuing the 3D gameplay from the first game, this title adds updated player and team databases for the 1997-1998 season, a new arcade mode where players can perform special moves, commentary by ITV's Brian Moore (UK), Yves Lecoq (France) and RTL's Marcel Reif (Germany), and eight new stadia fully rendered in 3D. The title includes many real Premier League teams, in addition to 56 national teams and top clubs. Multiplayer is available for up to four players with a multitap."
23476,Golden Nugget,,1996,6.3,"Gambling, Strategy / tactics",,,Immerse yourself in the Golden Nugget and you'll enjoy Las Vegas-style casino gaming in a four-star casino paradise with 16 games of chance to challenge and thrill you. This is virtual nonstop casino action with all the authenticity and splendor of the real thing.
23480,Total Pinball 3D,Pinball 3D-VCR,1996,6.2,Simulation,Pinball,,"Total Pinball features the same four tables as its predecessor Pinball Mania just slightly changed : Kick Off centres around soccer/football, Jail Break is set in a prison, Tarantula reflects Spidersoft's name and logo as it features a rampant spider, and Jackpot is based around gambling. The main difference is the optional presentation of the tables in an isometric 3D view. The second main feature is a recording function to save a played game to the hard drive. During replay, it is possible to watch the game in 3D even if it was played in the 2D mode. Playback is only available from within the game. It ialso offers a monochromatic video mode. Gameplay is the genre standard: Right and left shift for the flippers, space for nudging. The player can set the inclination of the tables, the amount of balls per game (3 to 5) and during multiball (up to 10)."
23489,Super Mario Bros.,"Mario 1, SMB, Super Irmãos, Super Mario Brothers",1985,8.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Super Mario Bros. is a single-player and multiplayer side-scrolling platform game. The story follows the heroic brothers Mario and Luigi, who set out to rescue Princess Toadstool after she is kidnapped by Bowser, king of the Koopas. Bowser has invaded the Mushroom Kingdom, transforming its citizens into blocks, plants, and enemies using his dark magic. To restore peace, the brothers must travel across eight worlds filled with dangerous terrain and hostile creatures, ultimately facing Bowser himself in his fortified castles. Gameplay is presented from a side-scrolling perspective, with each world divided into multiple stages. The player must guide Mario or Luigi to the end of each stage by running, jumping across gaps, and avoiding or defeating enemies. Levels conclude with a flagpole, and the height at which the flag is touched awards additional points. Stages include ground-based courses, underground areas, underwater sections, and fortress levels guarded by Bowser or his decoys. A variety of power-ups aid the player’s progress. The Super Mushroom transforms Mario into Super Mario (Mario's larger form), allowing him to take an extra hit. The Fire Flower grants the ability to throw fireballs at enemies, while the Starman provides temporary invincibility. Coins scattered throughout the stages can be collected, with one extra life awarded for every hundred coins. Green 1-Up Mushrooms provide an immediate bonus life, while pits, enemy attacks, or running out of time result in losing one. The game introduces warp zones, hidden pipes that allow players to skip ahead to later worlds. Secret bonus areas, often accessed through pipes or hidden blocks, contain extra coins and shortcuts. Enemy types include Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Buzzy Beetles, Lakitus, Cheep Cheeps, and Hammer Bros., each requiring different strategies to overcome. Bowser’s castle stages often feature hazards such as firebars and lava pits, ending in a battle where Bowser must be defeated or bypassed to rescue a captive Toad. Multiplayer mode allows two players to alternate turns, with the first player controlling Mario and the second controlling Luigi. Each player continues from the same point until all lives are lost, after which the other resumes play. Super Mario Bros. has been re-released many times, including as part of the Classic NES Series on Game Boy Advance, the Virtual Console services for Wii, 3DS, and Wii U, and the NES games available through Nintendo Switch Online. While each version preserves the core gameplay, some later editions include save states, online play, or minor graphical adjustments for modern hardware."
23493,Stuart Smith's Adventure Construction Set,,1985,6.6,Role-playing (RPG),,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic, World War II","Despite its title, Adventure Construction Set is an editor that allows players to create their own role-playing scenarios. It is possible to customize a tile-set, maps, and objects to create RPGs reminiscent of the early Ultima games. Seven small 'toolkits' to build from include Sci/Fi, Spy, and Medieval setting templates, plus two complete games are included as a demonstration: Rivers of Light is based on Sumerian mythology and contains 140 rooms and Land of Aventuria consists of seven mini adventures with different settings, e.g. an adaption of Alice in Wonderland or a Nazi castle."
23494,Datastorm,,1988,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Defender gameplay was the basis for this shoot 'em up, with a horizontally-scrolling landscape which eventually loops back on itself. Your basic task is to pick up each of the 8 pods in turn, and carry them through a portal elsewhere in the level, before going back for another one. There are power-ups available, representing an auto-fire (Surely one of the earliest software implementations of this), extra simultaneous lasers, missiles to home in on the Landers as they attack, a level-skip, and a Super Shield. As standard in Defender games, Lander craft are also there to pick up the pods, and these must be stopped before reaching the top of the screen, as both the Lander and Pod become fearsome enemies if they do. If you shoot the Lander, the pod drops back to the ground, for you to retrieve. Unusually, you don't have to wait for the Lander to attack before picking up a pod. You must shoot all enemies to progress to the next level, at which point you get a bonus for the number of remaining pods. Every four levels the pods are replenished, which means that losing them on the first of each set of 4 levels (1,5,9,13 etc.) reduces your next four bonuses. If you don't save at least one pod on each level, your will have to face tougher enemies, and without your shield being replenished."
23501,Gold Medal Challenge '92,"Capcom Barcelona '92, Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92",1992,7.3,Sports,,,"In 1992 the Olympic Games were held in Barcelona. Gold Medal Challenge ’92 gets the player into the Olympic spirit with a selection of sports that played during the Olympic Games. After selecting the number of players (1-8) the player needs to select there country out of U.S.A., China, Great Britain, Germany, Bulgaria, Span, C.I.S., Canada, France, Romania, Hungry, and Japan and then CPU makes up the rest of the competition. The sports are divided up into programs that have 2 or 3 different sports each as well as a Special Event, the Marathon. Most of the sports involve pressing A and B buttons quickly or rhythmically, and getting the correct timing to do the needed action. The Programs and there included sports are as follows: Program 1: 100-Meter Dash - Run to the finish as fast as possible. Long Jump - Run and jump as close to the line as possible and get the right angle. Jump too late and the long jumper will get a foul. 100-Meter Backstroke - Get into the correct rhythm. Unlike the other swim styles, there is no need to take breaths. Special Program: Marathon – This event is split up into five parts. In each of the parts the player is given a map with opponent locations and upcoming hills, the distance from the finish line, and the runners condition. From that information, the player must pick the right speed for there runner to run at. If the runner is too quick he will run out of energy and walk the rest of the leg at 4km/h. After each program the player gets the opportunity to adjust the speed of there runner Program 2: 200-Meter Dash - Run to the finish as fast as possible keeping an eye on the runners energy. If runner runs out of energy the runner will stop until he gets it back. Shot Put - Build up power and throw the shot put as close to the line as possible at the right angle. 100-Meter Butterfly Get into the correct rhythm and take breaths. When out of air she will sink to the bottom. Special Program: Marathon – Part 2 Program 3: 400-Meter Dash - Run to the finish as fast as possible keeping an eye on the runners energy. If runner runs out of energy the runner will stop until he gets it back. Harder then the 200 - Meter as the runner needs to conserve more energy. Triple Jump - Run and jump as close to the line as possible. Time and get the right angle for all three jumps. 100-Meter Freestyle - Get into the correct rhythm and take breaths. When out of air she will sink to the bottom. Special Program: Marathon - Part 3 Program 4: 110-Meter Hurdles - Run as fast as possible and time it right to jump all the hurdles. Javelin Throw - Run and throw the javelin before line at the right angle. Throw too late and the throw will be a foul. 100-Meter Breast - Get into the correct rhythm and take breaths. When out of air she will sink to the bottom. Special Program: Marathon - Part 4 Program 5: Weightlifting - Select the weight and then try to keep the power over the selected point on the power bar. High Jump - Select the height of the cross bar. Run and time the jump to clear the bar. The higher the bar the faster the high jumper needs to run. Vaulting Horse - There are a few different vaults the vaulter can do, some requiring a certain run up speed to do well. After the vault the vaulter is given a score based on the speed of approach and the vault performed. Special Program: Marathon – Part 5 Program 6: 4X100-Meter Relay – All four different swims put together. The swim are done the same as if there were individual 200-Meter Medley – Run as fast a possible. The baton is passed between runners automatically. After all the events are completed any world-records that the player as beaten is saved on the battery backed RAM so they can be viewed and challenged in the future. All the sports except the Marathon can be played individually in Training mode."
23505,The Super Aquatic Games,"James Pond's Crazy Sports, The Aquatic Games Estrelando James Pond and the Aquabats, The Aquatic Games starring James Pond and the Aquabats",1992,6.6,Sports,Arcade,,"The Super Aquatic Games was conceived partly as an Olympics tie-in, and partly as a stop-gap for James Pond fans (the third platform title in the series ( Operation Starfish ) was in the process of being heavily delayed, eventually being released in 1994). This game saw Pond and friends competing in the underwater Olympics. The events take the form of various mini-games, usually in the same vein as Hyper Sports but with an aquatic theme and the humour seen in the James Pond series (e.g. The 100 Metre Splash). More unusual mini-games include Kipper Watching, which involves 'heading' incoming beach balls away from a troop of sleeping seals, and Gymnastics. Events can be played with up to 4 players."
23509,Dragon Warrior,Dragon Quest,1986,6.6,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"Once upon a time, the Balls of Light illuminated the kingdom of Alefgard, keeping its winters short and sustaining its peace. However, a man who could tame dragons and hence known as a Dragonlord, became corrupted by his magical studies. He attacked the Tantegel Castle and stole the Balls of Light, causing monsters to roam the land. A valiant hero named Erdrick, who had obtained the Balls of Light for the kingdom in the first place, attempted to defeat the Dragonlord and disappeared without trace. Many years later, during the reign of King Lorik XVI, the Dragonlord abducted Princess Gwaelin, carrying her to Castle Charlock. One day, a knight appears in front of the king, claiming to the be the descendant of Erdrick. He is entrusted with the mission to vanquish the Dragonlord, as the prophet Mahetta has predicted. Though not the first role-playing game developed by a Japanese company, Dragon Warrior is considered one of the progenitors of the Japanese RPG genre, and the first to appear on a home console. The player navigates a lone pre-made protagonist on a top-down overworld, accessing locations represented by icons, similarly to early Ultima games. As opposed to most other RPGs of the time, dungeons are viewed from an overhead perspective as well. In cities and palaces it is possible to talk to people, rest in inns and buy weapons, armor and items in shops. When wandering around in the wilderness or through dungeons, the player character encounters randomly appearing enemies. Combat is turn-based, with the player selecting menu options while fighting. It is possible to attack with the equipped weapon, cast one of the few available spells (using up some of the magic energy), use an item, or try to run. All the battles in the game are exclusively one-on-one. Killing monsters yields experience, and the player character's attributes improve automatically when he levels up. With the exception of the final location, the entire game world is theoretically open for exploration from the beginning. However, the enemies become increasingly tough as the player character attempts to move away from the starting town, effectively limiting him to confined areas determined by his level. The hero has limited hit points, loses them when attacked by enemies, and dies when he runs out of them, at which point he is automatically restored in a nearby town. It is possible to save the game only by talking to the king in the initial castle."
23513,Quack a Jack,Jeannot Le Rouge,1984,6.5,"Action, Puzzle",Arcade,Fantasy,Quack a Jack is a variant of the arcade game Check Man that is loosely based on a fantasy role playing game called Fandonia. The player controls a duck called Red Jack who is also a pirate that now has been trapped in the dungeons of a palace. The duck moves over a grid which is meant to represent flagstones which disappear after being walked on and has to reach terraductile eggs before they hatch. If one hatch a bird will appear and kill the duck. In addition to moving around the grid it also possible to move a full row of flagstones and all objects on it left and right. There are sixteen dungeon levels with different monsters that have to be avoided. It is also important to not run into any of the cooking pots that are located around the grid. On the grid are also money which can be collected for extra points.
23514,VR Baseball '97,VR Baseball: Hardware Accelerated,1997,6.7,Sports,,,"VR Baseball '97 is a baseball game. It prides itself on being the first fully 3D baseball game. You also have complete control over your camera to view the action from any angle. The game comes with a Major League Baseball license and thus features over 700 Major League Baseball players, 28 official stadiums, and all the statistics from the 1997 season. Game modes include Exhibition Game and Home Run Derby. Both can be played in multi-player mode. In the later released PC version, the graphics were improved from the PlayStation version as it featured support for 3D cards, such as the ones by 3DFX, Matrox, Rendition, and ATI."
23522,Powerplay Hockey,,1988,6.7,Sports,,,"Powerplay Hockey is a ice hockey game concentrating on the game between the USA and the USSR. Before starting the game you are to choose the number of players (on-on-one or five-on-five) and length of match (two, tvelwe or twenty minutes per period). When in the game try wrist shots, slap shots, faceoff, drop passing, and body checking. Roughing and crosscheking will give you a penalty."
23536,Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap,"Adventure Island, Dragon's Curse, Monster World II: Dragon no Wana, Turma da Mônica em: O Resgate, Wonder Boy III, Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap",1989,8.3,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, RPG elements",Fantasy,"Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap is a direct sequel to Wonder Boy in Monster Land When Tom-Tom defeats the MEKA dragon, the wounded beast casts a spell on him, turning him into a Lizard-Man. To regain his original human form, he has to find the Salamander Cross, hidden by the Vampire Dragon in Monster Land. Unlike its predecessor, this side-scrolling platform game is not divided into sequences of levels. The protagonist is allowed to go anywhere, as long as he has the right shape or equipment. During his quest, Tom-Tom has to defeat various dragon bosses. Each win will give him a new shape with new abilities such as flying, swimming, walking on ceilings, or clinging to walls. These abilities also allow the player access to new parts of the world. The possible shapes are Lizard-Man, Mouse-Man, Piranha-Man, Lion-Man, and Hawk-Man, and the main abilities are defined by attacking power, defense points, and charm points (needed for equipment by collecting charm stones). Also, certain blocks can only be destroyed by specific weapons or are only accessible to certain shapes. The basic actions consist of attacking and jumping, and in the status screen, it is possible to equip swords, shields, and armor. Special attacks include fireballs, tornadoes, arrows, boomerangs, and thunder strikes. Along the way, the player collects keys (only one at all times) and gold left behind by defeated creatures, and places need to be re-visited sometimes to access new areas. Equipment and items can be bought in towns. A password is given at the beginning of each town to continue from there. The Game Gear version has minor tweaks to level layouts to accommodate the smaller resolution better. Prices of shop items have also changed."
23537,Tom and Jerry: Frantic Antics!,"Tom and Jerry 2: Der Film, Tom and Jerry Part 2",1993,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In Frantic Antics the player can either choose from Tom or Jerry and travel through ten levels of hostile enemies and various traps and pitfalls to save a runaway by the name of Robyn from her Aunty Figg and reunite her with her father. The gameplay is the standard platformer where the player dodges various obstacles and knocks out various enemies. Various power-ups include hearts that will give the player an extra life, stars to replenish their health and cheese, fish and pizza for extra bonus points. There is also a password feature that allows the player to pick up and play at their own leisure."
23549,Time Gal,Time Girl,1985,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Quick Time Events (QTEs)",,"The year is 4001. The evil Luna has stolen a time machine and plans to use it to take over the world. You are the Time Gal, a skillful and pretty scientist, and your mission is to chase Luna through different time periods, to get the time machine back, and to save the world. Created during the first age of ""full motion"" style, Time Gal is a conversion of an early arcade title. You watch animations of your heroine while she travels through levels, and overcome obstacles by pushing the correct button at the right moment. You can change directions, jump, shoot, etc., but everything is controlled during the never-ending fluent motion of the Time Gal. At certain points the heroine stops the time, and you have three choices to choose from."
23554,The Untouchable,,1998,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"The Untouchable is the first ever full motion video game to be controlled in real time at greater than 30 frames per second. It's created entirely with digitized video of real martial artists and includes 3D rendered backgrounds, camera zoom, rotoscoping techniques and a CD quality soundtrack featuring artists such as Prodigy, Future Sound of London, Juno Reactor and Sister Machine Gun among others. Although similar to Mortal Kombat this one-on-one fighting game does not have magic but focuses on real martial arts instead. The aim is to defeat a tough fighter called 'The Untouchable' and each character (with 19 available) has its own story. It was originally developed for the Macintosh and later ported to Windows."
23556,Q-Ball Billiards Master,Pool Master,2000,6.3,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Q-Ball is a hyperrealistic billiards simulation. The focus is squarely upon accurate, realistic physics & ball behavior - friction, speed, collisions, etc. Players can learn trick shots, practice, and even compete against the various computer players who are Pro-Ranked. There's also a 2 player mode to play against a friend, over a total of 10 different games."
23568,Final Fantasy IX,"FF9, FFIX, Finalnaja Fantazija 9, Zuizhong Huanxiang 9",2000,8.7,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"Final Fantasy IX tells the story of Zidane, the member of a team of theater actors who also happen to be a gang of thieves, and Garnet, the princess of Alexandria. Zidane and his buddies first plan to kidnap Garnet from her mother's palace. But shortly after the kidnapping, they realize the queen of Alexandria is up to something evil. Zidane, the princess, and other characters they encounter on their journey decide to join forces and find out what can possibly drive the queen to commit her cruel deeds. The game's visual style is similar to the previous entry in the Final Fantasy series, with 3D character models, world map, and battle stages, pre-rendered backgrounds in individual locations, and CG cutscenes that advance the story. However, from the point of view of overall atmosphere and gameplay, the game tends to resemble older installments more. Like in Final Fantasy IV each character belongs to a specific class (e.g. thief, black mage, summoner, etc.) which cannot be changed, having his or her own unique abilities. Combat utilizes the series' trademark ATB (active-time battle) system. Battles allow for the participation of four player-controlled characters. The player is able to choose these from a larger amount of available characters during later parts of the game. Character abilities (magic spells, immunity to certain status changes, etc.) are contained within weapons and armor. Each of these allows the player to learn one or more abilities by equipping the item on a character and continuously participating in battles. Ability points are awarded after battles along with experience points, gradually filling the ability bar of the equipped part. Once the bar is full, the ability can be used by the character even after the equipment that allowed him or her to learn it has been removed. The card mini-game from the previous installment is now called Tetra Master and is featured more prominently. Cards are now placed on a 4x4 grid and can attack other cards on diagonals as well as cardinal directions. Cards no longer have set stats, and instead have a range of values and arrow positions, making every card unique. Regional rule variations are gone, but at the start of every match one to five positions on the grid will be blacked out, changing the player's offensive and defensive strategies with every game."
23570,Seventh Cross: Evolution,Seventh Cross,1998,6.8,"Role-playing (RPG), Simulation",,,"A life simulation which shows how organisms evolve. Take control of one of life's earliest lifeforms and, depending on what environment and habitat you prefer to use, watch as your organism starts to evolve and adapt to its surroundings. You control your organism from a third person perspective and you can choose what it feeds on and how it kills its prey and, depending on the method you choose, your organism will evolve to make killing and eating that kind of prey easier."
23571,Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II,EggConsole Xanadu PC-8801mkiiSR,1985,7.0,Action,"Action RPG, Metroidvania",Fantasy,"Xanadu was the name of the summer capital of the Mongolian-ruled Yuan Dynasty in 13th century China. The game, however, is set in a fantasy world, its Xanadu being mysterious ruins beneath a prosperous kingdom, where only the bravest adventurers dare to venture. The player takes the role of one of such explorers, who is sent by the king to discover the secrets hidden deep within the ruins. Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II bears many similarities to the first Dragon Slayer being a dungeon-crawling role-playing game with action combat, primarily revolving around exploration of vast underground mazes. Unlike the previous game, the exploration in Xanadu is conducted from a side-scrolling perspective. There are no platforming elements in the game, and action-based gameplay is confined to combat only. Like in its predecessor, attacking enemies involves simply ""bumping"" into them, gaining advantage by positioning the hero so that he faces the enemy. Experience points are awarded for defeating enemies. There are two types of experience: fighter and magician, gained from attacking physically and casting spells, respectively. Weapons and armor also gain experience and level up, depending on the amount of time the protagonist equips them for. The main character must visit a temple in order to increase his level. Money can be found in the dungeon or dropped by enemies, and later spent to purchase equipment and items in shops. The player must also regularly feed the hero, as he will get weak and eventually die without food. The game features a ""karma"" system, which keeps track of the alignment of the enemies killed by the protagonist. If he kills too many ""good"" enemies, temples might refuse to level him up."
23574,Crusader of Centy,"Shin Sōseiki Ragnacenty, Soleil",1994,8.2,Action,,Fantasy,"Before the time of plants and animals, Earth was completely dark and inhabited by beings we now call 'monsters'. When some voice said 'Let There Be Light' many monsters died because they could not live in this new light world. Not all died however; some of them hid in caves, and grew stronger. Now, they want to return to the world. Corona is a boy from Soleil Town who just turned fourteen and has to undergo a series of trials to become a true swordsman. However, soon he finds himself in a strange predicament: unable to speak to humans any more, he learns to communicate with animals, and realizes that not everything in the world is as simple as it looks. Crusader of Centy is an overhead action game with light role-playing and puzzle-solving elements, similar to Zelda games. The game's stand-out feature are animal companions. various animals are met by Corona during the course of the game, and can be ""equipped"" to grant him new abilities: for example, a penguin will add an ice attack property to his sword, etc."
23581,BackTrack,"BackTrack: the nightmare begins, or does it just continue ?",1998,5.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,Domingoanix and his army of mutants have taken over the secret base on moon. They have assimilated thousands of humans into an army of droids that can be used to overwhelm earth. It is your job to infiltrate the base and stop them by triggering the self-destruct sequence to terminate the moon base and the aliens. BackTrack is a first-person shooter with graphics and gameplay comparable to Wolfenstein 3D In contrast to the all-time classic it comes with several multiplayer modes like Deathmatch and Matrix Assault. Bots are also supported in multiplayer sessions.
23593,NHL '94,"NHL Hockey '94, NHL Hockey 94, NHL Pro Hockey 94",1993,8.2,Sports,,,"After establishing themselves in the virtual rinks, EA combined both NHL and NHLPA licenses in NHL '94 allowing them to feature all 26 real teams (including both expansion teams) and players of the new NHL season for the first time in the series. Aside from the licenses, the gameplay for this edition sees for the first time the inclusion of the devastating one-timer shot, but to keep forwards (literally) in check, defenders also feature harder body checks, with new animations. For an additional challenge, players can also choose to control the goalkeeper manually. A popular feature in previous editions, fighting is completely removed from the game. Game modes include exhibition games (or ""regular season"" in-game), playoffs (best of one or best of seven) and an all new shoot-out mode. The main options remain basically the same couple since the establishment of the series - period length (5, 10 or 20 minutes), line changes (off, manual or the new automatic mode) and penalties (off, on, on but no offsides). While there are some minor differences between platforms (Genesis features record keeping for users and the MegaCD version has more stat screens, CD quality audio backdrops and the usual highlight clips here and there), only the PC version released at the same time features complete season action."
23595,Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye,"Shanghai II - Drachenauge, Super Shanghai: Dragon's Eye",1990,7.9,Puzzle,"Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle",,"Dragon's Eye is an installment in the tile-matching game series initiated by Activision Players try to remove mahjong tiles in pairs from a set pattern. Different versions of the game have up to eight different tile sets, twelve patterns based on the animals of the Chinese zodiac, and a layout editor for creating patterns. In addition to the standard mode, the game also features ""Dragon's Eye"", a two-player Shanghai variant. Players take turns adding and removing tiles from a small field with one player attempting to remove all the tiles and the other trying to position tiles to make this impossible."
23597,Obsidian,,1997,7.4,Adventure,,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","The plot of this Myst -influenced 5 CD adventure game involves issues such as nanotechnology and artificial intelligence. Fortunately, the bundled strategy guide explains the basics of these subjects. Gameplay is linear and largely based around puzzles."
23599,TNN Outdoors Pro Hunter,,1998,5.9,Sports,"Hunting, Shooter",,"TNN Outdoors Pro Hunter is an animal hunting game that uses the Unreal engine and uses branding from TNN (the Nashville Network; now known as Spike TV). Through four different U.S. locations including rocky terrain and flat open fields, you hunt 9 different animals including ducks, elk, rabbits, turkeys and white tail deer. You can play in different seasons of the year which change the environment. There are 11 different weapons including 30/06 deer rifle, 12-gauge bolt action shotgun, 338 bolt action deer rifle, 357 magnum pistol, longbow, compound bow, and muzzleloader. To help you on your hunt there are tools such as cover scents, gloves, temperature aids, and even hunting dogs. You can play a multiplayer mode with 2-4 people over a LAN or through heat.net."
23603,Rock n' Roll Racing,Rock 'n' Roll Racing,1993,8.2,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Rock 'n Roll Racing is an arcade combat racing game. Combat plays a heavy role in the game, as each car has a frontal weapon, such as a laser or missile, and a drop weapon, such as spikes or mines. As you complete races, you get more money to upgrade your car. The soundtrack features famous rock tracks such as ""Born to Be Wild, ""Bad to the Bone,"" ""The Peter Gunn Theme,"" ""Highway Star"" and ""Paranoid."" The game is very similar to RPM Racing The later released PC version is an official release, but based on the SNES version incorporating the ZSNES emulator and limited to three tracks."
23606,Combat Cars,,1994,6.6,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Combat Cars is a racing game in which the player not only competes with other cars, trying to outrun them, but also uses all kinds of weapons and gadgets to damage their opponents. In the beginning of the game, the player can choose one of the eight available characters. Each character has his/her own strengths and weaknesses (speed, car handling, etc.), as well as unique weapons. The weapons include a simple gun, glue spots they can leave to trap other cars, homing missile, and others. There are 24 different tracks available in the game. The player must complete them in a linear fashion, and once they run out of time, the game is over."
23610,Hoyle Poker,Hoyle Classic Poker,1997,7.2,"Gambling, Strategy / tactics",Cards / tiles,,"Although Sierra tried its hand (no pun intended) at other card games, this is their first foray into the world of poker. The game offers all the excitement of a real poker game mixed with Sierra's unique brand of humour. The game offers a total of 20 variations on popular poker games including: Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, High Chicago, Cincinnati, Baseball, 5 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo, Jacks or Better, Criss Cross, Dealers Choice, 5 Card Draw and 5 Card Draw Lo-ball. In single-player offline mode, you can select up to 7 opponents to play against, each with their own personality, playing style and skill level. The animated AI characters are well done and if you study them carefully, you can figure out each player's tell which gives away the fact that they have a good hand. The Attitude Meter adjusts the speed of the game; setting it higher results in more animation and comments from the AI players, whereas setting it lower, keeps them quiet and offers a faster pace game. You start with a bankroll of $1,000 in case with another $9,000 in your bank account which you can access via an ATM (it also has a personality of it's own). Once you've mastered the game (or become tired of the AI players), check out the on-line play mode and see how your skills match up with real players from around the world."
23611,Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure,Bill & Ted's Adventure,1991,5.6,Action,Puzzle elements,,"The Lynx title based on the Keanu Reeves/Alex Winter film franchise actually takes place after the second film, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey Out for revenge after being humiliated by the high-school duo, Death kidnaps their ""medieval babe"" girlfriends from the first film, and drags them throughout history. Luckily, the girls are able to leave behind pages of the band's latest song as a trail for Bill and Ted to follow. Playing as either Bill or Ted (with a friend able to take control of the other character over ComLynx), the player must search historical periods in an overhead perspective and collect enough musical notes to open travel to a new area. Along the way, they can encounter historical figures who will offer assistance in return for a favor. Bad guys do populate the levels, but can be pacified with a rippin' guitar solo. If Bill or Ted are defeated, they simply reappear back at the last checkpoint. Other items can be found and collected in an inventory. The Lynx title makes use of the series' interesting take on the time continuum, allowing the player to leave items for themselves in the past to collect and use in the future. Likewise, if the player happens upon a sudden fortuitous item that ""they"" left, they must remember to go and leave the item in the past themselves to avoid creating a time paradox. This quirky view of time forms the basis of many of the game's puzzles. A password system is constantly updated (viewable at the pause screen) to save the player's progress."
23615,Game Over,,1987,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"In a distant lost Galaxy in the immensity of the Universe, a gorgeous and evil woman had put under her with her intelligence and an immense army of Terminators of the five planet confederations located beyond Alpha Centauri. All the power of Gremla rested in the almost religious fidelity of her lieutenant Arkos; nevertheless, the intelligence of this Mega-Terminator of battle had evolved on the last ultraguarks in such a way that, finally, he left Gremla and he was united to the troops of the sidereal infantry, who commanded the general of the blue star Mc Killer. As far as the game in itself, it's frenetic arcade divided in two parts, in which when it stops to arrive at second, you needed a key access that you obtained at the end of first."
23619,Coil Cop,'Thing' Bounces Back,1987,7.2,Action,Platform,,"The star of Thing on a Spring returns in this sequel. The evil Toy Goblin is up to his old tricks, with his giant toy factory producing thousands of evil toys. In order to shut down the factory, Thing must travel through the factory's 11 different levels and collect the tape, floppy disk, listing paper and ROM chip scattered throughout. The levels are filled with slopes, conveyor belts, interconnected pipework (years before Sonic the Hedgehog ), and lots of foes to avoid. Question mark times have variable effects: stepping onto them reveals bonus points, objects, or a large weight that squashes Thing flat. As Thing takes damage from enemies or weights, his oil level is reduced. When Thing runs out of oil, he becomes rusted and the game ends. To move between levels, Thing must enter the pipework through a vent and bounce around the pipes to find an exit."
23620,Alien vs Predator: The Last of His Clan,Alien vs Predator,1993,5.8,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2593, on the planet Alpha Centauri 3, Predators looking for a hunting ground plant Alien eggs. The Aliens soon hatch and wipe out the human population. However, when the Predators move in for the hunt, they find they are vastly outnumbered and suffer the same fate. Only one of them survives. He theorizes that among the hatched Aliens there was a queen that laid additional eggs, which would explain the huge number of Aliens. The last survivor sets out to destroy the queen and regain the honor of his clan. The Predator must traverse several side-scrolling levels on his way to the queen, while destroying Aliens in all their forms - facehuggers hatched from eggs, chestburster aliens and fully grown warriors. Various weapons are available: the standard weapon are the wrist blades. Ammunition for the shoulder cannon, the cutting disks and bombs must be picked up. The bombs not only work as weapons but can also be used to destroy barriers. To avoid a fight altogether, the Predator can also use his invisibility system, which runs down the energy supply. To recharge it, energy powerups must be collected. Also hidden in the levels are keys that open up doors blocking the way into the next area. A small radar map helps in navigating the maze-like corridors and also displays approaching enemies."
23624,Triple Play 99,Triple Play Baseball '99,1998,7.3,"Simulation, Sports",,,"This iteration of EA's baseball simulation adds 3D hardware support, a career mode, and a full-league draft. It features official Major League Baseball statistics and names of all teams and players from the 1998 season. Other modes include single-game exhibition, home run derby, play-off, tournament, season and manager. The new career mode allows you to play multiple seasons. Tournament mode allows you to create a custom tournament with up to eight teams. The Full-league draft allows you to build your own team from scratch using trade points, that determine the amount of and skill of players you can acquire. Manager mode has you looking at all the statistics behind the game instead of the more action based actual ball game. Multiplayer options for PC version include modem, LAN and internet modes. Playstation supports two player split-screen. The game's commentary is supplied by Jim Hughson and Buck Martinez"
23625,Vanishing Point,,2000,7.0,Racing / Driving,,,"Vanishing Point is an arcade style racer featuring real cars and road course style tracks. The main difference between Vanishing Point and countless other racers is that you are never racing directly against other cars, but rather are racing against the clock. Your position at the end of the race depends solely on your time, not on your finishing position relative to other cars. What's more, there are loads of computer controlled cars that are there simply to slow you down. The standard racing game modes are here: Tournament, Time Trial, and Single Race. One unique feature, however, is the stunt competition. You can compete in a series of events that test various driving skills in timed events. Some example events are the long jump and the slalom. The selection of cars is quite diverse. You can race vehicles that range from low performance, like a VW Microbus, to high performance, like a Dodge Viper."
23627,Rise of the Phoenix,"Kōryūki, Xiang Liu Ji",1993,7.2,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"Another in the long line of Koei strategy games, this one takes place in 206 B.C. as two rival warlords, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fight for control of China. The gameplay consists of viewing overhead maps, showing cities and armies, letting the player view the battles which consists of a castle siege and an open-field battle. Among the many options, the player can choose to move or attack among others such as sending secret night raids into enemy camps, take control of towns and cities, set up ambushes and even dam up rivers to divert them into flooding out an enemy fortress. The goal of the game is to destroy the enemy army and take control of all the cities in China by building armies and raising taxes in occupied territories in order to build the army. The player can choose either Lui Bang or Xiang Yu, playing against the computer or go head-to-head against a friend."
23637,Ballistix,"Ballistix!, Thunder Ball",1989,6.7,Action,Arcade,,"Psygnosis' Ballistix is an arcade game in which you have to manipulate a ball in order to score a goal with your opponent. To do this, you will control an arrow that defines a direction, and pressing the fire key will launch a ball from this arrow in the direction the arrow points to; by launching balls at correct angles, you will manipulate the main ball and control the way it moves. Ballistix also keeps certain physics laws (namely gravity and friction), and will present you with varying obstacles in either one or two player mode."
23640,Prehistorik Man,P-Man,1995,7.2,Action,Platform,,"In Prehistorik Man the player takes control of a neanderthal who is on a quest to travel through various levels, collecting food items to get his village ready for the fast approaching fall feast. Along the way, the player will encounter an assortment of enemies ranging from spiders, giant rats and even the mighty T-Rex. There are five levels in all and the player can upgrade their weapons to axes and mallets throughout the game as well as acquire a hang glider, giving the player the advantage of flight and covering long distances. The main goal of the game is to vanquish enemies, collect food items, and face a boss at the end of each level."
23641,Finders Keepers,King of the Castle,1985,7.4,Action,"Graphic adventure, Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The King of Isbisima has entrusted you, Magic Knight with the task of getting a present for his daughter. He sends you into the castle of Spriteland, which is overloading with treasures to uncover. Whether you return with them to please the King, or simply flee with everything you can get, is up to you. Either way, the gameplay is platform-based, with enemies floating around to rob you of energy on contact. There are also scrolling mazes to move through. As you collect objects (often by using some of the other items you collect, to create chemical reactions of sorts and adding an element of lateral thinking), you must try to trade them for the most valuable items you can get."
23642,Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge,Nakajima Satoru Kanshū F-1 Hero MD,1992,6.2,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,Oceania,"Following F1 Grand Prix Nakajima Satoru Varie produced another racing simulation using the license. This time the racing is from a first person view aping Super Monaco Grand Prix The car setup can be modified before you take to the track There is a Time Attack mode, allowing you to go for as fast a laptime as possible on any of the game's 20 circuits (which include the 16 tracks of the 1992 Formula 1 season), as well as a full season mode, with qualifying and the race itself. Weather can be customised in the Time Attack mode but is randomly chosen in Grand Prix mode, while you can only choose one of the D-tier teams (the 4 weakest of the 16) in grand Prix mode, but can drive for McLaren, Williams et al in Time Attack."
23653,Age of Wonders,,1999,7.8,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Fantasy,"Age of Wonders is a turn-based strategy game set in a fantasy scenario. The campaign can be played on two sides and tells a tale how the humans come to a new land and destabilized the peace between the races, throwing the land into war. The game also features several stand-alone scenarios. There is an extensive diplomatic matrix which structures the relationships between the 12 races and their respective leaders. There are global-spells which can be cast on the strategic map, outside of tactical combat. Creatures can move around without being led by a hero, so the map eventually crawls with all sorts of strange beings. Neutral forces are not always static, most of them move around and sometimes attack the 12 races. The automatic tactical-combat mode shows a somewhat detailed overview of the combat simulation: it is a worthwhile substitute for impatient gamers, especially in multiplayer encounters. As in Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia and Master of Magic heroes are very important. They reach new levels of skill and power with experience and can be equipped with artifacts. But they do have limitations that usually do not allow a solitary hero to overrun a city-garrison all by himself. Pre-game customization allows the following choices: 5 levels of AI skill (with the 1.2 patch), 5 AI personalities (from very violent to defensive), ""classic"" turn-based moves or simultaneous turns, incarnation of the player as the main hero (if he dies, it's game over for that side), selection of the main hero's name, face, and bonus sword-and-sorcery attributes, etc. The map editor allows the gamer to create new maps, which can have up to 3 geological levels (one or two can be placed underground, with a cramped and dark tunnel-design)."
23660,Madden NFL 97,,1996,7.5,Sports,,,"Welcome to Madden NFL 97 the game that captures the excitement of a 30 yard touchdown pass, the strategy of a well executed scoring drive, and the atmosphere of a crisp autumn afternoon in the stadium. Madden NFL 97 delivers state of the art graphics and sound -- and with modem and network support, it's ready to put your competitive skills to the test."
23661,Anticipation,,1988,6.1,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Party game",,"Anticipation is a video board game for one to four players (both computer and human). The object of the game is to be the first to collect a card for each of the four colors on the game board. During each turn the computer will display seemingly random dots, then a pencil starts connecting the dots to form a picture. The first player to correctly identify the picture will earn a card for the color of the picture being drawn. As the picture draws, a dice on the screen will count down from 6 to 1. Whatever value is showing when a player successfully identifies the picture is the number of spaces that players game piece will move on the game board for the next turn. The color of the space the game piece lands on will dictate the category for the next picture to be drawn. Each game will choose four categories from the various options, which include: tools, man made, clothing, food, math, office, travel, music, things, natural, leisure, and many others. After you've mastered the easier skill levels, the difficulty can be increased which will present more complicated pictures, remove some of the dots from the picture, or eliminate the dots entirely. The game supports one to four players, however the NES satellite is not supported. If three or four players are competing, then two players will need to share a single controller. The control pad or A/B buttons would ring in a player who knew the answer for the picture being drawn, then the controller would have to be handed to that player in order to enter in the answer."
23662,Black Fire,,1995,6.6,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Black Fire the player takes control of the most sophisticated helicopter on the planet taking on a very dangerous enemy. The player's helicopter is state of the art, but the enemy they are fighting has acquired alien technology and is using it to try and conquer the world and it is up to the player to use all the flying skill they have and try to stop them. Black Fire is rendered in 3-D and has a 360 degree field to maneuver. The chopper is outfitted with missiles and machine guns and flies through 15 levels, destroying enemy targets and providing support to allied units with the story told through CGI cutscenes."
23683,E.V.O.: Search for Eden,46 Okunen Monogatari ~Harukanaru Eden E~,1992,7.1,Action,RPG elements,Prehistoric,"The storyline of E.V.O.: Search for Eden follows the same patterns as modern Evolution theories. The players first controls a prehistoric sea organism, and fights to gain evolution points with which he can improve his fish's body parts and upgrade his attack/defense abilities. The gameplay is not completely linear, which means that certain choices of paths and stages will affect the player's success. The game is composed of a series of stages, in which the sea organism slowly evolves into an amphibian, and later a land-only creature. The physical changes are fairly scientifically accurate which gives the game a semi-educational purpose as well. E.V.O.: Search for Eden is based on the Japan-only computer game 46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinkaron While the basic premise of the game is the same, there are significant changes in gameplay and the layout of the game world. In the computer release, the battles against other creatures were turn-based; here, the combat is real time, which effectively turns this version into an action RPG. The stages, while retaining similar themes, have a completely different layout. Side-scrolling view prevails over the original's top-down perspective. There are also boss battles that were absent in the original version. Character building (""evolution"") is also different. Instead of distributing evolution points into four parameters, the player now basically ""buys"" upgrades, which have a fixed ""price"". The player is able to acquire such upgrades for the creature's body parts (jaws, neck, body, etc.), raising their parameters and becoming stronger. Story elements, friendly characters (NPCs), and quest-based structure that characterized the original game have been reduced and/or omitted in this release."
23686,Popeye,,1982,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"As Popeye you are trying to win Olive Oyl's love! She is at the top of the screen dropping tokens of her love, and you need to collect them before they hit the ground. After you have collected the required number of items, you can move on to the next, more difficult level. There are many obstacles trying to stop you from completing your task, though! Brutus wanders around the screen and is constantly trying to catch you. If you collect a can of spinach, you can temporarily knock him out, otherwise, Brutus will knock you out. Other objects such as bottles or birds are also flying around the screen and will cause you to lose one of your lives if you are hit. Each level features a different layout of platforms and ladders, and will have you collecting different items as they float towards the bottom of the screen!"
23703,Oxyd,,1990,7.5,Puzzle,,,"You control a black orb that is trapped in a puzzle-like labyrinth. A level is called a landscape and there are 200 landscapes to solve. The main gameplay element consists of opening the so-called oxydstones. You can bump against an oxydstone and a colored symbol will appear. Uncover two of the same colors and they will stay open, making it a memory-like game. Open all oxydstones to solve a landscape. To make things more interesting there are walls, pitfalls, quicksand, one-way walls, breakable tiles, reflecting lasers (for Deflektor -like puzzle solving), movable blocks (for Sokoban -like puzzle solving), tiles that crumble away when you roll over them, doors, switches, etc. Some of the landscapes contain items that you can pick up and use. Items include pieces of paper with hints, umbrellas that give you the ability to float, bombs to blow up walls, or a spring to jump across gaps. To mix up the gameplay, every tenth landscape is a meditation landscape where you simultaneously control several green orbs. Manoeuvre each of the orbs into a pit to solve these landscapes."
23710,One Must Fall 2097,"OMF, OMF:2097",1994,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Sci-fi / futuristic,"One Must Fall 2097 is a fighting game with a twist. Instead of the usual Street Fighter II trend of games, in this game you play one of 10 characters controlling one of 10 huge robots in a fighting match. According to the game, in the year 2097, the human race is controlled by one company known as W.A.R., which started as a small company providing the Earth government with construction robots. After a while W.A.R. grew further and further and eventually took over Earth Gov. In the year 2097, W.A.R. decided to colonize Ganymede, one of Jupiter's moons. Because of the harsh climate and difficult terrain, they sought for one person, the best of the best, to rule Ganymede for them. They've decided the best way to choose this person is to organize a huge contest, in which the winner will earn a seat in the W.A.R. high counsel and control of Ganymede. You're one of the contestants, and you want to win."
23714,Ms. Pac-Man: Special Color Edition,Ms. Pac-Man: Special Colour Edition,1999,6.9,"Action, Compilation",Arcade,,"In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Pac-Man, this game pack includes a conversion of the original Mrs. Pac-Man with alternating two player mode, as well as Super Pac-Man"
23719,Screamer,Bleifuss,1995,7.7,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Screamer is a traditional arcade racing game. The player can drive many different cars such as a Corvette, a Porsche 911, and others. The game has varied tracks, all of which are available in backwards mode. Players can take on the Bullet car for the ultimate championship race."
23725,Scrabble: CD-ROM Crossword Game,,1999,7.0,"Puzzle, Strategy / tactics","Board game, Word construction",,"Scrabble: CD-ROM Crossword Game is a game which simulates the board game Scrabble. The premise is simple: Form words with a limited set of letters. The game has a build-in dictionary, an AI opponent with adjustable skill level and several help functions for inexperienced players. It also features 11 mini games to brush up ones scrabble skills, e.g. the player has to find as many 2-letter or 3-letter words as possible, find the best place on the board to place a given word or use all given letters to build a word. In the tournament mode there is a time limit and the help functions are disabled."
23726,Action 52,A52,1993,3.9,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Platform",,"Action 52 features 52 different games in a single cartridge. Some of them are the same as those included with the identically entitled NES compilation though most are unique to this release. The games are selected from a colored menu and are mostly side scrolling, platform or shooter action games. Each game is written in one color, yellow meaning ""expert"", purple ""intermediate"", green ""beginner"", blue ""two players"" and white ""special"". The games included are: The game also offers a music demo screen and a randomizer, which picks a game at random."
23728,Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain,"Pax Imperia 2, Pax Imperia: Die Sternenkolonie",1997,6.9,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This game is mix between Master of Orion and Imperium Galactica II. You can be one of many races, each with advantages and disadvantages. The whole game is very customizable, from allowing you to customize galaxy size to designing your own ships."
23737,MasterType,MasterType: The Typing Instruction Game,1981,7.1,"Action, Educational",Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"MasterType is an educational game that teaches the player how to type with the keyboard. In the game, the MasterType is a powerful wizard who is helping the player defending his command ship by using his laser-like force. The command ship is stationed in the center of the screen and from each corner of the screen, missiles are launched toward the ship. In each corner of the screen, there is a word and by successfully typing in these words the wizard uses his force to zap the missiles. The command ship has four areas and when an area has been hit by a missile, it's shield will be destroyed. If the same area is hit a second time, the whole ship will explode and the game will be over. The game consists of 17 or 18 lessons depending on the version and is chosen before the game begins. The first lesson deals with the home row keys (a to ;) and the player only has to enter single letters. As the difficulty increases with each lesson, longer and more complex phrases needs to be typed in. Once a lesson is completed, the player gets a summary showing how successful they have been and whether further practice is needed. Some options exist to alter the game after the player's needs. A beginner mode can be turned on and it's also possible to set a speed goal (number of words per minute). In addition to the lessons included, it is also possible for the player to create new lessons."
23744,NFL GameDay,,1996,7.9,Sports,,,"This is the first installment in the NFL GameDay series, and has all the players, teams, stadiums, stats, and injuries. There is a variety of offensive and defensive moves you can use including dives, spins, and stiff arms on offense; and dives, jumps, forearm bashes, and swim moves on defense."
23746,Jeff Gordon XS Racing,,1999,6.4,Racing / Driving,,,"This is Jeff Gordon's vision of the future of racing. You get to race futuristic cars around some really cool tracks. The cars fly over jumps, slide around huge banked turns, and repair themselves when they get damaged. You can also get racing tips from an FMV Jeff Gordon."
23758,Rambo III,Stallone Rambo III,1988,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Asia,"Rambo's mission is set deep in Afghanistan, in the days when the Soviets occupied it, and America was putting this right (we won't mention who they enlisted to do so). Colonel Trautman has been kidnapped by the Soviets, and Rambo is going in to rescue him. Doing so is a three-part operation approximately following the plot of the film. In the first part, Rambo will explore the building Trautman could be in, through a top-down view. It is heavily protected by infrared security beams, which when activated unleash the enemies. The locations of the beams are only apparent by collecting special goggles. Other hazards include mines, trapdoors and booby-trapped doors, but there are enhanced weapons to collect. Section two is identical to the first, except that it is located outside, the enemies are onto Rambo from the start, and there are no traps. The final section changes to an Operation Wolf -style shoot 'em up, with a horde of tanks, foot soldiers and helicopters to face. Rambo's gun can jam, which adds to the challenge of finally getting out alive."
23760,Chō Jikū Yōsai Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie,,1993,7.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The legend of the Valkyrie pilots is not yet over. Hikaru, Max, and Millia take flight to defend the earth from Zentraedi, robots, more robots, and giant space crab-bees. Now is the time to scramble Valkyrie again. When starting a game or continuing the player picks from either Hikaru, Max, or Millia. Each flies a custom Valkyrie with its own set weapon load-out. A Valkyrie changes its weapon and movement speed by switching between its three forms: Fighter, Gerwalk, and Battroid. Typically the Valkyrie weapon shoots straight and quickly, the Gerwalk weapon shoots around or through obstacles, and the Battroid weapon does higher damage in exchange for reduced firing rate. Each weapon can be upgraded up to twice by picking up power up items dropped by special enemy ships, but one level of power up will be lost any time the Valkyrie is shot. If a Valkyrie's entire life bar is depleted then the full stage must be repeated, provided the player still has enough continues. In a nod to Galaga the player is able to capture some enemy craft to increase their firepower. If the player does not shoot any weapons for a few seconds a field of electricity will cover the Valkyrie. Touching some enemy ships will then cause their targeting to be shorted out and make them friendly to the player, following along and shooting or ramming onscreen enemies."
23769,The Arc of Yesod,,1985,7.1,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Nodes of Yesod a monolith was discovered on the moon that transferred data vital to earth's security to an alien planet. After an attempt to destroy the monolith failed, it was transported to its creators the Ariatans. Now it is up to Charlie to travel to the planet Ariat and prevent the Ariatans from accessing the data. Gameplay in Arc of Yesod is very similar to its predecessor Seen from a side-scrolling perspective, Charlie has to explore many large caverns, filled with enemies and transporters, and find eight crystals that he hopes will help him destroy the monolith for good. To get rid of his enemies, he can once again control a device similar to the mole in Nodes of Yesod. Pressing up on the joystick releases a small sphere that can be moved across the screen (while Charlie stands still) and shoot at enemies. Once again, there are enemies that are immune to the sphere, including a spaceman who, when touched, takes away one of Charlie's crystals."
23776,Sagaia,"Darius II, Super Darius II",1989,7.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Long time ago, the planet of Darius went into ruin but Proco and Tiat of Darius gave birth to a new planet and named it Orga. After the passing of many centuries, Proco Jr. and Tiat Young receive a strange radio broadcast from the galaxy. They discover the radio broadcast is a mayday signal from another descendant of Darius. They board the Silverhawk, preparing to defeat an evil force and journey to the galaxy. Darius II or Sagaia as it is known in the West, is the second installment in Taito's shoot 'em up series. Its main distinguishing features are the non-linear level system and the enemies, which are different kinds of seafood."
23777,Wings 2: Aces High,"Blazing Skies, Sky Mission",1992,6.8,"Action, Simulation",,World War I,"The game takes place during World War 1. Choose one of the five allied fighter pilots to do battle against the Central Powers. The game consists of 20 missions with the final one culminating with a battle between the player and ""The Red Baron"". Missions are basically the same as in its' predecessor Wings There are bombing missions where you have to take out targets that were circled in an aerial photograph, strafing runs where you get to blast anything that you fancy blasting with an unlimited supply of ammo, and of course the main part: dogfights in the sky. If a mission is completed successfully, the player can power up the successful pilot in four skill categories: flying, shooting, mechanics, and stamina. A failed mission can lead to either a dishonorable discharge or death for the pilot."
23783,A Collection of Activision Classic Games for the Atari 2600,Activision Classics,1998,5.7,Compilation,,,A collection of 30 classic Activision and Imagic titles originally published for the Atari 2600:
23784,Cauldron II: The Pumpkin Strikes Back,"Cauldron II: La Calabaza Contraataca, Cauldron II: La Citrouille Contre-Attaque, Hexenküche II: Der Kürbis schlägt zurück",1986,7.6,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, Shooter",Fantasy,"An evil witch has brought evil and darkness to the enchanted wood, wiping out all but 1 of the innocent pumpkins. As the poem in the instructions sheet explains, the only way to put things right is to capture a lock of her hair, then take it to the cauldron and cast a spell to undo things. Controlling the pumpkin is difficult at first, as it has a very high bounce, the exact level of which can be toggled using the 5 key. Direction can only be changed when the ball is on the ground. Ricocheting into enemies costs energy, and you only gain weaponry by landing into magic pools. The starting positions are random, making mapping advisable and increasing the initial challenge. Even then, enemies respawn quickly, so all you're doing is buying a little time to pass them. Others can't be shot, and must be passed by possessing the right object - possibly one of the 5 you will ultimately need to vanquish the witch."
23793,Ed Hunter,,1999,4.3,Action,Rail shooter,,"Ed Hunter is a rail shooter set in a series of levels based on some of Iron Maiden’s most popular albums. Ed Hunter, the main character, is a private detective hired to free Eddie (Iron Maiden’s mascot) from an insane asylum. Hunter begins in London’s East Side, shooting thugs armed with guns and bottles who either charge at Hunter or pop-up suddenly, fun house style. The game moves to the asylum where Eddie escapes, leading the player on a chase through Hell and other nightmarish levels. Ed Hunter, the game, comprises the last two disks of the three CD Ed Hunter album. The album acts as a greatest hits collection, with its twenty tracks having been selected by fans on the Maiden Website. These tracks play during the game. Ed Hunter supports one or two players, offline."
23794,Das Amt,,1995,7.1,Simulation,,,"In this game you are playing as a just elected mayor of the small Bavarian village Tupfingen. It is no serious political simulation but a snappy satire of the Bavarian lifestyle and their politics. When you start your game you have to choose your political goals, e.g. support the agriculture or become the site of the Olympic Games. The most important businesses of Tupfingen are tourism, agriculture, small business enterprises and clubs. Of course every one of them wants you to support them and every one has lobbyists in the local council which have the power to foil your plans if dissatisfied. If that's the case you have to bribe your way to success - but not with official money but with the winnings of your butchery (which success depends also on the political situation). Every round lasts a few minutes in which you have to adhere deadlines to every important decision which arises, e.g. negotiations with estate agents or potential investors. Also there is the matter of expanding the agenda for the next local council meeting. On these meetings you have to enforce your plans against your political enemies - with arguments or bribes. A special gimmick are humorous videos from the German news magazine ""heute journal"" with the original newsreaders where they comment on your successes or failings. The graphics are consisting solely of stills, Bavarian folk music accompanies you during the game."
23801,Spider-Man,Spider Man,1982,6.7,Action,Arcade,,"The Green Goblin has set a super bomb at the top of a high voltage tower located on the top of a skyscaper! As Spider-Man, you need to scale the building and defuse the bomb. Use your web to climb the building, but be careful of Green Goblin's villians which appear in the windows trying to stop you. If your web line goes too close to a villian, it will be cut and Spider-Man will fall. If you're careful, you can swing back and forth to capture the villians for bonus points. When you reach the top of the building, it's time to climb up the high voltage tower which is booby trapped with bombs. The bombs can be defused or avoided to get to the top, but just make sure you aren't too close to one that explodes! Once you arrive at the top of the tower, Green Goblin himself will be protecting the super bomb he has planted there. If you can sneak past Green Goblin and defuse the super bomb, the level is complete and you then move on to the next, more challenging level."
23802,Peak Performance,Tōge Max: Saisoku Drift Master,1997,6.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Peak Performance is an arcade-style racing game similar to Cruis'n USA with over 20 vehicles ranging from normal street cars to high-end performance race cars and even buses and scooters. There are five different tracks to choose from: Seven Tight Corners, Uptown Driveway, Northern Country, Bay Area, and Pikes Peak Hill Climb along with the ability to change weather conditions to add more challenge. Not only can players compete against 11 other A.I. drivers, they can also face off against a friend using a split-screen of their choosing (either vertical or horizontal) which will merge into one screen when the players come into close contact. There is also a Time-Trial mode where players race against the clock in an attempt to unlock certain vehicles by either beating certain times or finding them hidden on the track. A Course Edit mode is also present that allows players to create their own Time Trial tracks and place time interval markers anywhere on the course. Also featured on the cover is Robby Unser, an eight-time winner of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb."
23805,Carcharodon: White Sharks,,1991,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A horizontal shoot-em-up in the vein of Silkworm; you fly a plane (a 'White Shark' no less) across various terrains killing baddies. The reason this game stands out the most is its innovative attempt at a weapons system, which allows the player to choose from up to 37 million weapon combinations(!)."
23809,All-American Championship Football,,1994,7.3,Sports,,,"Two teams of explosive athletes face off in the name of moving the pigskin across the other team's goal line in this action-packed take on America's most popular sport. Strategy and dexterity both play a part. Fade back for a touchdown pass, or zigzag through tenacious defenders as you muscle your way to the goal line. Use the special command to execute a Power Move at the right time to break a tackle. Choose from 28 teams and try them out in exhibition play before starting your password-supported season. Select from 6 offensive formations and 51 offensive plays such as the Half Back Option or the Play Action Pass. You can also select 45 defensive plays such as the Red Dog or Safety Blitz from 6 defensive formations. You'll thrill to the non-stop action of professional football as you pave a path to gridiron glory! Source: Back of Box - SNES (UK)"
23810,Mission: Impossible,Missão: Impossível – “Espere o Impossível”,1999,7.2,Action,Platform,,"Tie-in of Brian De Palma's popular movie ""Mission: Impossible"", a side-scrolling action/adventure. Playing the secret agent Ethan Hunt, the player has to fight international terrorists. Assisted by his IMF team, he sneaks into enemy bases, blows up ammunition depots, retrieves stolen information and takes out the terrorists, using high-tech gadgets and weapons. The game comes with an ""Agent Action Kit"", a sort of organizer that uses the cartridge's battery backed-up memory to store names and addresses and send messages. This feature is totally unrelated to the game itself."
23812,Fables & Fiends: The Legend of Kyrandia - Book One,"Kyrandia 1, The Legend of Kyrandia: Book One",1992,7.7,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The Legend of Kyrandia is the first in a trilogy of adventure games by Westwood In this game the player controls Brandon, grandson of Kallak - a wizard of the realm of Kyrandia. Malcolm, a psychotic jester imprisoned in the past by Kallak, has broken free and wishes to take over the land as well as lay down his revenge. He turns Kallak into stone leaving him with only his eyes, so that Kallak is not denied his tears for Kyrandia's sake. This is where Brandon steps in; returning home shortly afterwards only to find that his grandfather has been turned into stone, Brandon is being told by a messenger from the Realm of the Land that he has been chosen to embark on a journey that will rid this realm of Malcolm and his evil. He has to prove himself not only a hero, but a worthy heir to the crown and ultimately of becoming a king. Throughout the journey Brandon will collect many items and also learn how to master magic. Available spells include disappearing, healing yourself, summoning ice upon fire and shifting into a wisp. Interaction with the environment is confined to highlighted items, and a single cursor is used for all actions, without differentiating precise commands."
23817,San Francisco Rush 2049,,2000,5.4,Racing / Driving,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"San Francisco Rush 2049 for Game Boy Color is a loose adaptation of the arcade/console game of the same name Besides employing 2D graphics appropriate to the platform, it features different tracks and a limited selection of modes and cars. The game includes five different cars (all of which handle differently) and nine tracks. Only the first track can be chosen from the start. Subsequent tracks are unlocked by placing third place or higher in a circuit race on the previous track. Once a track is unlocked, it can also be used for a time trial race. The races are shown in a pseudo-3D bird's eye view, with tunnels and signs sometimes obscuring the racers. A major gameplay element is picking up power-up icons: the turbo icon delivers a short speed burst, necessary for beating the competition. There is also a grip icon that temporarily improves handling. Oil slicks on the tracks should be avoided."
23821,Joshua & the Battle of Jericho,"Exodus 2, Joshua",1992,6.7,"Action, Educational",Puzzle elements,,"In this game the player controls Joshua, the leader of the Jewish people after the death of Moses. Joshua must lead the Israelites into the Promised Land (Canaan), but there are many puzzles and obstacles that stand in his way - falling rocks, hostile soldiers and other things. Using his horn and other special weapons to defeat enemies, Joshua will face some of the nations mentioned in the Bible, such as the Hitties, the Amorites, the Gibeonites, and the Gezerites."
23825,Blockout,Block Out,1989,7.0,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"Blockout is a Tetris variant with an added twist: it's in 3D. The player can rotate the blocks in 3D in order to fit them into the pit they are being guided into. Advanced users can play this game with odd three-dimensional pieces, or change the size of the pit, for depth of between 6 and 18 piles, and width and length of between 3 and 7."
23826,Sarcophaser,,1988,6.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up puts you in control of a Sarcophaser souped-up spaceship. Waves of enemies must be faced, including arrays of dots through which a path must be obtained. Most vanquished foes release tokens, which can be traded in for one of the 5 available enhancements, including double-fire, reverse fire and bombs. There is a guardian at the end of each level."
23833,Burnout,,1996,6.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Burnout is about battling cars in four different arenas. Last one standing is the winner. Up to four cars take part in each battle - computer or human controlled - and there are four different types of car for you to choose from. After every second bout you pay a visit to a shop where you can buy upgrades to your car: extra shield, engine or weapons helping you last a little longer in the game. It is possible to download extra arenas and cars from Aminet."
23837,Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2 - Martian Dreams,,1991,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,"Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk","Following the events depicted in The Savage Empire the Avatar and his friend Dr. Spector receive a book that contains the knowledge of time traveling. They are taken to the year 1893, witnessing Percival Lowell prepare a space cannon not unlike the one described in Jules Verne's works, with the intention of sending humans to Mars. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, the cannon is fired during the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, with several famous people of the time on board. The Avatar and his companions follow, only to be transferred into the mysterious and dangerous world of the Martian civilization. The second entry in the Worlds of Ultima series is very similar to its predecessor visually and gameplay-wise. Like the first game, it utilizes the Ultima VI engine, and is a top-down role-playing game set in a seamless graphical environment and featuring turn-based party combat. Conversations with characters, interaction with the game world, and acquiring crucial items occupy a significant portion of the gameplay. Many supporting characters are famous real-world figures from the depicted time period, such as Marie Curie Sigmund Freud Nikola Tesla and others."
23849,Code-Name: Iceman,"Code Name: Iceman, Code-Name: Iceman - a 3-D Animated Adventure Game, Codename: Iceman",1989,6.7,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Africa, Oceania","In the beginning of the 21st century, Earth is experiencing a global oil shortage. Surprisingly, Tunisia remains one of the few countries still in possession of large quantities of high-quality oil. USA and Soviet governments race each other in their attempts to purchase as much oil as possible. Finally, the Soviets take a step further and kidnap the US ambassador, hoping to provoke an international incident. Naval Officer Johnny Westland is sent to Tunisia with the order of rescuing the ambassador and preventing further escalation of the conflict. Code-Name: Iceman is primarily an adventure game similar to Sierra's other works in that genre. The player navigates the protagonist in eight different directions from third-person view, and types text commands to interact with the environment. The command ""Look"" may be typed separately and lead to different text descriptions depending on where on screen the protagonist is positioned. The game is similar to Police Quest series in that it relies on realistic procedures, in this case military instructions, first aid, etc. The player may reach dead ends and resort to restoring an earlier save if some of these procedures are not followed properly. In addition, a considerable portion of the game consists of submarine simulation, requiring the player to navigate a submarine and fight enemy craft."
23852,F-14 Tomcat,,1989,7.2,"Action, Simulation",,,"F-14 Tomcat is a simulation of the U.S. Navy's carrier-based air superiority fighter. The game offers a quick mode, in which one of 80 randomly assigned missions can be flown, but the main attraction is the extensive career mode. It begins with three sets of training missions, featuring basic flight and combat maneuvers and mock dogfights against flight instructors. Good performance here is necessary to advance. It also determines whether the player's pilot will get an impressive or unfavorable callsign as well as final tour of duty assignment. The main tour of duty places the player on the aircraft carrier Nimitz flying combat missions against Soviet-produced jets like the MiG-21, MiG-25 and MiG-29, as well as American-built F-4s. Gameplay is seen from a cockpit perspective modeled after the genuine article. Available weapons include Phoenix, AMRAAM and Sidewinder missiles as well as the Vulcan cannon. There are two basic kinds of missions: if war has already broken out, every enemy plane is considered hostile and can be fired on at will. At other times, orders will be not to fire until being fired upon. In such missions, it is possible to warn away the enemy aircraft via radio, or ask for permission to fire from headquarters. Depending on mission performance, many career paths are possible. An excellent mission record will result in promotions and medals. Violating orders, ejecting without proper reason or poor performance may result in reprimands or even the revocation of flight privileges. On bailing out, there is the possibility of being captured by the enemy, but even then the game is not over, because there is a chance of being rescued. There are also R&R periods, but upon returning to duty a refresher course is in order. Having an excellent performance record at the right age may lead to being called to Top Gun School to compete against the best of the best of the Navy's pilots. Finally, a pilot's career hopefully ends with honorary retirement and not being killed in action."
23856,James Bond 007 in The Living Daylights: The Computer Game,"007: The Living Daylights, Alta Tension, James Bond 007 dans Tuer n'est pas jouer: Jeux Vidéo, James Bond 007 in Der Hauch des Todes: Das Computerspiel",1987,7.1,Action,,,"The Living Daylights is a side-scrolling action game which features eight levels of gameplay, centered around the Timothy Dalton movie of the same name. Beginning with a ""training"" mission in Gibraltar, Bond then assists General Koskov's defection to the West, rescues a Bond girl, fights off henchmen, and takes on an evil weapons dealer. Bond can run, duck, jump and use weapons created by Q (including the Ghetto Blaster) and take out enemies with his trusted Walther PPK."
23859,David O'Leary's Total Soccer 2000,"Barça Total 2000, Total Soccer 2000",2000,7.6,Sports,,,"A portable version of PC's excellent Total Soccer series. The graphics are even more simplified for the Gameboy's capabilities, but the gameplay remains the same. It features 10 different practice modes, 3 levels of difficulty, leagues, championships and single-matches, and 2-player-link feature also."
23862,MetalMech: Man & Machine,"Mechanoids: Man & Machine, Metal Flame: Psybuster, Metal Mech",1990,5.6,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You control the pilot of a MetalMech vehicle (which looks similar to ED-209 of Robocop licenses ) who can move across the screen left or right, either with the mech or without, and fire any direction except straight down. The Mech is better armored, but also a bigger target and much too big to climb ladders, so you'll find yourself as much outside as inside. Your goal is to cross each level filled with randomly generating enemies and reach the next. Power-ups are hidden in various containers and in various places."
23868,Pinball Dreams II,Pinball Dreams 2,1994,7.3,Action,Pinball,,The sequel to Pinball Dreams with 4 entirely new tables:
23870,Pro Wrestling,ProWres,1986,6.6,Sports,,,"Pro Wrestling is an action wrestling game for one or two players. By using different controller combinations you can perform a wide variety of moves to try and beat your opponent in a 5 minute match. In the one player version, you need to fight your way to first place (but the game will be over if you fall below 6th place). There are seven different wrestlers to fight before you can be declared the Video Wrestling Association champion!"
23873,Fantasy Zone II,"Fantasy Zone II: The Teardrop of Opa-Opa, Fantasy Zone II: The tears of OPA-OPA",1987,7.5,Action,Shooter,,"Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa is the sequel to Fantasy Zone in which you control Opa-Opa, a pretty colored ship with wings on its side. You must destroy the large creatures in each world before moving on to the next. Your task becomes difficult by other small creatures that happen to pass by. If you destroy a large creature, they will drop a dollar bill, which you can pick up and use at the shop to buy items and powerful weapons such as laser beams, x-way shots, and big wings. Another way to get money is to shoot certain kinds of enemies all in a row. More often than not, some large creatures will reveal a warp gate rather than a dollar bill. You can go through the warp gate to get to another part of the land, and destroy more large creatures. Only one of them will have a warp gate in the form of a 'stop' sign - that is your ticket to the round boss, but you must defeat all large creatures in order to pass through it. Also like in the original can you walk on the ground to avoid approaching enemies, and spend money in the shop to get new weapons (but they only last for a limited time)."
23878,Spellbound Dizzy,Dizzy 5,1991,6.8,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Spellbound Dizzy is a continuation of the adventures of the egg and his friends, this time containing over 100 screens with individual names. Dizzy has trapped himself in a strange world whilst experimenting with a spell book, and must find his way out. Gameplay is mostly similar to the previous games, combining puzzle-solving and object manipulation with arcade-style jumps and hazard-dodging. Lateral thinking is required to decipher the riddles found on scrolls. There are also extra arcade sections on a runaway mine-cart and for a spot of scuba-diving."
23889,Action Bass,,1999,6.1,"Action, Sports",Arcade,,"Action Bass is an arcade-type fishing game that emphasizes the action of trying to catch a big fish, and the struggle of reeling it in without it getting away. The game features two game modes, which are Challenge and Free mode. In the challenge mode, players compete in a tournament where they are given three minutes to catch a fish large enough to meet the weight requirement, and this fish must also weigh enough to place within the top three of all the competitor fisherman's catches in order for the player to move on the next fishing area. The skilled fisherman who can complete the challenge mode, will be able to unlock new fishing lures and fishing areas. In the free mode, players are free to choose from four different fishing areas to practice in, with no competition or time limit to worry about. The fishing areas include fishing by the boathouse, fishing in a jungle setting, fishing by a waterfall which makes the water cloudy, and fishing while the sun is setting. When the player starts fishing, they must first choose a lure. Some of the lures include the minnow, popper, and pencil bait which each have their own characteristics. Once the line is cast, a lure action meter appears and the player has to fill it in order to attract the fish. Once the fish gets attracted and gets caught on the line, a line tension meter appears. The player has to be careful while reeling in the fish, to not let this meter fill, or else the line will snap and the fish will be lost. The player also gets to keep their 5 biggest catches alive in their aquarium."
23892,Time Fighter,,1988,5.5,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"There are seven time zones that are troubled by hostile opponents. These time zones are prehistoric, Middle Ages, Wild West, Prohibition Era, World War II, 1980's New York and the space age. You are a trans-temporal mercenary sent into these time zones to sort things out. You must defeat the hostiles as well as the creatures. The game is a side-ways scrolling platform game. You can control your character with the joystick to run left or right, jump, duck, punch and kick, and use whatever weapon you are holding. You begin with three lives which are lost when your energy is depleted. Your information panel shows you your energy, lives, score, high score and what weapon you are holding."
23896,Innocent Until Caught,"IUC, Khaf Mipesha - Lefakhot Ad She Yitafes",1993,6.5,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Innocent Until Caught is a graphic adventure game with an icon-based point-and-click interface. Jack T. Ladd is a thief, his hunting-ground is the whole galaxy, and at the moment, he's in big trouble. He's got 28 days to pay his taxes - or else the interstellar tax agency will hunt him down. Termination is a viable punishment for tax offenders in these days, you know. Stranded blank on the barren, run-down planet Tayte, Jack decides that he has to make some cash. Quick. Innocent Until Caught is pretty standard in terms of design but introduces some innovations when it comes to the interface. It features a mini-window at the bottom left of the screen which is alternately a mini-map of the area (showing all exits) and a looking glass for detecting small items. The inventory is a box-window in which objects can be placed wherever player wants (even on top of others). Also, the plot is illustrated by a few rendered sequences, some of the first used in adventure games."
23897,Fire and Brimstone,,1990,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The Norse Kingdom is threatened by the Iniquitous Hel, goddess of Niflheim and purveyor of evil. Thor, the great god of law and order, has been selected by his fellow gods to travel through four Norse worlds in an attempt to stop Hel spreading evil and ruling his people. The journey will be long and ardulous. Hel has sent creatures to meet Thor, delay his progress, and kill him. A variety of pitfalls and traps await him. To travel between worlds, Thor must collect the four segments of a key that will unlock the exit door. One segment lies inside a building, the rest are outdoors. If he fails to find all segments of the key when he gets to the exit door, then he goes back to the start of the world to search for what segments that he has missed. Hel's creatures will try to stop him from doing this, but he can deal with them using a variety of weapons, such as fireballs and axes, and he can carry two weapons simultaneously, and can switch between them at any time. Potions can be obtained by destroying the flying creatures that go back and forth each screen. At the end of each world, Thor must defeat a much bigger creature in order to get to the exit door."
23902,Hellnight,Dark Messiah,1998,6.2,"Action, Adventure",Survival horror,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The future Tokyo is a megapolis built on top of a huge system of underground tunnels and sewers. A rumor is heard that in this underground world hide the followers of a mysterious cult, known as the Dark Messiah. At the same time a symbiotic life form escapes from scientists and makes it's way into the sewer system. There it causes the crash of a subway train and starts devouring the passengers on board. A lone hero, along with a schoolgirl Naomi Sugiura are the only survivors of the crash.... and must flee from the creature in order to survive. Hellnight is a survival horror game at heart, although it has no combat gameplay. Controlling the nameless hero, the player must travel through the underground and protect Naomi. There is only one monster in the whole game, the ""creature"" itself, which is invulnerable and cannot be killed. Instead players are constantly on the run from it, making sure it does not catch them. The game is divided into large maze-like levels, each one usually populated by the creature who keeps pursuing the player (although he does change form after each level). At certain points there will be companions who can attack the monster and temporarily stun him. There are also people to talk to in the underground world, items to pick up, and puzzles to solve."
23905,Rings of Power,,1991,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"For a long time, our world was in darkness. The sun shone as always, but our souls were dark and lacked the true enlightenment. Then the holy Nexus arrived, and changed everything. With his Rod of Creation, he blessed the people with the gift of the six Arts. The Red Priests - the people he chose among the others - established an order of the six Guilds. The world entered the era of prosperity. But the evil demon Void stole the Rod of Creation and drove the world to chaos again. In a cosmic battle, Nexus faced Void. None was victorious, and the Rod of Power was broken during the battle. It was divided into eleven rings, known as the Rings of Power. The young sorcerer Buc is now sent on a quest to retrieve those rings, and unite the Rod of Power that will eventually banish Void forever! Rings of Power is quite different from traditional console RPGs gameplay-wise, and is more similar to Western-style games such as Ultima series. You can freely wander through the huge isometric world, and are not obliged to follow any storyline except the main quest for the eleven rings. You can talk to NPCs about many topics, choose whom to fight, bribe people, etc. There is a day/night cycle which affects the behavior of characters. Unlike most RPGs, there are no weapons and armor in this game. The turn-based combat is entirely dependent on magic spells. On your journey you will encounter characters from several guilds, each proficient in his own type of magic, and make them join your party."
23906,Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer,Chōjin Gakuen Gowcaizer,1995,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Fighting","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","In 1999 a massive earthquake levels Tokyo, killing nearly all the population and forcing the government to move its capital onto a man-made island off of the coast of Japan where for years they lived in peace. However, in the year 2017 violence begins to erupt between citizens coincidentally enough when a new principal arrives at the National Belnar Institute, the largest university on the island. Around this time a student also arrives by the name of Isato Kaiza, who is secretly the hero of the game Gowcaizer He arrives with a stone that can manifest energy that allows him to transform. With this stone, he must discover the source of the evil and bring peace back to Japan. The main gameplay aspect is a 2D fighting game (one on one) which SNK is mostly known for. The player can choose from 10 different characters each with their own unique moves and abilities. One feature that this game has over other games in the genre is the ability to add a defeated foes special abilities to their own repertoire, however they can only do one move at a time and if they choose to change a move, the previous one is lost for the rest of the game. Additionally, when the player defeats their mirror image their move will be amplified. The player will face each opponent twice in a tournament style before reach the final boss at the end of the game."
23914,Heir of Zendor: The Legend and The Land,Gotha II: Tenkū no Kishi,1996,6.0,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Heir of Zendor: The Legend and The Land is a turn-based strategy game and a sequel to Gotha: Ismailia Seneki The game is set on Zendor, a planet with floating continents thanks to anti-gravity ore. The most important resource is water, which after the Great Wars still remained only in the continent named Terra Sancta. The player assumes the role of the Prince of Zendor, commander of the Zendorian Squadron of the Royal Alliance Expeditionary Forces and needs to defeat the ""Five Kings"". As any strategy game, Heir of Zendor has objective driven stages called missions. Completing these objectives the player reaches new missions. The player needs to deploy ships, arm them, move each unit individually or as a complete formation, and when the player's units are close enough to attack the enemies, command their in battle (that consists in: select a weapon, select a target and shoot). Turn ends when all player's units moved or attacked an enemy."
23920,Expert Pool,,1999,6.8,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Expert Pool is a billiards simulation game that recreates the look, feel and atmosphere of a live pool game by combining 3D graphics, accurate physics, and real-time automated characters. There are 19 different games to choose from and several options within each (Illegal Shots, Elimination, Nominations etc.). Play in one of 13 locales (bars, pool halls, tournament rooms etc.), each with its own ambiance, setting and music. Pick from about 200 different computer players in real-time, all who have their own unique style of playing, movements, skill levels, AI routines and dialogue. There are three different multiplay options: Local Multiplay, where all of the players take turns on one table; a LAN option and Internet play."
23926,Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage,Berserk,1999,7.3,Action,"Hack and slash, Quick Time Events (QTEs)",Fantasy,"Based on the popular Japanese manga, Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage is an action-adventure with a medieval fantasy setting. A mysterious plague-like evil is revealed in the course of the one-eyed warrior Gattsu's personal quest to cure his love Casca of her demented state and exact revenge on the evil God Hand warriors responsible for their fate. The story unfolds in between gory action sequences in which Gattsu uses his 7-foot-long sword and other assorted weapons to battle with countless and varied foes."
23941,Hebereke's Popoitto,"Hebereke Station Popoitto, Popoitto Hebereke",1995,6.4,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"Hebereke's Popoitto is a Tetris variant. The goal in each level is to remove the blocks already on the playfield, representing characters from the franchise. Other blocks fall down from the top of the screen and have to be steered to the right place before touching the ground or another block. When four or more of the same blocks are together, they vanish. The catch of this variant is that the blocks which have to be removed move over the playfield. The player takes the role of the penguin Hebereke who wants to win a tournament against his friends."
23945,Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch,"De kidnapping in de Zilte Zee, Freddi Fisch und das Geheimnis der Salzwasserschlucht, Freddi Pesce: il caso dei Maialini con le Pinne, Marine Malice 4 - Le Mystère du Ranch aux Cochons, Rybka Freddi - Delo o Bande Soljonogo Uschelja",1999,8.1,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,,"Set in an underwater version of the Wild West, The Case of The Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch is the fourth installment in the Humongous Entertainment Games Freddi Fish adventure series. It is geared toward children ages 3-8. Like its predecessors FF4 is a colorful animated adventure that ties together a number of mini-games. Cousin Calico's prize-winning Hogfish have been rustled, and the player must help Freddi solve the mystery. There are many environments to point-and-click through as the plot advances. The player searches for clues, collects items and interacts with colorful game characters. The game and story are both dynamic, so every time the game is played the player will have a different experience. There are three mini-games also featured in FF4. These are: • Stella's Sodaloon. A Nickelodeon machine where kids can view some old-fashioned movie clips. • The Interactive Wanted Poster. Filled with outlaws with wacky names like Crazy Fin Sally, and Crooked Hat Pebblefield. Kids get to mix and match the different descriptive words that distinguish the outlaws' outstanding characteristic and their crime. • The Oysteroid Arcade. Shoot pearls out of a clam in order to burst air bubbles before they get too close. Modeled after the arcade classic Asteroids, the larger bubbles split and make 2 smaller ones. The educational focus of this edutainment title is on the development of strategic thinking skills, problem solving, decision making strategies, deductive and inductive reasoning, sequencing and memory skills, hypothesis, testing and evaluation."
23953,Pulleralarm,,2000,4.8,Action,Arcade,,"Pulleralarm is a game that refers to the German TV-Show TV Total You are Stefan Raab, who is the host of the show. Your job is to drink until Dr. Frost arrives. You'll get credits for each drink. The problem: The more you drink, the more you feel like urinating. The Pulleralarm will go off, (which would be urine alert in English) and you'll find yourself running to the next bathroom - something everybody is trying to hinder you from for some reason. The game is presented with cartoon graphics and features many sequences taken from the TV show."
23954,Super Turrican,Super Turrican 1,1993,7.7,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Super Turrican is the next generation installment of the famous Turrican Series. Once again it is up to the U.S.S. Freedom Forces to get into their Turrican Assault Suits and drive back the forces of ""The Machine"". Similar to it's predecessors, Super Turrican features large levels that are crammed with secrets and can be explored freely and in any direction. To get rid of the numerous enemies, Turrican can use three upgradeable shots: A spreadshot, a powerful laser and a rebound that bounces off of walls. Additionally, there is a Freeze-Beam that can be used to temporarily freeze enemies. It is fully rotatable, and therefor also a great help in discovering secret capsules. These capsules contain powerups and can often be used to reach secret areas. Last but not least, Turrican has the ability to transform into an energy wheel (as long as he has enough special energy), which enables him to lay mines and even makes him invincible."
23957,Bedlam 2: Absolute Bedlam,,1997,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"It is half a year after the happenings in Bedlam where Major Kern defeated evil biomechs. Now they are back under the name Biomex and have important facilities under their control. Of course this has the consequence that the player uses Major Kern's combat robot to kill them all. Bedlam 2: Absolute Bedlam is an isometric shooter where the player basically explores big levels and shoots everything on his way. The controls are not too complicated: left mouse click to move and right click to fire. When enemies are killed they leave extras behind like ammo, shield energy or money. The money is used to buy upgrades for the combat robot between the 30 missions. The missions have varied tasks, e.g. conquering an enemy base, recovering a new engine or rescuing prisoners. Secondary missions are not mandatory to complete the mission but give useful rewards. Later in the game the player controls up to three robots. The missions are divided in four campaigns which increase in difficulty but can be freely chosen."
23958,Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective - Volume III,Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective - Vol.III,1993,6.9,"Adventure, Simulation",Puzzle elements,,"In this third installment of Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective your task is to solve three separate crimes by visiting various locations, listening to the dialogues and reading the in the package included mock London newspapers. Once you have gathered enough evidence, you have to present your case in court and answer all of the judge’s questions correctly. The three cases are: This case involves the sudden death of Melvin Tuttle, a solicitor who apparently has died of a heart attack. You are visited by Inspector Lestrade, who believes that Tuttle was murdered, poisoned to be exact. This case involves the murder of Oswald Mason at his home. Scotland Yard believes that the murder was a result of Mason disturbing a burglar, but the Treasury wants you to investigate the case as Mason was dealing with sensitive Treasury work at the time. This case requests your assistance in solving five murder cases in which the bodies are all found on the bank of the Thames, this at first being the only thing linking the murders."
23962,IMG International Tour Tennis,,1994,6.6,Sports,,,"Licensed by the International Management Group (IMG), this rare Electronic Arts venture into Tennis features 32 professional players (all male and licensed by the IMG) including Bjorn Borg, Marcelo Rios, Patrick Rafter and Yevgeni Kafelnikov in 15 tournaments with different surfaces. Game modes include exhibition, tour and tournament for both singles and doubles. Along the usual offering of lobs, volleys, passing shots, top spins and slashes, the player can leave player movement to the console, and just focus on hitting the ball with the right shot with the correct timing (the player can also set the playing style, from all-court, baseline, or rush net). For those needing a boost of confidence before entering competitive play, Vic Braden, one of the most well known tennis coaches, has a court with special lines, a ball machine and some hints to help them improve their play."
23970,Captain Silver,,1987,6.4,Action,Platform,,"In Captain Silver you play the role of Jim, a brave young lad with a taste of adventure. You embark on a journey to find Captain Silver's secret treasure hoard, which is rumored to be hidden on an island in the Eastern Seas. There are six scenes in the game. During his travels, Jim will explore villages, fight his way on board ships, venture through caves, and wander around tropical islands. In each of these six scenes, Jim must use his sword to kill cats, rats, bats, witches, skeletons, and other creatures that are waiting for him. When Jim touches, or is shot at, by a creature, he loses one of his lives, but when he kills a creature, he can collect some gold that they leave behind, which can be used to buy items from shops. However, rather than getting gold, enemies leave behind some gold containing one of the letters that spell the word ""CAPTAIN SILVER"". If Jim manages to get all of these letters, he will be awarded an extra life. Jim may only use his sword to start off with, but once he collects a fairy that floats toward him in every scene, Jim will be able to shoot stars at enemies, making his kills more efficient. The maximum number of stars that he can have is six. There are other power-ups that Jim can collect in the game. These include the ""clock"" power-up, which gives Jim extra time; the ""boot"" power-up which allows Jim to jump higher; and the ""coffee?"" power-up, which enables Jim to shield himself from creatures until he is hit by one. There is a boss in each scene, which he must defeat in order to proceed to the next round. There is also a certain time limit, which Jim must complete the scene before it expires. If he does not, then he will lose a life."
23972,White Death,"White Death: Battle for Velikiye Luki, November 1942",1989,5.9,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War II","White Death is based on the board game of the same name and deals with the fights around the Russian village Velikiye Luki in 1942. There are six scenarios, dealing with different phases of the fight, and the player either takes the role of the German or Russian side of the conflict. This is one of those games which tries to simulate not only the scenario but also the warfare and its tactics as closely as possible. Shown from the typical top-down view on a map with hex grids, the player gives orders to the units through a menu system. The units are represented by icons which each have a little bar showing their strength and movement. Other examples of the things the player needs to take into account are morale, terrain, support and a tactical wise unit placement/movement."
23973,Return to Krondor,"Raymond E. Feist's Return to Krondor, Raymond E. Feist's Rückkehr nach Krondor, Thief of Dreams",1998,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The direct sequel to Betrayal at Krondor Return to Krondor takes the player back to the fantasy world of Midkemia, which is once more in peril. It all begins when James - once a thief and now a squire of Krondor - is sent by Prince Arutha to escort the court magician Jazhara to the palace. Shortly afterwards they meet William ConDoin, a fearless swordsman and the son of the famous magician Duke Pug. A ruthless mercenary named Bear sends his men to murder the woman William loves. It appears that Bear is in pursuit of the Tear of the Gods, a holy artifact of immense power. James and his friends follow the trail of death and destruction Bear has left in his wake and to stop him before he reaches the Tear. As they progress in their travels they discover that someone or something is creating dark beings and horrible perversions of nature, suggesting that things are very wrong in Krondor besides the ambitions of a single renegade mercenary. Return to Krondor features pre-rendered backgrounds with changing camera angles for exploration, and 3D character models. Battles occur when contact is made with a hostile character, and are turn-based, including the tactical element of moving the characters manually over the battle field. The player controls James and three other characters who join the party. Compared to its predecessor, the game is less heavy on exploration, having smaller and more confined areas. Much of the game takes place in the city of Krondor, which is divided into several districts; later in the game the player gains access to other locations, though it is impossible to physically explore the overworld. Several side quests, however, are still available, in addition to pursuing the main storyline. Unlike its predecessor, the game features a more common leveling up system where characters gain a set amount of skill points after having accumulated enough experience to level up. These skill points are allocated manually by the player to increase the characters' weapon proficiencies, defense, spellcasting, etc. The game also allows the player to brew potions via an alchemy system, and features a detailed lockpicking minigame that involves choosing between several available tools and applying them to the lock."
23979,Circus Attractions,,1989,7.1,"Action, Sports","Arcade, Tricks / stunts",,"The famous Circus Morelli offers five exciting events: trampolining, tightrope-walking, juggling, knife-throwing and jumping clowns. You control the artists during their sometimes dangerous stunts. Each attraction can be practiced on its own before all five have to be performed in order in the main performance of the evening. Each attraction also has a special two-player team mode."
23983,The Flash,,1993,7.0,Action,Platform,,"The Flash is a side-scrolling platformer starring the eponymous D.C. comics hero. The game is divided into six rounds, each round has two stages and a boss fight. Within each stage, Flash must get to the exit before the time limit runs out, though the exit must first be unlocked by activating a switch. Apart from a speedy protagonist, the game has some similarities to Sonic the Hedgehog as the levels have a similarly complex structure with different passages and many optional areas. While Flash moves very fast in general, he can also move with even higher SuperSpeed, but only as long as the necessary SuperSpeed energy is not drained. The energy is also used for performing vibrating attacks and can be recharged by at Star Food vendors scattered in the levels. Vibrating attacks can be used to destroy blocks (which contain either traps or power-ups) and to get rid of bad guys. For the latter, Flash also has a spin attack. He can use it only while moving, but no energy is required."
23984,The Sacred Mirror of Kofun,"Le Miroir Sacré du Kofun, Le Miroir Sacré du Kofun : Un nouveau genre d'aventure",1996,6.3,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Chris Young, a top racecar driver and marine technology specialist, is summoned by the Worldwide Heritage Foundation to retrieve the sacred mirror of Kofun, a mysterious Japanese artifact that offers magical protection against enemies. The Sacred Mirror of Kofun is a first-person adventure game, another of the many attempts in the nineties to copy Myst and its financial success. It features a blend of Quicktime VR 360º panoramic views with the more traditional slide-show style associated with this type of game. A computer called E.D.W.A.R.D provides a database and a map. Both items are automatically filled as the plot progresses. Most of the gameplay consists of scuba diving and taking photos under the sea (the game was co-produced by the famous marine biologist Jean-Michel Cousteau ) and talking to the crew of the ship Antares for clues. The underwater sections use real documentary footage instead of pre-rendered environments."
23988,World Cup 98,,1998,5.6,Sports,,,"World Cup 98 is a licensed game of the 1998 Football World Cup held in France from June 10 to July 12. Unlike the PC and console versions of the same name, this release does not feature official player names. Also, this version of the game features a 2D isometric view instead of the 3D graphics of the previously mentioned title. It uses the same engine and most graphics from the Game Boy version of FIFA 98: Road to World Cup"
23993,International Superstar Soccer 2000,World Soccer GB 2000,2000,6.2,Sports,,,"International Superstar Soccer 2000 is an updated version of International Superstar Soccer 99 also for the Game Boy Color. This time you can choose between 36 national teams from all over the world. Game options have been improved to cover not only an International Cup, but also a mini league, mini tournament and penalty kicks. Game time can be set to either 3, 5 or 7 minutes and there are 5 difficulty levels for the computer. You can also choose what type of extra time you want, extended or golden goal. Other options that can be turned on or off are fouls, yellow cards and offside. Graphics for this 2000 version have been thoroughly improved."
24001,Cyberbykes: Shadow Racer VR,,1995,4.9,Racing / Driving,,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,Cyberbykes was one of the earliest 3d games to support VR glasses and graphic resolutions higher than the VGA standard. It also includes network play and an editor. You control a robotic bike remotely. Blow up the opposition with 15 different weapons while recovering government secrets in a trendy-for-its-time cyberpunk nightmare future setting. Actual gameplay involves open 3D combat similar to Stellar 7 and Arctic Fox
24004,Road Rash: Jailbreak,,2000,7.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Spaz, the greatest rasher ever, is in prison and you need to get him out! Once again Road Rash the game that mixes fast paced motorbike racing with hardcore fighting is back (and once again in full 3-D!)"
24008,Mario Clash,,1995,6.7,Action,Arcade,,"This game is essentially a single-player sequel to Mario Bros. While the Super Mario Advance games would later contain a graphically-enhanced version of Mario Bros., Mario Clash contains many more additions and changes to gameplay. As before, the goal is to clear a screen of enemies and move on to the next level. However, rather than doing this by flipping an enemy upside-down from underneath and kicking them away, you throw shells at them. Also, taking advantage of Virtual Boy's added depth, there is a front area and a back area which can be traveled to and from using pipes. Shells can also be thrown at enemies on the other depth area."
24014,Grand National,,1985,6.0,"Action, Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Every aspect of the famous horse race, held over the daunting hurdles course at Aintree in Liverpool every April, is recreated here. Before each race you can place bets on up to five horses, with the odds calculated realistically, even taking betting tax into account. When choosing which horses to back, and which one to actually ride, you must consider the 'going' (what condition the ground surface is in) and which horses are likely to suit your style. Once the race is underway you must direct the horse left and right (weaving across other horses can cause disqualification in the post-race Steward's Enquiry), jump at the right time to clear each hurdle, and crack the whip to speed up the horse. During the race you will be told how many horses are still running, as well as your own position and the identity of the leader."
24023,Shenmue,Shenmue: Isshō - Yokosuka,1999,8.5,Simulation,Quick Time Events (QTEs),,"On a November day when the snow turned to rain, Ryu Hazuki arrives home just in time to see his father killed by Lan Di, a man Ryu's father obviously knew very well. Ryu attempts to stop Lan Di but is effortlessly beaten to within an inch of his life. After recovering from his injuries Ryu sets out to track down his father's murderer, as well as uncover his family's secrets and the mystery of the Phoenix and Dragon mirrors that Lan Di seeks. Shenmue is a hybrid game that incorporates elements of life simulation, adventure, and fighting with light role-playing. The game is set in a 3D environment that can be freely explored by the player. Much of the gameplay involves talking to Ryu's friends and the various people around town, hoping to find hints or clues that lead to the next step in the story. Any details Ryu learns are written down in his notebook for future review. Ryu can buy items from stores or try his luck with capsule toy machines, but most items that can be bought have no purpose outside of filling his inventory. Ryu can also visit an arcade and play accurate versions of Hang-On and Space Harrier as well as games like darts and pool. Ryu is a trained martial artist, and while a true martial artist knows it is better to avoid a fight, sometimes it is still necessary. Ryu can train his moves, either by repeatedly doing them while training or by sparring with his friend Fuku-san, which constitutes the role-playing element of the game. The fighting system is similar to that of the Virtua Fighter series although with toned-down air juggling. Ryu's training also gives him heightened reflexes, and sometimes during a cutscene the player will have only a moment to press a button (displayed onscreen) to get Ryu out of danger. Failing an input prompt is not always fatal, but whether Ryu survives or not depends on the danger he was in. Included with the game is the Shenmue Passport disc. On this disc, players can receive tutorials about various aspects of the game like mini-games or the battle system, watch cutscenes they've already seen in the game, and listen to music from the game. This disc also includes the option to go online to a special site where players can review worldwide mini-game rankings, get hints for the game from Nozomi, review game maps of Yokosuka, trade uncommon items found in the game for even rarer items only available on the passport, and visit the official homepage. This service went offline along with the rest of SegaNet, and all online features are currently impossible to access."
24027,Jane's Combat Simulations: USNF'97 - U.S. Navy Fighters,,1996,6.9,Simulation,,"Asia, Cold War, Contemporary, Europe","U.S. Navy Fighters '97 is an updated release of US Navy Fighters Gold package, hence including both U.S. Navy Fighters and its Marine Fighters expansion pack. This new version is Windows-native, and adds a Vietnam Airwar campaign with the related planes such as the F-8 Crusader, F-4 Phantom II, and A-7 Corsair II, as well as improved multiplayer capabilities."
24032,KO,K.O.,1999,6.9,Sports,,,"K.O. is a 3D boxing game for one or two players. You can play against the computer or against another player (network play or two players on the same computer). You take a role of a boxer (choose one, or customize your own), then choose between 4 modes : training, single fight, World Championship or arcade. You will also be asked to choose one of the five boxing rings. The game features three skill levels, and 20 opponents. The view is ""3rd-person perspective"" type, so you can always see both fighters on the same screen."
24038,Jurassic Park,,1993,7.0,Action,,,"The SNES game based on the film Jurassic Park is an action title that combines top-down and first-person perspectives. Playing as Dr. Alan Grant, the player's ultimate goal is to escape the Jurassic Park island. To reach that goal, several other tasks must be completed, including restoring power to the park and destroying a Velociraptor nest. The large game world is seen from a top-down view and can be freely explored. Some areas are not accessible from the beginning, however. To enter them, keycards must be found or some special goal be completed, like rebooting the computer system and using it to open certain gates. Dr. Grant can defend himself against the many free-roaming dinosaurs with a variety of weapons, including an electroshock gun, a shotgun, rocket launcher, gas grenade launcher and bola gun. All weapons except the electro gun require ammo to work. A radar at the bottom of the screen helps in detecting approaching dinosaurs, but will only work once the park's motion detectors have been activated. Upon entering one of the park's buildings, the game view switches to a scrolling first person perspective, reminiscent of early first person shooters like Wolfenstein 3D Just like outside, dinosaurs lurk in the corridors, and the same guns as in the overworld map can be used to destroy them. Many buildings consist of several floors, with elevators connecting them. Some rooms are pitch black and can only be entered when in possession of night vision goggles. The game supports the SNES mouse for the first-person sections and the computer system interface."
24043,Family Feud,,1994,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"This game is based on the television game show, Family Feud. The game supports both single-player and multiplayer. Contestants choose the best answers based on the questions asked by the virtual game show host. The game features families that are in full-motion video and the host asks questions in a digitized voice. Besides having the regular rounds, the game also has the Bullseye Round and the Fast Money Round. There are 5 levels of computer intelligence to play against."
24044,Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages,Der vergessene Gott,1996,7.0,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"The story behind Drowned God takes place under the notion that the human race was genetically engineered by god-like aliens that guided humankind through history by nudging civilization forward with certain artifacts of power. Four of those artifacts (The Ark of the Covenant, The Philosopher's Stone, The Rod of Osiris, and the Holy Grail) are now lost and they are the key to unlocking a series of mysteries that somehow tie up practically every conspiracy theory from the Knights Templar to the Illuminati. It is up to the player to gather these artifacts and solve the mysteries as they are sent through time and space from an alternate dimension, reminiscent of earth. The gameplay tends to set the pace for the development of the surreal storyline. Within every new location players will confront logic puzzles in the vein of The 7th Guest which will give them access to new locations, secrets, etc. The interface itself is more reminiscent of the Myst games where players move through pre-rendered ""slideshows"" and click on objects to interact with them."
24052,Tommy Moe's Winter Extreme: Skiing & Snowboarding,"Ski Paradise with Snowboard, Val d'Isère Championship",1994,6.7,"Simulation, Sports",,,"In Winter Extreme the player can partake in a series of skiing and snowboarding events including the Downhill where the player speeds down a course in order to finish the course as fast as possible in an allotted time by speeding through checkpoints. The Slalom has the same set-up where the player has to finish the course in an allotted time by passing through gates, but also has to contend with twists, turns and various other obstacles in the players path. The Giant Slalom is similar except for more obstacles and a longer path. Along with the three challenge modes, there is also a Freeride mode where the player can ski at their leisure while avoiding various obstacles such as trees, rocks and fellow skiers and snowboarders. The game also is endorsed by skiing location, Val-d'Isère, which hosted the 1992 Winter Olympics along with skier, Tommy Moe."
24053,The Last Mission,,1987,6.2,Action,Arcade,,"The Last Mission is a side-view arcade game without scrolling (viewpoint moves from screen to screen) with map of big dimensions. The game takes its inspiration from games such as Underwurlde and Starquake You control a tank-like robot which can be divided in two: you rotate caterpillar and head-canyon, and the head part can fly off on its own. However,the head can only survive separately for a short amount of time, and your restart position is dictated by the location of the body, even if the head has moved forward through further screens. Therefore, the difficulty of the game was in making it possible to advance with the assembled robot's two parts."
24055,Pigskin 621 AD,Jerry Glanville's Pigskin Footbrawl,1990,6.9,Sports,Fighting,Fantasy,"Pigskin 621AD is a sort of dark-ages-medieval-fantasy-style combat rugby game in which two five-player teams take to the field to compete in a game of ""footbrawl,"" all the while dodging rocks, trees, pools, pits, furniture and other obstacles. Each player controls the team captain of one of the teams. The original coin-op cabinet was set up with two joysticks and one screen, with both players sharing that same screen; if either player's team captain falls off the screen, he is quickly able to catch up and get back into the action. At game start, players can elect to play either the standard game or the more difficult Pro game, which featured more aggressive AI players. The first half of the game takes place on an outdoor field, while the second half takes place in a medieval-style dungeon ""field."" Both fields feature specific obstacles, with the dungeon field having more darkly thematic hazards like pools of beer to slip on, piles of skulls to trip over, and trap doors to fall into. Players have two buttons: punch and pass, and constant punching is encouraged by the fact that each player's team will only punch (thereby knocking opposing players down if hit) when the team captain punches. Score is gained by both possession, with one point earned for each ten seconds of uninterrupted ball possession, as well as by carrying or passing the ball over the opposing team's goal line. One of the more noteworthy twists of the game is that weapons, from axes and swords to nooses and torches, litter the playing field. If a team captain runs over one of these weapons, it is picked up and stored as a concealed weapon. Whenever players get into a cartoon-cloud-of-dust-with-people-in-it-style brawl over the ball, if any one of them has such a weapon, he wins the brawl and the opposing player is slaughtered in some suitable way, denying the bereaved team of one player for a short time. As the game progresses and one player or the other gets significantly ahead in points, it balances the game by giving slight advantages to the losing player. Specifically, it applies hazards like a soldier who will sit on the field waiting to stab players of the other team as they go by, and eventually will give the losing team an upgraded troll player who is faster, tougher and more aggressive. In a single-player Pro mode game against the computer, the player can elect to have a Troll Bowl, and the entire computer team is replaced by trolls. The game was ported to the Sega Genesis console as Pigskin Footbrawl in 1992 by Razor Soft. This version featured the endorsement of the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons at the time, Jerry Glanville, and it periodically plays recorded announcements of Glanville throughout the game."
24057,Mega Man,,1995,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The insane scientist, Dr. Wily, has created an army of evil robots, and is using them to take over the world! A robot called Rock volunteers to be converted into a fighting robot, Mega Man. As Mega Man, he takes on Dr. Wily and his powerful robots. The Game Gear version of Mega Man is an original game created by developer Freestyle, using Mega Man 4 and Mega Man 5 for the NES as its basis. Mega Man is able to perform his slide that was introduced in Mega Man 3 as well as call his dog, Rush, for assistance. He can also charge up his buster for a more powerful shot. Players can initially select any stage from a choice of four: Stone Man, Napalm Man, Bright Man and Star Man. After defeating these four bosses, players progress to Dr. Cossack's fortress, which contains Wave Man and Toad Man as its bosses. After they are defeated, it's off to the final confrontation with Dr. Wily himself."
24065,Street Sports Baseball,,1987,7.1,Sports,,,"A baseball game for 1 or 2 players in which the action takes place in parks, vacant lots and backyards with makeshift bases, rather than on an actual diamond. In addition to the normal rules of baseball, players must cope with mud puddles, tree stumps, and other hazards. Features a split-screen view which provides an overview of the entire field alongside close-ups of where the action is happening."
24067,Dragon Wars,,1989,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Dragon Wars takes place in the magical land of Dilmun, an island of salvation perverted into a world of horror by Namtar (as you might expect - the bad guy). The player starts with a party of four in the city of Purgatory, equipped with nothing more than.. well - nothing. Worst of all your magic users won't help you out, either, because magic has been banned (to correct this unpleasing situation is one of your main objectives). Other main targets are surviving, getting out of Purgatory and toppling Namtar (maybe getting some decent clothing, one or two shiny swords and the like on your way out). Gameplay instantly reminds of the Bard's Tale series Step-by-step first person 3D, opponents materialize out of the air. The combat system is turn based. Unlike its (spiritual?) predecessors the game features a full-blown skill system, auto-mapping and many places to actually use all these abilities. Reasonable distribution of your skill points is rather critical."
24068,The Morlov Affair,"Die Affäre Morlov, L'affaire Morlov, The Morlov Affair: A multimedia Adventure from Titus",1996,6.0,Adventure,,,"L’affaire Morlov is a spy thriller in which you play Paul Keirn, a journalist for the newspaper ""Liberation"". Your girlfriend Virginie has been kidnapped and you are framed for a murder. You have 48 hours to clear your name and rescue Virginie. The game takes place from the first-person perspective, with all the action going on in real time. Similar to numerous other detective games, your key tasks are to talk to the right people, search each location thoroughly for clues, and study photographic evidence. The game features full-motion video and includes some adult scenes. To travel around in Paris the game provides a map."
24073,Lupo Alberto: The VideoGame,,1990,6.1,Action,Platform,,"Funny Italian platform game from Idea Software. The game consists of 10 levels in which Lupo Alberto (or Maria the hen, his girlfriend) must find a place to make love. Every other character is an enemy, first of all the dog Mose. This game is based on the comics Lupo Alberto born in the 70s from the pencil of Silver, an Italian cartoonist that had released another funny character named Cattivik (in the 80s). Good graphics (above all for Amiga), nice music and simple gameplay gave this game a lot of popularity in Italy and Germany."
24076,Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX,,2000,7.2,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"Tony Hawk proved the skating games can work to great effect. Now Dave Mirra is here to prove that BMX is here to stay, thanks to the developers at Z-Axis Choose from all of the current crop of BMX champs, including 10 times world champion Dave Mirra, Ryan Nyquist, Joey Garcia, Shaun Butler & heaps more, and ride your way through 12 highly detailed environments, with vert ramps, huge jumps and track racing. Multiplayer gaming is also thrown in, allowing two players to go head-to-head in a game of B-M-X (a unique variation of the HORSE basketball game). All this plus official sponsors clothing, bikes and advertising boards plus a huge soundtrack featuring Cypress Hill, Deftones and more."
24078,CART World Series,,1997,7.1,Racing / Driving,,,"CART World Series, endorsed by Championship Auto Racing Teams, is Sony's first attempt at the world of CART racing. With the official endorsing and license, the developers were able to include a lot of realistic elements from the racetrack into the game. All of the top-rated CART drivers (circa 1996-1997) have been included and programmed to match their real-life abilities (based on a statistics standpoint). Al Unser Jr., Bobby Rahal, Gil de Ferran and many more are there to use or to race against. Each one has their own unique car, which can be tuned-up and modified any way you'd like Modification comes in the way of tweaking a car's performance. If you know a lot about cars and how they handle, you can adjust their tires to fit the road (hard or soft) as well as modify their gear systems and aerodynamics. By moving the front of the car down or slanting the wings, you may be able to find a perfect combination for speed and performance. During races, a car's tire will wear down and it will eventually run out of fuel. Pit stops are necessary for a successful victory. In addition to the real drivers and cars (Honda and Ford included), ten official CART tracks have been included – each modeled after their real-life counterpart. Tracks span the United States and are located in Cleveland, Michigan, Long Beach and more. Each features realistic dynamics and road handling in an attempt to create a believable racing experience. As far as gameplay goes, you've got the following options: Arcade, Simulation, Practice, Single Race, 10 Race Season. The season play is simply a series of races in which you must qualify and race for the cup and the arcade and simulation modes both keep track of individual racer statistics. If you're still getting used to an Analog Controller, you may want to make a few practice runs before starting a season. Additionally, CART World Series supports two players via split-screen or a Link Cable."
24079,Bomberman II,Dynablaster,1991,7.4,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Our hero the white Bomberman (Bomberman Shiro) was walking down the street one day when he witnessed a robbery. It was black Bomberman (Bomberman Kuro) who was the robber. But Black Bomberman knocked White Bomberman to the ground, and than left the money so that he would be framed. Now Bomberman has been taken to jail and must fight his way out of this place using the only method he knows: explosive bombs. Bomberman is the second Bomberman game in the series and plays similar to the first, only all gameplay has been reduced to a single screen. Your goal however remains the same on a smaller playing area. You are to destroy all enemies on a level and then find the exit to the next one. Bombing the exit is always a bad idea. The occasional power-up will increase your bomb blast, number of bombs on the screen at one time, player speed or give you the ability to walk through walls. In addition to the single Player game, Bomberman II introduces a Versus Mode for 2 players and a Battle Mode for 3. Your goal in these is to destroy the other players while staying alive yourself."
24089,K.C.'s Krazy Chase!,"A Perseguição Infernal, Caccia al Dragone, Come-Come!, Crazy Chase, Dolle Jacht, Gufferen og den skøre kålorm, La Caza Loca, La Grande Chasse de Broyefer!, Rattlesnake – Skallerormen, Super Glouton, Supermampfers Rache, Vimmattu Takaa-Ajo",1982,7.4,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this sequel to K.C. Munchkin! our hero confronts the dreaded tree-eating Dratapillars of Venus! The player controls K.C. in a top-down maze. K.C. must defeat Dratapillar, a multicolored centipede, by eating each of its round segments from the rear, avoiding to touch its head. K.C. must also avoid Dratapillar's assistants, the Drats. When K.C. eats one of Dratapillar's segments, the Drats turn white and stop chasing K.C., who can catch them, making them spin. After a while, the Drats will stop spinning and will return to the chase. The maze is also populated by ever-growing trees that can be eaten either by K.C. or the Dratappilar. K.C. earns 1 point for each tree eaten, 3 points for each Dratappilar's segment eaten and 10 points for each Drat stopped. When he munches out all Dratapillar's segments, he earns a 20 points bonus and proceeds to the next stage, with faster Dratapillar and Drats. The game offers five pre-built mazes and a programming mode which allows the players to construct their own mazes."
24090,SEGA Worldwide Soccer '98,"SEGA Worldwide Soccer '98: Club Edition, Worldwide Soccer 98",1997,7.8,Sports,,,"Sega Worldwide Soccer 98 picks up where its predecessor stopped, adding two new stadiums, new animations, faster gameplay, and the most important, club teams from England, Spain and France for a total of 60 teams adding to the 48 of the International mode. While the game still lacks a license (except the English league, that has real player and team names), the name editor is still present. In the commentary box, Gary Bloom is joined by former England international and 1966 World Cup winner Jack Charlton. There are seven games modes: Friendly match, Club exhibition, Worldwide Cup, Club League, Cup Tournament and Penalty shootout."
24092,Knight Lore,,1984,8.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Our hero must reach Melkhior, a somewhat eccentric wizard who is the only one who can save him. As with most Ultimate titles of the day, reaching him is a long and treacherous challenge, involving both puzzle-solving and action, meaning that each screen requires thorough planning and precise navigation. The game uses the isometric viewpoint in a manner similar to the later Head Over Heels using monochrome but detailed graphics and techniques to avoid flickering sprites. The game lasts for 40 days and nights - at night your character turns into a werewolf. Ultimate's individual style of eschewing straightforward instructions in favor of feature lists and riddles is put to good use here, with the story detailed in a rhyming poem of sorts."
24095,Pharaoh's Ascent,,1997,6.8,"Action, Puzzle","Arcade, Platform",Egypt (Ancient),"Pharaoh's Ascent is an action / puzzle game in an Egyptian tomb setting. It is a platform game where you must shoot, climb, and push blocks and keys while avoiding mummies and other monsters to get to the escape door of each room. There are 96 rooms to go through in order to escape the pyramid. Each room is set with traps such as falling blocks, fire bombs and flying arrows that must be dodged or blocked to stay alive. Pharaoh's Ascent is mostly a puzzle game where you have to think of methods to move a large, rolling key to the exit door in order to open it. This is accomplished by creating bridges and pathways out of blocks and other movable objects. The player character can push blocks or shoot balls of blue fire at objects to move them, dig through sand and jump or climb to get around the room."
24100,Leander,"Galahad, The Legend of Galahad",1991,7.9,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The titular hero travels through this platform action game, slashing up mutant creatures with a sword and battling the evil Thanatos in hopes to save the life of Princess Lucanna. The controls are fairly simple and include jumping, walking or attacking. Collect icons that will help in the enhancement of your armor, gain an extra life and coins to spend in the shop for new weapons. Be sure not to collect any skull icons or else it will call Thanatos' Ethereal Presence where you will have to use Rune Bombs to destroy it. After you complete one of the three worlds, you will be given a password so you can resume later after running out of lives."
24103,Enduro Racer,,1986,6.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Enduro Racer is a racing game featuring dirt bikes. It is very similar to its immediate predecessor Hang-On originating on the same arcade hardware, but besides moving the action off-road, there are also several gameplay changes and additions. As in Hang-On the game is seen from behind the player's biker. Besides the usual turns in the road, the tracks now also feature hills and declines. Obstacles include not only other bikers and trees or signs at the side of the road, but also rocks or other objects on the road. Logs or sand barriers crossing the road can be jumped over, launching the bike into the air. The controls not only allow for steering, accelerating and braking, but also for performing a wheelie for a speed increase at the expense of maneuverability. In typical arcade style, the race takes place from checkpoint to checkpoint, with the line having to be crossed within a time limit to continue. All in all, there are five different stages, with environments including grasslands, two different deserts, a forest lake and a beach."
24104,Locus,,1995,5.1,"Racing / Driving, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Locus is a virtual reality sports game where you race at break-neck speed through the unimaginable geometries that compose the Locus arenas. With next gen 32-bit game engine and first-person fast game action you make your way though 12 challenging levels, using laser weapons and gadgets. Surrounded by Gouraudshaded graphics, digital and MIDI music and specialized sound effects, you must score against two opposing teams in a game of cut-throat elimination."
24121,Battle Chess 4000,,1992,6.7,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Chess",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Battle Chess series took the basic game of chess and added animations for each battle between pieces, bringing the game to a wider audience, with no intention of providing something for Kasparov to spar with. This edition follows the same premise, but with a futuristic science-fiction feel. Pieces are animated from clay models, with a new range of animations. The game can be played in 2D mode as an alternative. The game's artificial intelligence learns your strategies and game plan as it plays with you, and there are over 30,000 distinct moves in the library of openings."
24122,Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack,Blackjack & Poker,1979,6.6,"Gambling, Strategy / tactics",Cards / tiles,,"Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack is a computerized version of different types of Poker and Blackjack, including 7-Card Stud and 5-Card Draw. The player inputs how much ""money"" that is available to bet with. There are one and two-player games, and Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack includes a dealer to play against."
24132,Homeworld (Game of the Year Edition),,2000,7.4,Special edition,,,Homeworld (Game of the Year Edition) is a special edition which includes:
24137,Magicland Dizzy,"Dizzy 4, Dizzy 4: Zaks Revenge",1990,7.4,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Dizzy, the egg protagonist, is back in his fourth installment: Magicland Dizzy. The land has been corrupted by an evil wizard, and it's Dizzy's job to set everything right. To do this, he must walk, jump and flip through a large number of screens, pick up and use various items, and talk to people."
24138,Ice Hockey,,1988,7.0,"Action, Sports",,,"Ice Hockey is an action game for one or two players. Start of by selecting a team and customizing your players. Each team member can be one of three player types: small and skinny (very fast, but not good at checking or shooting), very large (slow, but with a strong body check and outstanding shooting strength) or average (medium speed, with average checking and shooting strength). After the teams are set up, it's time to play some ice hockey! Gameplay features a scrolling screen to follow the action, and lets you choose which of the players you wish to control when on defense (on offense you always control the player with the puck). Fights can break out between players, and the loser may end up in the penalty box. There are five different speed settings for the game, and periods can be either 7, 10, or 15 minutes long."
24141,Black Lamp,,1988,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Black Lamp is a platform game in which you have to find and collect several colored lamps and bring them back, one by one, to a case located in the first room. There are also several types of bonuses to collect along the way, and many enemies and creatures (some flying) to fight off. The ultimate goal is to bring all the colored lamps back to the case, including the elusive Black Lamp. The Black Lamp world is presented as a collection of rooms, all connected with ladders and/or doors, as well as outside areas where you must defend yourself by shooting or avoiding the attacking creatures. The graphics are very sharp and colorful, and all fireplaces, candles and torches are animated."
24144,Garrison II: The Legend Continues,,1987,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Like its predecessor the game is an arcade beat'em up mixed with some adventure elements. The formula and the game mechanics have not changed, Garrison II mainly provides a set of (over 100) new levels and a new background story: The princess has fallen ill and five of her trusty servants are sent to gain a healing herb from a magician's tower."
24150,Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager,"Dark Sun 2, Dark Sun: Das Erwachen des Zerstörers",1994,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),,"Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic","After defeating the Drajian army, four former gladiator slaves journey to the recently liberated city of Tyr, whose evil sorcerer-king Kalak was recently slain. Although freed from Kalak's tyranny, Tyr is now defenseless against the ambition of the Dragon, a creature that came into existence as a transformation of a malevolent mage. The Dragon sends his powerful undead general the Lord Warrior to Tyr to conquer it and prepare for his coming. The heroes hook up with a rebel underground known as the Veiled Alliance and must oppose the Draxans and the Lord Warrior, while they are being secretly observed by the Dragon through his crystal ball. The party soon learns that the Dragon may be the least of their worries, however, as it becomes apparent that the Lord Warrior has his own hidden agenda and intends to unleash a long dormant monster of immense destructive power upon the world. Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager is a direct sequel to Shattered Lands It has the same engine and basic gameplay as the original game, with slight graphical improvements (such as larger character sprites). Like its predecessor, this game is a departure from the earlier Gold Box Dungeons & Dragons games: instead of a first-person ""maze game"" focusing on dungeon crawling, the game has a third-person top-down view with more of a focus on interacting with the characters and environment. Battles are turn-based and take place in the same environment as exploration, with player-controlled and enemy parties being navigated in a tactical fashion. Character creation and party management are identical to those of the first game. Since the sequel continues the story of the first game directly, player-controlled characters start at higher levels or can be imported from the previous game. As a result, the level cap is higher and characters are able to learn more powerful spells as mages, clerics, and masters of psionic disciplines. Compared to the predecessor, the second game has a more focused and linear plot: certain areas become open for exploration only after specific events have been triggered. However, there are still several optional areas with various sub-quests in them. Also, the game has a more distinct urban environment, with the city of Tyr serving as its central hub where most of the major quests originate."
24160,Wizard's Crown,Wizard's Crown: A Role-Playing Fantasy Game with Tactical Combat,1986,6.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Wizard's Crown is a fantasy role-playing game in which the player creates a party of up to eight adventurers and takes them on a quest to retrieve a magical crown from a wizard named Tarmon, who sealed himself and the crown in his laboratory five hundred years ago. The game features tactical battles, during which the player navigates the party members in turns over the battlefield. Different weapons demonstrate unique characteristics; for example, spears can attack two squares away, flails ignore the enemy's shields, and axes have a chance of breaking them completely. Shields are used to defend against frontal attacks and those coming from whatever side the shield is equipped on. The player can opt to skip these details and have the battle proceed automatically. Experience gained by characters is spent on skills, attributes and life points. Unlike in most comparable games, classes and their unique abilities are not assigned to the characters, but must instead be ""bought"" by using intelligence points. The classes are Thief, Ranger, Fighter, Priest and Sorcerer; any of those can be combined with another one for a single character. Weapons can be imbued with various enhancements. Magical weapons inflict elemental damage (called ""injuries"" in the game); ""Plus"" weapons cause extra bleeding, which may affect the character's health, making him faint; ""Life Blast"" weapons can kill a character in such a way that he cannot be resurrected afterwards."
24166,Hollywood Squares,,1988,5.2,Strategy / tactics,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"This is a GameTek conversion of the '80s version of the game show Hollywood Squares Two contestants play a version of tic-tac-toe, with ""celebrities"" filling in for the squares. The selected celeb is asked a question, answers it, and the contestant must agree or disagree with their answer. A correct guess captures that square. After three games, the winning contestant picks a key and a car out of two separate pools, hoping to match the two up and win the car."
24168,Taz-Mania,,1992,6.6,Action,Platform,Oceania,"The relatively minor Looney Tunes character The Tasmanian Devil experienced a revival in the 1990s with the TV series Taz-Mania starring Taz and his family. One of several games based on the license, the Genesis version features the same story as the other Sega versions, but has a unique design and set of levels. Inspired by a tale his father told, Taz goes on a quest for the egg of a giant prehistoric seabird, which will lead him across the whole of Taz-Mania through 16 levels of platforming action. He must survive a desert, a jungle, a car factory, a mine and ancient ruins. Taz is able to run, jump, and spin fast to turn into his trademark whirlwind. While spinning, he can knock out most enemies he comes across. He can also pick up many different items and try to eat them or use them in another way. Most foods replenish his health, while eating hot peppers gives him a fire breath attack. Stars grant temporal invulnerability, while bombs should be thrown at enemies (and definitely not be eaten!). Several levels feature boss fights. A break from standard platforming comes in the shape of a mine cart ride, where the cart must be raised or lowered to avoid collisions, and a wild river, which can only be crossed by jumping across fast-sinking tree logs, reminiscent of Frogger"
24178,Mr. Cool,,1983,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"You are a cube who must jump on a pyramid made of color-changing platforms to make all platforms of the same color. Flying comets will enter the screen to hinder your progress, but they will eventually turn into balls than can be collected safely."
24179,Geisterjäger John Sinclair: Evil Attacks,,1998,5.9,"Action, Adventure","Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"In this game the player assumes the role of John Sinclair, Inspector at Scotland Yard and Ghost-Hunter 'extraordinaire'. The game is being told in four chapters and uses a mixture of Zork Nemesis like click and move through environment and first person shooter action parts. Every level is started out with a movie to set the mood for the chapter. Then the player will find him/herself at the start of the level - for example a Carnival in London in the first Chapter or a Monastery in Germany in the second one. The player then is able to move from location to location which is accompanied by a 'connection' movie and solve puzzles that will eventually lead him/her to the final Boss fight of that Level. John Sinclair is a German Pulp-Fiction Character who has his own weekly series since almost 30 years in Germany."
24184,Fire Power,Firepower,1987,7.3,Action,,,"A top-down view of two tanks battling it out trying to blast their way into each other's fortress. Guns, helicopters, and I can never forget the little ""splut"" sound the PC speaker made every time your tank ran over an infantry man.... One of the central gameplay ideas of the game was to play head to head with someone else, either via a split screen, modem, or null modem cable."
24185,Super Off Road: The Baja,Super 4WD: The Baja,1993,6.1,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Super Off Road: The Baja is a sequel of Super Off Road Unlike its predecessor which uses an isometric top-down view of a single-screen track, this arcade racing game is made specifically for the SNES and uses its Mode 7 hardware for a 3D racing experience with a 3rd person perspective. The game has three different tournaments, the Mexico 250, Ensenada 500 and Baja 1000. Instead of having to drive many consecutive rounds on a small circuit the circuits are big and more akin to rally racing with a finish at a different location than the start. The game is still held with many opponents as well as non participating traffic and wildlife that can hinder the player or be ruthlessly run over. Along the bumpy off-road tracks the player can collect bags of money, just like in its predecessor. Money can be spend on improvements of various of the car's parts, such as: brakes, tires, shocks, lights, engine and nitros."
24186,Rampage 2: Universal Tour,,1998,5.4,Action,Arcade,,"While technology may improve graphics and sound, some things never change. Rampage 2: Universal Tour is very much in tune with its history, barely deviating from the original city-stomping arcade game appearing in the 1980s. Like its predecessor, Rampage World Tour Rampage 2 retains the original 2D worlds, but improves the graphics, completely re-rendering the characters. The premise remains the same: stomp out cities and wreck things in general. Some new features in Rampage 2 include four new characters (in addition to the original three), new attacks and combos, a power meter, and bonus rounds. Up to three people can play at once and there are plenty of new cities to destroy."
24191,Dark Secrets of Africa,Dark Secrets of Africa: Das Geheimnis des Pharaonengrabes,1999,6.2,Action,,Africa,"In the year 1876, the followers of the god Azag-Thot created a lot of excitement in Africa. The brotherhood of Marduk and the follower of Anubis fought against the Azag-Thot clan. Great luck that the historian Howard Hawk (you) traveled through Africa and supported the Marduk/Anubis clan against the Azag-Thot. In this game, you play Howard Hawk, the aforementioned historian. In 15 different areas of Africa he can use his father's old rifle. There are lots of Azag-Thot munchs, cursed spidermen, or other terrible creatures. In every area is at least one occult place where mighty books, broken amulets or magic swords can be found. Only with these goods can the Azag-Thot be defeated. By your quest you were supported from up to 6 African inhabitants. These are carrying your equipment. By the time you learn some magic that help you to solve your quest."
24201,Cylu,,1985,5.8,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"If you are to be honored with the leadership of the Ostan race, you must explore a virtual reality world, collect the 24 objects which have been hidden within, and bring them all back to the base. Cylu is viewed isometrically, and primarily consists of solving puzzles along the lines of many Ultimate Play the Game titles. Only five objects can be carried at a time, which means the route involves a lot of back-tracking. This is slightly lessened once you find some of the teleport bays, and the key to operate them. There are 32 numbered forcefields around the game, and these must be deactivated by finding the appropriate silicon chip. Your droid requires regular re-fueling, either from canisters located in the early sections of the game, or from the RFL unit you can pick up later."
24204,Mario's Time Machine,"Mario et la Machine à Remonter le Temps, Mario's Time Machine: Deluxe Edition, Marios Zeitmaschine",1993,5.9,Educational,Puzzle elements,,"Bowser is at it again! He's using a time machine, called a Timulator, to loot historical artifacts from the past, in order to stock his museum. He plans to destroy the time machine after, and therefore change the course of history forever. It's up to Mario to stop Bowser and return all the stolen artifacts to their rightful place in history!"
24205,Micro Machines 1 and 2: Twin Turbo,,2000,7.9,"Compilation, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,This compilation contains conversions of the first two Micro Machines games on one cartridge. Both games are previously unreleased on the Game Boy Color.
24209,Project Overkill,,1996,7.1,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the distant future, mega-corporation Terracom has authorized its Off-World Colonization Division to expand to new planets through whatever means necessary. Since worlds that have any kind of development are off limits for corporate planetary development, Terracom is hiring Terran and alien soldiers through a directive known as ""Project Overkill"" to ""unpopulate"" desirable locations. In response, a corporate leak has hired mercs to fight against the injustice of Terracom with the ultimate goal: destroy ""Project Overkill."" Take on the role of four ruthless mercs as you rack up the body count through over 50 different missions with multiple paths. One of the earlier releases for the Playstation, Project Overkill uses a 3D rendered, 3/4 perspective to deliver loads of blood-drenched mayhem."
24215,Super Sidekicks 3: The Next Glory,"Super Sidekicks 3: A Próxima Glória, Super Sidekicks 3: La Siguiente Gloria, Tokuten-ō 3: Eikō e no Chōsen",1995,7.9,Sports,,,"Super Sidekicks 3: The Next Glory is an arcade style soccer/football game, continuation of Super Sidekicks 2: The World Championship The game features 64 national teams (across 8 regions.) The title plays like a typical sidescrolling arcade soccer game, complete with stylized graphics and accessible gameplay."
24221,Deathchase,,1983,7.6,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,"Deathchase sees you riding a motorcycle through 14 stages, with the aim of shooting out a succession of riders. Each stage starts with 2 bikes to shoot out, although planes and tanks also appear on the horizon, to be shot for bonus points. You start with 3 bikes and an infinite supply of bullets, with one bike lost every time you crash. The levels are tree-lined, and at top speed it can be terrifying as you try to muscle through the gaps so as not to lose distance on the target bike. Every second level is played out at night, which changes the colour scheme. There are 14 levels to complete."
24223,James Pond 2: Codename: RoboCod,"James Pond II, James Pond II: Codename: RoboCod, James Pond: Codename: RoboCod, Robocod: James Pond II, Super James Pond, Super James Pond II",1991,7.3,Action,Platform,,"In his second adventure, James Pond must retrieve the toys Dr. Maybe has stolen. Pond has been armed with an Inspector Gadget-style stretch device, which he can use to view higher areas or claw onto ceilings so as to slide across them. The gameplay takes place across worlds themed around particular types of toys, such as sporting goods, candy, and aircraft. The levels scroll sideways, although a small amount of vertical movement is included. On each level Pond must collect 2 penguins and reach the exit, although there are usually multiple exits and lots of secret areas to explore. After completing each pair of two worlds (each of which has three sub-levels), a boss must be faced."
24227,Clock Tower,"Clock Tower 2, Clock Tower Second",1996,7.0,Adventure,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror",,"Originally titled Clock Tower II this game is a sequel to Clock Tower You must stop a disfigured mass murderer named Scissorman who has been terrorising the citizens of Norway in this full 3D point and click adventure, but watch out: Scissorman will be after you! The game is spread across three scenarios (including a prologue at the start). Through the course of the game, people are being killed one by one by the notorious Scissorman. Once Scissorman shows up, you will have to find a hiding place or something to knock the Scissorman out with. Between levels, there is also an intermission in which the player can take a look around the town before going onto the next level."
24231,Gargoyle's Quest II,"Gargoyle's Quest II: The Demon Darkness, Makaimura Gaiden: The Demon Darkness, Red Arremer II",1992,7.7,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform",Fantasy,"The Ghoul realm is under attack by a mysterious force and aspiring warrior Firebrand sets out to save it. As in its predecessor gameplay in Gargoyle's Quest II is divided into an adventure-like and an action part. During the adventure parts, Firebrand explores a world map and several villages from a top-down perspective, talking to his fellow ghouls and zombies to advance the story or receive important items. Action parts are seen from a side-scrolling perspective. In these parts of the game, Firebrand has the ability to jump, cling to walls, fly for a limited amount of time and shoot fireballs at his enemies. As the game progresses, Firebrand becomes more and more powerful, receiving items that improve his agility, armor or attack power."
24232,CyberPunks,,1993,6.6,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Join the ranks of the elite and take control of a crack team... The 501st Cyber Assault Squad. The foreign legion of the future; armed to the teeth with high-tech weapons and wearing power assisted armour, only these rock hard commandos are tough enough to take on the universe - and beyond... Lead Raa, Gee, and Bee into battle against terrifying alien life forms, on missions that are more than just another bug-hunt. Time is running out... The drop-ship is ready to roll; and you are about to board an express elevator to hell... Going down! You are given five missions to complete, each mission has four decks. You can use teleport pads to warp to another area of the deck. If you don't complete your mission under the given time limit, you'll fail your mission and the game ends, and stopping you from completing your mission are a horde of aliens. Some areas are guarded by a steel door, and the only way that you can open it, is by obtaining a red, green, blue, yellow, or black ID card. As well as the doors, there are force field gates, which can be deactivated if someone in your team carries a force field key. At the end of each mission is a boss waiting to terminate you on sight. Raa, Gee, and Bee can carry up to six items in their inventory. The first two places are reserved for weapons. The four remaining places can be filled with ID cards, disks, smart bomb units, and shields. If one of the team members already have six items and they pick a seventh item up, then that item replaces the active inventory item (which is shown by a white border around it). During your mission, you can access terminals which require a red, green, blue, or yellow disk which can be found either lying about, or it is dropped by an alien. These terminals allow you to bypass door circuits, view deck blueprints, and scan restricted information. The blueprints are useful if you can't find your way around a deck. Also with these terminals, you can obtain several items like force field key circuits, party shield orbs, time distortion cubes, and much more. In between each mission, you are given a passkey, which you can enter at the title screen. This passkey lets you start a new mission later. If you haven't discovered the cheats earlier, they will be revealed when you complete the game."
24237,688 Attack Sub,,1989,6.8,Simulation,,,"An early submarine game with ten missions which can be played with both American and Soviet attack submarines. The game focuses on realism with several stations the player can use (sonar, weapons, navigation, helm, radio, and periscope) but most duties can be delegated to crew members. The graphics are mostly close-up views of the control panels but on some occasions, they feature digitized images of surface ships and crew."
24248,Dolphin,,1983,6.6,Action,Arcade,,"Dolphin is a side-scrolling action game. You control a dolphin that is being chased by a giant sea squid. Your goal is to earn points by staying alive as long as possible. As you swim away from the squid, you will encounter schools of sea horses which form a vertical row on the screen with only a small opening to swim through. As you approach each school, the dolphin's sonar will help you locate the opening; a low pitched sound will indicate the opening is near the bottom of the screen, and a higher-pitched sound indicates the opening is near the top. If you miss the opening, the dolphin will lose speed allowing the squid to catch up to you! From time to time, a seagull may fly overhead; if you jump out of the water and touch the seagull, your dolphin will temporarily be able to chase the squid. Throughout the ocean are waves which are indicated by arrows; an arrow pointing the same direction you are traveling will boost the dolphin's speed, whereas an arrow pointing the opposite direction slows you down. The longer you stay alive, the faster and trickier the squid will become! The game ends when all of your dolphins have been caught by the squid."
24264,Big Nose Freaks Out,,1992,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"On a Tuesday afternoon sometime in 17 million BC, Big Nose the caveman was on his way to the Savings and Bones to deposit a large amount of savings. But before he got there, Leroy the Lizardman knocked out Big Nose and stole his savings. When Big Nose woke up and realized his savings were gone, he freaked out! Now he created a wheel with a platform on it and is out to get Leroy. Big Nose Freaks Out is a side scrolling platform action game. There are five sections of gameplay each with four levels to clear. At the end of each section Leroy will be waiting with a large monster. To fight back Big Nose has his trusty club with him. Also, rocks can be found along the way and the club used to bat them at enemies. There are many hidden treasures, hidden levels, and even some level warps to search for. The game also features two different two player modes. The Two Player Relay mode has two players taking turns on the normal single player game, Once one player dies in a level, the other player continues where the first player left off. In the Two Player Challenge mode players take turns and each player is given sixty seconds to collect as many bones as they can in five different rounds. The player who collects the most bones wins."
24268,Beach Volley,,1989,7.0,Sports,,,"While two boys playing Beach Volley a stranger passes by and give them two the possibility to play around the world for the Beach Volley Cup. They take change and start their first competition in London. The rules are easy, one of the teams has to reach seven points first. When you win you fly to other continents like America, Africa or China to meet your next opponent. You can play against the computer (cup mode) or a second player."
24269,Think!,,1985,7.5,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Think! is a strategic puzzle game similar to the board game Connect 4 It's played by two player (player vs. player or player vs. computer) on a 6x6 board. The players take turns in putting out counters on the board and the goal is to get four in a row. The counters can't be placed anywhere, they have to be pushed onto the board from the bottom or the right edge. As a counter is added everything in that row or column will move along. Counters that reach the opposite sides of the board can be pushed off and will then be lost. Winning lines can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal. In addition to the normal mode described above there are a few additional variations of it. These are Speed Think! where each player has a limited amount of time to make each move and Blitz Think! where the player have a total time limit for all moves. There's a tutorial mode where the computer gives feedback on how good each move is. At the end the player gets a percentage score. There are also six preset problems with a few counters already on the board. The player can also create his own problems."
24270,Lucky Luke: Le Train des Desperados,"Lucky Luke: Banditen Express, Lucky Luke: Desperado Train",2000,7.3,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Western,"This game is based on the comics series about the good cowboy Lucky Luke. In this game, Luke has to chase a train stolen by desperados from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast and catch them before they lay waste to the land. Luke will be shooting bad guys across 12 levels, while collecting bullets, dynamite, money, and other useful items. Some of the characters are friendly and can help Luke on his mission."
24279,Doom II,Doom II: Hell on Earth,1994,8.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this sequel to the original Doom the protagonist is still the same hero - the last remaining space marine. After having single-handedly saved Mars from demonic threat, he returns to Earth, only to find out that the demons have already invaded it, killed most of its inhabitants or possessed them. It's his task to bring down the force field around the last operational star port to allow the remnants of mankind to escape to the stars. Doom II looks and plays very similarly to its predecessor, utilizing the same 3D graphical engine with 2D sprites for enemies. The gameplay once again consists entirely of navigating the hero from first-person view through 3D environments and shooting at the demons while attempting to find the way out by flipping switches and looking for keys. Unlike in Doom which is divided into three episodes, the 30 levels of this game (plus the 2 secret levels) form one long episode. The game adds one new weapon to the player's arsenal; the super shotgun, several new demon types with more advanced attacks than those of the predecessor, such as the chaingun-toting Heavy Weapon Dudes, the skeletal Revenants who launch homing missiles and the sinister Arch-Viles who have a highly damaging fire attack."
24280,Gex: Enter the Gecko,"Gex 2, Gex 3D: Enter the Gecko, Gex 3D: Return of the Gecko, Gex 64: Enter The Gecko, Spin Tail",1998,7.6,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Gex 3D: Enter the Gecko is a 3D platform game where the player controls a gecko who has to navigate several levels, all of which are parodies on well-known TV shows and movies, such as Looney Tunes, Gilligan's Island, or Friday the 13th. Rez, the evil overlord of the television is back into the Media Dimension, and the government asks the TV addict gecko, Gex, to defeat him once again. He gets a lot of money and an agent suit for that. The game generally resolves around a James Bondish spy theme, but the story is not referenced later in the game. Gex has to enter levels through TVs to collect three types of remote controls in order to unlock more of the Media Dimension, boss levels and secret TVs. Gex can tailwhip or karate-kick his enemies, climb certain walls and ceilings, eat bugs for power-ups, and spout one-liner wisecrack jokes. The gameplay is non-linear, the player can choose from multiple routes and goals on each level, and are replayable anytime after accomplished."
24288,Circuit's Edge,,1990,7.2,"Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Marid Audran is a private investigator who has been out of luck (and money) for quite a while, being forced to do petty delivery jobs to earn his living. During one of these errands, Marid finds his client dead. The authorities assume that he is the murderer; however, a powerful mafia boss pulls some strings and gets Marid off the hook. In exchange for this favor, Marid has to find out who really killed that man, who turned out to be the mafia ruler's assistant and whose death may be but a part of a larger scheme. Circuit's Edge is based on George Alec Effinger 's When Gravity Fails novel. It is set in a dark version of the future, in which the Islamic world has become the sole dominant power on the planet. The events of the game take place in the Budayeen, the criminal and entertainment district of an unspecified city in the Middle East. Mature themes such as violence, drug usage and sex are liberally used to paint the game's grim setting. Though it contains a few adventure game elements, the game is primarily an RPG. The player navigates Marid through the maze-like city, which resembles a pseudo-3D first-person dungeon area. Marid has to eat and rest from time to time in order to stay alive. Cybernetic modifications can be purchased to increase the protagonist's combat and hacking abilities. Money is gained by defeating enemies on the streets in simple turn-based battles, or by gambling. The game's interface is somewhat similar to that of Mars Saga"
24289,Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon,Sindbad und der Thron des Falken,1987,7.4,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Fighting,"Fantasy, Medieval, Middle East","Take to the high seas as Sinbad the sailor. You have been asked for help by the Princess to defeat the Black Prince and his minions from hell. You will fight pirates and genies, find romance and heartbreak, comedy and tragedy. Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon is a more action-oriented game than most other Cinemaware releases, though it still contains strategy portions in which the player has to tactically move troops around to secure victory. The game features many arcade and fighting sequences, as well as limited decision-making moments."
24304,Alternate Reality: The City,Alternate Reality: Part One - The City,1985,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","In Alternate Reality: The City you are one of many people who have been abducted from earth by aliens and transported to an alternate dimension where you are dumped in a strange, yet familiar city. Your quest is to explore the city, and find the clues that will lead you to your captors and help you get back home. In addition to standard first-person RPG features of that era, like skills, stats, experience points and a repertoire of shops and places to visit, the game offers moral evaluation of your character, and depending on your actions you become good or evil, and that affects how the environment reacts to you. Encounters are not necessarily just resolved with the turn-based combat system, but you can also try to trick, charm or bribe opponents. The storyline is non-linear, for example allowing you to take a job in order to enhance a particular skill or just to pass away time."
24306,Microsoft Soccer,"Microsoft Football, Microsoft Football: Si réel que vous allez mettre le feu !, Microsoft Futebol, Microsoft Fußball, Microsoft Fußball: Aktion in Höchstform, Microsoft Fútbol, Microsoft Gol!, Microsoft Gol!: La vera sfida dei campioni!, Microsoft Soccer: Action So Real It Hurts",1996,5.7,Sports,,,"This soccer game is using an isometric perspective to render the game. There is in total 92 teams in the game (only internationals, no club teams) although all the players are fake. In single player the game offers a single game or a tournament (a cup with up to sixteen teams). Single games can also be played with up to four friends in multiplayer via LAN, Internet or modem. Also included is a team editor that allows the user to modify the teams or create new ones."
24310,YoYo's Puzzle Park,Gussun Paradise,1996,6.8,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"At the opening ceremony of the Gussan Paradise theme park, a creature known as YoYo invades it. He takes hostages from the crowd and manages to elude the police and take control of the park. It's up to Guss and Yodie, two innocent bystanders, to take back the park. YoYo's Puzzle Park is a puzzle platform game featuring some sixty platform-filled levels similar to Bubble Bobble The player (as Guss or Yodie) can hop around on them, while avoiding the enemies that crowd the platforms. The enemies hurt the player by touching them, and some have ranged attacks like lasers. The players can strike back at the enemies with bombs that scatter the level, throwing or jumping on them activates their two second fuse. The goal is to kill all the enemies in a level within the time limit. To aid the protagonists there are several collectibles such as vehicles. Guss and Yodie can also stun enemies with their Yo-yos. In the multi-player mode, you can fight against your friends in a two-player deathmatch game."
24311,Firetrack,,1987,7.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,Pirates took possession over a part of space and founded eight colonies. The player's mission as Earth's delegate is to destroy them in this vertically scrolling shooter. Each level has to be crossed twice; the first time the goal is to destroy the reactor at the end of the level. Then the colony falls into darkness and the player tries to destroy as many buildings as possible during a second run. Some structures are marked; those give extra points or in some cases an extra life. Those are needed because the pirates are not in the mood to give in without a fight; contact with an enemy ship or missile means instant death.
24317,Hunchback: The Adventure,,1986,5.7,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"As they went on to demonstrate with Nightbreed Ocean wasn't afraid to try a few different approaches to licensed material once they'd gotten their mitts on it, which is how you explain following up not one but two run-and-jump platform games with a text adventure game -- the change in approach a breath of fresh air and, perhaps, a response to critics suggesting that rehashing the same old thing is getting tired and stale. Many arcade games of the period would have a hard time with the transition, lacking enough of a skeleton of plot to flesh out with characters and events, but the Hunchback franchise has always enjoyed descent from one of the greatest works of French fiction (not incidentally long since in the public domain, hence ripe for free squeezing), Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris .. even if it hadn't made terribly extensive use of its heritage up to this title. You are still Quasimodo, deformed ward of the Church, and you still quest for the favour and well-being of gypsy Esperalda, but for once you don't do so by jumping over pits and ducking under arrows (and, uh, participating in organised sporting events )! Instead, you navigate sites in, around and under Paris, including the Cathedral of Notre Dame, collecting inventory items to use to solve puzzles and overcome minions of the Bishop and Cardinal -- foes who no longer cause you to lose a life at the merest contact. The narrative does sustain a bit of garbling along the way in the transition from high literature to action arcade game and back to crypto-literary interactive fiction, but they take what they've learned about design along the way and present things clearly, possessions and companions continually visually indicated above a baroque text input/output field. The interface is as intuitive as those of the prior games in the franchise, despite the enormous gulf between their respective styles of gameplay. Now you can give your twitchy fingers a rest and let your brain take over for a while."
24323,The Golden Voyage,Golden Voyage,1981,6.3,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The 12th and final adventure in the main Scott Adams series, and most likely the one with the fewest packaging variations as well! The king is ill, and only YOU can save him. You must retrieve a magic elixir from a far away land, before it is too late. In this game, you take to the seas and journey through magic lands with temples, magic fountains, and more. Although this is the last of the main series, it still uses the same basic 2-word parser."
24349,Jetpack,,1993,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"You are an explorer trying to gather green gems from more than 100 small dungeons. You have a jetpack and an electric...tazer, phaser, whatever. Your jetpack consumes fuel and extra fuel can be found over the map. You can also pick up enemy freezers and invulnerability powerups. Your tazer thing can cut through some materials to get through the level successfully, but it cannot hurt enemies. You can also use teleporters and ladders. Ice and grass can hinder your progress."
24357,P47 Thunderbolt,"Arcade Archives: P-47, P-47: The Freedom Fighter, P-47: The Phantom Fighter",1988,6.3,Action,Shooter,"Historical events, World War II","The P-47 was one of the toughest planes in use in World War 2, and this side-scrolling shoot 'em up puts you in control of one as you take on hordes of Nazis. 16-bit versions have a simultaneous 2-player mode, as well as the ability to wrap-around the game with increased difficulty up to 4 times. You are initially armed with a machine gun, but can also pick up bombs, spray missiles and multi-missiles by picking up the appropriate letter. Each weapon can be upgraded by picking up further tokens of the same type. Tokens offering extra lives and speed-ups are also on offer."
24360,Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour,"Disney Kolorowy Rajd, Disney: Kouzelné závody",2000,6.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"A cart racing game featuring Disney Characters Starring Jiminy Cricket, Chip, and Dale, and a few characters created specifically for the game. The catch is that all of the tracks are actually based on rides at all of the four Walt Disney World Parks (Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, Rock'n'Rollercoaster, Typhoon Lagoon, etc...)."
24369,Indy Racing 2000,,2000,7.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Indy Racing 2000 is an officially licensed product of that year's Indy Racing League. At this point it purely raced on oval tracks, and featuring Indianapolis-style race cars - open wheel, open cockpit. All 20 drivers and their cars and teams are authentic with fully licensed IRL tracks including night time tracks at Texas and Charlotte. Two player mode is supported and there is a unique draft meter to aid in making sling-shot moves for passing. Top drivers are represented with detailed replicas of their cars. It is a racing simulation rather than a pure action game, letting you choose the angles of the front wing, rear wing, set the tire pressure, gear ratios and transmission type."
24374,Star Wars: Episode I - Racer,"Pod Racer, SW E 1 Racer, Star Wars Racer, Star Wars: Episódio I - Racer",1999,7.6,Racing / Driving,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based upon the Pod Racing scenes of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, your mission as young Anakin Skywalker or as one of a collection of strange characters from around the Galaxy is to compete, survive and win in the high speed challenge of Pod Racing. Each character has a unique Pod that can be upgraded with the credits you win after each race. Finish first to gain the most prestige and compete in greater and more challenging tracks, including the now famous race along the sand dunes of Tatooine that determined the destiny of many lives."
24377,Caverns of Mars,Conquest of Mars,1981,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Martian galactic fleets surround the planet and are demanding its surrender! The Terra IV High Command knows that your space fighter, the HELICON VII, is the only craft equipped to invade the Martian Headquarters deep within the Caverns of Mars. Your mission: Sabotage the Martian defense system by activating their deadly fusion bomb. Make your way down two to five caverns, depending on the difficulty level. Do not hit the walls of the cavern or any Martian items. You will need to shoot fuel tanks as you go because you use fuel constantly. You must make your way through all the caverns to the fusion bomb, which you then touch to activate. Once activated, you must return to the surface before the bomb explodes."
24378,Wonderland,Wonderland: Dream the Dream...,1990,7.8,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Alice was sitting at the river bank with her sister and got drowsy. Suddenly, she sees a white rabbit who was hurrying somewhere, muttering something to himself. Curious, Alice follows the rabbit into a hole that leads into a bizarre world populated by strange and exotic creatures. Alice has to use her wits in order to understand Wonderland's twisted laws of logic and figure out a way to return home. Wonderland is a text adventure with graphics, based on Lewis Carroll's classic novel Alice in Wonderland The game follows the book's general story while adding many descriptions, locations, and puzzles of its own. The interaction with the environment is done mostly by typing; however, commands may also appear in pop-up menus and can be selected by the player. Sometimes puzzles need to be solved in order to be able to advance. The game features windows with adjustable size, separating the graphical display from inventory, command interface, text descriptions, and other options."
24379,Discworld II: Mortality Bytes!,"Discworld 2: Mortellement Votre, Discworld II: Missing presumed...!?, Discworld II: Presunto disperso...!?, Discworld II: Vermutlich vermisst...!?, Mundodisco II: ¿Presuntamente Desaparecido?",1996,7.8,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Mortality Bytes casts players again in the role of Rincewind, from the first game Death, the grim reaper, who normally ushers the Discworld inhabitants into the afterlife, is on an extended vacation. This means that those whose ""time is up"" are faltering around in limbo. Now it's up to Rincewind to bring him back or suffer the fate of immortality. Gameplay is divided into 4 Acts. There are many locations to explore and a multitude of obstacles in Rincewind's path to overcome. Conversations with characters and interaction with inventory objects is necessary to move ahead. The game features unique humour similar to the previous game."
24380,Bounder,,1985,7.5,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Arcade,,"In Bounder the player controls a tennis ball that constantly bounces on the screen. The player has to move the ball around between two bounces so it lands on friendly areas like grass or the main hexagonal-patterned floor. If it lands on hazardous areas like spikes and sand, or hits the enemies which move around, one of the seven lives the player starts with is lost. There are beneficial squares though - arrows which keep the ball in the air longer or teleports which clear part of the game. The 174 screens are divided into 10 levels - at the end of each of these there's a bonus screen."
24394,Beetle Buggin',"Beetle Crazy Cup, Käfer Total, Radical Drive",2000,7.3,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"An officially licensed VW Beetle racing game is here! Participate in five distinct events: speed, jump, buggy, monster, and cross. There are 17 different Beetle models to try, over 20 tracks, and realistic physics, with gameplay conducted in a two-player split screen mode or with up to six players via LAN. Features include weather conditions, day and night racing, and more!"
24395,Sea Dogs,"Hai Gou, Sea Dogs: An Epic Adventure at Sea, Sea Dogs: Piraci",2000,7.7,"Action, Role-playing (RPG), Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Fighting,Sea pirates / Caribbean,"A combination of role-playing, action, strategy and simulation reminiscent of Pirates! Sea Dogs puts you on the bridge of a score of 17th century naval vessels in dangerous waters. You play Nicholas Sharp, a young English sailor who found himself enslaved by the Spanish when his ship was attacked. Recently free from his captivity, he has stolen a ship, has a token crew, and is out to earn his fortune, whether it be the route of pure revenge, honest trading, piracy, or a combination of all three. Walk through towns developing contacts and making business transactions, sail both calm and stormy waters, and exchange broadsides from everything from small fishing vessels to ships of the line. While there is a story line throughout the game, and multiple ways of ending it, you can merely just trade and fight to your hearts content if you wish. A 3D engine that features various wind, wave, and weather conditions is the primary interface, as you navigate into harbors and engage enemies. Little nuances include patrolling sharks and circling seagulls, as well as visual damage to both hull and sails of each vessel. Walking about town is also done in 3-D and you'll have to remember what streets hold what stores if you wish to just make a quick stop. Much of the gameplay is similar to that of Pirates! However, a very strong role-playing element is involved and you'll find yourself having to build up your character's abilities before you can tackle the larger targets. Even survival can be difficult for the naive captain."
24397,The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots!,,1993,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Veediots! lets the player experience four classic episodes of the Ren & Stimpy Show. One is the episode ""The Boy Who Cried Rat"", where the player takes control of Ren dressed as a mouse and has to reach the end of a house while avoiding obstacles and enemies as well as Stimpy. Towards the end of this stage, the player must travel through Stimpy's mouth in order to complete the stage by avoiding various pitfalls and obstacles. The second episode is ""In the Army"" where once again the player takes control of Ren as they travel through an army base, punch at enemies including soldiers, avoid various pitfalls and use various objects scattered throughout the stage in order to advance. The third episode is ""Stimpy's Invention"", where the player takes control of Stimpy as they must escape a demented laboratory by avoiding pitfalls and enemies while collecting items to assemble the ""Happy Helmet"" and use it on Ren in order to complete the stage. The final stage is ""Marooned"", where the player takes control of Stimpy as he's swallowed by a giant alien. They must avoid various enemies as they fall down the throat until they land in the stomach. Then the player must make it to the end of the level, attacking enemies and avoiding pits of acid in order to reach the end of the stage. There are also power-ups for each stage including health icons and powered toast icons that will give the player a brief stint of invincibility. The game also features the voice talent of Billy West"
24399,Swashbuckler,Les Flibustiers,1981,6.8,Action,Fighting,Sea pirates / Caribbean,"Swashbuckler is an early fighting game. The whole game takes place on the same screen. You're in the center and enemies such as humans, snakes, and rats come at you from either side. You've got a sword that can strike high, low or center, or block. As the game progresses the number and speed of the enemies increase until they're too fast for a human to handle. This was pretty similar to another Datamost title, "" Aztec "" which was an Indiana Jones type side-scroller."
24401,Scotland Yard,"Scotland Yard: A la búsqueda de Mister X, Scotland Yard: A la recherche de Mister X",1998,6.1,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",Board game,,"Scotland Yard is a faithful computer version of the popular board game of the same name, developed by Cryo in collaboration with Ravensburger (publisher of the board game): Mr. X, a fixture on England's ""Most Wanted"" list, is on the run in London. Will Scotland Yard find and capture him before time runs out? The main map shows 199 stations in the city that can be reached by taxi, bus or underground. Each type of transportation costs a ticket. One player takes the part of Mr. X and slinks around the city, leaving clues for the others, who are the Scotland Yard detective team. If Mr. X manages to escape capture, he/she wins. All the detectives see is which travel ticket Mr. X used during that turn. The detectives must plan movement routes to surround Mr. X and try to cut off his lines of escape. To make things difficult for the detectives, they only have a limited number of tickets, and when they run out of a ticket type, they cannot use that mode of transport anymore. As a ‘bonus’, you can choose to play the ""computer enhanced"" version, which purports to add RPG elements such as money, weapons, fighting, health and conversation. The players can visit the stations and interact with people or locations. Detectives have to catch criminals in order to earn money so they can buy information about Mr. X. Mr. X has to find specific items in order to win. He can rob people or houses to earn money. Weapons, tickets and other helpful things can be bought at different locations. A lot of people offer information for a price. Only a gang boss of a district can sell Mr. X pricey information about the quest item. But to find the gang boss you need to buy information about his whereabouts first. Overall, Scotland Yard is a game that emphasises logical deductions and strategic planning over luck. You can play either as Mr. X or detective, solo against the computer or with friends."
24406,MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head: Do U.,,1998,6.2,Adventure,,,"Beavis and Butthead are on a field trip to college. They have to collect signatures from different teachers by doing tasks they're assigned, so that then they can go to the party and score with chicks."
24412,Professional BMX Simulator,,1988,6.6,"Racing / Driving, Sports",Arcade,,"Professional BMX Simulator is the successor to BMX Simulator and has the same gameplay principle: racing on top-down circuits against the clock. The most apparent improvement to the predecessor is that there are four athletes on the course; all either controlled by human players or the AI. However, despite the opponents a single-player race simply requires a certain amount of laps within a time limit. The 15 circuits are split across three styles - dirtbike, quarry racing and desert riding. Besides the standard version, the player may also choose to play the game in expert difficulty. This mode not only has harder time limits, but also introduces different tyre and chain-wheel sizes to choose from (influencing the bike's performance depending on the course) and collision detection between the athletes."
24418,Formation Armed F,Arcade Archives: Armed F,1988,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Formation Armed F is a vertically scrolling shooter. The basic gameplay principle offers no surprises: shooting a lot of aliens without getting hit by their attacks. Additionally there are environmental obstacles like poisonous gas or walls. Of course the player can collect power ups to upgrade the ship, e.g. speed-ups or a large variation of weaponry. Each of the seven levels has its own set of weaponry which suits the enemies. The big exception are smaller ships which stay near to the main ship. By pressing a second fire button, the formation can be changed. There are no continues."
24420,Hexen: Beyond Heretic,"Hexen, Hexen 95",1995,7.4,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"Hexen is the sequel to Heretic While the Heretic was destroying D'Sparil, the other two Serpent Riders have come to your dimension and slaughtered everyone. Or so they thought. Three humans have managed to escape with their lives and now seek vengeance against the Serpent Rider Korax who remains in their world. Like Heretic Hexen is a fantasy game based on an enhanced DOOM engine All of Heretic 's innovations like vertical looking, flying, and the inventory system have been carried over. The new major changes this time around are three characters for the player to choose from and the level hub system. The characters are the Fighter, the Cleric, and the Mage. Each one has four unique weapons and different levels of speed and armor. The hub system steps away from the traditional ""single levels stringed along into episodes"" system which had been carried over into the FPS genre from sidescrollers and made popular by Wolfenstein 3D In Hexen 's hub system each episode is still made up of interconnected levels, but most of the levels are connected to a single ""hub"" level through portals. There are also portals between some of the ""spoke"" levels. Many of the puzzles in Hexen require travel back and forth between different levels. Other innovations in Hexen include weather effects, jumping, earth-quakes, and destructible objects such as trees and vases. The game also includes scripted sequences created with a language called ACS, allowing for much more complex puzzles and dramatic scenes."
24421,Mob Rule,"Constructor 2, Constructor: Street Wars - Guerra nas Ruas, Constructors: Street Wars, Mob Rule Classic, Street Wars: Constructor Underworld",1999,7.2,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",City building / construction simulation,Interwar,"A city building game similar in nature to SimCity but with elements of real time strategy thrown in the mix. Playing the part of a small time mobster who wants to work his way up in the organization, the goal is to take over various towns and wipe out the competition at the same time. Gameplay involves purchasing land and placing various types of buildings on it (such as soup kitchens, drinking dens, peep shows, hospitals, factories, etc.), then selecting a tenant to live/work in the business. Tenants produce other tenants, workers or cash. As the game progresses, a gadget factory also becomes available to manufacture various gadgets necessary to upgrade businesses. While building the city of their dreams, the player must also manage the members of their gang, who come in three different types. The Workers build the buildings and help take out the competition. The Fixers perform the upkeep on the properties so they don't fall into total disrepair or burn down, and also help eliminate the other teams as necessary. The Gangsters are enforcers sent to take over other properties and whack the poor mooks that need a beating. The player can create teams of their own men (the only female characters in the game running the brothels) or control them individually. Mob Rule offers solo play through 5 scenarios or online play against up to three other players."
24426,McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure,McDonald's Treasureland Adventure,1993,7.3,Action,"Falling block puzzle, Platform",,"McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure is a side-scrolling adventure starring Ronald McDonald. After finding a piece of a treasure map, the yellow clown travels through four different levels (Forest, Town, Sea and Moon). He's off to find and defeat the baddies who have the other pieces of the map. Ronald can jump, shoot and use his scarf to grab onto hooks to jump to higher levels. Jewels and flowers collected in each level can be used to purchase extra lives and power-ups in shops between levels. You can also pay to play a Columns style falling block game between levels to earn extra items."
24430,Super Sprint,Turbo Sprint,1986,6.9,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Super Sprint is a racing game for one or two players, with the Arcade version allowing three players to race at the same time. Gameplay is from an overhead view of the racetrack. The racetracks start simple and gradually get more complicated, and may also feature obstacles ranging from traffic cones to tornadoes. Occasionally wrenches will appear in the roadway, and when collected they can be used after a race to power up your car with better tires, better acceleration or a higher top speed."
24434,Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels,,1988,7.5,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"The famous detective Sherlock Holmes reads in a newspaper that the Tower of London has been closed for ""reasons of security"". Shortly afterwards he finds out that the Crown Jewels belonging to the royal family were stolen. The fact is kept in secret, and Dr. Watson, Sherlock Holmes best friend and associate, must retrieve them within forty-eight hours to avert a world-wide scandal. In this text adventure the player controls Dr. Watson, exploring familiar locations in London, questioning suspects and solving puzzles. The interaction with the game world is performed by typing combinations of verbs and objects. Descriptions of locations must be read carefully, as they may contain clues vital to solving the game."
24435,David Wolf: Secret Agent,,1989,7.2,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",Contemporary,"Bruno Vasto, a madman, has stolen the experimental SF-2 stealth fighter and threatens to blow up Washington D.C.! It's up to you to infiltrate Vasto's organization and retrieve the fighter to save the world. It's all in a day's work for David Wolf, the secret agent. David Wolf: Secret Agent merges digitized cinematic cutscenes with bitmap and 3D animation to create an action-based interactive movie. Four 3D action simulations are the heart of the game: HangGliding (with a machine gun mounted to the front), Sportscar driving (with a machine gun mounted to the front), Fighter Simulation (with a machine gun and a missile launcher mounted to the front), and Skydiving (no machine gun). The player follows along with the story for a few minutes, then is attacked and must outwit his opponents to live."
24441,Em@il Games: X-COM,Email X-COM,1999,6.3,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based tactics (TBT),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Em@il Games: X-COM is a turn-based game played over email (optional one computer hot seat) loosely based on the original X-COM game The units and weapons are similar. The graphics are basic but clear. The major difference is the game-play of course, which is very simple. Each player controls a squad of randomly assigned troops, you have limited action points and move/fire options. Whoever kills the other squad wins, no research, no campaign type options, just single map games. The players can select the side of the conflict (X-COM troops or Alien forces) and one of five available mission environments."
24445,Royal Flush,,1994,6.5,Simulation,Pinball,,"Royal Flush is a simulation of the real life pinball machine of the same name by Gottlieb. The main focus lies on a realistic feeling and the ball physics. The game is played with just four buttons: two to handle the two paddles, one to release the balls, and one to simulate the shaking on a real pinball machine. The whole table uses a poker design. There are multiple ways to receive bonus points, e.g. hitting one of the five cards on the upper part, three bumpers or The Hole which gives you a lot of points and lands the ball on the right paddle. Depending on the graphics card there are two ways how the machine is simulated: it is either stationary (you see the hole table at once) or it scrolls with the playing ball. The game features an extensive menu where you can set almost all aspects of the pinball machine, including inclination, number of playing balls and the amount of currency which flows through the paddles."
24451,Project IGI: I'm Going In,"Project I.G.I, Project I.G.I: I'm Going In - L'intelligence reste votre meilleure arme, Project I.G.I: I'm Going In - Tested by the Military. Used by You.",2000,7.4,Action,Shooter,,"Project: I'm Going In is a tactical shooter based on the Joint Strike Fighter 3d-engine. In the game, you are a special agent who has to complete missions all on his own, infiltrating bases with a fair number of enemies. Your overall goal is to locate a stolen nuclear device so that it can be recovered. An assortment of weapons is in the game, including a sniper rifle, an AK-47, grenades and a rocket launcher to name a few. In completing the missions you mostly have one goal: you should not be seen by the cameras or detected by a large group of the enemies at once so that you can complete the level. As soon as an intruder is detected, the enemies are alerted to your presence and the level gets quite difficult to finish. Since you can't save during the mission, you will have to start from the beginning if you don't complete it(i.e., getting killed). Every mission starts with a little movie using the 3d engine introducing what the goals of the next mission is. Most missions contain the same buildings and objects, so there's a strong deja-vu through the whole game."
24454,Wanted! Monty Mole,,1984,7.1,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Monty Mole is keen to steal as much coal as he can, and if possible, obtain control of coal production. Once he's got the loot, his job is to escape through the castle. The Spectrum version plays slightly different compared to its Commodore 64 counterpart. Gameplay is a flick-screen platform affair rather than scrolling, with 21 screens full of challenges. Expect to be confronted by man-eating fish, crushing machines and precision-jumping tasks. All manner of objects can be collected, sometimes by taking a more precarious route through a screen, adding a real puzzle element to the game."
24455,Admiral Graf Spee,Almirante Graf Spree,1982,5.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,World War II,"In this early naval simulation the player assumes the role of the captain of the Admiral Graf Spee, one of the fastest ships in the German side during World War II. Your mission is to patrol the South Atlantic and disrupt allied transport routes as much as possible. Enemy vessels appear as blinking dots in the map, and once the Graf Spee is in the area you have to match the course and speed of the enemy as closely as possible. After a while, the enemy, which can range from easy prey such as cargo ships to hard as nails battleships, will become within range and you will be able to engage. After several successful engagements the Altmark supply ship will appear to replenish your fuel and ammo and carry out small repairs on your ship. Depending on the player's skill, several endings are available. The high brass are willing to let you retire with full honors if you sank enough enemy ships for them, but the allied side will do anything they can to sink your ship. And if things take a turn for the worse you can always emulate the historical fate of the ship."
24456,DinoPark Tycoon,,1993,6.3,"Educational, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"One of the more original ""business"" games made, DinoPark Tycoon is both a strategy and educational game. Build a theme park showing off various types of dinosaurs. You are in charge, and have to do many things, including: To aid you in making decisions, the game includes these plus more features: There are many more features, such as the ability to buy seeds so you can grow your own plant life for the herbivores. If you want to take a break from the business part, you can watch your park and see people walking through the park and other things."
24467,A View to a Kill: The Computer Game,"Dangereusement Votre! Le Jeu Sur Micro-Ordinateur, Panorama Para Matar",1985,5.5,Action,,,"You are James Bond and you must stop Max Zorin from destroying Silicon Valley and dominating the microchip market. This game will take you to Paris and San Francisco. In Paris you will need to chase Mayday in your vehicle as she parachutes down to her extraction point. In San Francisco, you will get to go to City Hall and go to an abandoned mine where you must disarm a bomb. If the bomb is not disarmed a huge earthquake will occur and Silicon Valley will be flooded."
24468,Disciples: Sacred Lands,"Apostolowie: Swiete Ziemie, Mech i Korona",1999,7.3,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Fantasy,"The Sacred lands are split between three races, each with their problems, and at odds with their Gods. After thousands of years locked away in the tumultuous world that he helped create, the powerful devil Bethrezen has a chance to escape his punishment by laying waste to the land. Along with his twisted Army of the Damned, he seeks to wipe away the mistakes of his earlier creation and recreate the planet in his own image. His former people, the strong human races that develop the Empire who live for peace, are the only things that stand in his way. The Mountain Clans, Dwarven followers of the god Wotan, are at war with The Hordes. Long ago, Wotan killed another God in a battle. The fallen god's wife Mortis, in an act of vengeance, wiped out an entire race and turned them into the Undead Hordes, who spread across the realm seeking to embrace all races in their cloak of death. At the beginning, you must choose which race you wish to lead in battle. But as time passes, all three clans stories will combine, and the war will rage on even further. Modes to choose from include Sagas (the main area of the game, where the stories combine into one hug battle), single player missions and plenty of multiplayer action."
24469,Air Support,,1992,6.6,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Strategy-based war game set in the future ""where wars are fought in virtual reality"". What this means is that you control your forces via a top-down map (like in the popular Battle Isle ) but you can switch to a 1st person 3D wireframe perspective of your units for ""special missions"". The game boasted ""incredibly realistic virtual 3D"" which meant having to don the 3D glasses that came with the game during the wireframe 3D sections."
24470,B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th!,,2000,7.5,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th! is a single-player only flight sim featuring the famous WWII bomber, made by some of the team who also created B-17 Flying Fortress for MicroProse. You can take control over every of 16 positions available in this plane: Pilot, Gunner, Bomber or communications officer. You can also fly one of the escort fighters (P-38 Lightning, P-51 Mustang, and P-47 Thunderbolt) or German fighters (Bf 109, FW 190, and Me 262). The flight model is very accurate, as is the graphics and sounds used to represent plane damage. In addition to managing the aircraft and bombing missions, one also has to manage the bomber crew, take care of the wounded, make sure they don't panic under fire, almost like in an RPG."
24472,Log!cal,Logical,1991,7.4,Puzzle,,,"Log!cal is a bizarre puzzle game in which you have to arrange colored balls (green, purple, blue or yellow) to form quartets in any of several locations on the game board. These locations are, in fact, balls you can spin, then send any of the balls in them through the connection path."
24482,Binary Land,Laberinto Binario,1983,6.1,"Action, Puzzle",,,"In this game, you have to guide two penguins, one male and one female, through top-down vertical levels. The penguins are in love with each other and must be re-united! The penguins start on opposite sides, separated by walls, bricks, and other obstacles. You take control of one of the penguins. The other makes exactly the same movements as you, but in the opposite direction. So if for example you see an enemy to the left of the penguin you are not controlling, you have to fire to the right in order to hit it. You have to reach the top of the level in such a way that the two penguins will arrive at the top square at the same time, coming from opposite sides. Enemies such as spiders will put web on your way or attack you. You can kill them for points. There are various power-ups that appear randomly on the levels. You should also be careful not to run out of time."
24485,Persona 2: Tsumi - Innocent Sin,,1999,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),,,"A few years after the events described in Persona a curse has befallen Sumaru City, a town in modern-day Japan. The curse is placed by a mysterious person who calls himself the Joker. Rumors say that he can fulfill people's wishes, but also does something horrible to those who for some reason fail to express a wish. A group of high school students decides to investigate the matter. However, when they confront the Joker, he tells them that they have hurt him in the past, and that he is out for revenge now. The young people realize that the Joker's appearance is just the beginning of a sinister chain of events, and will have to look for answers within their own souls. Persona 2: Innocent Sin is similar in structure and basic gameplay to its predecessor. Much of the game consists of navigating a party of up to five active combatants through locations in the large city, exploring complex dungeons, and fighting randomly appearing demons in round-based style. Unlike the first game, dungeons are viewed from an angled overhead perspective with rotatable camera. Rather than having the option of using either a melee weapon or a gun, each character is equipped with his or her own specific weapon. Like in the previous game, communication with demons plays a significant role. The demon conversation system has been refined: it is now possible to choose more specific and accurate dialogue lines, and the effects of the player's responses are less random. Tarot cards of a specific Persona type are collected from the demons following a successful conversation. They can be later used in a special location called Velvet Room to acquire new Personae, which can be equipped on playable characters, enhancing their parameters and teaching them different spells and abilities. In the beginning each Persona is only capable of a basic ability; new ones are gradually learned by repeatedly using the powers of said Persona in combat. Powerful fusion attacks can be performed by combining two or more spells in the same round. The game introduces a ""rumor system"", which allows the player to acquire and spread rumors through rumormongers inhabiting the city. Due to the curse placed on the city, rumors become reality once they are spread. This predicament can be used to the player's advantage, for example by spreading a rumor about powerful black market weapons."
24490,Naughty Ones,,1994,6.8,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"The Naughty Ones come under your control in this old-fashioned platform game. Each screen is separate from the others, and involves trying to collect a key and then progress through the exit. Enemies are best dealt with by shooting one of your longer-range weapons towards them and waiting for it to hit them - this will release at least one coin, for points. Improved weapons can be collected, each of which functions for a limited number of shots. Bonus items are often located in the more precarious parts of the level, leading you to choose whether to risk losing a life, and going back to the start of the screen (although previously killed creatures remain dead when you lose a life)."
24497,Tales of Phantasia,Huanxiang Chuanshuo,1995,7.7,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"In Tales of Phantasia the player controls a young boy named Cless, who lives together with his parents in a quiet village. It was a day like all the others when Cless decided to go hunting with his best friend Chester. Chasing a wild boar, Cless discovered a strange talking tree in the forest who was pleading him for help. But as soon as it stopped speaking, the two friends heard the sound of an alarm. They returned to the village and found it burnt down, and all its inhabitants murdered. Before Cless' mother died in his arms, she told him this terrible massacre had something to do with the pendant she and her husband gave Cless for his birthday... what connection could there be? Cless decides to visit his uncle who lives in another town, but he doesn't realize his journey will take him to much more remote places than that. Tales of Phantasia is a Japanese-style role-playing game with an unusual combat system: the battles are action-based and are fought on separate side-scrolling screens. The player directly controls one character, while other party members are controlled by AI. It is possible to pause the game at any time and use magic, items, or choose an overall strategy for the allies."
24498,Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six,Rainbow 6,1998,7.6,"Action, Simulation","Shooter, Tactical shooter",,"You have been recruited by John Clark to be a member of Rainbow, the most elite counter-terror team in the world, with members from various countries of the world. You start out rescuing hostages from the terrorists, but as you go on, you discover there are bigger things at stake - such as the entire world. Rainbow Six is a first-person shooter with an emphasis on realistic weapons and tactics. You must use existing intelligence like floor plan layouts to plan your assault. You can use up to four teams, with a variety of equipment from simple body armor to biosuits, breaching kit and more. There are many different weapons available, from pistols to machine guns to shotguns to grenades. You can switch between different teams as needed, or leave them under AI control. It is possible to coordinate different teams with go codes, engage a variety of terrorists or perform stealth missions. The game also features multiplayer with a variety of maps and mission types to choose from. The PC version contains 16 missions. The N64 version has 12 missions however only 10 are from the original game and 2 are from the Eagle Watch expansion. The missions are also ordered differently than in the original PC version. The interface was streamlined for the N64 console and controller, missions can now be played in a split screen co-operative multiplayer mode, and the pre-rendered videos from the PC version have been reduced to slide shows of a few still images. The PlayStation version contains only 14 of the 16 missions of the PC version. The PlayStation version reduces the 20 special operatives to 9, and only 3 can be brought on a mission. The pre-planning part of teach mission has been severely reduced to only allowing the player to select each of the operatives insertion points. This version has more of a lone soldier feel to it with much of the teamwork aspect of the game being very rudimentary."
24505,Deer Hunter,Chasseur de Daims,1997,5.7,Simulation,Hunting,,"The first in a long-lasting series of hunting simulators, Deer Hunter puts the player in the role of a man (or woman) hunting the forest for deer. Players can choose between 3 different areas in the US: Arkansas, Colorado, and Indiana. Once arrived at the location, the game is a static first-person shooter experience. Players can turn left and right, but have no other choice of movement. In order to find and attract deer, the player can use one of several items; including the Deer Call, Antlers and Binoculars. Once a deer is spotted, it is up to the player to shoot it and take it down. Three different weapons are available which are: the Rifle with scope (easiest difficulty), the Shotgun (medium difficulty), and the Bow (hardest difficulty). After successfully killing a deer, its head will be transferred to the game's Trophy Room with statistics for size, area found, weapon used, etc."
24508,Mr. Dig,,1984,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"Mr Dig is based on the arcade game Mr. Do! where you have to collect all the cherries over various single screen levels to move to the next level. As you move through the tunnels or dig through the dirt there are various nasties chasing you, but they can only move through tunnels and can't dig. To stop them you can either throw a bouncing ball where only one can be thrown at a time, or remove the dirt below an apple and make it fall on top of them. If you are touched by a nasty then you lose one of five lives and when all are gone it's game over. Before you play you can select a skill level from 1 to 9."
24512,TV Sports: Basketball,,1989,6.5,Sports,,,"Basketball was the second sport to which Cinemaware applied their philosophy of lavish production and advanced cutscenes. Exhibition and league matches are on offer, with the opportunity to recreate a full league season with 1 player assigned to each of the 28 clubs. The game uses varying camera positions, with top-down views when the ball is close to either hoop, and a side-view when the ball is mid-court - controls remain unchanged for these, so the switch doesn't cause a sudden change in player movement. As well as playing the matches you have full coaching control. This can involve making substitutions but also assigning marking and game strategies."
24520,Snatcher,Snatcher: CD ROMantic,1988,8.0,Adventure,"Japanese-style adventure, Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Snatcher is set in the futuristic Neo Kobe City, a city of madness and decadence. The year is 2047 (or 2042, according to the original Japanese version). Mankind is facing its gravest crisis. A mysterious bio-roid life form has appeared. Its true nature and purpose are unknown. Is it some country's secret weapon, or an alien from another world? They appear in the winter, killing people and taking their place in society. They wear artificial skin and can sweat and even bleed. They are called ""Snatchers"" because they ""snatch"" their victims before they take their place. A new police force, specifically trained to fight the Snatchers, has been formed. They are JUNKERs (which is deciphered as ""Japanese Undercover Neuro-Kinetic Elimination Rangers"" in the English version). Every time you encounter someone, a difficult question must be asked — is it a person or a snatcher? The player takes control of Gillian Seed, one of the JUNKERs. The gameplay largely follows the structure of a Japanese-style adventure. The player uses a menu-driven interface to execute commands, which include moving between locations and interacting with the environment. Typically, every room contains objects that can be examined, leading to text descriptions and comments. Conversations occupy a large portion of the gameplay, with various topics available and a wealth of information about the game's world and characters. A few parts contain light puzzle-solving elements, though as a rule the game is almost completely devoid of puzzles. During key moments of the narrative, the player will be prompted to participate in intense shooting sequences. The goal is usually to kill all the enemies that pop out on the screen before they are able to kill Gillian. Some of such sequences are timed, i.e. the player is required to quickly shoot before another events is triggered, leading to the protagonist's death."
24523,F-Zero,,1990,8.0,Racing / Driving,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"F-Zero is a futuristic racing game, set in the year 2560. The player chooses one of the four available hovercars and then can race with other hovercars in one of the gameplay modes - ""Practice"" or ""Grand Prix"". In ""Practice"" mode, the player chooses one track where he competes with one other hovercar to win the race (or there can be no rival at all, if you so wish). In ""Grand Prix"", the player must complete a series of races with several competitors. Each race consists of five laps. The hovercar has a limited Power meter, which represents the machine's health and decreases when the hovercar collides with the track boundaries and other players. If power runs out, the hovercar explodes and the player loses the race. There are repair areas near the start line, which restore power to the player's hovercar if he drives into them. The tracks contain many more or less dangerous traps, such as icefields or landmines. Completing a lap awards the player a ""Super Jet"" which can be activated at any time to give a short speed boost. The hovercar can keep up to three Super Jets and use them when necessary. Completing a lap also gives points, which give the player a life when enough are accumulated. The player can lose a life in the Grand Prix mode if his hovercar explodes, if his hovercar somehow falls out of the track or if he ends up too far behind the other racers."
24530,Eighteen Wheeler: American Pro Trucker,,2000,6.3,Racing / Driving,,,"Hardcore truck racing action. Dodging, weaving, and smashing through traffic to beat your opponent. Masses of skill involved in driving VERY long vehicles, parking them, and slipstreaming behind other 18 wheelers in your path. *Choose your cargo option - multiple trailers from cable cars to gas tanks to car transporters - its got it all"
24532,Sea Dragon,SeaDragon,1982,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Sea Dragon is an arcade style side scrolling shooter. The player pilots a submarine through treacherous underwater caves in an attempt to destroy a heavily guarded reactor. Mines, gun turrets, and a variety of enemies provide obstacles to this goal. The submarine is armed with missiles, torpedoes, and a 'Big Kill' weapon (this affects everything onscreen) to help the player in their mission. The air supply is limited, so when possible the player must surface to replenish their air supply."
24535,Return Fire,,1995,7.2,Action,Shooter,,"Return Fire is the spiritual successor to Fire Power and it fits in both the strategy and action genres. You can take control of one of 4 vehicles, a jeep, helicopter, tank, and a missile launching vehicle (but actually called The Armoured Support Vehicle (ASV). There are two ways to win, the easier one would be to capture the enemy's flag by bringing it to your bunker with the frail Jeep. This is the main objective. The other way to win is to destroy your enemy, a secondary objective."
24538,Vanguard,Vanguard (Sendō Butai),1981,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Vanguard is an arcade style shooter for one or two players. Your goal is to pilot your spaceship to the City of Mystery which is located at the end of a heavily guarded tunnel, and once there destroy the creature Gond. The tunnel is broken up into several different zones, called the mountain zone, rainbow zone, stick zone, stripe zone, bleak zone, and City of Mystery. Each zone features different types of enemy spaceships to deal with, and can scroll either horizontally or vertically. In the mountain zone or stripe zone, you may also come across an energy pod marked with an 'E'. If you fly through this, your ship temporarily becomes invincible to the deadly cave walls and numerous enemies which are trying to stop you. When not invincible, your space ship is equipped with lasers to help destroy enemies. You can fire in four different directions, however your speed is decreased when firing. You also need to keep an eye on your fuel gauge; your fuel will deplete at a rapid rate, and your ship will crash if it runs out. Fuel is gained each time you destroy an enemy, so make sure you destroy as many as you can! When you finally make it through all the various zones of the tunnel and defeat Gond, the game will repeat at a more difficult skill level."
24539,Super Strike Eagle,F-15 Super Strike Eagle,1993,7.3,Simulation,,,"Microprose's F-15 Strike Eagle series returns with an edition for the Super Nintendo. Super Strike Eagle puts you in the cockpit of an F-15 as you attempt to force various governments back into the United Nations. To accomplish this, players must bomb targets, shoot down enemy fighters, and sink ships. Gameplay takes place in both the first-person and third-person perspectives."
24541,Disciples of Steel,Disciples of Steel: Chronicles of Cyhagan: The First Tale,1991,5.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Create a party of eight characters from the usual D&D classes, and lead these characters on their quest for adventure. The initial character development is fairly comprehensive, but the user interface for the game itself is a 2D top-down perspective with symbolic representations of everything. The game map is a simple grid with icons in various squares to denote the location of your characters, monsters, trees, etc. Combat takes place on a ""zoomed-in"" map of the same variety, and is turn-based."
24544,Tetris,,1988,6.6,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"Tetris is one of many conversions of the famous block-stacking game. The goal is to place pieces made up of four tiles in a ten-by-twenty well, organizing them into complete rows, which then disappear. As rows are cleared, the pace of the game increases and the background changes, and the game ends if the stack reaches the top of the well. In addition to a standard endless mode for one or two players, the game also includes a ""time trial"" mode for one or two players, where the goal is to get as many points as possible in three minutes. There is also a ""doubles"" mode, where two players work together to fill lines in an extra-wide well, each controlling their own pieces simultaneously. The game offers a number of standard options: setting the starting level, how much ""garbage"" is at the bottom of the well when the game starts, and whether the next piece is visible. There are also optional ""item blocks,"" which are special flashing pieces that give an extra bonus if they are used to clear a line."
24546,SunDog: Frozen Legacy,,1984,7.3,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You just inherited a one-man star freighter - the SunDog - from an uncle who died under mysterious circumstances. You also inherited the contract he signed to aid in the building of a colony for a religious group. You have three tasks to perform: find the location of the colony; find, buy, and deliver goods needed for its construction; and locate the cryogenically-frozen colonists needed to populate the colony."
24547,Blown Away,,1994,6.1,Puzzle,,,"Loosely based on the movie of the same name, Blown Away is a puzzle game similar to The 7th Guest You play a bomb-squad cop in pursuit of crazed bomber Jimmy Scaggs, you follow the storyline through videos and then get to navigate through virtual rooms filled with hot spots. Clicking on them then leads you to logic-puzzle sequences where your objective is to disarm bombs through said puzzles, usually against a timer. You get logic, number, word and maze puzzles. Gameplay modes include the aforementioned ""story mode"", plus a practice mode that lets you try all the game's puzzles without having to go through the storyline."
24551,New York City,"N.Y.C., N.Y.C.: The Big Apple",1983,6.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",Sandbox / open world,,"You control Ed Hick, who decided to take a day trip to New York City in his red atomic Plymouth Continental. For a first-timer in the big city, Ed will run into some problems, namely the traffic. There are two types of vehicles that Ed must face. There are harmless cars cruising the streets, and these cars can be run over without taking any damage to yourself. There are also tow trucks that can easily damage your Plymouth. If it takes enough damage or it runs out of gas, then it is hauled to the garage while you are recovering in the hospital. You must hot-foot it all the way to the garage to pick up your car and fork out $100 for repairs. If you run out of money, the game is over. However, you are free to visit the bank to get some more. If you do this, then you need to avoid a series of bank robbers, who constantly fire at you and prevent you from reaching the teller on the opposite side. If you manage to reach the teller, then you are awarded $500 and the teller will close. Your main objective is to visit two of the buildings, as indicated in your status bar. (Only two buildings are open at once.) To view a site, you must find a parking space close by, get out of the car, and walk into the building. Each building contains a mini-game that must be completed before it can be deemed as 'seen'. Meanwhile, your car is metered, and if the parking meter expires, then it is towed away to the lot and you have to make your way to the lot to pick it up. The whole game must be completed in a day."
24567,Microsoft Return of Arcade,"Microsoft Return of Arcade: A New Wave of Classic Arcade Action Blasts into Windows 95, Microsoft Return of Arcade: Retrouvez sous Windows 95 les quatre jeux d'Arcade de vos années lycée., Microsoft Return of Arcade: Ritornano i classici dei giochi Arcade ora per Windows 95",1996,6.8,Compilation,,,"Microsoft Return of Arcade is a collection of four classic arcade games, ported from their arcade code to run on Windows 95/98:"
24568,Super Nova,Darius Force,1993,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The intergalactic menace Belser has been long-defeated. However, he is rising again and is ready to cause trouble. Only a group of well-trained starpilots can defeat him. You take to the stars in this horizontal and sometimes vertical scrolling shooter. There are several power-ups to be obtained in your mission to defeat the evil Belser. There are three ships to choose from, each having different weapons for attack. There are eight attack levels for each, increasing with each Red Orb collected. The Blue Orb gives a limited defense shield."
24569,Dragon's Lair: Escape from Singe's Castle,,1990,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Quick Time Events (QTEs), Timed input",Fantasy,"Dirk the Daring is a heroic, if clumsy knight. When Princess Daphne was kidnapped by the dragon, Singe, and taken to his castle... Dirk set out to rescue her. Due to a lack of disk and memory space in the systems of the day, the port of the arcade game, Dragon's Lair was split into two parts. The first part covered the half of the game dealing with entering Singe's Castle and saving the Princess. This second part, named Dragon's Lair II: Escape from Singe's Castle completes the game, continuing the adventure of Dirk the Daring after slaying Singe the Dragon. Dirk the Daring is controlled by the player, who views Dirk's actions on the screen from third-person. The game is reactive and players must press the right controller direction or action button at the right time to have Dirk avoid traps, defeat monsters and otherwise stay alive."
24576,Breakers,,1996,7.2,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"In Breakers choose one of eight fighters who have their own moves and special attacks. There are eight stages in the game, and each stage has two battles. The object of each battle is to drain your opponent's energy in order to win the battle. If there is a draw, a third battle takes place. If the time limit expires, the player with the less energy loses the battle. Once you have completed all eight stages, you will face a opponent that is much tougher than previous ones. Different endings and in-game dialog are viewed depending on the character that you select."
24577,MASK,,1987,6.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"MASK is game based on a popular animated TV series of the mid 1980's. In addition to the TV series, entitled M.A.S.K., an acronymn for Mobile Armored Strike Kommand, there was also a series of books, authored by Kenneth Harper and illustrated by Bruce Hogarth, and comics. A new line of toys was produced to accompany each TV series. The stories all centre around the M.A.S.K. organisation led by the fearless Matt Tracker. M.A.S.K. agents wear helmets or masks to protect their identities and to give them super powers which help in their fight against the criminal V.E.N.O.M. organisation. They drive super powered vehicles which can transform. V.E.N.O.M., aka the Vicious Evil Network of Mayhem, are the bad guys. They are by Miles Mayhem one time friend of Matt and co-founder of MASK who betrayed Matt long ago. There are four areas to the game and in all Matt must drive his Thunderhawk vehicle around the game area, avoiding V.E.N.O.M.'s armoured vehicles and tanks while accomplishing tasks in a specific order. In area 1 : Boulder Hill, his first task is to recover his own mask and later an abducted agent. However it's not just a case of driving around until the agent is found. Matt must first and collect a scanner which will direct him the missing agent (who will be hidden). However the agent cannot be picked up until his mask has been collected and the scanner will not function until the four pieces of the security key have been collected and assembled. Items, including bombs, are collected by driving over them. Bombs are Matt's only weapon against V.E.N.O.M.'s tanks and, as bombs do, they will damage Matt and his vehicle if he's too close to the explosion. The remainder of the game consists of three more areas, Prehistoric, Far Future, and VENOM Base each of which have two abducted agents to rescue."
24584,NBA Jam Tournament Edition,NBA Jam TE,1994,7.7,"Action, Sports",Arcade,,"This game lets you play two-on-two arcade basketball with players from all the NBA teams. Gameplay is fast and action-packed, with few rules, no fouls, and deliberately unrealistic jamming. Players are rated on eight ability categories, from steals and blocks, to dunks and 3-pointers. Up to four human players can take part, each always controlling a single player for their team, and AI for missing players. This allows for four players to face each other in teams of two, or for two players to team up against a third player with a CPU team-mate. The Tournament Edition ups each team's roster to three players, and allows for substitutions between quarters. Shoving players now results in injuries, which lower a player's stats; encouraging you to sub them out and let them recover. Aside from the usual secret characters and cheat modes, the T.E. also includes four new additions you can individually enable from the special options menu: * ""Hot Spots"" are randomized zones on the court that reward extra points (up to a 9-point shot!) for making a basket while standing within them. Powerup icons appear randomly, and convey temporary arcade-like benefits when picked up. Some examples are instant ""on-fire,"" enhanced 3-point accuracy, monster dunks from anywhere on the court, or a bomb that knocks all other players to the ground. ""Juice Mode"" increases the speed of the game up to 4x. ""Tournament Mode"" disables all other modes, special characters, and cheats, and challenges you to defeat all the NBA teams to unlock extra players (2 extra players for almost every team). Winning Tournament Mode also unlocks a higher CPU difficulty level."
24585,Race Drivin',,1990,6.4,Racing / Driving,"Arcade, Tricks / stunts",,"Race Drivin' is a sequel to the driving simulator Hard Drivin' Game play is similar to the first game. The player must complete laps around the race track before a timer expires. There are several checkpoints around the track which increase player's time as he passes. Race Drivin' has three courses, one of which is the track from Hard Drivin' There is a new super-stunt track, and an autocross course. The player also may choose from three types of cars."
24596,Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri,,1999,8.0,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Sci-fi / futuristic,"After the 20th century, humankind reaches its hand out across the stars. Seeking to escape the overcrowded chaos of Earth, the United Nations builds a single seedship, the UNS Unity, and sends her on a mission towards the Alpha Centauri star system. After a long journey in cryogenic suspension, the Unity reaches Alpha Centauri where the Captain is killed under mysterious circumstances. Suspecting the motives of one another, the officers and the crew split into 7 factions, each lead with a distinct ideology and motives that they seek to build the planet in their image... Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is best compared to Civilization II but features many distinct differences in gameplay and thinking. In Civilization, the objective was to evolve a society from primitive tribes, whereas Alpha Centauri starts with the landing of colony pods on a barren planet with society becoming fractured. Each faction (aka nation) receives it's own share of the Unity's resources and tech base. For the basics, bases produce nutrients, materials and energy. Nutrients are required to feed to population, Materials are used in production and energy represents the commerce effect which can be traded to players diplomatically or spent on improvements. The 7 factions each have their own agenda, which is determined in large part by the Social Engineering. This enables a faction to customize its values, earning a bonus for what it considers important and a penalty for what it doesn't. Social Engineering system are discovered through research, the same as other improvements, such as structures and units. Research is divided into 4 types of technologies, which form an intertwining tree of dependencies. They are: Conquer (direct military applications), Explore (indirect technologies for units and bases), Build (direct infrastructure application) and Discovery (Science for the sake of science, indirect applications). Because of the separation, factions can focus on what they hope the intended result of their science will be, and can be changed at any time. To explore the planet, units are needed. Any unit can be customized out of known technologies; consisting of a chassis type, reactor, weapon, armor and special abilities. Each of these components has a different expense, with untested technologies having additional overhead (prototype). Finally, Alpha Centauri is not a desolate star system. There is life on the planet, in the form of alien fungus that litters the ground and strange creatures such as mindworms. Initially hostile to all factions, this form of life holds its own secrets and effects on the world at large."
24601,Waterworld,,1995,5.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Waterworld based on the 1995 movie of the same name, has you assuming the role of Mariner and tasks you with the mission of protecting the Atollers from the vicious, pillaging Smokers. The underlying concept of the game borrows heavily from Williams' coin-op classic, Defender You must destroy all the enemies in the area, while preventing them from capturing the Atollers. If an Atoller is captured, you can still rescue it by destroying the Smoker before it leaves the playing area. Once all the enemies are gone, you'll be given a bonus based on how many Atollers you have remaining, and then move on to the next level. And, like old coin-ops, the game ends when you run out of lives."
24604,Point Blank 3,Gunbalina,2000,7.2,Action,Shooter,,"The third episode in the Point Blank series now has up to 8 players playing it out in the new Team Battle mode, where you take turns to fight it out, and win as many games as possible. Also new is the Endurance mode for 1 player, where you simply have to win as many games as possible before you use up all of your credits."
24607,Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis,Smash Court 2,1998,6.9,Sports,,,"Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis is the sequel to Smash Court Tennis and is an arcade-oriented tennis game starring Anna Kournikova The game features two practice modes, tournaments (grand slam or street tennis) or exhibition matches. Winning in tournaments rewards world ranking points which unlock new characters to use, each with different attributes and skills, and extra items to use. This includes unrealistic ones like the wave racket which floods the opponent's side. Sometimes the player finds himself paired up against characters from other Namco games, e.g. Pac Man or Heihachi Mishima from the Tekken series. The four-player multiplayer modes doesn't only include regular matches, but also the bomb ball mode. Here players have to play with live bombs and try not be the nearest player when it goes off."
24613,Mean Streets,Tex Murphy: Mean Streets,1989,7.8,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Private detective Tex Murphy is hired to investigate the murder of a university professor. It turns out that he was one of eight scientists involved in Project Overlord, a mission to remotely control people. Tex soon learns of the deaths of other related figures. Suspects may include the British intelligence head, a surveillance company owner, and the professor's daughter. Tex's first adventure takes the player through the seedy West Coast world of 2033, a setting that combines futuristic elements with film noir and ""hardboiled"" detective fiction styles. The game's main adventure portions are icon-driven, with object puzzles less significant than detective deduction and character interaction. Characters are represented by digitized photos. Mean Streets features dozens of characters to interact with by asking questions or offering bribes. Fights often arise, but a diplomatic approach is more successful with characters whose guilt is unproven. Although it is largely an adventure game, travel between cities involves piloting Tex's Lotus Speeder in a flight simulation section. The game also contains side-scrolling action sequences where Tex has to eliminate a number of enemies before being able to proceed to the destination."
24618,Super Cars,,1990,7.2,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"This is a top-view racing game, stylistically influenced by Super Sprint from the company who later produced the Lotus series of games. There are 9 tracks at each of the 4 difficulty levels, which can be raced in any order (although the last track you race is made harder than usual). In the races you win money, which can be spent on the usual handling and power upgrades, as well as forward-shooting missiles. You must finish in the top 3 of each race to progress - initially there are 4 computer opponents, but more are added as you progress through the game You can upgrade your car throughout the game via the shop section. You are given an initial price, but also a number of options of things to say to the salesman – get the right combination and the price will drop."
24619,Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer 2.0,,1989,7.4,Simulation,,,"Follow-up to EA's first flight trainer from the mid-eighties. A nice flight simulator offering many different planes and various flight modes such as formations, races, obstacle courses and a comprehensive flight training option. AFT 2.0 also features two high-resolution EGA modes besides the standard 320x200 resolution."
24620,Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign,,1986,7.3,Strategy / tactics,,"Africa, Historical events, World War II","Vulcan is a third entry in R. T. Smith 's World War II trilogy, including Arnhem and Desert Rats It simulates the Tunisian Campaign in 1942-43 from the arrival of the 'Torch' Task Force and their race for Tunis, to the final battle of 'Operation Vulcan'. There are 5 armies (3 Allied & 2 Axis) and 5 scenarios, including the battles of Kasserine and Mareth. Each scenario has several pre-conditions to start from, which include Axis control Malta, Axis capture Bone, DAK (Deutsches Afrika Korps) destroyed, Desert armies late, and French neutrality. The gameplay is flown on scrolling map by turns. Player selects the units and gives them orders. Units move on the grid of rectangular cells. Landscape objects influence on the movement. For example, mountainous terrain allows hidden movement, or river blocks the way. Air attack phase is possible between turns. The game comes with detailed instruction booklet and includes historical notes on the campaign, maps and photographs. Two players representing Allied and Axis may be computer or human."
24627,KKND: Krush Kill 'N Destroy Xtreme,"KKND Xtreme, Krush Kill 'N Destroy Xtreme",1997,7.1,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Oceania, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","KKND: Krush Kill 'n Destroy Xtreme is a Windows-native re-release of the original KKND game with 20 new missions, 15 new skirmish/multiplayer maps, the Kaos mode, stereo sound, and general code improvements."
24628,Megafortress,,1991,7.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"Megafortress is a single-player flight simulation game. The game is based on Dale Brown 's military thriller Flight of the Old Dog which depicts a futuristic warplane designed to extend the life of the B-52 bomber. The player assumes command of the “Megafortress,” a heavily modified experimental variant equipped with stealth technology, advanced radar, electronic countermeasures, and an array of precision-guided weapons. The central objective is to lead its crew through dangerous missions in hostile territory, ranging from pre-emptive strikes to high-risk reconnaissance and long-range bombing. Missions are presented as part of a campaign with most operations set in the Middle East, reflecting tensions in Iraq during the early 1990s, though at least one assignment recalls the novel by taking the bomber into Soviet airspace. Each mission includes briefings that outline targets, threats, and strategic considerations. Players must interpret this information and make decisions on loadouts, approach routes, and tactics before engaging in real-time operations. Gameplay divides responsibilities across different stations that the player can switch between during flight. These include the pilot’s seat for basic control of altitude, speed, and heading, a bombardier view for targeting precision strikes, and an electronic warfare officer’s station to manage countermeasures against radar and missiles. Efficient coordination between these roles is essential, as success depends on managing both the aircraft’s systems and the timing of its strikes. A degree of realism entails detailed fuel management, damage modeling, and mission failure conditions if objectives are not met. Combat involves both evasion and offense. Enemy defenses range from intercepting fighters to surface-to-air missiles, requiring players to balance stealth with aggressive action. The Megafortress is armed with cruise missiles, bombs, and defensive guns, but its survival often hinges on electronic warfare, radar suppression, and flying carefully planned routes. In addition to the main campaign, the game offers stand-alone single missions and training exercises. Difficulty varies, with later missions presenting simultaneous threats from multiple radar networks and advanced aircraft."
24629,Line of Fire,Bakudan-yarô,1989,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",,"Unusually, this Operation Wolf -influenced shoot 'em up sees you start behind enemy lines, and gradually attempting to escape. As you've captured the Rapier machine gun your enemy have been developing, there are plenty who can't bear to see the back of you unless it's bloodied and lifeless. The game's 8 levels feature quite a variety of settings, vehicles and situations. You will have to evade fire from snipers based in windows, enemy jets, helicopters and well-trained marines, while riding tanks and speedboats as well as being on foot. The levels are set in locations such as the enemy camp, the jungle, a ruined city and the final flight back to your base."
24630,Monster Truck Madness,Monster Truck Madness: Down & Dirty Racing!,1996,6.8,Racing / Driving,,,"Microsoft moved beyond Minesweeper and other windowed games after publishing Windows 95, and this was one of their first games, and one of the first to natively support Direct3D. The chaotic world of Monster Truck racing, with its huge jumps and wild slides, provides the basis. It offers straight racing with dirt track, circuit and drag modes, as well as specific challenges such as jumping over cars. The goal is pretty much the same as in any racing game, except you have the option to stray very far from the tracks and find your own shortcuts. You have a selection of eight trucks to handle, and setting them up to suit the track is vital. Also included is multiplayer support, for modem, LAN and internet."
24639,Silicon Dreams,,1986,7.6,"Adventure, Compilation",Interactive fiction / text adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This interactive fiction game is a trilogy of the Level 9's adventures Snowball Return to Eden and Worm in Paradise These had previously been released for some but not all of these systems. Silicon Dreams can be played as three separate games, but to obtain the maximum number of points, you must complete them in order (carrying your score from one adventure to the next). Snowball has graphics for the first time, and the other two games have more graphics than before, and some longer text descriptions are added to all 3 games. Snowball: As Kim Kimberley, your mission is to safeguard the colonization ship Snowball 9 and its passengers. When you are awakened prematurely from hibernation, you know something's wrong! Return to Eden: Your objective is to get into the new city of Enoch, and stop the Eden robots from destroying Snowball 9. Worm in Paradise: You have to find as much information about the city as possible, obtain money, and then become a member of the governing party of Eden."
24641,Quik the Thunder Rabbit,,1994,6.6,Action,Platform,,"This platform game has much in common with console games of the era. There are 4 worlds including ice, desert and fields, and have multiple routes through. The bad guys are cutesy. You get past them by spinning at them, although jumping over them is often sufficient. Power-ups on offer include speed ups, energy, food and water (Quik’s thirst and hunger are measured separately). The bonus levels involve jumping through time, by finding the right doors."
24646,Awesome Golf,,1991,7.6,Sports,,,"Awesome Golf is as the name suggests, a golf simulator. There are 3 courses to play: one in the U.K one in the U.S and the third one in Japan. The gameplay involves you lining up your shot via an overhead view which when set up switches to a third person view. Whilst in this view you need to swing the club and stop it at the desired power and then stop it on the correct symbol to get the perfect hit. If you don't get it right you will either miss the ball or hit the earth. There are 14 clubs at your disposal, 8 irons, 3 woods 2 wedges and a putter which are selected by moving the hand cursor over your Golf bag and selecting the desired club."
24647,Shadow Man,Shadow Man: Rette deine Seele,1999,7.7,Action,,,"You're the Shadow Man, a person who can switch between the world of the dead and of the living. In Shadow Man your mission is to prevent five serial killers from bringing the total Armageddon. In the world of the living, you're mortal and have conventional weapons. When you die, you are transported to the world of the dead and you become Shadow Man once again. Which means you're not really mortal. In the world of the dead you can't use normal weapons, your gun shoots ghosts which kill the zombies and the other ugly creatures which live there. You also have different voodoo powers and weapons. And you're carrying a large inventory around."
24650,Jelly Boy,,1994,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Jelly Boy is a gelatinous humanoid pink blob on a mission throughout some strange worlds. He travels throughout such landscapes as giant toy factories and arctic snowfields during his quest, facing down all manner of dangerous enemies and obstacles. He can jump and he can launch a large fist from his stomach (he is a blob, after all). Further, different levels have special power-ups that allow the blob to assume different forms that are useful in specific circumstances. These include a hot air balloon (for floating up to special items), a hammer (for smashing obstructing blocks), a submarine (for more effectively navigating an undersea bonus level), a skateboard (for blazing through a level on a deadline), and a pogo stick (for extra high jumping). Not all of the power-ups are useful, though. One item turns Jelly Boy into a block so that he is unable to move for several seconds. Jelly Boy collects musical notes in lieu of having a power meter. Being hit knocks away all of his collected notes and if he gets hit again without having any notes, he will lose a life. Jelly Boy also collects a variety of fruit throughout his quest. Accumulate enough fruit to earn extra lives. Certain types of fruit have other side effects (orange = more time on the clock, avocado = invincibility)."
24654,World Champ,"Great Boxing: Rush-Up, World Champ: Super Boxing Great Fight",1990,6.4,Sports,,,"World Champ is a boxing game that has many similarities to Data East 's Ring King You can play a one player ""Ranking"" mode, where you can build your boxer's stats up while climbing the ladder to eventually challenge for a championship in one of the four weight classes. There is also a two player vs. mode where you and a friend can square off. A tournament mode allows up to 8 players participate in a bracketed tournament. Gameplay consists of each boxer moving around the ring trying to land jabs, hooks, and uppercuts. The goal is to either knock your opponent out for a 10-count or have the most points on the scorecard at the end of the allotted amount of rounds."
24656,Streak Hoverboard Racing,,1998,6.6,Racing / Driving,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Enter the world of secretive, high-tech racing where only the best athletes have any hope of success. Using a GEMBlade hoverboard, you must streak your way through a huge variety of dynamic and ever-changing environments. The GEMBlades have the ability to hover above any surface - concrete, ice, asphalt, water - leaving only a neon coloured vapour trail in its wake. GEMBlade races don't need custom-built race courses - due to the incredible technology of the GEMBlades, freeways, streets, sewers, graveyards and even shopping malls are used instead! Streak is an extremely dangerous and exhilarating underground sport where only the most ruthless and talented ""streakers"" will return to race again. Source: uk.playstation.com"
24657,Murder on the Atlantic,"Homicidio en el Atlántico, Meurtres Sur L'Atlantique",1986,6.0,Adventure,,Interwar,"Murder on the Atlantic takes place on the Bourgogne, a big French ocean liner, in 1938. On board: various rich people along with spies which want to snare the new computer technology for their own needs. The player takes the role of a detective who has to solve two mysterious murders which took place on the Bourgogne. The game is completely menu driven. The player chooses which part of the ship he wants to go next. Here he can examine the room or interrogate one of the 40 suspects. The player does not directly interact with the suspects, he only gets to read their statement. During the course of the game he also finds a decoder which can be used to decrypt messages. Puzzles consist of finding code words. This part has no defined ending. When the player has puzzled together the solution - he also needs to use the many documents which are delivered with the game in physical form - he starts the second part of the game. Here he needs to answer a series of questions and, if they are correct, he wins."
24658,Star Trek: Armada,,2000,7.5,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Trek: Armada is a real-time strategy game set in space within the Star Trek universe, with four distinct races to command: the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, and the Borg Collective, with several other races having minor appearances. The game is set in the late 24th century, shortly after the Dominion War (thereby staying true to the series' tying of chronological events to air dates). While pacifying a system with rogue Dominion forces, captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise-E encounters a time-travelling Federation ship warning him of an imminent Borg invasion. While the Klingons battle amongst themselves, the Romulan covert intelligence agency, the Tal Shiar, discovers a very dangerous secret which can tip the balance of power in any one direction. The singleplayer campaign contains 20 missions split to 5 campaigns (4 for each race, plus one ""hidden"" epilogue campaign). Although developed when few real-time strategies used 3D engines, Star Trek: Armada has numerous features and mechanics which make it distinct from other games in the genre. Ships and stations have two ""health"" layers: hull integrity and shields. Once the shields of an enemy ship are down, crew from a player-owned ship or station can be teleported to the target, and once the original crew has been killed off, the target is captured. The ratio of current crew as opposed to the maximum crew capacity dictates the object's rate of fire and self-repair rate. If a ship or station is left without a crew and there is none to replace it, it is considered derelict and will become uncontrollable until crewed again or destroyed, while neutral Ferengi marauders can tow derelict ships to an off-screen place for their own profit. Aside from this, each ship and station has up to five systems which can be damaged randomly: shield generator, engines, life support, sensors, and weapons - once a ship's system is damaged, it will take time to repair unless sent to a shipyard for fast repairs. Also, most combatant ships have special weapons which can be researched and use up special weapon energy. In general, ships are divided to the following groups: construction ship, freighter, scout, destroyer, phaser cruiser, torpedo cruiser (Federation and Romulan are artillery), special weapon ship, battleship; Klingons and Romulans also have superweapon ships, while the Federation and the Borg have superweapon stations. Throughout the campaign, there are multiple ""hero"" ships commanded by the key characters, which differ from standard ships in their class by overall power, crew capacity, and size. The Federation is an all-around balanced race, with both offensive and defensive special weapons and a superweapon station which freezes in time all ships and stations in a target area, leaving them vulnerable to attack. The Klingons focus on offense and have cheap but less durable ships (some of which with cloaking devices), with their superweapon ship able to create a destructive shockwave in a suicide attack. The Romulans specialize in stealth, equipping all combatant ships with cloaking devices and special weapons which spy on and/or disrupt enemy ships, while their superweapon ship creates a devastating ripple in the space-time continuum, also in a suicide attack. The Borg utilize massive, slow and expensive ships which are highly durable and powerful, and can capture (rather, assimilate) enemy ships more easily than other races, with their superweapon station allowing them to create transwarp gates (temporary wormhole-like passages) to counteract their low speed. The environment is varied and important to the gameplay. Asteroids (some of which move in large circles) block access to certain parts of the map, wormholes provide fast travel from one area to another, nebulae give various bonuses or penalties to ships passing through them depending on the nebula type, black holes attract and destroy ships which travel near them, and planets provide a bonus influx of available crew when starbases/nexi are built in their orbit. Aside from the crew, the game's resources are dilithium (gathered from moons, some of which are infinite) and officers (essentially a population cap, can be increased through officer's quarters upgrades in starbases/nexi). Skirmishes and multiplayer have numerous settings, including the availability of techtrees (one setting allows all players to start with all races' construction ships), starting resources, and the so-called ""director's cut"" mode which changed the motion of ships to a more ""cinematic"" dogfighting way. Finally, the cinematic window in the lower right part of the in-game interface, if toggled on, shows the most action-packed area in the player's field of view, if applicable. On the game's disc, there are files necessary for launching the game's map editor (through a parameter called upon the main executable). Consistent with Star Trek games of its time, Armada features the actors from the series and films voicing their respective characters."
24664,Trivial Pursuit: Millennium Edition,"Trivial Pursuit: Duizend jaar trivia, Trivial Pursuit: Jahrtausend Edition",1999,6.8,Puzzle,"Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz",,"Trivial Pursuit is a quiz game based on popular culture and general knowledge with topics such as history, arts, literature, geography, music, sports and nature. In this version, you can choose to answer from a multiple choice list or by typing in the answer manually with no options shown. For the latter, you can either choose to enter the exact wording, or to allow broader answers. In the classic mode, up to six players, you move your token over a board with a circular track and spokes by throwing a dice. If you answer the question correctly, you are allowed to move on. Each category is visible through a specific colour. If you answer a question correctly on the hub at the base of a spoke, you receive a wedge for your token. When a player collects the six wedges for each category, a final question needs to be answered in the middle of the board to win the game. In the party pursuit mode, up to three players, there is no board. Three topics are shown per turn, and each player can alternately select a topic. For each question, all 3 players can participate at the same time by pressing a button. Based on your answer, you either win or lose a wedge. If you answer is incorrect, there is another opportunity for the other players. The first player to collect all wedges, wins. The point pursuit mode, again up to three players, is similar to the party pursuit mode, but with points for each topic. If one of the players answer correctly, points are received, along with a time bonus for quick answers. After a set amount of questions, the player with most points wins. The game can also be played over LAN or internet."
24670,Casper,Casper: A Haunting 3D Challenge,1996,6.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,North America,"Based on the Casper film, the game puts you in the role of the friendly ghost trying to make a friend and a second chance at life instead of scaring everyone away. The plot centers around the ""spoiled, grasping inheritor of Whipstaff Manor"" - Carrigan Crittenden. She's after the treasure she thinks is hidden in the walls. Casper will need the help of Dr. James Harvey - therapist to the dead - if he has any hope of succeeding in his adventures. Casper will also have to deal with his uncles - Stretch, Stinkie, and Fatso, who just love to scare ""Fleshies"" and thwart Casper's efforts. The gameplay is 3d - and is mostly puzzle solving, with Casper able to take a variety of forms and can manipulate objects."
24673,Entity,,1993,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Entity is a side-scrolling platform game in which you control a female (in her bare essentials) trying to save a planet from an evil creature (the entity) that has broken lose from it's petrified state and is about to wreak havoc. An elder informs her that she is the chosen one, whom we get to see in the intro."
24680,Gary Gadget: Building Cars,"Barkács Balázs: Autót Épít, Bouw auto's met Miel Monteur, Byg bil med Mulle Meck, Bygg bilar med Mulle Meck, Bygg biler med Mulle Meck, Maak je eigen auto met Miel Monteur, Miel Monteur 1, Rakenna autoja Masa Mainion kanssa, Willy Werkel: Autos bauen, Willy Werkel: Autos bauen - Bau dir dein Traumauto!",1997,7.5,"Educational, Racing / Driving",Puzzle elements,,"Billed as an ""edutainment"" game for children, this title is all about how to build a car from the ground up using parts & pieces found on Gary's lawn. When a road-worthy auto is finished, drive your creation around the neighborhood where different ""missions"" can be played through (rescuing a cat from a tree, finding Freddy's dog, for example). Enter it in the Auto Show for prizes and praise. Sort through Gary's huge mound of junk, pick out the ""thing-a-ma-bobs"" and ""whatchamacallits"" you want, and then figure out which of them fit together. You'll need to put your thinking cap on to build a working vehicle - a roadster, truck, sedan or race car. Along the way, Gary will give minor advice but doesn't give it all away. Using your logic and creativity skills, learn what makes a car tick - and which parts are the best for what your auto should do. (Climbing a steep hill or racing on a race track requires more powerful stuff than Mom's old jalopy!) When you've finished your first vehicle, you can download additional parts from the official website to beef it up and download a bonus game. The game includes interactive animations and videos, an easy point-and-click interface and multiple choice options, all of which add to the replay value."
24681,Battlecorps,,1994,7.7,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Battlecorps is a giant-mech game that takes place on a mining planet known as Mandlebrot's World. The colony supercomputer has been infected with a virus, and now the planet's giant machines are turning against the people who created them. You must pilot your bipedal attack machine through 12 missions to reboot the computer. The graphics in this game use scaled and rotated sprites to achieve a 3D environment. The effect is similar to other Core Design games for the Sega CD."
24692,Samurai Shodown!: Pocket Fighting Series,,1998,7.7,Action,Fighting,Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval),"Samurai Shodown! - Pocket Fighting Series is basically Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge for a handheld system since it uses the story events from that game, albeit with modified dialogue. However it is not a direct port since the game has been simplified to an extreme degree, the graphics of the characters are also now done in a chibi style, and the violence has been heavily toned down. Gameplay modes include One Player, Survival, and VS mode. Options let the player choose the difficulty level, points needed to win, and the amount of time per round (for both the player and their opponent for the latter two options)."
24699,Crime City,,1992,5.8,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Contemporary,"Crime City is a classical point-and-click adventure. You play Mr. White, a poor chap who writes detective stories but wants nothing more than to be a real private investigator. It's a pretty classical story: one day, he can't really write a thing, but then, a mysterious blonde stands before his door, telling him his Father, Henry White, was arrested for murder. It's up to you to prove the police wrong. A difference to the classical adventure exists: you need money to travel, get information or training. To get money, you can trade at the stock market. What's also different is that the time of the day really matters and that the protagonist becomes sleepy after staying up too long."
24700,White Men Can't Jump,,1995,5.1,"Action, Sports",,,"This is the game of basketball the way many people learn to play it - in the city streets - with loose rules and in various suburban locales. Inspired by the 1992 film about high stakes street basketball gambling, in this game you can wager how much you want on each game. The action is seen from the half court line, with a screen view that pans and zooms to follow the action. Aside from a goal tending penalty and the need to clear the ball, anything goes. For instance, steals are effected by shoving an opponent and making a grab for the ball. Your goal is to get enough money to enter, and win, the tournament. If you make $5000, you instantly get entered into the tournament. You have the ability to save your game in this mode so that you can come back later if you run short on time and don't want to lose all your money. Opt for a single game or the Slam City tournament, while game options determine time limits, scoring system, and control schemes. There are fifteen teams to choose from, and up to four players can get in on the action (with the Jaguar Team Tap adapter included with the game)."
24703,Steel Empire,"Empire of Steel, Kōtetsu Teikoku, The Legend of Steel Empire",1992,7.2,Action,Shooter,Steampunk,"The skies are populated by zeppelins, large battleships and flying fortresses. In this age of steel, the Motorhead Empire has conquered and enslaved almost the entire planet. The last free nation, the Republic of Silverhead, tries to bring the Motorhead Empire down using its newly developed weapon, the lightning bomb. Apart from its unusual Steampunk setting, Steel Empire is a fairly traditional side-scrolling shooter. At the beginning of every level, the player gets to choose between a striker plane and a zeppelin. While the plane is faster, the zeppelin has a longer life bar and can therefore sustain more damage. Both ships use the same standard weapon, which can be fired forwards or backwards, as well as bombs that are released automatically while firing. Also available is a limited number of lightning bombs that damage or destroy all enemies on screen. Defeated enemies often drop power-ups, including hearts that replenish health, lightning bombs, bonus points, 1-UPs, options and experience points. Options are small ""drones"" that fly alongside the player's ship and mimic its behaviour. Experience points can be collected to level up the ships' weapons (up to level 20) and thereby increase their fire power."
24713,King's Knight,"King' Knight, King' Knight Special",1986,5.2,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"King's Knight is a fantasy-themed top-down shooter where four heroes have to unite to defeat a dragon and rescue a princess in despair. It was one of the first games published by Square Soft (now one-half of Square Enix). King's Knight is a variation on Konami's Knightmare which sold extremely well. The first four stages involve you powering up your characters as far as they can go, picking up shields (to increase defense), boots (to increase speed), swords (to increase attack power), and spell icons (which will be required to be held by everyone for the final storm on the castle), defeating monsters along the way. The power-ups are hidden underneath mountains, rocks, and houses. Nearly everything can be shot at and destroyed. The heroes are, in order: Ray Jack, the Knight, who possesses strong attacking power; Kaliva, the Wizard, who is good with magic and jumping; Barusa, the Monster, who has a strong defense; and Toby, the Thief, who can move swiftly. It is necessary to keep all four heroes alive for the fifth and final stage, because there are certain points that the group cannot get past if one of the party members has died."
24720,Dope Wars,,1998,7.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"Dope Wars 2.0 casts you as a debt ridden drug dealer - $2000 in your pocket, but $5500 in debt to a Loan Shark. The only way to get out of this debt trap is to make money by buying the available drugs and then moving to a new location and hoping the price moves up, or is driven up by market demands. Along the way, you'll encounter various hazards in your filthy trade such as cops, muggers, loan sharks needing repaying, etc."
24732,Jetsons: The Computer Game,,1992,4.7,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The famous animated TV series by Hanna-Barbera spawned a film, and ultimately this licensed game, which contains 8 levels alternating between side-scrolling dodge-and-manipulate and driving gameplay. All four members of the Jetson family have a themed level. The driving sections take place within George's Jetcar, and you must slow down for the speed-limited areas and beware of black holes. At the beginning of the game you are George Jetson, labourer of the Spacely Space Sprockets company in 2062. Your boss Mr. Spacely wants you to work, but you want to collect money and have a fun. So after the boss ordinary order you can explore the company as usually, collect money bills and useful items, avoiding dangerous robotic mechanisms and Mr. Spacely himself. On further levels, other Jetsons family members must do the same things, but at their own locations. Level 2 involves taking Jane out of her booby-trapped home, level 3 sees Judy trying to get a kiss form pop heartthrob Jet Screamer, and finally Elroy is locked in at school and has to escape. You have to activate the items hidden behind the hatches with buttons. These allow you to progress on level, for example, fix an elevator with wrench. Time presses and you have to complete your mission quickly."
24733,Chaos Control,"Chaos Control: A Fast and Furious Fight for Liberty., Chaos Control: Die Jagd beginnt. Hier und jetzt!!, Chaos Control: L'Ultime Combat Pour La Liberté",1995,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2071, the aggressive Kesh Rhan aliens have already destroyed the human colonies on Mars and Pluto, and now plan to wipe out all humans from Earth as well. You play as Jessica Darkhill, lieutenant and most skilled pilot of the Orbital Defence Forces. The counter-attack you are about to launch is the last hope to save the Earth of chaos. Chaos Control is a fast-paced shoot'em up featuring 3d pre-rendered environments, which means you cannot actually control the spaceship you are flying in, but are merely in charge of aiming at the various enemies appearing on screen."
24741,Telengard,Castle Telengard,1982,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),Roguelike,Fantasy,"Telengard is an earlier example of a ""dungeon crawler"" role-playing game--albeit with a top-down view - with either real time movement (DOS version) or turn-based movement and turn-based combat. Telengard is also played in real time, which means that monsters can attack even when the player's character is not moving. The player controls a single adventurer, selecting randomly-rolled sets of attributes: Strength, Intelligence, Wisdom, Constitution, Dexterity, and Charisma. The vast Telengard dungeon consists of 50 levels down and 200 by 200 rooms each level. Experience is awarded not only for defeating enemies, but also for finding treasure. When the player character gains a level, their attributes increase, and they gain the ability to cast higher-leveled spells. Treasure chests appear randomly in the dungeon. There are also specific features such as altars, thrones, fountains, etc. that the adventurer can discover which may have various effects on the character, whether being either positive or negative. Some creatures will befriend the player, sometimes providing the player with an item and/or healing them, provided the player's Charisma is high enough."
24745,Alien Legion,,1989,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alien Legion is a side-scrolling platform shooter similar to Hewson's Exolon which was released a few years earlier. Earth has been attacked and overrun by the evil forces of Marania. All the planet's soldiers were taken as prisoners, all except one, Captain Cosmose who happens to be the player. Now it's up to him and his laser gun Sycho to save the world. Gameplay involves walking from left to right, shooting at the various enemies that appear in the player's path, and jumping between platforms to find the right route and avoid falling into a pit. Enemies range from regular aliens, armored ones, aliens riding strange vehicles to more abstract flying things. Sometimes potions appear from killed aliens, which can be either green or red. If the player touches a green potion he regains some health but if he touches a red one he loses some. When all out of health, one of three lives are lost."
24749,The Magic Death: Virtual Murder 2,,1993,6.2,Adventure,,,"An anthropologist is found dead in her apartment as a sacrifice in a voodoo ritual. The Magic Death is the second entry in the Virtual Murder series of FMV murder mystery games. As in the previous title the player has to solve the crime within a time limit of 5 hours. Time decreases when an action is performed (examining an object at the crime scene, watching a suspect's interview), the exception being a brief case summation that can be accessed and played without any penalty. After gathering enough evidence (stored automatically in the notebook area), the player can call a press conference and answer questions about the case. If this questionnaire is filled correctly, the game moves to its second level, where the player must present the case to the judge."
24754,Euro League Football,"PC Calcio 2000, PC Fútbol 2000",1999,6.4,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"A football manager simulation game, Euro League's gameplay is a stat-crunching affair were you deal with every aspect of your team's campaign, be it on the Premier League, Third Division, or the UEFA cup. And speaking of your team, you can choose from practically every club in Europe, each with accurately modelled stats (1999-2000) and with every local tournament available (ie. the Spanish Super Cup). Matches can be seen just as results, a ball-by-ball overview (without comments) or as a playable game were you control the action FIFA-style with simple pass/shoot/longball arcade controlls. Multiplayer tournaments of up to 8 players also available as well as several difficulty settings to take some of the stat-related burden off newbies."
24762,Ghost in the Shell,Koukaku Kidoutai: Ghost in the Shell,1997,7.4,Action,Shooter,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Ghost in the Shell is a 3D shooter based on the original comic by Masamune Shirow rather than Mamoru Oshi's film. The story is set in the future and focuses on a team of policemen led by the female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi, which fights technology-related crimes. The player takes the role of a new member in Kusanagi's anti-terrorist squad and gets to accomplish missions on the Fuchikoma, a spider-like AI equipped tank. During the course of the twelve missions a plot starts to surface concerning a giant skyscraper, the Aereopolis II. The Fuchikoma can be controlled from either third- or first-person view. It is permanently equipped with a machine gun, homing missiles (which are activated by holding the attack button), and limited supplies of grenades; there are no other weapons or tools in the game. The Fuchikoma can also jump, strafe, stick to the walls, climb on them, and even move on the ceilings. Missions mostly take place in enclosed outdoor or indoor areas and often involve destroying specified targets. Two of the missions are rail-shooting sequences."
24771,Invasion from Beyond,"B-Movie, L'invasion vient de l'espace",1998,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Strange sights have been seen in the sky, crop circles appear on the ground. These can only be signs of an alien invasion. The people are scared and Area-51 is called up to defend the planet. Invasion from Beyond is a 3D flight combat game. Choosing from a selection of different ships (more of which can be found during the course of the game), the player takes to the skies. Each ship contains a primary weapon, a secondary weapon and a Suk-O-Matic which can be used to retrieve items and people in order for them to reach safety."
24774,ImageFight,,1988,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A mysterious alien life form is spreading across the galaxy, trying to conquer the world. It took control of the moon base and is threatening to descend on the Earth. The humans have sent the most advanced fighter jet to oppose the aliens: the OF-1. The OF-1 has the ability to change speed at any time and equip different weapons and pods. OF-1 is humanity's last hope! ImageFight is a top-down vertically scrolling space shooter. On every level there will be enemy ships, turrets, robots, and other machines shooting projectiles or trying to ram you. But there are also power-ups scattered around in small green containers. You must destroy these containers before you can obtain the power-up. Those power-ups include pods that add extra attack power or speed, new kinds of weapons, the ability to fire in different directions, etc."
24786,Wild Arms 2,Wild Arms: 2nd Ignition,1999,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,,"A soldier named Ashley Winchester witnesses a demon-summoning experiment, which turns his comrades into horrifying monsters. Having been forced to kill them, Ashley discovers that he had been tainted by a demonic essence as well. Looking for answers, he encounters a man who offers him to join ARMs, a team of fighters trying to overthrow a terrorist organization known as Odessa, whose goal is to conquer the world. Once there, Ashley meets Brad, a war veteran who has turned to criminal ways, and Lilka, a young girl training to become a Crest Sorceress. Aided by their new friends, the three heroes are determined to defeat Odessa and save the world. Wild Arms 2 is not a direct sequel to the first Wild Arms although it is set in the same fictional world Filgaia, which combines elements of Old West, steampunk, and fantasy. The turn-based combat system against randomly appearing enemies resembles that of the predecessor, featuring techniques unique to each character, as well as the Guardian system, which allows the characters to summon powerful creatures to assist them in battles. Three combatants can be used actively in battles; the player can also switch any of them with a reserve character, up to six altogether. The puzzle-solving element is further emphasized in this sequel. Each character possesses three unique field abilities (called ""Tools"") in the game, which are used for accessing certain areas, discover secrets, and solve puzzles. These abilities range from jumping to hurling knives, pulling switches from afar, kicking large objects, and others. The game utilizes 3D graphics with limited camera rotation for both exploration and combat sequences."
24789,Steel Harbinger,,1996,6.7,Action,Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the midst of a large-scale war, aliens invade. The attack begins with pods dropped on the Earth, designed to turn anyone foolish enough to come near into a bio-mechanical horror, determined to kill all humans, and very good at this task. Luckily, one of the pod's victims manages to escape halfway through the conversion process, retaining her mind. Now, the Steel Harbinger, backed up by a group of surviving scientists, must travel the post-apocalyptic United States, destroying aliens, rescuing survivors, and searching for a way to stop the attack. Steel Harbinger is a 3d, top-down shooter, with the twist that you can eat the enemies you kill to regain health. Weapons, both human and alien, can be found around the large levels, as well as the standard keycards, consoles, and aliens. Between levels, full-motion videos explain the plot."
24793,Wild Guns,,1994,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter","Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk, Western","KABOOM! Annie & Clint, two gunslingers, arrive at Carson City and get caught up in a gunfight. It's raining bullets and there are explosions everywhere. After an intense battle they enter the saloon where they dispose of every cowboy in sight while redecorating the interior. Our heroes flee the scene by climbing on the roof, but what's that sound? .. it's a HUGE robot! Wild Guns is a third person shooter with a Western & Sci Fi theme. Gameplay is almost identical to the Cabal & Blood Bros. games. You control your on-screen character as well as the aiming the crosshair (at the same time). Select either Clint (yes, inspired by Mr. Eastwood) or Annie (based on real life sharp shooter Annie Oakley) and shoot down tons of enemies while dodging bullets and jumping over incoming rockets. After the Carson City level, the action continues in Desolation Canyon, an ammunition depot, a gold mine and a armored train (you can play these levels in any order). Finally there's a showdown with the big bad guy. Each of the 6 levels is divided into 3 sub-levels. The 3rd one is always a boss-battle. During the game your standard weapon can be temporarily upgraded by collecting power-ups. If you want to create some serious mayhem you can detonate one of your bombs. Almost any object in the background can be destroyed. Wild Guns has a two-player co-op mode. There's also a shooting gallery mode in which you can't die; this one is all about scoring as many points as possible."
24796,Street Fighter: The Movie,Street Fighter: Real Battle on Film,1995,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Street Fighter: The Movie is a 2D versus fighting game based on the movie of the same name, which in turn is based on the well known Capcom series, Street Fighter Gameplay is similar to Street Fighter II and Super Street Fighter II Turbo Select from a range of fighters (including Ryu, Ken, Guile, M. Bison and Chun Li) each with their own set of special moves, and defeat all of the opposition to become the King of street fighting. The game uses digitized animation based on the actors and the many locations featured in the film. Also included is a story mode which follows the story of the movie and uses FMV in-between fights and a Trial Battle Mode, where the player takes on Guile in a range of different battle events to test their skills."
24798,Battle Bugs,,1994,7.7,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),,"A very unique real-time strategy game. It's only semi-real-time, because it's possible to pause the action at any moment. The player commands 22 different insects in a long campaign (56 missions) against the computer-AI or a human opponent."
24800,Army Men: Air Attack 2,"Army Men: Air Attack - Blade's Revenge, Army Men: Air Combat - The Elite Missions",2000,6.6,Action,,,"Army Men: Air Attack 2 and its predecessor are shooting games similar to the ones in EA's Strike series The player controls a green toy helicopter through a suburban setting. The aircraft is equipped with weapons and a winch. At the start of each mission, the player can choose the helicopter model and its co-pilot, whose characteristics modify the behavior of the airship (for example, a specialist in guns will increase the accuracy of shots). The mission objectives vary: there are rescue missions, where the winch is used to collect a character or object, demolition missions, where something has to be destroyed, and escort missions, where something must be protected from enemy attacks. The PlayStation version contains two additional missions."
24803,Skweek,Slider,1989,7.5,"Action, Puzzle",,,"The Skweeks lived in harmony for centuries, being a naturally peaceful peoples, until Pitark arrived. He ruined their bright pink land by removing the colour, and it was only after he died that they had the opportunity to clean the land up. Your job is to travel through the 99 continents and clean each one in sequence. Skweek can move in each of the four compass directions, and is armed with a simple weapon, whose shots rebound around before they hit one of Pitark's minions, the Schnoreuls - contact with which is instantly fatal. Some squares contain arrows which force you in a particular direction, while there are also blockades to avoid. Bomb squares blow up surrounding squares but give you time to move away from them as they do this, while Shortcut squares allow you to move to another teleport-type square by pushing the joystick in its direction."
24808,Fighting for Rome,"Cohort, Cohort: Fighting for Rome",1991,5.8,Strategy / tactics,,"Classical antiquity, Historical events","Fighting for Rome is a real-time war game of tactical battles between Roman legions. Battles are fought on one of three different terrain maps with armies of selectable size and content. Units available include foot soldiers, archers, and cavalry. Game play can be paused to give orders, and generals may rally troops."
24811,Flight Unlimited,,1995,7.9,Simulation,,,"Flight Unlimited is a civilian flight simulator. You can choose between an Extra 300s, a Bellanca Decathlon, a Sukhoi SU-31, a Pitts S-2B and a Grob S-103. Take part in aerobatic competitions or, if you're a beginner, learn how to fly in 34 lessons. Flight Unlimited stresses reality: all ground textures and elevations are based on real satellite photodata, and the flight model has a heavy basis in real world physics. The manual is quite detailed, and combined with the in-flight tutorials, the user is provided with a very gradual introduction to flying. A very comprehensive piece of work, and a defining title for Looking Glass whose only competition at the time was Microsoft Flight Simulator (which looked immediately dated compared to Flight Unlimited )."
24822,Burn:Cycle,,1994,7.3,"Action, Adventure","Puzzle elements, Shooter",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"You play data thief Sol Cutter in a very Johnny Mnemonic -like plot. You have just pulled off a major data theft, but in doing so you've infected yourself with a neural virus, named Burn:Cycle, which will literally turn your brain into goo in 2 hours. Unless that is, you can find a cure while you simultaneously try to avoid the people whom you stole the data from. Why are they chasing you if you're gonna die anyway? How do you get rid of this virus? What does it all mean? You'll try to figure that out in this game which plays like a Cyberpunk The Journeyman Project in full screen and with more action sequences. Gameplay consists of first-person action and puzzle sequences spiced up with video in-between."
24826,NFL GameDay '97,,1996,8.1,Sports,,,"In addition to all the features on the previous edition of the series, NFL GameDay '97 includes new options like season-ending injuries, a draft, more stats, and the ability to create players. The player also has expanded camera control."
24834,Ripley's Believe It or Not!: The Riddle of Master Lu,"Das Rätsel des Master Lu, Ripley's Believe It or Not!: L'enigma di Master Lu, Ripley's Croyez-le ou non ! L'Enigme de Maître Lu",1995,7.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Interwar,"In this game, you control a historical character, Robert Ripley (1893-1949), a famous traveler and collector of rarities. One day, during a travel in Egypt, Ripley was attacked by mysterious Chinese assassins. The trail leads him and his Chinese girlfriend Mei Chen to the Forbidden City of Beijing. There he becomes involved in a mystery that will take him to exotic locations all around the globe. The game plays like a traditional puzzle-solving adventure. Ripley will have to talk to various people, searching for information, but the main emphasis of the gameplay is still on puzzles, mainly inventory-based. The game features live actors filmed over pre-rendered backgrounds. Cut scenes are often presented as full-motion movies shown in small screens with close-up on the actors."
24849,Pat Riley Basketball,Super Real Basketball,1990,6.9,"Action, Sports",,,"This basketball game uses a scrolling court-side view to recreate the game, with 8 teams representing major US cities.These can play in Exhibition and Tournament matches, with a 2-player mode and 3 skill levels. Before each match you can choose between zonal and man-to-man marking, and this can be changed after each quarter, or during a time out. Physical contact fouls is impossible although 'traveling' is called. Tip-offs and Slam-Dunk attempts switch to a 3D close-up view, and are controlled by hammering the B button as hard as possible - on occasion you can get defense players in to block an attempted dunk."
24857,The Third Courier,,1989,6.8,Action,,Cold War,"The Third Courier is set in the era of the 'cold war', and the action takes place in Germany. The player is an American spy, and his mission is to recover stolen NATO defense plans. You start off in your apartment, which contains a computer, bugging equipment and an answerphone, as well as useful items such as money and a passport. A compass on screen is used to move around, with symbols appearing on the left and right of the status screen to indicate when something important is to the west or east of you. You will have to explore the city streets, with the aid of taxis and the Autobahn. Talk to important people and buy key objects, and then sneak around spying on anyone who seems suspicious. Encounters with enemy agents, muggers and tramps can turn violent; when they do, use your gun quickly to ensure they are shot first."
24858,Monty Python's Flying Circus,Monthy Pitons Circing Flyus,1990,6.4,Action,Arcade,,"Monty Python's Flying Circus is an arcade style game based on the UK television series of the same name. Players control one of the ""Mr. Gumbies"" and maneuver him through multiple screens, throwing fish at flying feet and similarly surreal enemies. Periodically the game cuts away to a non-sequitur aside, such as a lesson on ""the larch,"" or a quick game of breakout."
24860,Tales of Destiny II,Tales of Eternia,2000,8.0,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Action RPG,Fantasy,"Reid and Farrah are two friends who live together in a little town. One day, a mysterious young girl falls down from the sky and is found by the two friends. After a while, they discover that her name is Meredy and that she has come to prevent the collision of her world Celestia with Inferia, the planet on which Reid and Farrah live. The three decide to set out on a quest to collect elemental spiritual beings that alone can stop the terrible disaster. Tales of Destiny II ( Tales of Eternia in Japan) is a Japanese-style role-playing game that uses the series' trademark LMBS (Limited Motion Battle System) combat. Like in the previous games, random battles take the player to separate side-scrolling screens where the player directly controls one character in a way similar to fighting games. Other characters are controlled by the AI, but the player can also choose to switch between characters at any time, micro-manage their actions, or assign general strategies. As opposed to earlier installments, spellcasting is done in real time (lasting longer than regular attacks), and characters are able to directly dodge enemy spells."
24868,The Legend of Sinbad,,1986,6.6,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Fantasy,"You are the famous sailor Sinbad and on a voyage you managed to get kidnapped by the evil Sultan Salabim and you must escape from your captors before attempting to kill the Sultan. The game is split over five levels with four of the five levels having different gameplay styles and these include a maze game, platform game, 1st person shooter and a side view shooter. You start with five lives and if you are touched or shot by any creature or guard then you lose one life and also each level has a timer, and when this reaches zero you lose a life as well. First Level: You start in the Sultan's dungeon and in this maze level you must escape by collecting treasure which in turns allows you to get keys to escape. The level is viewed from above with part of the maze shown on the screen and the screen scrolls when you move. Scattered around the maze are various treasures which when the right amount is collected, opens doors to the keys needed. Attempting to stop you are various creatures and guards but you can fire at them to kill them and there are also gates that flash on and off and are deadly when touched. Second Level: The game now becomes a platform game with the whole level on one screen and you must move from platform to platform killing any guards with your sword that appear from behind doors. You can take four shots from a guard before losing a life but the captain of the guards only requires to hit you once to lose one of your lives. When you have killed a certain amount of guards you move to the next level. Third Level. After escaping from your imprisonment you have managed to get a camel train to take you across the desert. The Sultan has heard of your escape and your plan to cross the desert so he has launched magic objects at your camels and if any are hit then you lose a life. The level is viewed as a single screen 1st person shooter and you control a crosshair which you use to shoot any magic objects that appear on the screen. Fourth Level: After protecting your camel train you have reached the location of the Sultan and you now sit on a magic carpet on this side view single screen shooter. The Sultan has sent creatures and guards on magic carpets to stop you reaching him and as they fly towards you, you can shoot them various amounts of times to destroy them. Once you have shot a certain amount then you can finally face Sultan Salabim. Fifth Level: Sultan Salabim has turned himself into a dragon and you must shoot him a certain amount of times to destroy him and complete the game. The level is viewed the same as the fourth level with you sat on a magic carpet firing at the dragon."
24872,Alex Kidd: High-Tech World,Anmitsu Hime,1987,5.0,"Action, Adventure","Platform, Time management",,"A new arcade has hit town, and Alex and his friends decide to check it out. Sadly, they have no idea where it is, so it's up to Alex to find the eight map pieces cleverly hidden inside the castle. Getting all the pieces is only the start, he must then fight his way through a forest filled with ninja assassins, enter town to do required tasks, obtain a travel pass, then get through a second forest filled with other nasties. The question is: will Alex make his way to the arcades before 17:00? Alex Kidd: High-Tech World allows you to resume a saved game. All you have to do is enter a password, and the game will be resumed right where you left off. The game is time-based, and events can only happen at certain times. For instance, certain characters will appear when thirty minutes of each hour is up. During the game, you can access a status screen, which helps you keep track of the time, what floor you're on, and how many map pieces you collected so far. There are six floors inside the castle, including the attic. On some floors, there are phones which you can use to either to ask a character for help, or order a pizza. There are also alternate solutions to some puzzles in the game. The demo at the start of the game may give away one of the map pieces."
24892,Super Bowl,"Super Bowl XX, Superbowl",1986,7.0,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Super Bowl XX, in which Chicago trounced New England 46-10, is recreated in this action/strategy hybrid, which also features computer AI for a solo match on the C64 version (Spectrum owners can only practice plays on their own). When kicking, the player controls the kick's strength and accuracy by pressing fire, so the direction isn't under direct control, and punts can only be returned if they are caught on the full. When selecting the play, a distinction is made between long and short passing plays. You select the recipient when the ball is in play by moving the cursor which appears and pressing fire. If a catch is made, you can take control of any player, which needn't be the player running for the end-zone. Running and Special Teams plays are also on offer of course. When on the defense, the player has 4 main positional strategies to choose from, and can specify individual markers, and a player to simply track the ball carrier. Any individual player can be controlled once the action begins, and holding down fire allows you to change this player as the play unfolds."
24901,Voyager I: Sabotage of the Robot Ship,The Voyager Program,1981,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Voyager is a first-person action game that challenges the player to explore the levels of an alien spacecraft's maze. The environments consist of corridors and rooms done with 3D vector graphics. The protagonist has to evade robots programmed to blast any intruders. To win, the player must destroy all power generators and escape (or hunt down and annihilate) the killer robots."
24902,Deliverance,,1992,7.0,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,Four expansive levels each with its own sound and graphics Satans Palace axe your way out of here to: Source: Back of Box - Amiga (Europe)
24913,Carriers at War 1941-1945: Fleet Carrier Operations in the Pacific,,1984,7.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, Oceania, World War II","Carriers at War 1941-1945: Fleet Carrier Operations in the Pacific is a war simulation (wargame). In the game the player takes on the role of the task force commander in the pacific theater during World War II. In the six simulated conflicts the player can play as both the U.S. and the Japanese Empire. Included scenarios are Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, Midway, Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz and Philippine Sea. The game is played on a 72x84 hexagonal grid. The player can gives orders to the individual units and squadrons, which include naval vessels and land based aircraft. The computer then simulates how they perform their actions. The game is quasi real-time, meaning that the game can be paused at any given moment at which time the player can give orders to the units. All interaction with the game is through a menu interface. Orders that can be given to units include strike, escort, transport, support, refuel and more complex maneuvers such as strike routines"
24917,Willow Pattern,The Willow Pattern Adventure,1985,6.8,Action,,Fantasy,"Willow Pattern is an action game inspired by the characteristic ""willow pattern"" design used on ceramic kitchenware since the end of the 18th century, inspired by the patterns on Chinese porcelain. The in-game graphics and locations are taken from the original ""willow pattern"" painting. The game's storyline takes its inspiration from the legend invented to promote sales of the patterned houseware. Chang and Koong-Shee are in love. Problem is Chang is a clerk and Koong-Shee is a Princess. To make matters worse she is being forced against her will to marry a merchant called Ta Jin and being held in the large palace grounds of a Mandarin palace. You play Chang and you must enter the Palace grounds, get a key and find the hiding place of the Princess to rescue her out of the grounds and take her far away in a boat. Guarding the Princess, scattered around the grounds are giants who block the paths and some even throw swords at you. You start your quest unarmed but swords can be found which are thrown at the giant guards. Swords are limited so careful use of them is required but a dead giant will leave one behind. Some bridges will need crossing which leads to a arcade sequence where you must jump over rocks while avoiding giants reaching down for you. Touching a giant or getting hit by a sword loses one of five lives. There is also treasure scattered around to be found. Willow Pattern is a flick screen maze game which is viewed from the side looking from above. The arcade sequence is viewed from the side on one screen. The joystick or keyboard is used to control Chang. As well as the main playing area you can also see how many lives remaining and a percentage of how much the game is completed."
24918,Alien Carnage,"Alien Carnage: Halloween Harry, Halloween Harry",1993,7.7,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Alien Carnage (also known as Halloween Harry ) is a follow-up to the 1985 game Halloween Harry created for the Microbee System by John Passfield in 1985, but it has very little in common with the original game. In this side-scrolling platformer, earth is being invaded by aliens who turn humans into zombies in order to enslave them. Harry is the only saviour of earth, and he has to traverse different levels and rescue the kidnapped humans. There are many different weapons to collect, and most have a limited amount of ammo."
24921,D.O.G: Fight For Your Life,Dune Runners,1997,6.7,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,"D.O.G. is a third-person shooter with vehicles and turrets to use. The game doesn't have a story, you just select a mission that you can afford (you get money from completing missions), kill everyone/everything in it and continue to the next mission. The engine uses voxels, so you can blast the ground with few different weapons, like flamethrower, chaingun, grenade launcher and rocker launcher. Picking up powerups for yourself and your vehicle ease your way on the devastation."
24930,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time,"Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles IV: Turtles in Time, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time",1991,8.0,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Doesn't this Shredder dude ever take a break? Now he's gone and ""kidnapped"" the Statue of Liberty itself, and just as the Ninja Turtles were about to kick his butt, he tore open some kinda time portal thingy and flung them back into the past! Now Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michaelangelo have to fight their way through time and tons of Foot Soldiers, mutant wackos, and more in order to bring liberty back and slam Shredder's butt all the way to Dimension X! Go, Turtles! Kick some shell and save us!"
24931,Guitar Freaks,,1998,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Music / rhythm",,"Guitar Freaks is a rhythm action game ported from the 1998 arcade game of the same title. Long before Guitar Hero was ever conceived, Konami made the first inroads to a plastic guitar future with this spinoff of its popular Beatmania rhythm game series. Notes scroll up towards the top of the screen in three columns, and the player must hold the correct notes and strum the plastic guitar to play along with the music. The better the timing, the more points are earned, but miss enough notes and the song is failed. The game includes all the songs from the original arcade game, as well as a number of additional new songs that can be unlocked. One or two players can play simultaneously, and there is of course support for a plastic guitar controller (sold separately). The game can also share data with the arcade release Guitar Freaks Link Ver"
24932,Overkill & Lunar-C,,1993,7.0,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This CD contains two shoot 'em ups. The games are: Lunar-C is unique in that it was only released in this compilation. The back story revolves around a giant dreadnought attacking an unnamed planet. The player takes the role of the chosen hero and boards their flying saucer to eliminate the aliens called Sirians. The game is a horizontal scrolling shooter. After a wave of enemies is destroyed, they release a power-up token. Collecting it will advance the weapon select gauge by one step, similar to Gradius In this way, the weapon systems of the player's ship can be upgraded. If the player hits an enemy or a bullet, their energy bar is reduced. At the end of each level, a guardian awaits that needs to be destroyed in order to advance further in the game."
24939,Antarctic Adventure,"Aventura na Antártica, Kekkyoku Nankyoku Daibōken",1983,7.1,Action,Arcade,,"As a penguin, you must travel around Antarctica, making your way between bases before time runs out. This sounds easy, right? Wrong Hindering your progress will be ice crevices and leopard seals. You can jump over the crevices, but jumping over the leopard seals may be difficult. You can speed up or slow down the penguin to avoid both of these hazards. The bases include Australia, France, New Zealand, USA, Argentina, UK, and Japan. You can collect flags and eat fish for points. Collecting a flashing flag will allow you to wear a propeller that enable you to fly over those hazards."
24940,Putt-Putt Joins the Parade,,1992,7.5,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,,"Putt-Putt, an adorable purple car, wants to join the Cartown Parade. But, first, he must earn money for a carwash, find a balloon, and get a pet (Pep, the puppy). Children ages 3 to 8 have a great time delivering groceries and mowing lawns and learn good lessons like waiting for the green light before crossing the road. Each screen has a multitude of fun things to click on, as well."
24942,WWF WrestleFest,,1991,7.8,Sports,,,"WWF WrestleFest is the sequel to the 1989 arcade game WWF SuperStars and is based on the World Wrestling Federation allowing you to control famous wrestlers from the late 80s like Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior and Earthquake. Whereas SuperStars only let you compete in Tag-Team, WrestleFest allows you to compete in the Battle Royal: Royal Rumble as well as Saturday Nights Main Event: Tag Match. Saturday Nights Main Event: Tag Match lets you choose two fighters from eight fighters or team Demolition. All the fighters signatures moves are included as well as punching, kicking and grappling. Each fighter has an energy bar which depletes the more you are hit or thrown. If you can reach your partner on the side of the ring you can swap at any time as well as use him in some moves. If you are thrown from the ring then you have 10 seconds to return or it is fight over. The main way to win though is to pin your opponent on his back for a count of three by the referee. As you attempt this his partner will enter the ring to stop this as well as yours entering to stop his partner. If you win the fight then you must defeat four more teams to be able to face Legion of Doom and become champions. Battle Royal: Royal Rumble lets you choose one fighter from 10 and now you must fight on your own in the ring against five randomly selected fighters. To beat a man, once again you must pin him on his back for the count of three by the referee. You can also throw them out of the ring hoping they don't make it back under 10 seconds. If a man loses then he leaves the ring leaving the other fighters to keep fighting. The winner is the last man standing. WWF WrestleFest is viewed from the side from above and part of the ring is shown. You can play on your own or with three other friends."
24945,SimGolf,,1996,6.6,Sports,,,"SimGolf is an interpretation of computerized golf, with a few new ideas added. The MouseSwing control mode sees the player deliver their shot, complete with back-swing and follow-through, based on their precise mouse movements, with the aim of reflecting golf mechanics more authentically. A more conventional three-click mode is also offered. A complete course designer is included. It can generate randomized terrain layouts for you to fill in with hazards, such as water hazards, bunkers and trees, as well as lava and other unrealistic novelties. Internet and LAN options to take on up to 3 others exist. There are six different views on shot replays."
24946,Panzer Battles,,1989,7.0,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","Panzer Battles is a hex board game style WWII war game. The game is based on the same engine originally used in Battlefront. The included Scenario package has forces and battles involving Soviet, German, British, American forces.You command corps of units in an effort to achieve the objectives laid out in the scenario briefing which follow actual battles during the war. With several scenarios included, and an excellent scenario editor it allows for extended gameplay."
24948,Wishbringer,Wishbringer - the Magick Stone of Dreams - Interactive Fantasy for Beginners,1985,7.6,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"In this game, the player controls a postal clerk in the small fishing village of Festeron. The postmaster, Mr. Crisp, orders the player to deliver an envelope to the owner of Ye Olde Magick Shoppe. However, this seemingly innocent task inexplicably leads to a strange phenomenon: as the hero steps out, he finds that Festeron has been mysteriously transformed into a dark, ominous town called Witchville. Even cute little poodles have turned into hellhounds! Finding the Wishbringer, a stone that grants seven wishes to those who possess the right objects, seems like the only solution - or is it? Wishbringer is a text adventure set in the Zork universe The player types in commands to navigate the character, interact with the game world, and solve puzzles. The game has a rather open-ended structure, with many situations possessing several solutions; the player can opt for a ""magical"" approach to the tasks, using the titular stone, or attempt to solve the game in a more straightforward way."
24955,Ultima: Runes of Virtue,,1991,6.3,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Runes Of Virtue is an action-RPG specifically made for the Game Boy. Taking place in the Ultima universe, your task is to gather the eight virtue rune stones from the eight dungeons which oppose the virtues. The Black Knight has stolen the virtues from the castle of Lord British, and it is your job to recover them. Initially, you can choose between four characters. These characters are Shamino the ranger, Dupre the swordsman, Iolo the bard, and Mariah the mage. There are three modes of difficulty. Ultima vets will recognize many of the characters from the other Ultimas, including Sherry, Dr. Cat, and Chuckles."
24960,Dominus,,1994,6.8,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"You are an Overlord in the employ of an aged King who has long since tired of battling. Protection and control of the kingdom, its resources, treasures and its force of monster are your obligations. Neighboring clans are invading the dominion. They are a scourge of ravenous looters, soldiers, and mages. Each group desires some resource that is abundant in the kingdom. The longer they steal from you, the stronger they become. The clans will attack from every direction. If you do not defeat them at the outskirts of the kingdom they will move toward your castle destroying and pillaging along the way. As they ravage the land and close on the castle they gain strength from the resources they have captured. Each clan is after specific resources. Some are invaders or scouts. Others are powerful mages. Fight back the invaders with all your resources. Order your generals and monsters into combat. Lay traps. Use Magick to destroy the clans and enhance your own forces. Gain information through interrogation and spies or fight with your own hands."
24968,Adventure Island II,"Adventure Island II, Hudson's Adventure Island, Hudson's Adventure Island 2, Takahashi Meijin no Boukenjima II, The Adventure Island Part II Two, The Adventure Island: Part Two",1991,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In Adventure Island II the player takes the role of Master Higgins who has to save his cavegirl from aliens which also want to dominate the Earth. The basic gameplay elements are the same as in its predecessor Adventure Island : Master Higgins walks through the levels while fighting against various enemies. One hit results in his untimely death unless he carries one of the various power ups, e.g. weapons or a skateboard which improves his speed. He also needs to collect food to fill up his steadily decreasing starvation bar - death awaits if it hits zero. A big addition are dinosaurs which serve as mount and offer different abilities, e.g. flying or shooting fireballs. Like all power ups these don't have to be used instantly but can be saved for later: before every level the player can choose the power ups he wants to bring with him. There are overall eight worlds with different themes which are represented by a overhead map. Sometimes there are different paths with other level and at the end of a world Master Higgins has to fight a boss."
24976,Elite Darts,"3D Darts, Raymond van Barneveld: Elite Darts",1999,6.9,"Action, Simulation, Sports",Board game,,"A darts game pure and simple. You view the board from a 1st person perspective and through a mouse motion-based system (similar to the mouse swings in golf games) you throw your darts. You can play in a variety of locations ranging from pubs, basements, pool hall, etc. complete with ambience noises, or try a 16-player knockout tournament. Also included are numerous options to tweak the games to your heart's content, such as setting score caps, doubling, and different types of dart games such as Cricket, Baseball darts, etc. Supports multiplayer gameplay for up to 4 players via modem, serial connection, TCP/IP or through MSN Gaming Zone with a patch."
24984,PGA Tour Golf III,PGA Tour 96,1994,8.2,"Simulation, Sports",,,"The team at Polygames make some small improvements to the series in PGA Tour Golf III It has a US setting in terms of the courses and players, unlike PGA European Tour with 8 licensed courses in total: Avenel, Las Colinas, River Highlands, Sawgrass, Scottsdale, Southwind, Summerlin and The Woodlands. Gameplay modes include three different practice options (driving range, putting green, and a full round) as well as a tournament, skins challenge, match play, and shoot-out. Gameplay follows the standard model with swings made from of a view behind the golfer, with the customary three-click method (start, power, accuracy). Before taking a shot, the club choice, direction and intended draw/fade (spin on the ball) are selected. The game features instant replays and user-created players, stats and tournaments saved to battery-backed RAM. Only the Genesis version has course flybys with tips from PGA pros and switches to a different camera view for the ball's landing."
24994,Adventures of Lolo,,1989,7.5,"Action, Puzzle",,,"The lovely princess Lala was kidnapped by the Evil Demons of the Empire. You are Lolo, a round ball-like creature (just like the princess herself), and your mission is to sneak into the empire castle and to liberate the princess. Adventures of Lolo is a puzzle game, and each level is a castle room. The goal in each room is to collect all the hearts, then collect the chest to make the exit appear. Lolo can move blocks and turn enemies into eggs to move of freeze them. There are a few different types of enemies: As Lolo collects hearts, he can gain power ups, such as the ability to shoot an enemy and move it, and the ability to break a block. Utilizing a power-up effectively is the key to completing many puzzles. Levels are single screens, and as they become more complex, you are encouraged to experiment as many levels can be solved in more than one way. There are 50 rooms in total."
25001,Gloriana,"Elisabeth I., Gloriana: In the Service of the Crown",1996,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"Gloriana. is a management game set in the year 1550 AD, when Elisabeth becomes Queen of England. The player is cast as the owner of a small trading company with the goal to gain wealth and influence, through the international trading of goods and accumulation of luxury items, until they achieve sufficient status to be granted the post of counselor to the Queen. The player has time until the year 1588 to achieve this esteemed position, at which point the Spanish Armada attacks England and the game ends."
25003,Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring,,1998,7.5,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring is an arcade-style fighting game from the makers of Tobal In this version, Cloud, Tifa, Yuffie, Vincent, Zack, Red XIII & Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII join the many characters from the arcade version released in Japan. Comprised of the main arcade mode, mini-game mode, and an all new RPG mode known as ""Brand New Quest"". The mini-game mode contains four games: Battle Beach, a triathlon of button mashing. Battle Square, tackle-Othello on a disco floor Infinity Battle, an endurance test with unlimited lives. And a foot racing game using the fighting game controls. The main game mode is an arcade-style fighting game. Charismatic fighters from around the world compete in a tournament for a mysterious sword as the prize. In addition to your archetypes of kick boxers, wrestlers, and mixed martial artists there are also animal type fighters, homing missiles, characters with swords, and many other attacks that shake things up. The fighting system is based on attack height (much like Bushido Blade) - with the triangle, square, and x buttons corresponding to high, mid, and low attacks respectively. There are also different buttons for low and high guard - both working against mid-level attacks but specific to high and low attacks. The circle button is used for 'special' attacks, which drain the 'special' bar. There is a button to jump, as well as a button that changes between 'locking' on the target to move or free running. The standard balance in fighting games is speed vs. damage. Whether it be ranged or melee attacks, the 'damage per second' should be the same - as every character has an equal health bar. Ehrgeiz is a very balanced game, despite the complexity presented by how fundamentally different most characters are. The vast differences between certain characters require the player to devise separate strategies for different opponents. The animal type opponents, for example, can only be hit with roughly half the attacks of the normal opponents - head kicks, many long range attacks, and most throws will hit empty air, especially since animal characters can 'duck' even lower to the ground. Fighting a gun wielding character will result in a battle where you must chase and pin down. Fighting Cloud or Sephiroth will require both constant pressure and vigilance against being thrown to ensure that they are not able to unsheathe their sword and finish the fight in a few blows. The game features unlock-able costumes and characters, as well as 'ending videos'. The ""Brand New Quest"" feature is a dungeon delver that uses the fighting game engine along with randomly generated dungeon layouts to create a 25 level dungeon with set bosses. It borrows the magic and equipment system from the Final Fantasy games, you will collect materia and magic stones, as well as a full range of visibly different weapons and armour. This game puts strong emphasis on food (like the early Ultima series). Not only will you have to eat, but you will have to be conscious of what you are eating - your diet affects how your stats change at level up. Eat meat for strength, minerals for dexterity, carbs for speed, lipids for defence, and vitamins for magical ability. Standing still allows your depleting 'stomach' meter to fill your health. If your hunger meter reaches 'zero', however, it will start draining your health. There are two playable characters, and the game can be played with both characters or with only one."
25004,Sonic Boom,,1987,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Sonic Boom is an arcade game shoot 'em up with a vertically-scrolling perspective in which the player is a US pilot, armed with the super-powerful Sonic Boom aircraft. Players must face six levels of cannon-fodder enemies in order to prevent the world being destroyed, but has 5 continues with 3 lives each to make use of. There is a boss at the end of each level which must be beaten in a time limit in order to progress. Most enemies are aircraft, but there are also tanks, trains, and turret installations to wipe out. Defeated waves of enemies reveal improved weaponry and other bonuses."
25006,F1 Pole Position,Nakajima Satoru Kanshū F-1 Hero GB '92,1992,7.2,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"F1 Pole Position is a Formula One racing video game released for the Game Boy by Ubisoft. The game is originally known in Japan as Nakajima Satoru Kanshū F-1 Hero GB '92: The Graded Driver which is the sequel to Nakajima Satoru Kanshū F-1 Hero GB In comparison to its predecessor, the game has a more realistic approach due to the licensing by Foca to Fuji Television. Modes available are the usual: grand prix, warming up (or training), multi game (or multi player), and options. Some other changes (or improvements if possible) in relation to its predecessor: the more detailed background and tracks. Also, making the turns without getting off the track is much more easier due to a better view (even though the track map is still not displayed on the screen). During the qualifying and races, ""retire"" will appear if the player crashes too much, or simply want to stop racing. In the Japanese version, before every race, Satoru Nakajima will give some tips about certain areas of the circuit, while this feature was removed from the Western version. One other difference is that Ayrton Senna is included in the Japanese version, while Michael Andretti replaces Senna in the Western one. In both versions the player has to compete in two full seasons. The rounds are basically split into different parts, in each one a minimum goal must be achieved (to qualify and finish the race x number of times) so that the contract is renewed. If the player fails, the game over screen will pop out."
25012,Dyter-07,,1990,7.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Dyter-07 Earth is attacked by alien forces. The player mans the advanced attack chopper Dyter-07 to drive them back and rescue scientists on the way. The game has eight levels with two alternating gameplay mechanics. For each of the four tropical islands, the surface has to be cleared at first by flying around in a side-scrolling perspective, reminiscent of Choplifter Alien opposition can be destroyed by shooting them, but after six hits the helicopter gets destroyed. The basic goal is to destroy a number of robots which are found by using the radar. However, the chopper is not able to destroy those; that's why it carries the Battledroid, a tank. When the chopper lands, the tank is detached and can be driven over the surface of the island. A side effect of destroying the robots is the rescue of human scientists which are held hostage in said robots. They can be picked up with the helicopter and brought to the base. While this is not required to finish the level, rescued scientists net vital upgrades like better weapons, a better shield or the ability to move underwater. All those upgrades can be either applied to the chopper or the tank. After all robots are destroyed, a volcano opens up and the player moves right in. In the following section the game transforms into a vertically scrolling shooter. Gameplay in these sections is traditional, save for the fact that the player travels downwards from the upper part of the screen: dodging enemy bullets and shooting as many aliens as possible until the level end boss is reached and defeated. An upgraded chopper is important to survive these levels."
25014,Jazz Jackrabbit,,1994,7.7,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Jazz Jackrabbit is the PC world's answer to Sonic the Hedgehog In this platform game, Jazz, the hero of the rabbit planet Carrotus, must rescue the beloved rabbit princess, Eva Earlong, and defeat the leader of the turtle terrorists, Devan Shell, traveling to different planets to gather clues concerning Eva's whereabouts while liberating them from Shell's tyranny. The similarity to Sonic the Hedgehog manifests itself in Jazz's uncanny speed, and the fact it increases the more he runs. However, the rest of the gameplay mechanics are different. The game is primarily a shooter, meaning that in order to defeat his enemies, it's not enough for Jazz to jump over their heads. Jazz starts with a blaster, but during the course of the game acquires other weapons, such as grenade launcher, flamethrower, TNT, etc. Jazz can also pick up various power-ups, including a force shield, a hoverboard that allows him to float in the air, a bird that will fight on Jazz's side, and others."
25017,Arcade Smash Hits,,1992,6.5,"Action, Compilation",Arcade,,"Arcade Smash Hits is a compilation of three classic Atari arcade games, previously unreleased for Sega Master System: Centipede Breakout and Missile Command This release adds short introduction sequences to each game."
25020,Herobotix,,1987,6.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Alliance of Space Pilots has stolen a dangerous weapon called Z-Ray. A rebel sector of the Alliance sends a ""Herobot"" into their base to retrieve the weapon along with important data. Players take control of the Herobot and must find all six parts of the Z-Ray and download the data from the main computer. There are 12 different enemy droids that attack in different ways, some follow a set path, some charge the Herobot and a few can shoot. The Herobot can shoot at his enemies or use an energy bomb that destroys everything onscreen, but also depletes half of its energy. The base is laid out like a maze with energy barriers and conveyor belts blocking the robot's progress. Energy barriers can be turned off via switches, while conveyor belts can only be stopped temporarily by accessing terminals. Terminals can also be used to display a small map of the surroundings."
25022,Genewars,,1996,6.9,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Genewars is a real-time strategy game similar to Command & Conquer Gameplay consists of completing the given task on many planets. This involves doing different things, like eliminating the enemy or breeding mules. The game has humans in it, but is closer to fantasy than a realistic setting. You can pick your team from humans and other races. Up to 4 players can compete over a network."
25023,Hiryū No Ken S: Golden Fighter,,1992,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"A beat-em-up for the SNES, this game features two styles of fighting genre: one-on-one fighting (like Street Fighter ) and side scrolling brawling (Like Final Fight ). Golden Fighter is very camp and colourful: the player's character can best be described as The Ultimate Warrior (the 80's wrestler) on LSD. Locations too, are very bright and tacky: comprising of strip clubs and casinos."
25029,Putt & Putter,Minigolf,1991,6.0,Sports,,,"Putt & Putter is an isometric mini-golf game for 1-2 players. The game has different height levels. Because there are even bumpers, the game is like a mixture of a classic minigolf game, a pinball game and the classic game Marble Madness"
25041,Bust-A-Move Pocket,Puzzle Bobble Mini,1999,7.7,Puzzle,"Arcade, Tile matching puzzle",,"Bust-A-Move Pocket is an installment in the long-running puzzle series exclusive to the Neo Geo Pocket Color. It offers a selection of modes and levels seen in earlier entries. The game includes three different game modes. Puzzle mode consists of 99 puzzles, taken from various earlier entries in the series for a ""best of"". The first ten levels can be selected from the start, and the best clearing times are saved per level. VS mode is the competitive variant of the game, played in best-of-three matches either against one of several different CPU opponents (with different strategies) or against another player via link connection. Survivor mode is an endless mode played for high score. Gameplay follows the standard model: the player controls a cannon at the bottom of the play field that shoots randomly colored bubbles. When three or more bubbles of the same color touch, they are removed from the field. In puzzle mode, the ceiling moves downward after a while, while in the other modes, additional bubbles are added from the top. In survivor mode only, bubbles also are added from the bottom sometimes. The game is lost once the bubbles reach the bottom. Popping more than three bubbles at a time moves extra bubbles to the opponent's field in VS mode."
25051,Mortal Kombat II,"Mortal Kombat II: Kanzenban, Mortal Kombat II: Kyūkyoku Shinken",1993,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Mortal Kombat II is a single-player and multiplayer fighting game. The story continues from the original tournament on Earth, Mortal Kombat After Shang Tsung’s defeat, he persuades Emperor Shao Kahn to host a new contest in the realm of Outworld. Fighters from Earthrealm are invited to compete once again, unaware that the tournament is a trap designed to ensure their destruction and allow Outworld to invade. The player chooses from a roster of warriors, each with their own motivations for entering the deadly competition, and battles through a series of one-on-one matches to reach the final confrontation with Shao Kahn himself. The gameplay builds on the foundation of the first Mortal Kombat Players engage in side-view, best-of-three-round duels using a combination of punches, kicks, blocks, and jump maneuvers. Every character has unique special moves that can be executed with precise button inputs, such as fireballs, teleportations, or rapid multi-hit attacks. Common maneuvers like uppercuts, sweeps, and flying kicks remain vital, while throws and roundhouse kicks add further tactical options. A defining feature of the franchise finishing moves known as “Fatalities,” return with even more elaborate executions. Each fighter has at least one unique Fatality that can be performed after winning the final round of a match. These violent finishers became a hallmark of the series, and Mortal Kombat II expands the concept with multiple Fatalities per character, as well as hidden finishing moves like Friendships and Babalities in later revisions. Stage-specific Fatalities allow players to use the environment to eliminate their opponent, such as knocking them into spikes or acid pits. The roster is significantly expanded compared to the original. Returning fighters include Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Raiden, and Shang Tsung, now rejuvenated and able to morph into any character. New challengers include Kitana, Mileena, Jax, Kung Lao, Baraka, and Reptile as a fully playable character. Boss encounters escalate the challenge: after defeating the other fighters, players face Shang Tsung, the towering Kintaro, and ultimately Shao Kahn, whose overwhelming strength tests mastery of the mechanics. Several modes and settings enhance replay value. The arcade version supports up to two players alternating or fighting head-to-head, including mirror matches between identical characters. Early home versions across platforms such as the Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, and later compilations maintained the core structure, though censorship or graphical adjustments sometimes altered blood, violence, or speed. Later re-releases aimed to preserve the arcade experience more faithfully."
25052,F22 Air Dominance Fighter,,1997,8.2,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"In F-22 Air Dominance Fighter the successor to DID's EF2000 players get the chance to fly the advanced fighter from the US Air Force in a war. You have control over up to 4 F-22 ADFs. or an AWACS. With the F-22 you fly miscellaneous missions such as air-to-ground or air-to-air or protect the AWACS around the war zone. If the AWACS are down you are sightless, making the mission harder to complete. From the AWACS you have control over all aircraft and you can send out commands to protect an aircraft or attack the enemy. Unlike the later Total Air War there is no dynamic campaign. All missions in the game are defined - start from point A, fly over B, Attack by C, going home over D and land by A, for example. Before you go to the warzone you have a chance to learn to fly the F-22. Over 30 instruction missions involve taking off, landing, miscellaneous weapons trainings, AWACS training, dealing with miscellaneous hydraulic and electrical failure, and many more."
25053,Jr. Pac-Man,,1983,7.4,Action,Arcade,,"Jr. Pac-Man features gameplay similar to the original Pac-Man but with a few changes. As Jr., you need to eat all of the dots in a maze without running into the four ghosts that are trying to get you. The maze is now much larger, and no longer fits on a single screen. The maze will scroll around to follow the action. From time to time a tasty bonus will bounce around the screen which can be eaten for extra points. There are tricycles, kites, drums, balloons, trains, root beers, and other bonuses that appear as the levels progress. When the bonus items bounce around the screen, any dots they touch will become larger and are now worth 50 points each instead of 10. However, one of these larger dots will cause Jr. Pac-Man to slow down greatly when he eats them making it more difficult to remain one step ahead of the ghosts which constantly pursue him! Located throughout the maze are power pellets; when Jr. eats one of these, the ghosts will temporarily turn blue and can now be eaten to earn even more points."
25054,The Crow: City of Angels,,1996,5.3,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"The Crow: City of Angels is a video game adaption of the 1996 film of the same name. Brought back from the dead by the mysterious crow, Ashe will stop at nothing to avenge his and his son's execution at the hands of the minions of Judah, the city’s crime lord. One by one they will face the crow! The Crow: COA is a 3D fighting game in which the player wanders from screen to screen, fighting everybody they come across with a wide variety of kicks and punches that vary based on your proximity to your foe. There is also a large range of weapons including pistols, shotgun's, knives, pool cues, pipes and steel drums."
25065,Viewpoint,,1992,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Viewpoint is a top-down orthographic perspective game in the tradition of Zaxxon The PlayStation and Saturn versions feature 3D rendered graphics with texture maps, unlike the other versions which primarily feature shaded polygons. One or two players (in hot-seat or cooperative mode) control a spaceship equipped with a laser cannon which can be charged (by holding the shooting button down) for a stronger blast. Besides the main weapon, three special weapons are available: a wall of fire which wipes the screen up in a wave, a nova-like blast and a circle of spherical-green homing missiles."
25073,Total Recall,,1991,6.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Construction worker Douglas Quaid has booked a virtual vacation to Mars when things start to go wrong: his co-workers try to kill him, and he can't be sure who he really is. To find the truth, he must travel to the Red Planet for real. Like Ocean's adaptations of the 1990 Schwarzenegger movie on other platforms Total Recall on the Commodore 64 combines platform and driving levels, for four stages in total. Level one is a platformer. Quaid must make his way across the city from his hotel to a phone booth within a time limit, taking care to collect a briefcase full of important information on the way. Standing in his way are enemy agents, who can be taken out with punches or shots from Quaid's gun. All over the place are wooden crates that can be destroyed to collect the contents. Possible pickups are additional ammunition (including explosive rounds) and continues. Also important are oxygen packs - the collected breathing gas is retained for use in the later levels set on Mars. Once Quaid has found the briefcase, he should take special care: if he gets hurt, he loses it and must pick it up again somewhere on the level. Level two is the first of the driving stages. Seen from a top-down view and under a tight time limit, Quaid must drive his JohnnyCab to the spaceport to get to Mars. Other cars on the road want to hinder him and open fire on sight. Quaid cannot shoot back, but must evade them instead. Pickups on the road either increase the time limit or give a short increase in speed. The latter is required for several daring jumps across open bridges. The controls in this section are unusual for a driving game: the car can travel in any direction (even backwards and sideways) but only reaches top speed when driving forwards. However, orientation can only be changed on junctions in the road. Level three is set on Mars and is the second driving level. Quaid must reach the hideout of the Mars resistance. Gameplay, controls and pickups are the same as on Earth, but on Mars, many obstacles like rock piles and oil puddles are on the road, possibly slowing Quaid down. The final level is another platformer: this time, Quaid must make his way to the alien reactor and start a chain reaction that will transform the planet. All the same weapon and other upgrades are available as earlier, but some new enemy types make life hard for Quaid."
25077,Shuttle Simulator,"Lift Off with Space Shuttle, Microdeal Shuttle, Space Shuttle",1982,6.2,Simulation,,,"This game is an early simulation of NASA 's space shuttle, on a mission to retrieve a failed satellite. Most of the controls are handled using the joystick. The mission is comprised of five different stages: The main view is from the cockpit, with a small stripe in the centre dedicated to the outside view, and the rest comprised of instruments and indicators. All of these instruments, indicating the stages of the mission, the attitude of the craft and its course, as well as altitude and speed, are functional. Certain parts of the mission are moved to an outside view for pædagogical reasons. To make the game more beginner-friendly, the mission is not aborted if a certain stage is not fulfilled, but points are awarded for how well each stage is completed."
25080,F-15 Strike Eagle II,,1989,7.5,Simulation,,Contemporary,"The second in the series features campaigns in Libya, the Persian Gulf, the Middle East and Vietnam, making for a total of 250,000 miles of potential action and danger. Primary and secondary aerial and ground-based targets must be destroyed on each of these. You are armed with a cannon, AMRAAM long-range air-to-air missile, Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missile, and the Maverick air-to-ground missile. 11 camera angles including internal and external views of the plane exist. To help new players there is a training mode, with options to disable crashes and automate take-off and landing. Enemy AI is responsive, but a targeting computer helps you take them out before they can do it to you. The game incorporates two ""Director's Modes"" which cut away from your cockpit to highlight special events occurring elsewhere in the game world, like enemy base launching fighters, SAM sites launching SAMs, and your missiles hitting the target."
25082,The King of Fighters '94,KOF '94,1994,7.7,Action,Fighting,,"This is the first game of the series that conquered legions of fighter fans from all over the world. The King of Fighters '94 joins together fighters from other SNK Corporation franchises: Art of Fighting (Ryo Sakazaki, Robert Garcia, Takuma Sakazaki, Yuri Sakazaki, King), Fatal Fury (Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, Joe Higashi, Mai Shiranui, Kim Kaphwan), Psycho Soldier (Athena Asamiya, Sie Kensou, Chin Gentsai) and Ikari Warriors (Ralf Jones, Clark Steel, Heidern), as well as totally new fighters such as Kyo Kusanagi, Benimaru Nikaido, and Goro Daimon (from the Japanese team); and Lucky Glauber, Brian Battler and Heavy D! (from the USA team). The King of Fighters '94 is notable in that it is one of the first known fighting games that pits a team of fighters against each other in single combat. Each team consists of three fighters for each player, the winner being the player who is able to eliminate the other team first. Each active character can charge up "" Art of Fighting "" style in order to gain access to ""Desperation Moves"", or ""DMs"" (moves which operate very much like Street Fighter 's Super Combos). Playing against the computer, the player must defeat all 8 teams in the game in order to reach the final boss, Rugal Bernstein."
25083,Armored Fist 3,Soomusrusikas 3,1999,7.0,"Action, Simulation",,,"Third in the Armored Fist series of games that started in 1994. This is more of an action tank game than a simulation. In Armored Fist 3 players command M1A2 Abrams tanks across four campaigns that encompass more than 50 missions of tank combat. As well as controlling your own tank, you have command authority over others. The interface is designed to simplify the often-complex game situations. Also includes Internet multiplayer for up to 32 players, on NovaLogic 's online gaming service. Gameplay modes include Capture the Flag, Deathmatch and Team Play."
25085,Bishi Bashi Special,,2000,7.4,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Board game, Music / rhythm, Puzzle elements",,"Bishi Bashi Special is a compilation of the two Konami games Super Bishi Bashi and Hyper Bishi which were originally released only in Japan. This game is made up of 85 mini-games that are meant to be played against each other. Some of the games feature such things as body builders on pogo sticks jumping for a piece of meat, a dance-off to get the biggest afro, a bride throwing wedding cake down the aisle, juggling cavemen eating different colored balls, to name just a few. The game can be played in single player mode or against up to 8 others. It's totally random who each player faces in each round of party play, and the game only allows for 3 controllers at the same time, so players have to be quick passing them to the current players."
25092,Turbo,,1981,7.5,Racing / Driving,,,"It's you and several other cars racing through a variety of landscapes in Turbo From the starting line onward, you need to maneuver around and pass various cars in your way while racing towards the finish line. Some of the landscapes you'll travel through include city streets, long roads in the country, seaside highways and dark tunnels."
25093,A Question of Sport,,1988,5.9,Simulation,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"This is the game of the long running BBC quiz show of the same name. Two teams of three battle against each other by answering sports questions. 2 Points are awarded for answering your question correctly. If you answer incorrectly the opposing team get a chance to answer it but for only 1 point. There are 6 rounds including picture board, what happened next and a quickfire buzzers round. Contestants are displayed as digitized faces and each contestant specialises in a certain sport. Team captains get to choose which sport they wish to specialise in from a choice of ten. There are 5 question blocks so that if questions start to repeat you can load the next one to extend gameplay life. After the last round the scores are totted up and the winner is the team with the most points."
25099,Ghostbusters II,Ghostbusters 2,1990,7.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Loosely based on the movie of the same name, Ghostbusters II sees Virgo the Carpathian appear in New York city. He captures Diana's baby and it is up to the Ghostbusters to get him back. In order to accomplish this, the Ghostbusters: Igon, Ray, Peter and Winston, must chase Virgo through the courtrooms, the sewers, the apartments, the underground and the art museum. Ghostbusters II is a top-view action game based off of New Ghostbusters II (the second Ghostbusters II license on NES) but with enough differences to be unique. Players begin by choosing two of the four ghostbusters, who all play the exact same. The first one selected is controlled by the player directly and carries a proton pack, the second ghostbuster is follows the first and carries the ghost trap. The objective of each level is to capture a predefined number of ghosts before the timer expires. The player moves up, down, left and right. One button will fire the proton gun directly in front of the first ghostbuster, stunning any ghosts. The second button will toss the trap directly in front of the second ghostbuster, trapping any stunned ghosts. While exploring the levels, any of the 2 remaining ghostbusters (as well as the ghostbusters' accountant Louis) not currently being used will occasionally show up. Touching them will provide power-ups (and often swap with a selected Ghostbuster) including vacuum guns, instant traps and invulnerability."
25107,World Heroes 2,,1993,7.4,Action,Fighting,,"The time-traveling tournament fighters are back! The original eight characters from the previous game return, along with six new characters hand-picked from several different eras and locations all through time. Who or what is behind this new tournament? In order to find that out, the strongest fighter must defeat all the opponents, win the title, and face the one who has all the answers. The second World Heroes game features new stages and music, as well as improved animation and graphics. Fighters can now reflect projectile moves at their opponents, and reverse normal throws if the player's timing is right. The original game's Death Match mode is also back, but with a new feature - the life bar will increase or decrease as the fighter inflicts or receives damage. If the player manages to get his fighter's life bar to 100%, the enemy will lose."
25111,Premier Manager Ninety Nine,"Premier Manager 64: Total Football Management, Premier Manager Novanta Nove, Telefoot Manager",1999,7.0,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Unlike the data update that is PM98 Ninety Nine (the actual title of the game) uses Dinamics' PC Fútbol 6 engine to go along the obligatory 1998-99 squad updates. Among the new features, it is now possible to make more than one player bid at the same time, more frequent and detailed staff messages, player history to track down previous seasons, a full 3D match engine and a 2D radar view (replacing the old text mode) and finally merchandising and catering, and individual adboard management. The detailed database is still there, and so are the Manager and Pro-Manager modes. Only the English leagues are playable still and Kevin Keegan Fulham and then soon-to-be England manager, endorsed the title. The manager modes and options remain the same: Manager allows the player to start in any team, Pro-Manager requires building a career from the Conference, promoting the club from the lower divisions or getting promoted himself to better ranked teams. The difficulty level can be further tweaked by changing areas where the staff takes control, and you can determine if players age and retire with time. Again, up to 20 players can play in Manager mode and 8 in Pro-Manager."
25115,World Series Baseball starring Deion Sanders,,1995,7.0,Sports,,,"This entry in the World Series Baseball video game franchise features a full MLBPA license, which allows it to have all 28 teams and 700 real-life players. There are three main game modes: Exhibition, Full season, and Playoff. Exhibition is useful for a quick game between any two teams of the player's choice. Full season allows the player to lead a team through an entire Major League Baseball season. Finally, the Playoff mode focuses on the games leading up to the World Series. Also included are two different home run derby modes, and a full draft and trade for creating a custom team."
25116,The Lands of Havoc,,1985,6.2,Action,,Fantasy,"The Dark Lords have defeated the sorcerer High Vanish and hold the power over the land of Haven. Before he left, High Vanish left magic hidden around the land and now you Sador the reptile man must find various items to defeat The Dark Lords. Haven is split into nine areas which include forest, desert and village. Once a item has been found, a cryptic clue is given on what and where to find the next item. The Dark Lord's aren't going to let you just look around so have sent many and varied monsters to stop you. You can fire and destroy these monsters but if they touch you then your energy bar gets smaller. The Lands of Havoc is a flick screen maze game viewed from above at an elevated angle. There are two skill levels, easier and harder and you can also adjust the speed of the game from 1 (slowest) to 8 (fastest). The joystick moves your character while the fire button fires your weapon."
25119,Flight of the Amazon Queen,"Flight of the Amazon Queen - Legacy Edition, Harpatkaot Malkat ha-Amazonot, L'Amazone Queen, Poljot Korolevy Amazonok",1995,7.4,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Joe King is the hero of this point and click adventure. His plane is carrying actress Faye Russell when it crash lands in a remote jungle, and he must battle through 100 screens of adventure and puzzle. The game's feel is influenced by hammy B-movies, and the characters are quite stereotyped and comic. As standard in point and click adventures, a set of icons at the bottom of the screen allow you to interact with visible characters and items in the main view area."
25126,Hidden Agenda,Hidden Agenda: Face the challenge of leadership in Central America.,1988,7.3,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,Hidden Agenda is a government simulation game oriented on political decisions and their consequences. The player is in the role of a newly chosen president of a fictitious Latin American country called Chimerica.
25129,King's Bounty,"King's Bounty: A Conqueror's Quest, King's Bounty: Nusumareta Chitsujo, King's Bounty: The Conqueror's Quest",1990,7.2,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"As a knight, paladin, barbarian or sorceress, amass an army of creatures to take on the local baddies and search for the Sceptre of Order. A turn-based game with a time limit that decreases depending on the skill level you play at. Depending on your allegiance, you will initially start with a different set of creatures, though the king will not mind whether you're his knight or a barbarian. Game consists of four maps, each with more mean creatures to control and meaner opponents to fight, but conquering one of the more difficult maps early will let you find and buy stronger creatures that will help you conquer prior maps easily. You can see all the enemies on the map and can literally clear them all out, though random monsters can appear in your castles if you leave them unprotected after you conquered them. With each conquered castle (assuming the castle is occupied by the enemy you are currently after), you will get a level up. After two level ups, you will get promoted by the king, which allows you to recruit cavalry units from the castle, then knights once you get four other extra levels. All the other creatures are found outside the king's castle and can be recruited no matter the level, although it determines the quantity of creatures you can find for recruitment. You also have to manage your money carefully, as your army needs to be paid on a regular basis to not desert or turn against you. There are also two artifacts per map that will reveal the map where the King's Sceptre is lying. The moment you find the sceptre and bring it back to the king, the game will end regardless of how far you progressed. As for tougher enemies, like the final one having hundreds of dragons and demons, they can also be defeated, but not by the army you can muster in one go. When you're defeated, you respawn back at the king's castle and start with almost nothing but your money, but the enemy in the other castle won't get back their creatures lost in battle either (only the new ones that join their ranks every week)."
25130,SSN-21 Seawolf,,1994,7.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"In this sequel to 688 Attack Sub the player controls the nuclear submarine SSN-21 Seawolf The theatre of war is set during a conflict between Russia and NATO countries. The player has to go through 33 different missions (which can be played in any order or as part of a campaign) on the Atlantic Ocean, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, Red Sea. In comparison with the predecessor, the game has been greatly improved in terms of audio-visual presentation. It also offers multiplayer gameplay through link-up or a null modem solution."
25132,Blockbusters,Ateb ac Atal,1984,6.1,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz",,"Bob Holness hosted this fondly-remembered quiz show, in which students competed to answer enough questions correctly to complete a run of answers across the board. This was the latest and most sophisticated computer version of the concept. The exact mechanics of the game have been customized slightly. You start by choosing a question, which are all represented by the first letter of the answer. You must 'buzz in' by pressing your letter to input the answer (don't worry about exact spelling). If you get the question wrong, the computer chooses a square (seemingly with no strategy). In two player games each player has their own buzzer, and a correct answer sees you choose the next question. A digitized version of Bob's face reads out the questions - just be careful if you get any where the answer is 'organism'..."
25134,Z-Pilot,Z,1985,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You pilot the Z-Fighter. By cybernetic control, your brain becomes one with the ship and your every thought becomes motion. Destroy all attacking aliens. Fail, and the known universe will be overrun by the bloodthirsty aliens. A true shoot-em-up. The joystick controls all motion. Fire button fires. Destroy alien encounters and score points. The higher the level, the greater the challenge. The greater the challenge, the larger the points received. After destroying 10 aliens, an energy unit will appear. If you destroy this, you will free an energy capsule. Chase and collect the capsule to obtain energy bombs. Once you have gathered several energy bombs, you can blast a hole through the moving force barrier surrounding the Transporter Unit. Create a large enough hole and you will be able to warp through hyperspace to the next level. Complete all 4 levels and the universe is saved and you are a hero."
25143,Temüjin,Temüjin: A Supernatural Adventure,1997,6.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"At the beginning of the 13th century, the Mongolian Empire was united by Genghis Khan, whose real name was Temüjin. At his death, he was buried with some mystical artifacts, one of which supposedly contained a dark and evil power. Time has passed and the tomb has remained undisturbed, until archaeologists recover the artifacts and put them on display at the Stevenson Museum. Slowly the powers of the artifacts begin to reawaken... Temüjin is a first-person adventure game, notable for its use of live-action full motion video and 360-degrees movement. The player begins in the lobby of the Stevenson Museum without any clue as to how they got there or their identity. Worse, the player is unable to speak, even though different people wander through the exhibit halls. The player travel through the halls, controlled in 360-degrees movement. The player will encounter items, which can be picked up and manipulated as well as different people who can be interacted with in various fashions. Various puzzles relating to the Mongols and the exhibits must be solved, over seven episodes, in order to complete the game."
25149,Moorhuhn 2,"Moorhuhn 2: Die Jagd geht weiter, Prepelix",2000,5.8,"Action, Sports","Hunting, Rail shooter, Shooter",,"Moorhuhn 2 is the sequel to the famous shooting game. Similarly to its predecessor, the player goes on a hunt for the eponymous birds. The player can shoot the passing birds with his mouse, reloading the rifle with the right mouse button. Each round lasts 90 seconds, and the goal is to gain as many points as possible. Apart from scoring points by shooting the passing Moorhuhns, the player can also shoot other objects in the environment, such as spiders, rocks or passing planes--some of these give points when shot, others give the player a score penalty."
25150,Valis,Mugensenshi Valis: The Legend Of A Fantasm Soldier,1991,6.5,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Yuko Ahso is an ordinary Japanese teenager with an ordinary life - until one day she is attacked by a monster on the street. Out of nowhere, a sword appears in her hands. She fights the monsters who have suddenly invaded the city, and is summoned to the parallel world known as Vecanti, which is ruled by a cruel tyrant named Rogles, whose actions disrupt the balance of the the worlds. Wielding the legendary Valis sword, Yuko must defeat Rogles and restore the balance. Valis has the same story and basic genre (platform action) as the original first game in the series ; however, it is a different game with different locations, regular enemies and bosses, new cutscenes, etc. Defeating the numerous enemies populating the game world requires precise usage of jumping and ducking abilities, and attack timing. Yuko can jump very high and attack while jumping. Various power-ups are scattered through the game, many of which enhance the performance of Yuko's sword. Acting as a melee weapon in the beginning, it can be customized with power-ups and turn into a medium-range weapon, firing shots at the enemies - with proper power-ups, also in different directions. Boss enemies typically have different attack patterns and require different strategies to defeat them."
25151,Spy vs Spy,MAD Magazine's Official Spy vs. Spy,1984,7.2,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Puzzle elements,,"MAD magazine’s comic strip of the same name comes to life in this game which was designed for one or two players. The split-screen shows both spies at the same time. Play with a friend or against the machine. The black spy and the white spy are out to outsmart each other before the time bell rings. Find the needed objects (money, passport, secret plans and airport door key) by searching rooms in the embassy, which include desks, file cabinets and other furniture. Foil your opponent by setting creative booby traps in the various rooms (a bomb in a dresser drawer, for instance). Traps can be disarmed with objects found in rooms (a water bucket from a firebox on the wall will disarm the bomb in the prior example). When all the items are together in the secret briefcase, head for the airport door. Fights ensue when both spies enter the same room and are armed with clubs."
25159,Firefly,,1988,6.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the game, you, as commander of the Firefly, must destroy the 'mechanoid system framework' that your enemy has created by destroying its energy source. The framework is represented as a grid of squares or sectors. Ultimately you must reach and destroy the power source, at the far right of the grid, whilst at the start of the game you only have access to the 'dead zone', at the far left of the grid, and those squares immediately adjacent. This can be extended as described below. Planetary sectors are systems with planets in them, and cannot be entered as they are the enemy's main colonies, so are too well defended. Thus they block the path. Unconstructed regions can be taken over, turning them into part of the dead zone, by bypassing the 'instrusion detection' alarm system. The system involves the cursor flicking between 'thumbs up' and 'thumbs down' symbols, and you must press fire when 'thumbs up' is displayed to take over the system. A thumbs down will scramble the squares on the grid. The main part of the game takes place when you try to take over an occupied zone. Here the game is a shoot-em-up, where you can move freely in two dimensions, and shoot at your enemies. Your ammunition orbits you, and when fired takes a moment to come back to you, so you can temporarily run out of ammo if you fire too quickly. In an occupied zone there are 4 energy points that you must destroy. To destroy an energy source you must collect 4 zokas, or excess energy units from it, then enter, and select a thumbs up as the cursor alternates between it and a thumbs down. The cursor alternates more quickly in successive energy points. Teleports can be used, to move between areas, but when you attempt to use one, your ship rotates whilst pointing at a set of alternating green and red dots in a circle. You must hit the fire button 3 times in succession, when the ship is pointing at a green dot, with the ship spinning faster each time. If you take too much damage your ship explodes, and you lose a life, and re-enter the grid, with the occupied zone still occupied. However, if you successfully destroy all 4 energy points, the occupied zone becomes part of the dead zone as you re-enter the grid."
25163,Alexi Lalas International Soccer,"Bomba '98, Golden Goal, Golden Goal 98, Mundiales '98, Pro:Foot Contest:98, Three Lions, Three Lions: The Official England Team Game",1998,6.5,Sports,,,"In Alexi Lalas International Soccer there are 50 official teams to choose in two modes to play. Tournament (with official settings) and exhibition match. Teams and players are developed with attention to statistic detail and featuring a unique face for each player, rendered from their likeness. Most soccer games since the introduction of CD-ROM try to capture the feeling of a TV broadcast with spoken commentary. This game goes into the opposite direction and simulates what the athletes hear on the field, e.g. players shouting at each other or defensemen complaining about the quality of the pitch."
25168,Beach-Head,Beach Head,1983,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",World War II,"A dictator has taken control of a fortress on the island of Kuhn-Lin. The player's mission is to storm the island and recapture it. This takes place over the course of six different sequences. The first sequence is Aerial Reconnaissance, where the fleet must be moved directly past the enemy or into a hidden passage to trigger another, optional stage. In this Hidden Passage sequence, the player will have to maneuver around mines and torpedoes. Successfully completing it gives a surprise advantage in the following General Quarters sequence, where the player controls anti-aircraft guns shooting down enemy aircraft. The next sequence is named Battle Stations and the player must aim and fire heavy guns to hit enemy ships before they inflict too much damage and eventually sink the player's own vessels. Following this battle, the fleet must be maneuvered to the beach. Upon reaching the Beach-Head level, tanks roll out and the player must keep these safe from enemy fire and obstacles while driving. In the Final Battle sequence, the Dictator is holed up in the fortress of Kuhn-Lin and 10 different targets on the fortress must be fired upon to destroy it. The port for C16 and Plus/4 computers only contains the General Quarters, Battle Stations and Final Battle sequences."
25179,Excessive Speed,"Ne Tormozi!, SuperPositivo: Excessive Speed",1999,6.7,Racing / Driving,,,"Excessive Speed is a top-down view 2d racing game. You can race with one of the 7 different cute little bitmap-cars over 14 small tracks. On the tracks are several goodies and weapons which you can test on your opponent, so you'll finish first. In fact, this game contains a very high amount of powerups: 17! The game allows multiplayer up to 4 players on one computer, and doesn't support network or internetplay."
25183,Super Skweek,,1990,7.6,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Super Skweek is a game inspired by the wide success of Chip's Challenge and shares some elements of that puzzler while combining other elements from games such as Pengo In Super Skweek, you play the title character who must walk around and either paint all the tiles of the game board pink, complete a specific mission, or both. Some tiles react in various ways when you walk on them, like exploding. Unlike Chip's Challenge, the game plays in realtime and you can pick up and use weapons to keep away certain monsters as you paint the tiles. There is also a shop you can enter to purchase items. Finally, levels have a time limit for completion."
25186,Mama Llama,,1985,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In this game, players need to protect three llamas from being killed by alien invaders. To help them, a ""killdroid"" moves around the screen, and by holding down the joystick's fire button, players can move it over an invader to destroy it. Any of the three llamas can be killed separately, but the game ends if Mama has been destroyed. Before the start of the game, players are presented with a 10x10 grid of squares, with each square representing one wave. Each square also bears one of five icons, and the color of each square indicates the number of invaders present in each wave. A flashing square is located in the bottom-right of the grid, and this indicates the wave that you will enter. Two pointers are also found outside the grid, and by using these pointers, players can rearrange the rows and columns of this matrix to choose different waves. As the players advance through the waves, the invaders will populate over time, whether or not they are playing that wave. To assist them, they have a limited supply of anti-genesis and retro-genesis devices, which are placed on individual squares and doing this will halt and reverse the population explosion. Players need to quickly do this since they have limited time to place the devices and select a wave. The game is over once time runs out. If there is an excessive wave population, or the player completes a wave, a ""nogo"" icon appears in that square. If the player happens to move one of these icons inside the flashing square, they are docked a point from their ""nogo"" rating. If they do this too many times, the current game ends."
25190,Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter,"EggConsole Ys II PC-8801mkIISR, Ys-II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter",1988,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"A bright light shot up from Darm Tower in the end of the first Ys and Adol Christin is awakened by a young girl who finds him lying on the ground. She introduces herself as Lilia and tells Adol he is in the land of Ys. Finally he was able to establish a connection between his world and this mysterious land! But finding the gateway to Ys is not enough: Adol must stop an evil entity that his archenemy Dark Fact served. And his foes already know where he is. Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter is a direct sequel to Ys: The Vanished Omens The game continues to utilize the action role-playing combat style of the first installment, which requires the player to make the protagonist run into the enemy in order to cause damage, without the need to press an attack button. The player should choose the angles and the measure of contact with the enemy carefully, otherwise the hero will be killed. The player character can (and should) level up, perform quests for village people, gather money, and upgrade weapons and inventory, like in most other RPGs. The sequel offers a longer quest than the first installment, and adds a magic arsenal to Adol's abilities. Among the magic spells is a fire attack, a time-stopping spell, and a transformation ability that allows Adol to pass for a monster and converse with enemies. Magic spells deplete Adol's magic points bar."
25191,The Operational Art of War II: Modern Battles 1956-2000,The Operational Art of War II: Batailles Modernes 1956-2000,1999,7.1,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"The Operational Art of War (TOAW), Volume II is a combined simulation and scenario editor covering military campaigns over the 1956-2000 period. Your forces are not just a collection of icons on a map, differing primarily in graphic representation or a shallow set of numerical strengths. While you can play this game at that level, your armies are actually very complex organizations made up of individual vehicles, weapons, or squads. The troops who man your weapons may range from elite vetrans to green conscript recruits who can improve their performance with experience. They need food and fuel and ammunition, and they get tired if you push them too hard. They will not usually fight to the last drop of binary blood, and they generally do not perform to their best potential if they have to coordinate with unfamiliar forces. If you ask them to do something complicated, they might not do it in a quite the way you expect. In short, they act just a little bit like real troops."
25201,CyberRace,,1993,6.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the far future wars are a thing of the past, disputes and conflicts between races are now settled on the ""CyberRace"", a futuristic everything-goes series of sled races. The game puts you in the role of Shaw, the son of a terran CyberRace champion who was killed in a suspicious accident. As you enter the competition to try and avenge your father, a conflict of interests explodes around a misterious wormhole, and you are dragged to it by a terran technocrat that forces you to race for the terran cause by kidnnaping your girl. The game consists of racing in several voxel-space created stages and gaining money while at the same time trying to get your girl back and uncover the plot behind the CyberRace. The races are played from a 1st person perspective, and features the designs of famed artist/designer Syd Mead."
25203,WWF European Rampage Tour,,1992,6.1,"Action, Sports",,,"Ocean's second wrestling game is tag-team-based, taking the player through four fights around major European cities. The player assembles a two-man team from Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior, Bret 'Hitman' Hart and Macho Man Randy Savage. Combat takes place both in and out of the ring, although a wrestler can't spend more than ten seconds at a time outside the ring. Once opponents are stunned, it becomes possible to throw them, which inflicts real damage to their energy bar. Many combination moves are available, including jumping off the ropes and landing on an opponent to pin him."
25205,Truxton II,Tatsujin Ō,1992,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Volcanic eruptions have been occurring on a deserted planet somewhere in deep space for quite some time. Then, on a fateful day, they culminated in a gigantic explosion, and a terrifying creature appeared. It is the emperor of the Gidans, thought to be defeated in the last galactic war. Now, the threat is back: the Gidans army is quickly assembled, and in a short time they dominate the galaxy again. Only a handful of refugees escape to deliver the news to the astroport. A pilot navigating the HyperFighter One aircraft is sent to stop the Gidans once and for all. Like its predecessor Truxton II is a vertically scrolling shooter. The gameplay is very similar to that of the first game: the player-controlled aircraft has three basic weapons (distinguished by the colors of corresponding power-ups) and bombs at his disposal. The rest of the power-ups are also the same as in the first game: increasing the ship's speed, the amount of bombs, and the lives of the player characters. A special power-up can also summon two wingmen to fight alongside the hero. Beside the single-player mode, the game also includes co-op multiplayer."
25211,Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster,"Frankenstein: Através dos Olhos do Monstro, Frankenstein: Mit den Augen des Monsters",1995,6.3,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"This interactive movie puts a new twist on the Frankenstein tale: you are the monster! You have been falsely accused of murder and executed. However, the scientist Dr. Frankenstein (played by Tim Curry) has found a way to bring you back to life. You wake up in his laboratory, and your goal is to find out what exactly happened to you and what role Frankenstein played in your resurrection. Will you be able to return back to your former self? The game plays entirely from first-person perspective. You wander around the huge laboratory, looking for clues and solving puzzles. Sometimes events will happen in the game, triggered by careful research of Frankenstein's notes and other clues. The game features live actors filmed over pre-rendered backgrounds."
25225,Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls,,1994,4.6,Action,Fighting,,"Double Dragon returns, this time as a VS. fighter, in the same mold as Street Fighter It does not continue the series' storyline, but is based on the Double Dragon animated series, which is loosely based on the original arcade game, Jimmy and Billy and a host of other characters fight it out in a tournament fighter. The Shadow Master, who has created a deadly virus which he plans to destroy the world with, is waiting for you at the end of the path to victory. You'll have to fight your way through many evil characters before you face the Shadow Master. Beat him, and the world is saved for another day."
25230,Verminator,,1989,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Verminator is a platformer in which the player takes the control of Jake, an exterminator. The basic idea is that he walks and jumps through the game world and kills all vermin he meets. A radar routes him to the infested areas and teleports help to shorten the way. Every week, indicated by a time limit, he receives money for every killed vermin and the game can be saved. Said money can be reinvested in shops to buy useful items like weapons, extra lives or a permission to use the teleports. If money runs out, he can lend it at a bank in return to heavy interests. An alternative way to gain money is gambling in the casino."
25235,Golgo 13,,1984,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Golgo 13 is a scrolling shooter based on the manga of the same name, putting the player in control of its main character, the assassin Duke Togo. In this adaptation, however, the protagonist's goal is, on the contrary, to rescue people. The screen scrolls horizontally, displaying Duke on a car that is moving along the road, trying to keep up with a moving train on top of the screen. The player can move the car left and right, aligning it with the train's cars. The goal is to shoot the train's windows, letting the people trapped inside run out. The player controls a crosshair, moving it in all directions, and presses the fire button to shoot. Between the player-controlled character and the train there is another track with a never-ending cargo train on it; tall cars of this train will not only block the crosshair's path, but also bounce the bullets back at Duke, hurting him. In later stages trucks will appear on the road and helicopters will shoot missiles at Duke."
25240,Cyber-core,,1990,7.1,Action,Shooter,,"Cyber-core is a vertically scrolling shooter in which the player fights insects. The basic idea is traditional: shooting everything before they can shoot/touch the player: after three hits the chitin armor breaks and a life is lost. Besides flying enemies which are disposed of with the standard gun, the player also has to deal with enemies on the ground which need to be hit with one of the unlimited bomb. The player has the choice between four insect forms which are changed by collecting the associated extra symbols. Collecting more of the same symbol upgrades the insect, but this also rises the difficulty level. Other extras include smart bombs, extra lives, armor refreshments or a protection shield. The game features the possibility to turn on rapid fire or to slow down the speed as well as big boss enemies at the end and within the levels."
25245,Jane's Combat Simulations: Longbow 2,Jane's Combat Simulations: AH-64D Longbow 2,1997,8.3,Simulation,,"Asia, Contemporary, North America","Sequel to the bestselling AH-64D Longbow Longbow 2 is new and improved in every way! Now you can also pilot the Kiowa Warrior and the Blackhawk. Graphics engine is now 3D accelerated for further visual quality, and a new true dynamic campaign engine has been added for infinite variety of missions! Things actually happen around you in the battlefield! Watch your forces attack and enemy counterattacks while you interdict supply convoys and engage enemy forces... !"
25246,Zenji,,1984,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Zenji is an action/strategy game where you control a rolling face throughout a maze. Each section of the maze can be rotated by the face. The goal is to turn the entire maze green by connecting each section of the maze to the source at the center of the screen. After all sections of the maze have been connected, you can move on to the next, more challenging level. In addition to having a time limit to complete your task, you need to avoid the flames and sparks which wander about the maze. From time to time a number will appear in a maze section and count down from 9 to 0. If you touch the number before it disappears, bonus points are earned. As the levels progress, the mazes become larger, trickier and more flames will appear."
25257,Putt-Putt Travels Through Time,"Bip-Bip Puteshestvuet vo Vremeni, De Reis door de Tijd, Pouce-Pouce 2 - Voyage Dans Le Temps, Töff-Töff Reist Durch Die Zeit",1997,7.8,"Adventure, Educational",,,"Putt-Putt goes to visit his friend Mr. Firebird and show him his new school supplies before Putt-Putt goes to school. Putting a nickel into Mr. Firebird's time machine turns the machine on, sucking Pep and Putt-Putt's school supplies into four eras of the past and the future. You and Putt-Putt have to travel into the Time of Dinosaurs, the Medieval Times, the Wild West and the Future, so Putt-Putt can be reunited with his things. Along the way you must collect items that you will need to get your things back, meet some new friends and solve difficult puzzles. Some friends you will meet are Mr. Brachiosaurus, Silverado Sam, King Chariot and Darien the librarian and some needed items are a stone bowl, fire wood, a rope and some custom made pet food."
25258,Apache Flight,,1992,5.9,Action,Shooter,,"Good news: the Cold War is over and the world is at peace! Bad news: Terrorists stole a few leftover atomic bombs. Now the player has to use the new Apache attack helicopter in order to destroy the four terrorist hideouts. Apache Flight is a vertically scrolling shooter in which the player spends the most time shooting enemies by using the two available weapons: the unlimited standard ammo (released by tapping the fire button) and limited missiles (released by holding the fire button) which are required to hit ground targets, e.g. cannons and tanks. Those missiles are also available in the heat-seeking variety which are automatically used up first. Fuel is limited and is constantly drained every second, but it can be refilled by hovering over fuel depots which are regularly encountered during the levels. However, when shooting them with a missile instead, the depot releases additional missiles to collect. Of course it is also important to dodge enemies and their bullets because every hit causes the loss of a life. When that happens, a new helicopter with reset fuel and missiles appears with a brief invincibility period at the point of death. The game is lost when all lives are gone."
25260,FIFA 2001: Major League Soccer,"FIFA 2001, FIFA 2001: World Championship",2000,7.8,Sports,,,"FIFA 2001 comes back to the series' fast-paced roots. The gameplay is balanced differently to previous versions, and includes online play as an option. It includes 17 leagues from around the world in addition to over 50 national teams. Exhibition, Tournament, League, Cup, Season, and Training modes are available to play, ranging from simple round-robin competition to simple knock-outs to combinations of the two, and the player rosters are as up-to-date as possible."
25264,Sports Jam,,2000,7.0,Sports,,,"Sports Jam has eight competitive sports for players to master in head-to-head 2-player matches. The goal is for the player to earn the title King of Sports, and this can only be done by mastering all 12 events including Football, Baseball, Hockey, Basketball, Tennis, Soccer, Golf and Cycling."
25265,It's a Knockout,,1986,4.3,Action,"Arcade, Game show / trivia / quiz",,"It's a Knockout is based on the TV show of the same game. Players, each representing a European country, compete in six arcade-style mini games to determine the winner. Each game is played in order and each player has its own turn. The goal of every mini game is to rack up as many points as possible in a limited amount of time - the player with the best score is rewarded with six points, the next with five and so on. After all games are played the winner with the highest amount of points wins the competition. Bronte Bash: Dinosaur heads come out of six horizontally places holes in random order. Players have to place a weight over the hole and smack them before they disappear again. Flying Flans: Baked goods fall down from the top of the screen. Players have to catch them. Harlem Hoppers: basically the same game as Flying Fans, just with balls which are rolled down from a camel's back. Titanic Drop: A rope is tied from a ship with an angle. Players have to drop with the correct timing to land within one of the horizontally placed lifebelts. Diet of Worms: Players control a bird who eats worms which pop on the screen. In this game there is an AI controlled second bird as competition. Obstacle Race:a side scrolling-race in which players have to keep up the speed and jump over obstacles."
25269,Swamp Thing,,1992,5.3,Action,Platform,,"Swamp Thing is based on the DC comic of the same name. Deep in the swamps of Louisiana, a Dr. Holland, is hard at work on a growth formula for plants. His sponsor however has different ideas for the technology and burns down the lab. The poor doctor is burned and covered with formula and inside of the organically rich Bayou swamps... he becomes Swamp Thing. The game is a side-scrolling platform game. Swamp Thing can punch (but not duck and punch) and jump a short distance. Health power-ups will be needed to keep him alive and additionally ball power-ups can be found to give him a projectile weapon."
25271,Athletic World,Family Trainer: Athletic World,1986,6.5,Sports,,,"This ""Family Fun Fitness"" game consists of a series of competitive sporting events that requires the use of the Nintendo Power Pad. One of a few games that attempt to combine physical exercising into a video gaming experience; you will be able to try many events such jumping hurdles, running up hills, log hopping, river rafting (standing on a raft and dodging/jumping branches) and more. Athletic World offers three modes of play, training, beginner, and expert. This is also one of the few Nintendo games that asks you to enter in your name, age, gender, and current date before playing."
25276,Oil's Well,"Oil's Wall, Oils Well",1983,7.7,Action,Arcade,,Extend your oil-mining robotic arm deep below the earth's crust to mine oil and line your pockets. But watch out for the monstrous bugs that lie in wait for you -- one touch of them to the robotic arm and you lose a life!
25282,Princess Crown,,1997,7.8,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"You play as the thirteen-year-old princess Gradriel, the daughter of Elfrenne, queen of Valendria. Twenty-five years ago Elfrenne destroyed the demonic forces that were threatening the country. Now the queen has died, and Gradriel is proclaimed to be the future savior of the land, as it was not entirely purged of all evil. And indeed, an evil spirit has secretly invaded Valendria and is trying to take control over Gradriel's two older sisters. Will the young princess succeed in defeating the evil? This is an action/platform RPG, somewhat similar to the third game in Ys series. The entire game world is a side-scrolling platform on which fights, exploration, and conversation with the NPCs take place. The combat is detailed and contains elements of fighting games. Although the princess develops like a RPG protagonist, she can also use various physical moves in combat: kick, dash, defend, crouch, etc."
25292,Play with the Teletubbies,"Joue avec les Teletubbies, Teletubbies: Gioca con i Teletubbies, Teletubbies: Juega con los Teletubbies, Teletubbies: Spiel mit den Teletubbies",1998,6.4,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Play with the Teletubbies is the first video game based on the popular kids TV series Teletubbies Players get to choose one of the four Teletubbies, Tinky Winky, Po, Laa-Laa or Dipsy, and have to explore Teletubbyland to find objects. There's the Magic Windmill, a magic drum, a hide and seek tree, and others. There are more mini-games if you head down to the Teletubbies' super dome, where you can play with the Tubby Custard machine, the control panel, the Tubby Toaster and others."
25293,Starwinder,"Starwinder: L'Ultime Course Spatiale, Starwinder: The Ultimate Space Race",1996,6.2,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Starwinder is a space-based racing game, where the ""road"" is a twisting and turning rail which you have to stay close to in order to achieve the maximum speed. You play as Connor Rhodes, the Earth's first emissary to the biggest race in the galaxy. There are a variety of colorful characters from different regions of the galaxy that also participate in the race. There are a variety of ships and weapons that are unlocked as you progress through the game."
25295,Croc 2,Croc Adventure,1999,6.9,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Croc is on a quest to find his parents. However, Baron Dante has kidnapped the Gobbos kings. Croc then turns his attention to rescue all of the Gobbos kings. You travel across 48 levels in this free roaming 3D game. You have to beat all the levels in a village (except the secret level) to move on to the next one. In each village, (except the 4th village) are 5 regular levels, 2 bosses, and 1 secret level. Regular levels are levels where you just beat them and get certain items in them. Bosses are levels where you go through one section then fight a monster at the end. Secret levels are levels where you collect the jigsaw piece. Once you collect the jigsaw piece in all 4 secret levels and defeat Baron Dante, Swap Meet Pete will take you to the lost levels."
25298,The Berlinwall,Berlin no Kabe,1991,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The Berlinwall is the Game Gear version of the arcade game The Berlinwall While the gameplay mechanics are identical, there are some significant changes. Foremost, the game adds a story: the player takes the role of a boy who searches for his mother who wanted to visit a neighbour town. Unfortunately, the only thing he finds is a huge wall. When trying to sneak through a hole, he is transported to a strange, hostile place... Each level (one non-scrolling screen) consists of several platforms which are interconnected with ladders. Another thing which is found in the levels are monsters which walk around and try to catch and kill the main character. His only way of defense is the hammer which is used to punch holes in the platforms: when monsters walk over them, they get stuck. When using the hammer on those trapped monsters, the platform is filled up again, the monster falls down and is killed. There are two added benefits: a falling monsters is deadly to other monsters and it leaves a power-up behind, e.g. an extension of the time limit or a stronger hammer.. Sometimes the player encounters boss monsters which require a bigger hole. While some levels are based on the arcade version, others are different. This version also adds a shop where the player can buy power-ups. It can be visited before taking on the world's boss."
25299,International Tennis,,1992,6.4,Sports,,,"International Tennis lets up to four players play tennis on three different courts (grass, clay and asphalt), each with their own ball bounce. The game can be played using different match variations. You can play singles with men (five sets) or women (three sets) or play mixed with both in doubles. You can choose to take control of all players or choose a cpu-vs-cpu match. The action is seen from a third person perspective as standard is with tennis games."
25301,MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head,,1994,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"Beavis and Butt-Head are on the couch watching television. While flipping through the channels they come across an ad for a GWAR concert. Now they want to go to the GWAR concert, but they have no money for concert tickets. So in their infallible logic, they think that if they take pictures of themselves doing cool things, they will be able to get into the concert for free. The game contains four main levels which are Highland High School, Streets of Highland, Highland Hospital and the Turbo Mall 2000 and the final level at the concert. The levels bring you to different parts the area, for example in the high school level, the player will roam through the halls, cafeteria, and gymnasium. At the end of each level Beavis and Butt-Head take a picture of them doing something cool, then they go couch fishing. Couch fishing involves trying to catch as much food as possible until either the time runs out or the line gets snagged. The purpose of this is to raise their health meter for the next level. The boys will pick up weapons such as paint-ball guns to take on various enemies. There is also food scattered throughout the levels that when consumed will increase health."
25306,Badlands,,1989,6.4,Racing / Driving,,Post-apocalyptic,"Badlands continued the Super Sprint lineage, but moved the game into a futuristic post-apocalyptic setting. The races consist of 3 souped-up cars toughing it out over 4 laps on one of the 8 tracks, which are viewed from above. Two human players can take part, but only the winner continues without using up credits, so you will only see the early races in two-player mode. You are armed with guns, which can be used to slow opposing cars. During the races spanners can be collected, which are then cashed in for upgraded turbos, improved weaponry and engine upgrades. Hazards on the later tracks include ramps, bridges, buildings collapsing onto the track and barriers which open and close in a random sequence."
25307,Nuclear Strike,Nuclear Strike 64,1997,7.4,Action,Shooter,,"After the Middle East, South America, the United States, and the former U.S.S.R, this fifth installment of the Strike takes the action to the heart of Asia, following the trail of Colonel LeMonde, who has terrorized South East Asia. LeMonde is armed with one prototype nuclear missile warhead, modified to catalyze a chain reaction that can completely destroy the ozone layer and thus irradiate the Earth. The hunt for LeMonde will take the player from Indocine (intended to suggest Indochina, the mainland of South East Asia), to the South China Sea to combat Napoleon Hwong, then to the heart of North Korea to uncover the nuclear schemes of Kym Zung-Lee (intended to suggest Kim Jong Il), and finally to Siberia for a final battle. With the aid of fellow operatives, the player pilots the Super Apache, a fictional helicopter variant that is armed with Hellfire and Sidewinder missiles as well as Hydra cannons. Various other vehicles are also available during the course of the game, including tanks and jet fighters."
25309,Rise of the Triad: Dark War,ROTT,1994,7.3,Action,Shooter,,"A madman with power to kill millions has been discovered, and HUNT (High-risk United Nations Taskforce) has been dispatched to discover his plans. Your team was infiltrating his island stronghold when everything went to hell. The infiltration boat exploded and fire came from all directions. The only way out is in, into the the fortress, but to stay out here would be certain death. So in you go, guns blazing... Rise of the Triad a first-person shooter, is the successor of Wolfenstein 3D with a somewhat improved 3D engine. Everything is still composed from blocks, but multiple vertical levels have been added; there are stairs made of platforms floating in air, and jump pads which launch you (and the enemies) high up so that you can walk over tall barriers in your way. The game offers a lot of weapons. You begin with a pistol, but later you can find an extra pistol for John Woo-style shooting, and a MP40 rifle. All these weapons have unlimited ammo. You can also find more potent weapons - from classic rocket launcher, to quite wacky contraptions such as a ""drunk missile"" launcher or the ""Excalibat"", a powerful baseball bat. However, you can carry only one such a strong weapon at a time, and they have limited ammo. Enemies are mostly humans equipped with various weapons. Their attacks can be quite varied; some of them can steal your weapons (though you can retrieve them after killing them), other shoot nets at you that trap you (you have to wriggle out, unless you found a knife, which will allow you to cut your way out). Apart from enemies, you'll be endangered by fireball launchers, rolling boulders and crushing walls. There's a lot of power-ups you can pick up. They all have various wacky effects: for example, ""God Mode"" makes you immortal and allows you to toss homing, insta-death missiles; ""Dog Mode"" turns you into a... dog, which can fit into small spaces (and is inexplicably invulnerable to weapons); ""Shrooms Mode"" makes everything shine with bright colours, as if you were on drugs; ""Elasto Mode"" makes you very prone to bouncing off walls when you run into them. ROTT also offers a lot of multi-player game modes; there's the standard deathmatch and ""Capture the Triad"", but there are also more varied modes - e.g. in ""Collector"" the players have no weapons, instead trying to collect as many ""triads"" as possible; in ""Deluder"", the players earn points by destroying ""eluders"" which move around the level."
25311,Betrayal at Krondor,,1993,7.9,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Based on Raymond E. Feist 's Riftwar saga (and co-written by Feist himself), Betrayal at Krondor is a medieval fantasy-themed role-playing game set in the Riftwar universe. The story begins as Gorath, a moredhel (dark elf) renegade, who intended to warn the people of Krondor of the upcoming moredhel invasion, is attacked by an assassin. Locklear, a nobleman who serves the crown of Krondor, and a young magician named Owyn decide to accompany Gorath to Krondor, where they'll have to think of a plan to stop the moredhel leader Delekhan. The game's story is divided into nine chapters. Each chapter has a goal to achieve before moving on to the next one, but the player is given considerable freedom to explore the vast world of the game and undertake side quests. Gorath, Locklear, and Owyn are the first party of characters the player controls; however, characters may leave and others may join the party later, as dictated by the events of the story. Exploration in Betrayal at Krondor takes place in a 3D world viewed from first-person perspective. Towns, however, are presented as a series of still screens representing locations (temple, tavern, inn, etc.). Combat takes place on separate grid-based screens. The player moves the characters on these screens in a turn-based fashion, attacking physically, defending, and casting spells. Only two character classes are present in the game: fighters and magicians. Fighters use swords or crossbows (for long-ranged attacks); magicians can fight with staves, or cast spells. Characters have four attributes: health, strength, speed, and stamina. The latter is depleted when a character uses weapons or casts magic. The role-playing system of the game relies on skills. Each character has a set of skills, ranging from weapon proficiencies to abilities such as bartering or stealth. Skills improve after continuous usage. The player can ""emphasize"" a skill in order to make it improve faster."
25314,Tecmo Super Bowl,,1993,7.2,Sports,,,"Tecmo returns to the gridiron with this new version of Tecmo Super Bowl for 16-bit console systems. Play with real National Football League players and teams in this 2D, side-scrolling arcade game. All of the features from the 8-bit game remain intact, with brand new ones added for even more electronic football fun! Additions include updated player rosters, options for weather effects (rain, snow), multiple season play (three regular season schedules available in all), adjustable game time length, and an offensive playbook that can be edited even during a game."
25317,Sentinel Worlds I: Future Magic,Sentinel Worlds I: Future Magic - A Science-Fiction Role-Playing Mystery.,1988,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The merchants who live on the three planets of the Caldorre star system have been recently assaulted and robbed by groups of mysterious space raiders. Giant battleships were set to eliminate the threat; however, the raiders proved to be too agile, dodging them easily. A smaller, interceptor-class vessel is now dispatched to Caldorre to deal with the problem. Sentinel Worlds I: Future Magic is an open-ended sci-fi role-playing game. It has a combination of role-playing character building, customizable spaceship combat, and exploration. The player will guide his team, flying through space and exploring the surfaces and bases of a few planets to unravel the mystery that's disturbing the known universe. The game opens with a mission to protect a merchant shipment, which involves space combat against enemy ships. Afterwards, the player is free to explore the planets, mining them for resources, talking to characters to receive clues, trading, acquiring better weapons and armor for the crew, and upgrading the space ship. The player can use a pre-generated party of five characters or create them from scratch, rolling their attributes. There are five character classes, but they have little impact on ground combat, with the exception of the communicator officer, who interacts with NPCs, and the medic, who has access to healing abilities. Characters also have skills, including various weapon proficiencies as well as communication skills such as bribery. Skills can be increased when characters level up. Space travel, combat, and planet exploration are done in 2D. The player can land in any spot on the three planets of the star system and explore them by navigating an armored ground vehicle. Certain structures can be entered. At that point the game switches to 3D vector graphics, though the party, NPCs and enemies are always superimposed on the radar. Both space and ground combat in the game proceed in real time. In indoor locations the player directly controls only the party leader, while the AI manages the actions of the others. The game features ""paragraph books"", where characters mention a paragraph number to read from the booklet, instead of getting the text in-game. This functions as copy protection, making the game require guesswork to complete without the manual."
25323,World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks,WDL: Thunder Tanks,2000,6.1,Action,Shooter,,"In a grim, dystopian future, the World Destruction League has become the prime source of entertainment. Television crew is following the participants as they travel across the world, competing in just what the league's name implies: destruction. With their heavily armed tanks, the combatants do not just destroy each other: they lay waste to everything around them... World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks is a tank combat game that has similarities with BattleTanx games, as well as vehicular combat titles in the vein of Twisted Metal Single-player gameplay consists of a tournament mode, in which the player selects a tank and takes it through a series of combat matches. The game's focus, however, is on the multiplayer, which includes different modes: deathmatch, capture-the-flag, frenzy, (a capture-the-flag variant with randomly appearing flags), as well as a so-called ""domination mode"", in which players must capture several tank generators scattered across the arena. Up to four players can compete in each of the multiplayer modes. Various power-ups can be picked up on the arenas. These include turbo boosts, shields, fire missiles, grenades, mines, artillery and satellite strike (which allow players to target a specific spot on the arena and bombard it with missiles or a focused ion cannon blast), as well as guided missiles, which can be steered through the arena."
25330,The Need for Speed: Special Edition,Road & Track presents: The Need For Speed: Special Edition,1996,7.6,Racing / Driving,,,"Need for Speed: Special Edition adds two new race tracks (Burnt Sienna and Transtropolis), changeable time of day settings, 8-player network/modem support, in-game music, and Windows 95 support to Need for Speed The game lets you drive 8 speed devils including Lamborghini Diablo VT, Ferrari 512TR, and Porsche 911 Carrera. The race tracks are highly detailed with the help of texture mapped vector graphics The soundtrack is digitally recorded, and of professional quality. Need for Speed SE has indepth coverage of the cars and race tracks. Video clips of the cars are also included."
25334,Demon's Crest,Demon's Blazon - Makai-Mura Monshō Hen,1994,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Metroidvania, Platform",Fantasy,"Demon's Crest is a sequel to Gargoyle's Quest Once, the world of demons and the world of humans co-existed in harmony. But then six mysterious crests fell from the sky onto the earth, crests of six elements: fire, water, air, earth, time, and heaven. The demons became obsessed with the crests and with the power hidden in them, and so a civil war started. Finally, the Red Demon named Firebrand got all the crests but one - the crest of heaven. The Dragon Demon possessed this crest, so Firebrand decided to confront him. He defeated the Dragon Demon but was himself severely wounded in battle. While flying back, he was knocked down by a mysterious enemy and lost his crests. You control Firebrand, a flying red demon, and your mission is to help him to gain his crests, and to defeat everybody who stands in his way. This is a platform action game: you fight the enemies in real-time (using magical attacks), avoid obstacles, collect healing potions on the way, etc. Firebrand can also fly for a short time."
25348,Predator 2,,1991,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Los Angeles Lieutenant Mike Harrington is used to dealing with a drug war between Spanish and Jamaican drug gangs, but how he's caught up in the city's worst nightmare! The fearsome Predator species of alien has arrived, out to wreak serious destruction. It is your job to stop it. The game is a crosshair shooter influenced by Operation Wolf The viewpoint is from slightly behind Harrington, while the game scrolls on as you clear each section. Mouse control is offered on 16-bit versions. Your armour must be kept functional by collecting top-ups, and there are weapon power-ups such as machine guns and rocket launchers to be had. You can't go in all-guns-blazing however, as killing a single innocent causes Harrington to lose his job."
25363,Front Page Sports: Baseball Pro '98,"DSF Baseball Pro '98, Sierra Sports: Baseball Pro '98",1997,7.0,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Step up to the plate for a true-to-life, physics-based baseball game that uses the laws of nature, not probability. Manage your athletes from their rookie season all the way to the Hall of Fame. You can choose an arcade mode as well as a full simulation mode and pick players from the 1996 & 1997 MLBP association. The game also includes an ""internet league play"" feature."
25373,Reel Fishing,Fish Eyes,1996,6.1,Sports,,,"Reel Fishing is a fishing simulation game. All the fishing spots are displayed with Full Motion Videos with the fish and line superimposed on them. Once you have bait, you see the fish and the end of your line and have to make sure he doesn't get away. Using the right bait you can catch fish, which can be held in your own personal aquarium, where they need to be taken proper care off. You have to refresh the water and feed them regularly. The game is divided in stages. For each stage you need to catch a certain number of fish before you advance to the next location."
25376,Final Fantasy VIII,"FF8, FFVIII, Finalnaja Fantazija 8, Zui Zhong Huanxiang 8",1999,8.2,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Squall Leonhart is a young man in training to become of member of SeeD - a mercenary organization and the goal of all young students in Balamb Garden. Squall is not a particularly friendly guy and has troubles with his fellow students and teachers. On the eve of his graduation hostilities break out between the city-states of Galbadia and Dollet. As their final test, Squall and three other students are sent on a mission to assist in the fight against Galbadia. In the process they discover that there are other characters pulling strings from behind the stage, and eventually uncover a mystery that involves two decades of secrets hidden both from the world and from themselves. Final Fantasy VIII is set in a ""retro"" environment reminiscent in some ways of the 1960's, with a few sci-fi and plenty of supernatural elements mixed in. The basic system resembles those of its predecessors: the player navigates a party of characters over a world map, accessing various locations and fighting randomly appearing enemies in turn-based combat of the series' trademark ATB (active time battle) variety. However, character development system has been re-designed. Player-controlled characters in the game have no defined character classes. They can be customized by equipping magic spells, which can be ""drawn"" from enemies in battles. When used in combat, spells act like expendable items; there are no MP (magic points) in the game. When equipped, they act like armor, raising or lowering character parameters, including resistances to various kinds of magic (elemental, status-changing, etc.). Monster summons (called Guardian Forces in the game) play a very important role in the customization process. They can be ""junctioned"" to to the characters, acquire ability points (AP) earned from battles along with experience, learn and ""teach"" characters new abilities, and can also be summoned in battles. Each character can also execute unique powerful attacks or support actions when his or her hit points are low. Many of these attacks require the player to press specific buttons at the right moment to increase their power. New weapons are constructed by collecting materials and bringing them to a blacksmith. The player does not acquire money from random enemies, but instead receives paychecks over time based on the player character's SeeD rank. This rank increases when the characters defeat enemies in battles without summoning Guardian Forces; when the player takes SeeD tests within the game; or, occasionally, when the player chooses a correspondent action or decision for the protagonist during some of the missions. Payments are regular and are calculated by the amount of steps the characters make. Visually, the game resembles its predecessor featuring 3D graphics for battles and world map exploration, and pre-rendered backgrounds for individual locations. The game's 3D character models are realistically proportioned (as opposed to the ""super-deformed"" character graphics of the previous game), and the influence of anime art is less noticeable. Like the previous installment, Final Fantasy VIII features several mini-games, the most prominent of which is the card game Triple Triad. Cards can be won in matches or acquired through side quests or by transforming enemy monsters. Many characters in the game can be challenged to a game of Triple Triad, so it is always possible to take a break from saving the world to play cards with the locals."
25382,Soccer,,1982,6.7,Sports,,,"Soccer is an simulation of the sport with the same name. In contrast to many other simulations of its time, it keeps all 22 players. There are, however, important differences to the real game: the goalkeeper has no additional functions compared to the field players and there are no half-time or fouls. If the player controls the athlete with the ball, he or she uses the fire button to shoot in the direction the athlete walks to. In the field, this can be used to pass to another player. When not in ball possession, pressing the fire button changes the controlled athlete to the one who is nearest to the ball (unless he is already controlled by a human player on the same team; then the second-nearest is used). Available options are number of human players, three match times (10, 45 or 90 minutes) and four difficulty levels."
25384,Kirby's Dream Land,Hoshi no Kirby,1992,7.6,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Dedede, King of Dream Land, is a penguin-like creature who is too gluttonous for his own good. Gathering food for his midnight feast, he got carried away and ended up taking all the food from the inhabitants of his country. One of them, a pink little guy named Kirby, decides to travel all the way to King Dedede's palace and retrieve the lost food by any means. Kirby's Dream Land is a side-scrolling platform action game, and the first in the Kirby series. Although the protagonist appears to be a weak little marshmallow, he is actually quite powerful: he has the ability to suck up his enemies like a vacuum, and then shoot them out at other enemies. Kirby can also swallow air and inflate himself, which allows him to fly. There are four levels in the game; no save feature is available."
25385,Wayne's World,,1993,4.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Loosely following the movie of the same name, the game is made up of a series of platformer stages, in which the player controls Wayne or Garth to kick/shoot enemies and navigate to the end of the linear stage within a time limit. Eventually, the player will need to take down Benjamin Kane as the final boss."
25394,Bill's Tomato Game,,1992,7.8,Puzzle,Platform,,"Bill's Tomato Game is a puzzle game similar to the ones in the Incredible Machine series Completely mouse-controlled, the game is divided in a series of non-scrolling screens, each one being a puzzle. The main objective is to move an anthropomorphic tomato from the left side of the screen to a conveyor belt on the right side. Several objects hinder progress by squishing, perforating, exploding and destroying the tomatoes. In order to solve the levels, you pick various gadgets at the bottom of the screen and place them according to your strategy. These gadgets are: ● An electric fan that can boost and alter your tomato's trajectory; ● A trampoline where the tomato can bounce and reach new heights; ● A Jack-In-The-Box to eject the tomato upwards; ● A blocking box to stop the tomato's movement. The player has an infinite number of gadgets, but a time constraint is in place: a timer runs in the bottom left of the screen. The tomato movement can be started and stopped by clicking a semaphore on the bottom of the screen (the screen objects move independently, with their own timing)."
25406,Rick Dangerous,"Rick Dangerous: Action... Adventure... all that neat stuff!, Rick Dangerous: The Adventure Starts Here",1989,7.4,Action,Platform,,"You play Rick Dangerous, an Indiana Jones ' type who's on a quest to find the lost Coolu Amazon tribe. However, his plane crashes in the middle of a bunch of crazed Coolus. Hopefully, he's up to the challenge of escaping. If he is, he will find himself in the pyramid of Egypt with no easy way past leaders and their minions, and then engulfed in a web of traps in a Nazi base. Rick Dangerous is a platform game across over 100 screens, in which Rick has his gun in one hand, and dynamite sticks in another. You must take a methodical approach to clearing each screen, as there are traps in place which will need memorizing and preempting where possible. Use the dynamite wisely, for enemies you can't get into the purely-horizontal range of your gun."
25407,Space Panic,Pânico Cósmico,1980,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A game remarkably similar to Lode Runner you play an astronaut with limited oxygen (time) chased around by various space aliens. Your only method of dealing with these multicolored threats from space is to dig a hole, lure it into a hole and then manually fill up the hole with the alien in it. Dropping aliens on top of other aliens earns you extra points and eliminates both. Levels get progressively harder and enemies grow faster."
25416,Driving Emotion Type-S,,2000,5.9,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Much like Gran Turismo 2, Type-S has all of the best official cars from BMW, Honda and much more. And as you complete each objective (i.e. winning each race) you can unlock up to 50 new cars (including those from Ferrari and Porsche) and 10 new tracks. Each track ranges from easy to hard, and once you have finished you can go through the entire race in a TV like replay. The European and North American releases of the game feature revised controls and additional content."
25429,Mini-Putt,"Mini Putt: The Ultimate Challenge, Mini-Putt: The Ultimate Challenge!",1987,7.2,Sports,,,"Mini Putt is a miniature golf game that offers 4 courses, Deluxe, Classic, Traditional and Challenge. Up to 4 players can either play a game or practice any hole on any course. Each course offers its own difficulty level. Deluxe and Challenge have difficult hills and course layouts. The Challenge being the more difficult course. The Classic offers animated bridges and other obstacles. The traditional is your standard miniature golf course which requires well placed bank shots. To make a shot, using the joystick, move the crosshair in the approximate direction and distance where you wish the ball to go. When you are ready to shoot, hit the fire button. You will notice the level rise in the power bar. When the bar reaches the desired distance, press the fire button again. When you release the fire button, the bar starts to move back down. The mark where you stopped the bar moving indicates the power with which you hit the ball. When the bar reaches the bottom of the power bar, it moves horizontally on the accuracy bar. In the middle of the accuracy bar is the center line. Too much to the left of center, it pulls to the left. Too much to the right of center, it pulls to the right. Press the fire button at the right moment to hit the ball. If the course proves to be too tough, visit the Practice course option. Not all of us can be a pro."
25430,Disney's Darkwing Duck,,1992,4.7,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Darkwing Duck was a popular animated television show that aired on weekday afternoons in the early 1990's. Darkwing was a crime-fighting duck that kept the city safe from a bunch of not-so-smart criminals. The TurboGrafx-16 game based on the cartoon is very different from the NES and Game Boy Darkwing games Although it is a side-scrolling platformer, the gameplay and level structure are very different. This game has 4 side-scrolling areas, 1 of which is the final boss level. The other 3 levels can be tackled in any order, and in them you must collect several puzzle pieces. After collecting all the puzzle pieces and finishing the level, you can put the pieces together and solve the puzzle to unlock the last level. Each level features a boss character taken directly from the animated series."
25436,O.D.T.: Escape... or Die Trying,,1998,6.8,Role-playing (RPG),"Action RPG, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The airship Nautiflyus, piloted by the famous hero Captain Lamat, was on its way to deliver the wondrous Green Pearl to the city of Calli, in hope of curing its inhabitants with the Pearl's healing powers. However, when taking a shortcut through the so-called Forbidden Zone, the Nautiflyus crash-landed; both Captain Lamat and the Green Pearl were abducted by unknown creatures. The four crew members - the cartographer Julia, the strategist Ike, the engineer Maxx, and the archbishop Solaar - must deal with the new dangers, rescue the Captain, and retrieve the Pearl. O.D.T. is an action role-playing game with some platforming and puzzle-solving elements. The player can choose to control any of the four characters. Each of them has his/her own strengths and weaknesses: for example, Maxx has high defense, while the archbishop has access to powerful occult techniques. Defeating enemies rewards the player with experience points, which can be used to increase a particular parameter of a character, increasing his/her combat abilities."
25437,Top Gear Pocket,"Rumble Race Top Gear Rally, Top Gear Rally, Topgear Pocket",1999,6.9,Racing / Driving,,,"Rally race through the city streets, grasslands and sandy terrain against eight other racers (or a friend) to the finish line. The higher you rank at the end of each race, the more new tracks you open up (including tracks full of ice). Time trial mode also allows you to test the time on each track. 12 cars are available to drive, each with different handling and speed abilites and you can choose to race each car either with manual or automatic gearbox changes. The in-built rumble feature of the cart also vibrates to each crash and burn you make."
25443,Ridge Racer V,"RR5, Ridge Racer 5, Ridge Racer V: Arcade Battle",2000,7.4,Racing / Driving,,,"As with other titles in the Ridge Racer series, this is arcade racing action, discarding reality in favor of fantasy thrills. There are 14 tracks and 18 cars. You can play a full 'Grand Prix' type season, or play individual tracks against the clock, an opponent or a ghost car. Lighting and reflection effects are built in to the game engine, as is the ability to modify your car's paint job. Replays can be viewed from any angle. A full musical score is on offer"
25444,Passengers on the Wind II,"Les Passagers du Vent 2: L'Heure du serpent, Passengers on the Wind (2): The Hour of the Snake, Reisende im Wind II",1987,6.3,Adventure,,,"Passengers on the Wind II allows players to decide the fate of the heroes and direct all of them so that they reach their aim. Players will discover many locations, directions, and events; and will live different stories according to the directions that he makes the characters take. Everything is controlled using either the keyboard or the joystick. Players are both the director and the heroes. The screen is divided into three main elements: a graphical section where the action takes place; a section showing the character players are directing; and the section containing text, from which players decide the action. The player can take several actions during the game: saving a game, viewing flashbacks (in slow or fast motion), or intervention on the central graphic screen to make the action develop. The game is split into seven episodes which players have to gradually make their way through. In each, a main scene is displayed in the graphical section, and by simple confirmation players can make the characters appear. To avoid restarting the game at the beginning each time, players are given an opportunity to save the situation in progress. In this case, a blank, formatted disk is required to save these situations."
25455,Syndicate,,1994,7.1,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Syndicate for Nintendo and Sega systems adapts the computer original for the capabilities of the consoles. While it follows the same gameplay template, it is redesigned in a much more cartoony style, has multiple differences in gameplay and controls and features completely new levels. Taking the role of an executive of a criminal syndicate in a dark cyberpunk future, the player controls teams of cyborg agents on missions: assassinating politicians, opinion leaders or executives from rival syndicates, retrieving important objects, kidnapping scientists or taking out enemy agents. The world map consists of 50 regions, each containing one level (two training levels are also available). The stages are presented in isometric view, and one to four agents are controlled. Unlike the indirect cursor control in the computer versions, on the consoles the agents are controlled directly, with potential targets being selected automatically. Unlike the multi-layered versions of the computer game, all levels consist of one layer only. Between missions, taxes from conquered territories can be spent on researching new weapons and cybernetic upgrades for the agents. These are all the same as on the computer versions, with the exception of the flame thrower, which has been replaced with the less gruesome 'chiller'. Indirect control of the agents with drugs influencing adrenaline, perception and intelligence also remains the same. The policemen and guards from the original are gone, their place being taken by robotic drones."
25461,Cyber Troopers Virtual On,Virtual On: Operation Moongate,1995,7.8,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Get it on with Virtual On! The home port of Sega's arcade hit where you take control of gigantic, fully armored battle droids and duke it out against other droids in duel-like battles over a set of different arenas. The game boasts 8 fully polygonal droids, each with his own strengths and weaponry and 10 different arenas with their own layout and traps. Proceed through the entire campaign via subjecting yourself to ""virtual training"" and then facing off for the real thing against the other computer controlled droids, or go against a human opponent in multiplayer combat over Lan, modem, serial link or the same computer with split screen display."
25462,Speed Punks,Speed Freaks,1999,7.8,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Speed Punks is a fast go-cart game in a cartoony setting featuring six different characters and twelve different tracks. The game can be played in four different single-player modes or in multi-player mode with up to four people. The tracks are bright and colorful and feature sunny sea shores, futuristic cities, bright green meadows and lots of waterfalls. Throughout the tracks there are weapon power-ups, boost tokens and speed-up strips. The boost tokens fill up an energy bar which can be used for extra speed. The weapon power-ups can be used to defeat the rivals on the track, including homing missiles, remote bombs and stealth mode. Some tracks have shortcuts which allow players to cut ahead, but they are hard with tight corners or narrow passages. On some tracks in tournament mode, an alternate faster route in the track will open up only on the last lap. Playable characters include the jack-of-all-stats Monty, Tabatha, Buster and Wedgie, purple haired Monica, Brains, and the spikey haired Tempest. Three additional characters can be unlocked by first winning all races in tournament mode and then winning the character challenge. For each mode, Easy, Medium and Hard, there is one unlockable character: Cosworth the dog, Tetsuo a futuristic looking guy, and Beemer the robot."
25474,Digger,,1983,7.2,Action,Arcade,,"Take control of a mechanical digging machine as you tunnel your way through the earth, searching for valuable gems and the even more valuable bags of gold! But watch out for Nobbins and Hobbins, and don't be careless enough to let the bags of gold crush you! Digger is an arcade game combining elements of the popular arcade games Dig Dug and Mr. Do! Players control the titular 'Digger' that can tunnel through dirt with ease. The goal of each level is to gather up each of the gems, which allows you to progress to the next stage. However, Nobbins and Hobbins are also lurking within the levels - Nobbins are fairly slow, but transform into Hobbins which are much quicker. The enemies can only chase Digger through the tunnels he creates - they cannot dig through the dirt themselves. Digger's defenses consist of being able to shoot a single, rechargeable shot in the direction he is facing with F1 (which recharges after about thirty seconds), crushing his foes by digging underneath a gold bag and letting it plummet down, crushing anything in its path, or by collecting the bonus cherry that sometimes appears, causing Digger to become temporarily invincible."
25475,3D Golf,Hole in One,1986,5.7,Sports,,,"3D Golf not to be confused with the Hole in One series from HAL which shares its UK title, is a golf game with one 18-holes course. To perform a shot, the player chooses the kind of club, the strength and the direction. It is important to consider the wind direction. When near the hole, the game displays an additional, smaller window with the hole and ball position for better aiming. Besides playing the full course alone, there are a training and two-player mode available."
25476,Video Olympics,"21 Video Olympics, Pong Sports",1977,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Video Olympics is an action game containing numerous variations of the game Pong Two players (or one player against the computer) control paddles on the screen and attempt to prevent a bouncing ball from getting past them. In the most basic game variations, each player has a single paddle and there are no obstacles on the screen. The other game variations add paddles and obstacles, and some are loosely inspired by various sports and change the playfield around, but the goal remains the same: hit the ball past your opponents paddle into the goal to earn points. A few of these variations are: Foozpong : Each player controls multiple paddles which are arranged somewhat like a foozball table. Soccer pong : Each player controls two paddles (representing one goalie and one player) and the goal is much narrower. Hockey pong : The playfield is set up to resemble hockey; the goal isn't at the very edge of the screen, so the ball may bounce behind and around the goal. Quadrapong : The goals are located along the top, right, bottom, and left sides of the screen. This game is played by four players, two per team with one person defending each of the four goals. Handball pong : There is no goal, and two players take turns hitting the ball against a solid wall to earn points. One point is earned each time your opponent is unable to return the ball. Volleyball pong : The screen is set up like a volleyball court with a ""net"" in the middle. Both players are along the bottom of the screen and need to bounce the ball past their opponent. Basketball pong : Each player controls a paddle on the bottom of the screen, and attempts to hit the ball into their opponents basket at the top."
25482,Run the Gauntlet,,1989,6.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",Tricks / stunts,,"Competitors in this ITV television game show had to show their prowess on a range of vehicles including Buggys, Speedboats, Quad Bikes, Jetskis and Inflatables. Players of this licensed version must do the same, on horizontally and vertically scrolling levels on land and water. Many levels include enemy droids as well as inbuilt hazards, all of which must be avoided. The main unique event is The Hill, an assault course which takes place on foot. Up to three human players can take turns to contest the various events. The exact sequence of events is randomized each time, which makes the loading from cassette potentially slow and frustrating"
25484,Championship Sprint,,1986,5.7,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"This is the sequel to the coin-op hit Super Sprint One or two players race the 8 new tracks which once again are shown from an overhead view of the racetrack. There are some obstacles, like the whirlwind or oil-slicks, which should keep you from going around the track too easily. But Championship Sprint is not only an update with 8 new tracks. The main improvement is a complete track editor. With this you have the freedom to construct unlimited tracks, with all kind of obstacles and you even can set options like number of laps and number of players."
25490,Cosmo Gang: The Video,,1992,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Cosmogang: The Video is a shooter with similarities to Galaga The player's space ship is fixed on the bottom of the screen and can move left and right. In order to kill the enemy formations which enter the screen from above, there is also a standard gun implemented. Like in Galaga the goal is to kill as many enemies as possible while avoiding their instant-death touches and shots. However, unlike it, this game has an end and a final boss. The enemies themselves can also learn new attacks and formations over the course of the game. Another addition to the Galaga concept are power-ups which are left behind by killed enemies, e.g. a shield or an enemy slow-down. In addition, a weapon upgrade can be earned by shooting a special alien which stays on the top of the screen and requires multiple hits. In all, there are five planets with five levels each and a bonus level after each world."
25493,Killer Instinct Gold,,1996,7.4,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"Killer Instinct Gold is an updated version of Killer Instinct 2 The gameplay includes all of the fighters, moves (and new ones such as auto doubles to gain free hits in combos) and stages (including the three newest inclusions to the fighter line-up, Maya, Kim Wu and Tusk) plus new game modes in the Nintendo 64 version such as Team, Team Elimination, 5 speed levels and a complete training mode helping you to learn the many moves, combos and special attacks for each fighter."
25496,Pulseman,Spark,1994,7.7,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,Pulseman is an electric hero who was created to fight cyber crime. Combat the galaxy gang throughout 7 stages with around 50 levels. Pulseman is best described as a fusion between the gameplay of Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man in ways of gameplay.
25500,Whomp 'Em,Saiyūki World II: Tenjōkai no Majin,1990,6.5,Action,Platform,,"Whomp 'Em tells the tale of a little Native American Indian named Soaring Eagle who is on a quest to fill his magic pouch with totems. These totems are guarded by fearsome bosses at the end of different environments spread throughout the land. Each totem gives Soaring Eagle a new power to help him complete his journey. Whomp 'Em is a side scrolling action platformer. The hero can run, jump, and attack with his spear. Not only can he jab forward with his spear, Soaring Eagle can also stab upwards or downwards while jumping. Further, he can use his spear to defend from attacks coming from above. Soaring Eagle must first conquer a bossless, introductory level. From there, he is free to choose from among 6 different lands to explore: Fire test, ice ritual, secret cliff, water test, magic forest, and sacred woods. Each level is highly unique with its own dangerous enemies and lethal boss. After completing these 6 areas and collecting the associated totems, Soaring Eagle is whisked off to a cloud realm where he must use all of his accumulated power to defeat a much larger enemy."
25506,Echo Night,,1998,6.6,Adventure,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror",,"Echo Night is a first person horror adventure game. You play the role of Richard Osmond, who receives a letter from his father that went missing. You are brought to his remote burnt down house by a police who is investigating the case. Upon searching the house, Richard finds a painting that sucks him into the past to uncover the story surrounding your father's disappearance. In Echo Night you roam around a ship called the Orpheus, searching for items and releasing the souls of ghosts roaming the ship by helping them fill their final wishes so that they can find peace. Helping ghosts give you items that allow you to progress in the game, also in general adventure game fashion, there are puzzles you must complete to receive new items. There are evil ghosts haunted by their memories that will attack you, preventing you from progressing in the game. You can temporarily banish the ghosts by putting on the lights in each room."
25508,Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds,,1999,6.4,Action,Shooter,"Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk","INVASION Martians Heat Rays Vs Human Artillery Systematic Destruction Vs Ingenuity & Cunning Based on the award winning, internationally best selling album by Jeff Wayne and the classic science fiction story by H.G.Wells, The War of The Worlds is a superb combination of explosive action and challenging strategy. 14 pre-set missions over 10 fantastic landscapes. Take control of a number of different vehicles including: Anti Aircraft Trucks, Armoured lorries, Mortar Bikes, Iron Clad Ships, Observation Balloons, Airships, Mine Fields, Mobile Repair Trucks and Turrets. The player can switch between control of ALL of these when needed. Collect materials throughout the environments to build different vehicles. Source: Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK)"
25514,Superman,Superman: The Man of Steel,1992,6.4,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Superman is a single player, action based platformer for the Sega Genesis. As the Man of Steel, you jump, punch and kick your way through several levels, battling the likes of Prankster, Metallo, and Mr. Mxyzptlk to keep Metropolis safe. After the initial levels, the evil Brainiac kidnaps Lois Lane and takes her to his space station. Some levels take place in flight, and allow you to not only fly but shoot lasers from Superman's eyes. On the ground, you can collect icons that allow you to use a super power once, often a super punch or spin attack to remove an obstacle in the game."
25516,Battle Chess,,1988,7.0,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Chess",Fantasy,"Battle Chess is a quite typical chess game, but it comes with a twist: all pieces are represented by small, realistic figures that walk around on the chessboard, and when one piece takes another, they both take part in an animated battle. There is a different animation for each permutation, depending on which pieces are capturing or being captured. You can also play in 2D without animation. The game's opening library includes 30,000 different moves, ensuring a variety of games will unfold across the 10 skill levels. Multi-player support can be extended to modem and/or serial port play."
25517,Seaquest,,1983,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Your divers are out in the ocean collecting treasure; now that they have found what they're looking for, you need to pilot a submarine and return them safely to the surface! You can carry up to six divers at a time, and when you safely return the six divers to the surface, you move on to the next, faster level. Your sub has a limited supply of oxygen; if your oxygen meter gets too low, you will need to surface to replenish the oxygen supply. If you surface with less than six divers, you lose one of the divers. If you surface with no divers at all, then your sub will explode. To make your task more challenging, numerous giant sharks and enemy submarines travel throughout the waters and can destroy your sub on contact. To help out with these enemies, you have an unlimited supply of torpedoes that can be fired to destroy both the sharks and subs. As the levels progress, the game gets faster and more enemies appear at a time."
25537,Rescue on Fractalus!,Rescue Mission,1985,7.2,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Rescue on Fractalus! is an action game played from a 3D first person point of view. Your mission is to rescue stranded pilots on the planet of Fractalus. You begin each mission from the mother ship, and when your quota of pilots has been rescued you must return there so you can move on to the next level. To help locate the pilots and navigate the tricky terrain, your spaceship is equipped with various instruments, such as a compass, altimeter, and scanner. Your enemy, the Jaggi's, have numerous forces on this planet and will be attempting to stop you. Gun emplacements, flying saucers, and the Jaggi themselves are all capable of destroying your ship if you don't destroy them first. To defend yourself from these threats, your ship is equipped with torpedoes. As the levels progress, the Jaggi defenses become more aggressive, and you will even need to fly some night missions where visibility is limited."
25540,BRAHMA Force: The Assault on Beltlogger 9,"Beltlogger 9, Brahma Force",1996,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A mech-based FPS; pilot your Bipedal Robotic Assault Heavy Mechanized Armor (built by Bronx Industries, of course) through the Beltlogger 9 excavation colony... ..discover what happened to the Beltlogger 9 colony- it may be related to the events on Probe Ship Mina 3, wherein a lone person apparently under the control of an outside intelligence slaughtered his shipmates."
25544,JETPilot,,1996,7.4,Simulation,,,"The last commercial flight simulator to be released for the Amiga for at least ten years, JetPilot offered simulation of two NATO combat air planes that were already well on their way of being replaced in most air forces around the world (A bit like the Amiga at that point in time, the cynical reader might think), namely the English Electric Lightning and the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. Additionally, the aging MiG-21 is on offer for that retro Warzaw Pact taste. Branding itself as ""The pinnacle of realistic flight simulation"", JetPilot makes no attempts to conceal the intricacies of real-life piloting. The aircraft are available in a wide range of different specifications, along with real-life airfields from around northern Europe. The environment may be fine-tuned to your preferences, not only for time of year and day, but also for temperature, winds and air pressure. Communications between aircraft and with the tower is also handled with accuracy, and with a bit of Vulcan Software's trademark speech technology. Striving for realism, JetPilot does what no other Amiga simulator had done before by ignoring digital joysticks. Mouse or analogue joystick are your only main control options, with the mouse also being used for moving your head around the cockpit and accessing its functions. The keyboard is also put to ample use. Despite being a late release, JetPilot still clings to the proven filled polygons for graphics rendition, but offers support for higher resolutions and flicker-free graphics on applicable machines."
25553,Harpoon Classic '97,,1996,7.0,"Compilation, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Historical events,"Harpoon Classic '97 is a revised version of traditional Harpoon Classic which is in turn, based on Larry Bond 's original and very popular Harpoon board-game from 1980. The core gameplay is top-down (map and menu based) ultra-realistic strategic naval warfare wrapping around scenarios in 4 different theatres (North Atlantic, Greenland/Iceland, Indian Ocean, and Persian Gulf/Mediterranean). New features in this release are the Windows 95 playability (cleaner interface), improved artwork and effects, along with 50 new missions. Additional updated ships and planes are also included."
25559,Space Ace,,1989,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Timed input",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Intergalactic hero Space Ace faces off against the evil Commander Borf, who hits him with an Infanto-Ray, turning Ace into an adolescent version of himself called Dexter. Now Ace/Dexter must not only rescue his girlfriend Kimberly but also prevent the destruction of the Earth at the hands of Borf. Readysoft's version of the laserdisc arcade game Space Ace for 16-bit computers follows the mold of their earlier Dragon's Lair adaptation: only selected scenes from the original game are used, with all the graphics redrawn from the original cel animation to fit the capabilities of the target machines. As in Dragon's Lair the game consists of the cartoon movie running by itself, with the player being required to press the right button at the right time (either moving or firing Ace's gun) or see one of many death animations. The original arcade game offered some alternate paths through the game by letting the player choose between playing as Dexter or turning him back into Ace - the computer version is missing this option, and one always plays as Dexter or Ace depending on the scene."
25564,WEC Le Mans 24,,1986,6.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Recreating the famous Le Mans 24 race, although fortunately not in real-time. Although you're racing against the other cars, you must make each checkpoint in the required amount of time in order to complete the game. The lap is split into three sections, so the fourth section is identical to the first, the fifth to the second, and so on. As the game goes on, the bonus time offered for each section drops, so you have to drive better as the game goes on to stay in. Night is represented as well, with everything darkened and the need for headlights. The circuit features barriers and trackside trees, so avoid contact with these, and try not to stray onto the grass as this slows you down."
25566,Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh,"Phantasmagoria 2, Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh, Phantasmagoria : Obsessions fatales, Phantasmagoria: Labor des Grauens, Phantasmagoria: Um Enigma de Sangue",1996,7.1,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Curtis Craig is a thirty-year-old man whose distorted childhood is filled with horrors. His father was involved in an illegal, top-secret experiment for a company called WynTech Industries. Nearly nothing is known about the true nature of this experiment; but something in it affected the sanity of Curtis' mother, eventually driving her to suicide. Curtis' father was later shot, leaving the poor little boy with serious behavioural disturbances, and eventually in therapy. Now, a year after having been released from the mental institution, Curtis is employed at WynTech Industries, whose manager, Paul Warner, has seemingly taken it upon himself to take care of Curtis. He tries to find the cause of his psychotic episodes and the mysterious murders that break out all around him, all the while discovering more and more about his past life and his father's fate. Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh is not an actual sequel to the original Phantasmagoria but rather a follow-up that has similar themes and visual concept. The game is more heavy on puzzles and traditional adventure gameplay than its predecessor. The gameplay involves standard activities found in adventure games, including extended conversations with the characters featuring selectable dialogue topics, collecting and manipulating inventory items with the environment, etc. It is possible (and often necessary) to call characters on the phone, as well as check and answer e-mails accessed by Curtis' computer at his workplace. Like its predecessor, the game has a simple point-and-click interface and employs video sequences with live actors as cutscenes. Short movies are usually shown after each action performed by the protagonist."
25574,Knife Edge: Nose Gunner,Knife Edge,1998,5.2,Action,Rail shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Battle your way through level after level of intense air and ground attacks, as you take control of a powerful airship, with the simple aim of defeating the enemy. Take out other airships and defense installations through areas from tunnels to martian like landscapes. Unlike most shooters of this type, Knife Edge uses a unique camera perspective that automatically moves through the environment in front of you in order for quick target locks. And you don't control the ship itself, letting you concentrate on moving the target onto enemies ahead. You can play the story mode by yourself or with 3 friends, each controlling a separate ship for the battle ahead. A battle mode for 4 players is also included."
25578,Spell of Destruction,Wizardry,1985,7.9,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Spell of Destruction is about a magician's guild which requires a special final test for its students. The protagonist Drinn has to retrieve the ""First Element"" from a dangerous castle. The game is an isometric action game with puzzle elements.The player commands Drinn through the castle rooms (which scroll as long as no door is entered) and solves puzzles by using the correct items or spells. Spells are limited, though, and have to be found in the castle rooms. To dispatch the numerous foes he uses either fireball spells or his sword for direct combat. If an enemy launches an successful attack on Drinn or touches him, the life energy drains and if it reaches zero, the protagonist dies. Spells and commands have to be chosen with the keyboard and then triggered with the joystick. Besides special spells for puzzles and fireball there are two other standard spells available: find it (shows the location of hidden chests) and tell tale (gives a hint how to proceed). If a critical spell is wasted or Drinn dies the game has to be restarted from the beginning."
25579,Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight,2010 Street Fighter,1990,6.7,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The player is Ken, the hero of the Street Fighter series. It's been 25 years since he last participated in a fighting tournament. He has become a scientist and has developed a powerful medicine together with his friend Troy. But an unknown fiend breaks into his laboratory, kills Troy, and steals the invention. It's time to recall the good old days and to embark on a quest for revenge! Despite the US title, the game has little to do with the Street Fighter or the Final Fight games. This is an action platformer in which the player navigates Ken around, trying to avoid or kill the enemies by shooting at them with ranged weapons, adjusting the direction of the shot, or kicking and punching them. Ken is very agile and can jump high and climb walls."
25581,Rainbow Islands,"Arcade Archives: Rainbow Islands, Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2, Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble II",1987,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The sequel to Bubble Bobble Rainbow Islands sees Bub and Bob who were turned into human form at the end of its predecessor, attempting to rescue the inhabitants of the titular Rainbow Islands from the evil Boss of Shadows. Instead of bubbles, Bub and Bob now have the power to cast rainbows, that can be used to directly destroy baddies or trap them underneath. Killing the baddies will leave an item that can be picked up for score. By trapping beasts under your rainbows and jumping on them to break them, you can collect seven different colored diamonds or power-ups for extra speed and rainbows. There are ten islands in total, seven regular ones and three hidden, with increased complexity and difficulty. The boys must travel vertically four levels on each island, using rainbows as platforms to ascend. Each island ends with a big, bad boss that must be defeated to continue. Like in the predecessor there is more than one ending, depending on how the game was played. The three hidden islands will not appear unless seven colored diamonds are collected on each level of the first seven islands, and the order might even matter!"
25589,Football Manager 3,,1992,5.3,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Football Manager 3 is a managerial simulation in which the player is responsible for the athletic success of a soccer team in Great Britain. The game is controlled via menus which are reached by clicking on graphics in a visualized office. The focus lies on the athletic aspect, e.g. tactics, training (can be set separately for each athlete) or lineup, the financial aspect being mostly restricted to buying and selling athletes on the transfer market. Of course each athlete has a number of statistics associated which influence his performance on the field. The matches are shown in one of two non-scrolling perspectives, either top-down or slightly angled from the side, on which relatively small player icons do their work."
25590,Gran Turismo,Gran Turismo: The Real Driving Simulator,1997,8.5,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"The first game in the Gran Turismo series of racing simulations. You can choose between the arcade version (featuring classic cars such as Corvettes and Aston Martins) or the simulation, which is the true heart of the game. The simulation starts you on an entire racing career beginning with a cheap used car and second-rate tracks. You will find yourself longing for the Dodge Viper as your sad $10,000 starting fund puts you behind the wheel of a used Honda Prelude or Mazda RX-7. As you win races, acquire money, and earn advanced licenses, you are able to buy better cars and race in more competitive matches right up to the GT World Cup. Features more than 140 cars."
25611,Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors,"Darkstalkers, Vampire, Vampire: The Night Warriors",1994,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors is a 2D one-on-one fighting game. Select one of the ten available fighters and two unlockable boss characters, each based on a classic monster (vampire, werewolf, golem, zombie, succubus, mummy, catwoman, oni, merman, sasquatch, robot, alien.) and fight it out in various horror-themed locations. Gameplay is mostly concentrated on special moves and combos."
25618,Jeopardy!,,1994,6.6,Puzzle,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"Based on the TV quiz show of the same name. This CD game features full motion video sprites of the host, Alex Trebek, and the contestants as well as digital track of the theme song and the host's voice. You can play in a multiplayer game or against the computer and can select the number of contestants and the gender and appearance of your own contestant. There is a larger database of questions than any of the cartridge versions due to the increased capacity of the CD media versus cartridge media of the time."
25621,GP Rider,,1994,7.6,Racing / Driving,,,"This portable version is different from other console versions in terms of graphics while the gameplay is still the same. The player takes control of a professional motorcycle rider in 15 different courses around the world, go up against over a dozen different opponents in an attempt to win the race and advance to the next level. Players must avoid from hitting other riders to keep from wrecking their bike. If a player bumps another racer from behind, they can run off to the side of the road or lose control and send their rider flying through the air. There are four different game modes to choose from such as Exhibition and Grand Prix. Two friends can also go head-to-head using the Link Cable."
25622,Sonic Drift 2,Sonic Drift Racing,1995,7.4,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Sonic Drift 2 is the sequel to Sonic Drift also on the Game Gear and the first in the series to be released outside Japan. One of the new things in the sequel is a lag boost system, which means that anyone who is behind gets a boost to catch up again. This keeps the action in the game. Another new thing is that the gadgets touched while racing do not come into effect immediately. They need to be triggered manually by pressing up on the D-pad. There are 3 GPs to compete in and each GP has 6 tracks. The names of the GPs are:* Purple Chaos GP Racing skills can be improved in the Free Run mode on any of the tracks, or, with a Gear-to-Gear cable and a spare copy of the game, direct competition against another human player in the versus mode."
25631,Wimbledon Championship Tennis,Wimbledon,1992,6.9,"Action, Sports",,,"The oldest of the four Grand Slam tournaments, held in London on grass every July, is the basis for this tennis game. The ball comes off the grass surface fast and low, reflecting the surface's reputation for providing the most exciting tennis. It's viewed in the typical third person perspective, although with quite a distinct 3D effect and with shadows. You can play standard 1 or 2 player matches, or play the full tournament from the quarter-final stages onwards. You can play standard shots as well as lobs and drop shots, and full service rules are featured. You can select your character and build up their skills as the game progresses."
25632,High Velocity: Mountain Racing Challenge,Tōge King: The Spirits,1995,7.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"High Velocity is an arcade-style racing game that allows the player to drive sports cars on twisty roads around Japanese mountain tops. There are 3 tracks on which to drive, each with forward and reverse routes. The player may choose from one of 6 different cars, each with different driving characteristics. There are three different game modes:"
25634,Marathon 2: Durandal,Marathon: Durandal,1995,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Marathon 2: Durandal is the sequel to the first game Following the events of the Pfhor aliens have been defeated and the A.I. known as Durandral has been freed from it's containment. 17 years have passed and Durandral has assembled his own army from the colonists of Tau Ceti, including the Security Officer. Traveling across the galaxy, Durandral finds the home world of the S'pht, a Pfhor slave race, who Durandal liberates and who now worship Durandral as their Messiah. Durandal is searching for the location of a legendary lost tribe of S'pht who may hold the key to his mad quest for... well, whatever he's madly questing for. Unfortunately, the Pfhor dislike Durandral's presence and begin attacking his army. Although the engine is similar to Doom in most respects (2.5D maps, bitmap sprites instead of polygons, etc.), Marathon 2 distinguishes itself with such features such as: a rudimentary inventory system, ambient sound, multiple fire modes for each weapon, allies who aid the player, enemies belonging to different factions which will attack each other, a more developed plot (gradually narrated to the player at various computer terminals scattered throughout the levels (much like System Shock 's e-mail transmissions)). The game's engine has gained a number of improvements over the original. It now displays in a much larger portion of the screen, supports maps with four times the complexity and adds support for liquids and swimming. All liquids use oxygen when the player is submerged and some also do damage. Many levels have mechanisms allowing areas to be flooded or drained, changing the depth of the liquid. The other major new feature is a bunch of new multiplayer modes. The entire single-player portion can be played cooperatively with up to eight players and the game adjusts weapon and monster placement accordingly. In addition to ""Every Man for Himself"" mode (essentially deathmatch), it now includes ""Kill of the Hill"" where the object is to occupy a designated spot on the map more than anyone else, and ""Kill the Guy with the Ball"" where the object is to hold a skull the longest, the player holding it being unable to fire weapons."
25641,Deluxe Ski Jump,,2000,7.1,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Deluxe Ski Jump is a shareware ski jumping simulation with full 3D graphics and simulated physics. The game contains 32 different hills, which vary in size from the tiny K50 in England to the huge K250 in Slovenia. DSJ also allows for up to 16 players (computer or human controlled) to compete for the World Cup trophy simultaneously, using the same computer. The actual jumping is performed using the mouse buttons (for jumping and landing) and by moving the mouse up and down (to angle your jumper in flight), a system which takes practice to master. There are several factors that affect the outcome of a jump, of which the most important is timing. A poorly timed ""take off"" will most likely drag you down and force you to land prematurely. Other factors include wind strength and direction as well as a certain knowledge of the hill you're jumping from."
25647,Blast Corps,Blast Dozer,1997,8.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",Puzzle elements,,"Get out of the way! A nuclear missile carrier is out of control on a one way-set path, and unless that path is cleared, it will explode as soon as it makes contact with anything, destroying the world. It is up to you to clear the path so that nothing gets in the way of the Carrier. Blast Corps is a mix of an action and a puzzle game where destruction is key. At the start of each level the player is given a certain vehicle (ranging from robotic suits to trucks or bulldozers), and are told to clear the path for the Carrier. Players need to use their heavy-duty equipment to destroy any buildings, structures, or monuments that stand in the path of the Carrier. The difficulty increases as progress is made, though. Smaller vehicles don't affect certain buildings, and sometimes it's not even a building that's in the way. The player must use the resources around them to clear the path. Players may need a train flatbed to fill a gap, or a crane to move boxes out of the way. The Carrier is always moving, so once the player is done destroying one obstruction, they must get to the next one quickly. While players pursue their mission they must also find six scientists scattered throughout the globe to form a think-tank to solve the problem. The Carrier has to leave Earth, and it's your job to ensure that it will! Blast Corps features secrets to find. Besides clearing each path for the Carrier, players can go back to a level once it has been completed to take their time and explore. To fully complete a level, players must also find RDUs (Radiation Dispersal Units), which light up on the ground when the player is in close proximity to them, as well as destroy all of the buildings, rescue all of the homeless civilians, which is done by the T-chopper that accompanies the player on every mission. There are also dozens of secret time trial levels that can be found by activating special satellite dishes hidden throughout the levels. If the player manages to get all of the secrets in a level they receive a second medal, and once all of the gold medals are found the developers have a tiny message for them..."
25653,Backyard Baseball,Backyard Baseball '97,1997,7.1,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",,,"In this first installment in the Backyard Sports series, the player's goal is to assemble a team of backyard kids and take them all the way to the championship - in this instance, the Ultra Grand Championship of the Universe. While not carrying an official Major League Baseball license, the game does contain 30 kids to assemble a custom team, as well as 10 fields for them to play in. The team's name, colors, and mascot can be defined, as well as its batting order and field positions. Each kid has ratings in running, batting, fielding, and pitching, as well as personality quirks that can either be a help - or a nuisance - to the team. Good pitching and hitting can give a team the power-ups it needs to go all the way through the 14-game season and playoffs - as well as plenty of practice in exhibition games or batting practice. In addition, the stats throughout the season can be printed, as well as player baseball cards, photos, schedules, and the trophies the team earned."
25654,Fighters Megamix,,1996,8.2,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Virtua Fighter 2 was full of many brand new gameplay elements implemented into the realistic fighting engine of the first Virtua Fighter The Virtua Fighter series has been heralded before as the fighting game with most involving gameplay. In Fighters Megamix, another game has been added, a game called Fighting Vipers Fighting Vipers has drastically different gameplay than the more popular Virtua Fighter 2. Instead of being sophisticated, Fighting Vipers is simplified to appeal to a wider audience of video gamers and was meant for ""casual"" gamers. Mixing a simplistic video game and a sophisticated video game must have been difficult. But Fighters Megamix manages to do so by offering many options. The most important option available is the choice of having Fighters Megamix run under the Fighting Vipers style of gameplay or the Virtua Fighter 2 style of gameplay. Other options are unlockable while playing the game. One good thing about mixing two games into one is that the game would include more selectable characters. Not only are there the 22 characters from Virtua Fighter 2 and Fighting Vipers but there are also 10 other hidden characters that can be unlocked by playing well in the Saturn version, including two from the arcade-only Sonic the Fighters. There are only 4 characters from Virtua Fighter 2 and 4 from Fighting Vipers in the Game.Com version. This game was one of the very last games to appear on the Sega Saturn in the United States and was directed by Yu Suzuki."
25657,The Heroes of the 357th,,1992,6.3,"Action, Simulation",,"Historical events, World War II","3D, real-time, World War II flight combat game. Based on the actual missions flown by the 357th squadron (the Yoxford Boys) and their P-51 Mustangs. The action takes place in skies over France, and Germany as the player flies from England on strike, combat, escort, and special missions. Animated strafing `walks bullets' to ground targets. Includes campaign or Tour of Duty option as well as practice, and single mission modes."
25663,Valkyrie no Densetsu,"Arcade Archives: The Legend of Valkyrie, Arcade Archives: Valkyrie no Densetsu, The Legend of Valkyrie",1989,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Fantasy,"Valkyrie no Densetsu is a sequel to Valkyrie no Bōken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu which puts you in the shoes of a young Valkyrie of Norse mythology as she sets out to reclaim the fabled golden seed, which has been stolen by an evil god. The gameplay is top-down action with platformer elements, discarding the RPG elements of the previous game. You must navigate the many levels that compose Valhalla and defeat all the enemies in your path while sorting out chasms and other platformer-styled obstacles. You can also find several NPCs in each stage, who offer gameplay hints, clues and items to buy with the gold stolen from fallen enemies. You can buy health power-ups, improved weapons and even magic spells for added fire-power."
25670,Corsairs: Conquest at Sea,"Corsairs, Der Korsar",1999,6.7,Strategy / tactics,,"Age of Discovery / Enlightenment, Asia, North America, Sea pirates / Caribbean, South America",A real-time strategy game in which you play as a privateer for either England or France during the 1600s. Expand your respective countries trade routes and territory while avoiding such hazards as pirates and the Spanish armada.
25678,Entrepreneur,Entrepreneur: World Domination Through Corporate Warfare,1997,7.2,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Entrepreneur is a business simulation game. In the game you can start your own computer company and try to conquer the world through corporate warfare in either multi- or single-player modes. You have to research, manufacture, market and sell your products and do it better than your opponents. In times of trouble it is even possible to call in favours from underworld figures. All in the goal of acquiring a monopoly position. The playing field is a world map which is divided into regions. You start in one but can expand to any region you wish. In said regions you can build headquarters, offices and factories. You can also determine the amount of staff that should work there. You can also build recreational buildings to ease tension within your corporation. Performing research allows you to know what people would like to see in their products, reliability, aesthetics, ease of use, performance or prestige. Marketing allows you to place advertisements in various media, both for promoting your products, or spreading rumors about the opponents' products. To change the odds once in a while you receive action cards, they can be played and give you a bonus or other people a disadvantage."
25696,Yoot Tower,The Tower II,1998,7.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"The sequel to Sim Tower Yoot Tower is a building simulator that lets you build towers in such exotic locales as Kegon Falls (underground tourist resort), Waikiki (paradise destination) and Tokyo (the complete arcology). The player starts on a empty plot of land and must develop it into a successful and profitable venture by inserting rooms of different kinds (from shops to condominiums) and connecting them to transport systems, all according to their requirements. When a player fulfills a certain condition (such as the number of tenants), a VIP visits the building, and if his impression is favourable, the rating goes up, unlocking more rooms and facilities to expand the tower. The goal is to reach the ultimate level, and place an attraction (such as a chapel or a baseball field) on the top floor. There are several rooms to expand your tower, usually starting with stores and restaurants plus hotel rooms (which provide daily income), expanding to offices, condominiums and apartments and other tenancy rooms. However, all these rooms need extra support in the form of facilities such as restrooms, vigilance rooms, as well as convention centers to attract more visitors or simply please your tenants. They must be always happy, or you risk seeing them leave if they aren't happy with the time it takes to move between locations or if there's too much noise. One of the key aspects in the game is balancing the transport system - elevators, stairs and escalators. There are thee kinds of elevators: Simple, Express or Service. Simple elevators provide floor-to-floor operation (although you can choose not to stop at a particular floor), Express work in 15 floor intervals and Service are used only by stores and general tower staff (security and cleaning). More than one elevator can be added to a shaft, but each shaft has a limit on the floors it can cover. Stairs and escalators do the same function: short travel between floors, but while escalators are used for commercial areas, stairs are used for residential and office blocks."
25704,Goody,,1987,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In Goody you are a thief with a mission to break into a Spanish bank. In order to accomplish that you need the appropriate tools, such as a torch and pincers. On the way toward the bank you must avoid policemen, gorillas, kung-fu experts, women sweeping the street, paper airplanes, and other hazards. The game is a platformer with light puzzle-solving which requires usage of the correct object in the correct place, similar to Jet Set Willy"
25705,The Dark Heart of Uukrul,,1989,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Four adventurers are sent by the Western Council to defeat out Uukrul, a great evil that once defeated the Ancients, thought to be destroyed, to possible invasion to the Western Lands. The last party sent by the council was lead by Mara, and it has been 18 months since they have sent word. The council assumes the worst. Now these adventurers must infiltrate the underground city of Eriosthe, continue to the eastern end of Eriosthe, the heart of Uukrul's stronghold, and destroy the evil once and for all. The Dark Heart of Uukrul is a first person perspective, turned-based role-playing game (RPG), where the player takes control of a party of four specifically classed adventurers: a fighter, a paladin, a priest, and a magician. The player may use a pre-generated party or create an entirely new party. The adventure takes place in the immense underground city of Eriosthe, which consists of twisting caverns and dangerous monsters. Adventurers may however, take refuge in sanctuaries - safe havens created by the Ancients to provide safe resting, storing items, and access to teleportation portals. Characters sufficiently experienced will automatically be leveled-up here. Sanctuaries also act as a progress indicator as areas accessed after each sanctuary introduce stronger monsters and tougher puzzles. These safe havens may only be accessed after answering the puzzle by consulting the soul amulets (read=copy protection). Aside from sanctuaries, the only other gathering place for adventurers is the marketplace. The marketplace is the only area in the whole of Eriosthe which provides services such as a shop to purchase and sell weapons, items and food, a forge to repair weapons, a hospice to heal wounds and cure diseases, a mausoleum where dead characters can resurrected or laid to rest (removing dead members), a guild to meet and replace (if needed) dead companions with new recruits and a teleportation portal, which links to other portals (such as those in sanctuaries) and other areas. The marketplace also links to temples and the Magic Circle, which allows priest and magician characters to advance (by obtaining rings of power). There are also rumors that a sage provides services in identifying objects somewhere deeper in the eastern tunnels... Adventuring in Eriosthe consists of exploring its caverns and defeating randomly encountered (or pre-set) monsters. An auto-map feature is also available, as well as a directional compass to help guide the way. Certain encounters, such as puzzles may prompt the player to choose various options in handling the situation, each choice with a possible different outcome. Turn-based combat occurs automatically when the party meets opponents while adventuring (indicated by a sudden picture of the opponent). Fighters and paladins take the offensive role, while priests and magicians (usually) take the support role of casting spells, summoning elementals, and invoking the gods. Surviving combat may uncover money and items. The Dark Heart of Uukrul has no sound or music."
25707,Who Framed Roger Rabbit,,1991,6.5,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Who Framed Roger Rabbit is based on the movie of the same name. Roger Rabbit lives in Toontown where cartoon characters like himself and real people live together. Roger has been framed for having murdered the suspected lover of his wife and now, with help of the private detective Eddie Valiant, he has to prove his innocence. This is an action game with puzzle solving elements. Roger Rabbit can move freely within Toontown (and some of its buildings) and the main gameplay consists of talking to people who give Roger clues about where to go next. He also has to collect and use a variety of items in order to progress. However, when walking around town he is attacked by enemies who reduce Roger's life bar if they hit him; there are also a few boss battles. A few (sparse) items can be used to dispatch enemies."
25720,Midnight Run: Road Fighter 2,Midnight Run,1996,6.3,Racing / Driving,,,"Midnight Run: Road Fighter 2 is an arcade racer and a modern 3D sequel to Road Fighter Players can choose between four different colored cars and three different courses. The courses are the sunset trial (easy), the starlight heat (medium) or the midnight run (hard). You race on a single looped track against 3 rival cars competing for the first place. While racing the player must also reach check points for time extensions and pass as many cars as possible."
25724,Caesars Palace,,1991,5.8,Gambling,Cards / tiles,,"This game allows you to play in the Caesars Palace casino. You wander around the casino and play video poker, roulette, blackjack, the Big Six money wheel, or 3 types of slot machines. You bet and win chips and then exchange them for money whenever you like. The interaction is done via a cursor, everything is viewed from first-person perspective. You come to the casino in a taxi - will you be able to leave it in your own limousine?"
25725,Granada,,1990,7.6,Action,Shooter,"Africa, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the year 2016, war has broken out in Africa over mining rights to rare metal. Machines of destruction called ""maneuver cepters"" have been developed as the primary force, but recently a mysterious maneuver cepter has appeared in the northern territories. It is known by the name of ""Granada"", and has been destroying the weapons of the factions on both sides. You are this machine's pilot, a man by the name of Leon Todo. Granada is a free-roaming scrolling shooter. You control the titular maneuver cepter Granada as you make your way through each stage, destroying the enemy's weapons. You have a map that tells you where your targets are on the stage, and once all the targets have been destroyed a large boss enemy appears which must also be destroyed. You are equipped with a standard cannon, as well as a more powerful blaster that will actually push your machine backwards with the recoil. There are also assist pickups which will follow you and reflect any shots you fire at it toward the nearest enemies. Of special note is the fixed cannon feature. Using this feature, you can hold the direction of fire while still moving freely. The game has nine stages and three difficulty levels."
25728,Heavy Gear II,Heavy Gear II: Mission Caprice,1999,7.9,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As the leader of the special ops group Dark Talons, lead your squad mates on a series of dangerous missions as you discover the NEC plot against your homeland, Terra Nova. Operate behind enemy lines as you gather data, attack enemy camps, capture enemy leaders, take over space stations, and more. Combat happens on land, underground (huge caverns), and even in space. There are plenty of weapons to outfit your gear, even some hand-to-hand weapons. You can also add perks and flaws to further customize your gear. Stealth is a major concern in some missions. The game play feel is very different from the Mechwarrior series. Set in Dream Pod 9's Heavy Gear universe (it actually rivals the Battletech universe in complexity, though not nearly as famous), this game requires 3D accelerator with its ""Dark"" 3D engine. The gears are capable of very human-like movements, such as kneeling, crawling, and jumping."
25729,Radiant Silvergun,,1998,8.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Radiant Silvergun is a single-player and multiplayer vertical scrolling shoot-'em-up with a time-traveling narrative and a weapon system built entirely around strategic versatility. The story begins in the distant future, where humanity faces extinction after the awakening of a mysterious alien construct known as the Origin. Pilots of the battleship Radiant Silvergun are transported back in time in a last attempt to alter history. Their mission is to destroy the Origin before it can awaken, battling through waves of enemies across multiple time periods to prevent the annihilation of civilization. Unlike many shoot-'em-ups that rely on limited power-up items, the game equips the player’s fighter with seven distinct weapons available from the start. These include forward-firing Vulcan shots, homing lasers, wide-spread guns, and more specialized attacks that can be combined to create new firing patterns. A sword weapon is also included, capable of absorbing certain enemy bullets to charge an energy attack. Weapons level up through use, encouraging players to adapt their style and specialize as they progress. Scoring emphasizes chaining kills of the same enemy color, which multiplies points and unlocks higher weapon levels more quickly. Mastery of the chaining system is essential for high-level play and replay value, creating a strong risk-versus-reward loop. Boss encounters punctuate stages with large-scale mechanical enemies, each requiring memorization of patterns and precision use of the available arsenal. The game offers multiple modes across its various releases. The original Saturn version included a story-driven arcade mode and a score-focused Saturn mode with persistent weapon leveling. Later ports, such as the Xbox 360, Switch, and PC releases, added visual upgrades, widescreen support, online leaderboards, and optional rebalancing."
25730,Dark Arms: Beast Buster 1999,Beast Buster: Yami no Seitaiheiki,1999,7.4,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,,"Dark Arms: Beast Buster 1999 is a RPG for the Neo Geo Pocket Color. It's a spin-off from the arcade game Beast Busters Parallel to our world we find the Dark Realm. As the player, you find access to this parallel dimension after signing a pact with the Master of the Dark Realm. In his realm, you are supposed to catch monsters. These can be fed to your biological weapons: Dark Arms. You weapons gain abilities from consumed monsters and can evolve into more powerful equipment. You can also find seeds in the Dark Realm that turn into new weapons. The game features puzzles that have to be solved and a wide array of undead monsters that can be fed to your Dark Arms."
25733,Batman Returns,,1992,7.4,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Platform",,"Batman Returns on the SEGA CD is an enhanced version of the Genesis adaptation of the movie. It includes the entirety of the original platform game, but adds all-new driving levels. The game can be played in three ways: either as only the platform game, only the racing game, or a combination of both. Each option features a unique ending sequence. For every of the original version's five platform levels, there is a related driving section in which the player controls either the Batmobile or the Batskiboat. Both in perspective and gameplay, these sections are reminiscent of arcade titles like OutRun Seen from above and behind, the player's vehicle must reach checkpoints before a timer runs out, receiving bonus points for any surplus seconds. The CD system's hardware is used for sprite scaling and other tricks, achieving a 3D effect. The game being based on an action-filled movie, there's not only driving but also shooting: both the car and the boat are armed with machine guns and heat-seeking missiles (with limited ammunition). Besides the roads being full of enemies in general, each level also ends in a boss fight against a big (and usually heavily armed) vehicle. The game features CD-based audio tracks, replacing those from the original."
25737,NCAA Football GameBreaker,,1996,7.3,Sports,,,"This is Sony's first entry in its NCAA GameBreaker series which features more than 100 Division 1-A, 1-AA and historical teams, including their respective logos and nicknames. It also features real-life stats of each team's players and their jersey numbers, but not their names. Authentic stadiums for the major teams are also present as well as crowd chants and fight songs. The standard game modes apply, including Championship Season (either with tournament championships or bowl championships) and Exhibition which also includes multiplayer capabilities that features up to eight simultaneous human players. There are also 20 authentic bowl games to choose from, more than 12 categories of stats that the player can track, and authentic awards, including the coveted Heisman Trophy."
25739,Word Rescue,,1992,6.6,"Action, Educational",Platform,Fantasy,"The Gruzzles are lazy creatures that don't know how to read. That would have been half the trouble if they didn't decide that if they can't read, no one else should be able to. They stole all the letters from all the books, and the world was left without words. Benny the Bookworm, the keeper of books, sends a valiant little adventurer to bring the words back, and restore the world to its normal self. Word Rescue is an educational side-scrolling action game that attempts to teach children to recognize written words. The player's goal is to have the protagonist ""bump"" into question marks to reveal written words. Once a word has been revealed, the hero must find a picture that corresponds to it. Matching a word with a wrong picture summons a Gruzzle, who must be dispatched of."
25740,The Even More! Incredible Machine,,1993,7.6,Puzzle,,,"The same basic gameplay as the original Incredible Machine solving a puzzle only using the parts provided. It includes all of the 87 puzzles from the first game, 73 new ones, as well as new parts and music."
25749,Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge,Battle Crash 2,1993,7.4,Action,Rail shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Following the events of Battle Clash the Battle Game Chiefs had been defeated. But the world did not return to peace and instead new Chiefs and new machines rose up to rule the world. Like before, the Chiefs use giant robots known as Standing Tanks (STs). Seeing the world in trouble, the hero pilots who had defeated the Battle Chiefs decide to once again enter the Battle Game using an improved version of their ST, the Falcon. The truth behind the Battle Game will take the Falcon deep into space... Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge is a first person shooter designed for the Super Scope Light Gun. Gameplay is identical to Battle Clash The player takes the role of the gunner of the giant robot, movement is handled automatically by the game, scrolling the screen. Players must keep the enemy robot in the gunsights and blast away at different parts of it, while also intercepting enemy missiles and counter-attacks. All robots have a weak point that will increase the damage done to them. Power-ups such as Neutron Beams and Plasma Bombs can be picked up following the completion of certain stages, and equipped at the beginning of combat."
25756,M1 Tank Platoon II,"M1 Tank Platoon 2, M1 Tank Platoon II: The Definitive Simulation of Modern Ground Warfare",1998,8.1,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Cold War,M1 Tank Platoon 2 gives the player command of a platoon consisting of four M1A2 Abrams tanks and their crew. The player makes all the important decisions; including firing the tank's weapons and using the state-of-the-art thermal view to seek out and destroy enemy forces. Switch between fully-functioning internal cockpits or observe the conflict at first hand with the external 3D view.
25762,Defenders of Dynatron City,,1992,5.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are a group of repairman, who are superheroes now because of coca-cola produced by evil Doctor Mayhem. Doctor wants to mutate all people proposing to them his cola, but you want to prevent this plan killing his robots and finally stopping the Doctor. When the game starts you choose your character and some others join you in your case. If your character will be captured you can choose another one, while nobody is left."
25763,Dragon Crystal,Dragon Crystal: Tsurani no Meikyū,1990,6.5,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Dragon Crystal is a dungeon crawler with RPG elements, along the lines of classics such as Rogue or Nethack Without relying on a story, the game throws you into a randomly generated world which you should explore carefully - and most importantly, where you must survive! The complex, maze-like levels reveal their structure only after you cover the corresponding map areas. Your goal in each level is to reach a teleporter which will take you to the next one. There are also a lot of random items scattered around - weapons, armor, money, and food. Money allows you to continue the game if you die, food prevents you from starving. The enemies are visible on screen, and you fight them in real-time combat, moving around and pressing direction arrows to strike with the equipped weapon. You are always accompanied by an egg which will eventually grow up to be a dragon if you have leveled up enough."
25764,European 5-A-Side,"Five A Side Footy, Five a Side Football",1988,5.2,"Action, Simulation, Sports",,,"Five a side football is played indoors, in a walled arena which causes the ball to rebound at an angle when fired against it. This game gives you the chance to play this, either against a friend or the computer. The action is viewed top-down, with a slight angle giving a 3D effect, which is especially noticeable when the ball is in the air. You control the player nearest to the ball, including the goalkeeper once the ball reaches the 6-yard area, and can pass or shoot from any distance. The length of the match can be altered, as can the colour of the pitch."
25768,Buzz Bombers,,1983,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Buzz Bombers is an arcade action game similar to Centipede You control a can of bug spray at the bottom of the screen, and you need to defend yourself from the swarms of incoming bees. The bees start at the top of the screen, and fly their way back and forth, slowly heading towards the bottom of the screen. If they reach the ground, they will pollinate the flowers there which causes them to grow and will restrict movement of your spray can. When you shoot a bee, it will turn into a honeycomb. The honeycombs will cause the bees to head towards the ground even faster, since they will turn around when one is in their way. Your spray can is able to shoot the honeycombs, but if you leave them in place a hummingbird will fly around and eat the honey from them. The more honey the hummingbird eats, the more points you get. The game ends when all of your spray cans are destroyed by growing flowers."
25769,Close Combat: Invasion - Normandy: Utah Beach to Cherbourg,"Close Combat 5, Close Combat 5: Invasion - Normandy: Utah Beach to Cherbourg, Close Combat: Invasion Normandie - Von Utah Beach nach Cherbourg",2000,7.3,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,"Historical events, World War II","On June 6th, 1944, the combined forces of the United States, Great Britain, Canada and France launched the greatest amphibious invasion in the history of the world. The blow fell in Normandy, France, striking Adolph Hitler's Atlantic Wall with nine divisions of assault troops with support from naval gunfire and massive air strikes. Close Combat lets you relive this monumental battle in real-time tactical detail."
25776,Falcon Patrol II,"Falcon Patrol 2, Falcon Patrol 2: FPII",1984,6.5,Action,Shooter,Middle East,"Just like it's predecessor, Falcon Patrol II is a two-way side-scrolling shooter that sees the player controlling a jet fighting off different enemies. A small radar shows the positions of the enemies and landing platforms (where the jet can be refueled and re-armed). The jet is capable of shooting diagonally downwards now, and there are more versatile enemies. Apart from helicopters that directly attack the jet, there are also unarmed support helicopters that drop anti-aircraft guns and radar jammers. There are 15 levels of difficulty and the next level is reached once a certain number of helicopters is destroyed."
25779,NCAA GameBreaker 2000,,1999,7.3,Sports,,,"NCAA GameBreaker 2000 is the college football counterpart to 989 Studio's NFL GameDay 2000 It features over 150 division 1-A teams (including classics), accurately modeled stadiums, season and career modes, and the ability to export players to a GameDay 2000 draft. GameBreaker 2000 also includes voice commentary by broadcaster Keith Jackson and a playbook designed by then UCLA coach Bob Toledo"
25786,Extreme 500,"Grand Prix 500ccm, Suzuki Alstare Challenge",1998,7.2,Racing / Driving,,Oceania,"Extreme 500 is a motorcycle racing simulation done with the assistance from the 1997, 250cc World Championship winning team (as advertised). The game consists of all 3 GP classes (125, 250 and 500), racing on the World GP tracks of 1996, and it's possible to race against the clock, the computer or up to 15 other players in the multiplayer network version. Extreme 500 incorporates several elements of motorbikes you can tweak as you please, so you have to try and fine-tune your bike to be able to get the best time."
25789,Tekken 3,,1997,8.6,Action,Fighting,,"Tekken 3 is a single-player and multiplayer 3D fighting game that continues the King of Iron Fist Tournament series with a new storyline, an expanded roster, and major changes to the combat system. The story follows Jin Kazama, grandson of Heihachi Mishima. Raised by his mother Jun, Jin is unaware of his connection to the Mishima family’s violent legacy until a mysterious being known as Ogre attacks their home. Jun disappears during the attack, and Jin seeks out Heihachi for guidance. Under his grandfather’s training, Jin becomes a skilled fighter, unaware that Heihachi intends to use him as a pawn in his own plans. To lure Ogre into battle, Heihachi announces the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3, drawing warriors from around the world into the conflict. Gameplay retains the series’ one-on-one fighting structure but introduces several refinements. Characters can now sidestep into the foreground or background, giving battles a stronger three-dimensional feel. Jumping is reduced in height compared to earlier titles, resulting in faster, more grounded combat. Chain throws and extended combo possibilities expand the offensive system, while juggle mechanics allow skilled players to keep opponents airborne with precise timing. Matches are still fought across multiple rounds, with players aiming to deplete their opponent’s health bar through strikes, grapples, and counterattacks. The character roster features a mix of returning veterans and newcomers. Classic fighters such as Heihachi, Paul Phoenix, Nina Williams, and Yoshimitsu return, while fifteen new characters are introduced. Among the most notable are Jin Kazama, Hwoarang, Ling Xiaoyu, Eddy Gordo, Bryan Fury, Julia Chang, and Mokujin, a wooden training dummy who mimics the fighting styles of other characters. Ogre and his transformed version, True Ogre, serve as the game’s final bosses. In addition to standard Arcade, Versus, and Practice modes, the home version includes two bonus game types. Tekken Force is a side-scrolling beat ‘em up mode where players fight waves of enemies through multiple stages, with a hidden character available after completion. Tekken Ball is a unique mini-game resembling beach volleyball, where characters strike a large ball back and forth; points are scored by hitting the opponent with the ball or forcing them to miss."
25790,Fat Worm Blows A Sparky,,1986,6.8,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"Fat Worm is locked inside a Spectrum's architecture, and is looking for a disk drive, in order to produce a clone of himself, which he presumably will Write Once and Read Many. He moves around the arrangement of chips, processors and boards, with the aim of finding his way through. On the way he will encounter bugs (of the insectoid type) which must be shot at, by 'blowing a sparkie' - releasing a bolt of electrical energy. Mines and impact shots can both be fired. Contact with these bugs causes them to jump on you, gradually slowing your movement and sappoing your energy. You must collect spindles in order to get rid of them."
25791,Road Raider,"Motor Massacre, Road Raiders",1988,6.0,Action,,Post-apocalyptic,"It is the future, and a holocaust has swept over the world. Now, in a post-apocalyptic environment, you are set to destroy the evil Dr. A Noid, who had turned people to zombies with his artificial food called ""SLU"". First, you drive through the city with your ATV, destroying enemy vehicles and avoiding mines and gun turrets. There are several buildings you can explore. In those buildings, you walk from room to room in a gauntlet-style setting, shooting zombies and avoiding traps. You'll find ammunition, food, and hopefully the pass to the Arena. The Arena is the third part of the game: This is a deadly destruction derby where you have to steer your ATV through the treacherous maze and destroy all the enemy vehicles by pushing them into the holes in the ground. After surviving the Arena, you'll proceed to the next city - until you get to face Dr. A Noid himself."
25795,Handicap Golf,,1983,5.2,Sports,,,"A very BASIC (as in written in BASIC language) golf game seen from above, Handicap Golf works by letting you enter the angle you want to hit your ball, using the digits of the clock, and the force of your strike on a scale between 0 and 250. An additional variable affecting the outcome is the wind, which is displayed when you input your numbers. Each hole covers one screen and features woods, bunkers and dams. Being written in BASIC, Handicap Golf uses slowly drawn text characters for graphics."
25802,Wizard of Wor,"Le Magicien de Wor, The Incredible Wizard, Wizard",1981,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter","Fantasy, Medieval","Wizard of Wor is an arcade shooter played from a top-down point of view. The player controls a ""Worrior"" who is trapped in a dungeon. The goal is to earn as many points as possible by shooting the numerous enemy creatures which wander about the maze-like corridors. The creatures wander about at various speeds, may shoot darts at the player, and some even have the ability to disappear temporarily. At the bottom of the screen, the player has a radar which can be used to locate creatures that are invisible. When the player completes a maze, a Worluk sometimes appears. This creature moves rapidly and will only be on the screen momentarily. If the player destroys the creature before it escapes, the next dungeon will become a double score dungeon and all creatures will be worth twice as many points. Occasionally the Wizard of Wor himself may appear! He moves quickly and can teleport around the maze. If they destroy him, the player will earn a large number of points. The game may be played by one player or two players simultaneously. The players can cooperate to better defend against the enemy hordes — but shooting the other player's Worrior grants a large score bonus, which can potentially encourage competitive play."
25816,Lost in Time,"Lost in Time: He Plotted Your Doom Centuries Before You Were Born., Lost in Time: Partes 1 & 2, Lost in Time: Parts 1 & 2",1993,7.0,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"In 1992, a woman named Doralice was investigating a shipwreck when suddenly it started moving. Unable to understand what's going on, Doralice investigates the ship and eventually finds out that she was chosen by the Space Time Patrol to travel back in time, to the year 1840. It appears that a man from the 22th century named Jarlath Equs has obtained a sample of a highly powerful and enigmatic element known as Americium 1492, and traveled back in time in order to hide it together with other treasure on the island of St. Cristobald. Doralice mission is to stop Jarlath at all costs - even if that means endangering her own future existence, for she herself is the descendant of Jarlath's wife and her lover... Lost in Time is a puzzle-solving adventure game. Most of the gameplay is dedicated to exploring the surroundings and combining inventory items or using them with other objects to solve puzzles. The navigation and the manipulation of objects is performed from a first-person perspective. The game uses short video clips (sometimes with live actors) as graphical ""comments"" to the player's actions or as cutscenes."
25822,The Journeyman Project: Turbo!,,1994,7.2,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Journeyman Project: Turbo! is a remake of The Journeyman Project The year is 2318. The place: the sky-born city of Caldoria. After a century of bitter struggle, humanity has finally learned to live in peace. In 2117 the Unified World was established. And humanity knew no more war. But all that was achieved was threatened with the invention of time travel. Its potential to destroy humanity's hard won prosperity realized, the only time travel machine ever built, the Pegasus, was moved to a secret location. The Temporal Security Annex (TSA) was formed to protect history from sabotage. The project's code name: Journeyman. Today is 11.6.2318. Exactly ten years ago, an alien delegation calling themselves the Cyrrollans approached earth as messengers from the Symbiotry of Peaceful Beings. They gave humanity ten years to decide if the want to join the Symbiotry or not. Now the moment has come, and humanity awaits the arrival of the alien delegation. You are Agent 5 of the Temporal Protectorate. When you report to the TSA, you find that someone is changing history, influencing events and happenings, changing how things happened - and not for the better. It is your job to find out who is messing with history, stop him, and restore history. For this you will have to travel time, using the Pegasus, as far as 2 million BC. You will travel to Mars in 2185 to stop attack on an alien vessel, visit the World Science Center in 2310 to stop an assassination, and go back to 2112 to destroy a nuclear missile. You will collect items, solve puzzles, and pit your wits against a giant robot. The game itself is an adventure game, played in 1st person perspective - explore the environment, collect and use items, solve puzzles and small games, and it even has a maze in it. It has a few twists though: according to TSA's rules, you are not allowed to interact with people from a different time, so you must gather information in a different way. You can also stay only a limited time in every time zone, since you protective suit has only limited energy. You can also die at this game, if you are not fast thinking and fast moving."
25823,Heroes of Might and Magic III: Complete - Collector's Edition,"Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Complete, Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Complete Edition, Heroes of Might and Magic III: Złota Edycja, Might & Magic: Heroes 3",2000,8.0,Compilation,,,"This compilation contains: The three games fit on 2 CDs and are accessed from a single executable (version 4.0, compatible online with The Shadow of Death patched to version 3.2). The only documentation included is PDFs of the original manuals and a brief install guide. For the Macintosh platform, this is the first release of the expansion content. For the Windows Apps platform, it is the first release of the game."
25827,Spawn: In the Demon's Hand,,2000,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Todd McFarlane's dark comic book anti-hero, Spawn, is ready to give your Dreamcast hell. Play as Spawn (a.k.a. Al Simmons), or any of the anti-heroes or villains from the comics, such as Clown, Twitch, Overtkill, Angel, Redeemer and more in a battle royale blastfest. Not up to killing just anyone? Play Team Battle and join with a friend to blast those other guys! Just do your best to get to the big guy downstairs: Maelebogia, to reclaim your soul and return to life."
25828,Samurai-Ghost,Genpei Tōma Den: Kan no Ni,1992,5.1,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"Samurai-Ghost is the sequel to the Japan-only Genpei Tōma Den You start the game as the undead ronin Kagekiyo, who sets out on a quest for revenge to defeat the demons and mystical monsters that haunt the Japanese countryside. The game is an action side-scroller, in which you control Kagekiyo as he scrolls through several stages slashing all the enemies that cross his path. Your ghostly nature also grants you energy-based attacks and several supernatural abilities which are mostly used to take you to surreal stages in which you can levitate and walk on water."
25829,Lemmings for Windows 95 & Lemmings Paintball,Ultimate Lemmings,1996,7.3,Compilation,,,Budget compilation package consisting of:
25831,Spike in Transilvania,Spikey in Transylvania,1991,6.6,Action,Puzzle elements,,"After a rough crossing of the North Sea, Spike the Viking is washed ashore. He ends up in Transilvania, which seems to be just an ordinary village. However, he finds out that his shipmates have been captured, and are being imprisoned in the dungeons of the local castle. Spike must rescue his friends from the mysterious castle, but first he has to escape from the (apparently friendly) villager's house where he finds himself, as the door won't open. The game is a mix of puzzles and action. The action involves you dodging various enemies, such as dogs, ghosts, bats, etc, and avoiding the many traps in the dungeons of the castle. You only have a limited amount of energy, and if you lose all of it by touching enemies or traps, you lose a life. If you lose all your lives you lose the game. The puzzles, which are mostly fairly simple, involve both the use of objects, such as money to bribe a guard, and switches that perform various functions, such as deactivating traps. Keys are very important, as they are needed to unlock your shipmates' cells. Some cells are protected by guards, who must be tempted away somehow to get to the cells they are guarding."
25832,Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool,,1992,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The game's hero is the Frito-Lay mascot, Chester the Cheetah. Chester lives peacefully in a zoo with other animals, until the big brute Mean Eugene steals his beloved motor scooter. What's worse, without knowing how to handle the scooter, Mean Eugene broke it to pieces and threw them away. Now it's up to Cheetah to travel across the zoo and to retrieve parts of his scooter. The game is composed of platform levels. On each level there is a hidden scooter part, which Chester has to recover before being able to exit the level. On the way there are various creatures that will try to eliminate Chester and obstacles to watch for. Chester can dash and stun enemies by jumping on their heads."
25843,Chop N' Drop,"IK+, International Karate +",1987,7.3,"Action, Sports",Fighting,,"International Karate + (IK+) is a simple side-on beat 'em up. 3 characters appear on the screen - either 1 player and 2 AI, or 2 player and 1 AI - and proceed to kick seven bells out of each other via various karate moves. Each of the moves scores a different number of points and if you come last in a particular round you are eliminated. There are some sub-games too, involving your karate-master holding a shield and defending himself against bouncing balls from both directions, and kicking bombs off the screen before they explode. All in the pursuit of that elusive black belt..."
25848,Skeleton Krew,,1995,7.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The game takes place in the year 2062. A baddy named Moribund Kadaver has assumed control of a cryogenics plant near Monstro City. Kadaver is apparently a former mortician who has dabbled in cryogenics ever since he purchased Deadly Enforcement Aggressive Destruction Incorporated, aka DEAD Inc. Now he has the power to unleash mutants called Psykogenix on the population of Monstro City! The Military Ascertainment Department (MAD) has decided to call upon the world's most vicious mercenaries: the Skeleton Krew. Skeleton Krew has you choosing between three members of the deadly organization: Spine, Joint, and Rib. The object of the game is to make it through four planets on your way to stop Kadaver's nefarious plans. The areas include Earth, Mars, Venus and finally the Psykogenesis Planet, where you will infiltrate DEAD HQ. A second player can join in for simultaneous play, and you can continue your game via passwords. Skeleton Krew features three difficulty levels."
25849,Miner 2049er,Miner 2049er: Starring Bounty Bob,1982,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"You play the part of Bounty Bob, and it is your mission to explore every inch of an abandoned mine. As you walk over floor sections in the mine, the floor will change color. When all of the floor sections have been changed in color, you can move on to the next, more challenging level. To reach all of the floor sections, you will need to figure out how to get there. You can jump (be careful not to fall too far though, or you will be squished), climb up and down ladders, and use different transportation devices that can be found on the levels (such as an elevator, slides, a springboard, or a cannon). Wandering around the mine are numerous radioactive creatures which get in Bounty Bob's way. Also scattered throughout the mines are various artifacts left behind; if Bounty Bob collects one of these, the creatures will temporarily become vulnerable. If Bounty Bob runs into one of the creatures in this state the creature will be destroyed, but if he runs into a creature while it is glowing Bounty Bob will be destroyed. There is a total of ten different levels, and to complete them all you will need quick reflexes as well as to figure out a unique strategy for each level."
25853,Special Forces,,1992,7.8,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"Special Forces is a top-down arcade shooting game with a dash of strategy. It is the sequel to Airborne Ranger When times are rough, the American people rely on their army. And when times are rough, the American army relies on their special forces. A small group of highly trained, superbly skilled, well-armed and clean-shaven elite soldiers boldly go where no man has gone before. At least no honest man. Special Forces let's you control a team of four in a top-down view and setting reminiscent of Jagged Alliance only that the time ticks continuously. Consequently, strategy and stealth stand back behind Gauntlet -style arcade action. Moving alone or in squad formation, you shoot enemy soldiers and blow up bunkers, always quick to go in and quicker yet to go out. Goals vary from deploying laser targeting systems for air strikes to assassinations to rescue missions; some assignments take place under cover of darkness, with night vision systems coloring the landscape a gloomy green. 16 missions take you to four different parts of the world, from the terrorist's arctic ice to the drug cartel's native jungle. Before hopping into the helicopter, you may choose four soldiers out of eight, each with different special abilities, and equip each one. Reading the text briefings is crucial, as the game won't warn you if you go on a bombing raid without any explosives. Also, the higher the difficulty level you choose, the less accurate is the info that you get on your targets, so you'll have to search the area. Luckily, a detailed map provides an overview. As enemies respawn and ammo depletes, some men may not make it back. Those who do can be awarded medals and promotions, which will boost their morale and increase their stats."
25856,Jones in the Fast Lane: CD-ROM,,1992,6.9,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Board game, Life / social simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Contemporary,"Functionally identical to the original Jones in the Fast Lane but delivered on a CD-ROM and containing the following enhancements: DOS version : Redbook CD Audio for the voice acting; additional animation and actor portraits; takes very little space on hard drive. Windows 3.1 version : All the features of the DOS version, with the addition of a native Windows executable and MIDI music."
25862,Passing Shot,,1988,6.5,Sports,,Oceania,"This is a conversion of the SEGA coin-op game of the same name, playing lawn tennis around the world. The player travels from France, to Australia, to the US and end up in England and get to listen to the national anthem of each country. There are four difficulty levels to select the skill of the computer controlled player. One or two players may play but always against the computer. In a two player game, both players play as a doubles team. The game starts off looking behind the player as the style of serve is chosen (top spin, curve, etc) and then it switches to a top down view for the rally."
25867,Akira,,1994,4.4,"Action, Racing / Driving","Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Akira is a side-scrolling action game based on the anime film of the same title. In the first few levels, you have to guide the main character Kaneda through an obstruction-filled road on his motorcycle. Obstacles come in the form of roadblocks, holes in the road, which must be jumped with the use of a ramp, and a variety of characters on the road who throw bombs at you. The roadblocks can only be cleared by grenades which you pick up by knocking over traffic cones. You must also make it to the end of the level without running out of fuel. After the motorcycle levels, there are five platform levels. The object of these levels is basically to kill everyone you come in contact with, each kill adding to a meter which you have to fill to complete the level."
25868,Rival Realms,,1998,6.6,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Real-time strategy (RTS)",Fantasy,"Rival Realms is a fantasy RTS game following a conflict between humans, elves and greenskins. Its most defining feature is its early version of unit veterancy. Every single unit can gain up to five levels of experience and has its own inventory that can be traded between units. Inventory items include skill artifacts, keys, potions, spell scrolls, and more. These unit features, as well as quests that are required to advance levels, bring in RPG elements to this RTS game. After completing a mission, the player can save a limited number of units so that they can be re-hired in future missions or even in multiplayer games. Among the more unique units available, there are spies and thieves which can steal gold from enemy castles and gold mills, or pick-pocket gold or items from enemies or even monsters. There are also fire masters who can create bombs to destroy mountains and can turn land into water and vice versa. The AI in the game includes four difficulty levels to choose from, and the can be set to be mainly offensive or defensive when creating custom missions. It is even able to call a tactical retreat if needed and can manage any special units efficiently. The game comes with 3 single-player campaigns (one for each race) totaling 60 missions, as well as many separate scenarios to play. In multiplayer, up to 8 players can engage in cooperative or head-to-head modes. Finally, the game features a replay system and a level/campaign editor."
25871,League Bowling,,1990,7.3,Sports,,,"League Bowling offers up bowling for up to four players, with two players playing simultaneously on a vertically split screen. Players first choose their throwing arm and ball size. Position, spin, and throwing power can all be modified before throwing. In addition to regulation scoring two other score modes (Strike 90 (strikes add additional points) and Flash (random bonus points are awarded)) can be selected."
25872,Escape from Monkey Island,"Flucht von Monkey Island, Fuga da Ilha dos Macacos, Fuga da Monkey Island, Houdao Da Taowang, La Fuga de Monkey Island",2000,7.4,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sea pirates / Caribbean,"Guybrush Threepwood has finally defeated the zombie pirate LeChuck, and married his sweetheart Elaine Marley. The happy couple is returning home from an exciting honeymoon. But as they arrive on Melee Island, they notice some very strange changes. A mysterious stranger who calls himself Charles L. Charles is organizing a campaign to become the next governor. The Australian businessman Ozzie Mandrill is turning the Caribbean into an attraction for tourists. And on top of that, Elaine's mansion is being demolished! Naturally, it's up to our hero to revert the things back to normal, even if that means traveling to exotic islands and solving puzzles on the way. Escape From Monkey Island is a direct sequel to The Curse of Monkey island and is the fourth game in the Monkey Island series. The gameplay relies mainly on inventory-based puzzles and branching dialogues, just like in the previous installments. The interface is similar to that of Grim Fandango : mouse is not used, and the interaction is done via context-sensitive commands that appear on the screen whenever you navigate Guybrush close to an object. The game utilizes pre-rendered backgrounds and 3D character models."
25884,Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession,"Ravenloft 1, Ravenloft: Aku no Keshin, Ravenloft: Der Fluch des Grafen",1994,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Lord Dhelt of Elturel was attacked in his own castle. The mysterious assassin stole the Holy Symbol of Helm, a precious amulet with magical powers. Lord Dhelt asks you to bring the amulet back. But when you kill the assassin and retrieve the amulet, you are suddenly teleported into an unknown area. The way back is blocked by poisonous mist, and there is nothing you can do but explore the hostile surroundings and to solve the mystery of the amulet. Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession is a party-based RPG that utilizes AD&D rules. In the beginning you have a party of two people, using either pre-determined characters, or creating your own ones, picking from traditional AD&D races (human, elf, dwarf, etc.) and classes (fighter, cleric, etc.). Some characters will join your party during the course of the game, allowing maximum of four characters. Combat is done in real time. The 3D environment allows you to move smoothly through the game world, either with arrow keys, or by simply moving the mouse."
25885,Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder,Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder - Fear the Desert,1996,6.3,Adventure,,,"The Elk Moon Murder is a full motion video adventure game. You take on the part of rookie detective with the Santa Fe police. Anna Elk Moon, a famous native American artist, has been murdered and you have five days to solve the mystery, before ""the big boys muscle in"", as your chief inspector tells you. The game features a point & click interface. You have eight hours a day, while almost every action you take decreases 15 minutes of your time. Puzzle solving is not part of the game really. Instead you have to listen to the usual suspects, order forensics and shoot photos. Your goal is to come up with an arrest warrant at the end of the game."
25890,Mega Man 7,"Mega Man VII, Rockman 7: Destiny's Greatest Battle!!",1995,7.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"At long last, Mega Man had finally managed to beat the evil Dr. Wily! With this defeat, Wily was thrown in jail, seemingly for good. The world would no longer be subjected to his madness. But remember, Dr. Wily is mad, but he's not stupid. He had a backup plan...and all he had to do was just wait... 6 months had passed, and somewhere from deep within Wily's abandoned lab, 4 hidden capsules activated and opened. His backup plan was in action...he had hidden 4 new Wily Robots that would spring him out of jail so he could continue his mad reign. When Mega Man hears the word that Wily was busting out of prison, he rushes onto the scene, only to encounter a strange robot he had never seen before named Bass. Bass tells Mega Man to back off, that he would stop Wily, and that Mega Man was no longer needed. Think that's gonna stop Mega Man? No way! Mega Man takes off to put a stop to Dr. Wily and find out exactly whose side Bass is on..."
25895,Cool Spot,Spot and the Quest for Cool,1993,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,Cool Spot is a colorful 2D platform game featuring the 7-Up mascot as the main protagonist. The game objective is fairly simple and straightforward. The player character has to collect enough number of cool points throughout each level in order to find and rescue his captured uncool Spot buddies and complete the game.
25907,Starbyte Super Soccer,,1991,7.2,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Starbyte Super Soccer is a managerial soccer simulation in which the player takes the role of a soccer manager, responsible both for athletic and financial aspects. The goal of the game is to bring the chosen team from the fourth into the first German soccer league; the game is won when a certain goal (chosen before the game starts) is reached. Besides the German league of the season 1991/1992 (with 18 instead of the real 20 teams) there are also a few fictional scenarios available, e.g. one in which first and return match are directly behind each other or a world league with national teams. During the game, the player has the usual options to choose from, e.g. lineup, tactics, training camps, transfer market, expanding the stadium or merchandising. The strength of an athlete is calculated from the factors position (how well he can play on the position he has to play), shape (if and how well he played in the past) and energy (physical shape). After each season the manager has to have a certain amount of money on the club's account (how much depends on the chosen difficulty level) in order to avoid being fired. The game also rates the manager's performance which is mostly interesting when multiple players are participating. Controls are completely menu based."
25911,Grand Prix Master,"Aspar GP Master, Aspar Master Grand Prix",1988,6.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"A motorcycle racing game recreating the now-defunct 80cc world motorcycle racing championship. It was licensed around Spanish ace Jorge Martinez 'Aspar', and your (and his) racing rivals including future 500cc World Champion Alex Criville. The game features a full practice mode as well as qualifying and races. There are only 8 computer bikes, although the real-life championship points system is used, meaning that the penalty for not finishing is bigger than in real life, especially as you only have 5 bikes to last the season. The game is viewed from overhead, and the controls are, unusually, direction-based, so to take a straight which (in the overhead view) involves going up and to the right, you must push the joystick in that direction."
25914,Viva Soccer,"20 Seiki Striker Retsuden, Absolute Football, Viva Football, Viva Fussball",1998,6.7,Sports,,,"Viva Soccer is the first game to allow a player to take part and re-write history in all Football World Cups (including the qualifying stage) from 1958 until 1998. Deal with players retiring, new talent emerging and the geopolitical changes of the 90s as the Iron Curtain opens and several new national teams emerge. Instead of using commentators, Viva relies on PlayerChat, which means only the sounds of the stadium - players and crowd - will be audible. 1035 squads (some with individual shirts) and 16554 players with different attributes (and some with personalized textures and models) are included in the game."
25917,Kajko i Kokosz,Příhody z Galské země,1994,6.2,Adventure,Graphic adventure,"Europe, Fantasy, Medieval","A pair of inseparable friends - smart, short, yet brave Kajko and his buddy, big, bald, fat, strong & gluttonous Kokosz - must face again the notorious Zbójcerze ( Rogueknights ) and their evil plot set to conquer the peaceful village of Mirmiłowo. The early medieval setting and fantasy themes resemble ""Asterix & Obelix"". Kajko i Kokosz is a classic point & click adventure game, based on a popular Polish comic book series featuring the same characters. You can switch between the two characters at will, and some actions have to be done with a specific character. The controls are pretty simple - to interact with the environment, you just have to click. You have a limited space in your inventory, but you can take an object from your inventory and drop it anywhere at any time. The game graphics feature original artwork created by the creator of the series, Janusz Christa, thus retaining the ""look & feel"" of the comic books."
25921,Baldies,Baldy Land,1995,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),,"The premise of Baldies is similar to many real-time strategy games. You start with a limited number of Baldies with which you construct buildings, increase your population, and create the necessary instruments of war. There are four classes of Baldies--builders, scientists, soldiers, and workers/breeders. Structures include small, medium, large, and huge houses as well as science labs and barracks. Each building has specific properties that assist in your destruction of the enemy."
25923,TwinBee,"3D Classics: TwinBee, Arcade Archives: TwinBee, Twin Bee",1985,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"TwinBee is a vertical scrolling shooter. The players control cartoon-like spacecrafts with anthropomorphic arms, player one being TwinBee and player two being WinBee. The spacecrafts can be moved in all 8 directions, with one button for regular shooting flying enemies and one button for dropping ground bombs. Power-ups in the form of bells can be collected by shooting clouds. The color of the bell will change if it is shot by the player, assuming one of the possible colors: The green and red bells cannot be combined. Alternate power ups can be collected from the ground, such as an alternate bell which upgrades the craft with a three way gun and a star which destroys all enemies on screen. One shot in the middle section of the craft will destroy it. Shots which hit one of the craft's arms will destroy only the arm. If both arms are lost, the craft won't be able to shoot bombs anymore and will have to be repaired by an ambulance. In the two-player mode, TwinBee (cyan craft) and WinBee (red craft) have the same speed and they can join ""hand-to-hand"" and fire a super blast. Also in two player mode, if one craft is hit by the other from behind, it will fire four multi-directional shots."
25926,Addicted to Fun: Rainbow Collection,,1991,8.4,Compilation,,,Addicted to Fun: Rainbow Collection is a compilation that includes the following three games:
25931,Metroid,,1986,7.6,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the future, the Galactic Federation and the pirates of planet Zebes are at war. Pirates have stolen an unknown life-form, recently discovered on the planet SR388. The life-form, designated ""Metroid"", is in a state of suspended animation and, according to analysis, was the cause of the complete destruction of SR388. If the Metroid ever got loose, the alien could destroy countless other systems. It is up to the space bounty hunter Samus Aran to land on Zebes and find her way through the perilous terrains of Brinstar and Norfair, destroy the Pirates, as well as their alien enforcers, Ridley and Kraid, and rid the planet of the alien life form before the pirates complete their plans of world destruction. Using the cybernetic enhancements of her Power Suit, Samus can use a range of weapons and defenses to destroy the enemy. She can also absorb enemies powers into her Power Suit to increase her defense and chance of survival. Using her weapons and special abilities, she must find her way to the central chamber of Tourian and destroy the Mother Brain, the mysterious leader behind the Space Pirates."
25940,Monster Bash,Monster Bash! Starring Johnny Dash,1993,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The evil Count Chuck has kidnapped all the world's animals in order to turn them into soldiers in his dark army. Johnny Dash's dog, Tex, has been captured along with the other animals, and it's up to him to enter the Night World and save him! You use a slingshot to combat the ghastly enemies, which include skeletons, zombies, and severed hands. You can collect power-ups to increase your slingshot's power (only for a limited number of shots, however), candy for bonus points, hearts for health, and Johnny-shaped voodoo dolls for extra lives. On each level, you must find all the animals in cages and shoot the lock on their cages, freeing them. Only then will the exit to the next level open. At the end of each of the three episodes, a boss awaits."
25944,X-Men,X-Men Arcade,1992,7.7,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"X-Men is a 1992 arcade game by Konami It brings six of the famed mutants together in a battle to stop the master of magnetism, Magneto, from taking over the world once and for all, while saving the life of Professor X in the process. The side-scrolling beat 'em up allows up to six players in online co-op to play as Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Cyclops, Nightcrawler or Dazzler. Over the course of various levels enemies both familiar to the Marvel comic book series and unique to the game itself will try to stop the X-Men, from the deadly robotic Sentinels to the likes of the Juggernaut, the Blob, and Mystique. If they survive Magneto's various minions they'll eventually face a showdown with the man himself. This release includes both the 6-player (widescreen) and 4-player (fullscreen) versions of the game as well as both the US and Japan versions. In the Japan version mutant power is used before health when using special moves, and, when playing with more than one player, enemies will drop health and mutant power replenishing items. In the US version mutant power and health is only replenished by defeating bosses or continuing, but after defeating Magneto it's possible to continue playing on a second loop."
25948,Battleground 4: Shiloh,1862: Shiloh,1996,7.3,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Historical events,"The second game in series of American Civil War returns us to the two days of April 6th and 7th, 1862, when the Confederate Army under Albert Sidney Johnston launched a bold surprise attack on U.S. Grant's Union Army. Now you can play multiple scenarios, which include The Surprise Attack, Hornet's Nest and Pittsburg Landing."
25950,Contra,Probotector,1988,8.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter","Sci-fi / futuristic, South America","The Famicom/NES versions of Contra are an expanded port of the arcade version, developed in-house. The biggest difference is that the levels are restructured and significantly longer, with stages 5 through 8 being derived from and expanded from areas in the arcade version's final stage. The plot is altered as well, being set in the year 1987 in the Amazon, rather than 2633 in the Galuga archipelago. Weapons are slightly different in function and frequency, and the Konami Code makes a famous appearance. The Famicom version has additional graphical effects and between-mission cut-scenes not seen in the NES version."
25952,Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle,"Commander Keen IV, Commander Keen IV: The Secret of the Oracle, Commander Keen in ... ""Goodbye, Galaxy!"": Keen Episode Four - Secret of the Oracle",1991,8.0,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle is a platform game, the fourth in the Commander Keen series as a whole, and the first in the second series Goodbye, Galaxy Eight-year-old genius Billy ""Commander Keen"" Blaze receives an interstellar transmission while working on a Photachyon Transceiver (a radio that can receive signals anywhere in the galaxy). While the transmission is choppy, Billy manages to figure out that the galaxy is once again in danger from an alien race known as Shikadi. In order to get more information about this threat, he sets out to consult the Oracle. But it turns out that the eight Council Members necessary for the Oracle's activation have been kidnapped by the Shikadi and imprisoned in the dangerous Shadowlands. Billy heads out to save the Council Members. The game begins with a top-down map of the Shadowlands. This is the level select screen, where Billy can walk around and the player can choose the next level they want to enter (though some of the levels are islands located on a lake and require you to find a wetsuit if you want to reach them). On each level, Billy has to make his way to the exit. Once a level is completed, Billy ends up back on the overhead map. The levels are typically full of enemy creatures, such as poison slugs, deadly mosquitoes or hopping crazy mushrooms. There are also many hazards - pits, cannons, spears. If Billy gets shot or touched by an enemy, or falls into a pit or touches something hazardous, he dies and loses one life. Thankfully, Keen can stun most enemies with his raygun, although some cannot be stunned at all, and some are only stunned for a few seconds. Keen also carries a pogo stick which allows him to jump very high. Other items to find include: ammo, gems that acts as keys to open locked doors, bonus items which give score, raindrops (100 raindrops give extra life) and the rare Lifewater Flask which gives an extra life."
25960,Operation Com●Bat: Computer Battle Game,,1990,6.2,Strategy / tactics,,,"Operation Com●Bat is a basic, turn-based strategy game. Two armies stand against each other on a battlefield with the goal to destroy the enemy headquarters. With the help of an overhead map and statistics for each vehicle, players plan their moves for each turn: moving a vehicle within a certain radius and then choosing a target to fire at. Additionally there is also a powerful air strike available which uses up a whole turn. The map can be a combination between three scenarios (change what vehicles are used) and six battlefields. There are also various options for changing the game settings, e.g. the time limit of a turn or the firing behaviour of the units."
25967,California Games II,"Calgames 2, Jogos de Verão II",1990,5.7,Sports,,,"California Games II is the sequel to the smash hit 1988 game. This time you compete in: hang-gliding, jetski, skateboarding, body boarding and snow boarding."
25968,Goal!,,1988,5.8,Sports,,,"Goal! is a soccer game for one player against the computer, two players against each other, or two players against the computer. Gameplay is from an angled overhead point of view, with the screen scrolling to follow the action. Several game options are available, including tournament mode, world cup mode, and a goal shooting competition."
25970,Nosferatu the Vampyre,Nosferatu El Vampiro,1986,7.2,"Action, Adventure",,Fantasy,"This game shares two major similarities to The Great Escape - firstly, it's licensed around a venerable film, using the setting to new effect. Secondly, it's isometrically-viewed (with monochrome graphics, even on the capable-of-far-better C64) and features full object interaction of the Filmation style - this is taken further here, as the physics of the objects are varied by their shape and centre of gravity. There are three stages to complete. In the first you play Johnathan Harker, who must retrieve some papers (he works for an Estate Agent's) and escape the castle. The second level introduces Johnathan's wife Lucy, and van Helsing, with play switching between the three. Lucy's role is slightly different as it is she who pursues the vampire itself, and she takes on the task alone in level 3. Food must be collected to keep the characters' strength up, and crucifixes and candles can be picked up to help matters."
25971,Elemental Master,,1990,7.5,Action,Shooter,,"Elemental Master 's gameplay is similar to a top-down space shooter (i.e Raptor & Raiden ), but what makes it unique is the fact you play as a human instead of space-ship. There are different kinds of weapons which you can use. Like other games in the genre you also have tons of strange enemies to destroy."
25980,Asteroids Deluxe,,1981,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A ""Deluxe"" version of Atari's original Asteroids Asteroids Deluxe swaps the vector graphics for bitmaps. The basic gameplay is still the same: You fly your triangular ship around a space which wraps around the edges, filled with asteroids. Shooting the asteroids splits them into two smaller ones, until they are small enough to be destroyed. If you collide with an asteroid, you're dead, unless you activate your forcefield which will bounce the ship off the asteroids. Sometimes, a flying saucer flies through the screen, shooting everywhere. Additional asteroid shapes also show up, such as the blue target-seeking hexagons which split up into smaller triangular missiles."
25981,Tetris,,1988,7.6,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"The C64 version of Tetris is one of many conversions of the famous block-stacking game. The goal is to place pieces made up of four tiles in a well, organizing them into complete rows, which then disappear. As rows are cleared, the pace of the game increases, and the game ends if the stack reaches the top of the well. Compared to other versions, the C64 adaptation differs in a few aspects: the well is 21 blocks high instead of the standard 20. Unlike in other early versions, clearing rows increases the score and a preview of the next piece to appear is always in view and cannot be toggled off for bonus points. Options are simple: the starting level can be set from 0 to 9, and there is a choice between music (a continuous piece of 26 minutes in length) or sound effects during gameplay. There is a high score table with room for 15 names."
25993,Serpentine,,1982,7.2,Action,Arcade,,"In Serpentine you control a multi-segmented snake in a maze; your goal is to survive and earn as many points as possible. At the beginning of each level, three enemy snakes will also enter the maze. To complete the level, you need to eat all of the enemy snakes. If an enemy snake has more segments than your snake, you can only eat segments that form the tail of the snake; a collision with the head is lethal! Each time you eat a segment, the enemy snake will become smaller until eventually you can devour it completely. For enemy snakes that have fewer segments than you, you can eat the tail segments or the head segment. From time to time, a frog will appear in the maze; eating this will cause your snake to grow. Both your snake and enemy snakes will leave eggs behind occasionally; left alone, these will hatch (your eggs earn you an extra life, enemy eggs will hatch another snake). Eggs can also be eaten to remove them from the playfield, so it's usually a good idea to eat enemy eggs before a new snake hatches! The maze changes for each level, and the enemy snakes progressively become larger and tougher to catch."
25995,Command H.Q.,,1990,7.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Real-time strategy (RTS), Wargame",Historical events,"A one-on-one, real time strategy war game. Conquer the world or fight smaller battles. Choose your time period/scenario (1918, 1942, 1986, 2023, or ????); the later the date the more advanced the game. The 1918 games provide only land and sea units. 1942 adds air units and carriers. 1986 and beyond add nukes, satellites, oil considerations, and foreign aid. You can create custom layouts (scenarios). Games can also be saved to ""film"" so you can watch them again. You can even watch the game up to a certain point and then start playing it. As for opponents, you can play five different levels of computer opponent or a friend on another computer. Two person play requires a modem or serial link."
25996,Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,"Guerra nas Estrelas: O Império Contra Ataca, Star Wars: Teikoku no Gyakushuu",1992,6.5,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on the movie, so the storyline is basically the same. You play as Luke Skywalker, and using your blaster, lightsaber and force power skills, you must journey through Hoth, Echo Base, Dagobah, Bespin and Cloud City. Enemies such as Darth Vader and Boba Fett will appear along the way, while R2, Yoda and Obi-Wan appear to give you tips on enemy weakness. Also keep an eye out for things you won't see in the movie, such as trying to beat Slave 1 (Boba Fett's ship) and fighting Cloud Cars."
25998,Carnivores 2,"Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter, Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter Pro",1999,6.6,"Action, Sports","Hunting, Shooter",,"Carnivores 2 is a hunting simulation in the vein of Deer Hunter Instead of hunting cute woodland creatures however the player gets to hunt big, hungry dinosaurs. The story is set in the far future and mankind has mastered galactic travel. On a distant watery planet we discover species completely identical to Earth's ancient dinosaurs living quite happily on a series of lush islands. Being the enlightened galaxy-spanning species that we are, we decide to bring in a bunch of big-game hunters to blow their brains out and bring em' home stuffed and mounted. In the PC version there is a total of nine huntable dinosaurs, as well as several additional species which serve to populate the environment. The latter can be shot too, but they are not rewarded with kill trophies. The game is set in an open environment played from a first-person perspective. The dinosaur-hunting company has provided a gun, a map, some binoculars, a ""dinosaur call whistle"" and a license to kill things. The player travels through woods, climbs mountains, and even picks through the decrepit remains of deserted research outposts in the search for the next kill. The game requires a tactical approach. Dinosaurs have keen hearing, sight, and smell and will run away if they detect the presence of a hunter. Often a downwind approach is needed, and the hunter needs to hide behind a rock or tree, and uses a mating call to lure them in for the perfect shot. Of course the highlight of the game is the challenge in hunting hunters, the carnivores. Carnivores will stalk the hunter whether he is hunting them or he is just passing through their territory. The whistle's herbivore mating call or the sound of gunfire may inadvertedly alert them to the hunter's presence and location. Instead of charging head-on into the waiting maw of the shotgun, they can circle through the underbrush, dodging out of sight and ambushing from the sides. Despite their aggressiveness they are not stupid. If the hunter camps out in a clearing on top of a hill with a sniper rifle they will stay in the woods instead of charging out into the open where a clear shot is much easier. The exception to this is the huge Tyrannosaurus, who are disdainful of the puny bullets and will simply charge like an oncoming freight train. The hunter starts in the woods with a pistol stalking herbivores. Each killed dinosaur earns points which can be spent on better weapons (six in total), new areas such as marshlands and deserts, or the right to hunt a larger selection of dinosaurs including carnivores. The more expensive dinosaurs get fiercer and bigger, and eventually enough points will be earned for the privilege of challenging the T-Rex. The iOS, Android and Mini versions are enhanced ports of the original game. Next to the updated graphics it adds the Pachycephalosaurus, Amargasaurus, Oviraptor, Utahraptor, and Troodon as new dinosaurs and Ravaren's Bridge from Carnivores: Ice Age as a new map. From that game also comes the supply ship that picks up the corpses and a photo camera to take pictures of the animals in an exploration-type game mode free of blood. A relocate option allows the hunter to start at a new location during a single hunt. It can be used multiple times and also refreshes the supplies. Next to the the original Hunt mode these versions add a Survive mode where the hunter needs to stay alive as long as possible. The wind locator has been moved inside the compass to make more room on the screen. Most of the new content was not available right away, but added in gradually through updates. The hunter is controlled through a virtual d-pad on the left side of the screen and on the right side two icons can be tapped quickly to call an animal or to draw a gun and aim. For Android an iOS there is a free-to-play version with microtransactions. In the Android version two additional bundles can be purchased to expand the game and access everything, while for iOS there is a separate commercial app with everything unlocked."
25999,Poseidon Wars 3-D,Poseidon Wars 3D,1989,5.5,"Action, Simulation",,,"In Poseidon Wars 3-D you have just entered the navy as a cadet and you must make your way up to Admiral. To do this, you must go out at sea with a submarine and destroy several enemy targets. Once you have defeated each enemy target, the mission is completed, and, upon completing some of them, your rank increases. Before defeating each target, however, you also need to destroy enemy jets, choppers, and submarines who will launch missiles or rockets at you. If you are hit by any of these, damage is inflicted to the submarine, but you can shoot down any of the missiles or rockets. You will need to keep an eye on the built-in radar and sonar to find out where enemies will hit next. Your fuel is limited, and can be increased by destroying certain enemies. The game ends when your submarine is destroyed or you run out of fuel."
26000,Valis: The Fantasm Soldier,"Fantastic Soldier Valis, Mugensenshi Valis: The Fantasm Soldier",1986,6.7,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Yuko Ahso was once an ordinary high school girl. Or least her life used to be ordinary. Her friend Reiko went out on a date with a Dark King named Rogles, and has vanished. Immediately, monsters attacked her. She thought she would die for sure, but a mystic sword named Valis appeared before her. Using the sword, Yuko defended herself against the monsters, and was whisked to a strange land, where she was told that she was the chosen Valis Warrior and must defeat Rogles, or the human world and the dream world would both be plunged into chaos. Valis: The Fantasm Soldier is a side-scrolling platformer. Yuko can jump and attack enemies with her Valis sword, which can be upgraded and used as a ranged weapon by collecting power-ups found in the stages. She can also find and use items that grant her powerful all-screen attacks or temporary invincibility. Each stage culminates with a boss battle, after which Yuko's hit points and attributes increase."
26002,Renegade Racers,,1999,6.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"A cart racer whose premise is to win a tournament sponsored by millionaire Buck Billionaire. The player selects from a series of renegades and goes at it. Gameplay modes available include two player vs. gameplay, the mission-based tournament which has over 40 races that take place in 6 tracks, and have different objectives such as jump over a certain number of obstacles, win in a certain time bracket, etc., as well as the time-honored battle races we have come to expect from Kart racers with all manner of power-ups and wacky weapons. Vehicles are all hovercrafts, so the control is the same no matter if the player races on ice, grass, etc., and graphics-wise the game uses Direct 3D accelerated polygonal graphics"
26006,Disney's Hercules,"Disney Action Game: Disney presenta Hercules, Disney Jeu d'Action - Disney présente Hercule, Disney Juego de Acción: Disney presenta Hercules, Disney's Action Game Featuring Hercules, Disney's Action Game met Hercules, Disney's Hercules Action Spiel, Disneys Action Spil med Herkules, Disneys action spel med Herkules, Hercules Action Game",1997,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"The game is based on Disney's animated cartoon movie. You take control of Hercules, son of the god Zeus and a mortal woman, the strongest man in the world and the legendary hero in the Greek mythology. Your goal is to prove yourself worthy of being admitted to Mount Olympus, the residence of gods, and to become a god yourself. You must commit heroic deeds and overcome various obstacles to show your strength and courage. Hades, the overlord of the dead, is making it even more difficult for you by sending fearsome Titans to stop you. This is a 2D platform action game. Hercules can jump, grab ledges, swing on poles, and jump while running. He has a variety of attack moves at his disposal. He can execute a basic attack with his sword, or pull out different combo attacks. He can also Power Punch enemies, but he needs time to charge for this powerful attack. He can even slam the ground to reveal secret areas by performing a certain move while jumping. There are also different power-ups to collect, such as coins to grant bonus points at the end of the level, Hercules Action Figures to increase your hero rating, and upgrades to your sword - Sonic, Lightning, and Fireball swords."
26008,Front Mission 3,,1999,7.9,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,,"Yokosuka, Japan, 2112 AD. The young student Kazuki Takemura works as a test pilot with Kirishima Industries, a production company of military battle wanzers (walking panzers), mechanized walking robots with movement similar to that of a human being. Kazuki has just finished testing the combat capabilities of the new Zeinslev prototype in the lab. Finishing his day's tasks he is asked by his best friend Ryogo to help with a company delivery to the Japanese Defense Force (JDF) military based. This simple choice determines where Kazuki is when strange things begin happening in Japan. A large explosion, a wanzer theft, his sister Alysia being hunted, rumors of a powerful weapon, and accusations of involvement by agents of both the OCU and the USN all make the situation more complicated. Kazuki is swept up in a plot of conflicting loyalties and attacked by various factions. He will need to recruit additional characters and wanzers in order to be victorious in battle and investigate leads to uncover what is going on. Front Mission 3 like other games in the Front Mission Series is a turn-based strategy game featuring real-time environments, CG movies, mechanized robots and strategic battles. The game contains two independent storylines with different situations, environments and unique characters made up of different set of allies and enemies. The majority of the game takes place on the battlefield where Kazuki and his allies are controlled in an overhead view 3D environment. The game is tactical and nature, so the player chooses his unit and assigns where it will be moved and what action it will perfom. Typical actions include attacking with a shoulder weapon (missiles or gernades), attacking with a weapon held in the hand (ranged and melee), using items, guarding against future attack and simply ending the turn. As chaarcters fire weapons back and forth at each other, they will inflict damage to different parts of the wanzer. Areas that can be damaged and destroyed/disabled include arms, legs, and body. Complete damage to the body will 'destroy' the wanzer in battle, whereas disabling other parts will merely render it less effective. Each weapon has a damage type which includes (I) ""Impact"", (F) ""Flame"" and (P) ""Piercing"". In practice these types function as weapon ""elements"" which can be reduced with the proper armor coating, however it usually renders it vulnerable to another damage type. Typically Anti-I defense is very weak against Class-P attack and defending against that is weak from Class-F and defending against that is weak from Class-I. Each weapon carried by the wanzers is also classified as either Ranged, Melee, Shield or Missile Each pilot can have a proficiency in these skills, making the usage of some weapons by them more effective than others. Pilots also learn special skills during battle, these are activated by experience points, and amount of weapon usage. Special abilities are very dependent on the types of actions being performed and items equipped, so for example the ability ""Double Shot"" requires a weapon equipped in each hand of the same weapon class. Between combat missions, Kazuki is able to save his game as well as explore the ""network"". The network is a virtual internet, allowing connections to the (completely fictional) websites of organizations involved in the Front Mission 3 plot. While exploration on the network is not required, it's exploration will uncover clues to some of the game's backstory as well as open up the opportunity to develop email contacts, obtain additional funds and unlock new wanzer gear. Between certain missions, Kazuki will enter a town. These are represented by a simple graphical menu of different locations. Areas that can be visited typically include Pubs, Wanzer Equipment Shops, Wanzer Parts Shops and specific locations. Wanzers are mix-and-matchable so that feet from one model can be attached to another and different weapons carried. Different wanzer parts each have unique values for HP, accuracy, movement and armor. However each part and weapon has a ""weight"" value, which is determined by each individual Wanzer model's engine (as well as additional parts). A wanzer is always unable to carry more than it's maximum weight. Towns are also where Kazuki will often meet new characters and have conversations to uncover the plot."
26010,The Fool's Errand,,1987,6.8,Puzzle,"Cards / tiles, Word construction",Fantasy,"One of the classic puzzle games. Tells the story of the Fool, who wanders throughout the land solving puzzles to break the enchantments, discover the land's treasures, and undo evil. Features word searches, cryptograms, jigsaw puzzles, anagrams, a Tarot-based card game, and lots of other bizarre puzzles. Also includes an animated intro, and extended finale animation as separate executables (but you have to win before it'll let you run the finale)."
26011,Claim to Power,,1995,5.6,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Claim to Power is a strategy game similar to Risk The player controls one province in a medieval world and has to conquer the whole continent. There are five resources, which define the value of weapons, fortresses and moral. These values are assigned to the provinces, this means if the player has 100 soldiers in a good valued province they fight well - if he moves them to a province with bad values they suddenly become inept. Per turn the player can undertake up to six actions, e.g. for trading, moving troops and attacking. The combat results are calculated by the computer. There are live action videos to illustrate the happenings."
26025,StarCraft: Anthology,"Edición Limitada: Todo el Universo StarCraft, StarCraft + Erweiterungsset, StarCraft + StarCraft Expansion Set, StarCraft: Gold",1999,8.3,Compilation,,,StarCraft Anthology includes:
26029,Grand Theft Auto 2,,1999,7.2,"Action, Racing / Driving","Sandbox / open world, Shooter",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Lie, cheat, and steal your way through three districts of a huge city in the follow-up to Grand Theft Auto Earn the respect of 7 different gangs as you demolish the town in your attempt to make lots of cash. The game takes place at an undisclosed time in the near future. Unlike the first game which featured three different cities, Grand Theft Auto 2 only features a single town, but it's divided in three districts which are unlocked one at a time: downtown, residential and industrial. Like in the original the player goes around answering phones to initiate various missions. The game uses an overhead camera in a 3D landscape and allows the player to freely explore the city and steal any vehicle the player sets his or her eyes on. To unlock new districts the player must reach a certain score which is done by committing crimes and finishing missions. Because the game now features multiple criminal gangs, the player must choose allegiances. Performing missions for one gang, will decrease the player's reputation for another. When the player commits crimes he also becomes wanted by the local police, but as more crimes are committed without shaking the police, they will give way for first SWAT Teams, then Special Agents and finally the army. New features include the ability to save at the church, when donating enough money, and various side missions, such as becoming a taxi driver to earn money. There are also many new cars with weapons attached such as a firetruck with a flamethrower and a car with machine guns. On the PC version the player can change the time of day from noon to dusk to allow for more moody lighting. On the PlayStation the game can only be played at noon, and on the Dreamcast only at dusk."
26030,Stealth ATF,,1989,5.4,Simulation,,,"Stealth ATF is a flight simulator in which you pilot a F-117A, a.k.a. Nighthawk in several missions. In every mission's beginning and ending the player has to take off and land the plane respectively, from a side view. Failing to land after completing the target objectives means failing to succeed in mission and thus having to replay it. The view during the flight is from inside the cockpit, and the gameplay offers total freedom of movement on flight. The terrain is infinite, and the enemies will re-appear on the radar every time they fly out of range. The player flies in different locations, such as the Middle East, Alaska, the Pacific, etc. During flight, the player can also turn off the music and play with only the flight sounds. The mission is to defeat a fixed number of enemies each mission. The targets will always be aerial ones. The weapons available are a cannon (which ammunition is unlimited) and missiles (8 per mission). If an enemy shoots a missile, the player can try to avoid it using the stealth mode (pressing the start button) once per mission. The stealth mode will automatically turn off once the player passes out of the danger. If players manage to accomplish the mission perfectly, a bonus round is offered, and they have to try to take down as many enemies as they can. The game can be played by one or two player taking turns. A second player can also take control of the aircraft closest to the center of the radar, either in one or two player mode."
26031,Twisted Metal,,1995,7.8,Racing / Driving,Arcade,"Fantasy, North America","Every year, a mysterious man named Calypso sends e-mails to renowned drivers, inviting them to compete in a tournament called Twisted Metal. The conditions of the tournament are anything but ordinary: opponents fight each other in armored vehicles with mounted weapons. The winner receives an audience with Calypso, and is granted a single wish - a wish without limits, be it money, power, or even our reality itself. In 2005, the annual tournament is held again in Los Angeles, and twelve drivers, each with his own agenda, have come to compete to death. Twisted Metal is a vehicular combat game. The player selects one of the twelve available drivers and takes part in the competition. In the one-player story mode, the player must progress through six combat stages; all the opponents must be destroyed in order to win the race. In the two-player co-op mode, players choose a battlefield and control two cars in an attempt to get rid of the competition. All the vehicles are equipped with two mounted machine guns; though relatively weak, they have unlimited ammunition. Other weapons can be picked up by driving over them during the races. These include fire and homing missiles, land mines, tire spikes, and others. Each participant has a life bar, which can be replenished by entering a specific area on the stage."
26036,Formula One 99,Formel Eins 99,1999,7.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"An UK developed racing game based on 1999's Formula One Season. Every team and pilot is registered, as well as all 16 courses including the new (at the time) Sepang track at Malaysia. Gameplay tends to go towards arcade action rather than simulations, as there are not many customization options and maneuvers such as drafting are useless thanks to the physics engine. Supports quick race and season gameplay in both simulation and arcade modes, as well as multiplayer support for up to 8 players. Graphics are entirely 3d with weather effects included and the game features commentary by BBC commentator Murray Walker."
26044,Spot Goes to Hollywood,,1995,7.4,Action,,Fantasy,"After getting trapped inside a movie projector, Spot has to find his way out while also rescuing other spots who are in the same predicament. Spot goes through different levels that are represented by different movie set genres. These movie set locations include things like a ship, a haunted house, and a temple. In these levels Spot has to rescue a certain percentage of spots while shooting at enemies that get in his way."
26051,Hugo 2,,1999,4.4,"Action, Puzzle","Arcade, Mini-games, Platform",Fantasy,"The Adventures of Hugo continues... After saving his family from the evil witch in the first game, Hugo and his family are flying back home in Hugo's biplane. Little did they know, that they are in danger once again. The evil witch Scylla has somehow managed to get the possession of a very old magic book, once which allows the user to control the weather. She manages to summon a very ominously looking cloud. Scylla sends the cloud after Hugo's biplane to re-capture Hugo's wife, Hugoline, laughing very evil-like while doing so. The cloud manages to catch up to biplane, unbeknown for Hugo that it is Scylla's old tricks at first. Hugo soon notices the cloud, but is too late to do anything about it. The cloud manages to nab Hugoline within itself and leaves back to Scylla. Once Hugo notices that Hugoline is missing, he knows it was Scylla behind the cloud. But the kids are still on the backseat, which then Hugo gives them parachutes and tells them to jump off the plane. Right after the troll kids jump off the plane, Hugo fortunately manages to crash land at a snowy mountain. He then starts his quest to get the kids and his wife back. The gameplay is little bit of a mix pack of an arcade-style action-puzzle elements. On one level you are in 2D side-scrolling view, on the another platforming on constantly appearing and disappearing ice pillars while also trying to avoid hazardous obstacles and death screens (even though those are humorously made) and solving small puzzles within the levels."
26057,World Circuit Series,"F-1 Spirit, The Spirit of F-1",1991,7.4,Racing / Driving,,,"F-1 Spirit is the first portable version of Konami's classic MSX top-down racer. It features three classes of open-wheel cars (which dub as difficulty levels), three game modes (practice, single race and championship) and 25 different tracks all around the world, with some of them only playable on the according championship, from the Japanese Formula 3 to the World F1 Grand Prix. On each class, tracks become longer (forcing pit stops), cars faster, and turns change from simple, low angle corners which require no more than a slight trajectory to elbow corners which require some skill to turn without losing speed. Controls are simple, with the directional button steering the car and the B button used to throttle the car and A to change between high and low gear."
26058,Demolition Man,,1995,7.3,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Demolition Man is a game based on the 1993 movie by the same name. As with the movie, the game takes place in a dystopian Los Angeles, in 1996. John Spartan is the country´s most fearsome cop and hunts his nemesis, Simon Phoenix. However in doing so, he kills several innocent civilians and both characters are sentenced to cryostasis rehabilitation where they will be brainwashed for 30 years. However the brainwashing does not go as planned and upon waking up, Phoenix goes on a new crime spree. However in 30 years the world has also changed and Los Angeles has become San Angeles, a utopian and violence-free society. As a remnant of a more violent past, police officer John Spartan is once again sent to capture Phoenix. Demolition Man is a fast-paced platform game, with some levels taking place in an overhead perspective (similar to Smash TV ). As John Spartan, the player will spend most of his time shooting endless waves of ""cryocons"" released upon the antiseptic world of the future. The standard weapon can be upgraded with a shotgun and magnum, both with limited ammo. Additionally, various types of grenades can be collected, which are thrown independently of the firearm. Simon Phoenix appears as a boss character at the end of every level that is directly tied in with the movie. The Sega CD version of the game retains identical levels and gameplay, but adds digitized clips from the film to introduce levels and advance the plot."
26062,JetFighter: Full Burn,,1998,6.8,"Action, Simulation",,Europe,"Somewhere between Jetfighter III and IV came Full Burn, a game that takes a turn towards arcade action over simulation and adds a Wing Commander -like interactive movie air to the game. As the game starts a conflict between the U.S., er sorry NATO and Russia erupts over some Norwegian oil fields. This sets the stage for the main storyline of the game which can be viewed from either the NATO or Russian side. The campaign is made of linear pre-made missions interspersed with FMV sequences between missions. As in the Wing Commander games, scenes occur in different locations, you move to the corresponding room and click on hotspots that trigger the sequences. The airplanes in the game have simple, yet functional flight models and include the F/A-18 and F-22N on the NATO side as well as the fictional MiG-42 on the Russian side. The game engine used is identical to the Jetfighter 3 one, and the game supports multiplayer support of up to 16 players."
26066,Dr. Chaos,"Doctor Chaos, Dr. Chaos: Jigoku no Tobira",1987,5.2,"Action, Adventure",Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Dr. Chaos was your typical mad scientist. He owned an extensive mansion and spent his time experimenting within it on things that mankind was never meant to know. His latest invention is an Interdimensional Warpgate which allows access to worlds beyond our own. As the doctor's younger brother, Michael, you arrive at Dr.Chaos' mansion one day to find the place crawling with strange mutant creatures. To make matters worse, the mansion itself isn't looking too good. Strange ""holes"" into other dimensions have opened up and made a mess of the architecture. Furthermore, Dr.Chaos himself is missing. The game takes place as a platform game where you must use various weapons (knife, pistol, machine pistol or grenade) to fight your way past mutants and into various rooms of the mansion. Once in these rooms, the view changes to a first person maze... and you'll need to open various cabinets, doors and hit walls in special places to find access into a dimensional hole. Once you enter the dimensional hole, the game once again becomes a platform game, where you will need to fight your way to the end of the level and defeat a boss monster of some sort to obtain a piece of the Warpgate. Then you'll have to proceed BACK through the level and return to the mansion, where you'll explore to find the next dimensional hole."
26068,Bowling,Boliche,1978,5.8,Sports,,,"Bowling is, of course, a bowling game that can be played by one or two players. The gameplay is from a side view of the bowling alley; using the joystick, you need to try to bowl the highest score possible by knocking down the pins on the right side of the screen. There are several game variations available; in the easier variation, you can use the joystick to control the direction of the ball on its way towards the pins. In the harder game, once the ball is released you no longer can control its direction. There are also two difficulty levels that control how difficult it is to get a strike."
26075,F-15 Strike Eagle,"F-15 Strike Eagle: America's #1 Jet Fighter Simulation, F-15 Strike Eagle: Hold Onto Your Headgear - This F-15 Is For Real!, F-15 Strike Eagle: Jet Fighter Simulation, F-15 Strike Eagle: The Combat Fighter Simulation",1984,6.9,Simulation,,Contemporary,"The seven missions featured in this simulation of F-15 flight are all real-life missions the plane was originally used in. They take place in the Middle East and Asia during the 1970s and early 1980s, and have air and ground targets to destroy. You have machine guns, guided missiles and bombs at your disposal. There is an arcade mode and 3 further difficulty levels. The game features 3 enemy aircraft and 3 types of enemy SAMs."
26077,Premier Manager 97,,1997,7.4,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Premier Manager 97 is the return of one of the most popular managing games of the 16-bit computer era. While in name it belongs to the Gremlin -owned franchise, the game itself is a direct translation of PC Fútbol 5 part of Dinamic's longest running series, with little differences between. It includes all nationwide leagues with 92 teams, updated teams for the 96-97 season (included an online database with player and manager information, career and trivia), a 3D match engine with comments from Barry Davies (but it isn't possible to play the game as in the original game). While only the English league is available, it is possible to play in pre-season friendlies or international competitions against most first division teams in Europe and South America, as well as sign their own stars. There are two game modes: Manager and Pro-Manager. Manager allows the player to start in any team. Pro-Manager on the other hand, requires the player to build his career from the Conference, promoting the club from the lower divisions or getting promoted himself to better ranked teams. It's possible to tweak options such as the level of control (""trainer"" leaves the player only in control of player tactics and squad selection, ""accountant"" is the exact opposite, giving the player control over transfers, contracts, staff, finance, board room options and ground expansions but no limited control over the squad, ""Manager"" gives control in all but contract deals and ""total"" gives full executive control) or if players age and eventually retire or play forever. Up to 20 (!) players can play in Manager mode, 8 in Pro-Manager."
26081,Seven Cities of Gold: Commemorative Edition,"7 Cities of Gold, 7COG",1993,6.8,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Historical events,"Seven Cities of Gold (7COG), Commemorative Edition, is a PC remake of the classic game designed by Dan and Bill Bunten for the Atari and Commodore 64 computers. You play an explorer commissioned by the King and Queen of Spain to voyage to a new world, claim land for the Crown, negotiate with (or conquer) the natives, and gain fame and fortune for yourself. Between voyages, you'll have to buy and outfit ships and hire men to crew them. As in the original 7COG you can play at three different skill levels, and choose to explore either the historical map (consisting of the Americas at the time of Columbus' journeys) or a land form randomly generated by the game. As befitting a ""Commemorative Edition,"" the PC version of 7COG has been beefed up with hi-res graphics and digitized sound. 7COG is a rare example of a game being completely redeveloped for a specific platform instead of merely being ported over. (However, Seven Cities of Gold did in fact come out natively for the PC in the mid 1980s. --Ed.)"
26084,Big Red Racing,"Big Red Racing: Off-Road Mayhem for up to SIX players !, Big Red Racing: Una auténtica demencia para hasta 6 jugadores !",1995,7.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"A diverse arcade racing game with 16 different vehicles (not just cars, but also boats, trucks, spacecraft, and helicopters) to race. There are 24 circuits across 7 distinct terrains such as dirt, inner city and a futuristic sci-fi setting. Multiplayer games can be split-screen, modem or network based. In addition to a yoof-style soundtrack, audio commentary is on offer. The appearance of your vehicle can be customised, and the action viewed from multiple camera angles."
26088,First Samurai,The First Samurai,1991,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Fighting, Platform",Fantasy,"""The Demon King descends from his mountain domain to you, the First Samurai and your master. Defenceless against the Demon's magic, you succumb to his powers, leaving your Master to fight the Demon King alone. Your master falls in combat, dying. But, with his last breath, he summons the Wizard Mage. The Demon King fearing defeat, escapes to the future. Tormented, the young samurai seeks the teachings of the Wizard Mage in the ways of magic. Boiled with revenge and armed with a magical sword, the young samurai follows the Demon King into the future and the unknown..."" The First Samurai is a platform action game very much similar to other platform games, but with a medieval oriental touch to it in addition to various unique features. Arriving in the new unknown land, you are defenceless hence your fists and kicks. But as you journey forth, you'll find your trusty magical sword as well as throwing weapons such as knives and axes. With your martial art skills, your enemy best beware with those sudden moves that may prove fatal! The First Samurai offers a wide array of weapons, special items and other objects. Combat is usually melee, either relying on your punch or kicks or using the magical sword to slash some pretty skillful blows in whatever direction possible. Monsters are forever regenerating but food for health is plentiful. It actually takes an effort to be killed..."
26091,"Jeffrey Archer: Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less - The Computer Game",,1987,5.6,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Jeffrey Archer: Not a Penny More, not a Penny Less - The Computer Game is an interactive fiction game based on Jeffrey Archer 's novel Not a Penny More, not a Penny Less The plot evolves around three Englishmen and one American who are swindled out of their savings. Now the four (the player takes the role of Stephen Bradley) try to swindle their money back from the original fraudster. The game closely follows the plot of the book with a few puzzles thrown in. In comparison to other adventures the player generally can't use directional commands to change location; all puzzles have to be solved in a location before he is allowed to leave it. However, it is still possible to miss important objects and reach a dead end later. The game also gives no clues about the goals of a screen and expects the player to have read the book first (included with the game). The puzzles are solved by typing in English commands, but the game only accepts precise commands. A speciality is the digitized speech (the amount depends on the platform) where Bradley comments on certain game situations."
26093,The Very Big Cave Adventure,,1986,6.7,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Essentially a graphical version of Colossal Cave The Very Big Cave Adventure has the player navigating around a forest, collecting treasures and dealing with strange creatures. It involves reading a description of each scene, then typing in one- or two-word commands to perform an action, with some of them providing some humor to the player. Directions can be abbreviated as N, E, S, W."
26095,The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt,,1993,6.9,Action,Platform,,"The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt is a side-scrolling platformer based on the second animated TV series The Addams Family (1992). The player takes the role of Pugsley who gets challenged to a scavenger hunt by his sister Wednesday. He has to retrieve six items which are of course hidden in six levels which can be accessed in any order. The gameplay follows the usual platforming standards: Pugsley moves from left to right while jumping a lot, avoiding enemies and sometimes solving switch puzzles. Pugsley can take three hits before dying but if he collects enough dollar symbols he can replenish his health."
26100,Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge,,1988,6.5,Sports,Board game,,"Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge is a darts game endorsed by the 1989 world champion. The game options are a 16-player tournament featuring up to four human players, a head to head game for two players, and single-player 'round the clock' (hitting the numbers 1 to 20 consecutively against a time limit). During gameplay, the whole of the board is seen. The dart cursor swirls around the screen, can be controlled in a limited fashion and is released by pressing fire."
26106,Virtual Soccer,J-League Super Soccer,1994,7.2,"Simulation, Sports",,,"A soccer simulation game which takes place in your preference of side, top or 3/4 overhead view. The game dynamically zooms in and out at certain points of the game like a long goal kick. The mode of play are pre-season, custom teams, continental cup, nations shield, custom trophy and practice. Options to change the match length, weather and game speed are available."
26113,Trouble Shooter,Battle Mania,1991,7.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"King Frederick's son and heir to the throne, Prince Eldon, has been kidnapped by Blackball, an evil military weapons genius. Just as international disaster seems imminent, Colonel Patch calls in the ""Trouble Shooter"" to take care of Blackball and his evil robot minions. Play as Madison and her faithful sidekick Crystal in this action side-scrolling adventure which takes you through 5 levels of Blackball's domain to the very mastermind himself. Will Madison be able to defeat Blackball and rescue Prince Eldon in time?"
26114,Kick Off 97,,1997,6.8,Sports,,,"A football game that can be played in a realistic 3D environment, with motion-captured animations or in a classic 2D arcade style familiar to those who have played the previous Kick Off games like Kick Off 2 The game offers 307 teams and 5,200 players to choose from. Among the features there is the ability to create your own teams, leagues and cups, intelligent computer opposition, the option to save your replays and the motions of Patrick Vieira, David Seaman and Ian Wright. The game also has a lot of options for speed and graphics making it very adjustable."
26115,Duke Nukem: Zero Hour,Duke Nukem: Zer:0 H:0ur,1999,7.5,Action,Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Duke Nukem starts his second third-person-adventure, after Duke Nukem: Time to Kill for Playstation, he now kicks alien asses on the Nintendo 64. Similar to the movie Terminator the aliens want to take over the world before Duke was even born and travel through time. Duke follows them and tries to stop their evil plan, chasing them through the wild west, the dark ages, victiorian London and finally the post apocalyptic world of the future."
26116,Microsoft Space Simulator,"Microsoft Space Simulator: 42 Oku Kōnen no Fantasy, Microsoft Space Simulator: Das realistische Weltraumabenteuer, Microsoft Space Simulator: Go to the Edge of the Galaxy - and Beyond",1994,7.0,"Educational, Simulation",,,"In the grand tradition of Microsoft's Flight Simulator series Space Simulator takes you on a journey through the Milky Way--and even beyond it, if you're adventurous and have a lot of time to kill. Developed by the same company that worked on the Flight Simulator games, SS is a painstakingly detailed spaceflight simulator that allows you to explore the galaxy in a variety of ships, from the spacewalking MMU to the massive Zander Freighter. The entire solar system is modeled, along with dozens of other hypothetical systems, and you can also explore comets, nebulae, and other celestial bodies. You can program the flight computer and autopilot to take you on preset journeys, or take the controls yourself. Nine special missions are included which demonstrate the depth and features of the simulator. There are also extensive customization options available to adjust the simulation's complexity. Space Simulator features SVGA graphics with Gouraud-shaded 3D models and resolutions up to 800x600 with 8-bit color."
26118,221 B Baker St.,"221B Baker St., 221B Baker Street",1986,7.0,"Adventure, Puzzle, Strategy / tactics",Board game,Europe,"Based on the board game of the same name, 221 B Baker St. pits up to four players against each other in a race to solve mysteries set in Victorian London. After picking a character (Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Irene Adler, or Inspector Lestrade), players select one of the thirty available mysteries and read its case file in the game's manual. The case file presents the particulars of the case, mentions the people involved, and explains what the players need to deduce to win the game. Solving the mysteries entails moving around London (the game board) via a roll of the dice, entering locales to collect clues, and then piecing the clues together. Among the fifteen locations available are a pub, a park, and a bank, and each location is brought to life with voice synthesis. Each location will have a clue, but not all clues will be useful. Before solving the case, players must visit Scotland Yard for a badge. Players might also want to use a badge to lock a location with a useful clue, requiring other players to detour to the locksmith. Once a player believes they have solved the case, they must return to Baker Street and answer a quiz. If the player is incorrect, the other players can continue."
26119,3-D Ultra Pinball: Thrillride,"3-D Ultra Pinball: Achterwahn, 3-D Ultra Pinball: Le Grand Huit, 3D Ultra Pinball: Thrill Ride",2000,6.9,Action,Pinball,,"Imagine a pinball machine emulating a full amusement park, and not just any park, but Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, ""The sweetest place on Earth!""(tm)! Over 15 action-packed ""rides"", plenty of special events include ""lights out"" fireworks show, double multi-ball event, side tables, multiple flipper sets, and more!"
26121,Space Harrier II,Space Harrier II Classic,1988,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Space Harrier II follows (very closely) in the footsteps of its predecessor and involves you (a Space Harrier) going off to save ""Fantasy Land"". This combined with the many flashing gaudy colors the game throws at you leads me to believe that it was born out of a bad acid trip. There are 13 stages to complete by jetting around and blasting bad guys and bosses as they approach. The game is played from behind the main character and the landscape rushes up in 3D similar to the effect used in many car games such as Outrun. The game uses many of the enemies and bosses from the first Space Harrier but adds an array of new ones as well."
26122,Space War,Space Combat,1978,4.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Space War for the Atari 2600 was among the first home adaptations of the classic mainframe game Spacewar! The cartridge includes two different game modes: Space War and Space Shuttle Space War is the classic one-on-one game of dueling spaceships and requires two players. The goal is to shoot down the opponent with missiles for one point per kill. Each player's ship carries eight missiles and a limited amount of fuel for its thrusters. Once the ammunition has run out, it is refilled automatically, but only if the other player is also out of shots. The controls follow the Spacewar!/Asteroids model of momentum preservation: once accelerated, the ship will keep flying in the same direction until its thrusters fire again. Seven different variants of Space War are available, each toggling different options: the screen boundary is either solid and ships and shots will bounce off, or it can be passed through and the ships and missiles will reappear on the other side of the screen. If hyperspace is available, a player can become temporarily invisible, which uses a lot of fuel and disables the guns, however. If there is a sun in the center of the play field, its gravity will pull the ships towards it and crashing into it will award the opponent one point. Finally, if a starbase is present, ships can fly by it to resupply fuel and ammo. Space Shuttle is a more peaceful game and in some variants can also be played by only one player. The goal is for the players' ships to dock at a fast-moving space module. To do that, speed and direction must be perfectly matched to the module. A successful docking maneuver awards one point. There are 10 different variants of Space Shuttle toggling one- or two-player mode, solid screen boundary, presence of the sun and whether one or two space modules are available for docking. Both types of game end after 10 minutes have passed or once a player has reached a score of 10."
26124,Star Wars: Episode I - Battle for Naboo,"Star Wars: Battle for Naboo, Star Wars: Episódio I - Battle for Naboo",2000,7.1,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Take part in the Battle to save the planet Naboo, with a total of 15 land and air missions, using hovercrafts, the now famous Naboo cruiser, and all the crafts seen in the movie. Plus, cut scenes help guide the storyline, and everyones favourite music score is thrown in to add to the atmosphere of destroying the Trade Federations plans of taking over Naboo."
26125,Stratego,,1990,6.4,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"The board game Stratego is a more elaborate version of Capture the Flag. Each player starts with 40 pieces; made up by the flag, 5 bombs, and an assortment of 9 types of military units. After these have been placed, each player takes it in turn to move their pieces. Other than scouts (which are the least powerful) the units can only move one space at a time. The flag and bombs can't be moved during the game, so watch out for any squares the computer does not move when it otherwise logically should, and these could be your goal. When you choose a square occupied by an opposition piece, combat arises, and the higher-numbered piece is lost from the game. You have no way of knowing what strength the opposition pieces are until you have hit them. This computerized interpretation has 3 different board layouts, a selection of automatic setups with different strategic benefits, and a demo mode."
26132,Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant,"Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant, Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant, Wizardry VII: Gadeia no Houshu",1992,8.1,Role-playing (RPG),,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Crusaders of the Dark Savant is the seventh installment of the Wizardry series and a direct sequel to Bane of the Cosmic Forge In the end of the previous game, the party of heroes finally acquired the Cosmic Forge. However, before they were able to decide what to do with it, it was taken away by a servant of the Cosmic Lords, the cyborg Aletheides. It appears that the Cosmic Forge was in fact a clue to the location of the Astral Dominae, the artifact of life, somewhere on the planet Guardia, which has now been revealed to the universe. The heroes then travel to Guardia, which is populated by many races and organizations with their own agendas, including the rhinoceros-like Imperial Umpani Federation and the spidery T'Rang affiliated with a malevolent being known as the Dark Savant, whose goal is to get rid of the Cosmic Lords. All these factions are looking for the Astral Dominae, finding which is the primary goal of the game. Depending on the decisions made by the player in the previous game (should he opt to import the party from there), the game will have different openings and begin in different locations. However, regardless of the initial premise, the player is free to follow or betray whatever faction he was supposed to be allied with. The gameplay system is very similar to that of its predecessor, retaining the races, the classes, the skills and the magic system it introduced to the series. The trademark first-person exploration and turn-based combat are present as well. Unlike the previous games, Crusaders of the Dark Savant allows the player to explore towns and vast forest areas between them, in addition to several large dungeons situated in different areas of the game world. Many NPCs have their own agendas and may move between locations as well, and even obtain crucial items themselves if the player-controlled party is not quick enough, forcing the player to change plans. The exotic setting contains elements of science fiction on top of the traditional fantasy background. Like in the previous game, encounters, events, as well as the heroes' reflections upon them are described through text messages. A few skills have been added, including swimming and climbing, as well as diplomacy. The latter reflects the more important role dialogues and interaction with NPCs play in the game compared to the previous installments of the series. A mapping skill has been added, which, if learned, displays - for the first time in the computer releases of Wizardry games - an automap on top of the exploration screen. Skills are increased with repeated usage and the characters now receive separate bonus points for each category (weapon, physical, and academia). Like before, magic is divided into four schools (Psionics, Alchemy, Theology, and Thaumaturgy) and six elemental categories."
26133,3D World Boxing,Boxing Champion,1992,4.6,Sports,,,"In this boxing game you can choose from dozens of boxers with different attributes in skill areas such as Power, Defence and Punishment. You can play a single match or an entire championship. Each match is presented by an announcer and a good looking girl, as in real matches. The boxers are represented with realistic graphics for the epoch as large on-screen characters. Realistic scoring is awarded for each round. There is only one type of punch available, although a 3D ring view results in realistic movement, and head-lock situations can occur."
26134,Bio Challenge,,1989,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The game is set in the future where human existence is threatened. The gene code has become weaker in every generation and is getting close to frailty. Scientists build a cyborg to save human beings. To test this cyborg they send him out for a bio challenge. You play this cyborg ( K.L.I.P.T.) and therefore you take this challenge. Your only mission is to survive! Slightly difficult 2D platform game, with nice graphics and animations and one of the best works from Jean Baudlot in case of music (Amiga Version)."
26135,Mach Rider,,1985,6.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic","Mach Rider is a motorcycle combat game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Players, represented by Mach Rider, must make their way across ten sectors to reach the city before it gets taken over by the enemy. Aggressive drivers try to force players off the road; obstacles, such as rocks, and the road's many turns also can cause players to veer off course. If destroyed, Mach Rider will reform himself so that he can continue. There are three different play modes in Mach Rider On the Fighting Course, there are two paths to choose from. The goal must be reached while shooting down enemies or forcing them off the road; more points are rewarded by bumping off enemies. Unlimited lives are available for the first stage, but remaining courses must be finished in three lives or less. On the Endurance and Solo Courses, there is a certain distance that must be gone before the time runs out. Enemies are on the Endurance Course, but the Solo course is devoid of enemies. There is also a level editor (similar to the one in Excitebike ) that allows creation of Endurance Course tracks, which are erased once the NES is turned off."
26137,Serve & Volley,Serve and Volley,1988,6.7,Sports,,,"A tennis game where the camera is always static, which means whether you're on one side of the net or the other, the camera will always show both players from the same angle, which seems like a platform game. You can play a single match or full tournament, as well as resume if you achieved some points while playing before. You can play against computer AI or another player on the same computer, or you can select DEMO for computer(s) to demonstrate to you the game."
26140,Anvil of Dawn,,1995,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"Anvil of Dawn is a role-playing game featuring pseudo-3D dungeons similar to those of Eye of the Beholder but with solo gameplay and action-oriented combat reminiscent of Ultima Underworld games. The player controls a single hero (can be chosen between two female, two male and one lizard character) on a quest to destroy an evil warlord. The dungeons lead the protagonist through varied places like castles or shipwrecks. The game requires the hero to overcome two basic obstacles: combat and the exploration of maze-like dungeons with occasional puzzles (mostly based on switches and inventory items). During battles, the player simply needs to select a weapon or spell and click on the enemy to use it. This game doesn't use an experience point system but the ""learning by doing"" approach: using a skill automatically improves the protagonist's competence with it. Additional character development occurs by learning new spells (divided into earth, fire, water, wind, lightning, flesh and void disciplines), acquiring new equipment and drinking potions to permanently increase hit and magic points."
26142,Destruction Derby: Raw,,2000,7.3,Racing / Driving,,,"The third Destruction Derby title on PSX brings all new action to the race track. A new 3D collision detection system allows for bigger crashes and larger pile-ups, while with new Destruction Combo moves, you can trash the enemy in many more ways. Game modes include Wreckin' Racing, Smash 4 $, and Battle. Wreckin' Racing has you racing for survival through the usual set of racing tracks, each with obstacles and hidden shortcuts. Every race you win opens up a new track. Smash 4 $ has you using every trick in the book to take out the other cars on the track. The more you take out, and the way you do so, determines how much money you win. That money can be used to spend on new cars. Finally, Battle is a free-for-all destruction arena battle, where up to four players as well as heaps of CPU controlled cars smash it out to see who is the last man standing in the crush."
26154,Crime Cities,,2000,6.6,Action,Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","Crime Cities transports gamers to a futuristic world where law and order has long since been replaced by a wave of crime and terror. But who is orchestrating it? That is the question authorities desperately want to find the answer to, and they can only see one way to get it - infiltration inside the crime organisation known as the Synclides. The Human Federation decides to frame one of its men, Garm Tiger, for treason and disobeying orders and sentences him to spend the rest of his days on one of the planet’s prison cities. This is Garm’s cover as he begins the most crucial mission of his life. Once within the confines of the prison, Garm, alias Johnny Red, effectively becomes a gun-for-hire within this lawless society, exactly what the Human Federation had planned. At the start of the game he is equipped with a small yet highly manoeuvrable flying combat craft, plus a small amount of credits in his bank account. In Crime Cities missions are offered to Garm via his GloAdam Hartleyet computer and can be accepted or turned down at the player’s discretion. Objectives include such activities as elimination of targets, search and rescue, and bodyguard roles, with some of these having to be completed in a specific time. The missions will originate from a number of sources: the underworld gangs, shady government organisations, or simply a ruthless businessman who wants to eliminate a competitor. Accepting or declining missions will play a crucial part in the game’s development--should you risk the hard-earned acceptance of one party by taking out its convoy for some quick cash or play it safe? All of the action takes place from the flying craft as you dogfight your way through each city’s myriad of skyscrapers. Correctly identifying targets as you fly through the dense traffic is critical--launch an attack on a neutral pilot by mistake and the police will soon be on your tail. And remember, they are unaware Garm is undercover and have orders to shoot-to-kill. Successful completion of a mission results in various rewards such as money (with which you can upgrade your craft), special bonus weapons, or armor and an improved standing within the criminal fraternity. This increased credibility will lead to better missions being offered and, hence, quicker movement up the criminal hierarchy and the eventual goal of uncovering the criminal mastermind. Death-match fans are also well catered for, with Crime Cities allowing 16 players to go head-to-head across a LAN or via the Internet."
26156,Manchester United: The Double,Lothar Matthäus Super Soccer,1994,7.3,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Krisalis’ fourth licensed Manchester United game – the title refers to their success in winning both the Premier League and the FA Cup in the same (93-94) season –- something only six clubs have achieved. The gameplay is overhead view, and has much in common with Kick Off offering loose control, a range of moves, and an emphasis on short passing. It’s not easy at first, but persistence reaps rewards, especially with a two-button controller. Making life easier is the Tacti-Grid tactics editor, which allowed you to customise tactics by instructing players on exactly where they go when the ball is in a particular position. The editor is the most comprehensive ever seen in an action football game, allowing you to rename players, change their appearance and skills, transfer them across clubs, move clubs around the divisions, change their kits, and more."
26158,Team Losi RC Racer,Buggy,1998,6.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Buggy is a racing game where you drive a small radio controlled car. The player can choose between 12 different cars (some have to be unlocked) to control. The game consists of 16 levels and a number of bonus levels. There are three game modes: Time attack, Challenge 1 and Challenge 2. In Time Attack you compete against yourself for new personal records. At the beginning not all levels are available in this mode, they have to be unlocked by completing certain levels in Challenge 1. Challenge 2 is not available until Challenge 1 is completed. The second challenge contains all the levels from the first challenge plus some new ones. The player starts in a hub world and can drive through gateway ports to select challenges and races. During the race there are ports with colored banners and the player can drive through them to collect colored flags, similar to Buggy Boy The available colors differ for each race and collecting certain color sequences yield different power-ups. For example collect yellow and then red for a speed boost, or red, blue, yellow to temporarily freeze opponents, or orange, green, red, purple to get a helicopter power-up allowing the player to fly for a short period."
26163,Hercules: Slayer of the Damned!,Hercules & The Damned,1988,5.3,Action,"Arcade, Fighting","Classical antiquity, Fantasy","In this beat 'em up game you control Hercules, the illegitimate son of Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene. Hera, Zeus' wife, therefore hates Hercules and made him kill his two children. The King of Argos gives him 12 labours that he has to fulfill. These twelve labours are symbolized by icons that appear occasionally on the screen. You have to collect these labours while fighting off skeletons that carry swords. The fights take place in ancient Greek temples amongst other places. If you hit a labour it will put into an urn but a spider tries to steal the labours from you. Kill it with a well placed blow. If all twelve labours have been collected he must face the the end boss of the game, the mighty Minotaur."
26171,Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom,"Cavaleiros e Mercadores, Cavalieri e Mercanti, Chevaliers et Camelots, Rytíři a Kupci, Vojna i Mir",1998,6.9,Strategy / tactics,,Medieval,"Knights & Merchants is a game very similar to Settlers II and that's not really a coincidence, as they were made by the same lead programmer who started his own company ( Joymania ). In K&M you start building a base and gain resources, and after that you make an army and try to attack the enemy. It's a mix between a godsim and a RTS game. The game features resolutions up to 1024x768 with high-detail landscapes in 3D, with 2D-bitmap buildings placed upon it."
26175,Th!nk Cross,,1991,7.2,Puzzle,"Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle",,"Th!nk Cross is a Puzznic variant. In each of the 150 levels, there are a number of blocks with varying symbols or numbers on them. The player can move each block left or right and when two or more identical blocks are brought together, they vanish. The goal is to eliminate all stones within a time limit. The levels are shown from the side with applied physics, i.e. blocks fall down if pushed from a ledge. There are also various special level elements, e.g. conveyor belts, elevators or weak structure elements which can only bear one block. Passwords are rewarded all five levels and a ""help"" function can be used twice per level. It brings the level back to point zero without a game over, which is useful when the player navigated into an unwinnable situation. After earning a certain amount of points, the player receives a bomb which can be used to kill off a block of choice."
26179,Scorpion,Fly Fighter,1989,6.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Scorpion (also known as Fly Fighter ) is 2D side-scrolling platform game. The player controls warrior named Scorpion, who must reclaim the princess of Scorpia. He must go left, avoid obstacles (like grave-holes) and fight against various aliens, skeletons, birds, slugs, robots, pirates, and even Daleks-like creatures (from ""Doctor Who""). At the end of the each level Scorpion must defeat big boss. He collects various power-ups (various weapon upgrades and higher jumps). The game has 5 levels (each with own climate, like a cemetery of winter level) and over 100 types of enemies."
26188,Rogue,"AGB_Rogue, ClassicRogue, Rogue: Exploring the Dungeons of Doom, Rogue: The Adventure Game",1980,6.6,Role-playing (RPG),Roguelike,Fantasy,"Rogue is a turn-based dungeon crawler in which the player controls an adventurer who must explore the dangerous Dungeon of Doom in order to retrieve the precious Amulet of Yendor and make it out alive. The player character starts on the upper-most level and slowly makes his way downwards. The game uses ASCII characters to represent locations, items, monsters, and the protagonist himself. There are twenty-six different types of monsters, symbolized by their initial letters (e.g. L for Leprechaun). Monsters have different abilities and modes of attack. The dungeon and the items in it are randomly generated each time the player begins a new game. Each dungeon level contains a grid of three by three rooms and dead ends. Levels get progressively more complex and maze-like, and monsters grow in strength the deeper the hero ventures into the dungeon. The player character can acquire better weapons and armor, gain experience points and level up. Should the protagonist perish in the dungeon, the player must restart the game anew."
26189,The Pawn,QL Pawn,1985,7.6,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The aim of this interactive fiction with graphics is to escape from the land of Kerovnia, where strange occurrences are routine. The Roobikyoub dwarves have been banished from the kingdom, which is not good as they produce high-quality whisky. King Erik is not popular for this decision, as some feel that ale brewers and mineral water bottlers have influenced him. Honest John the trader and Kronos the Magician play a key role in your journey, each offering sub-quests to attempt. The package includes a novella complete with map and decipherable hints, which are accessed by typing 'hint' followed by the code into the computer. Therefore, those with only a pirated copy would struggle to complete the game. Your score and the number of locations visited are both displayed in the title bar. The parser allows whole words to be deleted and unaccepted previous entries to be re-edited."
26192,Battle Arena Toshinden Ultimate Revenge Attack,Battle Arena Toshinden URA,1996,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Battle Arena Toshinden Ultimate Revenge Attack is the second Toshinden game for the Saturn, following Battle Arena Toshinden Remix Whereas Remix was a tweaked version of the Playstation’s Battle Arena Toshinden Ultimate Revenge Attack isn't a tweaked version of the Playstation’s Battle Arena Toshinden 2 but rather a new game. It abandons the plot of the original Toshinden / Toshinden Remix and tells a new standalone tale revolving around the assassination of renowned warriors all over the world. The game adds three new fighters compared to its predecessor; RonRon, Ripper and Tracy and three new bosses and secret characters bringing the total number of fighters to 15. The original Toshinden ’s final boss and also Remix ’s exclusive character have been removed. The gameplay could be described as a hybrid of the Playstation’s Toshinden and Toshinden 2 with movement like the former but the latter’s combo system."
26193,NARC,,1989,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Contemporary,"Narc is a 1-2 player game, where your mission is to infiltrate the Mr. Big Corporation, the scourge of the underworld. To do this, you must get through the game's eight stages, with over ten sectors like the junkyard, subway, drug lab, nursery, downtown, Sunset Strip, and even the corporation, where Mr. Big resides. In order to get through the stages, you are required to collect a number of safe cards, and insert them in the slot next to the stage exit. Each sector includes a map, and should be easy to read. For example, the blue or red dots represent you, and the white dots are the missile launchers, while the ""E"" indicates the exit. Your mission is not going to be easy, as you will come face-to-face with enemies including the canine mutts, Das Lof Gang, Dr. Spike Rush, Joe Rockhead, Kinky Pinky, Sgt. Skyhigh, HQ Posse, and Mr. Big himself. You have two ways you can deal with them: either put a bullet in them or make arrests. Furthermore, they will try to blow you up the minute they see you. Fortunately, you're armed with a shotgun and missile launcher, but these both have a limited supply of ammunition. If your bullet counter reaches one, you can only fire one bullet at a time, so you need to find some more. Also, it is important not to waste all of your missiles: you might need them later when you deal with later enemies like Mr. Big. You are also backed up by a chopper and a mean shiny street machine. More often than not, when you blow up enemies, you can pick up several items that they drop, including drugs, money, ammunition, missile launchers, and if you're lucky, safe cards. Even if you got the safe card and can pass the level, you can keep blowing up enemies to score more points."
26197,NAM,"Napalm, Vietnã",1998,5.0,Action,Shooter,"Cold War, Historical events","The year is 1966, shortly after USA deployed its troops to participate in the Vietnam War. Alan ""The Bear"" Westmoreland, a Marine Corps sergeant, is sent behind the enemy lines. He is known for his high endurance, achieved by ingesting various stimulants. As long as these drugs keep him going, the Bear isn't afraid of danger, and is used by his superiors for missions with overwhelming odds. The raid turns into total warfare; with only a small team at his side, the Sergeant will have to do everything he is capable of in order to survive. NAM is a military-themed first-person shooter that uses the Build engine. The protagonist has to fight his way through the jungle, with various weapons such as M16, M60, M79, LAW, and others. The missions range from urban gun battles to sneaking in the thick jungles and man-made tunnels under the ground. The battlefields are frequented by air strikes, anti-personnel mines (which the player can spot with a mine detector), fire fights, ambushes, snipers and tanks. Fellow soldiers will aid Alan in battle, though for the most part he'll have to depend on himself. A multiplayer battle is included, featuring 19 multiplayer levels with different game modes like Gruntmatch, Capture-the-flag and Fireteam, where each player is allowed to select a soldier type and is sent on different missions."
26199,Victory Run,"Victory Run: Eikou no 13,000KM",1987,6.2,Racing / Driving,,,"Victory Run is an arcade racer based on the Paris-Dakar rally. The gameplay is similar to OutRun with your car appearing near the bottom of the screen, and a course made of scaling sprites laid out ahead. At the start of the race, you choose how many spare engines, tires, brakes, and so on to take with you on the rally. As you finish each segment, you have to decide to use those parts so that you can repair your car so you can complete the race."
26201,Panzer General 3D Assault,Panzer General IV: Western Assault,1999,7.5,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),"Africa, Europe, Historical events, World War II","The Panzer General series of wargames had always been viewed in 2D, until this title. 3D Assault features a fully 3-dimensional world using models for the units, and a rotatable world view. There are 8 different World War 2 campaigns to play through, with the chance to represent France, the USA or Great Britain. Units include a full roster of artillery, infantry and tanks. Experience is handled in a different way to the earlier games in the series - points are assigned through commanders' achievements. Specialist abilities for commanders must be used wisely. The environment is interactive, watch out for burning forests and smoking damaged units."
26202,NHL FaceOff 2001,,2000,7.1,Sports,,,"This year's edition allows you to compete against legendary players including Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull, Phil Esposito, and Marcel Dionne. New Jersey Devils announcers Mike Emrick & Darren Pang call the games. There is an exhibition mode for up to eight players with the Multitap, a season mode for multiple players, playoff mode, tournament mode, a practice option, and shoot-out mode, that helps to sharpen your breakaway and deke moves. Also new this year are the updated rosters of all NHL teams including expansion teams Columbus BlueJackets and Minnesota Wild."
26206,M.C. Kids,McDonaldland,1992,6.7,Action,Platform,,"The Hamburglar has stolen Ronald's bag of magic tricks! In this 2D platformer, it's up to you to play as Mick or Mac and get it back. Go across various lands and meet McDonald's characters as you travel to places like Ronald's Clubhouse, Birdie's Treehouse, and the Hamburglar's Hideout as you collect Ronald's cards. To kill the many animal enemies you will find, you must collect bricks and throw them. In some sections you will travel along water in a dinghy; also watch for moving platforms and bonus sections, The game features seven different worlds with over 30 main levels and nine bonus levels."
26215,Dark Sun: Shattered Lands,,1993,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The world of Athas was once peaceful and pleasant - until wizards found a way to increase their power by draining the planet's energy. Athas gradually turned into a desert, its seas evaporating, its sun transforming into an ominous crimson fireball. The wizards then gained control over the land, becoming sorcerer-kings and enslaving most of the population. One of such kings, Tectuktitlay, rules the city-state of Draj. By his orders, a group of slaves is sent to a battle arena where they have to fight monsters as gladiators. However, that group manages to escape the slave pens. They have to contact the leaders of independent villages built by former slaves, and unite in a battle against Draj's oppression. Dark Sun: Shattered Lands is an AD&D game based on the Dark Sun campaign pack by TSR The player can control a pre-generated party of four characters or create new ones at the beginning. There are eight available races, including half-giants and the exotic insect-like thri-kreen alongside the more traditional ones. Eight character classes are available: Fighter, Ranger, Gladiator, Cleric, Druid, Preserver, Psionicist, and Thief. Psionic powers constitute a separate spellcasting discipline that comes in three varieties: psychokinetic, psychometabolic, and telepathic. The entire game is viewed from an overhead perspective. The game world is composed out of numerous large interconnected areas, which include outdoor locations, dungeons, and settlements. Following the completion of the first two areas, the player is free to roam the world and access its locations in any order. There are several tasks that have to be fulfilled in order to complete the game, but the player is also given a considerable degree of freedom concerning his treatment of NPCs and the way quests are solved. There are various sub-quests in the game as well. Multiple-choice dialogues are used for interaction with characters. The turn-based battles are seamless, taking place on the exploration screen without any other confines. The game is not particularly combat-heavy and many confrontations can be solved peacefully. During combat, the player navigates characters in a tactical fashion, using melee and ranged weapons as well as various spells. Character-building and attributed are in accordance with traditional AD&D rules, including armor class rating, choosing spells to memorize when leveling up, etc."
26216,Catan: Die Erste Insel,"Catan: Pierwsza Wyspa, De Kolonisten van Catan",1999,7.5,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Catan: Die Erste Insel is an adaptation of the popular board game The Settlers of Catan It features a 3D environment that simulates playing the board game against several AI opponents. After a simple introduction to the gameplay, a campaign of 12 missions is waiting for the player. Several of these missions were developed by the board game designer Some free game variants of the board game and the expansion Die Seefahrer ( The Seafarers of Catan ) are also included. Multiplayer is available on the same computer or over a LAN or internet for up to 6 players."
26217,Mickey's Dangerous Chase,Mickey's Chase,1991,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In Mickey's Dangerous Chase the player takes control of either Mickey or Minnie Mouse. While on his way to deliver a very special gift to his girlfriend Minnie, Mickey is jumped by Pete who steals the present and takes off and it is up to the mouse duo to stop Pete and get back the present. The gameplay is a side-scroller, where players pick up boxes to throw at enemies as well as discover power-ups that include short bursts of invincibility, extra lives and energy boosts that will help the player in their quest. There are five different levels to play in including a lake, a mountain top, a forest and a shopping center and numerous enemies to avoid such as spiders, flying squirrels and even snowballs."
26223,Zero Divide,Zero Divide: Techno Warrior,1995,7.1,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"On one fateful day in the near future, an online database known as XTAL Tower has surfaced. The hackers who were running it claimed that the database contained the national security secrets of every country in the world. Governments have received an invitation from the mysterious XTAL: if they can create robots who are strong enough to defeat XTAL security units, the database will not be made public. The most powerful robots are dispatched on the dangerous mission: take down the units, and eventually destroy XTAL itself... Zero Divide is a 3D robot fighting game. You play one of eight robotic fighters and must battle your way through multiple levels in single player, or go head to head with an opponent in two-player mode. There is various unlockable content: mini-games, (e.g. a side-scrolling shoot 'em up), easter eggs, etc."
26224,Impossible Mission,,1984,7.4,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You play a secret agent on a quest to stop the evil Professor Elvin Atombender, who is believed to be tampering with national security computers. You must penetrate Atombender's stronghold, avoid his deadly robot creations, and acquire various pieces of a password to use in the main control room. You have 6 hours to complete the game; 10 minutes are lost each time you die and 2 minutes are expended if you use the help function on your portable computer. The robots, rooms, and puzzle pieces will be switched around when starting over which provides replay value."
26228,The King of Fighters '96,"KOF '96, Nettō The King of Fighters '96, The King of Fighters: Heat of Battle",1996,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"""Violent fighting to come again!"" SNK's flagship series returns for another year. Many of the changes in this year's KOF release come in the form of improved graphics, sound effects, music and totally redone character sprites. The gameplay of the system has been altered with the addition of ""Rush"" multi-hit combos and new moves for practically every character. The storyline of the series receives heavy focus in this release with the Orochi Saga swinging into high-gear. The King of Fighters '96 has 27 regular characters plus 2 boss characters (who can be unlocked with the use of a code). Newcomers to the tournament include Mr. Big from the Art of Fighting series, the bosses from Fatal Fury (Wolfgang Krauser and Geese Howard), and completely original characters like Leona Heidern, Mature and Vice. Other features carried over from the previous year include the ability to choose between the default ""Team Fighting"" mode or the traditional ""Single Fighter"" style of gameplay, plus the ""Versus"" and ""Survival"" gameplay modes."
26229,Bushido,"Bushido: ""The Way of The Warrior""",1983,6.2,Action,Fighting,,"Setting an early example for the Eastern martial arts motif in fighting games, Bushido: the Way of the Warrior tests your bare-handed combat skills against a feudal Japanese backdrop. The action takes you through a series of themed locations (the courtyard, the dojo, and the cellar) guarded by a multitude of Samurai hostiles. If human enemies were not enough, you'll also find yourself facing slithering snakes, belligerent birds, and even a rather nasty spider. Your objective: infiltrate the complex, grab the treasure items, get out in one piece and move on to the next level. The guards are all too eager to introduce you to their katanas and shurikens; your only arsenal is your hands and feet, but your mastery of the arts makes them lethal enough. There are three separate control modes (movement mode, punch mode, kick mode) where each of the nine numpad keys performs a different action: this lets you execute a varied repertoire of backflips, rolls, crouches, spinning punches, flying kicks and so forth. You get ten difficulty settings to choose from, including a practice mode which lets you exercise your impressive arsenal of moves without being inconvenienced by opposition."
26231,Turrican,,1990,7.9,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Three-headed demon Morgul has been influencing people's dreams to create nightmares, but more recently these nightmares have become real. Only Turrican can save them in this fast paced side scrolling shoot-em up. It features 5 worlds and 13 levels of challenging gameplay. Gameplay is conceptually simple: just jump, shoot and explore. However, this game puts a lot of emphasis on finding and using the 10 different weapons Turrican can collect."
26232,Family Dog,,1993,5.3,Action,Arcade,,"Based on a short-lived animated prime-time television series created by Steven Spielberg and Tim Burton, you play as the title dog through three levels. The young boy in your family likes to target you for his mischief. He sets up volleys of tennis balls and lets loose a vacuum cleaner on you which you must avoid. The cat and other obstacles await you in your house while you collect bones for power. After all the trouble you cause in the home, you are sent to the Kennel of Love and you have to run a gauntlet of gung-ho guard dogs and ferocious Dobermans in the heavily-guarded compound. If successful at escaping, you reach a forest filled with wild animals. You can use flips, spins and barks to make your way through the various obstacles. A special ball when found will trigger a bonus game that will also teach you how to fetch."
26235,Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles Adventure Game,,1995,5.2,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based upon Ray Bradbury's ""The Martian Chronicles"" series of stories, this game puts you on the red planet as a nuclear war is brewing on earth. You are instructed to find an ancient relic hidden in the ancient martian city of Xi, which could mean earth's salvation. Also you must find out what happened to the other five persons that went looking for it before you, and keep yourself alive by collecting a series of crystals that power your suit. You proceed through the game via Myst-like slideshows, and you have to solve a series of logic puzzles to advance through the game. Included as an extra are a series of video interviews of Bradbury plus readings of some of the first ""Martian"" stories."
26237,Arena,,1986,7.0,Sports,,,"Arena is a sports game published very early in the lifetime of the 16-bit computers Atari ST and Amiga. It features six disciplines, including Long Jump, High Jump, Javelin, Shot Put, Pole Vault and the Hundred Meter run. Up to four players can compete in the events, but not playing at the same time, but in a hot-seat mode. Control is like in other sports games: you have to gain speed pushing the joystick in a perfect rhythm, and pushing the trigger at the right time, i.e. to start jumping in the Long Jump and High Jump discipline. Unlike other games of the genre, humor is not getting short, as a referee is constantly pestering at you, making sarcastic comments if you fail to reach very good results. Most events are visually presented on several screens which are flipped (not scrolled)."
26242,Armed & Delirious,"Dementia, Granny",1997,6.6,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Never be cruel to the animals. The Crotony family ignored this rule - and disappeared in one of the worlds built by Great Rabbit, a mighty defender of animals all over the universe. The Old Granny comes downstairs, only to find the whole family disappeared. That could have been half a trouble, she thinks, but... ""WHERE IS MY COOKBOOK!!?"" Now, as Granny, you have to get to this strange world created by the Rabbit. You'll need your flying Washing Machine and it won't be so easy to repair it. One of the few known games made by Israeli developers, Armed & Delirious is a comic point & click adventure, featuring Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle style, cartoony graphics. The gameplay is puzzle-solving (with emphasis on the wackiest puzzles possibly) where you must collect many items and put them into your bra... yes, you don't have an inventory, but a ""braventory"", as the game calls it. The humor is mostly of a Monty Python style."
26245,Battle Frenzy,Bloodshot,1994,6.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2049. An alien armada assaults the Solar System. You are a nameless hero whose mission is to board the enemy's main battle cruiser and to disable all sixteen of its main plasma nodes. A special Battle Frenzy chip (code name Bloodshot) is implanted into your neural net, making you the one ultimate soldier on whom the entire humanity depends now. This is a 3D first-person shooter. You move through maze-like corridors of the alien ship, getting weapons and items, and blasting everything you encounter on your way. There is also a two players mode with split screens."
26250,Psychic Force 2012,Psychic Force 2,1998,6.2,Action,Fighting,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Psychic Force 2012 the sequel to Psychic Force is a one-on-one fighting game with a twist. The matches take place inside a giant floating cube. You are able to fly, using your psychic abilities, around a 3D arena with six walls. Each of the ten available characters, Might, Regina, Wendy, Emilio, Setsuna, Patty, Gudeath, Genshin, Carlo, and Gates, are controlled with three buttons: guard, weak attack and strong attack. The effect varies with the distance. Next to the regular life meter, there is also a power meter. By using special moves, the meter is drained and your moves are limited. It is possible to recharge, and the capacity of the power meter expands when you lose a lot of health. Additionally, each fighter has its own unique moves, energy attacks and a weapon, which they use, mid-flight, to pummel their opponent. There are three main game modes: training, versus and a story mode using static anime-inspired images and in-engine cut scenes to tell the story. The story centers around two groups of psychics with differing ideals about co-existence with humans. In the middle of this are several neutral psychics with ties to members in either group. The later PlayStation port, renamed to Psychic Force 2 adds the 3 missing characters from the first game (Genma, Brad and Sonia), the psy-expand mode where the player can play a series of special battles to learn other character attacks, and an anime intro video replacing the original in-game intro. It also lowers the overall difficulty of the CPU fighters and makes some control adjustments (for instance the shield can now optionally be enabled with a single button). Of course, the graphics were notably degraded."
26251,Bongo,,1984,6.9,Action,Platform,,"Bongo is a single screen platform game much in a similar vein as Popeye You control Bongo the rat as he moves about the screen attempting to collect gems while avoiding the bad guy after him. You can teleport Bongo to various parts of the screen by positioning yourself on top of the letters in his name (B O N G O) and pressing the fire button. The screens contain ladders that can be traversed up and down, slides that will slide Bongo to the bottom and conveyor belts that can impede his movement or make him move faster. Only one gem is visible at a time. After five gems have been collected, Bongo rescues his girlfriend and moves on to the next screen. Bonus letters spelling out Bongo can also be collected."
26253,Face-Off,,1991,6.3,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"The action in this ice hockey game is viewed from a side-scrolling perspective with a semi-3D effect. The puck loosely sticks to the player as he skates, and the netminders are CPU-controlled. Fights and penalties can be turned on or off, and the length of the match can be varied. As well as individual one or two player modes, a full managerial mode is included. This sees you take control of an international team and guide them through a full schedule of matches, including developing their skills and team-work."
26254,Romance of the Three Kingdoms,"San Goku Shi, Sanguozhi, Super Sangokushi",1985,7.4,Strategy / tactics,,"China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events","Based on the events of the Three Kingdoms era in China (3rd century), and on Luo Guanzhong's famous novel Sanguo Yanyi the game casts the player in the role of one of the many warlords rivaling for control after the Yellow Turban Rebellion. This turn-based strategy game introduces hundreds of historical characters of the Three Kingdoms era. The game's main objective is to become the supreme ruler of the remnants of the falling Han Dynasty. To do this the player has to build a mighty empire by conquering provinces and recruiting generals worthy of command. Fight massive battles, triumph over natural disasters and capture enemy strongholds."
26263,Make My Video: INXS,,1992,5.8,Action,Music / rhythm,,"Make My Video: INXS is a video game based on real-time editing of music video footage. The setup is that a pair of female friends is hanging around a bar and monopolizing the pool table. The game explores the duo's interpersonal interactions with other patrons at the bar: There's the Fly, an aloof cool guy; Ted and Gomez, braindead surfer dudes trying to pick up the ladies, and who are thinly-veiled parodies of Bill & Ted ; Poindexter, the nerd who is also trying to work up the courage to talk to the women; and Flo and Tiger, a pair of leather-clad tough chicks whose interest is beating the main subjects of the game so that they can control the bar music and play their Megadeth videotape. Each person or pair has own their ideas about what an ideal INXS video should or should not contain. The specifications normally come in the form of a set of pictures they either do or don't want to see, and perhaps some effects. The game features three INXS videos from which to choose: ""Heaven Sent"", ""Not Enough Time"", and ""Baby Don’t Cry"". After receiving the video specifications, the player enters the video editing console in the EditChallenge mode. From this console, the player can view and select between 3 video streams that are playing. The selected stream will be edited into the final video. One stream is the original video while the other 2 feature assorted random footage that nonetheless often carries images that happened to have been specified in the video request. The video editing console also allows the player to apply a variety of real-time filters, such as mosaic and blur filters, RGB color filters, strobe and motion filters, lyric subtitles, among others. The game also allows the user to enter a mode called U-Direct. Rather than being competitive, U-Direct allows the player to use the console to create any type of video and also save the results."
26268,Tecmo Stackers,Dero-N Dero Dero,1995,7.1,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"Tecmo Stackers is a puzzle game in the vein of Tetris with the objective of the game is to match up four blocks of the same color to eliminate those colors. When the player eliminates those colors in a chain reaction, those same blocks will be dropped on either the computer opponent or a friend. There are also bombs that can be used to clear out large sections at one time. There are four game modes to choose from: Arcade Competition Time Trials and Chain Reaction each with their own set objectives and difficulty with more than 20 levels with photo backdrops."
26270,Vampire,"Phantomas 2, Phantomas II",1986,7.0,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The mission in Vampire is rather obscure. The player must destroy the evil Count Dracula who is devastating the region. The nightmare scenario will be the castle of this malevolent personage. Throughout 95 horrifying rooms the player will be besieged by Dracula's slaves; try to avoid them and obtain the greater amount of food as possible. If the player reunites the five keys and introduce them in its five corresponding bolts, the player will have done a very important part of the mission. In order to obtain each key, the player must find a certain object and fix it in the generator by pedals If the player does it, the player will be able to jump the enormous pit. The second part of the mission consists in opening the six magical counter-windows pressing the suitable switches. Finally, search for the hammer and the stake and walk quickly to the superior part of the castle to take the cross. At this moment the player will be teleported to the space to get rid of the final confrontation in which the player will be able to use the laser weapon and the self-propelled knapsack."
26272,Dark Cloud,,2000,7.3,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Quick Time Events (QTEs),"Fantasy, Steampunk","400 Years ago, a war between the Eastern Continent and the Western Wizard Army destroyed the world as a great power was unleashed. Time has passed and in present day, the power-hungry General Flag has organized a ritual to awaken this power once more: the Dark Genie. Barely controlled by a spell, the Dark Genie once again breaks the world, beginning with the village of Norune. The only survivor of Norune is a boy named Toan, son of the great hero Ada. As Toan surveys the destruction, the Spirit King appears and tells him that all is not lost; pieces of the world, including buildings and people, have been sealed away in protective Atla spheres. Using a magic glove called the Atlamillia, Toan must resurrect the world and find the powers necessary to defeat the Dark Genie. Dark Cloud is an action-RPG title, often compared to Soul Blazer played from the 3rd person perspective. Toan must enter randomly generated dungeons where he will battle monsters and recover Atla spheres. Toan battles with a sword, which can be slashed directly in front of him or powered up for a stronger blow. During his travels, Toan encounters other characters who will offer to aid him and can be switched to during dungeons, with individual statistics and weapons. Items are also found and shared among the party, including restorative items, attack items and general power-ups. Each character has a thirst meter, which much be replenished or health will start to drain. Should a character lose all their health, they will fall in battle and be returned to town unless Stand-In powder is used, in which case that character is unavailable and control passes to another. Toan is the only character able to collect Atla spheres which contain different items needed to restore the villages destroyed by the Dark Genie. Rebuilding is done outside the dungeon in a designated village area. Buildings can be placed down, rotated and moved as need be. They can also be upgraded with additional furniture and people (usually the owners of the building). As the dungeons are conquered and the area becomes more lifelike, treasure chests start appearing around the town and villagers often become friendlier. Some villagers have additional requests, such as being placed facing the east, for the placement of their homes. Each character in Toan's party uses a unique weapon, but several different types of weapon under each category can be collected. As weapons are used, they gain Absorption (Abs). These Abs points are used as ""experience"" for the weapon and can upgrade the weapon's abilities. Each weapon features a number of ""slots"" to which power-up items can be attached, any items attached to slots will be absorbed when the weapon is upgraded. Each weapon has certain attributes which must be improved in order to ""build up"" to a different type of weapon. Additionally, any weapon reaching level 5 can be broken into a Synthsphere, an item containing 60% of its abilities, which can then be attached to slots on different weapons. In this manner, weapons can always be upgraded or used in the improvement of another weapon throughout the game. The game also features certain sequences where buttons must be pressed in the correct order and correct timing in order to progress."
26275,Vindicators,,1988,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Tangent Empire are preparing to attack the earth with their convoy of tanks, and it is you who has been sent forward to destroy the 14 space stations which make up the potential invasion threat. There are 3 sub-levels on each station, which can be played in any order. The action scrolls in every direction, with you guiding your tank-link droid around to shoot the opposition droids. The tank takes a while to steer, making it initially harder to avoid contact with those enemies. Each level contains energy stars, which can be traded in for upgrades such as improved weapons and extra speed after each level."
26276,Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest: SWAT,Daryl F. Gates Police Quest: SWAT,1995,6.5,"Action, Simulation",,Contemporary,"Shifting from an adventure series to a tactical simulator, SWAT puts you in command of a member on a swat team. Centered around training and then several missions, your adherence to procedure and team work will determine the outcome."
26277,NBA Live 98,,1997,7.9,Sports,,,"NBA Live 98 offers the player all teams, players and stadiums of the 1998 NBA season. More than 350 faces got scanned to improve realism. Also some new moves like crossover or fade-aways are implemented. You can play single games, whole seasons, the playoffs or new things like manager career or 3-point-shootout in the style of an all-star-game."
26279,Namco Museum 64,Namco Museum,1999,6.9,Compilation,,,"This compilation contains: Information, sketches and pictures for each title are available."
26280,Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu,"Dragon Ball Z Legends, Dragon Ball Z: The Legend",1996,6.4,Action,Fighting,,"Idainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu is a game that adds another Dragon Ball to the franchise of the same name and starts with the events of the Saiyan Saga and the fight with Vegeta and Nappa. In Idainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu you don’t have your natural one on one fights. At the beginning of each fight you are given a total of 4 fighters (up to 6 later) from which you have to choose the 3 that you would like to participate in the battle that follows. Each fighter has 2 bars – a green and a yellow one. The green represents the life force and the yellow the power force which is depleted with every attack you do. At the bottom of the screen there is a blue bar and a red one that form a gauge called Power Balance. The reason for this gauge to be there is because your attacks don’t affect the enemies’ life bar directly. By continuously attacking the enemy the bar that represents your power (blue bar) increases while that of the enemy (red bar) decreases. When the blue bar covers all the gauge a random attack sequence, from the current character you’re controlling, is initiated and that’s how you can actually injure your opponents. The same can happen to you though if the enemy’s red bar covers all the gauge."
26283,Amberstar,,1992,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"A thousand years ago, a young Black Magician named Tar valiantly fought the demon lord Thornahuun, who was revealed to be his own father. However, Thornahuun managed to possess his son's soul and corrupt it. Tar declared himself Lord Tarbos and brought terror to the land of Lyramion, before being locked away in a secure prison on the world's red moon. Now, a sorcerer named Marmion is trying to release him, with the intention of spreading horror through the land. A lone adventurer from the town of Twinlake must gather thirteen pieces of a powerful artifact known as Amberstar to prevent that from happening. Amberstar is a role-playing game which uses a top-down view for overworld travel and most indoor locations, and switches to a first-person pseudo-3D perspective when exploring cities and dungeons. Initially the player creates a single protagonist with randomly assigned attributes and no class designation. During the course of the game, additional characters (up to six active party members) can be found in different cities and other locations and recruited. Some of these characters already belong to established classes and come with their own abilities. Guilds of various classes (fighter, paladin, ranger, mage, monk, and thief) can be visited, where the protagonist and his class-less companions (if any) can be promoted. Choice of classes affects attributes, character growth, imposes equipment restrictions, etc. When leveling up, characters can train in specific locations, increasing attributes of the player's choice. Enemy encounters may occur at specific points in the overworld, or by approaching a visible enemy in a dungeon. The view then switches to overhead, with the combatants displayed on a small grid next to a window graphically presenting the enemies. The fighting is turn-based and offers various defensive and offensive options, including tactical movement on the grid and 90 different spells. Although certain items must be procured and quests completed, the game is largely non-linear, and the player is free to roam the world of Lyramion from the onset. Besides traveling on foot, horses can be bought for safe crossing of shallow water, boats and rafts for sailing, and additional means of transportation as the game advances. The game features a multiple-topic conversation system with prominent NPCs, side quests to undertake, an auto-mapping feature in towns, a day-and-night cycle that may affect NPC movements and shop schedules, and usage of rations when camping to restore lost life points. Progress can be saved at any time, but there is only one save slot that is automatically overwritten."
26285,Double Dragon II: The Revenge,Arcade Archives DOUBLE DRAGON II The Revenge,1989,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"This sequel to Double Dragon has Billy and Jimmy Lee in pursuit of the Shadow Warriors cult, who have attacked Billy's girlfriend Marian. This console version of Double Dragon II features new stages (with platforming sections in the NES version), new fighting moves, new bosses, in-game cutscenes, and a different ending for completing the harder difficulty levels."
26296,Conquest of the Crystal Palace,Matendo Dōji,1990,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Long ago the Crystal Palace was a thriving kingdom, however the evil war spirit Zaras appeared one day and brought destruction to the lands! The people of the Crystal Palace left as Zaras and his henchman took over, changing the kingdom into a maze of many dangers. You control Farron, the hero of the story who needs to enter the Crystal Palace and destroy the bad guys in order to restore peace. The game is an action platform game that scrolls both horizontally and vertically. On each of five stages you'll need to fight various enemies throughout the varied terrain, and finally defeat the boss at the end. You'll start with just a simple sword, but additional weapons can be found or bought in order to help you out. If you get into trouble, you can also call your dog Zap onto the screen; he'll jump around causing damage to the enemies giving you a chance to escape. You may also come across Kim's shops along your journey. Here you can buy various items, including additional lives, replenish your health, more powerful weapons, and other useful items. To purchase items, you'll need money which can be collected after defeating enemies in battle."
26298,Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time,"Bugs Bunny auf Zeitreise, Bugs Bunny: A Voyage Through Time, Bugs Bunny: Perdido En El Tiempo, Bugs Bunny: Perdido no Tempo, Bugs Bunny: Perduto nel Tempo, Bugs Bunny: Reis door de Tijd, Bugs Bunny: Voyage à Travers le Temps, Pernalonga: Perdido no Tempo",1999,7.0,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"On his way to the beach, Bugs Bunny accidentally finds and activates a time machine. Bugs Bunny is immediately propelled through five different areas in time and must find his way back to the present. It won't be an easy task, because blocking his way back to the present are some of the wildest troublemakers (Stupid Villians) he has ever known like Elmer Fudd, Witch Haxel, Yosemite Sam, Rocky and Marvin. Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time is a 3D platformer. Stages do not succeed each other linearly, but can be accessed in different order by collecting clocks and golden carrots. Bugs Bunny must dispose of regular enemies and bosses along his way. There are also a few racing and chase segments."
26300,Michael Jackson's Moonwalker,,1990,7.0,Action,Platform,,"Michael Jackson's Moonwalker is based on the Michael Jackson movie. Mr. Big has kidnapped children and has nasty things in store for them, like drugging them and making them slaves. So it's up to Michael to use his magical powers and dancing talent to try to catch Mr. Big and rescue his little friends. Michael Jackson can jump, throw magical stars, and dance to counter his opponents as he looks for the hidden children. Stages come in various shapes and sizes from some of Jackson's hit videos which take place in streets and graveyards."
26309,The Magic Candle III,,1992,6.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"This is another game in the Magic Candle series of top-down RPG's that bears more than a slight resemblance to the old Ultima games. These games feature several other innovations over the Ultima series of games, the best example being a more complex party management system which makes it possible to divide your party of adventurers and give each party a different task. Compared to earlier games in the series, The Magic Candle III features little more than further enhanced VGA graphics and a new storyline. In The Magic Candle III you and your party of adventurers, which can be transferred from the previous Magic Candle games, must stop a mysterious ""blight"" that is spreading through the country."
26310,Forced Alliance: The Glarious Mandate,,1997,5.9,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Forced Alliance is a space combat simulation. In the game, you play a pilot who is a member of a unit founded to defend earth's population following a devastating alien attack. Other than space combat, the game features a system in which the consequences of your actions and promotion through the ranks change the outcome of the game. In addition, different combat strategies reward the player differently."
26316,Supaplex,,1991,7.7,Puzzle,,,"Supaplex is a puzzle game reminiscent of Boulder Dash The player controls the red Pac Man looking character called Murphy. The objective is to reach the exit, which is only opened when a certain number of Infotrons are collected (usually all in the level). The setting is inside of a computer, therefore some computer terminology describes elements found in the levels. This includes destructible RAM chips, indestructible hardware, utility disks (which are explosives), terminals, and ports (one or two way gates). The most common enemy is a zonk, a rock which falls and rolls downwards, and explodes if it comes in contact with some, but not all other game elements. One of the most common enemies are a scissor looking enemy called snik snak which always moves in a predictable pattern. Some levels feature gravity, where Murphy will fall down if he stands still, and has nothing beneath him. Other elements have fixed rules, such as Infotrons and Zonks always falls down, while RAM and hardware always stays put. There are 111 levels in total, and up to three of these may temporarily be skipped to advance. The game allows several profiles so that players may use the same computer with their own progression."
26323,Rules of Engagement 2,Rules of Engagement II,1993,6.3,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Rules of Engagement 2 is a mouse-driven starship command simulation in which the player assigns ships and captains to task forces under his/her command, while maintaining direct control of a flagship. The user interface is something like a functional version of the LCARS system seen in the TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation The game is also part of the IGS (Interlocking Game System) and compatible with Breach 2 allowing the player to command the troops via that game (e.g. when boarding an enemy ship). Unlike its predecessor, this sequel features digitized speech for the A.N.D.I. computer. A full campaign editor is included with the game, making it possible to create missions and campaigns and even share them with others."
26332,Mountain King,,1983,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Deep within a multi platformed diamond mine is a valuable crown. Your goal is to locate and retrieve the crown, then make it to the top of the mine alive! There are several steps that need to be completed before you can retrieve the crown. First you need to collect enough diamonds to earn 1,000 points. After you have enough points, you need to locate the flame spirit which is hidden somewhere within the mine. Since the mine is rather dark, you carry a flashlight with you which can be used to locate objects (such as treasure chests full of diamonds and the flame spirit.) Once you have the flame spirit, you need to find the entrance to the temple the crown is in. Offer the flame spirit to the skull spirit guarding the entrance, and you can get in and take the crown. Once you have the crown, you need to make it to the top of the mine before time runs out. To make this task more challenging, numerous cave bats fly around which can steal the crown. If this happens, you need to begin again! At the very bottom of the mine is a deadly spider; if you're not careful while exploring this region of the mine, you could become caught in it's web and be eaten. Each level has a time limit, and the more levels you complete the shorter the time limit becomes!"
26333,Aztec Challenge,Die Rituale der Azteken,1983,7.5,Action,Arcade,Pre-Columbian Americas,"The player must reach and explore an Aztec temple while avoiding a variety of dangerous obstacles. Each level is like a whole different game, with different challenges and different types of scrolling and exploration. The game starts with an over-the-shoulder view of the player running a gauntlet of spear-throwing natives towards a pyramid which rises on the horizon. Once this is reached, a vertically-scrolling staircase with falling rocks must be traversed, and then there are rooms to explore and deadly aquatic wildlife to avoid (among other dangers) before the game is through. Players looking for the adventuring equivalent of an Epyx sports game should enjoy this one. There are seven levels to conquer in order to complete the game."
26334,Top Cat Starring in Beverly Hills Cats,,1990,5.9,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Top Cat is in Beverly Hills to track down Benny the Ball, prevent him gaining the contents of a will that is not rightly his, and find the rightful heiress. The game is a top-down puzzler of sorts. An object manipulation mode is used to pick up and use objects when necessary. Extra milk (for energy) and fruit (for points) can be collected. Skateboarders must be avoided as they can take objects and randomly move them. The members of your gang must all be gathered up on the first level and must be kept on your side by ensuring that your energy doesn't drop too low."
26343,Woodys World,,1993,6.8,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Woody is an elf who has to retrieve a magical crystal which was stolen by evil forces. To do so, he has to travel through six worlds with overall 60 levels. The game plays out as a regular platformer in which Woody walks through the level, collects power-ups, avoids obstacles (e.g. blocks with nail traps or others which crash when touched) and defeats enemies by jumping on their head. However, just reaching the end of a level is not enough; there are also a certain amount of chests which have to be found first. Those are hidden within the levels or in the plentiful bonus rooms. Power-ups either reward extra points (which eventually lead to an extra live) or special powers like jumping high or shooting. Those are sometimes required to reach a chest or bonus room."
26350,Alien Olympics,Alien Olympics 2044 AD,1994,6.0,"Action, Sports",,,"Alien Olympics is a wacky combination of track & field games and retro-arcade games that you play as an alien. There are 8 unique alien characters that you can choose and compete against. Each alien has different strengths and weaknesses. For example, Mr. Mune (a caterpillar-like alien) has many legs enabling him be very good at shooting events but also makes it difficult for him in racing events. You can either compete against a friend by sharing the keyboard or against the computer. There are a total of 15 different events to compete in and you have the choice of tackling a selected few, or going through the whole series. You also have the option of practicing first to get the hang of things. The 15 events are:"
26351,Blue Max,,1983,7.1,Action,Shooter,World War I,"The storyline is based on a fictional pilot, Max Chatsworth, being (in-game) one of Britain's Flying Aces. Chatsworth's fame began in battle, when he was out on a reconnaissance mission, and his squadron was decimated by enemy planes. The pilot survived, and in the process shot down seven enemy fighters. He shot down thirteen more the next month. For these actions, Germany offered their Blue Max medal to anyone who could shoot Chatsworth down—and Chatsworth got a new nickname—Blue Max. As Blue Max, you go out on sorties—flying missions—attacking assigned targets. Targets include bridges, buildings, enemy planes, tanks, bridges, anti-aircraft batteries, vehicles and ships. You progress to new missions as you take out your targets. Various settings can be adjusted before beginning play including control type (normal or pilot), skill level and whether gravity will affect the plane. You must drop bombs to take out the ground targets, and this action also represents a key danger for you. Unlike the modern bombers that drop bombs on targets far below, early aircraft engaged in semi-suicidal bombing runs. The pilots started at high altitude, then tipped the planes nose downward towards their ground-based target, and pulled up before they hit the ground. In the middle of the dive and pull up process, they released the bomb. There were problems of coordination, found in the game as well—if you time it wrong, or start too low, you will crash. You only have one life in this game. If your plane is destroyed or you complete a mission a ranking is given which ranges from Kamikaze Trainee to Squadron Leader. This game has aroused some controversy too, which supposedly caused it to be banned in Germany. In the course of your missions, you end up bombing houses. (The actual Blue Max/Blauer Max, is a nickname for the Prussian medal 'Pour le Mérite', first given to the pilots Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelcke. It required downing 8-20 enemy planes, with requirements increasing as the war progressed.)"
26363,Football International,Soccer,1991,7.3,Sports,,,"Football International is a top-down soccer game with eight national teams to choose from. The player can either participate in an exhibition match or in a knockout championship. Other options which can be set is the time a half-time lasts and if the own team uses a more defensive or offensive lineup. The game itself consists of the usual dribbling, passing and shooting. Normally the camera closely follows the ball carrier, but when a wide shot is performed it zooms out and shows the whole playfield."
26373,The Ball Game,,1991,6.2,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"This puzzle game features four players, any number of which can be human or computer, and is viewed from an isometric perspective. The basic gameplay is very similar to Virgin's Spot license. Your aim is to take control of the largest area of the board, which is done by moving your pieces so as for them to be next to pieces of another colour, which will then become your colour. There are three types of move – short moves which also see you retain the square you were in, jumps in which you lose the previous square, and moves using the teleporting device to move a larger distance. There are over 100 levels, which needn't be played in sequence. The board layouts feature gaps in, which must be incorporated into your strategy, to ensure that you don't leave a space next to a large number of your pieces, which would allow an opponent to swallow them up."
26374,Ečstatica,"Ecstatica, Ečstatica: a state of mind",1994,7.9,Action,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror",Fantasy,"Ecstatica is a 3D action game with adventure elements, where you must free the young sorceress Ecstatica from the unholy spell cast by vile supernatural forces. The peaceful village of Tirich was invaded by horrifying monsters. You are a lonely adventurer looking for shelter who finds himself in the role of a hero who must awaken Ecstatica, save the village and its inhabitants, and defeat the forces of darkness who are pulling the triggers behind the scene. This is a survival horror game, somewhat similar in gameplay style to Alone in the Dark Walk around and examine your environment, gather materials you need to solve puzzles, and gather weapons to defend yourself against the minions of evil. The hero or heroine can walk, sneak (in order to avoid fighting monsters) or run. He fights in real time, striking with melee, and later also long-ranged weapons, and parrying the opponents' hits when necessary."
26376,Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse,"Castle of Illusion Estrelando Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse no Castle Illusion",1990,8.3,Action,Platform,,"Sega's 8-bit systems received their own version of the Genesis' Disney platformer The story and main theme remain the same, but the game has its own unique levels and slightly different gameplay mechanics. To save his girlfriend Minnie from the wicked witch Mizrabel, Mickey must venture into the Castle of Illusion. Crossing six levels (including a magical forest, a toy land and a candy world), he must collect the gems of the rainbow in order to confront and defeat the witch. Each level features unique obstacles, enemies and a final boss. The enemies can be defeated by jumping on top of them. An alternative way is to pick up objects lying around (like rocks in the forest or blue balls in the toy level) and throwing them at the enemies. Mickey's ability to pick up things and carry them around also leads to some sort of puzzle-oriented gameplay. By placing objects in the right spot and jumping off of them, he can get to areas that are otherwise out of reach. In some levels, he also has to collect keys to open doors. A unique type of object is the treasure chest - by jumping on top of one or throwing it, Mickey gets access to its contents, which might include extra lives, a health power-up or coins to collect for points."
26387,Planescape: Torment,,1999,8.5,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Waking up on a stone slab in a morgue, which the zombie workers just pushed into the room, a big man with a face deformed by scars, his back marked by strange tattoos, looks at the dead bodies scattered around the room through the dim light, unable to understand who he is. He is sure that he is dead, yet he is also sure that he moves, thinks, and feels. Memories of love, a woman's face, good and bad deeds of his life - all his past appears in a flash, only to be replaced by the dreadful reality of the mortuary. His journey begins with only one goal: he must learn his name, find out what had happened to him, and which forces prevent him from dying in peace, like all other human beings. The Nameless One opens the doors of the mortuary, only to dive into a world full of fateful encounters, strange characters, broken hopes, despair, and hatred. Piece by piece he shall solve the puzzle and re-discover his own past. Planescape: Torment is a role-playing game that uses a heavily altered variation of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Second Edition rules. It is set in the Planescape the exotic AD&D setting which is composed out of various ""planes"" of existence, with unique characteristics to each. The game features the party-based, ""real-time-with-pause"" combat system which was previously employed in Baldur's Gate Character growth is handled via the standard AD&D attributes, which can be raised and modified in the game. Abilities that are not exclusive to combat, such as Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma, play a special role in the development and outcome of many of the game's conversations and quests. Dialogue options may become available only if the corresponding character parameter is sufficiently high. The outcome of the final quest and thus the ending of the entire game also depend on the way the player has been shaping The Nameless One during the journey. Various fairly exotic characters - including a talking floating skull and a winged succubus who runs a ""spiritual"" brothel - will join the hero on his quest. These characters belong to the traditional AD&D classes of fighter, mage, thief, and cleric. The Nameless One himself starts as a fighter but is able to become a mage or a thief if he meets certain requirements and completes certain quests. The hero is unable to wear armor but can enhance his defenses with special tattoos. Though combat occupies a significant portion of the game, much of it is dedicated to acquiring experience through exploration of the Sigil, the game's main ""hub"" town, and performing quests for its inhabitants. The game is notable for containing a very large amount of in-game text and conversation."
26391,Where Time Stood Still,Land That Time Forgot,1988,7.8,"Action, Adventure","Arcade, Puzzle elements","Fantasy, Prehistoric","While flying three members of the same family, your plane crash-lands in an area where it soon becomes clear that time has stood still - dinosaurs still roam the area, and the humans are primitive and carnivorous. Your task is to guide them to safety through the complex isometrically viewed world (using the same basic game engine as Denton Designs ' Great Escape license). Hazards to be faced include the aforementioned dinosaurs and cavemen, as well as sea monsters, precarious mountainous ledges and dilapidated bridges. Objects including weapons and first aid kits can be collected. Each character has his own distinct behaviors - one becomes hungry easily, while another is only really competent while his fiancé survives. Although the ultimate aim is to save all four characters, you can continue while at least one is alive."
26396,Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter,Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter EX Edition,1997,7.5,Action,Fighting,,"Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter is a 2D fighting game and the first to combine characters from Capcom's Street Fighter series with those of the Marvel comic universe. It is also the first in Capcom's games to introduce a tag team style of combat where the player can call for another character during a fight. Matches consists of two-on-two battles where the player can only control one character at a time. The other character can be called in regularly or while doing an attack. The off-screen one also regains some health while waiting. Both opposing characters need to be defeated to win the match, and when one dies the other is called in automatically. The tag team options introduces Variable Attack, Variable Counter and Variable Combination where the two characters team up to attack, counter of perform a special move. Most of the X-Men characters were already present in X-Men: Children of the Atom and Marvel Super Heroes : Cyclops, Storm, Juggernaut, Magneto and Wolverine, with the addition of Rogue, Gambit and Sabretooth. The Street Fighter characters are gathered from Street Fighter Alpha 2 : Ryu, Ken, Cammy/Chun-Li, Charlie, Zangief, Dhalsim, M. Bison and Akuma. The final boss of the game is Apocalypse. The PlayStation version does not include the tag team feature and relies on the more traditional best-two-of-three round setup."
26406,Aliens Versus Predator: Gold Edition,"Alien Versus Predator, Aliens Versus Predator: Classic 2000",2000,7.7,"Action, Compilation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,Aliens Versus Predator: Gold Edition is a compilation with the following content: Parts of the game were also reworked for this edition.
26411,Subbuteo,Subbuteo: The Computer Game,1990,6.0,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",Board game,,"Subbuteo recreates the famous table football game, which makes for something very different from Sensible/Kick Off/FIFA style games. It's effectively a turn-based strategy game of sorts, as each player has 30 seconds to make their move (within a 30 minute match length), which involves first selecting a player, then aiming the direction in which he will be flicked, then the power and swerve of the flick are determined by the length of time the button is held down for. With any luck, your player will hit the ball, and hit it such that it doesn't leave the playing area, and doesn't hit an opponent. If any of those rules are violated, possession passes to the opposition. Before each flick, the team not in possession can make a 'defensive flick' involving moving one of their players into a potential blocking position (without hitting the ball or an opponent, as this is a foul)."
26421,World Class Baseball,Power League,1988,6.5,Sports,,,"World Class Baseball is a baseball game. The player controls the pitcher and fielders (through an automatic system that, following baseball games' tradition, gives to him control on the one of the players who is closest to the ball); not the batter. One or two little windows display the runner's status during the face-off between the batter and the pitcher; once the ball is hit the view changes to a bird's eye one, showing a good portion of the game field where the action is taking place, together with a permanent small field's image at the right bottom of the screen displaying the position of every player on the whole field. This game comprises an arcade mode (namely «Pennant mode») in which the player is tasked with straightly defeating one by one all opponent teams; a two-player mode (Versus mode) where two players just play versus each other in a single game, the «Open mode» to challenge the computer in a single match and a computer-only mode (Watch mode), seeing a challenge between two teams both controlled by the CPU. The Edit mode allows the player to change the starting lineup and starting rotation for the team. The teams are bracketed in two groups: South Division (consisting of teams from Bangkok, Beijing, Moscow, Paris, Rome, Sidney); North Division (counting teams based in Chicago, Los Angeles, London, New York, Tokyo, Toronto). No official licensed baseball teams are there."
26422,Do! Run Run,"Mr. Do! Run Run, Super Pierrot",1984,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"This game is the sequel to Mr. Do's Wild Ride and the fourth title in the ""Mr. Do!"" series. You control Mr. Do, a clown, and guide him trough a field with varying elevation levels, with balls placed on it. You must collect those balls to replenish your weapon, a ball that you throw at your enemies. A trail (shown as a line) follows you while moving around. The area you moved turns gray and will be uncovered. All the balls in that gray area turn into cherries. And, if you do the same with the cherries, they will be upgraded to oranges. The oranges can be upgraded to lemons and finally the lemons upgraded to pineapples. Hidden under the field is a letter (in the shape of a coin), which can be used for the ""EXTRA"" at the top of the screen. When any of the letters that spell the word ""EXTRA"" are collected an army of enemies that follows you show up and one of those enemies holds the letter that you touched. To obtain the letter you must kill that enemy. Now you can collect the other letters. When you obtained all the letters that spell the word ""EXTRA"" you will receive a bonus. On the field are logs, which can be unleashed by walking next to the side that is propped up. The log rolls down and kills all enemies it rolls over. But be careful! It can kill you too! To continue to the next round, you can kill all enemies or collect all the balls or fruits."
26430,Realm,Alien Terminator,1996,6.8,Action,"Platform, Shooter","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the year 5069 A.D., an alien invasion has devastated the planet, nearly killing the entire population and leaving the major cities of the world in ruins. Out of this chaos, Earth's last hope has arisen with a Biomech cyborg that travels through the five realms (levels) of the game in order to destroy the alien menace and bring humanity back from the brink of annihilation. The gameplay is a side-scrolling action game, where the player travels throughout stages using weapons such as lasers, heat-seeking missiles and plasma boomerangs to destroy the various enemies scattered throughout the stages and face the standard huge menacing bosses to advance to the next level. Power-ups can also be picked up that range from weapon upgrades to crystals that can produce a temporary shield to protect the player from enemy fire."
26435,All-Star Baseball 99,All-Star Baseball 1999,1998,7.6,Sports,,,"All 30 Major League Baseball teams feature in the first All-Star Baseball title by Acclaim. Game modes include Training, Season, Playoff, World Series, plus an All-Star Match, Home Run Derby, and MLB trivia. 100 different batting styles are featured, as well as motions such as sliding catches, base collisions, kneeling throws and broken bats. You can release, sign up and trade players from all around the league, creating your own team from the entire 700-player roster, which includes minor league players ready to be discovered. If a player fitting your demands doesn't exist, you can use the Create a Player mode for further versatility. There are action and simulation modes, plus 3 skill levels. John Sterling and Michael Kaye provide the commentary."
26438,Seas of Blood,,1985,6.6,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"You are an intrepid pirate captain, commanding the corsair crew of the dread vessel the Banshee through the shipping lanes of Khul's so-called Inland Sea on an avaricious quest: to amass a hold full of lucre through treasure-hunting and outright plunder, transporting it safely through the troubled waters from wretched Tak in the north to the distant southern isle of Nippur. A loose adaptation (using many of the original's locations and situations, but often in new, streamlined ways) of Andrew Chapman 's Fighting Fantasy gamebook #16, published earlier the same year, while this computer game version still ignores the gamebooks' Choose-Your-Own-Adventure multiple-choice design in favour of a limited two-word text-game-with-graphics interface, important elements of the FF system rejected in the earlier Adventure Soft conversion of Temple of Terror have been re-integrated into this adaptation -- notably the trademark Fighting Fantasy SKILL & STAMINA RPG stats-management and (simulated) random die-rolling for tracking damage and resolving combat. (Players hoping for the books' third dynamic are, well, out of LUCK.) An additional extraordinary element is carried over from the gamebook: ship-to-ship combat, with your crew manifest standing in to represent an analogue to your boat's STAMINA score (ability to sustain further damage) -- handy to maintain at high levels while attempting to fend off menaces both nautical and land-based drawn from many fabulous and folkloric sources including Homer's Odyssey and the annals of Arabian hero Sinbad the Sailor. The conversion also continues the imposition of the text adventure convention of carry limits unknown in the gamebook, as well as pre-set character stats. Perhaps in an attempt to increase the game's length (at the cost of its replayability), mutually exclusive side-quests from the gamebook all become mandatory stops here toward a larger new goal of not merely maximising one's treasure-accumulation, but systematically denuding the entire coast of anything shiny and not nailed down."
26456,The Games '92: España,,1992,4.9,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"The 1992 olympic games took place in Barcelona, Spain, and the corresponding computer game came from Ocean : The Games '92 - España The sports simulation boasts an impressive variety of diciplines, divided into three sections: Track and Field: running, relay, hurdles, steeplechase, discus, shot putt, hammer throw, javelin, long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault; Water Sports: free style, breast stroke, back stroke, butterfly, relay, diving; Fighting: boxing, wrestling, judo, fencing. Eliminating the different distances in single events (such as 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle), though, The Games ' ""over 30 events"" melt down to 22; and counting only those which differ to some degree in their execution, it boils down to six: running, throwing, jumping, swimming, diving and fighting. The Games '92 is divided in three parts: During preparation time, manage and train twelve athletes by sentencing them to gym time and daily practice. Game time advances with each action until the olympic games begin. In pactice, heats and finals, you take control of your athletes and drive them to peak performances through rhythmical tapping of the cursor keys, and the occasional press of the space bar. In the database section, you can read up on previous games and winning athletes, and take a look at Barcelona location maps."
26457,Pools of Darkness,,1991,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Ten years have passed since the events described in Pool of Radiance and the heroes return to the city where it all started, Phlan. The city is thriving, and looks quite idyllic; but a sinister force is lurking deep in the shadows... After the heroes leave to escort the council member Sasha on a diplomatic assignment, the evil Lord Bane sends four of his most feared lieutenants to destroy the cities of Faerun and twist our dimension. The goal is clear: explore the land and rid it of the evil, by taking on Bane's minions one by one... Pools of Darkness is the fourth of Gold Box series of classic-style D&D / AD&D role-playing games. The gameplay is quite similar to other games of this type. At the start of the game, the player creates a party of characters (up to 6). Classic AD&D races (dwarf, elf, half-elf, gnome, etc.), character classes (fighter, paladin, monk, wizard, etc.), alignments (Good/Evil and Lawful/Chaotic axis), and statistics (strength, intelligence, wisdom, etc.) are there for the player to choose and adjust. Once the party is created, the player begins the exploration of the city of Phlan. Upon exiting the city, the player explores a top-down map, visiting dungeons and other locations of interest, as well as engaging in combat. The turn-based combat is done in similar style as other Gold Box games: the player navigates characters one by one on the top-down battle field, assigning various commands. Experience points are gained after successfully defeating enemies. Enemies appear randomly on the world map as well as in dungeons."
26460,Prototype,,1995,7.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Prototype is a side-scrolling shooter. Controlling a cutting-edge prototype craft, you must save the world from an alien attack. The ship has 4 different, always available, weapon systems. This makes the game a little bit more tactical than other shooters. Some enemies leave energy pills. These pills are necessary to upgrade your weapon systems four times. The game has 5 different (and long) levels, including mountain and forest settings plus another planet. In Prototype there are no extra lives. You have only one life, but you can always save your game."
26467,Cloud Kingdoms,,1990,7.2,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Baron von Bansai has stolen Terry's precious collection of crystals, and dropped them onto 32 different kingdoms, so Terry sets off to retrieve them. Viewed from above, his challenge sees him having to progress through these worlds, collecting keys to gain access to different sections, and avoiding enemy balls and bugs by jumping them where possible. There are no 'lives' as such, but there's a strict time limit of around 400 seconds for the whole game, and death puts you back to the start of the level, with time lost as well. You get an extra 80 seconds for completing each level though. The levels feature all manner of further hazards - there are holes in the ground to avoid falling through (some visible, some hidden), arrows which force the ball in a particular direction, slippery squares making any movement's effect exaggerated, magneted squares making it impossible to jump from, and many more. Fortunately lots of power-ups, time boosts and bonus fruits are dropped onto the levels at random intervals as well. To complete the game you must clear 8 levels, and the structure is non-linear - initially you have a choice of 4 levels, and after completing one of those you have a choice of 4 more levels (which are different depending on which level you completed first). The third and fourth levels you take on as you go through the game are chosen from a choice of 3, the fifth and sixth from a choice of two, and only those final two levels are perscribed (although they do vary depending on which levels you've already done). Each of the 32 worlds has its own twist - Arrow Kingdom has a large amount of arrows directing you, Ice Kingdom is especially slippery, Unseen Kingdom leaves you to work out the route for yourself (other than the holes, which are all you can see), Box Kingdom involves a lot of flying over some trapped squares to grab the keys they contain before making the main jumps onto the sections which contain crystals, and so on."
26475,Traxx,,1983,7.2,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Traxx is a simple action game, with 9 speed settings and a 2 player mode. You are presented with a grid of 24 squares, each of which has lines around it, and your task is to colour in the whole grid. this is done by moving across these lines so as to colour each square individually. If you overshoot the one of the edges, or are forced to go into a different direction, you lose any lines which have been coloured on that block. Each square that you colour must already be next to one which is already coloured, but any sides which have already been used as part of another completed row needn't be re-coloured. Trying to stop you doing this are up to 9 aliens, each of which costs you a life on contact. After completing a level you get 10 seconds to eat the aliens for points, a lá Pac-Man"
26476,Pinball Illusions,,1995,8.2,Action,"Arcade, Pinball",,"Pinball Illusions is the successor to the Pinball Fantasies using an upgraded game engine. The tables are Babewatch, Law & Justice, Extreme Sports, and (on PC CD versions) The Vikings. These contain ramps, bonus areas, and combo sequences to set up. All the artwork was produced in true 256 colors from the ground up for AGA Amigas and the PC, rather than originating in 32 colors on older Amigas. New to this version is multiball: Pinball Illusions supports up to six balls simultaneously, in which case it switches to high-resolution mode. CD versions use CD audio for music."
26481,Thunder in Paradise Interactive,Thunder in Paradise,1995,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Thunder in Paradise is an interactive movie starring R.J. (Terry ""Hulk"" Hogan), Spence (""Hurricane"" Spencer) and Martin ""Bru"" Brubaker (Chris Lemmon), among others. Based on the TV series with the same title, Thunder in Paradise refers to the main 'appendix' of the story: a supersonic boat called ""Thunder"". The game allows you to play through a Thunder in Paradise episode, titled ""The M.A.J.O.R. and the Minor"". The game consists of several so-called 'game encounters': In "" Thunder Encounter*"", you control Thunder's powerful weapons to destroy as many threats to the boat as you can. This section of the game is somewhat like the arcade shooter ""Paratrooper"". "" Island Encounter "" is very similar to other games like Mad Dog McCree in which you should shoot the baddies, before they shoot you. "" Lab Encounter "" has the same feeling as ""Island Encounter"", but set in the laboratory. Nice thing about this bit is, the way it's played (from a 'good' or 'bad' point of view) depends on how you did in the previous encounter. There are two ways to experience Thunder in Paradise: "" Interactive Television*"" lets you play the role of Zack in the show. Spence and Bru ask you for help, by playing three 'game encounters'. The better you perform in a game encounter, the more bonus you will carry forward to the next encounter."
26483,Dictator,Dyktator,1982,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"You are the dictator of the fictional republic of Ritimba. Your task is to keep everybody happy - the army, the peasants, the land owners.... while secretly filling your personal bank account as much as possible. You've got the secret police on your side... and the guerrillas on the other one. Every month, one of those groups makes a request. You can accept it (which might involve quite a bit of money) or deny it, making groups either happy or not. You can also choose to borrow money from the Russians or the Americans. As the old saying goes.. it's impossible to make everybody happy. So sooner or later, you'll be facing a revolution or assassination attempt. Did you purchase that helicopter or are you going to face the music?"
26487,DBZ: Dead Ball Zone,"CBZ: CyBall Zone, Savage Arena, Savage Arena: Dead Ball Zone",1998,6.3,"Action, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Savage Arena is a futuristic handball game, funded by local crime lords for amusement. The game is violent, fast and with few rules. There are three different weapons that are available in Savage Arena: Guns, Bombs and Chainsaws. Players are in teams and teams are fighting. As players take damage, they will begin to vomit on the arena floors, which means that they are nearing incapacitation. The Savage Arena courts has three scoring zones, with more points being awarded for scoring goals from difficult play positions. Each Savage Arena player has a default playing position in the game. There are six different playing positions; Goalkeeper, Defender, Sweeper, Winger, Forward, and Midfielder."
26488,RTL Skispringen Herausforderung 2001,Skoki Narciarskie 2001: Polski Zwycięzca,2000,6.6,Sports,,,A Skijumping game in license with a german broadcast tv. You have to train and manage your jumper. Then you have to make it over 16 jump hills of the skijumping season 2000/2001. You can play Worldcup and the 4-Hill-Tournament. This was the 2nd titel in a row of skijumping games from VCC Entertainment. Keyfeatures are: Worldcup and 4-Hill-Tournament. Up to 72 computer opponents. Different weather conditions. Price money and sponsoring. Hot seat multiplayer. Career mode. Equipment and training.
26489,ZZT,,1991,7.1,"Action, Puzzle","Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"A text-mode action/puzzle game, ZZT already comes with a variety of game worlds. However, the real appeal of this game is the level editor with its scripting capability, which allows the creation of an unlimited number of new scenarios, stories, characters, traps, machines, and anything else players can think of."
26503,SwordQuest: FireWorld,,1983,4.7,Action,,Fantasy,"SwordQuest: FireWorld the second game in the SwordQuest series, is nearly identical to its predecessor In this installment you will find yourself walking from room to room, finding and dropping items, beating the action stages in order to find more items, seeing the odd set of numbers flash at you if you get the right combination of items in the right rooms. The sets of numbers, for instance 16-4, were actually a combination of a page number and a panel number in the comic book that came with the game. On the page indicated by the game, you would find a word hidden somewhere in the numbered panel. When all the correct words were found, you could send them to Atari in hopes of winning the SwordQuest contest that this game was designed for."
26505,Thunder Force V: Perfect System,Thunder Force V,1997,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The first instalment in the Thunder Force series made for 32-bit consoles. As a pilot for the Thunder Force group, it's up to you to destroy an evil alien race bent on destroying the Earth and all of its inhabitants. As in its predecessors, the gameplay is fast and furious, with more powerful weapons. All weapons now have an extra powerful blast mode, triggered by holding down the fire button. Sprites have been forfeited in favour of 2D polygons made possible by the new platform. The musical score contains a lot of techno rearrangements of old Thunder Force themes. In spite of all the changes, Thunder Force V aims to please fans of old-schoolers by not abandoning concepts and details introduced in earlier games in the series."
26514,X-COM: Terror from the Deep,"TFTD, UFO 2, X-COM 2",1995,8.2,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based tactics (TBT),Sci-fi / futuristic,"X-COM: Terror from the Deep is the follow-up to the resource management and tactical combat game X-COM: Enemy Unknown It has been 40 years since X-COM last defeated the aliens. Now, in the year of 2040, aliens begin to appear on the Earth again. This time the threat to humanity is coming from the depths of oceans. The game is almost identical to the original X-COM game. The user interface, weapons, and aliens are all the same. The only difference is the adaptation of the aliens and weapons (e.g. new hand-to-hand weapons) to the ocean environment. The game features both undersea and on-land missions, and is significantly harder than its predecessor."
26516,Pitfall: Beyond the Jungle,Pitfall GB,1998,6.1,Action,Platform,,"Pitfall: Beyond the Jungle is a side-scrolling platformer in which the player controls Pitfall Henry Jr. who discovered a portal to another dimension. There he has to beat four worlds with overall 15 levels in order to save the people from the evil Scourge. As with all Pitfall games, the focus is on skillful platforming and jumping. Harry can perform multiple jumping variants (regular jump, long jump, high jump, and a short but high jump forward) which are performed together with the directional buttons and need to be mastered in order to beat the game. Examples of typical obstacles are vines which need to be grabbed mid-air and floating snags where Harry can hook in his axe in. This axe is also the only weapon which can be used to kill the enemies which drain Harry's life energy when their attacks are successful. The premise is the same as in the PlayStation version but the rest of the game is unrelated."
26530,Barrage,,1998,6.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Barrage is a 3D shooter in which the player pilots a futuristic aircraft. The purpose of the game is to destroy as many targets as possible within a certain time limit. This action takes place in five different environments: Prairie, Tunnel, Canyon, Chicago and Ocean. In each environment there is a new weapon added with its own advantages to find and master. The game supports Internet, modem, serial link and LAN multiplayer for 2 to 8 players in four environments."
26538,Gemstone Warrior,"Gemstone Warrior: Action, Strategy, & Adventure in the Netherworld",1984,7.3,Action,"Action RPG, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Gemstone Warrior is an action game with adventure elements. Players work their way through an underground catacomb, doing three things at once. First they need to find five pieces of a gemstone, spread throughout the maze. Second they need to avoid getting killed by the guardians of the catacomb. Finally they need to map the game, because the place is so large that it is easy to get lost. Once the Gemstone Warrior has collected the five gemstone pieces, he needs to move back to the point where he began the game. The hero has to go underground because of demons. They stole the gemstone from humans, because they were jealous of the good magic it brought to humankind. They broke it up and spread it throughout their dungeon, to hide it. This game is not just a ""shoot-em-up""; it has many of the features of that style of game, but also gives players time to think. It includes a pause which helps one map and also to freeze a room, to see what is running toward the Gemstone Warrior. The game also has a save feature, which is useful just before entering a new room: if the Gemstone Warrior is ambushed, players can give him another chance. After killing opponents, the Gemstone Warrior has the opportunity to search the bodies for treasure. Monsters carry arrows, and also ""magic bolts."" The latter are interesting, as they destroy treasure too, as well as the Gemstone Warrior, should he be too close to the explosion. Magic items abound, and help the warrior make it through the caverns. Some magic items are traps too; there is a healing potion bottle that is similar to a poison bottle. Other magic items include effects to freeze opponents, turn the warrior invisible, hide him among monsters with an illusion, annihilate all opponents in the current cavern, and cure disease."
26539,Max Steel: Covert Missions,,2000,6.2,Action,Shooter,,"Mattel Interactive continues their Dreamcast assault with Max Steel, an action/adventure title based on the hit-rendered TV program of the same name. You control Max, a superhero with the ability to turn invisible and punch through walls, as he valiantly halts the plans of the diabolical John Dread. Gameplay is similar to Fighting Force 2, as you lead Max through expansive levels pummeling your foes with bare fists. The game also features voice-overs by the cast of the television show, adding dramatic flair to the proceedings."
26540,Quartet,"Mobile Quartet, Quartet 2",1986,4.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"Your job is to basically find the end-of-level boss, and then defeat it to obtain the key that will open the level exit, but your task is made difficult by the planet's inhabitants. Get the jet-pack to make it easier to navigate the level and shoot any inhabitants that get in the way. These inhabitants will leave behind something that you can get to increase your score, and the inhabitants will eventually regenerate. If any one of them touches you while you have the jet-pack, you land on the ground or the nearest platform, and have to get it again; and the same rule applies to the key."
26541,Bargon Attack,,1992,7.2,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","Bargon Attack is one of the less known adventures from Coktel Vision though it was one of the first that introduced the unique interface that was used in many Coktel games that followed. It was also one of the first of Coktel's games to use FMV technology in cut-scenes. The gameplay is a mix of science fiction, cyberpunk and comedy elements. It takes place in the near future when an alien race named Bargon conquered the Earth and enslaved its people. You take a role of the young programmer who decides to put an end to the cruel aliens. You'll travel through 20 or so locations. Each one consists of 1 to 3 screens, similar to other Coktel games. Along your travels, you'll face dangerous creatures and some strange alien technology. There are some occasions when you can die (though the option to replay the level is always available), plus the game also features several arcade sequences."
26542,XCar: Experimental Racing,X-Car: Experimental Racing,1997,6.6,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"As the name suggests, in XCar: Experimental Racing the player drives and races experimental cars. There are sixteen cars to race on ten tracks. Tracks range from 'Mid-Ohio' to a Mayan temple and downtown Seattle. Cars can (and, at times, need to) be tweaked, tuned, and sometimes completely over-hauled to improve the various components that make up the car. The graphics can be rendered in software or accelerated in 3Dfx. While there is no track or car editor for the game, the player can edit car textures (only in software mode), to create a completely customized car."
26545,All Star Tennis 2000,Yannick Noah All Star Tennis 2000,2000,5.2,Sports,,,"All Star Tennis 2000 is a 3D Tennis simulation game. The game features Exhibition, Season and Tournament play. There are 10 different tournaments in which you can compete on eight different courts from all over the world. Seven actual tennis players have been digitalized and included with the game. Each of them has their own strengths and weaknesses. You can play the game in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. You can also choose the amount of sets in a game."
26554,Carrier Aces,,1995,6.5,"Action, Simulation",Arcade,"Historical events, World War II","Carrier Aces is a 3rd person flight simulator that takes place during World War II. The game is also entirely split screen, with a second player or the computer opponent taking the controls on the second half of the secreen. Players control an aircraft pilot of either the United States or Japanese Empire. Based aboard an aircraft carrier, the player can engage in the following missions: 1vs1 dogfights, strafing runs on enemy ships, dive bombing on enemy ships, torpedo runs on enemy ships and carrier landings. All missions are made up of these elements, however campaign missions also feature the ability to decide which aircraft to bring into battle, each with it's own statistics, and keep track of progress on an area map. When two forces engage each other on this map, players can choose which plane to bring into battle and it will close in a 1vs1 battle with the enemy. In dogfights, both players control an aircraft whereas during ship combat, one player controls an aircraft and the other will control the ship's turret gun. Aircraft controls include being able to tilt left and right, climb, dive, increase speed, decrease speed, fire guns, release bombs/torpedoes (if present) and do a 180 degree loop. Turret controls are more limited, only allowing the player to aim left and right, fire the gun and zoom."
26558,Duel Master: Blood Valley,,1987,4.8,Action,,Fantasy,"A loose adaptation of the 1986 pair of fantasy gamebooks, this game gives a solo player the opportunity to control the actions of The Quarry (player's pick of barbarian, priest or thief), a slave who is once a year selected to run free temporarily, before being run down in the valley of Gad, hunted by its cruel ruler the Archveult, and tortured to death. Survival is possible only through escaping the valley or slaying the hunter. (A second player has the option of controlling the pursuing Archveult simultaneously in splitscreen mode.) The duel the game sets up is only the last of many threats -- the game imposes countless re-spawning enemies in the players' paths, needing to be endlessly slain with a tap of the attack button (and their random loot gathered with a tap of a different button) while remaining always on the move and attempting to achieve a shopping list of incremental objectives necessary for greater success, ""helpfully"" listed on the screen at all times in most versions."
26566,WCW Mayhem,,1999,6.9,Action,,,"In WCW Mayhem you can wrestle as more than 50 of your favorite WCW wrestlers in all 12 of the company's pay-per-view sets and their three major television programs, ""Nitro"", ""Thunder"" and ""Saturday Night"". Fights can occur in the ring, or you can take the match out to the backstage area. The game also includes a create a wrestler mode to bring your own grapplers to the ring and a feature to unlock pay-per view events with the use of special codes (this feature was dropped after only three months). Running commentary by WCW's main announcer Tony Schiavone and (PlayStation version only) Bobby ""The Brain"" Heenan lend an air of authenticity to the presentation of the game."
26576,Bio Menace,,1993,6.9,Action,Platform,"North America, Sci-fi / futuristic","The CIA has learned that gigantic mutants are wreaking havoc in Metro City and their sources say that the destruction is caused by a scientist calling himself Dr. Mangle. For this reason, they send Snake Logan, the CIA's top secret agent, on a dangerous mission: fly over Metro City, investigate what’s going on, then report back to the captain. Unfortunately, Snake’s plane is shot down, forcing Snake to walk the streets and kill mutants. There are three episodes in this game: In “Dr. Mangle's Lab” and “The Hidden Lab”, Snake must destroy two labs and Dr. Mangle himself. Just before he dies, Mangle tells him that he is forced by somebody known as Master Cain to do his bidding, or he would be killed, so in “Master Cain”, Snake sets out and destroy the creator himself. All three episodes use the Commander Keen engine, which id Software used. It has a similar score box located at the top-left of the action screen, same menu system, same on-line help, and the same start-up screen where the game detects your sound card, video card, I/O devices, and the amount of memory you have. It even allows you to view the old status screen if you press [Space] during gameplay. But the only differences are that Snake has eight units of health, so each time Snake collides with a mutant, he doesn’t get killed straight away unless he had one unit left. There are 12 levels in each episode. When you start a new game, as well as choosing the three difficulty modes, you get to practice every level except the very last one, which is the episode’s final boss. Snake can use more than one weapon. For example, beside his trusty machine gun, he can also use lasers to fire through mutants, place land mines on the ground or throw grenades to blow them up. Snake has to make his way through each level by blasting mutants while finding the exit. But to find it, he must first free a hostage located on each level. Some parts of each level are blocked off by a laser gate, and these include passages where the hostages are kept. To turn these off, Snake must search for a keycard or a crystal shard. There are lockers which store these, and can only be opened by obtaining gold keys. Also in these locked doors are goodies that can boost your score, which could give you an extra life. You can also get an extra life by either collecting 50 gems or a mini-Snake. A few of the levels have a color sequence. This involves finding five different colors in a line, and then finding five switches that must be flipped in the correct order that corresponds to the sequence of colors. Doing this will allow you to get goodies that add many points to your score. However, failure to switch in the correct order will result in Snake falling down a pit of spikes or toxic waste. In some areas, you can also get a flask full of liquid that will make your invincible for 30 seconds. As normally, it does not work when Snake falls down a pit."
26578,Vinyl Goddess from Mars,Vinyl Bogini z Marsa,1995,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In the year 200 billion a small ship races across the galaxy taking The Vinyl Goddess From Mars to the esteemed intergalactic B Movie convention. In mid transit, a meteor shower strikes without warning and the ship is engulfed in a sea of rocks and debris. Badly damaged by the cosmic storm, the ship careens off course. Desperately, The Vinyl Goddess twists knobs and pulls levers to regain control. The best that she can hope for is to eject and let the ship crash land on the strange planet below. It's up to you to help the lovely goddess find and repair her ship and collect all of her belongings before it's to late to reach the convention. Vinyl Goddess From Mars is a platform game similar in design and gameplay to the older Jill of the Jungle or alternatively Gods As Vinyl, you must progress through levels and episodes and eventually repair your broken vessel."
26579,Sword of Destiny,,1985,6.2,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"You are Kalok and you fought so hard and so brave but in the end the evil warlock, Xorphas finally defeated you and killed you. Problem is instead of your soul going to warrior heaven, Xorphas has sought revenge by stealing your heart which means your soul is destined to wander for ever in Limbo. You still have the Sword of Destiny so you decide that you will descend into the depths of the Warlock's lair, The Abyss of Death and get your heart back. You must fight off evil nasties as well as find flashing objects which open up more of the Abyss. Scattered around are small volcano type mounds and when you jump on them they allow you to jump up higher. Touch any nasty or fall from a height then your Astral power bar will decrease slightly. When it is empty it is game over. Sword of Destiny is a one player flick-screen platform game. You use a joystick or the keyboard to control your hero."
26584,Speed Buggy,Buggy Boy,1985,7.8,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Buggy Boy is a race game, but not just an ordinary race game. There are five different routes, offroad, north, east, west, south. The offroad course loops around back to the start, the others are long runs with a distinct beginning and ending. You must complete each leg before the time runs out. Along the way you can pick up all kinds of bonuses. The colored flags are 30 points each, collect all colors in the order as indicated at the top of the screen to get 1000 bonus points. There are several gates the give you 100, 250 or 500 points, and a time gate. Drive through a time gate to collect it, you receive two seconds extra time upon completing a leg. Occasionally there will be a soccer ball on the road, hit it and it will fly away and you get 2000 points. There are bridges and tunnels, be careful not to fall off the bridge into the water or crash into the tunnel wall. There also are obstacles like boulders, logs and fences. If you hit them it will cost you valuable seconds off your leg time. But if you hit a log or small stone just right, the buggy will ride on two wheels until you hit something again."
26585,Stronghold,"D&D Stronghold: Kingdom Simulator, Stronghold: Kingdom Simulator, Stronghold: Kōtei no Yōsai",1993,7.4,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Fantasy,"Mixing the gameplay of Civilization and similar games into real-time and with a 3D view, players must build up a small village in the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy universe into a Stronghold. How much micro-management you wish to do is up to you; the computer can take care of much of it. You recruit and train Fighters, Thieves, Clerics and Magic Users to venture out and claim more land and resources, which include removing hostile forces. Take control of food supply and the production and management of buildings including castles, markets and magic schools. Your victory condition is based on your alignment: Lawful players must advance to the rank of Emperor, Chaotic players must destroy all enemy strongholds, and Neutral players must do both!"
26602,Pooyan,,1982,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In Pooyan you play the role of a pig, protecting its piglets from wolves. The first screen takes place near the pigs' home. Mrs. Pig rides up and down in a cable car, shooting at wolves, who are riding balloons downward, towards the ground. If the wolves land safely on the ground, then they can climb a ladder, near the cable-car, and catch Mrs. Pig. But if she shoots their balloons, they splat on the ground instead. The wolves shoot acorns at the pig. But Mrs. Pig has a food-based weapon too. If she gets to the top, she can get meat, to toss at the wolves and make them jump off their balloons in pursuit. Each wolf taken out this way is worth bonus points (on a doubling scheme: 400, 800, 1600...) The second scene takes place at the wolves' lair. Here the wolves have reinforced balloons--it takes multiple hits to make them fall. Here they float upwards toward a big rock, which they push on top of Mrs. Pig, when seven wolves are present. Additionally, an alpha wolf (wolf leader) appears and summons wolves in packs."
26606,Hunchback II: Quasimodo's Revenge,,1984,6.1,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The archetype of the Hunchback of Notre Dame really isn't terribly nuanced: he jumps around towers, ringing bells, rescuing Esmeralda and being generally physically unattractive. Here he does all of these things, in a more platform-oriented take than the original clambering up dangling ropes as they rise and fall, avoiding environmental threats such as rabid bats, thrown hatchets and enormous grinding clockwork gears all in the pursuit of small bells strewn across each screen's platforms. Gathering all the bells permits you to advance higher up the tower, at the top of which the damsel in distress awaits your homely visage."
26610,Zork III: The Dungeon Master,"Zork 3, Zork III: Le Maître Des Ténèbres",1982,7.1,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"In the third game of the adventure game series Zork you are once again a nameless adventurer, only this time you won't travel through a beautiful magical land, but are immediately cast into a deep dungeon. Like in a dream, you hear a mysterious voice telling you that you have passed all the tests but one. When consciousness returns to you, you find yourself on the endless spiral of stairs, with only your trusty lantern near you... will you be able to survive the horrors of the Dungeon? Like its predecessors, Zork III: The Dungeon Master is a text adventure game. You read descriptions of rooms and then interact with the game by typing commands. As all early Zork games, it is very easy to get stuck in the game, so you'll have to reload several times in order to find the correct way."
26617,F1 Manager Professional,,1997,7.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"F1 Manager Professional is the successor of F1 Manager keeps its main structure and offers subtle changes in the game mechanics. It is still a managerial game which simulates a racing team in the Formula One. One part of the team success lies in the financial side. Money is gained by getting companies to sponsor the team and by getting good results in the races. The budget limits the quality of the driver and the other employees. Besides the driver the most important part of the athletic success comes from the used car. Like in the real world it needs to be constantly evolved and tuned. If the player doesn't want to do this part himself he can hire engineers which take this job on. This part of the game is played in several menus in a 1st person view which are reached by a main menu. The actual race is shown in real time and 3D and can be watched with several camera angles. There the player can see if his preparations and pit stop strategies were useful. The preparations are optimisations referring to the course and the expected weather, e.g. using the right tires or fuel. Pit stop strategies can be changed during the race. During the multiplayer mode the time which every player has to his disposal can be chosen freely. The game has no official licenses so all names are alienated but can be changed with the editor. Registered owners of the predecessor can buy an upgrade version for less money."
26618,Watchy,"3D Robo Shooting: GoMan, Team 47 GoMan",1997,5.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Team 47 GoMan aliens try to destroy the world. Now the player controls one of five combat robots to kill them. There are six regions to protect, e.g. New York or Tokyo, which are shown in a 3D perspective. The player has two energy bars: a life bar which decreases when hit, and another bar which decreases by using a weapon. Depending on its power a weapon may need more energy than others.. However, the goal is to destroy all aliens in an area. They regain health by destroying buildings, if they have too much success with it the player loses. To help him there is a mini map where all enemies are shown."
26620,Joe Montana Football,,1990,6.6,Sports,,,"Joe Montana (Joe Cool) was an American National Football League player playing for the San Francisco 49ers as a quarterback. He was voted by the Associated Press as the most valuable player two years running (1989-90). In Joe Montana Football the player can play a game of American Football with Joe Montana giving the player basic tips on the next best move. The player can play against a friend or play the computer with 3 difficulty levels (beginner, normal, and professional) in a full game (5 min per quarter) using all the real rules and scoring. The teams are made up of 28 American city names with no team names (or player names) mentioned. Once the coin is flipped and the kick-off the game begins. The player controls the on-screen player as they try to run up the field. Once the player is downed the game turns to a play selection screen where the player can choose their next play (tactic) out of the 17 different preset plays available, as well as a punt, attempt at a field goal, or a turnover, all done in full view of the opponent (the CPU will change their play to match yours). More often then not Joe himself will give a tip on the best play that it will default to. On the field the player controlling the quarterback can throw it to the receiver (changing the player control to the receiver), change the receiver to pass to, or try to run with the quarterback. When play changes hands and the player becomes a defender the player has 6 defensive plays to choose from as well as a turnover. On the field the player controls a single player chosen by cycling though the players or selecting the player closest to the selected receiver. Two player mode works the same as single player but with a player instead of the computer."
26624,Red Baron,,1990,7.5,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War I","Red Baron puts you in the pilot's seat of actual World War I fighter aircraft. This game features 28 different aircraft from both the Allied and the German sides presented in actual 3D graphics. Start a career as a pilot and rise through the ranks to become the most feared ace in the skies, or participate in a variety of single missions including simple fighter sweeps, balloon-busting, zeppelin hunting, or take on an actual WWI ace in one-on-one combat. If you're good enough, you may even be able to take on the infamous Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron himself."
26630,Formula 1: Championship Edition,"Formel 1 97, Formula 1 97",1997,8.2,Racing / Driving,,,"An updated version of Psygnosis' first Formula 1 game. It features all tracks, drivers and cars from the 1997 season. Both an arcade mode and a realistic Grand Prix mode are available. New features are higher resolution and split-screen multiplayer."
26635,Monster Seed,,1998,5.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Not much of a fighter? Like to work with exotic animals? Like helping people? Then start gathering your seeds today! Monster Seed obviously takes influence from the popular animal raising/fighting genre; specifically games like Pokémon and Monster Rancher Of course, it does do a few things differently. One major difference is the fantasy setting. No ranches or medical settings here, no sir. Another key difference is in the overall presentation; Monster Seed's gameplay and interface are a lot more simple than most other breeding games. Similar to mother games in the genre, there's a brief tutorial of sorts, and then you're off to gather your own creatures, earning better seeds and other breeding components as you go. Just be careful with your critters, because if they die in battle, they're gone for good. Granted you can always breed more, but it can certainly set you back if your creature hatches at level five, but you lost a level twelve. Combat itself uses a somewhat typical turn-based system, with a grid used to determine character locations, spell ranges and so on. Much like a normal RPG, you get to take turns giving commands to your main character and your monsters. Different monsters are better suited for different roles, with some better off hanging out in the back, attacking from a distance and others in the front lines, absorbing the damage and dishing out the hurt. Monster Seed isn't the most innovative RPG/breeding game out there, but it is a decent game that will help any fan of the genre pass the time."
26636,Passengers on the Wind,"De kinderen van de wind, Les Passagers du Vent, Los Pasajeros del Viento, Passeggeri del Vento, Reisende im Wind",1986,6.6,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Based on François Bourgeon 's French comic book series from the '80s, the game follows the series' plot very closely. As the French Revolution is about to begin, Hoel and Isa find themselves in Brittany after a series of unfortunate events. They will face a thousand dangers, travel from the European to the African shores, in a quest to discover truth about Isa's real identity. The player controls, in turn, the actions of the daring heroine, the courageous and loving sailor, and more than fifteen other characters living towards the end of the eighteenth century."
26637,Pool Hu$tler,"Dōkyū: Billiard Master, Pool Hustler, Pool Palace",1998,7.1,Sports,,Contemporary,"hustling is the name of the game Shoot in six shady pool halls with unique tables, cuesticks and local pros. Select from single and two-player modes, plus, 8-Ball, 9-Ball, 14-1, and Rotation rules. swim with the sharks Wager, win, and move on to tougher opponents in your quest to hustle all 12 underground champs - each with unique skills, playing abilities, taunts, and betting strategies. learn the ropes and be a pro Learn everything from the basics to authentic pool techniques like English, draw and jumping. Align your shot with the realistic top-down camera. Then, view slow-motion instant replays. Source: Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US)"
26639,Communist Mutants from Space,,1982,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Communist Mutants From Space is an arcade action game with gameplay similar to Space Invaders Your goal is to defend your home planet from the various mutant warriors which are attacking. You control an anti-mutant cannon on the bottom of the screen and need to shoot as many of the mutants at the top as you can. At the very top of the screen, a Mother Creature will be creating mutant eggs that fall into the formation. The eggs will slowly hatch into various creatures which fly down and try to bomb or crash into your cannon. If you destroy the Mother Creature as well as all of the mutants on the screen, you will move on to the next, more difficult level. Several game options are included which allow you to enable or disable a shield, guided fire, a time warp to temporarily slow down the game, and penetrating fire allowing you to take out several mutants with one shot."
26641,Swarm,"Galactic Swarm, Space Blaster",1998,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Swarm follows in the Asteroids tradition where the player must pilot a lone ship and destroy a bunch of derelict space debris as well as hostile space-faring creatures while collecting items. This game revolves around a character named Saul who narrates the opening of each level, describing a little more of what he is doing and how he got himself into the present situation. The craft he pilots is called a T-77 which is agile, speedy, and armed with twin cannons. Throughout the levels, the player can collect upgraded cannons and a variety of explosive devices and other weapons with which to dispatch enemies and help with mining EZT, the prized material in this game. Swarm boasts 4 difficulty settings and 100 playable levels."
26649,Harley's Humongous Adventure,Kagakusha Harley no Haran Banjō,1993,7.2,Action,Platform,,"Harley is a hip, young scientist who happens to have an IQ the size of Mt. Rushmore. While experimenting with a shrinking machine, something goes terribly wrong--the machine explodes and Harley is now the size of a bug! Harley has to find the missing pieces of his machine and reassemble it in order to return to his regular size. You'll guide him through all kinds of crazy capers, commandeering a tank, parachuting, using a jet pack, and fighting a giant rat, that will lead him to the parts he needs. When you're the size of an insect everything looks humongous."
26652,Blair Witch: Volume I - Rustin Parr,"A Bruxa de Blair: Volume 1 - Rustin Parr, Blair Witch: Czesc Pierwsza - Rustin Parr",2000,7.3,Action,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror",Interwar,"Blair Witch, Volume I: Rustin Parr the first of three games based on Blair Witch folklore, takes its name from a character mentioned only briefly in the movie. Parr was arrested for the ritualistic murders of seven children in 1941. You play as Elspeth ""Doc"" Holliday, an agent for a secret government agency called ""Spookhouse"". She is dispatched to Burkittsville, Maryland weeks after Parr's execution to see if there is any truth to the claims of supernatural forces at work there. By day Elspeth will talk to the locals, attempting to befriend them and get any useful information about the investigation out of them. At night she will travel through the expansive woods surrounding Burkittsville, dispatching a never ending swarm of monsters as she searches for more clues as to the source of the aberrations. As an agent of Spookhouse Elspeth has access to a wide range of advanced weaponry that ghosts and monsters are vulnerable to, but often it is better to run than fight."
26653,Savage,,1988,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"Savage contains three different parts, each with its own style. You can play all three, but to get more than one life on levels 2 or 3, you must first input the code earned on completing the previous level. You play Savage, a muscular warrior who was imprisoned in a castle. When he broke free, he found out that his imprisonment had been a trick with the sole purpose of imprisoning his love, the maiden. You have to progress through the 3 parts of the game to rescue her. The first is a simple horizontal-scrolling shooter, in which you use the trajectory of your shots to kill enemies and collect the treasures and improved weapons they drop when killed. The second is a 1st person perspective 3D shooter resembling Space Harrier with skulls to shoot and monoliths to avoid. In the third you play Savage's Eagle form, flying through platform-style levels avoiding timing-based hazards and shooting anyone who gets in your way. In this section bubbles can be shot to release power-ups."
26659,Mary King's Riding Star,"'Lussan' Nathhorst Presenterar Riding Star, Alexandra Ledermann: Equitation Passion, Ulrich Kirchhoffs Riding Star, Ulrich Kirchhoffs Riding Star: Die Simulation rund um den Reitsport",1999,5.3,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Mary King's Riding Star is a managerial simulation set in the equestrian sports business. The game focuses in the athletic part, this means there are no finances to manage and the goal of the game is to win as many championships as possible in the events dressage, cross country and showjumping. To achieve this goal the player has to ""manage"" his horse by using the training grounds to improve the horses's skills. The player also has to manually clean the stall and feed and groom the horse. The championships are shown in a isometric perspective with spoken commentary. There are options to personalize the game, e.g. by naming the horse and choose its color. The game is largely based on the original 1998 Riding Star and was created in cooperation with its developer Blue Tongue"
26660,X-Zone,,1992,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Compond X's powerful bio-computer has begun to malfunction and ""X-Tra"", aka the external threat recognition assault system, is firing on anything that moves. In fact, the computer has accessed the nation's nuclear weapon countdown systems for a retaliatory strike. Since nuclear war might X-tinguish life on the planet, the player must enter the X-Termination zone of the compound and fight on through defenses to the central computer. X-Zone is a first-person light gun game. The player must shoot the robotic enemies on the screen and the projectiles that they launch at the player. Most levels are ended with a battle against a boss, which follows specific patterns and whose systems/weapons must be shot at and destroyed individually."
26670,Lightforce,,1986,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Regulus system has been attacked by alien forces, and you are the only Terran fighter in place to clear the area and rescue the captured hostages. The game is a vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up with 5 levels. The first of these involves clearing their defences to reach the alien sector, then you face the jungle, ice and desert planets, before reaching the final alien compound. The game's enemies have a variety of attack patterns and formations, as well as varied and colourful appearance."
26673,Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Montana's Movie Madness,"Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Buster Bunny no Kattobi Daibōken, Tiny Toon Adventures: Montana's Movie Madness",1993,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"A brand new movie theater has just opened up in Acme Acres! But, it's unfortunately owned by none other than resident spoiled rich brat of Acme Acres, Montana Max, and he's decided to run movies in which he's the hero, and Buster Bunny is his arch-nemesis! Of course, Buster can't sit too still on that, so he's going to try and enter the movies and change the plots so Montana can't win at his dirty scheme of ruining Buster's reputation! It's all up to Buster! If he manages to change all four flicks Monty has cooked up, he can try to face Montana rabbit-to...well, spoiled kid, in a final showdown! Time to get rolling!"
26676,Captain America and the Avengers,,1991,6.5,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"The Mandarin has knocked out Iron Man and the Vision. This time it is personal. You play as Captain America or Hawkeye. In the one player mode, you must fight your way through various thugs to rescue Iron Man and the Vision. This game is a side scroller, somewhat reminiscent of Bionic Commando in which you fight through a level then move to an overhead map to decide where to go next. In between levels, Wasp gives you hints. Captain America's attacks are: when he is standing, shield throw; when he is crouching, punch and when he is jumping, kick. Also, if you push twice in a direction, Cap can do a powerful forward charge with his shield for a short distance. Hawkeye's attacks are all arrow shots. He can shoot left, right, up, upper-left or upper-right. If you complete an area with one character then complete it with the other character right away, you can press start to switch between Cap or Hawkeye. This has the advantage that Cap's forward charge is powerful and by grabbing poles, he can then jump to areas Hawkeye cannot. Hawkeye can shoot enemies or targets too high for Cap to jump up and kick. In the battle mode, this is a two player, one-on-one battle. Player one chooses from Captain America or Hawkeye (the good guys) and player two chooses from Wizard, Ultron or Crossbones (the bad guys). You fight each other until one player has won three rounds."
26679,Super Stuntman,,1987,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Tricks / stunts",,"This action shoot ‘em up has an unusual setting, pitching you as a movie stuntman trying to complete the toughest scenes of the latest blockbuster. The scenes include desert chases, forest rallying and Grand Canyon jumps. There are 7 levels in total, each teeming with ‘bad guys’ and scenery obstacles. You score points for each enemy you shoot down. Unusually, you get bonuses for crashing anything up to twice (as this can be perceived to maximize the action stakes for the film), but a third crash means Game Over."
26687,Pinball Fantasies,"Pinball Dreaming: Pinball Fantasies, Pinball Fantasies Deluxe",1992,7.7,Action,Pinball,,"After the success of Pinball Dreams on several systems, a sequel featuring four new tables was created. The gameplay is much the same as the first game, with realistic physics, multi-player options and a high score table to aim for. The tables are Partyland, Speed Devils, Billion Dollar Gameshow and Stones 'n' Bones, taking in a funfair, racing cars, a tacky game-show, and a graveyard. Each one has a range of ramps, combos, light sequences and targets to shoot, as well as general themes which are less influenced by real tables than those in Pinball Dreams."
26689,B-17 Flying Fortress,B-17 Flying Fortress: World War II Bombers in Action,1992,7.2,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","B-17 Flying Fortress is a simulation of the legendary heavy bomber of World War II. After customizing one's bomber with nose art and a name, one of several randomly assigned bombing missions into Germany must be flown. The game not only features actual flight simulation, but also crew management. Each of the 10 crew members has ratings for categories like piloting, bombing and gunnery. During a mission, crew members can be reassigned to other posts if needed because of injuries. Each position including the pilot seat, the guns and the bombing sight can of course also be controlled by the player. A historically accurate number of 25 missions must be flown and survived to complete a tour of duty."
26691,Fire-Brigade: The Battle for Kiev - 1943,,1988,7.8,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","The Fire Brigade was the 48th Panzer Korps, which was heavily involved in the battle this wargame recreates - Operation Barbarossa, Germany's attempted offensive in Russia during World War 2. The game recreates the situations at 3 dates in the attack, and you can play any of those from either side. You have a range of units under your command, as although the battle was largely tank-based there were also infantry and air units involved. Units can be told which positions to take up, and whether to defend a spot or consciously aim to attack it. The game's AI incorporates the significance of bridges, rivers and forests as strategic points, and your units can be subject to fatigue."
26692,Doom,,1995,7.1,"Action, Compilation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This release of Doom is based on The Ultimate Doom and Doom II and contains most of the levels and enemies from both games as well as about half a dozen exclusive maps. The Doom maps are based off the Jaguar version and hence feature the same simplifications as that release. The PC Ultimate Doom and Doom II maps were converted especially for this release and also feature some simplifications, though not to the degree of the Doom maps. Some Doom II enemies have been added to the Doom and Ultimate Doom maps. The engine has been upgraded to a 32 bit renderer allowing for smoother distance shading and more notably, in the PS1 version, coloured lighting. This version of Doom features also entirely new sounds and music."
26704,RoboCop versus The Terminator,,1993,7.0,Action,"Platform, Shooter","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The Dark Horse comic book crossover of the two famous 80s cyborgs spawned various different game adaptations. RoboCop versus The Terminator on Sega systems is only loosely based on the comic. The player controls RoboCop who during his duty of policing the streets of Detroit is lured into a trap by Terminators sent from the future. By uploading himself into the computer network, he becomes the seed from which the malevolent Skynet grows. Years later, in the post-apocalyptic future, RoboCop is reactivated and must help the human resistance by attacking and defeating Skynet once and for all. The game is a platformer with heavy shooting elements and consists of 10 levels. Many enemies stand in RoboCop's way and must be destroyed via 8 different weapons. RoboCop begins the game with only a basic pistol, but other weapons can be found, including flame and grenade throwers, laser guns, self-seeking missiles and others. While all guns have unlimited ammo, only two can be carried at the same time and being killed means the currently equipped gun is lost. The game is evenly split between present and future levels. Enemies in present Detroit include mostly street punks and other criminal elements while the future is of course populated by deadly machines: Terminators, robotic dogs and spiders and many automated guns. Each level ends with a boss battle, featuring Terminators, heavy tanks and RoboCop's famous adversaries ED-209 and Cain (aka RoboCop 2). Some levels feature optional goals besides getting to the exit, like freeing hostages or destroying security cameras."
26718,Rally Bike,Dash Yarou,1988,6.9,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"There's a cross-country motorcycle rally going from San Francisco to New York. In Rally Bike the player has but one goal, to work their way up through the ranks of the racers and place high enough to qualify for the next race. The game contains six stages to race through. The player controls a motorcycle and must cross the finish line before an established number of competitor bikes. The player must avoid crashing into obstacles, opposing racers, vehicles, and running out of gas. During a race there are certain areas where the player can refill their gas but stopping to refuel will cause competitor bikes to take advantage and race past the player. Competitors never run out of fuel but they are able to crash into obstacles thus taking them out of the race. Occasionally during a race a helicopter will fly by dropping items that the player is able to pick up. The items are a 1000 Points Bonus, helper motorcycles that help you crash other racers, extra gasoline, Hi-grade gasoline which lasts longer than normal, a turbocharger that gives extra speed, and a helmet which provides invincibility. If the player places in the top ten in a race, they are able to tune up their bike with better equipment. The player can upgrade their bike's engine (either 2 cycle type or 4 cycle type) and its tires (either rain, brock, or stick)."
26732,Rollergames,,1990,6.7,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is a platform game in the same fashion as Turtles II, that is that it's a sidescroller were you can move up and down on the screen, but you go on rollerskates. This makes the game go much faster than its counterpart, which adds difficulty and also a sense of speed. It includes a silly story about three different roller skates gangs (somewhat like motor cycle gangs) in a close future, which is most an excuse for the game to exist. You can choose between three different gangs, one is all-around, one is fast and weak (and consists of women) and one is slow and strong, you get the fashion. This adds some replayability, but in reality, they are kind of the same. The game also suffers from trial and error; you must learn the courses if you want to master them. Luckily, the game has unlimited continues."
26733,F-1 World Grand Prix II,,1999,7.8,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"The second F1 experience from Paradigm, the direct sequel to F-1 World Grand Prix has more of the same high speed antics around the Formula 1 circuit. Following the 1998 season, you'll experience all the drivers, tracks and teams and compete in a number of different racing modes, from the usual Grand Prix and Training to Challenge mode, where you'll attempt to complete a range of critical events based on the deal."
26735,Gold Games 4,,1999,7.8,Compilation,,,"Gold Games 4 consists of 21 games spread over 24 CDs. The manuals for the games are all PDFs, except for V2000 which has a printed manual. The following games are included:"
26739,Breakout,"Breakaway IV, Crash, Scratch!, Super Block, Super Breakout: Classic Play/All New Way!, T.T. Block, Table Scratch",1976,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"In Breakout there is a wall of bricks along the top of the screen and your goal is to destroy the entire wall one brick at a time! To do this, you control a paddle at the bottom of the screen which is used to reflect a bouncing ball into the bricks. When the ball hits a brick, it will destroy it. You start with five balls, and the game ends when all five fall off the bottom of the screen. Also included are several game variations, including breakthru (the ball will go straight through bricks instead of bouncing back), timed breakout (you have a time limit to gain as many points as you can), and invisible breakout (the bricks are only visible for a short while after one of them is hit). Other variations allow you to catch the ball or control the direction of the ball."
26741,ClockWerx,Ultimate Spin Doctor,1995,7.5,Puzzle,,,"ClockWerx is a mind game that incorporates puzzle elements. You control a hands alike spinner and move from point to point across a field filled with obstacles. The main goal is to try to find the only one way out of the grid without hitting any obstacles, enemy spinners or other hazards on the field of play. There are four difficulty levels and about 100 different stages with increasing number of obstacles. Obstacles consist of a wide variety of deadly items and will hinder player in any attempt to finish the game. There are also many extras such as timer points or bonus points to facilitate the completion of the level."
26742,World Cup 98,"Copa del Mundo: Francia 98, Coupe du Monde 98, Frankreich 98: Die Fußball-WM, World Cup 98: Coppa del Mundo",1998,8.1,Sports,,Europe,"The licensed game of the 1998 Football World Cup held in France from June 10 to July 12 and the first World Cup licensed game distributed and developed by Electronic Arts features a tweaked FIFA 98 engine, with all 10 stadiums accurately designed and all 32 teams (plus 8 teams that failed to qualify but still deemed too important to leave out) featuring real names and close ""look-a-like"" kits. Changes done to the 3D engine feature include on the fly in-game management with better player positioning AI (including the goalkeeper), and faster gameplay. An editor to change all player information is included, which affects simulated data: the team with higher ratings has a better chance of progressing through the next stage regardless if it is Brazil or China. It's possible to play with the groups as determined by the real draw, randomize or customize them to the players' likings, mixing both qualified and additional teams. Once the player wins a trophy, the first of the Classics matches is unlocked. These are eight final matches in the competition's history which are unlocked as the player beats them one by one. Friendlies, training matches and practice penalty shootouts close the modes available."
26750,Sports-A-Roni,Alternative World Games,1987,6.0,Sports,,,"Alternative World Games Is a series of mini games based around the theme of an Olympiad for the non-sporting minded. It is intended to be a spoof on all serious sporting simulations. There are eight games in this compilation, some are one player and some are two player. The minimum number of players names that can be entered is two, the game setup insists that a second player is named because thee are two player games. The maximum number of names that can be entered is six. The game menu selection screen has been designed to look like a bank of nine TV screens. Each TV is displaying a sporting channel name. The player selects the channels to be played and presses 'Fire'. This causes an animation to commence on the appropriate TV. The player can select either one or all eight games. Channel nine is used to allow the player to select between competition and practice modes. At the end of each game the scores are displayed. After the last game has been played the game displays the medal table, there can be a long wait while the game reads to the end of the tape to find this program. When the selected game(s) have been played the medal table is displayed and the gaming session is over. If further game-play is desired, e.g. for a rematch, then the whole game must be reloaded and the player selection process has to be repeated. The eight games are;* The Sack Race This race takes place in Mexico. The objective is to be the first across the finish line. Speed is achieved by pressing left / right alternately while using the up / down keys to steer around open man-hole covers which are the obstacles in this event. Players can play against each other or the computer. This race takes place in Pisa, Italy. Each player takes it in turn to compete. before starting the up / down keys are used to set the number of plates to be carried. Once set the same keys are used to determine the speed at which the character moves, too fast and plates will fall. A countdown timer starting at 100 is used to ensure that the race is completed in a reasonable time. When the characters are moving the left / right keys can be used to move the characters arms to counteract the wobble. Points are scored for speed of completion, number of plates carried and points are lost for plates dropped, thus a player who carries eight plates across successfully will score more points than a player who started with 30 and finished with 14. This event takes place in Italy by the Colosseum. Each player has three turns to see who can throw the boot the furthest. There is a choice of a throwing the boot empty, which means it's lighter so the player has longer to build up speed, or a boot full of water, which is heavier but takes more effort. The player uses the left / right action keys to make the character swing the boot around in a circle. A power indicator shows how much speed has built up, swing for too long however and your character will get tired and lose that turn. At an appropriate point in the swing the player presses 'FIRE'. When all players have thrown the furthest throw wins. Each player has three attempts to pole-jump the river. The character starts with their pole up in the air. When the 'FIRE' key is pressed the character automatically starts to run, the player has no control over the speed. However, the pole is heavy and will tend to droop, if it hits the ground while the character is still running then they will fall over. To be successful the character must approach the river with the pole in a (near) horizontal position, if this achieved the character will automatically dip their pole into the river and the player must hit 'FIRE' again to make them release their grip on the pole and, hopefully, land on the other side. This takes place in a castle courtyard and it is a two player game. Players can play each other or they can play against the computer. It is a time limited game where the object is to climb to the top of the pole, collect a bottler of champagne, and safely slide back down inside 5 minutes. The player makes their character climb by repeatedly pressing a specific sequence of up / fire / down. For every failed sequence the character slides down the pole, too many slides and the character will fall off., Descending too quickly with the champagne will cause the player to drop the bottle and fail. This game takes place in Venice. Players take it in turns to have three runs at the wall. As they reach the wall they must jump, this causes the character to run up the wall. A further action key is required to place the hat on the wall and, if all keys are pressed done correctly, the character's hat will stick to the wall and the highest hat wins. The player does not, however, start with a hat. In their run up to the wall they must time their approach so that they are beneath a passing parrot who drops one hat per run. A jump without a hat does not score. This game is set in Venice, Italy. It is a two player game which starts with the players pairing off against each other or against the computer. The two characters are on board a gondola and must bash each other with pillows until time expires or one falls in the water. There are specific key combinations for right / left / overhead strikes and blocks. Points are scored for successful strikes. The player who falls into the water loses. Each player fights only once, the player with the highest number of points wins This game is set in Greece among the ruins of a ancient temple. It is a timed event. each player takes turns to pogo around the ruins popping balloons. Points are scored for each balloon burst and the course must be completed in nine minutes, fifty-nine seconds."
26751,Neutopia,Neutopia: Frey no Shō,1989,7.2,Action,,Fantasy,"The princess Aurora was kidnapped by the evil Dirth, and the king send a warrior named Jazeta on a mission to rescue her. It appears that once Dirth way sealed by eight wise men who used the power of eight sacred medallions. Princess Aurora is the only one who knows how to use those medallions, and that is why Dirth abducted her. The hero must explore the land, descend to the dangerous labyrinths, retrieve the eight medallions, rescue the princess, and defeat Dirth. Very similar to Zelda games, Neutopia allows the player to freely roam the vast land, fighting many different monsters in wilderness areas as well as in dungeons. Dungeons also require some puzzle-solving (pushing stones, blowing walls with bombs, etc.). The game has a slight RPG flavor, allowing the player to power-up by collecting various items, and equip different weapons and armor."
26760,The Terminator,,1992,6.6,Action,"Platform, Shooter","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The Terminator licensed game for the Sega consoles was a fairly standard side-scrolling platform game. However, the game's six levels mirror the story-line of The Terminator movie very closely as you take on the role of Kyle Reese and his quest to save Sarah Connor from termination. Because the game follows the movie so closely, the first mission which involves blowing up the SkyNet computer and escaping through time is one of the hardest and something that most players remember with love/hate."
26765,Zillion,Akai Koudan Zillion,1987,7.8,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The White Knights, a peacekeeping force of the Planetary System, have a mission: prevent the evil Norsa Empire from dominating the world. The Norsa base on Planet X must be destroyed: an operative named JJ is sent to infiltrate it and collect the five floppy disks that will enable him to input the self-destruct sequence into the base's mainframe computer. However, beside completing this main objective, JJ also has to find a way to rescue his friends, Apple and Champ. Based on the anime of the same name, Zillion is a platformer with an emphasis on exploration and problem-solving rather than on fast-paced ""jump and run"" gameplay. The game is set almost entirely in the underground base. Capsules containing key codes and power-ups are scattered around the vast environments. Common obstacles include enemy guards, tripwires, laser turrets, and force fields. Rooms must be unlocked by using computer ID cards and inputting the correct four-digit code. Specific actions such as turning off barriers, deactivating traps, etc., are sometimes required as well. JJ uses a gun similar to the Sega Master System Light Phaser to defend himself and blast open the capsules. Upgrades for health, speed, jumping ability, and gun power can be found; Opa Opa, a character from Fantasy Zone games, provides character enhancements. Once Apple or Champ are rescued, they can be controlled by the player, with the ability to switch between the three heroes. Each of these characters has his/her own strengths and weaknesses; Apple is physically weaker, but is able to jump higher, while Champ is stronger, but slower."
26767,World War II: Battles of the South Pacific,WW2: Battles of the South Pacific,1993,6.8,Strategy / tactics,,"Oceania, World War II","WWII: Battles of the South Pacific is a turn-based strategy game that allows the player to command the armies that participated in the titular historical battle. It is possible to play on either the Japanese or US sides, with hundreds of specifically modeled ships and planes. Each mission is recreated in historical detail, though there are also alternate ""What If"" situations among the scenarios. Port attacks and amphibious warfare are key gameplay elements. Scenario playing times range from two to more than a hundred hours each. Modem play is included in the game."
26771,Halley Wars,Space Battle,1989,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"It’s the middle of the 21st century. The armies of Lord Halley are launching attacks on planet Earth. You are the last chance for Earth, piloting a craft specially developed to engage these hordes. You must fight your way through their defenses to the final goal, the alien base. The final battle is about to commence! Halley Wars is a vertical scrolling shooter, and it's a sequel to the arcade game Halley's Comet The game has 6 stages set in locations in space such as, above planets or in asteroid fields. There are end of levels bosses at the end of each stage each with their own weaknesses. There are power-ups, which can be picked up along the way when you shoot particular asteroids or satellites. These upgrade your weapon strength, speed, add explosive pods and shields. Where the game stood out was, there are comets that need to be destroyed on your journey. Each comet and ship that you don’t shoot makes it to earth and does some damage there. Comets do more damage than the enemy ships do. If Earths damage level reaches 100% the game is over. For every 2000 points you score, 1% of Earths damage is repaired."
26780,Castlevania: The Adventure,Dracula Densetsu,1989,6.5,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The Count has risen again desiring revenge even more than blood. There are four levels of dungeons, chambers and crypts. At the end of each there is a Primary Evil who is waiting. Your sole weapon is the Mystic Whip which you can use on enemies or candles to unleash hearts, crystals and crosses of gold."
26787,Biker Mice from Mars,,1994,7.2,Racing / Driving,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on the cartoon of the same name, Biker Mice From Mars is a racing game very similar to Rock 'n Roll Racing Races are shown from an isometric perspective and you can choose between six different drivers that differ in acceleration, top speed and grip. During the races, you can use weapons such as mines or missiles to slow down your opponents and pick up random bonuses ranging from money to making you temporarily invincible. After each race, you will receive money that can be spent on better tires, armor, engines or weapons. There's also a two-player mode that lets you play the main race with a friend or compete in a one on one race."
26797,Aces of the Deep,,1994,7.9,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","Take command of one of seven German U-Boats during WWII and hunt down and destroy allied convoys. This is never an easy task since their escorts and aircraft are waiting to ruin your day. The level of realism, and with it the difficulty, can be set by enabling or disabling ten options, e.g. unlimited ammo, clear sight or even invulnerability. Campaigns can be started in one of several time slots, allowing you to play for the entire war if you wish. During these campaigns you gain medals and promotions which includes the command of better submarines. You can also choose to play a single mission where you can set certain variables, e.g. number of ships or weather conditions. Specific missions aren't required because the engine ""rolls up"" convoys and targets, meaning every time you play the missions will change. The type and location of these missions depend on the historical time and the used submarine. The submarine consists of several rooms where you can access the functions and instruments you'll need, e.g. the logbook in the captain's room or the fuel and battery prompt in the engine room. However, the most important functions can be brought up at any time, this includes the sea map where you set waypoints. The crew can take over certain tasks, e.g. identifying ships. The CD-ROM version adds additional multimedia features: video interviews with German submariners, an on-line manual gives detailed information about the historical background and submarine tactics as well as historical maps, movies, photos and articles."
26800,The Cycles: International Grand Prix Racing,Grand Prix Circuit: Cycles,1989,6.7,Racing / Driving,,Oceania,"As the name suggests, The Cycles simulates International Grand Prix Racing allowing a player to compete against 9 computer rivals. Choose from three classes of bike (125, 250 and 500cc), and between 8 (Japan, Australia, USA, Spain, Italy, France,England and Sweden) and 15 (Japan, Australia, USA, Spain, Italy, Western Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, Holland, Belgium, France, England, Sweden, Czechoslovakia and Brazil) original tracks depending on the version, at five difficulty levels (with the lower ones offering automatic gear changes). The player can enter single races (always including qualifying) or complete in a full season. The action is viewed from the handlebars of your bike, a novelty for motorcycle racing at the time. The game engine is similar to that used by Grand Prix Circuit but now incorporates hills."
26801,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue,"Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles III: Radical Rescue, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Turtles Kiki Ippatsu",1993,7.4,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform",,"The third Ninja Turtle adventure on the Game Boy takes place one year after the events of the last game. Shredder has escaped from prison, and managed to capture turtle-friendly reporter April O'Neal yet again! Only this time, he manages to capture three of the turtles, Raphael, Donatello, and Leonardo, before the game even starts. So, you start out as Michaelangelo on a quest to rescue your pals and restore justice to the city. Radical Rescue differs from the previous Ninja Turtle games greatly in terms of level structure. The linear levels have been replaced with one huge interconnected fortress. You progress through the game by finding the various bosses hidden within the fortress, defeating them, and then using the keys they leave behind to open up new rooms. When you happen to find one of the turtles that has been captured, they become a playable character."
26807,HardBall 5,HardBall '95,1995,7.3,"Simulation, Sports",,,"HardBall 5 is mainly an update to HardBall 4 with the additions coming in the form of adjustable difficulty settings, sharper graphics, more comments by Al Michaels and improved league play, which comes with a full set of 1994 major leaguers, plus a bonus legends league. The game includes multiplayer support for up to two players."
26815,Banjo-Tooie,Banjo to Kazooie no Daibōken 2,2000,8.2,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"After two years under the rock, Gruntilda is finally set free from her death bed by her two sisters. As nothing but a skeleton, Grunty and her sisters plan a way of curing her looks by sucking life out of the land so as to restore her body to its old self. On hearing this news, our two champs Banjo and Kazooie, with the aid of Mumbo, set out to stop the evil plan and seek revenge for the passing away of Bottles the mole. In this sequel to Banjo-Kazooie you can play as the two main characters (as well as Mumbo) just like before, although they can now separate, helping them get to even harder areas of the land. You must collect jiggies to open new areas (like in the original game) as well as learn 40 new moves to help you get along. Similarly with another Rareware title, Donkey Kong 64 you can play four-player mini-games that range from first-person shooters to bumper cars, battle for points etc."
26820,Mutants,,1987,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the distant future, human beings have outposts all over the galaxies, but wars and aggression have not died out. Neither has opposition to potential exploitation or environmental damage; your resistance movement has discovered that Macro-Genetic Mutoids ( Mutants ) are being bred purely to be used as weapons. Controlling the familiarly-named Rainbow Warrior in this top-view shooter, you must fly to each of the 15 mutant-breeding zones, collecting their self-destruct pods, and taking all of these to the control room. You are armed with missiles, torpedos and a shield, and can use one of these at a time. The control zone is hazardous, and any contact is destructive, but reaching its target will recharge your three lives; thus, it can be worth doing this before you have completed all 15 zones. The gameplay element of having short levels with a single specific target to account for resembles Hunter's Moon"
26822,The Karate Kid: Part II - The Computer Game,,1986,7.5,Action,Fighting,,"The Karate Kid: Part II - The Computer Game is a one-on-one fighting game based on the movie The Karate Kid: Part II The storyline of the movie is not directly addressed; the player only participates in five fights based on movie scenes. The difficulty rises from fight to fight. The player uses the input device to perform a multitude of moves, kicks and strokes. When changing direction (e.g. after jumping over the opponent) the controls reverse. Every successful hit drains the opponent's energy and improves the high score - the opponent tries to do the same to the player, of course. Between fights there are two mini games with digitized movie images: either catching flies with chopsticks (basically a reaction game) or breaking an ice block with bare hands (building up enough force by joystick wiggling). The two-player mode is basically the same, only that the second player takes the role of Daniel's opponent. The last fight is not played and the mini games between fights are played by both players in turns."
26829,The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time,"The Journeyman Project 3: El Legado del Tiempo, The Journeyman Project 3: Il Retaggio del Tempo, The Journeyman Project 3: L'Heritage Du Temps",1998,7.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The third installment of the The Journeyman Project adventure game series, this time utilizing a 1st person perspective with a panoramic view you can rotate in 360 degrees freely. The game casts the player as Gage Blackwood, Agent 5 of the Temporal Security Agency, who must travel back in time visiting Atlantis, El Doraldo and Shangri La. In this journey you must try to capture a rogue TSA agent, Agent 3, and collect several mysterious artifacts left by an ancient alien race to protect Earth from an alien invasion and save time and reality itself. New to the third game is the Chameleon Suit. No longer must the player avoid being seen while traveling through the past, as they can now disguise themselves as any person they have seen. People in the past can be spoken to as well, and their reactions vary based on who Gage is disguised as. Puzzles often need to be solved by bringing in items from another time period, or by talking to a character to learn more about the mythical societies."
26831,Street Combat,Ranma 1/2: Chōnai Gekitō Hen,1992,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Street Combat is a one-on-one 2D fighting game in which several martial artists, athletes and crime-fighters from all across the globe decide to compete against each other in a street fighting tournament for fame and glory. Single player mode allows you to choose between two versions of the ""hero"" character (Steven) and then takes you through 7 best 2-out-of-3 matches against a collection of different martial artists. A 2-player Vs mode allows you to freely select any of the characters without restrictions. Gameplay is similar to other one-on-one beat 'em ups, in which you control your characters movements and attacks in a scrolling 2D plane attempting to defeat your opponent with special moves (triggered by specific controller motions) and avoid his attacks."
26838,Castles II: Siege & Conquest,"Castillos II: Sitio y Conquista, Castles: Siege & Conquest",1992,7.2,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy (RTS)",Fantasy,"Castles II expands on the original by changing the interface and adding video cutscenes on the CD-based versions. You choose to be one of five feuding lords vying for the Crown. Conquering, spying, sabotage, diplomacy, whatever it takes--as long as you keep the Pope and your people happy. You have to reach 7,000 points to petition the Pope for the throne, and then you have to maintain those points for 4-5 game months to win the game. However, your rivals will attack you as soon as the Pope declares his support, so be sure you have a strong military before applying for the Papal backing. Castle building is more efficient and easier to deal with. You can also set up pre-made castles on file so that you can place them quickly. Battles are set in a full alternate screen with the ability to place and command each unit."
26839,Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion,"Nancy Drew 3, The Mystery Adventures of Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion",2000,7.8,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"In this third game starring Nancy Drew, the famous teen detective has to solve a mystery in a Victorian mansion in San Francisco. The villa seems to be inhabited by ghosts... but this is not all. Somewhere in this strange house lies a treasure. That's why she's not the only one interested in this mansion. Could it be the antique dealer, the handy-man, the retired teacher, the owner of the estate or someone else? Everyone has something to hide and Nancy must find out who is behind the strange happenings going on. The game is a standard point-and-click adventure game that includes two difficulty choices (Junior and Senior Detective) and a Second Chance is offered to players who make a fatal mistake. There are a large number of puzzles to be solved, some of which are slightly different depending upon the difficulty level chosen. Setting the time of day in Nancy's bedroom is necessary for certain events to occur or the availability of some in-game characters. Compared to the previous Nancy Drew games, Message In The Haunted Mansion underwent big changes in design. It is 360 degree with full motion freedom."
26841,Tubaruba,,1986,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Tubaruba is the name of the school's problem child. He has been able to avoid big trouble so far, but now the headmaster has caught him breaking a window and amends must be made. To make up for his misgivings Tubaruba has to find fifty quid to pay for the window and the headmaster is so confident he will not be able to, he has bet his red Ferrari that the money will not be collected in time. In addition the amount collected will aslo reflect on the final grade, on the scale from A to F. Tubaruba passes through a series of rooms, coins and banknotes are scattered around the surroundings to be picked up, but they are jealously guarded by a host of assorted critters that zap your energy, but the protagonist can retaliate by shooting back and earning a penny for each enemy dealt with. Energy can be replenished in various ways, such as by picking up cans of soda pops or taking a ride in an electric Sinclair C5 car."
26842,Joust,"Joust: A Game of Combat, Action and Skill",1982,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In Joust players take control of a knight with a lance who rides their flying ostrich (or stork, for Player 2) to do battle against computer-controlled evil knights who ride atop vultures. Players must flap their steed's wings to hit the enemy from a higher jousting point to destroy the vulture and its rider. Once the enemy has been hit, an egg falls to one of the platforms below. The heroic knights must destroy the eggs before they hatch and release new and increasingly more difficult knights. The three strengths of enemy knights are Bounder (red knight), Hunter (white knight), and Shadow Lord (blue knight). These enemy knights are not the only challenge to be found in the game. Players must also contend with crumbling platforms, lava trolls who attempt to pull knights into the fire, and the dreaded ""unbeatable""(?) pterodactyl. The game was novel for its time for being one of the few two-player simultaneous games in the arcade."
26846,Frogger II: ThreeeDeep!,"Frogger 2: 3 Deep, Frogger II: Three Deep",1984,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In Frogger II: ThreeeDeep! you need to guide your frog to safety in three different locations. Starting out underwater, reach the top of the pond while avoiding dangerous alligators and fish (you can ride a turtle for safety!). Once on top of the pond, hop across logs, birds, and even a whale to the life preserver trailing behind a tugboat. In the third location you have to hop across a flock of birds to reach a cloud at the top of the screen. Each frog has a time limit to safely reach one of the homes on each of the three screens. You move on to the next level when a frog has safely reached each of the homes on all screens."
26847,WinBack: Covert Operations,Operation WinBack,1999,7.1,Action,Shooter,,"A combination of Metal Gear Solid and Syphon Filter WinBack has you as part of the Strategic Covert Actions Team (SCAT), who have been called upon to stop a terrorist group called the Crying Lions. Already the enemy has destroyed the Center for Space Research, and have taken over a high-security complex that houses the GULF Strategic Weapons System. You have three hours to take back the complex, before the system lets loose on the world."
26850,MAG!!!,,1996,7.1,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"MAG!!! puts the player in the place of the lead editor and publisher of a computer games review magazine in the late 1980s/early 1990s. Up to four players can take turns playing MAG!!! There are three ways to win the game, one of which has to be chosen at the start of the game: being the publisher with the greatest market share, net worth or score. Players can choose to publish magazines for IBM-PC, Amiga, Atari ST, C64 or CPC computers. Other vital decisions include choosing publishing in black and white or colour, selecting the right kind of editors to work for the player's magazine and what columns to include in the magazine. It is also important to stay in contact with game publishers since they might provide the player with exclusive games to review. Depending on the difficulty selected at the beginning of the game, players have between 13 and 5 minutes to complete one month's issue."
26854,Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001,,2000,6.9,Sports,,,"Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001 is the third installment of the High Heat series from 3DO. The game features several modes of play which includes exibition, season, home run derby, playoffs, and custom league. The game also supports internet play over Heat.net, MSN gaming zone, and Mplayer. The game covers both the managerial and player aspects of America's favorite pastime. As manager, you're given the ability to not only manage your major league squad, but also the minor leagues. You can also place players on the disabled list, inactive list, make player cuts and trades. Season's can have customized schedules and playoff series. The game features a 'career' option to guide your team through multiple seasons. On the field, gameplay can be customized from controlling every pitch and swing, to simply making manageriel calls from the dugout. With licences from Major League Baseball and MLB Players Assoc., all the teams, players and stadiums are included.."
26855,Addiction Pinball,Worms Pinball,1998,7.5,Simulation,Pinball,,"Addiction Pinball consists of two tables based on other computer games by the same developer: Each table has most of the features found on modern pinball games including multiball, a ""video"" display, bumping, up-table flippers, and challenge modes. The tables do however lack some configuration options expected by pinball fans (most notably: balls per game, playfield angle and replay score)."
26858,Iron Soldier,,1994,8.0,"Action, Simulation",Sandbox / open world,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","It is the future, and the earth has been covered with wastelands and cities. The powerful, faceless Iron First Corporation has replaced the last forms of free government. Now, they are developing a new, 42-foot, armed robot known as the Iron Soldier. With the Iron Soldier, no one will be able to stop the Iron First Corporation. The only hope is the Resistance, a group that has managed to capture one of the Iron Soldier prototypes. You are a pilot for the Resistance. It's up to you to pilot the robot and bring down the Iron Fist. Iron Soldier is a mech sim played from an in-cockpit view. There are 16 single player missions. Objectives involve taking out certain targets, defending convoys, collecting items, and so on."
26862,Auto Destruct,,1997,7.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Auto Destruct involves mission-based car combat. Unlike similar titles such as Destruction Derby and Twisted Metal this doesn't focus on arena-type face-offs with multiple opponents. Sometime in the near future, your family is killed by a mysterious cult. You join an underground organization dedicated to annihilating this cult, and are outfitted with an armed car (customizable to an extent). The 25 missions vary, from simple search-and-destroy rounds to escort missions and defense missions."
26864,In-Fisherman Bass Hunter 64,,1999,6.5,Sports,,,"In-Fisherman Bass Hunter 64 is a bass fishing simulation game for the Nintendo 64. The game offers three playing modes: fish for fun, championship, and Custom Tournament. The first lets you choose a lake and fish there at your leisure. The second adds a competitive element. You pick one of two characters and participate in contests, where you have to catch a certain number of bass within a time limit. You start with simple gear, but every time you end up in the top 3 you gain points with which you can upgrade your gear (rods, boats, bait)."
26866,Metal Mutant,,1991,7.4,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Metal Mutant is an action game, where you control the eponymous machine, sent to the planet Kronox to find and destroy the insane computer AROD 7. Each level is not side-scrolling fluidly, but is divided into separate screens; upon getting to the edge of one screen and fulfilling the given goal, you move to the next one. The Metal Mutant has the ability to transform into 3 different forms: humanoid, dinosaur and tank. Each form has different capabilities. For instance, the humanoid form can jump and the tank can shoot missiles. You'll need to change form often depending on the situation, as most obstacles and enemies can be only beaten by a specific form. Throughout the game, apart from fighting enemies (and bosses), jumping, climbing and so on, you will find additional upgrades which will give you more abilities. You'll also encounter recharge stations where you can regain health and make a save game of your progress."
26869,Galactic Pinball,,1995,7.2,Action,Pinball,,A 3D pinball game set in a space theme. There are 4 different space tables you can choose from plus a bonus game. Bounce the ball around to destroy alien ships to save the world.
26890,R-Type III: The Third Lightning,,1993,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The evil Bydo Empire returns in this entry of the R-Type series. So climb into the latest R-Type vessel, the R-90, and blast through six side-scrolling levels on your way to destroy the Bydo mothership. Gameplay is still the classic R-Type way with huge levels and bosses. With your detachable laser unit, you can fire in front or behind your ship. R-Type III now features three different kinds of laser unit, selectable at the start of a game. Each offers different laser types depending on the power-ups collected."
26896,Judge Dredd,Judge Dredd: I am the Law,1990,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,Just another day for Judge Dredd in Mega City One as he fights crime and tries to return the city back to some normality. You play the Judge as he tries to attempt six missions of crime. Once a mission is completed there is a bonus level related to the last mission to attempt. Take too long to complete a mission and the crime rate rises. Let the rate get too high and it's game over. To aid the Judge you have various weapons to fire and also your Lawmaster bike. This allows you to move around faster but you can't fire your weapon or arrest people thus making the crime rate rise. Judge Dredd is a side view platform game that scrolls as you move left or right. Pressing the space bar allows you to change from walking to riding your bike. The joystick controls your character while the fire button shoots your weapon.
26909,"Clash of Steel: World War II, Europe 1939-45",,1993,7.1,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","Clash of Steel: World War II, Europe 1939-45 is a strategic board game were you take control of the Axis or the Allied forces. As axis leader you must conquest all Europe and North Africa prior January 1946 to win the game at 100%. If you are not eradicated prior this date you win to, but the allied nations still are live and this is not your goal. As Allied you must eradicate the Axis terror as quickly as you could."
26911,Hockey,,1992,7.1,Sports,,,"This game, as the name suggests, is a hockey simulation which is very similar to Mario Lemieux Hockey There are 22 teams to choose from which are based on the NHL 91 line up though they can be changed if the player wishes. You control 1 player at a time and the CPU controls the rest of your team though you can switch to a different player at any time if the need arises. There is also a fight penalty system where you have to continually punch the an opponent in order to proceed. The game is viewed from an isometric perspective as if you were sat in one of the crowd seats."
26913,Grand Prix Circuit,,1988,7.2,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Formula One racing is recreated in detail in this simulation. You have the choice to drive a Ferrari 187/88C, a McLaren MP4/4 or a Williams FW12, each with different qualities. Rival drivers also have their own styles and strengths, and to win the World Championship you will have to master these. Pitstop timing and planning is crucial as well, although only tires are changed in late-1980s F1. You can choose whether to drive a single race at Brazil, Britain, Monaco, (Western) Germany [Hockenheim], Canada, Italy, Detroit and Japan [Suzuka] or to drive a full championship on every track. Every Race includes a qualifying round. The graphics in the game are sprite-based."
26927,Postman Pat 3: To the Rescue,Postman Pat III,1992,6.1,Action,,,"Postman Pat 3 is a Paperboy -style game. Pat agrees to help deliver telephone directories on behalf of his friend Delivery Man Dan, who's broken his leg. The play controls Pat's van, and must deliver directories to as many houses as possible whilst avoiding obstacles and without running out of fuel. There are five days in which deliveries may be attempted and failure to deliver enough of the directories in the five days may result in Dan losing his job. Licenced game of the Postman Pat television series, and sequel to Postman Pat and Postman Pat 2 The TV show's theme music is used as the in-game music."
26928,G.U.T.Z.,,1988,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You must destroy a giant alien being in orbit around the earth .. from the inside! The game is a shoot-em-up, where you explore 16 maze-like levels, shooting various enemies that live within the alien. There are various objects to help you, including different weapons (effective against different enemies), and a map of each level. You must destroy 4 of the alien's organs, the kidneys, heart, lungs and finally the brain, that appear on the 4th, 8th, 12th and 16th level respectively. However, to destroy each organ you need to find the 3 parts of a weapon that can bypass that organ's defences. The levels are interconnected, and although progress is mostly from level 1 to level 2, etc, some backtracking may be needed to find all the weapon components."
26935,Tempo Jr.,,1995,6.6,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Tempo Jr. is a platforming game and sequel to Tempo on the Sega 32X. The player again takes control of the cute grasshopper Tempo and guides him through various stages. The goal in each level is just to find the exit. Each level consists of two stages and a boss fight. After finishing a level, Tempo can take part in a mini game if he found coins in the completed level and win additional points or lives. Tempo can shoot notes from his hands to stun enemies, which will then automatically be kicked away on contact. He can also use his wings to move faster, float in the air or fall more slowly and more controlled."
26936,Axis Assassin,,1983,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"A mix of Tempest and Asteroids Axis Assassin has you piloting a space ship across a series of grids, blasting away at the Master Arachnid and his army. Armed with only lasers and a single ""Pulse Bomb"" per level (which wipes out all enemies on the screen), your ship can travel up, down, left, and right across the grid, avoiding enemies and the webs they weave. Destroy all the enemies and you'll be sucked down the grid and onto the next level. Release a Pulse Bomb when the Master Arachnid appears and you'll be transported to The Nest, where you have a chance to earn an extra ship."
26937,Dark Side,Dark Side featuring Freescape,1988,7.2,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Driller the Ketars attempted to blow up the moon Mitral, but you stopped them. Now, they have Energy Collection Devices collectively known as ECDs, and hope to stock them up to use towards the Zephyr One device, and direct its energy at the planet Evath, resulting in a catastrophic radiation overload. Your mission is to beam onto their base on the moon Tricuspid and destroy the ECDs. Destroying one will buy you more of your limited time. The problem is, many are connected to at least 2 others, and those can immediately regenerate, so you must tackle them in an order in which those with only 1 connection are attacked first. You are inside a spacesuit, propelled by a Jet Pack with limited fuel, and possess lasers and a shield. Shield energy is limited but can be recharged through pentagons and rods. In a world viewed through the Freescape 3D system, you roam the verdant planet of trees, buildings, and underground tunnels. Gameplay in Dark Side has more action than its predecessor, Driller The Freescape world has a third dimension - due to the jetpack you can leave the ground and look down on the view. You can also rotate the angle, change the length of your steps, make quick U-turns, and look up or down. The jetpack uses energy at a fast rate, so use this feature sparingly. You must avoid the security turrets called Plexors, which shoot lasers and weaken your shield, and deflector devices, which can beam you into prison."
26941,Legendary Wings,"Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Legendary Wings, The Legendary Soldiers: Ares no Tsubasa",1986,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Legendary Wings is an arcade shooter influenced by Greek mythology. A heroic figure from ancient times thrust into a strange futuristic world, you must fight your way through six levels to defeat ""The Devil"" and save the day. The primary gameplay mode is a top-down, vertical-scrolling shooter similar to Xevious and Capcom's own 1943. Your main weapon is used to attack flying enemies, and your secondary missile weapon is used to attack fixed placement, land-based enemies. Numerous powerups are available along the way, and these both improve your weapons and your resistance to damage (every ""upgrade"" is worth a free hit from enemies without dying). Several secondary gameplay modes (Danger, Lucky, and Palace) are also triggered at key points in the vertical-scrolling mode. All of the secondary modes are side-scrolling shooters. The Danger stage requires you to face a gauntlet of enemies, while the Lucky stage is full of powerups, game continues, and other bonuses. The Palace stage is triggered when you defeat a mini-boss; you must get past the palace defenses before you can face the end-of-stage boss. And, oh yeah...don't get crushed by those walls!"
26942,RoboCop 2,,1990,7.1,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Amiga version of RoboCop 2 is very similar to other versions of the game released by Ocean Software: it combines platform levels with a puzzle mode and a first-person shooting gallery. While the puzzle and shooting modes are very similar to those on the Atari ST the main platform sections feature completely different level designs and separate gameplay mechanics. All three of the platform stages present RoboCop with a set goal: destroying the Nuke drug lab, apprehending the criminal Cain and finally destroying Cain in his ""RoboCop 2"" form. On the way to the goals, RoboCop must defeat swarms of henchmen who attack him with guns, mortars and bazookas, and in the last level, various robotic enemies like flying drones and ED-209s. He can shoot back with a standard gun as well as pick up weapon power-ups in the form of cola cans: three-way shot, scatter shot and rapid fire, each with limited but ample ammunition. Other cans enhance the time limit of the level, replenish life energy or provide a temporary shield. Not every power-up should be picked up, however: some have negative effects like reducing the time limit or reversing the controls. The large levels feature many elevators, conveyor belts, as well as pipes that leak acid, moving sawblades, crumbling floors and other deadly traps. Each level consists of several parts, with the later parts accessed through doors or holes in the wall that Robo must punch through. In the first two levels there will also be hostages crying for help: rescuing ten of them gains an extra life. Only in the first level, canisters of Nuke can be found. Unlike in other versions, picking them up is mandatory: ten are needed to advance, but more than enough are available. After every platform level, a puzzle stage and a shooting gallery follow. In the puzzle stage, RoboCop tries to regain some of his human memories, represented by pictures of his human self Alex Murphy and his wife slowly becoming clearer. To do so, a cursor has to be moved over a circuit board, with the goal of hitting all red chips. Moving the cursor leaves a trail, and neither the trail nor any chips besides the red ones may be hit or the puzzle game is over. Completing four boards in succession (each within less then a minute) leads to extra lives being awarded. In the shooting gallery, targets appear in windows and on the street, and a crosshair must be moved to hit them. Accidentally hitting civilians lowers the final score. The second of the two shooting levels takes place at night, with visibility impaired accordingly. Good performance at the gallery improves Robo's accuracy for the following level: enemies take fewer hits to destroy. Between levels, digitized images from the film are displayed using the Amiga's HAM graphics mode."
26944,Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road,"Arcade Archives: Dogōsōken, Arcade Archives: Victory Road, Ikari II: Dogosoken, Victory Road, Victory Road: Ikari Warriors Part II",1986,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Heavy on the action, Ikari Warriors became a favorite both in the arcades and on home consoles. To fuel that frenzy, SNK and Tradewest teamed up again for a sequel, Victory Road released later that same year. This time, the Ikari Warriors take on more cosmic foes, battling rock-headed beasts, one-eyed green men and other odd creatures."
26945,Advantage Tennis,,1991,7.2,Sports,,,"Advantage Tennis is a tennis simulation played with 2D characters in a 3D simulated court. The camera zooms and pans in to follow the action. There are training, season and exhibition modes. The season mode allows playing against a variety of competitors and in different courts around the world."
26947,Sensible World of Soccer,,1994,8.1,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Sensible World of Soccer is an enhanced version of Sensible Soccer Virtually every important soccer league in the world is included in this game, with some countries not only having premier / first division, but 2nd, 3rd, and more divisions. All important international competitions are also included (club- and national-team based). The game has a career mode, where you may play up to 20 seasons as player manager or manager only. During a career as a coach you're not tied to one club / national team, meaning if you're good enough one (or more) big clubs make offers to you to coach their team. All teams featured in this game have real players (names, strengths, weaknesses, etc.) from the 1994/1995 season. The management part of the game allows you to buy any of these players (which number 24,000 in total) if you have enough money and a free slot in your team. Besides the player manger career, you may play friendly matches, single season of any competition, and custom competitions, which can be made from scratch or based on a real one. Teams participating in these competitions can be chosen from any country. All the teams may be played by human player or computer. The DOS version is based on Amiga version 1.1 with the data of season 1995/1996. 1.1 adds the ability to switch between player-manager and manager-only status before each match of a career and improved on-pitch skills enhanced for the player teams. Also the athlethes' statistics improve by consistent goal-scoring."
26948,Bomber Attack,,1982,7.1,Action,Arcade,,"Bomber Attack is a classic side scroller. The player pilots a bomber flying to the left, dropping bombs on enemy defenses below. The player's control over the bomber's movement is limited to going up or down. The player must drop 25 bombs without hitting any hospitals. The bomb run must be completed under fire from ground defenses and scrambled fighters sent to intercept the player's bomber."
26950,Steel,,1988,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The space ship Steel is so advanced that it is completely operated by robots. As usually in video games, these robots went havoc and have to be put out of business. This job falls to the player who goes on the ship to shut down the security system. He is disguised as robot, but this does not stop the other ones from attacking. So the player wanders around the maze-like ship, consisting of non-scrolling screens, with the ultimate goal to collect eight cartridges. The player can hold up to three at the same time and needs to bring them to the main control panel. The enemy robots can be blasted away with the laser weapon, but contact costs energy. Losing all energy results in death, but it can be refilled in special stations which are spread over the ship. Using them costs points from the high score. There are also some terminals which need to be cleared by solving a mini game. It basically consists of shooting a wall enough within a time limit without being hit by bullets."
26960,Chasm: The Rift,"Chasm: The Shadow Zone, The Chasm - Entering the Shadow Zone",1997,6.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Chasm: The Rift is a 3D first-person shooter. As a Marine, the player has been sent inside a power plant to investigate the loss of power at the plant. They later discover that a group of monsters known as the Timestrikers are using the power to create ruptures in time that allow them to invade the Earth in three different time periods: present day, ancient Egypt, and medieval times. Timestrikers that have invaded the present day are also taking control of a nuclear plant in order to detonate a nuke that will destroy nearly all life on Earth. The game starts in the present day, as the player goes inside the power plant and nuclear plant, battling strange-looking security guards and security systems that have gone haywire. They will then find the rifts that the Timestrikers are using to invade other time periods, eventually winding up at the Timestrikers' military base in the distant future. The 2022 Windows release is not a remaster but built up completely from the ground, using reverse engineering and by-sight recreation, as the original source code is lost. In addition it includes a custom tailored DOSBox port of the original game. This release also incorporates the official add-on originally released as a patch on the developer's website. The add-on can be played both in the new version and the DOSBox version."
26963,Striker '95,Striker 95: Le Buteur,1995,6.8,Sports,,,"Striker '95 is the another entry in the popular Striker series. However, this sequel manages to improve on its predecessors almost in every area by featuring a more fluid and friendly gameplay, an expert in-match commentary or the customization support to edit the teams' default settings. It also has FMV clips."
26966,TOCA Championship Racing,TOCA Touring Car Championship,1997,7.7,Racing / Driving,,,"The British Touring Car Championship represented the worldwide peak of saloon car racing in the mid 1990s, attracting factory support from Audi, Renault, Ford, Volvo and several other constructors. In this game you can choose from all official teams and drivers of the 1997 season, won by Renault's Alain Menu. All the circuits are also included. The cars have a realistic damage model, so they can loose specific parts like bumpers or mirrors. The weather effects are also very realistic. Car handling is designed to be tough but realistic."
26974,Star Control,,1990,6.8,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Control is a science-fiction wargame which pits the forces of the Alliance of Free Stars against those of the predatory Ur-Quan Hierarchy. The games are designed so that you can ease into play, familiarizing yourself with menus, options and player controls. The Alliance and Hierarchy each possess different types of warships. Each vessel has its own maneuvering and firing characteristics, plus a unique special power that you can employ when circumstances dictate. The game has two modules: the Melee, in which you can simply blast the computer or another player to smithereens using one of 16 different ships, in either Hierarchy or Alliance fleets; or, should you wish for a more challenging game, lets you play one of 9 preset scenarios."
26976,Semper Fi,,1998,5.3,Strategy / tactics,,"Asia, Cold War, Europe, Historical events, Middle East","A tactical wargame simulating the action faced by the U.S. Marine Corps. The game is composed of 3 non dynamic campaigns sprawled over 15 scenarios which include Korea, Vietnam, and a bunch of hypothetical scenarios) plus a scenario editor. Gameplay uses the standard wargaming hex-based tactical map as the main point of the interface and you play in standard turn-based fashion, tough there are some twists. For instance, attacks are delivered sequentially, meaning you can't ""stack"" every unit in the world on a hex and deliver an earth-shaking attack, etc. features like this tend to reward the more judicious use of fire and good planning."
26981,Cytron,,1992,6.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Viewed from above, Cytron is inspired by Paradroid and Alien Breed The robot Cytron has been sent into a research facility in which robots have gone berserk, and it must safeguard the area and rescue the trapped scientists. The character control is skittish, meaning that the droid is hard to stop instantly, which makes progression through the levels harder. One unusual feature is that the droid can be split into two components, Cyt and Ron, in a manner similar to Head Over Heels This comes in useful when switches must be activated in a part of the level away from the force-field they unlock, as Cyt can be sent to flick the switch so that Ron can progress through the level as soon as it is flicked."
26982,The Operative: No One Lives Forever,"Nikto Ne Zhivjot Vechno, No One Lives Forever, Wu Ren Yong Sheng",2000,8.4,Action,"Shooter, Stealth","Africa, Cold War, Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic","Some time in the 1960s, a former thief Cate Archer is the only female agent in the service of U.N.I.T.Y.; a worldwide secret espionage agency. Having been relegated to menial tasks over the years, Cate is finally given a chance to prove herself when a terrorist organization called H.A.R.M. starts to knock off active field agents. Under the qualification of being available as a trained agent, Cate is given the authority to track down and investigate these H.A.R.M. activities. In missions around the globe, Agent Archer will find herself sniping assassins, stealing documents, and doing a host of other suitably sneaky, often deadly espionage tasks. No Ones Lives Forever is a first-person shooter with stealth elements, often focusing on remaining undetected and obtaining intelligence data. The game combines stylistic elements of James Bond espionage stories and games (such as GoldenEye 007 ) with a humorous attitude. Cate will need to use her weaponry and gadgets to get the drop on enemy agents. Among the gadgets available are photographic sunglasses, a lockpicking barrette, body remover powder, a cigarette lighter which can be used for wielding, lipstick explosives, and a robotic poodle for distracting guard dogs. Emphasizing sneakiness, the game not only gives extra points for not being seen, it also features alarms that cannot be shut off and guards that don't return to their docile ways once alerted to the protagonist's presence. Enemies follow AI routines such as knocking tables over and ducking for cover. However, in most levels stealthy approach is not mandatory: theoretically the player may almost always opt for dealing with the situation aggressively, having Cate shoot first and ask questions later, gleefully blazing through the levels. However, while the mission will get completed, Agent Archer will receive a lower score for taking the non-subtle approach. In addition, by acquiring intelligence items Cate will obtain various bonuses to her health, armor, ammo capacity, damage, or accuracy. The game's artwork and music reflect the 1960s setting, from the loud outfits to the beatnik rhythms in the bars. In a homage to spy movies and series of that time period, there are plot twists, shootouts, close calls, set pieces, confrontations against villains, and a few over-the-top action scenes."
26986,Uridium,,1986,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Your home solar system of 15 planets has been attacked by a horde of Super Dreadnoughts, from a race who wish to harvest your universe's minerals for their own use. You must pilot your craft through some of the hardest levels ever created, shoot down enemy space craft and ground weapons, and avoid the many indestructible hazards. When a sufficient number of enemies have been defeated the player can then land on the Dreadnought and proceed to destroy the ship's reactor. The innovation is that you do not simply travel in a single direction, but instead move from left to right or right to left depending on where the current targets are, in a manner more similar to Defender than most shoot 'em ups."
26993,Advanced Destroyer Simulator,"ADS: Advanced Destroyer Simulator, Advanced Destroyer Simulation",1990,7.1,Simulation,,World War II,"Advanced Destroyer Simulator ( ADS ) is a naval combat simulation set in World War 2. It was the first naval simulation to use real-time filled 3D graphics. Its style and mechanics are reminiscent of Epyx's Destroyer (1986). ADS simulates the H.M.S. Onslaught, a British destroyer of the O-class fitted with three cannon turrets, four torpedo tubes on port and starboard respectively, and a sonar to detect and track submarines. In ADS the Onslaught is not part of a flotilla. There's no campaign, gameplay is mission-based and set in three scenarios (two in the CPC version) with five missions each: The Mediterranean around Sicily, the English Channel between the UK and France, and the North Sea coast of Norway. Objectives include seek-and-destroy assignments, patrols, convoy escorts, submarine hunts, and blockade runs. Each scenario also offers an open “Delta” option where you cruise and hunt without specific objectives. You navigate the destroyer manually, in real-time, and from a first-person perspective, though with the help of a scenario map. ADS simulates ship combat as a close-quarter exchange of torpedoes and cannon fire. In proximity to enemy land bases, Stuka fighters can attack and must be shot down with cannons. Submarines are tracked with the sonar and can only be attacked once they surface. Enemy vessels include freighters, tankers, torpedo boats, destroyers, and cruisers. Most missions are time-critical; in the course of the mission, it may be necessary to dock in allied ports for repairs, to refuel and restock on ammunition."
26997,Peter Shilton's Handball Maradona!,Peter Shilton's Football,1986,5.5,Sports,,,"Rather than attempting to simulate the whole of football, this title concentrated on the goalkeeper's task of saving shots. In each match you will face a succession of shots from different distances and angles, and aim to save as many as possible. 16 teams were included for you to select your team and opposition from. There's a practice mode, and a skill challenge, where you move up through the game by saving 4 successive shots. The C64 version has a little sampled speech and extra sound."
26998,Sensible Soccer: European Champions,,1993,7.1,Sports,,,"Sensible Soccer: European Champions is based on Sensible Soccer: European Champions: 92/93 Edition The gameplay is identical: a fast-paced, top-down soccer game with emphasis on fast passes and simple control system. The main difference to the original is all content regarding custom teams is missing. However, in contrast to the 16-Bit version, all pre-set tournaments for national and club teams are still intact. It is also still possible to create own tournaments (cup or championship) with customizable rules with the available teams. The fake athlete names can't be edited. The proportions of athletes and playfield are identical in both versions, but the on-screen area is reduced on Game Gear."
27005,Breakers,,1986,6.8,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The protagonist of the game finds himself among the Breakers, an ancient race still harboring the hopes for a day when the Messiah would arrive and save the world. In a curious coincidence, according to their prophecies it turns out to be the very same day on which they encounter the protagonist. He must therefore convince them that he is indeed the Messiah, otherwise his return home and even his survival won't be guaranteed. Breakers is a text adventure game. The player interacts with the environment and converses with characters by typing commands and sentences. Similarly to other Synapse games, it has a real-time element. Characters may act regardless of the player's input, and some puzzles require the player to type commands within a time limit."
27012,Chaos Overlords,"Chaos Overlords: Beherrscher des Chaos, Chaos Overlords: Strategic Gang Warfare",1996,7.0,Strategy / tactics,Board game,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","Chaos Overlords is played out on an 8x8 grid, said grid representing city blocks. Each block contains three locations of varying significance (hospitals, research centres, etc) which are randomised for each new game. In fixed positions throughout the city are the headquarters of six organised crime syndicates. As the game begins, the player is in control of one of these HQ buildings, and have one gang of 'Right Hand Men' under player control. The aim of the game varies, from eliminating all rival gangs to capturing all HQ buildings, or merely competing for the highest bank balance or prestige (popularity). Gameplay is very like a board game. Each turn, a selection of three gangs is made available to the player. From this pool the player may hire or dismiss one of the gangs. An extensive range of gangs is included, from Disgruntled Postal Workers to Renegade Nuns. Once hired, gangs are dispensed throughout the city with instructions to seize control of the aforementioned locations (obtaining research bonuses from research centres, accelerated healing from hospitals, etc.), shakedown the public for cash, research new weapons and technology or attack enemy installations. Each gang may be outfitted with a weapon (ranged or melee) an item of protective gear and one miscellaneous item (performance-enhancing drugs, smoke bombs and 'cool shades' are a few examples). Getting the right gang and researching the perfect accessories for them is where much of the fun lies. Combat, when it occurs (which is often) is automated, this is a strategy game, not a tactical simulation. Action is simultaneous turn-based with an optional time-limit to keep things moving. Multiplayer is supported through hotseat, modem, LAN or internet (TCP/IP) and is more stable than some current releases (possibly due to low average system specs when it was released)."
27013,Cossacks: European Wars,Kozacy: Europejskie Boje,2000,7.5,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Europe, Historical events","Cossacks: European Wars is a real time strategy (RTS) wargame based in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Emphasis is placed on historical accuracy, and an excellent manual and on disc manual accompanies the game. Using a fixed isometric view, you build towns and fortresses and deploy your troops and cavalry in the usual RTS manner. There is resource management in the form of chopping wood, fishing and mining. Although entitled Cossacks... the game actually allows you to play under the flag of a wide range of European nations. Each having its own building designs, separate troops and specialist troops and weapons. Naval battles are included as are invasions via ships across oceans and wide rivers. There is a method of grouping and controlling your troops in the fixed formations common to the period depicted. Up to 8,000 individual units can be active on screen, so the scale of battles is immense. Single player, set campaigns, random maps and Multiplayer supported."
27015,Tower FRA,,1990,6.8,Simulation,,,"In Tower FRA the player takes the role of an air traffic controller assigned to one of five German airports. As usual for this kind of game, the goal is to manage all incoming and departing air traffic without letting them crash into each other. The ten difficulty levels are gradually unlocked and influence both the amount of traffic and how long a round takes. So for example the first level involves five minutes of standard air traffic on a small airport while a higher one may offer 25 minutes, multiple runways and unexpected difficulties like emergencies or storms. The most important part of the playing screen is a radar which shows the air traffic. Here the player needs to observe and notice possible dangers. This screen is surrounded by a list which shows route information of each plane and a computer which holds (and puts out) information. When clicking on a plane on the radar screen, a separate window appears where the player can give detailed orders to the pilot regarding direction, height and velocity."
27017,Star Fox 64,Lylat Wars,1997,8.3,Action,"Rail shooter, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Fox McCloud returns to once again rid evil from the Lylat System in this 64-bit remake of the SNES hit The main aim of the game is to fly your Arwing through many levels of deadly enemies and huge end bosses with three wingmen (Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare, and Falco Lombardi) following to help you out. Every once in a while, you will also use the Blue Marine submarine and the Landmaster tank. The 15 levels range from forward scrolling levels (much like Panzer Dragoon or some elements of Star Wars Arcade) to full 3D arenas, each with a certain goal to achieve or boss to destroy. The bigger your frags are at the end of each level determines which direction you take on the universe tree, which is split into three levels: easy, medium, and hard. All three link back to the end for the final level. Multiplayer modes are also included, allowing four people to battle in Arwings, or if you complete every objective in the single player missions, they can battle on-foot, where the four main characters run around with laser cannons."
27018,HeroQuest,,1991,7.0,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",Board game,Fantasy,"The famous fantasy-themed board game was converted into an isometric-viewed role-playing game in which the evil Wizard Morcar must be defeated. You take control of a wizard, a dwarf, a barbarian, and an elf, each with different strengths and weaknesses, who each start the 14 missions from opposite sides of the board. Strict turn-based movement rules apply, as actions other than movement can only be carried out before or after the move, the size of which is limited by a dice roll. These moves are carried out using an icon-based system. Characters can fight the many monsters which lurk, or cast spells to vanquish them. There are magic potions to uncover, but also hidden traps, so mapping is advised. Treasure can be collected and traded at the shop after each level."
27019,Sword of Aragon,,1989,7.1,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Fantasy,"Your father, the loved Duke of Allada was last night murdered by Orcish hordes and the same Orcs have come again to invade your city. Now is the time to avenge your father and keep well the title Duke of Allada. Recruit an army and prepare for the upcoming onslaught! The future and fate of Allada and its role in Aragon now rests in your hands! Sword of Aragon is a turned-based fantasy strategy game where the player rules a small town called Allada in the Northwestern part of the land known as Aragon. Most of the political map is yet undiscovered and you have to maintain a strong economy and military force to venture forth. The storyline revolves around duties as the Duke of Allada, exploring the uncharted areas of Aragon and uncovering its mysteries, conquering neighboring cities, as well as the political intrigues surrounding the city-states of Aragon. In Sword of Aragon the player may choose one of the five different character classes for the player's leading hero, each with different bonuses to the player's troops and abilities: Warrior, Knight, Ranger, Priest, or Mage. Different selection of character class does not affect the storyline. Gameplay of Sword of Aragon consists of three major categories: With Allada as the first city the player controls (though later in the game the player may acquire many other cities in the land of Aragon), the first rule of business is developing the town and creating a steady economy. Military development and maintenance costs money and unless those Orcs come again with more friends, you had better maintain a decent military garrison. The only way to get money is to tax the revenues of a controlled city. These revenues come from five different sectors: farming, lumber, mining, commerce, and manufacturing. The stronger the sector, the higher the tax income. The player can do this by investing money to selected sectors which strengthens economy (and city happiness) as well as promoting more people to come to a player controlled city and well as a steady stable birthrate (more people means more taxes). Besides developing resources, the player can also invest in structures and fortifications. Aragon is fantasy world filled with mystery and monsters, a town without walls is inviting inevitable disaster from marauding enemies. Structures and fortification investment guarantee thick walls and battlements for your troops to defend themselves in the event of an attack. Structures also have an additional use of storing surplus food for those harsh winter days. The player can also recruit military units and heroes at cities. Military units and heroes may only be recruited providing the player has the money as well as available recruits at the selected city. Recruits increase through time although the player may also conscript citizens, however it will have a negative effect to city happiness. The player starts the game preparing for combat. Thus, recruiting an army is the first priority in the game. There are different types of military units as wells as heroes to recruit from: infantry, cavalry, bowmen, and mounted bowmen. The more experience troops obtain (either from training or combat) the stronger they become as well as able to equip more various selections of armor and weapons. Heroes can be recruited to up to 20 units (the player's hero included). Heroes, though weak at the beginning of the game, provide backup combat bonuses for your troops (especially warrior, knights, and rangers) as well as devastating offense magic and beneficial support magic (rangers, priests, and mages). The combat screen generally consists of the combat terrain and military units: The hero and main forces, the opponents’ main forces, as well as the allies of either side (when applicable). There is no time limit on combat - it ends when either side is annihilated or withdraws from battle. At the start of the game, the player may view Allada and its surroundings, particularly the Northern areas. The southern and eastern maps remain unexplored. Exploring will uncover set and random events which will progress the overall story."
27021,Fly!,,1999,7.3,Simulation,,,"Fly! is a flight simulator released for both the Macintosh and Windows platforms, and simulates civilian airplanes and helicopters. New plane models and custom scenery can be added. Multiplayer is supported through the internet, with text chat or voice chat. Five main scenery areas are supplied: Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Dallas/Fort Worth. Flight briefing and flight planning are included and can use many of the supplied navaids. The following planes are included: Cessna 172, Piper Malibu, Piper Navajo Chieftain, Beech King Air B200, Hawker 800XP. Aircraft systems are accurately simulated, and require proper sequence of actions to, for instance start the engine. The 288 page manual covers all aspects of flying such as aerodynamic forces, navigation, weather and aircraft control."
27029,Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains,"Hin Yuen Sword 3, Sword of Xuan Yuan III: Beyond Clouds and Mountains, Xuanyuan Jian 3: Yun he Shan de Bi Duan",1999,6.7,Role-playing (RPG),,"China (Ancient / Imperial), Europe, Middle East","The year is 750 AD, and the player controls Septem, a knight in a Frankish order under the command of Pippin the Younger. He is an orphan who doesn't remember his parents, but since his eyes have different colors (one blue, one black), he suspects one of his parents might be of Asian origin. One day, Septem's commander tells him that he learned from an Arab trader that somewhere in the Far East there is a place that harbors the key to the absolute victory, ending all the wars in the world. Because of his mixed blood, Septem is ordered to travel to Asia and find out about this secret knowledge. Xuanyuan Jian 3: Yun he Shan de Bi Duan takes the player across the world of the 8th century, from Europe to Middle East, and through Tian Shan mountains to China, which was then ruled by the Tang dynasty, enjoying cultural prosperity. The gameplay system is similar to the one first introduced in the second game During the battles, it is possible to attack physically, cast magic spells, or perform special actions which deplete the stamina gauge. The player can also mix items to produce new ones, and recruit enemies into the party in order to summon them in battles. New to this installment is a real-time element in the turn-based battles, similar to the ATB (""Active Time Battle"") system used in Final Fantasy games: enemies would act if the player is not quick enough to execute a command. AI-controlled characters will sometimes join the party. The game has pre-rendered backgrounds for most of the locations; battle graphics are hand-drawn, similar in style to Chinese paintings. The iOS and Steam versions include a bonus episode set in China."
27032,Somer Assault,Mesopotamia,1991,6.6,Action,,,"Somer Assault is a difficult to describe game. In it you control a pink slinky character with guns attached to it. You move around mazes, climbing on walls, on the ceiling, through shortcuts, and attempt to find your way to the end. Along the way, you have to shoot out many, many enemies. And at the end, you will find a nasty boss surprise. The story is bizarre, which fits the concept of the game. A sorceress has plans to rule the world. To do so, she has summoned 12 beasts, each based on a sign of the zodiac. It's up to you, pink slinky, to defeat the 12 astrological signs."
27036,Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny,"Das Schwarze Auge: Die Nordland-Trilogie Teil I - Die Schicksalsklinge, Das Schwarze Auge: Die Schicksalsklinge, Realms of Arkania 1: Blade of Destiny Classic",1992,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The Northern lands of the realm of Arkania are in trouble. The orc tribes, previously scattered and unorganized, have been united under strong leadership and are planning a large-scale attack on human settlements. A sword known as Grimring, or the Blade of Destiny, is the only weapon powerful enough to defeat the orcish chief and his minions. However, the whereabouts of the sword are unknown, with only one treasure map torn into pieces providing a clear clue. Hetman Tronde Torbensson, the leader of Thorwal, hires a party of adventurers to find the map pieces, locate the sword, and stop the invasion of the orcs - all within two years. Blade of Destiny is the first in the row of role-playing games based on the German pen-and-paper RPG system Das Schwarze Auge (""The Dark Eye""). The player generates a party of six characters divided into ""archetypes"", which combine characteristics of classes and fantasy races. Alongside seven ""positive"" attributes (such as strength, wisdom, etc.) commonly encountered in RPGs, each character also possesses ""negative"" attributes, which include various phobias as well as traits such as avarice or violent temper, all of which affect the character's behavior and reaction during the course of the game. In addition, each character has skills ranging from weapon proficiency to lying and knowledge of geography. The game itself takes place in pseudo-3D environments. Towns and dungeons are explored by moving through those environments from first-person view. However, monsters do not appear within them and each hostile encounter takes the player to a separate isometric battle screen. Battles are turn-based and tactical, allowing navigation on the field as well as taking into account details such as the direction the combatants are facing, their current physical state, etc. Traveling between towns and other areas of interest is done on a 2D map. Characters eventually become hungry and tired, and can also get sick, so travel planning and provisions are essential."
27037,Manhunter: New York,,1988,6.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The Earth has been invaded by the Orb Alliance, and a tightly restricted regime instituted for the humans that remain. Brown monk robes are the only garments allowed, speaking is a capital offense, and every human has been implanted with a tracking chip recording their every move. To track down criminals, the Orbs enlist ""Manhunters"" - humans given access to advanced technology and selected to be a combination of police officers and bounty hunters. The player controls one such Manhunter as he unravels a conspiracy inside the decaying heart of the New York ruins, and a mysterious serial killer on the loose. Each chapter begins with the Orbs assigning the player's nameless Manhunter with a crime (such as murder) or target to investigate. The player gains leads through the use of the ""MAD"" computer, which displays the logs of all civilian movement in an area in an overhead map view. By starting with the victim and following the people who encountered him that day, the player can then go to a first-person investigation view at various New York landmarks to find clues to the suspect's identity. At the end of the day, the player must report the correct name of their suspect to the Orbs. Manhunter uses a modified version of Sierra's AGI interpreter, with a rudimentary point-and-click interface used to locate and uncover clues at the investigation sites. At various times throughout the investigation, the player will also have to directly control the Manhunter in arcade-style challenges, like dodging gang attacks or throwing knives between a bar patron's fingers."
27038,Central Intelligence,,1994,6.0,Strategy / tactics,,,"A strategic game of espionage and undercover operations with a lot of political undertones. You play a CIA chief sent to the island of Sao Madrigal, which is currently under a dictatorship. This dictatorship is supported by the Chinese government and it seriously jeopardizes the U.S.A.'s interests on the region, thus it is your mission to organize the recuperation of democracy, by any means necessary. You have at your disposal a series of CIA agents divided in three branches: Political, Propaganda and Military. But the object of the game is not to organize a military uprising, but instead to support and organize the island's many opposing factions (like angry students, guerrillas, political parties,etc.) against the dictatorship (with or without their knowledge of your interventions) via propaganda, bribes, subterfuge, assassinations, blackmails, etc. The main interface consists of a top-down satelite image of the island from where you can zoom in on any building, and from where you dispatch your agents and access the relevant information on each and every building on the island (provided you spy them). The game runs against a real-time clock as you have a time limit to depose the dictator, but you can select the speed at which the game counts the hours and days, as well as the overall difficulty of the game, by selecting among a set of options that regulate the population's overall loyalty towards El Dictador."
27041,Lords of Magic: Special Edition,,1998,6.9,Compilation,,,Lords of Magic: Special Edition contains:
27046,Vanark,Astro Trooper Vanark,1999,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Evil alien forces threaten Mars with their deadly ""Zero Field"". Its now up to you to join the forces of the Vanark troopers and save the day before its too late. Vanark is a 3D action game which plays mostly as a rail-shooter. You fly aboard your state-of-the-art Vanark fighter in a fixed path on several missions controlling your guns and missiles and trying to defeat all the waves of enemy ships and creatures that try to come at you. Every now and then you also get to play free-flight stages in deep space where you have full control of your ship, turning the game into a more traditional 3rd-person space sim. Additionally, between each stage you get to roam freely aboard your carrier ship using 3D characters over pre-rendered backgrounds. In these sequences you'll get to chat with fellow pilots and move the plot along, which includes triggering cut-scenes as well solving mini-games such as disarming a saboteur's bomb and other similar activities."
27055,Jane's Combat Simulations: Fleet Command,Fleet Command,1999,7.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,"Asia, Contemporary, Europe, Historical events, South America","Take a US fleet and survive the various encounters with the former Soviet Navy, the Chinese Navy, the Indian Navy, and many others. Most of the world's navy are included. Issue orders in real-time and watch your orders being carried out. Launch strike aircraft to take out enemy ships. Launch cruise missiles to destroy enemy airbases. Launch helicopters to prosecute hostile subs. Watch your ships defend themselves against incoming cruise missiles. This is the ultimate real-time challenge. Do you have what it takes to assume Fleet Command?"
27065,The Way of the Tiger,,1986,7.4,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"Three distinct side-scrolling beat 'em up game sections await in this title, licensed from a series of Fighting Fantasy-style books. As Avenger, you must clear the world of evil so as to protect the innocent, using your superior strength. The combat is split into Hand-to-Hand, Pole Fighting and Samurai Sword fighting, each of which are loaded separately from across 2 cassettes - a novelty at the time. In each mode there are 16 moves available, varying depending on whether fire (or the space bar in keyboard mode) is pressed. The moves are arranged logically, and reverse depending on the character's facing direction, similarly to the Exploding Fist games."
27068,Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū,,1986,7.0,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"First title in the Ganbare Goemon game series of action/adventure titles. Karakuri Douchuu stars Goemon as he has to make his way through several parts of feudal Japan fending off bandits and other evil-doers. The game is played as a side-scrolling beat 'em up, but with the added challenge of having to find the exit for the maze-like stages besides beating all the baddies. Goemon fights using his smoking pipe, but he can upgrade his weapon with power-ups found in the game or bought at several shops using the money collected from fallen enemies à la River City Ransom Features hot-seat alternating 2 player gameplay."
27069,Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings,"AOK, Age of Empires 2",1999,8.3,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Asia, Europe, Historical events, Medieval, Middle East","In Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings the player takes control of one of thirteen civilizations, including the Chinese, Goths, Britons, and Vikings, among others. The player starts with a handful of villagers, through expansion and careful handling of the economy, the player can advance up to the point where powerful war machines and well trained masses of troops will be the player's to make and control. There are three distinct ways to play, one of which the object is to hunt and kill the other player(s) king, however there are a lot of options for each, anywhere from what type of map to start on (including coastal, gold rush, arabia, and rivers) to what the maximum amount of units are allowed. The player can also play online at the Zone vs. up to seven other players, or via a TCP/IP connection."
27070,Panzer Dragoon Mini,,1996,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Panzer Dragoon Mini is the Japan-only 8-bit version of Sega's popular 32-bit rail shooter, but due to (massive) hardware limitations, the game has more in common with other classic Sega game, Space Harrier Taking further away from the original games, there is no rider and the game lacks any plotline. The player starts by choosing one of three dragons, and from there must shoot at incoming enemies (although for most time, just avoiding incoming fire is an easier way to progress in the game). At the end of the level (each with two bosses), a password appears and allows the game to be resumed later."
27076,The Terminator: Future Shock,,1995,7.4,Action,Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The year is 2015, and machines, under the leadership of the super-computer Skynet, control the Earth. Deprived of their civilization, the surviving humans continue to resist the mechanical rulers. The protagonist escapes from the machines' extermination camp with the help of resistance soldiers. Eventually he meets the leader of the resistance, John Connor, and the young Kyle Reese, who send him on missions which are vital for humanity's survival. However, a strange phenomenon begins to occur, with enemies appearing out of nowhere. It seems that Skynet has perfected its technique of time manipulation. Terminator: Future Shock is a first-person shooter based on the Terminator movie series. The game is notable for being among the first in the genre to feature fully 3D environments and enemies, as well as mouse-based camera rotation, before those features were popularized by Quake The game has an evolving story and missions with a military feel, including briefings in which it is possible to talk to several people and gather info. There are seventeen different weapons available. It is often necessary to navigate hazardous terrain, avoiding the effects of radiation. The protagonist can move on foot, or navigate vehicles such as a jeep with mounted weapons, or an aerial combat robot. There is no multiplayer component in the game."
27081,Chester Cheetah: Wild Wild Quest,,1993,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Chester Cheetah: Wild Wild Quest is the sequel to Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool in the series based on the Frito-Lay mascot: Chester Cheetah. Chester the cheetah lives in the Four Corners Zoo together with other animals. One day he decides to leave the zoo and to search for the legendary Hip City. Riding his trusty motor scooter, with a map in the paws, Chester encountered the nasty brute Mean Eugene. True to his habit of stealing and destroying things, Mean Eugene took the map from Chester, tore it to pieces, and scattered them all across United States of America. Chester must now visit various locations in the country to retrieve the map pieces and to find a way to Hip City. The player may explore the game world in a non-linear fashion. At any time, there are three levels available and the player may tackle them in any order. Each solved level leads to additional two. On each level, the player must find the missing map piece, proceed to the exit, and defeat the level boss. Chester can dash and kill enemies by jumping on their heads. He dies from one hit, unless he has a pack of the cheetahs snack at his disposal. In this case, he'll recover full health."
27085,The Champ,,1989,5.9,"Action, Sports",Arcade,,"Take your boxer to the top in this action boxing game. You start off fighting in an alleyway before finding a manager, who will guide you to the training arena. Here you must work on the punch bag, sparring and skipping rope. Eventually you will move up from small fights to the title contests. The 11 moves include high and low punches, as well as defensive moves and escapes. Full knockout rules apply, and the fighters automatically break up grappling situations."
27086,Knight Games 2: Space Trilogy,,1987,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Fighting, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Knight Games 2: Space Trilogy is the sequel to Knight Games Set in the year 3002, it consists of three different futuristic games: ""Combat Robot"", ""In Orbit"" and ""Final Tournament"". Combat Robot: Based on Dropzone the player controls Robby the Robot in a two-way horizontal scrolling game. The goal is to pick up friendly robots while blasting enemies. Once a robot is picked up he can be taken back to base and dropped. In Orbit: Flying about Earth in another two-way horizontal scrolling game, the player has to blast enemy ships while trying to load supplies in orbit over the planet. The game then switches to a 3D view behind the player's ship as it heads for the loading bay. Final Tournament: Reminiscent of the first game, this part is a competition in three events of armed combat: Jet Joust, Light Sabres and Photon Chains. Each event is viewed from the side on a single screen. The goal is to defeat one's opponent and get a high score. This part can be played by one or two players."
27089,Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf,"Aoki Ōkami to Shiroki Mejika: Genchō Hishi, Super Aoki Ōkami to Shiroki Mejika: Genchō Hishi",1992,6.8,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),"Asia, Historical events","Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf is a 2D turn-based grand strategy game, based on the life of the historical Mongol leader Temujin, better known as Genghis Khan. The gameplay is similar to other grand strategy games from Koei, like Romance of the Three Kingdoms or Nobunaga's Ambition The game has various scenarios from the Conquest of Mongolia (the unification of Mongol tribes) to World Conquest (with up to six playable factions). On the world/country map (divided into smaller provinces) the player develops his own provinces, gives orders to his subordinates, establishes alliances and recruits armies. The battles are presented in a separate mode, where the player directs troops using commands."
27092,Twisted Metal III,,1998,6.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In an apocalyptic future, the mysterious and powerful Calypso offers one wish to the winner of the Twisted Metal competition. The Twisted Metal competition consists of vehicular combat between souped-up and weaponed-out machines such as a motorcycle, police car, ice cream truck, and even a man with wheels for arms. The battles take place in locations from around the world, including London and Tokyo."
27101,Empire Deluxe,,1993,7.2,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","An updated version of White Wolf's earlier Empire game, which was based on a wargame dating back to early mainframe days. One to six players (human or computer with three levels of intelligence) compete to conquer the world using their ground, air, and sea units. There are three versions of the game available: basic, standard, and advanced. The basic game provides the minimal types of units, a completely viewable map, and basic production rules. The standard game adds some new units, forces you to explore the map to view it, and slightly modifies the production rules. Finally, the advanced game (for the true wargamer) adds even more types of units, terrain effects on movement and sighting, and slightly more complicated production rules. In addition to playing one or more people around the same computer, you could play via mail (by posting disks back and forth), e-mail, modem, network, or direct serial link. The game also came with some preset scenarios and maps for players to use. Additionally, there was an editor that let players create their own maps and scenarios. Copy protection was a compromise between security and player convenience. Rather than looking up a word in the manual every time the game was run, this was only required when running the separate executable that set game options. (Screen resolution, sound options, etc.) Naturally, you always had to run it before playing the first time. White Wolf and New World Computing also released a scenario disk for the game and later released the Windows version with the extra scenarios on CD-ROM"
27110,Skullmonkeys,Klaymen Klaymen 2 〜Skullmonkey no Gyakushū〜,1998,7.8,Action,Platform,,"Skullmonkeys is the successor title to The Neverhood which came out only on PC (and, in Japan, as "" Klaymen Klaymen "" on PSX). The game is an old-school jump and run type of game, with a large number of FMVs. The entire game is molded in clay. The player takes control of Klaymen throughout the game in an attempt to put a stop to the main opponent, being Klogg, who wants to destroy Klaymen's homeworld, The Neverhood, via a huge robot called ""Evil Engine No. 9"". He uses an army of extremely dumb skullmonkeys to stop Klaymen in his quest; With the exception of several strange, clay birds, each and every enemy in the game is a monkey. The game features music with lyrics by Terry Scott Taylor"
27135,The Addams Family,,1992,6.5,Action,Platform,,"The Addams Family is a side-scrolling platformer based on the movie of the same name. The player takes the role of Gomez who searches for his missing family members. To find them he has to explore six different parts of the mansion, e.g. the forest or the graveyard, which are basic platform levels: the player moves from left to right while jumping a lot and avoiding enemies. In contrast to the other versions of the game he has weapons to his disposal, e.g. a throwing knife. Other differences are a unique level design and another health system: Gomez has five hearts which practically act like a life meter because every hit only takes away a part of a heart."
27137,Steel Panthers III: Brigade Command - 1939-1999,"Steel Panthers III: Brigadekommando - 1939-1999, Steel Panthers III: Ordres aux Brigades - 1939-1999",1997,6.7,Strategy / tactics,Wargame,"Historical events, World War II","Steel Panthers III is the third in the Steel Panthers series which chronicles the exploits of tanks from a top-down hex-based setting. As the full title suggests, the time frame of Steel Panthers III covers World War II, the post-war era as well as hypothetical conflicts set in (then) near future. This time, SSI changed the scale slightly to allow larger battlefields and unit command structures, with improved leaders and command interface. Otherwise, this game isn't much changed from Steel Panthers II: Modern Battles"
27138,Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge,"Aladin: Nasiřina pomsta, Disney Aladdin: La Vendetta di Nasira, Disney Aladdin: La Venganza de Nasira, Disney's Aladdin: La Revanche de Nasira, Disney's Aladdin: Nasira's Wraak, Disney's Aladdin: Nasiras Rache, Disney's Alladin in Nasira's Revenge Action Game, Disney's Alladyn: Zemsta Nasiry, Disneyn Aladdin: Nasiran kosto, Disneys Aladdin: Nasiras hämnd, Disneys Aladdin: Nasiras hævn",2000,6.8,Action,,"Fantasy, Middle East","Take control of Aladdin and stop Nasira, the evil sister of Jafar (the bad guy from the Disney movie) and rescue the Sultan and Princess Jasmine. Based on the hit Disney movie and the animated TV series of the same name"
27142,Tekken 2,,1995,7.9,Action,Fighting,,"Heihachi Mishima, the head of the powerful Mishima Zaibatsu, has been dethroned and defeated by his son Kazuya, backed and possessed by the Devil himself. Under his leadership, the organization has grown even more corrupt, and is involved in illegal animal experiments. An animal rights activist named Jun Kazama is sent to confront Kazuya. Meanwhile, Heihachi is plotting to overthrow his son. In attempt to draw his father out, Kazuya organizes the second King of the Iron Fist tournament. The follow-up to Tekken is a versus fighting game featuring similar mechanics, with four buttons assigned to left and right punches and kicks. New moves include back throws, chain-throws, and a sidestep unique to Kazuya and Heihachi Mishima. Tackles now inflict damage depending on the distance. The game also introduces three new gameplay modes: Survival, Team Battle and Time Attack mode. Survival mode is an endless series of matches, keeping track of the number of opponents the player defeats and not restoring the controllable character to full health after each battle. Team Battle is a two-player mode with up to eight selectable characters. Time Attack offers the opportunity to establish records in timed combat."
27146,Power Stone,,1999,8.1,Action,Fighting,,"The creators of Street Fighter add a new dimension to 3D fighting. In Power Stone two fighters take to multi-level arenas with Power Stones and other weapons lying around for use. Each game contains Power Stones. When you have enough stones (between three to five), your character transforms into an almost unbeatable warrior, with an all-new range of moves (although this does not last for long)."
27149,The Addams Family,,1992,7.2,Action,Platform,,"The Addams Family is a platform game based on the characters and settings from the movie (which, in turn, is based on the famous 1960's television series, which in turn is based on Charles Addams cartoon of the same name, which was featured in the magazine, The New Yorker, in the 1930s). The game takes place towards the end of the movie: the Addams Family has been evicted from their home by a court order issued by a backstabbing attorney (there's one for the books), Tully Alford. Even worse, the other Addamses: Morticia, Pugsley, Wednesday, Granny, and Lurch have gone missing. As Gomez, you must tour the Addams mansion in search of your lost family, battling out mysterious monsters and evading traps, and eventually face your nemesis, Tully."
27156,Reader Rabbit's Toddler,"Kalle Kunskap Lekstugan, Kalle Kunskap: Magiska lekparken!, Lapin Malin: Maternelle 1, Robbie Konijn: Spelen met Vormen & Kleuren",1997,7.9,Educational,,,"Reader Rabbit's Toddler is part of the Learning Company's multi-subject educational game series for children. As its name suggests, this reading centered title is meant for children as young as 18 months, and thus focuses on pre-reading skills such as sound matching, letter and shape recognition and creative play. In the introduction, Reader Rabbit and his friend, Mat the Mouse, enter a magic book where there are many places to explore. From the main page, toddlers can color, solve simple puzzles, play a matching game, and follow along to simple finger-play songs like Itsy-Bitsy Spider. There is also a Bubble Castle for popping bubbles and a jungle where they can spot animals and hear their characteristic sounds. The Version 2.0 release of Reader Rabbit's Toddler is an upgraded version of the original game. The primary difference between this and previous versions is the use of click-free mousing and the ability to move through the program by striking random keys, making it more accessible to the targeted 18 mos - 3 year age range."
27160,Cross Wiber: Cyber-Combat-Police,,1990,5.9,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Cross Wiber: Cyber-Combat-Police is a sequel to Cyber Cross and follows the adventures of Cross Wiber, an special inspector of the cyber combat police. Several years after the happenings in Cyber Cross a new threat threatens Earth: Duma and his alien forces. Wiber now starts his counter-attack on Duma. This game is a side-scrolling action game with emphasis on combat, but also with some platforming sequences. The player has the ability to switch between four forms: human and three robot suits. All those forms have different abilities, e.g. one robot has a special gun and the human can only kick to attack but is the only form which has a special attack taking up a bit of life energy. The power-ups which can be collected during play have different effects depending on the used form, e.g. as human everything gives life energy and as robots there are weapon and armor upgrades as well as ammo."
27165,Knightmare,,1987,6.2,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements, RPG elements",Fantasy,"Knightmare was a popular childrens' television programme set in a medieval fantasy world, in which 3 players guided a fourth through a maze using a virtual reality system. In the first licensed game you have been trapped in Damonia Castle and must somehow escape. Viewed in 3D, you move your character around the rooms, while most other actions are activated using a verb-noun command system. By pressing the first letter of the first word (open, close, dig and so on) and pressing enter once you've got the right word, you can then choose the second word (options are context-sensitive; for example 'door' only appears if you stand near one). Plenty of puzzles must be solved along the way. Two advisers are present, one good and one bad, but each time you call for advice only one will answer, and you have to work out for yourself whether the clue is kosher. Your health is indicated by a candle graphic, the higher this is the healthier you are. You start without weaponry or spells, but these can be collected and used, including a rain cloud to freeze everything, Casper the magic key, and a cast-iron anvil to crush all evil."
27166,NCAA Football 2000,,1999,7.9,Sports,,,"NCAA Football 2000 is a continuation of EA Sports' NCAA Football series, about college American football games. This version has polygon-rendered graphics, which were absent from previous NCAA Football offerings on the PlayStation. All 23 bowl games and the Heisman Trophy are featured in Dynasty Mode. It contains 114 Division I-A schools and 26 from Division I-AA along with the option to create a custom team, along with logos and fight songs. There are also 23 bowls (for more than the previous game) and the ability to edit new plays. The game offers the Nokia Sugar Bowl as a unique stadium."
27177,Shattered Steel,Shattered Steel: Liberation of Lanios,1996,7.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Shattered Steel is a first-person 3D action game similar in concept to the MechWarrior series The player takes control of bipedal machines (mechs) known as Planet Runners, trying to protect humanity against alien menace. The single player campaign takes place on five different planets, with about twenty missions available for each. The missions mostly involve direct assaults, infiltration of enemy strongholds, defending own bases, or escorting important figures. The player can pilot up to seven different Runners in different sizes and shapes, having their own strengths and weaknesses. Each Runner is equipped with primary and secondary weapons which are either energy-charged or require bullets. The enemies are mostly shaped like animals and can be taken out using the game's locational damage system: for example, it is possible to incapacitate (but not kill) enemies by destroying their legs. The game also features deformable terrain, which may be used to the player's advantage in a few cases. A mission editor, an ""anarchy"" mode with co-op options, and a multiplayer mode for up to sixteen players are included as well."
27179,Blood Lines,,1999,6.1,Action,"Fighting, Platform","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Set in the future, competitive sport is outlawed and becomes the pursuit of an underground network of the world's greatest athletes. Inspired by the nations of old, they form clans and engage each other in tribal combat to protect the honour of their blood-lines. There can be only one winner. Control one of the clans, and fight to the death in a last-man-standing battle against multiple opponents. The environments allow for roaming and hiding, allowing players to tactically attack and run away to evade attack. Weapons can be found, used and recharged across the arena. The gameplay functions in the same way as Super Smash Bros.: Melee and allows multiplayer matches or fighting against CPU opponents."
27188,NBA Live 97,,1996,7.3,Sports,,,"NBA Live 97 is a basketball game with an emphasis on realism. You can choose from all of the NBA teams, create a team with players you create yourself, or choose a team formed by the All-Star players of the east or West coasts. When you create a player yourself you can customize the player to a high degree. There are over 60 offensive and 10 defensive set-ups. Match options include an exhibition match, a whole season or the playoffs."
27197,Sonic Classics,Sonic Compilation,1995,7.9,Compilation,,,"Sonic Classics compiles three games from the Sonic The Hedgehog series onto one cartridge. They are: Each of the three games control the same as their stand-alone versions. The games are selected from a menu, however only one game can be played at once. Also, even though Sonic The Hedgehog 2 is on this cartridge, it is not possible for this game to lock-on to Sonic And Knuckles to create Knuckles the Echidna."
27198,Super Play Action Football,,1992,5.8,Sports,,,"The 16-bit sequel to NES Play Action Football. Graphics are from the same three-quarters perspective as the original. There are now three levels of play to choose from: high school, college, or professional. All 28 real NFL teams are included, but Nintendo did not secure the NFLPA or NCAA licenses, so there are no real player names or real universities. College play features weekly poll rankings, conference schedules, and bowl games. NFL play includes both the regular season and playoffs."
27200,Albion,,1995,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","The year is 2227. The powerful DDT Corporation has sent a factory ship called the Toronto to harvest minerals and resources from Albion, a newly discovered world which is supposedly barren of life but rich in resources. The space pilot Tom Driscoll is sent to take some atmospheric readings on the planet, but crash lands after an apparently accidental systems failure of his shuttle. Upon recovering from the accident he is shocked to discover that Albion is in fact a rich, life-filled world inhabited by various races with their unique cultures. It then becomes his task to explore the strange new world, helps its inhabitants, and eventually find his way back to Toronto. Albion is a party-based role-playing game and a spiritual successor to Amber games. It features two principal exploration modes, 3D and 2D. The first-person 3D mode, similar to that of The Elder Scrolls: Arena is used for most towns and all dungeons. The 2D mode takes place in the overworld, in smaller locations, and inside buildings, and uses a top-down perspective similar to Ultima VII: The Black Gate Mouse or keyboard can be used to navigate the protagonists and interact with the environment. The player controls a party of up to six characters in the game, all of which can be recruited in various locations in the game world and join the protagonist for plot-related reasons. Each character has his or her own unique fighting styles, abilities, and in some cases magic spells. Experience points are acquired by defeating enemies or solving puzzles; in addition, the player receives a set amount of training points that can be used to raise the characters' skills (such as close or ranged combat, magic, etc.). Enemies can be encountered in both 3D and 2D areas; a battle initiates when the protagonist comes into contact with an enemy. Combat is turn-based and takes place on a 2D 6x6 square grid. Topic-based dialogue system is used to obtain information about the game world, receive assignments, and advance the plot."
27202,SaGa Frontier 2,SaGa Frontier II,1999,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The sequel to Saga Frontier but also to the less known Romancing SaGa games, Saga Frontier 2 allows you to play the stories of two main characters - a young prince Gustave XIII, who has been exiled from his homeland because he was unable to use the mysterious power of Anima and to become a worthy successor to the throne, and William Knights, a treasure hunter, who strives to find ancient artifacts containing great powers. Their stories are connected to each other, and each story occupies almost a lifetime: the characters grow up and die, new characters are born, etc. Saga Frontier 2 breaks with the non-linear approach of its predecessor by introducing a new event based scenario system, telling the stories in a more straightforward way, and limiting available characters and the places to visit. As typical for the series, stat upgrades and new abilities are gained directly in battle, and not by gaining experience points and levels like in most other RPGs. Magic spells are divided into six elements which may also be combined, and rely on items being equipped and the environment to draw the right Anima from. Hybrid techniques that combine weapon commands with spell elements also exist. Similar to Konami's Suikoden series, there are three types of combat: turn-based party combat, one-on-one (duel), and strategic army battles."
27212,Alien Breed II: The Horror Continues,,1993,8.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alien Breed II: The Horror Continues has Gauntlet -influenced gameplay, similar to the original Alien Breed (and the Alien Breed Special Edition '92 ), but with many new features. As one of four Interplanetary Corps soldiers, you must visit a remote alien-infested colony and destroy the alien invaders. The game is split into 3 main towers: Civilian, Military, and Science. There are also corridors linking them and outdoor levels. In total there are 17 zones, each featuring numerous different aliens and backgrounds. As you go through the game you collect credits, which can be traded for weapons, ammunition, and other enhancements through the in-game computers. Keys are collected as you progress, which must be used wisely, as there are many rooms containing bonuses that don’t have to be entered. Just like before, the game can be played solo or with a friend."
27213,Smash Court,Namco Tennis: Smash Court,1996,7.3,Sports,,,"Smash Court is an arcade-style tennis game that features quick play exhibition mode as well as fully fledged tennis club mode which lets you name and create your character and build it over time into a professional tennis player by playing in various leagues and participating in tournaments. The tennis club mode also lets you practice alone to learn how to hit the ball in different ways. You can start the tennis club mode alone on in two player mode. Unlike for exhibition mode, memory card is required to save your data when starting the tennis club mode. Exhibition mode quickly goes through basic selection such as playing as whether to play as singles (1-on-1) or doubles (2-on-2), choosing who controls which player (all combinations of Player and AI are included), select the tennis players for both sides (there are 24 playable characters, 12 male and 12 female ones), and deciding where you want to play (10 locations are available in total to choose from, each representing a specific country with the background setting, such as coastal town of Greece, temples in Thailand, sand beach in Tahiti, and other). The game is played in bird's eye perspective where hitting the ball requires precise timing and direction. The camera is always focused on and follows the ball since the field is larger than the visible area on the screen and supports scrolling in any direction."
27217,The Last Ninja,Ninja Remix,1987,7.7,Action,Puzzle elements,,"You are the last living member of your ninja clan after they were brutally slaughtered. Now, you seek to exact revenge on the evil shogun responsible. The Last Ninja is an action/adventure game set in medieval Japan. The game is shown in isometric view, and the eponymous ninja can walk in four directions, jump, fight the enemies and collect necessary items on his way. While fighting, the ninja can use several different blows and block. There are a couple of weapons to find, including smoke bombs and shuriken."
27218,Critical Path,,1993,6.8,Action,Puzzle elements,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","You and a female fellow soldier called Kat are stranded on the roof of a factory on an island in a post-nuclear world. Your pilot is dead and your helicopter needs a small but vital part. You are wounded, so Kat is the only person who can find the missing part, and to do so she has to enter the building that crawls with madmen led by General Minh. From the Control Room where you are hiding you can help her, so you may have a chance to survive. Critical Path is an interactive movie with action-based sequences, in which the main character Kat has to shoot, fight, set traps etc. It also has puzzle-solving elements as you, as the wounded soldier in the Control Room, have to enter codes and push buttons to help her survive. Kat starts with nine lives. When she looses a life, the player can continue with one less life or reload an earlier part of the game (automatically saved; the game has no saving slots). When all nine lives are used up, Kat dies and Minh kills you in the Control Room. In this room you will find Minh's notebook with clues and instructions about the workings in the factory and his special traps."
27219,Foes of Ali,,1995,6.7,Sports,,,"Foes of Ali is a 3-D boxing game with ten different boxers to choose from: George Chuvalo Henry Cooper Jimmy Ellis Bob Foster Joe Frazier Sonny Liston Ken Norton Leon Spinks Chuck Wepner and of course the games namesake Muhammad Ali There are three modes to choose from: Exhibition where the player can choose any boxer to fight another, or the player can choose any of Ali's historic fights to play, Tournament where a player fights a series of boxers in an 8 man tournament tree to become champion and Career Mode where the player can only play as Muhammed Ali and fight the other boxers in order as he did in real life. Players fight opponents with the basic punch moves, jabs, uppercuts, and hooks along with defensive moves like blocking and grabbing. Fatigue is not simulated, but players can slow down their opponents after a series of large successful hits along with bruises, blooded and black eyes. There are 21 different camera views to choose from, including first-person that will react to their fighters being hit (ex. if a player keeps getting hit in the eyes, the screen will start to blacken, simulating a swollen eye and if they take a hard enough punch they will actually see the game through double vision). Championship photos of each boxer are also shown before a fight and commentary is provided by Tim Gammon"
27220,Ground Zero Texas,,1993,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Space aliens are infiltrating the U.S. from a sleepy little town on the Texas/Mexico border, snatching bodies and paving the way for a greater invasion. Those they abduct return as Pod People-like drones, normal in appearance until they reveal themselves. The government's response is you - a technician driving custom-built gun cameras mounted around the town. Similar to Night Trap or Double Switch, you must monitor the town for alien activity, and respond to protect the lives of the citizens and your agents. The game is played entirely through four camera feeds from locations around the town. They mostly show loops of banal activity, but indicators will alert you when important action is occurring at that location. Switching to that camera will allow you to watch crucial plot clips, or defend that camera from aliens in a single-screen shooting gallery. As cameras take more damage, the picture from that feed degrades until the camera itself is destroyed. The goal is pretty much to juggle between cameras so as not to miss an important plot point, while defending them from attackers or saving citizens from being abducted. In a neat twist, citizens who you failed to save may appear later as disguised aliens themselves. As the game progresses, the invasion increases and becomes more violent, but the basic concept of switching between cameras and engaging in video shooting galleries remains unchanged."
27227,After Burner,,1987,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"After Burner is an aircraft shooter. The goal is simple: use your F-14 Tomcat and shoot as many enemies as you can. This aircraft has two weapons: lock-on missiles and Vulcan cannons (basically machine guns). In some versions there is an option to let the cannons shoot automatically all the time. The game is viewed from behind the plane with you fighting wave after wave of enemy fighters. But at heart it offers the usual shooter mechanics, meaning you spend most of your time dodging and shooting. Sometimes you come across a friendly supply plane and if you dock with it you can replenish your missiles. The SEGA Master System adds a boss fight at the very end. Despite being called After Burner all other console / computer ports are based on After Burner II"
27229,Deer Hunt Challenge,,1999,6.5,"Simulation, Sports",Hunting,,"Deer hunt Challenge is a hunting game that offer dozens of ways to hunt trophy bucks. Large 3D environments offer miles and miles of whitetail, blacktail and mule deer to be stalked, tracked, and still hunted. The hunters can use tree stands, blinds, calls, scents, decoys, rifles, bows, shotguns and more to hunt deer."
27236,Metal Slug: Super Vehicle - 001,"Arcade Archives: Neo Geo - Metal Slug, Metal Slug, Metal Slug 1",1996,8.2,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Metal Slug originally released on the Neo Geo, is a side-scrolling shoot'em'up. The player(s) takes the role of a soldier (or two) and fights a gigantic army. Every level consists of running forward blasting anything that moves, while collecting power-ups along the way (there's also a wide selection of weaponry in the game). In the end of each level the player goes up against one gigantic boss. The PlayStation port introduces some extra features: there is a combat school where the player may fight with other players for the best time on each level and an art gallery."
27237,Tiny Tank,Tiny Tank: Up Your Arsenal,1999,6.6,Action,Shooter,,"Tiny Tank mixes quirky humour, science fiction and action-packed tank battles. The player controls the wisecracking yellow mini-tank of the title. It's up to Tiny Tank to stop the dastardly Mutank and his robot army from decimating what's left of mankind. Through 25 intense, varying levels, Tiny Tank rolls, shoots, and quips his way towards victory. Collect nanometal and boost Tiny's powers, collect P-brains to increase smarts, and configure your weapons as you see fit. Tiny can also send out his remote-controlled 'Teeny Weeny Tanks' to scout, gather resources, or provide protection. Twelve mission-based levels are accessible and a menacing boss awaits at the end of each, so be prepared! The game also features a 2-Player Versus mode."
27249,Star Ocean,,1996,7.7,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","A young boy named Ratix lives in the town Clatos on a planet with medieval culture, together with his best friends Dorn and Milly. They belong to respectable families of warriors and healers, and excel in battles kills. One day, a letter from a neighbor town arrives. A strange disease has plagued the town and its inhabitants plead the healers of Clatos to help them. Milly's father decides to go, but he himself catches the disease. The young adventurers must save Milly's father and other people at all costs. But in the beginning of their journey, they discover a crashed space ship with people who belong to a much more advanced civilization. People from two different worlds must work together to solve the grand mystery. Star Ocean is a Japanese-style role-playing game that contains some stand-out features, such as Approval Rating: people like or dislike each other and their behavior towards Ratix and within the party might change depending on their feelings to him and your own actions. The combat is fast-paced, real-time: the player controls Ratix, while other party members are AI-controlled. It is possible to customize combat tactics by assigning roles to the protagonist's companions, and pause the combat at any time to make strategic decisions."
27256,Star Wars: Episode I - Racer,,1999,6.8,Racing / Driving,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The game based on the pod racing scenes from Star Wars: Episode I received a unique adaptation on the Game Boy Color. The game features 5 different planets with 4 tracks each for a total of 20 tracks. Only the first track from each planet is available from the start and the only available pod racer available to select is Anakin Skywalker's. Winning races unlocks further tracks on each planet and allows the player to choose the racers of the beaten opponents. When all four courses from a planet are won, a duel against Sebulba opens up. Winning it unlocks Sebulba's racer, but losing another race takes it away again. All racers differ in top speed, acceleration, turning rate and body strength (i.e. amount of damage the racer can take). Races are seen from a top-down view and are always one-on-one. Unlike in the film or the console game, there are no laps and the first racer to cross the finish line wins. When normal top speed is reached, a flashing light indicates that a turbo boost is available that allows the racer to reach its real top speed. The turbo shouldn't be used for more than a few seconds, though, because overusing it damages the racer. Crashing into the opponent or track obstacles also causes damage. Too much damage causes the racer to blow up, but the only real effect is some time loss, since it is put back on the track after a few seconds. It is possible to repair damage mid-race at the cost of speed and acceleration. The game offers a two-player mode via link cable and the cartridge has a rumble feature."
27260,Fuzzball,,1991,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"A lot of creatures called fuzzballs, are released in an old wizards castle by his young apprentice. The young man is also turned into one of the fluffy creatures himself, by accident. The old wizard gets a little upset, and orders the apprentice to get rid of the fuzzballs swarming all over his castle. If he succeeds, the wizard will turn him back to human form again. This is a platform game, with 50 levels. To complete each level, you'll have to collect all the treasures, while at the same time avoiding, or killing, various enemies. You will face mostly other fuzzballs, but also other creatures. Each level is only a single Bubble Bobblish screen, but can take a while to complete anyway. Touching an enemy once means instant death, and if you don't complete a level in time, you will be killed by mosquitoes entering the screen. To succeed in Fuzzball, you'll have to plan every move carefully, otherwise you'll die very quickly."
27264,Warlords,,1981,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong","Fantasy, Medieval","In Warlords, you need to defend yourself from three human and/or computer players. Each of the four players are in one of the corners of the screen guarded by a castle. You control a small shield which can be moved around the edge of the castle. To survive you need to use the shield to block a ball which bounces around the screen. If the ball hits your castle, it will take out some of the bricks. If a hole forms in the castle wall and the ball makes it through and hits your warlord, then you are out of the game. The last player left alive wins the battle, and the first player to win five battles wins the game! Several game options are included which allow you to either catch or ricochet the ball when the shield touches it and control the speed of the game."
27267,Super Bomberman,,1993,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Super Bomberman is the first Bomberman game on the Super NES. Like most games in the Bomberman series, Super Bomberman features a normal game as well as the famous battle mode. In the normal game, Mr. Karat and Dr. Mukk have been terrorizing Diamond City. You must go from board to board, defeating the bad guys and solving puzzles to move to the next board. In battle mode, up to four players go head to head in a battle to the death. Players can be computer controlled or human controlled via the Super MultiTap."
27274,Rugby: The World Cup,,1991,6.4,Sports,Arcade,,"An official licensed game of the 1991 Rugby World Cup, bringing a sport rarely seen on home computers to life. The game recreates the exact structure of the tournament, and includes all 16 teams. The gameplay has been simplified slightly, in the aim of creating a more flowing and less complicated game. As a result, scrums are frequent, penalties are absent, and a flowing running game is favoured. The teams are of different abilities, reflecting their real life skills."
27281,Time Crisis: Crisis Zone,Crisis Zone,1999,6.5,Action,Rail shooter,,"Crisis Zone for the PlayStation 2 is a port of the arcade game of the same name, and it is a spin-off from the Time Crisis series. In the game you are part of an elite anti-terrorist group called Special Tactical Force and you are sent to fight a terrorist group called U.R.D.A. The terrorist group has taken over an office center and wants to destroy the nuclear reactor buried deep beneath the complex. It's up to you, to stop them. The game play is like the rest of the series, where you are taking cover, trying to eliminate the enemies in a small area before a limited amount of time expires, with the time limit resetting when you finish the area and proceed to the next one. You don't control the player's movement as it is a rail shooter, meaning that your character moves in a pre-determined path, with enemies jumping in the screen to try and damage you. Hide behind your shield to avoid being shot, but you are also not able to shoot while behind it. The PS2 port can use the G-con 45 and G-Con2 light guns (with the last one being bundled sometimes with the game). Another different of the PS2 port from the arcade one is that the port features an extra mission (Grassmarket District that takes place 6 months after the Garland Square mission in which you have to rescue the daughter of S.T.F. Commander Kessler and clear the district from the remaining terrorists), along with some small minigames."
27282,Anne McCaffrey's Freedom: First Resistance,,2000,5.5,Action,Puzzle elements,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The alien Catteni have arrived and crushed all organized resistance with their superior technology. Most cities lie in ruins, and many are dead. The Earth is under control of the ""Provisional Authority"", who rules in place of the aliens. Only the Resistance, a ragtag crew of freedom fighters over the world refused to give up... Join the crew of Angel Sanchez in their fight for freedom! Freedom: First Resistance is an action game with puzzle-solving. Most of the gameplay is dedicated to exploring the 3D levels, fighting enemies, and using items to solve puzzles. The stand-out gameplay feature of the game is the player's ability to control five different characters. The player must use different characters in each mission (up to three at a time), having them advancing as a team, or splitting up. Some inventory items can be used only by specific characters."
27287,Roberta Williams' Phantasmagoria,"Phantasm, Phantasmagoria, Phantasmagoria de Roberta Williams",1995,6.9,Adventure,,,"A writer named Adrienne Delaney has just moved into an old mansion with her photographer husband Donald. Shortly after moving in, Adrienne begins to experience horrifying nightmares and have odd encounters inside the creepy old abode. Furthermore, the house is having a severe effect on her husband, changing him for the worse. Adrienne must discover the secret of the house before the unknown force consumes her husband, and unravel the terrible events that have happened in the past. Phantasmagoria is an adventure game that places heavy emphasis on full motion video for exposition and cutscenes at various junctures to advance the storyline. Adrienne is represented as a digitized character roaming around pre-rendered settings in the house. She inspects various rooms, finds items, adds them to her inventory, finds places to use the items, and triggers advancements in the plot. Puzzle-solving element is present, though reduced compared to most other adventure games made by Sierra. There are seven chapters in the game, as well as a status screen that tracks the player's progress within the chapter. If the player happens to get stuck in the game, a talking skull icon who identifies himself as the hintkeeper can supply the player with hints on request. It is possible to start playing the game from any chapter."
27291,Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98,,1997,6.9,Sports,,,"Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98 is basically the same game as its predecessor with only a few minor changes such a updated teams and new statistics. The game offers two basic playing options: simulation and arcade. While simulation tries to be relatively realistic (but still relatively fast-paced in comparison to similar games), the arcade mode ignores penalties and features a power shot. The player may either participate in exhibition matches, a whole season, play-offs or practice. Thanks to the official NHL and NHLPA licenses, there are 26 teams with real-life athletes available."
27300,Monster Max,,1994,7.8,Action,Puzzle elements,,"A powerful human called Krond conquers the Monster Planet, bans all music and declares himself king. Max, a monster rock musician decides to fight back. In order to defeat the evil monarch, he enlists in the training course at the Mega Hero Academy. Monster Max is a surreal isometric adventure by the same duo that created the 8-bit classic Head Over Heels Not surprisingly it is very similar to that game in terms of control and general design, and almost identical graphically. The character moves on a bizarre landscape, where he has to collect and use objects (with either the A or B button) to accomplish mission objectives. The game starts on a training academy that serves as the mission hub. Each mission has as an entrance with a terminal and a door. By touching the terminal with the character, the mission objective and reward is displayed on the screen. The missions available can be played in any order, but Max has to pay a fee to access other levels with more advanced missions. On the top left of the screen there is a counter for the lucky stars collected. Lucky stars allow the character to touch dangerous objects once without suffering damage. Besides that are several hearts representing the number of lives. On the top right is the inventory display, showing the two objects assigned to the buttons. Hitting START while on a mission brings up a map, while pressing SELECT displays a menu with options and the password at the bottom of the screen. The game is far larger than previous isometric adventures like Knight Lore with over 600 more detailed locations (the double of Head Over Heels ). There is a password system to save progress."
27301,British Open Championship Golf,,1997,7.1,Sports,,,"British Open Championship Golf simulates the golf courses St. Andrews and Royal Troon in Scotland. As most golf games from its time it uses filmed and digitalized shots for the courses and the behaviour of a played ball. The control system uses the established 3-click-system where the player sets the destination with the first click. The other two clicks are reaction tests which set the power and height of the shot. There are five playing modes: Match, Stroke, Best-Ball, practice and a tournament. The game introduces three new features to the genre. Firstly is uses a lot of viewers and terraces to create a realistic golf atmosphere. This is supported by a commentator and multiple anytime usable camera views which are shown in extra windows on the side of the screen. With the ""Shot Designer"" the player can create and test shots by changing variables like the foot positions. Then he can save them for later usage. The ""Caddie's Notebook"" gives voiced hints and additional information about each hole."
27303,Pocket Tennis,Pocket Tennis Color,1998,6.7,Sports,,,"Pocket Tennis a simple tennis game with two play modes: Exhibition and Tournament. Exhibition is a single match against computer or human opponent (requires link cable). There do exist eight player characters with different skills (human player must select one of those eight characters too) and four (five in the color version) different courts. Also amount of sets per game can be selected (1, 3 or 5). Tournament is only against computer. Human player can pick his/her character but not the computer opponent. Also selection of courts and amount of sets is missing. Three games will be played: quarter and semifinals and of course the final."
27304,Business Tycoon,Business Tycoon - Das ultimative Business-Spiel.,2000,5.9,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"You might have played, 'corporate empire games' before in "" Detroit "" or "" Motor City "" as in cars to "" Air Bucks "" for aircraft industries. Unlike them, this game focuses solely on the business side in kin with military style-"" Risk "" or "" Centurion: Defender of Rome "" minus the battle sequences or hands-on product testing. Business Tycoon is an update on the original "" Entrepreneur "" game that goes beyond the single industry of 'computers' to include 'airplanes' and 'automobiles' in a more refined and a less cluttered interface. Players can select a chosen industry and area of expertise from marketing and manufacturing thus doubling your output or engineering for quicker research. Up to seven computer-controlled opponents each their own artificial intelligence or against a friend on LAN IPX network and Stardock's Internet gaming server. The game begins at the infancy of your industry, and witness the evolution of technology. Map view shows your starting region, where you branch out to neighboring countries by researching them to open up new markets. A series of demographics highlighting each region by different colors illustrate exactly the market share, sales and leader to level of distribution and penetration. You can also setup new distribution centers, sites, and send a salesperson or marketing campaign to any available regions. Useful to improving you're dominance. Your main site contains a small factory and sales office; these can be enlarged to increase production. Other buildings you construct are - 'Research center' for advanced technologies for cheaper and more reliable products; 'Marketing office' to assist in greater brand awareness and market perception covering print, radio and television media's; 'Training office' increases factory efficiency and in the long run reduce costs to 'Staff café' improving staff morale. All require allocated personnel taking a share of your gross revenue. Most things are done internally with little intervention. Research projects need to be initialed and are appointed in any order, provided they are selectable as more engineers employed the quicker they are completed. Factory works by itself after recruiting workers, no need to order or source parts for assembly. Goods are sold directly to the market. Sales statistics lets you modify a products price, and offers insight into the number of units as determined by the number of factory workers, being: produced, sold or stored inventory to demand of your products. Future world events occur by the way of 'direct action cards' usable to enhance labor, marketing, research resources or underground deals has destructive consequences for your opponents like strikes or pushing competitor products off the shelves, political bonuses in form of government grants to unfair favors. Humor takes some of the seriousness out of the game and adds another dimension to it. Jokes about monkeys are quite common. In order to win the game, you need to a get the right balance of price and performance with the greatest market share to outwit your opponents. The best product may not necessarily achieve a victory if the price is too high or insufficient production to meet demand. The next game in series is "" The Corporate Machine ""."
27305,Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show,"Buffalo Bill's Rodeo Games, Rodeo Games",1989,6.4,"Action, Sports",Shooter,,"Buffalo Bill presents a collection of six Wild West themed mini-games, which hang together around humour-lead presentation and backdrops.You can play as many or as few of these as you like, and can always have another go at them if you fail. First task is to throw knives at a spinning board upon which a surely-terrified and fortunately-skinny lady is locked - make sure to adjust for the rotation that will occur in the time your shot takes to hit. You get points for missing as many times as possible before hitting. Event 2 is based on shooting ability and is in two stages. First you must shoot the targets of criminals (but not innocents) as they emerge from the ground, next you must shoot the bottles they throw at you from over the horizon. Event 3 is Calf Roping, in which you must position yourself so as to be able to throw your rope around the poor cow's neck. This is followed by Bronco Riding, in which you must adjust your balance to compensate for the Bronco trying to throw you off, by pushing the joystick out to balance two bars. Level 5 starts off like the Cow Roping, as you jump onto a Steer, before a joystick-waggling section starts. Last of all is a side-scrolling game in which you jump onto a stagecoach which has been invaded by Indians, and beat up the hijacker."
27306,The Legend of Oasis,"The Story of Thor 2, Thor: Seireioukiden",1996,8.0,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,,"Long time ago, Reharl, the King of Spirits, fought the destroyer Agito. Both sides used powerful armlets - Golden and Silver. Many years later, a warrior named Ordan found the Golden Armlet. recognizing unseen powers in his apprentice Leon, Ordan gave the armlet to him. Leon must become the new King of Spirits and defeat Agito, who is believed to be in possession of the Silver Armlet. In order to gain the power of the six Spirits, Leon must descend into the Spirits' dungeons. The Legend of Oasis is the prequel to Beyond Oasis also known as The Story of Thor Like its predecessor, it is an action game with role-playing elements. The gameplay is quite similar to that of Beyond Oasis Leon can attack with melee weapons or use a bow for long-ranged attack. His armlet also allows him to summon spirits, who would damage the enemy or heal Leon. Instead of the usual experience points system the game features ""ranks"" (equivalent to levels); higher ranks increase the protagonist's hit points and can be gained by recovering his health multiple times."
27313,Steel Panthers: World at War,Steel Panthers 4,2000,7.4,Strategy / tactics,Wargame,"Historical events, World War II",This installment of the Steel Panthers series mainly covers World War II. The player can command a single platoon up to a battalion on either side. It is also possible to construct custom battles and edit maps.
27317,Sheep,,2000,7.3,Puzzle,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Sheep is a sheep herding game. Unbeknownst to most people, sheep are actually aliens that were sent to observe the earth millions of years ago. In the process, they were dumbed down to the sheepish mammals we all know and love today. In this Lemmings -inspired game, your goal is to herd sheep across 28 hazard-filled levels so they can be rescued by their educated alien cousins. You play as one of the four sheep herders. These are the humans and dogs Bo Peep, Adam Halfpint, Motley and Shep. You herd four breeds of sheep and have to protect them from the evil Mr. Pear."
27322,Elite Plus,,1991,7.7,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Elite Plus is a VGA remake of Bell and Braben's space trading flight simulator, Elite It is an updated conversion of the original that features new graphics and sounds/music. The novella included with this package is different from the one that came with the original Elite releases. This version includes the story 'Imprint' by Andy Redman, which formed the latter part of the manual, while the original Elite included The Dark Wheel by Robert Holdstock as a separate book."
27340,The Famous Five: Five on a Treasure Island,The Famous Five 1: Five on a Treasure Island,1990,6.8,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Europe,"In terms of both interface and setting, this license was atypical of adventures at the time. Enid Blyton 's Famous Five books told of jolly adventures on mysterious treasure islands played out by a group of well-mannered inquisitive youngsters. The story takes in Aunt Fanny's cottage, a fishing boat, a forest and a courtyard among other locations. This is brought to life as an interactive fiction game, using a purely keyboard-driven interface. Descriptions are written in Blytonesque language. You can control any of the four human characters at any time, and must often swap between them. You can EXAMine and TAKE objects, TALK to people and even attack each other."
27344,Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi,,1995,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"You and two of your friends decide to attack the Archenemy - the evil Mudo - in his castle. But as you reach his throne, he attacks you and send the three friends into three different places... Was this just a dream? You have just fallen out of your bed dreaming! It's time to go to the village elder, to get a seemingly simple assignment - to sell some goods at a bazaar in the nearest town. But soon the hero will discover his dream was not so far away from reality... Dragon Quest VI is the last Super Famicom/SNES game of the Dragon Quest series. It is a party RPG with turn-based combat and battles viewed from first person perspective. Gameplay style, setting, and even menu layout are very similar to those of the previous games in the series. The game utilizes an enhanced ""class system"" from the third game Characters can choose different classes to belong to, and switch between them. The more a character fights while belonging to a certain class, the more proficient he/she becomes in it. Once two or three starting classes have been mastered, the character gains access to powerful hybrid classes, which grant the characters new abilities and various upgrades."
27348,Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000,McGrath Supercross 2000,2000,5.4,Racing / Driving,,,"This edition of the licensed Supercross racing game features 8 indoor and 8 outdoor tracks. You can choose to do a single race on an individual track, or do a championship series on the indoor tracks, the outdoor tracks, or both. Additionally, there is a Time Trial mode, plus the Freestyle mode, where you can ride around in a skate-park like area performing tricks for points. The game features at least 8 real riders (depending on platform), plus the ability to combine outfit, bike and riding number to create a Custom Rider. 125cc and 250cc classes of motorcycle are featured. Races and Freestyle mode can be played with two players, via a split screen. A Track Editor is also featured, allowing you to create your own custom designed tracks."
27350,Virus: It Is Aware,,1999,4.9,Action,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Virus: It Is Aware is a loose spin-off of the 1999 horror film Virus and also the Dark Horse comic which the film is based on. Despite the fact that the game's opening and closing cinematics are set on a boat and space station like the film and comic series, the game itself is totally disconnected from both the source material and the game's own prologue and epilogue, instead being set in a high-tech hotel. In this survival horror game, the player controls the female police officer Joan, who, along with her partner Sutter, investigates numerous murders of the hotel's inhabitants, only to discover that an alien electronic virus uses mechanical items to create robots, who in turn are built into the human corpses, creating zombie-type cyborgs. The game features light puzzle elements along with weapon-based combat, utilizing weapons such as pistols, Uzis and tazers; while the ballistic weapons are replenished by ammunition pickups, the tazer utilizes a depletion-recharge system."
27355,Xtreme Sports,"Maximum Sports Extreme, Off-Piste with Six Extreme Sports, Pepsi Max Extreme Sports, Sega Extreme Sports",2000,7.2,"Racing / Driving, Sports",Tricks / stunts,,"Xtreme Sports is a multi-trial sports game that combines different sports in one race. Snowboard, ATV, Delta-plane and Mountain Bike are available from the beginning; Base Jump and Bungee Jumping need to be unlocked. Four game modes are available: Championship, Race, Time Trial, and Practice. There are three tracks available right away, and six more to unlock. In all the modes, the gameplay is somewhat arcade-oriented, requiring the player to react quickly. A special boost gauge can be filled by doing specific actions, increasing the player's chances of victory."
27361,Arcade Pool,,1994,7.7,"Simulation, Sports",Board game,,"Arcade Pool is an overhead viewed pool game designed to be easy to control. The game includes the most standard games of pool (UK and US 8-ball and the fast-paced 9-ball game), each with customisable rules, computer players of variable difficulties, and two-player options. There's also a Survivor mode, which is similar to the early Pool arcade game, in that you're playing alone and have to clear the table without missing more than three times. Speed Pool involved clearing the table as quickly as you can - two minutes can be considered a good time. The Amiga version includes automatic enhancements for accelerated systems, those with more than 1 MB of memory, or the AGA chipset (so a standard A1200 wins on all three counts)."
27363,SnowCraft,,1998,7.0,Action,Arcade,,"In SnowCraft two groups of boys throw snowballs at each other and try to knock out the other group. The player controls three boys from the red group. The opponent green group is controlled by the computer. The number of boys in the green group depends on the level (three in the first level, five in the second level etc.). The player can move the red boys to avoid the incoming snowballs, but only one boy at a time. The snowball trajectory's is determined by holding and releasing. When all the boys of the green group are hit, the next level is started. When the three boys of the red group are hit, the game is over."
27368,Freespace 2,,1999,8.4,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"It has been 32 years since the GTA lost contact with Earth. As a young pilot joining the fleet of the GTVA (Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance), you will be fighting the Neo-Terran Front, a rebel faction that opposes the GTA's alliance with the Vasudans. The Shivans will also show up again... Freespace 2 is basically an enhanced version of Freespace You get better ships (you can fly all the older ships if you like), more and more powerful weapons (both guns and missiles), and capital ships that can actually put up a fight with their anti-fighter beam cannons, turrets, flak, and missile launchers. The capital ships now also engage each other with large beam cannons that shoot beams wider than your craft; these beams can shoot through enemy ships. Contribute to the fight by flying bombers (with large anti-ship torpedoes) or defend by taking out the enemy bombers. Fly escort missions to protect assets, recon enemy assets, test new weapons or even fly a few missions for spec-ops (optional). The game features full multiplayer support at PXO (Parallax Online) and SquadWars.com, with co-op, team-based, or free-for-all dogfights, with many different missions to choose from. It also includes FRED2, a fully featured editor that you can use to create your own missions and campaigns."
27370,G-sector,G-sector: Hoverboard Combat,1999,7.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"G-sector is a freeware 3D shooter game set in the future. The game is a third-person shooter with ""extreme sports"" elements - the player character and enemies use special hoverboards, and can do very high jumps and move fast. The protagonist must kill all enemies on small arena, then go to the next stage. He has eight various weapons - cannons, plasma, rocket, mines, etc. In order to restore health, the player character collects special batteries."
27373,Mystical Fighter,Maō Renjishi,1991,6.5,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval),"A kabuki warrior steps into a time portal to go back to the Shogun dynasty to defeat the evil lord Kabuki. The game is basically a side-scrolling beat-em up game, with the player controlling the kabuki warrior. The player can deliver kicks and punches to hordes of enemy minions throughout each stage. Other moves at the the players disposal are jump kicks, the ability to lift enemies and throw them, and the ability to grab enemies and spin them like a tornado. The player can also use a special magic power that gets charged by picking up scrolls throughout the level. The player can also find life bar refills throughout a stage also. Each section of a stage must be defeated within a certain time limit. At the end of a stage the player must defeat a boss enemy to advance to the next stage."
27374,Arcade Volleyball,,1987,5.4,Sports,Arcade,,"Arcade Volleyball is a simple, two-player (human or computer) volleyball-like game where you have to, simply enough, bang the ball so that it hits the opposite player's ground. Some basic rules apply: when the ball's current owner loses a round (either because the ball touched the ground or he touched it for three times) the opposite player becomes the owner. If a player is not the owner of the ball and loses a round, the opposite player gains a point. The game is over when either player reaches 15 points."
27375,DragonStrike,,1990,7.7,"Action, Simulation",,Fantasy,"A dragon flight simulator set in the AD&D world of Dragonlance. Fly dragons through the War of the Lance. When you successfully complete a mission, you can advance in rank, gain magical items and hit points or get a better dragon. The 20 missions include intercepting enemy dragons, destroying enemy ships and protecting the forces of good."
27381,Kingdom: The Far Reaches,"Kingdom: The Far Reaches - Book One, Reaches - A Prequel to Kingdom II: Shadoan, Thayer's Quest",1984,5.8,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"In this adventure game, step into the shoes of Lathan Kandor, a young boy, to defeat the evil Black Wizard. Lathan will find help from his mentor, the mighty magician Daelon. Explore the fantasy lands of the Far Reaches and retrieve three of the five pieces of the ancient relic called The Hand of Mobus. Talk to a variety of characters, collect objects and solve adventure-type problems and puzzles. Kingdom: The Far Reaches features mouse control, video animations, cartoon-like graphics, an in-game travel map, and original music which can be turned off if desired."
27384,Crazy Taxi,Crazy Taxi Classic,1999,7.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Crazy Taxi is an arcade-like racer where the player takes the role of a taxi driver who weaves his way through crowded streets, across sidewalks, and even underwater, in a wild and frantic race to deliver passengers on time. The courses are largely set inside cities crowded with general traffic and pedestrians (which can't be run over, they dive away). The main goal is to bring as many customers as possible to their destination in time. Available customers are marked through circles and the color represents the distance and the fare they offer. Green means long rides with plenty of money, and red ones are very short. In the main Arcade mode, there is a timer that quickly runs down. It can be replenished by picking up customers. While driving reckless maneuvers are encouraged. Players can disregard all traffic rules and customers give extra tips for speedy and dangerous driving, but these can only be cashed when the customer arrives at his destination in time. By the same token, the reward at the end of a ride is based on the amount of time left, as each customer also has a personal timer. The city is filled with slopes and jumps, and the game uses a very loose driving model. No damage can be done to the car, so driving as fast as possible is encouraged. While driving players can toy with the gears to perform two special tricks: a crazy drift and a crazy boost to speed up more quickly. Next to the Arcade mode, there is an Original mode and Crazy Box where specific goals need to be met on closed-down courses. In the regular modes, it is possible to disregard the usual timer and play for a fixed amount of minutes. At the end of the race, the player is rewarded with a license, either D, C, B, or A, with S for outstanding performance. Next to the interactive courses from the arcade version, there is a new course for home consoles. There are four cabs and drivers to choose from. The cars have different statistics and the drivers' different attitudes while racing. The game has a soundtrack featuring The Offspring and Bad Religion (not for the Xbox 360 version)."
27385,Popeye 2,,1991,7.0,Action,Platform,,"Popeye 2 is a side-scrolling platform game in which the player plays as Popeye. The player can walk in all directions, punch, duck and jump. Using the punch attack the player can destroy bricks. When destroyed, some bricks will reveal spinach which can be collected. The number of collected spinach determines the size of Popeye's fist. When Popeye is hit by an enemy the size of his fist decreases again. The player can collect a maximum of seven cans of spinach at which point the player gains a ranged attack where it shoots spinach cans. When the player loses all spinach, he dies. Each series of levels is concluded with a level boss."
27386,Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge,Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers' Revenge,1995,8.1,Action,Fighting,,"Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge is an entry in Capcom's Darkstalkers franchise. It is a one-on-one fighting game where a number of fighters based on assorted mythological monsters (such as a vampire, a werewolf, and a succubus) take each other out with a variety of supernatural moves against colorful and creepy backdrops. There are 14 Darkstalkers franchise characters in this version: Victor, Demitri, Sasquatch, Bishaman, Hsien-Ko, Anakari, Huitzel, Felicia, Donovan, Raptor, Morrigan, Talbain, Rikuo, and Pyron."
27393,Road Champs: BXS Stunt Biking,,2000,7.2,Sports,,,Ready to be a BMX Pro? Here in Road Champs you get the chance to play on 27 courses with 64 levels. With 50 different tricks have fun on this side scroll game in 4 modes of play. Take up the challenge of being the BXS Champion.
27396,After Burner III,Strike Fighter,1991,5.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"The third in Sega's arcade flight sim series, After Burner III takes you back to the cockpit of the F-14 Tomcat in order to take on as many terrorist airplanes as you can with your arsenal of sidewinder missiles and your trusty vulcan cannon. The title is actually a port of SEGA's arcade fight-sim Strike Fighter a Japan-only arcade release that attempted to mix the sim ""lite"" gameplay of G-Loc Air Battle with After Burner 's arcade gimmicks. As such, the game features the ability to play both in the cockpit as well as in the classic third person perspective. Both night and day scenarios are now available, with mission objectives that include new air-ground strikes. Includes 3 gameplay modes: Arcade, Timed and ""Hits"" which measures how many enemies you can shoot down in specific waves. No multiplayer support available."
27406,Jungle King,"Caçaca na Selva, Jungle Boy, Jungle Hunt",1982,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Africa,"Jungle Hunt offers four unique adventure experiences, which repeat with greater difficulty once all four have been survived. If you don't survive these adventures, you will not only lose your own life but that of the lovely Penelope, who has been captured by cannibals! The first part challenges your Tarzan skills - can you swing on the vines without plummeting to your doom? The second part pits you against a whole bunch of nasty crocodiles in a mighty river. Fortunately, you have a knife to fight back with. Don't forget to go up for air! In the third part, you face a battle against oncoming boulders of varying sizes and physics. Once you've cleared all these treacherous hazards, you still must confront the dreaded cannibal, who is armed with a wicked spear. Can you get past him and save the lovely Penelope? Gameplay involves much strategic jumping and knife play (in the river/crocodile phase). The view is always a side view, much like Pitfall! and later platform games."
27409,Supercross 3D,Supercross X,1995,4.0,Racing / Driving,,,"Supercross 3D brings the excitement of arena supercross racing to the Jaguar. Not only do you get to race ahead of your competitors, you can catch big air on the huge jumps and perform a few tricks. There are three game modes: Practice, Single Race, and Tournament. In practice mode, you can race around any track for as long as you like. In single race mode, you compete in one race against the computer. Finally, in tournament mode, you compete in a series of races to accumulate points and become the Supercross champion."
27412,Die Goldene Mähne des Samson,,1994,7.3,"Adventure, Puzzle",Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"Die Goldene Mähne des Samson is a German point&click type adventure game with graphics and selectable dialog line choices. The game starts with you being a passenger on an aircraft flying over a desert, while you are filling out a form, entering your characters name and sex. You then have an introductory dialog/banter with a passenger of the opposite sex, who is an archaeologist, until your captain staggers out of the cockpit, completely drunk. After a successful crash landing, you have to find your way out of the aircraft and proceed to the nearest town, which just happens to be the ancient Petra. The story is split into three parts of very mixed up legends: The first part requires you to explore a hidden temple in Petra, and you are required to find the lost Fleece of Samson, who for some reason is described as an Egyptian Pharaoh. The second part puts you in a more North American Indian setting, with the objective of building a 'Medicine Wheel', involving animal deities like 'The Great Eagle'. The third part puts you in an East Indian setting, involving the Vishu, Shambu, Hara and Shiva deities. Winning the full game and getting the golden fleece lets you out of the temple into a Maharajah's palace where you presumably can enjoy the spoils and treasures you collected. The game is sponsored by a German tobacco brand 'Samson', and their products are mentioned and shown in the game. It is in three parts, the first being distributed as shareware, while the full game was available by mail order."
27415,Space Pirates,,1992,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,Another in the series of slugfest games by American Laser Games is Space Pirates While it resembles The Last Bounty Hunter and Drug Wars it is science-fiction oriented and presents a space theme.
27421,The House of the Dead,,1996,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Fantasy,"The House of the Dead is a rail shooter. Go through the four chapters with branching paths and kill all the zombies, avoid killing the humans, and rescue the girl. Shooting various special targets along the way or in a certain time period give the player temporary health and weapon upgrades. The Saturn version of the game contains two extra modes called Saturn Mode and Boss Mode. Saturn mode plays like the arcade game, but offers the player different characters to choose from. Character selection matters since they each have varying attributes such as their reload time and how much damage they can take before dying. The Boss Mode allows the player to fight one boss of their choosing or all of the game's four boss monsters consecutively."
27422,Toxic Crusaders,,1992,5.5,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Toxic Crusaders is a 2D platform game, based on the TV show Toxic Crusader and Toxic Avenger character. Between each level, the player can select the Crusader they want to play as: Toxie, No-Zone, Major Disaster, Headbanger and Junkyard. The gameplay is standard for side-scrolling platform games: the player goes to the right, shoots enemies, jumps on hills and avoid obstacles. All characters have unlimited ammo."
27427,Track & Field II,Konamik Sports in Seoul,1988,7.3,Sports,,,"Track & Field II is a game that allows the player to have an experience based around the Summer Olympic games. Playable events include fencing, the triple jump, swimming, diving, skeet shooting, pole vaulting, Tae Kwon Do, hammer throwing, canoing, archery, hurdles, and the horizontal bar."
27429,Acheton,,1980,6.4,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Acheton is a home computer conversion of the mainframe adventure of the same name. Similar to Zork (which was released on the VAX mainframe not long before Acheton's original appearance), it is a fantasy treasure hunt set in a claustrophobic dungeon. It boasts over 400 rooms and 200 objects, thereby making it much bigger than Zork As with many games of this kind, most time is spent exploring the environment and solving item-based puzzles. Everything is described solely with plain text and the player interacts with the game by typing in phrases that describe their desired action, e.g. ""take bottle"". It also features a help function with graded hints."
27430,Catch 'Em,,1992,6.5,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,,"Jeff the Zookeeper isn't too good at his job (but then, when was a person with a backwards baseball cap ever good at anything (Lleyton Hewitt notwithstanding)). Hordes of monkeys have escaped from the zoo, and he must return them, alive. He does this by tempting them with bananas, of which he has a finite supply, before hitting them with a baseball bat to stun them (logically, tranquillizer darts would make more sense, but this way the game involves getting close to the monkeys, making things tougher), before boxing them up (again, the number of boxes is limited) to return safely to the zoo. The levels on which this must be done consist of a number of platforms, ladders, ledges and the like, and are played against a time limit. Falls stun Jeff, potentially allowing the monkeys time to escape, or drop banana skins to disrupt him."
27431,Full Strength Strongman Competition,,1999,4.7,"Action, Sports",,,"In Full Strength Competition the player can participate in a strongman competition, basically weightlifting with uncommon challenges. The player can choose between six real-life athletes (Magnus Ver Magnusson, Flemming Rasmussen, Riku Kiri, Wayne Price, Heinz Ollesch and Manfred Hoeberl) and during the competition all eight disciplines are played one after another. Whoever gathered the most points at the end of the day can call himself Strongman Champion. The events are:* Truck Pull (pulling a truck) and Farmers Walk (walking with a dumbbell in each hand): Pressing the left and right arrow keys as fast as possible. Keg Toss and Tire Toss (discus throwing with kegs respectively tires): Pressing the left and right arrow keys as fast as possible and then the space bar to throw. Atlas Carry (hauling boulders): Pressing the left and right arrow keys in the right rhythm to keep the balance. Showgirl Lift (lifting girls who are sitting on a platform) and Car Roll (flipping cars over): Pressing the space bar to stop a symbol at the middle of a horizontal bar. Super Yoke (passing though an obstacle course while carrying two engine blocks: The player controls his athlete directly with the arrow keys and guides him through the course."
27439,"Al Unser, Jr. Arcade Racing",,1995,6.7,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"As the game title implies, Al Unser, Jr. Arcade Racing is an action-oriented racing game. While the game is set in the IndyCar racing league, not all 15 courses feature the trademark oval design; some of them are with curves and chicanes. The game is designed for quick and easy experience, which means the only diversion from pushing the gas pedal is using the manual gear shifting - and this can be deactivated. There are overall three playing modes (plus multiplayer): practice, a championship with all 15 courses and a checkpoint race on any course."
27440,Journey to Silius,Raf World,1990,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 0373 in the new space age calendar. The earth's population is growing rapidly and people are now forced to start space colonies. Jay McCray is among those leaving earth and heading to the colony in the Silius solar system. Unfortunately, terrorists have destroyed a research colony there. Jay's father was killed in this attack and now Jay vows to destroy the terrorists responsible and to continue the research his father was working on. Journey To Silius is a side scrolling platform game. On each level there are a wide variety of robot enemies guarding the terrorist's fortress, along with several weapons to find, which makes the mission easier. There are a total of six stages, each ending with a very large boss."
27445,P.C. Fuzz,,1984,5.8,Action,,,"As a police constable, you must patrol a busy street on your unicycle while on the lookout for cars, punks, and robbers. When a robber appears, you must arrest them by knocking them out with your club and then transporting them to the police van before they have a chance to enter one of the buildings that line the street and make off with some cash. The robbers roll bombs at you which must be avoided. You can also club punks that come out of nearby alleys. Occasionally, balloons holding money bags will float across the screen. Hitting these will award you with bonus points. You have four lives and lose one if you hit a bomb or other obstacle."
27448,Wheel of Fortune,,1992,5.3,Puzzle,"Game show / trivia / quiz, Word construction",,"Wheel of Fortune is based on the television game show of the same name. The game features 4,500 different word puzzles for the player to solve with Vanna White turning the tiles on the board. The game is played between 3 contestants (either controlled by human or computer players). The game contains six contestant pictures to select from to represent the contestants who will be playing. As in the show, players can spin the wheel, buy a vowel, or solve the puzzle. The game consists of three rounds of word puzzles with the goal being to make the most money by the end of all of these rounds in order to be chosen to play for one of the grand prizes in the bonus round. Both platforms feature minor graphical differences from each other. Other differences include the Genesis version of the game also has an options screen where players can select the difficulty level of the computer opponents, how fast the timer is, listen to sounds from a sound test, and select which control pad player 2 and 3 will use. The Super Nintendo version lets the player select a different puzzle category if they don't like the current one. This is the 16-bit version of Wheel of Fortune: Featuring Vanna White that now features more puzzles, digitized photography that came from the actual set of the gameshow, and contains digitized speech clips of Vanna White."
27449,Elite,"Classic Elite, Elite Plus",1984,7.6,"Action, Simulation",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Elite is a free-form space trading and combat simulation, commonly considered the progenitor of this sub-genre. The player initially controls a character referred to as ""Commander Jameson"", starting at Lave Station with 100 credits and a lightly armed trading ship called Cobra Mark III. Most of the game consists of traveling to various star systems, trading with their inhabitants, gaining money and reputation. Money can also be gained by other means besides trading; these include undertaking military missions, bounty hunting, asteroid mining, and even piracy. As the player character earns money, he becomes able to upgrade his ships with enhancements such as better weapons, shields, increased cargo capacity, an automated docking system, etc. The game utilizes pseudo-3D wire-frame graphics; its world is viewed from a first-person perspective. It has no overarching story, though a race known as Thargoids play the role of antagonists: their ships will often attack the player-controlled ship, forcing the player to engage in space combat. Combat is action-oriented, taking place in the same environment as the exploration. The player must use various weapons the ship is equipped with, as well as manoeuvre the ship, trying to dodge enemy attacks. The player can also choose to attack neutral ships; doing so will decrease the protagonist's reputation, eventually attracting the attention of the galactic police. Elite is notable for its expansive game world, consisting of eight galaxies and 256 planets. The player is free to travel to any of these planets, provided his ship has enough fuel for the trip (the ship's fuel capacity is limited for a journey to the distance of seven light-years)."
27451,Big Nose the Caveman,Dinobasher Starring Bignose the Caveman,1991,6.7,Action,Platform,,"Long, long time ago (but not necessarily in a galaxy far, far away), there was a caveman named Big Nose. One day he went out of his cave and saw a pterodactyl flying around. ""That will be my dinner"", - thought Big Nose, took out his trusty club and ran after the winged reptile. Naturally, his quest for nutrition became much longer and more dangerous than he had ever imagined... In this platform action game, you guide Big Nose through prehistoric levels, fighting prehistoric animals of various kinds. Big Nose starts out with his club, but will gain other, more powerful weapons. During your quest you can collect bones, which are the currency of the game. There are shops in which you can buy weapons and various spells that you'll be able to cast."
27453,Bram Stoker's Dracula,,1993,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Bram Stroker's Dracula is a side-scroller platform game loosely based on the 1992 film of the same name. Players take the role of Jonathan Harker whose mission is to destroy Count Dracula by first heading to Transylvania and then London. Jonathan Harker can move left and right, jump and attack with a weapon, the most basic of which is a knife. The status display on the screen shows Harker's health bar, countdown timer to complete the level and currently held weapon. Throughout the levels question mark boxes (similar to the Mario games) can be found, attacking these will reveal power ups which include health restoration, timer increase and new weapons. Among these new weapons are axes, daggers and a shotgun. Question mark boxes can also be used as platforms to reach other areas and enemies. Each stage is divided into two sections: the ""Daytime"" and the ""Nighttime"". These are entirely different levels comparable to stage 1-a and 1-b. Harker must jump to various platforms and obstacles and defeat minor enemies throughout the levels. The end of a Nighttime level is usually guarded by a boss creature who must be defeated to progress."
27454,Toki,JuJu Densetsu,1989,7.8,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The hands of Bashtar have whisked Miho away from her beloved Toki. Toki hasn't fared much better as he has been transformed into an ape by the sorcerer Vookimedlo. Now Toki must rescue his love and find a way to transform himself back into a man. Toki consists of six stages which are The Labyrinth of Caves, the underwater stage Lake Neptune, Caverns of Fire, Ice Palace, Dark Jungle, and the Golden Palace. Toki's main attack against his enemies is by spitting at them although he can also hop on them to defeat them. Toki's normal spit can be changed to a fire breath by finding the correct item. Other items include items like a football helmet which temporarily shields Toki, high jump shoes, clocks that add time, coins which add to Toki's life count, and fruits which add to the total score. Instead of dying in one hit, the NES version added a health meter. A version of the game also exists for the Genesis however the game features different stage layouts plus additional levels and different enemies."
27459,Skyfox II: The Cygnus Conflict,,1987,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Pilot a starfighter on a variety of missions, from locating lost artifacts to destroying the enemy, in this early 1st-person shooter in space."
27467,The Smurfs' Nightmare,"Die Schlümpfe im Alptraumland, La Pesadilla de los Pitufos, Le Cauchemar des Schtroumpfs, The Smurfs 3",1997,7.4,Action,,,"The Smurfs' Nightmare is the third installment of the Smurfs series about little blue dwarfs and their arch-nemesis, evil wizard Gargamel. This time evil Gargamel casts an evil spell on the Smurf village. All the sleeping Smurfs are trapped inside horrible nightmares. And you, brave Smurf, should go into their houses and rescue them. To enter the house you should have a key for it. Each house represents a different environment as well as different monsters and goals. The gameplay is flown in 3rd-person side-scrolling view, where you should move, jump on the opponents to eliminate them, use different mechanisms to reach certain places, and collect the necessary number of magical leaves to finish the level. Different goals should be performed also such as to find the carrot in the Kitchen, etc. The game was made in French, German, English, and Spanish."
27469,Willow,,1989,7.1,Action,Platform,Fantasy,Willow is an arcade game based loosely on the 1988 movie. You play as Willow (and later Madmartigan) who has been tasked to rescue and protect the holy baby Elora from the evil Witch Queen Bavmorda. You have to traverse over six levels with each level seeing you playing as either Willow or Madmartigan. Each character has a weapon which can be used to kill the various baddies scattered over the levels. If you get hit you lose part of your vital bar. When it's empty you lose a life. When a baddie dies he leaves behind gold which then can be spent on upgrades found in shops on each level. At the end of each level is a end of level boss which takes various amounts of shots to kill. Willow is a platform game which scrolls when you move from the left to right. Some parts of the levels will see you moving upwards or downwards as well.
27480,Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside,"De Helse Jacht op de Duistere Nacht, Pajama Sam: Don't Fear the Dark, Pyjama Pit: Keine Angst im Dunkeln, Pyjama Sam - Héros de la Nuit",1996,8.1,"Adventure, Educational",,,"Sam, a big fan of Pajama Man is to afraid to sleep, with Darkness in his closet. So he turns himself into Pajama Sam! With his Flashlight, his mask and Signature edition Pajama Man Lunchbox. Going into his closet, to The Land of Darkness, His things are stolen by trees, and are hidden throughout The Land of Darkness. Its up to you to help Sam get around The Land of Darkness to find his stolen stuff. Along the way help Sam collect his missing socks, and solve challenging puzzles to help Sam find his stuff. When you play different times getting Sam's stuff will seem easy, but as you play the game different times finding Sam's stuff gets harder. The game features collecting a lot of useful items such as an oil can, a pick axe and a magnet, and running into new friends such as Otto the boat and King the mine car."
27481,RoboCop,,1988,6.9,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Patrolman Alex Murphy was killed on the streets of Detroit. The major corporation there, Omni Consumer Products (OCP) saw an opportunity to sell a new kind of law enforcement officer to the troubled city. They took what was left of Murphy, encased it in titanium armor, wiped his memory and created RoboCop. Now it's up to RoboCop to clean the streets of Detroit and eliminate the one responsible for his murder, Clarence Boddicker. But it looks like Clarence might not be the kingpin of this town... Based on the 1987 movie of the same name, RoboCop allows the player to control RoboCop. The majority of the game is a side scroller. RoboCop can punch unarmed citizens and shoot armed citizens. He can move left, right and duck but can not jump. Different weapons can be picked up from enemies, and power-ups to restore health and/or energy. Following levels, RoboCop will have to match a criminal's face to the proper mugshot and engage in a first-person shooting bonus round. Amiga and Atari ST versions are faithful to the original level design of the Arcade game, but they also add first-person rescue hostage scenarios, and a mini-game where the player needs to match the suspects' faces"
27485,Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel,,1990,5.9,"Action, Sports",Platform,,"Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel is a wrestling game in which the player can choose to control any of the nine available female wrestlers. Each girl has her own strengths and weaknesses. There are three modes in the game: fighting against any of the opponents with the selected character; participating in a playoff tournament; and an additional ""watch"" mode that allows players to watch fights without participating. Beside the traditional moves, the wrestling style of the girls allows punching of their opponents."
27496,Professional Underground League of Pain,Riot,1997,6.2,"Action, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Riot is a futuristic sports game. The court is a hall similar to a basketball field but the basket is in the middle. The goal is to throw a charged energy ball into the basket. It is charged in energy fields that are placed in the opponent's half. There are three areas which give a different amount of points. The team which has the most points when the game is over wins. Every team consists of six players which have different scores in condition, speed, power and accuracy. Occasionally appearing power ups give a boost to one ability. There are no rules against attacking the opponent's players. 23 camera angles, including top down and directly behind the used player, can be used during the game. There are three playing modes: Exhibition matches are a single game between two of the 16 teams. In the second mode, there is a playoff tournament where several player-controlled teams can participate. Only one team can be controlled in the league mode."
27506,Dragon Warrior I & II,Dragon Quest I.II,1999,7.3,"Compilation, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Dragon Warrior I & II contains Game Boy versions of Dragon Warrior and Dragon Warrior II This is the third version of each game, following the original games on NES and a later remake on SNES In this version, the US localization has a whole new translation with names closer to the original, letting go of the Old-English-like language used in the original. The games have been tweaked to make it slightly easier and allow the player to progress faster: quick-save (the quick-saved game deleted after it is loaded) is enabled anywhere except in battle, banks in which some gold can be stored in case the player dies have been added, and monsters now reward with more experience and gold."
27508,Ordyne,Arcade Archives: Ordyne,1988,6.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Ordyne is a horizontal side-scrolling shoot 'em up (also considered a ""cute 'em up"" due to its lighter tone) that puts players in the role of Yûichirô Tomari, a genius scientist, and Sunday Chin, his faithful assistant. The two heroes must rescue Tomari's fiancee Kana Aibara from the evil Dr. Kubota. During gameplay, players can obtain crystals that can be used to buy special weapons, extra lives, and other power-ups at shops located throughout the levels. There are also bonus games that allow players to win multiple crystals or points by shooting at rotating targets. Ordyne is two-player simultaneous."
27509,Legacy of the Wizard,"Dragon Slayer IV: Draslefamily, EggConsole Dragon Slayer IV Draslefamily MSX2",1987,6.8,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform",Fantasy,"Long ago, an evil dragon named Keela was imprisoned inside a magical dungeon. However time has passed and the magic that sealed the dragon away is weakening. The Drasle family decides that it's time to destroy the dragon once and for all. However only one weapon is capable of doing this, the Dragon Slayer, which is itself sealed away by four magical crowns. The Drasle family decides to take on this quest, and will use every member of the family in order to accomplish it. Legacy of the Wizard is a side-scrolling action platform game with light role-playing elements. The player chooses a character from among five different members of the Drasle family. The choices are: Xemm the father and woodcutter, Mayna the magic-using mother, Roas the brave warrior son, Lyll the athletic daughter and Pochi the domesticated monster-pet. Each character has unique abilities (including attack and jumping abilities) and can only use certain items from those collected. Players can travel back to the Drasle household at any point to change characters. The object of the game is to enter the large dungeon, itself divided into 5 areas, collecting a variety of items (which as mentioned, can only be used by particular characters) and use them to progress through the dungeon, defeating monsters. Power-ups dropped by monsters include gold, keys, health-restoring bread, magic-restoring potions and health-damaging poison. Gold can be spent on items and other power-ups that are available at various shops hidden inside the dungeon. The player must eventually defeat the four bosses guarding the crowns that seal the Dragon Slayer and then use that weapon to defeat the Kress."
27515,Streets of Rage 3,Bare Knuckle 3,1994,7.8,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"In part three of the Streets of Rage series, Mr. X is back and this time his plan involves replacing public officials with his own robots. Only Axel, Blaze, Skate, and new-comer Dr. Zan can stop him. Streets of Rage 3 features all of the beat 'em up action you would expect from a Streets of Rage game. One new feature is the special move power bar, where it only costs energy to do a special move if the bar isn't full. Also new is the ability to do special maneuvers with different weapons, depending on the character. For example, Skate has no special move with the pipe, but does have one with the knife. The opposite is true for Axel. Any weapon Dr. Zan picks up is turned into energy balls which he can throw at the enemies. Secret characters and multiple endings add replay value."
27517,The Quest for the Time-Bird,"Auf der Suche nach dem Vogel der Zeit, La quête de l'oiseau du temps",1989,6.9,Adventure,,Fantasy,"Based on the graphic novel of the same name, this computer game Quest for the Time-Bird is a marvellous saga whose principal ingredients are action, danger, suspense, fantasy and magic. You have nine days to complete your quest by exploring this vast unknown world of wizards and spells with Roxanna, daughter of Mara the witch and Bragon, a retired knight who once again goes back into a life of danger, all for the great Quest of the Time-Bird!"
27519,Attack of the Killer Tomatoes,,1991,4.9,Action,Platform,,"Based off the cartoon show of the same name, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes places young Chad Finletter on a quest to make his way past evil mutant tomatoes and stop the crazy Dr. Putrid T. Gangreen from unleashing his Doomsday Tomato. With all the citizens of San Zucchini terrified of the fanged vegetables coming from the sewers, Chad will be on his own to take on the tomato scourge. The doctor doesn't take him lightly, however, and has sent his special tomato squad, Zoltan, Beefstake, Mummato, Fang, Ketchuck and Tomacho, to stop him. The game is a side-scrolling platform jumping game where the main method of stopping the killer tomatoes is to jump on them. From that they'll either splatter, run away or transform into smaller tomato bits. Energy Power-ups exist to refill Chad's health."
27525,Out Zone,,1990,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Out Zone is a 2D top-down shooter. In the year 2097, mankind has a big problem - it's invaded by an alien race. The player is a cyborg soldier who must fight against aliens enemies - and destroy the invasion force. The game is a shooter similar to Commando - the player advances on the vertical scrolling playfield and shoots the enemies. He has two weapons: the semi-automatic forward gun and an all-direction laser (with rapid fire). It's possible to collect special bonuses. There are seven levels, at the end of each level, a boss awaits."
27527,Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001,,2000,7.1,Sports,,,"EA Sports brings Tiger Wood to the virtual golf again! Compete against 11 pros (including Tiger Woods of course) on new courses. You can even import courses from older PGA Golf titles, or design your own with the included Course Architect."
27528,Silent Debuggers,,1991,5.6,Action,Survival horror,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Arriving at a desolate cargo station searching for treasure, a debugger and his buddy Leon encounter monsters instead. Silent Debuggers is an action game with a first-person perspective. The game advances in real-time but movement progresses in fixed steps like in many first-person dungeon games. Enemies are targeted with a crosshair that can be moved around the screen. Fight monsters with a variety of weapons and protect the valuable utility rooms around the center of the station from being cut-off by monsters as you advance through each level of the station. Tools provided by Leon give the player special abilities."
27529,Nuclear War,,1989,6.8,Strategy / tactics,,,"In Nuclear War you have to blow the opposition to smithereens - you have four opposing factions. You can either drop the bomb on them using a bomber, fire a missile, or try to lure their population using propaganda. Ocassionally a random event occurs, for example aliens would land on one of the factions and the population suddenly grows, or someone throws cows at the opposition, causing a major stampede and killing millions."
27532,Defcom,,1986,4.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Thanks to Earth's Star Wars Defence System, there hasn't been a war for years. Problem is a race of aliens are using the system to destroy eight major cities. The player, as Captain Nick Diamond, has to fly an EagleClassE751 over Earth and destroy the aliens and the satellites. Collect 1000 and Nick gets an upgrade to double lasers. While fighting Nick will be told which continent he is over. Defcom is a 3D shoot-em-up with a third person perspective from behind the ship. Aliens and satellites come towards the ship from the distance. Earth is seen at the bottom of the screen. Pushing the joystick left and the ship swings to the right and vice versa. Pressing the fire button fires the ship's weapon. While in the heat of battle the player can press space and a menu appears. Here the player can select a weapon, see his or her score or see the ship's energy and cities being hit. While paused the player can't fire but can still be destroyed."
27533,Shadow Gunner: The Robot Wars,,1998,6.0,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,Shadow Gunner: The Robot Wars is a third person shooter in which you control a giant robot. Shadow Gunner's story is set in the far future. Mankind has created robots to protect themselves. But bad people have also created robots in the hope to conquer the world. It is up to you to defeat them in three levels with five missions each. Defeating enemy robots will allow you to gain new power-ups and weapons to improve on your firepower. Your robot can be equipped with a jet pack that lets him fly. Levels include both inside and outside locations.
27536,Roller Coaster Rumbler,,1989,6.5,Action,Rail shooter,,"Nearly 5 years before Rebel Assault and other fully-rendered CD-ROM titles popularised the rail-shooter gameplay, Tynesoft used it for a game with an unusual setting. You are on board a roller coaster which has been layered with targets to shoot out. The roller coaster follows its natural path, swinging from side to side and up and down, while you aim a turret at the targets and shoot them out. After completing its cycle, the roller coaster reverses, moving through the same area moving backwards. A co-operative two player mode exists, in which each player controls a crosshair. Make sure to hang on as the ride turns."
27538,Scooby-Doo!: Classic Creep Capers,,2000,6.2,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Join Scooby and the gang in the hunt for clues to solve some of their greatest mysteries, against some of their more weirder and deadlier foes. All the cast are here, as you control Shaggy through dangerous environments. Escape the puzzles unscathed by collecting clues and trap pieces while avoiding numerous creatures out to scare you. If they do manage to freak out Shaggy and Scooby, you'll drop courage points. Drop too many and you'll run away back to your previous save point, but you can regain courage points by finding Scooby Snacks, or the nearest kitchen to make a well earned sandwich if you're running low. Once you discover all the clues to the perfect crime, you must lure the bad guy back to the rest of the Scooby Gang to solve the mystery and put evil in its place."
27542,Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2,"Monaco Grand Prix, Racing Simulation 2, Racing Simulation: Monaco Grand Prix",1998,7.4,Racing / Driving,,Oceania,"The sequel to F1 Racing Simulation recreates the 1997 season, featuring 17 authentic tracks, 11 teams and cars with their 22 drivers. The Monaco license is used, although the teams themselves are not licensed. A total of 22 camera views are provided. Telemetry is stored and analysed in a similar way to Grand Prix 2 and physics are modeled to be realistic. There are eight different modes to race, the new ones being a career mode in which you start with a poor team and must drive well enough to earn competitive rides, and scenarios recreating key races for particular drivers. Returning from the first game are Time Attack, a full championship, and a 50s retro mode. There is also a track editor to create your own tracks."
27543,Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom,"Phantasy Star 3, Phantasy Star III: Toki no Keishōsha",1990,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"Long time ago, a great war between Orakio and Laya devastated the planet. A thousand years later, a young Orakian prince named Rhys decides to marry the beautiful Maya, his heart's chosen one. But during the marriage ceremony, a strange creature appears and kidnaps the bride. Were those the legendary Layans who kidnapped the princess? Whatever the answer might be, Rhys has to find it out on his own - he must rescue his beloved one. The gameplay system of Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom is similar to that of its predecessor in the series: the player navigates a party of characters on a top-down overworld, visiting towns, exploring 2D dungeons, and fighting randomly appearing enemies in turn-based combat. The most noticeable change in this installment is applied to the setting. Unlike all other Phantasy Star games, it is initially set in a medieval fantasy environment devoid of the series' characteristic sci-fi elements. Gameplay-wise, this influences the usage of techniques, which are restricted to characters with a sci-fi civilization background who later join the party. An unusual feature of the game is its generation system. The game's story spans three generations of characters, beginning with Rhys and ending with his grandchildren. Specific instances of the plot prompt the player to choose between two young women for Rhys to marry. Depending on this choice, the player will control different main characters during the second generation. Later, a similar choice is offered to both possible children of Rhys, splitting the subsequent story into four branches."
27549,BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception,,1988,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),,,"Jason Youngblood is a young cadet MechWarrior stationed on the Citadel of Pacifica in the Lyran Commonwealth. Jason is training hard to become a battle mech pilot, following his renowned father Jeremiah. One day, the Citadel is attacked by the forces of the Draconis Combine from a neighboring star system. Barely escaping, Jason teams up with a member of Crescent Hawks, a special unit established by Jeremiah. Together, they must find the other members, ready to face the new threat. This will be harder for Jason than for anyone else, for he is sure that his father was among the attackers... BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception is a role-playing game based on the BattleTech franchise. The first part of the game is spent training in the Citadel, acquiring the game's currency and experience, and learning how to fight in battle mechs or on foot, using smaller weapons. Afterwards, the game follows a more traditional RPG structure: Jason explores Pacifica, visiting its cities, recruiting companions, and fighting enemies in turn-based combat."
27551,Kick Off,Franco Baresi World Cup Kick Off,1989,7.4,Sports,,,"Kick Off was the first football game of its kind, having a top-down view and unlike other football games of that time, the ball was not glued to the feet of the players. Playing Kick Off requires skills in ball control. There is an option to learn these skills without being harassed by the opposition. The set pieces like corner kicks, passing, sliding tackles and dribbling can be practiced to perfection. Each player on the pitch has a unique combination of 4 attributes, namely Pace, Stamina, Accuracy and Aggression. As you progress, you will need to adapt to different types of players. You can play in a league consisting of 8 teams. The teams in the league are on the whole evenly matched, but have different styles of play with players attribute to match that style. There is 12 different referees in the game."
27558,The Faery Tale Adventure: Book I,,1987,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"Once upon a time, the people of Holm lived happily and peacefully, protected by a powerful talisman. But one day, their land was attacked, and the talisman stolen. A brave warrior went out to investigate the talisman's disappearance, but returned mortally wounded. Before he died, he told his three sons that the talisman was stolen by the evil Necromancer, and must be retrieved at all costs... The Faery Tale Adventure is a role-playing game in which the player can assume control of any of the three brothers - Julian, Philip, or Kevin. Each of the three has his own strengths: Julian is the archetypal melee fighter, Philip has high luck and intelligence, while Kevin is known for his kindness. Should the player fail while controlling one of the brothers, the next one will replace him. Each brother will be revived a few times when vanquished by an enemy, until his luck runs out, at which point he will die permanently. Much of the gameplay is dedicated to exploring the large world, interacting with non-playable characters and building up the brothers' combat abilities by participating in battles. The fastest-growing parameter is bravery, which is comparable to experience points and strength combined. Each defeated enemy yields bravery points; as it grows, so does the hero's vitality (maximum hit points), albeit at a slower rate. Combat system is rather simple and is done in action style, with the player pressing a key or a mouse button while navigating the protagonist towards or away from the enemy. Predating Ultima V the game has a day and night cycle, and the main character has to eat and rest. The Faery Tale Adventure is notable for having a very vast world, usually considered the largest ever created for a video game at the time of its release. Players can explore approximately 17,000 screens of terrain. The world is also interconnected, i.e. there are no transitions between different types of areas. Items can be dropped by enemies as well as found anywhere in the game's world. There is also NPC interaction and quests the protagonist can undertake."
27560,ABC Sports Monday Night Football '98,,1997,6.6,Sports,,,"ABC Sports Monday Night Football '98 improves the NFL live-action football of its predecessor with some new features. New is the Exhibition Mode which, like it sounds, lets you watch two teams of your choice play a full game. Returning are the Action Mode (now called League/Season Mode) and the Coach Mode Creating and editing plays, and importing them for implementation, is still possible with an external program included with the game. You can also create completely new leagues and your own coach profiles, and choose randomly selected schedules or the default 1996-97 NFL schedule. Multiplayer and internet play have been updated. Play internet games through MPlayer or by setting up your system as a host. Co-op play is still available through modem or LAN. The manual contains over 100 pages."
27565,Silkworm,,1988,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Silkworm is a classic horizontally-scrolling shoot-em-up. The main difference between this game and many other side-scrolling shoot-em-ups is that you will be on land as well as in the air. The first player would play as a helicopter, but if a second player joins the game, they would play as a jeep. Both players would have to protect each other as well as themselves. After a certain number of kills, a ""goose"" helicopter would form on the screen. If the players managed to destroy it they would get a weapon's powerup. This would go on throughout the entire game, and a ""goose"" could appear even during the fight with the end-of-level baddie."
27572,Rival Schools,"Rival Schools: United by Fate, Rival Schools: United by Fate - Evolution, Shiritsu Justice Gakuen: Legion of Heroes",1997,7.8,Action,Fighting,,"What do you get when you cross Street Fighter with a bunch of school kids? You get another classic Capcom beat 'em up. Featuring plenty of new faces, and heaps of new moves to work with, this is a full conversion of the arcade game, with the added bonus of a second disk. In this second disk, you get new modes including Lesson (teach yourself new moves), Group (select two to four characters for a group battle), League (choose two to six characters and then fight in a league battle), Tournament (tournament battle with up to eight characters), Cooperate (four-player simultaneous player), one-player game, and a specialized versus mode."
27582,Hot Rod,,1988,5.6,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Hot Rod is a top-view racing game influenced by Super Sprint in which three miniature cars race to complete a race as quickly as possible, by rotating, accelerating and braking at the right moments. You start with limited fuel, but more can be collected as you cover the track. Hitting hazards can cause your car to explode, thus costing time as it is replaced. Unusually the racetracks are linear rather than lap-based, so each round involves covering a section of track once. After each race, you can purchase upgrades at the shop, depending on how much money you earned in the previous race. Only part of the circuit is shown at a time, and this scrolls following the leader. If you fail to keep up with this, your car is moved forward on the track, with a penalty fuel deduction. This is slightly similar to the system later used in head-to-head games of Micro Machines and is especially punishing while you are on roads travelling horizontally and the leading CPU car is travelling vertically, as it makes the margin for error much smaller."
27589,Knuckles' Chaotix,Chaotix,1995,7.0,Action,Platform,,"Knuckles Chaotix is a spin-off of the Sonic the Hedgehog series of Genesis games. The starring character in this title is Knuckles the Echidna, who first appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Knuckles works at Carnival Island, an amusement park. It's his job to protect the park and make it a happy place for visitors. Dr. Robotnik, as usual, has an evil plan for the park. He wants the power emerald which supplies electricity to the entire island. What's worse, he has imprisoned several of Knuckles' friends in the ""combi confiner."" This contraption only allows Knuckles to free one of his friends at a time be attaching a tether between himself and them. Therefore, when you play the game you are always attached to another character. Although the basic gameplay of Knuckles Chaotix is similar to the Sonic games, the bungee cord between the two characters creates new challenges. The new characters that appear are Vector the Crocodile, Mighty the Armadillo, Espio the Chameleon and Charmy Bee. There also two characters whose sole purpose is to slow you down, Heavy the Robot, and Bomb. Chaotix adds several new power-ups and 3D bonus levels as well."
27593,Capcom Collection,,1991,6.2,"Action, Compilation","Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,This Collection contains 8 Classics done by Capcom. These games are:
27596,Sky Skipper,Arcade Archives Sky Skipper,1981,5.4,Action,Arcade,,"You pilot a plane and must rescue animals from cages where they were placed by gorillas. To do this, you fly over a gorilla and drop a bomb, knocking the gorilla off its feet. Once this is done, the animals will be out of their cages and you just touch each one to rescue it. The animal cages will only be open for a limited time, then the gorilla will get back on its feet. You must then knock it down again. You mustn't take too long rescuing the animals or you will run out of fuel. If you run out of fuel, run into a gorilla or the course walls or, strangely, a cloud, you lose a plane. You begin the game with four planes. Difficulty switches Set to A for faster plane, set to B for slower plane. Game variations Game 1...Tricky flying course Game 2...Tricky flying course and clouds Game 3...Tricky flying course, clouds and faster plane. Scoring Knock a gorilla of its feet=10 points Rescue any one animal=100 points Rescue one of each of the four types of animals, consecutively (1 cat, 1 turtle, 1 rabbit, 1 duck)=500 points You get an extra plane every 10,000 points."
27597,Ghoul Panic,Oh! Bakyuuun,1999,6.9,Action,Shooter,,"Ghoul Panic is a comedy adventure game, set in a haunted mansion. Using a PlayStation light-gun, take on the might of vampires, monsters, mummies, skeletons and spooks to open the locked doors and uncover hidden bonuses. A conversion of the arcade game, with 3 difficulties and hidden game modes. There are also PlayStation exclusive game modes, including Survival, Adventure and Remix."
27598,Carmageddon,,1999,5.6,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Carmageddon for Sony PlayStation - is a unique version of the first game from the Carmageddon series. Due to the serious PlayStation's hardware limitations nearly everything was done from scratch for this release. That is why all the levels are completely different from what was created for the original game. Also, the zombies were made as 3D models instead of sprites (by the way, there is no possibility to turn on pedestrians as an alternative to zombies, but their blood is still red). Core gameplay remains the same, but there are also mission levels with certain tasks to accomplish. All levels are divided into tiers and to progress further each level in a tier must be completed. There are some old cars and drivers as well as several new ones. It is impossible to steal opponents' cars as it was in the original title, instead of that nearly all of them can be bought for the credits in the shop. Carmageddon for Sony PlayStation was released only in Europe."
27603,Jeopardy!,,1998,7.2,Puzzle,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"Based on the well known game show of the same name. The basic idea behind the game is that you are given a choice of categories, each with an answer to a question behind the square. Your job is to figure out the question that corresponds to the given answer (for example, the answer is Star Wars. The question would be: George Lucas' Trilogy?, or something like that.) There are over 3500 answers to find questions to, in different game types including Tournament, Speed Match and Single Round. And in every case, Alex Trebek (the host) is there to tell you if you are right or wrong."
27609,Prehistorik Man,,1996,7.0,Action,Platform,,"""Me hungry! Me want FOOD!!"" You, Sam the caveman, are hungry. You travel through various levels, defeating enemies, to gain yourself enough to eat in this side-scrolling platform game. Unlike the other game the levels and controls differ in this version, due to the limitations of the Game Boy. There are ten levels and after every second level, there is a boss fight. Also, there are only two buttons, jump and attack."
27612,Nobunaga's Ambition,"Nobunaga no Yabō: Zenkoku Ban, Nobunaga's Ambition: Zenkokuban",1986,7.0,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),"Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval)","In the 16th century, Japan's Sengoku (""Warring States"") period divided the nation into numerous feudal states, each ruled by a daimyo. These daimyos would often go to war with each other. Many dreamt of conquering the land, becoming the Shogun and ruling the entire country. One of those daimyos was the ambitious Nobunaga Oda, a merciless ruler and a renowned strategist. Players take on the role of Nobunaga Oda or one of many other daimyos to try to conquer Japan. Nobunaga's Ambition is a turn-based strategy game which can be played in different modes. Gameplay is similar to Koei 's better known Romance of the Three Kingdoms game. Players begin by selecting either a 17 regions scenario or a larger 50 scenario. Then, the player must select a daimyo, each of which is rated attributes in several categories; Age, Health, Ambition, Luck, Charm and IQ. As the game progresses, these values change depending on events in the game. The age value represents a time limit of sorts, as an elderly daimyo becomes increasingly likely to die of old age or sickness. During each of turn (one per season), players can issue one of several commands from a menu. They include: Recruiting new soldiers, Training the army, Buying Weapons, Increasing Peasant morale, Forming alliances or Hiring Ninjas to bribe & assassinate. When one player attacks another, there is a war fought over the defender's region. Battles are fought in an overhead-view hex battle map. Each player takes turn moving units and issuing orders, which include attack, move, bribe and surrender. The goal is to defeat all of the enemy units (or force them into surrender). Army units each have a certain weakness against other types of enemies, and are also affected by the terrain."
27614,Action Fighter,,1986,5.8,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",,"This is a top-down vertically scrolling shooter, in which you start off as a motorbike. You are quite vulnerable to attack at first, but power-ups come in the form of a Sega van which you have to dock with. The first time you dock you get double fire, the second time gives you a rocket, the third gives a rear force field, and the fourth invulnerability. By destroying cars and bikes that appear on your way, you can collect A-F letters. Collecting A through to D allows you to change into a sports car which is less vulnerable to attack, but not as nimble. Collect all the letters in order to be able to transform into a high-tech plane. This is the final stage of one of the five missions. Only the high-tech plane can guide you to your destination in which your main target is hiding. There is also a time limit in which you have to complete the mission. It is advisable to transform into the high-tech plane as fast as it is possible. Picking up flags gives you bonus points with 10,000 points gaining you an extra life."
27619,Tin Star,,1994,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Western,"Tin Star is a robot Sheriff in the Ol' West. He has vowed to rid the town of the Bad Oil gang and their leader, Black Bart, within a week. Along with his sidekick Mo Crash and even more importantly his six-gun he will try to accomplish this task. The game takes place over a week with each day being a different stage. Stages are broken down into 4 parts. The first part is a training section where players can practice shooting. The next two parts are action scenes. In the action scenes, gameplay consists of moving a cross-hair over various enemies and shooting them. The final part ends the day with a showdown. The showdown involves a one on one duel in which a draw icon will randomly pop up anywhere on the screen which must be shot then immediately afterwards the enemy the player is facing then must also be shot. This continues on until either the player's or the enemy's life bar is drained. If a player doesn't shoot an energy canteen during a level a bonus screen will appear. The bonus screen shows a woman spinning around on a round board with stars next to her body. Shooting the stars without missing and without accidentally shooting the woman will help players pick up large amounts of money. At the end of a level the amount of money made is tallied up. For every bullet wasted and damage taken the player loses money. The player gains money equal to the their accuracy and the amount of energy they had left at the end of the stage."
27636,Saban's VR Troopers,,1995,5.9,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Saban's VR Troopers is based on the TV show of the same name and is made by the same company that produced the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers The story has the evil Grimlord transport the VR Troopers into (ironically) a video game and it is up to the player (literally) to save them and bring them back to the real world. The gameplay is the standard fighting game, using one of the three different Troopers to kick, punch and use special abilities to defeat a fighter to advance to the next one. Each Trooper has their own strengths, weaknesses and special moves and each has their own separate stages, depending on which the player chooses. It also has multi player capabilities that lets two friends battle head-to-head in a Duel Mode."
27638,Mobil 1 Rally Championship,"Mobil 1 British Rally Championship, Rally Championship, Rally Championship 2000, Rally Championship Edition 2000",1999,7.9,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"This is the third rally simulation from Magnetic Fields and Europress (now renamed Actualize). This is a very realistic and highly detailed simulation which accurately recreates the Mobil 1 British Rally Championship. 36 tracks are available, all of which have been created by mapping the real life locations to create a highly accurate racing experience. There are also 22 rally cars to race in which have also been created from their real life counterparts. Although the name of the game is Mobil 1 British Rally Championship, it simply says ""Rally Championship"" on the front of the box and the game manual. Ignoring this little problem this game is an excellent addition to Europress' rally series and possibly the most realistic racing game ever."
27640,Tetris,,1986,7.5,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"Tetris is a computer adaptation of a mathematical puzzle game based on the concept of ""pentominoes"" - five equal squares joined together in various ways to make geometric shapes. Created by the Russian game designer Alexey Pazhitnov it first appeared on Shareware BBSs in 1986 for the IBM PC. Many clones, variants, and enhanced versions have been released ever since. The basic idea is to efficiently pack an empty box with variously shaped blocks (seven in this original version) that fall down into it. Fitting them together to complete lines (rows), use your keyboard to rotate, move and drop the blocks into position as they fall. When you succeed in completing a line (all empty spaces filled in it), the line (or row) disappears, making room for more. The faster you go, the higher your score. The speed in which the blocks appear and descend increases when you reach higher levels. The shapes of the blocks are random, so the game is different each time you play."
27642,Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer,"Fushigi no Dungeon 2: Furai no Shiren, Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren DS",1995,7.3,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Roguelike,Fantasy,"The legend of the Golden Condor... from village to village and from town to town, everybody speak of it - somewhere, beyond forests and mountains, there lies an idyllic Golden Land, the land of eternal happiness. Many adventurers have tried to find their way to the mysterious land of the Golden Condor, but how many of them have survived the impassable mountain paths, the dark forests and caves, and the vicious monsters? You are the wanderer Shiren, and the goal of your life is to find the Golden Land. Together with your best buddy Koppa, a talking weasel, you decide to venture deep into the dungeons that lead to the land, and to try your luck there. Furai no Shiren ( The Wanderer Shiren ) is a roguelike hack-and-slash game with randomly generated dungeon areas, items, and monsters. Despite being named Fushigi no Dungeon 2 it has no relation to the storyline or characters of the first game in the series, it does however share the same style of gameplay. The movement is turn-based. You visit towns and villages where you can buy and sell supplies. The dungeons are full of various traps and monsters, and sometimes non-playable characters you can talk to, some of which can join you on your quest."
27645,Alien Breed 3D 2: The Killing Grounds,,1996,7.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alien Breed 3D 2: The Killing Grounds is a first-person 3D shooter with full-screen graphics. The story is directly connected to the ending of the predecessor : after a hard day's work, the protagonist gets rescued by a space cruiser. But unfortunately shortly after an alien ship crosses their path and kidnaps the crew - now the player has 16 new levels to progress through in one-player mode. The action offers the usual DOOM -inspired gameplay: shooting everything in sight by using the ten weapons with limited ammo and searching for key cards. The enemies are working together and trying to adjust their approach depending on which of the many weapons the player is armed with. There is no music within the levels, just ambient sounds. A level editor is provided, which is especially useful for the two-player game."
27646,Chrono Quest II,Explora II,1989,6.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is a sequel to Chrono Quest part of a series of games called Explora in their original French releases. After the events of the first game, you attempt to return to France of 1922, your own time period. A disorder on Explora, your time-machine, makes it use up all its metal fuel, leaving you stranded on an unknown time era. You need to find enough metal for Explora to be able to return you to your place in time. The original point-and-click interface (text-based with auxiliary icons) was replaced by a fully icon driven one. There's a row of icons at the bottom of the screen with movement arrows, a save game icon, ""get"", ""give"", ""examine"", etc. The conversations with characters have a basic form of speech-synthesis which can be turned off (the full text of the dialogue is displayed either way). The game boasts 13 different locations and multiple time stages."
27647,Front Page Sports: Trophy Bass 2,,1996,7.1,"Simulation, Sports",,,"This is the sequel to Sierra's Trophy Bass game. It features fishing from an overhead view, simulating reeling and reel dragging for different classes of fish. The game includes a tournament mode and an online multiplayer mode for internet connected computers. Numerous tutorial video clips have been included as well. You can choose your bait and location from various maps and menus. Tournament levels let you compete with other online virtual fisherman for the best catches. You can strategize by using fishing techniques, picking bait and fishing spots. There is even a fish radar to assist with finding good fishing spots."
27650,Hard Truck: Road to Victory,"Dalnoboischiki, Hard Truck: Em Busca da Vitória, LKW-Raser",1998,5.6,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Hard Truck: Road to Victory is a racing game with trucks. It is the first 3D truck racing game developed in Russia. The player takes on the role of a truck driver who must deliver goods to their destination before their rivals so they can earn money, the amount of which depends on the value and condition of the delivered goods. The player can then use that cash to upgrade their truck or buy new ones at their base of operations."
27656,Galactic Empire,,1990,6.8,"Action, Adventure",Graphic adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Galactic Empire you play as a secret agent of the titular empire. On the planet Ether, a civil war has been on-going for 3 years. A hunter called Voltar, leading the Scarlet Militia, have overthrown the imperial friendly government and installed himself as the dictator of the new regime, with nasty results. The empire isn't happy about this, least of all because Ether, owing to its harsh climate is heavily reliant on imports, itself only inhabited thanks to its medically and militarily useful wildlife. You are sent in under the cover identity of Ted Fost, a reporter for the ""homeo-newpaper"" Cosmopolis. Your objective is to figure out the strengths of the various pro and anti-imperial factions, along with the cause of the revolution. The last agent, who mysteriously disappeared, sent one final clue. ""It's the Malkouts fault."" Galactic Empire is an unusual cross between FPS and adventure game. You get a wild variety of weapons and plenty of targets to use them on, but you are not an one-man army. Instead you have to chose when to apply violence and when to think or talk things things out. In addition to the usual array of adventure puzzles, the game features an emotion dialog system, you get 5 options to use in conversation with the many, many NPCs."
27659,Crusaders of Might and Magic,,1999,5.7,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Drake, a loner, toughened by exposure, hardship, and a life of fighting the scourge that destroyed his family as a boy, is swept up into the midst of a new Crusade. He must join the High Guard as they try to rid the lands of the Legion of the Fallen. With swords and sorcery, Drake must fight his way through 5 distinct realms. From the spires of the Citadel to the murky depths of Duskwood Drake will run, jump, duck, fight and cast spells as he becomes ever more powerful and must eventually challenge the leader of the dead army himself."
27664,GP-1,,1993,7.1,Racing / Driving,,Oceania,"GP-1 is a racing game with motorcycles. The player races against 15 opponents on 13 tracks located in 12 different countries. There is an Exhibition mode that can support two players and the Season mode where the player can choose from six different bikes. Once the player starts to do well in the career mode, they can purchase upgrades and parts for their bike. The player can also choose a mechanic to fix their bikes."
27665,Baseball Stars 2,,1992,7.8,Sports,,,"The second in the Baseball Stars series, Baseball Stars 2 was done by Romstar. Contains a more polished baseball game at the expense of a few of the customizing features that the first Baseball Stars had. The returning features include a create-a-team mode, upgrading and hiring/firing players, and league mode. Missing features removed for this game include renaming players, renaming teams, and females are no longer present. This sequel contains 12 pre-made teams and 6 slots for user created teams. There are four selectable stadiums to play in this time around."
27666,Looney Tunes: Duck Dodgers - Starring Daffy Duck,"Daffy Duck als Weltraumheld Duck Dodgers, Daffy Duck starring as Duck Dodgers",2000,7.0,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Marvin the Martian has devised a plan to destroy the Earth and has built the Ultimate Weapon to do it. This weapon needs energy atoms to function, so Marvin has sent out his five minions to five different worlds to collect the energy atoms. Duck Dodgers, the brave space adventurer and the defender of Earth, must get to the atoms before Marvin's goons do, with the help of his side-kick Porky Pig. Duck Dodgers is a 3D platformer based on the Warner Bros. cartoons starring the titular hero. Dodgers travels to various planets, each reflecting the theme of the corresponding Looney Tunes boss characters (e.g. an Arabian Nights -themed planet ruled by the evil dictator Hassan). The gameplay is similar to Super Mario 64 Dodgers explores three-dimensional levels, jumps and double-jumps to avoid obstacles and reach higher areas, and defeats enemies by punching or butt-stomping them. Special items (such as ACME rockets or boxing gloves) can be picked up and used in combat. The player also participates in several mini-games, including a Pong variant and a first-person shooter section."
27667,Shootin' Gallery,,1983,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Shootin' Gallery is a target shooting game similar to Sega 's Carnival You control a gun at the bottom of the screen while various types of targets move left and right above. Given a limited amount of ammo, you need to earn as many points as possible by shooting the targets (which include trains, snails, frogs, kangaroos, monkeys, and more). Naturally more points are awarded for targets that are further away or tougher to hit. At the top of the screen is a cuckoo clock which counts down; when time runs out, a cuckoo will eat some of your remaining ammo! To avoid this, the clock can be shot which resets the timer. Every 20,000 points bonus ammo is awarded. When all of your ammo is gone, the game is over and the score calculated."
27669,Clay Fighter 2: Judgement Clay,,1994,7.5,Action,Fighting,,"Clay Fighter 2 just like its predecessor is a Street Fighter -like fighting game for 1 or 2 players. The characters were made out of clay and then renderized, which provides the game some individuality in the enormous mass of Super NES fighting games."
27673,101: The Airborne Invasion of Normandy,"101 Airborne en Normandía, 101st Airborne in Normandy, Die 101. Airborne in der Normandie, Juin 1944: La 101ème en Normandie",1998,6.4,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based tactics (TBT),"Historical events, World War II","101: The Airborne Invasion of Normandy is a turn-based tactics game set during World War II were the player takes command over a troop of 18 units. Every mission starts with a detailed planning phase. There the player chooses his men and equips them. Because this can be a time-consuming task the game offers the option to make these decisions automatically. The last step before starting the mission is to set where the units sit in the plane. This is important because of one unique feature of this game: during the jumps there are randomly generated happenings which are applied to the units, e.g. they get separated, killed or the whole plane gets shot down. After all surviving units reach the ground the player respectively the AI moves one unit at a time. Every one has a certain amount of action points which decrease with every action, e.g. moving, resting, trading equipment or firing. The goal is always to liberate a certain area accompanied by a few optional tasks which have to be found during the mission. It is also important to note that the game uses fog of war and doesn't tell the player where his other units are. This means he has to orientate himself with a map - if one of the nearby soldiers has one in his equipment. After three days at most the mission ends and the player gets rated."
27674,Future Cop: L.A.P.D.,"Future Cop: LAPD 2100, Soukou Kidoutai LAPD",1998,7.7,Action,MOBA / ARTS,"North America, Sci-fi / futuristic","Take control of a transforming mech in Los Angeles and clean up the crime that is running rampant throughout. Use powerful weapons to destroy anything in your way, remember...serve, protect and survive!"
27675,Disney's The Emperor's New Groove,"Disney A Nova Onda do Imperador, Disney Kuzco, L'Empereur Mégalo, Disney Le Follie dell'Imperatore, Disney's El Emperador y Sus Locuras, Disney's Keizer Kuzco, Disney's The Emperor's New Groove Action Game, Disneys Ein Königreich: Für ein Lama, Disneys Et kongerike for en lama, Disneys Kejsarens Nya Stil, Keisarin uudet kuviot, The Emperor's New Groove",2000,7.1,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements, Stealth",,"Disney's The Emperor's New Groove is a 3D platform game based on the Disney animation movie with the same name. Like in the movie a selfish and cruel emperor is cursed and turned into a llama. You play as this former emperor and cynical llama in his search for a cure for his curse. The game features various kinds of levels ranging from traditional 3D platform levels, to ''rollercoaster""-style levels with a forward scrolling camera where you have to avoid obstacles. Other levels feature more 2D platform gameplay and even sneaking segments mimicking Metal Gear Solid. The llama can walk and jump around and kick and spit at opponents. The game and the cutscenes all contain many humorous situations and dialogues. The game comes with short scenes from the actual movie with the actual voice actors."
27683,Roland on the Run,,1984,4.7,Action,Arcade,,"Roland on the Run is an entry in the Roland series of games. This time it sees our hero and his gang trying to escape the law by leaping from the back of a moving train and cross the busy freeway to safety. Jumping from truck to car, to truck, the player takes control of a flashing member of the gang which can and will quickly change focus as they all look to get moving away. In essence, this is a variant of Frogger where you need to use the traffic rather than avoid it, blended with a little bit of strategy to ensure you're maximising the number number of escapees and trying to think two steps ahead."
27698,Heimdall 2: Into the Hall of Worlds,,1994,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Heimdall 2: Into the Hall of Worlds is an isometric adventure platform game. In the game's predecessor Heimdall retrieved the three weapons stolen by Loki and stripped him of some of his power for his treason to the other gods. In the second part Loki's warriors, Hakrats, ravaged the lands of Midgard and Utgard in revenge against the Asgard gods who exiled him. Odin and the other gods discussed what action shall be done to permanently stop Loki. They recollected the story of an amulet with enough power to imprison a god. It was shattered into four pieces and each piece was sent into a different world. The journey to recover all the amulet pieces was undertaken by Baldur but he was entrapped by Loki. Knowing this the elder gods decided to send a god who had enough experience as a mortal - the choice was given to Heimdall, son of Odin, guardian of the Asgard gods. They also sent Valkyrie named Ursha who was supposed to help him. Heimdall and Ursha must travel through different nordic worlds in search of answers, weapons, and pieces of the amulet. During the quest, the player may change the characters but in some sections, both characters are needed in order to complete the game. The player travels through different lands of Nordic Worlds, fighting with enemies (with a sword, a bow and arrow, or magic) and solving puzzles that are mostly about finding an object and bringing it to the person who needs it, figuring out the proper combination of some items or goods or finding a way through the maze. During the game, you can change the character between man and woman."
27709,Dragon Force,Long zhi Liliang,1996,8.4,Strategy / tactics,RPG elements,Fantasy,"The world of Legendra was ruled by benevolent goddesses, but the last of them, Astea, was challenged by a dark god named Madruk. In order to defeat Madruk, Astea created a powerful dragon, who eventually emerged victorious and was able to seal Madruk away. Years have passed. Legendra is now divided into eight kingdoms. One of them, Fandaria, is ruled by a monarch named Goldark. The other kings have heard rumors that Goldark is planning to take over Legendra by conquering all the other kingdoms. Everyone is preparing for the war, without realizing that the ancient evil is about to raise its head once again... Dragon Force is a real-time strategy game (RTS). The player can choose one of the six monarchs (plus two additional ones that become available once the game is completed) with their unique scenarios. The gameplay is divided into three modes: management, overworld movement, and battle. Management mode allows the player to assign generals, decide the fate of prisoners, prepare the army for battles, etc. Navigation on the map is done in real time; once two warring armies have reached the same spot, the player is taken to a separate battle screen. The battles also evolve in real time, the goal usually being killing or capturing enemy general. If all the soldiers are killed, the two generals can opt for a duel that will decide the outcome of the battle. Each kingdom has unique ""strong"" fighter types, which the player should use to target the weaknesses of the opposing armies. Each fighter type also has his own special techniques and abilities."
27711,ESPN International Track & Field,"Ganbare! Nippon!: Olympic 2000 (GB Edition), International Track & Field: Summer Games",2000,7.4,Sports,,,"Game Boy Color release of Track & Field games is different to the console and computer version in a way that it does not use 3D graphics but instead uses sprites with 2D graphics with various gameplay perspectives, depending on one of the twelve available athletic games. Main two gameplay modes are Single Play and Versus Play. Single Play mode offers you three choices: Versus Play mode lets you connect to another device with a system link and test your skill against a human opponent. List of available athletic events:"
27715,Superman: The Man of Steel,,1993,5.7,Action,Platform,,"Superman: The Man of Steel is a side-scrolling platform game in which the player takes on the role of Superman. A lot is wrong in the game: Lois Lane has been kidnapped by Brainiac, the Doom Star is orbiting the Earth and many deadly adversaries are roaming about. It's up to Superman to set everything right again. As Superman the player has limited energy which is depleted when Superman comes in contact with enemies or their projectiles. Superman can jump, and attack. When Superman almost drops from a building he automatically starts flying. There's three different difficulty settings."
27716,Sorcerer Lord,,1987,6.6,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Sorcerer Lord is a medieval fantasy game of tactical warfare. The evil Shadowlord's army is threatening to overrun the peaceful country of Galanor. The alliance of races in Galanor isn't very fond of suppression, slavery or extinction, so they are preparing for war -- it's your job to coordinate the Galanorian defense. Movement and combat are turn-based. You and the Shadowlord alternately recruit new troops, move armies on a 2D hex-map of the land and try to conquer the enemies garrisons. The outcome of fights is shown as plain text only. Although the gameplay is quite simple, there are a few tactical knacks like certain races fighting more fiercely in certain terrain types, fatigue levels and basic statistics for army leaders. Despite the game's title, magic is a rather unimportant element of chance in battles and not under your direct control. The game contains a time limit; you've got 40 turns in easy level, less in advanced levels."
27722,Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy,,1998,7.4,Adventure,Puzzle elements,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","Set in a futuristic world not unlike that of Blade Runner you play an ex-intelligence/military operative investigating the disappearance of someone which has endangered your friend, Hugh (mayor of Union city). As the plot develops, you realise that things are not entirely what they seem and that someone is involved in a conspiracy so big, it will bring the city to its knees. The interface is simple and suitable for most age groups."
27729,Spacechase,,1981,5.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are on a moon-based scouting mission in a Mark 16 Starcruiser. Suddenly, enemy alien ships teleport in and start firing neutron missiles, which can destroy you upon impact. You must destroy enemy ships until reinforcements arrive from Earth. The enemy also have laser-directed heat-seeking proton missiles which are fired sparingly. Be aware that as the battle progresses, the aliens will become more desperate and will use the laser-directed heat-seeking proton missiles more often. You can move in any of the eight directions in the bottom third of the screen. Press the button to fire. Scoring Minimum heat seeking missile variations: Level one alien=125 points Level two alien=200 points Level three alien=275 points Shooting an alien missile=50 points Maximum heat-seeking missile variations: Level one aliens=175 points Level two aliens=250 points Level three aliens=325 points Shooting an alien missile=100 points You reach level two at 10,000 points. You reach level three at 40,000 points. You can also start at these levels in certain game variations (see Game variations below) Difficulty switches A=Your shots are slower B=Your shots are faster Game variations Games 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, and 23=One player Games 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, and 24=Two player There are limited heat-seeking missiles on games 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13, 14 15 16, 17, and 18 There are maximum heat seeking missiles on games 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24 Enemies start at level one on games 1, 2, 7, 8, 13, 14, 19, and 20 Enemies start at level two on games 3, 4, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, and 22 Enemies start at level three on games 5, 6, 11, 12, 17, 18, 23, and 24 Game is in daytime on game 1 through 12 Game is in nighttime on games 13 through 24."
27740,Stormbringer,Stormbringer ST,1987,7.2,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Stormbringer is the fourth and final game to star Magic Knight, and the only one to make it onto 16-bit systems. Magic Knight must meet with his alter-ego, the Off-White Knight, by reaching his castle hideout - which means clearing 64 screens of adventure. As with the rest of the series, the game uses a largely visual system, in which a press of the fire button calls up a menu of options, such as 'examine', 'pick up' or 'cast spell. Selecting these calls up a sub-menu to choose what should be examined or thrown, which objects to combine, which spells to cast, and so on. The objects to be used include a chicken, a disguise, and eggs. One new feature is that bolts of lightning are fired down at Magic Knight from the sky, and these must be avoided."
27741,Rad Racer II,,1990,7.1,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Rad Racer II is an arcade style racing game which is the sequel to Rad Racer and features similar gameplay. Played with a 3D perspective from behind your vehicle, the goal is to race through a series of different tracks before time runs out. Along each track are several checkpoints; crossing a checkpoint will increase the amount of time you have to reach the final destination. Eight new tracks are featured (with new graphics and music), each with a variety of hills, turns, obstacles, and other cars to get in your way. Crashing into other cars or any obstacles on the side of the road cause you to slow down or come to a stop and lose valuable time. Also new is a turbo boost which allows you to reach speeds of 255 mph. Unlike the original game, you now only have a choice of one car and the red-blue 3D glasses aren't supported."
27757,Illusion of Gaia,"Gaia Gensouki, Illusion of Time, Soul Blazer: Illusion of Gaia",1993,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"Will is a young boy whose father disappeared long time ago. Now Will lives in a small town with his grandparents. He possesses unusual abilities of pushing and pulling things without touching them. One day, he finds in his house a girl, who soon turns out to be the princess Kara. Kara's father, king Edward, wants her to marry a mysterious person called the Jackal. Kara asks Will to help her to escape the palace, and soon they both get involved in a string of mystery and conspiracies. Illusion of Gaia is an action role-playing game set in a fantasy version of Earth reminiscent of the age of exploration (16th century) and featuring famous real-world locations such as the Egyptian pyramids, the Great Wall of China, etc. The player controls Will, who can either fight in his regular form or transform into any of the two alter egos: the dark knight Freedan and Shadow, a manifestation of energy. Each character has different attributes and fights with his own weapon. The player receives special jewels upon clearing a room of enemies, which acts like experience points and is used to improve the protagonist's attributes. There is no monetary system or equipment in the game."
27759,Mega Man 3,"Mega Man III, Rockman 3: Dr. Wily no Saigo!?, Rockman 3: Dr. Wily's Time to Die!?, Rockman Complete Works: Rockman 3: Dr. Wily's Time to Die!?",1990,8.2,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mega Man 3 is a traditional side-scrolling platformer: you jump from brick to brick while avoiding pits and shooting robots. It's quite similar, in all respects, to other Mega Man games; however, this is the first time that you get a sidekick. It's also the first time you're allowed to slide instead of merely walking. Rush is your dog who helps out by offering other modes of transportation when you need it. He starts out with the 'Rush Coil' ability to launch you to the top of the screen like a springboard; later he acquires the 'Rush Jet' ability to turn into a guided, floating platform to carry you wherever you need to go; and he also gets the 'Rush Marine' ability which is a submarine that works just like the jet except underwater and with the added ability to hop around out of the water (you can actually jump while on the jet but the jet continues to hover beneath you whereas you stay inside the submarine). All of these abilities function just like boss weapons. When you defeat the boss at the end of a level you gain his power - or at least a similar power. You may pause the game at any time and switch to any single power you have. It supplants your regular Arm Cannon with a limited - but superior - ability. The weapon ammo is displayed next to your energy meter. There are eight of these, corresponding to the eight main levels, even though there are twenty-one levels in the entire game. Enemies will often supply you with both energy and ammo refills. You can also collect Energy Tanks which can only be used once but will entirely restore your health. You start the game with three lives. Other features include Surprise Boxes lying around for you to find. There are infinite continues and a password feature to resume play at the beginning of any level."
27768,The X-Files Game,"Salaiset Kansiot, The X Files, The X-Files: Expediente X - El Juego, The X-Files: Le Jeu",1998,7.1,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As an extension of one of the most long-running television series of all time, The X-Files play through the eyes of Special Agent Craig Willmore, a new FBI field investigator brought in to locate missing agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully whose last location was the Everett, Washington, area. In this ""movie quality"" video production, characters are played by the actors and actresses from the show, including Gillian Anderson (Scully) and David Duchovny (Mulder). As the game begins, you are given a briefing of your mission. Gather up all state-of-the-art spy tools (night vision goggles, a digital camera, PDA, lock picks, evidence kit, a standard issue revolver, handcuffs and badge) and then head out to follow their trail. As you explore the various locations, take photographs, pick up pieces of evidence and talk with people. Use your Newton PDA to access the navigational map, to make notes and send/receive e-mail. Trace telephone numbers, run background checks and license plate ids and even post an All Points Bulletin on missing persons using the computer network at your home or office. By using photo viewer software, download field photographs to the computer where they can be enlarged and studied more closely for clues. Features include emotion icons for interjecting different tones during conversations (mean, humorous or technical) which effect the answer given. An in-game hint system, Artificial Intelligence, can be set on or off. In addition, there are multiple endings as a direct result of actions you take."
27772,War Diary,Chung Mugong-jeon,1996,5.3,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Asia,"War Diary is a real-time strategy game which uses the 16th century Korea as background. There two rival armies fight about the supremacy. The economic system is based on three resources - food, wood and metal - which are used to construct buildings or troops. These can also be purchased with money which can be earned by selling spare resources. The center of the base is the city hall which sets the radius where the eleven other buildings can be build. Important for the fighting aspect of the game are the barracks where soldiers are trained and the weapon factory where the soldiers are equipped. This means every soldier has to be sent to the weapon factory when he is trained as one of the three available jobs: Shooter, melee fighter or artillery. When equipping the soldiers there are different quality settings for the weapons which effects costs and effectivity. Weapons degrade and have to be replaced regularly. Troops can be distributed into different groups but the health and weapon durability has to checked for every soldier separately. Other units are watch towers, ships and monks. Monks are used to support the regular troops or to invoke ghosts. Troops and watch towers gain combat experience when fighting the enemy and as a result improve their abilities."
27778,Neon Genesis Evangelion,,1999,6.7,Action,"Fighting, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Neon Genesis Evangelion is a game adaptation of the anime series of the same name. It is the only Evangelion game that was released on N64. It covers the major battles from the entire Evangelion saga and features original footage from the anime. In Story Mode the player takes control of bio-mechanical mechas called Evas to fight against monstrous beings called Angels. To see every mission through, combo attacks (punches and kicks), blocking and grappling techniques are available at the pilot's disposal. Depending on the damage the player's Eva takes and if certain parameters are met during that time the player will be given a time limit in which they must end the battle with the Angel. The Simulation Mode almost plays like a shooter. It’s a 1st-person perspective mode where the player must eliminate as many Angels as possible within the time limit. When the time limit ends a rank is assigned depending on how many enemies were destroyed and how many bullets were used."
27780,Tamagotchi,Game de Hakken!! Tamagotchi,1997,6.3,Simulation,Life / social simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"An egg arrives from a far-off planet in outer space. This egg contains a 'Tamagotchi', a baby alien that cannot fend for itself, and requires your attention and care. Look after the Tamagotchi and help it grow up. Tamagotchi is a game based on the popular virtual pet of the same name. In it, you select an egg from the laboratory, and then it hatches in its room. From there, you are fully responsible for its care. Everything from feeding, medicine, playing with it, cleaning up its poo and scolding or praising it when appropriate - you must do it all. Unlike the actual Tamagotchi toy, the Game Boy version is not in realtime - you can adjust the Tamagotchi's growth speed in the game options. You can also look after up to three Tamagotchis simultaneously. The Game Boy version also features three different games to play with your pet - depending on the game you select, it will improve their mood, their intelligence, or their physical fitness. The three games are: Another feature exclusive to the Game Boy version are Tournaments. You can enter your pet in Race, Beauty and Knowledge tournaments. You can increase your chances of winning in these by training your pet, but make sure that when you enter them that it's not sick or spoiled, as it will not perform as well as it could. Win a tournament and your Tamagotchi will be placed in the Hall of Fame."
27790,Ken's Labyrinth,"LAB3D/SDL, Walken",1993,5.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Ken's Labyrinth is a first-person 3D shooter. The protagonist has to escape from an underground labyrinth populated by monsters while trying to rescue his dog Sparky. The game plays similarly to Wolfenstein 3D and involves the protagonist traversing colorful maze-like areas, shooting monsters on the way with exotic weapons such as a bubble-gum gun. The game's stand-out feature are interactive elements: there are vending and slot machines in the stages which the player can interact with, as well as breakable walls."
27791,Crystals of Arborea,,1990,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Morgoth, the deity of chaos, was enraged by the gods' decision to banish him from the pantheon. Plotting revenge, he began poisoning the minds of the nations of the world. Black elves and orcs became his minions. The gods flooded the land in response, secluding the island kingdom of Arborea as the last stronghold against Morgoth's forces. Jarel, the last Prince of the elf-like race of Sham-nirs, must find allies who would help him on his quest to obtain four elemental crystals, restore the power of the temples, and defeat Morgoth. Crystals of Arborea is an RPG which is a precursor to the Ishar games. The party of six characters roam the world (on a 2D map or by exploring 3D individual locations), defeating Morgoth's minions, gathering experience points and becoming stronger. Unlike the subsequent Ishar games, combat in this game is turn-based, and takes place on separate screens. The players must manually navigate party members on the battle field. Archers and spellcasters can use ranged attacks, while melee fighters must stand close to the enemy in order to strike."
27795,Phantasie II,Phantasie II: A Multiple-Character Role-Playing Quest,1986,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Phantasie II is the sequel to the role-playing game Phantasie Nothing has changed substantially: the gameplay and the graphics are identical to Phantasie. The adventuring party travels from town to town using a overview map of the countryside. There are many dungeons to explore and many different monsters to battle. Again the Dark Lord Nikademus is the players' evil opponent, having fashioned an evil orb and cast a curse on the beautiful island of Ferronrah, enslaving its people. The players' mission is to find and destroy the evil orb."
27796,Strike Aces,"Fighter Bomber, Strike Aces: International Bombing Competition",1989,6.8,Simulation,,,"Strike Aces is a flight simulator designed to give players a feel for the quick decision-making process that real pilots need to fly. It takes place at the Strategic Air Command Bombing and Navigation Competition, a real-life event that occurs every year at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. The best aircrews from around the world and some of the best aircraft come to participate in a series of three missions that are constantly monitored, with points awarded to aircrews in various categories. In the end, the aircrew that has gained the most points receives the Curtis E. LeMay trophy. In this game, you are the pilot of one of these aircrews with a choice of flying one of six aircraft, and your missions will pit you against any of seven additional enemy aircraft (although you will not get to fly them). To practice flying, you can do a Free Flight; when you're ready to compete, you will get to complete a series of 16 missions. You can also design your own missions, if you like."
27797,Harpoon,GIUK Battleset,1989,7.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"A modern naval battle simulator based on Larry Bond 's popular Harpoon board-game from 1980. The game features 13 possible Cold War scenarios, each of which can be affected by multiple factors. You can choose from an authentic arsenal of over 100 Soviet and NATO weapons. Use sensors, radars and sonar to track enemy ships. Crucial information on capabilities can be checked from the informative database. The original version of the game contains one main battleset called Greenland/Iceland/United Kingdom Gap (GIUK). Later, several additional battleset data disks and a Scenario editor were released."
27801,The Granstream Saga,Granstream Denki,1997,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Many years ago, the Allied Spirit Army fought the malevolent Imperial Wizardry in a prolonged war. Neither side could gain the upper hand until the Imperial Wizardry designed a weapon with too much destructive power. Causing the planet's axis to shift, the deployment of the weapon resulted in the melting of polar ice, which led to a world-wide flood. Four wise men designed a mechanism that allowed the planet's four continents to float above the water. For generations, the secrets of maintaining the mechanism have been passed from the wise men to their descendants. But now, the last of those are gone, and the planet begins to sink into the vast ocean. Eon is a young man who lives on the continent of Shilf with his foster father. One day, he discovers the powers of a magical orb he found when he was a child. Seeing these powers, Eon's foster father realizes that he might be connected to the wise men of the past. Eon must find the only person who can fix the continent-raising mechanism, and prevent a terrible disaster. The Granstream Saga is an action game with strong RPG elements, and a spiritual successor to Gaia games. The player controls Eon as he explores overworld and dungeon locations, which are presented in overhead-viewed 3D. Battles are one-on-one; whenever an enemy is encountered, the view is zoomed on the combat participants who must fight each other until one of them emerges victorious. Eon can use swords, daggers, or axes against his enemies. He has a variety of attack moves at his disposal, including combos, shield-breaking abilities, etc.; he can also actively guard and cast magic spells. Leveling up, which increases Eon's attributes, occurs at set intervals throughout the game rather than from accumulating experience points."
27802,Fast Food Tycoon,"Pizza $yndicate, Pizza $yndicate: Monopoliza o mercado!, Pizza Syndicate, Pizzasyndikatet",1999,7.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation",,"Fast Food Tycoon is a pizza restaurant simulation. Like other games of its type the objective is to transform the modest amount of capital on hand at the outset of the game into a sizable fortune. You begin by selecting a character to act as your CEO and initially invest in the restaurant industry. You then must manage numerous factors regarding your business, such as infrastructure, finances, staff, menu, advertising, etc. in order to turn a profit and gradually build a vast empire of dining establishments. Another agreeable feature is that the actual cities each have distinctive styles of architecture incorporated into them to further the impression that you are actually in Rome, London, New York, etc. The theme of each city is further emphasized by soundtrack music indigenous to the area. As time passes, night and day are simulated, complete with sunrises and sunsets. Time zones are accurately depicted as well, so if you jump from Tokyo to New York, you'll go from night to day, reflecting local time. The influence of ""underworld"" activities is also present in the game. If you desire, you can align yourself with organized crime. Doing so can be highly profitable but is not entirely without risk. If you opt for a life of crime, you will have to be on the lookout and avoid law enforcement at times."
27804,Transworld,,1990,6.9,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Transworld is a business simulation where you play a young entrepreneur in the carrying business. You start off with a capital of 50.000 DM and a small firm in Frankfurt am Main with the goal of building a business empire. Apart from managing the delivery of a variety of goods (ranging from oil to food and vehicles), you can also try to increase your wealth by operating at the stock exchange or evading taxes. There are also several other aspects to consider: Too much work will increase your stress level, and if you do not take enough vacations, you will fall ill with corresponding negative effects on your enterprise. Furthermore, the game evaluates your play in three categories (success in business, prestige and trade relations), and winning the game requires a certain number of points in each category."
27809,Slapshot,Hockey,1984,6.6,"Action, Sports",,,"SLAP-SHOT! Hockey is a fast-action ice hockey simulation game. Each ice hockey match has three periods that last three minutes each. The puck can be passed from player to player at varying speeds and directions. The game allows you to give opponents a body check and you can even control the strength of it. However, when you are playing too roughly it is possible that you'll get penalized. To win a match you will have to develop a good match strategy, good skating and passing skills and quick reflexes. This game can be played by one or two players."
27813,Eye of the Beholder / Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon / Eye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth Drannor,"Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms - The Archives Collection 1, Eye of the Beholder I, II & III, Eye of the Beholder Trilogie, Eye of the Beholder Trilogy, Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One",1995,7.3,"Compilation, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,This compilation contains all three games of the series:
27821,Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz,,1989,7.3,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Lord Dimwit Flathead the Excessive was so much in love with himself that he ordered to erect a huge statue of himself in the Fublio Valley. This angered a local resident named Megaboz the Magnificent, who cast a curse over Dimwit and the entire Empire, and disappeared. Ninety-four years later, the curse is still in effect, and the king Wurb Flathead is looking for a brave adventurer who would find a way to remove it. This adventurer, naturally, is the game's protagonist, who possesses a piece of parchment given to him by his ancestors, which might be the key to the whole mystery... Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz is chronologically a prequel to the first three Zork games, and is a text adventure with a graphical interface and scene-based colors and borders. Like its predecessors, the game relies on puzzle-solving, including inventory item manipulation as well as logic-based puzzles. An interactive map, in-game hint system, and the included Encyclopedia Frobozzica are there to make the player's task somewhat easier. The game also includes four graphical mini-games based on popular logic puzzles."
27823,Disney Adventures in the Magic Kingdom,,1990,5.9,Action,Platform,,"It's time for the Mickey Mouse parade down Main Street of Disneyland, but before things can start, the six silver keys to the Castle have to be found. Scattered all across different Disneyland attractions, it's up to the player to enter these worlds and obtain the keys. They are located in the following mini-games:"
27830,Alpha Mission II,ASO II: Last Guardian,1991,7.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2525 space is again threatened. Only the legendary Super Jet Plane SYD can defeat the invading armada and destroy the Fulvalence Groma. Alpha Mission II is a top-down, vertically-scrolling shooter and the sequel to Alpha Mission When the game starts the player picks two armors for their SYD, and additional armors can be purchased at the end of each level. Armors add additional firepower to the ship while equipped, and will be destroyed when shot, saving the ship from one hit. The SYD's primary weapons, a straight ahead laser and falling bombs, can be upgraded from icons dropped by specific enemies. Similarly to Xevious ground targets can only be hit by bombs, while aerial targets can only be hit by lasers."
27835,Live Action Football,,1994,5.3,"Simulation, Sports",,,Live Action Football is different from usual football simulations. Similar to managerial soccer simulations (e.g. the Championship Manager series ) you are limited to tactical decisions and don't join the action yourself. The available moves are chosen in a menu after every turn (they depend on whether you are attacking or defending). Another big difference to other football games is that you don't watch polygon players - all possible moves and outcomes were filmed with real football players. You don't have access to detailed player statistics nor a full season - you are restricted to playing exhibition games.
27842,Jim Lee's WildC.A.T.S: Covert Action Teams,,1995,6.1,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Jim Lee's WildC.A.T.S: Covert Action Teams is based on the comic book heroes by Jim Lee. The players take control of three superheroes, Spartan, Maul and Warblade, as they travel through each level, fighting numerous mutants and robots to force a final showdown with the main antagonist, Helspont, who is bent on world destruction. The gameplay is a basic side-scroller, using punches, kicks, and the heroes special powers to defeat enemies. Players can also combine their heroes to create more powerful moves."
27843,Shoot 'em up Construction Kit,SEUCK,1988,7.7,Action,Shooter,,"Shoot 'em Up Construction Kit is more of a utility than a game. It allows the user to create a huge variety of top down shooters with a simple set of utilities allowing the player to draw, animate and move all of the games sprites, create sound effects and backgrounds for many levels, and set up games rules. The package comes complete with 4 games already made on it, to demonstrate the techniques involved. These include: ""Slap and Tickle"" (set in space), ""Outlaw"" (a wild west game in the style of Commando) ""Transputer Man"" (with a strong sci-fi setting, inspired by Robotron 2084) and ""Celebrity Squares""."
27852,Der Planer 2,,1996,6.5,"Action, Simulation","Arcade, Managerial / business simulation",,"Similar to its predecessor Der Planer the player is the head of a transport company which can be a courier service or a forwarder which transports goods from point A to point B. Additionally the company can branch out into cognate businesses such as a bodyguard service, car rental or sightseeing tours. It is possible to open divisions in Central Europe, USA and Scandinavia. The winning conditions can be set before beginning a new game, e.g. the number of opened divisions, market share or profit. The main aspect of the game is similar to other managerial simulations: Employing personnel, getting orders and setting trip routes for the vehicles. Some routine jobs can be ceded to computer controlled managers. The main menu is a building with several doors - every door leads to a menu screen, e.g. the telephone exchange, were the according actions can be carried out. Every action costs time and at the end of the day the turn is over. Additionally there are two action sequences which can be disabled: A scavenger hunt were the player drives with his car through a city and searches ordained locations. At the end he has to answer a trivia question and win prize money. The other game is a robbery of a money transport were the player sedates the robbers by shooting them with a cross hair."
27858,Neo Turf Masters,"ACA NeoGeo: Big Tournament Golf, ACA NeoGeo: Neo Turf Masters, Big Tournament Golf",1996,7.8,Sports,,,"Neo Turf Masters is a golf game that offers play in three different countries. You can play in the US, Germany, and Japan. There are 18 holes per course, just like in real life, which totals to 54 holes. The game features a two-player versus mode and three single player modes. You can choose from one of six different characters, who each have their own strengths and weaknesses. Like many other golf games, you use an accurate click type of play, where you click in an overhead map where you want to hit the ball, then adjust hook, slice, and power. In Versus mode, you can earn ""super-clubs"" that can only be used once. These can also be traded between friends. The ACA NeoGeo series release for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One contain both the US and Japanese game versions, as well as Hi Score and Caravan modes which can all be launched from the main menu."
27860,Seastalker,"Seastalker - You and the Ultramarine Bioceptor - An Infocom Junior Adventure, Seastalker: Dive Deep into Danger",1984,6.8,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Steampunk,"You must save the Aquadome! But is it in more danger from an inside traitor, or a vicious sea monster? As a famous inventor and scientist, you will use your inventions and skills to save the day."
27868,Sentient,Sentient: Explore the Infinite,1997,5.6,"Adventure, Strategy / tactics",,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","You are sent to investigate an outbreak of radiation sickness aboard the space station Icarus but once aboard, you realize your primary objective is the least of your worries. The captain has been murdered, an assassin threatens a visiting senior Senator, and a power struggle arises as the station careens toward the sun. Save yourself, or save the ship? Sentient 's main feature is the artificial intelligence controlling multiple individual crew members aboard the station, each with their own assignments and behaviors. You interact with the AI characters through an elaborate parser interface, which allows you to ask them everything from the location of a vital piece of equipment, to their opinion of another member of the crew. To succeed, you must take advantage of the crew's help through this social system."
27869,Gordo 106,Gordo No 106: The Mutated Lab Monkey,1993,6.1,Action,Platform,,"You are a monkey named Gordo, resident of N. Human Labs cage 106, a laboratory experimenting with animals. One day Gordo accidentally ingests a nuclear spiked banana, causing his brain to become larger and become more human and thought and figures out what is going on. He gets loose and is now on a mission to free his animal friends and escape the evil clutches of the N. Human Laboratory. Bananas are your only health pick up and you use apples to fight off enemies. Gordo is very agile and can swing from chains that hang from the ceiling to avoid the many pits that litter the floor."
27870,Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing,,1999,6.9,Racing / Driving,,,"Suzuki Alstare Exteme Racing is a motorcycle racing game with the Suzuki license. It has two playing modes: time trial (single races against four to seven AI racers) and the championship which are 16 successive races on the 16 courses. At first there are only two motorbikes available, but successes in time trial mode unlock better ones to use in the championship. Also restricted is the number of available time trial courses; the rest also has to be unlocked first. The player can perform a wheelie which causes a considerate, temporary acceleration."
27874,CyberSpeed,,1995,5.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Race around a futuristic race track tied to a cable, bumping and shooting your opponents. Think ""Wipeout"" meets cable cars."
27877,Jetpac,,1983,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Jetman has crash-landed on a distant planet, with ledges suspended in mid-air and populated by various nasties, and he must escape and find his way home. Your first task is to retrieve each of the three parts of his spaceship, in order, and carry them over the base part. After this, you must collect enough fuel to be able to fly away, again by picking it up and dropping it over the ship (you don't have to actually make contact with the ship in doing this). Once you've filled the ship up, you can fly on to the next level, in which you must again refuel. Each level contains various bad guys, with different attack patterns; you have a laser to shoot them for points, and must avoid contact with them. Diamonds can be collected for bonus points, and you get an extra life after every 10,000 points."
27888,St. Thomas,,1994,6.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Sea pirates / Caribbean,"St. Thomas is a managerial game that combines economy simulation aspects with a gameplay reminiscent of Sid Meier's Pirates! Players are able to play as a field commander, a swashbuckler, a merchant or an adventurer. The game features fencing duels, naval battles and ground battles."
27892,"The $100,000 Pyramid",,1987,5.9,Action,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"This is an early adaptation of the popular TV game show The $100,000 Pyramid The objective is to reach the top of the pyramid by winning successive rounds. Each round consists of selecting a category from the pyramid. Each category consists of a list of words that share some common thread like ""things that are red"". One player then tries to give the other player clues to guess the word without saying the word itself. There is also a single player mode that does not resemble the show very much where you have to type in single word clues."
27909,Rayxanber III,,1992,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The biomechanical aliens of the Zoul Empire are invading again. One of the Earth's mother ships is under attack. As people are being evacuated, a lone fighter pilot is entrusted with protecting the ship. However, he cannot ward off the alien onslaught, barely escaping the carnage himself. The mother ship is destroyed, and the humans are driven to a desperate move: venture into the core of the alien world, taking the war to them. The only one brave enough to go on this suicide mission is the same pilot who has protected the Earth before. Rayxanber III is a horizontally scrolling shooter that retains the gameplay elements of its predecessors in the series. As with the previous installments, the game's two distinguishing features are rotating power-ups (which must be collected at specific moments to change the aiming direction of the ship's weapons), and the ability to quickly dash with the ship, evading enemy fire. A new feature is a special bar that can be charged up, resulting in a powerful attack that sends two homing missiles towards the enemies."
27912,Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2,"C&C:RA2, Command & Conquer: Alarmstufe Rot 2, Command & Conquer: Alerte Rouge 2",2000,8.0,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Alternate history, Asia, Europe, North America, Sci-fi / futuristic","Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 takes place approximately two decades since the first Red Alert and, unlike the original, has no relation at all to the Tiberium universe. It is a conventional real-time strategy game which, in terms of gameplay, still faithfully continues the Dune / Command & Conquer lineage. Although the Western Allies have installed a lackey as the Premier of the Soviet Union, their spies and relevant contacts suddenly go silent with the appearance of a powerful Soviet psychic named Yuri, who turns out to be Premier Romanov's advisor. Soon afterwards, the Soviet Union launches an overwhelming invasion on North America and Europe on land, air, and sea. As is usual, the player joins the Allied or Soviet side in the singleplayer campaign (with 12 missions for each faction) as of that point in the storyline. Whereas the technology level in the original Red Alert had World War II and Cold War-era weapons mixed with a few technologies inspired by failed real-world experiments, the arsenals of both sides in Red Alert 2 predominantly include technologically advanced units and structures such as teleporting Chrono Legionnaires, chain-connecting Prism towers, cloning vats, weather control devices, etc. However, the storyline's tone is considerably more light-hearted than that in previous Command & Conquer games, and following in the footsteps of Tiberian Sun more known actors were brought to act in the full-motion video cutscenes. The game uses a modified and optimized engine from Tiberian Sun and expands the gameplay in multiple ways. Both factions are completely distinct both functionally and visually, civilian structures can be garrisoned by each faction's basic infantry unit for increased firepower and rate of fire, the Allied IFV is included as the first customizable unit in the series (which can change its weapon and function based on the carried infantry unit), and there are neutral ""tech"" structures which bring bonuses to the players who capture them (e.g. oil derricks bring a small but frequent flow of income, airports allow deployment of paratroopers...). Like in the original Red Alert factions are split into countries (5 Allied countries, 4 Soviet ones) in skirmish and multiplayer, but instead of having hidden production bonuses, each country has a unique unit, structure or support power that the others do not have access to. Aside from the aforementioned main singleplayer campaign, there is a vast number of skirmish/multiplayer maps, short co-op campaigns, and the return of the World Domination Tour multiplayer mode (unavailable in LAN) which was adapted from the Firestorm expansion for Tiberian Sun"
27917,Zaxxon 3-D,Zaxxon 3D,1987,6.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Zaxxon 3-D is, as the title implies, a three-dimensional variant of the arcade game Zaxxon Like most games of its kind, the backdrop is set in space. The first part of the battle is spent shooting down opposing fighters, snagging more powerful weapons, speed power-ups and fuel. Not only do you have to worry about the enemy, your fuel is working against you as well. The second part of the battle is to grab fuel and take out ground forces through a 3D corridor and dodging walls. The final part of the battle is the end boss."
27923,James Bond 007,"007, James Bond",1984,5.3,Action,Arcade,,"In James Bond 007 you control James Bond in his multi purpose craft. This craft can travel on both land and sea, can jump over danger, or fire at enemies on the many different levels. Each horizontally scrolling level in the game is loosely based on a different James Bond movie. The levels included are Diamonds Are Forever, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, and For Your Eyes Only. Each level has a variety of enemies trying to destroy you, and a unique goal that must be accomplished to continue on (for example, you may have to land on a hidden oil rig to stop Seraffino, or find Stromberg's undersea laboratory and destroy it). If you can complete all the missions, you win the game! Good luck, Mr. Bond."
27924,Imperialism,"Imperialismus: Die hohe Kunst der Weltherrschaft, Impérialisme : À la Conquête du monde",1997,7.6,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Historical events,"A turn-based strategy game about the imperialistic expansionism of the 18th and 19th century. Unlike many 'conquer the world' games, the sole emphasis isn't on military conquest. Imperialism promotes victory through a combination of methods, including the relatively unique notion of exploiting underdeveloped nations and expanding your territories through military, political, and economic means. You play a major world power. The New World beckons with promises of riches that can fund your wars against your long term rivals. Your goal is to expand your influence as far as you can in these new territories and use the resources there to become the dominant force in the world. Gameplay takes place on a world map, where you maneuver your strategic units to build, explore, or develop your empire. Combat takes place on its own turn-based battlefield. A number of other screens allow you to manage your economic and diplomatic stances and set your production and trade levels."
27928,Dark Ages: Volume 1 - Prince of Destiny,,1991,5.9,Action,Platform,,"You are the prince and heir to the land's greatest kingdom. Garth, a wizard of immense power and greed, banished you as a child to far away while he ran the kingdom with an iron hand. As you grew, you were taught the ways of a master fighter. And you learned well. Return to your kindgom to end Garth's rule!"
27947,Shadow Watch,,2000,6.7,Strategy / tactics,"Stealth, Turn-based tactics (TBT)",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Shadow Watch is a turn-based tactical strategy game set in a near future world of international intrigue. The player has access to six characters, each of which has special skills. The game is played in a series of missions with each mission having a different goal, such as the stealthy retrieval of secret documents or the extermination of an enemy force. Although it is often compared to Jagged Alliance and X-COM Shadow Watch is only vaguely similar to those games. It has a unique action point system where all actions take the same number of action points but action point may be gained by events such as being shot or seeing an enemy. The game also features a morale system where if a character's action points go above their morale score they go berserk and become controlled by the computer until they can calm down. Also unlike the other games mentioned, Shadow Watch does not allow you to pick up weapons from fallen enemies. Instead, each character has predefined weapons and skills which make you use each character differently."
27949,Liverpool: The Computer Game,Liverpool,1992,6.5,Sports,Arcade,,"In 1992, Liverpool FC had been the UK's leading club for most of the previous 30 years, although their FA Cup success that year proved to be their last major trophy for nearly a decade. Arc Developments' licensed game features a third-person 3D view similar to Striker with a small area of the screen in detail at a time, although there is also a scanner to view where players are on the full pitch. Playing as Liverpool, you can play either the full season, single matches, a 2-player friendly, or the FA Cup in season. Each Liverpool player has a full profile (although they all look the same on the pitch, and are all depicted as white), and the formation and team lineup can be chosen. The ball roughly sticks to your foot, and player control is transferred to the player nearest to the ball by tapping fire, even if he is not close enough to the ball to be in view. Tapping fire as the ball comes to you will attempt a one-touch pass in the direction the joystick is pointing. Unusually, aftertouch is optional."
27955,Starshot: Space Circus Fever,"Starshot: Paniek in het Space Circus, Starshot: Panik im Space Circus, Starshot: Panique Au Space Circus",1998,6.6,Action,Platform,,"The space circus is heavily in debt, and it's up to Starshot to get the circus going, before the entire place is blown sky high by Wolfgang von Ravel and his robot clan. There are seven large levels in total to go through, with Starshot's many different skills needed to complete each task."
27958,Impact Racing,,1996,6.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,"With disregard for a background story, Funcom Dublin offers a Wipeout -esque mix of racing and driving at a very fast pace. Completing laps within the allotted time does not suffice, you also need to destroy a certain amount of vehicles. Contrary to the aforementioned title, you drive ordinary racing cars, if you count out the mounted weapons. These include mines, concussion missiles, smart bombs, heat-seeking missiles, lasers and firewalls. Some are provided by taking out enemies, but power-ups, time bonuses, energy, armor and a handicap that turns the screen upside-down, can also be collected. Five cars are available, with different statistics and built-in weapons. The initially weak weapon is soon replaced when you collect upgrade icons. To activate these, you have to complete a bonus stage after which you can also save your game. To add to the game's length, each of the twelve tracks, based on the settings ""city"", ""mountain"" or ""space"", has three variations: reverse, at night or the combination of the two. Other features include a small diagram showing approaching cars to time your mines, and pumping electronic tracks to match the game's pace."
27960,Air Buster,Aero Blasters,1990,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Air Buster is a fast side-scrolling shooter. The player controls a small craft through different levels with many enemies. Every level ends with a boss and some sections speed up the gameplay, offering fast obstacle courses both horizontally and vertically scrolling. Flying orange pods release many power-ups at once, enhancing the ships with new or more powerful lasers, wing men and shields. The player can also hold the fire key to charge a blast that removes all enemy bullets from the screen and deals damage to all enemies. With an unforgiving difficulty, every hit is fatal, but the game can be continued from any point as long as there are lives and credits left. The game can be played with two players cooperatively."
27961,Eight Ball Deluxe,,1993,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Pinball",,The game is based on the original Eight Ball Deluxe pinball machine by Bally from 1981. With support to high resolutions (1024x768) it only includes one pinball game. As special features the player can change the voltage levels and an un-common magnet ball option that allows guiding the ball and discovering the different combos for a best score.
27964,Trog!,,1990,7.1,Action,Arcade,,"Long ago, back in the days of cavemen and dinosaurs, there was a land called Og. In this land, hungry one-eyed cavemen, called Trogs, loved the taste of eggs. However, four Dino-Mites, Spike, Bloop, Rex and Gwen, were determined to rescue the eggs from certain doom! Up to four (or just Spike and Bloop in the home conversions) can play in a race to gather up the Trog eggs as quickly as possible. The first player to get all eggs of their colour wins the round. Of course, Trogs also love the taste of Dino meat, and will use cavemen inventions such as fire and the wheel to catch them and gobble them up! Luckily, the Dinos can fight back - eating a pineapple will turn them into a monstrous T-Rex that can chow down on Trogs, while a hot tamale lets them breathe fire."
27965,Super Fantasy Zone,,1992,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The next-gen sequel to Fantasy Zone Super Fantasy Zone starts as a strange gravitational force appears in the Menon planet, home of the evil Menon empire and thus a new threat looms over the Fantasy Zone. In a sudden strike by the Menon forces O-Papa, Opa-Opa's father, is fatally wounded. Thus Opa-Opa once again sets forth to destroy the Menon empire and avenge his father. Gameplay is identical to the previous games, you control Opa-Opa on a freely scrolling 2D game world and you must seek and destroy all the enemy generators in each level in classic arcade shooter fashion and then face a boss fight. Upon successful completion of a level, you get to spend the coins you collected on it at an upgrade shop, fitting your ship with better weapons and upgrades, and then you head out for the next level. Small changes in gameplay include the removal of the automatic orientation control as in the Game Gear Fantasy Zone, expanded control mapping that takes advantage of the Mega Drive's extra buttons, and more weapons and items to upgrade your ship with."
27968,Caverns of Eriban,,1985,6.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are the pilot of a mine supply ship and it is your task to deliver supplies to various amount of subterranean mining depots scattered deep in the Caverns of Eriban Picking up five supplies and re-fuelling your ship on one of five landing strips on the surface at the entrance to the caverns, you must negotiate the passages to deliver your goods. As you explore the caverns looking for the depots you must avoid or shoot various obstacles and if you touch these obstacles or the walls then you lose one of eight lives. You also need to take account of the momentum of the craft as you move it with the joystick. The depots are represented by a small tower and each has a flashing light with red indicating it requires supplies while green means it's has supplies. You land your ship on a small landing strip next to the tower but land too fast and the ship is destroyed. Once you have delivered five supplies or your fuel is getting low then you have to make your way back to the surface and pick up five more to deliver."
27973,T2: Terminator 2 - Judgment Day,,1993,5.4,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"One of the several games based on the eponymous movie. The player controls the T-800 terminator, a cyborg from the future, who travels to the year 1995 to protect John Connor, the future leader of the human resistance against machines, from being killed by another terminator, the highly advanced model T-1000. This adaptation of the movie is essentially a side-scrolling action game, with both melee combat and shooting; there are also driving sequences between the side-scrolling levels, which mainly consists of avoiding pursuers and safely arriving to the next destination. T-800's default weapon is a pistol, but he can later acquire other weapons such as a shotgun, a mini-gun, etc. The ""good terminator"" can also use kicks and punches to dispose of the enemies. As in the movie, T-1000 appears frequently and must be fought and incapacitated, but can not be permanently killed until the ending part. Another objective the player must complete is collecting various robotic parts that could lead to a construction of a new terminator. These parts must be sought out and destroyed, to make this new technique impossible."
27988,Deep Fear,,1998,7.7,Action,Survival horror,Sci-fi / futuristic,"All contact is lost with a submarine on a routine mission which then crashes into an underwater facility. The occupants of the underwater facility are ordered to board the submarine and find out what went wrong. On board the vessel, strange things are happening which are taking control of the crew. The crew are mutating due to an alien parasite and members of the search team have to figure out what is happening and how to stop it! The game is played via a third person view which is just behind the character and you look over his shoulder. The game is based underwater in a submarine so the developers have added a claustrophobic feeling by giving some areas a limited amount of air so you have to run through to activate the air circulation system. Controls are your typical Resident Evil style which is you pull the Right shoulder button to draw your gun, your d-pad to aim and then a button to shoot. Along your journey of the submarine, you will need to find objects such as keycards to unlock doors and better weapons."
27991,Wheel of Fortune,,1998,6.7,Puzzle,"Game show / trivia / quiz, Word construction",,"The long running game show hits the PC. All the areas of the show are here to play, including all of the prizes, 2000 puzzles and plenty of FMV of lovely hostess Vanna White. There is a new version of the game also available, where you are given a certain amount of free spin disks. If you choose the wrong letter, or land on 'lose a turn' or 'bankrupt', you lose one of the disks. Once you run out, the game is over."
27993,Skidmarks,,1993,7.9,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"The first instalment in the Skidmarks series is a slightly-from-above racer for one or two players in the vein of Super Sprint There are four different cars to choose from: a rally sports car, a high-wheeled muscle car, a monster truck and a buggy. There are two sets of six tracks each, each track measuring roughly three by two screens in size. Apart from the usual simultaneous two-player option, where both play on the same computer, there is a (null) modem link option, allowing four players to compete at the same time. Additionally, messages can be sent via the serial line, so as to taunt the opposing team. Depending on the available memory, there are either one, two or four kinds of cars partaking in the race. An additional AGA enhancement disk, for Amiga 1200 and 4000 systems, updates the game to use sub-pixel scrolling and makes the sprites high resolution with greater colour depth."
27996,Noctropolis,,1994,7.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Peter Grey is a lonely bookstore owner who also happens to be a huge fan of the ""Darksheer"" comic book series. Darksheer is a Batman-esque superhero: one who doesn't have any actual superpowers, triumphing over evil thanks to his inventiveness and courage. Together with his partner Stiletto, a former supervillain converted to the side of the good guys, he is the sworn protector of Noctropolis, a city where it's always night time because of a permanent ash cloud that hangs over it, the result of a volcanic environmental catastrophe which occurred decades before. One night, as Peter is leafing through the newest issue of ""Darksheer"" to hit the stands, a courier brings him a package which eventually transports him into the city of Noctropolis, where he has to take the role of Darksheer himself. Coincidentally enough, his arrival as Darksheer occurs at the same time as five of the superhero's deadliest arch-villains decide to gang up on him after they are mysteriously released from incarceration. It turns out that the real Darksheer had disappeared several weeks prior to Peter's arrival. It's up to the unlikely hero to find out who released the criminals, while simultaneously trying to keep them from wreaking havoc across the city of Noctropolis - and maybe, in the process, find a way back to the real world. Noctropolis is a puzzle-solving adventure game, with game mechanics similar to Sierra and LucasArts titles belonging to the same genre. Controlling Peter, the player has to interact with characters and objects, manipulate inventory items, solve puzzles and overcome the obstacles the main character will have to face to advance the story. The game has a verb-based menu interface that appears if the player right-clicks on the screen. It features live actors filmed over digitized graphics; many conversations and cutscenes are displayed as short movies shown inside a smaller screen."
27999,Hind,"HIИD, Hind: The Russian Combat Helicopter Simulation",1996,7.6,Simulation,,,"Hind is a simulation of the Soviet Mi-24 helicopter (codenamed ""Hind"" by NATO and nicknamed ""Flying Tank"" by Soviet troops), and the followup to Apache It features most of the same options, including the ability to change between realistic or more arcade-ish controls by reducing roll, adding unlimited ammo or make the Hind indestructible. Gameplay was changed to fit the differences between the fast and maneuverable Apache and the slow and rock-solid Hind. Instead of relying on speed, Hind pilots must be prepared to take all openings possible to attack and focus on avoiding missile fire (as the hull can take machine gun and even cannon rounds happily). Several viewpoints are available, from pilot or gunner to several external views. There are three campaigns, Kazakhstan (where you face a similarly-equipped enemy, pro-independence rebels), Afghanistan (the Mujaheddin, mostly foot soldiers armed with machine guns, rockets and the odd AAA but in a very hilly terrain) and Korea, where you can skirmish against American equipment. Campaign missions range from fixed target destruction (such as a bunker or a fuel depot), troop deployment (or evacuation), attacks on enemy positions or even lasing a target for the MiGs. There are day, night and foggy missions, where you have to rely just on instruments for navigation, making pre-mission planning (you can edit the flight plan to include more waypoints, or move them to go round or over a mountain, for instance) more important. Each campaign includes 10 scenarios that can be played by their own, along several training missions (which are crucial to get the most of the helicopter). Netplay is included, and given the similarities between Hind and Apache, owners of each game can go head to head together."
28000,Popeye no Eigo Asobi,,1983,6.3,"Action, Educational, Puzzle","Platform, Word construction",,"This game aims to help younger Japanese speaking children learn some English vocabulary words. The game features Popeye the Sailorman, Bluto, Olive Oyl, and Swee'Pea, plus two locations from the game Popeye The game modes included are Word Puzzle A, Word Puzzle B, and Word Catcher. In Word Puzzle A, players first choose from one of six categories. The categories are animal, country, food, sports, science, and others. Olive Oyl will then select a word of random length from the selected category for Popeye to solve. Popeye solves the hidden word by punching letters, with the correct letters helping fill in the hidden word while incorrect guesses let Bluto knock into a suspended basket which holds Swee'Pea. If too many incorrect guesses are made Swee'Pea falls down and Popeye loses a round to Bluto. If Popeye fills in the word correctly before that happens, Popeye wins the round. Whoever (Popeye or Bluto) wins the most rounds out of ten wins Olive Oyl's love. There is also a question mark symbol, that when hit solves the puzzle automatically but also has the consequence of the player automatically losing that round. Word Puzzle B is basically played the same way as Word Puzzle A is, with the exception that in B, the Japanese translation of that word isn't displayed in Katakana like it is in A. So mode B is meant for those who have honed their English to a higher degree. Word Catcher is a game mode for two players. Popeye and Bluto are tasked with catching English alphabet letters which are being tossed down from Olive Oyl. They must catch the letters in the correct order, so that they will spell out a translation of one of three Japanese words that are displayed. Each correct word spelled wins the player a round. Whoever wins five rounds first wins Olive Oyl."
28002,Wild Woody,,1995,5.4,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"An adventurer named Dusty returns home with an enchanted Totem Pole. Due to an assortment of rare events, the spirits of the Totem have been freed and they have created a bizarre parallel universe that can devour the world. Lowman, the ""head"" of the Totem, needs some ""muscle"" as he calls it, to bring them back. He finds a pencil on the desk and makes it come to life. The pencil tells Lowman to call him Woody, WILLLLLLLLD Woody. Lowman explains what has happened with his Totem brothers and now Woody goes into the parallel universe, dimension by dimension, and rounds up Lowman's Totem brothers. In this game, you destroy your enemies by jumping on top of them and Woody can also wipe them out with his eraser. You can erase certain walls to get through them and you can also erase boxes that most of the time teleport if you press down. Other boxes contain items. You also can sketch things and they will come to life, but you can only do this twice because Woody shrinks very quickly from doing this. There are also power-ups that make you grow again."
28007,Yoshi's Cookie,Yoshi no Cookie,1992,7.2,Puzzle,"Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle",,"Yoshi's Cookie is a fast-paced puzzle game. The player moves randomly placed cookies into rows and columns of cookies with similar patterns. When a row or column of the same cookies is successfully assembled, the line will disappear, and the player can begin to work on a new row or column. The ""Yoshi"" cookie is very special in both the 1-player and the 2-player game. Since this cookie is the key to both games, it should be used wisely. The SNES version has an additional puzzle mode where players have to clear the game board in a limited number of moves. There are 100 unique puzzles in this mode."
28011,MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head: Little Thingies,,1996,6.2,Strategy / tactics,,,"A collection of mini-games to run under Windows, including four - ""Court Chaos"", ""Bug Justice"", ""Hock-A-Loogie"", and ""Air Guitar"" - taken from the adventure game 'Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity', and three new games - ""Thank You Drive Through"", ""Wrecked 'Em Ball"", and ""Change It"". ""Thank You Drive Through"" sees the mischievous morons at work at Burger World, having to feed all the customers as quickly as possible, before the que gets too long. ""Wrecked 'Em Ball"" has Beavis catching various snacks from an old ware-house while avoiding falling debris and the occasionally swinging bulldozer ball. ""Change It"" sees the pair in front of 9 TV sets, and having to change all of the channels to ""something cool"" within the time limit. ""Court Chaos"" is set on a tennis court, firing tennis to shoot down opponents who will do the same to you if you don't hit them in time. ""Bug Justice"" has the twisted twosome using a magnifying glass to try and burn ants before they take off with their stash of candy on the floor. In ""Hock-A-Loogie"", you play as either Beavis or Butt-head, standing on top of the high-school roof, ""hocking loogies"" (spitting) at the Principal and various other passing targets. And in ""Air Guitar"", you can select one of several sound styles and play songs in the gruesome twosome's own unique, tuneless tones. The game’s are accompanied by various quips and comments from the dim-witted duo, as recorded by creator Mike Judge."
28013,Castles,,1991,7.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation",Medieval,"Build a series of castles to gain dominion over all the land. You'll have to make decisions that will affect your favor with the Church, nobles, and peasants. Keep a strong military and a large workforce while watching the level of your treasury."
28020,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist,"Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Return of the Shredder",1992,7.7,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"The Turtles' nemesis Shredder has acquired the Hyperstone from Dimension X, and is using its powers to shrink down the city buildings. He threatens to take over the world and challenges the Turtles to deny him, and so the turtles head out to beat the guy once more. A standard Ninja Turtles beat-em-up action game."
28021,Xeno,,1986,7.0,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Xeno is a futuristic sport resembling Air Hockey Each of the two players (the second being either human or computer controlled) controls a ground skimmer, which is aiming to hit a puck so as to knock it into their opponent's goal. This is done in a turn-based manner, in which each player controls a movement line which sets up their intended move before it is enacted. The arena is surrounded by walls, so rebounds (of both the puck and the skimmers) have to be factored into your shot selection. You are not required to hit the puck with a shot, so some shots can be defensive-minded. You can toggle between 1 and 9 seconds for the shot time, and between 1 and 9 minutes for the length of each of the four quarters."
28022,Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity,Valhalla 1,1994,6.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"You are the rightful heir to the Throne of the Kingdom of Infinity, but the evil Lords of Infinity have taken over and made a mess of the land. You must go after them and retrieve your birthright. The game is a top-down adventure using a joystick- and icon-based control system. When you walk up to an object you wish to investigate, press fire to gain access to the icons at the bottom of the screen, with which you can look at, pick up or use an object. There are also people who will talk to you. And I mean 'talk' - the game is full of speech for every action, including your character saying things such as ""There's nothing here"" and ""I can't do that"" in response to each instruction. Each level has one disk's worth of speech, and there's no disk swapping during the game. The level designs include hidden holes in the floor, but there are maps to locate these."
28023,Sensible World of Soccer: European Championship Edition,Sensible World of Soccer '95/'96 - European Championship Edition,1995,8.1,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,Sensible World of Soccer: European Championship Edition is an updated release of Sensible World of Soccer '95/'96 The only changes are updated team rosters and the pre-set European Championship of 1996 with the correct groups. The new Golden Goal rule is not included. The PC CD version also adds spoken match commentary.
28031,Track Meet,"Litti's Summer Sports, Track Meet: Mezase! Barcelona",1991,6.9,"Action, Sports",,,"Track Meet offers players seven different Olympic-style competitions to compete in. Competitions include a 100 meter sprint, Hurdles, Javelin Throw, Pole Vault, Long Jump, Discus Throw, and Weight Lifting. Players have to compete with five different competitors in each event in order to win the world championship. Each competitor has different strengths and weaknesses and each have their own way in how they compete in each event. Each event awards the player points based on how well they performed. The goal is to have more points then your opponent after all the events are completed. The game also lets the player practice each event and also offers a mode for two players to compete against each other through the Game Link cable."
28037,Phantasy Star Collection,Sega Ages: Phantasy Star Collection,1998,7.5,Compilation,,,This compilation includes the following games: The Saturn version contains Phantasy Star: The End of the Millennium as well.
28040,Bomberman GB,Bomberman GB 2,1995,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Bomberman is on the hunt for treasure and must bomb his way through 48 levels of caves and beasts. Use Bomberman's bombs to create paths through the caves to the exits, while dodging a range of different enemies, each with a different ability to stop Bomberman. After completing a certain amount of levels and beating the end of area boss, Bomberman will learn a new ability, such as more powerful bombs, using a whip to move the bomb into place, and many more. Apart from the Story mode, you can also play classic 4 player Bomberman using the link cable."
28041,Battle Monsters,,1995,4.5,Action,"Fighting, Platform",,"Try to gain control of the underworld in Battle Monsters You must choose from a variety of monsters, and then enter one-on-one combat. Twelve characters are available (from a human/bird hybrid to a headless creature) with each having its own set of special moves, like juggling opponents in the air, and pit monster against monster. Fight through several different places where each level's background is made up of multiple levels, allowing combatants to jump from one platform to another with two attack buttons and two jump buttons controlling the action."
28047,Brigade Commander,,1991,6.6,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"Brigade Commander is a 2D top down real-time hex-based tactical strategy game. The player is commander of a tank brigade (and several other types of vehicles, each vehicle are based on the real-life counterpart). The player commands units in the fight against computer opponents by using several commands: move/stop movement, attack/cease fire, or combine units. Each type of vehicle has own statistics. The game is based on scenarios - each scenario has its own story. It also has a build-in editor and special data-disk with new scenarios."
28053,G-Police,,1997,7.7,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"After a violent interstellar resource war, mega-corporations seize power from the remnants of Earth's governments and lead humanity's way into the colonization of space. The last vestige of central authority is in the form of the G-Police (Government Police); an independent agency tasked with keeping order in the colonies. You play as rookie Jeff Slater - a former military pilot going undercover at the G-Police squadron on Callisto, in the hopes of finding the truth behind your sister's sudden death. G-Police is an arcade-style helicopter shooter set inside the colony domes on Callisto. You pilot a futuristic close-air-support gunship, and are tasked with engaging ground and air enemies as you uncover a sinister corporate plot. Your ship can hover and turn in a VTOL mode, fire weapons outfitted before each mission, and lock on to objects in the world to both track enemies and scan suspicious cargo. Missions require you to navigate through the skyscrapers and billboards of the various city districts, and complete a number of objectives updated through radio contact with headquarters. There are thirty-six missions to complete."
28054,Last Action Hero,,1993,5.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",Platform,,"The 1993 action/comedy/fantasy film Last Action Hero received a unique adaptation for portable systems. Like other versions the game combines side-scrolling action and driving, but has unique levels and gameplay mechanics. The bulk of the game consists of side-scrolling platforming. The player controls action hero Jack Slater who has to find the level exit before the timer runs out. Standing in his way are the occasional bad guy, of which there are only two standard varieties: one is armed with a gun and rolling bombs, the other with a baseball bat. Slater can defeat them with punches or roundhouse kicks. Other obstacles can only be overcome by using special items, with the item available depending on the level. There are fire extinguishers, keys, bombs and upward-launching rockets. To get an item, Slater must collect a number of movie tickets flying in the air. Two of the game's levels are driving-based. Seen from the top, the player controls Slater's car and must again reach the level end before the timer runs out. To do so, a turbo boost must be acquired (for a large jump or higher top speed), again by collecting movie tickets. Some tickets are floating above the road, others can only be acquired by ramming other cars and collecting them from the wreckage. Only the Game Gear version includes a small section recreating the ""chicken"" scenes from the film: Slater's and the bad guy's car are situated head-to-head and the player must mash buttons to survive the following head-on collision. The game also includes a few boss fights against a helicopter and the movie villain The Ripper."
28058,Kick Off 3: European Challenge,,1994,6.8,Sports,,,"Kick Off 3: European Challenge is an updated version of Kick Off 3 Whereas the original game only featured national teams, this version allows the player to take control of all club teams from the top divisions of five European countries: England, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. For each country a league or a cup can be played and there is also a European cup with teams from all countries as well as individual friendlies. The European cup and friendlies also allow the player to select teams from other countries. For copyright reasons, all player names are misspelled (for example Barcelona features Rommario, Haggi and Coeman). The names can however be edited. There are also some changes to the gameplay. This includes changes to the control systems to make it playable with a one button joystick (on Amiga) and new sound effects (for example when goals are scored) and improved graphics with more animations. Another addition is special key players that bring special playing styles to their sides."
28060,Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders,,1996,7.8,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders is the expanded version of the original Heretic retail release with the addition of two new episodes. This gives Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders a total of five episodes compared to the original Heretic 's three episodes (and a single episode for the shareware release). Owners of the original Heretic are able to download a free patch which will update the game to the Shadow of the Serpent Riders ' full five episodes. Your world has been ravaged by the three Serpent Riders from the Abyss. Afterwards two of the Riders have left, while one, D'Sparil remains to oversee the oppression. It is your duty, as the Heretic, to destroy this demon. Heretic is the first game in the Heretic/Hexen franchise. Here begins Raven's tradition of taking id's latest game engines, improving on them, and using them in a fantasy game. For Heretic, the Doom engine was used. The Raven team enhanced the engine with the addition of an inventory system, the ability to look up and down, and the ability to fly, along with some lesser features such as powerful wind currents. Not counting the inventory, the core gameplay that made Doom such a hit remained the same."
28063,Half-Life,"Bantiao Ming, Hλlf-Life",1998,8.7,Action,Shooter,"North America, Sci-fi / futuristic","The Black Mesa Research Facility is an ultra-secret laboratory under a government contract to conduct top-secret and extremely volatile experiments. The scientist Gordon Freeman is a Black Mesa employee. One morning, as usual, he pits his way to the research facility for a run-of-the-mill experiment. However, Gordon comes to realize that it might not be as ordinary as he thought. Odd things happen as he makes his way to one of the Black Mesa test chambers. Even stranger things happen when he begins to move the test sample towards the anti-mass spectrometer. At that moment, everything goes horribly wrong. Aliens from the dimension Xen suddenly invade the facility, injuring or killing many of the employees. Soon afterwards, marines arrive to contain the situation by killing the aliens as well as the surviving human witnesses. Gordon understands what that means: he will have to fight his way through both aliens and marines to get to the top of the Black Mesa complex and to freedom. The story of Half-Life is told entirely in-game: everything is seen through the eyes of the protagonist. Most story elements unfold via scripted sequences, triggered by the player reaching a certain area. If other characters have information to reveal, they address Gordon directly. The Black Mesa complex in the game is made up of both distinct levels which progress in a linear fashion as well as hubs where backtracking may be required to unlock further areas. The game's weapon arsenal mostly consists of realistic weapons like pistols, machine guns and explosives, but there are also futuristic energy weapons developed at Black Mesa as well as organic weapons acquired from the invading aliens. Most weapons feature an alternate firing mode. Enemies fall into two categories: aliens and human soldiers. While most of the aliens are not very bright, the humans display some relatively advanced artificial intelligence: they seek cover, retreat when hit and try to drive the player from his cover by throwing grenades. Some of the alien enemies cannot be killed by normal means. The environment must be used against them instead, going with a general tendency of the game to alternate the combat with environmental puzzles. As of the 25th Anniversary Update from 17 November 2023, the Steam version of Half-Life includes content from Half-Life: Uplink as well as sprays and maps from Half-Life: Further Data V.1"
28064,Countdown Vampires,,1999,5.9,Action,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror",,"Keith J. Snyder is a policeman hired to provide security for a new horror-themed casino called the Desert Moon. Suddenly a fire breaks out and a mysterious black liquid starts to pour out of the water sprinklers, turning people into vampires. Now Keith must find his way out of the casino and also try saving as many people as he can while trying to figure out what caused the transforming black liquid from happening. The game involves shooting the vampires with an anesthetic dart gun and then sprinkling them with white water to turn them back to the normal humans they once were. The player can also choose to kill them instead of saving them by shooting the vampires with lethal weapons. There are also other types of enemies, such as vampire bats, that must be killed also. The usual survival horror conventions appear here such as item boxes,droves of enemies, keys to locate, and puzzles which require searching for items to solve them. There are minigames set in a casino, like roulette and slot machines. The money won in these games can be used to buy food and drinks, the in-game recovery items."
28071,Putt-Putt Joins the Circus,"Bip-Bip Vystupaet v Cirke, Pouce-Pouce 4 - Découvre le Cirque, Putt-Putt 4 - In het Circus, Töff-Töff geht zum Zirkus",2000,8.0,"Adventure, Educational","Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Mini-games, Puzzle elements, Tile matching puzzle",,"In this Junior Adventure for kids 3-8, the circus has arrived in Apple Valley and owner Mr. Sweeney has asked Putt-Putt to get his 5 circus acts ready. There's Ivan the Semi-Strong Van, who needs his special energy drink mixed up; there's the leaky pool that Francine the high diver needs fixed; there's Eunice the Unicycle who needs her umbrella for the high wire act. There's also other folks around, such as Phillipe the Flea, Bette Bandwagon, Katie Cannonball and the Flying Porkowskis to name a few. All can use some help. And there's plenty of locations to explore and things to click on. There's also 5 mini-games - Clown Table (the ""Mr Potatohead"" game), Magic Cards (concentration), the arcade game Peanut Gallery (tossing peanuts to cars moving across the screen), Pie Toss Arena (360 degrees of target practice tossing) and the arcady Titanic Trampoline, which is kind of a vertical (bouncing) scroller where Putt bounces up multiple screen levels, popping balloons for points. Some of the in-game puzzles vary each time you start a new game. The Help file includes info on getting past the puzzles, too. The game allows multiple saves, using pictures as well as text for preschoolers."
28072,FIFA Soccer 97,"FIFA 97, FIFA 97: Gold Edition",1996,7.4,Sports,,,"This iteration of the FIFA lineage includes commentary from John Motson with summaries from Andy Gray, with the between-match sections covered by Des Lynam. All player moves are from David Ginola using the MotionBlending technology. Full interactive replays are included. You can play a league or cup tournament, and practice your skills before playing. The game can be tailored to action or simulation style, with fouls, injuries and offsides available to toggle on or off. This version also includes a 6 vs 6 indoor play mode, and various multiplayer options"
28073,Hercules: The Legendary Journeys,,2000,6.0,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Ares, Hercules' brother, forms a plan to dethrone Zeus with the help of Hera. Zeus mysteriously disappears, and a struggle for power corrupts the immortal realm. The Gods, unaware of the true nature of the disturbance, flee to the mortal realm in a search to find the reason for the turmoil. Hercules, a man whose strength is like nothing ever seen, is the only one who can save the world, both mortal and immortal, and his father from certain doom. Take control of the legendary hero as you travel around the land in search of Zeus, and to stop Ares from completing his plan. Based on the TV series of the same name, you can also take control of fellow heroes Iolaus and Serena, each with abilities that aid Hercules' task."
28074,Pharaoh,"Farao, Faraon, Faraó, Faraón, Pharao, Pharaon",1999,7.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation",Egypt (Ancient),"Pharaoh is a single-player historical city-building simulation game. In the game you step into the role of a family lineage that rises through the eras of ancient Egypt, with the ultimate goal of becoming the Pharaoh. Beginning in the Predynastic era, you establish settlements beside the Nile, oversee your descendants through dynastic shifts, and gradually build your way up until your title and emblem live on in the monuments you erect. The campaign frames these challenges as your family’s legacy: from humble village beginnings to grand capital-city ambitions. The core gameplay revolves around resource management, city planning, and societal infrastructure. You zone housing for immigrants, set up farms and irrigation on floodplains, and build workshops, markets and trade routes to generate wealth. Housing demands evolve: citizens expect access to goods, services, entertainment, and religion. When demands are met, homes upgrade in appearance and value. Failure to plan the layout or supply chain can lead to unemployment, shortages or civil unrest. As your city grows, you also manage more advanced systems: industrial production chains, foreign trade (imports and exports of raw materials or finished goods), taxation and finance, and the provision of infrastructure like roads, docks and storage yards. Beyond civilian concerns, there are military and disaster-elements: some campaign missions include enemy incursions, civil rebellions or natural hazards such as fires or Nile floods, requiring the deployment of troops, walls or fire stations to protect your populace. A distinguishing feature of Pharaoh is the monument-building mechanic: grand structures such as the Step Pyramid, Great Pyramid, Sphinx or Lighthouse are built over multiple stages, demanding large volumes of stone, labour and logistics and providing prestige and scoring when completed. The artificial “walker” system carries goods and people through your city in real time, giving life to your urban layouts. Five Egyptian gods (Ra, Bast, Osiris, Ptah and Seth) each focus on domains such as agriculture, industry or war, and temples or rituals must be maintained to keep divine favour. Free-build scenarios and campaign choice allow you to pick missions with varying focus (peaceful growth vs. military conquest) and difficulty. A map editor and scenario editor were added via patch and expansion. Pharaoh does not feature multiplayer."
28079,The Power,,1991,7.2,Puzzle,,,"The Power is a puzzle game with similarities to Atomix : The player takes the role of the blob Max who has to collect all hearts divided over the level and then go to his girlfriend Mimi; all within a time limit. However, when Max starts walking into one direction, he only stops when he touches a block. The player also has access to certain blocks of three colours which can be moved with the same rules as Max, but when blocks with a certain colour combination crash against each other (e.g. a moving red onto a green) they vaporize. The game features two playing modes, arcade and tactic, with the basic difference that the arcade mode scrolls and the tactics mode fits each level in one screen. Only the Amiga version has the split-screen multiplayer mode in which two players try to solve a level first. The level editor is not present in the C64 cassette version."
28082,Colony Wars III: Red Sun,"Colony Wars: El Sol Rojo, Colony Wars: Red Sun",2000,8.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Red Sun is the third in Psygnosis' Star Wars inspired ""Colony Wars"" saga. This time around you follow the personal quest of Valdmar a miner who gets caught up in the wars between the League and the Navy after meeting the enigmatic ""General"" in a series of mysterious dreams."
28090,Dynasty Warriors 2,"Shin Sangoku Musō, Zhen Sanguo Wushuang",2000,6.7,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Hack and slash","China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events","Play as one of nine generals in this action packed 3D fighting, combat strategy and simulation game based in the second century AD China. China is torn with internal civil conflict as the 400 year Han Dynasty comes to an end. Try and unite the country during the Yellow Turban wars. You control a character, on foot and mounted on horse back, as you fight against thousands of enemies in a 3D world."
28091,Video Chess,"Chess, Computer Chess",1979,5.1,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Chess",,"This is an early home chess game. The standard U. S. chess rules are used in this game. To move a piece, place the X on the board onto the piece to be moved then press the red button. Next, move the X to where you want the piece to go and press the button again. If the move is illegal, the 2600 will give a warning sound and not make the move. To castle your king, the king and rook must not have been moved. You move your king two squares in the direction of the rook to castle with. The 2600 will then automatically move your rook around your king, completing the move. You cannot castle out of check and you cannot castle to the king's side if any squares between the king and rook are threatened. Another maneuver is called en passant. This move is used to counteract the enemy pawn's initial double move on an adjacent square. To carry out the en passant, you must advance your pawn to the fifth rank. Your opponent then has the option of moving his or her pawn one square (where it would be under attack) or two squares. If your opponent elects to move two squares, the en passant move allows you to take that pawn by diagonally moving your pawn to the square that was skipped over. Skill levels These determine how long the computer will think on its move. These times are approximate and may vary slightly, depending on what move you did. Level 1=15 seconds Level 2=30 seconds Level 3=45 seconds Level 4=2 minutes, 45 seconds Level 5=3 minutes, 15 seconds Level 6=12 minutes Level 7=10 hours Level 8=10 seconds Level 8 is a beginner level."
28092,The Legend of the Mystical Ninja,Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyuushutsu Emaki,1991,8.0,Action,Platform,,"Goemon (Kid Ying) and Ebisu-Maru (Dr. Yang) are enjoying themselves at home, when they hear about strange spirits sighted at the temple and taking control of the other villagers. Concerned, that a new evil has appeared, the two set out to confront it at the temple. This is just the beginning of a new adventure that will take them Goemon and his partner all across Japan; into moutain villages, amusement parks, castle fortresses and more! Players control either Goemon or his partner Ebisu-Maru (or both, in 2 player mode). They sequentially travel through adventure-type villages and side-scrolling jump and run action stages. In the overhead-view villages, enemies must be defeated in order to earn money and other items (which include a weapon-enhancing lucky cat and mystical scrolls). The player is able to attack with their primary weapon and jump. Throwing weapons can also be used, which consume money for each one thrown. Attacking innocent villagers will cause the player to lose money. Money can also be gained (or lost) by visiting one of the numerous mini games, often in houses: which include mazes, whack-a-mole, the lottery, dice, a 3D labyrinth and a game trivia quiz show. Other businesses such as shops, resturants, inns and judo training can also be visited. At the end of each village is an ""action area"" which changes the game in a complete side-scroller. One or both players can enter this place, filled with obstacles, traps, enemies and a boss creature. In addition to the regular moves used in town, players also gain the ability to unleash one of four special attacks for each character (if bought beforehand at the judo training center). These consume the scrolls collected in order to use. Additionally, in a 2 player game, characters can ride piggy-back on one another, to avoid getting stuck by a scrolling screen."
28098,The Punisher,,1990,6.6,Action,Rail shooter,,"The NES version of The Punisher is an on-rails shooter. It puts the player in control of Frank Castle from behind, as he trades fire with the gangs of some of his classic enemies. Aside from being one of the few NES rail shooters, the game features an uncommon amount of destructible items in its levels. You also have the ability to move Frank to the left or right of the screen to dodge incoming fire, or to hold down the fire button to lock him in place and move the aiming cursor. The game features six ""missions"" with a number of varying environments and levels within them. Standard pickups of armour and increased firepower are present, as well as grenades which can be launched with the B button. Earning a 100% kill rating (as The Punisher would surely try to do) gives an unlimited ""Super Gun"" upgrade for the next stage."
28100,Mario Andretti Racing,,1994,6.6,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Italian-born Mario Andretti is one of the most successful racing drivers in the US scene, and five of his relatives have also raced professionally. This game allows you to sample Indy cars, stock cars and sprint cars, all of which have been graced by Andrettis. The physics are customized to each of these, so expect sprint cars to slide around on the dirt tracks, and the slipstream effect is detectable. There are 27 computer-controlled cars with individual profiles, and 8 cars to choose from in each race, with varying engine, grip, brakes and pit crew standards. You can view the action either from behind the car, or from the nose. In longer races you must monitor the pit strategy, with the options of a splash 'n' dash stop if your tires are still fine."
28102,Chaos,"Chaos - The Battle of Wizards, Chaos: Magic & Death on the Plane of Limbo",1985,7.2,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Chaos is a fantasy strategy game written by Julian Gollop who later became famous for X-Com In it you are a wizard who battles it out against up to seven other wizards that can be both player and/or computer controlled. The last one alive wins. The game is turn based and each turn is divided in two parts. In the first you select and cast spells and movement is done in the second. There are several different spells available. Some of them let you summon creatures to attack the opponent while others will improve your abilities or are offensive (like lightning) or defensive (summon castles). Summoning spells would include Centaurs and Horses, which can be mounted by the wizard and enable you to move across the playing board quickly. Spells can also be either Lawful, Neutral or Chaotic, so the chances of success increase if the wizard has the same alignment."
28107,Abu Simbel Profanation,,1985,6.7,Action,Platform,,"The protagonist, Johny Jones, have been mutated by the curse of Abu Simbel, becoming a strange creature that only conserves his enormous nose of his old appearance. In order to get rid of the curse he is forced to travel to Egypt to the pyramid where is the tomb of Abu Simbel, and where it must arrive after discovered the keys that will lead him to this place. If he obtains it, he will recover his normal appearance. As logical, the pyramid is filled of traps and strange creatures who will suppose a serious obstacle for our pretensions, and the only weapon is our skill to be jump from a side to another one without falling in the claws of our enemies, or the traps that are in all places. He can do long or short jumps, according to the situation in which one is."
28109,Tunguska: Legend of Faith,,1998,6.2,Action,"Fighting, Puzzle elements",,"Tunguska is a 3D action game in which you play Jack Riley, an inter-dimensional traveler. The main objective is to decode the secret of the Castle of the Order of Tunguska, where he finds himself after he's accidentally caught by the 'powers of darkness'. The game involves tactical real-time fighting, in which you advance by a skill/level based system, as well as a limited amount of puzzle-solving. When you decode the secret of the Castle, the powers of darkness will be defeated and Jack is free to continue his journey."
28112,Avalon Hill's Diplomacy,"Avalon Hill's Diplomacy: The Game of International Intrigue, Waijiao",1999,4.8,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Avalon Hill's Diplomacy is a game of negotiations, alliances, promises kept and promises broken. In order to survive, a player needs help from others. In order to win the game, a player must eventually stand alone. Knowing whom to trust, when to trust them, what to promise and when to promise is the heart of the game."
28114,Turn It,,1990,6.9,Puzzle,"Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle",,"In this Mahjongg variant the player has to remove the tiles with the same marks from the board until all the board is completely empty. The elimination of tiles is allowed if these tiles are projected on the same line with no other tiles in their projection path. There are a certain number of same items on each level. The player can mark the tiles, or cancel the action to change the decision. The dead-ends exist if the strategy of tiles elimination was incorrect. Games are time-limited and a certain number of 'next move' suggestions are available during gameplay. The game sports three difficulty levels as well as a 1 or 2-player mode. The best scores are saved in the high score table."
28121,Hugo's House of Horrors,"Hugo 1, Hugo's Horrific Adventure",1990,6.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Hugo's sweetheart Penelope has vanished after visiting a haunted house on a babysitting job. In order to save her, Hugo must explore the area around, within, and beneath the house and solve its mysteries, while surviving its many perils. Hugo's House of Horrors is a graphic adventure game, controlled with a combination of the arrow keys for movement, and typed commands such as eat steak to interact with the environment. Some challenges are puzzles which must be solved by clever use of items found in the house, while others require quick and careful movement, or test the player's knowledge. This game is the first game in the Hugo's House of Horrors shareware trilogy. This full game was released as a taster for the full trilogy which includes this game plus the titles Hugo's Mystery Adventure Hugo's Amazon Adventure a hint book and an automatic solver which plays the game like a movie."
28125,Actua Soccer: Club Edition,3D Soccer,1997,6.2,Sports,,,"Actua Soccer Club Edition is a re-edition of Actua Soccer released with the 20 teams of the English Premiership instead of international competitions. New commentary was recorded and some Premiership historical data was included. All remaining aspects of the game were unchanged or just tweaked. The rest of the game is well known to fans of the genre - it was the first fully polygonal football game on the market, which allowed an unprecedented graphical realism and (technically) unlimited camera angles."
28130,Heart of the Alien: Out of this World Parts I and II,,1994,7.3,"Action, Compilation",Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Heart of the Alien is the sequel to the game Out of this World also known as Another World. The story picks up immediately after the end of the first game. You begin as Lester and his alien friend, ""Buddy,"" land their pterodactyl in the ruins of Buddy's village. Lester was knocked unconscious in their escape, so Buddy lays him down on a cot to rest. The people who used to live in Buddy's village remain enslaved, so he decides to go on a mission to free them. Thus, you control Buddy as he sets off to free the people and find a way to send Lester home. Buddy controls somewhat similarly to how Lester did in the first game. He has some new moves that are provided by his powerful energized whip. Buddy can swing from ceiling in some instances, for example. As a bonus, this Sega CD disc includes the original Out of this World, so that you can seamlessly play both adventures as if they were one long game."
28134,Bunny Bricks,,1992,5.1,"Action, Sports","Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Bunny's girlfriend has been kidnapped by an ape, and 30 screens of blocks have been placed between them. Love can't climb all barriers, but a bunny skilled in baseball can smash through them, using his bat to hit each brick on each screen in turn. This sets the scene for a variant on Breakout. The screens contain rows of bricks, some of them indestructible, and lots of doors to open for access to other sections, and dividing lines affecting where the ball can go. Power-ups are released at regular intervals. You need to press fire as the ball approaches to strike it and keep it in play."
28141,Burnout: Championship Drag Racing,,1998,6.1,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Burnout is a racing simulation devoted to the world of drag racing. You fine-tune your car in the hopes of then being able to send it at insanely high speeds in short, linear tracks. And this is what makes the bulk of the game, a dizzying array of customization options are available for you to construct the perfect hot-rod, essentially making it a ""grease monkey"" simulation. Additional features include bracket racing (where you select an estimated time based on your practice runs, and try to meet it against other cars), quick race and a complete season against 64 computer controlled cars. Also available is multiplayer racing through modem, LAN or internet. The graphics engine is a suped-up version of the X-Car engine, and supports 3D acceleration with all sorts of nifty effects such as smoke, sparks, tire distortion, etc."
28142,Metropolis Street Racer,"MSR, MSR: Metropolis Street Racer",2000,8.2,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Enter a new age of driving, a new form of thinking and feeling, and totally immerse yourself in the most advanced driving game ever created. Your 'Kudos' is the only path to success since this is a unique test of skill, style, and precision, which spans the streets of London, Tokyo, and San Francisco. Be astounded by the realism, push your limits around 250+ different circuits, in hundreds of challenging events. Indulge up to 8 people in a unique multiplayer experience, and prepare yourself for the ultimate internet Kudos Challenge. From established racing game developers, Bizarre Creations, and featuring music from the renowned Richard Jacques, this game will change the way you think about driving forever."
28146,Bomberman: Party Edition,Bomberman,1998,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Party game",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Bomberman returns to PlayStation for a bargain hurrah with Bomberman: Party Edition. This version of the seminal multiplayer game keeps it simple and classic. The game features 2D backdrops, bombs, players, and that's about it. Grab this game, a multi-tap, and some friends, and bomb away like the halcyon days of yore. You'll travel through the familiar grid-like levels, nabbing power-ups as you try and obliterate the competition. The Single Player Mode is remake of the original Bomberman 50 levels, you can choose between two graphical style: Retro(basically the Nes version of Bomberman) or a Modern one that act as a remake"
28157,Uninvited,Akuma no Shōtaijō,1986,7.0,Adventure,Graphic adventure,,"Another game using the graphical adventure interface found in Déjà Vu and Shadowgate Uninvited comes with a ""horror"" theme. While driving on a lonely road at night, a strange figure blocks your vision causing you to swerve and crash your car. When you regain consciousness, you find that your brother is missing (in the NES-Version it's your sister who is missing). The only place he could have gone is a creepy old mansion which looms in front of you. With nowhere else to go, you enter the mansion in search of your brother. It turns out the mansion once belonged to an old wizard and his apprentice, and somehow it has become infested with the Undead."
28158,Corporation,Cyber-Cop,1990,6.0,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"A first person shooter that requires you to think things through rather than just attack anything that moves. This game preceded Wolfenstein 3D by a number of years, and while the walls were not ray cast, but solid fill polygons, it was still one of the earliest simulations to tackle a human viewpoint with complete, 360 degree freedom of movement."
28162,Psycho Pigs UXB,"Arcade Archives: Buta san, Butasan, Psycho Pig U.X.B, Video Game Anthology Vol. 6: Butasan",1987,6.4,Action,,,"The object of Psycho Pigs UXB is to eliminate your opponents (who are pigs) by throwing bombs at them. When thrown, the bombs will count down from the number shown on the bomb, exploding when they reach zero or when they hit their target, whichever comes first. Items can be picked up along the way that will help you defeat opponents, like a knapsack that allows you to carry more than one bomb at a time. After certain levels, a bonus game appears, and the object of this game is to attempt to kiss the lady pigs as they pop in and out of holes."
28163,Red Storm Rising,,1988,7.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,,"The Soviet Union, under severe pressure after destruction of one of their biggest oil refineries, must secure a new source of oil, and to do that, they must disable the West... which means they must invade Europe and fight NATO to a standstill... And the only way NATO can prevent that from happening is to reinforce their forces with convoys from the US and other countries. You are in command of one of the US attack submarines. You must hold the ocean against the Soviet navy at all costs, or the land battle will go badly. Part submarine simulator, part dynamic campaign, and part WW3 simulation, Red Storm Rising is an amazing look at modern warfare."
28164,Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance,"Birthright: Die Dunkle Allianz, Birthright: L'Alleanza dei Gorgon, Birthright: Le Pacte des Ténèbres",1997,7.0,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance is a strategy role-playing game based on TSR's Birthright world of Anuire. It combines first person dungeon and castle quests, tactical real-time graphical battles, and complex economic and diplomatic strategy. Play against challenging computer opponents or other cunning human players."
28169,Motocross Madness 2,,2000,7.9,Racing / Driving,Tricks / stunts,,"Motocross Madness 2 is a motocross simulation. It can be played in many different ways. There are stunt tracks, where you have to perform the craziest stunts to earn points; supercross tracks, where you have to pass the finish line before the others do; baja tracks, where you have to ride a circuit through the wilderness; and new enduro tracks, where you also have to ride through outdoor locations, but each with a special theme. There are a lot of obstacles that make the scenery very realistic. With the downloadable editor called ""Armadillo"", you can build your own tracks and objects."
28172,Patrician II: Quest for Power,"Patrician II: Fortuna, poder y victoria, Patrician II: Fortune - Gloire et Pouvoir au Coeur des Océans, Patrician II: Sail for Wealth - Fight for Power - Vie for Glory, Patrician II: Sfidarsi per la ricchezza - Lottare per il potere - Combattere per la gloria, Patrizier II: Geld und Macht",2000,7.5,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Age of Discovery / Enlightenment,"Patrician II: Quest for Power is a strategy and business simulation game in which the player joins the Hanseatic League, a group of daring traders banded together to trade with foreign lands, aiming to become a patrician. They play the role of an emulous trader determined on succeeding and shaping their own empire by gathering information, setting up trading offices across the Haneseatic League and trading in those offices all the while battling off pirates along the trade routes. They start off as a shopkeeper with one ship, buying and selling in multiple towns in the Hanse. The more money they make and the higher their reputation in their town (as well as others) will afford them higher titles and privileges such as building workshops to increase production to trade more. Additionally, the player can engage in politics and work their way from a lowly shopkeeper through Lord Mayor to Alderman. They can have up to four different ships to build and upgrade to either combat pirates or try and outrun them. Sea battles with pirates are played out either manually by the player or automatically by the computer. As the seasons change, so do the graphics in towns to show fall leaves, snow covered roofs etc., and even ports that freeze over in the winter. Singleplayer games include the typical campaign and a separate mode with customizable options. Multiplayer allows for up to eight players to play with or against each other at the same time in a hot seat, over a network (LAN) or the Internet."
28174,Gravitar,Lunar Battle,1982,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The evil being called Gravitar is out attempting to destroy the universe! With each galaxy he conquers he leaves behind extreme gravitational forces, a powerful, explosive reactor and deadly bunkers. Your job is to stop Gravitar by taking back the twelve solar systems located in four galaxies that are under his control! In each solar system there is a sun, an alien reactor base, and three to four planets. To free the solar system, you have two choices; either visit all of the planets and destroy all enemy bunkers, or activate the reactor at the core of the alien base and escape before it explodes. On each of the planets and the alien base, there will be strong gravitational forces to deal with; make sure you keep your ship in space, since a crash into the ragged landscape will be fatal! After a galaxy has been freed, you then automatically move on to the next galaxy which will be even more difficult to save. The game includes five different skill levels which vary in difficulty by supplying different amounts of ships to begin the game as well as different strengths of gravity."
28178,NES Play Action Football,Play Action Football,1990,6.0,Sports,,,"Nintendo takes its game to the gridiron with NES Play Action Football. While Nintendo did not get the NFL license for this one, it did secure the license of the NFL Player's Association, so the 8 teams to choose from (all named after the appropriate NFL cities) are all stocked up with real pro players from the 1989 season. You can even substitute second-stringers for the ""skill"" positions (QB, RB, WR, TE, and FS/SS) when your starters get tired. Play perspective is very unusual: top-down slightly modified with a three-quarters tilt behind the offense, and the scrolling is diagonal, from the bottom left to upper right of the screen. Each team has 12 passing and 12 running plays on offense, and the option to reverse play designs effectively gives you a total of 48 potential plays to run. The defense has 8 cover plays and 8 blitzes to select from. The kicking and punting games are handled with a fairly typical directional arrow/power meter system. Games are divided into four 15-minute (accelerated real-time) quarters. There are no penalties, but referees do appear onscreen to signal touchdowns/field goals, take measurements on short yardage plays, and shout ""First Down!"" (in audio) whenever a team moves the chains. Team stats are displayed on a summary screen after every quarter of play. Highest scoring team wins, which in playoffs mode means moving on to the next round--and an eventual shot at winning it all in the Power Bowl!"
28179,Pink Goes to Hollywood,"Pink Panther in: Pink Goes to Hollywood, The Pink Panther",1993,6.7,Action,Platform,,"While having the same storyline as the Genesis version this version has different level designs among other differences. The game is set up with the opening level being a sort of hub world where other levels can be entered in any order. The levels themselves are based on movie set themes. Movies include Honey, I Shrunk the Pink, Pinkin Hood, Cat on a Hot Pink Roof, Pink Beard, Jungle Pink, The Pink Ranger, Pinkenstein, and The Polter Pink. There are also hidden safe rooms which can be found. Players can find tokens throughout the levels which are in turn used to gain access to other levels or can be spent to use movie set items like bridges, stairs, and hooks or even an umbrella and a magic carpet which both can be used for temporary flight. Besides hopping on enemies or spraying them with a Squirt sprayer, The Pink Panther can deal with enemies by using items from his bag of tricks like a fly swatter, a stoplight, a jackhammer, sledgehammer, a bowling ball, a detonator, or a white dog. Options let the player choose how many lives they start with (3,4, or 5) and at what score intervals (25,000, 50,000, or 100,000) will the player earn an extra one."
28184,Aero the Acro-Bat,"Acrobat Kid, Aero The Acro-Bat: Rascal Rival Revenge",1993,6.9,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"You play as bat Aero, who have to stop the mad scientist Edgar Ektor, who is trying to rid the world of amusement and fun. So you jump through the circus-style levels, using different kinds of machines such as catapults, cannons, bubble machines, platforms, etc., collecting various power-ups such as cheese, soda, keys, clocks, etc. and avoiding lethal obstacles."
28194,Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball,"STH Pinball, Sonic Spinball",1993,7.0,Action,"Pinball, Platform",,"The evil doctor Robotnik has a new plan to take over the world. He has built a new weapon, the Veg-O-Fortress on Mount Mobius and with it, he is transforming all creatures into robots. Sonic sneaks into the fortress and tries to stop Robotnik. Use Sonic as a pinball in 4 dangerous levels. Score points, get rings, collect Chaos Emeralds and destroy the boss at the end of each level."
28204,Winter Wonderland,,1986,6.2,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"After studying and working as a Anthropologist for ten years you finally have the chance to make a huge discovery to put your name in the history books. Your Soviet friend Sergio has discovered a lost civilisation in the Himalayas, Tibet and has asked you to come to get your advice. After landing at the airport in Tibet and you being a qualified pilot, you hire a plane to fly near the site of the lost civilisation. The weather in the Himalayas can change so quickly and you find yourself flying in a snow storm pushing you higher until your engine is unable to cope and stalls. Noticing a huge snowfield below you decide to land there and try to walk the rest of the way on foot, if you survive the landing. The plane crashes but you escape the crash unscathed. Lost and alone in freezing temperatures you must try to survive and find your friend Sergio. Winter Wonderland is a graphic text adventure where as well as text describing your location you can also see a drawing of the location as well. You use the keyboard to type in your commands."
28208,Super Soccer Champ,"Euro Football Champ, Football Champ, Hat-Trick Hero",1991,7.0,Sports,,,"A soccer game that scrolls horizontally at a slight angle, and uses a close-up zoom effect after a player scores. Only a small area of the pitch is on screen at a time, but there is a scanner to show the whole pitch. Although the game has a referee, he often loses attention, and these moments give you a chance to foul, punch or side-swipe opposition players. One and two player options are included. Depending on the version of the game some of teams change. The international teams included are: Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, France. and Spain. (Football Champ / Euro Football Champ - Arcade) Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, USA, and Japan.(Hat Trick Hero - Arcade) Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, France, and USA (Super Soccer Champ / Euro Football Champ - SNES) Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Japan, and USA (Hat Trick Hero - SNES) A version of the game was released to coincide with the 1992 European Championships titled Euro Champ '92 While the game is mainly the same, it focused only on European teams (additional ones were added to the ones that appear in this game) and also changes the way a super shot is performed."
28218,Beast Busters,,1989,6.7,Action,Rail shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The city is crawling with zombies, and it up to you to find out what happened and put a stop to it. The storyline plays out in text and graphics between the levels. Beast Busters is a rail shooter similar to Operation Wolf The players take on the role of Johnny Justice or Sammy Stately (Paul Patriot only featured in arcade version) and must shoot their way out of the city. The arcade version had 3 mounted guns, allowing for three player simultaneous action. The home conversions support a maximum of two players. The player must shoot everything that moves, while conserving ammo and grenades. Your machine gun can kill everything if you hit it enough times, and you can use the grenade launcher for really deadly targets or just to clear the screen of zombie scum. Grenades you can pick up along the way include standard grenades, electro grenade and napalm bombs. Onscreen zombies explode in a splatter of blood and gore. The screen scrolls in a variety of directions, sometimes in pseudo 3D. You'll be pummelled by a LOT of enemies. Some will be shooting, throwing Molotov cocktails and knifes and other will simply jump right at you. You can shoot knifes out of the air if you aim well enough. The bosses include a zombie punk who mutates into a dog, a freaky blob-snake-head that comes at the screen and a jeep which comes to life."
28220,Metal Walker,Bakusō  Senki Metal Walker GB: Kotetsu no Yūjō,1999,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Metal Walker is a mechanical take on Pokémon, where the story takes place in the future on an island where a mysterious element called core has been discovered. This ""core"" element was used to create a highly advanced race of robots called Metal Walkers that are used for both labor and protection for the people of the island. One day, however, a gang of robots decide to rebel and end up killing a very prominent member of the island. The player then takes control of the son, Tetsuo, with the help of Dr. Hawk and Tetsuo's Metal Walker in an attempt to hunt down the rebel robots and avenge his father's death. The gameplay is very similar to Pokémon, where the player explores various areas of the island searching for clues called Data Packets and battling other Metal Walkers or wild Walkers called Metal Busters, but instead of capturing these walkers, the player instead destroys them. Destroying these other Walkers results both in scrap metal and items called Capsules that can be used to upgrade or ""evolve"" Tetsuo's Walker into a more advanced form. Additionally, the player can take the scrap metal to the Junk Shop where they can also be turned into capsules as well. Additionally, capsules can not only contain power-ups, but traps as well that can be used in battles. The battles are also different, whereas this one the attacks consists of rolling attacks that are angled off of the walls of arenas. Additionally, if a player fights multiple opponents, all of the enemies will be present on the screen at one time and if they choose the right attack and angle, can result in multiple hits on multiple opponents. There are also three types of Walkers: Land, Marine, and Sky where, just like in Pokémon, susceptible to the other (ex. Land walkers have advantages over Marine walkers but are vulnerable and weaker to Sky Walker attacks). Base camps can also be built around various areas of the island and can be used for restoring the health of the players Walker. As the player progresses farther into the game, they will encounter over 100 different Walkers, each with their own strengths and weaknesses as well as bosses that have to be defeated in order to access more areas of the island. Players can also use the Link Cable to both battle their Metal Walkers or even exchange their base camps."
28222,Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty,"Commandos : Le sens du devoir, Commandos. Mas allá del deber, Commandos: Im Auftrag der Ehre, Commandos: Quando il dovere chiama, Commandos: Um Chamado do Dever",1999,8.0,Strategy / tactics,"Real-time tactics (RTT), Stealth","Europe, Historical events, World War II","Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty is a standalone mission pack for Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines All six commandos from the original game are back, and have some new weapons and abilities at their disposal. The most prominent addition are the new non-lethal weapons (chloroform for the Spy, fists for the Green Beret, the club for the Driver etc.), which give players the ability to silently, but temporarily disable enemy guards. The Green Beret and the Spy can cuff unconscious enemies to immobilize them, and the Spy can even steal their uniforms. All commandos can control captured guards and use them as a distraction while keeping them at gunpoint, but the guards must not leave the controlling commando's field of view, else they will flee and raise the alarm. Eight new and difficult missions are featured, taking place between 1940 and 1945 in various locations in Nazi-occupied Europe. The mission maps are even more detailed than in the original game, and leave little space for error. There are some mission-specific controllable characters as well (Yugoslav partisan Dragiša Skopje and Ukrainian spy Natasha). Beyond the Call of Duty features a separate executable that acts as a tutorial. Apart from updated and higher-quality videos focusing on gameplay basics and each commando for himself, there are two playable training missions where players can test their commandos' abilities."
28224,Ultima,"Ultima 1, Ultima I: The Original, Ultima: a fantasy role-playing game, Ultimatum",1981,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Over a thousand years ago, the wizard Mondain, intent on world domination, created an evil gem which made him invincible and immortal. The protagonist, known as the Stranger, has to travel the lands in search of a time machine, go back in time to the days before Mondain created the gem, and then destroy him. The land of Sosaria is depending upon this lone warrior. Considered one of the most influential progenitors of the role-playing genre, Ultima is a follow-up to Akalabeth It utilizes a similar basic gameplay system, including graphical 2D world map and town exploration, and 3D vector-line maze-like dungeons. The player controls a single character who must complete a number of quests, vanquishing monsters and leveling up in the process. Equipment and food are available for sale in towns. World map graphics are tile-based and have significantly more detail than in Akalabeth The game mixes medieval fantasy and sci-fi elements, and includes a few space combat simulation segments."
28227,Spot: The Cool Adventure,"McDonaldland, Spot: Cool Adventure",1992,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In Spot: The Cool Adventure the player takes on the role of Spot, the 7UP mascot. The player is tasked to help Spot get home. The player will find him/herself in the Carbonated Forest on a map screen much like that of Super Mario Bros. 3 Each sub level has baddies such as snails, birds, bats and evil bouncing Spots. Spot cannot come into physical contact with baddies as that is bad for spot and will knock a heart off Spot's life bar. Spot can either jump with A or pick up/throw blocks with B. Throughout levels Spot collects 7UP Spots as well as hearts. Spots add to the Spot count. Hearts add to Spot's life bar. Both Spots and Hearts add to the overall score. If a block on a platform is just barely preventing Spot from jumping high enough to get on it, Spot can pick the block up in mid jump. The game features two difficulties. Spot: The Cool Adventure was reskinned with a McDonald's theme for the European market."
28229,Jack Nicklaus' Power Challenge Golf,,1993,6.9,Sports,,,"Power Challenge Golf is a golf simulation game, based on Accolade's own Golf & Course Design from the year prior, and featuring both of the courses from that title (Sherwood and English Turn) as well as one additional new course (Baltusrol). The game offers stroke and skins play for up to four players, as well as a driving range and a practice mode. The course editor from the PC version, however, has been removed."
28231,Phantasy Star Online,PSO,2000,8.4,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Massively Multiplayer,Sci-fi / futuristic,Welcome to the first worldwide console RPG! Features: And you can even play offline if you want.
28235,Thousand Arms,,1998,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,,"Meis Triumph is the last representative of generations of spirit blacksmiths. One day a group of robbers attacks his hometown, and he is forced to leave to Boyzby, the capital city of the country. There he meets a lovely girl named Sodina, who introduces him to her brother, who also happens to be a spirit blacksmith. Soon the heroes discover that the attack on Meis' hometown was part of a much larger plan, and find themselves fighting for their lives. Thousand Arms is an anime-style role-playing game with turn-based combat, featuring 2D character sprites on polygonal background. Only one character can directly attack enemies during battles; the rest of the party play a support role with spells and items. Being a blacksmith, Meis can forge weapons for all the characters in the party by himself. To do so, he must seek out hidden spirits scattered through the game world, and secure the help of a female companion, who can imbue weapons with various spells and skills. The latter requirement is fulfilled by dating the ladies that accompany Meis on his journey. The player can choose to date any of these young women by visiting statues of the Goddess of Love available in each town. During the date, the player must participate in a conversation with the girl, selecting responses. Depending on the player's choice, the girl's intimacy level will increase or decrease. Intimacy level can also be raised by offering gifts to a girl or participating in various mini-games. The game features anime-style movies and voice-overs for important dialogues."
28239,Yū Yū Hakusho: Makyō Tōitsusen,YuYu Hakusho: Sunset Fighters,1994,8.1,Action,Fighting,,"Yū Yū Hakusho: Makyō Tōitsusen is a versus fighting game (in the vein of Street Fighter II ) based on the Yū Yū Hakusho anime. Eleven characters are available: Sensui, Jin, Itsuki, Genkai, Kuwabara, Yusuke, Kurama, Hiei, Chu and the Toguro Brothers. Up to four players can choose among three game modes: Elimination, Training and Competition. The elimination mode is a traditional arcade style game, in which a single player fights against the computer opponents one by one, in one round matches. Training mode allows the players to train in three modes: Royal Battle (one round free for all match, with up to 4 fighters, controlled by the players or the computer), Tag Match (doubles match, controlled either by the players or the computer) and a free Training mode, with no time limit. Players can also select the scenario to train. The Competition mode can be played either in individual or doubles mode. Eight fighters compete in an elimination tournament. The players have the option to watch the matches between fighters controlled by the computer. In regards to gameplay, each character has one punch and kick. They can also jump, duck, run forward, backwards and move up or down in the ring (as in Fatal Fury ). They also have special maneuvers, released by certain combinations of movements and buttons."
28248,NFL Xtreme,,1998,6.5,"Action, Sports",Arcade,,"NFL Xtreme is a licensed NFL game with 30 official teams and stadiums. Loosely simulating American football, games are played on a five-on-five format and an arcade approach is taken, with complete disregard for the official rules. Quarterbacks can easily throw 90-yard passes, defenders have hard-hitting tackling moves, and attackers can use spin or turbo to evade opponents, or flip over them. Late hits and pass interference are no problem, and you can even taunt and trash talk. To promote aggressiveness, opponents, when properly injured, can be out for an entire season. The game modes includes exhibition matches, a regular season and play-offs. There are detailed statistics, and you can sign, release or even create new players to build your team. Highlights can be reviewed in the instant replay mode, and you can alter the weather type, difficulty level and player size in the options."
28255,Eye of the Storm,,1993,6.1,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"It is 2124, and alien life has been found in our own solar system. The location of this life is just as surprising as its existence; there is a whole ecosystem living within the incredibly hostile atmosphere of the gas giant, Jupiter. When these findings became public, and the hostile nature of some of the creatures became known, the 'eye' of Jupiter was declared a frontier zone. Of course, it wasn't long before someone thought of a great way to make money out of our new neighbours and the first Hunters were dispatched from Earth. Now TVs across the globe display nightly broadcasts of Hunters engaged in bloodthirsty combat with the inhabitants of Jupiter. Does no-one care that these new life forms are being wiped out in the name of mass entertainment? Well, I.C.E. care. The Interstellar Conservation Executive has sent you, its newest recruit, off to Jupiter to study and document all the lifeforms you can find. You make money not by killing them, but by filming their actions. You can then use this money to upgrade your ship's engines and descend lower into Jupiter's atmosphere, to discover even weirder creatures. You'll also find people who want you to collect rare objects for them (also in exchange for cash), discover strange alien artefacts that may or may not help you in your quest, and you'll probably have to engage in a few fights with the Hunters. It's a little sick, but these images will be broadcast to the audiences back home, too, so you'll make more money from that. Still, better to kill an evil Hunter from Earth than a peaceful space whale from Jupiter, right?"
28266,Robozone,,1991,4.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A nearby planet is emitting a dangerous level of pollution, so you must go in to destroy the source. The game is split into three levels, all of which are shoot 'em up based but in different ways. The first level has multi-directional scrolling and a maze aspect. The second is an into the screen 3D section requiring fast reactions. Finally you come to a horizontally scrolling, time-limited side-viewed section as you close in on destroying the emitter."
28273,Top Gear Pocket 2,"Clio Renault Sport v6: Top Gear Rally 2, TG Rally 2, Top Gear Rally 2, Topgear Pocket 2",1999,7.4,Racing / Driving,,,"Another round of Top Gear rally action on the GBC. On this occasion, depending on where you finish each race, you are awarded points. These points then go towards improving the stats of the rally car you are using (speed, braking, acceleration and top speed). Championships are split into seasons, each harder then the last. You can opt to change the weather conditions (day, night, sunny, rain, snow) or practise on the track to get used to the corners and timing. You can also play against a friend in two-player mode."
28279,Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition,Garō Densetsu: Wild Ambition,1999,5.9,Action,Fighting,,"Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition re-tells the story of Terry and Andy Bogard's fight to avenge their father's death at the hands of Geese Howard with the use of a fully polygonal engine. The game is a 3D one-on-one fighting game that uses the standard Fatal Fury control scheme under a brand new 3D arena. Choose from a selection of classic Fatal Fury characters that includes 2 all-new characters, plus 2 secret guest stars. Game modes include arcade, vs, and story mode, which adds pre-rendered CGI cutscenes between certain fights."
28284,Hocus Pocus,,1994,7.0,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Hocus Pocus is a young magician apprentice who has two goals in life: to join the Council of Wizards in the land of Lattice, and to marry his sweetheart Popopa. Unfortunately, both objectives cannot be accomplished without embarking on a long and dangerous journey to gather magical crystals on behalf of the wizard chief Terexin. The quest for career and love begins! Hocus Pocus is an action platform game. Controlling the young magician, players run, jump, and climb through levels populated by various types of monsters. Hocus will encounter many magic potions on his way; some will restore health, others will grant special powers; such as as a super-jump that will allow access new areas, or laser shot which offers a better attack."
28287,Coaster Works,"Coaster Works: Build The Ride of Your Life, Jet Coaster Dream",1999,6.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Coaster Works puts the player in the role of a roller coaster engineer, recently hired to help construct several different roller coasters for different amusement parks. The construction part is set up with a screen divided in four camera angles and a grid based building tool. Using vector pieces, the player has to make a roller coaster that meets the requirements of the specific park. The pieces can be tilted, elevated, lowered and turned to make sure the ride is as exciting as possible. After the roller coaster is done it will be tested with a crash test dummy (who's also able to squeal like an excited kid), to make sure it meets such requirements as safety, speed, excitement etc. This is done in a 1st person view, allowing the player to come along for the ride as well. There are 6 different stages, each with different sizes and limitations."
28289,Amazing Tater,Puzzle Boy II,1991,7.6,Puzzle,,,"This puzzle-game is the successor to Kwirk The player has to guide a small potato to the exit of each level, which is made difficult by a number of obstacles. Crates have to be pushed out of the way or into holes to make them traversable. Difficulty is increased by the fact that there are crates and holes of several different shapes and sizes and many levels contain different types of spinning doors. The game features four different modes of play: Beginners Mode in which the basics are explained and the player receives hints on how to solve each level; Practice Mode that lets the player choose the size of the levels which are then randomly picked; Puzzle Mode in which the player has to complete 40 levels and receives a score depending on the time it took him to complete a level; and finally Action Mode, which is basically a story mode containing two stories. The game also features a password system and four different difficulty levels."
28290,"Spy Fox 2: ""Some Assembly Required""","Agent LIS: Operacija ""Robopjos"", SPY Fox 2: Operatie Robot-knop, SPY Fox 2: Opération ""Robot-Expo"", SPY Fox in ""Operation Robohund"", Spy Fox: Missione cane-robot",1999,7.9,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,,"In this adventure game for kids 5-10, the freedom of the world is once again in peril! SPY Corps must call on their suave, super-secret agent SPY Fox to neutralize a ploy engineered by the Society of Meaningless Evil, Larceny, Lying, and Yelling (S.M.E.L.L.Y.) and masterminded by the dastardly Napoleon LeRoach and his giant dogbot ( disguised as a World's Fair exhibit). Can you find it before it goes on a rampage? You can, with the help of SPY Fox and Monkey Penny, Professor Quack, Walter Wireless and Bea Bear (she's a graduate of ""OhManThatHurtz!"" massage school) and other characters. You may just need their help, because the puzzles change; each time you start a new game, there will be a different combination of puzzles to solve! There are two ""main paths"" in the game, and each time you start a new game they take a few puzzles from path 'A"" and a few from path 'B"". There's also a bonus ending, for the ""just perfect"" end to the story. The help file that comes with the game has both hints and explicit answers, too. Aside for the normal Junior Adventures point-n-click system, lots of things on-screen to click on for amusing animations, and puzzles designed to challenge and inspire kids to think for themselves, there's a new ""talk balloon"" system allowing you to extract information from just about anyone, while SPY Fox' gadgets can get you out of the more dire predicaments. Explore and learn while you earn clues and uncover important info. Out of time, super sleuth? No problem - save now and play later. Want a break from spying? Play the ""Things From Space"" mini-arcade game for a change of pace."
28292,LHX: Attack Chopper,,1990,7.5,"Action, Simulation",,,"LHX: Attack Chopper is a helicopter simulation with a strong arcade focus. You can freely choose which missions to fly first, and which helicopter to fly in a given mission. There are a total of four helicopters: Apache, Blackhawk, Osprey and LHX. With this fine selection of death machines you will engage countless enemy targets in Libya, East Germany and Vietnam throughout the game."
28296,TKO,T.K.O.,1988,6.8,Sports,,,"In TKO you can play the career of a boxer. Create your boxer by trading off a mixture of attributes, for example a boxer who cuts easily will not tire as easily, and a boxer whose best punch is to the head will not punch to the body as efficiently. The main 1st-person perspective view shows the faces of both you and your opponent, including progressively injured faces as you land punches. A small overhead view helps you see when you or your opponent are close to the ropes."
28300,Resident Evil: Director's Cut,"Biohazard: Director's Cut, Resident Evil: Director's Cut - Dual Shock Ver.",1997,7.9,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror","Contemporary, North America","Resident Evil: Director's Cut is a reissue of the original Resident Evil Unlike Resident Evil for the GameCube, it is not a remake of the original game, instead, it is more of a slight remix. There are three gameplay modes available. ""Original"" contains the original game with no changes or additions. ""Beginner"" features double the amount of ammunition and save ribbons, plus increased health for the player, increased damage for their weapons, and an auto-target feature. ""Arrange"" mode is the ""Director's Cut"" version of the original. The default outfits for Jill, Chris, and Rebecca are changed, new camera angles are introduced, and the placement of key items is changed. Most of these changes are designed to play against the expectations of veteran players of the first Resident Evil - so zombie dogs may smash through new windows, or keys will not be where they were, forcing players to hunt for them anew. The default Beretta pistol is also changed to a chromed version with a randomized chance to kill standard zombies in one shot. The original release of the Director's Cut advertised an uncut version of the opening cinema, in full color, and never-before seen. Notable aspects of this video include shots of a corpse with bites taken out of the face, close-ups of zombie dogs bleeding when shot, and graphic quick-cuts of Joseph being bitten by these dogs. Chris is also shown smoking in his introduction, which was cut from Western releases. However, only the French and German releases contained this footage. U.S. and UK versions retained the censored black-and-white video shipped with the original release. This has never been corrected, either in the Greatest Hits reissue, or with the PSOne Classics downloads on the Playstation Network. The original issue of the Director's Cut contained a demo of Resident Evil 2 on a second disc. The ""Greatest Hits"" re-release added Dual Shock support for the controller (left ""movement"" stick only). and also had a new soundtrack which replaced the older one."
28312,Sonic 3D Blast,Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island,1996,6.9,Action,Arcade,,"While visiting Flicky Island, Sonic notices that the Flickies, his small, feathered friends that can travel between parallel worlds, were captured and turned into badniks (the robot enemies of Sonic) by Dr. Robotnik in his never-ending quest for the Chaos Emeralds. Seven levels separate Sonic from the final showdown with Robotnik. Sonic 3D was the last Sonic title released for the Mega Drive, the only platforming presence of the blue blur in the Sega Saturn, and one of his rare appearances in Personal Computers. The title, considering the era it was released, is somewhat misleading, as instead of full blown 3D graphics it uses an isometric view where Sonic can move not only forwards and backwards, but also left and right. Gameplay is much slower when compared to other games in the series, and the number of badniks is reduced to five in each section. As usual, when Sonic destroys one badnik, an animal leaps free from its insides, but this time Sonic has to pick him up and lead them to an interdimensional ring. While they can be taken one by one, exploring the level with all five allow the player to reach for otherwise inaccessible continue tokens. Unlike all other previous games, time isn't a requirement: if the player completes a level in more than 10 minutes, it would only mean there would be no time bonus at the end. Finally, to collect all seven Chaos Emeralds, Sonic first must find Tails or Knuckles and offer them at least 50 rings."
28314,Resident Evil: Survivor,Biohazard: Gun Survivor,2000,5.7,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror",,"A man wearing white, a crashed helicopter, a pair of dog tags with the name 'Ark Thompson', and a pistol. These are the only clues a young man finds to his identity as he awakes on Sheena Island. On his journey through the island he will encounter many monsters as well as discover the terrible secrets of Umbrella's biological weapons programs. Resident Evil: Survivor is set several months after Resident Evil 2 & 3 and is the first Resident Evil title to be rendered in real time as opposed to making use of pre-rendered backdrops. Levels are explored in first person, and when enemies are encountered the press of a button will bring up a targeting reticule for shooting. As with most light-gun games there is infinite pistol ammunition available, but limited ammunition for more powerful weapons. At the end of each level two doors are presented which both lead to different levels, although all paths eventually lead to the same ending."
28324,The Secret of Monkey Island,"El secreto de Monkey Island, Le Secret de L'Ile aux Singes, Monkey Island 1, The Secret of Monkey Island: A Graphic Adventure By Ron Gilbert",1990,8.4,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Fantasy, Sea pirates / Caribbean","Deep in the Caribbean lies Melee Island, ruled by the governor Elaine Marley. The cruel pirate LeChuck is deeply in love with her - so deeply that he refuses to accept his own death. As a ghost, he dwells with his undead crew somewhere near the mysterious Monkey Island. Meanwhile, a young fellow named Guybrush Threepwood is determined to become a real pirate. At the Scumm Bar, he meets three pirates who tell him he has to complete three difficult tasks in order to be worthy of this title. But as Guybrush is trying to complete these tasks, he encounters the lovely governor, and this meeting changes his life forever. Risking to incur the wrath of LeChuck, Guybrush has to prove his wit is as sharp as his sword, and figure out a way to foil the ghost pirate's plans. The Secret of Monkey Island is an adventure game that utilizes the command verb-based SCUMM interface first introduced in Maniac Mansion : the player constructs commands for Guybrush by selecting an appropriate verb and then combining it with an object or an inventory item. Objects that can be interacted with are highlighted when the player places a cursor over them. The game is the first LucasArts adventure in which it is impossible to get irrevocably stuck; like in Loom the player character also cannot die. The branching dialogue system, where the player chooses between several available responses during conversations, allows the player to talk to characters in different ways without fearing a wrong choice and is often used as a humorous device. The puzzles are predominantly inventory-based; most of the problems in the game are solved by picking up items and combining them with each other or with objects (or people) in the game world. Several tasks are dialogue-based; among those is the humorous ""insult swordfighting"", which involves Guybrush learning and choosing witty insults while dueling pirates."
28327,Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe,"Ax Battler: Golden Axe Densetsu, Golden Axe",1991,6.7,Action,RPG elements,Fantasy,"The legendary Golden Axe has been stolen by an army of evil warriors. The king called a young warrior to take it back. His name was... Ax Battler! Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe is an action game with RPG elements, which puts the player in the role of Ax Battler, the Barbarian from previous Golden Axe games in search for the Golden Axe. The gameplay feels much like Zelda II: The Adventure of Link with Ax moving around in a top-down perspective, changing to a side scrolling view when fighting enemies or entering caves. The battles are random and Ax won't see the enemies coming. If he's hit during a battle, the battle will end instantly and he'll be sent back to the overworld map. If he prevails, he gets magic vases from the enemies. Magic vases are the game's currency and are also used to cast spells, just like in the other Golden Axe games, but instead of having only the ""Earth"" magic, he also has the ""Thunder"" and ""Fire"" magics. Ax can also use special attacks to fight his enemies, learned at ""dojos"" found in each city. Instead of battery backed RAM, this game uses passwords as a mean to save games. At each town the player enters, he'll find a place to learn a new password which, when entered, allows him to continue from the very point it was learned."
28329,NHL All-Star Hockey,,1995,5.7,Sports,,,"This version of NHL All-Star Hockey features all 26 NHL hockey teams along with their respective colors and logos along with big time players such as Wayne Gretzky and Jeremy Roenick among many others. The game features a season mode along with a best-of-seven playoffs that can be resumed during anytime using a password feature and features many real-life NHL situations and rules such as penalties for checking, high-sticking, etc. along with player fatigue, line changes, injuries and substitutions. Players can either manual change lines or let the computer automatically shift them when players start to become fatigued."
28331,Fox Sports Golf '99,Actua Golf 2,1997,6.8,"Simulation, Sports",,,"An amateur golf sim featuring no PGA endorsed courses or players. The game uses the standard golf gameplay mechanics, with three types of swings, a two or three click swing bar system, or the ""Fox Sports Swing"" which is mouse-motion swing type. The game's most prominent feature is the use of a 3d engine and a series of 3d accelerated effects like reflecting water, lighting effects, trees that move and sway with the wind and translucent objects. The game features 8 single player courses and multiplayer support for up to 4 players."
28334,Where in Space Is Carmen Sandiego?: Deluxe,,1993,7.3,"Educational, Puzzle",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego uses the original formula from the first 4 games in the series (Where In The World, Where in Europe, Where In Time, Where in the USA) and extends it to our knowledge of astronomy and space. Carmen has shifted to space with her gang of alien outlaws, it's up to the player to climb to the cosmos and track them down. This games uses the familiar gameplay of the Carmen Sandiego series to test astronomical knowledge. ""On board the Acme detective Agency's outer space surveillance craft, your main source of information is the VAL 9000 computer. Val provides information about the history, science, and mythology of space that will aid you in your search. Your search may be extensive. The game includes 32 locations and 1100 clues!"" The program features superb digitised NASA images of the sun, planets and moons, star searches, talking aliens, planetary fly-bys and launches of interplanetary probes. The original music score includes different themes for each planetary system in digitised sound. A clear manual is included. Also Included in the package is an astronomy booklet to enhance your enjoyment of the night sky."
28336,Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear,Rainbow 6: Rogue Spear,1999,8.0,"Action, Simulation","Shooter, Tactical shooter",,"More of the same from the Rainbow Six series. Your team is back saving the world again. This time from a group known as ""Rogue Spear"". Their forces are powerful and you must strike quick and hard if you wish to win."
28338,FIFA Soccer Manager,,1997,6.4,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"FIFA Soccer Manager is EA's first venture into the market of football managers. With a line-up of twelve leagues in five different countries (England with four divisions and Germany, Italy, France and Scotland with two). The calendar follows realistically how the competitions develop, so expect a Winter break in Germany, a September league start in Italy and many weeks with double fixtures in France. The database, composed by over 7500 players, also includes some European sides, and the three European competitions are present. Managers can improve their team by training them or simply acquiring new talent to the line-up. While the game misses pre-defined tactics, each player can be assigned to a position freely. It's also possible to set team orders, style of play and change the coverage of each position. One of the key features is the stadium builder. With it, it's possible to customize the stadium block by block, instead of the usual stand by stand. Over 300 individual pieces, from stands to roofs can be used to build different stadiums. The total of seats are defined by the initial size of the club, some of them able to build stadiums with over 400'000 seats. Different kinds of stands also allow for more concessions (stores inside the stadium) to be built. Games can be instantly generated or seen with an isometric 2D engine resembling the 16-bit FIFA games. Not only players follow their orders and suit their positioning correctly, but the state of the pitch graphically displays exactly how well have you been treating it and there are empty seats showing if there isn't a full crowd. It's also possible to save a full match and review it later."
28344,VR Baseball 2000,,1998,6.5,Sports,,,"VR Baseball 2000 is an MLB-licensed baseball sports game. It includes the official 1999 MLB rosters and stadiums for each team and a handful of players modeled specifically after their real-life counterparts. The game includes 30 teams and 750 players. Players can go through an entire season, one-off games, or compete in the Home Run Derby."
28347,Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside,,1998,7.8,Sports,,,"Fully endorsed and featuring motion captured moves of the man himself, Kobe Bryant NBA Courtside has all the teams and players from the 1998 NBA Season. Play modes include the usual 82 game regular season, playoffs, exhibition and the ability to create your own player in the create-a-player mode. The players themselves, using the motion captured moves of Kobe, use a range of different basketball moves for the full-on experience, including many different dunk, dribbling and passing techniques, as well as a high range of artificial intelligence."
28351,Conflict: Europe,,1989,7.1,Simulation,,"Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic","Essentially an update of 8-bit game Theatre Europe your task is again to play World War 3 scenarios fighting as NATO vs the Warsaw Pact. The game uses pretty basic handling. While you can access some menus as the bottom of the screen you can see the map on the main part of the screen where each unit is indicated as small square. Your aim, of course, is to eliminate all the enemy units. Some special actions can be selected, like deploying special units, attack with chemical weapons or even nuclear ones."
28353,Ms. Pac-Man,Arcade Game Series: Ms. Pac-Man,1982,7.1,Action,Arcade,,"Ms. Pac-Man is a single-player maze-chase game. Set in a series of interconnected neon mazes, the player guides Ms. Pac-Man as she eats dots and bonus fruit while being pursued by four ghosts. A round ends when all dots are cleared, and a life is lost if any ghost touches Ms. Pac-Man. Play proceeds through a sequence of stages that rotate between distinct maze layouts, with brief comedic intermissions that show Ms. Pac-Man’s relationship with Pac-Man and the appearance of Junior. Core play centers on navigating corridors efficiently, managing risk around corners, and using the maze’s side tunnels to outmaneuver the pursuing ghosts. Four large Energizers are positioned near the corners of each maze. Eating an Energizer temporarily turns the ghosts blue, allowing Ms. Pac-Man to eat them for points in a set progression of 200, 400, 800, and 1,600. The blue-time shortens as stages advance, and later rounds reduce or remove the vulnerability window. Compared to its predecessor, Pac-Man Ms. Pac-Man features four different maze designs that appear across the game’s stage order. Maze geometry affects route planning, with changes in corridor width, dead-ends, and tunnel placement. Side tunnels can alter ghost speed, and their placement varies by layout, so a safe escape on one maze might be unsafe on another. Ghost behavior mixes pursuit and dispersal periods with movement that is less predictable than in the earlier game. The four ghosts retain individual identities: Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Sue, with Sue replacing Clyde. Their paths can diverge based on player position, timing, and maze configuration, which encourages improvisation rather than relying on fixed patterns. Bonus fruit differ from the earlier static items. A single fruit enters mid-round from a side tunnel, moves along corridors, and exits if not collected. Fruit types change as the game progresses and grant increasing point values. Secondary options include alternating two-player mode, adjustable bonus-life thresholds in some versions, and increasing difficulty across rounds as ghost speed rises and Energizer effects diminish. The intermission scenes occur between specific stages, and the stage sequence cycles the four maze layouts as the difficulty escalates. Over the years, Ms. Pac-Man has been released on numerous platforms, each with small variations. The original arcade game featured four distinct maze layouts, but some early home conversions, such as the Atari 2600 and 5200 ports, simplified the mazes, reduced color detail, or limited the number of layouts due to hardware constraints. The Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo versions retained multiple mazes and added cooperative or competitive two-player modes. Later compilations and digital re-releases, including Arcade Game Series: Ms. Pac-Man preserved the arcade layouts while offering features like persistent high score saving, display options, and improved sound fidelity. Portable versions, such as those on Game Boy and Game Gear, often redesigned or rescaled the mazes to fit smaller screens, while mobile phone editions introduced touch controls. Despite these differences, the core mechanics have remained consistent across all adaptations."
28359,Torin's Passage,"Mas'otav shel Torin, Stranstvija Torina",1995,7.7,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Torin is a young boy who lives in a little country house on a planet called Strata with his parents and with his purple cat-like friend Boogle. One day he returns home, only to find out his parents were imprisoned in a magical spell. Apparently, the spell was cast by a sorceress named Lycentia. He must now travel to distant lands to find a way to remove the spell and confront the sorceress. What he doesn't know is that this journey will also help him to discover his true origins and his true purpose in life... Created by Al Lowe of Leisure Suit Larry fame, Torin's Passage is a fairy tale-like humorous adventure with cartoon-style graphics and animations. Torin interacts with characters and objects in a point-and-click fashion, and can also use Boogle's special shape-shifting abilities. During their journey, Boogle will learn how to turn into a variety of objects, which is essential for solving many of the game's puzzles. The game also has many traditional inventory-based tasks as well as other types of puzzles. To facilitate the puzzle-solving, the game has a built-in hint system; using the hints will deduce points from the player's score."
28361,Prophecy: Viking Child,"Prophecy 1: The Viking Child, Prophecy I: Viking Child, Viking Child",1990,6.8,Action,,Fantasy,"Cartoony side-scroller where you take the role of, as the title states, a viking child, in his quest to free his friends and family, held by the evil god Loki inside the Great Halls of Valhalla. Fight your way through 16 levels with diverse scenarios, including medieval castles and mountains. Spread throughout the levels are shops in which you can buy potions and other magical items to help you along the way. Before you finally face the Dark Lord Loki, you must also defeat the 8 Apprentices of Darkness. The game features colorful graphics and 22 different tunes to make the whole trip a bit more pleasant."
28364,The Battle of Olympus,Ai no Densetsu Olympus no Tatakai,1988,7.1,Action,Metroidvania,Classical antiquity,"The Battle of Olympus is an action-adventure game. It is set in ancient Greece and casts the player in the role of Orpheus, whose girlfriend died and therefore went in the netherworld, ruled by Hades. Orpheus must consult the powerful gods and have their help in order to beat Hades and restore Helene to the world of the living. This game is similar to Faxanadu and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link in presentation and side-scrolling combat style. However, it is not a full-fledged role-playing game like Zelda II since it lacks player-dependent character-building. The game world consists of interconnected, maze-like side-scrolling sections that include both towns and hostile areas where Orpheus fights his way through the minions of Hades. There are various items one must get to continue to the next location, including swords, shields and crystals. There are three fragments of love hidden around; Orpheus has to find them before he can enter Tartarus and fight Hades to save his beloved Helene. The game sometimes references specific Greek myths, but often interprets them liberally (i.e. Orpheus is a warrior rather than a musician, his beloved one is Helene and not Eurydice, etc.). The monsters of the game are also based on the Greek mythology and include cyclopes, minotaurs, pegasuses, and others."
28365,World Series Baseball '95,,1995,8.0,Sports,,,"World Series Baseball '95 is a follow-up to World Series Baseball The 1995 edition features updated rosters with 700 players. All 28 teams are present, and the stadiums they play in show digitized players and animations. The game supports battery back-up and the ability to play as baseball legends such as Dizzy Dean, Lou Gehrig and Ty Cobb."
28372,Master of the Lamps,,1985,7.2,Action,Music / rhythm,Middle East,"Master of the Lamps casts you as an Eastern prince hoping to become King. There are two distinct gameplay sections, through which he must prove his worthiness. Firstly, you must ride a magic carpet, flying through a series of diamonds which twists and turns more as you move through the 41 levels. Alternating with this, you are in front of a row of pipes. Hit a gong 3 times to summon a genie, who will play a sequence of notes. Once the last one has been played, they fly towards you in order, and their colour equivalent on the row must be hit (the number of times they are played), before the flying note can hurt you. Complete this and a piece of lamp is granted."
28374,Shock Troopers: 2nd Squad,,1998,7.0,Action,Shooter,Contemporary,"As one of four playable characters each with unique methods of attack and power-ups, go through the level and destroy any enemies that get in your way, and defeat the boss at the end of that area. When you have completed the first area, you need to select a path to continue the game on. The second game in the Shock Troopers series enables shot locking, close proximity attacks, and evasive maneuvers allowing for flexible operation. In addition to the four characters, versatile modes of attack are featured using powerful vehicles and special shots. Letters that make up certain keywords can be collected throughout the game, and by collecting each letter in the keyword, you will receive a high score."
28380,S.W.I.V.,"SilkWorm In Vertical, Silkworm IV, Special Weapons Interdictions Vehicles",1991,8.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"S.W.I.V. is a vertical scrolling shooter, and an unofficial follow-up to Sales Curve's conversion of the side scroller Tecmo 's arcade game Silkworm One player controls a helicopter and the other a jeep, with the jeep transforming into a boat when the vehicles pass over water. As well as a host of blaster fodder the game also includes a mid-level enemy inspired by the ""Goose"" enemy from the earlier title Silkworm. Pieces of this enemy would fly onto the screen and assemble into one vehicle before commencing to fire at the players' vehicles. When destroyed the ""goose"" would drop power-ups."
28382,Quartet,"Double Target, Double Target: Cynthia no nemuri",1987,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"Ported from the Arcade original Quartet features a duo (instead of a quartet) Mary and Edger jetpacking their way through six enemy-riddled rounds in search of the casket of Queen Cynthia. Vitality takes the form of a countdown, forcing the player to traverse quickly through the rounds. Defeating a boss grants a key to the next round. Based on the player's performance in a round bonus points and medals for a higher rank are awarded."
28383,Photopia,Fotopía,1998,7.2,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"In this text adventure, you journey between various short stories that are connected solely by color. At any one time, you may be speeding on the road with a friend, landing on Mars, or teaching your daughter about astronomy. It all wraps together in the end, though."
28395,Cyberia,Cyberia: -experience the future-,1994,6.8,Action,"Puzzle elements, Rail shooter","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the year 2027, the world is controlled by two rival superpowers, the western-bloc Free World Alliance and the east-bloc Cartel. Transmissions from an FWA spy reveal the location of a secret multi-national laboratory deep within Siberia, the Cyberia Complex, where a mysterious weapon is being developed. FWA leader Devlin frees a cyber-hacker named Zak from prison and sends him to infiltrate the complex and discover the true nature of the Cyberia weapon. Unfortunately, the Cartel is also interested in the weapon and will stop at nothing to get it. Not only must Zak make his way past the Cartel forces sent to stop him, but he must also overcome the Cartel agents which have already seized control of the complex. To make matters worse the Cyberian scientist's genetically engineered creations are running rampant in the same area as the weapon and Devlin also appears to have something up his sleeve. Cyberia is an action game with puzzle sequences and a heavy reliance on scripted events and cutscenes. The game allows limited navigation between locations, which usually lead to a puzzle or (more often) action scenes that involve either shooting down planes with a gun turret or navigating various flying vehicles, destroying enemies in a Star Wars: Rebel Assault -style confrontations."
28399,Hoversprint,Hover Sprint,1992,5.7,Racing / Driving,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Race in your hovercraft against three opponents on 20 futuristic tracks. The game is viewed from a low-down first-person perspective angle with cars and objects displayed using filled 3D polygons. Hovercrafts can be selected, tracks be practiced and number of laps be configured. Track records are saved to disk and the game comes with the option to race against another human player who has the game using a serial connection or modem."
28409,Power Stone 2,,2000,8.2,Action,"Fighting, Shooter",,"Power Stone 2 adds heaps of new characters and environments to the already established crew, however, there are now 4 players doing battle at a time in both single and multiplayer modes. This time, the top 2 from every round (in other words the two that survive each fight of 4 players) progress to the next round. And after a few rounds, you will battle it out with huge Bosses that take up most of the screen. There are plenty of new power-ups that litter each arena (including guns, hammers, extra power stones, and plenty more). You can also hop into a gun turret for extra blasting fun. And of course, the Power Stones are available to use."
28410,Judge Dredd,,1997,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter, Shooter","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Trouble in Mega-City One: An unidentified perpetrator has taken hostages, including the mayor. Attempts to apprehend him have already led to the loss of 17 Judges. He states that only one man is allowed to come near: Judge Dredd. There's obviously some history between them. It's time for the toughest lawman of them all to move in and dispense justice via his Lawgiver gun. Gremlin's Judge Dredd is an 'on rails' lightgun shooter based on the original comics instead of the 1995 movie. The action moves through pre-rendered environments on a fixed path. 14 levels spread over 4 stages must be cleared of lawbreakers. Most enemies are polygonal 3D models overlaid over the video backdrop, but the background can also be shot at: gun turrets and some bosses like hovertanks and other heavy machinery are pre-rendered objects. Powerups are hidden in the scenery as well: there are different ammunition types for the Lawgiver, including rapid fire and heat-seekers. Also available are medikits, extra lives and rockets which can clear the screen of enemies. Not everything on the screen should be shot at, however: sometimes, innocent citizens will cross the scene. Hitting too many of them means a quick 'game over'. The storyline of the game is told between levels via live-action cutscenes."
28413,Steel Panthers II: Modern Battles,"Steel Panthers II: Batailles Modernes, Steel Panthers II: Moderne Schlachten",1996,7.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,Historical events,"While Steel Panthers covered armored warfare from 1939-1945, Steel Panthers 2: Modern Battles focuses on conflicts from 1950-2000. It is a turn-based strategy game, set on a map divided into hexagons. The basic game engine (graphics, user interface etc.) is nearly the same as in part one, with minor improvements. One important difference is the scale of the game: a bigger map, more units, which have more statistic values etc. Included are six campaigns and a bunch of scenarios. An additional campaign generator is also included. The preset campaigns are:"
28416,Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers,"Gabriel Knight I, Gabriel Knight: Die Sünden der Väter, Gabriel Knight: Les péchés des ancêtres, Gabriel Knight: Lucha Contra Las Fuerzas Sobrenaturales, Gabriel Knight: Pecados dos Pais, Gabriel: Zikhronot Afelim",1993,8.4,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Africa, North America","Gabriel Knight is a wise-cracking bookstore owner and would-be author. He is the last in a long line of Shadow Hunters, those fated to fight supernatural forces of evil. Tormented by terrifying nightmares, he must spend every waking moment scouring the side streets and back alleys of New Orleans for the key to his dark past. One day, a blood-chilling murder shocks the inhabitants of the city. The police detective assigned to investigate the crime is Gabriel's friend. In the beginning Gabriel collects evidence in hope of using the material for his new novel; but soon he finds himself personally involved in the investigation, and plunges deeper into the world of secret societies and murderous cults. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is a third-person puzzle-solving adventure game. Created by Jane Jensen the game differs from Sierra's Quest games (e.g. Space Quest ) by having a realistic setting and focusing (despite its supernatural elements and humor) on mature themes and detective work. In this way it is more similar to the company's earlier Laura Bow games. The game's icon-based interface is the same as in Sierra's previous titles, with verb commands that allow interaction with the game world and its inhabitants. Though the game still has plenty of inventory-based puzzles characteristic for classic adventure, its gameplay is heavily inclined towards dialogue. Typically, Gabriel will have to interrogate other characters, choosing conversation topics and thus gradually finding clues and advancing towards the mystery's solution. The game's locations are done in hand-painted style. The CD version of the game adds full voice-overs to the dialogues, as well as narrator's voice to text descriptions."
28418,Thandor: The Invasion,"Thandor : L'invasion, Thandor: Die Invasion",2000,6.9,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"After the defeat of the Golraths, the Alliance of Averes have collapsed and the allies have turned enemies. But in the times of turmoil and despair, some faithful Alliance soldiers are planning for a return to the glorious Alliance... Thandor is a 3D RTS game where you build units and battle other factions for control of resources (to build more units)."
28420,Silent Service II,,1990,8.0,"Action, Simulation",,"Historical events, Oceania, World War II","World War II is raging. The US has suffered an attack at Pearl Harbor, and most of its battleships are lost. The few remaining US carriers are fighting a desperate war against the Japanese surface fleets. But the US has a secret weapon: sleek, silent, deadly... you are a Submarine Commander! The action is viewed from within the submarine. Watch out for your speed, direction and depth. This game features 9 types of submarines to choose from, 10 types of torpedoes to fire, 14 Japanese surface ships (9 warships, 5 transport), and the entire Pacific Ocean as your battleground. The seven missions all recreate real US navy engagements. Can you sink the Yamato???"
28430,Growl,Runark,1991,5.9,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",Africa,"In the early part of the 20th century, a group of evil poachers recklessly hunted animals to the point of extinction, including lions, deers, elephants, eagles, and several others. Growl is a one-player game, in which you control one of four characters (Gen, Burn, Khan, and Jack) and you must defeat these evil poachers by dealing with them with your fists. However, there are weapons that can be found, including grenades, rocket launchers, whips, swords, guns, and shotguns, which you get once an enemy drops them on the ground, so you can use these weapons against them. If you manage to get one of the guns, you can shoot enemies with a limited supply of ammo. Once the ammo runs out, your only option is to pistol-whip them. Also, you can pick up crates and barrels and haul it at enemies to knock them down. Along the way, you'll encounter several cases of animal cruelty, such as two men whipping a lion. Stop the animal cruelty, and the animals will help you in your quest to defeat these evil poachers."
28434,Men in Black: The Game,,1997,5.9,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Men in Black: The Game loosely adapts the successful 1997 film into an action/adventure game akin to Resident Evil with 3D characters moving through pre-rendered backgrounds with fixed camera perspectives. In an introductory level, players control NYPD cop James Edwards (as played by Will Smith in the film) who investigates a possible robbery in a New York apartment building. After finding out an alien creature is behind it, he is recruited into the Men in Black, a secret organization that supervises alien life on Earth. Now known as Agent J, he, along with his colleagues K and L (Tommy Lee Jones' and Linda Fiorentino's film character, respectively), protect the Earth from malevolent aliens and prevent the public from learning about the existence of extraterrestrial life. The main part of the game begins at MIB headquarters. Here, players are briefed on the next mission in the briefing room and can change their weapon and do target practice at the shooting gallery. Several different weapons are available, from realistic firearms to the futuristic guns seen in the film, including the small but powerful Noisy Cricket. Before a mission, players can choose to play as J, K or L. The three have different fighting styles and their dialogue also differs. The game includes three main missions, which send the agents to the Arctic, the Amazon and a remote island. Stylized comic-style cutscenes advance the story between levels. Missions involve exploring the surroundings, combat with aliens (either hand-to-hand or with guns) and puzzle-solving: finding keycards to open doors, restarting the computer system, or distracting a dog for a way to pass. Ammunition is limited and thus should be conserved, but can be refilled from the supplies of fallen enemies or occasional caches found in the levels."
28435,Demise: Rise of the Ku'tan,,2000,6.5,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The mines of Dejanol were once the land's primary source of Mythinite, and a training grounds for adventurers until one day the town was overrun by demons in a surprise attack. They went as quickly as they came, the town was reclaimed by the guilds, and the mines were sealed. Now, the mines are reopened and Lord Gherrick has called for a hero (or band of heroes) to seek out and destroy the source of evil in its depths. Demise is loosely based on Mordor one of the various Rogue -likes, but updated into a first-person RPG with modern graphics, sound, music, and cooperative Internet multiplayer support. You can create as many characters as you like, and join them into parties of one to four characters (in multi-player, you only play one character at a time, who can join with other players into a party). Characters are one of nine races (Human, Elf, Giant, Gnome, Dwarf, Ogre, Yeti, Saris, or Troll), and can belong to one or more of twelve guilds (Artisan, Warrior, Paladin, Ninja, Villain, Explorer, Thief, Barbarian, Magi, Sorcerer, Warlock, or Cleric). Different races have different natural resistances and starting stats, as well as different heights and better or worse eyesight, which actually affects the first-person display in the dungeon as you switch characters. Each character can join as many guilds as you like (subject to stats, race, and alignment requirements) and access the skills of all at once, though in town you must choose only one guild in which to earn experience for each foray into the dungeon (which will also determine which class-restricted equipment you can wear). As with most RPGs, advancement in the guilds requires earning experience. There is a penalty applied if you belong to multiple guilds which means you'll need more experience per level in each guild the more guilds you belong to. In addition, most guilds will occasionally assign you quests to kill a certain monster or find a certain item before they will consent to advance you another level. The maximum level in each guild is 999, so you can play for years before your character maxes out. In addition to the guild quests, Lord Gherrick will assign you longer and more difficult quests, and there is a notice board for random single-player quests, and multi-player bounties or item requests. To help you out on the quests, the town Seer can give you a rough idea where to find a particular monster or item, but she's not always right, and she charges fairly high prices. Within the humongous 25-level dungeon, you'll find hundreds of different items and monsters. Unlike many Rogue-likes, the dungeon map is not random, which allows for the inclusion of lots of special areas. Your map is shared by all your characters. Combat takes place in real-time, with your characters using your specified default actions. You can pause at any time to give new orders. Not all monsters are hostile; some will talk to you if you know their language, and others will offer to join you as companions and fight on your side (even if they're not great fighters, you can sell them to the Monster Confinement store in town). Of course, if you open their chest and take their stuff, peaceable monsters will become hostile. As with most Rogue-likes, the only way to save is to exit the game, and your character is updated as you play. If you die, you can't just reload. You can be resurrected, but only in town, so you'll either have to have another character pay to hire rescuers to find and retrieve your corpse, or have another character or party-member find your corpse and carry it up to town. Demise does have the option to backup your saves in case your current game becomes corrupted, but this is intentionally a bit cumbersome so you won't be tempted to use it just to undo a bad event. There is a demo version of Demise which allows you to explore all of the first five dungeon levels. The full version includes all 25 levels, as well as the Demise server if you want to host multi-player games."
28441,DemonStar,,1997,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,DemonStar has been heralded as the successor to Raptor: Call of the Shadows It is a smooth scrolling shooter made in the tradition of Raiden. Go around collect power-ups and shoot everything.
28445,Comix Zone,Comix Zone Classic,1995,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"Sketch Turner was a starving comic book artist, living with his pet rat Roadkill... that is until a lightning storm mysteriously brought his cartoon villain, Mortus, to life and imprisoned Sketch within the pages of his own comic book. Now trapped in the world that he himself created, but someone else is now drawing, Sketch must battle through the pages of his own comic book, and past his own creations, to a final battle with Mortus. Perhaps one of his own creations, General Alissa Cyan might be able to help... Comix Zone is a side-scrolling fighting game with a difference, you're inside of a comic book and you yourself know it. Smash enemies into the sides of frames, rip through the paper to unleash a super move and otherwise wreck havoc throughout the limitations of the graphic novel. Sketch himself can jump, attack and use various items that he finds along the comic book, including his rat friend, Roadkill. Button combinations can be used to unleash powerful techniques. The game progresses linearly through each page of the comic book, however secret paths and alternate routes through the story can be discovered. At the end of each level, Sketch receives a super hero rating for how well he's progressing."
28448,Grand Prix 3,"GP3, Grand Prix 3 by Geoff Crammond",2000,8.2,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Grand Prix 3 aims to be a complete simulation of the 1998 Formula 1 World Championship, and features all the tracks, teams and drivers. You can practice the racetracks (which is recommended to learn their layouts and work on car setup) or compete in single races or the full championship. Each race weekend has practice and qualification sessions, and the lengths of these can be customized, as can the skill level of the opposition drivers. There are 7 driving aids available, including automatic brakes and gears and an indestructibility option - as you race at higher skill levels, less and less of these are available. Car setup is done in precise detail, with the chance to change wing settings (trading off grip against straight-line speed), brake balances (affecting how the car handles under braking) and gear ratios (trading acceleration off against top speed), as well as more complicated ones like packers, dampers and the ride height - the manual explains it in considerable detail, as well as offering driving tips. Before each race you choose your pit strategy and tire compound - those with better short-term grip wear out quicker, especially if your driving style is aggressive. Wet racing is included, which requires much more careful driving and shrewd strategic choices as to which type of tires to use and when to pit to change them."
28451,Flight Path 737,"Flight Path 737: Advanced Pilot Trainer, Flight Path 737: Simulador de Vuelo, Flugsimulator",1984,5.7,Simulation,,,"Flight Path 737 is a flight simulator or as the cover says an ""advanced pilot trainer"". The player is the pilot of a jet airliner and his task is to take off from an airport, climb over the mountains that surround it and then land safely on an airfield in the valleys below. The player only gets one chance as there is only enough fuel for one landing. The game is played from a first person perspective and the screen is split into two parts: a landscape view at the top and the instrument panel below. The instrument panel shows all the information that is needed such as altitude, speed and artificial horizon. The game can be played on six different skill levels. Each level adds more complexity to the task. On the first level the mountains are 5000 ft. high and the runway is three miles long but for each level the mountains get higher and the runway gets shorter. On the most difficult level the mountains are 9200 ft. and the runway is only 1.5 miles. Each level also adds more tasks that have to be taken care. On level 2 the engine can catch fire, while level 3 requires a smoother landing. Level 4 to 6 add crosswinds and require reverse thrust when landing."
28452,Guilty Gear X,"GGX, Guilty Gear X: Advance Edition",2000,7.7,Action,Fighting,,"When the humans created artificial beings named ""gears"" in 22th century, they didn't expect that their creation will eventually turn against them. Because gears had no will of their own and could only obey humans. Only one gear, named Justice, was able to transfer his will onto other gears and to rebel against the humans. In year 2180, Justice was killed as a result of a bloody tournament organized by the Sacred Order of Holy Knights. Yet recently, a new gear was discovered. He showed no signs of hostility, yet he had no master and was roaming about free. It was impossible to capture or to kill him because he was immensely strong. Fearing a new Justice will grow out of this gear, the Order organized yet another tournament, this time with a solid prize: five hundred thousand world dollars for the winner. Guilty Gear X is a follow up to Guilty Gear and is also a 2D fighting game. There are now 16 characters available for you to choose. The battle system became more complicated, thanks to the variety of moves you can perform. Beside special attacks which you can execute if you build up your Tension Gauge by attacking or advancing towards your opponent, there is also a variety of defensing moves to perform. The instant kill moves are back from the previous game."
28457,Duke Nukem,Duke Nukum,1991,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,Duke Nukem consists of three episodes which were also released separately:
28461,Ghostbusters,"Cazafantasmas, S.O.S. Fantômes",1984,6.4,Action,,,"Based on the 1984 film of the same name, the Ghostbusters are the ones to call to ""bust"" any ghost hauntings. They do this through the use of nuclear-accelerated ""proton packs"" and ""ghost traps"", whereby the ghosts can be captured and transferred to a secure storage facility at their Headquarters. However New York City has suddenly become a very haunted place, and the number of ghosts has suddenly and dramatically increased. The Ghostbusters must reduce the paranormal psychokinetic energy, the ""PK level"" in the city, which represents ghost power, before the Temple of Zuul awakens and resurrects an evil goddess called Gozer. Ghostbusters is an action game that features an overhead-view and a side-view. From Ghostbusters HQ, the player must monitor a map of midtown Manhattan for ""ghost alarms"", as well as for casual, roaming spirits, and plot a route to the alarmed area. Once the route is plotted, the player then controls the purchased Ghostmobile as it drives through traffic. Here, the player is able to capture casual ghosts on the way if they are en route. When the haunted location is reached, the game switches to a side-view. Two of the Ghostbusters will take position, activate their proton beams, and toss a trap to the ground. The player must then use the two Ghostbusters to attempt to lead the ghost(s) over the placed trap. Once activated, the trap springs to capture any ghosts directly above it. A successful capture will earn the player money, which can then be used to purchase new Ghostbusters vehicles and new modifications for it. An unsuccessful capture will see the ghost fly away (after nastily sliming one of the Ghostbusters). As the game progresses, the PK energy in the city increases. The Ghostbusters must keep it under critical levels by being constantly successful at busting ghosts. Eventually the Temple of Zuul will activate, and if the PK levels are still manageable, the Ghostbusters can venture there for a final showdown with Gozer."
28469,Mortal Kombat 4,,1999,4.8,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Once upon a time, the thunder god Raiden fought against another god called Shinnok who wanted to conquer the universe. Raiden won and banished Shinnok, but now he is back and continues his previous quest. Raiden calls together other warriors to a tournament which determines the one to challenge Shinnok. Mortal Kombat 4 is a traditional one-against-one versus fighting game. Both fighters try to emtpy the opponent's health bar with punches or kicks. Every fighter also has some special attacks which are triggered with certain button combinations. If the time limit of a round runs out, the fighter with more health wins. The mobile version of this game has a few differences in comparison to its console/PC brother It only has nine fighters (Raiden, Liu Kang, Scorpion, Reiko, Tanya, Fujin, Sub-Zero, Quan Chi and the unlockable Reptile) and less special moves. Because of the technical limitations of the platform, the game uses the engine of its predecessor and omits the new 3D look of the other versions."
28484,Word Zapper,,1982,5.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In Word Zapper your goal is to zap three words in 99 seconds. First, the current word will appear at the bottom of the screen. You then have to recreate this word by controlling your spaceship and zapping letters in the correct order which will be scrolling by at the top of the screen. To make this task more challenging, various asteroids will fly by horizontally; some asteroids will cause you to lose time, others destroy your ship ending the game. To help protect yourself, your spaceship is also equipped with lasers which can be used to destroy the asteroids. If you shoot five asteroids in a row, you earn a ""freebie"" which can be used in place of any letter. You will also need to use the ""freebie"" to move on to the next word after all the necessary letters have been zapped. The game ends when you successfully zap three words, the time limit runs out, or your spaceship is destroyed by asteroids. Numerous game variations are available. These control the speed and density of the asteroids, the speed of the scrolling alphabet, and allow you to choose between zapping words or random letters."
28493,Lady Bug,"Fighting Bug, Papa Tudo",1981,7.8,Action,Arcade,,"An action game in the same style as Pac-Man but with differences nonetheless. Players control a ladybug who must venture around different mazes collecting all of the food pellet ""x""'s. In addition to there being regular lines of wall in the maze, there are also several rotating doors that can be used to trap enemies and escape. In fact, these rotating doors are the key to survival in this game. In the center of each maze is a different enemy insect hive that will spawn out enemy creatures. A new enemy creature is spawned every time the border around the screen makes a complete ""lap"". Timers for the border vary upon the level, so later levels will generate new enemies faster, thus progression through the game brings smarter, faster, and more quickly spawning enemies. In addition to the collection of X's, each maze also contains a variety of powerups that come in three types: Poison, Letters, and Hearts. Poison is deadly both to the player and the enemy. If the player is able to lure an enemy creature into a poison powerup, it will die and be removed from gameplay. Letters and hearts are powerups with multiple conditions: Collected at the right time they will add letters that will eventually spell words providing bonuses. However, collected during the improper time will only earn the player a few points. For most of the gameplay, the colour of all powerups (except skulls which are unaffected) will be blue. But every few seconds it will cycle through yellow and then red colours. Grabbing a letter when flashing the colour will add it to that colour's word. The red word is ""SPECIAL"" and the yellow word is ""EXTRA"". Spelling the word, EXTRA gains the player an extra life, and spelling the word, SPECIAL brings the player to a special bonus round. Hearts are best used as blue powerups as they will act as multipliers for the X's being picked up, first as 2x, then as 3x, and finally as 5x. Multipliers are lost when the player dies, but letter powerups are not."
28494,Rubicon,,1992,7.0,Action,Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Rubicon 's plot deals with a catastrophic nuclear accident in Russia. The player must trek through seven levels inhabited by mutated super-intelligent animals in order to diffuse each nuclear reactor. Gameplay is a Contra style flip-screen run'n'gun shooter (with occasional jetpack flights), with fairly unrelenting action. Power-ups are issued by a canister which the player will have to control in order to gain the weapon they want. The difficulty level is pitched high, as with Project-X which was released at a similar time."
28503,Bone Cruncher,,1987,6.8,Action,Puzzle elements,,"In Bone Cruncher the player takes the role of Bono, a dragon who makes a living by selling soap. His secret of success: he uses skeletons as ingredients. To restock, Bone has to collect more skeletons by traveling through a castle with 22 scrolling levels. This game is a Boulder Dash variant. The levels are filled with dirt (which vanishes when Bono walks over it), monsters, and glooks (basically rocks with eyes). Monsters can only travel on ways without dirt and their touch is hazardous - some even eat up the skeletons. There are 25 skeletons to find in each level and specific steps have to worked out to reach them (e.g. using a glook to cut off a specific monster's path), giving the game a puzzle-solving character."
28510,Infidel,,1983,6.8,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Africa,"You've been marooned by your crew in the vast wasteland of the Egyptian Desert. The burning heat causes you to think you are a brave explorer of fortune, but you have already been branded an Infidel. You are more likely to starve to death than finding the gold and riches that are hidden in the pyramids. Difficulty Level: Advanced"
28512,The Simpsons Cartoon Studio,"The Simpsons Cartoon Studio: Be A Big Shot Cartoon Director, Man!",1996,8.0,Educational,,,"The Simpsons Cartoon Studio allows you to use a large library of premade clips, sounds, backgrounds, and effects to make your own Simpson's cartoon shorts. Also includes a program that allows you to swap cartoons with your friends."
28516,Uno,,1999,6.7,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Cards / tiles",,"The classic card game goes portable with this Game Boy Color Version of Uno! Play against a friend with the link cable, and play 2 different versions of the game with up to 4 players. Play to a specific point total and have special cards in the game."
28525,Ai: Chō Aniki,,1995,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"The Cho Aniki series returns with their first sequel, the one that would cement the series humorous fetish with bodybuilders and other assorted stuff. As in the original Cho Aniki: Super Big Brothers Ai Cho Aniki is a side-scrolling shooter in which you have to clear several stages of enemies with your flying avatar. Said avatar this time can be either of the two ""option"" bodybuilders that were supporting characters in the original while the original's main cast plays only small cameo roles as they appear every now and then to drop power-ups. Our two beloved speedo-wearing beefcakes also incorporate different play mechanics, as their attacks are often determined by button combinations (as in fighting games) which put a spin on the gameplay. Otherwise, the game's graphics and design are practically identical to the first game."
28541,The Great Circus Mystery starring Mickey & Minnie,"Disney's Magical Quest 2, Disney's Magical Quest 2 Starring Mickey & Minnie, Disney's Magical Quest 2 Starring Mickey and Minnie, Mickey to Minnie: Magical Adventure 2",1994,6.8,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Starring Mickey and Minnie Mouse, the two plan to spend the day at the Circus only to find that it's deserted. Believing that someone is responsible, you must dress up in different outfits such as Safari and Western, as you try to find clues to solve the mystery behind the disappereance of the performers, including your pals Donald Duck and Pluto."
28544,The Mummy,Hamunaptra: Ushinawareta Sabaku no Miyako,2000,6.9,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements","Egypt (Ancient), Interwar","The Mummy is an action game with puzzle elements based on the movie of the same name. The plot basically centers on an Egyptian priest who was mummified in his time and later resurrected in 1926. Now he threatens to destroy the world. It concentrates on exploring tombs and getting the artifacts inside. In most of the 46 levels, the player has access to three protagonists with different abilities: Evelyn can transport items and jump high, Rick can shoot with his pistols to kill enemies or use a sniper rifle to hit far away switches and Jonathan can use explosives. Each of the characters has their own life bars and the player can switch instantly between them. It is necessary to put all three characters to good use to solve the puzzles and platforming challenges the game offer. It is possible to bring a level to an unwinnable state, but there is a function to reset the level without penalty."
28546,Crime Patrol,,1993,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",,"Originating in the arcades, this is a full-motion video rail shooter with real actors, produced by the makers of Mad Dog McCree Crime Patrol puts the player in the shoes of a police officer, who starts as a Rookie and has to work his way up to become a member of SWAT and eventually the Delta Force team. To do that, he has to complete missions, which involve taking down criminals in a variety of locations. Beginning with smaller-scale criminals (such as shoplifters), the hero will later have to face gangsters, drug lords, and eventually terrorists. For each set of missions, the player characters is being teamed up with another police officer. The gameplay is quite similar to any other of the large live-action laser-gun games found in the arcades - all the player has to do is take the gun (or the mouse in the computer version) and show those criminals who's the boss!"
28555,Exerion,Arcade Archives: Exerion,1983,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,This is a shoot-em-up game with parallax effects in the background. It does have a simulation of inertia in the control of the ship. There are dozens of enemies and two types of shooting: slow and fast. Two weapon systems: one slow double-shot cannon and one fast single-shot cannon. With each enemy hit by the slow cannon you get one shot added to the fast cannon ammunition supply. A challenge stage follows each stage in which you can build up your fast-shot bullet supply.
28562,Submarine Attack,,1990,6.8,Action,Shooter,,"In Submarine Attack the player controls a submarine in an underwater environment. The player must shoot down enemies that are coming toward them using missiles either at the front or rear of the sub. There are six stages in the game, and at the end of each one, the player has to defeat a boss who requires multiple shots to kill. One the player defeats a boss they proceed to the next, more difficult stage."
28567,Do Re Mi Fantasy: Milon no DokiDoki Daibōken,DoReMi Fantasy: Milon's DokiDoki Adventure,1996,8.1,Action,Platform,,"A young boy named Milon sets off to save Alis, his fairy friend, after she was captured by the evil sorcerer Amon. He later learns that the only way to defeat Amon is by collecting five legendary instruments which Amon has stolen. The sorcerer placed a curse on these instruments so that their true powers cannot be used and then left them in the hands of his minions. The only way to lift the curse is by collecting five stars. Armed with only his bubble shooter, Milon must retrieve the legendary instruments, lift their curses and use their powers to defeat Amon and rescue Alis. Traveling through many different worlds starting with the forest, Milon will be confronted by many enemies. Milon can either shoot bubbles to trap and send his enemies away, or he can jump and flatten his enemies temporarily turning them into a platform for him to walk across. Milon has three different ""outfits"": red, blue, and green. With the green outfit, Milon can withstand three hits. Each time he gets hit, he will be downgraded a color - green to blue, blue to red. If he gets hit with the red outfit, he will die and have to start the level over. By collecting 100 music notes, Milon will get an extra life. There are also other useful items to get like bubble gum that will save Milon once if he were to fall, a special bubble shooter that let's him shoot multiple bubbles at once and a star that makes Milon temporarily invincible so that he can defeat enemies simply by running at them."
28568,Ocean Conqueror,,1987,5.6,Simulation,,,"As a submarine pilot within a war, your task is to destroy enemy munitions convoys in your sector. There are eight destroyers and four transports to destroy, within a time limit of 18 hours. You are armed with torpedos and guided missiles (upon firing one, control inputs are applied to the missile, rather than the ship). You also have a long range radar and a static map with co-ordinates. Controls are complex, with the periscope and rudder coming under your direct control."
28569,Vampire Hunter D,,1999,6.0,Action,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror",Fantasy,"Vampire Hunter D is based on the anime titled Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust which, in its turn, is based on the novel Vampire Hunter D: Demon Deathchase by Hideyuki Kikuchi You play as D, the half-human / half-vampire whose sole mission in life is to hunt down and kill vampires. The setting is not the distant medieval past, nor is it the mid-19th century, instead D's adventures are set in the far distant future, when humanity has nearly killed itself off by endless wars. Rising from the scorched earth and assuming power in this desolate era are the timeless vampires. They established a feudal system where they ruled over humans as nobles in Europe ruled over their peasants. But after thousands of years the Vampires' power waned and humans revolted against their lords, and thus the class of Vampire Hunters were born. In this particular story, D is employed by a rich family to retrieve their daughter from the vampire who kidnapped her. He is not the only one trying to free her; a rival group of vampire hunters, the Marcus Brothers, are after the daughter and the bounty, regarding D as a rival. The Vampire Hunter D must enter Castle Chaith, battle the Vampire Lord, the minions that inhabit the castle, and a hidden evil, to save the girl and collect his bounty. The action in Vampire Hunter D plays like the early Resident Evil games. There are pre-rendered backgrounds and all the characters are animated in 3D. Players utilize D's signature weapon, his massive long sword, as well as his special vampire powers, (which comprise healing, offensive, and defensive powers), to battle the hordes of evil creatures that live in the hallways and chambers of the daemonic Castle Chaith. You must solve puzzles, unlock doors, and retrieve key items to progress into the depths and heights of the castle, ultimately reaching and revealing the true evil power pulling the strings of this macabre story."
28570,Miniature Golf,Arcade Golf,1977,4.4,Sports,,,"This is a computer game simulation of a miniature golf course. It attempts to refine your sense of timing and your perceptiveness in judging distance. As in a traditional miniature golf course, a variety of obstacles are placed in your path to the cup. Depending on the game that is selected, the course can be played solo, or a two player competition can be initiated. Rather than a full 18 holes, this miniature golf variation has a nine-hole half-course. Your goal is clear: taking the various obstacles into account, hit the ball through the course and complete each hole by knocking the ball into the cup. The number of attempts you make for a single hole is tallied as strokes. While total strokes are unlimited, each hole still has a specific par assigned to it. So ideally, you should make it your goal to not exceed the par assigned to each hole. Using the standard joystick controller, you can position the club to adjust the strength and angle of how the ball is hit. Remember that no matter how many strokes have accrued, it is necessary to get the ball in the cup before the game continues on to the next hole."
28576,Paparazzi!: Tales of Tinseltown,,1995,6.3,Simulation,,,"Paparazzi! is an interactive movie that satirizes Hollywood culture while simulating the experience of being a freelance photojournalist. You're a newly-graduated photographer hoping to make it big in the land of the stars, where a picture is worth $1000, by taking the best candid celebrity photos and selling them to the right bidders. Shoot all 24 celebs in just 2 weeks, or find yourself broke and out of work. Hey, that's life in the Big Orange."
28577,Tetris,,1988,7.8,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,Mirrorsoft's version of Tetris which was the first commercially available version of the game.
28578,Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon Deluxe,Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon DX,1993,8.0,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"This expanded version of Sid Meier's original Railroad Tycoon includes additional scenarios and settings, enhanced graphics, and several additional types of trains to work with."
28587,Magic Carpet,,1994,8.3,Action,Shooter,"Fantasy, Middle East","Magic Carpet is a first-person perspective game, in which you are a mage who flies on a, well, magic carpet and casts spells. The game has 50 levels, called ""worlds""; each of those is set in a sea terrain with several mountainous islands. Your goal on each level is to amass enough mana within your castle to ""restore the equilibrium"" within the world. Once this happens, you can head to the next level. To collect mana, you have to find it (it is represented by golden spheres) and cast a specific spell to make it ""yours"". To collect this mana, you have to use a special spell to raise a castle of your own out of the ground. A balloon will appear over the newly created castle; it will proceed to fly around the level and collect ""your"" mana. Initially, your castle will be small and won't be able to hold much mana, so you'll have to keep casting the ""castle"" spell at it to make it bigger. The levels typically have monsters and rival mages in them. Not only they can hurt you with their attacks, but killing them is often necessary, as upon death they will release some of the mana you need to complete the level. To attack your enemies, you have a variety of spells at your disposal: fireballs, lightning bolts and meteors. There are also many other spells available to you - they allow you to heal yourself, surround yourself with a protective shield, teleport around, summon a skeleton army, or even modify the terrain by creating volcanoes and splitting landmasses. Not all spells are available to you from the beginning, though. Throughout all the levels, you are on your flying carpet, which can move in 3 dimensions. You can bring up a top-down map at any time."
28592,Tunnel Runner,,1983,6.7,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Tunnel Runner is an advanced 3D Maze Game, essentially what a 1st person version of Pac-Man game would be like. Because Tunnel Runner was designed with a built-in expanded memory chip (RAM Plus!), it's 12KB of memory gives it the ability to present the maze in three dimensions. Therefore, the playfield is a colorful, three-dimensional maze, so you never see yourself... just the walls on either side of you that form the corridors you travel along. As you move along the passage-ways, additional tunnels appear on either side, which you can turn into by pressing left and right. Your primary goal is to locate and collect the hidden key, located in a different spot within each maze. Through the assistance of a MAP, you can maneuver within the maze. While attempting to locate the key to exit the level, you must also avoid the hungry Zot’s. You will discover these enemy creatures throughout the maze. Successfully recovering the key without being intercepted by the Zot's opens the portal to the next level. As you pass each level, you will discover that the complexity and difficulty increases, while your MAP gradually reveals less and less information… ultimately, your map will be of little use, requiring you to survive solely by instincts and quick thinking!"
28595,Hoyle Classic Card Games,,1993,7.3,Puzzle,Cards / tiles,,"The fourth (comparatively little-known) installment in Sierra On-Line's Hoyle series offers a collection of eight popular card games: Bridge, Euchre, Old Maid, Gin Rummy, Hearts, Cribbage, Crazy Eights, and Klondike. In addition to reading the basic rules for each individual game, players can now access an interface tutorial and a glossary of game-specific terms, as well as customize a range of options. Hoyle Classic Card Games is apparently the last volume in the series to feature animated characters from other Sierra titles."
28598,General Chaos,General Chaos: Daikonsen,1993,7.2,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Arcade,,"General Chaos is an arcade-style squad RTS where the player controls a team of five soldiers in a limited battleground, in a classic Red (General Havoc, headquarters in Viceria) vs Blue (General Chaos, in Moronica) all out war. The goal of the game is to push the frontline to the enemy headquarters, by winning individual battles and then beat them in their own capital. There are five kinds of soldiers, each with their weapon of choice and range of attack: the Gunner (machine gun, medium range and wide arc), Launcher (rocket launcher, long range), Chucker (grenades that can be thrown over barricades), Scorcher (flame-thrower, close combat) and Blaster (dynamite sticks, close range). Before each battle, players can choose the composition of their team from one out of four choices: Assault team, Brute Force, Commandos (a team of just two soldiers which have different controls) and Demolition. Gameplay is simple to learn, with the A button being used to fire at the nearest enemy, B to move to a the pointer location and C to cycle through soldiers. Using the commando team changes the controls, with the directional pad controlling a soldier directly, with B being used to call the other soldier nearby. While basic commands are simple, the player must deal with things such as distance from target and angle of attack to succeed. If two opposing soldiers face-off during battle, they engage in a brawl (indicated by a cloud of dust). When that happens, the battle stops and the players are in direct control of the soldiers: A punches, B kicks and C blocks. Every downed soldier can can be rescued if there are enough medics available, earned at the end of each battle depending on how well the player did. Up to four players can play, cooperatively or against each other."
28601,Section-Z,,1987,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alien Invaders approach the solar system from their interstellar battle platform, named Fortress Balangool. Under the command of the Master Control, named L-Brain, the Invaders defeat Earth's space forces. Only one hero, Captain Commando remains to defeat the alien armada by entering Balangool and fighting through the various sections until reaching Section-Z. Section-Z is a side-scrolling shooter where the player must travel through the maze that is Balangool. Typically this consists of traveling through a scrolling corridor and reaching the end where a new direction must be chosen. Captain Commando's abilities are shooting directly left or directly right while moving around the screen. Power-ups can be collected by defeated enemies and include; improved lasers, a 3-way cannon and shield, these can be stored until needed. There are also SMS (Special Transmission Shell) power-ups, which require energy to use Energy units, are used to absorb enemy fire. Loss of all energy or running into an enemy or a wall causes death. Certain sections of Balangool are blocked until a generator can be found and destroyed. There are four different boss creatures that must be defeated when encountered."
28611,Alex Kidd in Shinobi World,,1990,7.6,Action,Platform,,"Alex Kidd continues his adventures in Alex Kidd in Shinobi World featuring remixes of the music you heard from Shinobi and featuring the common enemy: Ninjas. The Dark Ninja, whom was banished 10,000 years ago, has returned to rule Miracle World. He also takes young Alex's girlfriend and use her as a sacrifice. To help Alex defeat the Dark Ninja and rescue his girlfriend, a god enters Alex's body, causing Alex to become a ninja master. There are four rounds, with three levels each, and has Alex travel through locations like office blocks, construction sites, shipyards, and jungles. He must go through each level defeating ninjas and other wildlife. In the last levels, he must defeat bosses including Kabuto, Heli, Robster, and Hanzo. To survive some levels, you must learn the secret jumping technique, described on page eight of the game's instruction manual. You start the game with three lives and are presented with an energy bar with three units, but you'll lose one if an enemy touches you. Furthermore, If you lose all three energy units, you lose a life, and if you lose all three lives, the game is over. Additional energy units can be obtained by collecting hearts that can be found by breaking treasure chests. The maximum units you can get is six. From there, the heart is replaced by a mini-Alex. Collect this and you've earned yourself an extra life. You'll get hearts if you have less than six units. You can also get weapons like spears and power swords by breaking these treasure cheats. However, if you're lucky, you can obtain a Tornado icon, letting you transform into a tornado while mini-Tornados whirl around the screen, seeking enemies. This allows you to either go left or right so your enemies get sucked in and are knocked out."
28612,Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold,,1992,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Western,The sequel to American Laser Game's original Mad Dog McCree with pretty much the same gameplay and motion capture graphics. This PC conversion seems to have been tweaked a bit to be more stable than the original Mad Dog. There's also somewhat limited replay value as you can choose from 3 different guides for 3 different routes through the game.
28613,beatmania,Beatmania Europe,2000,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Music / rhythm",,"This is the European edit of Konami's successful series Beatmania, a part of their BeMani franchise (DDR, DrumMania, Guitar Freaks and more). You get to play well known club tracks on a special controller that looks similar to the original arcade one, with 5 piano keys and a ""turntable"". Pieces of the song fall down the screen and you have to hit the right key or spin the turntable to nail the melody or drum piece falling. The better you get the higher your rating is, and you unlock more songs as you go. In this version some of the songs featured are: ""Sing It Back"" by Moloko, ""Jacques Your Body"" by Les Rythmes Digitales, ""Dreaming"" by Ruffdriverz and many more."
28614,PGA Tour 96,PGA Tour 96 for Windows 95,1995,7.9,Sports,,,"PGA Tour 96 was the last of the series released for Sega's 16-bit console, and technologically the most advanced one. Instead of offering several generic courses, the three available (Spyglass Hill, Sawgrass and River Highlands) are in 3D, with height differences visible (as well as the limited 3D abilities of the console allow). The player can either chose to play as one of the 10 PGA Pros (whose swings were digitized), or go Pro - the game keeps track of statistics (longest drive, driving accuracy, best round, etc), a game (Tournament, Strokeplay, Skins, Match and Shootout), as well as a replay. Gameplaywise, PGA 96 uses the tried-and-proved triple click system - one to start the swing, other to set strength and a final one for accuracy. It's possible to fade or draw the ball (to bend the trajectory), add backspin and pitch or chip the ball (for some medium range attempts at the hole or go above a bush).The difficulty level affects mostly the leniency of the triple click hit areas - while at novice it is possible to let the accuracy a bit off-center, in pro levels the ball goes where your swing took it - no excuses taken. However, only in Pro it is possible to make the longest drives, as the amateur and novice levels take a few yards from the total capacity of the club."
28615,Evolution,"Evolution: Only the Strong Survive, Evolution: l'Incroyable Nouveau Jeu de Progression de Sydney, Evolution: the Incredible New Progressive Game from Sydney, Sydney's Evolution",1982,6.6,Action,Arcade,,"Evolution is an arcade style action game with six levels where you need to evolve from an amoeba to a human. Each level is a different stage in evolution with it's own unique goals. The first level is the amoeba stage where you need to eat all the DNA on the screen while avoiding the spores, microbes, and antibodies that are trying to stop you. The second level is the tadpole stage. The tadpole needs to eat three flies to move on to the next stage while avoiding the very hungry fish. Next is the rodent stage, where you need to eat five blocks of cheese while avoiding the snakes. In level four you need to guide a beaver across alligator infested waters to retrieve sticks and build a dam. The fifth level is the gorilla stage, where your gorilla has to use coconuts to fight off monkeys that are trying to steal its orange stash. And finally is the human stage, where you have to use a laser gun to fight off mutants that are trying to take over the earth."
28622,BoomBots,,1999,6.1,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Some time ago - it could have been 1983 or 15 billion years - alien cats invaded Earth, nabbed all of its house cats, and took off. Dr. Pick created fifteen BoomBots, each with distinctive abilities and personalities, and sent them to destroy Mandu, the space alien cat king, and rescue Earth's house cats. BoomBots is a 3D one-on-one fighter that relies on distance fighting (gunshots and the like) and use of the 3D interactive environment for strategic purposes. The game has a cartoony style and humorous overtones. The FMV intros are done with clay animation."
28625,Gomola Speed,,1990,7.3,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Gomola Speed is an action game featuring a robot snake. You must find the pieces of your body strewn about each maze-like stage, which increase your size, and use your length to surround items, food, and enemies in order to eliminate them. You can also use bombs to stun more dangerous enemies. Different stages may have different goals -- for example, you may have to find a key, or use your surround ability on floor tiles to reveal items or enemies. Only your snake's head is vulnerable; if an enemy hits your body it will scatter all the pieces and you'll have to collect them again. After completing set conditions on each stage, a door will open that leads to the next stage, at which point you'll be just a head again, and will have to hunt for your body once more. The game has the same unique UPL style that will be familiar to fans of games such as Atomic Robo-Kid and Mutant Night"
28629,Gremlins 2: The New Batch,Gremlins 2: La Nueva Generación,1990,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"As Billy, you set off to rescue Gizmo the Gremlin from Clamp Tower skyscraper, where Dr. Catheter plans to viciously experiment with him. Unfortunately, Catheter gets word of your plans, and mixes up a whole new batch of vicious gremlins. As a result, your mission is now one of destruction and avoidance. Elite's implementation of this is a five-level side-view action game, in which you run around avoiding or shooting the gremlins. Each level has a secret object which must be collected. Bonus items such as extra lives and time can be collected, as can improved weapons, and credits to spend on a new weapon after each level."
28630,Virtua Cop 2,Virtua Squad 2,1995,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",,"Virtua Cop 2 is a light gun rail shooter like its predecessor Virtua Cop The player assumes the role of a police officer and is sent after criminals, from subways and a bank to aboard helicopters. It follows the same gameplay pattern of its predecessor and is played from a first person perspective. The game moves the player automatically, although the player can find hiding places to shoot from a safe angle. The main task is to aim and fire the cop’s weapon so as to take out the bad guys for points. Avoid the innocents, as shooting them costs the player points. The enemies have tougher firepower than in the original and the game can be played solo or with a friend."
28631,Mysterium,,1991,5.9,"Action, Puzzle",,Fantasy,"As a alchemist you must solve a set of mazes to prove your worth. To solve the mazes you must transform the items which are found in the maze into something more useful. For example, a piece of iron turns in a glass key when dropped in a pool of fire. Thus, if you want to pass a glass door, you have to find a pool of fire and a piece of iron. These transformations are not random, but sometimes require multiple stages. If you keep good notes, you'll find out all possible transformations. The make it all a little bit more interesting, there are monsters inhibiting the maze. That problem is easily solved by transforming something into a decent weapon."
28632,3 Count Bout,Fire Suplex,1993,6.6,"Action, Sports",Fighting,,"3 Count Bout is a one-on-one fighting game. Choose from ten wrestlers who have their own power attacks. There are ten rounds in the game, and each one of them has you fighting other wrestlers that are much tougher than the previous ones. You defeat each one by biting, kicking, and performing other moves to the point where their damage meter is empty. But just because it is empty doesn't mean that you win. You have to pin him for the infamous-three count. Also features competitive play and tag match battles."
28635,Lemmings Paintball,Lemmings Play Paintball,1996,7.0,"Action, Sports","Shooter, Tactical shooter",,"This is a Lemmings game, but one that's not in a side-scrolling perspective like the early ones. You have to splatter your enemies with paintballs from your paintgun. The number of Lemmings you control can change throughout the game, although the number is usually more than one in the higher levels."
28636,Cosmic Family,"Die Kosmische Familie, La Famiglia Cosmica, La Familia Cósmica, La Famille Cosmic",1999,6.2,Educational,,,"Cosmic Family is a single player early-learning game for children aged four to eight. The player can interact with the game's cartoon characters, Mom and Dad Cosmic, Big Sister and the two small children who make up the Cosmic Family. Their space ship is full of strange animals ranging from the dog who is a bit zany, the cat who's a bit lazy, many monsters, and a spotted elephant called Stephan. The space ship has five floors which correspond to levels in the game. Each level contains a series of mini games, twenty in all, that are designed to help improve a child's memory, logic skills, hand-eye coordination, creativity and imagination while they have fun. These games include steering the rocket in space, looking for hidden stars, redesigning the rooms, dressing up the characters, planting and growing seeds and others. The Wii remote is the 'magic wand' that the player uses to play these mini games and to interact with objects around the space ship"
28640,Kingdoms of England,,1989,6.8,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),"Europe, Medieval","Kingdoms of England is a strategy game set in 1421. England is divided into 63 provinces and the player's goal is to conquer enough of them to become King of England. When playing alone there are four AI enemies to defeat and three additional human players can also join in. Everyone starts with one province and a starting budget. Money is used to buy troops or build defenses in a owned province and is earned through taxes. Troops can be divided and stationed in different provinces. When fights occur, there are two possibilities: a quick or a detailed mode. In the quick mode there are only a few basic decisions to take and the outcome mostly depends on the number of units and statistical factors. In the detailed mode, the player manually controls troop movements and sets catapult goals. Every six months there is a archery tournament, which plays out as mini game with manual aiming in first-person, with money as reward."
28641,Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense,"Vigilante 8: 2. Herausforderung, Vigilante 8: 2nd Battle",1999,7.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,"Contemporary, North America","More drivin' & blastin' fun in this sequel to Vigilante 8 The Coyotes gang returns with a shocking new leader to seek revenge on OMAR, and the Vigilantes gang. New cars, weapons and landscapes add new excitement to the game. There are 18 charcters with storylines to walk through, which in turn affects the other characters in the game, and how well you do in the single player missions will determine what happens in the later levels. The Dreamcast and N64 versions both have 4 player modes, while the PSX sticks with 2 player gaming."
28643,Final Fantasy,"FF1, Final Fantasy I, Finalnaja Fantazija, Zui Zhong Huanxiang",1987,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"The world is veiled in darkness. Winds don't blow, the seas are stormy, and the earth rots. All people can hope for is that the ancient prophecy will be finally fulfilled. ""When the world is veiled in darkness, four warriors will come..."" And indeed, they come - the four characters you have previously chosen. Their first quest is to free a princess from the evil knight Garland, and then the real journey begins. Final Fantasy is played with an adventuring party rather than with a single character. Before the game starts, the player chooses four characters from six different classes: Fighter, Thief, Black Belt, White Mage, Red Mage, and Black Mage. He also gives the characters names. In the game, the party walks around in a top-down world, visits cities, caves, palaces and other places to buy equipment, rest and get hints and new quests, and fights baddies when they are encountered. Final Fantasy uses a turn-based combat system. In battle, the player gives each character in order a command (attack a particular enemy, cast a spell, use an item, or try to run). Then the characters and the enemies act in a random order. Attacked enemies and party members lose hit points, dying when they reach zero HP. When all the enemies are defeated, living party members receive experience, eventually gaining a level and improving their stats when enough experience is accumulated. Slain party members can be revived in towns for a price. Spells are bought in cities in special shops. The spells are divided into two categories - white magic and black magic. White Mages can only use white magic, Black Mages can only use black magic, and Red Mages can use both. Casting spells in battle uses up Dungeons & Dragons-style spell slots, which, like hit points, can be restored by resting in inns."
28645,ATAC: The Secret War Against Drugs,"ATAC: Der geheime Krieg gegen die Drogen, Advanced Tactical Air Command",1992,6.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,South America,"Lead the secret war on illegal drugs in South America! Wage war against drug barons with advanced weaponry such as F-22 fighters and AH-64 helicopters. Destroy their drug pipeline to starve them of cash, but don't hit the civilians or you may get kicked out of the country! The drug lords won't stand by though... And they had used the drug money for an effective arsenal, from missiles to fighters and more. Gather intelligence, decide on strike targets, and launch planes to accomplish their missions. Take over any plane in flight if you think they need help. Send in DEA agents to gather more intelligence and resupply local rebels. Can you win the war? ATAC can be described as two games in one. On the strategic level, you need to figure out how the drug barons are forming their pipeline and the best way to destroy the pipeline while causing minimal damage to the civilian population, while defending your own base against intruders and attackers. You can order recon flights or gather intelligence from rebels and DEA agents on the ground. When you get enough intelligence, you can issue target orders to up to 4 crafts (F-22's or AH-64's). and they'll go accomplish those missions if they can. Once you're off in the air, the game becomes first-person simulator, where you fly through the jungles of South America chasing the target you need to destroy while fighting the drug baron's mercenary forces. How you do in one will affect how you do in the other."
28652,Videocart-8: Magic Numbers,"6: Magische Zahlen: Zahlenraten / Nim, Cassette 6: Magische Zahlen, Programkassett 8: Master Mind (Magiska Tal), Videocart-6: Magische Zahlen: Gedankenlesen / Nim, Videocart-8: Mind Reader, Nim",1977,5.9,"Puzzle, Strategy / tactics",,,"Videocart-8 contains two traditional number games: Mind Reader and Nim Mind Reader is a numerical version of the popular combination guessing game most commonly known as Master Mind The console chooses a random number with 2 to 5 digits, according to player selection. The player is given 20 chances to guess the number the console has chosen. After every guess, the display shows how many numbers were correctly placed, and how many numbers are correct but in the wrong spot. Every wrong guess increases the computer's score by one, and finding the code increases the player's score by the number of remaining guesses. The goal is to reach 100 points before the computer does. An alternative game mode gives the player a time limit instead of a limited number of trials. Nim is a single-player adaptation of a traditional 2-player number game. According to the game options, there are 3, 6, or 9 piles on screen, each with 1 to 15 elements, as designated by the numbers on screen. The player and the console now take turns at removing arbitrary numbers of elements from the piles. They have to remove at least 1 element, and they can only remove elements from one pile in any turn. The side that gets to remove the last element from the playing field, wins the round. Winning a round is rewarded with a predefined number of points, and the goal is to be the first to reach 100 points. The game can also be played with a time limit, which increases the points awarded per round."
28663,The Punisher: The Ultimate Payback!,The Punisher: The Ultimate Payback,1991,6.0,Action,Rail shooter,,"The Punisher: Ultimate Payback is essentially a lightgun game, though obviously, you can't actually use a lightgun on Game Boy. Missions are played from a first-person view. You control a targeting reticule to aim as the background constantly scrolls left-to-right. The A button fires your gun and the B button throws grenades. The object is to kill the bad guys who either are walking around or hiding in the environment while also picking up ammo, grenades and health by shooting them. Your health is constantly drained while enemies are shooting, so if you want to last, you must cap them as soon as they appear."
28673,Shining Wisdom,,1995,7.2,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Several years after the events described in Shining Force II an orphan named Mars begins his work as a guard in the Odegon castle. One night, a strange fog descends upon the land, and Mars witnesses a mysterious elf entering the Ancient Shrine. Through a series of events and lies on his part, Mars becomes the elite guard of the princess, and soon has to redeem himself by stopping the dark elf Pazort from destroying the world. Shining Wisdom is the fourth game in the Shining series, but is completely different from the others. Neither a turn-based dungeon crawl like Shining in the Darkness or a tactical RPG like Shining Force the game plays very similarly to Zelda with its overhead exploration, action combat and occasional puzzle-solving. RPG elements are very light; the protagonist's health can be increased by finding HP bubbles, but there is no experience system of any kind. The game proceeds by collecting various items found in dungeons and then combining them with magical orbs to create different spell effects that can be used to tackle enemies and solve the riddles that must be bested to beat each labyrinth."
28687,Snood,Snood Original,1996,7.2,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,,"Snood is a puzzle game based on the concept of Puzzle Bobble The game is set out with a grid of small differently-coloured shapes, each featuring faces drawn on them. A succession of blocks are placed in an aiming device at the bottom of the screen, and you must rotate this so as to aim them, off the walls if necessary, to hit ones of the same colour. When three or more of the same colour make contact, they are removed from the field of play. Any blocks which were only connected to those blocks (and not to any others or the ceiling) get removed from play as well. This is crucial, because each shot that fails to drop any blocks off causes a meter to move on one level. When this reaches the top, the line of blocks drops by one level. Once it reaches the point where blocks are moved down below the playing area, it is Game Over. There are five skill levels, as well as a set of 50 challenge levels, and a Journey mode in which you play through one level from each difficulty. From medium difficulty upwards, you'll have to contend with Skulls among the layout - these can only be removed by being dropped away."
28688,Lombard RAC Rally,,1988,7.5,Racing / Driving,,,"This is a driving simulation in which the player gets to drive all the stages in the Lombard RAC Rally. The game includes day and night stages, along with different weather conditions such as fog and snow. There is also a workshop option where the car can be repaired or tweaked to get a bit of extra speed. The game's main innovation is that the screen display is from behind the front seats - the driver can be seen adjusting the steering wheel and gearstick, and the co-driver holds a map which changes colour as the track is covered."
28697,Urban Assault,,1998,7.4,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In a future Earth that has fallen victim to a chain of ecological disasters, humanity has plunged into a new world war for resource control. A human faction called the Resistance is at war against the totalitarian Ghorkovs, the fanatic Taerkastens and the insidious Black Sect splinter faction. The conflict is joined by the Mykonian and Sulgogar alien races, who also crave for the Earth's resources. The game focuses on the Resistance campaign for control over the European and North African territories. Urban Assault is a 3D real-time strategy game that strongly encourages direct control of the units in a first-person shooter fashion. The strategy part is almost entirely focused on the creation and management of units, with the construction element being limited to power stations and a few other buildings like radars and turrets. The output of a power station, which is used for creating units as well as for protecting and moving the command station, is proportional to the number of territories controlled by the faction. At any time, the player may personally take control of any single unit on the battlefield, whereupon that unit's strength and armor are increased while under player control. Technological progress is achieved during the missions, by taking control of special territories where blueprints are hidden, thus giving access to new units or improving existing ones."
28706,Die Hard,,1990,6.5,Action,Shooter,,"Terrorists are holding people hostage in Nakatomi Plaza in an attempt to steal $600 million. John McClain decides to visit his wife Holly, who happens to be one of the hostages, and gets involved in the situation. Unlike other versions of Die Hard that are in the MobyGames database, the TurboGrafx-16 version is played from a top-down perspective, and consists of ten stages which have you fighting bad guys from forests, all the way through the Nakatomi Building, and finally on the roof where the final confrontation takes place. Weapons can be picked up by knocking down enemies, and include machine guns, laser shots, and flamethrowers. If you look hard enough, you may even obtain a bullet-proof vest, which may protect you from shots, but can also reduce its life."
28708,The Ninja,,1986,7.0,Action,Shooter,Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval),"Early in Japan's edo era, circa 1630, peace had continued in the western province of Ohkami until the feudal lord passed away. Gyokuro, an evil emperor, gained power and his oppressive rule caused great hardship to the people, and the princess who opposed him was confined to a dungeon somewhere in the Ohkami castle. Gyokuro has the Ohkami ninja under control at his command. Utilizing various ninjitsu techniques, in addition to the one that transforms them into a wolf, they protect him from the people who are his enemies. You play Kazamuru, a great warrior who challenges the clan to a fight in order to rescue the princess. However, he can't rescue the princess unless he finds the five scrolls in the thirteen areas of Ohkami. On his quest, he must defeat various ninjas such as Kuno-ichi and Ninniku, as well as fire-blowing ninjas, slashing ninjas, and footloose ninjas. You'll explore grassy fields, shrines, river banks, towns, and the castle itself. Some of the steps have varied gameplay. For example, you must avoid boulders in Step 2, must use logs in order to cross a river in Step 5, avoid being trampled on by horses in Step 7, and scale a cliff in Step 9."
28711,Heroes of Might and Magic,"Geroi Mecha i Magii, HOMM, Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest, Heroes of Might and Magic: Eine strategische herausforderung",1995,7.0,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Fantasy,"Heroes of Might and Magic is a turn-based strategy game in which the player takes on the role of one of four different heroes: the warlock, sorceress, barbarian, or knight. As the hero the player must build up his or her castle by adding different buildings to earn different units to strengthen the hero's army with. Units include dragons, cyclopes, phoenixes, paladins, and many more fantasy creatures. Buildings and units cost money and resources. Buildings can also be upgraded to unlock new unit types. Another aspect of the game is exploring the world and discovering treasures, spells, mines to gather resources, nomad camps, magic lamps, ultimate artifacts, and more. The game uses a top down map in which the player can move his heroes a number of spaces each turn. Whenever the player encounters an enemy hero or castle a battle is shown in a close-up view. During battles all the player's units are shown as stacks. The player can move these stacks around on a hexagonal grid. Different units have different movement and attack capabilities requiring different strategies to use and overcome. The goal is to defeat all opponents by conquering their castles and defeating their heroes in battle. The player must also defend his own castles from enemy attacks. The player's heroes can collect spells to use in battle and can boost the units under their command, but they otherwise don't have a presence on the battlefields. The heroes collect experience points in typical RPG manner which boosts their stats. In addition, items can be collected for additional bonuses."
28722,Demonworld: Dark Armies,Demonworld II: Dunkle Armeen,2000,6.2,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Demonworld II is the second game of the little known German Table-Top-Game specialist Hobby Products. The second part has turned the series into a native real-time Strategy Game. The plot of part 1 is continued in this game and is once again presented in well written campaigns, both the human and the demonic side. Over 50 single player missions must be survived only to play on in various multiplayer missions. Just as part one, the key to success is the right use of your armies and the detailed army formations on the battle-field."
28725,You Don't Know Jack: Mock 2,,2000,7.5,Strategy / tactics,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"This version of You Don't Know Jack is a follow-up on You Don't Know Jack only released on the PlayStation, and different from other versions It features over a 1,000 questions that came from a mix of questions that appeared on You Don't Know Jack: Volume 4 - The Ride You Don't Know Jack: Louder! Faster! Funnier! and You Don't Know Jack: 5th Dementia The game allows three different friends to compete against each other in a fast paced trivia game. The gameplay is still the same as its predecessor, where players buzz in on various trivia questions in order to receive points in order to advance and ultimately win the game. It features 3D polygon graphics and a quick witted, abrasive TV-type announcer that can insult players when they answer a question wrong."
28726,The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Juggernauts,,1992,7.1,"Action, Sports",Game show / trivia / quiz,Contemporary,"Bart versus The Juggernauts is both a Simpsons game and a parody of the ""American Gladiators"" style TV shows that were popular in the early 90's. The premise is that Bart is a contestant in a series of goofy contests that pits him against various Springfield characters. Gameplay is basically series of mini-games that vaguely mimic other sports such as skateboarding, wrestling, and basketball."
28727,Flash Traffic:  City of Angels,,1994,5.9,Adventure,,,"A DEA team raids an apartment in the City of Angels. Among the requisite drugs and crazed loonies, the team discovers something far more chilling: ""The place was used to build a nuclear bomb,"" to quote your FBI sidekick, Sawyer. As if that isn't bad enough, the bomb is gone and in the hands of a crazy German terrorist who is planning to set it off somewhere in the city. And considering your first lead is the terrorist's ex-girlfriend, stopping him isn't going to be easy. And so you're off, watching FMV sequences and occasionally deciding between three dialogue choices in situations ranging from orders to SWAT teams to interrogating some of the terrorists' bomb-making cronies."
28728,The Magic Candle II: The Four and Forty,,1991,7.0,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Part of the Magic Candle series, this is much like the first game in the series, only with an enhanced VGA engine. Choose your party of adventurers and roam the land to discover the secret of the Four and Forty."
28731,Final Fight,Final Fight CD,1989,7.4,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"The streets of Metro City are filled with criminals who are part of a gang called Mad Gear. Former wrestler and newly elected mayor Mike Haggar tries to do something about it, much to the displeasure of the Mad Gear Gang who kidnap his daughter Jessica. Only three people are brave enough to venture into the crime-infested streets and try to bring Jessica back. Final Fight is a 2D side-scrolling fighting game. Taking on the role of either Cody, Guy, or the mayor Mike Haggar himself, you must advance through six areas of the city clearing out the gang infestation. You will have to cope with a variety of thugs, ranging from firebomb-throwing maniacs to behemoth wrestlers. To defeat these thugs, you have an arsenal of punches, kicks, throws, and jump kicks at your disposal. The Sega CD port adds voice acting to the game's intro and ending cutscenes and also adds a time attack mode (beat up as many enemies as possible in a limited amount of time). This version can only display four enemies on screen at once. The C64 version can only display two enemies on screen at once. Then the SNES version is different enough to warrant its own entry."
28735,Microsoft Flight Simulator (v5.0),"Microsoft Flight Simulator: As Real As It Gets, Microsoft Flight Simulator: Das realistische Flugabenteuer, Microsoft Flight Simulator: Encore plus de réalisme !",1993,7.1,Simulation,,,"The fifth take on the Flight Simulator series. This version added SVGA graphics, textures in certain areas, sound card support, and two new flight areas, Paris and Munich. This was the final DOS-only release."
28742,Big Mountain 2000,Snow Speeder,1998,6.1,Sports,,,"Big Mountain 2000 is a sports game where you can choose to race with either a snowboard or a pair of skis. There are six characters (plus three unlockable) to choose from, each with different skills and three modes in total —two of them are single-player and the other one is a multiplayer one.* Championship: in Championship you can select one of the available players and choose the style you want —ski or snowboard. You can also change each player’s equipment which includes ski/snowboard and clothes. The game also lets you choose in which stage you want to compete and the race type you want to play. Race Type includes three options —Free Ride, Slalom and Giant Slalom. In Free Ride you compete against 3 CPU-controlled players, you must finish first and before time, which is increased at every checkpoint, runs out. In Slalom and Giant Slalom you must pass through the flags that are scattered throughout the course and again like in Free Ride finish first. The differences between Slalom and Giant Slalom are the latter's course being wider and presenting less flags. By successfully completing any of the above your character's skills — like cornering, acceleration, etc. — are increased. 2P Battle: in 2P Battle two human players can compete in any of the Free Ride/Slalom/Giant Slalom races. It is possible to either choose a player from the game or load a previously saved player data from a Controller Pak. There are also no restrictions on the style each player will choose. For example one may choose to play with a skier and the other with a snowboarder. Time Attack: there is no other competition in this mode than between you and time."
28743,MediEvil II,MediEvil 2,2000,7.4,Action,Puzzle elements,,"After Sir Daniel Fortesque vanquished the evil sorcerer Zarok in the year 1386, he was finally admitted into the Hall of Heroes, resting in peace. However, five hundred years later Dan unexpectedly awakens in a Victorian museum in Kensington. A ghost named Winston tells him that the sorcerer Lord Palethorn has found Zarok's spell book, reanimating the dead as a result. The pages of the book have been scattered all over London, and it is the task of the valiant knight and his new companions to prevent the mad lord from collecting them and conquering the city. MediEvil II is an action game similar in concept and basic gameplay to its predecessor The sequel is somewhat more linear than the first installment, having no world map and hence no possibility to choose the next level. As before, Dan relies on melee and ranged weapons to get rid of the enemies; however, the 19th century setting has replaced bows from the previous game with firearms such as pistols, shotguns, and portable gatling guns. A new feature allows the player to equip two weapons on the protagonist and switch between them quickly during combat. Dan also gains the ability to split his own head off, sending it to explore areas he cannot access with his whole body. While in this mode, Dan can solve puzzles and find hidden treasures, but becomes more vulnerable to enemy attacks. The sequel also adds a rotatable camera during exploration."
28745,Forsaken,,1998,7.8,Action,Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Earth has been rendered largely uninhabitable by an explosion caused by a bungled experiment. Few would dare to brave its unstable and searing environments - only those determined to grab a little of its remaining gold. You are one of those, taking your hover-bike into disintegrating caverns for a few hours of dangerous work which, successful or not, will be your last. Forsaken is a first-person shoot 'em up in which you have complete movement freedom in 3 dimensions, as you accelerate, swerve and strafe your craft, making for gameplay resembling Descent Each level has a defined exit which must be reached within a tight time limit. The surrounding areas are collapsing around you, with spikes and turbine fans among your hazards. Be very aware of other craft out to take all you have, as they alter their approach based on your weaponry (from the 25 featured in the game) and past encounters. On the PC, multiplayer action can feature up to 12 human players. The Nintendo 64 version featured 4 player split-screen multiplayer, while the Playstation version has no multiplayer options."
28747,"The Wizardry Trilogy: Scenarios I, II & III",,1987,7.9,Compilation,,,Wizardry Trilogy contains the first three games of the Wizardry series in a single package. Included are:
28748,Stormlord,,1989,6.7,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Badh the queen has imposed a terrible vengeance on the land by kidnapping the fairies. To restore things to their rightful way, you must rescue them. As you progress through the levels of platform-adventure action, you will come across fairies which are rescued by touching them. Enemies include Venus Fly Traps, localized acid rain showers and dragons, which can be avoided or shot in the bonus shoot 'em up sections. You will need help to reach some levels; this comes from Mael Dvin the Eagle. After each level there's a bonus game in which tears must be collected for points."
28752,Outlands,Heavy Metal Heroes,1989,5.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Outlands is a rather straightforward vertical shoot 'em up. It does not feature any elaborated background story. The basic statement in the manual just claims: ""Kill everything"". The game can be played with two players simultaneously. Several extra weapons can be gathered on shooting enemy ships: shields, extra lives, double fire which double your shooting power, weapons that fire to the side and many more."
28755,Syd of Valis,SD Valis,1992,5.3,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"SYD of Valis is a reworked version of the action-platformer Valis II with simplified gameplay and a ""Super Deformed"" and kid-friendlier graphic design. In the game you play as Yuko (Syd in the localized version), a teenage schoolgirl that can wield the magical sword of Valis and must travel to the dreamworld of Vekanti to defeat the evil lurking within it. The game plays as a side-scrolling action platformer, in which you avoid obstacles by running and jumping around, and must defeat enemies by striking them with your blade. You can collect power-ups that include different weapons and armor types, all of which you can equip at any time during the game."
28756,Clue,Cluedo,1996,5.8,Adventure,Board game,,"Clue is a full-motion video adaptation of the popular board game of the same name. It is an amalgamation of two earlier CD-i titles where (up to six) players take turns investigating a mansion where a murder happened, uncovering clues and evidence to reveal the assassin. There are three storylines with four difficulty levels, each with a unique solution making it altogether twelve different mysteries: Deadly Patent (from Clue ), The Road to Damascus and Blackmail (both from Clue 2: The Mysteries Continue ). The gameplay remains identical to the original games and stays near the board game: During each turn, the player can do two moves: moving between rooms, interrogating a suspect, watching a flashback video right before the murder (depends on the room) or examining an item. The goal is to be able to name the murderer, the crime scene and the murder weapon."
28758,Apocalypse,"Apocalypse avec Bruce Willis, Apocalypse protagonizado por Bruce Willis, Apocalypse starring Bruce Willis",1998,7.6,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"In Apocalypse the player takes the role of Trey Kincaird, a nano-physicist with the look and voice of Bruce Willis He has a simple but challenging goal: defeating the Four Horsemen to avoid the apocalypse and the end of the world. The game is a fast-paced, linear third-person shooter. The player spends all his time walking through the various levels and shooting at enemies until they die. The movement and shooting directions are controlled independently. There are four boss battles and a few platforming sections."
28760,ESPN National Hockey Night,,1994,5.8,Sports,,,"ESPN National Hockey Night was one of the many hockey games released back in the day. This one featured all the NHL teams for its time, but lacked an official players license. It had four game modes to choose from: Exhibition Challenge Playoff and Season The game also features both a horizontal and vertical perspective of the ice, battery backup to save progress and also featured the voice of Bill Clement for play-by-play commentary."
28762,Microsoft Adventure,Heath H-8 Adventure,1979,6.5,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"The earliest commercial home computer port of the first mainframe adventure game, Colossal Cave. Players explore said cave, searching for treasure, solving puzzles, using magic, avoiding threatening little dwarves, and navigating mazes of twisty passages, all alike."
28763,Worms: The Director's Cut,Worms DC,1997,8.2,Strategy / tactics,Artillery,,"Worms: The Director's Cut is an enhanced version of Worms Like its predecessor, it is a turn-based artillery game. The game format remains the same: players control small armies of four Worms (whose names can be altered) with the sole purpose of blowing up all the other Worms on the map. Players can compete either against computer-controlled Worms or against each other. The weapons are more extensive (and destructive) than in the previous game, including the first appearances of the Kenny-on-a-Rope, Concrete Donkey, Priceless Ming Vase, Old Woman and Holy Hand Grenade. Also included is a level editor that allows players to create their own battlefields."
28768,Alfabet Śmierci,,1996,7.4,Adventure,,,"Alfabet Śmierci is an adventure game with graphics presented in the form of photographs. The action takes place in Dęby village and in the surrounding countryside. The game begins with an alarming phone call from a friend who dies in a mysterious accident a while later. The train trip to the hometown results in a strong blow to the back of the head. Tomasz Antkowiak wakes up on the Dęby railway platform where the game begins. The main task requires solving a series of occult mysteries leading to the killer of your friend. The character may carry up an unlimited number of items that can be used and combined. The game screen is divided into inventory/action panel, commentary field, and photographs showing the current location. The player may talk with each encountered character, however, special caution is required because the wrong answers may result in death. Travelling is possible by walking through each location or using the plan of the village."
28771,Aironauts,Taking The Bullet,1999,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Aironauts is a flying aerobatic stunt action game for up to two players, set in a dystopian future society where prisoners are pitted against one another in arena battles to the death. Players choose from 8 characters, each with distinct weapons and looks, and take to the skies in a battle to the death for the viewing public on ""SKP-TV"". Every level, called battle area, consists of a series of challenges, e.g. destroying certain items or a checkpoint race, ended with a one-to-one boss fight. After every area the player can trade collected and earned angel wings for power-ups which improve his abilities, e.g. speed or armor. The game features Deathmatch, Stunt and Battle Modes."
28777,Ridge Racer,,1993,8.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Ridge Racer is an arcade racer that puts the emphasis on speed and fun rather than on realistic driving simulation. Choose from 4 fantasy cars (plus 9 more that you must unlock yourself) and go race in a series of equally fantastical tracks against a series of computer controlled oponents as well as the clock itself. Other additions to the game come in the form of a hidden ""extra"" mode, and a music player that allows you to play any of the 6 included cd tracks as well as your own music cds."
28780,Pacific Islands,,1992,7.8,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,"Cold War, Oceania","Sequel to the 1990 bestseller game Team Yankee While using the same split screen interface as the predecessor, the game now features an enhanced graphics engine, showing the game world much more detailed as it has been shown in Team Yankee The game is still a mixture of a realistic tank simulation and a strategy wargame. Whereas the predecessor uses the story from the book, this game's story is fictional. A Soviet communist has occupied the Yama Yama Isles in the South Pacific which are an important strategic base in this area. You'll have to regain control of the islands in five missions."
28788,Cricket 97: Ashes Tour Edition,,1997,7.1,Sports,,,"Cricket 97 Ashes Tour Edition is an updated version of Cricket 97 Compared to the base game it features a number of enhancements, including: real players' names and stats, new commentary by the famous cricketer Richie Benaud a larger stadium, an instant replay function, and some minor gameplay improvements."
28796,NFL Blitz 2000,,1999,7.5,"Action, Sports",Arcade,,"New edition of Midway's ""NFL Jam"" action/sports game where the emphasis is on bone-crushing action rather than sport simulation. Additions this year come in the form of a season mode, a simpler passing system based on preset buttons (gone is the ""aiming"" mechanism) as well as a limited yet functional play-book editor. Also included are new audible calls and voice-overs, smoother animations and new stadiums to play in. Supports multiplayer gameplay of up to 4 players in one single machine! (two on keyboard, two on gamepads)."
28797,Mr. Chin's Gourmet Paradise,,1990,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Mr. Chin is hungry! Help him eat his favorite snack, the delectable peach, by using laser emitting bowls to trap enemies and making them safe to chomp up. As Mr. Chin, you can drop bowls on the ground with the B Button. If you place one bowl on the left and one on the right, a laser will fire between the two bowls, and any enemies will be caught between, transforming into peaches. Mr. Chin can then gobble up the peaches - if he grabs more in a row, their value increases (Mr. Chin's score is measured in calories). When Mr. Chin eats all the enemies on-screen, more quickly take their place. Gobble them all up, and when there are no more enemies in the level, you can progress to the next one. Enemies in the levels can walk on thin line paths, but Mr. Chin will fall through these - he can only walk on bricks. Mr. Chin can also smash the bricks by punching them from underneath - sometimes this will reveal a power up, such as invincibility and the ability to turn all foes into peaches instantly."
28804,Wall Street Tycoon,,1999,5.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,Play a stock broker on wall street. The game includes scenarios and historical settings starting from the 1920s to the 1960s. As a stock broker you have to pay attention to the daily news and decide which stocks to buy and sell for a profit. Wall Street Tycoon is real-time strategy game. The player may choose one of the following game modes:1. Historical Simulation 2. Simulated (free mode) 3. Internet (multi-player) Gameplay revolves in you buying or selling stock at the right time. Information regarding possible effects to the stock prices are broadcasted via real-time audio news. The player may decide to buy/sell based on that information or by an educated guess from the stock patterns and trends. Historical simulation requires the player to fulfill a certain goal (an estimated amount of capital to be achieved) until a certain time limit.
28808,Axelay,,1992,7.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This planet was once a quiet, peaceful place to live, until...they came... An unknown alien race came to this planet and promptly laid waste to it. The remaining defense force has been sent out to try and defeat them. One lucky person gets to fly the latest line of defense ships made: the AX-77 Axelay. However, these ships are still in the prototype stage, and as such, only one exists. So get out there and head to the alien's homeworld. With some luck, you may just be able to take them out at the source... Axelay is a scrolling shoot-'em-up where some levels scroll vertically and others horizontally. The game is notable for its use of Super Nintendo's Mode 7. In vertically scrolling levels, the backgrounds are made entirely of Mode 7 graphics giving the playfield the illusion of depth."
28817,Space Marines: Der stählerne Kaiser,"Space Marines, Space Marines: The Steel Emperor",1995,6.9,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,Space Marines is a tactical strategy game in the tradition of Battle Isle or Nectaris In the 50 missions of the game you have to play against up to 3 opponents. The story plays in the 3rd Millennium and is shown by Full Motion Videos. The game has about 50 different weapon systems. You can upgrade your units and take them to next mission. The game knows also friendly fire.
28818,Abadox: The Deadly Inner War,,1989,6.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Somewhere in the galaxy, a huge alien space creature known as Parasitis travels between realms digesting its prey. The latest victim consumed by the alien entity is the planet Abadox. While trying to devour other planets by assuming the form of this planet, the World Alive Force (WAF) launches an all out assault on the alien life form. The player is a single soldier in this military operation. Abadox: The Deadly Inner War is a side-scrolling shooter. Players must fire upon various enemies which travel across the screen and destroy their bosses as well. One button is used for shooting and another to control the shield ability."
28821,Wachenröder,,1998,7.6,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,"Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk","Edoald Island is an isolated strip of earth surrounded by fog. Once the Emperor Duran orders to build water treatment facilities nearby, the island's inhabitants started suffering from diseases caused by toxic waste. Lucian Tyler is a young man who was raised together with his twin sister. After long years of struggle against the poison, his sister died. Lucian blames the Emperor for her death and decides to seek revenge. However, the Emperor has disappeared, and nobody knows his whereabouts... Wachenröder is a strategy RPG with a story told through cutscenes that appear between battles. In battles, you move your party members on the screen, attacking in turn-based fashion whenever enemy is in range. At the beginning of a battle you have 99 action points which you can use for all your moves during the battle. You can perform three types of attack: sword, bow, and gun. The direction of your attack also matters: if you attack enemy from the back, he will suffer additional damage."
28824,Star Trek: Starfleet Academy,,1997,7.6,Simulation,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Getting into Starfleet involves passing a knowledge exam, and also demonstrating your space combat and command skills. It is this side of the Academy which features in this game. You play aspiring captain David Forester, backed by a wealthy and friendly crew: Sturek, M'Giia, Robin Brady and Corin. The action is similar in style to Star Wars X-Wing / TIE Fighter with the action viewed form your cockpit and full flight dynamics in action. Missions include taking on Klingons and Romulans, and dealing with a Vanguard rebellion from within. Before every mission, the briefing is given to you in a lecture style where you can find out what to expect, and reduce the number or surprises. William Shatner and Walter Koenig reprise their Star Trek characters for these."
28827,Dancing Stage Euromix,,2000,7.3,Simulation,Music / rhythm,,The European version of Dance Dance Revolution. This edition of the game features many well known artists and quite a few different song stylings as well. The gameplay is the same as in all the DDR/Dancing Stage games which means that one must tap different directions to the music with dancing mat or controller. Songlist:
28829,Super Adventure Island II,Takahashi Meijin no Daibōken Jima 2,1994,7.5,Action,Platform,,"Master Higgins finally marries his lovely girlfriend Tina. But out of nowhere, a powerful tropical cyclone destroyed the idyllic mood of their honeymoon. And not only this: it separated the ardent lovers again. After the winds stopped blowing, Tina found herself somewhere on a tropical coast. As for Master Higgins, he went to the king of Waku-Waku and, along with his main quest to save his brand new wife, got an assignment to rescue a princess as well, whom the king was about to marry. Is there a connection between those two events?.. Super Adventure Island II is a platform game. What distinguishes it from most other games of its type (including its own predecessor ) are its light role-playing and puzzle-solving elements, comparable to those of Dragon's Trap The player can navigate Master Higgins on his raft on the overhead map, docking at different islands. Most of these islands are inaccessible in the beginning, but as the player completes stages and receives the necessary items, new areas open up, including interconnected passages. The islands themselves are large platform stages. Some areas are optional and contain items that permanently increase Master Higgins' health, as well as various weapons, armor, and magic abilities. Switch-manipulating and other types of puzzles must sometimes be solved to access these areas. Regular enemies drop health- and magic-restoring items, as well as coins, while boss enemies often award the player with a key item necessary to advance. Money can be spent on resting in inns, better equipment in shops, and new abilities learned at specific locations. The player can also visit a casino and gamble for money. The game can be saved anywhere, but reverts to the ""hub"" Waku-Waku island when reloaded."
28833,The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy,Fantastic Dizzy,1991,6.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"The evil wizard Zaks has cast a spell on the peaceful Yolkfolk, and while many fell under his spell, others have other problems to deal with, including Dizzy, who saw his girlfriend Daisy kidnapped and taken hostage by Zaks, and it's up to him to restore the Yolkfolk to normal and rescue Daisy from the top of the Cloud Castle's tower. The most technically-advanced of Dizzy's adventure games in many ways, it was the only one to feature actual scrolling rather than a flick-screen system, the only one not to be released for the 8 bit computers the character originated on, the only one to originate on a console, as well as featuring many mini-games, such as Bubble Dizzy and an Operation Wolf clone. Gameplay involves walking Dizzy through the levels, picking up objects and using them to solve simple puzzles. There are plenty of tests of arcade skill along the way as well, as gaps must be jumped and baddies avoided - starting with a limited number of lives, the player can earn more by completing Theodore's puzzle. Before rescuing Daisy the player must capture all stars that unlock the gates of the tower. This game was later re-released on the NES with an updated Aladdin cart version. Updates include the number of collectible stars have increased from 100 stars to 250 stars, Dizzy now walks at a brisker pace, there are small terrain differences, some item placements have been rearranged, and the inventory system has become more simplified."
28840,Frost Byte,,1986,6.5,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"In Frost Byte you control Hickey the Kreezer, an elastic curve which moves sideways, jumps and shoots. You must navigate your way through planet Cosmica, and rescue your brethren, within the limited 'Twang' energy you have. Cosmica is full of hideous monsters, many of which can be shot. Your character builds momentum as it moves, so some hazards are easier to clear from a running start. You can only jump vertically, although you have control as the character falls. Ammunition is limited, and must be collected throughout your quest. Three sweets which enhance your character can be collected - the red one increases your speed, blue increases the height of your leap, and green means you can safely fall further. There are additional objects to pick up and use as well."
28856,Felony 11-79,Runabout,1997,6.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"In Felony 11-79 the player is a thief hired by an eccentric millionaire that wants them to acquire an ancient statue that has been broken into three pieces and scattered throughout the city. To obtain these pieces, the player must travel through these three areas (Downtown, Seaside, and Metro City) and complete certain objectives by obtaining certain items to complete missions or escaping police in high-speed chases all within a certain time limit. Additionally, the player is also awarded monetarily for destroying other cars, objects such as lamp posts, fences, etc, however money is deducted for hitting pedestrians. This money is used to customize the vehicles (20 total). Players must also be aware of the destruction they do to their vehicle, if it is too damaged they will no longer be able to complete the mission and end the game. There are also two other modes that are present, one of which is Time Trial where a player races against the clock and attempt to beat record time limits by any means including finding shortcuts. There is also Test Run which lets a player get the feel of a car without the boundaries of set objectives or a time limit."
28861,Stardust,,1993,8.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Stardust is an Asteroids clone but it introduces a lot of gameplay modifications. There are 30 standard levels splitted into 5 worlds. Levels can be completed in any order however, you must fight an end-of-level guardian once you have finished the sixth level of a world. In each level there are standard disintegrating rocks to destroy. Their colour defines their endurance: greys are the easiest to be destroyed while yellows are the hardest. In most of the levels there are also other enemies but there are happens to be also some alliance forces providing us with new types of weapons or missiles. In total there are six types of weapons available: 3-way, bouncer, plasma, flamer, burster and missiles (maximum 3). Weapons can be collected by destroying alliance forces' ships. Each of these can be powered up to different levels. Fortunately you can power up one weapon while using another. Extra lives, shield enhancements and smart bombs are also on offer. Along with the standard levels, there are also 4 tunnel levels, which involve shooting what you can and dodging everything else as you dart through a ray-traced 3D tunnel, and 2 optional Thrust -style bonus levels in which lives can be won or lost."
28864,Blake Stone: Planet Strike!,,1994,6.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Blake Stone: Planet Strike! is the commercial sequel to Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold An evolution rather than a revolution, Planet Strike! doesn't dramatically change things and features everything from the original game except the elevator. In the place of the elevator, the player must now collect a bomb on every map and bring it to a security cube; the bomb will destroy the cube allowing the player to use the exit. It features 24 new levels, played in a single episode in a linear fashion (despite a between level map trying to convince you otherwise), a new weapon, the Plasma Discharger (which functions as the game's ultimate weapon), and several new bad guys and bosses. Though the ""new bad guys"" comment is a little misleading as only one of them is actually all new; the others are the boss aliens from Aliens of Gold (with their stats reduced to non-boss level) or simply slightly edited and re-coloured bad guys from the previous game."
28878,Ultra Vortek,,1995,6.4,Action,Fighting,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Civilization has fallen into a deep decline. Gangs and warlords are gaining power and influence all over the world. Then out of nowhere, a powerful being known as the Guardian appears with a challenge. Unless a warrior meets his challenge, he will destroy the Earth. So, 7 warriors from around the world fight to re-open the Ultra Vortek and restore the Earth. Ultra Vortek is a one-on-one fighting game similar to Mortal Kombat Some of the fighters are digitized actors, other are stop motion or computer animated. You have at your control an array of punches and kicks, and a large number of special moves. The game also features several ""finishing moves"" for each of the 7 warriors."
28879,World Series Baseball,Hideo Nomo World Series Baseball,1995,7.9,Sports,,,"This version of World Series Baseball features the MLB and MLBPA licenses, three different baseball parks, and CD-quality sound. Gameplay modes include:"
28884,Football,,1978,5.1,Sports,,,"Football is a football game for two players. The game is played from a top down point of view of the field and features two skill levels and three game variations. Using the joystick you can choose from one of five different offensive or defensive plays. In the first game variation, after selecting a play you then control the players on the field. In the second game, you have the option of controlling your players after a play is selected or allowing the computer to control the players. The third game has the computer controlling the players at all times and you only need to select the plays you wish it to execute and indicate when you wish to punt or pass the ball. In all of the game variations the timer begins at 5 minutes, and is active only during plays. Of course, the team with the most points when the timer runs out wins!"
28892,Golden Axe III,,1993,6.8,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Fantasy,"Golden Axe III is like its predecessors a beat 'em-up game that puts players in the shoes of a hero out to save the land from evil. This time Damud Hellbringer, the 'Prince of Darkness', has taken away the Golden Axe and put an evil curse over all the warriors of the land. However, one of the heroes has their curse relieved and is sent to set things straight and lift the curse off other warriors, defeat the villains and return with the Golden Axe. The barbarian and amazon of the first two parts remain although receiving new names (Kain Grinder and Sahra Burn). The two new characters introduced are the panther warrior Chronos Raid and Proud Cragger the giant. Gilius Thunderhead the dwarf gives you instructions, but is not playable. The gameplay has been expanded slightly, but is essentially the same hack 'n' slash as in the previous games. New features to the series include junction points where you can choose which path to take. Like in the first Golden Axe you get magic potions and health power-ups by kicking gnomes during the occasional intermission. Every character has unique magic spells, but they function in the same way: the power and the damage of the spell increase with the number of potions available (and you can't choose a weaker one if you want to spare more potions for later). New moves include blocks, grapples, sweeps and team attacks."
28894,Hokuto no Ken 6: Gekitō Denshōken Haō e no Michi,Fist of the North Star VI,1992,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Fighting, Platform",Post-apocalyptic,"The three RPGs (Hokuto no Ken 3-5) seemed to symbolize a genre change after the first two platformers, but the series changes the genre once again in the sixth installment, which is a fighting game similar to Street Fighter II or Mortal Kombat The background story is based on the manga/animé of the same name. The years is 199X, and the world lies in ruins. Technology can no longer be used, and the land is controlled by fighters of rivaling styles. In this game, you can choose one of the fighter characters of the series: the main hero Kenshiro, his brother and rival Raou, Nanto Seiken fighters Rei and Souther, the assassin Heart, and others. You fight one-on-one, filling an energy bar and performing various attacks and techniques. There is a free fight mode where you choose your opponent yourself, and a two-player mode."
28902,Mario is Missing!,"Mario a Disparu!, Mario is Missing! (CD-ROM Deluxe), Mario wird vermißt",1992,5.6,Educational,,,"Bowser, the token bad guy from the Mario Bros. series, is up to no good again in this educational game designed to teach children geography. This time he's set up his headquarters in Antarctica and created portals to 25 famous cities around the world, so that his Koopas can wreak havoc in our own world. He's also kidnapped Mario, hence the title of this game. You play as Luigi who must foil Bowser's plans by entering through each of the portals, tracking down the Koopas who have stolen famous artifacts, and looking for clues about your location. Once you've set everything right and determined where you are, you call Yoshi on your Globulator so he can track you down. You need Yoshi's help to eat the Pokey (a cactus-like creature) that's guarding the return portal, and when Luigi returns he can close the portal forever. By exploring these 25 cities, children can familiarize themselves with the landmarks and artifacts that each city has. When Luigi returns the stolen artifacts to the proper places he can even take photographs of them. There is also an add-on disk you can purchase that adds ten additional cities to the game."
28909,Nemesis 2,Gradius 2,1987,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 6664 Dr. Venom, the director of the Space Science Agency, was exiled to the planet Sard for his involvement in a failed rebellion and illegal scientific activities. One year later, he joined forces with the Bacterion invaders, escaped Sard, and took control of the space surrounding the planet Gradius. In 6666, the local government sends Colonel James Burton on the newest hyperspace fighter known as Metalion. The goal is clear: stop Dr. Venom and the Bacterion army before they conquer the planet. Nemesis 2 ( Gradius 2 in Japan) is a side-scrolling shoot-em-up. The gameplay is for the most part similar to that of Gradius The player-controlled ship can alternate between three main weapons: Missile, Double, and Laser. Extra weapons such as various types of lasers, napalm missiles, reflex ring, and back beam can be collected as power-ups and equipped. In addition, special power-ups can be acquired, their effects ranging from slowing down enemies to turning the Metalion into an invincible drill-like machine for a brief amount of time. Boss battles are followed by optional mini-stages, which grant the player new weapons if completed successfully."
28911,Shockway Rider,,1987,7.0,Action,"Fighting, Shooter",,"""Shockway Rider"" is an action game taking place in some distant future where every big city is surrounded by moving pedestrian walkways called shockways. The goal of the game is to complete a full circle on the shockway, which consists of three lanes moving at different speed. Obstacles are provided by gang members and angry citizens who block the shockways and have to be fought off with weapons or bare fists."
28912,Shanghai II,,1989,7.8,Puzzle,"Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle",,"Shanghai II is a variant of the puzzle game also known as solitaire mahjong. 144 mahjong tiles are arranged in rows and stacked upon each other in various patterns; the player's goal is to remove pairs of matching tiles that do not have adjacent tiles from both sides until the whole board is clear. This variant features six patterns named after animals: tiger, scorpion, monkey, snake, panther, and dragon. The player can choose to display hints or reverse any amount of moves. A mode with a time limit is available as well."
28913,Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie,,1995,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"This version of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie is a 2D beat-'em-up game. The game loosely follows the plot of the movie, with Ivan Ooze being the main villain. The player can choose between six Rangers, the main difference being in their color, strength, movement speed and special attacks. At some points Rangers use colossal assault vehicles known as “Zords” to fight bosses. The game features two-player simultaneous play. The game's soundtrack consists entirely of digitized versions of original music created for the TV show."
28920,I Play: 3-D Soccer,,1991,6.9,Sports,,,"I Play 3D Soccer is one of the earliest 3D football games. You take control of a single player, viewing the action from right behind his perspective. Signalling for your team-mates to pass you the ball is a key gameplay element - don't expect to just watch your team win with no contribution from you. When you gain possession (or press the button while not in possession) your player automatically turns to face the goal. Only single matches are on offer. There are ten skill levels; match lengths and team kits can also be modified. Two-player matches are split-screen. Unlike Sensible Soccer and Kick Off 2 the offside rule is featured."
28921,The Golden Path,,1986,7.0,Adventure,,,"Y'n Hsi is a Buddhist monk whose father was murdered by a warlord called Ch'un Kuei. In order to defeat the tyrant and regain his family's palace, he must tread the golden path, the road to transcendence. The Golden Path is a point and click adventure game. Instead of using verbs like in Maniac Mansion the player controls the monk with the mouse by moving a cursor shaped like a Chinese letter and clicking directly at him on the screen. Left-clicking on a spot on the ground moves the monk towards it. Left-clicking below Y'n Hsi makes him bend over to drop or pick objects on the ground. Left-clicking above his head makes him try to use the object he is holding at the moment (if it is not possible to do so, a question mark appears). Right-clicking makes him punch and kick, his defense against enemies. Every time the monk is hit, the inventory briefly flashes. A book sits at the bottom-left of the screen, and serves as a hint system of sorts. When clicking on it, a message about the screen appears with explanations to events, characters and objects. Besides the book is the inventory with four slots for objects. Left-clicking on an object places it on Y'n Hsi hands. Above the inventory is a slowly withering vine as the energy bar. It grows with the completion of certain tasks. The main objective is to follow the golden path. Literally. On the bottom-right of the screen there is a small version of the main game screen that shows the path and its bifurcations. The character moves from screen to screen collecting things laying around, fighting the occasional enemy and using the right object at the right place. Pressing S saves the game, while typing L loads it."
28928,Hanse: Die Expedition,,1994,6.5,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"Hanse makes you a trader in the 13th Century. Your hometown is Lübeck – a well known German seaport. With a ship and some money you want to become mayor of Lübeck. For this you must open stores in other cities – for example Riga, Malmö or Nowgorod. Every town has a special good (wool, furs or honey). After returning to Lübeck you sell these goods for a variable price. In Lübeck is a dockyard. There you can buy new ships. In Lübeck is also a bank for taking a credit. After marrying a woman and becoming childs you have to buy a teacher for your kids. You can send your childs on a expedition to find new cities. But after your death one kid should be in Lübeck. Then this child take possession of your store. Sometimes you were attacked by pirates or another countries. Then you have to place your cannons on a small strategic map for a automatically fight. The game ends after 250 years or when you become mayor of Lübeck or no child can take possession of your store."
28932,Enemy Infestation,,1998,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Real-time tactics (RTT),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Set in the 24th century, a group of unsuspecting colonies are attacked by a swarm of aliens who want to preserve their race. Enemy Infestation is a squad-based RTT similar to games like Gender Wars and Commandos The game is seen from an isometric view similar to Diablo and Crusader: No Remorse Game missions range from killing off all the aliens, saving colonists and a lot more. Players have the ability to modify their squad's weapons, which range from lasers to missile launchers. The game supports multiplayer up to 4 players on LAN and Internet."
28941,Moonwalker,Moonwalker: The Computer Game,1989,5.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,Moonwalker is broken up into 4 levels. The first level has you walking around avoiding fans trying to find parts of a rabbit costume needed to disguise yourself from your fans. You then need to find the waiting motorbike to escape to level 2 - Michaelsville. Here you need to find orbs which transform your bike into the glittering Stratus car able to leap barriers. If you get far enough you escape via a jetski. Level 3 has you defending yourself in Club 30 against Mr Big's task force. And the final level has you in an arena fighting Mr Big's Storm Troopers and plasma cannon as Moonwalker himself - survive and save the children.
28945,Oddworld Adventures 2,Oddworld Adventures II,2000,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Oddworld Adventures 2 plays very similarly to other Oddworld games. Abe's job is to free his fellow Mudokons who are being used as slave labor to dig up the bones of their ancestors. The Glukkons use the bones to make Soul Storm Brew. Abe's vocabulary is limited to ""Hello"", ""Follow me"" ""Wait"" and ""Work"". He must use these commands to direct slave Mudokons to their freedom. When enough slaves in a level have been saved, you go on to the next level to do it all again. The game uses a password to save your game. The game features both an easy option as well as the normal mode. You also get infinite lives so you can try different ways to get around."
28954,Puyo Puyo 2,"Pocket Puyo Puyo 2, Pocket PyoPuyo 2, Puyo Pop, Puyo Puyo 2: Ketteiban, Puyo Puyo CD 2, Puyo Puyo Tsû, Sega Ages: Puyo Puyo 2, Super Puyo Puyo 2",1994,8.0,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"The follow-up to Puyo Puyo is, like its predecessor, a falling block game in which the goal is to combine four or more blocks (Puyos) of the same color, which then disappear. The remaining Puyos will then fall down and can produce combos which can cause special blocks (Nuisance Puyos, that can only be destroyed by eliminating adjacent Puyos) to appear on the enemy's field. This game includes a story mode, in which Arle (the main character) fights against computer enemies, a vs player mode, a four player mode (SNES only), and an endless mode (SNES only)."
28955,Mystic Defender,"Kujakuō 2: Geneijō, Mystic Defense, On Dal Jang Goon",1989,6.9,Action,,Fantasy,"Mystic Defender is a side-scrolling platform game. It is the sequel to SpellCaster for the Sega Master System. However, in this sequel the RPG elements have been omitted in favour of side-scrolling platform gameplay. In this game you play Joe Yamata (Kujaku) on a quest to rescue Alexandra from the villainous Zao, who is using her soul to resurrect his master Zareth in Azuchi castle. You have four types of magic to attack with and you can charge your blasts as well as change the magic type mid-game."
28956,Skate or Die: Bad 'N Rad,,1991,6.7,"Action, Sports",Platform,,"Skate Or Die: Bad'N Rad is a Jump'N Run that consists of 7 levels, three of which are viewed from a top-down perspective. The side-scrolling levels play similar to other Jump'N Runs, as you have to avoid obstacles and kill enemies by jumping on them. However, since you are on a skateboard, speed plays an important role, meaning that you cannot immediately stop and sometimes need to drive at full speed to manage wider jumps. The top-down levels play more similar to other Skate Or Die games as gradients influence your driving while you are trying to avoid obstacles, enemies and deadly spikes."
28957,Dodgy Geezers,Dodgy Geezers: its criminal wot they get up to!,1986,6.6,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"You are out of jail after spending three years in jail (two years plus bad behaviour) for your part in the Long Ditton Spaghetti Caper, and you want to do one last job that will set you up for life and allow you to live on the Costa Bravo. You know there is that job in the planning stages but you don't know what it is or when it will be carried out. You have to explore the town and get your old gang back, find out the details to the big heist and prove that you are a leader by earning the respect of the local criminal elements. Once you have the details and have your gang back you then need to carry out the actual heist. Dodgy Geezers is a graphic text adventure with text on the screen describing your location with some locations having a picture showing what you see (except on the Acorn versions). You use the keyboard to type in commands to interact with your surroundings."
28964,Evel Knievel,,1999,6.2,Racing / Driving,Platform,Contemporary,"You are the famous Stuntman Evel Knievel from the 70s and must finish 20 levels without hitting the ground with your head. Basically its a physics-driven 2D Motocross game, today known as Elasto Mania or Trials. Technically it has realtime physics with high framerates on the hardware of the Gameboy Color."
28970,D-Day: America Invades,,1995,6.9,Strategy / tactics,,"Europe, Historical events, World War II","Strategic wargame set in the campaign of the American VII corps on the Cotentin peninsula....well, D-Day. Spiritual successor to V for Victory: Utah Beach You can play in either the allied or german side as you play on a series of pre-made scenarios or full campaign mode using the Avalon Hill's Worlds at War rules and game mechanics. Also included are a series of historical variants which can be turned on or off for each scenario. Graphics are 2D SVGA and the game includes modem support for two players head-to-head action."
28973,Aerobiz Supersonic,Air Management II: Kōkū-Ō o Mezase,1993,6.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"You have just been elected as the CEO of a brand new airline company that must compete against 3 other airlines for global dominance. Set up new routes, buy businesses, and manage all your resources including planes, cashflow, and company representatives. The basic premise of the game is the same as that of the original Aerobiz but this time you have more planes to choose from, more city airports spanned over 7 different global regions, and 4 different time period scenarios complete with historically accurate political relationships and events. Do you have what it takes to make your company fly high? Or will it crash and burn?"
28979,Anarchy,,1987,6.7,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"Inside an Ace Mk2 Interceptor tank, you have been assigned a hazardous 16-stage mission. You must travel to the overrun planet of Sentinel 4, and destroy the weapons caches the rebels have build up. They can't be blasted when you are right next to them, ensuring that a degree of planning and strategy is required. Viewed from above in levels with simple sideways scrolling, the objective on each level is to shoot each of the weapons crates, before going through the newly-opened exit. Guard droids must be avoided, but shooting them can leave them inactive for a short period of time, and they can now be shot or hit to push them in that direction, which can be used strategically to make more paths available. There is a 2-minute time limit on each level. Every 5th level has a nuclear weapon guarded by a seeking enemy droid, which continually follows you."
28980,Football Manager 2,,1988,6.7,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Football Manager from Addictive was the first game of its kind, and this sequel followed several years later, absorbing ideas from the many similar games released in between. Teams can now choose formations, and assign man-to-man marking. Players have individual skills and fitness ratings, in a more realistic way, with half-time substitutions and tactical changes supported. The whole 92-club league is incorporated, as is the League Cup alongside the FA Cup. It is now possible to watch and assess the individual performance of the players, with match graphics differentiating the attack / midfield / defense areas more clearly. Training allows passing length and height to be specified."
28984,Quarantine II: Road Warrior,Roadwarrior,1995,6.6,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Quarantine II: Road Warrior is the sequel to Quarantine the driving game. As in the original, you still play the role of Drake Edgewater, a cab driver whose only goal is to escape the hell of futuristic Kemo City. Using his cab as the only way to survive, Drake accepts a series of special missions against OmniCorp. The money is used to repair and upgrade his vehicle with new weapons, as each ride into the city is risky business. Thus, from mission to mission through different parts of the town, he finally reaches the exit way to freedom."
28999,The Hunt for Red October,"Hunt for Red October II, The Hunt for Red October - The Movie",1990,5.5,Action,Arcade,Cold War,"Based on the movie of the same name which was adapted from the best-seller by Tom Clancy. As Jack Ryan (a CIA officer) you must find out if Red October's mission is to DEFECT and if that is the situation try to prevent a possible deadly war. Red October is Russia's top secret nuclear missile submarine which is heading West on her maiden voyage... The game is divided into 5 different action sequences in which you must perform various abilities like jumping from a helicopter, navigating big and small submarines through deep and narrow channels while trying to avoid the many obstacles."
29000,Road Fighter,Arcade Archives: Road Fighter,1984,6.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"A top view racing game. You have to reach the finish line before time runs out. Don't crash into the wall, cars or trucks. Because if you do you will lose gasoline. You can get additional gasoline by picking up fuel items. Especially avoid the purple cars, they do change lanes! And remember... oil makes road slippery..."
29003,Software Manager,Funsoft Inc.,1994,6.9,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Contemporary,"In this game, you run your own software company. Your responsibility is to hire and fire programmers and artists, buy decent concepts, then do your best to get the project done - and finally see if it is better than your competitors' products!"
29004,Mega Man: The Power Battle,Rockman: The Power Battle,1995,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Fighting, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mega Man: The Power Battle is a 2D arcade game. Basically, MM:TPB is fighting game - but characters use various guns, instead of punches. The player chooses between three playable characters: Mega Man, Proto Man and Bass. The game consists of a series of duels with bosses from Mega Man games - like Cut Man or Wood Man. After each battle the player gains a new weapon."
29007,Bug Too!,,1996,6.4,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Bug Too! is the sequel to Bug! It is a third-person action platformer with console-style play mechanics. You play as Bug and his two sidekicks, SuperFly and Maggot Dog. You go through several 3D worlds, all of which are parodies of movies. You must defeat the themed villains through all of the environments to make your homeland safe again."
29011,Avalon,"Avalon: The 3D Adventure Movie, The legend of Avalon: The 3D Adventure Movie",1984,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements","Fantasy, Medieval","In 408 AD the Roman Empire is crumbling and the Romans have mostly left Britannia. you play Maroc the mage, a ""Lore Seeker"", who has set out to defeat Avelach, Lord of Chaos. You control Maroc's astral projection which can cast spells to achieve various parts of the quest, the objective is to advance in sixteen ranks by exploring the world and collecting spells and ultimately destroy the Lord of Chaos. Maroc starts outside a castle where a spell descends upon him and projects his astral projection inside it. The projection can only act or move through the use of spells.The two basic spells are movement and servant spells. The move spell allows the projection to move around and the servant spell summons a spirit that can move about and collect objects or other spells for Maroc. Only up to four objects can be carried around at a time and there are around 220 locations on eight levels. Enemies will attack the projection and drain it's energy which can be replenished with a spell, if depleted the projection is destroyed and the game reverts to Maroc outside the castle, ready for another go."
29012,Home Alone,"Home Alone: A Family Comedy Without The Family Comes To Your Computer, Home Alone: A Family Game Without The Family",1991,6.1,Action,Platform,,"This is a platform game based on the movie ""Home Alone"". Kevin's family went on vacation, but they forgot about him, so now he's home alone. Now there are two burglars who want to break into the house. Kevin has to prevent the burglars from kidnapping him, by riddling the house with traps. The player controls Kevin through the mansion in a side perspective. He has one hour before the burglars will break into the house. In this hour, the player has to set up various traps in order to make the burglars give up on capturing Kevin. After this hour, the burglars break in, and the traps become active. Each trap deals 5 damage to a burglar, and the first shot of Kevin's BB gun deals another 5. During this phase, the screen always tells in which room each burglar is at the moment. The game is won by dealing 50 damage to each burglar."
29014,South Park Rally,,1999,5.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Choose your character from the cast of the popular 'mature' cartoon South Park, and tear through the streets in this racing game. Your character's vehicle may be a little cart, trike, or box, for example. Weapons include rockets, Salty Balls, Cheesy Poofs, the beloved Cow and even an Anal probe. All of the voices are also included, making it feel more like the real cartoon than a rally game. You can also play an all-on-all 4 player mode."
29020,SFPD Homicide / Case File: The Body in the Bay,"Golden Gate Killer, SFPD Homicide Case File: The Body in the Bay",1995,7.4,Adventure,,,"SFPD Homicide / Case File: The Body in the Bay is a point-and-click adventure game based mostly on FMV and photo graphics, with the player taking up the role of a San Francisco Police Department detective tasked with clearing up a series of murders. The character is San Francisco's newest homicide detective and teams up with a real investigator who acts as a partner and a guide. The case starts with a 50-something white male found floating in the bay near Pier 91, bound and gagged. The player's tasks encompass examining crime scenes and securing evidence as well as interrogating witnesses and suspects to uncover the identity of the serial killer. Using evidence, clues and procedures from the actual case, the detective explores the victim's life, vices and secret passions. Along the way, more than 40 characters from his life are met as the case takes the detective from the city's posh nightclubs to its deserted piers."
29021,Silent Assault,,1990,5.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"A deadly alien force has taken control of all of the Earth's military forces. For some reason, the alien power is unable to control you, leaving you as the only one who can fight back. To be victorious you will need to battle both military forces and alien creatures in a variety of different landscapes. Along the way different weapons can be found to help your assault, along with temporary invincibility and energy replenishing power ups after destroying certain enemies. There are eight different worlds with numerous, deadly enemies to conquer."
29022,WeaponLord,,1995,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Fantasy,"A barbarian battleground. Seven different warriors, eached armed with a unique weapon set forth on a fighting game quest where they will clash and conflict with one another in this fighting game from Namco. Their ultimate foe is the mysterious Demonlord. An early relative of the popular Soul Calibur series, the main claim to fame of this game is the weapon play. Blocking and combos are present along with special ""frenzies"" of increased attack and death combos. The backgrounds are all hand drawn and meticulously detailed. Each character carries their own storyline with them between arenas, jungles and firey mountains on a quest to oppose the Demonlord."
29025,Infiltrator II,"Infiltrator, Infiltrator II: The Next Day, Infiltrator Part II: The Next Day",1987,6.4,"Action, Simulation",Stealth,,"Jimbo McGibbets is back in the sequel to the original. You play a soldier on a mission to infiltrate the enemy's compound and spy on them. The game is broken up in to two parts: Walking around in the enemy camp, or flying missions in your advanced attack helicopter. You can enter enemy huts in the compound and retrieve weapons and information. Use gas grenades on the guards to give yourself time to search rooms. Flying your attack chopper presents you with a view out the cockpit and control panel. You will be attacked by numerous airplanes and can attack ground defense systems too."
29033,Paladin's Quest,"Lennus, Lennus: Kodai Kikai Kioku",1992,6.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The world of Lennus is a world of legends and wonders and is divided into two continents; Naskuot, the northern continent and Saskuot, the southern continent. Thirteen years ago a strange disaster befell this world and killed many people. Upon the ruins of a great city and sealing back a great evil, a school of magic was built. Young Chezni is a student of that school of magic, striving to become a great spiritualist and control the elements. Meanwhile, a dictator to the south, Zaygos has conquered the entire continent and seeks to conquer the other half of the world. One day, after class Chezni is dared by a fellow classmate to enter and explore the forbidden tower that sits outside the school of magic. Entering the tower, Chezni will soon learn of the machine, Dal Gren that has been sleeping there for 10,000 years. What consequences will his actions have? Paladin's Quest is a 1-player RPG where the player moves around the world and in locations using an overhead view with up to four members in the party. Randomly encountered monsters engage in a first-person view battle mode that is played using turn-based commands to each player. Along with weapons, magic is available and uses the character's own hitpoints to command. There is no healing magic and no healing items, rather some characters have ""bottles"", one type of which can restore HP and these can be filled (nine uses per bottle) at most towns. Each character has a different profieciency in one of eight different elements, which may be combined to produce additional spells. New element usage can sometimes be learned by main characters in temples."
29034,Robinson's Requiem,,1994,7.1,"Role-playing (RPG), Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the far future humanity has achieved faster-than-light space travel, but the galaxy is still a big unknown place. To chart, the stars and planets explorers named ""Robinsons"" are sent on scouting tours of duty. Most of the time the Robinsons sent away are individuals deemed dangerous to society and whose ships are sabotaged. You play one of these Robinsons who gets stranded on a mysterious alien planet on which a telepathic woman is also stranded. As it turns out she knows a way to get off the planet, but she needs your help to escape. Gameplay consists of first-person roleplaying with the emphasis placed on character modeling and survival. Take a dip when it's cold and you'll surely catch the flu, don't treat an infected injury and amputation is on the way, etc. You must fashion your own tools from whatever you can find on the planet and the game uses pre-rendered sprites over voxel technology terrain for graphics."
29051,Hover Strike,,1995,6.4,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Terrakian Pirates have taken over a colonized planet under Federation control. They've set up an atmospheric cannon, making invasion impossible. Your job, as a hovercraft pilot, is to launch a pre-emptive strike on the planet's surface. Hover Strike for the Jaguar is a mission-based tank game. In each mission, you will drop to the surface of the planet, destroy some targets, and then return to your ship in orbit. The hovercraft you pilot is heavily armored and includes various weapons systems to take out enemies and targets."
29062,F1 Racing Championship,,2000,7.9,Sports,,,"F1 Racing Championship is the third Ubi Soft F1 racing simulation game, published with the FIA license by Video System It features official tracks, drivers and cars of the 1999 F1 season. The game is based on a new engine bringing a real technological step compared to the two first titles ( F1 Racing Simulation and Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2 ). Available game modes are Single Race, Grand Prix, Championship, Private Trials and Time Attack. The tracks were modelled in 3D from GPS data sampled on the real roads. There are realistic physics, a telemetry system to analyse behaviour of your car and to tune its settings, complex driving AI, recordable replays, strategy management with animated pit sequences, weather simulation, and LAN support for multiplayer games."
29064,Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure,Marl Ōkoku no Ningyō Hime,1998,6.6,Role-playing (RPG),,,"In this game the player controls Cornet, a young orphaned girl who can animate lifeless puppets by playing on her trumpet. One day, Cornet meets prince Ferdinand and falls in love with him. She joins a contest, the winner of which will have the privilege to marry the prince. But in the middle of the contest, an evil sorceress bursts in and kidnaps the prince. Now Cornet and her friends must defeat the sorceress and rescue the prince. Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure is a Japanese-style role-playing game with humorous elements. Cornet's party includes animated puppets and can also contain enemies who may be willing to join it after battles. All the combatants level up automatically after having accumulated a sufficient amount of experience points. Enemy encounters are random, and battles take place on a tactical screen, requiring the player to move characters in a turn-based fashion and attack enemies in range of the characters' weapons. Characters also learn magic and can equip up to four different accessories instead of the traditional weapons and armor. The world map consists of dots the player can travel to automatically, and only a small portion of it is accessible in the beginning. Story progression is linear. Musical performances are sometimes used as story-advancing cutscenes."
29067,Virtual Pool 2,,1997,8.1,"Simulation, Sports",,,"The successor to Virtual Pool Virtual Pool 2 has better graphics, an enhanced physics engine, and more game options than its predecessor. The game also features photo realistic tables, balls, and environments. The following types of pool games are available for play: Players can also setup tournaments against human or over 120 computer players. Players can also watch the numerous technique videos with Mike Sigil, or learn how to pull off trick shots with Lou ""Machine Gun"" Butera. Multiple players statistics are also tracked by the game. Individual stats are kept for each separate game type."
29076,MTV: Club Dead,,1994,5.9,Adventure,,,"Undercover and fresh out of prison, you, Sam Frost, are hired by the corporate giant, Metacorp, to discover why the patrons of their ""posh resort,"" the Alexandria, are being killed off. The game has a futuristic, cyberpunk feel to it as you negotiate the halls of the resort in a first-person slideshow style similar to that of Myst. Although unlike Myst, you have control of an extensive inventory."
29081,Day of the Viper,,1989,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Sun League has been trying to fight back against the corrupted and oppressive Gar computer for many years. Now they have attacked a defense base. The only hope is for a Viper V droid to be sent in under your control to reactivate the planet's defenses. To do this, you must find floppy disks that are everywhere in the station to reboot that evil computer! To complete this task, you must fight 33 types of little robots who attack you. The action is viewed in first-person 3D, with directional arrows on screen for movement and rotation. There are 25 levels, each of which is automatically mapped as you explore it. Use turbolifts to get to them. Each object is managed by the game, and a notepad feature is provided to allow you to keep track of vital information."
29083,Quattro Sports,Super Sports Challenge,1993,5.1,Sports,,,"Quattro Sports features four different sports action games on one cartridge: Pitch fast balls, curve balls, bat, and steal bases in this baseball simulation. Gameplay is from an overhead view of the field or from behind the plate when batting. An action soccer game viewed from overhead. Features passing, shooting, throw-ins, penalties, and fouls. Play tennis on grass, clay, or gravel courts. Hit volleys, lobs, smashes and more. Features a 3-D view of the tennis court and three skill levels. Bike racing on three different terrains (dirt, desert, and quarry). Gameplay is from an overhead point of view of the racetrack. There are 15 different racetracks of varying skill levels, each with it's own set of jumps, bumps, ramps and other obstacles."
29084,Solaris,,1986,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Solaris is a sequel to Star Raiders The Zylons are back, and are attempting another takeover of the galaxy! Your goal is to destroy all of the Zylon fighters you encounter, rescue cadets that are trapped on Zylon planets, and to find the planet Solaris to protect it from the Zylons. Your spaceship is equipped with a galactic map which can be used to warp to different sectors of the galaxy. The map shows the location of Zylon squadrons, Zylon planets, federation starbases, wormholes, clusters of stars, and Solaris when you find it. By warping to the correct sector, you can battle the numerous types of Zylon fighters to keep them from attacking federation bases and planets. Your spaceship has a limited amount of fuel; when you see the fuel gauge get too low, you will need to warp to a federation starbase to refuel (make sure you leave enough fuel to warp). When flying over a Zylon controlled planet, you will see your cadets on the surface. If you rescue all of the cadets as you fly past, you will receive bonus points and an extra spaceship. The Zylons have many different types of fighters which you will encounter, as well as some narrow corridors with blockades which you will need to clear in order to reach new locations in the galaxy."
29090,Battle Circuit,,1997,7.5,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Battle Circuit is a 2D side scrolling beat'em up drawn in a comic (manga) style in a futuristic science fiction setting. A group of bounty hunters must capture the mad scientist Dr. Saturn with a giant head. The roster of heroes has 5 characters for the player to choose from: Cyber Blue, a human bounty hunter with cybernetic attachments to his body; Captain Silver, a humanoid shape-shifting hunter who has ability to project ice particles from his body; Pink Ostrich, a large, sentient, pink ostrich, who is always accompanied by its owner, a young girl named Pola Abdul; Yellow Iris, a part-time fashion model with claws and Alien Green, a space creature looking like a giant, moving plant. Gameplay is quite typical for the genre, like in Final Fight Streets of Rage or Cadillacs and Dinosaurs - players go right, beat the enemies (player has access to various attacks), collect bonuses and money, and fight against bosses, for example Dr. Saturn and his robots. Players' abilities can be expanded by purchasing special ""upgrade discs"" after the completion of levels using coins obtained from dead enemies."
29094,Kawasaki ATV PowerSports,,2000,4.9,Racing / Driving,,,"Enjoy 4 game modes over 6 different terrain, with 6 drivers and 12 different Kawasaki ATV models in a full 3D simulation. Also comes with random track generator and track editor."
29095,Sensible Soccer '98,"Sensible Soccer '98 World Cup Edition, Sensible Soccer - Die WM-Edition",1997,6.1,Sports,,,"Sensible Soccer '98 was made for the World Cup 1998 and can be played as both player and coach. The gameplay is supposed to be mostly the same as for the old games but the graphics has been updated with a 3D engine. The games features three arcade options, plus a preset World Championship and the option to create your own competitions. You are also able to create your own custom teams."
29096,Metal Gear Solid,Metal Gear: Ghost Babel,2000,8.5,Action,Stealth,Africa,"Metal Gear Solid is a single-player stealth action game for the Game Boy Color. The story takes place in an alternate continuity separate from the mainline Metal Gear series. A secret U.S. military initiative, Project Babel, has developed a new prototype of the Metal Gear weapon, a nuclear-capable walking tank. Before the program can be secured, the Gindra Liberation Front, a paramilitary faction based in the Central African nation of Gindra, seizes the prototype. Special agent Solid Snake is called out of retirement and sent to infiltrate the occupied fortress known as Outer Heaven. His mission is to recover the stolen Metal Gear and uncover the motives behind the insurgency, which threatens to destabilize the region and reignite global conflict. Gameplay follows the top-down, stealth-based design of the original Metal Gear titles. Players must guide Snake through enemy strongholds, avoiding detection by patrolling guards and security systems. Enemy vision is represented by directional cones, and Snake can crawl, hug walls, or hide in shadows and crates to remain unseen. When discovered, guards pursue aggressively, forcing the player to either escape or fight. Combat is deliberately limited: while Snake can acquire handguns, rifles, and explosives, stealth remains the primary means of survival. Progression is supported through a wide variety of weapons and gadgets. Snake can collect firearms such as the SOCOM pistol, suppressors, and grenades, as well as non-lethal items like cardboard boxes for concealment. Access cards unlock secured doors, while rations restore health. The game also features a radio communication system, allowing Snake to contact support characters who provide tactical advice and story exposition. Boss encounters punctuate the missions, each requiring different strategies to overcome. In addition to the main story campaign, the game includes over 100 optional Training Missions. These self-contained challenges focus on stealth, combat, and puzzle-solving. Although it shares the title Metal Gear Solid the Game Boy Color release is not a port of the PlayStation game, but a standalone entry that combines elements of the classic Metal Gear gameplay with modernized systems inspired by Metal Gear Solid."
29100,Fishing Derby,"Angling, Fishing Derby - Schneller Als der Hai, Pescaria",1980,7.1,"Action, Sports",,,"In Fishing Derby your goal is to be the first of two players to catch 99 pounds of fish. Each player is on a dock at the top of the screen, and you control the fishing line in the water. By moving the fishing line up or down, you can catch the fish that are swimming by. The deeper down you go, the bigger the fish are. When you catch a fish, you need to reel it in! To make the game more difficult, a shark is constantly swimming back and forth. If you have a fish on your line and it touches the shark, the shark will eat it and you then will have to catch another fish. Two difficulty levels are available, and the game can be played by one person against the computer or two players against each other."
29105,Cool World,,1993,4.5,Action,Platform,,"Cool World exists as an alternate dimension to this world where cartoon doodles are alive. An object called the Golden Spike of Power keeps both dimensions balanced in harmony. It was placed on top of the Ocean Hotel in Las Vegas for safekeeping. However a doodle named Holli Would want the power of the Golden Spike so she can become a real human, but in doing so may cause both worlds to come to ruin. She also ripped up a map into five pieces which shown how the tunnels connected between this world and Cool World. So now it's up to Detective Frank Harris to track down the map pieces and put a stop to Holli's plans. Detective Frank Harris can jump, crouch, and use weapons to dispatch Holli's henchmen. Weapons include a pen, eraser, and bombs. Other items include bottles (used in conjunction with the pen), hearts which give Frank an extra life, food items which give Frank energy, and special area specific weapons. The game is broken into four different areas (Main Street - Cool World, The Highway, Main Street - Sweet Place, and Countryside near Sweet Place), with each area containing a piece of the map plus a fifth area which takes place at the hotel where Frank has to defend the Golden Spike from being stolen."
29107,Need for Speed II,Over Drivin' II,1997,7.1,Racing / Driving,,Oceania,"In Need For Speed II the player takes control of eight Super Cars and races his or her way through six different tracks from Australia to Nepal. Much like the first in the series the sequel has plenty of high performance cars to choose from, including the McLaren F1, Ferrari F50, Lotus GT1, Jaguar XJ220, Ford GT90, Isdera Commendatore 112i, Italdesign Cala and Lotus Esprit V8, each handling differently. Once the player has beaten the six tracks, a new track is made available. It's a fast paced racing game which is intended to play more like an arcade racer than a true simulation, though the player can select which driving style suits him or her best: arcade or simulation. There are three game modes: single race, tournament (in which the player must get the highest score in order to win) and knock out (in which the player has to outrun at least one car at the end of each track to avoid elimination). Car settings such as gear ratio, downforce, break bias and color can be customized. The opponents' skill can also be chosen, as well as the presence of civilian traffic in the tracks. The game offers four options of camera views: heli-cam, tail-cam, in-car and road cam. A replay mode with eight cinematic cameras is also available. The main difference between this and the previous Need for Speed game is in the tracks, with less open road tracks in this sequel. Also, there are no cops to chase the player. However, the tracks available are have a range of detail, and some have changing weather conditions while the player races."
29115,Shadow President,Shadow President: The Simulation of Presidential World Power,1993,6.9,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"A game about World Government, Politics, Control and Cause and Effect. You start the game but being elected as the new US President, your tasks take place in many issues like resolving crisis, avoiding wars in conflict zones, sending aids (military, technology and social for example) and having a good approval rating by the US population."
29118,Space Harrier,"3D Space Harrier, Sega Ages: Space Harrier",1985,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Run… fly… dodge those obstacles, but return fire on wave after wave of attacking aliens. Armed with a really big gun, you have to defend yourself against the alien hordes using your wits to navigate around the screen. But watch out for those end of level bosses! Originating in the arcades, Space Harrier is a third-person rail shooter with pseudo-3D graphics, set in the same world as the Fantasy Zone series The lone titular hero fights aliens with a fireball-launching cannon, which can also be used to transform the hero into a flying rocket. The protagonist is constantly in motion, but the speed of his movement can be regulated by the player."
29120,FoxKids.com Micro Maniacs Racing,"Denkou Sekka Micro Runner, Micro Maniacs",2000,7.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Micro Maniacs Racing is a racing game in the Micro Machines series. This time however, you don't get to race cars, boats or any other type of vehicle, but micro men. Most courses are on foot, but others allow you to take small vehicles such as jet skis and skate boards. The game offers a variety of micro men to play with, ranging from mutants, cyborgs, mad professors, experiments gone wrong, and other strange characters. They all have their own special weapon to give them an edge in the races. There are 32 races which are organised by a mad doctor who hopes to find the ultimate soldier among these micro maniacs. The Playstation version is completely in 3D. In good Micro Machines tradition, the races are all held in and around the house, including the garage, living room, bathroom, study and deck."
29121,Jonah Lomu Rugby,"Jonah Lomu Rugby: Le Jeu Officiel de Jonah Lomu l'Insaisissable, Great Rugby '98, Jonah Lomu Rugby: The Official Game of the Unstoppable Jonah Lomu",1997,7.5,Sports,,,"Based on the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa and officially licenced by player of the tournament Jonah Lomu, this game plays as more of an arcade style of gameplay rather than a sports simulation. Players can compete in the full World Cup, a round-robin league, or a knock-out cup. The 32 included teams range from the All Blacks of New Zealand and Springboks of South Africa to minnows such as Namibia and Hong Kong, neither of which qualified for the final stages."
29122,NASCAR Legends,,1999,7.3,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"NASCAR Legends takes all the top drivers, cars, and most of the tracks from the 1970 NASCAR season. It used a modified version of the NASCAR 2 engine, but all 4 different cars (Ford Torino, Plymouth Superbird, Dodge Daytona, and Mercury) each have a different look and feel. The tracks are detailed from 1970. It also added force feedback support."
29123,Weird Dreams,,1988,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Contemporary,"A severely ill man is on the operating table when a Daemon named Emily trapping you in your own subconscious. To escape you must find three orbs, which are trapped within a selection of esoteric mini-games set within the darkest Dali-influenced recesses of the mind. Weird Dreams is a third-person game with action and puzzle elements. The game contains bizarre levels and unorthodox activities, including feeding a wasp cotton candy, beating up hopping totem poles with fish from the sky, and an encounter with a skinned chicken in a haunted house. The game comes with a ""short novel"" that explains the plot in detail and serves as copy protection."
29125,Beyond the Beyond,,1995,5.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The hero of the game, an apprentice knight (named Finn by default), lives together with his father's friend in a village called Isla, located in the Kingdom of Marion. All of a sudden, the neighbor land Bandore Empire attacks the village. Finn manages to escapes and seeks shelter in the royal castle of Marion. But the castle has also fallen into the hands of the enemy. Followed by a group of loyal friends and servants, the young man sets on a long journey... This game is a RPG with random encounters and turn-based combat with an extra feature: the player can press a random combination of buttons before attacking (or during enemy attack), and if the combination is guessed correctly, the party member will deal critical damage or will block the enemy's blow."
29134,Liquid Kids,"Arcade Archives: Liquid Kids, Arcade Archives: Mizubaku Daibōken, Mizubaku Adventure, Mizubaku Daibōken",1990,8.0,Action,Platform,,"In Mizubaku Daibouken you play Hipopo the Hippopotamus who must venture through a large number of enemy-packed levels in search for his missing girlfriend, as well as rescuing other hippo-like creatures along the way. The game features moving platforms, collapsible floors, boats, water-wheels, and plants that can be watered, causing them to grow and allowing you to reach much higher platforms. Hipopo is supplied with magical water globes, which can be thrown at enemies to freeze them. Once frozen, the enemies can be kicked and destroyed completely. If idle for a few seconds, enemies will unfreeze themselves and continue their business. Every two levels is a boss that needs to be defeated in order to proceed to the next one."
29139,BlaZeon,BlaZeon: The Bio-Cyborg Challenge,1992,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,BlaZeon is a space shooter arcade game. The player travels in a spaceship from the left side of the screen to the right while swarms of enemy spaceships appear. The player is able to fire at them with his cannon (which can be fired normally or rapid fire) and special missile weapon. After the defeat of certain enemies they will leave behind their husk. Touching this former enemy will allow the player to upgrade their spaceship into more powerful forms.
29147,Bible Adventures,,1991,4.2,"Action, Educational","Arcade, Platform",,"Bible Adventures contains three different side scrolling platform games, each with a different bible theme. The first game is Noah's Ark. Here the player needs to search forests, caverns, and mountains to find a male and female of each species and bring them back to the ark before the flood begins. The next game is Save Baby Moses, where the player needs to get past numerous soldiers and other obstacles to bring the baby Moses to safety. The last game is David and Goliath. As the shepherd David, the player needs to round up and protect the family's flock of sheep. After all of the sheep are safe, the player will then need to face Goliath. The game features scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version to provide clues or information."
29151,Creatures,"Creatures : Découvrez la vie artificielle., Creatures: Crea e alleva la tua vita artificiale., Creatures: Create Real Life on Your PC, Creatures: Create and breed your own artificial life., Creatures: Schaffen Sie künstliches Leben in Ihrem Computer!",1996,6.9,Simulation,Puzzle elements,,"Creatures is a biological simulation. You start with six eggs of Norns, cute little creatures who live in an imaginary world. Your task is to give them knowledge about the world they live in, teach them how to speak, how to use toys or an elevator, how to eat, and so on. They will eventually grow older, reproduce and die. The game uses its own genetics system, as well as biochemical and neurological calculations to determine the evolution of Norns and the way their DNA would develop in their descendants."
29154,Descent II,"Descent 2, Descent II: Counterstrike",1996,8.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The second Descent game features new levels, new weapons and new robot enemies. It also comes with helpful ideas for the player like the Guide-bot, the ability to fly with afterburner or energy-to-shield converter that many times they become a must!"
29160,Firelord,,1986,7.3,Action,"Managerial / business simulation, Puzzle elements, Shooter, Stealth",Fantasy,"The land of Torot has been oppressed by the Evil Queen; fortunately you (as Sir Galaheart) are on hand to put things right. Initially you have no weaponry as you progress through the 500 screens of Atic Atac -influenced streets and towns, but fireballs can be collected and used against the Queen's forces. Trading is a large part of the game, a unique aspect for a game of this type at the time. While many objects are lying around, many more must be obtained by entering the homes of people, and negotiating with them to arrange a swap. You can also attempt to steal from them, but you risk being caught and sentenced to death (losing a life in the process)."
29162,Race America,Corvette ZR-1 Challenge,1992,6.3,Racing / Driving,,,"Race America is a 2-car cross-country racing game. Either 2 players can compete on the same screen, or the computer can control the second player. The game provides eight colorful opponents to race against, each of whom is supposed to have distinct advantages in a race. Each race begins from a side-scrolling perspective as the 2 competitors speed out of the gate. After a certain distance, the perspective shifts to third person and the driver in the lead occupies the top half of the screen while the driver in second is relegated to half of the lower screen. Occasionally, the game also employs an overhead view. To add to the challenge, the game's cars have 6-speed manual transmissions which players must shift using the control pad, but not while pressing the gas button."
29164,Football Manager: World Cup Edition 1990,,1990,4.4,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Football Manager: World Cup Edition 1990 is the third game in the popular Football Manager series This time your mission is not to coach a club team, but one of the national teams that started in the real World Cup 1990 qualifications. Master the qualification games to reach the final tournament and try to get the World Cup. You can fill up your team with 22 players, and can give each of them individual tactical game instructions. Before each game, you give an interview that will influence the morale of your players. In every half-time, you can give new instructions to your team and make tactical corrections."
29165,Grandmaster Chess,,1992,7.3,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"Grandmaster Chess is a chess game with multiple skill levels and various sets of boards and pieces. Other features include pull-down menus, an analysis mode, a VCR-like replay option and the ability to give the player a chess rating."
29167,The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang,Chō Makai Taisen! Dorabocchan,1993,6.9,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,,"The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang is an action-rpg starring the titular hero, a young vampire prince who must rescue his parents and save the inhabitants of the Vladamasco Islands from the evil Von Hesler. But is it really his handiwork, or is there someone else controlling him? Unravel the mystery while traveling to various locales, fighting Von Hesler's henchmen and picking up (CPU-controlled) companions along the way. Spike McFang has three main methods of attack: by striking out with his cape, throwing his hat like a boomerang, or using a magic card. Cards can also heal his health or give his companions extra strength. Spike can also devour the still-beating hearts of his vanquished foes (or the dropped tomatoes of his vanquished foes if you're playing the sanitized North American version) to regain health. There are a total of four different hats that Spike can purchase as upgrades in his battle against animated garlic bulbs, bomb-throwing cats, head-spinning plants and a plethora of other dangerous enemies."
29169,Lightspeed,Lightspeed: Interstellar Action and Adventure,1990,6.8,Simulation,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the future, the Earth is a wasteland, unable to sustain human life any longer. Mankind's only hope is to find a new world to colonize. Giant transport ships are launched, each carrying 10 million people. Sent ahead of each of these ships is a Trailblazer-class scout. Controlling one of these Trailblazers, it's the player's mission to find a suitable planet for a new colony, to scout for natural resources and to deal with various alien species, who might be both friend or foe. From a robot-controlled home base, the Trailblazer starts exploring the nearby star systems (two different star clusters are selectable, representing different difficulty levels). Planets in uninhabited systems can be claimed for their natural resources. If aliens already inhabit a system, diplomatic negotiations can be opened. Since the resources of the uninhabited systems won't be enough for sustaining a colony, trade agreements with the aliens are necessary. Each alien species has its own attitude and quirks. Not all of them are friendly, and some might demand that the player attacks their enemies before they agree to trading or a peace treaty. If hostilities with aliens begin, there are a variety of combat options. The Trailblazer itself is rather slow and sluggish, but is equipped with a powerful main gun and a gun turret. It can also launch remote-controlled combat chassis in various configurations: as a guided missile, a kamikaze ship, or a fighter, the latter two being controllable by the player. The systems of the Trailblazer (the weapons, shields, sub- and faster-than-light engines) are powered by various parts. On the engine room screen, these parts can be individually mounted or removed. Combat may damage the parts. The same parts are used by different systems of the ship, so they can be moved around to improve one system at the expense of another. New and replacement parts can be collected from the wreckage of destroyed alien ships and space stations, or be acquired through trading."
29173,Shi-Kin-Joh,"Shi Kin Jyo, Shikinjo, Shikinjoh",1989,7.4,Puzzle,,Fantasy,"Shi-Kin-Joh (""Forbidden City"") is a puzzle game similar to Sokoban in which the player must reach a goal by pushing oversized mahjong tiles which block the path. When two matching tiles are pushed next to each other, they disappear. Other types of tiles will lock any movable tiles that come in contact with them. The Megadrive version includes five different sound & graphics sets, dozens of puzzles to solve, and a ""special puzzle"" mode where the rules of the game are changed dramatically. There is also a puzzle construction mode where custom puzzles can be created. Game progress is saved using passwords."
29194,Bomberman Fantasy Race,,1998,6.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"The man with the big bombs is blowing up a completely different type of game in this strange and whimsical racing game. It sure isn't like your typical racer -- Bomberman Fantasy Race has players riding on big loping kangaroos and giant blue rabbitty-dinos as they hop and dash to the finish line with long, bounding gaits. It's a wild race, made even wilder with all the bombs and action of Bomberman. Two can challenge each other to a blast around the track, or run for it on your own in the single-player mode. Buy new bombs and better ride-a-long animals to give the competition something to blow its top over!"
29197,Might and Magic: World of Xeen,,1994,7.4,"Compilation, Role-playing (RPG)",,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","World of Xeen combines two games - Clouds of Xeen and Darkside of Xeen - into a single game that can be played continuously. The player-controlled party can travel between the worlds of the two games using special devices that can find through exploration. Completing the main quests in both games opens the final quest, which requires the player to unite both sides of the world Xeen. This version also adds digitized speech to the games."
29198,Jurassic Park,,1993,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"A game based on the hit movie Jurassic Park. The game starts just after the T-Rex pushes the visitor's van into it's pit. You play the role of Dr. Alan Grant, so you have to find Tim and Lex, take them to the Visitor's center and get everybody out of the island. But this time it won't be half as easy as it was on the movie. The game is split in two missions, played in two different ways. The first mission is to take Tim and Lex back to their grandfather and is (almost exclusively) played from a top-down perspective. The second mission involves getting the power back on line and returning alive, so everybody can leave the island and is played like a FPS (First Person Shooter)."
29207,Adventures of Tron,"Adventures on GX-12, Robotron",1983,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Adventures of TRON is based on the motion picture TRON from Walt Disney Productions. The game environment consists of 4 floors, each with flying bits as well as enemy MCP attackers. The objective of the game is to control TRON in a maze of platforms and elevators while trying to intercept the flying bits (intercepting bits on higher floors are awarded higher points). Dodge enemy MCP attackers by jumping, using elevators, and hitching a ride on the Solar Sailor. Capturing all 7 bits will take the player to the next level, with added speed and difficulty. The player has a total of 4 lives in play."
29210,Agharta: The Hollow Earth,"Agharta, Hollow Earth",2000,6.1,"Action, Adventure",,Interwar,"In Agharta: The Hollow Earth set in 1926, the player takes the role of a nameless pilot who gets hired to find a famous scientist who disappeared during an expedition to the North Pole. But after a crash he finds himself in a mysterious underworld, the hollow earth. Here he has to stop a villain who wants to destroy the world... The player indirectly controls his character with a traditional point & click interface. He explores his environment, collects everything he finds and solves inventory based puzzles. He also meets various enemies which he fights by throwing rocks at them. These rocks are infinite. Sometimes the player can also use items to avoid enemies, e.g. a tin of tomato soup as distraction. Another game element is the pilot's dog: the player can call him and give him simple orders, e.g. to fetch something. The mouse cursor doesn't change its form over interactive elements and there is no manual saving: the game automatically saves."
29213,Kayleth,,1986,6.6,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"The Zyroneans were an advanced, pacifistic civilization until the arrival of the tyrant Kayleth. Sending down armies of androids from his space ship, he enslaved the planet Zyron and forced its inhabitants to work in mines and gather Chromazin, a rare mineral, for him. You are a Zyronean who has made a plan to free the planet from Kayleth's reign. However, as the game begins, you find yourself trapped in an unknown place with no memory of the events that led you to this situation. In order to find out where you are, what happened to you and ultimately save your home planet, you will have to interact with several (android) characters, solve various puzzles and survive encounters with ferocious creatures."
29218,Buichi Terasawa's Takeru: Letter of the Law,Takeru,1994,5.0,Adventure,,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Created by artist Buichi Terasawa Takeru is a full-color computerized interactive manga. Follow the hero Takeru Ichimonji in his battle against an evil sorceress in the land of Yamato, sort of an amalgam of feudal and futuristic Japan. Interaction consists of scrolling the mouse to uncover voice-over and action events, making choices that affect the direction of the story arc, and a few object-based puzzle games. Three chapters of the comic span 2 CD-ROMs, with over 50,000 frames of digital animation. Features a fair amount of violence and, of course, scantily clad female characters."
29223,Donkey Kong,"Arcade Archives Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong-e",1981,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Released in the arcades in 1981, Donkey Kong was not only Nintendo's first real smash hit for the company but marked the introduction of two of their most popular mascots: Mario (originally ""Jumpman"") and Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong is a platform-action game that has Mario scale four different industrial-themed levels (construction zone, cement factory, an elevator-themed level, and removing rivets from girders) in an attempt to save the damsel in distress, Pauline, from the big ape before the timer runs out. Once the rivets are removed from the final level, Donkey Kong falls, and the two lovers are reunited. From there, the levels start over at a higher difficulty. Along the way, Mario must dodge a constant stream of barrels, ""living"" fireballs, and spring-weights. Although not as powerful as in other future games, Mario can find a hammer which allows him to destroy the barrels and fireballs for a limited amount of time. Additionally, Mario can also find Pauline's hat, purse, and umbrella for additional bonus points. Donkey Kong is also notable for being one of the first complete narratives in video game form, told through simplistic cut scenes that advance the story. It should also be noted that in many conversions of the original coin-op game for early 1980's consoles and computer systems, Donkey Kong only used two or three of the original levels, with the cement factory most often omitted."
29225,Captain Blood,"Die Arche des Captain Blood, L'Arche du Capitaine Blood",1988,7.7,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Bob Morlock is a game designer who has just developed a new sci-fi video game set in outer space and alien worlds. While testing the product Morlock inexplicably finds himself in the spaceship within the game. A hyperspace accident clones him thirty times. Each of the clones departs, taking with him a portion of a vital fluid that sustains Morlock's life. Assuming the persona of the brave Captain Blood, the programmer tracked down and disintegrated twenty-five clones, spending 800 years to achieve that goal. However, five clones still remain, hidden somewhere in the depths of the galaxy. Captain Blood must find these clones and destroy them before he loses his own life. Captain Blood is an open-ended first-person adventure game. Much of the game consists of traveling to various planets and communicating with the aliens there to gather clues concerning the clones' whereabouts. The player commands a biological ship called Ark, and must launch probes onto planet surfaces, successfully navigating them through the landscape to locate an alien. The Ark can also scan planets and sometimes teleport aliens to different locations. Conversations with the aliens are conducted via the so-called UPCOM interface. Over 150 icons are available to represent different concepts. Since each alien speaks their own language, the player must input various combinations of the icons to be able to understand the alien and communicate with them. Successfully concluding conversations may offer clues or unlock other planets. The protagonist's health deteriorates over the time, which affects the game's interface by making it more difficult to control. These symptoms may be reverted by disintegrating a clone."
29227,Dungeon Hack,,1993,6.6,Role-playing (RPG),"Puzzle elements, Roguelike",Fantasy,"Combine the gameplay ideas of Hack / NetHack with the Eye of the Beholder III game engine and you get a graphical version of Hack : Dungeon Hack Largely based on a construction set, the player can create their own dungeons and then crawl through them. This is the ultimate dungeon crawl with over 4 billion possible dungeon configurations thanks to the random level generator. The generator has the ability to regenerate the entire dungeon structure, or just the items, the style, monster frequency, trap frequency... or any combination thereof. Also includes a permadeath option that, when a character dies, completely deletes the character and saved games."
29230,The Movie Monster Game,,1986,6.8,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"Play the monster in Epyx's follow up to Crush, Crumble and Chomp! Smash London, Paris, New York, Moscow or San Francisco with your choice of one of 6 giant monsters, including the officially licensed Godzilla, Tarantula or a Robot. Five different plots including escape, rescue, or destroy a landmark. Pesky tiny humans try to stop you with tanks, jets, missiles, etc. While all these basic thematic elements of Crush, Crumble and Chomp! have been carried over, the game does not use the same strategy game orders system for movement of your monster. Instead, you can now freely move your monster around the city, in arcade game style, rather than having to enter individual key commands for each movement segment. Single player only."
29237,Picture Perfect Golf,,1995,5.5,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Picture Perfect Golf is a multimedia golf simulator that uses actual photographs taken from a gazillion different angles to simulate the Harbour Town Golf Links course. Another difference this game has is it's perspective - instead of the traditional 3rd person-over-the-golfer perspective the game uses a first person perspective designed especially for use with an infrared golf club accessory (although the game can be played via keyboard/mouse), with the wind indicators, swing power bars, etc. onscreen. Other options include tournament, gimmies and mulligans game modes as well as multiplayer support for up to 4 players."
29239,Driver,"Driver: Você é o Motorista, Driver: You are the Wheelman",1999,7.6,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"As Tanner, the player will go undercover to be the wheelman for a crime syndicate in order to break open a big case. On the way, they will have to eliminate competition, drive getaway cars, scare some people silly, evade plenty of police, dodge bad guys, smash through a few windows, save their love interest, and much more through four cities (Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York). The game gives a lot of freedom to navigate the streets of the various cities, allowing to cut through alleyways or across sidewalks and parks while smashing benches and driving over traffic cones, and provides a wide variety of vehicles to ride through the different missions, as well as the ability to perform various maneuvers such as donuts, 180 spins, or reverse spins. Also includes several game modes such as Practice, Carnage (cause as much damage as possible), Dirt Track (time trials), Pursuit (the player chases after someone), Survival (four super cops chase after the player), Lose the Cop (the player must avoid a cop tailing on them), and Drive About (just drive about the city and admire the scenery). There is also a full Director mode, allowing to place cameras to catch the best moments in the custom replay file."
29248,Duke Nukum: Episode 1 - Shrapnel City,,1991,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 1997, the maniacal Dr. Proton has developed mechanical creatures known as Techbots. Commanding an army of Techbots, the insane scientist intends to conquer the entire world. There is only one hero on Earth who can stop him with his guns and attitude: Duke Nukum. Based on the same game engine as Crystal Caves Duke Nukum, Episode 1: Shrapnel City is a side-scrolling shooter with platform elements. Most of the gameplay consists of shooting enemies and exploring the environments, trying to reach the exit and advance to the next stage. Some of the environment is destructible: obstacles can be eliminated by shooting them. Defeated enemies yield points to the player. Duke can also collect power-ups to increase his health or upgrade his gun, as well as pick up inventory items with special abilities. At the end of most levels the player may receive bonus points, depends on his performance and achievements unlocked during gameplay (e.g. destroying all security cameras). The game is the first episode of a trilogy; each episode was released separately and also as a complete game In this episode, Duke hunts for Dr. Proton in a ruined Los Angeles, fending off Techbots who try to stop him."
29261,Industry Giant,Der IndustrieGigant,1997,6.6,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"This game is very similar to Transport Tycoon The biggest difference is that you don't only have to connect producers with retailers and customers, you also have to build the facilities. If you want to sell a table for example, you have to build a sawmill near wood, then a factory for furniture and finally a shop in a town. The graphics are good, as all the buildings and vehicles are rendered. The most disturbing thing is that there are only trains and lorries available."
29262,Snafu,,1981,7.0,Action,Arcade,,"Snafu is an arcade action game similar to the Atari game Surround You control a constantly moving and growing wall; the goal is to trap all of your opponents before you become trapped yourself. If you crash into the borders of the screen, into another player's wall, or your own wall, you are out for that round. The last player left standing wins the round! Several game options are available which allow or forbid diagonal movement, set obstacles in the playfield, allow a player's wall to disappear or remain on the screen after they crash, control the speed of movement, and select the number of rounds to play. The game can be played by one or two human players, and optionally two additional computer players can be added for up to four players on the screen at a time. Also included is a two player only game where you control a serpent containing 10 links, and your goal is to bite the links off of your opponent one at a time. Only the very last link of the serpent can be bitten off, so you need to be sure you keep your tail away from your opponent! The screen walls and the player's links are non lethal if you crash into them in this variation, however if you double back accross your own path you will lose a link. The first player to bite off all of his or her opponent's links wins."
29265,Sports Car GT,,1999,6.9,Racing / Driving,,,"Sports Car GT racing at its best. Compete against world class drivers on a myriad of realistic courses from all over the world. Over 50 real cars to choose from including the Porsche 911, Callaway C7 and C12, BMW M3, Saleen Mustang, Panoz GTR1, McLaren F1 GTR, Mosler Raptor, Vector M12, Lister Storm, and the Mercedes CLK GTR. Blow past the competition and test the true limits of your driving skills."
29271,The Irem Skins Game,"Major Title, Major Title 2: Tournament Leader",1992,7.1,Sports,,,"A golf game featuring four different game modes. The four game modes are Skins game, Match play, Stroke play, and Tournament. The Skins game has players compete for prize money on each individual hole. Match play involves 2 golfers competing to see who can win the most holes out of 9 or 18 holes. Stroke play counts the total number of strokes over a course of a golf game. The golfer with the least amount of strokes wins. Tournament mode has golfers competing in either one day (18 holes) or two days (36 holes) of golf. Scoring is figured out by how many strokes over or under par a golfer made to finish a hole. Gameplay consists of first choosing a golfer type of either a power hitter, all-around, technician, or magician. Each type has its own proficiencies in the drive, power, accuracy, hook, slice, and back spin categories. When on the golf course the player can choose a club, their stance, direction of where to hit the ball, and the power of the swing. Once that is decided, the swing is determined by a meter which measures the accuracy of the shot and determines whether the ball gets hit straight, hooks, or slices."
29272,Solo Flight,Vol Solo,1983,7.3,Simulation,,Contemporary,"A simulation that has you flying Mail runs from many different airports in one of three states of America which are Kansas, Colorado and Washington (choosing Washington does allow you to fly in neighbouring state Oregon as well). Advanced features include VOR towers readings, DME and ILS. Score for choices made meaning you must ponder certain things like how much fuel you might need for each delivery. Each mail delivered is to a different airport but the option is also there to carry several loads, each an additional weight that needs to be taken into account. Having a heavier payload means burning more fuel and a difference to how the plane handles, but potentially a higher score can result. Various weather conditions such as clear, nightime, light cloud and even a heavy cloud that requires IFR skills. It's entirely possible to fly using just instruments in total cloud blindness up until the point you pop out of a cloud to see the runway hopefully as you had planned. Indeed an accurately planned route using both VORS can have yourself precisely lined up and ready for a final descent using ILS. You really do need the maps though and attempting Solo Flight without them is fairly pointless - playing this seriously requires maps for VOR plotting."
29275,X-Men 2: Clone Wars,,1995,7.8,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is the second X-Men game from Sega for the Genesis. This time around, an alien force known as the Phalanx is out to control the earth. The X-Men are our only hope to stop this menace. The gameplay of this adventure is similar to side-scrolling action of the previous title. You have more playable characters this time: Beast, Gambit, Nightcrawler, Psylocke, Wolverine, Cyclops and even Magneto."
29276,Daughter of Serpents,The Scroll,1992,5.2,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Interwar,"Daughter of Serpents is a graphic adventure game with a point-and-click interface. An exotic, ancient city bustling with life. A strange, unnatural creature. A murder. And you, on a business trip to Alexandria, Egypt, suddenly involved in the case of a mysterious cult that deals with strange forces. Take a piece of ancient Egyptian mythology, add a pinch of demonology à la Lovecraft, and mix with a decent dose of colonial middle-east romanticism — those are the ingredients for the sinister adventure game Daughter of Serpents Daughter of Serpents would be a pretty common adventure game, if it wasn’t for one remarkable feature. Quite unusually for a pedigree adventure game, you have to design your character at the beginning of the game. You may chose a gender as well as one of six professions, ranging from traveller to private eye or occultist. Each category consists of four to five talents, in which you can then invest skill points. You may thus specialise your character in toxicology, let them learn the Arabian language, make them an excellent observer or an expert in necromancy. The talents have no influence on the plot, but a marginal one on the dialogue; you will get slightly different conversations depending on your knowledge of certain subjects. Your choice of profession, however, opens three slightly different approaches to the mystery, culminating in three different endings. Although the basic course of events does always stay the same, a few scenes are exclusive to each branch. Also, you will be accompanied by either the Greek occultist Ariadne Elytis or the rational inspector Bimbashi Cameron. Check out the screenshots section for examples of different scenes."
29290,The Scout Steps Out,"Boy Scout, Toujours Pret!",1985,7.2,Action,Platform,,"A 2D platformer where you must make your way through the somewhat surreal Scoutland performing all manner of good deeds and proving yourself worthy of membership of the troop. Good deeds include activities like gathering mushrooms, finding the missing award shields and cleaning windows. It's a dangerous world though and you're given 9 lives to try and navigate the world (plus you can top up from the giant bowl of corn flakes that dominates the landscape)."
29292,Space Taxi,,1984,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Piloting a Space Taxi, you must pick up passengers from ""pads"" and carry them to whatever other pads they wish to go. Space Taxi features 25 screens with varying obstacles and challenges that must be navigated in order to collect your fare. Although Space Taxis sort of resemble yellow Checker Cabs, they operate on a different principle - the longer you take to deliver a passenger, the less money you collect. In addition to watching the clock because of an incentive to collect money, players have to be aware of their fuel supply. Run out of fuel, and you will crash."
29295,Shadow Blasters,Shiten Myōō,1990,5.8,Action,"Platform, Shooter","Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Humans on Earth have lost their righteous ways. After seeing that this has happened, the Gods have decided to abandon the Earthlings and no longer protect them. Ashura, the King of an alien race hailing from the Evil World, decides that this is the perfect time to strike the vulnerable unprotected Earth. It just so happens that one of the good gods, Hyperion, takes pity on the humans and decides to bestow his power to four of the strongest Earth warriors so they can go and defeat Ashura and his minions. The player takes control of these four warriors who are Leo, a fencer, Marco, a monk, and Horatio and Tiffany, whom are both ninjas (one male, one female). Each character fires their own type of weapon and each character can charge up their weapon to make it a more powerful shot. All the characters also have a special weapon that can clear all the enemies on the screen but with the caveat that it can only be used once per stage. Each character also has a jump and speed attribute which when powered up allows them to jump higher and walk faster. Players can switch between all of the characters during a stage. The game has 9 different stages. The player can play the first six (mountain,harbor,street,future,glen, and forest) in any order. Each round ends with a boss which must be defeated to clear that round."
29301,Super Smash Bros.,"Nintendo All-Star! Dai-Rantou Smash Brothers, SSB",1999,7.7,Action,"Fighting, Platform",Fantasy,"Super Smash Bros. takes familiar Nintendo characters such as Mario Kirby and Donkey Kong and gets them to fight to the death. There are 8 fully-interactive landscapes, with one for each character, with noticeable links to their games. Controls are analogue-based, with different moves executed depending on the direction and how firmly the stick is pressed. Items like baseball bats, Bob-ombs, and healing items drop into the arenas at random, aiding any nearby characters than can make use of them. The game uses a fixed viewpoint which scrolls, although characters are rendered in 3D. The one-player mode has 14 stages to work through. Up to 4 human players can do battle at once, with team play as well as all-against-all action. Hidden characters are thrown in for good measure, as are bonus rounds, and a battle to the end with a giant hand (you read right). Playable characters include: * denotes any characters that need to be unlocked under special conditions first."
29309,Wolfenstein 3D,"Wolfenstein 3-D, Wolfenstein 3D: Second Encounter, Wolfenstein 3D: The Claw of Eisenfaust",1994,7.3,Action,Shooter,World War II,"This adaptation of the first-person shooter Wolfenstein 3D is not a straight port, but a remix with substantial changes as well as new additions. While the basic gameplay of exploring levels, shooting enemies, collecting treasures, keys and power-ups remain the same, only half of the original game's 60 levels have been retained. Each of those 30 levels (grouped into six missions, with two levels being secret ones) is a simplified version of an original level. The end bosses for the missions are taken from both Wolfenstein 3D and its prequel, Spear of Destiny Other changes from the original include new power-ups: an ammo box (taken from Spear of Destiny ) and backpack that increases the maximum amount of ammo that can be carried. The original's weapons (knife, pistol, machine gun, chaingun) all return, but there are also two completely new tools of destruction: a flame thrower and a rocket launcher."
29311,Toonstruck,,1996,8.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Toonstruck is a point-and-click adventure in the style of Monkey Island series It uses a one-icon system, and the protagonist is a motion-captured actor against an animated environment. Like an adventure game in the Roger Rabbit style. Drew Blanc, the main character, is played by Christopher Lloyd whom you may know as the professor in Back to the Future and Fester in The Addams Family movies. He ventures through the animated world consisting of very weird cartoon characters. The land is being overrun by an evil doctor, and you, as Drew, must stop him."
29319,King of Fighters R-2,,1999,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Using again the Japanese ""SD"" (Super-Deformed) artwork style (now reworked), the KOF Series makes your debut in the new SNK's color handheld. The title brings the same gameplay characteristics present in its arcade/console counter-part The King of Fighters '98 like the possibility of choose between two game modes (Advanced or Extra), an identical adaptation of the battle stages, the addition of ""Advantage System"" (directly related to the power gauges) and the chance to battle with a powered version of the ""franchise boss"", Rugal Bernstein. Unlike the previous game (The King of Fighters R-1) this sequence doesn't have a defined storyline, but it's implicit that Rugal is still alive and returns once again to try conquer the world and satisfy his evil ambitions. The teams included in the game were slightly reformulated and now are the following ones (this time, Leona Heidern and Iori Yagami are single entries):"
29329,Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt,,1993,5.3,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In just a few years, mankind has succeeded in destroying the environment and endangering all living species. Under the guidance of the evil Dr. Machino, robotic machines were built to turn the Earth into a soulless place without live nature. There is only one hero who can save the living beings of the planet - you, a little possum. Fight Dr. Machino's robots and liberate the Earth! This is an action platformer very similar in gameplay style to Sonic games. The possum can jump and run very quickly, as well as spin to hurt the enemies and breeze through the levels. Various robotic creatures will will try to kill you during your journey to Dr. Machino's lair. You can either avoid or try to defeat them on your way."
29332,9:05,,2000,7.3,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,The phone rings at 9:05 AM after a rough night. It's up to you to get up and get moving in this short piece of interactive fiction.
29333,The House of the Dead 2,HOD 2,1998,7.5,Action,Rail shooter,Europe,"The House of The Dead 2 is a conversion of Sega's popular light gun arcade game. In this game, you play the role of a detective out to stop a madman who has unleashed zombies and other horrid creatures in an Italian city. You have to kill the monsters, save people and find out the plans behind this mayhem. The game uses an auto game camera that pans around in a preset manner as you venture through the city killing the creatures and rescuing people. Extra modes like training and time trial are included for replayability."
29336,Real Myst,realMYST,2000,7.8,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Steampunk,"The original Myst is revamped for the new millennium, in 3D: dynamic and fully interactive with day and night condition cycles, changing weather, and real-time lighting effects. Unlike in the original version, with its ""screen by screen"" navigation and pre-rendered images that represented locations, Real Myst allows the player to physically explore the game's world and includes a fully rotatable camera. The remake also adds a fifth ""Age"" (a world created by the power of human imagination), called the Rime Age and a new available ending."
29337,Hyper V-Ball,Super Volley II,1992,6.4,Sports,,,"Hyper V-Ball is a volleyball simulation based on the 1991 arcade game Power Spikes All action is seen from a side-view perspective, meaning it is only possible to move players to the left or right. The player can choose between three different leagues: Men's League, Woman's League and Hyper League, which is a league for robots. Two buttons are used to control the ball, one for normal actions and one for Hyper Plays, special attacks that can only be learned and used in the Hyper League. How a player will block or attack depends on the ball's speed and the players position. Team members who aren't under the player's direct control will also act on their own by positioning themselves or preparing spikes. They will, however, not block spikes on their own but it is possible to let players not under direct control block spikes by pressing one of the action buttons at the right moment."
29340,Jack the Ripper,,1987,6.5,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"This game was made just short of the 100th anniversary of England's most notorious serial killer, who gruesomely murdered at least five women in 1888. After accidentally killing someone, you become a suspect. You must prove that you are innocent, without the police hauling you in as they search for a scapegoat. Jack the Ripper is interactive fiction with occasional graphics, based closely on real events of the Ripper. The parser accepts full sentences, and instructions can be qualified with adverbs such as 'slowly' and 'quietly'. The game is played in real time and time will pass even when the player is not making a move. The game is split into three parts, including digitised graphics (of the author's sisters) representing Ripper victims. The game was created with the Professional Adventure Writing System by Gilsoft."
29347,Operation: Cleanstreets,Manhattan Dealers,1988,6.2,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"You're Dirty Harry and you need to find and beat up dealers to get drugs and burn them outside the town, which will regain your energy. This is the Silmarils' first game. In 9 screens, you can fight with ninjas, amazons, punks and other thugs and low-lives, and you've only your hands and feets for that ! You start in a street, a punk in front of you, beat him him up and he'll drop his drugs, continue to the stairs to find a guy with a chainsaw, beat him and keep his drugs. Go outside town to burn the drugs in a barrel to regain life and return to the dark side to make the streets safer."
29348,Hunter,,1991,7.8,"Action, Racing / Driving","Sandbox / open world, Shooter",,"You're one of an an elite band of soldiers pitted against an overwhelming enemy who controls most of the world. Take on various missions ranging from assassination to demolition in an effort to defeat the enemy within a time limit. Fully 3D, you have the choice to go anywhere you please during any mission. A focus is put on freedom of choice; there's no one way to complete a mission. You can take control of any vehicle in the game, and these range from riding pedal bikes and windsurfing, to vans and ambulances, to tanks and armoured cars, to battleships and helicopters. Your arsenal includes grenades, explosives, various gadgets and a handgun, though deadlier weapons are mounted on some of the vehicles. Or if you prefer, you can acquire an enemy uniform and sneak in rather than blast your way through. There are also many structures to be found, many containing regular citizens who may be interacted with (talking to them, bribing them...), though there are also more specialised structures which may contain vehicles, ammo, or anything you might find useful to your mission."
29350,Faxanadu,,1987,7.6,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)","Metroidvania, Platform",Fantasy,"Faxanadu is a 2D platformer with elements of role-playing in addition to side-scrolling action. The story is a classic one of good versus evil. Disaster strikes the once peaceful Elven town of Eolis. The sky rains meteorites upon the World Tree. Wild animals and evil monsters terrorize the citizens. The water supply from the wells is dwindling, plants are withering, and people are dying. A lone warrior returns to Eolis and is asked by the king to find out the source of the disasters, and put an end to an unexpected outbreak of hostility from the Dwarves. There are many places the hero must visit during his quest including medieval-style towns and country villages, fortresses, caves, and gloomy bogs - each with its own ambiance and musical score. The protagonist will be talking with the villagers, collecting gold to buy weapons, armor and other objects, jumping over obstacles and using items. The hero can attack zombies, dwarves, giant snakes, wyverns, evil gnomes, or one-eyed one-footed monsters with various swords and daggers or zap them with a magic spell. As areas are completed by defeating enemies, the player character gathers experience and achieves a new rank, which is tied directly to the restore password (called a ""mantra"" in the game). The higher this rank is, the more gold the player character starts with when respawning after being killed or restoring a saved game. Saving a game can only be done in a shrine or temple with a guru. This is also where the protagonist is transported when the game is restored or when he dies."
29351,Narco Police,Narco Police: The Law is out to get them.,1989,6.4,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the 21st century, the world is virtually ruled by the drug barons. Your mission is to equip and position three squads of elite cops on the perimeter, and guide them through the enemy's network of tunnels. Once through you must level the factory with explosives. The loadout and starting positions are predefined, but you can change the loadout, choosing from two types of ammo, three types of rockets, explosives, first aid kits, transporters, and armor. The game plays like a strategic third person shooter. You control the commander of the current squad, and can switch between the three. Also, there are computer terminals scattered around that can turn off some of the automated defenses and cameras."
29354,Carmageddon: Max•Pack,Carmageddon Max Pack,1998,7.6,"Compilation, Special edition",,,This compilation contains:
29357,Rat Attack!,Rat Attack,1999,5.9,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Play as one of the Scratch Cats, an elite superhero team, who are out to save the world from Washington and Jefferson, two evil mutant space rats who wish to enslave the world in rats. Explore each puzzle level and wipe out the rat threat. First you need to catch the rat, using the Eraticator. Then you must find the Destructor pad in each level in order for the rat to be taken out. Each level has a quota of rats you must remove, and if you fail to do so within the time limit (which, in this case, is when the rats destroy everything in the level), you lose."
29359,Roberta Williams’ Mixed-Up Mother Goose,Mixed-Up Mother Goose,1987,7.2,Adventure,,,"Mixed-Up Mother Goose is a classic ""Sierra-style"" adventure game for kids, based on the various classic nursery rhymes (Humpty Dumpty, etc.). All the rhymes from all over the land have gotten mixed up, and it is up to the child to find the missing pieces and give them back to who needs them."
29364,Motörhead,,1992,6.3,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"You are Lemmy - the leader of the heavy metal band Motörhead. Your fellow band members have been kidnapped by fans of other music genres. Our bass-guitar-wielding hero goes on a Double Dragon -esque journey in this side-scrolling beat 'em up. On each level Lemmy heads right, occasionally stopping to fight a group of enemies who pop up in hopes of beating him up. Throughout 6 levels, each of them representing a different genre, you'll not only beat up the enemies with your trusty instrument, but also use various powers - such as an incinerating belch or a deadly bass guitar solo. You'll need to collect powerups that come out of defeated enemies - some of them will heal you, some will give you the energy necessary to use for your powers. After each level (except for the last one) you play a short minigame."
29371,Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly,Bart no Survival Camp,1991,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Bart and Lisa Simpson have been sent to the worst summer camp of all time: Camp Deadly. The camp is run by Ironfist Burns, who is apparently a member of the nefarious Monty Burns' extended family. Bart must lead the campers to freedom by making his way through several side-scrolling levels. Bart will make his way through a forest and a camp mess hall and beyond before he reaches freedom. Fortunately, his weapons include spit-wads and boomerangs."
29372,AeroFighters Assault,Sonic Wings Assault,1997,6.2,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,,"In AeroFighters Assault a terrorist organisation named Phutta Morgana has melted the Antarctic and is using the water to flood Earth's cities. The player takes part in the Project Blue unit which has to stop these terrorist acts. Regarding gameplay, the game is a mix between a regular shooter like Star Fox 64 and a simulation like Pilotwings 64 : the player observes the action from behind the aircraft and uses the analog stick to dodge and the other buttons to shoot enemies. Each of the eight planes (six regular and two bonus) features four different weapons: two have unlimited ammo, air mines and the special weapon are restricted to respectively ten and two uses per round. Before every of the eight regular and four bonus missions the player can choose between one of four characters and his aircraft (the other ones become his wingmen)."
29375,Doom,"DOOM 3D Alien Busters, DOOM95",1993,7.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Union Aerospace Corporation has been experimenting with teleportation technology on Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos. After early successes, something goes wrong. It seems the scientists have opened a gateway straight to Hell. Phobos base is overrun with demonic creatures, and the whole of Deimos simply vanishes. A squad of marines is sent to Phobos, but all except one are quickly slaughtered. It falls to the surviving marine to grab some guns and strike back at the demons. id Software's follow-up to their genre-defining Wolfenstein 3D Doom is another first-person 3D shooter: full-on action as seen from the space marine's perspective. Like Wolfenstein, the game consists of distinct episodes, playable in any order. The first episode, Knee-Deep in the Dead takes place in the Phobos base and is freely available as shareware. The full game continues on Deimos in The Shores of Hell and culminates in Inferno the final episode which takes place in Hell itself (the Sega 32x version lacks this episode). The basic objective in each level is simply to reach the exit. Since dozens of enemies stand in the way, the only way to get there is by killing them. Switches and buttons must be pressed to advance at certain points and often color-coded locked doors will block the way - matching keycards or skull keys must be found to pass. The game's engine technology is more advanced than Wolfenstein's, and thus the levels are more varied and complex. The engine simulates different heights (stairs and lifts appear frequently) and different lighting conditions (some rooms are pitch black, others only barely illuminated). There are outdoor areas, pools of radioactive waste that hurt the player, ceilings that come down and crush him, and unlike Wolfenstein's orthogonally aligned corridors, the walls in Doom can be in any angle to each other. An automap helps in navigating the levels. Stylistically, the levels begin with a futuristic theme in the military base on Phobos and gradually change to a hellish environment, complete with satanic symbols (pentagrams, upside-down-crosses, and portraits of horned demons), hung-up mutilated corpses, and the distorted faces of the damned. Doom features a large weapon arsenal, with most weapons having both advantages and drawbacks. The starting weapons are the fists and a simple pistol. Also available are a shotgun (high damage, slow reload, not good at distances), a chaingun (high firing rate, but slightly inaccurate in longer bursts), and a plasma rifle (combining a high firing rate and large damage). The rocket launcher also deals out lots of damage, but the explosion causes blast damage and must be used with care in confined areas or it might prove deadly to the player as well as the enemies. Two further weapons in the game are the chainsaw for close-quarter carnage, and the BFG9000 energy gun, which while taking some practice to fire correctly, can destroy most enemies in a single burst. The different weapons use four different ammunition types (bullets, shells, rockets, and energy cells), so collecting the right type for a certain gun is important. The game drops some of Wolfenstein's arcade-inspired aspects, so there are no extra lives or treasures to be collected for points, but many other power-ups are still available. Medpacks heal damage while armor protects from receiving it in the first place. Backpacks allow more ammunition to be carried, a computer map reveals the whole layout of the level on the automap (including any secret areas), light amplification visors illuminate dark areas and radiation suits allow travel over waste without taking damage. Also available are berserk packs (which radically increase the damage inflicted by the fists) as well as short-time invisibility and invulnerability power-ups. The enemies to be destroyed include former humans corrupted during the invasion, plus demons in all shapes and sizes: fireball-throwing imps, floating skulls, pink-skinned demons with powerful bite attacks, and large one-eyed flying monstrosities called Cacodemons. Each episode ends with a boss battle against one or two, particularly powerful creatures. Doom popularized multiplayer in the genre with two different modes: Cooperative allows players to move through the single-player game together, while Deathmatch is a competitive game type where players blast at each other to collect 'frag' points for a kill and re-spawn in a random location after being killed. The 3DO and Sega32x ports lack any multiplayer modes, though the other ports retain the DOS versions multiplayer to varying degrees. The various console ports all feature simplified levels and omit some levels, enemies, and features from the original DOS release. The SNES and Gameboy Advance versions of the game actually use different engines and hence feature numerous small gameplay differences."
29381,Clay Fighter,,1993,6.8,Action,Fighting,,"Clay Fighter is a 2D fighting game released in which the characters, as the name suggests, are made completely out of clay. This allows for interesting moves and stylized graphics. The zany roster includes: Bad Mr. Frosty, a snowman; Taffy, a piece of stretchable candy; Blob, a character who can morph into different shapes; Blue Suede Goo, an Elvis knock-off; Ickybod Clay, a pumpkin-headed ghost; Helga, an opera singer; and Bonker, the crazed clown. Each character also has their own level and individual taunts."
29383,Mo Hawk & Headphone Jack,,1995,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Protean platform hero with attitude (well, with sunglasses) rocks out in this novel but forgotten would-be Sonic-killer, collecting CDs (this is pre-Napster, remember) and avoiding segmented slinkies and nasty robot bugs in disorienting mode 7 mazes with no constant ""down"". The boneless wonder (er, and his Walkman) pours himself into cracks, splatters against walls, curls into a defensive porcupine-koosh hybrid, always lands on his feet (by growing feet where his hands were!) and blasts apart into little jelly gibs as a special offensive attack. Gross. And as if a radical surfer-punk made of snot wasn't cool enough to begin with, a power-up gives him a chopper wheel in place of feet. Dude is the hood ornament on his own motorbike! One or two-player (non-simultaneous)."
29386,Assault Rigs,,1996,7.2,Action,Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the future, physical sports will be replaced by a violent virtual contest, where a lot of gambling and corporate cash is involved. Such is the setting for this action-packed game, where you act as a jockey for a virtual tank of massive firepower, called a Rig. Navigate through the maze-like arenas with jumps, elevators and movable blocks. Pick up power-ups to overcome other Rigs, or Gems to advance through more than 40 levels. Graphics and ambiance are inspired, it seems, by Tron and place the player in a ""wire framed"" virtual environment. The focus here, though, is not racing, but rather blowing your opponent to oblivion. For that purpose the game gives the player progressively more power and versatility. Mini guns, laser cannons and heat seeking missiles are pretty much standard gear, but it also has a couple of twists of its own: feed your guns bouncing or shattering ammo rounds for added firepower, or experiment with the fly-by-wire missiles, where you remote control it to your target of preference. Shields and turrets are also at your disposal. Also, as the game progresses, you can choose different tanks (Rigs) to use in your struggle to survive the clash. The game features 3-D graphics with light sourcing and multiplayer features."
29390,New Ghostbusters II,,1990,7.4,Action,,,"New Ghostbusters II loosely follows the plot of Ivan Reitman 's original film. The player starts out by selecting two ghostbusters out of five (the fifth one is Louis Tully). The player-controlled buster uses the proton pack and the computer-controlled one uses the trap where ghosts end up, after being frozen by the proton pack. The game uses a three-quarters view, where the player moves from one room to another and get rid of all ghosts, whose type varies. The player-controlled character is the only one who can get hurt, if touched by a ghost. There are six levels, inspired by the movie, each one featuring a boss fight with:"
29391,Fort Apocalypse,Ft. Apocalypse,1982,7.0,Action,Arcade,,"The war with the Kralthans is on, and they've taken prisoners. These people must be rescued from the Draconis caves and the Crystaline caves that are located just outside the Kralthan main command center, Fort Apocalypse. The Fort is too powerful to attack directly, but perhaps a single rocket copter, carefully controlled might be able to do what an army cannot. However the caves are narrow and the enemy has also set up impact shields, defenses and Hyper-Chambers within their depths. Fort Apocalypse is a 4-way side-scrolling game, somewhat similar to Choplifter The player takes the seat of a ""rocket copter"" and can move up, down, as well as left and right. However, this helicopter takes time to turn between left and right perspectives, facing the ""front"" of the screen. While facing the front, the player is able to drop powerful plasma bombs which can destroy heavy weapons and doors. When facing directly left or right, the weapon used is a more maneuverable but weaker interceptor rocket. Displayed on the screen is a ""Navatron"", which functions as a radar showing terrain and enemies not yet on the map. Prisoners, once found can be landed on top of them in order to rescue them. There are also ""Hyper-Chambers"", which are glowing teleporters to other Hyper Chambers located on the same level. Fuel is constantly consumed while flying, but can be recharged at Fuel depots scattered throughout the level. There are also separate Landing Pads which will be the point at which a new helicopter is given to the player, should they be defeated in battle. Enemies include laser beams, teleporting rocks, breakable walls, self-propelled mines (SPM), armored tanks (which can only be destroyed from their treads), alien droids and hostile robo-choppers."
29395,Freedom Fighter,Escape from CyberCity,1987,6.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the near future, the Earth is under attack by the evil Guardian Forces. After the attack, only a few people can continue the fight against the invaders and only you can help them. Your mission is to survive the dangers of CyberCity and destroy the Guardian's planet. Escape From CyberCity is a conversion of the 1987 coin-op arcade machine Freedom Fighter which used scenes from the ''Galaxy Express 999'' anime and ''Aiedu Galaxy Express'' anime. It's an interactive action-based cartoon in style of Space Ace which allows the player to take part in shooting sequences while following an on-rails development of the plot. The game is only for one player and there is only one difficulty level."
29405,Final Blaster,,1990,7.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Final Blaster is a vertically scrolling shooter with seven levels. As usual, the player mans a space ship, has to kill the enemy opposition and a powerful boss enemy at the end of each level. A speciality is the dynamic difficulty: if the player offers a good performance in a level, he gets ranked up which affects the difficulty of the next. There are four of those ranks. The game features two power ups which are represented with different colours: weapon upgrades and drones which accompany the player. Those can be upgraded twice each and are compatible to each other. If the player dies, the extras are evacuated into a green capsule. It can be then picked up when using the next life."
29414,Real Pool,"EX Billiards, International Cue Club",2000,6.2,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Real Pool lets the player experience what it is like to play billiards with physics designed so that the billiards, table surfaces are cues react realistically. There are a dozen different games to compete in including the standard 8 ball, 9 ball, rotation and different games such as Carom and Bowliards. There are also 25 different table designs to choose from as well that are fully rendered in 3D. It also features four different game modes including a puzzle mode and eight different AI opponents to go up against or go head-to-head against a friend."
29420,The Note,Koukai Sarena Katta Shuki,1997,5.9,Action,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror",,"Linda, Toshi and Dave, three members of an occult group of a senior high school end up missing while investigating a mansion in a town in southern Europe. Linda, one of the group sent her mother photos of spirits she captured inside the mansion before she disappeared. You are Akira, a freelance journalist. Linda's mother hired you and your assistant Angela to find the whereabouts of her daughter and the two other kids she was with. The Note is an action adventure survival horror title, you move around the levels in a first person view and can interact with almost everything in the rooms. Curtains can be opened, fireplaces can be lit (granted, if you have any wood) and items such as paintings can be examined for additional info. The game allows binding functions such as Check, Open or item-based functions such as Shotgun or Match to the shoulder-buttons, so you can use doors and weapons without going through the menu every single time. In the general fashion of survival horror games, you must lit torches or open curtains in order to access dark corners, ie. to use a key to a nearby door or to examine a painting closely. You must also conserve your ammunition since nightly creatures such as rats, bats, werewolves and zombies roam the levels. You can exit the levels and visit the city where you can buy and sell supplies, rest or save your game. These parts work much like menu based role playing games."
29421,Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death,Heroes of Might and Magic III: Cień Śmierci,2000,7.8,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Fantasy,"The Shadow of Death is a stand-alone expansion for Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia and features 86 missions and 14 campaigns. It includes the original game with maps as well as 38 new single scenario maps and 7 new Shadow of Death campaigns, set between Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Price of Loyalty and The Restoration of Erathia Ten additional teleporters, 8 new terrain tiles, and 12 powerful new combination artifacts are added. Towns are now shown with moat damage and the town-type Stronghold has a spiked barricade. This expansion also includes all the content (except campaigns) from the Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade expansion. However, the player is only able to play as the Conflux town introduced in Armageddon's Blade if that expansion is installed."
29429,War of the Lance,,1989,7.2,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Command armies, heroes, and special units against the evil Highlord Dragonarmies. Have your heroes quest for magic to help in your battles, use diplomats to gather nations to your side, and send armies out to the field to do battle or hunt down enemy heroes. Play against a human opponent, or against the computer controlled Highlord Dragonarmies."
29430,Arc the Lad,,1995,6.9,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"A girl named Kukuru lives in a village controlled by the Sacred Tribe - people who guard an ancient flame which contains a powerful spirit that was sealed in it many years ago. Kukuru must marry a man she doesn't love, and in order to avoid this marriage, she accepts the offer of the mayor: he asks her to extinguish the flame. As a result, the spirit awakes and threatens to destroy the world. A young adventurer named Arc arrives to the village at the same moment as Kukuru is standing frightened in front of the spirit. Arc immediately recognizes it - it was the murderer of his father! Before he realizes how that could be possible, the spirit disappears, and now Arc and Kukuru have to do everything in their powers to undo the error, to stop the spirit, and perhaps to avenge the death of Arc's father. Arc the Lad is a hybrid of traditional and strategy-based Japanese-style RPGs. The story unfolds as you are transported from location to location and enter battles - you don't walk around on the world map, choosing yourself which location to visit. The battles take place on a battle field, on which you can move and attack only when you approach the opponent."
29434,Bobby Bearing,,1986,7.4,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Bobby Bearing is a young steel ball who lives in the land Technofear, carefully avoiding the dangerous Metaplanes. One day his evil cousin comes along and lures him and his four brothers directly into said Metaplanes and leaves them for good. So Bobby's quest of the day is to find his way home and rescue his brothers. The Metaplanes are a big maze of isometric screens without scrolling. The main challenge is to find orientation in this maze with various dead ends and junctions; there are also lifts, magnets, air ducts and hidden switches to complicate matters. There are also enemies and traps to avoid, e.g. evil marbles, crushing blocks of stone or hard to navigate places with opportunities to fall off the screen. When Bobby finds one of his brothers, Bobby has to roll him to the exit. There are no lives or energy bars to be found in this game: it simply has to be completed before time runs out. Dying or getting stunned by an enemy results in a time penalty. Similarly the player can easily restart a screen with a time penalty if he has manoeuvred himself into an unwinnable situation."
29437,Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster and the Beanstalk,"Buster y las Alubias Mágicas, Perninha e o Pé de Feijão, Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster and the Beanstalk, Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster et Le Haricot Magique, Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster und die Bohnenstange, Tiny Toon Adventures: The Great Beanstalk",1996,6.1,"Action, Adventure","Platform, Puzzle elements",,"After failing with a monkey-making scheme, Pucky Duck and Buster Bunny only have a single pouch of magic beans left. Just like in the fairytale, a huge beanstalk emerges from the beans and open up new worlds and - supposedly - greast treasures. The player takes control over Plucky while they explore eight different areas in a scavenger hunt based on nursery rhymes. Prizes include the goose that laid the golden eggs and a fabled, priceless harp. The comical quest takes our heroes through classic nursery rhyme locations based on Little Red Riding Hood The Three Bears Old Mother Hubbard and more. The game consists of two parts: First are the sequences on the beanstalk where Plucky tries to reach the next treasure location. Those are platforming sections in which the end of the screen needs to be reached without dying to one of the many obstacles, for example by rolling to the side when a weight appears and threatens to bury Plucky. An optional hard difficulty adds additional hazards and traps. When the clue locations are reached, the game becomes a point & click adventure. Based on a clue provided by Babs Bunny, Plucky needs to find the correct item to click on. Each location consists of a single screen and has a number of optional hot-spots which launch animations. When the the item was found, Plucky receives part of a key; three parts of a key open up the chance to steal a valuable prize from the mysterious giant."
29440,Entombed,"Entombed: Im Grab der Könige, Entombed: The Ultimate Surrealistic Adventure",1994,6.3,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,In this adventure game the player controls an archaeologist who is looking for artifacts on Tarsus. But while searching the ruins he falls into a trap door and is suddenly in a big underground complex. Now he has to find a way back to the surface and discover the real purpose of this apparent tomb. The puzzles are mostly Myst -style logic puzzles on a big scale. To solve these puzzles the player has to search the tomb and perceive and understand the engravings of this old civilization. This knowledge is mostly used to put old machines into operation or deactivate deadly traps. The player quickly finds a note book of another archaeologist who apparently already explored most of the complex. This serves as a subtle in-game help system - it doesn't give the solutions but hints to the nature of the puzzles. The CD-ROM version adds additional music and voice acting and is not to be confused with the Entombed Enhanced
29441,Greg Norman's Shark Attack! The Ultimate Golf Simulator,Ultimate! Golf,1990,7.4,Sports,,,"Eight man-years of development resulted in this detailed recreation of golf, endorsed by one of the great players of the 1980s. Two courses are included, with 3D modeling of the effects of ball lie and swing style. You can disable ball effects to make it more straightforward, and weather and wind effects are optional. Match play and stroke play are included, as are Fourball, Foursome and Greensome modes for 4 players in 2 teams of two, as well as a practice mode. The game is played from a 3D perspective, with an overhead view before each shot."
29445,Big Trouble in Little China,Golpe En La Pequena China,1987,4.4,Action,"Fighting, Shooter",Fantasy,"In this tie-in to the 1986 John Carpenter movie starring Kurt Russell, you must thwart the evil plans of Mandarin Lo Pan who has kidnapped two green-eyed girls in order to marry and sacrifice them in order to become mortal again. You play as 3 characters, one at a time, in this action platformer: Jack Burton, a burly but bit dumb action hero who fights with fists and later with a ""Bushmaster"" gun. Ammo must be found to be able to keep using it. Wang Chi, whose girlfriend along with Jack's has been kidnapped, uses Martial Arts and later a sword when found. More swords will be needed as they will break after awhile. Egg Shen is a magician who has vowed to stop the ancient prophecy from coming about, and fights with magic bolts which can turn later on into more powerful lightning if magic potions are found. Each character has an energy status bar at bottom of screen represented by a Yin and Yang Symbol that slowly disappears but can be replenished by finding food. A weapons symbol is shown if they possess it and magic potion symbol will give them extra strength if found. You must alternate among the 3 characters to keep their status from falling too low and dying, and each has to pick up their own appropriate weapons. They all can move forwards and backwards, jump, duck and attack at different heights. They have to fight through several levels including the streets of Chinatown, where martial artist enemies await and gunmen that must be avoided until more experience is gathered. Further on, you go into the sewers where additional monsters must be avoided by jumping over them. Then they will reach the rooms of the underground lair of Lo Pan where large-hat wearing elementals called Storms await. The final battle takes place in the Marriage chamber where armoured warriors and the levitating Lo Pan must be vanquished in order to free the kidnapped girls."
29456,Super Solvers: Spellbound!,,1991,7.4,"Educational, Puzzle",Word construction,,"The Master of Mischief is at it again. This time he has devised a great spelling bee in which he will submit robots to win the spelling bee for him! When you first log in, you will be asked to chose a category of words (Holiday, homophones, etc.). You are then brought to a screen with three options: Crisscross, Flash Cards, and Word Search. Crisscross is a sort of crossword puzzle, but instead of clues you just need to figure out where the words go. Flash cards are flash cards… You hear or see a word and then spell it out. Word finder is a grid filled with letters wherein several words are hidden. Once you finish the above you can enter a spelling bee where you face the Master of Mischief and/or his robots. Winning opens up new levels of competition such as Regional or International."
29462,Agile Warrior: F-111X,Agile Warrior,1995,5.8,Action,Arcade,,"Because of international conflicts and new dangers due to terrorist attacks the Air Force needed to construct a new warplane which can be uses for multiple roles like frontal attacks or stealth operations. The result: a mixture between the YF-23's (high performance airframe), the X- 31's (thrust-vectoring maneuverability), and the F-111's (superior terrain and weapon-guidance systems). In Agile Warrior: F-111X the player pilots one of these aircraft to solve the mentioned issues in about six missions. To be successful he needs to utilize all of the aircraft's features, e.g. rockets, a radar which uncovers nearby enemies or the ability to cloak. The latter is important during the stealth missions in which the player needs to avoid hostile radars."
29463,Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day,,1994,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Rocko's Modern Life is a side-scrolling action game where the player takes control of the Nickelodeon character, Rocko, as they travel through three different stages (Rock-O-Whey Beach, Hill-O-Stench garbage dump, and Laundryland) trying to protect his beloved dog Spunky from the various dangers throughout the stages. As Rocko travels through the stage, he has to perform various tasks to keep Spunky out of danger such as tossing him above onto safer platforms, moving objects to break his fall or fight off various enemies that want to harm him. There is no time limit and the game starts out with lives, with a health bar for Spunky while the player's character, Rocko, cannot be hurt. The story is told through comic-style panels and features the classic characters such as Heffer, the Bigheads and Earl the local bulldog."
29464,Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel,"PQ, PQ1, Police Quest 1",1987,7.4,Adventure,Graphic adventure,North America,"Sonny Bonds is a small town policeman who must fight against the rising tide of drugs in his city. The game is based on real police procedure and adheres carefully to following the rules of police work. Beginning as a patrol officer and working into detectives, Sonny will chase down the infamous Death Angel and put an end to his criminal underworld. A typical Sierra parser game built with the popular AGI engine, Police Quest differs from the others release by the company in the realism of the setting and travelling, that is done by car, controlled by the player using a overhead view (instead of the cabbie of Leisure Suit Larry or walking around in Space Quest ). Some sections of the game require the player to be efficient driving the car (as there are a fair number of chases, and traffic rules also apply to the player)."
29483,Wargame Construction Set III: Age of Rifles 1846-1905,Wargame Construction Set III: Das Gewehr 1846-1905,1996,7.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,Historical events,"This game lets you design and play turn-based strategic battles. You can create scenarios between years 1846 and 1905. You have complete control over all the units, and can customize their firepower, movement points, strength, aggressiveness, etc. Supports 1 or 2 players. Comes with pre-made scenarios and various campaigns (American civil war, Russo-Japanese War, Franco-Prussian,...). The graphics win the respect the first two WCS (I and Tanks!), and now you can view your troops in the field."
29489,Double Clutch,,1993,6.7,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Double Clutch is an overhead racing game similar to Super Off Road One or two players choose from four different drivers, each with their own special ability, then head out for a race on one of four different tracks. Of course, the goal is to be the first to finish three laps of the course, but watch out for your opponents; bump into them or the terrain and your vehicle will take damage. Take too much damage and it's game over! After each race, winnings can be used to upgrade or repair the vehicle. There are three difficulty levels, which affect how quickly the vehicle takes damage. There is also a practice mode where the player can freely choose any track."
29492,Skies of Arcadia,"Eternal Arcadia, Project Ares",2000,8.3,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Steampunk,"Arcadia is a world where continents float high above, and people travel by airships. Among the countries of this world, the most powerful one is the Empire of Valua. Guided by its greedy admirals, Valua strives to possess all the power in Arcadia. The boy Vyse and the girl Aika are members of the Blue Rogues - noble pirates who attack only Valuan warships. During one of their confrontations with a battleship, they encounter a girl named Fina, who is on an important mission whose secret she cannot tell yet. Involved in the conflict with the Empire of Valua, the trio of the heroes must explore the whole world of Arcadia in order to defeat the admirals. Skies of Arcadia is a traditional Japanese role-playing game with turn-based combat and randomly appearing enemies. Player-controlled party contains up to four active combatants. During battles, characters attack physically, use items, or cast magic spells, which deplete magic points as well as spirit points (SP). Each character is also able to ""focus"", which restores spirit points. Once the common spirit bar is filled, characters can unleash powerful special attacks. Enemies may be resilient or vulnerable to particular elements; elemental affinities of weapons can be switched at any time during battles. Besides the usual party-based combat, there are also airship battles in the game. These usually occur at specific plot points and involve the player-controlled airship fighting another ship or a giant creature. These battles are round-based, with the player planning several turns ahead, using various kinds of ship weapons (cannons, torpedoes, etc.). The airship is available to the player since the beginning of the game and can be navigated physically; the game's ""world map"" consists entirely of air space, with islands that can be accessed only by airship. Most locations, however, can only be explored after having advanced the story and received an ability that would grant the player access to unexplored areas. The airship's combat abilities can be improved by customizing it to a degree, and by recruiting crew members in various parts of the world."
29496,Spider: The Video Game,,1996,7.4,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"During a break-in at a lab, a scientist accidentally has his mind transfered into a cybernetic spider. He must move through various environments to locate the intruders who have stolen his research and his body. The player can move forward and back as well as jump. He can also move up and down walls as well as replace certain legs with power-ups like flamethrowers. Other cybernetic creatures that were released during the break-in are some of the hazards he will encounter."
29500,The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX,Zelda no Densetsu: Yume wo Miru Shima DX,1998,8.7,Action,"Metroidvania, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"This game is a color-enhanced update to Link's Awakening The game is also compatible with the original Game Boy. This is virtually the same game as the original with a few exceptions. There are photo points around the game where Link can get his photo taken and then print it out on the Game Boy Printer. Also when played on the Game Boy Color, there is a new secret color-themed dungeon."
29503,After Shock,,1986,6.6,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"An earthquake has caused devastation in the city, destroying buildings and killing many of its civilians. Although the earthquake was expected, it was thought that it would only be a minor one with minimum damage and not for decades to come, how wrong the experts were. Once the dust has settled it is realised that the nuclear power plant on the outskirts of the city is in a critical condition with the cooling-system needing repair. As the designer of the system, it is your job to get from your office in the heart of the city, make your way through the damaged streets and get inside the plant to repair the cooling-system. After Shock is a graphic text adventure where the screen has pictures showing what you see and also text describing your location. You type in commands with the keyboard to interact with your surroundings."
29510,Tecmo World Cup '93,,1993,6.9,Sports,,,"The World Cup rolls around once every 4 years for a chance for countries to show the world how good they are at this single sport, football (also known as soccer). Even though there was no World Cup held in 1993 the game Tecmo World Cup ’93 has the main teams and rules the World Cup is famous for. Tecmo World Cup ’93 is a football game that simulates the World Cup from the Pools to the elimination rounds that end with the finals. It has the option to play the 24 most known countries to have played in the World Cup, each with players having there own skill levels based on the real teams. There are 3 more modes to chose from that includes Versus where the player can play against a friend, Exhibition where one the player picks a opponent to play a single match, and Watch where the player picks two CPU players to battle it out alone. When playing a game the player first picks the team they want to play (and there opponents team if in Exhibition mode) and the color of there jersey before the CPU picks a random jersey color for their team. Before the match starts the player can set up the formation of the team and can also set up who plays and their position, this menu can also be accessed when a goal is scored or the ball goes out. The players (that are all abbreviated to there initials) have stats for Power, Speed, and Technique. When the game starts the player is presented with a side on birds’ eye view of the field. The player, when in control of the ball can pass the ball to the closest team mate or attempt for a goal. When defending the player can change the controlling player or do a slide tackle (slide tackle is the only tackle the player can do). There is no penalties in the game other then kicking the ball out. The game is fast paced as it is played in sped up mode to get a full game in a reduced time. There are 3 levels of difficulty and the default game length can be changed in the configuration. Password save after each match is available."
29515,Blues Brothers 2000,,2000,6.2,Action,"Music / rhythm, Platform",,"This platformer with a Blues Brothers theme loosely follows the plot of the film. You have to escape the prison and get the band back together in order to participate to the ""Battle of the Bands"" competition. You can accomplish that by jumping over obstacles, beating a lot of people and collecting coins, notes, wrenches, keys and what not in four levels: Prison, Chicago, Graveyard & Swamp. After each level you will free one member of the band. Additionally, the game designers threw in some rhythm-based action: sometimes you have to press the right buttons at the right time in order to proceed. The game features multiplayer, but you only get to play the rhythm mini-game."
29516,Ultima: The Black Gate,Ultima VII: The Black Gate,1994,5.5,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The Avatar is once again summoned to the land of Britannia, and this time he has to investigate ritual murders that have occurred in the town of Trinsic. Meanwhile, a new philosophical/social doctrine is spreading through Britannia, promoted by the mysterious Fellowship... The story of this version of Ultima VII is essentially the same as in the original PC version However, the dialogues have been greatly reduced and/or simplified. This applies also to the size of the game's cities and other locations, the amount of items to pick up, interior details, etc. Combat also underwent significant changes. The battles in this version are action-based; the player has to click on the enemy repeatedly to win. Unlike the PC version with its party management, the Avatar is traveling and fighting solo in this release."
29519,The Goonies II,"Goonies 2: Fratelli Saigo no Chōsen, The Goonies II: Fratelli Saigo no Chōsen",1987,6.5,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, Shooter",North America,"In a movie released in the 1980s, a group of youngsters formed a special gang and called themselves The Goonies. Nintendo banked upon the movie’s popularity by releasing several games using the characters and music from it, including the theme song by Cyndi Lauper. This is their second game on NES, The Goonies being released only for the Famicom system outside the United States. You play Mikie, one of the gang members, whose friends have been kidnapped by the gang’s arch enemy – the Fratelli family. Your buddies and Annie the Mermaid must be rescued, but it won’t be easy sneaking into the dark and creepy underground hideout where they are being held. You must find a way to destroy their master computer and keep your friends from becoming road kill. If Ma Fratelli or crazy Cousin Pipsqueak doesn’t stop you, one of her two crazy sons will! Upon starting the game, Mikie is armed only with a yo-yo and the ability to jump. As the game progresses, he will find boomerangs, a gun, bombs, molotave cocktails and even scuba gear to help him. Fight snakes, spiders, skeletons, man-eating fish while exploring the huge world full of cellars, secret caverns and elaborate mazes. There is more than typical side-scrolling action, although there’s certainly a multitude of that. Seventeen magic implements and many secret messages await you. When Mikie enters a room he can talk to NPCs and try to find hidden items and doors by hitting the walls. A password lets you keep your possessions for the next game."
29541,Beasts & Bumpkins,Démons et Manants,1997,6.9,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Beasts & Bumpkins is a real time strategy game, with gameplay which can be compared to Warcraft It tells the story of Lord Mildew (your alter ego), a poor member of the royal family, who has been thrown away from his country. Your task is to complete over 30 missions in order to regain your former reputation. You'll have to set up prospering towns in order to gain wealth, which is required to supply an army. With your army, you'll have to defend your villages against beasts and other evil folks."
29542,Billiards,Simple 1500 Series: Vol.10 - The Billiards,1999,6.2,Sports,,,"Billiards as the title suggests, is a billiards game. The game features a Pocket Game mode and a Trick Shot Game mode. There is also a tutorial mode where the mechanics of the game are explained to the player. Pocket Game mode lets the player play either a normal game of nine ball, eight ball, rotation, basic, 14.1 continuous, or bowlliards. Once a game type is selected, the player can set the number of sets to play, and whether to play against a human opponent or against one of seven computer controlled characters. The Trick Shot Game mode lets the player attempt 18 different trick shots, including fancy bank shots and multi-pocket combinations. When shooting billiards the player is able to select what direction to hit the cue ball, where to hit the cue ball with the cue stick, and the angle of the cue stick. The player is also able to change the angle the cue ball is viewed at and can zoom in and out on the table. When taking a shot, the power of the shot is determined by how filled a shot meter is."
29544,The 11th Hour,"11H, The 11th Hour: Der Nachfolger von 7th Guest™, The 11th Hour: Het vervolg op The 7th Guest™, The 11th Hour: Kontynuacja gry The 7th Guest™, The 11th Hour: La Suite de The 7th Guest, The 11th Hour: The sequel to The 7th Guest",1995,6.5,Puzzle,,,"The 11th Hour is the sequel to the widely successful game, The 7th Guest It utilizes a much improved video compression engine by Graeme Devine and is also the game which brought forth Trilobyte 's eventual demise. This time you play the role of Carl Denning, boyfriend to the reporter Robin Morales. Robin has mysteriously vanished while trying to delve into the secrets of the rotting mansion of the once evil mastermind, Henry Stauf. The game features new puzzles, redone graphics and indeed an improved engine - much smoother, with 16 bit graphics and an entirely new soundtrack. The basic gameplay is still similar to its predecessor: the player walks through the mansion, watches FMV sequences and solves logic riddles. The so-called GameBook, a laptop, can be consulted to receive puzzle hints."
29545,The King of Fighters 2000,"KOF '00, KOF2K",2000,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"The final King of Fighters game released by SNK in its original state, The King of Fighters 2000 expands on the story and gameplay presented in The King of Fighters '99 This year's tournament is sponsored by the Ikari Warriors in an attempt to discover more about the NESTS organization, and to derail the plans of potential NESTS agents K' and Maxima. Not everything is as straight-forward as it usually is, however, and even the Ikari Warriors themselves are at risk of being betrayed from within by the end of the tournament. The King of Fighters 2000 features a roster of 34 fighters plus 2 unlockable boss characters. The four-man teams and the striker system introduced during the previous year return in this year's tournament, with the striker system itself receiving significant improvement. One change in particular is the ""alternate"" striker system, where every fighter in the game now has another character linked to him or her that may be chosen instead of the normal character for striking purposes. For example, one may elect to use Iori Yagami's alternate striker instead of using Iori himself; in his case, the player could elect to choose and use his old teammates Mature and Vice for striker duty instead. Some characters also have hidden ""maniac"" striker with strange (but potentially useful) abilities."
29551,Flies: Attack on Earth,,1993,6.4,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,First person adventure game playing in a dark future (year 2356) on Earth. The planet was struck by an asteroid infested by insects that spread a deadly disease over the planet. Soon after mankind was totally extinguished on Earth a few remaining scientists on Mars plan a time travel operation to save the planet.
29557,The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt,,1992,6.2,Action,Platform,,"The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt is a side-scrolling platformer based on the second animated TV series The Addams Family (1992). The entire Addams family is being held captive by various monsters throughout the mansion, and Pugsley needs to rescue them. They are hidden in various parts of the mansion, e.g. the forest, which can be accessed in any order. The gameplay follows the usual platforming standards: Pugsley moves from left to right while jumping a lot and avoiding enemies. This version of the game is heavily based on the SNES version of The Addams Family - it features the same storyline with another main character and almost identical level design. Another difference to the SNES version of this game is that Pugsley can only take two hits before dying - but there is an additional power-up that makes him faster and gives him an extra hit."
29559,Solomon's Club,,1991,7.1,"Action, Puzzle","Arcade, Platform",,"Solomon's Club is a sequel to Solomon's Key which has similar gameplay combining platform gaming with puzzle elements. There are five levels, each with ten rooms. In each room you must retrieve the key and go to the exit. You can create or remove blocks to your left and right, or while crouching lower-left and lower right. You can use these blocks as platform to climb onto, or use them to block enemies or fire balls. You can also break blocks by jumping from below them, like doing a headbutt. There are several enemies, such as fire breathing dragons, shooting gargoyles and ghosts. Collect bells to release fairies from the exit as bonus points, and collect coins for money to spend in shops. Some rooms have a shop where you can buy items, such as fire balls or hammers."
29568,Totally Rad,Magic John,1990,6.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Totally Rad is an action game in which you play Jake, a magician wannabe being trained by the Master Magician Zebediah. One day, during his training, Jake is attacked by surprise by unknown foes who kidnap Allison, his girlfriend. Then, Jake has to save her and discover what lies behind that attack. This game is a side-scrolling one, with the basic controls common to many of those games that fall in the same category: moving, jumping and shooting. Your basic weapon is something like an energy ball that can be charged by holding the button for a few seconds until its maximum power. Although Jake is supposed to still be learning his magic from Zebediah, from the very beginning you can use all his magical powers. You can select which magic you want to use from a list, displayed when you press the start button. The magical powers available include healing, time stopping, invincibility, the power of the elements (fire, watter, wind and earth) and 3 different metamorphosis. You can morph into a flying guy who throws something like a boomerang (that doesn't come back), a fish-like guy, who throws something like ninja stars and can swim, and a feline-like guy, who releases electrical shocks from his hands and becomes invincible while jumping. You do not evolve during the game, as your health and magic bar doesn't grow. Totally Rad as the name points out, is a game full of slang, with the constant use of words like totally, gnarly, dude, excellent, decent, righteous, etc."
29569,Sim Theme Park,"Theme Park 2, Theme Park 2001, Theme Park Roller Coaster, Theme Park World",1999,7.5,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Sim Theme Park is the sequel to Theme Park and the second game in the series. It is a theme park management game where players build their own theme park with roller coasters, rides and food stalls. Each building can be customized for its appearance, prices and also the length of the ride. Roller coasters play an important role as the main attraction for visitors. Players can design a custom ride and then test it from a first-person view. In this version the park can be built in four different worlds: Lost Kingdom (prehistoric theme), Halloween World (spooky theme), Wonderland (fantasy theme) and Space Zone (futuristic theme). The game boasts 3D graphics and players can walk around in their park as if they were one of the guests, and go on the rides. Golden Tickets can be won by doing great things to the park and these can be used to buy new rides and parks."
29573,Silpheed: The Lost Planet,,2000,6.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Silpheed continues the arcade shooter tradition, mixing old-school action with new age 3D graphics and cinematics. The aim of the game, as usual, is to fly your craft through thousands of enemies, as well as bosses that take up most of the screen. You have plenty of weapons and shields to work with, but if you run out of lives you have to start right back at the beginning of the level."
29588,Street Fighter EX Plus α,,1997,7.9,Action,Fighting,,"Street Fighter EX Plus α is a 2D fighting game with 3D graphics and the PlayStation port of the original game co-produced by Capcom and Arika The gameplay consists of the same vs. fighting matches, with the same features such as: 3 level super combo gauge, guard break, cancel moves and super cancel moves. This port features the 21 characters from the arcade port plus 2 new characters such as Sakura Kasugano and Dhalsim to make a total of 23 characters. It also contains game modes such as the original arcade mode; versus mode (a free 2 player mode); team battle mode (a group battle with a set number of teammates); survival mode to test your fighting skills; time attack mode to compete against the clock; training mode to practice your combos and attacks, with a sub-mode called expert mode to learn special moves and combos and unlock cool stuff; and watch mode (watch a two-player match controlled by the CPU)."
29591,The Adventures of Captain Comic,Captain Comic: The Adventure,1988,5.6,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are Captain Comic, galactic hero. Your mission is to recover three treasures from the planet Omsoc, which have been stolen away and hidden on the remote planet of Tambi. Captain Comic is a platformer featuring a huge nonlinear playfield divided into several different terrains. As Comic, you must search throughout Tambi for power ups and items that will aid you in your quest to recover the three treasures. The Captain's main weapon is 'Blastola Cola', a can of drink that allows him to hurl fireballs at his foes. For each can that he finds, an additional fireball can be thrown. There are many different paths that are available from the start, but without the right item or weapon, it can be impossible to progress through certain paths, or even to commit suicide. It's up to the player to decide the correct route to take, and which places to return to at a later time."
29595,Mission: Impossible,,1990,7.1,Action,Shooter,,"Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to rescue Dr. O and Shannon from the grubby clutches of the Sinister Seven as quickly as possible. As you fight your way through each area, you must obtain information and vital ID cards. Your progress is blocked at every turn by acid flames, raw sewage, scorching steam, high voltage electricity and poison gas. You can choose from three agents, Max, Grant and Nicholas, according to the situation at hand. Each is equipped with two types of weapons which can be interchanged according to the surroundings. If an agent's life gauge runs out the next agent in line will take his place. If you complete an area successfully then the knocked-out agents will rejoin the team at the beginning of the next area. The game is made up of six areas with the first and last consisting of two stages. Two of the areas auto-scroll with all three agents in play at once."
29599,Venice: Fortune and Glory in the City of the Doges,"Venecia: Gloria y Fortuna en la Ciudad de los Dogos, Venedig: Rikedom och ära i dogernas stad, Venetië: roem en rijkdom in de Dogenstad maak, Venezia: Fortuna e Gloria nella Città dei dogi, Venezia: Ruhm und Reichtum in der Stadt der Dogen, Venise: Fortune et gloire dans la Cité des Doges",1999,6.1,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Venice: Fortune and Glory in the City of the Doges is a online-only managerial simulation set in the 15/16th century (the in-game timeline began in 1499). In other online games the player reaches after experience points and level-ups - in this game the goals are wealth, respect and political influence. There are basically two job categories: producers (of one good, e.g. bricks or olives) and traders, both keep the economic cycle alive. The producers sell their goods on the market place to other producers which need it as resource for their own production (e.g. olives for olive oil) or to traders. Large amounts can be traded in the stock market. When initiated the production of a good is carried on automatically (every hour represents two days) - this means the player only has to be online to change the settings and to trade. If the player has made enough money he can take care of other human needs. Social respect is earned by having a large art collection. This include paintings, sculptures, furniture and jewellery which can be purchased at auctions or antique dealers. At regular intervals the richest people of Venice (speak: the most successful players) elect a city council which in turn elects the Doge. He is the most important man of Venice and has various additional tasks, e.g. setting the tax."
29603,Boss Rally,,1999,5.0,Racing / Driving,,,"Boss Rally is an arcade racer that takes place on surfaces like tarmac, snow, mud and rain, during the day and at night. The player chooses a car and can race against competitors in four different modes with six different courses. Each course can be raced mirrored, for a total of twelve. The maximum number of competitors in a race is nineteen. For winning races the player advances in the rank. During races the car handles differently depends on environmental and weather conditions."
29609,Johnny Herbert's Grand Prix Championship 1998,Johnny Herbert's Grand Prix World Champions,1998,6.7,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"In Johnny Herbert's Grand Prix Championship 1998 the goal is to win the drivers championship and become the World Champion of 1998. To become the number one Formula 1 driver, the player will need to compete in 15 well-known Grand Prix circuits across the world. It's possible to race through each course in practice mode before going on to the qualification and later the actual race. The realism in the game can be adjusted for both sim and arcade fans."
29611,Clash,,1997,6.3,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),Fantasy,"Clash is a turn-based strategy modeled on the Heroes of Might and Magic and Warlords series. The plot is based on the legend of the ancient land of Karkhan, attacked by wild tribes. The goal is to develop and maintain their lands constantly attacked by the occupying invaders. There are 30 different types of units. They can be allocated to defend the city, set patrols and discover new areas of the map. Addition to typical military units are builders, which are used for all types of construction and mining work. An important element is the extension of the economy and castles. In castles the player can place the new building, increasing population and its manufacturing capacity. There are also elements of diplomacy. The game takes place during three seasons: summer, autumn and winter. Up to five players can participate in the missions simultaneously. Soldiers have their own tiredness levels. An exhausted soldier requires rest and, in extreme cases, may rebel."
29612,Hardwar,"Hardwar: Die Zukunft ist gierig, Hardwar: The Future is Greedy",1998,6.8,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The craters together is named Misplaced Optimism... And it's completely appropriate. Located on Titan, one of Saturn's moons, the colony started as a mining colony. As the wealth of mineral discovery spread, gangs moved in... until the whole place is held by two rival gangs, some misc. factions, and a lot of people caught inbetween, with no way out. You are just one of the ""moth"" flyer owners, and you want to get out of this godforsaken hellhole, and the only way to do is to play the game... a mean game of survival. Hardwar is a free-form and plot-driven game that was inspired by Elite and Privateer. Entire Misplaced Optimism is simulated with other crafts moving about their own business, from transport to piracy to bounty hunters and more, and you can join them. Transport your own goods from source to destination to earn a profit. Chase down helpless merchant moths and cut them apart with your weapons and then retrieve their cargo. Chase down pirates and other evildoers on commission of the local police. Upgrade your craft with better components, software, or even new moth models. You can even own buildings in this game world, and charge others for repairs and such. Follow through the plot, where you need to undertake a few special missions, and you may even get a chance to escape this hellhole once and for all..."
29613,Edd the Duck 2: Back with a Quack!,,1992,5.8,Action,Platform,Western,"Edd the Duck 2: Back with a Quack! is a Wild West-themed side-scrolling platformer game featuring Edd the Duck, a puppet featured on BBC television in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Edd's main weapon is a supply of custard pies that can be throw horizontally for a short distance, which will temporarily stun enemies if they are hit in the face. The terrain includes barrels, train carriages, sparking electrical pylons, saloons and gold mines."
29615,Hoyle Board Games,,1998,7.2,"Puzzle, Strategy / tactics","Board game, Cards / tiles, Chess, Tile matching puzzle",,"Collection of classic board games, includes many premade characters and a create a player option. Games include: Backgammon, Checkers, Battling Ships, Mancala, Reversi, Chess, Line 'em Up, Dominoes, Snakes & Ladders, Placer Racer, Pachisi, Yacht, Chinese Checkers, and Zen Bones."
29619,Barney's Hide & Seek Game,,1993,4.5,Adventure,Platform,Fantasy,"Barney is a friendly dinosaur who likes playing with children. One day Barney and his little friends decide to play hide-and-seek game. Barney's task is to find the children and the presents they have hidden. Barney travels across four different levels. On each one there are five children and five presents to find. You can only jump in the game when there are higher platforms to access. Despite being a platformer, this is not an action game, since Barney can't die and there is no quick reaction required to complete the game. The game is designed for little children and has a very low difficulty level."
29624,Skeleton Warriors,,1996,6.6,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"You're Prince Lightstar, with the quest to conquer and slay Baron Dark, who holds the half of a mighty crystal called the Lightstar Crystal. With that crystal he can change anyone with an evil heart into his skeleton slave. The game is a 2D sidescrolling platform game with 3D pre-rendered graphics, with about 100 types of enemies for you to slay with the weapons you possess. You need to complete 21 levels filled with demonic evil creatures before you can fight the Baron Dark himself, with 3D rendered cutscenes inbetween some levels."
29625,Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Deluxe Edition),,1992,7.2,"Educational, Puzzle",,,"Rehash of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? featuring high-resolution VGA graphics, digitized sound effects, and new locations. The life cycle is self-explanatory: sign up for a case, travel between locations questioning witnesses, obtain warrants, and make arrests, and you have approximately a week to do so. The options you can do in each location are the same: you can question witnesses, look up evidence reports, or contact Crime Net to receive additional information about the suspect such as features, hair and eye color, auto, and sport. If you're lucky, you can contact other informants like Bart Samson and Vinnie the Squealer. Once you get enough information about the suspect, you can transmit this information to Warren the Warrant Robot to make him get a warrant for you. If you're not sure about the information you've entered, you can look up the dossiers on each suspect. Unlike the rest of the Carmen Sandiego games, you're given a quiz just before you get promoted, requiring you to look up the reference that came with the game. If you keep getting promoted, you may find yourself in the hall of fame. Locations include (but not limited to) Kathmandu, Dar-es-Salaam, Baghdad, Manila, Lima, Port Moresby, Singapore, New Delhi, and Tokyo. You can also travel to ACME HQ in San Francisco, but the only thing you can do is start a new case, or assign a new detective."
29628,Tails Adventure,Tails Adventures,1995,7.6,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Before Tails met Sonic the Hedgehog he lived on Cocoa Island, a place that isn't on the map. It's an island pulled up by the Chaos Emeralds. Suddenly, while relaxing, Tails hears an explosion that seems like it's coming from inside the island. A Flicky tells Tails that Battle Kukku has invaded the island. He also tells Tails that Battle Kukku is mining here for the Chaos Emeralds, to obtain it's power. Tails gears up and heads for his quest to find the machine parts to build his weapon to defeat the evil Battle Kukku. There are however major plot differences between the Japanese and the western release. In the US and European version of the game it tells the story how Sonic and Tails decide to go separate ways for a while. Tails finds an unknown island and decides to dub it Tails Island. While resting there, a large explosion occurs and a Flicky tells him birds are invading the island. Unlike the other games in the series, this spin-off is less of a traditional platformer, but has a much slower pace with light RPG elements and a focus on puzzle-solving. Tails can walk, jump, fly (momentarily), hang on ledges and throw bombs. He starts with ten health points that can be replenished with rings, but the amount can be extended to 99 by collecting chaos emeralds. In the twelve stages Tails can collect up to 26 items. Per level however, he is only allowed to bring along four and this adds a tactical dimension. One of the most vital tools is the Remote Robot that can squeeze through small areas that Tails cannot reach. Underwater he changes into the small submarine Sea Fox."
29629,Mercenary III: The Dion Crisis,,1991,7.5,"Action, Simulation",Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Dion Crisis is the third part of the Mercenary trilogy, following on from where Damocles left off. You once again find yourself in a race against time to save the galaxy, this time from the evil PC BIL. Again the non-linear nature of this series is taken further in the vast number of ways you can stop the tyrant. Exploration of the game's large number of planets and moons will reveal clues of the many different routes you can take to achieve this goal. Run for president, become a property tycoon - or a violent 'eco' terrorist. The 'go anywhere, do anything' motto is still in full effect in this first-person perspective hybrid game."
29630,Airwolf,,1985,5.9,Action,Shooter,,"SCENARIO As Stringfellow Hawke. a former Vietnam chopper pilot, and the only man in the free world trained to fly the billion dollar helicopter AIRWOLF' you have been assigned a dangerous rescue mission by the FIRM, -- Five important U.S. scientists are being held hostage deep in a subterranean base beneath the scorching Arizona desert. As Hawke. you must guide AIRWOLF using full stealth capabilities, on a series of perilous night-time missions and bring about the release of each scientist in turn. Only destruction of the defense control boxes strategically positioned within the cavern will allow AIRWOLF to descend to the heart of the base where the scientists are held. Source: Inside cover cassette case - Amstrad CPC (UK)"
29637,The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,"H2G2, HHGTTG, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - a science fiction story, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Don't Panic!",1984,7.9,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are Arthur Dent, an Englishman with a bad hangover wearing a dressing gown containing a much needed buffered analgesic and some fluff. Your house has just been destroyed, followed shortly thereafter by your planet Earth (mostly harmless). You’ve been rescued by your friend Ford Prefect, who’s not actually an out-of-work actor. He has given you a book (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), a towel, and is now telling you to put a fish in your ear. It must be a Thursday; you’ve never quite gotten the hang of Thursdays. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is written by Douglas Adams and Steven Meretzky and based on Adams’ BBC radio series, television series, and the series of subsequent novelizations. It’s one of the classic Interactive Fiction games produced by Infocom, labeled as Science Fiction and has a Standard Level of Difficulty. Though divergent from the source material, the main characters, locations, and concepts are here. Unlike the book, death can come quickly if Arthur fails to observe his surroundings, collect inventory, talk to people, and consult the Guide. DON’T PANIC! Original C=64 Grey Box Contents: Megadodo Publications Advertising Booklet for your very own Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy complete with Fluff, Destruct orders for your home and planet, a nice red button with the words DON'T PANIC printed in large yellow letters, a pair of Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses, No Tea, and your very own Microscopic Space Fleet. All this can be yours, for the low, low price of only 59.99 Altairian Dollars."
29640,Cyberstorm 2: Corporate Wars,CorpWars,1998,6.0,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,Cyberstorm 2: Corporate Wars is the sequel to MissionForce: Cyberstorm The player can join one of the eight corporations fighting each other for financial supremacy. Each of these corporations has a different area of expertise and limitations. The game is played in a top-down semi-isometric view and the tactical combat engine is turn-based with an optional real-time mode. There are plenty of different vehicles and HERCs and a plethora of different components for the player to modify and customize.
29645,The Deep,The Deep: A Torrent of Destruction Rises from the Depths!,1987,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In The Deep the player takes the role of a ship which has to defend itself against a variety of underwater enemies, e.g. u-boats or jellyfish with weapons. All the enemies launch missiles or mines at the boat which can be dodged by moving left or right. Water bombs can be dropped to get rid of the enemies - but there are only eight available which slowly refill over time. Sometimes a helicopter drops crates which include useful extras like smart bombs, steering rockets or additional speed. The ship can also turn into a submarine to collect things under the water. Every screen has a different objective, e.g. collecting an orb, bombing an underwater station or destroying a powerful ship."
29647,Lorna,,1990,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Lorna is the typical sexy heroine who fights against the foreign aliens in a distant place. This game follows the standard style of ""go ahead and kill anything that interpose on your way"", those ""friends"" that will want to complicate your existence will be a variety of mutant monsters, and to defend yourself, you will be able to use hand-to-hand attack techniques, and if you prefer, you can use your always effective assault-rifle. This game is based on the popular Alfonso Aspiriz's comic book."
29651,Disney's Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold,La Bande a Picsou: La Ruée Vers L'or,1990,7.1,Action,Platform,,"This game follows the adventures of Scrooge McDuck and his three nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie. The aim of the game is shown in the introduction. Flintheart Glomgold challenges Scrooge to a competition to see who is the richest duck in the world. They each have 30 days to see who can get the most money together and finally their dispute will be settled. Scrooge’s office is your headquarters. Here you have three options – you can go exploring for treasure, play the stock market or dive into your money bin, occasionally finding a rare coin which adds to your treasure total. You need to get some money first before you can play the stock market though. Your main source of income comes from the exploration map which hangs on the wall. From here, you can pick a destination, to which you can travel. There are four different scenarios when travelling to various parts of the world. It's these levels that are the most fun. You can choose to go mountain climbing, jungle bashing, search a cavern, or photograph some rare animals depending on your location. On-screen information tells you which scenario it is, how long the trip will take and how much the treasure is worth. There's also an island in the Indian Ocean you can visit to check on who's winning between you and Glomgold. You have to fly to each location and your transport is LaunchPad McQuack! You have to take off at the airport and fly to the destination. There are obstacles along the way though. Watch out for powerlines (these are really funny, you run into them and - boing! - bounce back); hot air balloons dropping refrigerators, anvils, 10 ton weights and pianos; cumulonimbus clouds shooting lightning and fluffly clouds; whales blowing water out of their spouts; tall mountains, rocky outcrops, fireworks, and hay barns among other things. Landing on the other side requires a special skill... Launchpads! You have to crash into the airport to land! Crash the plane though and it takes two days of your valuable time limit for Gyro Gearloose to fix it. Using Huey, Dewey and Louie, each being one of your three lives in the mountain climbing level, you must get from the base of the mountain to the top to get your treasure. Using the boys, you can hop from ledge to ledge, or when the going gets tough, use your grappling hook! This is a lot of fun and requires precision. There are also caves in the side of the mountain, which can transport you up or down. But watch out for bears in the caves. Other obstacles include falling rocks, the Beagle Boys dropping objects from above, mountain goats, Magica de Spell and more. The jungle features Scrooges' nephews again. Here you must use swinging vines, branches and even hippopotamus' backs to get to the treasure. Sleeping pumas, snakes, macaws and monkeys hamper your progress. Searching a cavern involves Scrooge, his nephews and niece, navigating a maze using the map at the bottom of the screen to get to the treasure whilst avoiding the yeti tracking them down. Photography, with Webbigail, Scrooge's niece, involves her taking snaps of rare animals in a forest. Some animals get you more money for your snaps than others. Once the thirtieth day marker is reached, whoever has the most gold between Scrooge and Glomgold is the winner."
29652,Konami GB Collection: Vol.2,Konami GB Collection: Vol. 4,1998,8.0,Compilation,Falling block puzzle,,"This follow-up to Konami GB Collection Vol. 1 contains four Konami titles bundled on one cart: All games can be played in color on the GBC, or in black and white on the original Game Boy handheld."
29653,The Charge of the Light Brigade,"De Charge de la Brigade Légére, Der Angriff Der Leichten Brigade, La Corica dei 600",1991,6.5,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"The Charge of the Light Brigade recreates the battle of Balaclava in 1854 during the Crimean War, when 25,000 Russian troops attempted to take control of this strategically important area from the outnumbered allied British, French and Turkish forces. It is a real-time strategy game and the player can change the speed at which the battle progresses. You can play either the Allies or the Russians, and choose either a computer opponent or play against another human player. Orders can be given in two modes - 'Unit Mode' where you can give orders to individual units or 'Group Mode', where you can give orders to groups of up to 8 units. Units are represented in the game as animated soldier miniatures, allowing you to select and change groups to five different types of line, column and square formations."
29672,Darius Twin,,1991,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The evil alliance under the leadership of Belser is attacking your world; as pilot of a Silver Hawk fighter, your goal is to stop them! Darius Twin is a side scrolling shooter similar to other games in the Darius series You'll fly through a series of different stages, each with numerous enemies and ending with a large boss. You begin the game with a limited amount of fire power, but after shooting certain enemies power ups are left behind to increase your capabilities. Unlike many of the Darius games, if your ship is destroyed you don't lose all of the weapons you've collected; likewise you also continue on at the same point rather than being sent back to a checkpoint. Similar to many of the Darius games there are different routes that can be taken towards the final stage. At the end of each stage, you are shown a map and can select the next stage you would like to complete."
29678,Alien Odyssey,,1995,7.3,Action,"Puzzle elements, Rail shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The player takes the role of a humanoid stranded on an alien planet, who quickly becomes involved in a war between the planet's natives and the Dak, who want to invade the whole place. The only chance to escape the planet is to help these guys thwart the invasion. Alien Odyssey consists of four levels with two different gameplay principles: The first is a third-person mode similar to BioForge with action fights in which you need to use melee attacks or firearms to kill your enemies. There are also various commands for movements and dodging available. In this mode the player also needs to solve simple puzzles like using keycards (well, more severed robot hands) to progress or finding out which objective to blow up next. The other two levels are rail shooter sequences a la Rebel Assault in which the action consists of aiming and shooting down enemies. In the second of those levels the player also has to rotate his ship to dodge."
29680,Time Lord,,1990,6.1,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,In this game you play the role of a time lord who has to travel through time in order to stop time travelling aliens from changing the earths history. The Game play involves you fighting off aliens who are dressed like the people from the various time period that you are in. The weapons at your disposal vary depending on what point in time you are in. In order to travel to another time zone you must find 5 orbs which are carefully hidden around each level and require some puzzle solving and platform jumping to get to. Time in this game runs by very fast and you inly have until the year 3000 to complete the game otherwise the world will be blown up.
29681,Ghost Battle,,1991,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Ghost Battle is one of the earlier games by the German company Thalion Software. Spanning five short yet difficult worlds, the game borrows its visual style heavily from its better-known contemporaries like Shadow of the Beast and Ghosts 'n' Goblins A simple arcade-style action game with some rudimentary adventuring and timing based puzzles thrown in, Ghost Battle casts you as a nameless hero on a quest to rescue his, yet again, nameless girlfriend from a nameless bad guy. Enemies have a horror look and feel to them - ghouls and disembodied heads for example. Initially our hero is armed with rocks, but extra weapons can be collected for specific tasks such as the bosses who end each level."
29684,Napoleonics,,1993,5.3,"Compilation, Strategy / tactics",,,Napoleonics is a compilation of Dr. Turcan's strategy games:
29685,The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy,,1991,7.5,"Action, Sports","Platform, Puzzle elements",Prehistoric,"The Flintstones and the Rubbles were enjoying a fine day when suddenly, someone from the future called Dr. Butler arrived and stole their pets, Dino and Hoppy! Butler plans to feature the pets in his intergalactic zoo, and what's worse, he's destroyed the Great Gazoo's time machine so that no-one could stop him! It's up to everyone's favourite caveman, Fred Flintstone, to find the pieces to the time machine and repair it, so that they can travel to the future and confront Dr. Butler once and for all! The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy is a side-scrolling platformer for the NES. In it, you control Fred Flintstone through various locations such as Bedrock, Reef Rock, the Jungle and more as he searches for the missing pieces of Gazoo's time machine. Fred has his trusty club which he can use to attack with, or charge up it's power by holding B for a more deadly attack. Fred can collect coins after defeating enemies, which are used to pay for secondary weapons like slingshots and tomahawks, as well as special abilities such as flying and diving. After completing the first level, the player is presented with an overworld map that allows you to choose which level you'd like to go to. There are also basketball courts on the map - if you beat your opponent in a game of basketball, you can earn one of the special abilities which are required for use later."
29686,Vegas Jackpot,"Jackpot, Jackpot 64, Las Vegas Jackpot (Spectrum 48k)",1983,5.6,Gambling,,,"Vegas Jackpot is a simulation of the gambling fruit machine. The player tosses the coin in the slot of the video machine and starts to spin the reels, waiting for the winning combination to appear for a single-pay line. To increase the chances, it is possible to hold certain reels or to nudge them for a certain number of times when it is allowed. The goal of the game is to win jackpots. The amount of reels in the video machine is equal to three for ZX Spectrum, BBC / Electron and Dragon 32/64 versions, and to four for other versions."
29687,Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror,,1985,6.8,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This side-scrolling platformer features the sixth Doctor (who was played by Colin Baker) from the long running sci-fi British television series. The Time Lords have become aware of an evil force called The Master on the second moon of the planet Rijar taking over a mining base of the heatonite mineral to build a TIRU (Time Instant Reply Unit). A memory capsule on how to build a TIRU must be recovered and The Doctor must succeed as The Master plans to modify it by using The Doctor's brain to control both the past and future. The Doctor can jump, climb ladders, push buttons, and throw or use items. He is accompanied by a robotic female cat named Splinx (who may remind you of the more famous K9 robot dog). The Doctor can only carry four items in his pockets, so Splinx is a valuable ally for fetching and carrying additional items. Even large items can fit in her dimensionally transcendental hyperspace load module. Splinx can also avoid proximity sensors and other creatures along with any items she carries. Occasionally, her energizer cells have to be recharged at external power points and the Doctor can place location markers to which she can find her way back to. Along the way, you will meet local peaceful Rijans who can be asked to perform simple tasks, and Cryostan plants which are used to make super-coolant fluid. There are also dangerous creatures called Madrags, as well as cyber guards to beware of."
29690,SkyChase,,1988,6.4,"Action, Simulation",,,"Take to the skies and fight your opponent (computer or human) on a split screen or null-modem link. Takeoffs and landings are handled automatically, so players can focus on shooting each other down. Flyby replays are featured for crashes, so you can gloat over each victory. In one-player mode, the view from your opponent's plane is optional; either way you have a scanner to help locate them. Different levels of ammunition and missile stock can be set, to make for a variety of gameplay options. After the game has been ran for 3 hours, a hidden 'paper plane' mode is added, alongside a roster of topline machines such as the F-16 and MiG-29."
29691,Vandal-Hearts II,Vandal Hearts II: Tenjo no Mon,1999,7.3,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",Tactical RPG,Fantasy,"Vandal Hearts II is a turn based strategic RPG which is comparable to the more famous Fire Emblem series Most of the gameplay consists of moving your party on 3D grid based maps in a way that will give you a strategic advantage over your enemies. The main difference between Vandal Hearts II and its predecessor is the change of the battle system. Unlike in Vandal Hearts you and your enemies issue the commands at the same time and then move simultaneously. That results in completely new strategies and gives the game a unique touch. The story takes place in the already collapsed church state of Nirvadia, that was once formed by the religious leader St Nirvath, but eventually ceased to exist, because of several conflicts between unbelievers and local rulers. Caused by a chain of coincidences, the young boy Joshua, from a small and unimportant village in the east, eventually finds himself within a complex political scheme set in motion by power-hungry aristocrats and religious fanatics."
29697,Subwar 2050,"SubWar 2050: La Simulation de Combats Sous-Marins, Subwar 2050: Die Unterwasser-Kampfsimulation, Subwar 2050: The Underwater Combat Simulation",1993,8.1,Simulation,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2050. The ocean is the next frontier, and war inevitably reached there. As an independent mercenary working for a corporate conglomerate, the player has to pilot the latest fighter subs to protect the corporate interests, so they can get rewarded with cold hard cash. With 5 different theaters of operations (of varying difficulty) and an interesting mix of aerial and submarine tactics, this game can be described as Strike Commander under the sea, without the narrative."
29710,NBA Showdown,"NBA Pro Basketball '94, NBA Pro Basketball '94: Bulls vs. Suns, NBA Showdown '94",1993,7.0,Sports,,,"The final entry in Electronic Arts' basketball series based on the old NBA playoffs engine before the NBA Live series took over. For the first time, the game features all 27 NBA teams from the 1993-1994 season. You can now play a full season with 82 games in addition to playoffs and exhibition games. Back from the old versions are instant replays, signature moves (some of them new) and free throw T-meter. Game speed has been sped up."
29712,NFL Hall of Fame Football,,1994,6.6,"Simulation, Sports",,,"NFL Hall of Fame Football takes the player on a virtual tour of the NFL Hall of Fame located in Canton, Ohio. They can explore the Hall of Fame and view photographs and stats of some of the most famous NFL teams off all-time up to the 1990 season. It also lists 145 of the greatest players of the day and provides a virtual tour guide complete with voice over. Players can also play an actual football game using every player, team and league mentioned in the Hall of Fame and have players and teams from different eras compete on the gridiron."
29719,Baby Universe,,1997,5.4,Simulation,Music / rhythm,,"Baby Universe in an experiment in visuals. It consists of different worlds with digital kaleidoscopes. One of them, a 3D Kaleidoscope, is floating in space. You create visual effects by pressing buttons on the controller, to turn the different axes, bend and reflect light, and change the angle, with different background patterns. All your actions can be recorded and saved. In the jewel case, you select the objects to appear on the screen, and in the console, you can edit each individual item. This includes colour mapping of the surface, movement patterns and frame rate. Settings can be saved on a memory card. In the sound scape, you can insert your own CDs, and sound wave patterns will appear to accompany the music. There is also a traditional (electric) and a psychedelic kaleidoscope available."
29728,Pirate Adventure,"Baie des pirates, Pirate Cove, Pirate's Adventure, Pirate's Cove, Pirates Adventure",1978,6.1,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Sea pirates / Caribbean,"This is adventure #2 in Scott Adam's text adventure series. In this adventure, you shuffle between three locales: an unremarkable (at first) London flat and two islands littered with dangerous critters and people. The goal of the game is to find the two pirate treasures on the treasure island. You move about and use objects by typing one or two word commands such as NORTH, INVENTORY, or GET SNEAKERS. You only have to type the first 3 letters of a command or object for the parser to recognize it."
29736,UEFA Champions League Season 1999/2000,,2000,7.2,Sports,,,"UEFA Champions League Season 1999/2000 is a soccer sim featuring the 1999/2000 season team line-ups in this prestigious European club competition. There are 32 clubs included. Game options include full season, exhibition matches, scenario and a multi-player option. In scenario mode you can replay any of the finals in the competition's history from 1970 onwards. Another notable inclusion is the custom tournament mode that allows you to define your own tournament perimeters and fixtures."
29739,Veigues: Tactical Gladiator,,1988,6.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2324, Earth is in no good shape: alien forces attacked the planet since three years. But now the military unleashed their secret weapon, the fighting robots Veigues, to set an end to this threat! The player controls one of those robots through ten stages in which a lot of aliens and a big boss want to be defeated. This is a traditional ""run and gun"" game in which the player dodges enemy attacks and uses a variety of weapons which are built in the robot's body parts. It is also possible to float for a short amount of time, but this costs energy which is displayed in one of the two automatically regenerating status bars at the bottom of the screen. The other one shows the condition of the protective shields which are decreased by enemy hits. If it runs out, the robot loses a limb and associated systems, e.g. if the head is gone, the radar which shows the direction of incoming attacks goes with it. If all limbs are lost, the game is over. Defeating enemies rewards points which can be used to upgrade the robot's abilities between levels."
29742,Tennis,,1981,6.2,Sports,,,"Tennis is a singles tennis game which can be played by one player against the computer or two players against each other. The game follows standard tennis rules, and allows players to hit a variety of forehand and backhand shots to any location on the court. There are two skill levels included; a slower practice game, and the more challenging full speed game."
29743,Hard Nova,,1990,6.9,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","A spaceship carrying a mercenary with the crew was hit by a meteor. Its hull was breached, and only the mercenary and the navigator A’kri Janr managed to escape. Gerard Kendall, the head of Starkiller Mercenary Group, gave the survivors a new ship. Now they have to find a new crew in order to complete their jobs. It's high time for mercenary work, as various groups are fighting for supremacy in the Four Systems. Meanwhile, the sun of a remote planet is dying, and only a miracle can save an entire race from extinction... Hard Nova is a sci-fi role-playing game with space exploration, spaceship customization and combat, and trading elements, somewhat similar in concept to Sentinel Worlds I: Future Magic There is no character creation in the game: in the beginning the player selects between the female mercenary Nova and the male mercenary Stark. They have slightly different attributes and may gain access to different dialogue lines as the game advances. Most other crew members have to be recruited from within the game world. Three of them can be taken to locations on various planets, where they may interact with other characters and participate in combat, where only the leader is controlled manually. On-foot combat is done in real time, with delays caused by weapon properties and the characters' proficiencies. Guns play a prominent role in battles. Experience points are awarded for harming enemies. When a character levels up, these points can be manually allocated to improve their parameters. Each character has two sets of abilities, land-based and ship-based. Land-based abilities include general aptitude in improving through combat, agility, stealth, fitness, various weapon proficiencies, etc. Ship-based abilities include mechanics, programming, gunner skills, and others. Each crew member is assigned a role on the ship, such as pilot, engineer, technician, and so on. The player is taken to a hovercraft when reaching the orbit of a planet. An exact location can be selected, where the hovercraft can be controlled manually. Only a few places can serve as hovercraft docks, and the player needs to manoeuvre the craft precisely to land it. The hovercraft may also be attacked by hostiles, which leads to action-based combat. When leaving an orbit, the player can navigate the starship J-21C Delphenus through space. There are four star systems in the game: the powerful and militant Ariel, the Rouyn system known for its valuable minerals, the Ciberan system with its supplies of water and fuel, and the Mastassini system, where the player starts the game. The systems are connected by stargates and each hosts several planets. The player-controlled spaceship may encounter hostile ships, which can be fought in arcade action style. The ship can be outfitted with various weapons, and improve in different aspects such as avionics, thrusters, etc. Better parts and fuel can be purchased on space stations. The player can also trade between star systems, using the money to buy better equipment for the crew and customize the ship."
29749,Zig-Zag,,1987,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Zig-Zag is an arcade style shooter in which the player takes the role of a star pilot. The goal is to maneuver the star fighter down the narrow passageways of Matrix of Zog somewhere in the 12th dimension, and locate the Eight Crystals of Zog. To prevent the hero from succeeding, the enemy will send their best against him. There are seven types of aliens that will hinder his progress: zigzags, homers, drifters, attracters, bouncers, corkscrews, and cubes. Ramps, traps and disappearing barriers are a few of the other obstacles in the protagonist's path. There are two modes available at the beginning of the game, Brain Teaser and Zapper. The first corresponds to a ""normal"" difficulty level, with five lives for the player-controlled character; the Zapper mode has all prisms in place and all passageways open. To change the forward direction of the ship, it must run into the prisms on the floor (or the walls). The prisms allow 90 degree and 180 degree turns, depending on how they are oriented. Hitting a wall always reverses direction. There are three Special Zones in the game:"
29751,Discs of Tron,"Dischi di Tron, Discos de Tron, Disques de Tron",1983,4.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Discs of TRON is the second of two TRON XBLA arcade games released by Midway and based off the 1982 Disney movie. This title has TRON facing off against Sark on the Game Grid, moving from platform to platform, throwing discs at each other in an attempt to knock their opponent off their respective platforms, or de-rez them. Players can bounce discs off of walls, or use a ""Block"" button to deflect the enemy's disc. In addition to Sark's attacks, outside obstacles, such as barriers that must be broken through and homing seekers, work to increase the challenge. The Xbox Live features add separate (though not head-to-head) competitions to allow players to work for the highest scores and complete challenges in the fastest times."
29755,Kirby's Avalanche,Kirby's Ghost Trap,1995,7.4,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"The First Annual Dream Land's Avalanche Competition is about to get under way, and as Kirby and a host of characters from the Kirby series, you can join the tournament and become Avalanche king. Kirby's Avalanche is a Puyo Puyo variant, and has you stacking colored blobs similar in a way to Tetris When a certain amount of one color is stacked, an explosion occurs and the screen clears of those blobs, which then appear in the other players screen (either the CPU or a second player). When the other player's screen is so full of blobs that they can't make another move, you move onto the next round, and so on until the final boss. The winner of that match is then crowned the Avalanche king."
29756,Bases Loaded '96: Double Header,,1995,5.6,Sports,,,"This baseball game features real MLBPA players from the 1994 baseball season. The teams they actually played for are only represented by the cities the actual teams are from. The game has an Exhibition mode, a Regular Season mode, and a Championship Game mode. The Regular Season mode lets the player choose to play either a 13, 26, 52, or 162 game season, while the Championship Game mode lets the player play either a 3, 5, or 7 game championship game series against an opposing team. The game also allows baseball players to be traded to other teams, and it also allows the player to select to play in 1 of 7 different MLB ballparks, plus one extra ballpark designed by Jaleco Gameplay options include turning automatic fielding on or off. When on the field, batting makes use of a behind the batter view, while pitching makes use of a behind the pitcher view. Pitching is kept simple by the player being only able to control where the pitch goes, while batting only involves timing the swing to make contact with the pitched ball."
29757,Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball,MVP Baseball,1991,5.8,Sports,,,"Roger Clemens is known by some as the greatest pitcher in baseball history. In Roger Clemens' MPV Baseball players play a standard a 9 innings baseball game in Exhibition mode and a full regular season can be played including the World Championship Playoffs in the Regular Season mode. While playing in Regular Season mode the player can see their chosen team’s progress by using the in game calendar showing all the games. Players select a fictional team from the following groups: National Division West: * San Francisco Quakes, Los Angeles Apaches, Cincinnati Big Cats, San Diego Suns, Houston Mustangs, and Atlanta Condors. National Division East: Chicago Swords, Montreal Lumberjacks, New York Buffalos, St. Louis Commandos, Pittsburgh Panthers, and Philadelphia Generals. American Division West: Oakland Bashers, Seattle Pioneers, Minnesota Hounds, California Waves, Texas Cowboys, Chicago Red Birds, and Kansas City Kings. American Division East: Toronto Bears, Boston Hornets, New York Rebels, Detroit Wheels, Milwaukee Marshals, Baltimore Eagles, and Cleveland Tomahawks. Each team has a set of players the make up the team each with their own skill level and statistics which, like the teams, is fictional other then Clemens himself who is on the Boston Hornets team. When controlling the pitcher the player can control the speed and spin of the pitch as well as the pitchers position on the plate. The pitcher can also stop the opponent stealing a base which can be seen via windows showing the positions of all the baserunners. When controlling the batter the player has to time the hit to successfully hit the ball so it will not be a missed hit or a foul, or has the option to not hit in case of a ‘ball’. The player can also steal a base while batting. After the ball is hit the game goes into fielding mode where the camera shifts to a view that is lower than the normal 45 degree angle (the fielder gets smaller as he moves away from the camera). The player then controls the closest fielder to get or catch the ball and then throw it to the selected base. There are many different cameras angles that the game selects depending on the location of the ball. The camera can be on the left, center, or right side of the field in ether infield or outfield position and all cameras can pan to follow the ball. The player can use a password to save their progress in Regular Season mode. An exhibition match can be played in two player mode with the use of two controllers."
29758,Dragon Slayer,Dragon Slayer I,1984,6.9,Action,Action RPG,Fantasy,"Dragon Slayer is commonly considered one of the progenitors of the action RPG genre. The premise is similar to Roguelikes : the player takes control of a knight who must fight his way through large overhead maze-like dungeons. Unlike roguelikes, the combat in the game is fully action-oriented: the player must approach the monster and ""bump"" into it in order to inflict damage, at the same time trying to avoid its blows. Combat takes place on the same screen as the exploration; monsters will also sometimes pursue the knight if he attempts to escape. Also contrary to roguelikes, none of the locations or items in the game is randomized. The player can collect power stones and coins during the journey; the power stones increase the hero's strength, while the coins increase his hit points (health). Defeating enemies also yields experience points, which determine the amount of maximum HP the hero is able to receive. The knight is able to cast magic spells, though they are mostly used outside of combat, for example breaking walls, teleporting, or creating a map of the area."
29770,Godzilla,"Gojira-Kun, Gojira-Kun: Kaijū dai Kōshin",1985,5.9,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Godzilla is a puzzle solving platform game in which you control the radioactive dinosaur Godzilla who is searching for his love interest Minira, a female dinosaur. In this game with 49 levels you have reach one of the two level exits that will appear when all rocks are smashed. While climbing the vines to reach the various platforms and trying to smash the rocks you are chased by various types of monsters. Occasionally, when you smash a rock an item will appear. Smashing an item will activate it. Once all rocks have been smashed two screen exits appear. Choose one of the two and enter the next level. Keep in mind that in order to reach an exit you have to smash the rocks in a particular order because if you don't you'll get stuck."
29772,Championship Run,Vector Championship Run,1991,5.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"This racing game has a similar structure to Continental Circus, as in the first race you must finish no worse than 76th out of the 100 computer cars, but in each successive race, you must do more to qualify, although there are still 100 cars. You must be careful not to run off track, or into the other cars, as this causes the car to slow. Your car has 3 gears, and you push fire while accelerating to go up a gear, and push it while braking to go down (which makes it harder to recover speed after an incident). The circuits are full of hairpins, traffic (not all of it in direct contest with you for position) and hills - rising over those can be precarious. The races are over 4 laps, and each lap's timing is displayed on screen, along with the distance left to complete this lap."
29773,The Wizard and the Princess,,1982,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements, RPG elements",Fantasy,"The Wizard and the Princess is an arcade adventure split into five stages where your quest is to rescue a Princess from an evil Wizard's castle. Starting with 120 Strength Points and 150 Magic Points you must get to the castle, slay a Dragon, search the castle before escaping with the Princess. You are armed with a sword and some spells where you can throw lightning bolts or fireballs, or put monsters to sleep and slit their throats. When not fighting you can increase your strength or pray for guidance. Each stage has different game styles and they are: Stage One: On a single screen viewed from above you start on the left of the screen with the castle on the right. You must move across the screen through the hills and flat ground while moving round the trees and mountains. On your journey you will encounter monsters to fight as well as pools to drink from but these can either weaken or strengthen you. Stage Two: A single screen viewed from the side sees your warrior having to slay a fire breathing Dragon. The Dragon moves around the screen and will stop occasionally to breathe out fire and you must avoid the fire and the Dragon to kill it in a sweet spot with your sword. Stage Three: With the Dragon slayed you must move around a 1st person perspective maze looking for the exit. Stage Four: Another maze but this time viewed from above as you search various rooms looking for the Princess. You must kill every monster you encounter before the Princess is released. Lightning bolts can be used to remove walls. Stage Five: You have finally found and rescued the Princess but outside the castle you have more dangers to face before the Princess is safe. Viewed from the side on a single screen, you must cross a bridge while avoiding falling rocks. Once you have crossed the bridge you will face a two-headed monster that needs killing before your quest is over."
29776,Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr,,1998,7.4,Sports,Arcade,,"The full Major League Baseball is on display in this mainly arcade style baseball title. All teams and players are available for exhibition, season and world series modes. Up to two players can play through these modes, with a further two for 4 player home run derby, where the winner is determined by the amount of balls you can whack out of the park. Ken Griffey Jr. supplies his motion captured moves and voice to the game, along with team stats tracking through-out the season."
29777,Daytona USA,Daytona USA 2001,2000,7.9,Racing / Driving,,,"Just like the arcade version, pick one of three tracks (beginner, advanced, or expert) and either automatic or standard transmission. A pounding music soundtrack kicks in as you are slapped into your car to await the green light. The game offers both a traditional arcade mode with checkpoint time splits and a special PC mode that pits you against the other cars over different race distances. The PC mode also offers more car choices, with a variety of speed, acceleration, and grip characteristics. It even rewards successful players (meaning those finishing first, second, or third in the difficult setting) by offering up to ten more upgraded cars to drive. Once underway, the goal is to work from last to first as smoothly and quickly as possible"
29778,Street Fighter II Turbo,"Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Street Fighter II': Hyper Fighting, Turbo Street Fighter II: Champion Edition - Hyper Fighting",1992,8.3,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Choose from twelve street fighters from around the world, skilled in a variety of martial arts -- for instance, a character named E.Honda is a sumo wrestler from Japan, while Ken is a master of Tae Kwon Do from the United States. Journey to different countries to defeat other fighters, eventually leading up to a battle with evil man M.Bison. Besides the standard punches and kicks, each character can also execute special moves, such as energy projectiles or lightning-fast kicks, for more damage or to create a chain of hit combos. This installment in the Street Fighter series is essentially an upgrade to the Champion Edition game with some improvements and changes, such as new or upgraded moves, costume colors, and increased game speed."
29784,JetFighter IV: Fortress America,,2000,6.1,"Action, Simulation",,North America,"Defend the USA! Take the high-tech arsenal of F-22 Raptor, F/A-18 Hornet, and F-14 Tomcat against terrorists and invading armies! Start by taking on insurgents holed up near the Lake Tahoe area and eventually take on the combined might of Russian and Chinese forces all over Northern California! Fly over famous landmarks including the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge, Transamerica Pyramid, and more! This game puts the ACTION back into flight sims!"
29792,Resident Evil 3: Nemesis,"Biohazard 3: Last Escape, RE3, Resident Evil 3",1999,7.9,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror","Contemporary, North America","Resident Evil 3 takes place during the events of Resident Evil 2 The midwestern town of Raccoon City is in ruins, having been overrun with the undead creating T-virus thanks to the wacky hijinks of William Birkin and Umbrella Inc. The player must guide Jill ""master of unlocking"" Valentine (one of the two main protagonists of the original Resident Evil ) out of the city alive. Along the way, Jill will interact with and receive help from (or be hindered by) three Umbrella mercenaries who are also stranded in Raccoon City. Standing in the way of your group's last escape are a horde of flesh-eating zombified citizens, homicidal mutants, and a relentless killing machine known only as Nemesis who is determined to hunt down and kill the survivors of the original Resident Evil including Jill. A dramatic improvement over Tyrant/Mr. X/G from the previous games, Nemesis can run (faster than Jill, in fact), use firearms (a rocket launcher), dodge attacks, and even move through doors and from room to room in pursuit of Jill. On top of that he still possesses the nigh indestructibility we've come to know from Umbrella's ultimate bio-weapons. Like its two predecessors Resident Evil 3 is a third-person action-adventure game with polygonal characters on pre-rendered backgrounds with cinematic camera angles, a technique originally pioneered by Alone in the Dark Although the game uses the same basic engine and gameplay as the previous games, the gameplay is improved by features such as auto-targeting, a 180 degree spin, and a new dodge move that allows Jill to avoid enemy attacks. Another addition is Jill's ability to create different kinds of ammunition by mixing together three different types of gunpowder found throughout the game. The game include a randomization feature, which changes the location of certain key items and ammo. Another noteworthy feature is that at certain points in the game, Jill is faced with two choices for a situation, each will affect later story, and even the game ending. The zombies have also been made more diverse. The number of polygons in the character models has also been increased, along with the possible screen resolution and color depth for the PC version (up to 1600 X 1200 at 32 bits, from a maximum of 640 X 480 at 16 bits for Resident Evil 2 ). Another addition in the PC version is the ability to skip cutscenes as well as the door loading animation. The PC and Dreamcast versions includes all eight of Jill's possible costumes, as well as the mercenary mini-game Operation Mad Jackal which allows you to play as one of the three Umbrella soldiers. On the Playstation version, these special features must be unlocked by beating the game with a high score."
29798,Ultimate Golf Simulation,DSF Ultimate Golf,2000,5.8,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Ultimate Golf Simulation is a First Person golf simulation game which features courses from all over the world, including Nevada, Hawaii and Britain. There are seven game modes: Stroke Play, Match Play, Tournament, Grand Tournament, Fourball, Foursome and practice. Besides the first person gimmick, the game also features more conventional camera angles."
29801,SpaceCutter,Whirligig,1988,5.7,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In SpaceCutter the player is trapped inside the Whirligig (which is also the original European name of the game) and needs to find five so-called ""solids"" to create a portal leading back Earth. The solids are distributed over about four billion ""eigenspaces"" which are chained together by three to eleven star gates per space. Where they lead is mathematically defined which, coupled with the fact that the location of the solids is disclosed in the manual, means the player can plan the route beforehand. Of course there are also the inevitable alien space ships which try to kill the player. The player's Meson-class fighter is equipped with two weapons with limited ammunition: heat-seeking missiles (if no enemy is targeted, the own ship will be hit) and chaff pods which are used to repel close enemies. The third resource is fuel, which is used up when steering, accelerating or braking; flying in a straight line is free. All three can be replenished by visiting space stations that are distributed over the spaces (also following a mathematical basis). The space ship is controlled through mouse movements, e.g. pushing the mouse forward accelerates the ship, and the keyboard is only used for commands like pausing the game. While the spaces themselves are flat and multi-directionally scrolling fields, the objects have a three-dimensional look."
29803,I-0: Jailbait on Interstate Zero,,1997,6.4,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"You're Tracey Valencia, freshman at the University of Dorado. You're driving through the desert to be home for Thanksgiving, and your car breaks down. In this text adventure, you must do what you can to make it home."
29805,Burning Soldier,,1994,6.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A first-person space shooter, similar to Shock Wave and Total Eclipse that has the player take control of a state of the art Strike fighter in missions ranging from the asteroid belt to the final fight on the Earth's surface. This is all done in an attempt to stop the Kaisertian (which resemble the Aliens from the Alien movies) race from destroying mankind. The gameplay is very simplistic. The player uses the D-pad to move around a cursor on the screen, to aim wherever the player wants the weapons to fire, and the main buttons to fire the two main weapons of choice, a Laser Vulcan Cannon and a Blast Smash that is guided automatically at incoming enemies. However, unlike other first-person space shooters for the 3DO, there is no way of controlling the actual ship as its' movement is on a predetermined course and can't be manually deviated. The story is told through CGI cinemas."
29808,The Eidolon,Eidalon,1985,7.4,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter","Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk","You control a mysterious 19th-century machine named ""The Eidolon"" through mysterious caves. Collect and create fireballs and encounter strange creatures like 'Greps', 'Biter Birds', 'Bottlenecks', 'Rotoflies', 'Puffer Birds' and 'Guardian Dragons'. Each type of fireball you collect has different effects. For instance Blue fireballs freeze time, and green fireballs transform one monster into another type. A guardian dragon must be defeated at the end of each level. Eidolon is one of the progenitors of the first-person shooter genre, with full pseudo-3D panoramic graphics. This was achieved with the use of Lucasfilm Games 3D fractal technology, also used in Rescue on Fractalus! and Koronis Rift"
29809,Actua Soccer 2,"Actua Soccer 2 featuring Alan Shearer, Fox Sports Soccer '99",1997,7.5,Sports,,,"Following the success of the first Actua Soccer game a sequel was likely. The game is fast-paced with more of an action than simulation feel, and an emphasis on ground play rather than heading. A young Michael Owen provides motion capture to produce realistic player motions and actions - the different builds and styles of players are taken into account. 64 top international teams are featured, as are 24 distinct stadiums, with weather conditions having both visible and noticeable playing effects. This was one of the first games to feature 2-man commentary, with former England captain Trevor Brooking joining Barry Davies in the analytical role."
29812,Liberation: Captive II,,1993,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Liberation is the sequel to Captive where the main character from the original is now a free man. However, your character is drawn into action once again after a political assassination and a corporate cover-up by BioCorp, one of the ruling multinational companies. With aid from your four droids, you are able to search the city for victims, those used in the cover-ups, of BioCorp. With each minor victory, your intent becomes clearer - to persuade the Emperor in regaining control over the corporate hegemony. Liberation is set in a large futuristic city and is a free-range, open-ended RPG. As in its predecessor, you can buy better weapons, from swords to laser rifles, and enhance your droids with new equipment, e.g. numerous head-slots which plug in and give droids different abilities, ultimately driving you closer to the Emperor."
29815,Invasion Deutschland,,2000,5.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,Invasion Deutschland is the German version of the Dutch game AmsterDoom Instead of Amsterdam the 15 levels represent important German places including the Munich Royal Court Brewery and the Reichstag in Berlin. Otherwise there is very little difference between the two games. The story of Invasion Deutschland is that aliens conquered Germany and the player has to defeat them with the help of a scientist and his assistant. The game is played with the typical First-Person-Shooter controls. Besides the levels the main selling point is its comical nature: There is no gore and no violence against humans.
29816,Videocart-7: Math Quiz II,"Cassette 7: Rechenrätsel 2, Programkassett 7: Matematik",1977,5.1,Educational,,,"Videocart-7 contains the second and last part of the Math Quiz series started with Videocart-6 While the first part lets the players train addition and subtraction, Math Quiz II deals with multiplication and division. Once again, the game presents the player with a series of problems, simple multiplications in the first game variation, and simple divisions in the second. The results have to be entered using the controller. If the answer is correct, a point will be added to the left counter. After entering a wrong answer, the player gets another chance to correct the result. If it is wrong again, the right counter will be increased, counting the mistakes made so far."
29820,Sarakon,,1990,7.0,Puzzle,"Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle",,"A simple variation of the classic game of Mahjongg (also known as Shanghai ). Each of the 40 levels consist of rows and piles of tiles, patterned with symbols such as butterflies and masks. Pair them up within the time limit to move on a level. The difficulty is that a tile can only be moved if it has no tile on top of it, and a gap either to the left or right (or both). Careful planning ahead is required if all tiles are to be cleared."
29823,Armor Attack,Armor..Attack,1981,6.6,Action,Shooter,,"You will be driving a jeep through a maze (top-down view). Of course such mazes, as we all know, are often not very safe when they are in a video game. Tanks and helicopters will appear on the screen and you will have to shoot them before they shoot you. If you are hit by enemy fire you will lose a life."
29824,Storm Master,,1992,7.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Fantasy,"Eoliae is a remote land where myth meets truth, and where winds shows only the power of gods moving armies from front to front, while diplomacy is still 'hanging' in the air full of crossing winds. The chaos was born as the Great master was murdered, and evil Sharkaan is threatening all of the Eoliae land. You must learn the power of the winds, gain the knowledge for trade and diplomacy, build windmills and strike your enemy where it hurts the most. Only try doing that and stay alive."
29826,ESPN Sunday Night NFL,,1994,5.9,Sports,,,"ESPN Sunday Night NFL was one of the many football games released back in the day. It features all 28 official NFL teams and their respective logos, but doesn't feature a license from the NFLPA, so there are no actual players names in the game. There are four different game modes to choose from: Playoffs Single Game Season and another season mode that lets the player act out the 1994 NFL season schedule. It also had variable weather conditions that the players on the field would react to and a battery back-up to save games. It also featured Chris Berman who not only graced the front cover but also gives commentary as well."
29829,Berlin 1948,East vs. West: Berlin 1948,1989,6.1,Adventure,,Cold War,"Shortly after the war, several countries want to control Berlin. An atomic bomb has been smuggled into the city by the Americans. You play an American spy, whose mission is to guard this bomb and not to let Stalin have it under any circumstances. This is one of the early examples of a 3rd person perspective point & click adventure, the interface being slightly more complicated than the famous SCUMM system."
29830,Tennis Cup,"Davis Cup Tennis, The Davis Cup Tennis",1990,6.8,Sports,,,"Tennis Cup is a split-screen tennis game with the camera closely positioned at the athlete's back. The available playing modes are exhibition match (either single or double), training, the Davis Cup or the four Grand Slam tournaments. The player either controls one of the 32 available tennis athletes or creates a new one. Then there are 30 points to divide between abilities (e.g. forehand or volleys). This athlete can be saved to disk and further improved during the course of time. For exhibition matches, the opponent can be built the same way. The game includes various hit types, depending on the player's position and timing. The direction of the ball can also be influenced when performing a shot. There are four different surfaces, influencing the gameplay, and three difficulty levels."
29835,Alien Trilogy,,1996,7.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alien Trilogy is a first-person shooter based on the first three Alien movies. You control Lt. Ripley in three sections, each based on one film: The colony complex on LV426 (from Aliens ), the prison planet (from Alien³ ) and the derelict spaceship (from Alien ). Each section consists of about 10 missions. In every mission, certain goals must be accomplished to continue. These include killing a certain number of enemies, finding items or activating switches. Enemies include everything the alien life cycle provides: facehuggers, chestbursters, warrior aliens, dog aliens (from Alien³ ) and alien queens, one of which waits in the final mission of every section. In addition to the Aliens, you also have to fight employees of the Company, who have either been infected by the aliens and are beyond saving or who actively want to obstruct your mission. Weapons to be used include pistol, shotgun, pulse rifle, flame thrower and smart gun. Ammunition, health upgrades and other useful items are scattered throughout the levels. Hidden areas may be uncovered by using explosives like grenades and seismic charges. An auto mapping system helps in not getting lost, night goggles and shoulder lamps (running on battery power) allow you to see in the dark and the motion tracker tells you where your enemies are - but only if they are moving."
29844,Elasto Mania,,2000,7.3,"Action, Racing / Driving",Platform,,"Elasto Mania is the sequel to Action SuperCross You have to ride a motorbike and complete the various stages. You can get to the next level only by completing the previous one successfully. You can skip five levels in total, but you can go back and complete a previously skipped level later. You can choose to play on any of the levels you have previously completed. For all stages the best ten times are recorded along with the name of the player. The levels become progressively more and more difficult to complete."
29845,Bad Blood,,1990,7.0,Action,,Post-apocalyptic,"A nuclear war has turned the world into a wasteland. The pure-blooded humans have retreated in large cities while mutants live in small villages on the plains where they make a living by hunting the many monsters. Now one of the human leaders, Lord Dominix, wants to start a war to wipe out all the ""bad-blooded"" mutants. Your village chief has assigned you with the task of preventing this war. Bad Blood is a top-down action game with light role-playing elements. You can not create your own character but have to pick one of the three predefined ones: Varrigg (a strong green mutant who fights with his bare hands), Dekker (a human male armed with a knife) or Jakka (she looks human but can shoot laser beams from her eyes like Cyclops of X-Men fame). The choice you make has only a limited impact on gameplay and storyline. Gameplay consists of exploring the world map, visiting several cities and villages, talking with NPCs, picking up items and new weapons (like shotguns, grenades, Uzis etc.) and lots of real-time combat. Bad Blood lacks character stats and character development. The game has a day-night cycle which influences the amount of monsters on the plains and whether or not you can talk with some NPCs."
29848,Metaltech: EarthSiege,,1994,7.3,Simulation,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Command heavily-armed HERCs against relentless automated Cybrids (Cyborg Hybrids; intelligent creatures designed by mankind, who rebelled against us) in this MechWarrior -ish first-person simulation. Earthsiege is not a product of FASA's BattleTech universe (as the MechWarrior games are), though the resemblances are too close for legal comfort. You control your HERC in 45 missions on varied terrain ranging from slaughter to escort to protection. Note that the game should ideally be controlled by more than just the keyboard for best play value. Full Motion Video clips from your commander detail your missions while keeping you in touch with the bigger picture as the war develops. What you do outside the cockpit is also of great importance. Customize your units by choosing their weapons, and targetting research on the right new technology. Manage resources by collecting salvageable metals, and more to beat back the Cybrid invasion."
29849,Star Trek Pinball,,1998,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Pinball",,"A pinball game based on the original Star Trek series. There are three tables in the game, the third of which actually requires two players to play. Although available for sale, it was also bundled free with Starfleet Academy."
29855,Table Tennis Simulation,,1989,6.7,Sports,,,"""Realistic life on a table tennis table"" is the poorly-translated promise for this recreation of a popular indoor game. You can play a full season of tournaments, with world rankings updated as you go. Singles and doubles matches are on offer, and their lengths are variable. A full ball-machine training mode is offered, which allows you to face a succession of shots, with a choice of shot styles and speeds to allow you to hone problem areas of your game. Two player matches can also be played, and mouse or joystick control are supported."
29859,Earth Defense Force,"Arcade Archives: E.D.F., Super E.D.F.: Earth Defense Force",1991,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"An evil organization, named AGYMA, threatens the 200 years of peace the galaxy has enjoyed. From their base on the far side of the moon they have infiltrated many important locations on Earth. Working for the Earth Defense Force, you are the lone pilot of a special craft designed to fight off AGYMA: the XA-1. The game is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up with 6 levels, and a total of 8 state of the art weapons with which to fend off the attacks and thwart AGYMA's plot to destroy Earth and disrupt peace throughout the cosmos."
29863,Return to Genesis,,1988,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Return to Genesis takes place in the Zephyr system where twelve scientists work on secret projects. Of course every bit of help is appreciated and so every scientist is cloned 50 times for a better productivity. Unfortunately the evil Mechanauts have invaded and the player has the mission to save the scientists and drive the Mechanauts off. This game is a side-scrolling shooter in which the player's main task is to shoot everything in sight - except the scientists of course, which should be picked up. They also can be shot to win the level, but then the player misses out on extra weapons: every scientist (along with his/her clones) has his own piece of equipment which can be activated at any time as long as the scientist is on board. In contrast to many other games of the genre, contact with the environment does no harm but causes the ship to reverse the flying direction at full speed. All in all there are 50 levels with twelve scientists each."
29864,Best of the Best Championship Karate,"Kick Boxer 2, Super Kick Boxing, The Kick Boxing",1992,7.0,Sports,Fighting,,"Best of the Best Championship Karate is a realistic fighting game. After you choose your fighter for his parameters (strength, stamina and resistance), you can choose from 55 different moves. You can now train your fighter at a gym before the real fights. To master the game, one must alternate training and fights, as training improves stamina, strength and resistance. Be careful, losing a fight reduces those parameters, so you have to be ready before getting in the ring!"
29866,"Videocart-13: Robot War, Torpedo Alley","11: Krieg der Roboter / Torpedo-Kampf, Cassette 13: Roboterkampf / Seeschlacht, Programkassett 13: Robotjakt / Torpedskjutning, Videocart-11: Robot-Jagd / Torpedo",1977,5.4,"Action, Compilation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This cart contains two different games. The first game is Robot War It takes place on a space station. The computer malfunctioned and now four robots are out to hunt down the player. Gameplay mainly has the player trying to trick the pursuing robots into one of the four electrified force fields littered throughout the playfield. Every time the player is touched by a robot, one of the force fields disappears. Once all the force fields disappear, the player loses a point to the robots. If all the robots are defeated, the player gets a point for that round. The game also features an option for two players, where the second player takes control of the robots. The game features four game speeds from slowest to fastest. The other game is Torpedo Alley Players control a shore battery at the bottom of the screen and shoot at an invading fleet of ships above them. Each hit ship is worth a different amount of points, with the lowest ship being worth 1 point, the middle ship worth 3 points, and the highest ship worth 5 points. The game ends when a player reaches 99 points or the adjustable time limit expires."
29873,Donald's Alphabet Chase,"Donald Y El Alfabeto Magico, Donald et l'Alphabet Magique, Donald und das magische Alphabet, Donald's Alphabet Chase: Fun with Letters, Paperino Impara L'Alfabeto",1988,6.6,Educational,,,"Donald's Alphabet Chase is an educational game for children ages 2-5 featuring Donald Duck. Donald's alphabet letters have escaped and are now hiding throughout the house! You need to help Donald locate all 26 of the letters and put them back in place. By pressing a letter on the keyboard, an animation is displayed where Donald finds and catches that letter. There are six different screens a letter may be hiding on, and each letter features a different animation. When all of the letters have been collected, the game is over and a bonus screen is displayed."
29883,RoboCop Versus the Terminator,,1993,6.9,Action,"Platform, Shooter","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the future, human soldiers of John Connor's resistance force against the machines are fighting a losing war against Skynet and its robot forces. After discovering that one of the foundation technologies for Skynet is the cybernetics technology used in the creation of Robocop, one of the resistance's soldiers, Flo, is sent back in time before the rise of the machines to destroy Robocop and stop Skynet from being built. However Skynet learns of the time travel attempt and sends Terminators to stop Flo. In the game you control Robocop who may move across the screen, jump, fire and exchange weapons. Robocop starts with the Auto-9 which has unlimited ammunition. Other weapons may be more powerful but contain limited ammo. Beginning the game on a mission of law enforcement, you soon meet up with Flo and must engage in battle against Terminators, the forces of OCP and several obstacles."
29885,Colorado,,1990,6.6,"Action, Adventure","Arcade, Fighting",Western,"Colorado is a side-view action game with adventure and trading elements, in which you must survive despite the constant threats of Indians and wildlife. The plot involves a search for a Cheyenne goldmine. The game also has many unconventional objects and weapons that can be used against your foes."
29888,Total Annihilation,Total Annihilation: Use Your Senses,1997,8.2,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"It is 4000 years in the future, and the epic battle between the Arm and the Core has devastated the galaxy. Both sides fight on with super-advanced technology, from plasma guns to giant robots to sonar jammers. The only acceptable outcome is total victory. As the Commander of either Arm or Core, the player must build up a base to destroy the other side. Unlike earlier titles in the genre, it uses a 3D world in which elevation changes have an effect. All sides start out with the Commander, the game's most powerful unit capable of both construction and combat, and must defend it at all costs. Resource collection is based on securing metal nodes and gathering power from any free location on the map. Purchasing units and structures of higher tiers requires different construction units and factories, rather than relying on tech structures in other titles in the genre."
29890,Money Puzzle Exchanger,Money Idol Exchanger,1997,7.3,"Action, Puzzle",Tile matching puzzle,,"Money Puzzle Exchanger is a puzzle game similar to Magical Drop only with coins. It was originally created by FACE and released for the Neo Geo arcade cabinets. You can move the mini character at the bottom of the screen left or right, grab coins and drop them somewhere else. There are six types of coins: 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500. The goal is to form connecting groups of coins. Coins are combined (vertically and/or horizontally) to form higher valued coins. For example, if you put five 1 coins together, they will disappear and form one 5 coin. Two 5's make one 10, five 10's make one 50 etc. Two 500 coins put together just disappear and give you 1000 points. The game is lost when coins reach the bottom of the playing area. You can make chain reactions to launch attacks to the other player in vs-mode, or just for bonus points in single player."
29892,Black Crypt,,1992,8.1,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,Twenty-two years ago a powerful cleric named Estoroth Paingiver was banished and sealed in a crypt. He has been gaining strength since then and is now threatening the country of Astera again. You must take control of a party of four adventurers sent to find and seal Estoroth again by recovering the lost relics that sent him into exile in the past. Black Crypt is a first-person perspective 3D dungeon exploration game similar to the Dungeon Master and Eye of the Beholder series.
29893,Metal Gear,,1987,6.8,Action,Stealth,,"Near the end of the 20th century, a small fortified nation named Outer Heaven (founded by a mysterious war hero whose name and identity are shrouded in secrecy) is threatening the nations of the ""West"" with the development of a new prototype weapon named Metal Gear, a walking tank which is capable of launching nuclear warheads from anywhere on the globe. As FOX-HOUND's (an elite black ops unit) newest recruit, going by the codename of Solid Snake, your mission is to infiltrate Outer Heaven and rescue your missing comrade, Grey Fox (who was captured after a failed infiltration), while gathering intelligence on Metal Gear. In order to fulfill this objective, the player must collect various weapons and equipments (including keycards for further access into the fortress), while avoiding visual contact with the enemy. The player must also confront bosses in the form of Outer Heaven's elite mercenary force and rescue hostages hidden within the fortress in order to increase player rank, which gives Snake an extended life bar and increased storage capacity for replenishable items and ammo. The player can use a wireless transceiver to come in touch with their commanding officer, Big Boss, to learn more about their current mission objectives or contact one of the local resistance members operating covertly within the fortress to gain useful tips and insights."
29899,Corridor 7: Alien Invasion,,1994,5.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2012 it was finally possible to send a space ship to Mars. The scientists returned with a small object of unknown origin, which was supposed to be a proof for the existence of life on the planet. The object was taken to a special underground research facility and secured in its lowest labs, down ""Corridor 7"". Exposed to gamma radiation, the mysterious object caused a portal to appear, which connected two worlds. The Alien invasion began. It's time for you, a brave Special Forces agent, to descend to Corridor 7, where the fate of humanity must be decided. Corridor 7 is a first-person shooter that uses an enhanced version of the Wolfenstein 3D engine. New features include transparent and animated textures, an auto map and distance shading. Unlike Wolfenstein 3D your goal is not to find the exit, but to kill all the aliens on the map. There are two versions of Corridor 7 a disk version and a CD version. Both versions feature the 30 levels of the research base, but the CD version adds an additional 10 single player levels with additional weapon and alien types. The CD version also comes with multiplayer in the form of 12 player Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch modes (believed to be the first FPS to allow that many players) and 8 additional maps made specially for it. In Deathmatch, the player can take control of one of 12 Corridor 7 characters (two recoloured humans and 10 aliens, 4 of which are Bandor variants) which all have slightly different starting stats (different speed and starting health) but all characters use the same weapons."
29901,Earthworm Jim 2,,1995,7.8,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"An ordinary average earthworm named Jim goes about his normal daily life, cruising around avoiding crows and doing other general worm-like things. Until one day, Jim is suddenly struck by a very large Ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit. Through sheer luck, Jim rests safely in the neck ring of the suit. Suddenly, the ultra-high-tech space particles of the suit begin interacting with Jim's soft wormy flesh. A radical light-speed evolution takes place. Jim soon realizes that he is now in control of the suit. Earthworm Jim 2 's gameplay is similar to the first game with Jim running and jumping through the levels. There are five weapons more than in the original game to collect. Characters like Princess What's-Her-Name and Psy-Crow also appear."
29903,Nicktoons Racing,,2000,6.8,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Nicktoons Racing is another Mario Kart clone using cartoon characters from Nickelodeon. The gameplay follows the standards closely: the player controls one of the characters to win races on tracks filled with scattered power-ups and ramps. A meter at the top of the screen shows the current position and the amount of nitro fuel available. Extra fuel can be collected as shiny orbs on the road. The gift boxes contain random power-ups, like coconuts to throw at the other racers, flash lights to temporally blind them, and traps like baby powder, trash cans and green goo to slow down the competition. The game has four modes for single player. The main cups mode is the championship, where the objective is to arrive at least in third place to qualify for the next race. In time trial mode, the goal is to complete laps as fast as possible, with a ghost car showing the fastest performance to be surpassed. Race for fun is a practice mode, where any of the tracks can be explored without the pressure to win. In relay mode, the player switches characters after each lap. There are three modes for multiplayer. The cups and relay modes are similar to their solo counterparts, but splitting the screen horizontally in the middle to show the two players. The versus mode is the ""one on one"" mode, where two players compete directly against each other without any other racers."
29906,The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge,,1991,6.8,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"This handheld chess game uses Chessmaster 2100 's basic game engine. This includes such items as en passant attacks for pawn, castling, check and checkmate, and draws for various reasons. Move time limits are optional, and the CPU's thinking time can be specified. If you need a hint, you can press the B button and the computer may or may not give you a hint. You can also play against another human opponent, alternating."
29907,NASCAR Racing,,1996,6.5,Racing / Driving,,,"Sierra and Papyrus bring over their NASCAR series to the Playstation. The game presents three different game modes: Arcade Race, Simulation Race, and Simulation Testing. While the Arcade Race mode let's the player jump right into the fray after choosing their difficulty level (either rookie,veteran, or ace), the Simulation Race mode features a lot more customization options for the player to take into consideration. Simulation Race mode lets the player tweak their vehicles fuel usage, cross weights, tire pressure, the alignment of the camber and stagger of the wheels, the aerodynamics (air dam and spoiler), the shocks, and the gear ratios. The game also offers a Simulation Testing mode to let the player test these settings on the race track without the interference of other drivers. Both Arcade and Simulation Race modes let the player compete in a full 31-race championship season. After each race, players earn points depending on which position they placed in, which then affects their place in the season standings. The game features 16 licensed NASCAR tracks such as the Red Rock Raceway and the Bull Run Raceway. 3 of these tracks also have a nighttime version. There is also 2 fantasy tracks available to race on. The game also features 20 real NASCAR drivers from the 1996 season, and their respective car details. Options include having either automatic or manual shifting, setting the race length (either 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 or 100% of the laps depending on the track), setting the opponents' strength (between 80% and 120%), setting the car damage to either arcade, full, or off, and turning on or off braking help, yellow flags, and the pace lap."
29911,Mind-Roll,"Mindroll, Quedex",1987,7.5,"Action, Puzzle",Arcade,,In Mind-Roll you play a rolling eyeball in an attempt to find your way through numerous mazes. Each maze features different puzzles to solve and objects such as keys to collect in order to find the destination. There is a limited amount of time to solve each maze. There are 10 levels in the game which can be played in any order chosen by the player.
29912,Loco-Motion,"Bimmelbahn, Crazy Train, Guttang Gottong",1982,6.9,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Loco-Motion is a puzzle-style arcade game in which a train is riding on a grid of movable track pieces. The goal is to guide the train through the train stations located around the edge of the playfield. An empty section in the grid allows the player to shift adjacent track pieces into that section to alter the train's path, and a tracing light shows the path the train is taking as it moves. An accelerator button moves the train more quickly on its path, and a panic button will switch the piece of track the train is on with a random track piece on the grid. A bonus timer ticks down during gameplay, showing how many points will be received if the train arrives at a station in a timely fashion. If the timer reaches zero, ""Crazy Trains"" and ""Loop Sweepers"" will appear and race down the track in an attempt to crash into your train. Other obstacles include ""Crazy Tracks"" which can send your train in another direction, and exploding stations (occurring occasionally if the bonus timer reaches zero). Loco-Motion has 4 play speeds, and offers play for 1 player or 2 players alternating turns."
29918,Oh Mummy,"Oh Mummy!, Schatz der Pharaonen",1984,6.3,"Action, Puzzle",,Middle East,"The pyramids of ancient Egypt are known to be full of treasure, but it will take a brave man to uncover them, as the spirits have sent guardians to protect them. In this game you play an archaeologist, and mummies are after you. You have to run through a matrix (inside a pyramid), and make sure you unveil every treasure by walking around all 4 sides of each square. It's presented in a 2D top down view."
29920,Mickey's Runaway Zoo,"Lo Zoo Di Topolino In Liberta', Mickey et le zoo en folie, Mickey's Runaway Zoo: Fun with Numbers, Mickey: La Fuga Del Zoo, Micky und der verrūckte Zoo",1991,7.3,"Educational, Puzzle",,,"In Mickey’s Runaway Zoo both Mickey and Goofy team up to return all of the animals back to the zoo. This is done by a series of screens for young children to start visually identifying numbers incorporated into vivid color landscapes. When the child finds a number and presses the matching number on the keyboard, they are rewarded by a quick set of animations. Each animation shows that numeric amount of animals entering the wagon for return to the zoo."
29922,Dungeon Master: Theron's Quest,,1992,7.5,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Theron's Quest is a part of the Dungeon Master series for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx. It differs from the PC releases of Dungeon Master in a few aspects. The most important differences are: Due to only being able to save between dungeons and the loss of skills after each one the game has also been made easier than its PC equivalents. Apart from that, it's a classic Dungeon Master title."
29923,Into the Void,,1997,5.7,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Another game of galactic conquest in the same vein as Master of Orion. You choose a race from a gallery of races each with their own special characteristics (there's the technological one, the military one, the fast growing one, etc.) and go at it in an effort to try an colonize worlds, and build an empire either by making alliances or whatever actions it takes. The game focuses on technological progress and espionage rather than combat or diplomacy, and it uses SVGA 2D graphics."
29933,Wolf Pack,WolfPack: Gold Edition,1990,6.6,"Action, Simulation",,"Historical events, World War II","In this WW2 combat simulation one or two players can take command of one of three different sets of naval vessels. German U-boats, U.S. destroyers or Allied merchant ships are there, waiting for the right commands. They operate in small groups, just as the real things did in WW2. Full status screens tell you what state your boat is in at any time. It's possible to play one of the twelve built-in scenarios or an self-created scenario. The game has no career mode."
29934,Discovery: In the Steps of Columbus,,1992,5.9,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"Discovery: In the Steps of Columbus is a real-time strategy game of conquest and exploration. The player assumes the role of a ""conquistador"" as he sends his fleet of settlers to different locations on any of the 6 available new worlds. Depending on the resources they find, they'll start developing advanced settlements and cities, which can be used to start trading efforts between the fatherland and the new empire. There are five other nations with their own colonies in each area though, so competition is fierce enough to require the game to feature a combat module. This also comes into play when negotiations with the natives fail, and on sea, when facing pirates or enemy warships. The game features a comprehensive mouse-driven interface, as well as a choice of starting fatherland."
29944,Kyle Petty's No Fear Racing,Circuit USA,1995,6.7,Racing / Driving,,,"Kyle Petty's No Fear Racing lets the player race on 28 different stock car tracks and choose from a bevy of customizable cars, each with their own appearances, strengths and weaknesses. There are three different modes to play. A Single Race where the player can choose a car and a track and race one time against a slew of computer opponents. Season lets the player compete in an entire season on all the tracks, earning prize money to buy parts to upgrade their car. They can change parts to maximize performance or even tweak the car such as change gear ratios, spoiler height, tire pressure, etc. There is also an option that allows for a two-player head-to-head battle that utilizes a split screen. It also features a track editor that lets the player build their own dream track and race on it against computer opponents or against a friend. While the game does gear itself in appearances and style towards NASCAR, it doesn't feature any full license from them. It does, however, feature the likeness and endorsement of NASCAR driver Kyle Petty, son of NASCAR legend Richard Petty and grandson of NASCAR pioneer Lee Petty."
29945,Bot Soccer,,1996,5.1,Sports,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Botsoccer 128 teams with robot players organize a soccer championship. The first playing mode is the whole tournament where the player chooses one or more teams he wants to support. Every team consists of four players with different advantages and disadvantages. They can be sold and replaced on the player market, e.g. with spider or worm robots. Additionally there are extra upgrades to be purchased, e.g. legs to outrun the opponent's players. The game itself is played in a top down perspective and one half time lasts 100 seconds. It is possible to save the tournament status. Two other playing options are a training mode and a smaller tournament with an K.O. system."
29956,Zub,,1986,6.2,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Zub is a cartoon platform game, the first title developed by the brothers Ste Pickford and John Pickford as a team. In a humorous twist, every creature in the game is named Zub, including the main character. The player controls Zub, an alien warrior that received a mission from his Emperor Zub of the Zub galactic empire: to retrieve the Green Eye of Zub, a powerful artifact. Zub must ride the intergalactic elevators to reach other planets and continue the search for the Eye. The worlds are very empty, featuring a few platforms and sparsely populated by dangerous monsters called Zubs. Zub must hop to the existing platforms, position them next to each other, and keep jumping and alternating between them to ascend to the top of the level and move to the next planet. The Zubs float around the scene following the hero, trying to touch and drain some of the health energy, and have to be killed with the laser gun."
29958,Heroes of the Lance,"Dragon Lance: Heroes of the Lance, Heroes of the Lance: A Dragonlance Action Game",1988,5.9,Action,,Fantasy,"Based on the later parts of the Dragonlance book Dragons of Autumn Twilight the heroes descend into a ruined city in search of the disks of Mishakal. The gameplay consists of horizontal fighting with a maze like map using doors to change the view. The party consists of the 8 Heroes of the Lance, using one at a time and the player can switch between them at any time. Each character has different types of attacks and spells making them more suited to fighting different enemies as well as acting as lives. One of the AD&D games that takes a break from the usual RPG style."
29961,Cisco Heat: All American Police Car Race,,1990,5.2,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,"Contemporary, North America","In this racing game, the players get to race in police cars instead of the usual racing cars driven by speed freaks (like in the Crazy Cars series). Break the law instead of upholding it, while racing through the streets of San Francisco (Cisco for short, hence the name). Take in the Golden gate Bridge, China Town and the Twin Peaks. Avoid collisions with trams, other cars (driven by annoying citizens), buildings and road blockades etc., while trying to reach the next checkpoint before the time runs out! Use your horn to alert other road-users of your presence."
29963,Namco Museum Vol. 2,,1996,6.8,Compilation,,,"The second in Namco's Museum series brings together the following games: There are also some extras in the museum section, including never before seen pictures and text of the development of each title."
29973,Bumper Bash,,1983,6.5,Action,Pinball,,"This is a pinball game for the Atari 2600. You use the buttons on a paddle controller. To pull down the plunger, you press the right button. To reduce the plunger strength, you press the left button. To fire, you press both buttons. You then use the left and right buttons to control the flippers. The game features roll-over targets, bumpers, spinners and pop-up targets. Scoring Top Rollover=100 points Rollover Button=50 points Top Bumper=50 or 500 when flashing Bumper Pair=10 or 100 when flashing Spinner=10 Drop Target=100 x Drop Target Value Rail Bumper=5 Game select and the difficulty switches are not used."
29979,Distant Armies: A Playing History of Chess,,1988,7.3,"Educational, Strategy / tactics","Board game, Chess",,"Think you've played chess before? Even those who are experts at computer chess should take a look at this game. Modern chess is only one variant offered—it has 10 versions of chess rolled onto one disk. Beginning in modern era, the program works its way back in time. The authors mined gaming history books for versions of chess that most people have probably never heard of, both modern and ancient varieties. The list of chess variants included are: Shatranj, Medieval Chess, Turkish Chess, Decimal Chess, Los Alamos Chess, Courier Chess, Chaturanga, Chinese Chess, Burmese Chess, and Byzantine Chess. The oldest game on the disk is Chaturanga, a variant invented more than 1000 years ago in India. More recent versions include Medieval and Turkish Chess, played in the middle ages. Decimal Chess, which has a piece that combines a knight and a queen, is a modern variant of an older game. The newest game of the group is Los Alamos Chess, which was designed to run on a MANIAC I computer with a 6x6 board. Strangest looking of the games is Byzantine chess, which has a circular chess board. This is not just a chess game; it is more of a survey of chess history. The authors provide the histories of the games to place them into context with modern chess. They show how chess changed as it moved across cultures. They cover the basics of chess—the rules, moves—and give players a glossary with chess terms. Finally, they include a bibliography for those who want in-depth information."
29980,The Addams Family,,1992,6.3,Action,Platform,,"The Addams Family is a side-scrolling platformer based on the movie of the same name. The player takes the role of Gomez who searches for his missing family members. To find them he has to explore six different parts of the mansion, e.g. the woods, which are basic platform levels: the player moves from left to right while jumping a lot and avoiding enemies. Some of them can be dispatched of by a jump on their heads. The main difference to the other versions of this game is a unique level design. There is also a life meter which allows to get hit more often before dying."
29981,Phalanx,Phalanx: The Enforce Fighter A-144,1991,6.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A futuristic shooter, Phalanx is the name of the prototype starfighter flown by Wink Baufield, a genetically enhanced pilot. It is sent to protect and reclaim Delia IV, a planet in the Andromeda galaxy, which has been colonized by humans for interstellar research purposes. However, an unknown and powerful alien force has overtaken the planet, the military defenses have been completely overwhelmed, and all hope rests on the Phalanx. You fly through eight levels, first through various locations in Delia IV, and then you invade the aliens themselves. Like most shooters, you can upgrade your weapons by picking up bonus items dropped by enemy craft."
29985,VR Soccer '96,"Actua Soccer, Fotball Feber, VR Soccer, ran Soccer",1995,6.8,Sports,,,"In 1995 the increased power of the new wave of systems made 3D football games a possibility several companies investigated. Most of the features people later took for granted in football games were pioneered, or at least fairly fresh, when they appeared in the first of the Actua Sports titles Multiple camera angles were available to view the full-3D action, with 3 Sheffield Wednesday FC players providing motion capture. 44 international squads of 22 players, each with 8 individual skill attributes, were featured. BBC commentator Barry Davies provided a full flowing commentary over the top. A full range of customised tournaments were available, as well as multi-player options allowing for both same-system and networked play."
29987,WWF War Zone,,1998,7.5,Sports,,,"WWF War Zone is the first WWF-based wrestling game to use fully 3D character and environment graphics. The wrestlers can execute traditional punch and kicks, as well as various grapple moves, which the player can perform by pressing a button assigned to initial grapple in a combination with different direction buttons. Commentary, wrestler introductions (with short voice clips), crowd reactions, and full-motion sequences (in the PlayStation version only) are included. The game features seven basic gameplay modes, allowing configurations of one to four players. These include training mode, one-on-one, tag team, cage match, weapons match, tornado tag team, and war (elimination free for all). Two additional modes, Royal Rumble and gauntlet, are exclusive to the Nintendo 64 version. The player can also create and customize his own wrestler, taking him through the WWF challenge. The new wrestler finds himself at the bottom of a pyramid, and has to challenge wrestlers situated immediately above him, gradually working his way through to the title. Sometimes previously defeated wrestlers will challenge the player to a ""grudge match"", which usually consists of special encounters, such as battles with weapons or cage matches."
29993,Ghostbusters,,1990,7.3,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Set after the events of the first movie, Sega's ""Ghostbusters"" follows the further adventures of Peter, Ray and Egon, as the make their way through six cases in an attempt to piece together a mysterious stone tablet. Completely different than the Activision title of the same name, the Genesis ""Ghostbusters"" is a side-scrolling platformer that has the boys in gray running through houses, apartments, a burning house and a high-rise for starters as they battle a myriad of ghosts with their proton blasters. When the Ghostbusters face off against a boss ghost, they have the ability to trap them the traditional way. Peter, Ray and Egon, each have different abilities, and can purchase weapon and life upgrades from shops throughout the levels. Other familiar faces make an appearance, as Slimer offers power-ups, and the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man returns to settle the score from the movie. Solve the mystery of the tablet, and the Ghostbusters have to face off against Jenna, the Goddess of Death and Destruction. Can the boys save New York one more time?"
29995,Marksman Shooting / Trap Shooting / Safari Hunt,,1986,6.9,Compilation,,,"This cartridge bundles three games that all support the light phaser. Marksman Shooting and Trap Shooting were previously available as a bundle on a single cartridge, while Safari Hunt was released individually. Marksman Shooting is a target practice game where one must shoot targets at an FBI shooting range. One must shoot the targets before they disappear and score enough points to qualify to the next round. Safari Hunt is a hunting game where one must shoot as many animals with a limited amount of ammunition. One must shoot the various game animals to acquire enough points to advance to the next round. Trap Shooting is a clay pigeon shooting game where one must shoot each disc as it is thrown into the air. One must shoot the pigeons before they disappear into the distance and score enough points to advance to the next round."
30001,EverGrace,,2000,6.0,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"A young swordsman named Darius and a homemaker named Sharline grew up together in Solta, one of the villages in the Fontraile empire. Solta is populated by people who bear strange marks known as crests. Ancient Billiana Trees cover the landscape shared by Solta and the neighboring Morea, and the two villages disagree as to their role: the people of Morea consider them sacred, while the people of Solta claim they suck out the energy of the land. Eventually, a war erupts, and Darius' parents are killed by assassins from Morea. The two young people have to follow each their own way to restore justice and peace. Evergrace is an action role-playing game. The player can follow Darius and Sharline through two separate storylines, and switch between the two characters at save points. The game allows players to switch between characters at any save point. Experience is gathered by using items and equipment rather than by leveling up a character directly. Equipped items can also be combined with special items to increase the parameters of the characters."
30002,Atic Atac,,1983,7.9,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"As the game begins, the player character falls through a trapdoor and ends up inside an evil castle with only one way to get out of it - find all the pieces of the great ACG key that unlocks the main door. Atic Atac is an action game with adventure elements, mixing arcade gameplay with exploration of a large castle and light puzzle-solving. The player can choose to control either a Wizard, a Knight, or a Serf. Each character has access to a different secret passage, which means that the player will be navigating different rooms depending on the choice of character. Characters also possess unique skills: for example, the Serf can gain momentum when running, allowing him to traverse greater distances in less time. Enemies appear in each room and would randomly attack the protagonist. The player can choose to collide with them, which destroys the enemies but also drains health from the main character. Some enemies cannot be killed by conventional means and must be either avoided or dealt with by using special items. Poisonous mushrooms will also damage the hero, and bosses will drain his health as long as he maintains close contact. The player character's life meter gets gradually depleted. Health can be restored by consuming food scattered around the castle, but the countdown cannot be stopped. In addition, doors would sometimes close, trapping the hero in a room. Keys must be collected to open many of the castle's doors."
30005,Ramparts,,1987,5.7,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"Not to be confused with Atari Games' Rampart Ramparts is in fact a clone of Bally Midways' Rampage but with a medieval theme, and players are giant knights instead of monsters. The game is for one or two players simultaneously, and each has the opportunity to enter in a five-character name before play begins, which will subsequently be displayed next to individual scores during play. The game takes place on a single screen, where the player(s) can move left and right on one foreground plane, and the object is to destroy a castle, each phase, by scaling and punching the individual buildings until each, and all collapses. Buildings will often overlap, requiring some to be taken down before others. Players will be harassed by witches, goblins, archers and the like. The back story concerns two knights, Sir Griswold and Sir Larkin, who have had a curse set upon them to be transformed into giants by the Evil One, and they must quest for the fiend, so that they may be restored to mere mortals."
30010,Ares Rising,,1998,6.5,Action,Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","A group of former Origin staffers and members of the original Privateer team got together to create this space sim, which is a spiritual succesor to the original Privateer. You play Mike Marlowe, a romantic Han Solo-like character who finds himself on the run after scoring with a certain princess. In his run from the law, he finds a haven and steady jobs through a mysterious woman who eventually gets you caught into the main game plot involving the obligatory alien device and a group of warring factions, the IPEC, the Scavage, the Mayjr, etc. You are able to freely decide your relationship with every faction by the way you treat other ships, the missions you take, and other plot decisions which can lead you to 5 possible endings. There are two selectable flight model (the standard Wing Commander-like and an inertial one that resembles I-War's). Gameplay consists of standard space ""sim"" action, with a series of missions that range from the usual patrols to bounty hunts, ambushes, all-out confrontations, etc. There's no trading whatsoever in the game, and the cargo space in the ship is used only to measure the quantity of equipment you can carry, and speaking of equipment you have a humongous selection of weapons (under three categories) missiles, and other goodies like active/passive radars, cloaking devices, jamming mechanisms etc. As well as 6 ships to fly in. Multiplayer support is also available, with a persistent pilot who has to gain money and goods by duking it out on the net or via modem/lan in plain deathmatch, team battles or cooperative missions."
30016,Squish 'em,"Squish 'em Sam!, Squish'em Featuring Sam, The Fall Guy",1983,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Climb up the side of a series of 48-story buildings to collect suitcases full of money, while avoiding creepy monsters and falling objects that try to knock you off. Fortunately, you can strike back against the monsters by smashing them flat, by smashing them on the head. Don't linger too long, though, since they are soon resurrected, white and unsquishable. Squish 'Em is similar to Crazy Climber with much faster gameplay."
30019,Bandit Kings of Ancient China,Suikoden: Tenmei no Chikai,1989,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,"China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events","In the 12th century, the Emperor Hui Zhong is faced with an internal rebellion led by Imperial Minister Gao Qiu. The Song Dynasty comes to an end, and Gao Qiu became the new ruler. You take the role of an exiled ruler, and you must build your stats up to be able to challenge- and destroy- Gao Qiu and restore Hui Zhong to the throne. The game is a military strategy game, like most of Koei's games, but instead of conquering a country, the goal is to depose the despotic ruler of China. You start out lowly, and have to work your way up by conquering smaller prefectures, forming alliances, and fighting small battles. You have to earn the right to attack Gao Qiu's home prefecture, though- he is off limits until you are powerful."
30023,Nonterraqueous,"Nonterraqueous: Not of the Earth or Sea, The Abyss",1985,6.0,Action,Arcade,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","The planet Nonterraqueous is controlled by a master computer. You control a robot seeker drone trying to find and destroy this machine. You start with a laser and can get bombs but at swap stations you can change form. This new form cannot drop bombs or shoot lasers but it is not harmed by acid drops. You also have psyche stations that can reload you psyche but be careful. If you overload it you will be destroyed. You don't HAVE to change form for the acid drops. If you're quick and lucky enough, you can just avoid them. If you touch a proton thruster, an acid drop touches you in your acid vulnerable form, you overload you psyche, your psyche goes to zero or you're too low when you drop a bomb, you die."
30026,Crystal Dragon,,1994,6.6,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Crystal Dragon follows the same genre and setting as Dungeon Master. It revolves around two adventurers, both controlled by you, in search for a powerful artifact. It is now in the possession of an evil wizard who has lead his minions across the world to find it and slaughtered anyone in his way. Now you must seek out and destroy this wizard in order to prevent him using the true powers of the crystal."
30031,Town With No Name,The Town With No Name,1992,5.1,Action,,Western,"Town With No Name is an interactive cartoon arcade game, using a 3D modelling technique and set in the Old West. You must be ready to enter perilous places and confront dangerous people. Your path will take you to The-Hole-In-The-Wall gang and you'll have to figure out a way to pass through them."
30040,Race Days,Dirty Racin',1994,6.9,Racing / Driving,,,"Race Days lets the player participate in two different types of racing all on one cartridge, Dirty Racing and 4 Wheel Drive Dirty Racing is an overhead view with Grand Prix-style cars similar to Micro Machines on a series of courses while avoiding obstacles and taking out opponents. 4 Wheel Drive is a behind-the-wheel perspective, similar to NASCAR Fast Tracks in a series of off-road courses complete with hills, bumps and sharp curves while trying to overtake opponents. The player is also warned of any upcoming sharp turns by arrows at the top of their windshield. Two friends can also compete against each other using the GameLink cable."
30043,The Ignition Factor,Fire Fighting,1994,7.0,"Action, Puzzle",Arcade,,"The Ignition Factor has the player take control of one of the most dangerous jobs, a firefighter, as they progress through several stages including a museum, a mine and a variety of buildings including a skyscraper. Before each mission, the player can look at a map and learn of trapped victims and dangerous hot spots and choose their equipment that include a chemical & electrical fire extinguisher, an oxygen tank, a rope and an axe among others. However, the more equipment that the player is carrying, they will not be able to run or kick, limiting the firefighter to just merely walking. The goal of each mission is the same, traverse the building while avoiding fires or extinguishing them, save victims and keep from being burned. Along the way the fire fighters will encounter obstacles that will stop or kill the player including collapsing floors and explosive barrels. There are no power-ups to replenish their health or fire extinguishers so the player must be cautious. Points are awarded after each stage for saving victims, the time left on the meter as well as ""Event"" points. If the player receives a certain amount of points at the end of the game, they will be treated to a special bonus stage."
30044,Wizard's Lair,,1985,7.3,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Building on the basic gameplay and visual ideas of Ultimate's Atic Atac Wizard's Lair stars an explorer named Pothole Pete, who is stuck in the Lair unless he can find all four pieces of the Golden Lion. The game is viewed slightly top-down, with indoor rooms bordered by line drawn vectors rather than the fuller jungle graphics. The pace of the game is quite fast, and the challenge of the action elements is increased by not having infinite weaponry. The route through the game is non-linear, with multiple exits and secret rooms commonplace. Although the screens always contain a particular area, rather than the sections of different areas viewed in Atic Atac (meaning that the player would often have to work out how to reach some sections via other screens), a river is a central aspect of the layout, delimiting some sections of the screens."
30058,Award Winners: Gold Edition,,1994,7.5,Compilation,,,"This compilation contains the following games in the DOS version release: In the Amiga version release, Elite Plus is replaced with Elite"
30069,Arena: Maze of Death,Arena,1995,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2026, a corrupt government has used a television broadcasting company called Astralnet Broadcasting Company to secretly control the population and keep them brainwashed. During these times a group of pro-democratic rebels, led by Guy Freelander, has obtained a secret taped meeting between top government officials and ABC directors discussing their diabolical plans. Convinced that if they play the tape through ABC's broadcasting, they can convince the repressed population to rise up against the current regime. The only problem that stands in their way is the way to the broadcasting center, a death trap nicknamed the maze. The player takes control of Guy Freelander and must transverse this maze, with 20 levels and 100 different rooms in total, using a standard gun and a knife to take out security guards, androids, mutants and must avoid various pitfalls and traps scattered in these rooms. The view of the game is isometric and has a password feature to allow players to pick up and return to the previous room they were in without having to replay the previous levels. There are no life bars, instead the player can take four hits before their character dies with five lives. After losing these five lives, the game will be over."
30074,Yusha: Heaven's Gate,Heaven's Gate,1996,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Yusha: Heaven's Gate is a 3D fighting game with an arcade and Vs. mode. The player can choose from one of the eight combatants that are available at the start, with a few more characters being available once their unlocked. Each character has a different nationality, specialty, and lineage. Each character represents either a good or an evil alignment and depending on the character chosen, it affects which final boss the player will have to fight against. Defending, punching and kicking are on three separate buttons. There are variations of each of these moves depending on how quick the button is pressed. Consistently damaging or taking damage from an opponent will add to a sol or lunar (depending on the character the player is playing as) power gauge. When this gauge is filled, the player is temporarily invincible and allows the player to use strong power assault moves."
30075,Fire & Forget II,Fire & Forget II: The Death Convoy,1990,5.6,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Part two in the Fire and Forget series, best described as Crazy Cars (also by Titus) with weapons in a futuristic setting. This game combines the genres action and driving. In each of the five levels you need to blow your way to the front of the death convoy and shot down the leader of a group of terrorists, who plans to blow up a city. Your machine of destruction is a car with the ability to fly."
30078,China: The Forbidden City,"China, China: Crimen en la Ciudad Prohibida, China: Intriges in de verboden stad, China: Intrigue in The Forbidden City, China: Verrat in der verbotenen Stadt, Chine: Intrigue dans la cité interdite, Chine: Verrat in der verbotenen Stadt, Cina: Crimini nella Città Proibita, Kina: Mysteriet I Den Förbjudna Staden, Verrat in der Verbotenen Stadt",1998,6.0,"Adventure, Educational",,,"The events of this game take place in the historical China, in the Forbidden City - the Emperor's palaces located in Beijing. The year is 1775. A murder has been just committed. The Emperor Qianlong wants you to find the assassin. During your investigation, you'll meet typical Chinese characters of the epoch, and uncover a net of intrigues. This is one of Cryo 's educational games, similar to Egypt The world of ancient China is reconstructed with historical accuracy."
30080,Konami GB Collection: Vol.3,Konami GB Collection: Vol. 2,1997,7.3,Compilation,,,This follow-up to Konami GB Collection Vol. 2 contains four arcade-style titles packed together on one cart:
30092,Street Sports Basketball,,1987,6.3,Sports,,,"Taking basketball out of poshly-decorated arenas with hotdog sellers, cheerleaders and pre-game entertainments, Epyx presented basketball played as it is by kids all over America. Four different courts are provided - the schoolyard, the alleyway, the parking lot and the backyard. Each of these has its own hazards to play around, such as oil slicks and potholes. The standard basketball dunks, passes and steals are on offer. An opposition player drilling the ball into you sees you gain possession. One or two players can join in, choosing their team of 3 from the 10 kids you are offered, each with different abilities. There are 3 computer difficulty levels."
30101,Resident Evil 2,"Biohazard 2 Value Plus, Biohazard 2: Dual Shock Ver., Resident Evil  2 (PSOne Classic), Resident Evil 2: Dual Shock Ver., Resident Evil 2: Platinum",1998,8.1,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror","Contemporary, North America","An update of Resident Evil 2 this time with Dual Shock support, a few new extras, a Rookie Mode which arms the player with the best weapons and unlimited ammo, and an added battle mode upon completion of the game. Battle Mode has the player going through the game backwards and tasks the player with disarming four bombs. Beating this mode will unlock higher difficulty levels and other characters to play as. As a side note, the N64 version lacks the Battle Mode. For Windows, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast and GameCube, this is the first release of the game."
30105,Déjà Vu I & II: The Casebooks of Ace Harding,Déjà Vu I & II,1992,7.0,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"The Casebooks of Ace Harding includes Game Boy ports of Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!! (previously released on Game Boy) and Déjà Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas Deja Vu is a port of a 1987 game that had been made for various systems. It's a classic detective story, with you waking up to a dead body with total amnesia - you don't know who you are, or how you got there, and you don't know who the corpse is, either. Déjà Vu II had never been released for Game Boy before, and was put in the same cart, selling for the price of one game."
30112,ranTrainer 2,,1995,6.7,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"ranTrainer 2 is an economic simulation were the player coaches a soccer team from the Bundesliga, the highest German soccer league. The main menu is a static screen which represents the player's office. By clicking on certain items he can switch to other menu screens. There are several settings the player can use to influence the athletic success of his team, e.g. training, player market or tactical settings. The matches itself are shown in real time isometric view. During the match the player can react to the proceedings on the field, e.g. by changing his tactics. The eponymous German soccer show ""ran"" is represented in the game with videos which are shown in the half-time and the end of the matches were host Johannes B. Kerner and commentator Werner Hansch analyze the results. In comparison to its predecessor the game features a more detailed graphics during the match simulation, more tactical options and more videos."
30121,Ravage D.C.X,,1996,6.0,Action,Rail shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Ravage D.C.X is a futuristic camera-driver rail shooter. A top secret government research program known as Project Vortex breaks through barriers between dimensions. A race known as the Necron detects the breach and follows it straight to Earth. Before long, dimensional gates begin opening around the world and the exoskeletal Necron armies descend upon the Earth. The player's mission is to destory the Necron's vortex generators on other worlds, cutting off their reinforcements and supply lines between Earth and the Necrons home world. There are six stages, set in a desert, an ice world, or planet bases, followed by a final confrontation in Washington, D.C. The action takes place on foot, in vehicles or from the air. The story advances through cutscenes."
30124,The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge!,"El Asombroso Spider-Man y Capitán América en La Venganza del Dr. Muerte, The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Doctor Doom's Revenge",1989,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Contemporary,"Latverian president Dr. Doom is a terrible enemy, so when he hatches a plan to blow up New York City with a stolen Atomic bomb, one Marvel superhero is not enough to stop him. As the lavishly-drawn comic bundled with the game explains, Spider-Man and Captain America must join forces to go to Latveria and foil his plans. The main action in the game is a side-scrolling beat 'em up, in which you alternately control the two characters. They each have their own moves to deal with The Rhino, Electro and other foes. Moves are context-sensitive based on the distance between your character and the opponent. Energy bars decrease as you each take hits. After each section you get comic-book sequences as a reward, and to set the scene of the evolving story."
30128,Nightshade,Night Shade,1985,7.3,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Between the Seas of the Seven Islands and the purple Mountains lies a valley. Time was that this area was safe and hospitable, however darkness then came - killing many of the inhabitants and warping the minds of the others. Many have gone there, none have returned - can you be the first? Nightshade is an arcade adventure in scrolling isometric 3D (an advance on earlier Ultimate titles such as Knight Lore which were flick-screen), with directional or rotational controls. You can take 3 hits from the various roaming monsters - turning from white to yellow to green as you take them - but a 4th costs you one of your five lives. Objects can be thrown at these foes, but only if you have any. The map is made up of medieval-style buildings, which are visible while you are on the outside but whose roofs lift when you enter them, to ensure full visibility. There are four super-villains to destroy (a mad monk, a skeleton, a ghost, and Mr Grimreaper), and you must find the right objects to do this."
30137,Terrormolinos,,1985,7.4,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"As with most Melbourne House adventures, Terrormolinos has a real-world setting. You play a family man taking his wife and kids on a holiday they will never forget, for all the wrong reasons. Avoid the bulls and sharks, take care to avoid heatstroke, and make sure your family doesn't run off. Getting there and simply surviving all the hazards the brochure 'forgot' to mention is a challenge in itself, but you must also take 10 holiday snaps to prove what you got up to. Your film only allows 12 shots to be taken, so only 2 mistakes are allowed when choosing to take a photo you consider significant. The game is structured similarly to a real holiday. There are day trips to go on, which provide extra photo opportunities. A few Spanish phrases such as 'QUE QUIRE USTED' ('what do you want?') and 'UNA HABITACION' ('a room') are included; the manual details these. The parser is primarily VERB NOUN."
30139,Tanarus,,1997,6.2,Action,,,"Tanarus is an online exclusive action game with tanks. Before the game starts the player has to choose a difficulty setting which affects the available arenas and his human opponents. Then there is the selection of the tank; there are five tanks to choose which differ in speed, armory and weaponry. The last decision to be made is the equipment like canons, rocket launchers or energy guns. The most important choice is the battery because every laser shot and every movement lowers its charge. When the charge is consumed the tank moves with 30% of its normal speed. At the own base serves as a maintenance area, which means the tank can be repaired or completely replaced and the battery can be replenished. Then the game itself begins. The goal is simple: Blast the enemy into little pieces, either in deathmatch, a team battle or a duel. There are up to four factions in one area which all have a flag in their base. When catching one of them and bringing it to the own base the player gets points which result in a better rank. The arenas are cities with buildings, ramps and streets. The mouse is not supported, the game is either played with the keyboard or a joystick. The editor allows to build own areas which can be played with other paying customers when the developer approves them. Yes, to play the game there is a monthly fee which has to payed. However there is also a free version which offers two arenas and one tank."
30141,Q*bert,,1999,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"The hip character from the 1980's returns in a new, 3D puzzle adventure. This time, you must help Q*bert save his friends, while solving all of the detailed 3D level that are part of 4 unique worlds, while avoiding the bad guys at the same time. And that's no easy task. Powerups litter the levels, while warp points can get you out of all those sticky situations."
30143,Mickey's Speedway USA,Mickey no Racing Challenge USA,2000,7.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"The Weasels have kidnapped Pluto while he was wearing his diamond collar! All that was left of him was a ransom note showing the Weasels driving him away in a van. Mickey rounds up all of his friends (and even Pete wants to get in on the action!), and Professor Von Drake soups up their race cars so that they can catch up with the Weasels as they go on a cross-country tour of the United States. The Weasels have also stolen four parts of the Professor's top-secret racer, and hidden them in four of the tracks. Once players find all these pieces, they can catch up with the Weasels in the final showdown. Mickey's Speedway USA is a kart racer from Rare based on the Diddy Kong Racing game engine. Players compete in circuits of four races, grand prix style, and the player with the most points at the end of all four races wins the gold trophy. There are six initial racers, but only three sets of stats shared between them. Minnie and Daisy are lightweight and good for beginners, Mickey and Donald are both all-around characters, while Pete and Goofy are the slow but fast heavyweights. The game has an assortment of pickups - there's the Carbo Spritzer, a soda-powered turbo; the Paint Splotcher, which launches a slippery blob of paint onto the track; the Baseball Chucker, which launches an explosive baseball onto the track; and the Magno Flyer, which sends a remote control plane to seek the nearest opponent, to name a few. There are also 'Oomph Tokens' scattered on the track - the first ten of these tokens increase your racer's maximum speed a little. As well as the main game, Mickey's Speedway USA also features a Time Trial mode (where you race against the clock), a Practice mode (where you can drive all around a farmyard course to practice your skills), and Contest mode (which functions like the famous Battle Mode in Mario Kart 64 - players must pop their opponents' three balloons before they lose all of their own). The game is also Transfer Pak compatible with the Game Boy Color version of Mickey's Speedway USA"
30145,Final Blow,James 'Buster' Douglas Knockout Boxing,1989,6.1,"Action, Sports",Fighting,,"Final Blow is an action game based around the sport of boxing. You can play the fighters in a sequence of knock-out competitions, (the computer versions also include a round-robin league). Rounds last one minute, with a short break in between them. As in the real sport, your aim is to knock your opponent down for 10 seconds, by gradually weakening him with a series of punches. You can block punches, to avoid them inflicting damage onto you. The ring is of a limited size, so players can be cornered, although the referee will intervene to break the boxers up if they become entangled in a stalemate position. The Genesis version is not to be confused with the Master System game of the same name which is entirely different."
30148,Frankenstein's Monster,,1983,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In the cold dark night you make your way through the ghoulish castle of Dr. Frankenstein. There you must prevent him from completing his creation. Your only chance is to gather stones from the dungeon and bring them to the tower where you must build a barricade around the monster before he has accumulated enough energy to come alive. You start at the top floor of the castle and must make your way to the dungeon to get a stone to wall in the monster, all the while avoiding ghosts, giant tarantulas, trapdoors, spiders and a pool of acid. Once you have the stone, you must make your way back to the top, again avoiding these obstacles. When you get near the monster, you switch to a new screen where you must make your way past bats to place the stone. You must do this four times and each time gets harder, with more ghosts, more and bigger tarantulas, and a harder to cross acid pool. You have three lives and falling into the acid pool will lose you one. You are also timed (see Difficulty settings) and you are trying to get and not lose points. Game variations The only variation is one or two players Difficulty switches Left for player one, right for player two Set to A for a five minute timer. Set to B for an eight-and-a-half minute timer. Scoring You start with five hundred points. If you touch a ghost, tarantula or spider, you lose 20 points If you touch a bat, you lose 10 points If you fall through a trapdoor, you lose 100 points If you fall in the pool of acid, you lose 200 points as well as one life Each stone you place gets you 500 points If you place all four stones, you get a 100 point bonus for each unit of time saved."
30157,Takin' It to the Hoop,USA Pro Basketball,1989,5.9,Sports,,,"Takin' it to the Hoop is a basketball game with comic graphics. The player either participates in a league, play-offs or a single match and chooses one of eight American teams with twelve athletes. The team's performance during a match does not only depend on the player's ability but also on the athlethe's statistics (e.g. agility or dribbling) and their energy. Energy decreases during the course of a match and describes how much power an athlete has left. There are also three different defense tactics (one-on-one defense, zone defense or a mix between the two) which can be set before the match or during interceptions. During the matches, the player controls the ball carrier when in offense and manually switches between athletes when in defense. Passes can be performed in a high or low variation. While most of the match is shown in a slightly heightened side-scrolling perspective, the game switches to a close-up view during a penalty throw or a dunking try. Here the player needs to press a button at the correct timing for a successful throw. When a defense athlete is nearby during a during maneuver, he has the opportunity to block the ball when the correct timing is met."
30163,RPM Racing,Radical Psycho Machine Racing,1991,6.3,Racing / Driving,,,"RPM Racing was preceded by Rareware's R.C. Pro-Am in 1988 and Electronic Art's Racing Destruction Set in 1985, with the latter being the larger influence. It is a precursor to Rock 'n Roll Racing which was done by the same developer. Combat, obstacles, and traction on the non-flat tracks play a significant role. There are 3 vehicle types to choose from that perform differently on pavement, dirt, ice, flat or bumpy tracks. Cars can be armed with oil, nitro, and mines. Additionally, there are 3 levels of tires, engines, shocks, and armor. There are full race season, single race, and custom track modes. In 1 player games, the 2nd player is replaced with one of 8 AI opponents who are each associated with their own vehicle. There are 128 total tracks in this game. In season mode, each track has an entrance fee and cash prize for placing 1st; often lesser cash prizes for lesser placements are also awarded. For an additional fee, racers can opt to move to a higher racing class (levels) where fees and prizes are bigger. Each class has its own set of tracks that the player may choose from. No track is mandatory or unavailable within a class. The player also has the option of going back to a lower class for free, which may become necessary if funds are eaten up be fees without winning prizes. However, going up always incurs a fee, even if the player has been there before. During custom track designing, players can set the track's laps, gravity, and starting line type. Each track section can be pavement, dirt, or ice. Track sections are laid out like puzzle pieces on a 2D non-isometric grid (Pipe-Mania style). Sections include horizontal and vertical straights, four standard 90° turns, eight T-sections for diverging and converging multiple paths in any direction, and a criss-cross. Either a horizontal or vertical special straight section is used as the starting grid."
30170,BreakNeck,"BreakNeck: Spine-Crushing Speed, Excessive Speed, N.I.C.E. 2",1998,7.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,"The sequel to Have a N.I.C.E. day! had a lot of improvements: instead of 3 cars you're now able to choose between more than 42 cars, 24 tracks with 96 variations and a lot of new race modes. The most significant feature is the new powerful graphic engine, it's able to display a lot more polygons and has some nice new effects (plus 3d accelerator support)."
30172,Kirby's Star Stacker,Kirby no Kirakira Kids,1997,7.4,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"Kirby's Star Stacker is a Tetris -like puzzle game. There are varying modes of play, such as Time Trial, Challenge and Story Mode, but the basic idea of play is the same: you must sandwich Star Blocks between two like Friend Blocks, either horizontally or vertically. The Friend Blocks and any Star Blocks in-between are then removed from play. Similar to Tetris, sets of blocks fall into the bin that contain any two of the following types: Star Blocks: The most important block, as all of the game types rely on it. Sandwich these blocks between two Friend Blocks either horizontally or vertically, and they will be cleared. The more stars you clear, the higher the score. Friend Blocks: These blocks have pictures of Kirby's friends - Rick the Hamster, Kine the Fish, and Coo the Owl (all from Kirby's Dream Land 2 ) - on them. Match two of each to clear them from the screen. Any Star Blocks between the two character blocks will also be cleared. Bomb Blocks: Sandwich a Bomb Block in between two Friend Blocks, and the bomb will explode, removing all blocks in the same row. Hard Blocks: You have to clear these blocks twice to clear them from the screen. Clear them once and they transform into an ordinary Star Block, and then can be removed in the normal way. The game also features a 'chain' system that rewards you for clearing blocks which then clear other blocks. If you clear two or more blocks in this manner, then you'll be rewarded with Kirby raining down that amount of Stars, which can fill in gaps, which in turn could complete a row and allow it to chain even further."
30186,Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure,"Pitfall: Das Maya-Abenteuer, Pitfall: Maya no Daibōken, Pitfall: Uma Aventura Maia",1994,7.6,Action,Platform,,"Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure is a side-scrolling action game in which you play adventurer Pitfall Harry Jr in search of his father Pitfall Harry. You battle your way through the Mayan jungles, waterfalls, deserted mines and can bungee jump and boomerang your way to safety. There are 13 levels and the action is fast and gripping. You will need to be attentive—and quick. Or prepare to die."
30193,Ishar Trilogy,,1995,7.3,Compilation,,,"After the success of Silmarils' Eye of the Beholder -influenced RPG trilogy, they released this collection of all 3 games: Characters from earlier games can be imported into the later ones, ensuring that you get advantage of successful experience as your party improves through the sequence of adventures they face."
30195,Requiem: Avenging Angel,,1999,7.4,Action,Shooter,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"The Fallen were a group of angels who mistakenly believed that God was upset with Earth's corruption and wanted it destroyed. Even after they were banished from Heaven, the Fallen continued to adhere to their belief. They have been bidding their time in the realm of Chaos, waiting for their moment to strike out at human kind. Finally, that time has come, and the Fallen have taken control of the minds of Earth's leaders and police force, using them to set up a one world government, oppressing the populace into submission. On top of that, the Fallen are experimenting with Earth's first interstellar starship, the Leviathan, which was originally created to explore past the Solar system. The new leaders of Earth seem to have other plans for the vessel, which they are re-designing towards some unknown purpose. Eventually, an angel named Malachi is sent to Earth to stop the sinister schemes of the Fallen and their human followers, and save mankind. Requiem: Avenging Angel is a first-person shooter in which the player controls Malachi, exploring predominantly urban environments and fighting human, robotic, and demonic enemies. Some areas in the city New Damascus, where most of the action takes place, form a seamless location rather than being broken into levels. Most of the stages are populated by enemies, though a few locations contain friendly characters, such as members of a rebel organization who send Malachi on missions. Although he is equipped with a variety of standard fare ""secular weapons"", what really distinguishes Malachi are his angelic powers, which operate somewhat like the force powers in Jedi Knight Although the transition to mortal form has cost him his powers, he gradually gets them back. Once he does, he'll have the ability to shoot lightning from his hand, regenerate his health, fly through the air, possess the bodies of others, and even bring back the dead to fight on his side. For the most part the game attempts to be a ""cinematic"" first-person shooter such as Half-Life with scripted sequences, conversations with non-player characters, and an evolving plot which is revealed via the in-game engine."
30198,Pac-Land,"Arcade Archives: Pac-Land, Pacland, Video Game Anthology Vol. 11: Pac-Land",1984,6.4,Action,Platform,,"Pac-Land is a side-scrolling 1-2 player game with a cartoony feel to it. Now equipped with arms, face, and legs, Pac must guide a fairy back to her home in Fairy Land, but this task will not be easy because Inky, Blinky, Pinky, Clyde, and Sue will pursue Pac-Man as he travels through Pac-Land. When he finally transports the fairy back to her home, Pac is given some magic shoes, which will help him get to his own home, where he will be greeted by his family: Ms. Pac-Man, Baby Pac-Man, Chomp Chomp, and Sourpuss. There are sixteen rounds to complete, with four trips each. During each round, he can grab a power pellet, which cause ghosts to turn blue, allowing Pac-Man to eat them for points. Points are also awarded by collecting fruit that appear, like cherries and strawberries. In some rounds, Pac must use a springboard to jump over a lake. He must also make it to the end of each round before time runs out, otherwise a ghost will chase him."
30201,Speed Racer in The Challenge of Racer X,"Speed Racer in The Challenge of RacerX, Speed Racer no Desafio do Corredor X",1993,6.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"This Speed Racer-licensed racing game is based on the American remake of 1960s classic Japanese anime TV series. All the main characters are presented in the game: Speed Racer, his big brother Racer X, his father Pops, his mother, his girlfriend Trixie, and his little brother Spritle along with the pet chimpanzee Chim-Chim. In the game you are Speed Racer who challenges Racer X on the 7 campaign tracks full of obstacles, road gaps, and other racers who want to take your car (Mach 5) off the road. Mach 5 has many features under the hood, which can be activated with the buttons from 'A' to 'G' (for instance, to make a big jump you press 'A', or to survive under water you press 'D'). After winning the race you'll progress in the game to another episode, collecting money as bonus. Two players can simultaneously take on each other on the same computer or online via modem. There are different episodes in Modem Play."
30206,Xor,Xor - The Ultimate Maze Challenge,1987,6.9,Puzzle,,,"Magus and Questor are trapped in the 15 mazes of Xor. These include Dolly's Revenge, Patience Pending and The Decoder, and can be played in any order. Before going through the exit, they must collect every balloon from within the levels. All of this must be done in a limit of 2000 moves. The characters have differing abilities, and can be swapped between at any time. Hazards to avoid include bombs, falling boulders and barriers. Four pieces of the map can be found and collected. The physical rules of this top-down maze are somewhat bizarre, but consistent: dotted force-fields can be traversed (and neutralized) by horizontal passage, waved ones by vertical passage; fish will fall as surely and as lethally as the boulders in Boulderdash while chickens will travel in the direction they are pointed until something gets in their way. Various explosive devices, dolls and even teleporters further contribute to the complication of moving around this maze. Should all its levels be successfully completed, information will be provided permitting the completion of the overarching meta-puzzle."
30208,SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron,,1995,6.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"S.W.A.T Kats is a game based on the short lived cartoon series S.W.A.T Kats: Radical Squadron. The series would only last for 2 seasons but built a sort of cult following afterwards. The Swat Kats are a duo of mechanics by day, but secretly also a group of superheroes defending their home, MegaKat city, from creatures and evil villians. Swat Kats is essentially a side-scrolling action game. You start off using T-Bone and Razor and guide them through 5 different worlds of action packed excitement. Game levels are based on different episodes of the show. As you progress through the game you can increase your weapon levels and gain new weapons. Mode 7 graphics are featured in some parts of the game. A unique feature to the game is the ability to start on different levels."
30228,Cubit,,1984,6.1,Puzzle,Board game,,"The traditional game of noughts and crosses (or tic-tac-toe) makes the leap to the third dimension in this reinterpretation of the classic pen and paper game. Things are a little tougher this time round as rather than having to score three-in-a-row, you need to score a row of four on the 4x4 grid."
30232,RDF: Global Conflict,,1995,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"RDF (Rapid Deployment Force) is a first-person 3D tank shooter with the player going up against a plethora of enemies including other tanks, missile launchers, helicopters among many others. The player can use either their 120mm cannon or their laser-guided missiles in a variety of locations that including the Eastern European countryside to the Alaskan Tundra. The story is told through FMV clips."
30242,Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012,,1998,7.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Self billed as the spiritual successor to ""Car Combat"", Rogue Trip puts the player in the role of a post-apocalyptic cab driver competing to take a tourist to ""photo-op"" locations. Drivers use one of 16 custom cars and a variety of weapons to battle for a single passenger who (when driven to specific points on the map) provides money for more weapons and repairs. Each level is filled with hazards to avoid (such as 747 airplanes landing around you), power ups, and hostile opponents trying to steal your fare. Supporting the vehicular mayhem is a pulse pounding soundtrack by The Mighty Mighty BossTones and Nashville Pussy."
30243,Pokémon Snap,Pocket Monsters Snap,1999,7.2,Simulation,Rail shooter,Fantasy,"As Todd Snap, an aspiring Pokémon photographer, you must travel through different environment types in order to photograph as many Pokémon as you can find. With the help of Professor Oak, you will discover new places to photograph Pokémon, ranging from those such as a volcano which houses Fire Pokémon to a jungle housing Grass Pokémon. The game features 63 of the original 151 Pokémon, including favorites such as Pikachu and Charizard. Throughout your journey as a Pokémon photographer you will obtain new items from Professor Oak to help snap a photo of those Pokémon whose attention you just can't seem to attract. At first you are equipped with only an apple, but by taking great photos of various species you will get access to items such as a Pester Ball or a Poké Flute. Gameplay is similar to that of a rail-shooter, in which you move across a linear route and are only able to look around to take pictures. At the end of each route you receive a score from Oak depending on things such as the position of the Pokémon in the frame shot, the size of the Pokémon in the picture, or how many of that Pokémon are together in the shot. Up to 60 photos can be taken during each course and you choose the one to submit to Oak. All the photos you take can later be accessed in your own Pokémon album. The game features six different courses, but a seventh one can be unlocked by taking a picture of a mysterious Pokémon sign in each of the other courses. The seventh course known as Rainbow Cloud offers the only opportunity to snap a photo of the rare and elusive psychic Pokémon, Mew. When released for Virtual Console on the Wii, a couple changes were made to the game. First, Jynx's skin color was changed from black to purple to match its current design and avoid the controversy its original design had caused due to its resemblance of the blackface caricature. Second, in order to mimic the functionality of the Pokémon Snap Stations found in stores that let players bring in their cartridges and print their pictures, a feature was added that let players upload one picture each day to the Wii Message Board to share with people on their friend list."
30250,Ninja: Shadow of Darkness,Ninja: L'ombre des Tenebres,1998,6.4,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Enter the mystical world of Kurosawa, the young ninja, as he fights his way through 11 levels of puzzles, baddies and bosses with dozens of fighting moves, weapons and magic spells in this third person action arcade game. Ninja: Shadow of Darkness was originally developed for the Sega Saturn and then moved over to the PlayStation. The game is an action/arcade style game similar to Fighting Force with some additional platformer elements."
30258,Time Gate: Knight's Chase,"Il Segreto dei Templari, Knight's Chase, Knight's Chase: Das zeitlose Abenteuer, Time Gate: Chapter One - Knight's Chase, Time Gate: El Secreto del Templario, Time Gate: Le Secret du Templier, Time Gate: Os Cavaleiros do Tempo",1995,7.0,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Out of the mists of time, from the depths of a secret dungeon, the last of the Knights Templar sends a final cry for help... In 1996, you are William Tibbs, a young American law student in Paris. To save Juliette, your fiancée, you have to take up the challenge from Wolfram, the fox with the red mane who is allied with the forces of darkness. They wait for you in the secret jails of the commanders of the Knights Templar in 1329. The gameplay in Time Gate is similar to Alone in the Dark series involving combat and puzzle-solving. The game uses a modified engine of Alone in the Dark games, with polygonal characters over pre-rendered backgrounds."
30262,Jane's Combat Simulations: USAF - United States Air Force,,1999,8.1,Simulation,,"Asia, Cold War, Contemporary, Europe, Historical events, Middle East","Jane's Combat Simulations: USAF - United States Air Force is a multi-aircraft simulator that is built upon the engine of its predecessor, Israeli Air Force As with other titles using the Jane's license, the focus of the game is in creating a realistic and believable military aircraft simulation. Hence, the game's controls and mechanics are elaborate, while all controls can be mapped to a voice command. It is also possible to give basic commands to wingmen, if they are present. While waypoints and refueling can be managed by the aircraft's autopilot, all such maneuvers can be done manually. USAF is based on 8 different fighters and bombers of the United States Air Force: the F-4E Phantom II, F-105D Thunderchief, A-10A Thunderbolt II, F-15C Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16C Fighting Falcon, F-117A Nighthawk, and the F-22A Raptor. In game modes other than the campaign, the MiG-29 is also available to the player. Each aircraft performs differently and is meant for different tasks, and can be seen from the cockpit (with 2D and 3D views available, and the possibility to look around from the pilot's perspective), from the outside (in a behind view or one of the cinematic views), or with just the HUD visible. The game has four campaigns, two of which are historical (Vietnam War and Desert Storm), and the other two (Red Arrow and Sleeping Giant) being fictional and set in a hypothetical future. Tutorials are extensive, while separate tutorials exist under the umbrella term ""Red Flag"", which note more demanding tasks and can not be reached at the lowest rank. The player's progress and rank is recorded in their profile, with each mission's success or failure affecting their score. Scoring itself can be changed by setting various difficulties and ""aids"", with AI help removing score percentages but making the game easier for newcomers. Aside from the campaigns, there are preset single scenarios, as well as a quick mission editor which the player can use to manually set the parameters of a desired air-to-air skirmish (whereas the campaigns have both air-to-ground and air-to-air missions). There is also a Fly Now! button in the main menu, which randomly picks a mission from a small mission pool and puts the player in a random plane. These missions can have the same settings/landscapes as the missions in the campaigns: United States (Nellis Air Force base), Germany, Vietnam, and Iraq. The game comes bundled with a User Mission Editor application as well. USAF has a multiplayer mode available via LAN and JanesCombat.Net (which has since been discontinued). Finally, the signature feature of Jane's -licensed games is the in-game encyclopaedia, which is present in USAF and lists and describes in detail not only the aircraft the player can pilot or shoot at, but also all other objects that can be encountered in the game, as well as missiles that aircraft can be armed with."
30270,Galapagos,Galapagos: Mendel's Escape,1997,6.6,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Galapagos is a world of evil self-replicating robots. They have just created helpless Mendel, an insect-like little robot that will be the prototype of an army that will aid the Galapagos race to destroy all worlds in the universe. The player must help Mendel escape the industrial labyrinth where it was placed before it is too late... The game is really a series of dangerous environments that Mendel must go through in order to escape. What makes the game different is that Mendel has a bit of a mind of its own; in principle, its Artificial Intelligence can learn from deaths and not repeat mistakes, or become more neurotic after successive failures. The player instead controls the somewhat surreal environments Mendel is in, rather than Mendel itself, usually by clicking on switches that move platforms, disable force fields, activate jump pads, etc."
30274,Bram Stoker's Dracula,,1994,5.0,Action,,,"One of several adaptations of the 1992 film version of the classic vampire tale, the Amiga version is a side-scrolling action game. The player controls Jonathan Harker, who, on his quest to destroy the Transylvanian vampire, must make his way through nine levels, starting at a tavern near Dracula's castle and then the castle itself. Back in England, Dracula and his minions must be driven out of a convent, an abbey and the house of Jonathan's fiancée Mina, among others. A primary task in each level is to find and destroy several coffins of Transylvanian earth. Hindering Jonathan on his way are henchmen as well as critters under the vampire's control: bats, rats, snakes and more. The last coffin in each location is usually guarded by one of Dracula's stronger minions, which include his three brides, the madman Renfield, and Mina's friend Lucy, now turned undead. To defeat the enemies, Jonathan uses punches and kicks. Lost health can be regained by finding potions; extra lives are also available. In addition, Dr. Van Helsing has left holy crosses lying about - once picked up, they enable a powerful ranged holy attack, which only lasts for a short time, however. Staircases and doors connect the different parts of the levels - to open doors, keys must first be found."
30279,Battle of Antietam,,1985,7.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,"Historical events, North America","Battle of Antietam is a grand tactical simulation of the bloodiest day of the Civil War at the little town of Sharpsburg, Maryland along Antietam Creek. The game is played in 11 turns each representing 1 hour of real time. Players are awarded points based on casualties and territorial objectives. At the end of each turn and the end of the game points are calculated and compared to a chart which determines your level of victory. The game can be played under 3 different sets of rules (Basic, Intermediate and Advanced) with 5 levels of difficulty for each and can be played against another person or the computer can play either side."
30280,Exed Exes,"Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Savage Bees, Chō Fuyū Yōsai Exed Exes, Savage Bees",1985,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"On a planet 6000 light-years from earth, there were creatures called Exes, which resemble large insects, that were used for industrial purposes. However, these creatures one day took to revolting against their creators. Two battle machines have been sent to fight against the Exes, known as Colonel and Sargent. The Exes are nearing completion of their secret weapon, Exed Exes, and they must be defeated before this is allowed to happen! Exed Exes is a basic vertical scrolling shooter; the game scrolls forward, and the player can maneuver their ship around the screen to shoot enemies and avoid attack. POW icons sometimes appear that can power up the ship or turn enemies into fruit that are worth extra points. The game can be played either solo or two-player cooperatively."
30282,Vagan Attack,,1984,5.9,Strategy / tactics,"Managerial / business simulation, Wargame",Sci-fi / futuristic,"As a Federation Commander, you are in control of your Andromeda ship when the warrior Vagan race attacks. Only your quick man-management and combat strategy nous can save your presence in the galaxy (made up of 4096 sectors across the 64 quadrants) in this Star Trek-influenced game. At all stages many commands are available to you, which are typed in using 2 letter codes. Instructions include activating the propulsion engines, firing one of your weapons, viewing the scanner to get either a short- or long-range view of the area, or viewing a damage report. Your supply of weaponry is recharged and damage repaired by docking at a Starbase. Time passes as you make your decisions, and attacks on Starbases must be warded off within set time limits."
30285,Commander Keen: Aliens Ate My Babysitter!,"Commander Keen in ""Aliens ate my Babysitter!""",1991,7.7,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter! is a platform game, the sixth in the Commander Keen series as a whole. Molly, the babysitter of Billy ""Commander Keen"" Blaze (an eight-year-old genius) has been kidnapped by the Bloogs from the planet Fribbulus Xax, for purely gastronomical purposes. Keen must set out to Fribbulus Xax to save her! The game begins with a top-down map of the Fribbulus Xax. This is the level select screen, where Billy can walk around and the player can choose the next level they want to enter; however, some places on the map require the player to find specific items (such as a grappling hook) to get through. On each level, Billy has to make his way to the exit. Once a level is completed, Billy ends up back on the overhead map. The levels are full of enemies, including the club-wielding Blooguards, the Flects which can reflect Billy's shots with their teeth, and Nospikes which charge at him in hopes of impaling him. There are also many deadly hazards. If Billy gets shot or touched by an enemy, or falls into a pit or touches something hazardous, he dies and loses one life. Thankfully, Billy can stun most enemies with his raygun. He also carries a pogo stick which allows him to jump very high. Other items to find include: ammo, gems that are needed to open locked doors, bonus items which give score, bird-like ""Vivas"" (100 of them give an extra life) and the rare Queen Viva which gives an extra life."
30287,Liberty or Death,Dokuritsu Sensō,1993,6.8,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, North America","STORY The European Wars against Spain and France have been costly to the British Empire. In order to gain additional funds for the war effort, the Crown raise taxes from the New World colonies without representation. This act compels the New World colonies to protest and boycott against British rule. By 1775, the Crown alarmed by the protests, boycotts and politically instability in the New World sends troops to subdue any rebellious efforts by the New World colonists. This threatening approach provokes the Thirteen Colonies to revolt. Thus starts the War for Independence in the New World (American Revolutionary War). GAMEPLAY Choosing Sides In Liberty or Death, you partake in the American Revolutionary War, either as the ""rebels"" - the American Continental Army or as the ""Crown"" - the British Royal Army. Choosing either one of the nations will prompt you to choose the leading Commander-in-Chief: Revolutionary Politics Each turn you will have to balance your treasury for the war effort. Money is provided by each state. The more states that support your cause, the more money will flow in your coffers. Money is spent in paying wages, strengthening the fleet and recruiting new regiments. Here, if you have a sufficient fleet, you can also command your Navy officer to ""control the seas"" which is conducting a blockade and privateering against enemy ships. This may result in seized goods that will be added to your treasury. The American Revolutionary War in Liberty or Death included everyone except the American Indians: [1] Revolutionary Militia: American supporters but not yet fully supportive of Continental Army (not under your full control) [2] Loyalist Militia: Militia supportive to the Crown [3] French Army: The French will support the American cause after a formal alliance is held. [4] Spanish Army: The Spaniards will support the American cause after a formal alliance is held. Revolutionary Combat The top-down turn-based combat introduces units available in the Revolutionary War: Infantry, Guerrilla, Cavalry and Artillery (Engineers). Combat near shores may also be joined by Naval units: Fleet and Fires Ships."
30292,Rugrats: Time Travelers,"Les Razmoket: Voyage dans le Temps, Rugrats: Die Zeitreise",1999,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Rugrats: Time Travelers is a side-scrolling 2D platform game based on the Daytime Emmy-award winning animated television series. In this Rugrats game the toddlers have found a time machine which has spread them out all over time and space. It is up to the player to help each rugrat find his special toy, another baby and/or a certain number of items, and most importantly a portal back home. There are twelve levels in which you play different Rugrats Settings include the gold rush, ancient Egypt, prehistory, magical fairy world, a circus and space. In between the platform levels are special bonus levels that can be unlocked by finding B-letter blocks."
30294,Jurassic Park,,1993,7.1,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Sega Genesis game based on the Jurassic Park movie/book differs from the games made by Ocean for other platforms. Basically, Sega's Jurassic Park is a side-scrolling action game. You jump from platform to platform, pick up weapons and health items, and try to make it to the end of the level with all your lives intact. This version of Jurassic Park does feature an interesting twist, however. You can play it either as Dr. Grant, or as a Velociraptor. The story and level design changes based on which character you use."
30302,Maya the Bee & Her Friends,"Die Biene Maja & ihre Freunde, Maya L'Abeille & Ses Amis",1999,7.1,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,Fantasy,"Maya the Bee & Her Friends is the first game based on Maya the Bee, a world famous German book, comic, and animated cartoon series. This licensed title is based on the animated cartoon series. In the game evil spiders have kidnapped insects and asking for honey as ransom. It is up to Maya and her friends to thwart their evil schemes. The game has the player control three insects one at a time, but together on the same screen, Maya the bee, Willy the bee and Flip the grasshopper. Each insect has its own abilities. Maya can pull levers and Flip allows the others to leap to higher places. In each of the 120 levels an insect has to be saved and the three have to combine their skills to puzzle their way through the spider's web, in a similar vein as The Lost Vikings The game was released in Europe only and is identical to The New Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley but with a different license. The same engine was later also re-used in Mary-Kate & Ashley: Get a Clue!"
30305,Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen,Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen - La Face Cachée de Xeen,1993,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Following the trail of Prince Roland, six brave adventurers venture into the Darkside, the other side of the world Xeen. There, a mysterious person who calls himself Lord Alamar has defeated the local queen and usurped her throne. Allies of the Dragon Pharaoh, the Guardian of Darkside, have either joined Alamar or perished in their resistance. The Guardian bestows his powers upon the adventurers, who must liberate Xeen and eventually help the space traveler Corak to finally destroy the corrupt Guardian Sheltem for good. Darkside of Xeen is the fifth installment of the Might and Magic, a direct sequel to Clouds of Xeen and a completion of the overarching story arc that started in the first game The game uses the same engine and interface as Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra and is nearly identical to its immediate predecessor gameplay-wise. Compared to earlier games, it has a darker and somewhat more bizarre setting, and dungeon exploration involves more puzzle-solving. It is also more plot-focused and has a larger number of cutscenes. All over the game's world there are pyramids which work as teleporters as soon as part five of the series, Darkside of Xeen is installed. The two games can be played simultaneously, merging into World of Xeen which includes multiple cross-over quests in both installments."
30314,Crystal Mines,,1989,6.8,"Action, Puzzle",,,"You control a CM-205 mining robot, your goal is to retrieve ""Starla"" crystals from various mines on a remote planet. Using the robot you need to locate your quota of crystals while avoiding the many dangers present in the mines, including lava, rock slides, and unfriendly creatures. The robot is equipped with explosives to help reach remote locations in the mine, or destroy any creatures getting in the way (be careful with explosives, you could set off a rock slide and crush the robot!) Once your crystal quota is met, quickly locate the exit and move on to the next, more challenging mine. Crystal Mines is part action and part strategy. There is a time limit to locate the crystals in each mine, plus avoiding falling rocks and monsters will keep you on your toes, but before long you will need to figure out how to locate crystals by properly removing obstructions and navigating tricky mazes."
30318,WWF War Zone,WWF Championship Match: WarZone,1998,5.9,Sports,,,"This version of WWF War Zone differs from its console counterpart Due to hardware limitations, the game has 2D graphics, as opposed to the 3D of the console versions. The gameplay modes include singles, tag team, cage match, and WWF Challenge (tournament mode). Unlike the console version, there is no create-a-wrestler mode. Gameplay mechanics have been simplified in this version, as all wrestlers share the same move set, with the exception of their finishing moves. The wrestlers Bret Hart, The Headbangers, or any of the secret characters are absent from this release as well."
30320,Jackie Chan Stuntmaster,Jackie Chan's Stuntmaster,2000,7.1,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform","Contemporary, North America","Jackie's grandfather has been kidnapped. To rescue his grandfather, Jackie must find and deliver a package to the kidnappers. The player takes control of Jackie Chan as he fights his way through fifteen levels within five different areas filled with thugs and goons. Luckily, Jackie is a Kung Fu master and has no problem with punches and kicks. He can also perform signature moves like running up walls, cartwheel kicks and even Drunken Master Kung Fu style. All of the moves are authenticated, thanks to the motion-captured sessions with Jackie Chan himself. In addition to punches and kicks, potent objects such as chairs and brooms can also be used as weapons, just like in Jackie Chan movies. Should Jackie start to run low on health he can grab some milk, rice and even Chinese take-out food scattered throughout the levels for some health recovery."
30321,Dino Land,Chō Tōryū Retsuden Dino Land,1991,6.5,Simulation,Pinball,Prehistoric,"Dino Land is a dinosaur themed pinball machine. You basically have to shoot your pinball at dinosaur targets. As you go along, you get more points after you have hit all the dinosaur targets in the board. There are 4 pinball boards, one on ground with ground creatures, an air one that represents flying creatures, a sea level which has sea creatures, and a boss level where you are trying to save your girlfriend from the boss."
30322,Super Chase H.Q.,,1994,5.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Super Chase H.Q. is an action-oriented racing game and has - besides the franchise it belongs to - no direct connection to the SNES game of the same name. The player takes control over a police car which has to track down a villain in each of the seven levels. In each level, the goal is to reach the end within the time limit. However, there are many obstacles and slower cars which need to be avoided. Every contact reduces the time on the clock. When the level boss is reached, he needs to be taken down by repeatedly ramming his vehicle - or using the weapons which can be collected in some levels. After beating a level, points are awarded for all accomplishments (time left, passed cars, etc.) which can be invested into car upgrades (speed, handling or attack power against bosses) or turbo boosts which can be activated at any time. There are multiple difficulty levels and gearing can be either manually or automatically."
30335,Dante's Inferno,,1986,6.4,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Dante's poem 'Inferno' details a man's journey through hell, in the hope of reaching purgatory. This computer game interpretation takes the form of a mazelike arcade adventure. You can hold two objects at a time, to use towards solving the puzzles. The objects you need are located in the initial forest, so lots of backtracking is required. Cross the River Styx through the boatman to reach the nine circles of hell. These represent people who will not go to Heaven based on Christian theologies, from non-Christians to those who breached the Seven Deadly Sins such as sloth and gluttony. Contact with these must be avoided if you are to prove yourself pure enough to enter purgatory."
30338,Zork: The Great Underground Empire,"Zork, Zork I, Zork I: Le Grand Empire des Ténèbres, Zork I: The Great Underground Empire, Zork I: The Great Underground Empire, Zork: The Great Underground Empire - Part I",1980,7.2,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Zork: The Great Underground Empire is a classic text adventure game. The player begins as an ""adventurer"" standing near a white house in a nice forest, but soon descends into the Great Underground Empire, where most of the game takes place. The player's quest is to collect the Nineteen Treasures of Zork. As was typical for adventure games of its era, Zork does not use graphics. Instead, it communicates with the player via text, and the player interacts with the game by typing commands, such as ""examine mailbox"" or ""take torch"". For movement, the player types in geographical directions (such as ""north"" or ""east"" - or just ""n"" and ""e""), and can check what items are being carried with the ""inventory"" command (or just ""i""). The game was adapted from a larger mainframe version from the late 1970s, and is one of the first examples of its genre."
30342,SimCity 2000: CD Collection,"SimCity 2000: Edição Especial, SimCity 2000: La Collection, SimCity 2000: Special Edition",1994,8.1,"Compilation, Special edition",,,This collection includes:
30347,The Adventures of Bayou Billy,Mad City,1988,5.5,"Action, Racing / Driving","Beat 'em up / brawler, Rail shooter","Contemporary, North America","Your best girl Annabelle has been kidnapped by the evil Gordon, the ""gangster king of Bourbon Street"", and as Bayou Billy it is your job to get her back! Bayou Billy is an arcade action game with three different types of gameplay: fighting, shooting, and driving. The fighting sections take place in both swamps and cities, where you can punch, kick, and jump kick the numerous enemies (and swamp creatures!) you will encounter. The shooting section can be played with either the NES Zapper or the controller. You have a limited amount of ammo to get through the level, and if you run out of it you lose a life. In the driving section your jeep is armed with machine guns and grenades to help get past the many enemy vehicles on the way to your destination. There is a total of nine levels, or you can play in the practice mode which lets you choose to play a fighting, shooting, or driving round individually."
30350,Slayer,,1988,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"As the ruthless Slayer you have hordes of enemies to wipe out in this horizontally-scrolling shooter. The paths are narrow and treacherous in a similar way to Scramble so shooting out the wall-mounted installations is important. There are plenty of bonus weapons and shields available however, and 5 lives in total. Each of the 3 levels ends with a boss to defeat."
30353,M.U.D.S.: Mean Ugly Dirty Sport,,1990,7.5,"Action, Sports",,Fantasy,"M.U.D.S. (Mean Ugly Dirty Sports) is a slightly humorous but definitely violent game in which the game itself is won by scoring at least 7 out of 14 goals or by killing enough of the opposing team. Tackles, pummelings, being thrown into the moat -where a shark-like thing will eat you if you don't get out on time- are just some of the things that can happen to your team. Of course, there are more ways to win: bribing the opposing team, the referee, or the creature which is used as the ball are worth considering. Should your team need a little extra morale, just pick a fight, or buy and sell players on the slave market whenever you like. M.U.D.S. vaguely resembles Speedball in the sense that you try to throw the ball in the opponent's goal, but that's where the similarities end."
30354,Power Serve 3D Tennis,"Ground Stroke, Power Serve",1995,5.6,Sports,,,"Will you dominate the field as world #1 Steve Edwars? Or perhaps you'd prefer to challenge the top players as the up and coming Andy Legacy? Power Serve 3D Tennis is the first tennis game released for the PSX console and as the players' names show, it was not licensed. Choose from eight different players and challenge the computer or a friend in this fully 3D tennis game. The player can determine the length of match, playing surface, and camera angle to suit the playing style. There is also an option of teaming up with a partner in doubles action. Full match statistics are available after each match."
30357,Steeplechase,,1975,5.4,"Action, Racing / Driving, Sports","Arcade, Tricks / stunts",,"This is a hurdles horse race. The horse's names, from bottom to top, are: Lucky Devil, Absent Mind, Just Missed and Little Dictator. You play as one of the jockeys and must reach the right side of the screen first. The horse runs and hurdles come at you from the right. To jump these hurdles, you turn the paddle to set the height of the jump, as indicated by the marker on the right. You press the button to jump. The better you jump, the faster your horse goes. After 3 minutes, if no one has gotten all the way to the right, the race ends and whoever was in the lead wins. There are 6 game variations. In games 1, 2 and 3, the distance between the hurdles is uniform with the computer-controlled horse's racing ability being poor, good and excellent, respectively. In games 4, 5 and 6, the distance between the hurdles is random with the computer-controlled horse's racing ability being poor, good and excellent, respectively. The difficulty switches are not used."
30358,1944: The Loop Master,,2000,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",World War II,"This is the 5th original part in Capcom's 194X series of top-down shoot'em ups. This time you have the choice to board the P-38 Lightning or Mitsubishi A6M Zero WWII planes and test your shooting skills in 15 stages. Like its predecessor, 19XX: The War Against Destiny, it features a charge up system. When holding down the fire button, the charge bar will fill, and when full, the plane will fly up and become temporarily invincible. Players start out with only one life. The plane has a health bar which decreases after every hit but can be increased again by picking up (rare) health items."
30361,T2: Terminator 2 - Judgment Day,,1991,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Terminator 2: Judgement Day is a game based on the movie of the same name. The Game Boy version is unlike the console and computer versions of the game. The game takes place in two time periods: 2029, when the Terminators have taken over the world, and 1994, when John Connor is ten years old and his future self has reprogrammed a Terminator to protect him from a more advanced model. In the early levels of the game, you play as the future John Connor - your objectives are to destroy generators to gain access to Skynet. Once inside, you must make your way through Skynet and obtain a Terminator yourself. These levels are played in a side-scrolling fashion. The next level is a difficult puzzle - you must reprogram the Terminator so that it will protect John Connor instead of killing him. You need to realign the wires so that power cells can reach their destinations and reset the program. Once you pass this level, you take on the role of the Terminator in 1994. You must protect John Connor while on a motorbike being chased by the T-1000. Later levels include infiltrating Cyberdyne to obtain the previous Terminator's arm and chip, and the final showdown with the T-1000 at the steel mill."
30367,Cybernoid II: The Revenge,,1988,7.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The follow-up to Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine is again a flip-screen shoot 'em up. In control of the deadly Cybernoid craft, your job is to rescue the cargo which has been stolen by a wave of pirate ships. Using the range of weapon systems correctly is again a key factor. These include sideways aiming guns, bouncing bombs, 'seeker' smart bombs, bombs which move around th edge of the screen before finding a target, and time-sensitive bombs which explode a few seconds after you drop them. Shot pirate ships release cargo, and you must collect at least 1500 points of this, but on many screens it is more prudent to make an escape ASAP, as some screens have more hazards than others, and not all aliens on each screen act in the same way."
30384,Sasuke vs Commander,Arcade Archives: Sasuke vs Commander,1980,6.5,Action,Shooter,"Fantasy, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval), Medieval","Sasuke is given a single command from his lord: defend him from ninjas. Several thousand ninjas, specifically. Sasuke can run along the bottom of the screen while ninjas fly across the screen diagonally, dropping shuriken. Sasuke's thrown kunai destroy shuriken and kill ninjas, but falling ninja will block any kunai that hit them. After finishing two waves a Magic Bonus ninja will appear. Magic Bonus ninjas have special abilities, such as rapidly teleporting around the screen or shooting fire, and will award more bonus points the faster they are hit."
30386,NBA Jam 2000,,1999,7.0,Sports,"Arcade, Managerial / business simulation",,"NBA Jam 2000 is a basketball game with the official NBA license. Besides the updated teams and graphics, the main addition to its predecessor is the new action-oriented Jam mode. It makes away with all the rules and has two-on-two matches. After three strikes in a row, the ball is set on fire and can be used to perform special moves. The simulation mode is mostly the same as before and allows to play a whole season (optionally with basic management options which concentrate on trading athletes), a custom season, play-offs, shoot-out or exhibition matches. Other options are a basic editor to create a new athlete and training. During the matches, the player directly controls the athletes."
30390,Leather Goddesses of Phobos! 2: Gas Pump Girls Meet the Pulsating Inconvenience from Planet X,LGOP2,1992,6.1,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Almost twenty years passed since the inhabitants of Earth defeated the Leather Goddesses of Phobos. The year now is 1958, and the scientific world is excited at the news of the discovery of a new planet in the Solar System, a so-called ""Planet X"". One night, a spaceship crash-lands in the small town of Atom City, Nevada, home to a military base and a nuclear power plant. The alien Barth, a self-described ""Pulsating Inconvenience"" from Planet X, brings terrible news to the people of Earth: the Goddesses have conquered Planet X and forced its denizens to become sex slaves. Gas Pump Girls is the sequel to Leather Goddesses of Phobos The player can choose between three different protagonists: the alien Barth, the gas station owner Zeke, or Lydia, the daughter of the astronomer who discovered Planet X. Barth's scenario involves different tasks, while the humans' gameplay is largely identical, with the exception of different dialogues. Unlike the previous game, the sequel is a graphical adventure without any text input. The player interacts with the environment in a point-and-click fashion, with a ""smart cursor"" that automatically changes its shape depending on the possible action that can be executed with a person or an object. The game has multiple-choice conversations, many of which are optional."
30392,Fester's Quest,Uncle Fester's Quest: The Addams Family,1989,6.1,Action,Shooter,,"Uncle Fester was out one night, moonbathing in the yard of the Addams Family property one day when suddenly, out of the sky, a UFO descended and started beaming alien creatures to the planet. Grabbing his gun, Fester sets off to stop the aliens and slay their boss creatures, encountering other Addams Family members along the way who will aid him. Fester's Quest is an overhead-view game in which Uncle Fester uses his gun, or later, a whip to attack enemies near him. Enemies drop money and power-ups. The money can be used at Hot Dog stands to replenish health. A variety of items can be collected, each with a different effect. Fester and the rest of the Addams family are based on their characters from the popular 1960s TV show (this game was made before the remakes in both series and movie form)."
30396,Sky Odyssey,"Sky Odyssey: Desafío entre las nubes, The Sky Odyssey",2000,7.6,"Action, Simulation",,,"Arcade-style mission-based combat-free flight simulator. Features 10 different aircraft (7 of which must be unlocked), ranging from the Swordfish Mk. 1 biplane to jets to UFO's. All craft can be customized with parts earned by completing missions. Includes 5 different game modes: Adventure Mode, in which you fly a series of missions searching for the map pieces needed to find the legendery Tower of Maximus; Target Mode, in which you must navigate through a series of targets; Sky Canvas Mode, in which you paint patterns in the sky; Training Mode, a basic tutorial; and Free Flight Mode, in which you can fly freely around any of the maps you've seen in the adventure mode. Missions in the adventure mode include such daring stunts as landing on moving trains, landing on an aircraft carrier in the middle of a storm, mid-air refuelling, and flying through caves, canyons, and forests. Weather effects are well-modelled, and you'll be buffetted around by strong winds and pushed down by strong rain and snow."
30397,Caesar II,"Caesar II: Build A City, Build An Empire!, Caesar II: Bâtissez une cité... Bâtissez un Empire !, Caesar II: Errichten Sie eine Stadt, Errichten Sie ein Imperium!",1995,7.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation","Africa, Classical antiquity, Europe, Middle East","Caesar II is set in the time of ancient Rome, and lets you try to be the next Caesar. You start with one province and have to build an efficient city. To do this you'll have to manage the water supply properly, make sure the city is policed well, and provide adequate education, entertainment, baths, and temples (which also hold your money and can be robbed if you don't have enough protection). At some point, possibly more then once, you'll have to defend your province from invading tribes that don't really want you there. You also have to connect all the little villages in the province with roads and make some industry, like stone mining, grapes, etc. for which you can then create markets in your city. When you have achieved the necessary requirements, you'll be able to start all over again in a new and more challenging province. Do well enough and you can become the new Caesar."
30398,Battletoads,Battletoads in Ragnarok's World,1991,7.1,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Dark Queen has attacked and kidnapped (toadnapped?) your best buddy. To make matters worse, she nabbed the best looking girl around! So, what will you do? Cry? Whimper? Hide? Call the Starcops? NO! Cause you're a Battletoad! Battletoads don't cry, hide or call for help! And they certainly don't whimper! They get MAD then they get EVEN! So grab your blaster, hop on the Toadster and go get 'em! You will control a battletoad through 13 levels (five of which are missing from the Game Boy port). Some are side-scrolling beat-em-ups, other are vertical drops down a shaft, fighting as you go, others have you riding a rocket or surfboard, shooting or avoiding enemies. At the end of each area, there is a boss. In some areas, about half-way through, you may have a mini-boss."
30400,NHL 95,"NHL Hockey, NHL Hockey '95, NHL Hockey 95",1994,7.7,Sports,,,"NHL 95 was EA Sports' third licensed ice hockey game, promising the fastest action in the series to date. The action is viewed top-down, and can be played with or without realistic penalties. There is a full season mode, allowing you to guide a team through all 84 matches, with the option of injuries potentially putting players out of a sequence of matches. You have full control over trading and creating players for your squad. New in-game moves include dummy shots and lie-down blocks."
30405,Sol-Feace,Sol-Deace,1990,6.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Sol-Feace ( Sol-Deace in the Genesis) is a typical 2D shooter with weapon powerups. The game features six levels: Sirius, Enemy Arsenal, ArtifiStar, Pluto Base, Almathea, and Final Battle. Along the way various weapons can be picked up including plasma bullets, double plasma bullets, lasers, and missiles. The most unique feature of the game is that you can realign your upgraded guns to fire front-back, up-down, tight spread, wide spread or whatever the current situation required."
30408,Mutant League Football,,1993,7.5,Sports,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Futuristic, intergalactic war disguised as American Football, Mutant League Football was one of the most unique football games ever to hit the gaming market. It's a unique blend of sports and sci-fi, and the actual football is the good ol' smash-mouth kind, literally. Dynamite throwing running backs, blitzing trolls, robots that bleed oil, it's all here. Opposing quarterback connecting on too many passes? Blitz him 'til he's dead. Suspect the ref's been bribed by the other side? Call a Kill Ref audible; it's a 5 yard penalty though. Take your pick from nineteen teams, including three All-Star teams. There are five difficulty levels and a slow/fast game speed toggle. A tournament mode awaits those who want something more than a quick game versus the computer or a friend. There are nineteen different fields to play on, all with there own special quirks. The Hellfield is littered with mines and fire pits to put an end to a careless runner, while The Pen is a slippery sheet of ice."
30422,Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!,"Spyro 2: En Busca de los Talismanes, Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer, Spyro X Sparx: Tondemo Tours",1999,8.1,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Like the original Spyro the Dragon this is a platform-adventure game. Whilst using a portal to travel to the coast, he is enlisted to help a professor defeat Ripto the dinosaur. The game is split into 3 worlds - on each of these Spyro must collect all the gems and then kill a boss. Level layouts are less linear and more expansive than many platform games, with lots of sub-quests - exploration is required. This time around, the fantasy 3D worlds are larger and more complex. Though most of the gameplay elements from the original game have remained, more puzzle elements and bonus levels have been added to this chapter. Spyro has a new ground-pounding move."
30424,Miami Dice,,1986,5.9,Gambling,,,Miami Dice is a computer version of the casino classic Craps. Here two dice are thrown and people bet on the outcome of the next throw. There are many bets that can be used. The table is viewed from the side of the table showing you and up to three other friends and the croupier. After the dice are thrown you can bring up an option screen allowing you to place your bets.
30429,Alien³,,1993,6.4,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Game Boy version of Alien³ differs significantly from the console games based on the third Alien film. Unlike the more shooter-oriented action on the consoles, this title is played from a top-down perspective, with a greater emphasis on exploration, acquiring items to beat limited puzzles, and survival. As Ripley, you must navigate the corridors of the Fury 161 prison, searching for items to aid your escape. Unlike the film it is based on, multiple Aliens are running loose and attacking the prisoners, plus an Alien Queen nesting in the furnace. The player must map out the labyrinthine halls and ventilation systems to easily move around the complex. They must also find weapons to defend Ripley from the Aliens, along with a flamethrower and fuel to torch their eggs. Only after destroying the Queen and her eggs, may Ripley activate the crashed escape pod and leave the planet."
30433,Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2,,2000,7.6,Sports,,,"Ready 2 Rumble: Round 2 is a cartoon style boxing beat 'em up with plenty of strange looking characters to choose from and beat the hell out of. You can train your character up to the best of his/her ability and then fight the best in the world for the championship belt. Round 2 adds some new play modes and characters into the mix of previous fighters. In this round, there are now 3 levels to the RUMBLE combo gauge (much like a Street Fighter game). Once you reach the third level, you can hit your enemy for six, out of the ring and into the crowd."
30436,System Shock,System Shock: Classic,1994,8.1,Action,"Puzzle elements, RPG elements, Shooter",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"The year is 2072. A hacker from a Saturn colony breaks into computer system of TriOptimum Corporation and gets arrested. He is taken to the Citadel Station, where Edward Diego, a TriOptimum executive, offers to drop all charges against the hacker, as well as grant him a valuable neural implant, if he agrees to hack into SHODAN (Sentient Hyper-Optimized Data Access Network) the artificial intelligence that controls the station. The hacker removes the AI's ethical constraints and undergoes the promised implant surgery, after which he is put into a six-month healing coma. The hacker awakens into a horrifying reality: with her ethical restrictions removed, SHODAN took control over the station, reprogrammed all robots and machines to suit her needs, and disposed of the crew members by either transforming them into mutants and cyborgs, or killing them outright. Rebecca Lansing, a TriOptimum counter-terrorism consultant, contacts the hacker and informs him of an even more terrifying possible future: SHODAN's plan involves using the station's mining lasers to annihilate all life on Earth. The hacker must explore and traverse the desolate corridors and rooms of the large space station, fighting SHODAN's minions on his way to thwart her maniacal design. System Shock is a first-person shooter with puzzle-solving and light role-playing elements. The gameplay incorporates gradual exploration of the Citadel's ten levels, interaction with the environment, problem-solving, fulfilling objectives, and combat. On his way the hacker encounters numerous enemies - robots, cyborgs and mutants, all of which can be fought back with a variety of weapons. Some of the weapons use ammo, while other have infinite ammo and instead draw on electric energy. Some weapons are more effective on certain foes - e.g. the dart gun only works on organic enemies, while the magpulse is best used against robots. Once killed, the enemies can be searched for ammo and other items. The player can also find items in crates, cabinets, corpses or just lying around on the ground. Apart from weapons and ammo, the player can find patches (such as medical patches, which replenish the hero's health; berserk patches, which temporarily increase his strength but cause hallucinations; detox patches, which remove the harmful effects of radiation and biohazard; etc.), grenades of various kinds (EMP grenades are effective against robots, gas grenades are good for mutants, land mines can be used to set traps, etc.), battery packs for replenishing electricity, first aid kits for restoring health, and others. Thanks to the hacker's implant he is able to install various pieces of hardware into his body, such as a booster which makes him go faster, or a head lantern to bright up dark areas. As the player progresses in the game, higher versions of existing hardware are found, which are more effective and useful. However, most hardware uses up electric energy while it is active. At some places in the game, the player has to find a wall-mounted ""cyberjack"" to go into cyberspace in order to find helpful data, remotely open doors or unlock sealed areas, or give himself clearance to access off-limits areas. Cyberspace is represented as a 3-D wireframe place, where the protagonist floats around freely in three dimensions, shoots hostile cyber-guards with phasers, and collects files represented as colorful cubes. The story of System Shock is mostly told through e-mail messages the protagonist received, and electronic diaries (logs) left by various characters (as well as SHODAN herself), which are scattered around the space station. The game features separate adjustable difficulty settings for combat, mission objectives and puzzles. The CD version of the game includes full speech for e-mails and logs, as well as higher-resolution, more detailed graphics."
30439,The Many Faces of Go,Go Simulator,1991,7.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Board game,,"Go Simulator is a computer adaptation of the classic Chinese strategic board game known worldwide as go The game includes a complete tutorial to learn the basic rules of go. Using the numerous available options, the player can customize the game to adapt the difficulty: size of the board (from 9x9 to 19x19 lines), AI level (1 to 20), handicap (0 to 29 stones on the board before the game starts), etc. It is possible to play against the computer or a friend, and even watch the AI play against itself."
30441,Adventureland,"Scott Adams Adventure Series: Adventure 1 - Adventureland, Terre d'aventure",1978,6.1,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"Adventureland is the first of Scott Adams' text adventures. Using simple two word commands you explore an enchanted world, solve puzzles and try to recover 13 lost treasures. The game's display is different from other adventure games like Zork: The Great Underground Empire in that the screen is divided into two ""windows"": the room description, exits, and items appear on the top part of the screen, and you enter commands on the bottom of the screen."
30443,Pango,Bango,1983,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Pango is a clone of the arcade game Pengo The player controls Pango, a penguin like character, in a maze made of ice blocks which can be moved around or destroyed. Also in the maze are bees which chase the player and will cause a life to be lost if caught. The goal is to clear all of the bees from the playfield in one minute by either squashing them with ice blocks or shocking them by pushing the walls at the edges of the screen. When a level begins, not all of the bees will be on the screen; some will be in egg form hidden in the ice blocks. Whenever a bee is destroyed, one of the eggs will hatch into a new bee. The player can prevent eggs from hatching by destroying the ice blocks containing them. In addition to the normal ice blocks and those containing eggs, there are also three diamond blocks. These cannot be destroyed, however if all three of them are lined up then bonus points are earned. Lining up the diamond blocks in the middle of the playfield will earn more points than lining them up against the wall."
30450,Astérix & Obélix,,1996,7.5,Action,Platform,,"Astérix & Obélix is a platform game where one player can choose to control either Astérix or Obélix or two players can play simultaneously. The mission of the two Gauls is to acquire artifacts from all across Europe. The game, like the comics, is set around 50 BC. It includes some bonus levels like a rugby match and the Olympic Games in Greece. Codes are used to save the player's progress."
30451,1942: The Pacific Air War,,1994,7.8,Simulation,,"Historical events, Oceania, World War II","1942: The Pacific Air War is a flight simulation set in World War II, more specifically the Pacific War between Japan and the United States. The focus is on the realistic simulation of the ten aircraft. This means for instance that there is no indicator for ammo. The game features several missions which can be either played independently from each other or in two campaigns for the United States or Japan. The goals are mostly to liberate an area, to defend an area or to destroy a specific target. The special feature of this game is that it also can be played as a strategy game. On an overhead map, the player gets presented with the position of all aircraft and they can order their troops around. The player can take control over any aircraft they wish to and switch between both modes instantly. They can also record their performance and cut small movies with different camera angles out of them."
30458,Battle-Girl,,1997,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is a top-down shooter with 2D vector graphics and a soundtrack of electronic music. You play as Battle-Girl piloting her Soyuz 1183-A BattleCraft to destroy programmers released by Terminus, weapon of Chaos. You must journey through countless programs and protect their function pods to defeat Terminus and save the Great Machine - source of cosmic order and enforcer of natural law. Fortunately, you are armed with not only vast firepower, but also with a girlish wit and a violent disposition. It has a twin-joystick-style control scheme where you move and shoot independently. There's 99+ levels, and high-speed 360 degree gameplay with special effects. 15 fiendish enemies range from fighters who are passive until you shoot them, nearly invulnerable tanks, and others that try to trap you. You have an unlimited primary weapon (from Shards to a Fusion Cannon) and a limited secondary weapon (from Viper Mines, Dragon Strike to Firestorm). There are power-ups that give you additional temporary benefits, which include bonus points, weapon upgrades, shield strength and more."
30459,Guardian,,1994,7.7,Action,Shooter,,"Resembling Starfox in many ways, Guardian is a fast and furious shoot 'em up. You skim over the surface of a planet, shooting enemies down as quickly as you can, with the hope of protecting as many of the installations as possible - the more you save, the quicker you get extra lives. Plenty of power-ups are offered during the game, including enhanced weaponry and shields. The game is viewed in full 3D, and the camera angle can be adjusted. CD32 controllers are recommended, although keyboard and mouse are also available."
30463,Master of Monsters: Disciples of Gaia,Master of Monsters: Akatsuki no Kenja Tatsu,1997,5.9,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Masters of Monsters is an anime, turn-based strategy combat game. You have the option of Story Mode, Single Map Mode, or VS Mode. You choose one of the Disciples of Gaia. The alignment of the Disciple (Law, Neutral, and Chaos) determines what type of creatures you can summon. The goal is to capture and control towers and to summon, build up, and replace your monsters as you fight your opponent on a hex-grid, turn-based map. In Story mode, you play as Iros and have the help of one of the Disciples. You have to fight the other Disciples, and your goal is to defeat Gaia, the once “protector” of the world, now turned evil."
30464,King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne,KQ2,1985,7.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"After having recovered the three treasures, King Graham has been crowned king. Now having needing a queen for companionship, Graham searches the land for a maiden, but to no avail, so he turns to the magic mirror for help. The mirror shows him a beautiful girl locked away in a quartz tower in a faraway land of Kolyma, and must find three keys that are used to unlock the door that will lead to her. King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne is a graphic adventure game. As is typical for Sierra's AGI games, players move Graham around with arrow keys and perform actions by typing commands in the interface, which are usually combination of verbs and nouns. The game is similar to its predecessor in structure and gameplay system. Like Daventry, Kolyma is a large cyclical world consisting of interconnected screens. Compared to the first game, it is bigger and busier, with more locations and places of interest. Puzzles follow a similar format; knowledge of fairy tales is advisable for solving some of them, and complex solutions grant the player more points than a brute force approach possible in some cases."
30468,Super Pinball: Behind the Mask,,1993,7.1,Action,Pinball,,"Behind the Mask is a pinball simulator for the SNES featuring three completely unique tables: the clown-themed ""Jolly Joker"", the pirate themed ""Blackbeard and Ironmen"", and the fantasy-themed ""Wizard"". All tables are shown in a tilted 3D view, which fits the entire table on the screen without the need for scrolling, with marquee messages and bonuses displayed as giant overlays on the screen. Features single player and up to four-player hotseat multiplayer gameplay in either Competition (free tournament mode) or Conquest (progress through each table and clear them by surpassing 100 million points) modes. Also features directional nudging using all the buttons in the pad."
30470,Huygen's Disclosure,,1996,4.6,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Huygen's Disclosure is set in 2020 when the ozone layer is almost completely destroyed. A member of the Galactic Reconaissance Unit is sent to the moon Titan to examine if the recently found gas Rachellium could be the solution to earth's environmental problems. But of course he gets immediately involved in the resident's own problems. The player character is controlled with the mouse. When pressing a key on the keyboard the game opens a menu were the four main options can be chosen. The adventure part consists of logic puzzles like the assembling of a broken solar cell, finding and using inventory items and multiple-choice conversations. The second part of the game is the combat with the various life forms of Titan. Instead of a point & click interface the player has to use a aiming panel on the upper right corner. By moving a crosshair inside this box the player aims his weapons in the actual game world. The weapons are fired with the already mentioned menu. During the game the player meets companions which help him during combat. They also receive their orders over the keyboard menu."
30471,Gift from the Gods,,1985,7.3,Adventure,,,"Set in the Palace of Mycenae in Ancient Greece, it follows the trials and tribulations of Orestes who, under the directions of the Gods Zeus and Apollo, must avenge the murder of his father, Basileus Agamemnon. Orestes must fulfill his destiny by trial in the Labyrinth beneath the palace and find the solution to the puzzle, or perish in the attempt. Hidden in 16 special rooms are objects, known as Euclidian shapes, geometric designs based on triangles, circles and squares; six of which, when correctly positioned in the Guardian’s Chamber, reveal the exit. Orestes has some help from his sister Electra, who has been imprisoned in the Labyrinth, and she can guide him to where the shapes are hidden, but Orestes has to decide himself what shapes he must take to the Guardian’s Chamber. Illusionary creatures created by the Demi-Gods try to sap Orestes’ strength, but in certain rooms, life-giving water drips from the roof, replenishing energy and stamina. The Demi-Gods have also created illusory Euclidian shapes as which sit beside the real ones, and although these do not fool Electra, she isn’t always around to help. The other problem is his mother, Clytaemnestra, who has learned of his task and has entered the labyrinth to kill Electra. Orestes is able to walk or fly and protect himself with a sword. Whether it really ‘knows’ is another matter, but depending on the circumstances you are able to walk, fly or fight all from the four directions of the joystick."
30473,Danger Mouse in Double Trouble,,1984,6.0,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Baron Greenback has created a clone of Danger Mouse, and needless to say his intentions are not good. Naturally, Danger Mouse springs into action, across three distinct stages of gameplay with platform and shoot 'em up elements. The first section involves flying to the jungle in your Aerocar, shooting as many of the bad guys as possible while avoiding as many as possible. The second is set in the jungle and involves avoiding contact with wild cats and monkeys by jumping on the backs of crocodiles. The final section set in the enemy base involves destroying the power apparatus of Greenback's doppelganger in time to save Penfold. This involves copying a sequence of colour lights."
30483,Final Fantasy Legend II,SaGa 2: Hihō Densetsu,1990,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The second in the Final Fantasy Legend series increases the amount of detail over the original in gameplay and graphics. The major changes are in the character classes and party members. Similar to FFL, starting a game of Legends II allows you to choose your main character from Humans, Monsters, Mutants and a new class: Robots. From here, you build your party of 4 from the same character classes. During gameplay special side-characters will join you in battle to help defeat certain enemies. The other improvement is in strategy. In FFL you gain experience points after each battle, increasing strength, etc. In FFLII, you gain different points and abilities depending on how you defeated the enemy. If you win by using a sword, your strength increases. If you use magic, your mana increases. This adds a more strategic approach to defeating enemies."
30486,Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Masterpiece Collection,,1996,7.7,Compilation,,,Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Masterpiece Collection is a collection of 6 AD&D Games:
30489,Butcher Hill,,1989,5.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Intelligence reports suggest that POWs have been captured and are being held hostage at the guerilla outpost on Butcher Hill. The game is divided into three sections. In the first section, players steer their dinghy along a river while avoiding mines and other obstacles. If the dinghy comes into contact with any mine, it explodes. However, when the player has collected ammo, the mines can be destroyed. Coming into contact with rocks causes the dinghy to bounce out of the water for a short distance. When a jetty appears, pressing the fire button allows the player to land and start the next section. The second section has the player finding their way through dense jungle whose path lead to the enemy camp at the base of Butcher Hill. Stopping you from proceeding are soldiers that have orders to shoot you on sight. Mines are also scattered around the jungle floor and must be avoided. If players were able to obtain a compass in the first section, their current direction will be displayed at the right of the control panel. Shooting all the soldiers in the jungle gives the player extra ammunition and stamina. In the final section, players need to destroy the enemy camp by blowing up huts with bullets or grenades. While they are doing that, they must also be on the lookout for any soldiers that tries to leave the camp to bring back more soldiers."
30493,Airline Tycoon,,1998,6.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Airline Tycoon is a managerial simulation in which the player is the manager of an airline company. This game features six missions (plus a tutorial) in which the player needs to fulfil different goals to win. Of course it offers all usual options for business games: fire and hire personnel, taking commissions (while considering the capabilities of the own fleet) or buying, repairing and upgrading airplanes. Every day has two recurring activities: receiving feedback for the past work and planning the routes for every plane. This can be a challenging task because the 48 airports along with an unlimited number of planes (18 different models) give a lot of opportunities. The player also has the option to cooperate with one of the three AI competitors. Besides the usual office and statistics screen this game also features an animated airport view in which the player receives optical feedback, e.g. potential customers which think about the stuff they like and dislike. On this screen the player has direct control over his character and moves him to the places where the above mentioned actions are performed."
30494,Eskimo Eddie,Ice Busters,1984,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Eskimo Eddie is an arcade adventure set in the Ice Age. The game is split into two levels. The first level varies between the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum versions. In the C64 version, Eddie must make his way toward Percy Penguin who has been captured by a polar bear named Growler. This can be done by navigating a series of platforms while jumping over snowballs Growler throws at him. Eddie only needs to rescue Percy once before he can move on to the next level. In the Spectrum version, the first level has Eddie collecting Percy, who is at the top of the screen, and bring him back to the bottom. He must deal with two Growlers who swim across the screen, and avoid jagged ice holes that slide all over the screen. Eddie must rescue Percy thrice before he moves on to the next level. In the second level, the entire screen is filled with ice blocks, which disappear one by one to form a maze. Percy appears in the middle of the maze. Four snowbugs also appear and start traveling around the maze, in an attempt to kill Percy. Percy needs to squash all snowbugs in the maze by pushing the ice blocks into them. The ice blocks can also be melted so that more space is created, allowing Percy to pass through. Any snowbug that touches the maze's electrified edges become dazed, allowing Percy to destroy them easily."
30500,When Two Worlds War,When Two Worlds War: A Strategic Simulation of Interplanetary Conflict,1993,5.7,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"When Two Worlds War is a strategic simulation of interplanetary conflict. Resources, power stations, farms, laboratories, etc are controlled through a state-of-the-art military workstation used to explore and conquer other worlds. The strategy is to increase your own planetary resource and technology levels, while trying to build enough military units of a suitable type to conquer either a human or computer opponent."
30511,Star Empire,Empire!,1986,6.2,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The ultimate goal in Empire! is to build a great galactic empire protected by a huge frontier shield. Before this can be achieved however, players have to complete various missions, trade with starbases and fight off invading aliens. The ship is controlled from a top-down perspective, with four gauges indicating its energy level, temperature, radiation level and shield status. When the radiation level or temperature reach maximum, the ship is destroyed. The ship heats up when it's near a sun or firing weapons. The radiation level rises when radioactive pods are carried. When the ship is running out of fuel, it can be refueled by collecting ore from planets. Two direction finders at the bottom of the screen point towards the next starbase, mission objective or manually chosen target. At starbases, players can accept missions and trade minerals, ore or people. These three goods can be found on planets (in form of pods). In order to land on a planet, players must enter a warp hole. Once on the planet's surface, the game switches to first-person perspective and the player has to dodge or destroy rockets fired at the ship and follow the direction finders towards pods or the ""exit"". Starbases need to be supplied with materials to be able to produce ""performance pods"" and equipment for the ship. In order to reach other star systems, players have to fly through asteroid belts. Although some systems can only be reached with a special hyperspace pod. Many star systems are overrun by aliens and can only be reclaimed when all aliens are wiped out. There are also systems that are infected with the plague and players must take care not to spread it to other systems. As the game progresses, more aliens, better equipment and new starbases appear. When all systems have been visited, players can buy starbases. When all systems are owned by the player, the game can be finished by constructing the frontier shield."
30513,Extreme Pinball,,1995,6.3,Action,Pinball,,"Extreme Pinball is Epic Megagames' successor to Epic Pinball It contains four pinball tables: Rock Fantasy, Medieval Knights, Urban Chaos, and Monkey Mayhem, each with a different theme. Compared to Epic Pinball it has a larger, 320x400 resolution, as well as taller tables, both allowing for more objects. It also has a typical Dot Matrix Display where the scoreboard shows 3D-rendered animations as well. The controls are more sensitive with a faster ball. This is less true to real pinball gameplay, but it speeds up the game's pace and gives more power to the player to influence the movement."
30519,Santa Paravia and Fiumaccio,,1988,6.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Fantasy,An updated version of Santa Paravia and Fiumaccio that improved on the graphics of the original.
30541,Major Stryker,,1993,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Major Stryker is another of Apogee's attempts to make a commercial-level shareware game. It's a rather typical shoot-'em-up vertical scroller with EGA graphics. The player fights through waves of Kreton alien enemies to reach the end of each level, with hostages to rescue along the way. The ship’s weapons consists of beam projectiles (which can be upgraded six times, but is reverted to level one if hit), and limited zap bombs, which clear the screen. There are also various power-ups in the form of letters and temporary shields. After every two levels, the player fights a Kreton boss, which has a certain weak point to shoot multiple times."
30542,Trivial Pursuit: A New Beginning,Trivial Pursuit: Die neue Generation,1988,6.0,Puzzle,"Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz",,"After recreating the original board game as closely as possible with the first licensed game Oxford did something different with the sequel. Each player now controls a spaceship, and the overall aim is to convince the Elders of the planet Genus to accept your people's plan to colonize it. The Elders are all located in different parts of the galaxy, and can only be reached by travelling through the galaxy answering questions correctly, and answering a specific question once you get there. As a result, the gameplay isn't vastly different from the original. The six question categories are the same as the original, and there are 50 levels of question to clear, but the big difference is that the question category is random, so players who are only knowledgeable in one or two areas are no longer at an advantage."
30543,Space Invaders 90,Space Invaders,1990,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Space Invaders '91 is just like Super Space Invaders for other platforms, but still different from those. This version differs from Super Space Invaders in that there are no cutscenes, there is only one mode of play as opposed to SSI's two, and there is no stage select."
30553,Chase the Chuck Wagon,,1983,4.1,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Released as part of a promotional campaign for Purina Dog Chow, Chase the Chuck Wagon puts players in control of Chuckie the Dog. Chuckie must be guided through a maze, avoiding objects and the dogcatcher, to the top of the screen where he can go directly beneath the chuck wagon to catch it. Escaping from the maze allows Chuckie to enter a Reward Screen. Here, Chuckie can find a bowl of dog food in the maze to eat for extra bonus points. If Chuckie misses, no points will be awarded, and he will simply be sent to the next screen. Chase the Chuck Wagon was available only as an exclusive through Ralston-Purina"
30559,Disney's The Jungle Book,"Disney Das Dschungelbuch, El Libro De La Selva, Il Libro della Giungla, Le Livre de la Jungle",1994,7.7,Action,Platform,"Asia, Fantasy","Based on the famous animated movie, Walt Disney's The Jungle Book is a platform game where you control Mowgli, the boy who was raised by wild animals deep in the jungles. Your goal is to find the human village so you may you join your kin once again. Mowgli is an athletic individual, and can jump, run, swing on vines or climb them without any problems. Most of the animals he comes upon, however, are inexplicably hostile, so he must defend himself with a variety of thrown weapons, such as bananas and boomerangs. To complete each level, Mowgli must collect a number of crystals (how many - it depends on the difficulty levels) within a time limit. A compass in the corner of the screen helps him by showing the direction where the nearest crystal is."
30563,Raid on Bungeling Bay,,1984,6.7,Action,Shooter,,"Raid on Bungeling Bay has the player controlling a helicopter which is on a mission to destroy everything that moves. The only ally is the carrier, which is where the player begins at each level and may return to for repair and pick up bombs, as long as the player manages to protect it from being destroyed. The main goal in each level is to destroy a factory, which requires a steady increasing amount of bombs. Enemy forces include ships, planes, tanks, anti-air guns, and eventually, a large battleship."
30571,Super High Impact,,1991,6.2,"Action, Sports",Arcade,,"Super High Impact was one of the most hard hitting football games before the NFL Blitz series was created, with 18 teams and over 30 plays per team. The console versions are based on the Midway arcade series of the same name. The game has a Hit-O-Meter which often leads to massive brawls. Based on the arcade smash hit back in the days, featuring the three famous words: EAT THIS!!!, FIGHT!!!"
30577,Rowan's Battle of Britain,"Adlertag: Die Luftschlacht um England, La bataille d'Angleterre par Rowan Software",2000,7.3,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War II","Take to the air in defense of England in this version of a 3D WW2 flight combat simulator. Play either the German Luftwaffe or the Royal Air Force as the player attacks or defends England. Luftwaffe can choose the targets and decide on deceptive maneuvers, while the Royal Air Force have use of radar and advantage of being close to home. Full weather effects. Play either as pilot or commander. Five authentic flyable aircraft, or play as gunner on the bombers. Flyable aircraft have fully interactive cockpits. Detailed terrain and authentic flight model. Up to 8 players in multiplayer support."
30578,Cyber Speedway,"Casiopea, Gran Chaser",1995,6.6,Racing / Driving,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Cyber Speedway is a hover sled racing game set in the distant future. The civilizations of many planets have decided to end all wars. Instead, they will settle their differences in the Cyber Race. You are the best hope to protect and expand the Earth's power. Cyber Speedway's main game is the story mode. The story follows your character as he qualifies as Earth's driver, and makes his way through a series of planetary races to become the champion. In each of the races, you must place first to continue. Each race consists of 5 laps around a high-speed track. You have missiles you can use to slow down your opponents and take the lead."
30579,Wanted,Outlaw,1988,6.6,Action,Shooter,Western,"Wanted is a vertically scrolling shooter with a Western theme, similar to Gunsmoke The player takes the role of a bounty hunter who has to bring four desperadoes to justice. They can be tackled in any order and if all are defeated, a fifth level emerges. The gameplay offers no surprises: shooting masses of enemies until reaching the end of the level. The player can shoot barrels to receive extras, e.g. boots for extra speed or a rifle for a better range. Dynamite destroys every enemy on the screen."
30580,The Final Fantasy Legend,Makai Toushi SaGa,1989,6.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The first 'Final Fantasy' title on the Game Boy, Legend allows you to choose from 8 different characters, from the usual human male or female to zombie, wererat, redbull (not the drink), clipper or mutant male or female. No matter which you choose, the goal stays the same: Increase your experience points and abilities by defeating many varied enemies through-out the land. Much like the FF series of old (and new), you can choose members to join your party and the quest that lies ahead (either warriors, mutants or creatures). Every character has a limit to the amount of moves available during every battle and experience points are gained after each fight, increasing stamina, power, etc."
30586,Dark Legend,"Arcade Hits: Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty, Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty, Suiko Enbu",1995,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Fantasy,"Dark Legend or Suiko Enbu (Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty) is a one-on-one 2D fighting set in medieval China and based around the myths of the classic ""Shuihuzhuan"" Chinese story. Select between a group of 11 fighters and clash against each other using your specific moves and attacks. Additionally, each character fights with his own unique weapon, but depending on how much you block your weapon can break and you must finish the fight barehanded and using a different moveset and generally faster (but less powerful) attacks. Features the standard Vs head-to-head mode, as well as an Original mode which plays like the arcade original and a Special mode with arranged moves and tweaked balance."
30588,Warp Warp,Warp & Warp,1981,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In this game you're in control of a monster fighter. A warp zone is set in the middle of the screen. Warp to the next level when it flashes. You should attack the monsters before they catch or shoot you. A frog turns up occasionally, shoot it for bonuses. The monsters become more vicious when they change color (they turn from yellow to red to purple). The red and the purple monsters are severe chasers."
30590,Fear Effect,,2000,7.7,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror","Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","It starts as a simple assignment for the three mercenaries - the beautiful, mysterious Hana, the former army officer Glas, and the ruthless killer Deke. Somewhere in the futuristic Hong-Kong, full of huge corporations, flying cars and helicopters, home for the famous Triad mafia, they have to find the young Wee Ming Lam, the daughter of a powerful gangster. But Hana and her partners don't suspect that the search for Wee Ming will lead them not only to very dangerous areas of Hong-Kong, but to outskirt villages infected by zombies, a dubious restaurant-brothel, and the Chinese hell, where they'll have to confront Yim Lau Wong himself - the Chinese equivalent of the Western Satan. The gameplay of Fear Effect is similar to survival horror titles such as Resident Evil but it also features many pure action elements and arcade-like sequences, where precise timing matters. The player controls Hana, Glas, or (in a few instances) Deke during different chapters of the story. Player characters can crouch, sneak on enemies, and roll forward or to the sides. There are many human as well as monster enemies to eliminate or avoid. Characters can run and shoot at the same time, as well as use two weapons at once to combat multiple enemies. A considerable portion of the gameplay is dedicated to puzzle-solving. Instead of the traditional health bar characters have a ""fear meter"", which turns red and eventually kills the character whenever he or she is damaged or found in a particularly stressful situation. The functional difference between the fear meter and a regular health bar is the possibility to restore it to a normal green color by reducing the character's stress, e.g. solving a puzzle or killing an enemy in a stealthy way. The game's 3D character models are unshaded, aiming to resemble cel-shading technique and anime art. The backgrounds are pre-rendered and often consist of streaming or looping full-motion video. The story unfolds through numerous pre-rendered movies."
30597,Veil of Darkness,Veil of Darkness: Norowareta Yogen,1993,7.6,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,Europe,"The vampire lord Kairn has murdered his father and brothers so he could inherit control of the valley. Ever since he's used his powers to cut off contact with the outside world, Kairn has been living it up, torturing the villagers with madness and death, feeding off of them like livestock and turning the village women into his personal vampiress servants. Meanwhile, the villagers are miserable, as every day they face the possibility of either being devoured by werewolves, gnawed on by zombies, driven into stark raving lunatics, or turned into vampires by Kairn and his posse. A cargo pilot's plane is shot down by a mysterious force while flying over a remote valley in Romania. A helpful village girl named Deirdre rescues him from the crash and takes him to her father Kiril, who informs the pilot that his arrival via plane crash marks him as the chosen one who is prophesied to destroy Kairn. Since Kairn has cut off all ways out of the valley, the only way he is going to leave is, as the old saying goes, over his dead body. That's not going to be very easy, however. Wild animals and unnatural creatures roam the countryside. While some villagers will help the hero to rid them of Kairn, others have been driven mad with despair and by the valley's oppressive aura, causing them to commit unspeakable acts or otherwise act in an unhelpful manner. Even the most trusted allies may turn out to have a few skeletons in the closet... Veil of Darkness is an isometric role-playing game with action-based combat and adventure elements. Most of the game is dedicated to exploring the game world in a fairly open-ended fashion, gathering information and items. Puzzle-solving is conversation- and inventory-based; many battles are also designed in a puzzle-like manner, with the hero being able to defeat certain enemies only with specific weapons. Heavy inventory management and status ailments contribute to the game's RPG mechanics."
30598,WCW: World Championship Wrestling,Superstar Pro Wrestling,1990,5.9,"Action, Sports",,,"WCW: World Championship Wrestling is an isometric wrestling game of the National Wrestling Alliance. Players can choose to engage in one- or two-player matches as either 1vs1 solo bouts or 2vs2 tag-teams. Upon selecting a mode, players choose their characters from among twelve featured wrestlers from the NWA league. Licensed characters include: Rick Flair (""Nature Boy""), Sting, Lex Luger (""Total Package""), Mike Rotunda, Road Warrior Hawk, Road Warrior Animal, Steve Williams (""""Dr. Death""), Kevin Sullivan (""Gamemaster""), Ricky Steamboat (""The Dragon""), Ric Steiner (""Dogface Gremlin""), Eddie Gilbert (""Hotstuff"") and Michael P.S. Hayes. Each wrestler has unique abilities not shared by the other wrestlers, including finishing moves and rope toss. Prior to a match, the player is presented with a menu of eight ""moves"", of which the player chooses four to assign to the points of the directional pad. Once the match starts, the player is only able to use the four moves selected and the rope toss to attack the opponent. Each wrestler can move up, down, left and right inside the wrestling ring, climb the turnstiles at each corner and throw opponents out of the ring (where they will be disqualified if outside for 20 seconds). Each wrestler has a high damage ""finisher move"" which can only be performed when they are standing in the middle of the ring and the opponent's stamina bar is low."
30603,F-1 Grand Prix,,1991,6.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,"Asia, Contemporary, Europe, Japan (Modern/Futuristic), North America, Oceania, South America","F-1 Grand Prix is a top-down racing game based on the 1991 Formula One season. The game features various options for manual car tuning and has a damage system: collisions cause the components to weaken. In order to avoid a fast race end, a pit stop is advised to repair damages. When the car drives a lap, it stands still and the environment rotates around the car. Available playing options are the whole Grand Prix, a single race and a best lap competition."
30607,Falcon Gold,,1994,7.1,"Compilation, Simulation",,,"Falcon Gold includes updated versions of Falcon 3.0 (version 3.05) and its three expansions, and the video documentary on dogfighting, Art of the Kill. The expansions are:"
30608,Tigger's Honey Hunt,"Disney Tigger: Tras un bote de miel, Disney: Tygrova výprava, Disneys Tigerdyrets Honningjagt, Teigetjes Honingjacht, Tigro e la caccia al miele, Winnie Puuh: Tiggers Honigjagd, Winnie l'Ourson: La chasse au miel de Tigrou",2000,6.9,Action,Platform,,"Winnie the Pooh plans a party and therefore he needs honey. His friend Tigger promises to help him and starts searching for honey pots. Tigger's Honey Hunt is a platform action game in which the player guides Tigger through nine levels. In six levels the goal is to collect a predetermined minimum amount of honey pots in order to get access to the next level. In the other three levels there are mini-games like Rock-Paper-Scissors, to play against other characters from Winnie the Pooh's world. Tigger is able to jump horizontally and vertically (even higher after he has learned special skills), use spider webs to jump to higher areas or to cross water or chasms with the help of turtles or levitating leaves. Beginning with three lives, Tigger needs to avoid being touched by dangerous creatures like bees or falling into chasms. When there are no lives left, Tigger restarts at the last checkpoint that has been passed. Additionally you can find secret areas with even more honey pots, collect pictures which you can later look at in your photo album and meet other characters who talk to you or need your help (e.g. finding Eeyore's lost tail)."
30610,Inindo: Way of the Ninja,"Inindo: Datō Nobunaga, Super Inindo: Datō Nobunaga",1991,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"1581, Japan. Fearing a rebellion and striving to conquer the entire country, the warlock Nobunaga orders to attack the Iga ninja clan. The ninjas bravely defend their village, but, being vastly outnumbered, are mercilessly slain by Nobunaga's men. Only one survived: you, the hero of the game. Shortly before the assault you were sent to a nearby village to warn the elder of Nobunaga's attack. However, the other village is also destroyed by Nobunaga's army. You swear to avenge his crime. But for now, you are just an inexperienced young men, and are ""wanted"" by Nobunaga's men and ruthless bounty hunters. Will you be able to unite Japan in the ultimate struggle against Nobunaga? Inindo: Way of the Ninja is a Japanese-style RPG with a touch of strategy. You navigate your hero on the world map, visit towns, and descend into dungeons. The battles are turn-based and are viewed from a third-person perspective, like in Final Fantasy games. You can move on the battle field and use melee or long-ranged attacks. You'll be able to recruit characters of various classes to your party, who will join you for profit or for other reasons. After you gain enough experience, you'll also be able to talk to daimyos (feudal rulers) of various castles and to convince them to work together against Nobunaga. You can also perform various tasks for the daimyos, such as spying."
30611,Wild Arms,,1996,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Rudy is a fifteen-year-old orphan who discovers that he has been endowed with the ability of using powerful forbidden weapons called ARMs (Ancient Relic Machines); forced to use an ARMs technique when fighting a demon, he is cast out of his home village. Jack is a treasure hunter who is seeking for an ancient device that would help him to deal with his troubled past. Cecilia is a young princess who has been studying magic at an abbey; on her seventeenth birthday, she is contacted by a mysterious voice who tells her that she can serve as a medium between the worlds of humans and spirits. The paths of these three heroes converge, and they team up to embark on a long journey, eager to understand their roles in a grand scheme of events that go back a thousand years into the past. Wild Arms is a Japanese-style role-playing game set in Filgaia, a fictional world that has elements of American Old West setting and medieval fantasy. The game's prologue consists of three chapters, each dedicated to one of its three main characters; afterwards, the player controls them as a party. Like most representatives of the genre, the game features turn-based battles against randomly appearing regular enemies and bosses. Besides attacking physically, the characters possess unique abilities - ARMs for Rudy, sword techniques for Jack, and magic for Cecilia. Characters can also equip special accessories (runes), which conjure powerful creatures known as the Guardians during battles, to attack enemies or assist the party by casting supportive spells. The game has a stronger inclination towards puzzle-solving than most other Japanese RPG. Each of the three playable characters possesses a set of non-combat abilities called ""Tools""; for example, Rudy starts with an ability to blow up obstacles, Jack can send his talking mouse Hanpan to manipulate objects out of his reach, and Cecilia can rewind time to ensure another attempt at solving a puzzle. The game's dungeons contain puzzles, many of which must be solved by using these abilities. During the course of the game, the three heroes will gradually learn additional Tools. Various mini-games are also available. Characters and backgrounds in the game are done with 2D graphics during exploration; conversely, battles utilize a fully 3D environment with cinematic camera angles."
30616,Magic: The Gathering,"Magic: Die Zusammenkunft, Shandalar",1997,7.5,Strategy / tactics,"Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card",Fantasy,"The popular card game comes to the computer. In Shandalar, the single player mode, you start with a small deck of cards/spells, wander the lands of Shandalar, exploring dungeons and battling monsters (and their specific spell decks). Along the way, you win/lose spell cards, go to markets to trade or buy new ones, and pick up the magic of the plane and more life. The game ends when you defeat the 5 powerful elemental wizards. Multi-player mode supports deck creation with any of the included cards, as well as random ""sealed deck"" games. This game supports cards from Alpha, Beta, Unlimited,Revised and 4th edition. It also has 12 new cards from the ""Astral Set"" made specifically for the game."
30619,Astérix,,1991,8.1,Action,Platform,Classical antiquity,"The Romans, who fail to conquer one final Gaul village, kidnap Getafix, the druid brewing the magic potion that gives all the inhabitants supernatural strength. Vitalstatistix, the village chief, orders Asterix and Obelix to find him, keep him out of Caesar's hands and bring him back at any cost. In seven rounds, you can play either with Asterix or Obelix, and in the bonus stages (accessible when you collect fifty bones in a single round), you control the little Dogmatix. The heroes can jump, punch, swim, throw obstacles, grab vines or ropes and they have distinct moves. Obelix moves slower, but is able to manipulate objects, while Asterix has much more speed. Both characters can be played alternately according to the level. In the two-player mode, you each choose a character and clear areas in turns. Aside from the traditional moves, there are special potions that melt ice, create makeshift bridges or blow up blocks. The game contains many familiar characters and scenery from the comic books."
30642,Trophy Bass,,1995,7.1,Sports,,,"Trophy Bass is a fishing simulation. Choose your lure, reel, location, etc. and compete in the B.A.S.S. Masters tournament, star a career or just spend an afternoon at the lake of your choice. The game is played from a top-down ""omniscient fisherman"" perspective from where you hit the water and do whatever it takes to reel in everything in the water such as working the lure, to reeling in and out, etc. via mouse. The game is fully sponsored by the B.A.S.S. (Bass Anglers Sportsman Society) and features a comprehensive how-to series of multimedia extras featuring strategies, definitions and profiles on every lure and fish included in the game, as well as advice from fishing pros."
30643,The Witch's Cauldron,,1984,7.2,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"The Witch's Cauldron is a text adventure with graphics where the protagonist is turned into a slimy toad by the witch Hazel, apparently inspired by the classic fairy tale The Frog King Imprisoned on the witch's island, the player needs to get the main character back to his original form by collecting ingredients and mixing them into the cauldron, with complementary adventure game puzzles. During the game, the player will transform into various creatures, such as a bat, a cat or an ape, while trying to regain the human form. The screen has been divided horizontally in a graphic representation of the scene (top) and a lower part for the text description and commands. The scenes are not shown from a first-person perspective. Instead, the player is able to see its form in a third-person view from the side, showing the current location in relation to the objects. There are about 100 rooms to explore and some puzzles require a specific form. If a shape change happens to quickly, it becomes possible to miss out on items."
30649,Aerobiz,Air Management: Ōzora ni Kakeru,1992,7.1,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"You are the CEO of an airline company. Your goal is to become the most successful airline in the world by connecting all 22 cities with air routes, maintain a profit, and meet the required quota of passengers. If you cannot turn a profit for a year or meet the victory conditions in 32 years you lose. Some strategic decisions you must make include negotiating for open air routes, purchasing or selling aircraft, invest in branch offices and hotels, advertise your airline and set budgets. You must also pay attention to statistics like quarterly and annual sales reports, as well as city data. World events also affect your airline, from natural disasters to war and even the Olympic games, all of which will affect how many passengers you get. All the planes in the game are based on real-life aircraft, such as the Boeing 747 and the Concorde."
30651,Fantasia,Fantasia: Mickey Mouse Magic,1991,6.2,Action,Platform,,"Fantasia takes place in the dream world of Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer's Apprentice. Mickey must find the missing musical notes scattered about in four imaginary worlds. The Water World, Earth World, Air World and Fire World are filled with magical creatures such as marching brooms, skipping mushrooms, jumping cactus, flying horses, dancing hippos and many more. The music in the worlds is straight from the movie, including pieces by Bach Mussorgsky Beethoven Tchaikovsky Stravinsky Dukas and Ponchielli Mickey must collect special items to keep up his strength and earn bonus points. Spell books, stars, crystal balls, potions and dinosaur eggs help him along the way. Enemies are dispatched by bouncing on them or casting small or large spells. If Mickey finds a wooden door he is led to a bonus area where he can collect many magical items. At the end of each level, Mickey takes the notes he's found back to the orchestra's conductor who will send him back into the world to keep searching if he hasn't found enough of them or gained enough points."
30653,Zarathrusta,,1991,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Zarathrusta is a cave-flying game influenced by Thrust Apparently, the resistance forces have captured a number of space ships, which could aid in the struggle against the empire. However, these ships need fuel, and that fuel is find in the form of ""klystron pods"", which must be recovered from a range of hostile environments. Your task is to fly your small spaceship above and below ground, capturing the pods. Your spaceship can rotate in 360 degrees, allowing for easy movements through the cave systems, if it wasn't for gravity pulling you down, and inertia, which means you could crash into walls or other objects if you don't turn around and thrust in the other direction. Each level is cleared by recovering the klystron pods, which are the same thing as the ball you pick up in Thrust Pick up the pod with your tractor beam, and a towing line will be attached. Towing the ball means that you have another object altering your course, though; if you break quickly, the forces of inertia will make the ball travel forward, pulling you in its direction. At later levels, the pod becomes heavier, and must be pulled using a force field. Travelling too fast will make the ball slip out of the field, forcing you to pick it up again, possibly from a very dangerous area. The levels are guarded by cannons, which can be shot down using either your conventional cannon or a laser cannon. Beware, though, for the laser eats up your fuel supplies very quickly. Refueling is possible by activating the tractor beam above the fuel pods stationed throughout the levels. Whereas Thrust used vector graphics, the visuals of Zarathrusta consist of bitmaps."
30660,Sultan's Maze,"El Laberinto del Sultan, Le Labyrinthe du Sultan",1983,5.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"The legend goes that once upon a time a sultan was visiting the maze in Hampton Court. There he was robbed his jewels by a group of thieves, and his brave bodyguard entered the maze to recover them, only to be murdered by the thieves on his way back. In present day, the player is an adventurer who accepts the mission to explore the maze and recover the jewels. The maze is shown in a 1st person view, and the player has to navigate it in order to find the jewels and take them outside. Apart from getting lost and exhaustion, other dangers await him, especially in the shape the ghost of the Sultan's bodyguard, who still haunts the place. Sultan's Maze is a primitive 3D adventure well known to enthusiasts of the Amstrad CPC; in many countries it was part of the free game pack that accompanied the computer."
30661,4th & Inches,,1987,6.4,"Action, Sports, Strategy / tactics",,,"4th & Inches is an action/strategy football game for one or two players. You control the action during the variety of plays that can be called, choose when to take timeouts, and select which players on your team will be on the field. There are two teams (the All-Pros and the Champs) and you can see each player's statistics to determine how fast or strong he will be."
30662,Total Recall,,1990,3.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on the 1990 Schwarzenegger film of the same name, Total Recall for the NES generally adheres to the movie's plot across its nine levels. Unlike the various PC iterations, this title was created by Interplay and published by Acclaim Players control Doug Quaid as he platform hops across Earth and Mars in search of his stolen memories and the responsible parties. A collection of police, soldiers, and creatures will try to stop him. Quaid's default attack is a strong punch, though guns can be knocked away from some guards and picked up for use. Cutscenes between certain levels tell the movie's plot, and feature likenesses of the actors from the film (including Arnold). Sequences in the film are also replicated more tightly than in the PC versions. Quaid will be chased by henchman Richter in the first level, and must battle his wife inside their apartment. The security x-ray scanner takes up a level, as does the subway battle after. The player will also commandeer a Martian taxi for a driving level inside the colony, and windows can be shot out on Mars, sucking out any unfortunate baddies nearby."
30663,Crime Crackers,,1994,6.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the distant future, in the reaches of space, war raged on for many years. Many lives were lost, but eventually, peace returned to the galaxy. But those who fought yet remain, and with wartime advances in technology, many turned to piracy. It is now 20 years after the end of the war, and many have begun to forget how hard-won the current peace is. Piracy is at an all-time high, and the Galactic Police are unable to keep up. Enter the Crackers: bounty hunters who take jobs that perhaps the regular police cannot tackle, efficiently stopping evildoers...so long as the pay is good. Team Pink Dolphin is a highly skilled Cracker team. On their way back to civilization after a mission, they receive a distress signal from a nearby ship, and decide to investigate... Crime Crackers is a a first-person action shooting game. The player controls the Pink Dolphin team as they explore each area, defeating enemies and collecting useful items. Combat is real-time, but the player must switch into attack mode in order to attack enemies. This gives the player an aiming cursor, but reduces movement to only left and right strafing. To make up for reduced mobility the player can also block incoming attacks. Each stage culminates in a boss fight at the end, and between stages there are short dialogue scenes that drive the story, as well as an opportunity to buy and sell items. The team has three combat members: Amelia, Pink Dolphin team leader, cute redhead, and a crack shot; Drann, a large dragon-man who served under Amelia's grandfather during the wars, and who carries a large automatic rifle; and Liza, a girl from the Fox planet who wields a sword and talks like a samurai. Each has their own weapons and abilities, and the player can freely switch between them at any time. Each character also has their own life and weapon energy meter, so the player must take care to keep all three in good condition. During missions, they will also receive communications from their support team."
30667,Round the Bend!,Doc Croc's Outrageous Adventures,1991,5.4,Action,Platform,,"Kids TV show Round the Bend was set in a fictitious comic factory - one with amazingly even more toilet humor than the real things. In this licensed game Doc Croc has blown up the printing press, and Lou Brush must go through the sewers to retrieve all 8 pages. After selecting a section from the initial screen of pipes, gameplay involves moving through scrolling platform sections in order to reach the sheets. Once this is done each page is played out as a single-screen multi-layered screen. The specific settings are influenced by the TV show, including Doc Croc’s Nursery Crimes, The False Teeth Versus the Atomic Banana, and Kenny McTickle and His Magic Kilt."
30673,BassMasters 2000,,1999,6.3,Simulation,,,"BassMasters 2000 is a fishing simulation game which counts a total of 4 modes and has a variety of customizable options. The player can create and save up to 7 anglers through the ""Create Angler"" option, customising characteristics such as sex, hair, face, clothes, etc. Other customisable options include ""Lake Conditions"" (lake location, season, weather, time, etc.), ""Boat"" (boat model, engine, etc.) and ""Tackle"" (rod/reel, line, lure, etc.). These following are the modes of play:"
30674,MTV Sports: Pure Ride,,2000,6.9,"Racing / Driving, Sports",Tricks / stunts,,"MTV Sports: Pure Ride is an snowboarding game that features both tricks, stunts and downhill racing. You can choose from a variety of fictional characters and boards to play with which each have their own statistics. The game comes with six game modes: free ride, tour challenge, specialist, stunt, two-player mode and a slope editor. Free Ride lets you be free to do whatever you want without any constraints. Tour challenge allows you to play up to 12 unique events to unlock new levels. Specialist mode focuses on one discipline (half-pipe, big air or slopestyle) each level. In stunt mode there are 18 stages in which you need to perform a variety of tricks to advance. You can challenge a friend in two-player mode and create your own slopes in the editor."
30676,Sega Game Pack 4in1,,1992,6.8,"Compilation, Racing / Driving, Sports","Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Sega Game Pack 4in1 is a collection of minigames, which include: Flash Columns : based on the same game mode of Columns The player has to connect four pieces to lower reach the flashing gems, and then clear them. Penalty Shootout : football penalty shootout game where the player selects swerve and height of the ball and kicking position, attempting to cheat the goalkeeper and score five penalties, and then save penalties kicked by the computer. Tennis : simple tennis game where the player faces one computer opponent, using both Game Gear keys, 1 to make a shot and 2 to lob the ball. Instead of forcing the player to adapt to top and down court, the human player is always in the bottom position. Rally : checkpoint arcade-style racer with five different areas."
30678,Disney's Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers,"Chip to Dale no Daisakusen, Cip & Ciop Agenti Speciali, Tico e Teco: O Resgate",1990,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The rescue rangers are tiny heroes. Consisting of two chipmunks, two mice and a fly... these heroes may be small but there's no case too big for them to take on. This game starts out simply enough, with a mission to rescue a small kitten, but soon escalates into a wider plot that pits the rescue rangers against their arch-nemesis, the feline kingpin, Fat Cat."
30681,MDK,Murder Death Kill,1997,8.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this 3D shoot 'em up, you play Kurt, and your job is to save the world. Aliens have sent 8 giant fortresses to destroy earth. You run and jump through 6 missions of strange 3D worlds and kill the ""Stream Riders"" with your machine gun arm. Precise platform jumps are part of the challenge. Kurt is equipped with a special battle suit with an included parachute and a sniper interface (allowing you to aim precise shooting while standing still) embedded in your helmet. Further weaponry enhancements are available as you progress through the game."
30686,Agent Orange,,1986,5.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,Eight planets have been infected by a strange weed planted by an alien life form. The weed is sucking the life out of the planet and needs to be destroyed. You control a ship with Agent Orange on board which when planted will kill the weed. When you land on a planet you can see the killer weed growing. Alien fighters try and stop you sowing Agent Orange. Any fighter destroyed leave behind a seed. Collect the seeds but be careful as carrying too many seeds cause your ship to crash. Agent Orange is a horizontally scrolling top down view shoot-em-up. You can move the screen left and right. The joystick steers the ship while the fire button shoots your weapons. Holding down the fire button releases the Agent Orange.
30687,Dungeon Explorer,,1995,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"The Goddess of Ambition is locked up in the mazes beneath the Darkling tower. A legend is told that once rescued she will grant any wish. A group of heroes stranded in a strange world must attempt to free this divine creature and use her powers to return home. Dungeon Explorer is an action role-playing game. It supports up to four players with a choice of six different character classes: monk, knight, elf, mage, beast and ninja. The game starts in the area surrounding a save point. This area functions as a central hub to access all the six dungeons. If a character leaves it, the food counter starts decreasing. If it reaches zero, the life points start diminishing until the character dies. Food can be found as potions or pots around the mazes. Returning the character to the save point area replenishes all the counters and cures all conditions (like poisoning and confusion). The gold collected in the game can be spent on equipment upgrades at the weapons shop. The tavern allows the player to switch characters. The characters level up automatically as they amass the necessary experience points. Once a dungeon boss is defeated, the dungeon is locked and the player can't return to it. The game has four save slots, each one for an individual game."
30689,Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon,Ganbare Goemon: Neo Momoyama Bakufu no Odori,1997,7.9,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"The people of Oedo Town are in a panic! A gigantic UFO shaped like a peach has arrived, and the Peach Mountain Shoguns have turned Oedo Castle into one big stage for themselves to perform on! Everyone's relying on Goemon to save the day, but he hasn't even noticed what's happening! Can our hero stop the Shoguns before they do any more damage? Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon is an action game with light RPG elements, similar in style to The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time It is also the first localized Goemon game since The Legend of the Mystical Ninja for the SNES. Players control Goemon and his friends as they make their way through Ancient Japan to stop the Peach Mountain Shoguns. You can talk to characters, whack enemies with your pipe (or hurl coins at them), visit a deranged fortune teller who shrieks out ""PLASMA!"" at random intervals for no reason, and more. Each member of the Goemon team can also learn a special ability to access new areas as players progress through the game. Goemon earns the ""Sudden Impact"" power, which lets him move blocks he normally couldn't, Ebisumaru can shrink to small sizes so he can pass through tiny cracks, Sasuke earns an extra high jump, and Yae gets the ability to transform into a Mermaid so that she can swim underwater. As usual, the gigantic roller-skating robot, Impact, makes an appearance. Players get to use him to trample down buildings and duke it out in first-person mode against gigantic mecha boss characters in a Punch-Out!! style game."
30691,Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned for Danger,Nancy Drew 2,1999,7.2,Adventure,,,"Nancy Drew the famous girl detective from storybooks has a new life, on your PC in this game Stay Tuned for Danger where she has to help her friend who is the lead in a running Soap opera on TV. This game is a point and click adventure where the characters are 3D figures on 2D backgrounds. You can explore in full 360 degrees in some areas and can interact with almost anything. There are also 3 difficulty levels: Junior, Senior and Master Detective."
30692,The Seven Cities of Gold,Seven Cities of Gold,1984,7.4,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Historical events,"In The Seven Cities of Gold the player takes on the role of Christopher Columbus and the later Spanish conquistadors, exploring the New World (or a randomly generated map). As the player establishes forts and missions, bringing back gold to Spain, he or she would receive promotions from the Queen of Spain. The game features a large world to explore and comes up with some arcade sequences to simulate the interaction of the Natives and Spanish who did not speak the same language. The historical map accurately spreads out the Native population of the New World in 1492 and some historical situations can be simulated, such as whether to get the gold of the Aztec and Incas by trade or conquest."
30702,Casino,Poker Plus,1978,5.6,"Gambling, Puzzle, Strategy / tactics",Cards / tiles,,"This is three card games. Blackjack In game one, you play Blackjack with one or two players and allows for splitting. Game two is also Blackjack but is for one to four players and does not allow splitting. The computer is always the dealer. You place bets by rotating the controller then pressing the button. Difficulty switches Left switch: If set to A=computer will shuffle after 34 cards are dealt If set to B=computer will shuffle after each hand. Right switch: Set to A=dealer stays on 17 or better Set to B=dealer stays on 18 or better and on a hard 17. Player wins if you take the maximum number of hits without busting (Game 1: 3 or 8 hits; Game 2: 3 hits). Five-card stud poker Game three is five-card stud poker for one to four players. The computer is always the dealer. It will deal you and it a five-card hand. Before the first card is dealt and after the second, third, fourth and fifth cards are dealt, players must place bets or fold. Betting is done the same as in games one and two. Difficulty switches Left switch: If set to A=dealer's first card is dealt face down. If set to B=All dealer's cards are dealt face up Right switch: If set to A=player's first card is dealt face down. If set to B=All player's cards are dealt face up Poker Solitaire Game four is a one player game called Poker Solitaire. The object is to place cards on the screen to create the twelve best poker hads in five rows, five columns and two diagonals. You turn the controller to select a spot to place a card and press the button to place it. Difficulty switches: The difficulty switches do not affect Poker Solitaire. Scoring: Royal flush=500 points Straight flush=300 points Four of a kind=160 points Straight=120 points Full house=100 points Three of a kind=60 points Flush=50 points Two pair=30 points Pair=10 points No other combinations will score points. The highest possible points are 3340."
30714,Chiki Chiki Boys,Mega Twins,1990,7.3,Action,"Platform, RPG elements",Fantasy,"This platform-based action game is set in the land of Alurea. The idyllic life of the Alurean people was shattered when the King is killed by a dragon, and a range of nasties inhabit the lands. Fortunately his twin sons have come to the rescue, and you must take control of one or the other to put the world right. The boys have differing skills - one is more skilled in sword-fighting (which you are always armed with), the other in magic (available in limited amounts on each level). You collect coins as the game goes on, and spend these in the shop on extra magic, extra lives and enhanced swords. There are 3 levels on offer - Earth, The Heavens and The Sea, and these can be tackled in any order. The first is straight platform action, the second involves jumping across clouds, and the third sees your characters swim. After those are completed, you must venture into the Monster Castle and finally slay the demon clown Riepotmahn."
30719,Bomb Jack II,,1986,6.3,Action,Arcade,,"Having saved the world in the first game Bomb Jack is out to collect as much gold as possible, which is lying on a number of ledges. These vary between open and shut - the open ones offer more points, and an extra life is on offer for collecting 10 in a row, so if possible the route should take in the open ones in order. Gameplay differs from the original, in that Bombjack's movement is no longer free and self-propelled. Instead, he moves flick-style between ledges, so long as one is directly within one of the 4 compass directions. Baddies can be pushed off ledges, but this uses up some of Jack's limited energy."
30731,StrikePoint,"Strike Point: The Hex Missions, StrikePoint: The Hex Missions",1996,5.8,Action,Shooter,,"The terrorist organization named Hex has placed deadly ShockWave devices worldwide. If triggered, they will cause total destruction of the ecosystem. You must lead the newly formed StrikePoint helicopter team against the forces of Hex, destroying their strongholds and defusing their tectonic threats. The game contains 10 global hotspots that you can attempt in any order you choose. Each hotspot contains its own set of missions. Some of the missions you will be sent on will involve destruction of enemy aircraft and artillery, ambushing and elimination of enemy convoys, rescuing of ally scientists, and most importantly collecting and defusing all untriggered ShockWave devices. You can choose to fly one of three different types of helicopters to accomplish your goals."
30736,Rubik's Games,,1999,7.3,Puzzle,"Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle",,"Has everyone played the Rubik's Cube? More to the point, have you ever completed it without pulling it apart? Well, unless you can pull apart a CD-Rom and put it back together, the puzzles on this CD must be solved with the brain. Rubik's Games includes the original Cube of joy, as well as smaller and larger versions. But there is plenty more then that: Zigthough: A Tetris-style game where you must get a string of five colored blocks from one end of the screen to the other. Rubik's Playground: you must get 5 different style balls into the exit hole, while obstacles get in your way. Cover-Up: Unstack multiple tiles of colored blocks to fit the entire play area, but you can only lay the tiles out in straight lines from where the stack started. Paint War: A turn based strategy game where you are trying to paint half the 42 squares on the board or destroy all your opponents game pieces. Multi-play is available for this as well."
30740,Pet in TV,"Pet in TV: Dein neuer bester Freund!, Pet in TV: Ganbare Morikawa-kun 2 Gō, Pet in TV: Il tuo migliore Amico!, Pet in TV: Ton nouveau meilleur Ami!, Pet in TV: Your new best Friend!",1997,6.7,"Adventure, Simulation","Managerial / business simulation, Puzzle elements",,"In Pet in TV the player takes control of a virtual pet, which resembles a more complex version of the Tamagotchi. The player can choose from a selection of PiTs and name it. It is then up to the player to nurture their PiT and allow it to explore the 3D world, learning from its encounters with scenery and objects through trial-and-error. Once these behaviours are learn, the PiT will know how to respond to those objects in the future (such as a Flower, or a Spike). Whenever the PiT becomes injured, or tired, returning it to its home will allow Dr. Y to fix it. The objective then becomes for your PiT to solve puzzles on its own - for which it will be rewarded with AI upgrade chips."
30741,Revengers of Vengeance,Battle Fantasy,1994,5.8,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)","Fighting, Shooter",Fantasy,"Revengers of Vengeance is a combination of RPG, vertical shooter, and fighting game with a fantasy/anime style. There are ten available characters, each with their own animated backstory and fighting techniques. You must choose a hero and guide their stats to create a formidable fighter capable of taking down the Devil King and freeing the land. In the Quest mode, you name your selected character and start at a lowly Level 1. The local town acts as a hub with opportunities for training, equipment purchases and rest. You can leave town and battle contenders for money in the fighting game. You can advance the story by taking quests from the town's guild, which are played in the vertical shooter game. The fighting engine is further explored in two side modes - Tournament and Arena of Death. Tournament acts as a basic fighting game, allowing 1 or 2 players to progress through the ranks with the stock characters. No customization is available in this mode. Arena of Death allows eight players to be created using the stock character templates. You assign attributes by shifting various bars between two extremes. You can then match these creations against each other and watch as the computer simulates a battle between them. The primary use of this mode appears to be testing various tactics against each other to decide how best to play your character."
30743,James Bond 007: The Duel,,1993,5.8,Action,Platform,,"Commander James Bond is sent to rescue the daughter of Professor Michael Jones within a total of four missions, each with three levels. There are different objectives in each level such as reaching the exit, interacting with consoles and rescuing girls held hostage. Bonus points are earned for time remaining and briefcases collected. Along the way James will fight bosses based on familiar villains such as Jaws and Oddjob. The player's performance throughout the game determines how many seconds they have to complete the final mission before the area self-destructs."
30746,Reach for the Stars,,2000,6.2,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is an updated version of the venerable MS-DOS-era Reach for the Stars the 4X game before the term was even invented. Start with a simple planet, build and research better stuff, take over other planets, and eventually control the whole galaxy. Let computer ministers handle the research and building while the human player handles overall strategy. Includes improved graphics (naturally) and special scenarios."
30754,Koala Lumpur: Journey to the Edge,Koala Lumpur: Reise ins Chaos,1997,6.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Koala Lumpur is a mystical, Zen-master wanna-be, spouting mystical and karmic nonsense in a wacky cartoon world. After accidentally setting of an incantation that could trigger a ""Comedic Apocalypse"" in the entire cartoon universe, the universe's supreme being, Ella Mental, charges Koala with finding the Lost Scroll of Cartoon Prophecies and saving the universe. For that he summons help from his friend the dog Dr. Dingo Tu-Far, a gun-toting, fast-talking scientist, and his spirit guide: Fly. You play the game as ""Fly"" (which also becomes your mouse pointer) and direct the actions of Koala and Dingo on their quest in classical adventure game play. There are some mazes and reflex-challenging puzzles, but the game consists of solving puzzles, word association puzzles, etc. in an offbeat, unusual cartoon world filled with weird locations and persons as well as the occasional scatological humor."
30755,The Roberta Williams Anthology,,1996,6.9,Compilation,,,The Roberta Williams Anthology is a compilation of games created by Sierra game designer and co-founder Roberta Williams It contains: The Apple II titles contain an Apple II emulator for Windows that can run them.
30757,Boston Bomb Club,,1991,6.8,"Action, Puzzle",,"North America, Steampunk","In this humorous puzzle-action game you as one of the members of mad scientists club have to play the game with other members. Billiard table is now a puzzle maze, where opponents throw bombs, and you have to operate some mechanisms to pass the bombs in certain places. Level after level the mechanisms are added and the difficulty is raised."
30758,Curse of Enchantia,,1992,6.3,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Little Brad didn't believe in witches until he met one. The evil hag torments the fantasy land of Enchantia, and has just summoned Brad from the Earth as an ingredient to her potion of eternal youth. Brad doesn't like this plan. And who would be better suited to rid Enchantia of the sorceress than a tender teen? Curse of Enchantia is a graphic adventure game with an icon-based interface. The game contains almost no text: there are no object descriptions, and the purpose of most items is apparent. In the rare occasions of interaction with other characters, symbols in balloons substitute words. If there is text on the screen, it usually consists of either signs or comic phrases. Starting in a prison cell, Brad will have to free himself and find his way on the ocean floor, through a medieval city, a junkyard and an ice castle. The player commands Brad via an icon bar that pops up if the right mouse button is pressed. The hero can perform a variety of actions, e.g. wearing, inserting, combining or fighting. Apart from steering Brad around, there is no need to click on the screen. Brad has to stand next to the object he wants to interact with, which will then appear as an icon in the command bar. It is impossible to die in the game: in fact, doing potentially deadly things is often rewarded with funny animations."
30759,Bubble Bobble,"Dragon Maze, Final Bubble Bobble",1988,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"This is an enhanced port of the original version The game now has 200 levels, new items like the peacock feather, blue book, and a blue crystal chalice have been added, and there are also 2 new mini-boss fights. The game also has hidden rooms which allows players to rack up bonus points and find items that are needed to see the best ending. The endings themselves have been changed to be a bit more cinematic. Super Bubble Bobble is a mode in the original version that happened after the player beat the original set of levels and had to beat them again with the enemies being swapped around. Beating this would allow the player to see the true ending. This version of the game lacks this mode as the 200 levels are considered one playthrough."
30763,Power Chess,,1996,7.7,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"Power Chess is your basic chess game. It includes internet play and a large array of boards and options. It also has a lot of history and lets you watch over 150 famous chess matches like Deep Blue vs. Gary Kasparov. The AI is very good and has many opponents, a Power Chess Queen that gives you advice as you play, and a king thats learns your strategy."
30767,Arctic Baron,Transarctica,1993,7.3,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk","The Viking Union has a very dominant role in your society, as they control the vast railway networks. Could they be to blame for the disappearance of the sun and the resultant ice age? As a train captain, you must find out and overthrow them. Arctic Baron is a strategic trading and combat game. You must keep your train running and make sure there is enough fuel. When you reach towns you can trade with local people, with each city having a primary function. These towns often contain useful information to put you on the right track in your mission. You are in possession of slaves, who are traded just like other commodities. Contact with other trains results in combat. Buy upgrades to boost your performance in combat, to increase your chance of fending off the Viking Union."
30779,Racket Attack,Moero!! Pro Tennis,1988,6.3,Sports,,,"In Racket Attack you choose between two different modes of play. One Player tennis drops you right into the middle of a national tennis tournament. Win seven increasingly difficult matches and you'll take home the championship trophy. Two Plater tennis puts you on opposite sides of the net, hitting it out in head-to-head singles action. Once you've selected your mode of play decide between men's and women's tennis and choose from eight players in each category. each of the eight different men and women players has different strengths and weaknesses. Once you've picked your player, it's time to select your court surface. The game features hard, clay, and grass courts. Then it's time to serve it up. Play follows the regular rules of tennis. Win your match by winning two out of three sets."
30782,Dino Crisis 2,,2000,7.4,Action,Survival horror,,"The research on the mysterious Third Energy is being continued in secret, but then an entire island with the facility conducting this research and a neighbouring town has vanished, moving back in time to the dinosaur era. A military unit is sent to the past to save the survivors and retrieve the research data. But nearly all soldiers are massacred by dinosaurs. You take control of Regina and Dylan, who managed to escape this fate. Now you must find the survivors, retrieve the data, and get back to your own time. Dino Crisis 2 is a survival horror game in which you control the characters Dylan and Regina (switching from one to another at various points in the storyline). You will collect items and use them to solve puzzles while fighting the hordes of dinosaurs that inhabit the island. Much like Alone in the Dark the game uses 3D models for characters, enemies and items and static 2D backgrounds for their surroundings. Initially, each character starts with a gun and a melee weapon, but more weapons, such as flamethrowers or rocket launchers, can be bought later in the game. The dinosaurs' attacks cause you to lose ""vitality"", which can be restored using healing items. Sometimes an attack will cause you to bleed and thus slowly lose health; specific health items stop the bleeding. For each killed dinosaur you receive ""Extinction Points"". By killing a couple of dinos in quick succession, you activate a 'combo' and thus get more points. The points can be used in ""Save Shops"" throughout the game to buy weapons, ammo (and cartridge upgrades which allow you to store more ammo within the weapon), healing items and ""tools"" (such as armor, more powerful melee weapons, or ""cards"" which allow you to get bigger combos). You can also save the game at these points. While wandering around the island, you'll find many documents and letters to read, including ""Dino Files"", which contain a flavor description of a dino species."
30783,Tecmo Super Bowl II: Special Edition,,1994,7.2,Sports,,,"The follow up to the first 16-bit version of Tecmo Super Bowl. Includes the real NFL teams and players and the same basic gameplay as previous installments in the series. There are also variety of new features and minor enhancements, such as slightly angled play perspective, larger player graphics, new movement animations, expanded playbooks, fake kicks/punts, audibles, and auto-scheduling based on your won-loss record from the previous year."
30784,Shivers Two: Harvest of Souls,"Cyclone: La Cité des Âmes perdues, Harvest of Souls: Stadt der verfluchten Seelen, Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls, Shivers Dois: Cativeiro das Almas",1997,7.1,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Shivers Two: Harvest of Souls takes place in a deserted town named Cyclone in the southwest. You arrive to discover that your friends, the band Trip Cyclone, have mysteriously disappeared. Although, they left clues imbedded in their music videos for you decipher so that you may discover what happened to them, as well as the rest of the town. The game is similar to the first Shivers in that it has the same first-person slideshow interface, but much has improved from the first. Now, you can rotate 360 degrees in your current position as well as have a full inventory instead only being able to hold one item like in the first game. The game also includes a puzzle editor and a feature in which you can chat with others while you play the game."
30788,King Arthur's World,Royal Conquest,1992,7.3,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"This is a 2D side scrolling strategy game. You take the role of King Arthur and lead your army into battle against evil. You'll travel to many worlds including fighting dark knights, underworld orcs, and cloud giants. One of the few games that is Super NES Mouse capable. You are given a certain amount of troops each level. Passwords are used to save your progress between levels. The levels have enemies you must thwart, traps you should avoid, and gold to be won."
30789,WWF Wrestlemania,,1991,7.1,"Action, Sports",Fighting,,"WWF Wrestlemania is a wrestling game with arcade elements, which uses the World Wrestling Federation license. The player can control one of the three available wrestlers: Hulk Hogan, the Ultimate Warrior, or the British Bulldog. The player either participates in practice matches (against the hopefully-misnamed Mr. Perfect) or in a sequence of five matches to win the Wrestlemania Belt. The opponents have different special moves - watch out for The Warlord's Full Nelson and Sgt. Slaughter's Camel Clutch, for example. Before the fights start, the opponents will deliver a taunt, which the player must respond to as creatively as possible. The game is viewed from a forced perspective above and behind the action. The player's aim is to pin the opponent to the ground for three seconds, which can only be done once he has been weakened. Kicks, punches and throws will reduce an opponent's strength bar. When a strong opponent is down, stamping on him will pay off more than attempting a pin. Avoid leaving the ring for too long - 20 seconds out and the match is void, which counts as a defeat. As in real WWF, the frame of the arena can be used to perform moves. Once players are in close contact, the player can waggle the joystick to ensure he wins the grapple."
30794,Marsupilami,,1995,7.0,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Based on the character developed by Belgian cartoon artist Franquin, this platform features the player controlling Marsupilami, a strange animal with a large tail, who was poached along with Bonelli the Elephant from the Palombian jungle by Bring M. Backalive and sold to a Circus. Seizing the opportunity when the animal trainer fell asleep, Marsupilami got the key using his long tail and released all animals, and with the help of their Palombian friends Noé, Bip and Sarah tries to return to Palombia. While it might seem a typical platform game at first sight, it includes a twist: Instead of dozens of enemies, Marsupilami has to guide Bonelli through gaps and other obstacles (not much different than the Earthworm Jim levels where Jim has to steer Peter Puppy to safety), by shaping his tail intro stairs, bridges or an umbrella, but to do so, he must first collect an icon with the abilities required to complete the level, up to four on each. Always available is the ability to shape into a giant fist not only to swat guards and other enemies away, but also to change Bonelli's direction. The player also collects fruits along the way, which not only provide extra points at the end of the level, but can be dropped out to slow down Bonelli. Each level is timed, so the player can't make many mistakes, even if some time bonus items are occasionally available."
30797,Crash 'n Burn,,1993,7.5,Racing / Driving,"Arcade, Shooter, Tricks / stunts",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Crash ‘n Burn is a racing game with vehicle-mounted guns and rockets. There is both a Rally mode and a Tournament mode to compete in. In the Rally Mode, you race your way through up to 30 tracks with the goal of staying alive and destroying the other contenders while you try and finish in the top three. If you succeed then you advance to the next track. In Tournament Mode you drive the same tracks in a sudden-death race for dominance. Along the way, you can win prize money by placing in the top three. You can then use that money to add guns, energy weapons, missiles, hazards, armor, and other special enhancements. You can choose from among six vehicle/driver combinations that are weighted towards firepower, speed, or balance. Unlimited pit stops are available to repair damage and reload your weapons."
30801,Celtic Legends,,1991,7.6,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Eskel and Sogrom are the greatest magicians in the land, and both are hungry for power. The long war between them is beginning to enter Endgame, in the Rochebrume cluster of 23 islands, each with their own special range of magic on offer. The game is highly strategic, with icon-based controls and a turn-based structure similar to Battle Isle You will need to destroy the rival wizard's forces on each island. It's important to hold as many castles as possible, so as to generate the maximum amount of magic. Magic is used to move and create your forces, and to weaken your opposition."
30807,Alcahest,,1993,7.1,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Past and future are connected in a way mortals do not understand... A star was glowing up in the sky, and the demon god Alcahest appeared, bringing chaos and destruction to the world. A single swordsman stood in defiance. The four powers that protect the world, the Guardians, gave him their power, and with it the swordsman slew the demon and restored peace in the world. Thousand years have passed. And a new battle is already on the way. A cruel emperor leads his troops towards conquest. The kingdom of Panakeia is defending itself with the aid of its knights. Once again, the ominous star shines in the sky, indicating the demon's revival. With the help of Alcahest's power, the evil emperor wants to conquer the world. But the new generation also brings the new hero - the brave swordsman Alen. Aided by the Guardians, Alen must stop the Empire's evil plans and to destroy Alcahest once again. This is an action game with RPG elements. You wander around slaying enemies in real time combat, gathering treasure on the way, and occasionally participating in boss battles. When you gather enough experience from fighting, you gain extra hit points. You can also upgrade your weapons. On the way you'll meet some characters who will join your party for short time, and you'll be able to use their special attacks and magic."
30811,Rugrats: Studio Tour,"Les Razmoket font leur Cinéma, Rugrats: Excursión al Estudio",1999,6.3,Action,Platform,,"Rugrats: Studio Tour is an action game based on the Daytime Emmy-award winning animated television series Rugrats The Rugrats have lost Dil Pickles. As Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil and Angelica you have to search for him on Hollywood movie sets. There are four sets to explore with each multiple levels for the different characters, for a total of 16 levels. Each level is different, with various mini-games, such as racing and mini-golf. They can be played in any order and will grant you keys. When you've completed all regular levels (and thus acquired all keys) you enter the Find Dil stages. In each level you have to collect items such as cookies, coins, chocolate milk, keys, aliens, diapers, Reptar bars, rockets, gold nuggets and/or beach-balls. The game is presented in 3D and supports multiplayer with up to 4 players."
30813,Choplifter!,Choplifter,1982,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Choplifter! is a side-scrolling action/arcade game that puts the player in command of an attack chopper. The mission: Go behind enemy lines and rescue up to 64 hostages. However, the chopper can only carry 16 passengers at a time, so several rescue attempts must be made to rescue everyone. Be careful, though, because tanks and enemy aircraft will try to stop you - and they won't stop shooting while the rescuing of hostages is going on. Originally released for Apple II home computers, Choplifter! was later ported to the arcades in a rare instance of a home version receiving a later arcade release. However while the basic gameplay stayed the same, alterations to the original version were made. The Famicom and Sega Master System versions are based on this Arcade version. The Sega Master System has six levels (three of the levels repeating just with different backgrounds; no city rooftops level), gets rid of the fuel system, and requires 40 out of the 48 hostages to be rescued to complete a level (the chopper can now carry 16 passengers just like in the original version)."
30825,Motocross Maniacs,,1989,6.9,Racing / Driving,,,"Motocross Maniacs is a side-scrolling racing game with extremely perilous courses. You maneuver your rider through many jumps, loops, and mud hazards to achieve a record time. To assist you there are several power ups that give you more time to race, more nitro boosts, and more top speed. The main game is a solo affair. You attempt to complete the course before time runs out. You can also race one-on-one against the computer or against a friend via the link cable."
30827,Batman,,1986,7.7,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Robin was repairing the Batmobile when he was kidnapped. Before Batman can contemplate rescuing him, he must reassemble the car from its seven parts. These are all over the Batcave, in this isometric arcade adventure taking in over 150 screens. Initially Batman lacks his super powers, which must be collected. The Batbag allows you to pick up and drop objects, Jet Batboots allow you to jump, the Thruster allows Road-Runnering (movement while you fall), and the Low Gravity Batbelt keeps you in the air for longer. Short-term bonuses of invincibility, extra energy, an extra life and an enhanced jump can be collected, but there is also one which neutralises all power-ups. You have eight lives, but each cluster of Batstones acts as a restart point - when it is game over you can return to that spot, with lives and equipment as they were."
30828,Tom and Jerry: Frantic Antics!,,1994,6.2,Action,Platform,,"Tom and Jerry, the famous cartoon cat-and-mouse duo, have stopped fighting each other for a change. Their friend, the young girl Robyn, has been kidnapped, and it's up to them to rescue her. Starting out in the suburbs, the cat and mouse team must make their way through eight stages of platform action, moving through the city and into the mountains, all the while collecting fish and cheese, and finding occasional footballs to take out their enemies. The game can be played single-player, solo as Tom, or two-player simultaneous with Tom and Jerry teaming up."
30829,Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty,"Dune 2, Dune II, Dune II: Battle for Arrakis, Dune II: Der Kampf um Arrakis, Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis",1992,8.0,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"The planet Arrakis (also known as Dune for its sandy landscape) is the only place in the known universe where Melange (more commonly known as the Spice) can be found. The Spice is the basis of interstellar travel and thus the standard of the Imperial economy. To increase productivity, The Padishah Emperor has invited three powerful Houses (Harkonnen, Atreides, and Ordos) to compete against one another economically and bring up spice production. Competition among these houses begins peacefully but soon turns ugly as they battle each other with armed troops, advanced weaponry, and spies. The planet itself is also hostile, with dangerous sandworms inhabiting the spice fields. Dune II is often considered the first mainstream modern real-time strategy game and established many conventions of the genre. Even though set in Frank Herbert's famous Dune universe, the game is only loosely connected to the plot of any of the books or the films based on them. Controlling either of the three Houses, the player must fight a number of battles against the other Houses. In the early levels, the goal is simply to earn a certain number of credits, while in the later missions, all enemies must be destroyed. The single resource in the game is the Spice, which must be collected by harvesters. The spice is converted to credits in a refinery, which are then spent to construct additional buildings and units. There are two terrain types: buildings can only be constructed on stone, while the Spice is only found on the sand. However, units moving on sand attract the large sandworms of Dune, who are virtually indestructible and can swallow even large units whole. As levels progress, new and more advanced buildings and units are made available, including structures like a radar station, a repair facility, or defense turrets and, for units, various ground troops, light vehicles, and tanks. Each House can construct one unique special unit, and, after building a palace improvement, can unleash a unique palace effect. After a mission is completed, the player can select the next mission on a map of Dune. This choice determines the layout of the next map to be played but has no effect on the overall campaign."
30833,Spy vs. Spy III: Arctic Antics,,1986,7.1,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"The third and final installment (after Spy vs. Spy and Spy vs. Spy: The Island Caper ) sees the spies on an iceberg. They're seeking items (gyroscope, fuel canister, key card) and then seeking to leave via a rocket-ship before a blizzard sets in. New trap items include a saw (for cutting holes in ice), a plunger detonator (with dynamite), an ice pick and snowshoes. There are some pitfalls (thin ice and snow drifts). Hand-to-hand combat is done with snowballs. Watch your spy's body heat or he'll become a permanent resident."
30836,Tactics Ogre,"Ogre Battle Saga: Episode VII, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together",1995,8.6,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",Tactical RPG,Fantasy,"The land of Valeria is in a state of constant tension between the three nations that populate it. The Gargastan people, which constitute the majority, find themselves in a turbulent political situation. The Walstanian minority is being oppressed by the more powerful neighbors. The king of Bacrum, a nation that considered itself Valeria's elite, eventually gained the upper hand in the struggle, and managed to establish an era of peace and stability. All this ended when mysterious accidents began to plague the royal family. A new conflict arose, and eventually led to the ethnic cleansing of the Walstanians. Denim Powell, one of the survivors, embarks on a quest for revenge against those who slaughtered his people. Tactics Ogre is a 3D isometric tactical role-playing game. The player starts out with a band of troops, builds a small army and fights many battles with choices to make in between, that will determine which one of the eight possible endings will be reached in a non-linear storyline. The player has the option to recruit characters, control individual equipment of each character, with over six male character classes, six female character classes, three demi-human classes, and more. It is also possible to train at safe locations to prepare the army before the next battle or storyline advancement."
30840,Twisted: The Game Show,,1993,7.6,"Educational, Puzzle, Strategy / tactics","Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz, Mental training, Mini-games, Party game, Tile matching puzzle, Timed input",Contemporary,"Similar to the You Don't Know Jack series of games, Twisted: The Game Show is a trivia challenge game for up to 4 players. The game offers a humorous mix of live-character video and computer graphics. After an introduction by the host Twink Fizzdale, you can select your personality by viewing video clips of the various characters egging you on to select them. You advance or retreat through the game board based on your responses to various puzzles, mini-games, and trivia questions."
30847,Screamer 2,"Bleifuss 2, Screamer 2: Sheer Speed Road Racing",1996,7.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,"Africa, Europe, North America","The follow-up to Screamer is an arcade-style racing game. Unlike its predecessor, it offers a more rally-oriented gameplay. The twelve selectable high-performance road cars of the previous game have been replaced with four rally cars. The game features an improved graphics engine (SVGA) and various tracks including England, Switzerland, Egypt, Colombia, and others. These tracks may be slippery or contain various obstacles and scenery objects such as birds, helicopters, cows, etc. Split-screen head-to-head competitive two-player mode is available."
30860,Ricochet,,2000,5.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Ricochet is a futuristic multiplayer game where players engage in team matches or one-vs-one in battle arenas. They jump between neon-lit platforms suspended above an abyss, and shoot disks at one another. The main goal is to push the opponent out of the platform. Players can use the horizontal barriers for bouncing their disk, hence the name Ricochet. The game is an official mod for Half-Life With the release of Valve's platform Steam, it was converted to a standalone release."
30862,Psychosis,Paranoia,1990,6.2,Action,Shooter,,"There is something wrong with your brain. It is being taken over by the Devil Ugar himself! Your only recourse is to fight back against this hostile invasion. Thankfully your mind has created the ultimate weapon: a ship with which you can navigate the five causes (stages) and blast back the Devil's evil minions. It is your only hope, your one last chance to free your mind from this evil influence. Psychosis is a side-scrolling shooter where each level is meant to represent a different location within your mind. One looks like the sky, another filled with aquatic plants, one with what resemble tetris blocks. It is within these stages that you must blast everything in sight while collecting power ups to upgrade your weapon and shield. You can gain two floating balls that resemble mechanical eyes and can be directed 360 degrees around your ship to either act as a shield or to direct your weapon. Battle your way through each stage and defeat the boss at the end and eventually you'll do battle against the very DEVIL himself."
30863,Goal Storm,World Soccer Winning Eleven,1996,7.7,Sports,,,"Goal Storm is a soccer game featuring 3D polygonal motion-captured players. It features an Exhibition and a Hyper Cup mode. Exhibition mode lets the player play a game of soccer against the computer or another player. Hyper Cup mode lets the player pick a country (unfortunately one without licensed players), and lets them compete in a tournament against three other teams. All the rules of soccer are present such as throw-ins, offsides, and penalties which can get players yellow and red carded. Offensive and defensive team strategies and line formations are also able to be set by the player. There's also an announcer who calls all the action on the field. Options let the player choose the computer's difficulty level, the length of the halves, and the conditions of the playfield."
30865,"Game, Net & Match!","Extreme Tenis, Yannick Noah Great Courts 3",1998,7.0,Sports,,,"Game, Net & Match! is the third part of Blue Byte's Great Courts tennis simulation series (though only the French release retains the series title). The game now uses 3D graphics but also preserves the features of Great Courts 1 and 2 The game features a complete tournament schedule, which can be created from a variety of ways from over 150 different tournaments. It is also possible to take part in a worldwide Internet League and try to top the official Internet ranking. Players can create their own character and train their role-playing-like character stats via training sessions with a ball machine. Those stats will also improve while playing in matches depending on which skills have been used during them - doing lots of backhand shots will for instance make the character better at them. Thus, such a character will most likely have to play minor tournaments before winning Grand Slam events, like a real player."
30869,Hi-Res Adventure #0: Mission Asteroid,"Hi-Res Adventure #0: Mission: Asteroid, Mission Asteroid, Mission: Asteroide",1980,7.1,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this game, you play an astronaut who is asked by Mission Control to send a rocket up to an asteroid and blow it up before it reaches Earth. The trouble is: you will be unable to find the asteroid without a flight plan. This early adventure game is very short, and, in order to accomplish the task, the game requires you to enter one- or two-word commands to perform various actions. The game may be saved to a floppy disk at any point in the game."
30870,Pagan: Ultima VIII,"Super Avatar Bros., Ultima 8",1994,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),"Action RPG, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Ultima VIII: Pagan begins where Ultima VII: Part Two - Serpent Isle ended. The Guardian banishes the Avatar to the land of Pagan, a world under his control. Stranded in this unknown land, without his companions to help him, the Avatar's goal is to find a way back to Britannia. He has to confront four Titans in this world who are embodiments of the four elements, as well as master different styles of magic and fight many opponents on his way. The gameplay is significantly more action-oriented in this installment than in the previous Ultima games. The Avatar is able to jump and climb, and some puzzles are based on these abilities, adding platform-style elements to the game. There are no companions to help him in battles; combat is action-based and relies on the player's dexterity. The game also abandons the leveling system of the previous entries, utilizing instead a training-based approach, similar to the one implemented in Quest for Glory games: the character's parameters are increased by continuously using correspondent actions (e.g. the Avatar's strength gradually increases as he swings his weapon). Magic occupies an important place in the game, also departing from the style of the preceding games. The player still needs to gather reagents for spells; however, the exact preparation and casting of the spell differs depending on the elemental school it belongs to. There are four different magic schools in the game, and mastering their spells bears plot-related importance as well. Like in the two previous Ultima installments, the game features physical interactivity with the environment: the player is able to take, drop, and move most objects from place to place. As opposed to the topic-based dialogue style of the earlier games in the series, Pagan uses conversations with selectable responses. It also reduces NPC interaction, focusing more on exploration of a hostile world and combat. A speech pack was released separately, which added voices to some of the major game characters. It was included in the CD-ROM edition of the game."
30873,Cosmic Crusader,,1982,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Cosmic Crusader is to Galaxian as Space Strike (by the same programmer) was to Space Invaders An alien space fleet has discovered the location of Earth, and - being an alien space fleet - immediately sets out on the attack. The only thing standing between the enemy and total Terran termination is you - the player, with your puny gunship that's stuck to the bottom of the screen and can only move left and right. Each stage pits you against a contingent of alien ships hovering menacingly above you. Occasionally, an enemy will break formation and go out on a sortie, diving towards you while shooting - only to re-emerge at the top of the screen. The different ship types have different offensive maneuvers. Shooting them in the midst of a dive scores more points than picking them off in formation; some will bring their buddies along and go out in triads, which net you a special bonus if destroyed in the right order. Another bonus is awarded for eliminating the command ship that comes along once per level, shoots at you and runs off. You can temporarily protect yourself by activating your shields (at the cost of your ability to fire) - knock down the occasional floating disc to get an extra one. You start with three ships, and gain a new one for every 2000 points scored. 9 difficulty levels are available."
30875,The Golf Pro,The Golf Pro: Featuring Gary Player,1998,7.4,"Simulation, Sports",,,"The Golf Pro is Empire Interactive 's first foray into golf sims. It is a standard 3rd person golf simulation with the addition of the mouse drive system introduced on Maxis's SimGolf and popularized on Sierra's Front Page Sports: Golf Essentially what this system does is replace the swing bar and use a series of mouse movements and clicks to determine the power, accuracy and direction of the swing. You get to play either the Hilton Head or the St. Mellion courses with the option of playing a video tutorial on a practice court. Gameplay modes include single rounds (where up to 4 players can play at the same time) and a small tournament, with 3 difficulty modes available. Graphics consist of pre-rendered images based on photographs of the courses."
30886,Tyco R/C: Assault with a Battery,,2000,7.4,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"A racing combat game in the style of Mario Kart based on the Mattel owned Tyco R/C Toy Line. Tyco RC features eight real RC cars from the Tyco toy lineup, which includes Nitro Dozer, a racer with treads, which transforms into a bulldozer; Hot Rocker, a bug-shaped car that bashes through any obstacle; Tantrum, which spotlights a spinning axle that damages cars in front of it; Recoil, a 4X4 SUV that spins into a tornado to damage opponents; Fast Traxx, a dual motor vehicle with treads; the Rebound 4X4, a flipping mini-car packing lots of torque; and Speed Wrench, a wide pick-up truck that transforms into a vehicle twice its width. The game features 6 highly interactive single player tracks each with two distinctive player activated interactive items. There is also a multi-play mode that allows for battle games and several other mini-game style two player match ups."
30888,Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike,"Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - Fight for the Future, Street Fighter III: Third Strike - Online Edition",1999,8.2,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"The second updated version of Street Fighter III which adds new characters (Makoto, Q, Remy, Twelve, and the return of Chun-Li), new music, storylines, more super arts for each character, a grading system, a manual throw system, and path selection. The most significant change is the introduction of the guard parry, which helps defend against multi-hit combos. The Dreamcast port additionally offers a training record option where a certain move or combo can be recorded and used against the player over and over to see how it can be parried. A ""system direction"" option is also included, allowing the customization of many aspects of the game (air-blocking, combo limits, etc.). The subsequent PlayStation 2 version would include all these features, as well as a choice between arcade and Dreamcast soundtracks. The game would later get an Online Edition port. Besides adding online multiplayer, the game also has HD-filtered graphics,, YouTube replay sharing, new art, a new Trials mode, and challenges which earn the player Vault Points, which is needed to unlock bonus materials."
30896,Repton 3,,1986,7.4,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Repton 3 involves retrieving treasure from cleverly constructed traps of falling rocks whilst avoiding the monsters and spirits. Repton is a game requiring dexterity, and logical thinking to solve its puzzles over 24 levels. This second sequel in the Repton franchise includes both a sprite editor and level editor so that players can design and share their own levels with each other. Other improvements over the previous Repton titles include larger levels, creeping poisonous fungus which grows at an alarming rate, time bombs and time capsules (for puzzles in the fourth dimension!)."
30905,Magical Puzzle: Popils,Popils: The Blockbusting Challenge,1991,7.8,Puzzle,"Falling block puzzle, Platform",,"Magical Puzzle: Popils is a single screen platform puzzle game. The object in each round is to go through the labyrinth until the player reaches the princess (or the princess reaches the player). The player can break blocks, climb ladders, go through portals. There are also hazards to avoid, like red spikes and enemies. Breaking blocks is the most important gameplay element. Breaking a block causes the column of blocks above it to fall one place down. The player must use this block breaking ability to change the labyrinth and create a way to the princess. The short introduction sequence shows the back story: A beautiful princess fell in love with you! And you fell in love with her too... The wizard of forest ""Popil"" shut her in his labyrinth. Please save her!"
30910,Alien Breed 3D,AB3D,1995,7.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alien Breed 3D is a follow-up to Alien Breed a Gauntlet -style shooter, and its sequels. Unlike its predecessors, this game is set into a 3D context, making for the Amiga's first big Doom -style game. The 3D engine uses fairly small screen graphics, but these include full floors and ceilings with detailed shading, doors, vertical position variations, lifts and transporters. The CD version includes extra atmospheric sound, while fast processors and extra FastRAM are also supported."
30911,Mercenary Force,,1990,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Mercenary Force is an unconventional shoot'em up set in Japan's Edo period and inspired by Japanese history and mythology. When Japan is invaded by the minions of a dark lord, the shogun sets out to hire the best warriors in the land to combat the enemy. Players start with 5000 yen and must begin by hiring their mercenaries. The team has four slots and can be recruited from five different character types (servant, ninja, monk, samurai and mystic) in any combination (including more than one of any character). The characters differ in hiring price, starting health, weapons (amount of projectiles, speed and direction), and their special attack. The game consists of six levels, seen from an angled top-down/side-view perspective, with the screen scrolling automatically to the right. The mercenaries must shoot hordes of enemies to get to the next level, including several bosses. The mercenaries can change their formation between four different options: a vertical line, a diamond shape, a square shape and a horizontal arrowhead formation. It is also possible to switch the character in the lead position, leading to a large variety of tactical options. The hit points of each team member are counted individually, so if one is killed the remaining ones can fight on. Besides their standard weapon, each character also has a special suicide attack, triggered by pressing both buttons at the same time. These are usually highly devastating attacks, but the monk's power actually allows the group to skip ahead through a large part of the level. Killed enemies drop coins of 10 yen in value that disappear after a short while if not picked up. The money reserve is used in a matter of ways: between stages, new recruits can be hired to replace fallen fighters. There are also various buildings in the levels that allow the spending of money. Cafes offer various items that restore or increase health and, in some levels, can change the character class of the team leader. There is a fortune-reading at a temple which makes it possible to recruit a hidden character, and the possibility to resurrect fallen comrades at a daibutsu. Only temples don't cost money and offer healing for free."
30913,Sub Culture,,1997,7.9,"Action, Simulation",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Sub Culture is a distant relative of Elite The player takes the role of a member of the ultra-tiny race that lives on the ocean floor. Navigate a sub, trade among the different enclaves, do a little combat, and encounter the different missions and special plots."
30920,Master of Magic,The Master of Magic,1985,7.4,"Action, Adventure","Puzzle elements, Shooter",Fantasy,"Thelric the Wizard has kidnapped you by beaming you into his world, and will only set you free if you recover for him the Amulet of Immortality. The game engine is menu-driven, using the joystick to select options from menus to activate each of the game's main functions. The screen display has both top down and side-view representations of what is going on around you, plus measures of your mind and body health, and an inventory. To help, Thelric teaches you four spells - a magic missile to attack creatures, a burn spell which works over a wide radius, a spell to drain enemy energy, and a magical shield. Additional weapons (including daggers and a mace) and potions can be collected throughout your quest."
30922,Mad Trax,,1998,6.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mad Trax is a 3D arcade combat racing game featuring 8 different cars, 10 different tracks in various themes (including: desert, ice and city). Power-ups that can be picked up during the race include: a speed boost, missiles and laser to fire at your opponents, mines to lay and shields to safeguard yourself from enemy rockets. Multiplayer is possible in two player split-screen mode."
30923,Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning aren't so Frightening,"Pajama Sam 2: Doe niet onder voor Bliksem en Donder, Pajama Sam: Thunder & Lightning, Pyjama Pit 2: Donner und Blitz machen mir nix, Pyjama Sam 2: Donner Und Blitz Machen Mir Nix, Pyjama Sam 2: Héros Méteo",1998,8.2,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,,"Sam, it seems, is afraid of thunder and lightning. But not when he's Pajama Sam, superhero! Help PJ Sam as he journeys to World Wide Weather, in an attempt to conquer his fear of thunderstorms. There he accidentally throws things in a tizzy, sending weather all over the world. He'll need your help to explore his odd world and get past the puzzles and games, as well as help new friends - all before Mother Nature finds out. The puzzles vary each time you start a new game and, as usual, there are plenty of amusing animations when you click on things. A game for kids 3-8."
30928,Fighter Pilot,Fighter Pilot: Ready●Aim●Fire,1998,5.3,"Action, Simulation",,Middle East,"Fighter Pilot is an arcade-style simulation of a fighter plane. Simplified controls, physics, and tactics allow beginners to the field to still have fun. After every mission, you even get a score based on your performance. Set in the Middle East, you will fly 24 missions in 4 different planes. Missions range from escort, to patrol, to attack. A multiplayer mode is also included."
30931,Excitebike 64,,2000,8.0,Racing / Driving,,,"Excitebike 64 is an update to the original Excitebike for the NES. The outrageous jumps and precision timing required in the original have been translated into a modern 3D racing game. There are several game modes to choose from. First, there is a season mode with multiple skill levels. Completing a 5-race season in first place unlocks special tracks and more difficult classes. Second, there is a exhibition mode which allows you and up to 3 other people to choose a single track to race on. Third, there is a time trial mode in which you try to get the best times on the 20 tracks. Finally, there are multiple special tracks. Some of the special tracks include a point-to-point race through the desert, a hill-climb competition, motocross soccer, and a pixel-perfect conversion of the original Excitebike Excitebike 64 also includes a track editor for building your own competitions."
30933,Alundra,The Adventures of Alundra,1997,8.0,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Alundra is a boy who can step into other people's dreams. His own dreams tell him to go to the village Inoa. The ship on which Alundra is coming to the village goes down, but Alundra himself is washed up on a beach near the village. There, a blacksmith Jess takes care of him and treats him like his own son. But Alundra, stepping into the dreams of the village people, understands there's a danger somewhere. The people have horrible nightmares, and only Alundra can find out what they mean... Alundra is an action game with light RPG elements, somewhat similar to the Zelda series It uses real-time combat and includes some platforming and environmental puzzles. A big part of the game is spent in dungeons (reached through an overhead map), where the player has to solve puzzles in order to proceed. During the course of the game, various new items, spells and special attacks are found which have to be used to solve new puzzles or get to previously unreachable places."
30938,Navy Seals,,1990,7.1,Action,Shooter,,"Like many of Ocean's games this was licensed from a film,in this case one by Orion, the company best known for Robocop. You control a succession of the USA's elite fighters with the aim of destroying missiles held by terrorists. You must destroy the missiles by placing bombs next to them and then fleeing the scene. You will of course meet many more fighters throughout the level, and pick up improved weapons as the game goes on (neither of which fit with the film, or real-life logic, but make for Generic Ocean Film License #718). The gameplay is primarily side-scrolling, but the levels are taller than the screen."
30940,Enemy Nations,,1996,6.8,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Enemy Nations you can choose a race of that you'll be the leader - there's a great amount of them, mostly of course alien, but also the earthlings can be chosen. After this you land on a randomly created terrain with your landing ship. Your task is to conquer a planet for your race. Of course you're not alone, other races try the same. The game is basically a real-time strategy game, but with an important economic aspect, resource management is very important. The game has no campaign mode, all missions are stand-alone."
30941,No Escape,,2000,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"There is no escape from ""No Escape"", the best live-action reality TV gameshow ever! Compete against all the other players in front of live audiences on special landscapes with a variety of weapons in many of the different game modes. The action is relentless, the pace is hectic. Can you handle it? Play online against other players, or practice alone with bots. No Escape is best described as 3rd-person Quake with an arcade/console bent. All the different game modes are here, as are all the different weapons, characters, and levels."
30946,Under Pressure,,1991,5.5,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Under Pressure is 2D side scrolling arcade game. The player controls a robot (he is trapped inside) and tries to rescue kidnapped gal. Gameplay is simplistic - he goes into right side, avoid obstacles like lasers barriers, and kill alien creatures. Sometimes he needs to hurry - for example, when the floor collapses. Killed enemies drop shells, the player can collect them for new weapons. Game uses big animated sprites, for this reason, the player sees only the immediate environment."
30948,Z-Out,,1990,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Like its predecessor X-Out Z-Out is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up. A horde of largely-organic enemies threaten the safety of your planet, and they must be destroyed over the course of six levels.There are power-ups available, but the game is less centered around these than some are. Whilst some shoot 'em ups are much easier with a second player, Z-Out takes design steps to legislate against this. In a 2-player game, most power-ups are unavailable, and even those which are only come into effect on level 3. Another variation is that the 1-player mode uses restart points, but the 2-player mode does not, so as to keep both players in the same place."
30960,Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt,"Les Razmoket: La Chasse aux Trésors, Rugrats: Die groβe Schatzsuche, Rugrats: Treasure Hunt",1999,5.3,Action,Board game,,"Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt is a party game based on the Daytime Emmy-award winning animated television series Rugrats The game features three distinct board games that are represented in 3D similar to Mario Party On each board the objective is to find a missing item. In Angelica's Temple of Gloom you have to beat Angelica in reaching various pieces of an Aztec statue. The Pirate Treasure hunt requires the Rugrats to travel underwater to find buried treasure. The Reptar Rally lets them collect candy on Candy Island. The game can be played with up to four players (or NPC players). Each turn you can move as many paces as you got on the spinner (a replacement for dice). Some tiles have special actions attached to them that let you move further or gain or lose cookies. Each Rugrat also has limited energy, when they move a lot they get tired and have to take a nap to regain energy. You can collect Toy Cards to open doors or use against friends to gain an edge."
30967,Missile Defense 3-D,Missile Defense 3D,1987,6.4,Action,,,"The east and west are attacking! ICBM's and cruise missiles are flying, and it's your job to intercept them from a laser cannon positioned in space. You have 3 chances to save each city. Scene 1: Launch. Shoot as many as possible from their launch point. If you miss any, you can catch up with them in scene 2. Scene 2: However many you missed in the previous scene, you have another chance to shoot them down. If you miss them again, you have one final chance to catch them in scene 3. Scene 3: The City - This is the last chance. You must shoot them ALL down, if even one gets through, the game is over. The game starts off fairly easy, but quickly ramps up in speed and the number of missiles launched."
30968,The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask,"Zelda no Densetsu: Mujura no Kamen, Zelda: Majora's Mask",2000,8.6,Action,"Metroidvania, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"After having fulfilled Princess Zelda's request and saved the land of Hyrule from grave danger, Link departs on his horse Epona. In the Lost Woods, he is ambushed by Skull Kid, an imp who dons a mysterious mask, accompanied by the fairies Tael and Tatl. Skull Kid turns Link into a small plant-like creature known as a Deku Scrub and takes away his horse and his magical ocarina. Shortly afterward, Tatl joins Link and agrees to help him revert to his native form. A meeting with a wandering mask salesman reveals that the Skull Kid is wearing Majora's Mask, an ancient item used in hexing rituals, which calls forth a menacing moon hovering over the land of Termina. Link has exactly three days to find a way to prevent this from happening. Majora's Mask is a direct sequel to Ocarina of Time It utilizes the same engine and visual style, as well as a virtually identical interface. The game retains the traditional elements of Zelda games (dungeon exploration, sword fighting, bows, bombs, heart containers, etc.) as well as those introduced in its immediate predecessor, such as active blocking with a shield, various throwing items, and the usage of melodies played on the ocarina to solve puzzles. Compared to previous Zelda games, this installment is more focused on interaction with NPCs and features a wider variety of items, optional quests, and mini-games. Also unique to this entry is its time system. The game has an internal clock, with one hour roughly corresponding to one real-life minute. If the player hasn't completed all the objectives within three in-game days, the moon falls on Termina, annihilating everyone and ending the game. However, the player can return to the first day at any time by playing a song on the ocarina, saving all quest-related progress and inventory but losing other items such as ammunition or money (unless stored in a bank). It is also possible to learn melodies that slow the time passage significantly or advance the clock instantly to the next day. Some events happen only at specific times, and many characters follow their own schedules throughout the three days. Owl statues scattered across the land provide quick-save points and serve as teleporters between areas when discovered. The collection and usage of masks play an important role in the game. Most of the twenty-four masks that can be found in the game are optional and usually serve to solve side quests or enhance Link's abilities, allowing him, for example, to run faster or to become invisible. Transformation masks can be used to turn Link into a Deku Scrub, a Goron, or a Zora. Each of these forms has access to unique abilities, many of which are essential to the completion of the game. Among other skills, Deku Link can shoot bubbles from his mouth and float between flowers; Goron Link can operate heavy switches and walk through lava without taking damage, and weigh down heavy switches; Zora Link can swim fast and generate force fields."
30976,Army Men,,2000,7.1,Action,,,"Army Men for Game Boy Color is the first handheld entry in the series. It is an adaptation of the first entry for PCs, with several of the original's levels being adapted for simpler gameplay. Players control green plastic soldier Sarge in combat against the tan army. The game consists of 27 missions spread out over 2 campaigns (Desert and Arctic, two out of the original game's three), each made up of three maps with four to five missions per map. While the maps are rough approximations of the original game's, all mission objectives are completely different. A boot camp mode that explains the controls is also available. Mission objectives vary, but usually require Sarge to destroy a number of enemy soldiers or a specific target like a jeep, tank or building. The action is seen from a top-down perspective, with Sarge being able to crouch and roll to evade enemies, as well as use various weapons to destroy them, including rifles with unlimited ammunition and heavier ones like bazookas, grenades or flamethrowers, with limited ammo. It is also possible to enter vehicles like jeeps and tanks. The more complex elements of the original game like a squad to command or air strikes to call in have not made it to the GBC version. Level progress is stored via passwords and the game has Sarge commenting on situations like weapon pickups through voice samples."
30979,Blaster Master: Enemy Below,Metafight EX,2000,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Taking place sometime after the events of the original Blaster Master Blaster Master: Enemy Below puts you once again behind the wheels of Sophia 3 as a genetically engineered threat looms from the underground once again. Gameplay-wise the game plays like a remake of the first game, with similar levels and challenges, and featuring the same on wheels/on foot dual gameplay modes while adding new weapons and upgrades."
30980,Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack,Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack for Windows® 95,1995,6.7,Compilation,,,"It's time to set the Way-Back Clock to the early 80s (that's 1980s), when little plastic boxes with fake wood trim ruled the video gaming landscape. In Atari 2600 Action Pack Activision relives its early glory with 15 of its most popular game cartridges. These aren't PC ports--this package includes a 2600 emulator and the actual cartridge ROMs. The following games are included: Each game includes on-line help that also provides a short history of the game and its designer."
30982,Ultimate 8 Ball,"Actua Pool, Pool:shark",1999,7.0,Sports,,,"Actua Pool is a pool simulation game. Game modes include a two player match, hustle mode, trick shots, tournaments and an interactive tutorial. Winning tournaments unlocks new NPCs to play against. Each NPC opponent has its own unique playing style and difficulty. You can play on a variety of different tables."
30984,Star Trek: Judgment Rites (Limited CD-ROM Collector's Edition),,1995,6.0,"Adventure, Special edition",Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Judgment Rites is the successor of the Star Trek: 25th Anniversary The game adds eight new missions, and is almost identical to its predecessor in terms of graphics, sounds and gameplay. The Limited CD-ROM Collector's Edition contains:"
30998,Player Manager,,1990,8.0,"Action, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"This innovative action-strategy hybrid recreates the experience of being the player-manager of a third division football team. The game features over 1000 fictional individual players to buy and sell, each with 8 different physical and mental skills rated, and the ability to choose which position they will play in. Four tactical systems are provided, but the game allows to design one from the ground up and put it to the test in various situations using a raytrace system. Training sessions are presented visually, allowing to pinpoint the exact ability and potential of a player. The playing side of the game uses the Kick Off game engine. After a few seasons, the player-manager's ability fades and they eventually have to retire from playing to concentrate on management. It is however possible to save a team and import it into Kick Off 2"
31002,Lords of Chaos,,1990,7.5,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Turn-based strategy game based on Julian Gollop 's earlier games, Chaos and Laser Squad The setting is pure fantasy — the Old World is wrecked by magical discharges, and the wizards who attempted to keep it balanced ultimately gave up, and used their skill to create a new world. These Lords of Chaos (up to four, played either by human or computer) may now battle for control of this world. The idea of the game is to escape the level within a certain number of moves (preferably carrying lot of treasure and having killed the evil wizard Torquemada). Along the way you can use wizardry weapons and spells (there are 45 in total, created by combining ingredients) to conjure up mystical creatures like dragons and unicorns, but unfortunately so can Torquemada. Worlds include marshlands, castles and forests."
31007,Championship Motocross Featuring Ricky Carmichael,,1999,7.0,Racing / Driving,,,"This motocross game offers 9 customizable dirt bikes in three categories: 125cc, 250cc and 250cc. The six main modes include championship, split-screen head-to-head, single races and time attack modes. There are 12 tracks available and these have been divided into motocross, supercross and endure tracks, both indoor and outdoor, with different surfaces. On top of that, each course can also be reversed. An additional touch is added by dynamic weather effects. Each bike, with different performances, can be fully tuned based on suspension, brakes, gears, tires... If racing for the finish line is not enough, you can also perform stunts with the trick system to wow the spectators. As the game’s title implies, you are able to race as or against motocross star Ricky Carmichael"
31014,Enigma Force,,1985,7.5,"Action, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)","Arcade, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Following the events depicted in Shadowfire General Zoff, the republican dictator, has been captured, but he still had time to declare war on the empire. While five members of the Enigma team: Zark, Sevrina, Syylk, Maul and yourself; escort Zoff to face the Emperor’s wrath, the war flares across the galaxy. As you cross the imperial border, Zoff concentrates his awesome psionic powers on the Enigma craft’s guidance system. Moments later the ship is bucking and burning through the atmosphere of a planet. You awake, head throbbing, to find the Enigma craft wrecked and General Zoff missing … Gameplay is very similar to its predecessor Shadowfire Take control of your four Enigma Force members, each with different abilities, and lead them through an underground complex filled with enemy soldiers and lots of puzzles. You will often need to combine the abilities of more the one crew member to solve a single puzzle. The user interface is completely icon-driven. Only character movement and shooting is done directly with joystick. The game is in real time and you often need to switch between the characters because the enemy troops also move to through the complex and attack."
31015,Virtuoso,Virtuoso Rock & Roll Shooting,1994,4.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Fight all sorts of virtual enemies as Our Hero, a rock star. Your shotgun is your only friend as you travel from world to world fighting enemies in 3rd-person 3D."
31016,Spin Jam,,2000,6.6,"Action, Puzzle",Tile matching puzzle,,"The ""Spin Jam"" universe is in peril from the evil Moolamb. To foil his plans you must become the ""Spin Jam"" champion and defeat him in head to head combat. The characters you can choose to be are Gilly, Poppy, Wigsey, Aqualad, Babybot, Lemon Drop, Nips, & Booger. The game revolves around firing colored bubbles from a launcher, located at the bottom of the play field, towards the center spindle. The player must then rotate the spindle in order to get three of the same colored bubbles adjacent. This leads to explosions that shoot bubbles towards the petals, which are surrounding the outside of the spindle. Fill a petal with the same colored bubbles and it will pop. When all petals have popped the level is complete. The games modes include a tutorial, arcade mode, battle mode, and story mode."
31017,Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss and Labyrinth of Worlds,Ultima Underworld 1+2,1993,8.1,Compilation,,,The package contains two games in the Ultima Underworld spin-off series of the Ultima universe:
31021,Lock 'n' Chase,Tjuv och polis,1981,6.6,Action,Arcade,,"Lock 'n' Chase is an arcade action game similar to Pac-Man You play a thief who is trapped in a maze like vault. To get out, you need to collect all of the gold dots located in the maze. Your task won't be easy, since there are four police officers in the vault who are constantly trying to catch you! Located throughout the maze are numerous doors. As you run through the maze, you have the ability to temporarily close a door in an attempt to block the police. You can only close two doors at a time, and any closed doors automatically open again after a short amount of time. When all of the gold in the maze has been collected, the exit to the vault will open and you can escape and move on to the next, more difficult vault. Occasionally a bonus item will appear in the maze, such as a cash bag, crown, or briefcase, which can be collected to earn even more points."
31022,WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness,"WarCraft 2, WarCraft II: Ondas de Terror",1995,8.2,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Fantasy, Steampunk","WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness is a fantasy themed real-time strategy game and sequel to WarCraft: Orcs & Humans set on the world of Azeroth. With the conquest of the kingdom of Azeroth in the first war, the orcs are now preparing for an invasion of Lordaeron and conquer the remaining human, dwarven and elvisch realms. In an effort to counter this invasion the humans, elves and dwarves formed an alliance in the hope to avert the same fate the kingdom of Azeroth met. The game comes with many new features such as fighting not only over land but also over sea and air, SVGA 640x480 resolution graphics with many newly-rendered buildings and units, multiplayer-support with up to eight players, as well as a Red Book audio soundtrack, and a scenario editor that allows players to design and create their own scenarios. The editor requires Windows 3.1 or greater, even though WarCraft II is a DOS-based game."
31026,The Taking of Beverly Hills,,1991,5.0,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,,"The taking of Beverly Hills is an adaptation of the action movie with the same name. The main events of the game are set in Beverly Hills famous of its rich residents. The truck with toxic ingredients crashed on one of the crossroads with Rodeo Dr., and all citizens were evacuated to the Hotel until the National Guard arrives. All except two - football player Boomer Hayes and his girlfriend Laura Sage. Robbers led by the head of L.A. football team, Robert Masterson, want to steal the priceless Botticelli Fresco and kill Boomer, but Boomer wants to stop the robbery and bring Masterson to justice, while evading ex-cops and the hired thug Benitez, who has commandeered a SWAT tank and is gunning for him. Switching between Laura and Boomer, the player has to re-create the main events of the movie, carefully walking through Beverly Hills, collecting inventory items, and using them with 'USE' and 'HIDE' commands. Point of view changes between top-down to side-scrolling or first-person when the player enters important places. Boomer's inventory includes a diskette, which allows to save or load the game. Every death of any character means the end of the game and exit to the operating system. In the beginning, Boomer has to visit the police station to acquire the empty gun, the vest protecting him from bullets of ex-cops and the radio transmitter to have a window to outer world. As Laura, the player explores a hotel to take a useful key. The next actions of the main characters include three main goals of the game:1. Free the real cops from the fire station. 2. Rescue the Botticelli fresco. 3. Save Laura from Masterson after she is captured. Action elements of the game include evading enemies with machine-guns, and moving fast on the streets to avoid getting killed."
31032,Advanced Pinball Simulator,Flipper Magico,1988,6.1,"Action, Simulation",Pinball,,"Part of Codemasters' original budget-price range, this pinball game aimed to put fast & furious action first. The table design features extra flippers on both sides, which are at the bases of sections of features. The best scores can be achieved by repeatedly bashing away at sections of blocks. The essential theme of the table is of magic and wizardry, with the targets to be lit including the word 'MAGIC' as well as a weather potion and a magic cottage. Trapdoors must be shot open to get their bonuses, then shot shut again to prevent the ball being lost in them. Extra balls are offered every 10,000 points."
31038,DJ Boy,,1989,6.5,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Skating DJ Boy's girl has been kidnapped by the town's local goons and DJ Boy is the only one who can save the day. This coin-op conversion offers different rounds of side-scrolling beat-em-up gameplay, each with an end boss. DJ Boy is able to punch, kick, combine them in a flying attack and punch to both sides at the same time by pressing the main attack buttons. Although the visuals are less rough and friendlier than its contemporary counterparts, the difficulty is very unforgiving. DJ Boy has only four life bars and when they are gone, the game is over without continues. Defeated enemies leave behind coins. At the end of each stage the coins can be exchanged for a skateboard, a stronger punch or other items."
31043,Psytron,,1984,7.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"To keep the Betula 5 Installation running smoothly and to protect it, it is run by one central computer called Psytron which keeps the oxygen levels stable, allocates food and duties and most importantly it protects the installation from any saboteurs or attacks. The game allows you to take the role of Psytron but instead of throwing you into the deep end and overwhelm the player, you play over five levels which introduces new tasks on each level to help you get used to the game before you attempt to play level six, The Final Conflict. You must play each level over five times and your aim is to get an average score of 50% or more to move on to the next level. The levels are: Level One: The alien invaders are beaming down Tri-Pedroids into the airlock service tunnel which circles the whole base. Their aim is to damage the airlocks so you control a Pursuit Droid which must move along the tunnel and destroy any saboteur you encounter over a period of five minutes. Even though the airlocks get damaged and you can see ships in the sky your only objective is to blast the saboteurs on this level. A radar on the bottom of the screen shows the location of any saboteur and your position. Level Two: You now need to defend the skies above and you control a crosshair and you must move around the installation to shoot any alien ship that intends to bomb the installation for five minutes once again. A radar shows the position of the ships and your position as well as if the alien ship is about to bomb. Level Three: This level combines level one and two and you must switch between game modes to protect the installation from being bombed or the airlocks being damaged over a period of ten minutes. Level Four: As well as defending the installation from the skies and the service tunnel you must now send crews to repair any damaged airlock or building. To help you, you can use freezetime which slows the game down but you only have limited use and also fuel which enables freezetime. You have ten minutes to survive but require an average score of 60%. Level Five: The last level before The Final Conflict and now you combine levels one to four as well as having to keep the installation supplies at their correct levels using freezetime once again. You need to take into account the weight the supply ship can carry and the length of time it takes to arrive and unload. Once again you have ten minutes but with an average score of 65%. The Final Conflict: You now have full control of Psytron and you must keep the installation running, deploy crews and defend the base from bombings and saboteurs. You try to keep the installation running for as long as possible with the aim being one hour. There was actually a competition where the best score won you a Q.L. Computer, with your score combining the score from the Final Conflict and your average scores from the previous levels."
31050,Batman,,1990,7.0,Action,,,"The TurboGrafx-16 version of Batman: The Video Game is a top-down maze-like game, somewhat similar to Pac-Man or Bomberman The game consists of five stages based on the movie: the Streets of Gotham, Flugelheim Museum, AXIS Chemical Factory, the Parade and the Cathedral, where Batman finally faces the Joker. The first four stages are divided into 12 sub-stages or mazes. Each main level has its own objective, which basically consists of finding items in the mazes: collecting ""smilex"" components in the streets of Gotham, cleaning paintings at the museum, planting bombs at the factory and cutting off the ropes of Joker's balloons at the parade. Before each level, a cutscene with scenes from the movie is displayed. Batman can attack his enemies with his Batarang. Through the levels, he will collect items which will upgrade his speed and give his Batarang a longer range and multiple shots."
31051,Screamer Rally,"Bleifuss Rally, Speed Rally",1997,7.8,Racing / Driving,,"Asia, Europe, North America","Screamer Rally is a follow-up to Screamer 2 Like its predecessor, it is a rally-style arcade racing game. The player can choose among four different rally cars (two front tractions and two 4x4), each with different parameters such as acceleration, braking, and weight. Handling, tire type and pressure, front and rear suspensions, and brakes can be customized in a garage. The game contains seven tracks located in different countries (such as China, Canada, Italy, etc.), pitting the player against five opponents. The tracks may contain obstacles and hazards such as holes on the roads, bumps, etc. The game also offers 3D acceleration support."
31052,Virtual Hydlide,Cancer,1995,5.3,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Virtual Hydlide is a 3D remake of the original Hydlide for the NES You must defeat the evil demon Varalys, who turned a beautiful princess into three fairies. Before you confront the ultimate fiend, you must find the three fairies and restore the princess to her normal self by collecting three jewels. You roam the 3D world of Hydlide, fighting monsters in real time, finding weapons and armor, descending into dungeons, hunting for treasure, and collecting points after defeating your foes, which you can then exchange for items. RPG elements are very slight, as you level up only after completing a portion of the game. You can also generate random maps by yourself and let the hero perform the same quest in your own world."
31056,Jet Moto,Jet Rider,1996,6.9,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this arcadelike, futuristic racer, you pilot your moto/hoverbike against 19 other racers in a free-flying, chaotic race across diverse tracks to the finish line. Developed by SingleTrac and published by SCEA."
31057,Millipede,Centipede Deluxe,1982,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Millipedes, cousins of the Centipede, are all over the garden. This will ruin anything trying to grow there unless they are stopped. But there are other insects as well; spiders, bees, dragonflies, and earwigs. Nature is dangerous. Luckily, there's a bug zapper that can shoot arrows at these insects and destroy them. Millipede is the sequel to Centipede and features similar gameplay, but with a new swarm of insects! The goal is to destroy the multi-segmented millipede as it traverses its way through the mushroom forest towards the bottom of the screen. When all millipede segments have been destroyed, the player will progress to the next, more difficult level. Millipedes and other creatures are all worth a different amount of points. Occasionally DDT will appear on the screen, which will explode if shot by the bug zapper. With a well-timed shot, numerous millipede segments (and other insects as well) can be taken out as they pass by."
31062,Raid over Moscow,"Raid!, Raid!!!",1984,7.3,Action,Shooter,Cold War,"The USSR has launched a huge attack on the USA, and the only hope for the free world is for you (as leader of a US Squadron of fighters) to destroy their defense bases. This is done in a multi-stage action game with some similarities to the same developer's Beach Head All the mini-games must be completed before the time limit on the bomb is expired. The first thing you will see is a missile being launched; the game then takes you to your hangar, from which you must quickly launch as many ships as possible, a task made difficult by the limited gravity. You must then fly it into Soviet airspace in a side-view shoot 'em up section, in which staying low keeps you safe from radars, and quick reactions see you shoot enemy fighters and avoid trees. The next scene takes place on a single-screen view, with five windows to shoot through, and enemies aiming at you to be avoided. You then reach the base, and must shoot out approaching enemies. Finally, you must use discs onto a wall, such that they rebound to hit maintenance robots, with the ultimate goal of causing the base to overheat, the Soviet attack to be thwarted, and the US to be saved."
31068,Mission A.D.,,1986,6.9,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Earth is in trouble once again after minor attacks against our planet and scientists have predicted that there will be one final big attack that will totally destroy us. The scientists have devised a plan called Mission A.D. which will see all countries join their defence systems and give financial aid to the plan. All countries agreed apart from one, Silesia, which sees it's Head of State General Offisrokka condemn the plan as he feels it's a capitalist plan to take over his country. Assassins hired by the General have now been dispatched to the bunker where the plans are being devised and drawn up to kill the scientists. You play the role of super assassin Rik O'Shey who has been sent to the bunker to take out all the assassins in this side view flick-screen shooter over various missions within a time limit. The bunker itself is made up of eight areas connected by transporters and each screen in the areas is made up of two levels which are connected by elevators to move from the top and bottom floor. You are armed with a gun and you must search each area for a set number of assassins which you are told before you start each mission. The main problem you have apart from the assassins themselves, is the panic this has created with guard droids and guards themselves running around shooting anything that moves including yourself. You must shoot or avoid them in your search because if you are shot or touched then you lose part of your energy bar and when it reaches zero then you lose one of three lives. If the time runs out during a mission then you also lose a life. When you have searched an area then you can transport to another area with the transporter, and when entered you select the next area as well as look at a small map showing the assassin's locations. Once a mission has been completed then you move to the next mission which is the same gameplay as the last mission but with more assassins to kill. As well as the main playing area you can see your lives, energy bar, time bar, score, what the assassins look like and a small map."
31075,E.S.S.,European Space Simulator,1989,7.2,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"E.S.S. (European Space Simulator) challenges the player to manage a space shuttle trip starting with 200,000 coins in cash. Successful actions will lead to an increase of the cash, while unsuccessful and preparation actions will lead to its decrease. Set in the future, events of the game start on New Year's day 2010 with a preparation phase, when the player allocates fuel and energy for the trip, assigns scientific and technical crew members, takes part of orbital station and satellites. The shuttle has limited space to carry and the player needs to choose the equipment and crew wisely. Every effort costs a certain amount of money. After the shuttle is prepared, it is launched and set to orbit around Earth. It is possible to build and manage a space station docking with it and send up and maintain satellites. It is also possible to take the role of an astronaut and exit the shuttle to outer space in a EVA suit. Control of the shuttle and the astronaut in space is performed from a first-person perspective. After all research were made, shuttle has to be landed on a ""shuttle carrier"". It is performed manually from a third-person behind-the-shuttle perspective. Invalid landing will also cost money. Game is localized to English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. It has a sequel: E.S.S Mega"
31076,Chain Reaction,,1987,5.5,Action,,,"The Anti-Nuclear Party are up to their old tricks again. They have decided to infiltrate a nuclear power station and programmed the robots to empty the containment vault and attack all scientists inside it. To make matters worse, the entire facility will self-destruct in fifty minutes. As one of the scientists that survived the onslaught, the player must prevent this from happening by collecting eighteen fuel canisters scattered around all seven floors of the facility and disposing of them in the pit that lies at the center of the first floor, but only one canister can be carried at a time. If the player comes into contact with any of the robots, their radiation level increases. Once the player becomes totally contaminated, they will die. There are decontamination showers around the facility, and entering them reduces their radiation level. Players are also equipped with a jet-pack that can be used to fly over dangerous areas."
31078,Kirby's Dream Course,Kirby Bouru,1994,7.9,Sports,Arcade,,"Kirby's Dream Course is a mini-golf game featuring the pink blob Kirby. After his adventures in Dream Land Kirby himself becomes the ball, and you must guide him around each hole using the sort of bar system that you see in most golf games. Where this game differs, however, is in the fact that you need to eliminate all on-screen enemies before you can guide Kirby into the hole and complete it. As per usual in golf games, the more strokes it takes you to complete the whole, the lower your score - so make sure you aim Kirby just right! You'll find eight courses and a total of sixty-four holes in the game, not including the final showdown with King Dedede, as well as an action-packed two-player mode."
31083,Seaside Special,,1985,7.1,Action,Arcade,,"The Polytikians have invaded the Earth and taken over the Tory Cabinet in 10 Downing Street. Only one man can stop them: Radium Rodney. To save the Earth, Rodney must collect radioactive seaweed from Rotaway Beach, then travel to 10 Downing Street to throw the weed at the fake politicians. The game is played over two screens. On the seaside screen, Rodney must collect 10 pieces of weed to continue. Trying to stop him is a guard with a gun and a jellyfish. Spending too much time in the irradiated sea or handling the seaweed is dangerous and can kill Rodney. Once the 10 pieces are collected it's off to 10 Downing Street to stop the aliens. Rodney stands underneath the windows and when a politician appears he must throw seaweed at them while dodging various objects thrown back. After each politician is hit five times, Maggie Thatcher appears who also needs to be hit five times. Once Maggie is defeated the game returns to the beginning. If Maggie is defeated a second time the game ends and the score and number of polytikians killed are displayed."
31088,World Cup Soccer,"Kick & Rush, Tengen World Cup Soccer",1993,7.3,Sports,,,"World Cup Soccer lets the player choose from 24 International soccer teams where the player can enter in the World Cup tournament. The player will compete in an Elimination League where the player must earn enough points, either through victories or draws, to qualify for the World Cup tournament where the games are a Sudden Death format. Friends can also compete head-to-head in an Exhibition mode using the Gear-to-Gear cable."
31091,Extreme Paintbrawl,,1998,2.7,"Action, Sports",Shooter,,"In Extreme Paintbrawl you get a chance the play America's up and coming sport, paintball. Using the Build engine, it gives users several places to play in, and also allows over the net play."
31092,Life & Death,"Life & Death: You are the Surgeon!, Life and Death",1988,7.5,Simulation,,,"Life & Death is a game which casts you as a doctor in a hospital. Your job is to diagnose patients and administer appropriate therapies, or even perform surgery when necessary. The game was created in conjunction with by Myo Thant, a Hematologist. To diagnose a patient, you have to press on his or her abdomen, to see which portions of the stomach cause pain. Based on triaging the patient (observation, medication or referring to another specialist), administering a X-Ray or ultrasound scan, you have to make a decision about the care, including surgery or medication. In some cases, surgery will be necessary. You're the surgeon and you have to perform the operation very carefully, adhering strictly to the procedures, preserving hygiene, and maintaining care when cutting up the patient. Should you mistakenly administer the wrong therapy, or kill your patient at the operating table, you're kicked into the medical school, where you're given hints as to what you've done wrong."
31093,Super Taxi Driver,,2000,4.5,Racing / Driving,,,"Throughout six different, maze-like cities, pedestrians have to be picked up and dropped off at their destinations. There is a choice of three different taxi drivers, each with their own customized taxi cab. Four passengers take their turns in taking the cab in each stage, until a certain number of fares has been completed and the next stage in a different city is loaded. The address, distance, and picture of the respective street corner is displayed for each destination, and highlighted by a green circle on location. Some of the passengers enjoy fast and cunning driving, while others prefer safety. Depending on the time taken to reach the destination, as well as overall passenger satisfaction, bonus time and money can be earned. Remaining seconds on the timer are transferred to the next stage, and the game is over when it runs out."
31097,Assault Suit Leynos 2,Assault Suit Leynos 2: Saturn Tribute,1997,7.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Japan-only sequel to Target Earth Leynos 2 puts you in the cockpit of a giant mecha robot as you scroll and shoot your way through a series of 7 individual missions tied loosely together by a generic sci-fi plot. The game itself plays as a side-scrolling shooter set in different planets as well as outer space (where you can fly anywhere with your jump-jets). You have a variety of upgradeable weaponry which allow you to shoot anywhere on-screen as well as auto-lock individual enemies, and depending on how well you do on each stage you get a specific rating score that allows you to upgrade and customize your mech."
31102,The Executioner,,1991,6.9,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A simple little game that is a later reworking of the ancient game, Thrust With the full effects of gravity and Newtonian physics in action to make control more challenging, you fly around a side-scrolling level shooting enemies and avoiding contact with the scenery. There are a few additional twists. You must collect bits of a key (which you need to be able to kill the baddie at the end), and pick up prisoners (whom you can then torture to learn the whereabouts of other bits of the key). There's also a shop where you can sell your prisoners as slaves (provided you haven't tortured them to death) in return for powerups for your ship."
31104,Shining in the Darkness,Shining and the Darkness,1991,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"This is a story-driven console-style RPG, and is the first in the three game Shining series for the Genesis (followed by Shining Force and Shining Force II ). The Kingdom of Thornwood has been invaded by Dark Sol's men, and it is your job to vanquish them. You will need the Arms of Light to do this. The game is a first person RPG, with turn-based combat and cartoony graphics. The dialogue is displayed via dialog bubbles appearing above the characters speaking, although the protagonist never speaks. There are no sub-quests - the secrets in the game involve the location and use of special metal for forging esoteric items. There are about 25 to 30 hours of gameplay to be found here, before the final battle and ending sequence."
31112,Fire Pro Wrestling,Fire Pro Wrestling A,2000,6.7,Sports,Fighting,,"The first North American release of the Fire Pro Wrestling series comes to the Game Boy Advance. Fire Pro Wrestling has a stacked roster, comprised of many not-quite-copyright-infringing wrestlers like ""The Bionic Man"" Steve Majors (""Stone Cold"" Steve Austin) and Axe Duggan (Hulk Hogan), making WCW vs. WWF vs. ECW matches possible. The controls are much more than the typical ""mash buttons until something happens"" that were so popular in earlier wrestling games, instead relying on timing to properly execute a move or hold."
31114,Patton Strikes Back: The Battle of the Bulge,,1991,6.3,"Educational, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War II","In the wargame you can play as Americans or Germans on famous World War 2 battlefield - the Battle of the Bulge. Before the battle begins you can research visible enemy troops, choose your troops, show them preferred movement direction, and choose mode (attack, defence, etc.). After that the game begins in real-time. You can pause it in any time to request supplies and change your orders. Also the game has a historical documentation on events of this battle."
31120,War Wind,,1996,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Fantasy,"War Wind is a classic real time strategy game in a medieval fantasy setting. The game copies both, graphics and interface, from its successful model, Warcraft 2 The ancient alien world of Yavaun teeters on the brink of anarchy. Four diverse races, the Tha'Roon, Obblinox, Eaggra and the Shama'Li are fighting for dominance on the planet. Despite many objects taken directly from the model, War Wind also introduces many new elements to the genre like the carry-over of your units from scenario to scenario and advanced combat movements like stealth modes and bio enhancements. You can either play one of the 28 pre-designed scenarios of the game's campaign, play a multiplayer game or create new scenarios with the included level editor."
31126,England Championship Special,,1991,5.0,Sports,,,"Featuring the English national squad in a top-down soccer game, England Championship Special represents British publisher Grand Slam's attempt to cash in on both England's respectable semi-final entry at the 1990 World Cup and the popularity of Anco's acclaimed Kick Off series. With its 1991 release, English Championship Special is somewhat awkwardly set in between the 1990 World Cup (England made the semi finals, its best result since 1966, then lost to Germany and to Italy in the third-place match) and the European Championship of 1992, to which the ""Championship Special"" part of the title refers. The squad composition is based on the 1991 status quo, which means you'll go into the Euro tournament with World Cup veterans such as Waddle, Beardsley and Wright, but without 1992 players like Alan Shearer or Alan Smith, infamous substitute to Gary Lineker in the Sweden match. While Grand Slam got the England team and manager to officially endorse the game (thus having names and photos of 20 squad members from Robson to Gascoigne), they didn't buy the Euro Championship license. You'll be playing seven out of 22 European nations for the ""Champions of Europe"" title in a nondescript international tournament, from group matches to finals. Mimicking Kick Off in style and perspective, European Championship Special is geared towards high-speed play at bottom-level complexity, with only one action key for kicks and slides and heads. No cards and hardly any penalties, primitive AI and straightforward gameplay make for goals galore, and the weather system turns out to be wind velocities only, which turns out don't affect the ball at all."
31128,The Great Battles of Caesar,"Caesar: Die großen Schlachten der Antike, Las Grandes Batallas de Julio Cesar, Les Grandes Batailles de César",1998,7.2,Strategy / tactics,,"Classical antiquity, Historical events","Another installment in The Great Battles series, Caesar includes 9 of the battles fought by Gaius Julius Caesar: Vercellae, Chaeronea, Bibracte, Sabis, Dyrrachium, Pharsalus, Ruspina, Thapsus and Munda. Game modes include Battle (playable solo or against a remote player) and a Campaign mode where the player has to win the Civil War. Battles are played like tabletop wargames. Each turn is composed by several rounds of orders that each General can give to his troops (the number depending on his level), the winner of the battle being the first to make the other reach zero in his rout level."
31129,Super Tennis,Great Tennis,1985,5.3,Sports,,,"Super Tennis offers to control an unknown tennis player against a AI opponent, in various tennis courts, competing to win matches. The tennis players can be moved around freely on the court and the regular rules are followed. A third-person camera perspective is used, from a fixed perspective. The two buttons on the controllers are use to hit straight and fast, and to lob. When close to the net, volleys and smashes are also possible. Multiplayer is supported for two players, head to head or in a doubles game with or against AI opponents."
31130,Tecmo World Wrestling,Gekitō Pro Wrestling!! Tōkon Densetsu,1989,7.6,Sports,,,"In Tecmo World Wrestling, you select from 10 fictional wrestlers and compete against the others for the coveted Tecmo World Wrestling Title. When your match begins you'll find you've got all the moves of the pros. You can run, climb to the top ropes, climb outside the ring, pick up your opponent, throw them over the ropes, pin them, and escape from a pin yourself. The wrestlers, such as ""The British Star"" Rex Beat and ""The Technician"" Dr. Guildo have a full assortment of professional wrestling moves and holds such as the Pile Driver, Shoulder Throw, Cobra Twist, as well as the ever-popular Slam the Guys Face Into the Metal Post maneuver. Before selected matches you'll be able to beef up you're wrestler's strength with three different exercises. The bottom portion of the screen is where the energetic announcer describes what is going on in the ring, move by move."
31131,Coach K College Basketball,,1995,7.7,Sports,,,"Mike Krzyzewski, the lifetime coach of the Duke University basketball team, endorses this NCAA-licensed spin-off from the NBA Live engine. The game includes 32 NCAA teams (including K's own Duke Blue Devils and the 1994 NCAA Champions Arkansas Razorbacks), as well as eight classic teams, but the license does not include player names. There are three game modes: Season, Tournament (with three save slots for both) and Exhibition, and options follow the standard set from the NBA Live series. Gameplay also remains unchanged, with the typical three basic actions (fast running/steal, pass and shoot/block for A, B and C buttons) and the ability to call moves on the fly by pressing one of the buttons along Start (three or six moves can be set, depending on the joypad used)."
31132,Robbo,Adventures of Robbo,1989,7.0,"Action, Puzzle",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Robbo is a side-scrolling puzzle solving action game, similar to Boulder Dash and Sokoban The player directs the robot, named Robbo. His goal is to collect all the screws on the planet needed to repair the ship and reach his flying capsule, avoiding alien forms of life and numerous traps. The players will encounter many obstacles on their way, for example chests that will have to move properly, closed doors requiring to find the key, deadly cannons or electromagnets attracting metal objects. Robbo can use the gun after finding ammunition, bombs placed on the board and travel through teleporters. The original Atari 8-bit version has 56 levels, the DOS version added four additional levels for a total 60, and the Atari ST version has the original Atari 8-Bit levels plus an additional 80 levels for a total of 136 levels."
31133,Hook,,1992,6.6,Action,"Fighting, Platform",,"In this video game adaption of the Steven Spielberg film Hook the player takes the role of a grown-up Peter Pan, whose kids have been kidnapped by Captain Hook. Tinker Bell takes Peter back to Neverland where he must again become Pan and reclaim his children. This particular interpretation is a side-scrolling action game, in which players must hack their way past Hook's denizens through 11 levels. These include forests, icy regions, and towns which Peter will have to jump, climb, and swim through. Magic items such as apples and pixie dust can be collected for special powers. When enemies are attacked, they simply put their hands up in surrender rather than dying, so as to make the game more child-friendly."
31145,Congo Bongo,"Africa Nera, Jīn gāng sāndà, Tip Top",1983,5.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Africa,"Congo Bongo is an arcade platform game similar in many ways to Donkey Kong but with an isometric perspective. The player takes control of a safari hunter who is searching for an ape named Bongo, determined to punish him for setting the hunter's tent on fire. The game consists of four one-screen stages, each with an objective to jump on platforms and reach the top. Various animals will try to stop the protagonist: for example, in the first level a large gorilla throws coconuts at him. The hero has no offensive abilities and must jump or otherwise avoid enemy attacks. Stages may contain obstacles or hazardous spots that would kill off the main character."
31147,CatFight: The Ultimate Female Fighting Game,,1996,4.3,Action,Fighting,,"CatFight: The Ultimate Female Fighting Game is an all-woman fighting game, resembling the early editions of Mortal Kombat where the sprites representing the fighters were also created using digitized actors. Katalin Zamiar, an American martial artist, is featured in-game through this method as the ninja woman character Chae Lee. The short plot revolves around an evil goddess who summons some of the world's greatest fighters to a few number of arenas for a fighting challenge. The player may choose from ten different characters, who are all scantily clad women."
31154,Air Havoc Controller,,1994,6.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"Essentially an airport traffic control tower simulator. Your mission here is to manage the aircrafts in Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport's airspace from the control tower. There is no ""winning"" in this game; you play rounds of varying difficulty in which you must direct planes through waypoints, clear planes for takeoff, change altitude, etc. without them crashing or colliding in mid-air. You can select your difficulty from a series of pre-defined options or make your custom rounds by selecting parameters such as numbers of planes, time available, etc. The game screen is divided in two, with the upper half being your view from the tower, and where animations for different events happen (crashes, etc.) and the lower half the being the main game interface where you have your radar and communications interfaces. In addition to the main game, the CD includes a series of complementary materials regarding planes and other reference info."
31155,Wanted,,1989,6.8,Action,Shooter,,"In this game, you play Michael Chen, and your job is to fight your way through seven stages. Gameplay is split into two parts. The odd-numbered stages require you to shoot gunslingers that hang out at saloons, hotels, and towns. When a gunslinger threatens you with a gun, you have only seconds to shoot him before you lose some life. If this happens, you can increase your life meter if you shoot barrels that are scattered across town, and then detonating the bomb that is revealed, wiping out gunslingers in sight. You must be careful not to shoot innocent civilians or gunslingers who surrender, or you also lose life. At the end of these rounds, the leader will come out of a building and will move side-to-side, occasionally shooting you if he has the chance. In the even-numbered stages (except stage six), you are required to ride across a desert, shooting gunslingers that ride past you. You can increase life by shooting the only gunslinger not on a horse and then detonating the bomb that is revealed. At the end of these levels, you will be faced with a challenging stage, where the object is to shoot as many targets as you can before time runs out."
31158,Smuggler's Run,Crazy Bump's: Kattobi Car Battle,2000,7.5,Racing / Driving,,,"Just as the title of the game suggests, you play a smuggler. A smuggler who is carrying either illegal weapons or contraband drugs or a few other kinds of material. Since you have these illegal things in your possession, you are a prime target. A target by law enforcement, a target by rival smugglers and gang, a target by more militaristic forces of the United States. If you can survive the high speed chases, the off-road evasion, the gunfire and the dust... you stand to make quite a profit. Maybe enough to outfit your vehicle for your next smuggling endeavor. Something that will make the next run a little less hazardous. Altogether there are over 30 missions inside of 3 distinct and vast environments. Vast in the full sense of the word, in that you can drive literally anywhere with the game's areas... and get lost doing it too. This style of gameplay is a staple of the Smuggler's Run series and Grand Theft Auto 3 or Vice City"
31164,Home Run,Baseball,1978,4.5,Sports,,,"The game can be played against the computer or with another player. You have the option to have 1, 2 or 3 players in the field. As a pitcher, you use the joystick to throw the ball and to control its speed and curve. After the ball is hit, you control all your men (they all move together since they follow the orders of a single joystick) in the field to catch the ball. As a batter, you can control the position of the baseball bat with the joystick. If you consider that your runners would make it to the next base, you can press the controller button so they stop at their current base. The rest of the rules are basically like real baseball. Each team has nine innings in a game. You are out after three strikes, you get to first base after four balls (balls that do not fly over Home) or if the pitcher hits you with a ball. In the field, you can put out a batter by catching his ball, then another runner by reaching his next base before him or simply by touching him between bases, thus completing a double play. The only way to accomplish a home run is by hitting the ball over second base without having it caught by the field players. You score a point for each runner that reaches Home base after each of the first three."
31171,Project Stealth Fighter,F-19 Stealth Fighter,1987,7.4,Simulation,,"Africa, Cold War, Contemporary, Europe, Middle East","The original 8-bit predecessor to the now better known F-19 Stealth Fighter Take control of a top secret classified Lockheed F-19 and fly missions in Libya, the Persian Gulf, Scandinavia, and Central Europe, with a variety of selectable mission parameters such as rules of engagement, escalation of conflict, risk, type of target, and skill levels with regards to landing and fighting. Similar in scope and design to F-19 Stealth Fighter, but otherwise a completely different game, with graphics and physics more aligned with the capabilities of Gunship than with its 16-bit remake, completely lacking its speed, polygonal complexity, and features such as external chase camera, tactical views, and side/rear views. According to original co-designer Arnold Hendrick, ""The only thing borrowed from the C64 would be the game scenario concepts, military equipment research data, and perhaps some flight dynamics algorithms""."
31179,Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon,,1987,7.2,Simulation,,,"Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon simulates a fictional mission to the Moon in the early 1980's, following on from the last real flight (Apollo 17) before NASA cancelled the program. One of the game's key features is digitised speech, which sounds crackly like a real mission controller would. Telemetry screens provide realism, with the player having to set items and computer programs to get the crucial GO signal. The game is split into several sequences. First is launch, where pressing the button to stop a moving bar at the right point determines success. Course corrections and an orbital rendezvous (to undock the lunar module) are next. The player has to land the module safely on one of three possible landing sites before running out of fuel. The moonwalk is next, and must be completed in a set time before returning to orbit. On the way home the astronaut performs a spacewalk to capture and repair a satellite. Finally there is the re-entry sequence and splashdown."
31187,Swagman,,1997,7.3,Adventure,,,"The Swagman, a baddie from The Terrortories, has imprisoned the Dreamflight fairies so no one can wake up from their nightmares. It's the Swagman's plan to unleash his horde of minions and take over the world, unless two eight year-olds, Zac and Hannah, can stay awake long enough to stop him. This is a character based adventure game with puzzle and platform elements."
31192,Hoyle: Official Book of Games - Volume 1,"Hoyle's Book of Games, Hoyle's Book of Games: Volume One, Hoyle: Book of Games - Volume I",1989,7.1,"Puzzle, Strategy / tactics",Cards / tiles,,"Play six different card games (Crazy Eights, Old Maid, Hearts, Gin Rummy, Cribbage, and Klondike Solitaire) against 0-3 computer opponents (as appropriate for each game). There are 18 available computer opponents, including characters from other Sierra games (Colonel Henry Dijon, Shelly LeBlanc, Officer Sonny Bonds, Larry Laffer, King Graham, Roger Wilco and Princess Rosella), Sierra employees (Warren Schwader and Jerry Moore) and their children, and others. The different opponents play the different games at different skill levels, and are broken up into ""Serious"" and ""Not-So-Serious"" categories. All the opponents will taunt you (in character) as you play (though you can turn off in-game conversation if it's too distracting)."
31206,Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon,"SQ3, Space Quest 3, Space Quest III: Die Piraten von Pestulon",1989,8.0,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Narrowly escaping the events of Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge Roger Wilco's escape pod floats through space. As just another metallic item of junk, it's soon picked up by an interstellar garbage hauler. Waking up in a pile of trash, quite familiar for this janitor-turned-hero, Roger Wilco must somehow escape. Once given access to the rest of the galaxy, he'll soon find himself having to avoid a collections cyborg for payments overdue, dealing with the corporate prison of software company Scummsoft, and having to digest the greasy food from the galaxy's finest hamburger joint. Space Quest 3 is a graphical adventure. The mouse is functional for movement and inventory access, however the game primarily relies on a text parser for specific commands and manipulation of objects on screen. In addition to the regular gameplay, there are also various mini-games, such as a simple non-scrolling arcade game Astro Chicken as well as a radar screen representation for ship-to-ship space combat."
31209,Laser Lords,,1992,6.2,"Action, Adventure","Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Laser Lords is a comedic adventure game that takes place in space. In the game the player takes on the role of a human hitchhiker who is abducted from a desert road by a space ship. The plot will unfold to have the player save the universe. An evil and ancient being called Sarpedon is trying to obtain a certain crystal that will allow him to possess the entire universe. Needless to say the player has to prevent this from happening. The game requires you to explore seven planets, each of which has settings that resemble our own mythology and history such as the planet Argos that looks much like ancient Greece. Each world is full of references to historic events and stories. The game combines adventure game elements with platform game elements. The player has 9 lives. When you run out the game is over, but you can save and load the game to prevent from having to start the game over completely. You can collect and trade items to solve puzzles. When talking to NPCs highlighted words in their dialogue can be remembered. This places them in your ""word bank"" and allows you to ask other NPCs about those subjects. All the NPCs are fully voiced. Actors often impersonated famous voices like those of Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Wayne and Gregory Peck. In spite of its ""Ages 12 and up"" rating, the game is filled with dark humor, sex, drugs, homosexuality and gambling references. It is even possible to play Russian Roulette in the game."
31210,SkyRoads,,1993,7.3,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Pilot your starglider on a ""road"" through space, avoiding obstacles and holes along the way, and without running out of fuel or oxygen. Full version includes 30 roads in 10 areas."
31216,Diddy Kong Racing,Diddy Kong Racing: A Wild Racing Adventure,1997,8.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"It's an island takeover when the evil space wizard, Wizpig, discovers Tiger Island! After the islands prized racetracks become sealed up, Timber Tiger contacts his friend Diddy Kong to help him reclaim the racetracks and save the island before his parents return. Along for the ride are the Kremling spy Krunch, Bumper Badger, Banjo (prior to meeting Kazooie in Banjo-Kazooie ), pre-sweary Conker Tiptup Turtle, and Pipsy Mouse. Diddy Kong Racing is a racing game with similarities to Mario Kart 64 in that you race with a variety of cheery racers while using weapons. However, the similarities end there. DKR includes an adventure mode, which features bosses, an overworld to explore, many hidden secrets, the addition of hovercrafts and planes, and a unique way of racing called the ""Silver Coin Challenge"". In this mode, in addition to coming first, you must also find the eight Silver Coins deviously hidden throughout the courses (some in alternate paths). The game also features a strategic method of using weapons. Each colored balloon on the track matches a specific weapon, and collecting the same type of balloon multiple times in a row powers it up (to a maximum of three times). This gives the player the choice of snatching every balloon available and using it immediately, or storing the existing weapon, and using a more powerful version of it later. Up to four players can compete in the races, but in order to play new tracks, they must first be unlocked in the single player game. There are also four battle modes of play - two standard deathmatch maps, a capture-the-flag style battle where you must nab eggs and hatch three of them in your home nest, and another where you must be the first to return ten bananas to your treasure chest (with the limitation of only being able to hold two at any one time)."
31222,The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse,Mickey no Magical Adventure,1992,8.0,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"This was the first Mickey Mouse game for Super NES, featuring a traditional platform gameplay and colorful Disney-like graphics. Mickey's mission is to save his dog Pluto, who's been kidnapped and kept inside emperor Pete's castle, in a magical land, guarded by mysterious creatures. The originality of the game lies on the possibility of wearing different costumes to incorporate different characters, all taken from old Disney cartoons. Each one has a special ability. As a wizard, Mickey has magical powers; as a fireman, the mouse can deal with fire; and, as a climber, he can reach the top of high platforms."
31225,Videokid,,1992,7.0,Action,"Platform, Shooter","Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Imagine being teleported into five diverse movie worlds - Medieval, Wild West, Science-Fiction, Gangster and Horror, and having to fight your way out. That's the situation which befalls couch-potato Billy when a new video recorder malfunctions. Gameplay has some similarities to Mega Twins with multi-directional scrolling through each level. Billy must face (amongst other things) knights and gargoyles in Medieval world, cowboys and then Indians in the Wild West, spaceships and aliens in Sci-Fi world, biplanes and squad cars in 1930s Chicago, and ghosts and skeletons in horror world. Fortunately many upgrades to your initial missiles are available, with the laser being the best of all. These weapons can be upgraded to fire in more directions, with smart bombs and shields also available."
31236,Task Force 1942,Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific,1992,7.4,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, Oceania, World War II","The year 1942 is the subject of many computer games that deal with World War II. The reason: this was the year that many pivotal battles were fought including Midway, Stalingrad, N. Africa, and... Guadalcanal. This game deals with the desperate battles fought in the Solomon Islands, specifically in and around the island of Guadalcanal, in which the Allies tried to stop the Japanese from their drive to Australia. In TF42, you can play as either the Americans or Japanese. All the major ships that participated are represented, including the infamous Yamato and devastating Iowa. It features individual historical battles, as well as the whole Guadalcanal Campaign. The objective in the Campaign is to take over both bases on Guadalcanal, but as you are the Naval commander, you do not have direct control over the land battle. Your main objective is to keep the marines on Guadalcanal supplied and bring reinforcements to them, to shell the enemy base, and to stop the enemy from bringing supplies and reinforcements to their troops. These 3 tasks are accomplished by assigning the ships available to you into Task Forces and Task Groups, and send them on Patrol, Supply, and Bombard missions. More ships become available as time progresses. The game has a strategic mode in which you can order your fleets around and monitor the overall situation, and a tactical mode in which two fleets meet and you can actually command the battle in real-time and ""jump into"" any ship and fire the guns or torpedos. You also have air support. The planes can patrol or, if you have fighters/dive bombers/torp bombers available, attack enemy fleets! The air units and amounts of planes available to you change as they did in the actual war. You can create your own ""Dream Matchups"": Yamato vs. Iowa; North Carolina vs. Nagato; A group of New Orleans Heavy Cruisers vs. small but fast and deadly torpedo-armed Japanese destroyers... all the ships are available."
31238,All-Star Baseball 2000,,1999,8.2,Sports,,,"Second in the All-Star Baseball series, All-Star Baseball 2000 includes a range of improvements and new features over All-Star Baseball '99 : The 30 teams in the game, home stadiums, home and away jerseys and players' faces sizes and play styles coincide with the real ones, since the game is licensed. Longer replays are possible through use of the Expansion Pak."
31241,Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm,,1994,5.7,Action,Rail shooter,Post-apocalyptic,"A third-person driving and shooting game, based on the comic series Xenozoic Tales by Mark Shultz. The game is a rail-shooter, similar to Rocket Science's earliest game Loadstar You find yourself in the so-called Xenozoic Age - after a cataclysm in 2020 A.D., mankind was forced to hide beneath the surface. Once it could come out again, it found the world terribly changed, with dinosaurs roaming freely once again. A mysterious mutant-like race, called the Grith, believe the cataclysm was caused by the upsetting of the natural balance. Now, the leader of the restored City in the Sea, Scharnhorst, is using old technology and disrupting the balance again. The Girth chose you, Jack Tenrec, and your partner Hannah Dundee, to rid the world of Scharnhorst. And you get to do it in a red '53 Cadillac with mounted machine guns. While you're at the task, you must battle hungry, mean dinosaurs, but also be careful not to upset the balance of nature. Also, try not to upset your volcanic-energy fueled caddy by hitting too much obstacles along the way. Graphics are a mix of 3D objects and environments and comic-like 2D sprites, but captures much of the original comic book's style."
31244,Faces ...tris III,FacesTris,1990,6.2,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"Rotating falling blocks in a set way is the aim in this follow-up to Tetris and Welltris but the concept here is very different. The falling shapes represent parts of people's faces, which must be arranged and rotated to form complete human-looking faces, ideally matching that of a famous person or other face. You can use a paint package to draw a face to import, which each of the 60 faces has appropriate background music. There are 10 difficulty levels and an optional head-to-head mode."
31245,Galactic Attack,"Gunlock, Layer Section, Layer Section & Galactic Attack S-Tribute, RayForce",1994,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Galactic Attack is a top-down shooter, there are seven levels to play, ranging from battles in the atmosphere of planets to battling over mountain ranges, each with their own standard huge bosses at the end of each of these levels. The player takes control of a starfighter called the RVA-818 X-LAY, out to destroy any opposing forces. The story has the future of Earth governments gathering together to construct a massive super computer called Con-Human to help with the planet's environment, providing nutrients to the earth and caring for the ecosystem. However, a cloned human is linked with the system and makes Con-Human a sentient being. The system eventually becomes insane and starts to create natural disasters, wiping all nearly all of mankind and destroying the ecosystem, driving the survivors into space to develop colonies on other planets. Con-Human then makes Earth into a giant fortress and is assembling a massive armada to destroy the remaining survivors, but before it can attack, the survivors amass a first strike in order to reclaim the Earth. The goal is to fly around in the level, using the primary laser weapon to destroy various enemies flying in and out of the screen. Players can upgrade this weapon by collecting ""L"" icons floating around when enough enemies are destroyed. There is also a secondary weapon, a lock-on missile launcher, that has the ability to fire upon eight different ground enemies at once."
31253,SEGA Marine Fishing,,2000,7.3,Sports,,,"The sequel to the arcade and Dreamcast title SEGA Bass Fishing this game features deep-sea fishing where you can catch must more than just bass. The game offers 15 types of fish, 5 different locales, and 16 types of lures with many more unlockable. By catching fish, you earn item cards with equipment, boats, accessories, fish and artifacts for an aquarium. There is also a network feature where you can log on to SEGA's Marine Fishing webpage to compete in fishing competitions. Play in arcade mode, free fishing mode or the more involved original mode (which features several mini-games), and view your rewards in aquarium mode. The original mode was not included in the arcade version, and the mini-games train different techniques (luring, casting, fighting...)"
31257,Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge,"Frogger 2: La Vendetta di Swampy, Frogger 2: Zemsta Błotniaka",2000,6.6,Action,Platform,,"The sequel to the Original classic (and the so-so 1997 release) changes the way you look at frogs! The stage is set for a totally new adventure where Frogger and his female friend Lillie Frog will need to leap over, dive under, hop through and climb above endless new obstacles and challenges to save the Frog Babies from Frogger's new arch enemy, the dastardly Swampy the Crocodile."
31258,Taz-Mania,Taz-Mania: The Search for the Lost Seabirds,1992,5.8,Action,Platform,,"One of several games based on the 1990s cartoon series Taz-Mania (in turn based on the Looney Tunes character), the Game Gear version has a unique design and set of levels. As in the other Sega versions, the story is about Taz setting off to find an egg of a legendary prehistoric bird, but the game does away with any kind of introduction and drops the player right into the action. Each of the nine levels of the game is based on a unique concept or gameplay mechanic. These include escaping from a giant boulder, riding a mine cart, or a ski ride down a steep mountain (Indiana Jones sends his regards). Several levels are auto-scrolling: one sends Taz sliding along across icy surfaces, another forces him to follow a tree log down a river with the catch that he can't stay on it too long or it will sink. If there are any enemies in Taz' way, he can jump on top of them to dispose them or alternatively use his trademark whirlwind spin. The spin also allows him to jump higher and farther, but will also drain his health. This in turn can be refilled by picking up snacks lying along the way."
31259,Dragons of Flame,,1989,6.8,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Set in between the SSI's AD&D Dragonlance action games Heroes of the Lance and Shadow Sorcerer This game follows the tradition of Heroes of the Lance with a side-scrolling, action-oriented view, a breakaway from the standard GoldBox RPGs. Plot-wise, it also takes place between those two games, following closely the novel/game modules written by Weiss/Hickman. You take control of one character at a time, with each hero having different abilities."
31262,Falcon,"F-16 Fighting Falcon 2, Falcon: The F-16 Fighter Simulation",1987,8.2,Simulation,,Contemporary,"The long Falcon simulation legacy of hardcore simulations of the F-16 fighter plane begins here. The plane's electronic displays and radars are simulated fully, with 4 styles of HUD. Not only can your plane barrel-roll and scissor, the enemy planes can too, with Artificial Intelligence recreating the moves of a real pilot. This was one of the earliest games to offer head-to-head play by linking two machines. It comes with a massive manual, detailing all those functions."
31264,Fleet Defender Gold,,1995,7.8,"Compilation, Simulation",,,This compilation contains:
31268,The Four Crystals of Trazere,Legend,1992,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The Four Crystals of Trazere is an epic fantasy adventure through the land of Trazere. Armies of mutants are marauding through the land and it's up to the heroes to scour the cities, dungeons, and wilderness looking for clues to the source of the evil. The party moves from location to location on a strategic map avoiding (or ambushing) enemy patrols and armies while trying to find the clues and items they need in isometric dungeons and cities. The game also features an intricate magic system that lets players design and customize spells."
31271,Mega Phoenix,"Megapheonix, Megaphoenix",1991,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Mega Phoenix brings the concept of the earlier arcade game Phoenix into the 90s, to the extent that a coin-op version was later made by Gaelco The game is a single-screen shoot ‘em up in which the player moves left to right while shooting several waves. There is a shield function available, which lasts for a short period of time (after which it must recharge to be used again) and it paralyses the craft while active. The first waves consist of several small alien beings in a set pattern, which move down from the fleet towards the player at random intervals- contacts with these kills the player. Deadly phoenixes firing at you come next, followed by the Mega Phoenix itself and then a final boss, before it all repeats with higher difficulty."
31274,Star Wars: DroidWorks,"Star Wars: Droides, Star Wars: Droids",1998,7.7,"Action, Educational",Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Learn about physics and simple machines as you build your own Star Wars droids. Once you have selected various parts to put together in the droid, you pilot it through many different missions in a 3d environment. The beginning training missions teach you about the concepts. Once you get to the final mission, you'll be navigating your droid to find the Empire's Assassin Droid Factory so you can reprogram them to save the Alliance."
31277,The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle,Roger Rabbit,1989,5.8,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Honey Bunny has been taken captive and Bugs Bunny is off to rescue her. Bugs has to contend with those rascals Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Wiley Coyote, and Yosemite Sam who intend to stop him from completing this task. The game consists of sixty levels. Bugs must collect all the carrots on a level to beat it. This is not as straight forward as it seems as levels are typically maze like with many stairs and pipes that have to be navigated for Bugs to find all the carrots. Also, while Bugs is trying to find his way he'll have enemies constantly chasing him. He can deal with these enemies by pushing heavy objects on top of them or find boxing gloves that let him punch his adversaries. Bugs can also find an item called Magic Carrot Juice which gives him temporary invincibility. This version should not be confused with the same titled Game Boy version which has its own unique level layouts."
31278,The Space Adventure,"Cobra, Cobra II: Densetsu no Otoko, The Space Adventure - Cobra: The Legendary Bandit",1991,7.0,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Space Adventure known in Japan as Cobra II: Densetsu no Otoko is the second game dedicated to the adventures of the renegade space pirate Cobra. The game is based on original manga and TV series by Buichi Terasawa. While waiting in a bar for his partner, Cobra encounters a beautiful bounty hunter named Jane. Very soon he realizes that the bounty Jane has been hunting for his own head, for which the Galaxy Patrol has put quite a reward. But everything changes when Crystal Boy, the head of the Pirate Guild and Cobra's archenemy, appears on the scene. Jane's father had apparently hidden a great treasure, encoding its location in tattoos on the backs of his triplet daughters. Crystal Boy wants this treasure, and is going after Jane and her sisters. Cobra and Jane decide to join forces in order to find Jane's sisters and to undermine Crystal Boy's plans. The game is a Japanese-style adventure. The player advances in the game by choosing various commands (""Look"", ""Talk"", etc.). There are a few places in the game where Cobra dies if the player makes a wrong decision. In the final location the player will also have to fight enemies in turn-based style. The game features a large number of animated cutscenes as well as voice-overs for many dialogues."
31280,Jimmy White's 2: Cueball,"Billard Clubhouse, Billard Nights, Billares, Cueball, JWC2",1998,6.8,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Licensed by snooker player Jimmy White, this game is a simulation of not only the British game of snooker, but also of the three main variations of pool. The game is viewed in detailed 3D, allowing you to rotate the table at all angles, either from overhead or using the cue position as a base. Taking a shot involves setting the exact pace and spin of it, and considering what each contact will do to the position of the cue ball, and any balls you may wish to pot afterwards. In the snooker mode playing accurate 'safety' shots (to prevent your opponent scoring) becomes important as well. In each mode there are 10 computer opponents, and matches can consist of up to 9 frames. A trick-shot editor is also included, allowing you to practice shots and set up challenges. Replays and an undo mode are also included. Bonus games are included as well - darts, draughts, a fruit machine, and even a remake of Dropzone a Commodore 64 game from the same programmer"
31281,Rayman 2: The Great Escape,"Rayman 2: A Grande Fuga, Rayman 2: Revolution, Rayman 3D, Rayman DS, Rayman: Revolution",1999,7.9,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Admiral Razorbeard and his gang of robot pirates have enslaved all the creatures in Rayman's world, including the peaceful Teensies and the Lums, which give life to the earth. Rayman has been captured by the pirates as well and is lamenting his troubles in his prison cell when he meets his good friend, Globox. Globox has smuggled in a silver Lum, given to him by the great fairy, Ly. With the power of the silver Lum, Rayman is able to once more shoot his fists. With his power restored, the pair escape the flying prison ship and embark on another adventure to save the entire world! Rayman 2: The Great Escape is the sequel to Rayman a 2D side-scrolling platform game. Unlike the previous game, Rayman 2 is entirely in free-roaming 3D environments, similar to Super Mario 64 Rayman has many unique abilities that can help him get around the world. In addition to being able to shoot his fists, he can use his hair to hover like a helicopter, and even glide on air currents in certain places. He can climb certain walls and ceilings and can even use his fists to swing from special purple Lums which are shaped like rings. Rayman also has many unique items at his disposal, such as powder kegs which can be carried or fly like jets, strange warheads with legs that he can ride and steer like bucking mules, and gigantic plums that can be thrown into the water to create new paths. Rayman's goal is to find the four masks of the world, which allow the owner to reawaken Polokus, the spirit of the world. These masks are scattered far and wide, and are well hidden and guarded, so it is not an easy task. By gathering the yellow Lums, Rayman will gain access to new worlds, which will take him to the locations of new masks. Collecting yellow Lums also rewards him with new powers and life meter extensions. The Nintendo 64 and Windows platforms are the original versions of the game. The Nintendo DS version sticks closest to this version. The Dreamcast version adds a new area to the original version called Globox Village which contains exclusive mini-games. The mini-games are unlocked by collecting six hidden Globox crystals. Also, other changes include The Hall of Doors being changed into a new place called The Isle of Doors and more Robo-Pirates to contend with, including a new type not seen in the original version. The iOS and Nintendo 3DS versions are based on this version but don't include the Globox Village section. However, the 3DS version features a dynamic difficulty curve, with the game getting easier if too many lums are missed. The PlayStation version features a heavy alteration of the levels with some being merged and some being removed altogether, although there are also some new areas as well. This includes a new unlockable bonus area that was from the originally planned 2D version of the game that was scrapped. The amount of collectible Lums was reduced from 1,000 to 800. In this version characters are also voiced with actual real languages instead of the whisper speak of the other versions. The PlayStation 2 version adds minigames, exclusive items like the Lumz Radar, and offers more abilities for Rayman to purchase and use. Along with some expanded level revisions with lums being placed in different locations, there are three new bosses to contend with. The Hall of Doors has become hub locations, The Minisaurus Plain, Globox's House, and The Rainbow Creek. Bonus challenges can also be played by freeing caged Familiar Spirits. These prisoners are exclusive to this version of the game. The game also gives the option to use either the real language voice-overs or the older version's style and lets players save mid-level."
31282,Dračí Historie,"Dragon History, Smocze Historie",1995,7.4,Adventure,Graphic adventure,Fantasy,"Bert is a young dragon that lives with his parents Berta and Herbert in a magical land, where dragons got civilized, started to wear clothes and live peacefully with humans. One day, Herbert suddenly disappears, with rumors saying the he left his wife and son behind to search for a lost treasure. Meanwhile, a magical wand called Eveline decides to rule the world out of boredom, using Bert to cast a petrifying spell on the marionettes of a traveling puppeteer and cause other mischief among the local population. Now, Bert must fix all the trouble caused by Eveline, and search for his missing father. Dračí Historie is a Czech point-and-click adventure game, originally the first Czech CD game ever to be published in 1995, and later released as open-source freeware in 2006 by the original developer It follows the standards of the genre, where the main objective is to collect a series of scenery objects and use them to solve puzzles. The inventory shows the interior of a brown sack, and can be accessed by placing the cursor on the top of the screen. A map showing an overhead view of the land can be summoned by positioning the cursor at the bottom. New places are automatically added to the map as the player explores the surroundings, allowing instantaneous travel to any of the previously visited locations. The dialogue with other characters uses the branching tree system implemented by several other games, where multiple questions and answers appear listed as options at the bottom and the player has to select one of them. There is no menu with verbs, instead all the actions are performed with the right mouse button, while the left one is used to get descriptions of objects and portions of the scenery."
31286,Worms United,"Worms, Worms and Reinforcements United, Worms: L'intégrale",1996,7.1,Compilation,,,This compilation includes:
31288,Kickle Cubicle,Meikyūjima,1988,7.7,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Kickle Cubicle is a sliding puzzle game in the vein of Adventures of Lolo where the Wicked Wizard King covered the kingdom with ice and hid the people and palaces deep within the ice. Armed with his freezing breath, Kickle sets out to save his friends and attempts to rescue the kingdom from this puzzling predicament of perpetual winter. Each level has a fixed time limit and enemies that will try and block your progress. The four lands (Garden, Fruit, Cake and Toy) have 17 or 18 puzzles in each. Beat all of those and there is a Special Stage with 30 more challenging puzzles. Your main options are to move, make a block of ice and slide a block of ice. Objects appearing in puzzles include: * Rock: You cannot go over these but you can use them to stop sliding ice cubes."
31294,Garfield: Winter's Tail,,1989,5.1,Action,Puzzle elements,,"After a fruitful day spent on his favorite hobby (food, what else?), Garfield the cat falls asleep next to Jon's still open fridge. The chill coming out of the refrigerator induces a dream of the Swiss Alps, with Garfield going after the largest lasagna factory in the world and a mythical chicken that can lay chocolate eggs. It is the player's goal to make sure Garfield's dream comes to a happy ending before he wakes up. Garfield: Winter's Tail comprises of three different mini-games.The first one has Garfield skiing downhill towards a ski-jump that will lead him straight to the rooftop of the lasagna factory. The second mini-game is set in the chocolate factory where the mythical chicken is employed: Garfield must ensure all the mechanical chickens in the factory are provided their chocolate supply flowing through a pipeline. Finally, he must ice-skate across a frozen lake, following the trail of chocolate footsteps left by the chicken. As a disturbing element, Odie appears throughout the whole game. The drooling dog can steal some of the food Garfield needs to replenish his energy, but he can also tamper with the lift controls in the factory and saw holes in the frozen lake. The three mini-games can be played in any order. However, playing the whole game from the skiing level first is the only way to be able to see the ending."
31296,The Ward,"Poslanik, The Ward: Posłaniec z przyszłości",2000,6.0,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You landed on the moon as a part of Apollo XIX to study some new lunar seismic activities. Then without warning... SomeTHING killed your crewmate, and it's coming for you next... You soon realize that the stakes are much more than your live at stake, but the entire human civilization... The Ward is a 3rd person multi-camera sci-fi adventure."
31299,Gunman Chronicles,,2000,7.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are the leader of the Gunmen, the only few sources of law on the frontier. Five years ago the Xenome came, and the Gunmen only prevailed when the General sacrificed himself in a suicide attack. The Xenome are back, bigger and deadlier than ever. Who is behind the Xenome infestation? Will you live long enough to find out? Gunman Chronicles is a fully-fleshed out version of a Total Conversion what was for Quake then Quake II and finally Half-Life It is a first-person shooter with lots of weapons and some rather creative level design and atmosphere."
31314,Mech Commander,,1998,7.6,Strategy / tactics,Real-time tactics (RTT),Sci-fi / futuristic,"It's time to drive the hated Smoke Jaguar Clan from Port Arthur once and for all! You take on the role of the commander of a lance of the First Davion Guards. Through a series of missions you must carefully plan your attacks, spend Resource Points wisely, and keep your people alive. Mech Commander is a real-time strategy game that introduces eighteen different types of mechs, several types of vehicles, repair bays, artillery barrages, mine fields, forests that you can burn down, highly explosive containers, mechs that limp when their legs are damaged, missile and autocannon turrets, and other features. During each mission, you can capture buildings to get weapons. You can also salvage enemy mechs if they aren't too badly damaged. You are awarded Resource Points which you can use to repair mechs and buy new mechs, weapons, and Mechwarriors. Your Mechwarriors will advance in different skills (gunnery, piloting, jumping, and sensors) as they use them in battle. They can also be injured or killed. The opening movie features live-action acting."
31317,Porsche Challenge,,1997,7.5,Racing / Driving,,,"Porsche Challenge is a racing game exclusively dedicated to Porsche's awesome new roadster called Boxster. The game was developed in collaboration with Porsche. As a result of this collaboration the game features only Porsche Boxsters as cars and focuses more on realistic look and feel of these Boxsters than on fast and furious action and spectacular crashes. The game features interactive tracks, driver personalities, and a range of different game modes, including multiplayer. There are 4 different tracks available: USA, Japan, Alpine, and Stuttgart. Each track can be played in 3 different modes: classic, long mode (which features extra shortcuts and extensions to the tracks) and interactive mode (which remixes and extends the tracks). The action can be viewed by three different camera angles."
31333,Emergency Rescue: Firefighters,,2000,4.2,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"As the name suggests, you control a group of firefighters in a ""Sims"" like environment, and must complete tasks, mainly putting out fires!!"
31338,Jet,The Jet,1985,7.5,Simulation,,,"Based on subLOGIC's classic Flight Simulator. Choose either an F-16 Fighting Falcon for land missions or an F-18 Hornet for missions starting at sea from an aircraft carrier. You can practice flying and aerobatics in ""free flight"" mode, dogfight against Soviet MiGs, launch strikes against land or sea based targets, watch a demo, or load a subLOGIC scenery disk. For either combat mode, you get to select which missiles and bombs your plane will have. Most of the indicators a real jet fighter would have are present: altimeter, heading, frame loading, gear status, brake status, fuel level, radar, attitude, and range. You can turn a few of these on and off. Controls consist of either the joystick or numeric keypad for steering and other keys to handle your optional indicators, landing gear, weapons, and even the eject button! Lastly, if you want a different perspective, you can get a view from the control tower instead of your cockpit."
31346,The Fifth Element,"5th Element, Das Fünfte Element, Il quinto elemento, Le cinquième element, O Quinto Elemento",1998,6.0,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on Luc Besson 's science-fiction movie The Fifth Element the game lets you replay the story of the film as the main characters Korben and Leeloo. You're running and jumping Tomb Raider -style through a 3D environment, fighting the minions of evil that block your way. Korben uses the firepower of different weapons he picks up on the way, whereas Leeloo has to rely on strikes and kicks. After each level, you are rewarded with short scenes from the original movie."
31351,Living Puzzles: Triazzle,Dan Gilbert's Triazzle: Animiertes Puzzle,1995,7.1,"Educational, Puzzle","Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle",,"In the game you have to solve the puzzles by turning and situating the triangles in valid places. Each side of triangles is defined by a creature. If parts of creature are correct then creature come alive. The puzzle will be solved when all creatures will breathe. There are five difficulty levels, three types of puzzle boards and many types of creatures in the game."
31352,Railroad Tycoon II: Gold Edition,Railroad Tycoon II,2000,7.2,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,The Dreamcast version of Railroad Tycoon II includes scenarios from the Windows version of Railroad Tycoon II and Railroad Tycoon II: The Second Century as well as a set of entirely new and exclusive scenarios and a 3D engine.
31359,Pink Goes to Hollywood,,1993,6.3,Action,Platform,,"The Pink Panther is on his way to Hollywood to audition for an important role. Chased by his nemesis Inspector Clouseau, he flees into the MGM Studios. From the main entrance, you can enter different movie sets with distinct areas such as graveyards, manors or the jungle. Using a side-scrolling view, Pink Panther can jump, duck, run, climb and use a boxing glove to knock out enemies. Additionally, there are special tricks and props such as magic carpets, umbrellas and stairs to reach higher regions. Items such as stoplights, jackhammers, bowling balls, shields and supergloves give an advantage in the battles."
31368,Dynamite Duke,The Double Dynamites,1989,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Duke, armed with a machine gun and cybernetic arm, walks sideways through enemy bases, shooting snipers and engaging in hand-to-hand combat with bosses and the occasional knife-wielding soldier. An over-the-shoulder perspective is used throughout."
31376,The Residents' Bad Day on the Midway,,1995,7.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"A twisted 3-D graphical adventure from the minds of the the Residents, the infamous and anonymous rock and roll band/performance art troupe. The player explores the world of a demented carnival midway by inhabiting (possessing) it's freakish denizens. Events appear differently when viewed through the eyes of different characters and each time the player leaps into a new character, his or her story is told via a graphic novel drawn by a well known comic artist. Visit the ""Kill a Commie"" shooting gallery as Oscar the Racing Rat or watch a sperm whale give birth to an electric eel as Dagmar the Tattooed Dog woman. Strangeness abounds when you have a bad day on the midway."
31392,Steigenberger Hotelmanager,,1991,6.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"After the death of your grand aunt you receive 400.000 DM. With this money you decide to enter the hotel business trying to rise from a small unimportant boarding-house to a Steigenberger Hotel being one of the most famous hotels in the world. This management simulation lets you take care for all important decisions a hotel manager has to make. This ranges from staff management, pricing, public relations / advertising to gastronomy and more. The game is mouse-driven and supports up to 4 human players. A time limit can be entered after which the turn of players will end."
31393,Arcade Party Pak,,1999,7.1,Compilation,,,"A retro-collection of six classic Midway and Atari Games classics, along with FMV interviews with many of the game creators:"
31395,Under a Killing Moon,Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon,1994,8.2,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","It is December of the year 2042. The world is still recovering from the disastrous consequences of the World War III. Radioactivity has turned many humans into mutants, and the gap between those and the ""norms"" (non-affected humans) is growing wider. Certain places in the world have retained the feel and the charm of the old times - among those is the Old San Francisco. There, the private investigator Tex Murphy is trying to deal with unemployment, upcoming poverty, and his melancholic mood following his divorce. After solving a simple robbery case, Tex attracts the attention of a mysterious woman who calls herself Countess Renier, and is hired by her to find a missing statuette. Things gradually begin to go wrong in this investigation, and Tex finds himself involved in a confrontation with a powerful and dangerous secret cult. Under A Killing Moon is the third game in the Tex Murphy series of adventures, and a sequel to Martian Memorandum The game is notable for its use of detailed, texture-mapped 3D graphics during a time when pre-rendered visuals were still the standard in the genre. Uncommonly for adventure games, Under A Killing Moon allows full maneuverability. The player can rotate the camera, change the viewing angle, zoom in and out, etc.; it is even possible to look for clues underneath desks, chairs, etc. Inventory-based puzzles are relatively rare in the game, and the emphasis of the gameplay is placed primarily on exploration, conversations featuring extended topics and choices, and self-contained logical puzzles. Other features include an online hint system (that decreases the player's score with each use), extensive support for additional sound and music devices, and full-motion video technology: cutscenes and much of the dialogue are presented as movies with real actors."
31397,Dream Warrior,,1988,5.6,Action,Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the future, the world is controlled by corporations rather than governments, and wars are fought in a dream world rather than in reality. The corporations can control dream demons to defeat their foes, but resistance fighters still defy them. The player is one of these resistance fighters hoping to rescue some friends from the control of Ocular, the mightiest of all dream demons. Gameplay is somewhat reminiscent of Xenophobe with the player moving through side-scrolling, space-station-like environments shooting at an endless onslaught of strange creatures. By making good use of power-ups and gaining access to new levels, the player can eventually find Ocular, which can only be defeated if all six of its eyes are shot closed."
31401,Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara,,1996,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",Fantasy,"Shadow over Mystara is a sequel to Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom Two years have passed since the heroes defeated Arch Lich Deimos, but now a new threat has arisen - a powerful sorceress Synn who is plotting to conquer the Republic of Darokin. Shadow over Mystara is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up with role-play elements that make it stand out from other similar games released at the time. The game is set in Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting of Mystara and features monsters, areas and playable characters typical to D&D adventures. There are six playable characters to choose from: Cleric, Dwarf, Elf, Fighter, Thief, and Mage - each with unique abilities, strengths and weaknesses. The characters can equip different gear and weapons, use special abilities. Magic-users have a wide range of magic spells. The characters are awarded with new spells and abilities as they gain experience. Many game mechanics are realized according to D&D rules, for example, the thief can detect trapped chests and cleric can turn undead. The game has branching paths and a variety of endings. Shadow over Mystara features up to four-player cooperative play."
31402,Ninja Gaiden,"Dragon Ninja, Ninja Ryūkenden, Shadow Warriors, Shadow Warriors: Ninja Gaiden",1988,7.8,Action,Arcade,,"Ninja Gaiden begins with a cinematic animation in which two ninjas duel to the death and one goes down. It is then revealed that the doomed ninja is the father of Ryu Hayabusa. When Ryu learns of this, he embarks on a quest to find out who killed his father and why. This quest takes him to America to find an archaeologist with whom his father was working. From there, Ryu becomes embroiled in an evil, supernatural conspiracy involving a villain named Jaquio who has plans to use an ancient castle and some relics to unleash a terrifying evil upon the world. Ninja Gaiden is a side scrolling game where Ryu the ninja can run, jump and slash with his ninja sword. He can also attach to any vertical surface. Power-ups that allow Ryu to toss fireballs and ninja stars as well as perform other feats are scattered throughout the landscape. Ryu will battle through urban city settings, forests, jungles, snow covered castles, underground railroads and ancient castles. A major feature in Ninja Gaiden are the cinematic scenes – sometimes fullscreen – through which the storyline unfolds."
31403,Dungeon Keeper: Gold Edition,"Dungeon Keeper: Gold, Dungeon Keeper: Premium",1997,7.6,"Compilation, Special edition",,,This compilation includes:
31405,Super Mario Bros. 2,"Mario 2, SMB 2, Super Mario USA",1988,8.1,Action,Platform,,"This release of Super Mario Bros. 2 is completely different from its original Japanese counterpart, originating in the West and being in fact a version of Yume Kōjō: Dokidoki Panic with a different storyline and protagonists swapped for Mario and his friends. One night Mario has a strange dream, where he opens a door to another world filled with even stranger creatures and lands than those in his last adventure against Bowser. Amazingly, the next day, Mario, Luigi, Toad, and the Princess stumble upon a cave, which leads to the world that was in Mario's dream. Subcon, the land of dreams, is under an evil spell thanks to Wart, so Mario and the gang must save the day. New creatures to defeat and plenty of nasty surprises await. Choose from the four characters, each differing in speed and jumping ability, and head on through 7 levels each filled with puzzles, bosses, bonus coins, the always helpful mushroom, and invincible star, plus bombs and magic potions. After each level, depending on the coins you collect, you can use them in the bonus game to collect extra lives."
31409,Caveman Ugh-Lympics,Caveman Games,1988,6.4,Sports,,Prehistoric,"Olympic Games set in the stone age. Events include clubbing, dino-racing, fire-making, mate-tossing, saber racing and the dino vault. Supporting up to four players (six on the NES), you must select your caveman from a total of six different characters with different backgrounds, all with different skills and drawbacks."
31413,Buggy Run,,1993,7.2,Racing / Driving,,,"Buggy Run is a game that lets players race dune buggies in a championship over 15 possible tracks (plus 4 in 2 player mode) each winning money that can be used for dune buggy upgrades. There are 4 different modes that can be played in single player mode that includes Race, Vs Com, Freerun, and Battle. In the main mode Race the player is given $20,000 starting cash that can be used to upgrade the buggy. The upgradable features of the buggy are Tyres (grip), Engine (speed), Suspension (limits bounce), Steering (cornering), Transmission (performance). All the upgrades cost $10,000 for level 2, $30,000 for level 3, and $50,000 for level 4 however the player doesn’t need to get them in order. There are also special upgrades to buy that includes $5000 for a mine (drops behind and if another car hits then it is blown up until reset), $5000 for Nitoro (gives the players car a short speed boost), and $10,000 for extra capacity of special items (starts with 2 slots to a max of 6). Special Items must be used in the order they're placed in the slots. Within the race the player will be racing 4 other cars to a race to the chequered flag on an isometric scrolling track. Some hazards on the track are lumps and jumps, bumps, rough road and mud. Appearing on the track are special power-ups that are red or white boost and extra money also a random that selects between the two. The prize money for winning is $30,000, 2nd gets $20,000, 3rd gets $10,000, and last gets $5000 to spend on the upgrades and power-ups between races. There are 3 stages of racing that is beginner, intermediate, and expert that have 5 races each. The player must qualify for the next stage or else it will be game over. In Vs Com the player plays the computer one on one on any track of the player's choice. All the upgrades for the buggy for the player and the computer are done though allocating a set number of points to varies upgrades. All the item slots can by used for either the nitoro or mine. Freerun is a time trial where the player races alone without upgrades on any track against the clock. Battle mode is where the player picks 3 computer players to battle on a round arena with the objective to knock the opponents off with the last player on the arena winning. There is also a two players mode that include Race, 1P vs 2P, and Battle. In 2P Race there is $30,000 for both players to upgrade there cars before placing them on a track with a fixed overhead view where they play 2 computer opponents. There are 4 different themes to pick from. 1P vs 2P is just the two players battling it out on one of 4 tracks each with 4 different themes. Buggy upgrades are done though allocating a set number of points. Battle is the same as single player battle only with 2 players and 2 computers."
31415,Biggles,,1986,5.9,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,,"WE Johns’ tales of a brave World War 1 pilot were updated for a 1980s feature film, with a plot involving Jim, Biggles’ brother who lives in that era. Jim travels back through time to warn Biggles of a spectacular weapon the Germans have created, with the intention of changing history – for the worse. The game is split into two separate games, and the first of these is itself split into three sub-games. The first of these is a side-view flight game, in which you must shoot down and dodge Fokkers who come at you from the right of the screen in your rickety plane, with a machine gun and bombs on board. Part two is set in modern-day London, and the characters must jump across a network of roofs in order to obtain a secret code. There are guards to avoid, and big gaps between roofs to avoid. The third part is a side-view game inspired by Green Beret with a gun to fire at encroaching enemies, gameplay on multiple vertical levels, and grenades to collect. Lose a life in any of these and you will cycle back through them. The second game is a more serious flight simulation however. A helicopter is beamed back in time for our intrepid hero to use. You must first go to the Allied camp to get the secret weapon’s location (and you will need the password from part one of the game for this), and then head to that location to destroy it and save the world."
31417,Ultima: The Second Trilogy,Ultima 4+5+6,1992,7.9,"Compilation, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"This is the second Special Edition compendium of Ultima games, containing the second 'trilogy' of the Ultima series (also known as the Age of Enlightenment):"
31424,Tracker,,1986,6.9,Action,"Game show / trivia / quiz, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Tracker is a mouse-controlled vector-graphics 3D strategy game depicting an ultra-violent TV show of the future. As a contestant, the player's mission is to be the first to ever complete it successfully. The task involves commanding a fleet of Skimmers charged with destroying various groups of combat vehicles, including Cycloids, Scouts and Defenders. Short and long-range scanners are available to aid in this. The game takes place in a maze world containing a number of distinct sectors, each of which has its own type of enemy present. The Communication Centre powers the Cycloids, and are protected by the Defenders. Once these are taken out, the Centerpoint Sector must be destroyed to complete the level."
31432,Tubular Worlds,,1994,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Tubular Worlds was a fairly popular shareware side-scrolling shooter which was commercially released in 1994. The game features a variety of weapons and enemies. It is divided into four worlds and each of them consists of four stages. Gameplay is rather basic and there are many similarities to ""R-Type"". The game can be played by one or two simultaneous players on three different difficulty levels."
31442,Metal Slug 2: Super Vehicle - 001/II,Metal Slug 2,1998,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"As Marco, Eri, Tarma, or Fio, you must defeat the evil General Morden and his henchman. To do this, you must defeat various enemies that get in your way. Throughout the game, you can collect new weapons including the Heavy Machine Gun, Shot Gun, Rocket Launcher, Flame Shot, Laser Shot, Flame Bottles, and Armor Piercer. Also scattered throughout the game, you can ride in four different vehicles (aka: Slugs) such as the Metal Slug, Slug Flyer, Camel Slug, and SlugNoid. By using these vehicles, you can cause awesome destruction against Morden's evil army. Other items such as energy, extra ammunition, and food (eat too much and your player will gain weight) are also found throughout the game."
31443,Solar Winds: The Escape,Solar Winds: Episode 1,1993,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Solar Winds: The Escape is a space saga. You are Jake Stone, a mercenary for hire. Go around the galaxy, make money, destroy ships, smuggle cargo, upgrade your ship and uncover a sinister plot."
31452,Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf,"Desert Strike, Desert Strike Advance, Desert Strike: Wangan Sakusen",1992,7.9,Action,Shooter,"Contemporary, Middle East","The first game in the Strike series. A year after the Gulf War, a self-styled general named Kilbaba (Muababa in the GBA version) takes over an Arab Emirate and threatens to start World War III against his western enemy, the United States. The whole world holds its breath as the President has chosen you to destroy Kilbaba and his terrorist army before he launches a nuclear attack on the world! You must fly a specially designed AH-64A Apache on a series of missions to rescue missing-in-action characters, destroy power plants, blow apart SCUD missiles, etc. to take out the enemy defense while trying to find out Kilbaba's plans. The player controls the helicopter from an overhead, isometric perspective. The Apache is equipped with three weapon types: a machine gun and two types of missiles of different strength. During the missions, the player must beware anti-aircraft guns, missile launchers and tanks, outmaneuvering enemy fire or destroying the enemy weaponry. The Apache is destroyed if its fuel runs out, or if the armor (functioning as health) is completely depleted. However, armor can be replenished by bringing back MIA soldiers and prisoners of war back to the landing zone. There are also fuel, ammo and armor pickups available on the field."
31457,Independence War: Deluxe Edition,"Independence War: Deluxe, Independence War: Special Edition - Defiance",1999,7.5,"Action, Compilation, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This title is a compilation of Independence War and its expansion pack Independence War Defiance. In Independence War, there is a huge conflict going on between The Indies, colonists from Earth, and the Commonwealth. And you take the role of an officer in the Commonwealth fleet. In Defiance you are playing the Indie Side of the conflict. The add-on consists of 18 missions and it mirrors the original campaign. You are Edison Hayes, a captain of the Indie fleet and the Dreadnaught-class corvette Spartacus. Defiance also adds two notable new features to the game; ability to save in-mission and limited customization of player ship's weapons. Independence War Defiance was designed to be an add-on pack but made its way into this bundle instead."
31462,Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest,,1999,7.2,Sports,,,"Aiming for further realism, Slugfest removes many arcade elements from the original Ken Griffey N64 title, replaced with more simulation style elements. For the second time around, new inclusions feature updated team rosters and stats, a new behind the pitcher camera perspective, and a new create-a-player mode. Full support is also included for 4 players in home run derby mode, and 2 player exhibition, while the expansion pak allows for higher resolutions for players and stadiums."
31469,Kikstart 2,Kikstart II,1987,6.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Based around the Kikstart TV show, the game allows you to recreate all those death-defying stunts in the comparative safety of your home. Viewed from the side, there are many hazards to avoid along the way. Some of these include steps to jump over, tyres and hedges to plough through at maximum speed, and mud which will slow you down. 24 courses are built in, and you can choose a set of 5 of these to race at a time, or let the computer choose them at random. More importantly, a course designer allowing you to create one of your own is included, with full control of the placement of the many hazards.."
31470,Super Volley ball,"Arcade Archives: Super Volleyball, Super Volleyball",1989,6.3,Sports,,,"SUPER Volley ball is an indoor volleyball game for one or two players. The single player mode offers two game options: normal game and World League. Choosing normal game pits the player against the computer in a single game. Choosing World League pits the player against all other teams available. A password save is available in this mode. The game features eight national teams (USA, USSR, Brazil, Holland, France, Italy, Japan and China), with fictitiously named players. Players can be changed during gameplay by pressing C. There is also an option to create new teams, choosing the team's name, color, player's position and names. Gameplay is viewed from a side scrolling perspective, with the camera fixed on the ball. A small radar on the top of the screen shows the players' positions of both teams. Players can bump, set, spike, dump, block and dig. A collection of serves is also available: underhand, overhand and jump serve. There are also options for three ball speeds, beginning points (from 0 to 10, out of 15) and handicap."
31474,Bank Panic,,1984,7.0,Action,Shooter,"North America, Western","As a gunslinger, it's your job to protect a bank from bandits while taking care not to shoot innocent customers. The bank has 12 doors in front of 12 teller windows, with only three doors visible at a time. Shooting is done simply by pressing one of the three buttons to shoot the left, middle or right door. The player can move his viewpoint left and right to reveal new doors. People only appear behind the doors that are currently visible on screen, except for the rare outlaws who will pop up to steal a cash deposit from a teller window the player isn't watching. Indicators at the top of the screen show how much time it will take before someone will show up at a door. If a bandit appears behind a door, you have only a few seconds to shoot him before he shoots you. If you shoot him too early (i.e. before he sticks his gun out at you), it is considered unfair and gives very little score, but if you're too late, he'll shoot you and you lose one of your three lives. Sometimes a bandit will stick dynamite on one of the doors. You must then shoot the dynamite to get rid of it. If you take too long, the bomb explodes (even if it's offscreen) and you lose a life. If you're lucky, a customer will appear behind the door and deposit a bag of gold coins. If you shoot any of these people by accident, you also lose a life. Sometimes a bandit will suddenly take the customer hostage and replace them in the door. At other times, a cowboy will appear with a stack of hats. Shooting off all the hats before the door closes grants a cash deposit and a big score bonus. Others will be tied up with rope. If you shoot the rope, there's more money for you, because not only will you receive one bag of gold coins, but you'll get three bags of gold coins. There are more than ten rounds in Bank Panic and each one ends when a person behind all 12 doors was able to throw you a bag of gold coins. The rounds get difficult the further you get. For example, in later rounds, a few bandits will block your shot, and you have to then shoot twice. Also, regardless of what round you're on, there is a time limit."
31479,Captain Zapp,Flash Gordon,1986,6.9,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"From the famous comic strip comes this multi-load action game. Flash has 3 distinct tasks to face, travelling through a desolate forest in the first, shooting or avoiding minions and avoiding the holes. The top half of the screen displays the action, while the bottom half displays a map. The Cave of Barin is his target, with the aim of taking on Barin in combat using an array of punches and kicks. After this, Flash mounts a motorcycle and rides towards Ming, with guards to fend off and energy gates to pass through in order to replenish before finally taking Ming out."
31480,Arcade Classic 1: Asteroids / Missile Command,,1995,7.2,"Action, Compilation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,This is a compilation of two classic arcade games on one pack:
31486,Robo-Squash,,1990,6.3,"Action, Sports",,,"Set in the 31st Century, this game begins when the President of the World has died at age 281 after being in power for 200 years. The United World Federation is in chaos. After nearly four centuries of the World Party being in control, the International Party is inclined to take over. Rumors regarding the President's death not being accidental are unconfirmed, but the World Party is still going on the defensive. Conventional warfare has been relegated to the obsolete and uncivilized past so the two parties are to settle the dispute the new, modern way, Robo-Squash. Robo-Squash is a game in which the player must catch as many balls in rows or columns as possible to win. An alternative way to win is to be the first player to hit the mechanical spider. As a round continues longer and longer, the balls will increase in speed, making the round progressively harder. Points can be collected by hitting bricks, special items, and the spider. When one of the players loses three balls or hits the mechanical spider, the round is over. If the player wins, the World Party will remain in power. If the player loses the International Party will win and divide the world into separate countries surely resulting in the same petty fighting that almost destroyed civilization in the 21st Century. Robo-Squash is a two-player Comlynx enabled game."
31489,WWF Superstars 2,,1992,6.7,Sports,,,"A wrestling game featuring a roster of six different WWF wrestlers. Hulk Hogan, Macho Man Randy Savage, Sid Justice, Jake the Snake Roberts, the Undertaker, and the Mountie are the WWF superstars who are playable. Game modes include a one on one match, a tag team match, and a tournament. Matches can take place in either a regular wrestling ring or in the steel cage. The computer opponents' difficulty level can be set to either easy, medium, or hard. Gameplay involves doing typical wrestling maneuvers against an opponent in the ring. Each wrestler has an energy bar that drains when they get hurt. The lower their energy, the greater the chance of them being pinned. The goal of the match is to pin down your opponent till the referee counts to three."
31499,Police Quest 3: The Kindred,"Police Quest 3: Der Verwandte, Police Quest III",1991,7.4,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Sonny Bonds, the sergeant of Lytton police department, thought he could finally enjoy peaceful life with his wife Marie after the drug lord Jessie Bains has been put away for good. However, a series of gruesome murders perpetrated by a sinister cult known as ""The Kindred"" shocks the city. Marie becomes a victim of their attack and falls into a coma. It becomes Sonny's very personal mission to track down the attackers and make them pay for their crimes. The Kindred is the third installment of the Police Quest series, its events taking place after those described in The Vengeance The game brings back some of the elements of the first game such as a modified version of driving sequences and police procedures unrelated to the main plot the protagonist must go through. Computer work is particularly emphasized, requiring the player to perform tasks such as using facial composite software or figuring out murder patterns by studying a map. Like other Sierra adventures of the time, the game uses an icon-based interface for interaction with the environment."
31501,The Lurking Horror,The Lurking Horror - An Interactive Horror,1987,8.2,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"Despite a terrible snowstorm, a young G.U.E. Tech student travels to the school's computer lab to work on his grad paper. However, something strange has happened. The file containing the student's document has been partially overwritten by the Department of Alchemy's files. At first the student's only goal is to retrieve his lost document, but soon he realizes that something far more sinister is occurring in the depths of the school building. The Lurking Horror is Infocom's only horror-themed text adventure game. The game is set in the haunted school building, in the midst of a blizzard that rendered escape impossible. The player explores the environments and has to solve puzzles to overcome obstacles. There are hostile creatures in the game, most of which must be defeated or outsmarted by using specific items."
31508,Pirates of the Barbary Coast,,1986,6.7,Strategy / tactics,,,"Pirates of the Barbary Coast is a strategy and business simulation game. You play as a captain named Articus whose daughter is kidnapped by Bloodthroat, a ""lecherous pirate"". You must raise 50,000 gold pieces as ransom, by transporting goods and battling nefarious high-seas pirates."
31511,Industry Giant,Der Industriegigant: Gold Edition,1998,7.4,Compilation,,,The gold edition includes:
31513,Black Sect,,1993,6.6,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Europe, Fantasy","Black Sect is a point-and-click adventure game based on the 1990 French CPC title La secte noire It shares the original premise of a sect stealing a book of spells, but it is now set in England in the Yorkshire Moors instead of a French village in the Dordogne. The game is not a remake as everything except for the basic premise is new and different from the original title. The player's character needs to get the book back using exploration and by solving puzzles. The entire control system using icons with the mouse is also new, as the original title used text input."
31519,Attack of the Mutant Camels,"AMC, Matrix, Matrix: Gridrunner 2",1983,7.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Attack of the Mutant Camels (better known as Matrix: Gridrunner 2 ) is the sequel to Gridrunner In this Centipede style game you play a retired captain of a starship, one of those who had won the previous war against aliens. You come out of retirement because the aliens are back, tougher than ever. Thus a second gridwar begins. You pilot your ship and shoot at chains of pods coming at you. As you hit the pods, they break into smaller independent chains. The aliens seem to have a sense of humor, though. Each pod in the chain coming at you looks like a...camel. Flying camels from outer space. As you start shooting the camels, you are attacked by guns from the bottom of the screen and from the left side of the screen. Even worse, a human traitor has joined the aliens, and when he appears on the screen, running across the grid on top, the guns get very accurate at shooting you. Luckily you can shoot traitors. Other twists include deflectors, which turn your bullets and even ricochet them back at you. The enemy fires back too. And as you advance in level, the enemy changes the direction of their attack. Not to be confused with Advance of the Megacamel which is also called Attack of the Mutant Camels in Europe."
31523,Schizofrenia,Headstart,1985,5.6,Action,Platform,,"Alphonse T. Nurd is a flunky to the scientist Bogdan Schtunk but wants to learn what his boss is up too. One night while playing scientists, Alphonse comes across the Atomic Particle People Splitter. On activating the machine, Alphonse has split into two people. Not wanting Schtunk to find out he needs to get his double to the Recombination Chamber. The lab is split into five areas and you must control Alphonse and solve the puzzles to get through them. Your double on the other hand enjoys his freedom and will try to hinder you. Schizofrenia is a single screen side view platform game. You control Alphonse with the joystick. Also seen on the screen as well is your score, lives, level and time."
31526,Super Pipeline II,Pipeline 2,1985,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"The follow-up to Super Pipeline adds new enemies and 16 levels. The player controlled the (white-suited) foreman in charge of keeping the pipeline flowing to fill a number of barrels (which increased on later levels, up to 3). Two types of enemy run onto the pipe - those that can make a hole (commonly drills, a blowtorch and the earthenware jug) and pests (spiders, lobsters and so on). Once a hole is made in the pipe, the foreman must guide a (green-suited) workman to the hole so it can be repaired. While the workman is mending the leak, he is vulnerable to being knocked off the pipe. The foreman is equipped with a gun to shoot enemies, but he can also be knocked off the pipe by the monsters. To make matters more complicated, the lobster can only be attacked from behind (due to its shell) and the ""Shower of Tacks"" on later levels cannot be shot at all."
31533,Ronaldo V-Soccer,Ronaldo V-Football,1999,6.4,Sports,,,"Ronaldo V-Soccer is a soccer game endorsed by Brazilian superstar Ronaldo. It offers a selection of 74 national teams and 40 European club teams. The European release of the game has real player names, but the US release replaces them with fictional ones. The teams can be used in a variety of modes: friendlies, leagues and cups (of either 8, 16 or 32 teams and a choice of neutral stadiums or home/away factoring in) and a practice mode (for full games or penalties). Two special Ronaldo cups are also available: a three-on-one cup and a final four round. Options include game lengths of two, five or ten minutes, a choice of arcade and simulation mode and the optional golden goal rule for overtime. Before a match, strategy, formations and positions can be set. A match itself is seen from a bird's-eye view, with the field scrolling left to right. Controls allow for shots and passes (with the length of the button press determining the power), tackles and headers."
31538,Alien Gate,,1993,6.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alien Gate is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up in which you fly a spacecraft over alien terrain while shooting down enemies. The game comes with 25 levels. The enemies are spawned by a giant head that spits them out. The game sports a large variety of different enemies such as birds, bees, bombs, centipedes, UFOs and knives. When you defeat the head-boss the level is over."
31540,Age of Empires,"Age of Empires 1, Age of Empires: An Epic Game of Empire-Building and Conquest, Age of Empires: Bâtissez votre civilization., Age of Empires: Ein Spiel über große Zivilsationen und Eroberungen, Age of Empires: Un juego épico para crear y conquistar imperios, AoE, Diguo Shidai, Microsoft Age of Empires",1997,7.8,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Africa, Classical antiquity, Egypt (Ancient), Europe, Historical events, Middle East","In Age of Empires players are able to manage a tribe with their mouse. Command them to build houses, docks, farms, and temples. The player advances their civilization through time by learning new skills. The game allows the player to advance through the Ages: The Paleolithic (old Stone Age), the Neolithic (new Stone Age, or the Tool Age), the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. If the player would rather get away from the historical aspect, the game offers a random terrain generator and a custom scenario builder. The game has four resources: food, obtained by either hunting, foraging, fishing, or farming; wood, which must be logged by hand; stone, which must be mined; and gold, which can either be mined or obtained through trade with other players. As a real-time war game, Age of Empires naturally revolves around gathering resources and producing units."
31542,Ark of Time,"Ark of Time: Enter a World of Adventure, Ark of Time: Koku no Hakobune",1997,6.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"In this third-person point-and-click adventure game you play the sports journalist Richard Kendall. In the summer of 1997, an expedition of four explorers have set out into the abysses of the Atlantic Ocean to find any traces of the mythical sunken city of Atlantis. They are the archeologist Professor Caldwell, the scientist Helen, the sponsor of the journey Mr. Blower and his nephew Simon. When they suddenly stop communicating Richard is the one whose task it is to find them. He would much rather stay in London and cover football matches but his editor insists and he complies. His search takes him to several locations around the world including the Caribbean, Stonehenge, Easter Island and Atlantis itself. The puzzles are mostly inventory based."
31544,ESPN MLS GameNight,,2000,7.3,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"ESPN MLS Gamenight is a soccer simulation game that uses the same engine as ISS Pro Evolution with both ESPN and MLS licensing. It is the only MLS game to have been released on the PlayStation. There are 3 modes of play in the game. Match Play lets you use any of the game's 12 Major League Soccer or 53 international teams for a quick, friendly Exhibition game. In Season Mode, you participate in a full 32-game Major League Soccer season, you have to deal with realistic injuries, unpredictable weather conditions, and mid-season trades.You get eight points for each game you win, which you can save up to buy superstar players like Cobi Jones, Jason Kreis, Mamadou Diallo, and Tony Meola. There's also a Custom League mode and a custom-player option that lets you build up to 22 original players. Other options include adjustable difficulty and a training mode that let you develop your players."
31550,Colin McRae Rally 2.0,"CMR 2, Colin McRae the Rally 02",2000,8.4,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"In the sequel to Colin McRae Rally you can race using an initial 13 cars (such as the Ford Focus, Subaru Impreza, and the Peugeot 205 turbo) through 8 countries and over 80 stages of rally road to become the champion of rally racing. Complete the game in Novice mode, and Intermediate mode unlocks. Complete Intermediate and the Expert mode is available. You can race against the clock and other cars in the rally mode, or go against 5 other cars simultaneously in the arcade racing mode."
31551,Immercenary,Immercenary: Combat in a Digital World,1995,7.2,Action,Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the future, mankind has been enslaved in a virtual reality simulation known as Perfect. This simulation is controlled by an entity known as Perfect1 and it has to be destroyed in order to shut down the system. You are Immercenary Number Five, and it's your job to do it. From a secret lab, you log into the simulation which sends you to a place in Perfect known as the Garden. Every entity in the game has a certain rank that determines its offensive and defensive capabilities. You start at 255, the lowest rank, and must rise in ranks to defeat Perfect1, who holds rank number 1. To do so, you destroy higher-ranked Rithms, as the other entities in the game are called. To pass beyond certain ranks, unique Rithms high in the Perfect hierarchy have to be destroyed. Different weapons and power-ups can be collected and spent offensive and defensive energy can be recharged at energy spires. In the center of the Garden is a place called DOAsys, which functions as a neutral zone and healing center. There you can talk to other Rithms and ask for hints about combating special Rithms and where to find special items. These dialogue sequences take the form of live-action clips of actors in elaborate costumes playing the Rithms. When the player logs out of the simulation or is violently forced out, he returns to the lab where one may load and save a game and access detailed statistics on the trips to Perfect."
31552,WarBirds,"Confirmed Kill, WarBirds: Tag der Entscheidung",1998,7.2,"Action, Simulation",Massively Multiplayer,"Historical events, World War II","WarBirds involves dueling with WW2 era fighters and bombers over both mock and historically accurate battlefields. Players can practice offline against enemy air and ground targets through a training mode or go head to head through matchmaking. The main way to play is to go online and fight for supremacy by choosing a side, and taking over enemy air bases in a continual war. One of the aspects of the game is the variety of planes, over 50 of them. Most use accurate physics as well as plane modeling and take time to fully master flying. In the bombers, the player may change to gunnery spots or act as the bombardier. In the fighters, the focus is more on engaging enemy screens, bombers, and doing strafing runs on ground targets. In addition to several planes, there are working aircraft carriers, naval ships, and ground vehicles operating in the online arenas."
31555,Spanky's Quest,Hansei-zaru Jirō-kun no daibōken,1991,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Spanky's Quest is a game about a monkey who decides to go on a picnic. While on his way through the forest he see's a witch in the sky and out of nowhere bricks begin to make a tower around the area Spanky is in. The witch challenges Spanky to come to the final tower and she will free him but before she flies away she turns the fruits in his knapsack into living fruit monsters. Unknowingly, she drops a magic ball which agrees to help Spanky out on his quest. The object of the game is to get through all six of the towers which consist of 10 levels as well as a boss battle. In order to proceed to the next level, you must acquire the amount of keys the locked door requires. Keys are found lying around until a monster picks them up in which case you must use your ball on them to get it. The ball has for different attacks: baseball, soccer ball, volleyball and basketball. In order to attain a stronger ball, the ball must be bounced on Spankey's head. Spanky also gets different hats which give him a specific power until he loses it or the level ends."
31556,Lemmings & Oh No! More Lemmings,"Lemmings VS, Lemmings for Windows, Lemmings: Special Limited Edition - Double Pack",1992,7.4,"Compilation, Puzzle",,,"This port contains two complete games from the classic puzzle series. There are 209 levels to work through, all featuring the classic Lemmings formula: the player must assign roles (digger, climber, etc.) to marching Lemmings in order to prevent them from meeting terrible fates."
31564,X-15 Alpha Mission,,1987,6.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"America is being held to ransom by terrorists, so you are called in to stop them. You take control of a X-15 space-plane and you must fly through six different stages to destroy the terrorists orbiting space station. You begin the game on the runway where you have to take off. After a successful take off you have to fly through three stages in Earth's atmosphere shooting and dodging, helicopters, jets and missiles. Try not to take on too much damage. In space you have to shoot satellites in order to see the space station. When can see the space you place your cross-hair over it, and you are met with a prompt to enter a code. You do remember the code given to you by the President at the start don't you? Successful code entries lets you launch a excursion module which needs to be flown through an asteroid belt. Once through the asteroids you can land on the station. After landing you release some Remote Control Robots which have to be controlled to find the weapon systems. Connect your robots to a weapon and it will self destruct destroying the weapon. Once all weapons are destroyed, the last robot finds the Central Power System which it destroys, destroying the Station. The game is viewed like a flight simulator. You look out of your cockpit through a window with all your instruments surrounding the window. After take off, a cross-hair appears and allows you to shoot your weapon by pressing the fire button. The enemy is shown as 3-D vector graphics. You can also steer the plane left and right by moving the cross-hair to the edge of the window. The further up you go the sky turns darker until it turns black, indicating your in space. The space station is a blue spinning object."
31574,Super Street Fighter II,Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers,1993,7.9,Action,Fighting,,"Super Street Fighter II is a sequel to Street Fighter II Turbo and Street Fighter II: Champion Edition The game features four new characters (Cammy, Dee Jay, T. Hawk, Fei Long) and stages, making a total of sixteen playable fighters. It also features many multiplayer modes in addition to the single-player mode. Among those is the returning elimination group battle, where players compete for the title of the champion, and Point Battle, where the person with the most points wins. Newer modes include an eight-man double-elimination tournament and a Challenge mode, where players attempt to get the most points on a CPU opponent or beat them as fast as possible, trying to surpass records."
31587,Metal Slug 3,,2000,8.0,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"In the third installment of the Metal Slug series, General Morden is back and he plans to establish a new world order. The player guides one of the heroes: Marco, Tarma, Eri, or Fio, as they blast their way through side-scrolling levels with a unique theme, filled with countless enemies and bosses. The player has to free hostages and can ride bizarre vehicles such as camels, elephants, tanks, and robots. In the Xbox version, additional game modes, such as Storming the Mothership and Chubby Isle Paradiso, can be unlocked upon completing the five arcade stages. A co-op mode has been included, but no online multiplayer. The only Xbox Live feature available allows the player to compare single-player scores."
31591,Bandai Golf: Challenge Pebble Beach,,1989,5.9,Sports,,,"One or Two players can play a round on this video course modeled after the real Pebble Beach. Each player can select their own handicap. Every one of the 18 holes has familiar golf hazards - bunkers, slopes, and water hazards. You'll also have to contend with some of Mother Nature's hazards like changing wind conditions and Pebble Beach's most difficult obstacle - the ocean. Once you tee off you'll have all kinds of decisions to make. Check your score card to see how you're doing. The card tells you the distance in yards and par for each hole. The computer gives you a bird's-eye view and cross-sectional view of each hole, as well as close-ups of the green. You select the right club for each shot. Control your shot to get the power, distance, and hook or slice you want on the ball. After you've made your shot the computer tells you what kind of lie you have as well as the remaining distance to the hole."
31592,Flesh Feast,,1998,5.7,Action,,,"As you may guess from the title, Flesh Feast involves zombies. Lots of zombies. The game takes place on an island resort owned by the food corporation NASAT Inc. After an explosion at their main factory, NASAT's ""secret ingredient"" is accidentally released into the water supply. Soon afterwards the island's population begins to grow sick and die, only to rise again as mindless flesh-eating zombies. The game takes place in three different areas divided into four levels each. In each area you'll take control of a different main character and guide them through the various levels in an attempt to survive the zombie onslaught. Once you complete all three areas the main characters get together for a final showdown at the NASAT factory. Flesh Feast is a third-person action game which takes place in three-dimensional levels. In each level you will control a main character as well as up to three helpers for a total of four characters. You can control a character directly, or you can give them commands using a strategic mode. Throughout the levels are located a variety of weapons such as golf clubs, chainsaws, and sub-machine guns which you need to arm your characters with in order to fight off the endless horde of undead. Besides the unending army of zombies there are also a few human survivors struggling through each level, and if you save them they'll be able to join you team at the end of the level. Levels include a graveyard, an airport, a sports complex, a hospital (complete with morgue), and even the shopping mall from Dawn of the Living Dead."
31596,CrimeWave,CrimewavE,1996,6.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","Welcome to the urban jungle. Crime is out of control and the cops have been replaced by bounty hunters like you. Fire up one of eight heavily-armed vehicles and buzz through eight zones of devastation. Use guns, grenades, rocket launchers, tire treads...whatever it takes. Car combat game released only on the Sega Saturn."
31602,Combat,"01 Combat, Combate, Front Line, Tank-Plus",1977,6.7,Action,Shooter,,"Combat is a two-player game where the players attempt to shoot each other's tanks or planes. Hitting the enemy vehicle pushes it back and gives the player one point. The game contains 27 levels, each of which has different rules and playing field layout. On the tank levels, the players have a selection of two different mazes or no walls at all, while on the plane levels, the players can choose to play with clouds that obscure part of the screen. The Atari 2600 difficulty settings can be used to change the range of a player's missiles, as well as the speed of one's airplanes in levels 15-27. All games have a time limit of 136 seconds. The levels include:"
31603,Pro Quarterback,,1992,6.3,Sports,,,"Pro Quarterback is a football game featuring 27 different teams. Since this game doesn't have an NFL or NFLPA license, there aren't any real NFL teams or players here, although the teams included in the game represent the cities of their real life NFL counterparts and also mimic the colors of their team's uniforms. The games options allow the player to choose to play on 6 different field surfaces (grass, mud, dirt, snow, rain and artificial turf) and to choose how long the game will last (2, 5, 10 or 15 minute quarters). There are also no penalties in this game whatsoever. Gameplay consists of playing on both offense and defense. There are 26 different offensive plays and 18 different defensive plays to choose from. The game has a down the field view when on offense, so the game doesn't have receivers in windows."
31606,Space Invaders,Space Invaders X,1999,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Battle squadron after squadron of alien forces as they pulse down through the menacing sky. No time to stop! You can't look away! The pressure's on: you've got a galaxy to save. Non-Stop Action Hunt for power-ups, hidden worlds and the ultimate futuristic weaponry in dozens of explosive levels. Menacing Bosses Test your rapid-fire skills against deadly enemy species and huge alien bosses on unique space worlds. Tons of Fun Go for the high score in classic arcade-style blast-a-thons, or hunt for a replica of the arcade original. Source: Back of Box - Game Boy Color"
31609,720º,720 Degrees,1986,5.8,Sports,"Arcade, Tricks / stunts",,"You're a skateboarder in Skate City, one of the largest skateparks ever built. Ollie off of ramps, grind on rails, and swerve past pedestrians as you bust out tricks. Visit skate shops scattered around the park to upgrade your gear and improve your skills. Participate in competitions to earn medals and cash to use in the shops. But, if you don't get to a competition in time, the infamous ""Skate Or Die"" message appears, and then you have to hurry!"
31611,The Dream Team,,1992,6.8,Compilation,,,This compilation contains the following games:
31620,Bob's Bad Day,,1993,7.3,"Action, Puzzle",Arcade,,"The reason why Bob's having a bad day is that his head has become detached from his body, and they've been hurtled off into different places. To retrieve his body, he must progress through 50 levels, then a further 50 to escape before he can be put back together. Gameplay involves the character being on a rotating landscape with a set number of coins placed all over it. By rotating the joystick, the player moves the landscape so that Bob moves over the coins and finds the exit. The levels include many spikes, contact with which causes the loss of coins; if the player has no coins when contact is made, it's game over. Some level designs are fiendish, with lots of corridors and alleyways, teleports, and bricks to break through (by building up enough momentum). There are a host of special 'power-ups' across the level as well. The simplest ones (and the first ones the player will meet) change the direction of gravity, causing the player's character to automatically 'fall' to the left when not in motion. Others include a sticky mode where Bob stops bouncing (unless the player presses the fire button), a heavier-bounce mode, and a very useful one allowing the player to 'thrust' Bob around, ideal for reaching precariously-placed coins. Once the player reaches level 51 a further twist is added - Bob's body starts in a separate point of the level, and this must also be coaxed to the exit. The view always centers on Bob's head until this is in the exit. Some sections can only be completed by combining the two and learning the body's differing properties, knowing that a move which benefits one can drag the other off course."
31623,S.T.U.N. Runner,STUN RUNNER,1989,6.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"It's 2492 and you must pilot your Sub-Terranean Underground Network (S.T.U.N.) craft at speeds over 900 miles per hour through a series of courses to retain your title as S.T.U.N. Runner, completing each course before time runs out. There are also enemies on each course, such as cycles, indestructible armored drones, and flying bird-like craft. Shoot or avoid them. If you hit them, you lose one of your shields (your craft has six total) and are slowed down temporarily. The more shields you have at the finish line, the more bonus points you get. Getting hit with no shields does not kill you, however. There are no lives in this game. The only way to lose is to fail to cross the finish line. Along the way you'll encounter Boost Pads that temporarily speed you up to incredible speeds and make you indestructible. By running over enough green stars on each course, you can also earn Shockwaves, which destroy all enemies in your path. Note that there is no accelerator in this game. Your craft always goes full speed, unless you hit something. Then you will slow down, but quickly accelerate back to full speed. Other than that, you cannot slow down and the only way to speed up is to run over a Boost Pad. Your only controls are steering left and right and aiming the gun on top of your craft up and down."
31625,Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,,1994,6.7,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mighty Morphin Power Rangers on the Game Gear is a fighting game that mixes one-on-one versus fighting with some brawling/beat'em up elements. The game's story mode consists of seven battles against monsters (and the evil Green Ranger) sent by Rita Repulsa to destroy the Power Rangers. Each stage consists of two segments: in the first, the selected ranger must face some Putty Patrols in the beginning, which can usually be dispatched in just a few hits. A short appearance by Goldar follows, and once he is driven off, the actual main boss of the stage appears and must be beaten to reach the next part. In this, the monster will usually morph into a larger version of itself and the Power Rangers must use their Megazord mecha to defeat it. Before each stage, any of the five rangers can be selected to play the next level. Once the Green Ranger has been defeated, he also becomes available as a playable character, and for the Zord stage, the player can choose from the Megazord and Green's Dragonzord in either standard or fighting forms. The Game Gear's two buttons are used for punches and kicks, while pressing both at the same time is used for powerful attacks like throws and uppercuts. Each character also has three unique special attacks. In vs mode, any of the game's characters (six rangers, three zords, six monsters and the putty patrol) can be selected for one-on-one matches against a randomly selected opponent. Link mode allows two players to compete against each other via the Gear-to-Gear cable."
31629,Fire Shark,Same! Same! Same!,1989,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Oceania,"Fire Shark takes place around a small island in the South Pacific. It is a continuously-scrolling aerial shooter with a top-down view. Your World War II era biplane has been modified to shoot lasers and drop powerful bombs. There are ten levels in the game in which you will face aerial, aquatic, and ground enemies. They all fire scores of missiles at you in an attempt to knock you from the sky. In between levels, your plane will land on a runway for refueling and maintenance. You will receive bonus points for the number of bombs left in your hold and the number of lightning bolt icons you picked up in the prior level. There are also many power-ups available in each level. Slow-moving blimps contain a power-up icon which is revealed after the zeppelin explodes. Other icons appear when various other enemies or buildings are destroyed. These power-ups will float around the screen for several seconds. Grabbing them with your plane earns you a weapon upgrade or bonus points. The standard weapons are the bomb and the Wide Shot. As power-ups are obtained the number of shots per blast can increase up to 16. The Wide Shot is a comparatively weak weapon that usually requires multiple hits to take an enemy down. The Shark Beam is a green laser that fires in a spiral pattern and the strongest weapon of all is the Super Fire. It will fire continuously while the fire button is held. Power-ups increase its beam count to 4."
31631,Aaron vs. Ruth: Battle of the Big Bats,Aaron vs. Ruth: Kampf der Baseball-Giganten,1997,6.4,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Aaron vs. Ruth: Battle of the Big Bats brings baseball's all time greatest players to life. You can battle against the computer or head to head against a friend in Exhibition, Season and Series games in historical ballparks like Ebbets Field and the Polo grounds. This game combines old time traditions (Home Run Derby, baggy uniforms, manual scoreboards, echoing announcer), and modern day baseball (radar gun, pitch location screen, updated pitcher/batter reports). Another feature is that some of these superstars use their actual motions. See Willie Stargell's famous batting style, Juan Marichal's high leg kick delivery, and Babe Ruth's home run trot, just to name a few. The game also has internet access, so you can go to your favorite baseball web sites from within the game."
31638,Omar Sharif on Bridge,"Bridge Deluxe with Omar Sharif, Omar Sharif's Bridge",1992,6.3,Strategy / tactics,Cards / tiles,,"This Bridge game has a built-in tutorial mode which makes it easy for novice players to start enjoying the game right away. Omar Sharif himself will guide you through the rules, and the sample hands show you the best bid or play to make in a variety of situations. For the more experienced player, you can dive right in and start playing on your own, but Omar is only a mouse click away should you need some advice at any point in the game."
31639,Game Boy Camera (included games),Pocket Camera Games,1998,6.8,Action,Music / rhythm,,"Game Boy Camera Games is a fictive name for the built-in software and games included with the Game Boy Camera peripheral. It consists of three modes: shoot, view, and play. Shoot lets you take pictures of yourself, friends or objects. Play features four games: All the games except for Space Fever II replace the character's head with a picture of your own. View allows you to look back at your pictures. You can also make short animations of all your pictures or share them with another Game Boy Camera. The accessory is designed as a cartridge with a camera on top, plugged into the Game Boy hand-held. The camera can only shoot black-and-white pictures. The start and select options let you doodle on your pictures and print them out with the Game Boy Printer."
31640,Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs,,2000,6.2,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Managerial / business simulation, Shooter",,"Climb into a hover tank, and battle Soviets and aliens on the moon. The premise of the game: The Soviets and Americans are actually fighting on the moon during the cold war, unbeknownst to the public. Your job is to command fleets of tanks against the Soviets and the Americans and win the war. There are 3 completely different game modes in the game. An arcade mode in which you fight ever increasingly difficult waves of enemies. A story mode, in which you are simply a pilot, where you are told exactly what your orders are. A strategy mode, in which you can build units and send them off to do battle for you. In addition to containing all the missions available in the PC version of this game, there are also additional missions that continue the story where the PC game left off."
31643,Game & Watch Gallery 2,"Game Boy Gallery 3, GameBoy Gallery 2",1997,7.1,Compilation,,,"Game & Watch Gallery 2 features five original Game & Watch games from the 1980's plus five re-mixed versions in full color featuring a cast of characters from the Mario world (including Mario, Peach, Yoshi, Luigi and more). The games included are: The player's high score is tracked on each game variant—classic and modern, with an easy mode and hard mode variant of each—and for every 200 points they score in a game's variant, they are awarded one star, up to five for each game variant. The more stars a player has, the more additional features they unlock, including a sound test, additional Game & Watch games (in classic form only), and a sixth modernized game:"
31648,Zeewolf 2: Wild Justice,,1995,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Binary Asylum's final release puts you in control of a helicopter, and sets you 32 missions to complete. The level structures involve different military objectives, of protecting or destroying a particular area. The surprise is in the graphics - patchwork-quilt style landscapes and a remote view, reminiscent of Virus The game offers joystick and mouse control options, as well as sections in which you must direct ships and planes. A range of weapons are offered, with resupply ships on the water to dock with."
31654,Bubble Bobble,"Arcade Archives: Bubble Bobble, Bubble Bobble Classic",1986,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Bubble Bobble is the story of two boys, Bub and Bob who venture into the mysterious cave of monsters to save their friends from the evil warlock and are magically turned into dinosaurs. The only way to transform back is to reach the end of the cave and rescue your friends... Bubble Bobble is a platform game, with each level being a single screen. The enemies must be cleared from a level to go to the next one. With one player controlling Bub and the other controlling Bob, the player can jump and collect items for points (such as fruit). The real power Bub and Bob have however is the ability to blow bubbles. These bubbles can be as platforms to leap on, or to trap enemies. Enemies trapped in a bubble must be popped by jumping into them, wherein they'll turn to fruit. Additionally, power-ups sometimes float by in bubbles. They include lightning, which flies out horizontally at enemies, and water, which drags the player and enemies straight down flowing over platforms. Taking too long to complete any level will summon Baron Von Blubba, who will float around the screen trying to destroy the player. As one of the first arcade games to have more than one ending, it comes with a ""Bad"" ending, where a single player finishes the game and gets a message to try again with a friend. A ""Good"" ending where two players finish the game, turning back to human form and rescuing their lady friends. Then there is Super Bubble Bobble mode where the player has to enter a secret code into the game to get access to it. This is a version of the game where the monsters of the levels are swapped around with other minor differences, finishing that will reveal the ""True"" ending. The NES version has a few extra stages bringing the total number of stages to 112. The Sharp X68000 version contains a hidden minigame called Sybubblun. It contains a set of 20 original difficult levels with the game being reskinned with a Syvalion theme."
31658,Zillion 2: Tri Formation,"Tri Formation, Zillion II, Zillion II: The Tri Formation",1987,6.6,"Action, Racing / Driving",Platform,,"A faint distress transmission, which was barely understandable, was received at the headquarters of the White Knights. Sent from a distant outpost at the extreme edge of the Planetary System, the garbled message told of a new, gigantic Norsa Battle Fortress at the edge of the Norsa Galaxy. Apple and Champ, two members of the elite White Knight special peacekeeping force, immediately set out on a reconnaissance mission to investigate the Norsa Fortress. The last words which anybody heard from Apple and Champ were: ""Help us J.J.! Baron Ricks has..."" There are eight rounds in the game, and the gameplay is split into two parts. In the odd-numbered rounds, you ride a bike known as the ""Tri Formation"" which has the Zillion laser beam attached to it. As well as shooting Norsa warriors, you must jump over gaps and the pulsating areas of the floor. If your character comes in contact with their shots, or rides over the pulsating areas of the floor, your life meter will decrease. If that meter is empty, you lose a life. Power-ups can be obtained that will give you the Armorator or extra life. In Rounds 5 and 7, you are required to use the Armorator to survive the round. You can also change between Apple and Champ during these rounds, but only once each. And on the even-numbered rounds, you run-and-shoot your way to a boss. Beware of the Norsa Warriors and other enemies. The same rules apply to those of the odd-numbered rounds, where being shot at or fall in a gap will result in you losing a life."
31675,Pen Pen TRiIceLon,PenPen,1998,6.1,"Racing / Driving, Sports",,,"A racing game where you play as one of several animals known as Pen Pens. The goal is to walk, swim, and slide across the finish line the fastest. Unlike other racing games though where you hold a button for gas or tilt forward to run, you have to tap the A button in a rhythmic manner to match your strokes with the motion of your Pen Pen."
31678,Splatterhouse 2,Splatterhouse Part 2,1992,6.7,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"It has been three months since your escape from the Splatterhouse in the first game Having been unable to save Jennifer, you keep having the recurring dream where she is begging you to come and rescue her. The mask from the Splatterhouse appears and promises that there is still a chance to save her. There is a downside to it, though. Wearing the mask of terror will fill you with feral rage and an insatiable hunger for blood. Heavily influenced by films such as Evil Dead 2, the game takes you through eight, side-scrolling stages. Rick has a basic set of punches, kicks and flying kicks, but he can pick up additional weapons such as a lead pipes, bones, bombs, a shotgun and a chainsaw for the ultimate bloodfest, while fighting skulls, razor fish and giant demons. A boss, requiring a specific pattern of moves, awaits you at the end of each stage."
31680,Fighter Pilot,"Jet Combat Simulator, MRCA Mach 2 Combat Flight Simulator, Piloto de Guerra",1983,7.2,Simulation,,Contemporary,"An area of 15000 square miles is incorporated into this combat flight simulation from specialists Digital Integration A full cockpit view is recreated, including gauges for airspeed and vertical speed. You can take off, land and shoot it out, with full practice modes on offer. Blind flying, cross winds and air turbulence are modelled accurately and can be used for a more advanced flying experience. A map is built in, as is full recreation of the targeting facilities of a F15."
31685,Operation Body Count,,1994,4.9,Action,Shooter,,"In the year 2012, Foreign Terrorists led by the infamous Victor Baloch have taken control of the Twin ""U.N towers"" in the United States of America, capturing the leaders of the world who were holding a summit at the time. As a member of the Governments ""Elite Force"", trained to take out terrorists when the talking stops, you must enter one of the towers through its maintenance area, which can be accessed through the sewers. OBC has 40 levels with the first 5 taking place in the sewers where the player, strangely, fights off giant rats and mutants the manual calls Sludge Minions before they enter the first tower to take on the terrorists. The weapons available to the player include a shotgun with infinite ammo, an Uzi, Galil, Flame Thrower and Grenade Launcher (though it functions like a Rocket Launcher). The aim of each level in OBC is to kill a certain number of terrorists on a map before using one of several elevators or stairs to go up to the next floor. OBC pioneered many features including controllable allies (the other members of your squad that join you once you enter the tower). You can order them to follow you or to roam the floor killing all they find. The player can also freely jump between their bodies in the games take on a lives system; as long as the team member they are in isn't killed there is no limit on this. OBC also features a near fully destructible environment; the Flame Thrower can set bad guys, scenery and the level itself on fire, which could make movement extremely hazardous for the player, especially as the fire randomly spreads. The Grenade launcher meanwhile can destroy any wall (with some hard coded exceptions). Like Blake Stone OBC also features textured floors and ceilings. Though unlike Blake, OBC could have several different floor textures on the same map. However OBC's floor/ceiling graphics were partially parallax meaning they appeared to ""warp"" as the player moves around."
31691,Daytona USA,,1994,7.6,Racing / Driving,,,"A port of the most successful arcade racer ever, the home versions of Daytona USA include the same elements that made the original version successful: three highly detailed tracks, arcade driving physics that challenge the player to find the best trajectory to make a flying lap without kissing the rails and beating the checkpoint timer. The 40 cars of the Easy race (later named 3-7 Speedway), one of the stalwarts of the original version, are also present in this version. These home versions include a new mode (Saturn or PC Mode, depending on the platform) where the three tracks are played without the timer, and optionally in mirror mode, using one of the bonus cars (with additional abilities such as driving on grass or hitting the rails without losing speed) and in one of three lengths: Normal (identical to the arcade original), Grand Prix (2.5 times longer) and Endurance (10 times longer). On the downside, detail and frame rate suffered a drop to fit the game into the limited hardware of the Saturn and Personal Computers, and lacking any kind of multiplayer, comparing to the two to eight player rumbles of the arcade version."
31692,Tama: Adventurous Ball in Giddy Labyrinth,,1994,6.3,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Tama: Adventurous Ball in Giddy Labyrinth is a videogame version of a wooden labyrinth game. Players have to guide Tama, a ball shaped being, to the goal of several different labyrinths. Players guide Tama by tilting the entire labyrinth at all sorts of angles. The main obstacle going against the player is the timer that is always counting down. Players have to reach the goal before the time is up. Another goal for the player to aim for is to have a high score by beating the levels (referred to as waves in the game) as fast as possible."
31696,...A Personal Nightmare,Personal Nightmare,1989,7.3,Adventure,Graphic adventure,Europe,"A horror adventure from Horrosoft. Your father is the pastor of your village. A strange letter from him made you decide to return to your village, only to find out your father is no where to be found, and everyone is being hostile and strange. After a while you will find out evil forces have taken over the people of the village and your job is to find out how to kill some devil creatures (like a vampire) and figure out what is truly going on."
31703,Dragon Warrior III,"Dragon Quest III: Soshite Densetsu e..., Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation",1996,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"An enhanced remake of Dragon Warrior III Aside from a graphical and sound overhaul and other typical tweaks of a remake, this version of the game introduces a Thief class, more weapons, armors, items, and spells, a collectible mini medals sub-quest, searchable background objects, an extra dungeon (Sky World) with new monsters, and an additional boss monster. The game also includes a personality mechanic that effects how party members develop their attributes. Additionally, the game also has the five minigame boardgame tracks known as Pachisi (later known in the series as Treasures n' Trapdoors) added to it. While the Super Famicom version had the above changes, the later released Game Boy Color remake has a few more additions. One addition is another bonus dungeon called the Ice Cave. This dungeon ties in with the other addition which are Monster Medals. Defeated monsters can now drop Monster Medals. These medals are needed as they allow the player to explore deeper into the Ice Caves. A remake was also released for mobile platforms. It borrows the appearance and most of the changes (including the bonus dungeon) of the Super Famicom version. However this version lacks the pachisi minigame. This version also lacks the monster medals and Ice Caves bonus dungeon of the Game Boy Color version too. A unique aspect of the mobile versions are they give the player the option to let the computer AI control their party members. The smartphone, Playstation 4, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch releases are based more closely on the mobile remake of the game."
31716,Top Gear: Dare Devil,,2000,5.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Going beyond the usual high speed thrills of the past Top Gear titles, Dare Devil has you racing a collection of smaller car designs, like the Mini and VW Beetle. The 27 levels offered are based on real world locations (Rome, Tokyo, San Francisco) and it is your job to race through the streets, collecting dare devil tokens in order to progress through to the next stage. Bonus points can be made from crashing into obstacles on the sides of the roads, like bus stops and seats. You can also collect hidden keys and wrenches that offer extra lives and hidden stages, nitro boosts to give an extra dose of speed, and clocks to give you a little more time to accomplish to task. And you can race against a friend in split screen mode to see who can race their little speedster the best."
31717,Sunset Riders,Arcade Archives: Sunset Riders,1991,7.6,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Western,"The Wild West...full of the criminal element. Sir Richard Rose, the most despicable face in the criminal lot, has enough power to control the mining facilities, cattle ranches, and trading communities and turn everything to his favor. With that much power, he could literally buy himself the Wild West and control everything! The people need help, desperately. And just as things were looking grim, who should ride into town but 4 men who have made a pact: to put down Sir Richard Rose and make the Wild West a free and peaceful place to live. Steve, Bob, Billy, and Cormano are the Sunset Riders, and they're about to live out the wildest shootout the Wild West has ever seen..."
31724,Earthlight,,1988,7.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Earthlight is pseudo-3D side-scrolling shooter, with gameplay similar to Uridium The player controls a special spaceship on a mission to collect matter transmitters (small boxes) while avoiding all the sentry and industrial robots. Once all the transmitters have been collected, the player must return to the base to complete the zone. The player must also eliminate enemies - they hinder the mission - and keep an eye on the fuel level and shield. The game is played over four levels each with eight zones."
31727,Mercenary: Compendium Edition,Paul Woakes' Mercenary Compendium,1986,7.3,"Action, Compilation, Simulation","Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A compilation of Paul Woakes 's 3D exploration and flight game Mercenary and the Second City expansion pack. For some systems this was a compilation of previously-released titles, for others it was the only release for either part of the gameworld."
31728,ATV Simulator,All Terrain Vehicle Simulator,1987,6.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Viewed side on, and with a split screen 2-player option, this game simulated the then-new All Terrain Vehicles in an action-based way. The game features a succession of courses, which must be navigated in 30 seconds. You must run to the vehicle initially, and will also have to manually remount if you fall off - all costing you more precious time. Careful use of the wheelies and jumps is crucial to completion. Each hazard must be taken at the right speed, which you'll learn through experience."
31729,Star Trek: The Next Generation,Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Advanced Holodeck Tutorial,1993,5.8,Simulation,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Cadets at Starfleet Academy must spend some of their classes in the starship simulator. This year is a simulation of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Substituting for Jean-Luc Picard, cadets will take the role of captain and then must access different crew members (functions of the ship) to complete a series of scripted missions. Star Trek: The Next Generation is divided into a series of missions. Players will start on the main screen of the bridge and from there can access Navigation, Tactical, Operations, Engineering, Transporter Systems and Mission Control. Mini-games are sometimes used to complete certain ship functions (such as rerouting power to the shields)."
31734,Scramble Spirits,,1988,5.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Sega's take on the 1943 style of vertically scrolling shoot 'em ups was set in the future. Your fighter plane is aged and under-powered, yet you must face down large planes, tanks and ground targets to achieve victory. Each level ends with a close-viewed section of particular intensity before finally facing a boss. Smart bombs are occasionally found lying around, and can destroy everything on the screen, although you can't use them on the bosses. A simultaneous 2-player mode is provided."
31745,NHL FaceOff '97,NHL PowerRink '97,1996,7.1,Sports,,,"1997 NHL Hockey game that departed from the incremental year-to-year improvements to ice-hockey games. Offers new AI for play against the computer that is ""All-Star"" level and the default game that offers honest hockey, pure and simple, crisp and satisfying. Other features include, team management, new moves previously unseen such as hip checks, fake shots, backwards skating and more. All 26 NHL arenas are playable with realistic player abilities based on their real NHL statistics."
31746,NET:Zone,,1996,6.0,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"NET:Zone is a science fiction adventure set in the world of virtual reality. You play Newton, son of Zel Winters, the Managing Director of the CYCORP Corporation, who went missing a year ago. The police has returned your father’s belongings and after cracking his VR Interface you find an SOS message that reveals that his former colleagues are planning to take control of the global computer network. Of course you want to know what has happened and you access the neural interface to follow in your father’s footsteps. Net:Zone is a 1st POV point and click adventure that plays in a 3-D rendered world where you are able to pan around 360 degrees. The player gets a PDA that holds the map and inventory and that can be used to receive messages, to make notes and to interact with computer terminals. The package includes as a goodie the scrap book of Newton Winters."
31748,March Madness '98,,1998,7.3,Sports,,,"March Madness '98 is a college basketball game. Its features include the NCAA Tournament, 107 division 1A teams, 9 women's teams, team specific fight songs and chants, plus authentic college uniforms and logos. The game also gives you the opportunity to win preseason and conference tournaments. Create your own player from scratch, or customize your own NCAA Tournament with up to 64 teams. The game also has a momentum meter which can go up when a team is doing well temporarily increasing the ability ratings of its players."
31751,Bob Morane: Chevalerie 1,"Bob Moran: Rittertum - Die Gespenstische Mission, Bob Morane: Caballería, Bob Morane: Chevalerie I, Lee Enfield in the Tournament of Death",1987,5.2,"Action, Adventure",,Fantasy,"Adventure novel protagonist Bob Morane, an agent of the Time Patrol, is transported back in time to a thirteenth century castle. His objective: to save the Holy Shroud - the cloth that collected the body of Christ on its descent from the Cross - from being captured by his arch-nemesis, the Yellow Shadow, who seeks to become pope and pervert the course of history. The game plays similarly to Iznogoud Sidewalk and Bob Morane: Jungle 1 Action takes place on a tiny portion of the screen; exploring a series of static rooms that interconnect in multiple directions, Bob battles a bastion of besiegers - castle guards, mysterious shrouded dudes, and (except for the Amstrad CPC version) humongous, hairy bears Yes, the Yellow Shadow is not above manipulating omnivorous mammals towards his nefarious ends. Luckily, Bob can search for hidden items and secret passages to further his aims, and should he perish in action, a giant temporal bubble is ready to encase him and bring him back to the starting point."
31762,Star Wars: TIE Fighter,,1994,8.2,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are a member of the Imperial Navy, eager to fight the Rebel Alliance and other scum to strengthen the rule of Darth Vader and the Emperor. The follow up to X-Wing is a space combat simulation set in the Star Wars universe. There are 7 campaigns, taking in over 50 missions. You often have wingmen who can be given orders to help you out. The detailed storyline is driven by cutscenes. You will fly a variety of craft from the lowly Tie Fighter to the speedy Tie Interceptor to the high-powered Tie Advanced. On each of these, balancing engine/laser/shield ratios in real time is crucial to getting the most power and safety."
31763,Split Personalities,Splitting Images,1986,7.4,Puzzle,,,"Sliding block puzzle games were one of the many non-electronic forms of entertainment re-made with new twists for the digital age. The basic premise involves being presented with 1 of 10 pictures (representing famous figures such as Ronald Reagan, Maggie Thatcher, Lady Diana and even Sir Clive Sinclair), with the complete picture presented at the side of the screen. You must move your cursor onto the, pick up a piece, and place it onto the main playing area, ensuring that you can move the others into place. Unlike with the plastic versions there are 16 pieces to fit into 20 spaces, allowing more leeway in terms of continual sliding. The complications in this version include gaps in the playing area which swallow pieces and return them to the bank, a time limit, bombs which have to be moved off the screen to avoid losing a life, and bonus objects to be moved in specific ways for bonus points."
31765,Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels,"Blood Angels, Space Hulk 2",1995,7.3,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels is a mix of a First-Person-Shooter and a tactical fighting game. It is placed in the Warhammer 40k background of the Games Workshop tabletop games. It is the successor of the PC game Space Hulk from 1993 and it tells of the fight between the Terminators of the Blood Angels Chapter of Space Marines and the Tyranid Genestealers. You control up to ten Terminators. You give them orders in a tactical screen and/or take over one of them and then move in a 3D environment and fight the Genestealers just as in a First-Person-Shooter. So the game includes tactical planning and fighting in a good balance.
31768,Skull & Crossbones,,1990,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sea pirates / Caribbean,"The player will fight as either Red Beard or One Eye through various pirate themed levels, like ships and forts, and even some non-pirate themed levels, battling ninjas, skeletons, and others in a quest to save a princess from an evil wizard. There's also a split screen mode for two players. The pirates will use several weapons to fight, such as pistols, swords, knifes and their bare fists. At each level, players will have to kill at least 15 enemies to move on and fight the level's boss. Each one of the six levels can be selected freely right from the start, differing only in difficulty (time limit to beat). Several skull & crossbones flags are distributed through the levels, hiding booty, new weapons and traps (a skull symbol). There are some hidden flags which will appear as the pirate passes by them. At the end of each level, the players can trade their booty for new weapons, each one at different prices (the stronger costing more)."
31769,True Golf Classics: Waialae Country Club,"New 3D Golf Simulation: Vol.3 - Waialae no Kiseki, New 3D Golf Simulation: Waialae no Kiseki",1991,7.2,Sports,,,"Grab your clubs and head for the first tee. This golf sim recreates the world-famous Hawaiian Waialae Golf Course, noted for lots of bunkers and very fast greens. You can choose your golfer, assign him a caddy, pick your set of clubs and adjust the power, putting, technical, recovery, and wind game stats to suit your personal preference. The game offers a practice training mode, a tournament mode, and the ability to challenge your friends in a stroke match. Oddly, this game was not sanctioned by the PGA and assumes that the golfer is always male."
31770,Super R.C. Pro-Am,,1991,7.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Super R.C. Pro-Am is the Game Boy update to Rare's classic radio controlled car game. 4 computer or human racers attempt to get around the track as fast as possible while avoiding hazards like oil slicks and traffic cones. There are also weapons that you can use to disable the other cars temporarily. The goal of the game is to collect the letter icons found on the tracks that spell ""NINTENDO."" Collecting the letters allows you to move up to faster cars and eventually win the championship."
31771,Tunnels of Armageddon,,1989,7.2,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Aliens threaten to destroy the earth via a huge bomb embedded deep within the planet. As a challenge to the human race, they have agreed to let Earth's finest pilot to get into a high-speed ship to get to the bomb before the timer runs out. Your ship has minimal shields to protect you from slamming into walls as you navigate the deep underground tunnels. But it's not easy: you'll have no idea which tunnels are the fastest/shortest until a split-second before you get to them, and there are alien weapons trying to destroy you along the way. If you manage to complete the run and save the earth, you can tell the program to randomly generate an entirely new game with different tunnels for endless replayability."
31791,Tech Romancer,Choukou Senki Kikaioh,1998,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Tech Romancer is a 3D arena fighter with a difference: rather than controlling a martial artist, the player selects one of the several available giant robots (mechs). These range from the absurd (a huge, spherical mech with a boat and bus for feet, a house for a head, train for one arm, and office building with wrecking ball for another) to the ""typical"" anime styled mecha (beam-firing chest gem, detachable rocket-powered fists) to a more westernized idea of a mech (huge, sluggish, equipped with heavy cannon, rockets, missiles, and land-mines). The gameplay takes part in large 3D arenas, usually dotted with buildings and other landmarks, many of which are destructible and may contain power-ups. Game controls consist of two attack buttons, one block, and one jump. Characters have a special bar; once it is full (up to a maximum of three times), a special move can be executed. There is an armor bar, which depletes as the characters take or block certain hits; if it runs out, the character will start taking hefty damage even when blocking. The life and time bars are self-explanatory, and there is also the special-weapon inventory, which can hold up to five special weapons at a time (these are picked up from the battlefield or stolen off the enemy). The main single-player mode is a story mode, which is completely different for each character and, for most characters at least, branches many ways, often with multiple endings depending on choices made and targets met."
31798,Sid Meier's Covert Action,Covert Aktion,1990,7.6,"Action, Simulation",Puzzle elements,,"As special agent Maximilian (or Maxine) ""Max"" Remington, you are the premier anti-terror agent in the world. CIA have received tips and clues about some suspicious activities of some known bad guys. Gather enough evidence through house search, wiretaps, etc. Decode any messages you discover to unravel additional clues. Each operation will be handled by multiple people. Figure out the crime before it happens and get enough evidence to find the true mastermind behind the whole thing. Then chase down and arrest the suspects via car chases or go into the house and arrest the suspect yourself. Can you arrest all the masterminds? Covert Action is best described as a secret agent simulator, with a heavy dose of puzzles and some top-down shooter action. You'll follow the hints all over the world, surveil suspect safehouses, apply wiretaps (which is a puzzle sequence), even go inside and check each and every drawer without arousing suspicion (by keeping very quiet). If you're discovered, you'll need to avoid car chases or you'll end up shooting it out with the bad guys. You can also ""tail"" a suspect (with multiple cars) and see if you can find another safehouse or more headquarters to search for clues. You have a silenced pistol (or Uzi) and three different types of grenades, plus other high-tech toys. As you get closer to the mastermind, the plot gets more intricate, timeline gets shorter, code breaking is tougher, and enemies harder to take out."
31800,Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition,,1988,7.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Cold War, Historical events","The objective is the same as in the original Balance of Power : use your military, covert, and industrial forces to make your country the most prestigious in the world while avoiding nuclear war. However, it is now 1989, and the Communist Block is crumbling... Chris Crawford, who rarely ever made a sequel to a computer game, was besieged by mails asking him to update his classic from a few years before to reflect the new state of the world. Russia was falling, the Iron Curtain was shattering, and smaller countries were beginning to assert their own regional power with more freedom from the bipolar world of the Cold War. The result was the 1990 Edition. This game featured an updated database, but the most significant new features were: 1. The multipolar level, where small countries could go to war with their neighbors on their own. Of course, you could help them out (or encourage them!) by sending in military aid. 18 more countries, bringing the total to 80. A ""Crisis Advisory Board"" of four people, who would give you advice during international crises. The nice thing about being a Superpower is that the little countries do whatever you tell them, but you still have to watch out for your main rivals (USSR or the US)!"
31804,Dr. Mario,,1990,7.4,"Action, Puzzle","Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle",,"In this Tetris -style game, you play as Dr. Mario, who must drop differently coloured pills onto viruses to remove them from the bottle. Each pill is split into two, with each side being of one of three different colours, red, blue or yellow. Align three pills of the same colour to a virus of the corresponding colour (or any combination of pills and viruses totaling four or more) and it will be removed from the bottle, along with the aligned pills. The level is cleared when there are no viruses left, and the game is over when the pills reach the top and Dr. Mario can't drop any more pills. Included in the game is the normal mode, a time trial, and a two player battle mode to see who can remove the most viruses."
31807,Ace of Aces,,1986,6.0,"Action, Simulation",,World War II,"Ace of Aces is a 1st person, 2D flight simulation. You're onboard a British RAF Mosquito, maverick fighter bomber. Your mission .. stop enemy trains, intercept the terrible german V-1 buzz bombs, sink the german U-boats and down the Nazi bombers. Are you ready for this challenge?"
31817,Forsaken 64,,1998,7.8,Action,Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The Ultimate 360 Death Match BREATHTAKING REALTIME GRAPHICS ""Incredible colored lighting and huge explosion effects."" ELECTRONIC GAMING MONTHLY 25 OBLITERATING WEAPONS ""The weapons are simply awesome... One of the best looking and playing multiplayer games of the year."" ULTRA GAME PLAYERS FURIOUS MULTI-PLAYER COMBAT ""A four-person multiplayer game that ranks amongst the very best... One of the best-looking games on the N64."" N64.com PRECISE CONTROL IN ANY DIRECTION ""A stunning 360 shooter"" GAMEFAN This ad blurb may contain mature content. Source: Back of Box - N64"
31818,Midnight Raiders,,1994,5.2,Action,Rail shooter,,"A FMV rail shooter placing you in the helmet of rookie chopper gunner ""Joker."" Terrorists have kidnapped a German biochemist and taken him to a Middle Eastern oil refinery, where he is forced to work on a lethal toxin. Joker and crew must fly to the refinery, shooting down enemy tanks and helicopters, then Joker must rappel down to the refinery and rescue the chemist on foot. The helicopter sections follow a pattern similar to Tomcat Alley showing brief clips of the cast in the cockpit, followed by a ""nose camera"" shot of an enemy approaching. During this shot, you have the ability to move a set of crosshairs over the enemy and press the ""fire"" button. If you're on target, you are rewarded with military archival footage of helicopters shooting rockets, and close up footage of models exploding. The on-foot sections follow an identical pattern, though with hand-held cameras placing you in the ""eyes"" of Joker, and black-clad guards taking the place of helicopters. Otherwise, the idea of having a few seconds to react and aim crosshairs is the same. The plot is expanded through occasional cutscenes in both the helicopter and foot sections."
31819,Livingstone I Presume?,Livingstone Supongo,1986,6.7,Action,Platform,,"Livingstone, I Presume? is an adventure technologically almost identical to Goody ; however, this game has a more complex map and alternates between three weapons and a pole that the player has from the beginning of the game. The title game refers to the search for David Livingstone by journalist Henry Morton Stanley in Africa in the 19th century. There the resemblance to reality ends and it turns into a platform game."
31821,River Raid,Carol Shaw's River Raid,1982,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"River Raid is a vertically scrolling action game. You fly a jet up a river in an attempt to destroy bridges that are vital to the enemy. The river is heavily guarded, however, with balloons, ships, choppers, and enemy aircraft trying to stop you. Along the way, you will need to fly over fuel stations to refuel your jet and keep flying. The plane is armed with a cannon with unlimited ammo. It can be used to destroy enemy vehicles and bridges, but a careless player can accidentally destroy a fuel station. Colliding with the riverbanks or with the enemy aircraft destroys your plane and makes you lose a life."
31823,Test Drive 6,,1999,6.3,Racing / Driving,,,"Test Drive 6 on the Game Boy Color adapts the console version to the handheld's capabilities, with a limited selection of cars and tracks and the perspective changed to a top-down view. The games includes 12 licensed sports and muscle cars (down from over 40 in the console version) and 24 tracks set in 12 cities to select from. The selection of game modes is based on that from the main game as well: there are single races, tournaments and the cop chase mode. Tournament mode consists of seven different cups, which have to be won in order. The easier cups begin with only two laps, increasing to eight laps in the later ones. Winning cups unlocks tracks for the single race mode. Winning races earns money and upgrade points. Money is used to buy new cars and the upgrade points can be spent on better acceleration, traction or top speed as well as to buy power bursts, which give short speed boosts in a race. Progress is saved via battery. The cop chase mode offers four special police variations of the regular cars and is played on tracks unlocked in the tournaments. The goal is to hand out tickets to other cars on the track within a time limit of one minute by ramming into them with the siren activated. Each ticket gains $500 that add to the winnings from the tournaments."
31824,Escape from Pulsar 7,,1982,7.7,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Escape From Pulsar 7 is the fourth title in the Mysterious Adventure series of illustrated text adventures by Brian Howarth It has a science-fiction theme influenced by the hit film ""Alien"". The player finds themselves trapped alone on a giant space ship. The rest of the crew are dead, killed by a mutated zoo specimen. The player's goal is ultimately that they must escape the ship in a life pod to avoid being the creature's next meal. Explore the bunks of your comrades to find the tools needed. Only useful items can be taken, so the gameplay is quite linear, with several maze sections. These games used the Scott Adams adventure engine, and thus also have the same features - a basic 2-word parser, small vocabulary, and brief descriptions. They were similar to other adventures of the time."
31827,Phoenix,,1987,6.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,In Phoenix the player has to re-open 15 hyperspace routes which where previously closed by the authorities. Unfortunately they used mines to prevent illegal movements... The game is played in a first-person perspective with vector graphics. The space ship moves with a constant velocity and the player's job is shoot the mines on the way and to steer left and right so he avoids obstacles. But it is important to be careful: leaving the road causes the space ship to fall out of the hyperspace and lose a life. The game records the last flight which can be used for analyzing and memorizing purposes.
31828,Transport Tycoon Deluxe,Transport Tycoon DX,1995,7.9,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Transport Tycoon Deluxe is an enhanced re-release of Transport Tycoon which introduces single-direction signals, three new landscape environments (arctic, tropical, toy land) with unique challenges, and an in-game time span from 1950 to 2050. A scenario editor is included, but the Martian environment from the Transport Tycoon World Editor is absent."
31829,Gungriffon Blaze,,2000,7.0,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Gungriffon Blaze is a 3D battlemech game. The game contains six scenarios with a multitude of free-roaming levels. The gameplay is mainly action-oriented, allowing to customize the player-controlled robot before it goes to fight, or within the game after picking up various extras. There are about forty different enemy types, including tanks, other mechs, etc. Much of the environment is destructible. The game only features single-player mode."
31832,Revenge of the Ninja,"Ninja Hayate HD Remaster, Ninja Hayate",1984,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Quick Time Events (QTEs)",,"The story takes place in Japan, you play as Hayate, a young up and coming ninja warrior out to stop the evil of Lougi and his army of ghouls and goblins. You are out to avenge your father's death as well as the emperor and rescue your girlfriend from the clutches of evil and bring an end to the terror visited upon your lands. Some of the villains you face are Marco Killmore (a half man, half eagle samurai warrior), Zallen (a disgraced samurai warrior out to destroy Hayate), Vengor (a stone shiva-type character), Desfal (a medusa-like woman), Destroyer MPK (a possessed collection of samurai armor) and of course the evil samurai knight himself, Lougi. To play the game you must press the corresponding buttons on the screen at a certain time, such as pressing left to go left or possibly to avoid a enemies weapon or pressing one of the regular buttons to draw your weapon and attack a certain enemy, much like Dragon's Lair and Space Ace There are three difficulty levels, each one giving you a certain amount of time to press the buttons, the hardest setting giving you the least amount of time."
31835,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II:  Back from the Sewers,"Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles II: Back From The Sewers, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: Back from the Sewers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Back from the Sewers",1991,7.1,Action,Platform,,"The second TMNT game for the Game Boy brings more of the same action that we saw in the first. The story is basically unchanged. Shredder and Krang have an evil plot to take over the world, and have kid-napped April. You have to guide the four turtles to rescue her and save the day. Back from the Sewers features 6 side-scrolling levels. In between levels, you are treated to bonus games that allow you to increase your health meter or rescue captured turtles. The music in the game is a surprisingly accurate rendition of the music found in the cartoon series. This is also one of the first Game Boy games to feature digitized speech."
31837,Novatron,,1982,6.1,Action,Arcade,,"Novatron is a PC conversion of an arcade game, which was in turn inspired by the classic movie Tron. Basically you and the computer control motorcycles of sort, that leave a trail of light. Your objective is to make the computer smash into his or your trail of light, thereby winning the round."
31839,Bust-A-Move Millennium,Puzzle Bobble Millennium,2000,7.7,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,,"Bust-A-Move Millennium is a handheld variant of Bust-A-Move Additions and enhancements in this version include: varying playfield sizes; story, puzzle and versus modes; and the ability to play against a friend in two-player versus mode. Other modes include endless mode (play as long as you want), and a challenge mode where the player must complete puzzles perfectly in order to move on. The game features several playable characters including Bub, Bob, Banebou, Monsta, Chack'N, Packy, and many more."
31840,Lode Runner On-Line: The Mad Monks' Revenge,,1995,6.2,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,,"Assume the role again as Jake Peril as you journey in the Evil Empire taking treasure away from the evil Mad Monks. As with the original Lode Runner gameplay involves moving around screens full of platforms and ladders collecting treasure. This new version adds multiplayer play, with 150 levels to play on. The single-player game has the original levels plus 30 new ones. Many hazards not found in the original are added. The ability to create your own levels is also included."
31845,Spidertronic,,1988,6.6,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,In Spidertronic the player gets to take control of a robotic spider moving through a world of isometric levels. Each level consists of tiles that make out the spider's web. Problem is that the web is under siege by odd spherical creatures. This has lead to some passageways being broken and now it's up to our little spider to repair the damage done. The aim then is to rebuild these parts of each level so that the spider can move on to the next. This is done with the use of coloured tiles. The HUD shows a flashing dot that indicates what colour is needed. The spider then has to find a tile in that colour and move it to the tile that needs to be repaired. Once this is all done the spider gets access to a teleporter and can move on to the next level. The spider isn't alone however. It has to be careful not to come into contact with the balls that move around the web. Balls can be destroyed by building a web in front of them. They won't be gone for long though since they will respawn after just a few seconds.
31848,Batman Returns,,1993,8.0,"Action, Racing / Driving","Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform, Shooter",,"The successful movie sequel Batman Returns spawned many different game adaptations. The SNES version presents the story of Batman's encounter with the Penguin and Catwoman as a side-scrolling beat 'em up, with one Batmobile driving sequence thrown in. There are two varieties of beat 'em up levels. One plays like Final Fight and similar games: Batman can move in two dimensions, beating up his enemies with various punches, kicks, combos, and special moves. Special gadgets to be used include the famous Batarang to take out enemies from a distance and ""Test Tubes"" filled with chemical explosives which will damage all enemies on the screen. In the second type of side-scrolling level, Batman can only move in one dimension, left or right. The Batarang is the standard weapon here, with punches only being used when the enemy gets close. Also in these levels, Batman can use a grappling hook to cross dangerous areas unharmed. Enemies in the beat 'em up levels usually belong to the Penguin's Red Triangle Circus Gang - clowns in all varieties: thin clowns, fat clowns, clowns on bikes, clowns armed with bazookas, and more. At the end of each level, there is a boss fight, including several encounters with Catwoman and the Penguin. In the Batmobile driving level, the action is viewed from behind. Batman has to evade clowns on bikes and shoot them down when he gets the chance. At the end of the road, another boss fight awaits. Digitized images from the film illustrate the storyline."
31850,Ashes to Ashes,Ashes to Ashes: Feeding the Fires of War!,1996,4.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A first person shooter that came out during the ""second wave"" of me-toos that struck the genre, specifically after Duke3D and Quake. In this one you fight in a futuristic environment were things have (once again) gone awfully wrong and you have to set the record straight again. Additional features include: large outdoor environments with rolling terrain and the chance to operate several types of vehicles, including turrets, tanks, etc. The graphics engine is actually 2.5D engine using animated sprites."
31855,X-It,,1994,7.1,Puzzle,,,"Viewed from above, the task in each level of X-It is to create a path to walk through to the exit, by moving blocks around a walled arena. The movement physics are fairly true to real life - most blocks can only be pushed if there is a block's worth of space behind them, and nothing immediately ahead of them. The levels are full of gaps, through which blocks can be pushed - this has the double effect of freeing up extra room in the level, and allowing you to walk over those spaces. Other hazards include ice which prevents blocks from stopping until they go past it. Falling through holes loses you one of your 3 lives - you also have 5 attempts at each screen."
31861,Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 3,Dragon Ball Z: Ultime Menace,1994,7.3,Action,Fighting,,"Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 3 (known as Dragon Ball Z: Ultime Menace in France) is the last installment to the Super Butōden series for the SNES, which in this occasion is based on the Majin Buu saga. Avaliable charachers are Goku, Goten, Kid Trunks, Majin Vegita, Junior Gohan, Kaiohshin, Majin Boo, Darbura and C-18, plus another one available as a secret character: Future Trunks. Split screen mode is maintained, but now you can now fly up or down while on the same screen as your opponent. You can also struggle with your rival pushing with your arms together to test your button smashing abilities, or execute new Meteor Combos. Scenarios will also be different (mainly based on Buu saga) and will include alternative versions of themselves with different times of the day as well. The game allows you to take part either in a 8 player martial arts tournament with an eliminatory system or to make single combats against the CPU or another player. This makes Super Butōden 3 the only game of the series without a Story Mode. It can be explained by the fact that when the game was released while the Buu saga was still on a very early stage in Japanese TV."
31870,Road Rash,RR1,1991,7.7,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Road Rash is an aggressive motorcycle racing game where the player assumes the role of a biker who takes part in a series of illegal races across the U.S.A. Starting at the back of the pack the objective is always to finish first on a linear course, overtaking the other bikers. This is achieved by driving very well or by playing it dirty, knocking opponents of their bikes using clubs, crowbars or your bare hands. The other racers fight back in a similar fashion and there are also hazards. All the races take place on the regular road with normal traffic (in both directions) and the cops, as well as occasional oil slicks and stray cows. By winning races you can get promoted to a stronger division and earn cash with which you can buy a better bike. Whenever you're knocked off your bike or hit something you will have to run back to your bike and lose valuable time, plus your bike will suffer some damage. When the player crashes with cops nearby, it is possible to get busted and then you have to forfeit the race. Like the whole Road Rash lineage, the game has arcade-like gameplay with no intention to be a motorcycle simulation. While the game has a two-player mode, this is not simultaneous."
31877,MTV Sports: Skateboarding,MTV Sports: Skateboarding - Featuring Andy Macdonald,2000,5.8,"Action, Sports",Tricks / stunts,,"Take control of Andy Macdonald and other famous skateboarders (total of 30) from MTV Sports as you tear through the skateboard park in full 3D doing tricks with authentic boards and even boarder clothing. Maneuver for the maximum number of tricks in the limited time available. With 60 different tricks to perform, and multiple game modes (including scavenger hunt, stunt moves, and more)"
31880,Rockin' Kats,NY Nyankies,1991,7.2,Action,Platform,,"Willy is a young jazz cat who goes by the name of ""The Rockin' Kat"". His girlfriend, Jill, was kidnapped by Mugsy, the local crime boss. In this side scrolling game, you must help Rockin' Kat Willy to save his girlfriend through 7 stages. Each stage is a TV show broadcast through different channels of a TV set, and you must thus choose which channel you want to play. Through the channels Willy it will be sent to different themed shows such as western movies, gangster movies, etc, as well as some bonus channels. Willy can walk and jump around, and carries as a weapon a spring-load Super Punch Gun, which he can put in diverse uses: He can also buy attachments that will make his gun more powerful, such as the Bomber, the Twin Balls, the Hammer Punch and the Jet Sneakers. Rockin' Kats is so cartoonish that you might expect to see it on Saturday morning TV."
31881,Acid Tetris,,1998,7.0,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"Acid Tetris is a freeware Tetris clone, true to the original version. There is only one game mode, where you guide an unlimited amount of falling bricks to form complete rows until you hit the top of the screen. After reaching a certain amount of points, the speed of the bricks is increased. This difficulty level can also be set from the start in the main game menu. There are a few features that make this game stand out. The bricks are colorful and upon removing a line, a yellow smiley appears with a different expression and sound depending on the amount of rows you removed with a single brick. On the right is an overview of the amount of different bricks used. There is a high score table and the game features both up-tempo and relaxing music, including a remake of the classic Tetris song."
31888,1942,"1942 Mobile, Capcom Arcade Cabinet: 1942",1984,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",World War II,"1942 is a vertically scrolling shooter for one or two players. The year is 1942, and you are a daring fighter pilot ""Super Ace"". You begin and end each of the numerous levels on an aircraft carrier and then fly your plane into battle against the enemy over both sea and land. After destroying certain plane formations you can collect several different power ups to increase your fire power and chances of survival. You can also make your plane roll to avoid enemy attacks 3 times per life. There are 24 levels, the first being Midway and the last The Final Area."
31906,Cydonia: Mars - The First Manned Mission,"Cydon: Ontrafel Het Marsmysterie, Lightbringer: Adventure on Mars, Lightbringer: The Next Giant Leap for Mankind",1999,6.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Earth is dying, you, the player must save it by succeeding in the colonization of Mars. This is an adventure game that looks a lot like Cryo's brand, meaning 3D pre-calculated graphisms, with smooth transition when moving from place to place, plus of course, the obligatory full-motion cut-scenes. The art is impeccably done and up to the standards of the release year (1998). Upon arriving on Mars, however, the landing module hits an unexpected force-field and crashes, and that's where the adventure begins. The first puzzles are quite easy; they consist of saving the module and the two other humans aboard from the shipwreck and the subsequent fire, all the necessary hints being given to you by one of your shipmates. However, after that point, puzzles are way more difficult, as they consist (at first at least) of exploring remains of an alien civilization, with thought processes ""alien"" to human players."
31912,Chopper Command,Wüstenschlacht,1982,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Chopper Command is a side scrolling shooter. As the pilot of a helicopter gunship, your mission is to protect the convoy of trucks which is travelling at the bottom of the screen. Each wave consists of numerous enemy choppers and jets which are trying to destroy you and the convoy. When all enemies in the current wave are destroyed, you can move on to the next, more difficult wave. To help out, a long range scanner is located at the bottom of the screen which can locate trucks in the convoy as well as enemy aircraft. Good luck, the ground troops are counting on you! The game can be played by one or two players at either Cadet Level or Commander Level difficulty settings. You start the game with 3 lives and can gain extra ones every 10,000 points, up to a maximum of 6 lives."
31915,Pinball Jam,,1992,6.7,Simulation,Pinball,,"Pinball Jam is a Lynx conversion of two pinball tables: ""Elvira and the Party Monsters"" (Midway, 1989), and ""Police Force"" (Williams, 1989). Both feature authentic table layouts, targets, and bonuses; the conversion of Elvira and the Party Monsters also features digitized sound effects, including the voice of Cassandra Peterson (Elvira). Each table scrolls up and down during gameplay (as opposed to just ""snapping"" to a new area as the ball reaches it)."
31917,Bionic Commando,"Bionic Commandos, Top Secret",1987,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,In Bionic Commando the player takes control of a soldier with a bionic arm that extends and contracts. The bionic arm allows the soldier to grab onto fixed objects and swing around and climb up levels — no jumping allowed! The arm also grabs opponents and pulls them towards the protagonist. The player's mission is to storm the enemy's fortress and destroy the launch computer to prevent the enemy from using their doomsday weapon.
31924,Dino Dini's Soccer,,1994,7.1,Sports,,,"Although this soccer game is based on Goal it features a very different control method, with the ball on sticking to your foot to make running with the ball easier. The game is viewed from above and played up and down the pitch, without the left-to-right option of Goal Matches can be between 2 or 20 minutes, and the scanner which shows player positions on the rest of the pitch can be moved, resized or disabled. The method of triggering aftertouch onto a pass can be chosen as well. The game features a variety of tournaments, including the full World Cup and its qualifying rounds, and the European Championships, or individual matches, as well as being able to configure a league or cup tournament ot your own specification. Only international teams are included, although their names can be customised. Unlike most soccer games of the time, player ethnicities are accurately depicted."
31926,Theocracy,,2000,7.1,Strategy / tactics,,"Fantasy, Pre-Columbian Americas","A real-time strategy game set in the age of the Aztec Empire. Your goal: to unite the warring civilizations of central Mexico before the Spanish arrive to conquer them all. Slaves can be taken to gather resources, and human sacrifices provide you with the mana your priests need to cast their powerful spells."
31927,Tilt,,1991,6.7,Action,"Board game, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Tilt is a puzzle platform action, where the goal is to lead the ball through the maze from the entrance to the exit, collecting randomly appeared cans and avoiding obstacles such as magnets, red buttons, stop signs, holes and other traps to do not make your bonus low or to do not die. To provide the clear way for the ball, you should move the tiles of the maze in way of famous '15 puzzle' game. As time flows, the bonus size lowers, and you should perform your mission on each level as fast as possible. Several difficulty levels, speed of the ball, number of players (1-2) may be adjusted. The two-players mode is cooperative. The editor of the mazes are also present in Amiga and DOS versions."
31933,Gauntlet III: The Final Quest,Gauntlet 3,1991,7.2,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"Gauntlet III is an action-based dungeon exploration game. Like in the predecessors you empty areas infested by all kinds of enemies while running for the exit. Like this was rather a straight forward thing in the first two games, it's not that easy to finish a level anymore. While you only had to run until you find the exit (and besides killing hordes of enemies you probably find some keys to unlock doors leading to deeper dungeons) you might have to solve a few ""quests"" to proceed to the next level in this installment. These ""quests"" are very basic, for example you have to find object A, then bring it to B, advance to C and finally go to D to uncover the exit. While the first two games had a top-down view, Gauntlet 3 has an isometric perspective. The old four characters (warrior, wizard, elf and valkyrie) are ready for action again and this time they get backup by four new characters which include the Lizard, Neptune, Stoneman and the Iceman."
31938,Akte Europa,,1997,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Akte Europa is set in the 23th century where two parties rival about power: Europe and the United Nations (UN). The Europeans want to stop the expensive UN space program with their new super weapon Odin. The player takes the role of a UN commander and has to prevent this plan. This game follows the usual real-time strategy formula but offers three unique features: There is no base building which means the player has to conquer the existing buildings on the map. Secondly there is only one resource (money) which gets consumed by using said buildings, e.g. reserve stations to fuel tanks or replenish ammo and factories to produce new units. The last new feature is the possibility to design new vehicles with individual weapon systems. The 3D graphics feature real line of sight which means a vehicle standing on a hill can see further than a vehicle in a valley. Akte Europa also utilizes the ""Fog of War"" known from Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness : after revealing a part of the map the player can only see the enemy's movements if one of his units is in visual range."
31940,Clutch Hitter,,1991,6.6,Sports,,,"Clutch Hitter is a typical baseball game which has all the Major League teams and their stats for the 1991 season. However, it does not have players names or team names. The game's look is similar to R.B.I. Baseball and it is based off on Sports Talk Baseball for the Genesis. The length of the innings can be determined to choose from five, to seven, to the full nine innings and when batting the screen splits up to see both first and third base to keep an eye on the baserunners. The Game Gear version allows you to link two together and play against a friend."
31941,Sidewalk,"Marche à l'ombre, Renaud",1987,6.2,"Action, Adventure","Fighting, Puzzle elements",,"You are supposed to take your girlfriend to the Live Aid rock concert tonight; unfortunately, thieves have stolen and dismantled your motorcycle. You realise this at 3pm, and must find and reassemble all the parts in order to arrive at your girl's home by 7.30pm. Fail, and she will go with the loathsome John instead. The game is a time-limited adventure, in which you must walk through the mean city streets, by directing the player sprite into, out of and across the screen. When you meet people you are told of their physique and job, and can interrogate them about your bike (resulting in set dialogues), run away, or fight. This results in a one-on-one beat 'em up element, with punches, kicks and a headbutt available. Your strength is represented by a glass of beer going from full to empty - when it's empty you are dead. There is a bar in which to recharge your energy (the dangers of riding a motorcycle after drinking alcohol have not been incorporated into this logic)."
31944,Mindshadow,,1985,7.5,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,At the beginning of Mindshadow you find yourself on a lonely beach in a lifeless hut. With a headache and no memory. The object of the game is to completely regain your memory. As you progress in the game a word or phrase will trigger memories of the past. Like most adventure games the fun of the game is centered on discovery of you and your surroundings. The player can use a 'Think' command to reflect on situations which can assist in recovering your identity.
31946,Brian Clough's Football Fortunes,Brian Clough's Fußball Manager,1987,7.5,Sports,"Board game, Managerial / business simulation",,"Brian Clough's Football Fortunes is a football management computer board game suitable for two to five players. Each player takes on the role of a club manager. The object of the game is for each manager to successfully steer his team through the season using his skill to make his team stronger as the game proceeds. Each manager competes with human and computer controlled teams in a ten strong league and the F.A. Cup. From the second season onwards, each team will also enter a European competition (League Champions to the European Cup, F.A. Cup Winners to the Cup-Winners’ Cup, and the remaining clubs will go to the UEFA Cup). The winner of Brian Clough's Football Fortunes is the manager who survives to the end of the game and has the highest number of game points. Game points are points awarded by the computer program, based on each managers performance in League and Cup competitions and on the amount of cash the player has left at the end of the game."
31951,Turok 2: Seeds of Evil,Turok 2: Jikku Senshi,1998,6.3,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform, Shooter",,"Turok 2: Seeds of Evil is a 2D side-scrolling beat'em up (quite similar to Bad Dudes - only several levels have limited 2.5D gameplay). The game is very different from Turok 2: Seeds of Evil for PC and N64, which is a first-person shooter and has a different story. The player controls main hero Joshua Fireseed, who became Turok and fights against the Amaranthine Accordance, a legion of dinosoids. The gameplay is quite simple - the player goes left, jumps over holes and spikes, climbs up, and of course kills enemies, like humans, various dinosaurs, giant bees etc. The hero uses several weapons which must be found first. Certain levels have a different design compared to the rest of the game, such as riding on a dinosaur, for example."
31952,Maniac Mansion,,1987,7.7,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"The Edison mansion has always been a creepy old house on the edge of town. There have been rumors of strange experiments going on and of odd creatures living amongst the Edison family. There is even a story that a meteorite once crashed near the home nearly 20 years ago. More immediately, a girl named Sandy has gone missing from the local highschool and her boyfriend Dave swears that he saw Dr. Fred abducting her. Dave knows that he cannot do it alone and will need help from two other students if he has any hope of infiltrating the mansion and rescuing Sandy. Players start by choosing two students to accompany Dave to the Edison mansion, and can then switch between these three characters at will. Most actions are carried out by selecting verbs on the screen and applying them to an object (such as ""OPEN Door""). Each character maintains a separate personality and may have a different way to solve a problem from his classmates. Thus many of the puzzles can be overcome in different ways depending on the character being used. If any one of the kids are captured by the Edisons, they are thrown into the dungeon and must be rescued themselves by any character who still has their freedom. GOG release includes both Original and Enhanced game versions."
31953,Olympic Games: Atlanta 1996,Olympic Summer Games: Atlanta 1996,1996,6.3,"Simulation, Sports",,,"An officially licensed product of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, Inc. This was the first true 3D multi-event sports game with 15 sporting events (100 meters, 400 meters, 100M crawl, Javelin, Hammer, Discus, Long Jump, Triple Jump, High Jump, Pole Vault, Fencing, Rapid Fire Pistol, Weight Lifting, Archery, Skeet Shooting) that mirrored those in the actual Atlanta '96 games. The game supported up to 8 players, competing in arcade-style games and Olympic-style tournaments. The in-game commentary was by BBC Radio 5's Alan Green."
31955,Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi,"Super Guerra nas Estrelas: O Retorno de Jedi, Super Star Wars: Jedi no Fukushuu",1994,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You select your character from the movie (Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, or Chewbacca) before each level, as each one has different abilities, and go try to beat levels based on the movie's scenes brandishing lightsabers, blasters or crossbows, etc. depending on your choice of character. Gameplay consists of standard platform action spiced up with some slightly different (gameplay-wise) sequences. Race to Jabba the Hutt's palace in a speeder, fight your way through Jabba the Hutt's minions before killing Jabba himself, control speeder bikes and the Millennium Falcon, and much more."
31961,Thunderstrike,,1990,7.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Thunderstrike is a 3d spaceship shooter set in the year 2238, using a non-textured polygon graphics engine. As a pilot in the ""Ground Defense Games"", you must make your way through several arenas built on different planets. You can choose from four different ships, each with different properties (better/worse acceleration, top speed, or turning speed). When you enter the arena, you are given several pyramids that you must defend from robotic drones sent out to collapse them. In addition to defending your pyramids, you must destroy the spawning centers that spawn not only drones, but an array of robotic fighters to hunt you down. When you destroy a fighter, sometimes it will leave behind an upgrade pod (shield, turbo, power, or twin-fire). There are also tracks that you can latch your ship onto to travel the perimeter of the arena quickly. At the end of each round, your performance is reviewed, and if you did good, your ship is upgraded and you move on to the next round."
31969,The Lucky Dime Caper starring Donald Duck,"Donald Duck no Lucky Dime, Lucky Dime starring Donald Duck, The Lucky Dime Caper estrelando Pato Donald",1991,7.5,Action,Platform,,"The Lucky Dime Caper is a 2D platform game featuring Donald Duck in search of Uncle Scrooge's lucky dime, stolen by Magica De Spell. The game is the 8-bit counterpart for Quack Shot (released only for Sega Genesis), which also features Donald Duck, but the story and gameplay are totally different."
31972,Madden NFL 98,,1997,7.7,Sports,,,"Madden NFL 98 is the second game in the series to appear on PlayStation and Saturn. It is based closely on the previous year's edition but with the usual updates, revisions and several new features. Compared to versions on other platforms the 32-bit console version comes with its own graphics engine and selection of teams, modes and options. The game includes the 30 teams of the 1997 NFL season, the 1997 All-Madden team and 85 classic teams from NFL history, spanning 1960 to 1996. All the team's home stadiums plus the Pro Bowl stadium in Hawaii and the Super Bowl stadium in San Diego are available. Further teams and stadiums can be unlocked via secret codes. Returning playing modes from the predecessor are Exhibition, Season (including Playoffs and Super Bowl, based on the 1997 NFL schedule) and Tournament (8 or 16 player single elimination). Added to these are the new Custom Season and Fantasy Draft. Custom Season allows players to customize the NFL divisions and thus the schedule with all available teams, including the classic teams. Fantasy Draft is a custom tournament mode for four or eight teams. Players create their own teams by giving them names and then drafting players. The tournament consists of a round-robin round followed by semi-finals and finals. The option of creating and trading players also returns, and can be made more realistic by employing salary caps and trading deadlines within a season. During a game, the same graphics style employed by the previous year's game is used: polygonally-rendered 3D stadiums with players, ball and referees as 2D bitmaps. The camera can be toggled between several perspectives, with most returning from the predecessor, but some being replaced by new ones."
31981,Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM,"Star Wars: TIE Fighter - CD-ROM Collector, Star Wars: TIE Fighter - CD-ROM Edition, Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Coleccionistas del CD-ROM, Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collectors' CD-ROM, Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Special Edition, TIE Fighter 95",1995,8.3,"Action, Compilation, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This compilation includes the campaigns from the original game Star Wars: TIE Fighter the three campaigns from the add-on Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Defender of the Empire and also three new, never before released campaigns in a second add-on called Enemies of the Empire In total there are more than 100 missions to fly and survive. In addition to the new missions, there are also some technical improvements to the game:"
31987,Eamon,"Le Monde Merveilleux d'Eamon, The Wonderful World of Eamon",1979,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements","Fantasy, Medieval","Eamon was one of the earliest role-playing games available for the Apple II. It was also perhaps the first ever adventure game construction set. The game was public domain, so it was mainly distributed in Apple user groups and by trading with friends. The main game consists of the Eamon Master disk, which has the Main Hall and a short adventure called the Beginner's Cave. You start the game in the Main Hall, where you create a new character or select an old character. You are able to buy weapons, spells, and armor and go on your adventure. Weapons come in five different types: Axe, Bow, Mace, Spear, and Sword. There are three types of armor: Leather, Chain, and Plate. There are also several spells: Blast, a damage spell; Power, which has random effects, Heal, which cures you; and Speed, which increases your chance to hit. Character development is fairly simple. Your character starts with random stats in three categories: Hardiness (how much you can carry and the amount of damage you can take), Agility (How good you are in combat) and Charisma (Affects the costs of items in the store and the friendliness of monsters). You also have percentage ratings for each of the weapon types that determine, along with the armor penalty, whether you can hit or not. These percentage ratings have a chance of going up every time you hit a monster with that type of weapon. The game is entirely text-based, though the construction set allows the addition of graphics. You interact with the environment typing simple one or two-word game commands such as ATTACK RAT, INVENTORY, or NORTH. There is no option to save your game, so death is often quick, sudden, and final."
31990,Alien³,,1993,7.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Lt. Ellen Ripley is sleeping in the cryogenic chamber aboard the spaceship Sulaco. A fire breaks out in the chamber, causing Ripley to be placed in an E.E.V. (Emergency Escape Vehicle) which is jettisoned into space. It crash lands on the planet Florina ""Fury"" 161, a planet that houses a maximum security prison. She finds out that the prison is overrun by aliens. Alien³ for the Super Nintendo is very different from the Alien³ adaptions for other systems. The game consists of six stages, and in each, you are given a series of missions to complete that include rescuing prisoners; repairing pipes, fuses, and junction boxes; welding doors shut; and destroying alien eggs, as well as the mother alien. Once you have accomplished all missions in a stage, you move on to the next stage where you will receive new mission objectives. Missions are outlined via a terminal, and a series of blueprints help you navigate your way through the complex. Making your job difficult are several types of aliens, which can be killed by using pulse rifles, grenade launchers, and flamethrowers (which comes in three flavors). Med-kits can be picked up that will increase your health."
31999,Apple Panic,,1981,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Apple Panic is a platform game based on the arcade game Space Panic (1980, Universal) and ported to the Apple II by Ben Serki You control a digger, armed with his shovel, and you must kill your opponents - the evil legged apples. Your character can only walk left/right and climb up/down the ladders - no jumping - and if the apples touch you, you'll lose. To kill an apple you must dig a hole on the ground and wait for one of them to get stuck on it. Then you must hit it with your shovel to make it fall to the level below. The apples die if they fall deep enough. Depending on their color, they may require from 1 to 3-level falls, so you may have to dig several aligned holes. Besides, the deeper the fall, the higher you score. Each level is timed so you must take out all the apples quickly, or you'll lose. If you're successful, the next levels will feature more and more enemies than the previous one."
32000,Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge,Dracula Densetsu II,1991,7.7,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The curse of the Belmont family has struck again in the second Castlevania adventure for the Game Boy. This game takes place 15 years after the first monochrome adventure. Christopher's son has disappeared, and 4 mysterious castles have risen out of the fog. He must travel to each castle and conquer the demons he finds there in order to rescue his son. Perhaps Dracula is not as dead as we thought."
32003,Opera Fatal,"Opera Fatal: Die haarsträubende Suche nach den verschwundenen Noten, Opéra Fatal",1996,6.3,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,,"Opera Fatal is a musical and educational adventure game. You must help an opera director to find his score, stolen by a thief - a chase through the theatre, solving musical puzzles and learning more about instruments. The graphics were made with Quicktime VR and Macromedia technologies."
32005,Omega,,1989,7.1,Puzzle,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Omega casts the player into the role of a cyber-tank designer and programmer. The goal is to design a powerful tank capable of defeating opponents within the frames of a limited budget. A successful completion of this task grants the player character a higher security clearance and a large budget. Combat plays little to no role in the game; the gameplay is dedicated to designing the tanks themselves. The player programs tanks by using a built-in text editor. It is possible to assign different artificial intelligence script commands that control various aspects of the tank, as well as enable communication between several tanks in a group. The player must take into account the equipment of a tank and its attributes in order to design a vehicle that would prove successful in combat."
32006,Battle Lode Runner,,1993,7.0,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,,"Originally released only in Japan on the PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16), Battle Lode Runner is a sequel to Lode Runner and its major draw is a 5 player mode. Players move around several platforms collecting gold. Various enemies inhabit the levels, and the player, armed with a drill, attempts to drill holes to capture the enemies. Unfortunately, this does not defeat the enemies, only disables them for a short time. After a few seconds, the enemies respawn and resume their chase of the player. The five-player option was new to any incarnation of Lode Runner, and operates in a very similar manner to Bomberman except with hole drilling instead of bombing."
32008,Dragon Seeds,,1998,6.1,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Enter the world of Dragon Seeds! As a Dragonsage you will need to genetically engineer, and train (essentially ""ranch"") your dragons for armed combat. Plus, you can use memory card data from any game to create high powered dragons. Dragon Seeds features a simple, RPG-like battle interface, tons of weapons and shields, and a two-player mode."
32013,Star Wars: X-Wing,"Star Wars: X-Wing - Simulador de Combate Espacial, Star Wars: X-Wing - Space Combat Simulator",1993,8.1,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"X-Wing is a space combat simulation, the first in the Star Wars universe. From the cockpits of X-Wing, Y-Wing and A-Wing starfighters, players fight for the Rebel Alliance in their struggle against the evil Galactic Empire. Unlike earlier titles in the genre like Wing Commander X-Wing employs a polygonal 3D engine: flat-shaded polygons are combined with bitmaps only for explosion effects. The game features a comprehensive training element. Before starting on real missions, players should navigate the pilot proving grounds, also known as 'Maze', by flying through a course of doorways set atop platforms in space, preferably without missing any, all while keeping an eye on the tight time limit. Higher levels add additional challenges like hostile laser turrets. Next to the 'Maze', there are simulated historical missions (six for each of the three fighters) that prepare for the complex missions in the rest of the game. The main part of the game consists of three separate campaigns, called Tours of Duty. The Tours can be played in any order, even though they build on each other story-wise: Tour I, 'A New Ally', tells of the Rebellion's search for political allies in their fight against the Empire, while the Emperor launches Operation Strike Fear, a major offensive against the Rebels. Tour II, 'The Great Search' chronicles the Rebels' search for the plans to the Empire's new superweapon, the Death Star. Tour III, 'The Gathering Storm', tells of their efforts to find and destroy the battle station. Animated cutscenes are featured after certain missions to continue the story. Each Tour consists of around a dozen missions, which include a wide variety of objectives. There are standard strike, escort and defense assignments, but also reconnaissance flights - just scanning ships without attacking them - or capture operations - disabling enemy ships, then protecting the transport carrying the strike team during the takeover. The game of course culminates in the famous attack on the Death Star. The three flyable fighters all handle differently and are thus more or less suitable for the different types of missions. The X-Wing is heavily armed and armored, and is usually used on strike missions. The Y-Wing is slower and less well protected, but is the only ship equipped with ion cannons, necessary for disabling ships. With its high speed and maneuverability, the A-Wing is ideal for recon and intercept missions. Next to lasers and ion cannons, the fighters are armed with limited amounts of warheads: proton torpedoes are slow and highly destructive, while concussion missiles are faster, but yield less damage. A unique feature of the game is energy management: Energy must be divided between engines, weapons and shields. At the standard settings, weapons and shields don't recharge - energy must be diverted from the engines for that, slowing the ship. On the other hand, putting more power into the engines adds speed, but drains shields and guns. Energy can also be transferred between the systems, boosting weapons power at the expense of shields or vice versa. Space is populated by many ships besides the player's, most of which are well-known from the movies. The Empire will usually launch waves of TIE Fighters, Interceptors and Bombers from Star Destroyers. The Rebels employ large Mon Calamari cruisers and Corellian Corvettes. In use by both sides are Nebulon-B escort frigates and Lambda-class shuttles. Some ships not seen in the movies include the Imperial assault gunboat, the stormtrooper transport and bulk freighters. Friendly fighters will sometimes accompany the player, and can be given specific orders."
32015,Jimmy White's 'Whirlwind' Snooker,,1991,8.1,Sports,,,"A 3D snooker simulator. The table and cue can be turned through almost any angle, with shot strength and spin as required too. An on-screen dotted white line shows the path of your ball, including the next bounce. There is also a ""trick-shot"" mode, allowing you to recreate classic snooker trick shots (well, not the one with the basket. Or with the cues lying on the table. Or the one with the girl lying on her back with the pink ball in her mouth. But you know). And if you dawdle too long, the balls pull faces at you. Honest!"
32019,Street Fighter Alpha 2,"Street Fighter Alpha2, Street Fighter Zero 2",1996,8.1,Action,Fighting,,"Another Street Fighter sequel (this time for Street Fighter Alpha) adds even more to the classic fighting series. New characters in this version include Gen (a wise kung-fu master), Rolento (who you may remember from another Capcom classic, Final Fight) and Sakura, a young school girl who follows her hero Ryu so close, she has the same type of moves. Dhalsim and Zangief also return to the fight with some news moves. The other major difference is the loss of chain-combos and the gain of a custom combo system. Once you reach the required level (which is 1 at the least) you can execute a custom combo by combining any of the buttons (which there are 6 in total) or any of the special attacks (fireballs, etc.)"
32028,Three Wonders,Wonder 3,1991,7.7,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter",Fantasy,"Three Wonders contains three different games: Midnight Wanderers (side-scrolling action), Chariot (shoot-em-up) and Don't Pull (puzzle). Midnight Wanderers: Quest for the Chariot Midnight Wanderers ( Roosters in the Japanese version) is a run-and-gun game. The player walks along side-scrolling stages while shooting enemies with a bow. The player can grab power-ups such as stronger shot, or a companion that follows the avatar and shoots. The gameplay is very similar to Ghosts 'N Goblins made by the same developer. If the avatar gets hit he loses his clothes and will walk in his underwear in the same way. Chariot: Adventure Through The Sky Chariot is a shoot-em-up similar to Gradius The player shoot enemies on a vertically scrolling screen, collect power-ups and fight end bosses. The player collects power-ups such as three-way shot, stronger laser, extra points, bombs and shields. If the player picks up extra bombs, they attach to the chariot like a tail. The end bosses are themed after the classic elements, like the sun, or based on Zodiacs like Gemini. Don't Pull Don't Pull is essentially a polished and updated version of Pengo In this single screen game, the player plays as a bunny or squirrel walking through a maze full of baddies. The player can push the blocks of the maze to crush the enemies. If a tile that is pushed is blocked by another tile, it is crushed and clears the way through the maze. There also are special blocks, for example a block with a bomb icon, that explodes and stuns any nearby enemies. Bonus points are earned for crushing multiple enemies with a single block push."
32037,Suzuka 8 Hours,,1993,6.8,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"This recreation of one of the classic motorbike races uses Super FX technology for the rotating graphics. Five different variations of the circuit are featured, each one progressively more difficult. 250cc, 400cc and 750cc bikes are featured, each one available to be best for top speed, acceleration or handling. The bikes have two steering methods - leaning into the corner or tilting in with the bike upright -the options allow you to set which of these is controlled on the pad and which use the L and R buttons. Races can be set to last for between 15 minutes and the full 8 hours. Your ultimate aim is to win every type of race, across all bikes and circuit layouts."
32042,The Skins Game at Bighorn,,1997,5.2,"Simulation, Sports",,,A golf game captured accurately on camera. Puts you on the green of one of the most challenging courses in the U.S. Features an actual filmed reproduction of the course. Uses a 'user friendly' golf control with live golfers with dynamic motion. Also includes interaction through audio with your caddie. Modes include Skins or Regulation Play from 1 to 4 Players.
32049,Detana!! Twinbee Yahoo! Deluxe Pack,,1995,7.1,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Shooter",,"Prepare to enter the bizarre side of Konami's creative mind with their Twinbee series! Take control of the fighter ships, Twinbee, Winbee, and Gwinbee, as you and a friend save some strange and bizarre worlds from even more bizarre enemies and freaks! This pack contains the arcade games Detana!! TwinBee (released in a home version for the PC Engine) and Twinbee Yahoo! (never released separately for home), in all their arcade glory!"
32050,Rayman Gold,Rayman Yotzer,1997,7.1,Compilation,,,Rayman: Gold is a containts:
32053,Roman Empire,,1982,6.8,Strategy / tactics,,,"In Roman Empire the player is put in the role of the emperor of Rome, in the first century BCE. Your goal is to successfully expand the empire by occupying neighbouring countries. Each year you must make decisions (using text menus), whether to assemble armies from legions, appoint generals to command them, and finally launch campaigns against your foes (which last more than one turn, you can reinforce or withdraw armies). Battles are resolved each turn by the computer. Troops are characterized by quality, morale and fatigue levels. With your armies fighting abroad, watch out for barbarians! There are 3 difficulty settings. Certain versions (Atari, Dragon) displayed additional graphics (maps) and differed in the number of countries to conquer."
32054,Azure Dreams,Other Life: Azure Dreams GB,1999,6.5,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The appetites of RPG fans are seemingly insatiable when it comes to gobbling up exciting new adventures. Konami tosses these gamers a bone with Azure Dreams, a monster-hunting RPG adventure for Game Boy Color. Set in the desert city of Monsbaiya, Azure Dreams gives gamers control of a 15-year-old boy who has recently come of age. The boy's father was an adventurous monster hunter who disappeared in the Tower of Monstrosity when the boy was a young infant. After enduring a 10-minute introduction sequence, gamers gain control of the boy and finally begin their quests to the top of the Tower. While most RPGs provide massive worlds to explore, nearly all of the action in Azure Dreams is confined to the Tower of Monstrosity. This makes for monotonous exploration, but a random level generator ensures that the Tower is completely different each time you enter. The Tower is full of evil monsters, but if the boy finds a monster egg before it hatches it can be tamed. By finding eggs and taming monsters, the boy can build his monster collection and use his new companions to fight the other monsters in the Tower. When an enemy monster is encountered, your tame monsters will automatically attack it according to a previously determined battle strategy. Players also have the option to fuse monsters together to form new creatures, which adds a bit of depth to the gameplay. Also, two players can use the Game Link Cable to trade monsters back and forth. Unfortunately, there is no Battle Mode available. Even though the gameplay in Azure Dreams can get a bit repetitive, the random level generator and sheer number of monsters to defeat makes this Pak a worthwhile romp for RPG fans ? especially if you're stuck on a tedious road trip. Azure Dreams is compatible with Game Boy Pocket and the classic Game Boy as well as Game Boy Color. Source: www.nintendo.com – Game Boy Color"
32056,Caesars Palace,,1997,5.4,Gambling,Cards / tiles,,"Players enter the Las Vegas casino Caesars Palace and try to turn their starting $1000 dollars into a fortune. Players first sign in with the cashier and then are able to choose from 5 different casino games from a menu in the lobby. The 5 casino games are roulette, blackjack, craps, slots, and baccarat. Players who need help can learn how to play the games by watching official Caesars Palace tutorial videos on them. All the games feature realistic random outcomes for each wager because the game was authenticated by gaming expert Dr. William Bertram."
32059,Gnome Ranger,,1987,7.9,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"Ingrid Bottomlow stands out from her family of gnomes - she's a gifted student, with a degree from the Institute of Gnome Economics. As a result, they exile her using a teleporting spell, leaving her lost in the forest. It is your job to keep her safe in this interactive fiction game. The game is split into three tasks, broadly relating to animal, vegetable and mineral in that order. The first involves defeating an evil witch, the second is the Riddle of the Shrinking Teapot, and the third involves precious stones. Commands such as FOLLOW, FIND and GO TO make travelling the game world much easier, and put an emphasis on object-manipulation and character interaction, rather than map-making. Instructions can be issued to other characters, with words like THEN, FIND and GIVE to join them. This co-operation is essential to solve many puzzles, and takes place in a world where characters have their own aims and motives. There are BRIEF and VERBOSE modes of text. A running joke in the game is that the screen display adds a 'g' to the start of all words beginning with n - 'gnorth' and 'gnugget' for example. Graphics are included in the disk versions of the game, except in the ports for Atari 8-bit and Apple II, which are text-only on every media."
32062,Brain Bender,Migrain,1991,6.5,Puzzle,Shooter,,"In Brain Bender a single player must shoot a laser into an enemy satellite. If that sounds easy, it isn't... because there are gas spheres and Electrobrains in the way! Not only that, your laser can only fire one way and the satellite is often in the last place you look. Fortunately, the player can manipulate mirrors to reflect the beam and destroy what needs to be destroyed. But you better hurry and get your brain in gear... the clock is ticking!"
32067,Phoenix,"Phoenix: Ashes to Ashes, Phoenix: Deep Space Resurrection",1999,6.6,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this space simulator game, the player gets to play the role of Beck a police officer, who through an apparently tragic quirk of fate finds himself thrust reluctantly into the role of hero. It is a challenging and innovative space combat game with over 60 exciting missions in the single player game and it has a multi-linear plot structure. It also features fiendishly intelligent enemies, realistic flight dynamics and a unique branching plot structure."
32070,Search for the Golden Dolphin,,1999,6.3,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"The year is 1799, and you play a United States Navy officer sent on a mission to retrieve the U.S.S. Golden Dolphin from pirate hands. You must find clues regarding the ship's whereabouts and infiltrate it as a sailor, as well as find a way to take it out of the pirate's control -- all while the French and U.S. Navys are duking it out in the West Indies. Gameplay consists of a first-person point-and-click Myst -style adventuring. Visuals consist of pre-rendered and digitized characters and objects over static backgrounds. Most of the gameplay revolves around solving item-related puzzles and interacting with characters for the gathering of clues."
32071,Turn It Around,"Mawasunda!!, Simple 1500 Series: Vol.66 - The Kaiten: Mawasunda!!",2000,4.7,Compilation,,,"Turn It Around is a compilation game of 24 mini-games, each with their own set of goals. To complete them, the player must use the stylus on the touch screen to turn a wheel, each will test the players speed, power and technique for each. The games are: There is a multiplayer mode as well, letting friends go at it head-to-head. In addition to this, there is a challenge mode and a free play mode where the player can play the games at their own pace."
32073,Front Page Sports: Football,,1992,7.5,"Simulation, Sports",,,"The initial entry in the Front Page Sports lineup from Dynamix/Sierra, this was an ambitious simulation of North American football that tried to combine the arcade, coaching, and simulation football game experiences into a single package. Supported single game, season, and career modes with detailed statistics tracking, player aging and injuries, and the ability to save highlights of your best plays from any one of nine preset camera angles. Featured a play editor in which you could make your own plays or edit any of the two hundred or so stock plays included with the game. Accommodated play styles ranging from joystick control of individual players to simulating a game entirely in a few seconds."
32076,Spud!,,1996,5.9,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Spud! is a point-and-click 3D interactive cartoon adventure. Using ""Super-Lookaround-O-Vision"" the pre-rendered graphics, animations, and speech take place in all directions around you. The game features over 200 locations to explore, inhabited by wacky characters."
32086,Time Slip,,1993,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","On the reptilian planet of Tirmat, scientists have discovered a rift in space and plan to use it to transport the planet's inhabitants before the planet is extinguished by sending their elite army through the rift and invade their closest neighbor...Earth. However, to ensure their success they send their army into Earth's past in hopes of avoiding any modern weapons and increase their chances of saving their planet. However, Earth has learned of their evil plot and has developed a experimental time portal and has sent their own one man army to stop them. The player takes control of Dr. Vincent Gilgamesh who has acquired a massive arsenal including pistols, machine guns, rocket launchers and many more heavy weapons and must travel through various time periods including Medieval times, prehistoric times, Ancient Rome and Egypt and even the distant future. The gameplay is similar to Contra where the player advances through the stages, shooting at various enemies and collecting power-ups and must also avoid various traps and pitfalls scattered throughout the levels. There are also the standard bosses at the end of each stage."
32087,Ecco: The Tides of Time,"Ecco II: The Tides of Time, Ecco the Dolphin II, Ecco: Les marées du temps",1994,7.8,Action,Puzzle elements,,"The followup to Ecco the Dolphin in which Ecco successfully destroyed the Vortex. Unfortunately, it turns out that the Vortex Queen followed it to the Earth and eventually destroyed the Asterite. All the world's oceans are threatened, and actually already doomed. In order to restore the Asterite and finally defeat the Vortex Queen, Ecco will have to confront once again the tides of time, which have split into two possible futures, the regular one and the dark one dominated by the Vortex Queen. Ecco: The Tides of Time features even better graphics than its predecessor, and introduces a new gameplay mode in which the camera follows the dolphin from behind instead of from the side."
32103,F-Zero X,,1998,8.1,Racing / Driving,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Famed SNES racer F-Zero gets a 64-bit update. Gameplay remains essentially unchanged, race in a futuristic racing tournament on tracks levitated miles up in the air, against a selection of devious opponents. While the original had 4 cars to choose from and race against, F-Zero X has no fewer than 30 vehicles all with their own unique strengths and weaknesses, a choice of colours, and customisable power/acceleration ratios for each track. At the beginning you are limited to choosing from 6 cars and 3 tournaments (each featuring 6 tracks each), but in true Nintendo fashion, more cars and tracks are unlocked as you progress through the game. As well as the cups, you can also race in time trial mode, against a 'ghost car' recording of your best previous lap, a lá Mario Kart 64 Gone are the entirely flat tracks of the original, having been replaced with tracks that twist, turn, loop, rotate and basically contort into the most crazy shapes you could imagine. One unique feature amongst almost all other racing games is the ""X"" tournament, where courses are totally randomly generated each time you start. One of the most important changes to the format is the inclusion of multiplayer support for up to 4 players. The various combat moves are especially important against aggressive human play."
32111,WWF Wrestlemania: Steel Cage Challenge,,1992,6.0,"Action, Sports",,,"WWF Wrestlemania: Steel Cage Challenge features several famous WWF stars, such as ""Macho Man"" Randy Savage, Bret ""Hitman"" Hart, The Mountie, The Undertaker, Irwin R. Schyster, ""Million Dollar Man"" Ted DiBiase, Sid Justice, ""Rowdy"" Roddy Piper, Jake ""The Snake"" Roberts and of course wrestling legend Hulk Hogan. All wrestlers can perform their famous signature moves and have individual strengths and weaknesses. Game modes include a career mode and several modes for two players, including the name giving steel cage challenge."
32115,NCAA Final Four 2001,,2000,5.5,"Simulation, Sports",,,"The continuation of 989 Sports long running NCAA basketball franchise and the first for the PS2, once again returns with 31 NCAA Division 1-A schools along with over 300 of the top teams of the time. Once again the obligatory game modes apply such as Exhibition Season Playoffs etc. It also features authentic motion capturing and 3D rendered character models of the top stars of the time to give it a more realistic feel. A shooting meter has also been added to give players a better chance at both shooting and free-throws. Quinn Buckner also makes an appearance to lend his voice for play-by-play commentary."
32116,Kawasaki Superbike Challenge,Kawasaki Superbikes,1995,6.6,Racing / Driving,,,"Kawasaki Superbike Challenge is a motorcycle racing game that uses the same engine as F1 It includes 14 standard-length race tracks, plus the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race, available in both training and Championship modes. The game is unlicensed (except by Kawasaki), so all riders and teams are fictional. The game now has more polygonal roadside objects than F1 and there is still a Turbo mode, allowing for faster racing at the expense of some of the detail. You have the ability to turn on or off weather (during rainy days the graphics are darker and the bike has less traction). The number of laps on each course can be 5, 10 or 15, and there are 4 skill levels. Some changes have been made to how the vehicle handles, to emphasize the switch from cars to bikes."
32117,Kokotoni Wilf,,1984,6.8,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Kokotoni Wilf has been sent on a bold journey through time, to recover the seven pieces of the Dragon Amulet. There are 63 screens across 6 times zones to trek through in order to find these star-like objects. These screens are viewed from the side, and resemble Jet Set Willy except that Wilf can fly through them and hover at a precision point. With hazards ranging from dinosaurs to spears to spaceships, and pieces located in hard-to-reach places, you will need this extra skill, especially as you have no weaponry. Most screens have more than 2 exits, but some are dead ends or lead directly into hazardous points. On each world you can immediately access the first 3 screens."
32122,Real Bout Garō Densetsu Special: Dominated Mind,,1998,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"A PSX-only Fatal Fury released as a conversion of sorts to Real Bout Fatal Fury Special The game uses the same engine and general mechanics of said arcade game, but takes place outside of the main storyline a la Street Fighter Alpha 3 and includes brand new and exclusive characters like a back from the dead Geese and a new end-game boss: White. The gameplay is virtually identical to Real Bout Fatal Fury Special except that the action is much faster, the super-combo system is somewhat simplified and the foreground/background system has been ditched. New to the series is the addition of cel-animated cutscenes that play during key moments, and the game also offers a 2 player mode and a series of extra features like galleries, a Fatal Fury encyclopedia and new moves when you complete the game under certain circumstances."
32123,Arcade Classics,,1996,5.7,Compilation,,,"Arcade Classics offers three classic Atari titles. It includes the following games: All games have selectable difficulty options. They contain a classic mode as well as a Genesis mode (SEGA mode in the Game Gear version), which enhances the graphics and adds new sound effects."
32132,Blackthorne,Blackhawk,1994,7.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Fantasy,"The planet Tuul was a peaceful place, until the evil warrior Sarlac used the power of the Darkstone to take control. Kyle Blackthorne's father, the good King Vlaros, sent him to Earth just as his kingdom crumbled around him. Now, twenty years later, Kyle is grown and must return to Tuul to free it from the clutches of Sarlac. Blackthorne is a platform action game played from a side-view with non-scrolling backgrounds. It has certain similarities to Prince of Persia being set in maze-like environments and focusing on exploration and occasional puzzle-solving. Kyle Blackthorne fights enemies by shooting at them. His default weapon, a pump action shotgun, can be upgraded throughout the course of the game. Various types of bombs can be used to damage enemies, blow open doors, or destroy generators. Keys must be found to gain access to new areas."
32133,Wacky Funsters! The Geekwad's Guide to Gaming,,1992,5.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",Mini-games,,"A collection of humorous mini-games and precursor to Geekwad: Games of the Galaxy Includes parodies of arcade games Pong (Ping), Asteroids (Steroids), Hard Driving (Roadkill!, in which the player runs over giant lunch meats that inexplicably appear in front of the player's car), Street Fighter (Big Guys with Muscles, a fighting game including such opponents as a third-grade teacher). Also includes the originals Rambi vs. Blambo and King's Retreat It's 5 1/2 games in one!"
32136,The Double,,1986,6.4,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",,,"The Double is a football management simulator based on the English Football League and includes all the four top divisions from the 80s. The idea of the game is to manage a team from the bottom division and take them all the way to the top division and win 'The Double', which consists of winning the League and The FA Cup in the same season. At the start of the game you are presented with a team and a contract for you to agree with. After agreeing terms you are then taken to various menus which allow you to manage your team. All the usual options are there from team selection, transfers, scouting reports, finances, ground improvements and various other options to improve your team. After you are happy with your selections you are then taken to the actual game. Here you can watch your game, see just the results or watch another game. You watch the game from an elevated side view showing part of the pitch. After the result, win, draw or lose you then use the menus to once again improve your team and take them to the top."
32142,Fury³,"Fury³: L'avenir de l'univers est entre vos mains. A vous de relever le défi., Fury³: Nun ruht das Schicksal der Menschheit auf Ihrer Gechicklichkeit., Fury³: Per vivere le avventure più entusiasmanti!, Fury³: Some people carry the world on their shoulders. You carry it in your sight",1995,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Terrans have won the war for the Coalition, but at a terrible price. It has unleashed the powers of the Bions, warriors bred for battle and victory. After the war ended, Bions started their own war against Humanity... And humanity managed to win again, but Earth was decimated in the process. We thought we had destroyed all the Bions, but apparently we are wrong. A few Bions have survived... and they are rebuilding on the planet named Fury... As a councillor in Council of Peace, the premier peacekeeping force, you will take the advanced fighter and repel the Bion invasion, and eventually destroy the Bion threat once and for all. Fury³ is basically a Windows adaptation of Terminal Velocity where you pilot a super fighter and kill bazillion targets from first person (default) or third-person viewpoints. The action is fast and furious, with plenty of air and ground threats plus structures to shoot. However, the player has to regulate where to shoot because a certain number of points are deducted for each shot greenery. shrub or tree. The fighter sequences are interspersed with a bit of tunnel running (inspired by Descent no doubt) and a lot of shooting. Shoot the weapon pods to release missiles and other goodies which you can use to supplement your own ship. The game is in full 3D without the need for a 3D video accelerator, though it only supports 320x200 resolution and preferably 256 color only."
32147,Donk! The Samurai Duck,,1993,6.7,Action,Platform,,"Donk is an ordinary duck who benefits from having been raised by samurai warriors, who've taught him everything they know about combat psychologies, strategies and skills. To prove himself he has set off to collect crystals from 112 levels of earth. Once you collect the target quota of gems, you must escape from each level through one of its many exits, giving the game a similar structure to Alien Breed: Tower Assault Magical powers can be collected along the way, including the ability to turn into an inflatable toy duck, which makes it possible to float across water. There is a simultaneous split-screen 2-player mode included as well."
32150,Street Cred Football,,1989,4.9,"Action, Sports",,,"Removing the corporate poshness and ambition of modern football, this Players title gives you a basic street match for one or two human players. Hitting the crate which is used to represent a goal more times than the opponent to win is the only rule. Your team of 5 players is selected from a pool of 24, including representations of the programmers as well as Joe Blade and other Players characters, and these can be placed at will around the pitch. Once in play you control the player nearest the ball, with full passing and shooting control available. Dirty challenges are not only permitted but encouraged."
32156,Carrier,Carrier: If You Can Hear It... You're Already Dead!,2000,6.8,Action,Survival horror,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Carrier is the first survival horror game released for the Dreamcast. As the game starts you are Jack Ingles, a member of a special forces team. You are sent in by Helicopter to investigate a carrier that has not been responding to radio contact after completing a mission. As you approach the deck of the carrier, your helicopter is shot down. After crash landing on the deck, it is your job to investigate what exactly is going on, and escape alive. The game is played from a third person perspective. You move Jack around the ship, shooting enemies and solving simple puzzles along the way. The main goal of the game is to survive, so you have to be careful about conserving ammo and health upgrades. After you solve the game playing as Jack, you can play through the game again as Jessifer Manning, one of your teammates. While playing as Jessifer, you get an entirely different view of the same story."
32159,The Simpsons,The Simpsons Arcade Game,1991,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",,"Waylon Smithers has just stolen a diamond from Springfield Jewelers for Mr. Burns. While trying to make a getaway, he crashes into Homer, which knocks the diamond out of his hand. Maggie catches it in her mouth, prompting Smithers to grab her and run off. The Simpsons decide to go after him, but Mr. Burns has tons of henchmen, who want to prevent the family getting their daughter back. The Simpsons is basically a side-scrolling beat-em-up featuring the characters from The Simpsons TV show. The player can choose to play as each of the four Simpson characters. Homer, who punches and kicks; Marge, who swings her vacuum cleaner; Bart, who wields his skateboard; and Lisa, who uses a jump rope as a whip. Other weapons such as hammers and bowling balls are also available to use. The game's levels are Downtown Springfield, Krustyland, Springfield Discount Cemetery, Moe's Tavern, Springfield Gorge, Dreamland, the Channel 6 studio, and the Power Plant. Each level ends with a boss whose speed and strength will increase after taking a certain amount of damage. End level bosses are the wrestler Professor Werner von Brawn, a hot air balloon shaped like Krusty the Clown, a pair of bouncers, a drunk at Moe's Tavern, a henchman in a bear suit, an imaginary, gigantic bowling ball, and a martial arts sensei dressed like a kabuki actor. There's also the showdown finale against Smithers and Mr. Burns in a robotic outfit. Between levels, the player can compete against the other characters in two mini-games to be first to complete a task (inflating a balloon and waking up their character)."
32164,Arcade America,Arcade America: Lass einen springen - Mit Joey durch Amerika,1996,6.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Joey and his pet monsters are going to play a concert in Woodstock. Unfortunately, Joey has overslept, and his monsters have gone a little overboard in waking him up; their plan involved colossal amounts of dynamite. As a result, all the monsters have ended up all over the USA, and now Joey has to find them all. Arcade America is a humorous platform game where you control the rather overweight Joey. Each level consists of a couple of smaller micro-levels and is set in an iconic location within the States, such as Alcatraz or Las Vegas, and has its own specific enemies. The goal on each level is to rescue one of the monsters. Joey can defeat the enemies in his way by hitting them with his prominent belly, or by shooting them with his slingshot, which has limited ammo. Getting the good ending (i.e. rescuing the band member) on each level requires finding a hidden item, usually accessible by a secret door. The game's best ending can only be seen if the player has rescued all of his band members within a four-hour time limit. While moving between levels, the player takes part in a crazy minigame where he controls Joey's car as he drives towards the next area. While driving, Joey must avoid obstacles on his way, but he can also collect ammunition for his slingshot. Driving into an obstacle decreases the time limit."
32172,Lester the Unlikely,Odekake Lester: Lelele no Le,1994,5.6,Action,Platform,,"One day Lester was walking through Seaport City's loading docks reading the new issue of his favorite comic, ""Super Duper Hero Squad."" Feeling a little tired from playing video games late the night before, he looked around for a comfortable place to finish his comic. Without thinking, Lester stretched out on a pallet that was ready for loading onto a nearby freighter. And fell asleep. Boy, did he pick a bad place to take a nap. Several hours out of port he woke up and found himself in deep trouble (and more than a little seasick). The ship's captain believed his story about being an accidental stowaway. But... only in cases of extreme medical emergency could the ship return to port. And Lester wasn't that seasick. Yet... So, he was along for the ride... until the first port of call. But as chance would have it, pirates hijacked and scuttled the freighter. Luckily enough, Lester found a life vest before the ship sank and swam for the nearest tropical island. Just before reaching the beach Lester passed out from sheer exhaustion. Now, his real adventure begins... It is up to you to help Lester get back home. You'll face such things as giant seagulls, panthers, pirates, and the spirits of the underworld."
32174,Babe and Friends,"Babe et ses Amis, Ein Schweinchen namens Babe",1999,6.7,Puzzle,,,"Babe the Pig, of the eponymous movies, was raised by sheepdogs and, hence, believes himself to be a ""sheep-pig"", who herds sheep as his foster parents do. In this game, you control the plucky little porker and direct his sheep management attempts, driving them forward toward the goal in exaggerated, frictionless Soko-Ban or Boulder Dash style with porcine barks until their movement is halted or altered should their course intercept an obstacle such as a fencepost, moveable haystack, pit or trampoline. Babe is given hints and tips in these efforts by lovable characters from both of his feature films, and the 40 levels borrow inspiration both from the calm pastoral setting of the first and the surreal urban folly of its sequel. While the measured puzzles are a far cry from the excitement of the movies, the material finds a surprisingly good fit in this unexpected genre -- or otherwise put, ""that'll do, pig."""
32175,Hey Punk! Are You Tuff E Nuff?,"Dead Dance, Tuff E Nuff",1993,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Following a great war that destroys most of the earth, Tuff E Nuff sees four of the earth's toughest people come together to do battle, and earn the right to attempt to depose the mighty ruler. Gameplay is standard beat 'em up style action, featuring most of the conventions of the genre. The characters have a range of kicks, punches and throws, and each fight at their own base. The 90-second time limit can be turned on or off. Fights are best-of-three, with points awarded for each hit, and for overall victory."
32178,Tom and Jerry: Mouse Hunt,Tom & Jerry: Chasse à la souris,2000,6.4,Action,,,"A chase game. Playing either Tom or Jerry, who have slightly different attributes (speed, power, size), the player has to fullfil a bunch of tasks centered around dozens of little nephew mice, invited by Jerry for his birthday and scared of into hiding by Tom. While Tom is looking to beef up his next meal, Jerry is trying to rescue his nephews. Depending on the level, the player has to collect a varying amount of mice during a varying timeframe. Various extras such as bombs, clubs, pans, cheese, a rubber duck and so on help with the task. The player has to run around an 8 way scrolling level and return the mice to his nest/hole (where they could still be bombed, counting for the opponent). Extras can be used to distract, punch, flatten or otherwise execute the opponent, essentially delaying him. Progress is tracked via a password The game also offers two mini games, 'Whack-a-cat' and a game resembling an old LCD game."
32194,Jurassic War,,1997,6.5,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Prehistoric,"Jurassic War is an RTS set in prehistoric times that includes RPG elements. It is reminiscent of Warcraft both in graphics and the units' movement and control. At the beginning of the game you have to choose among several tribes. Each of them has got ""simple men"" (not just workers like in other games as they can evolve here), and then each tribe slightly differs with regard to most advanced kinds of units, such as ""magicians"" and the like. The RPG addition comes with experience: every time an unit of yours has killed something (be it an animal hunted for the only resource of the game, that is food, or be it an opponent unit) it earns this kind of experience you can see in the form of bars in the upper-right corner of the screen (when the unit is selected). Each unit has got these six bars showing its velocity, its light radius, its magic power, and so on. You can also choose to boost some of these bars only, that is they will fill up faster but at the cost of no progress for the other ones. Then the six bars are summed up in one only bar located at the top of each unit, and whose colour represents that unit overall strength. White is the highest level/colour units can reach. The most frequent white-barred animals you will encounter in the game are Tyrannousaurus-like dinosaurs. You need a lot of training with high-level monsters to have your units become that strong. Obviously also animals earn experience, and this happen only when you die fighting them, because they don't attack themselves. The goal of the game is the same of almost every other RTS - that is killing the opponent units and getting rid of their presence on the map."
32200,Peter Gabriel: Eve,,1996,7.3,Adventure,"Music / rhythm, Puzzle elements",,"Eve is Peter Gabriel's second multimedia effort, in which the player tries to change a surreal landscape into a paradise by clicking in the correct spots. The game's story involves Adam and Eve being separated in the Garden of Eden, and Pandora's Box has scattered objects across four game worlds which must be explored and various bits of video and music located to solve the riddle of ""the Relationship between man, women, and nature."" The 4 worlds: Mud, the Garden, Profit, and Paradise (plus Ruin, between Profit and Paradise) are represented by scrolling 360-degree panoramic scenes. The images of the worlds are made up of 120 screens assembled from 22,000 photographs, and each world features a Gabriel song and the artwork of one of four well-known artists, Nils-Udo, Yayoi Kusama, Cathy Monchaux, and Helen Chadwick, which gives each world its own unique look. The player has to look around and click on things to see what happens. Buildings in each world, such as the Human Relations room and the art galleries, are common to each one and what the player finds will be determined by what they have interacted with in the scenes. The game has 80 minutes of video and 45 minutes of music to be discovered. Many of the interactions are keys to sound loops to collect for three separate IMX (Interactive Musical Xperiences) in Eve that strip down popular Gabriel songs such as ""In Your Eyes,"" ""Come Talk To Me,"" and ""Shaking the Tree"" to layers of tracks, riffs, and dubs and let players play with them by reassembling them, recording their own mixes, and translating them into animated videos. Background music loops act as accompanying instruments and flyins are the lead instruments or vocals. For each song there are 12 background loops and 18-21 flyins. Some are available by default but many have to be found in the worlds of Eve"
32201,Liberation Day,Fallen Haven: Liberation Day,1998,6.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Turn-based strategy (TBS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Liberation Day is the sequel to Interactive Magic's previous release Fallen Haven A tactical combat game with strategic management elements and an isometric perspective, this game also bears a strong resemblance to X-Com. Oh yeah, and the enemy is familiar as well: aliens! The stakes are higher now, though -- this isn't the colony of Nu Haven you are defending, but Earth itself. Terrain types vary from arctic to jungle as you move through the progressive campaign that takes you across 4 continents. Multiplayer combat is also an option on a variety of skirmish maps. However, there is no mission designer or random scenario generator."
32218,Vid Grid,,1994,7.0,Strategy / tactics,,Post-apocalyptic,Vid Grid is a simple puzzle game that takes place on music video backdrops. Your goal is to re-arrange the jumbled up tiles of the video so that they are in the correct spots and the video can be viewed clearly. The videos in Vid Grid are mostly from mid 90's hard rock bands. They are:
32226,Solar Crusade,,1996,5.4,Action,Rail shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Solar Crusade the follow-up to Chaos Control is a cartoon-movie based science-fiction rail shooter game like Rebel Assault The player takes on the role of a fighter for the Orbital Defense Force (ODF). At the beginning the ODF thinks that they have defeated their enemies – the Kesh-Rhan, but that was a mistake. In five chapters, the player has to shoot everything they see on the screen. Some of the enemies leave ammunition or energy-pills on the battle field. In some cases, the player can choose the direction they fly in and may even stumble upon a secret level."
32237,Assassin,,1992,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Side-scrolling action game in the style of Turrican and Strider The basic storyline is that you're a top assassin (hence the title) dropped behind enemy lines in search of the evil tyrant, Midan. You must navigate his highly complex underground lair, defeating all manner of baddies, until you finally put an end to his evil deeds. There are a variety of weapons (including your standard boomerang!) and powerups to help you along your way through the five different levels."
32238,Xenophage: Alien BloodSport,,1996,5.7,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Xenophage: Alien BloodSport is a versus fighting game starring somewhat unusual combatants: aliens. Eight alien fighters have been gathered on a space ship to fight each other to death. The Story Mode has the player follow this tournament from the point of view of one of the aliens; Free Play mode allows players to pit them against each other in any combination. The gameplay follows the conventions of 2D fighting games; however, the characters are rendered in 3D. The camera follows the combatants, zooming in and out on the screen. The game includes considerable amount of gore (which can be adjusted), as well as special moves unique to each fighter, dubbed ""humiliations""."
32239,Alphabet Zoo,,1983,6.8,Educational,Arcade,,"Alphabet Zoo is a top-view educational game where the player races around a maze. It is up to the player to collect the letters scattered around. The maze also contains two teleporters that warp the player who uses them to a random spot. Each maze has a graphic representation of an object in the middle. There are two modes: Game 1, where the player needs to repeatedly collect first letter of the object's name as many times as possible within the time limit, and Game 2, where all the letters of the name must be collected in the correct order. The game can be played in one-player mode, or with two competing players. The game allows to start from any level and choose uppercase letters only, lowercase letters only, or a mix of both."
32245,Cybotron,,1984,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Over the years since the first design was announced in 2001, robots with the ability to think have increased with their intelligence growing at a fast rate. Humans over the years now rely on the robots to do all their tasks and thus have become lazy, and finally the manufacture of the robots was left to the robots to make themselves. The robots have now come to the conclusion that there is no place for the humans and have decided to squash them all and so Trons, Brains, Armedroids, Pulsars, Enforcer Droids and Electrodes are running amok killing all the humans they find. Cybotron is a single screen shooter viewed from a high elevated angle and is inspired by the arcade game Robotron 2084 where you must destroy all robots on the screen to move to the next level. If you touch any robot then you lose one of three lives but you are armed with a laser. Two joysticks can be selected with one controlling your movements while the other joystick controls your fire direction. Humans also wander around the screen and these can be collected for bonus points."
32246,Egypt 1156 B.C.: Tomb of the Pharaoh,"Das Grab des Pharao, Egipto 1156 a.C.: La Tumba del Faraon, Egypt 1156 a.C.: L'Enigma della Tomba Reale, Egypte 1156 av. J.-C.: L'énigme de la tombe royale, Egypte 1156 voor Christus: Het raadsel van de koninklijke tombe, Egypten: 1156 f.Kr. Faraos Hemlighet",1997,6.3,"Adventure, Educational",,Egypt (Ancient),"A number of games allow you to search the tombs of ancient Egypt, but few allow you to do so IN ancient Egypt. Taking place (appropriately enough) in 1156 B.C., you play Ramose, a young Egyptian man who hopes to prove himself a worthy investigator for the current rulers of Egypt. Your first assignment is not an easy one, as a Tomb of Sethi I, a pharaoh has been desecrated and looted and your own father has been accused of the crime. You have three days to prove his innocence and stay the sentence of execution. Gameplay takes place in a first person mode similar to fans of this kind of adventure game. Unlike some games that give you a static, unmoving image to look at, Egypt 1156 B.C. allows you to look around at any location in a smooth turn (similar to QuickTime VR, but with better results). This gives you a 'you are there' feel that many other games lack. All graphics are 3-D rendered and occassionally actions will give you a third person cutscene as a reward. Communication is through a simple branch tree and both talking and puzzle solving involves the manipulation of objects, both in and out of your inventory. In addition to being a mystery/adventure game, Egypt 1156 B.C. also comes with reference material about ancient Egypt, its people, and its culture. These are available whenever you discover something interesting in the middle of the game or can be accessed via the main menu."
32247,Bugs,,1982,3.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You have been sent to a long-dead planet to investigate life sign readings. When you get there, giant bugs are there and will harm you as well as a mysterious Phylanx. As the bugs come out of the ground, you must place your crosshair below them and fire. When the Phylanx appears, it will be green then will go dark green then red. When it turns red, it will move back and forth across the screen. If a bug gets all the way out of its nest or your crosshair is touched by a red Phylanx, you lose a life. Then, if in a two player game, it is player two's turn. Difficulty switches Left switch for player one, right for player two Set to A for beginner, B for advanced. Game variations The only variations to choose with the select switch are one or two player. Scoring Destroy a bug=1 point Destroy the Phylanx=5 points After you score thirty points, you go to the next level up and get a bonus of 8 points."
32254,Crime Killer,,1998,5.9,Racing / Driving,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is a driving game in the same style as Carmageddon. You are a futuristic cop, apprehending criminals with various vehicles. You can operate a bike, car, or 'flying wing' and all are armed. It can be played in first or third person mode, and it supports two-player split screen multiplayer."
32258,R.C. Grand Prix,,1989,6.4,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"R.C. Grand Prix is an R.C. racing game with customizable options. You can upgrade your car, by adding higher capacity batteries and gear ratios in addition to the usual racer elements such as better suspension, tires and motors. You compete against 3 other opponents in this 3/4 overhead racer."
32265,Hi-Res Adventure #2: The Wizard and the Princess,"Adventure in Serenia, Hi-Res Adventure #2: Wizard and the Princess, Le Sorcier et la Princesse, The Wizard and the Princess, Wizard and the Princess",1980,6.8,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"King George's daughter Priscilla has been kidnapped by an evil wizard named Harlin, who holds her in his castle. The King offers half of his kingdom to anyone who would venture into the faraway mountain land, enter the castle, defeat Harlin, and bring back the princess. Only one adventurer is brave enough to accept this challenge. The Wizard and the Princess is a text adventure with graphics. The game's environments are composed of still shots viewed from first-person perspective. The player types combinations of verbs and objects to interact with the game world, move between locations, solve puzzles, and advance the story. The IBM PC version, entitled Adventure in Serenia is the exact same game, with the exception of the plot introduction, which is described as a sequel to The Wizard and the Princess : Harlin uses the sands of time to undo his demise by the brave wanderer, and the player has to defeat him once again."
32276,Dig Dug II: Trouble in Paradise,Dig Dug II,1985,6.3,Action,Arcade,,"It is Dig Dug's job to protect 72 different tropical islands from his arch rivals, Pooka and the fire breathing Fygar. Played from an overhead point of view, Dig Dug now has two weapons at his disposal; the first is an air pump and the second is a drill. The pump can be used to inflate and destroy the enemies the same as in the original Dig Dug. At various locations on the islands are stakes, and when the drill is used near a stake a crack will form. If enough cracks become connected that section of the island will fall into the ocean, hopefully taking an enemy (and not Dig Dug!) with it. When all of the Pookas and Fygars have been destroyed, the game moves on to the next, more difficult level."
32279,Pete Sampras Tennis,,1994,7.8,Sports,,,"Play singles and doubles exhibition games, knockout tournaments or go on a world tour, it's all here in this tennis sim. You can choose to play as the (then) world seed 1, Pete Sampras himself or choose from 29 other players. The action is viewed from the traditional third-person viewpoint. A tutorial mode is provided to help you get used to the forehand, lob and drop shots on offer. Several venues from all over the world can be played on, on Hard, Grass and Clay courts. This was the first and one of the very few Genesis games to be released with a J-Cart, which meant that four-way gameplay was possible without the need of special adapters – the cartridge had two built-in joypad connectors. The Game Gear version was equally inventive, allowing two players to share one Game Gear, or four players to play doubles by linking two machines."
32287,Abomination,"Abomination: Action Strategy Mayhem, Abomination: Ação, Estratégia e Medo, Abomination: O Projeto Nêmesis, Abomination: The Nemesis Project",1999,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Real-time tactics (RTT),"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic","A real-time strategy/action game from Hothouse Creations which put you into a post-apocalyptic world plagued by a deadly virus and an even more deadly alien threat, The Brood. You will take command of an elite squad of eight bio-mechanically enhanced super agents with other more ""earthly"" comrades to battle The Brood and their followers, The Faithful, to save the world from a dreadful future... The main goal of the game is to defend the most important areas of the world. A map gives an overview and shows every part of the world which is endangered - clicking on such a point starts the mission. This part of the game is in real-time which means you sometimes have to wait until something happens. These are randomly generated which includes the goals, e.g. killing all enemies, defusing bombs or evacuating humans. For every mission you choose four of your team members which have special abilities, e.g. healing or invisibility. You also choose weapons and other gear for every team member. The gameplay of the missions itself is very similar to X-COM: UFO Defensive just in real-time. You indirectly move your team over the map, give them tactical orders, e.g. to knee, to use barrage or to pursue enemies. The game can also be paused at any time to give orders. After a mission is completed you receive experience points which can be used to improve your team member's stats. All new weapons found during the mission are automatically researched by the lab."
32292,Zeliard,,1987,7.2,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)","Metroidvania, Platform",Fantasy,"The ancient demon Jashiin has slept for two thousand years. When he awakens, he directs his wrath towards the kingdom of Zeliard, whose rulers of yore have allegedly harmed him. For 115 days, a sand rain devastates the kingdom, turning it into a desert. To complete his cruel revenge, Jashiin turns Felicia, the princess of Zeliard, into a stone. The valiant Duke Garland sets out on a quest to vanquish the demon and restore the princess to her true form. To do that, he must collect the Nine Tears of Esmesanti, which alone can reverse the terrible curse. Zeliard is a side-scrolling action game with platforming and role-playing elements. The game world is divided into hostile labyrinths, which occupy its largest portion and contain maze-like passages for Duke Garland to traverse, as well as enemies that must be dealt with. Crests and keys must often be collected in order to ensure the progress to the next area. Garland takes damage from enemy attacks as well as the environment (hidden spikes, high temperature, etc.), but suffers no damage should he fall off a platform. The hero uses his sword to combat the enemies, and shield to defend himself. He can also learn and cast projectile offensive magic. Special items can restore his health, increase the damage inflicted with the sword, grant additional protection, etc. Various types of clothes can be equipped; these can bestow the hero with further enhancements and immunities, such as prevent him from slipping on ice, allow him to jump higher, etc. The Duke will visit different towns during his journey. In these towns, he can rest, replenishing his health, purchase and repair weapons and armor, acquire potions, and learn magic spells. Currency is obtained by exchanging enemy spirits for gold in banks. These spirits (called ""almas"") also serve as experience points: after the player has obtained a sufficient amount of them, the protagonist receives upgrades to his health and magic points from a local town sage."
32294,A.M.C.: Astro Marine Corps,,1989,6.8,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,A.M.C.: Astro Marine Corps is a sideways scrolling shooter in which you control a member of the Astro Marine Corps who has to blast his way through the various alien infested levels. You have three lives and each life has an energy bar which is depleted by contact with aliens and can be replenished by picking up the 'E' powerup. Other powerups include three way fire and an overhead shield. There are various instant death hazards you must avoid such as a plant which smothers you and a dragon which devours you and spits out your bones.
32314,Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage,,2000,5.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage follows the story of Alaron, poisoned by mysterious goblins while out on patrol in the grounds of King Loyd's kingdom. Without an ordinary cure for his illness, Alaron must set out on a journey with a selection of companions in search of the antidote. Little does Alaron know that the journey is even more dangerous then firstly thought, with a mysterious evil force brewing in the distance. In this 3D fantasy role-playing game, you must complete a set of quests, through the use of items and magic, while following a slightly non-linear storyline, choosing the order in what to embark tasks on. The game features two distinctive different modes: exploring and fighting. Alaron explores the game world freely, discovers special places and talks to the inhabitants. There are no random encounters but if he meets an enemy the game switches to the combat screen. Combat is basically turn-based but not in the way common in console RPGs: during a character's turn he can be moved in real-time in a circular way — the characters move constantly towards each other. When two rings intersect the characters can launch a regular or magic attack. The party selection (up to four characters) is pre-defined by the story."
32316,Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge,Lotus I,1990,7.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,"Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania","The first in a series of 3 racing games endorsed by the legendary car company, which is now a part of Proton. The game features a total of 32 fictitious racetracks from around the world, split into 3 difficulty levels. There are 19 computer opponents (15 on the 8-bit versions) and you have to finish in the top 10 (top 8 on the 8-bits) to progress. The higher you finish in one race, the lower down the grid you start for the next race. The opposition drivers have pun names based on the F1 drivers of the day - examples include Ricardo Pastry and Crashhard Banger. You can choose between sound effects or one of a variety of music pieces. The game features a simultaneous 2-player mode, but the 1-player mode only uses half the screen, a simple animation filling the other half. In most races you will have to make a pitstop for fuel in order to reach the finish. The tracks include features such as oil slicks, roadworks, boulders and rivers - contact with these (or the other cars) will slow you, but there is no car damage model."
32317,Ad Astra,,1984,7.0,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Ad Astra is an early into-the-screen 3D space shoot 'em up. Your craft is viewed in front of you, with the first task being to dart in between the planets which hurtle towards you. Once this is passed, the serious business of shooting down the enemy craft begins. These shoot at you from a distance, and your angle of attack varies depending on the angle at which you are flying into the screen, in a sort of trick-3D. Landmines (shoot these before they disintegrate towards you) and flying saucers (which don't shoot at you, but must be shot several times), before the task of noting down a code to enable you to progress to the next moon, from which the whole task begins again with increased difficulty. The game keeps track of how long you have been playing each game, as well as a high score."
32318,Pinball Dreams,"Pinball Dreaming: Pinball Dreams, Pinball Pinball",1992,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Pinball",,"The first in a line of pinball games from 21st Century and Digital Illusions, with four tables covering themes such as the wild west for Steel Wheel, space rockets for Ignition, a haunted graveyard for Nightmare and pop music for Beat Box. The portable versions for the Game Boy and Game Gear only have 3 of the 4 original tables with the removal of Beat Box. The iPhone version includes updated graphics (optional) and gameplay in both portrait and landscape orientation."
32326,Utopia: The Creation of a Nation,,1991,8.0,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Utopia takes the Sim City gameplay concept and adds a military element to it. The game is set in the distant future, where your job is nothing less than Colony Administrator for a new settlement on some far-flung planet. Your aim is to provide the highest Quality of Life rating for the colonists. You do so by ensuring that there is enough life support, power, housing, employment, police and entertainment to keep the citizens of your colony happy. Hindering your goal are random events such as solar eclipses (which can render your solar panels inactive) and also a different, hostile alien race that inhabits the planets in the many scenarios at offer. Not only do you have to be a good mayor but you also have to be a good general. Resources must not only be attributed to civilian research but into weapons research, intelligence and the building of tanks and spaceships, if you wish to survive long enough to see your colony flourish into a metropolis. As a rule, you will have built a strong colony before the aliens come, but the final push towards a QOL of 80% or higher can only be achieved once there is no outside threat."
32327,Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Chess Wars,,1993,4.9,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Chess",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A chess game based on T2, featuring sounds and characters from the movie as pieces. Captures are animated a la Battle Chess, but the battles take place off the board, in futuristic wastelands and similar stages The game offers several difficulties and play styles to choose from, along with time control, ratings on the USCF scale over different time-frames and other niceties. Oddly enough, there's no 2D board."
32328,James Clavell's Shōgun,,1989,7.3,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval),"In this Infocom interactive adaptation of James Clavell's Shogun novel, you play John Blackthorne, the first Englishman to set foot on Japanese soil."
32330,Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?,Wo in aller Welt ist Carmen Sandiego?,1985,7.3,"Educational, Puzzle",,,"Carmen Sandiego is a master thief who leads the criminal organization V.I.L.E. This organization specializes in stealing the world's treasures without a trace. Alarmed by this, the A.C.M.E. Detective Agency makes it their personal mission to foil Carmen Sandiego's plans. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? is a game that tests the player's knowledge about geography and general knowledge about different countries. Missions will begin with a treasure being stolen and the player flying to that location. A time limit counts down while they must search the area and interview witnesses to find enough clues to figure out what country the thief flew to next. The player always has a limited selection (usually three or four) of flights available in any given country. This process is repeated until either the villain is found or time expires and they are able to get away. Along with finding out where the thief has headed, the player must discover who the thief is, by best matching personal characteristics (gender, hair color, eye color, hobbies, notable features) to dossiers on Carmen's gang. There must be enough characteristics matched in order to obtain a warrant, which is essential to legally arrest the suspect once they have been found. Progress in arresting VILE members will expose other members, eventually leading up to Carmen Sandiego herself."
32331,Killer Bees!,"Abelhas Assassinas!, Killer Bees, La ruche infernale",1983,7.8,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Beebots from the insect civilization of BEM are invading the Earth, protected by swarms of Killer Bees, and it's up to a swarm of white bees to stop them. The player control the white bees swarm, trying to kill the Beebots by flying over them and stinging them. The longer the swarm flies over a Beebot, the slower it moves, until it finally stops and dies. When a Beebot dies, a grave marker will be raised in its place, making the movement of the remaining Beebots more difficult. The red Beebots move clockwise, the blue ones move counterclockwise. The Beebots are protected by swarms of Killer Bees. If a swarm of Killer Bees attacks the player's swarm, it will lose its bees gradually, until none are left and the game is over. The longer the Killer Bees stay on screen, the stronger they get. They'll change their colors gradually, from green (the less harmful) to blue and then finally to red (the most dangerous). The only defense the player has against the Killer Bees is the bug-zapping RoSHa Ray, released by pressing the action button. It is recharged each time a Beebot is killed, and it follows the white bees swarm vertical movement. Once all Beebots are killed, the round ends, and a new one starts with a new level of difficulty. There are 26 difficulty levels. The player scores one point per sting, ten points per zapped swarm and 100 points per Beebot killed. At the end of each round, a bonus is also given, consisting in ten points per each survivor bee, multiplied by the number of the round."
32332,Castlevania II: Simon's Quest,Akumajō Dracula II: Noroi no Fūin,1987,6.8,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)","Metroidvania, Platform","Europe, Fantasy","Castlevania II: Simon's Quest is the second game in the Castlevania series. After the vampire killer Simon Belmont destroyed Count Dracula in the previous game an evil curse possessed him. The only way Simon can break the count's curse is to find five of Dracula's body parts (which are mysteriously strewn throughout Transylvania) and burn them. Gameplay-wise, Simon's Quest is quite different from its predecessor, combining side-scrolling action and platforming with strong role-playing elements. The game does not feature the traditional stages but allows the player to freely roam the land of Transylvania in the style of Nintendo's Metroid The game world is divided into outdoor areas, dungeon-like mansions containing crucial quest items, and towns, where Simon can talk to non-player characters, rest, and buy items in shops. Some areas can only be accessed by equipping and using specific items that must be bought or found. The RPG elements are present in character growth, monetary system, and weapon upgrades. Simon's initial whip can be replaced by more powerful variants that can be purchased in various towns. Hearts are used as currency in the game and are obtained from defeated enemies in different quantities. The same hearts also function as experience points: after Simon has accumulated a set amount, he levels up and his attributes are increased. The game features a day and night cycle that occurs at accelerated pace in real time. At night, enemies inflict more damage, but also drop more hearts upon defeat. Shops are closed during nighttime, and townspeople are replaced by wandering zombies."
32333,Forgotten Worlds,Lost Worlds,1988,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Forgotten Worlds features two characters known as The Nameless Ones, who both look like Arnold Schwarzenegger one even has a mohawk. It's their job to rid the planet of the attacking aliens. Guiding your character around the screen as they fly with jet-packs, guns on full auto, you control a satellite which you rotate around your character for the direction in which your gun is firing. At the end of each level is a boss which needs to be killed to progress. Enemies that have been killed drop money. At the end of every level is a shop where you can buy weapons, armour, items and first-aid packs."
32342,Dracula: The Last Sanctuary,"Dracula 2, Dracula 2: Die letzte Zufluchtsstätte, Dracula 2: L'Ultimo Santuario, Dracula 2: Le Dernier Sanctuaire, Dracula 2: Ostatnie Sanktuarium, Dracula 2: Posledni utociste, Dracula 2: Poslední útočiště, Dracula 2: The Last Place of Refuge, Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary, Dracula II: Die letzte Zufluchtsstätte, Dracula: The Last Sanctuary HD, Drácula 2: O Último Santuário, Drácula: El último santuario",2000,6.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"You are Jonathan Harker. You are in search of the Count himself... to save your wife Mina. Follow his trail from London all the way to Transylvania, decipher the scant clues available, and see if you can hunt down Dracula... or be hunted. Dracula: The Last Sanctuary is a 1st person adventure."
32343,Gauntlet IV,"Gauntlet, Gauntlet 4",1993,8.1,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"This is a port of the arcade original with some extra modes available. Up to 4 players (using Sega's four-player adapter) can choose again from Thor the Warrior, Thyra the Valkyrie, Merlin the Wizard and Questor the Elf, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. Alongside the standard Arcade mode, there are the Quest, Battle and Record modes. Quest mode: The goal is to defeat the four towers and solve the mystery of the ancient castle. There is a main hub area where it's possible to choose which tower to take on next, buy weapons from merchants with collected gold, and increase stats by spending experience points. Battle mode: Players can fight each other to the death. Maps can include teleporters, monsters, items, and other things, as well as exits that exclude anyone who take them from the current round. Record mode: This is very much like the Arcade mode, with some variations such as a password continue, and a scoring system where players can't die but lose points for every 500 health lost instead."
32347,Tomb Raider Starring Lara Croft,"Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider Estrelando Lara Croft",2000,8.0,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Lara's first venture into the handheld world, has her pursuing 'The Nightmare Stone' that holds inside a sinister deity. This deity, Quaxet, was imprisoned by the combined efforts of the Mayan, Aztec and Inca cultures, and now some nasty treasure seekers are looking to spoil it all by unleashing the evil. Having knowledge of this, Lara must set out to prevent the disaster from happening by finding the stone first. This version has the standard Tomb Raider gameplay of running, jumping and switch-flipping, but presented in a side-view 2D style, reminiscent of Flashback At Lara's disposal are 25 or so moves, which are crammed onto the 2 GBC buttons. There are also game-save crystals at special points throughout the levels."
32351,Alien: Resurrection,"Alien: Die Wiedergeburt, Alien: La Résurrection",2000,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Two hundred years after the events of Alien³ Lieutenant Ellen Ripley is cloned by military scientists interested in the Alien Queen she had become a host for. Like the ""Company"" from the earlier films, the military intends to use the Queen to breed a force of bio-weapons. But then something goes wrong; the Aliens they are studying manage to escape, and swarm throughout the science ship. It's up to four stranded heroes - Ripley, Call, DiStephano and Christie - to wipe out the Aliens, and return the ship safely to Earth. Gameplay is standard FPS action, with limited ammo and plenty of hazards to detour around or find the switch to deactivate. The player switches between the four main characters at each level change, each with a slightly different set of abilities (Call has a motion tracker, Christie has his twin pistols from the film). Levels are based around keeping the Auriga running, and making their way through the ship to escape. The game uses a true 3-D engine, allowing for ladders, rooms over rooms, and the ability to look up and down. Aliens also make use of the 3-D space, and can crawl along walls and ceilings, or leap out from the shadows to attack. Scripting is also heavily used, to set up cinematic moments (such as an Alien chasing a fleeing guard) throughout the levels."
32352,International Rugby Challenge,Campo's International Rugby,1993,5.2,"Action, Simulation, Sports",,,"The follow-up to Rugby: The World Cup The game features more options than before, with an icon-driven menu system including different control choices and match lengths. Controls are similar to the original game, but tackling is now harder and requires more precise player placement, and rucks and mauls are implemented. As before, the scrums involve joystick-waggling, and are crucial to advancing the ball. Conversions are taken from a separate 3D view."
32364,A-Train,"Take the ""A"" Train III, Take the A-Train III",1990,7.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Play the part of the head of a railroad company, with the aim of creating a railroad empire, providing a successful mass transit system that will be an inspiration to the rest of the world. Another goal is to provide the impetus for a chosen city to develop. There are a number of different places to set up business each with different layouts and existing houses and businesses. The main money earners are passenger trains, that can be scheduled to pick up passengers at the times of day when the demand is high. However, in the long term you need the city to develop. This requires setting up trains that transport resources to where they are needed. These resources are used to build houses, and other buildings, increasing the number of passengers for commuter trains. As the city develops, new businesses will spring up, such as stadiums, high rise office blocks, and ski resorts. The player may also build own businesses, the success of which will depend on the local population, the presence of competing businesses, and even the changes of the seasons, among other factors. The stock market is also another way of making money. The player may also watch the seasons come and go, with snow visible in winter, and fireworks displays celebrating the New Year."
32367,The Hunt for Red October,"Caçada ao Outubro Vermelho, Red October",1993,4.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Cold War,"It is November of 1984. While the Gorbachev regime is in power, the specialized Red October submarine has sunk down in the ocean. It’s a race against time as both the Americans and Soviets search for the missing submarine. In a series of missions, the player controls a submarine armed with limited torpedoes, sea bombs, SSMs, and SAMs. Objectives vary from mission to mission, from reaching the end destination, to escorting and protecting a ship. In some parts of a mission, the game will momentarily switch to periscope mode, with the aim of shooting all naval and airborne enemies on sight."
32369,Body Blows Galactic,,1993,7.5,Action,Fighting,,"In the follow-up to Body Blows Dan and Junior (two characters from the original, based around programmers Danny Burke and Cedric McMillan Jr.) are representing Earth in an intergalactic fight competition. Five other planets are involved, each submitting 2 brave fighters - the advanced Titanica, the divided Eclipse, the prehistoric Gellorn-5, the morphed Miasma, and the matriarchal Feminion. Combat works in a similar way to the original, with moves designed around a one-button controller, with special moves activated either by a particular joystick movement while jumping, or by holding the fire button to charge the move up. The one-player game sees you progress through fighting the other characters in turn. Multiplayer options include character Vs character duels and a 4/8-player tournament."
32370,Hammer of the Gods,,1994,7.1,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),Fantasy,"Hammer of the Gods is a turn-based strategy game that recreates the world the way the Vikings experienced it. The gods are a real consideration in the decisions made and glorious death one of the highest goals. Unlike other strategy games, the building of the empire is not necessarily the ultimate objective. The player competes against other players to earn the favor of the Norse gods and become the Hammer of the Gods. The player can raid coastal villages, conquer cities and then link them together by building roads. Next, build castles to protect them. The particular path that the player follows to victory will vary based on the ""family"" of gods that is chosen at the beginning of the game. Maintaining honor in the eyes of the other Vikings is important throughout the game. The four paths are Human, Elf, Troll and Dwarf. Any of these may become Odin's chosen leader on Midgard by completing his quest and ensuring the player's place in legend."
32374,Looney Tunes: Carrot Crazy,"Bugs Bunny & Lola Bunny: Het Wortel Avontuur, Bugs Bunny & Lola Bunny: Operación Zanahorias, Bugs Bunny & Lola Bunny: Operation Carrot Patch, Bugs Bunny & Lola Bunny: Operation Carrots, Bugs Bunny & Lola Bunny: Operation Karotten, Bugs Bunny & Lola Bunny: Operazione Carote, Bugs Bunny & Lola Bunny: Opération Carottes",1998,7.7,Action,Platform,,"Looney Tunes: Carrot Crazy is a side scrolling platform game featuring famous Warner Bros. cartoon characters Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny. After finding out all carrots have been stolen from their garden, as Bugs or Lola Bunny the player will have to investigate. Bugs will have to explore the Warner Bros. studio to find out who stole the carrots. Like many platform games you walk from left to right through a level. There are five different worlds which represent the surroundings of characters Yosemite Sam, Marvin the Martian, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and the Tasmanian Devil. Each world is divided into several levels. The object of each level is to find all film clapboards present. Bugs and Lola can jump and hit things with a mallet (or rolling pin for Lola). They also both feature unique special abilities. Bugs Bunny can dig and move heavy chests and Lola can float down safely from large heights with her parasol. Players can switch between characters at any time. Power-ups in the game include carrots for energy required for special abilities, a super carrot that allows the player to fly like a helicopter (using his ears) and the habanero carrot, which makes the player invincible for a while. If you collect the letters EXTRA during the level you get to play a small minigame where you have to shoot firecrackers at moving targets. Each of the worlds ends with a showdown with the major character of that world. Usually this involves running from a vehicle that pursues the player, while avoiding obstacles."
32376,Sherman M4,Sherman M-4,1989,7.0,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Africa, Europe, World War II","Sherman M4 is a 3D tank simulator. It is set in World War II and includes 3 campaigns: Normandy, Ardennes and Desert. You have up to four M4s, two jeeps and artillery support to complete each mission. The Germans have four different kinds of tanks, bunkers etc. Objectives include destroying bridges, capturing towns, rescuing jeeps and destroying convoys. You can drive one tank at a time and give the others movement orders on a map. They will automatically attack enemies they encounter. The map is also used for moving jeeps and calling artillery strikes. Your tanks can be repaired, refueled and rearmed if you capture hangers in some missions. Before each mission you can alter several realism options as well as the enemy moral, experience and commander."
32398,Deep Fighter,Deep Fighter: The Tsunami Offense,2000,7.2,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As a private in the defense force by The General, players take on deadly missions to seek out and destroy enemies, perform reconnaissance into uncharted waters and rescue damaged craft and installations. Meanwhile, droids and drones scuttle around busily, maintaining and repairing the slowly crumbling city. With the ultimate objective of the construction of a giant mothership, the Leviathan, that will transport the entire civilization away from hostile waters. This games combines elements of furious 3-D dogfighting and challenging exploration in true 3-D environments. 3-D worlds actually react and evolve around you as the game's level of difficulty adapts to your skill level. Five life-like and realistic environments, including the Abyss, Atlantis, and Jungle. Dynamic modes of battle include 3-D combat, unique weapons, special attack moves and upgradable fighter submarines."
32399,Ball Raider,,1987,5.0,Action,Paddle / Pong,Sci-fi / futuristic,"To become a member of the Warrior Guild, you must complete 25 levels of Ball Raider in the year 2488. Ball Raider is a Breakout variant where you have to hit a ball with a bat at the bottom of the screen towards bricks at the top of the screen. Once you clear all the bricks then it's onto the next level."
32403,The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2,"Hugo, Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse II, Pernalonga em O Castelo Maluco 2, The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle II",1991,6.6,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Honey Bunny has been kidnapped by an evil witch, who has placed her inside a huge castle. Bugs must find a way through the castle to save Honey in his second Game Boy adventure. This time around Bugs must collect 8 keys in each of the 28 levels to advance. Along the way, Foghorn Leghorn, Wile E. Coyote, Yosemite Sam, and others will attempt to impede your progress."
32409,Wacky Races,"Les Fous Du Volant présentent Satanas et Diabolo, Los Autos Locos presentan a Pierre Nodoyuna y Patán, Wacky Races Starring Dastardly and Muttley, Wacky Races starring Fred Fiesling und Teufelszahn, Wacky Races: Le Nuove Avventure di Dick Dastardly & Muttley",2000,7.4,Racing / Driving,,,"Start your engines! The wackiest, wildest cartoon racing game ever is here. Based on the original Hanna-Barbera cartoon, Wacky Races lets you join your favorite characters on a wild race where only your wits, your driving skills and your bag of dirty tricks will get you across the finish line first! -11 wacky characters to play including Penelope Pitstop, Dick Dastardly & Muttley, and the Slag Brothers -Each vehicle has its own special gadgets and unique abilities -Race across 22 tracks filled with jumps, shortcuts, tunnels, and traps -Foil your adversaries with foul tactics and diabolical schemes -Select from multiple racing modes - Track Challenge, Wacky Cup, Dastardly Time Trials, Vs., Golden Muttley Challenge, and more! Source: Back of Jewel Case - Dreamcast (US)"
32413,NASCAR Heat,,2000,7.3,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"NASCAR HEAT has four different modes of play to choose from, based on the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Season. The game offers Single Race and Championship Season. These modes allow the player to choose their favorite driver and race against a full field of cars at one or all of the NASCAR tracks. Race the Pro and Beat the Heat Challenge are two modes of play that separate this product from the competition. Beat the Heat provides the player with a number of challenges designed around scenarios that actually occur in NASCAR. These challenges deal with everything from the best way to pass at a particular track, to pit strategy for tire changes. Race the Pro offers the player the opportunity to race against Laps actually driven by some of NASCAR's biggest stars."
32416,Superstar Indoor Sports,"Indoor Sports, SportTime Superstar Indoor Sports",1987,6.8,"Action, Sports",,,"Four Indoor Sports are compiled in this entry to DesignStar 's SportTime line of recreations. Ten-Pin Bowling, Air Hockey (not on the Commodore 16), Darts and Ping Pong (not on the European Commodore 64 releases) are featured. The menus and options screens have the same feel as Clubhouse Sports Each game has computer opponents at multiple skill levels plus human-versus-human and demo modes, and matches can consist of varying numbers of rounds, with other options depending on the game. Ten-pin bowling is played from a side-on view, although once the shot has been taken you see the results unfold from the bowler's view. There are three stages to taking a shot. Move the player up and down to line up his run-up, pressing fire to set the position. Then, do the same to set the angle of the shot. Finally, after pressing fire to start the run-up, press it again to time the release of the ball, as close to the line as possible. Darts has 4 skill and 3 speed levels, and players can play to 301, 501 or 701, to vary game length or provide a handicapping system. You can also set whether scoring must start or end with a double. Viewed from behind the board, you must first line up the dart, then set the dart's curvature and power by stopping a curved gauge on the right, then a rising power bar on the left. The view then changes twice - first a behind-the-player view to show the dart's approach, then a close-up of the board to show where it landed. Air Hockey plays for five minutes, or until someone has scored 12 points. The view is above the pitch but angled so as to emphasize the goal at the top. Ping-Pong features a handicapping system - six ability areas can be graded from 1-5, to ensure a closely-matched game. Again the view is from behind one court. To impart direction onto a shot, the angle must be pressed at the same time as the fire button."
32425,ReBoot,,1998,6.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,This 3D action game is based on the computer animated cartoon ReBoot It's an over-the-shoulder perspective shooter comprised of 19 complex levels filled with diverse enemies. The story in the game is conveyed through the linear video: an original episode of ReBoot created just for the game and positioned as episode 0 of the TV series (i.e. a prequel).
32427,Search for the Titanic,,1989,6.5,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,Contemporary,"Search for the Titanic is an oceanographic simulation. You begin as an inexperienced oceanographer. You must build your reputation by exploring other lost vessels and earning the resources for a Titanic search. You plan, obtain funding, a ship, personnel, and equipment. Then chart a course and battle elements and dive for wrecks. Includes over 75 wrecks to explore, more than 100 navigational maps and charts and 47 ports of call. Find the Titanic and you will see real photos. Use simulated Sonar and underwater cameras."
32430,Jet Moto 2,"Jet Moto '98, Jet Rider 2",1997,6.7,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Jet Moto 2 you once again are racing the hoverbikes of the future. Race in over 15 extreme tracks ranging from snow, canyons, waterfalls, and even volcanoes. And don't worry about feeling lonely. You can race with a friend via horizontal and vertical split-screen."
32432,World Cup,"World Cup Football, World Cup II, World Cup Soccer",1984,6.0,Sports,,,World Cup is a football game where you and seven friends can pick one of 10 teams and compete to get to the final and win it. The computer will play as the other teams not selected. The match action is viewed from the side above the pitch and the screen shows just a part of the pitch. The screen scrolls when a player moves with the ball. A joystick or keyboard can be used to control your team. The C16 version just has two teams playing each other with a two player option.
32433,Balloon Fight,Balloon Fight-e,1985,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In Balloon Fight you need to fly around with the aid of two balloons and try to pop your opponent's balloons before they pop yours. Landing on top of your opponents will cause their balloons to pop and they will use a parachute to fall to safety. You then have to destroy the fallen opponents by running into them before they can blow a new balloon and rejoin the battle. Should both of your balloons get popped, you will fall into the water below and lose a life. There is also a second game variation called ""balloon trip"" where you need to collect as many balloons as possible while avoiding the ocean floor and lightnings that form maze-like walls."
32436,Thief: Gold,"Dark Project Gold: L'Ombra del Ladro, Dark Project: Der Meisterdieb - Directors Cut",1999,8.5,Action,Stealth,"Fantasy, Steampunk","Thief Gold is a reissue of the game, Thief: The Dark Project updated to version 1.37. Thief Gold includes three entirely new campaign missions which deepen the plot and provide new challenges, as well as five new types of enemies to overcome. Some of the original Thief levels have had minor modifications, including bug fixes, small design changes, and the new enemies. Thief Gold also includes a bonus ""Behind the scenes at Looking Glass Studios"" footage and DromED, a level editor for Thief."
32437,Super Bomberman 4,,1996,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,The fourth addition to the Bomberman series for the SNES. This game is almost identical to Super Bomberman 3 only with new levels and a new story. A small twist in this game is that instead of choosing the traditional bomberman or a country specific character players get to choose between bosses from the previous game when playing battle mode. Each character has a special power from a jet pack to throwing abilities.
32445,BattleSport,,1995,6.6,"Action, Sports",,,"Battlesport simulates the sport of the future. Choose your vehicle and enter the arena to face your computer opponents to see who scores the most goals before the clock runs out. Scoring isn't easy. The ball constantly bounces over the arena, retrieved by a player constantly bombarded by opponents. A variety of weapons are available to shoot your competitor, and anyone that takes a hit while carrying the ball loses possession, sending the ball bouncing across the arena. Taking too many shots results in a temporary inability to take part in the action while your opponent happily scores goals. Winning matches increases standing in the rankings and the acquisition of cash to purchase a better vehicle and enhanced offensive or defensive items."
32449,Agony,,1992,7.7,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"This horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up features six long levels, all with detailed and mellow background graphics, aiming for a less hectic feel than contemporaries such as Project X As a magician's apprentice, you have been turned into an owl to give you the best chance of destroying the many dark creatures to be faced, and thus discovering the secret of cosmic strength. These dark creatures include piranhas, giant ants and mosquitoes. Extra weapons and invincibility periods can be collected. The technical details include 3 layers of multi-directional parallax scrolling, background animation, and different title and in-game music."
32453,Battle for Midway,"Bataille pour Midway, The Battle of Midway",1984,6.3,Strategy / tactics,"Arcade, Shooter","Historical events, World War II","Intelligence reports that we have cracked a Japanese coded message. They plan to attack Midway Island and trap and destroy our naval fleet. We have dispatched Task Force 16, with carriers Enterprise and Hornet and Task Force 17, with carrier Yorktown to counter these plans. Good luck, gentlemen. You are in command of the two task forces of the Pacific fleet and must destroy or drive off the Japanese carrier divisions. Do not let them take the island of Midway. You have to personally man the guns when the island or task force are attacked. As planes swoop in, shoot them down until they are gone or your gun is destroyed. We're all counting on you, sailor!"
32462,Reelect JFK,,1994,6.4,"Adventure, Simulation",,"Alternate history, Cold War, North America","On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot down by an assassin's bullet. Since that time, people have wondered how history might have been different if JFK had lived to complete his first term. Would America have gotten more deeply involved in Vietnam? Would the Civil Rights Act of 1964 have been passed? Would he have been reelected to a second term? Reelect JFK is a first person simulation that puts you in the role of President Kennedy. You have survived the assassination attempt in Dallas, and must continue on your quest for reelection in 1964. Along the way, you will confront key political issues such as Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement. You will also face the challenge of discovering who was responsible for the attempt on your life. You will play 50 game weeks, which will take you from the assassination attempt in November of 1963 to election day 1964. Your primary objective is to get reelected to a second term."
32463,Dracula,,1983,7.4,Action,Arcade,,"As the sun sets, Dracula rises, hungry for the blood of fresh victims. As Dracula, the goal of this game is to stalk the streets at night, feeding on people walking the streets, or by luring them out of their homes. As Dracula bites his victims, his actions will call the attention of the local constable who will try to slow him down by driving a stake into him. Dracula can respond by either turning one of his victims into zombies to attack the police, or by transforming into a bat to escape capture. Even the forces of nature are against the vampire, as wolves will attack him on foot, and hawks will drag away his bat form. Dracula must feed on a certain number of victims and return to his tomb before sunrise, or he will not survive to feed another night."
32465,Krazy Kreatures,,1990,6.2,"Action, Puzzle",Tile matching puzzle,,"Krazy Kreatures is an action strategy game for one or two players. Critters of all sorts will fill up the game board and you need to move them around to line up creatures of the same type before the entire board becomes filled. Depending on the type of creature, you will need to line up 3, 4, 5, or 6 of the same type of creature for them to disappear. After you have cleared a certain number of creatures, the board will stop filling up and you have a limited amount of time to try to clear as many creatures as possible for bonus points. As the levels progress the game board changes shape and will fill up faster and faster with different creatures."
32467,Marble Madness,,1984,7.2,"Action, Puzzle",Arcade,,"The idea of this arcade game is deceptively simple: Guide a marble down a path without hitting any obstacles or straying off the course. The game is viewed from an isometric perspective, which makes it harder to stay focused on the direction the ball is to follow. There are tight corridors to follow and enemies to avoid. There is a 2-player mode in which players must race to the finish; otherwise you're racing against the clock."
32469,Abaddon,,2000,5.8,Role-playing (RPG),,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Abaddon is a role playing game developed in the style of such titles as Phantasy Star and Dragon Warrior However, it's different in a number of ways. First, the objective isn't to fight evil or slay beasts. Instead, you play the ego-maniacal Duke Gilead, a despot facing his inevitable death. Rather than giving up his beloved House Levai, he decides to venture forth and discover the secret to immortality. As you help Gilead reach his dubious goal, you'll experience many adventures and a wild assortment of creatures. Abaddon presents a top-down perspective. You'll use your keyboard to send Gilead from screen to screen, and to converse with the people you encounter. Abaddon uses the traditional branching approach to dialog and events, where you're given a number of options for each action. Throughout, you can collect items and coins as well as monitor your health. By defeating creatures that attack, you'll obtain the experience points necessary to advance."
32476,Monster Rancher 2,"Monster Farm 2, Monster Rancher",1999,7.4,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Fighting, Managerial / business simulation",,"Monster Rancher 2 is at heart an arena fighting game with a lot of ancillary game play thrown in. As a trainer of a fighting monster you have to train, reward, punish, cajole and bribe your minion to build up its statistics. You then take your monster into the arena where it battles with other monsters for cash prizes, prestige, and better stats. Like the original Monster Rancher, this game allows players to create a monster using an innovative technique: you can stick in any CD you own (PlayStation, audio, PC, or other) and the data that is read off the CD is used to generate the characteristics of the monster."
32477,Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun,Fiendish Freddys Big Top Of Fun,1989,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Tricks / stunts",,"The Big Top O' Fun circus is in deep trouble: due tonight is the payment of a $10.000 loan to the Big Greedy Bank. The evening's performance must bring in that money or the circus will be seized. The bank does not play fair, though: they send the evil clown Fiendish Freddy to sabotage the acts. The performance consists of six different events. There is a practice mode for single events, and up to five players can compete in the full game, but must reach the $10.000 on their own, not together. The money is awarded by a jury after each act. The acts are:"
32478,Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet,Shadow of the Comet,1993,7.7,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"In 1834, in the small New England fishing village of Illsmouth, the distinguished British scientist Lord Boleskine lost his mind. After studying ancient manuscripts of evil repute, he had travelled to this place to observe the passing of Halley's comet. What he observed that night, however, turned him into a raving lunatic. Now, 76 years later, Halley's comet is coming back, and young reporter John T. Parker has travelled to Illsmouth to try to uncover the truth in Boleskine's wild claims, and see the comet for himself. Shadow of the Comet is a horror adventure game, inspired by the terrifying writings of H. P. Lovecraft Contrary to many adventure games from the early 90s, the game has a keyboard driven interface with a system of actions activated either by pressing the corresponding key (L for look, G for get, T for talk, U for use) or selecting them from the menu activated by the TAB key. The CD release was enhanced with a mouse-driven interface. Typical for Infogrames titles (e.g. Eternam ), the game contains vector-based cut scenes with enlarged graphics of the faces of the speakers during dialogues. The GOG.com release of this game includes both Floppy and CD versions of the game. The main differences are new graphics, mouse-driven interface and full voice-acting whereas the Floppy version doesn't feature any voice-acting. The CD version's launcher screen additionally includes a Museum mini-game where character can walk through a museum and look at various mystical objects and paintings inspired by H. P. Lovecraft"
32485,Truxton,"Tatsujin, Tatsujin Classic, Truxton Classic",1988,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"The evil Dogurava, commander of an alien army known as the Gidans, is attacking the planet Borogo. The army uses five giant asteroids as fortresses for the invasion. After surviving an attack on an orbiting cargo barge, a lone pilot takes the only remaining fighter craft and embarks on a suicide mission: draw the Gidans' fire to himself, while attempting to bypass their fighters on the way to the fortresses. Originating in the arcades, Truxton is a vertically scrolling shooter. The player controls a fighter craft that has to eliminate the enemies with primary weapons or bombs. The basic weapon comes in three varieties: Power Shot (small spreading projectiles), Sun Laser (a powerful, fast-moving straight laser beam, and Truxton Beam (an electric beam that spreads in all directions if the player is holding down the fire button). Each one of these weapons can be upgraded to a more powerful variant by collecting power-ups (up to four power levels). Beside increased attack power, the weapons also may gain additional properties when powering up (e.g. the Power Shot creates a shield around the player-controlled aircraft). Other power-up effects include increasing the ship's maneuvering speed up to four times, increasing the number of bombs, and gaining additional lives."
32491,Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra,"Might and Magic III: Die Inseln von Terra, Might and Magic III: Les Îles de Terra",1991,8.0,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"A party of brave heroes managed to defeat the corrupted guardian Sheltem as he attempted to destroy the world of CRON. However, the great battle between the guardians Corak and Sheltem continued in another place - the world of Terra, where Sheltem was originally appointed as a guardian. Revolting against the powerful race of the Ancients, Sheltem takes possession of their space-traveling nacelles, hurling them at the suns of other planets. It is now up to a group of local adventurers to help Corak and vanquish Sheltem once and for all. Isles of Terra is the third installment in the Might and Magic series, and a sequel to Gates to Another World Like its predecessors, it is a role-playing game focusing on first-person exploration of vast pseudo-3D environments, character building, and turn-based combat. The five selectable races remain the same as in the previous games, as well as the eight character classes with the addition of two new ones: Druid and Ranger. Like in the second game, characters may learn unique skills such as thievery, swimming, merchant, and others. This installment does away with random or pre-set enemy encounters, featuring instead enemies dynamically roaming the game world, allowing to initiate combat from a distance (for example with ranged attacks or spells). There is no option to bribe or surrender to enemies, and escaping combat can be accomplished simply by moving away, unless the enemies have already locked on the party. An automap feature is available at all times, and the player is also allowed to save the game at any time."
32492,FIFA Soccer 95,FIFA Soccer '95,1994,7.8,Sports,,,"After the first game proved to be a worldwide success, EA developed this sequel exclusively for Sega's 16-bit console. The biggest change from FIFA International Soccer are obviously the dozens of club teams from England, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, United States, Spain and Brazil, taking the team number tally to over 200. This also increased the number of competitions, with each country having it's own League, Tournament and Playoff. Also new, a battery backup allowed to save up to four competitions in the cartridge, replacing passwords. For those who want to settle things the fast way, a Penalty Shootout training mode was added. While graphically the game only received minor changes to the isometric sprite engine, gameplay feature new moves such as volley kicks and more detailed headers (now more effective), as well as general controls being more responsive facilitating passing play, and goalkeepers now are smarter when chasing balls. Set pieces also received a new format, and instead of just kicking the ball the player can choose to play a predefined set piece."
32493,Corum II: Dark Lord,,1998,5.5,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"The warrior Polker returns to his home village in Corum province after a thirteen-year-long war. Once there, he finds out that his parents were killed in a raid. Misfortunes continue when the mayor's daughter is kidnapped, and a valuable dragon statue stolen from the village. Polker sees no other choice but to find and punish the culprits - a plan that eventually drags him into a dangerous adventure and a battle against evil forces. Corum II: Dark Lord is an action role-playing game and a follow-up to Corum The games are not directly connected to each other story-wise, but are set in the same world. Much of the game consists of interconnected hostile areas, where Polker fights enemies in action-based combat. Polker can use swords and cast different magic spells, which requires inputting combinations of keys. The protagonist receives experience points for defeating enemies and solving quests, but there is no manual character advancement: the hero's attributes increase automatically. The game is played completely with the keyboard and the progress can only be saved at certain points. The game comes with a soundtrack CD."
32500,Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World,,1989,7.0,Strategy / tactics,,,"Subtitled ""Conquest Of The New World"". A four player strategy game in which you took the role of either England, France, Spain or Portugal and set about exploring and conquering the New World: America. This game was historically accurate so if you want to win, best be Spain. You had to look after your colonies, explore unknown regions and invade other players' territory."
32502,Disposable Hero,Disposable Heroe,1993,7.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This horizontally scrolling R-Type -influenced shoot 'em up features 5 levels to blast through, with bosses at the end of each level as well as tough mini-bosses as you go through it. There are four difficulty levels, with the easiest acting as a trainer, as you can't reach the final level or complete the game properly with it. You can customize exactly how loud the music and sound effects are relative to each other, and there are lots of subtle visual effects, such as a smoke haze coming off your ship as it incurs gradual damage. The game's power-up system is worthy of note. Rather than simply picking up new weapons, or all-purpose tokens which can be traded in at the press of a button, you collect blueprints for a total of 32 different weapons as well as upgrades to the maximum amount of power your ship can unleash at a time. Once you reach a power-up bay (which are depicted as blue domes at the base of the level), you can add or remove weapons so as to maximize your attack capabilities."
32510,Tales of the Arabian Nights,Tales of the Arabian Nights: Full of Eastern Promise!,1984,7.0,Action,Platform,"Fantasy, Middle East","After the first night with a new wife, Sultan Saladin has them killed and with a powerful army to protect him everyone is powerless to stop him. That is until the Sultan kidnapped Prince Imrahil's sister to be his wife and took her to Baghdad. You play as the Prince as you journey over eight levels avoiding various obstacles, guards and nasties before your sister is home and safe. You start on Sinbad's ship crossing the sea. You then travel up a river and through a cavern. The next level sees you flying a magic carpet towards the Sultan's palace. Once the princess has been rescued you can both escape from the Sultan on your magic carpet. The game is split into two styles of game, a platform game with the whole level shown on one screen and a horizontal scrolling game viewed from the side. The platform sections see you in various locations and you must collect seven jugs with the letters to spell the word Arabian which must be collected in the correct order. If you die you lose any jugs collected and have to start from scratch. You can climb ladders and ropes while jumping up to higher platforms. Don't fall too far as this will kill you. The scrolling sections are between the platform levels and the first one sees you on a raft avoiding crocodiles or falling rocks. In the other sections you fly on magic carpets avoiding other carpet flyers and nasties. Tales of the Arabian Nights is a one player game where you have three lives to complete the game, lose them all and it's game over. A joystick or keyboard is used to control the hero."
32517,Superfrog,,1993,7.9,Action,Platform,,"Superfrog is a traditional jump & run platformer. You are a frog that once was a prince but was turned into the amphibious creature by an evil witch. Your loved one was kidnapped and you have to free her from witch's castle. Your enemies are animals like bees, snakes, hedgehogs, turtles or snails but later on you may find other beings like knights, mummies, robots or even your evil selves depending on the scenery you are in. Basically you have no weapons but in the game you may find small blobs that can be shoot diagonally up or horizontally to exterminate some foes. Some enemies can also be killed by jumping on them. Every stage has a time limit. In this limit you have to collect a pre-determined number of coins as well as other collectibles like cherries and apples that serve as a factor for a bonus score. There are also other power-ups like wings giving you the possibility to fly on a longer distance, slow pills and speed pills which, accordingly, slow you down or give you extra speed. The game is divided into six worlds: forest, castle, circus, pyramid, winter and space. Each of the worlds consists of four stages. Between levels you may gamble your bonus score in the slot machine where you can win more points, extra lives or level password which can be used to access the level from the main menu. After completing the fifth world you will be able to take part in the bonus stage called ""Project F"" (made on a resemblance to Project X - another Team 17 game) which is a link between terrestrial and extraterrestrial worlds. After the game is completed or you just failed to do it, you can type your name into a high score table that can be saved onto the blank disk of your own."
32519,High Impact Paintball,,2000,4.8,"Action, Sports",Shooter,,"A first-person-shooter featuring paintball instead of grenade launchers and chainguns. Play alone or online, and join different modes such as Capture the Flag, Free for All, and Siege. Find powerups and weapon ""upgrades""."
32523,Fire Fight,,1996,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Isometric 8-way scrolling shoot 'em up. Taking control of a low flying space craft players must hunt out key objectives in each mission and take them out. Features multiple weapons, stages and enemies plus secret objectives and areas."
32526,Pac-Man: Special Color Edition,Pac-Man: Special Colour Edition,1999,7.6,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Pac-Man, this game pack includes a conversion of the original Pac-Man arcade game as well as the Tetris style puzzle game Pac-Attack"
32529,Silent Shadow,,1988,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Silent Shadow is an arcade with a small aerofighter as protagonist. The objective of the game is to get unharmed with maximum discretion a huge bomber to destroy the enemy fleet in the Persian Gulf. To do so the player has a modern and sophisticated fighter whose power, speed and ability can get to create false images on the radar, making it worthy of the Silent Shadow nickname. To achieve the goal 4 phases must be overcome (airbase enemy, city, desert and the enemy fleet). The idea is not to depart too much from the bomber to avoid being hit by enemy fire, being destroyed and ending the game, but neither should you go too slow because you could clash with the bomber, then losing the few opportunities you have. Expansionary pumps are available that can destroy all enemies in sight. The game allows collaborative game where up to 2 players can take one aerofighter."
32542,Air Combat,Ace Combat,1995,7.1,Action,,,"You play as a freelance mercenary hired by world governments to strike against terrorists. The missions get harder as you proceed, but the money you earn for completing each mission makes it worthwhile. You can purchase additional aircraft and arms as you go along, as well as hire wingmen to make the going easier. Combat flight simulator in which you play a mercenary pilot who hires his combat skills to several corporations, governments, etc. in order to get cash for weapons & upgrades. The game progresses through a series of linear missions, and has a 2 player split-screen deathmatch mode plus a series of extras like hidden planes, mini-games, etc. An arcadish combat flight simulator for the Playstation. The game casts you as a mercenary that hires his piloting skills to a set of organizations, governments, etc. in order to receive cash to buy better weapons & upgrades. The game is played from either a first person or 3rd person perspective a la Afterburner, an has a standard single player mission-based campaign as well as a deathmatch-like 2 player mode. Also included are a series of hidden planes as well as some hidden mini-games. Plus, as in other Namco games, you can put in your own music cds to play as you fly the missions."
32545,Gex 3: Deep Pocket Gecko,,1999,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Gex 3: Deep Pocket Gecko is a 2D platform game based on Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko The plot is similar as the original 3D version. You play as Gex, who enters TV worlds to defeat Rez and his creatures with his tail attack. Inside the hub is where you'll find and enter these TV worlds, some may need to be unlocked by collecting remotes. You get remotes by completing the missions in the TV worlds. There are other objects to collect as well, including butterflies and bonus coins. The game features eleven different monsters types across fifteen levels."
32547,Solar Striker,SolarStriker,1990,6.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are in control of the ultra high-performance fighter ship, the SolarStriker. It is your mission to attack and destroy the main Reticulon base. There are six vertical scrolling stages that you must progress through in order to destroy Reticulon. Each stage is under control of a boss which must be destroyed to clear the area. One of the first shooters for GameBoy."
32548,Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds,Ultima Underworld 2,1993,8.0,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds takes place one year after the events of Ultima VII: The Black Gate To celebrate the defeat of the Guardian, Lord British invites the Avatar and his companions to his castle. However, in the night of the feast the Guardian attacks again, encasing the castle in a giant gem of blackrock. Deep in the sewers of the castle, another blackrock gem is found, created as an aftereffect of the attack. This gem is a teleporter to other worlds controlled by the Guardian. Now the Avatar must travel to these worlds in order to free the castle from the Guardian's spell. This sequel to Ultima Underworld plays almost exactly as the original, with its 3D world, action-oriented combat, magic system and multiple-choice conversations. The player creates the character of Avatar, choosing gender, class, and initial skills. These range from weapon proficiencies to social abilities such as diplomacy and bartering. Some of the skills can be increased during the course of the game by visiting trainers. After having accumulated a sufficient amount of experience points, the Avatar levels up, and his hit points and mana are increased. Like its predecessor, the game features an interactive world: many objects can be manipulated and physically moved. The game's storyline is more connected to the main Ultima series than that of its predecessor, and the game world is larger and has more variety: besides the usual castles and dungeons there are such diverse locations as an ice world, an alien place called Talorus and the enigmatic Ethereal Void. Graphics and sound have also been improved: the size of the viewing window has been increased, there are new monster graphics and the game now features digitized sound effects."
32557,Drivin' Force,,1990,6.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Great racers from all around the world compete in the Power Drift style racing game. You can choose your nationality and gender, and use joystick or mouse control. The perspective turns with the cars for a pseudo-3D effect, aiming to convey the speed of racing in a realistic and terrifying way. Formula 1 cars, buggies and trucks are among the six different vehicle types, each of which reacts to the varied terrain in different ways. Knockout and league competitions are included, with Mini modes in which you can immediately choose your vehicle."
32559,Spectre VR,,1993,6.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Spectre VR is a frag-fest that pays homage to the arcade classic Battlezone Spectre is a multiplayer 3D tank game that features a capture-the-flag mode, futuristic graphics, and an intuitive interface. Spectre VR updates the original Spectre two years later, with better graphics and more tank types to choose from."
32561,Hacker,,1985,7.1,"Adventure, Strategy / tactics",,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Hacker is an adventure/trading game based on what was then a unique idea. You're starting into the adventure as a real hacker would do, lacking information of what is to come, only driven by your ambition. Consequently, the game opens with a plain text screen, prompting you for the login password. To break into the system is the first puzzle you've got to solve. Once in, you'll soon find out that you've accidentally stumbled upon a conspiracy of global impact. From then on, you'll maneuver a robotic drone around the globe through a tunnel system deep in the earth. In major cities, you may surface and talk to contact persons, who'll trade items for cash. When delivered to the correct city, you can exchange these items for a piece of evidence. If all evidence is collected, you're to inform the FBI. As if figuring out the correct routes and trades wasn't hard enough, frequent system malfunctions and security checks test your skill as well..."
32566,History of the World,History of the World: Game of World Conquest,1997,5.3,Strategy / tactics,Board game,Historical events,"Based on the board game of the same name, players play against each other or AI opponents for ""world conquest."" This is done by players each receiving an ""empire"", a major civilization during a time in history. Each player attempts to expand his civilization to gain maximum points for his turn. The next ""turn"" represents a new age, and the players are dealt new civilizations. The player's goal is to extend his previous total control over the board each turn, taking control from players in previous turns, but trying to protect his own progress."
32569,Fairlight,Fairlight: A Prelude,1985,7.5,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The land of Fairlight no longer lives up to its name, its culture and society having declined over centuries. The former ruler's castle Avars is shrouded in mystery, and Isvar chooses to investigate it. Unfortunately, he finds himself trapped in a mysterious castle from which he must escape. Viewed isometrically, Isvar's adventure features complex object manipulation: each object has its own physical properties and resultant characteristics in terms of how much else can be carried alongside it. The castle is guarded and full of trolls, who can weaken Isvar's energy - food and wine can restore it."
32570,Nox,Nox Quest,2000,8.0,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"Jandor, the legendary hero of Nox defeated evil necromancers and trapped their souls in an orb, which was then cast into another dimension. Years later, the necromancer Hecubah discovered that the orb was in the possession of Jack Mower, an ordinary guy who lives in a trailer somewhere on our Earth with his girlfriend. Hecubah retrieves the orb, which greatly increases her power, making her particularly dangerous to the inhabitants of Nox However, Jack is teleported to Nox along with the orb, and appears to be the only one who can stop Hecubah. Nox is an action role-playing game. It has similarities to Diablo having isometric perspective and fast-paced action-oriented combat. The RPG elements, however, are less prominent than in Diablo with the player character gaining experience for vanquishing enemies and leveling up automatically after completing the linear main quests. In the beginning of the game the player must choose a character class for Jack, making him either a fighter, a conjurer, or a wizard. The fighter is physically strong but can only use melee weapons or a few special combat abilities; the conjurer fights with bows and can summon monsters to help him in combat; the wizard has low hit points and cannot equip many weapons, compensating this with a vast array of magic spells. The multiplayer component consists of modes that are normally found in online first-person shooters, including Deathmatch (sub-divided into ""free for all"", team, and clan modes), Capture the Flag, as well as other variations of competitive gameplay such as Flagball, King of the Realm, and Elimination. Nox Quest Nox Quest is a download-only add-on for the game. It requires the game to be updated to version 1.2 (and is distributed with the larger version of that patch) and adds to it a new multiplayer mode. Unlike the multiplayer of the base game, it is a co-operative mode allowing up to six players to fight their way through randomly generated interconnected areas. Player-controlled characters cannot attack each other and must work together as a party and protect each other in order to complete the scenario. All the characters start at level 10 and do not acquire additional experience; instead, they become stronger by procuring better items and equipment. Players fight against monsters who respawn indefinitely until the obelisks that generate them are destroyed. Other features include the necessity to obtain special keys to open chests and a save feature that teleports fallen characters to specific areas. The game ends when all player-controlled characters are defeated."
32571,Roland Garros French Open 2000,,2000,6.5,Sports,,,"This is a 3D Simulation Tennis game based on the famous Roland Garros franchise. 16 men and 16 women play on 8 different courts. You can choose Singles, Doubles or Mixed Doubles. Each win puts cash in your pocket towards rackets and games with more skilled players. There are 3 game modes: Tournament, Exhibition, and Practice. In addition, there 12 rackets to unlock, 8 hidden players and 2 bonus courts, plus a 4-player multiplayer option."
32572,Undercover AD2025 Kei,,2000,4.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The events of this game take place in the near future. You are cast in the role of a young woman named Kei, a police officer who specializes in counter-terrorist activities. One day she and her boyfriend (also a policeman) receive an assignment to investigate a murder that occurred in a hotel. The investigation gradually leads to a confrontation with a mysterious evil man who seems to know a lot about Kei's past, which was concealed from her... The game is a third-person shooter with strong elements of survival horror, somewhat similar to Fear Effect games. Kei uses guns in order to dispatch of the enemies. She can side-step and roll to avoid the enemies' attacks. Ammunition and health kits are rare, and there is a possibility to steal them from the enemies. Kei can communicate with the police station by using her cat, which is a disguised communication device."
32573,Circuit Breakers,,1998,7.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Circuit Breakers is a racing game similar to Micro Machines and Ignition where the vehicles resemble toys viewed from above. The game lets the player control cars (of various models), boats and submarines that change according to the track. The tracks have power-ups. They can be collected and activated and have negative and positive effects. Most are standard power-ups from this type of game, like speed boosts and oil leaks. Some are more bizarre, making the vehicle bigger or smaller, or making it bounce or fly. The tracks are organized by theme and difficulty. By winning races the player receives access to increasingly more challenging tracks. The game controls are particularly sensitive, and getting out of the path often makes the vehicle explode. Instead of a fixed camera, the game usually changes angles when the vehicle reaches certain points of the track. The camera can go as low as behind the vehicle, and go high to a ""bird's eye"" viewpoint. Multi-player mode has its own set of tracks. It supports up to 4 players (using a multi-tap)."
32575,Back to the Future Part III,Paluu Tulevaisuuteen 3,1991,5.5,Action,Arcade,Western,"Back to the Future III is a collection of four arcade games. Marty McFly and Doc Brown have traveled back through time to the year 1885 - and they're soon deep in trouble when they face ""Mad Dog"" Tannen's gang and have to find a way to return to the present. This game takes four scenes from the Hollywood movie Back to the Future III and turns them into arcade sequences: Buckboard Chase : Doc Brown goes horseback in an attempt to save Hill Valley's lovely school teacher Clara. This game of quick ducking, jumping and shooting alternates between a side-scrolling and a top-down perspective. Shooting Gallery : The name says it all. A classic game of aim-and-shoot, spiced up by hidden extras and bonus targets. Pie Throwing : Meet the Mad Dog gang. They have guns, and you have... cream pies. It's an isometric version of the shooting gallery, only with ammo. And the targets shoot back. The Train : Basically a side-scrolling beat-em-up on train wagons with some ducking and jumping. Get rid of the mechanics and collect speed logs to push the engine to a magic 88 mph."
32580,Air Bucks,"Air Buck$, Air Bucks v.1.2., Air Bucks: Build Your Own Airline",1992,6.3,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,Contemporary,"Air Bucks is a business simulation game which tries to capture the ins and outs of the airline industry without bogging the player down with details. It starts in 1946 and the goal is to build up a successful airline with a small starting budget. There are many details in the game, e.g. the player can buy rights to airports, arrange seats on the planes to carry more or less first-class passengers, decide on the quality of in-flight food or entertainment, and more. The game features ""special events"" similar to Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon which require quick changes in the plane operations to accommodate them. Other important industry-specific activities include designing global routes and paying for landing rights, tinkering with plane layouts, and determining fares for each leg. All those decisions are made inside various menu screens. The competition consists of up to three human or AI-controlled opponents and the world map is randomly generated with every new game."
32595,Brawl Brothers,"Brawl Brothers: Rival Turf! 2, Rushing Beat Ran: Fukusei Toshi",1992,6.6,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"The Brawl Brothers are two guys, not actually brothers, named Rick and Doug (or, Hack and Slash, respectively) who run a self-defense gym in Bayside City. Three of the gym's best fighters are also characters in this game: there is Lord J., a karate and judo master; Kazan, a ninja; and Wendy, a pro wrestler. You choose which two characters you want to control, and Dieter, the psycho bad guy who's got his secret Air Fortress outside the city, kidnaps the other three. Dieter wants these fighters so he can clone them and develop his own army for evil purposes, and it is up to whatever two characters you choose to fight your way through these clones to reach Dieter."
32603,Rocky,,1987,5.9,Sports,,,"Play as Rocky Balboa, the ""Italian Stallion"" in this boxing game. You confront opponents in a specific order, from Apollo the remaining champion, to Lang an aggressive contender, to Drago the Soviet boxer who trains constantly. Before you have a fight, just like in the ""Rocky"" movies, you have to train. Practice your timing and punching strength with some sandbag punching before fighting Apollo. Warm up punching a punching ball to become more faster and smarter to get ready for Lang. Then you will do some punching mitts training before fighting Drago where you watch the mitts and punch at the as they move. All of these trainings have qualifications such as punches per second, qualify and your combinations get better for the following fight. During a fight you only have one meter under your name, that is the power meter. Your opponent has one likewise. Watching your power bar can tell you a lot about which way the fight is headed, either it's full and you can take more punches and punch more powerfully or it's low and you're in trouble. Watching the opponents power bar will tell you when to take him down or when to block. Between rounds you get a chance to freshen up and get some last minute coaching. During the one minute interval, your power will go up only half of what has been drained. If you do happen to take a fall the controls are similar to Nintendos ""Punch out"", basically you just press the 1 and 2 buttons as fast as possible. Hopefully Rocky stands up and is ready for more."
32609,Descent,"Descent 1, Descent: Destination Saturn",1995,8.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Post-Terran Minerals Corporation (PTMC) digs up minerals on all nine planets of the solar system, employing humans and robots to do its job. Unfortunately, the mining robots are now being controlled by a hacker, and have taken the human workers hostage. The PTMC has tried to get the robots back under their control, but communication with the mining stations has been lost. In desperation, the PTMC modifies a Pyro-GX ship for combat and hires a mercenary, codenamed ""Material Defender"", to fly it. The mission is to destroy the infected mines and rescue human hostages, destroying any hostile robot that gets in the way. Descent is a 3D first-person game that puts the player at the controls of the Pyro-GX spaceship. Descent is notable in that the player travels through various interior locations (mines) but can do so in 720 degrees of movement. The ship however only moves forward and backward in any of the directions it is facing. The ship is able to use a variety of weapons scattered as power-ups throughout each level. They include: standard lasers, the Vulcan Cannon (a chaingun-like weapon), the Spreadfire Cannon (a rapidly firing, shotgun-like energy weapon), the Plasma Cannon (a rapidly firing energy weapon more suited for medium-range combat), and the Fusion Cannon (fires a ball of energy that's more powerful the longer it is charged it up, but could destroy the ship). All of these weapons, except for the Vulcan Cannon, use the ship's energy supply. The Pyro-PX is also capable of firing regular concussion missiles, homing missiles, proximity bombs (positioned midair, then explodes when something gets close to it), smart missiles (more powerful homing missiles that fire out homing energy balls upon impact with their target), and Mega Missiles (the ultimate weapons of mass destruction). The goal of each level is to locate and destroy the mine's reactor. Once completed, there is a countdown to find the escape hatch to get out of the mine before it explodes. As progress is made through the game, the AI will adapt to player's strategies and attempt to prevent the player from reaching the goals."
32612,Dragon's Lair,,2000,6.8,Action,Quick Time Events (QTEs),Fantasy,"Players control Dirk the Daring, a knight on a quest to rescue Princess Daphne from the evil dragon, Singe. They must negotiate their way through a mad wizard's castle, fighting and dodging traps all the way. This GBC conversion of the 1983 arcade classic is just about complete, minus one or two pieces of animation here and there, as well as a few sound files, replaced with MIDI alternatives. But the gameplay stays the same, control and press the right buttons at the right time to continue the movie, until Dirk defeats all evil standing in his way to Princess Daphne."
32615,Double Dragon,Double Dragon: The Revenge of Billy Lee,1993,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"The Double Dragon brawler series received a unique entry on the Game Gear. In this game, only one of the two Lee brothers takes on the underworld: Jimmy has been murdered by the Dragon Lord gang, so it's Billy's turn to exact revenge. Billy's rampage will take him through six large levels, each consisting of several sub-stages. These include skid row at night, uptown during the day, the harbor, a subway train, the countryside and a mansion. Numerous Dragon Lord goons stand in Billy's way and must be taken out with punches and kicks. Each of the six large levels concludes with a boss fight against an extra large enemy. In a departure for the series, Billy is able to pick up guns (with a limited amount of shots) at various points during the game, allowing him to dispatch foes easily from a distance. By collecting various power-ups, Billy can increase his health bar and the number of continues. A statistic after every level details amount of hits taken and dealt."
32622,The Game of Harmony,"E-Motion, Sphericule",1990,7.2,"Action, Puzzle",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This strategic action puzzle game features original gameplay. You control a spacecraft situated on a globe which you can rotate and move around the screen. You must knock globes into others of the same colour, to rid the screen of all the globes. The screen has no borders, so globes can be pushed off the side of the screen, increasing your tactical range. Knocking globes of different colors into each other produces smaller pods which need to be picked up quickly, giving you energy, or they will turn into globes and you will have to get rid of them too. Many of the globes are linked to other globes (or the ship) via string, and the level layouts include barriers as obstacles (and ricochet points), making the Newtonian physics more complex."
32623,Ghettoblaster,Street Beat,1985,7.6,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Street Beat is an adventure in the land of good groove. You basically have a ghettoblaster, and you go around the streets of London and you get them to dance to the music. Once you have made the required amount dancing, you take the tape into a record company. Watch out for the policemen, the tone deaf walker, the gangster of groove and the psycho killer because they can make you start over, or kill you. This game is inspired by an unknown rasta and his ghettoblaster at Battersea Park in London, England."
32625,Star Gladiator: Episode:I - Final Crusade,,1996,7.6,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Set in the 24th Century, this 3D fighter pits humans against humanoids. Combo systems and counter attacks are all there, as well as some strange characters, especially Saturn who uses two yo-yos as his main weapon. The back story to the game has humanity exploring the stars, populating planets and meeting alien races. Not all races are friendly so in 2348 the Federation starts researching a new plasma power weapon. The chap leading the research is Dr. Edward Bilstein and he discovers human's sixth sense that taps the power of the human mind. The weapon works and is a success but it is discovered that Bilstein has used real people in his experiments so he is exiled and all further work stops. Move on four years and, thanks to rumours about the Federations super weapon hostile confrontations have largely ceased and everyone is getting along, then a small band of rebels calling themselves 'The Fourth Empire' attacks and wipes out an army base. It looks like Bilstein is heading towards Earth for revenge so the army puts together a team of people who can use the plasma force weapon to mount a last ditch defense of the planet. The game has the following modes of play: Game configuration options allow the player to set the CPU opponents difficulty, the Damage that the players attach can be caused, the Time limit for each round, the number of rounds for each match, configure the keypad buttons, and there's a shortcut option to skip some of the setup screens in Vs. Mode. There are eight characters in the game: Characters special moves in this game are called Plasma Combos and they are triggered by putting together a series of basic attacks. There are three types Plasma Combos, Hayato and Gerelt have Type A combos, Gamof, Saturn, Vector and Gore have Type B, and Zelkin, Rimgal and June have Type K. There's also a Plasma Final attack which becomes available if, after the fifth Plasma Combo, the player executes a special attack followed by pressing a specific direction button (the manual does not say what these are - it's up to the player to work it out)"
32630,Street Racer,Street Racer Extra,1994,7.7,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Street Racer is a kart racing game similar to Super Mario Kart Up to four players can play by split-screen. If there are no human opponents, the player can drive against seven computer opponents in three leagues. If the player wins the first league, they can play the second and so on. The game has eight different vehicles with different skills in speed, haste or resistance. There are also some power-ups on the tracks such as bombs, nitro fuel, and health packs."
32636,A-Train,A.IV Evolution Global,1995,7.3,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"In the role as the head of a major transport company it is the player's goal to build up an efficient train and bus system. The player is also free to buy and sell land, build housings and try to make money on the stocks market. The game also features a spectator mode, in which players can enter one of your trains and enjoy the ride in a 3D perspective. A-Train is the international version of the Japanese PlayStation launch title A.IV. Evolution itself a reworked port of Take the A-Train IV It adds 15 new locations and a wide variety of new trains from multiple countries, as well as updated graphics and new music arrangements compared to the original release."
32644,James Bond 007: The Duel,007 Shitō,1993,6.6,Action,Platform,,The famous Agent 007 must stop a crazy professor who has the same old dream as everyone else: world domination. He will have the trusty Walther PPK and must go through a few levels with a villain at the end of each. James Bond 007: The Duel is a platform side-scroller which requires precision in jumping (Bond will easily die if he falls from high places) and shooting (the player will have to learn to preserve ammo and reload the pistol without being shot at). The player will have to find all women hostages and disarm bombs in each level to proceed. Hostages will give the player extra lives and ammo.
32650,Pinball Deluxe,,1995,6.7,Compilation,Pinball,,"Pinball Deluxe is a compilation of the following games: The Game Boy version of Pinball Dreams did not include the ""Beat Box"" table; neither does this compilation."
32652,Eternam,"Eternam: Don Jonz's Virtual Adventure Vacation, Æternam",1992,7.6,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Eternam is a combination of 3rd-person graphic adventure gameplay with 1st-person 3D travel sections, interspersed with plenty of cartoon animations. You are Don Jonz, a marshal in the United Forces of Orion. After plenty of courageous deeds and macho heroics, he really needs a break. Luckily, there is something in the mail... it seems he has just won a free trip to the galaxy's best and most luxurious planet-sized fun park: Eternam! After high-tailing it to his leisure-packed holiday destination and slipping into a strange 'barbarian' costume, Don Jonz is a little dismayed to find that this was all one big trap, set up by his arch-nemesis, the accursed Mikhal Nuke. He is now stuck on Eternam, with its life-size reconstructions of past eras and meticulously crafted bio-beings and who knows what is going to happen? Luckily, there is one person on his side: Tracy, one of Eternam's best computer technicians. In order to escape Mikhal Nuke's clutches, she had to transform herself into electronic impulses and hide inside the computer system, but at least she will be there for you in digital form. There is a whole network of islands to traverse, each with its own reconstructed time zone and sense of hospitality. There is a lot of ground to cover before Don Jonz can get to Mikhal Nuke. If he survives, Don Jonz will need another holiday after this..."
32657,Captain Planet and the Planeteers,,1991,5.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Based on the cartoon series of the same name, Captain Planet and the Planeteers are environmental protectors. Each Planeteer is endowed with a special elemental power which is used to combat pollution, preserve the environment and keep everything ship-shape. When the Planeteers combine powers, a superhero - Captain Planet, guardian of the Earth - is summoned. The powers of Gaia keep watch over the world, and assign the Planeteers to where they are needed. Captain Planet and the Planeteers is an action sidescroller game divided into two sections: inside levels and outside levels. Outside levels usually put the Planeteers in some kind of vehicle which can move in any of eight directions on the screen. The planeteers can use any of their elemental powers, drained from an energy bar: Fire shoots a fireball directly ahead, Water shoots out a water wave, Wind lets loose defensive air currents, Earth tosses stones out of the earth and Heart calms animal creatures. Touching an enemy or projectile results in instant death. Inside levels summon Captain Planet himself, who can punch or turn himself into a swirling version of any of the five elements. Captain Planet can also move/fly in any of eight directions and also can only take one hit before dying. Power-ups can also be found on these levels."
32659,Rage Racer,,1996,8.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"The third Ridge Racer game again features three tracks, with each of the courses beginning with the same starting line to emerge into a completely distinctive course. Each of the courses take you through a multitude of ancient landmarks, cities, natural wonders such as light houses, tunnels, waterfalls, ruins, European styled villages etc. The graphics however have transformed from bubble gum like unrealistic environments, to drab and very realistic racing courses. On top of the three available tracks available from the onset, another bonus track is earnable as are all courses in reverse."
32668,Demonworld,,1997,7.3,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Demonworld is the first computer game based on the tabletop game by German based developer Hobby Products. In the game, the player may either play single scenarios or join a campaign either for the human or the demonic side. Each mission is played on a hex-battlefield where the player can command specific armies or individual heroes with special abilities (e.g. casting spells). The main aspect of these battles is to use the correct army against each opponent and use one of the many formations for each army in order to modify the pros and cons of each army type. Once in a while, the player will have to play special missions where they can only control individual persons and send them into small skirmishes, e.g. battles within buildings or dungeons."
32669,MRC: Multi-Racing Championship,,1997,7.1,Racing / Driving,,,"MRC Multi Racing Championship is a rally car racing game. Five race modes are available. These include: Championship, Time Trial, Free Run, VS Race and Match Race. 2-player racing is handled with a horizontal split screen. All of the cars can be customized. Individual settings that can be modified for the cars are: Tire, Brake, Suspension, Steering, Transmission, Gear and Aerodynamics. None of the eight cars in the game are licensed or real models but they do seem very similar to actual models. Almost all of the option and game screens are in English. The course variety is pretty varied. There are three separate tracks with some minor route variations in each. Each course has 2-4 alternate segments that are turned on and off similar to Ridge Racer. The graphics have some variety as well. The courses are: Sea Side (Easy), Mountain (Normal), and Down Town (Hard). The look and handling of each changes as well with weather variations such as rain and snow."
32671,F1 Circus,,1990,6.9,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"F1 Circus is a Formula 1 simulation racing game. Unlike later entries in the series, this version does not feature an official license, and so only features generic teams and drivers. Races are viewed from a top-down perspective, and there are a variety of machine settings as well as basic vehicle damage. A total of 15 courses are on offer, and there is a World Championship mode, as well as a ""Constructors"" mode for one or two players where the player can take the role of team manager while the computer does the actual racing. The Famicom release also adds a Time Attack mode for practicing and perfecting each course."
32674,Prince of Persia 3D,"Prince of Persia 3, Prince of Persia: Arabian Nights",1999,6.3,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Middle East,"The Sultan of Persia and his son-in-law are visiting the Sultan's brother, Assan. The friendly family meeting soon turns into a nightmare: Assan kills the young Prince's bodyguards, locks him up in a prison, and captures the Sultan. The reason is a little disagreement between the brothers regarding matrimonial arrangements: it appears that the Sultan had promised his daughter to Assan's son, Rugnor, and later broke his promise by letting her marry the Prince. In the resulting turmoil, the Sultan is killed, and the Princess is kidnapped by Rugnor, a ruthless half-tiger creature. The Prince must figure out a way to find Rugnor, defeat him, and rescue his wife. Prince of Persia 3D is just what its title implies: an action platformer with puzzle-solving elements in the style of the previous Prince of Persia games, but set in a three-dimensional environment. The Prince still has to time his jumps, avoid deadly traps, interact with the environment, and fight Rugnor's minions who will try to stop him."
32681,NHL All-Star Hockey,,1995,6.4,Sports,,,"NHL All-Star Hockey is the first of Sega's own line of Saturn NHL licensed titles. It includes the ability to play pre-season matches, a full season or just the playoffs, as well as multimedia content, such as a tour of the NHL Hall of Fame in Toronto, information on the trophies and real player trading cards (from the Fleer Ultra collection). It's also possible to trade players and create players and teams for use in pre-season matches. If a player owns two of Sega's 6 player adapters, all players can be controlled by human players, but in lesser number of human players, it's still possible to Due to the large size of the league save games, the use of the external memory cartridge is advised."
32689,Napoleon 1813,1813: Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig,1999,5.6,Simulation,,Historical events,"Napoleon 1813 is a war simulation about France's campaign from 1813/1814 under Napoleon I. The player either takes the role of France to conquer Europe or one of the allied Prussia, Austria, Russia or Sweden. As usual with such games the most time is spent on overhead maps and statistics screens. There the player gives his orders. The game simulates a lot of war factors which are important in a real battle too, e.g. exhaustion, morale or supply lines. Despite this the game is played in real time but optional there also is a round based mode available. The troop movements are shown in big arrows on the map, combat results are calculated by the computer. In 2001 it was released as Open Source."
32696,Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Dimension,,1996,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Dimension is a fighting game based on the Dragon Ball Z series. Players select one of ten fighters: Freeza, Gotenks, Kid Buu, Majin Buu, Majin Vegeta, Perfect Cell, Piccolo, Son Goku, Ultimate Gohan and Vegetto. Hyper Dimension includes a Story Mode, which starts in the Freeza saga and ends in the Buu saga. In this mode you have to fight one on one against several enemies. In addition to the Story Mode, this game also contains a Versus Mode, Tournament Mode and Practice Mode."
32700,Half-Life: Counter-Strike,Hλlf-Life: Counter-Strike,2000,7.2,"Action, Compilation",Shooter,,Half-Life: Counter-Strike is a standalone package containing a collection of multiplayer Half-Life mods. It includes the following:
32704,ThunderJaws,Thunder Jaws,1990,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter","Oceania, Sci-fi / futuristic","ThunderJaws is an action, side-scrolling platformer. In a secret underwater base, the evil Madame Q is determined to control the world. To that end she has kidnapped thousands of beautiful girls to use in her diabolical experiments. Players are part of a team of experts hired by the government to find and penetrate Madame Q's fortress and free the hostages. After the submarine reaches its destination, players scuba dive to get to the base and must avoid mines and chemical spills as well as battle sharks and enemy divers with their spear-shooting harpoons. The inside of the fortress is very similar to the territory in Rolling Thunder and because of this ThunderJaws is considered by many as the unofficial sequel to that game. Levels get progressively harder, more elaborate and contain more enemies as the game progresses. Additional weapons are obtained when dropped by fallen enemies. The game can be played by single players or in 2-player mode."
32712,Realms of the Haunting,Realms of the Haunting: The Battleground between Ultimate Good and Evil,1996,8.1,"Action, Adventure","Puzzle elements, Survival horror",Fantasy,"Realms of the Haunting is a combination of first-person shooter and three-dimensional adventure game with quite a bit of live-action Full Motion Video thrown in to boot. Navigation through the game world is done through a FPS interface very similar to Doom ; however there's also a free-floating cursor controlled by the mouse which you can use to interact with the various objects around you. There's also an inventory system and quite a few object related puzzles. The game has standard Doom-ish combat against a variety of monsters, however the combat is placed at intervals rather than throughout the game, and the emphasis is more on exploration and atmosphere. The game's plot starts out as a typical haunted house story but soon mutates into an end-of-the-world tale combining New Age pseudo-philosophy and biblical Revelations. You take the part of Adam Randall, a pastor's son who is sent to investigate a haunted mansion by a mysterious priest who claims it's linked to your father's death. Once you enter the mansion you soon learn that not only is it infested with demons and evil spirits, but that the mansion itself is built over an old Satanic temple and the priest who sent you there is in fact a five-hundred year old French sorcerer trying to bring about the end of the world. You are soon joined by a helpful young psychic and aided by the ghost of a defeated knight. You'll also start a grudge with an ex-demon king as well as be chased around by the Antichrist-in-training."
32716,FantaVision,,2000,6.3,Puzzle,Arcade,,"Fireworks are launching across a city's skyline. In this puzzle game, you must connect them quickly to have them explode. Earn more points for detonating more fireworks at the same time. You can also work against another player to see who can gain the most points. Be careful, as control of the screen can shift and one player could be left with few fireworks to explode."
32717,The Curse of Ra,Ra,1990,7.4,Puzzle,,Egypt (Ancient),"The Curse of Ra is a puzzle game where the player (Scarab) has to escape a pyramid by solving the riddles. The player needs to remove all stones on a board by finding a counterpart. Only two stones with the same symbol can be removed at a time and they have to be on a straight line, horizontally or vertically. The game starts with Scarab on an ankh and that item has to be returned upon completion. Moving a stone is done by sitting on one and moving it towards the counterpart. Not all stones can be moved however and there are teleporters, obstructions and diversions to make it more difficult. There are also traps and for instance ice that forces Scarab to move in a single direction. When the stones are aligned, pressing fire matches them and they disappear. The game can be played in a Logic or in an Arcade mode. Logic mode offers 100 levels with no time limit. Special stones can make the player’s life easier or harder. In Arcade mode the player has to complete a level within a certain amount of time. Special coins can be used to buy extras after each level, such as ability to fly for 30 seconds, more time, extra lives and others. Levels are generated at random. The Arcade mode has a high score table. Demo mode shows the usage of all the different stones found in the game. This is a sort of non-playable tutorial. The game also provides a level editor."
32731,Vagrant Story,Medieval Gear Solid,2000,8.6,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Valendia is a land that had undergone civil war, the end of which had birthed the parliament and several organizations to control the balance of power. Ashley Riot is a Riskbreaker, an elite agent for the Valendia Knights of Peace (VKP) who is investigating some strange occurrences. A cult of religious fanatics known as Müllenkamp and their leader Sydney Losstarot have seized the manor of Duke Bardorba of Valendia Kingdom. The events at the manor have sent Ashley on a quest to get to the bottom of events, and travel into the catacombs that lead to the destroyed, yet magical city of Leá Monde. However Ashley is not the only person interested in the city, and other factions of the government, including parliament assigned Knights of the Crimson Blade and other VKP agents are pursuing their own agenda. Vagrant Story is a role-playing game with several distinguishing characteristics. The entire game (including the numerous cutscenes that advance the plot) is rendered in 3D. The game focuses on exploration of large, complex dungeon-like areas and combat; there are no ""friendly"" areas, NPC interaction, or monetary system. Dungeons contain many optional rooms and environmental puzzles that mostly involve pushing, destroying, and re-arranging different types of crates to access higher areas. Ashley can also jump and grab ledges of higher platforms during exploration. The game runs in real time, with visible enemies and no separate battle screens. When entering combat and attacking an enemy, the game is paused, allowing the player to choose targets and access the menu for other actions. A wireframe sphere displays the range of the currently selected weapon and detailed statistics on different body parts of the enemies within range. Ashley does not receive experience points from defeating regular enemies; he randomly gains bonuses to his attributes after defeating bosses, but in general the focus of the customization in the game is on weapons. Ashley can equip a wide variety of weapons and armor made out of different materials. Each weapon possesses, besides detailed damage statistics, parameters in one of the three categories (edged, blunt, and piercing), as well as affinity to any of the six enemy types encountered in the game. Damage in battle is calculated according to the weapon's and the enemy's particular strengths and weaknesses in any of these categories. Weapons used constantly against the same type of enemy improve in power against them. Each weapon can also be disassembled in workshops scattered throughout the game, and new weapons can be forged by combining blades with grips. Gems can be attached to some grips, usually increasing the weapon's affinity with an enemy category. Ashley can also make use of Magic, Chain Abilities and Break Arts. Magic is broken into four groups, namely defense, combat, healing and status. Chain Abilities allow Ashley to ""chain together"" consecutive hits against enemies. The player can assign various offensive and defensive effects to buttons that need to be pressed at the right time to execute a chain. These effects include inflicting status ailments on the enemy, reflecting damage, etc. Using chains, however, raises Ashley's Risk Meter, making his attacks less precise and himself more vulnerable. Break Arts are special skills learnt after repetitive use of a weapon type. Sacrificing some of the player's health, Break Arts can perform a high damage attack on an enemy."
32732,Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II,Dragon Slayer: Eiyū Densetsu II,1992,7.5,Role-playing (RPG),,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Years have passed since prince Selios, the hero of the first game, defeated the demon god Agunija in the ultimate battle. Peace returned to the land of Iseruhasa. Selios married his sweetheart Dina, and they had a child, whom they gave the name Atlas. At the age of fifteen, Atlas was already a strong warrior, thanks to the lessons of his teacher Lowel. Everything seemed peaceful in the country, until two warriors spotted strange creatures near the capital city. Those were... men in space suits! Of course, the warriors could not have known this and believed them to be monsters. Do the mysterious strangers have peaceful intentions, or are they a new threat to the kingdom? The second Dragon Slayer is very similar to the first game, graphically and gameplay-wise. The only major difference is the fact that the enemies are now completely visible on screen before battles, so that the player can avoid fighting them if they want to. Otherwise, it is a traditional Japanese RPG with turn-based combat viewed from first-person perspective. The Genesis version has once again updated graphics."
32741,Space Dude,,1996,5.5,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Action and strategy put together in a strange little game. You play as Space Dude, a dorky teenager on a surf-board that must defend the Golden City from KingDorf and his armies of Hoppers. The game features some strategical decisions, like choosing the missions you'll perform (from a variety of options, like repair jobs, attacking or even capturing Hoppers). After you choose your mission, you'll surf to your destination and action sequences begin. The goal of the game is to rid the universe of KingDorf."
32751,Sierra Championship Boxing,,1985,7.4,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"One of the early Sierra On-Line releases, this game lets you design your own boxer before taking him/her/it to the ring. You can play as a black or a white guy, a cartoonish character or a kangaroo (!). Three play modes exist: Stats are input in text variables, allowing you to not only customize your boxer very specifically (reach, height, weight, etc.) but also recreate some of history's best fighters and pit them together in a simulation. Two-player mode supported."
32753,Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams...,"A Happy New Year NiGHTS into Dreams..., NiGHTS Into Dreams: Limited Edition, WiNTER NiGHTS into Dreams...",1996,8.1,Action,,Fantasy,"Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams... is essentially a demo that was given away through various promotions and magazines. While it may have 'only' appeared to be a one-level demo of NiGHTS into Dreams... (Spring Valley), it is really a bit more. Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams... 's title screen, level backgrounds and even character models change according to the current season. Play it throughout an entire year and experience not only Christmas NiGHTS, but also Winter NiGHTS, New Year NiGHTS and NiGHTS: Limited Edition. Santa will appear on his sleigh on Christmas Day, and Reala will make a guest appearance on April Fool's Day, to mention only a few of its little cameos. The gameplay is identical to that of NiGHTS into Dreams... but it arguably has more longevity due to the Presents Box. The box contains unlockable artwork, promotional movies, Time Attack and Link Attack modes, Sonic as a playable character in the game, and more!"
32755,Ape Escape,"Ape Escape: La Invasión de los Monos, Saru! Get You!",1999,8.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Specter, a popular attraction at the amusement park, has been transformed from a mild-mannered monkey into a scheming simian through the powers of the intelligence boosting Peak Point Helmet. Now he and his monkey army have taken over the Professor's time machine in order to to travel back in time and replace human civilization with a simian society. There's just one catch: Spike was caught in the time machine as well, and has been pulled back into the past with them. With the help of the Professor's numerous gadgets Spike will travel through prehistoric lands and capture Specter's army to prevent his evil scheme. Because of the game's requirement of a Dual Shock controller, all of Spike's items are controlled through the right stick. Examples include a stun stick that can be slashed in any direction or spun in a circle, an RC Car that can drive alongside Spike as he runs, and a helicopter blade that can be spun rapidly to lift Spike or slow his descent. The goal in every level is to capture enough of Specter's monkeys to diminish their effect on history. Each monkey has different stats and personalities. Some will barely pay attention to you and will prefer to goof off or sleep, while others will attack you with machine guns, rocket launchers, and UFOs. Weapons will only stun a monkey, and they must be captured using the Time Net. Finding every monkey in a level will unlock a time attack mode for the level, and collecting Specter Coins hidden in levels will unlock bonus games like boxing and skiing that use the dual stick controls."
32761,Diver's Dream,"Dolphin's Dream, G-Shock",1998,6.8,"Action, Simulation",Puzzle elements,,"Diver's Dream is a game inspired by Luc Besson 's movie The Big Blue The player meets an old man named Roberto Meyer, who's life long dream is to explore the wreck of the ship Gigantic Matilda. Together with him and his grand daughter Olivia, the player sets out to start exploring the vast sea bed and finally maybe even Gigantic Matilda... The player starts out wearing just a pair of swim trunks, and in order to reach the great depths of the sea the equipment needs to be up to date. The game is mission based and the player will have collect treasures and valuables from the sea bed and with the money earned, upgrade the scuba gear and advance to more difficult missions with greater rewards. The game is semi free roaming in nature, meaning that the player gets to explore a big area at the time. Options are to collect treasure, fight off aggressive underwater creatures or simply play around with the friendly dolphins."
32764,Ninja Gaiden,,1992,8.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The Master System version of Ninja Gaiden is not a port of the well-known NES game but an entirely new game (this includes both a different story and different levels) developed by SIMS under license from Tecmo. The story is also about the original protagonist, the Dragon ninja Ryu Hayabusa, who returns to his clan's village only to find it utterly destroyed and the inhabitants murdered. A single survivor tells Ryu in his last seconds that the Sacred Scroll of Bushido was stolen. With the power of the scroll its owner is mighty enough the gain control of the whole world. Thus Ryu swears to recapture the scroll and the avenge the annihilation of his clan. The game is sidescrolling platformer/ beat'em up title and incorporates most of the mechanics from the NES games: Ryu can jump and attack with his Dragon Sword. Furthermore, he can collect different kinds of Ninja Magic (which again vary form the powers in the NES games), from shuriken to fire wheels, which can only be used finitely many times, as the use up energy which again must be collected. However, instead of clinging to walls and climbing them, Ryu can push himself off the wall in this game, which must be applied for instance by jumping and forth between two close walls to get higher and higher. The goal of each level is simply to reach the end of the level before the time runs out. Each level is divided into several sections, and at the end of each level is a boss fight. After beating a boss, a cut scene is shown which continues the story about Ryu's quest for the Bushido scroll and his revenge."
32785,Ninja Gaiden,"Ninja Ryūkenden, Shadow Warriors",1989,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"In comparison to the better known console version this game is a traditional beat'em up game similar to Double Dragon in which the player walks from left to right while battling numerous enemies. Only if all foes are dispatched of, the player can advance in the level. It's also possible to perform special attacks and use weapons. The latter are either collectable power-ups or environmental objects like phonebooths. The player's ninja can attack his enemies using his bare hands and feet or using a sword (for a limited time). He can also perform moves such as a flying neck throw, a back flip and hang kicks, performed while hanging in scenario objects. Throwing enemies against objects such as phone cabins, oil drums or dumpsters will destroy them, revealing power-ups such as health items and swords. At some points, Ryu will have to perform acrobatic moves to carry on. He has a life bar starting with five units. The game takes place in United States' locations such as Las Vegas, North Carolina, Los Angeles, the Grand Canyon and Brooklyn. The enemies in those stages are mostly of the same five kinds, including Jason Vorhees' look-alikes and other masked men. There is a boss fight at the end of each stage. A two-player co-operative game is also featured. Whenever the player dies, a continue screen will appear showing the player's ninja chained to a table while a circular saw descends upon him."
32789,Metal Warriors,,1995,7.9,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2102 the United Government of Earth is under attack by an organization known as Dark Axis, led by a man named Venkar Amon. The Metal Warriors are mecha pilots whose goal is to defend the planet and eventually expel the enemies. At first, they need to complete a few rescue and intelligence-gathering missions in space before the government can clear the path for a return to Earth and an assault on enemy bases. Metal Warriors is a battlemech action game with platforming elements, similar to Cybernator in concept. The game's distinctive feature is the ability to pilot six different mechs, which vary considerably in gameplay style. Each of these mechs is equipped with its own melee weapons, firearms, and shields. Most of the mechs can only walk, but one of them is able to fly while the other rolls. The player character can leave the mech and explore the stages on foot, and also change mechs in the middle of the exploration. Power-ups can be found in special containers and include weapon upgrades (up to four levels), bouncing and heat-seeking shots, as well as heavy shoulder weapons such as a grenade launcher. Beside the single-player mode, the game also includes a two-player versus mode, in which two players try to exploit the strengths of the various mech types and their equipment to defeat each other in combat."
32791,Space Station Oblivion,Driller,1987,7.4,"Action, Simulation",Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this game you take control of a drilling machine and explore a 3D world, which is on the brink of exploding. Time is running out for the moon and when it blows up it will take your home planet with it. The main idea of the game is to drill into the earth and relieve the gas build up. Your machine has a laser cannon to help fight off security lasers, you can also enter various buildings to find the gas build up. The game is divided into sectors in which you find a place to leave a vent and then proceed to the next sector. You control the machine by mouse clicking on the control panel at the bottom of the screen which also tells you the condition of the gas build up."
32799,King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok,The Legend of Ragnarok,1993,6.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Board game,,"A version of an old Norse board game called King's Table. The game has black and white teams, like chess, but each team has different pieces and a different raison d'etre. The white team has a total of 13 pieces, the most important one being Odin the King, who starts in the centre of the 10x10 board and moves in the same way as a chess King, whereas black has 20 pawns and four other pieces. White wins if Odin can reach one of the corner squares; black wins if it surrounds Odin on all 4 sides. The pawns actually move the same way as chess queens, but pieces are captured by surrounding them on 2 sides (although some special pieces must be surrounded on 3 sides). The specials are chosen from the selection at the start of the game, and have a variety of abilities, some 'borrowed' from chess. The presentation of this interpretation is similar to Battle Chess, with bold 3D graphics and lots of animation."
32800,Spaceward Ho!,,1990,7.0,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Spaceward Ho! is a turn-based space strategic conquest game where your objective is to start from a single system, harvest metals to build ships, send ships out to claim more worlds, thus obtaining more metals to build more ships. Each system you get can also contribute to research, which will allow you to build more powerful and less resource-intensive ships. Your objective is, of course, to be the sole ruler of the the ""galaxy"". The game, as the cover shows, has a completely ""Western"" theme, where the planets wear bandannas and cowboy hats."
32806,Tomb Raider: Gold,"Tomb Raider I, Tomb Raider: Director's Cut, Tomb Raider: Unfinished Business, Tomb Raider: Version Longue",1998,7.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Africa,"The Gold Edition of Tomb Raider adds two new chapters to the original release. The first chapter takes place in Egypt, and occurs several months after the events of Tomb Raider Lara returns to the city of Khamoon, where she must investigate a hidden temple dedicated to the feline goddess Bast. The second chapter is a prequel to the first, and continues directly the events of the original game, starting with Lara sliding down the slope of the last level, preparing to deal with the remnants of the Atlantean race."
32808,Marvel Land,Talmit's Adventure,1990,7.5,Action,Platform,,"In the land of Coni, its inhabitants lived in harmony. At its center lies a mountain called ""Peace"", in which an amusement park known as ""Marvel Land"" resides. This park is well-protected by the Fairies. Later, King Mole became rule of the under dwellers and sent his minions to take over Marvel Land, imprisoning the Fairies inside crystal balls. A young lad named Talmit is called upon to rescue Wondra the princess, and free the Fairies from King Mole. Marvel Land consists of five worlds with seven stages each, and the game plays in platform style, in which you need to run through the level, killing enemies, and find the exit door. More often than not, you have to go through a bullseye to reach it. If you hit the bullseye at its center, you are awarded more points than you do by hitting it above or below. You kill enemies by either jumping on their heads or attacking them with clones, which trail your movement unless you use them to attack enemies or collect food. The clones have a limited life and disappear one by one as you use them. During the game, you can open any treasure chests that you may find along the way, and release power-ups which include boots that make you increase your speed, dragon wings that enable you to jump higher and giving you the ability to glide to a soft landing, and giving you the use of the ""clone"" attack. Hidden throughout the sections are warp doors that can either take your backwards or forwards, anywhere within the park. Each section of a world has you riding a roller coaster, in which you must stay on the cars while avoiding signs and enemies. The last section of each world has Talmit going through the castle to reach the end-of-world boss. Unlike other platform games where you must defeat bosses with weapons, you are challenged to various mini-games starting from ""rock, paper, scissors"" through to the Musical Chairs variant. If you win one of the mini-games, you are able to free one of the Fairies, and obtain a crystal ball that you need to defeat King Mole. You then proceed to the Bonus Stage where you must collect shooting stars for points. If you lose a mini-game, you are transported back to the start of the last section."
32815,Blade Eagle 3-D,Blade Eagle,1988,5.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Blade Eagle 3-D is a vertical shoot-em-up which has no story involved. You just have to shoot your way on three planets (you have to travel through space first), blasting as many enemies as possible. Along the way, there are several bosses that you have to defeat. The later ones drop a power-up, which you can use to upgrade your ship. Some of the power-ups include double shots and laser beams. Another power-up gives you the ability to have an extra ship on your side and will join the fight, and will later serve as a backup. Blade Eagle is designed for play in conjunction with the Sega 3-D Glasses. If you play without the 3-D glasses, it will look like as if there are two of your ships, not just one. If there are four enemies approaching you, they will look like eight."
32817,Insanity Fight,,1987,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This shoot 'em up scrolls vertically at constant speed. As well as waves of aliens, there are lots of mounted structures to be shot before they can shoot you. One regular enemy is a large spaceship, similar to the goose in SWIV You have five lives initially (with extras on offer for every 15,000 points), and the screen displays how many enemies you've killed thus far. It also displays the high score and (unusually) a bar indicating how high up the high score table you've reached."
32818,The Paranoia Complex,Cyber World,1989,4.5,Action,Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","The Paranoia Complex takes place in a city controlled by a rogue computer which has its dictatorial grasp over it. The player takes the role of a citizen who has the dirty job to hunt down terrorist rebels. This simply plays out that the computer gives instructions, the player walks to the terrorist in the top-down city and shoots him. After collecting a disk from the body and bringing it to a special terminal, money and promotions wait as reward. Money is essential because it is used to buy things like weapons, ammo or food. In regular intervals, the player has to take a personality test with yes/no answers and questions like ""Are you a fascist pig?"". Failing to answer correctly causes the player to become the hunted instead of the hunter."
32827,Formula 1 Simulator,"Formula #1 Simulator, Formula One Simulator, Race Ace",1984,6.3,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,"Africa, Europe","In this simulation you can race ten international circuits (only one for the C16), including traditional favourites such as Monza, Monaco and Silverstone plus no-longer-used circuits like Zandvoort and the Österreichring. This can be done in wet or dry, and with manual or automatic gears. Expect to have to drive realistically in terms of braking points and acceleration levels to set a quality lap. The Spectrum version includes a 'steering wheel' control option, using a small disc along the top of the keyboard, using the keys for progressive steering intensity."
32831,NHL Championship 2000,Fox NHL,1999,6.9,Sports,,,"NHL Championship 2000 is a hockey game licensed by the NHL, NHLPA and the FOX Sports channel, which allowed the developers to use not only the likeness of their broadcasting graphics and the Fox Trax technology, but also the voice support of game broadcasters John Davidson and Kenny Albert One of the key aspects of the game are the passing indicators, which always show which players are open for a pass, allowing a quick, smooth passing play. Advanced puck physics allow for realistic offensive play. Using 1999/2000 rosters, NHL Championship 2000 includes all NHL teams (including the expansion team Atlanta Trashers and All-Star teams) and 18 international teams. The season length can be defined, ranging from the bare minimum (27 games) to a full 82 games season. Player creation and trade is also possible, as well as multiplayer games."
32835,Killing Cloud,The Killing Cloud,1991,7.7,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Killing Cloud is set in a San Francisco ravaged by an opaque orange death smog layer known as the Killing Cloud. This hovers around the middle of the skyscrapers, creating a claustrophobic low level experience (and a different feel to the many other flight simulations set in the city, such as F/A-18 Interceptor ). In this maelstrom, the Black Angel gang is terrorising the public. The player is a member of the SFPD Police force, charged with bringing them down throughout ten missions. Some are out-and-out action while others are more strategic. You can only survive for 20 minutes in the smog, so time is crucial in these missions. In addition to outflying the enemy on your hoverbike, the player must carefully pre-position ground forces to arrest him when he is brought down, using Pick-Up Pods. Once arrested, a suspect must be interrogated to release enough information to know what the next threat is."
32836,Platoon,,1987,6.4,Action,Shooter,,"The film Platoon featured a squad of five soldiers on their mission for the US Army in Vietnam. In this action game based around the film, you take control of these five guys in turn, with the chance to switch between them as they each take one of the 3 hits that would kill them. The game recreates each of the sections of the film, starting with a side-scrolling journey through the jungle, with paths to cross both horizontally and vertically, and the ability to jump or duck hazards. You will need to blow up a bridge and then locate a village, which contains a torch, a map and a trap-door. The enemy has booby-trapped the area and are launching airstrikes, so the danger is not all from enemy ground soldiers. The next section is in first-person 3D, as you move through a network of tunnels in search of flares and a compass. There are 3 distinct control methods, changing from the standard motion when an enemy appears (this puts you in control of a cross-hair for more accurate targeting), and when you enter a room to search. After escaping this you settle in a bunker overnight, and have a limited amount of flares with which to locate incoming enemy, and must then shoot them before they can shoot you. The jungle airstrike from the film is the next moment - you have two minutes to rush into a safe position to the north, using your compass for guidance. Finally you face the treacherous Sergeant Barnes, and must hit him with grenades 5 times whilst trapped in a foxhole to prevent him wiping you out."
32851,Gunfright,,1986,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Western,"The player takes the part of the ""meanest and fastest Gun Totin'Bunch of Rootin' Tootin' Gun Slingers which ever did hit the Wild West"", Sheriff Quickdraw. In the beginning of the game in a first person view the player has to be quick on the draw to shoot bags of money that fall down the screen, to collect a ""bounty"" that will be used to buy supplies and cover possible fines during the game. The main game then takes place in an isometric scrolling play-field that is similar to previous Ultimate Filmation titles. The objective is to collect a bounty by finding and eliminating wanted criminals that are harassing the town. Innocent bystanders will point to the direction of the criminal, shooting them will result in a fine reducing your score. A horse can be obtained to speed up the chase. Once the wanted criminal is encountered, the game again switches to a first person cross hair view, where the first to draw will be the winner. Taking out the criminal will give you a reward that helps you with future expenditures as the cost of ammo and horses changes as the game goes along. Your final tally will become your score at the game's end."
32856,NCAA Final Four 99,,1999,7.0,Sports,,,"This college basketball game features over 250 Division 1 teams and four different game modes. The game modes are Quick Start, Exhibition, New Season, and New Tournament (which lets the player set up a NCAA 64-team tournament). Options let the player choose the length of the game, the speed of the game, the difficulty level, and whether to have injuries, fatigue, and fouls turned on or off. During the game, the play-by-play commentary is done by Quinn Buckner. The game features icon passing and cutting, which let the player select which team member they want to get open for a pass or to cut towards the basket. Also optional to have on while playing is the optional shot meter. With it on, the player can see a meter indicating at what point they should release the shooting button in order to make an accurate shot. Another feature is the 6th man meter. This will rile up crowds for home teams and have them taunt the away teams. During the season mode, the game features team stats, polls, standings, and award stats, as well as an injury report. The game also keeps track of 32 different statistical categories for the team and its' players."
32857,Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse,"Al-Qadim: Der Fluch des Dschinn, The Genie's Curse",1994,7.5,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,"Fantasy, Middle East","As the youngest son of a Noble Merchant, an easy life lay before you. But the call of adventure beckoned, and so, you left your home for a life of action and danger. Sea serpents, storms and tattered sails have all proved perilous as the years passed. You've taken ships and defeated fiends, at the side of your instructor, the Master Corsair Sinbar. But your thoughts always return to Kara, the Caliph's beautiful daughter. It is for her you devote your skill and honors. And it will be her hand in marriage that will be your reward for attaining your goal of becoming a Corsair. Your adventure begins now, on the hidden isle where Sinbar tests his pupils. Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse is an action role-playing game set in the Al-Qadim campaign of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons pen-and-paper RPG. The gameplay alternates between visiting friendly areas, where the hero can talk to characters (including choices of dialogue lines and moral behavior), and exploring dungeons, where enemies must be fought in action-based combat. The hero can use melee weapons, a slingshot for ranged attacks, or cast magic spells. Experience points are awarded for defeating enemies; the player can raise the statistics of the protagonist should he gain a level. Acquiring special items and training may also permanently increase certain attack parameters."
32862,LEGOLAND,,2000,7.2,"Educational, Puzzle, Simulation",City building / construction simulation,,"LEGOLAND is an educational game that shows how to build a good park. You get the job as a park manager at a LEGOLAND Park. Professor Voltage creates a time machine, and when showing it to all the other park employees, the time machine breaks and the park blows up. As park manager you, the loudspeaker man Johnathon Ablebody, and Professor Voltage have to rebuild the park and make it better than before. Johnathon will give you five tutorial levels to show you the main aspects for a good park, after you've finished all of them you will have to pass twelve levels. In these levels you will have four themes LEGOLAND, Wild West, Castle and Adventure to pick for attractions and scenery you will have to build around your park. The park will need to have enough of everything: shops, scenery, rides, food stores and, most importantly, a power station to give everything power. In the beginning you have ten chances to pass an appraisal by the main park inspector and ten minutes in between each appraisal, though you get fewer appraisals in later levels. The park also has gardeners and mechanics to water plants and fix rides needed for repairing. The game also features a free play game, where their are no appraisals to pass, infinite money and you can design the park anyway you want. There are also clips showing what the LEGOLAND amusement parks in California, Windsor and Billund are like."
32863,Castle Warrior,,1989,6.3,Action,,Fantasy,"In Castle Warrior the evil magician Zandor poisoned the good king. Now the the player in the role of the prince has to defeat Zandor to get an antidote. The perspective is directly behind the prince's shoulder and the direction is always forward. The content of the six levels vary, but the basic movements are mostly the same: moving left and right, jumping and swinging the sword. Usually the player has to dodge appearing obstacles or fighting a boss enemy, e.g. in one level a dragon has to be defeated or the prince sits in a canoe."
32867,Spider Fighter,,1983,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Spider Fighter is an arcade style action game somewhat similar to Space Invaders The player controls a bug blaster at the bottom of the screen, and needs to defend the three pieces of fruit at the top right of the screen. Various types of attacking spiders scurry around rapidly, trying to destroy the blaster and steal the fruit. If all of the fruit is stolen or the player loses all of their bug blasters, the game is over. When all the spiders of a round are destroyed, the player moves on to the next, faster round. If the player still has all three pieces of fruit when a round is completed, they will receive an extra bug blaster."
32874,Winter Olympic Games: Lillehammer '94,"The XVII Olympic Winter Games Lillehammer 1994, Winter Gold",1994,5.6,Sports,,,"Winter Olympic Games is the officially licensed game for the Winter Olympics tournament of 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. The European version ( Winter Gold ) does not feature the license, but is otherwise the same game. The player can compete for one of 20 different nations in 7 different events: downhill skiing, biathlon, ski jumping, bobsleigh, slalom skiing, short track ice skating and freestyle moguls. Each discipline can be practiced on its own before the actual competition. Competition can either be the full set, only the first or last half, only the downhill disciplines, or without the downhill disciplines. Controls and perspectives differ by event: the downhill ski events are shown in isometric perspective. The athlete's course is controlled relative to the screen. He can crouch to accelerate and also put the skis together to brake. Jumps in freestyle and ski jumping are triggered through the buttons. Biathlon is seen from a side-scrolling perspective. The buttons are used to accelerate, taking into account the athlete's constitution indicated by a heart meter. The shooting is done by moving a crosshair over the targets and pushing a button. Short track is seen from a top-down perspective, with the athlete's movements controlled through alternating pushes of left and right on the d-pad. Bobsleigh is seen from a third-person 3D perspective behind the sleigh."
32877,Midway presents Arcade Hits: Moon Patrol / Spy Hunter,,1999,6.0,Compilation,,,Moon Patrol / Spy Hunter is a compilation of the following games: The individual games were not released separately on this platform.
32878,Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2,,1998,7.0,Compilation,,,Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2 is a compilation of six Atari arcade games:
32879,Gunpey,,1999,7.6,Puzzle,,Western,"Gunpey is a puzzle game set in the wild west. Your goal is to connect pieces of fuses to get one long fuse going across the board, making it explode and disappear. There are several game modes in Gunpey, such as the classical puzzle game modes ""Endless mode"", where you can either play until you mess up or timed, either for 2 or 5 minutes. ""Stage mode"", where you have to clear a certain amount of tiles before advancing to the next stage. ""Puzzle mode"", where you have a set amount of fuse pieces and you need to make them all go away in one explosion. And finally ""Vs. mode"", where you can face off against a friend."
32884,Skullcaps,,1999,6.7,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),,"Skullcaps is the sequel to Baldies Four breeds of Hairies have taken over the world and it is up to the player to retake it with his Skullies. Skullcaps is a RTS game with a twist, just like in other games in the genre you construct buildings and train troops, but Skullcaps puts the focus on humor. You can build four types of skullies: the worker who breeds new skullies, the scientist who researches technologies, the builder who constructs buildings and the soldier who attacks the enemy. To compliment this there are three types of buildings, normal buildings, where skullies live and breed, science buildings where research is performed and military buildings where weapons are built. An important weapon in this game are traps. They range from simple pit traps to exploding cows and angry sharks. They can be used to contain the enemy while you breed an army. Enemy traps are particularly harmful to your skullies, because they have a mind of their own. Unless you specifically order them to do something they will just wander around."
32901,Strike Force Harrier,"Harrier Flight Simulator, V/Stol Fighter",1985,6.8,Simulation,Shooter,,"Rod Hyde was always determined to produce the most realistic and advanced flight simulations ever, and this early attempt at recreating the Harrier is an example of that. There are 3 skill levels, as well as two practice modes - one for the rudiments of flight and the other for combat. The action-centered nature of the title means that it can be seen as an advanced shoot 'em up rather than a pukka flight simulator. Acquiring a lock on enemy planes and tanks is made easier by the advanced targeting technology of the planes, and escaping enemy fire is aided by the vectored thrust system. Shooting out the tanks clears ground space to set up your own bases, which must then be defended. VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) is correctly implemented, although more traditional horizontal take-offs should be used when space permits. The full range of weapons are provided; experience will tell you which to use in which situations, based on enemy volume and range."
32914,Dr. Franken,,1992,6.9,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Franky, one of the many creations of Dr Von Frankenbone, has awoken to find his love, Bitsy, has vanished. Discovering the other evil creations of the castle has taken Bitsy and left pieces of her around the castle, Franky must find his way through the many levels and put Bitsy back together. Franky can shoot his way past many of the evil creatures, but you must also dodge falling objects and jump over trapdoors to stay alive. Power outlets can re-charge Franky to full health, while lamps must be used to see through the dark dungeons."
32915,Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle,,1994,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Africa,"In Tarzan players get to control the Lord of the Jungle in six different missions that range from curing the Great Ape to saving his forest friends from a group of evil poachers and fighting off a dangerous wildfire. The gameplay is a 2D platformer where player must transverse levels and using weapons like spears, knives and arrows against enemies while avoiding various pitfalls and obstacles while collecting the required item for each stage. Players can also swing on vines and swim to cross various parts of the stages and must also complete the level within the given time limit set at the bottom of the screen."
32930,Felix the Cat,,1992,7.2,Action,Platform,,"Felix The Cat is a platformer based on the famous cartoon character. The Professor has kidnapped Kitty, Felix girlfriend, trying to exchange her for Felix' magic bag. Naturally, Felix is not going to let himself be blackmailed, and instead sets out to free Kitty. There are four different types of levels. Typical platforming levels in which Felix has to make his way to the exit while jumping about obstacles and chasms, killing enemies using different weapons. Swimming levels in which Felix rides a float or on the back of a dolphin. Levels that take place entirely under water. Flying levels that put Felix in control of different flying devices, such as a plane, a hot-air balloon or an umbrella. Throughout all levels, Felix can collect cat symbols to improve his weapons. After collecting a certain number of cat symbols, milk bottles or hearts will appear. Hearts improve Felix' current weapon. What types of weapon Felix can use, depends on what type of level he is in. There are lots of different weapons ranging from a boxing glove to motorcycles to tanks to spaceships. All weapons that are better than the standard weapon have an energy bar that diminishes over time and can be refilled by collecting milk bottles. Getting hit by an enemy decreases the level of Felix' current weapon. If he gets hit while carrying the standard weapon, he loses a life. The Game Boy version plays virtually identically to the NES version, but features less levels."
32933,Zero Divide 2: The Secret Wish,Zero Divide 2,1997,6.7,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"XTAL has been defeated and the hackers responsible rounded up. However, the leader of the hackers reveals that the group have also unleashed a second artificial intelligence into the data library, known as EVE. The player must take control of one of EVE's attack programs and use them to destroy the other guard programs and then EVE herself. Zero Divide 2: The Secret Wish is a sequel to the robot fighting game Zero Divide The game features higher resolution graphics and more detailed character models. It adds two new robots, the nurse-like Pixel and the crab-like Cancer, along with a few new bosses and hidden characters. It also adds various new arena types of different shapes (the original game only had standard square arenas), including completely walled-in ones, as well as arenas with low barriers that the opponent can be juggled over to lead to a ring out. Rounds are now considerably shorter, and the robot's armour easier to knock off."
32939,Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?,,1988,6.0,"Educational, Puzzle",,Europe,"Third in the Carmen Sandiego series, you resume your detective role in pursuit of Carmen and her gang in 34 different European nations. Comes with Rand McNally's Concise Atlas of Europe"
32947,Spindizzy Worlds,,1990,7.8,"Action, Puzzle",Arcade,,"On it's most basic level, Spindizzy Worlds is, like its predecessor similar to Marble Madness Controlling GERALD, you must move through the isometrically viewed landscape (largely flick-screen on the ST). There are two skill levels; the harder one features more of the precarious ledges and falls of Spindizzy Each one takes you to a different matrix of levels, which can be played in different orders and each consist of 10 screens, with a bonus level at the end. You have limited energy, which can be recharged by collecting crystals. Fuel is limited, and is reduced by contact with hazards - generating a replacement GERALD takes time. There are many gates which are opened by running into spaces of the same colour. There are also aliens to avoid, and most movement is along thin slippery ledges with heavily inertia-based controls."
32948,Chakan,Chakan the Forever Man,1992,7.1,Action,Platform,,"Chakan is a somewhat unorthodox platform game with its mix of relentless difficulty, spell crafting and dark themes. In the game you're controlling Chakan whose been cursed to not die. In order for him to rest in peace, he'll have to go through many levels of hack and slash platforming. The ultimate goal is defeat all the primary realms and achieve inner-peace. Through your travels you have to defeat bosses in each of the four realms of air, water, fire and earth to proceed and acquire weapons that'll help you on progress in other realms. Chakan can acquire the mallet, scythe, grappling hook and axe along with his standard swords and depending on what weapons is equipped, different abilities are unlocked. Some weapons allows for double jumping for instance, while others can tear down walls. Furthermore, the player is able to collect potions that can be used in alchemy. By pressing ""Start"" at any time, one can create various spells that enhance the character like higher jumping, putting fire on your blades or even invisibility. Some levels actually requires you to use specific spells to progress, forcing you to think outside the borders of a normal platform game. On top of all this, there's an imposed time limit on each level."
32950,Mario's Super Picross,Mario no Super Picross,1995,7.6,Puzzle,,,"A sequel to Mario's Picross on the GameBoy, Mario's Super Picross features the same gameplay as its predecessor. The game is played slab of stone with a grid on it. Above of every column and next to every row are numbers that acts as clues as to where a filled square is located along that column or row. The point of the game is to find all the filled squares on the grid by using your hammer and chiseling out squares that you think are filled and marking those that aren't with X. There are two different sets of puzzles available but you start off with only one, Mario's Picross, and when you completed the first level, Wario will pop in and offer you his set of puzzles. The difference between the two is that Mario's Picross have to be completed within a certain time. Every time you chisel out the wrong square, it will deduct time. If time runs out before you can solve the puzzle, it's game over. Wario's Picross are timed to see how long it will take you to complete it, but will not run out. The catch here is that you will not be notified of a wrong square. Other features includes game-saves, hints and tutorials."
32954,Amok,,1996,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Amok portrays a futuristic storyline on a planet which is identified in the manual as having the same name. There, two gigantic corporations, referred to by the acronyms NONLUN and AZTK, had previously been having an all-out war between them for forty-seven years. The war had involved all possible fronts and theaters, including operations in the air, on the surface of the land and sea, and beneath the water. Very recently, a weak peace accord had only just been reached. In the manual, the peace accord is described as being much like ""a blanket covering the fire that smolders in the hearts of the people. The agreement is sufficiently unsteady that an influential mercenary company, known only as ""the Bureau,"" has now decided to hire a capable battle walker pilot named Gert Staun to restart the war so they can continue to make large amounts of money by taking lucrative contracts from both sides. The player takes the role of Gert Staun. Naturally ""the Bureau"" has placed a high priority on this, and they are funding it entirely on their own. Indeed, Gert Staun's battle walker, called the ""Slambird"" is explicitly said to be custom-modified. In particular, the Slambird can not only survive either on land or underwater, but it can transition between the two -- it can move, fight, and safely control its vertical position in either environment. These abilities are portrayed as costly and not standard to such vehicles in the universe where Amok takes place. The transformation of the Slambird between an underwater vehicle and a land vehicle is automatically scripted, however. The player has no power to control this transformation or alter the time when it happens. Instead, the player must get to the point when Staun will automatically bring the Slambird ashore to continue his attacks. The object of this arcade-type game is to meet a series of objectives, and to do so in such a way that each side will blame the other. The game has a linear structure, based on levels that present tasks of increasing difficulty, and all sorts of hazards and targets are encountered. These include military bases, power generators, land mines, infantry, tanks, submarines -- even sharks and huge, aggressive birds. Infantry elements are poorly armored, so they can be killed by being run over. In one mission, the only way that the player will be able to get enough time to escape is to open with a surprise attack, slowing pursuit by destroying a parking facility full of unattended troop transport vehicles. Power-ups are scattered throughout the levels. The Slambird carries a variety of explosive devices and line-of-sight weapons. Some of the explosive weapons can bounce in a parabolic trajectory, and in addition there are two laser cannons that can fire rapidly an unlimited number of times. These cannons are useful in case no other weapons remain, and they can be used to create complex ripple fire, which can be used to cover an area that is surprisingly wide. When underwater, propellers are used, while torpedoes are automatically used instead of missiles."
32959,Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M.,Armorines,1999,6.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You have two Armorines to play as, each with their own selection of weapons. In a not distant future time, you strenuously fight against bugs of all sizes, as you attempt to impede the enemies from eliminating human civilization as we know it, and have to succeed within 120 hours. This game uses the Turok 2 engine, and has similar themes and elements to the movie Starship Troopers"
32964,The C.H.A.O.S. Continuum,The CHAOS Continuum,1994,6.0,Adventure,,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","The year is 2577 and everyone on the Titan colony has suddenly disappeared. The station lies empty and hulking with the exception of a few automated robots which patrol the halls. The sentient computer C.H.A.O.S. is resisting any attempt at interface from the outside. You must take an advanced EVA pod, the Time Pod and shifting through dimensional rifts... arrive at the Titan station to determine what went wrong. Use the probe's interfaces to gain access to computers, databanks and whatever else it will take to crack the access codes on the labs and C.H.A.O.S. itself. The game is presented in a standard first-person adventure, with pressable controls for movement and a center window into the world you explore. Most interface with the world is shown through MPC and Quicktime ""live-action"" video segments. Arrow Controls are provided for movement as well as a targeting/fire key, a 360 degree view button for any area."
32967,Battle Arena Toshinden 3,,1996,6.6,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"Battle Arena Toshinden 3 is the he third instalment of the Toshinden series. After the defeat of the Secret Society in Battle Arena Toshinden 2 a new group of villains emerges. Known as the Organization, they wish to use the Toshinden fighters as blood sacrifices for a ritual to summon their dark god. The number of fighters has been raised from the 15 characters of the previous game to a notably larger 32; 14 starting fighters, 14 Organization counterparts and 4 bosses. Though many of the Organization counterparts have near identical move lists to their equivalent starting character. The arenas have been redesigned so that they are now enclosed allowing the ability to send the opponent flying into a wall or the ceiling, though the opponent can recover and use the wall for a counter attack. The combo system has been redesigned again; now each character has a preset range of combo's, however multiple combo's and special moves can now be combined to juggle the opponent for multiple hits, though once again the opponent can recover and counter your combo. The game's physics have been greatly relaxed to accommodate the new arenas and game play; many attacks launch the opponent clean across the arena. The North American and European versions of Toshinden 3 feature a slightly different blocking setup compared to the Japanese version. In the Japanese version there are separate high and low blocks, whereas in the Western versions the high block has been altered to be an all purpose block and will block both high and low automatically. This small change has a notable impact on how the game plays The Western versions of Toshinden 3 also feature new English voices for several characters and a couple of new game play modes; a comprehensive practice mode and a Survival mode."
32968,Warlords II,,1993,7.7,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Wargame",Fantasy,"Warlords II is a 2D turn-based strategy game set in a fantasy world. The player is a commander from one of several races (like the people from the Kingdoms, the Dark Elves, Ussyrian Orcs, Sirians etc.). The player starts with one city, and must capture other cities (enemy or neutral) to produce new units. The creation of a new unit itself takes a certain amount of turns. The player organizes warriors into ""armies"" (groups of units, shown as one icon on the map, like the heroes in the Heroes of Might and Magic series ) and lead them into battles. The units differ in the number of movement points they possess, but the armies are only as fast as the slowest unit in them. Battles are resolved automatically, the player cannot affect them."
32975,Bases Loaded 3,"MoePro '90 - Kandouhen, Ryne Sandberg Plays Bases Loaded 3",1990,5.9,Sports,,,"Bases Loaded 3 was Jaleco's latest entry into the popular baseball series in 1991. Changes over the previous title included slightly more detailed fielders, a new field perspective (home plate at the top of the screen, center field at the bottom), an editable team, and a new goal: to play the perfect game of baseball against the computer. Simply winning the game was no longer enough; the gamer now had to avoid common baseball missteps such as making an error and striking out, in order to earn a perfect rating. Against the very clever computer pitching, this could prove quite difficult."
32977,Les Manley in: Lost in L.A.,,1991,6.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"In the sequel to Les Manley In: Search for the King Les is searching for his best friend Helmut the Human Bean who, along with his girlfriend LaFonda Turner, has been kidnapped from his mansion in Los Angeles. Helmut and LaFonda are not the only ones who disappeared. Recently many celebrities have vanished without a trace and without any ransom note from possible kidnappers. Unlike the first game in the series, this game is a ""point and click"" adventure. There is no text parser involved but instead the player uses the mouse pointer over the on-screen objects, so they become highlighted with a question mark. Clicking on them pulls down a simple menu consisting of possible actions that can be undertaken with the objects. Items collected in the inventory are operated exactly the same way but they can not be combined all together - they can only be used with objects or people on the location (including the Les' character himself). During the conversation with other characters, the player has several dialogue lines to choose from. However, since the game is very linear, there is no possibility to fail the game by conducting the conversation in a wrong way. Later in the game the player will have control over two characters. The game combines cartoon graphics with digitised simple animations of filmed actors and actresses. The latter are mostly used as cutscenes or during the conversations."
32981,Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes,"Commander Keen: ""Invasion of the Vorticons"" - Episode Two: The Earth Explodes",1990,7.1,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes is the second game in the first trilogy of Commander Keen platform games, called Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons In this episode a Vorticon Mothership is poised above Earth, preparing to destroy the planet with their deadly Tantalus Rays! Commander Keen's mission is to stop these evil Vorticons from blowing up the Earth. In order to do this you need to find and destroy each X-14 Tantalus Ray, powered by cells from the big purple Space Amoeba. The game begins with a top-down map of the mothership. This is the level select screen, where you can walk around and choose the next level you want to enter. On each level, you have to find the exit; if this is one of the levels with a Tantalus Ray, you've got to destroy the Ray before exiting. Once you reach the exit, you're back on the map of the mothership. The levels are typically full of enemy creatures and hazards. If Keen gets shot or touched, or falls into a pit or hazard, he dies, and you're booted out of the level back to the overhead map and lose one life. Thankfully, Keen can defeat some of the enemies with his raygun. He also has a pogo stick which allows him to jump very high. Other items to find include keycards that open locked doors and bonus items which give score (Keen gets an extra life if he collects enough score)."
32986,Alley Cat,,1983,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Alley Cat is an action game consisting of several mini games tied together. You're a little black cat who wants to make love to a pretty lady cat that lives in an apartment complex. Play all kinds of cat-themed mini games in order to reach her and score as many points as you can while doing so. You start out in an alley and need to get inside the apartment by climbing on garbage cans and a fence. Next, jump on a clothesline and through several open windows while big dogs try to eat you and people throw garbage at you. Outside of the apartment complex you can score points by eating the mice that run across the clotheslines. Once you've jumped through a window you enter a room where you play a randomly assigned mini game. These mini games include: eating all the fish in a fish bowl, stealing milk from a bunch of bulldogs, pushing a birdcage from a table and eating the bird, catching mice inside a big cheese, pushing vases from a cabinet. To make things harder there's always a broom inside every room that tries to knock you around. You score points by completing the mini games within a certain time (the faster the better). After you've completed a mini game you're back in the alley. Make your way back inside the apartment complex and you get a chance to play the love-cat game: try to reach the lady cat on the top row of hearts while rival male cats and cupid's arrows knock you down. After you've mated, the difficulty gets cranked up a notch."
32987,Sabre Team,,1992,7.2,Strategy / tactics,,,"A Sabre Team is a squad of four elite soldiers charged with some of the toughest hostage-rescue, building-storming and the like that Western forces have ever attempted. In this turn-based strategic simulation you must choose a team of four of these from the 8 available, and take them to victory in five increasingly tough missions. Even before you get into the main gameplay, there is a lot of strategy involved in choosing weaponry, as they make different amounts of noise when used (reducing the stealth potential) and their ammunition is of varying weight. In each turn you have limited action points per soldier, which must be used for all movement, firing and reloading moves. The maps are viewed isometrically, with a compass used to indicate the directions of movement, and where the incoming fire emanated from."
32990,Die phantastische Reise nach Terra-Gon,"Die phantastische Reise nach Terra-Gon - Das Sirius-Rätsel, Sirius Trilogie: Auf den Spuren der Dogon",1997,5.0,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2442 a comet throws earth out of its orbit. It drifts towards the sun which causes almost all humans to die. Just a few could save themselves into underground bunkers. One of these people is professor Oman Tempel which has a theory that an old African native tribe had contact with aliens. Now the player uses Tempel's time machine to get the alien's knowledge to save the earth. The game is played in a 360° view where the player investigates his surroundings. The graphics are displayed as rendered stills. The puzzles mostly are small thinking puzzles which can be solved right away, e.g. to power a machine. Sometimes a item has to found at point A and brought to point B. The whole controlling of the game is handled with a menu bar on the bottom of the game. When the player goes trough a corridor he can't turn back but has to go all the way to the end."
32994,Mandragore,,1984,5.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Mandragore is a role-playing game that was originally released in France. The kingdom was at peace under King Jorian. When he was killed in a freak accident that peace was shattered as Lord Yarod-Nor took control and began a reign of tyranny and evil. The player leads a party of four characters (with the option to either define your own characters or take a predefined group) through the land to eventually challenge, confront and defeat Yarod-Nor in his own castle. Before that can be done the group must explore nine chateaux each of which contains a problem and clues that are useful later in the game, battle assorted and unusual monsters, enter villages to trade, and develop your characters skills. The four predefined characters are: Each character has values for the following attributes, constitution, strength, knowledge, wisdom, dexterity, and appearance. When creating your own characters there is a maximum of 80 points can be assigned to these attributes with none having more than 20 points or less than 5. Character control is unusual and consists of abbreviated commands. The whole party moves as a single unit so to move North, South, East or West the player just has to type N, s, E, or W. When the party comes on an enemy the commands take the form So when a monster is encountered typing 3 will select Gelth, typing AT will command Gelth to ATtack, and typing A will instruct Gelth to attack the first target. When the party acquires weapons it is possible to extend the command to specify the weapon to be used."
32997,Stampede,"Cowboy, Lasso-Helden, Super-Cowboy beim Rodeo",1981,7.1,Action,Arcade,,"It's a stampede!! Your job is to round up as many of the calves as you can. The screen scrolls to the right as you chase the calves; if more than three calves get past you, the game is over. The calves all run at different speeds, and when you rope one you earn points based on how fast it was running. As the game progresses, more and more calves will be on the screen at one time, and other obstacles will begin appearing to trip your horse and slow you down."
33004,Lords of Midnight,"Lords of Midnight III: The Citadel, Mike Singleton's Lords of Midnight",1995,6.2,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Lords of Midnight - also known as Lords of Midnight III: The Citadel - is the third game in the Lords of Midnight series and a direct sequel to Doomdark's Revenge The story begins with Luxor the Moonprince (an old man by now) trying to obtain the legendary Eye of the Moon. However, during his quest he is captured by Boroth Wolfheart and imprisoned. His son Morkin must rescue him and find a way to defeat the forces of evil. Gameplay-wise, the game is similar to the previous Lords of Midnight games. The player can either take control of a single hero, or send troops to fight the armies of the opponent, making the game similar to both role-playing and strategy games. Characters can be given tasks, which they execute without the need of the player's further input. Unlike in the preceding games, the movement of the troops occurs in real time. Graphically, the game utilizes a voxel engine for 3D environments."
33005,Top Gear Hyper-Bike,Top Gear Hyper Bike,2000,7.2,Racing / Driving,,,"Race along both street and dirt circuits with a collection of top flight dirt-bikes and street bikes. Dirt-bike racing allows you to pull off tricks during racing to increase the amount of turbo boost available to use, while alternating between the different bikes available for each circuit. Compete for points to improve your bikes overall performance or purchase a better overall motorbike. Trick attack mode allows you to simply concentrate on pulling off as many crazy tricks as possible, while you can create your own special track, with jumps and sharp turns, with the track editor."
33009,Fastest Lap,,1991,6.9,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,In this game you play the role of a F1 race car driver who wants to make it to the top. The gameplay involves you doing qualifying laps and then racing opponents in the main races. The game is played from a top down perspective. You can also tweak your cars engine and tires to suit the circuit you are on. There are four main teams you can race for.
33013,Robot Tank,,1983,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",North America,"There are numerous enemy tanks crossing the countryside, destroying everything in their path! Your job is to command a robot tank to stop them. Robot Tank is a first person perspective arcade style action game. There are twelve squadrons of tanks to destroy, each containing twelve tanks. Each time you destroy a complete squadron, you earn an extra reserve tank before moving on to the next, more difficult squadron. The game takes place twenty four hours a day; gameplay will alternate from early morning to mid afternoon to late at night. In addition to the constantly changing time of day, the weather can also change unexpectedly. Snow, rain, and fog will appear occasionally making it tougher to spot your targets. Luckily your tank is equipped with radar to help locate the enemy when visibility is poor. As your tank takes damage you will lose some capabilites, such as speed, the radar, or your canons. If your tank takes too much damage, it will be destroyed; the game ends when all of your reserve tanks are gone."
33016,MechWarrior,Battletech: Ubawareta Seihai,1989,7.4,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are Gideon Braver Vandenburg, heir to the planet. While you were away, unknown attackers destroyed your home, killed your entire family, and stole the Chalice that you need to win the throne. When you are implicated in your own family's death, you are forced into exile. With a help of an old friend who contributed an old Jenner and some credits, you must become a mercenary. Within five years, you must travel the Inner Sphere in search of clues to who set you up, and eventually avenge your family and recover the Chalice. MechWarrior is the first 3D BattleTech game. The player travels to planets, searching for ""fixers"" who will set up some contracts with the local authorities. The terms are a flat payment and some salvage payments. Some houses may be very stingy but provide important information. Others pay well but may not be as helpful. It is possible to buy, sell, and repair 'Mechs, hire or fire pilots, and decide which planet to move to while trying to maintain decent relationships with all five houses of the Inner Sphere and uncover clues about the next destination. Each mission in the game is randomly generated."
33018,Dig Dug,"Arcade Archives: Dig Dug, Arcade Game Series: Dig Dug, DIG DUG for 6000, Dig-Dug, DigDug",1982,7.4,Action,Arcade,,"Dig Dug is a single-player or alternating two-player action game. The player controls a character tasked with eliminating underground monsters across a series of stages. Each level is a cross-section of dirt with tunnels dug in real time as the player moves. The two types of enemies encountered are Pookas, round red creatures wearing goggles, and Fygars, green fire-breathing dragons. Both pursue the player through tunnels, and after a few seconds of losing sight of the player, they can transform into ghostly forms to move through solid earth until they reach another tunnel. To defeat enemies, the player carries an air pump that can be attached by pressing the action button. Pumping inflates the monster until it bursts, awarding points. Pumping can be interrupted, but partially inflated enemies will revert to normal and continue attacking. An alternative method of attack is luring enemies under large rocks scattered throughout each stage. Digging beneath these rocks can cause them to fall, crushing anything below, including the player. Rocks falling also open tunnels, and dropping multiple rocks in a stage grants bonus points. Scoring incentives are built into the system. Vegetables occasionally appear in the middle of the screen once two rocks have been dropped in a round. Collecting these vegetables grants bonus points, and the type and value of the vegetable increase in later rounds. Bonus points are also awarded for consecutive ghost kills or for crushing multiple enemies with a single rock. Each round ends when all enemies have been eliminated. Enemies increase in speed as stages progress, and Fygars add the additional threat of breathing fire horizontally across tunnels, which can instantly defeat the player. Later versions and home releases varied in presentation and features. The arcade original allowed two players to take turns, while console and computer ports often adjusted graphics and sound to suit hardware limitations. Some versions altered maze size, enemy behavior, or bonus item placement. Modern re-releases, such as Arcade Archives: Dig Dug and Arcade Game Series: Dig Dug emulate the arcade rules while adding conveniences like high-score saving, display options, and online leaderboards."
33025,Battle Arena Toshinden,Toh Shin Den,1995,7.3,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"In Battle Arena Toshinden eight world renown weapon fighters have been invited to a mysterious tournament. It is one of the first one-on-one beat-em-ups to feature the ability to sidestep a full 360 degrees around the opponent allowing one to strike from any angle. Aside from the 3D movement, Toshinden's game play can be considered similar to Street Fighter but in 3d and with a little less depth to the moves. Two versions of Toshinden were released; for the Sony PlayStation and later a lesser known version for DOS PC's. However the PC version is not a straight port of the PlayStation version and plays and looks notably different despite sharing the same characters, attacks and controls. The U.S and E.U PlayStation versions of Toshinden feature redone voices in English and redone music using different instruments. The lyrics on Sofia's stage music in the Japanese version, which were actually in English, were removed in the process, likely due to their suggestive nature. Sofia's and Ellis' voices in the English translation are also notably adjusted, for presumably the same reason; while the other characters English voices generally match the tones of the original Japanese voice actors, Sofia is far less suggestive sounding, while Ellis sounds notably older. The later DOS version of Toshinden however, uses the same audio as the Japanese PlayStation version in all regions, albeit recorded at a considerably lower quality than they were on PlayStation."
33027,Maximum Force,Maximum Force: Pull the Trigger,1997,5.1,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",,"Maximum Force is the follow up to Area 51 however, this time around instead of shooting up aliens, the player goes up against a terrorist organization. The gameplay is similar to other first-person shooter gun games where the player can use a light gun or a controller to shoot at bad guys popping up from behind objects or coming off from the side of the screen. If a player gets shot by a bad guy, they will loose a bar of health or can also loose health by accidentally shooting innocent bystanders. There are also power-ups scattered throughout the stage that can restore health, upgrade their weapons power among many others. There are three levels in all and 35 secret rooms scattered throughout the stages. It also supports a second player simultaneously."
33035,Kool-Aid Man,,1983,6.3,Action,Arcade,,"When the troublemaking Thirsties enact their plan of draining water out of the local swimming pool with their drinking straws, it's up to Kool-Aid Man to stop them! Kool-Aid man must gather up Kool-Aid soft drink mix in order to catch and put a stop to the Thirsties' scheme. The three ingredients are Water (W), Sugar (S), and Kool-Aid (K). If the Thirsties touch Kool-Aid Man, he gets bounced around the yard, losing time, and the pool gets drained further. If the Thirsties succeed in draining the pool, it's ""Game Over"" for Kool-Aid Man. If Kool-Aid Man succeeds, then he wins and goes on to the next level of difficulty. Oh Yeah!"
33036,Eek! the Cat,,1994,5.9,Action,Platform,North America,"Platform game based on the cartoon series Eek the Cat. Eek must help his friends through 6 huge levels of hazards. This platformer has a novel approach that the player (Eek) can take as much damage as possible, but must keep his protectee safe from harm using various skills. Situations reflect the cartoon. For example, his master the granny is out sleepwalking in the zoo and he must prevent the animals waking her up. In the second level, his girlfriend has been abducted by aliens and he must help her get to the end of the level so the aliens can use her as a battery safely."
33039,Shadow Skimmer,,1987,6.5,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The player is the second officer of a space ship. He uses the Shadow Skimmer glider to make a routine inspection of the engines. Unfortunately the main computer malfunctions and closes the entry point. Now he needs to reach another hatch, but the defense systems see him as intruder. The player needs to navigate through three top-down mazes and find the exit. Unfortunately those are not passable until the security systems are put down: it is necessary to find and destroy the hidden power device. Sometimes it is necessary to flip the glider on the back to pass through certain obstacles, but this makes the glider vulnerable for enemy attacks. Those, along with bumping against obstacles, decrease the glider's shield energy and when all three are gone, the game is lost. The glider has a laser to shoot back. However, a killed enemy is instantly replaced by an indestructible enemy generator."
33042,Maken X,,1999,7.1,Action,,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Maken X is a sword - a ""Soul Sword"" that possesses a unique ability called brainjacking. It can take over the mind and the body of another creature and adapt all its strength and weaknesses. Maken X is also the hero of the game - a wandering mutant spirit of the sword. The ability to manipulate a person's ""psi"", or soul, was discovered in a research lab. The chief scientist is kidnapped by terrorists and his daughter Kay awakens Maken X who now must assist her on her dangerous mission. In contrast to the previous games in the series, Maken X is a first-person action game with emphasis on melee combat, that offers the player the possibility of controlling minds and bodies of thirteen characters the player may meet while journeying. Each character has their own attacks, advantages, and disadvantages. Throughout the game the player has to make decisions that will influence the plot and bring the game to one of its seven endings."
33047,Daemonsgate,Daemonsgate: Volume One - Donovan's Key,1993,6.3,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Daemonsgate is a fantasy role-playing game in which you play the role of a young hero who is the only hope left of saving the besieged city Tormis. It is surrounded by demonic hordes so it’s no easy task! The goal is to search the land of Hestor for a wise wizard possessing knowledge necessary to stop the invading demon army. You start off all by yourself at the ""Pigge and Ballbearing"" inn located within the city. ou can converse with many non player characters, the innkeepers tend to be more knowledgeable - so they can be a valuable source of information. There are a few minor subplots and distractions from the main task as your journey progresses. But the game is event driven so there is no passing task X before completing task Y first. The game uses three-quarters overhead perspective and boasts a conversation system with over 70,000 words."
33049,G-Nome,,1997,6.8,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the future, an uneasy peace exists between four races. The Humans, the Darken, the Merc and the Scorp. The Scorp are developing a highly powerful weapon, and it's your job to sneak behind enemy lines to figure out what's happening. You do this in your giant robot, called an HAWC (Heavy Assault Weapons Chassis). One big advantage your HAWC has is you can easily eject. You can fight on foot if you want, but then again, you can also steal other people's vehicles."
33053,Balance of Power,Balance of Power: Geopolitics in the nuclear age,1985,7.3,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Cold War, Historical events","The year is 1986. You take on the role of the US President or the Russian General Secretary. You have the full industrial capacity, covert forces, and military might of your country at your command. Your job? To make your country the world's most powerful and prestigious over the course of your eight years in office. Sounds easy, doesn't it? It would be if the other guy didn't have his finger poised over a red button that could wipe out the world! You must use diplomacy, make treaties, issue risky, covert CIA or KGB actions, or riskier, direct military intervention to prop up third world countries or help their insurgents and win them to your governmental philosophy: Capitalism or Communism. The world is a big place... and the other guy could start a nuclear war over a country as tiny as Tunisia. This game is the ultimate Cold War simulation. Every action requires careful analysis and the ability to judge your opponent (computer or human) and his reaction. The game features 62 countries, each carefully researched with up to date (as of 1985) information regarding their government, demographics, resources, etc."
33056,Shadow: War of Succession,Shadow Warriors,1994,3.7,Action,Fighting,,"The leader of S.H.A.D.O.W., the world's largest criminal organization, has been murdered. Choose one of the seven fighters available and fight your way to be named the next Shadow King. The game is a 2D versus fighting game with digitized fighters and backgrounds, some 'special' moves per character, and zooming effects during battles."
33060,PGA Tour Golf II,,1992,7.7,Sports,,,"The sequel to PGA Tour this game was released solely for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive along with an alternative version for the Game Gear, as was getting more common for EA sports titles at the time, helping to drive the sales of the 2nd choice console. This update sees the series add ten professional players to the roster (60 in total) and have the ability to play against them on seven courses and across five tournaments. There is also a new graphics engine in place and new sounds to boot. Statistics became more detailed and the ball physics were improved through a Draw and Fade meter. Game data can be backed up through the built-in battery. Other features include different ball lies, dynamic wind conditions, digitized sounds, an improved automatic caddy and special shots such as chips, punches and fringe putts."
33062,Les Manley in: Search for the King,,1990,6.7,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,This is a classic text-parser-with-moving-onscreen-actors adventure game from the early 90's. In this game you are a tech specalist for a company. (Basically Les is the poster child for nerds all over the US.) Your goal is to win the Search for Elvis contest and win the heart of the girl of your dreams. You might even wind up a superstar.
33069,Fallout 2,Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game,1998,8.4,Role-playing (RPG),,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The sequel to Fallout starts eighty years after its predecessor. When the First Vault Dweller was forced from his home, he walked north until he found some new friends and founded a tribe in a suitable place. But some years after his death, the tribe is dying. The Elders decide that one of the tribe members, the ""Chosen One"", must find salvation, a universal tool called G.E.C.K. (short for ""Garden of Eden Creation Kit""). Sadly, the hero's only clue are the ancient disks the Vault Dweller has left, and the only equipment are his clothes and PipBoy. With courage and determination, the proclaimed Chosen One leaves to save his village, unaware of the consequences his actions will carry. Visually and gameplay-wise, Fallout 2 is very similar to its predecessor. Combat and character growth are handled the same way, using the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attribute system and relying on skills to customize the protagonist. The sequel's environments are vaster than in the first game, with more non-playable characters populating it. There are more varied dialogue options and ethical choices presented to the player during the course of the game, as well as new weapons, armor, enemies, and a few minor gameplay additions, such as a car the protagonist can drive. Gameplay-related changes mostly involve the player character's companions. Characters who join the party can now level up, equip armor, and follow specific strategies, as opposed to the almost complete lack of control over party members in the first game. Some characters are also harder to recruit, requiring specific quests to be solved or a certain Karma level. A reputation system is added, which works similarly to Karma (good and bad deeds), but only within the same town or community. The quests in the game are more numerous and typically involve more complex situations and larger scope. Fallout 2 introduces quests and moral decisions with mature subtext: the player can choose various lifestyles for the main character, including getting married and divorced, becoming a slave seller, a porn star, or joining the mafia."
33070,Penguin Land,DokiDoki Penguin Land: Uchū Daibōken,1987,7.5,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,,"In Penguin Land players control a penguin named Overbite, commander of a task force, whose job is trying to get eggs down to the bottom of the level, while tunneling through ice to get there. Special egg and penguin blocks may make things easier, while polar bears and falling rocks will almost certainly slow you down."
33071,Chicken Run,,2000,5.7,Puzzle,,,"This version of Chicken Run is far different from its console counterparts and is loosely based on the movie itself. This version's gameplay is geared more towards Lemmings where the player takes control of the main protagonists, Rocky and Ginger, and leads their fellow chickens out of dangerous situations by collecting bags of feed scattered throughout the stage and use the corn to lay a path around obstacles and traps to the stage's exit. It features over 24 levels, ranging from the chicken coup to the dreaded pie machine and features obstacles such as cameras, dogs, spotlights and many more. Players can also use common household items scattered throughout the level to aid the player in deactivating various traps and help spring their fellow chickens from certain doom."
33073,Disney•Pixar Buzz Lightyear of Star Command,"Disney•Pixar Buzz Lightyear da Comando Stellare, Disney•Pixar Buzz Lightyear do Comando Estelar, Disney•Pixar Buzz Lightyear: Guardianes del Espacio, Disney•Pixar Captain Buzz Lightyear: Star Command, Les Aventures De Buzz L'Eclair",2000,5.8,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Buzz Lightyear is based on an animated movie and television series of the same name. Buzz Lightyear is an elite space ranger, who travels from planet to planet hunting down supervillians. In this game, you control Buzz through 14 missions on eight different planets. In each mission, your goal is to race to the end of the level before the bad guy does. If you do so successfully, you face off against the villian, and hopefully capture them. In addition to capturing the villain, there are secondary objectives like collecting robot parts and getting the fastest time through the level. Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is a spinoff of the Toy Story series of movies."
33088,ESPN International Track & Field,"Ganbare! Nippon! Olympic 2000, International Track & Field",2000,7.2,Sports,,,"Compete in twelve international track & field events ranging from 100m dash to hammer throw. Most of the action is done via button mashing and timed button presses, similarly to the now classic NES Track & Field games."
33089,Overkill,,1993,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Overkill is 2D side-scrolling shooter, similar to Defender or Strike Force The story is typical for sci-fi games - action takes place in 2690 A.D, the player is leader of the elite fighter corps and tries to end conflict between two big factions. The player's ship can be freely moved on the screen (and screen can be moved in the left and right - just like in Defender ). He shoots enemies, collect power-ups and rescues civilians. After a successful mission, he can choose the next planet."
33098,ABC Monday Night Football,,1993,5.9,Sports,,,"ABC Monday Night Football is a football game licensed from the television presentation of the same name. It features the likeness of broadcaster Frank Gifford and the logo of a popular sports drink, but has no league license, so features generic team names with made-up logos and player names. The two main playing modes are pre-season exhibition games and a full season. 28 teams are available, and it is possible to rename teams and players and even create custom teams. A two-player mode for versus games is also available. During games, a standard behind-the-quarterback view of the field is used. The playbook consists of 10 plays. Controls differ from the norm established by other games in that button-tapping increases the power of kicks and running speed during rushing and defense. The game automatically saves impressive plays as replays that can later be watched from the menu."
33100,Championship Bowling,Boogie Woogie Bowling,1993,6.0,Sports,,,"Championship Bowling is a standard bowling game for one or two players, and the only one available for the Genesis. The player picks one of four different bowlers and the ball they want to use, then heads out to the lanes. The player controls the throw, spin, and power by stopping bars at the right time. The game includes three different play modes: standard bowling; spare mode, where a handful of pins are placed with the goal being to pick up a spare; and bonus mode, where specific pins are worth different amounts of points. Each mode can be played against either the computer or a friend, and there are three different lane types available. There is also a practice mode for each of the game types. The Japanese version, Boogie Woogie Bowling is largely the same but features different, more anime-style characters to play as (including a robot for no explained reason), as well as minor tweaks to the timing for throws."
33102,The Time Machine,,1981,7.8,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Time Machine is the second in the Mysterious Adventure series of text adventures by Brian Howarth. You are a newspaper reporter, come to investigate the eccentric professor who lives all by himself out on the moors. You start the game in a swamp and must find your way to an old manor house. When you get there, you find the place deserted though. Ultimately you must rescue the professor by finding three missing prisms which control his time machine, which are lost in time. Items found in one destination sometimes have to be used in another. As the other games in the series, the game uses an interpreter similar to the Scott Adams adventure engine, and thus also has the same limitations - a basic two-word parser, limited vocabulary, and brief descriptions. Illustrations are included in Spectrum, Commodore 64, Dragon and Oric ports."
33108,A Mind Forever Voyaging,"A Mind Forever Voyaging - a science fiction story, AMFV",1985,7.8,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"The year is 2031 and the world is near the brink of economic collapse. To avoid this, the president comes up with a plan to stop the disaster - but before applying it, the long-term impacts on the world need to be validated. This is done with a simulation visited by the computer project PRISM, designed to be a true AI. The game starts when PRISM awakes from a simulation of his own, human life and is told that he is in fact the world's first sentient machine. At this point, the player takes control over PRISM. A Mind Forever Voyaging is a text-based interactive fiction game. The player reads descriptions which detail the surroundings and communicates with the game by typing in commands. Most of the time is spent in simulation mode where the player repeatedly visits the town of Rockvil and needs to record situations of everyday or special activities going on. If the player has recorded enough, the game progresses and the simulation ten years ahead can be visited. However, the recording device has no unlimited capacity - when full, the player needs to exit the simulation and let the recordings review by the project leader. Then the current simulation can be simply started again from the start to find new situations - the same applies when dying. Between simulations and toward the end there are situations outside the simulation, but overall the game is light on puzzle-solving and more about experiencing how said plan changes Rockvil and its people over time. Outside the simulation there are three more modes to enter: communications (switching to various video/audio units to examine other locations and people), library (various documents and other information to read) and interlace (communicating and giving orders to the own subsystems)."
33110,The Mummy,"Die Mumie, Hamunaptra, La Momie",2000,5.9,Action,,"Egypt (Ancient), Interwar","Based on the blockbuster movie of the same name. You play the hero, Rick O'Connell, who mistakenly reads from the ancient book of the dead while on an expedition in Egypt, which releases Imhotep from the slumber deep underground. Now you must fix your mistake before time runs out, Egypt gets destroyed by the dead, and you lose your girlfriend."
33111,Battle Command,,1990,7.3,"Action, Simulation",,,"Battle Command is a 3D arcade/strategy game, loosely derived from the same developers' Carrier Command In a near future alternate reality, the Ultra War is fought between the two dominate races in the New World. The 'Mauler' is the latest technology - an Armored Fighting Machine capable of being lifted in and out of hostile territory by a fast Stealth Chopper, and armed with the most advanced weaponry science can devise. You command a single ""Mauler"" assault tank in one of a series of scenarios. These range from a railway ambush to escort duties and a raid on a riverside hideout. Before starting you must choose the right weaponry based on the mission briefing."
33115,RealSports Tennis,"Tenis, Tennis",1983,6.8,Sports,,,"RealSports Tennis is a tennis game for two players or one player against the computer. The game follows standard tennis rules, and allows you to hit forehand or backhand shots to all areas of the court as well as serves and lobs. You can play a game of singles or doubles, and multiple skill levels are included."
33117,Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout,Dragon Ball Final Bout,1997,5.2,Action,Fighting,,"Based on the popular anime series Dragonball GT take control of Goku, Piccolo, Frieza, Cell, Buu and many other characters in full 3D battles. Game modes include Taisen mode (Battle mode), Tenkaichi Budoukai mode and Build Up mode (where you can increase your character's skills)."
33122,Digger T. Rock: Legend of the Lost City,Digger: The Legend of the Lost City starring Digger T. Rock,1990,6.6,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Digger T. Rock, a brave little miner who dares to dig where no shovel has gone before! He just loves to uncover underground wonders. And he dreams of discovering a buried city bursting with golden treasures and ancient relics. On this very morning, deep within a craggy, slippery cave, Digger stumbles upon a half-hidden sign pointing way, way down...to a Lost City!"
33124,Living Ball,"Living Ball: The World's Largest Pinball Game, The Ultimate Pinball Quest",1994,5.9,Simulation,Pinball,Fantasy,"Living Ball boasts of ""the largest pinball table ever created"", and can back it up with the 99-level table ""Wasteland"", along with two others of smaller size. While the level of quality may be higher in more traditional pinball games, the sheer size of the tables is quite impressive. The game features three modes. Adventure, in which the three tables are connected; arcade, which is the traditional style allowing you to select any of the three tables; and bonus, allowing you to play the six bonus stages. While the Arcade and Bonus modes require no explanation, the adventure mode does. It starts you out in the Wasteland, but has hidden links to both of the other tables, similar to the links to the bonus tables, but much less common. Also of note is the storyline that attempts to provide a background to the game."
33134,Earthworm Jim,,1994,7.8,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"A crow is chasing a worm named Jim, while in outer space Psy-Crow is chasing a renegade ship. The ship's captain has stolen an ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit and Queen Slug-for-a-Butt has ordered Psy-Crow to get it, since it can make her more beautiful than Princess-What's-Her-Name. Psy-Crow blasts the captain and the suit falls to Planet Earth. Back on Earth, Jim wonders if he is finally safe when an ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit lands on him. Luckily Jim rests in the neck ring of the suit. The space particles then begin interacting with Jim, causing a light-speed evolution. Jim soon realizes he is in control of the suit. Jim overhears the Queen's plans for the suit and decides to meet this Princess... Earthworm Jim is a 2D side-scrolling platformer with action elements where the player takes control of Jim, a worm wearing a spacesuit. Jim can shoot enemies with his gun or use his body (the spacesuit's ""head"") in a variety of ways to overcome obstacles, such as whipping it at enemies, grappling hooks to swing from them, or making it spin very fast like a rotor to hover for a short time. While most of the game is made of standard platforming levels with a boss waiting at the end, some of the levels introduce different conditions than just reaching the end to complete them, like escorting a computer-controlled character and making sure they don't get hurt. Platforming levels are interspersed with some variations in gameplay as well, such as several space racing sequences or a bungie-jumping competition."
33138,Plotting,"Arcade Archives: Flipull, Flipull, Flipull: An Exciting Cube Game, Flipull: totally cube-ular fun!",1989,7.2,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,,"Originating in the arcades, Plotting involves several different types of blocks, bearing symbols such as squares, circles and crosses. Using a small yellow object to direct a block across onto a particular section of a shaped wall. It will then rebound onto a set of blocks at a particular angle, with the intention of removing similar blocks it touches. This is done against a time limit, and there are special blocks to help out with extra lives."
33140,Der Langrisser,Der Langrisser FX,1995,7.1,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Der Langrisser is an enhanced version of Langrisser II Beside slightly improved graphical quality and a significant reduction of difficulty level, the main difference in this version is the player's ability to make moral decisions for the protagonist, which will subsequently influence the events of the narrative. In the original version, Elwin was only able to fight on the side of the Descendants of Light. In this release, Elwin also starts on this path; but as the game progresses, the player will be able to choose whether he should stay on it or side with the antagonists, the Rayguard Empire. Later, Elwin will be able to betray the Empire (in case he has chosen to help it) and support the Demon Tribe. It is also possible for Elwin to fight on neither side, and create his own faction instead."
33145,Bomberman '93,Bomber Man '93,1992,8.0,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Black Bomberman has cut power to the galaxy's own power station, which resulted in disputes between seven planets, and it is up to White Bomberman to restore power to the station and bring peace to the planets again. The objective is the same as in Dyna Blaster : use bombs to destroy all enemies in a level. Once you have destroyed them all, find the exit hidden in a block so you can be transported to the next level. A block will also flash yellow to let you know that a power-up can be obtained there. Power-ups include more bombs, manual detonation, extra lives, and extended flames. Occasionally, you also get the ability to walk through bombs or walls, or to kick bombs. If you manage to reveal the exit before all enemies are destroyed, it remains in an ""inactive"" state, meaning that you cannot be transported to the next level until you blow up all the enemies and therefore making it ""active"". If you accidentally blow up the exit, whether it is active or not, or if time runs out, you will unleash a few enemies that you also need to destroy. After every eighth level, there is a boss that you need to destroy to proceed to the next planet. Besides this Normal mode, there are two other modes: Battle and Versus. In Battle, you can play against four human- or computer-controlled players in one of seven stages, each with different features like warp holes, conveyor belts, revolving doors, and much more. In Versus, you play head-to-head against a friend using the TurboExpress for non-stop action. Regardless of these two modes, you can still obtain power-ups to give out some punishment against your fellow players, and the maximum number of wins can be set before play."
33151,Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure,,1994,7.3,Action,Platform,,"Boogerman is a jump-and-run game where the protagonist flicks boogers and farts at enemies in order to stand a chance against the evil Boogermeister. The game features about 20 levels of dirt, slime and bad taste in worlds like ""Mucous Mountains"", ""The Pits"" and ""Flatulent Swamps""."
33155,Soul of the Samurai,"Ronin Blade, Shin Jidaigeki Action: Rasetsu no Ken",1999,6.6,Action,,Fantasy,"Soul of the Samurai is an action-adventure game set in feudal Japan in which players control a samurai who must battle an evil shogun and his minions. Gameplay is similar to that of Silent Hill or the Resident Evil series, though restricted to close-combat weapons such as swords over pistols and firearms."
33161,Super Huey UH-IX,Super Huey,1985,6.5,"Action, Simulation",Arcade,,"Super Huey UH-IX is a helicopter simulation game. You are the pilot of the experimental helicopter UH-1XA and you need to test it out in several game modes. In the flight school mode, you can learn how to fly. The computer will guide you through takeoff, flight, and landing. In reality mode, you will need to fly a mission to locate and bomb an enemy base and return home safely. The last mode is arcade mode where you have an unlimited amount of ammo to try and shoot down as many enemy aircraft as possible. The game is played from a first person view of the cockpit which is complete with radar and various instruments to help you fly."
33176,Project: Space Station,,1985,7.4,"Educational, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Project: Space Station casts the player into the role of a NASA Administrator, charged with the task of designing and building a space station. The project will span 15 years, during which time the player must plan shuttle launches, recruit personnel, manage the budget, conduct research and development and, of course, design and build the station. A very deep and involved game for such an early effort."
33180,Monster Lair,Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair,1988,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Fantasy,"Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair is a quite different game to most of the games in the Wonder Boy series. You play a green-haired dude named Leo, who must attack the invaders that attempt to collect weapons and use them to destroy the land. The game starts out like a simple platform game, but it's just when Wonder Boy enters the skull further on that the game is transformed into a shoot 'em up, so basically the gameplay consists of action and shooter scenes. In the action scenes, your vitality decreases as you make your way towards the skull, but this can be restored by collecting fruit. A wide variety of weapons can be picked up, and not only does these allow you to use the weapons for a limited amount of time, but they also increase your vitality. In the shooter scenes, you ride your pink friend as you make your way through the scene. Here, your vitality remains static unless you are hit by an enemy passing by. As usual, there is a boss waiting for you at the end which you must defeat. Every boss changes color to show how much damage has been done to it. You have to defeat some bosses in two stages. If your vitality gets low in each scene, you'll lose a life. You can also choose to have Wonder Girl join you, as two players can play the game."
33181,Jungle Strike,"Jungle Strike: A Seqüência de Desert Strike, Jungle Strike: The Sequel to Desert Strike, Jungle Strike: Uketsugareta Kyōki",1993,7.9,Action,,,"Some time after Operation Desert Strike Ibn Kilbaba, son of Kilbaba Sr., threatens to annihilate America. After his father was killed, the people who were under his control sent his son running off, along with his father's money and nuclear weapons program. Kilbaba, more ruthless than his father, longs for revenge for his father's death and decides to shed the blood of those who killed him, the Americans. Already armed, Kilbaba hires Carlos Ortega to help him set up his nuclear weapons program, deep in South America. Carlos Ortega, the world's most notorious drug lord, also yearns to seek revenge. With his own private army, armed with the most hi-tech weapons, he's ready to fight America at all costs. Because of this threat, the player is hired again to battle these two characters, following their trail in the jungles of South America. Armed with the Comanche, numerous other vehicles, and destructive weapons, they will have to take out their private army, blowing up the enemy with Hellfire missiles, Hydra rockets, or chain guns, using watercraft to launch mines at enemy ships, or pulling off a drive-by on the enemy with guns on the side."
33183,Slave Zero,,1999,6.7,Action,Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","Five hundred years in the future, man and machine are virtually one and the greatest megacity in the world is locked in brutal war. Play as the ultimate saboteur part of an elite fighting force. The mission: steal the largest, most sophisticated biomechanical attack weapon ever designed and kick some serious ass."
33184,U.S. Championship V'Ball,"Super Spike V'Ball, V'Ball: U.S. Championship Beach Volley",1988,7.8,Sports,,,"U.S. Championship V'Ball renamed Super Spike V'Ball for its NES conversion, is a lesser-known coin-op. It challenges players to bump, set, and spike their way to a beach volleyball championship. Teams of two travel the USA and the world, visiting venues like Chicago, Los Angeles, Hawaii, and Australia. This game can be played by 1-4 players simultaneously, although on the NES a Satellite or Four Score device (and extra controllers) are required for three or four players."
33187,Warhawk,"AirAssault, Warhawk: The Red Mercury Missions",1995,7.9,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Warhawk is an action/simulation game built around a futuristic VTOL craft. The player maneuvers with 360 degrees of flight control through 6 unique levels. 3D weapons include fire off lock-ons, rockets, multi-fire swarmers, and plasma cannons. The player will need all of these when deadly air and ground forces surround him in desert and volcanic wastelands, castle hallways and chambers, and gothic tower airships. There are no saving or loading features. Instead, a password is presented each time a level is completed. In 2007 Incognito Entertainment remade the title as a multiplayer-only PlayStation 3 game."
33190,Sir Lancelot,,1983,5.4,Action,Arcade,"Fantasy, Medieval","A damsel in distress is being held in a castle by a fire breathing dragon! As Sir Lancelot, you need to ride your winged horse Pegasus to the rescue. Each level in this action game consists of two screens. First you are outside the castle which is guarded by numerous flying creatures. You need to fly around the screen and destroy all of the creatures by hitting them with your lance (careful, if they hit you instead you'll lose a life). After all of the creatures are gone, you enter the second screen which is inside the castle. Here there is a large pit of lava and a flying dragon. To destroy the dragon you need to hit it's stomach with your lance. If you are hit by one of the dragon's fireballs you'll be temporarily stunned and unable to fly. If you end up falling into the lava, you'll lose a life. If you can defeat the dragon, the game repeats at a higher difficulty level. The game ends when you lose all of your lives."
33193,Multimedia Celebrity Poker,,1995,5.6,,Cards / tiles,,"Heartfelt, but rather unrealistic wishes like ruling the world, unlimited processing power or an evening playing poker with three celebrities usually fall into the sphere of competence of a fairy. In case one happens to show up in your home: don’t ask for that poker game. That’s already been taken care of, thanks to New World Computing. NWC-mastermind Jon Van Caneghem invited three class B TV celebrities of the mid-90s for a day of green-screen filming. The result is called Multimedia Celebrity Poker. If you’re into TV series, then you’ll probably have no trouble recognizing the faces of your opponents. Sitting at the poker table are Jonathan „Riker“ Frakes (Star Trek: Next Generation) appearing somewhat tight-lipped; talkative comedian Joe Piscopo (Saturday Night Live) showing off his array of impersonations; and aging starlet Morgan Fairchild (Hotel, Falcon Crest) sitting stiff and generally trying not to look too lost. Digitized video clips, seamlessly integrated into the main frame, depict all actions and movements of the stars -- dealing, calling, playing cards. Separate clips for the three actors are played simultaneously to avoid „freezing“ of single persons; all are continuously in motion. The celebrities comment on the their cards and your success to create a relaxed and intimate atmosphere. The number of different statements is quite limited though; prepare to learn those one-liners by heart. Multimedia Celebrity Poker knows eight different variants of poker. You may play combinations of five cards or seven, stud or draw, lo-ball or high, deuces wild or normal. In any case, it’s always you against the computer; a multiplayer option is not included. In addition to a relaxed round among friends, you can choose to advance levels in a tournament. You win if all opponents are broke, although nobody will undress at that point. Luckily. The program’s poker skill is mediocre; it’s playing fairly straight, rarely risking a bluff. The playing style of the three celebrities does not differ. Ready to join the game? On second thought, maybe you should wait for the fairy."
33195,Evolution: The Game of Intelligent Life,"Evolution: El Juego de la Vida Inteligente, Evolução: O Jogo da Vida, Genetic Evolution: The Race for Intelligent Life",1997,6.7,"Educational, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"A sort of combination of Civilization and SimEarth You control one of the earliest tetrapods (land animals), and try to get it to reproduce, spread, and evolve into a later species, ultimately evolving an intellectual species (which doesn't have to be Homo sapiens). There are some 160-odd species in the game, including dinosaurs; the continents move around during play; era changes are marked by geological catastrophes, which occur on a semi-random basis. In addition to the 'full' game, there are shorter scenarios for the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic."
33203,iF-22,iF-22: The F22 Raptor Simulator,1997,7.1,Simulation,,,"iF-22 is a jet fighter simulation with two available campaigns, set in Bosnia and Ukraine, respectively (the add-on provides a third campaign in the Persian Gulf). The game uses satellite imagery to recreate each area realistically and supports Direct3D for enhanced graphics. A dynamic mission system brings variations to each mission, improving replayability. Multiplayer is also available in a variety of modes and settings."
33204,Tenchu: Stealth Assassins,"Rittai Ninja Katsugeki Tenchū, Rittai Ninja Katsugeki Tenchū: Shinobi-Gaisen",1998,7.7,Action,Stealth,"Fantasy, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval)","It is 16th century Japan and you are one of two ninja employed by Lord Gohda, an uniquely compassionate samurai lord. As either Rikimaru or Ayame, you must proceed through your assigned quests, at first dispatching the amoral and unsavory folk in your lord's domain. As the game progresses, you will come face to face with greater threats from tengu goblins and oni demons. A full 3D game in the Tomb Raider spirit, Tenchu focuses on stealth and attacking unseen over straight action. Not being spotted leads to higher scores and better equipment. To aid in this, you can not only creep about and hug walls, but also use your grappling hook. Scenery is diverse, from Japanese castles to mountain retreats, each with their own types of opponents and soundtrack. Game engine cutscenes push the story forward, which various slightly for each of the two ninja."
33211,Gilligan's Gold,Gilligans Gold,1984,6.8,Action,Platform,,"Gilligan's Gold is a flick-screen platform game based on the arcade game Bagman consisting of three screens as you try to negotiate various levels of a mine to collect all the bags of gold scattered around the three screens. Trying to stop you are a couple of outlaws and if you touch one then you lose one of five lives. You must use the ladders and lifts to move up and down levels and if you fall down more than one level then you lose a life. Once you have a bag of gold you must drag it up to the top of the mine and put it in your wheelbarrow which can be moved anywhere on the top of the mine on any screen. Dragging a bag of gold slows you down but can be used to drop on the head of an outlaw. You can use a pick axe to dig through a yellow wall hiding a bag of gold and it can also can stun an outlaw for a few seconds but can only be used once. Moving about the screens are mine-carts and although if they hit you, you lose a life but you can ride them. Grab onto a hook and when a cart is beneath you drop on it. You can get off a cart at anytime."
33224,Ingrid's Back!,Gnome Ranger II: Ingrid's Back!,1988,7.6,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Ingrid is Ingrid Bottomlow, the intellectual-but-clumsy gnome we met in Gnome Ranger Her beloved home village Little Moaning is earmarked for a yuppie-friendly transformation by Jasper Quickbuck of Ridley's Manor. Ingrid has three cunning plans to stop him - producing a petition with everybody's signature, finding a more orthodox prevention method, and finally infiltrating Ridley's Manor itself by pretending to be a maid, and then finding proof that he's a dodgy geezer who should be locked up. These three quests can be played in any order, although they logically follow on from each other. She is accompanied by Flopsy the dog in the first 2 parts, and her cousin Daisy in the third. Ingrid's Back! uses the same game system as the original, and other contemporary Level 9 titles such as Knight Orc Giving instructions to other characters (including Flopsy) and jumping around the map using GO TO and FOLLOW commands. A living and breathing world of people travelling, trading and relaxing underpins it all, and plays a part in most puzzles. The disk versions of the game contain graphics, the exception being the ports for Apple II and Atari 8-bit, which are text-only."
33227,Al Unser Jr.'s Road to the Top,,1994,5.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"This racing game features both a practice and a Road to the Top mode. In the Road to the Top mode, four different racing events are held with three courses for each event. Each event features a different vehicle to use. The player can choose from one of three vehicles which feature different attributes for handling, top speed, braking, and acceleration. The player begins by racing go-karts, then moves up to snow mobiles, then IROC racing cars, and then finally Indy racing cars. If the player places high enough in all the races, then the final challenge is to take on Al Unser, Jr. in the finals in Vancouver. In the practice mode, the player can practice every course in the game except for the final race."
33234,Elevator Action II,"Elevator Action -Returns-, Elevator Action 2 -Returns-",1995,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Elevator Action Returns is Taito 's sequel to their 1983 game At the start of the game, you choose one of three characters, Kart Bradfield, Edie Burrett, and Jad the Taff. Each of them has their strengths and weaknesses, as well as different primary and secondary weapons. Your mission is to obtain the computer data that are hidden behind specially marked doors (colored red) in six buildings. Entering blue-colored doors during the game will trigger a spinning wheel that contains various items, and when you hit the fire button, what it stops on is what you get. These include point items, health items, machine guns, and rocket launchers. As with the original game, you can use elevators to travel between floors. You can shoot various objects to destroy them, including barrels and drums, which can help defeat various enemies that include lackeys, zombie soldiers, karate agents, trench-coat goons, guard dogs, and more. Avoid being shot by these enemies. There are cameras scattered throughout each building, which can be destroyed. If you are sighted by one of these cameras, a brief siren goes off. You have limited time to clear each building. When time runs out, the building blows up and you lose a life."
33247,Thrust II,,1987,6.5,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The physics-based gameplay of the original Thrust is back and the controls of your craft are basically the same - swivel left and right, and thrust. While the essence of the game remains very similar there are some differences second time round. The Federal Resistance has captured an artificial planet of great strategic importance in the war against the Galactic Empire. However, the purification of the planet's atmosphere is not yet complete. You must search the planet for 16 orbs, the majority of which lie below the surface, these are required for the construction of an atmospheric processor. This will involve descending into the maze-like tunnels of the planet, avoiding (or destroying) a variety of androids in your path and returning to the surface with the orbs in tow. Only one orb can be picked up at a time and they must be put in place at a designated site on the surface. Once an orb is picked up a timer begins counting down; if it's not in place in time the entire planet is destroyed! If your craft (or an orb that has been picked up) collides with the walls or the androids that patrol the passageways then it is instantly destroyed, a shield (life) is lost and play is resumed from a nearby location. Weapon pickups destroy all enemies on the screen of a specific type but can only be used for a limited time. Instead of the individual levels in the original game, there is only one game world in Thrust II and the orbs are scattered about in different places; they are also of varying masses and affect the handling of your craft differently."
33249,Raiden,"Arcade Archives: Raiden, Arcade Hits: Raiden, Raiden Densetsu, Raiden Trad, Super Raiden",1990,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In the year 2090, Earth is invaded by extra-terrestrials. The World Alliance of Nations has developed a supersonic attack fighter, Raiden, to defend the Earth. A pilot must take control of the experimental fighter to destroy the alien warships that just happen to look like odd variations of typical military tanks and planes with gadgets attached to them. Raiden (called Raiden Trad on the Genesis and SNES) is an over-head vertical-scrolling shooter, based on an arcade game of the same title. It features two forms of weapon upgrades and two types of missiles (normal or homing). You start the game with several bombs which you can use to destroy most enemies on the screen to get yourself out of a jam. Each level ends with a large boss or bosses."
33251,Kyros,"Desolator, Kyros no Yakata",1986,5.2,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"Kairos has kidnapped children and trapped them in mirrors inside his castle. The player takes the role of Mac in his quest so save them. The main portion of the game is spend with walking through the castle and fighting Kairo's henchmen - either with bare hands or with weapons which can be collected on the way. However, the way is not completely linear: there are different routes to take. A boss room waits at the end of each level (overall five). There are also a multitude of extras to collect which have effects like destroying all enemies on the screen or warping. Freeing enough children by punching out mirrors gives a short time of invulnerability."
33252,Origamo,,1994,6.8,Puzzle,,"Asia, Egypt (Ancient), Europe, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval)","In the game you have to exit the maze filled with mythological characters of 5 different philosophies (Japanese/Chinese, Tribal, Egyptian, Indian, European) with the Orb of Time. To acquire it you have to take some item in one room and to bring it to another room to get next one, and so on to the Orb of Time. In each room of the maze you must solve the puzzle, where the main gameplay flows. You have to put the tiles in the place to fill the entire figures of different sorts. Seven types of tiles are convex combinations of the right-angled triangles. The tiles are moved to you on the belt of conveyor. To successfully finish the level you may dump the unnecessary tiles (up to 50) which do not fit in the places and take the limited space on the conveyor belt. Placing the tiles in all places of specific types will clear the conveyor belt. Time is counting and allows you to make the best time on the level. Completing each puzzle successfully will give you the fixed amount of money and unsuccessfully will take this amount from you. These amounts may show you how difficult the puzzle is and how fast the conveyor belt will move. Logging in the game with certain name you begin your career. There are four modes of gameplay: Basic, Master, Random, and Adventure. In Adventure Mode you have 3 lives at start and may gain another ones by scoring 500 points while in other modes you have infinite number of lives. Different difficulty levels allows you to score standard, more (+25%), or less (-25%) amount of points. Highscores are also showing the best of the best."
33254,Italia 1990,Italy 1990,1990,6.1,Sports,,Europe,"Up to four human players can do battle in this budget-priced football game, with competitive and team 2-player options. Eight teams compete to win the greatest tournament of all, with matches of between 5 and 90 minutes length, viewed from above and scrolling up and down. The kits are always red and yellow. Standard football mechanics are implemented, including throw-ins, penalties, fouls, corners and goal kicks. The game also includes a Circuit Training mode, in which you can try 100m sprints, dribbling practice, weight-lifting and press-ups."
33255,Super Sim Pack,,1991,6.1,Compilation,,,This Collection by U.S. Gold contains 4 classic games. These games are:
33268,Shooting Gallery,Shooting G.,1987,6.5,Action,Shooter,,"Using your Sega Light Phaser, you are given a specified length of time to shoot as many targets as you can before the music fades out. The targets include birds, balloons, blimps, balls, and spaceships; some difficult, some not so difficult. As you progress through the rounds, the game gets difficult. For example, in Levels 3 & 4, you have to shoot balls that pass through a set of pipes and come out the other end, and on Level 5, you can't shoot the spaceships if they are protected by a shield, and have to wait until the shield disappears, but not for long. The game ends when you don't shoot enough targets."
33274,Turbo the Tortoise,,1992,7.5,Action,Platform,,"After Doctor Mulliner and his assistant Beckett make a mistake using Cybernetic technology prototypes, Mulliner’s pet tortoise Wal is given super powers. The only way a working machine can be built is for this tortoise to travel through time and collect the required parts from six time periods (Prehistoric, Ice Age, Egyptian, Mediaeval, 20th Century and the Future). Taking the role of Turbo the Tortoise the player must travel through six side-scrolling platform levels, each of them well-guarded by enemies. Limited weaponry can be collected, although jumping on the heads of these foes will also kill them. Turbo must allow for moving platforms, switches, fragile platforms and water hazards. Enhancements and extra lives are in hard-to-reach places, often only accessible by using enemy heads as launch pads."
33278,Princess Maker 2,"Princess Maker 2 Refine, Princess Maker 2: special mini drama",1993,7.8,"Role-playing (RPG), Simulation",,Fantasy,"A hero saved the human race from utter annihilation by the gods. This same hero then was charged by the heavens to take care of a young seed dropped from there. This seed becomes his daughter, and her guardian will be watching her progress. In Princess Maker 2 the player assumes the role of a father to the blessed daughter of the heavens. For the next eight years, the hero will nurture and guide her in the path of the player's own choosing. It is possible to choose the path of the zodiac-influenced daughter by scheduling her to jobs and schools, which will raise her statistics (strength, combat skills, cooking, faith, etc.). Each month allows the player to designate three different tasks for her to follow. Balancing between character development, stress level, health and financial income is the focus of this game. Mini sub-quests and various plot options revolve around the young lady adventuring in the wilderness, provided that she's strong enough to tame the wilds. The player can equip her with armor and weapons to fight off wandering random monsters in turn-based combat. The game starts with the daughter at age ten, from which point the player guides her until her adult years. Choices made during the course of the game will determine her eventual marital status, accomplishments, and her relationships with other people. There are 74 unique endings in the game."
33280,Fountain of Dreams,,1990,5.9,Role-playing (RPG),,Post-apocalyptic,"Following on the popularity of Wasteland Electronic Arts released this unofficial sequel, using a modified version of the Wasteland game engine. Fountain of Dreams takes place several decades after a nuclear bombardment has caused the state of Florida to break off from the mainland and become an isolated island community. The survivors of the war have split into several opposing factions, and life on the island of Florida is constantly threatened both by the ever present threat of radiation-induced mutation and by the Killer Clowns, a group of deranged and heavily armed marauders descended from circus performers stranded on the island by the war. When the Clowns murder the only man with the knowledge to stop the spread of the mutation, it becomes your task to locate a cure to the mutation before it overtakes your group of survivors as well as what's left of humanity on the island."
33283,Basil the Great Mouse Detective,,1987,5.8,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Based on the 1986 Walt Disney animated movie, the story revolves around a mouse named Basil who lives in the basement of the famous Sherlock Holmes residence 221B Baker Street. Basil's friend Dr. Dawson has been kidnapped by the villainous Professor Ratigan and he must search through London for clues that will lead him to the fiend's lair. The game is a colorful platform adventure through 3 locales: London's shops and docks, the sewers and finally the den of Ratigan. In each area, 5 clues must be found by exploring objects such bags and sacks, cans, jars and chests found in each screen with Basil's magnifying glass. He must pick up clues to fill 5 pockets in his coat and then he will be able to determine if some are fake (as Ratigan has scattered 8 fake clues among each locale). Fake ones must be dropped until all 5 real clues are found then you get a clue to the level exit to go to the next locale. If you can't find the exit, each clue can give a hint as to what direction you should go in. Your energy runs down as you go through the multi-level platform screens and encounter Rattigan's goons but some objects will contain cheese which restores energy or mousetraps which when laid in path of the goons will make them harmless (though they take up a pocket until used)."
33291,Crown,,1991,5.4,Action,,,"Crown is a jump and run game. The goal is to travel trough six different countries to finally become king. The game is non-linear, so the player can choose which country he wants to go to. The levels are pretty different: in England, you need to control a knight on his horse. You need to jump over all hurdles and collect all 80 shields to complete the level. In Scandinavia, you control a Viking on his boat. Here you need to collect treasure chests and avoid the whales crossing your way. In Russia, you play a Russian bear who needs to imitate the dance of a girl next to him. If he succeeds, the bystanders will give him money. In Japan, you control a small dragon which needs to jump from island to island. On his way, he needs to collect 80% of the stuff floating around or he will starve to death. In India, the small Indian boy needs to walk over the bridge, avoiding the flying bananas (?) and catch 8 mice. And finally, in Arabia, you control a dude on a flying carpet who needs to catch at least 50% of the flying lamps to stay on his carpet."
33293,Defenders of Oasis,Shadam Crusader: Harukanaru Oukoku,1992,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"A long, long time ago, the legendary king Jamseed defeated the evil Ahriman, the spirit of darkness. But just before, Ahriman managed to send into the world his most horrifying servant: the dragon Zahhark. Years have passed, Zahhark was defeated by the descendants of Jamseed, but its own descendants continued menacing the kingdom of Shanadar. Many generations later, you, the young Prince of Shanadar, has to confront the evil. Zahhark's offsprings plan to destroy the kingdom, and the Prince must first seek aid in a neighboring country, accompanied by a beautiful Princess, by the Genie from a lamp, and other friends. This is a traditional Japanese-style RPG. You control the Prince and his party members, visiting various locations, buying and finding items, and fighting random enemies and bosses in a turn-based combat viewed from first-person perspective."
33296,Mars Saga,"Mines of Titan, The Mars Saga",1988,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You're a stranded space jockey in a rugged frontier settlement on Saturn's moon, Titan. Your one chance to get off this ice cube is to assemble a team and find... a lost city! This early Westwood title is a turn-based RPG set on the surface of Mars. Your characters have attributes and 21 skills that can be raised during the course of the game. You gather your party throughout the game. Much of the game is viewed from a first-person perspective with a small top down map and status line, but combat is all top-down. Combat can be handled directly by the player or left to the AI."
33298,The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2001,"Football Manager 2001, Fussball Manager Bundesliga 2001",2000,6.8,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2001 is the sequel to The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2000 Like its predecessor you take control of a football team of your choice and try to send them to (or keep them at) the top. Aside from all the clubs, players, stadiums and logos from the British F.A. Premier league the game also features 6 other national leagues such as that of the Netherlands and Germany. But not all the names from these countries are official. But a database editor is provided so that you can manually fix these unlicensed clubs. In the game you are mostly presented with statistical screens with data. Communication with club personnel such as scouts and youth trainers is done through ingame emails. There are always several pre-written replies to choose from. Tasks you have to perform is select the line-up for your teams, buy and sell players, raise money, scout for new players and improve your stadium and training facilities. Both the entire match or just the highlights match can be viewed in 3D with live commentary,"
33301,Fred,"Roland am Seil, Roland on the Ropes",1984,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"You are Fred, an intrepid archaeologist, interested in visiting the pyramid of Tootiecarmoon looking for a new experience, and in search of treasures and great adventures. The game consists of 6 levels, on which you must obtain treasures and - of course - a map that allows you to leave the labyrinthine pyramid alive. You must avoid dangerous acid drops, mummies, spiders, vampires, etc. In order to defend yourself from those disagreeable enemies you have at your disposition a gun (with limited bullets), but some enemies are immune to guns, and you must jump or avoid them."
33306,Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World,,1994,8.6,Compilation,,,"Put quite simply, this is the amalgamation of the previously released Super Mario All-Stars compilation with Super Mario World added. While games already in the All-Stars bundle have major graphical and audio improvements, the only change made to Super Mario World is a slight tweak of Luigi's graphic sprites, making him slightly thinner and taller (rather than being the same height and stature of Mario) which does not affect gameplay. Altogether the following games are included: Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World could only be found in ""Mario Set"" bundled edition of the Super Nintendo console."
33309,Zoids,Zoids: The Battle Begins,1985,7.3,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this game you are a visiting Earthman, caught in the war between ancient enemies. After you crashed, you joined your rescuers in their war for survival. You are the blue side; your enemies are colored red. You control a gigantic battle-robot, called a Zoid, to attack and defeat other Zoids. The action takes place from within the cockpit. You have to learn a new way of looking at the world, as your only contact with outside is through the instrument panels of the Zoid. This is not intuitive--it takes some reading, some experimentation, and lots of practice. What you see on the screen while playing is the cockpit control panels. The computer displays your health and the health of your battle robot both visually and audibly. You see your heartbeat and the bot has a similar heartbeat. You also hear you heartbeats, and these tell you how your combined overall health is. Other features of the cockpit include a radar-style map that shows your Zoid in relation to the world around you. The map includes terrain features, and anything your instruments pick up is put on the map. All your game controls are displayed around the map, the railgun, shields, jamming, missiles, and general information panels."
33316,Street Fighter II,,1995,7.3,Action,Fighting,,"Before the flashy graphics, 3D animation and 30 hit turbo combos, there was the simple dragon punch and fireball. In this very scaled down version of the original Street Fighter II arcade game, you can choose from a select group of warriors including Ryu, Ken, Guile, Blanka, M. Bison, Chun Li, Zangief, Balrog and Sagat, each with a unique fighting style and special moves. Play through the one-player arcade mode and fight your way through each character in the game to the final boss, Bison, or play against a friend in two player mode."
33319,Marauder,,1982,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You've landed on an alien planet and penetrated the enemy base defended by armed attack robots. Your mission is to find your way to the heart of the base and to destroy the power center of the enemy's weapon system. You start on the right side of a room, randomly selected. You must make your way though various rooms, killing or avoiding the four robots as you go. You need to find the power center and shoot it to clear that level. You must do this before the timer at the bottom runs out. Once you shoot the power center, you will get the remaining time as bonus. You are then sent to a new room to start again but now there are five robots per room. Get the power center again and there will be six per room. Get the power center again and you return to four robots per room but faster. In some rooms, you will randomly find a magic armor that will make you invulnerable for a short time. The Apple II / Atari 8-Bit version add a second phase to the gameplay."
33323,Edd the Duck!,,1990,5.9,Action,Platform,,"On childrens TV in the early 90s, Edd the Duck and Wilson the arm were the familiar puppets helping with the link sections. Like most child-oriented licenses of the day, his first computer outing was a platform game, scrolling vertically and resembling Rainbow Islands although much simplified. Edd must progress up the levels within the time limit (water will come up to drown him - presumably polluted water through which a duck can't swim), while collecting every star. Bad guys can be stunned by shooting them, which makes them safe to touch, although nothing other than Edd actually dies. The levels are all themed around particular areas of the BBC offices, including a sci-fi set and the weather room."
33327,StarCraft,,1998,8.3,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the distant future, a small group of human exiles have been doomed to fight for survival on the edge of the galaxy. Through military strength, espionage, and deceit, a unified Terran government has maintained an uneasy peace. But a previously unknown species, the Zerg, has started overrunning their colonies. Furthermore, a second alien species, the enigmatic Protoss, became intent on stopping the Zerg. The Protoss solution, however, is to extinguish all life on Zerg-infested planets, including many surviving resident Terrans. At the same time, rebel factions within the Terran government are gaining popular support during the Zerg crisis. The time for war has come! Gameplay in StarCraft has clear similarities to Blizzard's earlier WarCraft II Building units requires credits and a power source, and once completed you can direct them into combat against foes. You only know the layout of terrain you have visited, and only the exact whereabouts of enemy units which are range for one of your units, due to the Fog of War. Each of the three races has a distinct range of units and general strengths: Zerg units are quick to build, Terran units cost the least, and Protoss units are the most powerful individually. In a change from many strategy games, the base style for each race also varies significantly, resulting in a very different playing experience with each. Missions vary from destruction to infiltration. Realistic line-of-sight calculations make the correct result more likely. A full map editor is provided, with many user-created maps available online."
33332,Metal Head,MH: Metal Head,1995,6.7,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"It has been five years after the formation of the Worldwide Federation. Although war has been averted, terrorist cells around the world threaten the stability of the federation. To combat this menace, the Federation has created a bi-pedal armored tank known as the Metal Head. You are a Metal Head pilot, and you have to use all the weapons at your disposal to take out the terrorists. Metal Head is a bit of a variation on the usual giant robot combat game. The game's mission areas bear more resemblance to a first-person shooter than a simulation. The graphics are all rendered in texture mapped polygons, which is unusual for a 32X game."
33335,Winter Olympics: Lillehammer '94,The XVII Olympic Winter Games: Lillehammer 1994,1993,6.2,Sports,,,"This is the official license of Winter Olympics tournament in 1994 at Lillehammer, Norway. You can practice in any event before the tournament. The game offers two modes - Full Olympics and Mini Olympics, which vary in the number of events. It includes 5 different types of sports - biathlon, alpine skiing (downhill, slalom, giant slalom and Super-G), ski jumping (90 m, 120 m), bobsleigh (2/4 men bob, 1/2 men luge) and skating (elimination, pursuit, time trial). The events use 3D views."
33341,Ring King,"Family Boxing, King Of Boxer",1985,6.0,Sports,Arcade,,"Ring King is a boxing game in which the action in the ring is viewed in a 3D top-down view and a full range of moves is provided, with the standard jabs complimented by body punches and the ability to dodge, duck or raise your guard. Each punch weakens your opponent's strength which can slightly recover during a round break. A rain of well placed blows can produce a quick knockout, but normally you must hit your opponent many times before he goes down. The game has three play modes. There is training mode to train your player before you enter a tournament. A ranking mode where you can select one of the three championships, Rookie, Japan and World. Each championship can be played at five difficulty levels. The third mode is the tournament mode To reach the number one spot in the ranking or tournament mode you must train your boxer well. Before you start you must create your character and set his initial abilities, strength, speed and stamina. Each won bout increases these abilities slightly. The abilities of your opponent and you are visible in the status bar at the top of the screen during the game. Strength is represented with a boxing glove, speed with a shoe and stamina with a dumb bell. This game can be played by one player against the computer or by two players against each other. A password is given after each won bout and it enables you to continue with the next match in a tournament at a later time."
33342,Twisted Metal 2,"Twisted Metal EX, Twisted Metal World Tour",1996,7.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Post-apocalyptic,"Twisted Metal 2 features destructive car combat, playable either as a complete tournament or a single match The action takes place in eight different locations around the world, on differing surfaces, many featuring destructible buildings and landmarks. Combat takes place between a wide array of vehicles ranging from a man strapped between two wheels to an ice cream truck. They have their own strengths and weaknesses, using an eclectic arrangement of weaponry include bombs and missiles, and resulting in its own end sequence, complete with an ironic line in humour."
33344,Beyond Oasis,"Beyond Oasis Classic, La légende de Thor, The Story of Thor, The Story of Thor - A Successor of The Light",1994,7.7,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)","Arcade, Puzzle elements","Fantasy, Middle East","Prince Ali has found the magical Golden Armlet, which was used many years ago to defeat an evil wizard who wielded its counterpart, the Silver Armlet. The Prince has now to stop the evil sorcerer and save the island of Oasis. To do so, he will need his wits, skills and the powers of the four Wild Spirits. Beyond Oasis (also known as The Story of Thor ) is a fast-paced action game with RPG elements. The Prince's default weapon is the knife, which has unlimited uses. During the course of the game, the hero will also find other weapons, such as bows, swords, and bombs. All these weapons have limited uses and will eventually break. The Wild Spirits are elementals the player can call to help to destroy enemies, heal the hero, or solve puzzles. These are the fire spirit, the water spirit, the plant spirit, and the shadow spirit. The game has a large assortment of monsters, including massive creatures such as the Red Dragon boss or zombies that split in two, with their torsos continuing to crawl and attack the hero."
33346,Madden NFL 95,Madden NFL '95,1994,8.1,Sports,,,"John Madden's back in the 1995 version of Madden NFL. Play exhibition, Super Bowl, playoffs or full season with any of the 1994 teams or all Madden teams. This time around, you can select whether or not to include weather conditions, new player animations (high steppin', QB slides), a bigger field and over 100 injuries. Also includes windowless passing, all new Madden-designed strategies and team match-up that shows how your players stack up to the other team in their position."
33347,Sleepwalker,,1993,7.1,Action,Platform,,"CTA's original IP stars a toon dog called Ralph who must stop his sleepwalking master Lee from waking up. Ralph must bridge gaps, beat up baddies, stop Lee falling into water, inflate his own body and float above obstacles, and generally be a selfless version of man's best friend. Between each of the major levels, there is a dream sequence where Ralph can collect various tokens and trigger what he ""really"" thinks should happen to Lee. There are six huge parallax scrolling main levels and five bonus levels. There are several full motion video sequences setting the story. There is also a special Amiga 1200 version which has enhanced full motion video and in game graphics."
33349,The King of Fighters: Dream Match 1999,,1999,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"A special Dreamcast conversion of KOF '98 (NOT '99) with several additions for Sega's console. The game remains the same as the original arcade version, but now includes new backgrounds (some with some polygonal enhancements) and a series of complementary bonus materials like conceptual galleries, sound test modes, etc."
33350,Joe Blade,,1986,7.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Tough guy Joe Blade must rescue six respected leaders from the madcap Crax Bloodfinger, who has kidnapped them in different areas of his base. Along the way he will find six bombs which must be activated, leaving him with only 20 minutes to rescue everyone. Joe Blade is viewed side-on and uses flick-screen progression. The bombs are deactivated by arranging letters into alphabetical order, but the bulk of the gameplay involves shooting and maze navigation. The screens are linked in various ways, and contain a number of keys which must be used correctly."
33351,Psycho Dream,,1992,6.7,Action,Platform,,"Psycho Dream is a side-scrolling action game with light platforming elements, similar in style to Valis games, though less story-driven. The game is set in predominantly modern-day environments. The player can choose to control either Ryo Shizima or Maria Tobari, two demon hunters who must save an innocent girl named Sayaka and rid the world of rampaging monsters. The two protagonists share the same stages; only single-player mode is available. Both demon hunters rely mostly on close-range attacks - Ryo with a sword, Maria with a whip, though they can also use guns. Most of the gameplay consists of slowly walking through monster-infested areas, eliminating enemies and avoiding obstacles, which often requires jumping and ducking. Power-ups are obtained from fallen foes. Depending on their color, these power-ups can increase the attack level of a weapon, envelop the character in a protective force field, or restore his/her health. Rare red power-ups are unique to each character: Ryo dons a special armor that hits enemies with bouncing lasers, while Maria gets in touch with her angelic nature, growing wings and firing homing energy balls."
33353,The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow,,1981,6.3,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","On December 16, 1944 in the twilight of the Third Reich, Hitler played his last desperate gamble and launched a massive surprise assault against the thin allied lines in the Ardennes forest of Belgium and Luxembourg. As the German Commander your goal is to cross the Ardennes forest and get to the other side of the Meuse River. With division/regiment sized forces you must storm thru the allied forces taking as many towns as possible. If you choose to command the allied forces your goal is the same as the American commander in 1944. Hold out against the attacking Germans until reinforcements arrive while keeping the enemy from taking towns and exiting from the map. The game lasts 15 turns. Each turn historically representing one day. The game can be played solitaire or against another individual."
33359,Legend of the Lost,,1990,4.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,In Legend of the Lost the player takes control of Jack who has to rescue his girlfriend Jane. She got lost in the African jungle and now he has to solve seven levels with four gameplay mechanics:
33370,Grind Session,,2000,7.4,Sports,,,"A pretender to the Tony Hawk's crown. Get ready to ride the rails and ollie over fences in Grind Session. You can choose from six professional skaters: Willy Santos, Daewon Song, Cara-Beth Burnside, Ed Templeton, Pigpen, and John Cardiel. If you can't find a skater that fits your style, you can create you own skater. After getting the boarder you want, go out and earn some respect in the games eight stages, which include some parks in the Van's Triple Crown of Skateboarding. Each level has a number of objectives that earn you respect points after they are completed. With respect, new levels open up including several competitions, which are broken down into street, vert, and best trick events. If your friends want to challenge you, take them on in a number of different 2 Player modes."
33378,Army Men: World War - Land Sea Air,"Army Men: Land, Sea, Air",2000,5.6,Strategy / tactics,Shooter,,"The war continues between the green and tan armies, with air, sea and land vehicles increasing the range of attacks. New additions to the gameplay include the ability to control not only Army Men, but land vehicles, ships and aircraft as well (for example helicopters, bombers, battleships and tanks). The Army Men themselves have a larger arsenal to choose from, including the howitzer and mortars, plus the usual machine guns, flamethrowers and grenades. As a PlayStation exclusive, a two-player Capture the Flag mode has been included. The single-player campaigns all include multiple objectives, such as capturing an enemy base while destroying others or defending an area from intruders."
33384,Prophecy of the Shadow,,1992,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"A long foretold prophecy is about to be fulfilled. The Shadow Lords are on the verge of entering our world. The hero has to find a way to break the string of events, that are foretold by the prophecy. Magic is dying in the land, and the use of it is illegal -- practitioners are hunted by Mage Hunters. And worst of all, the hero's master was treacherously killed by a poisoned dirk, and the hero is blamed for his death... Prophecy of the Shadow is a fantasy role-playing game from SSI published in the ""post AD&D"" era of the company. The player is controlling a single character in a 2D interface, using an engine specifically designed for this project. The protagonist has three main statistics: strength, magic, and agility (which influences his chances of dodging an enemy attack). In order to cast spells, the hero must learn them from magical tomes found in the game, and equip a catalyst that allows him to use them in combat. The combat takes place in the same area as the exploration, and is real-time: the player must select commands while the enemies are acting. The story is told using still pictures, text, and small animated sequences that used digitized actors superimposed over 3D rendered scenes."
33386,Jim Henson's Muppets,The Muppets,1999,6.4,Action,Platform,,"Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Rowlf, Gonzo the Great, Sam the Eagle and Swedish Chef all decide to travel back to the past using a big time machine built by Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker. Somehow the time machine breaks down, and sends the friends to unexpectedly different time locations. Now it's up to their friends - Animal and Kermit - to go to these locations and bring them back home. Jim Henson's Muppets is an arcade game based on the TV program The Muppets Show Players control either Animal or Kermit to different time locations which hold their friends. There are a total of 6 locations. Players can freely choose the location they want to play. Each location contains 3 selectable levels and an unlockable level (can only be played after finishing the selectable levels). The selectable levels have the same objective: find your way to the goal. The unlockable is where you encounter with a boss and save your friend. Animal fights using his drum sticks, while Kermit throws paper planes at enemies. Enemies (except the bosses) cannot identify the players' character, therefore don't fight at all. They simply just move from side to side. There are some items that aid players during the game: food (increase health), heart (give players one life), drum sticks (when playing as Animal)/paper planes (when playing as Kermit). Pressing a combination of button can enable Animal and Kermit to use special moves: Animal's earthquake and Kermit's super high jump. The graphics are in 2D. Players can save their process by choosing ""Save"" in the level choosing menu. At the beginning of a level or when players die, Statler and Waldorf will present exchanging a short conversation about the level."
33388,WWF Rage in the Cage,,1994,7.4,Sports,,,"WWF Rage in the Cage lets players choose from thirty WWF Superstars including The Undertaker, Yokozuna, Bret Hart, Bam Bam Bigelow, Shawn Michaels, Razor Ramon among many more. Each superstar has his own strengths and weaknesses as well as a personalized finisher such as the Tombstone for the Undertaker, Sweet Chin Music for Shawn Michaels, etc., along with the standard suplexes, body slams, and other moves. There are many game modes to choose from, including a regular single-falls match, tag team, six-man tag team, battle royal, and the game's dreaded namesake, the Steel Cage. The main gameplay is reminiscent of WWF Royal Rumble using the same engine, but featuring enhanced audio and graphics."
33390,Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R,SEGA AGES Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R,1994,6.7,Action,Board game,,"Ichidant-R is the second game in the Puzzle & Action series, and the sequel to Tant-R Twenty new minigames are present, including rocketship assembly, a batting contest, and hitting the brakes on a speeding car. The game once again includes an arcade mode for one or two players. This time, the player is questing to rescue a kidnapped princess from an evil knight. There is also a quest mode which plays like a simple RPG, where battles are fought via minigames. Of course, the four-player competition and free modes also make a return, rounding out the package."
33393,Panzer Dragoon Saga,Azel Panzer Dragoon RPG,1998,8.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Post-apocalyptic,"Edge is one of the soldiers in the service of the mighty Empire. The Empire has recently ordered some excavations at ancient ruins, trying to discover the secret of an old technology that is much superior to that of present time. During the excavation works, Edge encounters a mysterious young girl. He then witnesses the murder of his captain and other soldiers by Crayden, one of the Empire's officers. Coming into contact with an ancient dragon, Edge begins to roam the world, determined to find Crayden and avenge the death of his comrades. Nobody helps him but his faithful dragon. But the Empire is also after Crayden, so there appear to be at least three sides in the conflict - or are there more? Panzer Dragoon Saga is set in the same universe as the other Panzer Dragoon games, but differs from the rest of the series by being a role-playing game with elements of a shooter. There is no party in the game: the player only controls Edge on the back of his dragon, who is in fact the playable character in battles. Edge moves around through the game's fully 3D world by riding the dragon. In towns and some dungeons Edge can also move on foot. During battles, the player can either choose to shoot with Edge's gun, or use one of the many special attacks of the dragons. The battles do not work exactly like in an action game, but occur in real time: the player has to quickly choose an ability to use, and also move around to attack enemies from the sides or from the back, at the same time trying to avoid their attacks. The dragon receives experience points for fighting and also gains levels. The player is able to customize the dragon by assigning to him one of the four available dragon classes, that will determine his attack power, speed, etc."
33398,Final Fantasy VII,"FF7, FFVII, Finalnaja Fantazija 7, Zui Zhong Huanxiang 7",1997,8.4,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","The seventh installment of the Final Fantasy series takes place in a post-modern, steampunk, sci-fi world where high technology reigns and where robots and bio-engineered mutants co-exist with humans and dragons. The story focuses on Shinra Inc., an evil mega-corporation responsible for all the world's high technology. Shinra supports this technology with Mako Energy, Shinra's patented source of power. Unfortunately, Mako is the lifeblood of the living planet and by using it up Shinra is slowly upsetting the balance of nature. In comes AVALANCHE, a rebel group of disenfranchised citizens who have taken it upon themselves to oppose Shinra's ambitions. The main character is an ex-Shinra soldier named Cloud Strife, an angst-ridden fellow with a complex history that is explained as the game goes on. Cloud joins up with AVALANCHE as a mercenary for hire, and together they take on Shinra's maniacal executives and their army of shock-troops, robots, and mutants. However, after a while, it becomes apparent that there are other forces at work, and ultimately Cloud must not only fight against Shinra but also stop a powerful man from his past from destroying the world. Like its predecessors, Final Fantasy VII is a role-playing game in Japanese style, featuring turn-based combat with a real-time (ATB, ""active time battle"") element against randomly appearing enemies. Customization in the game revolves around a so-called ""Materia"" system. Instead of magic spells, abilities, and bonus stats being saved to a single character, they are saved to Materia orbs, allowing the player to change a character's spells and abilities from the equipment menu at any time. Materia orbs can be bought in stores or found during exploration. The series' trademark summoned monsters are also contained within specific Materia. Besides experience points, characters also receive ability points that gradually upgrade the abilities of the currently equipped Materia. Each character also possesses a set of unique attacks called ""Limit Breaks"". By sustaining enough damage without dying a character will build up their Limit Gauge, which can be expended to do a highly damaging attack when filled. More powerful Limit Breaks are unlocked as previous ones are used, and acquiring the most powerful Limit Break of each character will require the completion of sub-quests. The game utilizes 3D character models and pre-rendered backgrounds with varying camera angles for the exploration of towns and hostile areas. World map navigation and battle screens are done completely in 3D. CG movies are frequently used as cutscenes that advance the game's story. The game features a large number of mini-games (most of which are optional) and many ways to explore the game world, as the player gradually acquires various vehicles that can venture into previously inaccessible locations."
33399,Gee Bee Air Rally,,1987,6.4,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Interwar,"Gee Bee Air Rally adds another dimension to motor racing - literally, as the action takes place in the sky. It targets the feel of pioneering races between 250mph planes in the valleys of the southern USA between brave but honest goggle-wearing men - a sort of Mille Miglia in the sky. The game consists of 16 courses, which are marked out by giant suspended cones, each of which is to be completed against a time limit, while avoiding contact with the other planes. You must stay within the cones, any time spent outside it results in the alloted time ticking down at a prohibitively fast rate (so don't think of short-cutting the track). After every second successful race, you take on a bonus track, in which balloons must be hit for points."
33400,Team Buddies,Team Buddies: Lucha de Bandas,2000,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Fighting, Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"Bright primary colours and a strong cartoon style characterise this squad based third person shooter. Crates falling from the sky form the resource over which buddies fight, they are collected and returned to a stacking pad where they can be opened to reveal weapons, vehicles and other team members. The objectives vary, but central to them is collect the crates, build and arm a team of buddies and hunt down your enemies. Whilst the perspective is isometric, the world is fully modeled with physics especially visible in the vehicle control, from bikes to hover tanks, biplanes to jumpjets. Weapons special effects are also very varied, with homing missiles chasing their targets, bicycle pumps stunning and inflating, and chainguns with a recoil that sends a jumping buddy flying across the screen. Gameplay includes deathmatch games, domination and capture the flag variants and a hidden footie game (with exploding ball!). Many of the features are only unlocked after completing several levels. The multiplayer options runs up to four players in each of the different game variants, keeping to a steady 25fps with a split screen, under most conditions. AI control covers over twenty agents on a game level, all with different behaviors. Team member AI is controlled through a simple context dependent order button - select order whilst facing an enemy base and your buddies attack it, or whilst facing your base and they'll defend it. Occasional ambiguities over what the target of the order is can be resolved in 'binocular' mode, where the perspective is moved away from the player's buddy and a reticule snaps to the subject of the order."
33406,Questron,Questron: A Fantasy Adventure Game,1984,7.5,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"In this role-playing game, the player begins as a peasant whose land is under attack by monsters. After killing one, a princess names the peasant champion, and issues a quest, to rid the country of enemies. She can provide no map, but says that part of the quest involves learning the layout of the land by traveling it...and so the game begins. The ultimate objective is to find and defeat the wizard Mantor, and recover a magic book which gives him the ability to flood the land with monsters. Questron is played on a two-dimensional top-down map. Everything is represented by tile graphics: towns, monsters, trees, hills, etc. The sprite that represents the player changes, depending on which mode of transportation is used -- beginning, for instance, on foot. Dungeons in the endgame are done in a three-dimensional first-person style similar to The Bard's Tale The player may be a rising hero, but even heroes need money to buy tools and weapons and even food -- starvation is a real possibility! One source of food and gold is hunting game animals -- some can be eaten, and many carry gold. Then there are further opportunities in the various towns. The hero of Questron does not have to be perfect; the game makes concessions to moral ambiguity. In towns, the option of robbing the merchants is given to the player; of course, there are guards... Money can also be raised by gambling."
33414,Who Framed Roger Rabbit,,1988,5.9,Action,Arcade,,"Roger Rabbit has been framed for the murder of Marvin Acme, head of the Acme Corporation. Acme's will states that upon his death, Toon Town would be left to the Toons, but the will is nowhere to be found. You have to find the will and save your wife, Jessica, from Judge Doom and his weasels. The game takes place in Hollywood, 1947, where Toons are alive. There are 4 levels in the game, 2 of which are driving levels (levels 1 & 3). Roger and Benny the cab have to beat the weasels to the destination, while dodging cars, trams and Judge Doom's dip which is scattered on the road. There are pick-ups to help you on your way. Level 2 is the Ink & Paint Club. The will is on one of the tables. Roger has to pick up all the pieces of paper the penguin waiters put down, whilst avoiding the alcohol and gorilla bouncer. Level 4 has you in Judge Doom's warehouse trying to save your wife, Jessica, from the dip truck. You have to use gags to progress and make the weasels laugh themselves to death, literally!"
33418,Atom Smasher,,1983,5.5,Action,Shooter,,"Atom Smasher is a single screen shoot 'em up with multi directional movement that takes place in a nuclear reactor during a meltdown. In the middle of the screen are some neutrons and a single proton which one electron moves around. To delay the meltdown the player has to shoot the proton but avoid the electron since that will speed up the meltdown for a short time. For each proton that is shot, an extra electron is released. As the game goes on molten debris will start building up from the sides of the screen and if it reaches the nucleus the game ends. It is possible to destroy debris by firing at it. In the Amstrad version it is also possible to ram through it. When colliding with an electron one life is lost."
33425,Ultimate Paintball,,2000,4.9,"Action, Sports",,,"Paintball game for the Game Boy Color. It's a capture the flag game containing several levels. You wander around the map from a topdown view, and when you run into hazardous territory, the game switches to a sidescrolling first person environment where your feet are fixed in a central spot. Here you'll battle your opponents using your pellet gun and paint grenades. As you play on the levels gets harder and on later maps there is more than one flag. You also get to buy more weapons."
33429,Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition,Daytona USA: Circuit Edition,1996,7.5,Racing / Driving,,,"All of its predecessor and then some. More tracks, many more cars (hidden cars as well), smarter AI, more music (no more lyrics for the in-game race music either), broader 2-player gameplay, more refined arcade physics...and on top of everything else- BETTER GRAPHICS! The first Daytona on the Saturn boasted some hefty visuals, great for displaying the Saturn's power to the masses at the console's birth; but for the Saturn to be revered for everything it was, Sega (and AM2) had to make something a little flashier. All the graphics in the game have been updated...both the cars and tracks have higher polygon count, better texture mapping; the framerate is QUITE noticeably improved, everything is very smooth."
33447,Fists of Fury Edition 2,,1991,6.8,Compilation,,,Fists of Fury Edition 2 is a collection of four games:
33454,Rollcage Stage II,Death Track Racing,2000,7.7,Racing / Driving,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This sequel to Rollcage can be considered as Wipeout on wheels. The game allows you to power your vehicle down tunnels at blistering speeds, riding upside down on the roof if need be, and blast your fellow competitors to smithereens! There are new and improved weapons - including the ability to double up your arsenal; picking up the same weapon twice improves its power/abilities. There are 12 racing modes - not all of which are available at the start - and many hidden bonuses, all of which can be unlocked throughout the game. The game has new physics and vehicle handling, and uses shorter tracks than its predecessor."
33463,The Flintstones,,1993,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Prehistoric,"This is a platform game based on the famous Flintstones series. The game features many original Flintstones characters, such as Fred, Wilma, Barney, and others. Instead of the usual ""save the princess"" or ""liberate the world"" kinds of a plot, ""The Flintstones"" is mainly based on small quests: Fred has to retrieve a lost item, etc. The large levels are divided into smaller stages. In the end of each level there is a boss battle. The gameplay involves mostly jumping and hitting the enemies on the heads with a club. The health is measured by hearts. During the game Fred will find many useful items, including some that will increase his health level."
33467,J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth,,1989,7.3,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Three Rings for the-Elven kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their hall of stone, Nine for mortal men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his throne In the land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and the darkness bind them In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. September 23, 1418 s.r. Frodo Baggins receives a letter from Gandalf the Grey, telling him to leave at once for Rivendell and to keep an eye out for a friend on the road by the name of Strider. He also warns that the servants of the Enemy are in pursuit and have taken the guise of riders in black. J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth is the 16-bit game with additional adventuring features compared to the 8-bit version, loosely depicting the events of the One Ring from the Shire to Mt. Doom. The game starts with the three hobbits: Frodo, Sam, and Pippin surrounded by nine individual units of Nazgul near the Shire. Although the first task is to travel to Rivendell, the player is free to decide how heroes and armies progress, despite the in-game conventional storyline. Victory is attained by successfully sending the ring bearer to Mt. Doom - how this accomplished is completely up to the player. Additionally, any hero including Frodo may die during combat. If the ring bearer dies during combat, a new ring bearer (if they survive the encounter) will be appointed to carry the One Ring. If the enemy gains possession of the One Ring is taken by the enemy, they will attempt to reach Barad-Dur, Sauron's fortress in the heart of Mordor, which will result in the player's defeat. The player will also lose if the enemy manages to seize three major allied citadels. Gameplay is divided in accordance to the three different map levels used: Full Map Level Consists of the whole map of Middle Earth on one screen. All heroes and armies will be shown as colored dots; blue as allied units, green as neutral units, and red as enemy units, as well as general terrain and regional displays. All forces are in the game are viewable as no fog of war feature is in effect. Campaign Level Most gameplay features of the war takes place at this level. This map offers more detail of locations and units; all locations such as towns, citadels, ruins, etc., may be viewed from here; characters are displayed as figured and armies as badges. Large armies will be shown as a shield, indicating the unit type as well as the shield background signifying the unit's country of origin. Although at the start of the game various character and armies are viewable across the map, only flashing units may be issued orders by the player. Combat encounters for armies also commence at this level, which will prompt a new window where the player may opt to enter a battle or ignore the event. Combat orders consist of four commands: charge, engage, withdraw, and retreat. The battle when all units of either side is completely destroyed or retreats. Animation Level Animated encounters for characters take place at the level, either for story or combat-related events. Random encounters will prompt a window to be opened and the player may opt to go there or ignore the event. Objects, such as armor, weapons, and other equipment are also viewable and may only be manipulated at this level (e.g. equip, use, etc.). Some units of the West require certain items before their units may be mobilized."
33470,World at War: Volume II - Stalingrad,,1995,7.6,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","In this wargame you may restore most horrific historic event in World War 2. The battle, which changed balance of military forces, now can be played by computer. You may choose Soviet or Fascist forces to win the battle. Historically the Soviets won but with very great casualties. You as strategy genius may change it and win with less losses. Although you may win the battle by Fascists and then understand to what it will lead."
33472,Warlords III: Darklords Rising,,1998,7.5,"Compilation, Special edition, Strategy / tactics","RPG elements, Wargame",Fantasy,"Warlords III: Darklords Rising is an improved or gold version of the 1997 release Warlords III: Reign of Heroes It has the same graphics and interface with more campaigns, scenarios, units, spells, and heroes. The game also includes all the campaigns and scenarios from Reign of Heroes and has a map/scenario editor. Gameplay is all about creating army stacks, which can contain up to 8 units, and combining the right bonuses. You then use your armies to conquer cities. These cities produce your units and give you the gold to fund your campaign. Armies can be lead by a hero, but it's not absolutely necessary. You can use your heroes to search interesting sites like caves and monoliths. Also your heroes can accept subquests to raise their experience. The game focuses only on big battles; there is no micro management in this game. When two armies meet, the battle is executed automatically. Warlords lacks Heroes of Might & Magic 's tactical combat."
33475,Throne of Fire,,1987,6.7,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"This was Consult Computer Systems first major collaboration with Mike Singleton It is a slash 'em up 1 or 2 player game in which you play one of 3 princes, each out to defeat his brothers and gain control of the castle. You can see the 2 players simultaneously side by side. You navigate to the different rooms by selecting the windows on the scrolling castle display on the bottom of the screen. These windows are colour coded to whichever prince controls that particular room. The rooms are displayed as a view from the window showing exits left, right and forward (which can move you up or down). There is a neat animation when a player dies showing blood dribbling down the screen."
33478,Bedlam,,1988,5.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Bedlam is a vertically scrolling space shoot’em-up. Space fighter shoots patterns of swirling aliens and stationary cannons, collects extras and fights boss ships – Bedlam is ordinary shoot’em-up material, stretched out over 16 short levels and spiced up with your standard two-player option. While ZX Spectrum and C64 see a genuine space shooter with full-screen backgrounds and level variations, CPC and DOS get bare-bone versions stripped down to Galaga level."
33484,Feud,Feud: Battle of the Wizards,1987,7.0,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"Wizards Learic and Leanoric have a long-standing feud, and would do anything to see off their rival. As Learic, this is your task. Collecting herbs to cast spells is the main basis of the game. There are 24 herbs and flowers to be collected, which are used to make one of 12 spells (the herbs are only used for 1 spell, so there’s no need to decide which spell you’d prefer to have access to). You can use a combination of the spells (including a teleporter, invisibility and a fireball, which you must work our how to use). Leanoric’s direction relative to yourself is indicated by a compass."
33487,Disney's DuckTales,"Disney's DuckTales: La Bande à Picsou, Wanpaku Duck Yume Bouken",1989,7.9,Action,Platform,"Africa, South America","Duck Tales for NES is a traditional platform game in which the player takes the role of greedy Scrooge McDuck in search of treasures around the globe. He counts on his three nephews and on other Duck Tales characters to help him in his quest through inhospitable places such as the Amazon rainforest, the African mines, the Himalayas, Transylvania (where he meets Dracula Duck) and even the Moon. Each one of them reserves the old duck lots of adventure, different enemies and hidden rooms. The game features a 2D side-scrolling platform gameplay very similar to Mega Man. Graphics are colorful and cartoonish, music is reminiscent of the TV series, and controls are very simple."
33491,Turbo Sub,,1991,7.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Turbo Sub is a first person shoot 'em up. The player is the pilot of the Turbo Sub, the most advanced war device, with both flying and diving capabilities. Earth is attacked by evil aliens so the player is the last hope of the human race. He has to destroy numerous waves of aliens, dodging quickly to avoid collisions and enemy shots. Gameplay is simple: D-Pad is used to move up/down left/right and any button is used to shoot. The speed is not controllable. The aerial phase looks like the classic Afterburner but in a first person view. The player can dive whenever he wants. Sometimes headquarters will order the player to dive and it means the player is near a gem pod were he can collect diamonds. Near gem pods there is always a supply depot where bonuses (powerful shots, tracking missiles...) can be bought with the collected diamonds. Underwater the player moves a bit slower, and there are obstacles to avoid (like sunken antic temple columns). In the two player mode, the winner of a level is the one who has the higher score in this level."
33492,Mega Man Legends,"MML, Mega Man 64, Rockman Dash, Rockman Dash: Hagane no Baukenshin",1997,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Metroidvania, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In a world covered almost entirely in water, there exist small islands that hide huge treasures. And where there's treasure, you can find treasure hunters called Diggers, who live for the thrill of the hunt... Barrel Casket was once one of the greatest Diggers, but he has now retired. He now cares for his young granddaughter, Roll, whose parents disappeared while on a dig. He had also discovered a strange baby boy in some ruins one time, who he also took under his care alongside Roll. He named the baby boy Rock Voulnut, and Rock grew up to be an expert Digger, sometimes known by his nickname, MegaMan. While out exploring one day, Rock, Roll, and Barrel's airship, the Flutter, crash lands on an island named Kattelox. As they explore Kattelox in hopes of fixing their ship, they hear word of a huge treasure, the legendary Mother Lode, that is buried somewhere on the island. Rock, Roll, and Barrel decide to look for the treasure, but at the same time, they're going to get a little competition from a pirate family named the Bonnes... Mega Man Legends is the first of the Mega Man series to take place in fully explorable 3D, and is paced more like an RPG than the previous stage-to-stage action games. Rock can explore the town and follow the story to find entrances to the underground ruins, where in he will find traps, feral Reaverbots, and large boss robots. Destroying enemies will reward Rock with health, sub-weapon energy, and the power cores of the robots, which people in his world use as currency. By searching through the town and ruins Rock will find items of dubious use and value, and they can be brought back to Roll to be assembled into useful items and upgradable sub-weapons, although not for free. Rock can run while shooting, go into first person mode for aimed shots, and also lock onto an enemy and circle around them to avoid their attacks."
33494,God of Thunder,GoT,1993,7.5,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The mighty god Odin goes from time into deep sleep. During the time of such an ""Odinsleep"", the mischievous god Loki stole from Odin his favorite land, Midgard, and populated it by monsters. But Odin has a son - Thor, the god of thunder. Using his powerful hammer Mjolnir, Thor must travel to Midgard, face Loki and his assistants, and reclaim the land for his father. God of Thunder is an action game with strong elements of puzzle-solving. Thor explores Midgard, fighting enemies in action-based combat, using his hammer or lightning attacks. Many hazards are there to make the hero's life difficult, and the player must solve puzzles to protect Thor and advance the story. The puzzles range from simple exercises in re-arranging objects to more complex examples that occupy the entire screen. Most of the game is viewed from a top-down perspective, though there are platform sequences as well."
33496,Cruise for a Corpse,Croisiere pour un Cadavre,1991,7.8,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Interwar,"Cruise for a Corpse is a graphic adventure game with a point-and-click interface. You advance in the plot not so much by solving common object-based puzzles, but by talking to the right persons about the right subjects at the right time, thus collecting clues. You will also find pieces of evidence scattered throughout the ship. However, most items suddenly appear in cupboards and drawers that were previously empty. The clock advances in ten-minute-steps whenever you discover an interesting clue, which conveniently informs you of your progress. The protagonists move around the ship; so whenever time passes, different persons to talk to might appear at certain locations. With this game, Delphine Software's Cinematique interface reached ""Evolution 2"". Instead of containing a fixed number of verbs, the command menu is now context-sensitive. The mouse cursor will change its appearance when moved over an interesting object; a left-click brings up a set of appropriate verbs. For example, a cupboard may be opened and searched, whereas a key can be picked up and turned. A right-click accesses the inventory. The game features polygonal characters."
33500,SimCity Classic,"SimCity Original for Windows, SimCity Returns",1992,7.4,Simulation,City building / construction simulation,Contemporary,"SimCity Classic is a remake of the original SimCity Compared to the original release it brings enhanced graphics, sound effects, a music track, a resized interface, and smooth scrolling across the map. Gameplay remains largely the same."
33502,MTV: Music Generator,Music 2000,1999,8.1,Simulation,Music / rhythm,,"In this game you basically have fun making music. There are modes like music jam and music generator where you can record what you do and even make videos. Never get bored, because there are so many templates for your music."
33503,Jaki Crush,Naxat Super Pinball : Jaki Crush,1992,7.5,"Action, Simulation",Pinball,Fantasy,"Jaki Crush is the third game in the Crush Pinball series, with a distinct demon and a horror theme. It is also the only title in the pinball series not released outside of Japan. It is based around the theme of a Jaki, a Japanese type of mythological demon and it contains a single table divided in three levels with six flippers. It can be played with two players (taking turns) and contains an option to alter the ball speed. There is a large amount of moving and stationary targets, and creatures that can be destroyed. There are six bonus stages that are accessed by shooting into a demon's mouth when it is open."
33504,Dark Chambers,,1989,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Dark Chambers is an arcade action game similar to Gauntlet You are an explorer in an underground maze; your goal is to survive the 26 different levels and collect as many of the hidden treasures as you can. Hidden somewhere in each of the levels is an exit which will take you on to the next level. Trying to stop you from completing your quest are a wide variety of creatures, including zombies, wraiths, skeletons, wizards, and the grim reaper. Each of the creatures in the game has a different strength; when you shoot a creature, it will transform into the next weaker creature. Eventually a creature will become the weakest one (a zombie) at which point it can be destroyed. In addition to the creatures and treasures, other items that can be found in the maze are keys (to open doors), potions (to restore health), poison (drains health), guns (increases your firing rate), traps, shields, and bombs. The game is played from an overhead point of view, and is for one player or two players simultaneously."
33508,Mitsume ga Tōru,,1992,7.8,Action,Shooter,,"Mitsume ga Tooru (translates to The Three-Eyed One) is based on the manga and anime of the same name. You control Hosuke Sharaku - a boy with a third eye on his forehead and of terrifying power. This power is unleashed when his third eye is open so he is wearing a bandage to seal his power and remove any memories of his true nature. In the game, another three-eyed man with great powers appears and attacks a city. He also kidnaps Sharaku’s friend Wato who watches unable to do anything. Sharaku then, with the bandage removed, begins his quest to save Wato from this man. The character you control can fire shots of energy from his forehead eye to attack the enemies that inhabit the 5 stages of the game. He can also summon the Red Condor – a harpoon that can be used for attacking or reaching higher places. Along the way you will find places where you can buy extra lives, different weapons and an improved version of the Red Condor. Money can be gained from defeating enemies or by shooting invisible chickens that can be found in certain levels. You can also increase the value of a coin that is left behind by an enemy if you shoot it multiple times."
33509,Game & Watch Gallery 3,"Game Boy Gallery 3, Game Boy Gallery 4",1999,6.7,"Action, Compilation",Puzzle elements,,Game & Watch Gallery 3 is the third in a series of re-creations of classic Nintendo Game & Watch games. Both original and modern (featuring Mario and the Nintendo gang) versions of the following games are available to choose from:
33532,Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six,,2000,6.8,"Action, Compilation, Simulation",Tactical shooter,,The Dreamcast port of the first game in the long-running Rainbow Six series of tactical shooters includes both the original game and its add-on Eagle Watch
33536,Supercross,Supercross 2001,2000,6.7,Sports,,,"Supercross is the 2001 iteration of Supercross 2000 For this iteration the developer has opted for a more arcade style handling for the dirt bikes. Game modes include single race, time trial, freestyle practice, freestyle competition and series championship. The championship mode contains nine distinct championships to race for a total of 55 events to race. Unlike the previous game, supercross offers both indoor and outdoor circuits for a total of 22 tracks. Included are 30 official racers licensed from the AMA and the option to create your own rider. Most of the game modes can be played with a friend in multiplayer."
33544,Star Firebirds,,1985,5.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Star Firebirds are a dangerous alien race which must be wiped out before they can attack your people. This makes for a shoot 'em up with your ship at the bottom of the screen, shooting upwards as it dodges the Firebirds as they shoot down the screen. To clear each of the 64 waves you must destroy a set amount of each of the two types of Firebirds. You have a standard cannon as well as a hyperspace super-move, which can wipe out several Firebirds at once. Each wave finishes with a super-baddy to be shot several times in between its efforts at raining shots down on you."
33547,Blue Lightning,,1989,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Blue Lightning a launch title for the Lynx, is an arcade flight game heavily based on After Burner The player controls the prototype Blue Lightning jet in combat against the enemy. The game consists of nine missions with varied objectives. These range from shooting down enemy planes to taking out tanks and ships or radar installations. In a courier mission, documents must be delivered by landing on a certain airfield. Upon successfully completing a mission, a password is given. The action is seen from behind the Blue Lightning. With the heavy arcade focus, there is no danger of stalling or even crashing into the ground. Crashing into air or ground targets is possible, however. The Blue Lightning is armed with a cannon with unlimited ammunition and 40 missiles. The on-board computer automatically seeks missile lock for enemy targets while the cannon must of course be aimed manually. The Blue Lightning is also equipped with an afterburner: activating it puts the plane to maximum speed for ten seconds, allowing one to catch up to enemy targets that got away. After use it takes another ten seconds to recharge. The plane is also able to pull off a barrel roll, useful to lose the lock of enemy missiles."
33552,Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado,"Gold und Ruhm: Der Weg nach El Dorado, Oro e Gloria: La Strada per El Dorado, Oro y Gloria: La ruta hacia El Dorado, Ouro e Glória: O Caminho para El Dorado, Pour l'Or et la Gloire: La Route d'Eldorado, Złoto i Chwała: Droga do El Dorado",2000,6.8,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado is an adventure game very much similar to Monkey Island This game is based on the Dreamworks cartoon with the same title and has quite the same story as the cartoon: Two lads from Spain are about to go into prison, but they don't want to, so they escape by going onto a ship and search for the legendary City of Gold, El Dorado."
33568,Llamatron: 2112,,1991,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"A clone of the original Robotron Llamatron uses the same principle but ups the action level, graphics and sound. For those who haven't played Robotron, the aim is simply to control you character (in this case a llama), shoot all the various monsters and rescue all the innocents (sheep). Your weapon is always on automatic fire and you shoot in the direction you are facing but if you hold the fire button it locks the gun in that direction allowing you to move around. Various power-ups are presented to you during the game and two-player support is also in there."
33578,Wetlands,"Wetlands: Respira Hondo..., Wetlands: Take a Deep Breath, Wetlands: Tief durchatmen!",1995,6.6,Action,Rail shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This game is very like Cyberia ; the moving path is predictable, and all you have to do is shoot at anything that moves, and enjoy the animated sequences in between every mission. The time is set somewhere in the near future, and there is a major war active on your planet. By the time war is battling, the infamous and most dangerous international prisoner was rescued, and the prison guards were killed. As much as you don't want to participate in that action (since you're more interested in winning the war), you, as a great undercover agent are sent to bring the prisoner back. No matter the cost. As you can guess by the title, most action is taken under the water, and a few rare are battled in the space above. Bring him back commander!"
33579,The Witness,"The Witness - An INTERLOGIC Mystery, The Witness: Somebody's going to take the Deep Six!, Witness",1983,7.0,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Interwar,"The Witness is a text adventure in which the player takes control of a police detective working near Los Angeles. The year is 1938, and on this stormy February night a wealthy but frightened man has asked the detective for protection. In spite of his best efforts, a death occurs, and the hero has twelve hours to solve the mystery and try to arrest the killer. If the player thinks there is enough evidence against one or more suspects to convince a jury of their guilt, he or she can arrest them and conclude the case."
33580,Power Factory featuring C+C Music Factory,,1992,5.2,Action,Music / rhythm,,"The first of Digital Pictures' ""Make My Video"" line has you ""editing"" three of C + C Music Factory's most famous songs - ""Gonna Make You Sweat"", ""Things That Make You Go Hmm..."" and ""Here We Go Let's Rock & Roll."" The plot puts you inside the music factory of the game's name, where two linemen sweat and toil under the oppressive thumb of a wheelchair-bound corporate executive. Video discs literally roll down an assembly line while C + C record their sounds behind three closed doors. You are asked to help out in editing these videos, appease the corporate masters, and lift the burden from everyone. The game is played from a panel meant to resemble and act as a non-linear editor. Editing is entirely linear however, as three distinct video ""feeds"" run simultaneously along the bottom of the screen. Each is mapped to the A, B, or C button, and pressing one sends that video to master viewer, where it is recorded. The D-pad toggles various effects on and off from a bin in the upper left. One feed will always be of C + C's actual video, with the other two holding appropriate stock footage (like a doorbell timed to appear with the lyrics ""Ding dong, who is it?""). The video can not be stopped or rewound once the editing process begins, so the player must quickly route video to the viewer and apply effects within a given amount of time. This allows for editing challenges, where the player must fill specific requests, like having fast cuts or showing no dancers. After a video is edited, the player gets to watch their cut in its entirety. They are then graded by the FMV characters and move to the next song, or try a new edit of the previous one."
33583,Track & Field,Konamic Sports in Barcelona,1992,7.5,Sports,,,"Track & Field for the Game Boy released by Konami in 1992. It was released as 'Konamic Sports in Barcelona' in Japan. Not all are part of Track & Field are athletics but all are olympic sports. The Game Boy version features different events than the other versions of the game. There are 11 events in total: 100m Dash, Long Jump, Hammer Throw, 110m Hurdles, Javelin Throw, Weight Lifting, Archery, Triple Jump, Swimming, Discus Throw, Pole Vault. All require quick and timed arcade reflexes. Game modes: 1-Event Mode (quick game), Competition (something like story mode) and Versus mode (link cable play with friend)."
33584,Pro Rally 2001,,2000,7.2,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Pro Rally 2001 is a rally racing simulation game. It comes with 24 races spread over 12 different countries such as France, Sweden and Kenya. Settings include tarmac, gravel and dirt roads, deserts, snow and ice. Game modes consist of Time Trial, Arcade and Championship. Races driven in Time Trial will be saved as ghost cars for you to race against. In Arcade and Championship mode you have to finish each course with acceptable times before you can race the next. In Championship mode you will also have to successfully complete a driving competence test before you can start. You only get one chance for each course in Championship mode and your car can also get damaged. After each race there's only limited time for repairs, which forces you to make concessions. Multiplayer is possible in split-screen, network and online multiplayer modes."
33585,Start-Up 2000,"High-Tech Start-Up, Start-Up",2000,6.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"You've just secured venture capital to start your firm. Create one of over 3000 possible items as you attempt to control marketting, distribution, manufacturing to optimize profit, while analyzing market trends, competition, and research to ensure future profit. You even get a choice between online or traditional selling. Hire the right people and make the right decisions, and your company may prosper... Play against up to 7 other human players in the same market for maximum pressure! Can you be the next startup that make millions?"
33599,Ultima VII: Part Two - Serpent Isle,Ultima VII: Segunda Parte - Serpent Isle,1993,8.0,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The events of the game take place eighteen months after those described in Ultima VII: The Black Gate Batlin, the leader of the Fellowship has disappeared, as well as Iolo's wife Gwenno. A map is found that points to the Serpent Isle where the Guardian is still planning to destroy Britannia. Lord British sends the Avatar and his companions to this new land. Once there, the Avatar discovers that a great imbalance is upon the isle and it is up to him to fix it. To do so, he must learn the philosophies of the original inhabitants of this land, who worshipped giant serpents symbolizing the principles of Order, Chaos and Balance. Serpent Isle uses virtually the same game engine as the first Ultima VII with some slight modifications in inventory management and NPC portraits (which are now digitized images of actors). The story, however, is more linear and also more extensive. Unlike earlier Ultima games, many tasks have to be accomplished before the player is able to advance to a different area. There are also many scripted events that advance the plot, though the free-roaming is still retained to a large degree, with a vast amount of locations to visit, items to collect, and NPCs to interact with. Combat is handled similarly to the previous game, with a simple real-time point-and-click management of the Avatar's actions, while his/her party members are being controlled by the AI."
33602,Rimrunner,,1988,6.5,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"An insectoid race travels the galaxy and colonizes uninhabited and long dead planets. Force shields were created to protect their planets from the constant attacks of the arachnoids. The force shield generators need regular recharging, a task for which a group of elite insectoid warriors was created. Riding their reptilian mounts (Runners) they patrol the colonies, recharging the generators and destroying any hostile lifeforms that have penetrated the shield. Players have to guide one of these warriors through horizontally scrolling levels, shooting at hostile lifeforms and seeking out shield generators that need recharging. A radar at the top of the screen shows the players position, as well as the position and status of the shield generators. Green generators are stable, flashing generators are unstable and red generators need to be recharged. Enemy attacks deplete the warriors health and might knock him of his Runner. On foot, the warrior is much slower and can't walk very far (the levels stop scrolling), but it is necessary to dismount the Runner to be able to recharge the generators."
33614,Saban's Iznogoud,"Iznogoud : Deviens Calife à la Place du Calife, Saban's Isnogud, Saban's Iznogoedh",1997,4.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Middle East,"You are the Grand Vizier Iznogoud, whose one and only aim is to depose the Caliph of Baghdad and become Caliph in his place. To do this, you must face many challenges and enemies in your path. You control Iznogoud in a very colorful platform environment, moving, jumping, dodging and ducking obstacles all around you. You can pick up objects that increase your life points as well as weapons which you can throw at your many opponents. Each level has a level boss that you must defeat to move on to the next level. There are also passwords given at the end of each level. You are on a timer; so move quickly, collecting the coins and objects along the way."
33615,Michelin Rally Masters: Race of Champions,MRM,2000,7.3,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"This is the OFFICIAL game of the real Race of Champions! Take the various authentic ROC cars (22 in all) through different tracks on head-to-head SuperSpecial challenge modes or traditional rally stages as you speed and slide through mud, gravel, snow, and more. Five levels of difficulty will let you learn at your own pace. Multiple game modes (RoC, Challenge Cup, Challenge Trophy, time attack, single race, single stage) keep you challenged. Run races online with other players through dedicated servers or setup your own."
33616,Campaign,,1992,6.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War II","Campaign covers some of the most important battles of the Second World War, from Sahara to the Russian campaign, and from the Battle of the Bulge to D-Day. A map editor allowing users to modify existing scenarios or to create new ones is included. You can take involvement at many levels of a battle. You can take direct control of either driving or gunning a tank, direct groups of 16 tanks and their support units, and create a combined overall strategy factoring in supply routes. Over 150 different vehicles from both sides are featured. It's a hard-core wargame that will like mostly to the ""aficionados"" of the genre. The game package includes a lot of extras: a thick ""Equipment factfinder"" manual (170 pages), 2 huge posters, replicas of WW2 postcards and of a newspaper."
33617,Genetic Species,,1998,8.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Genetic Species is a first-person 3D shooter set in the grim 22nd century. Ruthless corporations dominate the world and only the CFA (Counter Force Alliance) dare oppose them. Upon entering the game, several corporate bases have been attacked by an unknown force and it's your mission to investigate these attacks. To do this, you play as a BioShifter, which is a unit capable of taking control of living creatures as well as cyborgs and droids via their electronic implants. The gameplay in Genetic Species is familiar and like most shooters, the emphasis is on action. Still, the game contains many original items and weapons, some of which are quite unique and allows you to tune down the killing."
33621,Arabian Fight,,1992,6.1,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,"Fantasy, Middle East","Princess Lurana has been abducted by the evil Sheikh Sazabiss to offer her as a sacrifice as part of plans for world domination. It's up to four warriors to fight over various levels in pursuit of the Princess and save her and stop the Sheikh's evil plan. The warriors are Sinbat, Goldor, Ramaya and Datta who each have their own fighting style and magic. You can choose to play as one of the warriors with up to three other friends playing along side you. When a warrior is hit then part of his energy gauge decreases. When it is empty then you lose one of two lives. Arabian Fight is a side scrolling beat-em-up where the screen scrolls as you move but with the length of a each level short. You fight wave's of enemies before facing a boss who needs defeating to move onto the next level. As you play you can break chests and other objects to get food for energy or a magic lamp which then allows you to use a magic spell to hurt all enemies on screen. One effect the game uses for it's visuals is the use of perspective. All characters on the screen move in and out of the screen getting smaller or larger. Some enemies actually appear from the screen into the game."
33622,Ristar,"Ristar Classic, Ristar: The Shooting Star",1995,8.2,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The evil tyrant Greedy has arisen to control a solar system full of sentient beings. He has corrupted the leaders of each world and thereby enslaved the entire populace. He has also sent his minions in the disguise of planet natives into the worlds to enforce his rule. A lush forest planet, the last planet in the tyrant's agenda manages to send a call of help to the solar system's little ancient hero before being overrun. However, Greedy has even managed to remove the great hero. Yet, he did not count on the interference of the hero's sun, Ristar. The player takes control of Ristar in his attempt to liberate the solar system. Ristar can stretch out his arms to grab enemies and summarily headbutt them. His long limbs can also be used to climb up on various surfaces. Being a star adds more features to the gameplay."
33627,Frightmare,,1988,5.8,Action,Platform,,"This is a platform game, where you play as a man who's experiencing a horrible nightmare. And if you die in it, you die for real... Your mission is to survive long enough to wake up. For every room you visit, another 6 minutes goes by, and at 8:12 the alarm clock will ring, and save your life. Your secondary objective is to increase your dream-state. You start with a ""bad dream"", but by killing monsters, and collecting chalices, you can get much worse dreams, like ""horrible dream"" or ""deadly vision"". Your dream-state is displayed in text-form at the top of the screen, and does not affect the game in any other way. This is a horror game, and you will face zombies, bats, ghosts, and other terrifying creatures. If they touch you, you lose one of your five lives. You can collect different items, like guns, crucifixes, clocks, and other stuff. Your inventory can hold up to three items at once. You can kill some enemies with the gun, but many are immune to it. Crucifixes can freeze enemies, and clocks slow them down. The game consists of a huge maze of interconnected rooms. It's easy to get lost, and the game is almost impossible to complete, even if you cheat. So this is for anyone who wants a big challenge."
33629,Alien vs. Predator,,1994,7.8,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alien vs. Predator is a 2D side scrolling beat'em up based on the Alien and Predator film franchises. Up to three players can pick from four characters to kill alien hordes and human enemies: there are two cybernetically enhanced humans (Major Dutch Schaefer, based on Arnold Schwarzenegger's character from Predator and Lieutenant Linn Kurosawa) and 2 Predators (Warrior and Hunter). All characters are equipped with a gun for ranged attacks, and three also have melee weapons: Linn has a katana, the Hunter has a bladed staff, and the Warrior has an extendable-retractable spear/staff. Dutch uses a cybernetic arm instead of a weapon. Gameplay is typical for the genre - players must walk to the right, kill all enemies, and defeat bosses."
33646,Monster in My Pocket,,1992,7.2,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The evil Warlock wants to take over the world! He calls his fellow monsters to join him, but several refuse - and after casting a shrinking spell that backfires and shrinks down all the monsters around him, transporting them to different homes in Los Angeles. Warlock didn't let his size impairment get in the way of world domination, however, so it's up to The Vampire and The Monster to stop him! Along the way, both characters will have to fight through Warlock's henchmonsters through the streets, sewers, a construction area and even a Japanese garden. The game features classic platforming action. The player only has one all-purpose attack and they can also double jump to avoid enemies or reach high ledges. The player can also pick up small objects and use them to attack several enemies at once. If there's only one player, they can choose between The Vampire or The Monster. Or if they don't want to go alone, a friend can join in and help them beat Warlock in the two player co-op mode. The game is based on the Monster In My Pocket toy franchise. The package also included a limited edition Monster in My Pocket toy, Blemmyea (#81), which was only available with this game."
33648,WipEout 3: Special Edition,,2000,8.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This special edition of WipEout 3 has all the tracks from the regular edition, three from the original WipEout and five from WipEout XL Some improvements have been made to the original tracks from WipEout 3 The small fonts in the regular edition's menu have been enlarged, and the default name screen also includes numbers now."
33655,Final Fantasy Adventure,"Mystic Quest, Seiken Densetsu",1991,7.9,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"Set after the event of Secret of Mana, you play a young man who escapes from his captors, only to find a huge world ahead of him. You must roam the land, solving puzzles and defeating enemies to find the young mans destiny in society."
33660,Pinball Prelude,,1995,7.4,Simulation,Pinball,,"The central theme of the pinball game Pinball Prelude is time. The first table is set in the past and features a dinosaur setting, with table elements being not easily recognizable as such since they blend into the environment. The second table is set in the present and at the same time the most conventional of the three design-wise. The third table plays in the future and contains five flippers in total. Some of the features include a hi-res mode for multi-ball, vertical and horizontal scrolling of the playfield and a rubber ball, which behaves much differently than the standard steel sphere."
33661,Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling 2,,2000,6.7,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling 2 is the second in the Brunswick Circuit series of bowling games. The game uses many aspects of the original game improves them and adds new features. The sound effects and music have been improved to give the player the feeling of being in a real bowling atmosphere. New characters have been added that include female bowlers, plus there are new tournaments, new modes of play and an easier throw system. Bowling balls can be selected based on weight, size and style. The multiplayer game has also been expanded. Modes of play include: Amateur and Pro Career Mode, Cosmic Bowl, Skills Challenge, and Skins."
33670,Lethal Weapon,L'Arme Fatale,1992,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In this game, based on the movie series, you can play as Martin Riggs or Roger Murtaugh to complete four main missions, before taking on a final bonus one. For each mission you can choose the appropriate character. Walking around, jumping and swimming, kicking or shooting the opponents you have to stop the crimes in your beloved L.A. Firstly, you have to stop drug dealers who want to transport their money from the dock, where you infiltrate. Secondly, you have to stop suicidal terrorists, who entered the subway. Thirdly, you have to defuse a bomb, planted by another terrorist group in the mall. Fourthly, you have to sneak into an office complex to free a hostage, Leo Getz. And finally, you have to find out and stop an ex-police sergeant, who is supplying armor-piercing bullets to local criminals."
33671,Banshee,,1994,8.1,Action,Shooter,Steampunk,"A vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up from the old school, with similarities to games like 1942 and SWIV There are lots of big, brash enemy vehicles to take on, plus individual soldiers (these often lie in a pool of blood afterward, a gruesome sight making full use of AGA graphics) and civilians. Many of the enemies have good hiding places and can emerge surprisingly, Commando-style. There are four large levels, which also scroll a small amount horizontally, the idea being that you can evade some opposition. There's a special loop-the-loop type feature available, which can double as an attack or an evasive move."
33677,Western Games,,1987,6.6,Action,,Western,"Western Games has six Wild West themed sport-style events. In Arm Wrestling you must pull the joystick back when the arm in the central display has entered a strong phase and press the button to prop the arm up then hope for the best. The Beershooting event requires you to shoot a 5 beer glass targets faster than your opponent, but this is not too easy if you get nervous.Player 1 moves the joystick to the right to draw their gun, while Player 2 must move theirs to the left. Once the gun is drawn, the crosshairs are used to line up the target. Press the joystick button to fire. A beating heart shows the degree of your nervousness in the display. Quid-spitting requires that you bite off the right amount of tobacco and chew it to just the right consistency before you determine what angle to spit it into the pot. This requires some fancy joystick handling. To lift your arm and bite off the quid, you must move the joystick forward.To chew, you must move the joystick fast to the left and right. Don't chew it too long or too short. To stop chewing, you must move the joystick forward. Once that is done you must pull the stick back to determine the strength. Click and hold the joystick button to determine the right angle. Press the joystick button to spit. Timing is the key. The Milking event has a rhythmically heaving udder indicating the beat that you must move the joystick. To fill the cans, the joystick must be moved in a predetermined pattern, but it must be moved rythmically with the udder. You can elbow your opponent to get the upper hand by moving your joystick to the right and pressing the joystick button. Dancing requires a complicated routine of joystick movements to do certain dance moves while keeping the beat. Lose the beat and the other guys bash the piano player on the head causing him to stop playing. You must buy the piano player another beer to have him resume playing. The Eating competition is the final event. Dip the spoon into the stew. Balance the spoon. Slurp. Chew. Swallow. and drink. Simple? No. If you get some out of order, you get delayed by belching. Dip the spoon by moving the joystick back. Balance the spoon by moving the joystick to the left and right.; Once leveled, slurp. Chew by again moving the joystick to the right and left. To swallow, pull the joystick back and press the joystick button. Finish it off with a drink before you dip the spoon in again, by moving the joystick forward."
33678,Highlander,,1986,4.1,Action,Fighting,,"The 1986 cult film Highlander is the basis of this adaptation, which reduces the film to its swordfighting scenes. Taking the role of the immortal Highlander Connor MacLeod, the player has to win three consecutive battles against increasingly skilled opponents: MacLeod's teacher Ramirez, a character named Fizir, and finally the mighty Kurgan, the main antagonist of the movie. A battle is won by depleting the enemy of his energy. Energy is lost by being hit, or by attempting an attack that is blocked by the enemy. To win, a combination of attacking and parrying moves is necessary, of which several are available depending on the character's stance (standing or crouched) and the direction the joystick is pushed. Two players can engage in a duel in two-player mode."
33685,Waterworld,Waterworld: The Quest for Dry Land,1997,5.2,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","As in the film of the same name, the melting of the polar ice caps has created a flooded world. Worse, it's a world where law and order has broken down, where gangs of mercenaries and tribalists are constantly on the attack. As leader of a group of survivors, you must complete 22 missions of real-time strategy. Some missions are attack based, and some are purely defensive. Flame-throwers, Molotov Cocktails and crossbows are among the 17 featured weapons. Steal weaponry and improves the defences of your fortress to survive. Resource management across missions is another key element. The storyline is flowed by cut-scenes involving actors from the film."
33686,Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire,"Beat Up A Millionaire: Be The Last Millionaire Standing!, Kdo chce bít milionáře, Wer schlägt den Millionär?, Xplorys Presenteert Beat Up Miljonairs",2000,4.4,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Fighting, Game show / trivia / quiz",,"This is a fighting parody of the show, called Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire? In WWTBUAM, you answer questions and get an opportunity to beat one of five in-game millionaires half to death in order to drain his or her bank account and fill your pockets. The show is hosted by Egregious Phillin, who for all intents and purposes is Regis Philbin, only fatter, louder, and more annoying. The game also has its own clever variation on the show's lifelines, here called Lifeboats."
33689,The Oregon Trail,The Oregon Trail: Classic Edition,1985,7.4,"Educational, Simulation",Managerial / business simulation,Western,"As a covered wagon party of pioneers, you head out west from Independence, Missouri to the Willamette River and valley in Oregon. You first must stock up on provisions, and then, while traveling, make decisions such as when to rest, how much food to eat, etc. The Oregon Trail incorporates simulation elements and planning ahead, along with discovery and adventure, as well as mini-game-like activities (hunting and floating down the Dalles River)."
33691,Gridrunner,,1982,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is an arcade game in the style of Centipede You control a ship, at the bottom of a grid. Moving toward you in a zig-zag is a chain of pods. The objective is to shoot them before they get the ship. As the pods are shot, the dead pod remains on the screen, as a blocker to your bullets. The live pods on either side form two new chains, both moving toward you. Further complicating the game are two guns outside the grid, shooting at your ship from beneath and from your left side. You are able to move into the grid, toward the pod-chain, to avoid the guns. The combination puts pressure on you, from front, back and the side. There are twenty waves to be completed in the game."
33696,Renegade,"Arcade Archives: Renegade, Ghetto, Kunio-kun The World: Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun, Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun",1986,6.5,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"This is the scrolling beat 'em up by Technos which started the Kunio / Nekketsu High series. The original takes takes place in a Japanese city, whereas its western version named Renegade is set on the mean streets of Brooklyn. This conversion later produced unofficial sequels Target: Renegade and Renegade III: The Final Chapter You must venture through to meet your girlfriend, and then rescue her from her kidnappers. This is split into five levels, taking you through the subway and the docks as well as some inhospitable streets. A wide range of aggressive moves are on offer, including headbutts, kicks, punches and flying kicks. Much of the game's violence is depicted in a fairly tongue-in-cheek style, with an element of attempted humour along the way."
33698,Tusker,,1989,6.8,Action,Puzzle elements,Africa,"Finding the mysterious Elephant's Graveyard in Africa was your Father's lifelong quest. When he disappears you are determined to find out what might have happened to him, and what secrets may lie within. This side-scrolling action game is split into three stages, taking in the harsh and barren desert, an underground network of caves, and a tough tribal jungle. The natives are hostile to your presence, and weaponry must be found to fend them off, although its use does little to put the natives at ease initially. The machete to cut through the jungle is equally important. At many other points you will need to use objects you have found along the way. The backgrounds are in full 3D and can serve to obscure the character when he is behind trees or rocks."
33702,10six Online,"106, 10^6",2000,6.1,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"10six Online is an on-line only action/adventure game, meant to become the world's first 1 million player game. It runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, even when you're not in the game, so you better not let your defenses down. The game is based on a planet in the galaxy called Visitor. There is a metal on the planet that can only be gotten there, called Transnium (TU). The object of the game is to sell as much TU as possible. You have to join a mining corperation on the planet, then claim a plot of land (camp). Sound easy? Well, it's a bit harder then that for there are many other people on the planet that want your camp and its TU. So you'll have to build turrets and rovers to help defend your investment from all the other people on the planet, and join an MDN. The more camps you build, the more money you get for selling your TU, and the more there is to defend. But you have to sell TU to make money, and the more money you have, the more powerful you will become. Also, you aren't the only person with rovers and many camps, many other people also have a lot of camps. The game takes place in a fully 3-d environment, in real time, and uses advanced AI on all the turrets and rovers."
33703,World Heroes,"ACA NeoGeo: World Heroes, AkeAka NeoGeo: World Heroes",1992,6.9,Action,Fighting,,"An alien entity known as Geegus threatens the Earth in the year 3091. As all of Earth's forces have been defeated, a scientist uses his recently-built time machine to find the greatest fighters of different eras to compete against Geegus. World Heroes is a versus fighting game. It features a cast of characters from different countries and time periods, ranging from ninjas to a cybernetic super-soldier. The characters are based on real historical figures, but are endowed with supernatural powers. The player selects a character who then fights his way through standard one-on-one matches or takes on an opponent in a Deathmatch, where spiked walls and landmines add to the danger."
33708,Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest,"Dajingang Chengshi 2, Donkey Kong Country 2, Super Donkey Kong 2, Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy",1995,8.4,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Donkey Kong has been ""kongnapped"" by the nasty K. Rool and the Kremlings, and it is up to Diddy Kong and his girlfriend Dixie Kong to save him. All the familiar enemies and helpful friends return, along with some new characters, including the wise Wrinkly Kong who will teach you some important lessons in gameplay. Again the emphasis is on banana collecting, whereas every one hundred bananas make one extra life. Apart from beating K. Rool and rescuing Donkey Kong, there are extra missions that can be completed. Collect enough K. Rool Kremkoins to open up the routes to the Lost World, while every level has a hidden Hero Coin to collect. The Game Boy Advance version also includes a bonus game mode with three minigames (Expresso's Racing, Funky's Flights, and Bag a Bug) plus a time attack mode called Diddy's Dash (complete levels as fast as possible as Diddy Kong). This version of the game also includes an additional boss (Kerozene) and two more collectibles (Golden Feathers that increase Expresso's stats in the Expresso's Racing bonus game and photographs that fill out a scrapbook). Due to the addition of the bonus games and the scrapbook 28 more Hero Coins were also added."
33710,Back to Skool,Play Schweppes,1985,7.9,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"In this sequel to popular Skool Daze once again you must try and save your own neck! Having managed to steal your report during the last few skooldaze of term, you've spent the whole holiday forging teachers' signatures and handwriting to make yourself look like the brightest, sweetest natured, most helpful little soul ever to carry a satchel.... Now all you've got to do is get it back into the Headmasters's safe! Back to Skool follows the same gameplay style as its predecessor, but this time the school is bigger (there's a girl's section to explore) and there's a larger cast of characters. There's also more to do this time around, with more objectives to complete before you can finish the game."
33717,NHL 2001,,2000,8.0,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Lace up the skates and play with or against all 30 NHL teams including the new expansion Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild. NHL 2001 invites the world to play with the addition of 20 international teams including Ukraine and Latvia. Feel the full hockey flavor by building a custom team with the jersey editor, logo importer, and customizable city and team names. EA SPORTS puts you in the game with the ""Face in the Game"" feature -- witness fans throw their hats on the ice in your honor after a hat trick. With a variety of game modes including Quick Game, Season Play, Career Mode, Playoffs and Tournaments, all the goals are just a slap shot away."
33720,Ecstatica II,,1997,7.5,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"In the original Ecstatica the hero managed to defeat the recently unleashed Devil and his creatures in the small village of Tirich and rescue Ecstatica, the witch-in-training responsible for the whole mess. The two of them journey back to the hero's land only to find that the forces of darkness have brought the fight home. In his mad quest for power, the evil Archmage has shattered the Elder Sign which governs reality. This has allowed the demons to pass through into this world, slaughtering the people of the surrounding lands or transforming them into brutal killing machines. Upon discovering this news the hero and Ecstatica promptly find themselves kidnapped by the demons. A mysterious high priestess helps the hero escape and compels him to journey through the demon-infested land to find and re-unite the scattered pieces of the Elder Sign to drive the demons back to their world. However the Elder Sign pieces are guarded by the Archmage's dark sorcerers and their followers, and the Archmage himself holds the last piece as well as Ecstatica captive. The gameplay is similar to that of the previous game, focusing on action combat with light adventure and survival horror touches. The game's world is larger than that of the predecessor and includes free-roaming elements. The protagonist can equip and use various swords in combat. Spells are learned when equipping a magic staff or from magic scrolls found in the game world."
33721,Sugoro Quest: Dice no Senshi Tachi,Sugoro Quest: Dice Heroes,1991,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),Board game,,"In this board game style RPG, the kingdom of Siland is being attacked by monsters under the command of the evil Hades. You have to choose from several boards. Your movement is decided when you roll the dice. Certain squares trigger certain events, most being random battles. Your quest depends on which board you choose. There are four player characters, each with different statistics, like attack and magic. Battles are fought by rolling dice, and whoever gets the higher number gets to attack. Damage dealt depends on the stats of both characters and some other factors. You must complete all the boards to face the final boss."
33722,Tomahawk,,1985,7.5,Simulation,,Contemporary,"Flight simulation specialists Digital Integration turned their attention to helicopter flight in this recreation of the AH-64 Apache. All the controls are realistically simulated, so the airspeed is dependent on the height of the vehicle, and you can move horizontally using the rudder option as well as rolling left and right. If using a Sinclair joystick interface you can use both ports to have all these controls accessible on dual joysticks, just like the real thing. Either way, a full instrument panel allows monitoring of these. You are armed with cannons, rockets and anti-tank missiles, each of which has its target set up independently, but only one can be loaded at once. Flight options include day/night, clear/cloudy and air turbulence on/off, allowing beginners and experts to find a suitable setting. Scenery includes trees, mountains and pylons, while enemy targets include helicopters, turrets and tanks."
33725,X-COM: Interceptor,,1998,7.0,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2067, and the Earth's resources are nearly depleted. In search of raw materials essential for the survival of the humans, powerful corporations send explorers into a region of space known as the Frontier. However, upon arriving there, the humans find out that they are not the only ones needing resources. The alien races who had invaded Earth nearly seventy years ago have their own claims for the Frontier, and it looks like there can be no peaceful solution for the situation. X-COM: Interceptor has elements of strategy, but its primary gameplay style differs from most previous installments in the X-COM series, focusing on space combat simulation and resource managing. The player commands an elite force of starfighters sent to protect the human corporations in the Frontier. As the X-COM commander, the player must manage space stations, resources, and finances of the organization. Researching alien technology is also necessary to ensure the safety of the humans. When an enemy craft is spotted, the game's mode switches to space combat simulation. The player pilots starfighters, co-ordinating their wingmen, similarly to Wing Commander: Prophecy Mission objectives usually involve destroying or capturing enemy ships, sabotaging alien trade routes, escorting friendly ships to specific locations, and raiding alien bases."
33733,Monster Rancher,Monster Farm,1997,7.9,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Fantasy,"Monster Rancher is a ""monster raising"" simulation in which you raise your monsters in order to win fighting tournaments and become the greatest breeder ever. A unique feature is the way you obtain your monsters: from every CD you own. That's right: every CD you own (including PC ones, musical and even 3DO games) can be used to generate a different monster."
33737,Axis & Allies,,1998,6.5,Strategy / tactics,Board game,"Historical events, World War II","This is Hasbro's PC version of the popular Milton Bradley boardgame of the same name. Designed for 1-5 players, the game begins in the Spring of 1942, right after America entered World War II. The 5 nations that you can play are U.S.A. United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, and Japan. The game begins with the same units on the same territories everytime, yet hardcore players of the game still argue what are the best moves and counter moves to begin each game. With the added randomness of the die rolls, each game will eventually turn out different. The game is very balanced, with the Axis having an upperhand in number of units, but the Allies have an economic advantage. The PC version has many ""house rules"" that have evolved over the years that you can choose to play with, as well as a unit editor. There are also in-game cinematics that are nice the first few times you play. This game supports several multiplayer modes. It can be played in-house, on a LAN, modem-to-modem, or on the MSN Gaming Zone."
33743,Towering Inferno,,1982,6.1,Action,Arcade,,"A downtown skyscraper has caught fire, numerous people are trapped, and you need to come to the rescue! Your goal is to rescue as many survivors as possible from the many floors of the building. On each floor, your fire fighter begins at the bottom of the screen and needs to reach the top where the survivors have taken cover. Blocking your path are numerous (and dangerous) fires. Your fire fighter is equipped with a hose and an unlimited water supply to help you put out the fires. You need to be quick, however, for if you take too long the survivors will die! When you rescue as many survivors as you can and make it back out of the room, the floor is complete and a helicopter will transport you to the next floor. Although it isn't necessary to put out all of the fires on a floor, you will earn bonus points if you do. The higher you get in the building, the tougher the game becomes. Gameplay is for one or two players, and several game variations and difficulty levels are available."
33744,Go! Go! Tank,,1990,6.7,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"A peaceful nation has been invaded by an enemy army, and you must help clear the way for your own forces by plane. You must guide your tank to the end of each stage by arranging boxes with a hook attached to the bottom of your plane, as well as by shooting enemy planes and batteries that threaten it. The tank will roll forward on its own and climb up any wall that is only a single block high -- anything taller and it will crash into it and turn around, taking damage. If your tank takes too much damage, it will be destroyed and the game is over. If you get hit, you lose a plane, and if you run out of planes, the game will also be over. There are several special items to help you on your way, including a power hook that allows you to directly carry the tank, a bomb that can destroy all enemies on the screen, and an option that makes a second plane follow yours and mimic your actions. The game features ten stages, as well as a 2-player cooperative mode (two planes) when played via link cable."
33745,VR Golf '97,Actua Golf,1996,7.7,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Actua Golf is a golf simulation with full 3D terrain and characters. It comes with two courses to play at (country and tropical), customizable characters and multi-view shot tracking and action replays. Actua Golf uses similar game controls as older golf titles did. With a swing meter, where you have to time correctly to hit the ball right. The game features two difficulties and various game modes such as foursome, four ball challenge and skins. Commentary in the game is provided by Tony Adamson Pat O'Brien and Peter Alliss"
33747,Protector,ST-Protector,1986,4.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Protector takes the idea from Defender : the player is controlling a ship over a horizontally scrolling landscape, able to fly to the left and right with different speed. Some residents of the planet are standing on the floor, with alien ships trying to kidnap them. The player has to prevent that by destroying all the enemy ships first. This can be done with the laser cannon or smart-bombs. If all enemies in a level are destroyed the level is finished. A radar helps to keep track of the enemies in the level."
33748,Arcade Trivia Quiz,,1989,6.0,Puzzle,"Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz",,"Arcade Trivia Quiz is a quiz game for 1, 2 or 3 players. There are four blocks of questions. Each block contains questions in six categories;* Art & Literature Icons representing these categories are displayed in a pyramid arrangement. The icons of available questions flash in sequence and the players must press FIRE at the correct time to select the icon of their choice. All questions are multiple choice with four answers, one correct & three incorrect, being available. Both question selection and answering are timed and must be completed in eight seconds. Scoring is cash based. All players start with £1.00 and each player stakes 20p per attempt. If, by answering questions successfully, a player makes it to the top of the pyramid then they trigger a 'Cash Run' feature which can earn extra money - up to £5.00. The game also has a random Jackpot feature in which a player can choose to either to bank the cash they have earned so far or double the money but risk losing it on an incorrect answer."
33751,P.O.D.: Proof of Destruction,,1986,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Gridrunner provides the gameplay for this top-view budget shooter with 25 levels, challenging you to survive until the time runs out. You start with three lives, but get an extra one (up to a maximum of five) when a level is completed. The time goal is not reset when you lose a life. You guide a small spacecraft around a screen representing your people's power grid, moving it in the four compass directions along the grid lines. Aliens fire in all directions, so there are no 'safe spots' in which you will not get hit. Their shots cut lines out of the grid, preventing motion along that space for the few seconds it takes to reform. Every fourth level deviates from the norm by simply forcing you to shoot aliens for bonus points. Lives can still be lost during and gained after these."
33753,Castlevania: Bloodlines,"Castlevania: The New Generation, Vampire Killer",1994,8.2,Action,Platform,"Europe, Fantasy","In the year 1917, evil had threatened to rise up again in Transylvania. A young lady named Elizabeth Bartley, who was tried as a witch and killed centuries before, was planning to resurrect the Prince of Darkness, Count Dracula, once again. The latest of the Belmont lineage, John Morris, and his friend Eric Lecarde, must now travel across Europe to the Palace of Versailles in France, where Bartley is planning the resurrection. And in their way stands Dracula's strongest followers yet..."
33756,Mary Shelley's Frankenstein / Bram Stoker's Dracula,,1994,5.9,"Action, Adventure, Compilation",Fighting,,"Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is an adventure/fighting hybrid based on the 1994 film of the same name. You play as Frankenstein's monster and begin in the lab, where your creator rejects and banishes you in a dialogue sequence. From there, you must escape the village and try to find meaning in a hostile world. Subsequent levels mirror the general story arc of the film and novel. The game plays through three distinct modes: Exploration Mode takes place inside buildings, and gives you a side-scrolling view of the Monster. Like a standard adventure, you can examine nearby objects and add them to a limited inventory. You use those items to solve puzzles or open up new pathways. Should you encounter a hostile foe in this mode, you will automatically switch to Combat Mode. Combat Mode plays and looks like a standard 2-D fighting game. You have buttons to punch, kick, or block, and corresponding D-pad directions that activate different moves. Your goal is to drain your opponent's energy while preserving your own. Winning the fight allows you to continue on. Long View Mode is an isometric travel view similar to an RPG. Here, you search for new buildings to enter or navigate mazes (such as a forest). The game shifts between hand-drawn art and 3-D computer graphics. Video clips from the film also introduce the game, and play at critical plot points. The package includes a complete CD and a manual for Bram Stoker's Dracula as an added bonus."
33766,Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel,"Contes de Fées Magique: Barbie Princesse, Cuentos Mágicos: Barbie Rapunzel",1997,7.0,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Magic Fairy Tales - Barbie As Rapunzel is an interactive storybook adventure in which the player helps Princess Barbie rescue Prince Galen. Imprisoned in her tower by an evil witch, Princess Rapunzel grows up with only some birds and a magic mirror for company. One day Prince Galen rides by and asks for a drink of water. Rapunzel lets down her hair so that he can climb into her tower and the two become friends. The prince visits often and tells Rapunzel stories of his travels. However the witch finds out and puts a spell on the prince saying that he must wander for the rest of his days never being able to find his way back to any place he has visited before. Only a kiss from Rapunzel can break the spell but, because he's already been to the tower he can never return there. There's only one solution, Rapunzel cuts off her hair to make a rope, climbs down from her tower, and goes in search of the prince. The story is told by the players fairy godmother Celinda's. Her garden forms the game's menu with hot-spots to start the game in play or story mode, another triggers the picture section where scenes from the story can be printed to be coloured in later and another allows the player to enter the story at any point. The story is in the form of an animated book with short written passages that are read by the narrator, as the words are spoken the words are highlighted. This is then followed by a short animated sequence which carries the action on to the next chapter. The game can be played in two ways, one as a read-along book in which the puzzles can be skipped, the other as a storybook game. Typically Rapunzel must collect things to allow her to progress on her travels, these usually come in the form of rewards for either helping a character or for completing a puzzle. Apart from entering the players name at the beginning the game, in either mode of play, is entirely mouse controlled via big colourful icons on the left of the screen."
33768,The Wizard's Castle,"Hobbit Adventure, Temple of Loth, The Orb of Zot, The Temple of Loth",1979,5.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"A long time ago, the great wizard Zot forged an orb of power. He soon vanished, leaving behind a vast castle filled with monsters, traps, and great treasures including the orb of power. The player takes the role of a bold adventurer in search of the orb of power and whatever other treasures he can make it out of the castle with. The Wizard's Castle is a text-based role-playing game. The player creates a character, choosing between the races of elf, human, dwarf, and hobbit, distinguished by their personal statistics (strength, intelligence, and dexterity). The player can also choose the initial weapons, armor, and items to take on the quest. When all is ready, the hero ventures into the dungeon. Gameplay is in some ways similar to a text adventure, with text descriptions replacing graphics. Simple commands are used to move from room to room, consult a map, or look around. However, many times the player only needs to choose from several options for the current situation, such as during battles. There are vendors the protagonist can trade with, mystical pools which can give or take away power, warps to far parts of the castle, numerous monsters to fight and assorted treasures to find. The game was originally written for the Exidy Sorcerer and was later ported to other BASIC platforms."
33777,Street Fighter,Fighting Street,1987,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Street Fighter is a single-player and multiplayer 2D fighting game. Players take the role of martial artist Ryu, who travels across the world to compete in the Street Fighter tournament. Battles take place in five countries (Japan, the United States, England, China, and Thailand) each represented by two opponents who must be defeated to advance. The cast includes fighters such as Adon, Gen, and Birdie, who later reappear in the Street Fighter Alpha series. The journey culminates in Thailand, where the player must overcome Sagat, the Muay Thai champion and final boss, to claim the title of the world’s greatest fighter. Combat is structured around best-of-three rounds, with victory awarded to the fighter who depletes the opponent’s health bar. Ryu’s basic arsenal includes punches, kicks, and jumping attacks, but special techniques can be executed through precise joystick and button combinations. These include the Hadoken fireball, the rising Shoryuken uppercut, and the spinning Tatsumaki Senpukyaku kick, which debuted here and became series staples. Players must balance timing, spacing, and execution, as input windows are strict and mistakes are easily punished by aggressive opponents. Between sets of matches, bonus rounds provide opportunities to earn additional points. In these interludes, players might be tasked with breaking wooden planks or other objects, introducing variety to the progression. Once Sagat is defeated, the game loops back to the beginning with increased difficulty, allowing for continued play at higher challenge levels. A two-player mode is available, though it is limited compared to later entries in the series. When a second player joins, they take control of Ken, a palette-swapped version of Ryu. The two players face off in a single match, and the winner proceeds into the single-player campaign to battle the computer-controlled roster."
33781,Microsoft Solitaire,"Microsoft Paciência, Microsoft Pasjans, Microsoft Solitär",1990,7.4,Puzzle,Cards / tiles,,"Oft described as the most popular computer game ever. It was developed by an intern at Microsoft in 1988. It has 3 modes of play and a small selection of card images. It's come with every version of windows since 3.0. The goal of the game is to sort the deck in to 4 sequential stacks of suits. (clubs, diamonds, spades and hearts.) You flip 1 to 3 cards from a deck and place them in alternating color sequential order. The table has a selection of 10 stacks of cards that you can flip from as well. The 10 stacks serve as your holders for alternating color sequential rows. The 4 suits are started with an ace and are added to as the game progresses."
33783,Pengo,"Pengo Mobile, Pengo: Based on the Arcade Blockbuster!",1982,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,In Pengo you must defeat the enemy by pushing ice blocks together to crush them. You also can capture one if they are shocked and dizzy. There is also a time limit to make it a bit more difficult (you must do it in one minute).
33786,Bumpy,,1989,6.2,Action,Platform,,"The first game in the Bumpy series is, just like its sequels, about a head that can bump a lot. You control whether the head shall bump left or right, and how far up it will bounce, in a similar fashion to Mappy You have to move across a series of bouncy platforms and pick up all items on the screen. Once all items are collected, the exit will appear so that you can go on to the next screen. While most platforms are perfectly harmless, some have additional qualities, such as being destructible, thereby granting access to other parts of the screen. Some platforms are on fire, which will turn out lethal unless you have picked up a water droplet in advance. Bumpy was remade for 16-bit platforms as Pop-Up and then ported back once more to the Amstrad CPC."
33791,Superstar Ping Pong,,1986,6.2,Sports,,,"This is a table-tennis game where one player can play against the computer or two players play against each other. It looks similar to Imagine's Ping Pong but offers more gameplay options. The table is displayed in 3D and you only see the bat (no player or your hand). You can choose if the net will be split horizontally or vertically. Hitting the ball is pretty simple, just press the fire button when the ball comes close to your bat. Depending on if you hit the ball to early or too late it returns in different angles. While the program is loading, you have a menu where you can choose several game options like bat control (computer-guided or manual - beginners should start with computer-guided), game speed and if you want to change the sides of the table after each player has served. The most-interesting option is that you can give up to 20 skill points to 6 different hitting-options (like forehand, backhand, smash etc.). Normally the program automatically gives you 12 points overall (2 for each of the 6 hitting options) but you can change this the way you want to have it up to the max of 20 points. So you're able to increase or decrease your skills for your forehand, backhand and smashing abilities and the way you personally prefer your table-tennis gameplay. Rules are official table-tennis rules in the 80's, first player reaching 21 points wins the game/set (option setting allows you to play 1, 2, 3 or even more sets for an match). After choosing your side on the table, and the color of your bat the action begins."
33793,Splash Lake,,1991,6.9,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Splash Lake is an action strategy puzzle game. Each round consists of a single screen play area composed of tiles suspended over a lake. You control an Ostrich that can crack the tiles and cause them to fall into the water. Your goal is to use this ability to make all the bad guys on the screen fall into the water. The game features more than 60 levels, a simultaneous two-player mode, and humorous cutscenes every 10 levels."
33798,Santa's Xmas Caper,Santa's Christmas Capers,1990,4.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"A Christmas-themed horizontally scrolling shoot-'em-up. Santa is attempting to make his annual gift-delivering journey while battling renegade pixies. As Santa and Rudolph journey over seasonal landscapes, the pixies attack with presents and bombs. Santa can retaliate by throwing his own presents at them. The game is divided into three main sections: Lapland, the Atlantic Ocean, and present delivering."
33804,Total Air War,"F22 Total Air War, TAW",1998,8.2,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"An F-22 flight simulator that offers you the chance to manage and control your own dynamic campaigns in addition to flying. Each campaign is randomly created around scenarios located around the Red Sea, with numerous factions thrown into randomly selected alliances or opposing sides. As the war proceeds, the game generates flight missions for both sides and you can select at any time when to fly a combat sortie by accepting to fly a mission or enter into the editor mode and modify any aspect of the mission. The game registers the success or failure of your missions and reflects the results in the overall campaign. You can also take the more strategic route with the addition of an option to fly E-3 AWACS sorties rather than F-22 ones. (you don't actually take to the sky in the planes, but rather you direct their movements on a tactical map and are able to issue commands to allied forces and control the drama in a tactical way)."
33812,Altered Space: A 3-D Alien Adventure,,1991,6.6,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Altered Space the player controls an astronaut named Humphrey who is being held captive in the spaceship of the alien race of Zaks. The goal is to navigate through a series of puzzle based rooms and eventually escape captivity. Within each room, different tasks have to be performed, such as collecting and dropping various items, jumping on platforms and collecting power ups. Additionally, keeping the air supply filled will be necessary for survival. The ship is also populated by various hostile and friendly aliens."
33817,Crystal Castles,"Crystal Castles: Bentley Bear's A-maze-ing Adventures, Crystal Castles: Diamond Plateaus in Space",1983,7.0,Action,Arcade,,"Bentley Bear is trapped in the Crystal Castles! To get out, he will need to collect all of the gems located throughout the castle. The game is played with an isometric view of the multi platformed castle. When Bentley collects all of the gems on the current castle, he will move on to the next, more difficult castle. Wandering throughout the castles are a wide variety of dangerous creatures, which Bentley should avoid. From time to time, a magic hat will appear. If Bentley collects the hat, he will temporarily be invincible to the castle's inhabitants."
33824,Yars' Revenge,"A Vingança dos Yars, Yars' Revenge: the Qotile Ultimatum",1982,7.6,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Yars' Revenge your goal is to destroy the Qotile laser-base which is located on the right side of the screen behind a shield. You control the fly-like Yar, which can destroy the shield piece by piece by either shooting it or running into it. Once the shield is down, you will need to use the Zorlon cannon to destroy the Qotile. The Zorlon cannon is located on the left side of the screen, and when fired can destroy the Qotile with a direct hit. The Qotile isn't completely unarmed against your attacks, however. Wandering around the screen is a destroyer missile, which will constantly be homing in on your Yar. This missile cannot be destroyed, however, you can temporarily hide from it in a shield that runs vertically in the center of the screen. The Yar will be unable to fire when hiding in the shield so you can't stay there indefinitely! The Qotiles' second weapon is a swirl which it will randomly fire at you and should be dodged. When you finally destroy the Qotile you can move on to the next, faster round of gameplay. Several game variations are included which control the difficulty and speed of the game."
33830,Panic Bomber,Tobidase! Panibon,1995,6.5,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,Panic Bomber is a Tetris -style game set in the Bomberman universe The aim is to form a chain of 3 identical blocks to make them disappear. This causes bombs (not lit) to drop in your play field. These can only explode if you can place a lit bomb (which drops regularly from the top of the screen) close enough. Doing well at this will fill your opponent's field with rubbish and make his life that much harder.
33832,Hill Street Blues,Hill Street Blues: The Computer Game,1991,6.9,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"Hill Street Blues is a top-down action / strategy mix. “Let’s be careful out there!” Based on the ‘80s TV drama series Hill Street Blues this game puts you in the role of Captain Furillo of the Hill Street police department. Crime rates are soaring in the precinct, and it’s up to your team of nine officers (all well-known from the series and with digitized portraits) to keep the streets safe. Your officers move on foot or by car on a 2D top-down map of the city, complete with real-time traffic. True to the series, each day starts with a roll call from Sgt. Esterhaus. Once on duty, listen to radio operator A.J. Hill report crimes every few minutes. Deploy officers to the scene, help the victim and call an ambulance or coroner; next, identify and find the suspect. Some criminals may flee, others even shoot at you. Give chase or open fire if necessary. When the bad guy is arrested, a court trial may follow. Hill Street Blues is controlled entirely with the mouse via a set of icons – that’s everything but intuitive, especially when directing a single officer through the streets. Since there will soon be multiple crimes all over the city, the challenge is to co-ordinate multiple officers simultaneously and keep track of cases and suspects. If your success rate is high enough, you will ultimately be promoted to chief of police."
33834,Airport Tycoon,"Airport Tycoon: Build the ultimate airport empire!, Airport inc., Flughafen Manager, Jichang Daheng",2000,5.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"Manage an entire airport! You are in charge of designing an airport from a big stretch of land. Place runways, airplane hangars, taxi ways, terminals, and more. Once your airport is complete, zoom inside and begin to construct everything that should be inside. Place security gateways, restrooms, benches, restaurants, loudspeakers, monitors, bars, and more. Opt to build your airport in one of 75 real-world locales, from hustle and bustle New York City all the way across to Europe. You can negotiate deals with 200 airlines and contractors to help better your airport."
33839,Where's Waldo?,,1991,3.0,Puzzle,Hidden object,,"Waldo has a ticket to the Moon and needs the players help to get him to his destination. Based on the popular Where's Waldo series of books. Your goal is to find Waldo in various pictures in order to progress through the game. The pictures are still images the size of the screen in the Easy and Practice levels. In the Medium and Hard levels, the player has to scroll to the side to see the rest of the area. The directional buttons control a magnifying glass and once the player finds Waldo, they get to go to the next level and a new picture. In the Practice difficulty level, there is no time limit but only the Train Station, Forest and Caves levels are available. The time limit for the other difficulty levels varies: Easy=959, Medium=659, and Hard=459."
33845,Warp,,1989,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Once again, Earth is in peril. A robot race, the Myrons, put an energy layer over the planet with the goal to cause a climatic disaster. The player mans the Sunburst, a modern space ship, to fetch technicians with the means to disable the layer. Unfortunately he has to cross ten hostile planets... Warp is a shooter which scrolls in all directions. The goal is to destroy the anti-warp generator of each world, but first their protection shields have to be disabled. This is done by destroying all power plants. Of course there is also a lot of resistance by enemies which try to deplete the Sunburst's protection shields (reaching zero results in a life loss). Those can be dealt with by shooting them with one of the two laser beams with different power and energy consumption. Weapons and shields are powered by different energy pools, but the player can redistribute the energy among them. Energy can be replenished and a map of the level can be displayed by flying near certain buildings."
33847,Monster Rancher Battle Card Episode II,Monster Farm Battle Card,2000,7.1,Strategy / tactics,"Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card",,"Monster Rancher Battle Card Episode II is the sequel to Monster Rancher Battle Card GB But it takes advantage of the PlayStation's superiority in graphics and processing power and adds more complex storyline quests, and expands the card game itself. No knowledge of other Monster Rancher games is needed, however, characters from prior games do play pivotal roles in the storyline. For the first time, players can see into the personal lives of the characters in the Monster Rancher world, and interact with them while attempting to win matches of the collectible card game, to collect enough cards to complete quests. Along the way, the player is able to visit various locales and meet up with old friends and new acquaintances. The card game itself features a tutorial mode, on screen help, and the option to turn animations on or off. It is easy enough at low levels for almost anyone to learn the basics, but offers options and higher levels of complexity to reward more patient, and older players. Cards are acquired through defeating opponents, and via an in-game shrine where you can use music CDs, PlayStation games, or PC CD-ROMs to make cards. The CD shrining feature is unique to the Monster Rancher games. The game also features a 2P mode designed for players who have played the game on their own and acquired their own cards (and tried and tested their skills) to play card games against each other. It is adequate, but unrelated to the in-game storyline."
33850,Epidemic,"Kileak, the Blood 2: Reason in Madness",1995,6.4,Action,Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the year 2065, the human race is being wiped out by a virus with the survivors finding solace in an underground city lead by a man named Byflos. But after people start dying once again, people begin to suspect Byflos is behind the virus. The player must take their mech through the city, destroy the enemy mechs and force a final showdown with Byflos. Epidemic is the sequel to Kileak: The DNA Imperative with a first-person corridor shooting perspective inside of a mech, shooting scores of enemies. It features an auto-lock system and a mapping system as well. It also features full-motion video sequences to tell the story. The basic gameplay of the game is to wander the corridors of the city, destroying other mechs and picking up items along the way and solve mini-puzzles with them to advance to the next level."
33853,Harpoon II,,1994,7.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"Harpoon II is a simulation of modern-era naval combat. A variety of ships such as surface and sub, as well as missile weapons and aircraft must be tracked and accounted for when engaging in battles. It is a single player game, and takes place in real-time (though you can set the clock ratio to suit your needs and even pause the game). Rather than being a straight Cold War-style U.S.S.R. vs the USA game, Harpoon II's scenarios are mostly based on third-world encounters, such as USA vs North Korea, or Peru vs Ecuador, etc. The initial release contains BattleSet: Global Conflicts I featuring 15 missions. You take charge of a naval force composed of either few small ships armed with only cannons and light rockets/missiles, or an entire carrier strike force with it's own air force and long-range cruise missiles."
33854,Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft,"Tomb Raider III: Les aventures de Lara Croft, Tomb Raider III: Novas Aventuras de Lara Croft",1998,7.4,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements","Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania","The intrepid archaeologist Lara Croft ventures to India, searching for a legendary stone that once belonged to the tribe of Infada. Shortly after recovering the precious stone, she encounters a Dr. Willard, the head of an organization known as RX Tech. Willard is interested in an ancient Polynesian city built by people of a now defunct civilization, which worshipped a mysterious meteorite that hit the Earth millions of years ago. Willard tells Lara that the Infada Stone is in fact one of the four artifacts the ancient Polynesians fashioned from the material contained in the meteorite's core. Willard suggests Lara should look for the other three, scattered and hidden in various regions of the planet. It looks like another dangerous adventure awaits the fearless ""tomb raider""! Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft is an action game with platforming and puzzle-solving elements. The gameplay system is similar to the one implemented in the previous game Lara's abilities include running, jumping, climbing, swimming, rolling, crouching, crawling, sprinting, and swinging on bars and vines. A few new types of hazards have been added in this installment, including cold water in which Lara can swim for a limited amount of time, dangerous underwater creatures (such as piranhas), and the treacherous quicksand, which will swallow the heroine if the player isn't careful and fast enough to prevent her from falling into it. As in the previous game, Lara uses pistols, shotguns, harpoon guns, uzis, and grenade launchers to defend herself. New weapons include the Desert Eagle, MP5 sub-machine-gun, and rocket launcher. A few levels are designed in such a way that sneaking becomes the preferable solution, rather than directly engaging the enemies in combat. Unlike the previous games, the player can choose to tackle the levels in any order following the introductory Indian scenario. The player can save the game at any time in both the PC and the PlayStation versions; however, in the latter the amount of times the player can save the game depends on the amount of special crystals collected by Lara during her journey."
33858,Hebereke's Popoon,Hebereke no Popūn,1993,7.0,Puzzle,,,"Hebereke's Popoon is a falling block puzzle game which is always played against an opponent, either AI or human. Just like in Dr. Mario there is always a pair of two blocks of varying colours falling down from the top of the screen. As long as they are falling, the blocks can be rotated. The goal is to bring three or more blocks of the same colour together; then they disappear and cause a special block to appear on the opponent's side. After a block vanishes, the blocks over it fall down. The match is lost, when the space the pair of blocks appear in is filled by another block, i.e. the screen is full. The game has eight characters and the special block mentioned above is the head of the own character. It can be only removed when matched with a block of the same colour. However, when the player manages to create a chain reaction one of two special attacks may be unleashed against the opponent, e.g. reversing the controls or obscuring the vision for 10 seconds. The attacks vary from character to character. During the campaign, the player initially takes control over Hebereke and has to defeat all other characters (best of three). After a character is defeated, it can be used for the next match. The tournament mode is a sequence of knockout matches. Here up to eight players can participate, but the matches itself are always one against one.."
33860,Shadowrun,,1994,7.8,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy","The year is 2058. Following an event known as the Awakening, magic has returned into the world. Native American shamans and elves reclaimed a vast area known as Salish-Shidhe, located around the free city of Seattle. A small team of shadowrunners - mercenaries working for powerful corporations - is brutally attacked in the wilderness. The massacre is captured in video and broadcast in the news. One of the slain shadowrunners, Michael, had a brother named Joshua. Arriving in Seattle, Joshua begins to investigate his brother's death. He must find out who killed Michael, and what was the nature of the shadowrun job he was carrying out. Shadowrun is an action-oriented role-playing game based on the pen-and-paper RPG by FASA. It is entirely different from the SNES adaptation of the same license. In the beginning of the game, the player selects a character class for Joshua, choosing between a samurai, a decker, or a gator shaman, who specialize in combat, cyberworld, and magic, respectively. The game is fairly open-ended; the player navigates Joshua through predominantly urban overhead areas, talking to characters and gathering information. The player can hire characters to join the party; however, only one character can be directly controlled by the player. Combat is action-based; characters can use melee weapons, firearms (with expendable ammunition), or cast magic. ""Karma"", an equivalent of experience points, is awarded for killing enemies and completing quests. Karma points can be allocated by the player manually to increase the character's parameters. Certain characters can also enter the Matrix, a virtual network accessed through cyberterminals. Matrix navigation is done from over-the-shoulder third-person view. The player can upgrade and customize Joshua's cyberdeck, allowing him to hack through encrypted systems more easily and store data obtained from the Matrix. Nodes and ICs will try to protect the data, attacking the virtual representation of the character and trying to force him to log out of the system."
33876,Splitterwelten,,1997,6.3,Action,Arcade,,In Splitterwelten a whole solar system was bombed. Now the splinters of the five planets are floating through the space and are inhabited by rival clans who have no other goal than to claim the whole splinter for themselves. The player controls one of these clans. Both the player and the computer have several characters to their disposal. The goal is to shove all enemies from the splinter. But of course they fight back. So the strategy of choice is to nudge an enemy with two people. He can't fight back to both and gets pushed to one side. Besides the standard fighters there are strong and fast characters. The strong ones can push two enemies at the same time. Hillsides bring another tactical component on the table: A downwards pushing character has an advantage to his enemy. With time the edges of the splinter brake away. There are 50 levels to solve. In the multiplayer mode are another 50 levels played with a second player. When beating both modes a level editor is unlocked.
33879,Shannara,,1995,7.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The game is based on the Shannara fantasy novels by Terry Brooks The protagonist of the game is Jak Ohmsford, whose father, Shea, is a legendary hero who once defeated the evil warlock Brona. The druid Allanon tells Jak that Brona has returned, and the only way to defeat him - beside wielding the legendary sword of Shannara - is to travel to the lands of different races populating the world, and convince them to put their differences aside and join forces to defeat Brona. On his long journey, Jak will meet many characters from different races, and embrace his heroic destiny by making the toughest decisions of his life. Shannara is an adventure game with the same interface as Death Gate derived from earlier interactive fiction games by Legend Entertainment. The game is viewed from first-person perspective, and the navigation (beside traveling on the world map) is done by ""jumping"" from screen to screen, rather than by physically moving the protagonist. The game has inventory-based puzzles and extended conversation trees with many dialogue options. The game has some elements taken from RPGs, such as top-down world-map traveling and occasional turn-based battles. However, there is no real role-playing system in the game (statistics, experience points, levels, etc.). The battles serve to emphasize the danger of traveling the wilderness, or appear as story-related events; sometimes, they are treated like puzzles, with specific actions leading to victory. Although the main playable character is Jak Ohmsford, other characters travel with the hero, forming a ""party"". These characters have their own inventory and abilities, which must be used sometimes to solve the game's puzzles."
33883,Tapper,Root Beer Tapper,1983,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Time management",,"Tapper is an action game where you're a beer tapper (barman) and have to serve beer to demanding customers. There are four customers, each has its own lane lengthier than the previous one, whom you have to keep at bay. If they reach the end of the lane without receiving their beer, you're a goner; if you miss one and accidentally spill beer needlessly you lose a life and should one of them throw you back the mug and you fail to catch it, you lose a life as well. Occasionally a bizarre icon will appear on one of the lines and, should you grab it, will invoke a ""cabarette""-style show which will keep some of the customers occupied. The Xbox 360 version includes bonus rounds, as well as co-op and versus multiplayer modes, also online, along with achievements."
33885,Slam Tilt,"Slam Tilt Pinball, Slam Tilt: Een waanzinnig snel flipperspel",1996,7.8,Simulation,"Arcade, Pinball",,"The game features four different tables, each with different layouts and features. A large number of sub-games are included, as well as a variety of animations on the LCD panel at the top. Each table has multi-ball features, with the view automatically switching to full-screen when this is activated. in total there are six different viewpoints, and no less than 47 different game modes are promised."
33886,Life & Death II: The Brain,,1990,7.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"The Brain follows the same premise as its predecessor Life & Death wherein the player controls an up-and-coming surgeon who must perform simulated surgery on patients with varying problems. The sequel focuses on the brain, whereas the first game focused on the abdomen. The graphics and gameplay have been improved from the first game, but, other than the new patient cases, it plays more or less the same."
33889,Johnny Reb II,,1986,6.7,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"Based on the American Civil War, Johnny Reb II is a one or two player strategy game. After the title screen a menu appears allowing you limited tinkering of the game's parameters. You can also choose which side you want to play as. Once you are happy with your choices the game begins. The game is viewed overhead of the terrain with your and the enemies' forces shown as icons. Moving the cursor with your joystick, you can highlight an icon and get details about that unit. On the right of the screen different icons appear showing the type of orders that are available. Some icons can make other icons appear allowing you to elaborate each order."
33891,SkyNET,The Terminator: SkyNET,1996,7.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"SkyNET is Bethesda's last game based on the Terminator franchise. Originally developed as an expansion pack to Terminator: Future Shock SkyNET eventually became its own standalone product. Its major features are an updated version of the Xngine allowing for play in the sharper 640x480 resolution (and the ability to update Future Shock to the same), a new single-player campaign, and a new multiplayer deathmatch component. In the single-player game, you must stop the machines from launching a recovered nuclear weapon. The story takes place over seven missions broken into various sections and ""levels,"" with night progressing into daylight as the game goes on. The locations are also more varied and interactive than those featured in the first game, with levels like the basement of the Cyberdyne building, and a sinking nuclear submarine. Driving and flying levels return from Future Shock, as do the mission briefings, which are now handled entirely in FMV. The game seems to act as a prequel to Future Shock, with the most advanced technology and player weapons from that game not appearing in the course of the single-player missions in SkyNET. The multiplayer game allows for eight players over a LAN and two over IPX. The levels are contained recreations of sections or ideas in the single-player game, like a block of cityscape, a shattered freeway, or an open valley, and many can be played at either dawn or dusk. Vehicles are available in most levels, and unlike in single-player, can be entered and exited freely. You also have the option to play as a Terminator, with reduced movement speed, a little more toughness, and the classic red-tinted vision with information overlays."
33892,The Pirates of Dark Water,,1994,6.6,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"The watery world of Mer is threatened by the deadly Dark Water. Prince Ren and his companions must find the Treasures of Rule to control the Dark Water and return Mer to its former glory. Always hot on their heels is the evil pirate-lord Bloth who wants to find the treasures to rule over Mer. Based on a cartoon series by the same name, The Pirates of Dark Water is a side scrolling fighting game similar to Final Fight or Streets of Rage The player chooses a character, from among Prince Ren and his two companions Tula and Ioz, who differ in strength and agility, but who use the same basic attacks. There are two attack buttons, one for fast attacks and combinations and one for a single heavy attack. Other controls include: blocking attacks, grabbing and throwing opponents, dash attacks while running, and a special attack that hits multiple enemies consuming life energy at the same time. Most levels also require you to avoid obstacles like chasms, falling rocks or spikes that shoot out of the ground."
33893,Robotron X,,1996,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The arcade classic is taken to the next level, this time in 3D. The super-enhanced hero Ugene is once again called into action to save the last human family against the hordes of relentless Robotrons. Battle through 100 different levels, gaining new power-ups and abilities as Ugene survives wave after wave of the unrelenting hordes. While Ugene may face the familiar Robotrons, there will be new additions and tricks that the killer robots will use against the last surviving human family. Ugene must protect them at all cost while racking up the highest possible score!"
33898,Dragon Saber: After Story of Dragon Spirit,Arcade Archives: Dragon Saber,1990,7.2,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"Whereas Dragon Spirit was a multi-format conversion, only Turbo-Grafx / PC Engine users initially got to play the lesser-known sequel at home. Gameplay-wise, little has changed from the original, as both games are vertically-scrolling shoot 'em ups putting you in control of a dragon. You are flying over built-up land, complete with rivers and their banks. The enemies and waves can be shot or avoided - shooting them reveals extra points as well as the occasional power-up. Ground units are shooting at you but can't be shot back, so be careful which parts of the screen you occupy at which times."
33909,Kaktus,,1983,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In the desert, the giant cactus is now becoming extinct and it is your task to save one of the last few that remains in this single screen shooter. Viewed from the side, you control an insect/gun that sits on the bottom of the screen underground with the cactus in the middle of the screen. Through two holes in the ground you must blast the wasps and hornets that move across the screen advancing downwards, either side of the cactus, to stop them eating the bottom of the cactus. As you blast the insects, they will drop droppings which are acidic and dissolves part of the ground and must be avoided by yourself. You are able to go onto the surface but you can now be hit by an insect if it gets to ground level, and also a mole moves underground filling in any holes and can leave you trapped on the surface of the ground. If you get hit by an insect, it's droppings or a mole then you lose one of three lives. It is game over if you allow the base of the cactus to be eaten or it falls over from the ground being dissolved."
33912,Mario Kart 64,Mario Kart R,1996,8.1,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Fantasy,"Mario Kart 64 races eight familiar faces, including Mario, Bowser and Yoshi, on four progressively tougher four-track circuits. Wide curves and gentle banks mark the Mushroom Cup tracks. Your commute gets notably tougher on the Flower Cup, though. The player will have to dodge semis rumbling on Toad's Turnpike and bounding boulders on fogbound Choco Mountain! Star Cup tracks range from the icy surfaces of Sherbet Land to the lava lakes of Bowser's Castle. The true test of karting competence, though, comes on the four tracks in Special Cup. Zip through the dark caves and green hillsides of Donkey Kong's Jungle Parkway, cling to the sheer cliffs of Yoshi Valley and hustle over haunted Banshee Boardwalk before tackling the longest track in the game: neon-lit Rainbow Road. The game offers two camera angles and three engine sizes: 50cc, 100cc and 150cc. You can gain even more speed by mastering the power slide technique or grabbing Super Star power-ups. Each kart has distinctive handling, acceleration and top speed capabilities. Light karts like Princess's smoothly steer through tight corners, but run the constant risk of getting flattened by heavy karts, like Donkey Kong's. Shells that you fire at rival racers, Bananas that make them skid out and Lightning Bolts that make them small and very slow are just a few of the game's unique power-ups."
33916,TinHead,,1993,7.2,Action,Platform,,"On the edge of the universe, the evil intergalactic goblin Grim Squidge has captured and imprisoned all the stars. He has now scattered them across to faraway planets. While this is happening, a nearby space station picks up a distress signal. Tinhead, guardian of the edge of the universe, hears the cries for help and hurries to the rescue. TinHead is a platform game. Some exploration is required to find the exit or gather extra health or points. Attacking enemies is done by shooting them with small metal orbs that come out of TinHead's head. He can shoot them in three different directions: diagonal upward, straight, or just let them jump out and bounce over the ground. The direction is chosen by using a specific button."
33921,Vampire's Empire,,1988,6.3,Action,Platform,,"Vampire's Empire casts you as Doctor Van Helsing, making another attempt to rid the world of Dracula. The world consists of 160 side-view screens, with others accessed via push-scrolling, but must be freed of vampires within a time limit. Van Helsing's method of killing is to use mirrors to reflect his beam of light onto them. He must always keep this under control. Bats and snakes must be avoided, as they cost Van Helsing energy. Coffins must be avoided, as they release nasties which will chase you."
33922,Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine,"Dong Gu Ri Te Chi Jak Jeon, Dr. Robotnik and his Mean Bean Machine",1993,7.7,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine is a version of Puyo Puyo with a storyline involving characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog games. The evil Dr. Robotnik decides to turn the citizens of Beanville into robots. It's up to the player to save them from their doom. The player drops pairs of beans into the dungeons, trying to create groups of four in matching colors. He or she must challenge Dr. Robotnik's robots to a battle and defeat them, and eventually face the Eggman himself."
33924,National Lampoon's Chess Maniac 5 Billion and 1,,1993,6.1,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,Humorous animated chess game; pieces capture with rude/funny digitized live-action cutscenes. Computer player tries to break your concentration with taunts and distracting animations--will steal a piece if you let it. Victory rewarded with cheesecake/beefcake/mountain-goat cutscene.
33935,Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga,,1996,7.2,"Action, Compilation, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Kilrathi Saga includes Wing Commander Wing Commander 2 and Wing Commander 3 The first 2 Wing Commanders have been completely remastered, with a high-quality soundtrack and perfect execution under Windows without speed or stability problems."
33937,IndyCar Racing,,1993,8.1,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"IndyCar Racing is Papyrus' second racing game, four years after the release of Indianapolis 500 With an official license, all the real track names and designs are available (eight in total), with authentic sponsors and logos. Other features include multiple TV-type replays, a comprehensive garage and setup routine and breakaway parts when making contact with other cars. This is a pure open-wheel simulation, based on the American races, with realistic car handling and room for racing techniques based on grip, ideal racing lines, and throttle-to-brake interaction."
33938,Banjo-Kazooie,"Banjo Kazoo, Banjo to Kazooie no Daibōken",1998,8.4,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Banjo-Kazooie 's fairy tale back story is reminiscent of Snow White's. A gnarled, ugly witch named Gruntilda asks her magical cauldron who is the fairest of them all. Of course, the pot's answer doesn't please the hag: he singles out Banjo's sister, Tooty. When Tooty turns up missing, Banjo and his birdie buddy Kazooie set out to find her. The worlds in Banjo-Kazooie are vast, and contain a variety of items to collect. Musical Notes, Puzzle Pieces (""Jiggies""), Mumbo Tokens, and Jinjoes are just some of the swag that Banjo must stuff in his backpack to complete his adventure. While some of the necessary items are simply stashed off the beaten path, others will require puzzle solving skills to turn up."
33947,Deadline,Deadline: An INTERLOGIC Mystery,1982,7.7,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"You have 12 hours to solve the murder of Mr. Marshall Robner. If it was a murder... Mr Robner was found locked in his library, dead -- from a lethal dosage of anti-depressants. Friends and family are calling this a suicide of a depressed wealthy industrialist. As Chief of Detectives, you find something just doesn't smell right about this case. You go out on a quest to find a suspect, his motive, method, and opportunity. Difficulty Level: Expert"
33948,Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2,,1999,6.0,Compilation,,,"Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2 is a compilation of six Atari arcade games: There's a limited amount of archival material on each collection, including old posters, ""sell sheets"" and pictures of the arcade cabinets."
33949,Sid Meier's Antietam!,,1999,7.9,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, North America","Antietam! is the sequel to Gettysburg!, the first real-time Civil War wargame. Command either the Union or the Confederate side, and fight the different engagements. Includes theoretical engagements, random scenario generators, and more. Can you carry the day?"
33950,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,"""Les Tortues Ninja"", Gekikame Ninja Den, TMHT, TMNT, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Tortugas Ninja",1989,6.6,Action,Platform,,"With April O'Neil held hostage by The Shredder's thugs, Bebop and Rocksteady, once again, it's up to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to come to her rescue! Play as all four of the turtle heroes, rescue April, and then rescue your sensei Splinter from Mecha-Turtles clutches, and then go after The Shredder deep in the bowels of The Technodrome itself. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an action game based on the late eighties/early nineties cartoon series of the same name. Play as Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Donatello and Raphael (one turtle only, but the ability to swap between turtles at any time) as you save your friends and battle The Shredder and his cronies. There are no 'lives', as such - when you lose a turtle, he becomes 'captured', and you cannot use him again until you rescue him from a place hidden in the overworld. Gameplay takes place in two perspectives: a top-down view, which lets you run around and explore buildings, sewers and other places. When entering places from the top-down view, the perspective shifts to a side-scrolling view, where most of the battling takes place. In addition to each turtle's main weapon, sub-weapons (such as shuriken) can be acquired, to use at foes - these have a limited use."
33957,Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood,,1984,7.3,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Early this morning, a strong wind went through the hundred acre wood and picked up many objects and scattered them about. It is your job to locate all the objects, determine who the proper owners are, and return them. You had better hurry though, before the wind returns again! Along the way you'll meet all the familiar Winnie The Pooh characters including Eeyore, Owl, Tigger, and Piglet. The game's interface involves no typing, instead the cursor keys are used to choose from a list of actions specific to the current location or situation, pick up and drop objects, and navigate around the wood."
33964,Hook,,1992,5.8,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"In Hook based on the 1991 film by Steven Spielberg, the player controls Peter Pan who is trying to rescue his children from Captain James Hook. This version differs from the version of the game by Ukiyotei While also a platformer, the title by Painting by Numbers also includes flying levels as well as one-on-one fight scenes. From a map of Neverland, the next level to be played can be chosen via a compass-like pointer. Depending on which ones are tackled first, different paths through the game open up, but all levels must be completed before Hook can be confronted on his pirate ship. The locations include caves, forests, lagoons, towns and icy landscapes. Before each level, the fairy Tinker Bell will offer some advice on the goals and challenges to follow. The main goal in every stage is to collect a number of items, like cakes, cherries, coins or peaches, and sometimes a special item like a clock, a tooth and a musical horn. Only when all items have been picked up the level exit will open. Between Peter and the exit there will be various enemies, depending on the type of level: pirates, ghosts, dragons, monkeys, snowmen and many more. To defend himself, Peter can use a sword. Once he has picked up some thimbles, Tinker Bell will start following him, and by using up a thimble he can also send out the fairy to attack. Collecting marbles is also important, as these allow Peter to float along pixie dust, which allows him to reach areas otherwise out of bounds. Lost health is replenished by picking up food. Besides the standard platforming levels, there are also underwater areas. In these, Tinker Bell isn't available to help, and having to swim makes it more difficult to get around. Anvils conveniently placed around the area can be held on to to get deeper fast. The only way to refill the health bar is to swim to the surface for air. Different areas of Neverland are connected through flying levels. In these, Peter Pan is seen from behind. The Lost Boys send up marbles on balloons which he must pick up to stay afloat, but Hook's men will also send up balloons with dynamite which must be avoided, as must the occasional storm cloud. The first fight scene is against Rufio, who must be beaten to collect a magic sword. The final confrontation against Hook is another fight, but unlike Rufio, Hook doesn't play fair and sends out Smee to temporarily immobilize Peter using a ball and chain."
33966,Paper Mario,"Mario Story, Paper Mario 64",2000,8.3,Role-playing (RPG),"Japanese-style RPG (JRPG), Platform",,"Up in Star Haven, there exists a Star Wand that allows the stars to grant wishes to those who are pure of heart. The Star Wand is looked over by the Seven Star Spirits, who protect it in its sanctuary. However, Bowser attacks Star Haven, steals the Star Wand, and locks up the Star Spirits so that they cannot challenge his power. With his new powers, Bowser defeats Mario and lifts Princess Peach's castle into the air, taking her and all her guests as prisoners. Now, the only way to challenge Bowser's unbridled power is to rescue all seven Star Spirits, which have been imprisoned all over the land. Paper Mario is the follow-up to Super Mario RPG: Legend Of The Seven Stars Basically, this is an RPG set in the Mario universe. Mario has the ability to gain experience and grow levels by defeating enemies and bosses. Mario also has the ability to recruit teammates to help him out in turn-based battles. As well, Mario can collect badges that will help his combat abilities, star pieces that he can trade for badges, and more items that he can use throughout the game. The Star Spirits will also aid him in his quest. All the characters in the game are 2D within a fully 3D world. This gives the feeling that each character is made out of ""paper""."
33969,Jeopardy! 2nd Edition,,2000,6.2,Puzzle,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"The next edition of this version of Jeopardy! The Game modes include a Normal game, a Solo game, a Tournament of Champions, and a Contestant Exam. In the normal game, 3 contestants compete against each other in a game show, trying to supply the question for answers in several different categories. Each correct answer the player gives earns them money, while giving an incorrect answer will cost them money. The player with the most money at the end of the game is deemed the winner. The solo game is the same as the normal game, except that it's just the player competing against no other contestants. The Tournament of Champions is for players who've won five games or accumulated more than $75,000. In this mode, the answers and questions are more difficult. The Contestant Exam gives the player a sample of the exams a contestant who wants to be on the real show has to take. The game keeps track of the player's career statistics. Tracked stats include the number of games won and lost, the total winnings, the best and worst score, the player's best jeopardy, double jeopardy, & final jeopardy amount, the number of tournament wins, and the number of right & wrong answers. The game also offers some behind the scenes videos for the player to view. Options include setting the amount time to buzz-in, the amount of time to respond, setting the spelling accuracy to be either more strict or loose, and setting the computer opponent's IQ to either easy, medium, or hard."
33973,Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf,Jack Nicklaus' Turbo Golf,1988,6.9,Sports,,,"Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf is a 3D golf simulation featuring an 18 Hole course created by Jack Nicklaus himself. Each of the 18 holes are from famous courses around the world and include number 8 at Pebble Beach, number 18 from Muirfield, number 12 from St. Andrews, number 12 from Augusta, number 10 at Riviera, and more. Gameplay is for one to four players and can be either stroke play or a skins game."
33981,Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos,"Ninja Gaiden Episode II: The Dark Sword of Chaos, Ninja Ryūkenden 2: Ankoku no Jashin Ken, Shadow Warriors Episode II: The Dark Sword of Chaos",1990,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"A year after the events of the original Ninja Gaiden a new villain named Ashtar receives word of Jaquio's defeat. Ashtar uses this opportunity to hatch a new plan to plunge the world into darkness. The ninja, Ryu Hayabusa, hits the trail to destroy all manner of vile creatures entering the world while fighting his way to destroy Ashtar, his Dark Sword of Chaos, and whatever else is behind the evil. Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos is a fast paced, side scrolling action game in the tradition of the original Ninja Gaiden game. Ryu is a ninja who can run, jump, and slash with his ninja sword. He can also attach to vertical walls and climb up and down, which is an ability missing in the previous game. Powerups are hidden everywhere throughout the levels. These powerups include fireballs and ninja stars as before; a unique new powerup is the ninja shadow. Ryu can collect up to 2 ninja shadows that follow his every movement and use the same weapons at the same time that Ryu strikes. Ninja Gaiden II tells its story through liberal use of cinematic scenes interspersed between the action levels. Different levels feature a variety of environmental interaction; e.g., one level has Ryu on a high mountain where snow is falling fast and the wind is blowing hard. The shifting direction of the snowfall indicates how the wind is blowing and Ryu has to fight against the breeze. In a night level, much of the environment is dark and is illuminated only sporadically by flashes of lightning."
33982,Metro-Police,,1998,5.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Metro-Police the player takes the role of Jeff Conrad who is a cop in the New York of 2048. The 26 missions are all constructed the same: First the player is at a crime scene where he interrogates a witness by selecting keywords. When he knows enough he walks or drives to the new location where he interrogates more witnesses until he finds the culprit. Then he uses his weapons to kill or knock out the criminal. In this game New York is divided into five plains and is built in the underground. The game starts in the lowest one and every bunch of missions the player rises one up. The player can move freely within a plain and can use several vehicles like cars, trains or zeppelins. The game is played in a 3rd person shoulder perspective."
33984,Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress...,"Ultima 2, Ultima II: Revenge of Enchantress",1982,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","The sequel to Ultima featured several improvements over the original, such as larger town maps, and the concept of traveling through time gates into different eras on Earth. Other than that the gameplay is pretty much the same as in Ultima I, with your single character roaming the land fighting monsters and looking for key items. In the original Ultima a hero from a certain third rate blue planet orbiting an insignificant yellow sun came to the world of Sosaria and slew the evil wizard Mondain before he could fulfill his dreams of universal domination. Thus peace was brought to Sosaria, and the hero hailed as a champion of the people of all time. Unfortunately, Mondain happened to have a young apprentice/lover named Minax who is understandably upset over his death. Using her considerable powers, Minax travels through time and space to the hero's homeworld of Earth and instigates a nuclear war, thus serving the dual purpose of working out her frustration as well as erasing the hero from history. Of course, as the hero, this works out rather badly for you, and so with the help of Lord British you must travel through time and somehow find Minax and prevent the events which culminate in the destruction of Earth."
33989,Devon Aire in the Hidden Diamond Caper,"Inside Outing, Raffles",1988,6.4,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,,"An eccentric old millionaire stored all his gems and money in odd places around his mansion. When he dies, his widow is unable to find any of this, so she hires master thief Devon Aire to look in the places his criminal mindset suggests it will be stored. Each room of the house is viewed isometrically, and contains all the features you would expect to find in a large house, from cookers and telephones to pool tables and paintings. Each one can be picked up, pushed, pulled and used, with the diamonds located in intricate and surprising places. Due to Mr. Croucher's keen interest in experimental science, there are also monsters moving through the rooms. Contact with these reduces some of the energy on one of your 3 lives."
33992,"Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate",,1998,7.3,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based tactics (TBT),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Warhammmer 40,000: Chaos Gate is a squad level tactical combat simulation that is set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. In the game the Ultramarines lead by Captain Kruger undertake a perilous campaign against the traitorous forces of Chaos. Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate can be played as an ongoing campaign, a series of single missions, as a randomly generated mission, or in head-to-head action with up to three other players over a LAN or via a TCP/IP internet connection. Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate also comes with a Scenario Builder that enables the creation of custom and randomly generated combat mission."
33995,Twin Eagle,Twin Eagle: Revenge Joe's brother,1988,6.2,Action,Shooter,,"Twin Eagle is a vertically scrolling arcade style shooter. You control a helicopter, and need to earn points by shooting or bombing the various (and numerous!) enemies you'll encounter. Planes, helicopters, tanks, anti-aircraft guns, foot soldiers, and more will all be trying to bring your mission to an abrupt end! Occasionally, you may find hostages when a building is destroyed; try to rescue as many of the hostages as you can to earn extra points. Your helicopter has the ability to pick up extra weapons. After destroying certain enemies, a power up will be left behind which can give you one of four different types of firepower (the regular machine gun, canon, two way fire, or missiles). Other power ups that can be found include bombs (which can be used to destroy everything on the screen), extra speed, and weapon power up (increases the capabilities of whatever type of weapon you currently have)."
33996,Montezuma's Return!,,1998,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Montezuma's Return is, in contrast to the PC game of the same name not a completely new adventure but closely based on the design of the original Montezuma's Revenge While some of the 150 levels are directly ported over, the majority are new. Another major difference is that the camera is closer to the action, i.e. the levels scroll instead of fitting into a single screen. The premise is the same as always: The player takes the role of an adventurer who explores a pyramid in order to steal all its treasures. In each level, the goal is to grab all treasures and reach the exit without dying, which happens instantly when touching one of the numerous enemies or falling from too large a height. Since the player has no attack option besides rarely found daggers, the majority of the game is spent dodging by using ladders or jumping. Other obstacles besides enemies are closed doors which have to be opened with keys, conveyor belts, teleporters, disappearing platforms or the time limit. Power ups grant temporary advantages such as the ability to walk through enemies or kill them by touch."
33998,Bananoid,,1989,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Bananoid is a freeware Arkanoid -clone, which runs on a tweaked VGA mode the author likes to call ""360x240 MCGA"". It features seven levels that span two screens, for a total resolution of 544x240, according to the manual."
34006,Fred,Sir Fred: The Legend,1989,7.2,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"Sir Fred was a brave and noble knight in love with a beautiful damsel, but evil Ultimor, an ugly dwarf with magical powers, casted a spell upon him and minimized to the size of the dwarf. Enemies were laughing at him, and other dwarfs were attacking him. What he should do? Yes, he should find and defeat Ultimor, return his size to be brave and noble enough, and to win back his belle The gameplay flows in 2D side-scrolling mode, where you may use your sword, throw the daggers, and avoid the enemies. You may walk, jump and run, and perform this not in one plane. Background, foreground and middle planes are available to change. The daggers should be thrown to eliminate as enemies with range weapons as flying and hard-to-reach ones. Different items should be collected such as keys, other daggers, etc. There are several themed levels such as forest, grotto, castle, etc. in the game. To finish the level you should find the key and proceed with it to the entrance of next level. Your energy is represented by apples, and you should collect them also. Sometimes magic star appears on the level. It should be destroyed to eliminate all visible enemies. Magic potions are also differ either to give invincibility or to restore your energy."
34007,"J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers",,1992,6.5,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers is a role-playing game following the second book in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. It is a direct sequel to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I Controlling multiple characters from the book, players struggle to reach the Two Towers on the ultimate quest to destroy the One Ring. The gameplay is quite similar to that of the first game. The players navigate the parties of characters over top-down environments, fighting enemies and performing quests. Since the storyline of the second book splits into several independent journeys of different characters, the game also switches between different controllable parties."
34012,Gemini Wing,Arcade Archives: Gemini Wing,1987,6.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Humans and aliens are living in harmony in the future, until a tabloid journalist stirs up hatred towards aliens. They respond by invading the planet, and it's down to the protagonist to clear up a situation scarily similar to reality in this arcade conversion. Gemini Wing is a vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up, which is distinguished by its unusual power-up system. Instead of gaining occasional tokens which lead to lasting weaponry improvements, occasional flurries of tokens are released to ensure a quick burst of improved fire. The organic backgrounds are detailed, and have many sections which fire at the player character."
34018,Final Fight 2,,1993,7.1,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Final Fight 2 is the SNES exclusive sequel to Final Fight which was released on the same platform. Like the original outing, this game is a sidescrolling fighter (i.e. Double Dragon). The MAD GEAR gang is back. They have kidnapped Guy's fiancee (Guy was one of the main characters in the original game), her father and Guy's martial arts master Genryusai. The younger sister of Guy's fiancee, Maki, teams up with Mike Haggar and Carlos Miyamoto to take out the MAD GEAR gang once and for all. The game is set in various stages around the world."
34023,Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,,1988,6.9,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a text adventure based on the novel by R. L. Stevenson. In this game, you play the role of Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. The year is 1868 and you are close to the completion of your work into the human psyche. The game starts in your drawing room the night before Dr. Jekyll creates the potion that will transform him into Mr. Hyde. The Spectrum version of the game is divided into three parts (Dichotomies, Duality, and Denouement) while the Atari version is just one long game. The goal of the first part is to mix up the potion that will transform you into Mr. Hyde. In part two, Mr. Hyde starts dominating over Dr. Jekyll, and in the last part, it is time to get rid of Mr. Hyde once and for all. The Spectrum version was created using Professional Adventure Writer and the Atari version using STAC."
34024,Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular,"Donald Duck, Snoopy",1988,5.6,Sports,,,"The Silly Sports are being held in its traditional home of Italy and Snoopy, from the Peanuts comic strips, will want to attend. Snoopy packs his plane and brings along his relative, Spike as an opponent and the little yellow bird, Woodstock to judge. Now Snoopy's ready to compete with 1 or 2 players in his own custom Olympiad of the following ""events"": 1. The Sack Race : Snoopy and Spike race against one another in competing potato sacks. 2. Boot Throwing : Just like the Hammer toss, but involving an old boot. 3. Pogo : Hop on a Pogo Stick and hop over obstacles. 4. Overboard : Snoopy and Spike play ""King of the Boat"" trying to knock each other into the water. 5. Pile of Pizza : Balance the pizzas while trying to walk towards the finish line. 6. River Jump : Pole Vault over the river (actually sticking the pole into the river) to the other side. The Japanese version of this game, which was released first, uses a Donald Duck license rather than a Snoopy license (changing many of the character names above), but gameplay remains the same. The gameplay and events are based on Alternative World Games"
34029,Links 386 CD,Links Pro CD Macintosh,1995,7.6,Sports,,,"This is an updated version of Links 386 Pro which retains its Harbour Town Golf Links and adds a previously released add-on: either Championship Course - Banff Springs (US release) or Championship Course - The Belfry (European release). Multimedia enhancements include aerial flyby's with music and commentary, additional comments by comedian Bobcat Goldthwait (your personal caddie). The game now tracks better the add-on courses and they can be played off the CD."
34037,Campaign II,Jonathan Griffiths' Campaign II: 50 Years of Global Conflict,1993,5.9,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, Middle East","Campaign II is a strategy land-based wargame and the sequel to Campaign The game covers practically every major war from 1945 to 1991 including: Korea, Six Day War, Yom Kippur, Vietnam, Iran/Iraq and Kuwait with several scenarios in every location and accurate equipment modeling for each time frame. It also includes 14 training maps and a scenario editor."
34039,Mined-Out,Campo Minado,1983,6.9,Puzzle,,,"The semi-amusingly-named Mined-Out involves guiding a character across a screen covered with mines. He can move in any of the four main directions. At each point he is told how many of these four squares have mines in, but not the exact locations of the mines, making completion a precarious challenge. There are 8 skill levels, each with progressively more and more mines. After each level you are showed an 'action replay' of your path, as well as a full diagram of where each mine was."
34043,ALF,,1989,4.4,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Help ALF try to get to Mars to see his friends Skip and Rhonda! ALF's latest adventure takes him out of the Tanner household and into suburbia, the depths of subterranean caves, the bottom of the lake, and even the moon! As ALF looks for parts to build his space scooter, he is continually hounded by the ATF (Alien Task Force) who will stop at nothing to keep ALF from reaching his goal. However, ALF is not completely defenseless, as he can buy and trade for items that will keep him out of sight and away from their clutches."
34044,Die Hard,Duro de Matar,1991,6.1,Action,,,"John McClain decides to visit his wife Holly in Nakatomi Plaza, only to discover that she is taken hostage on the 30th floor, along with a bunch of other hostages. The main terrorist, Hans, is after the money locked away in a safe on the 30th floor. His hacker, Theo, is slowly breaking the locks into the vault. It's up to McClain to stop them. Die Hard for the Nintendo Entertainment System is very different from its other counterparts. The game is played from a top-down perspective, rather than the 1st-/3rd-person perspective. There are 40 terrorists scattered throughout the building, and the task is to clear each floor of terrorists. The stairwell, air duct or the express elevator is used to travel only to Floors 31-35. These are freely accessible at any time, doing away with linearity, and more floors are unlocked in ""Advanced"" mode. At the start of the game, John can only use his fists to deal with foes, but after bringing down some terrorists, several weapons become available, including the pistol, machine gun, C-4 explosives, rocket launcher, and flashbangs, using their weapons against them. When hit by these terrorists, John loses some life, but it can be restored by collecting soda cans and medkits. The game ends when all life is lost. One interesting aspect of the game allows the player to listen to Hans shouting orders to his guards through a two-way radio. Also notable is the ""foot meter"". It starts out full, but will eventually decrease if John steps on shattered glass or runs around at a faster speed. If the meter is empty, he will walk much slower than with a full meter. This may have been added in tune with the film, where the main character John McClain's feet end up in pretty bad shape near the end. Parts of the environments are destructible, most notably vending machines (receive free soda), glass walls and windows. Not all parts of the environment are shown on the screen all the time - a fog of war appears to shroud nearby areas in darkness. The missions are time limited. There about four minutes before one of the six locks are opened (shown in the status screen), but more time can be gained by destroying the main computer on the fourth level. Once all the locks have been opened, there are only a few minutes to escape. Once this time expires, the game ends. Like its counterparts, the game features cinematic sequences, which change the story depending on which actions are taken."
34049,NBA in the Zone,NBA Power Dunkers,1995,7.6,Sports,,,"This is the first in the NBA in the Zone games which is considered a true simulation of the NBA. There are 29 teams to choose from with a full compliment of rosters from the 1996 season and a plethora of offensive and defensive plays to use against their opponents with trick shots like behind-the-back passes, skyhooks, alley-oops, fade-away jumpers and of course the slam dunk. There are, however, only five players from each team on the court at one time, similar to NBA Jam The game also supports an advanced A.I. and is rendered in 3-D polygons. There are two modes to choose from, Exhibition and Playoff"
34056,Star General,,1996,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Take control of The Fleet (humans), the Khalians, or five other races as you battle for control of the local cluster with your fleet and conquer enemy planets with your group troops. Build research centers to obtain better ships. Use your racial special unit to gain advantage on the ground or in space. Play random map or one of the built-in scenarios that can vary from one ship vs. one ship to full galactic war (variable galaxy sizes). Are you worthy of the title Star General ? Star General can be best described as "" Panzer General in Space"". Turn-by-turn, the ships in Star General move exactly like the ground units move in Panzer General ""Spatial features"" like nebula, cosmic string, and such work exactly like ""terrain"" on earth. Even the combat mechanics are nearly identical, where ships are rated in missile and beam values, like the ground units are rated in hard vs. soft assault values. It has several novel features though. Inclusion of a full AI capable of playing to death instead of relying on turn-limits is a first. Having the ground units land on planets after the space war concluded and fight a separate ground battle. Research is minimal (only 4 generic levels) and ships cannot be customized. This game is Panzer General with a space theme."
34058,Conflict: Middle East,Conflict: Middle East - Arab / Israeli Wars: 1973-?,1991,6.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,"Historical events, Middle East","Conflict: Middle East is a detailed wargame/simulation of the Arab/Israeli Wars from 1973 until the present (1991). The action is historical and hypothetical. You can fight the entire 1973 Arab/Israeli conflict on an operational level as the Israelis or take on the more daunting task of the Arab forces. Choose the hypothetical 1990's scenario for modern day desert warfare. The game is fought at the Brigade/Division level where you will control every detail of land and air war down to the individual infantry squads, vehicles and gun tubes. You must also keep track of weather, supplies, and politics as they will impact many of your options."
34061,Bucky O'Hare,,1992,6.9,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Bucky O'Hare is a 2D beat 'em up game (with shooter elements), based on the cartoon television series ""Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars"". The game was released in the same year as the platformer for the NES with the same title. A player can choose one of four characters - Bucky O'Hare, Jenny the ""Aldebaran cat""; Dead-Eye Duck; and robot Blinky. A fifth character, Willy, a kid from earth, appears in cut-scenes. Following the basic beat'em up formula, characters use their fists in close combat, but they also have guns with unlimited ammo to shoot enemies. There are 10 stages, some in shoot'em up style. Each stage has it's own boss, the robot ""Komplex-2-Go"" being the main one."
34065,Seven Kingdoms,,1997,7.4,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Fantasy,"Seven Kingdoms is a 2D strategy game designed by Trevor Chan the author of Capitalism Players choose to play as one of seven human civilizations, each with different stats. They command ordinary people from villages, soldiers recruited in forts, as well as ships and war machines that must be researched first. Military might is not enough to win the game. Players must plan actions a few steps ahead, trade with other races, build up industry and new villages, and establish diplomatic contacts (spies are included). Cities can be taken over peacefully, for example by making donations to residents. There are two main resources - food and gold. The player has a rate of popularity among his subjects. The game has some unplayable, non-human races - Frythans. They are stronger than men, but have fewer types of units. The lairs in which they reside can be destroyed."
34071,Tread Marks,Panzer Rennen,2000,7.2,Action,Shooter,,"Tread Marks is a tank action game featuring tree different gameplay modes. The first is race mode, in which players race each other on an off-road circuit and can push or shoot their opponents to hinder them. Battle mode is like deathmatch or team deathmatch, the most kills win the game. In capture the flag mode, two or more teams try to capture the other team's flags. Tanks come in two varieties, steel or liquid. Weapons and power-ups are spread over the map to be picked up, but only one weapon can be equipped."
34075,Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale,"The Bard's Tale, The Bard's Tale I",1985,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The small country town Skara Brae was enjoying a peaceful life, until an evil wizard known as Mangar the Dark appeared. Monsters have invaded the town, terrorizing its inhabitants. Mangar cast the spell of Eternal Winter on the surroundings, isolating Skara Brae from any possible help. Guards that were entrusted with the task of protecting the town have disappeared within one night. Only a party of brave adventurers can save Skara Brae and defeat Mangar. The Bard's Tale is a fantasy role-playing game similar to Wizardry games, with first-person exploration of pseudo-3D maze-like environments, and turn-based combat against randomly appearing enemies. Unlike early Wizardry installments, the town can be explored physically, and parts of the overworld are accessible as well. Several dungeons must be explored before the player can tackle the final quest. Six character classes are available when the player is prompted to create a party of six adventurers in the beginning of the game: Bard, Hunter, Monk, Paladin, Rogue, Warrior, Magician, and Conjurer. The last two can be promoted when specific conditions are met during gameplay. The bard class plays a special role, possessing magical songs that improves the party's performance in combat and are required to solve some of the game's puzzles."
34077,The Final Round,"Eikō no Fairway: Virtual Golf Simulation, Konami Open Golf",1996,6.3,Sports,,,"Part of Konami's XXL Sports series, The Final Round is a golf game with support for up to four players that features stroke play, match play, and skins match modes. Players can choose from one of six available generic golfers, each with differing ratings in power, technique, stability, and luck. One 3D course is available, and players must contend with the usual elements, including wind, terrain, and club selection. The game should not be confused with Konami's arcade boxing title of the same name."
34078,Flip and Flop,,1983,7.1,Action,,,This is an isometric tile jumping game where you control Flip the Kangaroo or Flop the monkey attempting to outrun a zoo keeper and light all marked tiles. The main difference between kangaroo and monkey game play lies in the fact that monkey levels are played upside down with Flop hanging upside down on the ceiling. Levels become progressively more complicated and change color with each attempt.
34079,Great Football,Sports Pad Football,1987,5.2,Sports,,,"Great Football plays as a regular professional American football game. One has the option to choose from the AFC league or the NFC league and then choose from several fabricated teams such as the Bombers, Sharks, Beavers or Bucks. During gameplay, one must choose from a number of play formations. The player can choose from running and passing plays to field goals and punting plays when the time is right. In a one-player game, the player only competes on offense. The game starts out with the CPU ahead in score and the player must try to score enough points to win. The CPU will automatically kick-off after a possession is over, there is no defense to be played. In a two-player game, there is both offense and defense to be played. One must try to do whatever possible to win, whether it be through touchdowns and field goals on offense or interceptions and safeties on defense."
34083,adidas Power Soccer 98,,1998,5.8,Sports,,,"adidas Power Soccer 98 is the fourth and final title in the Psygnosis series. Offering the classic mix of arcade and simulated gameplay from the previous games, this edition updates the game twelve different types of tournaments and cups, eleven international leagues, 120 national teams and about 30 different stadia to play in. Aside from the classic gameplay players have different moves such as flick-passes, short dribbles, and sliding tackles. In both (arcade modes and simulation), there is a speed button that makes players run at an extreme and somewhat unrealistic speed. It is not entirely an advantage as using it widens the gap between the ball and the foot, leaving players wide open for tackles. Unlike similar games, there also isn't a way to scroll through the available players - the game automatically selects the player nearest to the ball. The camera is dynamic and smoothly zooms in and out to give the best overview of the pitch. Multiplayer is available for up to four players through multitap. It was released in June of 1998 to coincide with the 1998 World Cup played in France at that time."
34091,Air Warrior,"Fujitsu Air Warrior, SVGA Air Warrior",1988,7.7,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","Air Warrior is an online multiplayer flight simulator. The flight line comes with a stable of 17 WW II era fighters (P-51D Mustang, P-38J Lightning, F4U Corsair, Spitfire MK IX, BF-109F, FW-190, YAK-9D) and bombers (B-17G Flying Fortress, B-25J Mitchell, Junkers JU-88) from 5 nations for your aerial dogfights and bombing missions. Connect via the GEnie network or fly head-to-head against a friend at modem speeds as low as 1200 baud. If you played via the GEnie network, the battles could contain up to 50 people from all over America at the same time. Each plane has unique features in regards to performance, maneuverability, and flight control characteristics. Using the keyboard control help-screen (brought up with the F10 key) during flight helps reduce the learning curve. Chat communication in real-time air battles is limited to keyboard text, which makes quick abbreviated responses a necessity. The game has SVGA graphics of 640x480 256 colors, which allows enhanced cockpit layouts, increased visibility, and realism during offline training and online aerial warfare."
34093,European Champions,"Lothar Matthäus: Die interaktive Fußballsimulation, Olympique de Marseille, Retee 2!",1993,7.5,"Simulation, Sports",,,"This football game aims for a higher level of realism than most of its contemporaries. The game can be viewed top-down (similar to the Kick Off games ) or side-on (similar to Manchester United Europe ). Three different passing modes are offered, with the aim of providing precise one-touch passing or the ability for long-range direct through-balls. The match options include 10 skill levels, variable wind, five different pitch conditions, and variable match lengths. You can play league and cup tournaments featuring up to 32 of the game’s teams, which are taken from the top clubs in top European countries."
34102,9 Lives,,1990,6.7,Action,Platform,,"Claudette the cat has been kidnapped by scientists aiming to use her for experiments. Bob Cat can't allow this and sets off to save her. 9 Lives is a platform game taking in four levels. The lengths of jumps are variable, depending on how long the joystick is pushed down for. Bonus items to be collected include rotor blades, to allow flight. Bob cannot kill his enemies, but can temporarily stun them, by hurling his ball of string at them. Contact with enemies or hazards causes an energy bar to decrease - a life is lost once it reaches zero. As the title suggests, this can happen eight times before a ninth death ends the game."
34104,Psychic Force,,1996,6.5,Action,Fighting,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"The year is 2010, and people are being born with special powerful abilities, such as the power to control the elements. These people are deemed ""Psychics"". A large group of underground Psychics are plotting something mysterious, which may endanger everyone, and this group is called ""Noa"". Psychic Force follows the intertwined adventures of a group of Psychics as they each struggle to reach their goal, and ultimately defeat the threat of Noa. Psychic Force is a one-on-one fighting game and battles take place in a flying, floating cube on a 2D plane. The characters use a combination of Psi powers and combat techniques, with each player having his/her own special abilities. Each Psychic character has attacks relevant to the element they control (fire, ice, thunder, wind, gravity, etc.), while Gates (the only non-Psychic character) has a built-in weapons system. Every character has two light attacks, two heavy attacks, one ultimate attack, a charge and the ability to block attacks. There is a Training mode, where players can learn and test out Psi powers, the regular Arcade mode, and a Story mode in which the main characters fulfil their quests."
34106,Bad Street Brawler,"Bop' N Rumble, Street Hassle",1987,5.8,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"In Bad Street Brawler players take the role of the former punk rocker and current martial artist Duke Dunnegan, or alternatively the wrestler Gorgeous George (Bop N' Wrestle) or as a high school teacher pushed to far (Street Hassle) who finds he is the only one in the position to clean the mean streets from various thugs and loonies. Gameplay involves walking through the streets and taking out any enemies that get in the way. Kicks and punches are your basic moves at first, but as the game progresses, new moves and attacks become available, and new enemy types to beat up as well."
34114,The Smurfs,"De Smurfen, De wraak van de Smurfen, Die Schlümpfe, Die Schlümpfe schlagen zurück, Die Schlümpfe: Schlumpfe sich wer kann, I Puffi, La Revanche des Schtroumpfs, La rivincita dei Puffi, La venganza de los Pitufos, Les Schtroumpfs, Los Pitufos, Os Estrumpfes, The Revenge of the Smurfs",1994,7.2,Action,Platform,,"Free the Smurfs before Gargamel smurfs then all! Platform game where you will be able to play with the jockey smurf, the brainy smurf, the greedy smurf and the hefty smurf to resolve the adventure. All of the classic SMURF characters are along for the adventure, guaranteeing you a Smurf-tastic time."
34125,Namco Soccer: Prime Goal,J League Soccer: Prime Goal EX,1995,5.9,Sports,,,"J-League Prime Goal EX is one of the first football games in Sony's console, following previous appearances in the SNES, Prime Goal is a straightforward action game with simple arcade controls. While the Japanese version features all 14 JLeague teams and fully licensed players, the European version features the same number of national teams with fictional players, all from Europe. Game modes include friendly match, league and cup knockout modes, as well as an all-star game where the player chooses his stars from the best in the selected zone. Graphically, the game uses a polygonal playing field, while players are represented using sprites, and gameplay features a combination of the face buttons to perform actions (passing, lobbing, shooting, tackling and so on) with shoulder buttons to add swerve to the ball, change team tactics on the fly or pushing the camera backwards to find an open team mate. While gameplay is fast and simple, it has three quirks: first, unlike most modern offerings, the AI does not set up the target players for passes and crosses, making the player control the target player as soon as the ball is released in order to place them in the best position to complete the play, and also unlike most other games, the players are able to run freely off-bounds, allowing the player to capture a free ball close to the touchlines without risking touching it for a throw-in. The final main gameplay feature can be seen when the ball carrier faces a defender, as the camera quickly changes to behind the forward, as he tries to trick the defender into going the wrong way as the defender tries to steal the ball by predicting where will the forward move, with the winner of the challenge being able to run a few meters unopposed."
34126,Steep Slope Sliders,,1997,7.6,Sports,,,"Steep Slope Sliders is a snowboarding game offering a free rotation system for a large variety of tricks. The game sees you picking one of a motley crew of boarders and taking to the slopes as you try to get the best times and/or scores on each slope. Courses from Canada to Italy to Japan are available, as well as the option to play on a half-pipe purely for points and an Alpine track for time attacks. In addition, the game boasts a number of unlockable characters and locations. It also features a replay system with editable camera/graphics effects, and thanks to the Saturn's clock you'll find yourself boarding at the various locales at an appropriate time of day relative to the system clock setting."
34133,Bogey: Dead 6,"Raging Skies, Sidewinder, Sidewinder USA",1996,7.0,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,,"The player takes the role of an air pilot who is part of an elite first strike air unit. This unit is tasked with putting a stop to an international crime organization that is building up a military sized force. In this air combat game, players can choose to play in a training mode, play a mission mode, or have a VS. battle. Training mode features 3 different missions with players attempting to get as high of a score as possible. VS. battle has 2 players linking up to play a head-to-head battle against each other. The main mode is the mission mode. Players can choose from 6 different fighter jets which are the F-4E Phantom II, F-14D Tomcat, F/A-18 Hornet, F-15E Eagle, F-16C Falcon and the F-22 Raptor (AKA Superstar), each with their own ratings in max speed, endurance, maneuverability, and stability. The game features 12 missions to play through, with objectives such as defending a weapons factory or shooting down a stolen F-16. Each mission completed successfully will reward the player a certain number of credits depending on the difficulty of that mission. Gameplay involves flying a fighter with a cockpit view. The HUD includes a radar showing the enemy fighters locations plus the number of enemies left. Their is also a rear view mirror which lets the player see if their are any enemy fighters on their tail. Players can fire their air-to-air, air-to-surface, and air-to-ground missiles at enemy units. Options let the player adjust the difficulty level and change the controls between easy or hard."
34135,The Adventures of Batman & Robin,,1995,6.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,"In The Adventures of Batman & Robin Robin and Commissioner Gordon have both gone missing. The Dark Knight suspects that one or more of the usual suspects might be involved, including Poison Ivy, Riddler, and The Joker. He sets out in his trusty Batmobile to set the situation right. Much of the game consists of 3D driving action behind the wheel of the Batmobile. There are also levels in which the Caped Crusader must stage an aerial assault using the Batwing. In between levels, the player is treated to a series of cutscenes which comprise nearly an entire exclusive episode of Batman: The Animated Series upon which the game is based."
34145,Batman Returns,,1993,4.7,Action,Platform,,"Similar to some versions on consoles, the Amiga adaptation of Batman Returns is a side-scrolling beat'em up with platform elements. To defeat the Penguin, Batman must make his way through a number of levels, usually beating up henchmen from the Red Triangle Circus Gang with punches and kicks. There are also some special weapons, which must be collected and have limited ammunition: these include Batarangs, throwing disks or a Batrope. Some special enemies can only be defeated by applying the correct weapon. Some levels give more weight to platforming than fighting, such as a rooftop chase with Catwoman or navigating the sewers while searching for the Penguin's lair."
34147,Fast Food Tycoon 2,"Pizza Connection 2, Pizza Tycoon 2",2000,7.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation",,"Build your own pizza empire. Choose a city, buy a site for your pizzeria, furnish it, design your pizzas by choosing the right ingredients, order the ingredients, hire staff, and watch the sale ratings go up (or down). You can also hire criminals to help you compete with your business rivals and fund the local police to protect you against possible threats."
34159,Alien vs Predator,Aliens Vs. Predator,1993,5.2,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on the Alien versus Predator comic book series. During the 25th century, mankind has colonized many planets. On one of these, New Shanghai, strange creatures have been discovered. These aliens cause much havoc. New Shanghai initiates a distress call to other planets in the galaxy. A cloaked ship belonging to hunting creatures known as predators intercepts the message. The predators on board decide that these strange alien creatures might make worthy trophies for the collection. The player takes the role of one of the predators. The predator will fight through several levels of alien creatures in a side scrolling manner. The predator's abilities includes attacking, jumping, sliding and firing bolts from it's shoulder cannon. Additionally, the shoulder cannon can be charged up to unleash a devastating attack that also harms the Predator. Most aliens will drop power-ups which include health, trophy skulls, a double edged throwing weapon, throwing spears and active camouflage. Boss aliens wait at the end of most levels."
34166,Bee 52,,1992,6.4,Action,Shooter,,"You are bee number 52, and you need to collect enough honey every day to fill your quota. But the backyard can be a dangerous place for a bee! Spiders, grasshoppers, assorted bugs, and even lawn sprinklers are all over the place and try to stop bee 52 from reaching the many flowers where honey can be collected. Even after collecting honey, you may need to defend your nest against ants who will try to sneek in and steal honey from you. Bee 52 is armed, however, and can sting or shoot many of the enemies that get in the way. Some levels even have bugs that, when shot, will provide bee 52 with more powerful firepower temporarily. Bee 52 is a side scrolling shooter which can be played by one or two players."
34169,World Sports Competition,Power Sports,1992,6.5,Sports,,,"World Sports Competition is a Summer Olympics title, originally released on the PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16). Events include:* Archery"
34172,Deadly Arts,"G.A.S.P!! Fighter's NEXTream, GASP, Generation of Arts, Speed and Power: G.A.S.P!! Fighter's NEXTream",1998,5.7,Action,Fighting,,"In Deadly Arts the player can fight as a range of characters from around the globe in training, one-on-one and tournament modes. The goal for the player is to defeat each fighter, to progress through the ranks until everyone has been beaten. Each fighter has a set of basic moves and special moves to use. Along with two-player options, it is also possible to create a new fighter and train him or her up to the elite level."
34176,3D Galax,,1987,5.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As the name implies, 3D Galax takes the Space Invaders / Galaxian concept into the third dimension. Seen from a first-person cockpit perspective and utilizing flat-shaded polygonal graphics, waves of aliens advance towards the player and must be destroyed with a laser cannon. Unlike in the originals, the aliens never shoot back: the only danger they pose is that of crashing into the player. If any aliens from a wave survive an attack run by not being destroyed before they pass the player, they will try again and again, until either the entire wave or the player is destroyed. The alien formations change every four waves, but not before a bonus stage involving navigating an asteroid field is passed."
34178,PGA Championship Golf: 1999 Edition,DSF Golf '99,1999,7.5,Sports,,,"PGA Championship Golf: 1999 Edition is very much the same as the 1998 version with a golf course creator called the ""Course Architect"" which allows players to create their own golf courses or recreate any course in the world. There are twelve types of play including including Skins, Stableford, and Medal. Golf courses included in the 1999 Edition are: In Tournament mode there is commentary by PGA Tour Radio announcer Grant Boone and color commentary by The Golf Channel's Mark Lye Multiplay includes up to 4 players with LAN or modem, and internet play is possible via the Won.net network for up to 64 players."
34186,WarpSpeed,,1992,5.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The player takes control of a starpilot with a mission to defend star bases from a fleet of invading alien warships. The game takes place from a cockpit perspective from one of four starfighters; the Stinger, Striker, Stalker,or Slasher. The game has 7 battle scenarios and a 4 scenario campaign mode. The starfighter ships come equipped with a computer, engine, shield, weapons, and missiles which can be damaged from enemy combatants or space debris like asteroids. The ship also comes with a Long Range Scanner, which shows the locations of enemies on the map. The map itself is made up of 64 square sections. Finally, the ship also has a Hyperwave Reciever, that lets the player communicate with both the aliens and the player's base."
34204,Bob Winner,,1986,6.6,Action,Fighting,Interwar,"Bob Winner is searching for a lost civilisation somewhere in the desert, and has to gain three keys to access it by beating a boss in Paris, London, and New York respectively. The first two bosses are boxers, the last one is a gun-toting cowboy. The items necessary to beat the bosses are found on the preceding screens. Bob Winner is a side-view flip-screen action game with hand-to-hand combat sequences. The protagonist will often have to avoid rolling barrels and flying insects that try to impede his progress."
34217,Superstar Ice Hockey,American Ice Hockey,1987,7.5,Sports,,,In Superstar Ice Hockey you control one of 20 NHL teams. The game has no license so you can't play with the stars. There are 4 groups with 5 teams. After the regular season the best 2 teams of every group are qualified for the playoffs. Worth mentioning is that you are playing always the center - the other players are controlled by the CPU. In the multiplayer mode you can only play friendly games.
34220,Ninja Combat,,1990,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"Ninja Combat puts you in the middle of, you guessed it, a Ninja invasion! The Kage Ichizoku clan has caused a giant tower to appear in the middle of the city, and it's up to our heroes Joe (Player One) and Hayabusa (Player Two) to take them down. Both characters can attack incoming enemies by using Shuriken (throwing stars) which can be upgraded into small, yet powerful, flaming stars. Speed powerups to make you move faster are also available. You can also pick up weapons such as Axes, Swords and Nunchucks, which are slightly more powerful, but your attack range goes down slightly. You also have access to a special move which makes your character fly across the screen, hitting all enemies in his way. Both characters can also unleash a fairly strong special attack which destroys many enemies on the screen, or does heavy damage to the bosses, but it takes away a quarter of your life. As you go through the game, you'll be able to recruit enemy characters to aid you in your quest. Each new character has its own strengths and weaknesses, as well as its own special attack."
34227,Crash Garrett,Arbeit von Spacekraft's Crash Garrett,1987,7.0,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,"Interwar, Middle East, North America","Crash Garrett is an adventure in the mold of the classic 1930s film serials: you take on the role of dashing Crash Garrett, a flying ace who makes a living by flying rich Hollywood types around on private flights across the west coast of the United States. As the game opens, Garrett is taking journalist Cynthia Sleeze to an exclusive interview with a high-powered psychoanalyst to the stars, as part of a red-hot story. He soon becomes entangled in the story himself, and must use his wits, cunning and fists to save the day. While the game takes typed commands, the action is shown as a sort of animated comic book. There is a background image that sets the scene (it may be a mini-map, that shows Garrett's current location marked with a red X) and on top of this are comic book panel-like portraits of the characters currently in the scene, that move around the screen and speak in speech bubbles. Some versions of the game use synthesized speech, but only when Garrett addresses the player, for ""What do you want to do now?""-type prompts."
34228,Mega Man X,Rockman X,1993,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mega Man X is a robot designed by Dr. Light to choose his own path in life. Years after he is created, Dr. Cain finds X and mimics his design to create a race of such robots called reploids. When the sigma virus infects these reploids, causing them to commit acts of evil, it is up to Mega Man X and his partner Zero (who is quite powerful, contrary to what his name implies) to stop it."
34230,Double Dare,,1988,5.7,Puzzle,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"Double Dare is the computer version of the game show originally hosted by Marc Summers. Like the TV show, the game is basically a trivia game with the added enhancement of being able to answer the question, or take a dare. Dares consist of the Toss-up Challenge, the Physical Challenge, and in the last round, the Obstacle Course. Questions are varied, and in large enough number to avoid excessive repetition even over several games worth of play."
34231,Wave Race,,1992,6.8,Racing / Driving,,,"Wave Race for the Game Boy is an aquatic racing game. You control a personal water craft around courses that are marked out by buoys in the circuit mode. In the slalom mode, you must maneuver through several sets of gates floating on the water. Gameplay is viewed from an overhead perspective. There are four racers in each race. They can be controlled either by human players or by very tough AI controlled players."
34232,Wrath of the Black Manta,Ninja Cop Saizō,1989,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"New York is being overrun with crime, and the city's children are mysteriously disappearing. It is up to the Black Manta to rescue the children and stop whomever is behind this. In addition to his ninja skills, Black Manta will be able to acquire additional powers (including invisibility and teleportation) to help him out against the numerous and well-armed villains. Wrath of the Black Manta is a side-scrolling arcade-style action game with five different levels. Throughout each level the player may come across various clues to help him find where to go next, or discover a hidden location. Some of the bad guys Black Manta comes across may also possess useful knowledge and can be interrogated if they don't kill him first."
34234,Dark Seed,Dark Seed 1,1992,7.0,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Contemporary, North America","Dark Seed is an adventure game which capitalizes on the drawings of famous horror designer H. R. Giger as a source of background artwork and inspiration. You play Mike Dawson, an ad company manager who, in pursuit of his goal in life to become a writer, purchases a solitary mansion in a small town called Woodland Hills. Although the low cost and hush-hush transactions when purchasing the house do raise your suspicion, the solitary environment and sheer beauty of the house crush common sense and you decide to buy the house. That's when trouble begin. Upon reaching the house, you suddenly feel tired. You find a bed and fall asleep... .. and wake up from a terrible dream, only to find out that your life has just become a worse nightmare: an unknown source has implanted a seed of darkness in your mind, and you only have three days to find a way to stop it."
34237,3DO Games: Decathlon,,1997,5.3,Sports,,,"As you would expect, all ten events are represented in 3DO's Decathlon: 100-meter dash, 400-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 110-meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, and 1500-meter run. Each event has smooth motion-capture graphics, and most have configurable camera angles."
34238,NHL FaceOff 2000,,1999,7.0,Sports,,,Red Wings Coach Scotty Bowman helped improve NHL FaceOff 2000. More than 150 motion captured animations. Mike Emrick and Darren Pang do commentary. The new puck halo also improves gameplay.
34242,SimCity,SimCity: The City Simulator,1989,7.9,Simulation,"City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation",Contemporary,"SimCity is a single-player city-building simulation game. The player assumes the role of mayor and urban planner of an empty plot of land, with the objective of creating and managing a thriving city. Starting with a modest budget, the player must zone land for residential, commercial, and industrial use, and then provide essential services and infrastructure to attract citizens. Over time, the settlement can grow from a small village into a bustling metropolis, provided that growth is supported with careful management of resources, services, and taxes. Core gameplay revolves around zoning and infrastructure. Residential zones provide housing, commercial zones foster business activity, and industrial zones create jobs and manufacturing. To develop, these areas must be connected by roads or rail and powered by a nearby power plant. As the population increases, new challenges emerge: more traffic requires better transportation networks, rising crime requires police stations, and fires necessitate fire departments. Schools, stadiums, airports, and seaports also become available as the city expands, each unlocking new possibilities for development and trade. Finances are central to the simulation. Revenue comes from property taxes, which can be adjusted to balance city income against citizen satisfaction. Budget allocations must be made to essential services such as policing, fire protection, and transportation, with underfunding leading to increased crime, slower emergency response, or declining infrastructure. Players must weigh the benefits of cheap but polluting coal power versus costly clean nuclear plants, while also managing land values, pollution, and overall citizen happiness. In addition to free-form city building, the game offers eight pre-set scenarios. These challenge the player to manage a city in crisis or guide it through difficult conditions, such as controlling crime in Detroit, rebuilding after earthquakes in San Francisco, or dealing with flooding in Boston. Each scenario is time-limited and graded on success, offering variety beyond the open-ended sandbox. Environmental conditions further shape the experience. Random disasters, including earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, and fires, can strike at any time, testing a city’s resilience and emergency preparedness. Players can also deliberately trigger disasters to observe their effects or to create new rebuilding challenges. Terrain editors in certain versions allow customization of landscapes before play, adding mountains, rivers, and coastlines to influence development patterns. Different versions introduced their own changes. The original PC edition set the template, while ports to systems like the Amiga, Macintosh, and Atari ST improved graphics and performance. Console adaptations often included unique features: the Super Nintendo version, for example, added new scenarios, graphical enhancements, and the inclusion of Nintendo-themed characters such as Dr. Wright, who provides advice throughout the game, and an appearance of Bowser during a Godzilla-like encounter."
34252,Shadow of the Beast,"Beast, Shadow of the Beast: Mashō no Okite, SotB",1989,6.9,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"While very young, Aarbron was kidnapped and enslaved by the Priests of the Beast Lord. He grew up on drugs made to destroy his own will and turn him into the Beast Messenger, a powerful creature serving Maletoth, The Beast Lord himself. He did his job, until one day he noticed a man about to be sacrificed in a ritual, his face triggering ancient memories. As the sacrificial knife descended into the man's body, Aarbron recognizes his father's face. As his father dies in the altar, memories of his childhood and tormented past at the hands of the Beast Lord emerged, and as feelings of hate over his captors took over him, he swore revenge and fled the temple, knowing the road to avenge his father and redemption would be hard. Shadow of the Beast is a side-scrolling platformer with a side-shooter elements (by the end). The player has to navigate through several areas filled with enemies and traps, collecting keys and activating triggers that open new areas or give Aarbron the means to overcome a sub-boss. The number of moves the player has at disposal is limited: duck, jump and only two attacks: punch and a flying kick. While most enemies die with just one hit, the player must time each attack accurately. However, there are also traps of objects that cannot be destroyed and these require the player to jump, duck or move according the sequence. The player has only one life with 12 hit points that can be replenished by collecting some objects hidden in the level (like an off-route location or a under a megalith), which also contributes to the difficulty level."
34259,F1 2000,,2000,7.9,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,Source: Back of Box - Windows (UK)
34265,Power Drive Rally,,1995,7.1,Racing / Driving,,"Africa, Europe, North America","Power Drive Rally is a view into the world of rally racing. This game is an overhead-view racer featuring real cars and tracks based on locations around the world. The game's design is similar to the earlier Power Drive for 16-bit systems, however the circuit designs are different. The main game mode portrays a season of championship racing. There are several types of races that you will encounter. First, there is the special stage, which is a timed qualifying round. Second, there is the rally cross stage, in which you race against one other computer-controlled racer. Finally, there is the skill stage, where you have to perform a series of tricky driving maneuvers. After each round, you earn money for qualifying or winning. You can then use this money to repair your car, or save the money to purchase a new, faster car."
34270,Jack Orlando: A Cinematic Adventure,Jack Orlando: Una Aventura Cinematografica,1997,6.8,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Interwar,"In this game, the player takes control of Jack Orlando, a once famous private investigator, who started to drink too much, ruining his career. One night, while he stumbles from the bar to his home, he accidentally gets involved in a murder case. He's knocked unconscious and arrested by the police the other day. As the inspector is his friend, he's given 48 hours to solve the case... Jack Orlando: A Cinematic Adventure is a classical graphical adventure game, similar to those created by LucasArts and Sierra In this point-and-click adventure the player moves the protagonist figure through a (mostly hand-painted) world, talking to many other persons and advancing in the storyline by solving many different puzzles. The game's graphics consist of hand-painted backdrops with cartoon-like character models. All of the dialogue is played as voice-over as well as displayed as text and uses Dolby Surround techniques. The music was composed by Harold Faltermeyer"
34273,Bionic Commando: Elite Forces,,2000,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Avar empire is an imminent threat to our homeland of Karinia. As a member of the Bionic Corps' Elite Forces team your mission is to infiltrate the Avar installations, disrupt their invasion plans and rescue our scout, fellow bionic commando, Commander Joe. You play a bionic soldier with a mechanic arm that extends and contracts to let you interact with objects normally out of reach. The game is based on the Bionic Commando arcade game and is a typical platform game with the emphasis on the capabilities your bionic arms gives you. You can use it to swing from platform to platform, pull yourself up onto higher platforms, and attack enemies with it. A few other weapons and a range of pickups is also available. At the start of the game you also get to choose to play a male or female commando."
34274,Inordinate Desire,,1995,5.7,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Inordinate Desire is a turn-based strategy game with action elements. As commander of a spaceship carrier you have to conquer foreign planets. Every day is represented by a round. In the beginning of a round you are in your carrier and have these options: Buy new units, send pilots on patrol, repair ships and look at statistics. When this is taken care of you use your spaceship and fly to the planet. There you can give orders to your units and tell them to move or shoot. Yes, move or shoot - a unit can't do both in one round. Because you can't see the condition of the hostile units you have to act blindly. Additionally you can build deposits and radar units on the planet. The deposits are used to repair damaged units and with the radar units you start air strikes - but the radius is low, so you are more likely to kill your own troops. At the end of the round all your orders get evaluated. Sometimes your carrier gets attacked by one hostile spaceship. Then you have to kill the attacker in a simple action sequence similar to Wing Commander : You sit in a spaceship and shoot rockets."
34282,Star Wars,,1991,7.0,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This game is based closely on Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. It combines a number of gameplay styles, but primarily it is a side scrolling run-and-jump platformer. The game begins on Tatooine, where you, as Luke Skywalker, must travel around and meet up with R2D2, C3PO, Obi-Wan, and so on. Eventually, you travel through Mos Eisley and the Death Star as well. While most of the game has you controlling Luke, Han or Leia directly, some of the various game styles include a first-person Millennium Falcon asteroid belt sequence, and an overhead view Death Star trench run."
34287,Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods,"Populous II: Las pruebas de los dioses del Olimpo, Two Tribes: Populous II",1991,8.2,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Classical antiquity, Fantasy","Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods also known as Two Tribes: Populous II on the Sega Genesis, is a single-player and multiplayer real-time strategy god game. The player assumes the role of a demigod, child of an unknown immortal, who must prove their divine worth by battling through the ranks of the Greek pantheon. Each victory over rival deities brings the protagonist closer to the final confrontation with Zeus, ruler of Olympus. Like its predecessor Populous the game revolves around influencing human followers and shaping the landscape to secure dominance. The player does not directly control individuals but instead guides a growing population by altering terrain, expanding settlements, and providing divine intervention in battles against enemy tribes. Success comes from expanding one’s worshippers, increasing faith, and eliminating opposing populations. The game introduces a greatly expanded system of divine powers. More than sixty different godly abilities are available, divided into categories such as earth, fire, water, air, war, plants, and creatures. These include small-scale effects like raising or lowering land, as well as destructive miracles such as whirlwinds, earthquakes, tidal waves, and volcanoes. Some powers provide defensive or supportive effects, while others summon mythical beings to aid followers. Divine energy, generated through the faith of believers, limits how frequently these powers can be used. Each stage is set on an isometric map where enemy tribes worship rival gods. The demigod advances by defeating these opponents one by one, eventually facing heroes and Olympian gods themselves. Campaign progress unlocks additional abilities. Skirmish-style gameplay is also supported, allowing for battles outside the main quest. Multiplayer is included through serial link or dial-up connections, enabling two players to pit their divine abilities against one another. The game also improves on the presentation of the original with higher resolution graphics, more detailed terrain, and digitized sound effects that emphasize the destructive impact of miracles."
34290,Speedy Gonzales,Soreyuke! Speedy Gonzales,1993,7.2,Action,Platform,,"Speedy Gonzales is a platform game in which the player controls the Looney Tunes character Speedy Gonzales. The player can run in the side-scrolling levels. The aim is to reach the exit without running out of lives. Lives are lost when Speedy comes into contact with dangers such as enemies, pit traps and sharp spikes. Speedy can earn points by collecting coins. The game also borrows elements from Sonic Speedy can run faster and even upside down in loops after running into bumpers. Speedy can also jump higher by jumping on the heads of penguins and when going fast can run through certain walls."
34292,Aerostar,,1991,7.4,Action,Shooter,,"Aerostar is a top-down, vertically-scrolling shooter. The player controls an aircraft, but instead of going all across the screen, it can only stay on or fly over a preset road. However, it can ascend at the cost of disabling your weapons before descending back onto either another road or the one it was on before. Like most top-down shooters, there are power-up pods which provide an array of missiles, lasers, and guardian pods. In the end of each level there are extremely tough bosses. No storyline is provided."
34302,Mario Tennis,Mario Tennis GB,2000,8.4,Sports,RPG elements,,"Mario Tennis for the Game Boy Color is a much different experience than its N64 effort In addition to the core gameplay found in the N64 version, the GBC version features an RPG-style world that allows you to work your way up through the ranks at the Royal Tennis Academy. The main mode, Mario Tour, has you starting off as a Rookie with low stats. By completing training programs and defeating other students, you're able to gain experience points, which allow you to boost your tennis stats. When you're not playing tennis, you can spend time wandering the Academy grounds: talking to other students, or just taking in the sights and sounds. In addition to the main game, there's also an exhibition mode (singles or doubles) for quick-play. And, if you get tired of playing the computer, the game supports the Game Link Cable for play against a friend."
34304,Gargoyles,,1995,7.8,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Gargoyles is based on the Disney Afternoon TV series of the same name that ran from 1994-1997. In this 18 level, side-scrolling platform game, players take control of the gargoyle's leader, Goliath, as he sets out to take on a looming threat that could mean the end of the world: an ancient and mysterious relic known as the Eye of Odin. When the sun sets, Goliath awakens to travel the world through 1,000 years of time to destroy this evil artifact, facing enemies ranging from vikings, to robotic foes such as Raptorbots, Spiderbots, and Waspbots. Throughout the adventure, Goliath can climb huge, gothic buildings to avoid enemy fire and projectiles, attack and claw foes in mid-air and on the ground, or somersault to break crumbling walls."
34307,Navy Seals,,1991,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Like many of Ocean's games Navy Seals was licensed from a film of the same name, by Orion. You control a succession of the USA's elite fighters with the aim of destroying missiles held by terrorists. You must work your way through levels and find the exit to get to the next level. At the beginning and end of each level, there is a cut scene which consists of a still image with text, to progress the story of the game. You will of course meet many more fighters throughout the level, and pick up improved weapons as the game goes on. The gameplay is fairly standard platform work, seen in many other Ocean movie tie-ins. The Game Boy version of this game differs from the home computer version released around the same time. The level layout is different, there are no ladders ladders or ropes and you don't have to place bombs."
34309,Blue Stinger,,1999,6.8,Action,"Fighting, Puzzle elements, Survival horror",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2000, a massive earthquake hits the Yucatan Peninsula region of Mexico, sending shockwaves throughout the area. A large, unknown island emerges from the depths of the ocean bordering this land with what appears to be a giant crater located near its center. American and Mexican government officials cordon off this new landmass and dispatch an investigative task force to the island. It is determined that the crater was created by the impact of the giant meteor that crashed into the Yucatan 65 million years before, wreaking havoc upon the Earth's ecosystem and bringing about a nuclear winter so devastating that it pushed the dinosaurs, the dominant land-dwelling lifeforms of the time, to complete extinction. Thus the island is named Dinosaur Island. Highly classified research of the island, the crater and what lies within it goes on for 17 years while a city is built to house and accommodate the researchers and workers. This research and the island's economy are dominated entirely by a large biotech corporation known as Kimra. Eliot Ballade, an elite member of Kimra's Dinosaur Island ESER (Emergency Sea Evacuation and Rescue), is enjoying a day off aboard his friend's boat a short distance from the coast when suddenly a small meteor falls from the sky and descends toward Dinosaur Island. At the moment of impact, a mysterious dome of energy appears from the center of the island, expanding outwards at an astonishing speed towards Eliot's position. Just as the dome of energy approaches, a flock of hideous birds ram straight into the boat, causing Eliot to hurtle himself overboard just before the energy dome overtakes the boat, seemingly petrifying his friend still onboard. Hours later, Eliot awakens on the shore of Dinosaur Island and begins an investigation that will change his life forever. He begins to discover an uncontrollable madness unleashed in the meteor's wake, and as one secret uncovers another, he pieces together a horrifying revelation that could lead to the end of life on Earth. The player controls rescue expert Eliot Ballade, or heavy weapons specialist Dogs Bower, as they wield hand-to-hand moves and 22 weapons in an adventure that will require them to swim, drive, climb, fight and blast through seven areas and 230 locations; solving puzzles, avoiding hazards and discovering and using up to 75 items, such as security cards and life ropes. The player can switch between the 2 characters at any time to utilize their different skills to their advantage: Eliot being able to handle 2 weapons at a time, swim and move quicker; Dogs being able to equip heavier weapons and last longer in a fight with his higher constitution. Along the way, the player will encounter certain situations where they will have the chance to rescue someone or perform some other task, usually receiving a new weapon or item upon completion; however, the game will go on even if the side-mission is not successful. The player will be aided by Kimra-Tech Security agent Janine King and the mysterious angel-like entity referred to as Nephilim as they battle mutated monsters and solve the mysteries of Dinosaur Island. Blue Stinger controls much like most Survival Horrors of the time, but plays more like a straight-up Action title with Adventure elements. The player is encouraged to engage the enemies encountered, as not only do they drop coins which can be used to purchase health packs, new weapons and ammo; but they respawn upon re-entry of most locations, allowing for a technically infinite number of coins to be collected, and thus health and ammo. Even when the player does find themselves out of ammo, Eliot can equip himself from a number of unlimited-use melee weapons that are just as powerful as the ranged ones. Health packs, taking the form of food and drinks, must be used in realtime, the player having to ensure the safety of their character while the eating or drinking animation plays out. Though limited in scope, the island is fully open to explore and requires some backtracking as new items are found or developments are reached, as the player advances through a story progressed in game-engine cutscenes and radio chatter between Eliot, Dogs and Janine. Bosses are encountered regularly, some being stronger versions of more commonly-encountered enemies and playing out much like tougher battles with those; while others are unique and require the player to determine their behaviors and patterns to defeat them. Puzzles are mostly of the minor, find-the-item and use-it-in-the-right-place variety. Though environmental hazards appear in a number of locations, the game does not delve into Platformer territory as the actions required to pass these sections are either as simple as navigating around them or context-sensitive to the particular situations. The Japanese version of the game featured a camera system that employed cinematic angles and perspectives intended to provide a more suspenseful experience. This system, however, was met with a negative critical reaction by some and was revamped by Activision into a behind-the-back third-person angle a-la Action-Adventure games for the US and European releases."
34319,Nova Blast,,1983,6.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Nova Blast is a side-scrolling sci-fi shooter in which you must defend four shielded cities from invaders that attack from both in the air and on the ground. Each city has a bubble shield that can sustain one hit; another hit to an unshielded city will destroy it. Players control a ship that can fire lasers horizontally and drop bomb vertically. The ship is also equipped with an energy beam that can absorb energy from energy tanks, and can also use that energy to create temporary shields around unprotected cities. The ship can also sustain up to ten blows in each round. If all four cities are destroyed or the ship takes ten hits in a round, the game ends. Nova Blast is a single player game with three difficulty levels."
34330,NHL Stanley Cup,Super Hockey,1993,6.0,Sports,,,"This early SNES title is one of the first hockey titles to simulate 3 dimensions by using the SNES mode 7 SNES technology. It contains all 26 NHL teams at the time with varying strengths and weaknesses. It doesn't have the players association license, but all of the player numbers and abilities were true to their real-life counterparts. You can take your favorite team from the regular season all the way through the titular Stanley Cup. It even has a menu option in the North American version to change the between English and French languages."
34337,Crisis in the Kremlin,,1991,7.0,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Cold War,"One of the few political sims available, take over the Kremlin as one of the three Russian leaders (Ligachov, Yeltsin, or Gorbachov), determine your foreign and domestic policies, and react to the crises that happens (like the Chernobyl crisis). Keep yourself in office by keeping both the Nationalists and the Reformists in line. Can you do better than Gorbachov himself?"
34338,Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Wild Adventure,Le Livre de la Jungle: L'Aventure de Mowgli,2000,7.6,"Action, Racing / Driving","Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Mowgli's Wild Adventure is a typical 2D platform game for the Game Boy Color. You play as the young Mowgli who can walk, jump, run, climb and crawl. Levels come in various jungle related themes including a ruined temple. Mowgli learns a new special move in each level. He can throw fruit at hostile animals to defend himself. Furthermore Mowgli has to interact with his environment by pulling switches to open doors or douse fire with water. You can collect diamonds for extra lives and apples for health. In each boss level you have to collect seven icons in a race to win the stage."
34340,Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball,,1994,6.7,Action,"Pinball, Platform",,"Dr. Robotnik plans on turning the animals of Mobius into robots by using his volcano powered Veg-O=Fortress factory. He has set up a pinball security system for this factory to keep all the captured animals from escaping. Now it's up to Sonic the Hedgehog to free his captive animal friends and put a stop to Robotnik's plans. The game consists of four pinball stages. Sonic will have to get through the Toxic Pools, Lava Powerhouse, The Machine, and The Final Showdown to take down Robotnik. The levels consist of typical pinball fair such as bumpers, flippers, annd drop targets which open up gated parts of a stage. In stage 1 and 2 Sonic must collect 3 chaos emeralds, and 5 chaos emeralds in stages 3 and 4, in order for a chance to fight the stage boss. There are also the Bonus Cage special stage that can be played after a stage boss is defeated. During this portion of the game, Sonic can find items that will reward him with things like extra time, points, rings. continues, or extra lives. The game also offers a one last chance to return to the game after running out of lives by having the player attempt to stop a spinning number wheel on a four digit number that matches the player's last four digits of their current score. This version of Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball differs from the Genesis version as the stage layouts are different among other changes."
34344,The Crimson Crown,"Further Adventures in Transylvania, Transylvania II, Transylvania II: The Crimson Crown",1985,7.1,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"In Transylvania we rescued Princess Sabrina, and met Crown Prince Erik. They return upon news of the King John the Good’s death, and learn the crown has vanished. The Vampire Lord Drakul tries to uncover its secrets to become King, and threatens its land. As their guide, they accompany you on their journey to reclaim the crown an amulet of immense power and rid the land of the Vampire. Certain tasks require their unique abilities, Princess Sabrina understands magic and Crown Prince Erik can use items that rightfully belongs to the heir of the throne, among other roles. Some places seem familiar, and others are new. Recognizable ancient tree stump and the new mysterious Wizard’s castle to underground caverns. Encounter unusual characters and creatures that roam these parts - a friendly Griffin or the wicked Witch to curious Trolls, who like shiny objects. Whenever the Sage appears speak to him, and listen to his words of wisdom. Travelers are advised to know how to answer their riddles."
34349,CTR: Crash Team Racing,Crash Bandicoot Racing,1999,8.6,Racing / Driving,,Fantasy,"CTR: Crash Team Racing is a single-player and multiplayer kart racing game featuring characters and settings from the Crash Bandicoot series. The story centers on an alien speedster named Nitros Oxide, who arrives on Earth and challenges its best drivers. If no one can beat him, he plans to enslave the planet and turn it into a giant parking lot. Players choose one of the available characters and race across themed tracks to collect trophies, relics, and gems in order to confront Oxide and prove Earth’s worth. Races are held on closed circuits with up to eight competitors. The game’s Adventure Mode combines story progression with a series of races against computer-controlled drivers. Completing each track earns trophies, while winning boss encounters against characters such as Ripper Roo, Papu Papu, and Pinstripe rewards keys needed to unlock new areas of the hub world. Once all trophies and boss keys are collected, players gain access to Oxide’s challenge. The core gameplay follows an arcade-style racing format. Each kart can accelerate, brake, and power-slide around corners. Players can execute a “turbo boost” by timing jumps on ramps or successfully chaining slides. Mastering the boost mechanic is crucial for maintaining speed and gaining an edge over opponents. Characters differ in speed, acceleration, and handling, allowing players to pick one that suits their racing style. Items play a central role in competition. Weapons and power-ups are obtained by driving through crates scattered across the tracks. These include offensive tools such as homing missiles, rolling bombs, and TNT crates, as well as defensive items like shields and speed boosts. Collecting Wumpa Fruit enhances these power-ups, transforming them into stronger versions. A blue warp orb, for example, automatically targets the leading racer and can shift the outcome of a close race. Outside of Adventure Mode, the game offers several other ways to play. Arcade mode allows quick single races or tournaments, while Time Trial lets players race alone against the clock or challenge ghost data. Battle mode is designed for up to four players and takes place in dedicated arenas where drivers compete to deplete each other’s lives using items. Additional modes such as Relic Races and CTR Challenges introduce variations that test speed and item collection skills. The cast features a mix of heroes and villains from the series, including Crash, Coco, Dr. Neo Cortex, Dr. N. Gin, Dingodile, Tiny Tiger, Polar, and Pura. Unlockable characters such as N. Tropy, Fake Crash, and Penta Penguin add further variety. Each character comes with a distinct stat balance, and kart colors can be customized in certain modes."
34356,Cyberdillo,,1996,5.2,Action,Shooter,,"""Yet another disco armadillo first-person shooter."" After being run over by a car, our hero Armadillo is brought back to life by an evil cyber-genetic company. He sets out to stop their evil plans in psychedelic 70's era levels when disco was king. Gather items such as bell bottoms, platform shoes, 8-track players, and lava lamps to keep your shield and funk levels up. Rather than guns, you shoot plungers and throw princess wands at various enemies such as flying eyeballs and laughing gas containers. Open doors as you move through each level (of 4 stages each) and find the specific item needed to advance to the next stage. Stoplights hang from the ceiling in certain areas and will drain your health if you pass under them when they are red. When green, you can pass them with no consequence. There are different special weapons, health (such as crickets and grasshoppers), and shield items in each level. If you run into a Relax laxative box, you will have to find a toilet in 20 seconds or you will die."
34358,Eliza,"Doctor, Dr. Apple: Eliza, Dr. Sbaitso, ECC-Eliza, Eliza: The Amazing Artificial Intelligence, Frank, Fred, MacEliza, Meliza, MyEliza",1966,6.6,Simulation,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"Eliza was the first chatterbot to make a splash in popular culture, originally written and conceived by Dr. Joseph Weizenbaum of MIT in 1966 to mockingly ape the style of a person-centered (Rogerian) psychotherapist or counselor, largely by prompting the user to elaborate on topics sampled from previous user input. A typical session would take the form of a typed dialogue (sometimes with simulated typing errors to further the suspension of disbelief), with the computer asking the user a series of questions and being fed responses from which to generate further questions. The game stimulated early consideration of computer artificial intelligence (or the appearance thereof), not infrequently passing the Turing test and fooling users into believing (for a little while, at least) that they were interacting with a real human being on the other end... blazing a trail subsequently followed down by Perry the Paranoid and Racter Additionally, the nods its conversational interface made toward natural language processing (or, again, the appearance thereof) are considered to have been influential on the early mainframe development of the interface for text adventure games such as Adventure and Zork Considered as a game, it is nearly the polar opposite to Emily Short's Galatea -- instead of the player probing the computer with questions, the computer probes the player with them. Many different stories will still be revealed, but in this case, that's because it'll be people tricked by the program into telling them."
34367,Heroes of Might and Magic Compendium,Heroes of Might and Magic: Full Fantasy Funpack,1997,7.0,Compilation,,,This collection contains: Also tucked away on the first CD of the English version is King's Bounty the precursor to the entire series.
34368,Masterblazer,Masterblaser,1990,7.2,"Action, Racing / Driving, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Masterblazer is both a remake of and a follow-up to the Lucasfilm Games game Ballblazer Ballblazer is a futuristic sport played in vehicles called ""Rotofoils"". The play field is a large rectangle made out of squares. The object of the game is to get a ball called ""Plasmorb"" into the goal, which moves along the edge of the play field. Otherwise, the rules are simple: ""Three minutes, two players, one victor!"" The game is played in first-person on a split screen and can be played by either one or two players. Compared to Ballblazer Masterblazer offers two new playing options: a Tournament Mode and a Rotofoil Race."
34370,Test Drive: Off-Road 2,Test Drive: 4x4,1998,5.6,Racing / Driving,,,"Race over 20 vehicles around the world... but off the road. There are 6 classes to race in: Hummer, Military, Safari, SUV, and Truck. Vehicles include the Jeep Wrangler, Ford Explorer, Range Rover, and more."
34373,OverBlood,"OverBlood: 3D Active Adventure, OverBlood: A 3-D Sci-Fi Adventure",1996,7.1,Action,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","A team of scientists have been conducting controversial genetic experiments at the Lystra Laboratories research center. Due to a system malfunction, one of the test subjects, a man named Raz Karcy, is released from a cryogenic container. Infected by a terrible disease, Raz must do everything it takes to find a cure. In order to do that, he will have to discover the truth behind the scientists' plans, the nature of their project, and his own past. OverBlood is a predominantly survival horror game, focusing on exploration of indoor environments, puzzle-solving, and combat. Unlike the similarly styled Resident Evil the game utilizes fully 3D backgrounds, and allows the player to toggle between third- and first-person view. The player controls Raz for the majority of the game; sometimes it is possible to play as another character, e.g. control a small robot named Pipo to perform special tasks. A few sequences are reminiscent of arcade-style ""interactive movie"" games, requiring the player to press buttons rapidly at the correct moment."
34375,Gateway to Apshai,Gateway to Aphsai,1983,6.6,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Turmoil rocks the land and the only salvation lies in the magic of the Temple of Apshai. Unfortunately the location of this temple has gotten lost in time. Furthermore, many heros dispatched to seek it have been slain. A legend speaks that only the blood of the greatest hero of Apshai's greatest hero will be able to reclaim the lost Temple of Apshai. Unfortunately this ""greatest hero"" has also perished. But all hope is not lost, for the wise man, Merlis has found the hero's son, whose blood is still able to fulfill the prophesy. With great haste, Merlis brings the youngster to the dungeon pits and leaves him to fend for himself. It is this youngster's destiny to find safe passage through the 8 levels, each of which contains passage to 99 different areas, Gateway to Apshai is a top-down action-RPG. As the descendant of a hero, the player starts with basic stats in 4 areas, Strength, Agility, Luck and Health. and basic equipment, a dagger and leather armor. Then it's time to choose a number between 1 and 99 to generate the dungeon. Once begun, the player must explore the dungeon, hidden until explored and revealed. The player can move in four directions and has standard abilities, each mapped to a different control. There are several different actions available to the player. These include: fighting with the equipped weapon, a LOCATE spell to discover traps in the room, a SEARCH spell to discover hidden doors inside of room which would otherwise look like ordinary walls. Players may also use many of the items and scrolls that can be picked up in the dungeon. The treasure can be picked up which include weaponry (swords, bows and arrows), healing slaves, precious items and magical scrolls. Most items are only good for a single use. The Gateway to Apshai is guarded by an assortment of creatures including snakes, swamp rats, bats and many more. These enemies are only visible when they are in the same room as the player and are otherwise hidden. After 6 minutes and 30 seconds has passed, the player is teleported to the next dungeon, many versions of the game also offer the option to manually leave the dungeon at any time. Dungeons get progressively more difficult with faster and more vicious enemies."
34384,Game Boy Gallery,"Game Boy Gallery: 5 Games in 1, GameBoy Gallery",1995,5.4,"Action, Compilation, Strategy / tactics",Platform,,"This game contains five classic Game & Watch games: Ball, Vermin, Flagman, Manhole and Cement Factory. Ball puts you in the place of a circus juggler, in Vermin you are pest controller trying to keep moles under control. Flagman is a game in which you must repeat the number sequences the flagman shows, in Manhole you must prevent pedestrians from falling down after the manhole covers have been removed. Finally in Cement Factory you must move cement from the top to the bottom of the factory without the tanks of cement overloading."
34387,Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament,,1994,7.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament is the second game in the Micro Machines series. Like its predecessor, it puts the player behind the steering wheel of an extremely small car. The races take place in locations such as a table, a treehouse, and many more. The CD-ROM version adds CD-audio music while the Mega Drive (Genesis) version features a special cartridge that allows players to connect two additional controllers to the console for four-player games. The DOS version comes with a construction kit/track editor. The floppy version has three tracks included and the CD version five. The number of tracks vary depending on the version of the game. The Game Gear and Game Boy version have around 37 tracks, and the DOS SNES, and Genesis version have around 50. The handheld versions also only have 12 drivable vehicles instead of the standard 17."
34396,Apollo 18: The Moon Missions,,1998,4.0,Simulation,,,"Apollo 18: The Moon Missions is an attempt at creating a realistic simulation of manning an Apollo space trip. The game comes on two disks: a video-heavy orientation section, and a the actual simulation training at Johnson Space Center. Players will be tested on proper commands and sequence, in hopes that they will move on to the actual Apollo 18 launch. Once on the shuttle, the player will spend most of their time staring at the control panels, putting what they've learned to the test. The simulation is broken up by short arcade sequences, but for the most part is occupied by looking at readouts and buttons. A heavy emphasis is put on correct procedure, as the game shoots for accuracy over flash. Commands must be precisely entered, in sequence. Mission Control will help the player with staying on track, but players will experience bouts of ""radio interference"" that will require a good memory."
34404,Quarterback,John Elway's Quarterback,1987,5.1,"Action, Sports",,,"In John Elway's Quarterback it's one player vs. the computer or two human players going head-to-head in single-game American football action. Select your team's home city (there is no NFL or NFLPA license, so there are no real teams or players) and then battle the opposing team for four 15-minute (accelerated real-time) quarters. Graphics are simple: one team has blue uniforms, the other team red ones. The human player gets control of the quarterback on offense and the middle linebacker on defense. The play perspective is top-down and vertical-scrolling. Choose from 9 offensive--mostly passing--plays and 6 defensive plays. Teams have 9 players each."
34406,Enemy Engaged: RAH-66 Comanche versus Ka-52 Hokum,Enemy Engaged: Comanche vs Hokum,2000,7.9,Simulation,,,"A ""sequel"" to Enemy Engaged: Apache/Havoc this game features the RAH-66 Comanche (NATO) vs. the Ka-52 Hokum (Warsaw Pact). Control both the pilot and gunner stations. Multiple reality options let you tune the game to your liking. Improved control options, graphics, gameplay and more. There are three semi-dynamic campaigns set in Lebanon, Yemen, and Taiwan."
34412,Midnight Resistance,,1989,7.6,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"The Midnight Resistance fighters are up against the awesome powers of mad scientist King Crimson and his Crimson Corps. Crimson has kidnapped your scientist grandfather and five more of your relatives, and aims to put his advanced plans to evil use. Take control of a Resistance fighter in this scrolling shoot 'em up consisting of nine platform-based levels, each ending with a Boss to defeat. Your enemies appear on foot and in vehicles, and Crimson has also planted machine gun bays en route. Dead enemies release keys, which can be traded in at shop points for weapons. These weapons include machine guns and flamethrowers, for which ammunition must be bought - weapons are discarded when you have no suitable ammo. The control system is unusual - you can shoot in different directions and crawl along low ledges."
34420,The King of Fighters '97,KOF '97,1997,7.7,Action,Fighting,,"Another year, another KOF. Additions this year come in the form of slightly improved graphics and sounds, new moves and a new game mode. Gameplay is much more plot-driven, as you have middle-bosses that can change depending on what team you select. In addition, there are several special endings which are only shown when certain ""Edit Team"" combinations are selected. As of The King of Fighters '97 you can play in either the Extra or Advanced game modes. Extra Mode is the typical AOF /KOF scheme, in which your power gauge fills up as you defend yourself or charge yourself up. The new Advanced Mode, on the other hand, only allows you to charge your gauge as you perform special moves and attacks, similar to the Street Fighter series Extra allows one to sidestep attacks while Advanced allows the character to roll past and dodge attacks; Advanced also allow a character to perform a potent ""Super Desperation Move"" (or SDM) at any time provided the character has at least two full bars of charged energy stored. In contrast, SDMs can only be performed in Extra when a character has less than a quarter of their health left. New characters include the New Face Team, the Fatal Fury Outlaw Team (featuring the KOF debut of ""Blue"" Mary Ryan and Ryuji Yamazaki, and the return of Billy Kane), and Kyo's pupil Shingo Yabuki. In total, The King of Fighters '97 sports 29 separate characters (without counting the six Orochi-related boss characters, which are all accessible via a secret code)."
34428,Speed Busters: American Highways,Speed Busters,1998,7.8,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Race as fast as you can and win money! A former policeman won the lottery and decided to hold races to give away some of the winnings... Featuring seven different American tracks (each with surprises!), and nine different vehicles, with more vehicles available from the official website. All the vehicles are upgradable and features visible damage that affects the car's handling. Use Nitro to get a quick boost, and stay clear of the cops!"
34433,Lionheart,,1992,8.4,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"As Valdyn aka ""Lionheart"", you will have to travel deep into the territory of your king's enemy to retrieve a stolen holy relic which happens to be named ""Lionheart"" as well. The game itself is a platform/hack'n'slay affair, similar to Rastan. You proceed through the world that is scrolling in all directions and cut everything to pieces with your trusty sword that is cocky enough to come close to you."
34449,Body Harvest,,1998,7.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2016. Humanity has been reduced to a few survivors inhabiting the orbital space station Omega. Over the course of the history, aliens visited the Earth every twenty-five years, ""harvesting"" humans as an organic material. Eventually, they launch an assault on the last remnants of the human race. But Adam Drake, a genetically engineered soldier, comes into possession of a time-traveling device. He uses it to travel to the time periods of human history when aliens performed their deadly attacks. The fate of humanity is in his hands. Body Harvest is an action and driving game with a mission-based structure. The protagonist travels to various locations and eras (e.g. Greece during World War II, Siberia in the 1990s, etc.) with the goal of stopping alien invasions. Missions can be accessed by traveling to specified areas on the map. Adam can move on foot and use his weapons to kill aliens; however, vehicles usually prove to be a more reliable way of tackling most missions. Adam can use most of his weapons while in a vehicle; in addition, some vehicles are outfitted with their own weapons. Each vehicle has its own speed, armor, and fuel capacity attributes. Controllable vehicles range from armored cars and tanks to boats, helicopters, planes, and even a space ship during a few missions. Buildings scattered around levels may contain useful items, ammunition, and fuel. The player has to avoid killing innocent people; too many casualties result in a premature end of the game. Typically, the main goals in each area are to destroy the alien Shield Generator, defeat a boss enemy, and proceed to the next stage."
34455,Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena,Brigandine: Gensō Tairiku Senki,1998,6.9,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Brigandine is a tactical role-playing game set in an active world where all of your army units and your enemy units fight and grow continuously. The story takes place on the continent of Forsena where a coup d'etat has taken place in the kingdom of Almekia. You have a choice of selecting one of five characters from surrounding kingdoms to conquer the kingdom of Almekia and return peace to Forsena once again. Gameplay is very much like other tactical games in that you first select the kingdom to attack, attack that country, organize your troops and repeat that process until victory. The gameplay is reminiscent of Ogre Battle in that when you invade a country you then select the towns or bases in which to attack to conquer that country. Your units will upgrade with experience from fighters to knights and barbarians to berserkers. Summon monsters like dragons and hydras to fight on your side which will grow with experience also. As with Final Fantasy Tactics the Zodiac plays a role in determining every units effectiveness against another. Elements (Fire, Nature, Water, Thunder) and Alignments (Neutral, Light, Dark) also figure into damage. The progression of a battle involves sending three Rune Knights and their retinue of monsters to represent your side. Each Knight has a number of ""rune points"" calculated off of level, class, and particular attributes. Each monster requires a number of rune points to have in the party, ranging from a ghoul (15) to a Lucifer (125). Regardless of rune power a Knight can only have 6 units in his retinue. Each castle/fort/town produces a set number of 'Rune Energy', which is set against the 'upkeep' cost of all alive units. In this way larger nations sustain more powerful fighters, smaller nations must sacrifice fighters who they can not upkeep, and saving up rune energy can allow a nation to quickly bolster forces after a defeat. The majority of the game takes place in 2D sprites except for the battle scenes which take place in full 3D polygons."
34459,Super Bowling,,1999,6.7,Sports,,,"Super Bowling is a third-person bowling game. Players may bowl in several different environments, which range from ice ponds to neon-lit Chinese temples. Players can face-off against characters in their home stages, much like a fighting game. If the player wins they can then play on these stages in other play modes. Multi-player modes are also available, with a number of different variations."
34464,Ufouria: The Saga,Hebereke,1991,7.6,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform",Fantasy,"Hebereke (Bop Louie in PAL regions) is a penguin-like creature (though in PAL release he is more humanoid and looks like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man) who finds himself in a strange world. He remembers that he and his three friends fell into a crater, and decides to find his friends before attempting to escape from the unknown world. He must explore this world and face many dangers, as well as deal with severe memory issues that have afflicted his companions. Ufouria is a side-scrolling platform game set in a free-roaming environment. The game's world comprises interconnected areas which consist of outdoor sections, caves, water, and other thematic places with platform structures and wandering enemies. Similarly to The Dragon's Trap the player is theoretically able to explore this world from the beginning; however, many areas are too hazardous or impossible to traverse when the player controls only one character with his limited abilities. During the course of the game the player encounters the main hero's three friends, each of which becomes a controllable character. Each of these characters possesses special abilities that allow the player to access previously restricted areas. These abilities include swimming on the water's surface, walking on ice, jumping very high, and diving. The main character can also acquire a special item that will allow him to walk on walls. All the characters attack by stomping on enemies, or by picking up balls left by defeated enemies and throwing them. In addition, each of the characters has his own ""secret weapon"", which must be found in optional areas and is then equipped automatically and used by holding down a button. Other items include life containers, which increase the character's overall hit points, and medicines that heal a fixed amount of health. Game progress can be saved through a password feature."
34468,Bomber Bob,,1990,6.6,Action,Shooter,,"Bomber Bob is a vertically scrolling shooter by Italian studio Idea. The player controls a dog flying a World War 1 plane, able to shoot both other aircrafts in the air (controlled by humorous caricatures of dogs, pigs wearing WW1 helmets and other animals) and bomb targets on the ground for coins, via a fixed crosshairs like in Xevious or Twinbee These coins can be spent in between levels to purchase weapon upgrade and extra lives from a vending machine. Also in between levels the game offers a few false-3D flying stages where we see the plane from behind and have to fly through a tunnel while trying to avoid the walls. There also are a few end level bosses, mostly farm animals. The game is imbued with humor: destroyed enemies plummet to the ground like Wile E. Coyote from the Road Runner cartoons, accompanied by funny voices and sound effects, matching the cartoony feel of the game."
34472,Splat!,,1983,7.3,Action,,,"A spider must be guided safely through a maze, eating all the patches of grass. The screen scrolls in four directions, and the walls of the level are in a different pattern on each level, and must always be avoided for fear of losing a life. The main thing making life harder is that the level is always scrolling in random directions, and contact with the wall at the edge of the screen costs you a life. As a result, careful planning is required to ensure that you don't get trapped into a corner. There are seven levels of increasing difficulty to get through."
34479,Afrika Korps,,1991,5.7,Strategy / tactics,,"Africa, Historical events, World War II","Afrika Korps is a turn-based wargame simulating the activities of Deutsches Afrika Korps (DAK) in North Africa during 1941-43 years of World War II. The gameplay is shown on a scrolling map representing Libya and Egypt, by turns. Taking charge of either Allied or Axis forces, players should plan the attack on the enemy. Supplies, flanking forces, artillery support, and backup should be considered. Controlling the units, players may switch between a strategical and more detailed tactical view of the map. The mouse is used to scroll around the map, while the keyboard is used to carry out different functions. Each army has a special code letter and colour to give the player access to them to give orders or just to view their statistics. There are three difficulty levels to choose from."
34483,The Terminator,,1991,6.4,"Action, Racing / Driving","Sandbox / open world, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This adaptation of the action movie with the same name is a 3D open-world action and driving game. The player takes the role of Kyle Reese and protects Sarah Connor from the cyborg sent back in time to kill her, or becomes the Terminator and attempts to eliminate Sarah and her protector. Either way, the player chases his opponent through Los Angeles buying or stealing weapons and equipment while attempting to eliminate his enemy and avoid the police. There is only one objective for each of the protagonists, but both can engage in side activities that have no influence on the plot, which includes hijacking and driving cars or exploring the large playing area on foot."
34491,Star Voyager,,1982,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Voyager is an action game similar to Star Raiders You control the space ship Star Voyager from a first person perspective; your objective is to make your way through seven star portals to save the Capital Starport, destroying enemy ships along the way. On each level there will be multiple enemies to destroy; typically they appear first in the distance, then close in slowly while firing torpedoes at you. Using the Star Voyager's weapons (either lasers or photon torpedoes) you need to destroy the enemies before they destroy you. Once a star portal appears, you need to navigate your way through to reach the next level (don't crash into the portal walls, you'll be destroyed!). In addition to the main viewport, the bottom of the screen also contains a status bar which shows the number of enemies destroyed, your energy level, and a scanner to help locate enemies. Two player game variations are also included; in these one player controls Star Voyager, and the other player can choose to either control Star Voyager's weapons or the enemy ships."
34492,Legend of Faerghail,,1990,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Something bad has happened to the race of elves. Without provocation, they attack innocent people and are preparing to conquer the peaceful city of Thyn. The Count of Thyn needs somebody to go to the city of Cyldane and ask the local Count to send reinforcements. This task is given to the protagonist of the game, who has to recruit other adventurers to help him in dangerous battles. Soon the heroes will discover a greater evil behind the sudden insanity that plagues the elves, and will have to find a way to defeat it... Legend of Faerghail is a role-playing game with an interface similar to that of The Bard's Tale series The player explores towns, wilderness, and complex dungeons of the game from first-person perspective, fighting enemies in turn-based combat. The combat system requires the player to pay attention to the position of the characters in battle. For example, a mage will lose concentration and fail at spellcasting if he stands too close to the enemy."
34503,Robotron 64,,1998,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The retro shooter returns with the same addictive gameplay of the original arcade game, but now with the added power of the Nintendo 64. The aim of the game is simple. Shoot all the enemies on each grid while saving the humans from certain death. Power-ups and items can be picked up to increase your shooting and speed ability, and the further you go in the game, the more enemies attack and the more difficult it gets to save the humans. Options include the ability to plug in a second N64 controller for added control of the character on the game screen (i.e. two analog sticks). The brand new 3D engine, while sporting similar styled graphics that hark back to the 80's classic, also boasts fuller textures and greater mobility for the character."
34505,Space Invaders,"Golden Invaders, Invasion, Invasores do Espaço, Moon Base, T.T. Space Invaders, T.T. Space Invaders CL",1978,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Earth is under attack from rows of bomb-dropping aliens, and you need to defend it! The rows of aliens begin at the top of the screen, and you control a laser cannon at the bottom of the screen. Your goal is to earn points by shooting the aliens before they can land. The aliens march back and forth, and each time the end of the screen is reached they will drop one row closer to the bottom. Shoot them all, and you move on to the next (tougher) level, but if even one of them lands the game is over. From time to time a flying saucer will pass by along the top of the screen; shoot this to earn extra points. Just above your laser cannon are four (or three, depending on the platform played on) shields; these can be used to hide from the alien's bombs, but will also block your own shots. You begin the game with a limited number of laser cannons, and if all of them are bombed the game ends."
34510,Zool,"Zool AGA, Zool no Yume Bōken, Zool: Ninja of the ""Nth"" Dimension",1992,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"His name is Zool, and he is a gremlin-like creature from another dimension. He is forced to land on the Earth, but his sole goal is to attain the prestigious ranking of a Ninja. To do that, Zool will have to travel through six worlds, each divided into three stages, defeat his enemies, and prove himself worthy of that title. Zool is a fast-paced side-scrolling platformer. The protagonist can run, jump, climb walls, and shoot enemies. Power-ups for Zool are scattered across the levels. These include life-spending hearts, smart bombs, shields, a more powerful jump-skill, and a twin Zool. This ""twin"" makes imitates the original's motions a few seconds after he performs them. In the options menu, the player can change the difficulty and the game speed (two times), the number of continues, and the background music (rock or funk)."
34511,Castle of the Winds,,1993,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),Roguelike,Fantasy,"It's a top-scroller that uses a ""Your move-My move"" system. This is multiplied about 30 times because every enemy on the level is allowed a move for every one of yours, but they don't all know where you are right away. It has a good and somewhat optional storyline, for the replay factor. When you create a new character you can distribute ability points between three characteristics, and select their gender and name. The levels and weapon abilities are randomly generated for an extremely high replay value."
34536,Battleground 2: Gettysburg,1863: Die Große Schlacht um Gettysburg,1996,7.3,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Turn-based strategy (TBS),Historical events,"Tactical wargame focused on the North American Civil War that uses the time-honored Battleground game mechanics and a refined version of the Battleground: Ardennes engine. You have the option of viewing the game from a 2D top-down tactical map, as well as a high-res svga 3D map. Specific actions are often acompanied by brief video cutscenes as in most Battleground games, and you get a host of complementary informative material on the period."
34538,Mega Man V,Rockman World 5,1994,8.0,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mega Man's greatest adventure has come to the Gameboy! One peaceful day, Mega Man and his sister Roll are enjoying a quiet stroll through a meadow when they are suddenly attacked by a robot named Terra, who says that he and his soldiers, the StarDroids, are going to conquer the Earth! Mega Man attempts to fight off this new foe, but is quickly beaten by the StarDroid's far superior firepower. Later, Mega Man awakens to find Dr. Light standing over him, telling him that the StarDroids have almost taken over the world. But thankfully he was quickly able to examine both their firepower and their structures, and was able to modify Mega Man's weapon system into something much more powerful. Mega Man tries this new weapon, and finds that he can now fire his whole fist! Dr. Light dubs this new weapon the ""Mega Arm""! Now, armed with the Mega Arm, and a new companion, the robotic cat Tango, Mega Man must destroy the StarDroids and save the planet while he can! The ultimate battle for the Earth begins!"
34554,Locomotion,,1992,7.5,Puzzle,,,"Locomotion is an arcade-puzzle game in which you are presented with a top-down view of a railway network with a number of stations and junctions. Trains are released from stations at random intervals, each with a destination station. Your job is to get a set number of them to this destination within a time limit. You control a cursor which can click on each of the junctions, toggling their positions. When trains reach a junction which is not set in a direction they can move through, they will stop until you move it. When they reach the wrong station they simply reverse and continue. If two trains make contact, they are lost, and a penalty is accrued."
34555,Ready 2 Rumble Boxing,,1999,7.8,Sports,,,Ready 2 Rumble Boxing is a cartoon style boxing beat 'em up with plenty of strange looking characters to choose from and beat the hell out of them. You can train your character up to the best of his/her ability and then fight the best in the world for the championship belt.
34566,Tau Ceti: The Lost Star Colony,"Tau Ceti, Tau-Ceti",1985,7.9,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A space simulation with elements from a number of other genres mixed in. Your mission is to destroy a robot army that has taken over a planet. Gameplay includes arcade sequences, where you fly your ship around and shoot the enemy robots; strategy elements, as you attempt to navigate and locate parts to repair the defense system; and even text-adventure elements, in the form of giving commands to your ship's computer."
34572,Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45,"Europa Sensen, Europe War",1991,6.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Africa, Europe, Historical events, World War II",The game is an historical simulation of the European and North African theaters of World War II. The game allows up to two players to role-play as Army commanders for either the Axis or Allied forces. This game emphasizes the military aspects of the war and leaves diplomacy to the politicians.
34573,Hollywood Hijinx,Hollywood Hijinx - a zany treasure hunt,1987,7.7,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"Buddy Burbank was a B-movie actor who one day met the wealthy Hildegarde Montague and married her. His wife's money allowed him to open his own studio, where he began to produce movies such as Attack of the Killer Rutabagas and other horror titles that gained little critical acclaim but apparently sold rather well. He then died of a heart attack, and Hildegarde followed him soon. In her will, she left the Burbank estate to her favorite nephew, under one condition: he has to find ten famous props from Buddy's movies within one night. Hollywood Hijinx is a text adventure game. The player interacts with the environment by typing combinations of verb commands and objects. The game's environment contains secret passages and mazes, which are necessary to explore in order to find the props and successfully complete the game."
34574,Pebble Beach Golf Links,"Caelum, Pebble Beach Golf Links: Stadler ni Chousen, True Golf Classics: Pebble Beach Golf Links",1994,7.0,Sports,,,"Up to six players can play a round of golf on the world-famous Pebble Beach golf course in Sega Sports' Pebble Beach Golf Links It features seven play modes including Tournament, Stroke Play, Skins Play, and Match Play, and narration and strategy by golf-pro, Craig Stadler. You also have the option of creating your own player and selecting your own custom set of golf clubs to challenge Craig Stadler and other AI players on the course. Stats, such as handicaps and course records, are tracked throughout the game. Also, if you ever tire of taking on your friends and the AI, you can play the game in Watch Mode and simply lay back and watch Craig Stadler take on the competition on the Pebble Beach course."
34575,L.A. Blaster,"L.A. Blaster: Befreien Sie die Straßen von Los Angeles!, L.A. Blaster: Osvoboď Los Angeles! Jeď a střílej!",1996,4.7,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,Los Angeles is overrun with evil Nolan's mutant army! Now the player chooses one of six cars which distinguish from each other in strength and handling. Then he drives on Los Angeles' streets and shoots the mutants which attack from all directions. Every car has a machine gun with unlimited ammo. Against bigger enemies like trucks or car piles missiles are more effective but these are limited. There are six levels to beat. Before every levels the player can stock up his ammo with credits he earned by shooting mutants. When crashing against other road users the life bar gets reduced. There are two difficulty levels. The speed is controlled by the game so the player only has to drive left or right and controls the gun.
34577,Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball,,1992,6.1,Sports,,,"This baseball game is your basic SNES baseball game, play as one of 16 teams, along with two special teams, the All-Stars and the MVP's. Cal Ripken, the featured player is the only real player to appear in this game."
34581,Breathless,,1995,7.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Breathless the human race has been enslaved by evil alien overlords. But some rebel groups haven't given up hope yet and fight against the oppressors. When one of them gets caught, they are being transformed into cyborgs and stuck in complicated mazes that function as arenas, where they have to fight for their honour and maybe their freedom. Breathless is a first-person-shooter, where the player has to navigate various stages infested with enemies out to get them. The player has a status display at the bottom of the screen. It contains the current score, the remaining health and shield as well as energy and credits. Energy functions as a universal ammo stock, with each of the weapon depleting a certain amount. By picking up credits, the player can buy or upgrade weapons at computer terminals. The player's goal is to reach the exit of each of the 20 levels. However, there are usually doors in the way that have to be opened by finding the right switches, or obtaining certain key cards to progress further into the maze."
34591,Frenzy!,,1998,5.6,Action,Shooter,,"Frenzy is a 3D shoot 'em up in which the player controls a small biplane. Flying through the levels the player has to prevent an evil baron from taking control of the world with his doomsday device. The game features a bright and colourful wacky cartoon world. The levels feature various themes such as valley, snow, lava, water and techno. There are twenty level bosses that need to be defeated."
34595,Evolution 2: Far off Promise,,1999,6.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Evolution 2 is a direct sequel to World of Sacred Device The events of the game take place six months after the conclusion of the previous game. Mag Launcher, the son of a great adventurer of the past, has earned the title of ""best adventurer"" in the town Pannam. The adventurer guild (called the Society) sends him to the south, to the large town Museville. Mag has to explore the surrounding dungeons, performing various archaeological quests for the Society. The game is more like a second chapter to the first Evolution than an actual sequel. You control the same party of characters: Mag, the cute girl Linear Cannon, the butler Gre Naid, and the adventurers Chain and Pepper. The dungeons are randomly generated. In those dungeons, you can find rare artifacts you can later sell, and special weapon enhancements called ""CyFrame"", which can upgrade your characters and teach them various techniques. The US version of Evolution: Far off Promise features original Japanese voice-acting with English subtitles."
34596,Blaster Master 2,,1993,6.5,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Some time has passe since the boy Jason and his tank Sophia defeated the evil Plutonium Boss and his radioactive underground mutant henchmen. However, not all is well. It appears that one of Plutonium Boss' underlings has survived. He has destroyed Sophia and is now using its parts in order to rise to the surface of the Earth and to conquer it. Jason builds a new Sophia tank and is prepared to defend his planet! This is an action platform game. You control Sophia that can roll, jump, and fire two different kinds of attacks at enemies. being a tank, Sophia cannot perform some actions (such as climbing ladders), so often Jason will have to leave the tank and to fight his way through the level alone."
34601,Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Covert Ops Essentials,,2000,6.3,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,,"Tom Clancy reveals the world of covert ops in his latest Rainbow Six creation: Covert Ops Essentials. This is an encyclopedia of Covert Ops, from weapons and tactics to previous incidents and interview with anti-terrorism experts. Also includes ""Officer Candidate School"" to test your knowledge, as well as three special Rogue Spear levels (Rogue Spear NOT required) to see how you implement what you learned."
34602,Looney Tunes,Looney Tunes: Bugs Bunny to Yukai na Nakama Tachi,1992,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"This side-scrolling game allows the player to control different Looney Tunes characters and their different abilities to advance through the levels, seven in all. The player can use Daffy Duck (throwing a frisbee to defeat enemies with Mario -style gameplay), Tweety Bird (elude Sylvester throughout the level), Porky Pig (control a bi-plane to shoot down enemies), Taz (really only a bonus game in which he has to collect as many steaks as possible in 60 seconds), Speedy Gonzalez (elude ghosts and ghouls in a haunted mansion), Roadrunner (of course running from his arch enemy, Wile E. Coyote) and finally Bugs Bunny (gameplay similar to Daffy)."
34606,Manic Karts,,1995,6.8,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Oceania,"Manic Karts is the follow-up to Manic Media's hit game SuperKarts Different from all-new tracks, improved graphics & sound and familiar gameplay of SuperKarts probably the biggest offer Manic Karts has is the SVGA resolution along the choice of four classes of kart (you can race in 50cc up to 250). All you have to do in this karting sim is to overtake your competitors using your power-ups and skill and as always make sure that they are behind you..."
34614,Danger Freak,,1988,6.4,Action,Tricks / stunts,,"You are a stuntman and have to perform death-defying stunts, like riding a motorcycle avoiding obstacles and jumping on ramps, driving a car and jumping onto a helicopter before your car crashes against a wall, and later continue around on jetskis. Every time you mess a trick up, the scene has to be cut. If there are too many cuts, you'll lose a ""life""."
34619,Gold Rush!,Gold Rush! Classic,1988,7.0,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Western,"In Gold Rush! Jerrod Wilson (the player character) receives a letter from his long-lost brother (who fled the city years before when was hastily accused and convicted of a crime he didn't commit) asking him to join in Sacramento, California. If that's not enough for Jerrod sell everything and give his hometown Brooklyn a fond adieu, under the stamp was one of the first nuggets of Californian gold seen in the Atlantic shores of the United States. So, Jerrod bids farewell to his peaceful life as a newspaper editor, and becomes a fore-runner in the great Gold Rush of 1849, hoping to find his brother and ""strike gold"" (literally). Released late into the lifespan of Sierra's AGI engine, Gold Rush! features some tricks not seen before the more advanced SCI engine, such as enlarged characters, but it is best known for the three routes available to reach California: by land, travel by boat to reach the Atlantic shore of Panama, cross the isthmus, and then get a second boat in the Pacific shore, or making the dangerous all-boat trip by Cape Horn. Each route has its dangers: Cholera might strike as you make your way across the Northern states or your boat might sink. As usual with Sierra adventures, instant killing happens if the player is careless, but will also happen at random. Other important (and innovative) concept is the game being timed. If Jerrod takes too long to leave Brooklyn, passages to California increase in price, and his house devalues."
34620,Vendetta,,1990,7.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",Fighting,,"You, a former army hero, have to save your brother (a military scientist who developed the ultimate weapon) and his little daughter who are kidnapped by blood-thirsty terrorists. The same terrorists you have fought some years ago. The cops think you are somehow involved in the kidnapping, and so your job is obvious: rescue your family members and wash your name clear by collecting evidence over various stages. The gameplay could be compared with the Last Ninja series It has an isometric view and is flick screen. You can pick up useful items like weapons (knives, and guns), which blink when you enter a screen containing such an item, as well as the evidence needed to complete each stage. Any collected evidence is shown on a camera film reel. Once all the evidence is collected on a stage then the game changes to a driving game where you have to get to the next stage. The car is viewed from behind and you must avoid the other vehicles as well as helicopters dropping bombs but your car is armed with a cannon and missiles. Police cars have to be avoided or they will ask to see any evidence you have."
34621,Super Troll Islands,,1994,6.7,Action,Platform,,"Arcade platform game, based on the license of those bright-haired cute naked chaps. Each scrolling level was initially shrouded in an animated ""mist"". Large rectangles of mist could be cleared by running around platforms and ladders in the correct order. As the mist cleared, a brightly-coloured background was revealed. All the usual platform enemies and pickups abounded."
34627,Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters,"Bugs Bunny & Taz: El Espiral del Tiempo, Bugs Bunny & Taz: Im Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, Bugs Bunny & Taz: In Viaggio nel Tempo, Bugs Bunny & Taz: La Espiral del Tiempo, Bugs Bunny & Taz: La Spirale Du Temps, Bugs Bunny & Taz: Op Avontuur Door de Tijd, Pernalonga & Taz: O Furacão do Tempo",2000,7.0,Action,,Fantasy,"In Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters Daffy Duck has ruined the Time Machine, and Granny asks Bugs and the Tazmanian Devil to collect all the parts of the machine. The game is an action adventure using a dual-control system. Players control both Bugs and the Taz, switching between the two characters to solve various tasks and beat cartoon villains that stand in their way. The stages have various themes representing different times and eras, such as Viking, Arabia and Transylvania, and contain various mini games."
34633,Halls of Montezuma: A Battle History of the United States Marine Corps,,1987,6.9,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War I, World War II","The military is often painted in terms of precision. Orders are expected to be followed exactly. But what happens when those giving the orders are blind? Blindness is a fact of life for commanders, who have to wait for their men to call in with information. This game puts the player in the shoes of a Corps commander—a man responsible for several divisions—for the lives of thousands of men. The player will command some of the most famous battles in U.S. history, and will have to deal with the same lack of face-to-face contact that plagues every higher-level military leader. In this game the player replays historical battles in the wars with Mexico, World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Think for a moment about war from the perspective of the Marine. Out in the field, their duty is to carry out orders to the best of their ability. They must try to cope with the unexpected that interferes with their progress—weather, enemies, terrain, fatigue, lack of supplies... Unfortunately, it is a fact that there is a disconnect between soldiers in the field and the commanders in the command centers. Commanders don't have a personal connection to each person under them. They rely on those underneath them to report in... This game gives some insight to the problems of command. There are hundreds of units to keep track of, and the player needs a way to keep them organized. The units become symbols on a map-board. Contact with the units is limited to the reports that they send back and the orders that the player sends out. Once the orders are given, the situation is really out of your control. Will they be able or willing to follow orders exactly? What happens if they are interrupted by the enemy, by weather, by terrain. Is the information on enemy movements accurate, or did the player just send a division (thousands of men) to their deaths? Most soldiers and Marines have never had the opportunity to see just what goes on inside the command centers, where the orders that they must follow come from. This game recreates the command center."
34635,James Bond Jr,,1992,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"This adaptation of the animated TV series differs significantly from its NES namesake The nephew of Agent 007 must foil the plans of malevolent S.C.U.M. agents, who are hunting for rare artifacts that would allow them to dominate the world. Unlike the NES game, this version is a more action-oriented side-scrolling game without detailed mission objectives or puzzle-solving. The game consists of three levels, each beginning with a section in which Bond pilots a helicopter, a boat, and a jet, respectively. These are controlled in arcade-like fashion, similarly to side-scrolling shooters. Enemies must be dealt with using weapons mounted on the craft. Various hazards are scattered through the stages, requiring the player to react quickly in order to stay alive."
34637,Harukanaru Augusta,Harukanaru Augusta: New 3D Golf Simulation,1989,7.2,Sports,,,"Harukanaru Augusta is a golf game which allows the player to participate in a tournament on the Augusta National course. The interface consists of three windows: the 3D window where the golfer and the ball movement is shown, an overhead map of the hole and a status window which shows where the ball is (e.g. on the green) and the wind direction. The controls follow the usual formula: first the player sets the used club, the feet position and the direction of the shot. Then the power (a moving line on a scale) and the drift (a moving dot on a golf ball) is determined by clicking with the correct timing to stop the line respectively dot."
34646,Chequered Flag,Bandera A Cuadros,1982,6.6,Racing / Driving,,,"Three different cars are on offer in this early racing game – The McFaster Special, The Psion Pegasus and the Ferretti Turbo. There are ten racetracks, including classics such as Silverstone, Monaco and Monza. There are no computerised opponents in the game, but the tracks are full of hazards such as lakes, glass hazards and oil slicks, as well as the danger of crashing, or over-revving your engine. The controls include two keys for steering in each direction, with one steering the car more rapidly, in an attempt to recreate analogue control on digital equipment. The ultimate challenge is to beat the lap record for each track."
34648,Driver,Driver: You are the Wheelman,2000,7.4,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"This game has the player taking the role of Tanner, a cop going undercover as the wheelman for a crime syndicate in order to break open a big case. On the way, they'll have to eliminate competition, drive getaway cars, scare some people silly, evade plenty of police and steal one of their cars, dodge bad guys and smash through a few windows. Multiple vehicles are available to use during the main story missions and there are also mini games like Checkpoint, Pursuit, Survival and Getaway. Unlike the other versions the GBC version is top down and the city of San Francisco is missing."
34651,Mortal Kombat 3,MK 3,1995,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Fantasy,"Shao Kahn has won. The Earthrealm is no more. In order to revive his Queen Sindel, the emperor Shao Kahn used the Outworld Tournament from Mortal Kombat 2 as a diversion while his Shadow Priests revive his fallen Queen on Earth. Once enacted, the dimensional bridge between the two realms connects, allowing Kahn's extermination squads to invade and destroy Earth, and enslave the population's souls. A small team of Raiden's ""Chosen Warriors"" survives the attack: Mortal Kombat champion Liu Kang and his ally Kung Lao, Special Forces agents Sonya Blade and Jax, the shaman Nightwolf, the riot cop Stryker, the nomadic Kabal, and former Lin Kuei warrior Sub-Zero, who has gone rogue from his clan. Facing the warriors are the mercenary Kano, cyber-ninjas Smoke, Sektor and Cyrax, Sheeva, a female Shokan, the sorcerer Shang Tsung, and Queen Sindel herself. Mortal Kombat 3 brings new elements to the 2D fighting series: multi-level playfields, ""Dial-A-Combo"" attacks, a ""Run"" button to speed up the battles, and ""Vs."" codes, which unlock new powers and abilities once both players enter a code sequence in pre-match-up screens. Also included are more stage fatalities and finishing moves as each warrior attempts to go one-on-one with the Centaurian enforcer Motaro, and Shao Kahn himself. Mortal Kombat 3 is the last traditional one-on-one fighting game game in the series to feature motion-captured digitized graphics for its kombatants, and introduces online network play to the PC version."
34653,Mine Storm,,1982,7.6,Action,Arcade,,"An alien force is laying mines throughout the intergalactic lanes of travel! You are going to destroy those mines before they can harm innocents. You will be pitted against the following mines: Floating Mines : Simple mines that drift through space in the hope of colliding with ships. Fireball Mines : Not Surprisingly these hurl fire, which can be avoided or dispersed with a shot from your ship Magnetic Mines : These have a nasty tendency of following ships. Magnetic-Fireball Mines : These both follow and shoot at you! The game itself plays much like Classic Asteroids"
34654,Dragon Warrior II,"Dragon Quest II: Akuryou no Kamigami, Dragon Warrior Part 2",1987,6.5,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"Dragon Warrior II is an early top-down RPG that expands and improves on its predecessor, Dragon Warrior Taking the role of a descendant of Erdrick, the player once again ventures forth in an effort to save the world. Unlike the first game, Dragon Warrior II allows the player to join forces with two other characters, a magic-using princess and a wizard-warrior prince. Also including expanded monster battles involving up to 6 creatures and a much larger world, Dragon Warrior II is an important step in the evolution of the Dragon Warrior series."
34660,Final Fantasy II,"FF4, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy IV Advance, Zui Zhong Huanxiang 4",1991,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"The military country of Baron is one of the strongest in the land, with a proud army and a majestic air force known as the Red Wings. However, the recent actions of the king make even the most loyal of his subordinates doubt his judgment. The captain of the Red Wings, Cecil, is ordered to attack the city of Mysidia and take the Water Crystal from innocent magicians who protect it. When Cecil questions the king's orders, he is immediately thrown out of the country and sent off to deliver a package to the village of Mist, accompanied by his best friend Kain, the captain of the dragoons. Little does he realize that the king's inexplicable behavior is but a part of a much larger picture, which he is yet to reveal. The fourth entry in the Final Fantasy series was released as Final Fantasy II in the West, because the second and the third games were not released there at the time. The game is a Japanese-style RPG with top-down world map navigation, automatic leveling up, and random enemy encounters. The game introduces a system called ATB (active-time battle). While combat is turn-based in its core, the game does not pause when the player accesses the battle menu. Enemies continue to act in real time regardless of the actions of the player-controlled party. The turns of the participants are calculated depending on their agility rating. Each player-controlled character has a special bar that gradually refills itself; said character may act when the bar is full. Unlike all the previous Final Fantasy games, the fourth installment does not allow the player to customize the characters' abilities and classes. Each character belongs to a specific, clearly defined class: dragoon, white mage, black mage, summoner, ninja, etc. Each of these classes has distinct special abilities or magic spells. New abilities are learned automatically when a character reaches a pre-determined level. Characters join and leave the party as dictated by the game's plot events. The active party includes up to five combatants. The PlayStation version adds a new rendered intro and ending."
34664,Fortress of Narzod,,1983,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are in a hovercraft in a interestingly drawn land, Ahead is the Fortress of Narzod. From it's gate come many different foes, you will have to blast your way through to Narzod. You are one of the worlds few remaining good wizards fighting the evil Narzod. He has surrounded himself in a powerful fortress guarded by minions of darkness and the fearsome Mystic Hurler. You will be shooting wave after wave of guardian to destroy the Mystic Hurler and with it the power of Narzod. To do this you will have to make your way through several canyons while enemies both try to shoot and crash into you. Your shoots also have the interesting effect of ricocheting round the curving canyons, this can be a danger though as you can be hit with your own shots."
34668,Ridge Racer 64,,2000,8.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Ridge Racer makes its first appearance on a Nintendo console, including all of the fast, pick up and play action previously seen in the series on Playstation and in arcades. RR64 includes three tracks, each with three variations, making a total of nine tracks to get through. 25 cars are on offer, each with different power and speed abilities. Single player and multiplayer modes are included. Beat the clock and get to the finish line first to win."
34672,Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman Zero,"Cyber Citizen Shockman Zero, Shockman Zero",1997,6.7,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A sequel to the Shubibinman Turbografx action platformers developed exclusively for the SNES. A new gang of cyborg-enhanced goons threatens peace in the city, so ""Doc"" decides to test his newest creations: Raita and Azuki, by sending them to destroy all the baddies and restore peace. The game plays as an 2D action platformer as previous entries in the series, in which you proceed through each stage pummeling enemies and collecting power-ups to enhance your powers. Now for the first time each character has unique abilities and attacks, furthermore each character has a charging attack that can be used to energize your partner thus encouraging teamplay in the two-player cooperative mode."
34676,Prisoner 2,Prisoner 2: A science fiction nightmare,1982,7.4,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"High-resolution graphics remake of the text-based adventure game inspired by the cult-classic British television show about a former spy who is abducted and sent to a resort-themed ""prison"" where his captors attempt to get him to reveal why he resigned from his classified job. The game takes place on ""The Island,"" where the player travels from building to building, each hosting a metaphorical quest in which the player's creative thinking skills are tested. Players demonstrating individual thinking eventually gain access to the Island's ""Caretaker,"" and their ensuing conversation (using a language parser) can lead to the player's freedom."
34677,Floor 13,Floor 13: Murder... Corruption... Intrigue - The Power behind the Democracy,1991,6.2,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Somewhere in London is a secret organization that is based on the 13th floor of an office building. The sole purpose for this organization’s existence is to keep the current British government in power at any cost - specifically, that means helping the current Prime Minister keep ahead of his competition in the polls. Floor 13 is a management simulation controlled by a menu-based system (similar to Darklands ) and is presented in black and white for a film noir feel. Players take the role of the Director General in this secret organization, and are given a target date of 20 days to attend to their duties. During this period, performance will be evaluated based on the Prime Minister's polling results. If the PM is doing well, the agency will be expanded and will have more equipment and services available to handle the situations it will encounter later in the game. If the PM is behind, Floor 13 risks reduction in the number of services it has available or even the player's continued employment. After each successful 20 day period, another 20 days are added to the calendar, full of new problems and objectives. During the time between target dates, players will have to deal with various problems, both externally and internally. Some examples include: saving the son of the U.S. President from terrorists, breaking up a drug ring controlled by a VIP recently honored by the Queen, or even prevent a scientist in the British space agency from publicly stating that their latest achievement has been a total sham (shades of the film ""Capricorn One""). While you are completing these tasks there is another secret society that will pressure you to have its goals completed, and this may very well interfere with the missions officially assigned to Floor 13. The Floor 13 organization is not a benevolent one and players will need to do some rather unpleasant things to ensure that the democratic machine runs smoothly. Examples of activities include: searching and looting people’s homes, calling in commando units for heavy assault purposes, wire-tapping and trailing people without bothering to go through legal channels, discrediting notable people through the media and infiltrating established organizations. At times, you might even need to detain citizens and torture them (the torture bits can get rather graphic at times, though it's doled out through a text report), or even assassinate troublesome proles (one of the few political policy games, along with Shadow President and CyberJudas to allow for such an activity). However if players become too eager at performing these ""black hat"" activities, they may draw too much attention to the agency and may summon the attention of a certain ""Mr. Garcia"" (who is good at helping noisy Director Generals fly through office windows)."
34682,Akalabeth: World of Doom,Ultima 0,1980,5.7,Role-playing (RPG),,"Fantasy, Medieval","Once, the land of Akalabeth was peaceful and quiet. But then came Mondain, an evil and ambitious man who created dungeons and populated them with foul creatures. The noble warrior British was able to drive Mondain from Akalabeth, but the monsters he brought with him remain. As either a fighter or a mage, it is your job to explore Akalabeth, descend into the dungeons and vanquish the beasts dwelling within. On an overhead map of the land, one can find the dungeons, towns where one may buy supplies, weapons and armor, and a castle, where one will be given quests by Lord British. To fulfill such a quest, a certain type of creature must be destroyed in a dungeon. Inside the dungeons, the view switches to a first-person perspective. Fight, explore and find treasure on your way to complete a quest. Each successive quest will require you to destroy a stronger monster, which will reside on a deeper dungeon level than the one before it. Akalabeth is the precursor to the Ultima series."
34686,Pyjamarama,,1984,6.5,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Wally Week has become trapped inside one of his own nightmares, and is in danger of failing to wake up from it in time for work at the car factory. Only you can save him from the inevitable sack, by finding the key that can be used to bring your alarm clock to life. The world inside his head is large and varied, with escalators, lifts and locked doors used to navigate it. Only two objects can be carried at a time, but some must be used in tandem, and others only become active when you walk over them while carrying one or two items they require to become active. As this is a nightmare world, not everything is as it seems - everything is enlarged, and axes, punching hands and ghosts are all out to get you. Your energy is measured by a 'Snooze Energy' meter depicted by a glass of milk - once this drops to minimum, one of your 3 lives is lost."
34688,Hard Evidence: The Marilyn Monroe Files,Hard Evidence: Die Akte Marilyn Monroe,1995,6.5,Adventure,,,"The death of blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe remains a mystery, with many conspiracy theories doubting the official line that she committed suicide. Did her film company feel she was no longer worth as much as her insurance valuation, and seek to 'settle' her for this reason? Was she linked to an attempt on Fidel Castro's life? Her connections with Mob figures and her illicit relationship with John F. Kennedy add to the mystery. Four different people are trying to piece together the truth in this game, and you have control of them all. You are a policeman, coroner, attorney who is assembling his own theory, and an investigative reporter, each of whom has potential access to different information. You'll encounter witness testimonies, classified evidence, and cities all over the US. The game is a point and click adventure making heavy use of real documents and audio footage."
34689,Dynamite Cop!,"Dynamite Cop, Dynamite Deka 2",1999,6.5,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting, Quick Time Events (QTEs)",,"Pirates have kidnapped the President's daughter and are holding her on a hijacked cruise ship. Now it's up to an elite police force to get them back, using whatever means necessary. The action takes place on both the cruise ship and the pirate's island hideaway. You play as one of three cops, in this beat-em up fighting game from Sega. Dynamite Cop features similar gameplay to Die Hard Arcade As your character enters an area, you have to beat up everyone there. Once they are gone, you continue to the next area. To help you there are many weapons, such as guns, knives, pepper spray, chairs, and bread. Bread? Yes, you can use pretty much anything as a weapon."
34691,The Jungle Book,,1994,7.4,Action,Platform,,"This 8-bit adaptation of Disney's 1967 animated film Jungle Book is slightly different from the other versions Although most of the main elements remain the same, the most noticeable differences are in level design and some missing items. The player controls Mowgli in his journey to the human village. Mowgli will swing on and climb vines, run and jump while facing enemies such as coconut-throwing monkeys, snakes and vampire bats. To fight them, Mowgli can throw bananas in eight directions. He'll also find upgrades and weapons such as boomerangs inside banana bunches. There are some boss fights with main characters of the movie, such as the snake Kaa. The objective of some of the time-limited levels (or ""scenes"") is to collect 8 gems scattered around them. Other levels require the player to reach where the panther Bagheera is. The player starts the game with 4 lives and no continues, but collecting special items will grant additional lives and continues."
34695,The Adventures of Maddog Williams in the Dungeons of Duridian,,1991,6.9,Adventure,,Fantasy,"The player takes the role of Maddog Williams who wants to rescue the beautiful Princess Leoria and free her father King Thaylor. He also needs to vanquish the Evil Serak and restore peace to the lands of Duridian. The Adventures of Maddog Williams in the Dungeons of Duridian is primarily an adventure game. Similar to Sierra adventures, the player directly controls the movements of Maddog and types in text commands to perform an action. As usual, he explores his surroundings, collects items, and uses them to solve puzzles. There are also a few action-based sequences in the game. If the player meets an enemy the game switches to the fighting view. The combat is in real-time and the player controls Maddog's basic movements: side steps, blocking, and attacking at two different heights. There are three difficulty levels which mostly influence the combat but the lowest one also results in easier puzzles."
34699,Pinball World,,1995,5.9,Simulation,Pinball,,"Released after Pinball Illusions in the same year. As its namesake, ""Pinball World"" has nine pinball tables (rather then usual four), based on places around the globe - Africa, Australia, Far East, Germany, Hollywood, United Kingdom, New York, North Pole and South America. Players start the game at unique pinball table menu using flippers to shoot the ball towards their chosen destination. Each pinball table has hidden access to other countries. This is achieved by activating the relevant lights or earning enough to get bonus points. Bonus tables are specially linked to the location you are playing eg. Africa goes to Egypt."
34705,Seek and Destroy,Seek & Destroy,1993,7.1,Action,Shooter,Contemporary,"Most of the fundamentals of this game work in a similar way to Desert Strike You pilot a helicopter or a three-barreled tank through 14 increasingly tough multi-phase missions, each of which is preceded by a full briefing and a shopping phase. Before each phase you can enter the shop and upgrade your weaponry, paying with golden medals gathered during previous phases. Your starting weapons are the chain gun and rockets/tank shells. Every weapon has three upgrade levels. After that, you can decide how much ammunition for each weapon you want to load into your vehicle's weapon bays, switch between the tank and the chopper (which can only be done between phases, and some of them don't give you the choice), choose one of the three special weapons and adjust the fuel/armor/speed characteristics. All these preparations are surprisingly complex for a shooter like this, and a bad configuration can make the game really hard (no fuel in the middle of the desert, or a paper-thin armor are just two examples). Missions are set in the desert and jungle as well as over the sea and in snowy regions. Most often your objectives are, obviously, to seek and destroy, while performing some rescue operations and gathering as much powerups as you can. The powerups consist of ammunition, fuel, medals, and others. A scanner is installed into the vehicle to guide you, as is a mapping system and a limited shield. Unusually, the game only scrolls vertically even though you have full directional movement. When you rotate the direction the ground moves underneath you, ensuring a more realistic effect and smartly mimicking motion effects."
34709,Gunship,,1996,7.3,Simulation,,,"An update to Gunship 2000 This updated game now includes full textures on all 3D objects. The game features two game modes. The Quick Fire game mode has the player piloting a helicopter, trying to take out as many enemy targets as they can. There is also a campaign mode where players can tackle various day and night missions in either Central Europe or the Persian Gulf. Missions range from destroying enemy convoys to taking out enemy platoons. Players start out as a greenhorn and can only do training or single scenario missions at first. The player can eventually get promoted to campaign scenario missions where they can also get to control a complete squad of five copters. The game features flyable versions of the AH-64A Apache, UH-60K Blackhawk, AH-66B Comanche and four other authentic U.S. Army attack helicopters. Copters can be equipped with unguided weapons like rockets and machine guns and guided weapons like Hellfire, Sidewinder, and Stinger missiles which are used to take out both air and ground targets. Copters can be flown from either a cockpit view or from a chase view. The game also has other camera views such as the remote view or the tactical view."
34712,Day of the Pharaoh,"Nil Dieu Vivant, Pharaoh",1989,6.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Egypt (Ancient),"Nil Dieu Vivant (also known as Day of the Pharaoh ) is an action-oriented strategy game set in ancient Egypt. You start as a descendant of the Pharaoh who was exiled from his kingdom. Your mission is to return to Cairo and claim the throne that is your birthright. You have to prove your worth to the people of Egypt by conquering neighboring lands and defending your kingdom from attack. You can make offerings to various Egyptian gods in hopes of divine aid, marry a bride to ensure that your line will continue if you fall in battle, wage wars with neighboring countries, and so on. To construct the various buildings, you will need to find different types. Your starting city will not have all the raw materials available, so you will be forced to conquer your neighbors early on. Combat takes place action-style. You will ride in a royal chariot, shooting arrows at the invaders who will throw lances at you. Divine favors, when they are granted, can result in complete annihilation of your enemies, but those are very rare and depend mostly on luck."
34713,Realms of Arkania III: Shadows over Riva,"Das Schwarze Auge: Die Nordland-Trilogie Teil III - Schatten über Riva, Das Schwarze Auge: Schatten über Riva, La sombra sobre Riva, Realms of Arkania 3, Realms of Arkania 3: Shadows over Riva Classic, Stíny nad Rivou",1996,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Orcs have overrun the countryside of the small coast town of Riva. A dwarven mine in the countryside has been occupied by a mysterious orc chieftain who seems to be of an unusually high intelligence. For an inexplicable reason, the city authorities refuse to acknowledge the danger. And rumors of a group of traitors in the city's slum districts surface. A party of adventurers arrives in the town and tries to investigate these troublesome occurrences. Shadows over Riva is the third and final part in the Realms of Arkania trilogy, and the only one shipped exclusively on CD-ROM and featuring SVGA graphics as well as a smooth-scrolling 3D world. All other aspects of the game are very similar to its predecessors: the player generates a party of characters of various classes, roams the game world from a first-person view, and engages in turn-based combat displayed on separate isometric screens. Changes mostly include fine-tuning such as a more streamlined inventory management and integration of area graphics into battle screens. Unlike its predecessors, the game is set entirely in the town of Riva and its immediate surroundings. The prominent traveling-related gameplay features of the series are therefore reduced in this installment. However, the town itself is noticeably larger than any settlement in the previous games and acts as a hub location connecting various areas. Full-screen hand-drawn cutscenes serve to advance the plot."
34718,Masters of Combat,BusterFight,1993,7.6,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 20XX, a U.F.O. lands in the area around Megalo City. A team is sent to investigate, but they find no trace of any life form inside. After a year has passed, the city's mayor, out of nowhere, decides to host a fighting tournament to determine the strongest fighter in the world. However, something sinister seems to be going on... Masters of Combat is a versus fighting game, where you choose one of the final four participants in the tournament and need to defeat your three opponents and yourself in a mirror match, before you can take on the final boss. Unlike most fighters, the game does not use ""up"" on the D-pad for jumping, but one of the other buttons, leaving one button for punches and kicks. The game has three levels of difficulty, but the easiest mode ends after four of the five fights."
34724,Raider,,1989,6.1,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Raider is a Thrust variant. The player controls a space ship over planet surfaces with the goal to pick up a cog on each planet. After four planets are finished, the player needs to fly through a power plant to get rid of them. However, there are gun turrets which try to shoot the ship. But the main problem is gravity which affects the ship and may cause it to bump in the ground or walls. This is of course unhealthy and needs to be avoided by using the rocket thruster to counter steer. Besides of this, the player can rotate the ship and fire shots to destroy the turrets. During the 40 levels, the game introduces additional obstacles like variable gravity levels or tractor beams."
34726,007: Licence to Kill,"James Bond 007: Lupa tappaa, Licence to Kill, Lizenz zum Töten, Permis de Tuer",1989,6.7,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",,"A ""James Bond"" action/arcade game based on the movie with the same name. Your aim is to avenge the death of Felix Leiter, who was killed by the drug baron Sanchez. Technically the game consists of several different vertical scrolling action sequences. In each stage, you must fly, drive or walk through a preset terrain. While doing that, you have to shoot enemies, avoid their shots and collect items (mainly ammunition). Some levels rely more on shooting, while others test your reflexes. There are 6 levels to be completed."
34729,Great Basketball,Great Basket,1987,5.5,Sports,,,"Great Basketball is an 8-bit simulation of international basketball competition. Choose from one of eight countries (USA, Canada, USSR, Japan, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Hungary) and jump into the intense hoops action, featuring 5-on-5 play, defensive and offensive fouls, free throws, and three-point shots. Single player mode is a double-elimination tournament. Win a game, and you get to allocate bonus points to various RPG-style attributes like shooting, passing, and jumping. There’s also a two player mode—but remember, only one team can win it all!"
34740,Death Bringer,Galdregons Domain,1989,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The land of Mezron is in turmoil. The evil wizard Azazael has been resurrected and is now on the search for five gems which will grant him ultimate Power. You are a adventurer that has the task to stop the wizard. On your way you'll face medusas, evil cults of priestesses and many undead foes. The game features a 3D view of the world, which can be explored step by step like in many RPGs of the time, e.g. Bard's Tale or Dungeon Master"
34741,Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Death Star Battle,,1983,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Death Star Battle is loosely based on the events of the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Your task is to destroy the Death Star before its construction is finished. You start the task outside the shield perimeter of the Death Star. There you'll have to combat different imperial vessels and avoid the death ray while waiting for an opportunity to slip through one of the random openings in the energy shield. After reaching the Death Star you must reduce its structure up to the point where you can hit the core. In the following destruction of the station you must avoid collision with Death Star debris. After completion the game will restart with increased difficulty (faster enemies, faster Death Star build up, etc). Overall difficulty can also be adjusted before starting the game."
34746,RealSports Volleyball,Voleibol,1982,6.2,Sports,,,"Volleyball is an action game which can be played by one or two players. The game follows traditional volleyball rules; the first team to score 15 points wins! You control both players on the team, which have the ability to serve, set, spike, and block. There are several game variations included; two game difficulties and two player speeds. In the easier version of the game, the ball will automatically be sent back over the net when hit. In the advanced version, the game also allows you to set the ball between teammates. In either version of the game with either one or two players, the speed at which the players run can be set to either fast or slow for an extra challenge or to handicap one team."
34750,Enlightenment,Enlightenment: Druid II,1987,7.0,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"One hundred years after Hasrinaxx the Druid defeated the evil Acamantor, his nemesis is back, and although now older and having lost his Druid status after experimenting in black arts, he feels worthy of banishing this terrible foe. The gameplay uses a forced perspective top-down view, and strongly resembles Gauntlet in the way Hasrinaxx moves, shoots, avoids enemies and collects health items. Matters are more complex in terms of the spell system however. 32 spells can be collected and used, including a fireshield to allow you to pass fiery areas, water and fire walls to attack immediate enemies, a deathlight to clear the area of enemies, and a teleport. You can also summon one of 4 Elemental beings, who can be controlled simultaneously to attack creatures for you. Only 8 spells can be carried at a time, but you can drop and later re-collect them."
34751,Ghostbusters II,Cazafantasmas II,1989,6.1,Action,Shooter,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","The UK-produced adaptation of Ghostbusters II contains three action scenes based on the film: In the first scene, the Ghostbusters must collect slime samples from the sewers. One Ghostbuster is being lowered into a shaft on a cable and must collect the samples at the bottom. On the way down, many ghosts will try to stop him. Some of them try to saw off the cable, others deplete his courage upon touching him. He can destroy them with proton beams or bombs or employ a shield so they can't touch him. Weapon power-ups and elixirs that restore courage can be found on ledges in the shaft and can be reached by swinging. Several parts of a slime scooper must also be collected in this way before the samples can be collected. In the second scene, the Ghostbusters have animated the Statue of Liberty via the slime and with her help must travel to the Museum of Art. Lady Liberty automatically walks to the right and can use her torch to shoot at the many enemy ghosts in her way. Her slime supply drains constantly however. Defeated ghosts drop slime, which can be collected by sending out the little people at Liberty's feet to pick it up and return it so the supply can be refilled. In the third scene, the Ghostbusters confront big bad Vigo in the museum, seen in isometric view. First, all four of them have to be lowered into the museum on ropes, their speed controlled via joystick movements. Dropping too fast can stun them and take them out of the following fight. In the fight, the player can switch between the four guys at any time. Goals are to defeat Janosz, carry away baby Oscar before Vigo can enter him (Janosz will come after Oscar if he's still alive) and finally catch Vigo in the crossfire of two proton beams."
34759,The Berenstain Bears' Camping Adventure,,1993,5.8,Action,Platform,,"A bear family - Father Bear, Mother Bear, Sister Bear, and Brother Bear - decide to go camping to the nearby forest. While they sit by the fire, the two cubs decide to explore the area. Visit dangerous places, avoid or destroy the enemies, and collect things that bears like most - such as honey or fresh fish! You can play as either Sister or Brother Bear. From the beginning, you can access four different levels. Once you complete them, you'll unlock the final stage. The bears can jump, throw rocks at enemies, or swing a net to hit them. In each area there are a lot of things to gather - mostly food. After a level is completed, you'll be shown how much valuable stuff you have managed to get."
34763,Arkista's Ring,,1990,6.6,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"An evil character named Shogun has stolen the Elven ring of Arkista, and in so doing has plunged the whole Elf kingdom into darkness. All the elves hope lies in one elf warrior named Christine. Equipped in the beginning with only a bow, she proceeds to find the ring and restore her home back to normal. This is a game that may be compared to The Legend of Zelda though more linear in it's game play. The game is broken down into many stages, the goal of each being to simply find a way into the next stage. Playing out in puzzle fashion, you will shoot all the enemies on screen, earn the hidden key, and find the correct exit. Defeated enemies will randomly drop bonuses that can be collected; these items include health restore, increased armor, and weapon improvements. Beating the entire game requires successful progression through 125 stages."
34766,Jai Alai,,1991,5.3,Sports,,,"Jai Alai is a game based on the Basque Cesta Punta (from the Basque ""zesta-punta"", also called Jai Alai which roughly translates as ""joyful party""), a sport original from the Basque country which is very popular in the whole of Spain, but also to a lesser extent in some regions of the United States since the early XX century, the times of the European migrations, and in Mexico, Philippines and France, for example. While Jai Alai is one of the names of the game, it is also often used to refer to the gameplay zone, the court or ""frontón"", specially around southwest USA. The games are disputed between two teams (composed of two players each one), on a three-walled court. The ball is sent to the front wall where it rebounds and one member of the opposite team has to catch it and send back to the front wall. The ball can rebound on the left and back wall, but there's no right wall as in other related Basque ball sports. With a scoring system somewhat similar to the one of table tennis; in it, we will be able to score if we are in possession of the serve, while in the opposite case we will only be allowed to recover it."
34772,Captain Comic II: Fractured Reality,,1990,7.1,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this sequel to the original Captain Comic you play a comic book-hero-like space ship captain who ""beams down"" to a strange planet to save its inhabitant. Your only weapon is your blaster, which can fire a varying number of shots depending on how many blastola colas you've collected. Other items you can find include the pickaxe, jet pack, magic wand and other little trinkets."
34782,Circuit Racer,"Grand Prix Speed, Speed Haste",1995,6.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Speed Haste is a 3D arcade racing game with 2 types of vehicles, and different cars per type: the famous F-1 and the Stock Cars (best known as Formula Nascar), each with different characteristics and maneuverability. The player can compete in the championship mode, covering all circuits with an increasing difficulty, but identical for both car types. The multiplayer mode offers split-screen racing or IPX-based sessions with up to 4 players."
34784,HeroQuest II: Legacy of Sorasil,,1994,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The isometric role-playing game engine of the original HeroQuest license is reused in this sequel, set in the evil-infested land of Rhia. There are now 9 large missions to take on, with a largely linear progression in the order these are played. You can choose a team of 4 from 8 character classes, adding rangers, mystics, elves and clerics to the original game's 4. The exact abilities of these can be customized before you start. The game is controlled using action icons at the bottom of a screen to set the basic instructions to move, fight, open doors, search for keys and so on. Characters can move individually, allowing for diverse strategies based on the specific strengths and weaknesses of these characters."
34788,SoulTrap,,1996,6.1,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"SoulTrap is a 3D platform game that takes place inside the mind of the main character of the game: Malcolm West. The fears and anxieties of Malcolm West are represented by strange often moving platform structures high in the sky. The player has to jump from platform to platform, shooting phobias taking the form of enemies and outwitting obstacles that he comes across. The game comes with 11 levels with each their own graphical theme. The player can find various weapons such as a magical axe, a 45 automatic and a grenade launcher. There are also power-ups that allow the player to replenish health and ammunition. The game allows the use of both first person and third person camera angles."
34794,Wario Land II,"Wario Land 2: Nusumareta Zaihō, Warioland 2, Warioland II",1998,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Seeking revenge on Wario after he stole their treasure in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 special agents from the Black Sugar Gang of Kitchen Island sneak into Wario's newly built castle, steal back the treasure, and leave the castle and the surrounding area a mess. As Wario, you must clean the place up and take back what you now call your own. In a change from the original Wario Land Wario is now immortal, to a certain point. Instead of dying when hit by an enemy, Wario loses the coins he collected along his travels in each level. And he can also turn into other Warios. For example, if he is hit by a bee, Wario puffs up into a giant ball of air, and floats up to the top of the level. Only when hit by a sharp object will he return to normal. There are other types, like Fire Wario and Zombie Wario, and each can have its advantages, like getting to other areas otherwise unreachable, or they can halt your progress."
34796,Speed Devils,Speed Busters,1999,7.8,Racing / Driving,,,A straightforward racing game. You race for money to upgrade your car and open up new tracks. Each track can be played at a different time of the day and with different weather conditions.
34801,Virtual Chess,Virtua Chess,1995,6.8,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"Virtual Chess is a feature-rich computer chess simulation that especially prides itself on a 3D, rotating chess board and pieces, complete with limited lighting techniques. By default, the game shows you a flat 2D board with a 3D game board next to it. The 3D board can be dragged and rotated to any angle you please. Virtual Chess also features some full motion video in the for of an introduction and some cut scenes."
34804,The Hound of Shadow,,1989,7.0,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Interwar,"A text adventure game set in HP Lovecraft themes in 1920's. The game's character generation routine was unusual. It was an ambitious project that was meant to carry over to a game series called ""Timeline"" which never happened. You had to guide the character's career through WWI, professions, as he or she gets skill points to distribute. Not many games had skills at all, let alone the plethora of skills to choose from in this game. The text part of the game is a supernatural thriller where you have to escape the curse of the Hound of Shadow in 1920's London. It opens with a friend taking you to a seance to debunk. Strange things happen and you discover that you are under a curse. You research history and lore in musty bookstores, and the London Library to gather information about the Hound. As you play, you are likely to learn about mythology, and the occult, too. There is a time limit, though, the Hound will get you eventually if you don't get on the ball."
34808,Mega Man X2,Rockman X2,1994,8.1,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Sigma, the leader of the Maverick army, was destroyed when he underestimated his opponent: a lone warrior, awakened into a time he never knew...X. 6 months had passed, and X rose to the rank of leader of the Maverick Hunters. His first task was to eliminate the last of the Mavericks. But as he began his assignment, a mysterious group of Reploids calling themselves the X-Hunters appeared with a message to X: the remains of his fallen comrade, Zero, were in the hands of the X-Hunters, and they planned on resurrecting Zero to fight alongside them and for their fallen leader, Sigma. X must now stop the X-Hunters and rescue Zero, and once again prevent Sigma from rising back into ultimate power."
34818,Star Wars: Episode I - The Gungan Frontier,"Star Wars: Episode I - Gungan: De Nieuwe Wereld, Star Wars: Episode I - Le Nouveau Monde Gungan",1999,7.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are given the task of creating a new ecology for Gungan colonizers. In this game much like SimLife you decide where to put creatures in the new world. You must juggle things so all of the creatures are well-fed, there is no over-population, and most importantly that the Gungans are living in harmony with the other species."
34819,Hanse,,1986,6.3,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"Hanse is a managerial strategy game set in the 14th century. The player takes the role of an ambitious citizen who wants to become the mayor of Lübeck. To reach this goal he has to get rich by trading with other cities of the Hanseatic League. The basic gameplay principle is simple: shipping salt and exchanging it for other goods which then can be sold in Lübeck for a good price. This means the current salt price is the most important part when planning shipments (besides the weather). Of course the player also has to purchase and maintain other things, e.g. a trading station, ships and cannons. Alternatively the player can also participate in smuggling. When using the game alone, the player competes against an AI opponent. He sometimes attacks the player's trading stations which results in a fight scene in which the player has to place his cannons so they destroy the attacking ships during the automatic attack phase. There are also other similar sequences and random occurrences like weddings or disasters that may force the player to react. The game is completely menu driven and offers multiplayer for up to six people."
34821,Touché: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer,"Touché : Les aventures du Cinquième Mousquetaire, Touché: Die Abenteuer des fünften Musketiers, Touché: Przygody Piątego Muszkietera, Touché: The Adventures of the 5th Musketeer, Touché: las aventuras del quinto mosquetero",1995,7.1,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Geoffroi Le Brun, ensign in His Majesty’s musketeers, arrives in the middle of the night in 16th century Rouen, France, to start his new posting at the musketeer headquarters. At the moment he arrives, the unfortunate Comte d’Itee, William de Peuple, is attacked by bandits and his precious will is stolen. Geoffroi offers him, just before he dies, his assistance to find his will. Of course, getting it back will not be easy, and he must travel back and forth across France to accomplish his quest, visiting the cities of Amiens, St Quentin, Le Mans, Paris, and Le Havre. However, he is assisted by a clever manservant, called Henri, who will be a great help, without any doubt. With some luck, he will hunt the murderer(s) down and find the will. And who knows, maybe he will meet a beautiful lady or find a fortune on the way. Touché: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer is a humorous, inventory-based point and click adventure game. By right-clicking on a hotspot a context-sensitive action interface pops up, showing the relevant actions. The game is a full talkie with captions, music and sound effects. It features a progressive traveling map, which allows to visit new locations after having solved various puzzles."
34822,Circle of Blood,"Baphomets Fluch, Broken Sword: Il Segreto dei Templari, Broken Sword: La leyenda de los Templarios, Broken Sword: Stín templářů, Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars, Les Chevaliers de Baphomet, Slomannyj Mech: Ten' Tamplierov",1996,8.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"George Stobbart is an American tourist spending his autumn vacation in Paris. He barely escapes a bombing of a café and decides to investigate the clues left behind by the killer. This eventually leads him to a mystery dating back to the legend of the Knights Templar. Circle of Blood is the first part in the Broken Sword series. It is a third-person puzzle-solving point-and-click adventure game with 2D cartoon-like graphics. The player moves the character around using the mouse, examines the environment, talks to other people and collects items stored in an inventory. These items need to be used or combined with other items to solve puzzles. George gets help from Nicole Collard, a French journalist. The story is divided into eleven chapters and takes place in locations such as Paris, Ireland, Syria, and others."
34829,WCW vs. NWO: World Tour,,1997,7.5,"Action, Sports",,,"More than 40 wrestlers from the WCW/NWO series are up to take the world wrestling title in a range of different play modes including Exhibition, League Challenge, Tournament and WCW vs NWO. You can play four player battle royal, two-on-two tag teams, or the simple one-on-one wrestling match. Each wrestler also has a collection of different moves, and players can be thrown out of the ring, and objects can be picked up out of the crowd for deadly use."
34832,King of the Monsters 2: The Next Thing,"ACA NeoGeo: King of the Monsters 2, AkeAka NeoGeo: King of the Monsters 2, King of the Monsters 2",1992,6.2,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting",,"The object of King of the Monsters 2 is similar to its predecessor Choose from three monsters which include a large lizard, a large robotic ape, and a huge mutant human. Then walk through each city, making sure to destroy everything in site, including planes, buildings, and other creatures. When smashed, some buildings reveal power-ups that make your character more powerful. At the end of each city, you go head-to-head with the boss creature. There are small stages in between where you fight a second monster for bonus points, or you fall from the sky and land underwater where you try to collect points and power-ups while falling."
34837,Virtua Racing,"SEGA AGES: Virtua Racing, Virtua Formula",1992,8.4,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Virtua Racing is Sega's first ever 3D, polygon-based racing game. The game consists of racing Formula-1-looking cars around a beginner, intermediate, or expert track, competing against a second player or computer drivers. Despite having Formula-1 cars, the game controls are very ""arcadey"" and players can see the leap they made from here to Daytona. The Megadrive/Genesis version of Virtua Racing is of note as it is the only game for the system which features the SVP chip (Sega Virtua Processor). The chip is a 3D processor built into each cartridge (the console itself had limited 3D capability) and is very similar to the SNES's SuperFX chips, used in games such as Starfox and Stunt Race FX"
34839,Metal Masters,,1990,6.9,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Metal Masters is a one versus one fighting game with robots. Each robot has two basic attacks: ranged and melee; which one is used depends on how close the opponent is. In each scenario, the player can control the attacks of the robot: when in ranged mode the used weapon system is chosen (each of the four body parts has its own) and during melee combat, the direction of the punches is controlled. Each successful hit gives points which decide the winner if no fighter goes down within the time limit. A knockdown is achieved by emptying the opponent's life bar. Additionally each hit (with a big bonus for winning) gives prize money which in turn is invested in upgrading the robot. The player can buy new parts for the four components (main body, legs and the individual arms) - but an upgraded robot also influences the difficulty of the next enemy. While being inside a fight, the AI can be set to take over the own robot."
34843,The Interstate '76 Arsenal,"Interstate '76 Gold Edition, Interstate '76 The Arsenal",1998,7.8,Compilation,,,The Interstate '76 Arsenal is a combo pack of Interstate '76 and the Nitro Pack with added support for 3D Hardware support and Force Feedback.
34845,Trinity,"Trinity - An Interactive Fantasy, Trinity: The Basic Power of the Universe has been unleashed.",1986,7.9,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"Trinity is a text adventure game, its events beginning in the near future. The player character finds himself trapped in the London Kensington Gardens, as hordes of nannies mysteriously block the exit. To make matters worse, a Soviet nuclear missile is about to fall. The protagonist finds a strange door and steps through it. The bizarre location outside of space and time contains other doors, each leading to a site where a historical or a fictional nuclear explosion has taken place. The player has to interact with the environment and solve puzzles to change the course of history before traveling to the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945, and affecting the events of the fateful Trinity Test."
34851,Caesars World of Boxing,,1993,6.8,"Action, Sports, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Fighting, Managerial / business simulation",,"Caesars World of Boxing is a boxing game that lets you box at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. There's two parts to this game an arcade boxing game in which you have to win matches. And a strategic part where you are approached by managers, trainers, reporters, high rollers and groupies and have to make decisions on their advice, proposals and temptations."
34854,After Dark Games,,1998,7.6,"Action, Puzzle, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Cards / tiles, Falling block puzzle, Game show / trivia / quiz, Platform, Tile matching puzzle, Word construction",,"After Dark Games is a spin-off from the successful After Dark screensaver collections. It features the following eleven original games: Hula Girl : A ""timed"" game of sorts (the screen moves upward and you can't leave the visible area), Hula Girl features none other than a girl with a hula hoop. Grab the cola, cupcakes, ice cream, and hula-hoops while avoiding spiders, broccoli, frogs, and mean sisters. Each platform you land on grabs you one point, but watch your yukk-o-meter! Fish Shtick : Unscramble the letters before the clock reaches 0! Collect as many points as you can and get a high score! One point for four-letter words, two for 5-letter words, three for 6-letter words, etc. Roof Rats : Get everyone off the roof and leave yourself with as few rooms remaining as possible. Eliminate rooms by putting two-or-more of the same colour together and double-clicking. Each person has their own number of floors that they can jump off of. The grannie has to be on ground level, the rat can jump off of 1 floor, the dog - 2 floors, the pogo-boy - 3 floors, the boxing kangaroo - 4 floors, the buff man - 5 floors. Solitaire : No twists here, just a simple game of Klondike. Roger Dodger : You control a glowing orb that needs to collect power-ups (green) and then make its way to the pulsing green gateway. Avoid red things; they'll kill you! Zapper: Standard trivia; yes-or-no questions. Every time you get three-in-a-row correct and your time will increase, as well as the jackpot (third) point level. Mowin' Maniac : Can you say Pac-Man ? That's all this game is: a variant with a lawnmower theme. Bad Dog 911 : Using six letters, create as many words as you can before time runs out! Every ""real"" word will move the scaffolding closer to you, but the clock is ticking! When it's half-past and you haven't gotten the scaffolding yet, you die! Toaster Run : Ah, the little toaster that was the first in a series of infamous screen savers. Now the little toaster is on a mission to gather all the toys and put the child in bed. Hitting an object causes the toaster to lose power; bread increases it. Watch out for the TV! The static really hurts! Foggy Boxes : Dots in disguise. Unfortunately, you can only play against the computer. MooShu : The classic game of MahJongg, carried all the way from China! Select two tiles of matching design that are free on either the left or right and they disappear! Win by removing all the tiles."
34855,Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance,Witchaven II: Vingança Sangrenta,1996,6.4,Action,RPG elements,Fantasy,"Illwhyrin, the witch queen of Char, has been vanquished, her lair Witchaven destroyed, and the curse that plagued the land is finally lifted. However, shortly afterwards the valiant hero Grondoval the Witchbane is contacted by a mysterious golden dragon, who tells him that Illwhyrin's sister Cirae-Argoth is coming to avenge her death. Demonic legions abduct the princess Elizabeth along with other people from Grondoval's homeland Stazhia. It's time for the hero to embark on an even more dangerous journey, rescue the innocents, and defeat the evil witch. Like its predecessor Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance is a medieval fantasy-themed first-person action game. The gameplay is similar to that of the previous game, with a few additions. The protagonist is now able to fight with two weapons at once (one in each hand), as well as equip shields. The sequel also includes a Build engine level editor that allows players to create their own stages."
34856,Robbeary,,1988,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In Robbeary the player takes the role of Berrie Bear, a successful criminal. And a bear, hence the title. His current mission: robbing the local store with 24 levels. This game is a traditional one-screen platformer where the player navigates platforms by jumping over gaps and using ladders. The goal is to collect all fruits on a screen without touching the patrolling monsters. There are various extras to collect which have effects like turning the enemies into diamonds or faster movement speed. However, when the player takes too long for a level, the enemies mutate into much faster versions of themselves. Falling into the holes at the bottom of the screen causes the player to fall down from corresponding holes on the top."
34863,Springer,,1982,4.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"You are Springer the rabbit. You must jump from cloud to cloud, collecting everything you can, to reach the sun. You must jump from cloud to cloud and touch any items or eggs to collect them. If an egg hatches into a dragon, you can kick the dragon to collect him. There is a bonus timer that counts down on the screen so don't delay. Once you reach the sun at the top, then it is off to a more challenging screen."
34865,Lords of Thunder,Winds of Thunder,1993,8.2,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"In the once peaceful land of Mistral, legend holds of a brave knight named Drak who has sealed an evil god named Deoric beneath the six continents of the land. However, peace never lasts. The Garuda Empire has invaded the lands of Mistral, and the six Dark Generals, led by Sornbul, have conquered the continents. Sornbul's ambition is nothing less than to resurrect Deoric and plunge the land into chaos. Duran, descendant of Drak, is the only one who can stop the Garuda Empire's mad plan, and with the power of Drak's mystic armors, he heads off to stop Sornbul at any cost. The six continents of Mistral can be challenged in any order, each of which are filled with hordes of demons and one of Sornbul's Dark Generals. After completing all six continents the player will face Sornbul on the final island. Before a level the player can choose from one of four elemental armors, each with its own bullet spread and unique bomb. The armor's attack can be powered up several levels by finding jewels dropped by enemies. This power level, as well as the armor's health, is reduced when hit. Enemies also drop crystals that are used in a between-level shop to buy additional health, bombs, and continues."
34869,Ultima Online: The Second Age,,1998,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The second edition, and first expansion to, the massively-multiplayer game Ultima Online Added the Lost Lands, new landmass for players to explore, as well as various new game features such as a chat system."
34873,Disney's Aladdin,Disneys Aladdin,1993,8.0,Action,Platform,"Fantasy, Middle East","The game from Virgin based on the 1992 animated Disney film is a side-scrolling platformer. The player controls Aladdin, who must make his way through several levels based on locations from the movie: from the streets and rooftops of Agrabah, the Cave of Wonders and the Sultan's dungeon to the final confrontation in Grand Vizier Jafar's palace. The Sultan's guards and also animals of the desert want to hinder Aladdin in his way. He can defend himself with his sword or by throwing apples. Next to apples, Aladdin can also collect gems which can be traded for lives and continues with a traveling trader. Finding Genie or Abu icons enables bonus rounds. The Genie bonus round is a game of luck played for apples, gems or extra lives. In Abu's bonus round, the player controls the little monkey who has to catch bonus items that fall from the sky, but without touching any of the unwanted objects like rocks and pots. The game's humorous animations were created by Walt Disney Feature Animation."
34877,Danan the Jungle Fighter,,1990,6.7,Action,"Platform, RPG elements",,"Long ago, in the distant land of Moralos, in a time when vast jungles still covered the Earth, an evil presence emerged from its tomb beneath the ground. His name was Gilbas, and he was about to destroy the inhabitants of the land. Aganan, a great warrior, was summoned to save the troubled land and put an end to Gilbas by sealing him in the tome from where it came. Unfortunately, Gilba was successfully resurrected and another warrior, Danan, was called. His quest is to locate the three sacred objects that Aganan used to defeat Gilbas: ""The Orb of Light"", ""The Amulet of Light"", and ""The Knife of Light"". There are about four rounds to complete, and has Danan going through exotic locations defeating enemies such as valkyries, ogres, bees, spiders, and several others. At the end of each round, you come face to face with a boss, which takes quite a number of hits to kill with your sword. Once they are defeated, they are likely to give you one of the objects that you need to defeat Gilbas. More to the story is then revealed. Assisting you with your journey are three animals: an eagle, a monkey, and some other animal that I am unfamiliar with. To get these animals to help you, however, you will need to collect three of their tokens that are found in yellow chests. These animals are quite useful in dangerous situations. The eagle, for example, can get a hold of you and fly you to safety if more than one type of enemy surrounds you. Anyway, you can get these animals to help you at any place, at any time, as long as you have three of its tokens. Yellow chests can also reveal extra strength, extra time, or extra health. The game ends when you run out of time, or when you lose your health, and there are no second chances, unless you manage to find some elixirs, which are rare."
34880,Bubble+,,1990,5.9,Action,Puzzle elements,,You control a ghost with the mouse and have to help him get a bubble from one side of the level to the other without bursting it. The ghost can be rotated with the mouse buttons and you blow the bubble by pressing space. You have to avoid sharp objects such as needles and obstacles such as candles. Fans blow the bubble off course.
34882,Titanic,,1988,6.8,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"After developing a new suit for diving in deep waters, Urine and Deepman decide to use it to search for the Titanic. This dive will be useful to test the new suit, but also to find the secrets that are hidden in the lost ship. Fight against all kind of sea lifeforms to make your way to the Titanic. Find the secret that was lost with the ship."
34903,Bad Company,,1989,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The plot of ""Bad Company"" is quickly told: Earth is dying and mankind needs new worlds to colonize, the Nu-Worlds. You and your (optional) companion have the task to clear those worlds from hostile alien insectoids. ""Bad Company"" is played in a pseudo-3D view (third person) that very much resembles that of Space Harrier games Before you start to play you'll have to choose one of the eight offered troopers as your player character. This decision will influence gameplay later on, e.g. you won't be able to carry a specific weapon or your character is especially fast, and so on. When it comes to the action you'll be confronted with several different alien types including ""level bosses"".You battle these foes by using one of the four available weapon systems (equipment can be changed in the course of the game). You have full movement control over your character, meaning the screen isn't auto-scrolling like in comparable games. You can also take cover behind certain obstacles or choose to blow them up. The game extends over four levels (the four Nu-Worlds)."
34907,Crackpots,,1983,6.9,Action,Arcade,North America,"A barrage of bugs are attacking your home, and you need to defend it with potted plants! You control your character at the top of the screen where there are six potted plants. These can be dropped on the bugs to destroy them as they make their way up from the sewer at the bottom. Just beneath the potted plants are six windows; you need to make sure you destroy the bugs before they can reach these windows. If six of the bugs make it into the windows, a layer of your house will be eaten. This will drop you one step closer to the bottom of the screen, making it more difficult to destroy the incoming bugs! There are four different color bugs in the game, each of which have a different pattern of movement. As the levels progress, bugs will keep coming faster and faster! The game ends when six layers of the building have been eaten."
34910,Stonkers,,1984,6.9,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"An early attempt at a strategy war game with a loosely fictitious setting, although the game map resembles the coastline of northern Europe. The planning and deploying stage of the battle has been handled for you - your units are all in position and ready to attack or defend. The main factor of the game region is that most of it is covered by a river, with only one bridge, the guarding of which is of huge strategic importance - although there are also different gradients to consider. Two map zooms are provided, one for a wider impression of the area and the other for a close view of the individual units. Information about the progress of the war and individual battles is constantly being provided."
34916,"Great Naval Battles Vol. III: Fury in the Pacific, 1941-44","Burning Steel 3: Fury in the Pacific, 1941-44",1995,7.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Real-time strategy (RTS), Wargame","Historical events, Oceania, World War II",Great Naval Battles: Fury in the Pacific is the third installment of Strategic Simulations Advanced Simulator Series. Fury in the Pacific is a huge naval combat simulation which encompasses the entire Pacific War. All major American and Japanese ships and aircraft of the Pacific Theatre are included. A Random Battle Generator lets you create unlimited conflicts from small surface engagements to full blown carrier task force battles and in addition a powerful scenario editor allows you to create your own battles or alter existing ones.
34919,Yes Prime Minister: The Computer Game,"Yes Prime Minister, Yes, Prime Minister",1987,7.1,Simulation,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"A week in the life of the British Prime Minister. But not just any Prime Minister, this game puts you in the shoes of Prime Minister James (Jim) Hacker from the classic BBC television comedy ""Yes, Prime Minister"". Much like most political simulations, you must balance your popularity with the needs of your party, the meddling of foreign governments, and the small minded incompetence of the civil servants that surround you. All of this is played out with multiple choice dialogues between Hacker and the other cast members of the series (complete with lo-res digital pictures). The dry humor of the show abounds as you must deal with crises such as the French refusing to continue work on the channel tunnel until Waterloo station is renamed. Fans of the show will recognize much of the material and non-fans should still find enough laughs to keep them interested. The game takes place over 5 working days and at the end the PM has a final discussion with his colleagues Sir Humphrey Appleby and Bernard Woolley who assess his performance at trying to manage the country."
34920,Jonah Barrington's Squash,,1985,5.9,"Action, Simulation, Sports",,,"For many years this was the only squash game in existence, and it's licensed by one of the top stars of the 80s. Jonah calls the score, and claimed that the program could boost a player's squash skills, as well as provide entertainment. Jonah Barrington's Squash features one and two player modes, with 4 difficulty levels. Accurate rebounds are implemented, and the ball's bounce is visible from its shadow. Realistic tactics appear to produce the correct effects, in terms of playing attacking or defensive."
34927,American 3D Pool,,1991,6.9,Sports,,,"American 3D Pool is a one or two player game featuring both pool and billiards. The Pool simulation features one player, two player and tournament modes. In the two player mode the game offers a choice between player vs player, player vs computer, or computer vs computer. When playing against the computer the game allows the player to choose their opponents skill level from 'very bad, bad, medium, good and very good. In the tournament mode the game allows eight players, at least one of which must be human, to take part in a knockout competition. Both two player and tournament matches can be either the best of 1, 3, 5, 7 or 13 frames. The Billiards simulation has the same features as the Pool simulation, the difference being in the scoring of the two player and tournament matches which can be the first to either 15, 25, 50, 100, or 200 points. The game also features a Trick Shot feature. Nine trick shots are provided and the editor allows further shots to be constructed."
34928,The Fellowship of the Ring,Lord of the Rings - Game One,1985,7.5,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"The Fellowship of the Ring is an interactive fiction (with graphics) game based on the first volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings describing the efforts of the Hobbits Frodo, Pippin, and Sam and their quest to bring the ring to Mount Doom. The game is divided into two parts (represented by two separate executable files: DOS version). The first part starts with Frodo at his home in the Shire, where eventually you will team up with the other Hobbits Pippin and Sam, as well as Aragorn and Gandalf. From meeting with Tom Bombadil, the Green Knight, the Balrog and ends with the Nazgul River incident. The second part of the game starts with forming of the fellowship, thus adding new team members: Boromir, Legolas, etc., until the end of the novel."
34939,Frankenstein,,1987,6.2,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Frankenstein is a text based adventure game by Rod Pike and is the follow-up to his earlier game, Dracula The story in the game starts with the player taking the role of Dr Frankenstein. Having pursued your research for many years you have acquired the necessary body parts and assembled them to create a perfect being. However what rises from the slab is horrible and you ran from the laboratory in fear and disgust. On your return you find that the creature has left so you breathe a sigh of relief and move on to other things. Four years pass and word reaches you that your sister has been slain, strangled by some hideous monster. Your task is clear, you must track down this monster, for you have no doubt where it came from, and destroy it. This quest takes up parts one and two of the game. In part three the player takes the role of the monster. This part of the game is only accessible if the player has completed the first two parts. Starting knowing nothing but pain with no idea of who or where you are the player must explore the surroundings, learn, and develop the monster's IQ. As this part of the game progresses the player will learn what makes the creature a killer. Though this is a text adventure the game does feature some graphic artwork."
34940,Sky Shark,"Flying Shark, Hishō Zame",1987,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Sky Shark is a top-down shooter similar to Raiden You start off with four lives and three bombs. With that (you can get more lives at certain point intervals, and more bombs can be found), you, the ""Sky Shark"" of your squadron, blast through five levels of enemy-infested battlefields with as many as six gun upgrades (aside from the bombs and the gun upgrade, there are no other weapons to be found at all). Includes three difficulty levels and two-player support."
34947,Wing Over,,1997,6.1,"Action, Simulation",,,"Wing Over is a combat flight simulator game for the PlayStation. It features 30 realistic fighter planes from various eras such as World War 1 and the Gulf War. There are four game modes: tournament, free play, survival, and vs. mode., and three different camera modes: first person, panoramic and trailing."
34952,Savage Island,"Savage Island, Part I",1980,5.9,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Savage Island is the only multi-part game in Scott Adams' adventure series all of which have a very similar parser and interface. At the completion of this game, players receive a password which allows part two to be played. The Savage Island games are also probably the most difficult adventures in the series! The player begins trapped on a small remote island in the ocean, which is facing a hurricane and also has an active volcano. The player can cross a river, and will also need to explore a cave network. Items are often found by running through the sand with one's hands. The island holds a great secret, which will not be discovered until both parts of the game have been completed."
34955,Battle Out Run,,1989,6.6,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"Battle Out Run is Sega's answer to Taito's Chase H.Q. You drive a red sports car and must apprehend eight target vehicles in selected cities across the USA, including Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, and New York. You have to do this while avoiding yellow cars and other obstacles. Halfway through the eight stages, you enter a shop that allows you to upgrade your car and get some nitros, as long as you have money, and you will be rewarded if you apprehend the vehicles. This can be done by bumping into them to disable them."
34964,Hopkins FBI,,1998,6.4,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"The infamous terrorist Bernie Berckson was sentenced to death and electrocuted twice. Somehow, he remained alive, and managed to escape. Now, he's leading a new criminal organisation. As Special Agent Hopkins, you must find and arrest him and anyone belonging to his gang."
34970,Codename MAT II,MAT II,1985,6.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this sequel to Codename: MAT (the original never appeared on the Commodore 64) you once again take the role of Mat, now the pilot of the Centurion II as he battles the Myons once more. In the Terranya war it has been discovered that the planet Vesta is full of the most precious substance in the galaxy, Karillium, which with one drop can turn a desert into a jungle. The planet orbits around the star Calest deep in a Myon zone, but the Earth managed to invade and capture the planet with unmanned ships. With the planet full of Karillium mines powered by an energy grid which in turn is powered by Calest, the Myons have decided to destroy the energy grid which will shut down the mines and the miners will leave the planet. Under the rules of war, only one manned ship can defend a inhabited planet and Mat has been lucky enough to be chosen. The game is viewed from a 1st person perspective as you look out from your cockpit into deep space, with your gun in front of you. Using a Quadrant chart, you can see rows of satellites that power the mines which also shows your locations as well any Myon ships. You are able to control your speed as well as direction and if you need to move larger distances then you can warp as long as you input your direction. As you progress through the game you will find the Myons damaging the satellites and these need repairing by two droids on your ship who can also repair your ship. Your ship also contains various scanners as well as a manual or automatic targeting system. Once you come across a wave of Myon ships you must destroy them with either your laser or plasma while using the scanners for they position. Once a wave is destroyed then you can repair any damaged satellites or your ship if needed. To help protect yourself from attack your ship has shields with decrease when hits are taken. You cannot be destroyed though because when you are close to destruction you teleport away from the planet. The game is over if the power to the planet is stopped by a damaged row of satellites."
34973,Psycastria,Psycastria: The Battle of Minds over Alien Marauders.,1986,6.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Psycastrians have attacked. Using their mind control abilities, they have taken over many world leaders, causing untold war and devastation. Now it is up to you to strike back. Take your fighter across 16 bases, on land, on sea, on the moon, and in space. Psycastria is a top-down horizontal scrolling shooter. Go across each base, destroy the 10 energy pods that power the Psycastrian war machine while avoiding buildings and engaging alien spacecraft, then go to the next base. Unusually for a shooter, you can turn around at any time to go after any missed targets. Between bases, there is a bonus level that tests your timing at destroying aliens."
34974,Clandestiny,,1996,6.3,Puzzle,,,"The player assumes the role of Andrew McPhile, an American who has just inherited a Scottish castle. His girlfriend has persuaded him to go and claim his inheritance, but he discovers on arrival that the place is haunted by generations of previous MacPhiles. Clandestiny is a cartoon puzzle game in which the player wanders around a haunted house solving logic puzzles. Each solved puzzle triggers a brief cartoon to extend the story and also opens another room in the house. The gameplay is basically the same as in The 11th Hour except that there are no transitions between locations."
34975,Shadow Sorcerer,,1991,6.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,Shadow Sorcerer is a tie-in with the Dragonlance series of novels. The player controls a party of four adventurers that have just rescued 800 slaves and must shepherd them through the wilderness before the evil Dragon army catches up with them. There are three levels to the game: All three take place in real-time with the evil dragons constantly on the adventurers' heels slowly picking off the escapees.
34987,Pinball Construction Set,PCS,1982,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Pinball",,"Pinball Construction Set is considered the first construction set game that launched the concept and genre. Construct a pinball game by dropping parts onto the table (or alter the table itself). Alter world physics like gravity, bounce, kick, and speed. Paint custom backboards. Wire together targets for specials and bonus points. Finally, save creations for later, or generate a self-loading version of the table to distribute to friends (original program not needed to play)."
34989,Micro Machines,,1991,7.6,Racing / Driving,,,"If you're bored of racing Formula 1 cars, rally cars or MotoGP bikes in their natural habitats, the Micro Machines series could be for you. It involves racing miniatures representing particular vehicle types across a particular terrain found around the house. The Sports Cars race on the desktop, 4x4s in the sandpit, Formula 1 cars on a snooker table, and so on. These levels were packed with variation. The Snooker tables has the track painted on, although this is open to deviation (as are most levels), and had you racing through the pockets and across the rim of the table. Tanks raced as well, with the chance of shooting out your opponent if they got directly in front of you. The desktop levels include binders to jump across, pencil-sharpeners to avoid, and lots of visual jokes in the open homework. Viewed from overhead with small graphics, the races include up to 4 cars. In one player challenge mode you race through the 21 tracks in a set order, selecting your 3 opponents as you go along (adding a fair amount of strategy - ideally you should aim to eliminate the better CPU cars early on), eliminating one after every third race (assuming that you can finish in the top 2 of a race within your 3 lives). If you win 3 races in a row without using a continue you get a time-trial race which can earn you an extra life. The real innovation of the game was in the multiplayer modes. You started with 4 points each, and when one car gets far enough ahead to force the other car off-screen, the slider moves in their favour. Once it reached the end (which involved beating them 4 times more than they beat you) you win the level, although if 3 laps were completed, the person leading at that point is declared the winner - with a sudden death play off if scores are level. 9 of the tracks are available in this mode, although you can also play this Head to Head system as a 1-player game across all the tracks."
34998,FIFA 2000: Major League Soccer,"FIFA 2000, FIFA 2000: Europa League Soccer",1999,8.0,Sports,,,"The millennium installment of EAs popular soccer franchise brings a new match engine, over 450 club teams and 40 national from all over the world and also allowing to make dream matches between some of the Worlds' finest teams ever, such as Man. Utd. 1968 and early 90s AC Milan. A team and player editor allows complete edition of the teams. Game modes include Friendly, Cup, League (all customizable) and Season. Gameplay is faster than it's predecessor, and also featuring a new shielding mode, to protect the ball when alone in front and set pieces from corners, which allow the player to kick the ball accurately to a player in the area."
35001,Pac-Attack,Pac-Panic,1993,7.1,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"Based on Namco's Japanese-only arcade puzzler Cosmo Gang the Puzzle Pac-Attack is similar to many block-dropping puzzle games from the time, such as Puyo Puyo The objective of the game is to place ghosts and then, after three pieces (which can include one or two blocks as well), make Pac-Man eat as many ghosts as possible to try and clear up the game area. Pac-Man's directions are chosen at random between left or right, but as he goes moving on the game area (after you place him, of course), if he bumps against a block or a ""wall"" on the game area, he will change his direction. As with many block-dropping puzzlers, if a line of blocks and/or ghosts reaches the top, the game ends. However, by filling up a meter on the left of the game area, a fairy may appear that can clear approximately 6 or 7 lines with ghosts, but it only clears the ghosts, although the blocks that were on top of them will drop. Also, like many puzzlers, it contains a versus mode against another human player. It's similar to the many versus modes of puzzle games: eat plenty of ghosts and your opponent will recieve many ghosts on his area. The game also includes a Puzzle mode. It features 100 levels, in which you have to eat all ghosts with no more than 4 Pac-Men at least (the number reduces in certain levels), and, unlike the other modes, you can change Pac-Man's direction with the press of a button. All of the handheld versions (including the one on Pac-Man Collection ) lack the versus mode."
35005,Kid Klown in Crazy Chase,Crazy Chase,1994,7.2,Action,,,"You play as a clown, trying to finish the level while avoiding Blackjack's booby traps. To successfully finish each level, you'll need to beat the fuse. What is the fuse? At the start of each level, there is a bomb fuse at the same location as you are, you must get to the end of the level faster than it does in order to prevent the big bomb from going off. In addition, you'll also need to find all 4 card symbols before you can finish. If you don't, you'll get to go to the beginning of the level and have another try. There are also various mini-games included such as air hockey and whack-a-mole. The game boy advanced version has slightly less detailed graphics and three additional levels (eleven instead of eight)."
35013,Laurel & Hardy,Helan och Halvan,1987,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Laurel & Hardy stars the two famous comedians in their quest to throw cream cakes in each others face. The interface is divided into three horizontal parts: the middle one shows the match statistics and the possessions while the other two represent the town from the side. The first order of business is finding the cream cake shop to get ammo. For finding the way in the big city, it is recommended to purchase a map. Various items on the way may help or bring disadvantages, e.g. a bike to become faster (but are forbidden in certain parts of the city) and liquor bottles (soda is good and beer is bad). After a successful hit a point is rewarded and after one has a certain number of points (can be specified before starting the match) he wins."
35014,Make My Video: Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch,,1992,4.9,Action,Music / rhythm,,"Make My Video: Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch is a video game based on real-time editing of music video footage. The setup is that a brother and sister pair is arguing about what would make the best Marky Mark video. Since they can not agree, they enlist help from some other people: A boxer and his trainer, a trio of teenage girls, the members of a garage band, and their parents. Each group has their ideas about what an ideal Marky Mark video should or should not contain. The specifications normally come in the form of a set of pictures they either do or don't want to see, and perhaps some effects. The game has three Marky Mark videos from which to choose: ""Good Vibrations"", ""I Need Money"", and ""You Gotta Believe"". After receiving the video specifications, the player enters the video editing console in the EditChallenge mode. From this console, the player can view and select between 3 video streams that are playing. The selected stream will be edited into the final video. One stream is the original video while the other 2 feature assorted random footage that nonetheless often carries images that happened to have been specified in the video request. The video editing console also allows the player to apply a variety of real-time filters, such as mosaic and blur filters, RGB color filters, strobe and motion filters, lyric subtitles, among others. Once the video is over and your work is completed, the video is played back in its edited entirety and the requester offers his or her evaluation. The game also allows the user to enter a mode called U-Direct. Rather than being competitive, U-Direct allows the player to use the console to create any type of video and also save the results."
35017,River City Girls Zero,Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka,1994,7.0,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka is a beat 'em up in the Kunio / Nekketsu High series. The eternal rebel Kunio and his pal Riki finally get to face the long arm of the law when they get both arrested for killing a couple of bystanders in a hit-and-run incident. Problem is they are innocent and the lookalike killers are still out there! Kunio and his pal now have to break out of the prison and go kick some butt in the name of justice (and to clear their names of course). Gameplay involves defeating all opponents using your arsenal of attacks and special moves and completing the many side scrolling stages that make up the game, usually after beating an end level boss. Kunio and Riki are not alone in their quest, as their hard boiled girlfriends, Misako and Kyoko, can join up and provide their unique collection of special moves to the mix. Biking sequences in which you try to get to another part of town while fending-off opponents Road Rash -style are also added for additional gameplay and the game uses several non-interactive cutscenes and dialogues to carry the plot forward. An updated port for Windows and modern consoles is the first localized version released outside of Japan. It added new anime openings, manga cut-scenes and song. Also included is an image gallery featuring vintage box art, manual images, and additional content."
35021,Air Boarder 64,AirBoardin' USA,1998,5.4,"Action, Sports",Tricks / stunts,,"Air Boarder 64 is a game that resembles skateboarding games like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater but with a certain aspect of it being quite different. Instead of the usual skateboards the game features hover boards. The single-player option features the following modes: Lecture: the mode where you can learn the controls and the terms the game uses. Street Work: the main mode of the game. At the beginning there are 4 available characters (others become available later), 5 stages and 4 boards (with more available later) from which you can choose. In each stage you are given a time limit in which you must perform as many tricks as possible with your board. There are also yellow circles lying around that you must pass through. Each time you pass through one the timer resets back and, if you pass through all them, the game ends regardless of how much time is left. When the game ends you get a rank depending on the points you accumulated and if the rank is high enough a level of higher difficulty is unlocked (with a total of 3 difficulty levels per stage). Time Attack: you must pass through all the coloured circles in a designated order and within the littlest time possible. The spots where the circles are can be seen in a map that appears onscreen. Coin: mode in which you must get all the coins that are scattered in the stage within the time limit. Free Run: this mode is free of challenges (no time limit or points) and mostly serves as a means of getting you acquainted with stages. Two-players option features the following modes: Vs. Race: a race where the one that passes through all of the yellow circles in the order that is specified wins. Vs. Coin: a mode where the player who gets all the coins or has more of them when the time ends wins."
35022,Tokyo Xtreme Racer,"Shutokō Battle, Tokyo Battle Racing, Tokyo Highway Challenge",1999,6.9,Racing / Driving,,,"Get in your fast car and race around the Tokyo highway at night, challenging drivers from rival gangs to a race. The winner gets a cash prize, so you can upgrade your car or buy a new one. If you start winning consistently enough, you soon become famous enough to be challenged by various gang leaders, and finally the four Devils, who are the best, fastest, and least seen drivers of the night."
35023,Super Street Fighter II Turbo,"Super Street Fighter II X for Matching Service, Super Street Fighter II X: Grand Master Challenge",1994,8.1,Action,Fighting,,"This variant of Super Street Fighter II includes fighting speed and difficulty settings, new super moves and throw techniques, alternate costumes for characters, and the ""hidden"" Akuma character. AI-controlled opponents also received a challenge boost."
35028,Max Power Racing,C3 Racing: Car Constructors Championship,1998,7.3,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Max Power Racing is a racing simulation game. It is licensed by the UK magazine Max Power. It features cars from various manufacturers. It features 30 tracks across 11 countries from all over the world, featuring cities, mountain roads as well as off-road tracks. You can play in arcade mode (to unlock tracks), player mode and championship mode. Player mode allows you to play against a friend or set personal records and in championship mode you play through all tracks. There are four difficulties to select from in the championship mode. You start with the lowest, but finishing first gains you points with which you can unlock the other difficulties and new and better cars to race with. The game features various weather conditions and dynamic lighting during night races."
35030,Gun-Nac,,1990,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A Galactic Federation starfighter is sent off to destroy an alien armada (led by giant robotic rabbits this time around -- an unusually whimsical theme in keeping with the contemporary Parodius ) threatening to collapse your system's sun into a supernova. Gun-Nac is a top down shooter in which the player controls the Federation starfighter. Power ups and genre mechanics are as could be expected from a ""shmup"". now with collectible money that allows you to shop for different weapons and bombs to complement your standard main gun in the inter-level weapons market. Directional weapons, attachments and up to four bomb types can also be bought to increase your survival chances, further aided by player control over the speed at which your ship moves through the levels. Single player only."
35038,Atomic Punk,"Bomber Boy, Dynablaster",1990,7.2,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Atomic Punk which was released as Dynablaster in Europe and Bomber Boy in Japan, is a game from Hudson Soft's Bomberman series The game offers two single player and two multiplayer modes. The single player mode called ""Game B"" has the classical Bomberman gameplay, while the mode ""Game A"" introduces several variations. The levels in Game A are divided in nine areas, which can be accessed in any order from a world map. Depending on the time taken to finish a level and the number of blocks destroyed, the player gets a certain amount of gold, which can be used to buy power-ups (called ""panels"" in the game) in shop, which in term is accessed from the map. Power-ups allow, for example, to revive Bomberman when he dies in a stage or to increase the length of an explosion. Before entering a new area, the player chooses which panels to use in order to complete the area. The multiplayer mode are both player vs. player modes. In ""Panel mode"", each player can place only one bomb at a time and the bombs' radius starts at one, but panels appear in the field to improve this. In ""Powerful mode"", no panels appear, but each player can place up to four bombs at a time and the radius is four."
35040,Puffy's Saga,,1989,7.0,Action,Shooter,,"Puffy and his fortuitously-named girlfriend Puffyn are trapped in an alien world full of threats, traps and surprises. Taking control of one or the other (Puffy is more powerful but Puffyn can move faster), you must find your way through. Puffy's Saga is an overhead view maze game that represents a cutesy variant of Gauntlet Each of the 20 levels has a quota of dots to eat before the level is completed. These levels are inhabited by foes who surround you and reduce your energy on contact. Meat restores 100 energy points each time - this total can go beyond its starting level of 500. You are armed with a gun, which not only kills foes but also turns many of them into edible energy-giving snacks. Keys must be collected and used to open doors. Magic Goms allow you to use a map or a fire-bolt. Other available bonuses include invincibility periods and teleporting."
35041,Wayne Gretzky Hockey 2,Wayne Gretzky Hockey II,1990,7.0,Sports,,,"Wayne Gretzky Hockey 2 is a top-down hockey game. The player participates in a match against either Canada or the USA. There are many options to change the match settings, e.g. the difficulty level, speed or the referee's behaviour. The editor offers the possibility to create new tactics or lineups as well as changing the abilities and names of the athletes. In contrast to most other sports games, the athletes are controlled indirectly: the player uses the input device to show the athlete where he should move. The active athlete can be changed. This s basically the same game as its predecessor The main additions are additional match options and a co-op playing mode."
35043,Stars!,,1995,7.1,Strategy / tactics,4X,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Stars! is a multiplayer, strategic romp through the universe. Your goal? To take over said universe (or any of several other victory goals. Universal domination is just the most fun.). This game has a lot of complexity, but a simple interface. It runs in a window, and everything you need to know about your budding empire (or thriving war machine!) can be accessed by menu or shortcut keys. Universes are randomly created in one of four sizes. You can add up to 15 (!) other players, both AI or human. Then you can set this up as play-by -email."
35046,Tactical Manager,Der Trainer,1994,7.3,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Following success with the mail-order Football Tactician series, Talking Birds entered the mainstream with this retitled version. It's a football management game, setting you in charge of one of the teams in the top 2 English divisions of the time and giving you control over transfers, tactics and training regimes as you aim to guide your team to success. Initially you can only manage the lower teams, but if you succeed over a few seasons you will become respected enough to have a chance to get the top roles. The focus is on ultra-realism, which makes it very hard to quickly transform a club's fortunes, as there is a lack of money at many of the smaller teams and attracting players is harder than in the Premier Manager series and similar. Matches are viewed from top-down highlights, with 3 levels of detail (goals-only, highlights and kick-by-kick) offered."
35052,Dark Legions,,1994,7.6,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Board game, Fighting",Fantasy,"Dark Legions is a strategy/action game similar to Archon and its remake Archon Ultra An action/strategy game, in Dark Legions you will pitch your forces against that of a computer or human foe in a game board. When two pieces collide, they will be transferred to another board on which they will fight for survival. In the beginning of the game you will buy your forces with a predefined number of credits, and be able to purchase any of the 16 characters along with various kinds of traps and even rings to upgrade your creatures. In Dark Legions the balance of power in the dark realm of Tahr Carog is broken. One of the two twin power orbs is lost, and the realm is in chaos. As the holder of one of the orbs, you must combat your opponent - the holder of the second power orb - until one of you loses his orb, and the other prevails. The holder of the two orbs will be granted immense power and immortality, so make sure you select and utilize your forces wisely."
35053,2 Player Soccer Squad,,1991,5.4,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Most football management games written for 64K/48K computers concentrated their memory space on providing as many features as possible for a lone player. As the title implies, this game is an exception - 2 players each take control of a club, taking it in turns to make their managerial decisions and play their matches. For an extra competitive edge, they can include their own name among the players (which are otherwise made up of the real players of the day). The game uses a fictional 20-team superleague, with English and Scottish clubs, as well as a knock-out cup. You can buy or sell players, who have ability ratings out of 15, and swap your squad of 19 around to choose 11 starters plus 2 substitutes. Match scores are listed along with goalscorers, although the scorers update more quickly than the scores. You are kept up to date with financial changes after each match."
35059,Metal Fatigue,Metal Conflict,2000,7.5,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"When mankind discovered faster-than-light travel in the 23rd century, an excursion into the depth of the galaxy revealed the existence of a power-hungry alien race known as Hedoth. However, upon arrival at the aliens' homeland, humans found out that the Hedoth have mysteriously disappeared, leaving behind debris of destruction and advanced military technology. Realizing that they are alone in the universe, human corporations begin a frenzied race for dominance, using the war machines left by the aliens. Metal Fatigue is a real-time strategy game that allows players to build and customize their massive mecha-like combat units (called ""Combots"" in the game) to dominate the three battlefield levels simultaneously - from orbit, to the surface, and even underground. Players can develop bases and command their forces carefully - the enemy can appear from any direction, including above and below."
35060,Spider-Man / X-Men: Arcade's Revenge,"Homem-Aranha X-Men: A Vingança de Arcade!, Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge",1992,6.3,Action,Platform,,"Spider-Man and members of the X-Men have teamed up in this side-scrolling action game to fight against Arcade, who has built a giant amusement park for the sole purpose of trapping and destroying the super-heroes. You first play as Spider-Man, who sees the X-Men get kidnapped by Arcade and follows them. Once you make it inside Arcade's park you can choose to play as Spider-Man, Cyclops, Storm, Gambit, or Wolverine, each of whom are trapped in a different part of Arcade's maze of deadly traps. You must navigate all five of them safely out, using their different skills and abilities while defeating baddies and bosses along the way."
35063,Saban's Power Rangers Zeo: Full Tilt Battle Pinball,Power Rangers Pinball,1996,6.5,Simulation,Pinball,,"Pinball, a game that has been around since the 1930s, has been translated into video game format once again, this time via the Mighty Morphing Power Rangers, those multi-colored ninja heroes of low-budget television. Comprised of 5 different 3D play fields, this one-player simulation takes place in fifteen locations around the world, including Japan, New York, and Africa. Each play field consists of the usual pinball trappings such as ramps, targets, flippers, bumpers, and multi-ball specials. Before and between each level of play, a cinematic storyline plays out involving the invasion of Earth by aliens and the Power Ranger's attempts at stopping this dreaded scourge. Along with the Rangers, several other characters from this juggernaut franchise are featured including: Zeo Zords, King Mondo, and Queen Machina."
35071,Angle Ball,Angleball,1987,6.1,"Action, Sports",,,"Angleball is a variation on Pool, using a hexagonal table with 6 pockets and 6 sides. The ball can rebound off these at unusual angles, making the outcomes of shots harder to predict. The basic objective is to pot all the balls, while failing to pot a ball in 3 shots will lose you the frame unless your opponent also fails to do this. The game can be played by one or two players, with the one-player game consisting of a sequence of 20 different table layouts, each requiring its own style to win. Two-player games can take place on any of these layouts or one of your own design using the inbult table editor. Shot direction, speed and spin can be set on a general level."
35073,Walls of Rome,Walls of Rome: Siege Warfare in Classical Times,1993,6.6,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"Walls Of Rome is a strategy title that involves real-time combat between the Roman Empire and their enemies, the Carthaginians and the Celts. The game can be played as either single battles, or as a string of related battles in a campaign. Units and locations are historical, with the foot soldiers, and artillery of the times. The game can be paused at any time to give orders, and time flow can be adjusted. The game has a built in editor, in which you can edit either the battle forces, or the map the battle will be played on, allowing for extended replay value."
35078,Pelé!,,1993,5.6,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Pelé! is a soccer game that lets the player take control of soccer legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento (better known as Pelé, the games namesake). There are forty different international teams to choose from and the game has a two separate single player modes. In Practice the player chooses the teams and learns the basic fundamentals of the game. In Season the player competes in an 18 game season in order to compete for the championship. There is also a two-player mode, but with a different set-up than other soccer games. Instead of letting two-players face each other, they must instead play a tournament in a series of one-player matches in order for their teams to face off. The game features realistic rules and regulations and genuine animations including bicycle kicks, headers, traps and dives and features a competitive artificial intelligence unique to each team."
35081,Nectaris: Military Madness,Nectaris,1998,7.3,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"An updated version of Military Madness The game modes featured include Main Campaign, Original Campaign, Mini-Campaigns, and Single Scenario. The main campaign involves the story of how in the 21st century mankind has colonized the moon. In 2089, an invading Xenon empire destroys several lunar outposts. The base Nectaris, the largest of the lunar outposts wasn't fully destroyed and a few units escaped alive and now are planning a counter attack on the Xenon empire. Now it's up to the player who is put into the role as the Union forces commander to defeat the enemy Xenon forces. The main campaign goes through a series of over 30 different battlefields. Gameplay involves moving various units on an overhead map of the battlefield. Units movement are done on hexagonal grids. Once the players units make their moves, it is then their opponents turn to move their units. Players can use their various units to attack the opposing forces. Battles sequences are turn based. The outcome of a battle can be affected by the terrain, any support fire present, an encirclement effect, plus the individual strengths and weaknesses of the unit types that are involved in the skirmish. Since both the player and the enemy forces have access to the same unit types, the game emphasizes knowing each units strengths and weaknesses, and the strategic placement of units. Also on the battlefield, players will have access to their factories which allows for additional units to be deployed and gives the player the ability to repair their weakened forces. This Main Campaign mode brings to the table an all new campaign, while the Original Campaign consists of the entire original campaign from the 1989 game. The game also features Mini-Campaigns, over 40 individual maps ranging in 4 different map sizes (1x1,1x2, 2x1, and 2x2) that were created by fans of the game. The Single Scenario mode is locked at first and can be accessed only when the player completes all the campaigns. This mode offers support for 2 players to do battle with each other. The game has the options of having the battle animations be in 3D, 2D, or turning them off all together, plus altering which buttons confirm and cancel orders given in the game. There is also a scenario editor where players can create their own scenarios."
35084,Stainless Steel,,1986,6.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Ricky Steel is a feared renegade with a mechanical arm to fire bullets, and his Class A101 armoured yet amphibious Nightwind car is Stainless. He lives in a Mad Max -inspired world, but Dr. Vardos has sent a horde of androids to destroy it. Take control of Steel and stop this, in this Spy Hunter -style vertically scrolling road-based shooter. The game is split into four sections. You begin on foot, and must travel up the screen to reach the Nightwind. Helicopters and other foes must be shot or avoided, and their bullets avoided. You then enter your vehicle and drive up the screen, dealing with similar hazards. The controls involve pushing forward to accelerate and pushing down to reverse. Level 2 involves taking to the water, attacking submarines using bombs. The final showdown involves hunting down and killing Vardos, despite the attentions of animal-shaped asteroids and other hazards. The scanner along the bottom of the screen is crucial to spotting foes as they approach. You have a limited shield, turned on and off by pressing space, and limited fuel which is recharged by collecting fuel circles which float by."
35094,Full Metal Planet,Full Metal Planete,1989,7.5,Strategy / tactics,Board game,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Full Metal Planete is a tie-in of a board game of the same name. Up to four players land on a planet with their motherships, trying to gather as much ore as possible within 24 game rounds. This almost sounds like a happy, idyllic round of pick-the-flowers, if it weren't for the truckload of tanks and destroyers that each player happens to have in the cargo area of their mothership. So the players usually spend an equal amount of time picking up ore and bashing their contenders' heads in. The computer game is an accurate conversion of the board game; virtually every feature is present. Strategy is needed to succeed in the game. The only semi-random thing are the tides (high tide, low tide, and something in-between) which can strand boats and engulf tanks, but even they can be partially predicted."
35095,NBA All-Star Challenge,,1992,5.4,Sports,,,"NBA All-Star Challenge offers one-on-one basketball featuring NBA players from the 1991-1992 season. Five different playing modes are available: a single one-on-one match, a free throw competition, a 3 point shootout, a H.O.R.S.E. competition and a one-on-one tournament. You can choose from 27 players (one from every NBA team), including Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, Karl Malone and David Robinson. Each mode can also be played by two players."
35098,Malibu Beach Volleyball,Seaside Volley,1989,6.1,Sports,,,"Malibu Beach Volleyball lets players compete in two on two beach volleyball matches. Players can choose to play as either the men or woman's team of four different countries which are the United States of America, Japan, Italy, and Brazil. Players can choose to play a match consisting of either one game or of a best of three. The gameplay involves the typical set of rules for volleyball. Players try to score points by getting the ball to land on their opponents side of the court. Typical volleyball moves are also present such as bumping the ball and spiking. The match ends when a team's score reaches a set amount of points. Options allow the player to turn the music on or off."
35110,AMBER: Journeys Beyond,"AMBER: Journeys Beyond - Death Is Not The End, Amber: Reisen ins Jenseits",1996,7.4,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"AMBER is an adventure game presenting a horror ghost story and following the guidelines of a Myst -like first-person adventure, yet, at the same time, offering some unique features of it's own. AMBER is short for Astral Mobility by Electromagnetic Resonance device invented by a promising scientist in the field of paranormal activities, Dr. Roxanna. In order to conduct the experimental testings of the device she secludes herself into an abandoned mansion, rumored to be haunted by ghosts and spirits. In her research Roxanna confirms those rumors, however, fails to respond on numerous phone calls. Her friend, Joe, presumes that something might has happened to her and asks you, the player, to investigate. In order to help Roxy and the spirits of the house, you will have to use the AMBER device, that will provide you with the ability to experience ghost's stories in form of the lucid dreams. Each dream will be presented in the unique stylistic presentation. For example a sequence involving the death of the girl living in 1940s will be presented in black & white with lots of period music in the background. Once you've investigated the cause and the circumstances of each spirit's torments you finally will be able to help Roxy herself. Although, the game does require player to solve as inventory-based puzzles so as the Myst -like mechanical and mathematical puzzles, the emphasis is more on the exploration and presentation of the story. For instance, all ""ghost"" parts of the game have neither inventory nor items to collect. So the key element of the gameplay is exploring environments in order to advance the plot by revealing crucial information as to the reasons of ghost's bond to the world of the living."
35115,Target: Renegade,,1988,6.5,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Mr. Big is back in town, and this time he's captured your brother! He's being held at Big's Pig Pen which is located on the upper side of town. The problem is, every gang in the city is out looking for you. It is now up to you to beat the odds and rescue your brother. You start the game armed only with your fists, and along the way there are some additional weapons to be found such as baseball bats or garbage cans. Gameplay is an arcade style side scrolling action game for one player."
35116,Disney's The Emperor's New Groove,"Disney Kuzco, L'Empereur Mégalo, Disneys Ein Königreich für ein Lama",2000,6.0,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Disney's The Emperor's New Groove for the Game Boy Color is a 2D platform game based on the Disney movie of the same name. Like in the movie a selfish and cruel emperor is cursed and turned into a llama. You play as this former emperor and cynical llama in his search for a cure for his curse. Each level is a series of platforms and the llama can walk around, duck and jump to navigate. He can charge and perform head butts to attack opponents. He can also spit as a ranged attack but requires spit drops for that which he must collect. The player has a number of hit-points but can collect hearts to replenish them. Puzzles include locked doors, switches and barriers, which mostly have to be solved using your spit or charge action in the right places."
35120,NHL 2000,,1999,6.8,Sports,,,"NHL 2000 is an ice hockey game with an official 1999 season license. Players can play with any of the teams, stadiums and players from that season. Game modes include exhibition, full season, race to the playoffs and competitive shootouts. The player can set various game options such as the stringency of referees and offside rules. It is also possible to change the team lines and determine which players may take penalties. The player can control one skater at the time and can switch to another at any time. Aside from passing and shooting the puck it is also possible to make a sprint."
35127,Power Move Pro Wrestling,Shin Nihon Pro-Wrestling: Tōkon Retsuden,1995,6.5,Sports,,,"Power Move Pro Wrestling is a 3D wrestling game with 12 fictional wrestlers to choose from, each with their own look and fighting style complete with unique moves and finishers. There is a standard versus mode against the CPU or a second player, along with several other game modes including 12-man Gauntlet, Championship, League, and Tournament. As one of the first fully-3D wrestling games, the camera can be moved around and rotated to see the action from any side. The original Japanese release, Shin Nihon Pro-Wrestling: Tōkon Retsuden is licensed from New Japan Pro-Wrestling and features 12 real-life wrestlers from that promotion instead of the fictional wrestlers in the international releases, though it is otherwise the same game."
35130,College Football's National Championship,,1994,7.3,Sports,,,"Released about the same time as Bill Walsh College Football 95 this American football game was unlicensed and did not feature any big names to it. It was considered a clone of NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana just an updated version but now with college teams. It features 32 college powerhouses from four major divisions, letting you play exhibition games or letting you compete in a tournament to achieve an #1 ranking, as opposed to competing in a season to obtain it. It also has the option to play it on Team Player letting you control four players at once."
35134,Animorphs,,2000,5.2,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,,"Based on Scholastic's popular books and television series, Animorphs is a 2D action / RPG hybrid. The evil Yeerks are invading Earth and only the Animorphs can stop them with their morphing power. Play as all five members of the Animorphs and collect DNA from animals you meet - now you have the power to morph into these animals. Keep your morphing power a secret from the regular humans, and use the correct morph at the right time to escape from tricky situations. Every animal has certain advantages and drawbacks against certain enemies. Play through five RPG levels with turn-based combat and five 2D minigames in order to defeat the Yeerks and save the planet."
35135,Quake III: Arena,"Q3, Q3A, Quake 3, Quake III: Arena (Elite Edition)",1999,8.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The third game in the Quake series is a departure from the previous games, focusing exclusively on multiplayer arena fighting with no story-driven singleplayer part - directly competing with Epic Games that did the same with the contemporary Unreal Tournament The offline part takes the player through a number of one-on-one and team-based challenges against AI-controlled opponents, slowly ranking upwards in difficulty, as the character of the player's choosing. Compared to the previous titles, the colours and general design of the game are much brighter and it shakes off the dominant shades of brown and grey the previous titles in the series were known for. The player's arsenal consists of new and familiar, but redesigned weapons, including a gauntlet (melee attacks) and a machine gun as the spawn weapons, a shotgun, plasma gun, lightning gun, rocket launcher, railgun, and BFG. Each weapon has specific advantages, ranging from the amount of damage to reloading times and the ability to hit-scan opponents. The different arenas are also filled with health bubbles, complete sets of armour and armour shards, the well-known Quad Damage power-up, ammunition, and specials such as Mega Health, Haste, Invisibility, a powerful Battlesuit, and more. As with the other Quake games, it is known for its freedom in movement. Advanced players use techniques such as rocket jumping, strafing, and circle jumping to quickly get around areas. The game offers more speed than Quake II but it is not as fast as the original Quake Not everything was kept - the double-jumping from the previous titles was removed for instance, but replaced with new tricks. The single-player part only serves as a diversion for the online multiplayer options, with modes such as duel, team deathmatch (TDM), capture the flag (CTF), and more. As with Quake II the vanilla version of the game was eventually heavily tweaked by the players' community with all-new tournament features (including voting, referees, banning, netcode updates), as it was used in professional Pro Gaming tournaments for almost ten years. The only difference between Quake III: Arena and the limited Elite Edition is the tin box packaging."
35138,Golden Axe: The Duel,,1994,7.6,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,This is a one-on-one fighting game in the vein of Street Fighter 2 and Samurai Shodown featuring the cast of Sega's Golden Axe games (actually their fictional descendants). The game's story is that Death Adder has been resurrected and stolen the legendary Golden Axe from Gilius Thunderhead's family. For some reason Death Adder decided to set up a Street Fighter-like tournament to give his enemies an opportunity to slay him and prevent the end of the world. The game play formula follows Street Fighter 2 closely with several playable characters that are essentially the same as the cast of the original Golden Axe (for all extents and purposes). It’s essentially an elimination tournament with each character having special moves similar to that of Street Fighter 2 characters. You can play against another player or against the computer. It does feature scaling backgrounds similar to Samurai Shodown.
35141,Hurra Deutschland,,1994,6.3,Simulation,,,"Hurra Deutschland is a sarcasm election campaign satire - playing in 1994 just before the election of Helmut Kohl as German Chancellor - with the dolls from German TV show ""Hurra Deutschland"" and ""Zak"": the german version of the British cult show ""Spitting Image"". In Hurra Deutschland you're playing Paul. Paul is a lazy guy of poor intelligence, and a life-long dreamer (he always dreams of a wonderful life in the Caribbean). One day Paul gets a mysterious call: He can get Federal Chancellor - if he does an perfect electoral campaign. You as Chancellor instead of Helmut Kohl or Rudolf Scharping! But only a few days left... Slip into the role of Paul and win the campaign. Paul's strategy is to run down Kohl and Scharping in tv shows. Also you recognize a worldwide complot which will drop the German Republic into a deep crisis if you're unable to bring it to light."
35142,Alien vs Predator,AvP,1994,8.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Jaguar version of Alien Vs Predator is completely different from the arcade and SNES games of the same name. This version takes place entirely on a Colonial Marine Training base. A ship infested with aliens is found floating near the outer-space training facility. Of course, once the aliens get inside the base, they kill off nearly everyone. Meanwhile, the predators dock their ship on the training base as well. They see this as an opportunity to catch an alien queen, and bring honor to their clan. So there are three scenarios in which to play: First, you can play as a marine. Your job is to find a way to self-destruct the base, and make your way to an escape pod before it blows. The second scenario allows you to play as an alien. Here, your job is to find and protect the queen from the marines and the predators. Finally, you can play as the predator. He must simply find and kill the alien queen. The game is a first person shooter. The play field consists of the five levels of the training base, plus areas for the predator and alien ships. All the areas of the ship are inter-connected, giving the game a huge virtual environment. Depending on the scenario you choose, you will have to choose different strategies based on the capabilities of your character. For example, the marine will have to make use of his weapons and his ability to use the ship's computer terminals. The aliens, on the other hand, will have to make use of their great numbers and ability to cocoon their enemies. And finally the predator must fight with honor, and not over-use his invisibility capability."
35148,Riddick Bowe Boxing,,1993,6.4,Sports,,,"Riddick Bowe Boxing is another one of the many boxing games released at the time, but with subtle differences. The HUD contains damage and energy meters along with a miniature ring up the top of the screen, useful to see the player's position in the ring so as not to get backed into a corner real easily. Players can compete in the standard, 1-Player v. CPU, 1-Player v. 2-Player or even a career mode, where there are four preset fighters to choose from along with an option to create customers boxers. The career starts out at position #25 in the ranking and players slowly work up the ladder, going to the gym in between bouts to build up stats to eventually take on ""Big Daddy"" himself, Riddick Bowe The game is practically a copy of Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing save for the graphics style and the included fighters."
35149,Gromada,"Gromada Revenge, Gromada: Der Kampfplanet",1999,6.7,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Gromada's artificial planet was built as a giant factory for new battle machines. By constructing battle robots, cannons, tanks, helicopters, planes and floating mines crowding the 20 fully animated (flora, fauna, fire, smoke) arenas of the planet, the player can defeat the mysterious alien forces come to destroy Gromada. Aliens also managed to gain control over all battle units on the planet but Kassandra, a tank with enormous war features that can be even upgraded and beefed up at the end of each mission. With this mouse-controlled beast, you can accomplish all 25 leveled and unlinear missions until you get control over Gromada again, by destroying all enemy machines (20 types in total). The multiplayer mode include particular bonuses for achievements."
35150,Rome: Caesar's Will,"Roma: El testamento del César, Rome: le testament de César",2000,6.0,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,,"In the game, that set in 44BC, you are a brave Roman legioner, who have to save your friend, Aurelia, from death. She was convicted in poisoning her husband but you know that she didn't do it. During the game you visit locations, talk with characters and gain clues, but you are limited in time and have to solve the mystery faster. The game is also an encyclopedia, so you can raise your knowledge in history of Ancient Rome."
35154,MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy,,1990,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on the MegaTraveller table-top science-fiction game, your task in The Zhodani Conspiracy is to prevent war breaking out between the Zhodani Consulate and the Imperium - Zhodani officials have bribed some of their Imperium counterparts to try and bring about a war between the two sides. In this role-playing game character creation is the first task. Characters can be created and then put through a choice of five military careers to gain skills and experience semi-randomly (there are more than 70 talents and abilities), or you can simply compose your squad of five from the pre-defined roster. In total there are 28 planets grouped within 8 solar systems, and there's not much space free of adventure and mystery. 30 different types of cargo exist for interplanetary trading and bartering. Combat takes place in real-time, you can control any one of your characters while giving orders to the others."
35155,Total Annihilation: Kingdoms,,1999,7.3,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Fantasy,"Total Annihilation: Kingdoms is the fantasy spin-off title to the 1997 real-time strategy game Total Annihilation There are four distinct factions: Aramon, Taros, Veruna, and Zhon, and each is spearheaded by their monarch unit (respectively Elsin, Lokken, Kirenna, and Thirsha) which replaces the commanders from the original Total Annihilation In the game's storyline, these monarchs are siblings who are at each other's throats fighting for supremacy over the land of Darien after the disappearance of their father Garacaius. Monarchs are the main construction unit in the game, but they are mostly not capable of building objects from the entire tech tree. Aramon, Taros, and Veruna rely on other construction units to do so, and the tech tree is effectively split to 3 tiers, one with each factory-type structure assigned to it. Conversely, Zhon has few structures available to them, as they rely more on units. There is only one resource, mana, which is gathered from sacred stones by structures known as lodestones. Building units and structures, as well as monarchs' special attacks, drain mana, and its input/output values are shown in the bottom right corner of the screen. Finally, monarchs have special abilities: Elsin can raise the dead and build ark ships, Lokken can become invisible and build all three Taros factory structures, Kirenna can swim (by doing so, she replaces her legs with fins), and Thirsha can fly and build a tier 2 Zhon defensive structure; they also have three attack types. As units and structures are being summoned, they are formed as silhouettes which gradually materialize. While this is going on, they are immobile and vulnerable to attacks. Also, if the structure or construction unit responsible for the summoning is moved to a different task or destroyed, the silhouette will gradually lose health until it vanishes, but in the case of structures and Zhon units, summoning can be resumed in that small time window. The game features 48 missions in its singleplayer campaign, which are played in succession and give player control over different factions in different points of the storyline. As was the case with the original Total Annihilation the developers released new freely downloadable units on the official website after release."
35159,Smashing Drive,Smashing Drive NYC - II x M,2000,5.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,North America,"Smashing Drive puts you in the driver's seat of an insane, outrageous taxi on the busy streets of New York City. Your job is to simply race from point to point in the fastest time possible. The key to success in Smashing Drive lies in two features: crazy power-ups and hidden shortcuts. Almost all of the power-ups transform your taxi in some way that allows you to smash your way through traffic with ease. And the shortcuts usually involve crashing through the insides of buildings, like movie theaters and sports arenas."
35161,Backgammon Royale,,1990,6.3,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Backgammon Royale is a simple computerized version of the classic board game of chance & skill called ""Backgammon"". Backgammon Royale lets the player choose between two styles of play (aggressive or defensive), and also select the game speed between three parameters (fast, medium or slow). The game has a save/load option that gives the player the opportunity to continue the game later."
35170,Towers II: Plight of the Stargazer,,1995,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Towers II: Plight of the Stargazer a single-player, single-character, first-person RPG, is the sequel to Towers which was released for the Falcon system. This game begins where the first one left off - you and your party are shipwrecked on the island of Lamini. The crew has spent several months making repairs to their ship, but before they are able to leave the Sheriff of Lamini pleads for help. It seems that one of the island's highest ranking council members, the wizard Lord Daggan, has completely lost his senses. All sorts of strange and unusual things have been happening. He has been ranting and raving, blowing things up, and digging up the corpses of dead mystics. Daggan has remained locked up inside his castle and no one sent to confront him has been heard from since. So naturally you accept the quest. Begin by selecting a character from the four available: Merton, the wizard; Tasler, the boy; Andros, the circus performer; or Gerand, the fighter. Then roll until you get the statistics you like for Strength, Intelligence, Wisdom, Dexterity and Constitution. Each of the characters has his own specialty. The entire game takes place within Daggan's tower. There are 11 floors, which you can move between freely via stairs, teleporters, and the occasional levitation through a hole in the floor. There are no shops for buying and selling, so you must use what you find in the castle. As you progress through the levels, various mini-quests present themselves (charging an artifact, forging a sword, for instance). Most puzzles have been designed so they can be solved two different ways. Music plays throughout the game and the sounds of doors opening and closing, your footsteps, monster footsteps, etc. can be heard."
35172,Motocross Mania,,2000,5.5,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Motocross Mania is a motorcycle racing sim. It features tricks in the style of the Tony Hawk series of games, and includes Motocross, Supercross, Baja and Freestyle modes of play. The game features realistic physics, although no damage modeling. It has 20 different venues, from arenas to outdoor tracks, covering 12km/sq of area. With the 3D engine, you get many of the camera angles used in flight sims, and it supports the top hat switch on joysticks. The game has a career mode, a straight racing mode, and a single player freestyle mode available."
35173,Mad Mix Game,"Jugar, The Pepsi Challenge",1988,7.1,Action,Arcade,,"Mad Mix is a Pac-Man variant, with a typical bird's eye view for each level and pellets you must eat in order to get to the next stages. Navigate the maze you're trapped in and gobble up food while trying to avoid the ghosts that are chasing you. As a Pac-Man variant, there are some changes made to distinguish itself. Some levels offer transformative powers. These include being turned into a hippopotamus - which allows you to step on ghosts - and a vacuum cleaner - to clean up pellets corrupted by a wandering enemy. On some levels, you can also briefly turn the protagonist into a spaceship or a tank, where you can shoot ghosts from a fixed vantage point. As with most arcade titles at the time, there is no true ending; the game loops back to the first level when you finish the last one."
35180,Sanxion,Sanxion: The Spectrum Remix,1986,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Sanxion is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up where you fight your way through wave after wave of colourful enemies, using a futuristic looking aeroplane. The screen is divided in two, with one third at the top of the screen showing a bird's eye panoramic view of the surroundings and your plane, and the two thirds at the bottom showing the actual battlefield. The scrolling speed is controlled by the player, as the scrolling slows down when the plane nears the left side of the screen, and picks up speed as the plane moves towards the middle. The game does not feature any end bosses or power-ups, instead the player is treated to a non-lethal bonus stage after each completed level, where the aim is to shoot, collect or avoid obstacles in a race against time."
35186,Formula 1,Formel 1,1996,8.0,Racing / Driving,,Oceania,"Formula 1 was the first of Sony's official FIA-licensed Formula 1 games. All the cars, teams and circuits of the 1995 season are recreated in millimetric detail. Variable game modes and camera angles are included. To widen the game's appeal, it includes optional helpers such as automatic braking. The game contains a rock soundtrack including tracks by Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, and commentary from UK TV legend Murray Walker."
35187,Industrial Spy: Operation Espionage,"Espion-Age-Nts, I-Spy: Operation Espionage",1999,5.7,Strategy / tactics,,,"Blending the stealth, RTS, and RPG genres, Industrial Spy has the player leading a team of superspies (Espion Agents, part of the Blitzstrahl corporation) infiltrating various locales like museums, a military installation, and even a German-style castle full of traps. Each of the agents has his own specialties, like computer hacking, rollerblading, handguns, etc. Gameplay is like a regular real-time strategy game, with the player acting in the role of commander without taking a direct hand in anything. Give the agents orders and try to keep an eye on all of them as they carry them out. Each agent's skills can be upgraded after missions. Keep them out of sight of guards, spring traps on them, or engage them in hand-to-hand or ranged combat."
35196,Championship Manager 2,"Presidente, Scudetto",1995,6.5,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"CM2 is a football (known as soccer to some of you) management sim. Released fall 1995 as the successor of a fine line of various versions of the original Championship Manager, CM2 soon established itself as the benchmark game for football management sims. And it's still highly popular. Despite the fact that the game consists purely of statistics and tables and no graphics at all, it's extremely addictive, and you cannot avoid not getting hooked if you're a footie fanatic. Boasting endless features and an enormous depth, CM2 is just like managing an own, personal football team from the comfort of your own living room. Literally every famous and semi-famous player from all around the globe is featured, and it's of course possible to transfer players to and from your squad in your neverending quest for the ultimate line-up. The game is controlled by solely using the mouse, and the menus don't contain icons or any flashy graphics -- it rather goes for informative and in-your-face text boxes, CM-style. During matches, explanatory text explains you what happens through use of the same text boxes, and you can of course modify your team just like you want to, and use the tactics of your choice. If you find that playing with only the English and Scottish leagues somewhat weakens your interest, you'll be pleased to discover that several foreign add-ons or stand-alone games are available. Once you get addicted, you'll find that you'll spend enormous amounts of time in front of your pc, and you'll get somewhat disappointed when you discover that it's impossible to play any further than 2025. Trust me, I've been there."
35197,San Francisco Rush 2049,,1999,7.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Unlike the previous San Francisco Rush titles, this racing game is set in the future. The same rules apply though, get to the finish before everyone else while avoiding massive crashes and taking as many shortcuts as possible. Along with the usual race style, you now have the ability to fly, allowing you even more speed, stunts and shortcuts to the finish line. While the tracks themselves include moving ramps and switches to other shortcuts. Modes include time trials, stunt mode including unique track designs to get the most out of your stunts, and a four player 'Battlematch' mode that adds weapons to the action."
35203,Front Page Sports: Baseball '94,,1994,7.2,"Simulation, Sports",,,"The first Baseball game developed under Dynamix's ""Front Page Sports"" brand name. This one delivers an equally balanced team-management and statistically accurate experience based on the 1994 Major League season. You can play head to head, or vs the computer in single games, full seasons or career mode, in which players age, improve, decline, retire, etc. You can perform amateur drafts drawing talent from colleges at the beginning of each season, etc. Statistically speaking the game includes enough statistics to satisfy the most eager stats-fan, and though it only comes with 1994's stats, the game comes with a separate program that allows you to modify or create new players. Available in both Floppy and CD version."
35212,Super Kick Off,"Kick Off, Pro Soccer",1991,7.0,Sports,,,"Super Kick Off is an enhanced developed version of the popular football game developed by Dino Dini for consoles. It includes 40 teams (16 national and 24 club), along the ability to edit club team names and shirts and player names and looks. Game modes include friendlies, Domestic League and Cup (composed by eight English teams), European League (16 European teams) and International cup (eight team tournament). Training allows to practice free kicks, penalties or to pass, shoot and dribble without opposition. Players can compete head to head, or play cooperatively against the computer in the same team. Other game options include player speed, wind and grass cut, along the typical half length, offside rules, extra time and difficulty setting. All changes, from team edits to options, are stored in the cartridge internal memory. About the game itself, it was one of the most popular of the time, featuring a top-down view with the ball not sticking to the players' feet being the most prominent gameplay feature."
35216,Jane's Combat Simulations: F-15,"F-15 Strike Eagle IV, F-15: Letecké Eso",1998,8.0,Simulation,,"Contemporary, Middle East","Take the F-15E (Strike Eagle) and own the sky! Instant action gives you quick adrenaline fixes, while training missions teaches you the basics. When you're ready, wage war over authentic terrain of Iraq and Iran, over 3 million square miles! 3D accelerated visuals will amaze you! Radio chatter, authentic F-15 squadrons, missions based on actual Desert Storm sorties, and ability to play online on Jane's Combatnet are all in this ground-breaking package!"
35218,Atlantis: The Lost Tales,"Atlantis Zapomniane Opowieści, Atlantis. Los Cuentos Perdidos, Atlantis: A Lenda Perdida, Atlantis: Das sagenhafte Abenteuer, Atlantis: De Verloren Legende, Atlantis: Det Försvunna Riket, Atlantis: Secrets d'un Monde Oublié, Atlantis: Segreti d'un mondo perduto",1997,6.9,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"The advanced city design of Atlantis shows that a fully-fledged society must've functioned there, and this adventure game brings it to life. Queen Rhea is the leader who is under threat, and young Seth is the character you control as he aims to save the day. How can he know who to trust, and who has their own agenda in this complex world? The world of Atlantis is displayed in fully-rotational full-screen 3D comprising of millions of polygons and full lip-synching using a proprietary system. Listen out for sounds of danger - sometimes they are the first warning you get. There are 5 different continents to explore, and each has its own cultures. In total there are 50 characters you will interact with, and puzzles using an inventory system. Save points are limited by the game."
35220,Altaïr,,1987,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this top-down arcade shooter you are a pilot of space craft, breaking through a strongly defended enemy space station somewhere near Altair. Enemy guns are set either behind the indestructible borders or in free positions. All of them are shooting at you in certain directions. Flying on a scrolling playscreen, you may move in four directions and shoot towards you. You should avoid the enemy bullets and blocking structures to do not to be killed. The bosses appear in certain parts, where screen-scrolling mode stops until the boss will be eliminated. On your way 12 saving points will mark the positions, from where you'll restart after losing one of your lives. You should keep your energy level, shooting certain energy cells to increase it. Also you should shoot a combination of four letters ""FIRE"" to upgrade your weapon to 2nd level, or 4 items of square to add some kind of missiles for you possession. Finishing your way after 12th saving point, you'll be transferred to the initial starting position with all points, energy, and missiles, but without weapon upgrade."
35225,Clever & Smart,Mortadelo y Filemon,1987,6.0,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Clever & Smart is an action game with puzzle elements, based on the Spanish comic book series Mortadelo y Filemón The two protagonists are special agents and in this game they need to find Dr. Bakterius who was kidnapped by the competing agency OMA. The main part of the game takes place on the city map which is shown from a top-down perspective (except persons, cars and trees). Here the protagonists need to explore the city and its sewers to find hints on Bakterius' location. However, there are many locations where Clever & Smart need to have certain items in their possession to proceed. For example to enter some houses Clever needs to use one of his trademark disguises or in the sewer they can tap telephone phone line with the right tools. Another important resource is money which is used to buy items, disguises and food. The latter is essential for survival because a hunger value constantly rises when the heroes don't eat. Money is either earned by illegal activities like burglary or forging checks or by playing mini games like flipping coins or a snail race (Clever participating himself in disguise)."
35228,Die Rache der Sumpfhühner,,2000,5.0,Action,Shooter,,"Die Rache der Sumpfhühner is a game very similar to Moorhuhn In five backgrounds, e.g. in the mountains or under water, the player shoots on everything that moves. Most targets are ""Sumpfhühner"" (swamp chickens) which are flying from left to right. Every shot animal gives an certain amount of points depending on their size; other targets give negative points and should be avoided. After a fixed amount of time the points are counted and if the player was successful enough he proceeds to the next level (15 per background). The catch of the game is that the swamp chickens have guns too and shoot the player for negative points. Also the player can choose between different weapons."
35232,Eye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth Drannor,EOB3,1993,6.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"This is the third and the final part of Eye of the Beholder trilogy. While boasting of their exploits in the the previous game the party is approached by a man with a tale of a dangerous lich who threatens the surrounding area. Without hesitation the party agrees to deal with the lich, and the mysterious man teleports them into yet another adventure. The game is more or less the same as the predecessors, the battles play out in the same way as in previous entries. Characters can fight mano-a-mano, or they can throw things, weapons, arrows, etc. Open spaces have been added to the game as well as the ability for the entire party to attack at once. New high level monsters, spells, and equipment can be found as well."
35233,Rackets & Rivals,,1993,5.5,Sports,,,"Rackets & Rivals is a typical tennis game in which the player controls an athlete on the court. A variety of actions like volley or lob can be performed by pressing buttons with the correct timing in relation to the ball movement. Besides a tournament with several matches against more and more experienced opponents and the training mode, the player can also participate in a free match. Here the match parameters can be set beforehand, e.g. the court surface or the number of sets (one or best of three). One special feature is that the player can complain to the referee."
35235,Sergei Bubka's Millennium Games,"Carl Lewis Athletics 2000, PC Atletismo 2000",2000,6.3,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Sergei Bubka's Millennium Games is a multi-event Olympic game, composed of nineteen events: 100m, 200m, 400m, 110m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles, Relay 4x100, Relay 4x400, 800m, 1500m, 3000m Steeple Chase, 5000m, Long Jump, High Jump, Triple Jump, Pole Vault, Javelin, Discus, Shot-put and Hammer. There are four play options:* Team Arcade: in this mode, the player chooses to lead a national team among the ten available, to compete over nineteen events. The objective is to obtain the maximum number of medals, and in order to compete the athletes must first pass a qualification level. Each team has 8 athletes with different event specializations. The player can choose name and gender, as well as the difficult level. After selecting the team, the player has to choose an event to compete. At first just one event of each category (sprinting, long-distance, jumping and throwing) will be available. If the player wins a bronze or silver medal, one more event will be open. A gold medal will open two more events. Besides controlling the athlete, the player has to control the training team, composed by a coach, a manager and a physician. Each one has his own screen, with different controls on it. The coach screen is where the player plans the athlete's training regime, gaining points by training at the events. The physician screen shows the atlhete's physical status, allowing the player to cure injuries by spending points on the area of injury. The manager screen is where the player chooses the competitions in which the athlete is going to take part. Free Play: in this mode, the player can freely choose to compete in any of the nineteen events. Multiplayer: in this mode, up to 8 players can compete though a LAN, or 2 players can compete in split screen mode. The players participate in a championship with the chosen events from the nineteen available. There are two control methods available: keyboard/gamepad and Mouse Driven Power (or MDP). The keyboard/gamepad method consists in frantic alternate key tapping to generate power for the athlete. The MDP consists in a single handed control method: a rotating red and green circle with a blue arrow at the bottom center appears under the athlete's feet. In order to gain speed, for instance, the player must hold the left mouse button while the green section of the circle passes under the blue arrow. Keeping the button pressed while the red section passes causes the athlete to loose speed. The second mouse button is usually used to jump or throw objects. The game has 5 different camera modes, available only in long jump/triple jump and running events. The field events have only one camera mode. There is also a Replay mode, used to watch videos recorded when the player wins a gold medal or breaks a world record."
35237,W-Ring: The Double Rings,,1990,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"W Ring is a horizontally scrolling shooter in which the player sits in a space ship and shoots a lot of enemies, preferably without being hit by their deadly shots or touch. There are six levels which also scroll slightly up and down and end with a big end boss. Some of those levels are a bit gimmicky, e.g. one level has a lot of water movement in the background which makes it harder to keep an overview and level five is a fast scrolling maze system in which the player needs to take the correct paths to avoid dead ends (and therefore certain death). Of course there are also power ups to collect: depending on their colour, they stand for a different weapon system (overall five) like lasers or rings which circle around the ship and make it harder to crush against the environment. Collecting multiple symbols of the same colour upgrades the current weapon up to two times. The game features three difficulty levels and a rapid fire option."
35239,Zanac,Zanac A.I.,1986,7.6,Action,Shooter,,"Millennia ago, a device known as The System was created by an ancient alien race. This device was told to contain ultimate knowledge and wisdom; however, only those aware of its secrets could hope to choose the right approach towards it. Should The System be accessed the wrong way, it would transfer itself into an instrument of immense destruction. Human beings took that risk, and were punished: The System activated its defense mechanism, and used its weapons against the human race. Years have passed, and the humans managed to learn the techniques contained within The System. Now only one task was left: to shut down The System itself... Zanac A.I. is a 2D vertically scrolling shooter. You are flying the fighter AFX-6502 Zanac, a space ship built by 256 Riot Fleet as man's last hope against total annihilation. On board are special weapons to help you blast your way through twelve screens of enemy creatures and destroy The System's home base. Zanac is divided into 12 ""areas"", which look like planets. The various locations range from deserts to jungles and from oceans to industrial zones. The game has many different types of enemies. Its artificial intelligence program can intensify the action based upon your level of skill. The better you are, the more powerful The System is. The behavior of the randomly approaching enemies is based on factors such as the position of your ship on the screen, the place you last died, etc. The shooting speed of regular enemies and bosses varies as well. At the end of each area (level) you'll have to fight the area boss. Area bosses are mainly presented large, screen-filling bunker bases consisting of gun turrets and a ""core"". You also have limited time for fighting against the area boss; running out of time could lead to failure in entering the next stage, and penalty of more and more enemies attacking."
35244,Blasto,,1998,6.6,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The evil alien ruler Bosc has conquered the planet Uranus with the ultimate goal of destroying the Earth. His army is kidnapping and enslaving the Space Babes to ensure future world dominance. Captain Blasto, the not particularly bright but very muscular superhero, must travel to Uranus and free the Space Babes, while defeating Bosc's minions. Blasto is a third-person shooter with platforming elements. The protagonist can use various firearms to dispose of the alien enemies. Many fights are scripted, as aliens teleport around the hero when certain events are triggered. Different weapons must be used in different situations to gain the upper hand."
35245,Tank Commander,,1995,6.7,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"Tank Commander claims to be a full featured tank war simulator with the latest telemetry and statistics of real battle tanks. However, in many ways it remains an arcade tank game to the core. Tanks move faster than in reality, there are ammunition recharges and other niceties to collect in the field, and the tank is equipped with a radar. 40 international combat zones are featured. The player chooses tank model (T-72, M1 Abrams, Leopard and Challenger are all available) and up to 4 wingmen, and starts blasting enemy forces to pieces. A multiplayer mode via modem or IPX is also offered. There are speech clips from your wingmen."
35256,Sonic the Hedgehog 3,Sonic 3,1994,8.4,Action,Platform,,"Dr. Robotnik's Death Egg has crash-landed on Floating Island, so called because it harnesses the power of the Chaos Emeralds to float in the air. Robotnik needs them to repair the Death Egg, so he tells the guardian of Floating Island, Knuckles the Echidna, that Sonic and Tails are there to steal them. With Knuckles tricked and trying to stop the heroes at every turn, will they be able to stop Robotnik in time? Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the third in the Sonic series of games. As with the previous games, it is a side-scrolling platformer based around speed. The basic game remains the same - players collect rings to earn extra lives, which are also used for protection, and scatter everywhere when Sonic is hurt. Sonic can jump on enemies to defeat them, and Spin Dash by holding down and the jump button, then letting go of down. New to Sonic 3 are three different types of shields - the Fire Shield (which protects you from fire but disappears if you enter water), the Water Shield (which lets you breathe underwater infinitely) and the Electric Shield (which pulls nearby rings towards you). Sonic can use extra abilities when he has these shields by pressing jump while in the air - either a horizontal fireball dash, a vertical bubble bounce, or an electric double jump. If Sonic has no shield active, he can activate a brief energy shield, also by pressing jump in the air. Tails cannot use the shields' special abilities, but he can instead either fly or dog paddle (in water) for a limited time. He can also carry Sonic with him while doing so. There are now two types of bonus stages - one is available by collecting 50 or more rings, running past a checkpoint lamppost and then jumping into the stars (as you could in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 This stage give you the chance to earn bonus rings, lives and power-ups. In this stage, there is a giant gumball machine. By hitting the crank, you'll spit out a bonus item that can either be rings, lives or bonus shields. The stage is over when you fall down the bottom of the screen. The other, more important, Special Stage can be accessed by jumping into giant rings that are hidden away in secret areas in each level. In these stages, you must collect all the blue spheres while avoiding the red ones (which end the stage early). Collecting all of the outer blue spheres around square or rectangle sphere formations will turn them all into rings - if you collect 50 or more in this stage, you can earn a continue. Once you collect all the blue spheres in the stage, it clears and you earn one of the seven Chaos Emeralds. Sonic 3 features six different Zones, which are made up of two Acts. At the end of each Act is a boss that must be defeated to complete the stage and rescue Sonic's animal friends that Robotnik has captured to turn into Badnik robots. The zones in Sonic 3 are approximately three times bigger than those in Sonic 2 and feature multiple, branching paths. As with Sonic 2 there is a two-player Vs. Mode, which plays in a split-screen horizontal style. There are special monitor pick-ups in this mode which do things like swap player positions, lose rings, or cause a Badnik to appear. You can also race against the clock in a time trial mode."
35261,Citadel,Cytadela,1995,7.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A revolt on a distant prison island must be foiled by you in this first-person shoot ‘em up. Reaching the control room will suffice, but a further challenge of finding the six pieces of a hidden bomb can be undertaken if you’re brave. The game features texture-mapped visuals and a variable screen size, making it suited to anything from a humble A500 (most Doom-style games needed at least an A1200) or a well-accelerated machine. The prison complex is on several levels, with teleporters linking different sections, and the chance to reach the final control room via several different paths. You don’t get a weapon at the start of the game, and ammunition is in shorter supply than usual, meaning that you can’t just shoot randomly and hope for the best. Another way of killing people off is to set them on fire"
35263,Elf,,1991,7.4,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Cornelius the Elf was living peacefully in a forest with his sweetheart Elisa. However, an evil creature known as Necrilous the Not-Very-Nice kidnapped Elisa and disappeared with her. Cornelius must embark on a perilous journey to rescue the love of his life. Elf is a platform action game with light adventure elements. Cornelius is armed with a ring that fires projectiles at enemies. During the course of the game he can collect herbs and animals (called ""pets""), which can be traded in shops for upgrades such as stronger attacks, extra speed, magic spells, or devices such as a flying machine. In addition, certain segments require the player to communicate with NPCs populating the game world and fulfill their requests, usually by obtaining specific items for them. The game keeps track of the player character's behavior, assigning the player a rating and affecting the ending scene depending on the protagonist's actions, which mainly involve killing or sparing the lives of the game's non-hostile characters. The protagonist's health is measured in hearts and lives, which can be replenished or increased. The player can save the game between stages."
35265,Deliverance: Stormlord II,,1990,6.8,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"As in Stormlord you must rescue as many fairies as possible, on this occasion by catching them out of the sky as they fall. This isn't as easy as it sounds, because this scrolling platform shooter has many sections in which the fairies are falling towards fiery pits, and you must catch them without hitting this pit. The controls allow you to jump, and then jump again while falling, so you can, with effort, climb most of the way up the screen. The forces of the Black Queen are out to stop you, including spiders, bats and goblins, and even the clouds and stalactites on the ceilings launch deadly droplets of distilled doom. A bonus level is offered sporadically, allowing you to collect coins for extra lives - although you start with 9, you'll need them, as the levels are long and treacherous."
35266,Hydlide,"EggConsole Hydlide PC-8801, Hydlide Special",1984,5.1,Action,Action RPG,Fantasy,"An evil demon named Varalys casts a curse upon the princess Ann, turning her into three fairies. You control Sir Jim and set out to find the fairies, and then slay Varalys. Only by vanquishing Varalys can the curse be lifted. Once the princess is restored the kingdom will be saved. Hydlide is an action game with strong role-playing elements. The player has to explore vast wilderness areas, descending into dungeons and eliminating enemies on the way. Combat system is similar to the one implemented in Ys series : attacking enemies requires the player to ""bump"" into them, at the same time preventing them from attacking the playable character from the sides and the back. The player can change between defensive and offensive stances by pressing a single button. Magic spells can also be used to dispose of the enemies. The player character grows stronger and gains better parameters as he advances in the game."
35279,Shock Wave,Shock Wave: Invasion Earth: 2019,1994,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2019 and the alien invasion is here. In a surprise attack, the aliens decimate Earth's military forces. Mankind's only hope is the surviving orbital space carrier Omaha and its squadron of F-177 pilots. As the young and inexperienced member of the squadron, it is your job to drive the aliens from the planet. From the cockpit of your F-177 fighter, you can destroy the aliens who attack in vehicles like large walkers or quick and small aircraft. Use your lasers or missiles, but watch your ammunition and fuel and refill them from a supply depot if needed. The ten missions take you all over the globe, from Cairo to Los Angeles to the Congo. Between missions, live-action cutscenes continue the story."
35283,NHLPA Hockey '93,,1992,7.8,Sports,,,"The second part in Electronic Arts' hockey series. It features the NHLPA license (so it has real player names), but not the NHL license (so it doesn't have NHL team names). Gameplay is altered only slightly over the predecessor. Regular season and Playoff modes are available. Goalies have improved AI, there are more foul play options and the game now features detailed statistics."
35291,Karting Grand Prix,,1988,5.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"With 8 circuits to race on against 2 opponents (one of which can also be human-controlled), this racing game is viewed from above and resembles Super Sprint and early budget-price imitations such as Grand Prix Simulator Tracks can be raced in the wet, dry or on ice - don't forget to alter the tyre selection to suit. Contact with other cars weakens these tyres and can eventually cause punctures. Each race is of a varying number of laps depending on the track's length and complexity. Sound effects have been sampled, giving the game a realistic sound unusual at the time."
35309,Fight Night,,1985,6.5,"Action, Sports",Arcade,,"Fight Night is a boxing game in which players box 11 different opponents on the way to the final match with the champ, Bronx Bomber. Each boxer has unique strengths and weaknesses, along with one specialised ""super punch"". There are four different modes of play; the single-player Main Event and the multi-player Tournament (on disk/cartridge versions only), and also Training and Sparring modes. Players can also create their own boxer, setting the appearance and abilities."
35318,Demolition Man,,1994,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Fighting, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Demolition Man is a game based on the 1993 movie by the same name. You play as John Spartan (Sly Stallone); thawed out from cryo-prison into a peaceful, Utopian future. Your task is to capture your nemesis, the psychopathic Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes), who has freed himself from prison and is wreaking havoc around town. The 3DO version adopts a unique multimedia approach to the concept of a movie tie-in. Cutscenes and clips from the film are used when appropriate, but Stallone and actual props from the film (such as his uniform) were also brought in to shoot bluescreen clips specifically for the game. Stallone is placed inside the CD environments, setting up the coming gameplay sequences, which loosely act as an expanded ""director's cut"" of events in the film. The game follows the key points of the movie's plot across five missions (with a handful of levels each). Levels mimic most major sequences from the film, with additional ones inspired by. Four distinct game types show up as you progress through the plot: Shooting Gallery sequences present a static screen with enemies popping up from behind cover. Hidden icons grant additional health or special bullet types. Either the standard controller or lightgun peripheral can be used here. Hand-to-Hand sequences present a side view of you and Phoenix brawling as in a standard fighter. Blocks, sweeps, and high and low attacks are mixed up to break through your opponent's defense and wear out his energy. First Person Shooter sequences place you in a maze of tunnels with numerous patrolling enemies. You have infinite ammo to quickly dispatch them. A tracking device can be displayed to show the general direction of Phoenix. Defeating him ends the level. The Driving sequence occurs once and has you chasing Phoenix as he tries to flee in a stolen police cruiser. Avoid the other cars and hit power-up lanes to gain an advantage. Progress is saved with a password system, and victory or defeat both earn you one of a few special messages from Sly."
35319,Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise,,1993,7.4,"Adventure, Educational",,,"Fatty Bear must help the other toys prepare a surprise party for Kayla. He must find the ingredients for a cake and then make it, find the missing letters for the happy birthday sign and blow up some balloons among other things. The game also includes bowling and piano minigames. This is an adventure game designed for children aged 3-8 that uses an enhanced version of the SCUMM engine originally developed for Maniac Mansion by Ron Gilbert who is Project Leader, Producer, Co-Designer and one of the interpreter programmers for this title."
35331,Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire,Star Wars: Teikoku no Kage,1996,7.5,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire tells the story of Prince Xizor's quest to replace Darth Vader as the leader of the Sith, and wipe out the Rebels' chances of victory. The only man that can stop him is the interstellar bounty hunter Dash Rendar. The game is based on the novel of the same name, with locations including ice planet Hoth, Mos Eisley and the sewers of Imperial City, all in full 3D. Levels each have very different objectives, ranging from piloting snowspeeders on Hoth and racing speeder bikes on Tatooine to shooting stormtroopers and droids on foot throughout the galaxy. Dash primarily uses a blaster with unlimited ammo, but can also find more powerful weapons with limited ammunition. Each level has optional ""challenge points"" that are hidden throughout the level, and finding all of them will unlock a cheat dependent on which difficulty setting the save file is on."
35340,Psycho Chaser,,1990,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Space year X2981Y. Earth has developed battle androids to fight bloodless wars. A new battle android called ""Aura"" was developed and sent into battle, and seemed to be leading its country to victory. However, Aura broke free of human control and revolted against the Earth, taking control of the other androids and starting a war against humanity. In a last ditch effort, humanity developed one more android, stronger than any before and imbued with the wishes of humanity, dubbed ""Psycho Chaser."" It is making its assault on Aura's stronghold to end the war. Psycho Chaser is a vertically-scrolling sci-fi shooter. The player takes control of the titular battle android. There are multiple weapons which can be picked up and freely switched between, and also power-ups which allow for weapon and energy upgrades between stages."
35345,Kenseiden,Hwarang-ui Geom,1988,7.6,Action,Platform,Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval),"In Kenseiden you play Hayato, a fearless samurai warrior. You must get back the stolen swords and scrolls, and defeat the evil waiting in the Black Castle! Kenseiden is a one-player game that comprises of sixteen levels. Each of the levels are side-scrolling, with bamboo houses or dark, haunted caves as their backdrop. These levels see Hayato beseigned by ghosts, skeletons, and other spirits of the supernatural. On his side is his curved sword, which he can swish at will against the monsters. If Hayato comes in contact with a monster, he will lose some life. At the end of each level, you will have to fight a warlock or one of their henchmen. More often than not, there is a hut with a sealed door, but the door is not unlocked unless a warlock or henceman is defeated. You gain a new special power whenever you recover a scroll from them. These special powers range from high jumping to the ability to whirl your sword around like a windmill."
35347,Clash at Demonhead,Dengeki - Big Bang!,1989,7.2,Action,Metroidvania,,"Professor Plum and his designs for the ""doomsday device"", DEAD END have been taken by the diabolical LAWBREAKERS - a sinister group dedicated to the destruction of mankind. It's only a matter of time before the device is assembled and the final countdown begins. As Sergeant Billy ""Big Bang"" Blitz of the special Assault Brigade for Real Emergencies(S.A.B.R.E) your mission is to foil the LAWBREAKERS plan. To do this, you must find the shortest route to the summit of Demonhead mountain, where the professor is being held. Rescue the professor and save the world from total destruction. This is a ""typical"" sidescroller with Role playing elements. the various enemies you meet with leave behind cash which can then be used to buy equipment. You'll need a diving suit to swim underwater, a jetpack to get to those hard to reach areas and don't forget the shop card that can be used to call the shop no matter where you are."
35351,Heavy Nova,,1991,5.0,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In an era of frequent alien attacks, the Earth has a unified Government, which relies on a line of cyborgs known as the Heavy Dolls for defense. The greatest of these are known as the Heavy Nova, a title earned by passing a rigorous training regime. You are taking on the simulated proving grounds, which are split into two styles of alternating action. In the first you must progress (initially purely horizontally, though later with vertical flick-scrolling as well) through a hostile environment of enemies, bombs and traps, gaining points for doing it quickly and with lots of energy left. Initially you can fly and kick as needed. Once this section is complete, you move on to one-on-one combat of the Street Fighter 2 style. The early foes have far less energy than you begin with. As you progress through the game, you are awarded extra attacking moves, in a manner similar to Brutal: Paws of Fury"
35353,Bounces,,1986,7.2,"Action, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Bounces is a futuristic sports game. Two players (one of which can be computer-controlled), compete against each other in order to earn points. Each game consists of two halves of 90 seconds each, one from each side of the screen. The winner is simply the player with the most points at the end. There are two ways of earning points. The first is to catch the bouncing ball that bounces around the arena and throw it through the goal slots on the opponent's side of the screen. The further into the opponent's half of the screen the slot is, the more points it is worth, but the more difficult it is to get the ball into; particularly as each player is attached to their side of the screen by a wire. The second way to earn points is to knock the other player down, either with characters' fists or with the ball. Being knocked down reduces stamina, as does straying too far into the other player's side of the screen or colliding with the wall each player is attached to. If either player runs out of stamina they are unresponsive until they recover."
35355,Stargate,"Defender II, Stargate: The Arcade Superstar!",1981,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Save the humanoids from the impending aliens in the sequel to Defender The task is still rescuing humanoids before Landers can turn them into Mutants, while avoiding and shooting other foes, however you must now carry humanoids to safety through the Stargate of the title. Entering this Stargate not only warps you to the nearest humanoid in jeopardy, but can also warp you ahead (while on the first 15 levels) if you enter it with 4 or more humanoids, and give you extra lives if you warp with 10 humanoids, so there is a trade-off between guaranteeing the safety of existing humanoids, and trying to advance your position. There are more enemies on screen than ever before. The Inviso button makes you invisible to enemies, but also to yourself, so you will have to follow your bullets to work out where on the screen you are."
35358,Flight Unlimited III,,1999,7.5,Simulation,,North America,"Looking Glass ' third installment of their civilian flight simulations, Flight Unlimited series Seattle is the main region that's modelled for the game. And if you already own Flight Unlimited II you are able to fly its San Francisco scenery in addition. You can also visit eight western locations (but not very detailed ones) like Los Angeles, Yosemite or Grand Canyon. Flight Unlimited III adds to its content many new user-flyable air crafts (Beechjet 400A, Fokker DR 1, etc.) as well as a strong weather system (including thunderstorms, ice and snow) and an improved air traffic control. Besides, the game features lots of challenges, scenarios and flight training tutorials... all in a very enhanced game engine. It comes with Looking Glass Flight Editor (FLED) in which you can place objects to Flight Unlimited 's virtual world (try to complete the Western U.S. with your creations!)."
35364,Mighty Hits Special,,1999,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Western,"Mighty Hits Special is a shooting gallery game compatible with the Konami Justifier, and the gameplay and stages are very similar to Point Blank in theme and presentation. The game has a cartoony wild west theme throughout the cut scenes and menu screens. It is a follow-up to Mighty Hits although it is in large part exactly the same game. One or two players compete in a series of mini games, which last about 20 or 30 seconds each. The rules of the mini games are displayed before each round. In general players have complete objectives and puzzles by shooting at targets. After each round a results screen shows if the objectives were completed or failed. Failing a round and the player loses a life feather, lose all feathers and the game is over. There are 3 courses to select from, represented by a blue, green and yellow tin can. There is Easy (6 mini-games), Medium (9 mini-games) and Hard (15 mini-games) and completing hard mode unlocks a black tin can for Very Hard with 18 mini-games. The game is playing in sets of 3 stages, the player has to shoot 3 cards to select the stages. The cards are quickly flipping randomly through mini-games. After 3 stages the player draws a bonus card and moves onto the next 3 stages. A bonus card might contain ""2 stage select"" where 2 of the stage cards will flip more slowly allowing the player to purposefully select a stage. There are many mini games, including shooting away parts to complete a doll, a Three Shell type game, shoot ice to free a penguin, shoot colored bells to recreate a melody, throwing balls into cups, shoot the object in the room that has changed, and in general shooting at various targets like fish, trains, bees, lights, eggs, floating lanterns, toppling pictures frames and other targets."
35368,Midwinter,,1989,8.0,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"Midwinter is set in a post-apocalyptic world, as the Earth entered a nuclear winter caused by the fall of a meteorite. The titular island has been formed in the Azores group of islands, caused by volcanic activity. The player initially controls Captain John Stark, the commander of local militia known as Free Villages Police Force (FVPF), who attempt to protect their home from the invasion of armed troops under the command of General Masters. As Stark, the player has to recruit civilians and members of FVPF in order to join forces and prevent Masters from reaching the base located in the south-eastern part of the island. Midwinter is a hybrid game that combines elements of strategy and action. The player selects and controls the 32 recruits as they attempt to protect the island within a limited amount of time. Two hours of game time are assigned to each recruit; afterwards, the strategy battle moves to the next turn. During their turns, the recruits fight enemy forces in action-oriented combat reminiscent of a first-person shooter. Specific and detailed injuries add a tactical edge to these battles. Enemy units are mostly composed of armed snow buggies, as well as supply vehicles. Eliminating a large amount of them or killing the commander of the unit usually successfully completes the mission. Terrain plays an important role in the game, as many snow-covered mountain areas are impassable, and the player must plan ahead how to advance. The player can use snow buggies, ski, and cable cars to access the goal. When recruiting characters, the player has to pay attention to their personal relationships. For example, Stark can recruit his girlfriend, but another character will refuse to join because he is in love with her and jealous of the Captain."
35372,Fightin' Spirit,,1996,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Fightin' Spirit is a one-on-one beat 'em up centred around a competition by a gang overlord to find new heavies for his organisation. Ten tough-nuts have come forward, such as Burke the squaddie and Eric the biker. Many of these have special moves in which they can turn into an animal - Tong Lee can become a tiger and Lorente a puma. Special moves are selected using a combination of joystick/pad movements followed by a tap of fire. The game can be played with or without blood, and in a turbo speed mode, with tournament and tag-team options for potential multi-player tournaments. The game supports CD32 controllers as well as one-button joysticks."
35380,Bottom of the 9th,,1999,5.6,Sports,,,"Play Exhibition and Season modes as your favorite team from the Major League Baseball. 300 real-life players, complete with a full list of stats, are included in this combination of simulation and arcade-style baseball. Along with the usual assortment of playing options, you can also play some scenario simulations: each scenario is based on a real situation occured in the MLB. For example, hit a home run with the last ball of the match, or stop a team from scoring in the final inning to complete a scenario. Traning and support for 2-player gaming are also available."
35381,Darkman,,1991,6.2,Action,"Fighting, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Now you take on the role of Darkman - master the technology of his disguising system - enter the gang of mobster Robert G. Durant and conquer them from within. Live through all the high spots of the movie - the breathtaking helicopter fight sequence - the skyscraper shoot-out - dice with death as you are plunged, swinging into the heaving freeway traffic. Source: Back of Box - Amstrad CPC (UK)"
35383,Actua Tennis,,1998,6.2,Sports,,,"Actua Tennis features the Actua Sports concept of a fully 3D environment with multiple camera views for both the action and the replays, and motion captured player actions. You can design your player and then put him to the test in a series of tournaments around the world. Drop, lob and smash shots are all on offer, as are singles and doubles matches for up to 4 human players. The former Australian tennis player Pat Cash provides the commentary."
35386,Duke Nukem: Time to Kill,Duke Raider,1998,7.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The game begins not a long time after Duke Nukem 3D Duke is relaxing in Bootylicious with a few beers and some babes when suddenly Pig Cops start trashing the place and turn his 1968 custom hog into a chopper bike. Duke trashes all the Pig Cops and then finds out that the aliens are trying to get to the past in order to take over the world before Duke was there to stop them. The game includes 28 levels in total, varying from L.A. in the present time, to the Ancient west, and the Colosseum. It also has a deathmatch mode that allows two players to wreak havoc against each other."
35389,Hat Trick,,1984,5.1,Sports,,,Hat Trick is a two-on-two hockey game. Each player controls a goalie and a skater. The object is to shoot the puck into the opposing teams goal. Each game lasts two minutes.
35390,Sir Lancelot,,1984,6.8,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"In this Manic Miner variant Sir Lancelot is exploring a castle in the hope of finding treasures. He must navigate his way through 24 platform screens (in a predefined order on the Spectrum but in any order on the Amstrad), collecting every object on each one to reveal the exit within a time limit. There are enemies on fixed attack paths to avoid - Lancelot has no weapon but can jump, and survive any length of fall. Avoiding contact is thus a case of jumping out of their way, and using lower ledges to strategically time his moves. There are sections you can freely climb but not descend, so timing and forward planning are important. Contact with any of these costs one of your four lives, and resets the screen to its starting position."
35391,Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode,Golgo 13 - Dai 1 Shou - Kamigami no Tasogare,1988,6.2,Action,Shooter,,"Golgo 13 is a traditional side-scrolling game that uses a third-person view in cutscenes. You play as Golgo 13, the greatest assassin for hire in the world. A vial of the deadliest biological weapon known to man, codenamed ""Cassandra G."", has been stolen and you need to recover it before someone uses it on the unsuspecting world."
35397,Looney Tunes B-Ball,Looney Tunes Basketball,1994,7.5,Sports,Arcade,,"The Looney Tunes work hard at Warner Bros. studios acting in cartoons for all to enjoy. It's tough work, and afterwards they just want to relax and maybe shoot a few hoops in the parking lot. Of course they can't entirely leave their wild antics inside the studio, and will certainly bring some kind of zany onto the basketball court. Looney Tunes B-Ball is a 2-on-2 Basketball game, similar to the more well known NBA Jam However, Looney Tunes is much more informal and silly, though this level of silliness is set by the player via the Wackiness Meter on the main menu. Players choose their teams from the likes of: Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Wile E. Coyote, Tasmanian Devil, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam and Marvin Martian. Each player has unique statistics for their shooting, 3-pointers, defense, stamina and speed. Once on the court, the player can pass the ball, shoot the ball, grab a burst of speed or unleash a special defensive ability or a special offensive ability.. These abilities include cream pies, time bombs, sticks of dynamite and other fun toys from the ACME Corporation. Offensive Abilities must be ""bought"" by collecting gems and other items which occasionally show up on the basketball court."
35399,Back to the Future Part II & III,,1990,4.8,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Back to the Future Part II & III is a platform game based on the movies of the same name. The object of the game is to collect misplaced objects from various time periods like 1955, 1985 and 2015, and bring them back to their proper time period and location. The game often requires the player to solve a small puzzle to figure out what item fits the location he has found."
35400,1nsane,Insane,2000,7.5,Racing / Driving,,,"1NSANE is an off-road racing game specially designed for multiplayer play. It's the first game to support Codemasters ' multiplayer network where players can challenge each other for a game and gain points for a global ranking. The game has unique game modes never seen before in a racing game, like capture the flag, return the flag and destruction zone. The game doesn't have fixed damage models for the cars. Instead, each crash and collision dynamically deforms your car, depending on the point of impact and force. The damage will also affect the cars handling and top speed etc."
35401,Hoyle Word Games,,1999,7.0,Puzzle,"Board game, Mental training, Word construction",,"Hoyle and Sierra bring their familiar format to eight different word games. Some are familiar such as: anagrams, crosswords, hangman, and word searches. Speedy Racer, is a test of your typing skills. Enigma is a simple letter-substitution code-breaking game. Word Yacht resembles Boggle where you must make as many different words of all sizes (from 3 letters up to 10) plus attain specific combos. Finally, DoubleCross is somewhat like Scrabble you place your letter tiles on the board to make words and score points for each complete word you make. Partial words are allowed and can be completed later by you or another player. You can also customize the board with special spaces, such as blocking tiles and bombs. You can now create your own unique player icon with the Facemaker feature. Game options, music and backgrounds can be changed to your liking. A browsable online version of the complete Webster's New World College Dictionary is included and used by the game to determine valid words. You can play against computer opponents that make snarky comments about your gameplay or play online against other people through the Won.net servers."
35413,Fast Attack: High Tech Submarine Warfare,,1995,6.9,Simulation,,,"Command the Los Angeles nuclear powered attack submarine in missions around the world. Complete the missions objectives and preserve your command, or rest forever in Davy Jones' Locker. The entire arsenal of the 688i sub is at your command, from missiles to torpedoes, sonars to radars. You're up against mines, ships, subs, and more."
35415,Beyond Castle Wolfenstein,"A sequel to Castle Wolfenstein, Beyond Castle Wolfenstein: ""Stop the Fuehrer""",1984,7.3,Action,"Shooter, Stealth",World War II,"Your mission is to infiltrate Nazi headquarters in disguise, find the bomb agents have hidden there, and plant it outside the door to Hitler's bunker. If you go in shooting everything in sight, a guard is bound to raise the alarm and it's unlikely you'll complete the mission. Use stealth and the occassional bribe to work your way to Hitler. You might have to kill a few guards, but think before you do. Oh, and did we mention you have to escape the way you came before the bomb explodes?"
35423,U.F.O.s,"GNAP: Der Schurke aus dem All, UFO's, UFOs",1997,6.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The developers describe it as a ""Wacky Hillbilly Space Adventure Game"". You'll play the part of the alien ""Gnap"", who gets stranded on earth, his spaceship wrecked. There must be a way out of even that situation, no doubt. Your job is to find all necessary parts to repair the ship and bring the strange little guy back in the air. The game itself is a comic adventure for a mature audience. Puzzle solving often means to hit someone else over the head. Literally. Gnap's roadmates are forced into his will by some sort of remote control. Thus puzzle solving is not limited to his abilities, instead you can tell some NPCs how to help. There are some built in arcade games as well."
35426,The New Zealand Story,"Arcade Archives: The NewZealand Story, Kiwi Kraze",1988,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform","Fantasy, Oceania","One day, a kiwi tribe was having fun and games outside the zoo, only to be kidnapped by the evil-minded Leopard Seal, who plans to sell them at the black market. Fortunately, during the kidnapping process, Tiki, leader of the tribe, managed to escape the sack, and her job is to rescue Phee-Phee and the other kiwis scattered around New Zealand, and are held in cages in various locations that include Auckland, Rotorua, Waitomo Caves, Strait Cook, and Mt. Cook. If Tiki doesn't rescue a kiwi in a limited amount of time, the devil will appear and try to kill her. When Tiki reaches the outskirts of each city, except Strait Cook, there is a boss waiting to meet Tiki, and kill her by using their own choice of weapons. Also making the rescue mission difficult are several nasties that attempt to throw their own weapons, like bombs and arrows, at her. To defeat these enemies, Tiki shoots at them using her crossbow and arrows. More often than not, when Tiki shoots at enemies, they will leave behind pieces of fruit that she can pick up for points. However, it is likely that Tiki may get other weapons or the letters E, X, T, E, N, and D. Collecting all these letters will result in an extra life, and as for the weapons, they include laser shots, bombs, and fireballs. In some levels, a few areas are located further up than just left or right, and the only way that Tiki can go up is by snatching something off the enemy that gives her the ability to fly up. Other areas are underwater, and when Tiki goes underwater, her oxygen meter decreases, so she has to rise up to the surface again to restore her oxygen levels. Apart from her own weapons, Tiki is able to squirt water at enemies if she gets to the top of the water."
35429,Sim Farm,"Sim Farm: Der Geniale SimCity Ableger, Sim Farm: El Pariente Rural de SimCity, Sim Farm: SimCity's Country Cousin",1993,7.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Take control and manage a virtual farm for a local town. Game-play includes planting and maintaining crops, of which there are 24 different varieties to choose from, each with their own requirements. The buying and selling of livestock, and land, whilst competing for space with the town. Additional simulation includes changing weather systems and realistic seasons, each affecting the running of your farm."
35437,No Escape!,,1983,7.0,Action,Arcade,,"Jason has taken the Golden Fleece from the gods! They are naturally upset and have imprisoned Jason in the Temple of Aphrodite with deadly Furies running overhead. You control Jason and your goal is to eliminate all of the Furies to move on to the next level. The Furies can be destroyed if they are hit with a magical brick from the roof of the temple. You are armed with an unlimited supply of stones, throwing a stone at the roof will cause a brick to fall (be careful, you'll lose a life if you hit yourself with a falling brick instead of the Furies). When a Fury is hit by a brick it is destroyed, but if you accidentally hit a Fury with a stone then it will multiply! The Furies will also be firing at you, and you'll lose a life if hit. The game ends when you have no more lives left in reserve. Several difficulty levels are available."
35438,L.E.D. Storm,"LED Lazer Enhanced Destruction Storm, LED Storm, Mad Gear, Rally 2011: LED Storm",1988,6.7,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"By 2011, the only way to travel at top speed is on skyways build high above the ground. These become popular with boy-racers and general speed freaks pretty soon, and that's why you're aiming to hurtle across them in this arcade conversion. The road scrolls vertically, with some moderately sharp bends in a manner similar to Spy Hunter You have a jump device to clear the many jumps, or to land onto and flatten the other maniacs who line the road. You must choose which path to follow at OutRun -style forks in the road. The roads contain bonus tags including bonus points, a battering ram to make contact with other cars more effective, and energy boosts to replenish damage. If you leave the road you must replace your car onto it using a directable winch which appears at the appropriate point."
35439,Troddlers,,1992,7.6,"Action, Puzzle",,Fantasy,"Troddlers is a puzzle game in the vein of Lemmings The player takes control of an animal-like wizard who can create and remove blocks; these blocks are useful for both jumping onto and redirecting the path of the little Troddlers that you have to direct towards the exit. The tricky bit is that the Troddlers can climb walls and ceilings, following the edge of the world and the exit is often in the middle of the screen or with an obstacle in the way."
35443,Empire Soccer 94,,1994,6.8,Sports,,,"Rather than copying Sensible Soccer or Kick Off this football game features a number of comical and unrealistic touches. Although the view is top-down, the pitch is small and square, and the players appear huge on it. A range of moves including overhead kicks, trapping the ball, and quick 1-2 passes can be mastered. Before each match, your team can choose special moves to assign to each player - power shots with a crazy-big curve, super dribbling (making the ball stick to your foot), and a Barge power to push players out of the way. A full world cup tournament is offered, which up to 8 human players can partake in, as well as single exhibition matches. The action replays feature a VCR-style control."
35449,Fighting Vipers,,1995,7.6,Action,Fighting,,"Armstone City, year unknown. The Mayor decided to hold a fighting tournament with the grand finale being held on the top of the city tower, and the Vipers, young urban warriors decide to compete, each with their own goal on mind. All eight came from several backgrounds, like the hard-rocker Raxel the orphan with a burning desire to meet his father Bahn former gang leader Tokyo queen of the catwalk Grace the giant with an unknown past Sanman construction worker and former marine trainee Jane fashion designer to-be Candy and skater boy Picky plus Mahler someone with a score to settle with the Mayor. While based on the same Model-2 arcade board as Virtua Fighter 2 Fighting Vipers included several changes, such as a wall surrounding the battle area and equipping each fighter with a two-piece (chest and legs) armour that can only be broken with power hits. Once the armour is gone, the unfortunate fighter is more vulnerable to opponent hits, and damage can also be collected after hitting the wall or floor after a throw. Gameplay is also radically different from Virtua Fighter - noticeably faster, with combos done by fast button-mashing sequences sometimes on the same button, instead of the timed presses that require an additional push on the d-pad of the first title. Another new addition to gameplay is the Quick recovery, which allows a fighter that suffered a severe blow to quickly get on his feet, avoiding damage and allowing for a quick counter, but at the same time leaving him open for another blow if the opponent is fast enough. to react. Game modes include Arcade, Vs, Team Battle (best of 9) and Training. Game options allow the player to tweak the difficulty setting, number of rounds before a match winner is decided, size of life bars, if there's a time limit, if the order of opponents is random or predefined and between three game modes: Original (based on the arcade version), Arrange (gameplay tweaked for the Sega Saturn) and Hyper (allows Vipers to voluntarily drop their armour, allowing to perform special attacks at lightening fast speeds), Stage selection, and to change the disposition of the control pad to better suit the players' style. Another mode, Playback, allows to see rounds previously saved by the player or fighting demos recorded by the AM#2 staff, each with the ability to choose a camera. As usual with Sega's fighting ports, extensive bookkeeping is included, as well as a few hidden characters."
35454,Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000,Tiger Woods USA Tour 2000,2000,6.9,Sports,,,"With 8 courses and a full course architect, you will have plenty of golfing to do. Improved ball physics, improved graphics, even a full simulation mode where aiming and swinging is done for you. If you prefer to do your own ""swing"", two different swing types are there for you to choose from. All the standard variants like regular, skins, and more. Multiplayer includes LAN play, single-computer turn-based games and the online tournaments (which are no longer active)."
35461,Batman Returns,,1992,7.2,Action,Platform,,"From Sega 8-bit specialists Aspect comes one of many adaptations of Tim Burton's 1992 superhero sequel Batman Returns Like other versions, it is a side-scrolling platformer. While very similar to the Master System version the Game Gear version has slightly different levels and gameplay mechanics. Batman must move through five stages on his way to defeat the Penguin. These include the streets and rooftops of Gotham City, Max Shreck's department store, the sewers, and the Penguin's lair. For the first four levels, a route can be selected from two options, allowing for different paths through the game. Enemies standing in Batman's way can be defeated by throwing the Batarang at them, which will take out most baddies with one or just a few hits, even though the weapon's range is limited. Other tools Batman can use are a grappling hook to pull himself up to higher levels or swing across dangerous areas, and his cape, which can be used as a parachute, for more control during falls. Unlike in the Master System version, Batman can take more than one hit: he has a health bar, which can be refilled with powerups hidden in bat symbols."
35476,Metal Gear Solid,"Metal Gear Solid Integral, Tactical Espionage Action: Metal Gear Solid",1999,7.9,Action,"Shooter, Stealth",North America,"This version of Metal Gear Solid adds first-person view, a level of difficulty for newcomers, bettered artificial intelligence for some enemies (including bosses) on higher difficulty settings, and, on the third disc Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions"
35480,Plundered Hearts,,1987,7.5,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Sea pirates / Caribbean,"Plundered Hearts is a text adventure game set in the late 1600's. The player takes control of a young Englishwoman who finds out that her father is sick. In order to take care of him, she travels to the West Indies. But on the way her ship is attacked by pirates, and she is carried away by their captain. Though still determined to find and help her father, the young woman discovers that perhaps she may find romance where she least expected it."
35483,Shock Wave 2: Beyond the Gate,,1995,7.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"It has been twenty years since the invading aliens have been driven back through the jumpgate. On a planet close to the dormant gate, an alien artifact is found. When unknown aliens steal the artifact, privateer Captain Flint of the spaceship Cortez and his crew follow their ship through the jumpgate, which leaves them stranded in an unknown star system. To find their way back, they have to find the artifact and the aliens. You take control of Flint. Aboard the Cortez, you can receive messages from your crew members, scan the planets in the system for possible mission sites and select suitable weapons and equipment for the next mission. Three different craft are available for the missions: a fighter, a hovercraft, and a stationary turret used to give cover to your crewmates when they are on a mission. After completed missions, the wreckage from destroyed aliens is analyzed and used to produce better weapons and equipment. The storyline will take you through six different systems, each with a variety of missions to complete. Live-action cut-scenes continue the story."
35486,Dracula: The Resurrection,"Dracula (résurrection), Dracula Resurrection, Dracula: La risurrezione, Dracula: Voskreshenie, Dracula: Zmartwychwstanie, Dracula: Zmrtvýchvstání, Drácula, Drácula (a ressurreição), Drácula Resurección",1999,6.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"You're a young man and Dracula has done his deed to your girl. Now, you must travel to Transylvania. Once there, you'll have to scour the countryside and find a way into the castle. Once there, now you must find and defeat the evil one himself. But, before you can do that, you must face his three friends and three demons."
35487,Champions of Europe,Champions of Europe: The Official Football Game of UEFA '92,1992,6.4,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Titled as the official game of UEFA 1992, this game is an arcade top-down soccer game in which the player competes against the best European soccer teams to become the European Champion. The game includes 4 different game modes, including Goalkeeping, Penalty Practice, or the UEFA Tournament Mode. You can choose between 34 different teams to play with. Before beginning a match you can select and change many pre-play options in the main menu. Examples are the wind speed, weather or the time per half. There are 8 referees available, each one with individual behaviour. The game is controlled with 2 Buttons and the 8 directional D-Pad."
35488,On the Ball,"Anstoss, Carton Rouge: League Edition, On the Ball: League Edition",1993,7.8,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"On The Ball is a soccer manager simulation that differentiates itself from the others by its novel emphasis on the psychological aspects of the game. The game gives you, as team manager, full control over not just the strategies but even on what kind of ""pep talk"" you can give during half-time and PR moves to enhance public perception. Choose the host country, and lead your team from Qualification to World Cup in World Cup Edition and lead your English team to win the championship in League Edition. One of the unique options of the game is possibility to play up to 4 players in turns on one machine."
35489,Section-Z,Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Section Z,1985,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Arcade of Section Z differs from the NES version While the arcade game is a linear scrolling-shooter, the NES version is more open ended, where each section ends with the player deciding where to go next, and some sections are locked. These sections are unlocked by defeating mini bosses that don't appear in the arcade game. The section maps are also different with the Arcade version featuring exclusive vertical scrolling parts. Other differences include the Arcade version having one hit kills (NES version uses an energy meter) and nearly all of the enemies are different, including the bosses."
35491,Spear of Destiny,Wolfenstein 3D: Spear of Destiny,1992,7.5,Action,Shooter,"Fantasy, World War II","It's World War II and you are B.J. Blazkowicz, the Allies' most valuable agent. In the midst of the German Blitzkrieg, the Spear that pierced the side of Christ is taken from Versailles by the Nazis and secured in the impregnable Castle Wolfenstein. According to legend, no man can be defeated when he has the Spear. Hitler believes himself to be invincible with the power of the Spear as his brutal army sweeps across Europe. Your mission is to infiltrate the heavily guarded Nazi stronghold and recapture the Spear from an already unbalanced Hitler. The loss of his most coveted weapon could push him over the edge. It could also get you ripped to pieces. Spear of Destiny is a prequel to Wolfenstein 3-D It is a first-person shooter that uses the same engine and has the same gameplay, however the game is not divided into 6 separate episodes - all the levels are one long episode. The enemies and weapons are pretty much the same as in Wolfenstein 3-D Only new additions include: new bosses, a new type of enemy, and a new pickup (a large box of ammo)."
35494,Perihelion,,1993,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"The six characters under your control in this visually exotic RPG have been genetically engineered so as to be resistant to a virus which has been spread by an evil being in the futuristic land of Perihelion. The character races include Bionecrons, Symbions and various cross-breeds. The gameplay is controlled from a set of initial icons, with each character's vital statistics accessible from this screen as well as inventory, combat and travel options. Large distances can be traversed simply by issuing directions and letting the characters follow them. The cities have very detailed buildings, but there is little variety between them. Combat is a regular feature of the game, although its occurance is always planned and controlled."
35498,Cool Boarders 4,,1999,6.6,Sports,,,"The fourth title in the popular PlayStation snowboarding franchise. This time, choose from 16 pro-riders and 34 boards (or create your own rider and board). Pick one of the 30 courses and race through the course as fast as possible in the downhill event, or concentrate on pulling off big tricks in the halfpipe, slope style, and big air events. For those who want test all of their skills, there is a tournament mode where the boarder competes in all five events. The game also features multiplayer modes, and supports analogue control."
35500,Dragon's Lair,Don Bluth's Dragon's Lair,1989,6.2,Action,"Quick Time Events (QTEs), Timed input",Fantasy,"Dirk the Daring was a heroic, if clumsy knight. When Princess Daphne was kidnapped by the evil dragon Singe, and took her to his castle, Dirk set out to rescue her. Due to limitations of the computers at the time, this conversion of a coin-op arcade game, only features the first half of the game. Which consists of entering Singe's Castle and encountering the dragon. The adventures continues in the second part Dirk the Daring is controlled by the player, who views Dirk's actions on the screen from a third-person perspective. The game is reactive and players must press the right controller direction or action button at the right time to have Dirk avoid traps, defeat monsters and otherwise stay alive."
35504,V-Rally: Edition 99,V-Rally: Multiplayer Championship Edition,1998,6.7,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"V-Rally was the first Rally game to be published on the PlayStation. This ""Edition 99"" is the Nintendo 64 port of the original game, with slightly improved graphics and menus. This game offers you to race through 8 countries using one of the 12 official cars from the World Rally Championship. Each track has its own course conditions, so you will eventually have to use your skills in snow, mud, rain, gravel..."
35507,RoadBlasters,,1987,6.4,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"RoadBlasters is a futuristic racing action game. The goal is to reach the finish line in one piece throughout each of 50 levels. Numerous enemies are out on the road to try and stop you, including armored cars, motorcycles, cannons on the side of the road, landmines, and more. Your vehicle is equipped with a machine gun to help you out, and occasionally a weapons plane will fly in and drop additional power ups that can be collected. Some of these are the U.Z. canon, cruise missiles, and speed boost. Your car has a very limited amount of fuel, however more can be picked up along the way by crossing the halfway point of a level, or by collecting the red and green fuel spheres that appear in the road or after destroying certain enemies. On many levels collecting fuel is critical otherwise you won't be able to reach the finish line."
35508,Spyro the Dragon,Spyro 1,1998,7.9,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The evil Gnasty Gnorc has turned all the dragons in the Dragon Lands into crystal. He has also stolen the dragons' gems by locking them up in chests or turning them into soldiers for his army. But he forgot about one little dragon: Spyro. Now Spyro has to travel through the dragon kingdom and free all the dragons from their crystal prison, recover the dragons' gems and defeat Gnasty Gnorc. Spyro the Dragon is a 3D platform game similar to Super Mario 64 The game consists of six worlds: Artisans, Peace Keepers, Magic Crafters, Beast Makers, Dream Weavers and finally Gnasty's World. Each world consists of a home or hub area, three regular levels, one flight level and one boss level. The goal of the game is to beat Gnasty Gnorc by working your way through all six worlds. Along the way you have to find all 80 dragons, collect all 12 dragon eggs and collect as many gems as you can. Gems are found scattered throughout the levels, in treasure chests. Also, each defeated bad guy yields a gem and end bosses hold several gems. The inventory screen shows progress for each level, how many gems found and how many dragons, it also shows many there are in each level. The real challenge lies in completing every level 100%. To do this you really have to explore every nook and cranny, the last gems are usually located on hard to reach places."
35510,Star Trek: 25th Anniversary,,1992,6.6,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Ship Enterprise is on a 5 year mission: To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. While the Enterprise is investigating strange gravitational disturbances, it is drawn into a dimensional hole and ends up in unknown space with broken warp engines. Now, Captain Kirk and his crew must try to repair the ship and find a way home. Gameplay is divided into two parts, taking place on the ship's bridge and away missions. On the bridge, you can communicate with other ships, call up a map to navigate the ship (once the warp engines are fixed), enter battle mode to fight other ships (which does not happen very often), save the game or beam down to a planet's surface. These away missions make up the major part of the game and play very much like other action adventures. You can talk to aliens find and use objects, solve puzzles and fight against hostile lifeforms. Battles with other ships or on away missions are handled in simple Shoot'em Up-fashion."
35516,Speedway! / Spin-Out! / Crypto-Logic!,"Autorennen / Wirbelwind / Geheimschrift, Bilracing / Stock-Car / Krypto, Carrera / Gran Premio / Criptograma, Corsa a Cronometro / Formula Uno / Crittogramma, Course de Voitures / Autodrome / Cryptogramme, Fórmula 1! / Interlagos! / Crypto-Logic!, Grand Prix +, La Course Folle! / Tête-à-Queue! / Crypto-Logic!, Race / Spinout / Cryptogram, Speedway / Runabout / Angōkaidoku, Tidskørsel / Racerløb / Ordgætteleg",1978,5.8,"Compilation, Puzzle, Racing / Driving",Word construction,,"Three games are available in this compilation: Speedway! (selected by pressing ""1"") is a vertical scrolling racing game against the clock. The player controls the car with the joystick, pushing up to accelerate it (the longer, the faster), left and right to control direction and down to break. The faster the car goes, the higher the score. Collisions halt the score, but not the clock. The player has two minutes to run, until the race ends. There are two possible variations: (1) qualifying time trials and (2) the main event (opponent cars are twice faster). Spin-Out! (selected by pressing ""2"" for a three laps event or ""3"" for a 15 laps event) is a top-down circuit racing game. Two players race against each other for the amount of tracks selected. Four skill levels are available: clear track/slow speed, clear track/fast speed, barrier track/slow speed and barrier track/fast speed. The car is controlled with the directional stick, and the action button doubles the car speed in straightaways. If the car collides against the wall or barriers, it can break or spin out, losing time. If two cars collide, one of them will spin out. Crypto-Logic! (selected by pressing ""4"") is a puzzle game. The object is to decipher a scrambled word entered by another player. The word can have up to 14 letters. After entering the word or message, the first player presses the ""Enter"" key to scramble it. The other player has to guess the original word by typing the letters in the line below it. Letters placed in the right order will stay, wrong placed letters will be displayed for a short period of time and disappear. When the cryptogram is solved, the number of mistakes is displayed on screen."
35533,Cadash,Caddash,1989,7.0,Action,"Platform, RPG elements",Fantasy,"Trouble is in the kingdom of Dilsarl: the young, beautiful princess Salasa was abducted by the evil arch-mage Balrog. The king seeks help from the four best warriors of the country. The task is clear, but not so simple: find Balrog, destroy his evil minions and other monsters roaming the land, and rescue the princess. Cadash is a platform action role-playing game. The player chooses one of the four character classes in the beginning of the game: fighter, priestess, mage, or ninja (the Genesis version has only two characters: fighter and mage). The protagonist fights his or her way through dungeons, attacking physically or casting spells (as priestess or mage). Like in regular platform games, there are places where the player character is required to jump, duck, or climb. The protagonist gains experience for defeating monsters, and their level rises in a true RPG fashion."
35536,Rambo,,1987,5.0,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform","Asia, Contemporary","John Rambo is a Special Forces soldier that is currently spending time in military prison, until Colonel Trautman decides that Rambo is the ideal soldier to be sent on a special mission. Rambo's mission is simple, go to Vietnam and photograph the POW camp there. He is also ordered not to engage the enemy or rescue any POW’s. In Vietnam, Rambo meets his contact, Co, and she sets up the passage to the POW camp. During the mission, Rambo cannot bear just photographing the camp when he has an ample opportunity to rescue one of the prisoners. He decides to disobey orders and go for the rescue, which is when it all starts to go wrong. Rambo is a side scrolling platform game where the player controls Rambo in his mission to Vietnam. The game starts at the military base before getting sent to Vietnam. Once there, Rambo has to fight animals in the jungles, swamps, and caves like wasps, snakes, fish, tigers, bats, spiders, birds, apes and flamingos. Before making his way to the POW camp, he has to fight guards and mercenaries that can kick and shoot him, all wearing differently colored shirts depending on how powerful they are. The game also requires the player to navigate a complex map where the player has to find North and South points on the ground to go up and down levels as well as East and West by moving Rambo to the edge of the screen. There are 6 different weapons that Rambo can pick up: a knife, a throwing knife, a bow with arrows, a bow with exploding arrows, a gun, and a hand grenade. All the weapons but the knife has limited ammo which is collected from killed enemies. There are also health vials that restore health, as well as mission specific items that Rambo must find to complete some missions. The game uses password saves that can be retrieved when talking to other characters."
35537,Cyber-Lip,"ACA NeoGeo: Cyber-Lip, AkeAka NeoGeo: Cyber-Lip",1990,6.7,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"In 2020, the people of Earth has formed a colony and built an android army to defend this colony against alien invaders. Unfortunately, the Cyber-Lip Master Defense Computer decides to use this army to attack the humans in the colony. With a legion of robotic troops marching into battle against the colony, the humans are left to fend for themselves. Two soldiers have been assigned the task of taking on the mechanical army with the hopes and prayers of all humanity on their shoulders. Cyber-Lip is a 1-2 player side-scrolling game where you must fight your way through several areas, and defeat a boss at the end of each one. Along the way, you can pick up a variety of weapons along the way, and use them against the invaders. By destroying certain enemies, you receive a ""core bot"", which is a ring that surrounds you, and when this touches the invaders, they are destroyed. Time is against you. When it expires, you lose a life. Between most levels, you enter an elevator that allows you to go in whatever direction that you please: up or down. If you wait to long to make a selection, you are automatically placed in the ""Danger"" mission."
35538,Little Ninja Brothers,Super Chinese 2: Dragon Kid,1989,7.4,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Fighting,Fantasy,"Blu Boltar, lord of the Yoma clan has invaded Chinaland and captured the Emperor. Sending out a TV broadcast across the realm, Blu Boltar declares himself the ruler. Jack and Ryu are the ninja masters of Chinaland, training under their mentor at Mt. Epin. Having heard the news of the Emperor's capture they set out to defeat Blu Boltar and his Yoma Clan. Little Ninja Brothers is the second game in the Super Chinese series and the first to be a role-playing game. Players, controlling either Jack or Ryu, explore the world map in an overhead view. Random encounters with monsters will give the option to flee or to fight. During combat, gameplay resembles the first Super Chinese game where players move their character up, down, left and right... and can either punch or do a somersault jump to damage enemies. Additional power-ups, can also be found during the course of battles. Successfully defeating enemies awards experience points and Sen money. Jack and Ryu share experience points so they remain at the same level. A second player can join in at any time and share the experience level of the first player. Sen is the currency of the world and can be spent in the convenience store of each town to increase abilities and buy new weapons. Some of these include throwing stars, special martial arts techniques, swords, projectile attacks and other special powers. Towns also contain people who will give clues and information to Jack & Ryu. When bosses are encountered, the gameplay changes to a turn-based system. Each turn, commands are given to Jack & Ryu, which include usage of special items and skills acquired during the game, who then perform actions based on those commands. The enemy's turn takes place the same way. The battle ends when one side of the conflict runs out of hitpoints. Little Ninja Brothers also features a field meeting mode where Jack and Ryu compete in a variety of sports themed events themed around a foot race. The different modes available for this competition include: a regular Dash, Popping Baloons, Athletic Obstacle Course, Finding a treasure hidden inside rocks, Eating food attached to balloons and finally, Shooting targets with projectiles."
35554,Quantum Gate,"Quantum Game I: Akuma no Joshou, Quantum Gate: No One Dreams Here, Quantum Gate: The Saga Begins",1993,5.7,"Action, Adventure",Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","Quantum Gate is an adventure game set on a distant planet, in which you are sent out to fight in a war with an alien race. Most of the game is played in a first person perspective, as you travel around your base and talk to other people. There are also fighting segments, done in FPS mode, in which you and your computer allies must battle alien soldiers."
35558,NASL Soccer,"International Soccer, Soccer",1980,6.0,Sports,,,"NASL Soccer is an action soccer game for two players. The game follows typical soccer rules; attempt to score more goals than your opponent in the two 45 minute periods (this is in simulated time). You control one player on your team at a time while the computer takes control of the rest. The game allows you to dribble and pass, and features throw ins, corner kicks, goal kicks, and in the event of a tie the game goes in to overtime! Several skill levels are available which control the speed of the game."
35564,Great Soccer,"Sports Pad Soccer, Super Futebol, World Soccer",1987,5.9,Sports,,,"This version of Great Soccer is on the Sega cartridge. The other version of Great Soccer is on the Sega card and an entirely different game. Dribble, pass, shoot and score! Two game selections are available to play. The first is a top-down perspective soccer game. The second is a 3rd-person perspective penalty kick contest. The team that scores the most goals in either game selection wins. However, if regulation time runs out in the regular soccer game mode, there will be a penalty kick shoot-off to determine the winner. All the same rules apply to this soccer game as in a real life match. There are kickoffs, offside violations, slide tackles, corner kicks, out of bound throw-ins and goalie saves all during gameplay. Choose from one of eight nations to compete in a match of professional soccer. The nations available are Argentina, West Germany, France, Brazil, Great Britain, Italy, USA and Japan —each with their own strengths and expertise."
35565,Logical Journey of the Zoombinis,"Die Abenteuer der Zobinis: Ein Spannendes Logikspiel, El Alucinante Viaje de los Zoombinis, L'Odyssée des Zoombinis à la découverte de la logique, Zoombinis Maths Journey, Zoombinis: Logical Journey",1996,8.1,"Educational, Strategy / tactics",,,"Logical Journey of the Zoombinis is an educational game designed to promote logical thinking in children of all ages. When the Zoombinis home, Zoombini Isle, is taken over by creatures called Bloats, they decide to escape to a new home. But they can only 16 at a time, and they must cross many obstacles that require logic to get past. It's up to you to get past all the puzzles to get all of the Zoombinis to their new home."
35568,Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters,,1989,7.2,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters has the player sent on a rescue mission to Planet X. This planet has been taken over by robots and it's up to the player to find and evacuate the remaining humans. It's a shooter similar to Gauntlet only with an isometric viewpoint. The protagonist runs around the levels shooting robots, rescuing humans and picking up items. The player has 3 lives and 9 continue play credits."
35571,Rockman Complete Works: Rockman,,1999,7.3,"Action, Compilation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Relive all the classic adventures of the Blue Bomber with Capcom's new Rockman Complete Works series! All 6 NES/Famicom games have been reworked and brought to the PlayStation, with all the classic enemies, bosses, weapons, and of course, the evil Dr. Wily! In Rockman, Dr. Wily has reprogrammed six of Dr. Light's helper robots and wants to take over the world. Only Rock, Dr. Light's best assistant, wasn't reprogrammed, and decides to battle Dr. Wily and stop his evil plan. So Dr. Light gives him an upgrade to turn him into a fighter robot. Thus, Rockman was born! Now you must help Rockman get through Dr. Wily's army of robots and stop his plans before it's too late! The Rockman Complete Works series was only released in Japan."
35574,HappyLand Adventures,,2000,7.1,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"HappyLand is a side scrolling platform jumping game that requires you to gather and lead happyland animals to the happyzones. You play a dog that receives instructions from various old men throughout the game. Once you've lead enough animals to the happyzone, the level door opens and you can proceed to the next level. Of course, you can also stay and find all the goodies hidden in each level."
35582,Rally-X,"Arcade Archives: Rally-X, Rally X, VIC Rally-X",1980,6.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"You control a small car running around in a maze. What you have to do is pick up the ten green flags to get more points. While you try to collect the flags you are chased by hostile cars that try to crash your car, so dodge them by using your smoke screen. Other factors to take into account are a time limit, fuel gauge and that some roads are blocked by a rock. The right bottom corner of the screen shows a radar map that shows your position (black dot), the location of the hostile cars (red dots) and the position of the flags (green dots). Not shown on the map are the special red flags marked with an S. Collect those for bonus points."
35584,Mappy,Arcade Archives: Mappy,1983,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"You control Mappy, a police-mouse whose job is to collect valuables (consumer electronics) from a cat's house. You are being pursued by a gang of five pink cats. Doors are your only defense against the cats. You get from floor to floor by jumping on one of the trampolines. Points are earned by recovering stolen goods. Other ways of earning points are bouncing on a trampoline, putting cats in the microwave, striking a cat with a door, striking cats with a bell, retrieving a treasure from the Boss cat Goro or dropping cats through a hole in the floor."
35585,Demon Attack,"Demon Attack +, Super Demon Attack",1982,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Demon Attack is an arcade action game with gameplay similar to Phoenix You control a laser cannon at the bottom of the screen and need to destroy wave after wave of brightly colored demons. The demons bounce around the screen in bizarre patterns and try to destroy your cannon with bombs or lasers. When you shoot a demon, it will be replaced with another or will split into two smaller demons depending on which wave you are playing. When the required number of demons for the current round is finally destroyed, you can move on to the next, more difficult round."
35589,Get Medieval,,1998,6.8,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"Get Medieval pits you against the forces of yet another mad overlord intent on world domination in a game very similar to Gauntlet You play as either an elf archer, a barbarian warrior, a female knight or a wizard in top-down action gameplay where you rid dungeons and castles from evil by mowing down hordes of enemies while collecting gold and diverse artefacts that pop in your way. Graphics are pre-rendered 2D sprites. The game supports multiplayer, up to four players at the same time either through Internet, LAN, or on the same PC."
35595,Battle Grand Prix,,1992,6.4,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Battle Grand Prix is a Formula One racing game in which one or two players can pit themselves in 3 Grand Prix races. The players can pick from 40 fictional drivers and 24 teams to play with. The game is always shown in split-screen mode, even when the player is playing on his own, in this case the opponent directly behind or ahead of the player is shown in the other window. Car settings can be adjusted in the garage. Pit-stops can be used to repair the car during a race. Crashing the car can also force the player to retire from the race early. In the game the player can choose from four game modes:* Survival - Finish at or lower than a certain position (determined by your difficulty) to continue to the next race The game features three difficulty levels: Beginner, Pro and Expert."
35613,Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon,Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon for Wonderswan,1997,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),,,"This is the first game in the Chocobo's Dungeon series. You take on the character of Chocobo and adventure through a randomly created dungeon. The story evolves from the opening movie when a fellow chocobo is ""turned"" evil by a crystal he finds in a garden. When the evil chocobo kicks you into a dungeon, the adventure begins. Travel through an ever changing dungeon, collecting items and weapons to become more powerful, so you can defeat the increasingly difficult enemies."
35616,Intellivision Lives!,,1998,7.4,Compilation,,,"A hefty emulation and multimedia package. Intellivision Lives! contains nearly every Intellivision game originally published by Mattel Electronics and INTV Corp. (minus, of course, licensed games.) There are several unpublished prototype games included, as well. The hyper-text multimedia presentation includes detailed histories, instructions, and trivia for virtually every game - screen shots, box covers, marketing data - interviews, videos, commercials, etc. Games included are:"
35618,Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas,"Duro de Matar Trilogia 2: Viva Las Vegas, Jungla de Cristal Trilogia 2: Viva Las Vegas",2000,6.2,Action,Shooter,,"As in the first game Die Hard Trilogy 2 is broken up into three types of gameplay: shootin', drivin', and runnin' around. The game can be played either in Movie mode, which manages to tell what little story there is while alternating between gameplay types, or Arcade mode, which lets you pound through all of the shooting or driving levels at once (complete with extra bonus levels)."
35626,Piracy on the High Seas,,1992,5.9,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,"Fantasy, Sea pirates / Caribbean","In Piracy on the High Seas the player takes the role of three men who have to recover the Golden Chalice of Balance to restore piece to the world (Nordic scenario with a few fantasy elements like magic). However, they require information where to go and these are only available to rich people. So the majority of the game is spent with getting enough money by free-roaming the sea and setting up a trading organization. This part of the game offers no surprises: buying cheap at one place and shipping it to another place to sell it for a good price. Profits can be invested into upgrading the ship, hiring crew member and setting up trade routes with up to four other ships. These drive independently to the city in question, but the selling/buying process has to be performed manually. The game also offers a variety of mini games, often started after a random encounter with a pirate ship: one-on-one sabre fights with pirates, sea fights against pirates or a huge octopus and gambling. The main storyline, after receiving the next bit of information, results in an isometric dungeon crawl with action-based combat. During the sabre fights one of the crew members has to risk his life - when no additional ones were hired, the main characters have to fight. And as one specific of them is required to go into the dungeon, his death can result in the inability to finish the main quest. Besides the mini games, the majority of the game is spend on the top-down sea map; shore leaves are completely menu based."
35635,Dark Star,,1984,6.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Billed as the fastest vector graphics ever seen on the Spectrum up to that point, and with full colour to boot, Dark Star has similarities with the Star Wars arcade game. Viewed from your cockpit, you fly the LIAR spacecraft around the galaxy, with the hope of achieving liberation, by destroying all the Evil Lord's main bases. You'll have to fly accurately through hyperspace tunnels, and keep moving so as to avoid enemy fire, ideally destroying enemy spaceports as well as planetary bases. There are plenty of energy dumps along the way, which you'll need to collect in order to be able to reach all 256 sectors. The game is largely customizable, with almost all controls redefinable, and the speed and power of the enemy variable."
35641,ESWAT: City under Siege,"Cyber Police ESWAT, ESWAT: City Under Siege Classic",1990,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The city is besieged by wanted criminals, and as a police officer it is your duty to stop them. The first criminals in the wanted list can be stopped with your service weapon and some fast reactions, but once you're facing the toughest criminals in town you'll need to use the cyber suit, which provides additional protection and higher firepower. You start off as a normal cop but after completing 2 levels you get to join the ESWAT (Enhanced Special Weapons and Tactics) division and gain access to their specialised armour. Unlike other versions of this game, this Genesis cartridge doesn't follow the layout of the arcade game. The levels, rather than being linear, feature some platform elements, and the enemies in the first levels are no longer bank robbers or hit-men, but soldiers and robots instead. And the setting is no longer your typical American city, but a futuristic megalopolis."
35649,Shellshock,,1996,6.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Da Wardenz, an anti-terrorist tank force, is called in whenever there is trouble somewhere in the world. You are a rookie hired by the tank force and must prove yourself in 25 increasingly difficult missions. 'The Pen' is Da Wardenz' headquarters. It has all sorts of locations including the main hangar, basketball court, simulation room, workshop area, briefing room and various lockers (used for loading and saving missions). Before a mission, you can explore the headquarters and interact with each member of the team; you may learn something. When you start a mission, the action is viewed from a first-person perspective. It has you controlling the M-13 Predator, a highly sophisticated and upgradable tank. The game is arcade-oriented and has much more in common with 'Quarantine' and 'Doom' than serious counterparts like 'M1 Tank Platoon'. Your tank has unlimited bullets, can sustain heavy damage and can destroy enemies but also trees and buildings. When a mission is successfully completed you earn cash which you can spend on repairing your tank and extra upgrades."
35650,Knights of the Round,,1991,7.2,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,"Europe, Fantasy","In Knights of the Round play the role of one of three knights from the Arthurian legends. The three characters are Sir Lancelot, Sir Percival, and of course King Arthur. The story tells of a man who pulled the mighty sword Excalibur from a rock which no one else could achieve. This feat signified that he should be king of the Britons and lead them to peace. The trouble is there is mass chaos in the land and the only way Arthur can stop it is to find the holy grail which has been hidden for over a thousand years. Aurthur is joined by Percival and Lancelot on his quest to find the grail. The gameplay involves the player to scroll along the screen fighting of enemies with a sword or axe depending on the character. The player can also block and parry with opponents which is done by a simple button press. There are also character development elements in the game where collecting points by killing enemies and picking up gold increase the character's attack and speed. Character's armour and weapons also change when they gain experience."
35654,Make My Video: Kris Kross,,1992,5.9,Action,Music / rhythm,,"Make My Video: Kris Kross is a video game based on real-time editing of music video footage. The setup is that a radio DJ is taking calls from listeners who want to see custom videos for their favorite Kris Kross videos. The specifications normally come in the form of a set of pictures they either do or don't want to see, and perhaps some effects. The game has three Kris Kross videos from which to choose: ""Jump"", ""Warm It Up"", and ""I Missed The Bus"". After receiving the video specifications, the player enters the video editing console in the EditChallenge mode. From this console, the player can view and select between 3 video streams that are playing. The selected stream will be edited into the final video. One stream is the original video while the other 2 feature assorted random footage that nonetheless often carries images that happened to have been specified in the video request. The video editing console also allows the player to apply a variety of real-time filters, such as mosaic and blur filters, RGB color filters, strobe and motion filters, lyric subtitles, among others. Once the video is over and your work is completed, the DJ evaluates the video to decide if it meets specification. If it does not, he will refuse to play it back. The game also allows the user to enter a mode called U-Direct. Rather than being competitive, U-Direct allows the player to use the console to create any type of video and also save the results."
35659,Space Quest V: The Next Mutation,"SQ5, Space Quest 5: Die nächste Mutation, Space Quest 5: La Mutation Suivante, Space Quest 5: La Siguiente Mutación",1993,8.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"After travelling back and forth through time in the previous game Roger Wilco is back in the Starfleet Academy, serving as both a cadet and a janitor. Cheating his way through the Starfleet Aptitude Test, Roger is finally given the rank of captain, his own ship (a garbage scow) and a mission: to explore strange new worlds (which no man in his right mind would explore), to seek out new life and new civilizations (which grew out of the massive amounts of trash Roger will collect on his way), to boldly go where no man has gone before. Step by step Roger will have to unveil a galaxy-wide biohazardous material dumping scheme, solve the mystery of the disappearance of a fellow Starfleet captain and his ship, and confront an agent of an old nemesis. Space Quest V: The Next Mutation is an adventure game in the Space Quest series. Like its brethren, it is characterized by humorous writing and situations, as well as plenty of opportunities for the hero to die horribly. The game is entirely mouse-controlled: the player interacts with the world by clicking on locations, people and objects on the screen, cycling between various actions (walking, looking, touching or taking, talking, etc.), by clicking the right mouse button or using the icon bar. The latter also contains icons that allow the player to access Roger's inventory, quit the game or change the settings. Commands for smelling and tasting have been removed, but a special icon for giving orders has been added. It can be used on any object or character in the game, but its actual purpose is to issue specific commands to the crew members: Roger's garbage scow, the Eureka, has a crew over which he presides. The game is plot-driven and contains cutscenes done in a comic book-like style. Plot development is linear, but each planet the protagonist visits usually consists of several screens and contains its own objectives and puzzles. There are also hazardous situations that may occur on the spaceship itself and must be dealt with."
35663,BloodNet,"BloodNet: The Cyberpunk Vampire Game, Bloodnet: A Cyberpunk Gothic",1993,7.3,"Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",Puzzle elements,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"BloodNet is an adventure game with RPG elements. You play as Ransom Stark, a computer hacker, scrounger or mercenary (depending on how the player answers the opening questions when they start a new game) who finds himself caught up in a sinister affair involving an evil global megacorporation, TransTechnicals, Manhattan, a fight for Cyberspace and vampires! Ransom Stark became stricken with Hopkins-Brie Ontology Syndrome whilst working at TransTechnicals, due to his forced extended exposure to Cyberspace while he worked there. As soon as he was diagnosed he was dismissed from TransTech and found himself homeless and hopeless. Thankfully an ingenious woman, with a personal vendetta against TransTech, named Deirdre Tackett saved his life by inserting a prototype brain implant of her own design and this restoring his grip on reality. Over the following year Ransom became known as a reliable freelance until one day he got a job worth much more than he bargained for! His employers turned out to be vampires and as part of his 'payment', Ransom was turned into a follower of the evil head-vampire, Abraham Van Helsing -- except his brain implant kicked in allowing him to keep temporary control of his humanity. Now Ransom must put a stop to Van Helsing's plans to take over Manhattan and control Cyberspace and hopefully save himself from being a vampire before its too late!"
35665,Spawn: The Eternal,,1997,4.6,Action,Fighting,,"Spawn: The Eternal is based on Todd McFarlane's Spawn comics. The game switches back and forth between two styles of play. There's an exploration mode, which is along the lines of Tomb Raider Spawn must climb and jump his way through a variety of environmental obstacles while smashing crates and furniture to find power-ups. When you approach an enemy, however, the engine switches into something between a 3D fighting game and an old-fashioned side-scrolling beat-em-up. Spawn must defeat one or more enemies, who may be surrounding him before he can continue."
35666,Urban Strike,Urban Strike: The Sequel to Jungle Strike,1994,7.6,Action,Shooter,,"Urban Strike is the third in EA's long running series of helicopter action games. An evil genius named H. R. Malone has started a cult and managed to gather millions of followers. Malone is using his influence and wealth to build a super weapon with which he will overthrow the government. You will once again suit up and take control of various types of helicopters to stop Malone's evil scheme. Urban Strike is the first, and only, game in the Strike series to feature non-vehicular combat. In some levels you will leave your helicopter and proceed on foot."
35668,Stunts,"4D Driving, 4D Sports Driving",1990,7.7,Racing / Driving,Tricks / stunts,,"Stunts ( 4D Sports Driving outside of US) is a 3D car racing simulation that puts emphasis on racing on stunt tracks. The game contains a variety of cars, courses and opponents to choose from (who represent a difficulty level). The game provides unusual stunt objects including loops, corkscrews and jumps. Race tracks contain three types of surfaces: paved road, gravel road and ice. Each of them offer different grip and traction. There is also grass and water that surround roads. The former slows down the car and the latter is lethal and the car instantly crashes. It is possible to watch races in instant replay from different camera angles. A track editor is included as well."
35673,Joe Montana II: Sports Talk Football,,1991,6.9,Sports,,,"Sports Talk Football is Sega's second football game on the Genesis, again licensed from San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana. As indicated by the title, the game's main innovation is play-by-play commentary speech unique to what is happening on the field. Playing options include exhibition games and a league mode. The game features 28 teams and a playbook of more than 50 plays. Players can also create a ""dream team"" from all the players in the game and save it through a password. The action is seen in a horizontal view of the field, which switches to a zoomed-in view once the line of scrimmage is crossed. Two players can play either against each other or cooperatively on the same team."
35676,Dark Angael,,1997,6.0,Action,"Platform, Shooter","Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic","Dark Angael is a 2D run-and-gun platform game with a mystical fantasy theme. In this game you play as Carina, the Dark Angael. Thanks to Azrael the world has been plunged in total chaos and the end is near. It is up to you to defeat Azrael and his army of demons. Carina has to fend off the demon's with the various weapons she finds or she can rely on her superpowers. Carina can come into the possession of five super powers that increase her combat abilities. These super powers are the Mutator which allows you to transform medkits into ammo and vice versa, Psychic Attack for maximum damage, Reflection to reflect enemy lasers, Teleport Coin to teleport directly to where you throw it, and Energy Wave that damages all enemies near you. Along the way the player will meet various NPCs with whom he can talk lengthy dialogues. This is necessary to find passages in the levels that lead to hidden worlds. Carina can move and jump using the keyboard and you aim her weapons with the mouse. Multi-player modes include Death Match."
35677,The Island of Dr. Brain,,1992,7.7,"Educational, Puzzle","Graphic adventure, Mini-games",,"In the sequel to Castle of Dr. Brain you will have to assist Dr. Brain in retrieving a battery for one of his experiments - the plans for which were stolen by Dr. Brain's archrival scientist. In order to beat the scientist, you will have to tour the Island of Dr. Brain in search of the elusive battery. On your way you will have to solve a plethora of puzzles in various difficulty levels, and even find use for a bunch of pink flamingoes!"
35687,Attack of the Saucerman!,,1999,5.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The ""NEDCO"" have plans to make earthlings their staple food group. It is up to you to make sure that doesn’t happen. In this comedic science fiction 3D action game you play Ed, a blue-collar worker from the alien world of Grimloid. In his flying saucer, fly through 28 arcade-like levels and devastate your enemies with a variety of weapons, including one called the ""Love Bomb"". Besides the basic forward, back, left and right movements, strafe, jump and shoot the ""Neds"" for points."
35692,Command & Conquer,Command & Conquer: Teil 1 - Der Tiberiumkonflikt,1996,7.9,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Africa, Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic","The PlayStation port of Command & Conquer has the same gameplay and storyline as the DOS original, with an adapted sidebar similar to the one from the SEGA Saturn port. Exclusive to this version are six Special Operations missions (three for GDI, two for Nod, one hidden) which are different to the missions of the same name from the later Nintendo 64 port. Using a code, missions from The Covert Operations expansion pack for the DOS original are also accessible."
35708,Garou: Mark of the Wolves,"ACA NeoGeo: Garou - Mark of the Wolves, AkeAka NeoGeo: Garō - Mark of the Wolves, Fatal Fury 8, Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves, Garou, Garou: MOTW, Garō: Mark of the Wolves",1999,7.9,Action,Fighting,,"It's been several years since Geese Howard was defeated in a battle with Terry Bogard, a young man looking to avenge his father. Rather than looking to be saved from death after falling off his office balcony, Geese instead decided to die and left behind his young son, Rock. Terry took Rock in and became like a big brother to him, raising the boy throughout his life. Now Rock is a teenager, and Terry is a man in his 30s, and both are about to come together in a new clash...new faces and old come together for the greatest battle yet!"
35712,Chinese Hero,"Kung-Fu Heroes, Super Chinese",1984,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Kung-Fu masters Jacky and Lee (Lee and Loo in the arcade version) return to their kingdom from a long trip. They discover that in their absence, Princess Min-min has been kidnapped and the 10 treasures of the kingdom stolen. Jacky and Lee must fight their way into eight different castles in order to defeat the monsters and rescue the princess. Chinese Hero is a top-down action game for one or two players, both playing on the same screen. Each ninja has the ability to move in any of four directions: up, down, left and right, as well as punch directly in front of them and do a ""Moon Sault Kick"" (which can be powered up to a ""Miracle Kick"") whereby they jump and somersault directly in front. Both punches and the Moon Sault Kick can harm enemies. Defeating a certain number of enemies on each level will open the doorway into the next level. Occasionally extra passages (named ""Quick Passage Zone"") can be found to take shortcuts through areas with stronger enemies. At times, defeated enemies will leave power-ups behind which either player can collect in order to increase their abilities temporarily. While power-ups are diverse, here are examples of some of the effects: weakening specific enemies, invincibility, increased attack, extra lives and the ability to use projectile attacks."
35713,Tribal Rage,,1998,5.4,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic",The game lets you control one of six tribes as you try to dominate a postapocalyptic Earth. You have to build units and gather resources as you travel through the wastelands so you can defeat your enemies.
35715,Soldier Blade,,1992,7.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A top down sci-fi shooter in which you take to the skies of several planets in an advanced starfighter in order to eradicate an alien invasion. Soldier Blade puts you in direct control of a starfighter as you make your way through each enemy-infested stage. You are not alone in the fight this time however, as a small mecha follows your fighter at all times, and provides cover and supporting firepower at regular intervals. The game also features a unique weapon system with three customizable gun pods, in which you can mount any of the several types of weapons available. Additionally you can sacrifice each of your pods to incorporate ""option"" satellites, bombs and other super moves depending on the pod/weapon combination you have equipped."
35720,Antz,Fourmiz,1999,6.9,Action,Platform,,"Antz is a side-scrolling platformer based on the movie of the same name. You take the role of Z, and you set out to win the heart of Princess Bala. Each of the 19 levels is based on situations in the movie. Your character has a variety of actions: crouching down, going through tunnels, hiding from enemies, jumping over obstacles, hanging from trees, climbing ropes and more. You also encounter boss characters."
35722,Dragon Lore II: The Heart of the Dragon Man,"Dragon Lore II: Der Drachenkrieger, Dragon Lore II: El Corazon del Dragon, Dragon Lore II: Il cuore del Dragone, Dragon Lore II: O Coração do Homem Dragão",1996,6.1,"Action, Adventure",Fighting,Fantasy,"This is the sequel to Dragon Lore: The Legend Begins Once again you are playing Werner von Wallenrod who has been named Knight of the Dragon by the Dragon Prince at the end of part one of the series. Unfortunately a mysterious Lord from the Dragon Prince's company at table wants to prevent you from being named Knight of the Dragon. He claims that only Knights who own a personal guarding dragon can be chosen to wear the title of a Knight of the Dragon. As your dragon, the ancient Maracch vanished a long time ago, you now have to travel the land in order to uncover its disappearance and return with him to claim your rightful title. The game features a completely rendered 3D landscape, more than 60 different NPCs, 10 tournament fighting sequences and more than 20 different types of battles during your journey around the kingdom."
35725,Pink Panther,Pantera rosa,1988,5.2,Action,Puzzle elements,,"The goal of the game is to help Pink Panther guide his sleepwalking employer through his house without waking him up. To help you in this, Panther can use various items, such as a little bell, which he can use to attract the sleeping man. The game is a sidescrolling adventure and takes mostly place in the house of the employer. Pink Panther can himself move freely in the house, but at the same time he needs to keep his eye on the sleepwalker, so that he can prevent him from stumbling on various objects, such as rugs and tables. Before each level you can purchase different kind of objects from a store. These items can be used to gently lure the sleeping man in the right path."
35726,ClueFinders: 5th Grade Adventures,"Le Club des TrouveTout CM2: L'énigme du volcan, Äventyrarna Femman: Vulkanöns gåta",1999,7.5,"Adventure, Educational, Puzzle",,,"ClueFinders: 5th Grade Adventures is an educational game for children aged 9-11 in the ClueFinders series. This time, the ClueFinders must solve the Secret of the Living Volcano while shipwrecked on a remote island in the Pacific. Exploring with Joni, Santiago, Leslie, Owen, and Laptrap, you must discover the truth behind the so-called Bermuda Triangle. Is there a logical explanation, or is this a supernatural phenomenon? The game develops children's skills in math, science, social studies, language arts, and problem solving."
35735,Gauntlet: The Third Encounter,,1990,6.4,Action,,Fantasy,"Gauntlet: The Third Encounter is a top-down hack-and-slash action game. Generations ago an enchanted Star Gem crashed to Earth at the base of an ancient castle. Loathsome creatures crept from the castle and carried the Gem into the depths of the fortress. All attempts to retrieve the Star Gem failed. The adventurers were destroyed. The creatures in the castle gained magical strength from the Star Gem. Unless the Gem is taken from them, the evil ones will soon have the strength to venture forth and destroy mankind. The protagonist and his friends must take up the quest to retrieve the Star Gem and save their world."
35736,Maze Craze: A Game of Cops 'n Robbers,"Labirinto Louco, Maze Mania: A Game of Cops 'n Robbers",1980,6.6,"Action, Puzzle",Arcade,,"In Maze Craze your goal is to be the first of two players to make it out of a maze! Each player controls a cop that starts on the left, and the first player to make it out the exit on the right wins. The game also includes of variety of options. The maze can be completely visible, completely invisible, or have just a few parts invisible. With invisible mazes you can optionally have the computer provide a sneak peak at the complete maze periodically. To make your task more challenging, one to five robbers may also be placed in the maze. If you are caught by one of the robbers, you will momentarily be stunned giving your opponent an advantage. You can also give your cop the ability to set up a blockade to confuse your opponent. This will look like a regular wall, however you can walk straight through it. The game's speed can also be adjusted, from calculatingly slow to extremely fast."
35737,Missile Command,"Comando de Mísseis, Füze Savaşları",1980,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Aliens from the planet of Krytol are attacking your cities! As the commander of a missile base, it is your responsibility to defend them. A variety of enemy weapons and planes will be incoming trying to destroy the six cities at the bottom of the screen. You need to fire missiles to destroy the incoming weapons. If anything gets through, one of your cities could be destroyed. When all of the cities are gone, the game is over. On each level you have a limited amount of ammo, so make sure most (if not all) of your shots are accurate or you could run out of ammo and leave your cities at risk! As the levels progress, there are more and more enemy weapons to destroy which come in at an increasingly faster rate."
35739,Soul Blade,Soul Edge,1996,8.4,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Fantasy,"In the 16th century, a sword surfaces that is so powerful, so evil that warriors from all over the globe seek it out. It is Soul Edge, a demon blade. From America to Europe to Japan, these warriors fight each other for the chance to obtain it. Soul Blade is a 3D weapons fighting game that chronicles their story. A complete 3D fighting game that allows for side steps, Soul Blade has twelve colorful fighters (ten standard, two hidden, plus additional costumes for a few fighters), each with various weapons and styles. The first ten can be used in all the combat modes, while the hidden two can only be used in versus and arcade mode. Namco enhanced the arcade version (called Soul Edge) by adding a well done CGI intro, plus a story mode to the addition of the traditional team, survival, and time attack modes. The story mode goes into greater detail about each character, and is presented in an ancient book format. The story mode also allows you to unlock more of each characters' extra weapons. These weapons, which vary in lengths, stats, and durability, add to the options available players in the versus mode. Soul Blade's sequel is SoulCalibur both in the arcades and for the Sega Dreamcast."
35742,Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri,,1996,8.1,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Strike Force Centauri, the premier Strike Team on Alpha Centauri, was founded to combat pirates. As Nikola ap Io, you'll be leading them into combat. But the pirates are, too, well-armed, and the Terran Hegemony may be involved. When the covert action turns overt and a full-out assault is mounted by the Hegemony upon Alpha Centauri, all that stands in the way is SFC. Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri is a first-person sci-fi combat sim featuring realistic sci-fi weapons with true 3D terrain. You control a power-suit with arm-mounted weapons: just aim (with mouse) and shoot, while moving completely independently (using the keyboard). You can choose from multiple types of suits (scout, regular, heavy), multiple types of weapons (everything from simple lasers to railguns to missile launchers), multiple assistance modules (from mine layer to auto-doc), and up to three squadmates that'll follow your orders. You are pitted against enemies from pirates to tanks and mechs, even psycho clones and armed drones. Missions vary from attack and recon to rescue and defend, across three different planets in a variety of weather and terrain. Similarly to Wing Commander III the game features full-motion video sequences."
35747,Putt & Putter,Minigolf,1992,6.7,Sports,,,While playing similar to the Game Gear version this version has completely different holes. This version can be considered more difficult as the ball can now go out of bounds.
35752,Arcana,"Arcana: The future of the kingdom is in the cards ..., Card Master, Card Master: Rimusaria no Fuuin",1992,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),"Cards / tiles, Japanese-style RPG (JRPG)",Fantasy,"In this game you play as a young boy named Rooks. He's the only one that can save the world from the evil Galneon. With the power of the cards he begins his adventure. Arcana is a first-person RPG which focuses on the exploration of varied dungeon settings. A village serves as hub in which Rooks can visit places like a fortune teller or shops to buy items and equipment. On the world map, which does not offer free movement, he chooses his next destination where the dungeon crawl begins. The battles occur randomly and are turn-based: during each turn, the player chooses the next action of a character from a list of actions, e.g. attack or magic. Eventually the characters advance their experience level and therefore their stats. The main visual characteristic of the game is the display of monsters and characters: everything is represented with cards. They can have an elemental attribute or not. Rooks is able to summon an elemental to aid him. He can only summon one type at a time, and he must find them before being able to summon them. Two more characters can join the party."
35755,Pilotwings,,1990,7.8,"Action, Simulation",,,"Fly a selection of aircraft (including training vehicles, fighter planes and helicopters) through a range of training programs and missions. The more training you complete, the better the chance that you will complete the even bigger missions. Try your hand at landing, taking off, party tricks, fly through bad weather and shoot down targets."
35771,Battle Chess: Enhanced CD-ROM,,1991,6.9,Strategy / tactics,Chess,Fantasy,"This version of Battle Chess while retaining the gameplay of the original release, features improved 256-color SVGA graphics as well as new visual effects and animations. In addition, it has a symphonic soundtrack in redbook (CD audio) format."
35775,Adventures of Dino-Riki,Shinjinrui: The New Type,1987,5.9,Action,Shooter,Prehistoric,"Somewhere in the land of dinosaurs, a hero known as Dino-Riki sets out to battle against the beasts of the ancient times and prove man's right to survival amongst evolution. You control Dino-Riki from a top-down perspective as the screen scrolls towards the top. Dino Riki must shoot the enemies in his way as well as leap over pits and avoid obstacles. His chances improve when he obtains weapon power-ups such as fireballs or boomerangs. Angel Wings also help and let Dino Riki fly above the ground. At the end of each level, Dino-Riki faces off against a boss creature."
35776,Comanche Gold,Comanche 3 Gold,1998,7.5,Simulation,,,"A repackaging of the best-selling helicopter simulation of 1997, Comanche 3 with a host of new features:"
35779,Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed,"Need for Speed V, Need for Speed: Porsche, Need for Speed: Porsche 2000, Need for Speed: Porsche 2000",2000,8.1,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Need for Speed is back with more! Drive over 80 different Porsches, from the first 356 Ferdinand to the 2000 911 Turbo over multiple tracks. Some tracks have alternate paths. Others are rally tracks where you go from one end of the track to the other instead of doing circuit racing. Two completely different single-player modes available. First, there's factory driver, which have you join Porsche as a test driver. As you complete different challenges, which can vary from doing specific manoeuvres in pre-alloted time to racing fellow drivers, you will make your way up to Ace Test Driver. Second, there's Evolution, which is the ""career mode"", you start with enough money to buy one 356, and start racing. As you win races, time will pass, new cars will become available, or you can peruse the used car market. Buy/repair/sell cars, win races, buy enhancement parts for your car, and make your way to the end of the modern era... You can also play online via EARacing.com, where you can pick customized cars in your Evolution stable or choose stock cars and race up to 7 other cars simultaneously. The graphics have been enhanced and the physics model changed to reflect a true 4-point system, and you can feel the difference between the different vehicles."
35799,The Flintstones: Burgertime in Bedrock,"Familie Feuerstein: Burgertime in Bedrock, La Famille Pierrafeu",2000,6.7,Action,Platform,Prehistoric,"Burgertime in Bedrock is modeled after Data East's classic Arcade title 'Burger Time'. In this version, Fred Flintstone or Barney Rubble get a new job in the new fast food joint started by Mr. Slate. Within the restaurant, the Player (as Fred or Barney) has to assemble giant burgers by walking over the parts (bun, salad and so on) and causing them to drop onto a plate lower in the level. While doing so, Fred/Barney have to fend of a multitude of pests and avoid being attacked by enemies. Certain extras (Buffalo Hat, Club, Elvis Guitar etc.) grant time limited special powers such as speed, invincibility or the help of Dino, the Flintstones pet dinosaur. The game has 25 Levels, some scrolling horizontally. Multiplayer competition mode is possible over link cable. It also features cartoon cut scenes with the Flintstones characters. Progress is tracked via password."
35801,The Legend of Lotus Spring,"Mystère au palais d'Été, Mystère au palais d'Été: le jardin légendaire des empereurs de Chine",2000,5.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"This game brings to life a 19th century Chinese love story between an emperor and his mistress. You play in first person through the eyes of Xian Feng, emperor of the Manshu dynasty Qing, as he recalls memories of his time with his lovely concubine, He Han Qu, whom he affectionately named Lotus Spring Explore one of China's most historic and beautiful locations, Yuan Ming Yuan (the Garden of Perfect Brightness ), where Lotus Spring spent her life after being banished to that place by the jealous Dowager Empress CiXi, the emperor's first wife. Wander leisurely through lush Chinese gardens, flower-bordered pathways and authentically recreated buildings as the bittersweet story unfolds. You'll learn about the culture and traditions of China as a natural part of the storytelling. As objects are examined, collected and used you'll unlock Feng's memories of his relationship with Lotus Spring one by one. The game employs still graphic backgrounds with QuickTime technology for motion and video cut-scenes."
35805,Equinox,Solstice II,1993,8.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Equinox is the sequel to Solstice It is presented in a 3D isometric view with colourful graphics. The game is based upon solving puzzles to progress to the next dungeon. In the game you play the son of the hero in the first game, Shadax. Shadax has been kidnapped by an evil witch and it is up to you to rescue him. There is a wide range of weapons and powerful magic spells you can use throughout your quest, some of which are required to solve puzzles. In the game you can travel on the above-ground map as well as the underworld, although all the action except for some battles will still happen underground. Basic gameplay concept is reminiscent of Zelda games: you must search for keys, blasting or avoiding monsters, solving physical puzzles on your way to the meeting with an end-level guardian whom you must defeat to progress."
35823,UEFA Manager 2000,,2000,7.1,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"UEFA Manager 2000 is a football (European) management simulator that attempts to combine high quality graphics and presentation with the AI and options of games such as Championship Manager or Ultimate Soccer Manager. The player acts not only as manager/trainer (selecting tactics, setting formation and starting eleven, negotiating contracts and player transfers) but also as a chief executive, controlling merchandise prices, advertising, stadium and facilities expansions and staff management (which is one of the key aspects of the game). Includes over 400 clubs, 21 playable leagues in 9 countries (England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Scotland, Holland, Belgium and Portugal) with over 20'000 players available. Game modes include career (starting at the bottom of the English conference), Free play (select any club, no chance of changing) and Scenario (complete an objective such as escaping relegation or winning domestic trophies within the time limit). Games can be instantly simulated or watched using a 2D radar or the 3D engine. It was followed by FourFourTwo: Touchline Passion."
35828,Earthworm Jim 3D,,1999,6.6,Action,,Fantasy,"Earthworm Jim gets squashed by a cow, leaving him dazed and confused. In the aftermath, his marbles go missing, so he must travel into his brain to find them and put everything right again. The gameplay is similar to that of the previous titles but takes place in a 3D environment."
35831,Bust-A-Move Again,"Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition, Bust-A-Move Again EX, Puzzle Bobble 2, Puzzle Bobble GB",1995,7.6,Puzzle,"Arcade, Tile matching puzzle",Fantasy,"Bub and Bob are back! Like Tetris in reverse, you shoot bubbles at an array of different-colored bubbles stuck in an ever descending ceiling, attempting to match them up three by three to make them disappear. This edition contains both puzzle challenges, multiplayer and normal progressive stages."
35834,Cyrus II Chess,"3D Chess, Ajedrez Tridimensional, Cyrus II - Schach, Cyrus II: The Grand Master",1985,6.9,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Chess",,"Cyrus II Chess is a chess program, it is the sequel to the acclaimed Cyrus which was released in 1982. This game has most of the features of the earlier game. The board can be viewed in top-down mode or in a 3D isometric mode with the player being able to switch between the two by pressing the ESC key. There are twelve skill levels, level 1 - 9 affect the time the player has to make their move from just 2 seconds per move at level 1 through to a maximum of 3 minutes at level 8. The other three skill levels are Adaptive where Cyrus plays at the same rate as its opponent, Infinite where Cyrus will keep on thinking until told to make a move, and Problem where Cyrus searches for mate in five moves or less. Other features include watching the computer play itself, switching sides, retracting and replaying moves, a hint facility, and being able to set up chess problems for Cyrus to solve. There is also support for a printer so that either the current board or the contents of Cyrus' memory containing the current position plus recent moves can be printed at any time. Additionally the game can be printed move by move as it progresses to preserve the full record."
35835,Time Warriors,,1997,7.3,Action,Fighting,,"A polygonal 3D fighter, Time Warriors puts eight fighters from eight different times and places against each other: Yrwen the Celt, armed with a long sword, Hysis the Egyptian, wielding two sabers, Molloch the Barbarian with his battle axe, the scimitar-wielding Sultan Iz-Baal, Shodan the Samurai and his katana, from a Chinese monastery Dong brings just a staff, Olof the Viking plans flattening his opponents with a war hammer and Apokles the Spartan brings a double-edged sword. Gameplay is similar to other games in the same genre - two buttons control the weapon and two other ones kicking, because both come with a ""fast"" and a ""strong"" variant. Combos are done with fast key presses or sequential moves, and by taking damage, the fighter gathers magic points that can be used to perform a destructive special attack. Like Virtua Fighter if a fighter falls from the battle arena, he or she loses from ring out. The usual options such as combat length, number of bouts, difficulty level and auto-block are included. Graphically, the game can be tweaked to run on several configurations, by disabling more advanced graphic options such as scenario objects, light and real-time shadow calculation and textures."
35838,Wonder Momo,Arcade Archives: Wonder Momo,1987,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Wonder Momo you play as Momo, an actress playing the lead role in a kid's show about a crime-fighting heroine that puts the hurt on several alien monsters and assorted criminals. Set in the stage of the ""Namco Theater"", the game plays as an action side-scroller in which you progress across each stage kicking the snot out of all the enemies you run across. By collecting the right power-up you can transform into Wonder Momo for a limited time, who can perform ranged attacks with a hoola-hoop and is more powerful than regular Momo. Not only must you clear the enemies of each stage, but also please the crowd with your performances, being wary of perverts that attempt to take pictures of your underwear whenever you attack (Momo shows quite a bit of leg whenever she ""kicks high"") which results in blinding flashes that stun Momo and leave her open to an attack."
35842,Barkley: Shut Up and Jam!,Barkley's Power Dunk,1994,6.0,Sports,,,"In the game you play street basketball two-on-two with your friends on with computer. So there are no referees, no fouls, and no shot clock, but the teams called by the names of cities such as Phoenix or Chicago. You can choose your player from 16 available players, including Barkley himself."
35852,Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Collector's Edition),"Baldur's Gate II: Schatten von Amn (Premium Pack), Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Collectors' Edition)",2000,8.1,Special edition,,,"This collector's edition of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn includes a pack of trading cards with characters from the game, a cloth map of the game area, special edition CDs, and, if it was pre-ordered, a bonus CD with more characters and items."
35854,Stupid Invaders,"Głupki z Kosmosu, Stupid Invaders: The Epic Adventure of Five Incredibly Stupid Aliens.",2000,7.1,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Five aliens - Candy, Etno, Gorgious, Stereo and Bud - crashland on Earth, and hide out in an abandoned house while they repair their spaceship. In the meantime, Dr Sakarin, an evil alien-collecting scientist has found out about them, and sends out his evil henchman Bolok to capture them. The player alternates between controlling each of the five aliens, and must help them escape. Stupid Invaders is based on the French and German animated TV series Space Goofs (also known as Home to Rent ). The player interacts with the environment in a point-and-click fashion. Up to six items can be carried simultaneously and used to solve puzzles. Many actions lead to instant death of the protagonist, often graphically depicted and used for the humorous effect of cartoon violence."
35857,Donald Duck's Playground,,1984,7.6,Educational,,,"Donald Duck's Playground won several awards from educational software magazines as best educational game of the year. In it, you are Donald, working to earn money, which you then spend to buy playground equipment for your nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie to enjoy. The first job is to guide the Amquack Express around a top-down map with 8 stations, setting the junctions to ensure that packages are delivered to the correct stations. His job in produce involves catching fruits as they are thrown at him and placing them in the correct basket. At the toy store he must sort items by shape and colour, and be careful with the security switch. His final job is at an internal US airport, soring products based on their location's delivery code. The equipment for the playground must then be purchased and arranged, helping young minds get an appreciation of money management and cash-handling."
35859,Urlaubs Raser,Vakantie Racer,2000,6.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Urlaubs Raser is another entry in the Davilex Racer series where the player takes part in a TV show. The price is a free trailer pitch in Monaco. But of course the player has to work for it - in this case the task is to win six illegal street races in Aachen (Maastricht in the Dutch version), Paris, Lyon, Marseilles, Monaco and Nice. There are five humorous exaggerated persons to choose, e.g. a hippie or a stressed family father. The races are heavily action oriented and include power-ups which either increase the top speed, freeze other cars or repair the own vehicle. Between the races the player can invest earned points in better tires, engines or gearboxes; he also can gamble for other equipment. The available vehicles are no regular cars but jet ski trailers or jeeps. When beating the game with all vehicle types the player unlocks a special car."
35861,Crystball,,1992,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Crystball is a Breakout clone in the tradition of Arkanoid The player controls a paddle at the bottom of the screen, and must bounce a ball off the bricks on the screen, with the goal of destroying them all. Destroying certain bricks will release power-ups or release enemies that wander the screen. If the ball falls out the bottom of the screen, a life is lost, and if all lives are lost, the game is over."
35863,Last Mission,,1986,5.9,Action,Shooter,,"After some shameful deeds, your people hate you and have put you in exile, but respect your skills as a combat pilot. Thus, they have sent you on a suicide mission to wipe out their enemy and keep them from future harassment. The game is a multi-directional scrolling shoot-em-up viewed from above, but a control system in which the ship rotates at an angle with a press of left or right. Your ship has smart bombs installed, and its basic weapon can be improved by collecting the tokens which shot enemies can release."
35869,The Labyrinth of Time,,1993,6.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,King Minos has commissioned a labyrinth bridging time and space which will allow Minos to rule the earth. You have been chosen to save the world by destroying the labyrinth. Many mazes and puzzles are involved.
35871,Metal Storm,Jūryoku Sōkō Metal Storm,1991,7.6,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Metal Storm is an action game in which the player takes control of the giant mecha M-308 Gunner in order to put a stop to a malfunctioning computer menace. To save it from becoming another generic action game, innovation is shown through fast paced gameplay and the ""gravity flip"" ability, which enables the character to freely switch between moving along the floor or ceiling. While the game is only seven levels long, the difficulty ramps up quickly, so mastery of the gravity technique and memorization of the levels become absolute necessities for survival."
35872,Toki: Going Ape Spit,JuJu Densetsu,1991,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The hero of the game is a young jungle-man named Toki. One day the evil wizard Dr. Stark kidnaps his girlfriend Wanda. When Toki tries to save her, he is turned into a monkey! Now Toki has to find Dr. Stark in his palace, rescue Wanda, and become a human being again! Toki is a platform game with many various levels: jungle, underwater, volcanic caves, on the ice, etc. Toki's only weapons are spitting on the enemies or jumping on them and crashing them. There are many possibilities to upgrade his spitting ""weapon""; for example, if he finds an upgrade, he can spit fireballs."
35873,Secret of the Silver Blades,"Secret of the Silver Blades: A Forgotten Realms Fantasy Role-Playing Epic, Vol. III",1990,6.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The heroes from Pool of Radiance and Curse of the Azure Bonds return once again. This time, they arrive naked via a magical well inside a frozen town wishing for heroes to help them. The party once again attempts to save a town under siege (once re-equipped) and struggles to learn the secret of the Silver Blades... The gameplay is quite similar to that of the previous Gold Box games. Following the D&D / AD&D rules of role-playing, the player creates a party of characters (up to the maximum of six). Exploration takes place in pseudo-3D environments, from first-person view. Battles (random as well as pre-set) take the player-controlled and enemy party to a top-down battle screen. Commands are issued in turn-based fashion, and the player-controlled characters can freely navigate the battle field. Unlike the previous games, there is no ""world map"" traveling in Secret of the Silver Blades All the exploration takes place in the 3D world."
35883,Battles in Time,,1995,6.1,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the far future, humans no longer needed war. So when an alien threat approaches Earth, a test must be created for the prospective commanders... A timegate has been created into 4 past periods, where you must test your strategic skills, and when you pass all four tests, take your forces against the alien threat... The four periods are 2025, WW2, Roman Empire, and prehistoric. The turn-based movements are hex-based. You move the unit stacks. When two opposing stacks meet, you drop into tactical combat mode, where the individual units in the stack maneuver on the smaller tactical map."
35884,Dinosaur Detective Agency,,1993,6.2,Action,Platform,"Fantasy, Prehistoric","""Dinosaur Detective Agency"" is a platform arcade game that takes the player back 75 000 000 years. The dinosaurs that occupied our planet were far more intelligent than we know it - they had their own civilization pretty similar to ours. One of them, Sherlock Ness, runs the detective agency and helps other dinosaurs to find what was stolen from them. There are four cases to be solved and each of them takes place in a different scenery. The aim is to find the exit from the level by controlling our reptilian detective. On the way there are enemies that can be eliminated by jumping on them or can be immobilized for 5 seconds by using the flash of the camera what gives the player the possibility to pass them. After each stage the player has to take a photo of the perpetrator of the robbery (or other crime). In order to do so there is a limited number of shots the player can take."
35885,Factory Panic,"Crazy Company, Ganbare Gorby!",1991,6.7,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Mister Greede, a corrupt tycoon and factory owner, deprives the local citizens of the goods they need and deserve. That’s why you have infiltrated his factory. Now you must manipulate the conveyor belts skillfully to deliver the correct product to the right person waiting outside, but you have only a limited amount of time. Unfortunately, thugs with bats or even guns patrol the factory. Your only weapon against these security guards is a battle cry that temporarily stuns them, but not for too long. Factory Panic consists of four rounds, and each round consists of eight stages. Before a stage starts, the game tells you how many people are waiting in line and what product they are waiting for. Rounds one and three are played in “Switch Mode”: step on different switches to rotate associated sections of the conveyor belt. If you get off the switch, the section rotates back to its initial position. One switch may affect more than one section. Since you can only step on one switch at a time, you have to bustle quite a bit in later stages. Rounds two and four are played in “Bridge Mode”: remove and install small bridges between the belts to control the flow of products. If a person gets an unwanted product, the time remaining on the timer will decrease. Sometimes, the belt carries special items, e.g. a megaphone that makes your scream attack more powerful, or a weight that can be placed on a switch."
35889,AstroFire,,1994,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"AstroFire is an Asteroids variant, but with a few twists: instead of asteroids there are monsters of sorts to shoot at, there are power-ups (two kinds of weapons) and shields (which means a single blow doesn't kill the player character), and players can also set whether or not they want momentum enabled. Episode One: Into The Storm was released as shareware, on registration the player received two further episodes, 'Whirlpool of Death' and 'Heart of Fire' each of which has different background graphics and enemy craft."
35898,Balls of Steel,Balls of Steel: Pinball on Steroids!,1997,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Pinball",,"After Epic Megagames' two releases Epic Pinball and Extreme Pinball Apogee finally got their own pinball game in late 1997, Balls of Steel. It features five testosterone-packed tables, each with its own theme, missions, and special bonuses. Like the Epic games and the classic ""21st Century"" pinball games on Amiga, BoS has a top-down scrolling screen, with an animated dot matrix display at the bottom. It also features a full-table view. Very high scores are awarded with a ""powerball"" end bonus mode, and could be posted on the ""WorldScores"" net site (no longer available). Being a Windows game, all tables boast high-resolution graphics. This game was included in Encore's ""Pinball Madness 2"" collection in 1999."
35899,HyperBlade,,1996,6.8,"Action, Sports",Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"HyperBlade introduces the 3D battlesport of the future. Players engage in a futuristic street-hockey style game played out on the interior of an elongated ellipsoid arena. Body-checks (weapons are included) go for blood in this game as players can be gruesomely eliminated from the game, including the option to score with an opponent's dismembered head. Power-ups, speed boosts, ramps, and simple team management (for substitutions) are all part of the experience. Some strategy is required for play, but it's mostly pure action. The game also features multiple skill levels, 12 teams (from a US tournament league), and head-to-head network play (IPX and TCP LAN only). If you are looking for a 3D version of Speedball, this is as close as it gets."
35906,Romancia: Dragon Slayer Jr.,Romancia,1986,7.5,Action,,Fantasy,"In Romancia you are a young warrior whom the king sends on a mission to rescue a lost princess. You must leave the town and enter the dreadful monster-infested catacombs in order to complete your quest. The game is a departure from Dragon Slayer RPG-oriented gameplay style. It tends more towards medieval-themed platformer action. The hero has hit points, can buy items and weapons, use magic, and stay in inns to recover health. However, instead of receiving experience points and becoming stronger, you simply must attack quicker (by bumping into your opponent on platform levels) and jump higher."
35908,The ClueFinders: 4th Grade Adventures,"Cluefinders: Years 4 & 5, Le Club des TrouveTout CM1: Les Secrets de la Pyramide",1997,7.6,"Adventure, Educational",,,"The ClueFinders, Laptrap and their talking dog Socrates have found an ancient Egyptian tomb in Egypt with there professor. With the ClueFinders out of sight for the night, a member of the trip named Sir Alistair Loveless steals all the treasures in the tomb and kidnaps the professor with his goons. He now has a plan to cause eternal chaos to the world. The only ones who can save the professor now are the ClueFinders. The ClueFinders now must travel around the lands of Egypt, including the city of Cairo, the Nile Kingdom and the great pyramid. This game for ages 8-10, helps teach math, geography, science and much more educational concepts while you help save the world from eternal chaos. The game involves collecting important stuff and running into activities in order to collect them. Laptrap the Turbo Turtle can be used for things like maps, music on/off options, ClueFinders club and Progress Reports. Socrates can be used for tips on how to do an activity in case you have trouble on it."
35909,SimCity 3000 Unlimited,"SimCity 3000: Deutschland, SimCity 3000: Edition Mondiale, SimCity 3000: Thai Edition, SimCity 3000: UK Edition, SimCity 3000: World Edition",2000,7.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation",Contemporary,"SimCity 3000 Unlimited is a re-release of the original SimCity 3000 which adds additional features such as 2 new building sets (European and Asian), new scenarios, new disasters, a scenario creator, seasonal city events and the Building Architect Tool, which was previously a downloadable add-on for the base game. SimCity 3000: Deutschland and SimCity 3000: UK Edition change the European set to have a more national look."
35910,Tomb Raider: The Lost Artifact,"Tomb Raider III: Le dernier artefact, Tomb Raider III: The Lost Artefact, Tomb Raider: The Lost Artifact – As Mais Novas Aventuras de Lara Croft",2000,6.8,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Europe,"The Lost Artifact can be described as a ""mini-sequel"" to Tomb Raider III ; comparable in function to earlier Gold releases of the first two games, it was, unlike those, released separately. Lara learns of the existence of a fifth meteorite piece called the Hand of Rathmore, located in a Scottish castle formerly owned by the evil late Dr. Willard. Lara must progress through it in a 3D platforming fashion in which precise jumps, crawls and climbs are required of the nimble character. Out to stop her are kilted clansmen and monsters, some prehistoric and some mutated. The game has six levels, each with hidden secrets to uncover, and take players eventually onto the coast of France."
35921,Hudson Hawk,El Gran Halcon,1991,6.6,Action,Platform,,"In this platformer based on the 1991 comedy/action film of the same name, the player takes on the role of Eddie Hawkins, known as ""Hudson Hawk,"" the world's greatest cat burglar. After ten years in prison for a robbery of a government installation gone wrong, Eddie is released, intending to go straight and retire. Unfortunately, fate has other plans. Years ago, Leonardo Da Vinci created a machine with the intention of converting common lead into bronze for use on his commissioned sculpture of a horse. Da Vinci got the shock of his life when he found out the machine didn't convert lead to bronze... it converted it to gold. Knowing the ramifications of what the machine could do, Da Vinci broke the crystal that powered it into three pieces and hid them in three of his works: a miniature sculpture of a horse called the Sforza, his sketchbook and notebook called the Codex, and a miniature model of his helicopter design, hoping that they would never again see the light of day. Unfortunately, ultra-rich psychotic yuppies Darwin and Minerva Mayflower have found out about the machine and own one piece of the crystal. Planning to flood the market with gold and crush the global economy, they need the remaining crystal pieces and require Eddie's services. To force him to comply, they kidnap his best friend and partner Tommy ""Five-Tone"" Messina and threaten to have him killed unless Eddie fetches them. With no choice, Eddie will have to do the jobs, save his friend, and put an end to the Mayflowers' plot. From Rutherford's Auction House in New York, to the Vatican, and finally Castle Da Vinci in Italy, Eddie will have to dodge an odd assortment of enemies, from security guards and guard dogs, to janitors, crazed nuns, balloon-riding henchmen, paparazzi, and kids on bikes. Hawk's sole tool of the trade, aside from a wicked punch, is a baseball, of which he has an infinite supply. He'll use this to subdue enemies, distract guard dogs, and trigger switches. Eddie can also crawl to avoid shots and the occasional security beam. There's also ropes and pipes to shimmy across to avoid traps, and boxes to push and stack to reach those out of reach areas."
35931,Tomb Raider,"Tomb Raider I, Tomb Raider en vedette Lara Croft, Tomb Raider featuring Lara Croft, Tomb Raider starring Lara Croft, Tomb Raiders",1996,7.9,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements","Africa, Europe, South America","Lara Croft is a Tomb Raider, an archaeologist who explores ancient sites in search of valuable artifacts, who is hired to retrieve an artifact from a tomb in Peru, which turns out to be one of three parts of the Atlantean Scion. Soon betrayed by her employer, Lara Croft travels to Greece and Egypt to recover the other parts before this powerful device falls into the wrong hands. Tomb Raider is a 3D action game with platforming and puzzle-solving elements, in which players control Lara Croft from a third-person perspective. The camera follows Lara as she climbs, jumps, and swims through detailed environs overcoming environmental obstacles and deadly fauna. Moving through levels often involves finding spots where Lara can climb, looking for spots where Lara can use her acrobatic ability, and sliding blocks and pushing levers to solve puzzles and open passageways. Lara is armed with twin pistols with infinite ammunition, but she can pick up higher caliber weapons to take on deadlier human opponents. Lara also comes across restorative health packs and has a compass with which she can orient herself. Lara’s opponents include animals, gunmen, as well as primeval and supernatural beings. Careful explorers can also find secret areas and avoid traps."
35933,Lords of the Realm,"Lords of the Realm: Epic Medieval Strategy, Lords of the Realm: Stratégie Médiévale Épique",1994,7.6,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Europe, Medieval","The English throne lies empty in 1268 A.D. You and 5 lords are locked in a struggle for the crown. Reap the benefits of successful feudal governing, castle-building, castle-sieging, and land battle to conquer your rivals and claim the kingdom. You must keep your serfs fed and happy. Then assign them to farming, herding, building, military and other tasks. Design your own castles or build them using actual historical blueprints. Then lay siege to your neighbors' castles and fight out land battles in tactical detail."
35936,Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean,Albert Odyssey Gaiden: Legend of Eldean,1996,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The Legend of Eldean tells of a trio of powerful magic-wielding siblings from the ancient kingdom of Fargasta: Radoria, Estan and their sister Cirrus. As they and their powers grew, the Black Dragon Vlag, hungry to devour this power and make it his own, began a campaign of assault against the siblings and their kingdom. Together, the Eldean clan was able to defeat Vlag, and with the killing strike were showered in his vile blood and imbibed with immortality. Fargasta ascended into a prosperous age under the leadership of their fabled heroes, but this period of revelry was soon cut short as Radoria began to descend into a madness that stemmed from his claiming of the foul sword Madriker, crafted from the soul of the vanquished Black Dragon. As his madness, and power, grew, he claimed the title of ""Immortal Emperor"" and set about imposing his will upon the lands, destroying all that was pure and crushing any who opposed him and his fiend-sword Madriker. The black tide that had swallowed his soul soon threatened to swallow everything. In a final act of desperation, Cirrus called upon the one power she had hidden from her brothers and transformed herself into the Holy Sword of Eldean, equipping to Estan and allowing him to cast a mighty blow towards Radoria, causing a blast that sent tremors throughout the lands entire. As the dust settled on the battleground, there was to be no trace of any of the Eldean clan; all had vanished, and all the people believed the Legend of Eldean had come to its tragic conclusion. Generations of relative peace passed following the fateful battle between the Eldean siblings, but with time the ancient truces that united the land during Radoria's scourge began to unravel. War and unrest began to take root, new agents of evil began to take power and the violence spread out to all corners of the world. Pike, a young boy whose parents were murdered at the outset of this new unrest, while he was still just an infant, awakes one morning in his home in the Harpy Village, where he was taken by Laia, the harpy that found him after his parents' demise. The Harpy Village had managed to remain isolated from the troubles brewing elsewhere until this morning, when it is attacked by a dark, dragon-mounted warrior named Belnard on a ruinous quest to collect all the Power Crystals in the land, one of which is housed in the Harpy Village. During the attack, Laia is petrified by Belnard, forcing Pike to gather his courage and venture forth from the Village. Armed with his father's old magical, talking sword, Cirrus, Pike sets out on a quest to save Laia and all that he holds dear; soon taking up allies that join him on his quest to stop the evil Belnard and the dark forces he works for from conquering the world. Players assume the role of Pike as he travels the land, gaining 4 comrades to help in his quest, fighting menu-driven battles and exploring towns and dungeons. The player controls their inventory and party by use of items and magic, equipping of weapons and armor and monitoring the status of party characters. While traveling from town to town or exploring dungeons, the player will be engaged in random encounters by enemies unseen on the screen or overworld. Each character's agility skill determines the order of turns during combat. Battles reach their conclusion when either all of the enemies or all of Pike's party have been depleted of their hit points. Winning a battle nets the player experience points, gold and occasionally an item. Running from a battle is also an option, though this results in nothing gained. If all of the player's party is slain during the battle, the game will be over. The player will come across shops selling items and equipment in each town they come across, at which the player can use gold earned from winning battles or selling outdated equipment to purchase new wares. Magic and skills play a large role in battles, with characters calling upon their stores of MP to utilize them in lieu of standard attacks during battle. Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean is a standard Japanese-style Turn-Based RPG. Though released on the 32-bit Sega Saturn, it is visually reminiscent of other classic top-down 16-bit SNES RPGs. The extra graphical horsepower is used to make things just a bit crisper, clearer and more vibrant than its predecessors. It also utilizes its fifth-generation capabilities in the form of CD-quality audio for the thoroughly composed soundtrack, and the occasional voiceover, most prominently in the opening intro. Players will take their party of 5 characters through several cities and dungeons, traversing to and from each on a minimal overworld map rife with random encounters. Each character gains experience and levels up independently, with stats gained and spells learned automatically with progression. Combat occurs in typical Turn-Based fashion, with options for each character to attack, use magic, use an item, defend or run. Though power-leveling is easy due to the frequent random encounters, it is not greatly needed thanks to the abundance of boss battles and the high amount of experience gained from winning each one. Through the majority of the game, the highest-caliber weapons and armor are bought from the cities' shops, but the most powerful of these items are found in longer, more complex endgame dungeons. The game is split into 2 chapters, the 2nd taking place a few years after the 1st and building upon a plot thread started in it. Legend of Eldean is part of the Albert Odyssey series, with 2 previous Japan-only releases on SNES, although there is no continuation of storyline established in the first 2 Albert Odyssey's in Legend of Eldean, save for a few reference to Albert, the main character of the original, and some of his exploits. Legend of Eldean also differs from the previous entries through its Turn-Based combat, where the first 2 employed a Tactical style. It is not fully known to what extent the translation team at Working Designs stuck to the original Japanese script. Their conversion brings with it many pop-culture references (some timeless, some definitely rooted in the time of release), 4th wall-breaking allusions and humorous punchlines and non-sequiturs; mostly through the brief interactions the player can engage in with NPC townsfolk, but even interjected into the more plot-crucial conversations and events taking place with the fairly large cast of important characters involved, breaking mold with what would have been an otherwise standard fantasy-fare storyline and setting."
35942,Armour-Geddon 2: Codename Hellfire,,1994,7.1,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Sequel to the previous 3D combat/strategy game from Psygnosis, in Armour-Geddon 2 your challenge is to defend the survivors of an apocalyptic disaster on earth, by destroying a satellite which aims to destroy the planet. The game involves lots of resource management, as the neccessities to build equipment must be mined, new designs must be researched, and factory facilities are required to build them. Pre-defined missions are also handed out, including capturing strategic points and delivering resources. The actual battles take place manually in 3D, with multiple units under your control at a time, although you switch between them rather than controlling them all at once as in the Team Yankee series. The vehicles on offer include tanks, planes, hovercrafts and helicopters, all handling in considerable depth. If you have a spare Amiga, a null-modem cable and a friend, he/she can control units at the same time to help you out."
35948,Thunderbirds,,2000,7.2,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"Join the Tracy Family in seven old-school mini-games across various locations in the world in order to thwart the evil Hood. The game allows players to control Thunderbirds vehicles 1-4, The mole and FAB1 in a variety of mini-games:* TB1, a recon and combat craft, is a side scrolling mini-game involving bombing and shooting ground and air targets while looking for people to rescue and collecting intel on the area. TB2 the rescue craft, is controlled from a top-down perspective and involves puzzle solving and exploration. TB3, the space shuttle, is a vertical-scrolling, top-down, old school shooter. TB4, the submarine, is a collection and combat game played from a side-on perspective. TB5, the Tracy Family Space Station is Brain often hangs out, updating the player with useful intel and story elements. The Mole is a subterranean digging machine and gameplay in this mode involves exploration, combat and collection - though on the surface it's reminiscent of Dig Dug FAB1, Lady Penelope's Rolls Royce is a time-based, top-down vertical scrolling driving game that captures the feeling of Chase HQ from the arcades of old. Each mission involves different combinations of these craft and they occur in places as diverse as Egypt, Bermuda, Nepal, the Rainforests of South America and London. The story reveals clues as to The Hood's intentions, and the player will have to piece them together before Brains."
35973,Stratego,,1998,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Stratego is a military boardgame in which the aim is to capture an enemy's flag. Combat is simple one-on-one - the piece with a higher score wins the square, and the other piece is removed. This version contains the basic game (Stratego Classic), plus four new interpretations - Ultimate Lightning, Ultimate Campaign, Alliance Lightning and Alliance Campaign."
35974,Missile Command,The Missile Defense Game,1999,6.2,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Defend cities around the world from an airborne alien attack. This is a remake of the '70s arcade game, and features 3d graphics, counter-strike capabilities, new enemies & power-ups, and multiplayer functionality. Play is available in a Classic mode, which has only minorly retouched gameplay. Ultimate mode has new graphics, locations, and other caveats."
35975,Super Skidmarks,Skidmarks 2,1995,7.9,Racing / Driving,,,"A vague descendant of Super Sprint with a mass of features, and one of the last multi-format games to have roots on the Amiga. A multitude of cars are available, ranging from F1 cars and Sportscars to Minis and VWs were on offer, with the option to have up to 8 of these on more powerful machines - with up to 3 different models of car. You could link 2 Amiga 1200s (or faster) and use them to display the track across 2 separate screens. There were two novelty options of sorts as well - motorized cows, and the chance to have the cars pulling caravans as you race - using the caravan to push an opponent off-line was a skill worth mastering. 24 circuits are provided, all of them with walls around them to ensure crash-bang-wallop racing, and most of them have parts that cross with other parts, making collisions possible if you're much ahead of (or behind) other cars (fortunately there's no car damage). They can be raced forwards or backward - perhaps the first game with this feature available. You could either run single races, or one of the in-built championships - one for each car, across a specially selected set of tracks. The customizable nature of the game goes even further - the number of laps can be set, as can the colour and power of the cars. As you repeatedly race a track, the markings on the course are eroded by the cars running over them."
35983,Pin-Bot,,1988,7.0,"Action, Simulation",Pinball,,"Pin-Bot is a conversion of the arcade pinball game by Williams Electronics. The game is played with a split screen; the bottom half of the screen remains on your flippers, while the top half scrolls to follow the ball(s) on the table. In addition to recreating the pinball game's table, lights, and sounds several video game elements have been added, such as monsters that like to eat pinballs. Up to four players can compete against Pin-Bot!"
35994,Back to the Future,,1986,5.4,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Based on the 1985 time travel flick, Electric Dreams ' Back to the Future computer game differs significantly from LJN 's version on the NES. The player takes control of teenager Marty McFly; zapped into the past by an experiment gone wrong. To preserve Marty's future existence, the player must lure Marty's mother-to-be into spending more time with his father, while avoiding the school bully. These computer-controlled characters will wander the game areas and interact with each other according to basic rules - Marty's mother will follow him around, his father will avoid the bully, the bully will knock Marty out if their paths should cross, etc. If left to their own devices, Marty's parents will not meet and his time will run out (indicated by a fading family photo). The game world consists of five distinct areas, each the size of one screen. A separate ""hub"" area scrolls past the entrances to these five zones. Each of the five areas holds a collectible item, with a different effect (attract, repel, or no effect) on each character. A skateboard can also be collected to travel across the hub faster. The player must use their collected items to keep Marty's mother and father in close proximity, while also keeping the bully away."
35996,The Peace Keepers,Rushing Beat Shura,1993,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",Sci-fi / futuristic,"It's the year 2015 and the most powerful organization of the planet, a company named Deutschland Moldavia, is threatening to take over the world by genetically manipulatin humans into mindless slaves or powerful monsters. The Peace Keepers is a side-scrolling fighting game similar to games in the Final Fight series The player can choose from four characters (plus two that become available later in the game) with different strengths and weaknesses. In addition to combinations of standard attacks, jump-, run- and throwing attacks, all characters can also block attacks, perform single heavy attacks, special attacks that consume a certain amount of energy and super attacks. Super attacks damage all enemies on-screen, but can only be used twice per continue. If a character is hit repeatedly, there is a chance that they temporarily switch into ""angry-mode"" during which they are invincible and more powerful. Most levels offer different paths and exits, and after every level, a different character may be selected. This means that levels may be played through in different orders and that it is not at all necessary to play through all the levels to reach one of several endings."
35997,Sonic Wings Special,"Aero Fighters Special, Arcade Hits: Sonic Wings Special, Sonic Wings Limited",1996,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"A secret organization called Fata Morgana is developing a weapon that is capable of killing or wounding two-thirds of the world's population. A super-national group of combat experts from all over the world called Project Blue has been established to counteract Fata Morgana's evil doings. Sonic Wings Special is an enhanced and expanded port of Aero Fighters Special ( Sonic Wings Limited in Japan), a coin-op shoot-'em-up with vertical scrolling. The original coin-op game uses altered levels, graphics and many features from Aero Fighters Aero Fighters 2 and Aero Fighters 3 The home console version adds new characters and endings, new bosses, updated graphics and unlockable planes. There are also Time Attack and 2-player modes. The game uses a branching stage system, so it is impossible to see all levels in one sitting. There is a total of 14 playable characters and many different endings (some of which are reused from previous games in the series). Overall the game has a comic feel. As of Summer 2012, the Android version of Sonic Wings Special has only 4 playable characters with 4 endings and 9 stages. However, the publisher is planning to add further elements of the original version."
36000,Witchaven,Witchaven: Dare to Enter...,1995,6.5,Action,RPG elements,Fantasy,"Grondoval, a knight from the land of Stazhia, has been just chosen to travel to the forbidding Island of Char. An evil witch named Illwhyrin has cast a curse of never-ending darkness on Stazhia, and built her lair, the Witchaven, on the island, sacrificing the few foolish humans who dare venture there. The witch's present goal is to remove a magical barrier known as the Veil, which serves as a portal to the world of demons. Should she succeed, unspeakable evil shall arrive and consume the world. Grondoval must defeat Illwhyrin's demonic minions, reach the core of Witchaven, and defeat her. Based on 3D Realms' Build engine, Witchaven is a first-person fantasy slasher akin to Heretic with the addition of a simple role-playing experience and level system: the player accumulates experience from killing monsters and acquiring items, so as to become more powerful (with nine experience levels altogether). The weapons include daggers, swords, bows, morning stars, battle axes, throwing axes, and halberds. Spells such as Scare, Night Vision, Fly, Fireball, and Nuke, are available via scrolls found during exploration, although the more powerful spells require that the player character has attained a certain experience level (for example, Nuke, which disintegrates opponents, requires the hero to be level five to cast). Scattered around the levels are potions which grant the protagonist such boons as healing, invisibility and strength."
36004,Isis,Isis Vous attend depuis 1000 ans !,1994,5.9,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"The ship Isis was on a mission to bring the peace of music to many worlds. Unfortunately, a cataclysm on one world forced the crew to enter a disembodied sleep. Only one crew member, the magician also named Isis, guarded the ship during its sleep. After a thousand years, you have arrived on this strange world and discovered the Isis which sleeps still. It is your task to find the mystical gems which power the ship to bring it back to life and send it sailing to your own world, bringing its message of music and hope. The game was made with the help of the musical group Earth, Wind & Fire"
36010,BHunter,"B Hunter: Chasseur De Primes, Patrulla 2098",1999,6.1,Action,Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","BHunter is set in 2098 where law and order are rapidly crumbling and the city has turned to enlisting the help of BHunters to help curb crime. As a BHunter, it is your job to deal justice swiftly to designated criminal targets. The action takes place in one of three flying cars selectable at the start of the game. You rove around in a fully 3D cityscape, a maze of tall buildings (above which you are forbidden to fly because of a force field) while hunting down criminals. Destroy the bad guys with your basic ship's weapons and gain more powerful weapons as the game progresses. You are rewarded with credits for successfully taking down targets. However, don't run afoul of the law or you will be subject to fines that will siphon off that hard-earned currency. BHunter also features networked gameplay for up to 8 players via a LAN or the internet."
36015,Gunship,,1993,5.2,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,,"Gunship is the Mega Drive version of the MicroProse helicopter series. Just like the original game the player gets to command a helicopter through a first-person perspective. Missions are preceded by a briefing and a planning stage. A map of the environment is shown from a top-down perspective with the starting position, enemy locations, fuel dumps, and the target. The player sets out custom waypoints to reach the target. Often a fuel refill is required to make it that far and it needs to be calculated in. During missions the helicopter can be steered in any direction, but it is not necessary to keep track of waypoint directions, as they are automatically followed. The HUD contains the remaining distance, health, fuel, score, and a radar with enemies as red dots. There is a certain amount of freedom of movement and a voice warns about incoming missiles. Helicopters can be shot with a cannon. At a fuel dump the helicopter becomes vulnerable and the player can choose to disengage before the refueling is complete. When the target is reached, an approach sequence is initiated. The game turns into a 2D 3rd-person side-scroller, unique to the series. There is freedom to move up and down and engage targets with the regular cannon or homing missiles in the air and on the ground. The helicopter can also turn 180 degrees to travel in the opposite direction. A yellow arrow marks the direction of the final target. In this sequence the player receives multiple lives (credits) to continue playing. In the first-person sequence death is final. These 2D sequences can be practiced as six scenario's in a simulator from the main menu."
36018,The Catacomb Abyss,"Catacomb Abyss 3D, Catacomb of the Abyss",1992,6.6,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"You play the role of a magician, who is called upon by the townspeople to defeat his ancient archrival Nemesis again. After having defeated Nemesis in the past, his minions have erected a huge museleum in his honour, and as a result the townspeople are forced to live under a rule of horror. You must once again venture into the catacombs, defeat Nemesis and free the townspeople. Catacomb Abyss is a fantasy first-person shooter game. Similarly to the previous game in the series it casts you as a mage who can fight enemies and destroy whole sections of walls thanks to the use of fireballs. You can find bolts and nukes, which make for more effective weapons but are one-use, healing potions, scrolls with hints, and keys. However, unlike in Catacomb 3-D where you spent the whole game inside a dungeon, here you'll explore various environments, both indoors and outdoors. There are new enemies to face, such as zombies that come from under the ground or skeletons that come out of walls. New to the game is a radar which shows you the location of foes. However, you have to find gems of various colours to use it effectively; each gem allows you to see a specific type of enemy on the radar. There isn't a compass in the game, but various areas of the maps still have specific names."
36025,Guadalcanal,,1987,6.3,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, Oceania, World War II","South-Western Pacific, August 1942. US Marines capture the strategically important island in the first American amphibious assault of World War 2, but the battle of Guadalcanal will rage on for the next six months, as the Japanese will try to re-capture it. The player is given the command of air, land and naval forces, including aircraft carriers and transport ships (supply is crucial as well as intelligence - patrol seaplanes and scouts are available). While many wargames take the weather and morale factor into account, this game also features malaria slowly wearing down your troops. The campaign can be played from either American or Japanese side. The interface is icon driven and consists of a strategic map, a zoomed in tactical map and a unit details window."
36026,SimCity: Enhanced CD-ROM,SimCity: Enhanced Cinematic Multimedia,1993,7.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation",Contemporary,"This expanded release of the original SimCity includes a refreshed interface, as well as live-action cutscenes during events which affect the city or when advisors wish to comment on the current situation."
36030,Falcon 4.0,,1998,8.1,Simulation,,"Asia, Contemporary","You're flying the F-16 ""Fighting Falcon"", a U.S. Air Force fighter, over the skies of Korea. The learning curve is VERY steep and will take time to learn, let alone master. There is a way to ""jump in and fly"" so the game can be enjoyed by anyone, regardless of experience. The simulated plane is an F-16C Block 50/52 version. Falcon 4.0 comes with a dynamic campaign, which is a full blown strategy game within the simulator itself. As the virtual war develops, the campaign engine moves ground, naval and airborne troops around the battlefield and generates missions for the player."
36034,F-22 Interceptor,F22 Interceptor: Advanced Tactical Fighter,1991,7.3,Simulation,,,"This simulation puts you in the cockpit of the F-22. You can choose from 3 difficulty settings and fly strike missions in 4 theaters of war (United States, Iraq, Korea and Russia) with increasing difficulty. You can also challenge aces from each theater and design custom missions. To complete a mission, you usually have to destroy both ground and air targets, including several MiG types, helicopters and tanks in addition to ground structures. Use realistic weapons like Sidewinder and Maverick missiles."
36037,Kung-Fu: The Way of the Exploding Fist,"Exploding Fist, The Way of the Exploding Fist, Way of the Exploding Fist",1985,8.0,Action,Fighting,,"This menacingly-titled beat 'em up was the first in many martial arts titles from Australia's Melbourne House. Sixteen different moves are on offer, ranging from standard kicks to jumps, somersaults and roundhouse kicks. The move executed each time is defined based on the character's direction, the joystick/keyboard positioning, and on whether the fire button is depressed, in a system which became standard on single-button control systems. To win each bout you must score 2 Yin-Yangs - a perfectly executed kick/punch scores a full one, whereas a less forceful contact offers half a point - the best moves also offer more points. In the one-player game, you advance through a Dan by winning two successive bouts, and a single win for the opponent means game over. The champion in a two-player duel is decided by points after 4 rounds."
36046,Hellfire Attack,Hellfire,1988,4.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Your SuperCobra assault helicopter is the most advanced of its kind, oozing with missiles and full of power, ready to blow everything in its path into the weeds. All it needs now is a capable pilot; hopefully you can fit the bill. The action is spread over day and night levels, across different types of terrain. On each level you must destroy a set number of aircraft to move onto the next level - otherwise the level loops back to the start. Extra lives can be collected throughout, and your plane is armed with smart bombs to use when the action is especially hectic."
36049,Global Effect,Global Effect: The world is in your hands,1992,6.9,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Post-apocalyptic,"Essentially similar to The Settlers AKA Serf City, Global Effect involves building up a sound local economy before going out to attack other nations and rule the world. Cities must contain housing, food sources, and power supplies, which is where it gets complicated. You can choose the environmental settings of the game, in a similar way to Civilization - an icy world or a post-apocalyptic one make things much tougher. Environmental factors play the biggest part in this game, as you have to use efficient power sources if possible. You only get a certain level of power at the start of the game, and have to build enough 'green' things to increase it further - trees are the most effective. Once you have a fully functional city capable of supporting military units of any quality, these can be directed off into battle by giving them pre-planned flight paths which can be overridden if need be. Two-player games can be played via null-modem cables, even across different systems."
36050,Chopper Attack,Wild Choppers,1997,6.3,Action,,,"In Chopper Attack you take a chopper and.. well.. attack! You get to choose between eight different attack choppers, each having its own strengths and weaknesses. After the briefing from your XO, you are set to destroy something —tanks, other helicopters, planes, radars, buildings etc. While the mission only requires you to do something specific, destroying everything gives you bonuses and money, which you can then use to buy more heavy-duty missiles between the missions. If you look at the screenshots, you might think that Chopper Attack is a helicopter simulation. It's not. Your elevation is fixed. There are no physics. You have boss fights against giant choppers. The game is pure and plain 3D action."
36052,Adventure Island 3,"Adventure Island II, Adventure Island II: Aliens in Paradise, Hudson's Adventure Island II, Hudson's Adventure Island III, Takahashi Meijin no Boukenjima III",1992,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Your girlfriend is once again kidnapped by aliens, and you have to rescue her, forcing your way through various levels. The gameplay and the design haven't much changed since Adventure Island II : there is a world map, you can choose items before starting a level, the levels themselves are quite short (unlike Adventure Island where each large level contained several stages). You perform standard ""adventure island"" activities: ride various types of dinosaurs, throw boomerangs at snails, birds, snakes, and skulls, collect grapes and apples, jump over stones, and of course, ride your old trusty skateboard."
36053,Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters,,1991,6.2,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In a completely different style from the first Nintendo Godzilla game from Toho, you play as japanese military forces fighting against Godzilla. Because Godzilla is such a ferocious monster, this is no easy task... in fact, your attacks to Godzilla don't actually do any damage to him at all. Strategy instead becomes the main point of play as you must position forces in strategic points to route Godzilla away from important buildings and into other areas where his movement will be less destructive to the city. Actual success of these routing attacks is imperfect, if one is not careful, the whole offensive will fall apart over a single missed attack. Beware Godzilla!"
36057,Magician,,1991,7.3,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Merlwood was once a land of peace and prosperity. The people lived in harmony with one another and with their surroundings, thanks to the benevolent influence of the native wizards and their magical arts. All was calm until one ambitious wizard named Abadon began to lust for power. Abadon overwhelmed the other wizards, brought evil upon the land, and made himself its master. Only Paul, a young magician's apprentice, was left to oppose him. Can you guide Paul to victory, or will Abadon rule Merlwood forever? Magician is a 2D, side-scrolling action RPG. As Paul, you must travel through towns, have conversations with non-player characters, acquire and manage inventory (food, water, weapons, potions, etc.), learn magic spells, fight battles, and solve puzzles. Your ultimate goal: collect each of the four elemental vials -- earth, air, fire, and water -- and combine them to create the Ultimate Potion. Only then can you hope to vanquish the evil wizard Abadon!"
36060,Bloodwych,,1989,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The land of Trazere was once ruled by the powerful and benevolent organization of mages known as Bloodwych Governed by the Grand Dragon, the Bloodwych supervised over the balance in the land, protecting it from evil and driving it to prosperity. However, the second-in-command of Bloodwych, named Zendick, turned against his group, banished his opponents to the astral plane, and began working on a mad plan - summon the ultimate evil, the Lord of Entropy. The player controls the champion of Trazere, whose ultimate goal is to stop Zendick and restore peace in the country. Bloodwych is an RPG in the style of Dungeon Master and Eye of the Beholder being a 3D first-person maze-like game. This game's distinguishing feature is the two-player split screen support, allowing simultaneous playing on one computer. Each player controls a party of four characters. The four basic classes are warrior, mage, adventurer, and thief; however, each class also has sub-classes, which are represented by four different colors. These colors come into play also when the characters learn and combine spells."
36062,Detroit,"Rüsselsheim: Manager für Automobil-Konzern gesucht!, Detroit: Can You Change Automotive History ?, Rüsselsheim",1994,7.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Detroit puts you in the year 1908, and you are the President of an upstart car company. You will build and design cutting-edge automobiles, take care of finances and promote your products with marketing campaigns. Vintage car lovers will really enjoy the game, as it includes many classic car designs, all of which you can modify to your heart's content. As time goes by, new technologies will become available, and the industry will evolve with faster and safer cars. Competition, of course, will become tougher as your competitors catch up to your technological advantages. You must then think globally -- open new factories overseas, and think of how to segment your market with different car models that do not cannibalize each other's sales."
36063,Redneck Deer Huntin',Deer Stalker: A Realistic Hunting Game,1998,4.6,Action,Hunting,,"Deer hunting, redneck style! Join Leonard, a redneck native, and do your hunting four different animals (deer, duck, razorback, and wild turkey) in 8 acres of wilderness with different weapons in Redneck country. This is hunting with attitude!"
36065,Dimo's Quest,,1993,7.3,Puzzle,,,"To be able to marry Princess Dori, Dimo the frog has to collect all the sweets her father King Greenfoot wants throughout the kingdom! That means over 50 levels; so help Dimo in his quest in this cute puzzle game..."
36067,Jack Nicklaus' Unlimited Golf & Course Design,Jack Nicklaus Golf,1990,6.5,Sports,,,"Another golf game, featuring an extensive course designer as a value-added feature. Similar to Links or PGA Tour Golf both of which came out around the same time."
36068,Pyros,"Pyross, Wardner, Wardner no Mori, Wardner no Mori Special",1987,6.8,Action,Platform,,"One day the town of Niknik is invaded by Wardner's henchmen. Wardner's henchmen have the power to turn all humans into crystals. A honeymooning couple, Dover and Mia, get lost in the towns nearby forest. One of Wardner's wards, Terragon, spots them and decides to kidnap Mia. Now it's up to Dover to rescue Mia from Wardner and his minions. The game contains 6 stages: The forest entrance, house of tricks, forest of the dead, Wardner's Castle, a tower, and the hidden underground room. Each stage is controlled by a ward of Wardner. Some of these bosses are the Emerald Dragon, Kaja, and Grocko. Dover uses a magic fireball as his main weapon. Defeating enemies turns them into money. This money can be used at the end of each stage where there are shops that sell items that will help Dover on his journey. Some of the items in the game are the magical cape, thread and needle, magical clock, magical flute, and the highjump shoes."
36069,Disney's Tarzan,"Disney Tarzan Jeu d'Action, Disney's Tarzan Actionspil, Disneys Tarzan Action-Spiel",1999,7.3,Action,Platform,Africa,"This arcade platform game puts you in the role of Tarzan, a soon-to-be king of the jungle, leading you to a bunch of quest levels where you can collect coins, map pieces, 'TARZAN' letters and other stuff, as well as call your monkey friend from time to time that'll give you a brief explanation of things flyin' around. After each completed level, there will be a brief animations that they've probably taken from Disney's cartoon."
36070,Teddy Boy,Teddy Boy Blues,1985,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"As Teddy Boy, you must use your gun to shoot at enemies that come out of the boxes that are scattered around the level. You have limited time to do this. The number of enemies that come out of these boxes depends on the number being shown on the face. When you shoot enemies, they turn into little balls which you quickly need to collect. If you do not, the balls will be transformed into little creatures that eat away time. Once you have destroyed all enemies, you advance to the next level. when you stand in the same spot for too long, the floor will disintegrate, causing you to fall down to the below platform. From time to time, you will play a bonus game, where you get the choice of either a third-person shooting gallery, or a treasure hunt where you play Yohko."
36078,Psycho Pinball,,1995,7.7,Action,Pinball,,"Psycho Pinball is another pinball game in the style first introduced in Pinball Dreams and later popularized in Pinball Fantasies Standard features of these types of pinball simulations include an animated backglass display, multiple bonuses including a multi-ball, extra ball, etc., and background music that changes based on active specials. There are three main tables: An additional gimmick is a fourth Psycho Pinball table (circus theme) that has bonuses that can launch you to the other three tables, leading to massively high scores (and very long gameplay times)."
36087,The Flintstones,,1995,6.4,Action,Arcade,Prehistoric,"The Flintstones is based on the live-action motion picture but the levels and controls differ from the Game Boy version You still play as Fred in this side-scrolling platform game and you must get home from the Quarry, rescue Pebbles and Bam-Bam, Barney and Wilma from the evil Cliff Vandercave. In addition to the differing levels, the game has three weapons. You can still jump but that is not how you defeat enemies. Instead, you have a club and a limited supply of bowling balls to roll and rocks to throw."
36088,Sweevo's World,,1985,7.7,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Self-Willed Extreme Environment Volitional Organism, or Sweevo for short, is a goofy-looking and generally incompetent robot. His world is Knutz' Folly, and it comprises almost 200 isometric-viewed screens of danger and challenge, making for a game influenced by Knightlore although it takes a less serious approach to the genre. Sweevo can enter the world through four different vertical levels, and must use lifts and holes to cross through these to solve many puzzles. You will meet some decidedly weird inhabitants. Most dangerous are the Dictators and Minxes - contact with these will drain Sweevo's energy, as will contact with water (he's a robot, remember). Energy can be recharged by scaring the Geese and picking up the tokens this reveals. The main score is a percentage, although several other totals are kept - most unusually 'Brownie Points', through contact with the brownies."
36098,Gates of Skeldal,Brány Skeldalu,1998,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Rovenland is an ancient island country where gods rested after creating of the world. One day a powerful wizard Freghar sensed that terrible evil grows in the southern part of the Rovenland and with ritual Krow-kane summoned three adventurers. They have to reach mysterious tower of Skeldal and stop five renegade mages who are trying to open gates to forbidden dimension Zohar... Brány Skeldalu (""Gates of Skeldal"") is a Czech dungeon crawler. The player controls a group of adventurers - at the beginning one has to create three characters. The gender of the character is determined by clicking on the appropriate portrait (player can choose from seven portraits and this choice also determines the paper-doll that one sees in the inventory); the game then offers the choice of one of the four available classes: Fighter, Wizard, Thief or Ranger. Moving the dot from the center of the octogram, in which diagonal angles are the four main classes, player can create any possible combination of each adjacent classes - for example, it is possible to create pure Wizard or Wizard-Ranger hybrid, but not the Wizard-Fighter hybrid. The position of the dot on the creation chart then determines the number of points one can distribute between the statistics of the character. There are only four base statistics, namely Strength, Magic Use, Agility and Dexterity. The secondary statistics like weapon proficiencies, experience or defenses can change during the gameplay. During the game, the player will be able to hire three more NPCs with backstories and agenda. The game also offers the possibility to split the player's group which is useful for solving puzzles that require pressing several levers or buttons located on different places in the given location. It's also possible to approach the enemy from different angles. The fighting is turn-based. The game was released with map editor enabling players to create their own dungeons and maps. In 2007 the game was released for free and so was the source code."
36109,Sonic Championship,Sonic: The Fighters,1996,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",Fantasy,"Sonic Championship is a 3D fighting game, featuring characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise The background story is that Doctor Eggman built the Death Egg II, a new version of his facility that appeared in previous games. Stopping him requires Chaos Emeralds, and various individuals including heroes like Sonic the Hedgehog and Miles ""Tails"" Prower participate in a fighting tournament to gather them. In total there are eight playable characters (nine in later console releases) and two bosses (Metal Sonic and Doctor Eggman). Gameplay is mostly typical for a versus fighter, it is a one-on-one fight on a best two out of three basis. Players use jumps, punches, kicks and special weapons. Bean the Dynamite for example, a duck-like character who makes his debut in the Sonic universe, uses bombs. Blocking is done by making use of a limited supply of barriers. The whole action is illustrated in a comical fashion though, like one would expect from a Sonic game. A round is won when a player managed to deplete an opponent's health, unless the timer runs out, in which case the character with the most energy left is the winner. Environments are 3D closed arenas, but the gameplay is mostly 2D, allowing limited sidestep maneuvers."
36113,Abandoned Places 2,,1993,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"In this dungeon-crawling RPG, you must assemble a team of four brave fighters to launch an attack on Pendugmalhe, and save the kingdom of Kalynthia. The main gameplay is influenced by Dungeon Master but features sections in the open-air battling bears as well as the dungeons. In the real-time combat sections, you must choose weapons and spells instantaneously, using the mouse-based interface. You will find many villages along the way, and you can gain clues and buy supplies at these. The game's difficulty is pitched at experienced role-players; ideally those with an experienced party from the first game to load in."
36115,Super Star Soldier,,1990,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Super Star Soldier takes place in the far future, where you are the last hope for planet Earth, which is being attacked by an alien race. The game features top-down view with vertical scrolling levels, similar to its predecessor Star Soldier The game features the following game play modes: normal play, score play, 2 minutes play and 5 minutes play. Each level has its own tough boss at the end."
36116,Blue's Clues: Blue's Treasure Hunt,Blue's Treasure Hunt,1999,7.4,"Educational, Puzzle",Board game,,"This is another Blue's Clues CD-ROM game from Humongous Entertainment, which features the USA Blue's characters including video footage of the human character Steve. This two CD game allows multiple pre-school kids to each have their own settings, by entering names. The game is controlled by the mouse, with plenty of things to click on. The images are a collection of real-world, clay, and paper - just like the Blue's Clues TV show. And, of course, there are paw prints to find. In this game, you help Blue and Steve enter the Land of Great Discovery. To do so, you must complete three unique treasure hunts (these can change each time), multi-level pre-school learning, a Blue skidoo and lots of locations. Activities include: - Bedtimes Stories (early reading, rhyming, storytelling) - Catch the leaves (simple motor skills) - Mixed-up Painting (Visual id and discrimination skills) - Find The Numbers (Number/Color id, inductive reasoning) - Which Pictures (logical thinking, listening, verbal/visual cues) - Magenta's Photo Album (sequencing, storytelling) - Lights On! (visual memory, visual discrimination) - Painting ( creative expression, color recognition)"
36118,Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,,1994,5.9,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Genesis version of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is a one-on-one fighting game based on the TV series, featuring two playing modes: one-player scenario mode and two-player battle mode. In scenario mode, the evil Rita Repulsa sends a number of her monsters (and the evil Green Ranger) after the Power Rangers, who must defeat each in one-to-one combat. Before every bout, players can select a different ranger to play. Each of the five matches consists of two rounds: after the first round, the monster usually changes form into a larger version of itself (the Green Ranger summons his Dragonzord instead), which the Power Rangers must then fight again using their Megazord mecha. After the Green Ranger is defeated, he also becomes available as a playable character for the remaining fights. In battle mode, players can select from the six rangers, four monsters and two Zords to fight each other in best-of-three matches in almost all combinations (the Zords and the Cyclopsis monster cannot be matched against any of the rangers, and both players cannot play the same character). Two of the controller's buttons are used for normal and fierce attacks, while blocking is done by either pulling back from the enemy for standard blocks or pushing both buttons simultaneously for a powerful block that reflects even enemy projectiles. Button combinations unleash different special moves for each character."
36124,Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki,,1996,7.4,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Visual novel",,"This text-based adventure (with some background graphics) was originally released in Japan over the Satellaview system. The game is a spin-off from the Chrono series and is the precursor to Chrono Cross Its main characters and plot elements are very close to those of Chrono Cross ; it tells the story of Serge (travelling musician), Kid (thief), and Magil (wizard) as they attempt to steal the Frozen Flame from Viper Manor. The game contains multiple, often humorous endings. Gameplay is something between a standard text adventure and a visual novel. Rather than having a full array of possible actions, players are limited to the several options it presents at any time. With newly discovered items and information, new areas can be reached. Occasionally battles will occur during the exploration, which are also handled by displaying several possible actions to choose between, such as ""Run"" or ""Jump back as it swings!"""
36125,Traffic,,1984,6.3,Puzzle,,,"Traffic is a simple game where the player has to guide cars, motorbikes and buses through busy London streets by changing the traffic lights from red to green. The objective in order to advance to the next level is to get a preset number of vehicles through the screen, although it does not matter which exit you direct them through. Cars continue to queue off the edges of the screen (with numbers next to them if there are queued cars beyond your vision) and if the queue reaches more than five cars, it's game over. A warning sound is given when five cars are queued; you must hope there are not also queues on surrounding roads. Cars always stay on their side of the road, and collisions are not possible."
36137,Wrath of the Demon,Za'am Ha-Shedon,1990,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"The mighty wizard Anthrax, in an attempt to usurp authority over the kingdom, has summoned a horrifying Demon. The Demon makes good on his chartered task by summoning a horde of monsters to lay waste to the kingdom at large. Fortuitously, a random stranger is strolling nearby the kingdom and realizes that only he can beat back the foul creatures. After some encouragement from the king, the adventurer begins the game on horseback, jumping over obstacles, beating flying creatures, and collecting potions on the ground. Afterward, the hero must proceed on foot through side-scrolling platforming levels, destroying creatures with his blade as well as collecting potions and additional weapons he will find on his deadly quest."
36140,"Garfield: Big, Fat, Hairy Deal",,1988,6.1,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"In the earliest licensed entertainment videogame of Jim Davis' lazy cat cartoon character, you play Garfield in his attempt to rescue Arlene from the cat pound. The primary gameplay involves object manipulation, gaining objects either by picking up or receiving them from other characters (usually in exchange for other objects). Most characters from the cartoons play a part in the game. Odie the dog follows you around - swipe him for points. Garfield's cousin Nermal can help you out. They can also carry objects for Garfield's use. Garfield needs regular food and rest - without one of these he falls asleep and it is Game Over. Contact with many foes is draining. A butcher's is one major food source."
36143,Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run,,1996,7.3,Sports,,,"Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run is a licensed arcade baseball game featuring MLB's own Ken Griffey Jr. Released in 1996, it contains all 28 MLB teams and logos from that time, with rosters containing fictitious names for the players (Ken Griffey Jr being the only real player in the game). Next to exhibition games, there are different game modes to compete in. In the MLB Challenge, players start with a weak team and go against every major MLB club to go up the rankings. There is also a complete World Series, All-Star games and the MLB League. In the league modes up to eight players can choose a team and play a season of 26, 52 or 162 games. Between matches players can change the line-up and rotation, and trade away players. Gameplay is fairly tradition, with fielding, pitching, batting and baserunning. Next to fastball and curveballs, there are six different pitches such as Super Fast, Screwball, Super Curve, Slider, Change Up and Knuckleball."
36147,Eye,,1987,6.5,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Eye is closely based on the board game with the same name. The game is played with two to four players on a board with differently coloured squares. Each player has playing stones of one colour and the goal to get a certain amount of the own stones on the corresponding fields. The spin on this concept is that the board is placed on two rotatable spirals which change the square distribution on the field when used. During each turn, a player has a different amount of moves available (changes depending on the current match situation); each move consisting of moving a square or turning a spiral. This computer version also allows some rule modifications in comparison to the original game and all opponents can be replaced by the AI."
36148,Heaven & Earth,Steepia,1992,7.1,Puzzle,Cards / tiles,,"An original card game, a visual puzzle game and a physical pendulum puzzle rolled into one. Players can tackle hundreds of puzzles individually or in a sequential ""Pilgrimage"" where their progress is rewarded with zen koans."
36150,Entombed,,1985,7.2,Action,Puzzle elements,,"In this sequel to The Staff of Karnath you once again play as explorer Sir Arthur Pendragon. You are in Egypt beneath the Sphinx and you have just found The Eye of Osiris. With the eye in your hands the chamber starts humming and vibrating and slowly you sink into the ground into darkness below. Slowly, torches light and you notice you're in another chamber with a chest that contains a scroll which says that to escape from beneath the ground you must collect other scrolls to get back to the surface. Entombed is an arcade adventure viewed from the side from an elevated angle where the screen scrolls when you move. The game is full of chambers and mazes of corridors. While you move around the corridors you can breathe easily but in any chamber there is a limited supply of air so many tasks need to be completed before your air meter reaches zero. There are various baddies and obstacles to avoid or hit with a whip when you find it and touching these will drain some of your energy and it's game over when it's gone. A joystick is used to control your hero and the keyboard is used to scroll through options on the bottom of the screen like jump, use object or use weapon. The fire button will then use that option."
36152,Astérix and the Power of the Gods,Astérix et le pouvoir des dieux,1995,6.5,Action,Platform,Classical antiquity,"Based on the French comics series Asterix Asterix and Obelix are great warriors of Gaul (today's France), that was conquered by the Roman Empire 50 B.C. Vercingetorix, the great leader of the Gauls, was defeated by Julius Caesar, and lost his shield to him. Now it's up to Asterix to recover this shield from the Romans! In this platform game, you guide Asterix through various levels. You can move on an isometric overview map to access different locations. You can jump, run, and defeat your enemies by spinning and hitting them. There is a variety of items to collect and obstacles to overcome."
36154,Pioneer Plague,,1988,7.0,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Starion Cluster is under threat from the Pioneer Plague, which is spreading to every planet and destroying its lifeforms, having over-riden its original programming to merely transform uninhabitible planets into lush verdant lands for human colonization. The only solution is to fly to each of these planets and shoot out the pods from which the Plague hatches. The gameplay essentially has 3 different sections. The main shooting action involves taking out as many of the pods as possible, while avoiding being shot by the Plague's self-generating protection robots. The more pods you destroy on each level, the easier the next levels will be. Before each level you must fly to it through a mouse-controlled 3D section - completing the task quickly will again make your task easier. One unique feature is the ability to program the attack paths that your ship's two probes will follow when deployed - this is done by moving the joystick in the appropriate set of directions, producing five options which can be activated in-game."
36156,Amagon,Totsugeki! Machoman,1988,5.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"In Amagon your mission is to investigate a dangerous, monster-infested island. As Amagon, you begin the game with only a machine gun and a limited amount of ammo to protect yourself from the inhabitants of the island. Gameplay is an arcade style platform game with six levels, each with a variety of creatures and a large boss at the end. When you destroy an enemy, a power up will sometimes be left behind. Collecting these can give you extra points, an extra life, more ammo, or a mega key. If you have enough points and collect a mega key, you then have the ability to transform into Megagon. In this form, you are larger in size, can jump further, and have increased strength. You start the transformation with an amount of mega points; each time a creature injures you, points are lost. When all of the mega points are gone you will transform back into your normal size."
36157,Legend of Hero Tonma,,1989,7.1,Action,Platform,,"A little caped hero called Tommy must fight his way to the boss' castle through a cute world to rescue a princess, but stopping him from his rescue mission will be several enemies, which he has to deal with by launching little fireballs at them. Tommy may also jump on their heads to stun them for a moment. Getting power-ups will make the fireball soon increase to a bouncing fireball, which will deal more damage to enemies. Treasure chests can be busted open, allowing Tommy to collect coins. Tommy's journey will have him explore ruins, cliffs, statues, dungeons, and finally the castle. At the end of each level, there is a boss that must be defeated in order to proceed to the next stage."
36164,Sensible Soccer: European Champions - 92/93 Edition,Sensible Soccer v1.1,1992,8.3,"Action, Sports",,,"With the original Sensible Soccer having sold hugely, this updated version was released some months later (and then used as the basis for the later console versions). The teams are updated, with the sides present in the 92-93 European tournaments included, and the player names updated to take transfers into account. The game was tidied up and changed in a number of areas. The most significant change is the addition of red and yellow cards for discipline (2 yellow card offenses or one ‘professional foul’ (denying your opponent a clear goal-scoring opportunity) results in that player being sent off). The goalkeepers have been improved in skill, and the 1994 World Cup Qualifying tournament was added."
36171,Deep Core,,1993,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"An underwater nuclear research base has been invaded by a hostile craft. Captain Dawnrazer is sent in to wipe up the aliens and other beings, and that's where you come in. Deep Core is a dark platform adventure with similarities to Gods There are nine main levels, each of which is split into sub-levels and also has bonus sections leading off from it. Each of the 6 weapons which are on offer can be boosted in power."
36176,The Adventures of Valdo & Marie,"As Aventuras de Vasco, Die Abenteuer von Valdo & Marie, Las aventuras de Valdo y Marie, Les 9 Destins de Valdo",1996,7.6,"Adventure, Educational","Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"The Adventures of Valdo & Marie is an educational game for kids. The player takes the role of Valdo who is aboard a 16th century Portuguese ship heading for Japan. On the journey, they will explore exotic lands and deal with pirates, sharks, and storms. The main objective of the game is to gather the scattered pieces of a treasure map and reveal a mysterious adventure. Most of the gameplay consists of the usual adventure activities: searching the environment, collecting items and solving puzzles. Most of them are of the classic item based kind but there are also a few dialogue and logic puzzles. Additionally the player has to solve a few action based mini games, e.g. a Soko-Ban or a Lemmings variant. It is possible to bypass some puzzles entirely which has a impact later in the game: either getting stuck without the possibility of going back or receiving another of the nine endings. The educational part of the game consists mostly of the historically accurate foundation of the story and the environment. There are also many additional information in text form to read. Some puzzles require this knowledge to be solved, e.g. about ship speed."
36178,Porky's,,1983,4.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"You play as Edward ""Pee Wee"" Morris, who, despite his shortcomings, strives to get revenge on Porky, the owner of the bar that dissed Pee Wee and his friends. You begin at the county line. You must move up from highway lane to highway lane without getting hit. You get points for dodging various obstacles on your way to Porky's. After you get all the way to the top, you enter Porky's Bar, where you have to travel the correct path up the scaffolding, planting charges as you go. If you get to the top, there will be a detonator and so long Porky's! If you fall and Porky catches you, it is off to the swamp."
36181,Retribution,,1994,6.4,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Early into the 24th century man was on the verge of extinction. Before stellar colonization, war loomed close on Earth as its people cried out in their millions for food. Then, we were visited. The Krellans came to our aid like avatars from the far reaches of space to teach us their way to live with ourselves in union. With them, the Krellans brought a new wave of technology, unprecedented medicine, and best of all, the wisdom of peace. Farming and agricultural needs were met and bettered with their help in our colonisation plans. No more would man starve or fight for an acre of corn. Our new found friends slowly led us away from Earth and taught us the ways to perfect terra-forming techniques to solve our ever constant population and resource needs. Since the Krellans first made contact with man many new worlds have echoed to the sound of man's foot fall and we now stand at the threshold of the entire galaxy. In this, man's new hour we live as man was intended...peacefully. The year is 2425. This is the golden age of man, a time of hope. But given time, any foundation can crumble... A first person SciFi-Simulation … as an young rookie pilot you have to prove yourself in 11 campaigns, each with 4 highly strategic missions. You have hatred in your heart and become driven by one compulsion … RETRIBUTION !"
36189,Borderline,,1981,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Borderline is an overhead arcade shooter that puts the player in control of a Jeep in a war zone. The Jeep is equipped with a gun that has unlimited ammunition. Each round consists of four stages; after the player has completed all of them, the game proceeds to the next round, with increased difficulty. The first stage is a vertically scrolling shooter: the player can move the Jeep in all directions, shooting at enemies that try to destroy it by collision; the goal is simply to survive. The other stages share a different gameplay concept: the player has to navigate the Jeep towards enemy refineries and destroy them all. Enemy tanks will spawn indefinitely, trying to stop the Jeep. Parts of the stage are covered by bushes, and the Jeep has to furrow through them before advancing. In the third stage rockets can be picked up for bonus score. In the fourth and final stage the sole refinery is well-protected and shoots missiles at the Jeep."
36200,Maze Hunter 3-D,"Maze Hunter 3D, Maze Walker",1988,6.5,Action,,,"You are trapped in a twenty-level maze, and your job is to make your way toward the bottom, and get out alive. Pick up the iron bar and use it to destroy enemies that get in your way. They will respawn a few seconds after they have been killed. Go down warp holes to warp to another part of the level. To exit, you must find the silver key that will open the locked door. Red balls will float around the screen, and destroying them will let you obtain a special attack which you can use to defeat enemies. Boxes labeled ? are scattered around the level, and destroying these will allow you to obtain armor, shoes, and the key that you need to exit. Requires 3-D glasses to play."
36208,Albedo,,1988,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"On the planet Albedo, a man called Dick is holding a tournament. Those who master all the levels, will learn a secret. The player's avatar has a nice spacesuit, as well as magnetic shoes. These are handy, as they allow the player to run not only on the floor but also on the walls and the roof. An alternative to running is a jump, which lets you drift (and turn) until you reach the other side of the screen. Your only gun is shooting some kind of laser, presented as a line, which is reflected from the walls. There are four basic levels which have to be mastered, which means a given score has to be reached before the other levels open and finally Dick can be reached. The levels vary in the form of the walls, some are more circular, others more like a rectangle. The enemies are different in each level and can attack with sheer size (Grok) or a number of small enemies (Virus). Four separate two-player levels can be chosen, which can be played as a death-match. If no second player is around, the computer can control player two."
36210,Alcatraz Harry,Alcatrazz Harry,1984,4.9,Action,"Puzzle elements, Stealth",,"Alcatraz Harry is a maze game. The player takes on the role of a prisoner named Harry, who must escape from the prison camp. In order to do so he must steal escape equipment and secret files. The prison maze is a grid containing a scattered selection of revolvers, ladders, wire cutters and similar objects. There are also guards to complicate the route. The player must search for items and avoid the patrolling guards. The game has 144 different locations"
36213,Pong,"Barrel-Pong, Dr. Pong, Pong In-A-Barrel, Puppy Pong, Snoopy Pong, Tele-Games: Pong",1972,6.8,"Action, Sports","Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"If you've been playing video games for more than a few years, you've probably at least heard the name ""Pong"" before. Atari's Pong is the first video game in history to truly become commercially successful. Pong is a simple game using analog circuitry and black and white graphics. It is a tennis simulation. The court is a black screen, the two sides separated by a dotted white line going down the middle. You control a paddle represented by a white line. One paddle is on each side of the screen, player one on the left, and player two on the right. Each players' scores are displayed above their paddles."
36216,Snow Wave: Avalanche,"Snowboard Racer, Tech Deck: Snowboarding, Tignes Snow Wave",1998,6.3,Sports,,,"Snow Wave: Avalanche (also known as Snowboard Racer in other countries), is a 3D arcade snowboarding game with a rather cartoonish touch regarding looks. There are 3 different competitions that all require the main ingredients of snowboarding: high downhill speed and acrobatic jump skills. The competition in which dominate speed and flexibility of the board control is represented by boarder-cross. The spectacle of jumping and acrobatics is indispensable in the competitions big jump and big jump races. The first of them takes place in a “multitrack” stadium where you have to try to get the highest possible score by showing your best acrobatics. The jumping races are a mixture between downhill race and acrobatics and you will have to demonstrate complete skills. You will have to confront with 3 kinds of opponents. The first of them is your own ghost, a surfer that imitates your own movements, so that you’ll have to overcome yourself. Moreover, you can choose a direct confrontation with other surfers. Each of them will show you his own specific characteristics. Finally, you can select the race against time... but be careful: One sudden halt can make you run out of time without reaching the next checkpoint. You can choose among 2 surfers each with 3 different clothes: two boys and two girls, all very skillful thanks to the 14 different types of acrobatics (everybody has their own characteristic movements) and to the 5 different kinds of turns in the air. They will be able to race in 3 tracks altogether. 1 track of boarder-cross with its slalom poles and its fast and wavy routes, canyons, tunnels, snow-covered meadow lands... Plus 1 jump track, with more than 15 ramps. Finally, there is the “multitrack” stadium with 3 ramps, each one of a different height."
36219,It Came from the Desert,,1989,8.1,"Action, Adventure","Mini-games, Shooter","North America, Sci-fi / futuristic","It Came From the Desert is an action-adventure game that derives its inspiration from the many cult-horror B-Movies of the 50's and 60's, the 1954 film Them in particular. The player plays the part of Dr. Greg Bradley, a geologist and the newest resident in town. Eager to satisfy his scientific mind, Bradley sets out to examine the crash-site of a mysterious meteor, but what he finds is not at all what he had been looking for. The game takes place all over Lizard Breath, and there are several different types of action / interaction. The adventure part of the game is very linear, guiding the player in a fairly set sequence of action sections. These include first-person bug shooting, scrolling overhead shooting, and a chase sequence."
36225,International Ice Hockey,,1991,5.5,Sports,,,"International Ice Hockey is a basic ice hockey game in which the player participates in a league. The goal obviously is to reach the top of the league which is achieved by winning matches against other teams. If the own team has possession of the puck, the player can start a shot by holding the fire button - the longer kept, the more power goes into the shot. When in defense, the player can choose between two control methods: either manual cycling through the athletes or the game automatically switches to the one nearest to the puck. Other options include the strategy (athlete positioning), three difficulty levels, the time per period (two, five or twenty minutes) and if the highlights of the game should be replayed after each third. Offside and icing are ignored."
36232,ESPN Winter X Games Snowboarding,,2000,7.0,Sports,,,"ESPN Winter X Games Snowboarding is a snowboarding game based on the ESPN Winter X Games event. The game's license allows for a multitude of professional snowboarders, boards and apparel to be present within the game. Game modes include Snowboarder, Session, Free Ride and Movie mode. Snowboarder is a career mode where you have to perform in games that are taken directly from the Winter X Games event itself and include: Big Air, Boarder Cross, Halfpipe and Slopestyle. Each of these games can be played with up to four players or AI opponents in X Games and Session modes. Free Ride allows you to do whatever you want in on a large slope and challenge friends to races. Movie mode is a collection of movies from professional snowboarders."
36235,Circus,,1982,7.3,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"The seventh in the Mysterious Adventure series of illustrated text adventures by Brian Howarth. Your car has broken down, miles from anywhere. Heading off in search of a gas station, 3 miles down the road you come upon what appears to be a Circus tent, nestled in a small valley. Sounds and music come from inside. As you reach the gate, suddenly there is complete silence. You walk fearfully towards the entrance of the tent, wondering what exactly is going on here. Maybe if you are lucky, you can find some gas here... Around this time, the game engine was replaced with a far more powerful one. Now the games accepted complete sentences. You can hit ENTER to switch between graphics and all text. This made them somewhat easier to play and less frustrating."
36242,Feudal Lords,,1990,6.3,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Feudal Lords is a turn-based strategy game set in the medieval kingdom Euthrania. Four lords, either controlled by human players or AI, fight for control over the kingdom. This is also the winning condition: getting all provinces into the own sphere of influence. Of course the lords also have a fair amount of management to think about, e.g. building up an army with different soldiers types, ensuring the kingdom's stability by taxing and trading and diplomacy to get the other lords off the back for a time. There are two options to overtake the kingdom: open war (sending an army to another province and the computer calculates the result) and behind-the-scenes plotting to start an uprising or order the assassination of the hostile lord. The game is completely menu based."
36245,Incubation: Time is Running Out,"Battle Isle 4: Incubation, Incubation: Battle Isle Faza Czwarta, Incubation: Battle Isle Phase Four, Incubation: Battle Isle Phase Vier, Incubation: Космодесант",1997,7.9,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Tactical shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The energy shield that separated the human colonists from the Scay'Ger, an indigenous life-form, has shut-down and a virus has now mutated the Scay'Ger into savage and blood-thirsty monsters. As the commander of an elite squad of space marines, it is your job to halt the enemy attacks and evacuate the remaining colonists. The battles are fought within the buildings of Scay Hallwa, the dark and brooding colony city, in both a turn-based tactical mode and a real-time 3D environment."
36249,Stellar 7,,1990,7.1,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Stellar 7 a remake of the 1983 game you drive the Raven, the most advanced Terran fighting vehicle. You are up against Gir Draxon and his evil Arcturan army. You will go from star system to star system, fighting his forces. When the enemies have been destroyed, a mothership flies overhead and beams down the Guardian of the star system, a giant enemy ship. When you reach the Arcturus star system, you will fight Gir Draxon! The game is played from a first person view looking out from the cockpit of the Raven. It is in true polygonal 3D. Aside from a graphical and aural overhaul and the addition of cutscenes, the remake's gameplay and level design is virtually identical to the original, right down to the placement of each and every enemy. The major differences are the added ""power modules"" (e.g. supercannon, superjump) and a major boss creature at the end of every level."
36257,3D Time Trek,,1983,5.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are a survivor of the planet Corillian after space pirates launched a devastating raid. You now seek revenge on those responsible, to destroy them and their galactic tyranny. You are searching for them in your super powerful starship with computers and sensors to seek those murderous pirates. You search the galaxy using a map. Once on part of your map you can send out a sensor. The results will tell you if there are aliens or planets out there. Finish searching that area, bring up your map and search elsewhere. Moving to another part puts you in warp speed. You can check on your battle computer, move energy into your shields and bring up any damage you have. 3D Time Trek is a 1st person perspective 3D space game. You look out of your cockpit into the dark depths of space. If you come across an alien, a crosshair appears allowing you to aim and fire on it. As well as viewing out your cockpit you can also see your energy levels, shield levels and your condition."
36258,Hare Raising Havoc,Roger Rabbit Baby Herman in Hare Raising Havoc,1991,6.4,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"You need to help Roger Rabbit get out of each room he is stuck in so he can capture Baby Herman before Mommy returns home. You will want to try using everything around Roger. Make him pull, push, kick, slide, and jump on objects to see if they'll help him escape. A timer appears on the screen to show how much time Roger has left."
36261,UEFA Euro 96 England,,1995,6.6,Sports,,Europe,"An official licensed game of the European Championships held in England in 1996. All 16 teams are available to choose from and the following Game Types: European Championship, Friendly Game, Practice Penalties and Practice Match (only the opposition's goalkeeper is on the pitch). A couple of options of note are variable/adjustable wind and a choice of referees each with two difficulty levels of 'vision' and 'discipline' (the latter is available for friendly games only). Long time BBC sport commentator Barry Davies provides the commentary. The game is based on Gremlin Interactive's Actua Soccer engine."
36266,Turok: Battle of the Bionosaurs,Turok,1997,7.0,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Battle of the Bionosaurs is a companion to its N64 and PC counterpart Turok: Dinosaur Hunter As Turok you are tasked with battling dinosaurs, cyborgs and ruthless mercenaries to achieve ultimate victory over evil. You get a wide variety of weapons through the eight levels of battle and objectives. Use the weapons carefully as different adversaries react differently to each one. You get to explore large levels and use a password system to save your progress."
36274,Record of Lodoss War,"Lodoss-Tō Senki: Jashin Kōrin, Record of Lodoss War: The Advent of Cardice",2000,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"In this game the player takes the role of an ancient warrior who has been brought to life by the benevolent wizard Wart. It seems that the evil goddess Kardis is about to be resurrected by her faithful servants. The only way to stop them is to gather famous heroes from Lodoss War universe and to defeat the evil ones in a battle. Record of Lodoss War is quite similar to Diablo gameplay-wise. It is an action RPG which is heavily combat-oriented. You can directly control only the main hero, while the legendary heroes who join him on the quest are controlled by the AI. As you go through the game you level up, tweak your items with the great Ancients system, and gain new spells. It is also possible to forge weapons and to imbue them with runes. As your adventures into the surrounding land go on, you can return to your HQ, the Goblin Fortress, and get much needed healing and healing potions (free of charge)."
36277,Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,Jīkiru Hakase no Hōma ga Toki,1988,3.5,Action,,,"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novella ""Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"", which follows a respected doctor who develops a serum that transforms him into the embodiment of his darkest thought and desires. He becomes a slave to his alter ego and is ultimately destroyed by it. In the game, Jekyll must make his way from his home to the church where he is to marry his sweetheart Miss Millicent. He's got to keep his life bar and ""Jekyll to Hyde"" meter in check, or he'll find himself changed into the nefarious Mr. Hyde. If this happens, Hyde must then defeat enough baddies to raise the meter back up and allow the good doctor to continue his quest."
36279,F.A. Cup Football,,1986,5.5,"Simulation, Sports",,,"F.A. Cup Football is officially licensed by the English F.A, and lets you lead your English club side to the FA Cup victory. First you have to select your team and how many players will play the game (maximum is 8). You can select formation and between 3 different game strategies, which are: attacking, balanced and defensive. Sometimes you have to answer to some questions where you have 3 choices. For example, if your player wants to leave the club, what would you do? Like in the real F.A Cup, your opponent will be decided by a random draw. Before each match you will see your next opponent. In the game you'll see all the fixtures, and watch how the matches are going minute by minute. If your team wins, you continue to the next round (unless it was the final). Drawn matches result in replays; at this time infinite replays were used rather than penalty shoot outs. Random events such as player injuries or off-pitch problems often occur before replays."
36288,R.C. Pro-Am II,,1992,7.7,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"This second Pro-Am racing game for NES introduces some innovations compared to its predecessor. Once again, you have to bring your red radio-controlled car to victory, score points, hit turbo speed lines, and leave no chance to your blue, green, and yellow adversaries. But you can also upgrade your engine and tires - if you can afford it, which means you'll have to think seriously about gathering those dollar signs scattered on the track. The tracks themselves have more variety, some have unusual enemies (little planes bombing you from above), and more kinds of obstacles. You also have several lives and don't die immediately if you arrived last."
36294,Banzai Bug,,1996,6.6,"Action, Simulation",,,"In Banzai Bug you play a fly who has been trapped in the house of an exterminator, now with the help of a couple of other insects you have to escape. You control your bug in a 3rd-person view as you fly around and complete different missions like stealing matches, collecting earwax or navigate the vents."
36301,Colony Wars 2492,,1996,6.3,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are a human general and have to fight against crazy robots on the surface of the planet Ansgar-15. Your units are also robots. Your vehicles can be individual build out of 27 different parts. These 27 parts are divided in 3 components – weapon, vehicle and special. The robots were built in 3 factories (for every component you need another factory). The factories need the resource Angarium, which must be collected from the planet’s surface. In Colony Wars 2492 is no base management. The factories and all other buildings are on the map and must be conquered. The maps have one of 4 different surfaces (snow, desert, etc.)."
36305,NBA Action 98,NBA Fastbreak '98,1997,7.4,Sports,,,"Sega's first attempt at Basketball on the PC includes plenty of neat visuals; realistic AI and motion capture work; official licenses of the NBA including players, teams and courts; practice mode to help you get used to your team; and a multiplayer mode (for up to 5 players on one computer). You can also create your own team and players in the edit mode, in case you don't like what the NBA offers."
36308,Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire,"Hero's Quest 5: Dragon Fire, Quest for Glory 5: Drachenfeuer, Quest for Glory V: Fogo do Dragão, Quest for Glory V: Le Souffle du Dragon",1998,7.6,"Action, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"After having survived the dangers he encountered on his previous journey the hero travels with the wizard Erasmus to a Greece-like country called Silmaria. Its king was recently murdered, and, according to the land's traditions, the crown will be given to the one who passes a contest known as the Rites of Rulership. The hero enters the contest, aided by Erasmus, Rakeesh, and other old friends. However, as the competition progresses, contestants are being systematically killed by an unknown assassin. All the victims are murdered near the Dragon Pillars, which keep the Dragon of Silmaria in captivity. The hero must investigate the crimes and save Silmaria from a grave danger. Dragon Fire is the final game in the Quest for Glory series Like the previous games in the series, Dragon Fire is a hybrid between puzzle-solving adventure and role-playing game. The player talks to the world's inhabitants, gathering clues and items necessary to acquire in order to complete the quests and advance the story. Unlike all its predecessors, Dragon Fire has no separate battle screens; the action-based battles take place on the exploration screen, utilizing a simple point-and-click interface, similarly to Diablo The game has heavier weapon and armor management than other Quest for Glory games, strengthening the RPG angle. Many quests are optional or can be completed in different ways. The hero can also marry one of the several major female characters in the game, provided the player does the right thing to impress the girl."
36313,Pete Sampras Tennis 97,Sampras Extreme Tennis,1996,7.1,Sports,,,"Codemasters used their Pete Sampras license for a second time on this tennis game. Playing as either a male or female in singles or doubles matches, your ultimate aim is to win each of the 8 matches, which represent the finals of 8 tournaments The four Grand Slam tournament venues are unlocked when you win tournaments on the other four (in Barcelona, Hong Kong, Frankfurt and Moscow). Single matches or quick multiplayer knockout tournaments can also be played, the latter with up to 8 human players. Lob, slice and drop shots each have their own control buttons, and spin can be comfortably applied. Serving involves stopping a curving arc at the right moment - there are three serve speeds and the arc's motion reflects this, so it is harder to get the faster serves accurate. Ten camera styles are available, encompassing both fixed and moving camera work."
36317,The Godfather,The Godfather: The Action Game,1991,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Following the movie series (and released in conjunction with The Godfather III)- work your way up the Corleone family ladder over the span of 50 years, and attempt to destroy the rival families. A walk-n-shoot game; each of the five levels represents a decade from the 1940s to the 1980s. Shooting rivals increases your standing, while shooting innocent people lowers it. Each level also provides the opportunity for shootouts, a reflex-testing mini-game that requires you to kill people who draw their guns as quickly as possible, while not killing those that don't draw their guns."
36320,Gulf War: Operation Desert Hammer,,1999,6.2,Action,,Middle East,"In this action game the player controls a M12 tank, called ""The Hammer"", to bring piece to Iraq where ""The Beast"" rules as a dictator. Every of the 18 missions is accompanied with a cutscene where his newest atrocities are shown. The M12 has a heavy gun and a rocket launcher which each have two ammo types against regular and armored enemies. The chain gun has unlimited ammo but small power. In some missions there is also a possibility to request artillery and air attacks. The game is action oriented and so the handling is a simple combination between mouse and keyboard controls: mouse look is used to aim the turrets and with the keyboard the tank is moved. The missions are linear and mostly the goal is to drive from point A to point B. Of course there are a lot of enemy forces which try to prevent this, e.g. tanks, bunkers or rocket launchers, and other obstacles like mine fields. In later missions there are also hostile helicopters. Some buildings contain ammo or repair stations, a mini map shows the surroundings and goals."
36321,Bubble and Squeak,,1994,7.5,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"Bubble and Squeak starts off similarly to many other platform games. Controlling a bald child, you move through a scrolling array of ledges, avoiding contact with nasties who release coins when shot. There are hidden areas to find as well. Halfway through the first of the 30 levels, you meet Squeak and the full nature of the game starts. Squeak is a blue alien, who must also be guided through the levels. As he can't jump as high as you, he must sometimes be instructed to wait while you flick a switch or otherwise solve the puzzle of how to guide him through. If you stand on top of Squeak you can be launched into an extra-high jump. Bubble Mode is the equivalent of Super Mario mode from the Super Mario games - it allows you to jump higher, run faster and shoot more lethal weaponry (bubbles in this case). It is activated by placing a coin into a Bubblegum machine and then jumping on Squeak's back. In between the main platform levels, there are side-view shoot 'em up sections taking place underwater – completing these earns bonuses."
36322,Penguin-Kun Wars,"Arcade Archives: Penguin-Kun Wars, King of the Zoo, La batalla del Pingüino, Penguin Wars, Penguin-kun Wars VS.",1985,6.2,Sports,,Fantasy,A penguin rolls spheres across a table attempting to knock its opponent out for points. The character with the fewest spheres on its side of the table at the end of the timed match is the winner.
36323,Alien Syndrome,,1992,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alien Syndrome for Game Gear is a sequel to the arcade game of the same name Five years after the events of the original, alien hunters Ricky and Mary are called back into action when a distress call from the space transport Dagal is received. More alien creatures have invaded. They need to be destroyed and the crew rescued. Gameplay is very similar to the original game: players select either Ricky or Mary (the difference is only visual) and must clear the levels (seen from an overhead perspective) by rescuing all crew members within a time limit while fighting off aliens. A map can be called up at any time to check where the crew members are. Panels in the walls reveal weapon power-ups, including lasers and flame throwers. Rescuing the last crew member opens up the exit. Upon leaving, a boss fight follows. The game includes five different levels, four of which represent decks of the invaded ship. All are completely new designs not seen in the original game. Certain enemies are reused from the arcade, however, including most bosses. The final level consists solely of a boss fight against a new alien."
36328,The Lords of Midnight,"The Lords of Midnight: 8 bit, The Lords of Midnight: Defeat the evil Doomdark in this medieval graphic adventure",1984,8.1,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Wargame",Fantasy,"The Lords of Midnight brings to life this epic land, as Doomdark's forces aim to wrest control of its 4000 screens. Your initial party of the task contains four fighters - Luxor the Moonprince, Morkin (his son), Corleth the Fey and Rothron the Wise, each of whom has their own characteristics. Many more lords can be recruited as the game progresses, with names such as Lord Dreams, Lord Blood and the Utarg of Utarg. If Luxor is killed, only Morkin remains under human control. The game can be won in two ways - by overthrowing the full might of Doomdark's forces, or by stealing the moon ring back from its location (a task only Morkin can attempt), meaning that the game can be played as a straight strategy title or an RPG of sorts. The land of Midnight includes lakes, keeps, plains and forests (the Fey are usually located here). You can always look in each of the 8 compass directions, meaning that the game features 32000 views - a remarkable tally in systems of this size. Doomdark's forces, the Foul, move at night, giving the game a turn-based structure. Your characters can also die at the hands of dragons, skulkrin and wolves."
36329,Arabian Nights,,1993,7.8,Action,Platform,Middle East,"In Arabian Nights you play Sinbad Jr., a gardener at the royal palace who loves to sneak a peek at the princess every now and again. One day, Sinbad looks up and sees a huge demon kidnapping the princess. He dashes to save the princess, only to be caught by the palace guards and thrown in the dungeon. There are nine levels in the game. In several levels, there are various gameplay elements which include flying on the magic carpet and racing against your opponent in a mine cart. You will also meet some characters, which if you give them an item they want, they will give you something in return. In other levels, you have to do things yourself. For example, obtain a snake that will set a prisoner free, or using a blow torch to open some frozen doors."
36332,2 Hot 2 Handle,,1991,6.3,Compilation,,,2 Hot 2 Handle is a compilation containing the following 4 games:
36334,SpellCaster,"Kujakuō, Warrior Quest",1988,7.3,"Action, Adventure",Metroidvania,Fantasy,"SpellCaster is an action/adventure game where you play the role of Kane, who has been summoned by Daikak, the great leader of the Summit Temple, where he trained in the ancient art of battle, to check on a group of warriors that were sent by him to guard a temple, but as he left, he felt grim certainty that the coming events would not be pleasant. Whatever the future held would forge him as certain as fire forges a strong sword. The game takes place in two adventure formats: action and adventure scenes. In the action scenes, you take on a horde of enemies as you make your way toward the temple, being careful not to use up all your strength. Some of the enemies will drop one of two spheres: a blue sphere that, when collected, increases your strength; and an orange sphere that increases your energy. More often than not, there will be a boss waiting inside the temple, and you have to defeat them to continue with your journey. When you defeat them, a giant blue ball will be dropped, and that will give you maximum strength. The adventure scenes allow you to select a series of commands that allow you to travel to new locations, talk to characters, look at various objects, take items, and use existing items. When you decide to look, you can either look at the terrain, or some other object. When you decide to look at any object, a pointing finger will allow you to highlight the object which you are interested in. You can also use various spells throughout the game, which can be used to defeat someone, help them. But they can be used to help you instead. These spells include:"
36342,Virtual League Baseball,Virtual Pro Yakyū '95,1995,5.5,Sports,,,"Virtual Boy's take on baseball, this one features four different leagues and a plethora of teams to choose from: Pan-Am League Asian League European League Special League Gameplay for batting consists of the left control pad to position the batter in the batter's box, ""A"" to swing the bat and the ""R or L"" Shoulder buttons to bunt. They can also have field runners steal base when at bat by choosing the base they want stolen and press the ""A"" button. When field the player uses the left D-Pad to position their player under the shadow of the ball, and using the D-Pad to choose which base they want to choose and pressing ""A"" to throw. They can also dive for the ball using the ""A"" button. Pitching has the player use the D-Pad to position their player and pressing ""A"" to bring up a pitching meter, pressing the ""A"" button again to release the ball. The higher the meter is, the faster the ball will travel. There are only two pitches, Fastball which is the ""A"" button and Forkball which is the ""B"" button. Pressing ""R or L"" shoulder buttons and pressing the desired direction on the D-pad will thrown the ball to that designated to base in an attempt to pick off a runner. There are three modes to choose from: 1P vs. CPU which is a standard exhibition game, All Star where the player chooses from one of three All-Star teams from the game to play against another and Pennant Race where the player chooses a league and a team, playing against every team in the league. If a player wins their league, they can play against the champions of the other leagues as well. Progress can be saved through a password feature."
36343,Cameltry,On the Ball,1990,7.2,"Puzzle, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"There's a kind of knick-knack you may find in dusty games rooms, a maze through which you navigate a marble by subtly tilting the board, dancing with gravity and momentum, deftly rolling your sphere out of dead ends and around the obstacles posed by holes in the board. Marble Madness explores this theme in a fudged 3-D perspective, Cloud Kingdoms in a flat 2-D one -- both by directly influencing the actions of the ball. The game takes a different approach toward a similar end; instead of moving the ball around the board, you move the board around the ball. That's right; from the get-go, gravity pulls ever down, down, down on your ball toward the bottom of your screen regardless of board orientation; the task of the player is to rotate the board now clockwise, now counter-clockwise, to further a timely and unobstructed path beneath the ball in its progress toward each level's goal before the timer ticks down to zero. The game might as well have been named ""inertia."" Many obstacles can be avoided, but some must be engaged head-on: a certain momentum, if not terminal velocity, must be achieved to break through crumbling brick barriers; other obstacles toggle on and off like traffic lights, demanding not only speed but timing. Some influence the ball's direction, and in addition to merely delaying the ball's progress, touching some impediments incurs an additional time penalty -- conversely, some blocks bestow time bonuses, if you can afford the ever-diminishing time needed to take the scenic detour and collect them."
36349,Aggressors of Dark Kombat,Tsūkai Gangan Kōshinkyoku,1994,6.9,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"Aggressors of Dark Kombat is another one-on-one street fighting beat 'em up from the Neo-Geo's seemingly endless library of fighters. It pits 8 fighters of different styles and strengths against each other in a tournament to see who's the toughest mofo on the streets of Tokyo. Your objective as usual is to deplete your opponent's health bar within the time limit by using your basic attacks and special moves (triggered by specific controller motions) while avoiding his moves and attacks. Unique to Aggressors of Dark Kombat is the combination of traditional side-scrolling beat 'em up elements, meaning characters can freely move in an isometric space instead of being restricted to a single plane of movement. Weapons and throw-able items are usually thrown into the arena by the crowds and you can pick them up and wield them for added damage. Additionally, matches are 1-round only affairs, with an extended multi-layered health bar that allows for longer rounds than usual."
36352,Sega Swirl,,1999,7.2,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,,"In an interesting publicity maneuver for their newly-released Dreamcast video game system, SEGA of America released a free game for the PC and DC platforms, Sega Swirl (also apparently to capitalize on the DC's logo, a Cinnabon-like swirl). The object of the game is simple. A screen fills with multi-colored swirls, and then you must remove the whole screen. A swirl removed will also remove all neighboring swirls of the same color. Gravity affects the remaining swirls, and the whole mass contracts to the left of the screen as you remove more and more. Scoring is based on combos or number of swirls removed simultaneously. Obviously, more swirls=higher points, but single swirls actually remove points. You have to play a balancing act between removing huge masses of swirls and being left with non-matching sets, or removing smaller sets and possibly missing out on a huge combo score. In a foreshadowing of the (hoped for) coming day of PC/video game online convergence, PC and DC owners can play against each other- via e-mail. PC owners can download the game for free, and SEGA offers it in two varieties- the standard version, and (refreshingly) a small sound-free version for people who don't want to be online for a long time. A separate sound pack is available for those who opt to not get the whole set in one fell swoop. DC owners can get the game free on various promo GD-ROMs SEGA has distributed."
36358,Adrenix,,1998,5.6,Action,Shooter,,"Scott Griffon is a military pilot who has hunted rebels for years as part of an elite anti-insurrection squad. But now he changes sides because Medtech, a government facility which conducts medical experiments on humans, kidnapped his fiance. You take his role and fly an advanced fighter craft to destroy Medtech. To survive, you must master an arsenal of weapons including the Molnia Arc, Vortex Shield, and Micro Missiles. But be warned, your opposition is armed to the teeth and will attack without mercy. Regarding gameplay the game is similar to Descent : Flying a ship in first person perspective while shooting enemies. The 24 levels are mostly not the typical narrow mazes but relatively open and offer varied mission goals like protecting convoys, performing covert extractions or executing strikers on strategic targets."
36359,Kessen,,2000,7.0,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,"Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval)","Kessen is a strategy game that tells the story of the events that brought feudal Japan out of a century of civil war and installed the Tokugawa Shogunate as the dominant political entity for the next two hundred years. As either Tokugawa Ieyasu or his opponents, you'll engage in real time battles, including Sekigahara, one of the largest and most famous battles in Japanese history. Victory or defeat will steer you down a campaign trail, taking you either through the historical events of the time or down fictional 'what if?' scenarios. Battles take place in real time, with you instructing your various generals on where to lead their troops, who to engage, and what special actions to perform. These special actions, such as firing your cannons, charging your opponent, or unleashing a flight of arrows, are depicted in close-up, cinema-like cut-scenes. Before, after, and sometimes even during battles you'll be shown cut-scenes that depict the personal struggles of your various subordinates."
36362,The Messenger,"Louvre: A Maldição, Louvre: L'Ultime Malédiction, Louvre: La Maldición Final, Louvre: La maledizione finale, Louvre: The Final Curse, Louvre: The Messenger HD, The Final Curse",2000,6.2,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"You are Morgan Sinclair, Secret Service agent. The Dark Templars are attempting to secure 4 artifacts, collectively known as ""Satan's Keys"", to bring upon Armageddon. You must stop them by travelling back in time to locate the artifacts before they fall into the wrong hands... The Messenger is an adventure game feature 360 panorama views."
36368,Peter Pan: A Story Painting Adventure,,1993,6.6,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,,"In this story painting adventure you play as Peter Pan, the leader of boys and girls, against Captain Hook, the leader of pirates. You stole the treasure map from Hook, then Hook stole all the boys and girls from your village and now you have to exchange map on your friends and rescue all of them including you beloved girl. Also you are not alone with your Paintbox Pals. You can play the game many times, every your step is different because of your choice to avoid the obstacles such as crocodile in river or closed door. Your pals provide different solutions and you only choose them. It is very useful for very little kids."
36369,360: Three Sixty,,1999,5.2,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"360: Three Sixty is an arcade and futuristic racing game set in a submerged world. Players can choose from multiple hovercrafts with different statistics based on acceleration, agility, armour and speed. Races take place in different environments with multiple laps per race. In addition to racing the vehicles can shoot each other and there is also a first-person reverse view to keep back chasers. Tracks contain pick-ups with new weapons and other types of items such as a shield. A regular cannon is always available as a weapon. Next to racing levels there are arena levels where opponents shoot each other and do not race. Game modes include Tournament, Time Trial and a two-player split-screen multiplayer mode."
36382,Web Wars,WebWarp,1983,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Fantasy,"The player slips into the role of Hawk King. His mission is to search the Web of Fantasy for certain legendary creatures and collect them all. The Hawk King is controlled in a third person perspective, flying through the Web. The 20 creatures that can be captured are protected by drones, which can in turn be destroyed with the blaster weapon. Other actions the player can take is speeding up or slowing down the Hawk King, and extending a rod to capture a rare species once the player encounters one. After a creature has been successfully captured, the player enters the trophy room though a portal, which displays all captured creatures. If the player proves unsuccessful after two attempts however, they will have to face the Cosmic Dragon, at which point the only defence the player has left is avoiding its deadly fireballs."
36390,Bermuda Syndrome,,1995,7.4,Action,Platform,"Fantasy, World War II","Jack Thompson is a pilot of an American B-17 bomber during World War II. His plane is shot down by German fighters and is about to crash. However, a mysterious portal appears, transporting Jack into an alternate reality. Jack ends up in a jungle and promptly saves a young woman who is attacked by a gigantic dinosaur. It appears that the woman is a princess who was about to be sacrificed for her father. The two decide to travel together, trying to survive in the dangerous jungle and eventually escape. Bermuda Syndrome is a cinematic platformer similar in concept to Flashback The emphasis of the gameplay is on solving problems and carefully proceeding through screens filled with enemies and hazards. Jumping, fighting, and occasionally using items are required to succeed. At some points it is necessary to interact with the princess in order to solve a puzzle."
36392,Oink!,,1983,6.1,Action,Arcade,,"Oink! is based on the fairy tale of the three little pigs. The big bad wolf is trying to blow down each of the pigs houses. You control each pig one at a time. The wolf is at the bottom of the screen and will blow a hole in the house one section at a time. Each time a hole is formed, the pig must patch it up quickly so the wolf can't get in. New materials are located at the top of the screen, and you need to grab them and place them in the holes as they are formed. The longer you last, the tougher the wolf will become! You start the game controlling the pig whose house is made of straw; when he is caught, you move on to the pig in the house made of sticks. Finally you will control the pig in the house made of bricks. When all three pigs have been caught by the wolf, the game is over."
36399,NAM-1975,,1990,7.3,Action,Shooter,Cold War,"As a soldier, you and/or a friend must travel through Vietnam to stop the scientist and his world destroying laser machine. In the game, you must shoot enemy soldiers, tanks, helicopters, jeeps, and more by aiming the machine gun cursor and shooting at them. Within each location, you can pick up more powerful weapons such as machine guns and flame throwers, but these have a limited supply of ammunition. Pressing down on the joystick while running at the same time will cause your character to perform a somersault and be invincible for a second. At the end of every location, you will need to defeat a series of bosses, which are not the same every play. Cut-scenes are viewed in between locations, and contain dramatic digitized dialogue."
36406,Evil Dead: Hail to the King,,2000,5.1,Action,Shooter,,"Ash, the square-jawed, insult-spewing, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed hero from the cult classic Evil Dead trilogy is back. Picking up eight years after the last installment of the Evil Dead films, Ash is drawn back to the infamous cabin in the woods only to again face evil forces that have crossed over to our world. Our hero finds himself slicing and dicing carnivorous Kandarian demons, vicious deadites, and other unspeakable atrocities spawned by the notorious Book of the Dead. And in true Evil Dead fashion, Ash must once again attempt to save the world from an appalling and horrific end. Evil Dead: Hail to the King is a survival horror game with over-the-top bloodlust and signature Ash humor--all within the confines of the Evil Dead universe"
36408,Newman/Haas IndyCar featuring Nigel Mansell,Newman/Haas IndyCar estrelando Nigel Mansell,1994,6.3,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Newman Haas Indy Car is, as the name shows, a racing game endorsed by the CART racing team of the same name and their top driver at the time, Englishman Nigel Mansell. The player has the option to drive a single race (where the option to practice is hidden) or go for the crown against 12 other drivers in 15 tracks (with some variety, not only ovals) across North America, with the season opener in Queensland, Australia. It is possible play solo, with a friend in split screen or with split screen against the computer, and if music or engine sounds are played in the race. A key choice in the game is selecting between Arcade and Simulation mode - in the later, the car can take a lot less damage before giving up, fine-tuning must be done by the driver and rules are enforced, under the risk of a disqualification. Graphically, the game is less sterile than most driving games of the platform (and in 16-bit consoles, generally), thanks to the inclusion of several polygonal buildings scattered around the circuits."
36411,Rocket Ranger,,1988,7.8,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Mini-games,"Alternate history, Sci-fi / futuristic, World War II","In the 1940s, the Nazis built a base on the moon and plan to use a mysterious substance called Lunarium to reduce people's intelligence. However, in the 21st Century time travel has been mastered, as have jet-propulsion backpacks, plus some cataclysmic weaponry and advanced code-breaking equipment. These items are sent back in time to you in order to change the result of the war by using this technology to find their five rocket factories and destroy the moon base. The game fits the Cinemaware template closely, with a string of action sequences linked by cinematic animation sequences to set the scene. There's also a strategic element, as you move your spies around to gain information and avoid detection, and decide how much Lunarium to use at each stage of the game. Action sequences include hand-to-hand combat with a Nazi guard, and flying through the air shooting either hordes of enemy planes or the Zeppelin itself. An ""Extended Collector's Edition"" of the game was released in 2018. It is a limited edition of 500 and contains the game in multiple languages and for multiple platforms, and contains as bonuses posters, stickers, postcards, and the soundtrack on vinyl."
36414,Astérix and the Great Rescue,,1994,6.5,Action,Platform,Classical antiquity,"Astérix and the Great Rescue received a unique version for Sega's 8-bit systems. It follows the same story as the Genesis version but offers unique levels and gameplay mechanics. To rescue their friends Getafix and Dogmatix from the Romans, Asterix and Obelix must make their way through five levels of platforming action, encompassing Gaul, a Roman encampment, the forest, a Roman galley and the city of Rome itself, fighting animals and Roman soldiers. Each level consists of six smaller stages, with the final stage being a boss fight. During the levels, players can switch between Asterix and Obelix at any time. Both friends have slightly different abilities: Asterix moves faster and can jump higher and is the only one who can crouch to get into crawl spaces. Obelix can push heavy objects out of the way, has a more powerful punch than Asterix and can jump on top of enemies to destroy them or to bounce off of them. He can also use his punches and bouncy jumps to destroy brick barriers. Only Asterix can use the magic potions that can be found in the levels, of which there are four varieties: levitation potions allowing him to fly, bomb potions giving him projectiles to throw, cloud potions allowing him to create platforms in mid-air, and a disguise potion that allows him to pass by any enemy undetected. The only special ability Obelix can use is his mega-punch: more powerful than a regular punch, it takes some time to recharge after use. Besides the potions, other pick-ups include coins and money bags for points, chickens and chalices as health power-ups, a sickle for temporary invisibility, the Mega symbol for temporary super-strength and a red heart for an extra life. The game features a password system that allows restarting from any of the five main levels."
36415,Catch 23,,1987,6.7,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The CK23 is a plane that can take off and land like an ordinary plane, but can fly into space and orbit the earth for weeks on end. When it's ready it can swoop back to the earth destroying all in it's path. It's Development site is on a highly guarded mountainous deserted island surrounded by minefields, electric fences and numerous vehicle and foot patrols. The major problem is that it belongs to your enemy. You have been parachuted in (where you land is down to the wind) to enter the heart of the development complex, take the blueprints to the plane and set a time delay detonator in the nuclear reactor. You have eight hours till sunrise to complete your mission. Armed with your gun and explosives you travel on foot but can take a shuttle between villages to explore the island. Although the residents of the island have been evacuated there is a resistance movement which consists of 17 scientists who each are hiding in buildings on their own. They communicate with computer terminals and have a plan to wreck the development complex. You must search the buildings in each village to find these people who will assist you in your mission. Catch 23 is a 3D game viewed from a 1st person perspective showing the outlines of the buildings. You can use a joystick or keyboard to control your character to move about and complete other tasks."
36416,R.B.I. Baseball 4,RBI 4,1992,6.3,Sports,,,"R.B.I. Baseball 4 is yet another update to Tengen's baseball franchise, updating the stats and legacy teams for the 1991 season. Just like the previous version division champions back to 1983 are available, and now includes not only player names, but also all team names and each team's stadium. The game also features a management mode where custom teams can be created, as well as new Home Run Derby and Game Breakers modes."
36422,CD-Man Version 2.0,,1989,6.4,Action,Arcade,,"Pac-Man, an arcade classic finds a new form in this very cute clone. CD-Man features 5 different worlds to pass each having nicely-drawn graphics in high-res EGA mode and therefore a new character, ""The Snoofer"" which was not available in version 1.5 (instead of it you were playing with your old pal). Created by two Swedish authors, Atilla Biro and Anders Moree."
36423,Bubble Symphony,Bubble Bobble II,1994,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In Bubble Symphony you play one of four dragons - Bubblun, Bobblun, Kululun, and Cororon. Each dragon has its advantages and disadvantages. You have the task of trapping your enemies in bubbles, then bumping into them to make them turn into food, which you can get for points. There are multiple paths that you can take, and bosses that you have to defeat in order to proceed to the next set of levels. Multiple endings are viewed depending on skill and secrets found. Features an excellent soundtrack and guest appearances from various Taito games."
36424,Ambush at Sorinor,Fantasy Ambush,1993,7.0,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"In Ambush at Sorinor six clans are at war with each other in the land of Sorinor. Each group is hiring mercenaries to kill opposing VIPs and protect their own. The player takes on the role of a mercenary commander, and tries to win battles either as offensive or defensive party. The game features a campaign, but its missions can also be selected individually. Before the fight, players hire mercenaries (which consist of fantasy characters like orcs, dwarves and goblins or humorous races like defense lawyers), which all have different statistics and special abilities. They cost money and the budget has to be met. Those are divided into groups, placed on the map and then the fight can begin. The battles take place in real time and players can issue various commands, e.g. waiting, ambushing or attacking enemy mercenaries - but only on the groups, not individual units. However, the group constellations can be changed during battle. The action can be paused at any time to analyze the situation and issue commands. Also featured are a map and a scenario editor."
36426,Henry's House,Henry's House: Starring Little Henry,1984,7.6,Action,Platform,,"In this platformer, the player has to guide Henry through the numerous rooms of his house. Each room is a screen-sized level filled with deadly household-items such as toothbrushes, teapots, flying toast or coffee machines. Touching one of these objects or falling from too high kills Henry. The goal of each room is to reach the exit, however, before the exit opens up, Henry has to collect a key and all items that are spread throughout the level. In order for a key to appear, Henry usually has to collect a special item that sometimes adds more obstacles to a room."
36435,NHL 96,,1995,8.2,Sports,,,"While the PC version migrated to 3D graphics, NHL 96 on Genesis retains the classic 2D diagonal-down view of the series, while offering different playing modes than the SNES version The game features players and teams from the 1994-95 NHL season. Game modes include Regular Games, Shootouts, Playoffs (in either single elimination or best-of-seven mode), and a full season. Creating and trading players is also supported. While the real NHL season was shortened due to a lockout, the game includes the originally planned 82-game schedule. In NHL 95 any scheduled game could be played. This has been changed in favor of the player picking their team and taking it through the entire season. A scheduled game can either be played or simulated, and the season can be ended at any time, skipping to the playoffs based on current league standings. Compared to previous entries, many more moves for players have been added, including give-and-gos, one-timers, the spin-o-rama, fake shots and drop passes. For the first time, the game has selectable difficulty levels, while fights between players make a return, having last been featured in NHLPA 93"
36437,The Duel: Test Drive II,Test Drive 2,1989,6.7,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"In the sequel to Test Drive the general idea of driving a car remained the same with pretty much similar visuals, however the game itself was enhanced in many areas. You can play against the time or the computer on 20 difficulty levels (the easiest include automatic gear shift). The gameplay animation is much smoother, less jerky and the collision detection was greatly improved (including crash sound). There are also changes in traffic cars behaviour and police cars (you can escape them and they are visible on the road when you are warned about their vicinity so you can react). The game also contains a progress indicator of your trip/race. To finish a stage, you must stop at the gas station by yourself, which allows you to refuel. In a basic version (so called Master) the player may choose between a Ferrari F-40 and a Porsche 959, and take on your opponent, who is in the other car. Each stage has a different setting, including forests and mountains, with a wide range of hazards to dodge. You may also free roam outside the road where it is possible. The game is designed to allow for scenario disks and a new set of cars."
36440,ICW Wrestling,International Championship Wrestling,1989,4.4,Sports,,,"ICW Wrestling is a wrestling game with four fictional wrestlers: Lance DoGood, Ivan Trotsky, Kai-Leung Kahn and ""The Bruiser"". The former three can be chosen as playing character and the goal is to win in a three-fight competition, ""The Bruiser"" being the final fight. The game features various moves which are also used in real wrestling. Which one is used depends on the joystick movements as well as the set mode: either boxing and wrestling. The former has standard moves and is used to bring the opponent's energy down. Then he is suitable to try a wrestling move, e.g. a Suplex or a PowerSlam."
36447,Sorcerer,Sorcerer - INTERLOGIC Fantasy,1984,7.3,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"Following the defeat of the evil Krill in Enchanter the intrepid apprentice has become a full member of the Circle, under the command of the famed Necromancer Belboz. Very soon, however, the hero notices that something strange has been happening to the master. He frequently talks to himself and seems to be under some sort of a malevolent influence - until one day, he is mysteriously kidnapped. Looks like the brave Enchanter must venture on a perilous journey once again, and bring back the leader of the Circle. Sorcerer is a sequel to Enchanter and is part of the Zork universe Like its predecessors, it is a text adventure, in which the player interacts with the game world by typing combinations of verbs and objects. The spell system from the previous game is back; a new feature is the protagonist's ability to drink magical potions, which must be done sometimes in order to solve the game's puzzles."
36448,New Horizons,"Daikōkai Jidai II, Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons, Uncharted Waters II, Uncharted Waters: New Horizons",1993,7.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Age of Discovery / Enlightenment,"In the first Uncharted Waters game, it was the 15th century and the New World was discovered. Now in New Horizons it is the early 16th century and the age of exploration and sea trade is underway. Players choose from any one of six adventurers (scenarios), each with their own distinctive but intertwining plot, to embark on a quest of sailing, seamanship and exploration. The six characters are: João Franco is the son of Duke Leon Franco, the hero of the first Uncharted Waters game and an influential man in Portugal. His father wants to make him into a strong man and so decides to send him out to sea. Young Joao is tasked with learning the skills of the sailor (he is the only character who starts at level one) and embarking on a quest of discovery; reaching the far east and eventually looking for the secret of Atlantis. Catalina Erantzo is a Spanish naval officer who believes her beloved and her brother were both murdered by the Portuguese armada. Vowing revenge she turns to a life of piracy and soon becomes a red haired scourge of the seas. Pietro Conti is a indebted man, having inherited the financial woes of the Conti family. When the Duchess Franco hires him to spy on her son, he accepts the job and obtains a ship. Pietro hopes to use these resources to seek out valuable treasure and clear up his family's debt. Ernst Von Bohr is a geographer who is teaching classes in Holland. He yearns to leave the classroom and sail the high seas, living a life of adventure that he has only read about in books. When his friend, Mercator offers to finance his initial voyage in exchange for cartography information about the world, Ernst is given the opportunity to live out his dream. Ali Vezas is a poor orphaned child living in Istanbul and serving others. He dreams of becoming his own master and making his own fortune across foreign lands. A twist of fate aides in providing him with small loans, with which he is able to afford his first ship and sail out with a cargo hold full of goods... Otto Baynes styles himself a Royal Knight of the British Empire, in the service of his majesty the king. Promoted to Admiral of the British fleet, the kingdom is worried about the increased naval power of Spanish fleets. Otto is given a letter of marque by the king and ordered to terrorize the Spanish Fleet. Equipping himself simply at first, Otto strives to become a great privateer in the name of king and country. Regardless of the character chosen, Uncharted Waters: New Horizons is a top-down sailing simulation. At sea, players control the direction of their ship, where speed is affected by the number/health of the crew, the wind and the currents. Players can navigate anywhere there is water (though some ships are not ocean worthy) and discover interesting landmarks and new ports. Upon landing at a port, the view is also top-down and the player can enter different buildings, each with unique services and goods. These include: the Inn, the Item Shop, the Shipyard, the Tavern, the Castle, the Guild Hall, the Church, the Merchant and the Harbor. It's up to the player to earn enough gold to keep the crew fed and financed and keep the fleet repaired. Primary methods of earning money are through sea trade, accepting jobs from the guild, gambling and battle with other ships. During naval combat, the game becomes a turn-based top-down strategy game, with the player moving ships in order to obtain trajectories needed to fire cannons at enemy ships, or run alongside enemy vessels in order to board them. If the player's flagship attacks the flagship of the enemy fleet, they can challenge the opponent to a duel. If accepted, the game changes to a side-view of the two captains engaged in a fight. During this sequence, the player can only choose which fighting maneuver (strike, thrust, parry, lash) they wish to engage in."
36463,Der Produzent: Die Welt des Films,,1996,6.4,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"In Der Produzent: Die Welt des Films the player is a film producer. The goal is to earn one billion Deutschmark within 20 years by producing and marketing popular movies. The first step in making a picture is of course the script which is either purchased under several scripts for sale or as a commissioned work. The next step is to employ actors and a director with values in different character traits as charisma or experience. Besides the obvious budget restrictions the player has to consider antipathies, e.g. a vain actor might not want to work under a inexperienced director. Then the player has to rent one of six studios and one of four recording studio. The last action is to set the budget of the movie in six categories such as special effects and scenery. During the shooting there is the possibility of several random events, e.g. a fire or arguments between the actors. After the making comes the marketing of the movie. Costly is the direct marketing in movie theaters or video stores. Then the player has to care for advertising in TV, radio or magazines. On the other hand extra cash can be made with the official CD or video game. Easier is it to sell the movie to a TV station or sell the whole rights to another publisher. The main menu is a picture of a office. There the player chooses his actions respectively submenu either by clicking on the corresponding office items or the icon bar. Every action costs time and after a certain time the round, which represents one day, ends."
36467,Ravenloft: Stone Prophet,Ravenloft 2,1995,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"A space-time portal has suddenly appeared, and two brave adventures entered it. It led to Har'Akir, a scorched desert populated by vicious creatures who hold the few peaceful settlements in fear. The only way to escape this wretched place is to find the Stone Prophet, a wall of a obelisk with mysterious hieroglyphs written on it. The adventurers must find the path that leads to the Stone Prophet, but the cursed mummy of the ancient pharaoh Anhktepot is watching every step they make... Ravenloft: Stone Prophet is a sequel to Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession It utilizes the same graphical engine and gameplay system. Like its predecessor, character creation and combat follow the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons role-playing rules; exploration and combat are viewed from first-person perspective, and the battles occur in real time. The player can import two characters from the previous game, or create two new ones. Up to four additional characters can be met in the game world and recruited to the party. The Egyptian-like desert setting of the game has brought an additional gameplay element: the necessity of regularly drinking water. The heroes must always carry enough water with them when they venture into the desert, or cast water-creating spells."
36469,Microsoft Golf 1998 Edition,,1998,7.1,Sports,,,"The main differences for the 1998 version of MS Golf compared to its predecessor are the enhanced graphics and sounds. In this version, there are three 18-holes courses, the Bay Harbour Golf Club, Casa de Campo Links, and Teeth of the Dog, and a 9-holes course, The Preserve Nine, making it 63 playable holes in all. The game is highly configurable: each match can for example be played with ten difficulty settings, ten different scoring variations including stroke and match play, skins, scramble, bingo bango bongo, and teams. Other configuration options include customizing the player, changing the weather conditions, using a two or three-click system to control the swing, playing the full course, the front nine, back nine, or practice holes, and much more. Each hole has a fly-by preview to aid the golfer and there are optional windows such as the vertical view which gives a bird's eye view of the hole and the flight of the ball. Multiplayer games are possible via a direct modem link, network LAN, and the internet over the Internet Gaming Zone which the in-game help describes as ""a site on the World Wide Web that connects, or ""matches up"", players from all over the world for various types of computer games"". The CD contains a folder called 'Goodies' in which there are alternate models for the golfers (these have to be installed manually), Windows NT4 Service Pack 3 (required for multiplayer gaming under that operating system), and Microsoft System Information (a tool for gathering system configuration information to help Product Support engineers solve system related problems)."
36472,Devil Dice,XI [sái],1998,7.8,Puzzle,,,"Devil Dice is a multi-player puzzle game. Use devils to wipe out rows of dice, play one-to-one challenges or take on four friends in a frenetic battle for survival. There is a choice of four different game modes: race against the clock, attempt increasingly challenging puzzles, team up with a friend or battle to be the sole survivor."
36475,Die Hard Trilogy,Jungla de Cristal: La Trilogía,1996,7.3,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Rail shooter, Shooter",North America,"Die Hard Trilogy lets players guide New York cop John McClane through three arcade-style games based on each of the three Die Hard movies. Each movie is represented through a totally different style, making this a ""3 games in 1"" style package. Die Hard is a third person action/adventure through thirty floors of the Nakatomi Tower high-rise. Terrorists have interrupted the company's Christmas party and taken hostages. As McClane, the player must search for hostages through computer, construction, maintenance, and executive levels. McClane's default pistol holds infinite ammo, and the player can collect limited-ammo machine guns and grenades inside the levels. Walls turn transparent when they intersect the camera, allowing players to follow McClane through hallways and rooms with ease. After all the hostages on a level have been rescued, the player has 30 seconds to locate a bomb sent down by elevator, then use that elevator to move to the next level. Die Hard 2: Die Harder is a first-person arcade gun game, nearly identical to Virtua Cop Terrorists have attacked Washington/Dulles Airport. The player automatically moves through the airport and surrounding areas ""on rails,"" shooting bad guys that appear from behind the scenery. Weapon upgrade icons can be shot to be collected, and either use limited ammo, or are retained until the player is hit (identical to Lethal Enforcers ). Players can also destroy parts of the environment by shooting it, which can be used to take out nearby terrorists (with explosions, or by shooting overhead items to drop on them). This game supports pad controls, or any of the PlayStation's gun controllers. Die Hard With A Vengeance has players racing through New York City streets in a variety of vehicles, trying to locate bombs before they explode. A strict timer ticks off the next explosion, and the player is guided only by a direction arrow and the vocal suggestions of their co-driver. Bombs are hidden inside everyday objects (like phone booths and benches) and are defused by ramming them, which activates the timer on the next bomb. Occasional ""bomb cars"" must be chased and rammed until their life bar is depleted. Powerups can be collected by running over icons in the streets, and include extra time, turbo boosts, and jumps to rocket over obstacles. All three games are exaggeratedly bloody (players can run over pedestrians in Die Hard 3 and wipe the blood away with windshield wipers). Each of the three games also uses a combination of textured polygons and sprites to generate their worlds, resulting in warping textures and some quirky ""paper doll"" effects."
36485,Champions of Krynn,,1990,7.5,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The War of the Lance is over, the dragonarmies have been defeated. But evil has not left Krynn. In northeastern Ansalon, outposts of the Knights of Solamnia remain to guard the fragile peace. Your party of adventurers is hired to carry out missions for the Knights. On your first mission, you stumble upon Draconians, long believed to have left the area. What are their plans? On your travels you have to face dangers in many dungeons and towns and might even meet some of the legendary Heroes of the Lance. Champions of Krynn is the first of SSI's ""gold box"" games set in the AD&D world of Dragonlance, with all the usual features: first-person view and movement in dungeons, towns and outposts, overland travel on a map of the area and tactical turn-based combat from a top-down perspective. As the first game set in Krynn, it has several features unique to that setting: In character races, one can choose from Kender, Silvanesti or Qualinesti Elves and Mountain or Hill Dwarves in addition to humans and half-elves. Special character classes include Solamnic Knights, clerics of the major deities of Krynn and mages of either the Red or the White Robe. The deities grant special spells and powers to their respective clerics. Red and White mages have access to different spells and the phases of the moons of Krynn affect their spellcasting abilities."
36488,Ve stínu havrana,"In the Raven Shadow, In the Shadow of the Raven",1999,6.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Ve stínu havrana is a Czech point-and-click adventure (created by Slovak team) that was released in 1999 with Czech voiceovers and re-released in 2000 with newly added Czech and also English subtitles for foreign players. In the game you play Severin, a young monk, who is accused by his abbot of the worst sins, because he has adult literature in his possession (which he has just taken away from his naughty students). As the game plays in the dark Middle Ages, Severin has to fear for his life, but he manages to escape by jumping out of a window. Lying on the ground, he dreams a strange dream in which a voice tells him he has to find the meaning of life. When he awakes, he finds himself in a forest and decides to follow his dream's advice."
36493,Team F1,Pole-Position: Formel 1 Teamchef,1996,7.2,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",Managerial / business simulation,,"Pole Position is another German sports-business simulation. But you’re not manager of a Soccer team – you manage a Formula 1 Team! Therefore Ascaron has licensed the Teams and Drivers from the 1995 Championship. At the beginning you can choose an existing Team like Ferrari or Williams or build up your own Team. First of all you have to choose your drivers. The have all individual skills and prices. Michael Schumacher for example is in 1995 a good (not an excellent) but expensive driver. You have to sign up also some other team members – mechanics, race-manager and the pit-crew. Next you have to negotiate with the support companies. Tires, engine, gearing – all these things you need for your race-car. You also need some sponsors – you can also negotiate with these guys. At the racing weekend you have to adjust your car to the track. The race was presented in a nice TV-oriented 3D graphic. At this time you can only keep your fingers crossed."
36502,Test Drive: Le Mans,"24 heures du Mans, Die 24 Stunden von Le Mans, Le Mans 24 Hours",2000,7.3,Racing / Driving,,,"Test Drive: Le Mans is a racing game for the Game Boy Color. The game features three racing modes: Arcade, Le Mans, and Championship. Le Mans allows you to race on the actual circuit, while Championship lets you race on 10 real tracks from all around the world. The arcade mode includes power-ups such as boosts, and oil slicks that bring your car to a slip. There are 10 different cars to race with such as the Nissan R390 and the BMW V12 VMR, with each their own handling and appearance."
36503,Ferrari Formula One,Ferrari Formula One: Grand Prix Racing Simulation,1988,6.7,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"With the full support of Scuderia Ferrari, Formula One racing was recreated in detail in this simulation, with the top drivers and teams of 1986 to compete against for the most successful F1 team of all. Your job does not start at the racetrack; perfecting the car at the Maranello factory, in the wind tunnel to sort aerodynamics, and at the test track of Fiorano, are all required to get the most competitive car you can. You can jump straight into the races however, either as one-offs or a full championship season. Races can last from 18km to the full 300+km distance, with all the practice and qualifying sessions. Car setup at the track involves selecting wing settings, tyre compounds, fuel usage (important in the days of turbo-charged engines) and the like. The action is viewed from inside the cockpit, with rear-view mirrors to help prevent collisions."
36507,Star Ship,"03 Star Ship, Outer Space",1977,4.4,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Ship contains three different arcade action games which can be played by one or two players. Star Ship: These game variations are played from a first person point of view in your star ship. Your goal is to earn as many points as possible by shooting the various enemies and space debris. You have a time limit of 2 minutes 16 seconds in the one player versions. In the two player version the time limit is 4 minutes 32 seconds; for half of this time one player will be the star ship commander, and the other will control a space module and needs to dodge the star ships fire. The roles will be reversed for the second half of the time limit. Warp Drive: These game variations are also played from a first person point of view. Your goal here is to travel as much distance as possible while avoiding the oncoming asteroids. Lunar Lander: These game variations are played from a third person point of view. You need to pilot your star ship and successfully land on the constantly moving moon. One point is earned for each successful landing, and asteroids and other debris may get in your way and will deduct points if you crash. In the two player versions, one player controls the star ship and the other player controls the moon. Each of these games feature several variations which control the game speed and level of difficulty."
36509,Gem'X,,1990,7.6,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,,"Like so many other puzzle games of the time, this game involves tiles of different colours, which must be manipulated to clear a succession of increasingly-difficult levels. The basic idea is that you are presented with 2 sets of tiles, and must make the left one identical to the 'control' set on the right. The colours are defined in a sequence - red, green, blue, purple, yellow - and when you click on a tile, that tile's colour moves forward by two in that sequence (for example a blue one becomes yellow), whereas the tiles next to it move by one colour (for example, blue becomes purple). Any that move past the end fo the sequence disappear, causing surrounding blocks to drop. You get a limited number of moves, and limited time as well. Fortuantely there are passwords, delivered by cutely-drawn naked Japanese girls (although the private parts are covered up)."
36511,Soccer Superstars,Mitre Soccer Superstars,1995,6.0,Sports,,,"Soccer Superstars is a 2D side-scrolling football game in which the player can chose from 32 international teams to take part in either friendly games or cup tournaments. These can be played against the computer or both computer and a friend, however there is also a demo mode in which you will be able to see an entire tournament -or a friendly match- as a mere spectator. You are also free to modify team line-ups (all composed of real national player names), select basic formation systems, and alter the game length. The game interface is multi-language."
36515,Arcade Fruit Machine,Las Vegas Super Slots,1990,6.5,Gambling,,,"Simulation of slot machine. Player throws several coins in the slot and begins his career. During the improvement of his skill player completes CASH'n'GRAB feature, where he must collect numbers chosen during gambling to complete all letters. Completing this feature, player is allowed to choose one from three bonuses (Pick a Win, Fruit Step, Win Spins) or three misses (Skill Stop, Cash Pot, Hudge Pot). Also he tries to complete CASH RUN feature. During every steps of gambling player can cancel gambling or collect feature. Finishing the career player updates his bank (in UK pounds)."
36528,The Game of Life,"Destins: Le jeu de la vie, Spiel des Lebens, The CD-ROM Game of Life",1998,6.5,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"The classic board game comes to life (no pun intended) on the PC! Play the Classic or Enhanced version of the classic game. Spin the spinner, get a job, get married, buy a house, play the stock market, take revenge against other players and gain wealth. Play up to 6 players either over a network or the internet."
36530,3D Grand Prix,,1984,7.2,Racing / Driving,,,"3D Grand Prix is a Formula 1 racing game that uses a first person perspective from the driver's seat. The game contains eight race tracks that are based on real life circuits such as Zanduoort, Silverstone and Anderstorp. The first race is at Silverstone in the BBC version and at Zanduoort in the Amstrad version. To advance to the next race it is necessary to finish in a top four position in the BBC version and a top three position in the Amstrad version. Each race consists of three laps. The game can be played with keyboard or joystick and uses manual transmission. In the cockpit the player can see driving information including rev counter, temperature gauge and speed while the wing mirrors show opponents advancing from behind. Wing mirrors can not be seen in the BBC Micro version."
36532,North vs. South,"Nord contre Sud: Revivez la Guerre de Sécession, North vs. South: The Great American Civil War",1999,6.4,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, North America","North vs. South: The Great American Civil War is a turn-based strategy game that lets you play various battles in the American Civil War. The game features a top-down view of a hexagonal world map with varying heights, forests, rivers, and roads. Each turn you can command a certain number of your officers to perform an action. How many depends on the statistics of your general. Units in the game are affected by morale, which decreases when under attack causing it to route. Generals can restore morale. Types of units include anything you could expect from a Civil War game such as infantry, cavalry and artillery. Units can be placed in various formations for strategic advantages. The game features a lot of battles from the Eastern theater, including famous battles like Antitam and Gettysburg, but also many smaller little known battles. Besides playing single battles you can also play a campaign, that has you choose a side and fight battles for their cause. The next map is always dependant on how you do in the current. If you win or lose will result in a different map."
36534,Absolute Pinball,,1996,6.8,"Action, Simulation","Arcade, Pinball",,"Absolute Pinball is a pinball game which features four tables with different themes: Desert Run (car tour from Paris to Dakar), Aquatic Adventure (treasure hunt at a beach), The Dream Factory (Hollywood) and Balls 'n Bats (Baseball). All tables feature three flippers and several mini games on the scoreboard, e.g. swimming away from sharks. Also worth mentioning are the five graphics mode which range from a classic scrolling table to a transverse view which shows the whole table at one. The controls follow the genre standard."
36548,The Fantastic Four,,1997,6.0,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"In this beat-em up side scroller, you have a choice between five characters from the popular Marvel comics series: the Human Torch, Thing, Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, and She-Hulk. Each player has four special moves, one of which can only be executed when you collect enough force energy. One aspect of the game is that you can change between characters at any time. If you can't get past a boss with Mr. Fantastic's stretchy moves, you can switch to the Human Torch and set them on fire."
36554,Firo & Klawd,,1996,6.3,Action,"Platform, Shooter","Contemporary, North America","In the depths of New York City live two animal cop characters living out their own dreams (Firo, an orange ape and Klawd, an alley cat). But when counterfeit crimes push the city to its limits, the two must knock their differences to the side and clean up the mess that the other cops are yet to achieve. Includes a mix of Isometric platform action, and 1st person shoot 'em up stages, with plenty of laughs along the way."
36555,Mech Commander: Gold,,1999,7.0,Strategy / tactics,Real-time tactics (RTT),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mech Commander Gold includes the original Mech Commander along with the new campaign Desperate Measures and several improvements, including completely new terrain, new mechs, and multiple difficulty settings. It also includes an editor to design your own missions. Mech Commander itself is an isometric real-time strategy game with the persistence of the Mechwarrior role-playing. As you lead your lance through missions, their skills would grow, you'll salvage/capture more mechs, more weapons, and so on and so forth."
36556,Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII,"Sangokushi VII, Sanguozhi 7",2000,7.3,Strategy / tactics,,"China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events","Like its predecessors, Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII is a grand strategy game set in the Three Kingdoms period in the history of China. The game offers various scenarios based on historical events that occurred in the late 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, beginning with the fall of the Han Dynasty. China is split into several states, and the leaders of each one try to conquer the others and become the sole leader of the Middle Country. The seventh game of the series contains some changes, such as 3D graphics and the ability to play as any one of the main historical characters. Similarly to the previous games, the game focuses on governing a nation, managing its economy, diplomacy, as well as military planning and preparation. Turn-based tactical battles occur when one nation invades another."
36565,Buffy the Vampire Slayer,Buffy Contre Les Vampires,2000,5.0,Action,"Fighting, Platform",,"Fight against the vampires to save mankind, or at least around Sunnydale, USA. Punch and kick your way through 8 side-scrolling levels as Buffy the vampire slayer, beating back the vamps and staking them when the time is right. Comic book style cut scenes help to explain the story as you play, as if an episode of the TV show was on the handheld."
36566,The Lost World: Jurassic Park,"El Mundo Perdido: Jurassic Park, Le Monde Perdu : Jurassic Park, Vergessene Welt: Jurassic Park",1997,6.5,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The dinosaurs are back in this monstrous sequel. Take a dinosaur-stomping adventure through 'Site B' as you try to reach a radiophone to call a helicopter to get you out of there. But your journey won't be easy, because along the way you'll run into fierce, menacing dinosaurs that'll try to catch and eat you. Play as characters from the movie and use weapons such as the tranquilizer, rocket launcher, and the shotgun. Featuring music straight out of the movie, many levels and fast gameplay, JURASSIC PARK is back... with bite! 5 different playable characters, over 30 levels, 20 different dinosaurs, variety of secret paths and hidden areas, 3D rendered graphics."
36577,Beany Bopper,,1982,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In this game, you are Bopper. The object is to stun then capture Beanies. You can also capture Bouncing Orange Eyeballs and various Falling Objects. If an unstunned Beany touches you, you lose a life. You don't need to stun the other items to capture them but doing so makes them slow down. You get a bonus Bopper by shooting four Beanies in a row without losing a Bopper. There are two game options, one where the Beanies bounce off the walls on screen, the other where they pass through."
36580,Revenant,,1999,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"It was time when you were happy, with your woman. But she left this mortal plane, and you lost your lust for life. Now, you're something between life and death, and you don't care, slowly recalling your memories from time to time... *whoosh*, a lightning bolt strikes your chains, and you lift your face up. You see a mage, a mage that set you free, but strangely, you can't escape his control. The rule is: whoever summons someone has full control over his conscience and emotions, and your will is his will. The story then began... A glowing light brings you here, into the castle, well guarded, but too weak to send any men out to fight. It appears that there is a cult of some priests that are rather wicked and play deadly. And the fact that king's daughter is missing, rather doesn't seem to interest you. But, you can't control yourself, so the deal is that you'll be set free once you give a try to save this kingdom from horde of enemies, and rescue the missing daughter. Game is much alike to Westwood Studio's Nox and Blizzard's Diablo in a way of playing: it is an action game with RPG elements. Your mouse can be used for walking, and taking artifacts, opening doors, etc. but you can also use your keyboard for various actions. During the real-time combat, you can perform many different moves, punches and kicks to eliminate your enemies."
36586,Gauntlet,,1988,6.8,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"It's time again for the four warriors to gear up and head out on a new quest. Their mission this time is to retrieve the Sacred Orb of Rendar that was stolen by the nefarious Morak. He has hidden the Orb along with many other treasures in his Five Worlds maze. He of course has his many minions guarding his ill gotten riches. One or two players get to play as either the warrior Thor, the valkyrie Thyra, the wizard Merlin, or as the elf Questor. Each character has their own unique weapon and abilities. They can also use a limited amount of screen clearing bombs that can be collected in the maze. Also collectible in the maze are food items which restore some of their depleted health and treasure chests, wherein collecting enough treasure chests will give the player a permanent boost to their total amount of hit points. Gameplay involves exploring 100 different floors looking for each floor's exit. Finding the exit is made difficult because of the various monsters continually spawning from the enemy generators, that only can be stopped by being destroyed. Other obstacles include locked doors which can only be opened with keys, paralyzing traps that grind movement to a halt, and teleporters that can warp the player from one side of the room to the other. After every couple of floors, the player will be treated to a limited time in a treasure room. The player has to collect as much treasure as they can before time runs out. If they make it to the exit of the treasure room before time runs out, they will get an extra bonus of all their hit points getting refilled to the maximum. Also of note, the player has to be on the lookout for secret exits on some of the floors. These will take the player to one of the eight clue rooms. Once inside this room, the player must find a question mark tile and exit before time runs out. This will result in the player getting a part of a vault combination. Getting all parts of this combination is necessary as it will have to be entered in order to gain admittance to the 100th floor."
36589,Onside Complete Soccer,Zinédine Zidane Football,1996,6.3,Sports,,,"ONSIDE Complete Soccer is an early 3D soccer game that includes four playing leagues (England, French, German and Italian) and a basic managerial options, where the player can trade players, deal with finances and stadium expansions. The key features of the game include several camera options, seasonal weather with progressive pitch damage, indoor five-a-side and play-by-play commentary including all player names. Graphics feature a polygonal stadium with sprite (2D) players. Gameplay features a typical two-button layout, with one button to play low balls and other to kick higher balls (including crosses and shooting on goal), and by holding both the player can sprint, making him much harder to stop. It's possible to score goals from most situations, from distance kicks, crosses, outpacing the goalkeeper and from dead ball situations, where the player can also tweak player positions in a blackboard."
36590,F-22 Lightning II,,1996,7.2,"Action, Simulation",,,"Yet another simulation of the yet to enter service F-22, probably the most advanced fighter of the world. As with most Novalogic games, however, the emphasis here is on action and graphics, rather than in simulating the real thing. The game offers a standard series of campaigns as well as a quick mission mode and multiplayer support for deathmatch and cooperative games using a feature similar to the ""spawn"" feature found on WarCraft 2."
36604,Creature Shock,Creature Shock: Special Edition,1994,6.8,Action,Rail shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The earth is overpopulated and mankind must find a second home. The spaceship Amazon is sent to investigate Saturn and Jupiter for possible colonization. Near the end of its mission, all contact is lost with the ship except for a distress beacon. The player is part of the crew sent to the Amazon's last known location to find out what happened. Creature Shock is a first-person shooter with Full Motion Video and arcade-like elements. Aliens of all sizes and types will try to destroy the team, but each one has a weak point that can be exploited. The fighting takes place on the surface of asteroids and within mazes of passageways underground. There are also two 3D sections where the player gets to pilot the ship."
36607,No Greater Glory: The American Civil War,,1991,6.8,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Historical events,"No Greater Glory puts you in the shoes of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis during the American Civil War. You make the great strategic, political, and economic decisions that will determine the fate of the American people for centuries to come. You will lead the government, mobilize the armies, pick the generals, and guide their movements. The epic struggle will ebb and flow - from Northern Virginia to Southern Louisiana, from St. Louis to Jacksonville, Florida. In the end, victory will come because of your strategic skills, your economic management, and your political acumen. No Greater Glory is an all-embracing simulation of national leadership during one of America's greatest crisis."
36608,F1 Challenge,"F-1 Challenge, F-1 Live Information",1995,7.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"F1 Challenge was the only Formula One title released on the SEGA Saturn, giving the player the opportunity to control five authentic Formula One cars and their drivers (Michael Schumacher, Damon Hill, Jean Alesi, Ukyo Katayama and Mika Häkkinen), with the ability to tweak their car before races, ranging from tire pressure, tire type, wing angle, etc. There are six tracks to choose from: Hockenheim, Monte Carlo, Suzuka and three different configurations for a fictional track, Neo City, each with their own hairpin turns and fast straightaways. The player can choose from two behind the car views (no cockpit view is available) along with a pop-up screen that acts as a rear view mirror. Features a FOCA (Formula One Constructors Association) license which allows the use of thirteen teams with twenty-six drivers from the 1995 season from which the above mentioned five are the only ones playable."
36611,Seven Years War,Imjin-rok,1997,6.0,Strategy / tactics,,Steampunk,"Seven Years War is based on the historical conflict between Korea and Japan in the late 16th century. There are 20 missions which are divided in a Korean and a Japanese campaign. Similar to other real-time strategy games the workers harvest vegetables which are used to construct buildings. In turn these are used to build combat walking, swimming or flying combat units which are used to defeat the enemy. The game has its fair share of micromanagement because the player can only assign one construction order to each factory - he has to wait until the current order is complete before he can assign another one. The enemy gets reinforcements in regular time intervals in the form of airborne troops which are thrown into the player's base."
36612,Army Men: Air Tactics,,2000,5.9,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"Take to the skies with this new addition to the Army Men series. This time you must take control of the latest air attack machines in the world of war, and bash the plastic out of the Tan forces before they do it to you!! Fly through the bathroom, clash in the sandbox or destroy the flower garden, the choice is yours. Plus four new ways to clash with your pals."
36625,Quest for Camelot,,1998,6.5,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Quest for Camelot tells the story of a young girl who dreams of threading in her father's footsteps and becoming one of the knights of the round table. The game is based on the Warner Bros. Animation film from 1998 with the same name. The game is an action-adventure in the style of Zelda games. You see your character Kayley from a top down perspective. You will have to fight enemies, solve puzzles, disable traps, and converse with NPCs. You can perform various attacks with your weapons, such as spin and lunge attacks. You can acquire a variety of different objects to make your quest easier such as: a compass, slingshot, grappling hook, and a snorkel. Kayley can also ride horseback. The game features nine regions with a total of over 60 areas to visit. Scenery varies from forests, mountains, villages and cave."
36627,Nemesis the Warlock,,1987,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"2000AD hero Nemesis must defeat the evil Torquemada, the Grand Master of Termight, and the hordes of Terminators he has dispatched. The game is set on a succession of 30 single-screen levels comprising of networks of platforms. You are armed with a gun (with limited ammunition) and a sword, and must kill a set amount of Terminators on each level. Terminators follow a set pattern, so you can work out which ledges they will reach next. Dead Terminators remain on the screen - when you are not doing well, Torquemada can sometimes turn these into vicious scythe-wielding zombies. To get to the exit players will often have to pile up their opponents' dead bodies to reach higher platforms."
36630,Ultimate Domain,Genesia,1993,7.4,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Ultimate Domain is a game of kingdom building set in the mythical land of Genesia. The game has an isometric view point, and allows you to watch as your people work, play, and suffer, in real time. You must build up your kingdoms infrastructure, grow food, mine minerals, produce building materials, conduct research, and create armies. You may engage in diplomacy with your neighbors, but eventually conquest will become essential for expansion. There is an underlying sub-plot that must be achieved as well, there are nine magical jewels scattered around the land, and you must retrieve at least seven of them to be victorious."
36634,Secret of Mana,Seiken Densetsu 2,1993,8.4,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"Long ago, people lived in harmony with the natural world and used the power of Mana to help their nations grow. But when evil forces took control of the Mana Fortress, seeking to use it to conquer the world, a terrible war began which destroyed much of civilization but brought peace to the world once more. Over the long years, the events of the past became but legends to the new generations of humans. But history repeats itself... One day while exploring a forbidden valley near his village, a young boy finds a rusty sword stuck in a stone. He does not realize that this is the Mana sword of legend, used in the great war of the past. By drawing the sword, the boy unwittingly summons hordes of monsters, and is expelled from his village for breaking the ancient taboo. A mysterious knight Jema who is passing through the area recognizes the sword and gives him instructions for the future. First, he must repair the sword, and then, with its help, take control of the Mana seeds which can be found hidden around the world to prevent them from falling into evil hands. Secret of Mana is an action RPG, featuring real-time hack-and-slash style combat, in which up to two computer-controlled companions can accompany you. The protagonist has a stamina gauge: the more stamina he has, the more powerful his strike is. The player also has access to a growing arsenal of spells with various effects. It is possible to upgrade weapons, armor, and magic to higher levels."
36646,Plaque Attack,,1983,7.2,"Action, Educational","Arcade, Shooter",,"In Plaque Attack, your goal is to protect a mouthful of teeth from a variety of incoming foods! You control a tube of fluoride toothpaste, and you need to shoot the attacking foods before they can decay the teeth located at the top and bottom of the screen. Hamburgers, hot dogs, gum drops, strawberries, donuts, ice cream cones and more will all appear from the sides of the screen and make their way towards the teeth. If a food item reaches a tooth and is allowed to remain there for too long, the tooth will decay and disappear. The game ends when all of the teeth have decayed and disappeared."
36648,The Longest Journey,"Den lengste reisen, Den längsta resan, The Longest Journey: D'un monde à l'autre, The Longest Journey: Najdłuższa Podróż, The Longest Journey: Remastered",1999,8.4,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy","April Ryan is a struggling student artist in the year 2209, recently arrived in the big city of Newport. Lately she has been seeing strange, life-like dreams. Somewhere in the mountains, a mysterious white dragon talks to April, calling her the ""mother of the future"". When April wakes up, she dismisses the vision as a nightmare. However, an old enigmatic man named Cortez, whom April has spotted near her house before, unexpectedly tells her that she must face the reality in her dreams. Soon April learns that our reality is but one facet of a universe that consists of two parallel worlds: Stark, the world of science and technology, and Arcadia, the world of magic. Though raised in Stark, April possesses the ability of shifting between the two worlds, and must restore the balance in both of them before it is too late. The Longest Journey is a third-person puzzle-solving adventure game. The player navigates April over pre-rendered backgrounds with fixed camera angles, interacting with people and objects through a simple point-and-click interface. The gameplay follows the traditional template introduced in LucasArts adventures, relying mostly on inventory-based puzzles and multiple-choice dialogues to advance the story. To help keep track of things, the game includes a diary, where April records her thoughts about important events, and a conversation log that records the text of every conversation."
36649,Magical Hat no Buttobi Turbo! Daibōken,Magical Flying Hat Turbo Adventure!,1990,7.4,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"An ancient evil has resurfaced after being sealed underground for thousands of years. The peaceful island, Usontō, has been split into seven pieces, and it's up to our hero, Hat, and his friends to restore the island and defeat the evil king! Based on the 1989 TV anime Magical Hat produced by Studio Pierrot and based on the original manga by Yōji Katakura, Magical Hat no Buttobi Turbo! Daibōken (Magical Hat's Flying Turbo! Adventure) is an action platform game not unlike the Master System classic Psycho Fox You play as the titular Hat, jumping on and punching enemies, grabbing items from statues, and fighting a boss at the end of each world. In each stage, you can find your robot-egg friend Robegg hidden somewhere, who will help you out by acting as a projectile and a shield. There are a wide range of different power-up items that can be obtained in the game, which will do things like give you temporary invincibility, freeze all the enemies for a short time, give you an extra-high jump, or even call in air support from a helicopter. At the end of each stage, you can play a game of chance to win extra items and lives. A heavily modified version of the game was released outside of Japan as DEcapAttack The graphics, sound, story, and many of the stages were changed."
36657,Rorke's Drift,,1990,5.4,Strategy / tactics,,"Africa, Historical events","This game recreates the battle in 1879 where a British outpost at Rorke's Drift manned by 137 men managed to repel an attack by force of over 4,000 Zulu warriors. This is a real-time strategy game where the player can pause the game and issue orders during a command mode, after which the orders are carried out and the battle progresses. You can only play as the British and two scenarios are available - one where the Zulus will attack according to the historical Order of Battle and deployment, and the other where the Zulus vary their strategy of attack. Individual troops are represented in the game as animated soldier miniatures, with the player being able to move individual soldiers, resolve individual hand-to-hand combat situations and order a variety of different firing positions for each soldier."
36659,Magnetik Tank,MGT,1986,7.2,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Magnetik Tank is an immersive isometric game where you start by having no clue about your mission. You drive a tank which moves under heavy inertia via directional controls, and bumps into walls and can only shoot. Gameplay resembles titles such as Alien 8 and Sweevo's World Some blocks can be pushed, some move after you shoot them, while some can be used for lifts. Most rooms have multiple exits, but some are locked and others aren't on the same vertical level. Avoid lasers and blocks, solve puzzles by pushing or triggering blocks, and finally solve your quest."
36661,Great Soccer,,1985,5.1,Sports,,,"This version of Great Soccer is on the SEGA card. The other version of Great Soccer is on the SEGA cartridge and an entirely different game. This top-down perspective soccer game is just like a regular soccer match. Offsides, corner kicks and many other rulings make the game authentic. Whether on offense or defense, the player must gain control of the ball and score as often as possible. The team that ends up with the most goals at the end of regulation time wins."
36663,Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko,"Gex contre Dr Rez, Gex: Deep Cover Gecko",1999,7.4,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Gex must rescue Agent Xtra from the grips of the fiend, Rez. Gex goes undercover through many levels to try to find Agent Xtra. Each level parodies a certain aspect of television culture. Gex enters each level through a television set. He must collect remote controls to advance to the next level."
36672,Moria,"The Dungeons of Moria, UMoria, UNIX Moria, VMS Moria",1983,7.5,Role-playing (RPG),Roguelike,Fantasy,"Moria is a member of the roguelike RPGs. It features several innovations, like a town level and dungeons levels that are bigger than one screen, and was the first open-source and freeware roguelike. The goal of Moria is to descend in the dungeons of Moria and defeat the evil Balrog who is cowardly hiding on the lowest level. Other than this, there are no other references to J.R.R. Tolkien in this game. You begin the game by creating your character, choosing your sex and one of eight available races. You can then roll your stats and, when you got some which suit you, choose your class from six available classes (you can only some of them, depending on your stats). After entering a name, you're ready to roll. The game is entirely played in turns, features text-only graphics showing your environment from above, and is played by entering character commands. You start in town, where you can visit several shops to buy weapons, armor, torches, food, and other useful -- and sometimes magic -- items. You can barter with the shopkeepers to get reduced prices. The dungeon levels are randomly generated. They contain a variety of monsters, some of which are invisible, and items, as well as traps and secret doors. Each level has more than one exit. As in other roguelikes, you explore the dungeons, kill monsters as you go, and try to accumulate as much treasure as possible."
36675,Confuzion,Confusion,1985,6.8,Action,Puzzle elements,,"This is a puzzle game in which players must explode all of the bombs in each level using a spark. The spark flows along a fuse, which is made up of a series of tiles. These tiles can be moved in the manner of a sliding puzzle. In other words, there is only one unoccupied space and adjacent tiles can be moved into that space, freeing a new space in the process. The aim is then to move the tiles so that the fuse forms a path from the spark to each bomb. There is a time limit, however, and extra time is knocked off if the spark reaches a dead end. Some levels also contain water droplets that extinguish the spark if they touch it."
36676,Magical Drop,Chain Reaction,1995,7.2,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,,"This is the very first coin-op game (and home conversions) in the Magical Drop series Similar to other titles in the series, the goal of the game is to clear the screen of constantly advancing objects called 'drops'. The player character, stuck at the bottom of the screen, has a grapple which can be used to pull down a single drop, change its colour and put it back in line. Drops disappear when a line of three or more drops of the same colour is created. There are several game modes: endless mode, story mode, two-player mode, and puzzle mode."
36677,Miami Vice,,1986,5.2,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,"In this spin-off from a popular TV cop show of the 1980s, Crockett and Tubbs are trying to smash a drugs ring bossed by Mr. J. You have to start at the bottom, initially busting the casual dealers before reaching their suppliers, and ultimately the casino-dwelling honchos. This is done through a combination of driving and shooting, through an overhead rendition of Miami. When crooks are stopped they will often provide valuable information, although sometimes they can only be stopped by shooting them. When you learn of a meeting, you can enter it on foot, either to gain evidence or make an arrest - but remember that a joint full of crooks will not simply allow you to do your civic duty. This is all done against a time limit, with a one-minute penalty for crashing the car."
36678,Rebelstar,,1986,7.5,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Rebelstar is a turn-based, tactical squad combat game for one or two players, from the creator of the later X-COM series Moonbase Delta may look like an unassuming mining colony, but in fact, it is the secret location of the ISAAC super-computer, used by the Empire to break the Rebels' secret codes. The Rebelstar Raiders' mission is to break in, get past the patrolling robot guards and destroy the computer. It won't be easy. Your Raiders each have a specific number of action points per move, which can be allocated to movement, firing and object manipulation. Keys, medical kits and repair droids are among the available objects. Shots can be precise, point-blank (less points used, but less prospect of success), wide-range, or opportunist."
36681,Aero Fighters,Sonic Wings,1992,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Aero Fighters is a vertical scrolling shooter. There are four pilots from four countries (Japan, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States) involved in a war. Each country has their own plane: F18, FSX, AJ-37 or AV-8. Every plane has a different upgradeable primary and special weapon. The game features overall seven levels and a few of them are presented in a random order."
36682,Hexen II,,1997,7.6,Action,"RPG elements, Shooter","Classical antiquity, Egypt (Ancient), Fantasy, Medieval, Pre-Columbian Americas","The world of Thyrion was continuously conquered by the demon brothers known as the Serpent Riders. After two of them were defeated, the oldest and most powerful of the three, Eidolon, is the only one that stands between slavery and liberation. A lone hero must first defeat his generals, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and finally bring the fight to Eidolon himself. Hexen II is the third game in the Heretic and Hexen series. Like its predecessors, it is a medieval fantasy-themed first-person shooter. Similarly to Hexen the player can choose between different character classes - Paladin, Crusader, Assassin, and Necromancer (four as opposed to three in Hexen ). These characters have different parameters and abilities, compelling the player to use different fighting styles when controlling them. The Paladin has high vitality and focuses on melee weapons; the Crusader is a defensive character who eventually acquires healing abilities; the Assassin gains access to a critical strike skill when sneaking on enemies; and the Necromancer is physically vulnerable but is eventually able to restore his powers from fallen enemies. Each character has access to four unique weapons during the course of the game. The player character travels to four stylistically distinct areas (medieval European, Mesoamerican, ancient Egyptian, and Greco-Roman). Each area is composed out of interconnected stages. Switch-manipulating and item-procuring puzzles must be usually solved in order to advance. It is often required to travel between stages several times in order to complete these tasks. Enemies do not respawn when the player re-enters an area. A new feature in the game compared to its predecessors are its role-playing elements. Each character has attributes which increase when the character gains experience by defeating monsters. Characters' hit points and mana are extended gradually and permanently when leveling up. They also gain new abilities at specific levels. Weapons can be powered up by acquiring Tomes of Power, unlocking alternate (usually more damaging) firing patterns for them. Since the ranged weapons in the game are magical, they deplete the player character's blue or green mana bars when used. Like health, these can be restored by finding appropriate recovery items."
36687,NFL Fever 2000,,1999,7.1,Sports,,North America,"NFL Fever 2000 is the first entry in the NFL Fever series. It offers 31 different national teams, each with their own Overall, Offense, Defense, and Special capabilities. Throughout the game, the player is required to input strategies and formations that will give their team an edge against the opposition and score as many touchdowns as they can. Announcer commentary reflects the actions that occur during the game. Physics of the football players and ball movement are affected by the weather and wind."
36690,Solaris 1.0.4.,Solaris 104,2000,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the future, mankind has mastered space travel, and joined the race for galaxy colonization. Many alien races try to prevent the inhabitants of the Earth from conquering other planets. The Earth has sent a highly trained pilot, 104, to destroy a generator located on the planet Bothrops. This generator sustains the energy for an impenetrable shield the aliens have built around their home base. The mission ""Solaris"" begins! Solaris 104 is a space shooter, in which players try to eliminate as many hostile ships as possible by using the ship's guns. There is a total of 6 different guns available in the game. Some of the guns can accumulate energy to deliver devastating blows. Players can also ""catch"" many different items floating around, most of which are power-ups of various kinds (giving extra defense, extra life, etc.)."
36692,Eggomania,,1982,6.2,Action,Arcade,,"Eggomania is similar to the game Kaboom At the top of the screen is a bird which is throwing eggs at you! You need to catch them in your hat before they hit the bottom of the screen. If you miss any eggs, they will break and yolk starts collecting at the bottom of the screen. Miss too many, and the game will be over. At the end of each round you will be given an opportunity to earn bonus points; you now get to throw all of the eggs you caught back at the bird! As the levels progress, the games speed will increase. There are two difficulty levels available, in the easier variation you get a larger hat to catch the eggs with."
36697,Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee,"Abe a Go Go, Oddworld - L'Odyssée d'Abe",1997,8.3,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","Abe is a Mudokon, a member of a once prosperous race which has now been enslaved by the Glukkons, forced to work in their huge corporations. The food factories have found a new type of meat, delicious to all the inhabitants, though no one knows the recipe. Following his stomach, Abe eavesdrops on the corporate leaders' conversation and makes the most frightening and disgusting discovery: his own race is that secret delicious food. Alas, Abe has been spotted, and the guards are marching towards him. He must escape, but he can't leave his friends to the mercy of the Glukkons and their henchmen. He must rescue as many as he can, and tell the world the truth about what he has found out. Abe's Oddysee is the first game set in the fictional Oddworld universe. It is a platformer with puzzle-solving elements, focusing on the portrayal of a weak, underpowered character in a grim and hostile world, who has to rely on his cunning to outwit enemies and overcome hazards. Abe is almost completely helpless: he cannot use weapons and is usually instantly killed by his brutal enemies if he confronts them directly. For this reason, most of the game involves careful exploration, timed movement, sneaking, and outsmarting the foes through various means: throwing stones to confuse them, luring them into traps, etc. Abe can run, jump, climb, tiptoe, crouch, and roll; in most areas, these actions are essential to his survival. A few stages involve Abe riding a large animal known as Elum. Abe's only special power is chanting, which he can use to stun certain enemies for a while or possess them. When Abe possesses an enemy he gains his abilities: for example, possessing the body or a ferocious Slig allows the player to shoot from his machine gun, communicate with other creatures of his kind, and even commit suicide, clearing the way for Abe. Chanting is also used to open ""bird portals"", which is the final action needed to bring a fellow Mudokon to safety. Before that, Abe needs to locate his enslaved friends and lead them out of the hostile environment by using a communication method called ""Gamespeak"". Gamespeak is a way of verbal communication through simple commands, which are assigned to various expressions, such as ""Hello"", ""Follow me"", ""Wait here"", etc. It can also be used to memorize passwords given to Abe by other Mudokons in a few areas. Many areas in which Abe can save Mudokons are hidden and not required to complete the game. However, the ending of the game differs depending on the number of Mudokons saved by the player. The game has pre-rendered background graphics and uses CG movies of similar style to advance the story between the levels."
36699,Blazer,,1987,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"The Mazeli and Sahiban races don't like each other so they are at war. The problem is that the war has gone on for so long it's at a stalemate. To solve this problem, both races have started extensive research programmes to end this war. The Mazeli have found a solution, enter the 'Blazer' - a ship of enormous destructive power. The Sahiban are a bit scared so they decide that they should go and steal it. Problem is no Sahiban is brave enough to do this. Enter yourself, after an advert was placed for a brave being to attempt this suicide mission for 25 million galactic groats, you answered the call because you had nothing better to do. The game is a top down view, vertical shoot em up. You have 5 ships to complete your mission. The ship is so basic there are no power ups, just your simple forward shooting cannon. Enemies are varied and fly from either the top or sides of the screen. Bases on the surface can be shot as well. Go get it tiger, the Sahiban race are counting on you."
36709,MechWarrior,Battletech,1993,7.8,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In 3017, when Herras Ragen was 12, his father Colonel Joseph T. Ragen, a soldier in the House Davion army, was working to infiltrate and destroy a renegade mercenary cartel called the Dark Wing Lance. However, he was discovered, and the Dark Wing took their revenge: somehow, they had learned the location of the Ragen family's residence. Under cover of night they attacked, killing everyone. Only young Herras, who was at a friend's house at the time of the massacre, survived. Unbeknownst to him, the Dark Wing made an agreement that after the strike, they would separate for ten years and maintain an absolute code of secrecy before regrouping again to continue their nefarious operations. Now, in 3027, that time is up. Herras, who has become a young man, has waited the last decade for his chance to take revenge. As a mercenary MechWarrior operating from the planet Galatea, with a light 'Mech in the hangar and 50.000 C-Bills in the bank, he will accept any mission that will lead him closer to finding the murderers of his family. MechWarrior on the SNES, while broadly similar to the PC game of the same name puts the player into the BattleTech universe with a new story, and gameplay and controls suited to the console. The central hub in the game is Galatea. Here, Herras can visit Club Zero-Zero (for the latest news, rumors and gossip), General HeadQuarters (for mission assignments) and the 'Mech Complex (for buying, selling, repairing and customizing 'Mechs). In the club, bartender Cearle usually has some helpful advice, and other characters may also offer tips and give pointers to certain assignments that will lead Herras further in his quest. He can also view Holovids left to him by other characters as well as check out bulletins from NewsNet. At GHQ, several missions will be available at any point in the game, not all of which advance the storyline: many are entirely optional. Before accepting an assignment, the mission parameters can be studied: they include the mission type, the size of expected resistance as well as environmental conditions, like planet climate and gravity. The possible mission types are Garrison and Riot Duty (destroy all enemy 'Mechs), Recon and Objective Raids (locate and collect a specific item carried by an enemy 'Mech), Planetary Assault and Offensive Campaign (stop the enemy from entering a friendly base), Security Duty (protect a base from being overrun - from inside the site) and Siege Campaign (locate and destroy an enemy base). Before each mission, the reward for successful completion can be negotiated - often something higher than the basic offer can be reached, but asking for too much might also offend House Davion. During an actual mission, gameplay is seen from a first-person cockpit perspective, with the SNES' Mode 7 employed for a pseudo-3d effect. Specific parts of enemy 'Mechs (torso, arms and legs) can be targeted, with expected effects: losing arms also loses weapons, while damaged legs hinder movement. Earned C-Bills can be spent in the 'Mech Complex for repairs or new acquisitions. Eight different BattleMechs are available to buy and sell: four light, two medium, one heavy and one assault 'Mech, all entirely new designs not seen in the BattleTech tabletop games. The machines can be equipped with loads of different weapons: guided and unguided missiles, machine guns, lasers, and the mighty particle cannon. Missiles and energy guns build up heat with every shot: to prevent overheating, heat sinks should be installed - the problem is less pronounced on colder planets, naturally. Also available are more than a dozen different engines, as well as armor plates and jump jets (which have a much stronger effect on low-gravity planets). There are various paths through the game, depending on choices taken by the player on which assignments to handle. All in all, more than 50 storyline missions plus many optional ones await."
36715,Chakan,,1992,6.3,Action,Platform,,"In his weakness of arrogance, the mighty warrior and alchemist Chakan challenged Death. Although his fight ends in victory, it comes at a terrible price that cripples his body, and torments his mind. Now Chakan seeks to slay all Death's servants to free himself from the damage he suffered. The player controls Chakan to traverse through multiple platform levels divided among six elemental planes, using dual swords to fight enemies, and double jumps for a height boost. The player can acquire four different kinds of potions and mix them into particular concoctions to perform some alchemical spell, as well as obtain different weapons with their own elemental attacks."
36720,Rocket: Robot on Wheels,,1999,7.5,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Whoopy World was finished. The high-tech theme-park would be opening tomorrow. How much Rocket, the maintenance robot, wanted to go and see it he could not even tell, but the professor barely noticed. Then it happened. Jojo the raccoon, sick of playing second banana to the insipid Whoopy the walrus, stole all of the tokens, tickets, and Whoopy. There was no time to tell anybody, Rocket had to go and stop Jojo alone. Rocket: Robot on Wheels is a 3D platformer like no other. It features 8 vehicles in 6 worlds all in unscripted, realtime physics. As Rocket you have to go through the worlds collecting (suddenly a dirty word) tokens and tickets and fixing machines to get the park up and running again. The vehicles are everything from a customizable roller-coaster to a paintball tank that allows you to paint the town red, or any other color you choose. In standard platformer fashion, tickets are hidden in out-of reach places or held by characters who give them to you, after you beat them at their own game. The realtime physics engine makes it even more interesting with objects actually tumbling and falling like they would in real life."
36721,Mega Turrican,"""Turrican III - The Final Fight"", Turrican 3, Turrican III: Payment Day",1993,8.0,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"After many generations of peace, the Dark Forces have assembled again, and as a member of the USS Freedom Forces, it is your job to defeat them once again. This means you will have to complete numerous large levels always searching for secrets to pick up and enemies to shoot. To do this, you can pick up three different, upgradeable shots: a multiple, a laser and a rebound. You can also go into wheel-mode (as long as you have enough special energy) or use a rope. In wheel-mode, you are invincible and can lay mines or explore previously unreachable areas."
36727,Bill & Ted's Excellent Game Boy Adventure,,1991,6.7,Action,Platform,,"Bill & Ted's Excellent Game Boy Adventure is based on the movie Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure The game follows the movie's basic plot: Bill and Ted, two not too bright teenagers, absolutely have to pass their history paper. Rufus, a man from the future, grants them a device for time-travelling and so they visit the past to bring historical figures into their own time. This is a single-screen platformer reminiscent of Jumpman In each level, the goal is to collect a few flashing objects and reach the exit (which is hidden until everything is collected). Of course there are various challenges to master first: platforming (complicated by obstacles like conveyor belts or disappearing platforms) and avoiding enemies with different behaviour patterns. Power-ups like temporary invulnerability or balloons to reach higher platforms can be activated at will after they have been collected. There are overall 50 levels (divided into ten time zones) to visit."
36728,Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber,,1999,8.6,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber is a single-player tactical role-playing game. It is the third entry in the Ogre Battle series and a continuation of the franchise’s mix of large-scale strategic planning and small-unit battlefield management. The story follows Magnus Gallant, a young officer in the army of Palatinus, a kingdom under the influence of the Holy Lodis Empire. As unrest grows and the empire seeks to extend its control across the continent of Zeteginia, Magnus finds himself torn between loyalty to his nation and sympathy for its oppressed people. Depending on the player’s decisions, Magnus may rise as a revolutionary leader, remain faithful to the ruling order, or follow paths that diverge between justice and tyranny. Gameplay is divided between the world map and battlefield encounters. On the world map, players direct multiple units of soldiers across large regions, capturing towns, liberating strongholds, and managing resources. Each unit consists of up to five characters arranged in formations that determine how they attack and defend. During combat, clashes play out automatically based on character placement, class abilities, and equipment, though the player can influence tactics by setting strategies such as attacking the leader or focusing on the weakest foes. Progression centers on building a balanced army. Characters gain experience and can advance into new classes, with options ranging from knights, mages, and beast tamers to rare special classes tied to alignment, statistics, or story events. Units must be carefully organized to complement each other’s strengths, as terrain, time of day, and unit morale all affect outcomes. Magnus’s own alignment and the Chaos Frame, a hidden reputation system that measures how the people view him, shift according to the player’s choices in dialogue, battle conduct, and political decisions. The game includes branching scenarios, with multiple routes and endings based on the morality of Magnus’s actions. Decisions about liberating or occupying towns, sparing or executing enemies, and aligning with or against key factions shape not only the story but also the composition of the army."
36730,Colony Wars,,1997,8.1,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Since 3095, the Earth Empire has spread throughout the universe, taking what it wants and destroying the rest - all in the name of sustaining life on Earth. To the Empire, expansion is of the utmost importance, even above famine, drought and death. The League of Free Worlds exists to offer resistance and hope to the plundered outlying colonies. After a key victory, it is shown that the Empire's Navy can be harmed and the ranks of the League begin to swell. Colony Wars is a combat fighter game set in space. You, as the player, join as a recruit in the League's fleet. Missions take place in various fighters, from a 1st person view inside the cockpit, or a 3rd person view from behind your ship. Ships have separate meters for shields and armor, and the player must cycle between weapons designed specifically to damage each. At the most basic, purple lasers must drain a target's shields, followed by switching to red lasers to destroy them. The game features advanced lighting and particle effects for the PlayStation, as well as a basic simulation of Newtonian physics. Thrusters are only active for as long as the accelerate button is held down. The player can burst fire their thrusters and drift, allowing for some advanced maneuvers. The campaign features branching missions and storylines which, depending on your performance in the previous operations, lead to up to five different endings. Unlike most games of this genre, the destruction of the player's ship does not imply the immediate loss of the game: the pilot automatically ejects on an escape pod, but the mission is marked as failed, thus potentially putting the player on a losing path."
36732,Alcatraz,,1992,6.2,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"A drug baron took over Alcatraz prison and now the player takes the role of a U.S. Navy Seal to break in and neutralize him. He has two hours to complete his objectives in three buildings and needs to survive two different playing styles: side-scrolling fighting on the streets and first-person shooting inside. Outside, the goal is to reach the building in which the objectives have to be completed. Of course, the baron's thugs are not too pleased and try to kill the hero - so he has to shoot back with many different weapons, e.g. flamethrowers, machine guns, bombs, and other destructive or close combat weapons, which can be collected from dead enemies. Similarly to Hostage: Rescue Mission he can also hide in the background in certain spots. Once inside a building, the game switches to a first-person view, in which the player has to navigate a maze to reach his goal, e.g. recovering evidence. To his disposal are a radar and a rifle."
36733,Dylan Dog: Murderers,"Dylan Dog: Gli Uccisori, Dylan Dog: The Murderers",1992,5.8,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements, Survival horror",,"Based on the Italian comics character Dylan Dog, London ""nightmare detective"", Gli Uccisori (The Murderers) is another volume created by Tiziano Sclavi himself and is a side-view action platform game with puzzle elements. After the nightmare Dylan saw in his dream, he received the invitation from one mysterious person to visit a mansion along with many other people. Accepting the invitation, Dylan (clothed in his signature red shirt, black jacket, and blue jeans) entered the house and took part in the sumptuous feast. But the wine was poisoned, and the part of guests were the murderers. Dylan, remembering the nightmare, just in case took the revolver with him. And here it all starts... You as Dylan should move around the house, fight with the murderers with bare hands, with revolver, or with weapons found in the house such as knife, screwdriver, sword, or maul. You should find certain keys to open certain doors. Also after killing certain murderers, you'll be provided with certain secrets given to you by the survived guests. Main parts of the story is told in comics art-style without any literary material. The problems for you in the mansion along the murderers are: 1) the timeflow, so you should act quickly; 2) your life energy, so you should keep it as high as possible blocking the opponent's hits; 3) number of the bullets for the revolver, so you should use them wisely; 4) no ability to save the game, so you should break through to the finish during the single seance of the gameplay; 5) the mansion's owner, whose identity you'll understand at the very end."
36738,Milo,,1995,5.5,Adventure,"Board game, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"On a world far away, many millennia ago, a race of advanced beings discovered the 'keys to the universe'. This enabled them to transcend space and time, and so they embarked on a journey to the far ends of the Cosmos. Before leaving their home world, they created the most advanced artificial intelligence ever devised to act as guardian and caretaker. This artificial intelligence was named MILO. But MILO was not a perfect creation, his systems required constant intellectual stimulation in order to maintain their incredible abilities. Without his creators nearby MILO became tired and depleted. As the millennia passed Milo's systems began to fail. Milo desperately needed stimulation in order to reverse his decline – he needs an encounter with YOU. MILO already knew about your arrival, long before you did, so he didn't waste any time and made preparations. A series of challenges and puzzles for you, which will recharge his intelligence circuits and reverse his decline. The challenges are spread around the home world of the creators and special transport has been provided. If you prove worthy of the challenge you will gain access to the library where you will come face to face with MILO, and if you finally succeed you will be presented with the treasured keys to the universe. But if you fail - you will be trapped forever. You are free to travel to every part of the planet and all you need is to do is solve the puzzles, which are very similar to the ones from The 7th Guest"
36745,Wacky Races,"Chiki Chiki Machine Mō Race, Corrida Maluca, Les Fous Du Volant, Wacky Races: Autorennen Total",2000,7.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Wacky Races is an arcade racing game based on the 1960s animated series of the same name. Released in conjunction with versions on consoles the Game Boy Color version has its own modes and tracks and platform-appropriate graphics. The game includes eight different characters and their vehicles as seen in the TV series, all with different top speed, handling and acceleration. Only half of the characters are selectable from the start, the rest have to be unlocked by completing several of the game's modes. The races take place over nine tracks located all over the United States, from Alaska to Hawaii and from New York to Oregon. Four different game modes are available: Arcade mode consists of three different cups of three tracks each. Finishing among the top three is necessary to advance from one track to the next. Endurance mode takes place on shorter variations of the regular tracks. In this mode, the racer in last position gets eliminated after every checkpoint until only the winner remains. Winning a track is necessary to advance to the next. Championship mode goes trough all tracks in order, with points awarded depending on finishing position. Time Trial mode allows the practicing of every track and competing for the best times. The races are seen from a view behind the racer, with an OutRun -style perspective view of the track. Power-ups lie on the track and can be picked up to unleash a variety of effects. These include self-guided missiles (explosive and freezing) as well as temporary speed-ups and invincibility. The AI opponents use different power-ups that they drop into the player's way, including bombs, mines and oil slicks."
36754,Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Rhythm n' Groove,"Walt Disney El Libro de la Selva: Muévete con Ritmo, Walt Disney Il Libro della Giungla: Il Ballo della Giungla, Walt Disney Ksiega Dżungli: Groove Party, Walt Disney Le Livre de la Jungle: Groove Party, Walt Disney Le Livre de la Jungle: Groove Party - Swingez avec Mowgli et ses amis, Walt Disney's Das Dschungelbuch: Groove Party, Walt Disney's Jungle Boek: Groove Party, Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Groove Party, Walt Disneyn Viidakkokirja: Svengiseikkailu, Walt Disneys Djungelboken: Groove Party, Walt Disneys Jungelboken: Groove Party, Walt Disneys Junglebogen: Groove Party",2000,6.6,Action,Music / rhythm,,"Rhythm n' Groove is a dancing game very much modeled after Dance Dance Revolution. Arrows travel across the screen, and when they reach the right spot, you hit the necessary button on either your controller or dance pad. The game follows the story of Disney's The Jungle Book cartoon. Some songs are remixes of the cartoon's music, while others are original."
36756,Martian Gothic: Unification,,2000,6.4,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"It's the year 2017. The planet Earth sets up a research station, Vita Base, on Mars with the mission to discover if life did exist there. After a discovery there comes one last garbled message—danger, danger cliché approaching--“have opened Pandora’s box… all the evils of old Mars have flown out,” and a warning, “…if you do send a manned mission, warn the crew…Stay Alone, Stay Alive…” then nothing. So now it’s 2018, and your rescue mission to Mars crash lands. When you get to the base, the welcome wagon is made up of zombies and an alien virus that will make you look back fondly on the days of the Black Plague. You control a team of three: Kenzo, Karne and Matlock. They enter the base from different airlocks and try to discover what happened. The reason for the whole ""Stay alone, stay alive"" warning is that if your team members come together they end up forming into a disgusting mass of flesh -- picture the thing from Leviathan -- called a Trimorph. As you proceed though the base you find clues as to what occurred. In addition, you run into Trimorphs, some of the non zombiefied former base crew, that are bent on your destruction. They come in two sizes -- the small spidery kind which hack at your shins and jump on your face or the huge ""better run like hell"" monstrosities that will tear you to pieces."
36758,Knight Rider,,1986,4.4,"Action, Racing / Driving","Shooter, Stealth",,"Knight Rider is a game based on the popular television series of the 1980's. The main characters in the series, and the game are KITT - a computerised car with more gadgets than a Bond car, and Michael Knight the driver. The plot starts when Michael's boss, Deven discovers that a terrorist group are seeking to disrupt key meetings between East and West and may even be trying to start a third world war. The game is based around five missions, four of which are related to the story and are listed below, and a random plot. Each mission has a defined time for completion. The game play is a combination of first person driving and shooting together with some top down adventure type action. With each mission the player must drive to a designated location to start. Along the way they will be attacked by waves of missile firing helicopters. The player can choose to drive, and let KITT do the shooting, or let KITT drive so the player can do the shooting. Points are gained for the number of helicopters downed and both the player and KITT are more accurate when being driven slowly, however this eats into the mission time which affects the chance of a successful completion. Once at the target location the player must manoeuvre Michael around a room filled with crates and guards to look for clues, then it's on to the next location."
36759,Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus,"Abe '99, Oddworld: L'Exode d'Abe",1998,8.2,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","In Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee Abe shut down RuptureFarms and saved his buddies from becoming snacks. But Rupture farms was just the beginning; the Glukkons are digging up bones at the ancient Mudokon burial grounds. They use the bones to make Soul Storm Brew. Abe must travel to the Soul Storm Brewery, stop those corporate villains and save the enslaved Mudokon workers. Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus is a 2D platform game very similar to its predecessor both visually and gameplay-wise. Like in the previous game, Abe has to outsmart his foes and avoid obstacles rather than confront them directly. The game is larger than its predecessor and is more oriented towards puzzle-solving, featuring more complex interaction with the Mudokons, who can now be angry, wired, depressed, sick, or blind. The first three problematic conditions can be removed with the appropriate ""Gamespeak"" command; sick Mudokons must be cured with a special item, while blind ones will follow Abe's voice and may fall to their deaths if Abe doesn't stop them in time. An additional ability Abe has is turning into a Mudokon deity called Shrykull, which possesses the power to instantly kill enemies. Transformation into Shrykull is possible only if Abe succeeds in sending several Mudokons through the bird portal at the same time. After having used Shrykull's power once, Abe transforms back into his normal Mudokon self. As opposed to the predecessor with its limited saving possibilities, a quick save feature has been added to Abe's Exoddus The player can save at any time and resume playing from the same spot in case Abe dies."
36767,Blagger,"Blagger MSX, Papagei Gangster",1983,6.9,Action,Platform,,"In this game, players control Rodger the Dodger (aka: Blagger), a burglar whose task is to collect a series of keys in a certain location, then use them to open the safe. There are 30 levels to be completed. Blagger must perform these tasks under a time limit while avoiding hazards such as cacti, cars, aliens, mad hatters, giant mouths, and chinamen. Blagger has no weapon to shoot these, but must rely on his jumping skills. He loses a life if he comes into contact with a hazard or falls long distances, or if he runs out of time. As usual, the game ends when all lives are lost. If Blagger successfully grabs the keys and makes his way to the safe, he proceeds to the next location."
36771,Spider-Man 3: Invasion of the Spider-Slayers,,1993,5.9,Action,Platform,,"One day, Spider-Man is out doing his usual routine of keeping the city clean from muggers and skateboarders, when he is attacked by robots! Spider-Man must figure out who is behind the robot attack and put a stop to it in his third Game Boy adventure. Gameplay this time around is very similar to Spider-Man 2 : Spider-Man's various moves, such as web slinging and kicks, will allow him to fight off foes and advance through the side-scrolling levels. Those levels have a time limit and some of them are auto-scrolling or consist of a boss fight."
36774,Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver,,1999,8.1,Action,"Metroidvania, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"One thousand five hundred years after the events of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain the vampire Kain's decision at the end of that game has finally defeated the human kingdoms and brought the world of Nosgoth under his control. Ruling from a castle built on the Pillars of Nosgoth, Kain has established an empire of six vampire clans, each ruled by a lieutenant, the sons of Kain. Raziel was one such lieutenant but lost his position through the insolence of receiving a new evolutionary ""dark gift"", the growth of feathery wings before his master had acquired it. Fearing that Raziel might one day surpass him, Kain tears off Raziel's wings in a fit of rage and banishes him into the Abyss. There, Raziel is lost in time, dead and his body consumed. The Elder God recovers Raziel's soul and rebuilds the broken body, not as a living vampire, but as a strange new creature of the underworld. Swearing revenge on Kain, Raziel now phases seamlessly between Nosgoth and its underworld, using his new powers to become a terrible reaver of souls... Soul Reaver is a third-person perspective action game with puzzle-solving and some platforming elements. The game follows Raziel on his quest to purge the land of vampires and take revenge on Kain and his brothers, leaders of the six clans. The player views the environment from behind Raziel's shoulder, moving him in any direction, climbing, attacking, jumping, and using specific abilities. Raziel can grip onto the edge of ledges and his torn wings allow him to glide gently downwards. He can also shift through the material world into the spectral realm at will but must find specific locations in order to shift back. The two realms mirror one another, with distortions which give access to new areas and platforms. Existing in the material world drains Raziel's life energy at a constant rate. Throughout the game, energy is recovered by consuming the souls of defeated enemies. If Raziel is able to defeat one of his brothers, he will additionally gain a new ability (""dark gift"") upon drinking his soul. Examples include: the ability to swim, file telekinetic projectiles, or the ability to phase through locked gates. Raziel can arm himself with a variety of weapons including spears, daggers, swords, axes, as well as attacking enemies barehanded. Eventually, he will also come across Kain's personal sword (named the Soul Reaver) and will use it to create a powerful energy blade weapon. The world is left open to Raziel, he can return to areas previously completed and explore the world of Nosgoth at will. Access to certain areas however sometimes requires the use of gained specific abilities. Many of the puzzles the player will need to solve in this quest are block puzzles, requiring the placement of certain large structures (usually square blocks), either to activate switches or to build access to out-of-reach areas."
36781,Meridian 59,,1996,7.5,Role-playing (RPG),Massively Multiplayer,Fantasy,"Meridian 59 was among the first 3D massively multiplayer online role-playing games. Players create characters, and then advance in power by defeating monsters, completing quests, and collecting treasure. The alpha test of Meridian went online on December 15, 1995. It was commercially released on September 27, 1996. Several free, downloadable updates were released during the next 18 months: Vale of Sorrow, Revelation, Renaissance, and Dark Auspices. The original servers were shut down in late 2000, however the game continues to be available at its website. It has a Doom -style first-person graphics engine, with both software and hardware renderers."
36787,RayCrisis: Series Termination,RayCrisis,1998,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"RayCrisis is the third part of a series of ""Ray"" shooting games. In the story it is considered a prequel to the first game's plot, RayForce. It is the only game without a two-player mode in the ported PlayStation version, even though the arcade does have 2 player mode. You have 2 weapons at you disposal, a vulcan gun and a lock-on missile attack. You can also do special attacks if you use the lock-on system to the max. The graphics are all in 3D, but the gameplay mechanics are in 2D. The players ship is a Waverider computer virus, which must get inside the Con-Human supercomputer's system. All enemies you encounter are antibodies, programmed to terminate any virus. Following this virus-infiltrate-in-body theme, the levels are called Self-Area, Emotion, Consciousness, Intelligence, Memory, and Consideration, each reflecting Con-Human's details of sentience. Finally the player must fight against the Dis-Human Antibody, and Infinity, Con-Human's heart."
36788,Beetlejuice,,1991,4.8,Action,,,"Based on the 1988 Michael Keaton movie, Beetlejuice follows the rough storyline of the movie. A ghoul named Beetlejuice is hired by a recently deceased couple to scare away the new occupants of their old home. The game is a side scrolling action game where the lead character can run, jump, and stomp his way through the house while collecting ""scare points"" to help in his ultimate goal. The house is equipped with all manner of traps including incinerating lasers, and even the torches hurt."
36791,Pizza Tycoon,Pizza Connection,1994,7.2,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation",,"Pizza Tycoon is a strategy game where you are an aspiring pizza chef, who wants to start the best pizza chain in the world. You begin by choosing a character you want to be (they differ in appearance and abilities, but the most important factor is the amount of money they have at the start). Then you choose one of the cities in the USA or Europe, where you will rent the building that will become your first pizza restaurant. Before you open it, however, you have to buy furniture, decor and floors (there's a huge choice); hire some cooks and waiters; add some pizzas to your menu, and buy ingredients (you can buy at various shops, which offer various quality of the ingredients). Once this is all ready, you can open your first restaurant and then advertise it via fliers, billboards, newspaper or TV ads. Creating your own pizzas, either to include into your menu or to take part in pizza-making competitions, is an important part of the game. You begin with an empty dough, and you're free to add a lot of various vegetables, meat, fruits or herb onto it. Remember that various people like various ingredients - if your restaurant is in a district populated mostly by kids, you can expect that a pizza made of sweet things will be popular. Also, specific ingredients rise and fall in popularity; if the newspaper announces that pineapples are bad for health, then sales of your Pineapple Pizza might plummet! But while earning money as a honest citizen can be fun, it's even more exciting to get involved with the Underworld and buy weapons to devastate your competitor's restaurant, or do missions for the Mafia (which usually involve picking up something at a specific place at a specific time, and bringing it somewhere else at a different time). But beware, as this can bring you problems, either from the law or from the Mafia itself."
36792,Super Tetris,,1991,7.3,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"Super Tetris is a Tetris variant. It contains additional features such as different types of gameplay (two player cooperative and competitive) as well as new block types (lightning bolts that eliminate an entire row, and bombs that eliminate from 2 to 16 blocks). The Moscow Circus in shown in the background."
36797,The Legend of the Prophet & the Assassin,"A Lenda do Assassino e do Profeta, A lenda do profeta e do assassino, De legende van de profeet en de moordenaar, Die Legende des Propheten und des Mörders, La Leggenda del Profeta e dell'Assassino, La Leyenda del profeta y del asesino, La Légende du prophète et de l'assassin, The Prophet's Trail",2000,5.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,"Fantasy, Middle East","Arxel Tribe's previous series, Pilgrim is continued in this new adventure series, which they have coined simply ""Legend"". You play through the eyes of Ay-Sayf, a former Knight Templar and warrior during the Crusades, as he seeks Simon, the false prophet. The game takes place in the 13th Century in the Eastern Hemisphere. Explore Jebus, a city of peace and harmony, bargain with the sellers in the marketplace of Jerusalem, and visit the Palace of Uvak Khan, an imperial ruler. Fight with demons and spiritual warriors during Ay-Sayf's quest in this point-and-click adventure. The original release contained what Dreamcatcher later called ""Part 1 - The Prophet's Trail"" with its 2 CDs. Their second release was named the same but included 4 CDs - the original Arxel Tribe game plus ""Part 2"" - Secrets of the Alamut Each game has to be installed separately."
36798,Leo the Lion,Lew Leon,1996,7.1,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Africa,"Lew Leon (Leon the Lion) is a platform game that tells the story of a lion who tries to find the stolen crown. The action takes place on the islands of the Archipelago Lion. The game requires solving many puzzles. It takes place in a jungle setting, swamps, pole, magic castle dungeons and pyramid. The task of the player is also to enter an abandoned ship and beat the volcanic eruption. Apart from the classical elements of platform games like walking, jumping, climbing or fighting, the player can collect and use objects in places marked with a special icon. Each level ends with a colorful animation. The game features a total of twelve levels split into three episodes (Zaria, Lona, Ran, Tunga) consisting of four stages each."
36814,Kobyashi Naru,"Kobayashi Naru, Kobayashi Naru, Kobyashi",1987,6.2,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Split into knowledge, wisdom and understanding sections, the Kobyashi Naru trial must be completed in order to gain immortal status. Collect the required objects from each one in this adventure game. The game offers pictures of each location and significant objects, and a textual description of each location, but beyond this the game system is atypical of 1980s adventures, especially those originating on cassette. A set of icons is displayed in the top half of the screen, which are selected to activate movement, item manipulation, analysing the scene (by selecting specific words of text), and actions like ascending, throwing and swimming. Puzzle solving always uses objects either in the scene description or your inventory."
36821,Grand Prix 500 2,Hot Rubber,1991,5.7,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"You can choose between 4 bikes, 12 tracks (including favourites like Brno, Suzuka and Spa), with 1 or 2 players in this Grand Prix motorcycle racing simulation. You can play a full season including qualifying modes, a single race, or simply practice a circuit to learn it and master the controls. Like the first Lotus game the game always uses a split screen; in one-player mode the top half of the screen displays the track map."
36822,Fireteam 2200,,1991,5.7,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Fireteam 2200 is a tactical wargame set in the 23rd century. You take the role of the leader of a taskforce (or ""Fireteam"") tasked with undergoing a series of missions. As with most war games you get to assemble your crew and select your scenario, while the action itself takes place in a top-down map from which you view your deployed units and issue orders such as movement commands, weapon assignations and, of course, who to fire at. You can build a squadron of up to 16 units starting with a base budget that allows you to choose from 30 different combat units and 25 different weapon types. Features modem head-to-head multiplayer gameplay for up to two players across platforms (meaning an Amiga player can show a DOS player how it's done)."
36823,Virtual Open Tennis,,1995,7.1,Sports,,,"One of only two tennis games released for the Saturn. Features include a 3 modes of play (tournament, exhibition and practice), 3 playing surfaces and 10 players."
36824,Action Man: Destruction X,,2000,5.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,The master criminal Dr. X is planning to steal scientific secrets in order to control the world. This is of course when Action Man steps in to thwart his plans. Action Man: Destruction X takes place over three different cities throughout the world for a total of 36 different missions. Missions include things such as infiltrating Dr. X's hidden jungle lab and taking out prehistoric monstrosities or driving in a King of the Streets race. Gameplay varies greatly such as the game having a behind view boomerang shooting portion and a bird's eye view racing section. Action Man gets to drive things like a Silver Speeder and a Polar Bike. The game has both a story mode and an arcade mode.
36829,Heroes Chronicles: Conquest of the Underworld,Heroes Chronicles: Podbój Podziemi,2000,6.7,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Fantasy,"Heroes Chronicles: Conquest of the Underworld is the second in a series of shorter, story-driven games based on the Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia engine. This installment follows the quest of Tarnum, the Immortal Hero, escorting the soul of a dead King through the Underworld, fighting all the way, in order to regain Paradise... The standard Heroes gameplay is all here. Fantastical creatures with special abilities in turn-based battles over special maps. Build structures to recruit better creatures, cast spells to aid them in combat, and more."
36833,"Hey You, Pikachu!",Pikachu Genki Dechū,1998,5.8,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Hey You, Pikachu! is a Pokémon adventure game. The game allows you to speak directly to Pikachu via the Voice Recognition Unit (VRU) included with the game, in order to tell Pikachu what to do and help direct the adventures the two of you embark on. The game features 20 different minigames which you and Pikachu play together. Some involve you catching water Pokémon, while another might send you search for ingredients for stew. When the minigame is over, you go back home and sleep, waking up the next day to play another game. As the game progresses more of the features and minigames are unlocked, and Pikachu's friendship meter will grow. Pikachu will understand around 200 different words or simple phrases like ""come here"", ""stop that"", and ""eat it"". Voice communication is the primary method of interacting with the game, though the analog stick is used for navigation."
36839,Art of Fighting 3: The Path of The Warrior,"ACA NeoGeo: Art of Fighting 3, AkeAka NeoGeo: Art of Fighting - Ryūko no Ken Gaiden, Art of Fighting: Ryūko no Ken Gaiden",1996,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Fighting","Contemporary, North America","In this third and final entry in the Art of Fighting series the story shifts from Ryo Sakazaki to his best friend and rival, Robert Garcia, as he ventures into Mexico to try and locate Freia Lawrence, a childhood friend, who asked for his help. However, he leaves without the consent of The Garcia Foundation, which sends an agent named Karman Cole to get him back. But not everything is as simple as it looks... because Robert is not the only one looking for Freia. Art of Fighting 3: The Path of The Warrior features ten playable characters with different fighting styles, a completely new fighting system based on joystick and button combinations, and incredibly detailed graphics and animation."
36840,Cricket 2000,,2000,6.9,Sports,,,"Cricket 2000 is a cricket game featuring 3D graphics, with all 11 men on the field rendered fully in 3D. Available playing modes are the World Cup and a super six competition. The game features motion-captured player moves, original player stats and 14 different national teams including Bangladesh and Scotland. The batsman can play any shot in the book. The game features play-by-play commentary from cricket legends Richie Benaud and David Gower, and there are also night matches."
36841,Terrorpods,,1987,7.0,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Just because a region is bleak, desolate and inhospitable doesn't mean it lacks value. The planet Colian is a case in point; it has plentiful stocks of tough metal Aluma, the explosive Detonite, and the energy giving Quaza crystals. The ten colonies which are mining them are under the control of the Empire, and are forced to use their resources to produce destructive Terrorpod units. The rival Federation attempts to shut this operation down, and sends you to the surface in a Defence Strategy Vehicle. The action is viewed from your DSV, as you move and shoot at any encroaching Terrorpods. Colian has a heavy inertia field, so you are always moving. You have guided missiles at your disposal, although these use up some of your limited Detonite stocks. Missiles will also be aimed at you; avoid these. Your task is to find each of the colonies before the Terrorpods can destroy them, and set up trading between them so each of the colonies gets the supplies they need. As all this action unfolds, you are trying to ensure that enough components can be produced in the colonies, and can be retrieved in order to go towards the Federation's own building efforts. Collect the resultant products to attach them to your DSV to produce a Terrorpod of your own."
36846,WWF Superstars,,1991,7.5,Sports,,,"WWF Superstars is a licensed wrestling game. Players can choose between five WWF superstars: Ultimate Warrior, Hulk Hogan, Macho King Randy Savage, Mr. Perfect and the Million Dollar Man to take on opponents in the ring. There are many moves that can be executed by all the wrestlers: body slam, suplex, clothes line, and others. In addition, there are signature moves unique to each superstar. Two players can compete against each other via the Game Boy Gamelink."
36849,Rob Blanc II: Planet of the Pasteurised Pestilence,,2000,6.9,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"After his training for becoming the hero of the Universe, Rob Blanc is forced to take a vacation by the High Ones. As usual, when a hero is relaxing, he's always ending up to save the world. Well, Rob, after being stuck in a lift with a young man named Paul, whom he suspects to be from another planet, lands on Remus XIII (according to Rob). A plague is affecting the people living there and it's up to Rob (and unfortunately for him, to Paul) to solve this mystery. Rob Blanc II: Planet of the Pasteurised Pestilence is a short independent game made by Ben ""Yahtzee"" Croshaw with the AGS engine It's also the sequel to Rob Blanc I: Better Days of a Defenser of the Universe The gameplay is in classic point-and-click fashion. The player has to select an action and then click on the object or the person to interact. There are four actions: ""walk"", ""look"", ""talk"" and ""use/interact"". Objects can be picked up in order to combine them or to use them later. They are stored in a inventory accessible at all times."
36852,Rocket Knight Adventures,,1993,8.0,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Rocket Knight Adventures is the first side-scrolling action game starring Sparkster. He lives in the kingdom of Zebulos, and is the bravest of all the Rocket Knights. One day, an army of pigs comes down to invade the kingdom and capture the princess. It is up to Sparkster to set things right again. Most of the gameplay in Rocket Knight Adventures involves using Sparkster's rocket pack and sword. Sparkster has to fight off many bosses and survive many precarious situations. The levels are interspersed with a variety of elements, like shooting stages, and giant robot combat."
36857,KiKi KaiKai,Arcade Archives: Kiki Kaikai,1986,6.1,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Fantasy,"The youngest child of a mysteriously disappeared family didn't join the family on a journey to a far and unknown place to board an odd ark because she had to keep on cultivating their land. An humble peasant spread the word: a creature coming from the underworld took away the ark! The girl must have been touched by the hand of luck... and she alone is the only one who can save and take them safely back home. You can move around in eight directions, trying to defend yourself against the attacks of creatures coming from the underworld. You can defend yourself by means of scrolls with obscure magician runes, throwing cards and other weapons to be picked up en route. The magic cards and magic spells have a limited range or last only for a short period of time but can be powered up by collecting the runes found after destroying a formation of red flames-shaped enemies or waving an black and white flag. Several items (mostly pearls) will be found along the way and can be picked up and used to defeat the enemy creatures. A round consist of multiple scenes (areas) and each scene is completed when the Scene Guard has been defeated and when a round is completed one family member will be free and return safely home..."
36860,Braxx Bluff,,1984,6.5,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As a Life Corps volunteer, you have been sent to the planet Prolon, following a distress call from the team of explorers currently charting the region. First of all, you must safely land your ship on the landing strip, by paying attention to the angle the craft descends at, and keeping it in line with the smooth terrain. Once this has been accomplished, you must walk around the planet searching for their life pod, and take it back to the ship. This must be done within a time limit, as the pod's life support system is failing. In both these sections you will score more points if your direction is correct (with 8 points the requirement for a clean landing in section one) - this acts as both a reward and a guide."
36861,Shanghai,,1986,7.9,Puzzle,"Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle",,"Shanghai is one of the first video game adaptations of the tile-based game played with the Chinese mahjong stones - essentially a puzzle game that has little to do with real mahjong rules. The gameplay involves 144 tiles, each depicting different images, which have to be removed by matching them into pairs. The tiles are arranged in a gridded pattern, which is higher near the centre. A tile can only be removed if it has no tile next to it on at least one side. This computer implementation can generate a random board layout to take on and features five preset challenges, some of which have time limits of five or ten minutes, as well as a multiplayer mode."
36868,Zyll,,1984,7.1,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"A young man named Zyll, who lived in the Land of Magic and Enchantment, tried to become a black mage, with the intent of conquering and ruling the entire realm. However, he was banished before he could realize his plans. Determined to have his revenge, Zyll took possession of the Black Orb, an ancient artifact of immense power... The gameplay of Zyll follows a unique concept - it is a real-time, 1 or 2-player (cooperative or competitive) text adventure, with random treasure placement and character classes. Find the Black Orb and return to save your home from becoming a barren wasteland."
36870,Jewels II: The Ultimate Challenge,Gems of Darkness,1998,6.9,Puzzle,"Board game, Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle",Middle East,Jewels 2 is a puzzle game set in an archeological dig were a pre-sumerian culture left a great treasure. To unlock the treasure you must uncover 24 rune tokens from several places in the dig by solving for each one a logic/pattern recognition puzzle of varying difficulty. The main game screen consists of a map from where you can go directly to each puzzle as well as other interesting sites. There's an in-game journal that offers hints for most puzzles and if you are really stuck you can also consult with the digitally-captured professor Bhandam (the guy in charge of the dig) for hints. The game also offers two difficulty settings for each puzzle.
36875,Splatterhouse 3,Splatterhouse Part 3,1993,7.3,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"It has been a while since the escape in Splatterhouse 2 and Rick is slowly regaining his sanity. At night, he is still haunted by nightmares from the place. Rick has married Jennifer and they have a son, David. In the final chapter of this horror trilogy, Rick finds out that an entity called The Evil One has kidnapped his beloved family members. He has no choice but to wear the demon mask with the supernatural powers to save Jennifer and David from the demon-infested Splatterhouse. The third title in the series builds upon the gameplay of its predecessors. The game consists of six consecutive levels in a huge mansion. In a race against time, you have to wipe the demons from each room and find the quickest path to the boss area. After clearing a room, you can use an in-game map to decide upon the quickest route. Improvements over the second title include moving between rooms in multiple directions, multiple endings based on your performance, special moves for Rick and crisper graphics. It still has a horror theme and maintains the same level of gore and violence. You can collect weapons such as a skull-smashing baseball bat, an ax and cement blocks. If you get knocked down, a ghost will try to snatch your weapon and drop it in another room of the house. Other collectible items include extra lives, health meat or orbs. These orbs build up a power meter. Upon completion, you have the ability to transform into a berserk mutant for a short time. The cutscenes feature real actors who act out the characters."
36877,WCW Wrestling: The Main Event,WCW: Main Event,1994,6.3,Sports,Fighting,,"WCW: The Main Event is one of the many wrestling games produced back in the day, this one featuring the license of WCW (World Championship Wrestling) along with nine of it's top wrestlers, each with their own strengths, weaknesses and unique finishing maneuvers. These nine wrestlers consist of Rick Rude, Ron Simmons, Steve Austin, Sting, Dustin Rhodes, Johnny B. Badd, Big Van Vader and The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott). The gameplay is similar to the many others with a side scrolling look where players can either punch or kick their opponents or climb the ropes and perform a flying maneuver to decimate their opponents. Players also can use their signature move once it has become available to use against their opponent in an attempt to win the match. Players can either compete in a single exhibition match or compete in an Elimination match where they face off against each wrestler in succession for a chance to become WCW World Heavyweight Champion. There is also two-player capabilities utilizing the Game Boy Link Cable."
36879,Beastlord,,1993,6.6,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Beastlord is an action game with puzzle-solving elements. The Lord of Darkness managed to trick the three guardians of the world (a unicorn, a hawk and a beam of light) into imprisonment and now overruns everything with his orc hordes. The player takes the role of a young man, who is called the Beastlord because he can interact with animals, and has to explore three levels with the goal to free the guardians. The levels are side-scrolling in nature, but there are many branches to map out. The interaction with enemies offers no surprises: the player can perform a variety of combat moves in order to beat them up. Disposed enemies leave items behind, mostly food and money. However, the game requires the player to solve various puzzles in order to progress and to talk to the animals and humans found in the levels. Usually certain items need be found and used at the correct spot respectively traded for another item. Those non-fighting actions are initiated through a pop-up menu. The game also features basic magic, a day/night cycle (some actions are only possible at a certain time) and hunger which causes the need for constant fighting in order to keep the steadily decreasing energy bar up."
36880,David Robinson's Supreme Court,David Robinson Basketball,1992,6.7,Sports,,,"David Robinson's Supreme Court is a basketball game with both exhibition and tournament modes. Choose one out of four fictional teams and then draft various skilled fictional players onto the team. Exhibition mode lets the player choose to either player 3 on 3 or 5 on 5 while tournament mode only allows for 5 on 5 play. The game also features a roleplaying mode where the player takes the role of and controls only one player on the court. Tournament mode lets the players team play the three other teams with the prize being a chance to go up against David Robinson's All-Stars. Speaking of which, David Robinson offers commentary at the halftime of games. The game features three levels of difficulty (beginner, normal, and superstar), and also adjustable minutes per quarter (from three to twelve)."
36881,MediEvil,MediEvil: Yomigaetta Garomea no Yūsha,1998,8.0,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"In the year 1286, Sir Daniel Fortesque and his soldiers fought against the evil sorcerer Zarok, who raised an army of demons, intending to conquer the world. Sir Daniel was hailed as a hero after the battle, supposedly having been mortally wounded during it, taking Zarok with him. However, it looks like the sorcerer was not defeated in that battle. A hundred years later, he appears again, robbing people of their souls to build an army of undead. Unleashing waves of necromantic energy, Zarok inadvertently revives Sir Daniel as well. Now a skeletal corpse, the knight must correct the mistakes of the past and defeat Zarok once and for all. MediEvil is an action game in which the player controls Sir Daniel, exploring 3D environments and fighting many enemies that stand on his path towards the ultimate goal. The protagonist starts with his own detachable arm as the basic weapon; however, later he acquires swords and other melee weapons, as well as bows. Money can be collected and spent on items and equipment sold by gargoyle merchants. The hero must also find various rune stones that will allow him to access new areas. Each level contains a chalice that can be filled with souls of defeated enemies. Sir Daniel may take a chalice only after having vanquished a sufficient amount of foes. Getting the chalice enables access to the Hall of Heroes, where the protagonist can receive new weapons. Collecting all the chalices in the game unlocks a special ending."
36884,Sentinel Returns,,1998,7.0,Puzzle,,,"Enter a surreal world where you must battle the Sentinel and his sentries over 650 chequered, 3D landscapes. Energy and movement are completely redefined in this unique blend of arcade and strategy elements. You, only known as an intelligent presence, move about the landscape by teleporting between robot ""hulls"". Any object in your field of vision can be absorbed for energy, as long as you also see the square of the landscape that the object is standing on. By aiming at any square your can see, and spending energy, you can create a new robot hull and teleport your presence to it, or you can create neutral objects: trees to block yourself from the Sentinel's gaze, or boulders that can be stacked. You gain height in the landscape by creating a robot on top of a stack of boulders, until you can see the Sentinel's square at the highest point in the landscape and absorb him. The problem is that the Sentinel slowly rotates and ruthlessly absorbs anything in his field of vision that is more potent than a tree, including yourself. In later levels, his sentries will threaten you with absorption from several directions."
36891,Iron Man / X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal,,1996,5.6,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The game crosses heroes and villains from the Marvel and Valiant comics franchises. A cosmic barrier, which separates two dimensions has been broken. Supervillains Mistress Crescendo, Baron Zemo, and General Krytos team up to take over the known universe by acquiring a Cosmic Cube. However, Iron Man and X-O Manowar band together to thwart the evildoers’ nefarious plans. The player can choose to play either as Iron Man or X-O Manowar. Both characters have Mai lay the same move set, but they also have their own unique attack moves. In each mission, which is made up of multiple levels, there are objectives to follow. At the end of a mission, the player will fight one of many supervillains."
36893,Tom & Jerry,"Tom & Jerry 2, Tom & Jerry: Hunting High and Low",1989,5.0,Action,Platform,,"Tom & Jerry is a platformer based on the two cartoon animals. The player takes the role of Jerry who has to navigate the five levels while collecting every piece of cheese. Besides the usual platforming obstacles there is a time limit and Tom who tries to catch Jerry. The player needs to avoid Tom but can also use the environment to get rid of him temporarily: a bowling ball on the head knocks him out or a prepared floor lets him slip. The main levels are side-scrolling, but between each level the game switches to a behind-the-shoulder perspective. Then Jerry has to run through a tunnel while collecting cheese and avoiding dynamite or bombs."
36901,Sierra Pro Pilot 98: The Complete Flight Simulator,Sierra Pro Pilot: The Complete Flight Simulation,1997,6.6,Simulation,,,"This is the first edition in the Pro Pilot civilian flight simulation series. The scenery is North America and Europe, and both VFR/IFR can be used with AI air traffic controllers. The included aircraft are: Cessna Skyhawk 172P, 172R, CitationJet 525, Beechcraft Bonanza V35, Baron B58, and Super King Air B200. There are two separate map installation CDs included, one for the US map only and another with the European map only. Each installation uses the same registry keys, which means they cannot be installed together at the same time."
36902,Nebulus 2: Pogo a gogo,,1991,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"This is a sequel to highly rated Nebulus (known as ""Tower Toppler"" in the US). The gameplay is much the same except this time Pogo must topple the towers and then repair them aswell! Why? Well the storyline this time around is that the evil crime boss known as ""The Uncle"" has taken the seven Towers of Life (which produce oxygen for their respective planets) ransom! Because the Galactic Government does not deal with terrorists, they've sent construction worker, Pogo, to deal with the problem. This is where you come in. Pogo must (as before) make it to the top of the seven towers whilst avoiding all the baddies and traps that have been laid there for him. Once he gets to the top, the tower is toppled. Now he must would over 80% of the crumbling platforms to return power back to the tower before he can move on. There are three new subgames and several new features in Nebulus 2, such as Jumping Boots, Rockets and Magnets (for pulling Pogo up to higher platforms)."
36903,Close Combat,"Close Combat: Prenez le commandement de véritables soldats, Close Combat: Take command of men who act like real soldiers",1996,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Wargame,"Historical events, World War II",Close Combat is the first installment of Microsoft's Close Combat series that bases its power more on strategy than real-time battling. You're placed as the battlefield commander as you command your troops in Normandy. Choose to play as either Axis or Allies.
36908,Diggers,,1993,6.6,Puzzle,,Fantasy,"Diggers is a Lemmings -style puzzle game where you command five alien miners (from a choice of four clans) and various gadgets to dig for treasure. The game is divided into excavation areas. Each area has a set amount of money you must raise before moving into the next one. To do so, you must sell your collected treasure to the bank. You select your ""Diggers"" by clicking on them with the left mouse button and making them do the desired action by right-clicking on the screen and choosing from an icon menu. Each clan has different characteristics and stats: for example, the Grablins clan resembles fantasy dwarfs and has the fastest diggers. The Quarriors clan has the strongest miners, less likely to die in a fight with enemy diggers."
36914,Batman: Return of the Joker,"Batman: O Retorno do Coringa, Batman: Revenge of the Joker, Dynamite Batman",1991,6.7,Action,Platform,,"The Joker lives again in SunSoft's sequel to their NES original The Joker has somehow managed to escape from Arkham Asylum once again, and Batman must fight him across seven stages to restore peace to Gotham City. Batman carries a gauntlet shooting basic bullets by default. This can be upgraded with weapon powerups located in boxes throughout the level, giving access to homing and energy weapons. Every upgrade weapon can be charged up for a secondary attack, different for each weapon. Batman also has a slide useful against most enemies and some bosses. Boss fights introduce a system where life is measured by points instead of tick marks or bars. In these sections, Batman has significantly more health, and can take many more hits when rumbling with these stronger foes. Levels include a snowy landscape, moving train, military base, and sewers. Two levels require you to run and dodge explosions while vehicles keep pace in the background. Some levels also have Batman activate a jetpack and play through a short side-scrolling shooter. This game is one of the few Batman games that was not based directly on a movie or television series."
36919,Ninja Spirit,"Arcade Archives: Ninja Spirit, Arcade Archives: Saigo no Nindō, Saigo no Nindō",1988,7.0,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"A ninja-based action game that has the player leading Moonlight through numerous enemy-riddled levels on a quest to exact revenge against his father's murderer. To accomplish this task Moonlight is armed with a katana, shurikens, bombs, and a sickle and chain weapon. Each weapon offers its own advantages and must be used at certain times to overcome specific obstacles or opponents. The game's coin-op origins are evident in the fact that that the home versions do not have passwords or saves. To compensate for this, however, adjustable difficulty settings were added."
36922,Monopoly Casino,,1999,6.6,Gambling,,,"Won so much money in Monopoly and need to spend it somewhere? Try Monopoly Casino from Hasbro. 133 different slot machines (including some official Monopoly slots), over 60 poker variants, and lots of Monopoly-inspired games. Multiplayer over MSN Zone."
36931,Rock n' Bolt,"Rock 'n Bolt, Rock 'n' Bolt",1985,6.7,Action,Arcade,,"Louie The constructor struts pieces to their location. The Girders are constantly moving back and forth. It is your job to lock them down, and then get back to where you started the level. There are 100 levels, and two types of levels. One is just locking down, the others you have to put them in a specific location. There are three levels of difficulty to choose from, you just get paid more the harder the level, and you have less time to complete the level."
36936,Captain Skyhawk,,1989,7.0,Action,Arcade,,Aliens are draining the energy from the Earth and plan to totally destroy it when they're through. Only Captain Skyhawk and his F-14VTS fighter jet can get rid of these alien invaders. The game features eight missions which are broken up into different phases. One phase is a vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up which has the action viewed from a top down perspective with a 3D landscape. Players get to destroy enemy installations and bases during this phase. Another phase has gameplay similar to After Burner where the player has to take out enemy aircraft. Another phase has the player carefully docking their aircraft into a space station. The planes weaponry can be upgraded or refilled at these space stations by spending the credits the player has earned by defeating enemy aircraft. After successfully completing all the missions the player has to destroy the final alien space station.
36937,Ultraman Powered,,1994,6.5,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The player is cast as Ultraman, a Japanese masked superhero who has to fight the weirdest creatures that arrived from somewhere to destroy everything. Some of them look like giant dinosaurs and the others are too odd to describe. This title is a one-on-one fighting game. The player has the option to fight in versus mode or story mode. Also, a two-player mode is included, to battle against human opponents."
36938,Jet Moto 3,,1999,7.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The third entry in the Jet Moto series once again places you in the driving seat of a futuristic hoverbike, racing at breakneck speed in a truly extreme sport. While a Jet Moto hoverbike might look like a jet ski, it is capable of far more: it travels across land as well as water and can use a magnetic grapple to make extremely tight turns. During a race, drivers must skillfully time jumps, dodge obstacles, and contend with some feisty opponents who won't hesitate to bump you into a tree or maybe even knock you off a cliff. Jet Moto 3 offers ten different riders and 19 tracks across the wide open ocean, over mountainous terrain, and through cityscapes. As with the earlier games, two people can still race in a split-screen mode."
36940,Implosion,,1987,5.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Implosion is a shooter in which a planet is on full collision course towards the earth. Now the player has to infiltrate said planet to let it implode. In every level big energy balls have to be destroyed to weaken the planet's defenses. When all are gone, a portal opens up which has to be entered within ten seconds - it is unhealthy to stay. Also unhealthy are the enemies which attack frontally. If they manage to touch the ship its energy goes down and zero energy results in a life loss. Fortunately the player can shoot them and also destroy special crystals. Those split up into smaller crystals which reward more energy, better shields or extra points when picked up."
36942,Journey: The Quest Begins,Journey,1989,7.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Mysterious disasters have begun the once thriving fantasy land. Natural disasters and diseases trouble the population. A group of villagers was sent to seek the assistance of the reclusive wizard Astrix - but it has never returned. A new group is sent, led by the young carpenter Bergon, who is accompanied by the wizard Praxix, the healer Esher, and the true protagonist of the game - a merchant named Tag. Despite its ""RPG-like"" premise and the player's control of a party of four characters with unique powers, Journey: The Quest Begins is a puzzle-solving adventure game without role-playing elements. Unlike most Infocom games of the time, no typing is required in this game; the interface provides the player with a multiple choice of actions that the player selects in order to make the story progress. The game has plenty of text and detailed interaction possibilities. Using the abilities of the four controlled characters is often required to solve the puzzles."
36945,Burning Rangers,,1998,7.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As a member of the Burning Rangers, it is your job to put out a range of fires and rescue those trapped in the heat of the blaze. During each level, your quad leader informs you of the critical areas inside certain buildings, such as multi-level warehouses. Following his advice, you must use your cybernetic powersuit to put out the flames in each area. Along the way you will also come across boss characters, who are out to light up the town, and you. Your performance is then rated on your time to complete the objectives, how many lives were saved, and so forth. The better you go, the higher the rating."
36950,Bust-A-Move,"Puzzle Bobble, Puzzle Bobble: Bust-A-Move",1995,7.5,Puzzle,"Arcade, Tile matching puzzle",Fantasy,"The home version of Bust-A-Move is not a straight adaptation of the arcade game. It greatly increases the number of levels, has new gameplay features, and introduces new modes. The general concept remains the same: the player controls a catapult at the bottom of the screen that shoots bubbles of random colors. When three or more bubbles of the same color touch on the playfield, they are removed, with any bubbles falling away that are not attached to the ceiling, sidewall, or another bubble. The ceiling periodically descends, pushing the bubbles downward. The game is lost if any bubbles touch the bottom. In single-player mode, the goal is to clear pre-set bubble patterns. The game consists of 100 levels, more than tripling the number from the arcade game. Some arcade levels are reused, but most are entirely new. Also new are gameplay elements in the form of special bubbles: explosive bubbles destroy bubbles in a small radius around them if hit. Lightning bubbles move sideways if hit, clearing a horizontal line. Water bubbles burst, with the downward stream recoloring all bubbles it touches. Another new element is a boss fight in the final level. The two-player mode from the arcade version also reappears, but optionally adds a series of ten computer opponents with different playing strategies. In two-player mode, the goal is to make the other player fail. Instead of the ceiling descending, new bubbles are added from the top. Removing more than the required three bubbles at a time sends bubbles to the opponent's field. The final mode is Challenge mode: it is an endless unwinnable mode where new bubbles are continuously added from the top. It is played for the high score: both the score and the number of bubbles popped are counted."
36951,Midnight Club: Street Racing,,2000,7.1,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Underground street arcade style racing at night in New York City and London. You are a cabbie, bored and looking for action. When you stumble across your first challenger and are invited to join Midnight Club. Call other members on your cell phone and challenge them to race across the city. Winner gets the losers car. Most challengers have a better set of wheels than you do so strategy and cunning play a key role if you are going to move up the ladder. Both Manhattan and London are accurately modeled. Race through Madison Square Garden. Jump on to the deck of the Intrepid. Barrel down the West Side Highway through Battery Park City and up F.D.R. In addition to career mode, you can play in Capture the Flag or just plain race in multiplayer mode. Angel used the Smuggler's Run engine so the game play, feel and mechanics are very similar."
36952,Tiny Troops,,1997,7.1,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"On planet Agaris IV, two races fight for power on an endless war. When the Klutes and the Furfurians' dispute made their planet inhospitable, they needed a new battleground. Their troops where teleported to planet Earth, where everything, they discover, is 100 times bigger. Their battles are thus a small event there, taking place out of the attention of the humans. Tiny Troops is a real-time strategy game, with gameplay similar to Cannon Fodder It supports up to 2 players in split-screen mode, and mouse or joystick control. Before starting a level, a screen is shown where the player must select which units are going to be on his troop. There's several types of units (foot soldiers, grenadiers, etc). Clicking the general gives a hint and the main objective of the level (that usually is about killing the enemy and destroying their base). Most of the main game screen is occupied by a scrolling map of the level, with the bottom portion reserved for the control windows (one for the mini-map, other for game options like saving and restarting, a third for unit commands and a final one with unit information or a list of group formations). The player controls the soldiers by clicking on them and selecting orders icons from the command window: a fist icon is to attack; an upward arrow to select the route; a wrench to repair things; a shield to stand guard; a target to surround the unit. The game has 65 levels spread on a variety of different terrains (garden, kitchen, etc)."
36967,Descent³,"Descent III, Descent³: La saga continue ..., Descent³: The Saga Continues..., Descent³: die Saga wird fortgesetzt",1999,8.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The third installment of the famous 3d shooter Descent Hop in your Pyro-GX, dive at high speed into the mines and blast hordes of robots without mercy! Descent³ features the same 360 degrees, three axis action that the players of Descent and Descent II have come to love, but this time the game has far improved 3D graphics, more diversified objectives, more lethal weapons, and 3 different ships you can pilot. And for the first time in the Descent series, you can actually fly out of the mines and explore outdoor areas. Descent³ was also designed with multiplayer play in mind, and features a lot of mutiplayer game modes: the classic deathmatch, teamplay, capture the flag, monsterball (a kind of soccer with giant balls) and entropy."
36974,Jack in the Dark,,1993,6.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"The player controls a little girl, who is up against Jack, the main bad guy from Alone in the Dark 2 Jack in the Dark was a free Christmas-time promotion that you could download from BBSes; it was later included on the CD version of Alone in the Dark"
36976,The Ren & Stimpy Show: Time Warp,,1994,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"In The Ren & Stimpy Show: Time Warp the player takes command of the comedy duo on a quest through time to stop Stimpy's beloved hero, Muddy Mudskipper, from changing history and ruining space and time. The game is a side-scrolling platformer mixed with side-scrolling shooting sequences where the player takes command of a space ship through time portals in between stages. There are five stages to play in: the backyard, the Big City, the Untamed World, a zoo and a haunted house. To defeat enemies on their way, Ren and Stimpy will find various crazy weapons like beaver saws and watermelon bows, as well as other items to help them out in their quest, such as rubber nipples used for climbing walls. There are also various obstacles and traps the players must avoid, like the Crockostimpy and the Happy Helmet which will temporarily incapacitate the player until it is knocked off their head. The player can find health power-ups to restore their health and earn points by picking up money symbols. The game also features the voice talents of Billy West"
36978,NHL 98,,1997,8.1,Sports,,,"NHL 98 features much faster and refined gameplay (now using four action keys instead of two, removing the need to double-tap to perform some actions), along other new features such as ""in-the-fly"" tactics developed by Marc Crawford then manager of the Colorado Avalanche and new commentary lines from Jim Hughson and Darryl Reaugh and a re-worked interface. Graphics are improved from the previous version with the players being less angular, and thanks to 3Dfx support, with less pixels showing in the textures. The in-game presentation follows a TV-style script, zooming in players while displaying stats during clock stoppages. As far as game modes go, in the year of the first Olympic Tournament with professional players, NHL 98 introduced the first real international competition, with 18 International teams to choose from. Other game modes include Season (option to pick between 25 or 82 games) and Playoff (best of 1, 3, 5 or 7 matches) and a Penalty Shootout mode."
36982,Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom,,1993,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",Fantasy,"Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom is a 2D side-scrolling, weapon-based beat'em up game set in the Dungeons & Dragons Mystara campaign setting. The game has some slight RPG elements taken from the tabletop role-playing game. At the start of the game you can pick between 4 characters: cleric, dwarf, elf, and fighter. The game is very similar to Golden Axe - players go right, slash enemies (and various bosses) and use magic or additional weapons. Daggers, hammers, arrows and burning oil can be used as throwing weapons."
36990,Al Unser Jr. Turbo Racing,"Turbo Racing, World Grand-Prix - Pole To Finish",1989,6.3,"Action, Racing / Driving",,"Asia, Europe, Japan (Modern/Futuristic), North America, Oceania","Unlike its namesake, the IndyCar racer Al Unser Jr. this game depicts Formula 1 races. A season consists of sixteen races, each one consisting of unlimited practice, one qualifying lap and the real race (the starting position depends on the qualifying result). Of course the goal is to win the championship by having successful race results. Those results also change the amount of ""set-up points"", which represent the quality of the car, players can use before the next race. Besides the championship there is also a time trial mode available (with or without AI opponents). While the game features manual gear switching, it tends more to an action oriented gameplay than a simulation: pit stops (needed when the car gets nearly destroyed after accidents) stop the time for every driver and players can use a limited amount of turbo boosts. Players can start their own racing team or play as Al Unser Jr., which results in always having the best car possible."
36991,Achtung Spitfire,,1997,7.3,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War II","Achtung Spitfire is the sequel to Over the Reich It is a turn based Strategy/Simulation game which covers aviation history from 1939 to 1945 and includes the R.A.F., the Luftwaffe, and the French Armee de l'Air and has different campaigns for each air force. The game shares the same interface and flight engine of its predecessor, so anyone that has played Over the Reich is familiarized with this game. The game itself consists of commanding a series of pilots which you can manage to achieve the mission goal. It also regards the technical evolutions during the war, which means you have different types of planes at your disposal as the game progresses. After you have chosen the right pilots it's time to intercept, attack enemies or defend your own allies. The game is turn based but you have limited autonomy each time you play according to your plane's speed and torque."
36992,Kong Strikes Back!,Kong Ataca de Nuevo,1984,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Kong Strikes Back! is a single screen platformer inspired by the arcade game Mr. Do's Wild Ride and uses the characters from the game Donkey Kong as you control your hero to rescue a girl in the top right of the screen from a giant ape over various levels. Each level is played on a rollercoaster and you must run along the track until you reach the girl while avoiding bumper cars and other obstacles. You are armed with a limited supply of bombs (unlimited on the ZX Spectrum) and these can be used to destroy the cars. Ladders are also spread over the tracks and these can be climbed to avoid the cars but get bonuses as well (the C64 version has extra bombs to collect as well) to increase your score. If you hit a car or an obstacle then you lose a life (four on the C64, five on the Amstrad CPC, one on the Zx Spectrum). Once you reach the girl then it's on to the next level."
36993,Turrican II: The Final Fight,"Turrican 2, Turrican II",1991,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Turrican II: The Final Fight is a platformer/shooter as typically seen on consoles, but designed for home computers from the ground up. Its plot is - naturally - very simple: an evil mega-robot called The Machine attacks the United Planets Ship Avalon 1, slaughtering all who resist. All - except Bren McGuire, who manages to escape and slips into the experimental Turrican bionic armor. As Turrican, he strives to show The Machine who's the boss. Unlike other games of its type, this game contains three levels of horizontal shooter action in the spirit of R-Type or the developers' own Katakis Six large worlds are to be explored, where you are basically free to go everywhere you want, since there is no automatic scrolling and the levels are packed with hidden extra lives and weapons. All those levels are very different: the first one in the rock desert is pretty colorful with parallaxing rainbow background and happy music, while the following worlds get darker and darker. Turrican can get some different weapons for his arm cannon: The Turrican suit weaponry is not limited to the arm cannon however:"
36994,Congo's Caper,Tatakae Genshijin 2: Rookie no Bōken,1992,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Congo and Congette were a pair of monkeys happily living in the jungle. One day a magic ruby fell out of the sky and turned both Congo and Congette into half-humans. The ruby also brought forth a demon-kid who prompty kidnaps Congette. It will be up to the newly evolved Congo to travel across the jungles and rescue her. Congo's Caper is a side-scrolling platform action game. Being the second Tatakae Genshijin game, it is the sequel to Joe & Mac and controls very similar to that game. Players move Congo to different locations on a map, each representing one level. Controlling Congo, the player can move left, right, jump, duck, swim, climb ladders, roll down hills and swing his club to attack enemies. If Congo is damaged or hit by enemies, he reverts to a monkey form. Another hit as a monkey will kill him and use up one of his lives. To return to human form, Congo can collect a ruby or if he collects rubies while already human he can turn into an invincible Super Congo for a short while. Collecting 100 diamonds or 1 big diamond will give Congo and extra life while collecting sapphires will spin the slot machine (and possibilities of bonuses)."
36995,X-Out,,1990,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"X-Out is a horizontally scrolling shoot-'em-up. Unlike most comparable games (e.g. R-Type ), the game is not set in outer space or even in the air - instead, the fight between good and evil is underwater. Through five levels, the player has to shoot countless enemies, complete with the obligatory mid-level and end-level bosses. After having completed a level, the player gets to purchase new weapons; instead of simply buying upgrades, it is possible to customize the ship by placing new weapons anywhere on it."
36998,Skull & Crossbones,Skull and Crossbones,1989,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"Fight as either Red Beard or One Eye through various pirate themed levels, like ships and forts, and even some non-pirate themed levels, battling ninjas, skeletons, and others in a quest to get back your hard earned money from an evil wizard. You can also fight side by side with a friend (who controls the pirate you didn't choose). Fighting works like fencing, with a few different moves to use, including parrying. The levels scroll through with a boss at the end of each. You gain money by vanquishing foes and digging for treasure where X marks the spot."
36999,Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya,"Shining Force Gaiden II, Shining Force II: The Sword of Hajya",1993,7.1,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"This is not a sequel to the game Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention for Genesis, but a sequel to a Shining Force Gaiden which was released only in Japan. After a prolonged war, the kingdoms of Cypress and Gardiana decided to join forces fighting the evil empire of Iom. Nick, the Prince of Cypress, that was conquered by Iom, had his hand turned into stone during the last battle, and therefore cannot wield his legendary Sword of Hajya. Nevertheless, he tries to recruit people who would help him to gain his kingdom back. The game is a strategy RPG. You command a large party composed of several units, and most of the game is spent in battles. The turn-based battles occupy the entire location; during your turn, you command your troops to move around and to attack. Your main heroes gain levels in a RPG fashion."
37002,Spectre,,1991,6.4,"Action, Racing / Driving, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Spectre is a 3D shooter where the player drives a little red car/tank and blasts away enemies. The gameplay is similar to Battlezone and obviously inspired by it. There is a selection of three tanks, each with three values (speed; armor; and firepower) balanced out to match its name: Tough Guy is heavy on armor, but slow and not very powerful; Speedy is fast, but low armor; and Balanced combines both strengths, but decreased. A fourth tank allows the player to design a custom variant. Every level consists of a large plane filled with enemy tanks, several psychedelic walls with odd images that often flicker or warp resembling an acid trip, and tacky 3D models like windmills. The object of each level is to either destroy all the enemy tanks in the level, or to collect all the flags. Every level has a certain theme to it, anything from plain green to a colorful blinking eye or images of sand dunes are to be found on the walls, windmills and flags throughout the level. With every passing level, enemy tanks grow smarter and their rates of fire increases. Also in later levels, new, smarter, more powerful enemy tanks join the skirmish. The player has a limited amount of ammo, but driving over ammo deposits replenishes a small amount of ammunition, as well as driving over shield deposits grants additional shields. The three different views (first, third, and top-down) allow the player to incorporate additional strategies into the battles. The game boasts having supposedly an infinite amount of levels, though anything after level 80 is almost instant death. A high score table is also included. An additional note-worthy feature of this game is the multi-player mode. Up to eight players are supported over IPX, or NetBios (or two via modem or serial port). The network option offers three Cyberspace Scenarios: 1. Arena - free-for-all battles, get one point for each opponent destroyed. 2. Flag Rally - a match point given for collecting six flags, destroy someone to get any flags being carried. 3. Base Raid - Akin to ""capture the flag"". Two teams, two bases; get match point for destroying opponent base. The CD-ROM manual includes a ""Cyberpunk story"", to give background information on the game which consisted of a cyberjock named Hart who lived for the battles in the Arena."
37003,Sky Jinks,"Ases do Ar, Sky Jinks - Wettflug gegen die Zeit",1982,5.9,Racing / Driving,,,"Fly slalom around pylons (right of the red ones, left of the blue ones). Avoid skipping a pylon, hitting the pylons, trees or hot-air balloons. Try to get the best time you can. If you fly to the wrong side of a pylon, you will get a three second penalty for each missed pylon. The total number of pylons remaining is at the top of the screen above the time. If you hit a tree, pylon or balloon your plane will crash to the ground. You will not die but this will hurt your time as your plane has to take off again. Hitting a pylon will not hurt your pylon count. You will still get credit for the pylon but will lose time as your plane was slowed. You can press the fire button to throttle up or release to throttle down. Move the joystick left or right to turn. You bank into turns so you need to time turns as it is not instant. Up and down on the joystick do nothing."
37009,7 Blades,,2000,6.5,Action,,Fantasy,"In the year Kanei 17, the man-made island of Dejima, home of many foreigners, has been brutally attacked by a ninja squad sent by the shogunate. At the same time, a mysterious golden dragon has appeared off the coast of Nagasaki. Hearing of all this, the penniless mercenary Gokurakumaru heads off to Nagasaki with his lover Oyuri and assistant Togizo in hopes of striking it rich. But just what are they getting themselves involved in? 7 Blades is a third-person action-game sequel to the 1990 film Zipang directed by Kaizo Hayashi The player can choose from two different characters: the womanizing mercenary Gokurakumaru, who uses a variety of swords; and his lover Oyuri, who wields pistols, rifles, and other types of firearms. Each character has their own storyline, which intertwine at various points, and plays very differently by the nature of their weaponry. The game is broken into stages, which each have a specific goal, such as to reach a certain point, defeat all the enemies, or protect another character."
37012,Phelios,Arcade Archives: Phelios,1988,7.3,Action,Shooter,"Classical antiquity, Fantasy","Set in the world of Greek mythology, Phelios tells the story of a young prince called Apollo, who sets out to rescue his beloved Artemis who was seized by the demon Typhon while exploring the skies with the winged horse, Pegasus. In Typhon's temple, Artemis gets locked in a dungeon where Medusa turns her into stone. Phelios consists of seven chapters, and in each, you must defeat Typhon's minions using your sword which can emit fireballs at them. However, holding the fire button down for a few seconds will charge the sword; and upon releasing it, it shoots a larger fireball that does a fair amount of damage. During the game, you collect items that increases your speed and give you more firepower. At the end of each chapter, you have to destroy a boss in order to proceed to the next one. Between each chapter, you can watch an intermission that details what is happening at the temple."
37013,Real Bout Fatal Fury Special,"ACA NeoGeo: Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, AkeAka NeoGeo: Real Bout Garō Densetsu Special, Nettō Real Bout Garō Densetsu Special, Real Bout Fury, Real Bout Special",1997,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"It was the sequel of Real Bout Fatal Fury, with which sixth delivery of the series was arrived at his, in this we had 20 characters (Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, Joe Higashi, Mai Shiranui, Tung Fu Rue, Cheng Chinzan, Laurence Blood, Wolfgang Krauser, Duck King, Kim Kaphwan, Blue Mary, Hon-Fu, Bob Wilson, Mochizuki Sokaku, Franco Bash, Ryuji Yamazaki, Jin Chonshu, Jin Chonrei, Billy Kane and Geese Howard) and their aspects are 100% remodeled. Also, the game maintains the capacity to destroy some things of the fight zone."
37017,Persona 2: Eternal Punishment,Persona 2: Batsu,2000,7.5,Role-playing (RPG),,,"Maya Amano is a young journalist who lives and works in the modern-day Japanese city Sumaru. A series of mysterious murders have been troubling the city lately. Maya has to make a report and goes to a high school where the murders have taken place, together with the fortune-teller Ulala and the detective Katsuya. When they arrive at the school, they find the principal murdered. A man with a bag on his head appears, calling himself ""The Joker"". He says Maya and her friends will never defeat him unless they call upon their Personae - their other selves who can appear as mythical figures and help them in battles. The investigation continues, but now the young people have to face real demons, and perhaps also the demons that live within their own hearts. Eternal Punishment is a direct sequel to Persona 2: Innocent Sin It can be considered its ""mirror image"", since its story deals with many of the same characters, but is told from a different perspective. The gameplay system is nearly identical to that of the previous chapter. The player navigates a party of up to five active combatants on a city map, accessing maze-like dungeons and fighting randomly appearing demons in round-based combat. Like in the predecessor, successful verbal communication with a demon grants the party Tarot cards, which can then be used in a Velvet Room to summon Personae and equip them on characters. The demon conversation system has been slightly simplified, with characters having less behavior modes when attempting to talk to a demon. The Personae-fusion interface has been streamlined, automatically lining up available characters. The rumor-spreading system from the previous game is featured as well, playing a somewhat more prominent role. A new spell registration service allows the player to teach Personae certain spells they were not equipped with. There are also more Personae to choose from in this installment. At a certain moment during the course of the plot the player is able to choose one of the two available characters to join the party, which branches the storyline for a short while. If the player completes the game two times with these two different paths, a secret dungeon becomes available for exploration."
37018,Triple Play 97,Triple Play 97: Virtual Stadium Baseball,1996,7.8,Sports,,,"Many of the features that players have come to expect in a baseball game are featured in this early edition of the Triple Play series A manager mode that allows players to be traded just like in real baseball is included. Since the game is licensed by the MLB and players associations, it has all the teams and players of the 1997 season. Game modes include exhibition, series play, all-star playoffs, and full and partial season play - in which players also sustain injuries and go on hot and cold streaks. The Home Run Derby is an additional feature."
37019,"Stephen King's F13: Ctrl, Alt, ...Shiver","Stephen King's F13: Strg, Alt,...Entsetzen!",1999,4.7,Action,,,"Stephen King's F13 decks out your computer with a horror aesthetic, offering ""deathtop"" images, ""screamsavers,"" and a trio of minigames. The capper is a novella entitled Everything's Eventual a story that brings King's usual themes into a high-tech context."
37021,BugRiders: The Race of Kings,Bug Riders,1997,5.6,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Fantasy,"Bug Riders tries to put a new twist on the racing genre. You choose a character and his or her bug and race through six tracks that make up the ""Great Race"". Instead of having a normal accelerate button, you must crop your bug to make him go faster. But watch out, you don't want to overdo it because he will become angry and refuse to obey you. You can pull on the reins to slow down. The six tracks are filled with shortcuts and power-up items, such as missiles and bombs to blast away your opponents. You must fly through as many time rings as you can to add time to the clock or you won't be able to finish the race."
37027,Tecmo Super NBA Basketball,,1992,7.5,Sports,,,"Tecmo Super NBA features real teams (all 27 contemporary teams) and a roster of real players (over 320). One or two players can compete in regular, reduced, or short seasons, or play an exhibition game. Though primarily horizontal scrolling, digitized speech and cinemas, along with a free throw point of view, add drama to the proceedings. Besides the expected elements of basketball (substitutions, penalties, steals and blocks, time-outs, overtime), Super NBA gives you the chance to call offensive plays and to program win/loss records. Has a battery to back-up season play."
37029,Pumuckls Abenteuer bei den Piraten,,1999,6.3,Action,,,"Pumuckl is a small red-haired goblin character from a popular German TV series. His major concern is to trifle with humans. In this game Pumuckl's help is needed to rescue a goblin family from the hands of the blue ""Klabauterman"". The player's smartness is required to solve some puzzles, and one has to dig holes at the right place to defeat enemies."
37030,Burning Angels,,1990,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Burning Angels are two scarcely clothed women who fight with space ships. Their current goal is to rescue the head of a science project who was kidnapped by aliens. Now they head into their ships, fly through the vertically scrolling levels and kill everything they see, including several boss enemies. Killed enemies leave behind power ups which reward five extra weapons, e.g. missiles or drones, which can be used simultaneously or a smart bomb equivalent. The player has a health bar which decreases when the ship is hit by enemies and when it is completely empty, the game is over because there are no continues or extra lives. Similarly, the death of one players ends the game when using the co-operational multiplayer mode."
37037,Outzone,,1991,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Outzone the player takes control over a support space ship which has to aid a safety unit which has to travel through the dangerous outzones. The 28 levels are basically a big escort mission: in order to to protect the steadily moving ship, the player has to destroy all opposition waiting ahead in the usual shooter way. However, there are also blocks in the way which need to be destroyed by ramming them into each other. When they are destroyed in the correct way, they reveal power ups like new weapons, weapon upgrades, life energy, or shields. In order to keep the ship from crashing into non-destroyable blocks, the player has to connect to the ship and change the direction it steers to. When connected, the players own ship can't shoot."
37040,RoboCop 2,,1990,7.1,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"RoboCop 2 for Amstrad machines follows the same template as the other versions of the game released by Ocean Software in that it combines platforming action, a puzzle mode and a shooting gallery, but with different level designs and gameplay mechanics. In the three platform levels, RoboCop must find the goal point of the level before time and energy (which decreases continually) run out. The levels are full of hazards like electricity, rolling boulders, falling spikes, stomping machinery and more. Compared to other versions of the game, enemies are relatively rare and no gun power-ups are available. Robo can collect extra lives, energy and short-time invincibility power-ups, though. Optionally, he can collect Nuke drug canisters and arrest suspects, both of which give bonus points at the end of the level. Suspects should not be shot, however, because doing so drains the energy substantially. Every level contains several one-screen bonus rooms: entering these presents RoboCop with both more hazards but also more items to collect. Entering a room also activates a reset point so the level doesn't have to be started over again when a life is lost. The last level concludes with a boss battle against Cain aka ""RoboCop 2"". After every platform level, a puzzle level follows. To regain Robo's lost memories, a cursor must be moved over a circuit board with the goal of hitting all black chips while avoiding all red ones. Moving the cursor leaves a trail of burnt circuitry which must not be crossed again. It is possible to re-arrange the board by shifting the current row left or right or the current column up or down. Four boards must be completed successfully within three minutes to gain the maximum number of points. In the shooting gallery, targets appear in windows and on the street, and a crosshair must be moved to hit them. Both criminals and innocents are among the targets: naturally, the civilians should be spared to achieve the best possible score."
37043,Defiance,,1997,5.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Defiance puts you in the pilot seat of an experimental LAV-6 SABER, a one-man hovercraft armed with a variety of energy weapons, rockets, and smart-bombs. When a series of tests at a military manufacturing plant on the planet Calchon go horribly wrong, you find yourself under attack by hundreds of malformed, biomechanical monsters. You'll have to fight your way to freedom as you discover what exactly happened to bring these creatures to Calchon's doorstep. The actual gameplay of Defiance is a hybrid between a first-person shooter and a vehicle simulator. Unique to the game at the time was the ability to ""hop"" around levels with limited thruster power. You'll have to use your thrusters to solve level puzzles (finding ledges and hopping chasms) and outmaneuver enemies, many of which are armed with their own ballistic and energy weapons. Defiance presents its story almost entirely in-game, through the use of audio logs, voice overs, and commands from your superior officers. While the story serves mostly as a backdrop for the action, it does so in a way that is not intrusive or overbearing."
37052,Fire 'n Ice,"Solomon no Kagi 2: Coolmintō Kyūshutsu Sakusen, Solomon's Key 2",1992,7.6,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,,"The peaceful island Coolmint is attacked by flame monsters sent by the evil wizard Druidle. The queen of the winter fairies chooses the novice wizard Dana to drive back the monsters. Fire 'n Ice is a puzzle game seen from a side-view perspective. The goal in each level is to extinguish all flames by pushing or dropping blocks onto them. The player takes control of Dana who can create or destroy ice blocks, climb blocks and push loose blocks. Ice is created diagonally below Dana in the direction that he is facing, if there is already an ice block there, it will be destroyed. However, ice blocks cannot be created on a spot that is already occupied by a flame, so that the player will often have to find a way to create ice blocks next to or above a flame so that they can be pushed or dropped onto it. If an ice block is created next to another object or wall it will stick to it, meaning it can't be moved and won't fall down. It is therefor also possible to create ice bridges to get over chasms. When a loose ice block is pushed, it slides above the ground until it hits another object. Rocks can also be used to extinguish flames, but they are indestructible and only move one space when pushed (unless they are on an icy surface). Some levels contain pipes through which Dana can go, burning jars that melt ice or moving monsters instead of flames. There are ten worlds plus five secret worlds that contain ten levels. The first nine worlds can be played in any order. The tenth level of a world usually features a special challenge like moving flames or monsters and lava that is slowly rising from the bottom. The game also features an edit mode in which players can create their own levels."
37053,Medal of Honor: Underground,Medal of Honor: Resistance,2000,7.3,Action,Shooter,"Europe, Historical events, World War II","The game is a prequel to Medal of Honor and it is set in the early stages of WWII. You play as Manon Batiste, who briefed the missions for you in the original Medal of Honor. She is a new member of a small band of French rebels who fight against the tyranny of the Germans. There are 7 missions in total, featuring 12 different historical weapons. There are NPCs helping you out by cracking safes and driving. Not all enemies are on foot; expect to face tanks and bikes amongst other things. Enemy AI is responsive and sometimes surprising."
37066,Star Fleet I: The War Begins!,Star Fleet: The War Begins!,1985,7.0,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Star Fleet I: The War Begins the player is a cadet fresh out of Starfleet Academy and has been assigned to command the United Galactic Alliance Starship (U.G.A.S.) Republic, a training ship in the Antares III region. The United Galactic Alliance is currently at war with Krellan and Zaldron empires and it is the player's mission to protect the region. The graphics of the PC version of game are represented by American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) character codes. Everything from the starship, the mainframe, to torpedoes are all in ASCII. Missions For the newly graduated cadet, missions (as explained in the mission briefing) usually consist of destroying a small number of enemy ships under a specified amount of time e.g. You must eliminate at least 24 enemy warships within 30 days. Higher ranks will demand more kills with less time requirements. When the target is reached, the player may enter a starbase and prompt to end the mission or continue and destroy more ships to reap a higher mission rating, until the mission time runs out. After successfully completing a mission, the mission success is rated: number of enemies destroyed, captured, starbases rescued, etc. The player will then then be considered for commendation for a medal or even a promotion. The U.G.A.S. The entirety of the game is represented by a sci-fi representation of the starship's computer display. The main screen consists of commands, the star chart, the tactical display (which consists of among others a local map of the ships position as well as any entities in the area), and shield control. Other sections/information of the starship maybe accessed through the appropriate buttons on the bottom screen. Navigation may be conducted automatically or manually. Standard navigation via the navigation computer is conducted by accessing the main computer and setting out a course. Higher levels may result in random events during navigation (such as ion storms, running into asteroids, or even enemy ships). Each map is randomly generated and also uncharted. Each quadrant is represented by numbers, where each number refers to: stars, starbases and number of enemy ships. The starship is also equipped with long ranged sensors to view adjacent quadrants an well as short ranged sensors to view the current surroundings. For even further exploration, the starship also has probes to scan far-away quadrants. Combat Entities in a combat situation may consist of the following: the player's starship., enemy Krellan warship (max 5 per quadrant), enemy cloaked Zaldron warships (usually one per quadrant), and an allied starbase. Combat initiates when the player's starship enters a hostile quadrant (portrayed by a red number on the main map), usually patrolled by a minimum of 1 Krellan warship. Red Alert is automatically set (unless configured otherwise) resulting the rising of shields and direct attack by enemy warships. Enemy warships are either Krellan starships or the Zaldron cloaked warships, both capable of phaser weaponry. The Krellans use multiple ships to overpower the player, while the Zaldron use hit and run tactics while remaining cloaked (invisible on the both map screens). Combat commences by eliminating all hostiles in the present quadrant (destroying them) or by capturing those ships (and optionally delivering them to a starbase). The ship's main weapons arsenal consists of a phasers, torpedoes, and mines. Torpedoes are reserved for direct destruction of enemy vessels. Phasers are usually reserved for the intent of disabling an enemy vessel for capturing purposes. Mines are used to damage enemy warships that may prove too maneuverable for phasers and torpedoes to hit.In some cases, a friendly starbase may come under attack while the player is patrolling the region. The player may opt to rescue the starbase before it is destroyed. Capturing enemy vessels may only be conducted when the enemy warship is disabled (by phasers or other means). Space marines then must board the adjacent disabled warship and automatic combat occurs between the space marines and the enemy crew. If successful, the enemy ship will be captured as well as some power reserves and enemy prisoners. Be warned that enemy prisoners or enemy spies may board the player's ship and damage the ships systems (indicated by an intruder alert). The enemy ship(s) may then be towed to be transported to a starbase."
37067,The Magic Garden,Gnome alone,1991,6.5,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"In The Magic Garden the player takes the role of the gnome Grobble whose attempt at a robbery failed. His sentence: garden work. Only after reaching a certain amount of effectiveness, the next level can be tackled. In its core, this is a time management game. There are various tasks to take care of like watering plants, mowing the lawn, repairing broken parts of the garden or catching another gnome which messes up the garden. Some of those tasks appear randomly and other are a direct result of the weather and temperature. However, all require the use of tools which can be fetched at certain buildings, but taking too many of them causes Grobble to be overworked. His exhaustion is shown with another bar, basically a time limit, which can be lowered by eating certain plants or finding special items at more far off parts of the garden like the tunnel system. The garden, which is the main part of the game, is shown from a top-down perspective."
37068,Wild Streets,,1989,5.5,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",,"New-York, Year 1998. The once most prestigious city in the world, has now become a fighting zone. Half of the city is left in ruins, and it is in that part of town that the marginals and gangs are living, hunted by every law enforcement agency. The other half of the city consists of fancy mansions, in some of which the most important drug barons reside. Unfortunately, they are the ones who run the city using the enormous profits they make from dealing drugs and weapons. They now have succeeded in endangering the country's economy. The U.S. government, wanting to avoid a terrible crisis, called the CIA to run several types of operations in order to get rid of this bad substitute of government. The C.I.A., headed up by ""The Boss"", has to clean up the city of its crooks. One plan is to reorganize the city by placing security check-points at strategic positions. The operation was set up for April 4, and quickly proved to be an unprecedented success. The badly-organized, smaller street gangs were greatly outnumbered and couldn't match the extremely well-armed law enforcement troops. On May 7, during a successful raid, the state police special branch, took possession of a huge arsenal of weapons and ammunition, worth more than two million dollars. This raid was an important stage in the whole operation. Realizing the sticky situation they were in, the heads of the crime organizations now started making plans for themselves: they needed to regain their control over the city and above all, secure their territories. On May 15, they kidnapped ""The Boss"" in order to get from him the names of his operatives involved in the C.I.A. fight against organized crime. This way, they were convinced they could stay in control of the situation and become even more powerful. Your mission is to liberate ""The Boss"" and to bring him back safely. You're gonna be dropped from the chopper with your panther at the spot where ""The Boss"" was last seen. You have your 357 Magnum ready and the panther is trained to protect you closely. You'll have to travel through the various parts of the city, in search of the hostage, and you will find that your street fighting skills will prove to be very useful. In each part of the city, you will confront various enemies and their gang leaders. They will become more and more skilled in combat as you progress. Some of them are so powerful that it would be wise to save bullets for these particular fights. Once you reach the point where ""The Boss"" is held prisoner, you must rescue him and safely escort him back to a safe place. On the way back, you will have to be particularly careful, since you will have to protect ""The Boss"" whose physical condition has been worn out. Wild Streets is a side-scrolling arcade game, in which you fight enemies using punches, kicks, your gun and sometimes your panther will help you."
37070,GI Hero,,1988,5.2,Action,,,"You play as an American soldier, spreading havoc among soviet soldiers somewhere deep in the jungle and underground caverns. The game plays as a side scrolling action game. You walk around in a maze of jungle and underground caverns while navigation is aided by a satellite link. Other tools you have at your disposal include some mines, wire cutters and a tracking beacon. You can also get a trained dog that gives you an even better edge against your enemies."
37074,Majestic Part 1: Alien Encounter,"Majestic, Majestic Part I: Alien Encounter",1995,6.2,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Majestic was Earth's greatest space liner offering unparalleled luxury and comfort. She disappeared on her maiden voyage, no-one could trace her. Then, about a week later, a lifeboat with survivors was discovered out near the Pleiades but the captain and a couple of other people were still missing. The search went on but turned up nothing and eventually it was abandoned. Some time later a feint signal was detected. It was thought that this could be the Majestic's beacon but it was so very faint that no-one was sure. So a field archaeologist was dispatched to investigate. Majestic Part 1: Alien Encounter is a science fiction point-and-click adventure game. The player takes on the role of the aforementioned archaeologist who locates the Majestic and explores the ship to discover what happened. Unlike traditional point-and-click adventures, however, the player explores the ship by sending up to four probes into the vessel. Each probe can link to systems, scan, cut holes in things with a torch, and pick up objects for examination. As the game progresses the probes can be upgraded to give them additional capabilities. They are controlled via an interface that displays the probe's view in a window the center of the screen. The same interface is used to save and restore the game. The game is entirely mouse-controlled and has a point system which measures the player's progress through the game."
37079,Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition,"Pocket Monsters: Pikachu, Pokémon Edición Especial Pikachu: Edición Amarilla, Pokémon Version Jaune: Edition Spéciale Pikachu, Pokémon Versione Gialla: Speciale Edizione Pikachu, Pokémon: Gelbe Edition - Special Pikachu Edition, Pokémon: Versão Amarela - Edição Especial Pikachu",1998,7.9,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"Pokémon Yellow along with Pokémon Blue and Pokémon Red forms the first generation of Pokémon games. You control a number of fictional animals known as Pokémon and must travel the land using your current Pokémon to defeat and capture more. There are 151 Pokémon that fall into various types such as fire, water and grass that have a complicated rock-paper-scissors relationship. You come across a series of town, each of which contains a gym where you must do battle with other Pokémon trainers. Each gym specializes in a different type of Pokémon. After beating each gym, you are given a new ability that lets you travel to new areas. The object of the game is to defeat all eight gym leaders, or ultimately, to catch all the varieties of Pokémon. Some of them are not actually catchable in Yellow so you must use the Game Boy link function to trade with friends using Red and Blue to complete your collection. Pokémon Yellow differs from the other first-generation games because it is based on the Pokémon anime series. The main character looks like Ash and he starts the game with Pikachu, rather than choosing a Pokémon as in all other games in the series. Character graphics throughout the game are based on designs from the series and it includes Jesse, James and their Meowth, which the other games do not."
37081,NBA Jam,,1993,7.8,"Action, Sports",Arcade,,"NBA Jam is a two-on-two basketball game You can play any NBA team, and you can play as players like Barkley, Starks, Pippen, and Grant. Each human player controls a single player, so choose your squad wisely to take team-mate skill into account. The game is action-oriented, and players can perform unrealistic slam-dunks. Full performance statistics are automatically recorded. The play clock and 3-point line apply, but other rules are largely overlooked."
37091,3D Fight,,1985,6.6,"Action, Simulation","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"3D Fight is an action game set in space. You are the pilot of an intergalactic combat ship responsible for defending different sectors of the confederation, fighting against waves of powerfully-armed enemy ships. In addition to enemy spacecrafts, you will need to avoid burning meteorites and kamikaze ships. Some of the ships will try to attack you from behind, but your radar will show you the enemies' position. You can also explore the deep canyons or tunnels that criss-cross the planet. During your mission, you must refuel your ship by destroying the fuel cans placed on the ground. Of course, you should eventually destroy the enemy base. You can move to the sector that you must protect in order to intercept enemy units or to resupply on the surface of the planets. The bases are located on the surface of the planets. Each planet has a three-level defense system: These three levels of protection may not be present together every time. To reach the ground of a planet, enemy units must cross all available defense levels on that planet. Once the ground of a planet has been reached, Advenez units will destroy the base (if there is one). The game has two levels:"
37100,J.B. Harold: Blue Chicago Blues,,1994,7.5,Adventure,,,"Following Murder Club this is another detective story about the fearless private investigator J.B. Harold. This time, an unknown woman in a red dress was murdered in Chicago. A female detective who began investigating the murder was killed as well, and this time the killer made it look like a suicide. J.B. Harold arrives in Chicago and now has to work together with the local police to solve the mystery. J.B. Harold: Blue Chicago Blues is an interactive movie. Most of the player's time is spent watching movie footage (with real actors and scenery). At certain points, the movie freezes, and the player is presented with a screen with two or more choices. Each choice advances the clock, so it is necessary to plan well in order not to run out of time and to successfully solve the case."
37107,Eradicator,,1996,6.9,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The planet Ioxia is vital to your society, as nowhere else provides the vital element Mazrium. However, its long dormant alien forces have been woken up, and must be destroyed by a one-man army. You must fly into the Citadel to destroy its power source. Eradicator combines first-person shooter action and puzzle solving, with an ability to toggle 3-rd person view. There are 20 different weapons, with the missiles you control after launching perhaps the most unusual. The single-player levels plus five more are all available for multi-player action. Three distinct characters are on offer: choose from Kamchak the lizard or humans Dan and Eleena. The first levels of the game vary depending on which character you choose."
37109,Aquaventura,,1992,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","After a nuclear war, Earth's population is mostly wiped out. The survivors have built eight underwater colonies - that's all what's left from humanity. Unfortunately, the nuclear war was just the beginning. An alien race, the Spurcians, made advantage from this situation. They've conquered Earth and have taken those eight cities. Now the only survivors are inside the freight vessel Genesite, which is in orbit. On a last attempt to free the underwater colonies, the pilot Josh Aldrin (you) is sent back. Meanwhile, the Spurcians destroy the freight vessel, making you the last human on Earth. So, you are now on revenge... Your job is now to fly with your craft above the water surface, destroying enemy alien crafts and energy generators. When you destroyed enough generators, the energy shield from the main pyramid fails, and you can attack the level guardian. Once he is destroyed, you can use the tunnel, which connects the underwater colonies, to get to the next one. You will play all eight colonies. While in the tunnel, you have the chance to collect power-ups to regenerate your ship's energy (health). Inside a level, you have to live with the energy you currently have. Oh, and by the way, you have, like in reality, only a single life."
37115,Triple Play 2000,Triple Play Baseball 2000,1999,7.7,Sports,,,"This iteration of Electronic Arts' baseball lineage has real players and teams up to date at the time of production. You can play single matches, a full season, the playoffs, or an all-out action Home Run Derby. Team selection and transfers come under player control. Jim Hughson and Buck Martinez provide the commentary. This was the first version to support Internet play on the PC."
37116,SimCity 2000,"Draco, SimCity 2000: Der ultimative Städte-Simulator, SimCity 2000: La Super-Simulation D'Urbanisme, SimCity 2000: Symulator Buddwy I Rozwoju Miasta, SimCity 2000: The Ultimate City Simulator",1993,7.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation",Contemporary,"SimCity 2000 is a single-player city-building simulation game. The player assumes the role of mayor and city planner, tasked with designing, constructing, and maintaining a thriving metropolis. Unlike its predecessor, SimCity this installment begins with customizable terrain: rivers, hills, valleys, and coastlines can be sculpted before the first zone is laid. The perspective has shifted to an isometric view, giving a more detailed and three-dimensional appearance to buildings, roads, and landscapes. Core gameplay revolves around zoning land for residential, commercial, and industrial development, then providing the infrastructure and services necessary for growth. New options include “light” and “dense” zoning, allowing more control over neighborhood density. Cities must be supplied with power through power plants and electrical grids, and later with water via pumps, towers, and underground pipes. Traffic management becomes more complex, as players build roads, highways, railways, and subways to connect zones and reduce congestion. The range of civic services has expanded significantly. Players can now construct hospitals, schools, colleges, prisons, police stations, and fire departments, each influencing city growth and public approval. New landmarks such as stadiums, airports, and zoos attract commerce and improve land values. Eventually, futuristic arcologies (self-contained megastructures that house tens of thousands of residents) become available, representing a dramatic step in urban development. Finances are managed through city budgets and tax rates. Revenue from property taxes funds services and new construction, while loans can be taken out to cover shortfalls. Poor management leads to declining approval ratings, reduced growth, or even bankruptcy. Citizens provide feedback through multiple in-game newspapers, each with its own tone, reporting on traffic problems, pollution, crime, and civic events, replacing the single opinion poll of the original game. The simulation also considers external factors. Neighboring cities appear on the region map, and trade agreements allow for resource sharing, such as selling water or electricity across borders. Disasters can be triggered randomly or by the player, ranging from fires and earthquakes to floods and alien invasions, forcing mayors to plan for emergencies with robust infrastructure. Different versions introduced extra features. The Network Edition enabled multiplayer sessions where several players could manage different parts of the same city simultaneously. Console ports such as the PlayStation and Sega Saturn versions adapted the interface for controllers and sometimes altered menus or map navigation. Portable adaptations streamlined features for smaller screens."
37118,Shining Force,Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention,1992,8.0,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"In a wondrous land perhaps not so far from our world, a strange and terrible series of events took place. The powers of darkness, led by Dark Dragon, fought for control of the world of Rune. Legendary warriors of light fought them with the ancient and modern weapons of the time, and drove Dark Dragon into another dimension. But Dark Dragon vowed that in a thousand years he would be able to break through the inter-dimensional barrier, back into this world. A thousand years of peace and tranquility passed. The people of the world were happy to live their lives in contentment, able to spend time rediscovering the magical and technological wonders destroyed by Dark Dragon and using them to benefit all people. But the kingdom of Runefaust has begun a massive attack of the kingdoms of Rune - intending to help Dark Dragon return to this world. A small band of warriors has been sent out on a dangerous journey to fight against the dark forces of Runefaust. Shining Force is a tactical role-playing game. As the player character makes his way through the lands of Rune, he is joined by other warriors who wish to stop the forces of Runefaust. Each warrior has their own strengths and weaknesses. As the player progresses through the game the characters gain new weapons and spells."
37119,10th Frame,10th Frame: Pro Bowling Simulator,1986,6.5,Sports,,,"Leader Board authors Bruce and Roger Carver tried their hand at tenpin bowling, in one of the game's earliest recreations. The process of bowling the ball involves timing a succession of clicks to set the right angle, speed and curve, similarly to Leaderboard's system. Three skill levels are provided - Kids level sets the speed and hook automatically, while Amateur has more margin for error with hook/slice than professional. The game is played from a plan view, with four other (empty) lanes visible. Single matches or a league structure can be played."
37120,CART Fury: Championship Racing,,2000,6.5,Racing / Driving,,,"CART Fury is one of Midway's more realistic arcade racing titles. It features the Championship Auto Racing Teams license, championship drivers including Jimmy Vasser and Michael Andretti, and actual CART race courses such as Chicago Motor Speedway and Surfers Paradise, Australia. The game is similar to the Cruis'n and Thunder series with its checkpoints and fantasy tracks, except that you have a Boost Meter you use to get ahead of the other drivers. If you complete a lap within a designated time, you get Superboost--a trail of fire to leave the other drivers in the dust! The different modes in the PS2 version are Arcade, Simulator, Season, Sub-Games, and Driving 101. Frantic sub-games include a time trial/practice mode and ""Last Man Standing,"" appropriately named because your opponents will try wear you down! In addition, there are 12 secret cars, and you can watch unlocked cinema scenes in the Danny Sullivan Theater."
37122,Tennis,"Arcade Archives: VS. Tennis, Tennis-e",1984,6.7,Sports,,,"Tennis is, as the name implies, Nintendo's version of the sport. One player vs computer or two players will compete in tennis in a more or less standard suite of rules (scoring, sets etc.). Players are controlled by the movement buttons, but while button A indicates a low hit, button B indicates a high one. You have the choice of four levels of computer AI, or two player via Game Boy link cable. The usual assortment of shots are available, including forehand and backhand, lobs and volleys when up close to the net."
37143,Batman Returns,,1992,6.4,Action,Platform,,"The Genesis title based on Batman Returns is a platform game in which the Dark Knight must traverse five action-filled levels on his way to confront the Penguin. Areas include the rooftops of Gotham City, Max Shreck's department store, the Red Triangle Circus and the sewers. Besides run-and-jump action, there's also a lot of combat in the game, as many of the Penguin's henchmen stand in Batman's way. He can knock them out with punches and kicks and a number of extra weapons stored in his utility belt. These include batarangs, which come in standard and self-seeking varieties, and smoke bombs that stun enemies for a while. In addition, Batman can shoot from his grappling gun and unleash a deadly swarm of bats towards enemies. All of these weapons have limited ammo, however, that must be collected. Other special tools Batman can use include the grappling hook to reach high places or swing across chasms, and his cape, which can be used to slow falls. Each of the five levels features several boss battles against Catwoman, the Penguin and others."
37147,Top Gun: The Second Mission,Top Gun: Dual Fighters,1989,6.1,"Action, Simulation",,,"Just like in the first game you fly an F-14 Tomcat in combat against the enemy equipped with Soviet equipment, although there is no direct reference to the Soviet Union anywhere. The only plot of this game is to destroy everything you see, excluding the aircraft carrier to which you must land at the end of each level. In addition to the basic game mode with anti-ship, ground attack and space battle levels, similar to the first game, the second mission adds two extra modes. In the first extra mode you can fight against top enemy aces flying a MiG-25 Foxbat, one at a time. The second extra mode is two-player game with split screen, in which you can fight against your friend, both flying Tomcats. You will have to fight against interesting level bosses such as a giant Tu-160 Blackjack bomber, a Mi-24 Hind attack chopper and an armed space shuttle. Another interesting detail about the game is that between fighting the aircraft and surface opponents you have to dodge between giant trees (yes, you read correctly!!), lightnings and laser attacks."
37151,Super Methane Bros,,1994,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"This platform game bears a similarity to Bubble Bobble in many ways. There are 100 single-screen levels, featuring variously shaped ledges, for the two characters to face before escaping from the Tower of Time. These levels are laden with nasty bugs, but you have a methane gun to shoot at them. This absorbs them, and allows them to be fired out against a wall; if they don’t reach the wall, they live to fight another day. You must destroy them all within a specific time limit to progress."
37152,Wolfchild,,1992,6.8,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Dr. Kal Morrow, expert in genetic research and creation of human-animal hybrids, has been kidnapped and his family brutally murdered by the terrorist organization CHIMERA. His surviving son Saul takes it upon himself to avenge his family. Using his father's research, he turns into a man-wolf and sets out to find CHIMERA's base and defeat their leader Karl Draxx. As Saul, it is your job to traverse five different areas on your way to Draxx. When Saul collects enough power-ups, he turns into his wolf form and gains a special psychic shot attack, which can be improved by collecting further power-ups. However, if Saul loses health, he turns back into his human form and only has his fists to fight the numerous enemies."
37153,Agent Armstrong,Agent Armstrong: Himitsu Shirei Daisakusen,1997,6.8,Action,Shooter,,"Agent Armstrong is a 3D side-scrolling single-player-shooter released in the early days of the PSX. Set in 1930, Armstrong must battle across 4 continents and deep underwater as the Syndicate attempt to control the world. The 30 levels are mission-based with at least 2 objectives. There are boss sequences every 5 levels or so. Whilst the game is predominantly side-scrolling there are many sequences and areas (boss areas in particular) where the action is free form."
37155,Europe Ablaze,Europe Ablaze: The Air War Over England and Germany 1939-1945,1985,6.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War II","Europe Ablaze puts hundreds of planes at your command to send out over the deadly skies of Britain, France, and Germany during World War II. Take the place of Reichsmarschall Goering or Air Chief Marshal Portal to plot campaign-wide priorities and set the tactical doctrines your fleet commanders must follow. Then sit back and helplessly watch the events of the day take their course: the successes, the devastation, and lost planes tallied for you tersely at the end of each day, like a report card on which the fate of your nation depends. If that's too much responsibility and not enough action, the role of fleet commander is available, too. To warm this seat, you need some real knowledge of air strategy. Plan night and day missions, approach vectors, and rendezvous. Balance wear and tear on your squadrons with the demands of your commander-in-chief. Select targets that maximize each squadron's skills and planes, but keep abreast of enemy flight paths -- your opponent has plans of his own. Up to twelve hot-seat players can split up the air command roles available in Europe Ablaze, or one player can take on all the roles or even leave everything to the computer to learn some strategy. Detailed hex maps included with the game lay out the targets in each scenario and provide a platform for planning the next day's strategy. The computer screen alternates between short menus leading to command and report screens, and a campaign-wide map on which the events of the day play out. Though the planning is turn-based, fleet commanders have access to ""run-time"" commands by halting the spinning clock which marks the progress of the day. Enemy strike plots can be examined, intercepts sent out, and patrols strengthened every five minutes if you like. Behind the scenes, accidents happen, crews gain experience, repairs are made, and the results are rolled into each day's report. Weather varies regionally and changes with the season and the hour. Ultimately, victory rests on destruction delivered; each air fleet commander is scored separately, and their contributions determine the commander-in-chiefs' scores, which decide the outcome of the scenario. A map editor adds complete design of new campaigns and a sample Mediterranean scenario."
37165,Chewy: Esc from F5,"Chewy: Esc von F5, Esc from F5 featuring Chewy",1995,6.8,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This game is about a cute pink alien called Chewy, who along with his partner Clint goes on a mission to break into the Borkian high security zone - F5. Their mission: to steal the powerful ""Red Glum"" so that the Borks can't use it for their evil purposes. Chewy's partner Clint manages to steal the glum and escapes with it from the pursuing Borkian starships, but his spaceship gets caught in a wormhole during the chase and crashes on a planet called Earth. That's were the adventure begins with our hero - Chewy in the lead."
37171,The Arrival,,1997,6.1,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the film The Arrival an alien race discovered earth, and attempted to modify its atmosphere to suit them, at humanity's expense. They failed - thanks to the work of Charlie Sheen 's character Zane Ziminski. Ten years later, the aliens are back, and have kidnapped you. You must escape without them knowing. Thus begins this adventure game, a non-canonical sequel to the original film. It takes in over 400 environments across the planet and its surrounding moons. You have a first person view with complete freedom of movement. The puzzles have a science fiction theme, involving either object usage or looking for details. A hint system helps adventure game rookies to get used to the process of puzzle-solving. The game is non-linear and can come to several different endings."
37177,XS,"XS: Shield Up, Fight Back, XS: The Game that stalks back!",1996,5.8,Action,Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy","In the far future, gladiator-style blood sports were revived. The hero of the game gets informed of them through an associate, whom he believes to be dead. In order to get to the bottom of the mystery, he has to become a player in those cruel battles, where only the most ruthless survive. Everyone fights to death, because the loser's fate is worse than just death - the meat of defeated contestants is used in fast-food burgers... XS is a first-person shooter that consists entirely of these gladiatorial arena battles, in a certain way simulating deathmatch competitions in a single-player frame. The player has to fight through a number of rounds of free-for-all combat, being able to choose two weapons before a match begins. Otherwise, the game follows standard FPS rules, with strafing, jumping, occasional platform-hopping, etc."
37181,Wizards & Warriors X: Fortress of Fear,,1990,6.7,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"In this installment of the Wizards & Warriors series players take on the role of the knight Kuros, who must rescue the princess from the evil Wizard Malkil. In various side-scrolling levels, Kuros must dodge obstacles such as arrows and flames, as well as kill different enemies such as bats, spiders, warriors and skeletons. To damage his enemies, Kuros can use two different attacks: a fast stab attack and a strike that is slower, but has a better range. Various items that help Kuros on his quest can be picked up throughout the levels: gems increase the player's score and grant extra lives, food replenishes some health, a spell of invincibility makes Kuros temporarily invincible, and keys are used to open treasure chests or doors. Kuros can also find additional equipment including a ""Shield of Protection"" that halves the damage he receives, and the ""Boots of Jumping"" that let him jump higher and fall from high platforms without taking damage. Levels are divided into several sub-levels, at the last of which a boss fight awaits Kuros."
37182,3D Lunattack,Lunattack,1984,5.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The war on the Seiddab rages on, and you now take part in an attack on their moon base. You fly a hovercraft a bit above the moon's surface, and must shoot down the enemy's DAB tanks. After that ring of defense is penetrated, you must dodge your way through a space minefield above a mountain range, and then a missile firing range before reach the Seiddab's command base. Unlike its predecessor, 3D Seiddab Attack you are now flying, and can make more adventurous maneuvers."
37187,Light Crusader,Light Crusader: Le Mystère de Green Rod,1995,7.5,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"In Light Crusader you play the role of Sir David, a knight in the service of King Frederick. You are sent to the town Green Row to help your king's brother, King Weeden, to discover what has caused the mysterious disappearance of his town people. You must enter and explore huge dungeons in order to find out about an ancient story that has happened many years ago, and to face evil forces who threaten the land. Light Crusader is an isometric action/puzzle adventure with RPG elements, along the lines of Landstalker You can talk to townspeople, buy weapons and items, etc. You spend most of the game in dungeons, which are populated by enemies (whom you fight in real-time combat), and which are full of various types of traps and puzzles. You'll often have to jump to access higher levels or platforms, push switches and other objects to help you advance, and solve various physical puzzles."
37188,F-14 Tomcat,,1990,6.8,"Action, Simulation",Arcade,,"F-14 Tomcat is a flight simulator / action game. You get to fly an F-14 in a variety of combat situations, either in a single battle at a time or create a career. Graphical enhancements that were new for the time period include full 256-color support and gradiated ground/sky/horizon."
37192,D-2,"D no Shokutaku 2, D2",1999,6.6,Action,"RPG elements, Shooter",,"It is Christmas of the year 2000. In the skies over Canada, Laura's plane has been hijacked by terrorists. The plane is filled with screams, shouts and fear as the hijackers terrorize the passengers and crew. In one of the seats a black-robed magician gazes into a crystal, chanting the phrase ""Shadow, the final destroyer"". Laura's compact begins to glow. A vision of a meteorite hurtling towards the Earth is reflected in the mirror. Suddenly the plane is struck by the same meteorite that appeared in the vision, and falls towards the frozen tundra below. In the middle of a raging blizzard, Laura opens her eyes to find herself inside a mountain cabin. She was saved by Kimberly, one of the passengers of the wrecked plane. Ten days have passed since the crash but Laura can remember nothing, not even her name. The door of the cabin opens and one of the terrorists enters. While Kimberly and Laura stare in horror, he transforms into a hideous monster. He is not the only one. Other crash survivors and locals have mutated into terrifying monstrosities and attacked people. Is there anyway to survive this living nightmare? At present it is shrouded in mystery. D-2 is a follow-up to D though the two games are not directly connected to each other story-wise and also have significant differences in gameplay. D-2 combines a horror theme with shooter and role-playing elements. Exploring the vast snowy landscape and investigating the surroundings triggers extensive cutscenes that advance the narrative. The 3D engine allows free navigation around the world, though in-door locations have first-person navigation with limited movement. It is also possible to pilot a snowmobile, hunt for food, and capture photos. Horrifying monsters will attack randomly (or serve as boss fights at specific points of the plot), at which point the player is taken to a separate combat screen. Laura must dispatch of the enemies by rapidly shooting at them, in a way not dissimilar to the shooting sequences of Snatcher Enemies can attack from different sides, so the player often has to turn around and quickly react to their attacks. Laura's default gun is weak, but uses unlimited ammunition; stronger guns with limited ammo can be found by exploring the surroundings. Laura receives experience points for defeating enemies and eventually levels up, becoming stronger and having her hit points increased."
37193,Parabola,,1987,6.5,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Parabola is an isometric action game where Bouncing Bruce, a springy service droid has become lost and in order to find his way home he needs to complete a series of challenges on the Cosmic Energy Grid. Each square, or level on the grid consists of a 3D landscape that has to be navigated in order to pick up any rotating energy discs along the way. Once all discs have been collected, Bruce can go for the exit of the level. Obstacles along the way come in the form of direction changing blocks, round ejection discs and moving guards. If delicate Bruce falls too far he will shatter on impact, so special care must be made to keep his bounce to a minimum."
37200,Antago,,1990,6.4,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Antago is a puzzle game played on a 5x5 square board. It can be played either against the computer, with a choice of up to 10 levels of difficulty, or against another human player. Other options allow you to play a match or start a training session, as well as select between ""plain"" (empty board) and ""prepared"" (pre-arranged balls on the board) game modes. A demo mode is also available, where the computer plays against itself. An angel and a devil compete against each other, with the goal of aligning five ""balls"" in a row on the board, either horizontally, vertically or diagonally. They are moved around the board with the joystick, pushing each other as their paths cross, and strategically placing balls on the edge of the board to both disrupt their opponent's lines and try to create a line of 5 of their own balls. Each level features different background and board graphics. There is no background music playing during the game, and only basic sound effects when the two characters push each other, place a ball on the board and win."
37208,Mickey Mouse: The Computer Game,,1988,7.0,Action,Shooter,,"The Ogre King and his minions have taken over Disney Castle, and it's Mickey's task to win it back. The game starts on a sequence of stairways, up which Mickey must move, shooting any creatures that get in his way. Eventually you will come to a door and go through it, at which point the second section of the game begins. These are viewed from above, and see Mickey negotiate his way through a multi-screen maze, with multiple exits on each screen. Ghosts and ogres block his path, but he's armed with a water pistol for the former and an axe for the latter, both of which need replenishing regularly. Some doors require keys to move through. There are several sub-games, including Pac-Man and Donkey Kong -derived games. To win the game you must finally beat the Ogre King."
37209,Captain Planet and the Planeteers,,1991,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Based on the children's cartoon show of the same name, you play Captain Planet, the ecologically sound superhero. Along with the help of the five Planeteers (who have their own ecological special powers: Fire, Water, Wind, Earth and Heart) it's your job to clean up the polluted planet. In this Turrican style platformer you play one of the Planeteers in the first five levels and in the final level you play as Captain Planet himself. Missions include ""saving the seals"" and ""fixing the ozone layer""."
37211,Micro Machines V3,Micro Machines,1997,7.7,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"Micro Machines are now able to explore the third dimension. Gameplay still stays the same, but the whole new graphics now look more realistic. Also a lot of new multiplayer options were added."
37212,Metal Gear Solid,Hejin Zhuangbei,1998,8.5,Action,"Shooter, Stealth",,"Metal Gear Solid is a sequel to Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake After the tragic confrontation with Big Boss, the hero, special agent Solid Snake, decided to retire and has since then lived in a secluded region in Alaska. But the US government recruits him once again for a dangerous mission. The members of Foxhound, a renegade special forces unit, threaten to use a devastating nuclear weapon if the government doesn't hand them the mortal remains of Big Boss, their former commander. Foxhound is now led by a talented, ambitious young man with the codename Liquid Snake. Knowing that the visual resemblance between this new terrorist mastermind and himself can not be coincidental, Solid Snake agrees to infiltrate the new Foxhound base, destroy the unknown nuclear weapon, and find the truth about his own identity. The gameplay in Metal Gear Solid follows the prototype established in the two earlier Metal Gear games. Solid Snake has a limited arsenal of weapons and cannot allow himself to pave his way to the goal by killing all the enemies. He has to stay unnoticed, hide, crawl, wait for the right moment, sneak, and use various gadgets that will prevent him from alerting the enemy. Boss battles and some other sequences are played out as action-oriented set pieces, with the player having to figure out the weakness of the enemy in order to succeed. The game utilizes a traditional top-down view, but the graphics in this installment are real 3D. Conversations with Snake's allies and cutscenes are used extensively to advance the plot and gain more insight into it."
37224,Championship Baseball,GFL Baseball,1986,6.2,Sports,,,"In this traditional baseball simulation, gameplay takes place mainly on a split screen.One side shows an overview of the field, the other showing the batter, with the latter view disappearing when the ball is hit. The game requires you to ""draft"" a team before play, composing the best possible squad based on each player's skill attributes. The game also allows a semblance of managerial control, and has an optional batting practice mode to warm up. It then allows you to play individual games, or participate in a 4 division, 24-team championship."
37232,Qin: Tomb of the Middle Kingdom,,1996,6.3,"Adventure, Educational",,,"The game is set in China in 2010. You're part of an international group to excavate the tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi, the greatest secret of the ancient world. Somehow, you get trapped inside the tomb."
37234,Quake II,Quake 2,1997,7.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Quake II is a single-player and multiplayer first-person shooter. The story follows a futuristic war between Earth and the Strogg, a cybernetic alien race that invades other worlds and assimilates their inhabitants. Earth launches Operation Alien Overlord, a massive strike on the Strogg homeworld. The player assumes the role of Bitterman, a marine dropped into the invasion force. After his landing craft is destroyed, he must fight alone through enemy territory, sabotage Strogg defenses, and push toward their capital city with the ultimate goal of eliminating their ruler, the Makron. Gameplay progresses through interconnected levels that form larger units called “hubs.” Objectives include disabling security systems, destroying key facilities, and locating power sources that allow access to the next area. Unlike strictly linear shooters, progress in one map may unlock new paths or change conditions in another, creating a sense of continuity across missions. Objectives are tracked on-screen to guide players through the campaign. Combat emphasizes a varied arsenal. Players begin with a fallback Blaster, a rechargeable energy sidearm, but quickly acquire more powerful tools: the Shotgun and Super Shotgun for close range, the Machine Gun and Chaingun for suppressive fire, the Grenade Launcher and Rocket Launcher for explosives, the Hyperblaster for rapid plasma fire, the Railgun for precise long-range shots, and the experimental BFG10K as the most destructive weapon. Classic power-ups such as Quad Damage, Invulnerability, and Environments Suits provide temporary advantages. Health packs, armor shards, and ammunition pickups remain critical for survival. Enemies range from basic Strogg soldiers to heavily armed enforcers, berserk melee units, and mechanized walkers. Their cybernetic nature allows them to wield integrated weapons and continue fighting even when damaged. Boss encounters punctuate key objectives. Multiplayer expands the game beyond the campaign. Modes include free-for-all deathmatch, team play, and capture-the-flag in later expansions. Maps are designed for vertical movement and fast-paced exchanges, with weapon placement and spawn points encouraging control of critical areas. Online play and LAN support enable matches with both human opponents and AI-controlled bots in certain versions. Different releases of Quake II brought variations and enhancements. The original PC edition emphasized modding and user-made maps. Console versions, such as on the PlayStation and Nintendo 64, featured restructured levels, modified visuals, and multiplayer splitscreen. The game was later bundled in compilations or re-released digitally with updated compatibility."
37237,Rise of the Dragon,Rise of the Dragon: A Blade Hunter Mystery,1990,7.7,Adventure,Graphic adventure,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"The year is 2053, and Los Angeles has turned into a grim place ruled by crime and corruption. William 'Blade' Hunter is a private detective who once was a police officer. He is asked to investigate a horrible murder of the mayor's daughter, whose body was mutilated. As Hunter begins to search for clues that would help him solve the crime, he uncovers a conspiracy involving a deadly drug and a powerful criminal syndicate behind it. Rise of the Dragon is a futuristic first-person adventure game. The game's visuals are reminiscent of a comic book, with digitized photos of actors and hand-painted backgrounds. Unlike most other adventure games of the time, it relies less on inventory puzzles and more on specific choices made by the player. The game has an internal clock and requires the player to plan the protagonist's moves ahead in order to be in the right place at the right time. Dialogues with multiple choices are utilized as a gameplay tool; a wrong choice will often lead to a premature end of the adventure. There are two side-scrolling action sequences in the game; both can be bypassed without penalty if the player character dies several times in a row. The Sega CD version does not allow the player to skip these sequences. In addition, it uses a different color palette with a greenish tint, and has voice-overs for the dialogues."
37240,Swamp Buggy Racing,,2000,3.8,Racing / Driving,,,"Tired of racing on roads? Try racing in swamps in swamp buggies! (It's a real sport, really!) Four different types of vehicles, 2 different swamps, and multiple racing views in this 3D racing sim."
37243,Xenogears,Xenosaga Episode V: Xenogears,1998,8.3,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A war has been raging on the continent of Ignas between the Kislev Empire to the north and the kingdom of Aveh in the south. It has gone for so long that people have forgotten the cause. As a mysterious organization known as ""Ethos"" introduces an ancient technology in the form of huge mega-robots, the tides are turning. Gebler, a military organization with an unknown agenda, is pulling the strings and supports Aveh to regain its authority over Kislev. A failed attempt to steal one of Kislev's new Gears, a giant robot named ""Weltall"", leads to a fight between a group of Gebler and Kislev guards in the remote town of Lahan in the outskirts of Aveh. One of the villagers, Fei Fong Wong, impulsively takes possession of ""Weltall"" and steers it to fight. As Fei's best friend Timothy is killed during the battle, he releases a massive wave of energy and destroys the whole village together with one of his close friends, Alice. After this tragedy, Fei is blamed for the destruction of the village and the death of his friends. Pursued by military governments and mysterious forces, Fei sets out on an epic quest for answers and his own forgotten past. Xenogears is a Japanese-style RPG with a few distinguishing features. The characters have the ability to jump, which must be used on several occasions to access specific locations. There are two types of combat in the game: standard and gear. In standard combat, the characters fight with equipped weapons, learning and performing different combos that can be executed in one turn. But often the heroes will have to explore dungeons while piloting giant robots called ""gears"". Gear combat follows different rules: they are able to perform actions until they run out of fuel, therefore the player must concentrate on finishing the enemy quickly. It is possible to equip various accessories on the gears, including those that will let them partially restore fuel. Gears cannot level up, but can be upgraded in workshops."
37244,Camelot Warriors,,1985,6.5,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"If you dare to cross the threshold of mystery, forget everything that you know, because you will go into in a trip without return. Past and future worlds, black magic, hidden traps - take your sword with a lot of courage and never throw a glance back. Four elements from the 20th century have entered the world of Camelot: ""The voice of another world"", ""Wisdom mirror"", ""The life elixir"" and ""The fire that doesn't burn"". You must take them and present them to the guardians of each world, who will be in charge of their destruction. Camelot Warriors is an action game with platforming elements. You must travel through four different worlds populated by many enemies. Forests, lakes, caverns and finally, the Castle of Camelot are awaiting you."
37246,Scramble,"Arcade Archives: Scramble, Scramble Wars",1981,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Scramble is a side scrolling shooter. Piloting a plane through varied (and mountainous) terrain, your goal is to infiltrate an enemy base and destroy it. Missiles, tanks, UFO's, and other enemy artillery can all be found and will try to stop you. Colliding with any of these enemies, enemy fire, or the landscape will cause you to lose one of your planes. To fight back, your plane is equipped with both bombs and guns which can destroy most of the enemies you'll encounter. Your plane has a limited amount of fuel, and you'll crash if you run out. To replenish the fuel supply, you must bomb the fuel depots which will appear on the ground occasionally."
37247,Shufflepuck Cafe,,1988,7.2,Sports,Paddle / Pong,Sci-fi / futuristic,"One puck, and only two competitors. One is the computer, and the other is, of course, you. You get a chance to match your skills at this Air Hockey style game, over 'Cantina Band' inspired music. Deflect the puck around the walled area using your bat, trying to knock it into your opponent's goal. There are several competitors, from which some of them definitely cheat, so be prepared to be laughed at. However, you can cheat as well, as you can resize your stick to fill the whole table width, or add one in the middle, and see who breaks glass first. There are single plays or the tournament where you play opponents in order of difficulty. The winner is the one who reaches 15 glassbreaks first."
37252,Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!,"Donkey Kong Country 3, Super Donkey Kong 3: Nazo no Krems Shima",1996,8.0,Action,Platform,,"This time both Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong have been kong-napped by a mysterious new leader of the Kremlings, and it's up to Dixie and new team mate Kiddy Kong to save the day. New elements to the series includes the Brother Bears, thirteen Bears who, if you pay them with Bear Coins found in each level, will aid you in your quest by building certain items. Also, new bonus mission have you playing a 1st/3rd person shooter style party game. Plus a host of new enemies, the usual huge end of world bosses and a collection of the Kong family who will help you out as best they can. The Game Boy Advance version adds a new world Pacifica, which is made up of six stages and a boss level. Also, a new boss called Kroctopuss and a new Brothers Bear named Bachelor has also been added. Swanky's sideshow.got turned into a virtual reality mini-game and Funky Kong also offers his own mini-games to play. Also, five more Banana Birds have been added to the game, increasing the total to 20."
37266,Em@il Games: Battleship,,1999,6.2,Strategy / tactics,,,"Em@il Games: Battleship is the classic game of Battleship but allows for play-by-email multiplayer modes. The rules are the same as with the pen and paper original. Both players place their various ships in a grid. They have to guess blindly where the others ships are to sink them. This is done by shooting to specific coordinates, you are then told if it was a hit or miss. Bigger ships have to be hit more often, because they cover more squares. After each turn the results are mailed to the other player for his turn until one player has lost all his ships. This digital version allows you to play in three different grid sizes. A new game option called ""Volley"" allows you to fire as many bombs as you have ships left, this speeds the game up for online play. ""Fleet Commander"" is a completely new game in its own with even bigger grids and customizable fleets. Each ship has its own attack pattern and ability such as being able to shoot three times or sending fighter planes. Each ship can also move a number of squares each turn."
37267,International Soccer,"Cup Final, International Football, Voetbal 64",1983,7.9,Sports,,,"International Soccer is an arcade action soccer game. No league or cup tournaments available, only friendly matches (2 halves at 200 seconds) against a human opponent or the AI (9 levels of difficulty are offered). Corner kicks and throw-ins exists, but you can't play foul - so no yellow or red cards required. The game is played with the joystick; with your joystick you control the player of your team (7 against 7) next to the ball (your teammates will be controlled by the AI). Push the fire button to pass or shot, you can move to all eight directions. You only see about a quarter of the playing area on screen which automatically scrolls to the left or right. If the ball comes near to your own goal, you get automatically control over your goal keeper - hopefully you can do a brilliant save: after a save the goal keeper needs some time to get back into action, be fast enough to help him with your fielders."
37269,Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones,Double Dragon III: The Rosetta Stone,1991,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"A year after the events of Double Dragon II: The Revenge the Supreme Black Shadow Sensei and his Black Shadow Warriors lay defeated. Life has returned to normality for Billy Lee who is now running a dojo training students in the field of martial arts. However, one day when Billy is away, the dojo is attacked and Marion is kidnapped. A soothsayer named Hiruko has information on Marion's disappearance: She claims the kidnappers will release Marion in exchange for the three sacred stones of power. Hiruko knows the locations of the stones, but they are located all over the earth. Billy Lee (and his brother Jimmy in the two player game) will have to travel the globe in five missions stretching from the U.S.A., China, Japan, Italy, and finally to Egypt fighting bad guys in this side-scrolling beat-'em-up. Along the way they'll pick up two more allies named Chin and Ranzou. Players can switch between these four characters as each character has their own life bar and primary weapon (Billy, Jimmy, and Chin use their bare hands while Ranzou uses a sword) and a limited supply secondary weapon (Billy and Jimmy use nunchaku, Chin uses iron claws, and Ranzou uses shurikens). Each character also has basic maneuvers. Billy and Jimmy can use punches, side kicks, cyclone spin kicks, mid-air somersaults, and flying jump kicks to dispatch foes, with Chin and Ranzou having equivalent maneuvers to finish off enemies also. Characters can also pick up weapons like army knives, broken bottles, and sais off the ground and use them to fight with. While featuring some similarities, Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone features a different story, gameplay, enemies, and level design layouts then this version of the game."
37275,Myth II: Soulblighter,"Myth 2: Soulblighter, Myth II : Le Fleau Des Ames, Myth II: Duszozerca",1998,8.2,Strategy / tactics,Real-time tactics (RTT),"Fantasy, Medieval","Myth II: Soulblighter is a real-time tactics game. Save Madrigal from the the evil Soulblighter and his followers. To do this, you must command your army of dwarves, soldiers, berserkers and sorcerers."
37276,Savage Warriors,Warriors,1995,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"A fighting game pitting warriors plucked out of time and forced to battle each other. Savage Warriors features 10 main characters and 5 secret characters fighting over interactive terrain with a variety of weapons. There is also a limited ""3D""software mode."
37284,Gazza II,,1991,5.7,"Action, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"This edition of the second game licensed around England footballer Paul Gascoigne combines arcade action and management. A four-division Super League of top European clubs is featured, with the potential for multiple managers to play. You can buy, scout for and sell players, and set up individual tactical systems. The in-game action has a side-scrolling view and close ball control. The game is tolerant of tough tackles, as these are usually successful and rarely result in a foul. You can swerve, chip and head the ball in any direction."
37285,WaxWorks,,1992,7.1,"Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)","Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Contemporary, Egypt (Ancient), Europe, Fantasy, Medieval","As a child, you were never taught of your family's dark secret - a whole history of 'evil twins' doing Satan's work on Earth, and 'good twins' attempting to put this right. Your uncle informs you of this shortly before his death, and after traveling to his waxworks museum you find that you must travel through time to correct these wrongdoings. Through a range of exhibits at your uncle's museum, various past scenes must be entered, with more becoming available as you complete them. In each you must find and kill your demented relative in time. WaxWorks is a hybrid game that combines elements of role-playing and adventure. The player explores maze-like locations, manipulating objects and solving puzzles. Enemies appear from time to time and must be defeated using the various weapons found in the game. The player receives experience points and fathers equipment in a RPG fashion in each WaxWork; however, completing one negates these effects, and the protagonist becomes more defenseless in the next location. The game's controls are point and click, with the interface allowing the player to examine and collect items, select a weapon, and attack potential foes by striking at a particular part of their body."
37295,The Rugrats Movie,"Les Razmoket: Le Film, Nickelodeon: The Rugrats Movie",1998,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The Rugrats Movie is a traditional 2D platform game based on the 1998 movie of the same name, which in turn is based on the Daytime Emmy-award winning animated television series. In the game Tommy Pickles' little brother (Dil) has vanished without a trace and it is up to the Rugrats to find a replacement baby for Dil Pickles. The game features eight levels including Pickles house, the hospital, woods, and ancient ruins. There are two levels in which you drive the Reptar Wagon in a top-down perspective, but the rest features standard side-scrolling platform gameplay. In each level the player has to collect specific items and get to the exit before time runs out."
37299,Yu-Gi-Oh!: Dark Duel Stories,"Yu-Gi-Oh! Das dunkle Duell, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Sanseisenshin Kōrin, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel des Ténèbres",2000,6.1,Strategy / tactics,"Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card",,"In Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories the player's goal is to defeat various characters from the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, anime, and card game, eventually making it to the four Rulers of Ancient Egypt, who have the precious Millennium pieces. Each character must be defeated at least five times in order to get to the next stage. Typically, the goal of a card duel is to reduce the opponent's 8000 life points to zero; however, sometimes a duel can be won by forcing the opponent to run out of cards in their deck, or by having all five pieces of Exodia in one hand. As usually in Yu-Gi-Oh! games, cards represent monsters: as a general rule, a monster with a higher attack and defense rating emerges victorious. However, in this game elemental affinities play a role as well. For example, a monster of the Aqua element will be beaten by a monster of the Thunder element even if his attack and defense ratings are somewhat higher. The player can also create his/her own cards by combining card halves that can be obtained after winning a duel. A trade mode and a real-life battle mode (using the link cable) is also available."
37306,ESPN NBA Hangtime '95,,1994,6.2,Sports,,,"Another take on arcade-style basketball such as NBA Jam Hangtime has players go at it in 2-on-2 basketball on basketball courts ranging from arenas, to streetball courts and even on a glacier in Antarctica. There are all 27 NBA team available with three top players in each, but it also has a World Tour where there are 12 teams such as Canada and Tahiti with fictional players. There are exhibition, season and playoff modes and the game features special moves like in NBA Jam such as super spins, passes and dunks. It also features full-motion video of Dan Patrick covering the Hangtime games while Stuart Scott covers games in the World Tour games."
37307,KinderComp,Compulandia,1983,6.1,Educational,,,"An early learning game for kids aged 3-8. This program is a collection of 6 learning games: Draw, Scribble, Names, Sequence, Letters and Match. KinderComp helps children improve their reading and counting skills as well as familiarizing them with the computer keyboard."
37310,Paws,,1985,6.2,Action,,,"In Paws you play a cat whose ten kittens have wandered off. With Bull Dog Billy and his Bully gang on the loose, this is a situation no responsible mother could allow. In this Atic Atac -style arcade adventure, you must move through the screens rescuing your kittens (carrying one at a time) and bringing them back to your home. The game screens include a built-up city (with the barriers drawn as imitations of common high street UK brands of the time, including Lloyds Bank and John Menzies), a forest, and a run-down inner city with litter. The dogs are on the prowl - shoot them using your yarn balls. Ammunition and food can be collected. If you take too long dealing with the dogs, they will form into a pack, which means Game Over. Other than that, you have nine lives."
37313,Muzzle Velocity,,1996,6.7,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,"Europe, Historical events, World War II","Muzzle Velocity is an action/wargaming hybrid were you can make the tactical strategic decisions of unit placement, composition, etc. from a strategic top-down map, as well as getting in on the action yourself from a first person perspective. Taking place on the European front in WW2, you get 150 single player missions sprawled on single scenarios or a career mode, where you step up in range with each succesful mission thus increasing the range of orders you can issue on the strategic aspect of the game. You can control 100 units from either the U.S., British or German side and though none has all aspects and characteristics simulated, each handles differently and has different armor/weapondry models. Graphics are 2d svga, and the game uses voxel technology to render the fps 3d sequences."
37324,Zero Critical,,1998,6.4,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Rheom 1 is a terrestrial planet of eternal daylight. Recently, a research facility has been established there, with a group of scientists working on a mysterious Satin Project. However, strange events begin to happen there. The head of the project, Dr. Victoria Fayn, has killed another scientist, allegedly in self-defense. The Interstellar Transportation Commission sends an agent named Chatt Rhuller to investigate the incident. As Chatt is prevented from leaving the research facility, he begins to realize that something far more sinister is going on, and is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. Zero Critical is a third-person adventure game. The player interacts with the environment by using a point-and-click interface. Most of the gameplay is dedicated to gathering clues by having conversations with the characters (including the choice of different topics), as well as solving predominantly inventory-based puzzles."
37325,PowerHouse,,1995,6.7,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"You are a Powerhouse CEO. The future is in your hands. You will start with nothing but money and your own business acumen. How will you meet the demands of an energy-hungry world? Which resources will you research and exploit? Can you succeed and thrive in the face of cutthroat, winner-take-all competition? Will you build an empire, or will your enterprise crumble? In the end, only one powerhouse can prevail. Will it be you?"
37329,Omega Boost,,1999,7.4,Action,Rail shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"For centuries the intelligence known as AlphaCore has been growing inside of human computer networks, slyly and invisibly pushing humanity to build more of it and allow it to control more of the network. On the eve of AlphaCore's complete assimilation of all technology, humanity becomes aware of it, and rather than bow down to it as king, as it expected, they attempt to purge it from the network. In response AlphaCore defends itself, locking all of humanity out of their technology and assuming total control of their weapons. Not long after this AlphaCore learns of a desperate plot: to build a time machine and travel back in time to remove AlphaCore's influence from humanity. AlphaCore steals this technology and hatches its own plan: traveling back in time to 1945 and inserting itself into the first computer ever built, ensuring that humanity would forever be subtle pawns in its machinations. It now falls upon the shoulders of Lester J. Henning, pilot of the experimental robot weapon Omega Boost, to travel back in time, stop AlphaCore's plan, and restore free choice to humanity. The Omega Boost flies through levels on a predetermined path, although it can brake and boost in a direction to avoid hazards. The Omega Boost can fire a Vulcan rifle at enemies without targeting, or can lock on to and attack many targets at once with a homing laser. By scoring well in levels, the Omega Boost will gain the ability to lock onto more targets at once, and eventually unlock the Viper Boost, a powerful area attack that must cool down after being used. Levels completed in campaign mode can be replayed at your leisure in Zone mode, and bonus levels can be unlocked as well by achieving certain milestones."
37333,Kasumi Ninja,,1994,5.2,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"On the tiny island of Kasumi, there exists a portal between this world and the Netherworld. For many centuries, this portal has been kept closed by the balance between good and evil forces. Now, the dark ninja lord Gyaku has defeated the forces of good, and opened the portal to the netherworld. It is up to you, a Kasumi ninja, to stop Gyaku and restore balance to the world. Kasumi Ninja is a one-on-one fighting game featuring digitized character graphics. There are 8 fighters for you to choose from, each with their own fighting environments."
37336,Dr. Drago's Madcap Chase,Die total verrückte Rallye,1995,6.9,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Dr. Drago's Madcap Chase (a.k.a. Die total verrückte Rallye ) is a strategy game for up to eight players with similarities to board games like Monopoly The players join a rally through Europe and North Africa which consists of several stages. At the beginning of each stage a TV moderator names the capital of a country. The one who gets there first will win a lot of money. At first there are only Western European countries available but eventually the Berlin Wall falls and you can enter the former Eastern bloc. You play on a map of Europe consisting of many fields merged with each other through lines. Before every turn a player dices and then he can move his figure over the fields. You can freely decide the route to your target but you have to notice on which field you would end your turn. There are:* Red fields: When you end your turn on a red field, you'll lose money. Blue fields: Money will be credited to your account. Yellow fields: You get a playing card. You can use these cards before every turn to your own advantage (i.e. use five dices instead of one) or to your opponent's disadvantage (i.e. having him transferred to a corner of the map). Purple fields: On a purple field you can buy or sell cards. Gray fields: Gray fields are cities. In a city you can buy buildings and earn rent every turn. When you own every building in a city, you have a monopoly and earn more rent. Contrary to Monopoly you don't have to pay anything when you come to a city where one of the other players have buildings. Black and white fields: These fields represent the capital of a country. Buying buildings there is much more expensive but you will earn more rent. Another aspect of the game is Dr. Drago. Drago is played by the computer and appears after stage one and will follow the player who had the highest distance to the target of the previous stage. After every turn Drago will waste parts of your money, sell or buy buildings to terrible prices or destroy your cards. To get rid of him you can use a Drago playing card (if you own one and Drago has not ripped it to pieces yet) or overtake one of the players. When you pass them, Drago will leave you and chase your opponent. The winner of the game is the one who has the most money on his account after all stages. You could even win without winning a single stage but it's more difficult because you won't make that much profit with trying to end your turns on blue fields. And of course, Drago will haunt you the whole time when you are cruising in Northern Africa while all the stages end somewhere else."
37337,Cybercon III,,1991,8.1,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Cybercon III computer was built with the intent of looking after the world, but something went wrong—the computer killed people instead, and now the world lies in chaos. The player takes on the role of one of the few survivors, with the goal of destroying the Cybercon III computer. The gameplay of Cybercon III revolves around exploration, combat, and puzzle-solving as the player works their way through complex where the computer is stored, with the player tasked with destroying or disabling the computer and its defenses and bypassing the computer's notice, made easier by way of a secret entrance into the complex."
37339,Archon II: Adept,,1984,7.7,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Board game, Fighting",Fantasy,"The sequel to Archon Archon II: Adept features a more complex board and enhanced gameplay. Each side plays as an Adept - a powerful wizard with the ability to cast spells against other Adepts and his summonings - and must defeat the other side, either Chaos or Order, by attacking him/her with summoned Elementals or Demons. Each side can summon 4 unique elementals at a time or choose from 4 demons, common to both. Gameplay is similar to the original, reminiscent of a chess-like board game, requiring strategy, but with arcade elements, especially when two adepts confront each other face-to-face. The board also shifts from time to time, making the strategy less predictable."
37340,Olympic Summer Games,,1996,6.1,Sports,,,"Olympic Summer Games is the 16-bit official videogame of the 1996 Olympic Games held in Atlanta, the third and the last IOC official title to be released on the console. A typical button masher, includes 10 events (100m sprint, 110m hurdles, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, javelin, high jump, discus, skeet and archery) and 32 countries around the world compete in custom or full Olympics, or just practice. Two players can compete head to head in the sprinting events, and a total of eight can play in the same game. Three difficulty levels allow competitive events for both rookies to veterans in the genre. Sprinting events are a short and straight button mashing frenzy. 4 athletes compete simultaneously, the first winner advancing to the next round (two qualifiers and then the medal run). Only fast fingers and quick shotgun reaction can earn world record times. Jumping events are a mix of shorter button mashing bursts combined with timely pressed jumps. From the straight forward high and long jump events (run and then set the jump angle) to the more elaborate triple jump (as the name suggests, three jumps must be carefully measured for world class results) and the complex pole vault, where a strong run must be followed by a sharp pole fixation and good a release upwards. Both long jump and triple jump have a first round composed by three jumps, the better eight progress into the second round, where they are given three more jumps. In the high jump and pole vault the competition continues until all athletes miss three consecutive jumps. The throwing events (discus and javelin) work in the same fashion as the jumping events, although trickier to pull, as the setting of the angle must be followed by a timely release. Each player is entitled to three throws, the top eight allowed three more attempts. Finally, the shooting events. Archery is a three-round competition where the goal is to amass as many points as possible by shooting at the inner rings of the target. With six arrows per round, each shot must be calculated according to the wind, choosing between steady aim and lower tension (must be aimed upwards and compensating the wind) or higher tension but a jumpy aim (can be aimed directly at the ""gold"" points). Skeet is a five round competition where the goal is to hit five clay pigeons before they disappear off-screen with two slugs for each."
37352,Skate Crazy,,1988,6.8,Sports,,,"Pull on your skates and get down to the local car park where your prowess on eight wheels is put to the test in the 'Car Park Challenge'. The player grooves his way around one level of the car park which has been turned into a multidirectionally scrolling arena for the gladiators of roller racing. Kick cans over, litter to collect and obstacles to avoid in the shape of cones, ramps, sand, bouncing balls, flying frisbees, mazes of tyres and rocks, and even other skaters. Finishing each level is a battle against time to negotiate a series of gates in a set order, the next gate being signified by a row of dots which flash between its flags. To complete rounds successfully, though, suitably impressive stunts and tricks are carried out to appease a set of four judges. Each have a card which they periodically display at the bottom of the screen, notifying the player of his progress. When the player's energetic jumping skills have gained enough points to qualify, he skates through the finishing gate and has his performance rated. Failing to qualify forces the player to skate around the car park against the clock, picking up a set number of pieces of litter. Beating a level allows the player to skate to the level's exit ramp, from where he chooses to move up to the next level or leave the car park and move onto the next part of the game, 'The Skate Crazy Championship Course'. This section of the game is a race against time over four horizontally scrolling cityscapes of platforms and ramps, with the player building up speed on his skates using a paced joystick waggling movement. Ground level obstacles and gaps in the floor are crossed with leaps of controllable strength and items at head height are avoided by judicious ducking. Birds and other creatures also spell doom for the heroic skater, unless he is able to avoid them or throw things at them. Points are scored in this section by picking up extra skating paraphernalia, such as pads, clothes, skates and litter."
37353,Europa Universalis,Evropa 1492-1792: Vremya Peremen,2000,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,"Age of Discovery / Enlightenment, Historical events","You take charge of one of the many European countries, doing battle to take the Empire as their own. Much like past titles such as Civilization and Age of Empires strategy is the key. However, instead of controlling every troop separately, you control groups of troops at a time, and let them do the talking while you move them from territory to territory. The playing time spans between 1492 and 1792."
37359,Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn,"Chase the Express, Chase the Express: El expreso de la muerte",2000,6.6,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter, Stealth",,"The French ambassador Pierre Simon and his family are travelling from Saint Petersburg to Paris aboard the Blue Harvest, a military NATO-developed train, when it is hijacked by terrorists known as the Knights of the Apocalypse. Negotiations yield no result and the only hope is lieutenant Jack Morton, part of the original escort, who manages to sneak back on the train. His job is to take back control of the armoured train, stop the terrorists from deploying a nuclear weapon and rescue the hostages. Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn is played as a third-person shooter, but also introduces stealth elements, puzzle-solving and driving sequences with the train. The different compartments of the train form the levels. Next to regular movement, Jack can dash and use a search function that allows him to peek around corners and into rooms. Morton is in touch with the headquarters and also collects information about the organization on his way. The game uses an intelligent targeting system where the cross-hair changes colour based on the viewing angle. Shooting from a difficult position will do little damage, while open shots have a larger chance of hitting enemies."
37361,Super Spy Hunter,Battle Formula,1991,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2525, things are a mess. politically. Terrorists led by someone named ""X"" want to attack the United Nations. The CIA is in charge of discouraging the attacks. To that end, and since all of their best agents have failed the task, they send out an unofficial agent -- you, the Super Spy Hunter. The Super Spy Hunter has a super spy car. It's actually a well-armed car that can turn into a boat or a plane at opportune times. The action is fast vertical scrolling as the vehicle faces all manner of powerful vehicle threats from a well-funded terrorist enemy -- cars, trucks, helicopters, etc. Luckily, there are many powerups to collect along the way, both defensive and offensive."
37368,WarGames: DEFCON 1,,1998,7.5,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,"Cold War, Sci-fi / futuristic","Inspired by the 1980s movie about a computer trying to take over the world, this action/strategy game allows you to field either the tanks of human NORAD or the walkers of AI-controlled WOPR, in warzones across the world. You control one vehicle and can cycle through all the units in your current army at any time, and there are limited commands you can issue to the rest of your army. For example, you can tell all the units in your army to follow your vehicle. However this can be unreliable due to poor pathfinding. There is a huge range of vehicles available for each army, from reconnaissance jeeps and bikes through heavy tanks and walkers all the way to the really special toys, laser and stealth tanks. There are air and sea assault troops available as well. You receive your mission objectives in e-mails sent from mission control (or WOPR itself) which update as you fulfill briefs. These can be as simple as 'go there, kill that' but sometimes require more complex tasks such as picking up a spy from behind enemy lines, crippling a base's SAM sites to allow an attack from the air, and so on. One major draw of the game is an enjoyable two-player co-operative mode. Using a unique split-screen view (split diagonally instead of vertical/horizontal) both players control a vehicle each, and can cycle through the rest. This can be interesting as one player lends air support while the other storms the AA sites with a tank, for example. In addition to co-operative mode, there is a head-to-head multiplayer mode available and about 30 levels in the single player mode."
37369,Kung-Fu Master,"Kung Fu, Seiken Achō, Spartan X, Taekwon-Do",1984,6.4,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Loosely based on a movie, Kung-Fu Master is a side scrolling action game for one or two players, who alternate turns. Mr. X has captured the pickpocket Sylvia and it is up to Thomas, a kung-fu master who owns a restaurant, to get her back. She is located on the top floor of Mr. X's castle and Thomas will need to fight his way to the top. Of course, this won't be easy as each floor has many opponents to get past and a floor boss at the end of each level. Thomas is able to move left and right, jump, duck, and punch and kick. Enemy projectiles such as knives can be kicked in the air to rebound them towards the enemy. On the top floor resides Mr. X himself."
37370,BMX Simulator,,1986,7.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"This is an overhead-viewed racing game similar in style to Super Sprint There are 7 courses of increasing difficulty, incorporating ramps and bumps which significantly affect the bike's handling. Each course has a time limit you must complete 3 laps of the course within, or it's game over. The further inside the time limit you are, the more points you score. There's a computer opponent, but the scoring isn't affected by whether you beat him just so long as you qualify. There is a two-player mode. A unique feature at the time is the action replay, which can be viewed in slow motion."
37375,WWF Super WrestleMania,,1992,6.9,Sports,,,"WWF Super WrestleMania is a wrestling game that uses rules and wrestlers from the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The game introduces a characteristic ""tug of war"" gameplay style, which involves two wrestlers grappling each other until one of them has the upper hand. The player has to repeatedly tap a button to execute this move. All the wrestlers share the same set of typical WWF moves such as scoop slams, suplexes, hip tosses, dropkicks, clotheslines, and elbow drops. The Genesis (MegaDrive) version adds signature moves unique to each characters. The game's modes are one-on-one, tag team, and Survivor Series matches (four-on-four). The Genesis version also has a WWF Championship mode, which allows the player to select one wrestler and slowly move his way up by defeating other wrestlers in a tournament consisting of one-on-one matches."
37378,The King of Fighters '99: Millennium Battle,"KOF '99, The King of Fighters '99",1999,7.5,Action,Fighting,,"It's time once again for the famous KOF Tournament! New faces and old alike join together to participate in the latest KOF tournament, but something seems wrong. Why was this year's tournament announced without fanfare? What could be up? That's for you to find out! Featuring classic KOF gameplay with a new twist: The Striker Match!"
37382,RoboCop,,1989,6.1,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The private corporation O.C.P. have taken control of the overwhelmed police force of Detroit. In order to deal with an immense crime wave hitting the city, a cyborg law enforcement agent has been created. RoboCop is a side-scrolling action game that consists of six stages. These six assignments include locations at the streets of Old Detroit, city hall, a warehouse, O.C.P. headquarters, the steelworks, and the board room. RoboCop dispatches his enemies with punches and a handgun (a special issue Auto-9) that has an infinite amount of ammo. RoboCop is not invincible though, as he can only take so many hits before his power runs out, plus his battery power gradually drains as he moves. However, lost power can be restored by finding power icons, and lost battery power can be restored by finding battery chargers found throughout the stages. Other items RoboCop can find and use are a machine gun that comes with fifty bullets and the powerful cobra gun. RoboCop has four functions he can use. The infrared vision function lets RoboCop detect weak walls that can be punched in order to reveal shortcuts. The punch function lets the player know that the enemy they're facing can only be defeated by punching, no use of weapons is permitted. The foe detector function shows how close RoboCop is to the boss enemy of a stage. The faster it blinks, the closer he is. The energy/power alarm function will start sounding an alarm if either RoboCop's energy or power gets too low. There is also a target practice bonus round between stages, where the player has to shoot as many targets as they can in a limited amount of time to earn bonus points to add to their score."
37385,Incantation,,1996,6.2,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"In Incantation you are controlling a young wizard who has to complete several jump'n'run levels. Enemies are defeated by using different spells that can be found throughout the levels. Spells have different ranges and attack power. Before a level can be completed, a certain number of items has to be collected, and at the end of some levels, a boss-fight awaits the wizard."
37388,Super Bubsy,,1995,6.1,Action,Platform,,"This Windows port of Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind includes tweaked visuals, as well as the unaired pilot of a planned Bubsy animated series."
37393,Robot City,,1995,6.6,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"From the manual: Far from the 50 Spacer Worlds, your survival pod crashes on a planet where a secret experiment is taking shape. Robot City, an entire city built and ruled by robots. Without humans to command and supervise them, these robots have evolved their own ways of doing things. Their ideas of how to obey the Three Laws of Robotics might be a little different from yours. You soon learn that Robot City is out of control, that the only human who might know why has been murdered, and that you are the prime suspect. Welcome to Robot City!"
37394,Chronomaster,,1995,7.4,Adventure,Graphic adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Chronomaster is an adventure game, written by two famous science fiction authors, Roger Zelazny and Jane Lindskold It takes place in a future where universe creation has been taken to an art form with the advent of Pocket Universes (a concept introduced in this game by Zelazny). In the game you play the role of Rene Korda, one of the most respected creators of Pocket Universes in the galaxy. The Terrn Regional Government asks you to intervene when five Pocket Universes are put to stasis by an unknown force."
37397,Fatal Fury: First Contact,Garō Densetsu: First Contact,1999,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Using the world-famous Japanese SD (Super-Deformed) artwork style, this is the only title of the Fatal Fury series to be released on SNK 's color handheld. The game is based on its arcade/console counterpart Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers and has its main characteristics, like the possibility of execute special moves while blocking (a.k.a. Breakshots ), the execution of high-strength blows (a.k.a. S. Power and P. Power moves) and the starring of two new combatants (Li Xiangfei and Rick Strowd). Due to NGPC hardware limitations, some characters have been removed from the main cast (as well as the background/foreground battle plane system). With this, the fighters initially available for this contest are: Andy Bogard, Terry Bogard, Joe Higashi, Mai Shiranui, Kim Kaphwan, Ryuji Yamazaki, Rick Strowd, Li Xiangfei, Billy Kane, Wolfgang Krauser, and Geese Howard."
37399,Tournament Snooker,"Pro Snooker, Professional Snooker Simulator",1985,6.7,"Simulation, Sports",Arcade,,"Professional Snooker Simulator allows the player to play snooker from a bird's eye view of the table, with all the game play involved in a typical game—putting spin on the cue ball, judging how much power to hit the cue ball with, and nominating a colour after a legal pot. There is also a practise mode, where the player can place the balls on the table wherever they wish. Action replays are provided throughout the game."
37400,3D Tanx,,1982,6.4,Action,Shooter,,"3D Tanx is the action game that let's you operate a classic military tank. Standing in the front of a seemingly deserted bridge, the main and only task is to stop every enemy tank that's crossing over. You can move left and right (with the tank), up and down (with the gun turret) and fire explosive shells. Aiming of the gun turret and timing of the shot is critical for success because enemy tanks are moving in four distant lines. Also remember that direct hit to the turret is deadly for enemies (as well as for you) whilst the tank hit to the hull is immobilised but still able to shoot on you."
37405,Mr Mephisto,,1984,6.0,Action,,Fantasy,"Once dead, most people can look forward to going to heaven but getting there is a tough task, especially when Mr Mephisto is determined to stop people by sending out his minions to stop anyone attempting the journey. You play one person trying to make it up to heaven by attempting to complete various levels, with each one shown on one screen viewed from above at an elevated angle. You must climb up various downwards moving staircases trying not to fall off and avoiding minions as they move down the stairs. At the top of the stairs are various exits and items to collect and these items have to be picked up to open the exits. If you do fall off or touch a minion then you lose one of three lives and are sent back to level one."
37410,Donkey Kong Land 2,"Donkey Kong Land 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Donkey Kong Land: Diddy's Kong Quest",1996,8.0,Action,Platform,,"In Donkey Kong Land 2 Donkey Kong has been captured by the evil Kaptain K. Rool, leaving it up to Diddy and Dixie Kong to save the day in this side-scrolling adventure. Fortunately, they will have plenty of help along the way from their friends. Like the original Donkey Kong Land all the graphics in this game are pre-rendered three dimensional models. The gameplay is also similar, with platform jumping and banana collecting remaining a core part of the game experience."
37412,John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles: An Adventure in Terror,,1998,6.3,Compilation,,,US initial release of the game came with a Myst sticker on the cover and it included that game for Windows 95 along with Blackstone Chronicles This release includes these two full games:
37413,Alchemist,,1984,7.4,Action,,Fantasy,"You play an Alchemist (no surprise there) who is aiming to kill a wizard. To do this, he must collect all four parts of a spell, and all the objects required to enact it. Plenty of beings are out there to stop him, and spells can be cast to vanquish these - your spell energy constantly restores, so finding quiet spaces to wait for it to recharge can be beneficial. By pushing down into the ground, you can turn into an eagle so as to fly across gaps, although activating this mode takes a bit of energy, and you can't use spells while eaglified. Pushing into the ground returns you to human form."
37415,Mutant Penguins,Attack of the Mutant Penguins,1996,6.4,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,Your job is to guide Rodney or Bernard through a series of levels in order to stop the attacking mutants. The mutant penguins win the level if they are able to get more soldiers to the scale and tip it in their favor. You win if you are able to lead the good penguins to the scale.
37420,Acrobat Mission,,1991,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Years ago humanity abandoned the over-polluted Earth to make a new home on Mars. Now, without warning, a mechanical moon has appeared in the skies over Mars, and is raining down destruction on the colonies. A plan is hastily put into action to destroy the moon and its armada of space-craft. Due to the impossible task of surviving a direct assault, the mission is code-named Acrobat Mission. Your spaceship in Acrobat Mission is capable of firing a single straight ahead shot. By picking up a Wide upgrade, more shots are added that fly off at an angle, and the shot can be charged up to unleash a continuous short range cone of energy. Picking up a Hurricane upgrade will cause bullets to circle you defensively before shooting forward, and charging will store a full round of bullets up to be fired straight ahead all at once. Up to two bombs can be held at once, and if an enemy bullet hits a bomb it will detonate, saving your ship from damage. If your ship is hit, however, then you will have a few seconds to ram it into whatever shot you and take them down with you. Unlike most scrolling shooter games contact with an enemy ship will not kill you, but they can still push you into the path of bullets. Play takes place over five levels, first of your launch on Mars, then the approach to the moon, and finally infiltrating the base to destroy its core. Each level ends with a unique boss except stage 4, which ends with 3 bosses."
37425,Highway Patrol II,Highway Patrol 2,1989,6.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"In Highway Patrol II players assume the role of a police officer trying to capture runaway felons before they reach the county border. Players begin by choosing a target villain, with tougher ones earning a bigger bonus, and making it easier to achieve promotions. Gameplay is from the officer's viewpoint, looking through the windshield of his cruiser. Players chase the criminals and must get them to pull over by using intimidation (siren) or force (shotgun). Players navigate to the criminal's whereabouts by use of the compass and map. Chasing the villain often means venturing off the road and driving through the desert. Traffic is the most obvious hazard in the game, contact with innocents cost promotion points. Other difficulties include: a flat tire, gangsters shooting back, running out of gas, or engine failure due to heat."
37428,Rambo III,,1989,7.0,Action,Shooter,,"Based on the film of the same name, this game puts you in John Rambo's shoes as he travels to Afghanistan to free Colonel Trautman from the Soviets. In six missions, Rambo must complete various objectives. Besides finding the exit of the level, prisoners must be freed and enemy ammunition supplies destroyed. Rambo is controlled from an overhead perspective and has several weapons at his disposal. Besides a machine gun that never runs out of ammo, he can use a knife for close range kills, set off timed bombs and use his famous crossbow with explosive arrows. Ammunition for the bow and the bombs is limited and can be collected from dead enemies. After some of the missions, the perspective switches to a view behind Rambo and additional boss fights take place. Soviet tanks or helicopters must be destroyed using the crossbow. While aiming the bow, Rambo cannot move, but otherwise he can hide behind rocks or other obstacles from enemy fire."
37430,The Smurfs,"De Smurfen, Die Schlümpfe, I Puffi, Les Schtroumpfs, Los Pitufos",1999,7.2,Action,Platform,,"This game is targeted to young players. This is a 3d lateral view platformer where the player controls one of those little blue people through 20 levels in order to save his friends captured by the evil Gargamel. Levels features forest, icy plains, volcano undergrounds, Gargamel's castle, the Smurf's village, and so on. The adventure itself is split in two parts, one being a simple tutorial while the second parts represents the game itself."
37433,International Superstar Soccer,Jikkyō World Soccer: Perfect Eleven,1994,8.1,Sports,,,"International Superstar Soccer is a soccer game for the SNES and the first in the ISS series The game features a number of game modes: Open Game (with 0, 1, or 2 players), International Cup, World Series, Training, Scenario, and Penalty Kick. The Game features 26 national teams from all over the world which include line-ups as seen in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The Scenario mode lets you play the second half of a match with specific goals, usually winning the game. Some of the scenarios are based on real matches played in the 1994 World Cup."
37435,Flink,The Misadventures of Flink,1994,7.6,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Flink is a jump-'n-run game set in the fantasy world of Imagica. The evil wizard Wicked Wainwright has captured the four elders and it is up to Flink, a wizard's apprentice, to set them free and defeat Wicked Wainwright. Apart from the usual platformer elements, the game has a unique feature: Flink's ability to create spells. Whenever the game is paused, Flink can combine three ingredients to create a spell. Ingredients can be collected throughout the game. They are usually carried around by a certain type of enemy or hidden in treasure chests. There are ten different spells, the ""recipes"" which are contained in scrolls that are given to Flink by rescued elders or found within certain levels. The spells include different attack spells (for example a demon that accompanies Flink and attacks his enemies), a shield spell, a shrink spell, a quick grow spell that lets certain plants grow so that Flink can reach new areas of a level, magic keys that open locked treasure chests and more. Casting spells uses up magic energy that can be replenished by collecting magic bottles or defeating enemies. Similar to the Sonic games when Flink is hit, he looses all of his magic energy and has only limited time to pick it up again. If he is hit while having no magic energy, he loses a life."
37436,Blazing Thunder,,1990,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"The main character in this old fashioned no frills shoot 'em up is a Rambo doppelganger, which the developers may have been lucky not to be sued over. The main player is surrounded by a large tank which moves around as if you are walking it Flintstones style. Gameplay follows the usual pattern for Ikari Warriors -style games - kill off the bazooka-toting baddies, which emerge from hiding places or enter the screen in waves. You can do this by either shooting them or running them over with your tank. Parts of the scenery often block your path and need destroying. Once you clear the level you are confronted by a boss, which in the first level is an enormous tank which you have to disable the guns of."
37438,Skate or Die,,1987,6.9,Sports,,,"Skate or Die incorporates five distinct styles of skating, which can be attempted individually or in turn. You skate around a menu room to choose which one to attempt. Before taking off you can visit Rodney's skate shop to buy equipment. The first event is freestyle, in which your aim is to score as many points as possible in 10 attempts. Judges determine how much style and skill you have shown. The High Jump uses the same equipment, only this time your task is to jump as high as possible at the end of the ramp. The downhill events are overhead-view races. In the Downhill Race you simply try to complete the course within 90 seconds. In the Downhill Jam you try to outperform a human or computer opponent whilst dodging or jumping hazards. You can use attacking moves to either remove hazards or knock your opponent over. The pool joust is more of a one-on-one beat em up using a stick, set within a pit to skate around."
37447,Avenging Spirit,Phantasm,1991,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In Avenging Spirit the protagonist is a spirit out for revenge. He has been murdered by a group of gangsters and his girlfriend has been taken hostage by them. Her father uses his brand new machine to call the man's spirit back from the dead, telling him that they are holding his daughter ransom unless he turns over his research on ghost energy. In side-scrolling fashion, the game features six different stages - the city, the rooftops, a factory, the city sewers and two levels dealing with the mobsters base of operation. The player is able to possess enemies, 20 in all, and use any skills or weapons they have, to complete the level. The player's health is represented by ghost energy and it is drained when he is not inside a host. The story leads to two different endings."
37456,Sargon III,,1983,6.7,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"The Sargon series were the connoisseur's chess games at the time. This edition includes variable move times, ranging from 5 seconds to infinity. Moves can be undone and you can swap sides during the game. The search feature displays its calculations as you play, which can be useful to learn from. Special tactical situations, opening move sequences and checkmate practices can be loaded in for learning purposes."
37464,Coin Op Hits II,,1991,7.2,Compilation,,,Coin Op Hits II is a compilation that includes the following five games:
37470,Winter Heat,,1997,8.0,Sports,,,"Winter Heat is the sequel to DecAthlete (also known as Athlete Kings), replacing decathlon with winter sports. The competition (in Arcade, Saturn or Practice modes) includes 11 events featuring eight athletes of different nationalities - Li Huang, Karl Vain, Joe Kudou, Ellen Reggiani, Aleksei Rigel and Rick Blade are joined by B.B. (replacing Jef Jansens, who appears as a secret athlete) and Johann Stensen (instead of Femi Kadiena). The game is a typical winter sports game, in the line of those released by Epyx but with a more arcade feel. The events include: Speed Skiing: A simple dashing event where the goal is to descend the hill as fast as possible (in speeds over 200 km/h). Action is reduced to mash the button to gain speed. Ski Jumping: Composed by four parts: The run up (mash the button to gain speed), the jump (selecting the angle), the flight (mash the button to gain extra length) and the landing (pressing the action button too early will lose valuable meters, too late will cost the jump). Downhill: A simplified version of the real downhill event. It's impossible to miss the gates, and the challenge is to get a strong start-up, keep a straight path not losing speed hitting the fences and hitting the action button to jump hills perfectly. Short Track Speed Skating: A straightforward event where the directional pad controls the direction of the athlete along the speed button to control the pace. As the event runs for over 40 seconds, it's possible to hold second position, making the opponent cut air resistance which allows the player to reach fastest speeds with less button presses. Skeleton: The first event in the ice tunnels, it requires a fast run-up followed by a strong entrance in the tunnels. By pressing the action button it's possible to slow down the sled and make more controlled turns, or the athlete can fall from it, which not only loses time but also requires a small run-up. Slalom: Just like the Downhill, it's impossible to miss a gate in the Slalom. After an initial sprint the player has to press the action button to approach each flag in the best way possible. Hitting the button too early or too late will make the athlete hit the flag, losing valuable time. Aerial: An event similar to the Ski Jump. Instead of offering a ""click-along"" version, the player starts by setting the difficulty of the jump, and then three parts follow: in the run-up, the player sets the speed by mashing the speed button, followed by the jump which sets the strength (by pressing the action button) and when the athlete leaves the launch ramp, the player must mash the speed button once again to complete the jump. To complete a jump, the player must fill each section of the jump bar by making enough button presses Bobsleigh: In all similar to the Skeleton, except there's no option to slow down. Speed Skating: Another simple button-mashing event but with a twist: speed must be controlled on the turns, or the athlete will slip out losing a few seconds in the process. The speed can be controlled by a color graph above the power bar. Snowboard: A mix between the Slalom and Downhill. There are several gates to be passed, plus two jumps. Unlike the other two events, it's possible to miss a gate, which carries a one second penalty for each missed. Cross Country: The stamina-influenced event. There's a long track with some hills that can be taken for advantage, as during downhill slopes it's possible to gain a lot of speed without losing stamina."
37471,Striker Pro 2000,"Super Euro Soccer 2000, UEFA Striker",1999,7.0,Sports,,,"European soccer game based around the UEFA license. Effectively a merger between Rage software's Striker franchise and playstation/dreamcast evolution with Infogrames' UEFA license UEFA Striker offered a mix of arcade and simulation style gameplay and a certification mode, where the player was tested for skills in order to unlock game modes. The game featured many clubs from around the world in some form or another, but in it's primary game tournament mode was focused around European clubs. In addition to simple and quick selection of a 'friendly match' the game supported the following tournaments: Super Trophy - Featuring up to 32 teams drawn from a pool of over 40 of the most popular European teams. In round 1 the 32 teams start off in four leagues, each playing the other teams within the league twice. The top two teams from each league proceed to round two, similar to round one yet with two leagues of four teams. The top two teams play the final, a tie resolved with extra time and then penalties. National Team Qualifiers - a mode only unlocked when you reached 3/10 in certification tests. Belgium and Holland were not included in the list of 49 teams split into 9 groups in a pre-defined way. This was likely because the mode was designed to mirror the Euro 2000 competition, for which Infogrames did not own the license and so could not use the official name (the tournament was based in Holland/Belgium and they automatically qualified as a result). The player could choose to player any one of those 49 teams, one home and one away match against the other teams in the same group...the top team going to the finals. Group ties resolve by goal difference, scored then conceded. The best of out of all those teams which placed second in the groups also goes forward. The remaining eight second place enter a single knockout round, with four going through to the finals. National Team Finals - Must have certified 3/10 and succeeded in the National Team Qualifiers. The remaining 16 teams from the qualifiers (or a new selection), including Belgium and Holland are split into four groups of four, playing each group member once. The top two teams proceed to a knockout format - Quarters, Semis and Finals. Penalty shootouts settle ties. Territories Cup - Certified 5/10 unlocks this mode, basically league play around various world locations - completion of each cup unlocks the next territory. 8/10 in certification mode unlocked a bonus competition. The game also supported generic league and knockout tournament play, as well a classic matches - four preconfigured scenarios replaying historical matches. English live commentary was from Ron Atkinson and Jonathan Pearce."
37472,Front Page Sports: Baseball Pro '96 Season,,1996,6.9,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Whether you play as a manager, coach or player, Front Page Sports: Baseball Pro '96 Season offers detailed gameplay for each type of player. It has every MLB player and their most up-to-date stats as of 1996. Baseball Pro '96 season provides physics-based game play for total realism in ball-spin, air friction, etc. You can play in any of the 28 3D rendered major league parks. By setting the playing modes, you can decide whether you or the computer will control the managing, pitching, fielding, batting or baserunning. Gameplay can be controlled by using the joystick or keyboard."
37473,Star Wars: Force Commander,,2000,6.3,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"A real-time strategy (RTS) set in the STAR WARS universe, Force Commander is fully 3D both the environment and the units. This allows for full camera control which let's you see the action from any point. The innovative command system replaces 'harvesting' resources the norm in most RTS's rewarding you with points toward purchasing units as you accomplish mission goals. The game follows the life of Lt. Brenn Tantor a young officer in the Imperial Army, who after just graduating is assigned the task of finding 2 droids on tantooine. Brenn after becoming dissatisfied with the Empire joins the Rebellion. Battles take place on 9 planets each with it's own unique environments."
37479,Roadwars,Road Wars,1987,5.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Road Wars you are set charging up a long hilly road, trying to make a road safe after a protection malfunction. Crucially, this involves shooting out the barriers at the side of the road (and avoiding falling into the gaps they create). You always play against another droid, who can be treated as friend or foe - pushing them into the gap at the side you've just created is a particularly neat trick, especially when playing a human opponent. You are armed with a laser gun, which can be directed seperately from your main direction of motion. The roads include a range of hazards, including barriers and spikes, although bonus weaponry and a speed-up can be gained. Contact with these (or your opponent) will gradually drain your shields, and once these are gone you have little chance of surviving for long."
37486,Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon,,1993,7.9,"Adventure, Educational",,,"When Putt-Putt visits the fireworks factory, a slip of Pep's paw sends him rocketing to the moon. Once there, he must gather the pieces of a rocket ship to get himself and Pep back home to Earth."
37488,Street Smart,,1989,5.4,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"An arcade fighting game, Street Smart puts the player in the shoes of the ass-kicking ""Karate Man"" who travels across the country to participate in the Tag Championship. The game is played from a side-scrolling third person perspective in which players can move in any direction in a closed arena (limited by the cheering crowds and other street elements). Eight unique fighters must be faced in succession by using punches, kicks, and jumping against the progressively more difficult adversaries. The arcade version features a cooperative two-player mode, but this was excluded in the PS Mini release. As an unique feature of the Genesis version players can bet money on the outcome of the fights, and if they win they can use that money to upgrade the character stats to suit their playing style. Also added to the Genesis version are a Vs mode and a new special move that depletes part of your lifebar."
37496,Crystal Mines II,,1992,7.3,"Action, Puzzle",,,"Crystal Mines II is an update of the gameplay in its predecessor ; in a nutshell, overhead puzzle-solving best described as Chip's Challenge meets Boulder Dash with a touch of real-time elements thrown in. In Crystal Mines II, you operate a robot going through the abandoned crystal mines, picking up crystals and avoiding the underground demons that inhabit the mine. Mine levels are completed when a crystal quota is reached, however the quota is usually not the entire level so bonus points can be obtained by finding additional crystals. Like Boulder Dash, gravity is a factor and affects any boulders, crystals, etc. so they can be used as weapons against demons. There are also deceptive elements, such as ""Dormant"" demons that look like boulders, that add to the challenge. Finally, the robot has weapons that can be used to eliminate certain obstacles."
37497,007: James Bond - The Stealth Affair,"Operation Stealth, Operation Stealth: Secret Defense",1990,7.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"The Stealth Affair is a graphic adventure game with a point-and-click interface. The player controls the famous secret agent James Bond (John Glames in the European version), whose task is to travel to South America in order to locate and retrieve a newly designed F-19 stealth plane, which was stolen from the Naval Air Station in Miramar, California. The game is controlled by the same pop-up command menu consisting of six verbs that were introduced in Delphine's debut Future Wars: Adventures in Time However, it's been slightly improved and does now allow interaction with the inventory, like examining and combining items. The player can use many typical special agent gadgets, beginning with a passport forgery kit and ending with explosive cigarettes. Apart from solving puzzles, the player has to make it through some arcade sequences: escape the labyrinth, dive with limited breath, and dodge the evil guy's minions."
37499,Maru's Mission,Oira Jajamaru! Sekai Daibōken,1990,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"One day while Maru and Cori are taking a walk in Central Park, a strange thing happens. Out of nowhere this weird looking guy shows up and waylays the unsuspecting couple. Before Maru can respond, the weird looking guy and Cori vanish without a trace, leaving Maru behind wondering what in the world just happened. Maru's Mission is a side scrolling action game. Traveling throughout the world from such locations as the USA and Romania, you fight mythological monsters such as Isis and Dracula. Maru can shoot sparks in rapid succession and can also get access to a variety of powerful different weapons. Maru can collect hearts to replenish his health and jump to avoid obstacles or dodge enemies. Levels are usually finished by defeating a level boss which sometimes earns a new weapon."
37501,DinoCity,Dinowars: Kyōryū Ōkoku e no Daibōken,1992,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Timmy and his friend, Jaime go into Timmy's father's lab to watch a movie on the big screen. Little do they know that the big screen is actually a time machine. When Timmy touches the remote they are both sucked into prehistoric times. Now in order to return home they must reclaim a time machine fuse that was stolen by some Neanderthals who go by the name of ""The Rockies"". The Rockies are also looking to destroy DinoCity, so two dinosaurs named Rex and Tops decide to help out the two human children in their fight against the Neanderthals. Gameplay involves one of the humans riding one of the dinosaurs throughout six stages, To defeat the enemies, the player can jump on top of them, punch them, or throw projectiles at them. Defeated enemies may drop eggs. It is also possible for the human to dismount the dinosaur. The human will now be able to jump and reach higher places. The player can only take three hits before losing a life. Energy can be refilled by finding hearts throughout a level. Time is of the essence as all stages are timed."
37518,'43 - One Year After,1943: One Year After,1986,4.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",World War II,"'43 - One Year After is a vertical-scrolling shooter heavily inspired by 1942 (even a carrier take-off sequence is included). The player flies a Lockheed P-38 Lightning over the island-dotted Pacific during the World War 2, fighting against Japanese aircraft. You may collect powerups and perform defensive loop maneuver to avoid enemy fire (up to 3 times) - you have only three lives left. Player's progress is tracked on a map (left side of the screen)."
37520,Pitfall!,Pitfall Harry's Jungle Adventure,1982,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Pitfall! is a platform action game. You play Pitfall Harry who is on a quest to locate treasure deep in the jungle. With a little luck, you'll be able to find money bags, silver bars, gold bars, and diamond rings. But many obstacles will get in the way, some of which merely deduct points from your score, while others are fatal. Rolling logs and falling down a hole will deduct points, and scorpions, alligators, snakes, bottomless pits, swamps, and fires will cause Pitfall Harry to lose a life. You have 20 minutes to try to collect all of the treasures on the numerous screens if you can live that long!"
37522,Rags to Riches: The Financial Market Simulation,"Wall Street Manager, Wall Street Manager: Die Simulation Des Finanzmarktes",1993,7.2,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"You play a young college graduate who has been given a large sum of money by your parents to set up a company. You start in a crummy office on the Lower East Side of town, and as you dabble more in the stock market and make more money, you can take a trip to the mall and buy things from a porcelain dalmatian to a new office. You have to be careful, though- one wrong move with your money, and you end up penniless on the street."
37530,Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour,,1992,8.1,"Action, Simulation, Sports",,,"Jimmy Connors, ranked Number 1 for 159 weeks, holder of EIGHT Grand Slam titles and a record 109 single titles - more than any other male player in history - is the GREATEST tennis champion ever! Now YOU’RE Jimmy Connors, battling your way to the Number 1 spot. Past sixteen professional opponents. On center court of the most prestigious tournaments on the world circuit. Put a topspin on your serve and smash it past your opponent. Ace! Learn the strengths and weaknesses of each player as you climb the ranks to the top. Work with five professional coaches to hone your shots-lob, volley, forehand, backhand, net and serve. Play one or two player against one, two or three computer opponents. Realistic graphics and awesome sound. This is professional tennis at its very best! Source: UK Magazine Print Ad - SNES - 1993"
37533,Second Front: Germany Turns East,,1990,6.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,"Historical events, World War II","For the advanced wargamer, ""Second Front: Germany turns East"" is a division-level strategic game on a grand scale. The map extends from Berlin in the West to Stalingrad in the East, and covers the entire Russian Front. Players command over 150 German divisions and over 200 Soviet divisions, with asset information available to the individual tank, plane and infantry squad level."
37544,Need for Speed: V-Rally 2,"Test Drive V-Rally, V-Rally 2, V-Rally 2 Expert Edition, V-Rally Championship Edition 2",1999,7.8,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",Arcade,,"Need for Speed returns to dirt racing again in this sequel to Need for Speed: V-Rally The most significant differences are the track editor, improved graphics, and new game modes. There are 84 tracks and the game supports multiplayer with up to four players. This second installment comes with four game modes: an arcade mode for casual rally fans, a championship mode for people who want to compete against other rally cars for a title, a trophy mode, and a time trial mode. It features 16 different cars in three categories: World Rally Cars (Peugeot 206, Hyundai Coupe, Mitsubishi Lancer, Toyota Corolla, Subaru Impreza, Ford Focus, SEAT Córdoba, Škoda Octavia), 2L kit-cars (Peugeot 306, Citroën Xsara, SEAT Ibiza, Renault Megane, Vauxhall Astra) and 1.6L kit-cars (Citroën Saxo, Peugeot 106, Nissan Micra). A number of bonus cars can be unlocked as well by completing certain modes, such as winning the European or the World Championship. In the arcade mode you race against three opponents on the race track; whoever reaches the finish line first after a series of laps wins the stage. However, the main goal in a stage is to reach the next checkpoint before the countdown timer stops. Several stages form a level, for which you receive a total of three credits. Every time you fail to reach a checkpoint before the time runs out the race stops and you can use a credit to restart that particular stage. If there are no credits left, the entire level must be restarted. The trophy mode is a bit different. While winning a stage is still done by beating three opponents directly on the race track, to claim the trophy you have to register the best overall result, calculated by summing up all the stages' times. The championship mode is designed after the FIA World Rally Championship, where drivers compete for points. The European championship is divided into eight rounds, while the World and the Expert championships each have twelve. Every round has two (European, World) or three stages (Expert). This is the only mode where the car gets damaged if handled badly, but it can be repaired at the service park between stages in the following areas: engine, gear box, brakes, steering and suspensions. You only have 30 minutes, so if your car is seriously messed up you will not be able to restore it to a 100% condition for the next stage. At the end of the round the total time for all stages is compared between racers and the first six positions in the standings get a number of points based on their performance (for example the fastest gets 10 points, 2nd place gets 6 points, and so on). Whoever has the most points after all the rounds becomes the new champion. In the track editor the track is represented by a single line or ribbon. You can edit the curves and change the inclines or declines of each track piece. The only restriction is that trackpieces cannot overlap, so for example you cannot make an 8-shaped track. When playing the track, scenery is added procedurally depending on the curves and inclines and which country is selected. The 84 default tracks make use of the same engine."
37548,Metal Gear,,1987,7.0,Action,Stealth,,"Metal Gear features the exploits of special forces operative Solid Snake stealth mission into a hostile location known as Outer Heaven. Snake's goal is to eliminate a walking tank armed with nuclear capabilities. The original MSX version was later ported to the NES but was heavily altered featuring a different map layout among a litany of other changes. The mobile phone version is based on the MSX version with some additions such as including an easy mode, Boss Survival mode, and having the Infinite Bandana item."
37552,Down in the Dumps,,1996,7.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Down in the Dumps is a graphical adventure game in which the player takes control of the family Blub. In each chapter the player controls a different family member. The family of minuscule aliens wanted to go on holidays to another planet, but after a crash with evil aliens, they crash-land in a dump on earth. It is up to the player to take control of the family members and collect the required parts to reconstruct their spaceship. The game is played with the mouse in typical point & click adventure style. You can collect in an inventory and combine items with each other or use them with objects in the game world. The game makes use of prerendered backgrounds and characters. The entire game takes place on the dump and is in a comedic style."
37554,Star Wars: Demolition,,2000,5.8,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A demoliton derby in the Star Wars universe. Essentially, Vigilante 8 with Star Wars vehicles. Use anything from a Swoop Bike to a mind controlled Rancor. You can even play as Boba Fett. Boards include all of the worlds visited in the Star Wars movies (Tatooine, Hoth, Death Star, Endor, Dagobah, etc...). Single player, multi player, and tournament modes are available."
37569,Magic Boy,,1993,6.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Join Magic Boy as he attempts to become a master wizard, and he does this by shooting enemies, putting them in a bag, and throwing them away. He also must get through four areas: Sand Land, Wet World, Plastic Place, and Future Zone. There are also several power-ups that help him on his quest."
37580,Tank Battalion,,1980,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"In Tank Battalion you control a tank in a maze. One after another, enemy tanks enter the maze, and you must shoot them all before they reach and destroy your base. The maze walls can be shot and destroyed. After all white tanks are destroyed, you proceed to the next level. Each level layout calls for different tactics, depending on the formations of the walls. Some spots on certain levels make for perfect ambush tactics, on other levels you must rally back and forth to eradicate the enemy tanks. Occasionally a red tank appears, shoot it for bonus points."
37589,Birds of Prey,,1991,6.9,Simulation,,Cold War,"Birds of Prey is a flight simulation set in a fictional battle between the Soviet Union (B-side) and the Nato + allied (A-side). The player can fly up to 40 different planes and also control the whole battle campaign.Aircraft available for A-side: SAAB JAS-39 Gripen (Gryphon) Aircraft available for B-side: Antonov AN-124 Condor The player is required to select one side 'A' or 'B' in the conflict, and keep the save game for each pilot on a separate floppy. Each pilot you can fly different missions and aircraft, but only those from your own side. The player character flies from three land bases and two aircraft carriers on each side, and these bases can be damaged in several ways by enemy action, making them unavailable until repaired and reducing the available aircraft in the campaign.Mission types are: An autopilot mode is available for longer cruises, if the enemies are far off. The 'test pilot' mission involves flying the X-15/X-29 and is not a part of the campaign."
37592,Dark Castle,,1986,5.2,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The Black Knight has brought misery to the land, and the end way to end this is to enter his haunted house to slay him. You are the brave adventurer taking on this quest through 14 increasingly-tough zones. The bulk of the game is side-viewed, involving single screens to pass through, which incorporate ropes, cages and trapdoor. There are enemies walking, flying and hovering through this, and many of them respawn. Unusually your weapon to take them on (rocks) can be thrown through 360 degrees, which aims to make the gameplay more realistic and methodical. The screens were linked by hub screens, which the player passes through simply by clicking on a door."
37596,Warlocked,,2000,8.1,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"In the perilous world of Warlocked, a ferocious war is raging between the Human forces of Queen Azarel and the Beast horde of Chief Zog. Players can control either side, each of them offers 30 missions. Warlocked brings real-time strategy gaming to the Boy Color set in a fantasy warfare scenario. The key to victory is a balanced mix of resource gathering, building, exploration and combat. Adding a magical twist to the straightforward action is the presence of wizards, each of whom has one powerful spell. While some wizards can convert enemy troops to your side, others can change them into chickens or skeletons. More than 20 kinds of wizards are hidden throughout the game. Using a Game Link Cable, you can test your war skills against another player. Two-player battle maps are earned by progressing through the single-player game. Warlocked also enables you to build your own personal armies with resources that you have saved in your campaigns in single player mode, and then trade them with a friend using the infrared ports on the console."
37597,Baseball,"Arcade Archives: Vs. Baseball, Baseball-e, Nintendo Baseball",1983,4.9,Sports,,,"Baseball is a game where the player can pitch, hit, field, and run just like in a real baseball game. The player can choose between USA and Japan modes, two different teams, and among a line-up of unique players. In the 1-player game, the player is against the computer, and the in the 2-player game, their friend is their opponent."
37599,Bubba 'N' Stix,,1994,7.9,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Bubba is a happy-go-lucky animal delivery guy for the local Zoo here on Earth. One day, while going about his daily routine, Bubba is abducted by an alien that plans on delivering him along with several other aliens into his zoo. On the way back to his home planet, the alien spacecraft loses control and crashes and it gives the opportunity for Bubba, the other aliens, and Stix (a sentient twig-like alien) to escape. Bubba and Stix become friends and start on their journey home, They're now on an alien planet where things are a little bit different than they are on Earth. Take control of Bubba and Stix, who has various puzzle-solving tools (including a weapon), as they try to find a way back home. You'll have to solve mind-boggling puzzles and fight all kinds of wacky aliens. If you're planning to return to Earth, you'll have to have fast reflexes and be able to think fast and sometimes sideways. The game consists of five levels that vary in terms of graphics, music, and type of puzzles that need to be solved. On his way, Bubba will find little blobs and other aliens that after each level are summed up and according to how many of them have been collected, the player is awarded additional seconds in the bonus level."
37606,Command Adventures: Starship,,1993,6.2,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year 2127 marked the end of the great interstellar war. Twelve cultural empires declared peace among one another, ending the overt hostilities. In the aftermath, the galaxy is full of planets unclaimed to any particular government. As a starship captain, you have been commissioned to explore space for these available worlds and conquer them for the glory of your race. Command Adventures: Starship is a game focusing on exploration, space combat and ground combat. The player chooses from among 12 races and begins at a starbase. Options are available to hire crew members, buy new ships and new equipment. Leaving the starbase, the player controls space flight from an overhead view. They may encounter combat with alien ships which is also handled from this view. Upon discovery of a planet or a disabled ship, the player can land/dock and send an away team to secure the area. Away team members are selected from among the crew and available equipment. Planets must be secured by including Engineers on the away team who are able to build an Isolation Grid from the four corners of the map. Money is earned through capturing alien weaponry or conquering planets."
37609,Dragon Skulle,,1986,6.4,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"In this game, you are trying to search for the evil skull of souls. You begin on a small island where the evil skull has summoned many minions to eliminate you. You discover that many people have tried to obtain this skull. Their graves are inside the cave, and their life force may help you or try to kill you. The ultimate forces of chaos and darkness are gathering as they meet you in the cave. The aim of the game is to destroy the skull of souls. As Sir Arthur Pendragon the player can use various objects to progress through the game; a spade can be used to dig holes, a magical energy cloak grants temporary invulnerability to many enemies. Enemies can also be dispatched by shooting magical orbs at them."
37611,Battleship,"Battle Ships, Battleships",1987,6.8,Strategy / tactics,,,"What can you add to Battleship over the pencil and paper version? A computerized opponent, fairly obviously, as well as the chance to play without using up the earth’s limited paper and pen resources. The possibility of cheating is removed as well. Elite go beyond this by changing the shapes of the ships to be more Tetris style, and allowing these to be placed at each of the 4 main angles. A ‘Salvo Fire’ mode sees each player fire a succession of shots (each of your six ships gets four shots a turn until it’s sunk), meaning that strategic play involves firing on a wide range initially in the hope of finding a ship, before homing in on the area in the next turn. Finally, there’s an animated sequence for each go, which is depicted as an air strike. As well as standard two-player games, there’s also a multi-player mode in which the winner’s score accumulates until he loses, allowing for a “winner stays on” structure if there are 3 or more of you."
37613,Pitfall II: Lost Caverns,David Crane's Pitfall II: Lost Caverns,1984,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Metroidvania, Platform",South America,"You play Pitfall Harry searching for the Raj diamond, his niece Rhonda, her cat Quickclaw and a variety of treasures somewhere in the Andes. Poisonous frogs, eels, scorpions, bats, and other hazards get in the way. Pitfall II is the sequel to Pitfall! the original platform game. Gameplay has remained pretty much the same, with each screen presenting a side view of obstacles to get past, and potentially treasures to collect. The landscape is more maze-like, with a variety of paths and dead ends to search. Along the way, there are checkpoints the player will encounter in the form of red crosses. When the player dies, Pitfall Harry will be sent back to the most recently crossed checkpoint. The score is reduced based on the distance traveled to get to the cross. As he explores Harry can collect gold bars which give him a 5000 points award. His total score acts as an energy reserve. If the score is reduced to zero then the game ends and the player must restart from the beginning."
37615,The Amazon Trail,Expédition Amazone,1993,6.7,"Educational, Simulation",,,"The protagonist of the game sees a strange dream: a black jaguar appears and introduces himself as a servant of the Inca king. He explains that the Inca people are dying of malaria and endangered by the European explorers. The jaguar is willing to transfer the hero to the past, where he/she will have to look for the cinchona plant and deliver it to the Inca king. Part of the Trail series of educational games, The Amazon Trail features a gameplay system similar to the other installments, with adventure and simulation elements. The player will have to choose travel guides, make travel plans, manage supplies, navigate a boat on the Amazon river, encounter many indigenous animal species, take pictures, and catch fish in order to survive the hazards of the journey. At certain points in the game, time-traveling is also available, and the player is able to meet historical characters. Upon the completion of the main quest, players are graded according to their gameplay style, taking into account personal activities, number of animals identified, additional gifts brought to the Inca king, etc."
37616,Madden NFL 2000,,1999,6.8,Sports,,,"The first entry in the long-running Madden football series on the Game Boy Color is also the first entry in the series on a handheld in three years. The versions on consoles and computers having migrated to 3D graphics, the GBC edition uses traditional sprite-based 2D with a top-down view of the playing field. Game modes include Exhibition matches, Sudden Death games (first team to score wins), Full Seasons and Playoffs. Progress can be saved through use of passwords. Game features include many known from other iterations of the series, such as player injuries and substitutions, audibles, detailed statistics, control of weather and game time, and more. The playbook not only includes a wide number of standard plays, but also a variety of trick plays like fake field goals and reverse plays. Team and player names and statistics are from the 1999 NFL season."
37629,Express Raider,"Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Express Raider, Retro Classix: Express Raider, Western Express",1986,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform, Shooter",,"Your aim in life is to be the greatest train robber in the Wild West, a multi-stage task. Your character has plenty of attacking kicks and punches to use on anyone who gets in his way, starting with the local banker, and then some coyotes roaming the plains, who are easier dodged than killed. After this, you find yourself atop the train, attacking a succession of guards in one-on-one beat ‘em up duels, each of which must be won outright within the time limit to avoid losing a life. Many of these shoot at you, so dodge their shots as you attack them. The game offers a practice mode, in which you have 32 lives to try to improve your skills, and a ‘normal’ mode in which you have unlimited continues as long as you can reach the high-score table with each continue – in this mode, as in the ‘advanced’ mode in which you must always start again from scratch, you have 5 lives"
37630,Ooops Up,,1990,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this game, you are a space traveller lost in space. You have to travel to 100 stars (or levels), to collect the necessary components to build a new space-ship, one that is able to get you back to earth. The game plays a lot like the more well-known Pang Each level is a single screen, and to complete it, you have to destroy some bouncing asteroids. If you touch one of them, or the time runs out, you lose one life. Your weapon is some sort of harpoon, that can only shoot straight up. When it hits an asteroid, the asteroid splits into two smaller versions of itself, unless it's already the smallest variant. If that's the case, it finally gets destroyed. When all asteroids are destroyed, you travel to the next star. Repeat this 100 times, and your ship will be completed, and the game is won. You can also get different bonus-items, such as a gun, time-stoppers, shields making you temporarily invulnerably, and other stuff."
37631,Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail,"Conquests of Camelot I: The Search for the Grail, Conquests of Camelot: King Arthur - The Search for the Grail",1990,7.4,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"It is the ninth century, and Camelot, the legendary castle ruled by King Arthur, has fallen under a curse. Famine and drought plague the kingdom because of the love triangle between the king, his wife Gwenhyver, and the knight Launcelot. It appears that only the mysterious Holy Grail can restore Camelot, and three knights - Launcelot, Gawaine, and Galahad - embark on a journey to find it, and soon disappear without a trace. King Arthur leaves his castle in search of the missing knights, hoping to locate the Grail as well. His quest takes him to real and mythical locations in England, and later to Jerusalem and other areas of the Holy Land. Conquests of Camelot is an adventure game that requires the player to input text commands, mostly by combining verbs and objects (such as ""look man"", ""take purse"", etc). A few commands (such as ""ask about"") have keyboard shortcuts. Unlike most other adventures, the game does not focus extensively on inventory-based puzzles. Rather, it presents a diverse array of tasks depending on concrete situations. These involve exploration, solving riddles, gathering information, participating in arcade sequences such as jousting, and others. Rudimentary money management is present as well. Many problems have different solutions, and it is possible to reach the final part of the game even without having completed some of the essential quests (e.g. failing to save the knights). However, Arthur is being judged by the game in three different categories: skill (referring to the action sequences), wisdom (evaluating the amount of cultural information gathered), and soul (determining the moral value of Arthur's action). Failure to achieve a high score in the last category leads to a bad ending. The game is set in a concrete historical period, but adds an alternate reality to it, assuming that pagan deities really existed, but were overshadowed by Christian worship. However, there are only a few references to real religious practices of the time or any historical characters."
37632,Rome: Pathway to Power,Rome AD 92,1992,7.3,"Adventure, Strategy / tactics",,"Classical antiquity, Europe, Historical events","Rome: Pathway to Power is set - as the name implies - in Ancient Rome. You start life as a poor slave in Herculaneum, which, along with Pompeii, was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Eventually you travel to Rome and climb the social ladder, becoming a Captain in the army, a Senator and eventually Emperor of Rome. Four of the game's six levels are adventure style romps, while in the other two levels you control an army in an attempt to conquer an enemy of Rome. The game contains many characteristic details to be seen around the levels; from naked people running around the Baths, to buying slaves to fight in the Gladiatorial games. There are instances in which you have the freedom to choose how to deal with various problems."
37634,Space Griffon VF-9,"Blue Steel Cavalryman, Sōkō no Kihei: Space Griffon",1995,6.7,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Space Griffon VF-9 is a graphically enhanced version of the earlier computer game Hamlet The largest moon base, ""Hamlet"", has stopped responding to communication. It is up to you to determine what happened, and fix it. The game mixes typical FPS gameplay with RPG elements. You are inside a giant mech that can transform into a shape fit for walking, driving, and a mixture of both. You can move square-by-square, with 90-degree turns, slide left or right, and look up and down. By defeating enemies, the invisible RPG elements are introduced: you have hit points, energy points, and you can collect weapons and items. When an enemy approaches, this is shown through an icon, along with the distance. The environment is claustrophobic and maze-like, and includes many enemies. The game features an unusually large amount of plot for a game of this type, mostly consisting of conversations between your teammates, who are always in other parts of the station."
37642,Bubble Trouble,,1987,6.6,Action,,,"In Bubble Trouble the player controls a bubble in the bath who longs for freedom. The problem: only big bubbles float away so the goal is to increase in size while avoiding all sorts of deadly obstacles. The bath is viewed from the side and the player's bubble is controlled with the joystick. Smaller bubbles rise up from the ground, nine of which must be eaten within a time limit of 60 seconds to advance to the next level. Besides some nasties already present in the bath, from time to time some bathroom accessories like nail brushes or shampoo will fall down and must be avoided. Only the soap can also be eaten for bonus points."
37645,Red Comrades: Save the Galaxy - Reloaded,Petka i Vasilij Ivanovich Spasajut Galaktiku,1999,7.5,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Once upon a time in a galaxy far far away, an alien colony ship suffered an accident. As a result, the Earth got a new satellite in orbit, which in time came to be known as ""The Moon"". Some years later, in the beginning of the civil war in Russia, the shot from the Aurora (the massive cannon which was used to signal the beginning of the war in 1917) somehow reached this moon and triggered the hibernation systems. The aliens wake up. The aliens are pissed. So the aliens seek a place to conquer. And the aliens find one: the remote town of Gadukino, which just happened to be on the border between the territories of the Red and White armies. The situation was stagnant, and the only thing that could change that was an alien invasion. Eventually, it's up to Petka and Vasilij Ivanovich Chapaev, two losers just looking for more vodka and trying to lay Anka, to save the galaxy. Petka i Vasilij Ivanovich Spasajut Galaktiku is an adventure game in Russian. The protagonists of the game are historical characters rendered comical and absurd by resembling their caricatures from popular Soviet jokes. The gameplay follows a traditional humorous Western adventure template with multiple dialogue choices and inventory-based puzzles."
37647,Running Wild,,1998,6.1,Racing / Driving,,Fantasy,"This original take on racing sets you up as a bipedal animal, jumping over all sorts of obstacles in an attempt to speed past your wild competition. Each of the game's six tracks is set in a vastly different locale, presenting unique challenges for every animal on the roster. Choose from six beastly characters, each with a different skill set: The elephant is the strongest, the bull is the most agile, and the zebra is the fastest. Hidden boss characters can be unlocked in the game's Challenge mode, while Time Trial allows you to race against your own best time. There's a wide variety of speed-ups and power-ups out there, and you'll need them to get faster, bigger, or more powerful. Who needs combat cars when you can race jungle animals?"
37651,Clay Fighter: Tournament Edition,,1994,6.7,Action,Fighting,,"The Tournament Edition of Clay Fighter fixes some glitches and adds new features to the original 2D fighting game. Most scenarios were changed or redone, the graphics are brighter and the gameplay is faster. The characters can now perform three and four-hit combos. More voice-overs and a new introduction cut-scene were added. Three kinds of tournaments are now available: double elimination, single elimination and sudden death. One, four or eight players can join the tournaments, with the option of renaming their characters for customization."
37652,Grand Slam: World Class Tennis,,1986,6.5,Sports,,,"Grand Slam: World Class Tennis is a tennis simulation in which the player has the opportunity to participate in the four grand slam tournaments which consist of three matches each. While the mouse-controls itself offer no surprises, the player needs to click at the right time to start a hit and depending on the ball and athlete position either a forehand or backhand is played. There are a variety of factors which influence the match: The court surface and weather influences the ball movement and the chosen racket influence the hitting. Additionally there is the option to complain against a referee decision and a practice mode in which the match settings can be changed."
37653,Bionic Commando,Hitler no Fukkatsu: Top Secret,1988,7.7,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"At some point during the 1980's the world has become a stage of battle between the Federation and the Empire. The latter sees itself as the successor state to the malevolent Badds, also known as the Nazz. One day, the Federation discovers that the Imperial leader Generalissimo Killt decides to complete an unfinished project codenamed ""Albatros"" and started by the Badds. The Federation sends their hero Super Joe to stop the Empire's plans, but he is captured. Ladd Spencer, a member of the special FF Battalion, is dispatched to rescue Super Joe and uncover the enemy's secrets. This version of Bionic Commando is loosely based on the original arcade game and its computer ports having different levels and plot. The protagonist is a soldier with a bionic arm that extends and contracts. His arm allows him to grab on to fixed objects to swing around and climb up platforms, which is the only way to do so due to the lack of a jumping ability. The arm also grabs opponents and pulls them towards the player character. After most levels the Bionic Commando will receive items. Often these items are required to successfully complete other levels. Additionally, each level will require a different colored communicator in order to make sense of message traffic."
37661,Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey,,1996,7.4,Sports,,,"This Midway title comes with all official NHL hockey teams and players with the ability to play a full season with complete stats. It also lets you play either three-on-three, four-on-four or five-on-five teams in either arcade style arenas or official regulation arenas. Carrying the NHLPA and NHL licenses, 26 teams are included with their real names, logos and uniforms. The game has several different camera angles in a full 3D environment. As apparent through the title, it is personally endorsed by player Wayne Gretzky"
37663,Devil's Crush,"Devil Crash, Devil Crash MD, Devil Crash: Naxat Pinball, Devil's Crush: Naxat Pinball, Dragon's Fury",1990,8.3,Action,Pinball,Fantasy,"Imagine an adventure game in the format of pinball, and you get Dragon's Fury. Your hero is a small silver ball, and your battlefield is a three-tiered pinball machine. Using your ball, you can defeat monsters, rack up points, and enter bonus stages. If you play with enough skill, you can trigger all sorts of point-accumulating bonuses. If you get one billion points, you get to fight the final boss and view the ending to the game."
37664,Falcon 3.0,,1991,8.3,Simulation,,Contemporary,"Another update of the hardcore simulation Falcon from Spectrum Holobyte with everything that fans of the game expect, while taking advantage of the latest computer technology. Better missions in this version, as well as being able to fly in an 8-plane force, which you can do while linked to another computer, either by dialup modem or the ever loveable null-modem!"
37665,Bored of the Rings,,1985,7.3,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"No prizes for guessing the inspiration for this one. The Great Ring needs to be returned to Mount Doom, a treacherous task to be undertaken by Fordo the Boggit. Spam, Pimply and Murky are his country-bumpkin friends, and he will later meet with Bumbadil and Hashberry, two old hippies. The main quest involves meeting up with Legoland the Elf, Giblet the Dwarf and Aragont. In keeping with the humour, familiar locations become ""the featureless plain below the pink mountain"", ""Lake Anadin"" and the ""Land of the Personal-Stereo-Wearing Goblins"". Bored of the Rings is an interactive fiction game with graphics made using Quill. The interface allows the player to take and use items using VERB NOUN commands, and talk to characters. The game is split into three parts, accessed via passcodes. The tape also includes issue 1 of Sceptical Delta 4's short-lived magazine on tape."
37666,Catalypse,,1992,7.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Catalypse is a horizontally-scrolling shoot'em up where you guide your ship against the alien CLIO civilization through five big levels, including a moon base, an alien forest, dark caverns, and an ancient city. The levels are full of small enemies, both stationary and mobile. There are also bigger mid-level creatures and of course level end guardians. These include screen-filling giant creatures, robots and spaceships. On your way you can collect cumulative weapon power ups hidden in capsules. Available are angled forward shots, a backward shot, an angled bouncing laser, a powerful forward laser, and up to two hovering and indestructible satellites. Unique characteristics of the game include sampled speech in the introduction and an extended animated ending sequence."
37668,Operation Logic Bomb,Ikari no Yousai,1993,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"At a secret lab developing technology in interdimensional physics, some kind of accident has occurred. Suddenly all contact is lost with the facility and the power shut down. The dimensional fabric surrounding the facility seems weak and strange monsters have been sighted. Concerned, an unknown agency preps a cybernetic soldier and his weapons to investigate... Playing as the bionic soldier, this game is a top-down shooter. The player must blast their way through enemy forces and the activate various switches to progress. Accessing computer memory banks throughout the facility will reveal footage of the accident and give some idea of all it happened. Additionally, dimensional holes have opened up all around the levels allowing monsters to appear and making certain paths, walls and technologies inaccessible until the area has been stabilized. The soldier uses a main weapon and a secondary weapon to progress, both of which can be cycled at any time and upgraded to new weapons found in the area."
37669,Skyfox,,1984,7.0,"Action, Simulation",Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Aliens have invaded your beloved homeland, and you must help save it. You are flying the Skyfox, the most advanced attack fighter plane available to the Federation, from within the cockpit. Skyfox is complete with deflection shields, laser cannons, five guided and five heat-seeking missiles and a top speed of Mach IV. The 15 scenarios can be played at 5 skill levels. You will have to fight tanks, enemy planes and the mothership. Use the radar to locate enemy vehicles, and the long-range scanner to ensure that no wave reaches your base before you can take it out. Keep an eye on your shields, and on fuel levels - you can dock at the base to refuel."
37670,Ghost House,Chapolim x Drácula: Um Duelo Assustador,1986,5.6,Action,Platform,,"You're about to inherit the family jewels. If you can get to them, that is. They're hidden inside the haunted mansion, which wouldn't be such a big deal if it weren't infested with Draculas, Bats, Fire Blowers, Mummies, and other deadly weirdos. You'll have to ward off or destroy everything that gets in your way -- no matter how grotesque it appears. Furthermore, you'll have to keep punching your way through the mansion until you find the secret key. You then have to use it to open one of the five coffins, defeat Dracula, capture the jewel he drops, and make your way out of the mansion. You play the role of Mick, and everything is going to stop you from completing these tasks and making you way out of the mansion. You just have to punch, or jump on, your enemies to defeat them. And arrows will be flying from either direction and will attempt to hit you on the head, and you must either duck or jump on them for extra points. You can jump or touch lights to freeze everything on screen for a few seconds. Rather than punching, you can collect a sword on the lower level by jumping on it as it flies past you. The sword is useful when you fight Dracula or getting rid of Fire Blowers. You start the game with three lives, and receive an additional life every 50,000 and 150,000 points. You also have an energy meter. You lose energy when you touch one of the monsters. When you run out of energy, you lose a life. You gain energy by collecting treasures scattered throughout the mansion, and it is restored when you kill a Dracula. In the Brazilian release Chapolim X Drácula: Um Duelo Assustador (which translates Chapolim vs. Dracula: A Frightening Duel) the hero Mick is replaced by Chapolim (or El Chapulín Colorado in original Spanish), a famous Mexican character from a TV series. Chapolim is a parody to superheroes in general. He dresses a red grasshopper costume with a yellow heart in the chest with the leters ""CH"". He also usually carries his Marreta Biônica (Chipote Chillón in the original, Squeaky Mallet in English) a red (toy) hammer. All the text in this version of the game is in Portuguese."
37671,Adrenalynn,,1991,6.5,"Action, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Adrenalynn is a futuristic, action-oriented sports game. Artificial Intelligence took over Earth and the winner of the ""Adrenalynn"" championship may decide humanity's future. So naturally, the player participates with the goal to win the major league (there are overall three with increasing difficulties). The game itself is a bit like indoor soccer with four athletes (armed with guns) and on a smaller playing field with bumpers. A match lasts 120 seconds and there are various power-ups to collect. Each player only takes control over a single athlete. The sportsmen show up on the screen as balls."
37674,Scary Monsters,,1986,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"Ex-football star and adventure Harry Johns has become stranded on Dr. Graves' island with his girlfriend Conny. Graves is a psychotic surgeon who has found an obsession with monsters. He has turned the island's inhabitants into ghosts, mummies, werewolves, and witches. Furthermore, in the buildings which they roam are six sleeping monsters including a witch, a mummy, a werewolf, Frankenstein, Dracula, and a hunchback. These monsters need to be destroyed, and in order to accomplish the task, Harry must find the correct weapon stored in one of the six buildings and use it to destroy said monster, but these weapons are not usually found in the same building as the monster it is designed to kill. The monsters usually hide at the right end of the building, but in order to reach it, Harry must deal with the inhabitants by shooting at them or using his limited number of Peek-a-Boos to wipe them out of sight. When certain inhabitants are destroyed, they leave behind severed hands which must be jumped over. Among the status bar are six pictures of the monsters, and a picture of a gravestone replaces one of them if the monster is destroyed."
37676,Snowball,,1983,7.6,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Snowball 9 was sent to Colonize Eridani A, with robots sent to prepare the territory around 100 years before human beings arrive, but something went wrong en route. Commander Kim Kimberley became aware of this when she was abruptly awoken from hibernation. Snowball is an interactive fiction game, which uses compression techniques to provide 7000 rooms in computers of this size. Kim must go from her hibernation chamber to the ship controls, and then work them to guide the ship safely to Eridani. Commands like INVENTORY, EXAMINE, TAKE and USE are available. Objects include a drinks machine, a bed, green foam, Kevlar and a silver tray."
37684,Pro Pinball: The Web,Pro Pinball: Ultimate 3D Pinball,1995,7.5,Action,Pinball,,"In this pinball simulation, you play on a table called ""The Web"". With the help of three flippers, you must send the ball into the various openings, trapdoors, and ramps. You can gain various bonuses (such as several balls to knock at the same time) if you play particularly well. Some of the targets activate special missions when you hit them with a ball. Those missions vary from aiming at specific targets to playing mini-games, such as shooting asteroids. After you have completed five missions, you'll be able to face the Dark Queen, the off-screen antagonist of the game. Unlike many other pinball games, ""The Web"" aims for realistic simulation of pinball. The game implements real table physics, and doesn't feature any unrealistic gadgets or living enemies."
37686,Sláine,Slaine from 2000 AD,1987,6.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The last of the evil Drune Wizards who have been ruling Lyonesse is dead. Don't get the champagne out yet though, because his evil power lives on until his name (which, as with all the Drunes, is a closely-guarded secret) is said. The only person who knows it is his daughter, who is trapped in Small Sky Tower. This, coupled with the fact that she's reputedly beautiful, is all the incentive Slaine needs to track her down. The game system is unusual - known as REFLEX, it is menu-based, but these menus appear and disappear in real-time, meaning that the game has a constant aspect of pressure and time-sensitivity. You must collect and examine objects, map your way through Lyonesse, and use your mighty sword where needed. Slaine must keep an eye on his Warp rating, which drops in unsuccessful combat but is replenished either by physical (eating food) or mental (the high of winning a battle, or having a run of time without one) factors, and has a big effect on his performance."
37687,Samurai Shodown! 2: Pocket Fighting Series,Samurai Spirits! 2,1999,7.5,Action,Fighting,Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval),"Samurai Shodown! 2: Pocket Fighting Series is basically Samurai Shodown 64: Warriors Rage for a handheld system. However it is not a direct port since it makes concessions that its' previous Neo Geo handheld counterpart did. All the characters from the Arcade game appear here, except for Hanma Yagyu, but this version adds the characters Charlotte and Jubei Yagyu. Gameplay modes include One Player, Survival, and VS mode. In the Survival mode players can earn eight cards for each playable fighter, which can increase a fighters stats or give them additional special moves. Options let the player choose the difficulty level, points needed to win, and the amount of time per round (for both the player and their opponent for the latter two options)."
37691,BMX Kidz,,1987,5.5,"Action, Sports",,,"In this game, the player must compete against five BMX riders in a race against the clock. There are six tracks in the game, complete with stunts and wheelies that the player must accomplish in order to proceed onto the next track. Riding the bike causes energy to be lost, but soda cans can be collected to replenish it. Also, doing stunts causes the player to crash down hard, losing spokes (wheels). Replacement spokes, like the soda cans, can be collected along the way. The game ends when the player does not qualify, runs out of time, or has no spokes left."
37698,Star Fox,StarWing,1993,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is the first SNES title using the Super FX chip; you are flying ace Fox McCloud, who with his trusted wingmen and his powerful Arwing starfighter, must rid the Lylat System of the evil that surrounds it. Wave after wave of enemies will fly towards you, and with the advice of your wingmen, you must guide your way through each level and take down as many as you can."
37700,Borobodur: The Planet of Doom,,1992,6.1,"Action, Racing / Driving","Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The evil and mad Dr. Ragnova currently visits the planet Borobodur in order to construct a machine which has the power to destroy all technology and trigger a new dark age. Fortunately for the universe, Special Agent Johnson is on the way to set things right. Borobodur: The Planet of Doom is a genre-mix. The majority of levels is spent in side-scrolling platform levels. The goal is to find a number of hidden objects in order to open the exit to the next level. However, there are two major obstacles on the way: puzzles (mostly switch related) and enemies which try to kill Johnson. The latter problem is solved by shooting them and collecting power-ups which, for example, restore life energy or improve the gun. In other levels, the game becomes more focused on driving. The player controls a space ship (the camera is behind the vehicle) and has to survive until the end is reached. There are enemy ships to shoot as well as a boost function. There is also a third kind of level where the player moves blocks over a board in order to recreate a given pattern within a time limit."
37705,Time Bandit,,1983,7.0,"Action, Adventure","Arcade, Interactive fiction / text adventure",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Time Bandit is a Gauntlet-style arcade game with text adventure elements. Having nothing to do with the Terry Gilliam movie Time Bandits this game utilises the time-travel theme for a fast-paced preview of the concept getting famous with Gauntlet two years later. Your bandit visits 16 different worlds throughout time to grab as much loot as possible and, in the long run, do some universe-saving stuff as well. Each of the 16 locations -- featuring such varied places like a medieval arena, a bomb factory, a wrecked spaceship and a ghost town -- is basically a labyrinth filled with treasure and -- you guessed it -- monsters. You've got to dodge these or blast them with your weapon, while collecting keys, opening doors and searching for the exit. Although theoretically each location consists of 16 sub-levels, these are merely the basic layout flipped or mirrored, some items redistributed and the monster speed increased. After completing a level, you return to the world map, where you may freely choose the next challenge (nice) and save your game (very nice). Interestingly, Time Bandit tries to spice up the fast arcade action with text adventure scenes. Due to this strange mixture, you will occasionally bump into persons or computer consoles with which interaction is possible. For example, you've got to explore and repair the damaged spaceship Excalibur. However, the parser is crude at best; you'll have to know exactly what to do, or else you will trigger no reaction. Gaming veterans will discover a score of elements of and allusions to arcade classics, such as Tutankham Pac-Man Centipede Bomberman, and others."
37706,Woody Pop,Woody Pop - Shinjinrui no block-kuzushi,1987,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Every system must have a Breakout clone and every self-respecting developer must have one, especially in the mid-eighties, following the success of Taito 's Arkanoid Sega's answer was called Woody Pop With a wooden paddle, which in fact is Woody the tree spirit, you bounce your ball against bricks laid out in a big house filled with toys. The toys will come out to disturb you. When you hit ""mystery bricks"", wind-up toy soldiers or robots come out, obstructing your ball. On some levels, a toy train will cross your path as well. Speaking of wells, the bottom of the screen is not a big black hole as in most other games of this kind – instead the whole covers only a part of the wall, so that even if you miss the ball, it might bounce back in the corners. Once a room is cleared, you can choose freely between up to three adjacent rooms to progress to, making this game less linear than usual. Like any post-Arkanoid game, there is a range of powerups released from special blocks. Most are known from other games such as the double-ball, the growing bat or the ""diamond ball"", which destroys all blocks in its path without ricocheting. Some invented by Sega are the fire ball, which sets blocks on fire, allowing them to destroy even neighbouring blocks, and the big ball, which hits bricks with more power, thereby destroying brick with one hit that would otherwise have required several."
37708,Pirates! Gold,,1993,7.8,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,"Age of Discovery / Enlightenment, Sea pirates / Caribbean","As with the original this is a blend of strategy, action and adventure. Pirates! Gold lets you play the role of a beginning buccaneer in the 17th century Spanish Main, in search of fame and fortune. Each town in this untamed raw region has different surprises and dangers. How you acquire stature is up to you; you can make your living through honest trade and the search for hidden treasure, or you can be a little more daring and attack and plunder ships. As you can choose a specific skill to stand out in, the game can vary each time. Sword fighting is played out in side-view action sequences."
37711,Bram Stoker's Dracula,,1993,5.5,Action,Fighting,,"Loosely based on the 1992 film of the same name, players take the role of Jonathan Harker whose mission is to destroy ""the horrible creature known as Dracula once and for all"" by visiting many of the locations from the film and fighting the enemies located there. This Sega CD game is a side-scrolling action title that makes use of digitized backgrounds (sometimes with interesting effects), digitized actors/objects, voice briefings before each level and full motion video cutscenes from the film. The top of the screen is taken up by a stylish display showing the player's score, health bar and the health bar of the enemy boss of the level (should there be one). Players, controlling Jonathan Harker can move left and right on the screen, jump in the air, perform a high kick and rapidly punch. Using these skills, Jonathan must defeat all manner of enemies including bats, zombies, vampires. Powerups can be found at various points, usually descending from the top of the screen. These include: an invulnerability powerup which also instantly kills enemies, a health restore powerup."
37723,Air Cavalry,,1995,6.0,Action,Shooter,"Asia, Middle East, South America","A standard helicopter war-game, featuring the Air Cavalry division. The game is played in a third person view using mode 7 graphics, with the cockpit displayed in splitscreen. There are three campaign areas to fly in: Middle East, Indonesia, and Central America. There are also 2 player versus and co-op split-screen modes."
37724,Goal!,"Super Cup Soccer, Super Goal!",1992,7.0,Sports,,,"Goal! is a soccer game featuring an Exhibition mode and a Super Cup mode. In the Exhibition mode the player gets to choose from 24 different international teams and play the computer or another player in a single soccer match. The Super Cup mode lets the player select a team and play against the three other teams in the group on their road to winning the Super Cup. Before a soccer game starts, players get to choose a formation and set the game options. Options include turning on or off offsides, fouls, radar (a minimap showing where the players are positioned on the field), and whether to make the goal kick automatic or not. Players can also set the amount of time the each half of the game will last from as low as 1 minute to all the way up to 45 minutes. During the game, players play on a horizontal field trying to move close to their opponent's goal and then try to kick in a goal to score a point. The team with the most points scored when the time expires wins the game."
37735,Soldier of Fortune,"SOF, Soldier of Fortune: Tactical Low-Violence Version",2000,7.4,Action,Shooter,"Africa, Asia, Contemporary, Europe, Middle East, North America","A terrorist organization has stolen nuclear weapons from a facility in Russia, intending to sell them to various third-world nations, initiating a global conflict. The player takes the role of John Mullins, a US mercenary working for an organization known as ""The Shop"". The goal is simple: hunt the villains across the globe, thwart their evil plans, and save the world! Like most 3D shooters, Soldier of Fortune consists mainly of exploring the environments and killing the enemies that try to impede the player's progress. It is one of the first shooters to isolate over 20 different body regions and show/inflict damage to those regions. For example, if the player character shoots an enemy in the foot, the enemy will limp. The game was also notable for including realistic gore animations resulting from the injuries sustained by the enemies."
37738,Madden NFL 98,,1997,7.2,Sports,,,"Playcalling expert John Madden again licenses Electronic Arts' flagship football simulation. New features for 1998 include more advanced Quarterback functions such as the ability to play lob passes and adjust timing patterns, and more instinctive AI features to adjust as the match goes on. Squad features have also been advanced, with the opportunity to create plays and trade them. Gameplay is much the same as the other editions, with the full season on offer as well as playoffs and the Superbowl. Everything is presented TV-style, with play-by-play analysis and reports. The contemporary NFL teams are joined by great squads of the past."
37747,Digimon World,,1999,6.7,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"You're a young boy who loved playing with the Digimon virtual pet with his friends after school. One day after he came home, his virtual pet started to glow and then all of a sudden he gets sucked in. You land in a place called the Digital World and you meet the leader Jijimon and your Digimon partner (either Agumon or Gabumon). Then, Jijimon explains to you the crisis that a terrible force has disrupted the island and you have to stop it.You have to raise your Digimon by feeding it, training it, fighting, putting it to sleep, taking care of illness and exhaustion and going to the toilet. You have to restore the island by fighting digimon and letting them join the city. Your main objective is to make it to Infinity Mountain and the real enemy, Machinedramon! Since you can only go to the Ultimate level you have to have strategy to win the fight. Do you have the strength and skill to defeat this almost foe?"
37749,Flight Sim Toolkit,,1991,6.6,Simulation,,,"Flight Sim Toolkit is a feature-rich package of tools with which you can create your own custom aircraft, worlds, and challenging flight sim scenarios. A Windows-based set of tools allows you to save your creations as stand-alone DOS games. These tools include a world editor with which to create custom landscapes, a shape editor that allows the creation of objects (e.g., trees, cars, houses) that can be placed on the landscape, a color editor that allows control over the game's palette, a cockpit editor with which to develop the in-cockpit graphics and a model editor with which to develop flight models for aircraft. FST includes a fully working, flight simulation game called ""Top Gun"". Aside from being a game that can be played in itself, players can opt to use the tools in FST to alter elements of Top Gun into a whole new gaming experience."
37767,Ballblazer,,1985,6.9,"Action, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 3037, the most competitive sport in the known universe is Ballblazer. For the first time ever, humans from the planet Earth have won the right to compete in the final round of the Ballblazer Championship, to fight for Earth's honor and the title Masterblazer! Ballblazer is a 3D futuristic soccer-like game, where the player (inside a Rotofoil) is set on a one-on-one 1,155 square playing field (the Grid). The objective of the player is to kick a floating ball (Plasmorb) inside the opponent's goal (Goalbeams). A player may compete against a human or computer opponent. The Rotofoil is equipped with a multi-purpose forcefield. This forcefield when in short distance of the Plasmorb will act as a pull field, automatically pulling the Plasmorb towards the player. When a player in possession of the Plasmorb shoots, the forcefield will act as a push field and launch the ball. When the match starts, the player must move down the field, attempt to gain possession of the Plasmorb using the joystick and blast the Plasmorb to an intended direction. The player should also be aware that the Goldbeams move slightly every second and the distance between them will shrink. The highest scoring goals are goals made when Goldbeams have disappeared across the horizon (Over The Horizon/OTH shots). A player may also attempt to steal possession of a Plasmorb by rushing beside the opponent and blast the Plasmorb away. The game ends when time runs out or a player wins 10 consecutive goals. If the game ends in a draw, overtime will apply and the first player to score will win the game. Scoring * Close-in goals - 1 point"
37768,Half-Life: Game of the Year Edition,"Half-Life: Edición Juego del Año, Half-Life: Edição Especial, Half-Life: Game of the Year, Half-Life: Le Jeu de l'Année, Hλlf-Life: Edición Juego del Año, Hλlf-Life: Edição Especial, Hλlf-Life: Game of the Year Edition, Hλlf-Life: Le jeu de l'année",1999,7.6,Compilation,,,"This re-release of Half-Life contains: The new multiplayer 3D models and multiplayer maps mentioned on the packaging were part of the free official updates that could be downloaded separately for the original version of the game. Re-releases include the Deathmatch Classic which was initially a separate download, but later embedded in patch 1.1.0.7."
37771,Centipede,Game Room: Centipede,1981,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Fantasy,"In Centipede the player is trapped in the Enchanted Forest. Armed with only a magic wand to ward off the forest's insect denizens, all of which are attacking the player in continuous waves. The player must use the magic wand to shoot sparks at approaching insects to score points by pressing the controller button. Holding down the controller button will set the wand to rapid-fire shots. If the player is bitten by an insect, the player will be temporarily paralyzed and lose one of the three starting magic wands. All enemy insects have a distinctive sound before attacking, which may help the player identify which insect is attacking. Enemies and objects in the game are as the following: The Centipede will attack in 12 waves. In the first wave, the Centipede will have a head attached to 11 body segments. In the second wave, the Centipede will have a head attached to 10 body segments, in addition to a detached head. The third wave will have the Centipede with an attached head, 9 body segments, plus two detached heads. These body segments will transform into heads and continue to do so until Wave 12. In the last wave, the Centipede will have 12 detached heads, independently attacking the player. Centipede heads are worth more points than body segments. Attacks from the Centipede will come from the top of the screen, moving downward. If a spark hits any part of the Centipede, that particular body segment will transform into a mushroom, while the body segment behind it will become the new Centipede head. When the Centipede is destroyed, it will briefly disappear and re-appear from the top of the screen again. The Spider will attempt to distract the player from attacking the Centipede. It will destroy any mushroom it touches. Spiders will score more points if it is hit at closer distances. The Flea will appear if the player has destroyed most of the existing mushrooms. It will drop down creating a new batch of mushrooms where it falls. The Flea will disappear after two hits. After the first hit, the Flea will drop down much faster. The Scorpion will appear in the third wave. It moves slowly but will pick up speed, moving faster. While doing so, it will poison any mushroom it touches. Mushrooms fill the Enchanted Forest and may act as obstacles or cover for the player, with added effects to enemy insects. It takes four shots to destroy a mushroom. There are two types of mushrooms: Magic Mushrooms and Poisonous mushrooms. Magic mushrooms are the default mushrooms in the game and are also the result of the player destroying an insect or Centipede body segment. Poisonous Mushrooms are the result of the Scorpion touching a mushroom. Poisonous Mushrooms will prompt the Centipede near it to move straight towards the player through any mushroom. Losing a wand will restore any partially damaged mushroom. Game Difficulty and Variations The game offers four difficulty levels: Novice, Standard, Advanced, and Expert. Game Variations are as the following: Two players will take turns when the active player is bitten. Two players will appear on the screen at the same time. Scoring is separate. Shots fired from one player will paralyze the other player. Two players will appear on the screen at the same time. Scoring is combined. Shots fired from one player will not paralyze the other player. Scoring The player will win a bonus magic wand for every 12,000 points to a maximum of six wands. The game will end when all wands are lost. Scoring are as the following:"
37773,Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins,Tenchu 2,2000,7.6,Action,Stealth,"Fantasy, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval)","Tenchu 2 is a prequel to Tenchu telling a tale of events prior to those of the previous game. Once again, you can play as Ayame or Rikimaru, two faithful and honorable ninja whose lord is a gentle man in an age of warfare. With your training nearly complete, you find yourself caught up in aiding your lord against a civil war in his own domain. All is not what it seems, however, and you'll soon realize that your greatest threat has been forged much like you. Much like its predecessor, Tenchu 2 is a 3D third person stealth action game. You are not only rewarded for stealth, but also for efficiency of movement this time. This extra feature increases the difficulty of achieving the better items, as you not only have to be quiet, but be direct and near perfect in your steps. This time around, the stories of the two ninja (and the hidden third character) diverge greatly at places. In addition, cutscenes using both the game engine and CGI give more story as you progress. In addition to the story mode, there is a mission editor, which allows you to create maps and missions to both hone your skills and share."
37778,Chernobyl: Nuclear Power Plant Simulation,The Chernobyl Syndrome,1987,6.1,Simulation,,,"Chernobyl: Nuclear Power Plant Simulation is a simulation of a nuclear power plant. The player takes control of the Chernobyl plant before the 1986 catastrophe, but this has no influence on the game, aside from the title of the game. Gameplay consists of looking at menus, analyzing numbers and entering commands through a parser, e.g. disabling generators or closing exhaust valves, to influence said numbers. The goal is to have a smooth power generation and, if something goes wrong, to follow the emergency guide given in the manual."
37784,Twinkle Star Sprites,Twinklestar Sprites,1996,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"A unique combination of vertically-scrolling shooters and competitive puzzle games, Twinkle Star Sprites tells the story of the apprentice witch Ran, who searches for the fabled Twinkle Star that is said to grant any wish to the one that finds it. Unfortunately she is not the only one seeking the star, and thus must fight her way and defeat all the other characters that seek the star in shooter duels. The game plays mostly as a vertically-scrolling shooter, with you controlling your avatar and attempting to shoot and avoid the incoming enemies. The difference in this game is that each player has his own play area, a la Puyo Puyo and the enemies cause splash damage around themselves when shot. Thus chaining the destruction of several enemies creates a combo that performs an attack move on your opponent. These moves can range from targeted fireballs, to special moves unique to each character, to the summoning of special ""boss"" characters that the other player must destroy before continuing. Each player has a lifebar, and as with most shooters there are bombs, and collectible power-ups to be found. The game features an arcade mode in which you can freely select what character you want to control, as well as a 2-player Vs mode and a story mode chronicling Ran's journey."
37787,Hellboy: Dogs of the Night,"Asylum Seeker, Hellboy: I Mastini della Notte, Mike Mignola's Hellboy: Asylum Seeker",2000,5.3,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Hellboy: Dogs of the Night (also released as Hellboy: Asylum Seeker ) is a third-person action game in which the player controls Hellboy- Mike Mignola's comic-book hero and paranormal investigator. The game takes place in 1960's Prague, during Hellboy's early work with the BPRD (Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense). Hellboy and Sara are investigating their missing agent Peter, who lost contact with his team somewhere in Czechoslovakia. It's up to Hellboy to uncover the events surrounding that disappearance, and set things right. Gameplay has similarities to Resident Evil games, featuring dialogue and puzzles punctuated with fights. The game has fully 3D graphics that are stylistically quite different from the original comic book drawings."
37790,Carrier Command,,1988,7.7,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Carrier Command was one of the first real-time strategy games. You control an advanced cybernetic aircraft carrier complete with fighters, amphibious assault vehicles, laser defenses, and a fleet of decoy drones. Your mission is to build a series of resource, factory, and defensive bases spanning an island chain. The only problem? At the other end of the chain is an even more advanced carrier under the control of a terrorist organization with the same mission. As you move around the islands you must decide what facilities to build and where they will best support your advance. Resource islands provide materials that factory islands can use to build weapons and vehicles to replace your combat losses but both will be quickly overrun if the enemy attacks them while you are not present. You also have to ensure that your stockpiles of equipment are stored safely until you can find time to launch a resupply drone to bring them to your carrier. From your carrier, you can take first-person control of your attack aircraft and amphibious tanks and use them to assault enemy islands or even the enemy carrier itself if you're lucky enough to find it. The weapon payloads on your vehicles are completely configurable based on your needs. An island invasion may require launching a virus bomb that will take over the enemy command systems or just blasting the base with a wire-guided surface to surface missile. Ultimately, you have to find and destroy the enemy carrier but, doing so will require a solid supply infrastructure and a strategy for depriving your opponent of his."
37795,SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle - Elite Edition,,2000,8.1,"Action, Simulation, Special edition","Shooter, Tactical shooter",Contemporary,"The Elite edition is identical to the original game but includes the following additional scenarios: The Elite Edition includes the multiplayer update and a mission editor. Existing SWAT3 owners can download these updates, missions, and the mission editor for free from the Sierra website."
37797,Rayman,Rayman: Mister Dark no Wana,2000,7.6,Action,Platform,,"When a villain known only as Mr. Dark appears, trouble brews in Rayman's world. Mr. Dark captures the Toons - source of light and Rayman's friends. With no more light, evil creatures begin to roam, making the world unsafe for everyone. It's up to you, as Rayman, to free your friends and put an end to Mr. Dark's dastardly schemes! Rayman is a side-scrolling platformer starring the titular Rayman, a big-nosed chap with no arms or legs. Rayman can jump and use his hair to hover for a short period of time. He can also attack by throwing his fists, or winding up his fists for a more powerful punch. He can occasionally find special power ups that grant him unlimited flying power, giving him the ability to navigate through tricky mazes. The Game Boy Color version of Rayman remains true to the spirit of the original game, but makes some notable changes, particularly when compared to the original's bright, vibrant graphics. Some levels have also been modified or simplified from the original release."
37799,Eternal Ring,,2000,5.6,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"Cain Morgan is the adopted son of the leader of the Security Force in the kingdom of Heingaria. One day, Cain has a strange dream that brings back memories from his childhood, when his native country Solcia was invaded by the neighboring Aldine. All he remembers is that ""everyone went to the island"". This mysterious Island of No Return is presently of great interest to the king, who is trying to find why the Elders sent a research team there. The island is rumored to harbor a ring with unseen powers, and the king secretly dispatches Cain to investigate the fate of the people who had ventured there and disappeared without a trace. Eternal Ring is a first-person action role-playing game similar in concept to King's Field series. It is focused on exploring interconnected dungeons, fighting enemies within. Compared to King's Field games, its world is smaller and less open. With a few exceptions, the only type of weapon Cain can use are swords. However, weapons play a relatively small role in the game, and there is also no armor. The gameplay system largely relies on magic spells that the player can gain by equipping special rings and imbuing them with gems. The spells and the gems containing them come in six different elemental flavors: Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Light, and Darkness. The player creates rings by experimenting with different types of gems, resulting in various effects. Up to six gems can be placed on both sides of a ring. Gems also have different levels which affect the outcome of the experiment. The resulting rings may modify Cain's attributes, increase his affinity for a particular element, provide auxiliary bonuses, or grant Cain powerful attack spells."
37801,Hannibal,Hannibal: Master of the Beast,1993,7.1,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Historical events,"In this turn-based game you play a role of Carthagean warlord Hannibal in his struggle with Roman Empire. Managing resources derived from mines and rised by economy, you recruit armies (people, horses, elephants), siege cities, win the battles, and expand your influence from Africa to Europe."
37802,Grand Prix Unlimited,Road & Track Presents Grand Prix Unlimited,1992,6.3,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"This is a Formula One simulation similar to World Circuit / Formula One Grand Prix including the real teams and cars, 16 different Grand Prix courses and a track editor. The player can drive for one of five real Formula One teams in a single race or in a complete season. The car setup must be modified to gain maximum performance, and realistic weather effects must be dealt with. There are fly-by style views of each course, and full control over the location of the camera positions and angles."
37804,Microsoft Arcade,,1993,7.6,"Action, Compilation",Arcade,,The following games are included in this package: The help files for each game include game histories and trivia.
37813,NFL Sports Talk Football '93 Starring Joe Montana,,1992,7.1,Sports,,,"An entry in Sega's early football series, Sports Talk '93 weighs in at an impressive (for the time) 12 megs. Play any of the 28 teams in Exhibition, League Play, Play-offs, or the Super Bowl. Multiple field views and Sports Talk 2.0 (""over two times more commentary"") are the main features that set it apart from other football games. Two players can compete or cooperate against the computer. Also, a coaching mode is including, which allows the players to pick the plays for the computer to run."
37821,Soldiers of Fortune,The Chaos Engine,1993,7.6,Action,Shooter,Steampunk,"A time traveler from the future was stranded in Victorian England, and his knowledge of yet unknown technological inventions was passed to the Royal Society, headed by Baron Fortesque. With the help of this knowledge, Fortesque managed to construct an immensely complex artificial intelligence known as the Chaos Engine. However, creation rebelled against its creator, assimilated its mind, and turned Britain into a war zone populated by mad machines. Mercenaries are willing to enter this dangerous place and put an end to the chaos, hoping for an appropriate reward. Chaos Engine ( Soldiers of Fortune in the US) is a run-and-gun overhead shooter. Sixteen levels (in four groups of four) await the players in the game. The basic gameplay is similar to Gauntlet but in an open-air setting, with bridges across rivers and other features in the maps. The visuals are in the 'metallic and blue' style Bitmap Brothers appeared to favor. There are six characters available in the game, each with different strengths and weaknesses, and different starting prices. In two-player mode, each player chooses a character and plays co-operatively, but in one-player games, the player also chooses a character for the computer to control, with its artificial intelligence allowing it to open doors, pick up power-ups and take on enemies away from the ones occupying the player-controlled character."
37823,Steg the Slug,,1992,6.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Steg the slug has to feed his family of ""T'yungunz"". To do this he must blow bubbles to catch the grubs that they feed on and guide them through the level by blowing on them or nudging them past any obstacles in the way to the nest where T'yungunz live. To complete a level, you must make sure that a certain number of T'yungunz are fully fed so they go to sleep. If they don't get enough food then eventually they die. The levels are full of contraptions such as bellows, and obstacles such as spikes and fire that will burst the bubbles. Some of these can be activated or deactivated using various switches. Usually Steg navigates each level by walking on the floor, and also he can climb up the walls and even walk on the ceiling. There are also devices he can construct out of the parts from the Acme Bionic Bitz Catalogue, such as the Rocket Pack, and Bionic Legs, which allow different ways of getting around each level."
37831,Eliminator Boat Duel,,1991,7.2,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Eliminator Boat Duel is a ruthless one on one boat racing game that can either be played against the computer or a human opponent. The races take place in such settings as open water, the bayou, and even industrial water districts. Each boat race consists of several sections. First, there is the starting line -- where you can expect a $2000 fine for a false start -- which begins with a brief side-scrolling race with split-screen background scrolling, a common characteristic of later NES titles. The primary sections of the races are a mixture of top-down racing and 3rd-person racing from a perspective behind the boats. The top-down sections are the most involved with numerous threats to avoid such as alligators, sharks, and whirlpools that will turn you the wrong way. There are also ramps to jump off of, people in need of rescue, nitro speed boost powerups, and raw cash bonuses to collect. The 3rd person segments have less detail and distraction but move much quicker as the 2 players vie to stay within the flags, collect speed boosts, and hit the occasional ramp. Speed boosts are collected along the way and can be used at the player's discretion to gain a much-needed edge at any point during the race. A race finishes back in the side-scrolling view. If the boats come through too close together, the bikini models on the sidelines act confused and request a slo-mo replay, which the game subsequently provides. Prize money is then awarded with which the players may use to repair and upgrade their boats with faster engines, tougher hulls, and better steering."
37838,Blood Brothers,,1988,5.9,Racing / Driving,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"After their parents were killed and their village burnt to the ground on the planet Sylonia, Hark and Kren have sworn revenge on the people responsible, space convicts The Scorpions. Over time the friends have designed and made Skywalk Jet Bikes and various weapons, and are now ready to travel to The Scorpion's planet Scorpia and destroy the convicts. After becoming Blood Brothers they must explore the surface of the planet with their Jet-Bikes to find mine shafts which must be negotiated to find the convicts and kill them. One brother explores the mines, while the other finds the entrances. Blood Brothers is a combination of two games, a platform and flying game. The platform section is flick screen where you must avoid obstacles and shoot the baddies. The flying section sees you behind the Jet Bike flying into the screen. You must fly into the gaps in the walls looking for mine sections. You can't control the speed of the bike. You and a friend can control one of the brothers or you can control both by switching between the two. One brother is controlled by a joystick and the other by the keyboard."
37844,TNN Motor Sports Hardcore 4x4,"Deka Yonku: Tough the Truck, Hardcore 4x4, TNN Motorsports Hardcore 4x4",1996,6.5,Racing / Driving,,,TNN Motorsports Hardcore 4x4 is an off road racing game. You drive a 4x4 like a Jeep or pickup truck around cross-country loops and attempt to get to the finish line first. There are three race types. In single race mode you participate in only one race on a track of your choice against 5 other competitors. Championship allows you to race through all 6 courses in a row in an attempt to win a hidden truck. Time trial lets up to 8 players compete round-robin style for the fast lap time around a track. This game utilizes 3D environments and truck models. The sound track features hard rock music.
37846,Sports Talk Baseball,,1992,7.4,Sports,,,"Sports Talk Baseball gives you all the teams and players from the 1991 roster. Choose to play as sluggers like Ruben Sierra or Cecil Fielder, or play as Ken Griffey Jr., and hit those fast balls. You can play as Cal Ripkin Jr, and make him dive. Seasons stretch up to 162 games, including a Pennant race. You have many batting styles and pitching styles to choose from. Sports Talk Baseball incorporates Sega's patented ""Sports Talk"", delivering accurate play-by-play."
37848,Stack Up,"Levande Tetris, Pillars of Peril, Zeppelins Stackup",1991,6.4,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"A good alternate title for this one would be Rows - not the kind you have when your wife finds lipstick on your shirt collar, but as an equivalent of Columns The gameplay is essentially the same - groups of 3 variably-colored blocks fall towards the bottom of a 6x18 grid, and you must arrange them into groups of 3 of the same colour - except that the blocks are grouped horizontally rather than vertically. Each individual brick falls as far as it can when you place the trio, so they won't necessarily all end up on the same line. Blocks fall as far as possible to fill gaps when lines are completed, so there are never gaps in the arrangement the way you get in Tetris Each level sets you a target number of lines to form - 4 or 5 in a row count as 2 and 3 lines respectively for this calculation, a lá Klax Horizontal lines score the least, with diagonals the most lucrative and vertical in between (this change from Columns makes sense considering the different building method)."
37852,Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing,,1995,6.8,Racing / Driving,,,"Virtua Racing is a polygon-based racing game in which you must beat an opponent, who is either human or computer controlled. In the conversion to the Saturn, many new features were added:"
37854,Sharkey's 3D Pool,3D Pool,1989,6.8,Sports,,,"Sharkey's 3D Pool is one of the earliest 3D cue-sports games, featuring a fully-rotating table and variable viewpoint allowing for much more realistic shot-playing than the traditional top-down game style (although the game can be played this way instead). The pace, spin and angle of each shot can be set up precisely before playing it. Both 8-ball (pot your seven colors plus the black to win) and 9-ball (pot the 9-ball with a shot that also hits the lowest remaining ball, whatever that may be) are included. There are seven skill levels to work through. A trick-shot mode is also included, with 20 pre-set shots. Prior to each match it is possible to bet on the outcome."
37865,Eco,,1987,6.5,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Eco is an action strategy game of sorts, which sets the player in charge initially of a small single-celled organism and challenges the player to guide its evolution. The initial tasks are to roam around finding food and then find a potential mate. Depending on the organism's status, different predators will be after it - a radar is displayed to indicate where these are at any given time. Once this is done, the player is taken to a screen displaying the species' genes, and has the chance to modify one of them, thus resulting in evolution. Eventually the organism can evolve far enough to become plant, insect, fish, or even human."
37868,Adidas Championship Football,,1990,5.3,Sports,,,"Adidas Championship Football is a soccer game with 24 national teams. The only playing mode is a championship which mimics the World Cup with randomly drawn groups. A second player can control a second team. The playing perspective is top-down with a scrolling field. The control method is an expanded dribbling method known from the Kick Off series. To make a shot, the player needs to hold down the button for a certain amount of time (this determines the power of the shot) and only then play the ball. The angle can be changed by tapping the button."
37869,We're Back!: A Dinosaur's Story,,1993,5.8,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"We're Back!: A Dinosaur's Story is different from its Genesis counterpart This version features characters from the movie, but does not follow the storyline of the movie. In this version, Professor Screw Eyes has kidnapped Louie and Cecilia. Hearing of this, Captain Neweyes and the dinosaurs launch into action to save their friends by traveling through various time periods. The gameplay is a side-scroller that has the player take control of Rex, traveling throughout the levels avoiding traps and defeating various enemies scattered throughout the stages (five in all). Rex can also receive help from his dinosaur pals, Elsa, Woog, Vorb, and Dweeb from time to time. There are also power-ups that increase and replenish Rex's health."
37870,Tony Hawk's Pro Skater,Tony Hawk's Skateboarding,2000,6.1,"Action, Sports",,,"This is the first handheld version of Tony Hawk's popular skateboarding game. It bears little resemblance to the original Playstation version. It is actually composed of two different events, a half pipe and a race mode. Half pipe mode is viewed from a side perspective, kind of like the classic Skate or Die game. You perform tricks to achieve a high score. Race mode is viewed from a top-down perspective, where you goal is to perform tricks and get to the end quickly."
37873,Edward Grabowski's The Blue & The Gray,Edward Grabowski's Nord et Sud,1993,5.7,Strategy / tactics,,Historical events,"Edward Grabowski's The Blue and the Gray gives a chance to fight the American Civil War. Players control either the Federal (blue) or Confederate (gray) army, starting in July 1861. They have four years to defeat the other side by capturing the opposition's cities and winning military conflicts. Play takes place at two levels: first, divisions are moved across a map of America in a turn-based game at the campaign level; then when two forces meet, a Micro Miniatures battle takes place with the result having its effect on the campaign level. This game gives players the chance to rewrite history, by choosing the course that the war will take. The computer uses historical records to determine the recruitment of forces and availability of weapons over time, so that both sides have approximately the same ""raw material"" that they did in the real war. Victory highly depends on the efficient use of these resources."
37874,Jump Raven,,1994,6.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Jump Raven is the second title released by Cyberflix The game is set in New York in an undefined period in the 21st century. All wildlife appears to be extinct as man has scorched the entire earth with war. Before it was too late, all animals' genetic code has been stored in biodiversity pods to bring them back safely when the ecosystem has recovered. However, a gang steals the pods and the Environmental Security Agency (ESA) brings in bounty hunter Raven to return them and preserve the animals' future. Building on the technology of Lunicus in Jump Raven the character Raven uses a hovercraft to move around the city. The game starts in a command center where the player can read up on the events that led to the global disaster, outfit the vehicle with different types of weapons, and interview candidates for the position of co-pilot in the hovercraft (Nikki, Chablis, Limbaugh, Thrash, Lark or Dogstar). Their in-game comments bring a different atmosphere to the gameplay. While flying, there are three boroughs to search for pods: The Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan. The hovercraft can be moved around, it can switch between a hover and a fly mode, and players need to aim and fire weapons. As that is too much for the player to handle, tasks can be delegated to the AI co-pilot. When the pods have been found, a boss character guarding the exit needs to be taken out. While playing, the game area takes up only half of the screen. The rest is reserved for incoming video messages (including taunting opponents), general options, weapon selection, a radar, a compass, and basic statistics about ammo, fuel, shields, the pods and cash. While searching the cities, targets such as jets, sleds, helicopters, tanks and armoured cars need to be engaged. When low on fuel, shield power or weapons, the fuel truck, weapons lady (in a helicopter) and the repair bay can be visited."
37887,Batter Up,Gear Stadium,1991,6.9,Sports,,,"Batter Up is a baseball game for one or two players. It features a fictional ""Namco League"" consisting of 14 teams, each with their own player roster, with different players having their own strengths and weaknesses. At the start of a game, players select their team, their opponent, game length (5 or 9 innings), stadium (Park or City - City having higher fences, thus making home runs more difficult) and starting pitcher. During a game, players will control all aspects: pitching, batting, running and fielding. A variety of throws plus curve balls are available for pitchers and batters have the ability to bunt. Substitutions for pitchers and batters are possible. The game has a password feature, allowing players to continue a series of games. Two-player mode works via the Gear-to-Gear cable."
37889,Total Eclipse,Total Eclipse: Turbo,1994,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Total Eclipse is a futuristic 3D shooter set in 2099 where an alien race by the name of the Drak-Sai are out to destroy humanity by destroying Earth and the Sun. The player controls an aircraft called a FireWing through 20 missions with a perspective behind the craft where the player can maneuver the ship up and down, left and right and the gameplay angled towards an on-rail shooter. Additionally, there are three different levels of power for each weapon that their craft can wield. The game is in the style of 3D textured mapping with the story being told through pre-rendered cut-scenes. The PlayStation version is essentially the same except for sped-up gameplay and a password feature that allows the player to pick up and play at their choosing."
37892,Hostage: Rescue Mission,"Hostages, Hostages: The Embassy Mission, Operation Jupiter, Rescue: The Embassy Mission",1988,7.4,"Action, Simulation","Shooter, Stealth",,"Terrorists have overrun an embassy and hold the people inside as hostages. You control six counter-terrorists whose mission is to eliminate the terrorists. In the first part of the game, you have to bring three men into position so they can snipe the building. The second part involves entering the building with the other three men to kill the terrorists and rescue the hostages. Depending on how well you positioned your snipers, you can use them to assist you on that mission."
37896,Star Wars: Pit Droids,"Star Wars: Droides Mecanos, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D, Star Wars: Pit Droids - Boxendroiden",1999,7.5,Puzzle,,,"Watto has purchased a new shipment of Pit Droids, and it is up to the player to get them to the Pod Racing arena, by guiding the droids through 300 puzzles of road blocks, spinning tiles of death and junk heaps. Players can also create their own puzzles for the droids to get caught up in, and trade them online with other gamers."
37898,Ishar: Legend of the Fortress,,1992,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Ishar: Legend of the Fortress is the sequel to Crystals of Arborea Morgoth and Morgula, the black god and his witch wife who were defeated in the previous game, had a child, Krogh. Their evil progeny is based in the fortress Ishar, which means ""unknown"" in the elven tongue, and has plans to reduce to population of Kendoria to slavery. The player takes the role of a traveler who, with the aid of up to five companions, battles through the fortress to defeat Krogh and stop the spread of the powers of chaos. Unlike its predecessor, Ishar is viewed entirely from first-person perspective, and its combat is real-time rather than turn-based."
37906,Ascendancy,"Ascendancy: De Galactische Uitdaging, Ascendancy: Macht der Allmacht",1995,7.7,Strategy / tactics,4X,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Ascendancy is similar to, but nevertheless very different from, Master of Orion You play one of many races, each with a special ability and special character traits, who set off to explore space, erect colonies (which can each have individual purposes, depending on their raw materials) and engage in battles when you clash with others who have the same goals. Weapons on the ships use power, which has to be supplied somehow. This game introduces many original concepts, such as the Research Tree - a special scientific display in which discoveries are depicted as icons connected by lines to the ""parent"" technological breakthroughs and ""child"" ones, similar to the technology advances in Civilization but presented in a much more visual way."
37908,F1 Triple Battle,Fastest 1,1989,5.9,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Fastest 1 is a Formula One racing game. The game doesn't have an official FIA license, but much like Human's Fire Pro Wrestling series includes a number of recognizable fictionalized drivers, such as Ayrton Sesna and Satoru Inakajima. The game includes a world championship mode, where the player must start from the lowest rankings and win races to become the F1 world champion. There is also a battle mode where one or two players can race each other or against computer opponents, as well as a test run mode where the player can learn each course and try to set course records. There are a total of 16 different courses, which can be played in either dry, wet, or half-wet conditions, as well as a wide variety of vehicle settings that can be tweaked."
37914,Guilty Gear,,1998,6.8,Action,Fighting,,"In 22th century, the scientists, learning the ancient ways of magic, discovered a new technique that made it possible to create artificial beings by mixing the DNA of humans and animals. Those new creatures were called ""gears"". They had no will of their own and were destined to obey the humans forever. However, a gear named Justice was, for a mysterious reason, capable of disobeying the humans and making decisions of his own. He organized a rebellion of gears, that was later repressed by the knights of the Sacred Order, who put him in a prison. But recently, Justice broke free, and the Order organized a tournament to find out who is capable of hunting him down again. Among the main contestant is a man with unclear past, Sol Badguy, and his rival Ky Kiske, one of the most skilled knights of the order. The conditions of the tournament are, however, very strange. It is allowed to spill blood, and the first prize is also not very usual: any wish of the winner will be fulfilled... Guilty Gear is a 2D fighting game, in which you can play as one of 10 very different kind of characters. There is a selection of fighters from Holy Order knights, Armed Air Force soldiers, Mafia members and mad scientists. Each character has his/her own storyline that will be fully revealed during the final showdown. In battles, you can charge up for special attacks, as well as perform Deathblow moves, which would kill the opponent instantly. You can either choose to finish the Arcade mode, challenge your friends to a Versus battle, or either train your skills out in the Training mode."
37915,Clyde's Revenge,,1995,5.8,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Clyde's Revenge (revenge for what, we are uncertain) is a sequel to Clyde's Adventure It is a platform game that has you locked in many strange castles, and your only method of escape is to collect the magic stones to free yourself. Unlike many platform games, Clyde's Revenge has no enemies to kill and no bosses to beat. Instead, you must solve puzzles, avoid traps, and pull an innumerable number of levers. You will also need to collect life, in case of the odd tumble from a large height or the most unfortunate slip into a pool of lava."
37918,Super Solvers: Midnight Rescue!,Midnight Rescue! A Super Solvers Reading Adventure,1989,7.5,"Action, Educational",Puzzle elements,,"The Master of Mischief is planning on making Shady Glen School disappear! He has invented disappearing paint, and turned five paint brushes into robots to paint the school at midnight. The Master of Mischief himself is disguised as a robot, and it is your job to find him. Hidden throughout the school are clues which reveal his whereabouts. Robots are placed in the school to slow your progress, some of which may even contain clues themselves. You carry a camera with you to take a picture and examine dangerous robots closer."
37920,Crime and Punishment,,1984,6.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"Crime and Punishment is a courtroom simulation, where you play the judge. The emphasis lies on deciding the punishment, rather than if the person is guilty or not - that has already been decided. The aim is to receive as many Gavels as possible (out of ten), by choosing the same sentence as a judge. Cases range from perjury and theft right up to murder and rape. To help you make your decision, you can receive information about the crime. This includes the damage caused by the crime, the villain's background and personal circumstances, and his/her motive. Be aware that the more information you ask for, the less gavels you receive. The AI can sometimes produce surprising choices of sentences."
37921,BC's Quest for Tires,"B.C.'s Quest, B.C.'s Quest for Tires",1983,7.3,Action,Arcade,Prehistoric,"Cute Chick is in trouble! She is being held captive by the dinosaur, and it is up to Thor to ride his trusty wheel to the rescue. There are many obstacles in the way which Thor will need to jump and duck, including rocks, trees, rivers, lava pits, cliffs, and of course Fat Broad. When you duck, the character bounces up and down, so don't duck too soon. BC's Quest For Tires is a side scrolling action game resembling Moon Patrol in some ways, featuring characters from the comic strip BC."
37923,The Sentry,The Sentinel,1986,7.6,"Action, Puzzle",Stealth,Fantasy,"A surreal and very original game by Geoff Crammond The game plays out on a 3D landscape with hills and valleys made up of several levels. At the highest vantage point stands The Sentinel, a statue-like being with an energy draining stare, you begin at the lowest. ""Energy"" plays an important role, there's a constant amount in the game world and each object is worth a certain number of units - including you. The object of each level is to absorb The Sentinel and Hyperspace to the next from his vantage point. The Sentinel scans further round the landscape every few seconds - if you're caught in his gaze, or rather the square you are standing on can be seen, you'll have about 5 seconds to teleport to another location (or hit a key to teleport to a random location - which will never be higher, and may be lower than your current level) before the Sentinel begins absorbing your energy, when it reaches zero you will be destroyed. To travel a ""robot hull"" must be created on a visible square then teleported to, making sure you absorb your old hull to avoid losing energy. Boulders and trees can also be created, trees to block The Sentinels view and boulders can be stacked to gain higher ground. There are a few other elements to the game - on later levels there will be other Sentries positioned around the landscape. If only part of you can be seen i.e. not the square you are standing on, a nearby tree can be changed into a ""Meanie"" which will ultimately force you to teleport. There are 9999 levels in the game but the next level number is based on the current level + how much energy you have remaining. Sentinel Returns is a remake very true to the original."
37926,Official Formula 1 Racing,,1999,7.1,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"This is the full F1 experience. With excellent replication of circuit tracks, including turns, grandstands and elements. Because it's a Formula 1 licensed product, all of the official teams and drivers are included in the game. Even if you aren't interested in the series, you'll love the game's attention to racing detail. Using your keyboard or joystick, you'll pilot a very fast and extremely agile car. Enjoy the thrill of victory as you pull a corner at 150 miles per hour. You'll also suffer the agony of defeat when you crash into the wall at 120 miles per hour. In addition to navigating the track, you'll also have to tear through grass and sand as well as swerve around slick areas on the asphalt. If you crash too many times, you may lose a tire or seriously bang up your car. When this happens you must make a pit stop and hope your crew is quick about it"
37937,Pepsiman,Drink!,1999,7.0,Action,Arcade,North America,"This game is based on the Japanese Pepsi mascot who appeared in different commercials in Japan. In these he appeared where people were thirsty, quenched the people's thirst, then injured himself most of the time. The game more or less follows this series of events as you run along stages collecting Pepsi cans, while trying your best to avoid injury or public humiliation. The goal of every stage is to run along a set course, jumping or sliding out of harm's way and in the end reach a vending machine with... you guessed it! Pepsi of course!"
37939,Stormball,,1991,6.4,Sports,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Futuristic sports game roughly based on Pong. The idea is to hit the ball into the other half of the area (hopefully going over some point scoring blocks on the way) and hope that it bounces back off the far wall back into your hands (and so you can take another shot). That's of course while your opposition tries to catch the ball for themselves and score some points with it. You have to pay to play someone and so you ""gamble"" your entry fee: Lose and you lose your money, win the match and you win more money. Eventually you have enough to challenge the sport's star players and win some big bucks!"
37947,Dropzone,Dropzone 64,1984,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Dropzone is basically a Defender variant, closely recreating the gameplay of the original Defender with its speedy scrolling and frantic gameplay. The player controls a spaceman with a jet-pack, flying across a barren landscape whose skies are inhabited by a number of different aliens, from the simple Planter to the slowly advancing Blunder Storm or the quick, aggressive Nemesite. Planters and Nemesites will try to pickup the small men walking on the surface, who must then be rescued. The player has to shoot down the alien, while avoiding to hit the man. Sometimes, the aliens will carry an android, which is similar to the human but deadly. Care must be taken so as to not pick up the androids. All men must be transported to a surface base, where they are put in safety - this is the Dropzone."
37952,The Lawnmower Man,Der Rasenmäher-Mann,1993,6.0,Action,,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","Based on the 1992 feature film, The Lawnmower Man is a collection of minigames based on the revolutionary virtual reality sequences seen in the movie. The plot parallels the central conflict - the player controls Dr. Angelo (Pierce Brosnan) as he heads into cyberspace to confront the psychotic digital god Jobe (Jeff Fahey) he has created. As the ruler of his digital domain, Jobe shifts and manipulates the virtual world into a series of challenges to test the player. These range from digital IQ tests, chase sequences requiring precision timing for jumping and ducking, and a tunnel flight as one of the virtual jets from the movie. Characters from the movie are also digitized by Jobe into willing henchmen, and must be defeated by the player in a series of quick time events. All of the sequences are pre-rendered and streamed off the disc as movie files. Despite the computer-generated visuals, the game itself technically functions like an interactive movie (i.e. the graphics are not being drawn by the player's computer in real-time). Therefore, all the limitations of an interactive movie are still in play. Controls are extremely basic for each minigame, and failing to hit the right button at the right time generally switches to a lengthy ""game over"" video with no branching paths."
37955,Safari Guns,On Safari,1989,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Africa,"You are on safari to make a photo report to save the local animal world from extinction. How the game works is simple. Animals will move into the screen and, after some time, leave the screen. Meanwhile you must photograph them. Besides the animals, there also poachers, which have to be shot with your real weapon. Kill them fast, or they will kill you. If you kill an animal, then you get some penalty points. The game itself offers different locations, from the desert to the jungle and a variety of different animals, like zebras, elephants, and others."
37956,Ancients 1: Death Watch,,1991,6.1,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Ancients 1: Death Watch is a mystical fantasy role-playing game, bringing players deep in the underground to do battle with bizarre monsters and find untold riches in and beneath the city of Locklaven. The player uses keyboard or mouse to control a party of four explorers who journey together and must work as a team to ward off the many inhabitants of the dungeon. Said dungeon consists of several levels with increasing difficulty and the (relatively) save town above ground in which the characters can shop and heal. Combat in the game is turn-based. Character improvement uses the traditional experience system, but after a level up the guild in Locklaven has to be visited. The game allows for three races (elf, dwarf and human) and four classes (warrior, thief, mage and priest)."
37965,Itchy & Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness,,1994,6.0,"Action, Sports",,,"This unusual title is based on a cartoon within a cartoon: The Itchy and Scratchy show from The Simpsons. In each episode of the cartoon, Itchy (a mouse) maims Scratchy (a cat) in some horribly gruesome manner. In this game, the characters take their aggressions to the mini-golf course. You have to help Scratchy both score well on the golf course, and avoid Itchy to survive. The game is played from a side-scrolling perspective, much like a platformer. To fend off Itchy, you can pick up weapons like a baseball bat, or throwing knives."
37966,Fighting Masters,,1991,5.9,Action,Fighting,,"A giant red sun is about to go supernova in a few hours and the blast will affect many star systems in the galaxy. An omnipotent race known as Primaries offers to save the inhabitants of one of the twelve star systems. Each star system sends a warrior to compete in a tournament to preserve their star system. Fighting Masters is an early one-on-one fighter with limited controls. Three buttons are available in the game: block, attack and jump. The D-pad cannot be used to jump directly. Instead, the player has to walk in a certain direction and then press the jump key to perform it. Although there are no combos available, the attack key offers different moves and a few special moves are available as well. Most of the fighting leads to holds from which massive damage can be inflicted by dropping the opponent or throwing him against the wall. Twelve different fighters have available. Aside from the moves, some are also faster or come with more powerful attacks. The game modes include matches for one or two players and a watch mode to view a computer-computer fight."
37973,Comer,,1998,6.2,Adventure,,,"In the story of Comer you play the 28th “Comer”, the last person in a long line of famous individuals who have attempted to solve the mystery of creation and extinction of life. By chance he enters a forbidden zone reserved for an experiment and by following the trail of your predecessors, will intervene in the next cycle of creation and extinction. Comer is a 1st person, point and click adventure without inventory like Myst the game that inspired the game designer Kyle Choi to create Comer. The world of Comer consists of 3D pre-rendered photo-realistic graphics and during your journey, players will visit four lands (each contained on a separate disk). Many of the game’s puzzles (for instance mechanical and musical puzzles) recall Myst as well."
37976,Wall Street Kid,,1990,5.8,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Your distant uncle has passed away, leaving you, his heir, with a fortune of billions of dollars. The catch? The Benedict family has extremely high standards, and you have to prove that you can make that fortune even larger on the stock market before it will be given to you. In addition, you must exercise regularly to stay healthy, and keep your girlfriend happy by pampering her frequently with gifts. The game features a stock trading engine that is fairly simple to jump into. Buy stocks as you see fit, and finish the day. The next morning, you will find out whether your assets grew or not. If they didn't, you most likely need to invest in something else."
37981,Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands!,"Mickey Mouse V, Mickey Mouse V: Mahō no Stick, Mickey Mouse V: Zauberstäbe!, Mickey Mouse: Magic Wand",1993,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands! is the successor to Mickey Mouse IV: Mahou no Labyrinth and follows the gameplay formula of the Crazy Castle series. Mickey and his friends go for a walk and find a mysterious castle. As it turns out, it belongs to an evil witch who kidnaps everyone but Mickey. So of course his goal is to travel through the castle and rescue the other Disney characters. The overall 40 levels are a mix between regular platforming (jumping over platforms and avoiding enemies) and puzzle solving, e.g. using a switch to open up a way. The only way to rescue Mickey's friends is to find all hidden portrait pieces which, at the same time, is the winning condition for each level. In addition, there is a boss to defeat after all ten levels. This also upgrades Mickey's magic wand with new abilities, e.g. making water to ice, which are needed for puzzle solving. Other collectibles which can be found in the levels are crystals which may reward items when the wand is used on them, e.g. energy bar refreshments, keys (required for progress) or apples (the only weapon in the game). The levels scroll in all directions."
37996,Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker,Batman of the Future: Return of the Joker,2000,5.8,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker is set in a world where Bruce Wayne is of an advanced age and can no longer physically function as his alter ego crime fighter Batman. Thus, Bruce has enlisted a new protege, a teenager named Terry McGinnis, to take over his role as the Batman. Out one night, Terry gets word from Bruce that Gotham Air & Space has had a break in, At the scene of the crime, Terry runs in to the Jokerz, the Joker's minions, who seem to be stealing high tech parts for some plan devised by the Joker. So now this new Batman must thwart the old Batman's nefarious enemy and disrupt whatever caper he has planned. The game consists of five levels of beat-'em up actions interspersed with cutscene dialogues throughout that advance the story. The levels feature the occasional branching path, which while leading to the same place, offer the player a chance to face enemies they wouldn't have seen if they kept to a linear path throughout. Batman can attack his foes with punches and kicks and occasionally use items he finds scattered throughout a level. This additional equipment, which either effects Batman's movement or attacks, includes Batwings, Magnetic Nunchakus, a Dark Knight discus, Boot Jets, a Dark Knight shield, and a Dark Knight staff."
37997,Disney's Pocahontas,,1996,6.5,Action,Platform,,"Incarnation of the Disney cartoon; Pocahontas, along with a tag team partner in her raccoon friend, Meeko, goes about her homeland, helping her animal friends. As so is done, she will acquire animal spirits which will help her become stronger and bless her with new abilities. But soon enough she meets John Smith, and as an inevitable consequence has to prevent a war between his and John's people. And she has to do it in a hurry, before John's neck gets a non-""disney"" treatment.."
38001,LUCLE,,1994,7.0,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In LUCLE the player controls a space ship which is stranded on a foreign planet. In order to leave it, it needs to find one energy field per level. The biggest problem is how the ship is built: two round cockpits connected with a stiff rod. One of the cockpits is always fixed while the other one can be rotated around it. By alternating between the two cockpits the ship moves around the level, but of course this makes it harder to navigate tight passages. There are useful power-ups to collect like a compass and obstacles which should not be touched. Each level has to be solved within a time limit and there is no restricted number of lives."
38002,Wizball,,1987,7.8,Action,Arcade,,"In Wizball the player takes the role of the friendly wizard Wiz who can turn himself into a green ball that is able to defend his world against the color-sucking enemies who have turned his once brightly colored Wizworld into a drab planet. With his trusty feline companion Catelite, the wizard will restore the colors to the world by retrieving them from defeated enemies. There are eight levels to be completed. The player starts out as a bouncing green ball that can shoot and be put into more or less heavy rotation to move slowly or faster, physically correct through the side-scrolling levels. The first task is to upgrade the ball by shooting the first non-moving enemies, and collect the green bubbles that are left by them. In order to stand a chance against the following moving enemy waves, some upgrades are a must. First and foremost, complete control over the ball should be activated (i.e. flying through the levels), a shield sheltering the top and bottom of the player's should be acquired, and two-way fire (left/right) should be obtained. But the extra needed to advance in Wizball is your friend Catelite who will, once summoned, take the form of a small green satellite that will imitate the ball's movement, or can be directly controlled by the player. Besides upping Wiz' fire power, Catelite is able to collect paint drops left by a certain kind of defeated enemies until the respective color pot is filled up. There's three colors available (red, green and blue), and several different combinations of them must be collected to complete a level and restore it to former colorfulness. Every color combination collected will send Wiz to a bonus stage, then to his laboratory where one of the power-ups can be made permanently. The game also features a bunch of multi-player modes, there's even a two-player cooperative mode amongst them."
38005,Heroes of Might and Magic: Millennium Edition,,1999,6.2,Compilation,,,This compilation pack of Heroes of Might and Magic games includes:
38020,Overlord,Supremacy: Your Will Be Done,1990,7.4,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Overlord is a real-time strategic warfare game where the player must manage large standing armies, economic capital, and political stability throughout a number of extra-dimensional star systems. As the dictatorial ruler of the Epsilon Galaxy, the player has obtained complete, indisputable authority. However, during a scientific experiment in hyperdrive technology, Epsilon scientists discovered four ""buffer"" dimensions, each containing a number of barren planets that exist between the Epsilon Galaxy and another alien dimension. Unfortunately, the most powerful empires from these alternate dimensions have also just discovered these zones through their own experiments. The player must battle these alien species for control of these buffer worlds, to ensure that their rule in the Epsilon Galaxy remains intact. To make the new planets useful in the player's campaign, they can purchase terraforming equipment which can transform them into tropical Gaian-esque worlds which are ideal for agriculture, mineral-rich and heavily volcanic worlds, desert planets capable of producing vast amounts of energy, or ecologically balanced planets that can support large cities which are readily able to generate significant income through taxation. In addition, the player can mine for resources and tax their citizens to raise money, construct spaceship-buildings to feed the populace, enlist soldiers and equip them, buy battle cruisers or other craft to move from planet to planet, and so on. The player can fight battles, colonize planets, and even spy on alien races. The end goal is to ensure that the other alien races do not gain the upper hand by conquering these four new dimensions before the player can. The player cannot retreat from battle, as the only way to shut down the hyperspace link from their universe to Epsilon would be by vaporizing the player's homeworld, which is where the hyperspace generator is located. Politically (at the very least), this is not an option. Blood will have to be shed for supremacy of the hyperspace planets, and for the player to become Overlord of these four new dimensions plus their own."
38023,Spell Bound,,1990,5.8,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The apprentices Sortice and his twin Ceroapp are ready to become certified sorcerers - but just now some nasties had to kidnap their teacher! No teacher means no graduation, and therefore the two have to rescue him by solving eight side-scrolling levels with different themes, e.g. a swamp, a cave system or the Island of Lost Souls. The game is meant to be played cooperatively (including friendly fire), but when playing alone only Sortice is present in the game. Spell Bound is a platformer with the main goal being to reach the end of the level without being killed by the various enemies. Players have six spells at their disposal which basically boil down to different weapon systems as well as levitation. Each spell except the standard attack drains manna which, exactly like life energy, is refilled by collecting power ups; either lying on the ground or in locked chests which have to be unlocked by finding the correct key first. Other useful objects include crystals for disrupting energy fields, bombs to blow up stone pillars, or a jet pack. Each character can carry one object at a time and, when trying to cast a spell without having the needed manna, will experience negative effects like reversed controls."
38024,Disney's Magical Quest 3 starring Mickey & Donald,Mickey to Donald: Magical Adventure 3,1995,7.0,Action,Platform,,"Huey, Dewy and Louie went to hide in the attic to hide from their uncle Donald's temper when they came across a mysterious book. Upon opening it, hand appears and kidnaps the boys into Storybook Land. Now Donald Duck and his pal Mickey Mouse must go save the boys by defeating the evil King Pete! This game is for one to two players. You can choose to play as either Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck. Options also include difficulty settings. The gameplay starts off much the way previous Magical Quest games have in that you jump on your enemies, spin them around, collect coins, etc. Later both Mickey and Donald will be given costumes that will give them special abilities. You will first receive a set of armor. While Mickey receive a full knight's armor which includes a lance with a giant boxing glove at the end and a shield. Donald, however, gets a barrel and a hammer because his butt's too big for the armor. Both costumes has its pros and cons - for example, Donald's weapon can only be aimed forward while Mickey's can be aimed up/down/forward. But, in water Mickey's armor will drag him down and sink while Donald's can float. If playing with two players, these attributes can be used together so, for example, Mickey can take a ride on Donald's back across the water. In each stage, there are various hidden doors which will give you access to Bonus Games, shops and areas with coins and treasures. In a Bonus Game, you will pick one of our three cards and unless you get the card with King Pete's picture, you will receive some sort of prize. In the shops, you can purchase upgrades for your costumes, lives and hearts for your health meter."
38027,Total Football Management,"Bundesliga Manager 97, Guy Roux Manager 98",1996,6.9,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Total Football Management is a football manager game, putting the player in charge of a football club where the player makes decisions on what players to buy, stadium improvements, tactics, training and shares. The game offers highlights of your teams matches in 3D with commentary or alternatively the player can watch the games live and make changes during the match. Different difficulty levels affect the amount of things the player has control over. Other features include a game editor to modify teams etc. and the ability to upload a photo to use in the game. The game also makes use of presentation such as newspaper reports and TV shows in order to appear more realistic to the player."
38028,Coaster,,1993,6.7,Simulation,,,"The basic goal of ""Coaster"" is quite simply to build a roller coaster. After designing your coaster you have it ridden by a panel of experts which assign it a score. You can also ride it yourself."
38031,The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout,"Happy Birthday Bugs, The Bugs Bunny Blowout",1990,6.0,Action,Platform,,"The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout takes place as Bugs is invited to his 50th birthday. Because some of the other Warner Bros. toons weren't invited (including Wile E. Coyote), they decided to stop Bugs from going to this party. A Warner Bros licensed game, The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout is a 2d side-scrolling platform game. Bugs can jump over and on some enemies and try to collect as many carrots as possible. Bugs can use his hammer in order to smash enemies as well as to find some secrets."
38032,The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble,"Woodruff and The Schnibble of Azimuth, Woodruff et le Schnibble d'Azimuth, Woodruff i Sznible profesora Azymuta",1995,7.9,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","After a devastating atomic war, the world population was nearly annihilated, and the survivors had to hide deep underground. In the meantime, a peaceful race of human-like creatures, the boozooks, populated the Earth. After the humans ascended to the surface again, they started a bloody war against this race. The boozooks were mercilessly destroyed, their culture demolished, and in the end of the war they were enslaved by humans. The vertical, economically self-sufficient city of Vlurxtrznbnaxl was erected, controlled by a corrupt leader known as BigWig, who oppressed population with heavy taxes and freedom restrictions. The genius Professor Azimuth, sympathetic to the cause of the boozooks, has discovered a mysterious object or entity known as the Schnibble, which apparently could bring peace and prosperity to the world. However, BigWig's henchmen kidnap the professor and even shoot a teddy bear that belongs to his little adopted half-boozook son Woodruff. Applying a device called Viblefrotzer to himself, Woodruff physically ages fifteen years, and feels strong enough to begin a search for his foster father and find a way to dethrone BigWig. Woodruff is an adventure game with a cartoon-like appearance and many tricky puzzles, similar in art style and design to the Gobliiins series by the same creators. Unlike Gobliiins this is a full-fledged adventure where the player character can move around freely, explore the large city, and interact with many characters. The interaction with the environment is done with a simple point-and-click system, without separate verb commands. The majority of the puzzles are inventory based; beside items, Woodruff can also use various spells (such as, for example, levitation) as well as ancient boozook formulae, which he has to learn and collect in order to advance in the game."
38040,Twisted Mind,Puzzles,2000,6.7,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,,"Twisted Minds is a 3D tile matching game with single player and multiplayer options which was released by Xploys under the title Puzzles The game has five tables but the rules are the same for each. The game area is a grid which comes pre-populated with tiles of different shapes and colours. The players task is to move matching tiles into lines or patterns at which point they turn into impenetrable walls. Complicating the process is a process called gluing where when a set number of matching tiles touch they bond which can obstruct the formation of walls. The number of tiles needed to make a wall and the glue limit change for each game played. Points are scored for each wall completed, for the number of moves taken, and for the power-ups collected. The game has upbeat electro-pop music, an interactive tutorial, two skill settings, a high score table, a level editor, a two player tournament mode and a league mode for three to ten players."
38043,FIFA Soccer 96,FIFA 96: Virtual Stadium Soccer,1995,7.7,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"FIFA Soccer 96 is a football (soccer) simulation. The game includes eleven leagues from all around the world, ranging from the unknown players of the Malaysian league to the celebrated stars of the English and Italian leagues. 59 International teams are also featured, and it's possible to match the teams you want to against each other through friendlies, or you can also choose to play domestic tournaments or International ones such as the World Cup. If you're not satisfied with the composition of the various teams, you can create your own dream team through the custom team creator. British commentator John Motson comments all the incidents and happenings on the pitch in real-time. The ambient commentary is varied, and systems with more than the minimum memory level get extra commentary phrases. The Virtual Stadium technology has numerous pre-defined camera angles."
38046,Angel Nieto Pole 500,,1990,6.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Angel Nieto Pole 500 is a motorcycle game based on the 500cc World Championship, starring the Spanish legend Angel Nieto (13 World Championship titles in the 50cc and 125cc classes between 1969 and 1984). This game allows to choose between various number of game modes with the primary target to beat all rivals. Other available options include multiplayer, motorcycle characteristics, circuit or meteorology. And then, in the World Championship you can choose another option: see the stats of your competitors (his times in the trainings, records and position in start line), also you can run the official training on each circuit to be placed on the best position to start the race. The game includes 16 circuits in total (the official of this competition), you can try it by separate to train, but if you want to win the title you must to show your abilities in each one of them since the first. Another feature of Pole 500 is the possibility to run in training mode or Championship mode with 2 players simultaneously (in this case the screen will be sectioned horizontally)."
38047,JoJo's Bizarre Adventure,JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken: Mirai e no Isan,1999,6.9,"Action, Compilation",Fighting,Fantasy,"A compilation of: Being ports of arcade games to a console, some additional game modes were added which include a versus, training, and a challenge mode. Options include being able to select eight difficulty levels, the number of rounds, the amount of damage done, having a time limit or not, and how much the SC gauge is filled at the start. Also an easy mode can be turned on or off. This mode lets player's perform special moves with a simple button press."
38060,Mail Order Monsters,,1985,6.8,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"Build your own monster and send it to fight against other monsters. You can choose between 12 different monster types (Tyro, Hominid, Arachnid, Worm, Wasp and more). Then you may select among 11 different enhancements for each monster type (tentacles, sting, fiery breath...) and finally equip your creature with a weapon (rifle, laser gun, flamethrower...). Every enhancement and every weapon costs money. To earn some money your monster has to win fights on different battlefields (desert, jungle, swamp and more). These fights are similar to Archon but vary on their winning conditions. ""Destruction"" (kill the enemy monster), ""Flag Collection"" (capture the flag) and ""The Horde"" (kill more computer controlled Hordlings than your monster rival). The 3 difficulty levels of the game represent 3 game variations. The beginner level lets you pick a precreated monster and sends you right out into the battlefield. The intermediate level gives you some money to create and enhance/equip your monster. Then you can send your creature off to fight and possibly win additional money. The tournament level is more of a career mode. You are allowed to own more than one monster and get access to the corrals, which lets you save your different monsters and every contest result."
38073,Golden Axe,Golden Axe Classic,1989,7.4,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Fantasy,"Golden Axe is a single-player or cooperative multiplayer side-scrolling beat-'em-up game. The story takes place in the medieval land of Yuria, which has fallen under the control of the warlord Death Adder. He has kidnapped the king and princess, seized the legendary Golden Axe, and threatens to destroy them unless his rule is accepted. Three warriors, each with their own personal vendetta, set out to defeat Death Adder and free the kingdom: Ax Battler, a barbarian whose mother was slain, Tyris Flare, an amazon avenging the murder of her family, and Gilius Thunderhead, a dwarf seeking retribution for his brother. The heroes travel across villages, wilderness, and fortresses on a journey toward Death Adder’s castle. Gameplay unfolds as players move horizontally through side-view stages, defeating waves of enemies with melee combat. Each character wields a different weapon and fighting style: Ax Battler uses a broad sword with balanced reach, Tyris Flare carries a long sword with fast slashes, and Gilius Thunderhead swings a short-handled axe with wide strikes. Players can attack, jump, or perform a running charge, and enemies often appear in groups, requiring careful positioning and crowd control. In addition to standard attacks, each character commands unique magical powers fueled by potions. Potions are obtained by striking small blue thieves that appear between or during stages. Magic grows stronger as more potions are collected: Ax Battler conjures earth-based spells, Gilius Thunderhead unleashes lightning, and Tyris Flare calls upon fire, with her spells being the most powerful at full charge. Magic is limited, however, and must be used strategically. Mounted combat is another feature. Certain enemies ride beasts such as fire-breathing dragons or tail-whipping creatures. Defeating their riders allows players to mount the creatures themselves, adding temporary advantages in range and power. Food items, dropped by green thieves, restore health, and lives are limited, requiring players to balance aggression with caution. Levels are structured as linear stages connected by brief campfire scenes that provide opportunities to collect potions or food. Cooperative play allows two players to fight together, with friendly fire enabled, meaning positioning and timing become even more important. Different versions of the game introduced variations. The arcade original supported two players, while the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive version included an exclusive extra stage and a duel mode where players fight waves of enemies in an arena. The Master System and other home ports adapted levels and graphics to suit hardware limitations, sometimes altering or omitting features. Later digital re-releases, such as Golden Axe Classic preserved the arcade gameplay while adding conveniences like save states or screen options."
38075,Warlock: The Avenger,Druid 3,1991,6.5,Action,,Fantasy,"A follow-up to the mid-80s Gauntlet clone Druid, which saw the series move up onto 16-bit systems. The gameplay involves guiding your character through a succession of 8 mazes. The standard bad guys are there, as are items to pick up including health and extra weapons. The game gives you one life, which represents the gradually declining amount of energy. You should get further on each go, with the difficulty curve being quite precise. As a bonus, an exclusive conversion of Druid is included."
38082,Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 3,"Pernalonga: Castelo Maluco 3, Soreyuke!! Kid, Soreyuke!! Kid: Go! Go! Kid",1997,7.2,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle brings the gameplay from Bugs Bunny in Crazy Castle and its sequel to the Game Boy Color. In the game you play as Bugs Bunny and you have to find a treasure hidden in an old castle. Unfortunately the witch Hazel put your friends (other Looney Tunes characters such as Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Sylvester and Wile E. Coyote) under a spell and they will try anything to prevent you from reaching your goal. You will have to guide Bugs Bunny through 60 levels in and around the castle. In each level you have to find eight keys to unlock the door to the next level. You can collect carrots for more lives and there are a variety of weapons you can pick up to take care of your enemies, including bombs, lightning, cork gun, juice and weights. Other items such as a hammer or pick-axe can help you get past level obstacles. Shields, clocks and shoes will protect you from your enemies. As Bugs Bunny you can walk around, climb stairs, use elevators and climb through tunnels to navigate around the screen."
38088,DragonHeart: Fire & Steel,"DragonHeart: Fire & Steel - Das finstere Mittelalter ist soeben noch finsterer geworden, DragonHeart: Fire & Steel - Le Haut Moyen-Age entre dans une nuit profonde, DragonHeart: Fire & Steel - The Dark Ages Just Got Darker",1996,4.9,Action,,Fantasy,"This game is a tie-in for the movie directed by Rob Cohen starring Dennis Quaid and Sean Connery as the voice of Draco. DragonHeart puts you in the sweaty medieval shoes of dragon hunter Bowen, as he faces the last dragons still surviving, and then ends up befriending one, Draco. With his help, he goes after King Einon, a former pupil of the dragon hunter, who has turned to evil. Dragonheart's gameplay is quite similar to the Golden Axe series Hack'n'slash your way through the nine levels of the game, killing dragons, befriending Draco and then going after Einon with Draco's help (who will toast everything in the way with his flame breath)."
38097,Pictionary: The Game of Video Quick Draw,,1990,5.0,"Action, Puzzle","Board game, Mini-games, Party game, Shooter",,"Based on the board game, the object is to guess either a word or phrase based on a drawing. Each team starts on the same square on the board and the first team attempts to draw a picture based on a clue. If his team correctly guesses the clue, then this team gets to roll the dice and advance along the board. If the team fails to guess correctly, then the other team gets a chance to draw and guess. The game plays much in this way until a team reaches the final square on the board and successfully guesses the clue to win the game. This game contains three different modes; regular game, alternative game, and drawing practice. It also allows for up to four teams which can be made comprising of any number of players per each team. In the regular game, a team will be given a turn to start revealing pieces of one of the 500+ drawings that are hidden in the game. Each drawing is a 6x8 size and has 48 pieces to it. To reveal the pieces, the player is made to play one of four timed minigames which are chosen depending on the color of the square the player landed on the board. The minigames consist of Attack of the Paint Zombies, The WareHouse Shuffle, Leapin' Energy Capsules!, and Four Alarm Rescue. In Attack of the Paint Zombies the player fires downwards at the aliens and the more aliens that are hit the more pieces that are revealed of the drawing. If the aliens hit the player, the player loses time off the clock. In The WareHouse Shuffle, the player goes all the way to the left side and then stacks as many boxes on top of each other that they can bring over all the way to the right side. While transporting the boxes, their are two enemies who can hit into your boxes thus subtracting them from the haul and also taking time away. Each box brought over reduces a piece of the hidden drawing. In Leapin' Energy Capsules!, the player is an astronaut and is moving and jumping to collect blue spheres. While collecting the spheres the player must try to avoid hitting any enemies which will reduce time. Each sphere collected clears up another piece of the drawing. In Four Alarm Rescue, the player controls a pair of firemen on the ground with a net who are moving back and forth catching the jumping people above on the net. Each person rescued leads a revealed piece of the drawing while each person not rescued leads to reduced time. The alternative game allows the player to draw the picture for other players to guess, so their are no minigames in this mode. Other than that, it is the same as the regular mode. Drawing practice lets the player practice their drawing technique without the pressure of a timer."
38098,Dragon Warrior III,Dragon Quest III: Soshite Densetsu he,1988,7.5,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"Dragon Warrior III is the concluding game of the first Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior trilogy, and its story takes us back to the time period of the legendary Erdrick (also known as Loto), the ancestor of the first game's hero. You are the son of a powerful warrior Ortega, skillful in physical combat and spellcasting. Your father went out to fight the evil Baramos, who is responsible for the appearance of monsters in your region, and never returned. You are sent by the king on a quest to continue your father's brave deeds and to defeat Baramos. Dragon Warrior III is a top-down role-playing game where you travel around the overworld, caves, castles, cities and other locations while battling random encounters, buying equipment, and talking to people. You and your party members receive experience when they beat up monsters and level up with enough experience, increasing their stats. The game features a day/night cycle - as you travel, day slowly changes to night and vice versa; shops are typically closed at night. You begin with control of just the main character but can quickly recruit three more members to your party. During the game you can choose to drop your current characters and recruit others at any time. The recruitable characters are divided into six classes: soldier, fighter, merchant, goof-off, pilgrim and wizard. The game has a unique job system, giving you the ability to switch your hired characters' classes after they have achieved at least level 20 in their base class. Characters can switch to the other beginning classes, as well as the sage class, which is not available at the beginning. When a character switches classes, they lose all earned experience points, and half of their stats, but retain all of the abilities of the previous class. In this way, you can create powerful combination characters that are able to cast spells and fight effectively."
38102,Zorro,,1985,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"All the ingredients from the Zorro story feature in this action game - a kidnapped senorita, an evil enemy leader (Colonel Garcia) and his henchmen and of course the obligatory swordfight! This computer version of Zorro is a strange beast, he can leap across buildings, fall 50 feet and land like a feather, with neither a scratch to his head or a crease in his cape. He can also perform masterful tricks, such as balancing a large plant pot on his head, while simultaneously climbing up a ladder. Zorro has similar platform gameplay to the same company's Bruce Lee game but with a slower pace and more puzzle elements. There are 20 different screens in the game, with The Ole Hotel screen being used continually throughout the game. The player must overcome various puzzles, including the branding of a bull and catapulting into the air via a conveniently left spring board and a dazed Garcia guard!"
38112,Submarine Commander,U-Boot Commander,1982,7.4,"Action, Simulation",,,"In Submarine Commander the player is in command of submarine in the Mediterranean. The mission is to to destroy all enemy convoys moving on the sea by using strategic map, sonar, periscope and torpedoes. Hostile ships are composed of shells and depth charges. The game features nine difficulty levels with different number of enemies, fuel, torpedoes and charges. The control is done by using the joystick and keyboard commands."
38119,Turbo Out Run,,1989,7.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"The sequel to OutRun features similar basic gameplay to the original, with the action viewed from behind the car, and the challenge being to complete each stage within the time limit. Contact can cause the car to spin, slow down or even flip; in each case you will lose time. There are branching routes and a raft of new features: changed weather conditions, night racing, obstacles on the tracks, optional automatic gears, annoying police cars. There are 16 stages set across the US, gradually moving from east to west, all depicted differently visually. After every 4 levels, you go into a shop screen, with a choice of upgrades. As the title implies, you now have a turbo booster installed, which speeds up the car, although over-use can cause the engine to overheat, and it is not recharged until each shop section. You have 5 continues, and failure to complete the course within the time limit costs you one."
38127,Cyber Citizen Shockman,Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman,1989,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The evil robot Dark Skull has escaped Doc's control and now threatens to destroy the city with his army of evil robots, now only Doc's newest creations: the cyborgs Tasuke and Kyapiko can put an end to his plans. Shubibinman is a 2D side-scrolling action platformer, in which you play as either of the Shubibinmen (or both in the cooperative 2-player mode) and try to defeat Dark Skull's forces using your blade and your cyborg-powers. The game starts in a city-map from which you select which stage to tackle next, each stage features a hostage and a boss cyborg that must be defeated. Successful completion of these objectives rewards you with money that you can take back to ""Doc"" for upgrades that augment your existing powers or add new ones, which you'll surely need for the final battle."
38129,Rambo III,,1988,6.6,Action,Shooter,,"Player will take the part of Rambo in this light phaser game, battling their way through Afghanistan in a solo rescue mission. There are two reasons for him to fight alone: the first is that the C.I.A. doesn't want to stir up a war, and the second is simply because this is Rambo! The mission is to rescue Rambo's comrade Colonel Trautman from the Soviets. He was taken in as prisoner while he was delivering weapons to the Mujahedin freedom fighters and is being held captive in a prison camp. An AK-47 and grenades are the only weapons available. Additional grenades can be picked up by blasting open containers such as pots and crates. The goal is simple: eliminate all the enemies that appear on screen to reach the next stage! The first stage is a Soviet army base packed full of soldiers. The next stage is a village where the Soviets are hiding. Then the rest of the levels are the mountains, the prison camp, the Soviet camp (night escape), the cave attack, then the final stage with the face-off between Rambo and the Mil Hind helicopter."
38137,WWF Smackdown!,Exciting Pro Wrestling,2000,7.7,Sports,,,"WWF Smackdown is a professional wrestling game where the player can choose from up to 36 wrestlers to wrestle in single matches, tag-team, backstage areas, hardcore matches, etc. Aside from the default WWF wrestlers, the player may also choose to create a new wrestlers with their own unique abilities and personalities."
38147,Milon's Secret Castle,Meikyū Kumikyoku,1986,5.4,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform",Fantasy,"Milon, a child of the Kingdom of Hudson, must go on a quest to rescue Queen Eliza from an evil wizard who has taken over her castle as well as the musical instruments that the queen's subjects use to communicate with each other. Milon must recover the stolen instruments and rescue the queen from the wizard. Armed only with a magical bubble-shooting ability, Milon makes his way through the rooms of the castle finding items and money that can help him progress. This is a platformer that blends Mario-esqe action with puzzle-solving and exploration."
38151,Dragon's Lair: The Legend,Dragon's Lair,1991,6.0,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The Game Boy version for Dragon's Lair is actually a port of Roller Coaster with its protagonist replaced by Dirk the Daring. Dirk must collect all ""lifestones"" scattered all around the game world (by walking or jumping) to finally save Princess Daphne. The game world is divided in several screens which can be freely navigated and are a little wider than the Game Boy's screen. As Dirk moves the screen will scroll and when its limit is reached, it will flick to a new one. To help him move around, Dirk can jump over bumper cars, flying magic hats and other kinds of moving platforms. Dirk starts with 10 lives which can be lost by falling from high platforms, touching spikes or landing on water or fire. The main theme is somewhat reminiscent from the NES version The game can be played in two different speeds and can also be played by two players taking turns."
38152,Little Puff in Dragonland,,1989,5.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Puff is a poor little dragon who decides to explore the world beyond his home - Dragonland. Unfortunately, he is now lost and wants to go back home! Puff is too little to do this adventure by himself so you have to guide him through many levels, solving puzzles, avoiding traps and find all four parts of the pass to get back into Dragonland."
38157,Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground,Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground: Never disturb the Spirits,1997,6.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Sacred Ground is the sequel to the adventure game Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder and quite similar in gameplay. The player has five days (eight hours each) to solve a case. Randa Tasker, the wife of a local business man, has been kidnapped. With the help of a PDA and your assistant detective John Night Sky, you have to find clues and interview suspects and witnesses. Since there is not enough time to interrogate them all, choices must be made. The game's interface is point-and-click. The locations you visit are photograph stills and the game is interspersed with Full Motion Video (FMV) movies. The main screen shows a calendar which shows the number of days you have left, a sun dial showing the number of hours left today and an icon for your PDA. Within the PDA there are icons for e-mail, suspects and evidence."
38161,M*A*S*H,,1983,6.8,Action,,,"M*A*S*H was one of the many attempts by various software companies to take a successful movie or television show and convert it into a playable game. In this game, you play the role of ""Hawkeye Pierce,"" a surgeon stationed at the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital #4077 during the Korean War (1950-1953). There are two main stages in the game, each of which you must pass to move to the next round. The first mission involves rescuing injured soldiers from the battlefield with your helicopter and returning them to home base without being shot down by enemy tanks. The second mission takes place in the operating room while you are required to carefully remove bullets and shrapnel from wounded soldiers... it is very similar to the classic ""OPERATION"" tweezers game by Milton Bradley Each set of missions are repeated four times. The first player to reach 999 points wins the game. There are four different variations of games, each selectable as either one player (against the computer) or two-player mode."
38163,Retro Force,,1999,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,3D scrolling shoot-em-up. Take control of one of four characters and pilot their fighter craft through a number of enemy infested levels.
38171,Budokan: The Martial Spirit,,1989,6.7,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Budokan is a martial arts game covering Karate (unarmed combat), Kendo (using a wooden sword), Nunchaku (using piercing chain weapons) and Bo (using a staff). The player has a realistic range of moves and must use them wisely, as Ki (life-force) is drained for every move made, whether successful or not, and both this and your stamina level must be kept high. You can practice your skills alone, or spar against the instructors or your friends. Finally, when you feel you are ready, you can travel to the martial arts world championship tournament at Budokan."
38174,Uncle Henry's Playhouse,"Uncle Henry's MindBlower, Uncle Henry's MindBlower: THE Puzzles from: The 7th Guest, The 11th Hour",1996,6.5,Puzzle,Mini-games,,"This game bundles 12 of the existing puzzles that can be found in The 7th Guest The 11th Hour and Clandestiny (with each game contributing 4 of them), leaving out the story elements of the original games and instead focusing on the puzzles themselves. The puzzles can be accessed directly by clicking on any of the rooms of a dollhouse. An additional new 13th puzzle is available when completing all 12 of the old puzzles. The included ""Guestbook"" contains short descriptions of the puzzles."
38175,Circus Charlie,"Arcade Archives: Circus Charlie, Circus Chablie",1984,6.9,Action,Arcade,,"You are Charlie, a member of a circus troupe. Your job is to please the crowd by performing five death-defying stunts: Stunt #1: You and the lion must jump through several rings of fire. Remember to avoid the jugs that emit fire. You must do this for 100 meters. Stunt #2: Walk the tightrope for 70 meters, avoiding the monkeys that get in your way. Jump the cyan monkeys for 500 points. Stunt #3: Roll on a ball for 80 meters, jumping from ball to ball. You can move balls backwards if the target is too close to make a successful jump. Avoid contact with the ground. Stunt #4: Ride a horse for 200 meters, bouncing on trampolines along the way. Be careful not to miss the jump or go over the tops of trampolines. You can speed up or slow down the horse. Stunt #5: Finally, trapeze from swing to swing for 50 meters. If you miss, make sure that you land on the platforms below so you bounce back on a swing. Once you have completed all five stunts, you have to do them again and hopefully, more points will be awarded."
38176,Ripper,L'Eventreur,1996,7.3,"Action, Adventure",,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","Ripper is an interactive FMV adventure that is played out in the New York of 2040. Brutal killings reminiscent of Jack the Ripper soon get personal and you, crime reporter Jake Quinlan, must solve the mystery. The game plays much like other Take 2 Interactive works, such as Black Dahlia Solve puzzles and react quickly in combat settings to survive. There are 4 possible endings, and 3 hours of video footage."
38182,Titus the Fox: To Marrakech and Back,Titus the Fox,1992,6.5,Action,Platform,,"In the international edition of Lagaf: Les Aventures de Moktar - Vol 1: La Zoubida you play Titus' fox mascot. His beloved Suzy has been kidnapped on the other side of the Sahara desert, and to get her back he has to advance through 14 levels (with codes for each one) comprising of nearly 1000 screens of platform gameplay, scrolling in 8 directions. There are secret rooms to find, and bosses at the end of each level. The player can also interact with many parts of the background. Using available objects such as springs and crates correctly is often vital to progress. Alternate modes of transport such as Magic Carpets and Skateboards also make an appearance."
38187,Who Killed Sam Rupert: Virtual Murder 1,,1993,5.6,Adventure,,,"Sam Rupert has been found dead in the resturant he owns. The police detectives arrive at the scene and must gather clues and solve the mystery to find out which one of 8 suspects might have killed Sam Rupert. Furthermore, since ""most"" crimes are solved within 6 hours, the city is demanding this case be wrapped up within that limit. Who Killed Sam Rupert is a multimedia full-motion-video detective game. Players assume the role of the investigating detective and must search the area, and zoom in, via a 1st person adventure game interface for clues and interview witnesses. Each action eats up a designated amount of time, and after 6 hours, the case is over and the player must explain what they've found at a press conference in order to get a chance at arresting the guilty party from a narrowed down list of 3 suspects. There are three possible ""motives"" for the case and thus three possible endings in solving the murder of Sam Rupert."
38189,Werewolf vs. Comanche,Werewolf vs. Comanche 2.0,1995,6.9,"Action, Compilation, Simulation",,,The sequel to NovaLogic's Comanche is actually two games in one: Werewolf and Comanche 2.0 Both are action-based helicopter sims very similar to the original Comanche. A notable difference is that in some missions you are allowed to land and refill your helicopter with fuel and ammo. The only real difference between the two games is the helicopter you fly: either the RAH-66 Comanche or the Ka-50 Hokum. There's an option to link both games to play over a network. They use the voxel graphics engine made by NovaLogic in 1993. Both games were later released on their own in budget versions.
38194,MagMax,"Arcade Archives: MagMax, Mag Max",1986,5.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"An alien menace has attacked the worlds of civilization and laid waste to their planets. However, before being conquered, a group of scientists has managed to create one last weapon and hide it underground. The name of the weapon is Mag Max and only it might be able to defeat the alien invaders. Mag Max however is incomplete and for security reasons, his component parts are scattered across the land. Through their collection, Mag Max's strength increases. Mag Max is a side-scrolling shooter game. At the beginning, Mag Max is only a tiny little fighter craft that can fire low-powered projectiles. As component pieces (such as a head, legs and a laser lance) are found, Mag Max's offensive power increases. The underworld can be accessed through small dark craters on the landscape. Once in the underworld, Mag Max's weapons vary slightly as do the enemies (there are no stationary objects underground). Enemy fire or contact on each of the components will destroy that component. Fire on the main fighter will destroy Mag Max. At the end of each level awaits a boss creature."
38204,Dark Vengeance,,1998,6.6,Action,,Fantasy,"In the world of Amagar, a magical spell has caused a disastrous solar eclipse. In its wake come the return of the Dark Elves. As the Chosen One, your job is to destroy the Dark Elves and bring sunlight back to your land. Dark Vengeance is a Tomb Raider -style hack-and-slash in a medieval setting. You've got the choice of three separate characters: Jetrel the Warlock, Kite the Trickster, and Nanoc the Gladiator. The character you select has a greater effect on the game than just what you look like and what attacks you can do. The levels also vary. In the levels themselves, you'll find items that only your character can use, but then again, you'll also find some power-ups that are useless."
38208,Stormovik: SU-25 Soviet Attack Fighter,,1990,7.2,Simulation,,,"Flight simulator for the Soviet SU-25 attack jet. A wide range of bombs and munitions are included (from cluster bombs to rockets to guns). Includes three sets of missions (each set takes place in a year, from 1991 to 1993). Missions range from attacking tanks and troops to attacking bridges and other buildings. Although the missions can be played separately, played in order they form a storyline about the crumbling Soviet regime. This simulator uses a true 3D engine, but the flight model is not 6DOF."
38210,SimEarth: The Living Planet,SimEarth: Der lebende Planet,1990,7.1,"Educational, Simulation",,,"SimEarth puts you in charge of an entire planet throughout its 10 billion year lifespan. Your ultimate task is to guide the planet’s inhabitants into the stars, from its humble single-celled roots. The main threats you face include pollution, disease, famine, war and global warming. The controls available to you include the chance to move mountains and continents, creating different levels of species, and unleash tidal waves and earthquakes so as to reshape your planet. All of these things take from your limited energy, which must be replenished."
38211,International Superstar Soccer '98,"ISS '98, International Superstar Soccer 98, Jikkyō World Soccer: World Cup France '98",1998,8.4,Sports,,,"ISS returns to the N64 with improvements to the six previous game modes found in ISS64. New scenarios and updated player rosters (although not FIFA licensed) are included, along with new stadiums from around the world (including three based on those used in the France World Cup '98), create-a-player options, multiple gaming strategies (offside traps, offensive plays, etc.), multiple weather conditions and under lights nightime play, plus commentary from Tony Gubba and surround sound."
38212,Video Pinball,"Arcade Pinball, Flippern, Pinball, Rugby, Süper Tilt, Vídeo-Flipperama",1980,6.2,"Action, Simulation","Arcade, Pinball",,"Video Pinball is a pinball simulation for one or two players. You begin the game with three balls and need to score as many points as possible by hitting the various bumpers, spinners, and rollovers on the pinball table. An extra ball can be earned by hitting the Atari logo rollover four times in a row! There are two difficulty levels and four game variations included."
38218,Avernum,,2000,6.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Avernum is a remake of Exile Spiderweb Software's first game. It uses the Nethergate game engine and plays in much the same way. A few things have been improved, however. Instead of just clicking on subjects players want to know more about in conversations, and getting static data as feedback, they can now select from several choices of what to say. It is a more natural system, like in Ultima Underworld The combat has not changed significantly, except that there are new weapons, and many more spells, than in previous games, and these have altered graphics. The sprite animation has been expanded on, and additional frames added to the character animations. The isometric tile-by-tile scrolling view has not changed, but the many frames added on will help improve combat."
38230,Breach 3,,1995,5.5,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Breach 3 is a squad-level tactical combat game in a futuristic sci-fi setting. Aliens and robots are some of the enemies you face in battles witnessed from a top-down perspective (contrasted with X-Com's isometric viewpoint). Your squad leader gains experience from each completed mission - assuming he doesn't die, ending your campaign prematurely. Combat is real-time, but pauses automatically when you need to make important decisions. An added feature of Breach 3 is that the program can link up with Impressions' game Rules of Engagement 2 ; character attributes and experience can be transferred between the two games."
38232,Videocart-10: Maze,"8: Irrgarten, Cassette 10: Irrgarten, Programkassett 10: Labyrint / Rymning / Blindbock / Stigfinnare, Videocart-8: Labyrinth",1977,4.8,"Action, Puzzle",Arcade,,"Poor little mice, doomed to run around in a maze and escape as quickly as they can. As if that's not enough, the owners of this maze pit you against a friend to see who will escape first. And then the diabolical owners take it one step further and add a cat to the maze mix - forcing you not only to escape first, but escape alive! There are 4 maze types: There are also a few game modes:"
38236,Bridge Builder,,2000,7.1,"Puzzle, Simulation",City building / construction simulation,,"In Bridge Builder you are playing an architect who designs, builds and eventually tests his bridges. When you start a game, you see a cross-section through a river, that’s the river were the railway will drive over when you succeeded in building a bridge. In each level you have a different river, every time a bit more complex. On special points on the bank of the river, or inside it, you begin building your bridge. You can only attach the bridge on those points to the ground. But bridge braces can be attached to other braces. Each section you lay, regardless of the size, costs 100$, and of course, your budget is limited. Once you think your railway bridge is stable, you can test it by let the game drive a railway through it. The game will then display stress points on the bridge, were it might breach (or actual do). For this, the game uses a realistic physics engine. Two possibilities will occur: either the train makes it somehow over the bridge, or your train sinks in the river. When the first occur, you can proceed with the next level. If you end up in the river, you go back to the drawing board. Since you now have seen what went wrong, you can correct it by attaching more braces or correct some others. In addition is to say, that you don’t need a perfect bridge. The bridge itself doesn’t need to hold at all, so you can still complete a level, when the railway is driven successful through and shortly after that the bridge collapse. Or if you like, you can build weird, crazy bridges, or perfect bridges, as already said, it must only hold the train once. The game offers 15 different levels were you can test your skills."
38239,Destruction Derby 64,,1999,6.5,Racing / Driving,,,"Much like other Destruction Derby titles, the aim of the game is to race through to the finish, while taking out the other cars for points and not crashing out yourself. In this addition, up to 4 players can play, with options including a straight out Derby, Capture the Flag, arena battles and much more. There are 12 single player tracks to go through, and plenty of cars to use, including a taxi car (which you must complete the game to unlock)."
38243,CarVup,,1990,7.4,Action,Platform,,"Although a platform game with a decidedly cute look, Car-Vup has little in common with others of the time. The clue as to why is in the titular pun - although you don't carve anything up as such. You're at the controls of a car across a landscape made up of colourless girders, and your task is to drive over each of these in turn, which colours them in. By default, upon reaching the end of each platform you turn around, but you can jump across the gap by pressing fire. There are enemies to avoid contact with; these follow pre-programmed movement paths."
38245,Exile: Escape from the Pit,Exile I: Escape from the Pit,1995,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"A 'classic' RPG, featuring level-based party advancement in various skills that define the character. Features turn-based combat, lots of enemies, a huge area to explore, and dozens if not hundreds of characters to talk to, with a text-entry method. Exile is the name of a huge system of underground caverns, used by an oppressive surface empire as a place to toss the undesired, those who just ""don't fit in"" to the status quo that the empire loves to enforce. In addition to trying to stay alive, your party (recent arrivals in Exile) must scour the rocky lands and assist the people and king of Exile by fighting off rival armies, species, and an underground evil barely contained until now."
38247,Lost Dutchman Mine,,1989,7.1,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,Western,"Lost Dutchman Mine is a simulation game that casts the player in the role of a gold miner in the 1860's. The player can freely explore a town and a vast desert, limited only by the protagonist's necessity to eat and rest. One of the game's goals is to earn money, which can be achieved by searching for gold in a river, mining for gold, or capturing wanted criminals. It is possible to buy food or catch fish with a fishing gear equipped. Hostile explorers and dangerous animals impede the protagonist's process. Location layout and characters are randomly generated each time the player begins the game."
38250,Guts 'n' Garters in DNA Danger,Guts 'n' Garters in Les espions du futur,1997,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"The world is in danger again as general Wort has some evil plans with it. Elite soldiers Hank 'Guts' Carter and Stacy 'Garters' Pringle are sent in to stop him and his minions. Played in a style similar to Cabal the game has you controlling Guts or Garters by keyboard and mouse. Each level consists of multiple connected static screens (including a boss-confrontation screen) that must be cleared. Storming soldiers, helicopters, and tanks must be shot, but do not forget to reload your weapon and search for ammo. Once a scene is cleared, search and collect hidden items. Exits by way of arrows then become visible granting you access to the next screen."
38253,Project Justice,"Moero! Justice Gakuen, Project Justice: Rival Schools 2",2000,7.7,Action,Fighting,,"Project Justice is the sequel to Shiritsu Justice Gakuen: Nekketsu Seishun Nikki 2 It once more thrusts you into the shoes of a team of students, trying to find out what is causing all the bizarre events. Players pick a school to fight for and smash their way through the other schools, questioning them until you find out what is happening. The gameplay is very similar in style to the original Rival Schools featuring bombastic special moves and team-up attacks, along with the same, highly caricatured students."
38267,The LucasArts Archives: Vol. III,,1997,7.3,Compilation,,,This archive includes full versions of: It also includes an extra CD-ROM with demos for X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 Outlaws Yoda Stories and Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures
38274,The Dukes of Hazzard II: Daisy Dukes It Out,,2000,6.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Nearly identical gameplay to Dukes of Hazzard: Racing For Home this game is 18 more levels of racing around the off-road areas of Hazzard county. From the title as you may imagine, the plot focuses on Daisy and a friend of hers, Missy who are knee-deep in trouble. In addition to the single player plot missions, there is also Two-Player racing mode, a Scramble mode, a Joyride mode and a mode called Grab the Jug, where the players try to collect an evasive jug on or off the road before the other players. Choice of vehicles includes the General Lee itself, Daisy's Jeep, Uncle Jesse's old truck, Missy's spider ride and a farm's chicken truck."
38284,Spy vs. Spy: The Island Caper,"Nangoku Shirei!! Spy vs. Spy, Spy vs Spy II: The Island Caper, Spy vs. Spy Vol. II: The Island Caper",1985,7.4,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"A follow-up to the first Spy vs Spy game now sees the spies stranded on a desert island. This time, instead of the four items which allow you to leave for the airport, the spies must try to collect three pieces of a missile and escape from the island in a waiting submarine before a volcano erupts. There are a few pitfalls to avoid such as quicksand and sharks. There are also new traps (hidden pits, napalm, snares and a pistol) and hand-to-hand combat is done with swords instead of clubs. There are seven difficulty levels which affect how much time will elapse before the volcano erupts and the size of the playing area."
38286,Bass Landing,,1999,7.0,Sports,,,"Bass Landing is a fishing game that has a tutorial mode, a free fishing mode, and a B.A.S (Bass Angler's Society) Pro-Tournament mode. In the tutorial mode, players go to fishing classes and learn and practice the basics of fishing starting with casting all the way down to bass ecology. At the end of all the classes the player is given an exam testing them on all they have previously learned. Free fishing mode let's the player fish at their leisure, letting them choose from 5 different lakes and setting its' conditions to their liking, and let's them attempt to catch any of the 14 species of fish that inhabit those lakes. The B.A.S Pro-Tournament mode has the player competing in 7 different tournaments by catching a set number of the most heaviest bass in a set amount of time. Before heading out to fish the player can choose their type of rod, reel, lure, and line. When fishing the player chooses the way to cast their line, use a power meter to determine how far out the line is cast, and then hope to lure a fish on to their hook. Options in the game let the player decide things such as the time scale, rod action, and indicator type. Their is also a record option that keeps track of all the data about the various fish that have been caught in the free fishing and tournament modes. The player can also save replays of the catches that they deem to be noteworthy."
38292,Sango Fighter,"Fighter in China, Sango Street Fighter, Sangoku Bushō Sōha, Wu Jiang Zheng Ba: Sanguozhi",1993,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",China (Ancient / Imperial),"Sango Fighter is a versus fighting game set in the Three Kingdoms era in China. The player can choose between five different characters from the time period, and fight other characters in either a one-on-one combat or a story mode. The story is loosely based on real historical events of the Three Kingdoms era: towards the end of the Han Dynasty, China was controlled by the Emperor Ling, who was in turn controlled by ten of his servants in the royal palace. This created a convenient atmosphere for bandits, and the land was in turmoil. Then the Emperor ordered the ten dukes to take it on themselves to restore peace in the land, but the dukes instead fought amongst themselves. Finally, the duke Cao Cao took the Emperor captive and he now controls the realm. The player, however, must use five fighters to take on Cao Cao's forces and restore equilibrium to the land."
38297,Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu,Jackie Chan,1990,7.6,Action,Platform,,"Jackie Chan and his twin sister Josephine were great kung fu fighters in China and trained under a great master. One day when Jackie and Josephine were out walking, the Master's great enemy, The Sorcerer, appeared. The Sorcerer had come to rule over China and knew the twins would stand in his way, so he cast a spell to make Josephine disappear. Now it's up to Jackie Chan to follow after the Sorcerer and battle his minions in order to rescue his sister and save China. Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu is a side-scrolling fighting game. Jackie's controls are one button to jump and another one to attack or be used in combination with a direction for a special attack. On his quest, Jackie must punch and kick his way past frogs, ninjas, birds and other enemies. Jackie can acquire special-moves such as the Tornado attack, the 180 degree spin kick, the 360 degree spin kick and the Sky Attack. Other power-ups include energy refills and bonus points."
38302,Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity,"Ishar III: Les sept portes de l'infini, Ishar III: The Seven Gates of Infinity, Ishar-3",1994,7.0,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"After Zubaran, the Lord of Ishar, has defeated the evil Shandar, peace has returned to the land. Unfortunately, it didn't last for long, since Shandar found a way to retain his spirit, which is looking for a body to possess. Using time manipulation, Shandar is trying to find the dragon of Sith, last survivor of the Great Black Dragons, in order to control his body and execute its immense power for evil purposes. Zubaran has to find companions, use the Portals of Time, explore the land, and get to the Black Dragon before Shandar does. In this third installment of the Ishar series, the player can control Zubaran or import characters both from Ishar or Ishar 2 The gameplay is very similar to that of the second game. The player recruits companions and navigates the party through 3D environments viewed from first-person perspective. Combat is in real-time, like in the two predecessors. A slight graphical change is the usage of digitized photos as character portraits."
38307,The Pirates of Dark Water,,1994,7.0,Action,Platform,,"Dark Water is slowly taking over the world of Mer. With his last words, King Primus tells his son, Prince Ren, that he has to find the lost Treasures of Rule to stop the Dark Water. Ren travels to the town of Janda where he meets the monkeybird Niddler, the female warrior Tula and the ex-pirate Ioz, who help him on his quest. Based on the cartoon by the same name, The Pirates of Dark Water is a side scrolling hack'n slash platformer with a few adventure elements. You take control of either Ren, Ioz or Tula who can jump, climb, attack and throw enemies. In most levels you are required to find keys to unlock doors and talk to NPCs who will give you hints. You will also find numerous useful items including throwing weapons, food to replenish your health, potions that have different effects such as temporary invincibility, money that is needed to pay certain NPCs and melons that can be fed to Niddler who will take you back to the map screen in turn."
38312,100% Dynamite,,1990,6.5,Compilation,,,"100% Dynamite is a collection of four games, including three arcade conversions:"
38313,Might and Magic: Clouds of Xeen,Might and Magic: Les nuages de Xeen,1992,7.9,Role-playing (RPG),,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","The evasive guardian Sheltem has once again escaped from relentless Corak and the six heroes of Terra who were helping him. The brave adventurers tried to pursue him on his journey through space, but were unable to reach the destination. Meanwhile, the distant world of Xeen is experiencing new troubles. A mysterious villain known as Lord Xeen has imprisoned Crodo, the local oversees, and is plotting to execute control over the land. A band of local adventurers becomes involved in the conflict and get to the bottom of the mystery. Clouds of Xeen is the fourth installment in the Might and Magic series, and a follow-up to Isles of Terra It utilizes the same graphics and interface as its predecessor, and is generally very similar to it in structure and gameplay. Among new features is the possibility to keep notes recording quests and important locations in the game, a separate inventory section for quest items, and two difficulty levels. All over the game's world there are pyramids which work as teleporters as soon as part five of the series, Darkside of Xeen is installed. The two games can be played simultaneously, merging into World of Xeen which includes multiple cross-over quests in both installments."
38314,UEFA 2000,,2000,6.7,Sports,,Europe,"UEFA 2000 is a officially licensed soccer game for the Game Boy Color. In the game you can play with many national teams. All of them have real player names. You can play the game in practice, friendly, cup and league mode. Settings include an option to choose between extra time or golden goal (first to score a goal wins). Like any soccer game you can shoot, pass, tackle and make headers. The game comes with three difficulty settings to play with."
38318,Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess,"KULT: The Temple of Flying Saucers, Kult",1989,7.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Set in a post-apocalyptic world, Chamber of The Sci-Mutant Priestess casts you as Raven, a young ""Tuner"" (psionic mutant), working for the Tuner Netwerk. One day, while out on assignment with his friend Sci Fi, he witnesses the massacre of a ""Normal"" village, by a group of Protozorqs (physical mutants). Raven and Sci Fi disobey their instructions from the Netwerk, and fight back against the Protozorqs. In the ensuing struggle, Sci Fi is captured and taken back to the Protozorqs' mountain temple. Raven vows to save her, and so gets himself captured, too. As the game starts, Raven is a prisoner in the crazy Protozorq temple, where something sinister and utterly insane seems about to happen. Apparently, Raven has to go through five ordeals, to become a ""Divo"" (a Messenger Of The New Solution). For each ordeal he completes, he receives a Vort skull. Can you complete the five ordeals, save Sci Fi and destroy the fiendish Protozorq plot, in time? Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess (originally entitled Kult: The Temple of Flying Saucers ) is a puzzle-solving adventure game. To solve the puzzles, Raven will sometimes need to collect and trade items; but more often, usage of the eight ""psi-powers"" is required. These powers range from a simple light spell (""Solar Eyes"") to instant-kill (""EV"" - extreme violence) and complex psychological effects (""Brainwarp""). The five ordeals can be completed in any order, or even skipped altogether to reach a different ending. A time limit is imposed on the ordeals, and is calculated by turns. A ""wait"" command, which skips a turn, is also available."
38320,The Hunt for Red October,Red October o Oe!,1991,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Cold War,"It’s 1984. A Soviet Typhoon-Class submarine named Red October is under the command of Captain Marko Ramius to send the vessel to the United States and prevent the submarine from being misused to start a war. The player navigates the titular submarine in a series of underwater stages, avoiding collision with walls and surfaces, while taking out naval and airborne threats with torpedoes, guided warheads, and the Caterpillar Drive for temporary stealth. An in-game radar is provided, showing the area around the submarine and any units in the vicinity."
38325,Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000,Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000: As Real As It Gets,1999,7.7,Simulation,,,"Flight Simulator 2000 is the civilian flight simulator for the new millennium. Built on a foundation of realism that spans over 17 years, Flight Simulator 2000 is the largest leap forward in Microsoft Flight Simulator history."
38337,Gate of Thunder,,1992,8.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A side-scrolling shoot-'em-up, Gate of Thunder asks players to take control of the space-craft ""Hunting Dog"". You fly left-to-right mostly, with occasional vertically-scrolling sections, and use several different weapon styles to defeat your many foes. Along with Esty in her ship the ""Wild Cat"", you must defeat the forces of General Don Jingi, who has plans of taking energy from the star of Aries. Playing as the pilot Hawk, players must avoid collisions and weapon-fire from the General's ""Obellon"" army. Consisting of many different types of enemy, the army has a massive, sprawling force of guns, turret, ships, battle-stations and mech-type units. Their fire-power is immense and you are the single opposing force! Gate of Thunder allows players to choose in real-time from three weapon-fire types. A blue-coloured electrical fire, a green-coloured wave-fire, and a red-coloured quake-type fire. Along with this, players obtain homing-missiles and the assistance of the ""Wild Cat"" which orbits the ship separately. Gate of Thunder also features a critically acclaimed soundtrack that remains a talking-point to this day."
38352,A Prehistoric Tale,,1990,6.0,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Play the role of a time traveler whose job is to rescue dinosaur eggs from an unsafe environment so they can have a chance to evolve into mammals. Your progress will be impeded by those dinosaurs that have time to hatch. Fortunately, these beasts are afraid of mice which you can set loose in certain locations. A Prehistoric Tale is a non-scrolling 2-D platformer. Kill enemies by jumping on them. Alternately, hatched dinosaurs can be temporarily caged by jumping over them. This game is essentially a remake of Dino Eggs for the Commodore 64."
38363,Axel's Magic Hammer,,1989,7.0,Action,Platform,,Standard platform game where you control a boy with a magic hammer which he uses to batter the various nasties which stand in his way. The hammer can also be used to smash blocks which hide power ups. Power ups give you powers such as the bicycle helmet which allows you to smash the blocks by jumping into them with your head from below. This game is like every platform game you have ever played with the hammer being the focus and the wielder but a wielder.
38366,Devastator,,1993,6.5,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The game's story is based on a mini-anime series, with extracts from the anime being used for cutscenes between the levels. The story centers on a man named Ryo, who begins working for a company called Yaesu as a replacement for his friend Masato. During a test ride with a new machine, however, he is somehow thrown into another dimension. After being rescued there by a group of mecha pilots from vile creatures named Devastators, he learns that nefarious people are working on a connection between that and his own dimension, and sets out to stop them. Devastator is a run & gun-style platformer with shoot-'em-up segments. The player controls a humanoid mech with a mid-range weapon, which can be described as a sickle on a chain, and one of three different long-range weapons. The goal in each level is simply to reach the end and defeat a boss. Most of levels consist of platforming, but sometimes the gameplay switches to a horizontally scrolling shoot-'em-up. Weapons can be upgraded by collecting items left by defeated enemies, similar to the Turrican games, but the protagonist may only have one long-range weapon; picking up another replaces the old one. There is only one type of standard upgrade item. To select a weapon, the player has to shoot the power-up until it shows the correct symbol."
38368,Ninja Master's,"Ninja Master's: Hao Ninpo Cho, Ninja Master's: Haō Ninpō Chō",1996,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Another one-on-one fighting game straight from the arcades for the Neo Geo. Ninja Master's [sic] is set in feudal Japan, and tells the story of 10 unique ninjas who fight each other for their own personal reasons and the chance to defeat the evil Nobunaga and bring peace back to Japan. As expected for the genre, the game pits your selected character against a series of opponents in best-of-three-round matches, with your objective being to deplete your opponent's health bar with your basic attacks, special moves (triggered by specific control motions) and super moves (which rely on a power gauge). All the characters in Ninja Master's fight with their weapon of choice, but you can freely choose to put your weapon away and go mano-a-mano. This does not have a major impact on speed or attack power, but changes the movesets significantly, even changing the way basic attacks work. Uses 2D sprite-based graphics and features 1P or 2P vs gameplay."
38369,Star Control II,"Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters, Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters, The Ur-Quan Masters",1992,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Mini-games, RPG elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Following an ongoing war with the alien Ur-Quan race, the Alliance has lost. The Ur-Quan armada systematically hunts down the alliance races and imprisons them onto their homeworlds. However, unknown to the Ur-Quan, a small research vessel had been lost during the war while sent to a distant star system looking for evidence of the ancient Precursor race. The survivors of this research team had come across the controls to a Starship factory and used it to build a Precursor supply vessel, one of the largest vessels in the galaxy. Upon return, the captain of the ship discovers, to his dismay, that Earth has become one of Ur-Quan's slave planets. The surface of Earth is glowing red, devoid of life, and a few humans are locked in a starbase orbiting the planet. The captain contacts the starbase commander and finds out that the only way to defeat the Ur-Quan is to convince other races populating the galaxy to join them in their struggle. Star Control II is a hybrid game based on exploration, space combat, and ship customization. Unlike its predecessor it has a heavily plot-driven, quest-based structure reminiscent of role-playing or adventure games. The game's main focus is on exploring a vast galaxy consisting of numerous star systems and interacting with various alien species populating it. Each species has its own personal traits and would usually require the player to exploit conversation trees or perform different tasks to convince them to join. The main objective is to gather as many allies as possible, though only a few alliances are required to complete the game. While in deep space, the starship can approach any star it comes across, and then the player can guide the ship around its system and land on its planets and their moons. Space is treated as two-dimensional and presented in a top-down view. There is also a starmap available which shows the entire galaxy and allows the player to set the ship on auto-pilot to any star. Throughout space are different alien civilizations. These are represented on the starmap by a sphere of influence. Within the sphere, the aliens have a controlling presence and their ships will venture freely. Outside the sphere, encounters are rarer. Aliens can be dealt with diplomatically, through a series of dialog options, or engaged in combat. Alongside the main plot objective, the player also configures and upgrades his fleet in a role-playing fashion. The main starship is the Precursor vessel and it can be used to travel between star systems, which uses up fuel. Raw materials are used as currency to make purchases in the starbase. It is possible to buy fuel, as well as improve the player-controlled fleet in various ways. These include purchasing smaller ships to accompany the main one on its travels and participate in combat; hiring crew members, which effectively act as the hit points of the ships; and upgrading the main ship with enhancements that improve its speed, maneuverability, and combat efficiency. Successfully completing a quest for an alien race may also result in their combat ships joining the fleet. Raw materials are found on the surfaces of planets and moons throughout the galaxy. The player has to send a landing module to the planet and then guide it around the surface as it picks up materials found earlier with a scanner. Each planet is unique in the type of minerals and metals it is formed of. Some planets are plagued by natural dangers such as lightning storms, earthquakes, or lava, which can damage or destroy landing modules. Non-sentient lifeforms can also be found and stunned to obtain biological samples. Special installations, objects, and ruins can also be found on certain planets and explored. Combat is action-based and utilizes the same engine as the first game, where action is controlled from a top view and influenced by the gravity of nearby planets. Each alien vessel has unique abilities, and the player can select any ship from his fleet to participate in battles, attempting to find the best combination against specific enemies. Combat can also be played as a standalone game (melee mode), separate from the main storyline. It can also be set on a cyborg mode within the main game, allowing the computer AI to take over the battles and calculate their results depending on the attributes of the ships. Versions of the game titled The Ur-Quan Masters and Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters are freeware, open-source ports which combine DOS and 3DO content. These releases, alongside the source code, are handled by the original developers Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford who own the copyright to all parts of the original games except the Star Control trademark."
38371,Guardians,,1991,6.4,Puzzle,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Guardians is a puzzle game in which the player takes the role of a guardian who is tasked with containing the so-called ""Triffids"", balls of pure energy. The game is played in a top-down perspective and has two plains. The upper plane is where the player is active and has to build walls. There are blocks of five colours which can be freely moved over the area. If multiple blocks of the same colour come together, they fuse together and are no longer mobile; those fusions are called ""cohesions"". Some blocks can be combined with any colour. The player can both use blocks which are already on the plain and place bricks from a reservoir. One to three triffids are on the lower plain and bounce up and down. If they bounce up and there is a block hindering them, they are lost and given minus points. Regular blocks are destroyed when they come into contact; only cohesions are a permanent wall. The goal of each level is to get a certain amount of points (by creating cohesions) within a time limit."
38373,Battle Race,,1996,6.5,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is a journey into speed Ladies & Gentlemen .. Fasten your seat belts BATTLE RACE, the hardest racing series in the known galaxy is waiting about you. Take the challenge and prove that you can beat the best pilots of the universe in a fight over live and death. But - be careful! Some great careers has found in this hard fight about money and fame a tragical end... Some features: 24 stages on 4 planets, 30 opponents, 6 different spaceships, LAN for 8 players, Online racing comment"
38374,The Terminator,,1993,6.2,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The SNES game based on James Cameron's classic 1984 film is an action game where the player takes the role of Kyle Reese, sent from the future to protect Sarah Connor from the Terminator. The game has two kinds of levels: in several scrolling platform levels, Reese runs and jumps, shooting at Terminators (in the future war level that begins the game), street punks or policemen. The film's chase scenes are recreated in two driving sequences. Viewed from behind, Reese and Sarah must escape the Terminator's pursuit in their car, dodging incoming traffic and avoiding the Terminator's fire."
38377,Rampage World Tour,,1997,6.1,Action,Arcade,,"Rampage World Tour is an updated version of the classic Rampage Rampage World Tour starts off at Scumlabs International where three lab technicians, George, Lizzy, and Ralph have mutated in an accident involving toxic waste. George has turned into a gigantic ape, Lizzy a gigantic lizard or dinosaur, and Ralph some sort of gigantic wolf. The three destroy the lab they previously worked at and then embark on a path of destruction encompassing the entire globe. The player chooses one of these three characters and begins destroying buildings, eating civilians, knocking planes out of the sky, and stepping on tanks. The ultimate goal of the game is to rid the world of Scumlabs by traveling to the cities where they are located. Being creatures of such massive size, there are many cities that must be destroyed along the way. Scumlabs and the various militaries make it a priority to destroy you and optionally another player that can play simultaneously. The graphics are worth noting as they are of a unique, colorful ""cartoon"" flavor. Gameplay includes players climbing buildings while punching, kicking, and eating their inhabitants to destroy them. Once all the buildings for a particular stage have been destroyed, the stage is clear and players proceed to the next stage. Players can get many different kinds of power-ups that make them more powerful or restore health."
38380,Disney•Pixar Toy Story 2,,1999,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The Game Boy Color version of Toy Story 2 is a 2D platformer starring Buzz Lightyear. The plot follows the movie of the same name, and so Buzz needs to rescue Woody, who was stolen from the bedroom by a toy collector. The player will run and jump through several movie-inspired locations including Andy's house, the city streets, the toy store and the airport. Buzz can shoot lasers and that will help him to defeat toys that oppose him in the levels. Surprisingly, Buzz' friends from the movie (like Rex or the three-eyed green aliens) will try to stop him too and need to be dealt with in this game. There are several special powers (like a flying ability or a running-on-air move) available to Buzz at certain points of the levels, usually associated with collecting hard-to-reach coins or weapon power-ups."
38387,Crossfire,,1981,7.1,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this adaptation of the arcade game Targ your job is to defend your city from marauding alien beasts. You can simultaneously maneuver your craft and shoot in four directions while patrolling the regular grid of streets - the enemy has surrounded your city block, and attacks are coming in from all sides as the aliens swarm in with all guns blazing. To survive, you'll have to blast your way out by darting in and out of the line of fire and taking down the assailants with your own volleys: once they're all eliminated, you go forth to the next level, to face yet another wave. Ammunition is limited, and from time to time you'll have to restock by picking up a fresh supply. Every level contains four bonus crystals: as time goes by, they emerge one-by-one to be picked up, and each is worth twice as much as the last. The game starts you off with three ships, though you get a fresh one for every 5000 points you score."
38396,Thunder Truck Rally,Monster Trucks,1997,6.7,Racing / Driving,,,"Thunder Truck Rally is a an arcade-style 3d monster truck racing game. Here you will find all the normal racing game modes: championship, time trial, practice, and multi-player. In addition to the standard modes, there is a car-crushing competition that serves as both a separate game mode and a bonus round in the championship. There are 9 different trucks to chose from. Each has their own set of strengths and weaknesses. Some are faster than others, but break more easily. Some turn corners more quickly, and some accelerate more quickly. The designs of the trucks vary greatly. Beyond the standard pickup and jeep type vehicles, you will find a VW bus and a sedan. There two main types of races in Thunder Truck Rally. The first takes place in an open, free-roam area. Here, your objective is to race from point to point in the fastest time possible. The second type of race takes place in closed circuits with a fixed track that cannot be escaped. Here, you simply complete the circuit as fast as possible."
38399,The Hunt for Red October,Jagd auf Roter Oktober,1987,6.5,Simulation,,Cold War,"In this adaptation of Tom Clancy's popular novel, you play the part of Captain Marko Ramius attempting to defect to the US. Once into the Atlantic, you must rendezvous with the US Navy and fake the destruction of the Red October. Your crew is not aware of the defection -- but the Soviet Navy is, and will try to stop you at any cost."
38404,Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,,1991,6.3,Role-playing (RPG),,,"England is in trouble. Richard the Lion-Hearted, king of England, is off fighting in the Crusades, and while he's gone, the kingdom is ruled by the Sheriff and his evil black witch Mortianna. You start in the city dungeons, being whipped by the Sheriff's prison guards. Now its all up to you. Set yourself free, find friends in Sherwood forest, rescue the lovely Maid Marian, and set England free!"
38408,Desert Rats: The North Africa Campaign,,1985,6.5,Strategy / tactics,,"Africa, Historical events, World War II","Desert Rats is the second entry in R. T. Smith 's World War II trilogy, including Arnhem and Vulcan It simulates the North Africa Campaign in 1941-42 commencing with the arrival of Rommel in Tripoli and ends with the Battle of El Alamein. The bitter campaign includes Operations Battleaxe and Crusader and the Battle of Gazala. The game is named after the men of the 7th Armoured Division who were known as the Desert Rats after adopting a 'gerbil' as their insignia. Several versions like DOS and ZX Spectrum 128K includes two additional scenarios: Operation Compass and the Battle of Beda Fomm (December 1940-February 1941). The gameplay is shown on a scrolling map by turns. Players select the units and give them orders to hold position, move to, fortify, or assault. Units move on the grid of rectangular cells. The balance of battles may be adjusted by Malta Status (Historical, Operation Hercules, Not used as base) as well. Historically, Montgomery defeated Rommel at El Alamein, and it is player's opportunity to alter the history making it sooner or vice versa. The game is accompanied by a detailed instruction booklet including historical background notes of the campaign with maps and photographs. Two players representing Allied and Axis may be computer or human."
38413,Son Son II,,1989,7.6,Action,Platform,,"In this platformer, loosely based on the classic Chinese novel Xi You Ji players take control of Son Goku who has to rescue his friends from a mysterious villain. In seven levels, Son Goku has to survive various jumping puzzles, fight off enemies with his staff and collect money in form of fruit. Along the way, he can pick up various helpful items that can either be bought in stores or found hidden within the levels. They include: Medicine that refills Son Goku's health, a magic lamp that allows him to continue after losing a life, keys that open doors, a glove that breaks certain walls and a cloud that Son Goku can use to fly during boss-battles. Additionally, Son Goku can buy longer and more powerful staffs if he finds somebody who sells them."
38417,Survival Kids,"Stranded Kids, Survival Kids: Kotō no Bōkensha",1999,8.3,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Puzzle elements,,"When on a pleasure cruise for his tenth birthday, a young boy is swept away to a remote island by a fierce storm that destroys the entire ship. With no family or friends, he must fend for himself on this strange, seemingly uninhabited island and ultimately find a way to return home. Survival Kids is presented in an overhead action-RPG style similar to Link's Awakening Players must try to survive through each day by getting enough rest, eating food and drinking water regularly. This can be risky, as certain foods such as mushrooms can have varying effects including paralysis and poison, while other foods can go rotten and make you sick if you eat them. The game also features a unique ""merge"" system, which allows you to create a number of different items by combining two other items. For example, combining bark and a stick would produce kindling, while using ivy with a bent stick could create a bow. There are plenty of useless items that can be made in addition to the essentials, so it's up to the player to think as to what could be helpful in their quest to survive."
38421,Mad Max,,1990,5.0,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,"Oceania, Post-apocalyptic","You are Mad Max. You drive your Interceptor through the post-apocalyptic wastelands and fight bandits. The game introduction is the speech from the beginning of the movie Mad Max 2 (a.k.a The Road Warrior), telling you how the world ended and how The Road Warrior, lost everything by ""the roar of an engine"" and how he in the wastelands ""learned to live again"". The game is played in a top-down view where you move your car to attack enemy cars and pick up fuel tanks (if you run out of fuel the game is over)."
38425,Bassin's Black Bass,Super Black Bass 2,1994,7.3,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Bassin's Black Bass is a fishing game endorsed by the professional fishing champion Hank Parker. It is another entry in Hot-B's long line of fishing games. Players aim to become a professional fisherman and can travel by themselves or along with Hank. There are four different fishing areas players advance to as they win each round of the tournament. Players travel by boat on the water, select a fishing spot and then select lure and cast fish. Certain types of fish are only available at specific spots. There is also a fish radar that makes a sound when there is fish nearby. Players need to select the correct type of lure (there are about 20), keep track of weather conditions and the limited time available in tournaments. Some fish fight back hard and need to be reeled in with careful timing. The four tournaments are Local Amateur Tournament, Amateur Bass Championship, Pro Bass Tournament and Bassin' World Championship. About eight types of fish can be caught."
38433,Yoshi's Story,Yoshi Story,1997,7.4,Action,Platform,,"Loosely based on the Super Famicom/SNES game Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Yoshi's Story follows the adventures of six Yoshis as they search through sunny woods, dark caves, soaring mountains, steaming jungles, vast oceans, and gloomy castles for the Super Happy Tree, which has been stolen by the dreaded Baby Bowser. Yoshi can walk, run, swim, leap, flutter, and fire his payload of eggs. The action takes place in storybook ""pages"" made up of bookmaking materials and other familiar textures, including cut-paper forests, denim clouds, inflatable plastic islands, and stacks of colored spools. The game pioneers use of the Rumble Pak as a key element of the gameplay experience, the player being able to feel invisible but treacherous currents when Yoshi swims through oceanic depths. The Rumble Pak can also help the player locate hidden fruit or other objects by rumbling when Yoshi smells something. With a light touch of the Control Stick it becomes possible to float on a leaf, ride a friendly dragon, and tiptoe past a swarm of angry bees."
38435,Full Tilt! 2 Pinball,Pinball 97,1996,6.8,Action,Pinball,,"A fairly simple 3D-tilted pinball simulation featuring three tables (Mad Scientist, Alien Daze, & Captain Hero), all of which have a sci-fi/comic book theme. Can be played in a window or fullscreen."
38442,Sid & Al's Incredible Toons,,1993,7.9,Puzzle,,,"Sid & Al's Incredible Toons is a spin-off of The Incredible Machine series. It features cartoon characters and items instead of pseudo-realistic contraptions, but the goal is the same: to build hilarious machines reminiscent of the pictures of Rube Goldberg. Sid Mouse and Al E. Cat have probably never heard of Tom & Jerry but they’re just as single-minded: any means to hurt the adversary is a good one. They get plenty of means in Incredible Toons. Around 100 puzzles need to be solved, each one a 2D machine of which crucial parts are missing. The player's task is to choose useful objects from a separate window, position them on the screen and start the machine to see if it’s working. A simple example: a piano hanging from a rope needs to be dropped on Al. To accomplish this, you place open scissors next to the cable and drop a ball on them - voila, the rope is cut, Al crushed. However, most puzzles are far more complicated; for example, the player might first have to lure Al under the piano with a fish, which needs to be transported to the right location by conveyor belts. The puzzles involve a score of contraptions, ranging from simple ropes and pulleys to balloons, trapdoors, catapults, bombs, electrical hairdryers, and motors. Sid and Al are accompanied by several other cartoon characters, such as the lady elephant Eunice who will toss things around, or the pet dragon Bik that ignites objects with his fiery breath. Gameplay is spiced up with cartoon animations -- Al chasing Sid is a sight to remember. If the player has solved all of the puzzles, the player can build own challenges with the comfortable editor. Oh, be sure to learn Sid & Al’s lessons well -- you never know when you need to get rid of a mouse with nothing but some cheese, a trapdoor and an anvil."
38445,Universe,,1994,7.0,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are Boris Verne, a normal guy who has been cast in a parallel universe because of your uncle's Virtual Dimension Inducer. There you'll have to find the fabled lost star as well as a way to defeat the Golden King... This is a classic old-style adventure game with a point & click interface. It uses the Rotoscope system to manage game characters and scores really beautiful 256-colour graphic."
38448,Street Gang,,1987,4.0,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"In Street Gang the player takes the role of Mickey who just moved from the country to New York. Now he wants to become one of the big boys and join the street gang. But they set him a challenge: cutting off a curl of hair from their leader... So in conclusion Mickey walks from left to right while defending himself again the enemy hordes. The game plays out as a standard brawler in which Mickey uses hand-to-hand combat against the foes. However, when he gets the hand of them he also can use other items like guns, baseball bats or teargas. Being hit by opponents, which sometimes hide in garbage bins, drain Mickey's energy and eventually one of his lives."
38456,EGG: Elemental Gimmick Gear,,1999,7.4,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You awaken one day after a prolonged sleep, look around and realize you have been asleep for quite a while - thousands of years... The people who saw you during your sleep named you the Sleeper. You were discovered by an archaeological team, and an ancient machine, which was dubbed ""Elemental Gimmick Gear"" by the archaeologists, was found near you. Players take the control of the Sleeper, who has no memory of who he really is and what he had been doing before he awakened. Having awakened from a very long sleep, the Sleeper sets out to discover his past, stop the contamination of the planet which is caused by Fogna: the mysterious ruins he was found in, as well as find out the purpose of the mysterious Elemental Gimmick Gear. This game is an Action RPG with a lot of emphasis on puzzle-solving. The player can move around the battlefield, using various physical attacks, such as punching, extending the arm or spinning. Players will also unlock elemental (magic-like) attacks which will be useful for longer range attacks, finding secret areas with capsules and solving some of the game's puzzles. In total, there are 4 types of elements to unlock with some of the skills utilizing multiple elements. There is no leveling up in this game. Thus, improving stats is done by either collecting 3 capsules of 3 different types (Attack, Defense or Mind) or an Energy Tank which will increase the Sleeper's max HP. The game is mostly 2D, featuring hand drawn backgrounds. However, during boss battles and in the spin racing mini-game, the game switches into a 3D mode. There are also a few mini-games included within the game, such as a 3D spin racing game and a few missions which involve spinning, activating switches and collecting as many points as possible while reaching the finish line before time runs out. Also, while traveling, players can find and gather Metamos: small creatures that can be raised by feeding them with elements. These creatures, after having grown, can be interacted with to restore or lose health and elements, as well as gain more capsules."
38457,Star Trek: Starship Creator Warp II,"Starship Creator, The, Warp 2 Creator",2000,6.0,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Create your own Federation Starship, outfit them with the latest Starfleet technology, crew them (even create your own crew members), then send them out on different missions! This sequel to Starship Creator adds a new Mission Creator, which is floatchart-based for ease of use."
38458,Space Gun,,1990,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"2039 A.D. Man begins deep space exploration in search of new life forms and usable fuel sources. What he discovers is trouble. Until now, the success of past explorations was causing the space effort to grow by leaps and bounds. Until now, the explorers had found little more than fungus and small insects as alternative lifeforms. Until now, the chief dangers had been those posed by the hostile environment of space. Until now, the aliens had not known about THEM. On the ragged edge of the galaxy, other creatures that roam the stars discover humans and spaceships to be excellent sources of food and other resources. Prepared at the worst for clashes with rival exploration teams, the human crews can do little to defend themselves as wave upon wave of nightmare creatures descend upon their ships and bases. In response to their distress calls, the Federation has assembled a series of rescue teams, lead by their best military sharpshooters, to deal with the alien menace. As the leader of one of these teams, you must gun down the intruders and pick up the human survivors. Brave the maze of dark corridors that may lead to a deadly shootout between you and legions of monsters. Pick up survivors and extra ammo on the way."
38462,Harvester,,1996,6.7,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"The year is 1953. When Steve Mason awakens in the quiet North American town called Harvest, he cannot remember anything. People claim to know him and even to be related to him, but he does not recall their names. As he explores the strange town, he encounters more and more eccentric people, whose behavior is difficult to explain. Everyone keep telling him that he should join the Lodge, the headquarters of the mysterious Order of the Harvest Moon. Steve is determined to find out the truth about the town and about himself, but he doesn't know that this truth is more horrifying than he could have ever imagined... Harvester is essentially a point-and-click, puzzle-solving adventure game. Though a weapon-shaped icon allows the player to attack characters, this can only be done as a solution to a puzzle, in order to advance the game's plot at specific points. The largest bulk of the gameplay is dedicated to traditional adventure activities: talking to characters and manipulating inventory items to solve puzzles. ""Hot spots"" indicate interaction possibilities, as in most adventure games of that period. The game features video cut scenes with live actors; for gameplay portions, digitized animations of the actors are super-imposed over pre-rendered background graphics."
38464,Ninja Gaiden Trilogy,,1995,7.4,Compilation,,,"Ninja Gaiden Trilogy is a compilation of the three games in the series previously released for the NES: All three games tell the story of ninja Ryu Hayabusa through alternating cinematic cutscenes and levels of 2D side-scrolling action. The graphics and sound are essentially the same as in the originals, but enhanced for the SNES."
38469,Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,Ali Baba,1981,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),,Middle East,"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves is an overhead dungeon crawler with strong RPG elements that sends you on a search for the Sultan's kidnapped daughter, Princess Buddir-al-Buddoor. You journey into the (often trapped) underworld to fight the nefarious thieves. Your party is chosen from a range of 17 characters, and can feature humans, dwarves, elves, and halflings. They can be controlled in a turn-based fashion by one player or in a co-operative mode. As you look for the princess, you'll come across hoards of gold ducats, with which you can buy armor and weapons. There are also runes offering hints. Vicious animals (such as tigers and scorpions) will gleefully chop you up if you're not careful."
38472,Hell-Copter,Vulture,1998,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"The Hell-Copter flying squadron and its leader Robert Fortune are feared around the world. You play Fortune in these 20 missions, in a 3D action game where you, the player, maneuver a highly armed helicopter. Sometimes, you'll have to rescue somebody; in other cases, you need to destroy something or even protect your own base. To accomplish this task, you shoot everything that moves with miniguns and missiles You have limited weapon stocks, but it's possible to find some refills on the ground.The missions are always straightforward - you can fly everywhere on the map, but your little radar will show you where to go next."
38474,Virtual Corporation,,1996,4.5,Adventure,Managerial / business simulation,,"Make your way up to the top in a future company. But that's not the only goal of Virtual Corporation; additionally, you have to find a murderer. The game is mainly based on a multiple choice question/answer system and has some short sub-games included. All graphics are a mixture of rendered backgrounds and more or less static videos."
38476,Tempest,,1981,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"99 Hyperspatial Wireways have long been crucial to man's ability to travel quickly through space. Thus, when aliens invade them, it becomes necessary to fly into and clear them. Tempest is a shooter using wire-frame graphics. Each Wireway is taken on in turn, and has a network of lines guiding the movement paths of both yourself and the aliens. You remain on the outside and keep shooting as the aliens move towards you. Any that reach the outside are fatal to touch, thus limiting your range of movement greatly if 2 or more achieve this. Some aliens move sideways - in dealing with these, plan ahead allowing for the time your shots to take to travel. You have a Super Zapper, which can be used once on each level to wipe out all aliens currently active, but this scores no points."
38481,Pictionary: The Game of Quick Draw,,1989,6.0,Puzzle,"Board game, Party game",,"Based on the board game, the object is to guess a word or phrase based on a drawing. There are five categories - Person/Place/Animal, Object, Action, a category of difficult puzzles, and an All Play category. The amount of time to guess an answer can be altered. These drawings are done using a cut-down variant of a paint package, which you can practice with to get your drawing skills up to scratch. You are not limited to freehand drawing - lines, boxes, circles and curves can be drawn, with variable ink colours and line thickness. After each question the game will tell you the answer and ask which player (if any) got the correct answer. Pictionary can be played against the computer, or with multiple players."
38490,Time and Magik: The Trilogy,,1988,7.7,"Adventure, Compilation","Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements","Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","In a similar manner to Jewels of Darkness this collection brings together three interlinked Level 9 adventures: The games have all been updated into the company's later adventure system, and have longer textual descriptions and some slight puzzle tweaks. The 16-bit versions are new and inevitably feature higher-resolution and more-colourful graphics."
38495,Trivia U.K.,"Trivia, Trivia 64",1985,6.8,Educational,"Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz",,"Trivia UK is a computer quiz game based on the board game Trivial Pursuit where you have to move around a board answering questions on six subjects on various small squares. The categories are Entertainment, History, Sport & Leisure, Geography, Arts & Literature and Science & Nature and each subject is colour coded. The aim is to collect six pieces before your opponents, one from each subject by answering a question correctly on a large square for each category. The squares go round the edge of the board and you can move either left or right. A dice is thrown to see how many squares you can move and if you answer correctly then you move again, the next player moves if you answer incorrectly. You have to say the answer out loud and tell the computer if the answer was right or wrong. There is no single player option."
38496,Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor,Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor Online,1997,6.5,Strategy / tactics,RPG elements,,"Sole Survivor is a multiplayer-centric game derived from Command & Conquer where each player assumes control of a single unit from the original game or the Covert Operations expansion, in a fashion that can be described as an early MOBA game. While online modes vary, offline matches against the AI are strictly randomized deathmatches with a 15-minute timer. The player units can collect random crates scattered around the map which contain upgrades (weapons, range, armor, speed), cloaking devices, cloak-negating devices, shroud covering and revealing devices, and radar uplinks. When killed, the player units are respawned, but the unit type can only be chosen at the start of the match."
38498,Baseball Stars,Baseball Star - Mezase Sankanou!!,1989,7.8,Sports,Arcade,,"This NES version of Baseball Stars is the very first game in SNK's popular series. It is also the most comprehensive game in the series. You can create, name, upgrade, and manage your own team, as well as customize the team's logo and colors. You can also change the stats of each individual player by paying him or her more money (earned from winning games). There are eight already-created gimmick teams that you can also play with, including the American Dreams, Lovely Ladies, and the Ghastly Monsters. You can set up a custom league which will keep complete stats on all players in the league. All games are played in the famous SNK Stadium."
38499,Triple Play 98,,1997,7.1,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"This baseball simulation features official MLB 1997 statistics and names for all teams and players - these can be traded, or new fictitious players can be created. Players have distinct batting and bowling styles. Over 50 distinct statistics are stored for each of these, with full analysis on offer. You can play in simulation or action modes. Player and team Artificial Intelligence has more complexities than in the previous Triple Play game Two-man commentary is provided, for a play-by-play summary as well as 'Color Commentary' to add detail and depth to the analysis."
38503,Titanic: The Recovery Mission,R. M. S. Titanic,1986,7.8,"Action, Simulation","Managerial / business simulation, Puzzle elements",Contemporary,"You're the president of the Titanic Salvage Company and it's your job to recover any artifacts you can find from the wreck of the H.M.S. Titanic and ultimately raise the ship to the surface. The game combines both above and below water aspects. Above the water, you must manage the company, press conferences and finances. Below the water, you explore the Titanic and her many secrets by navigating T.S.1 (your underwater robot) through a maze-like environment while trying to find a way to raise the ship to the surface. You must find eight flotation bags in order to raise the vessel. Along the way, you'll find several hidden items that combine to create yet another item, many of which are required to open locked doors, safes and other hidden compartments."
38510,Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge,,1991,6.7,Racing / Driving,,,"The greatest race car driver of all time Mario Andretti welcomes you to make a career of professional racer/driver. Obtaining the sponsor, you'll take $20,000 and you'll be ready to start. For this money you may buy a Sprint Car and win season races in this series to collect the money and progress to another series. There are six series available - Sprint Cars, Modified, Stock Cars, Prototypes, Formula 1, Indy Cars - each next is more expensive than previous. The gameplay flows as first-person perspective driving simulation with ability to replay your actions in third person camera view under different angles. You have to be in top 3 at each race to progress in race levels (Heat, Consolation, Feature) on each track during the season to win more money. Before starting the career you may practice to drive a specific car in each race series to beat the top speed, to explore different tracks (Monte Carlo, Detroit, Hockenheim, Daytona, LeMans, Indianapolis Fairgrounds, etc.), to count the number of laps for pit stop using, or just for fun. Also you may save/load your progress in the game."
38512,Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness,Akumajou Dracula Mokushiroku Gaiden: The Legend of Cornell,1999,6.8,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness is the sequel to the first Castlevania Nintendo 64 adventure. Although at war with the same enemy in the same castle, the player must fight as 4 different characters, with improved graphics and a new look to certain areas that appeared in the original. To begin with, set 8 years before the events that took place in Castlevania the count has kidnapped the young sister of Cornell, a powerful werewolf. As Cornell, the player must battle through the castle and defeat Dracula to save Cornell's sister. Once completing the game as Cornell, the player may take up the role of Henry, a demon-hating hero who must save captured children from the hands of Dracula within a set time limit. The player may then take on Dracula once again as the original heroes of Castlevania 64 Reinhardt Schneider and Carrie Fernandez, and re-live the events of the previous game through new and improved surroundings."
38514,Sonic Spike,World Beach Volley,1990,6.1,Sports,,,"Sonic Spike is a beach volleyball game. The player takes the role of a volleyball team with two athletes (which have different strengths and disadvantages) and tries to win a tournament. The second athlete can also be played by a second human player. The controls offer no surprises: players move an athlete over the field and use two buttons for jumping and hitting. Single players also have to switch between the two athletes. However, each athlete has a n energy value which decreases over the course of a match. By using a water bottle the energy gets filled up again, but there is only a limited amount available. When using the training mode instead of the tournament, players can choose between one of three fields and an easy mode which is basically a slow motion mode."
38515,The Smurfs Travel the World,"De Smurfen verkennen de wereld, Die Schlümpfe 2, Die Schlümpfe Reisen um die Welt, I Puffi a Zonzo per il Mondo, Les Schroumpfs: Autour du monde, Les Schtroumpfs 2, Los Pitufos 2, Los Pitufos Viajan por el Mundo, Smurfarna reser runt jorden, The Smurfs 2, The Smurfs 2: Smurf the World",1995,6.8,Action,Platform,"Africa, Asia, Fantasy, North America, South America","The magic crystal has broken. And so inquisitive Smurf and Smurfette are teleported through time and all around the world. Sadly they discover that the whole world suffers from pollution. They set off to find the 21 crystals in each area and smurf the world's rubbish in order to get back to their European village. So you as male Smurf or female Smurfette should travel from one continent to another. The continents represent North Pole, Africa, Asia, North America, South America, and Australia, and each of them consists of 3 levels. On each level character should collect certain number of crystal shards, which in sum gives 21 crystal shards. During the level character should collect other items to raise a score, avoid or eliminate the enemies specific for each area jumping over them, swim somewhere, or run away from cougar. Certain parts of the game may be accessed via password. The game is available in French/English/Spanish/German."
38517,Voodoo Nightmare,Boots Barker's Voodoo Nightmare,1990,6.9,Action,Puzzle elements,Africa,"Boots Barker does not have a good day. His wife and his best friend cheated on him and during a balloon trip over Africa, they leave him there to die. And he probably will because a medicine man forced him to wear a voodoo mask which prevents him permanently to leave the jungle. To get rid of the thing, he needs to find this medicine man. Voodoo Nightmare is an isometric action game with puzzle elements. The game world consists of a jungle and five temples which have to be cleared. To do so, Boots need to travel inside the temples, collect all diamonds and offer them to the temple god. In return he receives a magic ability for this voodoo doll which allows him to proceed somewhere else in the jungle. Some of those diamonds are hidden and need to be found by killing the correct enemy or by performing actions, e.g. jumping puzzles or sliding blocks correctly. Fruit and additional jewels act as currency and can be reinvested inside the jungle shops which have useful items in stock, e.g. weapons, dynamite or maps. If Boots feels lucky, he can also visit casinos."
38519,Papyrus,,2000,7.0,Action,Platform,Egypt (Ancient),"Papyrus is a platform game based on the Belgian comic and animated series of the same name by Lucien de Gieter In the game you play as Papyrus, a young Egyptian lad, in an ancient Egyptian setting. The princess Theti has been kidnapped by the evil High Priest Seth, who wants to take over the power of her father the pharaoh. Once you rescue Theti you can also play as her. The game features typical platform controls, where you can move back and forth, jump, attack; by punching or throwing stones, climb, and hang from vines and cracks. There are 21 levels in total to play through, with seven boss battle mixed in. A secret level can be unlocked using the ""Ubi Key"", which is activated by connecting two GBCs playing Papyrus via the Infra-Red Port"
38526,Super Mario World,Super Mario World: Super Mario Bros. 4,1990,8.7,Action,Platform,,"Mario is having a vacation in Dinosaur Land when he learns that Princess Peach Toadstool has been kidnapped by the evil King Koopa Bowser. When Mario starts searching for her he finds a giant egg with a dinosaur named Yoshi hatching out of it. Yoshi tells Mario that his fellow dinosaurs have been imprisoned in eggs by Bowser's underlings. The intrepid plumber has to travel to their castles, rescue the dinosaurs, and eventually face King Koopa himself, forcing him to release the princess. Super Mario World is a jump-and-run platformer and a follow-up to Super Mario Bros. 3 The gameplay is similar to previous installments and includes fast-paced platforming in (mostly) side-view stages populated by various enemies and traps, which must be completed within time limits. Mario has access to his traditional power-ups — the Super Mushroom that makes him bigger, the Fire Flower that allows him to throw little fireballs at enemies, and others. A new power-up is the Cape Feather: when wearing the cape, Mario can spin to hurt enemies, and fly as long as the player is able to sustain his balance in the air. Another new feature is the possibility to ride the dinosaur Yoshi, who can eat enemies and gain special attacks from some of them. In order to unlock certain areas, it is sometimes necessary to physically pick up and carry items (e.g. keys) and use them in appropriate places. The game's world is divided into several large areas, each containing a number of stages. Outdoor scenarios prevail, but there are also many underground and underwater levels. Each large area has at least one ghost house, typically containing more elaborate traps and ghostly non-destructible enemies. In order to venture to the next area, the player usually has to visit a castle (a more difficult stage with harder enemies and dangerous traps) and defeat the boss enemy guarding it. Many stages have secret exits, which lead to optional areas, such as fortresses with recurrent boss enemies, interconnected stages of the Star World, and Switch Palaces, which allow the player to materialize specifically colored bricks in all the stages, gaining access to power-ups and other secrets. Secret areas may also open access to other dinosaur types, with different abilities such as breathing fire or flying."
38527,Ghoul School,,1992,5.5,Action,Metroidvania,North America,"In Ghoul School the player is cast as Spike O'Hara, a senior at Cool School High in a small American town. Spike is a rebel and an outcast, but is a good kid. While taking a shortcut through the graveyard home one day, he comes across a glowing skull. Intrigued, he takes it to Dr. Femur, his anatomy teacher, the next day, which happens to be the day before Halloween. Dr. Femur wants to keep it for an overnight study, and Spike reluctantly agrees, noticing that the skull appeared bigger than the day before. During the night, the skull begins transmitting a message to the realm of the dead. On Halloween, the dead begin their assault. The teachers and students inside are turned into zombies and demons under the control of whatever intelligence has taken over the school. Samantha Pom-Pom, the head cheerleader, is captured by the dead and held somewhere inside the school. Paranormal eliminators and members of the football team have ventured inside to find her, but have not returned. When Spike learns of the mess from the TV news, he rushes to the school and decides to rescue her himself. Spike ventures inside. The doors shut and lock behind him. There's no turning back now. Spike begins his quest with only his trusty baseball bat and battered sneakers, but can collect better weapons and shoes along the way. Among them are the straightforward sickle, embalming fluid, towel and almighty gamma gun, the strange Deweytron and taserlike Spinal Zap, and a sandwich (if it can be used as a weapon, they should have fired the cafeteria workers a LONG time ago), among other weapons. Useful items include the spring shoes, needed to reach high places, the suction shoes, which allow you to walk on the ceiling, and the Golden Apple, needed to bypass the Medusa head guarding the way to the second half of the school. Get going! You have 129 rooms to explore and Samantha is counting on you. Good luck."
38531,Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi,,1997,6.5,Action,Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A fighting game in the Star Wars universe. Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, the Emperor employs the services of a deadly young woman named Arden Lyn, master of the ancient martial art of Teras Kasi, to eliminate the key heroes of the Rebellion. Learning of the threat, Luke Skywalker and crew face her directly in a number of locales from the various worlds visited in the original trilogy. Each warrior starts off fighting bare handed, but has a weapon that they can draw and use, ranging from Leia's staff to Han's blaster, to Luke's lightsaber. A typical fighting game, it features arcade, survival, team, practice, and versus modes. Combat takes place on square arenas, and ring-outs are possible. The backgrounds teem with images from the original Star Wars trilogy, from snowspeeders fighting walkers on Hoth to Endor Shuttle Pad from Return of the Jedi.The control scheme is also typical, and most of the powerful moves involve fairly complex combination of buttons."
38533,Tzar: The Burden of the Crown,"Ognem i Mechom, Tzar: Břemeno koruny, Tzar: Ciężar Korony, Tzar: Die Schlacht um die Krone, Tzar: O peso da coroa, Tzar: el Poder de la Corona",2000,7.3,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Fantasy,"Tzar: The Burden of the Crown is a single-player and multiplayer real-time strategy (RTS) game. In the game, you assume the role of a regional ruler in a medieval-fantasy world, seeking to expand your influence and secure your throne. Your tasks begin in a modest domain and evolve into commanding entire kingdoms, as you confront rival races and increasingly difficult challenges. The narrative context frames your rise from provincial leader to ultimate sovereign through conquest and diplomacy, though much of the story is delivered via mission briefings rather than cut-scenes. Gameplay is rooted in traditional RTS mechanics combined with distinctive features. You gather resources such as gold, wood and stone and construct economic buildings (mines, sawmills, quarries) as well as production structures (barracks, siege-works, laboratories). Three playable races (European, Asian and Arabian) each offer unique architecture, unit sets and special units, providing variety in strategy and visual style. Units are trained, upgraded and sent into battle across large maps; the game allows for expansive base-building, army logistics and large-scale engagements. As you progress through the single-player campaign (20 missions in the original release), you unlock new technologies and units, face increasingly complex opposition and expand your territorial control. In combat, armies clash in real time with full unit control: you can select groups, give move or attack orders, use terrain advantages and manage unit morale. Advanced buildings enable unit upgrades and elite troops; spells and special powers are also available for certain races, adding tactical depth. Multiplayer support allows head-to-head or team play, and the built-in scenario and campaign editor lets players design, modify and share custom maps, campaigns and missions. Aside from the campaign, there are free-play and skirmish modes, and the editor tools support custom rules and scripting. Diplomacy between AI-races, map-specific objectives (such as relic collection) and emergent strategies (defensive choke-points, mobile raiding) add layers of strategic choice."
38541,Seconds Out,,1988,5.7,Sports,Arcade,,"Seconds Out lets you fight five boxers on your way to being world champion. You see your own boxer in front of you, transparent, so you can see your opponent who you have to beat. Apart from the initial opponent, each one has a special move. You use the joystick, but unleashing head and body blows. You can win due to KO or points. Between the rounds, you play the trainer trying to make your boxer fit again; through joystick-waggling he releases smelling salts and a drink of water."
38543,Combat Course,Action Service,1988,6.4,"Action, Simulation",Platform,,"Lace up those boots soldier, and get ready for five levels of challenging action in this boot camp simulator. As make your way through various levels you'll be given points for doing the right thing and deducted points for any missteps. You can record your attempts and review them, to spot your mistakes and learn from them. Level one is the Physical course, which requires you to jump over walls, jump trenches and crawl under barbwire. Level two is the Risk course. This one will have you planting dynamite and throwing grenades. Level three has the player going hand-to-hand in the Combat course. The fourth level combines the previous three levels into one, and finally, the fifth level is a custom ""Cobra"" course that throws random elements from all the courses at the player. To give the game replay value, there is a course construction set so that you can make your own levels. The Atari ST and Amiga versions contain digitized sound."
38554,Mach 3,,1987,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Kill all the enemies, avoid the mines, and travel between distinct worlds to kill the evil mastermind in this behind-the-hero view shooter."
38564,'Allo 'Allo! Cartoon Fun!,,1993,6.0,Action,Platform,World War II,"Based on the highly popular 80s sitcom. You take control of Rene Artois, the charismatic French man (in two player co-operative mode player 2 is Michelle). They are on a mission to recover stolen paintings. The player must negotiate various enemies and navigate through different buildings in order to collect a required number of objects in each level. The player can replenish the life bar by collecting bottles. Various non-playable characters from the show help by throwing objects or distracting enemies."
38566,Bulls vs. Blazers and the NBA Playoffs,"Bulls versus Blazers and the NBA Playoffs, NBA Playoffs: Bulls vs Blazers, NBA Pro Basketball: Bulls vs Blazers and the NBA Playoffs",1992,6.4,Sports,,,"Another update in Electronic Arts' basketball series, this time featuring the teams and players from the 1992 NBA playoffs plus the East and West All-Stars. Features unchanged from the previous games include detailed stats, instant replay, substitutions, free throw T-meter and signature moves, some of which are new. Exclusive to the Genesis version is the ability to create your own All-Star teams and to call defensive plays."
38567,Scooby-Doo,Scooby Doo in the Castle Mystery,1986,6.8,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",,"Scooby's friends Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma have been kidnapped in an enormous castle owned by an evil genius. It's Scooby's job to travel through it and rescue them in this platforms 'n' ladders beat 'em up. Enemies include ghosts emerging from doors, bats which must be ducked, skulls to jump over, springy thingies, and Ghoulfish. Scooby has plenty of attacking moves, but must be stationary to launch into one. You start with six lives, and get extras by picking up Scooby Snacks, and by completing each of the four levels."
38569,Choplifter III: Rescue Survive,,1994,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Choplifter III for the SNES features entirely different levels from the Game Gear and GameBoy versions and plays slightly different than other Choplifter games. While the controls and basic gameplay haven't changed significantly, and the main goal of each level is still rescuing a certain number of hostages, Choplifter III is faster and more action-oriented than earlier Choplifter games. Enemies appear in larger variety and numbers now. They reappear more often and some levels feature fights against large bosses. To compensate for this, there are more power-ups (such as missiles, bombs, invisibility, etc.) available, and it is possible to have the helicopter repaired at certain points in a level."
38572,The Next Tetris: On-Line Edition,The Next Tetris,2000,6.6,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"This is a new version of The Next Tetris with online play over SegaNet. It includes the original Tetris along with The Next Tetris, which involves color combinations and cascades. This game features a new look and new electronica music."
38573,Battletoads / Double Dragon,Battletoads / Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team,1993,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Earth is under fire by Colossus, a battleship the size of a city. Using powerful laser cannons, it has destroyed most of Earth's defence forces, while its many troops clean up the rest of the planet. All expect for 5 warriors. The Battletoads, who are well aware of evil forces in the galaxy, join forces with Billy and Jimmy Lee from Double Dragon to defend Earth from the deadly ship and its troops. Using a range of special moves you must fight your way through the streets into the heart of the ship and destroy it."
38581,PaTaank,,1994,6.1,Action,Pinball,,"If you've ever thought of what it feels like to be the ball in a pinball machine, playing PaTaank might give you some idea. Instead of flapping the flippers, the player controls the ball, or in PaTaank, a UFO-shaped puck around the three different tables. The tables are named Surf Room, Luv Room, and Disaster Room and they are connected to each other via Nexus. Player can choose to play one room or in the MetaGame mode, all of them in sequence. Each room has an objective and in the MetaGame mode, player must reach that objective to advance into the next room via the Nexus. Like any pinball, there are targets, tunnels, blocks, and all sorts of flashing things that increase the score, light up letters, or grant bonus items. In addition to inertial control of the puck, player can apply thrust, which is limited, and activate magnetos, which are scattered around the room."
38583,Aqua GT,,2000,5.3,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"Aqua GT is powerboat racing game. It features three modes: Championship, Arcade and Two-player. Championship mode is the main single player game, where you advance through the Bronze, Silver and Gold Championships. In the Arcade gameplay mode you have to beat the clock. In two-player split screen mode you go head to head against another player. There are 5 boats to choose from, and you can unlock another 15 while progressing through the game. All boat vary in speed, acceleration and handling. The tracks are set in canals of major cities, like London, Amsterdam and New York. Each track has a high or low tide, and you can race at day time or during the night time."
38588,Zephyr,Zephyr: Interplanetary Battle Circuit,1994,5.3,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Zephyr is a futuristic game that combines elements of first-person shooting and racing, set in outer space. The premise of the game is that on the 24th century mankind has overpopulated earth and is forced to settle on different worlds around the galaxy looking for resources and space. The world of the future however, is not a happy one, and it's ruled by rival ultra-gigantic corporations that struggle against each other for the rights to settle and exploit worlds. The battles for those right are made through organized vehicular combat at the Interplanetary Battle Circuit and the races are fought on hovercraft-like vehicles called ""Zephyrs"". You play a Zephyr pilot and proceed through a set of linear plot-related missions fighting for the corporation of your choice. Each offers a customized Zephyr and each has advantages and disadvantages. You have to race around maze-like cyberpunk locations (wastelands, cities, etc.) viewed from a first-person perspective and shoot your opponents with an independent turret-mounted cannon, collecting power-ups such as energy, shields, etc. to win the races."
38593,Arch Rivals,"Arch Rivals: A BasketBrawl!, Arch Rivals: Ein BasketKrawall, Arch Rivals: The Arcade Game",1989,6.1,Sports,,,"Arch Rivals is a 2-on-2 basketball game that stands out from the crowd for its ""no rules"" approach. Fouling out other players is more than accepted, it's encouraged. Choose from twelve different teams and eight players, each with their own traits and personalities."
38595,Insector X,Gonchung Gundan,1989,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Fantasy,"Mecha Insect forces collide in this side-scrolling shooter, set in a garden, passing buildings and other scenery. Fight wasps, bees and flies to decide the fate of the back yard. There are three skill levels, with more enemies on the higher ones, and each level ends with a boss. As well as your main weapon, who can collect power-up tokens for special weapons, which are made available randomly."
38599,Oregon Trail II,,1995,7.7,"Educational, Simulation","Hunting, Managerial / business simulation",Western,"Oregon Trail II is a sequel to Oregon Trail The game follows the basic structure of the predecessor, which is a simulation of traveling through towns and wilderness in the state of Oregon, with adventure-like gameplay elements and educational material. The sequel changes, enhances, and adds many gameplay features. In the beginning of the game players choose their name, occupation, level, date of travel, starting point and destination, as well as the type of wagon. The game also allows the player to create virtual companions for the journey, designating their number, names, and ages. As opposed to one year in the first game, the sequel allows the player to choose between twenty years of travel, from 1840 to 1860. The player is able to choose an occupation for the protagonist, such as banker, doctor, gunsmith, carpenter, journalist, butcher, pastor, artist, and many others. Different occupations bestow various bonuses to the protagonist, and are equipped with passive skills, which will influence the rate of success during certain random events and activities. For example, a high medical skill will make it more likely that the protagonist recovers from a disease; sharpshooting skill contributes to the instant-kill rate when hunting animals, etc. The game retains the supply-managing, trading, sailing, and most other elements of its predecessor. There are more interactive events in the sequel, as the protagonist is able to consult other characters and react differently to some of the events that might occur during the journey."
38600,ChuChu Rocket!,,1999,8.0,"Action, Puzzle",,,"ChuChu Rocket! is an action puzzler, designed predominantly as a multi-player game. You have indirect control over mice, and must guide them to the safety of a rocket, and away from a cat. You do this by placing arrows on the ground, which they will follow. The multi-player game is a frantic all-against-all duel, in which each player's mice will only follow instructions of their own colour. You can play this mode on your own against CPU opponents, or take on a series of predefined puzzles"
38601,Sid Meier's Colonization,"Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic), Sid Meier's Colonization: Create A New Nation, Sid Meier's Colonization: Erschaffen Sie eine neue Nation",1994,8.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)","Age of Discovery / Enlightenment, Europe, Historical events, North America, South America","Sid Meier's Colonization is a strategy game which puts you in the role of Viceroy of the New World. You are sent by your King and country to establish colonies in the newly-discovered Americas that lie to the west. You face many of the same challenges that faced colonial organizers of the time-competition from other Old World powers, strange native cultures, the problems of establishing profitable trade programs, and the problems of organizing an army from a rag-tag band of colonists. The game begins with the European discovery of the Americas (1500) and continues until approximately the time of the American Revolution (1800). In the beginning of the game you are given a trading/exploration ship and a small group of colonists. You have no knowledge of what lies ahead of your ship, so you must explore until you find a suitable spot to lay down your first colony. As your colonies grow larger and larger, you inevitably encounter native populations and are confronted with competing imperial powers from the Old World. Each of your colonies is populated by a number of colonists, who you can assign to various tasks. Some chop wood, mine for ore and collect plants outside the colony, some others stay inside to turn those raw materials into more valuable cargo - such as rum (made from sugar), coats (made of furs) or hammers (made of lumber). Hammers which aren't a cargo you can sell, but represent the speed with which you construct new buildings in your colony. Some colonists are specialists, and thus are more effective at a certain job. The cargo you collect and produce is an important thing. You can take it to Europe to sell, and earn money to buy some other necessary things, hire colonists (though new, willing colonists appear in Europe by themselves) or buy ships and artillery. You can also trade it with the Indians or colonies of other nations. You'll construct various buildings in your colonies. They have a lot of different functions: some of them can improve the speed with which you produce valuable cargo, others allow you to defend yourself from attacks more easily or construct ships and artillery. Some buildings require you to spend a number of valuable Tools when constructed, though you can make new Tools out of ore. As you explore the land, you'll come across the Indian villages and some ""places of interest"" which can be investigated. A colonist that enters an Indian village can be welcomed with open hands, and the natives will reveal a map of nearby lands, or teach him a profession. Investigating places of interest has various consequences: sometimes you'll find nothing, sometimes you'll be killed for trespassing on ancient burial ground, but sometimes you'll find treasure! (Taking this treasure to Europe can be difficult though - if you don't have a sufficiently big ship, the King will agree to transport it for you... if you give him 50% of the gold). To defend yourself from enemies, you'll want to have some military units. Just give a colonist a musket and he'll turn into a Soldier, give him a horse, and he's a Scout or a Dragoon. However, such a warrior is typically inexperienced, though he might gain military experience in battle. Artillery is also good at defense, but don't try to leave your colonies with it - in the open field, it is useless. As you progress in the game, you'll feel that working for the King is getting more and more annoying, especially since he keeps raising your taxes, thus decreasing your income from sold goods. Your colonies produce ""Liberty Bells"", which increase rebel sentiment in the colonies. If the majority of colonists supports your yearning for freedom, you can declare independence. But when you do that, you'll have to deal with the King's expeditionary force arriving to teach you a lesson. If you manage to defeat all his incoming armies and emerge victorious from the American Revolutionary War, you've won!"
38602,Brian the Lion Starring In: Rumble in the Jungle,,1994,7.6,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Fantasy,"In this game, you play Brian, the lion that closely resembles the Paddle Pop mascot. You must carry out the task of rescuing your friend Chris the Crystal, who has been kidnapped by Geeza the Dragon. His other warped jungle animal friends, Barry the Bear and Graeme the Gorilla, prevent you from getting to him and rescuing your friend. Your job is to run through each level, destroying enemies that get in your way by either ""clawing"" them or jumping on their heads. Along the way, collect as many crystals as you can so that you can use them at the shop to buy extra lives, credits, heavenly hit points, jinormous jumps, really raj roars (which also kills enemies), and splendid speed. There are many secret areas in a level, some will take you on a different route other than the one you take when you reach the level exit. However, you must complete certain levels in order to progress further in the game, but you can return to a level that you have completed. You are given enough time to complete the level. If you run out of time before you reach the exit, you will receive no bonus. Furthermore, you do not get to access one of the three bonus levels that you can choose from if you do."
38603,LEGO Chess,"Jeu d'échecs LEGO: Les échecs en s'amusant, LEGO Ajedrez, LEGO Schach, Lego Scacchi, Lego Skak",1998,7.4,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Chess",,"LEGO Chess is a computer chess game with LEGO figures such as a cowboys, Indians, sailors and pirates. It has a full 3D mode of the board with animated sequences, as well as a classic 2D, top-down overlay, shown over the 3D board. The camera can be rotated and it is possible to undo moves. During the game, clicking on a piece will show possible places to move to. If a piece is captured a comical video clip plays, with each different capture having its own movie. In the Story Mode a western or pirates theme can be chosen. It is a three-game chess tournament against the PC with cut-scenes. In the Tutorial Moe The Chess King, a LEGO King mini-figure with the voice of Elvis, teaches how to play chess, from basic movements to advanced techniques. The game also contains a Versus Mode to play matches against the PC, multiplayer (modem-to-modem, LAN and internet) and PC versus PC. A third, traditional chess set made from LEGO bricks can be chosen, and all three sets can be mixed."
38614,Jumpman,,1983,7.6,Action,Platform,,"Jumpman is a bomb disposal expert. He is called on to save the Jupiter headquarters after the evil Alienators invade it and booby-trap its 30 levels. In this early platform game, the titular hero must find his way around each screen, collecting every bomb. There are platforms and ladders to use, and a jet booster to propel you up the screen. However there are also enemies to avoid, and Jumpman must be careful not to fall too far."
38618,Valis II,,1989,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform","Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Valis II has the same basic plot as its computer counterpart : Rogles, the tyrant of the magical world Vecanti, was defeated, and a new emperor named Megas is terrorizing its inhabitants. It's up to the Japanese schoolgirl Yuko to take on her persona of the Valis Soldier and vanquish Megas. Gameplay-wise, this version differs from the computer releases significantly. Though it has six stages that end with the same boss enemies, its level design, layout, and many regular enemies are different. This release also completely removes two key gameplay features of the computer version: the ability to equip different weapons and armor, and the flying side-scrolling shooter stages."
38619,Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles,"Ancient Battles, Ancient Battles: Enciclopedia de la Guerra",1988,6.3,"Educational, Strategy / tactics",,Historical events,"This game is actually a lot like chess! It’s a games designed to simulate pitched battles in the Ancient world. There is a set of armies available from the earliest times until the fall of the Western Roman Empire, in 475 A.D. You can design the terrain and/or units, set-up each side’s troops and then it's just on to the battle. You are doing nothing but fighting the battle you created. There are also some pre-designed scenarios and maps for your enjoyment."
38625,LiberoGrande,,1997,6.6,Sports,,,"LiberoGrande is a football (soccer) game. The user designs his/her own character and can alter his attributes and skills, and control this one player during the match. The user can adjust strategies for the team, but plays each game as their own character. The game features details stadia, with interactive crowd, and a selection of 32 national teams. It also supports two-player mode, via a unique split-screen mode not often seen in soccer games."
38632,Captain Planet and the Planeteers,,1992,5.5,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Children growing up in the early 90s were worried about impending environmental doom. The popular Captain Planet cartoons told them they were doomed, unless a superhero could be formed by a multinational group of youths (the Planeteers of the title), to take on the polluters and deforesters. Each of the five levels of this platform game has a specific mission and boss, and is undertaken by a specific Planeteer. These involve destroying hazards, shooting enemies, moving across suspended poles, and jumping onto ledges. You have four energy and four power units - more can be collected up to a limit of 8, and they will always be recharged to four (if necessary) when you reach a boss. You have an unlimited standard shot and a more powerful Super shot, which drains power."
38640,Night Driver,,1976,5.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Night Driver is an action racing game which takes place at night! Your goal is to score as many points as possible by racing through one of four different tracks. Points are scored by passing checkpoints located throughout the track. If your car crashes into the side of the road, oncoming cars, or any other obstacles, you will lose all of your speed and a lot of time! The game ends when the 90 second time limit is up. The four tracks you can choose from are beginner, pro, expert, and random (this track is different every time and can not be memorized like the other three). Several game options are included which allows you to select whether or not other cars will honk before entering the screen, and choose between a 90 second or infinite amount of time for a game."
38641,Gangsters: Organized Crime,"Gangsters: Le Crime Organisé, Gangsters: Organisiertes Verbrechen",1998,6.8,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Managerial / business simulation, RPG elements","Interwar, North America","Gangsters: Organized Crime is set in a fictional city in Prohibition-era America, featuring over 5000 citizens including 400 individual gangsters. The player's goal is to take all the riches, through bribery, theft and aggression. Gameplay is a combination of Sim City -style building and turn-based planning, where you have lieutenants who do the dirty work for you. The more blocks in the city you take over, the more people you have loving your work, making it easier to control each area. But be careful, there are three other gangs out there, so blood can get spilled easily."
38647,Blockade Runner,,1983,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A 3D shoot 'em up. You have to guide a fleet of four merchant space freighters to Earth with vital supplies. Hostile aliens have sighted you and forced you to enter a dangerous asteroid belt. And now, you must try to avoid these asteroids, to destroy the Robot mines and alien space ships and also contend with fuel shortages and prevent the deflector shields from over-heating."
38648,Dink SmallWood,Dink SmallWood HD,1998,6.4,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"Play Dink Smallwood in this hack-and-slash style role-playing game. When Dink's world gets swarmed with monsters, the player must stand up and try to put a stop to it. The game can be controlled with a keyboard, joystick, or gamepad. Kill monsters, talk to people, and cast spells."
38653,European Air War,,1998,8.0,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","European Air War is an action based flight-sim which features 20 flyable aircraft: On the American side, P-51 (B, D), P-38 (H, J), P47 (C, D); For the RAF, the Spitfire (I-A, IX-C, XIV-E), Hurricane (I), Typhoon (IB), and Tempest (V); and for the Luftwaffe, the Bf-109 (E-4, G-6, K-4), Bf-110 (G-2, C-4), FW-190 (D-9, A-8), and Me262 (A1). Also, the game features several non-flyable aircraft: B-17 (F, G), B-24, B-26, Mosquito, Ju-88, He-111, Ju-87 Stuka, and Me410! The game is meticulously detailed. The physics of flying are accurately modeled, the markings on the planes are historically accurate, and the map takes into account the curvature of the earth. Your wingmen speak German if you fly for the Luftwaffe, and speak with an English or American accent if you fly for the RAF or US. When you play a ""career"", the choices of units to fly in are actual historical units and you will attack the same targets they attacked. Your unit will even refit with new types of aircraft when they did historically (P-51B to P-51D, for example)! The game is highly customizable. You can turn on or off: wind, stalls, the torque effect on single-engine planes, black/red out, engine overheating, structural limits, mid air collision, etc. You can attack tanks, trains carrying guns and tanks, ships (freighters and destroyers!), halftrack/car convoys, and lots of other types of ground targets. Pretty much everything can shoot back. It also features several newsreels that show familiar black & white footage from WWII documentaries, complete with narration."
38655,Young Merlin,,1993,7.8,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"After trying to rescue a drowning young woman, a young magician named Merlin is drawn into a fantasy world which is threatened by the evil Shadow King. Naturally, it is his job to save this world and also to rescue the aforementioned woman, who has been kidnapped by the Shadow King. Young Merlin is an action game with puzzle-solving elements. The hero has to fight enemies using spells that are gathered during the progress of the game, as well as solve puzzles, interact with the game's inhabitants, and use several objects. What sets this title apart from similar games is the fact that there is no text in the entire game; instead, icons are used to represent conversations. Furthermore, the game uses passwords instead of a battery to record the player's progress."
38657,Top Gear: Overdrive,,1998,7.5,Racing / Driving,,,"Race across six open tracks with many of the modern day high speed racing cars. The better you do in each race, the more money you have to spend to buy the faster cars, or to improve the car you have. Shortcuts litter the tracks, while nitro boosts help you to really fly down the main straights. Up to 4 players can compete together against the computer controlled racers in the championship modes, as well as against each other seperatly"
38661,Fighting Force,"Fighting Force 64, Metal Fist",1997,6.6,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Fighting Force is a 3D fighting ""beat-em-up"" in which the player can choose to control one of the four available characters. Each of the characters has his or her own advantages and weaknesses (e.g. superior strength but slow movement), and each possesses a powerful special move that depletes their health. Besides fists, they can use objects such as chairs, trash cans, and car tires, and weapons such as knives to fight the minions of the evil criminal mastermind Dr. Zeng who aspires to control the city."
38662,Street Fighter Collection 2,Capcom Generation 5,1998,7.2,"Action, Compilation",Fighting,Fantasy,"Street Fighter Collection 2 contains ports of the following titles, available for the first time on the PlayStation and SEGA Saturn:"
38668,Zybex,,1988,7.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Zybex is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up inspired by Side Arms and Nemesis/Gradius The players took control of prisoners trying to win freedom from a galactic prison. At the end of each level they earned a crystal, opening access to the later levels of the game. The ultimate aim is to acquire the Zybex crystal which offers amnesty for the prisoners, Cassalana and Rinser. There are 16 levels in total, with numbers 2-12 immediately available after completing the first - the player can go through them in any order. However, levels 13-16 are locked until the player earns enough crystals. Extra lives can be gained by scoring 10,000 points or collecting the floating suits which appear. The weapon system is quite unique - the player constantly fires, and the fire button is simply used to change the current weapon. The basic weapon is the Orbiter, which the player always has. Picking up weapon icons increases the power of a weapon by 1 up to the maximum of power level 4. Dying reduces the current weapon by 1 power level, or loses it if the weapon is power 1 (with the exception of the Orbiter). As the weapons get more power, their fire rate becomes faster and the bullets stronger. The five weapons are Orbiter, 8-way (upgrades from 2 to 4 to 6 to 8 way fire), Railgun (powerful single bullet which gets longer) Pulse (fires straight forward and gains diagonal fire at power 3/4) and Wall (another forward fire, which gains size)."
38683,The Incredible Crash Dummies,,1993,5.5,Action,Platform,,"At a time when computer games were being blamed for violence, bad language, epilepsy and everything else the ‘moral majority’ needed a scapegoat for, Virgin gave us: The Road Safety Game. Or not, as this is a standard platform game with a twist of questionable taste and purpose. You play a crash test dummy, trying to progress through levels filled with hazards such as cars and fireballs, within the time limits. Contact with each of these loses you a limb, and once you have none left, contact means game over. Since the character isn’t handicapped by missing limbs in any way, in practical terms you can think of these as hit points especially as there are screwdrivers to pick up which restore one limb."
38689,TimeSplitters,,2000,7.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The TimeSplitters are an evil race dwelling outside of time and space. Roused from an ancient sleep, they cross the threshold from their shadowy dimension, ripping through the fabric of time itself to make humanity history. Can we unite against a common enemy? Or will we be condemned forever to a realm ruled under the shadow of the TimeSplitters. In the 1-player game you travel from time to time to collect different artifacts before the Timesplitters can. The multiplayer game is 4-player Deathmatch with the option of adding several bots."
38697,Test Drive 5,,1998,6.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Oceania,"In this installment of the Test Drive series you get to burn rubber in 28 vehicles from both recent and classic eras, including the classic Ford Mustang, Aston Martin Vantage, and more. You will be doing some wild jumps and having some big contact in these. Race against other cars in 17 locations ranging from Russia to Hawaii. To further challenge you, they include shortcuts and alternate pathways, as well as police, variable weather effects and civilian cars. A heavy rock soundtrack spurs you on."
38701,Mushroom Mania,,1983,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Mushroom Mania is a shoot 'em up that clones the Centipede game style. The player must shoot at a giant centipede that moves down the playing field and can win additional points for shooting the mushrooms. The player must have care with the spiders, and with an indestructible enemy, the ""hungry Pacperson""."
38704,Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf,Fighting Golf,1988,6.4,Sports,,,"When this golf simulation was released in 1988 the U.S. National Video Game Team said it was ""by far the best video golf simulation available"". 1 to 4 players can tee it up on either an 18 hole American course or an 18 hole Japanese course. Players 1 & 3 share controller 1 and players 2 & 4 share controller 2. Game modes are: Swing mechanics are: Press A to start the backswing, press A at the top of the swing, press A at impact. High and low shots can be selected by pressing up or down on the control pad. Right after contact another quick press of the A button at the same time as left or right will apply backspin to the ball. Complete club selection is available with the B button. Terrain includes tee, green, fairway, out-of-bounds, water, sand (light and hard), and rough (super, light, heavy and deep). There are four available characters:"
38705,Ski or Die,,1990,7.2,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"Ski or Die is a winter-themed extreme sports game in which the player can competes in 5 different events: Downhill Blitz : Downhill skiing event in which the player can make large jumps over chasms and perform stunts in the moguls section Innertube Trash : Two players descend a mountain in innertubes. Score points by picking up items, perforating your opponents tire with a knife or fork and finishing first. Acro Aerials : Ski down a ramp and score points by performing acrobatic jumps. Snowball Blast : First person snowball fight. Score points by taking out little that attack your snow fortress. Snowboard Half-Pipe : Put on your snowboard and score as much points as possible in a limited amount of time by performing tricks inside a half-pipe. Practice a single event or try the tournament. The tournament mode has hot-seat multiplayer support."
38706,Waku Waku 7,Waku Waku Seven,1996,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"The seven magical Waku Waku balls have surfaced once again and the few that know of their existence decide to battle against each other in order to collect them all. If they are able to defeat the powerful monster enslaved in them, the Waku Waku balls will grant the lucky victor whatever wish they desire. The game was created as a parody of animé series in general, WW7 pools together all the mainstays of the genre and has them fight against each other. From furry catgirls and effeminate, super-cool elfs to cute pokémon-like creatures and dumb and loud heroes. Gameplay-wise the game is a 2D fighting game in which two characters try to defeat each other in one-on-one combat using their attacks and special moves. The player selects his/her character and then tries to defeat all opponents in succession. As in most games of the genre each character possesses individual strengths and movesets, plus a power-bar that gets charged by unleashing special moves that allows one to trigger super moves and even unblockable attacks at the expense of power slots. Features arcade and Vs gameplay modes as well as an artwork gallery for the Saturn version which showcases the bright colorful art design of WW7."
38710,B.O.B.,Space Funky B.O.B.,1993,6.9,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are a teenage ant-like robot, who is going out for a date... However, you take your dad's car and he warns you; if you make a scratch on the car, you will never drive it again... Of course, you make a scratch and crash on a unknown planet! What to do now? Guide B.O.B through a colorful game with the strangest enemies you ever seen, to find a new car to get home with..."
38711,Hang-On GP,"Hang On GP '96, Hang-On GP '95",1995,7.0,Racing / Driving,,,"Hang-On GP features three tracks: Albatross Cliff Reef, Great Crimson Wall, and New Dwells. Each track contains an additional route that becomes available after a high placing. This makes a total of six possible races. Players can choose from among ten motorcycles to use during a race as well as an automatic or manual transmission for each. Players can also decide how the bike should control, highside or power slide. Placing in the top three on any of the first three tracks will release the additional routes. When players place in the top three on the additional routes an endurance mode will be available. In endurance mode players attempt to complete as many laps as they can in 10 minutes."
38723,SCARAB,S.C.A.R.A.B.,1997,6.4,Action,Shooter,,"Scarab is an action strategy game, with the major emphasis being on strategy elements. Scarab was designed to be played primarily with a joystick, and it is strongly recommended. The Scarab combat environment revolves around the dual struggle for territorial control or death to your opponents. You represent the Gods of the Underworld, disembodied spirits which bring to life the different combat robots. While your spirit has vast powers the mechanical bodies you inhabit are designed solely for raw combat. When you play the game you get 3 incarnations. At each incarnation you have your choice of which robot you wish to control, Anubis, Horus, or Sekhmet. After your third life is lost your spirit is released to haunt the world that you can only vaguely perceive. There are 2 ways to win the game; control the battlefield through power producing towers, or to kill all of the opposing robots 3 times each. For the v1.1 patch (Mplayer release) a new game option is now available called ""deathmatch."" In deathmatch mode you cannot win the game by power - instead the winner is determined by the last robot left alive."
38728,Thrust Twist + Turn,TTT,1999,5.4,Racing / Driving,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Thrust, Twist + Turn is a fast-paced racing game using Twilight 3D 's 3DGE engine. There are eight tracks in total, with a futuristic atmosphere and different themes: Egypt, the city, a hurricane path in the sea, a rush through the clouds... complete with jumps, corkscrews and loops. There are no invisible side edges to the tracks, players can push your opponents into oblivion. The standard racing modes are present: arcade, time trial and network multiplayer. Players can unlock a championship mode after completing the arcade mode and a shadow arcade mode with reversed tracks upon finishing the championship. The official patch adds a graphical track editor."
38732,Jimmy Johnson's VR Football '98,,1997,6.0,Sports,,,"Coach Jimmy Johnson lends his likeness and advice to this football simulation from VR sports. Using official 1997 NFL rosters and play books, VR Football ’98 focuses on accessibility with one touch play calling and an original pass control system. Play customization, season management and player creation are among the standard features you’ll find in VR Football. Unique features include halftime motivational speeches and critiques of your performance from coach Johnson."
38742,Wheel of Fortune,,1997,5.5,Puzzle,"Game show / trivia / quiz, Word construction",,"This game is an interactive version of the popular U.S. quiz show Wheel of Fortune complete with hostess Vanna White. The game is played by trying to find a hidden word with only a few guesses allowed for the letters which is very similar to the pen and paper game Hangman. The other round which features the Wheel of Fortune involves you spinning the wheel which has various prizes both good and bad and whatever the pointer stops on when it stops revolving is what the player wins. This can be cash, a free spin or if you're very unlucky Bankruptcy which means you lose all the money you've earned up to that point. Up to 3 Players can play together in multiplayer mode"
38745,Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden,,1993,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden was the first fighting game based on the Dragon Ball Z franchise and the first to introduce the split-screen mode to the games, where the screen is split in two whenever one of the two combatants moves away too far to keep them both shown in a single screen. This title features the adventures of Goku from the battle against Piccolo in the martial arts tournament to the conclusion of the Cell Games. The initially available characters are Goku (without SSJ), Vegeta (without SSJ), C-20, C-16, Piccolo, Freezer, C-18 and Original Cell. But upon entering the right code you can expand the list with Future Trunks (SSJ), Gohan (SSJ), Perfect Cell, Goku (SSJ), and Vegeta (SSJ), all of them relegated to occasionally appear in the Story Mode either as rivals or as alternative selectable characters. In the story mode, players select which fighter to pit against each opponent as while advancing rounds leading up to the battle against Perfect Cell. Players can also go one-on-one against another player or a CPU opponent. There is also a martial arts tournament mode, to play against eight players or CPU opponents in a elimination tournament."
38762,Crazy Cars,,1987,6.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Starting Titus' racing series of third-person perspective racing games, Crazy Cars encompasses the American Cross Country Prestige Cars Race. This takes place in several parts of the USA, in several powerful cars. Initially you have a Porsche 911 Turbo in your hands, but this can later be upgraded to a Lamborghini and then a Ferrari. There are other cars on the road, which you must avoid contact with. Bumps and divots in the road throws the car off course, as does contact with any of the roadside barriers. Each race must be completed within the time limit."
38767,Rainbow Cotton,,2000,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Another shooter in the Cotton saga. Trouble brews in the homeland of Cotton's long time friend Silk, as the evil demon Suede steals the legendary Willow candy from the queen's castle. Seeing as how no one can face Suede and his forces Silk drafts Cotton in order to restore peace to her land, but she may have forgotten that Cotton is a big fan of Willow candies herself... Gameplay-wise Rainbow Cotton actually follows in the steps of Panorama Cotton as the gameplay switches from a 2D perspective to a 3rd person one. The gameplay itself however is reminiscent of games like Panzer Dragoon, in which you don't control Cotton as she flies, but instead where she aims with her magic spells. You can shoot down enemies as well as open chests, doors and other bonus locations for power-ups and spells, which advance Cotton's abilities in an rpg-lite fashion and increase your arsenal with different magical powers. Taking advantage of the technological advances, the game uses for the first time polygonal graphics and to complement the action the game features 2D animated cutscenes between levels."
38770,International Superstar Soccer Deluxe,"ISS Deluxe, Jikkyō World Soccer 2: Fighting Eleven",1995,8.1,Sports,,,"This is the sequel to International Superstar Soccer, Konami's saga of soccer games. This Deluxe version was published first to the SNES, then the Mega Drive and Playstation. ISS Deluxe has realistic animations and player sprites. You can compete with 36 national teams with recognizable celebrity players (like Valderrama, Baggio, Ravanelli, Petkov...), but their names are fictitious. You can choose too from 16 formations and 8 strategies to win. The competitions available are: International Cup, World Series (League), Scenario Mode and customizable mini-cups/leagues."
38771,The Duel: Test Drive II,,1992,6.5,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Unlike the computer version which consists of one long race with intermittent stops at gas stations, this version features four different races. The races include the Desert Blast, City Bound, East Coast, and West Coast. The game also adds another car, the Lamborghini Diablo, which was not in the computer version."
38772,Jetstrike,,1994,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"MIS, the FBI, NASA, the KGB, MOSSAD and even top secret agents from the North Beckinsdale Pigeon Fancier's Association swung into action immediately. They were swiftly halted in their tracks when they received a top level order warning of a massive campaign of bribery of government officials in all countries. It appeared that any overt attempt to destroy SPUDD would result in the downfall of most of the world's governments. SPUDD-controlled leaders would soon rise to replace them. As the situation has worsened by the day, and SPUDD's forces have grown from strength to strength, the various agencies have now put together an underground task force which they hope will combat the growing threat. This elite task force comprises one agent (yourself - nice of you to volunteer by the way), a highly trained mechanic called Harry, and a field support officer to assign missions. The plan is that you will ""borrow"" aircraft from local air forces and carry out secret strike missions on SPUDD forces while they are still small enough to have to stay hidden. Hopefully, by damaging their supply lines, factories and control centres, you should be able to ruin their plans of world domination. However, if you wreck too many expensive aircraft, your sponsors will not be able to cover for you, resulting in your sent back to the secret agent's Basic Training School. In Jetstrike you must stop the devious SPUDD forces by attacking them with your ""borrowed"" aircraft. Your Commanding Officer will give you a mission objective which you have to try to achieve without being shot down, blown up or crashing into mountains. Jetstrike is an 2D side-scrolling action game like Brøderbund’s Wings of Fury The great difference between these games is, in Jetstrike it’s possible to use 32 aircraft and 6 helicopters in several combat-missions or to be a part of the Aerolympics."
38778,Extreme-G: XG2,Extreme-G 2,1998,6.9,Racing / Driving,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this second installment of Extreme-G, you once again will race with and against the incredible capabilities of G-bikes (they closely resemble of the ones in Tron ) through several surreal, twisting tracks. Be hell on wheels blasting your challengers with an arsenal of vicious weapons and even break the sound barrier! The game is expanded on its predecessor by many ways; however, while being converted from the original N64 version for the PC, it loses some of its features like the multiplayer support (and its enhanced multiplayer options)."
38779,Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu,"Jade Cocoon: Die Tamamayu Legende, Jade Cocoon: La Leyenda de Tamamayu, Jade Cocoon: La Légende de Tamamayu, Jade Cocoon: La leggenda del Tamamayu, Tamamayu Monogatari",1998,7.5,Role-playing (RPG),,,"Levant is a young boy from a village Syrus. Long time ago the country was cursed by a powerful spirit. Since then the forests around Syrus are populated by monsters. Levant's father was a Cocoon Master - a hunter who could capture those monsters, purge their corrupted souls through holy powers and make them serve the people. But Levant's father disappeared long ago in the woods, and now it's Levant's turn to be the new Cocoon Master. On the day of his initiation, which is also the day he marries his lovely girlfriend Mahbu, he receives his first dangerous mission. Jade Cocoon is, at its core, a Pokémon -like monster-breeding RPG. You must fight monsters and capture them once they become weak enough. Then you have to experiment and to cross different kinds of monsters with each other, to obtain more powerful species which you can later use in battles. The battles themselves are typical turn-based ones, with several menu choices, such as ""Attack"", ""Defend"",""Catch"" or ""Item"". The monsters are all visible."
38781,San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing,,1996,6.7,Racing / Driving,,,"For the N64 version of the arcade hit, Midway added all-new courses and shortcuts. All six courses can be run in reverse, mirrored, or mirrored and reversed. There's even two hidden stunt courses! Graphically, the game sacrifices detail in favor of blindingly fast screen redraws. The gameplay is very arcade-like: You fly through the air with the greatest of ease, and when you hit a wall your car bursts into flames. You can customize your car with different colors, racing stripes, tire rims and much more."
38782,Astérix & Obélix,Obélix,1995,6.7,Action,Platform,Classical antiquity,"Being the predecessor of Asterix and Obelix for SNES, this game features the same story as its later counterpart - however the level design was massively changed, doesn't offer a 2 player mode and level codes were added only for the GameBoy Color version. To show Caesar the power and freedom of your village, you have to collect various trophies from all over Europe. To do this, you can select Asterix or Obelix and move them through various levels while beating up Roman soldiers, collecting coins and avoiding gaps or other obstacles. Various special levels like crossing the sea to Great Britain by boat (and beating up some Romans again) or freeing Rugby players captured by the Romans are scattered across the game and provide variety between the classical Jump 'n Run levels. Most levels additionally have a time limit to make things a bit harder, though the difficulty of the game can be adjusted. There's an overall of four different countries, all of them based on comic books of the series (namely: Asterix in Britain, Asterix in Switzerland, Asterix at the Olympic Games, Asterix in Spain). At the end of each of these stages you have to contend in a contest typical for the country and also taken from the plot of the comics: In Britannia you take part in a rugby match, in Switzerland you have to blast safes, in Greece you take part in the Olympic games and in Spain you have to fight against (or run from) a bull - victory will get you the desired trophy!"
38783,Ice Guys,Ice Guys: Save the Snowmen!,1997,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Last winter, there was a day when more snow fell than ever before. That's why people all over the world took the day off, went outside and built snowmen with their kin. It seemed to be a day full of laughter and happiness when suddenly some nasty creatures appeared who couldn't stand the joy. They scared off the happy folks and took all the snowmen away. With the smiling fellows missing, sadness was to conquer the empty places. Two former antarctic explorers who retired some time ago to open an ice cream parlor stood up against the nasty creatures. They decided to take the challenge, chase the creatures through the world's cities and bring back every single snowman! Ice Guys is a platform game with cartoon graphics. One solo player or two team mates fight against a horde of little monsters. Their only weapon against the creatures is the snow on the ground - but there is plenty of it! So they keep throwing snowballs at their attackers to get them caught in an avalanche. The avalanche can be kicked thus turning it into a deathly bowling ball. Combination hits will be rewarded with goodies which can be collected. Diamonds can be traded for special items in a shop. Stars will qualify the players for a sleigh race bonus game and ice creams will eventually be turned into extra lives. There are 4 cities to visit. Each comes with a different graphical setting and 8 screens to solve. The further the players progress in the game, the cleverer and nastier the monsters get. When all 32 levels are finished, an ending sequence closes the game."
38785,Sanitarium,,1998,8.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Not much is known about Max Laughton at first, but it is clear that he is conducting a particularly important research and is close to reaching his goal. Eager to share the good news with his family, Max hurries home in his car. However, somebody has evidently tampered with the vehicle; failing to control it, Max gets in a serious accident and loses his conscience. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a strange tower resembling an asylum, surrounded by insane people, the shrill sound of alarm driving him mad. Max cannot remember anything from his past and is feverishly trying to escape this place. But just when he thinks he has succeeded, he is taken on delusional, horrifying trips through his subconsciousness, unable to distinguish between reality and hallucinations. Sanitarium is a point-and-click adventure game, best described as a psychological thriller. The game is divided into nine chapters, each taking place in a different location and having its own distinct atmosphere. It is not always clear if something is happening on the grounds of the sanitarium or in the delusional mind of the protagonist. In most chapters the player controls Max himself, though in the more surreal areas drawn from his memories the role of the protagonist is given to other characters, real or fictional. Both movement of Max and picking up items are done with the mouse. Puzzles are mostly inventory-related, with a few machine and lever puzzles. There are also a few action sequences, but even when the player dies, the game can be continued without any penalty. Talking to various NPCs will teach the player about their bizarre surroundings. The plot unfolds as Max's memories are gradually restored and the player finds out more about his past and the nature of the research he was dedicating his life to."
38789,Panic Restaurant,Wanpaku Kokkun no Gourmet World,1992,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Panic Restaurant is a side-scrolling platform game where you play as chef Cookie. The rival chef Ohdove has taken over his restaurant and it's up to Cookie to reclaim it. It is a fairly basic platform game. You run and jump, and enemies are placed all around to try and stop you. The entire game, backgrounds, enemies and bosses, is food-themed. You encounter things such as sausages, microwave ovens, onions and hamburgers on your way through the restaurant. To your help you always have a frying pan to beat the enemies with, and you can also find other items, such as a spoon, and plates to throw at the enemies. The game contains 6 stages, each in a separate location in the restaurant, such as the kitchen, freezer and basement. At the end of each level you are faced with a boss. In between each level is a bonus game where you play a slot machine to try and win some extra health and lives."
38796,Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M.,,1999,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Simply put, you have two Armorines to play as, each with their own selection of weapons. You must fight to the death against bugs of all sizes, as you attempt to destroy the enemies' chance of eliminating human civilization as we know it (in the not too distant future, of course). Players shoot enemies from a top-down perspective as they battle alien monsters and gigantic bosses. Weapons such as the Plasma Rifle, Flamethrower and the Laser help you mow down anything that gets in your way."
38802,Jewels of the Oracle,Oracle no Hōseki,1995,6.5,Puzzle,"Board game, Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle","Egypt (Ancient), Middle East","Jewels of the Oracle is a stationary puzzle game with no real story line or plot. A total of 24 ingenious puzzles must be solved, each independent of the others. Most of them can be played in two difficulty levels (Easy or Hard), and the Oracle provides clues to help along the way. The graphics for the puzzles are designed in an Egyptian or Mesopotamian style. Music plays in the background to provide atmosphere, but it can be turned off, if it gets repetitive. The basic layout is a hexagon around an Oracle's well. There are three doors on the outside of the hexagon, and the first one is where you begin the game. In each room is a puzzle you have to solve to get a jewel which must be taken back to the Oracle's well. The puzzles in this game can be compared to those found in The 7th Guest The Chinese Checkers puzzle in Shivers rivals many of the ones contained in Jewels of the Oracle"
38810,Tales of Destiny,,1997,7.6,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"A great swordsman named Stahn Aileron takes a ride on a giant dragon ship. During the flight, the ship is attacked by pirates. Looking for a weapon to defend himself, Stahn discovers a sword. Very soon he finds out it is not just an ordinary sword, but the legendary talking sword Dymlos, who has been sleeping for many years and who can be awakened only if the world is in grave danger. But what exactly is the danger that awakened Dymlos now? With the help of a few friends, Stahn decides to explore the world and find out what is wrong. Tales of Destiny is a follow-up to Tales of Phantasia Like its predecessor, it has the structure of traditional Japanese role-playing games, but substitutes turn-based combat for action-oriented one. Battles take place on separate side-scrolling screens and resemble those of a fighting game. The player controls the main hero, navigating him on the battle screen and performing various attacks and combos. Other party members are controlled by the game's AI, but it is possible to pause the battle at any time and assign new combat style to any one of them."
38812,Front Lines,,1994,6.7,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Front Lines is a tactical wargame of the ""near"" future (set in 2020 or 2044, depending on whether you play the U. S. or German version). It can run in either single-player or two-player mode, and can use a head-to-head feature by modem. All the usual forces of the modern army are present, but by this time heavy laser weapons have become practical, soldiers wear powered armor, unmanned ground strike aircraft are common, tanks can hover as well as roll, and artillery projectiles are even more powerful and accurate than they are today. You command your army, which may incorporate some U. S. forces, in the European theater. Some of the opposing forces answer to a corporate conglomerate. The roles of offensive, defensive, and supply assets have to balanced properly. The game progresses through a series of land battles over various kinds of terrain -- and the terrain gives varying combinations of advantages and disadvantages. The game has some limited representation of Europe's real-world geographical features, which gives a sense of why they are militarily important. For example, you can see the importance of the Fulda Gap, just as it was important in previous World Wars, and just as it would have been important if the Cold War had become hot. Each battle has one or more objectives, and also a time limit. To win, you must accomplish your objectives while stopping the enemy from accomplishing his, and you must do this before time runs out. Each objective accomplished earns you a certain number of victory points. At the battle's end, the winner is the player with the most victory points."
38813,Devil World,,1984,6.5,Action,Arcade,,"Devil World is a scrolling maze game, strikingly similar to the classic Pac-Man only with an undeniable religious bent. Collect dots in an automatically-scrolling maze directed by the devil himself, use crosses to power up and destroy his minions, and be careful not to get crushed by the walls. After collecting all the dots, you must collect bibles to seal up the source of the enemies and make the devil temporarily retreat. After this, there is a timed bonus stage where the player can control the scrolling, then the next round starts the cycle over from the beginning."
38823,Zapitalism!,Zapitalism! Deluxe,1996,6.2,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Zapitalism takes place in the Archipelago of Mermadan on the island of Zapinalia. Queen Keshi Keshi Gomu, the ruler of Zapinalia, has decided to open up the island's economy to foreign imports for the first time in a thousand years. Your job is to make zillions of zables buying and selling everything from imported lumber fish to precious mamo vapor. With the profit you earn dealing in exotic goods, you can expand your operation. Watch out - you must match wits against five other companies in a race to build a commercial empire. These competitors can either be controlled by computer players or human players. If you cannot defeat them, it's time to look for a new occupation! You will be able to make deals with the eccentric inhabitants of Zapinalia, invest in stocks and bonds, negotiate with the unions, sabotage your competitors, advertise your products, corner the market, build mega stores, and explore the islands of Mermadan in search of treasure and magic items. The first mega store to dominate the market wins the game."
38825,Soldiers at War,Soldati in guerra,1998,6.2,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based tactics (TBT),"Historical events, World War II","Sequel to Wages of War Soldiers at War is a squad based tactical game. Lead a squad of American soldiers in WW2, performing covert operations against the Nazis. Similar to the first two X-Com games, Soldiers at War is a turn-based, isometric game that enables your soldiers to run and crawl over a decimated European landscape that includes tanks, trains, and ground airplanes. For each mission, you will pick from the thirty-two men in your platoon, each skilled in a variety of abilities. The men gain experience and grow between missions and can also be wounded or killed. Their weapons include most of the popular pistols, rifles, and explosive devices of WWII and you can even scavenge enemy weapons if you prefer them."
38826,Druid,Druid: Kyōfu no Tobira,1986,7.8,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"Druid is an action game inspired by the arcade hit Gauntlet As the eponymous hero, your job is to destroy four magic skulls hidden over eight levels. The game is presented in a top-down view. The druid walks around the terrain seeking out the staircase that leads to the next level. On the way, he is harassed by hordes of monsters that come out of every direction and attack him, decreasing his health. To defend himself, the druid can use the spells of water, fire or electricity to toss projectiles. However, these magical weapons have limited ammo. The druid also has three other magical spells at his disposal - an invisibility spell which prevents the monsters from automatically approaching him, a golem spell which summons a helpful golem (which can be controlled by a second player), and a skull spell which destroys all on-screen enemies. The druid also carries around keys which open locked doors. But all these have very limited supplies. On his way, the druid finds many shops. Each such shop contains some keys or charges for the druid's spells, but the druid can only pick one item from each shop. The druid can also come across a pentagram on the ground which will restore his lost health."
38829,Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game,"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones e a Última Cruzada, Indiana Jones y la Ultima Cruzada, Indiana Jones: Saigo no Seisen, Indy Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game",1989,5.6,Action,Platform,Interwar,"As in the movie (and the more famous graphic adventure ), your task is to find the Holy Grail. Before this can be done you must find the Cross of Coronado, a shield and a diary. This makes for a four-level arcade adventure combining climbs, exploration (with several routes through each level, and some traps) and puzzles. Indy is armed with his trusty whip to fight off foes, but can also get involved in hand-to-hand combat. The first level takes place in caves underneath Colorado, before you reach a moving circus train strewn with traps, a Zeppelin which is full of guards and ladders, and then Castle Grunwald in Austria."
38839,Jersey Devil,"El Diablo de Halloween, Halloween Duivel, Halloween Teufel, Il Diavolo di Halloween, Jersey Devil no Daibōken, Le Diable d'Halloween, O Diabo de Halloween",1997,7.1,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Jersey City is in trouble when evil Dr. Knarf and his pumpkin headed-assistant Dennis, rule. Dr. Knarf creates evil mutant vegetables that run amok within the city. And only the famous devil can now save the city The game's theme is Halloween, and the objective is to catch Dr. Knarf. The player will need to open ""K"" Locks using color keys with letters ""K"" ""N"" ""A"" R"" and ""F"" (which makes Knarf). Every area in Jersey City has two levels, each with its own boss (or bosses). These areas include the Art Museum, the City Park, the Graveyard, the Factory, the Seaport and Knarf's own forest. The player can also free the hostages that were captured by Knarf's army (including children). Nitro Crates can be picked up to enhance the devil's strength. For a 100% game completion the player needs to beat all areas, find and beat all secret levels, free all hostages, destroy all nitro crates in all levels, and collect the golden Knarf tokens from all levels."
38847,Counter Action,"Counteraction, Ostfront",1996,6.3,Strategy / tactics,,World War II,"Counter Action is a real-time strategy released following the success of Command & Conquer franchise when many clones started to appear. What really differs this game from almost all RTS-titles of that time is its setting. Game actions take place in World War 2 on the East front. Player can take command over both Russian or German armies with separate campaigns and 14 missions for each side. Another feature of Counter Action is an absence of macromanagement, i.e. there's no building/resource gathering involved in the game. One will only need to control his forces on a battlefield. However, in terms of gameplay CA is still very close to Command & Conquer with its famous ""tank rush"" tactic."
38848,Space Racer,,1988,7.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Space Racer is an action racing game with a sci-fi theme. The player controls a futuristic hoverbike, competing against computer-controlled vehicles of a similar kind. The races take place in outer space-themed environments, resembling surfaces of alien planets. The player should try to avoid collision with the other bikes to get to the finish line first; a more violent way of solving the same problem involves shooting at the opponents. The altitude of the hoverbike depends on its speed - the faster it goes, the farther away from the ground it is, and vice versa."
38851,Kurt: Der Fussballmanager '99,Kurt: Der Fußballmanager,1999,7.8,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Kurt: Der Fußballmanager '99 is a managerial soccer simulation where the player coaches a team and is responsible for its athletic and financial success. In comparison to similar German games like Bundesliga Manager the financial part is driven back and the focus lies on the team. Nonetheless there are multiple financial aspects to pay attention to: Sponsorships, entrance fees, expanding the stadium, stock trading and of course buying and selling players. The game has two features which are a contrast to other games of its time: the menu and the match presentation. In the menus where the player sets things like training or lineup are practically no numbers - each number is represented by a graphical presentation. This is especially remarkable because the players have many attributes including uncommon ones like nerves strength. The menus have a comic look with mascot Kurt, a young boy, and can be freely arranged in the menu bar. The matches are calculated and displayed in real-time. The player has a lot of tactical possibilities during the game like substituting players or even change the tactic completely. These changes are directly visible in the match presentation. In contrast to the Championship Manager series which has a similar premise, the match is shown in an isometric perspective. Not only the own game is calculated in real-time, all parallel matches are too. The player has even the possibility to arrange windows of varied size on the monitor where he can follow them - or switch completely to another match. The editor is not restricted to changing the (not licensed) names of the teams and players, it also allows to change all player data and the structure of leagues and cup championships. Kurt simulates the first four German and the first English, Italian, Spanish and French league with about 400 teams and 9000 players."
38853,The Train: Escape to Normandy,The Train: Nur Sie können ihn stoppen,1988,7.1,"Action, Simulation",,World War II,"In the months before France is liberated by the Allies in World War 2, Germany tries to take Paris' collection of classic paintings. As Resistance member Pierre LeFeu, helped by wounded former engineer Le Duc, must prevent this happening, but taking the paintings by train to Normandy and Allied control. Once in control of the train, you must set the throttle level, ensure that there is enough coal in the furnace, control the speed, and ensure that steam is released when necessary. Use the provided map, and the communications network once released, to plan the strategic side of your mission. Each station has coal and water supplies which may be needed to keep the train running. You must raid railway stations in order to get track switches into the right position. Both this and the initial capture of the train involve aiming at the enemy, current indicated point, and ducking before their bullets can hit you. Taking control of bridges is similar - you control a cannon and must take aim."
38862,Stellar 7,,1983,7.1,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Gir Draxon, Supreme Overlord of the Arcturan Empire has declared war on the Terran Federation. The leaders of Earth respond by sending the Terran Fleet on their way to Arcturus to intercept Draxon's armada. But this was a deadly mistake: the Arcturans have discovered warplinks, which allow them to transport troops from one link to another instantaneously, even across vast interstellar distances. With the fleet halfway across the galaxy, the enemy has already reached the Sol system and occupied Saturn's moon Titan. Now, humanity's only hope is the experimental Raven armored vehicle. One courageous pilot must take the Raven through seven different star systems, from Titan to Arcturus, defeating any and all Arcturans, using the warplinks to travel from one system to the next. Stellar 7 is a first-person action game inspired by Atari 's Battlezone with similar wireframe graphics. In each of the seven levels, the player must defeat a number of enemies. Doing so reveals the warplink that takes the Raven to the next system. Next to a cannon, the Raven is equipped with radar, shields, and a cloaking device. The cloak drains the energy level of the vehicle substantially, and the depletion of the energy reserves or the shields destroys the Raven. Some of the levels include fuel bays that allow the player to recharge the energy. Various enemies await on the different worlds. These include both ground vehicles (sleds, tanks, hovercraft) and aircraft as well as stationary laser turrets, homing bombs, robot drones and more. All enemies vary in firepower, speed and armor ratings. An in-game mission briefing introduces most adversaries, but some special ones come as surprises."
38864,Jewel Master,,1991,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"As the peaceful kingdom Mythgard came close to being overthrown by the evil demon king Jardine the Mad, the Elemental Masters of the realm gathered to do battle. They fought Jardine until there was no more than four remaining. The four combined their powers to form the Elemental Blade with which the demon king could be slain. At this time the Jewel Master was summoned to wield the blade, however the blade has been lost and the rings of the elemental masters have been scattered across Mythgard, all save two. The Jewel Master must gather the other ten rings of the Elemental Masters and reclaim the blade and ultimately do battle with the demon king. The gameplay is based on fighting a lot of monsters in classic arcade platform kind of way. To do this you have at your disposal rings, two which you begin with and further more that you gain along the way. Each ring is of one of the four elements and by combining them you gain different effects. Rings of opposite elements cancel each other but you have two hands and two attack buttons so you can use say water on the one and fire on the other. The rings are also different in strength which further adds some complexity."
38868,Police Quest: Collection Series,,1997,7.2,Compilation,,,This compilation contains the following games:
38872,Wayne's World,,1993,4.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"""Wayne's World, Wayne's World! Party time! Excellent! Woo, woo, woo!"" It's Friday, it's 10:30 and like usual, Wayne and Garth are presenting their TV show. First they start off by reading a top-10 list of the worst games they recently played at the arcade. Then Wayne accounts on how he and Garth were suddenly sucked into a video game, and Garth was kidnapped by the mysterious Zantar. ""Weeuuu, weeuuu, weeuuu!"" FLASHBACK, and now you're suddenly in control of Wayne as he must embark upon a quest to save his good pal Garth. Not to be confused with the DOS license this Wayne's World is a platform- style game. You must jump, fight and rock your way through 4 different levels which include Kramer's Music Store, Stan Mikita's Donut Store, Gas Works and Surburbia. Using Wayne's guitar as your sonic weapon, it's most excellent noise will bring death to various enemies. Will you save Garth from the evil purple clutches of Zantar? SCHWING!"
38876,Army Men 2,,2000,7.1,Action,,,"Army Men 2 is the sequel to Army Men Like that game, it is a simplified adaptation of a PC game ( Army Men II ) to the Game Boy Color. The game is very similar to its predecessor. Players control green army soldier Sarge through a number of missions, with the goal usually being to destroy a number of tan army enemies. The missions are organized into two campaigns (Field and Assault), each consisting of three to four maps with three to five missions each, for a total of 31 missions in the game, with a boot camp training mission also available. Some of the maps are directly based on those in Army Men II others have been newly designed. Unlike in Army Men II all missions take place in the ""real"" world, where the plastic toy soldiers find themselves in environments like (relative to their size) huge gardens, kitchens or garages. Gameplay is unchanged from the predecessor. Seen from a top-down perspective, players control only Sarge, without a support squad as seen in the PC game. Sarge can pick up various weapons like flamethrowers, mortars and grenades in addition to his standard gun with unlimited ammo, but can carry only three items total. It is again also possible to enter and use vehicles. An overview map of the level shows both Sarge's and the enemies' positions. The game introduces a two-player mode via link cable, with two game modes: deathmatch and capture-the-flag. As before, the game features voice samples and saving via passwords."
38881,WarCraft: Orcs & Humans,WarCraft I,1994,7.5,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Fantasy,"The Kingdom of Azeroth was relatively peaceful and ruled by King Llane. That was until a powerful mage named Medivh commanded forces that opened up a portal in the Swamp of Sorrow, leading to another world. This ushered in the Age of Chaos, as Orcs were summoned to this world and attempted to establish an empire. As the Orcish hordes swarmed from the portal, they met with the Humans of Azeroth and battles ensured. Peaceful co-existence is not an option. Only one race will attain dominance over the land. Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the first real-time fantasy strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment Inc By playing either the Humans or the Orcs in this saga, two separate story lines evolve with 12 scenarios per side telling the tale of the battle for Azeroth. Players must mine gold and chop wood in order to construct buildings and create new units. From swords to sorcery, all the elements of classic fantasy are here to explore: rich forests, dark dungeons and bubbling swamps await the stalwart troops amassed to fight for dominance. Command many unique armies and creatures including Knights, Archers, Clerics, Warlocks, Daemons, Elementals, and Necromancers who are able to raise the dead. The multiplayer aspects of the game allow 2 players to challenge one another on over 20 custom maps and determine who is the supreme warlord. Head to head play is supported over modem, serial link, and IPX networks, and works cross-platform between the IBM-PC and Macintosh versions."
38885,Crack,,1988,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Swiss developed Arkanoid style game, with a prehistoric theme. Play is for one or two players simultaneously (including a battle-mode), and options are available for mouse and joystick controls. A comprehensive level editor is also included. The players’ bat here is made out to look like a bone, and the ball is a spherical stone. Level backdrops are randomised pixel-painted scenes featuring different types of Dinosaurs. The bricks to knock out sometimes contain pickups to collect, such as a laser gun, an automatic CPU controlled bat navigation mode, extra life, slow-ball etc. A pickup is immediately activated upon collection, but subsequent ones collected are not if one is active, and clicking the right mouse button will cancel out the current effect for the last pickup collected. A bonus coconut game can be enabled from the main menu, which in turn lets you play this sub-game at predefined intervals during the course of standard play, where you control a caveman holding a pan, and the object is to catch coconuts that fall from trees with it, by moving from left to right on the single screen. Your bonus is tallied for how many coconuts you managed to catch in the allotted time."
38886,Interphase,,1989,8.2,Action,Shooter,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Dreams are made by The Dreamtrack Corporation, a group of evil subliminal-messengers whose intention is to destroy the minds of the minority of people capable of interpreting other people's dreams and live them out through entertainment. That's the story in this distinctly Cyberpunk-inspired title, and you play Chad, the man who discovers this secret, and aims to put an end to it. Your task on each level is to clear a path for Kaf-E, your girlfriend, to be able to progress to the heart of the Dreamtrack HQ, getting past each of the myriad of security systems they have built up. A map must be used to navigate the route through the systems, with lots of information readily available. The basic gameplay sees you darting through 3D tunnels using the mouse, and is like a prototype Descent with your ship kitted out with cannons and missiles, with each enemy better dealt with by one or the other. As well as ensuring your own survival, you must guide Kaf-E through the levels by blasting out the correct sections to clear a path for her. As she has no intelligence, and simply walks into walls, this element can be compared to Lemmings"
38899,Hunt & Score,"A Game of Concentration, Memory Match",1978,4.6,Puzzle,"Board game, Cards / tiles, Mental training, Tile matching puzzle",,"Hunt & Score is similar to the game Memory. The player is presented with a numbered grid; behind each grid section is a picture. On each turn, the player chooses two grid sections in an attempt to find two matching pictures. Points are earned for finding matching pictures, and the player with the most points at the end wins. Several game options include a 16 or 30 square game grid, the ability to handicap one of the players, and the ability to enable or disable wild cards."
38900,Navy Strike,"Carrier Strike Force, Navy Strike: Task Force Command",1995,6.6,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,,"In Navy Strike you have the chance of either being a pilot and going out on dogfight missions to improve your ranking, or being a strategist, and deciding how the fighting is done, when and where, while keeping track of events."
38902,Arcus,Arcus pro68K,1988,7.9,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The people of the kingdom Arkases have mastered the ways of magic, thanks to their connection to the world of spirits. However, the humans used their magical powers to wage war on each other and to disrupt the harmony. Finally, the Golden Dragon told the king of Arkases that his country will be punished for the deeds of the humans. Enter Jedah Chaf, a young man who has left his home village to fulfill his dream of becoming a knight. Will Jedah be able to save his country and to restore peace in the world? Arcus is a RPG that is played entirely from first-person perspective. You navigate your hero by choosing a location from a menu. Once in dungeons, you have a separate menu whenever you encounter enemies. You fight them in turn-based combat, attacking physically or casting magic. The game is more close to Western RPG style than to Japanese one, and utilizes AD&D terminology for character stats."
38907,Dizzy Panic,Panic Dizzy,1991,5.7,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Grand Dizzy needs help testing his toy making machine and you Dizzy have agreed to help. Your job is to move a bar at the bottom of the screen with the outline of a cross or oval and make sure this matches the shape falling down the screen from one of four tubes. The tubes move slowly down the screen but can be paused for a short moment when the correct shape is matched. If the incorrect shape is matched then the tubes moves closer towards the bottom. When the tubes reach the bottom then it's game over. Dizzy Panic is a puzzle game viewed from the side showing the factory. Dizzy is seen in the middle of the screen. The joystick moves the shape bar left and right and holding down the fire button speeds up the shapes till the button is released. As well as the main playing area you can see your level, score and shapes collected."
38911,World Cup USA 94,,1993,6.5,Sports,,North America,"World Cup USA 94 is a top-down football (soccer) game recreating the namesake tournament. Beside the 24 teams who qualified for the actual World Cup, other significant footballing nations like England, France and Denmark can be drafted in. Tackling is difficult and passing is easy, making for a flowing end-to-end style of play. The presentation of the menus is largely icon-based, with the official mascot featured prominently."
38912,NCAA Basketball Final Four '97,,1997,6.4,Sports,,,"Shoot and block your way through a full college season working your way up to the final four. Comes with replicas (the NCAA didn't allow real players to be used in this game) of 64 major college basketball teams. There are basic coaching options that can be used, a few plays to cover the basics but nothing too detailed."
38917,DragonStomper,,1982,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Dragonstomper is notable for being the first role-playing game (RPG) released for a home console. Long ago, a Druid magician created an amulet of great power that could subdue a dragon. Heading to the dragon's lair, the Druid accidentally dropped the amulet and it fell deep into its lair. Over time, the amulet imbued the dragon with cunning and power so that it began to spread treachery and evil about the peaceful Kingdom. The player's quest begins with the king summoning the player to defeat the dragon once and for all. Taking up the call to arms, the player begins by gathering their strength and fighting creatures in the enchanted countryside to build up enough power to become a Dragonstomper. When finally ready, the player moves on to an oppressed village near the dragon's lair in order to recruit soldiers, buy magical scrolls, and acquire medicines and elixirs needed to face the dragon in its lair. With all of his skills, training, equipment, and soldiers, the Dragonstomper descends into the dragon's lair for a final combat to bring peace to the Kingdom. The combat in the game is turn-based; enemies might appear randomly and attack the playable character. Mercenaries can join the party and engage in combat, controlled by the AI. Many locations have traps which should be detected and avoided. Certain situations in the game can be approached in various ways, leading to different solutions to the problems."
38922,Turbo Esprit,,1986,7.4,Racing / Driving,,,"Turbo Esprit puts you in control of a Lotus Esprit cop car, with the challenge of breaking up a drugs gang and protecting the innocent. A map is built into the car, which can instantly show the positions of the baron's cars - this is crucial because you can't interrupt them before the initial deal is done, as this will simply make them leave and try again another time. The game's environment is large and varied, with traffic lights, junctions and zebra crossings accurately implemented, and pedestrians to avoid. The roads are multi-laned, and at the end of each road you can turn across, which makes the game's perspective shift in a flick-screen manner. One unusual feature for the time is a saveable high-score table."
38923,Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes,"Dragon Slayer 6: Legend of Heroes, Dragon Slayer: Eiyū Densetsu, Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes - Fantasy Role-Playing",1989,8.1,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes tells the story of a young prince named Selios. One day his old teacher Raiyas sends him to a nearby cave to retrieve a magic weapon. When the prince returns, he finds the house attacked by monsters. Raiyas tells him to seek help in the castle of a baron, whose country has always been allies with theirs for a long time. However, the baron betrays Selios' trust and imprisons him. The young prince manages to escape, but without the possibility to return he has no choice but to wander through the land, trying to find trustworthy companions who would help him to save his country. This is a traditional medieval-themed Japanese RPG with turn-based combat viewed from first-person perspective (like in Dragon Warrior games). The enemies are semi-random: they do appear out of nowhere and attack suddenly, but they are visible on the screen, and if you flee from a battle they will still be there to pursue you."
38927,Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble,Sonic & Tails 2,1994,7.8,Action,Platform,,"Dr. Robotnik has stolen all the Chaos Emeralds, yet again, but when the experiment for his new weapon goes wrong, the Emeralds get scattered across the island. While Sonic & Tails are out searching for them, Robotnik finds the yellow emerald and convinces Knuckles the Echidna that Sonic wants to steal all the other Emeralds. While all this is happening, Nack the Weasel seizes his chance to take the emeralds for himself while everyone else is pre-occupied. Now it's a 4-way race to retrieve the emeralds. This handheld title has fundamentally similar gameplay to the other Sonic titles. The player can choose to play as Sonic or Tails (who can fly), and you're trying to reach the Chaos Emeralds before anyone else. A change from other Sonic games is that when hit, not all rings are lost, only a set amount (30–50 depending on the level) is lost."
38933,Teen Agent,"Agent Mlíčňák, Nowy Teenagent, Teenagent",1995,7.5,Adventure,Graphic adventure,"Contemporary, Europe","You take the role of Mark Hopper, an ordinary teenager who gets hired by the RGB intelligence (he was selected by a fortune teller) to solve the mystery of gold disappearing from the Mega Bank. But first you're sent to the RGB training camp where you'll have to pass the three trials! Teenagent is a humorous point-and-click adventure, originally available as shareware, but the DOS version was later re-released as freeware. You control Mark Hopper with a mouse - click on where you want him to go, left-click on objects and people to look at them, and right-click on them to interact with them. By moving the cursor to the top of the screen, you bring up your inventory. (Note: the game isn't connected in any way to the 1991 movie Teen Agent.)"
38937,NHL FaceOff '98,,1997,7.4,Sports,,,"In this edition, you can trade players, release players, create a player, and sign free agents. The modes of play include the usual season, exhibition, and quick start. One new feature is multi-team play, which lets more than one user play within the same season."
38938,Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper,,1987,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this game, you play the role of a man who has been stranded on an alien planet after his spaceship explodes and you must find pieces of it to rebuild it. The gameplay involves you jumping across platforms and shooting at droids and aliens but also ducking to avoid high-flying robots. The game is played from a side-scrolling perspective. The baddies come thick and fast and the only way to cope is to keep moving."
38940,Michael Jordan:  Chaos in the Windy City,,1994,7.1,Action,Platform,,"In this game the player controls the famous basketball player Michael Jordan The time is near for an All-Star Charity Game so Michael decides to go to the gym for some training. When he arrives, he finds out that his buddies' stuff is there but not his buddies. Suddenly a basketball flies in from nowhere with a note attached. The note says something about a kidnapping and that Michael should visit a person in the Egyptian room in the city's museum. Michael has to descend into an underground prison and fight enemies with his basketball, which can be upgraded to a homing-ball, flame-ball, bounce-ball and other forms."
38950,MiG-29 Fulcrum,,1991,7.2,Simulation,,,"The MiG-29 plane, nicknamed Fulcrum by the West, features in this flight simulation, professionally modeled by former British Aerospace flight simulator designers. You are armed with cannons, rockets, and Air-to-Air and Air-to-Ground missiles. Aerodynamics, blackouts, and physics are all recreated. There are six missions to take on, starting with your basic training. After this, there are four diverse missions with colour-coded identification, and a final extra-tough mission you can only do once you have completed the others. The missions involve arctic reconnaissance, dogfighting over the Great Wall of China, an oil refinery, and destroying terrorist infrastructure. Your final task involves destroying a nuclear plant in the desert. Missions have primary and secondary objectives affecting scoring."
38958,Tetris,Tetris: The Soviet Challenge,1988,7.5,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"The original commercially-licensed version of Alexey Pajitnov 's classic Tetris puzzle game. Geometric shapes fall from the top of a playfield to rest on the bottom; fit the pieces together, and the line they form disappears. If the pieces don't form lines and eventually stack up to the top of the playfield, the game is over. Difficulty increases by dropping the pieces faster and faster over time."
38960,Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing,,1992,7.5,Sports,,,"Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing as the name implies, is a boxing game featuring the three-time World Heavyweight Champion. The game display 2D sprite-drawn boxers in a 3D ring (the so-called ""FreeCam"" 3D system), with the boxers moving around the ring in 360°. One or two players can choose the number of rounds (up to 15), the round length (up to 5 minutes), the number of times a fighter must be taken down to be T.K.O. and the number of referee counts (up to 10). There are two game modes: exhibition (which can be played against the computer or one-on-one by two players) and the tournament mode (single player). Players can choose among nine fictional fighters plus Muhammad Ali himself. There are two control types: arcade and simulation. In the arcade mode, the d-pad moves the boxer around, while the A button is used for jabs, the B button for defense and the C button for hard punches. In this mode, the game decides which of the boxer's arms will be used for each punch. In the simulation mode, the d-pad moves the player around. By holding the A button (for the left arm) or C button (for the right arm), the player can perform head jabs (by pressing up in the D pad), body jabs (by pressing down), body hooks (by pressing left) and body hooks (by pressing right). Holding the B button, the player can cover up (by pressing up), duck (by pressing down), sway left (by pressing left) and sway right (by pressing right). By pressing A and B together, the boxer performs an uppercut. Each fighter has a power and a speed bar. As they get tired by fighting or get hurt, the bars decrease. The lower the bars, the slower or weaker the punches get, until the boxer is knocked down. By defending himself a boxer can regain power or speed. There's also a counter of punches landed at each side of the screen. If the fight ends with no winner, the judges decision is made by those numbers alone, regardless of how many times the fighters were taken down during the fight. The game features digitized speech, including samples of Ali's voice."
38961,Jawbreaker,,1981,6.7,Action,Arcade,,"A clone of Pac-Man where you as jaws must collect all points and escape lethal heads. There are also magical points to break heads by your jaws during some time. You have to collect the points, magical items, and progress from level to level."
38968,Ultima Trilogy: I ♦ II ♦ III,Ultima 1+2+3,1989,8.1,"Compilation, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,This compilation contains: The FM Towns version has re-vamped graphics: overworld and towns look on par with Ultima IV while the detail in the dungeon graphics is close to the level of the fifth game (as opposed to simple vector lines in the other versions). It also has CD-quality music and new intros for each one of the games.
38969,Emperor of the Fading Suns,"Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced, Emperor of the Fading Suns: Enhanced Edition",1997,7.0,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Intriguing Civ style game from the EotFS paper RPG Universe. Up to 5 players take the role of Houses vying for control of the known galaxy by winning political votes and siezing power. One of many interesting game mechanics is some technolgies are ""banned"" by the church, and players who research it may be punished for forbidden knowledge if/when the church finds out!"
38972,Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen,"Deep Space 9: The Fallen, Otvergennye: Tajna Temnoj Rassy, The Fallen",2000,7.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Loosely based on the ""Millennium"" Star Trek: Deep Space 9 novel series, The Fallen has you play as Worf, Kira, or Sisko as you search for the three Red Orbs of Jalbador through both space and time... Based on the Unreal Tournament engine, the game features third-person viewpoints. The three playable characters each have different parts in the overall interlocking story."
38975,Eliminate Down,,1993,7.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Eliminate Down is a horizontally-scrolling shooter similar in style to Thunder Force The player has several weapons that can be freely switched (forward shot, back shot, and missile), and can also change the speed of the ship. Enemies come from all directions, and certain waves will drop powerups, including shields and weapon upgrades. The player needs to collect five upgrades in order to improve their weaponry, but the upgrade affects all three weapons. The game includes eight stages, most of which include both a midboss and a boss at the end, and three difficulty settings. There is also a minigame similar to Whack-a-Mole where there is a grid of ship icons, and the player must hit the rotating ships."
38982,Double Dragon,Arcade Archives: Double Dragon,1987,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"Set in a post-apocalyptic New York, Double Dragon is the story of Billy and Jimmy Lee, twin brothers trained in the fighting style of Sou-Setsu-Ken. Together, they manage a small martial arts training school, teaching their students in self-defense. One day, Billy's girlfriend, Marian, is kidnapped off the street by the ""Black Warriors"", a savage street gang led by a man named Willy. The Black Warriors demand the Lee brothers disclose their martial arts secrets in exchange for Marian's freedom. The Lee brothers set out on a rescue mission to crush the Black Warriors and save Marian. Using whatever techniques they have at their disposal, from the basic punches and kicks to the invulnerable elbow strike, as well any weapon that comes into their hands, the Lee brothers must pursue the gang through the city slum, industrial area and the forest before reaching their hideout to confront the big boss, Willy. The NES version of this game also has an additional VS. fighting mode for one or two players. Players choose from a field of six different characters (Billy and 5 of the enemy characters) and enter into a one-on-one fighting match. Players have to punch, kick, jumpkick, and even use a weapon against their opponents until someone's health bar is fully drained. The winner is the last one standing. The Atari 2600 version also has a VS. fighting mode, but it is simply a two player match between Billy and Jimmy Lee."
38985,GFL Championship Football,,1986,6.1,"Action, Sports",,,"This must be one of the earliest team sport games to use a first-person view – the packaging mocks the Xs and Os used to represent players in contemporary Gridiron games. What you see is what the player sees – control and viewpoint passes from the kicker to the receiver on a punt or kickoff, and the quarterback to the running back or receiver on a pass or kick. Releasing passes involves rotating the controls to select the pass direction. To take the ball, aim the visible hands in the centre of the screen. There are 28 teams split into four divisions; their names are fictional (including the Seagulls, Mustangs and Geronimos), and each is rated out of 3 on 8 areas of skill. Matches last for 4 quarters of either 4 or 7 minutes' in-play time. Menus to select plays or teams involve using diagonal movements for selection. Standard Gridiron rules apply – gain 10 yards in 4 attempts (downs) without fumbling or having a pass intercepted; kick a punt or field goal if you are about to fail at this."
38988,Clue Chronicles: Fatal Illusion,"Cluedo Adventures: Tödliche Täuschung, Cluedo Chronicles: Fatal Illusion, Cluedo Chronicles: Le Masque Fatal, Cluedo: La Ilusión Mortal",1999,6.3,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Interwar,"You find yourself, along with the upper echelon of society, on a river boat owned by an eccentric host. When the host is killed in plain view of the guests, it is up to you to solve the classic conundrum, ""Whodunnit?"" In this cinematic adventure, you must interview the notorious, colorful characters of the Clue storyline including Professor Plus, Miss Scarlett, and Colonel Mustard, not to mention new faces such as a struggling amateur magician, an irritable artist, and a beautiful psychic & hypnotist. Solve a variety of puzzles, often with the help and advice of the other guests and their special skills. And hurry, because one of these people is a murderer."
38990,Conquest of Japan,Samurai: The Way of the Warrior,1992,6.0,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval)","Conquest of Japan is a strategy title in which the player must conquer their opponents' cities on the Island of Honshu in 16th century Japan. The ten cities must be occupied to win, which can be done by forming armies to defend their five cities and attack those of the opponents. When a city is taken, any mobile army that came from that city is automatically disbanded. In this way, potentially overwhelming forces can be routed by conquering their cities -- but only if the player can conquer the city before its army reaches its target. Depending on how the cities are located at the start of the game, players may find this to be a key part of their campaign strategy. When armies battle, the game switches from the strategic map to a tactical one. Formations, unit orders, and morale are factors in the tactical battles."
38995,Perseus & Andromeda,,1983,8.1,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Perseus & Andromeda is Number 9 in the Mysterious Adventures series As the title implies, this one involves Greek mythology involving the characters Perseus and Andromeda. Hero Perseus must slay Medusa and rescue Princess Andromeda who will then become his bride. To accomplish this, he must arm himself with a sword, shield and sandals. This game follows the Perseus mythology story closely (as seen in the movie ""Clash of the Titans"" for example). Many puzzles involve giving an object to someone, who then gives Perseus another object. Entering temples and praying can produce plot-advancing events. Around this time, the game engine was redone to allow complete sentences instead of the more primitive 2-word Scott Adams parser that had been used previously, although early versions of the game may have still used the cruder parser."
39000,The Final Battle,,1990,6.1,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The Final Battle is the successor to Legend of the Sword In the last game, five heroes managed to foil the plans of the evil wizard Suzar. Now he has returned, captured the party and thrown them in his dungeon. The player takes the role of one of the group, with the goal to free his comrades, explore the island and stop the threat once and for all. The main difference to the predecessor is the isometric perspective and a completely icon-driven interface. To interact with the environment, first a click on the ícon and then on the item or person in the playfield is necessary. The puzzles are inventory-based, but the environment plays a big role in the problems and their solutions: the game features a day/night-cycle and a weather system. The people to be freed have different abilities which need to be used for puzzle solving. Despite the perspective, the current group leader is not on screen and the player is meant to see through his/her eyes."
39002,HyperZone,,1991,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A 3D shooter similar to Space Harrier Control different futuristic flying vehicles and blast your way through numerous enemies and obstacles. If your ship is getting too fast, you can use the brakes, however flying too slow damages your ship. Apart from the standard weapons, most ships have a special attack that can be charged by holding down the fire button. The action takes place on set tracks; leaving those tacks will cause heavy damage to your ship. You can repair your ship by flying over certain areas. At the end of end of each level, a boss has to be defeated."
39015,Sopwith,Sopwith 2,1985,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",World War I,"You play single player or against the computer, flying a sopwith biplane, and trying to shoot down the enemy planes and destroy all the enemy buildings. Sopwith II is an update to Sopwith that adds gravity, smoother graphics, birds and oxen, recording and playback of games, multiple levels, and runs at the right speed on modern machines. A classic game that has developed a small cult following."
39016,L.A. Crackdown,,1988,7.2,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"In L.A. Crackdown you play a cop staking out a warehouse to gather evidence in order to break up a drug ring. The action is controlled by monitors in a surveillance van. A rookie officer assists you by searching rooms, planting bugs, and even interrogating suspicious characters (watch out, he learns from experience and can help you make decisions or may disobey orders if he disagrees with a decision.)"
39018,Outpost,Outpost: Build Mankind's Future in Space,1994,6.1,Strategy / tactics,City building / construction simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the first part of the 21st century, scientists discovered a huge asteroid named Vulcan's Hammer headed straight for Earth. A single corporation decided the only way for survival was to colonize other worlds. One ship was launched and as it sat in orbit around Jupiter, Earth was no more. Now it is your task to seek out a new planet and repopulate it with human life. The game is set in an isometric third person perspective, like that of SimCity in which you must re-colonize the planet while dealing with the intricacies of day-to-day life."
39022,The Last Express,,1997,8.1,Adventure,Puzzle elements,"Europe, Industrial Age, World War I","The Orient Express is about to depart from Paris to Constantinople. As the train slowly begins to move away from the station, a young, courageously looking man jumps on it from his motorcycle and makes his way inside. This man is an American doctor named Robert Cath, escaping from authorities as a suspect in the murder of a policeman. In the train, he finds the dead body of the person he was supposed to meet. Now he has to act quickly. The only way not to arise the suspicions of the police is to disguise himself as the murdered man. A very dangerous investigation begins, and the hero soon finds himself involved in a deep net of personal intrigues and political conspiracies. The Last Express is a real-time adventure game set in 1914, shortly before the outbreak of the World War, in a concrete historical and geographical environment. The game uses a simple point-and-click interface for interacting with people and objects, and navigating the character from a first-person perspective through pre-rendered backgrounds. From the moment the player gains control of Robert Cath, time begins to flow. If the player fails to solve a part of the mystery until the train arrives at the next station, certain events the player was supposed to prevent will occur, ending the game prematurely. It is impossible to permanently die in the game, as the player has the ability to rewind the clock in order to replay a specific period of time. The player is for the most part free to explore the train, and the story progression has a certain degree of non-linearity. Characters follow their own schedules, frequently moving between locations, talking to each other, and generally acting independently of the player's input. The player can decide to interrupt conversations, remain unnoticed, or openly follow characters and witness their activities. For example, at a certain moment in the game's timeline two characters will perform a classical sonata for violin and piano; the player can opt for staying and listening to the performance, or use the time to explore other locations. Along with detective work and a few inventory-based and logical puzzles, the player's main task in the game is to eavesdrop on people's conversations, talk to characters, and solve the mystery by finding out more information about the bizarre case. There are also several timing-oriented fighting sequences in the game. The game's visuals resemble ""art nouveau"" style that was prominent in the historical time period described in it. The similarity to the style is achieved by using rotoscoping technique. Actors wearing distinctive make-up and costumes were filmed against a bluescreen, digitized, turned into black-and-white frames and colored by hand. The game is also notable for including authentic dialogue recorded by native speakers of several languages (French, German, Russian and others), with English subtitles displayed."
39024,Castlevania,"Akumajou Dracula Apocalypse, Akumajou Dracula Mokushi Hashumi, Castlevania 64",1999,7.1,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Konami 's long-running series of Castlevania games makes its debut on the N64. The traditional 2D graphics have been left behind; this is the first Castlevania game in 3D. However, the goal of the game remains the same: kick some vampire butt as you battle the evil Count Dracula and his minions in this platformer. The player can either choose to be Reinhardt Schneider (for traditional ""whip action"") or Carrie Fernandez (who uses magical powers). Both characters are given an own story line. A new feature is the presence of an in-game clock that switches the game time from day to night."
39027,Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Midway Collection 2,Midway Classics 2,1997,6.3,Compilation,,,This is an emulation-based compilation of seven classic arcade games: The compilation is supplemented with a trivia quiz (with FMV interviews with the game designers) and a picture gallery when the trivia game is won.
39032,Hollywood Collection,Les Stars d'Hollywood,1990,7.0,Compilation,,,Hollywood Collection is a compilation containing the following four movie tie-ins:
39033,Alundra 2: A New Legend Begins,"Alundra 2: Der Beginn einer neuen Legende, Alundra 2: The Mystery of Machinevolution, Alundra 2: Une légende est née",1999,6.8,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Story-wise, this title isn't really a sequel to Alundra The hero of this game is the red-haired Flint, whose parents were killed by pirates. Flint engages himself on a journey to avenge his parents, but soon discovers that there is a bigger conspiracy - the evil Mephisto wants to turn all people into robots by putting magic keys into them. In contrast to the predecessor, this game's storyline and characters are humorous. Alundra 2 is in 3D and uses polygonal graphics, unlike the first game of the series. The gameplay of Alundra 2 like the original Alundra is very similar to the Legend Of Zelda series with emphasis being on puzzle solving and dungeon exploring. In said dungeons, reached from an overhead world map, the player finds new items and special attacks, which are required to solve the puzzles. But not all require thinking; some consist of platforming challenges. The western release features two difficulty levels."
39034,Spy vs. Spy Trilogy,,1988,7.8,Compilation,,,"This is a compilation of the first three Spy vs. Spy games for the Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. The included games are: The disk versions have a menu to select a game from. For the tape versions, the game is chosen by simply inserting the correct tape or side."
39038,Crime Wave,,1990,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Crime Wave is a side-scrolling shooter with certain similarities to Narc in tone and gameplay. Controlling a police officer, the player shoots his or her way through slums, inner cities, and other locations, trying to destroy a powerful criminal organization and save the President's gorgeous, young, and single daughter. The game features digitized graphics."
39041,Projekt Prometheus,,1991,5.4,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Projekt Prometheus is a German text adventure with graphics. It is set in 2012 directly after the explosion of a nuclear plant. The only way to get rid of the radioactivity is to fetch a resource only available in space. Unfortunately the whole crew of the space ship was killed by a plague and only one man, a journalist, remains. He has to figure out the space ship controls and solve puzzles, e.g. dealing with a contaminated command console. The player communicates with the game by typing in commands with the keyboard and reading the game's text descriptions. However, the player can associate often used orders to the function keys. The icon bar, controlled with the mouse, offers additional functions or notifications, e.g. a compass which is used to leave a room, switching between text and graphics (not available for all rooms) or a mini map of the space ship."
39049,Imhotep,,1985,6.3,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Fantasy,"Life as a Pharoh for Zoser has been a prosperous and peaceful time in Egypt until in his tenth year a great famine has swept the land causing hardship and death for his loyal subjects. Years have passed with still no solution to the problem and now his subjects who worshipped him have lost patience and are now gathered outside his temple in Memphis. The Pharoh has turned to his wisest man, Imhotep for help but the only solution to be found is for the wise man to find a Princess with the sacred books called the Souls of Ra. Problem is, her location is only known to the God of Wisdom, Throth and to reach him Imhotep must cross the lands of the Jawi Nomads who are hostile and heavily armed. You play the role of Imhotep as you attempt to cross the hostile lands before finding the location of Throth and finally the Princess over a number of levels. You start the game on a bird flying over the landscape which is a horizontally side view scrolling shooter as you avoid or shoot Nomads on birds. The Nomads will fire back with fireballs and if you are hit by a fireball or touch a Nomad then you lose one of five lives. As you progress, rocks and huge droplets will also fall from the sky and have to be avoided. After a certain distance of flying you must now disembark your bird and carry on across the landscape on foot. This part of the game is viewed once again from the side with the screen constantly scrolling. The Nomads are once again flying on their birds with rocks and droplets falling from the sky but you also have to jump gaps or lose a life if you fall in. If you survive the hostile lands you now play various single screen platform games with various floors connected by ladders and stairs. There are various creatures moving about the screen and touching one loses a life and to complete the screen you have to collect a certain number of items."
39051,AirXonix,Aironix,2000,6.3,"Action, Puzzle",Arcade,,"AirXonix is a 3-dimensional remake of Xonix in which you have to control a device, which is moving over the playing field whilst several monster-balls are wandering inside. The objective is to isolate the balls away from as much spare playing field as possible. The game is mostly the same, with the difference that the device that is controlled now is flying in the air and that it is in full 3D. To make it harder there are some monsters that you shouldn't come in contact with. Power ups include extra lives, acceleration and slow downs as well as surprises. There are five types of games and more than 80 levels in total."
39053,Powerslave,"Exhumed, Powerslave (DOS Classic Edition)",1996,6.3,Action,Shooter,Africa,"Powerslave is a first person shooter with an arcade style level progression. There are 20 consecutive single-player levels and 12 multiplayer deathmatch levels. Unknown alien forces have invaded the city of Karnak, and isolated it from the rest of the world. The inhabitants were subjected to torture, or injected with a substance, turning them into servient mummies. Even the mummy of king Ramses was not spared. After multiple failed attempts from world leaders to send armed forces to deal with the situation, you were chosen among a select few of the world's best special forces to infiltrate Karnak and destroy the invading forces from within. The mission turns awry, however, when your helicopter is shot down, and you find yourself alone, hoping to complete your mission and get out of the fray alive. Contrary to the later console adaptations of the game, each of the 20 singleplayer levels are played back to back with the player hunting for keys and secret areas to proceed onto the next level, similar to other games of the time, such as DOOM The game features a single save slot for each playthrough and has a checkpoint system, allowing the player to continue from the latest checkpoint they have found. Levels range from ancient cities and temples through sprawling caverns of also lava variety all the way to the alien Kilmaat ships, and are filled with traps and keys hiding multiple pathways from initial access. The player starts their adventure with a mere Machete, but can find weapons such as a Revolver, M60, hand grenades and a Flamethrower to magical weapons such as the Cobra Staff that fires seeking snake projectiles, and the Eye of Ra gauntlet which summons Ra to strike enemies down with lightning. Basic enemies include mummies and men-turned-zombies representing ancient gods; Anubis, Bastet and Set. Mystical being such as the Am-Mit, Selkis and a lava beast called Magmantis are also included. The alien Kilmaat forces are represented by Kilmaat soldiers and Kilmaatikhan. Crazed wildlife is represented by Rats, Giant Piranhas, Terranian spiders and Omen Wasps. Although the multiplayer in the game is set up to be deathmatch-only, it's possible to play the singleplayer levels with enemies."
39055,Skitchin',,1994,7.5,"Racing / Driving, Sports",Tricks / stunts,,"You rollerblade (inline skate) down the road, grabbing tows from passing cars. Grab weapons to beat back your opponents. Race from city to city to earn money. Buy better skates, weapons, and protection with your winnings. This game is clearly derived both in technology and in design from the hit Road Rash series, and was released during the great rollerblading boom of the early-to-mid nineties."
39062,3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night,3D Ultra Pinball 2: Goblin no Gyakushū,1996,7.6,Action,Pinball,,"Pinball with a strong horror motif. In the 3-D Ultra Pinball tradition, many of the effects achieved on these tables could not be reproduced on traditional machines. There are even cutaways to mini-video games where you can rack up bonus points. Tables can be played individually, or all at once in a campaign to beat them."
39065,Fate: Gates of Dawn,,1991,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Winwood was just an ordinary man, an owner of a small record shop - certainly not a very suitable profession for someone who would become a hero in a magical land. But fate had its own plans for our hero. One day, feeling particularly drowsy, Winwood closed his shop and fell asleep on the sofa. Soon his dream turned into a nightmare: he realized he was trapped in his own dream world, a fantasy land with mages and ferocious monsters, unable to wake up. An old man named Naristos explained to him that a mysterious mage known as Thardan has been terrorizing the land for a long time. Thardan's power might be the only solution to Winwood's predicament. As a traveler between the worlds, Winwood alone stands the chance of getting close to Thardan, and perhaps ridding the magical land of his tyranny. Fate: Gates of Dawn is a first-person role-playing game with turn-based combat, similar in visual style and gameplay to Wizardry and Bard's Tale games. The player can recruit up to 28 characters, resulting in four parties that can be controlled separately. A notable feature of the game is a day/night cycle with weather effects that influence the behavior of the world's inhabitants. For example, less creatures will venture outside if it is raining; the player can choose to cast the Rain spell to reduce the number of hostile encounters. There is a total of 32 different character classes in the game; many of them are traditional (like Wizard or Cleric), but there are also many exotic ones, such as for example Nymph, Banshee, Valkyrie, and others. Each class has abilities and spells associated with it. The world of the game is inhabited by eleven races, each with its own background history."
39068,Leviathan,,1987,6.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Leviathan takes place on isometric science-fiction landscapes where all enemies have to be destroyed. So the player mans a space ship, flies around the three levels (with the ability to turn around and change the flying height) and shoots everything they see. Besides flying enemies there are also defense stations on the ground to be dealt with. But while rocket ammo is unlimited, fuel has to be regularly refilled by landing besides a fuel pod. Three smart bombs which destroy everything on the screen help in tight situations. Every level runs on a time limit."
39069,Contra III: The Alien Wars,"Contra Spirits, Contra: The Alien Wars, Probotector 2, Super Probotector: Alien Rebels",1992,8.2,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The hideous Red Falcon, thought to have been destroyed long ago by the Earth's greatest commandos, Mad Dog and Scorpion, has risen again, this time very angry and thirsty for revenge. His armies are marching through the cities, across the lands, with the intention of exterminating the human race like a bad case of fleas. Two commandos, Jimbo and Sully, have come forth now to defeat Red Falcon and save what remains of the world from his hideous plans. The Alien War is the third entry in the Contra series. Like its predecessors, it is a predominantly side-scrolling shooter with a heavy emphasis on action. The protagonist can carry two weapons (as opposed to one in the previous entries), and fire in eight directions when standing still. New abilities include climbing on walls, grabbing poles and navigating tanks. Parts of scenery can be destroyed. In a few instances the protagonist will also participate in motorcycle changes. Two stages have a top-down view and are played differently than the side-scrolling levels, with more freedom of exploration and the necessity to complete mission objectives rather than simply advance in one direction and kill all the enemies."
39076,Ghouls 'N Ghosts,"Daimakaimura, Ghouls 'N' Ghosts, Ghouls'n Ghosts MOBILE",1988,7.5,Action,Platform,"Fantasy, Medieval","Three years have passed since Arthur defeated the Demon King Astaroth and rescued his beloved Princess Prin-Prin (see Ghosts 'N Goblins ). A new villain, the Great Demon King Lucifer (Loki in some versions) has become the new leader of Ghoul Realm. While returning from a journey, Arthur sees the Princess' castle and her village under attack by Lucifer's forces. While rushing towards her beloved knight, the Princess is struck by one of Lucifer's laser beams. Now, Arthur must venture back to the Lucifer's palace and destroy the demon in order to rescue the Princess' soul and bring her back to life! And it won't matter whether he fights in his shining armor or in his underwear alone...the bravest Knight in the land isn't going to be stopped by some monsters! Although the game starts with graveyard and marsh territory familiar from the first game later levels are set in a tower, a mass of skeletons, and a castle. Players progress from left to right (from bottom to top in level 3), and have to hack down the aforementioned monsters with a sword. The journey includes ledges, ladders, lava pits and slippery slopes. Different weapons can be collected, by finding suits of armor inside chests. Each of the five stages has its own setting and a final boss. In comparison to the first installment, gameplay was tweaked and some additions were made. Arthur can now fire vertically and is able to collect weaponry from fallen enemies. The landscape is littered with a number of treasure chests that erupt out of scenery, some of which are hidden and has to be found by way of a well-timed jump in a certain place. The treasure chest can be opened with projectiles resulting in one of three occurrences: the reward of a new weapon, some shiny new golden armour or a hostile wizard who turns the player into the old man or a duck. The golden armour gives Arthur a chargeable ""super"" attack which varied depending on the currently possessed weapon. These attacks range from a huge lightning bolt that cut a swathe both vertically and horizontally across the screen, to a spell that creates a mirror-like clone of Arthur, effectively doubling his attack power."
39094,Zero Tolerance,,1994,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The space station Europe-1 has been overrun by aliens. During one of the fights the nuclear cooling system has been damaged, resulting in a meltdown within hours. Your mission, as a team of five of the toughest persons in the Corps, is to infiltrate and gain control of Europe-1. You must sweep the entire station clean of aliens. Zero Tolerance is a first-person shooter. It is required that you kill every single alien on each of the levels (hence the name). The five members of your team, who have different skills, start out with different weapons, and are your five chances of seeing this through."
39105,Sword Master,,1990,6.7,Action,,Fantasy,"Sword Master establishes the tale of an evil wizard in league with a monstrous demon who have dared to kidnap a damsel. The Sword Master is a knight who seeks to rescue the fair lady and destroy the evil people and creatures in the castle in which they dwell. It is a parallax side-scrolling action game in which the player must use sword and shield to battle through 7 game levels, from the forest, to a cursed town, to multiple levels of the villain's castle lair. The player will encounter giant bats, wolves, skeleton warriors, evil knights, wizards, lizard men, gargoyles, and other fierce enemies on his quest. The Sword Master can swing his sword, defend with his shield, and gather power-ups which enable him to change his form; for example, the Sword Master can transform into a magic user himself and cast offensive magic spells."
39110,Tomba!,"Ore! Tomba, Tombi!",1997,8.0,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, RPG elements","Africa, Fantasy","In this fast and frantic side-scrolling action game you play as the pink-haired, high-jumping jungle boy Tombi. In order to retrieve your lucky golden bracelet from the evil clutches of demonic pigs you'll need to fight hard, duck, climb, explore, and race through a variety of quests. Use your mace or your wood and stone boomerangs to do battle with dastardly pigs and creeping spiders. Keep a clear head though, as you'll need to solve a number of puzzles, which include rescuing trapped villagers, uncovering lost items hidden in deep forests, or saving a poor, stranded puppy. Secrets and adventure points allow access to optional events."
39120,Vigilante,Arcade Archives: Vigilante,1988,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"Vigilante is a side-scrolling beat-em-up. It features an anonymous tough hero that roams the streets to beat up The Rogues gang that kidnapped his girlfriend Maria. The game offers five distinct locations, such as city streets and a junkyard, with many different thugs with different strengths. You fight with your fists, feet and a chain, with a regular stance, crouched and jumping attacks. Each level features an end boss which requires a specific tactic in order to progress. Enemies keep spawning continuously from the left and the right side of the screen until the boss is reached, so a steady pace forward is required to reach the end of the level before time runs out. When enemies come too close they will grab the character and quick presses left and right are need to set him free, as he is then vulnerable to incoming attacks."
39121,Battleground: Ardennes,"Battleground: Ardennes 1944, Die Große Schlacht in den Ardennen 1944",1995,7.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War II","First in the long-running Battleground wargame series. The game offers turn-based wargaming using the first incarnation of the Battleview engine and featuring 23 battles between Dec. 1944 and Jan. 1945 on the Ardennes Forest and its surroundings. Plus you get 3 hypothetical scenarios, 1 tutorial scenario and a scenario editor to fiddle with the premade missions. Uses svga graphics in an isometric or top-down tactical map. Plus the game also includes small fmv sequences that play whenever a certain action is carried out and offers modem support for two-player gameplay."
39123,Justice League: Task Force,,1995,6.3,Action,Fighting,,"The comic-book superhero team of the Justice League consists of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman, and Green Arrow. They must defeat the evil Darkseid and his henchmen, Despero and Cheetah. But before they can reach Darkseid, the members of the Justice League must battle each other. You can follow this storyline in Story Mode, or if you prefer to just hold exhibition fights you can choose Battle Mode which allows you to use the villian characters as well."
39126,Ford Racing,"Ford Racing 2001, Ford Wyścigi",1999,5.3,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Ford Racing is similar gameplay-wise to Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed with the obvious difference of controlling Ford cars instead of Porsche. There are eight versions of each vehicle; two 97 models, two 98 models, two 99 models, and two 2000 models. Each model varies in performance, the slowest being the 97 models and the fastest being the 2000 models. The player can compete in single-player mode where he gets to choose the cars and tracks freely if unlocked in the second game mode, the career mode, which is more ambitious. Here the player takes the role of a low ranked driver, starting with slower cars and paving his way to the top. Also in the career mode it is possible to upgrade the tires, suspension, transmission, brakes, and engine of the car, as well as reduce its weight."
39132,Capcom vs. SNK Pro,Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro,2000,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"The original Capcom VS SNK gets an upgrade with CVS Pro. New additions include Joe Higashi of SNK fame and Capcom's own taunt-master Dan Hibiki, added moves for existing characters, and new modes of play. A special version was created for the PSOne, with redone graphics and slightly refined speed and play."
39134,Bubble Bobble: Part 2,Bubble Bobble Junior,1993,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The bubble-blowing dinosaurs continue their adventure in Part 2, where you must catch then pop enemies in the bubbles from your dino over many side-scrolling levels. Special bubbles litter the arenas that unleash special attacks including fire, floods, thunderbolts and more. Only one player can play."
39137,Kicker Fussballmanager 2,,2000,7.8,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Kicker Fussballmanager 2 similar to its predecessor is a managerial soccer simulation where the player coaches a team and is responsible for its athletic and financial success. In comparison to similar German games like Bundesliga Manager the financial part is driven back and the focus lies on the team. Nonetheless, there are multiple financial aspects to pay attention to: sponsorships, entrance fees, expanding the stadium and of course buying and selling players (now the negotiations are turn-based). The balance sheet got overhauled to provide a better overview. The match presentation got a graphical revision but still works the same way as before: it is calculated and displayed in real-time and the player has a lot of tactical possibilities during the game, like substituting players or even changing the tactic completely. These changes are directly visible in the match presentation. In contrast to the Championship Manager series which has a similar premise, the match is shown in an isometric perspective. Not only is the ongoing game calculated in real-time, all parallel matches are too. The player has even the possibility to arrange windows of varied sizes on the monitor (where they can follow other matches) or switch completely to another match. The other two main changes are in the menus and the tactics. Now the player has the opportunity to create their own moves. To do so, they place players on the planning screen and assign step by step the ball possession. When the original position is recognised during the match, the move is carried out automatically. The menu got changed so that every game function can be reached within two clicks. The players no longer have a rating from 1 to 999 but from 0,1 to 9,99, and exceptional gifted players can go up to 12. This rating consists of the players' condition, technique and intelligence which are further influenced by a wide variety of skills and their current form. One main motivational factor is the own manager rating. When certain criteria are met, the player gains (or loses) a level. The editor is not restricted to changing the (not licensed) names of the teams and players, it also allows to change all player data and the structure of leagues and cup championships. The game features 16 European leagues, including 8 German ones."
39146,Championship Soccer '94,"International Sensible Soccer: World Champions, Sensible Soccer: International Edition",1994,8.2,Sports,,,"Championship Soccer '94 (better known as International Sensible Soccer: World Champions ) is the successor to Sensible Soccer: European Champions The gameplay is unchanged: this is a fast-paced, top-down soccer game with emphasis on fast passes and simple control system. Like the computer version the only major change compared to the predecessor are the additional eleven national teams and updated team rosters. It also features the World Cup 1994 as pre-set tournament (with the original groups) instead of World Cup qualifiers. Otherwise it keeps the same pre-set tournament options and the option to create own tournaments (cup or league) with the 51 national, 64 club and 64 custom (fantasy) teams. The Genesis version features original names which are slightly changed in the European SNES version (e.g. Klonsmann instead of Klinsmann). In the US version, the names have no resemblance to original athletes."
39152,Ultima Online: Renaissance,,2000,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),Fighting,Fantasy,"This is the third edition of the Ultima Online series, with improvements including better graphics and the new dark facet, Felucca, the much more evil version of the light facet, Trammel. It still costs about $10.00 a month to play. Players can create characters and send them into the World of Brittania where they develop their skills and basically do whatever the heck they want. Of course, there's no guarantee that doing whatever you want won't get you beheaded, but that's fun too."
39157,Hong Kong Mahjong Pro,Hong Kong Mahjong for Windows,1992,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Cards / tiles,,"This game allows the player to play the ancient game of Mahjong against three computer players. Unlike many other games with Mahjong in the title, this game does not consists of picking matching tiles off of a pile of tiles to see if you can remove them all. Instead, it plays similarly to the card game Gin where you must accumulate straights or runs to win. However, Mahjong has its own special rules involving the special tiles used to play the game. The game has a number of pre-programmed opponents, each with their own portrait, voice, and play style."
39166,Psycho,Psycho: ArcadeQuest,1988,4.1,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Psycho is a graphic adventure game with a key-based verb interface. A set of jewels has been stolen. At the time of the theft, a curator was with the jewels, so he got stolen, too. And who's the suspect? Norman Bates, of course. The next night, a daring detective drives out to the sinister Bates Motel. His plan: a) find the jewels, b) free the curator and c) take a nice hot shower, should time suffice. Psycho is entirely controlled with the keyboard: direction keys for moving your character around, shortcut keys for performing actions. You need to stand close to an interesting object in order to examine it. Adversaries will appear at random throughout the house, putting you to sleep by touch and thus draining your precious time -- you've only got four hours to solve the case. You may shoot the enemies as soon as you find a weapon. As there is no other option for character interaction, this is how you'll deal with the Bates family as well."
39171,Confidential Mission,,2000,7.2,Action,Shooter,,"Confidential Mission is a light-gun compatible shooting game most easily likened to Sega's Virtua Cop series. You play as either Howard Gibson or Jean Clifford, both super-agents a la James Bond, and you are taken through scenarios shooting enemies and attempting to avoid civilian casualties. The game is a home version of the coin operated arcade machine, and is playable by one or two players. The game includes the popular features of the Virtua Cop series ""Justice Shot"" (in which you shoot an enemy's gun or gun arm instead of killing them) and the ""Combo Shot"" in which you can hit an enemy with up to three shots before they expire. The home version does include some mini-games and training modes that were not in the arcade version of the game."
39172,Super Zaxxon,,1982,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Super Zaxxon is a three-quarter perspective, space shooter style game. You must first go over a base on an asteroid. Things located on this base include gun implacements, fuel tanks, radar stations, missiles, and fighters. After you successfully navigate this base, you will go through a tunnel to tangle with enemy fighters, mine layers, and mines. You then will have to navigate through a series of barriers on another asteroid in order to take on the Super Zaxxon's, the enemy robot dragons. The game is very similar in appearance to Zaxxon. The differences are: Your fighter moves much faster. This makes going after ground targets a big challenge. The graphics are different. Although this is more of a viewing difference, it can still change ones perspective after they have gotten used to the Zaxxon graphics. There is no more outer space battle. Instead, you must go through a narrow tunnel to get to area 3. Instead of 20 fighters, you now have to tangle with 25 fighters in area 2. A new enemy, the Mine Layer, is introduced. As the name implies, this ship lays mines in your path. You can destroy the mines but it takes a few hits. Instead of encountering one Zaxxon robot, you now have to deal with three Super Zaxxon, dragon looking robots. The placement of things (fuel tanks, gun implacements, etc.) in areas 1 and 3 is different then in Zaxxon. There are now indestructible, elevated guns in area 1. These guns sit on the right side and they are 2.5 units in altitude."
39174,Highlander: The Last of the MacLeods,,1995,5.6,Action,Puzzle elements,,"You are Quentin MacLeod, an immortal. Of course, you are unaware of this until your mother is murdered and the people of your village are captured by the evil immortal Kortan. Now, you must learn of your destiny, defeat Kortan, and lead your people to freedom. Highlander is an action-adventure game that is similar to Alone in the Dark The game consists of pre-rendered 3D environments that are viewed from many fixed camera angles. You control Quentin as he fights off guards, explores new areas, and collects items. The game is based on an animated television series, which in turn is based on a series of motion pictures."
39184,Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island,Super Mario: Yoshi Island,1995,8.6,Action,Platform,,"Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island is a single-player side-scrolling platform game set in the early days of the Mario universe. The story begins when the evil Magikoopa Kamek attempts to kidnap the infant Mario twins. Luigi is successfully taken, but Mario escapes, falling onto Yoshi’s Island. The Yoshis, a community of friendly dinosaurs, decide to take turns carrying Baby Mario on their backs as they escort him safely across the island, working together to reunite him with his brother and defeat Kamek’s forces. Gameplay revolves around controlling Yoshis of different colors, who pass Baby Mario between them at the end of each stage. Mario himself cannot fight, but if knocked from Yoshi’s back he floats in a bubble, and a countdown timer begins before Kamek’s minions arrive to capture him. To protect Mario, Yoshi can swallow enemies and transform them into eggs, which are stored in a trailing supply and can be thrown at enemies, obstacles, or switches to solve puzzles. Yoshi can also perform a flutter jump to extend airtime, ground pounds to smash through blocks or attack enemies, and butt-stomps to flip switches or uncover hidden areas. Stages introduce transformations that temporarily change Yoshi into vehicles such as a helicopter, submarine, or train, each controlled differently and allowing access to otherwise unreachable areas. Collectibles play a major role: each level contains red coins, flowers, and star icons, which add to completion percentages and influence overall progress. Stars are particularly important as they replenish the countdown timer protecting Baby Mario. The visual style is distinguished by hand-drawn, crayon-like graphics and bright colors, setting it apart from earlier Mario games. Levels vary widely in theme, ranging from grassy meadows to fortresses, caves, and castles. Boss battles punctuate each world, featuring large, exaggerated enemies often powered up by Kamek’s magic. A later re-release, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island for the Game Boy Advance under the title Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 introduced minor adjustments such as improved sound and added bonus levels. In 2019, the game was reissued digitally for the Nintendo Switch Online service."
39192,Euro Champ '92,European Football Champ,1992,6.1,"Action, Sports",,,"European Football Champ was released to coincide with the 1992 European Championships. The game scrolls horizontally at a slight angle, and recreates the coin-op's close-up zoom effect after a player scores. Only a small area of the pitch is on screen at a time, but there is a scanner to show the whole pitch. Although the game has a referee, he often loses attention, and these moments give you a chance to foul, punch or side-swipe opposition players. One and two player options are included. The teams included differs depending on the version of the game. Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain,, and Sweden (Euro Champ '92) CIS, England, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Spain and Scotland (European Football Champ)"
39194,Wizards & Warriors,Wizards & Warriors: Quest for the Mavin Sword,2000,7.0,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The land of Gael Cerran is in trouble. An evil ruler named Lord Cet, thought to be long vanquished, has been mysteriously resurrected. There is only one way left to defeat him once again - by wielding the magical Mavin Sword, forged from two metals bearing the property of the opposite forces, good and evil. The Oracles of Ishad N'Ha have charged a group of adventurers with the task of finding the sword and putting an end to Lord Cet. Wizards & Warriors is a traditional role-playing game similar in many ways to the Wizardry series. In the beginning the player creates a party of up to six characters, choosing between ten races and four initial classes. The races include, besides traditional fantasy humanoids, animal-like creatures such as the boar-like Gourk or the Omphaaz, which resemble elephants. Each race is available in both genders and comes with bonuses and penalties to base attributes, as well as unique traits, such as improved treasure-hunting for Ratlings or night vision for the feline Whiskahs. The four initial classes (Warrior, Rogue, Priest, and Wizard) can be promoted to eight elite classes and three special ones, which include such rare professions as Valkyrie and Zenmaster, and require completion of specific tasks. The party starts in one of the few available towns, with still pictures representing locations (town hall, inn, armory, etc.), and navigation limited to clicking on them. However, the rest of the exploration (outdoors and in dungeons) is done in full 3D, with free exploration and camera rotation. Dungeons are connected by roads, forest paths, and other areas, and the player is usually able to explore freely, though access to certain locations may be restricted. Enemies can be found on set spots or appear randomly; the frequency of their appearance, as well as the overall difficulty, can be regulated in the main menu. Combat is real-time from the distance, but becomes turn-based when standing near the enemy. Magic comes in six schools: Spirit, Sun, Moon, Vine, Stone, and Fiend, with seven levels of spells each, and several spells per level. Casting spells drains the mage's mana pool. Characters can only cast spells within their own schools, with intensity of magic depending on his skill level, and limited by the amount of spell points in the school. Characters may join various guilds available in the game and thus gain access to special quests and promotions, take jobs, and perform other side quests."
39199,Valhalla,,1983,8.0,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"Living in the Norse God's home of Valhalla, you are on the bottom of the social scale. To move up this scale you have decided to attempt six quests, which involves searching and finding six magical objects: Ofnir, Drapnir, Skornir, Skalir, Felstrong and Grimnir. You must explore the lands to find or buy objects needed like swords and helmets (you can only have one of each), interact with the other inhabitants (by talking or helping them) to join you on your quest or give you items they own, and keep eating and drinking to keep your strength up. Once you find a magical object you must deposit it as you can only carry so many items, some objects can't be carried together, and if you die you go to Hell and any objects you have are lost and appear in the game in a new location. Although Valhalla is a graphic text adventure where you type commands to control your player and game, it also has elements of a real time game. The inhabitants go about their business without interaction from you. They eat food, order other inhabitants to do things and even fight each other. The screen is divided into three, the top part is flick-screen where you watch the inhabitants going about their business, the middle part is text describing what is happening and the bottom part is where you type your commands."
39203,G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike,"Action Force, Cobra Strike",1983,6.2,Action,Arcade,,"Cobra Strike is an arcade style action game for one to three players. As G.I. Joe, you need to defend the recruits at a training camp from the evil Cobra, who is attacking the camp in the form of a giant snake. You control a shield and a gun; as the recruits run along the bottom of the screen towards safety, you need to use the shield to block the deadly venom and laser beams coming from the snake. When you get a chance, you can use the gun to shoot the snake. Hit the snake with eight direct hits and it will be destroyed and you can move on to the next level. If the snake manages to kill four of your recruits, the game is over. In the two player version of the game, both players can play cooperatively and try to destroy the snake together, or one player can control the snake and one protect the recruits. In the three player version, two players protect the recruits while the third player controls the snake."
39210,Nick Faldo Plays The Open,,1985,6.5,Sports,,,"Nick Faldo Plays The Open is a golfing game for one player. The object is to complete a round of golf in as few strokes as possible. Game features : Game play : The game screen is divided horizontally into two parts. Initially the top half of the screen is used to display the game setup menus, control method, keyboard key definition, etc. Once this has been completed the top half of the screen displays the map of the course and the bottom half of the screen is used to set up each stroke. The map in the top half of the screen can be toggled between a large or small scale view to enable the player to line up their shot. The lower half of the screen consists of seven 'windows'. Two of these are information and show wind speed,and course information such as length and par for the current hole, strokes taken for this hole and for the match so far. A third toggles between a large and a small scale map of the course, three more set up the stroke and the last plays the stroke. To make a stroke the player first moves the cursor to the club selection box where they can cycle through the available clubs :- putter, driver, wedge, 3 and 5 woods, a 3, 5, 7 and 9 irons. The player then sets both the strength and direction of the shot before moving the cursor to the central box where a little animation plays, the caddy hands over the appropriate club and the shot is played. As the stroke is being played it is possible to fine-tune the shot and adjust the direction and strength. Once the ball has been struck in the lower part of the screen, the upper part of the screen shows a top down view of the ball travelling over the course. When the ball has come to rest the player repeats the cycle until the ball is in the hole. The process is repeated until the game is complete"
39213,Starship Troopers,,2000,7.0,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Real-time tactics (RTT),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy is a real time strategy game based upon the novel by Robert A. Heinlein. This game is not based on the Starship Troopers movie, which is also based on the book. This is one of the few strategy games where you cannot build a base and recruit units. Instead you lead up to three squads into combat. Each squad contains a leader, five soldiers and one specialist (medic, engineer, PSI for detecting hidden bugs, MIST-Trooper as a sniper). During a mission there is no reinforcement and you are outnumbered by the bugs. The enemy units are not very intelligent, but they use their own special abilities like splitting acid and are very powerful. There is a wide range of enemies, from simple close-range fighters to suicide units, artillery bugs and even human soldiers. The mission objectives are also different. From simple hunting missions up to escorts or the capturing of bugs. The game also has an RPG element. Surviving soldiers gain experience points, for each killed bug / destroyed bug holes. Soldiers then increase their stats and acquire higher ranks. Better battle suits (armor) and stronger weapons are only available for soldiers with high ranks. The basic soldier (called Cat Trooper) have no armor and is an easy prey for the bugs. Besides the experience points, you gather upgrade points for your equipment, e.g. increase the damage of the weapons. Another aspect of the RPG part is that you can equip each of your soldiers individually with up to two different weapons and two tech-items (like bombs or toxic gas). The landscape graphics are low on details, which makes everything look post apocalyptic. Much better is the combat graphics and the explosions. The cutscenes are made with in-game graphics. Besides the sound effects, your soldiers all have a voice to confirm your orders."
39223,Wreckers,,1991,7.3,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Wreckers is an isometric sci-fi action game with strategy elements. Robotic droids roll quietly through the corridors of space station Beacon 04523N, automated computers calculate routes for interstellar traffic. Three human officers sleep in cryogenic tanks, awakened only for routine system checks – or in case of an emergency. With a hum, the cryogenic control springs on-line as Beacon’s long-range sensors detect incoming lifeforms. Controlling one of the on-board officers, the player has to defend the station against swarms of plasmodian spores (the “Wreckers”) showering down on Beacon and seeping into its four sections. While the spores approach, they can be sucked out of space with a gigantic hoover-like space hose. Once they settle onto the stations hull, jump into the space suit and spray infected areas with a cleansing agent. Undetected spores will seep into the station’s corridors, where the protagonist must hunt them down with a plasma shots and avoid being shot in return. In addition, up to ten droids are under the player's indirect control. Ranging from cleaners to fighters to engineers, these automatons will act independently, but can be sent to key locations within the station -- i.e. infected areas. As the officer gains experience through battles, he will be promoted to higher ranks, enabling him to construct more efficient fighter robots in the station’s droid factory. Since plasmodians running rampant in the station will cause system malfunctions. The main goal in such cases is to clear infections quickly and make sure that Beacon continues to function properly. To make things worse, a self-destruct mechanism will detonate the station in sixty minutes unless all signs of spore activity cease."
39225,The Three Musketeers,,1987,5.6,Adventure,,,"The Three Musketeers is a software conversion of the novel with the same name. The basic storyline involves a love affair between Anne of Austria, bride of the French king Louis XIII, and the Duke of Buckingham. Cardinal Richelieu wants to get her out of the way to ensure his own influence on the king. An opportunity arises when Anna sends a diamond necklace to the Duke as a token of love - exactly the necklace she is supposed to wear for an important ball... Now the three musketeers Athos, Portos and Aramis - accompanied by the newcomer D'Artagnan - need to get it back in time. The player takes the role of D'Artagnan. The game plays mostly like a choose-your-own adventure game: the player reads verbose, written texts which are accompanied by static pictures. When it is decision time, the player gets presented with a few choices from which he needs to choose one, sometimes under time pressure. Only the correct choice proceeds the game. Sometimes the player needs to choose in which of the four cardinal directions he wants to walk, e.g. in a maze section."
39227,Mean Arenas,,1993,7.3,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,,"You have entered a game show where you need to collect all gold coins scattered throughout the 22 arenas in order to enter the next one. There are four types of arenas: ""Robo Zones"", ""Dungeon Zones"", ""Rainbow Zones"", and ""Starship Zones"". Besides the gold coins, each arena is filled with monsters, hazards, and weapons which you must look out for. Use the map to help you locate these. As you progress through the arenas, there are new challenges which you must face such as multi-level arenas, locked doors and passages, slippery surfaces, and much more. Also scattered throughout the arenas is the letter ""B"", which when collected will award you a letter that make up the word CREDIT. When you have formed the word, you will be awarded an extra credit. Besides the standard arenas, there are also speed arenas, which are more difficult than the others. The object of these arenas is to get past more obstacles and gather as many coins as you can before the time expires. In each arena, you will receive messages from time to time, as well as a password, which you can enter to resume that game from that arena."
39229,Rune,Rune: Viking Warlord,2000,7.5,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"As the conflict between the gods Odin and Loki deepens, the latter prepares to unleash the Ragnarok - a full-scale attack on the world that would eventually end it. A warrior named Ragnar is initiated into the Odinsblade, an order of warriors whose task is to protect the runestones, magical artifacts that have the power to bind Loki. Ragnar must also defend a neighboring village from the attack by a viking called Conrack, and eventually decide what fate this world should await. Rune is a 3D action game. The player navigates Ragnar through hostile areas, killing predominantly supernatural creatures with melee weapons. Ragnar can use swords, axes, maces and hammers. Each weapon has a special ""Rune Power"" that can be activated for a short time by gathering energy from runes. Ragnar is also able to equip shields. Multiplayer is included as well, in which each player controls a character equipped with various weapons, in a fashion similar to Ragnar."
39235,Marauder,,1988,6.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Captain C T Cobra has the task of travelling through planet Mergatron where the jewels of Ozymandias have been placed by their captors. The road is long and tough but he has a Battlecar at his disposal. You play Cobra as he journeys vertically, taking out the mounted turrets and enemy cars as he goes. There are also colored turrets to shoot at - each colour represents a particular change to your car's performance (there are a few temporary negative ones alongside the upgrades). You have 16 smart bombs, which may sound generous, but just watch them go. A boss must be beaten at the end of each level."
39238,Forbidden Planet,,1986,5.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Evil Lord has set up a system of defences on the Forbidden Planet, to help him return to power. It is your job to destroy them, skimming the planet's surface and blasting them out. Forbidden Planet is viewed from the cockpit of your craft, with the action displayed in vector graphics. You must shoot out Anti-Aircraft towers and guided missiles for points, while avoiding the damage they can inflict. As well as controls, options include limiting some of the sound effects, and arranging the in-game display in 3 different ways."
39243,Microsoft Windows 2000 (included games),"3D Pinball, Buscaminas, Campo Minado, Carta Blanca, Démineur, FreeCell, Miinaharava, Mijnenveger, Minesweeper, Paciência, Paciência Spider, Pasianssi, Pasjans, Pinball 3D, Röj, Saper, Solitaire, Solitario, Solitario Spider, Solitär, Spider Solitaire, Spider Solitär, Spider-pasianssi, Vapaakenttä",2000,6.8,Compilation,,,"Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system. Besides the functionalities of an OS, Windows 2000 contains a number of games. As these are not available stand-alone, they are considered part of a compilation: 3D Pinball: This is the Space Cadet table of Full Tilt! Pinball Minesweeper: In this game the player must reveal the location of mines by marking them. This is done by revealing empty fields, these contain numbers indicating how many mines are directly adjacent, ranging from 0 (no number, automatically reveals adjacent 0-fields) up to 8 (completely surrounded by mines). If a mine is clicked on, all mines are revealed and the game ends. If all mines are marked, the player wins the game. The game can be played in three game modes, increasing the size of the playfield and the amount of mines in there. Note: the beginner mode is now 9*9, unlike in the predecessor versions. Solitaire: In this card game the goal is to put all the cards sorted (ace, two, .., queen, king) by color into the four fields at the top. When starting a game, the target fields are empty, the main field consists of 7 piles or cards, whereby only the top one is visible, also in an ascending amount (left side one card, right side 7 cards), and the rest of the cards are in one pile at top left. Cards can only be moved from one pile to another when putting a lower card of the opposite color on a higher card, when the pile is empty, kings can be placed there, and finally, when the target piles are empty, only aces can be put there (then twos on aces, etc.). Depending on the setting, the player either takes one or three cards from the top left pile. When all cards are sorted in the target piles, the player has won the game. If no more allowed moves are possible, the player has lost the game. Spider Solitaire Unlike Solitaire, the entire playfield is used here. There are 10 piles of cards, and only the top cards are revealed. Cards are moved in the same manor as in Solitaire. The task is to again sort the cards in question. Unlike Solitaire, the player does not get one or three new cards from the pile containing the rest of the cards, but an entire set of 10 cards, which are put on top (below) the revealed cards. There are three game modes, which vary upon the number of different colors; one, two or four. (With one color, the cards can directly sorted without the need of using opposite colored cards.) The game ends in success if they are all sorted, or in failure if no more moves are possible. FreeCell The goal of FreeCell is the same as the standard Solitaire game: sort the 52 cards incrementally by face value into stacks of their respective suits. There are four designated spots (one for each suit) on the top right of the playing field for players to begin accumulating cards, starting with the Ace and finishing with the King. All cards are dealt face-up at the start of the game, providing the player with 8 columns of 6 or 7 cards each. For movement and sorting of the cards, the usual Solitaire rules apply ( e.g. black 6 over red 7). Players can make use of up to four place holders, where unwanted or unusable cards can temporarily be placed. Any card can be stored in any place holder at any time, and removing them frees the space so that it can be used again. Once all cards have been sorted and placed in their proper spaces, the player wins. The player loses when no additional moves are available."
39244,Joe Montana Football,,1990,6.9,"Action, Sports",,,"Joe Montana Football for the Genesis is an action-oriented football game starring Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana of the San Francisco 49'ers. Play a single game, a 2-minute drill or try to win the SEGA Bowl. Play against a friend or against the computer. Both on the offensive end as well as on the defensive end there are 24 predefined plays for you to choose from (you can't create your own). If you don't know which play is appropriate you can always choose ""Joe's Play"" - a hint for inexperienced coaches. The nature of the gameplay is very ""arcade-like"". The game doesn't have GM functions, players statistics, player attributes, substitutions or any other coaching options. Just choose your scheme and execute it. On the defensive side you can control any player you want, on the attack you control either the quarterback, a receiver, a running back or the kicker. The game doesn't have a NFL license, so you'll play against Detroit or Chicago instead of the Detroit Lions & the Chicago Bears. Joe Montana is the only NFL player (actually he's the only one with a name)."
39245,Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi,,1991,8.0,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Your carrier, the Tiger's Claw, is destroyed by Kilrathi stealth fighters. You are blamed for the loss of the ship. After being demoted you are transferred to a space station far off the front lines where you are supposed to spend the rest of your career. However, ten years later, you are able to save the Confederation flagship, the Concordia, from a Kilrathi attack. On the ship, you meet many old friends. Back in the cockpit, it's up to you to stop the Kilrathi and prove your innocence in the destruction of the Tiger's Claw. The basic gameplay of Wing Commander II is very similar to that of its predecessor There are all-new ships for both the Kilrathi and the Confederation, however - only the Rapier returns from the previous game, in an upgraded version. While many of the weapons (including both missiles and energy guns) are also reused, new technology (used by both sides) requires new tactics: Since capital ships now employ ""phase shielding"", making them immune to normal weapons fire, only special torpedoes can damage them. Only heavy fighters and bombers are able to make torpedo runs. Before a torpedo can be fired, the shields of the target must be analyzed to find a way to get through, which results in a long locking phase during which the bomber must not move. The bombers are equipped with one or more gun turrets to protect them from enemy fighters during the lock-on. Another new technology are chaff pods, which can be deployed to lure enemy missiles off the target. The Wing Commander series' trademark cinematic storytelling is greatly expanded in Wing Commander II with many animated cutscenes continuing the story between missions."
39247,Hard Drivin',Hard Drivin' 1,1989,6.1,Racing / Driving,"Arcade, Tricks / stunts",,"Hard Drivin' is a 3D arcade hit from Atari Games. You are in control of a high-performance sports car. Your objective is to race around the course as fast as possible and hit as many checkpoints as possible. If you hit a checkpoint you gain extra time to go farther. You will see traffic on the road both in your direction and coming down the opposite direction, so be careful when you pass... The course has two sections: speed track, and stunt track. Speed track is longer, but you can usually achieve higher speeds. Stunt track requires you to perform several stunts such as jumping bridges, driving through a loop, and so on. Crashing the car has no serious consequences and indeed shows a replay of your crash from a cinematic angle. Admire your crash head-on into the cement truck, or clipping the minivan, or flying off the bridge in the wrong angle... You lose several seconds as your car is ""reset"" and you get up to speed again. The home conversions retain most of the then-advanced 3D graphics but lack the force-feedback that was in the arcade version."
39255,Zombieville,,1997,4.3,Action,Puzzle elements,,"A town with a terrible past, a military base used for developing experimental weapons, and zombies!.. Zombieville is a graphic action-adventure telling the story of a journalist getting into trouble, when he travels to the town of Downforth to find an interesting story to write about. His car is taken under fire coming from a military base called Bedlam, so he travels on foot to see whats going on. After a few steps the earth shifts and several zombies are revealed. The game starts. This game asks for reflexes as well as patience and a bit of logic. You will converse with characters and solve puzzles in order to find out what is happening."
39258,Wetrix,Wetrix+,1998,7.3,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"In Wetrix the player must build barriers on the arena to stop the water from leaking out. As time progresses, rain starts to fall onto the arena, so the player must try to keep the walls as high as possible to catch the water. Too much on the screen will start an earthquake. Ice blocks fall to freeze the water. Bombs drop, leaving holes in walls, and fireballs vaporize the water. The aim is to get as high a score as possible. There is a practice mode available, and the game can be played in multiplayer against a friend."
39268,Ski Resort Tycoon,,2000,6.9,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Ski Resort Tycoon is a simulation game in which you have to make and control a Ski Resort. The objective of Ski Resort Tycoon is to make money, in this instance by investing capital in a mountain ski resort and then building and managing numerous aspects revolving around the business such as infrastructure (including ski lifts, ski runs, and ski jump ramps), lodging, dining, entertainment, landscaping, maintenance and safety staff, guest amenities/customer satisfaction, etc. in order to turn a profit. It can be played on one of three difficulty settings and features several modes of play. There is a tutorial mode that guides you through each step necessary to accomplish your goals. The ""challenges"" mode supplies a number of scenarios, each with specific mission objectives that must be met in order to successfully complete the scenario."
39269,PowerMonger,"Power Monger, Power Monger: Mashō no Bōryaku",1990,7.7,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Fantasy,"PowerMonger takes the basic design and concepts of Bullfrog 's previous game Populous and places it in a war context. The game cast the player as a dispossessed warlord plundering his way through 195 territories on the way to world conquest. Several other leaders have the same goal. The gameworld is now made up of polygons, so the view can be rotated and moved with greater freedom than Populous. Trade, diplomacy, inventions, and scorched earth invasions all play a key role in how the player progresses through the game. Two-player games via modem links are available on computer versions."
39272,Mortyr: 2093-1944,,1999,5.7,Action,Shooter,"Alternate history, Sci-fi / futuristic, World War II","In an alternate version of the 21st century, the Germans have taken over the world after winning World War II. The player is a scientist in the future and, with the help of a time machine, they travel back to the war to alter the outcome and find out how the Nazis managed to win it in the first place. In this first-person shooter, the player encounters Hitler's SS troops and Wehrmacht infantry equipped with pistols, machine guns, bazookas, and more eccentric weapons in locations such as castles and ruined cities. Using the time machine, players also travel back to see the impact of their actions, such as with modern scenery and weapons. Vehicles, planes, and submarines are active game elements in a 3D world powered by Calaris' IC engine. The game has lots of explicit violence and includes Nazi symbols, and German voice acting."
39273,Dracula,,1986,7.1,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Dracula is a text adventure based on Bram Stoker 's novel of the same name. The player takes the role of Jonathan Harker, a lawyer who visits a certain Count Dracula in his castle. The game is divided into three separate text adventures which can be played independently, but build up on each other. The First Night is about Harker's travels to the castle and The Arrival deals with his time in the castle. During The Hunt the last third of the story, the protagonist changes to Dr. Seward, the manager of the insane asylum in Whitby, Yorkshire. The game itself is mostly concerned with story telling and atmosphere; it is relatively light on puzzle solving. The parser only understands verb + noun combinations."
39285,Disney's The Lion King,"Disney's Der König der Löwen, Disney's Le Roi Lion, The Lion King",1994,5.7,Action,Platform,Africa,"The 1994 Disney film The Lion King received a unique adaptation on Nintendo 8-bit systems. While based on the 16-bit version it adapts only a few of that game's levels directly, while others are completely new or just based on the general concept. Players control the young lion Simba through nine levels (the NES version includes only the first six), most of which are side-scrolling platform affairs. At the beginning of the game, where Simba is a cub, he can jump and roar. Roaring stuns some enemies, jumping on top of them defeats them. Cub Simba can also roll along the ground, which allows him to destroy some barriers. Starting in level seven (i.e. not in the NES version), Simba has grown into an adult and gains the ability to scratch enemies with his paws to defeat them, but loses the rolling ability. Enemies to be destroyed or avoided include lizards, porcupines (which must be stunned to turn them over because they can't be jumped on), bugs, and spiders. The film's hyena lackeys also appear and are tougher to destroy than most other enemies. The final boss in the game is of course Simba's uncle Scar. Powerups to be picked up are bug icons that partially or fully restore health, one-ups, and lion icons that create a savepoint in the level. There is some variation from the standard platforming: the film's stampede scene is recreated in a level where Simba is seen from the top and runs automatically to the right. He must be moved up and down to avoid being trampled by water buffaloes. Another level is seen in the standard platforming view, but consists of a number of interconnected rooms in which hyenas wait for Simba. He must defeat them before the entrance to the next room opens up. Picking up a special bug icon found in some of the levels activates the mini-game ""Bug Patrol"". In this game, the player controls Pumbaa who must catch bugs thrown from the top of the screen, avoiding big spiders. Catching enough bugs lets life and continue icons drop."
39286,Ardok the Barbarian,"Asterix and the Magic Cauldron, Asterix y el Caldero Magico",1986,5.8,Action,,,"Goscinny and Uderzo’s cartoon characters are from the only Gaullish village in 50BC able to resist the Roman invasion. They can do this due to Getafix the druid’s magic potion, however the cauldron used to make this has been smashed into several pieces. Can brave Asterix and overweight Obelix find the pieces? In this arcade adventure, it all comes down to you. The fifty screens you must explore take in your home village, a Roman encampment, and the forests in between. You have five pieces of wild boar, and these are used as you become hungry. Contact with wild boars or Roman soldiers triggers a one-on-one fight with punches and kicks. Defeating a boar earns you another piece of food, to restore energy once all lives are gone. Some sections are blocked until you collect their keys. In the US version the character Asterix was replaced by a barbarian."
39297,The Mafat Conspiracy,"Golgo 13 II: The Mafat Conspiracy, Golgo 13: The Riddle of Icarus",1990,6.9,Action,Shooter,,"You play as Golgo 13 aka Duke Togo, ace sharpshooter and assassin. Based off a character of various manga comics, Golgo is a down-to-business man at the end of a gun. Stuck in the world of espionage among such groups as the FBI and the CIA, Golgo is constantly in mortal danger, and a lethal weapon in his own right. The Mafat Conspiracy is the sequel to the NES game Top Secret Episode In this chapter, Golgo must track down a missing satellite from the SDI laser defense system, as well as rescue a top scientist and stop those who would use the satellite for blackmail and terror on the world's nations. While Golgo is outdoors, the game is a side-scrolling romp where the player can fire and jump. This changes when Golgo enters a building, at which point the game switches to a first person 3D maze. Navigating past soldiers and between floors, Golgo collects various clues to advance the storyline. There is also a driving sequence, and several sniper sequences in which precision aiming is required."
39305,Ghostbusters II,,1989,5.8,Action,,,"It's been five years since the Ghostbusters roasted the 30-story marshmallow menacing downtown Manhattan. The Ghostbusters sent a huge bill to the city and the city sent back an even bigger bill for damages. Both declared bankruptcy and the now retired Ghostbusters have since moved on. Unknown to the former Ghostbusters, a river of slime has been amassing underneath the city, feeding on all the negative energy of the denizens of New York. Meanwhile a new occupant of the Museum of Art, a 300 year old painting of Vigo the Carpathian and its immortal soul, has arrived and is waiting to get out, eager to use the approaching slime as its medium of escape. The game starts with the Ghostbusters in trial, with escaped ghosts wrecking havoc in the courtroom. A battle ensues and the player must attempt to vaporize the flying ghost in a sidescrolling environment while dodging ectoplasm thrown by the ghost. Victory or defeat in this battle as well as future battles with ghosts, will be summarized by a newspaper editorial at the end of the battle. After the courtroom battle, the main game starts in the office of the Ghostbusters. Here the player choose various activities, such as: attempt to gain money by answering distress calls to hunt down ghosts, collect slime from the sewers, test slime (if successfully collected from the sewers), and check the duty roster."
39309,Prey: An Alien Encounter,,1993,6.2,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Prey the player is sent to asteroid KG-42 since all contact was lost with the colonists. The player's objective is to rescue as many colonists as they can. Poison gas fills the corridors, so the player has to act quickly before their oxygen supply runs out. The game world is navigated in steps of pre-rendered video footage of corridors and halls. Players can use their map to help them navigate the labyrinth, finding rooms containing survivors. Occasionally, radio contact is made and mission objectives for the player will be updated for them to go to a specific location. After obtaining a gun, it is also possible to fight aliens, which are the source of the disturbance in the asteroid."
39316,Alien Storm,,1990,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The aliens are invading Earth, and it's up to the ""Alien Busters"" to wipe them out and destroy their creator. The Busters consist of Karla, Gordon, and Scooter. Each one of them has their own weapons and special attacks. When you start the game, you can select any one of these characters to play as. There are six missions to complete (eight in the Genesis version) with several stages, and each mission has you blasting aliens all the way to the end, from the streets to the mother ship where you'll meet the mother of all aliens. Unfortunately, blasting these aliens will not be an easy task, as they get tougher in every mission, and are capable of hiding into objects such as plants, postboxes, trashcans, drums, and several others. Each mission has an objective such as rescuing people destroying a UFO. When you deal with a few aliens, flying heads will appear, which you can shoot to collect life or energy (by the way, life is important to you, since if yours get empty, you're dead). However, rather than using your ordinary weapons, you can use the special attacks that are enough to kill the aliens you currently see. These types of attacks vary depending on the character you choose at the start of the game. For instance, Gordon summons a U.S. Air Force Jet that drops bombs across the street, while Scooter is able to teleport out of his present location, and leave a series of bombs that will blow up aliens on sight, he will then re-appear. However, using your character's special attack uses up a lot of energy, and if you have little or no energy, you can't use it. At the end of some missions is an alien boss, which you must destroy in order to complete the mission. Also, at the end of everyone, you have to enter buildings where you participate in a shooting gallery. The object is to kill aliens popping up from several locations with the building. You can play Alien Storm by yourself, or with another person."
39317,3Xtreme,,1999,5.4,"Racing / Driving, Sports",Tricks / stunts,,"This extreme racing game comes with four different game modes. The modes are Season, Exhibition, Time Trial, and Freestyle. The main mode is the Season mode, which lets the player race through three circuits of a number of races each. The first circuit has six races, the second eight races, and the third has ten races. In these races the player is competing against five other racers in order to get in the top three positions for season standing points. The higher the position in the race, the more points the player will have to spend on better equipment. Also during the races the player can go through gates and perform various tricks (over 270 are doable in the game), which will also net the player some extra points to spend on better equipment. While racing, player are allowed to hit their opponents in order to get an advantage in the race. The game features 13 different racers to use. Each racer has their own strength,stamina,freestyle,quickness, and agility ratings. Each racer also only specializes in one type of equipment to race with. The type of equipment they can specialize in is either skateboarding, in-line skates, or biking. The equipment itself is licensed from real life, such as including the Redline Double X and FS 840. There are 70 different types of equipment in total. Each piece of equipment is rated on its top speed, freestyle ability, handling, and acceleration. The game features 27 different courses to race on."
39320,Ocean Trader,Der Reeder,1995,6.9,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"This game is about building up a trading company, with the only way of transport available being by ship. There are 100 harbours wih 32 different goods available, and the player can design their own ships when they have the money necessary. Many events that can affect business operations will also happen during the course of the game, like sea storms, UN embargoes, quarantines or fines for menacing nature."
39321,Nemesis,,1990,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Nemesis is the first entry in the long-running Gradius series on the Game Boy. Its side-scrolling shoot'em up gameplay follows the series template closely. Players control the Vic Viper through five levels, most based on levels in earlier entries, for a kind of 'greatest hits' of the series. There is a cave level (as in level 1 of the original Gradius ), the mandatory Moai stage, a Gigeresque organic level, a graveyard (similar to bonus stages in the MSX and PC Engine version of the original Gradius) and a high-tech base. Besides the classic core ship in the first level, all boss enemies are entirely new. The cycling Gradius power-up system is reused here: collected power ups advance the power meter which can be activated at any time to gain the highlighted item. The line-up includes the classic selection of speedups, missiles, dual shots, lasers, option satellites and forcefields. The game allows players to start in any of the five levels and even to set the number of lives to a maximum of 99."
39323,NBA Courtside 2: Featuring Kobe Bryant,,1999,7.9,Sports,,,"Kobe Bryant teams up with Nintendo for a second time. For this update to NBA Courtside, all the team and player statistics, moves and jersey changes have been added to the available roster, etc. There are now more options available for each play mode, such as the ability to play multiple seasons in the regular season mode, play a Three-point contest, as well as more options when creating your own player in create-a-player mode. Further improvements to the player movement, AI and animation have been made, including new moves such as the no-look pass and new dunk styles, once again motion captured from Kobe Bryant."
39325,Johnny Bazookatone,Johnny Bazooka,1995,6.6,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"The original guitar hero with the Elvis attitude and purple hair pompadour, Johnny Bazookatone, has been imprisoned in the year 2050 in Sin Sin Prison by El Diablo, the Lord of the Underworld, who is jealous of his talent and kidnaps other musical legends as well in this 3D side-scrolling platformer. Johnny's guitar Anita has been taken from him and he sets out to escape and vanquish foes on his way to be reunited with Anita. He can perform moves such as 360-degree spin jumps and hover jumps, among others, while using his bazooka guitar as a weapon. When powered up, it can emit a special sonic blast that fries anything within hearing range. As you make your way through the demonic levels such as Hotel Demonique, Hell's Kitchen, and Mr. Diablo's fiery Penthouse, you can acquire more weapons, power-ups and find secret passages that lead to bonus levels. The game's soundtrack includes the title track contributed by Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora and Tico Torres."
39327,Cheese Cat-Astrophe starring Speedy Gonzales,Cheese Cat-Astrophe estrelando Speedy Gonzales,1995,6.4,Action,Platform,,"Hola! Sylvester's alter-ego, Dr Cheesefinger, has captured Speedy's girlfriend Carmel and took the whole cheese supply with him. With the help of some other Looney Tunes characters, you can fight back through a large number of platform levels. Speedy can throw his hat or jump enemies to defeat them. To get an ally, you need to collect certain objects (e.g. carrots for Bugs Bunny) and in the meantime, you also have to free your captured friends. Ay, carumba!"
39333,Super Wing Commander,,1994,7.5,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Super Wing Commander is a remake of the first Wing Commander with new graphics and sound. As in the original game, the player takes control of a young pilot on the carrier TCS Tiger's Claw to fly missions in the war against the Kilrathi. The game includes the Vega campaign from the original game and the first Secret Missions add-on campaign Secret Missions 2 is replaced with a new campaign in which the Tiger's Claw must find and destroy the base where the Sivar dreadnought from Secret Missions 1 was developed. The look of the original game has been completely redesigned, with ships and people looking completely different from the original. All dialogue is now heard through digitized speech."
39344,TT Racer,,1986,6.5,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"TT Racer is a motorcycle game motor cycle racing simulation. This game is all about racing bikes around grand prix circuits. There are twelve circuits to choose from and each can be tackled on a variety of class of bike and difficulty settings. Races can be a full season, in which case the game will take the player through all tracks in the correct order, or a single race in which case the player(s) select the track they want. Each race consists of up to 15 other bikes and as this is a simulation, pit stops for refuelling and tyre changing is catered for as well. Features This sets the level of difficulty and the speed of the computer controlled riders."
39346,Flight Light Plus,Flight,1996,5.8,Simulation,,,"After the split-up with Microsoft subLOGIC proceeded to create their own concept of what a simple flight simulator should be like. Taking cues from both Microsoft Flight Simulator 3 and Flight Assignment: ATP Flight offers both free flight and over 200 ""flight assignments"" for beginner pilot training. Five small aircraft are included: Cessna CitationJet, Beachcraft Bonanza, Cessna 172, Piper Cherokee, and Mooney 201. Scenery includes airports across the entire United States, including four metropolitan regions in detail, plus Montreal and Toronto, Canada. Owners of subLOGIC's Great Britain Scenery Collection can import it into Flight, but all other subLOGIC Scenery Disks are incompatible. Maps of the metro regions and a navigation table are included in the game box. Flight was originally released in 1994 as Flight Light, which included only the CitationJet and the four metropolitan regions (New York/Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Austin, and Los Angeles/San Diego). The rest of the aircraft and scenery were later included in the 1995 release of Flight Light Plus, which became simply Flight in 1996 after subLOGIC was acquired by Sierra The game was succeeded by Pro Pilot developed under Dynamix"
39351,Madden NFL 96,,1995,7.7,Sports,,,"John Madden returns for the '96 season of Madden NFL. Play exhibition, Super Bowl, playoffs or full season with any of the 1995 teams or all Madden teams. While you can still select weather and there are over 100 injuries, this version adds voice-overs and the ability to draft and create players and see if they get drafted. Still includes windowless passing, all new Madden-designed strategies and team match-up that shows how your players stack up to the other team in their position."
39354,Hi-Res Adventure #4: Ulysses and the Golden Fleece,Ulysses and the Golden Fleece,1981,7.2,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Ulysses and the Golden Fleece is an adventure game where you play the part of Ulysses in ancient Greece. The king has given you the task of finding the golden fleece, a legendary treasure which is protected by the gods. You begin your quest in a small town, and will need to travel to several far away lands to find the fleece. Many characters from ancient mythology will be encountered along the way, including King Neptune, the Sirens, Cyclops, and others. You need to find a way past them as well as the many obstacles on sea and land if you are to be successful. Along the bottom of the screen is a text parser which accepts two word commands to interact with the game, and at the top (covering most of the screen) are graphics depicting your current situation. If needed, the graphics can temporarily be cleared to see some of the most recent commands entered."
39360,Astal,"Centaurus, Ki Suishou Densetsu Astal",1995,7.1,Action,Platform,,"Antowas has created a land of striking beauty and magic, with Astal and his beloved Leda among its happy inhabitants. However, Jerado has set out to destroy it, capturing Leda and forcing Astal to set off to save her. Astal is a side-scrolling platform game with lots of Anime-esque background detail. You have a bird helping you if you can rescue it. Special moves such as a smart bomb can be collected."
39367,Gauntlet II,,1986,7.3,Action,"Arcade, RPG elements",Fantasy,"Gauntlet II is very similar to its predecessor Up to four players (a wizard, a warrior, an elf, and a valkyrie) make their way through various mazes, collect treasures and magic potions, and fend off assorted creatures and ghosts."
39372,Battlezone,,1998,8.4,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"The history you knew is a lie. There was no Space Race. The real story is simple... In 1950's, American and Soviet scientists have discovered alien bio-metal that arrived via meteorites. The bio-metal can be quickly and efficiently be turned into amazing weapons and vehicles. Soon all the bio-metal has been ""harvested"", but neither side have ""enough"". So the space program is launched to gather MORE bio-metal from the other planets... And fight over the bio-metal deposits. And now, you are in command of these advanced units. Can you stop the Soviet onslaught? Battlezone is a first-person RTS where you both command your own vehicle as well as direct other units to fight with you or do other things. You send out harvesters to scavenge bio-metal scraps, which can be turned into units via your Recycler, Mobile Unit Factory, and/or Construction Rig. You then build offensive and/or defensive units that will help you accomplish your mission, all in first-person 3D. The interface is very intuitive. Put crosshair on unit and hit ""command"" (defaults to ""space""). You then get menu of that unit, with a default command already selected. If you want the default command, point crosshair to target and press ""command"" again. For example, if you want the tank to attack enemy tank, point at your tank, hit command, point at enemy tank, hit command again. You can issue goto commands the same way, as well as all the other types of commands with this simple and efficient command system. You can bail out of vehicles that is almost destroyed. You can then use your rifle (with sniper mode) to take out the enemy pilot and hijack his vehicle for your own use. You can even order your own pilot to head back to base on foot so you can grab his vehicle. You can't expand forever as you're limited by the number of pilots you have, the amount of bio-metal you have, and the number of thermal geysers you have access to. Thus, you have to balance speed, armor, and firepower when you decide what vehicles you should manufacture."
39377,VR Stalker,VR Stalker: 360° Air Combat Simulator,1994,6.5,"Action, Simulation",,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Sometime in the near future, the United States has come under attack by a mysterious threat. After New York and Los Angeles are destroyed, many Americans have formed an underground resistance to fight off the attackers using a VR Simulator to control their planes to keep their fighters alive. The player has been recruited and is codenamed ""Stalker"" to defend the U.S. and bring back peace and order. There are 15 missions in all, where the player has to complete certain objectives, such as destroy a certain amount of enemies or defend certain targets. The planes are mostly modern age such as the A-10 Warthog. The player can choose to use either the plane's machine guns or missiles to bring down enemy targets."
39378,Bermuda Project,,1987,6.2,Adventure,,,"Stranded on an island in the Bermuda Triangle after a plane crash, you find a land with different technologies and cultures to yours. You must find a way to survive, rescue the missing passengers, and figure out how to escape and go back to familiar civilization. Entirely mouse-driven, this graphical adventure game features dozens of objects and characters you can interact with. Objects are examined, taken or used via a couple of mouse presses. Each character you meet will have their own reasons for wanting or not wanting to help, so be careful how you react to them."
39387,Gubble,,1996,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"An arcade game in which you have to break apart levels in order to free your planet from an enemy race. You are Gubble D. Gleep, an alien who wakes up to find that his planet has been taken over by an enemy race, so you have to break apart areas using tools."
39389,Blasteroids,,1987,6.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As the name suggests, this arcade conversion updates the basic Asteroids gameplay. That means to say that the main gameplay consists of flying through single-screen wrap-around levels shooting at rocks, which split into smaller rocks when hit, eventually becoming small enough to disappear. In this case the Asteroids are protecting Mukor, an evil being who is poisoning planets under the Colonising Corp’s control. Each level is split into either 9 or 16 sub-levels, which are chosen through a square in which any remaining level which is adjacent to the last level completed can be selected. There are 3 different ships (Speeder, Fighter and Warrior), which can be switched between at any time. Power-ups (including improved weapons, shield recharges and a faster thrust) can be collected by flying into them."
39390,Unnecessary Roughness '95,"Unnecessary Roughness, Unnecessary Roughness 95",1994,5.3,Sports,,,"UR95 is your average football game featuring both single plays against the computer or a friend, and full-fledged seasons, including playoffs and Super Bowls. The main attraction to the game however is a ""Construction Set"" option which allows you to create everything for your own team, to your playbook and tournaments. You can even do your own team's logo and import/export your creations to trade with your friends."
39397,The Amazing Spider-Man: Web of Fire,Spider-Man: Web of Fire,1996,6.2,Action,Fighting,,"An electric plasma grid has left New York in a state of chaos, and only Spider-Man can save the city from total destruction. Responsible is the terrorist organisation HYDRA, which also sent out machines (similar to Gargoyles) into the city. The game features side-scrolling action in which Spider-Man has to take on various enemy types which want to kill him. Besides the usual range of melee kicks and punches, he also sticks to walls and uses special attacks based on his web fluid. Creating spider web ""vines"" are used to swing from building to building; either required to cross gaps or simply to progress faster in the levels. Every use of his fluid decreases a web bar which, just like health, is refilled by picking up items floating in the game world. The first goal of the game is to rescue the superhero Daredevil, who then continues to help Spider-Man out: after activating the associated special attack, Daredevil covers the screen with his attacks."
39401,V-Tetris,,1995,6.2,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"Tetris has always had depth, but with the Virtual Boy's stereoscopy, you can now see it. At its core, this is just another version of Tetris with its own set of graphics, sounds, and other quirks. Rotate blocks, and when you've formed a complete line they disappear. Mode A is the familiar endless mode of play, where you'll keep going until you've let the pile reach too high. Mode B is another common mode, where there are a set number of lines you must clear before victory is declared. Mode C is the most unique in this game. The game field is twice as wide, but you only use half of it at once; the other half is displayed further away in the background. You can scroll left or right at any time, creating new possibilities for creating lines and strategies."
39412,The Ancient Art of War at Sea,Art of War Kaisenban,1987,7.0,Strategy / tactics,"Real-time strategy (RTS), Wargame",Historical events,"The Ancient Art of War at Sea is the sequel to the Ancient Art of War where the battle campaigns now takes place in the vast oceans of naval combat. The game is a top-down semi real-time strategy game. The game has different speed/time settings (slower to faster), hence the player may manage strategies while remaining in real-time mode. As its predecessor, the game comes with different difficulty settings, symbolized by several famous naval commanders and also comes with a game editor. Ship Types As its predecessor, the game introduces three different types of units in the game: The aim of the game is to capture all the enemy flagships while protecting flagships under the player's control. As added difficulty, new ships cannot be built, however enemy ships may be captured by boarding them. Main Map The main map provides information regarding friendly and enemy unit location, ports, and certain waters that may cause damage to ships that cross it. Reparations and supplies may be obtained in the many ports provided on the main map. Whether or not supplies or reparations may take place depend on the options or rules provided on the scenario setting. Certain types of waters may be dangerous for ships to sail across. There are two different types of waters: shallow waters and dangerous waters. The larger the ship, usually the more damage they take when they cross those seas. This however also depends on the options or rules provided on the scenario setting. Combat Sea combat enters a top down tactical map, where the player can control several ships at once. During sea combat, the aim of the game is to sink the opposing fleet by firing cannons or by boarding and capturing the ship. When to ships collide with each other, the combat screen enters the boarding screen. There are two different units provided when boarding: swordsmen (pirates with cutlasses, for melee) and musketeers (ranged combat). The winner is the last man standing. Certain ports provide different type of pirate units, however this is not explicitly mentioned within the game."
39414,7 Colors,The 7 Colors,1991,6.6,"Puzzle, Strategy / tactics",Tile matching puzzle,,"It might be a ""battle of colours"", two ""enemies"" engaging in a ""fight"" to ""conquer the territory"" on the ""battlefield"". Or, despite Infogrames' martial marketing efforts, 7 Colors might just be a puzzle game with brightly colored diamonds. In the wake of Alexey Pajitnov 's block-busting Tetris Infogrames licensed another Russian mathematician's concept for a game of logic and dexterity: Two players start from opposite ends of a board, filled with rectangles of seven different colors, and take turns in picking one of these colors. All diamonds of that color bordering on the player's territory are annexed, expanding the borders. Whoever first controls more than half of the terrain wins. Some quirks add tactical depth: The color chosen is locked for the opponent for one turn; drawing lines from one border of the field to another fills all the space in between. In addition, boards come in various diamond sizes, color textures, and obstacle stones. A (generous) time limit exerts soft pressure. 7 Colors can be played against the computer or a human opponent, even over a local network - a rare feature at the time. Ambitious players may design their own boards with the included editor."
39415,Tony La Russa Baseball 4: 1997 Edition,,1997,6.0,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Tony La Russa Baseball 4 was the last installment in the famous Tony La Russa Baseball series, featuring the same engine from the previous titles. The extensive work on statics continues, translating itself into the opportunity to the player to choose between managing, playing or even watching a match opposing teams from different times, as the rankings include more than two thousand players analyzed in more than a hundred ranking categories."
39421,NBA Action '94,NBA Action,1994,7.3,Sports,,,"NBA Action '94 is one of the many basketball games released for the Genesis. It includes the 1993-1994 rosters with all 27 teams and has many of the NBA stars at the time including Chris Webber when he began for the Golden State Warriors. You can play with up to five players all on the same team using the multi-tap adapter. You can play either 20, 40 or the complete 82 games and play your way into the postseason. The game keeps track of all the win/loss records and stats, even lets you play the role as coach as well as play in the game, however it only has three offensive plays."
39422,Battlehawks 1942,,1988,7.6,"Action, Simulation",,"Historical events, Oceania, World War II",Fly as an American or Japanese pilot in one of 4 operations in the Pacific Theatre during WWII. This simulation can also qualify as educational software because the manual features tons of historical information. Twelve aircraft (including variants) and about 20 types of ships are represented. First of the Lucasfilm/Lawrence Holland WWII air combat trilogy.
39424,Shogo: Mobile Armor Division,Yarost': Vosstanie na Kronuse,1998,7.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Sanjuro is a commander in the army of United Corporate Authority and a pilot of a Mobile Combat Armor (a giant mech) in the far future. The UCA is fighting the Fallen, a terrorist organization. This conflict has its victims: Sanjuro's brother, best friend and girlfriend all died while completing a mission years ago, and only recently he has been somewhat succeeding in putting the past behind him. Now Sanjuro is given a mission to find and kill Gabriel, a new leader of the Fallen. But during this assignment, ghosts of the past will come back to haunt him. Shogo: Mobile Armor Division is a first-person shooter that incorporates ideas from anime and the MechWarrior series. On some levels, the player controls Sanjuro while he is on foot, infiltrating enemy buildings and fighting with handheld firearms. Sanjuro can find health power-ups, more powerful weapons and ammo. Both Sanjuro and the enemies will randomly score critical his, which not only cause more damage, but also replenish a small portion of health. On other levels, the player pilots one of the four available MCAs, which differ a little in characteristics. This giant mech can walk, jump and crouch just like a human being, and controlling it is very similar to controlling Sanjuro. The player guides this colossus through city districts swarming with enemy soldiers and mechs. It is also possible to transform the mech into a vehicle, though it can not defend itself in that state. The story progression is linear for the most part. However, at one point, the player is prompted to make a choice that will affect the rest of the plot and the ending."
39425,Mega Man X4,Rockman X4,1997,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mega Man X, the reploid leader of the 17th unit Maverick Hunters, and his best friend Zero have to stop a reploid rebellion. Each of them gets involved in a different way and you can play as either character through the parallel stories."
39429,Alien Legacy,Alien Legacy: Decide the Fate of Humanity,1994,7.7,Strategy / tactics,4X,Sci-fi / futuristic,"After an alien attack in 2043, great technological leaps were made and space travel was significantly improved upon. In 2119, fearing extinction, Earth built gigantic seedships designed as ""arks"" to propel people and the sum of human knowledge across the stars. One of these seedships, the UNS Calypso, is sent to Beta Caeli star system which is the farthest colony attempted yet. In 2135, a second seedship, the UNS Tantalus, is dispatched to the same destination in order to better the chances of human survival. The Tantalus is equipped with a more advanced fusion engine and thus will reach Beta Caeli some 21 years ahead of the Calypso. The player takes the role of the Calypso's captain. There is no sign of the Tantalus. All you have are some 5000 colonists, past radio transmissions and a few key advisers to help you colonize this new unfamiliar solar system. The game has three distinctive parts: global strategy, colony management and searching planets. The latter is always the first part before colonizing a planet: Every planet is divided into sectors which can be chosen on a world map. Then the game switches to a 3D view (which can be switched to a 2D view) in which the player explores the sectors in search of different symbols - clicking on them results in certain benefits. Examples are ore and energy, the two main resources in Alien Legacy new life forms or traces of a lost civilization which give hints about the awful events of the past. With the correct technology the player can scan both the world map and the sectors to shorten the search - but this costs fuel. The strategy mostly involves sending out ships to new planets to colonize and researching. Research is powered by ""research points"" in different categories, e.g. biology or math, which are gathered when searching sectors. By using those points the player gets different technologies of various use like more productive mines or a better range for space ships. Lastly the colonies are viewed from a top-down perspective. Here the player constructs up to 16 buildings to produce resources or space ships. Those buildings have to be maintained or can be upgraded/replaced with the newest research achievements. Every colony also needs a steady number of people, material and robots or it can't produce. The game is played in real-time; the rounds (two rounds represent a month) elapse if the player is active or not. But time can be slowed down to ease the stress. After about 2000 rounds the peaceful colonizing is over, and the player has to fight a war against an unknown foe.."
39436,Test Drive III: The Passion,,1990,7.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Drive exotic cars while fleeing police in this sequel of the popular Test Drive series New features include a true 3D engine (polygonal meshes), a selection of music on the radio, police evasion, instant replay, digitized dashboard/interiors, and larger, more diverse driving environment with multiple routes. Drive Lamborghini Diablo or the Pininfarina Mythos and Chevrolet CERV III prototypes."
39448,Road Runner's Death Valley Rally,"Looney Tunes: Road Runner, Looney Tunes: Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote",1992,7.1,Racing / Driving,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Everybody has remembered waking up early on the weekend to watch Saturday morning cartoons. But would would happen if the cartoons were interactive? Well, you might end up with something like Death Valley Rally. The object is pretty simple: Race the Road Runner through each level as quickly as you can while collecting different colored flags, which are worth different amounts of points. When you reach the ending, if you're fast enough, you'll also get a time bonus, but if you're good enough, you'll get a flag bonus. Some of the flags are INCREDIBLY difficult to find, and the fact that you won't usually be able to find them, will challenge (or at least frustrate) most gamers. You can run, turbo run (by stocking up on bird seed), peck, and jump in this wild adventure, as you try to catch the escape the ever-witty Wile E. Coyote and his assorted ACME contraptions."
39453,Chrono Quest,Explora: Time Run,1988,6.9,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Chrono Quest is an adventure game told in still images and text windows. Controls are implemented by various icons around the screen border. The gameplay basically is somewhere in between modern point&click adventures and graphics-supplemented interactive fiction. The plot starts off some time around 1920 in the mansion of the main character's father, which was murdered and left the protagonist as the main suspect. In the course of exploring the mansion, the player finds a time machine and starts tracking down his father's murderer through the ages..."
39455,Wordtris,,1991,6.9,"Action, Puzzle","Falling block puzzle, Word construction",,"In the spirit of Tetris comes Wordtris Falling letters must be placed in order to form words in order to clear them away. Occasionally bombs will fall which you may use to clear away a single letter or an entire stack of them, depending on the type of bomb. The larger the words you form, the higher points you receive. If you clear enough words without filling up the screen, you move on to the next level."
39463,Psycho Soldier,,1987,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Sequel to Athena the 2D side-scroller which starred a stylized Manga version of the Greek goddess Athena as she set out to find adventure in the mortal world. This game features Athena Asamiya, a descendant of Princess Athena, who uses her new psychic powers (hence the game's title, Psycho Soldier ) to clear a post-apocalyptic world of its mutant inhabitants with the help of her friend Kensu, thus allowing simultaneous two players gameplay. The gameplay consists of the usual run and jump fare typical of the genre with the added feature of a constantly scrolling background, which, added to the many ""option""-style power-ups and Athena's own psychic blasts make the game a strange shooter/platformer hybrid."
39468,Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Roar of the Beast,,1993,5.7,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Roar of the Beast is the second Genesis game based on the Beauty and the Beast animated film, only this time the player does not control Belle but Beast throughout the entire game. It is not a sequel to the first game as both games were released in the same year. This title largely retells the story from Beast's perspective. It starts with Beast living in a castle in the dark woods with his servants (Lumiere, Cogsworth and Mrs. Potts). A powerful storm hits the castle and enchants all animals around it. Initially the beast needs to protect the magic rose against the creatures. Soon, Belle and her father Maurice become involved, and eventually the villagers who invade the castle. The game takes place in Beast's castle and the surrounding woods. Through side-scrolling platform gameplay Beast can attack from three different stances (crouch, stand up, jump) and unleash a limited amount of roars that stun enemies for a short time. After regular levels, a sequence with a boss follows. There are also a few mini-games where Beast needs to finish a puzzle and catch rosebuds. Certain events are time limited. The game keeps track of the player's score, based on defeated enemies and collected treasures. There is an unlimited amount of continues and the story is told through static, drawn cut-scenes between missions."
39470,Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo,Scooby & Scrappy Doo,1991,7.1,Action,Platform,,"This licensed platform games sets you as Scrappy Doo, with the aim of trekking through four levels to rescue Scooby and Shaggy. As his name suggests, Scrappy is adept at using his fists to vanquish many of these foes. The layout of the castle and the route to it features lots of ladders, ledges and gaps to negotiate. Bonus lives (via Scooby Snacks), invincibility periods and extra points (burgers) are on offer throughout the game. Many of these are in precariously-placed areas that require precise timing and considerable risk to reach."
39472,Killdozers,,1988,6.3,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Killdozers is a tank based game where you have to make your way to deliver a scientist prisoner and then rush to the exit in a limited time.The game is viewed from the top and features a full game editor where you can create new levels and play with them. The main originality of the game is in the combat; you have three different type of weapons that give you damage to different role playing like characteristics. The blue bullets attacks the armour of the tanks, the green the shield and the red the life. When you reduce armour, shield or life points from your opponent, you increase your own. This opens up new strategic possibilities like for example, eating the shield of an opponent with green bullets to better kill it with the red ones.The opponents are able to fight together using a number of strategies."
39474,Werner: Let's go!,Werner: Mach hin!,1986,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Cards / tiles",,Werner: Let's go! is based on the German comics character Werner and offers five mini games:
39483,Jahangir Khan World Championship Squash,,1990,6.7,Sports,,,"Squash simulations are something of a rarity, and it was this niché that Krisalis aimed one of their many sports simulations into. The rules of squash are accurately recreated, with a realistic court layout (viewed isometrically) and a need to hit legal shots. Three different ball speeds, variable match lengths and an 'easy' mode are on offer. Different tournament types are on offer, at 'club' and 'tournament' levels, with a customisable ladder system of multiple divisions to rise up. There is a full roster of opponents to play in one-off or tournament modes."
39487,NFL Quarterback Club 98,,1997,8.1,Sports,,,"Acclaim and Iguana come together for a full-on NFL football title. QC98 features full season, exhibition and playoff modes right through the the Super Bowl, with every team, player and stat from the 1998 season. You can also play historic Super Bowl games from past years, where you play as a specific team at a point in one of the many games, and attempt to re-create history. And if that isn't enough, you can also read full profiles on every player in the league."
39501,Mortal Coil: Adrenalin Intelligence,Mortal Coil,1995,5.9,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter, Tactical shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2005. Mortal Coil is the code name of a covert agency of crack undercover mercenaries funded by first world governments. Its role: to investigate a series of sabotages and terrorist attacks on key research installations. Their brief: find the terrorists and terminate. The game itself is a team-based first person shooter with a real-time waypointing system allowing players to give missions to his/her teammates, strategical commands like breaching rooms from different situations like doors, corners, t-junctions and open areas. The AI of the teammates allows them to react to enemy movements and other targets. With an arsenal of 11 weapons and other equipment, you have to eliminate 18 different types of enemies in 7 different and long missions."
39514,Sensible Soccer: European Champions,,1992,8.1,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Sensible Soccer: European Champions is a soccer (football) game similar to the Kick Off series. The graphical view is from a distance overhead, making the players small on screen, but allowing player to view around half the pitch. The basic control system involves loose control, making running with the ball (‘dribbling’ in football parlance) a skill to master, and putting the emphasis on one-touch passing, which can be easily performed by tapping the fire button. The game features customisable league and cup competitions as well as pre-set ones including the 1992 European Championships. There are 168 teams in total, 40 European nations, the 64 top club sides, and 64 custom teams with names ranging from self-indulgent to comical, and their details are fully editable. At club and country level, each team has three star players who are more gifted that the others."
39515,Victorious Boxers: Ippo's Road to Glory,Hajime no Ippo: Victorious Boxers,2000,6.5,Sports,Fighting,,"Victorious Boxers: Ippo's Road to Glory closely follows the manga Hajime No Ippo It is a straightforward boxing game, with buttons for jabs, hooks and uppercuts. You can also bob and weave with the analog sticks. During the career mode you play many different boxers, in the hopes of eventually winning the championship belt or to sometimes achieve a different story goal. It was followed by Victorious Boxers 2: Fighting Spirit"
39527,Quartz,,1989,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Quartz is a shoot 'em up with a variety of sections. The first section (and every odd-numbered one) is viewed from above and scrolls in every direction. As well as standard attack waves, there are large red/blue/yellow balls which split on impact a lá Asteroids and once the smallest ones are destroyed they release tokens. Once you have collected 9 of each, you can choose a power-up form a range including various weapons, restart points (which effectively gives infinite continues when used with an emulator's 'snapshot' feature) and repairs to the ship. Destroying the whole of standard waves gives combined tokens which add one to each of the three colours. The even-numbered waves scroll in a single direction, but include waves coming at you from other directions, even from within the screen in 3D. You can have up to 3 power-ups stored on your ship at a time, and choose one to activate by pressing F1-F3 - they all have limited firepower. Unusually, when you have no lives left, death results not in game over, but the loss of one of your power-ups (chosen by you)."
39531,The Grinch,,2000,4.7,Action,Puzzle elements,,"As the Grinch, you're going to make sure that Whoville will NOT celebrate Christmas this year... Your missions, should you choose to accept them, includes breaking presents, build some of your nasty gadgets (rotten egg launcher, slime shooter), messing with the mail... And more. Explore four large environments in search of your blueprints for your ""weapons"". Even summon your pal Max for a little assistance at times."
39540,SAS Combat Simulator,,1989,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"This action game is similar to Konami’s arcade game Green Beret It scrolls from left to right, and the levels include ladders and platforms. A constant stream of enemies face you, and can be dispatched with either your machine gun, or one of your limited (but replenishable) supply of grenades. The Codemasters logo appears liberally in the game, representing a variety of bonus items. These include jeeps and tanks which give you much more protection, and smart bombs and rapid fire."
39542,Solitaire's Journey,,1992,7.2,Puzzle,Cards / tiles,,"One-hundred and five solitaire games rendered in beautiful graphics (for 1992). Games have full rules and will allow different users to ""log into"" the game and keep averages and high scores. Players can also build their own ""tournaments"" by selecting a sub-set of the games and playing for the highest score. ""Quests"" allow users to play solitaire games to navigate through a graphical house to find treasure."
39546,Microsoft Casino,"Microsoft Casino - Avec : The Mirage, Treasure Island at the Mirage et Bellagio",2000,6.4,Gambling,Cards / tiles,,"Take to virtual Vegas with 10 true casino-style games in authentic Bellagio, Treasure Island, and Mirage casinos. Realistic graphics and sound effects put you in the mood. Play a tournament against virtual gamblers, with no risk to your real money!"
39556,Lost Tomb,,1982,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Lost Tomb takes the player into the depths of an ancient pyramid, though its location is uncertain (the box covers of the home versions place it in Egypt, but in-game it is said to be deep in the Amazon). To escape, you will need to make your way from chamber to chamber - uncovering treasures, avoiding traps, and facing a variety of enemies from scorpions and spiders to mummies and gigantic bats. Like every self-respecting explorer and treasure-hunter, you've armed yourself with a gun and a whip: the whip clears away everything in your immediate vicinity - enemies, traps and even walls. Your gun can be infinitely reloaded, but whips are limited (though you can restock along the way). The pyramid itself dislikes your presence: if you loiter too long, or step onto a trap, the earth will shake and the walls will shoot! Alongside the treasure chambers, each level of the pyramid has a stairway which takes you deeper down, with two different exits; fortunately, you're equipped with a map to help you plan your route. Beware the special throne rooms, rarely encountered and chock-full of traps."
39559,The Carl Lewis Challenge,Quest For Gold,1992,6.3,Sports,,,"The game is about more than just Carl Lewis. You can select from a variety of countries to enter your athletes from, and then train them to hone their abilities before the real competition begins. The events are varied and range from running the 100-meter dash to the javelin throw. And the selection of athletes includes male and female stars."
39560,Harley-Davidson: The Road to Sturgis,,1989,6.5,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",Arcade,,"It's just 10 days away from the great bike drop bash happening at Sturgis South Dakota, and you're miles away! Ride your Harley through the open countryside to get there in time. You must dodge fallen rocks, automobiles, outrun the police, and rescue a few wayward females with car troubles along the way. During your adventure, you'll be required to upgrade your motorcycle, join cycling events in local towns, and talk to natives in the local stores. Once you get to Sturgis, then the real fun begins!"
39563,Wizards & Warriors III: Kuros - Visions of Power,,1992,6.6,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform",Fantasy,"The evil wizard Malkil was not actually vanquished at the end of the previous game In fact, after the mighty battle with the hero Kuros, Malkil retreated to a nearby self-contained castle kingdom and conducted a hostile takeover. Kuros comes on the scene and must attempt to relieve Malkil of his ill-gotten command of the kingdom, its subjects, and especially its princesses. The third game in the Wizards & Warriors series features a similar feel to the first two games in that Kuros' movements are very quick and nimble. The player also has the ability to control Kuros' sword swing movements. However, Kuros has three different character classes to alternate between-- the knight, the thief, and the wizard. Each represents trade-offs between speed, attack strength, and defense strength. There are various guilds throughout the game devoted to training knights, thieves, and wizards where the player must complete challenging obstacle courses in order to increase their character class level. The gameplay proceeds up a large vertical city/castle with dangerous, monster-filled hallways and caverns. Kuros must kill monsters, gather money, buy goods and services, raise his character class levels, rescue a variety of apprehended princesses and gather special jewels, all in a quest to face off with Malkil once again."
39564,Qwak,,1993,8.0,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"In this game, you play a duck and the object of the game is to get the highest score without losing all your lives. This can be achieved by getting all the fruits and gems in the level, or killing off enemies. There are 80 levels to complete and once you complete all of them, the levels are repeated. You exit each level by collecting all the gold keys then entering through the door that opens. You have a certain amount of time to complete the level before spikes fall down the level. There are eight areas, all consisting of ten levels. At the end of each area, there is a guardian waiting for you, and again, you have a certain amount of time to defeat them. You kill enemies by throwing orange-colored eggs at them, and in the earlier levels, they go down in one or two shots, but in later levels, you'll find out that all of them take more than two shots to bring down, so your orange balls would be useless here. The solution is to get a special power-up that will give you chocolate eggs. Besides gold keys, you can also collect silver keys. This lets you unlock a gate, giving you access to more shots or power-ups. There are also booby traps in the level, such as spikes, and some parts of a level are blocked off by spikes. Get a mushroom and they turn into flowers that you can pick up. Beware, getting another mushroom will make them turn into spikes again. Apart from the normal levels, there are challenges where you have to complete a level and get as many fruits as you can under a 20-seconds time limit. Depending on gameplay, there are also tricks where the last key you have to get flies away and you have to catch it. Other tricks include turning on the lights to see enemies, and running away from the ""happy ghost"". You'll receive bonus points at the end of the level if you manage to collect every gem in it. Qwak can be played as either a one or two player game. The game was released at budget price, and later on a CD double pack with Alien Breed '92"
39566,Knockout Kings 2000,Box Champions 2000,1999,7.4,Sports,,,"Play as some of the greatest names in boxing history through a full career, or create your own boxer and fight your way to the heavyweight championship. Famous names include Muhammad Ali, ""Sugar"" Ray Leonard, Lennox Lewis, Oscar De La Hoya and Evander Holyfield, plus many more from a range of weight divisions."
39581,Callahan's Crosstime Saloon,,1997,7.6,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Long Island is home to Mike Callahan's bar, which is, like many other establishments of its kind, a place for people to share their personal problems with the friendly all-knowing bartender and drown their sorrows in alcohol. One small difference between this particular bar and most others is the clientele: mythological beings, time travellers, and aliens all feel at home at Callahan's. So does Jake Stonebender, a traveling guitarist with a tragic past, inclined to help those in need. Chatting with the colorful patrons of the bar, Jake finds out that a few of them do need his assistance, and will proceed to help a vampire find his long-lost love, solve the moral dilemma of an alien whose pacifist thinking is not approved by the majority of his race, save the rainforest from destruction, and perform other good deeds that will perhaps prove to the Powers-That-Be that humanity can be allowed to exist. Callahan's Crosstime Saloon is a puzzle-solving adventure game based on Spider Robinson 's series of stories about the unusual patrons of Callahan's bar. The characters in the game are taken from the first book of the series, though their stories are original. The game's world is composed of still screens viewed from first-person perspective. The interaction is point-and-click, with context menus appearing when the player attempts to interact with an object on screen. The puzzles are for the most part inventory-based, though a few revolve around word plays in English language."
39584,Boulder Dash II: Rockford's Revenge,"Boulder Dash II, Boulder Dash II: La venganza de Rockford, Boulderdash II: Rockford's Riot",1985,8.0,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"In part two of the Boulder Dash series the overall game design hasn't changed compared to the original, but sixteen new levels have been created. The basis of the game is the same, you still have to mine diamonds while avoiding falling rocks and cave monsters of all sorts. As in part one, later levels become more difficult because many puzzle elements are added."
39587,NBA in the Zone 2,NBA Power Dunkers 2,1996,7.8,Sports,,,This is the sequel to its predecessor which features more of the same gameplay and updated rosters including Dennis Rodman and Cliff Robinson. It also features all 29 fully licensed NBA teams and their respective logos and the standard Exhibition and Season modes including the ability to trade and build their ultimate dream team. The players are rendered in 3D polygon graphics and even features small details such as sweat bands and tattoos and even realistic player animations and dunks. Eight friends can also play simultaneously utilizing multi-tap.
39589,Faceball 2000,,1991,6.6,Action,Shooter,,"Faceball 2000 is a first-person shooter. You control a H.A.P.P.Y.F.A.C.E., or Holographically Assisted Physical Pattern Yielded For Active Computerized Embarkation. The graphics consist of flat shaded corridors. Enemies are all simple geometric shapes with smiley faces on them. Although the graphics are simple, they allow for full freedom of movement, not unlike Wolfenstein 3-D There are two modes of play. First there is a single player mode in which your goal is to find the exit to each level. There are 70 mazes in this mode. The second mode is the multiplayer arena. For the Game Boy: up to 4 Game Boys can be linked together in this mode."
39593,The Ultimate RPG Archives,,1998,7.9,Compilation,,,The Ultimate RPG Archives is a compilation of several award-winning role-playing games.
39595,The Vikings,,1985,6.1,Action,,,"Your Warrior Queen has been taken, so you, Erik the Viking, have been tasked to rescue her from Death Island as well as stealing all the treasure from the Main Fortress. You start your quest on Stoney Island to get the equipment you need for your treasure hunting on Death Island and to get off Stoney Island. Off course the locals don't appreciate you coming to their home and stealing from them so they will chase you and throw spears at you. You need to search the island and find a sword and shield but the sword is hidden in one of the many huts so they need burning down to find it. A torch is required but that is too high on a building so a ladder will need finding to get the torch. Once you have the sword you can throw an infinite amount at the locals and the shield will slow down your energy bar from decreasing when you are hit. If your energy does reach zero then it is a loss of one of your five lives. On your voyage to the island you damaged the mast to your ship so you need to find the three parts to it by burning the huts and searching the rest of the island. Once found you can now sail to Death Island. Don't sail too far from the island though as you will sail over the edge of the world and it's game over. Once you have reached Death Island you must destroy a protective wall before heading north to the fortress and plundering it's wares. Be careful as the locals here are faster and throw more spears. The Vikings is a Run 'n Gun game where you view your Viking from behind at an elevated angle. A small part of the island is shown on screen and the screen scrolls in all directions when you move. Sailing the ship is viewed from above. A joystick is used to control Erik and the ship."
39598,Dark Side of the Moon,,1998,6.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"As the intro scene opens, we see a man running from something unknown, but definitely alien. However, as there was no escape as a solution, he blew himself up. As the story starts, it appears that was your uncle Jacob, after which you're named Jake, and apparently, he left everything to you. He was one of the main ore mining owners, even though some say what he has is worthless. But you don't just believe in that 'suicide' story, so you take a shuttle on Luna Crysta in order to solve the mystery, and try to uncover the truth; why he was killed, and what was so important that he found/discovered and was killed for."
39605,Popeye 2,,1991,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Fighting, Platform",,"Strange happenings are afoot once again in Sweethaven and only Popeye can make it right. In Popeye 2 our spinach lovin' hero must once again rescue Olive Oyl and make mincemeat of Bluto while looking after Swee'Pea, feeding Wimpy and keeping an eye on Jeep. Popeye has four different levels to traverse through. His initial adventure takes him to a construction site where bouncing springs, falling girders and open welding flames impede his progress. Rolling barrels, and bombs which must be touched to be put out also stand to cause harm. In every level scattered hamburgers must be collected in order for Popeye to get past Wimpy who is often hanging out somewhere near the top of every vertically scrolling platform level. There are also feats of strength that Popeye must perform by beating up a punching robot-type thing with the aid of Spinach. Once past all these obstacles Popeye can move on to the next level. The second level takes Popeye into the urban jungle where he must climb the side of the Biff Spinach building and avoid the same obstacles as in the previous levels. In the third level falling girders are replaced with giant bananas as Popeye finds himself in a jungle. Coconut throwing monkeys hang from ledges and snoozing tigers and snakes decorate the trees. The fourth and final level of the game finds Popeye climbing the masts of the S.S. Trev and the S.S. Andy as he makes his way to a final confrontation with Bluto and rescue Olive Oyl. Popeye is able to jump around and occasionally when the situation calls for it punch his way through this vertical platformer. Bonus points are rewarded for finding Swee'Pea and Jeep. He can take multiple hits before he takes a curtain call but thankfully is unharmed by long drops. The player should beware as Popeye has only one life to get through the four levels of this adventure."
39608,Star Wars: X-Wing - Collector's CD-ROM,"Star Wars: X-Wing - CD-ROM Collector, Star Wars: X-Wing - CD-ROM Edition, Star Wars: X-Wing - CD-ROM para Coleccionistas, Star Wars: X-Wing - Collector's CD-ROM Edition, Star Wars: X-Wing - Collectors' CD-ROM, Star Wars: X-Wing - Special Edition, X-Wing 95",1994,7.7,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The enhanced CD-ROM version of Star Wars: X-Wing features 6 new missions, improved 3D graphics, voice, and upgraded sound. In addition, the two Tour of Duty extensions are included: Imperial Pursuit and B-Wing"
39627,Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders,Zak McCracken and the Alien Mindbenders,1988,7.8,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Middle East, Sci-fi / futuristic","Zak McKracken is a tabloid reporter (and not a very good one at that). After having a psychedelic dream one day, Zak realizes that something is wrong -- space aliens are dumbifying the general public through the telephone system. Zak must stop this, but he can't do it alone. After finding a strange crystal, Zak manages to get the help of the anthropologist Annie and her friends, Melissa and Leslie. The four unlikely heroes must now figure out a way to destroy the dumbifying devices and save the Earth. Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is a third-person puzzle-solving adventure similar in gameplay to Maniac Mansion The player chooses verb commands (Open, Pick Up, Give, etc.; there are no Look or Talk commands) to interact with the game world. The game features up to four controllable protagonists; it is possible to switch between them at any time after they have been introduced, and also exchange inventory items if the characters are in the same location. The game can be described as a ""globe-trotting"" adventure, since the heroes are required to travel to different exotic countries and even leave the Earth for a while in order to complete it. Some of the puzzles are optional or can be solved in different ways. The FM Towns version has VGA graphics with 256 colors and higher-quality music and sound effects. GOG release comes with two versions of the game that install simultaneously. One is FM Towns version with updated graphics, while the other is marked as Floppy version which is the old DOS version of a game."
39628,Yie Ar Kung-Fu,,1985,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Yie Ar Kung-Fu follows the quest of a martial artist named Oolong to become the Grand Master of Kung-Fu, honoring the memory of his illustrious father. To do that, Oolong will have to face some of the most skillful martial artists in one-on-one battles. The battles take place on side-view screens. The hero has two moves at his disposal: punching and kicking. These moves must be executed by pressing a corresponding button together with a directional button or arrow key. Oolong also has the advantage of being able to jump higher than most of his opponents. The latter utilize unique moves to stop the hero, including sumo-style leaping motions, shuriken-throwing, nunchaku-swinging, etc."
39642,Gunstar Heroes,"3D Gunstar Heroes, Gunstar Heroes Classic",1993,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Once upon a time, Dr. Brown managed to defeat a mad android known as Golden Silver, who tried to suck out the energy of the planet G-9. Dr. Brown extracted four Mystical Gems, the android's power source, and sealed them on one of the planet's moons, where it was guarded by the four Gunstar siblings. However, years later, a dictator named Smash Daisaku kidnapped Gunstar Green and brainwashed him into telling him where the Mystical Gems were. The dictator is now close to reactivating Golden Silver. The Gunstar twins Red and Blue, guided by their sister Yellow, must find a way to stop Smash Daisaku - but they know that their older brother is on that way... Gunstar Heroes is a fast-paced side-scrolling shooter. Controlling either Red or Blue Gunstar, the player has access to four basic weapons: Force, rapid shot; Lightning, a straight shot that penetrates enemies; Chaser, a homing weapon; and Flame, a powerful close-ranged. The player can combine two weapons to produce a new one, for a total of fourteen weapons. It is also possible to use melee attacks and moves such as grabbing and tossing enemies, jumping, and sliding."
39650,Betrayal,,1990,6.7,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Historical events,"Betrayal is a manager type strategy game. You try to gain control over various regions in order to supply your men with the necessary resources to defeat your enemies. As the game title says, the game has a main focus on illegal and secret operations in order to weaken your opponents."
39652,Miecze Valdgira II: Władca Gór,Miecze Waldgira II,1993,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Miecze Valdgira II: Władca Gór is an action-adventure game. This time king Aldir must defeat Bloody Zenon, that uses Cyclops eye to terrorize the surrounding area. Aldir must wander the surrounding forest and underground labyrinth, collecting one-use items along the way and using them in the right places, mostly to open underground passages. Each location is inhabited by hostile creatures. Contact with the creatures for longer than two seconds means instant death. The best way to circumvent the enemy is jumping over or passing under them."
39662,Golf,,1980,5.3,Sports,,,"Golf features a nine hole, par 36 course which can be played by one or two players. The game is played from an overhead view of the course, which is complete with sand traps, water hazards, trees, and rough. The player doesn't have the ability to choose different clubs, so the distance the ball travels is controlled by how big of a backswing is taken. The direction is controlled by the location of the player in relation to the ball. When the player finally reaches the green, the view switches to a closeup of the green for putting. Two different skill levels are available which control the size of the cup and the amount of power lost in the rough or sand."
39663,Friday the 13th,,1986,4.6,Action,,,"Jason Voorhees is hiding in the forest, waiting to avenge his mother's death, when a party of teenagers visit the eerie Crystal Lake holiday camp near the killer's filthy grotto. Jason puts on his hockey mask and sharpens his machete, ready for a razor-sharp massacre. Ten of your friends are lost in the surroundings of Crystal Lake. Jason is out there to hunt them down. It's up to you to find him and kill him before he kills you. Luckily, there are a lot of weapons to be found in the scenery, ranging from small knives to chainsaws. Unfortunately, Jason looks like a normal player until he attacks or is attacked. So it's up to you to identify him and end the nightmare by killing Jason. Depending on the number of friends surviving when Jason is killed, you'll get bonus points. You'll then start over again with a different character."
39671,Star Paws,,1987,7.2,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Tasty Space Griffin, a rare, bird-like creature, is considered a delicacy and has acquired great value. On the moon of a distant planet, mercenaries have been secretly breeding the Tasty Space Griffin and plan to flood the market in order to destabilize it, which they hope will allow them to seize power. Because of an error on part of the notoriously unreliable series seven astroplex, the task to destroy this evil plot rests in the paws of the ill-prepared Captain Rover Pawstrong. Players take control of Pawstrong and must help him chase and kill all 20 Space Griffins on (and below) the surface of the moon. The looping playing area is presented from a side-scrolling perspective, with the bottom of the screen showing a radar indicating the position of Pawstrong and the Space Griffin he is chasing. Pawstrong's health is represented by a cooked Griffin which disappears over time, but gets replenished when a Griffin is caught. The most straight forward and least effective way to catch a Space Griffin is to simply jump on it. It is advisable however, to use some of the items that can be picked up from boxes randomly dropped on the moon's surface by a spaceship. These items include transportation devices like anti-gravity pads or rockets, weapons such as rocket launchers or explosives and food that replenishes some of Pawstrong's health. A mining lamp is needed to see inside the mines under the surface of the moon. Here, Pawstrong can also pick up ammunition for his weapon. When he finds and uses a matter transporter, he is taken to a different part of the moon from where he can attack The Space Griffin with his catapult-style weapon. Finally, a bonus puzzle can be found which requires the player to rearrange a picture, similar to Split Personalities within a time limit."
39675,Spycraft: The Great Game,,1996,7.6,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"As a new CIA operative, you've been called to Washington. Apparently a Russian candidate for president was assassinated (read: shot) while giving a public speech. Can you uncover a conspiracy that reaches the highest level of government (both US and Russia)? Spycraft is an adventure game with simulation elements that involves quite a bit of puzzle-solving. With input from ex-head of KGB and ex-head of CIA, the scenario is frighteningly authentic. You choose your actions from what is available on screen. You will need to collate large amount of information, and pick out certain patterns that will lead you to what you need. You are helped along by your trusty PDA which highlights the areas to be investigated (i.e. puzzles to be solved) and keeps track of relevant facts."
39676,World Class Soccer,"Italy 1990, Italy 1990: Hier Startet Der Weltcup!, Italy 1990: The World Cup Starts Here!",1990,7.1,Sports,,Europe,"World Class Soccer is a soccer (football) game that ties in with the 1990 football World Cup. The game uses a top-down perspective for matches and features the full World Cup structure and all the 24 teams who were involved. Multiple formations and team selections are available before each match. The ball sticks to the feet of the players, who can be tackled either by doing a block tackle, or attempting a slide tackle, which risks giving away a foul. Matches can vary between 4 and 90 minutes, and each player has differing skills and behaviour style depending on his team's relative ability."
39677,Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective,"Sherlock Holmes no Tantei Kōza, Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vol. I",1991,7.3,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"In this game, the player is cast into the roles of Sherlock Holmes, the greatest fictional detective of all times, and his friend and partner Dr. Watson, as they have to investigate and successfully solve three criminal cases: The Mummy's Curse deals with the horrifying death of three men, who were apparently murdered by an ancient mummy; The Mystified Murderess involves a woman who has been convicted for murdering her beloved one, but cannot seem to recall anything of what had happened to her; The Tin Soldier concerns the murder of an old general, whose past must be investigated in order to find the killer. Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective can be described as a hybrid of adventure game and simulation. Gameplay process involves traveling to various locations in London, interrogating suspects, gathering clues, checking out the newspapers, and eventually presenting all the evidence to the judge; if the latter finds the circumstances incriminating, he will accept the results of the investigation, and the case will be considered solved. Though the basic gameplay is rather typical for adventure games, the amount of real detective work and the focus of the game on purely case-related actions rather than exploration and manipulation of items makes it comparable to a simulation of a criminal investigation. The game is notable for being one of the earliest ""multimedia"" titles, having been released on a CD ROM and featuring rather long (though windowed) video sequences with live actors as introductions and cutscenes, which frequently occur when the heroes investigate suspects."
39679,Rugrats in Paris: The Movie,Les Razmoket à Paris: Le Film,2000,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Rugrats in Paris: The Movie is based on the 2000 movie of the same name, which in turn is based on the Daytime Emmy-award winning animated television series. The Game Boy Color iteration of this game looks nothing alike compared to its Windows, PlayStation, and Nintendo 64 counterparts, which share the same name. As in these games, the player finds one's self in EuroReptarLand, this time it is all in 2D. The player may move around the theme park using a top-down view. Around the park the player will find various points of interest, where the player may play one of the eight side-scrolling platform levels or seven mini-games. Advancing to the new platform levels requires the player to collect tickets, which are won through playing the mini-games. Mini-games include target shooting, fishing, shooting hoop, tossing frogs, and hammer shot. The events are displayed on a single screen. The platform levels have various themes such as clouds, rocket ship, a gooey world, a haunted mine, a volcano, a pyramid, a pagoda, and the Notre Dame. The goal of the game is to eventually find Chuckie a princess to become his new mother."
39682,The Inheritance: Panic in Las Vegas,"De Erfenis - Paniek in Las Vegas, Die Erbschaft: Panik in Las Vegas, L'Héritage: Panique à Las Vegas, Las Vegas",1985,6.5,"Adventure, Gambling",Graphic adventure,,"A shady character called Peter Stone receives a telegram from a notary telling that his rich aunt passed away in Las Vegas. With the included airplane ticket he must travel to meet the notary and arrange the details of the inheritance. The Inheritance: Panic in Las Vegas is a French adventure game, an early entry in the point-and-click sub-genre. The player moves a cursor in the screen with the ARROW KEYS and interacts with objects by pressing the SPACE bar. A handbag in the right side serves as the inventory and can be minimized to an icon at the bottom. The game is divided in three loads. At the end of each load, the player receives a password for the next one: ►The first load is entitled "" In the building "", where the player must leave his apartment and go to the airport. The airplane leaves at 11:20, and this game section starts at 11:10. Besides this time limit, progress is further hindered by the other tenants that appear on each floor. They demand the return of borrowed goods. The player can search other apartments, steal money and threaten the other residents with weapons (this last option can lead to an instantaneous death). ►"" At the airport "" is the second load, where the player must embark on the airplane to Las Vegas. There are terrorists and other annoyances to be dealt with. ►The final load is called "" In Las Vegas "", where the player must find the notary, while raising some necessary money (a testament clause says that in order to inherit the money, Peter has to raise 1 million dollars by playing games at the casinos)."
39685,Sign of the Sun,,1997,5.4,"Action, Adventure",,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","In the future, a series of nuclear disasters have devastated the Earth and forced it into an orbit nearer the Sun. The increased temperatures have formed vast deserts and transmogrified the planet into a barren wasteland. All hope seems lost for humanity until the discovery of a metal ore that seems to protect against the Sun's heat and radiation. Only one problem. The only place where the ore can be tested in time to save them is within the Sun itself. As James Mariner, Earth's selected test pilot, it is up to you to deploy a probe containing the ore into the Sun's corona and acquire the necessary data. However, things don't always go as planned..."
39691,James Bond 007,,1998,7.0,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Bond is once again in the thick of things, this time travelling the eastern hemisphere in order to stop an elite weapons smuggling ring. In order to do so, Bond must use all of the weapons and gadgets on hand, including the trusty laser watch, pistols, Ak-47's and more. Bond will also have the chance to visit the casino, where you can spend some cash on blackjack and the like, while some of the most famous Bond villains make appearances in the hopes that they will stop the secret agent from completing his task."
39697,J-Bird,,1983,6.8,Action,Arcade,,"J-Bird is a conversion of the arcade game Q*Bert. The object of the game is to change all tiles in a pyramid to the target color by having J-Bird jump on the tile. Various creatures and objects can get in the way of J-Bird. These include a bouncing snake, cats, falling balls, and frogs. There are four rounds per level, and each level increases in difficulty by having more enemies onscreen and requiring more complicated rules for a tile to reach the target color (for example, on the second level you need to jump on each tile twice). On the sides of the pyramid are platforms which J-Bird can jump onto to evade the snake. If the snake is close enough to the platform when J-Bird jumps on, the snake will fall off the edge."
39700,Warlords,,1989,7.4,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Wargame",Fantasy,"The first in the Warlords series. Basically, your mission is world domination. This may be played between up to 8 people all on the same machine. It is a medieval type strategy game that requires the player to control 80 cities in the realm of Illuria. In order to do so you must wipe out your 7 opponents. Gold is accrued through the ownership of cities. The gold is then used to create armies. Heroes can sometimes ""find"" things or be rewarded by sages (there are only 2 and it's a first come first served basis). You can choose between various human and non-human peoples, as well as the ubiquitous evil Warlord. This is a very early version of what strategy games eventually became."
39715,Gobliins 2,"Gobliins 2: El Príncipe Bufón, Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon, Goblins 2",1992,7.4,Puzzle,,Fantasy,"The second in the series of adventure-puzzle games. In this instalment, you only have two imps to control instead of three. Someone has kidnapped the prince and it's up to you and two hilarious sidekicks, Winkle and Fingus, to rescue him. Winkle is a reckless jokester, while Fingus is careful and has a gift for solving puzzles. Luckily, they're blessed with extraordinary vitality. In other words, they never die. That'll sure come in handy when you're up against Wily Wizard's traps, maniacal monsters and twisted and perplexing puzzles."
39727,The Dark Eye,,1995,7.5,Adventure,,,"The Dark Eye is an interactive adventure through the works of Edgar Allan Poe featuring the voice of William S. Burroughs and the music of Thomas Dolby Robertson While experiencing an original Poe-esque adventure, the player is transported into several of Poe's most famous works including The Cask of Amontillado and The Tell-Tale Heart All of the stories are surrealistically rendered with claymation figures and haunting music. Burrough's reading of The Masque of the Red Death is not to be missed. Outside of Poe's literature, the game tells the tale of a nameless protagonist who is visiting his uncle Edwin (Played by William S. Burroughs) and his brother Henry and the young Elise. As time goes on, Henry & Elise engage in a sordid relationship that Edwin does not approve of and the story takes many dark turns that ultimately leads to the characters insanity."
39728,Phantasy Star IV,"Phantasy Star: Sennenki no Owari ni, Phantasy Star: The End of the Millennium",1993,7.9,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Algol star system is in troubled times. Many thousands of years ago, it was a peaceful world. Three planets surrounded the Algol star and were in perfect harmony: Palma, a lush green planet, where its citizens devoted their lives to arts and the sciences; Motavia, a desert planet, inhabited by humans and native Motavians; and the enigmatic Dezolis, a harsh ice planet, where the citizens were just as unknown as the planet itself. Unfortunately, the harmony and balance was not to last. Palma had exploded, and with it, ninety per cent of Algol's population died. Motavia had fallen into horrible conditions from the explosion, turning almost into a total wasteland. The Darkness spread its hand over the land. A thousand years have passed. Motavia has healed somewhat, and life is beginning to return to the way it once was many years ago. The Hunter's Guild on Motavia helps to keep things steady. But a dark evil once thought to be long dead is beginning to stir once again, and the young hunter, Chaz, is about to begin his ultimate adventure - which starts with one simple routine assignment... Phantasy Star IV is a Japanese-style role-playing game with top-down world map exploration, random enemy encounters, and turn-based combat. The gameplay of the fourth entry in the series is similar to that of the second installment sharing notable features such as the ability to equip two weapons at once, most of the ""techniques"" (equivalent to magic spells in comparable games), etc. The dungeons are noticeably less maze-like than in Phantasy Star II Player-controlled party may include up to five active combatants. As before, leveling up and technique-learning is automatic, save for android characters, whose abilities are found in treasure chests in the dungeons. Androids also cannot be healed by conventional means and use their own item sets. Beside regular attacks and techs, characters also possess unique attacks that have limited uses and can be replenished after the character rests. Characters can also execute combination attacks, merging two or more techs or special attacks. The player may opt to assign macro command sets for the party instead of inputting commands manually. There are a few segments in the game with vehicle combat, which mostly follows the same turn-based formula as the regular battles. Side quests are present in form of hunter assignments for Chaz and his friends. A ""party talk"" feature is available, displaying conversations between player-controlled characters. The game uses manga-style comic book panels as cutscenes."
39732,Batsugun,"Batsugun SP, Batsugun Saturn Tribute Boosted",1993,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Batsugun was the last release from the arcade game development studio Toaplan and one of the earliest if not the earliest manic or ""bullet hell"" shoot-'em-ups. A large part of the team later went on to work at CAVE Co., Ltd. where the genre would be refined. Batsugun for the Saturn integrates the two revisions of the original 1993 arcade game, where the second one, Batsugun Special Version was completed but never released because the company was bankrupt. Both versions were used to create the Saturn version by the Toaplan offshoot Gazelle It is a military-themed vertical shooter with a choice of three weapons for the player's plane at start, with leveling-up of weapons determined by experience points, given when enemies are destroyed, rather than dropped power-ups."
39733,Great Baseball,The Pro Yakyū: Pennant Race,1987,5.8,Sports,,,"Every play in the major league is brought to this diamond. So pitch, swing, and steal bases like the pros. Play ball !! Play Great Baseball with another player or against the CPU. Next, choose to play with or against different teams including New York, Toronto, Milwaukee, Chicago, Seattle, Boston, and many others. Finally, select your pitcher and his specialty and stamina, and away you go."
39734,Roadwar 2000,Road∗War 2000,1986,7.2,Strategy / tactics,,Post-apocalyptic,"Roadwar 2000 is a post-apocalyptic strategy game. In the year 2000, bacteriological warfare has nearly destroyed civilization. Crime flourished, and highways turned into battlegrounds between different gangs. The protagonist is a leader of one of these gangs. More patriotically inclined than other criminal lords, he accepts a mission from the FBI: locate eight scientists who might be able to develop a vaccine against the deadly disease. The player commands the gang in tactical combat against rival gangs, mutants, and cannibals. It is possible to assign player-controlled characters to vehicles and move them on the battlefield. Combatants can use firearms and crossbows, as well as use the vehicles to ram each other. Boarding the opponents' vehicles is also possible."
39736,Superman,,1978,6.3,Action,,,"The Man of Steel takes flight in his first video game adaptation. When Lex Luthor destroys the Metropolis bridge, Clark Kent must run to the nearest phone booth to become Superman and save the day. Along the way, Superman must be wary of thugs, a helicopter that can either help or hinder him, three Kryptonite satellites, and even Lex Luthor himself. If Superman meets with one of Luthor's Kryptonite traps, he becomes unable to fly, unless he can find Lois Lane for help. Repair the bridge, put the crooks in jail, then get back to the Daily Planet in time for the next adventure."
39750,XP8,,1996,7.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"XP8 is a vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up featuring raytraced graphics with many reflections. Eight different weapons are on offer, which can be powered up to several stages, and are collected from tokens, sometimes in hidden sections. A simultaneous two-player mode is offered, which makes getting through the five levels (with passwords for each one) a little easier. The introduction takes the form of a few static screens."
39751,WCW Nitro,,1998,5.6,Sports,Arcade,,"Take control of your favourite WCW wrestler and battle it out in the ring. The 16 wrestlers (to start) in the game include such greats as Kevin Nash, Buff Bagwell and Hollywood Hulk Hogan. Based on WCW's flagship television program, ""WCW Monday Nitro"", this arcade-style game puts you (or a partner) in a button-mashing brawl featuring many of WCW's most popular stars and their signature maneuvers. There are single and tag match options for one or two players and a single-player tournament mode, where the player must battle through a series of matches to become a champion. As you progress, you can unlock new characters to take to the ring, including more WCW wrestlers and personnel, as well as fictional characters and THQ staff members."
39754,Death Crimson OX,"Death Crimson OX+, Guncom 2",2000,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter, Shooter",Post-apocalyptic,"On July 29, 2010, the city of Saronica comes under attack by an army of monsters called the SMO as they lay siege to the city, capturing it and ruling the populace under an iron fist. During this, The Resistance is formed in an attempt to stop the SMO, lead by a woman by the name of Lily who is kidnapped when she attempts to help a man by the name of Kou. After she is captured, it is learned the man has come into possession of two ancient pistols by the name of ""Crimson"" that can destroy the monsters and their vicious leader. Kou sets out with Lily's daughter, Yuri, to bring her back and stop the evil forces within the city. Death Crimson is a light-gun game similar in style to House of the Dead where the player shoots at enemies that pop up on screen and save innocents from the monsters. The player can also power-up the ""Crimson"" pistols by shooting death flowers that will turn their firepower into machine guns to decimate hordes of enemies. There is also a health meter that will increase in size by successfully shooting enemies, gaining experience points. Once enough points are obtained, the health bar will increase, however missing enemies or shooting civilians will take away points."
39758,Franko: The Crazy Revenge,,1994,6.5,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Alex and Franko were a pair of great friends, living in times where Poland was morphing from communist country into something else. Lost in the world, they couldn't find themselves in the new reality. Living in the Polish city of Szczecin, the two were growing up in a rather unfriendly neighbourhood. Mastering martial arts, they found their life tough but very interesting. Until one day a band of thugs attacked them. After a long fight, when Franko was able to see and feel again, he saw a body of his friend, and in his ears he still heard the laughter of the band's leader, Klocek. Now it's time for revenge. Franko is a classical Double Dragon -style action game. With excessive amount of blood and violence, it is suitable for mature audiences only. The player walks right through the streets of a Polish city (decorated with typical decor of the communist era). On his way, he faces various kinds of enemies, from punks, through karatekas, to infamous Communist law enforcement groups like ZOMO. The enemies can be fought with a variety of hand-to-hand blows and moves, though some of them carry guns."
39769,Dan Dare III: The Escape,Dan Dare 3,1990,7.0,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the third game in the Dan Dare series, Dan has been kidnapped by an evil alien race known as the Treens and taken to their scientific satellite orbiting Venus, but it doesn't take long before Dan breaks free and goes down into their ship. While searching it, he eventually finds an escape shuttle sitting in the launch bay, only to discover that it is out of fuel. He returns to the satellite in an attempt to find some. The fuel cans are scattered around the five levels of the ship, which Dan can get to by using the Mekon's teleporters. To get to them though, Dan needs to destroy any Treen that gets in his way using a variety of weapons, bought by using a computer terminal. Along the way, the Mekon leader can be seen sitting around, and destroying him will more often than not reward Dan with a pod that he needs to access the teleporter. Dan can use his jet-pack to navigate the satellite, but this will eventually run out of fuel."
39774,Grind Stormer,V V,1993,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"This cartridge combines two different localized flavours of the original arcade game. There are two modes, Grind Stormer and V Five Both offers the same levels and enemies, but have a different approach to how the player can use power-ups. In this hectic, top-down, vertically-scrolling shooter where the screen is constantly filled with enemies and bullets, players have a constant, unlimited firing rate, enhanced by power-ups that include missiles, target-seeking bullets, shields, additional speed, extra power and bonus points. In Grind Stormer the ship always moves at a fast speed and the player can collect bombs that damage the entire screen and fend off bullets. The other variant V Five takes a Gradius -approach to power-ups, having the player advance through a selection of power-ups shown on the right by collecting tokens. In the first mode power-ups are immediately applied. In the second mode the ship is much slower and the player needs to decide to spend tokens on speed power-ups right away or save them to advance to seeking bullets or additional power. The game difficulty, amount of lives and continues can be set in the options. After using a continue, the player immediately receives a ""Special"" power-up granting four wingmen."
39779,Fallen Haven,,1997,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Turn-based strategy and tactics defines the gameplay for sci-fi game Fallen Haven. The game centers around humanity's defense of colony planet New Haven on the fringes of the galactic battleground. Taurans, the opposing alien race, arrive in force with dropships and advanced weaponry to try and unseat the well-entrenched human foe. Gameplay begins with a strategic planning phase where research and development and logistical planning takes place. The tactical gamplay phase places more emphasis on fire and movement of a wide variety of human and alien infantry, vehicles, artillery, and flyers. Players can also build defensive fortifications, roadways, and bases to bolster their chances at victory. The game features multiple difficulty levels, an expansive battle-map with 15 territories and can be played from either side (Human or Tauran). While the game is turn based its core mechanics play very similarly to a traditional real-time strategy game. Music included with Fallen Haven is CD quality techno that is well suited to the game style."
39785,Doppleganger,,1985,6.5,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,Medieval,"An isometric arcade adventure where the player must find their fortune (in the form of precious metal ingots) scattered throughout a castle and return them to safety. Taking on the role of a sorceress who can project her spirit, the game has 25 screens to explore with a variety of nasties to avoid or defeat and puzzles to solve. Certain puzzles can only be completed by the sorceress herself while others need to be solved by her astral projection."
39787,Hillsfar,,1989,6.3,Action,"Arcade, RPG elements",Fantasy,"Play a would-be hero in the city of Hillsfar, where action and adventure await the daring adventurer. Join the local guild and complete missions from the guild master in a quest for glory and gold! Hillsfar is a single-hero role-playing game (as opposed to other Advanced Dungeons & Dragons role-playing games, where the player usually controls a group of characters). A combination of first person perspective (when traveling in the city of Hillsfar) and third person perspective (usually in some action-style mini-quests) viewpoints. As a would-be-hero, four classes are available in a randomly generated mission-based plot: fighter, thief, cleric, or magic-user. Each class to a certain extent, have different assigned quests given by each respective guild. In Hillsfar gameplay usually consists of various mini-games that are needed to complete the quests or missions provided at the local guild by the guild master. These mini-games (and their viewpoints) include: Unlike most role-playing games, there aren't any randomly generated monsters to battle. In Hillsfar combat only occurs in the arena."
39788,Betrayal in Antara,Traição em Antara,1997,6.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Betrayal in Antara uses an updated version of the game engine from Betrayal at Krondor However, it does not continue Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar saga, but instead starts a new tale set in a different fantasy world, known as Ramar. The story begins with William Escobar, the son of the governor of Pianda, sailing home to meet his fiancee. The ship is attacked by pirates, and William escapes in a life boat with a mortally wounded traveler. Before he dies, the stranger gives William a medallion, warning him of a conspiracy against the Empire. William meets a young magician named Aren, who has just discovered devastating powers within himself, and the two decide to meet William's father and ask for his advice concerning the unsettling information. The game plays very similarly to Betrayal at Krondor The player navigates a party of three characters through the 3D world - this time with an optional full screen view. Enemy encounters occur at set positions on the overworld or within the few dungeons. An encounter triggers a separate battle screen, on which player-controlled party and the enemies engage in tactical turn-based combat. It is possible to sneak on enemies for a surprise attack if the character's corresponding skill is high enough. Unlike the predecessor, most towns can be physically explored, though a few are still displayed as a map with icons representing locations. Indoor environments and characters, however, are presented as hand-drawn images. Like in Betrayal at Krondor characters join and leave the party as dictated by the plot. Aren is the only character who can cast spells, while others act like fighters or rangers. Magic elements can be researched and mixed to create spells, and include a wide array of protective and offensive magic. The skill system is very similar to that of the previous game: skills are improved by repeatedly using them and marking them in the skill menu for faster learning. Elements like a day and night cycle, weapon and armor repairing, navigation on world map, the necessity to eat and sleep regularly, etc. are also brought over from the earlier Dynamix game. Although the game is somewhat more linear, there is still a large amount of side quests taken from NPCs populating the game's many towns."
39791,Breath of Fire,"Breath of Fire I, Breath of Fire: Ryū no Senshi, Long Zhanshi",1993,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"Long ago in the days of darkness and magic, a young wanderer comes face to face with his destiny. You control the fate of Ryu, a young warrior and descendant of the Light Dragon Clan. Together, with your mystical friend, Nina, you must search for magic spells and mysterious secrets. Along the way, gain experience and skill as you battle against strange monsters. Uncover valuable secrets that will help you on your adventure and unlock the secrets of the Dragon Clan."
39792,Tomb Raider: The Trilogy (Limited Edition),Tomb Raider 1+2+3,2000,6.5,"Compilation, Special edition",,,This compilation includes the first three games of the Tomb Raider series : Also included in the package is an exclusive Lara Croft mousepad and a map showing the sites of Lara's adventures.
39798,CrossFire,Super Airwolf,1991,6.4,Action,Shooter,,"Fly a helicopter into hostile territory to rescue hostages and make some money on the side. The places the player can choose to fly into are Guatemara (Engrish for Guatemala), Cuba, and Panama. Missions are broken down into three different parts. The first part involves flying a helicopter taking out various enemies. The second part has the player flying a super helicopter into the enemies base. The third part has the player taking control of a soldier on the ground taking out enemies in the base. While on the ground, the player can call in help from the copter only for a limited number of times. Also while on the ground the player can rescue hostages."
39803,Power Dolls,Power Dolls: 25th Century Freedom Fighters,1994,6.6,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2535 the planet Omni declared independence from Earth. This decision was met by harsh repressions carried out by the Terran government. In response, Omni scientists managed to convert a device known as Power Loader (PLD) into combat mechas. Five years later, the 177th squadron was formed, consisting of an all-female team named DoLLS (Detachment of Limited Line Service). Power Dolls is a turn-based strategy game in which the player takes role of a commander of an all-female military group manning giant mechanized battlesuits in a series of nine missions, with objectives ranging from destroying convoys to stalling enemy advance to rescuing captured military personnel. Squads for each mission can be assembled from a total of twenty-one pilots, seven variants of mechanized battle armor (which can be armed with sixteen types of weaponry), four types of aircraft ranging from transport carriers to fighter-bombers and artillery units. Several different battle plans can be chosen for most of the missions. The differences between these may range anywhere from a slight change of the deployment time up to and including a complete change of mission strategy. Successfully completing a mission unlocks bonus piece of artwork depicting one of the women piloting the mechs ingame. There are nine of these graphics in total, one for each mission."
39806,Pharaoh's Tomb,,1990,6.3,Action,Platform,Africa,"As a lowly research assistant Nevada Smith believes he's finally going to get his big break into the pages of archaeology by discovering a long lost tomb. His glory is soon stolen away from him by the professor he's assisting at the University. The same professor he's been assisting for years in the hopes of tagging along for a treasure hunt. Tired of taking things lying down Nevada sneaks into the professor's office and steals back the ancient map he found and afterwards he runs home to pack his bags and outrun the professor to the tomb inside one of the great pyramids of Egypt. Once inside the pyramid, Nevada will face hazards such as traps, falling spikes, bottomless pits, and dangerous denizens of the pyramids including bats, monsters, and of course mummies to say the least. Nevada must find a number of keys on each level to advance to the next level and must also be on the lookout for treasures. One other hazard in his way are mysterious winds that blow on certain levels which add to the challenge of exploring the level. Nevada isn't exactly defenseless however. His adventures begin with five lives and he's got a couple of spears which he can throw at the creatures in his way. Pharaoh's Tomb is a platform game where the player controls the actions of Nevada Smith. Nevada can run around and jump and he can also throw spears at enemies. More spears can be picked up on certain levels and bonus lives to give you a better chance at getting through the adventure can also be found or earned. Levels are passed once the required number of keys or treasures are found. Players can save their progress at the beginning of any level. Enemies in Pharaoh's Tomb are restricted to move in strict patterns and players must pay close attention to these patterns to avoid them. Throwing spears at enemies also requires some space between the player and the enemy and therefore enemies can't be speared when Nevada is right next to them. Pharaoh's Tomb is comprised of four volumes: The shareware version of the game is the entire first volume. Each volume of the game includes twenty levels taking place deeper and deeper into the pyramid. Pharaoh's Tomb uses a proprietary animation system called FAST (Fluid Animation Software Technology) which allows the game to run on older machines at a good performance level, however the restrictions of this system are the enemies located in bounding boxes and therefore players need to imagine a rectangle around enemies and other hazards in order to fully avoid them."
39818,Bio Freaks,Bio F.R.E.A.K.S.,1998,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Fighting","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","This game is a 3D one-on-one fighter of extraordinary violence. Take control of one of many bionically-enhanced fighters, and fight in a dangerous interactive 3D environment. Most of the characters rely on distance attacks, which centres the game on strategic fighting rather than a boxing match; interacting with the hazardous environment adds hardship to the gameplay: while avoiding an opponent's gunfire by jetting off with your jetpack, you may just slam right into a buzzsaw coming out of the wall."
39821,VR Baseball '99,,1998,7.2,Sports,,,"VR Baseball '99 is the sequel to VR Baseball '97 In this simulation you can play any of the 30 Major League Baseball teams in their authentic stadiums. Over 750 real players are included in the game. Gameplay modes include: exhibition, season and home run derby. All available in three difficulty levels. The developer has aimed to make the pitching and batting more action based, and thus they do not include menu options, but are performed solely with button combos."
39826,Dr. Franken II,,1993,6.7,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"It is several years after the death of Dr. Von Frankenbone, and things around the castle are starting to fall apart. The electricity bill hasn't been paid in some time, and now Franky need to find the cash to pay it off. The locals have trapped Franky inside the late doctor's private manor, and you (as Franky) must escape and piece together the golden tablet depicting your beautiful girlfriend Bitsy to pay the bills. Dr. Franken II is a side-scrolling platformer what places you in control of a Frankenstein-like character named Franky. The goal is collect different objects within different levels to put something back together. In order for Franky to recharge his health, you need to find the parts to fix the electricity machine that does it. You will also be taken to exotic locales such as Egypt and the bottom of the ocean to find pieces of Bitsy's golden tablet. Like its predecessor there are many trap doors, monsters, and other obstacles that need to be overcome. Keys are needed to unlock new areas of the game, which can be found in the far reaches of the level."
39829,Iron Angel of the Apocalypse,"Tetsujin, Tetsujin: Iron Angel of the Apocalypse",1994,5.9,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The box for Iron Angel of the Apocalypse describes itself as an ""Action Role-Playing Movie."" Apparently, this is the phrase used to describe a simple first-person shooter with a lot of live-action cutscenes. You play a character known as Tetsujin. You are a cyborg/robot creation of an evil scientist. The scientist intended to use you to wipe out the human race, but instead, you decided to turn against your maker and escape. The story unfolds as you fight your way to the top of a skyscraper to confront the mad scientist."
39831,Inca II: Nations of Immortality,Inca II: Wiracocha,1993,6.8,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,"Pre-Columbian Americas, Sci-fi / futuristic","Inca II: Nations of Immortality is the sequel to Inca the surreal space combat/adventure game with a fantasy take on Incan mythologies. You start the game as Atahualpa, El Dorado's spunky and arrogant kid, who after taking the family starship for a spin gets himself into trouble when checking out a strange asteroid that has emerged. Eventually you'll blow it as things take a turn for the worse, and you'll have to return to your role as El Dorado, and save your kid as well as stop your arch-enemy, Aguirre who somehow has plans for the use of this mysterious asteroid. Gameplay consists of space combat in the ""Tumi"" a yellow wedge-like starship using pre-rendered bitmaps to depict graphics, with puzzle-solving sequences in between as well as digitized video cutscenes used to tell the story."
39840,Syndicate Plus,,1994,7.8,Compilation,,,Syndicate Plus includes:
39844,Jazz Jackrabbit 2: The Secret Files,,1999,7.5,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"The Secret Files contains Jazz Jackrabbit 2 and an additional separate episode. It features nine new levels containing new textures, and enables the player to control a third character, Lori. In almost each level there are alternate routes that the player can take. If players complete the nine levels they may try their luck in twenty other levels that were created by fans of the game, including the single-player level, ""A sting in your tail!"". Like the base game, this edition includes JCS, the Jazz Creation Station, where gamers have the opportunity to build their own levels."
39845,Bomberman Wars,,1998,7.5,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",Tactical RPG,Fantasy,"Bomberman Wars is an isometric tactical RPG, as opposed to the traditional top-down action/maze games in the franchise. There's a story mode, where the main character, King Bomber, rules over the kingdom, but has to fight off Bagular and his soldiers, in order to conquer all land. Gameplay-wise, the player controls the King and his knights, moving the characters around in a grid, with limited moves each turn, as is usual in tactical RPGs. This game is one of the first in the series to shift its main focus from multi-player to single player gaming. However, a versus mode is also available in addition to the story mode."
39847,Red Zone,,1994,7.4,Action,Shooter,,"Red Zone is a helicopter action shooter in which you pilot an AH-64B Apache into the heart of enemy territory to thwart the plans of a nuclear armed dictator. Under threat of global nuclear war the dictator has begun to annex his neighbor countries, with plans to continue his territorial expansion, so three special operatives are covertly sent in with a lone gunship to remove his ability to wage war. The majority of the game consists of air-to-ground attack while flying in the Apache, using its hefty loadout of rockets, guided missiles, built-in 30 mm cannon and defensive infrared air-to-air missiles in order to eliminate the hostiles from the air, land and sea. Fuel drums, repair kits and ammunition depletion are both factors to keep in mind, and careful planning of where the pickups are located so that the chopper is able to stay in the air and is able to keep fighting, elements that are very similar in implementation to the Strike series. Differences between the games include the fact that as your systems get damaged, your helicopter becomes harder to control and the weapon and radar systems become affected. Interspersed with the plentiful in-chopper combat, there are numerous mission-oriented sequences in which the occupants of the helicopter disembark and perform missions on-foot inside of buildings. Each of the three characters have a unique set of weapons, and the player can choose from either of the three to use, so long as none of them have been killed during previous on-foot missions. Red Zone bears many gameplay similarities to the early entries of the Strike series of games, though while the first three games of that series had a fixed isometric point-of-view, Red Zone has a straight-down POV that rotates along with the helicopter. Red Zone is also highly reminiscent of Zyrinx's earlier and similarly technologically advanced Genesis game Sub-Terrania with the most notable similarities being in the relative difficulty of the games, and in the manipulation of the Genesis' hardware into providing visual effects not seen in other games, such as simulated video."
39850,Drol,"Drol: Humour, Action and Suspense",1983,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Drol is a platform game where you play a cute robot that can fly and shoot. Your goal is to rescue children that are wandering around each level. The levels consist of rows of platforms, with gaps which can be jumped through to go up or down a vertical level. The creatures to avoid and shoot vary from strange hopping, beer-belly aliens, to demons, snakes, and axes flying through the air (we never do find out who's throwing those axes!). Like Defender Drol incorporates a ""radar"" at the top of the screen, so you can find the children and dodge incoming baddies."
39851,Soccer Mania,Soccer Boy,1990,4.9,Sports,,,"Soccer Mania is a soccer game with cartoon graphics. The game features six teams (Japan, USA, Brazil, England, Germany and France) and the player chooses one of them. The goal is to win a championship by defeating all other five teams, followed by a final match against the All-Star Team. There is only a part of the playfield shown at a time and the rest of the playfield scrolls - the goals are positioned vertically."
39853,UEFA Dream Soccer,,2000,6.3,Sports,,,"UEFA Dream Soccer is essentially an update of Sega Worldwide Soccer 2000 (same developer and game engine). The license pertains only to the clubs; player names are fictional. In this version there are also women teams, which look different but play the same. In-game commentary is provided by Alan Green Barry Venison and Helen Chamberlain Animation includes 200,000 frames. Internet play was offered by Dreamarena. There is an Arcade mode including game styles such as Time Attack and a Survival knock-out tournament. Traditional mode gives you league competitions and the full World Cup."
39854,F16 Fighting Falcon,"F-16 Fighter, F-16 Fighter, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F16 Fighter",1984,5.1,Action,,,"In this game, you are flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon, the most advanced jet fighter in the world. In this carefully crafted simulation, your mission is to take down all enemy jets and remain airborne as possible. You are equipped with your standard gun, plus some missiles that you can use to take them down. There are ten levels. The number of missiles you have vary between each level. Furthermore, each level is difficult than the last with more enemy jet fighters that you have to take down."
39857,Gyruss,,1983,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The entire solar system is being attacked by the vicious Gyrusians, and it's up to you to save the day! You will need to fly your spaceship to each of the nine planets and then clear three stages of enemies to rid that planet of the Gyrusians. You start the game with a single cannon, but can gain a double cannon after shooting a power up satellite. After clearing each planet, there is another bonus stage where additional weapons and bonus points can be collected. Gyruss is an arcade action shooter, however instead of piloting your spaceship horizontally or vertically, you move in a circle around the perimeter of the screen. The NES version of Gyruss adds to the original arcade version additional music, additional weapons, new enemies, and a large boss at the end of each level."
39858,Atomix,,1990,7.2,Puzzle,,,"Atomix is a puzzle game. On each level, you are given a couple of atoms, and your task is to arrange them into a specific molecule. You see all the atoms available for you to move in a top-down view. Down below on the left side is a small preview of what you must get. That picture represents a molecular structure that you must recreate by moving atoms horizontally and/or vertically. Once you move an atom, it won't stop unless it hits an obstacle, like a wall, or another atom, therefore you must use walls and other atoms creatively. The game contains 30 levels, and you have a limited time for each level."
39860,Armour-Geddon,,1991,7.4,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,,"In Armour-Geddon a power crazed entity is developing a devastating energy beam to wipe out all unprotected life on Earth. In a race against time you must choose and control up to six different vehicles, and use them to destroy enemy power lines and eventually the beam generator. And thus you save the Earth and all mankind. Armour-Geddon is a blend of simulation and strategy, in which you get to play both the brass and the grunt. You designate your targets and choose which vehicle(s) you shall use to blow them up with."
39877,Imperium Galactica,"Imperium Galactica: Das Universum Gehört Ihnen... Wenn Sie Es Packen Können., Imperium Galactica: Partez dans les étoiles et bâtissez-vous un Empire, Imperium Galactica: The Universe Is Yours... If You Can Handle It.",1997,6.9,"Action, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics","4X, Turn-based strategy (TBS)","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","Imperium Galactica is set sometime during the fourth millennium and you, as a human, must rebuild the Human Empire. You start out as a young lieutenant and are given a series of missions to complete. You then advance to the next rank and are given more ships to control and more available commands, but you have more area of the universe to police and more colonies. This continues until you reach the rank of Grand Admiral, where you are able to view the whole map. When you are in command of a region, you must worry about its economy. Ensure that taxes are collected and that the people are well-fed and reproducing. 75 new scientific discoveries can be made over the course of the game. Your enemies are a bunch of alien races. They each have their own style of architecture, ships, and land-based units. However, some are more inspired than others. Diplomacy options ensure that all-out war is not the only way to victory. In combat you have ships to protect and mercenary pirates to deal with. There is a plot-driven interactive movie element to the game, with an opening movie, and cutscenes appearing whenever you advance in rank and also at certain other points in the game. Voices used in these are computer generated. The player has to refit every single ship manually. The land battles resemble Command & Conquer though with only vehicle units."
39890,Chessmaster II,Guoji Xiangqi Dashi II,1999,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Chess,,"Chessmaster II continues the tradition of the Chessmaster series on the PlayStation The game supports a real-time 3D board, more than a dozen chess sets, a variety of AI-controlled characters to play against, in addition to English language advice and a host of teaching features. There is also a complete chess tutorial."
39892,Dan Dare III: The Escape,,1990,5.9,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the third game in the Dan Dare series, Dan has been kidnapped by the evil Treens, lead by Dan's arch enemy, the Mekon. He is taken to their scientific satellite orbiting Venus, but it doesn't take long for Dan to break free and go down into their ship. While searching it, he eventually finds an escape shuttle sitting in the launch bay, only to discover that it is out of fuel. He returns to the satellite in an attempt to find some. The fuel cans are scattered around the five levels of the ship, which Dan can get to by using the Mekon's teleporters. To get to them though, Dan needs to destroy any Treen that get in his way using a variety of weapons, bought by using a computer terminal. Along the way, the Mekon can be seen sitting around, and destroying him will more often than not reward Dan with a pod that he needs to access the teleporter. Dan can use his jet-pack to navigate the satellite, but this will eventually run out of fuel. This is the 16-bit version of the game, which differentiates from its 8-bit cousins As well as an introduction that leads into the game, more weapons are added, and each of the game's five levels are structured differently."
39893,Command & Conquer + The Covert Operations,"Command & Conquer complete with The Covert Operations Mission Disk, Command & Conquer: Assault Pack, Command & Conquer: Gold Bundle, Command & Conquer: Special Gold Edition",1996,8.2,Compilation,,,This compilation contains:
39900,F1 Pole Position 2,Human Grand Prix II,1993,7.4,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Africa,"F1 Pole Position 2 is basically the same game as its predecessor F1 Pole Position It is a racing game based on the Formula 1 with the possibilities to participate in the World Grand Prix (a whole season), battle mode (a single race with configurable parameters like number of laps) and training. The game is more on the realistic side of the genre and allows to customize many parts of the car, e.g. brakes, tires of shifting. Changes in comparison to the predecessor include a few updated licenses, multiple difficulty levels and full screen graphics when playing alone."
39901,F1 Manager,F1 Manager 96,1996,7.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Manage your team through the 1996 championship and beyond. Choose to go for glory right away or build your team and keep it at the top for the next decade. With full management control of engineers, contracts, sponsors, training, negotiations, drivers, merchandising, design, development, testing and race weekends it is up to you to get your team to the top!"
39916,NCAA Football 99,,1998,7.8,Sports,,,"The 1999 installment of EA Sports college football game. NCAA 99 features the 1998 rosters of over a hundred division 1A teams with accurate stadiums, uniforms, and (in some cases) fight songs. There are also 80 ""historical"" teams that allow you to recreate great college football games of the past. The featured exhibition game is a match up between the 1997 national champion Michigan Wolverines and the champion pretender Nebraska Cornhuskers."
39917,Fast Food,Fast Food!,1989,7.0,Action,Arcade,,"Fast Food is similar to Pac-Man or Boulder Dash but not quite. The objective is to collect all fast food on the screen: that means, food that is moving fast. While doing so, you will have to avoid the monsters, otherwise you'll get killed. There are 30 levels, increasing in difficulty from very easy to extremely difficult."
39922,Front Page Sports: Football Pro '97,,1996,7.5,"Simulation, Sports",,,"""STILL THE CHAMP OF FOOTBALL SIMS."" - PC Gamer The best-selling football game on CD-ROM now sports modem and network play, allowing you to challenge friends head-to-head in a gridiron battle. Whether you're calling plays, blitzing the quarterback or throwing a long bomb, the competition will be fierce but an on-line victory is just a game away. With individual player Artificial Intelligence and motion-captured movements, no other football sim is as genuine or comprehensive. Every pass, every run, every bone-shattering tackle looks, moves and feels authentic. From the first round of the draft to the final seconds of Super Bowl™ Sunday, Football Pro puts you on the field. Stereo Sound: The roar of the crowd, the crunch of the helmets, the grunts of the linemen are all featured in stereo Direct Sound. League Play: Create custom leagues ranging from 8 to 30 teams. Football Goes On-Line: New modem and network capabilities allow you to play against friends around the globe. Play Editor Easier Than Ever: If the 10,000 plays included aren't enough for you, quickly design your own winning play with the new Play Wizard. Incredible Accuracy: Play with all 30 NFL teams in a physics-based 3-D environment, including all current NFL rules, stats and players. Unique Career Play Option: The only football sim to offer career play. Watch players mature, get injured, improve their skills and maybe even make it into the Hall of Fame. Choose Your Camera Angle: The exclusive Camera Angle Management System (CAMS™) lets you watch the action from any place on or off the field, with blimp version and instant replays too! Source: Back of Box - Windows (US)"
39931,Mr. Do!,,1982,7.4,Action,Arcade,,"You control Mr. Do as he tries to harvest all of the cherries on the screen. However, there are numerous bad guys out to get him! Mr. Do can defend himself from the bad guys in two ways: firstly, he can push the apples located throughout the playfield on top of the enemies and crush them. Secondly, Mr. Do is armed with a power ball. This can be thrown to destroy an enemy. Mr. Do has only one power ball, though, so he will need to wait for it to return to him before it can be used again. From time to time an alpha monster will appear on the screen bearing one of the letters in EXTRA. If you use the power ball to destroy an alpha monster you earn that letter; when you've earned the complete word EXTRA you receive an extra life. When you successfully collect all of the cherries, you will move on to the next, more difficult level. The mobile version of the game includes the original arcade version, as well as an enhanced mode with new levels, power-ups, and graphics."
39934,Elemental Gearbolt,,1997,7.8,Action,Rail shooter,,"In a fantastic world divided by class and race, technology from a mysterious source has imbued a young prince with the key to unimaginable power. By means of a Neural Network Computer fueled by the grey matter of unfortunate 'volunteers', he plans to conquer the known world, replacing it with a new order of his design. The only fly in the ointment is disturbing reports of two powerful Elementals storming across the land on a direct course toward the palace. One or two players can assume the identities of these Elementals as they crusade for an unknown master toward a climactic battle. The story unfolds by means of fully-3D action levels interspersed with hand-drawn animation scenes."
39936,Bundesliga Manager 98,Bundesliga Manager Gold,1998,7.2,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Bundesliga Manager 98 is a managerial soccer simulation where the player is responsible for the athletic and financial success of his team. The most important tasks are finding sponsors selling and buying players and setting the training. An automatic function can take over most of these duties. The player can either watch the whole match in a 3D representation, the most interesting scenes or only a text mode. During the matches he can make adjustments in tactics or lineup. The game is basically exactly the same as Bundesliga Manager 97 without the bugs. The changes are:"
39939,Lynx Casino,,1992,6.0,Gambling,Cards / tiles,,"This game is a collection of casino games which are accessed by moving the player around the casino and selecting the preferred game table or machine to play that game. You start off with $1,000 to gamble with though you can get two loans of $500 if needed from the dealers. Once all your money has been gambled away it is game over. The 5 games available are:* Blackjack"
39940,Space Invaders,"Space Invaders: The Original Game, Space Invaders: They're Back!",1994,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This version of Space Invaders is based on the 1994 arcade game Space Invaders DX but lacks the parody mode of that game. What remains is the classic mode that allows the player to choose the type of arcade cabinet (upright, black & white, etc.) as background to the action as well as the versus mode for two players. The versus mode is split-screen, each player trying to survive and eliminate more invaders than the opponent. The Game Boy version has both one- and two-player modes using the usual Game Boy tones (black and grey). However, plugging the cart into a Super Game Boy allows playing the game in all four cabinet types of the SNES version. The PC Engine (TurboGrafx) CD version offers an additional ""cosmic versus"" mode, where the background is composed of anime-style pictures of girls. They also appear in the ""omake mode"", which is a single-player variant with the same backgrounds. The WonderSwan version doesn't offer all four cabinet types (only black & white) but keeps the versus mode."
39942,Lone Wolf: The Mirror of Death,"Lone Wolf 3, Tower of Fear",1991,6.4,Action,,Fantasy,"In this out-of-canon adventure of gamebook hero Kai Master Lone Wolf, the player controls the dashing adventurer scaling the interior of warlock Gorazh's sinister magic tower Kazan-Gor -- an inverted pyramid, broadening as it gets higher -- in pursuit of a Lorestone of Nyxator located at the very top. Imprisoned in his flick-screen tower, Gorazh has filled it with monsters and traps, the most insidious of which was a magic mirror, Dhazag-Oud, whose seven shards reflect back superior counterparts of whoever gazes upon them (and which subsequently result in boss battles.) The gameplay largely skips over the choose-your-own-adventure sequences of Lone Wolf's gamebook roots and instead just initially prompts the player to select four of eight Kai skills (eg. Mindshield, Sixth Sense, Healing) to use (with restrictions) over the course of his tower travails. From there, the player controls Lone Wolf's movements, skill use and attack strategies using the keyboard controls."
39943,I Ball II,I Ball II: Quest for the Past,1987,6.3,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"After rescuing their people and surviving (in the first game ), the Ball race wish to discover something about their history and heritage. You have been sent down mines, to explore 50 screens, on each of which you must collect a key and reach the exit. You also have to pick up a sacred artifact on every 5th level. Your character is very bouncy, requiring small movements in order to keep control. You can shoot at the surrounding enemies and collect weapons, although the initial one only shoots horizontally. There are many pickups on offer, including extra lives, bounciness boosts and opposition-slowers."
39945,Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator,Star Trek,1982,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator is an arcade action game where you take control of the Starship Enterprise. Your mission is to save the Federation from NOMAD! Before you get a chance at destroying NOMAD, you'll have to battle your way through ten levels (each consisting of multiple rounds). In each round you may encounter Klingon fighters, deadly anti-matter saucers, asteroid fields, and deadly meteors, all of which are capable of depleting the Enterprise's energy. The game ends when your energy supply has completely run out. To fight these dangers, the Enterprise is equipped with an unlimited supply of phasers and a limited supply of photon torpedoes. Each round also contains one or more starbases; if you dock at a starbase, some of your supplies (such as energy and torpedoes) will be replenished. The game is played from two points of view; the top of the screen contains a third person view of the Enterprise (along with the ship's gauges), and on the bottom of the screen is a first person point of view."
39946,The Space Bar,,1997,7.3,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Armpit VI is a mining planet rich in ore known as Uptite, which can be refined into the very valuable Upshot. The planet is owned by a corporation named Amalgamated Vacuum, which runs its own Security Force. Alias Node is a member of AVSF, and also the only human on the planet. One night, he and his partner Maksh nearly witness the assassination of a fellow officer during an investigation of a break-in. The trace leads to the local bar, The Thirsty Tentacle. Unfortunately, the killer appears to be a shape-shifter capable of assuming the likeness of any of the multiple aliens in the bar. To make matters even worse, Maksh has been abducted. Alias Node has only a few hours to find the criminal before he escapes on a space shuttle. The Space Bar is a humorous puzzle-solving adventure game. Navigation is done by moving between pre-rendered backgrounds, which can be viewed from different angles using full camera rotation. Many areas and objects can be zoomed on and interacted with in a fairly detailed fashion via context-sensitive menus. Conversations with the characters contain recurrent commands allowing the player to order them to perform actions, ask about various topics, as well as assume different attitudes. Following the tradition of older text-based adventures, each action advances the game's clock by an equivalent of a minute. Certain events will occur and characters would appear depending on the game's internal time. There is an overall time limit of several in-game hours. Alias Node possesses a unique ability known as Empathy-Telepathy (""emp-tel""), which allows him to enter the worlds of several alien bar patrons and control them there. Each such segment plays as a self-sufficient adventure game on a smaller scale, with inventory-based, logic, and time-based puzzles. Controllable aliens include a shady character in conflict with the authorities, a teenage tree-like creature ""rooted"" by her mother, a robot specializing in alien sports, and others. Their gameplay may differ as well - for example, one of the aliens can use his tail for interaction; the insect-like bartender sees the world through his many eyes, etc. Most of the segments also involve unique application of local lore and rules, reading various documents for clues, and so on. Once an emp-tel segment has been solved, crucial information is obtained, bringing the protagonist closer to the goal of his investigation. It is possible to tackle those sections in any order, but all of them must be eventually completed. In the bar itself, as well as in the alien worlds, the player has access to a map at all times. Alias Node's log contains general information about the aliens and the ongoing investigation and lists collected clues."
39955,Safecracker,CASSE chez Crabb & Sons,1997,6.7,Puzzle,,Contemporary,"As the name implies, this game is all about cracking safes. Within an eccentric millionaire's luxurious mansion, thirty-five safes in all sizes, shapes and colors are hidden. As an applicant for the position of Security Development Chief, you must prove your worthiness by locating and opening every one of the mansion's safes without getting caught by security. Safecracker is a puzzle game within a graphical setting. Exercise your brain cells and challenge your powers of logic and deduction while solving its mind-bending puzzles. Are you good enough to crack the Granddaddy of all safes?"
39957,Valhalla: Before the War,Valhalla 2,1995,6.2,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"In this prequel to Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity you play Infinity's mentor on his quest of hatred in which murder is the ultimate goal. Infinity has been jealous of his brother, the Good King Garamond, for as long as he can remember, and all for a twist of fate. Infinity had been born too late to be king. Set in the mystical castle of Valhalla, you encounter a horde of brain melting puzzles through four vast levels of dazzling graphics and exceptional gameplay in which the art of communication is the name of the game. Use the joystick button to bring up a series of icon that let you access a map of the level, or to look at, pick up, operate, or move objects. The disk icon that is among them allows you to save, load, or restart a game. Some of these icons are available when you choose to use an inventory object on something on the screen. There are two bars on either side of the screen. One bar is your stamina. Whenever you stand on a hazard, your stamina decreases. When you have no stamina left, you die and are forced to restart the level. The other bar indicates, if you have picked up a flask, how much time that you have left before it is empty."
39966,Astérix and Obélix Take on Caesar,"Asterix & Obelix gegen Cäsar, Asterix & Obelix møter Cæsar, Asterix i Obelix kontra Cezar, Astérix & Obélix contra César, Astérix & Obélix contre César, Astérix & Obélix contro Cesare",1999,3.9,Action,,,"Asterix and Obelix Take on Caesar is based on the film by Claude Zidi, which was in its turn adapted from the work and characters of René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. Julius Caesar's dream is just a sword's reach away, but he needs more sesterces to pay the legions. As a result, all of Gaul is charged a tax... All? Well, not quite! A small village of invincible Gauls is still holding out against the invaders. Meet all your favorite heroes and characters from the film Asterix & Obelix take on Caesar. Run, jump and clout the Romans in the same scenes as the film. Get to the heart of the action and put your skills and reflexes to the test. Fight trap-door spiders in the circus arena, chase Roman soldiers under the orders of Caïus Bonus and set free the druid Getafix who has fallen into the hands of the terrible Detritus."
39974,Starsiege: Tribes,,1998,8.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Starsiege: Tribes is a first-person shooter set in the Metaltech universe which pits different warring tribes against each other. This first-person 3D action shooter is designed to focus on cooperative multiplayer gaming. Use single-player training missions to develop the skills required to become veteran warriors, then join multiplayer combat between 2 to 32 players connected over the Internet or LAN on a wide variety of battlefields, fulfilling different objectives, using wide variety of weapons, armor, and equipment."
39977,Bully's Sporting Darts,,1992,6.1,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Do you like to play darts? Would you like to have the opportunity to play darts on your computer? Here is your chance. This game offers seven scoring styles such as Golf, Cricket, and the normal 501 scoring style. Choose how you want to score the game and hop right in and play. Aim your dart with your joystick or keyboard, then let it fly and hope you hit something good! The game automatically scores for you so if you do not know how to score a dart game, you can still play. Knowing what you should aim for is helpful for getting high scores, however. The darts games included in this package are: * 501 This is the classic darts game where both players start with 501 points. Scores are reduced by the amount each player scores when it's their turn to throw. A leg ends when one player reduces their score to zero by hitting a double. A game is the best of three legs. The player must hit each number in turn, starting at one and ending with the bullseye. A game is the best of three legs. In this timed game, the number of each segment plays no part on this game. Each player has a designated 'goal' area. Players take it in turns to hit a sequence of beds progressing towards the opponents goal. The winner is the player who has scored the most goals when time is up. The player serving must hit doubles, the player receiving must hit trebles. A bed is highlighted on the board, this is the 'tennis ball'. The server has two chances to hit their designated bed to 'serve' the ball. If they are in successful the point goes to the receiver. If they are successful the receiver must hit their designated treble bed. This is repeated until a player fails to hit the ball. Scoring is as in tennis. A match consists of the best of three sets. Only the numbers one top eighteen are used in this game, representing the eighteen holes on the golf course. The object is to hit each number three times, hitting a double or a triple counts as two or three respectively, starting at one and working through to eighteen. The winner is the player to complete the game with the fewest darts In this game the players represent the batting and the bowling sides at cricket. The 'bowler' attempts bowl the batsmen out by hitting the inner or the bullseye, the inner takes out one batsman, the bull takes out two. Meanwhile the batting player attempts to score as highly as possible, but only points scored over forty count. The team with the most runs after two innings are the winners. All numbers count in this game, numbers one to fifteen represent the fifteen red balls on the snooker table, while the remaining numbers represent the colors, sixteen being yellow and so on through to twenty being black. To score, or pot a ball, that ball has to be hit by the player in sequence. The red balls must be hit once and the colored balls four times (doubles and trebles count as two and three hits respectively.) Play follows snooker in that after a red ball is potted a color must be attempted, hitting a ball out of sequence ends a turn and forfeits points etc. The player with the highest score wins."
39979,Stellar 7: Draxon's Revenge,,1993,6.9,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A sequel/remake to Stellar 7 the classic sci-fi first person tank simulator. Earth faces an alien invasion in the form of the evil Gir Draxon and his forces, and only you and your specially modified tank can stop them. The game puts you in the tank's cockpit as you traverse different alien landscapes shooting your weapons against all enemy forces you find in each level. Enemy tanks and turrets have the same firepower as you, so you must make use of the terrain and strafing tactics if you hope to survive. The game features enhanced, texture-mapped polygonal graphics as well as 2D sprites for specific objects, and also makes use of full CD sound and music, including fully narrated cutscenes."
39988,Roland Garros French Open,,2000,6.9,Sports,,,"Roland Garros French Open is the only appearance of the franchise on the Game Boy Color. Less of a serious simulation of tennis than other versions, the handheld edition features cartoony 2D graphics and outrageous court locations. All-in-all, the game includes eight different players and twelve different tournaments. Only five players and four tournaments can be selected from the start, the others are unlocked by winning events. The starting tournaments are realistic grand slam events: the Roland Garros French Open (the only one with a license), the English Open (i.e. Wimbledon), the US Championship and the Australian Cup, on clay, grass or turf. Winning them unlocks the more unusual locations: from street and beach tournaments to far-out events in the Antarctic or on the moon. All events are single elimination, starting at the quarter finals. Matches follow original rules, and are seen from a standard perspective behind the controlled player. All characters (players, officials and fans) are drawn in a cartoony style with oversized heads. The controls allow for a variety of moves including backhand and forehand shots, volleys and lobs."
39991,Dead Reckoning,,1997,5.4,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Dead Reckoning you are abducted by aliens known only as the ""Master Race"" and forced to fight for your life. Pick your ship and wingmen and get ready to do battle against alien races in cylinder shaped battlefields. Just one thing, if you lose the human race gets obliterated."
39993,SeaQuest DSV,,1994,7.1,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on the first season of the TV series of the same name, your character is an officer of the UEO: The United Earth Oceans Organization. You begin the game inside a training simulation, which upon successful completion ensures your transfer to the crew of the seaQuest DSV where you will be called upon to perform the same duties. Primarily, your function is to navigate the seaQuest Deep Submergence Vessel around the underwater map to various 'mission areas' where you will be called upon to use the on board vehicles to accomplish some task. Typical missions include salvage operations, rescue operations, disarmament of underwater explosives, termination of enemies and exploration. Damage of underwater property is deducted from your budget and completion of objectives adds to it. The money must be used to resupply weapons and buy additional vehicles. Underwater is a dangerous place. The vehicles you have at your command include* Speeder: A simple two-man vessel designed entirely for speed. It is also a combat vessel and may fire forwards, move up & down and change orientation between facing left and facing right"
39995,The Outforce,Zvezdnye Piligrimy,2000,6.8,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the 25th century, mankind is fighting for survival far away from home. The human race has left Earth, after nearly getting wiped out due to an asteroid hit, and is now trying its best to settle down in a nearby star system, Epsilon Eridani. Once the colonists reached their destination they find themselves in the middle of an intergalactic conflict. The Outforce is a traditional top-down RTS game, played across a battlefield situated in space. To simplify the control and strategy system, the player only has to control his units along a two-dimensional battlefield, with only cosmetic variations in depth. The battlefield is scattered with asteroids, gas clouds and spacial debris as well as space stations, trading posts and military bases, which are all part of an interactive environment that can be taken advantage of in the actual game play."
39996,Hard Hat Mack,,1983,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Hard Hat Mack is a platform game similar in concept to Donkey Kong The player controls a worker who must complete specific objectives in a construction site while avoiding enemies and trying not to run out of time. The game has three vertical levels consisting of simple paths, springboards, conveyor belts, and elevators. The goals involve replacing holes in the floor, catching a moving jackhammer to secure plates, collecting lunchboxes, and dropping wares into a processor. The titular hero loses a life when hit by falling bolts or tagged by wandering vandals or OSHA representatives. The game is over after the player character loses three lives. Completing the three unique levels brings the player back to the beginning, with the game cycling through the same levels at a faster speed."
39999,BC Racers,,1994,6.9,Racing / Driving,"Arcade, Fighting",,"BC Racers is a kart racing game starring characters from the Core Design's Chuck Rock series of games. Each of the racers in this game rides a prehistoric motorcycle with a sidecar. On each two-character team, one person drives the motorcycle, and the other fights off opponents using clubs, punches, kicks, etc. Graphics in BC Racers consist of a flat landscape decorated with scaled sprites to compose the track and scenery."
40005,Surgical Strike,,1995,5.6,Action,Shooter,,"A Middle Eastern madman has begun launching rockets against innocent civilian population centers. The United Nations has deemed this behavior unacceptable and the secretary-general has ordered a surgical strike in an effort the curb these attacks. To that end, you are to pilot the most advanced war vehicle devised to date-- a heavily armored and armed hovercraft. Surgical Strike is an on-rails action shooter game that takes place against a full motion video backdrop depicting chaotic, war-ravaged cityscapes. You are to pilot the hovercraft, fire either bullets or rockets at opportune moments, and issue turn directives at key junctures. Miss a cue and another precious military hovercraft will be toast and you'll be chewed out by your superior officer and peers alike."
40009,Roberta Williams' King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride,King's Quest VII: Die prinzlose Braut,1994,7.3,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Queen Valanice of Daventry has always thought that getting married would be the best course of action for her daughter Rosella. However, the young princess seems to be more interested in adventure, recklessly following a mysterious magical creature into a whirlpool that eventually transfer herself and her mother to another world. The two end up in different parts of a land known as Eldritch, with Rosella being transformed into a troll. They must find each other and eventually defeat an evil sorceress who plots to ruin the land. Like its predecessors, King's Quest VII is an adventure game primarily based on solving inventory puzzles. It discards the icon-based interface of the two previous installments, and instead features a simplified ""smart cursor"" used for general interaction with highlighted objects and characters, as well as significantly fewer text descriptions. The game is divided into chapters, alternating between the queen and the princess as protagonists. As opposed to the realistic drawing style of all the preceding game, it has brightly colored visuals reminiscent of Walt Disney cartoons."
40013,2Xtreme,Street Games '97,1996,6.1,"Racing / Driving, Sports",Tricks / stunts,,"2Xtreme is the sequel to ESPN Extreme Games where the player takes part in a series of extreme races with only one goal: to win at any cost. There are four different kinds of racing: snowboard bike inline skates and skateboards and four different locations to choose from: Japan, Africa, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, each with three different tracks to master. The main goal of the game is to advance through the level, punching and kicking opponents and avoiding obstacles scattered throughout the stage. The player can also perform mid-air tricks to earn extra money to add to their race winnings to buy better parts for their various means of transportation. Players can also play in a season mode, single race against computer opponents, or go head to head with a friend."
40014,Mr. Driller 2,,2000,6.7,Puzzle,"Falling block puzzle, Platform",,"You play the game as Susumu or Anna. Equipped with nothing but a pressurized suit and a drill, you need to contact the King of the Undergrounders. To do this, you will need to drill down several thousands of feet avoiding being crushed and remembering to pick up air tanks.This is a real-time puzzle game where you will be continually moving down or sideways in an effort to get to the bottom. As you dig, blocks will fall to fill in the spaces below. Like colored blocks will stick together (giving you time to rest), but will disappear if 4 or more blocks come together. This can cause chain reactions (very common in two-color levels) that become dangerous quickly.Three modes of play: Story, Time Attack, and Endless Driller. Story Mode uses the bare bones story from above. Time Attack gives you a set levels with a specific time limit. Endless Driller allows you to dig for as long as you can."
40021,Andromeda Mission,Mission Andromeda,1988,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Somewhere in the far reaches of space, an epic battle is taking place. As a lone hero, you fly your ship into the screen Space Harrier style, though a scrolling alien planet, shooting any enemies that approach. Pods offering improved weapons are unleashed regularly After you get through the waves of aliens, you must destroy a mother ship. Then you blast off into space, fighting your way to the next planet. Can you survive all sixteen planets in the Andromeda Mission? We will see."
40022,Gradius III,"Arcade Archives: Gradius III, Gradius III - The Outbreak",1989,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Gradius III is the third game in Konami's long-running space shooter series, which also includes Life Force and Nemesis As with most Gradius titles, you control the highly advanced Vic Viper space fighter against hordes of foes. Weapons can be selected from pre-arranged loadouts or you can create your own custom loadout. The game can be played by a single player, or by two players in alternating turns. The game offers three levels of difficulty."
40024,Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion,,2000,6.8,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Turok 2 when Primagen's Lightship was destroyed, the explosion created a shockwave through out the universe. This effect nearly ends the life of Oblivion, a 'thing' the drifts through space, consuming anything that ends up in its way. Also during this explosion, a new world was created. In this world lies the Turok family tree, and Oblivion knows that the only way the pain the lies within can be stopped, is to destroy the Turok line. The third title in the Turok series adds two characters to play instead of one, new weapons (as well as some old favourites) and a highly detailed soundtracks with cut-scenes detailing the storyline as you go along."
40026,Sparkster,,1994,7.7,Action,Platform,,"Sparkster is a 2D side-scrolling platformer starring the eponymous hero who previously appeared in Rocket Knight Adventures It is very different from the contemporary Genesis title Sparkster as it does not continue the story from the first game and has completely different levels, enemies and gameplay mechanics. In that way it can be considered a spin-off in the series. The introduction merely shows how an elderly man captures a girl and takes her into his airship. At that point Sparkster appears and he decides to chase them. Sparkster is an opossum (marsupial) carrying a rocket pack on his back. He can move around, duck, jump and hang from branches or rails. His regular attack is a sword slash that sends out a circular projectile. Through the L and R buttons he can dash left and right in a circle of fire. Keeping the attack button pressed powers up a rocket meter. When full, different types or actions can be performed: dashing left, right or up to cover a large distance, ricocheting off walls in a diagonal motion, or a stationary attack. The game consists of nine levels of which the last two can only be accessed on higher difficulty levels. Sparkster collects diamonds for points, defeats all types of robot enemies and collects apples to restore his heart meter near the top of the screen. Most of the game consists of regular platforming gameplay, with a few diversions where Sparkster rides a robot bird, or is shown from a top-down view flying in the air like a vertically-scrolling shooter. All levels have a level boss along with a large number of mid-level bosses. The game supports a password system."
40032,ESPN NBA 2Night,,2000,5.7,Sports,,,"ESPN NBA 2night is a basketball game with an ESPN license. It features all the NBA teams and players and allows you to create your own player. Gameplay is a mixture between arcade and simulation style play. Game modes include: Practice, Pre-Season, NBA Season, Enhanced Season and Tournament. In-game commentary is provided by anchormen Stuart Scott and Brent Musberger"
40037,Star Crusader,,1994,7.3,Simulation,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Crusader is a 3D space combat simulator in which the player takes the role of Roman Alexandria who is in the middle of a galaxy-wide war between the authoritarian Gorenes and rebels. During the course of the game, the player can decide which of the opposing forces to join. Both sides in the game feature very different crafts. The Gorenes has rather conventional crafts for solidly armed and armored crafts. The rebel side features some unusual weapons like disabler beam, cloaking device, and other special abilities."
40039,Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis,"Indiana Jones IV, Indiana Jones et le Mystère de l'Atlantide, Indiana Jones i Sud'ba Atlantidy, Indiana Jones y el destino de la Atlántida, Indy IV",1992,8.3,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Africa, Europe, Fantasy, Interwar, North America","Indiana Jones is back! The great archaeologist and adventurer has to solve a grand mystery once again, aided by his trusty whip, his sharp wit, and his courage. A man who calls himself Mr. Smith is interested in a certain ancient statue. When the unsuspecting Indy hands it over to the client, he finds out that Mr. Smith is in fact a colonel in the Nazi army! Why was he so interested in that statue? A young woman who had once worked together with Indy, the pretty red-haired (and a bit troublesome) Sophia, tells him the whole thing must have a connection with the legendary lost continent Atlantis. Gathering clues from all over the world, Indy and Sophia embark on a grand journey across the globe. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is a puzzle-solving adventure game conceived in the spirit of Indiana Jones movies; however, it is not based on a specific movie, introducing a new, independent story. The game utilizes LucasArts' SCUMM system, with action verbs the player chooses from a menu; objects that can be interacted with are highlighted. The game contains many puzzles of various kinds (mostly inventory-based) and dialogues with multiple choices. There are also a few simple hand-to-hand fights against the Nazis, some of which can be avoided. The middle part of the game can be played in three ""modes"": co-operation (Indy and Sophia), adventure (Indy alone), and action (Indy alone, with fewer puzzles and more action). In each mode, there are different locations to visit, different puzzles to solve, and different characters to meet. The CD version of the game adds voice-overs to all the conversations."
40042,Vaxine,,1990,7.7,Action,Arcade,,"In this first person driver/shooter, the player must protect a body's base cells from attack by evil infecting cells. The field of battle is a toroidal grid on which your tri-colored half-sphere base cells sit awaiting your protection. The invading cells (also tri-colored spheres) attempt to bond together into groups and destroy your bases. You destroy the infecting cells by lobbing antibodies (also tri-colored spheres) at them. Hit an infector with the right color shot and it is destroyed. The catch is that you have a limited amount of each color of ammunition. Run out of a color and the game is over. The situation is also complicated by Spitters, enemies that appear and spew out new attacking cells if you take too long to complete a level."
40046,Shinobi,The GG Shinobi,1991,8.1,Action,Arcade,,"As with the original games, Shinobi for the GG (the first portable member of the franchise) is a action side-scroller in which you take the role of an elemental ninja seeking revenge, your task to clear several stages filled with evil ninja and other assorted enemies. New to this release is the MegaMan-like ability to select which stage (all also unique for this release) to play in any sequence. Each stage contains a fellow elemental ninja held prisoner, who gets released once you complete the level. You can then switch between available ninja mid-stage to take advantage of their unique abilities (green ninja double jumps, blue ninja has a grappling hook, yellow ninja walks on water, etc.) which become a necessity to successfully complete all the levels."
40049,Roadwar Europa,,1987,7.0,Strategy / tactics,,Post-apocalyptic,"Europe is suffering the same bio-war that has devastated America in Roadwar 2000 In Roadwar Europa maniacal terrorists have destroyed one city and are threatening the entire continent. The player and his gang are its last hope. Player's mission is to locate and disarm the bio-bombs, and destroy the terrorist headquarters along with its leaders."
40053,Global Commander,The Armageddon Man,1987,6.2,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"Armageddon Man casts you as the Supreme Commander of a future barely-balanced Earth. The Earth has been split into 16 separate nuclear-capable countries, such as the Black African Republic, Japan and European Unite, and it's your job to make sure it doesn't become lifeless. The game is controlled by a point and click interface where you can check messages, deploy satellites and troops, send food to the regions which need it, and spy on nations. You will regularly get messages that a country is deploying forces or increasing its diplomatic presence in another nation, and can show support or criticism for these. Be aware that these decisions have consequences - the 16 nations all have feelings of importance and would not want to be sidelined."
40056,Viper Racing,,1998,7.5,Racing / Driving,,,"The first simulation of sports-car racing that features exclusively the Dodge Viper, one of the most popular racing cars on the road today. Viper Racing combines both the easy-to-master arcade racing mode and the challenge of a serious simulation mode with three levels of difficulty. A career mode is included to let you earn money to upgrade your car and move up through three different classes of the Viper racing league. Many tracks are included, along with replays, for reviewing races later, and a garage mode, for tweaking your setup. There are also hacks, including the ability to drive planes, but none of these are particularly useful, nor well-polished, except the 'exotic' car. (Most of the vehicle models are incomplete). Viper Racing's physics were very advanced for its time, and the AI, when set to hard, can even get into car-fights with you!"
40057,10-Yard Fight,Arcade Archives: 10-Yard Fight,1983,4.5,Sports,,,"10-Yard Fight is a simple arcade game based on American football. One player can play against the computer or a second player head-to-head matchup and can choose between five levels of difficulty (high school, college, pro, playoffs, and Super Bowl). If you win a game at a lower difficulty level, the following game is automatically played at the next highest difficulty level. Gameplay is top-down and vertical-scrolling. There are no plays or formations to select from before the action begins; the player can take the snap as quarterback or choose one of two players on defense. On offense, the player can either keep the ball on the run, toss it to one of the two running backs, or throw long to the receiver; an interception turns the ball over to the other team. If a touchdown can't be scored, then the directional kicking system can be used to punt the ball or try for a field goal. One game consists (accelerated real-time) 30-minute halves of play to decide who wins this 10-Yard Fight. While the US version plays like a traditional American Football game, the gameplay was altered for the Japanese version. The main idea of the Japanese version of this game is that players take control of a football team and have the task of trying to score a touchdown before the clock runs out. Players start out as a high school team. Games consists of two halves. One touchdown must be scored before time runs out in each half or the game is lost. After a touchdown is scored, the half ends and the 2nd half of the game starts. If the player scores in both halves, they win the game, and then move on to the next level of difficulty. Difficulty levels after high school go from college, pro, then to super. The higher the difficulty, the less amount of time is given for a player to score a touchdown. Since the game is concerned with scoring touchdowns, in the 1 player game the player is always on offense. Players can score points for completing passes and for gaining yards by either rushing or passing. Scoring a touchdown also adds to the players score, as does any remaining time on the clock after the touchdown is scored. Also after a touchdown, the player can add on to their score by kicking an extra point. Other rules on the field include getting a 1st down to add time to the clock. If the player throws an interception or go four downs without getting a 1st down, they are penalized yards. In a 2 player game, the second player plays defense until it's their turn to play offense."
40063,Decathlete,Athlete Kings,1995,7.7,Sports,,,"Sega's own version of Decathlon, the most grueling of multi-event sports consisting of the 100-Meter Dash, Long Jump, Shot Put, High Jump, 400-Meter Race, 110-Meter Hurdles, Discus Throw, Pole Vault, Javelin Throw and the 1500-Meter Race, split over two days of competition. Featuring eight athletes with different abilities and specialties, from the agile Karl Vain and Femi Kadiena, the fast Li Huang and Ellen Reggiani, the well balanced Joe Kudou and Rick Blade to the powerhouses Aleksei Rigel and Jef Jansens, the player must achieve the best scores possible in each event to get to the World's best results table, not only in the decathlon points table but also on the individual events table. All events follow the core gameplay of other athletics titles (such as Track & Field ), with some changes from event to event. Spriting events such as the 100-meter dash are pure button-bashing, with the 110-Meter Hurdles requiring an additional tap in the action button to pass the athlete at the correct time over the hurdle without losing speed or knocking it down. At the opposite level, the 400-Meter and the 1500-Meter Race add a stamina bar that must be kept above critical levels at all times to keep the athlete fresh until the end, this being done by simply pacing the number of presses done by the player (the 1500M also requires the player to steer the athlete in the best path: as close as possible to the inside edge without hitting other runners or losing speed from going over the edge). Jumping events, along the javelin, require a fast build-up, an well-timed action (be it jump, set the pole or release the javelin), and setting the most appropriate angle. Discus is the only event where button mashing isn't required, and asks the player to rotate the D-pad clockwise to build strenght, followed by a push of the action button to set the angle of release as well as the direction. Like in the original ST-V version (which means it is in every way similar to the arcade version), two players can compete at the same time in the running event, and at the 1500M race six drones compete at the same time."
40065,Super Baseball 2020,2020 Super Baseball,1991,7.4,Sports,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2020, baseball finally evolved. There is no longer conventional professional baseball in 2020. Baseball designed by the Super Baseball Association has been very popular and is the best sport. However, the truth is that the association has used a colossal sum of money to promote Super Baseball as show business. They have manipulated each player's ability using the control computer to secretly decide victory or defeat in every game. The players who knew this removed the connecting parts of the computer to play their own game of baseball. Finally, a fair game is going to be played at Cyber Egg Stadium. In 2020 Super Baseball is a fast-paced game with new rules, where you can select 1 of 12 individual men, women, or robot players. During play, you can make your team stronger with prizes earned from amazing catches."
40069,Slot Machine,Slots,1979,4.0,Gambling,,,"Slot Machine is an electronic slot machine simulation for one or two players. Players start with twenty five coins, and can bet up to five coins on each turn. The game ends when one of the players goes broke. There are two different slot machines, and several game variations are available which affect the level of difficulty."
40078,Lotus Turbo Challenge 2,Lotus Turbo Challenge,1991,7.9,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"This sequel to Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge is again a behind-the-car viewed racing game. The racing takes place in eight distinct circuits, with new surface and weather effects such as desert and snow. Later in the game, you must race through two-way motorways with oncoming traffic (incorporating civilian cars and trucks), and face tougher levels aided by speed and time boost pick-ups. You are no longer racing directly against other cars or over laps; instead, racing is time-based as you have limited time to reach each checkpoint. Reaching each of these extends your time, and any remaining time is turned into bonus points if you successfully complete the track. You have two cars at your disposal, which the game chooses automatically for each level. The Lotus Esprit from the original is joined by a Lotus Elan convertible, which is slower but has better grip, hence the loss of the word 'Esprit' from the title. You can play through the set of tracks either in full-screen or (with another player) split-screen mode. On Amiga and ST the game allows you to link two machines, each of which can have two human players. If one player successfully completes one of the 8 courses, all players can continue onto the next one."
40080,Up 'n Down,Autosalto,1983,6.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"The object is to drive around a twisty course and collect all the colored flags. You can jump over gaps and over or onto other cars. If you land on another car, you destroy it and collect points. You can also collect things like balloons and ice cream cones for bonus points. The faster you collect all the flags, the bigger a time bonus you get. In later levels, there are dead-ends or gaps and a vehicle that is carrying a flag you need, so you will need to jump on it. If you are hit by another vehicle or go off the course, you lose a life. Two player games are alternating with the players taking their turns."
40081,Monster Truck Madness 64,,1999,6.2,Racing / Driving,,,"Monster Truck Madness 64 is a monster truck racing game for the Nintendo 64. The game features 20 trucks to ride in and 10 tracks to race on. Single player game modes the game offers are exhibition and circuit race. During the races you have to drive to check points to set your time. You can pick up a variety of power-ups such as invisibility, homing missiles, oil slicks, shrink bombs, hover modes, nitro, super jumps and shields. In multi-player the game offers various game modes such as hockey, soccer, police chase, summit rumble (king of the hill) and tag. You can play the tracks during various types of weather and different times of the day."
40082,Space Quest: Collector's Edition,Roger Wilco Unclogged,1994,8.0,Compilation,,,"Space Quest: Collector's Edition is a compilation of the first five games in the Space Quest series. It contains: As a bonus, a humorous movie clip about the history of the Space Quest series is included."
40088,WWF WrestleMania,WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game,1995,7.6,"Action, Sports",Arcade,,"WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game merges the personalities and action of the WWF TV show characters with a Mortal Kombat -style fighting game. This title features digitized graphics of 8 WWF superstars: Doink, Razor Ramon, Bret ""Hit Man"" Hart, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Yokozuna, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Lex Luger. Although presented as a wrestling title, this game is structured like a one-on-one fighter, features over-the-top special moves characteristic of WWF. Each match is divided into a series of rounds, much like a fighting game. Instead of each round ending in a KO, it simply ends when the player forces the other wrestler(s) to fall by reducing their energy meter. Game modes include single player arcade mode, tournament mode, and versus mode for one-on-one multiplayer."
40089,South Park: Chef's Luv Shack,,1999,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Game show / trivia / quiz",,"Chef hosts South Park: Chef's Luv Shack which mixes South Park trivia with over 20 mini games in the mold of Mario Party Most of the mini games are parodies of classic arcade games. The player chooses a South Park character (Kyle, Kenny, Stan, or Cartman) and answers the questions based on episodes from the cartoon series. If the player gets it right, they then spin a wheel, and get either cash, lose it all, or play a mini game (either by themselves, against the AI, or against other players if playing in multiplayer mode). The person who has the highest score (or the most correct answers) after a chosen amount of rounds wins."
40094,Treasures of the Savage Frontier,,1992,6.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The Heroes of Ascore have been magically summoned to help old dwarven allies retake the city of Llorkh from the foul Zhentarim legions. After that, there are more dangers that lurk in the wilds of the Savage Frontier... The sequel to Gateway to the Savage Frontier is a role-playing game using SSI's standard Gold Box gameplay system. You can import existing characters from playing the first game. The game is viewed from above, as you move your party into mystery, buildings and combat. The game now includes weather changes that affect movement and NPC interaction."
40096,Test Drive 4,,1997,6.9,Racing / Driving,,,"Test Drive 4 is a racing game featuring ten different cars - five modern supercars such as the Jaguar XJ220 and TVR Cerbera, and five vintage muscle cars including three Chevrolet models. Each car has its own realistic physics, with challenging handling. There are five full circuits, plus a drag strip. You can contest a full world championship, plus single races and ghost-car time trials. The ability to find shortcuts which is featured in the third game in the series is not included here; you must stick to the pre-defined track layout."
40097,Twin Hawk,"Daisenpū, Daisenpū Custom, Hurricane",1989,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Twin Hawk is a typical vertical scrolling shooter with a top-down view. Your goal is easy, shoot all the enemies along the way. You only get a standard gun on your plane, and no bombs. Instead of bombs you can call helper planes. These planes make a formation around you and help to shoot all enemies. Along the way you get the chance to collect power-ups by shooting transport trucks. When these are destroyed they release a power-up. There are three types. First is the weapon upgrade, with this you get a wider and more powerful shot. Second, you get more calls for helper planes. And third are extra lives."
40098,Murder off Miami,,1986,6.6,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Interwar,"Based on the book by Dennis Wheatley, Murder off Miami is a three part graphic text adventure where you play the role of Detective Officer Kettering who has to investigate the death of a British financier, who it seems committed suicide on a cruise ship off the coast of Miami. Clues must be found and people talked to as you try to uncover the answers to this mysterious death. Text describes each location with the occasional graphic showing what you see in a location and the keyboard is used to type in commands to control your hero and interact with each location."
40103,Terra Cresta,Arcade Archives: Terra Cresta,1985,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the follow-up to Moon Cresta a well-guarded planet is being invaded. You will have to make a succession of passes over the landscape, shooting out ground turrets and aliens. Numbered bases release power-ups when shot - these can either be used in combination or (by pressing the space bar) in Formation Mode, covering a wider range of shooting positions. Each pass over the planet ends with a boss; the third and final one with a boss who can only be killed if you are at maximum power. Death puts you back to the start of the world."
40104,"Nippon Safes, Inc.",,1992,6.8,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Nippon Safes, Inc. is the predecessor to Big Red Adventure both being cartoon adventure games by Italian developer Dynabyte. As in its followup, here players take the role of three different heroes (though, opposite to Goblins series one at time). They are Doug, the smart safe cracker; Dino, the strong, but dumb, boxer; and Donna, the sexy club dancer. The game takes place in Tokyo. While all three characters explore almost the same areas, each of the heroes has its own story to follow and puzzles to solve. You can choose which character would you like to play first, and which - lastly. When you have finished all three sub-plots, you'll get a final with all three characters acting altogether. The game features cartoonish, comics-style graphics, unique icon-based interface and non-linear plot. It is also full of Italian humor, and the game is played more like a comedy, rather then crime-based adventure."
40107,Dráscula: The Vampire Strikes Back,Dráscula: El Vampiro,1996,6.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"You are John Hacker, a common guy sent by a British property company to speak with 'Count Dráscula' about some lands. By chance you meet a gorgeous blond girl who is kidnapped by the Count himself, and you, John Hacker, set on a fun yet dangerous quest to rescue her. An old Spanish 2D classic point & click style adventure with tons of humor and an easy interface."
40112,Earth 2150,"Diqiu 2150, Earth 2150: Escape From The Blue Planet, Zemlya 2150: Vojna Mirov",2000,7.8,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the sequel to Earth 2140 the use of nuclear weapons have pushed the earth out of its normal circulation around the sun. Earth is coming closer and closer to the sun. The whole climate changes. The three ""states"" left on Earth (and the Moon) try to conquer the areas which contain the resources necessary to build a huge spaceship to escape from earth. In total, there are 70 missions of non-linear real-time strategy gameplay to complete. It features a range of land, air and sea units, with some able to 'dig' tunnels through mountains so that units can drive through it. There is also a level editor. The game's 3D engine has realistic weather effects like fog, rain, thunderstorms, etc. The physics engine is detailed, too. For example, if there's a crater somewhere and it starts to rain, the crater slowly fills with water. When the sun goes down and it gets dark, all units and buildings have lights on them."
40116,Aero Fighters 2,"ACA NeoGeo: Aero Fighters 2, AkeAka NeoGeo: Sonic Wings 2, Sonic Wings 2",1994,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter","Asia, Europe, Japan (Modern/Futuristic), North America, Oceania, Sci-fi / futuristic, South America","Aero Fighters 2 is a vertically-scrolling shooter in the same vein as 1942 and similar games. It supports up to two players and has 8 different aircraft to choose from, each equipped with unique primary and secondary weapons. Power-ups upgrade the look, power, size and shape of the shots. Bombs activate a special power that usually wipes off the enemies on the screen. The game has a total of 10 stages (Japan, Brazil, Atlantic, U.S.A., France, Australia, Himalayas, Mexico, Hawaii and Space), all of them with a boss battle."
40122,Space Quest II: Chapter II - Vohaul's Revenge,"SQ2, Space Quest 2, Space Quest: Chapter Two - Vohaul's Revenge",1987,7.2,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The ace janitor Roger Wilco thought he'd seen the last of Sludge Vohaul. However, like every evil scientist is supposed to, Vohaul returns with an even meaner scheme. This time he intends to infest the planet Xenon with thousands of genetically engineered door-to-door life insurance salesmen. The last thing he wants is Roger messing things up, and so the brave janitor is captured and brought to the planet Labion to spend the rest of his days working in Vohaul's mines. Fortunately, the shuttle that takes him to the mines crashes, and Roger is the only survivor. He will have to survive the dangers of the jungle planet Labion, and eventually stop Vohaul from executing his mad plan. Vohaul's Revenge is the sequel to The Sarien Encounter and the second game in Sierra's humorous Space Quest series of adventure games. The player navigates Roger Wilco around with arrow keys, and interacts with the world by typing commands. Like in the previous game, there are many ways for the player character to die. Much of the gameplay is dedicated to avoiding the many traps and hazards Roger will meet on his way. Some actions must be performed quickly in order to prevent Roger from getting killed."
40123,Lords of Doom,,1990,7.1,"Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",Puzzle elements,,"In the desert town Vertic, werewolves, vampires, mummies and zombies appear suddenly, feasting on the population until only a ghost town of undead is left. Two ordinary citizens team up with two professional monster hunters to cleanse the town of evil. Sharon, Charlie, Susan Leicester and Abraham Van Halen must fight their way through monsters and eventually defeat the overlord of each species, ending the invasion. Lords of Doom is a hybrid game that incorporates elements of adventure and role-playing. The player controls the party of characters from a first-person view, navigating a pseudo-3D town. The adventure gameplay manifests itself in exploration of individual locations, interaction with objects, and the use of items to solve puzzles. Role-playing elements are present in party management and character statistics. Each character has, beside hitpoints, thirst and hunger meters, so that the player has to ""feed"" the characters regularly in order for them to stay alive. Combat is done in real time."
40136,Global Conquest,,1992,7.0,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Global Conquest is a board game of world domination by Dan Bunten. The goal of the game is to explore and dominate the world - which is inhabited by natives - before the other three players do so. You can play against computer players, or play your friends through modem link. You take control of 'pieces', such as infantry, submarines, battleships and aircraft carriers. There are also special units, such as the spy who can slow unit production and steal secrets from opposing teams. You control your army through the ""ComCen"" or Command Center, analogous to the King in chess - if you lose your ComCen, you're out of the game. Gameplay is turn based with the player managing different aspects of their kingdom each turn, such as the economics of their cities (called 'Burbs'), their army, airforce and navy, any battles that are progressing, espionage tactics, treaties and alliances and random events. Random events are picked through a 'card' system, a card being selected every five turns. Drought, plague, taxpayer revolt, pope visits and battle fatigue are a sample of the many random events that can occur over the duration of the game."
40140,Beetle Adventure Racing!,"As Aventuras do Fusca!, Beetle Adventure Racing, HSV Adventure Racing!",1999,8.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Take control of a collection of the latest Volkswagen ""Beetle 2.0"" models (from street type to off-road designs) and race across varying road types that will test your speed and endurance (each track taking up to 4 minutes from one end to the other). Find shortcuts or use nitro boosts to get to the end first in order to move on to the next track. If the computer AI is too easy for you, you can race against a friend in two-player race mode. Up to 4 people can also play a special Battle Mode challenge, with added abilities including weapons (from mines and rockets to magical elements) while trying to collect the flag and reach the exit."
40143,Microsoft Flight Simulator for Windows 95,"Microsoft Flight Simulator (v6.0), Microsoft Flight Simulator for Windows 95: As Real as it Gets, Microsoft Flight Simulator für Windows 95, Microsoft Flight Simulator per Windows 95, Microsoft Flight Simulator pour Windows 95",1996,7.1,Simulation,,,"This is the first Windows 9x version of the long running Microsoft Flight Simulator series. Featuring two new planes, the Boeing 737-400 and Extra 300S. Also new to this version are virtual pilot instruction, as well as a multimedia flight school, and photo-realistic satellite imaging. The full list of planes available is:* Boeing 737-400 Scenery packs such as the the BAO Europe 1 Add-On scenery and those produed for Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.0 or 5.1 can be imported into this simulator."
40145,Star Wars: Rebel Assault,,1993,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Wars: Rebel Assault is an arcade flight/shooting game based on the original Star Wars trilogy. Players control Rebel recruit Rookie One (who can be set to have either a male or female voice) in combat against the Empire. Story events (which don't follow the films to the letter but instead offer their own interpretation and characters) include Rookie One's basic training, an Imperial assault on Tatooine, the battle of Hoth from The Empire Strikes Back and the Death Star battle from A New Hope Players will control four different Star Wars craft: Skyhoppers, A-Wings, X-Wings, and Snowspeeders. The game's fifteen levels encompass navigating canyons, caves, and asteroid fields, battles against TIE Fighters in space, attacks against a Star Destroyer and an Imperial Walker, a battle on foot against stormtroopers, and the famous Death Star trench run. There are three different types of flight sequences: seen from either behind the own craft, from an overhead perspective, or from a first-person cockpit view. All follow an 'on-rails' model, utilizing motion video backdrops displaying pre-rendered environments. The third-person levels allow some degree of free movement to dodge obstacles, while the first-person levels limit movement to a minimum, mostly requiring accurate shooting instead. Some levels offer a choice of branching paths. The on-foot level takes place on static screens, with Rookie One seen from behind, stormtroopers moving in from side corridors, and the player being able to take steps to the side to avoid enemy fire. The game features a password system - a password is given after every level in the console ports, but only after a group of levels in the PC version."
40146,Tempest 2000,,1994,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Tempest 2000 is a remake/upgrade of the popular Atari vector graphics-based shooter. Blast your way through over 100+ levels, shooting the creatures that come out from the other side of the web to drag you in. Collect power-ups (jump, AI robots and more) to trippy graphics and colorful explosions as a thumping techno-house soundtrack blasts in the background. Collect enough bonuses, and be subjected to two different types of bonus rounds as you navigate through rings, or try to ride a spiral tube. Also included in the gameplay is an intense two-player mode to team up with or go head to head against another player, or even play a version of the original arcade game. There are four modes of gameplay in all: Traditional Tempest, Tempest Duel, Tempest Plus and Tempest 2000. Face the web...."
40159,2400 A.D.,,1988,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Metropolis was founded in 2213 A.D. by the United Stellar Council as the capital city of the planet XK-120, a mining planet and center of learning throughout the galaxy. That was the past. In 2315 A.D., Metropolis is invaded by the Tzorg. The new conquerer leave the planet but install a Robot Patrol System to keep the locals in check. Now the only resistance against the Tzorg occupation is a small group of resistance fighters of the Underground network. In the year 2400 A.D. the final hope to overthrow Tzorg rule over the city is to infiltrate the Tzorg Authority Complex through a recently discovered secret route, access the terminals, and shut down the robots; that is, if they had a computer specialist. That's where the protagonist comes in. As part of yet another shipment of miners from other conquered Tzorg lands to replace the 'disappearances' of past workers, the hero has been contacted by the Underground to join their struggle against the Tzorg. The contact leaves instructions: find Spider, contact the Underground, good-bye and good luck. 2400 A.D. is a top-down role-playing game that has similarities to Ultima games, though with simpler gameplay mechanics. The city of Metropolis is divided into five areas: Center, North, South, East, West. All of which are indicated by borders, guarded and patrol by different kinds of robots. Non-player characters also frequent the city. An attempt to communicate with them will open dialog boxes, where the player must type in keywords for further information. Exploration and transportation may be conducted via three approaches: walking, using the ""slidewalk"" (automated sidewalk), or by using subway system. The city contains a few merchants where the player may purchase some items. More curious items such as weapons and personal devices, however, are rumored to be sold by the Underground. Throughout the city, there are also power nodes, which allow the player to recharge weapons and other devices. Use of these power nodes are illegal by the Tzorg Authority, prompting a possible robot dispatch to the area, or if any robots are in the immediate vicinity, to attack the character. The main character has four primary attributes: Energy (equivalent to hit points and strength combined), Dexterity, IQ, and Affinity. During character creation, the player may allocate 99 points among these attributes. These attributes will increase during gameplay when the character performs certain actions. Affinity, for example, may increase when the character talks to NPCs. Combat initiates when the player character attacks or is attacked by an enemy robot. Before engaging in combat, the hero must first equip a ranged weapon in the inventory (a maximum of eight items) and recharge the weapon. The character cannot attack if no charged weapon is equipped. Combat flows in real time, pausing when the player selects an attack. The protagonist may only shoot in a diagonal or vertical direction, while robots have the advantage to attack in all nine directions. If the character is hit, all attributes will be decreased. The attributes will return to their original scores over time. If the protagonist succeeds in defeating a robot, he may search the remains and obtain money. Defeat will result in imprisonment and confiscation of items at the Rehabilitation Center, where the protagonist must also register regularly to avoid being thrown into prison. Robots will re-spawn after a certain amount of time."
40160,007: Racing,,2000,5.7,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,"In 007 Racing you can get behind the wheel of James Bond's car. You must complete missions which range from collecting an object and getting out alive, to much harder and more complicated things. Your car is armed with many weapons including mines, rockets, lasers, smokescreens, and more. Then, if you get bored playing alone, you can eliminate your opponent in multiplayer missions where you have to destroy the other car, or a game mode called ""Pass the Bomb"", where you must pass the bomb to the other car by touching it before you blow up."
40164,WWF Royal Rumble,,1993,7.1,Sports,,,"Control one of twelve World Wrestling Federation stars in a ""no holds barred brawl"" -- in other words, do whatever moves you want, from choke holds, piledrivers, and even chair slams, until your opponent is knocked out. You can even go outside the ring if you like. Several modes of play are available, including one-on-one, tag team (two-on-two), and three-on-three tag team. You can play as the following WWF wresters: Bret Hart, Razor Ramon, Randy Savage, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Tatanka, Mr. Perfect, Crush, Ric Flair, Yokozuna, Ted Dibiase, and Lex Luger."
40171,Vlad Tepes Dracula,"Dracula: Le Guerrier des Carpates, Dracula: Reign of Terror, Drácula: El Guerrero de los Cárpatos, Reign of Terror",1997,5.7,Strategy / tactics,,"Europe, Historical events, Medieval","Vlad Tepes Dracula is a micro-management kingdom simulator similar to the likes of Lords of the Realm The titular character is the historical 15th century Romanian general Vlad III (also known as ""Vlad the Impaler"") rather than the better-known fictional vampire character The objective of the game is fairly straight forward: Recapture the lands taken by the Turkish armies with the help of the remnants of your freedom fighters and rebuild what was lost. The strategy of the game is to build up your forces while attacking other counties as well as defending your own territories from attack. Most of the gameplay is real-time combat so much of the strategy in the game focuses on tactical combat."
40175,Monster Truck Madness 2,,1998,7.3,"Action, Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,You take control of a monster truck (like Bigfoot) and compete against other drivers in various races. There are a few King-of-the-Hill type contests also. It doesn't have racing season option so you are limited to pick a race and go.
40181,Ultimate Soccer Manager,"Der Meister, USM",1995,6.8,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Ultimate Soccer Manager is football manager based on the 4 top English leagues. It includes a full icon-driven interface, where instead of clicking the option buttons, each screen is seen as the office in question (manager, president, bank, etc), and to access the screens the player has to click in the according item (for instance, to check the tables and fixtures, clicking on the television gives access to teletext). The player has the usual options such as selecting players and tactics, expanding the stadium and facilities and deal with the clubs' finances, but also to bribe and bung teams and bet on own matches. It's also possible to edit the database before each match. A data disk with Italian teams was also released, and a German version named Der Meister focused on the German leagues."
40188,King of the Monsters 2,,1994,6.8,Action,Fighting,,"King of the Monsters 2 on the Sega Genesis is a slightly different game than the original Neo Geo version While the original let you play one of three different monsters to go through side-scrolling beat'em-up stages and fight (non-playable) monster as boss enemies, the Genesis version was re-worked into a one-on-one fighter similar to the first King of the Monsters game Apart from Farmardy, all characters from the Neo Geo version are playable. To win, the player must defeat all other monsters and a clone of the played monster in a fight. The matches take place in areas built from the original levels, and feature destroyable landscapes and secondary enemies, both of which can be smashed to gain points and power-ups."
40195,Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition,Duke Nukem 3D,1996,8.2,Compilation,,,The Atomic Edition of Duke Nukem 3D contains:
40202,Andromeda Conquest,,1982,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Board game,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Andromeda Conquest is a strategy / conquest game in which one to four players build galactic empires by establishing and defending space colonies, managing resources, and battling other players for control of star systems. Before every turn, players receive resources from all their colonies. Those have to be used up during the turn or they are lost. Depending on the numbers of players the galaxy consists of 12 to 48 star systems. The layout is grid-based, and the package includes a pad of graph paper for keeping track of ship and colony locations."
40204,Evolva,,2000,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Evolva is a third-person action game with a difference. After a bizarre biological menace falls on an alien world and sends out massive tendrils to infest the planet with its evil spore, four genetically mutable warriors called GenoHunters are sent in to destroy the infestation before it can spread to other worlds. You can constantly develop the individual abilities of your four warriors by altering their DNA from the foes they have killed. e.g. kill a frog creature or a striding bird, and the GenoHunters can evolve the abilities of jumping higher and running faster."
40205,Gaiares,,1990,7.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"It's the year 300x. The Earth has been ravaged by careless humans, leaving an uninhabitable, polluted wasteland. The space terrorists, Gulfer, plan to harvest the pollution to make some sort of garbage weapon. The good guys, the Leezaluth, aren't happy about that, so they decide they have to blow up the Earth before Gulfer gets at it. They give Earth an ultimatum: destroy Gulfer or Leezaluth destroys Earth. To help them out, Leezaluth gives Earth's last hero, Dan, a special weapon: the TOZ system. Why don't the Leezaluth just stop Gulfer themselves? It's not exactly clear. So, we have the premise for a side scrolling shooter. The star attraction here is the TOZ system. The TOZ is an orb that follows your ship around, and can be shot at enemy ships to absorb their weapons. Using the TOZ, Dan will fight through 8 stages filled with lots of enemies and really large bosses."
40209,Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics,"Joe & Mac 3: Lost in the Tropics, Tatakae Genshijin 3 : Shuyaku wa yappari Joe & Mac",1994,7.3,Action,,,"This sequel puts you back into the roles of the cavemen, Joe and Mac. This time, a caveman named Gork has stolen the crown belonging to the Chief of Kali Village, and it's up to you to retrieve it by using the 7 Rainbow Stones you will collect on your journey. Along the way, you will fight dinosaurs, cavemen, and other prehistoric enemies as your travel through the jungle, or through the ice and snow, or even through a volcanic wasteland. Along the way, you can pick up upgrades for your club, or pick up projectiles from eating certain health-recovery items. In some levels, you'll ride in a stone cart, trying to hope over gaps and avoid enemies as you try to reach the end. The sequel to the first Joe & Mac adds several new features to the predecessor's formula. You can now collect coins in the levels to purchase items from Tiki Village, such as meat to recover your health, or even remodel your hut back at your home village. The game also uses a password system to track your progress. The game also shifts to an overhead map so you can wander to whichever level you wish, and return to completed levels to earn more money or power-ups."
40210,MegaRace,,1994,6.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Virtual Television has given us a chance to do the things that we can't make real in everyday life: Race through 14 great tracks in 5 different environments in a totally virtual place where you can kill each other quite easily with sidekicks or guns. In every track you will see some symbols that can make your car speed up, slow up or even blow up, like your mega-host Lance Boyle says, ""Who knows; who cares!"" Everything you see in MegaRace is virtual and no one really dies there. So have fun!"
40235,The Next Tetris,,1999,6.7,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"It's Tetris, only... new. The Tetris series returns to its roots, eschewing the Disney characters, 3D pieces, hats, and letters that have been tacked on previous entries. Contains the standard Tetris game, as well as some variants. Some of the new features are puzzle pieces made of individual parts- after a piece lands, some parts may be able to break off and continue down; ""wiggly"" pieces that not only provide trippy eye-candy, but may allow you to squeeze a big piece through a tight spot; challenge modes where you must clear a cluttered playfield with limited time/pieces. Allows for solo or competitive simultaneous play. Also links to a global board via the Internet to compare scores and times."
40238,Gungriffon,Gungriffon: The Eurasian Conflict,1996,7.7,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Pilot an enormous walking mech to complete missions set all over the world in late 21st century warfare fighting other mechs, trucks and helicopters. The missions, set in different weathers and at different times of day, usually have specific objectives, be they search and destroy, protecting allies or killing everything. Four weapons are available: the main cannon; a weak machine gun that overheats with prolonged use; clusters of grenades and limited supplies of homing missiles. Damage repair and extra ammo is available from supply helicopters, but these are vulnerable to attack. Ally mechs can be useful, but it is the player who has to do most of the work by far, battling mechs that are sometimes faster and more agile, therefore a certain amount of strategy and planning is required."
40241,Black Bass: Lure Fishing,"Hyper Black Bass, The Black Bass: Lure Fishing",1992,5.5,Sports,,,"Black Bass: Lure Fishing is a Game Boy version of Super Black Bass however this time there are only two lakes to fish in and only a limited set of lures is available, such as shallow runners, spinner baits, pencil baits, plastic frogs even real life worms. The casting is an overhead view with two meters. One is for the direction, but the view for the lure is a side view where the shadow of the fish can be seen as it approaches. It also shows how deep the lure is and how much line is left before it is reeled in. There are four fish in the game to fish for - trout, pike, catfish and of course the game's namesake, the black bass."
40243,Traps 'n' Treasures,,1993,7.5,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Captain Jeremy Flynn’s crew have been kidnapped in the Caribbean, and he must venture through 4 large baddy-infested levels to retrieve them. Along the way, you can collect money from handily-placed treasure chests, which can be spent in various shops to gain extra weaponry. Additionally, the levels contain all manner of surprises, and lots of hidden features, many of which require doing a sequence of things in order to uncover potentially massive bonuses. There are lots of puzzles to solve along the way, making it more similar to Gods or Krisalis’ previous Arabian Nights than a straight platform game. Many of these involving moving and positioning crates to gain access to higher points in the levels. Jeremy can swim, and there’s a considerable amount of animation on display when he does."
40247,Cruisin',"Arcade Archives: City Connection, City Connection",1985,5.9,Racing / Driving,"Arcade, Platform",,"In City Connection you must drive along on roads, painting them a different color. When you have all the roads painted, you go on to the next level. Cops are frequent along the roads, but oil cans will quickly stop them in their tracks. Avoid cats and spikes, and collect balloons to warp to further levels."
40248,Menace,,1988,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Six ruthless dictators have collaborated to create the planet Draconia, which contains some of the most gruesome and harmful life-forms imaginable, all indulging in some rather unsavoury actions. Thus, you must go in your spaceship to destroy them all. The game is a side-scrolling R-Type -influenced shoot 'em up consisting of six visually-diverse levels. Waves of enemies come towards you to be shot, and reveal tokens, which when shot at will cycle through several available weapons. These include lasers, cannons, improved ship power and a shield."
40250,TKO Super Championship Boxing,Kentō-ō World Champion,1992,6.6,Sports,,,"A boxing game featuring a Championship mode and a 1 or 2 player exhibition match mode. In the Championship mode, players choose from 1 of the 8 available boxers, and then compete against the other 7 boxers on the road to try becoming the World Champ. Players go toe to toe with their opponents in the boxing ring in 3 minute rounds. The boxers can throw hooks and jabs at each other with the sole intention to knock their opponent down to the canvas by draining all their energy by landing those punches. Each punch thrown costs the boxer some stamina which is indicated by boxing glove icons. If all the boxers stamina is drained, they can no longer throw punches for a little while until they gain some of their stamina back. After each fight is over, players go to the gym to train in various different exercises like skipping rope and bench pressing weights. These exercises increase the players boxer in various areas like speed and power. Options include setting the number of rounds (from 1 to 10) and setting the difficulty level (novice, advanced, and expert). The original Japanese version is slightly different featuring a ""glorious mode"" (story mode) in which the player controls an unique boxer. The characters are also different, among few other minor differences."
40261,The Dallas Quest,,1984,7.5,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,"North America, South America","When a game is faithful to the poor writing and wildly implausible plot conventions of a soap opera, does that make it a bad game or an effective adaptation of its source material? In any case, this game situates you as a private investigator hired by Sue Ellen to find a map to hidden oil fields, in hopes to accumulate enough wealth to escape the sinister influence of J.R. Sue Ellen offers you a reward of $2 million for the map. You snoop around the grounds of the South Fork Ranch, superficially interacting with much-loved characters from the TV show and an assortment of extras from the animal kingdom. You must avoid J.R. who would like to put a stop to Sue Ellen's plans. So far, so good. Your travels ultimately lead you to the jungles around Playa Peligro, in South America, where you overcome a series of obstacles by using various techniques, but mostly by doping a friendly monkey with tobacco -- a firm reminder that we're descending beneath even soap opera plot conflicts and sitting squarely in an early-'80s text adventure game, with all of the internal logic-twisting that entails."
40265,Power Instinct,Gōketsuji Ichizoku,1993,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"The time has come for the Gouketsuji clan to celebrate their fighting tournament. Every 5 years the clan (which has spread all over the world) celebrates a one-on-one fighting tournament to see which family gets to rule and now you get to take part in the contest. Power Instinct is a one-on-one 2D fighting game in the tradition of Street Fighter 2 in which you select your character from a group of unique fighters and attempt to defeat your opponents in successive fashion using your arcade reflexes and your character's unique moves. Features 8 selectable characters, plus a boss character, and single or 2-player Vs gameplay. Also includes a practice mode, battle mode and time attack and life attack modes for extended gameplay."
40266,Iron Man / X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal,,1996,5.6,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This game is a linear beat 'em up Final Fight type game with the choice to play as one of two comic book heroes: Iron Man or X-O Manowar. The game follows the pattern of sidescrolling action in each level with a comic book boss at the end of each. Levels are as follows:1. Nuclear Plant Siege with bosses Mr. Hyde and the Melter. 2. Stark Enterprises with bosses Titania, Yellowjacket and Goliath. 3. Retake New York City with bosses Vizier and Mistress Crescendo. 4. Dromak Base Assault with bosses Absorbing Man and Dromak Gladiator. 5. Assault on Zola's Castle with bosses Arnim Zola and Mistress Crescendo. 6. Alien Dig: The Cosmic Cube with bosses Baron Zemo and Mistress Crescendo. 7. Board Dromak Ship with Final Boss General Krytos."
40271,Galactic Conqueror,,1988,6.0,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"As rebel forces close in on the space station Gallion, you launch strikes against enemy-controlled planets in the most sophisticated techno-toy available to mankind, the space fighter Thunder Cloud II. The game is a blend of action sequences in an Afterburner -esque pseudo-3D view. These sequences vary between ground combat, aerial combat and space combat, with different motion physics and enemy craft. There is also a strategic battle choices on a galactic map invaded in real-time. The PC version uses speaker tweaks to recreate the game's tune on theoretically-inferior hardware."
40278,Football Manager,"Futbol Manager, Voetbal Manager",1982,7.4,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"The football management game style has been one of the most enduring since Kevin Toms pioneered it in 1982. You start in the 4th division with the team of your choice, and can play on indefinitely in the hope of reaching the top division and dominating it, as well as winning the cups. Players can be bought or sold, with their transfer values varying according to the size of any bid. Their skills and morale vary as the season goes on, with resting key players in easy matches often a key move. You can take out a loan, limited depending on your division, while day-to-day bills must be covered. Matches feature short animated highlights sequences of key moments (Text only for C16)."
40280,Millennium Winter Sports,"Hyper Olympic: Winter 2000, Konami Winter Games",2000,7.4,Sports,,,"Compete for the gold in 8 different winter themed sports in this handheld sports offering by Konami. The game is similar to Konami's earlier sports games in the Track & Field legacy where a mix of button-mashing and accurate timing will win the player the medals. The player can either compete in the Championship Mode where all 8 sports are played in a row, or there's the option to play them all individually. There are several different skiing events, bob, speed skating and half-pipe snowboarding for the player to master."
40284,SimCity 3000,,1999,7.9,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation",Contemporary,"As a mayor, it is your job to manage your city. It starts off empty, but will grow. You can zone parts of your city for residential, commercial & industry. In addition to zoning, you can build roads, parks, trains, water pipes, power plants and much much more. If you are successful, your city will grow and prosper. If you fail you will bankrupt the city and get thrown out of office."
40289,Summer Carnival '92: Recca,,1992,8.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Recca is a vertical-scrolling sci-fi shooter in which you pilot a lone starfighter sent to obliterate the alien armada invasion that looms over the horizon. The game features four stages initially plus four arranged stages that get unlocked once you finish the game. Your arsenal consists of 5 primary weapons and 5 secondary or ""option"" weapons, each obtainable by collecting the power-ups left by incoming enemies and upgraded in power and spread by further collecting power-ups. Bombs are not provided for your ship, instead whenever you stop firing, you start to build up a power surge at the front of your ship which can be used to deflect incoming fire, charge it for enough time however, and you can shoot a devastating screen-clearing attack in the same fashion as bombs. This is easier said than done in later levels as the game is known for sending enemies at you at blazing speeds and generally being one of the fastest shooters ever developed. Features Normal, Score Attack and Time Attack modes. Single-player only."
40296,Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz,"Zork 2, Zork II: Le Magicien de Frobozz",1981,7.0,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz is a text adventure, a sequel to the classic first Zork Once again, the game is set in the Great Underground Empire, but this time the main goal is to face off against the titular Wizard. Like its predecessor, Zork II plays like any other text adventure: there are no graphics - only text - and the player types commands such as ""lift cage"" or ""examine robot""."
40303,Tetrisphere,,1997,7.5,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"Tetrisphere adds a new dimension to the classic Tetris gameplay. As usual, you drop pieces into the playing field to eliminate the blocks and clear the field. This time, however, the playing field is a sphere, and you must turn the sphere around to find a place to drop the pieces, and eventually get to the core to win. As you clear the field, certain moves may reveal magic items to help get to the core (rockets, dynamite, etc.)."
40305,Pinball Fantasies Deluxe,,1996,7.6,"Action, Compilation, Simulation",Pinball,,Pinball Fantasies Deluxe is a compilation of two previously released Digital Illusions pinball titles:
40307,Zolyx,,1987,6.5,"Action, Puzzle",Arcade,,"Zolyx is a Qix variant: the player is presented with a white playing field and controls a pixel. Whenever this pixel moves over the playfield, it leaves a line behind - and when the line becomes a closed form, it gets coloured. The goal is to colour 75% of the playfield; everything above gives bonus points for the high score list. Well, it is not that easy. White pixels fly around the field and touching them result in death; similarly deadly is going backwards on a line. At least the player has two tricks to help himself: he can change the direction of the white pixels by pressing a button (limited) and jail them when drawing a closed line around them. This is possible because the pixels are either confined to the coloured or uncoloured parts. After finishing a level a new one starts with three changes: one more white pixel, an extra life for the player and one additional usage of the ""direction change"" button."
40309,Riding Hero,ACA NEOGEO RIDING HERO,1990,5.6,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",Managerial / business simulation,,"Riding Hero is a motorcycle racing game with three modes of play: W.G.P. mode, R.P.G. (Story) mode, and Multi-Play mode. In W.G.P mode, you pick your bike that you want to use, and then race up to ten world circuits, including France, Germany, Italy, U.S.A, Spain, Sweden, and more. You race against the top riders. Try to aim for the top. R.P.G. mode is interactive. You travel between locations, and explore them, and speak to any people here. You start with no bike, so you must go to the Bike Shop and purchase one. Then with some help of the owner, you can race against up to six opponents. The more races you win, the more money you earn. Keep winning and you will be able to race the Suzuki 8-hour. During this mode, a timer will count down. If this expires, you must insert a coin in order to continue. Multi-Play mode lets you ""link"" cabinets together so that two players can race each other side-by-side."
40312,Armored Warriors,Powered Gear: Strategic Variant Armor Equipment,1994,6.8,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Armored Warriors is a 2D side-scrolling mecha-themed beat 'em-up game that puts players in the shoes of a mecha pilot. In 2281, Earth and the planet Raia ended a half a century lasting war. But a year after the ceasefire the Raian capital was captured by an unknown army. Earth has send an army to retake it under the pretext of protecting the citizens. But in reality Earth wants to bring Raia under it’s control. In the game you take control of one of four pilots/mechas: Rash with his AEX-10M BLODIA, Justice with SVA-6L REPTOS, Gray with AEX-10H GULDIN and Siren with AEX-12J FORDY. You fight various mechas, tanks, other vehicles and bosses and along the way you can attach and use parts of destroyed enemies. The game can be played solo or with up to two friends. When playing with friends all mechas can fuse in to one powerful mecha."
40314,Lethal Enforcers,,1992,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",,"Pick up your pistol and be the cop you need to be in order to rid the streets of the criminals out to make your day hell. Aim wisely and quickly, otherwise your lives will be lost quickly in this 1st person arcade shooter, cleaning up the streets. The higher the difficulty level, the more crimes there will be to eliminate, but watch out for the other weapons that can help you along the way. Go straight into the mayhem, practice in the targeting range or have a friend back you up in two player mode. The Arcade version has two game modes that can be selected by the operator: Arcade mode (the stages are played in strict order) and Street mode (a desired stage can be selected by players). Home console version can be played with either a standard gamepad or light gun accessory."
40319,Gunship!,"Gunship: Rock the Bloc, Gunship: Rock the Block",2000,7.3,Simulation,,Europe,"This is the direct sequel to Gunship 2000 a fondly-remembered title from the early 90s. Once more you jump into an helicopter and try to save innocent lives, in a World War 3 scenario between NATO and Russia. Helicopters you can fly include the AH-64D Apache, Westland Apache, Eurocopter Tiger and Mil-28 Havoc. The missions take place in different regions of the earth, and each of them is detailed on a small scale - you can make out each single tree of the woods. The game can be customised for a more arcade-like or simulation-based feel, and with head-to-head and co-operative multiplayer modes."
40321,Tom and Jerry: The Movie,Tom & Jerry,1992,6.4,Action,Platform,,"As in the popular cartoon series, Tom the cat is once again after that little mouse Jerry. The player plays as Tom, a curious cat who will do anything to get his paws on that trouble-maker mouse, Jerry. Tom tries to catch Jerry as he runs through six different levels. Starting in the Kitchen, Jerry will lead Tom through the Garden, Down Town, the Forest, Rock Mountain, and finally ending up in the Nursery. Jerry will do anything he can to keep Tom from snagging him. Even if that means running through dangerous areas. Tom must try and dodge tail-scorching stoves, dropping flower pots, falling boulders, and even climb skyscrapers and swim underwater all while trying to nab that rascally rodent. Not only that, Jerry will also throw bombs and leave land mines in Tom's path. Be careful, if Jerry gets too far ahead and out of site, the game is lost. But, if Tom is able to get close enough, he can pounce on Jerry resulting in advancing to the next level. The next level can also be reached to by chasing Jerry to the end of the round where he will be cornered. There are also damage points that are taken away from Tom as he is hit by the number of dangerous environments around him. Too many hits will also result in a game over. It is just another hard days work for Tom the cat!"
40322,Jill of the Jungle: Jill Goes Underground,,1992,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Jill of the Jungle 2 is the second in the Jill of the Jungle trilogy. It follows the same concept, but includes new graphics, somewhat improved animation and completely new levels and musical soundtrack. In this particular game, after having explored the depth of the mysterious jungle, Jill proceeds into Montezuma's castle and indeed goes underground in the attempt to rescue her Prince. Gameplay is side-viewed and platform-style, with hazards to overcome include fire-breathing enemies and spikes. Jill can transform into various creatures to help her escape; when in human form she is limited to her trusty knife."
40327,"Jim Henson's Muppet Adventure No. 1: ""Chaos at the Carnival""",,1989,4.6,Action,Arcade,,"Chaos at the Carnival is a collection of six arcade mini-games. Miss Piggy has been ""pignapped"" by the sinister Dr. Grump; her Muppet friends come to the rescue. Kermit, Gonzo, Fozzie and three other characters from the children's TV show dash into Grump's mysterious fun fair in search for their pink companion. They must brave five rides in succession in order to take on the Grumpasaurus in the final carnival confrontation. The C-64, Apple II and DOS versions of Chaos at the Carnival support two players, taking turns. The versions for the four platforms differ strongly; see the trivia section for details."
40338,Superbike World Championship,Superbike '99,1999,7.9,Racing / Driving,,,"The World Superbike Championship is an annual championship that races modified versions of production-model motorcycles. In 1997 the Championship was won by John Kocinski on a Honda RC45. That season is recreated here, with all 12 circuits around the world including Monza, Laguna Seca and Brands Hatch. Bikes from Ducati, Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki also feature, ridden by aces such as Kocinski, Carl Fogarty, Scott Russell, Aaron Slight and Pierfrancesco Chili. The manual includes background information on the series and its competitors. A VCR-style Action Replay mode is included There are two game modes. Simulation features bike setup options, realistic slidy handling, and the risk of engine failures. Action mode automates setup, simplifies the handling, and offers the option of the rider automatically sitting up on entry to a corner, to improve handling."
40351,Disney's Aladdin,,1993,7.3,Action,Platform,Middle East,"Disney's Aladdin is based on the 1992 Disney animated film. For the GBA and the SNES editions development was handled by Capcom Like other versions, the game is a side-scrolling platformer where the player controls Aladdin through locations from the movie like the city of Agrabah, the Cave of Wonders, and Jafar's palace. Some locations not appearing in the film include a trippy, candy-colored world inside the Genie's lamp and an ancient pyramid. Enemies standing in Aladdin's way include the Sultan's guards, animals and various magical creatures. They can be dispatched by jumping on top of them or by throwing apples at them. Besides jumping and throwing, another one of Aladdin's abilities consists of him pulling out a blanket and using it to slow his fall. Besides the platform levels, the game also includes magic carpet rides as well as a bonus game played between levels: if Aladdin collects a golden scarab in a level, he can play a wheel of fortune for extra health, lives or continues."
40360,Brian Lara Cricket,Shane Warne Cricket '99,1998,6.9,"Action, Sports",,,"The classic game of cricket, updated for 1998 and endorsed by Brian Lara. A more detailed description can be found in the advertising blurbs."
40367,American McGee's Alice,Ailisi Mengyou Xianjing,2000,7.9,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"Shortly after Alice returned from the miraculous trip through the Looking-Glass, her house was burnt down, and her parents died in the fire. Alice was the only survivor of the terrible accident. After repeated attempts at suicide, she gets locked up inside a mental institution and is slowly wasting away there before she is summoned to Wonderland again by the White Rabbit. But this time it's a Wonderland gone seriously bad and gory. The only chance for Alice to restore her peace of mind and find out more about the death of her parents is to fight through Wonderland and free it from the evil powers. American McGee's Alice is a direct sequel to Lewis Carroll's book Through the Looking-Glass itself a sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland The player controls Alice as she tries to find her way and eventually escape from the demented surroundings of her own fantasy world that she's been thrust into. The surreal environments utilize themes from Lewis Carroll's original books, applying a noticeably darker and more violent edge to them. The gameplay is third-person action with platforming, shooting, and light puzzle-solving elements. Alice starts with a knife, which can be used as a melee weapon or thrown at enemies. Later she acquires other weapons, such as a staff that shoots bolts of energy, dice that emit deadly gas, a time-stopping watch, and others. Weapons have an alternate fire mode, which usually inflicts more damage but depletes Alice's magical energy. The latter, along with Alice's health, can be restored by collecting the essence of defeated foes. The game also features platforming sequences, during which Alice has to jump over gaps, avoid obstacles, or climb in order to reach her goal. Puzzle-solving usually involves manipulating the environment rather than using inventory items. The game was re-released as part of select editions of the 2011 sequel, Alice: Madness Returns as a downloadable extra. The content is identical, but with widescreen support, updated controller support, compatibility tweaks and higher-resolution textures."
40378,Combat Classics,,1992,7.1,Compilation,,,Combat Classics is a compilation of the following games:
40379,Mig-29 Soviet Fighter,,1989,6.2,Action,Shooter,,"The closest comparison to this action game would be Afterburner a game which was overdue decent home computer re-creations. You view the game slightly behind your plane, which must shoot out enemy planes, tanks and installations while avoiding their fire. You are armed with different kinds of weapons including downward bombs, air-to-air missiles and a nuclear bomb. More of each of these can be picked up by collecting the parachutes which are dropped into your path. There are mountain ranges, deserts and arctic scenes to clear along the way, with big boss planes to face."
40381,Android One: The Reactor Run,,1983,5.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Android One: The Reactor Run is a horizontally scrolling action shooter with tile-based graphics. The player must reach and destroy the reactor before the time runs out. Along the way various aliens are encountered, some of which can be shot with the android's laser beam, while others are impervious to fire and must be avoided. The player will also have to shoot a way through several brick walls. The action is divided into individual screens. Once the player reaches the right edge of the screen, the level scrolls onwards by one screen. A slider in the bottom of the screen indicates the player's progress. Once the player has destroyed the reactor, they must make their way back to the start point for extra points, this time without a time limit. The android control scheme differs between the keyboard and the joystick. With the keyboard, you use left and right keys to rotate the android in 90 degree steps and forward to move. With the joystick, the android runs in the direction the joystick is moved."
40387,Ring of Red,,2000,7.5,Strategy / tactics,,Steampunk,"20 years ago, an alternate World War II occurred, where both Axis and Allies developed mecha technology, known as Armored Fighting Walkers (AFWs). As a result, battles continued in different ways and Russian forces were more instrumental in the eventual defeat of Japan. The end of the war has had Japan divided between the allied forces, similar to Germany. Japan is now split into a communist North Japan and an Democratic South Japan, governed separately. Without any obvious cause, Japan erupted into civil war between it's halves for four years. Dubbed the ""Japan War"", it further weakened Japan's economy and fueled resentment between people living in the North and the South. In 1964, Masami von Weizegger is a AFW pilot in the South Japan forces. While field testing a prototype AFW, it is stolen by North Japanese agents and Masami is dispatched to recover the stolen material. As Masami's team attempts to retrieve the AFW, they stumble into a military operation that threatens to erupt into all-out war. Ring of Red is a turn-based strategy game set in an alternative post-World War II Japan. Players take the role of members of the South Japan military who are put on a hunt for a stolen AFW. During battles, mechs are moved into position on a grid-based map and may engage different enemy units or occupy specific points. As turns are taken, time passes, shifting the battlefield through daytime and nighttime hours as well as different weather effects. All of these affect the accuracy of weapons as well as the types of abilities that can be used. Battles end when objectives are met by either side. Putting a twist on the turn-based genre, Ring of Red features turn-based movements with real-time combat. When two AFWs engage on the battle grid, players are taken to a real-time battle where they have limited time to engage one another before refueling is required. Here the AFW is viewed from 3rd person and may be moved forward and back and given orders. The AFW uses a steam powered cannon which must be pressurized before firing, aiming at either an enemy AFW or at enemy support crew. Accuracy increases continuously while in aiming mode, and the player may then issue a fire command, which launches an attack with the current accuracy shown on-screen. Additionally AFWs can engage in close combat if they are close enough, delivering punches to one another. Each AFW pilot also has his own statistics and own special abilities, that can be used only once per battle, that can be called upon at any time. AFWs also feature unique statistics, being divided into four types: Standard, Light, 4-Leg (Heavy) and Anti-AFW. Each AFW unit is actually a group made up of three ground units: one of which acts as crew for the AFW, while the other two walk alongside. Support units are divided into types including: Infantry, Shooter, Supply, Medical, Mechanic and Recon. Each of these types of ""support units"" has different skills in battle and individually have different abilities and statistics. The abilities available and used change depending on which positions the units are assigned to. Additionally many special abilities need to ""charge"" in the rear ranks before becoming available for usage. These abilities include firing special types of munitions (including flash, heat, smoke and impact), laying down mines or tripwire, laying down a barrage of fire, throwing grenades, healing units, sniping specific targets, morale boosts, AFW repairs, neutralization of enemy effects and disarming enemy mines/tripwire."
40393,Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2,,2000,6.3,"Action, Sports",Tricks / stunts,,"The Game Boy Color version of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is based off the console game of the same name. Instead of exploring a 3D environment, however, players perform tricks in 2D side-scrolling levels. Players can select their skater and board, each of which has their own unique stats, allowing you to choose the combination that's perfect for you. Each of the thirteen different characters even has their own signature tricks to perform."
40400,International Karate 2000,International Karate,1999,6.8,"Action, Sports","Arcade, Fighting",,"International Karate 2000 is a remake of the classic beat 'em up International Karate in which you play as a new entry in the International Karate championship and travel the world in hopes of defeating each local champion in tournament-legal (for points) matches. The game is played from a non-scrolling side view, with your attacks being determined by combinations of the attack buttons and the directional arrows. As mentioned you win matches via points awarded whenever you connect a direct hit or perform a successful move. This version of the game adds a health bar that influences performance and a round-based system. Furthermore all graphics have been redrawn and the character selection has been expanded and now includes 12 playable characters, each from a different location."
40404,Battletoads,,1991,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Zitz, Rash and Pimple are three toads with unique fighting abilities (much like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). While partying on the Lost Vega leisure space station, the three get distracted by a dancer, who reveals herself as the Dark Queen. All of a sudden, Rash and Pimple are kidnapped and as Zitz, you must chase after the Dark Queen while evading the many enemies blocking your inter-galactic path. You control Zitz, the Battletoad. In some levels, you must walk along, beating up any enemies that you encounter. In other levels, you are flying or racing along, shooting or avoiding enemies. At the end of each level, there is a boss battle. While it shares the same name and main characters as the other versions the levels and most enemies in this version differ greatly."
40405,Sydney 2000,,2000,6.1,Sports,,Oceania,"The official video game of the Games of the XXVII Olympiad held in 2000 in Sydney. It includes 32 nations, going for gold in 12 events divided by 6 sports: Athletics (100m dash, 110m hurdles, hammer and javelin throw, triple jump and high jump), Aquatics (200m freestyle and 10m platform diving), Kayak K1 Slalom, Super Heavyweight Weight Lifting, Skeet Shooting and Three-man track cycling pursuit. All events feature 3D graphics with cameras that mimic the ones used in TV broadcasts. Gameplay is the usual found in games of the genre - button mashing the two power buttons is required in most events to build up strength/speed, with an additional third button setting the actions, such as jumping or throwing angle. Other events feature alternate control methods, such as Slalom (where it's possible to press certain buttons to dodge the rower between the gates if the Kayak is going to hit one or place the paddle to force into a certain direction), Diving (following a ""click-along"" sequence of keys) and Skeet (the direction keys controlling the aim, one button to start and other to shoot). Along an arcade and 8-player action, the Olympic mode gives the player the option to build their athlete from the national open trials to the Olympics. By completing training drills in the Cyber Gym, the athlete increases his athletic abilities: Citius, Altius, Fortius as told by the Olympic Motto. Before joining the competition, the player must beat national, continental and international opponents."
40415,The Secret of Monkey Island,"The Secret of Monkey Island: Enhanced Version, The Secret of Monkey Island: VGA CD-ROM version",1992,7.1,Adventure,Graphic adventure,"Fantasy, Sea pirates / Caribbean","An updated version of The Secret of Monkey Island with some graphical and audio updates. A notable change includes the inventory using icons instead of text, like in *Monkey Island 2"
40418,Freestyle Boardin' '99,"Phat Air Extreme Snowboarding, Zap! Snowboarding Trix '98",1997,5.8,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"Phat Air Extreme Snowboarding is a 3D snowboarding game. The game comes with four game modes: championship, time competition, freestyle and head-to-head. In championship mode you can choose between five boarders who all have different skills. During the championship you earn points, which can be used to improve the skills of your boarder in between races. There are 8 races in total, which cover all the disciplines. Disciplines include half pipes, downhill, straight jumps, freestyle jumps and slalom. In the freestyle mode you pick a course and try to score as much points as possible through finishing fast and/or making tricks. Time Competition is only about finishing first. You can play the game in two player vertical split-screen mode."
40419,Gilbert: Escape from Drill,,1989,5.7,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Gilbert: Escape from Drill is an action game based on the animation series Gilbert Gilbert, a disgusting alien, has come home after finishing shooting his current TV series. He needs to leave the planet Drill soon because he needs to sign his next contract - but unfortunately the population of Drill are sick of Gilbert's arrogance. So they stole important parts of his space ship and hid them in town. The town is a maze-like structure where various enemies try to harm Gilbert, but by using his snot he can oppose them. Killing enough enemies on the same screen cause a power up to appear which can be saved for later (up to four) and has positive effects on Gilbert, e.g. floating. The most important part of the town are arcade machines which lead to mini-games. After beating a high score (failing to win causes a penalty to the time limit), a part of the space ship is placed in town and Gilbert gets a hint where it can be found. The machines are:"
40425,Axis & Allies: Iron Blitz,,1999,6.9,Strategy / tactics,Board game,"Historical events, World War II","Sequel to Axis & Allies (which is included in this version), Iron Blitz again puts you in control of one of five nations (USA, UK, Russia, Germany and Japan) during the times of the second world war. This time, however, Iron Blitz uses the 3rd edition of the Axis and Allies rules. Some changes improve upon old rules found in the second edition (used in the first PC conversion). Other add new areas to the gameplay - submarines can submerge instead of withdrawing, planes may retreat from amphibious assaults, new naval units may be placed in enemy occupied zones and multiple AA guns may occupy the same territory. And when an aircraft carrier is sunk, its planes may land one space away from the battle. Of course, for those of you who don't like any of the changes, you can turn off the third edition rules, and play with just the second edition."
40438,Lexi-Cross,,1991,7.4,Puzzle,"Game show / trivia / quiz, Word construction",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Lexi-Cross is a TV show simulation based on elements from Wheel of Fortune and Scrabble in a humorous futuristic setting. Competing either against other living creatures (humans, aliens) or against robots, you must flip the tiles and use the revealed letters to form the correct words. The game features more than 600 puzzles."
40445,Virtual Fishing,,1995,6.0,Sports,,,"Players start Virtual Fishing by selecting a name and gender for themselves. They can then select from several different fishing spots, and either a tournament or, if the tournament has already been won, time attack mode. First the player casts their lure into the spot and waits for a bite. When a fish is hooked it can be reeled in, but reeling while the fish is fighting will cause the line to break. Each of the fishing spots have different fish available, and caught fish and tournament/time attack records are all recorded in a records book."
40453,Aliens: The Computer Game,Aliens: The Computer Game - US Version,1986,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"Based on the science fiction movie Aliens from 1986. After the contact got broken to the base on LV-426, Ripley and a group of soldiers make their way to this planet. While the Electric Dreams version of Aliens is a simple action game, this version features six mini games which are related to the movie. Two of those are action sequences in which the player has to find his way through the complex. He has control over four marines and can switch between them instantly. The other sequences are landing the ship, finding a way through a air duct maze, fending off alien hordes and fighting the alien queen."
40454,The Great Space Race,,1984,4.9,"Role-playing (RPG), Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In The Great Space Race your task is to deliver a newly discovered super drink called Natof (portmanteau of the phrase ""NAme TO Follow"") to various space stations. This, as the title implies, needs to be done fast! Natof has three amazing properties; it gets you drunk, never gives you a hangover and supply you with all the nutrition you get from a well-balanced diet."
40460,Conflict,"Conflict: Middle East Political Simulator, Conflict: The Middle East Political Simulator",1990,7.2,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Middle East,"Conflict is a political/strategy simulator, inspired by a prediction of how events in the Middle East could unfold in the 1990s. In this 1997, the Israeli prime minister dies (either by assassination or by bomb blast), and you're appointed as the new prime minister. In the game you have to make and follow political policies regarding other countries in the Middle East, control intelligence and purchase arms, try to beat the other countries in the nuclear race and keep peace with the Palestinians and, of course, conduct battles with other countries."
40461,Interplay's 10 Year Anthology: Classic Collection,"10 Jahre Interplay Anthologie: Klassiker Kollektion, Anthologie De 10 Ans D'Interplay",1993,7.8,Compilation,,,Interplay looks back on its first ten years of existence with a CD collection that includes some classics of their respective genres:
40467,Ghen War,,1995,6.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Ghen War is a classic first-person shooter. The solar system is being attacked by an evil force of aliens known as Ghen. The player is a Lieutenant surface engineer in a hypersuit, and it is his task to boot these aliens out of your world in twenty levels. From the cockpit of this hypersuit, the character operates lasers, grenades, mines, missiles and more while making his way across planet surfaces and city environments protecting the human race. It also has a claw that can operate elements in the environment and can send out a decoy of itself to confuse opponents. The game is also one of the first to feature deformable terrain. Explosions make craters and firing into the environment can make it wear away."
40468,Brain Dead 13,Brain Dead 13: Starring Fritz,1995,6.4,Action,Quick Time Events (QTEs),,"In Brain Dead 13 the player takes on the role of a young computer expert who one day is called to fix a computer at some scary castle and in no time flat, finds himself in trouble. It is up to the player to use the complex moves of an interactive movie to escape from the castle. This animated adventure is basically based on the player's judgment on which direction you think the character might go, and if the player guesses wrong, death."
40475,Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?,¿Dónde está Carmen Sandiego? ¡Búscala en el Tiempo!,1989,6.7,"Educational, Puzzle",,,"Carmen Sandiego and her gang are loose once again, and it is the players job to capture her! This time round the player not only has to find where she is, but also when she is. Traveling to various locations, they need to assemble clues by questioning witnesses and searching locations to close in and capture Carmen Sandiego. Included with the game is The New America Desk Encyclopedia to help make clues more meaningful (and act as a form of copy protection!)."
40483,Star Trek: Klingon Academy,,2000,7.2,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The sequel to Star Fleet Academy, Klingon Academy attempts to correct the faults of the previous game while allowing you to play as a member of the arch-nemesis of the Federation. You play Torlek, a young Klingon officer selected for Command Academy, where the finest naval officers are trained to be the most effective ship captains the Empire can produce. Your instructor and mentor is the famous General Chang, two years before the events that lead to a truce between the Federation and the Empire. Chang will test you and your classmen in a simulated campaign against the Federation, and should you succeed, you may be called for other services as well. Although not completely detached from the arcade nature of the original game, both the agility of the lighter Klingon ships and the sluggish controls and more elaborate commands make this sequel seem more a starship simulator than a fighter simulator. The majority of the gameplay takes place in a 3-D environment simulating space. Everything from black holes to ice rings will hinder your travels, but most important are the enemy ships you will encounter. From traitorous Klingons to Federation starbases to cloaked Romulans, over forty different types of vessels can be encountered, and most can be played in multiplayer. Lighting effects and models that can be scorched and damage enhance the visual effects. Control is through either a keyboard/mouse or keyboard/joystick combination and certain ship functions can be automated to allow you to worry about immediate concerns. Ships sail past each other, in a cumbersome imitation of dogfighting (although one must not forget that most vessels have side and rear firing weapons in addition to the forward-firing main weapons). In the single player game, you take Torlek through the Academy, following a creative campaign of Chang's that simulates a decisive assault on the Federation. Although simulated, failure results in dismissal, so there are no second chances. Eventually, you'll graduate and become embroiled in the political issues leading up to Star Trek VI. The between mission (and sometimes within mission) briefings occur through roughly 90 minutes worth of live action film, featuring both Christopher Plummer and David Warner returning to the roles they played in the movie. In the multiplayer game, players can do a free-for-all or divide up into teams, each choosing a vessel from the various races available in the game. They then can duke it out in a number of environments, from near a sun to within an asteroid belt to even in the upper reaches of a planetary atmosphere. Each environment causes different effects on your ship and, subsequently, different hazards."
40487,Olympic Hockey 98,Olympic Hockey Nagano 98,1998,6.3,Sports,,,"Olympic Hockey 98 is a hockey game with the official IOC license of the Olympic Winter Games 1998 in Nagano. However, this game is identical to Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey ; the only changes are swapped teams (14 national teams instead of 26 NHL teams) and the implementation of the Olympic tournament. The license does not cover the athlete's names, i.e. all athletes employed outside the NHL are replaced by generic ones."
40494,Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within,Clock Tower: Ghost Head,1998,5.8,Adventure,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror",,"Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within (originally Clock Tower: Ghost Head ) is a point and click horror adventure which tries to combine action elements into the proceedings. As a teenager with a split personality, you must solve the mystery surrounding your family and yourself while being stalked by zombies, a psycho with a machete and a little girl with a butcher knife."
40496,Adventures in Math,Aventures En Mathématiques,1983,6.4,Educational,,,"In Adventures in Math the player takes the role of a treasure hunter who explores a castle. The goal of the game is to find the exit while earning as many points as possible. Points are rewarded for picking locks and finding treasures. To achieve these tasks, the player has to solve mathematical riddles while using the four basic arithmetic operations. The answer has to be typed in by using the keyboard. If the player doesn't succeed, the game shows the correct answer and another attempt has to be made - but in a few cases the treasure gets stolen by a spider and is lost forever. In the beginning of each round the player selects the size of the castle and the used combinations of mathematical operations, e.g. only addition or multiplication and division."
40497,Dan Dare II: Mekon's Revenge,,1988,6.8,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mekon, the arch-enemy of humanity with an insatiable lust for power, is back. He’s created the SuperTreens, a genetically engineered species bent on destruction, as well as a new spaceship. As Dan Dare, you must stop him. You have gained access to Mekon’s spaceship, which is packed with SuperTreens. When you find each one you must disable each control box before the time limit, and then reach the next level. Mekon will be trying to reach and activate each one, with the help of his existing race of Treens. Although Dan has six lives, being caught in a blast triggered by the destruction of a level without appropriate shielding is Game Over. Extra lives are scored incrementally after 50,000 points, while energy recharges can be obtained around the game."
40499,Legend,,1993,7.0,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Fantasy,"Legend is a side-scrolling beat' em up set in a fantasy world. You have to rid the kingdom of Sellech of the king's evil son Clovius, who wants to conquer the kingdom by harnessing the power of the imprisoned soul of Beldor, who once ruled over Sellech as a despot. To complete your quest, you must fight your way through numerous enemies using different combinations of slashes and kicks. You cannot perform any throws, but there are different magic attacks and a special attack. The special attack is a ranged attack that consumes a certain amount of energy, whereas the different spells use up magic bags that can be found throughout the game and damage every enemy on screen. Defeated enemies drop different kinds of items such as magic bags food to replenish your health, money and keys that are used to open treasure chests in some of the bonus-games that take place in-between battles. Naturally, at the end of each stage, a powerful boss is waiting to be defeated."
40503,Vectron,,1983,5.4,Action,Arcade,,"The object of Vectron is to construct an energy base, section by section. You add each section by moving your energy block in place and filling it with an energy blast. You must protect your energy block against Hungrees, G-spheres, splits, sweeps, and prizums who can destroy it. Shoot them down with energy blasts or neutralize them with special energy from an E-Pak. Don't run out of energy or you lose an energy block. There are three energy blocks per game. When they're gone, the game is over."
40512,Castle Wolfenstein,"Castle Wolfenstein: The Most Interactive Game Ever!, Wolf2D, Wolfenstein 2D",1981,7.2,Action,"Shooter, Stealth",World War II,"In this game, the player takes control of a lone prisoner who has been taken captive in a large castle occupied by the Nazis. Getting out of the cell and picking up a weapon is just the beginning; the ultimate goal is to acquire the war plans of the Nazis, and escape from Castle Wolfenstein alive. Castle Wolfenstein is notable for being one of the earliest games that incorporated stealth-based gameplay mechanics. The player navigates the hero through the top-down corridors and rooms of the castle. The main gameplay challenge lies in dealing with the guards who patrol the castle and will be alerted to any noise made by the player. It is possible to shoot the guards, but the ammunition in the game is scarce, and some guards are very hard to kill, so the preferred course of action is moving without being noticed. If the player surprises a guard with a gun drawn, the guard will surrender, and the player will be able to frisk him for valuable items. The player should also search the treasure chests scattered across the castle. Some of them contain war plans, which are essential for winning the game; others have useful items, such as bullets, grenades, bulletproof vests, and guard uniforms. The uniforms can be worn for disguise; however, higher-ranked SS guards will be able to recognize the intruder. Chests might also contain food and beverage; imbibing alcohol will result in a temporary loss of aim and balance for the player character. The game's sound effects include some of the earliest examples of digital voice samples. The guards would sometimes shout out short phrases in German in an attempt to stop the protagonist."
40515,Super Cars II,,1991,7.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,"The follow up to Magnetic Fields' earlier racing game develops the format in several ways. As before, the racing is overhead view and against a field of 9 computer cars, with championship points awarded for finishing positions. The computer drivers now take on the humourous names from Lotus 1, such as 'Ayrton Sendup' and 'T Hairy Bootson'. The most noticeable addition is a split screen 2 player mode. The power ups have been changed around from the original, with the handling improvements gone, so as to put more of an emphasis on learning to control the slippery cars. These have been replaced by further weapons and more engine upgrades. The questions from the original have been replaced by mock driving test questions about stopping distances and the like - as before, money and points are won and lost depending on your answers."
40518,Ghouls,,1984,5.8,Action,Platform,,"Ghouls is a single screen platform game where you have to control a creature and retrieve the power jewels taken by ghosts and stored in a haunted mansion. Starting on the bottom of the screen, you have to jump up and walk on platforms to get to your power jewels on the top of the screen. Some of the jewels have come loose and you can collect them as you move around the screen. Also on the screen are ghosts, spiders and various obstacles like spikes and moving platforms and if you touch a ghost, spike or fall from a certain height then you lose one of four lives. You can collect a special jewel which makes the ghosts disappear for a few seconds and springs allow you to jump higher. A timer counts down and a level must be completed within the time or you lose a life."
40519,Street Hawk,,1986,5.9,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"After an intensive 18-month research program, Jesse Mach's super bike is finally ready to hit the mean streets. Jesse has vowed to avenge the death of his best friend, and goes on a mission to take down the villains whether they may be. But Jesse need not look no further than the street. The baddies are driving XR3's, so all it would take is one laser blast in the XR3 fuel tank, and the cars are immobilized. Zooming along, the player has to serve through traffic, dodging the bullets fired by the bad guys and eliminating carloads of criminals while taking care not to kill innocent citizens. As well as the built-in lasers, Jesse's bike can leap into the air, and a well-timed spring can avoid a collision. A crash or a blast from a villain's gun is not fatal, as the bike can take a fair bit of damage before it is immobilized. Reckless driving is not tolerated, and if too many civilians are killed, the police will be in pursuit. If the police catches up with the bike, the game ends. However, the turbo facility can be used to make a quick getaway. After driving along, the player needs to keep an eye on the gauges that indicate the condition of the lasers, the damage inflicted on the bike, and the engine temperature. Points are awarded for each of the villain's car blown up and for each civilian overtaken. While driving, Jesse receives a message regarding a break-in at the liquor store. It is up to him to take it slowly so that he can arrive there safely. At the liquor store, you must destroy three villains who run out of the store and attempt to escape in their getaway van. All of the villains must be shot before the second mission can begin. This mission involves another chase sequence, only this time a high bonus is awarded for killing off a major underworld figure who is driving a black sedan. Once the sedan gets destroyed, Jesse and his bike can return to base for a refit so the major confrontation with the leader can begin. To complete the game, the leader must be blown out of his Porsche."
40521,Last Alert,Red Alert,1989,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the near future, a cabal of 4 very evil, powerful men known as The Force is planning world domination through the use of a Super Weapon known and Indra. You are Guy Kazama, a general-purpose bad-ass soldier who can stop these guys. You must take out each of the conspirators one by one and destroy the Indra before it becomes fully operational. Last Alert is a shoot-em up played from a diagonal-down perspective. You move Guy around more than 20 levels and shoot everything that stands in your way."
40527,Q*bert 3,Qバート 3,1992,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,This game is based on the coin-op of the early 80's. You play an orange ball with two legs and a snout. Q*bert is very good at hopping and does so on an isometric grid in the shape of a pyramid. Q*Bert 3 takes this simple premise and applies it to varying themes and grid layouts. There are a total of 20 levels with 4 boards per level of increasing difficulty. Happy hopping!
40530,Powerstyx,,1988,6.3,Action,Arcade,,"Powerstyx is a Qix variant. The player controls a dot which moves around on the screen and leaves an energy beam behind it. If a closed figure is drawn, it reveals a part of the picture behind. There are also monsters, moving on either the revealed or unrevealed parts, which cause the player to lose a life if they touch the sprite or cross an unfinished beam. Randomly appearing bonus symbols give extras when they become visible in a just revealed area. The possible effects are an extra life, instant death, acceleration, time, extra points or winning the level instantly. Letters are caught the same way, but they are collected on the bottom of the screen - if a complete word is spelled, the level is won. The regular way of finishing one of the 15 levels is to reveal 75% of the screen."
40534,Capcom Generations,,1999,6.5,"Action, Compilation",Arcade,,"This is a compilation of the 4 parts of Capcom Generation series of games, bundled up together in a 4-disc release for the European market. Included are: As for extras, there is a Collection on each disc with information about the games and some illustrations. Several of the games also feature a ""remix"" feature for the music if you want to play the games with a slightly more modern sound scape in the background than the rather simple melodies that were on the games originally."
40537,Oil's Well,,1990,6.1,Action,Arcade,,"Guide your drilling bit through the underground tunnels and collect the dots of oil. Be sure to avoid the underground pests in the eight levels and beyond. With each completed level you get to see a small movie of Slater the ""Petrosaur"" in his antics in this remake of the original"
40538,Beavers,,1993,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The Beavers Supergroup and their megastar leader Jethro have reached number one in the Charts and are a big hit in all of the forest discos. Unfortunately, the previous number one group, The Rappin' Rabbit Rockers, are very angry at the Beavers success. They put a plan into action. Jethro's wife was kidnapped and is being held hostage. She will not be released until the Beavers are disbanded and all their master tapes are destroyed. Jethro is determined not to let his Beaver comrades down. He sets off to rescue his kidnapped wife with the help of his children. You take the role of Jethro. The aim of the game is to make your way through each level of the game, overcoming the various Rabbits allies you will encounter. For every six levels of the game that you complete, you will be given a code so that he can continue his struggle at a later date. However, the Rabbits don't take too kindly to this, so they send their biggest and most dangerous followers to attack you just prior to him being given the code. To defeat these large beasts, use your spin attack to propel the missiles back at them. Watch out, as rocks are too heavy to bat with your tail and you will use an energy point in trying. If fighting is not enough, you must collect Charisma Stars to maintain your charisma that you will need to complete a level. There are also Life Stars which have the ability to give you another life, but to get these, you must sneak up on them or the will move out of your reach. To keep your helpful children from losing interest, you must find Raccoon Skin Hats to give as gifts to stay in their favor. There are switches serving different functions that need to be activated. Doors will have to be entered to locate secret rooms that may contain the stars or other valuable objects. There are Rubber Leaves that may be needed to access those hard to reach areas. Just try jumping on them. Sometimes to reach the top of a level, clouds may have to be used. Some are more solid than the others. Mushroom Seeds can be used to grow your own platform to access other platforms. You may come across machinery that activate lifts or send a jet of steam into the air. You will need a spanner to start these up. Its all up to you."
40544,International Superstar Soccer 2000,"ISS 2000, International Superstar Soccer",2000,7.8,Sports,,,"The third ISS title on the N64 improves further in both gameplay and graphics. As usual, you can play in a range of game modes, from 4 player exhibition, World League against every team in the world, and a collection of scenario games that have you completing certain elements of a game in order to complete it. Also on offer are create-a-player modes, full gameplay options (subs, strategies and name editing) to expansion pak support for faster and more detailed graphics."
40546,Planet Patrol,,1982,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are on patrol to find and destroy enemy fuel depots. Your ship flies to the left, while you control your up and down motion. Initially, you must shoot the oncoming larger, red ships but avoid the smaller, blue missiles. Do not shoot the black ship. Dock with it so you can land and refuel later. When you come to the three enemy fuel depots, shoot each one to destroy it then make your way through a mine field to continue. If you come to the landing strip, just align your ship with it to land and a refueling truck will top off your tanks. As you move into night, the enemy ships become too dark to see. You can then create light, temporarily, by firing off shots."
40551,RoboCop 3D,"Robocop 3, Robocop Redux",1992,7.9,"Action, Racing / Driving","Fighting, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"RoboCop 3D (also known as RoboCop 3 or RoboCop Redux ) was developed by Digital Image Design, the creators of F29 Retaliator Rather than producing a typical film license tie-in, the developers created a varied 3D polygon-based action game that stands out from many other movie adaptations of the time. The game features a series of levels inspired by key moments from the film, which can be played individually in Arcade Mode or in a set sequence in Movie Adventure Mode, following the storyline of Japanese investors attempting to replace RoboCop with their advanced Robot Ninja designs - forcing RoboCop to prove his superiority. Gameplay spans multiple styles: This mix of genres and polygonal 3D presentation gave the game a unique identity among early 1990s licensed titles."
40552,Grand Prix Rally II,Rally II,1985,6.3,Racing / Driving,,,"Taking place over ten racing stages with six different weather conditions, this is a real endurance rally designed to test drivers in all types of driving scenarios. Your screen view is of the back of your car as it heads along the curving road encountering other uniform cars as it goes. Acceleration is automatic, leaving you free to control left-right movement and the brake. At full speed you approach the other cars very fast. Every car you pass gives you more time to complete the stage while crashing takes a large chunk off your allowed time."
40554,Ranger X,"Ex-Ranza, Ranger-X",1993,7.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Ranger X was released fairly late in the lifetime of the MegaDrive. Coming from an unknown developer, it was released with little fanfare and advertising but has become one of the best demonstrations of what the Genesis/MegaDrive is capable of. The game is a side scrolling shooter of sorts. You control a large mech (robot) which has a smaller vehicle-like sidekick mech. The two can join together, providing an alternate shooting mode. Whilst controlling just the main mech however, the player can shoot both forward and back by using different buttons. The mech can also use its rocket pack to boost off of the ground and hover for a short while. Levels are not necessarily moving from left to right (although for the most part they are) and the game is an interesting blend of platform game and shoot 'em up. The game features innovative graphics given the hardware limitations - there is a 3D introduction to most levels (remembering that the console had no 3D capability and a tile-based renderer) and some levels use a line-based scrolling effect to give the impression of 3D backgrounds."
40556,WWF Attitude,,1999,7.0,"Action, Sports",,,"WWF Attitude is a follow-up to WWF War Zone The gameplay is similar to that of its predecessor, including a variety of game modes and specialty matches, such as Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, Tornado matches, and others. The Create-A-Wrestler mode has been slightly enhanced, adding commentary and crowd chants responding to the superstars' nicknames. The Challenge Mode of the previous game is replaced by the Career Mode, allowing the player-controlled wrestler to participate in house shows, winning matches to work his way up to the prestigious Raw show, pay-per-view events, and eventually compete for the title. A few new match types and fall superstar entrances have also been added. New game modes include Create-A-Stable and a Pay-Per-View mode, which allows the player to set up an own wrestling event. The game includes an option to customize arenas, editing the color of lights, ropes, turnbuckles, logos etc."
40558,Trip'd,Flopon the Space Mutant,1994,6.6,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Trip'd is a falling block puzzle game similar to Puyo Puyo Instead of blocks, alien eggs of multiple colors fall down and the player must arrange them in a line of four of the same color in order to dispose of them. However, if eggs of the same color are arranged into a square, they will hatch and form a giant alien that can instantly end the game for the player. Players must complete the stage within a certain time limit or prevent the eggs to reach the top of the screen or else their game will end. They also have the option to either play solo, against the computer, or against a friend."
40559,The Pink Panther: Passport to Peril,"A Pantera cor de rosa: Passaporte para o Perigo, Den Lyserøde Panter På Hemmelig Mission I Udlandet, La Pantera Rosa en Misión Peligrosa, La Panthère Rose : Passeport pour le Danger, Na kłopoty Pantera, Pink Panthers gefährliche Mission, Rosa Pantern i Resa På Egen Risk, The Pink Panther's Passport to Peril, Vaaleanpunainen Pantteri - Matkalippu vaaraan",1996,7.3,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,,"As Pink Panther, you travel all around the world in order to look after the sons and daughters of top international politicians so that world peace remains! Things are getting even more complicated as an evil plot has been set and Pink Panther must beat some spies!You solve puzzles along the way and try to avoid traps while you find out many cultural aspects of life in the countries you travel! The game is a point and click adventure and it's mainly for kids : it's purpose is to bring them close to people,countries,religions and customs from all around the world : Pink Panther travels from Bombay to Cairo,Himalayas to London and beyond. Therefore the riddles are quite simple: Just collect an item and give it away,although there are some parts of the game that are very enjoyable and will attract kids even more : like the hide and seek game!"
40562,Avernum 2,,2000,7.0,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Avernum 2 is an overhaul of Exile 2: Crystal Souls This version uses an improved Nethergate engine and adds new spells, quests, characters, classes, and other things. The conversations have changed from asking about one work to get a response to asking preset questions. The effect is a more natural conversation such as in a game like Baldur's Gate or other similar RPGs. If you are not familiar with Exile 2: The Crystal Souls you play as a party of adventurers. Your duty is to make sure that you help the ancient Vahnatai and secure a peace between your two peoples. Your people, the Exiles, need their help to defeat the invading Empire forces."
40563,Might and Magic: Book One - Secret of the Inner Sanctum,Mech i Magija,1986,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"A party of adventurers in what appears to be a medieval fantasy world called Varn is looking for an entrance to the highly coveted Inner Sanctum. Before long the heroes realize that one of the four kings that rule the countries of Varn is in fact an impostor, a creature from outer space. Their task is to find the real king and ultimately stop the mysterious space traveler, revealing the truth about the world's origin in the process. The Secret of the Inner Sanctum is a role-playing game and the first installment in the Might and Magic series. Core gameplay concept is similar to that of Wizardry games, though the game does not focus solely on dungeon crawling and features overworld areas and towns that can be physically navigated. In this way the game resembles The Bard's Tale though it has a significantly larger playing environment with several towns. The entire game is viewed from first-person perspective, and the game environment consists of maze-like passages made with pseudo-3D graphics. In the beginning of the game, the player creates a party of six adventurers. There are six classes to choose from: knight, robber, sorcerer, cleric, paladin, and archer. Each character has six main attributes: might, endurance, accuracy, personality, intelligence, and luck, with each class requires proficiency in a specific attribute for effective functioning. There are also five races to choose from: humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes, and half-orcs. As in most RPGs, the gameplay revolves around exploring the game world and leveling up to be able to proceed to the story-advancing challenges. The party starts in a particularly weak state, equipped with only clubs and having no money. The player is free to explore most of the game's locations in any order, and there are few hints as to what needs to be done to advance the plot. Turn-based battles against randomly appearing enemies typically take place against a group of monsters more or less equal in size to the player-controlled party, but enemy reinforcements can appear once their comrades have been slain. It is also possible to try and bribe enemies or surrender to them before entering combat. The game has no auto-mapping feature of any kind and it is only possible to save the player's progress at inns located in towns. The TurboGrafx CD version of this game has significant differences."
40571,Gemfire,"Royal Blood, Super Royal Blood",1991,6.7,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Koei made an incursion into the fantasy worlds of magic with this game. Six magicians, each trapped inside a magical gem, are liberated from the crown Gemfire by Princess Robyn, daughter of the tyrannical ruler of Ishmeria, King Eselred. Fleeing across the length and breadth of the island nation, they each choose a leader from the greatest noble houses as their champion to topple Eselred and bring peace to Ishmeria. Players select one of these noblemen and seek to unite all the provinces under their banner through a combination of warfare and diplomacy."
40576,Twin Cobra,"Desert Attack Helicopter, Kyūkyoku Tiger, Kyūkyoku Tiger Classic, Twin Cobra Classic, Twin Cobra: Desert Attack Helicopter, Ultimate Tiger",1987,7.5,Action,Shooter,,"Twin Cobra is a vertically scrolling shoot-em-up. You pilot the TC-17 Twin Cobra assault helicopter to fight the forces of Commander Anziga, the myopic leader of the nation of Kaban. Your job is to fly into Kaban and take out the entire military base of Commander Anziga. You will fight small helicopters, tanks and stationary guns, defeat the large helicopters to get power-ups. By picking up colored icons (blue, yellow, red or green) you can change to different weapon types. Blue is a forward spread shot, yellow is a four-way shot, red is a wide forward laser shot and green is a continuous forward laser shot. At the end of each section, you land on a carrier ship and count up your bonuses."
40578,ACE: Air Combat Emulator,"A.C.E.: Air Combat Emulator, ACE",1985,6.2,Simulation,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A huge enemy fleet has invaded the southern shore of the U.S. Dozens of tanks and helicopter gun-ships are rolling over Tampa, Florida and through Atlanta, Georgia. Squadrons of enemy fighters are swarming through the air over South Carolina and are heading for Washington, D.C. For the first time in more than 100 years, a foreign power is invading our proud land! You are the only remaining fighter pilot, and you have the last three ACE Mark 2.1 Multi-Role All-Weather-All-Terain (AWAT) combat aircraft. Each is housed in one of our three remaining air bases. You must fly sorties from our bases, and attack and destroy the numerically superior enemy air and ground forces. Only then can you attempt to destroy their nearly invincible navy. Good Luck! The future of the free world hangs in the balance..."
40588,Hollywood Pictures,Hollywood Pictures: Der Kinomanager,1995,7.1,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"With 20000 dollars in your pockets and a cinema with 5 movie rooms you are starting to make a great movie maker career. First you buy some old, real-named movies (for example Star Wars, Evil Dead, etc) for showing them in your cinema. You can fix the prices for the tickets individual. Each movie room can have up to 5 performances a day. When you earned enough money you can do some more interesting things. Producing your own movie. Either you buy a shooting script or you make your own one by clicking some pretended words and choosing a film genre. After this you must select some actors and a director for your forthcoming blockbuster. At least you look for the locality, special effects, film music and more things. After all your movie will be rated by a jury and earns (it is to be hoped) your capital for the next blockbuster."
40593,Wayne Gretzky Hockey,,1988,6.6,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"The first of three Wayne Gretzky games from Bethesda It contains everything that could be found in a hockey rink, from big hits and fighting to icings and offsides. It's not only about what is on the ice but also outside, offering the player plenty of coaching options and gives you the ability to create your own players and teams."
40596,Thunder Spirits,"Sega Ages: Thunder Force AC, Thunder Force AC",1990,7.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Thunder Spirits is a modified version of Thunder Force III made specifically for the arcades with reworked graphics - although still very close to what the Genesis was able to offer. Thunder Spirits puts you behind the cockpit of a lone starfighter out to destroy all the enemy forces of the Orn empire by clearing 8 enemy-infested stages set in various outer space locations. Most of the game levels are taken directly from the Genesis version with a few minor changes, though levels 4 and 5 are totally different - both in graphics and level design. The game gives you a health-bar and the ability to swap collected weapons on the fly, which can be obtained by catching power-ups and activating them whenever you want."
40599,Soccer America: International Cup,"Greatest Striker, ILS; International League Soccer, International League Soccer",2000,5.6,Sports,,,"International League Soccer is a soccer game which lets the player choose from over 40 national teams. There are friendly matches (with up to four human players), competitions and tourneys. A World Ranking mode keeps track of the performances of each player. These can be compared with the players of other teams in graded performances. A special feature of the game is that the controls can be changed so that most actions are bound to the same button. The game itself will then evaluate which action is most appropriate for the current situation. The game comes with variable weather effects, and realistically digitalized players."
40602,Kenny Dalglish Soccer Match,Soccer Match,1989,3.9,"Action, Simulation, Sports",,,"Kenny Dalglish was a hugely successful player for Celtic, Liverpool and Scotland, before becoming the first person to win the English league championship while both playing and managing (for Liverpool in 1985, also winning the FA Cup that year). This was his second licensed game, and is a side-scrolling action game featuring single matches played between a team in red and a team in blue, each of which can be any of 9 skill levels. Matches can be varied between 10 and 90 minutes. The ball is loosely controlled in a manner similar to the Kick off series although it isn’t possible to pass the ball a short distance, so an element of hitting and hoping comes into play, especially as the ball can’t be curved far. The ball bounces quite heavily, and is very difficult to shoot on target from closer than 30 yards or so."
40605,Legend of the Sword,,1988,7.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The evil sorcerer Suzar and his army of mutated humanoids attacked the land of Anar and defeated its bravest warriors in a bloody battle. You were the only one who was able to escape. You were picked up by a royal merchant ship and brought to the king Darius. The people of Anar know the ancient legends, that tells about magical sword and shield, whose power alone is able to defeat Suzar. You and five other adventurers have volunteered to venture into the wilderness of Anar and to retrieve the magical items. Legend of the Sword is a fantasy adventure game with very slight RPG elements (top-down view, day and night cycle, world map exploration, traditional RPG-like plot, etc.). But the core gameplay is that of a pure puzzle-solving adventure. You interact with the environment by typing commands, and only a few of them are represented by icons (movement in eight directions as well as going in and out)."
40608,The Wizard of Oz,,1993,5.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"The Wizard of Oz is a re-telling of L. Frank Baum's classic story, strongly influenced by MGM's 1939 musical. To a lesser degree, individual levels adapt locations from the 1993 Wizard of Oz animated series by DIC, using settings from the series, such as Time Town. The game is a platformer that encourages exploration. The action is split into four worlds. In each of the first three worlds, the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion can be found and controlled by the player. After gaining a companion, the characters may be switched on the fly, each companion having significantly different attacks and abilities. Several of the levels require using a combination of all of these abilities to fully explore. The game also includes a variety of mini-games which gives the player a chance to play as the dog Toto as well. All levels can be revisited once passed. Doing so serves the purposes of stocking up on items and finding the Emerald City tickets, which are required to enter the final area."
40618,4 Wheel Thunder,Xceleration,2000,7.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"4 Wheel Thunder is the off-road racing sequel to the power-boat racing game Hydro Thunder In this game, players race around two types of courses; huge outdoor tracks and smaller indoor tracks. All in all, there are 24 areas in which to race, including various day/night and rain/sunshine variations. The game includes the standard championship, practice race, and two player modes. The Thunder series of games is unique in that the key to winning the race lies not in careful steering and braking, instead focusing more in finding the boost power-ups that lie around the tracks. Each boost icon adds a few seconds of time to your boost meter. The player then can press a boost button to increase the speed of the truck dramatically. Without using boost power-ups, the player has no chance of winning a race."
40621,Castlevania: Symphony of the Night,"Akumajo Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku, Castlevania: Sinfonia Della notte, Castlevania: SotN",1997,8.6,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, RPG elements","Europe, Fantasy","Five years ago, Richter Belmont, the latest in the Belmont lineage and the one destined to be a Vampire Hunter, defeated Dracula in a brutal battle which nearly cost him the love of his life, Annette, and her sister, Maria. Now, Richter has suddenly vanished, Dracula's castle has mysteriously reappeared, and Maria, now a young woman, sets off to find Richter. Alucard, the son of Dracula, is awakened from his eternal slumber after this large shift in power and enters into the castle to find some answers and confront his father. Symphony of the Night is a direct sequel to Rondo of Blood Unlike the previous installments of the series, the game is set in a castle which the player can explore freely with many different paths, although often items in certain areas need to be found that will allow passage to others. The action-based gameplay incorporates now strong RPG elements. The hero receives experience points for defeating enemies, gains levels, and becomes more powerful. There is also money to be found in the game, and various accessories to buy. In a separate screen, players need to equip attack weapons, shields, and other items. Magic plays an important role, as well as secondary weapons and a large amount of ""special moves"" that are executed similar to advanced one-on-one fighting games. The Saturn release adds two new areas to the castle (the Underground Garden and the Haunted Path), a third playable character (Maria), and a few new remixed music tracks. However, it sacrifices a few of the graphical effects from the PlayStation version, particularly true transparencies. The iOS and Android versions are based on the version found in the Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles release (has the Saturn versions familiars and items). All the other releases are based on the PlayStation version and do not feature these changes."
40627,Reggie Jackson Baseball,American Baseball,1989,6.7,Sports,,,"Reggie Jackson Baseball ( American Baseball in Japan and PAL countries) is, as the name implies, a simulation of USA's most beloved sports: baseball. There are four modes in the game: Exhibition, Tournament, Watch Mode, and finally a Home Run Contest. In the Watch Mode the computer just plays against itself, and in Tournament Mode you compete against the computer. The other two modes can be played against computer or a human opponent as well. You can choose Major League Baseball teams in all of those modes. During the game, the player controls the pitcher and the batter from a third-person view; the view changes to top-down after a strike by a batter, so that the player can view a large part of the field. Events such as injuries or cheerleader performances are graphically shown in the game."
40633,Mega Man Legends 2,Rockman Dash 2,2000,7.4,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)","Arcade, Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"Mega Man returns in this, his second 3D outing. The Blue bomber and his teammate, Roll, must journey to a distant island to recover The Mother Lode, an item that no-one really understands, but that they all believe may hold the key to make their dreams come true, and so everyone is after it. Unlike past Mega Man titles, Legends 2 also adds RPG elements into the mix, allowing players to talk to villagers and the like. Some may help in finding items, others aid the player with important information about The Mother Lode, and other areas on the island."
40634,Sword of the Samurai,Sword of the Samurai: A Quest For Honor In Feudal Japan,1989,7.7,"Action, Strategy / tactics",,Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval),"Sword of the Samurai simulates feudal leadership in 15th century Japan. Players take on the role of a young samurai warrior with a small kingdom. You and your neighbors vie for land and perform feats to win the favour of your lord, struggling to win the shogunate. Time will be spent managing the kingdom and wandering through feudal Japan; setting the scene for arcade sequences that determine your standing. Win the battle, gain land; beat the swordsman, gain honour."
40639,People's General,Dynasty General,1998,7.8,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),Asia,"People's General is the sequel to Panzer General II and the last two dimensional game in the casual war game series. People's General takes the series into the near future. Over population and dwindling resources have lead China to attempt to take control of all of Asia. NATO stands in their way. Play either side of the conflict in a branching campaign, or create a modern day military situation of your own with the scenario editor included. People's General is a turn based war game. The game's interface and rules are designed to be simpler than many wargames. Units are an assortment of present-day and near-future ones. A scenario editor is included."
40640,Gradius: Deluxe Pack,,1996,7.2,"Action, Compilation",Shooter,,"This pack contains both the arcade classics Gradius I and II ported to Windows 95, Sony Playstation and Sega Saturn. Story: the Bacterians are attacking the planet Gradius, and in a state-of-the-art fighter ship you have to stop them. Both games have similar gameplay and graphics, with only different music and level layout setting them apart. Each of these side-scrolling shooters has over a dozen levels each, all of which are completely unique. There are no enemy types that are re-used from level to level (except for the boss who is the same in every level). You can collect powerups that provide things like extra speed, laser shots, target-seeking missiles, shields, etc. While there have been many small modernising touches made to the games, there is still no ability to save. Be prepared to set aside a considerable amount of time to finish in one go."
40644,The Reap,,1997,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Reap is a classic arcade shooter in Zaxxon style and very similar to Viewpoint The game has 4 stages. First you shoot enemies in a arctic oriented scenery. Next you fly through the deep oceans, wherein between shipwrecks and fish bones are sharks and submarines waiting for you. After this there comes a canyon-desert stage. Last but not least you fight your enemies in a skyscraper city. Every stage has two or three levels. Altogether there are 10 levels. Your ship can get 5 weapon systems and all of them can be upgraded three times. The biggest weapon is a rocket blaster. You can also find bombs or invulnerability shields."
40653,Sonic the Hedgehog 2,,1992,7.2,Action,Platform,,"Coming back from the vacation Sonic took after foiling the plans of Dr Robotnik, he finds that Tails and all his other animal friends are missing. Sonic finds a letter waiting for him, that reads: ""Dear Sonic, Robotnik is back, and he's captured all the animals on the island! He is holding me in a place called the Crystal Egg. In order to free me, you have to find and bring the six Chaos Emeralds. Robotnik made me write this. He says he's waiting for you, and he's created six really nasty robots in order to 'get rid of you once and for all.' I don't know what he has planned, but Sonic, please be careful! Sincerely, Tails."" That being more than enough motivation for him, Sonic races out to defeat Robotnik again. The Master System version is totally different than the Sonic 2 for Genesis. Tails obviously doesn't accompany you, like he can in the Genesis release. Sonic can also not do his infamous buzzsaw roll by simply ducking and pressing jump."
40657,Crack'ed,,1987,5.6,Action,Shooter,,"As a professional ornithologist, you're thrilled to find out that some rare South American hornbills have nested in your ""old yolk tree."" But while the hornbills are out feeding, a group of mischievous bluebirds, owls, and snakes begin raiding their nests and stealing eggs. You get out your slingshot and begin hitting the marauding creatures. But you have to be careful. If you hit an egg-carrying bird, it drops the egg and you have to act fast to catch it before it hits the ground and return it to a nest. At the same time, you have to watch for snakes that may be sneaking up to nests and gobbling eggs. If you can protect the eggs long enough, you can take them to another nesting site."
40658,Pub Games,,1986,6.1,"Compilation, Simulation, Sports","Board game, Cards / tiles",,"Pub games is a themed compilation of seven games that have been popular in public houses (drinking establishments) in the United Kingdom for decades. This package is aimed at young teens with the inlay card containing words like 'Here's your chance to find out what it's like in those smoke-filled haunts of adulthood'. All the games are two player games of the 'hot seat' variety - with the exception of Table Football where both players have their own action keys The games can be played either as a 'Full Pub Games Run' - which takes the player(s) through all the games and will take around two hours to complete, or a practice mode which allows the player(s) to select the games in any order. Scoring in each game is self explanatory but in the 'Full Pub Games Run' players win £1 per game so the winner at the end of the run is the one with the most money. The games are split on both sides of the cassette Side 1 - Menu, Darts, Bar Billiards, and Dominoes Side 2 - Table Football, Pontoon, Poker, and Skittles The Menu. You must go through this at the start of the game to enter the players' names and choose which mode is being used, 'full run' or practice mode. Darts This is played as the best of three games starting at either 501 or 301 and finishing on a double. In the pub run the winner of each game gets £1. There's a choice of colours for the dart board. Predefined keys are used to position the cursor over the board to make the shot, however the cursor does not stay in one place, it circles erratically, so the skill is in pressing the 'fire' key as it passes over the desired target. Every dart will hit the board though it is possible not to score by either missing the scoring segments or hitting the wire. When a shot is made there's a little animation on the left of the screen showing a man throwing a dart. No option for lady players though. Bar Billiards This game is played with eight balls (7 white and one red). The object is to pot any ball down any of the nine holes in the table. The red ball starts on the table and any score made with it in any break is doubled. Any foul shot, a ball returning to baulk, failing to hit another ball in play, or knocking down a skittle, ends and zeroes the break. As in the 'real' game, for the first ten minutes balls potted are returned. After that the balls are not returned and the game continues until all balls have been potted. An on-screen timer is provided. To play this game predefined keys are used to position the cue ball, and the cue, and to set the power of the shot. Only one game is played in the 'pub run' and the winner gets £1. Dominoes Both players are dealt a set of dominoes. These are displayed face down so that they cannot be seen. As each player takes their turn they reveal their remaining dominoes, select one, and position it on the board using predefined keys. This is played as the best of three games and the winner of each game gets £1. Table Football This is the only game that requires two players to use the keyboard at the same time. This isn't really a pub game, this is the game that's in fun-fairs, arcades, student common rooms and the break room of some enlightened work places around the world. It's the game with players on metal rods that slide and twist to block and shoot the ball past a keeper into a net. Players have one key for each action - up/down/back/kick, but they have three lines of 'men' to maneuver. The game gets round this by only applying the action key to the line of men nearest to the ball. Once the ball is kicked it keeps on moving until it is either kicked again or a goal is scored. No getting stuck in the corners here! In the 'Pub Run' this game is played as 'best of three' games with nine balls per game and the winner of each game gets £1, the practice mode is best of three games. Pontoon Otherwise known as Blackjack. Each player starts with a £10 stake and you can bet between £1 and £5 per hand.Bets are placed and after the second card is dealt players can twist, stick or buy. No sticking is allowed below 16. The game is played as ten consecutive hands for each player and in the 'Pub Run', the final kitty is added to your score, so this is one game where one player can leap ahead of their opponent. Poker Here the player is again given a £10 stake and is dealt a series of ten consecutive hands. Players do not compete against each other, they gamble on the hand they can make. The game pays out 2-1 for a pair, 4-1 for 2 pairs, 6-1 for a flush, 8-1 for a prial (three of a kind), 10-1 for a run, full house, or four of a kind, and 20-1 for a running flush. Again in the 'Pub Run', the final kitty is added to your score which means a good win here with a high value hand could be all a player needs to win the match. For each hand of cards dealt the player chooses which cards to reject. The entire hand can be re-dealt if necessary. Skittles In the 'pub run' this is played as the best of five games with ten balls per game. Players get £1 per win or per draw The practice game is played as five games with two balls per player per game. A lane is drawn on screen and six skittles are set at the end of it. The ball to be bowled moves back and forth at the end of the lane 'nearest' to the player. A target moves back and forth at the end of the lane behind the skittles - but at a different speed. When the two are positioned to give the perfect bowling line the player hits a key, launches the ball and watches the results. It's very hard not to hit something, and equally hard to knock them all down. Each player bowls all their balls consecutively. Ten points are awarded per skittle knocked down. All skittles are reset for each ball bowled."
40665,King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!,King's Quest V,1990,7.6,Adventure,Graphic adventure,Fantasy,"On a beautiful sunny day, King Graham of Daventry decides to take a stroll in the woods surrounding his castle. When he returns, he discovers with horror that his home, Daventry Castle, has completely disappeared! Graham is at a loss, and wonders how this could have happened, when a talking owl named Cedric appears. He tells him that he saw the whole thing, and that an evil wizard named Mordack whisked the entire castle away, along with Graham's family in it. Cedric offers to take him to his homeland, Serenia, where his master, the wizard Crispin resides. Surely Crispin will be able to help King Graham rescue his family from Mordack's clutches. King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder is an adventure game, and the first from Sierra to use a point-and-click mouse interface. Rather than typing commands on a keyboard to interact with the game world and use the arrow keys to walk around, King's Quest V instead simplifies all actions down to base commands. To access the different cursors, the player can move the mouse to the top of the screen, revealing a hidden menu with each of the different actions, as well as game options and the inventory bag. By clicking the ""Walk"" cursor on the screen, Graham will walk as close as he can to the appropriate area. Clicking the ""Eye"" cursor on items will provide a description, the same as typing ""Look at"". The ""Hand"" cursor is a multipurpose cursor that can be used to push, pull, interact with and pick up objects. The ""Head"" cursor is used to talk to people (and in the strange world of King's Quest often objects and animals, too). Players can also right-click to cycle through the different available cursors. Inventory that Graham picks up now gets placed into a bag. By clicking on the bag, this opens up a sub-window that displays all the inventory that Graham currently has. In here, players can look at or interact with objects, combine them with other objects, or pick them up to use them in the game environment as another cursor. As with most Sierra games, it is quite possible to die. Bumping into witches, poisonous scorpions, falling off edges of cliffs, dying of thirst in the desert, and many other objects, locations and characters will send Graham to an untimely demise. The player must be cautious as they explore Serenia - frequent game saving across multiple files is usually the best course of action to make sure that you don't get stuck or have to start right from the game's very beginning. The NES port of King's Quest V retains the icon-based interface and most of the locations, puzzles, and dialogue from the earlier release. Graphics had to be re-drawn with fewer colors and less detail to fit within the restrictions of the hardware, and the artwork in many areas is different. This version removes most alternate solutions to puzzles and does not allow many actions that would render the game unwinnable. It also shortens and eliminates several scenes; for example, it is impossible to revisit the wizard in the first house. A few locations (such as the desert) are smaller. Some death sequences have been removed or modified not to include words related to death. Finally, some text descriptions were altered."
40676,Stunt Island,"Stunt Island: Filmregie und Stuntflugsimulation, Stunt Island: La Simulation D'Acrobatie Aerienne et de Creation de Films, Stunt Island: The Stunt Flying and Filming Simulation",1992,7.9,Simulation,Tricks / stunts,,"Stunt Island was marketed as ""The Stunt Flying and Filming Simulation"". With over 50 aircraft (including the space shuttle) and over 1000 props, you could either fly around the island, make your own films, or fly stunts for money."
40687,Bomberman Hero,Bomberman Hero ~ Mirian-Ōjo o Sukue!,1998,6.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"This is another game in the Bomberman series. Now you have to prevent the demolishing of Planet Bomber by evil Nitros and to acquire a computer disk from the robot Pibot. As always you have to place bombs in the right locations to destroy enemies, break walls, etc. Here are five different planets, 71 levels, 20 useful items, several special vehicles and your bombs."
40691,Power,Critical Mass,1985,7.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mankind has spread throughout the solar system into vast colonies, which are under alien threat. The bad guys have anti-matter machines capable of destroying the planets' power source. You must destroy these before they can reach Critical Mass. Your journey involves travelling primarily to the east, in a hovering craft. It is rotated with left and right movements, and accelerated with forward motion. Laser and shield strength are limited and monitored on screen. Use them wisely, as hostile aliens and mines line the route. Get shot down and you re-emerge with a jet pack, now directed to the bay which can give you a new craft. The force-field gates near the power planets are guarded by turrets which must be shot down. The mission then boils down the insides of the plant, which must be destroyed before its tractor beam has sucked you into the core."
40694,Danger Girl,,2000,6.0,Action,Quick Time Events (QTEs),,"3rd Person Action game based on the hit comic book from J.Scott Campbell. In Danger Girl, you play as one of three sexy, adventurous, feminine agents with a wide array of weapons and spy gear. Choose between Abbey Chase, the blond team leader; Sydney, a sharpshooter from Australia; and a character who is new to the series. You'll travel all over the world in 14 levels and explore vast outdoor and indoor areas in six different environments. The game features a wide variety of play mechanics and numerous prerendered interstitial scenes that advance a story line that takes place between the first and second story arcs of the comic book."
40698,Total Soccer 2000,"Futbol! 2000, Fußball 2000",1999,5.7,Sports,,,"The sequel to Total Soccer this game featured improved graphics and presentation, and some extra features like different grass types and weather conditions. The gameplay, simple and straightforward, remains the same. Total Soccer 2000 does not contain any licenses from FIFA, nor 100% accurate information on the teams and players."
40699,Zeus: Master of Olympus,"Herrscher des Olymp: Zeus, Il Signore dell' Olimpo: Zeus, Le Maitre de l'Olympe: Zeus, Master of Olympus: Zeus, Mestre do Olimpo: Zeus, Olympens Härskare: Zeus, Señor del Olimpo: Zeus, Zeus: Pan Olimpu",2000,7.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation","Classical antiquity, Europe, Fantasy","After Pharaoh Impressions Games took its city building series into Ancient Greece, land of Zeus, Ares and his dragon, and many other mythological figures. The most important change to the core of the previous games is how dwellings are built and improve. Instead of allocating single tiles of land the player can choose between building common and elite housing. These only expand inside the allocated plot; common houses cannot evolve into elite houses, which allow the player to build a city block immediately without worrying about newcomers building in the middle of a 2x4 block, rendering the four plots on each side almost useless. The distribution of goods has also changed. While the production remains the same, goods are now sold at the Agora a roadside market. Then, the player builds the shops and after they arrive from nearby warehouses and granaries, a peddler roams the streets, selling his goods until he is sold out (roadblocks can be used to control his path, keeping him in the neighborhood). Finally, religion plays a larger -and more palpable- part than in previous games. In many missions, the player may be facing a monster summoned by a deity (which requires the player to call a hero such as Heracles by building him a nice building with all required commodities) or the Deity himself, which can cause extreme damage to the city (like Ares or Athena) or lure inhabitants away from the city (Aphrodite). To obtain their favor and blessings, the player first must build a gigantic temple and then offer a sacrifice, even if sometimes they help the player from their own kindness. While in previous games their actions were communicated by message boxes, in Zeus they have their own sprites, roaming across the city. The rest of the game remains unchanged from the core of the series. The player is in charge of developing a plot of land and turn it into a thriving new city. For that, the player must build enough housing spots and provide jobs for the people, either working in production of raw material, manufacturing of goods or services done to the city. These services include philosophers, athletes and actors, who entertain the people and every four years take part in the Olympic Games, which brings fame to the city. Other services include tax collectors, water bearers, healers, watchmen, and superintendents. Each level (excluding sandbox games) have a goal that may range from stockpiling a number of goods, submitting neighboring cities, or acquire enough currency."
40702,World Karate Championship,International Karate,1985,7.1,"Action, Sports",Fighting,,"The objective of World Karate Championship is to get the highest possible dan (karate grade, determined by belt colour) and become the world champion - and of course, to get the highest score. Karate fighters compete against each other on side-view screens, the scenery representing real world locations (New York, Egypt, Japan, etc.). In between the fighting stages, there are short action sequences, during which the player can gather bonus points. These include deflecting bouncing balls, breaking wooden planks, and others."
40703,Action Stations!,Naval Surface Combat 1922-1945,1990,7.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War II","Action Stations is a Naval Surface Combat Tactical Simulation covering the years 1922-1945. The game treats thoroughly in detail smoke, starshells, flares, searchlights, radar, shore batteries, stack gasses, aircraft recce, and spotting, burning oil slicks, capsized hulks, weather, and more. Ship classes go from PT Boats to Battleships and represent the U.S., German, British, Italian, French, Japanese, Dutch, and Russian Fleets. Many ""design only"" classes are included. In addition to 30 packaged scenarios, the build scenario feature allows you to generate an infinite number of new situations."
40705,Space Fury,,1981,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"""So! A creature for my amusement! Prepare for Battle!"" These are the words uttered by the alien commander upon starting a game of Space Fury The gameplay is similiar to Asteroids in that you have one screen of space that wraps back on itself and your ship can only thrust and fire. However, whereas in Asteroids you faced pieces of rock that couldn't give chase, Space Fury instead provides alien vessels that will hunt you down. Each alien vessel starts in 4 pieces at diagonal corners which will try to join together. Shooting any of these pieces before is possible and will make things easier for your player. When one or more pieces reaches the center point, it combines with other pieces there and begins to fire upon and give chase to your vessel. There's only one screen of space, so your tactics are limited. However your vessel is not completely basic. Provided from the beginning are three superstructures, of which you can choose one, that provide additional firepower to your ship."
40710,Legend of the River King GB,"Kawa no Nushitsuri 3, Legend of the River King GBC",1997,7.0,"Role-playing (RPG), Simulation, Sports",,,"This unique RPG provides a world of fishing as the prime objective. There are two modes of play, The Fish and Raise. The Fish: As a young boy, you must search out the fish called Guardian, the only fish in the river that can cure a disease caught by your sister, Teruyo. This mode combines RPG elements such as buying items, talking to the town's folk and searching the local river for the Guardian fish. The fishing element comes into play when you bait or lure fish at the river, in hopes to find a fish. Raise mode allows you to purchase a fish tank and the extras, and raise a small fish. Much like the many Pokémon type games, you can feed it, keep the tank clean and raise the fish."
40711,Gribbly's Day Out,Gribbly's Special Day Out,1985,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"Gribbly Grobbly is a Blabgorian, the most advanced species on planet Blabgor. He must rescue Gribblets, infants who have wandered off through this dangerous world. It is split into sixteen levels - apart from the first and last, these are played in a random order each time. Gribbly can blow bubbles, as a weapon. Levels are comprised of a giant Energy Web of diagonally-linked protective beams, parts of which can be disabled using switches. The web is to shield you from Seon, a rogue Blabgorian who uses his powers as a negative force. When there is only one Gribblet left, the barriers are released and Seon is free to chase you down. There are two initial types of active foes - seed pods (which move) and Chrysalis (which don't). Both hurt you on contact but are destroyed by bubbles. However, if Seed pods hit the ground they transform into Topsies (which can flip the Gribblets onto their backs, making them vulnerable), and if Crysalis are not destroyed quickly enough they turn into Stompers (which are indestructible and can kill Gribblets, but die on contact with water and are not intelligent to avoid it). When a Stomper kills a Gribblet, it becomes a Flier, which can re-release Gribblets - forcing you to quickly grab them."
40712,African Trail Simulator,,1990,5.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,Africa,"Take to the desert on your off-road bike as you negotiate all the stages of the African trail. Before you start each stage, you must select three items of equipment to take with you. But make that decision carefully as it may well be crucial. You meet other riders who will try knock you off your bike. Further, you have to gauge your speed correctly and try to perform wheelies while riding over hills. Don't fall off your bike!"
40725,Blueprint,Blue-Print,1982,5.9,Action,Arcade,,"Your girlfriend Daisy is in trouble! Ollie Ogre is chasing her across the top of the screen, and you need to come to the rescue. To stop Ollie before time runs out, you need to construct a machine. The blueprint for the machine is at the bottom of the screen, so all you need to do is locate the parts which are hidden in the numerous houses in a maze-like town. When you locate a part, drag it back and place it on the blueprint. When all parts have been located, press the start button and the machine is ready to go! To make your task more difficult, there are several obstacles that get in the way. If you enter a house which doesn't contain a part, you will instead be stuck with a bomb. You will need to hurry and defuse any bombs in the bomb pit before they explode! From time to time, a flower pot will fall from above and then hop off the screen. Get hit by a flower pot, and you lose a life. You also need to be careful of Fuzzy Wuzzy, who wanders around the neighborhood randomly. An encounter with Fuzzy Wuzzy will also be deadly! Hiding in the bomb pit is Sneaky Pete; while he isn't deadly, he will occasionally appear and press the start button before your machine is complete. If this happens, you will need to drag Pete back to the bomb pit and reassemble all of the machine parts."
40726,The Settlers III,"Die Siedler III, Gongren Wuyu III, Hamityashvim III",1998,7.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy (RTS)","China (Ancient / Imperial), Classical antiquity, Egypt (Ancient), Fantasy","The third title in the The Settlers series starts with gods of different nations idle and decadent. Their authority known only as ""He"" challenges Jupiter, Horus and Ch'ih-yu to choose a leader of their respective nation and lead him to world conquest. There are three nations: Romans, Egyptians and Asians. Each nation has its own styled buildings, industry focus, spells for priests and special resource required to appease their leading diety. The main gameplay is most similar to its predecessor but with a more elaborate economy. However, manual road construction is no longer necessary, as routes frequently taken by workers are automatically converted to roads. A new feature is the inclusion of mobile artillery as an advanced late-game military unit. Ships can be constructed to transport units and cargo across water. With post-release patches, the Thief unit was introduced to steal resources from enemies while disguised as one of their own from afar. The game also supports multiplayer via Internet and LAN."
40736,Rambo: First Blood Part II,"Ashura, Rambo, Secret Command, Secret Commando",1986,6.7,Action,Shooter,,"A vertical-scrolling shooter in the tradition of Commando Ikari Warriors and Guerrilla War Rambo and his buddy Zane (who didn't appear in the movie) are charged with blasting their way through various levels and rescuing the hostages. Of course, it won't be easy -- soldiers, tanks, and other enemies will do everything they can to stop you from saving the day. Unlike Ocean's later First Blood License a single hit kills you, and your weapon is a gun rather than knives. The game is in fact a re-branding of Ashura (known as Secret Commando in Europe), which explains why there is a second character on offer."
40745,Dragon View,"Dragonview, Drakkhen II, Super Drakkhen",1994,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"Many years ago, four brave warriors have reclaimed the magical Drakkhen tears for humanity, liberating it from the yoke of powerful dragons. Alex, a descendant of one of those heroes, enjoys a peaceful life in the town of Rysis ans is about to marry his sweetheart Katarina. However, a mysterious wizard interferes and kidnaps the young woman. Alex embarks on a quest to locate and defeat him, unraveling an even more nefarious scheme in the process. Dragon View is an action role-playing game and a follow-up to Drakkhen Like its predecessor, it features a 3D overworld navigated from a first-person perspective. Towns and dungeons, however, are presented as side-scrolling areas. Alex can jump and fight enemies appearing in the dungeons with a sword or other weapons he can later acquire, such as a boomerang and a bow. Experience points are awarded for vanquishing enemies, and Alex's strength and defense parameters increase when leveling up. HP and magic points increase by finding specific items. It is also possible to find magical rings and weapon upgrades."
40747,Knights of the Desert,Knights of the Desert: The North African Campaign of 1941-43,1983,6.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,"Africa, Historical events, World War II",Knights of the Desert is the operational level simulation of Rommel's famous North African Campaign of WWII. The game begins in March 1941 and ends in February 1943 in 12 turns each representing 2 months. Both players goals are the same. That is to sweep across the northern coast of Africa pushing the enemy as far back as possible capturing key towns such as Benghazi and Tobruk along the way. The only difference is the direction you are heading. As the German Commander your main goal is east to Alexandria. As the British Commander your main goal is to sweep Rommel all the way back to El Agheila and win the game. Knights of the Desert provides for solitaire play where the computer directs the British.
40754,Grid Runner,Grid Run,1996,6.5,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Aliens have captured you and you are forced to play a deadly game of what appears to be capture the flag combined with tag. Race your way around the area and capture the required number of flags before being touched by your opponent. If they do touch you, you must find and touch them before they capture the right number of flags. Who ever is ""it"" cannot capture flags until their opponent is tagged. There is a story and 2 player versus mode. Through the story, you face many different enemies with ranging speeds and firepower (gun fire only slows down the person shot, there is no health bar)."
40757,Midway Campaign,Midway Kaisen,1980,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Wargame,"Historical events, World War II","Midway Campaign is a computer simulation of the Battle of Midway Island in June 1942, arguably one of the most decisive battles in the history of warfare. The computer controls a huge force of Japanese ships whose objective is to invade and capture Midway Island. You command the badly outnumbered and outranged American forces with your only advantage being the element of surprise. The game ends if either all of one side's Aircraft Carriers are sunk, or any part of Japanese TF exits map to west or US TF exits map to east with no airstrikes in the air. At the end of the game a summary of all carrier damage, aircraft losses, and victory points from other targets and the Midway invasion are output followed by an evaluation of results."
40760,Monopoly Deluxe,Monopoly,1992,7.6,Strategy / tactics,Board game,Contemporary,"Monopoly Deluxe is a conversion of the classic board game. The game allows for some user-based rule changes such as money given for landing on ""Free Parking""."
40762,Hang-On,Hang On,1985,6.6,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Hang-On is an arcade racing game, also bundled with the Master System and reminiscent of Pole Position but with bikes. The player races against time, battling an unlimited amount of opponents on a highway. While the clock ticks down, he should try to maneuver past his opponents and to steer clear of obstacles on the side of the road. Beating the clock extends the time and draws a new backdrop to race in."
40764,Sneaky Snakes,,1991,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"When Sonia Snake is kidnapped by the Nasty Nibbler, only two snakes can save her! It's up to Attila and Genghis to eat their way through sixteen tricky stages as they avoid nasty traps and open the exits by standing on the scales to open the exit door. Sneaky Snakes is a pseudo-sequel to the NES game Snake, Rattle 'n Roll However, instead of an isometric playfield, the game is this time a standard sidescrolling platformer. Players can play as Attila (or link up and play simultaneously with a friend as Genghis) through various devious levels. The goal of each level is to eat enough Nibbleys (round creatures which come in assorted flavors including balloons, jellyfish, joggers, and more) to earn enough tail segments. When your snake has enough segments, its body will flash, and you can weigh yourself to open the exit gate and progress to the next level. Each level has a time limit of 99 seconds - if this runs out, a giant ax will appear, chasing after your snake until it eventually destroys it. To prevent this from occurring, you can collect clocks which add another 30 seconds to your time limit. You can also collect power ups such as increased jump height, tongue extensions, and diamonds which briefly make you invincible."
40765,Gabriel Knight Mysteries: Limited Edition,Gabriel Knight Mysteries: Collector's Edition,1998,8.1,Compilation,,,"This limited edition box is an introduction to the Gabriel Knight world of horror and adventure. The first two games of the trilogy have been included: The box also includes the graphical novel Gabriel Knight III: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned and a soundtrack from Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers"
40766,Terracide,,1997,6.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A colony of ex-humans, having left Earth generations ago, are returning in gigantic dropships to destroy their former home world. Mutated by the harsh climates of their adopted planets, they have little in common with their human ancestors - and no problem blowing them away. Terracide was one of the first PC titles to support the advanced features of 3D graphics cards. The gameplay is very similar to the Descent series."
40770,The Adventures of Robin Hood,,1991,7.2,Simulation,,Fantasy,"In Robin Hood, you must perform many heroic deeds to change the public impression of you from ""villain"" to ""hero."" The ultimate aim is to retake your castle, which is captured in the intro sequence. This involves bringing together your band of merry men and killing the Sheriff and his guards. There are seven extra items you can find in the game, which aren't essential but make the game a lot easier. The whole interface is similar to Populous : you don't direct Robin directly but with icons placed around the screen. The AI citizens of Sherwood go about their lives as normal, so it's another game that you can spend just watching and wandering through rather than trying to complete."
40773,Snowboard Kids 2,Chou Snowbo Kids,1999,7.1,"Racing / Driving, Sports",,,"The sequel to the famous snowboard simulation Snowboard Kids is a fun family sports game. It combines a trick-oriented snowboard simulator with shooting/arcade elements. Player can choose from various characters with different look and skills. There are different gaming modes, including a story mode with very light and entertaining plot. The storyline is actually quite basic, sometimes similar to the Kirby series concepts. Hence, there is no rush for saving the world, just some funny little fellas entertaining themselves. Winning a race or performing tricks provides the player with some credit which can be spent on improved equipment. Shooting elements are based on but not limited to throwing strange objects (like parachutes or snow-men) against other snowboard kids in order to slow them down. There are great power-ups during the gameplay. Courses are rarely covered with snow - most of the races are held in freakish regions like jungles, space stations, castles etc."
40774,Moto Racer,,1997,8.0,Racing / Driving,,,"An arcade motorcycle racer in which both superbike and motocross events are available. Game modes include Practice, Time Attack, in which players race against their own replays, Single Races against computer-controlled opponents, and a Championship Circuit. Network or Internet play for up to 8 players is available as well. Winning the championship unlocks additional courses out of the 4 road and 4 dirt tracks available, as well as the new game options Reverse and Pocket Bike. In Reverse mode the tracks are raced in the opposite direction, while in Pocket Bike mode every racer is given a miniature version of his motorcycle. A free track add-on extends the game with one additional course for sportbikes and dirtbikes each."
40780,Prime Time NFL Football starring Deion Sanders,,1996,7.2,Sports,,,"Prime Time NFL Football is one of the many football titles released back in the day. It features all 30 NFL teams at the time and the updated 1994 roster along with the standard modes such as Exhibition Season and Playoffs Along with signing free agents and trading players, players could also customize their playbook, change weather conditions, relocate their team, play multiple schedules as well as save 15 different user records. The main draw of the game was the personal endorsement by Deion Sanders."
40782,JSF,Joint Strike Fighter,1997,7.8,Simulation,,"Asia, Contemporary, Europe, South America","In the game, you are the pilot of one of the two playable multi-role stealth aircraft, the Lockheed X-35 or the Boeing X-32. The game features four non-linear campaigns, never-seen-before weapons, up to 8 players, weather effects and more."
40785,Fantastic Night Dreams: Cotton,Fantastic Night Dreams: Cotton - Original,1991,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Fantastic Night Dreams: Cotton is a 2D side-scrolling shooter in which the player takes the role of the young witch Cotton, who sets out on her magical broom on a quest to get her favorite candy. Fortunately for us her obsession gets her in the way of several world-threatening terrors that she must destroy in standard shooter fare. The game features an experience-earning system in which the more enemies the player kills the more he can upgrade his weapon by collecting power crystals. Players can also charge their weapon for special attacks and enlist the aid of Silk, Cotton's magical fairy friend who can form up in different ""option"" configurations."
40786,Alone in the Dark,,1992,7.7,Action,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror",Interwar,"Jeremy Hartwood has committed suicide in his Louisiana mansion, Derceto. You take the role of either Edward Carnby, a private investigator, or Emily Hartwood, Jeremy's niece, and investigate the suspicious death. The three-floor mansion is reputed to be haunted by its eccentric past owner. Very quickly, you realise that it is. Warped rats, zombies, and giant worms are among the foes who are after you, and you must somehow escape. Alone in the Dark is an action-adventure survival horror game. The action is displayed from a number of fixed viewpoints. The backgrounds are 2D painted images, while the player character, all items, and monsters are rendered as 3D models. To escape the mansion, you'll have to solve a number of puzzles. They usually involve finding an item and using it in a proper place. Apart from items necessary for the puzzles, you can also find books and documents that can be read, healing items which can be consumed to restore hit points, and weapons. Weapons come in handy since Derceto is full of various monsters. Some monsters can be killed with weapons, but others are either impossible to kill or require a bit of thinking to take down. Note also that you have limited amounts of ammunition, so you have to use firearms carefully."
40796,Super Cauldron,,1992,6.5,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Cauldron and Cauldron II were successful in the 8-bit days, and this moved the series forward. Zmira the witch must negotiate four worlds, each split into bite-size chunks, in order to retrieve her magical powers and restore the kingdom The levels are populated with bats, trolls and snakes, which have programmed attack patterns and follow you off the screen. You can collect and cast up to 12 spells, which are accessed using the cursor or function keys (the manual amusingly refers to STs and Amigas having F11 and F12 keys, which they don't). These include upgraded weapons (the default one isn't especially powerful), and help such as magic staircases and a metal melter. Some sections of water kill you, other identical ones take you to different sections."
40797,The Adventures of Batman & Robin,,1994,7.6,Action,Platform,,"Konami's game based on the 90s animated series starring the Caped Crusader sends him against his most famous enemies in a platforming/beat'em'up title. Each of the game's eight levels (or episodes) sends Batman against one particular villain. Most levels present Batman with a large number of henchmen to take out and environmental dangers to avoid on his way to one or more boss battles, but some deviate from the norm. For instance, Catwoman's stage is a large chase over Gotham City's rooftops with no enemies besides Catwoman herself. In the Penguin's level, Batman must navigate the dark corridors of Gotham City's museum, rescuing the staff. Two-Face's level is a driving sequence, seen from a top-down perspective. Besides kicks, throws and punches, Batman can use a variety of equipment against the enemies. Always available are Batarangs and the grappling hook. Before each mission, Batman can also select additional equipment, like knockout gas spray, throwing stars, smoke bombs and plastic explosives, all with limited ammunition. Special equipment required for certain levels include a flashlight, gas mask and X-ray goggles. If some necessary equipment is missing, it is always possible to return to the Batcave to change the gear and then restart the current level. Many of the situations and environments of the levels are based on episodes from the series and the game's graphics emulate the animation and drawing style of the show."
40799,Return to Ringworld,,1994,6.4,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"After saving the puppeteer race from extermination and uncovering some powerful ancient technology in the first game Quinn, Seeker of Vengeance and Miranda Rees find themselves searched as fugitives by all three major species, so they go to Ringworld to hide. Once in Ringworld they'll try to uncover some evidence to clear their names, but they stumble across another universe-threatening plot. This time U.N. general Carson Teal is out to rule the universe by uncovering Ringworld's secrets, and you must stop him. Return to Ringworld is the sequel to the Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch Like its predecessor, it is based on Larry Niven's Known Space series of novels. Once again this game is a puzzle-solving point-and-click adventure. This game is much larger than its predecessor, with hundreds of screens, mazes, etc. The player can control three characters throughout the game, a la Day of the Tentacle"
40800,ZPC,Zero Population Count,1996,6.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You play a sort of god-king who has been roused from suspended animation to deal with an evil sect who has taken over the planet and is killing your followers. Includes music by the industrial band the Revolting Cocks, and art by underground artist Aidan (KMFDM) Hughes."
40804,Future Wars: Adventures in Time,"Future Wars: Time Travellers, Future Wars: Toki no Bōkensha, Les Voyageurs du Temps: La Menace",1989,7.2,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 1989, a simple window cleaner is working outside of a skyscraper. Intending to play a prank on his angry boss, the unlikely hero discovers a secret passage leading to a time machine along with mysterious alien documents. Operating the device transports the protagonist to the year 1304, where he is given a seemingly ordinary task of rescuing a lady in danger. However, he soon finds out about a much more serious threat of a global alien invasion. The hero has to travel to the remote future of the 44th century and eventually to the even more remote past of the Cretaceous period to foil their plans. Future Wars is a graphic adventure game, and the first to use Delphine's proprietary Cinematique point-and-click interface. A right click brings up the verb menu. After choosing one of the six commands, the player points the mouse over the desired target and executes the action with a left click. Small objects are depicted by enlarged drawings once they have been discovered; however, many of them are well-hidden and often require precise positioning on the part of the player character to discover. The game has a linear story advancement, and it is possible to die or become irrevocably stuck by failing to locate a crucial item in one of the previous locations."
40810,Red Moon,,1985,8.4,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"The Red Moon Crystal is the only source of Magik in the land, and stabilizes the forces of the world. This crystal has been stolen and as a result, the land has fallen into chaos. A single powerful magician is sent to rescue the Crystal from the castle where it's hidden. Red Moon is an graphical interactive fiction game. Players assume the role of the wizard on his quest to recover the crystal. They will have the use of many weapons and a dozen magical spells. Combat is a key element of the game: both the magician and enemy opponents have hit points, in the style of RPGs. Spellcasting requires certain objects to be collected, and many spells must also be cast on a specific target. Various objects will be found during the adventure, including garlic, pills and a mask."
40812,T-Mek,,1994,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"T-Mek is essentially an updated Battlezone You are a warrior battling in the T-Mek competition, a hugely popular event in the future. You control a hovercraft and try to blow up everyone else. The action is viewed from your perspective as you travel around the arena. You also have an overall view of where your opponents are. Terrain surfaces and characteristics vary in each battle. In most levels you need to reach a certain score to progress, however there are out-and-out one-off Deathmatch duels to deal with periodically."
40814,Threshold,Robot Attack,1981,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Threshold is a simple shoot 'em up game. You are in control of a spaceship at the bottom of the screen and have to shoot several formations of enemies at the top of the screen. To make things more difficult, you have limited time in the form of a fuel tank which will get refilled after you clear a number of waves. Besides that, your spacecraft is equipped with a laser that tends to overheat. Every shot makes the heat bar of the laser increase a bit. Once it reached its maximum you can't fire anymore and are forced to wait until it cools down while slowly running out of fuel."
40816,Dragon's Eye,The Dragon's Eye,1981,5.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Dragon's Eye is a fantasy RPG in which you are cast as a valiant warrior tasked with saving the lands by completing an epic quest. The lands in question are the ""Seven Provinces"" and the quest itself involves finding and retrieving the ""Dragon's Eye"" amulet before its evil power corrupts the entire countryside. The game is played from a strategic map view from which you select which area to adventure into, rest and make your necessary equipment purchases. After that it's off to explore the realm and battle all enemies you might encounter from a side view perspective. Battles are turn-based and you can issue several different orders to be carried out in queue when your turn ends. You can explore the land as you see fit, but beware the time limit imposed by the Dragon's Eye."
40820,Arcade Classic 4: Defender/Joust,Midway Presents Arcade Hits: Joust / Defender,1995,6.6,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Platform",,"A compilation and port of: The games can also be played on the Super Game Boy Peripheral and has altered graphics from the original versions. It does not feature the ability to use the Link Cable, but does have an option for two friends to take turns for each game."
40822,Aoi Blink,Blue Blink,1990,7.2,Action,Platform,,"Aoi Blink is a side-scrolling platformer based on the TV anime series of the same name. The five levels are similarly built as the ones in Super Mario Bros. 3 : they are divided into various areas which are reached through a map screen with branching paths. Those areas need to be solved to be able to walk further on the map. The speciality of this game is that the player can switch between three characters with different abilities on the fly, e.g. one can jump high and another has a better gun. Those are important to be able to solve the challenges the levels bring, mostly consisting of traditional platforming and avoiding/shooting enemies. However, the boss area at the end of the level map has to be opened with a master key. There is one hidden in every area. The three characters are based on characters of the series and change depending on the level. The health pool is shared between all characters and losing all hearts results in losing a life. Hearts can be refilled by collecting money which is left behind by killed enemies."
40825,The Comet Game,,1986,5.1,Action,Shooter,,"Aimed to tie in with Halley's Comet passing close to Earth, but actually missing the boat by some time, The Comet Game is based on the idea of Halley's comet coming with bacterial life-forms capable of destroying life on earth. As a result, you must get into your high-tech spaceship, intercept the comet, and destroy those organisms. Controlling the ship's autopilot technology, you must ensure that the task is successfully completed. You must ensure that missile attacks on the ship are unsuccessful (by shooting at the missiles before they hit a your ship, a la Missile Command controlling a cross-hair that moves around the ship), and maintain communication with Earth, by aiming the comms beam in the right direction to get the best signal. Keeping the computer running smoothly requires moving a line of LEDs to match what is being displayed. The fourth ongoing task is to keep the ship's crew happy. This is done in a rather surreal way, by brewing coffee and injecting it into the crew (who are in suspended animation)."
40830,Metal Slug 1st Mission,,1999,8.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"As a member of the elite forces squad ""Peregrine Falcons,"" your mission is to eliminate the evil Colonel Bildegaarn. Using the Metal Slug multifunction tank and the Slug Flyer as well as your wits and handgun blast through up to 17 missions in your quest to make the world safe from tyranny. Multiple stage progressions and a gameplay ranking system give reason to play through more than once. In-game save lets the player on the go turn off the Neo Geo Pocket and not lose progress."
40831,Adventure Series,"Scott Adams' Adventure Series, Scott Adams' Adventures 1-12",1981,7.3,"Adventure, Compilation",Interactive fiction / text adventure,,This value pack collects the twelve Scott Adams Classic Adventures in their all-text format with the original IBM PC interpreter. The following games comprise the package:
40834,Solomon's Key,"Arcade Archives: Solomon's Key, Solomon No Kagi",1986,7.3,"Action, Puzzle","Arcade, Platform",,"Solomon's Key is a platform game with both action and strategy elements. On each level your goal is to retrieve a key which can then be used to unlock the exit. To help out, you have a magic wand which can be used to create and destroy blocks (though some blocks can't be destroyed). In order to reach the key you will need carefully to arrange the blocks on the screen so you can jump your way around safely. Wandering around each level are a variety of enemies which will cause you to lose a life if you're caught. Some creatures can be killed by destroying the block they are standing on, others must be dodged. Hidden bonuses and magic can be found on many of the levels, sometimes even hidden in blocks. Some treasures give you bonus points, others can form magic spells to help deal with the enemies. To make the game more difficult, each level has a time limit in which it must be completed."
40838,Front Line,"Arcade Archives: Front Line, Frontline",1982,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Front Line is a vertically scrolling action game. Your mission is to infiltrate enemy territory and destroy their fortress. To reach the fortress, you will have to make your way through varied and dangerous terrain. Jungles, deserts, brush, and rocks all slow your progress, plus each area has numerous enemy fighters and tanks trying to stop you. To help get past these obstacles, you are armed with a machine gun and grenades; at some points in the game you may even come across an abandoned tank which you can control to increase your odds of survival. When you reach the end of the level and successfully destroy the fortress, the game will repeat at a higher level of difficulty. Gameplay is for one or two players, and four different skill levels are available."
40842,International Open Golf Championship,,1993,5.8,Sports,,,"Ocean presents in association with Pringle of Scotland an international open golfing experience. The game features many and varied forms of golf including skins, foursomes, matchplay, strokeplay, practice and fourball with the action taking place over a wide variety of terrain and locations. All of the expected levels of difficulty are also available starting of as an amateur, working through to professional standard and for the few amongst us even master level. The landscape is realistically portrayed in real-time 3D, with bird's eye tracking shots of your strokes giving the player the full story on each and every shot allowing the player to get a better understanding of each course. Also included is the ability to take your character and shot statistics with you on a floppy disc around to your friend's house, invaluable if you want to start off with the correct handicap."
40843,Bass Masters Classic,,1995,6.7,"Simulation, Sports",,,"This game consists of five 3-day tournaments at four lakes. The mission is to catch as much large bass as possible. Once the day of the fishing tournament is over, the five largest bass that were caught get weighed and are compared to the other fisherman's catches. The one with the heaviest catch is the winner. The player starts off choosing an angler. Then the player can either go to the bait shop, practice pond, or start in the tournament. In the bait shop, choices of baits, lines, rods, reels, fish finders, and boat engines are available for purchase. The practice pond mode is just where the player can cut his teeth on the game mechanics without consequence. The tournament mode is the main part of the game. Players start out in a fishing boat. Some of the factors that can affect your fishing are temperature, wind speed, water clarity and time of day. After casting the line, the game goes from an above the lake view to a side view of the lake water depths. Then it's just up to the player to attract the fish with the bait, and after the fish is caught on the hook, reel it in."
40848,Elysium,,1992,6.7,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,,"Europe 390 A.D. - the Migration Period: As the Western Roman Empire struggles to repel migrating Germanic tribes fleeing from the incursion of the Huns into Eastern Europe, several of its provinces are breaking away seeking independence. In ""Elysium"", you rule one of these independent provinces. Your goal is threefold: (1) survive politically until the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 A.D.; (2) make your country the most livable for your people, turning it into an ""Elysium"", an island of the blessed in those turbulent times; (3) (optionally) build an empire of your own by conquering other provinces. Your challenges are firstly foreign and secondly domestic: ward off pillaging barbarian tribes such as the Vandals or the Huns and defend against legions of Roman troops sent by the Emperor to forcibly reintegrate you into his failing Empire. This requires building, equipping and maintaining a whole army of militia, career soldiers and mercenaries, financed by a vibrant domestic economy. Thus your tasks at home include the production of agricultural and other goods and building the necessary infrastructure, trade by sea and land, law enforcement and taxation, and most importantly: stay in power by keeping the masses happy with ""bread and circuses""."
40852,Comic Bakery,Ponpokopan,1984,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,A baker tries to bake and deliver bread while fighting raccoons. Pieces of bread are moving along a factory line. The raccoons try to eat your bread and also try to switch off your machines. You have to keep your machinery running and also scare away the raccoons. If you do that your delivery truck will be loaded with bread and drive off.
40864,Graeme Souness Soccer Manager,"GSSM, Peter Schmeichel Soccer Manager",1992,5.8,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Graeme Souness Soccer Manager is a basic football managing game based on the English leagues where the player is responsible for bringing a team (any available) from the Conference to the top division. Options are limited: the player can select the starting eleven, the players being rated in both ability and fitness, explore the transfer market for signing better players and request overdraft extensions. While no player refuses the sign for your team (even if it's still on the Conference), the real game challenge is to balance finances, and avoid paying too much in wages while still in the lower divisions."
40871,Mischief Makers,"Mischief Makers – Aventura maluca em estilo quadrinhos!, Yuke Yuke! Trouble Makers",1997,7.6,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mischief Makers is a 2D side-scrolling platform game in which the protagonist uses her hands to grab, shake, and throw objects. There are five ""worlds"" in the game, each with about ten levels. You are Marina Liteyears, assistant to professor Theo. The professor has been kidnapped, and some of King Aster's troops have defected. It is up to Marina, with some help from the troops still loyal to the king, to save the professor and defeat the evil empire."
40872,KKND: Krush Kill 'N Destroy,"KKND: Krush, Kill 'N' Destroy",1997,7.2,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),"Oceania, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","After a nuclear war humanity is divided up into two groups: the survivors and the mutes. The survivors lived under the surface of Earth for years. After they crawled up to the light again, the whole world has changed. The most important resource is oil and now a war between the Evolved (mutants) and the Survivors begins. The Evolved use mutant animals as units, while the Survivors use their high-tech vehicles. KKND is a real-time strategy game where oil is the primary resource to earn the currency needed to construct buildings and train units. Different buildings can often be upgraded multiple times to unlock new options."
40876,Legend,Knights of Carnage,1998,6.5,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Hack and slash",Fantasy,"Legend is the sequel to it's namesake for the SNES. Despite the conversion to 3D, the game still keeps all the action in a two dimensional plane. The Kingdom of Tovakia is overtaken by chaos and despair. After several assassination attempts, the king's brother is sent into exile. During his exile, however, he learns the dark arts of sorcery. He summons a demon to support him in his quest to rule over Tovakia. When he manages to kidnap the king, it is up to the protagonists to save him, and Tovakia, from the evil brother. You can choose to play one of three characters: Axel (all-round character), Tara (fast and good with light weapons) and Karo (slow but strong and good with heavy weapons). You will find a wide array of weapons and enemies in this 3D Beat 'em Up. Besides the standard medieval weaponry there are various ranged spells you can use to hurt the enemy. There are five stages to play through and each stage ends with a level boss. In multiplayer it is possible to play the game in two player co-op with increased difficulty."
40880,Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth,,1998,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth takes place in the far future, where you are the last hope for Earth, which is being attacked by an alien race. The game features a top-down 3D scroller, similar to that of the arcade games 1943 or Raiden You can take control of different space crafts, each with different advantages and disadvantages, and different weapons. The rule is 1 hit-kill. After 3 lives, you have to restart the level. There is no saving feature, however a lengthy password is provided to you at the end of each level, so long you have the patience to put it in each time you turn off the game. Each level is about 3-5 minutes long, each with it's own tough boss at the end. Each level has its own secret path to take, depending on what you shoot (ex. shoot wall, reveal secret path). All levels lead up to a final boss in the end."
40885,Encounter at L-5,,1982,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Using an anti-matter launcher, you must defend the starbase L5 against a non-stop horde of blue Megalyte warrior ships and their death ships. As the warriors reach the bottom, they fire on your base. It does not hurt the base but would lose you one of your four lives. Sometimes the death ship takes a dive towards your base, firing as it goes. If it reaches your base, it will destroy your generator, losing you a life. As hordes of Megalyte ships descend, you can hold down the fire button. This will keep the anti-matter launcher in place and moving the paddle will shift the cursor and thus your aim. If you are in danger of being shot or need to destroy a death ship, just release the button and then you can move the launcher left or right. There are 26 game variations. The odd numbered ones are one player, the even numbered are two player. Scoring You score ten points for each death ship you destroy Your points vary for the warrior ships. The farther from you they are, the more the points."
40892,The Terminator 2029,,1992,7.1,Action,Shooter,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","In Terminator 2029 the player is a member of John Connor's Special Operations Group tasked with destroying Skynet. The game is a first-person shooter, although restricted to the 4 compass directions (i.e. turning, using the arrow keys, spins the player around 90 degrees). The character is wearing the Advanced Combat Armor with configurable slots for easily switchable weapons. This comes in handy, as new weapons and attachments are acquired throughout the game. The cross-hairs are moved using the mouse, with the left button being the trigger."
40896,Heavy on the Magick,,1986,7.5,"Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)",Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"With full graphics throughout, Heavy on the Magick aimed the standard adventure style at a wider audience. Axil the Able is stuck in Collodon's pile, and he must find a way out. At the start, the game will randomly generate his Skill, Stamina and Luck - you can regenerate these if you don't like the initial values. As you play your experience statistic will increase. The graphics are created in memory before being copied onto the screen; this causes some pixellated areas, but there's a full examine option with some helpful hints as to the item's benefit/risk. The lair is on many levels, and most rooms have multiple exits across the 8 compass directions. Vampires and Werewolves are among the many creatures which guard the corridors - you use magic to kill or freeze these, although some can be beaten back by possessing certain objects."
40898,NASCAR Racing 2,,1996,7.9,Racing / Driving,,,"The sequel to Papyrus' award-winning NASCAR Racing NASCAR Racing 2 uses a new game engine, which improves the graphics, physics, sound, and multiplayer. It also adds the official cars, tracks, and drivers of the 1996 season, an arcade mode, mouse interface, and radio spotter. It was also the first NASCAR game to have 3D Acceleration 3Dfx Acceleration through DOS, and Rendition through Windows."
40909,Carnage Heart,,1995,6.6,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"in 2073, giant companies are battling on the moons of Jupiter to extract their resources. In this complex strategy game, you must design ""OKE"" (i.e. giant robots), choosing their hardware and also programming their software. In the battlefield, you don't control the robots. Instead, it's the program you wrote which makes the decisions."
40915,Star Trek: 25th Anniversary,Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (Enhanced CD-ROM),1992,7.6,"Adventure, Simulation","Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Captain Kirk and the USS Enterprise are representatives of the United Federation of Planets. Their role in space is that of explorers as well as a military presence. The Enterprise routinely encounters strange adventures and bizarre situations, each laid out as a separate ""episode"" which must be played in order. The first episode involves the USS Enterprise being called to a world to investigate strange ""demons"" have appeared from the mines and begun attacking the settlers. Star Trek: 25th Anniversary is based on the 1960s Star Trek TV series. The game is a combination of a point-and-click, side-scrolling adventure game and a first person starship simulator. This tie-in actually missed the 25th Anniversary of Star Trek's TV debut by half a year (nearly three years in the case of the Amiga version), but it uses the original series' characters and settings. Players directly control Captain Kirk, leader of the Starship Enterprise, and are able to give orders to other crew members. While the enterprise is on a peaceful mission, combat is possible. A new game begins on the bridge of the Enterprise, seen from a 3rd person view of Kirk, but a first person view out the viewscreen of the Enterprise. When on board the ship, Kirk can contact Chekov to assign a designation, raise shields or begin combat, contact Sulu to engage warp or adjust magnification, contact Spock to scan for data and search for keyword information, contact Uhura to deal with communications, and contact Scotty to change power allocation and repair damage and beam down to a planet. During combat, the player steers the Enterprise manually and is able to turn in 720 degrees of direction as well as increase or decrease speeds. Weaponry includes phaser banks which draw from the ship's energy and proton torpedoes which are in limited supply. The adventuring bulk of the game comes in the form of many landing party missions, in which the player beams down to the surface of a planet and explores the situation. Kirk can move about on the screen, other crew members automatically follow him. From the menu, he chooses a body part to perform an action: eyes represent looking, mouth represents speaking, one hand represents using items (and crew members) while another is to pick up objects. Kirk carries an inventory of items collected which can be accessed and used at any time. In most missions Kirk will carry a communicator to contact the ship and a phaser weapon which can be set to ""stun"" or ""kill"", The point-and-click adventure has different solutions to problems, but the ideal goal of the federation is to solve things non-violently. Performance is rated accordingly as well as being based on how many extra discoveries and advances made and interaction with different beings, including aliens. The surroundings are all based on styles from the TV series and solutions to puzzles involve the skills of multiple crew members."
40918,Iron Assault,,1995,6.7,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Iron Assault is a ""light"" simulator of big robots. As in any other mech-sim, game actions take place in a distant future, but in this case on our own planet(Earth) at the end of 21st century. Player joins the ranks of resistance force to fight back world, enslaved by global corporations. As Mechwarrior 2 or rather Earthsiege IA is also mission-based and before every mission you can choose a robot and it's equipment as you want. Controls are very simplistic, you may not even know half of them and still win. Graphics are not true 3D, but a combination of 3D world and sprite characters. Levels are partially destructible - you can damage surroundings, street lamps for example. And a really notable thing about Iron Assault is cut scenes. They're made using very unusual technique for computer games - stop motion animation(just remember classic King-Kong movie)."
40919,Wings of Wor,Gynoug,1991,7.8,Action,Shooter,Fantasy,"Wings of Wor is a horror-themed shoot'em up similar to the Thunder Force series and other horizontal shooters. But other than most of them where you play a spaceship of some sort, here you play as Wor, a member of the so-called 'Flying men' who look quite similar to angels. The home planet of these people, Iccus, has been taken over by a virus that has mutated into a collection of quite horrible creatures, and every previous attempt to battle them has failed. So now it is Wor's turn to save his home planet and destroy these mutants once and for all! Gynoug consists of 6 levels with no check points, instead you continue right where you died if you have any lives left. Each level (except the last) has a mid-boss and a large end-boss. There are three types of shots, one that fires in a triangular fashion, one that fires more concentrated in a corridor and a bit to the back and above/below you, and one that fires to the front and back simultaneously. You can power them up in two ways, by shooting more bullets and by strengthening them. Also, feathers can increase your speed like in the Gradius series"
40930,Viper,,1998,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Aliens are trying to take over the world. It's your job to stop them - so you climb into your trusty chopper, the Viper, and fight your way through many alien-infested levels to the base of the enemy. Viper is a fast-paced non-stop shoot 'em up action game. You fly through the levels with your chopper on a pre-set route with only a few junctions where you may choose the path to go; the entire screen will (especially in the later levels) be filled with bullets and explosions. Lots of add-on weapons may be picked up to improve your firepower."
40932,The Legend of Dragoon,La Leyenda de los Dragoons,1999,7.0,Role-playing (RPG),,,"Dart, a brave and loyal warrior swordsman, has sworn to avenge the death of his parents by destroying the mysterious black monster. For unknown reasons, the Sandora Empire burns down his village and imprisons his childhood friend, Shana. Straight away Dart sets out on a journey to rescue her, but Shana's kidnapping is merely the tip of the iceberg of a much grander, more sinister plot about ancient spiritual powers and the destruction of the human race. The Legend of Dragoon is a Japanese-style RPG, visually reminiscent of Final Fantasy VII (pre-rendered backgrounds, 3D characters and battle scenes, CG animations to advance the story). Battle mechanics follow the traditional turn-based prototype, with a few additions such as critical attacks dependent on precise timing, and ""dragoon"" transformations, which allow access to powerful techniques. Game progression is largely linear, with the ""world map"" replaced by locations represented as connected dots."
40933,Batman Returns,,1992,6.5,Adventure,,,"Frigid winter winds swept over an already chilled Gotham City. Random street crimes were running at an all-time high,despite the holidays. Down below, in the city's frozen sewers, Oswald Cobblepot, known as The Penguin, planned more mayhem and schemed the take over of the frightened metropolis. His loyal army of missile-packing Penguin Commandos and the bizarre Red Triangle Circus Gang are energized by the evil genius of the web-footed orphan. A desperate call to Batman goes up. Batman Returns is an adventure game with fighting sequences (controled using attack icons of equipped weapons), based on the movie of the same name. Control Batman's combat style, and help conduct relentless interrogations of The Penguins' many allies. Use the Batcave computer to input clues, analyze evidence and review enemy bios. TV news is available in the Batcave as well as in the Batmobile and broadcasts important information that is crucial if it comes to figuring out where to go next in order to find another lead. You're in charge of weapons, too. Stock Batman's Utility belt with enough heat to match the diverse fighting styles of The Penguin and his cold-blooded, sewer-dwelling minions. The game is divided into several days during which some events happen. The player has full control over the moment when the day should end. In order to complete the game, the player has to gather enough evidence before the Penguin will be elected for the mayor."
40942,Disney's Arcade Frenzy,"Disney's Multispil, Disney: Arcade en folie - Multi-Jeux, Disneys Verrückte Spielesammlung",1999,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"Disney's Arcade Frenzy is a collection of four arcade mini-games : Mu-Shoot : help Mushu to defend his village against Huns attacking in waves. Use fireworks as ammunition, use your mouse to aim, left click for a standard shoot, right click for a super shoot, causing a small avalanche. Rooftop Ruckus : the night has fallen on Agrabah. Help Abu to brighten up each darkened window of the town, while avoiding guards ans adversaries. Right-click to throw a banana, and left-click to enter a house by a door. Flying Frenzy : help Pegasus to protect Mt. Olympus against Titans trying to climb it. Right-click with your mouse to throw lightnings, and don't stop left-clicks to keep on flying. Flounder Quest : guide Sebastian in order to save Flounder, captured by Ursula, the Sea Witch. Left click to destroy weak parts of the labyrinth while right-clicking with the mouse causes Sebastian to shelter inside his shell."
40944,Targhan,,1989,6.9,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Fantasy,"The events of Targhan take place in medieval times; the game's setting and gameplay are similar to those of Golden Axe The plot involves a lone warrior traveling the land far and wide, killing all manner of beasts, with the end goal in mind to kill an evil lord who has gotten too big for his britches."
40951,Wheels of Fire,"Ruedas de Feugo, Wheels of Fire: The Ultimate Driving Compilation",1991,7.5,Compilation,,,"Four arcade-converted racing games feature in this compilation, named after a song by rock group Cream :"
40952,Liath: WorldSpiral,Spiralny Świat: Liath,1998,5.5,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Liath: WorldSpiral is a Russian-made point-and-click, third-person graphical adventure which involves talking to people, solving puzzles and general exploring. In this game, you play a modern-day magician named Criss looking for his friend, Tiche, who disappeared hundreds of years ago in a world known as Azeretus. In the ageless battle of ""Good versus Evil"", the story revolves around magic spells, curses, and spirits."
40953,Flamingo Tours,,1994,6.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"In Flamingo Tours you are the manager of a travel agency. With your starting money you have to reserve hotel rooms, buy buses, charter planes or hire some cruising ships. If you are successful over time, you can open more bureaus all over Germany. If you don’t have enough money you can go to the local bank for some credits. The game has 3 difficulty levels, and 4 players can play hot-seat together."
40975,Spec Ops: Rangers Lead the Way,Spec Ops: Ranger Assault,1998,7.3,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Shooter, Tactical shooter",,"Spec Ops is the first in a series of realistic, action-oriented, real-time 3D third-person games based on elite warfare units - with the emphasis on action and realism. Using custom-built, proprietary technology (Viper), the first title is based on the U.S. Army Rangers. Your main objective is to control your team of Rangers and eliminate opponent targets while completing mission sub-tasks in the time allotted. Choose between stealth or all out war - it's up to you."
40979,AeroWings 2: Air Strike,Aero Dancing F,2000,7.3,Simulation,,,"Whereas the first AeroWings game was all about flight acrobatics, AeroWings 2: Air Strike is a fighter jet game. The most important modes selectable are free flight, which as the name implies gives you freedom to fly what you want (land it in the middle of a freeway if you'd like or next to skyscrapers) and over what type of weather and the split-screen versus mode (2 player). In addition to those modes, the game features training in over 30 fighter training missions and 15 tactical challenges. Successful completion of these challenges will unlock additional fighters (including the XF-3 Super Recipro, F-2B Support Fighter or F-15DJ Aggressor 2 to name a few) and decals/paint for the plane models. As far as the realism goes, the game is customizable with options for either Standard or Professional Flight controls. The main difference between the two being the inclusion of more realistic G-Forces on your plane. It's also important to note that the controls are nearly identical to the first game with one or two buttons difference."
40986,NHL 2000,,1999,8.3,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"The millennium installment in the NHL series brought as usual updated rosters, featuring for the first time the Atlanta Thrashers, plus enhanced graphics and sound. The two main features of the game are the new Dynasty mode, allowing a player to lead a team to success for 10 straight seasons, while keeping an eye on the new talent on the yearly drafts and trading with other teams, and the face import feature, which gives the chance to assign each custom player their own face based on a photo. To do so, a photo must be placed in a folder, imported and then hotspots (head shape, eyes, nose and mouth) must be set, to define how the texture will be mapped into the face model. Gameplay became a lot faster and tougher, and two new moves were included: ""Big Hit"", to flatten the oppositions' golden boy, and ""Special Movement"", to go around those tough defenders with ease. Other new features include individual player and goalie boost (to give an handicap for a team), jersey selection, including classic throwback jerseys. One of the most important changes done to the game was how the game timer worked: before, the period length on the clock matched the time set by the player, but starting with NHL 2000, every period has 20 minutes which are compressed into the time set by the player. This makes penalties a lot shorter (a minor elapses in just 30 seconds in a five minute period setting) thus reducing the powerplay percentage, which experienced players could keep in the high 90's in previous games, but also fixes the handicap of goaltenders in played games (a goaltender that suffered a single goal would have his GAA a lot higher than a goalie that suffered more goals in a simulated game). The rest of the game remains as usual: 28 teams can play in a season (with the ability to choose between a short, medium or long season length), setting the then new NHL overtime loss point, playoffs (with best of 1, 3, 5 or 7 matches), international tournament and shootout. The beginner mode continues to be featured, and allowing players to feel the ice for the first time without having to deal with complicated controls, penalties or tough opponents. Bill Clement replaced Daryl ""Razor"" Reaugh in colour commentary, and Jim Hughson remains in play by play. Alternative rock band Garbage provided the lead track ( Push it! from their Version 2.0 album)."
40988,Super Stardust,Super Stardust '96,1994,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Super Stardust is an Asteroids clone in which you control your Panther PX-2 ship through successive waves of asteroids and other enemies, which are drawn using ray-tracing techniques. The game is polished version of its predecessor - Stardust Its general gameplay and general ideas remained basically the same but there are some further modifications that made the game a little bit more difficult. As before there are 30 standard levels split into 5 worlds. Levels can be completed in any order however, you must fight an end-of-level guardian once you have finished the sixth level of a world. At each level, there are standard disintegrating rocks to destroy. Their colour defines their endurance: greys are the easiest to be destroyed while yellows are the hardest. In most of the levels, there are also other enemy ships but there are also some alliance forces providing us with new types of weapons or missiles. In comparison to ""Stardust"", the occurrence of smaller level bosses is a bit different - the tougher ones appear sooner and the placement of the levels within the worlds was also slightly changed. Worlds are linked by 4 tunnel levels, which involve shooting or avoiding everything that comes your way. The important change is the introduction of tunnel guardians which has to be defeated in order to complete the section. There are also power-ups during your flight across the tunnel. Two Special Missions made in a ""Thrust""-style bonus levels were made a little bit easier mostly due to getting rid of the fuel element and bearing in mind that the game is more difficult, finding the extra lives really serves its purpose. The game was released also for machines with AGA chipsets. CD32 version contains special in-game cut scenes between worlds and music played directly from audio tracks."
40991,Trollie Wallie,,1984,7.3,Action,Platform,,"You are shopping at your local supermarket where you have to buy 40 items from your list. The problem is that shopping here is dangerous with creatures roaming and obstacles in your way. You can lose one of your four lives by touching a creature, falling from a height or touching certain obstacles. Another problem you have is that you can only carry five items at a time, once you have five you must go back to the start to pay for them and store them. Switches also need to be found to make certain walls that are blocking your path disappear. Trollie Wallie is a platform game that scrolls when you move in all directions with a small part of the supermarket shown on screen. As well as the main playing area, you can also see your score, lives, items on your person, total items and a bonus clock that counts down from 1000."
40994,Mario Paint,,1992,7.3,Educational,,,"Mario Paint is an educational game that allows anyone to create simple pictures, paint over black and white pictures, or free draw their own using the specially developed SNES Mouse. The player can also create their own piece of music using a selection of notes and themes, create greeting cards and animations, or play a game of ""Gnat Attack"", where they use the mouse to control a swatter to swat flies."
40999,Space Station Silicon Valley,,1999,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Space Station Silicon Valley is a based on the Nintendo 64 game of the same name. It keeps story, gameplay mechanics and even the basic level design while translating everything into a platforming perspective shown from the side. The story is about a space station which is populated by independent robot animals. A while ago the station vanished but now it is back on full collision course towards Earth. Of course humanity sends squads out there to end the threat, but everyone but the robot Evo gets lost. The player takes the role of Evo who has to solve 35 levels in order to save Earth. The unique characteristic of the game is that Evo has the ability to take control over any robot animal he meets. In fact, he is required to do so because his life energy rapidly decreases when outside of a host. All those animals have different abilities which are used to solve the numerous puzzles found in the levels. There are varying goals to complete in each level which range from destroying a machine to guiding sheep to their pens."
41009,Monuments of Mars,The Monuments of Mars!,1991,6.7,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Monuments of Mars is a low-rez, early PC platform game sharing an engine with Apogee 's Arctic Adventure and Pharaoh's Tomb A number of astronauts sent to Mars on a mission to explore the strange structures there have mysteriously gone missing. Now NASA sends its best man (you) to rescue them and, if possible, find out more about the mysterious monuments and their purpose. This perilous journey will take the player to the famous Pyramid, Fortress and Face of Mars, among other locations. Along the way he will collect various items and face deadly alien creatures. The game is split into four episodes, the first one, First Contact was distributed free as shareware but the remainder The Pyramid The Fortress and The Face had to be purchased from Apogee. Each contains twenty puzzle-filled levels, each of which is one screen large. The game is entirely keyboard controlled but offers the player(s) a choice of action key settings."
41013,WWF Attitude,,1999,5.6,Sports,,,"Next to 3D versions on consoles Acclaim's 1999 wrestling game WWF Attitude was also released in a 2D version for the Game Boy Color. It is similar to developer Crawfish Interactive's previous Game Boy title WWF War Zone with the main differences being the addition of color, several new game modes and an all-new line-up of 20 wrestlers. Returning modes include training, single matches, tag team matches and cage matches, as well as the Challenge mode, in which the player's goal is to earn the WWF title by beating the current holder, starting from the very bottom of the rankings. To get a chance at the title fight, wrestlers with higher rankings must be beat in single matches, and it is also necessary to fight grudge (cage) matches against wrestlers in lower places. The new Career mode is a series of consecutive fights against all other 19 wrestlers in the game. Also new is the King of the Ring mode, an eight-wrestler single-elimination tournament. Progress in Challenge and Career modes is saved via passwords. In the ring, three of the Game Boy's buttons (A, B and Select) are used for various moves, including attacks, grapples and drops. Each wrestler has their signature finishing move available, but unlike in War Zone every finisher is activated in the same way. Like in War Zone short biographies of the featured wrestlers are available from the main menu."
41017,Alter Ego,,1986,7.6,Simulation,,,"Alter Ego is a game which tries to simulate life itself. The player creates a character with different personality statistics, either by assigning them randomly or by answering a few introductory questions. They then guide this character through seven life phases, from infancy to old age. The gameplay consists of a series of situations where a decision has to be made. This is done by choosing one of multiple answer possibilities, sometimes accompanied with a mood. Then the player gets presented with the outcome and goes on to the next situation. Every decision has long-time consequences and influences the personality, health and which situations await further down the road. Some decisions may even result in an early death or instant game over. Every life phase is represented by a life tree where the situations are lined up; the motif of the situation card shows the general theme of the situation. After reaching a certain age, additional life options can be undergone at any time. Here the player can change his lifestyle and manage his love and professional life. The game exists in two variations which depict a male or female life."
41026,Sammy Sosa Softball Slam,,2000,5.5,Sports,,,"For people who think Sammy Sosa's High Heat Baseball is too hard... This is a title from 3DO that uses the same engine, but in a much more down-to-earth manner playing softball. Edit/customize the team players. Choose different playing fields (from backyard to a stadium.) Practice, play a single game or a tournament against seven other teams. If you're good, maybe you'll get to play Sammy's Slammers for the championship..."
41028,Loaded,Blood Factory,1995,7.8,Action,Shooter,,"Loaded is a violent, bloody top-down shooter which places you in the boots of one of six characters, who are all strange and deformed, from a psychotic clown to a huge baby. It's a mission based game, where you have to complete various objectives, such as ""escape the prison"". Throughout each mission, there are tons of enemies to kill. You can choose to play through the single player campaign, or you can go head to head in two player."
41030,Marko,Marko's Magic Football,1994,7.3,Action,Platform,,"Colonel Brown, the evil owner of a toy factory, has created a substance that can turn people and animals into mutant sludge monsters. When Marko's football comes in touch with the substance it gets magical powers, giving Marko the power to stop Colonel Brown. Now Marko has to find his way through numerous platform levels filled with enemies and obstacles. Using his magic football, he can perform various moves and attacks. He can kill his enemies with different kicks, header shots or even bicycle kicks and also use his ball as a trampoline. The SNES version features two additional moves for Marko (the ability to balance on the ball and a different method of returning it to him), but they do not have a great impact on gameplay. The gameplay is remarkably similar to Soccer Kid"
41037,Trolls,Oscar in Toyland,1992,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"This platform game features the small blue-haired cutesy creatures that were popular around the time (although surely not with most computer game buyers?). You play a Troll roaming the levels in the hope of rescuing as many baby trolls as possible - each level gives you a set minimum to retrieve before you can leave via the Pigstop. Initially, you have no weapons, and contact with the nasties costs you energy, but a Yo-Yo can be collected, which can be used not only to kill enemies, but also to smash blocks away and open up paths, and even (with practice) tied to a ledge to allow you to swing across a gap. Throughout the levels, you will find the letters B,O,N,U,S, and G released from bonus balloons or on killing an enemy - if at the end of a level your letters spell out Bonus or Bogus you go to the appropriate extra level. The former has a chance to gain extra lives, the latter must be escaped quickly to avoid losing a life."
41038,Grand Theft Auto,,1997,7.3,"Action, Racing / Driving",,"Contemporary, North America","In Grand Theft Auto the player takes the role of a small-time criminal trying to make it big with the mob. Stealing cars, doing jobs for the gangsters and behaving generally anti-social are the way to success. The action moves through six levels spread over three different cities, each based on a real US city: Liberty City (based on New York City), San Andreas (based on San Francisco) and Vice City (based on Miami). To finish a level, a certain score must be reached. Stealing cars and crashing into traffic, driving over pedestrians and killing cops all raise the score, but the big points are made through jobs. Answering phones or entering special cars brings mission assignments, from simple ""ditch-a-hot-car"" jobs to supporting bank robberies or carrying out assassinations. Completing a mission will raise the score substantially and also increase the score multiplier, so that completing the next felony will gain even more points. Criminal behavior comes with a price of course: if policemen witness a crime, the player's wanted level rises. At the lowest level, a single police car might give chase, whereas at the highest level whole car squads hunt the player, the police set up roadblocks and shoot to kill. The only way to evade the cops is to find a respray shop and get a new paint job with new license plates. This costs money which is deducted from the score, however. But even dying or being arrested are not the end. The player has several lives, and ending up in jail simply results in being stripped of all weapons and armor and the score multiplier being lowered. The entire action is viewed from a top-down perspective, which zooms out while driving a car, for a better overview at high speeds. The cities are many screens large and can be freely explored. Crates are scattered over the cities, which might include weapons (from pistols to rocket launchers), armor or other bonus items: extra lives, police bribes (used to reduce the wanted level to zero) and get-out-of-jail-free cards (used to retain score multiplier and weapons when busted). Dozens of different vehicles are available for the taking, each with unique characteristics: a bus will handle very differently than a sports car."
41039,Atari Arcade Hits: Volume 1,,1999,7.3,Action,Arcade,,"Atari Arcade Hits is a compilation of six classic arcade games from the golden ages of Atari, reprogrammed to play in Windows computers. The package not only includes the games with changeable operator options in their original style and enhanced style, but also the Atari Archives, with media content that goes from flyer scans to advert videos, desktop themes based on the games offered in each package and online high score charts. Volume 1 includes Asteroids Super Breakout Centipede Pong Tempest and Missile Command All games can be accessed from a taskbar button, and game progress is saved as soon as window is closed."
41040,Kendo Rage,Makeruna Makendō,1993,6.8,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",Japan (Modern/Futuristic),"Josephine is a teenage girl who is currently attending Honest Osaki's Kendo School and Used Car Sales to learn Kendo swordsmanship. The old man Osaki teaches his students the art of psychic powers so they can better defeat the forces of evildoers. Josephine is given the Zopikki Talisman; a powerful artifact which transforms Josephine's normal self into a battle warrior. Gripping the bamboo sword and focusing her psychic powers, Josephine must defeat ghosts, pandas and all kinds of other strange creatures which look to cause trouble. In Kendo Rage the player takes control of Josephine. She can move left and right, jump, duck and attack with her bamboo sword. Josephine's psychic powers are shown on a bar and recharge gradually at a steady pace, changing color as they do. Depending on the color, an attack done will use up the current psychic energy and let loose a stronger attack, usually a projectile. Additionally, Josephine can summon flames around herself during a rush attack, at the cost of some energy. The game lasts seven levels, with a boss finishing off each level."
41060,Jackal,"Arcade Archives: Jackal, Final Command: Akai Yousai, Tokushu Butai Jackal, Top Gunner",1986,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"The enemy army has captured too many of your forces. Being held in P.O.W. camps, these soldiers are effectively out of the war...unless some kind of rescue operation can be mounted. Heavy Forces are too slow and visible to be of any use, but perhaps something smaller and lighter may make it in where larger forces would fail. A small jeep, maybe two, crewed by about 4 people....minimal enough not to represent too much of a loss and yet suitable enough to aid in rescue. But of course, if these brave men want to succeed AND come back alive; they'll need to fight like animals...they'll need to fight like jackals... Jackal is an overhead view jeep game for up to 2 players. The controller moves in four directions, button A fires your grenades (upgradeable to bazooka) and button B your machine gun which ALWAYS fires to the top of the screen. Your mission is to locate facilities where soldiers are being held prisoner, rescue as many as possible, and escort them to a safe landing zone where they will be air-transported away. After that, you'll need to fight a boss battle against the enemy to progress. The NES version is not a straight port of the original Arcade game, but rather a remake. The Arcade version is a continuous battlefield, but the NES version is divided into 6 stages with a boss fight at the end of each stage. Also, enemy and hazard placements are quite different between versions."
41061,Wing Over 2,Pilot ni Narou!,1998,6.0,"Action, Simulation",,,"Wing Over 2 is a combat flight simulator game for the PlayStation. In the game you start without any flight training. You have to find a job first to earn enough money for flight lessons, once you have achieved that and taken your lessons and exams, you can start flying simple missions which will earn you credits. The more missions you complete the more credits you achieve with which planes and more missions will become available to you and the more dangerous missions as well."
41070,Stardom: Your Quest For Fame,"TV Star, Wannabe",2000,5.2,Strategy / tactics,,,"Stardom: Your Quest For Fame casts you as a nobody, a janitor for a news station. Take articles, edit them for content, and submit them to the editor. Earn points by performing various tasks, such as challenging co-workers to a quiz. Once you've earned enough points, you work your way up to better positions, and once you become the editor, you can move on to bigger studios."
41077,Galerians,,1999,7.1,Action,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror","Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","A young man named Rion wakes up in a hospital. He does not know who he is; he can hear a girl's voice in his mind, imploring him to save her. While trying to escape from the hospital, Rion is detained by guards, and discovers that he possesses devastating psychic powers. Trying to understand what has been done to him, Rion gradually uncovers the mystery behind the ""G Project"", a human experiment that involves unlocking the hidden potential of the human mind. Galerians is a survival horror game in which the player navigates a 3D character model over pre-rendered backgrounds, using character-related controls similar to those implemented in Alone in the Dark Items must be collected to unlock new areas and advance the story. Unlike in most other games of the type, the protagonist is unable to use weapons. Rion fully relies on his psychic powers to combat enemies. These powers must be replenished by regularly taking drugs. In addition, Rion has a special meter that throws him into uncontrollable rage when full."
41089,Ian Livingstone's Deathtrap Dungeon,Deathtrap Dungeon,1998,6.7,Action,,Fantasy,"Fang was once a proud and rich city, until Baron Sukumvit took over. Under his rule, the city is known as the City of the Lost Souls. Deep inside the mountains surrounding the city, Baron Sukumvit built a labyrinth, named Deathtrap Dungeon, and used it to imprison his enemies. Filled with vulgarities, traps and disgusting monsters, the dungeon is a very dangerous place. With his enemies gone, the Baron now has opened up the dungeon to sport and sends willing heroes down into it's depths, betting on the likelihood of their survival. If anyone could survive all levels of the dungeon, and slay the red dragon Melkor, they would receive 10.000 gold pieces and Baron Sukumvit would renounce his rule over Fang. Two brave heroes: Red Lotus and Bandog, agree to these terms and enter the Deathtrap Dungeon... Deathtrap Dungeon is a 3rd person action game. Controlling either Red Lotus or Bandog, the player controls the character from behind with a camera mode like in Tomb Raider To deal with the enemies encountered, there are three different kinds of attacks: melee weapons, range weapons and magic. The melee weapons include basic fists to normal swords to a magic enhanced war hammer. In the range weapons department are goodies like bombs or a flame-thrower. In terms of spells are magicks such as fireballs or rather crazy spells like the exploding pig. But the real challenge are of course the riddles, traps and abysses that are everywhere throughout the dungeon. During the journey, players will encounter many locked doors, that require the finding of keys and devices. There are also potions that regenerate health or provide immunity against fire for a limited amount of time. There are also several treasures hidden in the dungeon, finding them will increase the player's score at the end of the level. The player can save this game during a level by finding the various save points. The game also features the two multiplayer-modes: Deathmatch and Last Man Standing."
41098,Night Hunter,,1988,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"NightHunter is an action game in which you actually get to play as Count Dracula. Dracula will have the ability to transform into a bat and a werewolf. Your goal is to locate holy medallions in order to create total chaos on Earth. Of course, Van Helsing and his band of vampire hunters are on your trail, so they must be avoided so you don't get dusted. Enemies encountered include priests with holy water, vultures, and even the police. The game is a traditional side-scrolling platformer that is made up of 30 levels. Each level has 20 screens. To advance to the next level eight objects must be collected: three parchments and five keys. Every fifth level you obtain one of the medallions. Beware of daybreak! You will die if you don't locate a crypt to protect yourself from the sunlight."
41105,Plan 9 From Outer Space,,1992,6.7,Adventure,,Oceania,"The movie; Plan 9.....the critics hated it. But, the producer of the film has noticed that it's been stolen by Bela Lugosi's double. Find him. Track him. For God's sake - just keep a straight head when you enter this part of the movie lot and town. Some of the most misguided people roam here! Most important.....get the film back!"
41106,This Is Football 2,"Esto es Futbol 2, Fußball Live 2, Le Monde des Bleus 2, This Is Soccer 2",2000,7.4,Sports,,,"The sequel to This is Football attempts to be a realistic football (soccer) simulation. Fully licenced by FIFPro (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels), it uses every player's real name. Dozens of the most famous football stadiums from around the world (Mexico, England, Italy, etc.) are represented, while nearly every major football league, cup or competition is included."
41113,Cybermercs: The Soldiers of the 22nd Century,,1998,6.0,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"This game is an action game with RPG elements similar to Diablo with a sci-fi setting: Evil aliens want to conquer the earth and the player kills them all. Of course the game features multiple weapons and playable characters which support the genocide with different abilities. Thus equipped the player walks through the underground levels, solves missions like rescuing hostages or replacing a failed energy source and deals with a lot of cannon fodder with the in Diablo established ""click them dead"" controls. Besides the usual weapons the characters can use special abilities to survive, e.g. invisibility generators or holographic twins. In some of the 15 missions there is a big robot to use which has a much better durability than foot soldiers and can kill a lot more aliens. The RPG elements kick in after the missions where the player sells found stuff and reinvests it in new weapons, armor or abilities. These abilities have effect on elements like weapon handling, speed or inventory space."
41114,F-117A Stealth Fighter,,1992,5.0,"Action, Simulation",,"Contemporary, Middle East","F-117A Stealth Fighter is a flight simulator where the player is in the cockpit of the game's eponymous jet fighter. The game revolves around flying solo punitive strike missions against various rogue nations. For example, the first mission has the player launching from a base in Sicily to strike targets in Libya. Watch out for enemy jets, of course. The 8-bit NES's input capabilities are a bit limited so this flight simulator depends on many button combinations in order to carry out various complicated actions."
41117,Vangers,Vangers: One for the Road,1998,6.7,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Vangers is an odd and surreal driving game about vehicular combat, racing, and exploring a deeply alien world. Famous (or infamous) for its obtuseness, the game features its own bizarre lingo, which the player must learn. In Vangers, the player drives vehicles, known as Mechos, about and through the realms, fulfilling quests essentially in the name of curiosity; the more successful you are the more you discover about the world in which you live. Specifically, you play a Lostie struggling within the World Chain to gain Dominance and knowledge under the concerned cynical eyes of your paternal wardens, the Eleepods. And so out you go racing in a Mecho, a Vanger warrior shuttling precious Phlegma, Nymbos, and Cirt from one forsaken corner of the realm to the next while gunning down the competition. Played from an overhead perspective, the game features destructible environments and physics simulation; the player's Mechos can flip, get knocked upside down, and drive underwater and through underground tunnels. The game also features competitive multiplayer for up to 32 players, both free-for-all and team-based. Vangers shares the universe and storyline of K-D Lab's later Perimeter and Maelstrom game series, which function as its prequels. Originally released in 1998, the game has since been updated for modern systems and re-released on Steam and GOG, and updates have continued into April 2021. The game now is moddable, and, though LAN and Internet multiplayer support was originally disabled on the re-release, it has since been restored."
41120,F1ROC: Race of Champions,Exhaust Heat,1992,7.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,Oceania,"In F1ROC you drive in race car and compete in a series of sixteen races on tracks from around the world. You will earn money for each race depending on how you placed (for instance, first place nets you $7000) which you can use to purchase upgrades for your car. You need to find a good balance between the parts. To test the effectiveness of your parts you can run a test race to see how the car works before you buy. Data can be saved on the cartridge so you will not lose your parts or your race statistics. The goal is simply to complete all sixteen tracks; you will get a bonus at the end depending on how well you do so there is an incentive to play again and do better."
41125,California Games,"Calgames, Jogos de Verão",1987,7.2,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"California Games was the original ""Extreme Games"" – what today's generation might call ""X-Games in the sun"". Players can select sponsors (absent in some versions) and compete in events such as skateboarding, footbag, surfing, roller skating, flying disc (frisbee) and BMX. The surfing event is ranked by judges, which give a score to help the players improve their routine. The Atari versions (2600 and Lynx) of the game omit the flying disc and roller skating events, while the Genesis version omits only the flying disc event."
41126,Versailles 1685,"Versailles: A Game of Intrigue at the Court of Louis XIV, Versailles: Complot à la Cour du Roi Soleil, Versailles: Complotto alla Corte del Re Sole, Versailles: Verschwörung am Hof, Versailles: Verschwörung am Hofe des Sonnenkönigs, Versalles: Complot en la Corte del Rey Sol, Wersal 1685: Intrygi na dworze Ludwika XIV",1996,6.9,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,Europe,"In this historical game you are some sort of security guard at the court of Louis XIV. You have to prevent a destruction of such a lovely place as Versailles, where you search for bomb and the person, who want to activate it. Talking with characters, searching for clues and studying the Versailles, which is museum at present, you have to serve your King in the name of France. The game is made with Omni-3D technology, which allows you to turn yourself in 360 degrees."
41133,Rolling Thunder,"Arcade Archives: Rolling Thunder, RT, Rolling Thunder: Have you got what it takes?",1986,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"Rolling Thunder is the world's most powerful secret police force and you are its best agent. Your mission is to stop an underground conspiracy to conquer the world and to save agent Leila, who has been captured. Starting out armed only with a handgun, you have to make your way through heavily guarded hallways and secret passages to find Leila and stop the enemy."
41138,Extra Innings,Hakunetsu Pro Yakyū Ganba League,1991,7.3,Sports,,,"This is a baseball game featuring 12 fictional teams, plus the player can also create 2 custom teams. Game modes include an Exhibition mode, an All Star game, a Pennant Race, and a Watch mode. While Exhibition mode can be either a one or two player affair, the All Star game is strictly for two players to compete in. When playing, batting and pitching are both done from a behind the batter viewpoint. The pennant race involves 6 teams playing each other throughout a season consisting of a number of games chosen by the player. Watch mode lets the player watch two computer controlled teams play each other. Options include either having automatic or manual fielding, having errors and/or wind on or off, and being able to either skip or watch opponents pennant games. There is also the Cold Game option, which lets a baseball game end when a team is winning by the chosen amount of runs."
41141,Tongue of the Fatman,"Fatman, Mondu's Fight Palace, Slaughter Sport",1989,6.3,Action,Fighting,,"Tongue of the Fatman is an eclectic fighting game. Choose from different alien races (including Human) with different abilities and fighting styles, purchase weapons and devices, and fight your way through multiple opponents to face the Fatman. Some of the features include being able to place wagers on the outcome of the fight, and the phenomenon of a special move being less powerful the more you use it to balance gameplay. Two-player, head-to-head combat is supported."
41142,X Squad,X-Fire/Cross Fire,2000,5.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The year is 2037. Ash is the leader of an elite organization of soldiers known as X-Squad. One day he receives a cryptic message concerning an experiment known as Project Medusa. It appears that the head of the project, Dr. Bianca Noble, has been kidnapped. Ash and his three companions must discover the truth behind the experiment, and find out who was behind the attack. X Squad is a third-person 3D squad-based shooter. The player directly controls Ash; his three companions are controlled by the AI, but the player can issue general orders to them. Ash can crouch and roll to evade enemy fire. The gameplay is predominantly action-oriented; Ash and his friends have to deal with enemy soldiers, automated guns, and boss enemies. Other tasks are usually confined to hitting switches in order to open doors."
41147,Harvest Moon 64,"Bokujou Monogatari 2, 牧场物语64",1999,7.5,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"In Harvest Moon 64 your objective is to restore a run-down farm that you've inherited from your grandfather, who has died recently. In the village many people help you out on your long journey. During this time you can attend festivals, race in horse races, farm, tend to your livestock, add to your house, get married, or maybe even have a child. There are 5 beautiful women to be chosen from, each having their own jobs and personalities. At the end the player's parents come by and rate them after 2 and a half years of performance. The option then exists either to keep going or stop there. The real question is if you're up for the challenge."
41151,This Is Football,"Esto Es Fútbol, Fußball Live, Le Monde Des Bleus, This Is Soccer",1999,7.6,Sports,,,"This is Football started Sony's soccer / football series, which aims for a realistic game with lots of control modes. Offsides and fouls are both optional. Controls include slide tackles, one-touch passing and sprint turns. The game is fully endorsed by FIFPro, and therefore features 5000 real players and their facial likenesses, 230 real clubs, and stadiums from all across Europe. Twenty different tournaments are included."
41152,Popful Mail,Popful Mail: Magical Fantasy Adventure,1994,7.7,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"The cute bounty hunter known as Popful Mail looks like she would have no trouble making a living slashing bad guys with her sword. In reality Mail is having a hard time making ends meet. One day, however, she learns about a magician who has gone rogue and has a hefty bounty on his head. Her adventure begins as Popful fights her way through a new adventure, and makes new friends along the way. Popful Mail is a platform action game with very light RPG elements. As the heroine makes her way through the stages she collects money from slain foes. This money can be used in shops to buy weapons, armor, health, and so on. The game features interaction with many characters through both on-screen dialog and fully animated sequences. Some of these characters become playable as the player progresses through the game. This release has the same story and general gameplay style as the earlier version but otherwise was made from scratch, having entirely different graphics, locations, enemies, challenges, etc."
41157,Spitfire '40,"Spitfire 40, Spitfire 40: A Flight Simulation Program",1985,6.4,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","This flight simulation sets you as a young Spitfire pilot in 1940, when World War 2 is hotting up in the skies over the south of England. The program is viewed from within the cockpit, with the instrument panel viewed by pressing Space. The pilot will have to co-ordinate landing gear, brakes and ruddering, and use a map to navigate and find targets. Loops, rolls and split-S moves are all incorporated in the simulation logic. The game can generate random combat situations — for example, 6 enemies 10 miles away, 1500 feet into the air. Once you have established a strong flight record you can take on the missions. Additionally there are practice modes for both flying and combat."
41161,Eagle One: Harrier Attack,,1999,7.0,"Action, Simulation",,,"Eagle One: Harrier Attack is an action game that casts the player as a United States Marines pilot who flies a variety of missions against a terrorist group that has taken over the Hawaiian islands. An underground terrorist group has detonated an electromagnetic pulse device in the air over Hawaii, which has destroyed all lines of communication, rendering U. S. military forces based there useless. The U. S. president responds by deploying a Marine Corps task force led by Eagle One. Using a multipurpose attack plane, the Harrier Jumpjet, the player must regain control of the Hawaiian Islands."
41163,Juggernaut,Juggernaut: Senritsu no Tobira,1998,6.2,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Juggernaut is a 3-disc point-and-click adventure using pre-rendered CG movie clips and stills. Gameplay takes place inside the cursed soul of the main character's girlfriend, who must work to free her from demonic possession. The location of her psyche is license to create surreal environments and challenges. Starting on an island and moving on to a mansion, each location (the Forest of Vengeance, Illusion Island, etc) represents a part of the girl's mind. Gameplay is focused on solving puzzles. In the mansion area for instance, the player must switch between forms as needed. In spirit form, the main character is able to travel through keyholes, but for every physical act, a different form or shell is needed. The player must choose which form to use at which time - the body of an adult can perform certain tasks, while the body of a child can get to places others can't. It is possible to collect a number of items and use these on the environment, but the amount of items is always limited. Other puzzles are about memorizing sound and visual patterns."
41164,Roland Ahoy!,Roland Ahoy El Pirata,1984,6.0,Action,Arcade,Sea pirates / Caribbean,"In Roland Ahoy! the player controls a pirate ship on a map of the ocean which must reach the Golden Harbour and the Treasure Cave, while avoiding the sea monster and other numerous deadly obstacles, such as mines, spiders or fire balls. Before reaching the Golden Harbour you must sail to Powder Quay and collect cannon balls in order to destroy the boom protecting the harbour entrance. All land missions are played on a 2D platform board, where Roland must avoid various traps, collect the items (treasure, ammunition) and return safely to the ship. Roland has 4 lives. After losing a life, the boom is rebuilt, but the ammunition and treasure stored on the ship remain intact."
41170,Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger,"Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger, Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger for Macintosh",1994,8.1,Simulation,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The war against the Kilrathi is going badly for the Confederation. Its flagship, the Concordia, has been destroyed, battles are lost on all fronts. War hero Colonel Christopher Blair is transferred to the old carrier Victory. Take the role of Blair and ensure the success of the Confederation's last-ditch attempt for victory: the destruction of the Kilrathi homeworld. Wing Commander III has the usual mix of space battles and cinematic storytelling. Changes from the first two games include SVGA graphics, the use of texture-mapped polygons instead of bitmaps for spaceflight sequences, and real Hollywood actors appearing in the cinematic scenes."
41173,Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (Enhanced),"A la Poursuite de Carmen Sandiego dans le Monde, Carmen Sandiego o Oe! Sekaihen, Wo in aller Welt ist Carmen Sandiego, Wo in aller Welt ist Carmen Sandiego?, ¿Dónde está Carmen Sandiego? ¡Búscala por todo el Mundo!",1988,7.1,"Educational, Puzzle",,,"You start out as a rookie detective whose job is to track down a crop of thieves stealing the world's most precious treasures. After each assignment briefing, you'll be given a deadline to capture the thief that stole the artifact using clues dealing with your knowledge of geography. The game is an updated version of the original Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? featuring enhanced graphics, sound effects, and additional control schemes, such as joystick support for computer platforms."
41174,Nintendo World Cup,"Kunio-kun The World: Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball-bu - Soccer-hen, Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball-bu: CD Soccer-hen, Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball-bu: MD Soccer-hen, Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball-bu: PC Soccer-hen, Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball-bu: Soccer-hen, Nekketsu Kōkō Soccer-bu: World Cup-hen",1990,6.2,Sports,Arcade,,"This soccer game was made at the time when Nintendo introduced their four player adapter, and was probably made for the four playing purpose. This is shown clearly when you choose to play 2 or more players. Then you can choose between many different ground layers, like ice, grass and stone, which adds to the replayability. When you play a one player game you play the world cup as one of the top soccer countries of that time, and you meet countries in a fixed order. Cameroon in the first match and the final is against West Germany. In an old-school fashion you lose when you play a draw, there's no extra time whatsoever. In the game you always steer only one character, which you choose before the match starts. You can then give simple orders to you team-mates, like pass, tackle and shoot. Your moves are also limited to these moves. The game is totally lawless, so feel free to make elbow tackles without a wink from the referee. Probably it was made this way to be funnier to play against friends."
41178,MotoRace USA,"Arcade Archives: Traverse USA, Arcade Archives: Zippy Race, Traverse USA, Zippy Race",1983,6.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"In a game reminiscent of both Road Fighter and Rally Bike the player takes control of a motorcyclist who's in a race to be the first to traverse the United States from the west to the east coast, starting in Los Angeles and ending up in New York City. Gameplay consists of the player dodging cars and other roadway hazards on their way to the next checkpoint. Players can either accelerate or hit the brakes on their motorcycle so they can avoid getting into an accident. Accidents cause the player to lose fuel and running out of fuel can end the game. So players must keep an eye out on the fuel gauge, which can be refilled by fuel barrels littered throughout each stage. Each car the player passes betters their ranks which increases their score."
41182,Knights of the Crystallion,,1990,7.8,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"A city has been formed from the bones of a long-dead Orodrid creature, and you are from one of the families that controls this. Finding and hatching a Crystallion egg, which is located within the Tsirit (skull). This involves several distinct stages of gameplay. The Tsirit involves navigating maze-like monster-infested pathways, armed with plasma bolts and a protective suit. Within this you will encounter Bosu, a marble-based game played on a board. The Proda involves placing matching pairs of crystals in such a way that they will be charged by beams of light. All the while, you must play the Haresh section, to keep your family under control. This involves financial trading; getting a fair price for the goods you produce, and buying the right amounts of food, clothes and other essentials. Money must also be donated to the Tsirit."
41183,Lagoon,,1990,6.6,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"In the far off world of Lakeland, all was peaceful. This was until an evil being known as Zerah came and polluted all of the water, making people very sick. You play as Nasir, 'The Champion of Light', and are sent into the world to destroy the demons that seem to be linked to the muddy waters. On your quest of good you'll come across people in need and help them. Lagoon is an action role-playing game. The hero is able to attack, jump, and cast magic. Defeating enemies in action-based combat grants the player character experience points, eventually leading to leveling up. The hero can also equip weapons and armor of various kinds."
41191,Laser Gates,"Inner Space, Laser Volley",1983,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Laser Gates is a side scrolling shooter. Failsafe detonators inside the cryptic computer have malfunctioned, and your job is to pilot a spaceship to destroy them before they explode. The narrow passage you'll need to fly through is well guarded: deadly force fields appear and disappear, rocket launchers attack, and deadly byte bats will get in your way. Your ship has a limited shield; each time you are hit by one of these enemies, the shield loses energy. When the shield's energy is completely gone, the game ends. Also be on the lookout for energy pods which can replenish the shield (these don't appear often, so be sure not to miss one)! To deal with some of the enemies and obstacles your ship is equipped with a laser. Naturally, your mission is timed: you will need to make your way to the next detonator before time expires and it explodes! Points are earned by disabling the detonators, destroying enemies and successfully making it past the force fields."
41204,R.B.I. Baseball '93,RBI '93,1993,6.7,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Continuing the R.B.I. series, the 1993 entry updates the rosters, adding two new teams (Colorado and Florida), bringing the total to 28 teams, and nearly 700 players. Instead of a generic stadium, all 28 teams have their own ballparks modeled after the real deal. On top of the regular team vs team mode (in either a single game, best of 7, you vs the division, or you vs the entire league), you can spend time in a home run derby or fielding practice. Also includes rosters of every division champ from 1984 onwards for Game Breaker mode. Play is either player vs computer, as either the home or visiting team, two players, or computer vs computer. Password saves allowing resuming the multi-game modes. Included is the ability to edit the teams; you can transfer players between teams to keep the rosters current, or just have some fun. Finally, the Game Breaker mode allows setting up a game in progress using any team, any inning, any score."
41206,Space Quest I: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter,"SQ1VGA, Space Quest 1: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter, Space Quest Chapter One: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter",1991,7.5,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Space Quest 1: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter is a remake of the original release of Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter The new version has enhanced graphics (256 color VGA) and soundblaster support. It uses the SCI game engine (point-and-click interface, icons along the top) rather than the AGI engine (mixed point-and-click with text parser). Some of the puzzles have been slightly changed to accommodate the new interface and it is also possible to skip the arcade part. There are a few additional scenes and more elaborate text descriptions, mostly enhancing the humorous effect."
41207,Der Baulöwe,,1994,6.9,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Der Baulöwe is a managerial simulation in which the player takes control over a construction company. The obvious goal is to earn money and in order to achieve this, the company has to take contracts through call for bids. It is both important to have a good bid (high enough to be profitable and low enough to get the job) and a high workload distribution which binds all resources of the company, i.e. staff and equipment. Expansion eventually leads into processing multiple contracts at once and entering the field of land speculation. Before starting a game, the player can choose the country in which the company is registered. This influences the running costs and the employees available for hire. People with low qualification are cheap but also influence the construction results negatively. The interface is completely based on menus in which the player analyzes the numbers and adjusts the setting screws of the business."
41209,Amnesia,Thomas M. Disch's Amnesia,1986,7.3,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"The protagonist wakes up in a hotel room in midtown Manhattan with no clothes and no money, and what is worse, no memory. Soon he discovers that some man wants to kill him and he is wanted for murder in Texas. Now his quest is to find out what exactly is going on, who he is and how to set things right. The defining feature of Amnesia is the inclusion of the whole of Manhattan, more specifically about 4000 separate locations, 650 streets and the subway system. For this reason the original package includes a map and the ""X-Street Indexer"" (a code wheel for finding the nearest cross street when aligning the avenue name with the street address number), so that the player can find his way. The game also simulates the time of day which, for example, means that stores close and open at the correct time. Most puzzles are inventory or conversation-based and it is often required to be at right place at the right time. Additionally the player needs to take care about surviving, so he needs to take jobs to earn money, buy food and find shelter at night. This is represented by the score which is divided into three parts: detective (plot advancement), character (how he interacts with Manhattan's citizens) and survivor."
41211,Dragonfire: The Well of Souls,"Dragonfire, Drakar och Demoner: Själarnas Brunn",1999,6.1,Role-playing (RPG),Action RPG,Fantasy,"Dragonfire: The Well of Souls is an action RPG based on the Swedish Drakar och Demoner (Dragons and Demons, not to be confused with Dungeons & Dragons) roleplaying game rules and set in its first and main campaign setting Ereb Eltor. It is visually similar to the Baldur's Gate series with its pre-rendered isometric graphics. You take the role of a fantasy hero on a mission to save the world from the evil powers of sorcerer Vicotnik, residing in his red citadel in the cursed island realm of Erebos. Dragonfire features multiplayer support for up to 4 people by Internet, modem or LAN."
41212,Bundesliga Manager,,1990,6.9,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Bundesliga Manager is a managerial simulator for a team in the top three German football leagues (Bundesliga, Zweite Liga or Regionalliga). The game contains the real player and team names of that time. The player can handle most of the relevant aspects of a soccer team both economic and sport-wise. The user has to trade players, organize the training, handle the team's line-ups and tactics, negotiate contracts with players and sponsors, and expand the team's stadium. Games are played out with a small white dot moving horizontally over a green rectangle, simulating a ball moving on a soccer field. Up to four players can play simultaneously in hot-seat mode. Bundesliga Manager was the first title in Software 2000's six game series of football management games."
41218,Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Crossroads of Time,,1995,6.3,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"""Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Crossroads of Time"" is a 2D action game based on the famous TV series. You play Benjamin Sisko, commander of Federation space station Deep Space Nine. When the station is attacked by Bajoran terrorists, your mission to uncover their plot leads you from DS9 to Bajor, beyond the wormhole and even through time itself. Moving through the side-scrolling environments of DS9 and other places, Sisko must complete several missions like disarming bombs or rescuing hostages. If necessary, Sisko can use a phaser to stun enemies. To solve puzzles, he can use a tricorder and other items. The plot is often carried forward by interacting with other characters from the TV series."
41219,Soccer Brawl,,1992,6.8,Sports,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the future, soccer is in a state of decline as attendances grow smaller while hooliganism is rising. The authorities have decided to allow the players on the pitch to win by any means including fighting and using weapons to attract the fans back. Eight countries of seven players which include England, Germany, Spain, USA, Japan, Brazil, Korea and Italy compete in a league to be the best in the world. There are now only two stadiums in the world, an astro-turf pitch in Japan and a metallic surface in San Francisco. Instead of the plastic ball used today, the ball is now a metal nuclear powered sphere. Soccer Brawl is viewed from the side at an elevated angle showing a small part of the pitch. The joystick is used to move the players while one fire button passes or heads the ball, the other button punches a player or shoots the ball. The length of time the button is held down determines the power of the shot. Hold it down till the power meter fills and a super shot is initiated knocking down anyone who gets in the way."
41227,Dragon Ball Z: L'Appel Du Destin,Dragon Ball Z: Buyū Retsuden,1994,7.3,Action,Fighting,,"Dragon Ball Z: L'Appel Du Destin is a fighting game that maintains the dual screen mode previously seen in Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden series on SNES, which allowed you to be far from the opponent yet still be able to see him by having the screen split between the two characters. This is important to note, as the most damaging attack of the game could be just executed from far away of your opponent, the energy fireball projectiles. These special attacks also need that you have your KI bar (which unlike energy one, is rechargeable) to a considerable level and the only way to block them is by means of a long button combination. The constitution of the characters is based strictly on the Freezer and Cell sagas (Son Goku SSJ, Son Gohan SSJ2, Piccolo, Vegeta SSJ, Future Trunks SSJ, Krilin, Recoome, Ginyū, Freezer, A-18 and Perfect Cell), with special mention to Krilin, Ginyū and Recoome, who made here their first appearance in a fighting game. There are also 9 scenarios available, all of them corresponding to recognizable areas of the anime itself, some also appearing for 2 times but in different status (i.e., ""normal"" Namek and Namek ""in flames"")."
41231,Hole-In-One Miniature Golf,"Micro Golf, Mini Golf",1988,6.9,Sports,,,"Hole-In-One Miniature Golf provides an overhead view of each hole. The gameplay is controlled entirely with the mouse. You place the ball on the starting pad and click the left mouse button. Once you have placed the ball, ""stretch"" a line from the ball to the pointer. The direction the line is pointing is the direction the ball will go. The length of the line or the distance between the pointer and the ball is relative to the power on the shot. Once you are satisfied, click the left mouse button to putt the ball. You are allowed to go three shots over par. Any more than that and you will get a penalty stroke and must advance to the next hole (or player). You can also get one stroke penalty for going into a water hazard. Your scorecard will be displayed after the first nine holes but can be viewed at anytime using the Options Menu. After completing the course the scorecard will be displayed again. You can print your scores or exit to continue. The game features five complete 18-hole courses with different themes including a Tutorial Course that walks the player through every aspect of gameplay, a Classics Course which is patterned after the basic traditional miniature golf course, an Intermediate Course that adds more obstacles, elevations and difficulty, an adventurous Fantasy Course with designs ranging from castles to pinball and the Expert Course for those who master the game. The game can be installed on a hard drive."
41237,Streets of Rage 2,"3D Streets of Rage 2, Bare Knuckle II, Streets of Rage II",1992,8.1,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"After Axel Stone, Blaze Fielding and Adam Hunter destroyed the evil Syndicate leader, Mr. X, the city became a peaceful place to live, and each one of them followed their own paths. One year later, after their reunion, Adam's brother Sammy returned from school to find their apartment in a mess, and Adam nowhere to be seen, and after calling his two friends, one of them notices a photo of Adam chained to a wall, next to someone they knew very well - Mr. X, who returned to turn the peaceful city once again into a war zone. Now, Axel, Blaze, Sammy, and Axel's good friend Max, a pro wrestler, must head out to stop Mr. X once again...hopefully for good... Streets of Rage 2 differs from the previous title in several ways. There are changes in both graphics (characters now are bigger, more detailed and with more animation frames, and scenarios are less grainy) and gameplay (the rocket move was replaced by a special move that doubles in offense and defense along several new moves), along other new features such as life bars (and names) for all enemies and the radically different new characters."
41247,Johnny Mnemonic,Johnny Mnemonic: The Interactive Action Movie,1995,5.0,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Johnny Mnemonic is based on William Gibson 's short story and a subsequent movie of the same name. The game's plot bears more similarities to the movie than to the original story. Johnny is a courier in a futuristic society, delivering data implanted in his brain. However, the latest delivery is so big that it can kill him if he doesn't download the data. Unfortunately, the only person who knew the password is dead, and members of the Yakuza are hunting for the data and for its living container. The game consists of live-action video footage and interactive sequences, some of which play like adventure game segments and may contain simple puzzles, while others are more action-oriented. Johnny's bodyguard Jane often handles the fighting episodes; the player can assign buttons to punches and kicks. The adventure parts contain limited exploration and interaction with the environment, and mostly serve to advance the plot."
41248,Vigilante 8,,1999,6.2,Racing / Driving,"Arcade, Shooter","Contemporary, North America, Sci-fi / futuristic","This handheld version of Vigilante 8 keeps its style, but is implemented in different graphical way. Now gameplay is shown in a top-down view with movable vehicle and a scrolling playfield. In the beginning you may choose one of six Vigilantes or six Coyotes to play with. Each of them has its own slogan and is sitting in a unique car. Five game modes (Road Trip, Arcade, Timed Attack, Progressive, Survival) as well as several themed battlefield locations are available. When gameplay itself begins, you should accelerate/decelerate your car, turn its wheel, find the enemy, and shoot at him/her until you win. Game modes add some variation to your mission. The game is available for 1 and 2 players to play against each other."
41252,Super Battletank 2,,1994,6.5,"Action, Simulation",,,"In this sequel to Super Battletank the player takes control of the feared M1A2 Battletank in 16 missions centered in the Middle East. After they are attacked by an unknown group of enemies on both land and air, the player is tasked to root out these enemies and stop any further attacks on Coalition forces. Much like its predecessor, the gameplay is a first-person tank simulation, using radar to scout out enemy tanks and using the main turret gun to disable and kill any opposing tanks, jeeps, APCs and various other heavy weapons including SCUD missiles. If the player encounters and air resistance, they can mount their Phalanx machine gun to cut down enemy choppers. Players also have smoke screens that can temporarily make them unseen to any enemy forces, plus they can call in supply drops to replenish their armor and ammo as well as air support that can level any opposing force in their wake."
41253,Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei,,1996,8.5,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Post-apocalyptic,"Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei is a single-player rail shooter set in a distant, post-apocalyptic future. The story follows Lundi, a boy from a frontier village where mutated creatures known as khourieats are considered cursed and are routinely culled. When Lundi discovers a small khourieat with wings, he secretly raises it rather than destroying it. Soon after, his town is annihilated by an ancient weapon, and the creature, named Lagi, begins to evolve into a dragon. Together, Lundi and Lagi set out across the desolate world to confront the forces that unleashed the destruction, uncovering a conflict that stretches back to the technology of the Ancients. Gameplay continues the rail-shooter design of its predecessor, Panzer Dragoon with the player following a predetermined flight path through landscapes filled with enemies. Combat relies on two offensive systems: Lundi’s mounted gun, which allows manual aiming and rapid fire, and Lagi’s lock-on laser breath, which can target multiple enemies at once. Players must continually manage threats approaching from any direction, using a radar system and the ability to rotate the camera view to cover all angles. Unlike the first game, Lagi is not a static mount but grows stronger over the course of the campaign. Depending on the player’s performance (measured by accuracy, enemy kill counts, and survival) Lagi evolves along branching paths, taking on new forms with enhanced abilities, speed, and firepower. Each stage concludes with large-scale boss encounters. Stages themselves are diverse, ranging from flooded ruins to volcanic landscapes and ancient fortresses. Enemy forces include both wild creatures and remnants of advanced technology left behind by the Ancients. The game incorporates a grading system that evaluates performance at the end of each level. Higher ranks reward more evolution points for Lagi. Multiple playthroughs are encouraged, as not all dragon forms can be experienced in a single run."
41255,Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series,"CFS, Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: 2. Weltkrieg: Kriegsschauplatz Europa, Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: Série Europe 39-45",1998,7.9,Simulation,,"Historical events, World War II","Microsoft's flight simulators aimed realistically portray life as a commercial pilot for over a decade before combat was added. In this offshoot (pardon the pun) of the series, you are a combat pilot during World War II, for either the RAF, USAAF or Luftwaffe. Eight different planes and the battered cities of Berlin, Paris and London are incorporated. Full cockpit designs and damage models are featured - watch for engine smoke and explosion debris. There is a full campaign mode, which takes in the Battle of Britain, defending London during the Blitz, and finishing the job started on D-Day by pummeling ground targets.You can also play individual missions or fly freely. Online multiplayer options allow you to take this worldwide fight around the real world."
41257,Emerald Mine,,1987,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"A variant of the classic Boulder Dash game. The player is deep down in a cave and has to collect emeralds and diamonds while evading monsters - and the laws of gravity, which have the annoying habit of squishing him with huge rocks if he happens to stand beneath one as it falls down. The game also has a two-player mode where two people can rid caves of their valuables at the same time - in addition to the 80 levels, there are 20 exclusive two-player levels."
41266,Wild 9,Wildroid 9,1998,7.6,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Wex Major is a teenager from Earth whose parents were kidnapped by aliens. Traveling through space, Wex comes into contact with a powerful weapon system known as The Rig. Apparently the young boy is the only one who can harness the power of The Rig, and he is proclaimed The Great Champion, a legendary leader who can rid the oppressed people of the Andromeda Galaxy from the tyranny of the evil gigantic monster named Karn. Wex recruits other teenage mutants and becomes the leader of Wild 9, an organization that aims to overthrow Karn and liberate the galaxy. Wild 9 is a 2D platformer with 3D graphics, featuring gameplay similar in vein to the company's Earthworm Jim games. Unique to the game is the The Rig, a weapon the protagonist wields. The Rig functions like an electronic lasso, capable of moving objects as well as carry around and smash enemies, which is often needed to solve puzzles and progress through the game's ten levels. A few stages focus on avoiding obstacles and taking on boss enemies."
41269,All-Star Baseball 2001,,2000,6.9,Sports,,,"Acclaim's baseball series returns to the Game Boy Color with All-Star Baseball 2001 Little has changed compared to the predecessor with the major differences being updated stats and rosters for the 2000 MLB season, improved animations and AI, an overhauled frontend, and the addition of a Hall of Fame team. All previous game modes return: exhibition, season, playoffs, all-star game, Home Run Derby and batting practice. Besides the Hall of Fame team, all 30 regular teams of the 2000 season are available. Gameplay on the field remains largely unchanged from the previous year, with pitching and batting seen from behind the batter, and running and fielding from an isometric perspective of the field. Controls are also unchanged, allowing for a variety of pitches and swings."
41278,Burning Force,,1989,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this game, you play the role of Hiromi, a blue-haired girl who roams the skies on her trusty red airbike. One day, during a routine patrol, she discovered aliens have attacked the Earth. Of course, it is up to our heroine to go on a solo mission, flying in her airbike around the Earth, fighting regular enemies and bosses, and ultimately saving the planet. This is a pseudo-3D scrolling shooter similar to Space Harrier The game is viewed from behind-the-character perspective. You can use regular fire attacks or limited super-powerful shots that do big damage."
41295,The Lion King,"Der König der Löwen, El Rey Leon, Le Roi Lion, O Rei Leão",1994,7.6,Action,Platform,"Africa, Fantasy","The Lion King is a single-player side-scrolling platform game. The game follows the story of Simba, the young lion prince of the Pride Lands, whose carefree childhood is shattered when his father Mufasa is killed and his uncle Scar takes the throne. Banished from his homeland, Simba must survive in exile, grow into adulthood, and eventually return to challenge Scar for his rightful place as king. The levels loosely follow events from the Disney animated film, presenting stages that reflect key settings such as the Pride Lands, the Elephant Graveyard, the jungle, and Pride Rock. Gameplay is divided into two main phases of Simba’s life: cub and adult. As a cub, Simba’s abilities are limited to jumping on smaller enemies such as lizards, birds, and bugs. He can also roar to frighten certain creatures, though this ability is governed by a roar meter that needs time to recharge. In these stages, players must navigate platforms, avoid hazards, and solve light puzzles while evading larger predators. As an adult lion, Simba gains more powerful combat abilities. In addition to jumping and roaring, he can slash enemies with his claws and use a grab-and-throw move to hurl opponents off-screen. Enemies grow tougher in this phase, ranging from hyenas to Scar himself, and platforming challenges become more complex. Each stage incorporates environmental hazards alongside enemies. Players may need to swing from hippo tails, avoid stampeding wildebeests in a scrolling chase sequence, or climb through twisting caves. The game uses a health meter represented by a lion’s head, which decreases when Simba takes damage but can be restored by eating insects scattered throughout levels. Extra lives are also gained by collecting certain bugs. The game includes bonus stages that star Timon and Pumbaa. These short minigames allow players to collect bugs for points and power-ups. A scoring system tallies progress at the end of each level. Difficulty is increased by the absence of a save or password system, requiring players to complete the game in a single session. Later ports, such as the Windows edition, included save functionality. The game was released across multiple platforms, each with slight differences. For example, the DOS and Amiga versions differ visually and audibly from the Genesis and SNES editions, while the Windows version introduced higher-resolution graphics. Modern re-releases for digital platforms preserved the original gameplay while providing improved compatibility."
41303,Air Power: Battle in the Skies,Air Power,1995,7.1,"Action, Simulation",,,"Air Power: Battle in the Skies is set in a fantasy world in which humanity lives on one big continent. This means there has never been naval warfare and all action concentrates on aircraft. Unfortunately the king dies without leaving a heir and four factions want to rise to power - of course this means war. At the beginning of the game the player chooses one faction and which aircraft he wants to use (basically a choice between light and heavy hunter). This is an action-oriented flight simulation with strategy elements. The goal is to get the majority of the population behind the player so he can become king. This can be achieved by conquering their cities. On an overhead map the next target settlement is chosen. Now there are three options to chose from: diplomacy (to gather the trust peacefully), besiegement or attacking. Depending on the city's importance the player has to solve several missions in optional order - the goals range from escort missions over liberating the area to destroying ground targets. Every conquered city produces reinforcements for the fleet. This is important because the fleet sets the prospect of success for diplomacy attempts and gets diminished when the player fails a mission. Another option is to attack another faction with the whole fleet - the defeated party gets eliminated."
41305,Dethkarz,,1998,7.8,Racing / Driving,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Dethkarz is a fast, arcade-like racing game with futuristic cars and tracks. All courses are set high up in the air with slopes sides and gaps, and there is no invisible wall, so missing a corner leads to a deep fall where the car is picked up by an aircraft and placed back on the road. There are four main tracks (Metro City, Grand Keys, The Pole, and Red Planet) with three variations based on length, and three main game modes: Time Trial (with ghosts for the best times), Arcade and Championship. Multiplayer games are also supported. Races are won by finishing first or by taking out all other cars before the final lap is completed. There are various power-ups such as a regular and an antimatter shield, a stealth mode (no collision with other cars is possible), quick repair, and nitro, as well as offensive pick-ups such as regular, heat-seeking and guided missiles, and a cluster bomb. These are presented as small cubes on the courses and the colour tells the player which kind of power-up it is. Only one power-up can be picked up at all times and when a new one is collected before it is activated, the earlier one is discarded. Cars also have a less powerful weapon by default: a pulse laser or a plasma cannon. Using it drains an energy meter that slowly recharges, and instead of bursts or short attacks it can also be charged to unleash a much more powerful attack. The use of weapons can be disabled in the options to make it a regular racing game. All courses have a pit lane where damage is restored by driving over highlighted areas. Cars are divided over four different teams with three tiers of cars. The statistics include difficulty, speed, handling, acceleration, armour and strength of the weapons. New tiers are unlocked by winning championships."
41308,Iron Aces,"Imperial no Taka: Fighter of Zero, Iron Aces: High Speed WWII Aerial Combat",2000,6.3,"Action, Simulation",,World War II,"Iron Aces is a fictional World War 2 flight simulator. What that ""fictional"" means is that great liberties have been taken with the historical accuracy of the world and events. The most obvious point is that although most planes come from real World War 2 aircraft, the theatre of operations is a bit unique; The four major sides to the conflict (American, British, German, Japanese) are all fighting one another over a group of islands somewhere in the Pacific. Thus each of these nations is represented in close proximity and in direct conflict to one another. The gameplay takes place over a series of single-player flight missions in which your American pilot will fight against the Axis forces and ally with the British. The majority of the missions take place in the air against other aerial targets."
41313,Brandish,,1991,7.1,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Once there was a prosperous kingdom, which was protected by a tower, where a mighty dragon was living. The people of the kingdom were secure with such a guardian. But one man wanted the dragon's power for something else, and this man was the king. He went to the tower and tried to kill the dragon, in order to rob his power. But the dragon's fury turned the king into a horrible creature, a demon, and his evil essence made his entire kingdom sink deep under the earth. Many years have passed, and now you take control of a traveler named Varik ( Ares in the Japanese version). A young woman accuses him of killing her teacher, and in a desperate fight they both fall underground, to where the lost kingdom was buried. You must guide Varik through underground mazes and help him to escape the wrath of his adversary and the demonic inhabitants of the lost kingdom. The game is an action RPG, a dungeon crawler with plenty of creatures to defeat and many weapons, armor, and other treasure to collect. You can also use magic spells. The camera rotates automatically according to your movements. You also have the ability to jump forwards."
41318,James Bond Jr,,1992,5.5,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"Based off a cartoon series of the same name, the game puts the player in control of James Bond's teenage nephew, James Bond Jr. Many scientists have disappeared, and it isJunior's task to find them and save the world. Agents have seen missile sites on an island and they believe that Scumlord is responsible. All in a day's work... This version of James Bond Jr. is a side-scrolling shooter with puzzle-solving elements. Beside dealing with enemies, the protagonist will also have to complete certain tasks in most levels, such as locating blueprints, rescuing hostages, etc. Sometimes a logic puzzle must be solved in order to advance. Each stage has a time limit."
41320,Gradius Gaiden,,1997,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Evil lurks out there in the universe - even after you defeated the Bacterian forces. It's 200 years into the future and Gradius is prospering. But one day, a science vessel disappeared into the Evil Range nebula. This started a domino effect which ended in the colonies around Gradius attacked and most of the planet's army in ruins. Desperately, the Gradius army launched an attack on the source with four ships in hot pursuit. Now only you, aboard your trusty Vic Viper starfighter, can put an end to the Dark Nebula in Gradius Gaiden yet another shooter in the Gradius series. Gameplay consists of moving your fighter across side-scrolling stages, shooting everything in sight and avoiding enemy fire, with your objective being to reach the end and defeat the stage boss to move on. You can collect power-ups which fills your power-up bar and which can then be triggered at any time for a specific effect depending on what bar is active at the moment. You can also power-up the Missile, Double, and Laser power-ups to become more powerful, select two new types of shield (Guard, which protects against physical barriers. and Limit, which renders you invincible for three seconds), and even re-arrange what's in your bar. The game uses 2D graphics with some polygonal elements and features 2-player co-op gameplay as well as the option to select from four starfighters to take into battle."
41321,Hover Strike: Unconquered Lands,,1995,5.9,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Unconquered Lands is the CD-ROM update to the Jaguar cartridge Hover Strike This game is mostly similar to the cartridge, but with some new features to take advantage of the CD-ROM format:"
41322,Warlords III: Reign of Heroes,Warlords 3,1997,7.4,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Wargame",Fantasy,"Hordes of undead have overrun the Selentine Empire, leaving utter devastation and chaos in their wake. Now, powerful Warlords arise to contend for power and build a new empire. Zombies, skeletons, and other unspeakable beings battle against heroes, warriors, and mercenaries representing humankind’s last hope. In Warlords III: Reign of Heroes the player is in command of mighty armies, led by Heroes who have been endowed with unique military qualities. Through a use of superior military force, and the discovery of abilities that will enhance the attack and defense values of Heroes and those armies traveling with them, the player must crush all opponents on the map until none but his own are left standing. This game is the forerunner to Warlords III: Darklords Rising which offers all the same gameplay as Reign of Heroes but adds much more, including new features and functionality. Warlords III: Reign of Heroes lacks the five new hero classes, new spells, new armies, new abilities for those armies, four new campaigns, and the game editors found in Warlords III: Darklords Rising"
41325,Gruntz,,1999,7.2,"Puzzle, Strategy / tactics",,,"This puzzle game begins as the Gruntz - these are the creatures that the player controls throughout the game - are whisked off to another realm. These gruntz must venture through this new world to gather missing pieces of the Warp Stone to return home. Most of the game requires players to lead their Gruntz through a series of mazes, where it becomes necessary to avoid ""trapz,"" find various ""switchez"" and try to recover the Warp Stone. Along the way, the army of Gruntz should grow as new ""toolz,"" and ""toyz"" (such as ""beach ballz,"" and ""yo-yoz"") are found. There are over 60 tools to aid the players through their quest."
41334,Dynamite Düx,Dynamite Dux,1989,6.7,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Side-scrolling beat 'em ups in which you must rescue a trapped female friend are nothing unusual. Being able to use direct-combat moves as well as collecting bonus weapons, and food for energy recharging, is pretty typical as well. Games of this type that were converted from the arcade to home computers are particularly commonplace - Renegade and the Double Dragon series are famous examples. Where this one stands out, however, is the setting of your character as a duck called Bin (and his red buddy Pin), and with motion having a clear waddling appearance. The enemies to fight are all from the animal kingdom, but somewhat warped - crocodiles with boxing moves and cows armed with rocket packs for example. Bin has six levels to clear before he can rescue Lucy from Achacha's clutches."
41338,Ninja-Kun: Majō no Bōken,Arcade Archives: Ninja-Kid,1984,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,Players take control of a ninja whose goal is to defeat enemy ninjas and demons on his way to a final showdown at the Demon Castle. The game is a vertical platformer where the player can jump up to higher platforms and fall down to lower platforms. The goal of each stage is to eliminate every enemy before the time limit runs out. Players can throw shurikens to defeat enemies. Defeated enemies leave behind scrolls which when collected increase the players score.
41345,WipEout 3,Wip3out,1999,8.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"WipEout 3 is a futuristic racing game where the player pilots a high speed hover craft around a series of themed circuits, competing against a number of aggressive opponents. Enhancements for this version include full frame rate hi-res graphics, split-screen multiplayer, improved opponent AI, additional game modes including challenge and eliminator and a more accessible difficulty curve."
41350,Shockwave Assault,Shock Wave,1995,6.6,"Action, Compilation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Shockwave Assault combines Shock Wave and its expansion Operation Jumpgate and makes them available for systems other than the 3DO for the first time. In Shock Wave, the player takes the role of a rookie pilot, defending the Earth from an alien invasion. From the cockpit of the F-177 fighter, one shoots at the alien walkers and fighters with lasers and missiles, rearming and refueling at supply depots when necessary. The story is told with live-action cutscenes. Operation Jumpgate continues the story with several further missions, set around the solar system."
41355,Catwoman,,1999,6.4,Action,"Platform, Stealth",,"In Catwoman the titular Batman villainess is spun off into her own game. Talia tries to hire Catwoman to steal a crystal skull, but Catwoman decides to keep it for herself, not knowing Ra's al Ghul plans to use it to destroy Gotham. Catwoman has dozens of moves to help her navigate and fight her way through nine levels of goons and platforms. She can attack with her claws, jump off walls, flip, grab ledges and swing with her whip ala Bionic Commando She also has a stealth option, allowing her to disappear into the background of a level and sneak along silently."
41357,Master Chu And The Drunkard Hu,,1989,5.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The legendary Siamese-Twin Shiva (god of destruction) has cursed your village with evil spirits. After repeated attempts to drive out the evil spirits failed, Master Hu has turned into a drunkard. Now Master Chu must search through hostile palaces and temples to find and destroy Shiva. On each level there are 8 symbols of harmony which must be found. After all symbols on a level are located, you may challenge the boss and then move on to the next level. Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu is a platform action game for one player or two players simultaneously."
41363,Lemmings Revolution,"Lemmingi Rewolucja, Lemmings Révolution",2000,7.3,Puzzle,Platform,,"Those Lemmings are getting into trouble again! They've spent they're whole lives going through the brutal, sickening mazes and puzzles that the Weasels constructed. Why? To entertain them; they think it's a joke! But the Lemmings don't think it's very funny... Now the Lemmings have finally escaped to their promised land, living lives of happiness and content. But the Weasels grow tired of the Lemmings' old adventures... They crave new pain, new carnage... SO the Weasels set out and capture the once happy Lemmings! They pack them up in boxes and construct a new puzzle, the ultimate maze! Only you can save these brainless characters. Help them survive 100 levels full of all new hazards and beautiful scenery! New Lemmings that walk on water, can survive in acid, and the blue clad regulars."
41365,Summer Challenge,The Games: Summer Challenge,1992,7.2,"Action, Sports",,,"The sequel to Winter Challenge this Summer edition includes 8 events from athletics to cycling. The events are: Like with Winter Challenge, graphically, the game features the same polygonal environments with bitmap athletes and game modes include the ability to train or compete in a tournament (up to ten human players, with three computer levels and 16 nations to choose from). It's also possible to replay and even store your best (or worst) moments."
41367,SRD: Super Real Darwin,"Darwin 4081, Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Super Real Darwin, Retro Classix: SRD - Super Real Darwin",1987,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Lakya is a technologically-advanced civilization on a planet far from our own galaxy. The planet's inhabitants have unknowingly unleashed the planet's life force, Evol. As the Evol drifts from Lakya, it reaches a planet called Cokyo, whose inhabitants use it to attack and invade Lakya. Now, fighters from Lakya must fight back against the invading army by using the Evol themselves. Darwin 4081 is a vertical scrolling shooter based on the 1987 Data East coin-op Super Real Darwin The main attraction of the game is the ability to evolve your ship into a wide variety of different forms, each with their own attack abilities, by collecting DNA dropped by enemies. Other powerups will increase you ship's speed, give you an option that follows your ship, or even increase the power of your smart bombs. The game features surreal futuristic art design fitting of its title."
41370,The Punisher,,1990,5.4,Action,Shooter,,"In The Punisher the player takes control over the Marvel comic hero The Punisher. His goal in this game: eradicating the gang The Trust. Each level consists of a series of single screens in which The Punisher needs to kill all enemies before they can deplete the Punisher's health resources. This is done by moving the crosshairs over the bad guys and firing the weapon of choice. However, shooting an innocent results in instant game over. Between levels, the player has the choice which main weapon to bring into the fight. There are five available, e.g. a machine gun, a pulse gun or flame thrower. Additionally he will bring a secondary gun (colt) and some grenades into the level. Ammo is limited."
41384,Shanghai: Triple-Threat,"Shanghai: Banri no Chōjō, Shanghai: The Great Wall",1994,8.2,Puzzle,"Cards / tiles, Falling block puzzle",,"Another version of the ancient game of Mah-Jong. The player is presented with an arrangement of tiles, lined up together and stacked, with either 2 or 4 of each of an array of patterns. These must be removed by matching pairs, but only tiles that are visible and have a space to the left or right can be removed. This release in the Activision's Shanghai series includes three games along with the Classic Shanghai In The Great Wall the tiles are stacked vertically, and fall when lower tiles are removed, a lá Tetris In Beijing gaps are created to slide groups of tiles along. The Golden Tile sees two players attempt to clear a set layout at once. The Triple-theme continues with three game modes: Solitaire, 2-player ""Pandamonium"", and Arcade. Three themed tile sets complete the ""Triple Threat""."
41395,Star Control 3,"Star Control III, Star Control: Kessari Quadrant, Star Control: The Kessari Quadrant",1996,6.2,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Since the events in Star Control II the Ur-Quan have been pacified and the captain who bravely destroyed the Sa-Matra has had a horrible vision of the future. Suddenly without warning, all Hyperspace travel in the universe has stopped. Top scientists have pinpointed the cause of this disturbance somewhere in unexplored space in an area known as the Kessari Quadrant. Hastily assembling a fleet of ships as and an untested Precursor star drive... a loose alliance of alien races known as The League of Sentient Races sends a task force to the Kessari Quadrant. You are its commander. Star Control 3 features a new 3D star map, new alien races to discover, new worlds to explore and colonize, new artifacts to research and a new isometric Hyper Melee battle system for inter-starship battles."
41397,Predator,"Predator: Soon The Hunt Will Begin, Schwarzenegger: Predator",1988,5.0,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Predator: Soon The Hunt Will Begin is a 2D action game. There are 30 stages in the game, and each one is split up into two modes: Jungle Mode, and Big Mode. In Jungle Mode, the object of the game is to survive the dangers of the jungle while you shoot down guerillas and wildlife using a variety of weapons including machine guns, laser rays, and grenades (all with unlimited ammo). You exit the stage by entering a cave to proceed to the next level. Sometimes there is more than one cave, and you will be warped to another stage other than the next one, depending on what cave you enter. After three or so stages, you enter the game's Big Mode. The object here is to blast blue and purple spheres before they have a chance to hurt you. Some spheres have power-ups that will increase your firepower. When you have made some distance, you have to defeat the Predator before you can continue on to the next stage. Big Mode is the same throughout the game, but the only difference here is the Predator's attack pattern."
41400,Kengi,,1991,6.4,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Kengi is an Othello variant played with little aliens instead of stones. As with the original board game, the players place the aliens in turns on a 8x8 board with the goal to have the most of own aliens on the field when the match ends. An alien has to be placed beside another alien already on the field and all of the hostile aliens between the placed and next own alien are turned into own aliens. The main variations are five instead of one board. They can be reached through a panel on the right which also shows a small preview of the already placed aliens. The placement rules between the boards remain identical in vertical order. There is only one board on screen at a time. There are three difficulty levels and an optional time limit for each turn."
41404,The Lost World: Jurassic Park,,1997,7.2,Action,Shooter,,"The game situates itself on the ""Isla Sorna"" sites of Jurassic Park, a concept originally based on the Steven Spielberg series of movies. You play the role of a bounty hunter trying to catch some prized dinosaurs. This game is not a side scrolling platform game like the other two Jurassic Park games on the Genesis. This is a top-down view game like the SNES version of Jurassic Park, with gameplay similar to The Chaos Engine Each of the four Isla Sorna sites contains three missions. Once you have completed the three missions you unlock the boss mission. For a change in the game, the boss missions are 3D look-alike levels. Once the four sites are cleared you get two more final missions to complete the game."
41406,Phantom 2040,,1995,7.2,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The cartoon mini-series: Phantom 2040 right here. It is the aforementioned year, 2040, and the city of Metropia is in total chaos. Crime, smuggling and terrorism are escalating. The debase company, Maximum Inc., has invented biotechnology that is threatening to mess about with nature - causing animal extinction and ecosystem adulteration. Evil company owner, Rebicca Madison, would like to rule Metropia and the world. In comes Kit Walker, the 24th Phantom, following the proud but secret footsteps of his ancestors. This 18 year old has to fight his way to get things right, or end trying. The game has many twist and turns in its plot, and a multitude of endings."
41407,Ryder Cup: Johnnie Walker,,1994,7.4,Sports,,,"Ryder Cup: Johnnie Walker is a golf game based on the Ryder Cup tournament of 1993 which was played on the Belfry course. When on the field, the player has various icons available which are used to display or hide information, e.g. about the current hole and wind. The game offers two different control methods for the shot: two-click (choosing the loft from a menu and then clicking twice with the correct timing to select the power and drift) and the stroke method (after selecting the power, a miniature ball appears and the player has to click on it. The position of the click sets where the club hits the ball and therefore the drift). The latter is also available in a variant in which the ball randomly moves to make it harder. The tournament itself is a match between a European and US team with twelve athletes each. There is also the possibility to train the single holes instead of participating in the tournament."
41408,Corruption,,1988,7.4,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Corruption is one of Magnetic Scrolls' interactive fiction games. The player takes control of a stockbroker on the fast track to riches. Suddenly, there are attempts on his life, with the words 'insider dealings' floating around. The hero is framed for a crime he didn't commit and must prove his innocence before it is too late. The game is a text adventure with graphics; the player inputs verb commands to interact with the environment and advance the story. The gameplay focuses on realistic investigation and information-gathering rather than puzzle-solving."
41416,Golf,"Arcade Archives: Golf, Golf-e",1984,6.1,Sports,,,"Golf features two challenging 18 hole courses where players are able to play a round of golf, and allows players to choose a club, adjust stance and control the swing. The game features three alternating views; an overhead long-range view of the entire hole, an overhead medium-range view from the ball's current location, and an overhead close-range view of the green. Gameplay modes include 1 or 2 players."
41433,U.N. Squadron,Area 88,1989,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Side-scrolling shoot-em-up, in a similar style to such games as Gradius, R-Type and Scramble. The aim is to wipe out the enemy, which has gathered around the allied airspace of 'Area 88', in a series of military aircraft-based scenarios. You choose one of three unique pilots; Shin Kazama, Micky Schymon or Greg Gates, each with varying abilities at damage repair, weapon handling and flying skill, and engage the enemy over a series of challenging missions. The player starts out with the weakest plane, the F8E Crusader, which can only be armed with a very basic range weapons. But, through completing various missions, enough cash can be raised to purchase higher-quality aircraft. These superior planes are more agile, have improved resilience to damage and have a greater range of fire. Furthermore, the more advanced fighters can be armed with superior special weapons, such as napalm. The missions include attacks on sand bases, the nuclear submarine 'Seavet' and enemy supply camps, as well as seeing off groups of airborne 'bandits' who swarm-in on Area 88. The enemy is plentiful, and the pace is frantic. Shoot at everything on the screen that moves, and the allied forces might just come out on top......"
41434,Super Mario All-Stars,Super Mario Collection,1993,8.8,"Action, Compilation",Platform,,Super Mario All-Stars is a collection of previously released Super Mario NES platform games. Each title is presented with its original gameplay and level design but has been given a makeover in the graphics and sound department. A save option has been added allowing players to store the session data. Included in Super Mario All-Stars are the following games:
41444,Mega Man Battle & Chase,Rockman Battle & Chase,1997,6.8,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"It's robot mayhem at the Battle & Chase tournament! Dr. Wily is trying to take over the tournament with his army of Robot Masters, and now Mega Man has to enter to try and save the races! Choose your racer and head out on the tracks, and if you win, you'll get to steal parts off your opponent's cars, and eventually, you'll race against the mad Dr. Wily himself! This game was only released in Japan and Europe. A U.S version can be played via Mega Man X Collection"
41445,Mission: Impossible,"Mission: Impossible - ""Expect the Impossible"", Missão: Impossível – “Espere o Impossível”",1998,7.0,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter, Stealth",,"Tie-in of the popular movie Mission: Impossible this is a third-person action stealth game with 24 levels. Playing the secret agent Ethan Hunt, the player has to fight international terrorists. Assisted by his IMF team, he sneaks into enemy bases, blows up ammunition depots, retrieves stolen information and takes out the terrorists. The plot is loosely based on the movie; Ethan Hunt is framed and has to prove his innocence which he is only able to do with the help of his good friends from the IMF team."
41448,KGB,"Conspiracy, Conspiracy: KGB",1992,7.3,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements","Cold War, Europe","It is August 1991, the USSR has only a few days left before its tremendous collapse and KGB officer Maksim Rukov has been moved, without explanation, to the newly formed Department P which investigates KGB corruption and roots out possible double-agents and traitors. The game's interface and engine is based heavily on Cryo 's previous game Dune using the same point-and-click system, and a pseudo first-person perspective. The game also allowed players to rewind to the beginning of chapters to correct mistakes they had made. KGB was later re-released in an ""enhanced"" CD-ROM version featuring new video sections of actor Donald Sutherland as Rukov's father, giving hints and clues whenever needed. The game was also re-titled Conspiracy for this re-release."
41458,Michael Jordan in Flight,,1993,7.0,Sports,,,"3 on 3 basketball game endorsed by Michael Jordan. Features digitized players and basketball court. 3d camera follows the action around the court, zooming and panning around. One of the first 3d engines in a sports game. No NBA Licensed players or teams."
41461,NCAA March Madness 2001,,2000,7.3,Sports,,,"This is the fourth in Electronic Arts' college basketball franchise. The game has most of the features from the 2000 edition like exhibition and tournament games, women's teams and Dynasty Mode. New features for the 2001 edition include Coach Mode, where you build your career until you land a job with a Division I team by achieving certain goals like finishing a season with a winning record or defeating several ranked teams. There's also a Dream Tournament, featuring the 64 greatest teams of all time. You can also earn new Dynamic Ball Control moves, like crossovers and dunks, by unlocking them as your skills progress. The game features design input from legendary Blue Devils coach Mike ""Coach K"" Krzyzewski."
41463,Destiny,,1996,5.1,Strategy / tactics,,,"The player is in charge of bringing a small group of prehistoric people through the changing world, from the first crude working with stone tools to space travel, developing them from a simple tribe into a successful modern society. Along the way the player races against up to seven other tribes, all reaching for the same goal. As the player progresses through the game, he must lead his tribe to victory using diplomacy and conquest. Options include real-time or turn-based play, traditional 2D or new 3D views, full campaigns or mini-scenarios, and military or scientific victory conditions. Unlike previous ""god"" games where players are only able to focus on one invention and building project at a time, Destiny allows players to divide their resources among multiple activities in a real-time environment. Each city can be constructing multiple facilities at any time, and production of new materials must be balanced with the resources available. Research can be focused on a few key areas, or the player can elect to spread efforts into several fields. Once opposing races are encountered, the player can choose how to approach them. Destiny allows the player to send emissaries to opponents proposing any type of agreement, from trade arrangements to declarations of war. The computer-controlled players respond realistically to these offers. These offers can also be made in multiplayer games. Destiny includes built-in support for up to eight players on IPX and TCP/IP networks"
41474,19 Part 1: Boot Camp,"Nineteen Boot Camp, Nineteen Part 1: Boot Camp",1988,6.8,"Action, Racing / Driving","Fighting, Shooter",,"As one of up to four newly recruited soldiers at the time of the Vietnam War (these people had an average age of 19, as the title refers to), you must first face the tough Boot Camp. Conceptually it’s similar to Boot Camp a fact which can’t be disguised even by the Konami game being known as ‘Combat School’ in Europe. Show enough stamina, skill and determination in these four events and you have proved yourself worthy to fight for the US. First you must complete a horizontally-scrolling assault course, with jumps to make my holding down fire to get a yellow bar at the bottom of the screen (hold the button for too long or not long enough and you get a red bar and have to abort the jump, thus wasting time), and monkey bars to waggle your way through. Next up is a shooting range, in which you look through a sightscreen to target the enemies (and avoid the innocent civilians) as they appear on the large screen in front of you. Driving through an assault course is your third task, with damage-inducing hazards to drive around and stars to collect for bonus points. Finally you must do some hand-to-hand combat, before getting your final scores."
41478,Kirby's Dream Land 2,Hoshi no Kirby 2,1995,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"The lovable Kirby returns to the Game Boy! This time the bridges connecting the rainbow bridges have disappeared and King Dedede is to blame as always...or is he? The evil Dark Matter has him under his control and plans to turn Dream Land into a dark world. Kirby's goal is get the fabled rainbow sword and defeat him! Gameplay consists of a platform game. Kirby is like no other platform character of its time because he can fly with no power-ups, and he can swallow enemies and get their powers. In addition to that, Kirby can now team up with his friends: Rick the hamster, Kine the fish, and Coo the owl. Each team-up has it's advantages and disadvantages, but Kirby can still swallow enemies, making more different powers available depending on the power/friend combination."
41487,Murder Club,"Final Mystery: MurderClub, J.B. Harold Series #1: Murder Club, J.B. Harold Series #1: Satsujin Club, J.B. Harold no Jikenbo: Murder Club, J.B. Harold: Murder Club, Keiji J.B. Harold no Jikenbo: Murder Club, Keiji J.B. Harold no Jikenbo: Satsujin Kurabu, Murder Club DX",1986,7.9,"Adventure, Simulation",,,"Murder Club is an adventure game with simulation elements. The player controls the private detective J.B. Harold, who must investigate the murder of a wealthy businessman named Bill Robbins and bring the murderer to court. The player has to do all the work a real detective would do: find clues, gather evidence, interrogate suspects, establish the motive for the crime — and in the end, make sure the case will stand up in the court."
41492,Microchess,"Chess, Chess Champion MK II",1976,6.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Board game, Chess",,"Microchess a chess-playing program for microcomputers, has been described as the first commercially successful game for home computers, initially programmed in 1976 on MOS Technology's KIM-1. Designed for homebrew kit hobbyists to plug into less than 1k of memory, what the play algorithms lack in grandmaster talent they make up for in speed. Marginally upgraded (the TRS-80 version expanded to 4k: 2k for game logic and 2k for a picture of a chess board) for the burgeoning microcomputer market (why restrict input and output to a hex keyboard and 6 LED digit displays if you don't have to?) it went on to sell over a million copies for the Apple 2 and TRS-80 (and, among the usual suspects, also eventually ported to other hobby platforms such as those made by ""Processor Technology, Imsai, Cromemco, Polymorphic Systems, MITS, Ohio Scientific, and many more"") before quickly being overtaken by the likes of Sargon"
41493,No Second Prize,,1992,8.1,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"There is indeed no second prize in this race between 6 of the world’s toughest riders. First prize is the one remaining model of the greatest motorbike the world has ever seen, incidentally. The graphics are polygon based, with lots of roadside detail, and leaning into corners to maximise turn-in leads to the graphics to tilt appropriately. The control is mouse-based, allowing for slight adjustments to be made and ensuring that the controls are realistic but not impossible. As well as your five rivals, there are lots of Sunday riders on the roads, distinguished by having brown bikes, so make sure to avoid these. This was one of the first games to feature video-style replays, allowing you to find the exact moment you want to replay, from any part of the race, and view it at normal speed, double-speed, or freeze-frame. The camera angles on offer here include one that follows the bike, one that views the track from the side, and a TV-style chase view."
41504,Mortal Kombat,"Mortal Kombat Complete, Mortal Kombat: Competition Edition",1992,7.3,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"Five hundred years ago, an ancient and well respected Shaolin fighting tournament, held every 50 years, was corrupted by an evil and elderly sorcerer by the name of Shang Tsung. Shang was accompanied by Prince Goro, a warrior of the Shokan race (a four-armed half-human / half-dragon). Knowing that if ten tournaments in a row were won by the Outworld champion, the Earth Realm would be conquered by evil and fall into darkness, Shang entered Goro in the tournament and had him defeat the great Kung Lao. Goro has been reigning supreme as the undefeated fighting champion for five hundred years now. As the last tournament required draws near, Raiden, Thunder God and protector of the Earth Realm, enacts a plan to tip the scales in the humans' favor, Seven fighters step into the arena on Shang Tsung's mysterious island: Shaolin warrior Liu Kang, Special Forces operative Sonya Blade, the mercenary thug Kano, fame-seeking actor Johnny Cage, the ice-wielding Lin Kuei warrior Sub-Zero and his undead adversary Scorpion, and Raiden himself. Mortal Kombat is a side-scrolling fighting game. Fighting is set as one-on-one combat, allowing each player to perform a variety of punches, kicks, and special moves in order to defeat their opponent. When the opponent faces their second round loss, the winner can perform a finishing move called a ""Fatality"" on the loser. The Fatality is a move unique to each fighter that graphically kills the loser in a blood-soaked finale. Mortal Kombat began its life as a 2-player arcade title. It is notable for its use of digitized actors to represent the game's fighters, as well as its use of copious amounts of blood during gameplay."
41505,Amazon,,1984,7.8,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements","Sci-fi / futuristic, South America","Amazon is a graphical text adventure game by Michael Crichton You work for the NSRT (National Satellite Resource Technology), a top secret research firm. Waiting for a transmission from a team sent to the Amazon Rainforest, you realize the expedition has gone wrong, and it is your job to travel to the Amazon Rainforest and figure out what happened. The game features three difficulty levels, timed sequences and action-based mini games. Included in the folder is a map of the Amazon rainforest and a technical briefing of your mission from the NSRT home office."
41515,Inspector Gadget: Operation Madkactus,,2000,7.1,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Go Go Gadget!!! Once again the evil Dr. Claw has brought misery onto the world by unleashing a horrible new virus called the Madkactus virus and it is up to Inspector Gadget, his niece Penny and her dog Brain to stop Dr. Claw and save the world yet again. The gameplay is a side-scrolling action game as the player takes control of Inspector Gadget, Penny and Brain in five different levels, each with four different areas to explore. The player will experience enemies and traps along the way and can use famous devices such as the hammer hat, spring arms and rocket shoes to either elude or eliminate enemies or avoid deadly traps. Along the way, however, Gadget will have to rely on Penny and Brain to reach areas that are inaccessible to him. Both are weaker in attacking, but are faster and can be used to transverse past traps and deactivate them to let Gadget past or solve puzzles in mini-game form in order to advance to the next area. Additionally, players can find power-ups such as muffins which will restore health and GG symbols, obtaining 20 of these symbols will give an extra life. Also MAD symbols will give Gadget three extra lives. Gadget can also pick up weapon items such as plungers, which can pick off enemies from a long distance or nets which can instantly kill any enemies that it comes in contact with."
41516,Virocop,,1995,7.6,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Virocop you enter the Gamedisk, a virtual holiday theme park that is under the threat of destruction of viruses. Your job is to take control of a virocop, D.A.V.E. (Digital Armoured Virus Exterminator) and eliminate the enemies before it's too late. The levels are split into worlds with four levels each, and each world has its own theme. For example the first world is sport themed so you will drive over football fields, billiard tables and racing courses. The gameplay is the one of an isometric shooter, where you roll around the levels and shoot the enemies with one of several weapons. The weapons covers the whole range from fast but not so powerful weapons to more powerful (but slow) like mortars. The action can be enjoyed by one or two players both turn-by-turn or simultaneous where one player controls movement and the other the weapons."
41523,Armored Fist,,1994,7.3,"Action, Simulation",,,"Armored Fist offers realistic armored warfare in numerous tactical theaters. The player can choose from an extensive line-up of modern-day armored vehicles utilized by U.S. forces, in addition to those commonly used by Soviet troops. The game was one of the earliest tank sims to offer a mission editor with broad capabilities. Six linear campaigns are offered in addition to a training campaign."
41524,Pepper's Adventures in Time,Twisty History,1993,7.5,"Adventure, Educational",Graphic adventure,North America,"This point n' click adventure game is actually an edutainment (entertainment leading to education) title developed by Sierra, who were also responsible for other games such as the EcoQuest and Dr. Brain series. The object of this game is to help a little girl called Pepper, solve puzzles based on history and logic, so that she can fix the mess caused by Dr. Fred's time machine. At certain points in the game, the player is even allowed to control her pet dog, Lockjaw. The game consists of an educational factor where the player can learn about many important facts concerning the colonial times of the United States. It is divided into Acts in which the player has to reach given goals and, apart from other, typical for adventure games things, learn about facts listed in the opening. To do it the special TRUTH icon has to be used. When the act is concluded, the player is challenged with a quiz about the things he learned. For each correct answer he receives progress points. Cartoonish graphics similar to the style in Day of the Tentacle were used in order to appeal to younger audiences."
41534,Syphon Filter,,1999,7.7,Action,Shooter,,"Gabriel Logan, one of the government's top covert agents, must neutralize the terrorists that threaten Washington D.C. and destroy a biological weapon that has been built to end the lives of millions of innocent people. Syphon Filter is an action game played from the 3rd person. Players take the role of Gabiel Logan as well as other CBDC agents. To successfully complete the mission, players must utilize each of the character's skills accordingly. Logan is able to kneel, crouch, walk, roll, climb, jump and run to meet his objectives. The action unfolds over thirteen missions that are chock full of dangers, hazards and puzzles."
41542,Detana!! TwinBee,"Arcade Achives: Detana!! TwinBee, Arcade Archives: Bells & Whistles, Bells & Whistles",1991,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Another top-down shooter in the TwinBee universe of ""cute'em ups"". Detana!! Introduces for the first time the characters behind the TwinBee & WinBee fighters, Pastel and Light, and chronicles their journey to save Princess Melora from an evil force that threatens the world. Nevertheless its still all about shooting the heck out of surreal and cute enemies through 6 stages of vertically-scrolling action. Power-ups and upgrades can be gained by shooting the colored bells that some enemies leave behind until they stay the color you want them to, with many combinations possible. A new charge-shot feature has been added to your basic arsenal, and the game features single and 2-player cooperative gameplay."
41546,Zoop,,1995,6.8,"Action, Puzzle",Tile matching puzzle,,"Zoop is a fast-paced puzzle game in which the player eliminates colored shapes that are approaching his alter ego, another colored shape, before they reach the top, somewhat similarly to Tetris In order to eliminate the other shapes, you must point your piece at it and 'fire'. If the shape is the same color as your piece, the shape is eliminated, as well as all of the shapes of the same color behind it, until your piece hits a piece of a different color. If the shape is of a different color, or it is hit when collecting a line of similar shapes, your piece exchanges colors with the shape."
41549,NHL Breakaway 98,,1997,7.4,Sports,,,"This ice hockey game has a playbook-based AI system based on the teams' actual playbooks allowing for specific teams to play their actual styles, with variable player size, from big defensemen to small speedy wingers. There is a total team management system to make trades, improve coaching, create draft picks and send players through training camps, or even send injured athletes for therapy. The inclusion of all the marquee players such as Lemieux, Gretzky, Messier, Sakic, Hull, and others is mostly mandatory in sports games. Also, the hints about how to play each team from NHL player Keith Tkachuk are a useful resource."
41554,Cool Boarders 3,,1998,7.4,Sports,,,"Gameplay mechanics and control systems of Cool Boarders 3 are significantly different from the predecessors, but the basic game structure remain similar. This time choose from over 13 different riders and 22 boards, and then hit one of the 34 courses. Race through the course as fast as possible in the boarder-cross and slalom events, or concentrate on pulling off big tricks in the halfpipe, slope style, and big air events. For those who want test all of their skills, try the tournament mode and compete in all five events. When competition gets to be too much, try to perfect all of your moves in the practice mode. Cool Boarders 3 also supports 2 Player modes, and is the first in the series to support analogue control."
41557,Dungeon Keeper,Dungeon Keeper: Evil is Good,1997,8.0,Strategy / tactics,"City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy (RTS)",Fantasy,"Dungeon Keeper is a strategy/building simulation in which the player constructs a dungeon and commands its hellish minions, and must take them to glory against the hated good guys. Various dungeon rooms have to be constructed to ensure efficiency and attract different creature types, and the dungeon heart must be protected at all costs. By digging through the ground, gold can be collected to pay the creatures' wages, and if they are satisfied with the conditions in the dungeon, they will remain loyal to the player and remain in the dungeon. They can alternatively be punished and tortured for a short-term gain in efficiency, but also an increased a risk of their disobedience or death. Additionally, attracting warlocks and tasking them with research will allow the player to cast powerful spells. The campaign involves the gradual takeover of the lands of good, corrupting them region by region. Also available is a multiplayer mode with up to 4 players competing. As well as being able to rotate the 3D view, and control the light source, the player can enter the direct viewpoints of friendly creatures, to see life through their eyes (one character's mode goes into black and white for this) and use their abilities directly."
41569,Star Wars: Rebellion,"Guerra nas Estrelas: A Rebelião, Star Wars: Supremacy",1998,6.5,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation",Sci-fi / futuristic,Take command of the Rebels or the Empire in this strategy game from Lucasarts based around the Star Wars universe. Instead of a command and Conquer style game this is based on taking over planets with Diplomacy and also force. Slowly building up your empire and trying to beat your opposing force. There is no actual real-time fighting; it is all done with commands.
41581,PGA European Tour,,1996,7.6,"Simulation, Sports",,,"This game lets players compete on the PGA European Tour. It features the K Club, Wentworth, and Gut Kaden golf courses. It also features real professional golfers and commentary by Peter Allen. Full motion video detailing the golfers and the golf courses is also included. Players can choose to either practice a round or compete in a stroke, tournament, or skins match or have a shoot-out. The game also has options like difficulty level, caddie, tap-ins, mulligans, and tee color. Golfing is done by selecting where to aim the golf ball and timing the clicks on a swing meter which determines how hard the ball is hit."
41593,Battle Arena Toshinden,Nettō Tōshinden,1996,7.2,Action,Fighting,,"The Game Boy version of Battle Arena Toshinden is a 2D versus fighting game, instead of 3D. The game features all the eight fighters present in the console/PC version (Eiji, Kayin, Sofia, Rungo, Fo, Mondo, Duke and Ellis), but drawn in super-deformed graphics. The game features three possible gameplay modes: 1P Game (story mode), Vs. Computer and Vs. Human. The story mode is slightly different from the console version, featuring a different unlockable final boss. As in the console version, battles can be won either by depleting the adversary's life bar or by tossing him or her out of the ring. Each character has its own special moves and a desperation move (which can only be used when the character has 10% or less of his or her health)."
41596,Exodus: Ultima III,"Ultima 3, Ultima: Exodus, Ultima: Kyōfu no Exodus",1983,7.5,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"After the defeat of the evil wizard Mondain and his mistress Minax in the previous two Ultimas, peace has returned to the land of Sorsaria. Times passes and eventually geological disruptions and a resurgence of the monster populace occur, and it is soon learned that Mondain and Minax had conceived a child named Exodus before their death. Now that child has become an adult with the power to avenge the death of his parents. Obviously, it falls upon the hero from Earth to find and stop him. The third title in the Ultima series was the first to feature a party of adventurers instead of a single player character. The party is created at the beginning of the game by assigning various class combinations and determining the characters' attributes. The game has larger and more detailed towns, populated by NPCs the protagonist can converse with to obtain clues. Like in earlier Ultima games, exploration is divided between top-down overworld locations and first-person 3D dungeons. This installment introduces separate combat screens where player-controlled party fights multiple monsters in a turn-based tile-based system."
41597,Phobia,,1989,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The evil Phobos has created 15 planets full of danger, each of them representing things humans commonly fear. The levels include ones based around spiders, snakes, dentists and similar, surely including something to scare anyone. To rescue the Galactic Emperor, you must negotiate all of these. The action is mostly one-dimensional blasting, but with distinct sections of flying to a level, flying around it, and then navigating an underground cavern. A simultaneous 2-player mode exists to make things a little less daunting."
41598,Final Fantasy III,"FF3, Zui Zhong Huanxiang 3",1990,7.5,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"In a remote village of Ur, four orphan boys were raised by the priest Topapa. Once, the Crystal of Wind, guarded by the people of Ur, sank deep into the earth. The four boys decided to retrieve it from there and went down into an underground cave. But when they found the crystal, it spoke to them and from its words they understood they were chosen for a much more important and world-embracing mission... Final Fantasy III is the third Final Fantasy game for the NES platform. It was the last Final Fantasy game that does not use the ATB (active time battle) system (until it was removed again in Final Fantasy X ). The turn-based battle engine has been improved: if the enemy is defeated, the next character will automatically switch to another enemy, and not hit the air, like in the previous two games. Before the game begins, you give names to the four boys, which look the same (only in different colors) and belong all to the same class - the scrawny Onion Kid. Very quickly, however, you're able to give your heroes ""jobs"" - proper character classes, such as Fighter, Black Mage, Viking, Shaman and others. Each job has different capabilities and can use different equipment. More powerful jobs become available later in the game. The characters can change jobs throughout the game, though it costs them ""Capacity Points"" (which are earned in battle). The game itself is, like the previous games, a top-down RPG where your characters travel in the overworld, sometimes entering cities and dungeons to buy equipment, rest and fight random encounters and bosses with turn-based combat. Some minor issues were slightly changed to resemble more the classical Final Fantasy look (such as the menu layout etc.)."
41603,Trick'N Snowboarder,Tricky Sliders: Freestyle Snowboard,1999,6.0,Sports,,,"Trick'N Snowboarder is a snowboarding game for the PlayStation. The game offers scenario, versus, edit and free modes. In the scenario mode you play in range of competitions on half-pipes, snowboard parks, Alpine courses and jump ramps. During the scenario mode you have to perform stunts and tricks for your personal snowboarding video. In versus mode you can compete with your friend in split-screen in a downhill race. The edit mode lets you customize your boarder's clothing and appearance. The game features unlockable characters from Resident Evil 2"
41609,Super Dropzone: Intergalactic Rescue Mission,"Archer MacLean's Dropzone, Archer Maclean's Super Dropzone",1994,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Super Dropzone: Intergalactic Rescue Mission is a sequel to Archer MacLean 's Dropzone The game takes place ten years after the happenings of the original game. Back then a selection of the finest humans in the world went to an expedition to Jupiter's moon Io in search for valuable minerals. They were attacked by an alien race that the player had to defend them from. Now they have managed to establish bases on three more of Jupiter's moons, Callisto, Ganymede and Europa. The alien threat is still real however and they still need to be protected by the player. The gameplay is mostly the same as the original Dropzone although it features some new weapons and end of level boss fights. The player controls a spaceman with a jetpack and can fly in all directions above the moon surface while killing wave after wave of aliens. At the same time the player has to protect the ten people that are assigned to the moon by taking them to the dropzone landing pad. The action takes place on the moons mentioned above as well as on Jupiter itself. At the last level on each moon the player has to defeat a planet guardian. To do this the player has to hit them in their glowing green nerve centre that is exposed at times as they move around. Each wave starts with all remaining humans being beamed up by a leader enemy and to release the men it has to be defeated."
41611,World of Aden: Entomorph - Plague of the Darkfall,Entomorph: Plague of the Darkfall,1995,7.1,Action,,"Fantasy, Steampunk","The inhabitants of the island of Phoros used to enjoy a prosperous, happy life. Large domesticated insects known as ""jagtera"" were doing all the hard work for them. However, following the Darkfall, the jagtera have disappeared from the island. The quality of life on Phoros has drastically declined, and its nobles came up with a monstrous plan: spreading rumors about the return of jagtera, they poisoned the population with a nectar that turned them into vicious, uncontrollable replicas of these gentle creatures. When a wandering squire named Warrick arrives on Phoros, searching for his missing sister, he realizes that something must be done to stop the pestilence. He does not known that he may have to leave his humanity by the wayside and succumb to the plague himself... Entomorph is the second computer game set in the fictional world of Aden, the first being Thunderscape Though the two games share the same setting, their gameplay styles are quite different. Entomorph is predominantly an action game with very light role-playing and puzzle-solving elements. The squire explores the island, talks to inhabitants, gathers clues and necessary items, and ventures into hostile areas to fight enemies. Combat is action-oriented and is done either with physical attacks or spells. There are no weapons in the game: Warrick either fights using his fists or morphs into different creatures by drinking special potions, thus acquiring new attacks. There are no character statistics or experience system of any kind. The monster-morphing comes with a prize: Warrick is slowly turning into a jagtera. The player may control his actions and decisions throughout the game, ultimately affecting the ending, which determines whether the hero has resisted a complete transformation or not."
41624,Advanced V.G.,Super V.G.,1994,6.9,Action,Fighting,,"The story of Advanced V.G. follows a similar template as those of the previous Variable Geo games: the strongest young women in the country hold a tournament, which is sponsored by various restaurant chains, which in turn ask the competing girls to pose as waitresses working in said restaurants, for promotional purposes. The girls of the Jahana group who starred in the previous games return, with the new main protagonist being the young martial artist Yuka Takeuchi, who has been training in a secluded forest area before joining the competition. Like its predecessors, Advanced V.G. is a fighting game, with the basic ""kick"" and ""punch"" moves, while the various special attacks are executed by pressing combinations of buttons. There are three modes in the game, ""Normal"", ""Vs."", and ""Story"". The normal mode is basically training matches between the player character and an AI-controlled girl. Vs. mode allows two-player mode, as well as demo ""computer vs. computer"" gameplay, with the possibility to choose any of the stages. Any of the nine heroines is available as a playable character in these modes (Yuka Takeuchi, Chiho Masuda, Jun Kubota, Manami Kusunoki. Kaori Yanase, Reimi Jahana, Satomi Yajima, Ayako Yūki, and Erina Goldsmith). The story mode, on the other hand, allows the player to control Yuka Takeuchi only, and follow her story. Cut scenes advance the story between matches. The SNES received a stripped-down version, Super V.G. without the Story Mode and all explicit hentai elements. Hybrids (pair of bosses in Advanced V.G. ) were also removed."
41627,The Mask,Mask,1995,6.6,Action,,,"The Mask is based on the movie with the same name. The story follows poor guy Stanley Ipkiss who finds a mysterious mask and is given mysterious powers from it.. As in the movie, Stanley (aka The Mask) has some funny weapons, like the Guns, the Horn, the Hammer and the ability to transform into a big Tornado. He battles through levels inspired by the movie, including his apartment, the city streets, the bank, the park, the jail, and the night club for the final showdown."
41628,The Mansion of Hidden Souls,"Coma, La Mansión de las Almas Ocultas, Le Manoir des Ames Perdues, Mystery Mansion: Das Haus der verlorenen Seelen, Shinsetsu Yumemi Yakata: Tobira no Oku ni Dareka ga...",1994,6.8,Adventure,,,"This Saturn-exclusive game is actually a sequel to the Sega CD game Mansion of Hidden Souls even though the title might lead one to believe it is a remake. This game takes place after the events of the first game. The souls of the hidden mansion have asked you to return, because they have recognized that you possess special powers that allow you to see the butterfly manifestations of the souls living there. Something terrible is afoot at the mansion, and you must investigate things and set them right. Along the way you must discover the true purpose of the mansion and it's significance in the universe. Much like the Sega CD game, this is an FMV adventure. You move from location to location via video sequences, and solve puzzles to move on in the story."
41631,Player Manager 2,,1995,6.7,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Player Manager 2 sets you as an international-standard soccer player who's stepped into being a player-manager at a lower-division side. The challenge is to reach the Premier League and survive. Most of the standard features of management games are present, including pre-match tactics (which are fairly customizable), a full transfer market including short-term loan deals, detailed player statistics (presented visually), ground improvements and coaching. Playing the matches is optional, as you can simply watch instead. There are 4 playing views, and you can play in position or as a team. Initially your player is by far the best in the team, so choose his position and use him wisely. Once you reach retirement age you can only play the matches for 3 out of every 4 seasons (which is poorly explained by an 'assistant manager' concept, but is more likely an attempt to make the game harder. This would make little sense though, because scoring is very, very hard in player-manager mode). Before each match you get a video report from renowned pundit Alan Hansen, as well as some form notes which are said to be Hansen's."
41636,Rules of Engagement,,1991,7.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A mouse-driven starship command simulation, with a user interface known as LYCAR, and similar to the LCARS system from the TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation First of all you have to create yourself as Fleet Commander and assign a mission, with previously adjusted Star System, Ships, Captains, and Aliens as objectives, which you must achieve to complete it. So the main gameplay lies in completing the missions where you control your starship using tactical, communication, and simulation skills. If you are successful, your commander will receive promotions and honors. Due to the Interlocking Game System owners of Breach 2 can use this to play out the game's battles. Also, a Mission Editor is present, where you may create a mission choosing the Star System, Ships, and Aliens involved."
41639,Time Pilot,,1982,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Time Pilot is an arcade style shooter. Piloting your trusty spaceship, you need to destroy the squadrons of enemy craft that are attacking! On each level you have a quota of enemies that need to be destroyed. After fulfilling your quota, a final boss of the level will appear; when destroyed, you will move on to the next level. The game begins in the year 1910, and each time a level is completed you advance in time. In 1910 you only have to face relatively unarmed biplanes, but as the levels advance so does the technology. Each new level brings with it tougher, more heavily armed aircraft including jets, helicopters, and even flying saucers! From time to time, you will encounter a parachute; if you run into this, you will earn bonus points."
41647,Evolution: The World of Sacred Device,Shinkisekai Evolution,1999,6.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Mag Launcher is the only child in a legendary family of adventurers. Several years ago, a cute little girl showed up on the doorstep of the Launcher house, holding a letter from Mag's father, who had went long ago on another dangerous adventure, and hadn't returned since then. In the letter, Mag's father asked him to protect the little girl (named Linear Cannon). Since then, the two children have been living together in the Launcher house. Mag's father never came back... One fine day, the 8th Emperial Army arrives at Pannama town, in search of an artifact called Evolutia. Mag remembers that was the very same artifact his father had been looking for... Evolution: The World of Sacred Device is a RPG with a heavy emphasis on dungeon exploring. Mag and his party (Linear, the butler Gre Naid, and two other adventurers), explore dungeon after dungeon, searching for the mysterious artifact. All dungeons are randomly generated. The combat is turn-based. There are mechanical devices called ""Cy-Frame"", which can be attached to the characters and make him (or her) perform special attacks of various kinds."
41648,Omega,AmiOmega,1988,6.3,Role-playing (RPG),Roguelike,Fantasy,"Omega is usually considered the first roguelike game (CRPG dungeon crawls with top-down or isometric graphics and a high degree of randomization; Rogue and NetHack are examples) with a traditional plot. In it, you play a person from Earth that has been transported to another world by the Omega Project (this part of the plot is explained in the intro). You are trying to become an Adept, a person of immense power who follows the Buddhism-like principles of the Lords of Omega, by undergoing a series of quests."
41649,Sensible World of Soccer '96/'97,"Sensible World of Soccer, Sensible World of Soccer '96 / '97, Sensible World of Soccer 96-97",1996,8.1,Sports,,,"Sensible World of Soccer '96/'97 is an updated version of Sensible World of Soccer: European Championship Edition The only addition are the updated team rosters. While the Linux/Macintosh/Windows are just the emulated DOS version, the Xbox 360 has some genuine changes: online multiplayer, updated graphics (the graphical style and the top-down perspective are kept) and dynamic advertisements. The team rosters are still based on season 1996/1997, but the names are not authentic anymore."
41660,R.B.I. Baseball '94,RBI '94,1994,7.0,Sports,,,"R.B.I. '94 is an updated version of the series that features 800 of the top MLBPA players at the time with their 1993 stats applied and features authentic modeled ball parks. The game doesn't feature the MLB license, however, but does represent them by city name and omitting their nicknames and logos. The standard modes apply including exhibition that both has a single player and two-player option, a full 162-game season or skip straight to the playoffs or the World Series. The Home Run Derby is also present along with award-winning sports announcer, Jack Buck lending his voice talent for play-by-play commentary. A password feature is present for players to continue their season at their leisure."
41662,Dragonsphere,,1994,7.7,Adventure,Graphic adventure,"Fantasy, Medieval","The young Callash has been just crowned the king of Gran Callahach. Twenty years ago the land was in grave peril, as the evil sorcerer Sanwe planned to conquer and ruin it. But the old king's court wizard Ner-Tom magically imprisoned Sanwe using the powers of the Dragonsphere spell. The sorcerer swore to avenge his humiliation once the spell's energy runs out. Now, this time has come, and the young hero must defeat Sanwe before he breaks free. As he approaches the sorcerer's prison, he is yet to realize that dealing with Sanwe will lead to startling realizations concerning his own self, and unravel a new sinister plot... Dragonsphere is a graphic adventure in the classic third-person LucasArts and Sierra style, and the third adventure game by MicroProse, similar visually and gameplay-wise to Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender The interaction with the game world is performed by applying one of the ten different verb commands to objects and/or people. Additionally, each object has several unique, specific verb commands that can be applied giving the player quite a number of possible combinations of object usage and sometimes more straight forward resolution to the problem. The game contains vast amounts of unique text responses to player's actions and branching dialogue with characters. Some of them are fatal for the main character so they need to be chosen wisely or accordingly to the presented facts and observations. The puzzles are, for the most part, inventory-based. The game features hand-painted backgrounds and some digitized animation."
41667,AHx-1,,1997,6.2,"Action, Simulation",,"Africa, Contemporary, Europe, South America","AHx-1 is a simulation of the fictional helicopter AHx-1 Viper. The player controls a member of an elite unit who uses this helicopter to beat three campaigns. Each campaign features eleven missions and are set in Colombia where drug lords swamp the world with heroin, Russia where evil General Nemarov wants to renew the Cold war and Libya where Colonel Ghaddafi has to be beaten. Every mission begins with a thorough briefing that includes primary and secondary objectives and a lot of not necessarily needed background information. After the briefing the player stocks up his weapons for the mission which include typical gear like a 30mm gun, ""Hellfire"" rockets which can kill everything in one shot and ""TV Missiles"" which flight path is controlled by the player. Similar to the Comanche series the gameplay is action-oriented. The missions have varied goals, e.g. the destroying of units from the own side as a cover-up or the annihilation of certain targets in contaminated areas. Besides the typical cockpit view there is a special aiming mode. While using this mode the player gives the flight control to the co-pilot who holds the height and speed but doesn't react to obstacles in the way."
41670,Tetra Quest,,1988,6.8,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Tetra Quest the Galaxy is waiting in anticipation for the first Galactic Games, similar to the Olympic Games. But unfortunately an evil alien race stole the Phoenix Tablet and broke them into 64 pieces each. The player's goal is to recover all pieces and save the Games. Each level (overall 384) consists of four screens which one coin each. The goal is to collect the coins in the correct order, but the player can only travel on interconnected lines - sometimes teleporter or switches have to be used to reach the goal. Also restricted to the lines are the aliens which try to harm the player, but they can be disposed of by shooting them. Some of them leave extras behind which help the player when picked up. If in a tight spot, the player can transform into a bird and fly over obstacles, but this costs an considerable amount of points."
41675,The Legend of Kage,"Arcade Archives: The Legend of Kage, Kage no Densetsu, Legend-of Kage",1985,5.6,Action,Platform,Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval),"You play Kage, a skillful ninja in search of rescuing Princess Kiri from the hands of the warlord Yoshi. Armed only with a sword and 'star knives', you must fight your way through countless henchmen and the occasional boss to complete your task. Levels include the forest, moat, inside and outside of the castle. These levels repeat as the seasons change. The gameplay is side scrolling. Kage's moves include the ability jump extremely high in the air, grab and climb trees, block and attack with his sword, and throw shuriken. The game can be challenging at times though because the player dies in one hit. 2-players are supported, but must take turns."
41681,Star Wars: Yoda Stories,Guerra nas Estrelas: Histórias de Yoda,1997,5.8,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Wars: Yoda Stories is the second game in Lucas Arts' Desktop Adventures series, which were designed as infinitely re-playable action/puzzle games to be played in short bursts. Set loosely during the events of the first three Star Wars movies (Episodes IV, V and VI), the player takes control of Luke Skywalker who is given pocedurally generated short adventures on every new playthrough. The game starts on Dagobah, where the player must find Yoda to be given a randomly generated mission on either a desert planet, a snow planet or a forest planet (or moon for that matter). Missions vary from rescuing kidnapped allies to destroying Imperial bases to finding lost artifacts. As the game's storyline and puzzle design is based around trading or using multiple chains of items, Yoda always gives the player a single item to begin with. R2-D2 can also be picked up on Dagobah and can be used as a tooltip hint activator by dragging him onto any on-screen item or tile. After receiving the mission, the player is free to fly between Dagobah and the target planet with Luke's X-Wing. When exploring the world, the player will come across friendly NPCs who can give hints or trade for items, houses which can be entered, and items scattered around the world. The world is also full of danger. The player starts with the lightsaber, which, when equipped, can be used to defeat Imperial troops, Tuskens or deadly creatures. Enemies can drop blasters, stormtrooper rifles or thermal detonators that the player can use for ranged combat, or rations and medical kits that the player can use to heal themselves. The worlds generated can be rather large and filled with secrets and are divided into several key areas such as spaceports where the player can get healed by medical droids, puzzle areas where new items can be found, blockades which require items or puzzles to be solved, as well as teleporters, which the player can use to quickly traverse the world map if they have found the valuable locator item, which displays the world map. The locator also marks areas either solved or unsolved, so it becomes a valuable item to have. The player is allowed some limited manipulation of the game world in the form of pulling or pushing certain blocks, blowing up blockades, using the Force to move items around or even minor button combination puzzles. The game is played with mouse controls: moving the mouse cursor holding down the left mouse button makes Luke move, while items and weapons are used by having the desired item in the active item slot and pressing the right mouse button. Alternatively, the player can use the arrow keys to move and the spacebar to use the item. Shift can be used to drag movable items around. The player can create unlimited save files at any time, restart the currently generated world any time when it's still loaded (such as during the game over screen) and generate a new world at any given time and even change the world generator to generate either small, medium or large worlds. The player can also change the combat difficulty and game speed from the options. In the original Windows release, the game CD also includes Star Wars: Making Magic an interactive behind-the-scenes look at the production of the Star Wars Special Edition release."
41685,Invictus: In the Shadow of Olympus,"Invictus: Im Schatten des Olymp, Invictus: W Cieniu Olimpu",2000,6.2,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Real time 3d strategy/rpg game based on Greek mythology. Long time enemy of Athena, Poseidon, has gone rampant and wants to destroy the world yet again. To detain him Athena calls in all human heroes from the Greek mythologies (such as Hercules, Achilles, Icarus, Hippolyta, etc. each with individual skills) and sends them on missions around different islands of the world to stop Poseidon. You start out controlling two heroes who progress through the game by earning experience and money that can be used to buy units (such as spearmen, gorgons, etc.). Each hero has an inventory and you can often search dead enemies for items such as health apples, etc. and an adjustable agression level to adjust your interaction to npcs. The game uses a 3d rotating engine similar to Myth's but on a fixed over-head perspective. There's multiplayer support for up to 4 players simultaneous gameplay."
41687,Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Class Track Meet,,1988,7.7,Compilation,,,"If you bought a Nintendo Entertainment System Power Set, which came with two controllers, a Zapper light gun and a Power Pad, then you got this three-games-in-one cartridge, including:"
41690,You Don't Know Jack,,1995,7.9,Strategy / tactics,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"You Don't Know Jack is a humorous trivia game for up to three players. The players take part in a quiz game, which partly parodies television shows such as Jeopardy The players do need to answer serious questions, and knowledge of various topics (ranging from classical literature to modern pop culture) is required; however, the show's host is distinguished by his sense of sarcasm, sometimes offering humorous wordings for questions, and sardonically addressing the participants."
41694,Full Tilt! Pinball,"3D Pinball: Space Cadet, Pinball 95",1996,7.3,Action,Pinball,,"Full Tilt! Pinball is the first pinball simulation game developed by Cinematronics, LLC. The game includes three boards: Each board features the usual amount of bumpers, targets, ramps, etc. as well as a big payoff for the successful completion of each table, such as slaying a dragon in Dragon's Keep or creating a black hole in Space Cadet Different sounds and music are incorporated for the individual tables. The games are played using keyboard keys and include being able to nudge the tables. Being too forceful with a nudge will result in a tilt and end that turn."
41706,Centre Court Tennis,Let's Smash,1998,7.4,Sports,,,"Centre Court Tennis is a tennis game that does not take itself too seriously. After creating your Lego-like character, you are set to go. The basic game features a multiplayer mode (up to 4 players), a tournament mode and an exhibition mode. You also have four mini-games, ""Tennis Court Bingo"", ""Burning Barrels"", ""Run and Gun"" & ""Knock'em Down"", where your goal is to hit certain objects in the tennis field. You can win special prices for getting enough points. Additionally, you have a special challenge mode where you have to play against your opponent in odd conditions: your tennis field might be rotating, made of ice or be about to explode, to name a few. Beat your foe and you will be rewarded with a piece clothing or item of your choice from your opponent's dressing room. Lose and you lose the item that your opponent picks. Keep on losing and you will have to play your games wearing nothing but your underwear, which makes the game like a sort of family-friendly strip tennis."
41709,Rampart,Super Rampart,1990,7.4,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Arcade, Shooter",,"Tetris meets shoot-'em-up, Rampart is a game combining strategy and artillery action. Build your castle from Tetris-style pieces, place your cannons, bombard the enemy, try to repair, do it all over again. The original arcade release has a single-player and a two-player mode; later revisions incorporate three-player gameplay."
41725,The Flintstones: The Treasure of Sierra Madrock,,1994,7.0,Action,"Board game, Platform",Prehistoric,"The Great Poobah has retired and is looking for a successor. Since there are so many candidates, it is decided that the person who finds the Great Treasure of Sierra Madrock will become the new Great Poobah. The player takes control over Fred and Barney who also participate in the treasure hunt in order to make Fred the New Great Poobah. The Flintstones: The Treasure of Sierra Madrock is a side-scrolling platformer that includes several board game elements. On a world map, Fred and Barney throw dices to determine how many fields they can move. There are different fields that hold different challenges. Most fields require you to finish a side-scrolling platforming level. Fred and Barney can jump, club their enemies and climb trees or stone pillars. Holding down the jump button lets them hover in the air for a short moment. Throughout the levels, different power-ups and items can be found: clamps are used as money, apples replenish some health, 100 stars grant an extra life to Barney or Fred and an empty Heart frame increases their life bar. On fields marked with a skull, a boss has to be defeated. Heart fields hold bonus games in which you have to collect as many items as possible within the time limit. At amusement parks, several mini-games can be played to win items or extra lives. Mini-games include: Memory; Balls O' Fun"", where you can win items by throwing a ball at them; a mini-game in which you have to stop monkeys from climbing down trees and stealing your items by hitting them with coconuts and others. In Cafes you can buy food to replenish your health. In stadiums you can participate in special challenges (3D cart races for example), in order to gain new abilities such as double jumps. While stadiums, cafes and amusement parks can be revisited, all other levels only need to be finished once. Fred and Barney are not the only characters that move about the playing field. You will also run into their wives Betty and Wilma as well as other characters that are also looking for the treasure. When Fred or Barney encounter their wives, they are dragged a few fields back. Other characters give them useful items if you can beat them at a challenge (usually a race). Other notable features are a password system and a competitive 2-player mode."
41733,Sidewize,,1987,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Sidewize 's plot revolves around four planets which get attacked by evil aliens. Now the player buckles on a jetpack to teach them a lesson; not entirely surprising by shooting them with a laser cannon. The planet order can be chosen freely. The game is a horizontally scrolling shooter in which the protagonist has all directions to maneuver. This is necessary because enemies come in from both sides of the screen. There are various power ups to collect which grant advantages like improved weapons in six expansion stages, extra lives or a protective shield."
41734,Ambermoon,,1993,7.9,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Ambermoon is the second game in Thalion's never-finished Amber trilogy that was started out by Amberstar The sequel is set more than half a century after the first game, the world of Lyramion just starting to recover from the destruction caused by the collapse of the red moon. The original protagonist is an old, dying man as the game starts out. He summons his grandchild and tells him about a vision he had, of an old friend who supposedly died more than forty years ago and warned him of a great evil rising again. He sends the youth on a quest to seek that old friend and find out what is behind that vision. Concerning gameplay, Ambermoon is similar to its predecessor. The player initially controls only the main character, having the choice between a male and a female protagonist with several portraits each, but otherwise unable to customize them at that point. During the course of the game, additional characters may be recruited in various places in Lyramion; up to six form an active party that participates in combat. All characters can train physical attributes by specific NPCs in various towns, while some can also buy, learn, and cast offensive, supportive, and healing magic spells. As in Amberstar the game world is divided into two modes. Overworld travel and most house interiors are presented in 2D, while most dungeon-like and a few other areas are in first-person 3D. As opposed to the previous game with its ""step-by-step"" movement similar to Dungeon Master the sequel has a real 3D engine with textured floors and ceilings. Combat initiates when the player-controlled party comes into contact with a hostile creatures; in some cases the player is given the option to avoid combat. Battles are turn-based and tactical, with characters moving on a grid. Party formation and movement plays an important role in the outcome of the battles. There are no enemies during overworld exploration, and most of them do not respawn. The game is mostly set on the various islands comprising Lyramion. During the course of the game the player acquires various means of transportation, among those a witch's broom and a giant eagle that can carry the party across the world. Though there are many specific tasks that need to be accomplished in order to complete the game, there are also optional locations and quests. Some tasks require interaction with objects and puzzle-solving. The game features a day-and-night cycle that may affect visibility and NPC schedules. Items can get broken or worn out, requiring a repairman to fix them. Characters get tired and need to rest periodically, recovering lost hit points if the player has procured rations. Torches or lanterns can be used to illuminate dark areas. The interface is pretty much identical to that of Amberstar ; moving is done with the number pad and toggling the pad keys between movement and actions (look at, talk to, use etc) with the enter key. The same can be achieved with the mouse; left-clicking a button performs the corresponding action while right-clicking toggles movement/action modes."
41739,Mazer,,1995,6.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Mazer the player can choose from one of four soldiers tasked with freeing Earth from the oppressive rule of an alien race known as the Semag-Resal, who have a network of bases located all over Earth. To make matters worse, they have developed cyborgs that can perfectly mimic human beings that can infiltrate their rebel hideouts and exterminate them. The gameplay is similar to Project Overkill in some respects with the view being isometric and the main goal of the game is to wipe out any alien life form within the bases and free human captives to receive bonuses. As the player progresses, the enemies will become more numerous and harder to kill with the final boss of the game being a giant alien robot."
41747,Hydra,,1990,5.7,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",,"If being the best speedboat racer in the world were all there was to life, you'd live on easy street. But when the government of Hydra has asked for your help in defeating Hydra's enemies by couriering parts to a secret weapon, and those enemies know you're coming... well then, life gets interesting. Race down narrow swamp lanes to deliver parts of a secret weapon to bases at the finish of each section. Enemies will be shooting at you, but you can shoot back with Uzi Cannons and Nukes. Collect crystals along the way to boost your speed or shields."
41752,Alex Higgins' World Snooker,Snooker,1984,6.8,Sports,,,"Presented by the name of snooker's World Champion Alex Higgins the game is a snooker simulator with top-down view of the table. In the beginning of the game, the player places the cue ball in fixed position on the table. To give it a direction, the cue ball's image is placed in the desired destination's position. Adjusting the force and spin, the player gives a movement to the cue ball. The coloured and/or numbered balls should be put in pockets in a predefined order according to the rules of snooker. The one with the most points at the end of a game wins. The packs of red balls come in variations of six, ten or fifteen. There are two game modes: practice for one player and match for two players. The game is available in English, French, and German languages."
41755,X-Men vs. Street Fighter,X-Men vs. Street Fighter EX Edition,1996,7.7,Action,Fighting,,"X-Men vs. Street Fighter is a fighting game, the first in which characters from the Marvel Comics universe (in this case, the X-Men) compete against Capcom's own creations, the heroes of the Street Fighter series. The X-Men characters are mostly the same as in X-Men: Children of the Atom and Marvel Super Heroes ; three new characters are Rogue, Gambit and Sabretooth. The Street Fighter cast is based on that of Street Fighter Alpha 2 ; however, the appearance and combat styles of some of them have been altered, to match the abilities of the X-Men heroes. The gameplay system is similar to that of the aforementioned games, adding a tag-team gameplay feature. The player controls one character at a time, while the other awaits off-screen. The starting character can tag the waiting one in at any time by hitting specific buttons; the tag partner will jump in with an attack and taunt the enemy. Resting character gradually recuperate their health. The two partners can execute the so-called ""variable attacks"", which depend on the combination of buttons pressed. The tag team feature has been omitted from the PlayStation version due to memory limitations. This means the fighter can heal during a fight since switching out to heal isn't possible. Some differences between the Saturn and PlayStation version exist. The Saturn version turbo speed can go to 8 while the PlayStation version can only go to 4, even when the games are on the same speed setting the Saturn version is faster. The PlayStation versions combo meter fills about twice as fast as the Saturn version's combo meter. The PlayStation version has exclusive Training and Survival modes, supers can be canceled early with new ones linked in, and it adds icons indicating how a round of fighting was won. The PlayStation version has frames of animations removed."
41756,RayStorm,Layer Section II,1996,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"RayStorm is a shoot'em-up game created for the arcades, later ported to the Playstation and Saturn home consoles. Although there is no story connection, it is often thought of as the spiritual successor to Galactic Attack which had similar gameplay. You have 2 weapons at you disposal, a vulcan gun and a lock-on missile attack. You can also do 2 special attacks by using the lock-on system in a special way. The graphics are all in 3D, but the gameplay mechanics are in 2D. There are 7 stages, each ending with a giant end boss."
41761,Future Dimension,,1995,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Future Dimensions is an old-school shooter: Park your thumb on the first fire button to spray your shots and use the digipad or joystick to dodge the shots of your enemy and collect special symbols. With green symbols, you tune your four weapon types - but you can't switch them yourself - they change when you pick up a corresponding symbol. Other symbols give you extras like homing rockets or small satellites which circle around your ship and protect you against damage. With a second fire button you can use smart bombs to clear the whole screen. Each of the six big levels consists of three stages: A 3D, a vertical and a horizontal shooter stage. The programmers didn't skimp on the graphical effects: There is always something that explodes or presents something similar to the eye. Between the levels are rendered 3D cutscenes and bonus games which nod at classic games like Pac Man or Galaga"
41762,Astérix: The Gallic War,"Asterix, Astérix, Astérix: De Strijd om Gallië, Astérix: Galliska Kriget, Astérix: La Bataille Des Gaules, Astérix: La Batalla de las Galias, Astérix: La Battaglia dei Galli, Astérix: Streit um Gallien, Astérix: Wojna Galów",1999,6.0,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Platform,,"The Gallic War is a light-hearted action-strategy hybrid game featuring the popular Asterix comic book characters. You play as Asterix, Obelix and the rest of the Celtic Gaul army as they war with the Romans, led by Caesar, who have seized all but one territory from the Gaul Empire. After gathering your army, you must capture lands adjacent to yours. When you attack a neighbouring land, you'll either: play a side-scrolling action sequence, your men will go into war with that land's forces, or you'll play one of four mini-games. These include 'Throw the Roman' and 'Bowling for Romans', while the side-scrolling action sequences have you collecting coins and other items. If you make it through the level alive, you gain control of the land and its resources. In some usually smaller territories, there are no mini-games or action sequences, only combat between your troops and the opposing forces. You only choose how many men you wish to send to war, and watch as the battle is fought. There are 9 differing levels such as a Roman camp, Gallo-Roman village, the Alps and even a Pirate's Ship to add variety."
41770,Battleground 7: Bull Run,"Bull Run 1861, Die große Schlacht: Bull Run 1861",1997,6.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Historical events,"The fourth game in the Battleground series based on American Civil War battles and the first game in the series to feature two major battles (First Manassas and Second Manassas) with the side battles (The battles of Blackburn's Ford, fought two days before First Manassas, and Brawner's Farm, fought on the eve of Second Manassas)."
41781,Arthur's Knights: Tales of Chivalry,"Arthur's Knights: Kapitola 1 - Excalibur Přichází, Arthur's Knights: Rycerze Króla Artura, Chevaliers d'Arthur: Chapitre I - Origines d'Excalibur, El Rey Arturo: Capítulo 1 - los orígenes de la tabla redonda, I Cavalieri di Re Artù: Capitolo 1 - Le Origini di Excalibur, King Arthur's Knights: Origins of Excalibur, König Artus: Die Ritter der Tafelrunde, Os Cavaleiros de Artur: Capítulo 1 - As Origens de Escalibur, Riddarna av det Runda Bordet: Kapitel 1 - Excaliburs Ursprung, Ridders van de Ronde Tafel: Hoofdstuk 1 - Oorsprong van Excalibur",2000,5.6,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"In days of lore, worthy knights sought to become Knights of the Round Table in Camelot. This is the story of Knight Bradwen, a King's illegitimate son, whose half-brother banishes him from his home after the death of their father. Bradwen and his trusty steed set out to regain his lands, his honor and attain his rightful place at the Round Table. Bradwen's story is told two ways - that of a Christian knight who will seek advice from the likes of Sir Lancelot - or that of a Celtic knight who will be guided by Merlin the Wizard and fairies. You choose which story to play at the beginning of the game by picking a red or white book from its pedestal. Each tale is played completely apart from the other, has different paths and quests, and separate save-game locations. A historical database is included as a reference tool and includes topics concerning the life of a knight and the history of the times. Your particular story is contained in a journal to which text is added as you progress. The game features pre-rendered, detailed (but static) backgrounds with animated 3D objects (birds, animals etc.), original music and sound effects. Keyboard keys are used for movement and actions, such as picking up an object or searching a fallen foe. Your mouse is used for menus and conversation. If Bradwen has gained the proper weapon, he will fight enemies automatically simply by clicking on the sword icon. Because a choice can be made whether to talk to or fight a potential foe, you can die if you make the wrong selection."
41791,Wings,Wings (Emulated Amiga Edition),1990,7.7,"Action, Simulation",,"Historical events, World War I","You are an allied fighter pilot in WW1, duking it out with the ""Huns"" up in the sky in over 200 missions. The missions usually come in three flavors: Top-down view bombing missions where you have to take out strategically important targets, isometric strafing runs where you get to blast anything that you fancy blasting with an unlimited supply of ammo, and of course the main part: Dogfights in the sky. Rendered in 3D, seems from behind your head. The game is set in the years 1916 through 1918, and to loosen things up a little, we get to read a page of our character's new entry for the diary-like journal in his company between every mission."
41792,Capitalism,,1995,7.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy (RTS)",,"Capitalism is a real-time strategy game where you are CEO of a corporation. Your goal is to defeat your competitors, gain market dominance, and make a profitable business. The game contains countless aspects of real business, including the stock market, research & development, marketing, and hostile takeovers. In Capitalism you must decide upon what to buy, what to sell, what prices to charge, what to manufacture, what to research, where to buy your supplies from, what to do with your money, and how to defeat your competitors."
41794,The Equalizer,,1987,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"The Equalizer is a side scrolling single player platform game. The player controls a small baby-like character who can move left and right, jump and who shoots blobs of goo from his navel. The object of the game is to collect all the fruit on a level. trying to prevent the player achieving this are all kinds of nasties like snails, lizards, bouncing jelly fish like things, and birds that drop things from above to name but a few. Contact with any one of these costs a life As if this were not enough the levels contain many jumps that have to be timed just right and just to keep it interesting the landing platforms are often populated with the aforementioned beasties. As the player progresses through the levels the game becomes harder and the character evolves - eventually becoming the Equalizer."
41802,Pokémon Puzzle Challenge,Pokémon de Panepon,2000,7.7,"Action, Puzzle","Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle",,"In this pokemon themed game, you must move and match blocks to clear the board before the blocks fill up the screen. It's a tetris like game, with pokemon twist. There are many different ways to play the game, including a challenge with gym leaders, puzzle practice, and a straight, play til you lose, marathon mode. This game can also be linked with other gameboys for challenge of real people."
41810,Hades Nebula,,1987,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Hades Nebula is set in 2124: humanity needs to find new planets to settle on because energy reserves grow thin. So they send ten ships to different places in the universe to find something suitable. Unfortunately the emperor Hades gets his hands on the plans and wants to seize the colony ships. The computer of Colony 7 has a malfunction, however, meaning they arrive two years early. This gives them the time to prepare an attack on Hades Nebula, Hades' headquarter. The player takes a role of a small space ship to destroy Hades and his evil minions. The game is a vertically scrolling shooter in which the player spends most of the time with dodging enemies, their bullets or asteroids. Of course he also has the weapon to shoot back. During the course of the game he can pick up extras which grant advantages like better speed or attack power."
41818,Pro 18 World Tour Golf,,1999,6.2,Sports,,,"This golf game has TV-style presentation, with commentary by Peter Alliss and Bobby Clampett. Courses and players are photo-realistic, with course layouts accurate to within 3 centimetres. There are no fly-bys, although you can pan around the course to give some clues as to its layout. Four button presses are used to take a shot; draw and fade are set by how long the appropriate press is held down for. Several leading players are featured, including Colin Montgomerie and Vijay Singh as well as female and amateur players. There are three courses - Royal County Down, The Lost City and Couer D'Alene (plus Royal Birkdale on the North American edition)."
41823,Mega Man 5,"Mega Man V, Rockman 5 Blues no Wana!?, Rockman Complete Works: Rockman 5: Blues' Trap!?",1992,7.5,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Dr. Cossack, humbled by his defeat and his allowing of Dr. Wily to influence his ways, decides to help Dr. Light by providing him and Rockman with tools and weapons to help foil Dr. Wily for good. All seems calm and peaceful, until... A sudden rampage breaks out, and the cause is found to be a group of robots, led by a mysterious figure. As Dr. Light begins to investigate this rampage and attempts to find a way to stop it, he is kidnapped by the leader of the robots. Rockman hurries to save Dr. Light, but is too late...the only thing he can find at the scene is a yellow scarf...one that almost seems to belong to...Blues!? Could Rockman's supposed brother, the strange but good-hearted Blues, be the one who kidnapped Dr. Light? Is Blues the one responsible for the rampages? With these questions racing through his mind, Rockman sets off to find Blues and get the answers he wants. Like the other early Rockman / Mega Man games, the Playstation version was only released in Japan, as part of the Complete Works series."
41824,Field & Stream: Trophy Buck,,1999,5.5,Sports,Hunting,,"Field & Stream: Trophy Buck is a 3-D hunting game that has the player take the role of a hunter, hunting in eight prime locations such as the Rocky Mountains, Pacific Northwest and Texas just to name a few in the quest to bag the biggest buck imaginable. The player can use authentic equipment such as buck calls, doe scents, rattling antlers as well as binoculars and gun stands to steady their shot. There are also many grades of rifles to choose from, including the smallest like a 22 caliber to the more powerful 30.06. There are two main deer species to hunt, Whitetail and Mule, points are rewarded using the real life standards of the Boone & Crockett scale, with the ability to save their largest bucks in a ""Trophy Room"" in the game's main menu. Deer's react true to their real-life counterparts, as players will have to stay down wind to their quarry, sneaking up to get the best shot or staying in place and call in their prey. Players can also track wounded deer, following blood trails as well as looking for deer tracks and scrapings on trees. There is a bag limit to each location, each varying depending on the location, the player must take a buck each time. Also, if a player wounds a deer, they must find that deer before they can take another trophy or be penalized, as well as shooting does will result in a penalty as well. There are three main modes to the game, a ""Tournament"" consisting of all locations, bagging the biggest deer and at the end of the tournament be judged on the combined total of their trophies. There is also an ""Exhibition"" mode where players can choose their locations as well as the starting location and weather patterns and the ability to turn on a ""Deer Radar"" for novice players. There is also multiplayer hunting online using LAN."
41829,Kingsley's Adventure,,1999,7.0,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Kingsley's Adventure is a 3D action-adventure game for the PlayStation in a similar vein as The Legend of Zelda In the game, you play an orphaned fox called Kingsley who was adopted by the king and queen of the Fruit Kingdom. For the most part of his life he, lived in the Carrot Castle where he was being tutored by an wise badger into the ways of a warrior and true knight. When a former cook from the castle is fired after being accused of food poisoning, he takes a turn for the worse. He steals the queen's spellbook and enchants the king's soldiers so he can take over the castle and thus control of the Fruit Kingdom. Now it is up to the player as Kingsley to save the day. But before you can really save the day, the young Kingsley will have to prove his valor and honor as a knight. Kingsley can collect items, talk to the inhabitants of the Fruit Kingdom and fight enemies with various weapons such as a sword, axe, knife and crossbow. He will have to dodge cannonballs, crushing blocks and buzzing saws. Activate switches and open locks, jump over dangerous terrain and collect power-ups and items. Win the trust of villagers in the kingdom by helping them solving their troubles and clearing dungeons. Find a way into fortresses to defeat the dark knights in order to restore peace to the kingdom."
41830,Back to Baghdad,Back to Baghdad: The Ultimate Desert Storm Simulation,1996,6.4,Simulation,,"Contemporary, Middle East","Back to Baghdad is a simulation of the air war over Iraq a few years after the end of the Gulf War, with you taking the place of a F-16 pilot in a series of ""one off"" missions. The game included a fairly detailed rendering of the F-16, its cockpit and systems. The terrain engine mapped most of southern Iraq using satellite imagery, and did all of this with a software renderer."
41833,Alternate Reality: The Dungeon,,1987,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),,"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","Alternate Reality: The Dungeon directly follows its predecessor : The player is still captured by aliens and imprisoned in an alternate reality. After visiting the city, now he proceeds to the dungeon with only one goal in mind: surviving. While the predecessor was more about exploring the city, this installment has a largely linear path - the dungeon consists of four levels which have to be visited in order. But the surroundings don't mean that there are only monsters to fight in the turn-based combat system or treasure to loot: the player still has the shops, e.g. an inn or a smithy, to his disposal. Even the six guilds (plus two additional ones) found their way into the dungeon; this time the player even may become a member. An important change in gameplay is that all items have a weight associated with them - carrying too much is bad for speed and endurance. The dungeon is separated from the city and after entering there is no turning back. Save games can be imported, but the player loses all potions but sixteen."
41836,Line of Fire,,1991,6.1,Action,Shooter,,"A man by the name of Jack infiltrates an enemy base and discovers a secret weapon. Soon he is hunted by disgruntled enemy soldiers who want their toy back. The game takes the players through six levels controlling Jack in an armoured jeep. The gameplay is shown through a top-down perspective, with the screen scrolling vertically at a constant rate. The jeep cannot access the top part of the screen, only two thirds of it and getting stuck behind certain objects blows up the jeep. The jeep is equipped with an unlimited amount of bullets and about 50 missiles per mission. Certain objects in the air can only be taken out using missiles. After launching them, players can apply ""aftertouch"" to guide towards the target by moving left or right. The settings, including a factory and a jungle, sometimes have obstacles, also requiring the jeep to jump over rivers. There are three difficulty levels, the vehicle can take multiple hits and there are three lives per continue."
41837,Half-Life: Adrenaline Pack,"Half-Life: Generation, Hλlf-Life: Adrenaline Pack, Hλlf-Life: Generation",1999,6.5,Compilation,,,Adrenaline Pack is a compilation which includes:
41841,Imperium,Kidō Sōkō Dion,1992,6.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In 2027 AD, there is a distant planet where high-tech robots have enslaved a class of mechanized creatures. These slave robots have formed an underground resistance movement and developed a suit of body armor that may hold the key to victory over the high-tech robots. The only thing holding back these robots, is that the body armor can only be worn by a human. The player takes control of that human. This game is a vertical scrolling shooter. The player start with one life and 5 energy units for that life. The player also starts with a Vulcan weapon and a limited amount of missiles, which when used will hit everything on the screen. Extra missiles can be had by collecting icons from certain defeated enemies. Each enemy the player shoots down earns the player experience points. When the player reaches a certain amount of experience, they are rewarded with a new weapon, such as a wave or a laser. The game has 3 difficulty levels."
41865,Kevin Keegan's Player Manager,K. H. Rummenigge's Player Manager,1993,6.7,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Kevin Keegan's Player Manager combines a football management sim with the Kick Off football game. The Kick Off game includes several skill levels, Challenge Cup and practice options. Manager offers three management skill levels, three division league and two Cup competitions. Options to play on the pitch or watch and get computer predicted results."
41869,Contra,,1989,7.1,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Like the NES version of Contra this is also loosely based on the Arcade version This version features a total of 19 levels (more than the arcade version) with some levels being redesigned and also lacks scrolling and instead is flip screen. It also features gameplay changes such as a life bar, more controllable jump physics and a weapon selection menu."
41877,Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow & The Flame,,1993,7.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Middle East,"After having defeated the evil Grand Vizier Jaffar, the brave Prince claimed just one reward: the hand of the beautiful daughter of the Persian Sultan. However, as the Prince approached the palace, his appearance suddenly turned into that of a beggar. Someone who looked just like the Prince ordered to throw him out. It turns out that Jaffar is alive and back for vengeance. Banished from the palace, the unfortunate Prince must travel to faraway lands and find a way to defeat the villain. Prince of Persia 2 is, like its predecessor a cinematic platformer. Much of the gameplay is reminiscent of the first game, focusing on precise jumping puzzles, swordfighting, and overcoming many hazards in order to stay alive. Swordfighting is more prominent and features situations where several enemies attack the Prince at once. Reinforcements may arrive after the Prince has eliminated all visible enemies. Like its predecessor, the game must be completed within a time limit."
41880,Kenny Dalglish Soccer Manager,Kenny Dalglish Manager Piłkarski,1989,5.6,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"By 1989 Kenny Dalglish scarcely played for Liverpool, and was almost entirely concentrating on his role as manager, so a football management game with no arcade action featuring his license made sense. The game is purely icon- and menu-driven, perhaps the first step in dragging the genre into the 90s. Whichever team you took charge of start from the 4th division. Match highlights can be selected - these are viewed from the side and show goals and near-misses, although they can be turned off. You start with squads of over 20 players from which to choose your team of 11, each given a straightforward ability rating. Formations can be selected by placing each player in a precise position alongside the formation of the opposition team, using a fairly advanced system for the time. Via a separate menu you can consult with the chairman (to see if he's happy with your efforts), the physio (to check for injuries), the scout (who comes up with players you might like to purchase) and so on."
41882,Yu-Gi-Oh!: Forbidden Memories,Yu-Gi-Oh!: Shin Duel Monsters - Fūinsareshi Kioku,1999,6.9,Strategy / tactics,"Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card",,"Based on the popular anime series, Yu-Gi-Oh!: Forbidden Memories casts you as on of Yugi's ancestors who must travel to ancient Egypt and solve the mysteries of the Shadow Game and the seven magical totems. You must travel throughout the land talking to townspeople, performing tasks and of course, duel several opponents in order to gather up knowledge of impending doom threatening your kingdom. The game follows the rules of the Duel Monsters card game, the player battling AI-controlled opponents. Each player possesses a 40-card deck, filled with cards that represent creatures, items, spells, and powers. The players take turns drawing a hand of five cards. Cards can be fused together and player in different combinations, which allow more powerful moves. Depending on the player's performance, special star chip points are acquired, which can be used to purchase real-world Yu-Gi-Oh! cards, and use them in the game by inputting their code numbers and a password."
41887,Frenetic,,1991,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Earth has been under siege by evil aliens from the planet MOZONE for centuries. The planet can not be saved - it's time to find a new home for humanity. A heavily armed ship is sent ahead to scout for such a place - naturally, lots of MOZONE ships stand in the way. Frenetic is a traditional vertically scrolling shoot'em'up. The action moves through eight levels, set both in space and on the ground (with such environments as a jungle planet and a water world). While most levels have a technological theme, some feature organic enemies and backgrounds, reminiscent of games like R-Type or Xenon 2 Going with tradition, each level has a huge end boss. The player's ship can collect a variety of power-ups: lasers and missiles, shooting to the front, the back or the sides. Speed-ups and shields are also available. Power-ups are revealed by destroying certain enemies or special bonus capsules, and several are given to the player for free at the start of a level. The weapons can be upgraded by collecting the same power-up several times. The game features a two-player mode, with two ships moving against the aliens at the same time."
41888,John Lowe's Ultimate Darts,"Darts Practice, Game On",1989,6.4,Sports,Board game,,"John Lowe won the World Darts Championship twice, and puts his name to this combination of darts-based games. There are 10 difficulty levels to take on. Only part of the board is on screen at a time, with the screen scrolling as you move the arrow from your perspective. This makes some targets much harder to hit than others. A practice mode is included, alongside standard 501 and round-the-board games, plus variants loosely based around soccer and cricket. In the former, the player who scores higher with each set of 3 darts gains territory (so in reality it’s more like US Football). The cricket variant sees players alternate in batting and bowling roles – in the former points are converted to runs; in the latter, hit the bullseye to get batsmen out."
41893,Knight Tyme,Knight-Tyme,1986,7.5,Adventure,"Platform, Puzzle elements","Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic","After rescuing the wizard Gimbal, the Magic Knight finds himself transported into the 25th century aboard the peaceful trade starship USS Pisces. He must find a way back to his own time. Knight Tyme is the third game of the Magic Knight series. As in Spellbound the previous game, the player interacts with the environment through the ""Windimation"" system: pressing a button brings up a window with a list of commands (pick up/drop/take/give an object, examine, command a character, read something, cast a spell and wear/unwear object). The player can scroll through these with the movement keys, and execute them with the same button used before. Spaceflight is part of the gameplay as the ship must visit several different planets. The spaceship has to be refueled, otherwise the character will be stuck forever in space. There are rooms that kill the knight instantaneously. Usually there is a puzzle associated with these rooms that must be solved in order to access them."
41901,Jane's Combat Simulations: Fighters - Anthology,,1997,6.4,"Compilation, Simulation",,Historical events,A compilation that includes:
41906,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters,"Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: Tournament Fighters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Warriors",1993,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"The game features the original 4 turtles from the previous games in the series, as well as other fighters. The game is very much in the tradition of the Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter series, pitting you against opponents one at a time. Some fighters (besides the turtles) will be familiar, such as the Rat King, or even Shredder (now called ""Cyber-Shredder"" here). Though even people familiar with the turtles will see differences in them. They can now, for example, do moves involving projectiles, such as ""fireballs"". The game's modes include a story mode, where you can only pick one of the turtles and go on fighting opponents in order to rescue April and Splinter, and a tournament mode, where you fight only for the fame and money."
41908,Ys III: Wanderers from Ys,"EggConsole Wanderers from Ys PC-8801mkIISR, Ys III, Ys-3: Wanderer from Ys, Ys: Wanderers from Ys",1989,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),"Action RPG, Metroidvania, Platform",Fantasy,"Adol Christin's long-time friend, Dogi, wishes to return to his home town of Redmont after hearing about strange disturbances that are happening there. Always looking for an adventure, Adol joins him and soon finds out the cause of this new evil. Ys III: Wanderers from Ys breaks away from the ""bumping into enemies"" battle system of the first two games, allowing Adol to control his sword in a variety of directions. Beside changing the battle system, the game's perspective switches to a side-scrolling view, as opposed to the top-down one of the previous games. Adol also has the ability to jump now. New to the series is the use of magical rings, which give Adol different powering-up abilities such as healing and shielding. The game also uses various key items found along the way to solve minor puzzles and progress the story."
41910,Bazooka Sue,,1997,6.0,Adventure,Graphic adventure,,"Save the world with Bazooka Sue, the only half-female, half-swine protagonist besides Miss Piggy. Spoil the evil plans of mad scientist Dr. Bruth and become a local hero in Swamp Rock, a small town in the swamps of Lousiana. If you know any of the classic LucasArts point and click adventures, you'll have a very good idea about the gameplay in Bazooka Sue. Only released in German language."
41912,Strider 2,"Strider Hiryu 1&2, Strider Hiryu 2",1999,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In a future ruled by tyranny and evil, a lone Strider named Hiryu must use his sharply honed skills to fight for justice and peace, and defeat the Grandmaster, an evil dictator who has taken over the world. Strider 2 is a fast-paced, arcade-style action game. Unlike its predecessor it features 2D animations placed on 3D backgrounds. There is a range of new moves including a double jump, backward somersault and dash, which allows him to perform longer jumps. He also has the ability to boost his weapon, the Cypher sword, enabling it to release homing plasma waves. There is also a Savage Slash attack, with random slashes. There are numerous bonuses that can be collected in the levels. These either boost Strider's vitality, increase the power of his sword or increase the player's game score. Another addition to the game is a Boss Gauge which lets the player know how much energy the mid- or end of level boss has left before it dies."
41915,A Nightmare on Elm Street,,1990,5.5,Action,,,"LJN 's NES version of the classic horror series casts the player as a teen searching the houses on Elm Street for Freddy Krueger's bones. Once they are all collected, they must be thrown into the high school furnace to destroy Freddy once and for all (a plot similar to 1987's A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors ). Nightmare has two worlds. In the red-tinted ""real world,"" players fight snakes and spiders while navigating standard platform challenges. The players here have a ""sleep meter"" that depletes with every hit taken. If the player's sleep meter drops to empty, the game transitions into the blue-tinted ""dream world,"" where enemies take on the appearance of skeletons and ghosts. An invisible timer also starts, counting down until Freddy appears and forces the player into a brief boss battle. The sleep meter becomes a standard life gauge in the dream world, and deducts a life from the player if drained. Players can find and collect three different icons in the dream world to become ""Dream Warriors"" with special powers and projectile attacks - both of which give a significant edge when fighting Freddy. Collecting all the bones in a level takes the player to a final level boss, usually taking the form of a monster with Freddy's face or trademark razor glove. Players move back and forth down Elm Street, and a new house opens up as the previous one is cleared. Nightmare is compatible with the NES Four Score accessory, allowing up to four players to play at once using the same screen."
41916,F1 World Grand Prix II for Game Boy Color,,2000,7.1,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"F1 World Grand Prix II is a formula one racing game for the Game Boy Color. Unlike the Nintendo 64 title of the same name it features the FIA license for the '99 season with all drivers, teams and tracks that come along with said license. Unlike both the Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast version the Game Boy Color version is completely in 2D, just like its predecessor Playing modes include: exhibition, Grand Prix, time attack, challenge and match race. The latter is a two player mode which works with a link cable. Like the Nintendo 64 version the challenge mode allows you to replay some critical events in the season. Cars can be completely adjusted (tyres, gears, wings, fuel load) and comes with variable weather conditions. You can change said settings before a race and during pit stops."
41922,Strike Fleet,Strike Fleet: The Naval Task Force Simulator,1988,7.4,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,Historical events,Strike Fleet is the unofficial sequel to PHM Pegasus which was developed by Lucasfilm Games in 1987. But instead of simulating hydrofoils you can now command a complete fleet of war ships into several missions. These missions are related to political events that were of interest when the first version of the game was released in 1987. As captain of the fleet you can switch between different ships of your fleet and even command helicopters to support your mission.
41924,Monopoly,"The Computer Edition of Monopoly, Parker Brothers Real Estate Trading Game, The Computer Edition of Waddingtons Monopoly, Waddingtons Monopoly",1984,6.2,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"This version of the classic board game supports several graphic formats and offers some different options. From 2 to 8 players can play the game, and they can all be computer players if you wish. This allows you to just sit back and watch as the computer takes over. You can choose to play a short game with a specified time limit, or a standard game, and there is a save game feature. All actions are handled entirely by keyboard. Questions appear in the center area of the board (for buying property, for instance). Pressing the first letter of a word from the top bar takes that action (Q for Quit as an example). Player stats can be viewed on the screen."
41931,Spider-Man,Spider-Man Vs. the Kingpin,1991,7.3,Action,Platform,,"One of the biggest criminal masterminds of the city, Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. The Kingpin, has pulled off the ultimate plot. He announces to New York that a bomb has been planted somewhere around the city, and that it will detonate in 24 hours. To make matters worse, he lays the blame on Spider-Man, and now the webslinger is on his own, and on the run from the police. Spidey smells a rat, and he knows what he must do. Spider-Man has 24 hours to find and disarm the bomb. He must also clear his name, so he takes his camera to take convincing photos for his Spider-Man hating boss, J. Jonah Jameson, and the police, to prove his innocence. Along the way, he may also run into a few of his old foes, including Dr. Octopus, Electro, The Lizard, The Sandman, The Hobgoblin, Venom and ultimately The Kingpin himself."
41948,Captive,,1990,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You awake in prison, without the memory of who you are, where you are and why you are imprisoned. In the corner of your cell you find a briefcase computer, which gives you the control over a unit of four droids. Now you must use these droids to find yourself, and free yourself. Captive has a sci-fi setting, but resembles more a fantasy RPGs with robots and droids. With the help of the droids you explore tech-dungeons and seek information, which leads to the next planet(s) on a path, the end of which is your cell. The movement and fighting is similar to games like Eye of the Beholder but you can buy droid parts in shops beside the usual weapons and items. The droids haven't levels like in ""normal"" role-playing games; you must buy upgrades for the different parts of the droids, which make them stronger and faster. You can also buy a variety of chips, which allow the droids to see in darkness, invert the gravity or simple to shield a little period of time."
41954,Sherlock,,1984,7.0,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"In this text and graphics adventure mystery game you are the world's greatest sleuth - Sherlock Holmes. Teamed up with Doctor Watson and dealing with the inept Inspector Lestrade, you must solve a double murder in Leatherhead. As well as studying the clues, you must interrogate NPCs, who will react differently if they know certain information. Time is important to the game - you have a limited amount, and must make use of trains which come at varying times. Unusually, the descriptive text given by the game is kept separate from entered commands, which are stored at the bottom of the screen."
41955,Sno-Cross Championship Racing,Sno-Cross Extreme,2000,6.5,Racing / Driving,Tricks / stunts,,"Strap on your goggles and helmet, choose your favorite Yamaha sled, and hit the courses. Gain experience day and night, sun rain or snow, racing on the icy flats of Vladivostok, the slopes of Aspen, and the tunnels of Nagano. But, the real challenge starts when you enter the race circuit. Start with the 500cc sleds, win races, upgrade your snowmobile, and unlock higher end sleds and new courses.. And, if you're looking for even more challenges, race head-to-head with your friends, go vertical on hill-climbing tracks, or create your own courses with the included track editor. The PC conversion has a higher polygon count, higher resolution on the textures, and more accurate physics."
41956,Ten Pin Alley,Virtua Bowling,1996,6.5,Sports,,,"In this bowling game, you must choose from one of eight very different characters. Choose power and accuracy from a meter that is very similar to the Links golf games. Let go and watch the action. The game consists of single game, league and tournament (amateur and pro) modes. The selected player may be edited by changing their shirt, hair, pants and skin color and is distinguished by four factors: power, release, spin and hand usage. Each strike consists of choosing the lane arrow, setting the bowler position and operating the bowling meter. Operating the bowling meter involves specifying spin velocity, power of the bowl and release point. The game shows the release animation, ball path and the moment of impact with the pins. After two strikes, the next player takes his position. The results are presented in the table after every completed round. The Windows version of the game allows to play up to 10 human or computer players on a single computer (hot seat mode) or via internet connection."
41957,Astérix: Search for Dogmatix,"Astérix: Auf der Suche nach Idefix, Astérix: Em busca de Ideiafix, Astérix: En busca de Idefix, Astérix: Op zoek naar Idéfix, Astérix: Sulle tracce di Idefix, Astérix: Sur la trace d'Idéfix",2000,6.5,Action,Platform,,"Asterix and Obelix (based on the French comic book series), must embark on a journey from the forests of France to the coliseums of Rome. Their goal is to find Obelix's lovable pet dog, Dogmatix. Players take control of Asterix or Obelix, and run, jump and punch through various well-drawn and colorful levels in this side-scrolling adventure game. This title is somewhat non-linear, and allows players to choose the order in which to visit stages, as well as the numerous mini-games. The stage-select screen is a mini-map, and after selecting to play either Asterix or Obelix, players can visit the boss arena, the inn (extra energy, hints and passwords are found here), as well as the the local mini-game. These mini-games become available from the title-screen under the ""Instant Fun"" option. They vary from a ""Memory"" style shield-matching game to humorous events such as ""Throw a Roman Mini Game"". Both Asterix and Obelix play differently as they have individual abilities and limitations. Asterix is more nimble, can run faster and jump higher, whereas Obelix is more powerful (being able to bash through some walls) but noticeably slower. These differences are highlighted by the obstacles presented in the stages - there are many jumps to make as well as many enemies (Roman soldiers, boars, centurions) to dispose of. In the quest to find Dogmatix, it is vital to collect keys hidden within the levels to make available new areas. Similarly, it is also important to collect coins from beaten enemies as they allow the purchases at each inn, (which is aptly manned by Getafix himself!)."
41961,Siege of Avalon,"Osada Avalona, Siege of Avalon: Anthology, Siege of Avalon: Collectors Edition",2000,7.0,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"Siege of Avalon is a traditional fantasy-RPG with an isometric view. The setting is an imaginary land which has been ruined by wars and it is up to you to defeat the evil warrior Mithras, who strives to conquer the entire land. Only the fortress of Avalon resists to his evil intentions. The game is mainly story-driven, featuring many NPCs, and has action-based combat. It doesn't follow any particular set of RPG rules; characters level up after having gained enough experience from defeating foes. Class restrictions are rather mild, meaning that a fighter can learn spells and gain proficiency in magic, etc. This game has been described as an ""episodic computer game novel"". It is divided into six chapters. The first one is available for free download, but you have to buy the others in order to complete the story. Second chapter takes the events from where the first chapter ended, while third, fourth and fifth chapters are sort of add-ons to the main story. The sixth chapter is dedicated to the final battle with the evil."
41962,Space Harrier 3-D,Space Harrier 3D,1988,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Space Harrier 3-D is more like Space Harrier 1 1/2. While it's not a direct sequel to Space Harrier, it was designed to take advantage of the 3-D glasses available at the time. This game is considerably darker than the original and the sequel in both look and feel. Even the digitized voices are deeper in tone, creating a sense of urgency about it. Things are obviously not right in Space Harrier's world. But if you're familiar with the original, the premise is the same; blow everything up and fight the boss at the end."
41963,Xevious 3D/G+,,1997,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Xevious 3D/G+ is a compilation of four titles: Xevious 3D/G (main game), Xevious (Arcade version), Super Xevious (Arcade version) and Xevious Arrangement A fighter pilot flying the Solvalou space ship is the last hope for the Earth. Invaders from the planet Xevious have arrived; being descendants of our planet's original inhabitants, they wish to reclaim it for themselves. The Xevians started to build huge ground structures, and it is the hero's job to destroy them while shooting at their space ships and detonating the treacherous SOL bases. Xevious 3D/G+ puts the classic arcade vertical shoot 'm up Xevious game in a third-person 3D perspective. The game brings some new weapon systems to the player-controlled fighter jet and contains many new enemies, some of which are quite large and pose new challenges to the player. During the game the player can collect three types of power-ups: bullets, lasers and plasma beams."
41966,Pi-In'Ere,"Pi-In 'Ere Somewhere, Pi-in-'ere' - Starring Burt!!, Pi~In Ere",1984,6.9,Action,Arcade,,"Pi-in'ere is a multi stage arcade game loosely based on the coin-op games Dig-Dug and Mr Do The player takes control of Burt, and must avoid the enemies and collect a number of items to complete each stage. Some levels have edit buttons which Burt can drop on the enemies to score extra points and send them back to their starting positions. The game has 63 unique levels including bonus stages every ten levels."
41967,Championship Manager,Guy Roux Manager,1992,6.8,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Championship Manager starts a series of football management games, which means that you don't actually control your players during matches, but you're in charge of choosing the starting lineup and tactics. Matches are played out through a running commentary, with the chance to interrupt it to make substitutions or tactical changes. Each player's performance is rated out of 10 and these are among the many statistics stored throughout the game. The game features all the most important British competitions, and the database 80 league teams (each with complete squads) and 380 non-league and European teams (who you will sometimes play against, but can not purchase their players - buying overseas players is dealt with elsewhere). There are 1,500 players featured, each rated on attributes such as passing, tackling and creativity, and with details such as age and nationality also stored, and 650 managers, coaches, scouts, and physios. Between matches you can purchase or sell your players and trim your squad to suit your needs. When you approach a player, and both the club and player are interested, you put in an offer and see if the club accepts it - they may request an increase. The player will have demands for contract length and wage, before a deal can be completed. The game follows the season by splitting each week into weekday and weekend, each of which may or may not include a match. After you have done everything you press Done and the game progresses in time."
41971,Parodius,Gokujō Parodius Da! Deluxe Pack,1994,8.1,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Shooter",,This compilation collects the first two arcade incarnations of Konami's shoot'em'up parody series on one disc: Parodius Da! and Gokujō Parodius
41981,APB,"A.P.B., APB: All-Points Bulletin",1987,6.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,"Contemporary, North America","You are police officer Bob, whose aim is to apprehend a certain quota of criminals (litterbugs, speeders and the like) each day. This is done by chasing them and sounding your siren at them - in some cases they will need ramming off the road. There are also hardened criminals to catch - if you can get one of these to confess, your day's work is considered done. Bonuses are awarded for achieving a 'perfect day' and for each arrest additional to the quota. Each day has a time limit but this can be extended by collecting donuts. The game's action is presented with an overhead view of your squad car. Car upgrades are available, to be brought from your reward money. You earn Demerits by crashing, wrongly arresting innocents, or failing to meet your quota. Too many demerits and it is game over."
41982,Kether,,1993,7.3,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Kether is a mixture of genres that include space flight, puzzle-solving and corridor shooting. The story takes place in space above the planet of Kether. An evil force by the name of Khork has kidnapped a princess by the name of Eta Carene and a young warrior by the name of Melkhor along with his space cruiser the Anterte must travel to five different temples orbiting in space above the planet, explore them and face off against the ultimate evil and save the princess. When the player chooses which temple they want to explore, the game perspective takes on a space flight where the player must dodge against asteroids and collect green orbs scattered throughout to gain an extra energy boost in order to complete the stage. To enter the temple the player must solve a mysterious puzzle in a certain time limit, if the player is successful they can then enter the temple. Once inside the view goes to a first-person corridor shooter where the player, using an auto-map feature, will be presented with a choice of where to proceed. The goal is to reach the end of the temple and avoid enemies, if the player encounters an enemy however they can shoot at them to destroy them and proceed."
41985,Scrapyard Dog,,1991,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Our friend Louis loved his dog. But why would some thugs kidnap this poor puppy? The thugs want the deed to the scrapyard, that's why. Will Louie stand for this? It's up to you and Louie to survive over 15 levels of danger and find the ultimate bad guy, Mr. Big. Source: Back of Box - Lynx (UK)"
41986,Chrono Trigger,,1995,8.6,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),"Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk","A young man named Crono is about to enjoy a carefree day: he plans to go to the Millennial Fair, where his friend Lucca intends to demonstrate her newest scientific invention: a teleporter. Upon his arrival, Crono meets a young girl named Marle, who volunteers to be the first to test Lucca's new device. However, Marle's pendant affects the teleporter's mechanism in a mysterious way, and as a result, she is teleported four hundred years into the past. Crono and Lucca quickly recreate the time portal and follow Marle. They find out that her unexpected appearance has created some confusion, and proceed to fix the error, which in turn leads to unforeseen consequences, eventually compelling the heroes to travel to different time periods and change the history of the world. Chrono Trigger is a Japanese-style role-playing game in which the player takes control of a party consisting of up to seven characters, developing the combat skills of its members and managing their equipment. There are no random encounters in the game: all the enemies are either visibly walking on the field maps and can be avoided by the player, or are waiting to ambush the party. No enemy encounters occur when the player navigates characters over the world map. The game utilizes the ATB (active time battle) combat system from Final Fantasy games as one of the combat style selections offered to the player in the beginning. The other selectable battle mechanic pauses combat whenever the player accesses the menu, effectively removing the real-time element and rendering the battles fully turn-based. As the characters grow in power, their parameters increase, and they learn new ""techs"" - special powerful attacks and maneuvers which cost them magic points to use in battle. Techs may target a specific formation of enemies (e.g. a line) and can be used tactically depending on the enemies' positioning in combat. Characters may execute techs individually or perform double or triple techs, where each character contributes a tech which is combined with one or two others to unleash a powerful attack. Once player-controlled characters acquire the ability to travel freely between time periods, the game's plot develops in a non-linear fashion. From that point on the player may opt to face the game's final adversary in combat and complete the story, or perform other plot-related quests. Depending on the moment of the story when the player decides to proceed to the final battle, the game may be concluded with thirteen different endings. The New Game+ option allows the player to start the game anew after having previously completed it, carrying over levels, techs, and equipment of the characters. The PlayStation version features an anime-style introduction movie and cutscenes, a ""movie theater"" mode which allows the player to re-watch these movies and listen to the game's songs, as well as an unlockable bestiary, dungeon maps, and art gallery. The Nintendo DS version retains these changes and adds two new dungeons and a new possible ending that foreshadows the events of Chrono Cross"
41990,Silent Hill,Jijing Ling,1999,8.4,Action,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror","Contemporary, North America","Harry Mason, an average man, is driving to the town of Silent Hill with his daughter. Upon approaching the town, a cop speeds by on a motorcycle. When Harry gets closer to town, he sees that same motorcycle sprawled in the middle of the road. Harry also spots a woman standing in the road, but due to the dense fog, he can't stop in time, so he swerves to avoid her, crashing into a railing, knocking him unconscious. When Harry wakes up, his daughter, Cheryl, is missing. Sensing that she would head to the town to seek help, Harry sets out on a journey, not knowing what to expect from this eerie town, enshrouded with fog. You play Harry Mason, a normal man, with no powers or training of any kind. You must search through the town of Silent Hill, looking for your daughter. You will come across many people, some friendly, some not. You must visit many different areas, such as the school, and the church. Will Harry find his daughter and safely get out, or is there more to this town than a simple fog layer?"
41992,Empire of the Ants,"Imperium der Ameisen: Gold Version, Les Fourmis: Edition Gold",2000,6.6,Compilation,,,"Empire of the Ants includes: While French and German versions were treated as compilations, this is the debut version of the game in the English language."
41995,Demon Blue,Demon Blues,1992,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"In the game, you are a small shaggy blue demon finding himself in a dungeon full of fallen angels, gargoyles, wasps, etc. Walking through them loses you energy, which is your life. So you have to run and jump avoiding them, collecting gems, blood drops, energy vials, and some sort of friend-demons such as eyes and tongues. On each level you have to find the keys to open a door to a magical cauldron guarded by a beautiful elf. Levels are decorated with statues of beautiful women, old men, dragons, swords, or eye walls."
41996,Mad Doctor,,1985,7.1,Action,Puzzle elements,,"In this obscure little game you play as a mad doctor and your goal is to build your very own monster. To achieve this, you have get a hold of a number of dead bodies using all means necessary like digging up graves or killing innocent villagers. These bodies are then taken to your lab where you can dismember them and put them back together using various medical instruments."
41998,"Win, Lose or Draw",,1988,5.1,Strategy / tactics,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"Win, Lose or Draw was a popular TV show requiring artistic skills and an ability to think laterally. A player on your team draws something on the big game board, and you must work out what it represents. They will be common expressions depicted literally, such as 'bright idea' showing a light bulb over somebody's head, and 'cabin fever' as a rickety building next to a man with a thermometer in his mouth. In this computerised implementation the drawing phase of the game is handled by the computer, so your task is simply to guess the meaning of the picture by thinking laterally. Your team has 60 seconds, and you can guess repeatedly, but the picture takes time to take shape. If you fail to guess correctly, the opposition has 15 seconds to guess it (with a single try) to steal the money."
41999,Yogi Bear: Great Balloon Blast,Pop'n Pop,1998,6.7,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,,"It's the 14th annual Jellystone Park Balloon Fest. And you know what that means for Yogi...campers with pic-a-nic baskets! Yogi has a plan to get those baskets. He'll pose as a balloon salesman. He just needs to avoid Ranger Smith. Boo Boo: ""But, Yogi, the Ranger isn't going to like this."" Yogi: ""Not to worry, Boo Boo, I'm smarter than the average bear!"" Yogi Bear: Great Balloon Blast is a puzzle game requiring strategy. A cloud above will hold several colored balloons while moving left or right. When it reaches the screen edge, it drops down a bit. You have a picnic basket with two balloons attached. By pressing the B button, you can rotate the balloons 90º and swap the colors. By pressing the A button, you release the balloons. The object is to get three balloons of the same color to touch. They will then pop and will be gone. Remember, the cloud is moving so time your release so the balloons go where you want. You are trying to clear all the balloons to move on. Every fourth level is a boss level where you have Ranger Smith on top of the cloud. He stomps the cloud to lower it and drops a stone. If the stone hits your basket, you will release your balloons, whether you want to or not, and will not be able to move for a couple seconds. Once you clear all these balloons, you will have defeated Ranger Smith and will move on to the next area. If you match a balloon with an arrow in it, the cloud will move up a little. If the balloons reach the bottom, you lose. You can then choose to restart the level you were on or end the game."
42011,Milk Race,"Milk Race 1987, Ten Speed",1987,7.1,"Simulation, Sports",,,"The Milk Race involved cycling 1000 miles across Britain, and the game simulates being one of the 84 entrants. The route takes you form Newcastle to London via Sheffield, Birmingham and Ipswich among others. The roads are strewn with potholes, and cars and other bikes make things more treacherous. Time-trials are sprung on you at random, and these must be completed in the allotted time. You can’t cycle at full pelt for the whole event and you need to make efficient use of energy, via pacing yourself and riding in higher gears when you reach hills, are vital. Milk (what else?) can be picked up to boost your energy."
42018,Count Duckula in No Sax Please - We're Egyptian,,1989,6.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"Count Duckula (in No Sax Please - We're Egyptian) is a 2D platformer with adventure elements. The game is based on ""Count Duckula"", a British animated television series. Count Duckula with his servants Igor and Nanny have brought their European style castle to ancient Egypt. Once there they set their on the Sax, an ancient Egyptian saxophone with magical powers. The Sax is hidden in the pyramid tomb of the pharaoh Upanatem, deep in the burning desert. Cont Duckula's rivals the Crow Brothers inadvertently hitched a ride on their time travel and are preparing their own expedition to foil the vampire duck. Players control Duckula. The count must explore the pyramid, solving puzzles and collecting useful items, while keeping an eye out for wandering mummies and crows. Duckula must avoid the mummies, falling rocks and the Crow Brothers. If the count is touched by any of these then he is ""frozen"" and the clock advances by one hour. Duckula can pick up various useful items; if you don't want an item then Duckula must jump over it. Duckula can carry only up to three items."
42021,Daffy Duck,"Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions, Looney Tunes Series: Daffy Duck",1994,6.6,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Daffy Duck dons the futuristic outfit of Duck Dodgers, hero of the 24½th century, to battle his nemesis Marvin the Martian in this platform game. Four levels of alien landscapes and high-tech bases full of strange enemies await Daffy. He is equipped with a ray gun and a jetpack. The jetpack allows him to reach great heights, but burns fuel rapidly - firing it only in short bursts is advised to cross larger gaps; it recharges when landing on solid ground. Enemies can be dispatched by jumping on top of them or firing the ray gun at them, even though it fires in a rather ridiculous arc. Killing opponents gives points, which can be spent to change the standard gun to more advanced models featuring rapid fire, laser blasts, bouncing bullets, and more. Lost health points can be recharged by finding heart icons or by spending points. In some parts of the game, Daffy steps on a flying sled and must evade Marvin, always close on his tail. The game also features several boss battles against Marvin, his dog K-9 and other spacey creatures."
42025,Civilization II: Test of Time,"Civ2: TOT, Cywilizacja II: Próba Czasu",1999,7.3,Strategy / tactics,"4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",,"Civilization II: Test of Time is a variant of Sid Meier's Civilization II (without Sid Meier's involvement) which comes with a redesigned interface, overhauled graphics, and three new scenarios spanning 10 worlds set in the Centaurus Star System, The Universe of Lalande 21185, and The World of Midgard. Like the Multiplayer Gold Edition it is a 32-bit Windows application which includes Internet and LAN multiplayer capabilities for up to 7 players."
42031,Knight Rider,,1988,5.6,Racing / Driving,Shooter,,"Based on the television show of the same name, Michael Knight and his special talking car K.I.T.T, aka the Knight Industries Two Thousand, are contacted by Devon with another mission. A U.S. military site has been raided and the P.I.V. bomb stolen by terrorists. By following their projected route, KITT and Michael must race across the roadways of the United States. Riding in KITT down the highways, you'll be trying to beat the clock to reach your destinations mostly. KITT, however is the car of the future and doesn't go about unarmed. A Gun weapon, Missiles, Laser and a Jumping ability will all help you. KITT absorbs damage in it's internal shielding and once that's gone, you lose a life. However Devon has contacted other agents of FLAG who will be on the same roadways and will drop power-ups to restore ammo and shields to KITT."
42033,Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers,"Disney Donald: ""Cou@k Att@k""?*!, Disney Paperino : Oper@zione ""P@pero?*!"", Disney Pato Donald ""Cu@c Att@ck?*!"", Disney's Donald Duck: ""Qu@ck Att@ck""?*!, Disneyn Aku Ankka: ""Universum!n Sank@r!""?*!",2000,6.7,Action,Platform,,"Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers for PlayStation is based heavily on the version on Dreamcast/Nintendo 64 but features new graphics, redesigned levels and slightly different gameplay mechanics. To save Daisy Duck from the evil sorcerer Merlock, Donald Duck must utilize Gyro Gearloose's teleporter. Due to a lack of power, the device can't teleport Donald to Merlock's temple (where Daisy is held) right away. Instead, Donald must successively install reflector dishes at high points at Duckie Mountain, Duckburg and the flying mansion of Magica De Spell before he can reach the temple. The game is a platformer utilizing polygonal graphics, consisting of four worlds, each made up of four regular levels, one optional bonus level and one boss fight. In the regular levels the camera is either placed behind Donald as he runs forward, or at his side, thus emulating classical side-scrolling platform gameplay. In the bonus levels, Donald must flee from something (like a bear, a car, or a rolling boulder), with the camera placed in front of him and him running towards the screen. In the regular levels, the main goal is simply to reach the exit. Doing so gives Donald a power orb: collecting all four of them per world is necessary before the boss fight level opens up. On his way to the exit, Donald must evade pits, traps and enemies. He can jump on top of or kick enemies to dispatch them. Scattered throughout the levels are stars in different colors: yellow stars are worth one, blue stars five, and red stars ten. Collecting 100 of them gains an extra life. There are also several optional challenges: First, Merlock has stolen and enchanted the toys of Donald's nephews. In each regular level, Donald can find three toys. To pick them up, he first has to find one of Merlock's spell books. Picking one up starts a timer counting down the seconds Donald has to pick up the toy. Once all toys in a world are found, the nephews open up the bonus level. The second challenge involves Donald trying to beat his cousin Gladstone's time record. Once a level has been finished, Donald can try the level again, attempting to beat Gladstone's time. Beating the time challenges unlocks bonus costumes that Donald can wear. At the end of each world lies a boss battle against the likes of the Beagle Boys, Magica De Spell and of course Merlock himself. Following the classic formula, each boss attacks in a specific pattern that must be evaded and opens up to counter-attack only for a short time. Some of the game's levels are based closely, others only loosely on those from the Dreamcast/N64 version, with most of Duckburg, two of the boss fights and all of the bonus levels being mostly or entirely new."
42042,CheetahMen II,Cheetamen II,1992,2.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",,"Dr. Morbis is out to destroy the Cheetahmen with all new traps and dangers. It is up to the Cheetahmen to make their way to Dr. Morbis' secret (and heavily guarded) laboratory to battle Dr. Morbis and his sub-humans (including the new, powerful ape-man). Cheetahmen II is a side scrolling platform game with arcade style action. There are three different Cheetahmen to control, a different one every second level."
42059,SimSafari,,1998,7.2,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,Africa,"SimSafari brings Africa to you. Imagine yourself in rugged bush country, peering through binoculars at vast herds of elephants, zebras and lions. Choose from exotic plants and wildlife to create your own safari park. Team with a neighboring village and build a flourishing safari camp. Even tackle wild missions! Subtle mix between SimCity and an African Safari. For ages 8+."
42065,Slither,,1982,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Slither is similar in nature to the hit arcade game Centipede by Atari. You control your snake as it slither's around the screen. Where this game differs greatly from Centipede is that you can shoot in 4 different directions at the same time to take out the baddies trying to hunt you down. The bad snakes hunting you down will appear from various angles on the screen, often several at a time. The game was bundled with Coleco's Roller Controller and can't be played without it."
42067,Pipe Dreams 3D,Pipe Mania 3D,2000,7.0,Puzzle,,,"The planet Pipe was a peaceful place until one evil Pipe decided she was not happy. She didn't like the other Pipes and their ways so she took off in her flying saucer and covered the planet and all its inhabitants in foul smelling, toxic Green Flooze. One brave Pipe stepped forward to challenge this evil, vowing not to stop until he had cleared the planet of the foul Flooze and defeated the Evil Pipe Queen. You must use different shaped pieces of pipe to form a longer pipe which controls the flow of the Flooze around the screen, which you will eventually lead to a plug hole. The game features 18 continents, each with 3 levels. Each continent has its own characters and hazards. There are power-ups to be collected in the form of jewels and coins."
42068,Airball,,1987,7.4,"Action, Puzzle",,,"You have been turned into a ball of air with a slow leak by an evil wizard. You must find the Spellbook and the ingredients for the spell. Without these, you will never turn back into a human again. These items have to be collected in the maze which consists of 150 isometric rooms. These can be explored freely but sometimes you need to have special objects to proceed, e.g. a candle in dark rooms. The dangers consist mostly of sharp objects which can cause your ball to burst. Additionally, you are on a timer because your balloon loses air constantly. But it can be refilled by using pumps which can be found in the maze - but you have to leave them in time or you explode because of overpressure."
42069,Tiny Toon Adventures: Babs' Big Break,Tiny Toon Adventures,1992,7.7,Action,Platform,,"Tiny Toon Adventures is based on an animated series of the same name. The Tiny Toons are kid versions of Warner Bros. famous cartoon characters. Babs is an aspiring actress. She sets off one day to perfect her craft and make her way to the theater. Buster Bunny, and his friends Plucky and Hampton, notice that Babs is leaving and decide to follow her to the theater. Thus, the game starts, as you control Buster, Plucky, or Hampton as they follow Babs through 4 side-scrolling levels."
42075,Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road,"Ironman Offroad Racing, Super Off Road",1989,7.0,Racing / Driving,,,"Enter the world of off-road racing as 4 vehicles will face each other, on a series of tracks which are based around flipped and reversed versions of a core selection. Fame, glory and bikini clad women await your victories and the taste of dirt awaits if you fail. Let a computer car beat you and you lose one of your 3 credits. Successful races bring more money, which can be used to soup up their machine. Boosts to top speed, grip and acceleration can be purchased, and your nitro boost must be kept topped up. If you are desperate for upgrades, you can buy into your spare credits. Only your off-road driving abilities will be enough to pull you to first place in these races. Play alone or with up to 3 other players (depending on the version) in this classic arcade game."
42077,Casino De Luxe,Casino De Luxe: 7 Classic Games,1995,6.3,"Gambling, Strategy / tactics",Cards / tiles,,Play many Casino games in a realistic looking Casino. Lose all your money in Las Vegas without really losing it.
42087,VS. Duck Hunt,Duck Hunt,1984,6.5,"Action, Sports","Arcade, Hunting, Shooter",,"Duck Hunt is a shooting simulation where the player goes out with his faithful dogs to hunt ducks. It requires the use of the Zapper light gun In game modes A and B, players view a swampland from a first-person perspective. The dog scares the ducks out of the swamp, one at a time in mode A or two at a time in mode B. The ducks go flying around in the air and the player has three shots and a limited amount of time to shoot the ducks before they fly away. Each round only allows a limited number of misses in order to move on successfully. As the rounds progress, the ducks begin flying faster and faster, and fewer misses are allowed. In game mode A, a second player can control the movement of the duck using a controller plugged into port 2. Mode C features target practice on clay pigeons rather than ducks. The perspective and rules here are the same, with only three shots to destroy two clay pigeons before they disappear off the horizon. Destroy enough clay pigeons to move on to the next, tougher round."
42090,Alone in the Dark 3,"Alone in the Dark 3: Fantasmas na Cidade, Alone in the Dark 3: Ghosts in Town, Alone in the Dark 3: The God's been unearthed, now only secrets remain...",1994,7.2,Action,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror",Interwar,"After surviving through two encounters with the supernatural in Derceto and Hell's Kitchen, detective Edward Carnby is ready for another round of being Alone in the Dark. In the third game in the series, we learn that Emily Hartwood (the other main character from the original game ) started a career in Hollywood movies after surviving her ordeal in Derceto. Her latest project is a spaghetti western being filmed in an abandoned western ghost town called Slaughter Gultch, which rests precariously on the edge of the San Andreas fault. Originally a gold town set up rather rudely on ancient Indian sacred ground, Slaughter Gultch was founded by a man named Jebediah Stone and run by his own private army of cold-blooded killers. Stone and his men were killed by angry villagers led by the local Blacksmith, and the town was abandoned soon after. Unfortunately, Emily's crew disturbs the spirits of Stone and his men, who promptly return to the world of the living and proceed to kill off the film crew one by one. Carnby is called to Slaughter Gultch after learning of the disappearance of Emily and her crew, and is soon met by Stone's Zombie Cowboy gang. Armed with various western paraphenalia such as colt peacemakers, bullwhips, and even a gatling gun, Carnby must fight his way through Stone's minions and discover Emily's fate. Along the way he learns some surprising things about Stone's origin, as well as a sinister plan interrupted by his death which involved the destruction of the west coast and which Stone can now pursue once again. The gameplay is similar to the two predecessors: The player guides Carnby through static 3D screens which regularly switch camera perspectives. He collects various items and uses them to solve puzzles. Additionally to using items there are four actions which are triggered with the press of a button: jump (only at pre-defined places), open/examine, move (e.g. pushing) and fight. The latter is an important gameplay mechanics because many situations require a violent approach: the player either uses melee attacks or other weapons (with scarce ammo resources). The player has to aim manually and can set Carnby's and the enemy's life energy (which greatly affects the difficulty) in three steps."
42093,Parsec,,1982,7.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Parsec is a side-scrolling space shooter. Waves of alien craft swoop down from the top and the player must shoot them down without colliding with them or the ground, running out of fuel, or overheating the ship's laser. Some enemies are harder to destroy and shoot back. At the end of each level, the player must navigate through an asteroid field which can yield many points, but can also result in a loss of ships in the process due to collisions. The game takes advantage of the TI's speech synthesizer: a female voice occasionally makes comments such as ""Nice shooting, pilot!"", or ""Asteroid field ahead"" throughout the course of the game."
42094,Sengoku,"ACA NeoGeo: Sengoku, AkeAka NeoGeo: Sengoku Denshō, Sengoku Denshō",1991,6.8,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy","A 2D side-scrolling beat 'em up, Sengoku casts you and a friend as two renegade fighters out to beat the crap out of the many assorted gangs that threaten the post-apocalyptic cities of the future. Unfortunately for them they also get caught in a time-warping scheme caused by the evil Nobunaga who attempts to invade the time period with mythical warriors and evil creatures from the Japanese sengoku period. The game thus takes you from the city to a spirit-realm from time to time, in which you must fight all sorts of Japanese mythical figures, and release three haunted spirits that can aid you in your battle. Defeated enemies leave behind colored orbs, collect them to heal up, gain weapons and even get energy attacks. Collect green balls to increase the life gauge, red ball for a samurai sword, blue ball for double sword, purple for a larger holy sword Defeating certain enemies will prompt a ""I will help you"" message and the player collects their soul. Press C at any time to summon the warriors' spirit and this will temporarily change your character's form and give you a new collection of attacks and powers. The player can change form and fight as an armour-clad wolf, a samurai or an agile ninja who moves around with back flips."
42099,Clean Sweep,,1982,5.7,Action,Arcade,,"Clean Sweep is an arcade action game similar to Pac-Man Robbers have just blown up your bank scattering the money around the now maze-like passages. You control a vacuum cleaner trying to recollect all of the money! Wandering about the maze trying to catch you are the bank robbers. If they do manage to catch you, you will lose one of your lives. Each corner of the screen contains a room where your vacuum can become super-charged. While super-charged, you can destroy the bank robbers. You can only become super-charged four times, so use this sparingly. As you collect the money, your vacuum slowly becomes full. When your vacuum no longer has room to collect money, you will need to return to the vault in the center of the room to deposit the money before continuing on. When you have collected all of the money, you will move on to the next level. A second game variation is available where the maze walls are invisible making it more difficult to navigate."
42103,Tanktics,,1999,6.3,Strategy / tactics,,,"Tanktics is a game in which you are required to design and create tanks which can then be used to defend your base. To carry this assignment out you must gather resources which can then be dropped into a crazy machine called the Part-o-Matic. This machine also acts as your base. This game seems to be aimed at more casual or younger gamers, as the graphics are very simple and, when complete, you can give your tanks just two commands: move and shoot."
42104,Chelnov: Atomic Runner,"Atomic Runner, Chelnov, Video Game Anthology Vol. 2: Atomic Runner Chelnov",1988,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Sci-fi / futuristic,"One windy day, there was an explosion at a nuclear power station, causing heavy doses of radiation to be poured over many people. One of these people was a coal miner named Chelnov. When he survived the deadly accident, he was possessed with abnormal powers. Having realized this, he decided to act in the cause of justice. He is determined to escape the Eastern Bloc country he called home and run and jump across the world to finish in the US. What distinguishes Chelnov: Atomic Runner from other platform games is its use of forced scrolling. This occurs when the screen moves continuously from left to right, forcing players to negotiate the game's many obstacles and enemies without controlling Chelnov's speed of progress. Enemies attack from left, right, above, and below, and Chelnov can switch the direction he's facing to attack enemies that are behind him. Some enemies in the game carry different types of weapons and power-ups, and when they are shot at, the power-ups drop to the ground and can be picked up. While the level design and enemy placement is identical in the later released Genesis (and subsequently Wii) version, the graphics have been significantly changed: now each level is based on a ancient human civilization and the enemies (including bosses) are replaced. Also all references to atomic explosions have been removed from the background story. Now Chernov is the son of a scientist. The evil Deathtarians, who claim to be the original population of the Earth and want to control this planet, murdered his father and abducted his sister. Chelnov takes a special suit made by his father, which give him super-human powers and make him an ""Atomic Runner"". The Deathtarians caught and imprisoned him, but he broke out of the prison and is now on the run..."
42116,Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck,Chuck II: Son of Chuck,1993,7.9,Action,Platform,,"The story in this Chuck Rock game takes up a little while after the end of the first game. As you may remember, Chuck Rock had to rescue his girl, Ophelia from the bad dude Gary Gritter. Well, he was successful in his efforts, and now Chuck and Ophelia are married. Eventually, they have a son, named Junior. Chuck works in a factory, where he develops great skill at carving automobiles out of stone. A rival manufacturer becomes jealous of Chuck's abilities and kidnaps him. Now it is up to Junior to rescue his dad! The gameplay in this sequel is similar to the first game, but with some minor differences since you are playing as Junior, rather than Chuck. This is a side-scrolling platform game with occasional rock-moving puzzles thrown in. Unlike Chuck, Junior carries a club that gives his attacks further reach."
42120,The Munsters,,1988,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"The characters from the 60s TV series The Munsters have been transported away to a mysterious castle. Playing as different members of the family in succession, the player must rescue them. As you walk through each room, you must collect items to help you deal with each challenge. You must build up your spell power by shooting ghouls, zombies and vampires, as this allows you to deal with other challenges. Avoid contact with those monsters, as they will zap your energy and finally kill you - you have a single life."
42123,Destiny of an Emperor,Tenchi o kurau,1989,7.1,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,"China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events","Destiny of an Emperor is a strategy role-playing game set in the Three Kingdoms era. A party is formed by selecting up to five officers from a huge pool, many of whom would only join you after be bribed or defeated in combat. Officers in turn each have a certain amount of soldiers, which essentially acted as hit points (i.e. Sima Ye leads 40000 men, and when he is hit by Zhang Bao, he loses 5000 men, so his manpower is now at 35000)."
42128,Tetris,"Tetris: L'implacable casse-tête vidéo des blocs a empiler., Tetris: The relentless building block video puzzle.",1989,8.5,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"This version of Tetris is one of many conversions of the famous block-stacking game and was included with the Game Boy upon its release in several territories. The goal is to place pieces made up of four tiles in a ten-by-twenty well, organizing them into complete rows, which then disappear. As rows are cleared, the pace of the game increases, the background changes, and the game ends if the stack reaches the top of the well. The game is very similar to Nintendo's own NES version of the game, featuring the same ""Type A"" endless and ""Type B"" set-clear modes. The game also features a 2-player versus mode that can be played with two Game Boys, two copies of Tetris and a Game Boy link cable. Clearing lines in this mode will cause the other player's stack to rise, with the goal being to make the other player lose."
42141,Zorro,,1995,5.2,Action,Platform,,"Don Diego Vega has a secret identity - that of Zorro, a masked swordsman who has sworn to protect the innocents of California, at the time a Spanish colony. Among the powerful and corrupted men there is Don Cortez, who hopes to gain even more power by discovering an ancient treasure. Honoring his word, Zorro sets out to stop the Cortez, alone against nearly impossible odds... Based on the series of books by Johnston McCulley Zorro is a side-scrolling platform game that has certain similarities to Prince of Persia and other so-called ""cinematic platformers"". The emphasis of the gameplay is on careful advancement through the levels and physical activities such as jumping and climbing. Zorro has two weapons at his disposal - a whip and a sword; the sword is more powerful, but the whip has a longer range. The game utilizes cutscenes with live actors to advance the story."
42144,NBA Live 99,,1998,8.2,Sports,,,"Play through the 98/99 NBA season or multiple seasons to build up your team over time. Or just jump straight to the playoffs. Trade, release or pick up free agents to add to your team. Have a bit of fun with the 3 point shootout mode. And a host of new player animations, including facial animations, and player moves."
42152,Bonk's Adventure,"B.C. Kid, FC Genjin, FC Genjin: Freakthoropus Computerus, PC Genjin",1989,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Prehistoric,"Bonk's Adventure is a prehistoric platform game where you are in control of a large bald headed caveman, guiding him through the levels taking out all manner of strange prehistoric creatures that get in your way including King Drools henchmen - all in effort to free the captured/controlled residents of Moonland (bosses) - including the Princess Za from King Drool attempted take over. The game is not unlike other platform games of the era. Though it's unique in that you can climb walls and swing on rope with your teeth and your only method of attack is head butting enemies - straight forward or dive bomb style. The game starts off with simplistic point A to point B style, but focuses more on exploration in the later stages, which include finding hidden bonus areas. The game is also known for its trademark gameplay mechanism of 'spin attack', where Bonk floats through the air if you have the turbo button on. This can be used to float around the level and reach areas for extra/hidden items, but also as a method of attack as well. The game starts you off with 3 hearts, but allows you to increase this number when you find special heart container items, allowing Bonk to take a number of hits before dying. A variety of bonus stages can be found throughout the game, which provide bonus points upon completion and thus resulting in accumulating extra lives. Enemies themselves can be 'milked' for points in that you can keep 'bonking' their dead bodies and not letting them hit the ground. Spin attack is another method for doing this."
42158,Championship Water-Skiing,"Championship Water-Ski Challenge, Les dieux de la mer",1987,6.4,Sports,Tricks / stunts,,"This water skiing game was known at the time for its realistic simulation. There are only three events, but fortunately they are pleasant to play. They are slalom, free figures and, to finish, jump with ski. If at the beginning it is tricky to find a good technique, once you find it the game becomes much more tedious. The Gods Of The Sea also featured the sponsorship of a celebrity at that time: Patrice Martin."
42159,Shine,Shine: Die Angst hat einen Namen,1996,6.0,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"German-produced game Shine is a typical Myst -like 1st-person perspective adventure game with pre-rendered backdrops. In this game you will become Shine. But who is Shine? You don't know when you start the game. You don't know anything but that you are in Twilight City, a once huge and crowded metropolis. But all life and population seems to have vanished, everything is past and only remains as a distant memory. Strange artificial creatures, lost musicians, no day and no night - what dark secret does the city hold? Become Shine and find out by exploring murky and frightening places, meeting bizarre creatures and people and solving a few puzzles."
42160,UEFA Champions League Season 1998/99,"UEFA Champions League: Saison 1998/99, UEFA Champions League: Seizoen 1998/99, UEFA Champions League: Stagione 1998/99, UEFA Champions League: Temporada 1998/99",1999,6.7,Sports,,,"Soccer sim featuring the current team line-ups in this prestigious European club competition. There are 32 clubs included. Game options include full season, exhibition matches, scenario and a multi-player option. In scenario mode you can replay any of the finals in the competition's history from 1970 onwards. Another notable inclusion is the custom tournament mode that allows you to define your own tournament perimeters and fixtures."
42163,Reactor,,1982,5.7,Action,Arcade,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Reactor the player controls a space ship inside of a nuclear reactor which they are trying to stop from melting down. The reactor core at the center of the screen is surrounded by a deadly kill wall. Roaming throughout the available space are positrons, neutrinos, and photons, all of which will be trying to knock the player's ship into the wall. To survive, the player will need to knock all of these attacking particles into the kill wall to destroy them. As each level progresses, the reactor core will slowly grow in size, making less and less room for the ship to maneuver in. Eventually the reactor core will melt down; to prevent this, the player will need to destroy all of the particles before the time runs out. To help out, the ship starts the game with a limited number of decoys. When a decoy is placed on the screen, all of the particles will be attracted to it instead of the actual ship. If the player places the decoy close enough to the kill wall, this will make it easier to destroy the particles. Also inside the reactor are two sets of control rods (located on the left and right sides of the screen); If the player destroys an entire set of rods by knocking the particles into them, the reactor core will shrink down in size, giving the player more time to do battle. If both sets of rods are destroyed, the player earns an extra decoy."
42173,Rick Dangerous 2,Rick Dangerous II,1990,7.4,Action,Platform,,"Your role as Rick Dangerous demands that you stop the Fat Guy and his evil plans to help an alien race take over control of our world. The journey takes place in Hyde Park, Ice Caverns, Forest and Atomic Mines. He must solve positional puzzles and memorise the locations of laser bolts and booby traps, as well as avoiding enemies including robots, penguins and nomads. As in the first game a fifth level is unlocked after you complete the four standard levels. Rick can climb ladders and crawl through tight spaces. He is equipped with a laser gun and six little bombs, but can also punch with some effect. The controls are very easy to understand: pressing fire+up shoots the gun, pressing fire+down places a bomb, pressing fire+bottom-left/bottom-right makes Rick slide a bomb along the floor in the specified direction."
42179,Blackjack,51 Blackjack,1977,4.6,"Gambling, Strategy / tactics",Cards / tiles,,"Blackjack is based on the casino card game of the same name. You can play alone or with up to 2 other players against the computer that takes the role of the dealer. The game follows the same basic rules as its casino counterpart. Each player starts the game with 200 chips and each can bet from 1 to 25 chips to get a hand. A player breaks the bank when 1000 chips are earned and loses when they have no more chips to bet. In both cases, the player is removed from the game. At any time, a player may quit or resume the game by using the game select switch. A player who went broke or who reached 1000 chips may also stay on the game using the same switch., then starting with 200 chips."
42183,Monster Truck Wars,,1994,6.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"USHRA Monster Truck Wars is a top-down racing game with the vehicle of choice being monster trucks. The player can choose from six unique trucks each with their own unique traits and race on several different winding track - providing the player can qualify for the race! The better the player does in races, the more money they can accumulate to buy upgrades and repair their monster truck. There are also power-ups that are obtained by crushing cars that are scattered throughout the courses and features three difficulty levels."
42185,Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition,Unreal Tournament: Edição Jogo do Ano,2000,8.1,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Game of the Year Edition of Unreal Tournament (1999) is a re-release which includes the original game patched to version 436, as well as new (mostly community-made) maps, new player models like the Nali Warcow, and the mods Rocket Arena and Chaos UT. Both mods are absent from digital re-releases, however."
42186,Castlevania Legends,Akumajo Dracula: Dark Night Prelude,1997,6.3,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Take a journey to the very beginning, when Dracula first rose up to terrorize the good people of Transylvania. None dared challenge him, and the people of the country lived in fear and terror - until a young girl rose up and decided to take matters into her own hands. That young girl was Sonia Belmont, the first in the line of the legendary Belmont clan. While Castlevania Legends plays similar to the earlier Castlevania titles (the protagonist is only armed with a whip and needs to fight her way through five stages plus a hidden stage), there are also some unique features. While it is impossible to roam the stages freely, quite often the player can choose to go one way or another and in doing so skip some areas or find valuable items, collecting all of which will unlock the best ending. Sonia also possesses special power called Burning mode: once in a level (and once per life) she can boost her speed and attack power and become invincible for a short period of time. Each of the game's bosses leaves behind an orb with a Soul weapon inside. Sonia can collect five of these weapons: Wind, Ice, Flame, Saint and Magic. Similar to previous games these are activated by pressing up+attack, and require a certain number of hearts. The player can switch to any Soul Power at any moment at a weapon select screen. Sonia's whip can be upgraded three times, the third upgrade adding a fireball-like projectile."
42187,Remote Control,,1989,5.0,Strategy / tactics,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"Remote Control is based on the MTV quiz show of the same name. During the game three contestants (computer or human controlled) compete by answering questions about various TV shows, movies, characters, or actors/actresses. There are two rounds of gameplay followed by a third ""think real fast"" round. In the first two rounds of gameplay the gameboard consists of a giant TV with nine channels; one of the players chooses a channel (representing a particular category) revealing a question; the first player to buzz in and provide the correct answer earns points. The are a variety of categories available (some of these are ""video high"", ""cop shows"", ""saturday night live"", ""soap operas"", and many more) which will vary from game to game. Sometimes a surprise channel may appear which doesn't have a question, but awards or removes points from a player. These rounds end when all of the supplied questions have been exhausted. Near the end of the second round, the lowest scoring player is eliminated from the game leaving two players for the final round. The final ""think real fast"" round lasts for thirty seconds; during this time the players need to answer as many short answer questions as possible to earn points. At the end of this round the player with the most points wins the game."
42189,Deflektor,,1987,7.2,"Action, Puzzle",,,"There's plenty of reflection in this game, in both senses of the word. That's because this strategic puzzler involves using mirrors to direct a beam of light across a succession of 60 screens. Each mirror has 16 different angles it can be set at, each of which will send the beam around the screen in different ways. Before the exit is activated, all the mines on a screen must be cleared by running the beam over them. There are other devices built into the levels, including teleports and random angle-changers, as well as hazards to avoid (they cause the beam to overheat) and droids which go around moving the mirrors' directions."
42194,Tomarc the Barbarian,Tomarc,1983,4.2,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"In Tomarc the Barbarian Senta is being held captive in a magical cage, and Tomarc needs to rescue her! In this action game you will control both Tomarc and Senta simultaneously. Tomarc is lost in a series of caves somewhere searching for his magic sword, and then must locate Senta to set her free. Deadly rats and other dangers must be avoided as you run and jump around the caves. Meanwhile, Senta must defend herself from giant bats and other creatures while trapped in the cage; although she can't move, she is capable of firing magic at enemies to destroy them. You are able to switch screens between the two characters to select which character to control. Listening to the sound effects can help you determine when the other character is in trouble and you should switch screens."
42196,Starquake,,1985,7.9,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"As BLOB, the Bio-Logically Operated Being, you are sent into an unstable planet and charged with the task of preventing it from exploding. This involves collecting various items (the exact combination is different every time you load the game) and taking them to the planet's core. The game is an arcade adventure viewed from the side, with 512 screens arranged in a 16x32 pattern. A teleport system exists, so once you find the codes you can get quick access to different parts of the game. The creatures to avoid are intelligent, getting tougher to predict as you get closer to the centre, but you are armed with a gun and can also try to avoid them. BLOB has a set of platforms which can be used to allow limited vertical movement, but these disappear after a few seconds each use."
42197,Stargate,,1994,6.1,Puzzle,Falling block puzzle,,"The handheld version of Stargate is a matching puzzle game, similar to a 3-D Tetris Players drop tiles into a Stargate, and try to stack three identical symbols. Doing so clears those tiles. Mismatched tiles simply build stacks higher and higher, and the player loses if the tiles reach the top of the gate. The player is also given a seven-symbol Stargate ""address"" along the top of the screen. Stacking three copies of a symbol listed in the address will clear the stack and counts toward completing the address. There are two game modes building on this basic concept: * Skill Mode is a single-player challenge where the player tries to complete as many addresses as they can before being overwhelmed. Speed increases with completed addresses."
42202,Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi,,1990,8.0,Action,Platform,,"A.D. 1997, New York City Having vanquished the evil crime empire, Neo Zeed, the ninja master Shinobi and his combat ninja skills were not heard from for some time. But a new threat arose, in a reptilian form that lived on vicious instinct alone. The colossal monster moved slowly and quietly, and its attack was relentless. The souls unfortunate enough to survive became hostages, and mass panic swept the streets. It remained only for Shinobi to take action. His weapons were stealth and quickness of attack, his only allies facing overwhelming forces. Relying on Ninja weapons and magic, Shinobi fought on, assisted by his faithful dog. Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi is similar to Shadow Dancer for home computers, and consists of five missions containing three stages each. However, there are a few differences between the two. For example, in this Sega Genesis/Mega Drive exclusive, the stages are different, and you rescue hostages rather than disarm bombs. Each mission ends up with you fighting a boss, and when you defeat each (except the final one), you also participate in a bonus stage where you must shoot all ninja flying towards you. Some of the enemies are also quite different. Some of the lizards, which appear in later missions, leave a ""lizard coin"", which you can collect for bonus lives."
42211,Howard the Duck,Howard the Duck: Adventure on Volcano Island,1986,5.5,Action,Arcade,,"Your two best friends Phil and Beverly have been captured by a dark overlord! He is keeping them captive in an active volcano, and you need to rescue them. As Howard the Duck, master of Quack Fu, you need to make your way through the maze-like landscapes, and jump or fight the many obstacles blocking the path using kicks and punches. Water must be navigated around, because this 'superhero' duck can't swim. Or fly without the parachute you regularly use. Quicksand, enemy mutants and more will all get in your way before you can finally parachute into the volcano and defeat the dark overlord! Howard the Duck is based on 'Escape From Volcano island', a cartoon featuring Howard, but was released to tie in with the movie of the same name."
42212,Eric the Unready,,1993,7.4,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"An ancient prophecy states that King Fudd the Bewildered will die peacefully, his daughter accompanying him during his last hour. However, Princess Lorealle the Worthy mysteriously disappears, abducted by her stepmother Morgana, who intends to put her own daughter on the throne. In order to prevent the princess from being rescued by a valiant knight, Morgana makes sure that the Union Hall selects the most unworthy one for this valiant task: Eric the Unready, known for bringing the book ""How to Joust"" to his duels. Eric the Unready is a humorous text adventure with graphics, similar in concept to Legend's own Spellcasting series. Like in those games, the player can select combinations of verbs and objects from a list to interact with the environment, but is encouraged and sometimes required to type commands as well. Some scenes display full-screen character portraits with pre-set dialogue choices. The game often makes verbose humorous comments on the player's actions, including many completely optional and arbitrary ones. It contains many segments that parody various aspects of contemporary pop culture as well as other video games."
42223,James Clavell's Shogun,,1986,7.2,Adventure,,,"Wait, you say, wasn't this an Infocom title? Actually, this one came out first on the budget publisher Mastertronic's catalog. It's a vastly different game than the Infocom one - you wander around as one of a number of characters trying to build up your rapport with the people, doing battle and working your way up to becoming a shogun."
42232,U.F.O.,,1987,5.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"U.F.O. is a single player variation on the Space Invaders genre. The player controls a fighter aircraft, a U.S.A.F. F21 Codor, the only plane that is capable of defending the Earth against an alien onslaught. The player has only four of these planes / lives with which to complete the game. The plane can be moved left and right as well as, to a limited degree, up and down. The F21 Condor has a gun with which the player must shoot alien ships that are attacking Earth. However, this gun will overheat and jam if used too much so on the right of the game screen is a temperature gauge that the player must monitor. When all enemy ships have been cleared from a level the player must fly their ship to the next level through a hypersonic air corridor to the next combat zone. Here, against a flashing background, the player must keep their craft within the bounds of the corridor as it gently winds its way to the horizon. After a successful transit the player can spend credits that have been earned on either their shields or their energy before entering the next phase of combat."
42245,Mega Man IV,RockMan World 4,1993,7.6,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 20XX... Dr. Wily has broken into the local Robot Museum and has stolen the bodies of his previously destroyed Robot Masters, and now has brought them back for revenge against Mega Man! What's worse, Wily plans on using a massive laser cannon from outer space to blast Earth to dust! Mega Man must team up with his friends to stop Dr. Wily before Earth is destroyed! Mega Man IV contains elements of Mega Man 4 and 5 (NES) and is a Game Boy exclusive."
42249,Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business,Jagged Alliance 2.5: Unfinished Business,2000,7.3,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics","Tactical RPG, Turn-based tactics (TBT)",Contemporary,"Arulco calls again upon the player's help to rid of a new threat. This time, the threat comes from Arulco's former mining corporation: Ricci Mining and Exploration. After losing control over the mines during the civil war ( Jagged Alliance 2 ), they now want those mines back. Ricci Mining and Exploration have established a missile base in the neighboring country of Tracona and threaten to attack Arulco with missiles unless their demands are met, and they already blew up the Tixa prison as a warning. At Enrico's request, the player is to travel to the area suspected to contain the missile base, this time near the border of Tracona. The mission: locate the missile base and destroy it. Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business is the first standalone expansion for Jagged Alliance 2 from which it can import characters. Among the new content are the new storyline, different AI, new character development options, new characters, new weapons and new tactical features like display of sight range and cover opportunities. The game also comes with a campaign editor. The map is much smaller, containing about 20 accessible sectors, considerable part of which are underground. Appropriate to the mission, the militia training feature does not exist in this game. In this, Unfinished Business is more similar to the original Jagged Alliance than to its sequel."
42252,Mike Ditka Ultimate Football,Mike Ditka Power Football,1991,6.9,Sports,,,The head coach of the Chicago Bears offers up his own football simulation. Modify existing plays or design your own for 28 pro teams. Use 4 different passing methods and use the instant replay feature to watch plays unfold from 4 different angles. The game can be played in real-time or stop-action mode. Will you take your team to the Superbowl?
42254,Knightmare,Le Chevalier du Labyrinthe,1991,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"A team of adventurers seek out four magic objects in the dungeons of Dunshelm: The Shield of Justice, the Sword of Freedom, the Cup of Life and the Crown of Glory. Equipped with these, they hope to destroy the evil Lord Fear. Treguard, the dungeon master of the Knightmare castle, appears as an oracle to help in their quest. Knightmare is a role-playing game and the second videogame adaptation of the homonymous British television series. It is very similar to the games of the Captive series as it was developed by the same author As in those games the interface is mouse-based, clearly inspired by the Dungeon Master one: the left mouse-button interacts with the environment, while the right button executes character actions. Movement can be controlled by left-clicking on the movement buttons on the screen or by using the keyboard. Once a weapon or an object is equipped, clicking on it brings up a menu with its actions. Knives, for example, have a menu with ""stab"", ""swing"" and ""hack"". A empty hand shows a menu with ""punch"" and ""kick"". The wand shows a list of available spells. The game allows saving at any moment, but only loads saved games through the start menu. This means that in order to load a saved game, the player has to reset the game or intentionally kill the party."
42261,Vietnam: Black Ops,,2000,5.1,Action,Shooter,Cold War,"Vietnam: Black Ops is a first person shooter taking place in 1969 during the Vietnam War. The player is a captured American soldier who at the start of the game finds himself locked up in a small bamboo cell in a prisoner of war camp. Suddenly an explosion allows the player to leave the cell but to escape the player first has to battle a large amount of hostile forces. The game consists of nine levels and in addition to the starting camp the player also has to battle his way through jungles, ruined cities and Vietcong tunnels. In each level the player has to reach an exit while killing all enemy soldiers that stand in the player's way. The weapons available are the ones typical for the time period: AK-47s, M-16s, sniper rifles and grenade launches among others."
42267,RoboSport,,1991,7.5,Strategy / tactics,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A creative turn-based strategy game. Form a team of robots serving different roles and program them to eliminate the enemy from the arena. You have 5 different types of robots at your disposal, each with it's own weaponry and capabilities. The competition is run in a number of intervals giving you time to reprogram your robots and set them loose to destroy your opponent. This game includes multiplayer options for both multi-computer setups and hot seat play. There is no luck and reflexes are not a factor. Only the one with the best strategy will prevail."
42269,Polaris,,1980,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"You're the commander of a Polaris class nuclear submarine. Your mission is to defend your country from enemy attack. You must face one to three enemy subs and one to five bombers in a squad. You must destroy the bombers by shooting missiles. After you destroy the bomber squadron, you must face a dive bomber dropping torpedoes that plunge to your depth then move horizontally. After destroying him, you must navigate through a channel, avoiding or torpedoing mines to reach the next level. Occasionally, an enemy destroyer will move across the screen and will drop a depth charge."
42273,Wizard of Id's WizType,,1984,6.9,"Action, Educational","Arcade, Platform",,"The Wizard of Id's WizType is an edutainment title based on the comic strip created by artist Brant Parker and writer Johnny Hart The title is designed to give keyboard novices lessons on how to improve their typing accuracy and speed. The game is broken into two sections: The first section pits players as the Wiz, matching wits against the Evil Spirit, an apparition that lives in the Wizard's vat. The Wizard must quickly type out the words that the Evil Spirit gives him in order to diminish the Spirit and win the round. Failure to spell words properly, or taking too long to spell results in the Evil Spirit morphing into a dragon, and singing the Wizard to a crisp. The second part of the game has the player trying to keep up with Bung the Jester. In this segment, players must type out a pre-written paragraph in order to keep pace with Bung, who is hopping along the words on a pogo stick. WizType has multiple skill levels to match different levels of typing ability, and increases in challenge as players progress through their lessons."
42274,Speedboat Assassins,Speedboat Assassin,1989,6.3,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Terrorists have seized control of some of the world's most prestigious harbours, such as London and New York. As a tough marine commando, you have been sent in to launch the counter-attacks. Sensibly, your boss drops you into the action in front of a mine field, and with no armour. Negotiate the mine field and you come into the main body of action, in which weaponry can be collected either from that which is left lying around, or by docking with a supply helicopter when it comes into view. Enemy ships are all around and must be taken out. Clear these and you reach the towers, which must be shot down, and finally a 'boss' ship to complete the level."
42284,Hyper Dyne: Side Arms Special,,1989,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Side Arms Special is, in essence, the same game as the regular edition of the arcade side-scrolling shooter Side Arms (with audio CD tracks instead of MIDI music) - plus a new gameplay mode called Before Christ This mode can be considered a ""hardcore mode"", since the player has to return to the beginning of the level after the player character has died, as opposed to losing a ""life"" and continuing from the same spot in the regular mode. Also, while in the regular mode the player can change the type and direction of weapon (laser, spreading, etc.) at any time, in Before Christ mode, it is possible only upon picking up a corresponding power-up. Another change includes the ability to charge the weapon, similarly to the feature in R-Type The charged beam is more powerful, but obviously requires more time to execute."
42286,Dead Angle,"Gang Hunter, Lead Angle",1988,5.9,Action,Shooter,,In this game you play the role of a man whose girlfriend has been kidnapped by a ruthless mafia boss and you need to find her quickly. The gameplay involves you having to shoot all the mafia henchmen before being able to fight the level boss. The game is view as a 1st person/3rd person hybrid where you are shooting in first person but you can see the outline of your character. To avoid getting shot you have to make sure you are not in front of an enemy as when you are your outline turns red and you are vulnerable. You can duck for cover but you automatically pop up after a few seconds so timing is everything. There is also a time limit for each level and more enemies to kill as the game progresses.
42292,Nerf Arena Blast,Nerf Arena,1999,7.0,Action,Shooter,,"Nerf Arena Blast is based on the play toys of the same name, and combines the blast 'em up action of Quake with non-violent gameplay. There are three game modes to choose from, including Pointblast (the person with the most points wins), Speedblast (collect seven flags, while getting rid of the opposition) and Ballblast (score a set of balls into hoops around the arena, while keeping the enemy at bay). Each mode is played on a range of different landscapes, including a Space Station (complete with anti-gravity and an airlock, plus plenty of asteroids). Weapons range from standard blasters each with secondary functions to high tech gadgets, including the Ballzooka which fires high impact balls and as a secondary function fires goo which sticks the opposing player in place for a few seconds, giving you some time to take him/her out of the game."
42299,Battlezone,,1980,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Commonly considered the earliest progenitor of first-person shooters (FPS), Battlezone is a 3D tank game initially released in the arcades, and later converted officially to many systems. Earth has been invaded, and you and your tank lead the defensive effort. You drive around the battlefield from a first-person view, targeting and firing at tanks, planes and UFOs. You have a radar to help you see where the enemies are in direction and distance. Objects can be used as strategic cover. Controls simulate the tracks of a tank realistically, so the direction and speed settings are varied - combining forward right and backward left movements (as you can on keyboard versions) sees you change direction more quickly."
42301,Football Glory,Fußball Total!,1994,7.5,Sports,,,"From Croatia came this overhead view football game resembling Sensible Soccer The standard selection of competitions are on offer, with a full range of club and national competitions. Far more moves are possible in this one though, including overhead kicks, backheelers, riding tackles and even some impressive overhead kicks, all of which need practice to be perfected. Passing works in a similar way to Sensible, but requiring a longer tap, and giving more versatility in where the pass is placed. Extra details such as an on-screen referee and a zoom feature on replays are included. Kits can be edited in more detail than most games of the time as well."
42309,NASCAR Racing: 1999 Edition,,1999,6.8,Racing / Driving,,,"NASCAR Racing is back for 1999, and you get three racing series in one package: Winston Cup, Busch Grand National, and Craftsman Truck Series. Updated from NASCAR Racing 2, you get 34 different tracks (11 never seen before). Includes modem (2-player) and network (8-player) support."
42323,Tesserae,,1990,7.0,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,,"Tesserae is a 2D combination of Rubik's Cube and the more advanced levels of Q-Bert Simple yet colorful symbol graphics allow for endless hours of gameplay akin to how one can play MineSweeper or Tetris for a long duration. Gameplay consists of flipping tesserae, or tiles, from squares over adjacent squares. The result would either create a complex tile, or cancel out, resulting in the deletion of a tile. The goal is to clear the board entirely. Higher levels have added tile complexity, and larger board grid sizes."
42330,Disruptor,,1996,7.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Disruptor is a FPS with a few twists such as cut-scenes with actors, psionics as well as weapons and specific goals on your missions. As a member of Earth's psionic troops you must perform missions for the security of the planet. As you progress through the stages you get access to bigger weapons as well as more psionic implants that give you special abilities."
42331,Spirit of Adventure,,1991,7.1,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"In a medieval fantasy world, strange drugs appear that create an addiction among the population. It appears that they are all coming from one central point that is controlled by a mysterious stranger. The player controls a group of heroes in this role-playing game as he tries to find out the origins of the drug and to break down on the man who is responsible for them. Spirit of Adventure allows the player to create his/her own party, choosing between various character classes, including traditional fighters and priests, but also less common classes such as Goddess or Banshee. Characters have three main parameters; body, mind, and magic, as well as strength, dexterity, IQ, and charisma. Controlling a party of up to six combatants, the player has to accept quests, explore towns, and battle enemies to advance the story."
42334,Batman Forever,,1995,5.8,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",,"Batman Forever is the officially licensed game based on the 1995 movie. The bad guys this time around are The Riddler and Two-Face. This game is an usual hybrid of side-scrolling platformer and one-on-one fighter. You make your way through levels that include some platform jumping elements, but you typically take on opponents one at a time like in a fighting game. You arsenal includes a lot of nifty bat-gadgets, and a collection of fighting moves that are unleashed with special button combinations. The graphics were rendered completely with digitized actors and objects, but none of the actors from the movie make an appearance in the game."
42338,Total Football,,1995,6.8,Sports,,,"Named after the tactic invented by Rinus Michels and their ""Clockwork Oranges"" Dutch team of the 70's, Total Football is an International competition game including 52 teams (including an all-star team) and compete in a 16 team league, 32 team knockout and a 32 team tournament similar to the World Cup. Featuring a low-angle isometric view (not compensated by the d-pad, meaning pressing right will move the player along the half-way line (his right), not in the direction of the right corner flag (the screens' right) like in most games featuring axonometric views, while buttons allow to pass the ball in different strengths or kick at goal. Managing is limited to the choice of eight different formations at the start of the game and half-time. Options include the usual in the genre: half length (3,5,10,20 and 45 minutes), weather conditions (sunny, rainy, overcast, indoors), referee strictness (full, no cards, no fouls), time stoppages, tie decision (shootout or overtime) and sound (music and sfx, only one of them or none)."
42341,Altered Beast,"3D Altered Beast, Altered Beast Classic, Jūōki",1988,6.2,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",,"You are a hero raised from the dead by the god Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena. With scenery inspired by Ancient Greece, you have to fight hordes of undead and demons, with a boss at the end of each level until you meet the god Neff, who holds the girl captive. The Altered Beast title refers to your shapeshifting abilities. In this platformer, you can collect spirit balls by defeating two-headed wolves, allowing you to mutate into different beasts such as a werewolf, a dragon, a tiger, a bear and others depending on the version. Each form, tied to a level, comes with special abilities such as flight and powerful attacks, easily superseding the basic set of punches and kicks in your human form. The game can be played in single player mode, or in same-screen multiplayer co-op mode."
42342,No Excuses,,1988,5.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"No Excuses is a single-screen game with a lot of blasting and dodging. You play a little insect life form whose sole purpose in life is to destroy all the free-roaming aliens in each of his world's 50 planes. On each of the 50 levels, there are varying kinds and amounts of aliens. These vary from airborne greenies that swoop lower each time they pass, reach ground level then fly directly upwards and reappear somewhere else to do their amazing swooping trick again. Then there are the aliens that swoop down, land on the ground and sit waiting to be shot. Finally, there are the aliens that swoop,land and shoot at you from ground level."
42349,Tommy Lasorda Baseball,Super League,1989,6.9,Sports,,,"This was the first 16-bit baseball game on the market. Play alone or with a friend. Choose from any of the 26 major league teams. The game uses all of the real-life city names, but the stats and player names are fictional. Once on the field, game play follows standard baseball rules. The password feature enables you to take your team all the way through a season to the World Series. The game also tracks all of the other teams in the league simultaneously. Batters in the game are rated according to batting average, home runs, running speed, and fielding and throwing ability. Pitchers are rated by ERA, curve-throwing ability, stamina, top throwing speed, and the distance a hit pitch will travel. All the ratings make this game a challenge to your managerial ability as well as your gaming skill because you're calling the shots from the dugout. The option screen enables you to decide how tough your computer opponent will be. You can play a pitcher's duel, a batter's slug fest, or a normal game. Decide whether there'll be fielding errors and determine how the wind will affect the hit balls. This game covers about every detail, right down to umps who shout ""safe"" or ""out."""
42350,ACME Animation Factory,,1994,6.8,Educational,Cards / tiles,,"ACME Animation Factory is essentially Mario Paint with a Looney Tunes license The player can choose from 18 pre-set animations of their favorite cartoon characters and super impose them over a scene to create their very own cartoon. Much like Mario Paint they can also color blank drawings, create their own music and even play games like Solitaire and Mix 'n' Match. Players can also save their own creations for later viewing."
42360,3-D Ultra Pinball,"3-D Ultra Pinball: Fastest Pinball in Space, 3D Ultra Pinball: Space Colony",1995,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Pinball",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Some would call it Impossible Pinball. Not that it is difficult to play, rather that you could never build a pinball machine that could do the type of things that this game does. But it seems as though that's the point. As like any pinball game, there is an underlying plot in which you must achieve certain goals on each of the three pinball tables (you can warp between them). This takes you off into the fantasy pinball world, where anything can happen. Tanks can attack your ball, comets can fly in and create a crater in the middle of the board. Who knows what will happen next."
42363,Battletoads in Battlemaniacs,Battlemaniacs,1993,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",,"The three battletoads Zitz, Rash and Pimple are in Tibet to witness the presentation of the Psicone Gamescape, a virtual reality machine. All of a sudden a monster jumps out of the gameworld, captures both the Psicone CEO's daughter & Zitz and takes them back into the Gamescape. Of course Rash and Pimple will have to enter the Gamescape and rescue them. Battletoads in Battlemaniacs is another game in the Battletoads series by Rare Much like its predecessor it blends fighting game elements (in the style of Double Dragon ) with other kinds of gameplay, like racing levels, ""snake riding"" levels and such. There are some bonus levels between some of the regular ones, where the player can collect extra lives. Buddies can team up and defeat the opposition together in the two coop-modes available. In mode A, players can hit each other while in mode B, they can't."
42365,Pitfall II: Lost Caverns,,1985,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Metroidvania, Platform",South America,"Pitfall II: Lost Caverns features gameplay similar to the same titled Pitfall II: Lost Caverns but features some differences. This version of the game has a redesigned level layout, breaking the game up into four distinct sections. For instance some gameplay screens from the original Pitfall! make an appearance. Other differences include the fact that getting hit by enemies now cost the player lives instead of as in the other version where it would just cause a loss of score. mine carts that can be ridden in, and the addition of a final boss. In the Arcade version specifically the player starts with a 3 minute countdown till their game ends. Lost time can be regained by collecting treasures."
42366,Skidz,,1990,7.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"In Skidz the player moves through the five levels with the goal to collect and dispose of all litter lying around. To be more exact, 75% of the litter has to be collected and put into dust bags on the way to get access to the next level. However, not all litter is in easy to reach positions and has to be collected with tricky jumps. The controls work in a way that the player builds up the speed by pressing a button or pulling the joystick in a direction. If high speed is reached, another press of the button results in a jump. The protagonist has a certain amount of health which decreases when he rams against the environment or citizens (some of them actively try to hurt the protagonist), drives over broken bottles or misses a jump. Power ups include health refreshments, bonus time for the time limit and coins which are used to buy useful equipment between levels. Bonus points can be earned by performing stunts while jumping, but failing results in a crash. The player chooses between a skateboard or a bike, but this makes no significant difference in gameplay. Additionally to the regular playing mode, there is also a race to participate in. It involves one opponent and various obstacles which need to be jumped over"
42367,Magic Sword,Magic Sword: Heroic Fantasy,1990,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform",Fantasy,"As the hero, you must climb up a monster-ridden tower to defeat Drokkmar, master of the Blackorb. To do this, you must defeat his army that stands in your way with whatever weapon you are carrying. Health is decreased by coming into contact with various monsters, attacks, traps, and the passage of time. It is increased by finding food. Every certain amount of points, a ""Food Fairy"" appears and drops off food as well. Throughout your journey, you can smash open chests to find treasure and artifacts. Some of these artifacts can be recovered that alter gameplay, such as providing more damage or increased magical power. Also throughout your journey, you can collect keys, which are used to free imprisoned allies, who not only help you defeat monsters, but also leave you an item that will help you on your quest. Only one person can join you at a time. As you progress through the tower, you will be granted new magical weapons after each boss you defeat. The weapons are affected by a ""magic bar"" that charges over time. When this bar is fully charged, the weapon has a powerful ranged attack, but when not charged only a close attack is produced. A magical staff will grant increased range attack ability. A magical blast may be generated by jumping and attacking, but doing this costs health. There are multiple paths in the game, and two separate endings. Hidden doors can be used to skip levels when found - usually by attacking a wall or a particular spot."
42370,Capcom Generation: Dai 2 Shū - Makai to Kishi,,1998,7.4,Compilation,,,The Capcom Generation 2 compilation contains 3 games from the Ghost 'N Goblins series:
42371,Crash Dive,,1983,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"The object of this game is to use your flying sub, the Sea Hunter, to destroy enemies and get treasures. You move fastest when in the air, half speed when in the water and cannot move forward when on the sea bottom. Your enemies and their point values are: Plane = 300 Helicopter = 100 Bird = 0 Boat = 50 Sting Ray = 20 Shark = 100 Angler Fish = 200 Squid = 100 Lobster = 25 You get 1 point for stunning the sea monster but cannot kill him. You cannot do anything with mines but avoid them. The possible treasures and their point values are: Sword = 200 Wine Bottle = 400 Sunken Boat = 500 Crown = 1000 Chalice = 2000 Pot of Gold = 3000 Key = 5000 You just play until you crash your sub or run out of fuel. You refuel by docking with the sub at the top of the sea (looks like a boat without a gun) called Sea View. The seventh obstacle is always the Minefield. If you survive this you will be given another opportunity to refuel before advancing to find more treasure. Special Features: You will find a prize indicator in the lower right hand corner of the screen. Displayed at the far right is a special prize that you can find beneath the Mine Field. Obstacles will always travel in groups, varying their positions, but typically one in the sky, another on the surface of the water, two more in the water under the surface, and another on the ocean bottom. While flying you will hear the Bird, Helicopter, and aircraft prior to seeing them on screen. You will be protected from missiles by diving into the sea."
42372,Metro Cross,"Arcade Archives: Metrocross, Metro-Cross",1985,6.3,"Action, Sports",,,"Simple side-scrolling game, where you play a skater who has to pass a set of obstacles in order to reach the end of the level. You can skate up or down in the screen, or even jump, to be safe from the pipes you encounter on the way. As the game progresses, obstacles are more frequent and more challenging, but the essence is the same. Timing is everything in this game."
42373,Bushido Blade,,1997,7.5,Action,Fighting,Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval),"The Bushido code of honor governs the actions of the Samurai and sets a code of ethics for use in fighting. Sometime in the 20th century, a group of Narukagami ninja, each proficient in a different style, find themselves in a battle to regain their honor in the fighting ring. Bushido Blade is a versus fighting game with several unique features. It does away with health bars, special meters, and other traditional gimmicks and allows for battles to be won with a single hit. Players select from among six ninja, each of a different fighting style and attributes. Players also choose equipment from among eight weapons, including Japanese swords, European blades, naginata and a sledgehammer. Battles take place in wide open areas in which combatants can run around as well as climb up and down. Some structures, like bamboo trees, can even be cut down. In the single player game, players can even run through the entire castle, picking a preferred fighting ground location. In addition to the single player story mode, there's a versus mode, a slash mode where you will be attacked by 100 generic ninja in one long corridor, a training, and a 'POV' mode, which allows players to play from first person, heightening the realism. The game's versus mode can also be played using two Playstations linked up. Gameplay involves picking one of three stances, then attacking high, middle, or low. Directions while attacking change attacks, and attacks can be combo'd. Player damage is location based, with hits to arms often making them useless, hits to legs crippling, and hits to heads and clean across the torso being mortal. The use of stances and the easily achieved one hit kills make Bushido Blade one of the most deadly, and therefore realistic, weapon fighters around."
42375,Street Fighter II,Street Fighter II: The World Warrior,1991,7.7,Action,Fighting,,"Street Fighter II is a fighting game. Players select from one of eight characters: Ryu, Ken, Blanka, E. Honda, Zangief, Chun Li, Guile and Dhalsim to do battle with. They must then use their combat strengths to defeat the other seven fighters followed by four boss characters: M. Bison, Vega, Sagat and Balrog. Each character represents a certain country and has his or her own reasons for wanting to win against the others. Each character has his or her own selection of basic fighting techniques based on three styles of punches and three styles of kicks. The effect of each of these changes depends on the characters orientation (ducking, airborne or standing still). Street Fighter II has a ""button combination"" style of gameplay used to unleash powerful moves specific to each character. These include the ability to project fireballs, channel electricity or capture the opponent in a tight suplex."
42380,Spider-Man,,2000,7.0,Action,Platform,,"Trouble's ahead for Peter Parker in Spider-Man's first appearance on the Game Boy Color: an explosion at Dr. Curt Conners' lab will lead him into a plot planned by a mysterious villain, involving the alien symbiote and several of Spidey's arch enemies. The game is a platformer, divided into several large levels. Progression is not strictly linear: some of the levels can be freely explored in any order before continuing with the story. Locations include the city, subway and sewers, the docks and a warehouse. The levels are usually crawling with enemies that Spider-Man can beat up with kicks and punches. Defeating them will eventually result in him gaining levels, becoming stronger and learning some new fighting moves. Spidey's special abilities come into play when he swings freely over the rooftops, clings to walls or throws web balls at enemies to immobilize them. His spider-sense will usually alert him when important locations or special obstacles are near. The game includes various boss fights with the likes of Venom, the Lizard and the Hobgoblin."
42384,Championship Manager: Season 99/00,"L'Entraîneur 3 : Championship Manager - Saison 99/00, Scudetto: Championship Manager - Stagione 99/00",1999,7.7,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"The first update of Championship Manager 3 and very welcome it was. The basic game is the same, of course, but all minor rule changes and player transfers bring the games bang up to date for the start of the 1999/2000 season (the latest at the time of release). Now you can setup 16 leagues from around the world running concurrently, and manage any team (or teams) within those leagues, from the mighty Dagenham and Redbridge to the lowly Barcelona (or perhaps that should be the other way round). Compete at the highest levels to win the ultimate accolade - the opportunity to manage your country."
42385,Barbie: Race & Ride,Barbie: Aventure Equestre,1999,4.5,Sports,,,"Barbie makes her first appearance on the PlayStation with 'Barbie: Race and Ride'. Help Barbie take care of a stable of horses; groom the horses or feed them a variety of foods including apples, carrots, strawberries, and sugar cubes. After the steed is taken care of, go on a casual ride around Secret Valley. Explore the beaches, meadows, mountains, and forests to discover new animal friends, mini-games, and puzzles. Find the pieces of the missing postcard and discover the secret of Secret Valley. For those with a more competitive streak, there are races and jumping contests."
42386,McKenzie & Co.,McKenzie and Company,1995,7.0,Adventure,,,"This adventure game, the first ever released by Her Interactive lets you take on the life of a teenage co-ed in her junior year at Madison High. In this role, you'll do everything a girl of this age does in her daily life at home, school and work -- from deciding what to wear each day to going to work after school. Talk with friends in person and on the phone, attend classes, study, do homework, shop for clothes at the mall and go out on dates. You choose one of two characters to play. Besides your 6 closest friends, there are 20 other characters to meet during the course of the game - including prospective boyfriends. The scenarios are presented by way of video clips. Conversations come about by selecting one of several provided replies. There are various types of mini-games to solve within the game including variations of Concentration and Tetris as well as a shooting accuracy game and a picture puzzle. The game comes on 6 CD-Roms: 1 for the main game, 4 for the main boyfriends and a bonus music CD. A optional complete internet access package is included on the discs. The PC version box also contains some makeup and tips on how to apply it, and a pink ribbon promoting Breast Cancer Awareness."
42391,Bomb Jack,Arcade Archives: Bomb Jack,1984,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In Bomb Jack the player controls Jack, who must collect all the bombs in order to complete the current round and go onto the next one. This sounds easy, right? Wrong! Making Jack's task difficult are numerous enemies such as birds, mummies, turtles, and orbs. In each round, collecting a number of bombs results in a bonus coin appearing, and collecting this coin will make the player's score increase 2 to 4 times. More often than not, the ""power ball"" appears, and when you collect this, you can defeat enemies and have more time to collect all the bombs. There is also the ""E"" coin, which gives Jack one additional life, but rarely does this coin appear. The more you progress through the game, the more difficult it becomes, as enemies travel more quickly to get you."
42392,Fist: The Legend Continues,"Fist II: La Leyenda Continua, Fist II: The Legend Continues",1986,6.7,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"The Way of the Exploding Fist is a martial arts doctrine ensuring that you possess a range of powerful punches, uppercuts, roundhouse kicks and flying kicks. As an evil warlord has enslaved your people, courtesy of his many henchmen and mercenaries, you will need them as you journey to his mountainous hideout to destroy him. The game is no longer a single screen sequence of Yie Ar Kung-Fu style duels, but is more influenced by Renegade although with strict martial arts moves. However, a combat practice program is also provided, which plays much more similarly to the original game. The action takes place on different levels, which are reached by traversing ladders. There are many doorways to walk through, which cause a switch in the usually-scrolling display."
42393,Um Jammer Lammy,,1999,8.0,Action,Music / rhythm,,"Introducing Lammy, a totally rockin' guitarist. In day-to-day life, she's quite timid, shy, and wimpy - but put a guitar in her hands, and she'll blow you away! Help Lammy get to her latest gig on time, and face obstacles such as flaming buildings, out-of-control airplanes, and even getting trapped in Hell. In this sequel to PaRappa The Rapper you play as Lammy, a guitarist for MilkCan - the coolest, hippest band ever! While PaRappa focused on lyrics, with each button controlling a different word; Lammy is a guitar player, so naturally, each button controls a different note on the guitar. Lammy will encounter seven different teachers on her travels to the big gig, so either follow their lessons accurately, or do even better - improvise and blow them all away with your axe. The teacher will then step away for you to go it solo for an even better performance. Lammy improves over PaRappa in a multitude of ways. Rather than just being a single player experience, you can now play the game with a friend. Any stages that you unlock can be played either co-operatively or competitively. If you don't have a friend to play co-operatively with, you can also get the computer to take on the role of your partner. After finishing the initial game, PaRappa also makes a return, allowing you to play through the game again with raps instead of Lammy's guitar."
42396,Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan,,1990,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"This game is based on the pen & paper RPG Tunnels & Trolls After a four hundred year long war, humans and monsters finally signed a peace treaty, and harmony returned to the Dragon Land - but not for long. The leader of the monsters, the mysterious Lerotra'hh, declared the peace contract was invalid. Monsters began to attack human settlements once again. The only one who can save the humans is the mighty wizard Khazan. Unfortunately, Khazan was imprisoned in his exile. This is where a group of brave adventurers enters the picture, determined to rescue Khazan and defeat the evil. The party explores the world of Crusaders of Khazan from a top-down perspective, roaming wilderness areas, visiting towns, talking to people, receiving quests, and descending into dungeons. Battles take place on a top-down battle screen, on which characters can move freely and attack enemies in turn-based style. The game features point-and-click interface with multiple windows."
42403,Rollerball,,1984,7.0,"Action, Simulation",Pinball,,"Rollerball is a pinball simulation for one to four players. There are two different game variations included. The first is Skyscraper, which is a four screen tall pinball table where each player competes individually for the highest score. The second is called Matchplay. In this game two players compete against each other to see who can reduce his opponents score to zero first. Each player has a set of flippers and a ball in play, and points are awarded or taken away by hitting the various targets in the playfield."
42411,ProFlight,,1990,7.2,Simulation,,,"ProFlight simulates a Panavia Tornado F Mk3. Through the accompanying 134 page manual, the budding pilot is guided through: an overview of the Tornado and its history, the cockpit functions, flight theory, advanced flying techniques, combat and maneuvers. Added up this gives a indepth insight as to what it takes and feels like to operate and fly the Tornado. ProFlight aims to incorporate every detail of flight. Accurate taileron, rudder and elevator effects are present at all angles of pitch and roll. You can reach airspeeds of over Mach 2, yet speeds are precise to 0.0006knots, your position within the 200 nautical miles of terrain is accurate to 0.00001ft, and your angle of flight to 0.01 degrees. You have radar-guided and heat-seeking missiles at your disposal. Gravity and wheel braking have their effects on motion. Waypoint navigation helps you find your way through this vast world, and a full heads-up display brings the crucial information to you."
42421,Heiankyo Alien,,1980,5.8,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"1000 years ago the city of Kyo was suddenly invaded by aliens. A Kebiishi (knight of the past) was entrusted to defend the city. The game starts with a maze where the kebiishi and some aliens appear. The aliens start moving through the maze wherever they please. While trying to keep from getting eaten, the kebiishi digs holes where the aliens will likely travel. If an alien comes to a finished hole, it will fall in and be trapped for a while. While the alien is trapped in the hole, you can fill the hole to bury it. If all aliens are buried, the round ends and you can proceed to the next round. The Game Boy version includes both the original arcade version as well as an enhanced version with new graphics and original features such as a super alien that has special powers, moves to avoid holes and chases the keibiishi. Two players can play via the video link cable."
42422,Little Samson,Seirei Densetsu Lickle,1992,8.1,Action,,Fantasy,"Ta-Keed, the Prince of Darkness, has managed to escape from his supernatural penitentiary where he has had centuries to plot exactly how he will take revenge on those that locked him away. Emperor Hans sends his troops to deal with this threat, but they are no match for the ultimate evil one. As an alternative, the emperor summons the bearers of 4 Magical Bells. These 4 adventurers must make their way to the castle and work as a team if they are to destroy Ta-Keed. The first part of Little Samson has each of the 4 characters journeying from his or her home land to the emperor's palace. This gives the player an opportunity to explore that character's unique abilities which will be essential throughout the game.* Samson is a human who is reasonably fast and also possesses magnificent rock climbing prowess. He is able to scale walls and hang across ceilings, and also grab onto walls and ceilings while jumping. His offensive option is the ability to shoot bells straight ahead. Kikira is the Dragon Lord. Since she has claws, she does not slip on ice. When she jumps, she can also fly for short bursts. She breathes fire in 2 intensities, depending on how long the player holds down the fire button. Her fireballs spread in arc patterns. Gamm is the Rock Lord. Since he is a living rock he is very strong. So strong in fact that spikes do not hurt him, which is very valuable in a number of situations. He is also very slow and has only a short leap. He has a powerful punch. K.O. is the Mouse Lord. He is tiny which allows him to enter areas that other team members can not. He is also extremely fast and the highest jumper of the team. However, he is the weakest member so he can not sustain very much damage. He has the same wall and ceiling traversal abilities as Samson. Offensively, he can drop time-delay bombs. When all 4 characters reach the emperor's palace, they all jump into Samson's bell. Actually, Gamm and K.O. quietly jump into Samson's bell; Kikira initially refuses. After a brief fight (with the player controlling Samson), Kikira joins the effort. Throughout the rest of the game, the player can switch between any of the 4 characters by entering the sub-screen. Each character has their own power meter. However, all the characters share lives. If the presently selected character loses all of his or her power, then one life is lost. The player must swap between all 4 characters in order to complete the journey."
42423,Animaniacs: Ten Pin Alley,,1998,7.3,Sports,,,"Animaniacs: Ten Pin Alley is a bowling game, a sequel of sorts to Ten Pin Alley The gameplay is basically the same: the player can choose from a selection of characters (this time from the Animaniacs cartoon) with varying statistics, or build a new character from the ground up. This character is then positioned facing the bowling lane and its pins. After starting the ball launch the screen switches to a side view of the character holding the ball and three gauges appear: two tricolored ones for speed and accuracy and a smaller green one for putting a spin on the ball. Initially, the player can fill the spin gauge. After some seconds, a fast meter starts to move on the other gauges. The objective is to press a button when the meter reaches the yellow band on each gauge. If it misses this mark, the character fumbles and drops the ball."
42429,Galivan,"Arcade Archives: Cosmo Police - Galivan, Cosmo Police: Galivan, Galvan",1985,5.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Galivan the player takes the role of the last remaining member of the Cosmo Police. His comrades died while trying to free the planet Cynep from the evil roaming on it. Now the player is the last hope. This game is a mix between a shooter and a platformer: the player walks through the caves, jumps over obstacles and shoots everything in sight. Well, at least if he has a weapon: at the beginning he is unarmed and can only kick or punch. He has to find pyramids which were dropped by his dead colleagues (also sometimes from killed aliens): those grant an armor, more life energy and a weapon. When the player find even another pyramid, the weapon gets upgraded for a limited amount of time. However, every hit decreases the life energy and if it goes down too far, the armor and weapon are lost. Reaching zero results in death. At the end of every level, the player has to defeat a big boss alien."
42445,Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: 2nd Edition,"Chi Vuol Essere Milionario: Seconda Edizione, Die Millionen Show, Qui Veut Gagner Des Millions: Seconde Edition, Wer wird Millionär: 2. Edition, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: 2nd Edition",2000,5.5,Puzzle,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Second Edition is the second game based on the hit TV gameshow. You have to answer fifteen questions, slowly going up to the one million mark. If you have trouble, there are three lifeline you can use to help you: Phone a friend, 50/50 and ask the audience."
42449,Quadrel,,1990,6.6,Puzzle,,,"Quadrel is a puzzle game in which you must fill each piece of the selected layout with different colored paints, without painting two adjacent pieces the same color. At the beginning of a game, you can select the desired image or layout, as well as whether you wish to play with unlimited time or not. You can also select the ""Imposed"" game mode, in which the game points to which piece you must fill next. Each layout has a set amount of paint available for use, in four different colors: red, green, blue and yellow. The amount of brush stokes left for each color is indicated on your palette. Some layouts have a large amount of a particular color and a very small amount of another, while other layouts have a more even amount of each color. The goal is to plan well from the start, so as to avoid running out of a particular color that will be needed to finish the layout. The game can be played in solitaire mode, against the computer, or against another human player on the same screen. There are no sound effects during gameplay, only music. If you manage to finish a layout, you can enter your name in a high score table."
42456,Monopoly: World Cup France 98 Edition,Monopoly: Edition Coupe Du Monde France 98,1998,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"This release of Monopoly celebrates the national teams that participated in the 1998 World Cup (soccer). The usual tokens are replaced with little soccer players ; the coloured properties are no more streets but national football grounds ; the four stations are now the top four French venues for the 1998 World Cup. Also, green houses and red hotels are replaced by red terraces and blue stadiums. Up to six human players can play at once on one computer, their names can be edited. Most of the game is still the same but there are some extra features in this version. When you pass go you are allowed to take penalties, which when successful allow you to throw an extra dice. And teams can degrade in value which cause them to shift around on the board."
42464,NFL 2K1,,2000,8.7,Sports,,,"NFL 2K1 is a single-player and multiplayer sports simulation game that recreates professional American football under the official National Football League license. Players can select from all 31 NFL teams of the 2000 season and guide them through individual games, a full season, or multi-year franchise campaigns, competing to reach and win the Super Bowl. The game builds upon the structure of NFL 2K with several key improvements. Each team now makes use of its authentic playbook, offering a wider variety of offensive and defensive strategies that reflect real-world tendencies. The passing and running systems have been refined and defensive artificial intelligence improved. Over 2,000 motion-captured animations bring added realism to player movements, ranging from tackles and jukes to celebrations and sideline interactions. Several modes provide different ways to play. Quick Play allows immediate entry into a single matchup, while Season mode follows a team through a complete NFL schedule. Franchise mode expands this with multiple years of play, incorporating roster management, drafts, and team-building decisions. A Practice mode gives players the opportunity to refine skills or test play designs. For deeper customization, the built-in Play Editor allows users to create and save unique offensive or defensive plays. One of the most notable features of NFL 2K1 is its support for online multiplayer on the Dreamcast. Players can connect through SegaNet or compatible internet services to face opponents across the country, with leaderboards tracking results. Exhibition games and ranked competitions are supported, making it one of the first console football games to offer large-scale online play. Updated statistics and roster information could also be downloaded to keep teams current throughout the season."
42465,Dracula Unleashed,,1993,6.9,Adventure,,,"Dracula Unleashed is an interactive movie in the same vein as Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Basically, you can choose from several locations to go to, and at each location you are shown different events through live-action video clips. Clues in the videos will point you to where you should go next. You also have an ""inventory"" which you can use to affect the outcome of certain clips (for example, if you enter an asylum with the blackjack you'll be able to defend yourself against any escaped inmates, but if you don't bring the blackjack with you you'll be killed). Time is constantly moving and new events will pop up at different times of the day. In Dracula Unleashed it is the year 1899, ten years after the destruction of count Dracula chronicled in Bram Stoker 's novel. You take the role of Alexander Morris, the younger brother of Texan Quincey Morris who died defeating Dracula. Alexander has come to London to investigate the circumstances of his brother's death, but became sidetracked when he fell in love with and proposed to a local girl named Annisette. Now, the dawn of a new millennium approaches and an evil force is stalking the streets of London, draining victims of their blood and transforming innocent women into bloodthirsty vampiresses. With the aide of your brother's old friends, the survivors of Dracula's evil, you must uncover the identity of this new vampire and prevent him from transforming Annisette into his queen of the night. Do not fail her, or she will personally rip your throat out."
42467,Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D,"Guerra Nas Estrelas: Rogue Squadron 3D, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Star Wars: Shutsugeki! Rogue Chuutai",1998,7.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Take on the Empire as Luke Skywalker in one of the N64's first Star Wars games. Fly through 15 levels as well as discovering 3 hidden levels. Craft include: X-Wing and Snowspeeder, also the Millennium Falcon makes an appearance and is flyable."
42476,Top Gun: Fire at Will!,Top Gun: Fire at Will! (Custom PlayStation Edition!),1996,6.9,Simulation,,,"Top Gun: Fire at Will is a flight simulator based on the movie of the same name. You take the role of Maverick and must pilot your F-14 Tomcat with your RIO Merlin in the backseat through a series of missions that begin with the Top Gun School in San Diego and continue with conflict zones in Cuba, Korea and Libya. Full motion video cutscenes with live actors play between many of the game's fifty or so missions, with James Tolkan being the only actor to return from the original movie."
42477,NFL GameDay 98,,1997,7.7,Sports,,,"NFL GameDay '98 has new and previous features like Preseason, Season, and Training Camp modes. You can also choose to play as a skill player, like wide receiver or fullback instead of mostly being in control of the quarterback. You also get a play editor, a create-a-player feature, and over 100 touchdown dances."
42486,Pac-Mania,Arcade Archives: Pac-Mania,1987,7.5,Action,Arcade,,"Pac-Mania is a variation on the game Pac-Man You need to guide Pac-Man around a maze and eat all of the dots on the board to proceed on to the next round. Numerous, multi-colored ghosts also roam the maze trying to stop you. If you eat one of the power pellets in the maze, the ghosts will temporarily turn blue and run from you. Pac-Man can earn bonus points by eating the ghosts when they are in this state. The maze is now shown in isometric perspective and is larger than the screen which will scroll to follow the action. To help get out of tight spots, Pac-Man can now jump. But be careful, because some of the ghosts have learned this trick as well and you could end up in a mid-air collision!"
42488,Rocket Jockey,,1996,7.2,"Action, Racing / Driving",Fighting,Sci-fi / futuristic,"SEGA stuck bits of soccer, racing, and rockets to create this game. Ride rockets and compete against other jockeys in this different events including Rocket Ball, Rocket War, and Rocket Race."
42489,Luftwaffe Commander: WWII Combat Flight Simulator,,1998,5.5,"Action, Simulation",,"Historical events, World War II","Luftwaffe Commander: WWII Combat Flight Simulator is a flight simulator that allows you to see the second world war from the German side. In the campaign this game offers you play as a German fighter pilot and get to fly missions starting in the Spanish Civil War, through the French, British, Russian and West Front Campaigns. There are 10 planes available in the game: four versions of the Bf-109, the He-51, and Me-262 on the German side and the I-16, Spitfire, P-39Q, and P-51 on the allied side. The Allied planes are only available in quick play and single missions. The game includes 50 scripted missions to fly, the ability to create simple custom missions, and a multiplayer mode."
42491,Gold Games 2,,1997,8.1,Compilation,,,"The second ""Gold Games"" compilation has a reduced number of games, compared to its predecessor (though, the number of CD's has increased). The following games are included:"
42492,Gomoku Narabe Renju,,1983,6.4,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"In Gomoku Narabe Renju players take turns attempting to connect 5 of their pieces in a straight or diagonal line without being blocked by their opponent. Each individual game won gives the player a point. The player with the most amount of points after a set number of games wins the overall game. The game offers three difficulty modes. On the hardest difficulty, the player has to win the game before a time counter counts down to zero."
42497,Backlash,,1987,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Game-play consists of arcade style fast and frantic reflex action from the first-person perspective, much akin to Atari's coin-op Battlezone and programmer Paul Woaks ' earlier and very similar 8-bit game Encounter The game takes place on a seemingly endless flat landscape, littered with obstacles in the form of some pseudo 3D spikes protruding from the ground. Armadas of hostile UFOs shoot fire balls at you from every direction. Your aiming reticle is in the centre of the display, and is surrounded by circular radar, which is formed by a series of small white dots, within this are numerous red dots which represent the UFO enemies. You are dealt an initial five lives, and you score points for each UFO destroyed. The game features environmental effects, such as day time turning to night, and vice versa."
42500,Gremlins: The Adventure,,1985,6.9,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Based on the movie of the same name, Gremlins: The Adventure is an interactive fiction game by Brian Howarth author of the Mysterious Adventures series. Players take the role of Billy, who has already been tricked into feeding Gizmo after midnight, and now Kingston Falls is in danger of being overrun with Gremlins. With Gizmo's help, Billy must save the town before it is too late. There are some animated graphics in this one. The game has less than 50 locations, though time is a factor - the gremlins home in on Billy with every move he makes, so there is no chance to dawdle. The design means that deaths are more frequent than in most adventures. It uses the same parser as the other Adventure International games of this era. The BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, and Commodore C16 versions are text only."
42501,Lord of the Sword,Lord of Sword,1988,6.0,Action,Metroidvania,Fantasy,"The player is in the role of Landau, a man who must pass three tests in order to gain the crown of the land Baljinya, which for years has been rife with lawlessness and fear, and restore peace to the land. To pass the three tests, Landau must find the Tree of Marill, subdue the Goblin of Balala Valley, and destroy the Statue Of Evil. Landau is controlled in a 3rd-person side-scrolling view. He can explore the world map (which can be seen by pressing the pause button) freely in a non linear way, but some portions of the map will be available only after defeating certain enemies or getting certain items. The Kingdom of Baljinya has towns and villages where Landau can stop to rest (restoring his health) and gather information from the people. There are also castles which can only be entered after completing certain tasks. Between those villages, towns and castles lie different kinds of terrains, like flatlands, dark forests, mountains and swamps. Those terrains are plagued by different kinds of monsters, some specific of each terrain. There are two weapons which can be used by Landau: a sword and a bow. The sword can be used by pressing the button 2 while standing, kneeling or jumping. The bow can be used by pressing the button 1 only when standing or kneeling. Landau cannot walk and attack at the same time. Along his way he'll find new and stronger swords and bows. Landau has only one life, but the game offers a continue feature which can be used up to 10 times."
42507,The Quest for the Holy Grail,,1984,5.6,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The Quest for the Holy Grail falls into the genre of a text adventure game but in addition to the text there are simple pictures which help add to the descriptions of the locations you are in and add to the atmosphere as you move around the game world. You take on the role of the knight Sir Tappin, who is on a mission to track down the Holy Grail. You must navigate your way around the villages and countryside of medieval England to track down the clues that will help you on your quest. You will need to find objects to help you negotiate your way past the characters dotted along the way, such as the White Rabbit and the Knight Who Says Nic. The Quest for the Holy Grail is a trip through a possible version of history, with a liberal sprinkling of humour thrown in too."
42515,The Last Blade,Bakumatsu Roman: Gekka no Kenshi,1997,7.9,Action,Fighting,Japan (Modern/Futuristic),"Choose one of several characters to play with, each with their own unique moves and special attacks. Each stage in the game has two battles, where the object of each is to drain your opponent's energy in order to complete the battle, and you will complete the stage if you do this twice. If there is a draw, then a third battle is played. There is a time limit, and when this expires, the player with more energy left wins."
42517,Infiltrator,Infiltrator: The Game that Rocked America,1986,7.5,"Action, Simulation",Puzzle elements,,"Infiltrator is a combination of first-person helicopter simulator and isometric third-person espionage action. You, as Johnny McGibbitts, ace pilot and neurosurgeon, were given a mission against the ""Mad Leader"". You have to fly in a helicopter behind enemy lines and make a diversion there. You can fool the choppers into believing that you are one of the bad guys, and also you can show false documents to guards in the enemy camp. If they aren't fooled then you can use a spray of sleeping gas or even a grenade. There are many houses in the camp, which have many rooms containing useful items, but you won't be able to get them all because of the time limit for the operation."
42520,The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling,"Familie Feuerstein: Bedrock Bowling, Les Pierrafeu: Bedrock Bowling, Los Picapiedra: Bedrock Bowling",2000,4.8,"Action, Racing / Driving, Sports",,Prehistoric,"In The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling Fred Flintstone is toiling away as usual at his thankless construction job. When it's quitting time, his boss threatens him with summary termination if he does not finish his trench-digging assignment by the next morning. The biggest dilemma for Fred is that he needs to practice for an upcoming bowling tournament. The benevolent alien named The Great Gazoo materializes and solves the problem by digging a trench and lining it with giant bowling pins. He then gives Fred a large bowling ball half shell in which to play live action bowling. The action in Bedrock Bowling takes the form of steering the bowling shell down 8 different lanes. Each lane has 10 pins that the player must try to hit. Additionally, there are many diamonds, birds, and other powerups along the way to be collected for points. The 8 lanes are Gravel Factory, Quarry, Flooded, Tar, Freeway, Crystal Mine, Lava, and Rockzilla."
42524,Die Hard,,1989,7.0,Action,,,"This game is based on the movie Die Hard A group of terrorists have taken control of a high-rise tower in an attempt to take $600 million. Your job is to rescue your wife who is trapped in the building and stop the terrorists. The game is played with a 3-D point of view, allowing you to search the building for useful items and fight terrorists with a variety of weapons or by hand. Cutscenes keep you informed of the plot as it progresses."
42527,NBA Hangtime,,1996,7.3,Sports,,,"NBA Hangtime is a 2-on-2 arcade basketball action game following in the footsteps of NBA Jam All NBA teams, each featuring 4 players to choose from, are included along with fast paced, over-the-top basketball, disregarding the normal rules of the game but including fouls and out of bounds. You can also create your own player, with a collection of body parts and clothing to choose from."
42534,Cosmic Spacehead,Linus Spacehead's Cosmic Crusade,1992,6.6,"Action, Adventure","Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Linus had crash landed on a distant planet called Earth, and made his way back home again. Trouble is, no one believes his tale of the planet he discovered! Your job is to help Linus make his way back to planet Earth so he can take some pictures to convince his friends. Gameplay consists of two parts, an adventure and arcade action. In adventure mode you can explore lands, find objects, and talk to people. Sentences can be constructed by using the pointer to select actions or objects on the screen (This is similar to the interface LucasArts used in games such as Maniac Mansion ). To reach many new locations involves the action mode, where you will need to cross treacherous landscapes and evade dangerous creatures. This portion resembles a side scrolling platform game. Once you've cleared an action sequence, you will not need to do so again if you decide to revisit a location. Whenever you wish you can receive a password allowing you to continue the game later from the same point."
42540,Escape from Monster Manor,"Escape from Monster Manor: A Terrifying Hunt for the Undead, Escape from... Monster Manor, Virtual Horror: Norowarate Yakata",1993,6.8,Action,Shooter,,"The undead have been unleashed upon the world. Only a holy talisman can destroy them, but it has been broken into pieces and hidden in Monster Manor. Now you must venture into the cursed mansion and find the pieces so that humanity may be saved. The game is a first-person shooter where you have to destroy enemies like ghosts, skeletons, and zombies using your only gun. Items scattered around the house include health packs, gun energy, treasure, and keys that are used to open doors that block your way to the next talisman piece. The game has twelve levels."
42543,Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor,"Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honour, Might and Magic VII: Pour le Sang et l'Honneur, Might and Magic VII: Za Krew i Honor",1999,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Eight adventurers were traveling in a spaceship, pursuing the Guardians Corak and Sheltem. The Guardians went to the world of Xeen, but the adventurers drifted off-course and crash-landed on the planet Enroth. There, they had an argument concerning what to do next, and split into two groups. About the same time, Archibald Ironfist, the brother of King Roland of Enroth, escapes from his homeland and arrives on the continent of Antagarich, becoming a new necromancer leader. Meanwhile, a nobleman named Lord Markham announces a scavenger hunt on Emerald Isle. The first prize is the deed to the Castle Harmondale, and it is won by one of the two parties of adventurers from another world. From that point on, the two groups become antagonists, pursuing their own agenda and allying themselves with the local forces, attempting to change the fate of the planet. For Blood and Honor is the seventh installment in the Might and Magic series of role-playing games, and a sequel to both the third and the sixth one plot-wise. It uses the same 3D engine as its immediate predecessor in the series, and also allows the player to generate and control a party of four characters and alternate between real-time or turn-based battle systems. As opposed to the human-only party of the previous game, the player can choose between humans, elves, dwarves, and goblins. The class and skill system from the sixth game returns as well, with a few minor adjustments. This installment of the series places an emphasis on moral decisions, allowing the player-controlled party to ally with different factions and ultimately choose either a good or an evil path. There are also side quests in the game, some of which are time-sensitive and require the player to consult an in-game calendar. The card mini-game Arcomage is introduced as well."
42544,Sonic & Knuckles,,1994,8.2,Action,Platform,,"Sonic and Knuckles continues the story directly from where Sonic the Hedgehog 3 left off. The explosion from the Death Egg sends Sonic flying deep into Floating Island's Mushroom Hills. Sonic knows of the Master Emerald hidden somewhere on Floating Island, and is sure that Dr. Robotnik wants it to give his Death Egg limitless power. Knuckles probably knows where it is - but can Sonic stop Robotnik's plans and find the Master Emerald all while fighting off Knuckles? Meanwhile, Knuckles is guarding Floating Island when he's attacked by one of Robotnik's robots! He quickly begins a chase for revenge. Sonic & Knuckles is the fourth game in the Sonic series. It retains the same basic features as in the previous Sonic games (speed, rings for protection, Special Stages with Chaos Emeralds) as well as the three different shield types introduced in Sonic 3 (Fire, Water and Electric). Players can select either of the two title characters for play - either Sonic, or the all-new Knuckles the Echidna. Knuckles cannot jump as high as Sonic, but he can glide by holding the jump button while in the air. If you glide into a wall, Knuckles will also be able to climb it. He can also break through walls that Sonic can't. With these abilities, Knuckles can access different areas from Sonic, making for each level an entirely new experience. Unlike Sonic 3 Sonic & Knuckles features three bonus stages - two are available by jumping into the lamppost checkpoint stars (as in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 These stages give you the chance to earn bonus rings, lives and power-ups. The first is a Casino-themed level where you can jump into a slot machine and earn (or lose!) rings. The second is a more skill-based level where you must time your jumps off orbs to launch higher and collect bonuses. If you hit the barrier at the bottom of the stage, it ends. The other type of bonus stage is the ""Special Stage"" seen in Sonic 3 which, as previously, can be accessed by jumping into giant rings hidden within the levels themselves. If the player collects all the blue spheres in these stages (while avoiding all the red ones) they will earn a Chaos Emerald. A unique feature of the Sonic & Knuckles cart is the ability to ""Lock-On"" previous Sonic games into a cartridge slot at the top. Adding Sonic 3 will combine both Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles into one long game, as well as adding the ability to save, and use Tails in the Sonic & Knuckles levels. Plugging in Sonic 2 lets players use Knuckles in Sonic 2 as well allowing the use of his glide and wall climb abilities. Finally, plugging in the original Sonic the Hedgehog cart lets the player access unlimited level variations of the Blue Sphere bonus stage. Subsequent re-releases of Sonic & Knuckles have also included most of these bonus features."
42551,Wacky Races,Chiki Chiki Machine Mō Race,1991,7.1,Action,Platform,,"Despite what the name implies, Wacky Races for NES is not a racing game, and has nothing to do with the other games bearing the same name but the license. In this game, the player takes control of Muttley, the grumbling, but loyal dog from the popular Hanna-Barbera cartoon. His master Dastardly sends his on three different missions, each taking place in a different location, which in its turn is divided into smaller levels. Muttley has to complete those levels in a rather standard platformer fashion, moving from left to right, jumping, overcoming obstacles and fighting various creatures and boss enemies from the cartoon movie. The dog's primary weapon is, unsurprisingly, his own mouth - biting regular enemies will usually lead to their instant death. Muttley can also collect bones scattered across the levels, which will grant him powerful weapons and skills of limited use, such as a bomb, a projectile attack, and the ability to heal."
42552,Xybots,,1987,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Xybots is a sci-fi shooter with pseudo-3D environments explored from a third-person perspective. The game can be played by one or two players; the two-player mode takes place on a split screen. The hero(es) must move through a series of Gauntlet -style underground mazes, killing the bad guys and collecting health and other bonuses from flying saucers. It's designed to be played co-operatively, although bullets from one player can harm the other. The Xybots are out to stop the protagonists, and many have advanced attack patterns as well as bullets to fire at them. Being able to view round corners is useful, allowing the player to plan a strategy - often it's good to send one player forward and let the other play the waiting game, similarly to the tactics often employed in Gauntlet"
42554,Evasive Action,Evasive Action: Duel for the Sky,1994,6.4,"Action, Simulation",,"Contemporary, Sci-fi / futuristic, World War I, World War II","An interesting flight sim that takes you through four world wars. This sim allows you to flight historically accurate planes from WW1 and WW2, modern day fighters from present day for WW3, and space ships for WW4."
42564,Nicky Boom,,1992,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The sorceress Zoldrane kidnapped and casted an evil spell upon your grandfather. She wants to force him to reveal the secrets of the forest people, of whom he is the custodian. As Nicky, you must find a way to defeat Zoldrane, and get an elixir from her chest that will cure grandfather. But Zoldrane has changed all the peaceful creatures of the forest into guards, who try to stop Nicky from ever reaching her castle. During the travels, Nicky is able to move around the levels, jump over obstacles, and duck to avoid flying threats. Nicky must collect gems, flying bombs, dynamite, keys, and other specific objects. These are used for tasks such as building a bridge over a river throwing logs, climbing ladders, using teleporters, or to break walls to find secret areas. Enemy creatures are taken out by throwing apple remnants at them or jumping on them. Nicky's energy is drained if he makes contact with them in any other way. As you do all this, a score is calculated, and then listed in the high score table. Passwords are offered to allow you to resume from a previously-reached level."
42567,Wrestle War,,1989,5.9,Sports,,,"Wrestle War puts the player in the role of a rookie pro-wrestler, Bruce Blade, who has to go through a series of bouts to win the championship. The ""Sega Wrestling Alliance"" wrestling promotion in which the wrestlers compete is fictional. There are no real-life wrestlers or any licensed tournament used in the game; however, many of the characters bear a strong resemblance to popular wrestlers or movie characters. The ring is done in pseudo 3D. The graphics are sprites, but the wrestlers can move along the Z and X axes and the ring will instantly rotate 90 degrees to give a better view of the action if the player's view gets blocked. The available moves are punch, kick, and grab. The objective is to wear down the opponents' life bar, then pin them."
42568,Billiards Simulator,,1988,6.6,Sports,,,"Billiards Simulator is a carom billiards game which is played with three balls and on a table without pockets. In the first phase of the shot, the cue is aligned to the ball. Here the player can either use the full 3D perspective or a top-down view. After that, the used cue (there are three), the spin and the strength of the shot is chosen by aligning diagrams and sliders. Then the shot is performed and points assigned. Additionally the player can set certain parameters to change the game experience, e.g. ball weight, friction or rebound."
42582,Star Wreck,,1987,5.6,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Wreck is a single player text adventure game with graphics that is a parody of the television series Star Trek. The player takes the role of Captain James T. Cake of the starship Paralysed. The mission is to travel to the planet Dandrox and deliver a Trell and a Rigellian Slime beast who are needed there for experimental purposes. On board there is the Thracian ambassador to Dandrox.and a Krall who's travelling elsewhere. The ship starts falling apart as the game progresses and a number of the puzzles are based on resolving these problems in order to reach the destination. The game is entirely keyboard controlled. The text parser claims a vocabulary of over one hundred words including energise, taste, stroke, kiss and reverse."
42585,Super Pitfall,Super Pit Fall,1986,4.2,Action,"Arcade, Metroidvania, Platform","Fantasy, South America","Pitfall Harry returns to adventuring in this “Super” sequel to Pitfall! and Pitfall II: Lost Caverns Harry’s mission: to recover the famed Raj Diamond, and also to rescue his niece Rhonda and loyal lion sidekick, Quickclaw. Now armed with a gun, Harry must navigate some 270 screens of 8-bit action-platforming. Valuable items will be collected along the way to aid your quest, but beware: dangers also abound, from snakes and spiders to falling rocks and boiling lava!"
42589,Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun,,1992,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Dungeon & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun is set in the world of Mystara, a setting of the Dungeons & Dragons game. The characters find themselves in a strange, red-hued world in which the horizon slopes upward in all directions, eventually vanishing into a crimson haze at the limits of sight. Their mission is to find and make allies in this new world or else the kingdom and its culture will perish. The player leads a party of four characters (either the default party or one that the player has created). Characters and races can be chosen from the normal D&D options. The game world is viewed from a bird's eye view perspective and the characters can roam around in real time. Battles are turn based. Like most role-playing games, the gaming experience focuses on exploration, inventory management and character development."
42594,Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel,Police Quest 1 VGA remake,1992,7.4,Adventure,Graphic adventure,,"This enhanced remake of Police Quest has been completely re-drawn using 256-color VGA graphics. Instead of the text-based interface of the original version, the remake features icons corresponding to the commands Walk, Look, Touch, and Talk for interaction with the game world. The two versions also have some gameplay-related differences. The driving sequences from the original game have been simplified: the player is no longer required to physically navigate the car and input is limited to making the right turns while the car is driven automatically, and occasionally braking at stop signs. The mandatory poker mini-game during the final segment of the game has been made optional. A few puzzles have different solutions, though not all of those are simplified, and in some instances the puzzles have become more complex in the remake. Story-wise, the game remains the same for the most part, but it also includes re-written and additional dialogue not seen in the earlier version."
42597,The Perfect General,,1991,7.4,Strategy / tactics,Turn-based strategy (TBS),,"A simplified combat game that uses basic units with defined attributes and capabilities. Includes several scenarios (from simple to complex) with varied strategic and tactical options, allowing for virtually thousands of different games within each scenario. The computer will play either or both commanders. The game uses a rectangular battle arena with an underlying hexagonal grid structure, typical of most war games. The game is turn-based."
42622,Wing Commander II: Deluxe Edition,Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi - Deluxe Edition,1992,7.6,"Action, Compilation, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,This is a compilation of the entire Wing Commander II saga on a single CD. The compilation includes:
42625,Theatre of Pain,,1997,6.4,Action,Fighting,Fantasy,"Theatre of Pain is a Mortal Kombat-esque fighting game featuring characters and settings drawn from Roman history and mythology. It features high-resolution SVGA rendered sprites and backgrounds, as did Mirage's previous fighting game, Rise Of The Robots It uses a six-button layout, with weak, medium, and strong punches/slashes and kicks. There are both single and two-player modes."
42628,Crystal Caves,,1991,7.0,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Mylo Steamwitz, an enterprising space trader, is always involved in one get-rich-quick scheme or another. Throughout the Crystal Caves trilogy he repeatedly sets out to the perilous mines of the Altairian system, hoping to collect enough crystals to start a profitable business. The shareware version only has the first episode available; the registered version consists of three installments, packed as separate executables. Crystal Caves is a side-scrolling platform game, where the objective is to finish all levels, collecting every single crystal within. On his way, Mylo is threatened by numerous monsters, such as bats, robots, mine carts or dinosaurs; there are also a lot of hazards such as stalactites and stalagmites, pipes which leak harmful water or poisonous mushrooms which kill instantly. Mylo has three health points, and if he is harmed enough times to deplete them all, he dies (but thankfully he has unlimited lives). To defend himself, Mylo has a missile pistol, which is able to take out most enemies, but not all. Many levels require the player to act fast and plan beforehand, as it's easy to get Mylo stuck in an impossible-to-win situation - if this happens, the level must be restarted. Apart from the crystals, the levels contain a lot of items to collect: ammunition for the pistol, bonus items such as pickaxes or purple mushrooms that give score, and eggs which turn into letters when shot - collecting all 5 letters (B, O, N, U, S) on a level gives a lot of points, but it's not always easy to get them! It's also possible to find a power-up that reverses gravity when picked up, another one which gives your pistol the power to kill every enemy, a stop sign which freezes all enemies and makes them harmless and a red mushroom which allows you to kill enemies by running into them. These power-ups last only for a limited time though, so be careful, as they are always instrumental to victory!"
42629,Ooze: Creepy Nites,Ooze: Als die Geister mürbe wurden...,1988,7.0,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,,"Ooze - an illustrated text adventure: Your uncle Chez Burger left you a house called Carfax Abbey, placed in a little town in the southeast of Salom's Lot. As Ham Burger you are heir to something evil and sinister on a frightening and exciting journey into the world of ghosts and demons."
42637,The Complete Carriers at War: Fleet Carrier Operations in World War II,,1996,6.3,Compilation,,,"This retail compilation contains: Also included are more than 30 additional scenarios and new graphics for the German, Italian and French Navies."
42641,The Big Red Adventure,,1995,6.8,Adventure,,,"The Big Red Adventure is a sequel to Nippon Safes Inc. This time the action takes place in Russia after Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika. The player again takes the role of Doug Nuts, Dino Fagioli and Donna Fatale and accidentally become embroiled in a plot to restore communism. As a typical point'n'click adventure, you move your character over hand-drawn backgrounds, making actions on objects from your inventory with scenery elements or giving them to different people. The story is split into four parts. The first two parts are initially disconnected from themselves. In each of them you control one of the characters performing different objectives just to let it end on board of the train when all three characters meet again. This is where the game becomes more complicated because the player has to make them cooperate by sharing the objects or information."
42651,Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed,Need for Speed: Porsche 2000,2000,7.0,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"You've pushed yourself to the edge - now drive over it! Need for Speed Porsche 2000 lets you experience the adrenaline rush of high-speed driving with 74 different Porsche models dating from 1948 to 2000. Roar down the roadways in classic models such as the 1948 356 No.1, or push the state-of-the-art 2000 996 Porsche Turbo to its absolute limit. The choice is yours. Grid-based tracks feature 20 open road segments, and with the capacity for 4 people to play, this game lets you take part in a thrills 'n' spills journey through Porsche's fast-paced 50-year history. Fasten your seat belt! Source: From uk.playstation.com"
42654,Dungeon Keeper 2,,1999,8.1,Strategy / tactics,"City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Real-time strategy (RTS)",Fantasy,"Dungeon Keeper 2 is a ""god game"" which introduces the series to an entirely 3D engine (as opposed to the original's engine with 3D environments and 2D unit sprites). As before, the player is tasked with the construction, expansion and maintenance of dungeons, as well as attracting, managing, and utilizing various evil creatures to fight the forces of good. Several creatures, spells, traps, and rooms are new to the series, while others received a visual redesign at most, and some were even replaced. The series' trademark unit, the Horned Reaper, is now only called through a special support power and only one can be found on the map at a given moment. Spells are now cast using mana (an auto-generating resource proportional to the size of the dungeon) instead of gold, and can be upgraded once there are no new spells to research. Dropping creatures now stuns them (unless thrown into the new Combat Pit room). The game's campaign has the player enter the land of good and conquer it region by region while staying in the underworld. Enemies either stay in fixed, protected areas, or execute sneak attacks from inopportune directions. The boss of each level holds a portal gem which is used to access the overworld (off-screen) and claim the region. The game also features skirmish and multiplayer modes, as well as a sandbox mode titled ""My Pet Dungeon"", where enemies only attack if the player wishes them to. As of patch 1.61, the player can attract elite creatures, which are statistically more powerful than their standard counterparts and have a slightly different appearance, if rooms are built in specific layouts. Patch 1.7 also added another new unit, the Maiden of the Nest."
42656,Purple Saturn Day,,1989,7.3,"Action, Racing / Driving, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Every 4 galactic-years, alien athletes from every inhabited planet in the galaxy gather to compete in the Purple Saturn Day games. Four interplanetary events await the player: pilot a ship through time and space, race around the rings of Saturn, solve a fast-moving electronic puzzle and navigate a futuristic obstacle course. Although not an official entry in the series, this game is in the same vein as Epyx 's popular Games ""series"" titles."
42658,Wrath of the Gods,,1994,6.8,"Adventure, Educational",Puzzle elements,,"A centaur found a baby abandoned on a mountainside, took him, and raise him as his own. When the baby becomes a young man, the centaur reveals to him that there was a ring and a few gems in his baby blanket. This can only mean that he is of no ordinary origin, and is probably connected to the gods. The young man leaves the centaur's house, determined to find his real parents, and learn about his heroic destiny. Wrath of the Gods is a puzzle-solving adventure game revolving around popular Greek myths. Many of the puzzles can be solved by applying knowledge of Greek mythology. To further emphasize the educational element, the game includes an database of Greek mythology, which can be used as a hint system to solving the puzzles, or purely for learning purposes. The game utilizes digitized photographs for characters and backgrounds, with third-person navigation."
42659,Computer Spy Games,"Juegos de Ordenador Espias, Programas de Jogos de Espionagem",1984,7.0,"Action, Compilation, Educational",,,"Computer Spy Games is a book containing the following type-in games: The book has educational value as it explains how the game program works, shows ways of modifying the code and proposes problems to be solved in each game, such as altering the game code to make it register high scores."
42664,Phantom Fighter,Reigen Dōshi,1988,6.3,Action,Fighting,,"Based on the 1985 Hong Kong movie, Mr. Vampire Phantom Fighter puts the player in the role of a Chinese warrior who walks with your pupil through several Chinese towns taken by phantoms. Enter each house and beat 'em up using a variety of kung-fu moves. After defeating a phantom, you'll receive a special gift that recovers your energy or enhances your fighting skills. During the game, you talk to different people who help you to understand what's going on."
42669,robotfindskitten,"Am I Kitten Or Not, rfk",1997,5.8,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In robotfindskitten the name is the game: You are robot, and you have to find kitten. Sounds simple. Problems start with the fact that there are other objects which are not kitten! Even worse: You don't know which objects are kitten and which are not! The only way to differentiate them both is touching. If you touch a non-kitten, you get some quirky phrase, otherwise: robotfindskitten! The game is a mindless yet meditative and (due to its idiosyncratic humour) quite fun lo-fi adventure-oid with some similarities to roguelikes (all-ASCII, single player, top-down randomized dungeon) and others to Progress Quest It also comes with an impressive base of platforms, having been ported to over 20 systems, encompassing old and new, consoles and home computers. Particularly interesting is the OpenGL 3D Windows version aptly named robotfindskitten3d"
42673,Perfect Assassin,,1997,5.7,"Action, Adventure","Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Perfect Assassin the main character is an interplanetary assassin named Charon who has lost his memory somehow. Charon is contacted by a shadowy character named Ul D-Grak, who claims to have a mission for him, and asks the assassin to meet them on the planet Kar-Naq. Charon lands on the planet near a city and proceeds to search for his mysterious client. The gameplay is from a third-person view, but the camera is always located at a set place on a map. As the player walks between different places, the camera fluidly moves from one set viewpoint to another. The gameplay has some action in it, but mostly it is adventure-style solving of puzzles or talking to people. During conversations, Charon can ask people a question about any subject he has heard about (a character, location or item), and he can assume one of three stances: meek, normal or aggressive. This is sometimes necessary to progress in a dialogue: for example, certain characters won't give Charon necessary items unless threatened. At other times Charon needs to use violent force to proceed. Charon can shoot his gun anytime, aiming at any spot visible on the screen. The gun can be used to kill enemies, or to shoot at specific parts of the environment to solve puzzles."
42674,Earth Command: The Future of Our World is in Your Hands,"Earth Command: De Toekomst van de Wereld Ligt in jouw Handen, Earth Command: Die Zukunft Unserer Welt Liegt in Ihrer Hand, Earth Command: L'Avenir de la Planète Est Entre vos Mains, Earth Command: Save the World from Environmental Disaster",1993,6.6,"Educational, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"Earth Command is a strategic simulation game that focuses on both ecological and social threats to our planet. The player takes on the role of the head of a special United Nations command post in space. You are in full control to allocate budgets and taxes, dispatch emergency assistance, decree emergency laws and other actions of global interest. You must combat both natural as social disasters. The game is viewed in a top down map of the world. Whenever a situation arises it is accompanied with full motion videos. The game covers 500 possible emergencies in 130 different countries and includes real video footage from among others CNN, Greenpeace and the U.S. State Department."
42683,Flicky,,1984,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"A female blue jay, named Flicky, must collect her chicks and lead them safely back to their nest, while they are chased by two cats. The cats make her chicks wandering off and try to eat her! Each level offers about a dozen objects like watering cans, hammers, and cups, to throw at and knock out the cats. The next level starts when all chicks are returned home safely."
42690,The Big Deal,Floyd II,1986,6.6,Strategy / tactics,,Contemporary,"In The Big Deal the robot Floyd works in a kitchen and has to prepare all incoming orders. The player has to make sure everything goes as it should, but Floyd is not controlled directly but by queueing his actions through a menu systems. Each meal preparation consists of a series of required actions, e.g. getting the ingredients, cutting them or setting up the plates, and the main challenge is to be as efficient as possible. As it is in restaurants, the customers become impatient after a certain amount of time has passed and start to throw items. This causes damage and the resulting repairs cost even more time. Up to three meals can be pre-programmed to be automatically executed and the recipes can be looked up in the in-game cookbook. The main part of the game is shown from the side, but there are smaller windows which parts of the kitchen in a top-down view."
42693,Shadow Squadron,"Bullet Fighters, Stellar Assault",1995,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Shadow Squadron is a 3D space combat shooter. The player controls a space fighter in a series of battles against huge enemy ships. There are 2 different types of ships to fly, and 6 different missions. In most missions, the player has to destroy several locations on a large ship in order to blow up the whole thing. There are two ways to play the game. First, one can directly control the ship and maneuver it around the 3D polygon environments. Second, the player can let the 32X do the flying, and simply control a gun turret."
42694,Wonder Boy,"Arcade Archives: Wonder Boy, Revenge of Drancon",1986,7.3,Action,Arcade,,"Just when things were going great with Tom-Tom and his girlfriend Tanya, some thug of a woodland king had to kidnap her and hide her away, and Tom-Tom doesn't have a clue where. That's why he has to explore deep dark forests, cross endless oceans, climb treacherous slopes, survive endless volcanoes, and even walk through clouds. But Tom-Tom will never be totally alone. You see, when he goes through the exotic locations, he has to come face to face with its inhabitants, like bees, spiders, snakes, coal-kids, frogs, bats, snails, coyotes, and octopuses, to name a few. The hatchet is Tom-Tom's only line of defense against these menaces. The Arcade version has eight areas each containing four rounds each. In the Sega Master System version, there are ten areas, each containing four rounds each, but the tenth area can't be accessed unless Tom-Tom collects all the dolls during his rescue mission. During his journey, he can break open different eggs that will reveal hatchets, skateboards, mushrooms, milk, and even guardian angels. You can ride the skateboard through each round, as long as you don't collide with an inhabitant. When you complete each round while still riding the skateboard, you'll start the next round still riding it. As you progress through each round, your vitality will start to get low, but it can be increased by getting milk, mushrooms, potato chips,or fruit that appear everywhere you go. As well as the normal eggs, there are also speckled eggs that must be avoided, otherwise the God of Death will be released, and once he follows you, you'll lose vitality much quickly. At the end of every fourth round, there is a king waiting to destroy you with his fireballs or lightning bolts. There are also warp-gates, but you don't find them, they find you. Warp-gates appear in rounds 1-4 of each area. If you happen to get one fruit, a special item will appear. These special items include handbags, wrist watches, a pair of shoes, a teddy bear, and a bottle of perfume. Another girl will appear and take you up to the clouds where the object is to collect as many hearts as you can without falling down or getting the item again. Once you have collected all the hearts, you can get the item to return to the surface, and more often than not, you'll get further in the round."
42699,Crusader: Adventure Out of Time,"Croisades. Conspiration au Royaume d'Orient, Crusader: A Conspiracy in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Crusader: Kreuzzüge - Verschwörung im Königreich des Orients, Cruzadas: Conspiración en el Reino de Jerusalen, Cruzadas: Conspiración en el Reino de Oriente, Le Crociate: Un gioco d'avventura alla ricerca delle sacre Reliquie, Ritter Arthaud - Abenteuer im Heiligen Land",1997,7.4,"Adventure, Educational",,"Fantasy, Medieval","An historical adventure game set in the Middle Ages at the time that the Franks were beginning to be driven out of Jerusalem. The player follows the adventure of Artaud, a disgraceful French Lord, who is sent to redeem himself by traveling to the Holy Lands to escort the True Cross back to safety. This is done through a series of scenes, with narration. The player has to complete certain tasks before Artaud can progress to the next scene. These tasks are generally of an educational nature, such as learning how sieges on castles were carried out, or who the main forces in the Holy Lands were at the time. Whilst Artaud's quest is fictional (with some added supernatural events), the setting is quite real, with actual locations visited and use of historic figures. Artaud's quest will see his home in Dun-le-Roy wasted in a siege, travel across the Mediterranean to the port of Acre, and eventually to the Holy City of Jerusalem. Along the way historical information is provided on events and lifestyles of the period. The game's style has a 3rd-person perspective and uses digital footage of real actors again photo-realistic (for the time) backdrops, which are partially animated. Intertwined with the scenes is an encyclopaedia, which it is necessary to interact with in order to complete the tasks and fully understand the narrative. The structure of most of the tasks involves collecting items from the scenes and the encyclopaedia by dragging them into your inventory, and then re-arranging them on to the task screen. The game is very similar in style to 1998's Vikings"
42702,Prost Grand Prix 1998,"Prost Grand Prix 1998: La Sensation Des Champions, Prost Grand Prix 1998: Rennfaszination Pur",1998,5.7,Racing / Driving,,Oceania,"Prost Grand Prix is a Formula One racing game endorsed by the team owned by the four times World Champion Alain Prost, formerly Ligier. The game includes all teams and drivers from the 1997 season, and while only PGP is licensed, all others circuits can be edited to their real counterparts inside the game. Not only the name and colours can be changed, but also how fast and reliable the cars and pilots are. It's possible to run a championship, single race, private testing and set driver aids and realism settings."
42707,Rama,"Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee Present Rama, Rendezvous im Weltraum",1996,7.2,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Nobody has expected it - but one day, something entered the solar system from outside. The mysterious object appeared to be a gigantic cylinder with unknown properties. The International Space Agency (ISA) sent the special Newton Team onto the object, which they dubbed ""Rama"". The scientists soon discovered that Rama was, in fact, a huge biomechanical collector of alien species and their cities. One of the explorers, Valeriy Borzov, dies under mysterious circumstances. Another astronaut is sent to replace him, investigate the circumstances that led to his death, and perhaps uncover the mystery of Rama. Rama is a puzzle-solving adventure game based on Arthur C. Clarke's series of science fiction novels. Visually and gameplay-wise, it mostly follows the template of Myst consisting of pre-rendered backgrounds and live action scenes, and focusing almost entirely on complex logic puzzles. The player character has a special device called ""wristcomp"", which includes communicative, automapping, and teleporting abilities. A personal android provides descriptions of objects and comments on the events of the game."
42710,Road Spirits,,1991,6.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Road Spirits is an arcade-style racing game, similar to Rad Racer The player controls a car from an ""into the screen"" 3rd person perspective, racing through the 17 pseudo-3D courses (named after various geographical locations, e.g. ""West Coast"" etc.). There are other cars on the road, which can slow down the player-controlled car by colliding with it, but the race is against time rather than against these cars. The player is given a time limit for each course, and an indicator shows how close the car is to the completion. Should the car run out of time, the race is lost, and the player has to replay it before tackling the next one. The car can be controlled with two buttons only; collisions do not damage the car, but merely make it stop; though the player can change a car model and gear system, no realistic gear-based driving is used in the game. All this contribute to the overall arcade feeling of the races."
42716,Druglord,,1991,7.3,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"A small little financial game- something like the old Lemonade Stand games, except for the drug sales, robberies, shootouts with the police. No graphics- everything takes place on a text screen. You start out with $500, in one of 8 cities (Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Diego, and Washington DC). Buy and sell 8 different types of drugs (Ludes, Speed, Grass, Crystal, Acid, Heroin, Crack, Cocaine- in order from lowest to highest in street value.) Sock some money into the bank so you don't lose it due to robbery; visit loan sharks (and try to pay them off before they beat you up); buy overcoats to increase your ""holding"" potential, and more. You also attempt to build your reputation- but the higher your reputation, the more cops on your tail. You can try to run or fight the cops (and if you've got the rep, bring along friends)- but fights with large numbers of cops can quickly kill you, and trying to run from large numbers of cops can be nearly impossible. Drug prices fluctuate seemingly at random (but around a base point) when going from city to city, although large scale events like street raids, factory explosions, etc. can cause temporary price increases or decreases in one round while in the same city."
42720,F1 Pole Position 64,Human Grand Prix: The New Generation,1997,6.5,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"A Formula 1 racing game, officially acknowledged by the FIA F1 World Championship, containing the 16 World championship circuits of the day, ranging from Monza and the old Hockenheim to Monaco and the Hungaroring. Car setup is highly detailed, reflecting real Formula One and the game's simulation basis. You will have to race in the wet, which means further setup modification to cope with the reduced grip. You can also edit the level of car damage, the pit-car radio, and whether the CPU cars can collide. There are also Battle and Time Trial modes, with your best laptimes recorded."
42722,Dashin' Desperadoes,Rumble Kids,1993,6.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",Platform,Western,"Two cowboys try to win a girl's heart by racing each other in side-scrolling run-and-jump obstacle courses. The first to arrive will get her love. The duel takes you through six worlds with three levels each. In order to move on to the next world, you have to destroy the vehicle of your opponent, who has kidnapped the girl in each final level. Both singleplayer and multiplayer modes have horizontal split screens, which can be used strategically to slow down your rival. The cowboys can jump, pick up weapons and dash at regular intervals to gain some extra speed. In order to win the level, you need to make use of the many obstacles. Some are meant to slow you down, but others, such as running shoes, skateboards or jump pads, can be used to improve your speed. There are multiple paths for each level as well."
42723,Grid Iron 2,,1989,5.9,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"This (American) football management game uses a menu-driven system. There are 16 teams to choose from; the Dolphins, Packers and 49ers are all in there. Players are rated out of 10 on skill, energy and form. Player trading is handled in a soccer-style transfer market, rather than with a US 'draft' format - mid-season trades for money are common. Matches have no direct tactical input, and are viewed from remote highlight shots, which do not have the distinct pitch markings of the original (an old Softstone game released under three different names)."
42729,A Fork in the Tale,,1997,5.2,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"A Fork in the Tale is a FMV game starring Rob Schneider who voices the unseen player character. At the start of the story he saves a young woman's life and is transported to the dimension Eseveron. There he spends his time trying to figure out what is going on and then thwarting the plans of an evil villain. The game is an interactive movie in the tradition of Dragon's Lair : The player watches a movie with little possibilities for interaction. During the movie sequences buttons pop up which stand for actions he can undertake, e.g. starting a conversation or using an item. He has a limited time to click on one of these buttons - if he chooses the correct one the movie progresses, if he clicks on the wrong one or none at all he dies. Later in the game there is another form of interaction: the player has to recreate gestures with his mouse to perform magic spells. There are three difficulty levels which influence the difficulty of the choices and the tolerance for mistakes. It is marketed as a comedy adventure which means there are a lot of humorous remarks by the protagonist, especially when choosing the wrong path."
42730,Star Ixiom,,1999,6.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Ixiom is a remake of the classic 1985 game Star Luster. You play the role of a pilot for The United Galaxy Space Force, fighting alien invaders with the help of the strategic mobile battle unit ""Team Gaia"". Five alien races have launched a collective attack to curb mankind's expansion. You and ""Team Gaia"" rush to defend the colonies... Star Ixiom takes elements of other previous Namco space epics, Starblade and Galaxian 3, but places them in a free-form universe, strategically mapped. Gameplay mixes the first person space combat, strategic planning and some aspects of the role playing genre. There are three game modes, TRAINING, COMMAND, and CONQUEST. Training mode is, well, training. In Command mode you go out on separate missions where you systematically fight through one alien race at a time. In Conquest mode you are given a large randomly created map of a solar system that shows the location of your enemies and friendly objects such as planets and laboratories that you must defend."
42732,Galaxy Force,,1989,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Galaxy Force is a port of Galaxy Force II It removes the energy meter, the speed controls and the fifth level. The enemy placement is largely revised."
42733,Nastar Warrior,"Nastar, Rastan Saga II",1989,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"The ""Rastania"" was a sacred place, in which the sacred temple, ""Skyscraper"", soared into the sky. It is said that whoever conquer the ""Skyscraper"" would rule the ""Rastania"". A wicked group has invaded the ""Skyscraper"" and has tried to make it their own. If the situation is left as it is, the place would eventually be controlled by the wicked group. Rastan Saga II is the sequel to Rastan containing the same hack-em'/slash-'em gameplay as the original. You are a warrior who must get through a number of levels, and trying to collect gems which can only be obtained by defeating the end-of-level bosses. Collecting power-ups along the way awards you with extra life or better weapons."
42735,Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 in Live and Let Die: The Computer Game,"Aquablast, James Bond 007: Elä ja anna toisten kuolla, Leben und sterben lassen: Das Computerspiel",1988,6.4,Action,Shooter,,You are James Bond 007 and you must stop Mr. Big from delivering heroin for free. You control a boat that can destroy enemy boats and can go up to 100 MPH. You must dodge or destroy enemy boats and must dodge defensive gun fire.
42736,Sci-Fi Pinball,,1999,5.7,"Action, Simulation",Pinball,,"A pinball simulator with five tables based on Sci-Fi Movies. Includes Predator, Aliens, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer tables, as well as two The Fly tables. Gameplay includes the ability to ""nudge"" the machine."
42739,American Gladiators,,1991,4.3,"Action, Simulation","Fighting, Game show / trivia / quiz, Platform",,"American Gladiators is licensed from the popular TV show of the same name. It features a series of events testing players' strength, speed and skill against a trained team of ten 'Gladiators', five male and five female. The female characters are Ice, Gold, Lace, Blaze and Zap, most of whom are known for their bodybuilding achievements. Main male characters are Turbo, Nitro (who was featured in several television commercials for American television), Gemini, Thunder and Laser (Mr. Montana of 1986). In total there are seven events, all viewed from third-person views. The final one is the Eliminator assault course, in which you compete directly against an opponent."
42741,Surf Ninjas,,1994,4.7,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting, Puzzle elements",,"Surf Ninjas is based on the 1993 movie of the same title. You play as Johnny McQuinn, a teenage surfer, who learned a couple of ninja moves. Your ultimate goal is defeating the evil Colonel Chi who threatens your island, and the game leads you from California all the way to the South China Sea. In the game, you can move left or right through several scrolling screens that constitute one level. One button is used to fight the randomly spawning ninjas in beat 'em up fashion, while another one can be used to enter buildings. The player has an inventory that can hold only one item at a time. These items are used to solve some small puzzles within each stage."
42745,Blazing Lazers,Gunhed,1989,8.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Blazing Lazers is a top-down shooter featuring 9 levels of varied and fast-paced action. The story here is the usual save-the-world variety. You must pilot your ship against 8 super-weapons and ultimately destroy the menace once and for all. The power-up system in Blazing Lazers deserves special mention. There are four main types of weapons, and each type of weapon can be upgraded several times to produce an incredible amount of firepower. In addition, there are secondary weapons systems that provide you with shields, homing missiles, multi-fire units, or super weapon power."
42746,The Pagemaster,,1994,6.8,Action,Platform,,"The Pagemaster was released in conjunction with the Macaulay Culkin part action/part cartoon feature film released in 1994. Guide your character through a selection of levels based around themed books, ranging from Horror to Adventure and Fantasy worlds. You can use magic and stomp enemies to death by jumping on their head. Enemies include bats, flying books, giant hands, ghosts, pirates and many more."
42747,Dead or Alive 2,"DOA 2: Hardcore, Dead or Alive 2",1999,8.3,Action,Fighting,,"Dead or Alive 2 is a single-player and multiplayer 3D fighting game. The game centers on the second Dead or Alive World Combat Championship, a martial arts tournament that draws together fighters from across the globe. Each competitor has their own motivations, from personal vendettas to proving themselves as the strongest. The story mode follows these individual characters as they face rivals and progress through the competition, with short cutscenes tying together their encounters. Combat emphasizes fast-paced strikes, grapples, and counters. Each fighter has a unique move set, and the series’ trademark counter system allows players to reverse attacks by anticipating timing and direction. Movement occurs in three dimensions, with the addition of a dedicated dodge button to sidestep into the foreground or background. Matches are often fought in multi-level arenas, where characters can be knocked through walls, windows, or over railings into new areas, changing the layout and flow of the battle. Tag team mode allows players to select two fighters and switch between them during combat. Characters can chain attacks together, call in partners for combo finishers, or rescue them from danger with well-timed switches. Unlike some other tag-based fighting games, Dead or Alive 2 retains its standard single-player arcade and story modes alongside the tag system, providing both solo and team-based play styles."
42751,Bank Heist,,1983,6.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",,"Interwar, North America","You are a bank robber, driving around a maze of streets (representing the city) in a 1930's style car. Your purpose is clear: perform ""bank heists"" by driving across white-pillared symbols that represent banks. As you ""rob"" each of the banks, they disappear, and a police car appears in its place, beginning hot pursuit after a few moments. You must avoid the cops to stay alive. Fortunately you are not completely defenseless, as you have a stock of dynamite, which you can strategically drop to destroy the cop cars. Besides the escape tunnel that will take you from one side of the screen to another (as in Pac-Man ), there is an additional tunnel that represents the road out of town. By taking it, you will find yourself in the next city. Each city is increasingly difficult, and the cop cars are faster and smarter. There are 9 banks in each town, and you receive an increase in gasoline each time you rob one. Therefore, the goal of the game is to drive from town to town, navigating the mazes of streets, and robbing as many of the banks in each town as you are able to. This keeps your gas supply high, and the money rolling in! If you run out of gas, the game is over."
42756,Apocalypse,,1994,7.2,Action,Shooter,,"In its simplest essence, Apocalypse a helicopter-based shoot 'em up inspired by Choplifter! You must enter the jungle fortress of an evil dictator and take out his forces single-handedly. Also rescue as many POWs as possible. The levels scroll horizontally, and feature 32-colour multi-level parallax graphics. Enemies include tanks, helicopters, watch-tower patrols and howitzers."
42762,Tecmo's Deception,"Devil's Deception, Kokumeikan: Trap Simulation Game, Tecmo's Deception: Invitation to Darkness",1996,7.2,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,,"Once upon a time, there was a prince who wanted nothing else out of life but marry his sweetheart Fiana and live happily ever after. But his fate took an unexpected turn when his malicious brother Yurias killed their father, the king, and framed the prince for murder in order to get Fiana for himself. Possessed by despair, the prince's soul could not rest in peace. The prince made a pact with Satan himself, and was given the Castle of the Damned, where he would set traps to capture souls, grow stronger, and eventually get his revenge... Deception is a first-person perspective game that has elements of strategy and role-playing. The main activity in the game is setting traps for those who dare to venture into the castle, which requires magic points. Captured invaders can be dealt with in various ways. They can be released, killed, or have their soul devoured. The game registers the prince's deeds with a morality system: killing innocent people who just happen to be inside the castle would lower the morality level of the protagonist. Devouring the souls increases the hero's parameters, similarly to experience points in RPGs. Money can be obtained from corpses and spent on expanding the castle. Body parts can be used to create and summon monsters, who would help the owner to stop invaders."
42770,Maziacs,Gronks,1983,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"Maziacs is a maze game. The maze in Maziacs has no edges but has around 100 locations and a new maze is generated at each game start. The aim of Maziacs is to find the treasure and take it to the point the game started. All scattered over the maze are prisoners, food, swords and treasures for you to collect but you are chased by monsters that will attack you. A sword can only kill one Maziac, a hostile and horrible monster and it's only possible to carry one item at the time. Without a sword, you can still fight Maziacs, but your chances of victory are much lower. You need to collect food or you will die of starvation. To find the treasure you should ask the prisoners who can show you the way, but only for a short distance. The route will turn yellow for a short time. The prisoners will also tell you the way back to your starting point. As you can only carry one item at the time it is best to kill as many Maziacs on your way to the treasure."
42778,NFL Football,,1993,5.9,Sports,,,"A football game featuring both an exhibition mode and a playoff mode. The game features all the real team names and logos of that era. Exhibition mode lets the player select a team and play either another player or the computer. The player can also select a demo mode where two computer controlled teams will face off against each other. The playoff mode features 12 teams competing for a chance to win the Super Bowl. During the game, the field is mainly viewed from a horizontal perspective. Players select their plays (pass, run, or kick) and try to outscore their opponents by the time the clock runs out. After every quarter, the game updates the player to the current game statistics. Options include choosing whether to use standard or team specific playbooks, setting the quarter length (5, 10, or 15 minutes), and setting the weather conditions. The game also features a voice that announces key events like first downs and timeouts that can be turned off if the player desires it so."
42783,NBA in the Zone 2000,NBA Power Dunkers 5,2000,6.2,Sports,,,"The third in the In the Zone titles features all the usual options you come to expect from an NBA simulation title, including Season, Exhibition, Playoff, All-Star, Slam Dunk and three point shoot-out contests. Fully licensed, the game features all the latest players, stats and teams from the NBA 99/2000 season, plus the icon-passing and on the fly play calling for a complete basketball game. Commentary again features the voice of Ray Clay."
42786,Crosswize,,1988,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the sequel to Sidewize the call is out once again to save a planet to from invading aliens. Armed with a jetpack and laser gun, it's the player's job to go to Luna Sys Ref 7091 and save its inhabitants. Like its predecessor, Crosswize is a horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up. Alien attack waves must be blasted or avoided and obstacles evaded over three levels. The starting weapon is a simple laser, which can be upgraded by flying over one of the occasionally appearing weapons icons and pressing fire. Options include laser fire (firing multiple shots straight forward) and surround fire (firing multiple shots forward at an angle). Also available are smart bombs and shields. The power ups exist in two varieties, one more powerful and longer lasting than the other. An eye must also be kept on the energy meter, which slowly runs out, slowing the player down. It can be refilled by picking up energy capsules. Each level ends with a boss battle against a guardian alien. The game can be played by two players: each player waits for the other player to lose all their lives before playing."
42788,Seaman,,1999,7.4,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"Ever want to raise your own pet, starting with nothing but a tiny egg? How about raise him to be a smart-mouthed, viper-tongued companion who listens to you and gives you a dose of smart-ass advice? Look no further than the lab of Dr. Jean Paul Gassé, who left you a few eggs from the mysterious creature known as the Seaman. Now you've got the chance to raise your very own Seaman. Talk to him, tickle him, feed him...just don't rub him the wrong way, or you'll end up with an angry pet and a big headache."
42790,M: Alien Paranoia,M: Alieno Paranoia,2000,5.8,Action,Platform,,"M: Alien Paranoia is a 3D platform game with a visual style resembling Warner Bros cartoons. M, the titular hero of the game, is a small alien stranded in a strange world. In order to escape, he'll need to jump from one platform to another with great precision, explore different landscapes, find objects, defend himself from different enemies and find the escape route, generally defended by the 'final boss'."
42796,The Incredible Machine,,1992,7.7,Puzzle,,,"The Incredible Machine is a puzzle game where the player has to assemble a Rube Goldberg-type contraption to solve a simple puzzle. The game consists of a series of puzzles, each having a simple objective, such as ""put the baseball into the basket"" or ""turn on the fan"". To achieve this, the player is given a number of parts such as: balls, girders, rope, balloons, seesaws, cats or monkeys, and his job is to arrange and connect them on the playfield, so that, upon clicking the ""start puzzle"" button, the whole contraption activates and achieves the objective. For added difficulty, some puzzles have different gravity or air pressure from that of Earth. There is also a freeform mode where the player is given an unlimited number of parts to construct a machine of his own invention. The machines created this way can be saved to disk."
42800,Trespasser: The Lost World - Jurassic Park,,1998,6.1,Action,Shooter,,"Trespasser uses the Jurassic Park license and takes place on ""Site B"", the Costa Rican Island from the Lost World where Jurassic Park's dinosaurs were originally created and, following the island's abandonment, allowed to breed out of control. Players take the role of Anne, the sole survivor of an airplane crash who finds herself stranded in the Lost World, and who needs to find a way off the island (or at least avoid becoming a dinosaur meal). Throughout the journey, Anne will be accompanied by the disembodied voice of John Hammond, the founder of Jurassic Park. Trespasser does not feature some of the typical first-person shooter interface elements. There are no health bars, ammo displays, or power-ups, and players can't pick things up just by walking over them. Instead, interaction with the environment is done using Anne's arm, which can be moved around using the mouse and which can be used to pick up items, throw rocks, push down crates or wield weapons. Anne's voice gives a rough estimate of the amount of ammo left whenever she wield a gun, and Anne has a heart-tattoo that fills with red as she becomes more damaged. The game also features a 'realistic' physics model where every movable object can be knocked over, roll around, or thrown in a manner related to their size and weight. This also means players can crush some of the smaller dinosaurs with heavy crates, and can even use a rock to bash their heads in. The dinosaurs in the game are only trying to survive instead of existing solely for the purpose of killing Anne in wave after wave. Thus they run away when injured and will often attack other dinosaurs rather than the player."
42802,Robot Odyssey,,1984,7.6,"Adventure, Educational, Puzzle",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Robot Odyssey is a logic adventure game. You have been taken into Robotropolis, an underground city of robots. To escape, you must program your robot helpers Sparky, Checkers, and Scanner to solve the puzzles and escape."
42819,NFL Quarterback Club 2000,,1999,5.8,Sports,,,"QC returns for another season. For the third time around, improvements over the previous titles include far more player detail and animations during plays (thanks to 1200 motion captured moves) and more moves and strategies. In terms of gameplay, the usual assortment of options are included, from full team management (trades, drafting, etc.) to create a player and create a team modes. Play with 4 people in Tournament, Season, Playoffs, Pro Bowl and Exhibition games, along with the chance to re-live past Super Bowls."
42823,Millennium Auction,,1994,7.1,Strategy / tactics,,,"Welcome to the best auction game around. Millennium Auction pits you against a group of bidders all trying to get the best deals without buying something that has no resale value. After picking your character, you proceed to your first auction. Take the time to examine what items will be in the auction (you can see what everything looks like and read about the items as well) and then do some research. Talk with the other bidders to see what they like or don't like. Check the newspaper, radio, and more as you see what items might be worth something when trying to sell them later. Is it worth getting Bill Clinton's Saxophone? Will you be able to make a profit on it if you bid on it? Your research will help you make that decision. Items available to bid on in the game include many real items such as the Mona Lisa and Starry Night paintings as well as fake items that can still be worth something in this game."
42830,Jetboat Superchamps,,1999,6.1,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Arcade boat racing. Take control of one of six Manga-inspired jetboaters, from the noble-but-stern Takeshi to the flirtatious Kaori, and race around the Aqua Marine, Urban Mist and Shrine courses. Beat the competitive Champs in the Championship mode, or challenge yourself against the clock in Time Trial mode."
42833,Saboteur,Saboteur!,1986,7.3,Action,"Platform, Shooter, Stealth",,"Saboteur combines platform, beat 'em up and stealth elements, setting you as a lone samurai trying to infiltrate an enemy complex. You are capable of all manner of ninja-style moves including kicks and punches, as well as using weaponry. You must travel through an underground complex linked mainly by platforms and ladders, before triggering a bomb and escaping the complex. Your energy recharges if you stay still, so finding areas free of guards (kill these for money) and dogs (avoid them; killing them gains you nothing) is useful, especially as you only have one life. There's plenty of object manipulation involved, although only one item can ever be carried at a time."
42834,Pyracurse,,1986,7.1,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The Sinu tribe of South America have long been a mystery to explorers. Their God Xipe Totec demanded regular human sacrifices to retain his power, and he is still feared when Sir Pericles Pemberton-Smythe heads off to investigate his tomb. He disappears, leading his daughter Daphne to assemble a team to track him down, which is where the player comes in. The team is made up of Daphne, her fiance Professor Kite, a drunken journalist known as 'Legless' O'Donnell, and her trusty dog Frozbie. You can control any of these in turn, and order them to lead the other members of the team. The Professor is the smartest at solving the puzzles you will encounter, Daphne takes after her father as a natural explorer, O'Donnell is physical strong, and Frozbie is good at rooting around uncovering hidden objects. The Tombs are isometrically-viewed, with the perspective revealing some areas and concealing others. Zombies and other monsters wandering through the tomb must be avoided. Each member can carry 3 objects, which are used to solve these puzzles - some objects are limited to certain characters. Options such as switching character, movement mode and object use are activated by pressing fire to bring up a menu, and using left and right to select the option."
42835,The Journeyman Project,,1993,7.5,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Claiming to be the first ever photorealistic game, The Journeyman Project take us to the far future, to the year 2318. Humanity is on the verge on signing an historic peace treaty with an alien civilisation called the Symbiotry. However, it seems someone is altering history and meddling with the timeline. This is due to a newly created machine, the Pegasus time travel machine. You are a member of the team assigned to guard it, and now you must use it to travel back through time and unravel the mystery and stop whoever is behind it. In your travels, you will travel from 2 million years BC to the far future, solving puzzles and untangling the mystery. The game is played from a 1st-person view point. The game was originally made for the Macintosh and the PC port suffered some problems, leading to a later improved release, re-titled The Journeyman Project: Turbo!"
42839,Double Dribble: The Playoff Edition,"Hyper Dunk: The Playoff Edition, HyperDunk",1994,6.1,"Action, Sports",Arcade,,An updated version of the original Double Dribble basketball game Double Dribble: The Playoff Edition. The Playoff Edition expands dramatically on the original in a number of ways:* 16 teams of 12 (fictitious) players each
42847,Blue Lightning,,1995,5.2,"Action, Simulation",,,"The insanely evil General Drako is spreading his own special blend of spite and chaos around the globe. You are a top fighter pilot for the UN's Blue Lightning squad. You have to travel from continent to continent, and end Drako's plans at each stop using your awesome flight skills. Blue Lightning is a 3D flight game featuring 7 real-life fighter jets. There are several types of missions, including dogfights, ground targets, and escorts. Your arsenal consists of various cannons, missiles, and special bombs. The game can be played either from a behind-the-plane perspective, or an in-cockpit perspective."
42848,Astro Warrior / Pit Pot,,1986,7.3,Compilation,,,Two games on one cartridge:
42855,Sigma 7,Sigma Seven,1986,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The space station Sigma 7 has a problem: all robots have gone havoc. Now the player has to set things right by using the central controls inside the station - but of course it is not that easy. He first have to solve three levels with different gameplay mechanics: The first is a diagonally scrolling shooter which plays very basic: don't getting hit by the mines which come in formations of three. It is best to shoot them, however, because surviving mines may come back from the side, which is deadly. After reaching the station, the game becomes a Pac-Man variant. In a maze-like field the player needs to pick up glowing balls on the floor without being touched by the enemies. But there are two important differences: the player controls a tank, i.e. he can shoot the foes, and he doesn't have to pick up all balls. If he got enough, he can simply use the exit. However, a few balls can't be picked up and the pattern needs to be remembered, During the last mini game the player gets presented with a panel of buttons. He bounces a ball on those buttons to recreate the pattern from before. He needs to look after a force field which follows the ball's movements - touching it results in losing a life. The buttons also flash in different colours and the bouncing only gets registered when the right colour is active. After finishing this level the game loops with faster enemies."
42857,Lucienne's Quest,Sword & Sorcery,1995,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Follow the story of an absent-minded young sorceress Lucienne and her gang of misfit monsters, as they try to stop the evil mage Death Shadow from destroying the world. Lucienne’s Quest is a game of the classic roleplaying genre but presented in full 3D graphics (and sprite characters) uncommon for the time. The battles are fought in a traditional turn-based manner but allow for more strategy than most classic RPGs. The game places ambient obstacles on the battlefield to block some attack paths but allows the player to strategically reposition his fighters along the bottom two rows of the map before every turn to take advantage of the terrain. The game also features a dynamic day/night system that serves little purpose other than changing one of your party members from human into a werewolf and back."
42861,Commando,"Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Commando, Senjō no Ōkami, Space Invasion, Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando",1985,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Several levels await your super-tough Commando in this vertical scrolling game. Armed with only a standard rifle and a few grenades you must take on hordes of enemy soldiers. Some are wandering around in the open, while others have picked out hiding places, which you must approach from certain angles. Trees, rivers and bridges create a varied combat-like terrain and must be incorporated into your thinking. Extra grenades can be collected, and will definitely be required, as they allow you to kill from distance and thus avoid some enemy shots."
42863,Mickey's Safari In Letterland,,1993,6.1,"Action, Educational",,,"Mickey's Safari In Letterland chronicles Mickey Mouse's globetrotting adventures (on a slightly modified globe) to capture letters for educational purposes. Goofy assists with chauffeur and data processing duties. Mickey can venture into any of the following 6 territories: Yukon, Swamp, Forest, Jungle, Pyramid, and Caribbean. In each area, his mission is to collect three diamonds that contain letters. Doing so will spell a word. Then, Mickey ventures to the end of the level and collects a large slab. If Mickey collects the three diamonds in the stage to spell a 3-letter word, Mickey spells the word with digitized audio samples and says the word, complete with an illustration. Then, the slab that Mickey collected at the end of the stage is fed by Goofy through a large machine that spits out a letter. It is up to the player to identify which letter this is. This game is oriented towards very young children. As such, it is essentially impossible to fail. There are many enemies in the game but none actually inflict harm. Snakes, porcupines, hippos, alligators, and even baby seals-- Mickey just bounces off each. Mickey can also swim handily and sustain long falls. Further, the game allows the player to point at letters on a board and have Mickey say them using the cartridge's library of digitized mouse voice samples."
42865,Damocles: Mercenary II,Damocles,1990,8.0,"Action, Simulation",Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this sequel to the game Mercenary the planet Eris is in danger: A comet, fittingly named ""Damocles"", is on a straight collision course with the planet. Within only a few hours, the comet will obliterate Eris. It is your job to prevent this. In the maddeningly short time frame, you will have to explore the galaxy (which contains 9 planets and 19 moons) and try to find a way to stop the comet. Just like Mercenary, you play this game in the first person perspective, this time however with detailed filled polygon graphics. You can walk on the planets, drive vehicles and fly spaceships. It is very non-linear, you can go to any planet and any moon at any time and do whatever you like. You'll have to find and use objects and examine buildings and places... and stay away from Eris if you can't destroy Damocles in time!"
42869,ATP Tour Championship Tennis,,1995,7.1,Sports,,,"In this quasi-sequel of Wimbledon Sega secured the ATP license, bringing 32 players (including Pete Sampras, John McEnroe and Stefan Edberg) plus a few others from the Senior Tour (among six others, legends such as Ilie Nastase and Stan Smith), as well as the option to create four players that can be developed in the ATP Tour mode. Each player has seven attributes that define their control and power in both serve, forehand and backhand, as well as their footwork. Four court types are available which affect the speed and bounce of the ball in different ways, and 11 real ATP tournaments are available to play. There are three game modes: Exhibition match, Exhibition Tournament (where the player competes in a 32-player tournament), ATP Senior Tour Event (where the player chooses one of the retired players and competes in a 8-player tournament) and the ATP Tour, where it's possible to create a player and develop his skills by winning (or simply doing well) on tournaments, with one extra point on each round won. Gameplay uses a simple 3-button layout, where the A button lobs the ball, B performs a controlled passing shot and C allows the fastest top spin shots, with the directional pad affecting the direction and depth of the shot."
42871,Dragon Warrior Monsters,"Dragon Quest Monsters, Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry no Wonderland Retro",1998,8.3,Role-playing (RPG),,,"In Dragon Warrior Monsters you enter Terry's Wonderland, a magical place of kings, monsters and magic spells. Make monsters your allies to fight your way through the dangers in the quest. You set out into the Wonderland to rescue your kidnapped sister. Each monster has individual abilities to be used in battle. You train then, and breed them to build up your monsters collection. With 1000's of possible monster combinations - can you breed the rarest and most powerful monsters? The game takes place in its own little fantasy roleplay world, and is somewhat alike to Pokemon in style."
42875,Explosive Racing,X.Racing,1997,6.7,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"This game is a sequel to Toka's previous game Burning Road which made a ton of improvements over the first game. For one, you are now able to drive motorcycles in addition to cars, and you also have headlights you can turn on if visibility of the track starts to dim. Like Burning Road, this game is an arcade racer. Drifting is similar to Sega Rally as taking a turn will cause your car to slide. You not only have to race against your opponents, but also against time. Passing through the checkpoints throughout the track will replenish your time limit, but you have to be quick and careful not to crash into anything! In the beginning, you start off with only two tracks, six vehicles, and the Practice and Championship modes. By successfully clearing the game modes in specific ways, you can unlock more tracks, vehicles and additional game modes. There's also a two player mode which can be accessed using the PlayStation Link Cable."
42881,Tom & Jerry,"Tom & Jerry (and Tuffy), Tom & Jerry: Das Spiel Katz und Maus, Tom & Jerry: The Ultimate Game of Cat and Mouse!, Tom and Jerry",1991,6.8,Action,Arcade,,"This game plays very similar to Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers Tom has mouse-napped Jerry's nephew Tuffy and locked him in a trunk in the attic. You and your furry little buddy Jerry must dash, jump, and climb from the basement up through every level of the house to rescue him in time. Jerry's main defense is his unlimited supply of marbles. Pick up other items such as bubble gum, meat cleaver, cups of water, moth balls, hammer, invisible ink and drill to overcome the enemies and obstacles in your way. Make sure you outwit Tom whenever he appears. Look for cheese power-ups and mouse hole bonus stages along the way."
42883,Legend of Myra,The Legend of Myra,1993,6.1,Action,Puzzle elements,,"In Legend of Myra humanity tries to exterminate all rabbits. And obviously the best way to do this is by storing all cabbages underground so that they can't reach them. The player takes control over the rabbit Myra who has to try just that. This is a Boulder Dash variant: Myra has to dig through the dirt in each of the 120 levels (simply by walking through it) and collect all cabbages. Of course there are many monsters which are deadly by touch which can be destroyed by dropping a stone on their head: gravity takes over as soon as the dirt under a rock is gone. But of course a Myra can also die when he is in the way. During the course of the game there are additional obstacles (e.g. teleporters, switches, mines or doors) and power ups like pistols to find. Especially useful are carrots which give Myra the ability to bite through rocks and monsters."
42885,PO'ed,,1995,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"PO'ed is an action game similar to DOOM You are a cook who has to escape an alien world. With such weapons as a frying pan or a drill, you must bash your way through levels full of monsters, one of them being a walking arse (yes, not kidding). One of the most useful items in-game is a jetpack which you must use frequently to explore levels and get to places where no space-cook has gone before."
42901,Dragonfire,"Dragon Fire, Dragon Treasure",1982,6.9,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"The king's treasures have been stolen! As the daring young prince, your goal is to recover them all. The treasures are being kept in various castles, each one guarded by a fire breathing dragon. Each level in the game has two parts; first you will need to cross the castle's drawbridge. You will have to jump and duck the dragons fireballs as well as avoid flying arrows to reach the other side! In the second part you need to collect all of the treasures on the screen and make it to the exit while avoiding the dragon who runs across the bottom of the screen. The dragons on each level have different patterns of movement and firing, and as the levels progress will become faster and trickier."
42908,Wacky Darts,,1987,7.1,Sports,Board game,,"The bar room game of darts involves aiming small projectiles at a circular board. The board is divided into 20 shapes around the edge, each of which has a value from 1 to 20 points, a special double area around the edge and a special treble area in the middle (each of which multiply the shot score). There is also a bullseye right in the middle for 50 points and an outer bull around it, worth 25 points. Players always take three shots at a time. In the 501 game the aim is to reduce the score from 501 to 0, finishing with a double or the bull. If the score reaches 1 or a negative number, any shots in that set of 3 are cancelled out. In Round The Board, the player must hit each target in turn starting with 20, but moving back 2 or 3 for a double or treble, eventually finishing with Double Top. Both of these games are recreated in this simulation. The movement of the cursor you use to aim is slightly skiddy, to recreate natural jitters (or, as some would cynically suggest, the effects of being as drunk as most darts players). Wacky Darts lives up to its name by featuring an assortment of human, alien, and machine opponents of varying difficulties. Each of them has a short profile, and use a different object to hit the board."
42913,Hunter's Moon,,1987,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Your Hunter starship has been sucked into a black hole, and emerged in a region filled with hives of re-spawning cells, most of which have a portal in the middle. Viewed from above, you will have to shoot your way past the hives and into the portals. There are 16 systems, each split into between 4 and 9 levels, and each of these has a number of hives. These are highlighted on a radar at the bottom of the screen, and one of them flashes. If you fly into this one first within a time limit, you will automatically complete the level. Otherwise, you will have to fly into them all. Avoid crashing into the hives, and watch out for the white worker cell, which moves around replacing destroyed hives - contact with this is fatal."
42919,Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs,,1989,7.2,Sports,,,"Lakers vs. Celtics is a basketball game featuring real NBA teams. Gameplay is action-oriented with an emphasis on offense. Play an exhibition game or try to win the NBA title in the playoff tournament mode. A season mode is not available. You can substitute tired players but there aren't any other management options. The game features ten '88-'89 NBA teams, including the East and West All-Stars. You can play with some of the biggest names in NBA history including Kareem, Bird, Jordan and Ewing. Several star players have their own signature move."
42922,Babyz: Your Virtual Bundle of Joy,Babyz: A te rendre complètement gaga !,1999,6.9,Simulation,,,"The ""game"" is much like Dogz of Petz from PF Magic but as the name suggests you adopt human infants. You have a wardrobe of clothes to cover them in, and shelves of toys for them to play with. There are also more babies, toys and clothes that can be downloaded online. The box advertises that each copy comes with its own unique baby, which is true in that no two babies will be the same, as they change in response to your interaction with them as they grow. Voice interaction is an integral part of the game, and it came packaged with a microphone for the purpose. You teach them to recognize you, and can teach them the names of the objects they play with."
42925,Spoils of War,"Conquestador, The Spoils of War",1991,6.9,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,Fantasy,"Like most of GDG 's games, Spoils of War is a strategic/managerial wargame. You command your conquistadors in exploration, colonization and battle on land and sea. Although the setting strongly reminds of the Spanish occupation of America in 15th and 16th century, the game is settled on a fictive planet called Paradise, in the Orion Sector. Like in Heirs to the Throne gameplay is divided into different phases and activities. You explore and conquer new lands, build cities and havens and try to hold your lands against your opponents, or, even better, try to conquer their territories. Battles are very tactical and strategical, as troop experience as well as supplies have a strong impact on battles, too. For up to 4 players, the game offers scalable difficulty levels, strong computer AI, an economical as well as different land- and sea-battle systems and even a savable Hall of Fame for the best conquistadors."
42931,Motocross Maniacs 2,Crazy Bikers,1999,7.6,Racing / Driving,,,"Motocross Maniacs 2 is the follow up to the Game Boy title Motocross Maniacs. Much like in the previous iteration of the game, the aim is to ride a dirt-bike through side-scrolling courses filled with loops, jumps, ramps and hills. There are many bonus items to help the player along the way, such as nitro boosts and super suspension. The player has the option to play against a computer player or a friend (via Link Cable), as well as Time Trial or Championship. There is also a level editor and room for three saved custom tracks made by the player."
42932,NASCAR Racing,"NASCAR Racing for Mac, NASCAR Racing für Mac",1994,7.9,Racing / Driving,,,"In Papyrus' third racing game, the focus is moved from open-wheeled cars ( IndyCar Racing ) to closed-cockpit Nascar stock cars. 640x480 is the highest resolution on offer, on the CD-ROM version. Nascar Racing is a detailed simulation with realistic car models, accurate controls and room for a distinct racing style. Nine tracks are featured, the Watkins Glen road course alongside oval racing. You have full control over the car's set up and paint job. To reach a wide audience, various driving aids are available, such as auto-shifting and auto-braking. Races can be fine-tuned with the amount of laps. One of the notable features is drafting, by which you can position your car just inches off the rear of competitors in front of you. When in this aerodynamically optimal position, you gain acceleration, conserve fuel and place less stress on the mechanical parts. By timing right, you can also make a quick pass."
42937,David Crane's The Rescue of Princess Blobette Starring A Boy and his Blob,"David Crane's A Boy and his Blob in... The Rescue of Princess Blobette, Fushigi na Blobby: Princess Blob o Sukue!",1990,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",,"This unusual game is a mix of action and adventure. You control the Boy, who is accompanied by the very versatile Blob. Your goal, of course, is to rescue the Princess Blobette from a large castle. In order to do so, the Boy must use the Blob to get past the castle's many obstacles. The Blob is an extremely useful creature. By feeding it jelly beans, it will turn into useful things like a trampoline, ladder, or key."
42943,Beyond Pearl Harbor: Pacific Warriors,Pacific Warriors: Air Combat Action,2000,5.7,Action,,"Oceania, World War II","Imagine the classic Arcade game 1942 in 3D. You have a choice of flying 3 different WW2 planes in 25 Single Player Missions and 5 scenarios. While the game starts with classic weapon systems such as machine guns, you can power up to rockets and strange rayguns later on. Enemies consist of Bombers, Cruisers, Battleships, Tanks, Pursuit Planes etc. The game has 3D positional audio and allows for 8 player dogfights."
42944,Boot Camp,Combat School,1987,7.4,Sports,Mini-games,North America,"Boot Camp is a slight twist on the sports game genre. The player is in a military boot camp, and needs to pass a variety of training exercises so that they can eventually complete important missions. Some of the events they'll compete in are the obstacle course, firing ranges, iron man race, arm wrestling, and a fight with their instructor. Gameplay is similar to that of the Epyx Games series with many unique events that must be completed to move on. Two players can play simultaneously, or one player against the computer."
42945,Frenzy,Stern's Frenzy,1982,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Frenzy is the sequel to Berzerk and gameplay is similar. You are chased around a maze of rooms by various robots and your player must avoid their lasers and shoot them back to destroy them. There's only so much time the player can stay in a room before a ""Robot Attacks"" occurs and a smiley face of death moves in on the player. In Frenzy there are also reflective mirrors in place of certain walls which reflect shots back and allow you to ricochet your fire. Also unique to Frenzy are four ""device rooms"" with a special icon in the center of the room that may be destroyed for bonus points and a special effect within that room."
42947,Star Wars,,1987,7.3,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Released only in Japan, this Famicom version of Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope features a black-haired version of Luke Skywalker with full Jedi powers that goes through various adventures that are loosely based on some events that take place in the 1977 film. Unlike any other game adaption of the film, this version takes several drastic liberties with the overall story and character meetings. The game is a side-scrolling platformer that has Luke begin his travels on Tatooine. While Luke eventually travels to the Death Star and Yavin IV, he travels to other planets such as Kessell, Iscalon, and Hoth to rescue his imprisoned friends before he flies his X-Wing fighter during the final Death Star trench run. Along the way, he fights against Tusken Raiders, Stormtroopers, Boba Fett, and rides in vehicles such as his Landspeeder... or a whale on Hoth. At the end of each level, there is a boss fight that squares Luke against Darth Vader look-alikes, who transform into various creatures such as scorpions, pterodactyls, sharks and more."
42951,DX-Ball 2,,1998,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"DX-Ball 2 is based on Michael P. Welch 's DX-Ball in turn based on Megaball by the Mackey brothers. Gameplay uses the Breakout idea of using a bat to guide a ball around a screen smashing bricks, without letting it drop off the bottom of the screen. It adds power-up tokens, such as - multiple balls, mounted guns to shoot out bricks, a more destructive ball, and a larger bat. Sporting a completely revised game engine with new graphics, faster framerates and support for in-game music via Carlos Hasan's SEAL, DX-Ball 2 is sold as five different board packs - Board Pack 1 Board Pack 2 Board Pack 3 Memorial Pack and Classic Pack The demo version includes a sample of Board Pack 1 It was later rereleased with new content as DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition"
42956,Gunlok,,2000,7.3,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Real-time tactics (RTT),Sci-fi / futuristic,"From the creators of Aliens vs Predators comes Gunlok, a 3D isometric team-based real-time strategy game. The human race has advanced technologically to the point that robots now do all the work while the humans enjoy a life of leisure. One day mankind gave up control of the robots and soon the machines realized they had unrestricted power and waged war against themselves and the human race. Soon the machines settled their differences amongst themselves and turned their animosity towards man. This is where you come in. Play as Gunlok, a human with power armor and a radical new energy technology - Earth Power to once again bring the machines back into order. Control Gunlok and four robot/mechs on missions to infiltrate The Corporation and take control of a world gone mad. Each character has their own special abilities in which you will need to use to advance in the war against the robots like a lightly armored robot that is good at scouting to a heavily armored ""tank"" robot that can take allot of damage as well as give it out to a repair-bot that can not only heal/repair damage but can also immobilize enemy robots. Weapons are many and varied from plasma pistols to missile launchers to a weapon called a Nanofragmenter that sprays energized nanobots that dismantle enemies at the atomic scale. Every character including Gunlok can be upgraded with modules to enhance the robot from scanners to scan the terrain (your in-game mini-map) to hologram generators to fool the enemies. Enemy robots have the ability to see and hear you and you have the ability to cloak yourself in junk piles or in water that is deep enough. Also use audio mines to distract your enemies to sneak around them. Gunlok has a re-con ability which is seen in first person mode that allows you to identify your enemies and fire the Energy Pulse Weapon which does heavy damage to the enemy at a health cost to Gunlok. Play 15 huge single player levels or play in several types of multiplayer modes including co-operative play on single player levels, death match, capture the flag and rescue the president."
42962,H.E.R.O.,"H.E.R.O.: Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation, Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation",1984,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"There is trouble in the mines! Volcanic activity has trapped numerous miners, and it is your job to save them. As Roderick Hero, you need to make your way through the dangerous mineshaft avoiding the dangerous creatures and lava, and find out where the miners are located before you run out of energy. To help on your mission, Roderick Hero has several useful types of equipment. A prop pack will allow you to hover and fly around the mineshaft and (hopefully) avoid the many dangers within. Your helmet features a short-range microlaser beam which can be used to destroy the bats, spiders, snakes, and other creatures you'll encounter in the mines. From time to time, your path through the mine may be blocked by stone or lava walls. You begin each mission with six sticks of dynamite which can be used to destroy these obstacles (be careful you don't blow yourself up, though!). If you run out of dynamite, your laser beam can also be used to destroy the walls, though this will take longer and use up more energy. As the levels progress, the mine shaft will become longer and more maze-like, creatures will more frequently block the path, and lava walls and pools will appear which are dangerous to the touch."
42963,Target Earth,Assault Suit Leynos,1990,6.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Target Earth is a space shooting game set in the future with Earth under attack by robots. The protagonist of the game is a pilot of a mech robot which can either walk on planet surfaces or fly in space. There are two types of levels in the game. Surface levels take place on planets or moons and allow the mech to run and jump to the end of the level while fighting enemies, as in a side scrolling game. Space levels have no gravity and allow the mech to move in any direction. The mech can be equipped with a large assortment of machine guns, lasers, and grenades."
42968,Statix,,1994,7.4,Puzzle,"Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle",,"Seemingly, even with Tetris over five years old by the time this game was made, there were new things to do with blocks that had to be dropped from the top of screen by being correctly position, and grouped into lines of three (horizontally, vertically or diagonally), so that those blocks would disappear and cause others to drop to fill the gaps. In Statix you have to balance the blocks on a see-saw, which has a central pivot which starts several notches above the ground. The balance adjusts depending on how many blocks are in each column, meaning that removing vertical matches from the far end of the playing area has an especially dramatic effect. If it is too unbalanced, it's game over. Things are also made harder by the limited amount of blocks that can be supported - if this is exceeded the see-saw drops a notch, giving you less leeway with the even-ness of the blocks. There's a two-player mode in which each player has access to half of the see-saw, and the player whose end becomes overstocked loses. At times co-operation is required to keep the game alive, at other times you ought to set up a combo on your side, causing it to plummet down on your opponent."
42971,Generations Lost,,1994,6.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Generations Lost is a platform action game in which the player takes the role of Monobe, an adventurer on the search for the past of his people. Thanks to his magic armour Monobe is able to execute many different moves. Besides running and jumping, Monobe can roll on the ground, deliver blows with hands and feet, and shoot energy balls. With the help of an energy rope Monobe can swing from platform to platform. Most of the time, Monobe has to solve several puzzles, find secret switches and survive deadly traps. The game is split into six areas which can be accessed via the ""Magic Box"" teleporter."
42975,ECW Hardcore Revolution,,2000,4.9,Sports,,,"This version of Hardcore Revolution is different from its console counterparts. This version has ten wrestlers to choose from: Mike Awesome, Balls Mahoney, Justin Credible, Tommy Dreamer, Jerry Lynn, Raven, Sabu, Lance Storm, Tajiri, Rob Van Dam, each with their own signature finishing move along with the standard set such as punch, kick, suplex as well as turnbuckle moves. There are five different modes to choose from: Challenge*: where a player chooses a wrestler and goes up against an endless wave of opponents. Career : where the player will fight against a series of opponents in a quest to become ECW Champion. Vs Mode : where the player fights against other opponents in a single match. Barbed Wire : a regular match, just with barbed-wire in place of regular wrestling ropes Training : where players can learn their wrestlers moves."
42980,Quest for Glory: Anthology,,1996,6.6,Compilation,,,The box includes:
42986,Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces,"Infocom Masterpieces, Masterpieces of Infocom",1996,8.0,"Adventure, Compilation",,,"Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces is a compilation of 33 Infocom games: In addition, six award-winning amateur adventures are included as well as some old Infocom staff e-mail:"
42989,Jet Set Willy,"Jet Set Willy 360, Jetset Willie, La Casa de Jack",1984,7.4,Action,Platform,,"Cult hero Matthew Smith followed up Manic Miner with a seminal platform game. Having struck it lucky in the first game, Willy now owns a lavish mansion with over 60 rooms linked together, and must tidy it all before his housekeeper will let him sleep. Unlike in Manic Miner here all the rooms can be freely traversed from the start. Each room has its own hazards, such as spikes, guardians (ranging from demonic heads to giant penknives), and ropes which can be climbed and grasped in mid-air. Touching a monster or a stationary hazard, or falling a great distance, causes instant loss of a life and places Willy back at the room entrance. The route through the house must be navigated carefully, due to the multiple entrances to some rooms - this is perhaps the first action game where mapping is an advantage. Another innovation, to the chagrin of players everywhere, is manual protection - a sheet of colour-coded numbers."
42992,Mighty Final Fight,,1993,7.4,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Capcom's only 8-bit port of the Final Fight series Mighty Final Fight follows the storyline and characters of the first Final Fight game. Mayor of Metro City Mike Haggar, his ninja friend Guy and his daughter's boyfriend, Cody learn that Haggar's daughter, Jessica, has been kidnapped by the Mad Gear Gang whose leader has fallen in love with her, and also wants the meddling Mike Haggar to leave town. Now it's personal! Choosing one of the three fighters, the player embarks on a beat-em-up quest through the streets of Metro City. The game is a side-scrolling beat 'em up and a one-player only game (unlike other Final Fight ports). Also exclusive to this particular Final Fight game is the experience system which allows gaining levels to learn additional moves, similar to the first Double Dragon game. The characters have all been squished down to super-deformed 8-bit likenesses. Graphically this looks similar to River City Ransom Each character has a button for attack and a button for jumping. Pressing the two together unleashes a character-specific super-move. Various grabbing moves and throws can also be done by moving the player near an enemy."
42999,Shining Force III: Scenario 2,Shining Force III Scenario 2: Nerawareta Jinshi,1998,8.0,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,This is the second in the three scenarios of the Shining Force 3 series. The story continues with the adventure of the Empire youngest prince Medion. A game for those who like strategy RPG.
43001,Metal Marines,Militia,1993,7.1,Strategy / tactics,Managerial / business simulation,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","The Antimatter Cold War has left Earth ruined as the stockpiled AM weapons of various nations were triggered in a chain effect, vaporizing large portions of the Earth. The once great continents have been drastically changed into thousands of tiny islands and various cities have washed into the oceans. During this turmoil, Zorgeuf the Great rushes to conquer the bewildered world along with a troop of commanders and declares the Earth Empire. The only hope to defeat him lies from without Earth, as the Colonial Forces send a command carrier from the major orbital base. With so many armies gone, the ground infantry unit has been replaced by the Metal Marine, a fifty foot armored robot that can be sent into battle for attack or defense. From their respective Command Center, each side in the conflict will need to direct the placement of facilities on the ground to defend against enemy attack, manage resources and successfully strike the enemy. Metal Marines is an isometric strategy game. Controlling one side of a conflict, the player must wage a campaign across several islands to defeat Zorgeuf and his lieutenants. The player controls logistics of the base to ensure that there are the necessary assets to wage war. On each map, the player places three underground command bases, if all of these are destroyed the battle is lost. The player must manage the resources of their money to construct new buildings or upgrade existing facilities on the map. Different buildings include Energy Plants, Factories, Economic Centers, Radar systems, Anti-Aircraft missiles, fake buildings and fake HQ bases, mine fields, gun pods, missile launchers, metal marine hangers and even ICBMs. At any time, the player may order an attack and choose which assets to fire at the opponent. Missiles, Metal Marines carriers and ICBMs all use different levels of fuel. Metal Marines once deployed in an area will automatically fire rifles at nearby targets or engage even closer targets in melee attacks. Gunpods, while stationary, will also fire on nearby enemies. Metal Marines are largely autonomous but can be manually controlled to a minor degree (directional) by the player."
43003,"""Get Dexter!""","""Get Dexter"", Crafton & Xunk, Get Dexter",1986,7.9,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Crafton the android wants a life of freedom, away from the science experiments he is usually subjected to. Escaping the compound will require a security code, which is split into eight parts. Find the scientists who hold these to escape, in this isometric arcade adventure. There are obstacles to interact with, and foes to work around. Contact with these drains your energy, but there are Nurse pods to recharge this. There are four types of barrier doors - red, green, blue and grey, each requiring their own keys. You are accompanied by Xunk, who can be used to help with this - he will also warn you of events as they unfold, and automatically follow you to the exit of each screen."
43009,We're Back: A Dinosaur Story,"Agro Soar, Baby T-Rex, Bamse, We're Back!: The Game You've Waited 10 Million Years To Play!",1993,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Sethron has kidnapped your young lady and taken her to his castle for experiments. You grab your skateboard and follow him to set her free. But the way to the castle is filled with obstacles and creatures who Sethron has turned to the path of evil. Baby T-Rex is a very traditional platform game where you run and jump to get to the end of the stage. There are a total of 4 ""worlds"", each with 3 stages and a final boss stage. The game play is fast paced, with slides and skateboards passages for added speed. You can find stones and bowling balls to throw at the enemies. There are also power-ups to replenish health, obtain extra lives and gain invincibility. Baby T-Rex was reskinned for several releases in other territories, We're Back: A Dinosaur's Story (North America), based on the film of the same name; Bamse (Sweden), based on the Swedish cartoon character; and Agro Soar (Australia), based on the Australian television character Agro. Only vital elements such as the main character sprites and background story were changed, otherwise the games are identical."
43011,Legendary Axe II,"Ankoku Densetsu, The Legendary Axe II",1990,7.7,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Fantasy,"The Axe is back... with twice the force and twice the fury of 1989's ""Videogame of the Year""! This time it's brother against brother locked in deadly combat. Your older brother has summoned unspeakable forces of evil to take control of the kingdom. Treachery rules! Your only hope is the legendary royal sword! But will its power be enough to overcome the Cliffs of Chaos? The Skull Dungeons? And the treacherous Crypts of Slime? Only your courage, your fighting skill, and the Legendary Axe can answer! This game has you fighting monsters through seven stages with just a sword, but three other weapons can be picked up along the way, and include axes, chain spears, and smart bombs. These weapons can only be obtained by collecting the power-up that a defeated enemy leaves behind. Weapons can be switched along the way. At the end of each level, you must defeat a huge boss in order to go to the next stage."
43012,Bruce Lee,Lee,1984,7.7,Action,Platform,,"The late martial arts hero features in this platform game, with the aim of reaching a wizard in an underground lair, defeat of whom can offer him untold wealth. In each area you must collect the many strategically-placed lanterns before exiting through the newly-revealed passageway. Some rooms also have escalator-type sections to run along, and the standard (although slightly illogical in this context) ladders. There are 20 areas to be completed. On the way, you'll fight two enemies - a ninja and a green sumo warrior named Yamo. You can defeat them by punching, kicking, dropping on their heads or luring them into hazardous terrain, or even by making them accidentally hit each other. Even after they are killed, however, they keep coming back for more after a few seconds. The game also allows a second player to take control of Yamo. There are lots of hazards to avoid by either walking round or jumping - walls of electrical charge and exploding bushes for example."
43013,Marble Drop,,1997,6.8,,Puzzle elements,,"Marble Drop is an object based puzzle game similar to a cross between The Incredible Machine and Pachinko Gameplay involves depositing marbles of different colors into tiny funnels which will race down tracks, trigger events and, hopefully, wind up in the corresponding color bin. The contraptions can include many types of gizmos including springs, cannons and curly ques which change the paths dramatically with each marble drop."
43018,NBA Live 2000,,1999,7.9,Sports,,,"Basketball. Michael Jordan Facial Animations and speech. Jordan. All the players from the 1999 - 2000 NBA season, including rookies. Plus All-Stars teams from past and present. Oh, and Jordan's back. Like its predecessors in the long-running series NBA Live 2000 strives for realistic basketball simulation rather than arcade-like gameplay. New moves have been added in this installments, and opponent AI has been tweaked to make victory more dependent on executing the right moves at the right times. As in the previous NBA Live games, it is possible to edit and create basketball players, as well as create and build an own team. This time, it is also possible to use any picture to serve as a player photo. New to this installment (beside Jordan) is a one-on-one street basketball mode, and a mode that allows management of a team for several seasons, including trading players."
43021,4x4 Off-Road Racing,,1987,5.7,Racing / Driving,,,"As well as recreating off-road racing, this game has considerable capability to upgrade your vehicle. There are four choices of vehicle on offer, each of which has its own weight/top-speed/build strength and so on, and thus is suited to different circuits. You can also buy upgrades and repairs, including carrying some spares. There are four different areas in which you can race, each taking place on a different surface - Mud, Ice, Desert, and Mountains. Each of these is littered with hazards, which can either be painstakingly avoided or driven through (with the resultant risk of damage)."
43023,Frog Bog,Frogs and Flies,1982,7.1,Action,Arcade,,"You control one of two frogs sitting on a lily pad in a bog. The object of the game is to eat as many flies as you can in the three minute time limit. Your frog can jump back and forth between the two lily pads in order to catch the flies that go by overhead. When jumping, be careful not to fall in the water or your frog will have to swim back to the lily pad, which can waste time. In the Intellivision version, the game can be played during the day, or at night, making it more difficult to see the flies. In the Atari 2600 version, the game is only played during the day and, when the sun goes down, the game is over. At the end of the time limit, whichever player has eaten more flies wins! One player can compete against a computer controlled frog, or two players against each other."
43028,Rack 'Em,,1988,6.5,Sports,,,"This two player cue-sports simulator features five different game modes - you can play standard pool, 8 or 9 ball variations, the fast-paced Bumper Pool, or the English game of Snooker, each with their rules recreated as accurately as possible. There is also an editor for the Bumper Pool game built in. In practice modes shots can be retaken. This is helpful for a beginner, as each shot involves selecting the target ball, its desired location, shot pace, and spin. A favourite shot or in-progress game can be saved, though not in the C64 cassette version."
43031,Chew Man Fu,Be Ball,1990,6.6,Action,Platform,,"Chew Man Fu has set a curse to rob the world of fried rice, egg rolls and all its other favourite foods. To stop him you must work through 550 rounds, clearing them by placing four different coloured balls into the appropriately-coloured hole. Gameplay is something of a Pengo variant, as the single-screen levels are inhabited by enemies, who can be killed by firing one of the balls at them at speed. When it hits one it will continue moving in the same direction, rebounding off walls if neccessary, and pushing you backwards slightly if it comes back to you - but it can be instantaneously brought back under control. Blocks can also be moved at a more casual speed, including round corners. Once a block is placed onto its spot, it can be used again as a weapon. The levels are in a maze style, and parts of this can be opened up. The game also includes a small bonus Kick-Ball game for 2 players, which doubles as practice with the control system."
43034,Master of Dimensions,"Die 5te Dimension, Die fünfte Dimension, Shalit ha-Meimadim: Masa ha-Harpatkaot ha-Mufla, Władca Wymiarów",1996,6.7,Adventure,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The sorcerer Merlin is not only involved in mystical but also in physical things and journeys to other dimensions. One bad day he met the wizard of the fairyland. Since the two didn't particularly like each other, it finally came to a conflict ending with the fragmentation of Merlin's magic wand. The single parts were hidden in different dimensions - and Merlin's power was lost. A millennium later a boy coincidentally finds a dimension machine on the attic of his Grandpa: The hunt for the parts of the magic wand can begin. Master of Dimension (German title: The Fifth Dimension ) is an adventure, using different elements of the genre: beside the classic point'n'click, movie passages (in the private eye dimension) à la Snatcher are offered, while switching to big screens is a style borrowed from French or Japanese productions. The latter takes place when important conversations are lead or viewing special items. Gamers realize in a ""dramatic"" way that this is the point players have to turn your attention to."
43036,Tetris Plus,,1996,6.9,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"This is yet another updated version of Tetris which was released for PlayStation, Saturn, and Game Boy. This version features Classic mode, Puzzle mode, Versus mode, and Edit mode. In Puzzle mode, you must save the professor who climbs his way to the top. In order to do that, you must clear the blocks away and bring him to the bottom. Versus mode brings you head to head with another player. Edit mode allows you to create and save your own custom levels."
43037,Super Sidekicks 2: The World Championship,Tokuten-ō 2,1994,7.8,Sports,,,"Super Sidekicks 2: The World Championship is a continuation of Super Sidekicks a 2D arcade football/soccer game. The player can choose from one of 48 teams - There are 6 groups with 8 teams in each one: Europe A: Italy, England, Spain, Holland, Switzerland, Norway, Turkey, Ireland Europe B: Germany, France, Bulgaria, Sweden, Russia, Greece, Belgium, Romania Americas/Oceania: United States, Mexico, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras Asia: South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan (as Republic of China), China, Iran, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates South America: Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, Bolivia, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador Africa: Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Zambia Gameplay is simple, and typical for the genre - the player controls all footballers in the team, and must win the match with rivals. Three buttons are used for shot+low pass/sliding, high pass/tackle and short pass/player change."
43040,Parallax,,1986,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The entire world is in the grip of a computer known simply as The Big One. Its code is far too complex for you to crack, so you must find scientists, drug them, and bring them to The Big One. Each will be able to unlock one letter. Simply finding these scientists is the hard part - The Big One has aliens patrolling its base, and they are more than capable of ganging up on you. In essence Parallax is a top-view multi-directional-scrolling shoot 'em up. Improved weaponry and shield recharges can be bought by the machine - can you think of a way to get money from a drugged scientist? You can duck under the layers of surface, but so can the aliens, so action can take place here. You can also get out of your ship and patrol the area on foot. The game's parallax scrolling routine inspired the title, and it also has 11-minute introductory music."
43049,The Pure Wargame,"The Pure Wargame: Death From Above, Volume 1",1995,6.4,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","The Pure Wargame is a quintessential turn-based wargame. The first one in a proposed series (and the only one released), it involves eight different airborne operations centering on tactical level operations of airborne warfare, from the scattered landings at Crete to the ill-fated bridges of Arnhem."
43052,Double Dungeons,,1989,4.8,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Double Dungeons is a solo dungeon crawler in the strictest sense. One or two players can explore pseudo-3D, maze-like dungeons (without auto-map feature, but with directions displayed on the screen) and fight the monsters populating them. The player(s) can choose to venture into any of the available 20 dungeons. The dungeons have the same textures, but their layout varies; the higher is the number of the chosen dungeon, the more dangerous are its enemies. Two-player mode features a split screen; the two players start exploring the dungeon from different points. The basic gameplay is very simple. Enemies appear at specific points (they can also re-spawn), and must be defeated in order to proceed. The combat is turn-based at its core, though the turns follow very quickly, and the enemies will attack even if the player does nothing. Attacking is done simply by pressing a button; there are no other combat options. The player can find equipment and healing items (which can also be dropped by enemies). These can be used to restore the player character's HP outside of battles. Leveling up is completely automatic. There is no narrative in the game; the only story-related information comes in form of very short text intros to the different dungeons, along the lines of ""the king wants to retrieve a treasure and sends a warrior into the dungeon"" or comparable mission objectives."
43071,G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero,,1991,7.8,Action,Platform,,"G.I Joe is a side-scrolling action game where you can select 3 out of a possible 5 characters to complete a mission. Each level is in three main parts: The fight into the mission zone, the mission zone, and the escape from the mission zone. The stages where you fight into and escape from the mission zone are straightforward action – just fight your way to the end of the stage, and defeat the stage boss. The actual mission zone is a maze, where the object is to place bombs at pre-determined locations, then find and use the exit. The mazes start out easy with the first one being only two screens high and 4 long. Level 6 is 7 by 8 for a total of 56 screens. Characters: Duke (Tiger Force first sergeant/squad leader), Rock & Roll (gatling gunner), Capt. Grid-Iron (hand-to-hand combat specialist), Blizzard (arctic attack soldier), Snake Eyes (commando)"
43074,Tennis Ace,Super Tennis,1989,6.6,Sports,,,"Using a top-down view, Tennis Ace lets you play single or double games with computer players. Two human players can either duel or work cooperatively in a doubles game. By working your way to one of the six grand slam finals, with practice games and exhibition matches, you gain experience, which improves your playing style. All the basic strokes are available: serves (either flat or a lob - fast-low, slow-high and curved), smashes, drop shots, lobs, flat forehands and backhands. Upon serving, the screen switches to a side-view and you have to time the throw and the hit to perform a succesful serve. The in-game progress can be saved with a password function."
43075,Black Belt,Hokuto no Ken,1986,6.5,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Post-apocalyptic,"In this game, you play Riki. Kyoko, your beautiful Japanese girlfriend, has been kidnapped, and in order to rescue her, you must get through a tireless army of enemies. These enemies come equipped with weapons that include whips, knives, swords, and flamethrowers, but Riki has to make do with his well-trained martial arts body. Black Belt is a side-scrolling game that is split into seven chapters. During these chapters, you are fighting Chinese Kung Fu men, wrestlers, jujitsu men, eagles, ninjas, and black women. When you get halfway through the chapter, you will fight a different enemy than one that you encounter before. At the end of each chapter, you have to defeat several bosses before continuing on to the next round. Each type of these has their own personal strengths and weaknesses. Once you touch an enemy or boss, you will lose energy. once you lose all energy, you lose a life, but more life can be restored by getting the cake when it comes across the screen in mid-air, or by defeating an enemy that will come at you halfway and you receive a bonus for doing so."
43079,Sea Wolf,Loup marin,1976,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,You are the commander...and Sea Wolf puts you in charge of sinking and destroying all enemy ships. You are armed with 4 torpedoes which will reload after you fire. Your primary targets are the small P.T. Boats which travel quickly through the water. You can choose the length of your playing time. Game times vary from 1 to 9 minutes in 1 minute intervals.
43083,Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries,7 Kingdoms AA,1998,7.1,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Fantasy,"Trevor Chan's empire building real-time strategy game Seven Kingdoms is updated and re-released as a stand alone product. Once again play as one of seven kingdoms as you vie for world domination. Compete on various terrain types including the new snow terrain. Control new kingdoms as Zulus, Indians or Egyptians with new deities. Single player modes includes campaign with customizable options where you select your own goals, difficulty level, how many computer controlled kingdoms to play against etc. Also play pre-built scenarios and random map generated scenarios. Play with friends online with up to seven players in multiplayer on the internet, LAN or modem."
43086,Max Headroom,,1986,5.5,Puzzle,,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"This game is based on a 1984 British television movie which led to a 14-episode television series that ran in 1987 in the U.S. It's an early cyberpunk vision set ""twenty minutes in the future"" where powerful corporations rule and compete for television ratings and consumer dollars. Edison Carter is an investigative reporter for Network 23 seeking to free his alter ego Max Headroom, a cybernetic construct of his mind that was stored after Edison was involved in a motorcycle accident and the last thing he saw before losing consciousness was a ""Max Headroom"" sign going into a tunnel. Max lives in computers and can appear on any screen, television or any electronic device. The character is actually Matt Frewer in a latex mask, edited so as to appear jittery and stuttering like an early computer model. In the game, Max has been abducted by Network 23 and you must retrieve him from somewhere in the 11 top floors of their high-rise building starting at the 200th floor. Security systems protect each floor and you have to find and enter the correct codes to gain access from the elevators. Each floor seen in isometric view, has lines representing walls of various rooms with doors and office furniture. Robots will chase and fire at you and decrease your health level as shown on the biomonitor at bottom of screen. Also indicated are the floor number and time left. On the right side of screen are 4 icons for Reporter E. Carter which open a door, call elevator, view through camera, or allow movement to run around the floor. On the left side are icons for Controller T. Jones (Theora helps you hack into systems) to show you the floor and computer circuits. When entering a security code, it takes the form of an LED digit over which you must move a pointer over a row of circuit lines in order to activate various segments to form a desired digit. Each segment will remain lit only temporarily so when time runs out you must ensure that the letter is fully lit or your code will fail. In that event, you must make your way across the floor to the second elevator and try again."
43087,Samurai Warrior: The Battles of.... Usagi Yojimbo,,1988,7.3,Action,,,"With the Roger Rabbit film (and game) successful, and the Jive Bunny phenomenon shaking up charts worldwide, perhaps it was time to redress the balance away from wimpy rabbits. Stan Sakai 's comic character set in the 17th century did this, being capable of a range of martial arts moves. In this licensed game he'll need them to save Japan from being taken over by evil. The game is side-scrolling and has large beat 'em up elements, but also incorporates Karma. Negative actions such as needless violence will be punished with a loss of Karma, while positives ones (such as bribing those who give Karma) are rewarded. When in combat, energy gauges display the condition of both yourself and your rival. Money collected can be spent on food for energy boosts."
43091,Wing Commander,"Wing Commander: Der 3D-Raumkampf-Simulator, Wing Commander: The 3-D Space Combat Simulator",1990,7.9,"Action, Simulation",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Confederation have been at war with the Kilrathi for the past 20 years, and you're just now joining the Vega campaign. You're a 2nd Lieutenant just out of the Academy, with some good work under your belt. You're posted to Tiger's Claw, the flagship of the Confederation Fleet. Will you help the Confederation to victory, or go down in infamy? Wing Commander is a space combat simulator interspersed with shipboard dialogs. Onboard the ship, you can save/load game, visit the bar to get the latest gossip, or go on to the next mission briefing, and the 3D space combat part. The 3D space combat has you sitting in the cockpit, where you control the craft like roll, turn, up/down, afterburner, as well as fire guns and launch missiles. There are four different crafts on the Confed side, each with different flight characteristics and armament. You will have a wingman on each mission, and you should keep the wingman alive as the wingman will help you if you issue the right orders. You can also taunt the enemy. You'll be fighting several different types of enemy fighters and capital ships, and even combat a few Kilrathi aces. When the mission is complete, land back onboard the ship and get ready for the next one. The campaign tree has both winning and losing paths."
43097,Power Spike: Pro Beach Volleyball,"Beach Volleyball, Beach Volleyball: Acção, suor e desporto!, Beach Volleyball: Piasek, pot i piłki!, Beach Volleyball: Sea, Smash and Sun, Beach Volleyball: Sonne, Sand und Schmetterball",2000,5.7,Sports,,,"Power Spike Pro Beach Volleyball is a beach volley game with an official Federation of International Volleyball license. There are 40 real players to play with on 14 different courts located all over the world. Game modes include exhibition, world tour and practice mode. The player editor allows you to create your own players. The game features a targeting rectangle to aid the player in placing his balls."
43098,Scott Adams' Graphic Adventure #1: Adventureland,SAGA #1: Adventureland,1982,6.3,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"SAGA#1: Adventureland was an update of the text-only Adventureland. It had many additional features including: Hi-Res graphics, Text-to-Speech hardware support, upper- and lowercase support for display (but not for input). Gameplay was very similar to the original. You still used the same one or two word commands to move about and manipulate objects. The RETURN key toggled back and forth between graphics and text. The objective of the game is to collect all the treasures. There are all sorts of places to explore above and below ground. You have to outwit and escape many creatures during your quest including a dragon, a bear, and a hive of bees."
43099,Star Trek: Starfleet Command Volume II - Empires at War,,2000,7.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Trek: Starfleet Command: Volume II - Empires at War picks up where the original Starfleet Command left off. The Organians have returned after their mysterious absence in the original storyline, and they've brought the Interstellar Concordium (ISC) to forcefully pacify the leading races in the area. Their ships, like those of the Romulans and Gorn, specialize in plasma torpedoes. The Mirak Star League (known as the Kzinti in the original Starfleet Battles board game), mortal enemies of the Lyrans, have also appeared, bringing their missile-equipped ships into combat. The original six races from the original are back, with some additions to their arsenals. Most notable is the inclusion of fighters to non-Hydran races, and special carrier ship types which house them. New weapons are available for certain races, and a new anti-missile defense weapon is given to all races to expand defense against missiles from prior options of tractor beams and phasers. The campaign's setting has been remade from the ground up into a hex-based map, and a full Dynaverse is included as a dynamic mission generator."
43109,Espionage,,1988,6.0,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Espionage is based on the board game of the same name. Up to four players (either human or computer-controlled) compete to become Master Spy by returning all the micro film canisters back to their base. A player has 12 agents in their team including secret agents, surveillance agents and courier agents. Each type of agent moves around the board in a different way, not unlike in chess. Besides getting the micro film, another objective is to terminate any enemy agents. This is done as in draughts, by jumping over the agent into a free space. Killing enemy agents nets points, which, combined with points for recovered film canisters and surviving agents are tallied for the final score. The board is viewed from above. It does not fit the screen all at once, so scrolling is necessary. The game offers a hint function (indicating what the computer thinks is the best move to take) as well as the option to show the last move made. The game ends through an (optional and adjustable) time limit or when all film canisters have been retrieved."
43113,Jack Nicklaus Golf & Course Design: Signature Edition,Jack Nicklaus The Tour Collection,1992,6.6,Sports,,,"The Signature Edition is an improved version of Jack Nicklaus' Unlimited Golf & Course Design The game and course design interface are fairly similar so there is no learning curve if you've played the first, but now the graphics and sound are greatly improved. The Signature Edition could also play courses created for Unlimited Golf, and the terrain would be improved but objects remained in the original more limited color palette. Two golf courses designed by Jack Nicklaus are included :"
43115,Ubik,,1998,6.9,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Real-time strategy (RTS),"Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic","The game is based on the novel UBIK by Philip K. Dick The player controls the main character from the book, called Joe Chip. He is working for a company called Runciter Associates in Los Angeles (in the year 2019), and his job is to protect companies against industrial spying from other companies. With genetic engineering and the development of replicants both sides have PSI-powers at hand to reach their targets. In the game you lead, train and equip a squad of selected individuals (with various abilities, be it several kinds of weapon skills or PSI) through 3D-realtime rendered maps, where you sometimes can interact with your environment or even talk to some individuals. Connecting those missions are many rendered cinematic cutscenes."
43122,Griffin,,1991,6.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Griffin is a futuristic action game in which the player controls a tank. The goal is to beat four horizontally scrolling levels. The tank can be moved freely in order to shoot enemies and dodge obstacles. There are four weapons available: regular shots, torpedoes, grenades and a limited supply of smart bombs. Getting hit decreases the life energy, but it can be refilled by collecting power-ups. The reward for beating a level is a still picture of the female tank pilot."
43124,WWF Wrestlemania 2000,,1999,6.9,Sports,,,"Released in conjunction with a 3D version on Nintendo 64 the Game Boy color received its own version of WWF Wrestlemania 2000 with gameplay in 2D and a limited selection of wrestlers and modes. Players can select from 16 wrestlers for play in five single-player modes: Championship mode is the main story mode, leading the player's wrestler on a series of matches for the WWF title, with TV-style cutscenes between matches. Vs. mode allows for single matches between two wrestlers, while Tag Team mode features single two-versus-two matches. In Survivor Series mode, the player must assemble two teams of three wrestlers each. Fights are one-on-one, with the loser being removed from the roster, until one side's roster is empty. Finally, Gauntlet mode is a series of consecutive fights against all other wrestlers in the game. A training mode in which the opponent doesn't fight back is also available. A two-player mode is supported via the link cable: two players can match up in single matches, with normal and cage matches being available. During a fight, the ring is seen from the side and scrolls in all four directions. The Game Boy's two buttons are used for context-sensitive moves depending on where the opponent is located. When in a grapple, buttons plus control pad directions allow for more variety in moves. Each wrestler also comes with his own finishing move, activated through pushing Select while in a grapple. These moves can't be activated at any time, however: each wrestler has their own bio-rhythm and the finisher can only be unleashed when their rhythm is at its peak."
43126,Power Shovel,"Power Diggerz, Power Excavator, Power Shovel ni Norou!!, Simple 1500 Series Vol. 89: The Power Shovel, The Power Shovel",2000,7.3,Simulation,Arcade,,"Power Shovel is an arcade/simulation where you get to drive excavators of various sizes to do more or less realistic tasks. These include; digging holes, loading sand on trucks, tearing down old buildings, destroying abandoned cars and serving soup in a restaurant (using the scoop as a soup ladle), and many more. There are a few different modes in the game you can choose from, like ""License king"" where you earn your driver's license. ""Arcade king"" is where you do will spend most of the time, since it's where most of the games are. As you progress through the many timed games you earn money, which you use to unlock special features like extra credits, photo galleries and sound effects."
43128,Men in Black: The Series,,1998,4.6,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Men in Black: The Series is based on the 1997 film and subsequent cartoon series. Evil alien races are infiltrating New York, and it's up to the Men in Black to stop them. In the game the player assume the role of rookie agent J as he single-handedly takes on the invasion in order to stop the mastermind Alpha (a mutated ex-MIB) and save Earth. The game features six levels to traverse in typical side-scrolling run and gun fashion. The player can fire in multiple directions and can also squish some enemies by jumping on them. There are several weapons at the player's disposal. This includes the classic blaster and the incredibly powerful Noisy Cricket. Hurry, mankind is counting on you!"
43138,Super Pac-Man,"Arcade Archives: Super Pac-Man, Power Pac",1982,7.5,Action,Arcade,,"Super Pac-Man is the second official entry by Namco to the Pac-Man series but instead of gobbling up dots, Pac is required to eat fruit and prizes, such as apples, bunches of bananas, doughnuts, hamburgers, fried eggs, ears of corn, sneakers, pieces of cakes, raspberries, limes, cups of coffee, mushrooms, Galaxians, bells, and shamrocks. Most of these items are hidden in passages that have locked doors at either entrance, and in order to unlock the doors, Pac needs to eat the key that is closest to the passage that he wishes to unlock. As usual, ghosts will keep chasing Pac around the maze until he has lost all his lives. However, Pac can enter the warp tunnels at either side of the maze to lose the ghosts quickly. There are two types of power pellets in the maze: green and yellow. Yellow power pellets cause ghosts to turn blue, allowing Pac to eat them for points, whereas green ones cause Pac to enlarge and will also cause the ghosts to become much thinner and wider, allowing him to fly over them. He can also break open the doors without the need of keys. The effects of the pellets, unfortunately, only last for a number of seconds. During the time that he is enlarged, a flashing star will appear besides two boxes that are located in the middle of the maze. The first box will display the current fruit or prize, and the other will display a rotating selection of them. If Pac manages to eat the star when they match there will be a large bonus score. Occasionally, after three or more stages, there will be a bonus stage where Pac automatically gets enlarged. The object of these stages is to eat everything in the maze before the time runs out and, during these stages, there will be no ghosts to pursue him."
43140,Stratosphere: Conquest of the Skies,,1998,6.3,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Fantasy,"In Stratosphere you own a fortress flying on a bit of rock. Via an editor, you can add different enhancements to it, like new engines, rudders or cannons. In 40 missions you have to battle other fortresses and fullfill various mission objectives."
43142,ESPN Espn2 Extreme Games,"1Xtreme, ESPN Street Games",1995,7.0,"Racing / Driving, Sports",Tricks / stunts,,"ESPN Extreme Games lets the player access three modes of play: Exhibition, New Season or a continuation of a season. Exhibition mode helps the player get to know the courses and equipment as well as get a feel for the controls. New season offers the player the chance to race against sixteen other competitors on any of the four racing machines competing for season points as well as money to upgrade equipment. Choose between roller blades, a luge (basically a sit-down skateboard), a mountain bike, and the skateboard. The player can also determine which character they want to race with, each one having a unique skill on one of the apparatus. For example one might be top-notch at roller blading but be bad at bike-riding so there is no point choosing the bike with him/her. In a season, the player competes in the five locations - three times, twelve in all and each time the obstacles become more and more tricky to avoid as well as the other racers becoming faster and more agile. The tracks are: Sony's ESPN license had expired by the time the game's Greatest Hits release came out in 1998, hence it was retitled 1Xtreme (a sequel named 2Xtreme had been released in 1997) and all ESPN logos and video footage were removed from the release."
43145,The Rugrats Movie: Activity Challenge,Rugrats Der Film: Freche Spiele zum Film,1998,7.9,"Action, Educational",,,"The Rugrats Movie: Activity Challenge is an educational game based on the 1998 The Rugrats Movie which in turn is based on the Daytime Emmy-award winning animated television series. The game features six games that can be played, each game has ten levels and a bonus level that can be accessed if a Cynthia doll is acquired during play. Traffic Trouble is a Gridlock type game, that features moving around cars, with added collectibles such as pacifiers and baby toys. In Aqua Raptor the player has to guide a raft down a river while collecting items and avoiding bananas thrown by monkeys. Reptar Rhythm is a music game where you have to type the displayed letter to advance Reptar's destructive path through the city. The letters appear at the rhythm of the music. Stu's workshop requires the use of machines to free Angelica from an anti-gravity machine. Making Tracks requires you to find a solution for a sliding puzzle so a train can cross over to the other side. Monkey Mayhem involves collecting items from the monkeys. In the bonus game Spike's Scamper, the player has to guide Spike over the ground avoid hazards and collect more items. The total items acquired during a game determines your final score."
43146,Tarzan,,1986,6.4,Action,,Africa,"According to African legend, a human baby was abandoned in the forest. Found and brought up by a she-ape named Kala, he grew to learn the ways of the jungle and the language of the beasts. Years later, as John Clayton, Lord of Greystoke, he was brought back to England to claim his rightful inheritance. However, he occasionally returns to the wild to become Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle. Now is one of those occasions. Tarzan has returned to the jungle with his wife, Lady Jane Greystoke, but their holiday came to an end when Usanga, evil chief of the Wamabo, kidnaps Jane to force Tarzan into retrieving the seven gemstones that were stolen from his tribal shrine. These gemstones are believed to be the Eyes of the Rainbow, representing each color of the spectrum. Tarzan has been given three days to find the gemstones, otherwise Jane will be eaten by the tribal pet, Sheeta the Panther. After consulting his information sources, Tarzan learns that the Eyes of the Rainbow have been scattered around the dense jungle by a family of pesky chimps. Tarzan's quest involves navigating dark caves, crevasses, swamps, and treacherous quicksand. Objects, such as the rope and torch, need to be found if Tarzan wants to find each gemstone. Throughout the quest, hazards such as headhunters, lions, snakes, spiders, quicksands, and pits are encountered. If Tarzan comes into contact with any of these hazards, he becomes stunned for an hour and the on-screen timer shrinks accordingly. Fortunately, he can punch creatures, allowing him to escape them. If Tarzan manages to find all seven gemstones within the time limit and deliver them to Usanga, Jane will be released. If not, she will become nothing more than another bowl of jungle soup."
43147,Death Duel,,1992,6.5,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the future all intergalactic disputes must be settled by a duel to the death. Nine galactic superpowers take control of the flight paths, leaving the Federation unable to operate. To regain the paths, the Federation sends in Barrett Jade inside a giant cyborg. He has to battle to death and defeat the other nine superpowers' contestants to regain control. Death Duel is a tactical side-scrolling first-person shooter. The game consists of different time-limited rounds against a single enemy. Before each game, the player can spend Pheelae (money) on repairs and determine what weapons to take into battle. Each opponent has specific weaknesses and they can hide behind walls on the battlefield. To take them out, Jade needs to choose the most effective weapons and target specific parts before he runs out of time and ammo. Weapons include missiles, rockets, grenades that slow the opponent down, a machine gun and more. Only three weapons can be acquired at all times. Between missions there are short gallery shooting mini-games where additional money can be acquired."
43154,Polda 3,,2000,7.1,Adventure,,,"Pankrác, the cop from Polda and Polda 2 isn't the policeman any longer - he was fired and now works as a private detective. One lazy afternoon Pankrác is approached by a woman looking for her lost ex-husband. Pankrác isn't happy to search for some greasy cook, but this feeling is quickly dismissed when he discovers that the cook worked for the famous ice hockey star, Jegger. This time he won't stay in single village or town, instead he'll travel to places including South America and Siberia. Polda 3 is, like its predecessors, a point and click adventure controlled by the mouse. Inventory is hidden in the upper part of the screen. There are also mini-games which the player must beat in order to continue game."
43159,Riot Zone,Crest of Wolf,1993,6.1,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"The police is afraid to deal with a criminal organization known as the Dragon Zone. Street punks and leaders of Chinese crime syndicates dominate the area where its headquarters are supposedly located. The young fighter Hawk has his own score to settle with the Dragon Zone: they have kidnapped his girlfriend Candy. Together with his friend, the punk Tony, Hawk enters the dangerous districts and is determined to rescue his sweetheart and put an end to the organization. Riot Zone ( Crest of Wolf in Japan) is a rather simple brawler in which the player can choose to control either Hawk or Tony. Hawk is faster, but doesn't hit quite as hard as Tony. Both characters fight entirely unarmed, using kicks and punches to deal with the enemies; both also possess a powerful all-screen attack that depletes a portion of their health bar. Each stage culminates with a boss battle as Hawk and Tony gradually defeat the ""wanted"" criminals of the city."
43162,Tom and Jerry: The Movie,,1993,6.7,Action,Platform,,"Tom and Jerry: The Movie is a tie-in to the 1992 animated film of the same name starring the famous cat & mouse duo. It is similar to the Master System version in gameplay, but has its own story (which is unrelated to the film) and entirely new level designs. Tom has found a treasure map while playing in the attic. With Tom dreaming about how to spend the treasure, Jerry grabs the map and runs away. Now Tom has to chase Jerry to get back the map, running after him through five different levels, starting from Tom's house and continuing in the city streets, a cruise ship, a deserted island and finally a hidden labyrinth. The game is a side-scrolling platformer. Tom's goal is to catch Jerry who always runs along at the right side of the screen. If Tom gets close he can try to grab Jerry, which ends the level, but if he misses, he loses a small amount of health. If Tom can't catch Jerry before the level end, he has to face one of Jerry's friends in a small boss fight. Multiple dangers abound in all levels: platforms that fall away under Tom, objects falling from the ceiling and bouncing along the way. Jerry himself also has tricks up his sleeve, throwing land mines and cherry bombs at Tom. If Tom gets hurt, he can refill his health by picking up a life potion. After successfully completing a level, one of two bonus rounds follows: Tag is a labyrinth game. Seen from the top, Tom chases Jerry through a maze. Picking up heart icons refills Tom's health and catching Jerry before the timer runs out increases Tom's life bar. Apples and Bombs has Jerry dropping either apples or bombs from a row of windows. Tom must catch the apples but avoid the bombs, which stun him temporarily. Catching 3 apples refills health whereas getting 24 or more of them increases the life bar."
43163,NHL All-Star Hockey '95,,1995,6.4,"Simulation, Sports",,,"NHL All-Star Hockey '95 is the standard hockey game complete with an NHL and NHLPA license complete with all 26 NHL teams and over 650 players from the 1993-94 NHL season including Mark Messier, Mario Lemieux, Jeremy Roenick and the Great One himself, Wayne Gretzky The standard modes apply including Exhibition Season and Playoffs which include the updated best-of-seven format. There is a battery back-up that allows players not only to save games but keep track of 15-types of stats and also features the voice talent of broadcasting legend, Marv Albert for in-game commentary."
43169,PBA Bowling,,1995,6.1,Sports,,,"This is the first in a series of Bowling games for the PC sanctioned by the Professional Bowlers Association. Game selections include: individual, practice, team and league style games. Players begin by selecting their bowler from one of the fully digitized male and female characters available. Adjustments can be made to whether they are left or right handed, the colour of clothes and skill level (beginner, intermediate or pro). The main game screen shows the bowler on the approach and uses several smaller windows to give a fine tune control over aiming, power and spin control. As with many bowling games, a close-up of the ball striking the pins is shown. The game is able to be played alone or supports up to 4 players total."
43187,Wolf,Wolf: The Simulation,1994,7.7,"Educational, Simulation",,,"Wolf is an educational simulation game, in which the player takes control of a wolf. The game offers both a free-form simulation mode, and various scenarios where the player must complete a specific objective within the allotted time. The game simulates all the aspects of a wolf's life, including hunting, mating, and challenging the packmates. There are three different regions available, corresponding to three species of wolf: arctic, timber and Great Plains wolf. Moving around is done by directing the wolf with the mouse cursor. Several movement speed are possible, with the fastest (running) depleting the wolf's stamina level. There are several senses available to the wolf which allow detecting nearby things, such as animals, water or humans. The senses include hearing, smelling, looking and following tracks. Using the senses show the rough direction, distance and nature of a given object of interest. The wolf also has a ""sixth sense"" which warns him about the presence of nearby humans. Hunting (whether small game such as rabbits, or large beasts such as deer) is done by clicking on the prey animal to make the wolf pounce. Smaller animals are killed instantly if the wolf manages to grab them, while the larger ones need to be successfully worried to death, and the unlucky wolf can potentially get injured in the attempt. The chance of success is the greater, the stronger the wolf is and the more packmates are in the vicinity. After killing the animal, the wolf can eat to satisfy his hunger. A wolf's injuries heal automatically if he is well-fed. Within his pack, the wolf can challenge other wolves in order to rise in the pack hierarchy. During the fight, the player's control is limited to changing the position of the wolf's tail, from raised (aggressive) to lowered (submissive, surrendering.) After raising his wolf to the alpha status, the player can mate with an alpha of the opposite sex if conditions are favorable. After mating, the female becomes pregnant and eventually gives birth to cubs, which must be kept alive by bringing them food. Cubs can be named by the player, and become full-fledged pack members once they reach a year of age. Humans are extremely dangerous and should be avoided. Many of them carry rifles which are guaranteed to kill in one or two shots. Sometimes, hunters in helicopters or planes (visible as shadows on the ground) also appear; the wolf must stay out of the shadow to avoid getting instantly shot to death. Educational information about wolves is shown at certain points, and the game features an interactive encyclopedia with a variety of information about the wolves' biology and society."
43188,Jammit,Street Sports: Jammit,1994,6.1,Sports,,,"As the name implies, this is strictly a basketball game. It has a black-basketball theme (as seen in a lot of odd American movies) and has a myriad of game options (one on one, group, etc.). Also, it has a betting option, but other than that it's your typical run-of-the-mill basketball game."
43196,The Addams Family,,1992,6.2,Action,Platform,,"The Addams Family is a platformer based on the movie of the same name. The player takes the role of Gomez who searches for his missing family members. To find them he has to explore different parts of the mansion, e.g. the woods, while jumping a lot and avoiding enemies. In comparison to the other versions of the game this one is more puzzle-oriented, meaning the player has to find keys to access certain parts of the game world. Another big difference is that this version is not side-scrolling, the player is always sees the whole room and the game switches to another one if the player leaves the screen or enters a door."
43197,You Don't Know Jack: 5th Dementia,,2000,7.3,Strategy / tactics,Game show / trivia / quiz,,"Jack is back. And this time he has the internet with him. For the first time in the long running series, you can play with your mates over the internet. There are 600 questions that must be answered and a new game type called Bug out, where little bugs fly onto the screen and mention a few words. If the words don't go with the clue, you must be the first to buzz in to splat the little guys. Other than that, this is the same Jack that we have (or haven't) known for some time."
43198,Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!,"Punch-Out!!, Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream",1987,8.1,Sports,,,"Mike Tyson's Punch-Out is one of the most popular and biggest selling video games of all time. Step into the ring as Little Mac, a 17-year-old fighter from the Bronx, ranked number three in the minor circuit. Your goal is to work your way up through the rankings so that you can challenge Mike Tyson, Kid Dynamite, in a dream fight. But the road to the championship is long and hard. You'll have to work your way up through the minor, major, and world circuits by winning 14 bouts against some very tough opponents. The rules of the World Video Boxing Association govern your bouts. Each match is three three-minute rounds long. Any boxer knocked down for a 10 count is Knocked Out (KO). If a boxer goes down three times, he'll find himself a Technical Knock Out (TKO). If both boxers make it to the end of the third round, the ref determines the winner. Once you're in the ring you'll have to beat your opponent with smart fighting. Use left and right punches, as well as uppercuts to knock your opponent to the mat. Dodge your opponent's blows with some fancy footwork. Dazzle them with your brilliance and you'll be the World Video Boxing Association Champion. On the other hand, you might find yourself down for the count."
43199,Treasures of the Deep,,1997,7.7,Action,,,"Treasures of the Deep is an underwater exploration game. The player controls an underwater explorer and ex-Navy Seal Jack Runyan, who is approached by the Underwater Mercenary Agency to carry out highly dangerous missions. The risks are great but the rewards are even greater. Choose from 12 missions in all parts of the globe, from the Great Barrier Reef to the Bermuda Triangle. Eight ships await command; start with an USN RV-1 mini-sub and trade up to the deadly Viper attack submarine. An arsenal of underwater technology and weaponry aid you in the quest: steel-mesh wetsuits, night-vision goggles, homing torpedoes, and remote underwater robot vehicles are just some of the resources at the player's disposal. And each of them is needed to be prepared for the unknown dangers lurking in the deep."
43204,Tecmo Secret of the Stars,"Aqutallion, Secret of the Stars",1993,5.8,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"You are a young boy named Ray, who lives with his foster-father in a small country house on an island. But he can not enjoy his idyllic life for a long time. Ray is told about the evil wizard Homncruise, who plans to conquer the world. Defeating Homncruise won't be easy: first Ray must find the magic crest of his fallen father, and build a strong team of legendary warriors, named Aquitallion. Only then will he and his comrades be ready to face Homncruise and save the world. In this game you wander around the world map, visiting towns and dungeons, and fighting monsters in turn-based combat viewed from first-person perspective, much like in Dragon Quest games. You'll have two parties at your disposal, and will be able to switch between them at any time. One party is the Aquitallion, the ""main"" one, and the only one which can access plot-progressing areas. The other parties can be used for visiting dungeons and retrieving valuable items. At a certain point in the game, you'll also be able to build and manage your own town."
43214,Gauntlet,,1985,7.5,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"Gauntlet is an action game where players choose characters and fight their way through hordes of enemies that assault them on the way to the end of the level. One or two players must make their way through 100 levels of mayhem and magic. The game features a choice of four characters to play with, each with different weapons. Thor the Warrior has a bludgeoning battle axe, Thyra the Valkyrie has a close range sword, Questor the Elf has his long range bow, and Merlin the Wizard has magical bolts. Ghosts, goblins and even the life-draining Death are among the enemies. Enemies stream out of generators, so destroy these before tackling the rest. Keys are needed to open the many doors within the levels, and in some situations a door will contain only bonus items, not a progressive route. Scattered magic potions act like smart bombs and clear the screen of all enemies. Beware of poison though, this reduces the character's energy level. Treasure is abundant throughout the levels and adds to the player's score."
43217,Bosconian,Star Destroyer,1981,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Bosconian is a space shooter. It's your job to destroy enormous enemy battle stations scattered throughout the galaxy, which is filled with meteors and space mines. You can either do this by destroying one by one their outer structures or with a single shot in their core. They are heavily defended however by guns, fighters and (in later levels) missiles. Destroying all battle stations, with the help of your radar, will bring you to the next level. Often the enemy will try to destroy you by launching attack waves. Keep your eyes out for the enemy spy ship, if it escapes your fire, you are really in for it."
43220,Awesome Cop,Polda 2,1999,7.4,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"The town Marsias is known all around the world because of the ""DNA Revolution"" factory that clones doubles of celebrities and politicians. The town also holds the election of ""Miss Clone"", but at the very night of the election is the hotel where it takes place set ablaze and the contestants are kidnapped. And so Pankrác, the cop from the first game, returns to solve the new case. But it won't be so easy - true, he was promoted since the last time, yet his superior doesn't trust him, so the Cop has to earn his trust first by solving a different case .. The sequel to Polda aneb S poctivostí nejdřív pojdeš is again a humorous point-and-click adventure, but this time most of the comedic elements come from the pop cultural quotations and cameos of celebrity clones and historical characters - including Adolf Hitler, Caesar, Napoleon, the character from Mexican soap, the former Czech prime minister who tries to solve the state debt by gambling and Lara Croft once again."
43228,Crisis Force,,1991,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"The year is 199x and a robot army has invaded Tokyo City. A boy and a girl (who remain unnamed) board their ships to fight off the threat. This is a vertical scrolling shoot-em-up game viewed from overhead, where the player pilots a fighter ship through seven levels of intense shooting action. Each level hurls enemies and bullets at the player's ship, ending with a boss fight, except for one which instead is a boss rush level. The game allows for two players to play at the same time. The player has a choice of two weapons; bullets or lasers. Weapons can be changed by picking up gems of different colors. Picking up the same color as you already have allows you to upgrade your current weapon a few times. The player's ship can change form and with it the way that the weapons work. This allows the player to pick the best weapon strategy for each situation. The player also has a limited amount of bombs that are useful to get out of tricky situations. When a weapon is upgraded it also acts as a shield so the ship can take an enemy bullet without dying. This will however degrade the weapon down to the first level again. There are also pickups that alter the ship's speed and a special gem that, if five of them are collected, temporarily transforms the ship into an invincible super ship. Crisis Force was only released in Japan."
43229,Mario Golf,Mario Golf GB,1999,8.3,Sports,RPG elements,,"Mario Golf on Game Boy Color isn't a straight port of the N64 game - it's a totally different game in its own right. It is a combination of a golf game and an RPG. As in an RPG, you choose your character at the beginning, with various strengths and weaknesses, and throughout the course of the game, your character gains experience points through winning matches or playing mini-games. Experience points can be distributed to various skills, such as putting, which makes it easier for you to do well. There are quite a few skills, and no two characters you can create will play in exactly the same way. Although the story mode is the main part of the game, there's quite a few other modes to keep you busy, like Tournament, Match Game, Stroke, Training, and the two-player mode via link cable. It comes with a dictionary of all the golf terms you'll need, and an extensive range of statistics on your player."
43232,Microcosm,,1993,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2051, two mega corporations battle it out for supremacy over an overcrowded, overpolluted planet. CyberTech Industries, the dominant company on the planet, is being challenged by Axiom, who blames the former for their president's death. To gain revenge, they secretly inject CyberTech's president, Anton Korsby, with a virus that threatens to take over his body, and ultimately destroy himself and CyberTech. Your mission is to enter Korsby's body, destroy the virus, and defeat the organism that controls his brain. Microcosm is a 3D action shooter that takes place entirely within the human body. The concept was inspired by the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage The player pilots his way through various parts of the anatomy, blasting virii and enemy ships while collecting power-ups and a faster, stronger craft. The goal of the game is to eventually reach the brain to stop Grey M, the entity that controls Korsby's body. Microcosm makes heavy use of full-motion video and features high-resolution fractal graphics (to simulate the walls of veins and arteries), digital music, and sound effects."
43233,Sword of Honour,,1992,7.0,Action,,Fantasy,"In the game you are a noble ninja, who has to prove the honour of shogun Yuichiro by recovering a stolen sword from the evil Toranaga. Walking from a village to a castle, you fight enemies and avoid traps using your skills in martial arts and Japanese weapons, collecting useful items and uncovering the twisty plot of the story. Using a keyboard you can walk from screen to screen, jump, and pick up items. Using two mouse buttons you can kick or punch opponents as well as use, give or drop collected items."
43234,Prohibition,,1987,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Interwar,"Prohibition is a shoot'em up taking place in New York in 1930. The town is overrun by gangsters and you're hired by the police to rid the town of them. The gameplay is simple: you're facing a row of buildings, a gangster pops up and you have to shoot him before the on-screen timer goes empty and he shoots you first. You can hide until the timer restarts but this is limited too. At the end of each stage is a bonus round where you have to shoot gangsters in a room, with no more ability to hide and a faster timer. As you progress through each stage, the game will become faster, and enemies will become harder to find and to hit. Of course, your goal is to reach the end of the game with the highest possible score."
43237,Slot Car Racer,"Computer Scalextric, Leisure Genius presents... Scalextric: The Computer Edition, Scalextric: The Computer Edition, The Computer Edition of Scalextric",1985,6.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Scalextric is a one or two player racing game based on the popular Hornby slot care racing system. The game is a simple two car, split screen racing game. Cars cannot come off the track but they do lose speed when driving along the track edge or when skidding in the chicanes. Cars can crash, a crash is when one car hits another from behind at a speed that's in excess of 20 mph. In a crash such as this the car that's behind automatically loses the race. However if the cars are level the race does allow one driver to move sideways to push the other player out of the way, either to make passing easier or to distract the other player. Each race can be for one or two players and when racing against the computer the player an select one of three difficulty levels to play against. Races can be from 1 to 99 laps long and the player has a choice of racing on one of the 2 supplied circuits or they can design their own."
43238,Last Ninja 3,Ninja Three,1991,7.6,Action,Puzzle elements,,"The third in the Last Ninja series sees you as Armakuni, the Last Ninja. He is drawn again into a battle with evil Shogun Kunitoki. The battle will take place among the temples of Tibet, the source of the Last Ninja's mystical strength. The Shogun intends to corrupt these Buddhist temples, to destroy the source of power for Armakuni and his emerging Ninja brotherhood. Armakuni must stop the Shogun's evil scheme. The game retains the mix of martial arts combat (hand-to-hand and with various weapons), puzzles involving various objects you find on your way, and navigating your way around obstacles. However, it also introduces Bushido, necessary to complete each level. Bushido is earned by fighting honorably, by fighting enemies with the same weapon as them or in hand-to-hand combat, and not fleeing from a battle. The levels correspond to the elements that combine to make up a Ninja's power, Earth, Water, Wind, Fire and Void."
43240,Over the Net!,,1990,6.9,Sports,Arcade,,"In Over the Net you can play Volleyball matches lasting 1, 3 or 5 sets, with each set being won by the first player to reach 15 points. Teams include the Rollers, CoCo, the Beach Boys (obvious pun in their name) and the in-house Geniases. The action is viewed from the side, with the full court visible. When fire is not pressed, joystick motions move your player in this direction; when it is, they attempt to hit the ball in that direction. As in real volleyball, the ball hitting the ground on your side of the net, or going out of bounds without bouncing, costs you a point."
43244,Snow Break,Extreme Snow Break,1998,6.8,"Racing / Driving, Sports",,,"Snow Break is a fast paced mountain racing game. Based on your personal preference you can select a character with skis or with a snowboard. The courses offer a nice variety of scenery as they include tracks based in the Valley, the Forest, the Cableway and the Castle. The characters can be selected based on attributes for Max Speed, Acceleration and Turn Power. Jumps and a limited selection of tricks are available as you race down each of the courses. The normal play mode is a Championship campaign where you race against three computer controlled racers as you try and place high enough to advance through each of the mountain courses. Two players can take turns racing against the ghost of the other player to try and beat their best time. A single player can also race against the ghost of their own character's best time in the Time race mode. For practice there is a standard race against the clock Time Trial mode as well."
43245,Gary Linekers Superskills,Gary Lineker's Super Skills,1988,5.4,Action,"Arcade, Managerial / business simulation",,"Gary Linekers Superskills is a soccer game with a catch: it is only about the training! The player has to solve a sequence of mini games in a limited amount of time (overall). The mini games are divided into three basic categories: gym (button mashing), ball juggling (using moves with the right timing) and field event. The latter is also split into three succeeding disciplines: dribbling around obstacles, penalty and kicking the ball through hung up tyres. It is important to monitor the athlete's pulse rate and energy level which can be refreshed by either taking a rest or drinking. The game automatically does it for the player if the stats get too low, but it takes more time then. The game features three difficulty levels which can be assigned separately for each participant."
43253,Mortal Kombat 4,,1997,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Mortal Kombat 4 is 1 vs 1 fighting game, similar to the other Mortal Kombat games but this is first game in series with 3D characters models. The player can choose from 15 different fighters at the start (and several unlockables later on). Many fighters from earlier games in the series make a comeback (like Scorpion, Sub Zero, Liu Kang, Sonya Blade, Johnny Cage etc.) while other new fighters join in, like Shinook (who is the main evil character in this game), Fujin, Jarek, and Kai. Goro returns as a boss Gameplay is very typical for a Mortal Kombat game, but has several new features - for example characters can use weapons in a fight (not only as a special move) or avoid attacks in the 3D environment."
43254,High Steel,,1989,5.8,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Contemporary,"High Steel is a combination of a platformer and a puzzle game. The player is a construction worker, one of the best at constructing skyscrapers out of pre-formed steel structures, who has now been called for a really tricky job. This building site has been infested with gremlins who make the job that much harder than it already is. The task at hand is simply to construct the buildings while not getting killed by the gremlins. To make it even trickier the contractor has set a time limit that has to be beaten. The building site is viewed from a side perspective and the player can move the construction worker left and right. From above building material is sent down with a crane. To build a new floor the player first has to pick up and position vertical girders and then consecutive floor segments that are placed on top of these. Once a girder is in place the player can climb it to move between the floors. A floor is considered complete when it consists of five floor segments supported by at least two girders. In the first level one floor has to be completed and the number increases with one for every new level. In addition to the building material the crane will also deliver food and drink. When picked up the player's score and energy level increases. Various creatures roam the construction site trying to make the job harder for the player. Most common are the gremlins that drop from above and move across the floors. They can eat objects and floor segments and will stun the player if they hit him in the head. Gremlins also drop eggs that mothers hatch out of. The mothers are lethal to touch but can be killed by throwing spanners at them. Mothers can give birth to crawlers that are as dangerous as their mothers. Another creature is the spitter which grows out of girders and spits acid globules at the player. Other dangers include falling bricks and banana skins that the player can skid on."
43255,Samurai Shodown,"Nettō Samurai Spirits, Samurai Shodown 1, Samurai Spirits",1993,8.1,Action,Fighting,Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval),"In early feudal Japan, a man named Shiro Tokisada Amakusa preaches a heretic religion. Little does anyone know that Amakusa is really a servant of the evil Ambrosia, who had possessed and taken over Amakusa's body, as Ambrosia wishes to shroud the world into eternal darkness. Now, the player must select from out of 12 fierce warriors and plus 3 bonus characters in order to fight for the honor of defeating Amakusa once and for all, while fulfilling a specific mission for each and every warrior in the game. The Genesis version of the game does not however include the Earthquake which has been removed due to its 16-bit memory capacity and technical size limitations."
43263,Cybernator,Assault Suits Valken,1992,8.0,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In a future where fossil fuels are limited, major countries and forces of the world are at war with one another over territory. Alliances are made, forming two major sides: The Axis and The Federation. The elite units in these wars are Assault Suits, man-piloted combat mechs called Assault Suits. Jake is one such pilot, drafted into the Pacific States' Marine Corp under the Federation. During his training, the war has grown substantially and upon being assigned to a platoon, he is immediately thrown into combat. Cybernator is a side scrolling mech combat game and platform game. The player controls Jake as he moves his assault suit left and right on the battlefield. The assault suit can jump and use a jetpack for a short time to increase altitude. The assault suit begins with a Shot machine gun weapon that spreads out fire in front, and a Punch weapon for close melee. Additional weapons can be found during the course of the game and existing weapons improved by the gathering of ""P"" power-ups left by defeated enemies. Each level contains a variety of enemies and an end boss which must be destroyed to reach the next level. Some levels take place as horizontally scrolling shooters, in which the Assault suit can move up, down, left and right on the screen, but is constantly advancing towards new threats. The PlayStation 2 version is not a straight port or emulation of the original SNES game. It has altered visuals and balance tweaks, as well as a brief new stage at the beginning."
43269,NCAA Basketball,"Super Dunk Shot, World League Basketball",1992,7.2,Sports,,,"NCAA Basketball models a college basketball season, including March Madness (if your team qualifies!) and the Final Four (if you make it that far!). Teams represented are from the Big East, Big 8, ACC, SEC, and SWC conferences (some are missing because rights could not be secured). If season play is not for you, you can play exhibition games, but if you make it to the Final Four, you can save your game and have the option of using any team you like."
43271,Age of Empires: Collector's Edition,"Age of Empires: Edición para Coleccionistas, Age of Empires: Edycja Kolekcjonerska, Age of Empires: Sběratelské Vydání, Age of Empires: Édition Collector",2000,8.2,"Compilation, Special edition",,,This compilation includes:
43273,Conflict in Vietnam,"Conflict in Vietnam: The Strategic War Simulation, Conflict in Vietnam: Your Personal Time Machine into History!",1986,7.7,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Real-time strategy (RTS),Historical events,"The third and final installment in Microprose's Command series of war games simulates five key battles in Vietnam, beginning with the defeat of the French colonial army in 1954 and culminating in the 1972 victory of the Viet Cong against South Vietnam forces. Conflict in Vietnam adapts the well tried ""accelerated real-time"" game system of its predecessors to the jungle combat situation in Indochina, with its bizarre balance of power, specific technology (such massive use of helicopters) and unique strategic challenges. Impressively complex for its time, the simulation calculates a day-night-cycle, weather, terrain, supply lines, formations, unit organization and experience, to name only the most important factors. Two players can compete head to head on one computer, soloists may randomize the enemy priorities in some scenarios for added uncertainty on the battlefield. Even more so than in the previous games, designer duo Sid Meier and Ed Bever stress the educational aspect of their well-researched historical simulation: the manual is designed as a complementary read that offers extensive background information to the five scenarios and their 'what if' variants."
43275,Death Mask,,1994,5.9,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Doom on the 7Mhz, 16-colour, 1Mb Amiga 500 might sound unrealistic, but this is one of a handful of games that managed it, and the first full Doom-style game for the Amiga. Unusually the multiplayer game was split-screen, which didn't really work because you could sneak a look into the other window to see where your opponent was - it's not exactly full of suspense. The major compromises in getting the game onto the A500 are the graphics, which lack texture-mapping, and the trick-3D used where the characters don't rotate smoothly in 360 degrees, but jerk through a small range of viewpoints, a la Dungeon Master Only half the screen is used for the actual motion as well, with the rest reserved for RPG-style artwork - which is obviously superfluous because the 2-player game doesn't have it. It's a throwback to the first Lotus game of all things. You can even turn the animation off. In one-player mode there are 34 levels, accessed via passwords, 3 lives, and lots of powerup weapons. If one player completes the level, both advance to the next one (like Lotus 2 funnily enough. I guess I ought to think of a similarity to Lotus 3 just to complete the set). There's also the standard Death Match mode."
43280,Muppet Monster Adventure,Teleñecos: Una aventura Monstruosa,2000,6.9,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Muppet Monster Adventure is a action platform game, best compared with Spyro but with Muppet characters and a Halloween or ghost house setting. The story starts with the Muppets attending the reading of Dr. Honeydew recently deceased uncle's will. Instead of going on a holiday to a tropical resort, Robin and the others find themselves at a rundown, creepy castle. Upon arriving Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzy and others are captured and now it's up to young Robin (Kermit's nephew) to save the day. The gameplay is best described as a collect-and-explore-em-up. You have to explore all the vast areas and collect gems and tokens. The HUD displays how much you have collected in a certain level. To get 100% you really have to find every corner and figure out how to get onto the hard to reach platforms. In the first few levels, Robin gains four special powers by collecting special Muppet coins. When all coins of a group are collected, Robin can morph into different types of monsters at certain places. An icon will appear in the top right-hand corner, indicating that you can use this special ability. You can fly or float, climb certain walls, do a karate chop to break obstacles, or gain extra strength to push objects. There are lots of large areas to explore. After every few levels the setting is changed. You go from the castle courtyards to large underwater sections, from Arabian nights setting to icy snow levels. During the game, Pepe the King Prawn appears in lots of places to give you gameplay advice. In each level, there also are a lot of mini games to be found, such as a race against an computer opponent to get to a certain location."
43282,Toy Commander,"Gutherman, Totsugeki! Teketeke!! Toy Ranger",1999,7.4,"Action, Racing / Driving","Arcade, Shooter",,"Some of the greatest adventures that kids have growing up occur in their imaginations as they play with their toys. Toy Commander is a game that attempts to capture these adventures in an interactive, three dimensional world. The player's perspective is that of the toy vehicles that inhabit a house. The various gameplay areas are all based on rooms in this giant house. Gameplay in Toy Commander is mission based. In each mission, the player controls one or more toy vehicles to accomplish certain objectives. The objectives in each mission vary widely. In some missions, the player must drive an army truck and shoot things, in some it is necessary to fly helicopters to pick up and drop off objects, and in some the player races against computer-controlled vehicles. There is a storyline that ties together the missions in the single player mode. A coalition of old toys has started a rebellion against the new toys in the house. An evil Teddy Bear, the Toy Commander, is leading this rebellion. It's the player's job to stop him. In each mission, the basic goal is to complete the task in as short a time as possible. If the player meets a certain time goal, the mission is completed. By completing four missions, the player gets to challenge the boss character in the room. If the boss is successfully destroyed, he will assist the player character in the final fight against the Toy Commander. In addition to the single player mode, there is a 4-player simultaneous deathmatch mode."
43284,Shadow Warrior,"Lo Wang is Shadow Warrior, Shadow Warrior Classic",1997,7.5,Action,Shooter,"Asia, Contemporary","Lo Wang has been working as a Shadow Warrior (a bodyguard and mercenary of sorts) for the powerful Zilla Corporation for years. But when he discovered the evil Zilla's plan to summon monsters from other dimensions and conquer the world, he left in disgust. Realizing that Lo Wang might jeopardize his plans, Zilla sends his assassins after him. Shadow Warrior is a first-person shooter similar in style and gameplay to Duke Nukem 3D The game set in a generic ""Asialand"", which looks like China and Japan conflated together. It features deliberately immature and politically incorrect humor, as well as a protagonist who delivers regular one-liners, commenting upon the situation at hand. Much of the humor is derived from over-the-top, stereotypical portrayals of Asian culture (e.g. scantily clad young women drawn in Japanese anime style). The player has to complete several levels, fighting enemies and occasionally solving puzzles on the way. Though the game primarily focuses on exploration and combat, puzzle-solving plays a larger role than in most other contemporary shooters. There are also a few sequences that allow the player to drive vehicles, some of which have mounted weapons. Like Duke Nukem 3D the game's environments are interactive, allowing the player to manipulate or destroy scenery and many objects, often revealing secret areas. On a technical side, the game introduces climbable ladders, true room-over-room situations, and voxels (instead of sprites) for weapons and inventory items. Enemies include evil ninjas with various weapons, ""coolies"" which carry a crate of dynamite and blow themselves up when near the player character, female assassins with crossbows, and many more. To combat them, Lo Wang can use a variety of weapons and items. Weapons include: Lo Wang's fists, a katana, shuriken, a riot gun, an Uzi (two of which can be equipped and used at a time), a rocket launcher firing heat-seeking or nuclear missile, a grenade launcher, sticky bombs, a railgun, and even some enemy body parts. Many of these weapons have a secondary firing mode. Lo Wang can also find and use gadgets such as caltrops to leave in the enemies' way, or gas bombs to choke foes who happen to be near it."
43294,Knightmare,Majou Densetsu,1986,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Fantasy,"In Knightmare the player takes control of a brave knight named Popolon, who has to rescue his sweetheart Aphrodite from the clutches of the evil Hudnos. The game is essentially a top-down shooter. Popolon can shoot arrows at his enemies, and at the end of level face bosses, such as witches, etc. Shooting monsters, avoiding obstacles, passing the bridges and collecting upgrades for his weapon leads him to glory. Digitized music and sound add more to the arcade-like gameplay. This game may also be about two brave knights - you and your friend, who does the same for the victory on one screen."
43296,Formula Karts,Formula Karts: Special Edition,1997,7.0,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"Formula Karts is a semi-realistic racing title that attempts to capture the spirit of kart racing with it's low slung feeling of speed, and corner after corner of impressive handling (and inevitable sliding). The title supports both simulation and arcade modes, and features some effective race AI for non-player vehicles. Two player split screen is supported albeit with some slowdown."
43304,Ken Griffey Jr Presents Major League Baseball,,1994,7.7,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Ken Griffey Jr Presents Major League Baseball is a baseball simulation featuring Ken Griffey Jr. of the ""Nintendo Owned"" Seattle Mariners. This licensed game allows you to play with all 28 Major League Teams in their own stadiums and over 700 player names (not likenesses). You control your pitcher or batter as well your fielders. The game allows you to play and save a 26, 78 or 162 game season."
43305,Shadowgate 64: Trials of the Four Towers,,1999,6.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"In this 3D first-person adventure game, Castle Shadowgate is filled with thieves and other scum and, on top of it all, there's an evil wizard who intends to release the Warlock lord! You assume the role of Del Cottonwood, a halfling adventurer. He becomes a prisoner of Castle Shadowgate after a raid on the caravan he was traveling with. At first, he will only try to escape Shadowgate, but as the story evolves, he learns that the great Wizard Lakmir has a far more noble quest for him. He will be the one to prevent Belzar from releasing the Warlock Lord!"
43310,Preppie!,,1982,7.5,Action,Arcade,,"Preppie! is a variant of Frogger that takes place on the toughest golf course in the world, the Ninenty Nine, where the player has to retrieve his golf balls. The player starts at the bottom part of the screen and has to traverse first a road full of golf carts, bulldozers and lawn mowers and then a river full of logs and alligators. Each level has one or more golf balls that the player has to pick up and carry back to the starting position. He can only carry one ball at a time so he has to move past the dangers multiple times before a level is completed. Points are earned for each golf ball recovered. As the player progresses through the levels more and more threats are introduced, such as monster frogs and new types of vehicles. There are ten levels in total."
43311,Sweet Home,,1989,7.8,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,,"Sweet Home follows the exploits of five members of an investigation group: Kazuo, Akiko, Taro, Asuka, and Emi. The famous painter Mamiya Ichirou lived many years in a secluded mansion, and rumor says there are some valuable frescos to find inside. Our investigators decide to take some pictures of the frescos. However, upon entering the mansion, a ghost-like figure of Mamiya appears and threatens them. After this, they find themselves trapped in the mansion. The heroes must now find a way out of the mansion, not forgetting the frescos they came there for, and the destiny of an earlier investigation group that has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The game mixes role-playing with survival horror elements. The basic structure is that of a Japanese-style RPG: characters fight random monsters in turn-based battles, equip various weapons and level up. The player must form different teams from the five available characters, both for battles and for solving puzzles. Each character has his (or her) own item-based skill: Taro can take pictures, Emi can unlock almost any door, Kazuo has a lighter, Akiko uses a vacuum cleaner to remove dust and other obstacles, and Asuka has medical kits."
43317,Bangkok Knights,,1987,7.0,"Action, Sports",Fighting,,"From the humble peasant farmers of Thailand came one of the world's most devastating forms of combat, Thai Boxing - the fastest, meanest and most exciting full contact sport in the world of martial arts. In this unique simulation of Muay Thai (Thai Boxing) you must fight your way from the cliff ledge above your village, through the jungle and into the streets of Bangkok. Only after defeating all the street-wise opponents will you be granted the right to fight in the famous Lumpini stadium, here you will encounter the greatest exponents of the sport, the Bangkok Knights."
43319,Mogul Maniac,,1983,6.3,"Action, Simulation, Sports",,,"Mogul Maniac is a 1st-person perspective (although you can see your ski's) skiing game where the objective is to get through the open and and closed gates as quickly as possible. The gates consists of 2 poles of the same color: either red or blue of which the objective is to ski between those poles. The game consists of 9 different courses as well as 2 different difficulty settings (novice and expert). In the novice setting you will be penalized 5 seconds for each gate you miss, the expert setting however automatically disqualifies you if you miss a gate (although you still can complete the run). There also is no limit to the number of players that can play, but only the fastest time will be shown on the screen."
43320,JetFighter III,,1997,7.2,"Action, Simulation",,South America,"The Jetfighter series returns once again, albeit this time it is released by Mission Studios a spin-off from Velocity the original developers of this franchise. While once again the battle is against a drug lord, it takes place over South America instead of the U.S. West Coast as in its predecessors. The campaign is structure similar to Strike Commander / Wing Commander where the scripted missions are linked by a intricate story. The player is a pilot aboard an aircraft carrier, and can move around various places about the ship between each mission. Jetfighter III features terrain generated from satellite data, with geographically correct cities, roads, and airports. Flyable jets include the F/A-18 and the naval F-22N. A later patch allowed for 3DFX support."
43324,Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers,"Disney Anders And: ""Etr@pt Evevtyr""?*!, Disney Donald: ""Cou@k Att@k""?*!, Disney Kalle Anka: ""Ku@ck Att@ck""?*!, Disney Paperino: Oper@zione ""P@pero""?*!, Disney Pato Donald: ""Cu@c. Att@ck""?*!, Disney's Donald Duck: ""Qu@ck Att@ck""?*!, Donald Duck: Rescue Daisakusen!!",2000,6.8,Action,Platform,,"The evil wizard Merlock has kidnapped intrepid reporter Daisy Duck. Donald Duck wants to rescue her, and his friend Gyro Gearloose's latest invention, a teleporter, can help. Unfortunately, it can't reach Daisy directly due to a lack of power. To increase the energy, Donald must place weather vanes that catch gamma rays at the world's highest summits: the peak of Duckie Mountain, the Beagle Tower in Duckburg, and the flying mansion of Magica De Spell. Only then can the teleporter reach Merlock's temple so Donald can free Daisy. Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers on the PlayStation 2 and GameCube follows the same story, general gameplay style and level themes as the versions on other platforms but features unique level designs, enemies and gameplay mechanics. The game is a platformer employing 3D graphics, offering three different styles of level in a manner similar to games in the Crash Bandicoot series : the camera is either placed behind Donald as he runs forward, at his side (emulating classical side-scrolling platform gameplay) or in front of him in levels where he is chased by a giant hand and must run towards the screen. Each level must be completed within a time limit. There are many holes and gorges Donald must jump over, traps to avoid, as well as enemies he can dispatch by hitting or jumping on top of them. Picking up 100 golden gears gains Donald an extra life while collecting five within a second or less spells out one letter of the word SPECIAL. Once the word is completed and the level finished, Donald's nephews will teach him a special move. These moves make him invincible for a short time and result in the gears being worth more when picked up. To activate a move, Donald must jump on three enemies in a row without touching the ground, then pressing the activation button to begin entering a unique button combination within three seconds. When Donald is hit by an enemy or hurt by a trap, he gets in a grumpy mood (indicated by his trademark quacking) and the next hit means the loss of a life. Picking up a milkshake will restore his good mood and health, however. Should he find a glass of orange juice, he becomes Hyper Donald for a short time, allowing him to run over enemies and crash through walls to find hidden areas. Stashed away there (but also sometimes in plain sight) are golden threads. Picking up all three per level unlocks bonus costumes that Donald can change into in Gyro's lab. Each of the four worlds features three or four levels, plus a training stage and a boss fight. The boss fights follow the classic template of each boss repeating an attack pattern that must be avoided, as well as a single weakness that can be exploited to finish them off."
43331,Teamchef,,1996,7.5,"Simulation, Sports",Managerial / business simulation,,"Teamchef is another soccer manager from a German developer team. You have 11 seasons to make a great manager career. At the beginning you can’t go to the European Top Teams. You have to go to a little team and with success the greater teams ask you to train their teams. The game simulates the German, English, French, Italian and Spanish league. Your job is buying and selling players, getting sponsors, improving your stadium. You can also hire another manager for your support. The game is presented in a top down graphic and is realtime calculated."
43334,Paragliding,,1991,5.0,"Action, Simulation",Arcade,,"The game is an enhanced remake of the original Paraplane for Amstrad CPC. Different stages of player's skills allow you to play a different types of games. While Practicing you may complete the exercises to train yourself in main gameplay actions such as taking off, landing, flowing using air currents, etc. While Strolling you may explore the flags/balloons positions and relief of the four places of the world (Arabic Desert, Green Alps, Snow Mountains, and American Canyon), where paragliding events are set. While Competition you may, choosing one of eight nations of players (Japanese, English, American, Spanish, Russian, French, German, and Italian), to make a score, collecting the flags and balloons and taking into account the time flowing. While Championship you with up to 4 players may challenge each other completing one after another the different events such as speed, precision, technique, etc. High scores are saved in the Hi-Score Table. The gameplay includes enjoying the intro music, taking off, paragliding using air currents and clouds, avoiding the static and dynamic obstacles, collecting the flags and balloons, and landing. The game was made in French/English/German/Spanish."
43340,Anstoss 2: Der Fußballmanager,,1997,7.8,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Anstoss 2: Der Fußballmanager is a soccer management simulation for 1-4 players. You are in charge of a club, participating in one of the 13 featured leagues. Start to design a training concept, implement a revolutionary tactical system and you might be on the right way. The goal is simple: reach for gold, participate in national and international competitions and win 'em all. Additionally you are responsible for the financial aspects, e.g. by building a better stadium, hiring employees, betting on other games, etc. The matches are presented in 3D cutscenes. You can exchange players, adapt tactics to new situations or weather conditions, but don't participate directly."
43345,Citadel,,1989,7.8,Action,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Citadel is a comparatively slow-paced shooter that emphasizes planning and careful movement over fast reflexes. On a planet that was thought to be uninhabited, an underground city complex has been discovered. The player's task is to explore this city with a remote-controlled hoverdrone, called Monitor, while trying to avoid its automatic defense systems. Monitor is controlled from a top-down perspective and can only be moved into four directions, holding down the fire-button enables it to shoot in eight directions. There are various stationary and moving enemies that activate when Monitor gets close enough and start shooting when it moves. Some can shoot in four, others in eight directions, while others only try to ram the monitor or attack with homing shots. Pressing the fire-button twice and then holding it activates a capture probe that can be used to pick up items, operate switches and control hostile drones. Drones under Monitor's control follow it around and can be used as a shield against projectiles, a battering ram against other drones or a plug to prevent more enemies from emerging from a trap. Captured movable drones automatically move into the direction Monitor is firing in, but can also be locked in a relative position by pressing the space bar. In order to be able to capture a drone, a certain amount of energy is needed, depending on the type of the drone. Items to replenish energy can be picked up as well as better weapons like rapid-fire or two- or three-way fire. There are eight cities to explore, each consisting of two floors connected via lift shafts. Usually, reaching the exit of a city involves going back and forth between both floors and deactivating various beam generators that block the path."
43353,Time Cruise,Time Cruise II,1991,7.3,Strategy / tactics,"Arcade, Pinball",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Time Cruise is a pinball game with a story. The story has a scientist by the name of Eric who one day hears a voice claiming to be an extraterrestrial and through this voice learns the secret to time travel. After several years of building his creation, he is finally finished and crawls in to his round metal time machine and is off on a quest to travel through time and meet his extraterrestrial friend. The goal of the game, much like many others in the genre, is to reach a certain amount of points in one of several different pinball tables that range in different time periods including prehistoric times and up to the future."
43361,Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters,Lethal Enforcers II: The Western,1994,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Rail shooter",Western,"In this sequel to Lethal Enforcers you are the sheriff of a town set in the old Wild West. Using the control pad or Konami's own Justifier lightgun, you'll be taking out outlaws who are robbing banks and kidnapping innocents. You have the opportunity to upgrade and keep you gun, as long as you don't shoot the people you are trying to save. The action is usually shown on a single screen with enemies ""popping out"" from various sections. If you do not shoot them in time they will either shoot or throw various weapons at you. You will lose energy if they hit you or you hit an innocent civilian."
43362,Waxworks,,1983,6.9,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",,"Number 11 and final entry in the Mysterious Adventures series. You've spent a fun day at the local fair. Now you decide to head over to the waxworks for some fun. But you are tired. You lie down for a snooze... It turns out you are trapped in the Waxworks. Is it all a dream though? Around this time, the game engine was redone to allow complete sentences instead of the more primitive 2-word Scott Adams parser that had been used previously although early versions of the game may have still used the cruder parser."
43363,The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare,Bart no Fushigi na Yume no Daibōken,1993,6.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Bart Simpson has to stay up late and write a paper for class tomorrow. For once, he is determined to get a good mark. However, very quickly, he falls asleep. Nightmare after nightmare haunt his subconsciousness, and it is up to you to get over each one, so that Bart will eventually wake up. Bart's Nightmare is an action game based on the TV cartoon show The Simpsons The player navigates Bart through the side-scrolling overworld, collecting pages of his homework while avoiding various enemies modeled after characters from the show. For example, his sister Lisa would occasionally turn him into a frog, Principal Skinner may force him to wear a Sunday school uniform (slowing his movement), etc. Bart can repel enemies by blowing a bubble gum at them. Once a homework page has been found, the player can step through colored doors and engage in various mini-games. These involve Bart transforming into a ""Bartzilla"", a giant monster out to destroy Springfield; swimming through Bart's own bloodstream, using air pumps to kill germs; being attacked by Itchy and Scratchy, the duo from the meta-fictional violent cartoon; flying over the city as the superhero Bartman, fighting boss enemies; and exploring the treacherous columns in the Temple of Maggie as Indiana Bart."
43364,Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2,,2000,6.0,Action,Shooter,,"It seems those plastic men never lack any energy nor motivation to take each other out. Like in the other Army Men games, Sarge and the Green Army are at it again with the Tan Army. This time, General Plastro of the Tan Army has teamed up with members from the Blue side to wipe out the Green Army. As Sarge, you must fight your way through numerous missions with the backing of assorted weaponry ranging from crossbows to rocket launchers, in order to save Green Nation from the enemy invasion. Mission objectives vary from complete destruction of the other side to rescue missions."
43369,Warbirds,,1991,7.3,"Action, Simulation",,World War I,"A combat flight action/simulation with colorful graphics and pretty straight-forward gameplay. Step inside the cockpit of a World War I plane, when there were no sophisticated weaponry, and try to gun down the enemy. Simple as that. The graphics were faux-3D, as the planes were 2D sprites (natural, considering the release date), but the sky seemed very vast and you could fly around freely."
43370,The Games: Winter Challenge,Winter Challenge,1991,7.2,"Action, Sports",,,"An Olympiad game simulating common winter game competitions - the Downhill, Giant Slalom, Luge, 2-men Bobsled, Ski Jump, Cross Country, Biathlon and Speed Skating. The game features a basic 3D engine which allows to simulate slopes with ease, which enhances the gameplay of some events such as the Downhill. Gameplay, as expected from a Winter sports game, relies on finding the faster trajectories in most events (Downhill, Giant Slalom, Luge and Bobsled), pacing the run correctly (Cross Country and Biathlon), skill and timing (Ski Jump), with button mashing reserved for just one (speed skating). The player (up to ten) can select his (or her) competitor face and nationality from one of 16 possible choices, and by selecting different difficulty settings, different computer controlled athletes take part in the competition along the player."
43375,1602 A.D.,"1602 A.D.: Discover, Build and Rule your Own New World, Anno 1602 A.D., Anno 1602: A la Conquête d'un Nouveau Monde - Version Gold, Anno 1602: Creation of a New World - Gold Edition, Anno 1602: Erschaffung einer neuen Welt - Königs-Edition",1999,7.5,Compilation,,,"This release combines the original game Anno 1602: Creation of a New World and its German-only add-on Anno 1602: Erschaffung einer neuen Welt - Neue Inseln, Neue Abenteuer"
43381,The Vortex: Quantum Gate II,,1994,5.4,Adventure,,,"The Vortex, sequel to Quantum Gate is a cinematic journey of a young soldier (Drew Griffin) in a peculiar hostile world where he fights for his life. You decide Drew's fate by making inquires and displaying emotions that will guide his actions from a first person perspective just like many other interactive movies. Packed with full motion video (FMV) clips on 3 CDs, Quantum Gate II features HyperBole's VirtualCinema technology, designed to take full advantage of Multimedia PC (MPC) platform."
43393,Kick Master,,1992,7.2,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Fantasy,"The evil wizard Belzed and his forces have attacked the kingdom of Lowrel, killed its king and queen and kidnapped princess Silphee. Players take control of aspiring martial artist Thonolan who sets out to rescue Silphee and defeat Belzed. Kick Master is a side-scrolling platformer in which enemies are defeated by using various kicks and spells. Defeated enemies drop three items that refill Thoalon's health or magic, grant an extra life, damage him or increase his experience. When Thoalan gains a level, his maximum MP is increased and he learns new kicks, such as sliding, flying, roundhouse or butterfly kicks. Along the way, he can also pick up different spells that damage his enemies, protect him or refill his health."
43396,BursTrick: Wake Boarding!!,Simple 1500 Series Vol. 83: The Wake Board - Burstrick Wake Boarding,2000,5.1,"Action, Sports",Tricks / stunts,,"BursTrick: Wake Boarding!! is an extreme-sports game using gameplay similar to Wave Race 64 the main difference being that, as you are pulled by a boat when wake boarding, it is almost like an auto-scroller and you do not have nearly as much freedom of movement. There are two gameplay modes, Obstacle and Trick. In Obstacle mode, you race around a track and must complete the track in time and collect enough points by wake boarding through rings and over jumps. In Trick mode, you compete to score as many points as possible by performing tricks. There are over 45 tricks in total. Other features include several different riders to choose from and unlockable boards and characters."
43398,LEGO Racers,,1999,6.9,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"For the first time, build your favourite Lego carts on your PC using all of the blocks that are available in real life, thanks to the detailed Creation modes. You can then race your beast against other lego built characters in 12 special themed tracks, based on the Themed Lego kits (including Pirates & Egypt and much more). Race your friend in split screen mode, or go straight on for the ultimate Lego racing trophy."
43403,Winzer,,1991,6.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Winzer (German for vintner) is a business simulation about the cultivation of wine. Choose a vineyard in southern Germany, cultivate and harvest grapes, press wine and sell it on the national or international markets. The quality of your wine depends on the type of vines, when the grapes are harvested and how they are fertilized. You must deal with hiring personnel and buying equipment, registering your wines with the authorities and advertising your products. You can also sabotage your competitors or illegally water down your wines. You win by reaching a score of 1000 points. Points are awarded by registering wines, creating high quality sparkling wines or placing high in regional or national wine competitions."
43405,John Barnes European Football,,1992,6.4,"Action, Sports",,,"Released to coincide with the 1992 European Football Championships, and licensed around Jamaican-born Liverpool star John Barnes. The gameplay is superficially similar to Krisalis' previous Manchester United Europe title. The action is viewed from side-on and overhead, giving a slight forced perspective. Unlike Manchester United Europe only a small amount of the pitch is visible at a time, which makes the game faster, but makes long-range passing harder (perhaps to make the game more like Barnes' own style). Control is precise and the ball sticks to your feet to some extent. The only teams included are the eight qualifiers for the 1992 European Championships, and that is the only tournament. You can play either as the nearest player to the ball, or always be Barnes."
43409,Cyberdogs,,1994,7.0,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"If anyone remembers the top-down shooters Loaded or Chaos Engine, Cyberdogs is the same basic gameplay. You must choose your character and his weapons that you will fight with. In your mission you must destroy the enemy and retrieve the lost items."
43415,Murder!,Murder,1990,7.4,Adventure,,,"After personalizing your character, you enter the game where everyone is a suspect. The murder has occurred and whoever did it is nicely camouflaged within the party crowd in the house. However, the time is crucial as you have limited time (2 hours or so) to solve the mystery and make an arrest. With skills at your disposal, you will be able to take fingerprints from almost anything, write in your detective notebook about conversations you find intriguing, and slowly but surely, outlining your suspect. Alas, many love affairs, plots, intrigues and what all not among other characters may be uncovered in your investigations, but that mustn't cloud your judgment for why you are here, to solve the Murder!"
43419,Boxxle,Sōko-ban,1989,7.0,Puzzle,,,"Just like in Soko-Ban it is your goal to push a number of crates onto certain spots in order to finish a level. Finding the right way to move all the crates on the right spots becomes increasingly difficult and you have to plan numerous steps in advance in order not to block your own way. The game features over 25 levels with 10 sub-levels each one. You can always choose the order in which you want to complete the sub-levels, but you have to complete all sub-levels in order to advance to the next main-level. If you have finished the game or become hopelessly stuck, there is also an option to create your own levels."
43423,Soldier of Fortune,,1988,6.9,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Fantasy,A FIGHT OF GOOD VERSUS EVIL Hoardes (sic) of mythical and mystical beasts roam your land under the control of the evil mage Krillys. His power stems from the Zodiac Power Source. Good can be restored to the land if the Zodiac Power Source can be located and returned to a place of safety. Soldier of fortune (sic) features: * A WEALTH OF BEAUTIFUL WELL DEFINED SCROLLING BACKGROUNDS. * HOARDES (sic) OF MYTICAL (sic) AND MYSTICAL BEASTS AS NEVER SEEN IN THIS WORLD OR ANY OTHER. * A VAST ARRAY OF OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE WEAPONRY. * FAST ARCADE ACTION REQUIRING DEEP THOUGHT AND GREAT CUNNING TO SUCCEED. Soldier of fortune (sic) - Are you mercenary enough to buy it? Source: Back of Case - Commodore 64
43428,Dune,Dune: He Who Controls the Spice Controls the Universe,1992,7.9,"Adventure, Strategy / tactics",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Based on the legendary Frank Herbert novel of the same name and visually inspired by the 1984 David Lynch movie, Dune is a strategy-adventure hybrid where the player takes the role of young Paul Atreides, the son of Duke Leto. The Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV has given the Atreides House the rights to manage the extraction of the most precious substance in the entire universe - the Melange, commonly known as Spice in the desolate desert planet Arrakis (Dune), the only place in the universe capable of producing the substance. While everything indicates the offer is a trap orchestrated by their enemies the Harkonnen, the Atreides family agrees on moving, as he who controls the spice, controls the universe The player arrives in Arrakis with the mission of contacting and convincing the Fremen tribes residing in sietches (desert settlements) near the Atreides palace to harvest the spice. Harvesting is the most important part of the game, required to purchase equipment from the smugglers and appease the emperor. To speed up the process of harvesting, the player can equip the tribes with harvesters to increase production and ornis to protect them from the gigantic protectors of the planet: Shai-Hulud - the sandworms. However, the spice doesn't last forever and new sietches must be prospected before having a mining crew assigned, but the player cannot run Southwards forever, as the Harkonnen enemy controls the North of the Planet, dangerously close to the Atreides Palace. Soon after the initial batches are sent to the Emperor, the player will have to actively deal with the Harkonnen, who will try to take control of player Sietches. For those, Fremen tribes can be assigned to military training with Gurney Halleck, but before doing such work Paul must have a certain reputation, gained by the control of Arrakis. As the game advances, the player will untap Paul's latent powers, as well as meeting other characters from the Dune universe, such as Duke Leto, Jessica, Thufir Hawat, Duncan Idaho, Harah, Chani, Stilgar and Liet Kynes, the mastermind behind the ecological plans on Dune - the ultimate goal."
43432,Lunar: The Silver Star,,1992,8.4,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),,"The hero of Lunar: The Silver Star is Alex, a young boy whose ideal is the great warrior of the past, Dragonmaster Dyne. But in order to become a Dragonmaster, Alex has to find the four great dragons who will grant him the permission. The girl Luna, with whom Alex is in love, accompanies him on his journey. But soon the young people discover that something, or someone, is trying to change the face of the world by resurrecting the ancient goddess Althena, with Luna being a key element in the plan. Lunar: The Silver Star is a traditional Japanese-style RPG with turn-based battles. The characters in your party have distinct class attributes (fighter, priest, magic user, etc.). It is possible to move the characters over the battle field, which can sometimes prove strategically important (for example, spreading the characters to avoid being hit by an area spell)."
43435,Fruit Machine Simulator,,1987,5.1,Gambling,Arcade,,"Billed as 'The first real Fruit Machine Simulator' this is a game for 1 - 4 players that starts you off with £1.50p and sets about helping the player lose it. Though not based on a specific machine, it has features that fruit machines of the 1980's had such as Cash Box, Nudge Box, Skill Climb, Winning Streak, Cash Gamble, Hold, Mega-hold, and more. The money that the player has is represents as a number of coins, £1, 50p, 20p, and 10p. The player selects which coins to feed into the machine by the number keys. All stakes are 10p. After entering the coins, game-play is a simple matter of pressing the space bar to spin the reels and see whether a winning combination comes up. Whenever a win is awarded the player gets the option to either gamble the win or to take the cash. Feature wins Some symbols on the reels have numbers on them. Should these appear on the winning line the letters of the CASH BASH light up. Rarely these letters light up part way and stay lit for the next spin. Other symbols have a '?' on them, these trigger a feature in which all the unlit letters of the CASH BASH feature flash randomly and the player has to stop them flashing at a time when all are lit. If, by either means, all the letters of this feature light up the player gets a chance at the bonus features. There are four of these and they represented by flashing lights, the player stops the lights flashing and is awarded the corresponding lit feature. The Skill Climb starts with four columns of lights representing coins, column 1 is 10p's, column 2 is 20p's, column 3 is 50p's and column 4 is £1's The lights flash on and off and the player must stop them flashing by pressing an action key. If the player stops the lights at the bottom of the column then they lose If the player stops the lights part way up the column then they win an amount equivalent to all the lights lit If the player stops the lights at the top of the column then the player progresses to the next column where the coins are worth more and the lights flash faster. The Cash Box is an sum of money that builds during play and is awarded should the player select this feature The Nudge Box is a number of nudges that builds during play and is awarded should the player select this feature The Winning Streak is a series of spins each one guaranteed to win something Randomly throughout the game reels can be held or nudged. Rarely, reels can be held after a win"
43438,Thunderhawk,Thunderhawk AH-73M,1991,8.1,"Action, Simulation",,,"Thunderhawk AH-73M is a 3D action/simulation helicopter game. The game is set in the future where you are a pilot of MERLIN, an elite command, which is commanded by the United Nations. Their task is it to defuse and prevent crisis situations approximately around the globe in time that these expand to genuine conflicts. With MERLIN you fly the new Thunderhawk AH-73M combat helicopter against conflicts all over the world. Gameplay consists of flying campaigns in ten areas of the world, where you must complete primary and secondary objectives. Each campaign is typically made out of around five missions that are themed according to real life events from the part of the world they take place in. Your helicopter is loaded with weapons at the start of the mission; machine gun, fire and forget rockets, depth charges, bombs and missiles. When a mission demands specific type of armament, such as a runway cratering system for airbase objective it is automatically loaded. You encounter various hostiles during the missions, both airborne and land based which can be taken care of with the loaded armament. Once the primary objective is completed you need to return safely to base. Your helicopter can only sustain a limited amount of damage, so you have to plot your course wisely."
43440,Dance Dance Revolution: Disney Mix,"Dance Dance Revolution: Disney's Rave, Dancing Stage Disney Mix",2000,7.3,Sports,Music / rhythm,,What do you get when you combine the dancing of Dance Dance Revolution with Disney music? The follow-up to the craze hit Dance Dance Revolution that features several remixes of Disney songs for you to stomp along with.
43446,Destroyer,,1986,7.4,Simulation,,World War II,"Destroyer is a 2D naval simulation. Players take the role of a captain controlling a United States Navy Destroyer class vessel. During World War II, the player has to command several Destroyer operations:"
43448,Paragon,Street Ball,1988,7.8,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Street Ball is an Arcade/Puzzle game where your goal is to guide a bouncing ball through a maze collecting treasures and avoiding obstacles. Your ball moves back and forth on wires until you release it, at which point it bounces around the maze until it hits another wire. It has a limited number of ""hit points"" so you must time your releases to steer the ball over treasures while avoiding laser cannons and evil black ""zombie"" balls. Once you have obtained the correct numbers and types of treasures, an exit opens which takes you to the next of the 20 mazes."
43452,Blockbuster,"Impact, Impact!",1987,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Impact is an old break-out style game. The user controls a paddle and needs to catch a ball with the paddle each time it comes down. When the ball hits a brick, it is destroyed (unless it's made undestroyable). Sometimes, a bonus will come out of the brick. This adds to the 'bonus score'. When the player collected one or more bonuses, he may 'release' them, and he receives a powerup. Each 'bonus score' has a different powerup: the most powerful powerups need the largest number of bonus points. Impact comes with a lot of levels and a level editor."
43454,The Jetsons: George Jetson and the Legend of Robotopia,,1988,7.4,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Jetsons: George Jetson and the Legend of Robotopia is a graphical adventure. It is based on The Jetsons, an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1962. Join George Jetson on an adventure as he visits alien worlds and attempts to outwit hostile tribes of Aborigibots while attempting to hold onto his job. The game screen is divided into seven areas. Each area serves a different function as you play the game. A Stage area displays what George sees. If you see an object of interest here, double-click on it get a description of that object in the Narration area, where everything that happens in the game is described. The Cast area displays a portrait of George. Whenever there is someone else in the area, their portrait too will be displayed. Click twice on their portrait to get a description of the person or to interact with them. If you are successful in striking up a conversation, the Action area displays choices of comments made by George. Click once on the choice you feel is the right one. There is a Layout area that provides an overhead view of the area that George is in. Red circles indicate exits. The Command Buttons area displays command buttons for George to use, each with a different symbol. These buttons allow George to Interact, Look, Go, Open, Close and Give. Using these in conjunction with clicking on objects in the other areas allow George to interact with other objects or individuals. The final area is the Inventory area. Drag objects found into this area. If you want to look inside something that is in the inventory, just click on it and then on the Open button"
43455,Tower of Babel,,1989,8.2,"Action, Puzzle",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Zapper, Pusher, and Grabber robots were dropped onto the planet of the Shinerians, but are now desperate to return home. They have killed off the Shinerian race but must climb a high tower, negotiating all the traps it holds, before they can contact their masters. Each robot's name indicates what its main function and purpose are, and these skills must be combined for success. Each section has its own task - collecting energy pods and destroying mines and bombs for example. The creatures which fill the towers must be avoided, or used to your advantage. The game is viewed through a rotating camera with variable zoom, giving the game an advanced 3D feel for the day. A level designer has also been included."
43458,Gift,"Gift: Le cadeau des étoiles, Gifty, Gifty: Ein Geschenk des Himmels",2000,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements, Shooter",,"A group of game developers are deep into the final stages of testing their new game. All of a sudden, their characters revolt and break out of their control, taking on lives and ambitions of their own. A princess character is kidnapped and the only way to save her is to send in heroes from other games. Various warriors and wizards are dispatched to try to save her, but nothing works. As a last resort, Gift, a comical, clumsy, little red alien volunteers and is sent in to save the day. The player controls Gift in 3D arcade fashion and must navigate 10 levels and special rooms, picking up numerous items along the way and meeting characters from other games and films. There are the dwarfs from Snow White, a Darth Vader’s light sabre, Indiana Jones’ whip, and a machine gun from Quake, among others, throughout the levels. He’ll leap between moving platforms, avoid death rays, zap enemies, etc. His progress is often impeded by thought-provoking roadblock type puzzles, which require imagination, logic, and a keen sense of humor."
43459,Hoyle: Official Book of Games - Volume 2: Solitaire,"Hoyle Book of Games: Volume Two - Solitaire, Hoyle: Book of Games - Vol.II: Solitaire",1990,7.6,Puzzle,Cards / tiles,,"The next volume of Hoyle Book of Games features 28 Solitaire games: Calculation, 8 Off, Strategy, Shamrocks, Eagle Wing, Yukon, Beleaguered Castle, Eliminator, Klondike, Slide, Canfield, Bowling, Golf, Nestor, Flower Garden, Aces Up, Scorpion, Gaps, Spiderette, Penguin, La Belle Lucie, Pyramid, Fortress, Triplets, Baker's Dozen, Poker Square, Cribbage Square, Bristol."
43461,Tempo,,1995,6.3,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Tempo is a grasshopper who lives on Planet Rythmia, the world of music. Unfortunately, the malevolent King Dirge is trying to steal all the rhythm from the planet. It's unclear as to how a creature with no appreciation for music became King, but it's up to Tempo to stop him! Tempo's game is a side scrolling platformer with 7 levels. It's a single player game, although you can collect ""dance"" power-ups that allow you to call your friend, a butterfly, to help you defeat your enemies using killer dance moves."
43465,Pokémon Stadium 2,Pocket Monsters Stadium Kin Gin,2000,7.7,Strategy / tactics,,,"Battles are the aim of the game here, as the crazy critters, more commonly known as Pokémon, return to the N64. Once again, you have the option of building a team of battle ready warriors for a range of battles against other Pokémon trainers. Along the way, you will get the chance to fight for a range of Poké-cups, or take your Pokémon for a ride to a collection of mini-games for bonus prizes (or just for the fun of it). 4 players can compete in the one tournament, while the transfer pak allows you to upload your Pokémon that you have from the range of Pokémon Game Boy Games (including the original Pokémon Red and Blue, and the GBC Gold/Silver series). If you don't have the Game Boy games, you can choose from a selection of Pokémon straight out of the box to get into the fight without mucking around."
43472,Pick 'n Pile,Pick 'N' Pile,1990,5.6,Puzzle,"Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle",,"Pick 'n Pile is a Tetris -style puzzle game. On each level there are a variety of symbols arranged in columns on the screen. By moving the symbols around, you need to create columns which contain identical symbols; once all the symbols in a column are the same, that column disappears. Your goal is to earn points and complete the levels by making all of the symbols on the screen disappear. Occasionally, you may become stuck with a symbol that doesn't match anything onscreen; when this happens, you can call for an additional symbol to drop onto the screen. However, as the symbol which appears is random you may need to create quite a few symbols before the one you need appears. Each level has a time limit in which it needs to be completed; run out of time and you lose a life; lose all lives and the game is over. In addition to the regular symbols, there are also some special objects on the screen which may help or hinder your progress. These include bombs which destroy several symbols at once, blocks which may get in the way or be arranged to help out, death heads which diminish time more quickly, and flower pots which can't be moved."
43482,The Survivors,Survivors,1986,7.0,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Almost a thousand people have been trapped in a hibernation dome after a nuclear war. The player takes control over three droids and must use their abilities to rescue the survivors. Seen from a side-view perspective, The Survivors plays somewhat similar to Boulder Dash as the levels are filled with sand and rocks. Droid 1 is the only droid that can dig through the earth, Droid 2 can beam survivors to safety (by moving over them) and Droid 3 can push rocks (only one at a time). The goal in each of the seven levels is to rescue all survivors within the time limit, while paying attention not to trap or damage any of the droids. Removing sand or pushing around rocks might cause other rocks to fall down and crash the droids. There are also Guardian Droids whose circuits have been damaged by the nuclear fall-out, causing them to run rampant. They damage the players droids on contact."
43486,The Muppet CD-ROM: Muppets Inside,,1996,7.5,"Action, Puzzle, Strategy / tactics","Artillery, Cards / tiles, Game show / trivia / quiz, Mini-games, Music / rhythm, Shooter","Contemporary, Fantasy","The Muppet CD-ROM: Muppets Inside is based on the TV shows The Muppet Show and Muppets Tonight and features seven minigames and several old and new video clips. In the Muppet's laboratory, a technical accident has happened, and now several bit packets clog the data stream. To remove these packets the player has to beat the seven minigames: Additionally, there are Windows utilities like background pictures and mouse cursors. The difficulty of the games can be set in three levels."
43489,Blair Witch: Volume II - The Legend of Coffin Rock,"A Bruxa de Blair: Volume 2 - A Lenda de Coffin Rock, Blair Witch: Czesc II - Legenda Coffin Rock, Blair Witch: Volume II - Die Legende von Coffin Rock, Blair Witch: Volume II - La légende de Coffin Rock, Blair Witch: Volumen II - La Leyenda de Coffin Rock",2000,6.2,Action,"Puzzle elements, Survival horror",,"The second in the three part PC game series based on the 1999 horror movie The Blair Witch Project Blair Witch, Volume II: The Legend of Coffin Rock brings the player back to the year 1886. Your character, simply called Lazarus, must find a young girl who has gone missing in the dangerous woods of Burkittsville, home to the mysterious Blair Witch. Not only must he find her before time runs out, but he must also solve his past: who he is, where he is from, and why he is dressed in a Civil War uniform? Lazarus must explore locations in the town to find items and talk to the local inhabitants. Sometimes Lazarus will black out and flash back to his time in the war, where he must lead a small group of men to flush out a retreating company of Confederacy soldiers. Against soldiers in the past and monsters in the present Lazarus has the same weapons: a cavalry sword and a six shooter pistol."
43494,Disney's Darkwing Duck,,1992,7.7,Action,Platform,,"The city of St. Canard is plagued by an unseen crime wave. The intelligence agency S.H.U.S.H. suspects that the shady organization F.O.W.L. and their valued operative Steelbeak are its causes. The caped superhero Darkwing has made quite some enemies in the criminal circles thanks to his past heroic deeds, and now the entire city has to pay for that. Naturally, the valiant duck is determined to travel through the dangerous streets of St. Canard, defeat his foes, and foil Steelbeak's plans. Darkwing Duck is a side-scrolling platform game featuring the titular character from the Disney television series. The gameplay is similar to Duck Tales also resembling Mega Man games in many ways. Darkwing's default weapon is a gas gun; special adapters that modify its functions can be collected during exploration. By using his cape, Darkwing is able to deflect some of the enemy projectiles. Weapons can be changed via a sub-screen."
43495,Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins,Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka,1992,8.3,Action,Platform,,"Second in the Game Boy's line of Mario games, this one takes the evolutionary steps that Super Mario 3 for the NES took with it's predecessors. New graphics, power-ups, challenges, and a completely original storyline. A bad version of Mario, Wario, takes over Mario's castle and locks him out using 6 golden coins. Mario must search for said coins all over Mario Land to take back his castle and go one-on-one with Wario himself."
43501,Speedy Gonzales in Los Gatos Bandidos,Ligeirinho: Los Gatos Bandidos,1994,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"In a small Mexican village, all the mice were enjoying a fiesta until Los Gatos Bandidos, a group of cats, came and kidnapped them all. Only Slowpoke escaped and sent for his cousin, the fastest mouse in Mexico... Speedy Gonzales! Following the trail of the Bandidos, Speedy will enter each level and try to rescue as many mice as possible while chasing after cheese and avoiding natural hazards. Ariba! Ariba! The gameplay in Speedy Gonzales resembles the Sonic the Hedgehog series of games more than anything else. For the most part Speedy will run, run across fields and up slopes and into tunnels. There are also mousetraps which function similarly to Sonic's trampolines and will propel Speedy into the air. Speedy has a short range kick for attacking and can occasionally pick up items and use them at a later time."
43510,Whizz,,1994,6.4,Action,Platform,,"Whizz is one of the few 3D platformers to use an isometric viewpoint. The controls reflect this, with moving the controller to the right actually moving the character down and right, moving it down and right moving the character down directly, and so on. Each level is played out against a time limit, and the paths through the level aren’t always clear-cut. There are four different types of doors, each of which needs a particular icon to pass (the icons represent the door type, such as ice or bricks, rather than hot water or a key, or anything you’d logically expect to clear the path). You can avoid the baddies, which may be the best option, as killing them costs you some energy –this reduces the significance of the points system."
43511,Action 52,A52,1991,2.3,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform, Shooter","Middle East, Sci-fi / futuristic","Action 52 features 52 different games in a single cartridge. The games are selected from one of three menus and are mostly side scrolling, platform or shooter action games. The games included are:"
43519,The Krion Conquest,"Magical Doropie, Magical Kids Doropie",1990,6.4,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Krion Empire chose the year 1999 in which to stage an invasion of earth. The planet's defenses were no match for the alien robot invaders. Fortunately, a witch named Francesca has taken it upon herself to single-handedly free mankind from this scourge. The gameplay and artistic style are heavily influenced by the NES Mega Man games (some contend the elements are ""borrowed"" or ""stolen"", in fact). The game is a side scroller in which the heroine can wield a variety of different offensive capabilities (all available from the start of the game), selectable via a subscreen in her quest to wipe out wave after wave of robot invaders throughout the four levels. You also have a limited range broomstick at your disposal for riding across chasms and such."
43520,Dark Seed II,,1995,7.1,Adventure,,,"Dark Seed II continues the nightmare of Mike Dawson as he recovers from a nervous breakdown from his earlier encounters with the Ancients Back in his hometown, Mike's high school sweetheart, Rita, is found murdered after the high school reunion. Unfortunately, Mike cannot remember much about that night, even though others saw him with Rita. Now, as the prime suspect, he must find a way to prove his innocence. The designs of H.R. Giger are pivotal in this horror-tinged point 'n click adventure. Players will be swapping between the Normal World and the Dark World, with 75 prerendered 3D locations in total. There are 40 characters to interact with. The goal is to overthrow the Behemoth of the Dark World and cut through the corruption of the Normal World. Movement, action and dialogue interaction modes are toggled between using the right mouse button, with the full screen used for location display unless the game menu or inventory bars are called into use."
43521,Spanky's Quest,Lucky Monkey,1991,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Spanky, a cute little monkey, is locked in a tower filled with equally cute baddies. He must get to the top of four different towers, which can be chosen between when beginning the game. When the four towers have been climbed, the fifth tower remains. To get through the door and on to the next floor in the towers, Spanky must collect keys, which are sometimes held by the baddies. To aid him, he has a magic ball. Throwing the ball will stun the baddies for a short while, but not defeat them. However, by bouncing the ball it will grow in size, and depending on its size, it will explode in different patterns, and the shrapnel will kill off the baddies, clearing the way and releasing keys. Published by in Europe by Taito, Spanky fit straight into the company's portfolio of puzzle arcade platformers in the Bubble Bobble vein. The game also exists for the SNES, but the level layouts differ, as well as the fact that one cannot choose freely between the towers."
43522,Critical Depth,,1997,6.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"A new spin on the whole vehicular combat genre- this one takes place underwater, and features freedom of movement throughout the ocean, instead of being land-bound like its brethren. Portals have opened up all over the world's oceans- to open each portal, you have to collect 5 pods, while fending off the competition using whatever means necessary. Once opened, each portal takes you to the next level... ..features mission-based levels, arena-battles, and a Vs. mode."
43526,Donkey Kong Country,"Chaoji Dajingang, Donkey Kong 2001, Donkey Kong Country 1, Super Donkey Kong",1994,8.2,Action,Platform,,"King K. Rool has stolen Donkey Kong's banana stash, and Donkey Kong needs your help to get them back. In search of K. Rool, the Kremling horde impedes your progress. Kremlings, crocodile-like creatures, include Kritters (they succumb to a simple jump on the head), Krushas (they are virtually indestructible), and others. There are also other enemies that block your path, such as beavers, snakes, vultures. Leading them are dastardly bosses, including Very Gnawty, Necky, Queen B., and Dumb Drum, and they all bar the way with their own special blend of villainy. Donkey Kong is joined by Diddy Kong: these two primates differ significantly. For example, Donkey Kong is generally stronger; he can destroy most enemies with a single jump and can lift barrels straight over his head to throw them farther. On the other hand, Diddy is faster and not as strong as Donkey; he can run really fast and do cartwheels. Diddy carries barrels in front of him, creating a shield against frontal attacks. The game is split into different worlds, which are split into different levels. Each level contains bonus areas, where one can collect bananas, medallions, and lives. At the end of each world is a boss, which is usually a larger version of a minor enemy. The original Super Nintendo game was later released for Nintendo's handheld systems. The Game Boy Color version has an exclusive level (Necky Nutmare) and additional bonus games, Funky's Fishing and five Crosshair Cranky minigames. There was also the addition of collectible DK sticker packs scattered throughout the levels. These sticker packs could be printed out using the Game Boy Printer. The game also has two more difficulty options that become available after beating the game.Beating the game once lets the player turn off DK barrels and beating the game a second time will let the player turn off checkpoint barrels. The Game Boy Advance version also had additional bonus games. It to has a version of Funky's Fishing but instead of the crosshair themed games, there is now Candy's Dance Studio, which hosts six dance games. There is also the additions of a time attack mode called DK Attack, a harder difficulty mode called Hero Mode (can only play as Diddy Kong and the game no longer offers Donkey Kong barrels and checkpoints throughout the levels), and the sticker book idea from the Gameboy Color version was replaced with collecting scrapbook pictures instead."
43527,Instruments of Chaos Starring Young Indiana Jones,Instruments of Chaos estrelando Young Indiana Jones,1994,4.3,Action,Puzzle elements,Middle East,"Germany is growing its war machine to overtake the world. To reach this goal quickly, their evil leaders sent spies around the world with instructions to buy the finest military weapon technologies. The player is young Indiana Jones and he is informed by agent Rolf that friendly French agents know about such tasks and the countries the spies will visit. The spies need to be stopped in each country before the technology sale takes place. The mission takes young Indy to India, Tibet, Egypt, and England before come finally arriving in Germany. In 2d side-scrolling levels Indy uses his whip, revolver, grenades, and ability to walk/jumpto progress through the levels with small puzzle elements. Enemies can be attacked or avoided and actions can be performed in eight directions. There are different mini-goals such as whipping key stones to open the door to the temple from Indian marketplace, or bombing a bridge gearbox. There are three difficulty levels. The number of lives can be adjusted."
43529,Galaga,"Arcade Archives GALAGA, Arcade Game Series: Galaga, Galaga: Demons of Death, Galax, Sega-Galaga",1981,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Galaga is a vertical arcade shooter from Namco. You control a space fighter at the bottom of the screen, scrolling left and right in order to avoid oncoming bombs and kamikaze attacks from alien invaders--and to fire your own missiles to fight back! There are an infinite number of stages to progress through. Every third level is a ""challenge stage"" in which you have a free chance to shoot as many aliens as possible and rack up bonus points. Certain aliens have tractor beams they can use to capture one of your ships. If that wasn't your last ""life,"" you can try to shoot that alien down and recapture your ship, giving you two ships at once and doubling your firepower. A summary screen appears when the game is over, giving you both your final score and your final ""hit ratio""--the number of missiles fired, enemies destroyed, and the percentage of targets hit."
43533,Boggle,,1997,7.0,"Puzzle, Strategy / tactics","Board game, Word construction",,"A computer version of the classic word finding game. 16 lettered dice are rolled and arranged in a square. The player then has a limited amount of time to find as many words as possible in the grid. New game variations for the computer include a 4X4X4 cube of dice for finding words, a head-to-head game where players place the dice themselves before looking for words, and two tetris-like games where players must find words among onrushing Boggle dice."
43542,Floating Runner: Quest for the 7 Crystals,"Floating Runner: 7-tsu no Suishou no Monogatari, Floating Runner: Tsuno Suishou no Monogatari",1996,6.4,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the world of Floating Runner its populace inhabit seven floating islands, living in peace and tranquility until one day it comes to a crash halt. An evil emperor by the name of Zaurer has unleashed his hordes of baddies upon the land, enslaving and conquering all within their path and the only hope for this world is a young priestess, a bounty hunter and seven magical crystals. The gameplay is a 3D platformer where the player takes control of either Cress (the priestess) or Lay (the bounty hunter) and explore these seven worlds in fourteen levels, blasting away bad guys with various spells, firepower and power-ups in an attempt to locate a magical crystal that will help them in their quest. In addition to blasting away bad guys (which are disguised as cute, fuzzy animals) they must complete the level in a certain time-limit, but there are an unlimited amount of continues at the player's disposal."
43543,Descent: Freespace - The Great War,"Conflict: Freespace - The Great War, Conflict: Freespace - Wielka Wojna",1998,8.2,"Action, Simulation",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Descent: Freespace – The Great War (also released as Conflict: Freespace – The Great War in European markets) is a space combat simulator set in a future where the Galactic Terran Alliance (GTA) has been locked in a long and costly conflict with the alien Vasudan Empire. As a rookie pilot, the player begins by flying routine combat missions against Vasudan forces, only to find both sides threatened by a mysterious and technologically superior alien race known as the Shivans. The sudden arrival of this new enemy forces former rivals to form an uneasy alliance in order to survive. The game focuses on space dogfighting across large-scale battles involving both nimble starfighters and massive capital ships. Players are assigned a wide variety of mission types, including escorting convoys, launching bombing runs against enemy destroyers, reconnaissance flights, and full-scale fleet engagements. Each mission is scored based on objectives completed, accuracy, and overall performance, with briefings and debriefings tying individual sorties into the larger war effort. Wingmen fight alongside the player using intelligent AI, and reinforcements can be called in when available, creating the sense of being part of a larger coordinated force. Weapons range from energy cannons and guided missiles to heavy bombs designed for capital ship strikes, with loadouts chosen prior to each mission. Players can pilot multiple classes of fighters and bombers, each with distinct handling and combat roles. Capital ships themselves act as both allies and enemies - towering vessels bristling with turrets that can be protected or destroyed depending on mission objectives. The game also supports online multiplayer, allowing cooperative or competitive missions against human pilots."
43545,Wizardry: The Return of Werdna - The Fourth Scenario,The Return of Werdna: The Fourth Wizardry Scenario,1987,7.2,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The fourth game in the Wizardry series, The Return of Werdna takes a decidedly different approach from all the games that preceded it. Instead of playing as a party of six player-generated characters, the player controls Werdna himself, the evil Archmage from the first game It seems that after Werdna was defeated by the party of adventurers who stole his amulet, he was imprisoned at the bottom of his ten-level labyrinth in an eternal slumber to be tortured by nightmares for eternity. Although Werdna was supposed to sleep forever, somehow he has awakened, and now he is out for revenge. At the beginning of the game Werdna finds himself in a situation that is singularly unique for most arch-villains: he is stripped of his powers, trapped within his own former stronghold, and filled with the realization that the same traps and monsters he created to keep adventurers out now act as obstacles to his freedom. Werdna will slowly regain his magical powers as well as have the ability to summon helpful monsters to accompany him on his journey and aid him in combat. Unlike other role-playing games, no experience is awarded for defeating enemies. Instead, Werdna can only become stronger by searching for pentagrams found in the labyrinth. Accessing a new pentagram allows Werdna to summon stronger monsters and restore his health and spellcasting powers. Werdna will have to fight a variety of monsters and guardians, but many of the randomly appearing enemies in the game are parties of adventurers not unlike those who were controlled by the player in the previous three games. In addition, Werdna is being chased by the rather ticked-off ghost of his old enemy Trebor. The game features a somewhat tweaked version of the same engine and graphics used in the earlier installments of the series. The difficulty level has been increased due to the lack of an experience points system, which often leaves the player-controlled party underpowered. The labyrinth contains abundant traps and complex mazes. For obvious reasons it is no longer possible to import characters from the previous games. The game features three different endings: a good ending, an evil ending, and a special Grandmaster ending which is often considered to be the single most difficult task to achieve in the entire series."
43550,Chase H.Q.: Secret Police,Taito Memorial: Chase HQ,1999,6.1,"Action, Racing / Driving",Shooter,,"Chase H.Q. - Secret Police is slightly different than the other Chase H.Q. games You receive a call from Dispatch, telling you to arrest suspects that have just committed a felony. There are ten stages in the game, and each one of them has you placing three agents throughout the city. Each one of these agents have their own specialties. Once you have placed the agents, you must guide one of them toward the suspect vehicle. If the vehicle goes outside the city, the game is over. Once the two of you make contact, the battle begins where the object is to ram the suspect's vehicle until it is disabled. You can also shoot the vehicle to further damage it, and use up to three turbos to catch up with the vehicle if you happen to fall behind."
43560,Turok: Dinosaur Hunter,"Jikū Senshi Turok, Turok: Cazador de Dinosaurios, Turok: Łowca Dinozaurów",1997,7.8,Action,Shooter,,"The Earth is separated by an invisible barrier from the Lost Land, a realm in which time has no meaning, and which is inhabited by ferocious dinosaurs and aliens. For many generations, the mantle of Turok has been bestowed upon those who saw the protection of the barrier as their sacred duty. But an evil lord named Campaigner is seeking for an artifact that is capable of destroying the barrier, striving to dominate the entire universe. This artifact, known as the Chronoscepter, was broken into pieces which were then hidden away. Tal'Set, a Native American and the last Turok, must find the scattered pieces of the Chronoscepter, and stop the Campaigner from obtaining them. Turok: Dinosaur Hunter is a first-person shooter with platforming and light puzzle-solving elements. Much of the game is set in outdoor environments, and requires the player to explore them by finding various paths, jumping, swimming, and climbing. The game's most notable enemies are dinosaurs of various sizes, though the levels also include human and demonic enemies, as well as wildlife. The player gradually gains access to thirteen weapons (plus the Chronoscepter, assembling which is the game's main objective); these include a knife, a bow, as well as high-tech firearms such as a rocket launcher and an atomic fusion cannon."
43561,Bubbler,,1987,7.4,Action,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The wizard tyrant Vadra has enslaved the inhabitants of the ancient city of Irkon and made them into immobile blobs. To further strengthen his grip of the city, he has created giant bottles that spew magical bubbles that create mutant enemies that enforce his control. His former assistant Kintor has given you the ability to move and created magical corks that can be used to close the bottles to lessen Vadra's grip. Your task is to cork the bottles and overthrow the evil wizard. The player controls a blob or bubble that can roll, jump, use chutes and elevators to move around a 3D system of platforms, towers and slopes. Enemies can be shot with mini bubbles, crabs spawn from generators and bubbles come from the bottles, five of which have to be corked on each level allowing the player to exit it. Since the player bubble has no features, a directional gauge is used to determine the facing of the bubble to show movement direction."
43566,West Phaser,Steve McQueen: Westphaser,1989,6.4,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"This game came as a pack-in title with Loriciel's light gun controller of the same name. Most light guns opted for a futuristic look and feel, but the West Phaser was inspired more by 19th century Colt revolvers, and aptly enough the bundled game was a Western-themed shooter - with similar mechanics to Operation Wolf except for the stationary screens. Up to six players can pick their characters from a Who's Who of the American Old West: Doc Holliday, Calamity Jane, Will Bill Hickok, and every other big-name lawman and gunfighter in collective imagination. Outlaws like Jesse James, Billy the Kid and Belle Starr are sowing terror in the murky saloons and dusty streets, and it's your job to stop them if you're after that coveted Sheriff's badge...or the big fat rewards on their heads. Each location throws wave after wave of humorously-drawn attackers at you - bandits, cowboys, Indians, Mexicans, all thrown together into a big pile of cartoonish violence. A burning candle represents your life bar and there's plenty of enemies trying to snuff it out, so you'll have to be quick on the draw (but don't forget to protect the innocent). When the face of the bandit you're after starts blinking on the status bar, prepare for the showdown: nail them and the reward is yours. Apparently the light gun was not the biggest success, and less than three years later the game was re-released, this time with support for other input devices - and a new title, Steve McQueen: Westphaser despite having exactly nothing to do with any of McQueen's characters."
43570,Ugh!,,1992,7.3,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"His girlfriend had always had great expectations and one day, by an incredible chance an apple which has fallen right down our caveman's head creates a thought of an aircraft that he can use to earn money. So he makes the machine and uses it for the transport--for picking the other cave friends up and dropping them to their desired destinations. Ugh! is an action game where you must complete 69 levels, riding inside a pedal-powered helicopter to pick up passengers and carry them to their destinations. Each level is made of a series of platforms, with several cave entrances. Cavemen walk out of the caves and loudly announce where they want to go. You have to land your helicopter taxi next to the passenger and wait until he crawls inside (if you land on him, he'll fall into the water at the bottom of the level, although he can still be rescued) and then fly to the cave that he wants to get to. Controlling the vehicle is a bit complicated - you cannot directly fly up or down; instead, you have to keep pedalling to fly up, and cease pedalling when you want to go downwards. Bumping into a wall too hard will cause a game over and force you to restart the level. There is also a time limit for each level. To finish a level, you have to serve a number of customers. There are some dinosaur adversaries on certain levels - a pterodactyl which appears unexpectedly and flies across the screen, and a triceratops which becomes agitated when you land near and charges at your taxi. As you pedal, you exert energy. To refill your energy so that you can keep pedalling, you can pick up a rock and toss it at a tree, making a fruit drop down. Eat the fruit to get more energy."
43577,Curse of the Azure Bonds,"Curse of the Azure Bonds: A Forgotten Realms Fantasy Role-Playing Epic, Vol. II",1989,7.7,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Outside of the town of Tilverton, the party of heroes has been ambushed, captured and cursed with five azure markings called ""bonds"". These bonds have dangerous magical powers that can take control of the heroes at the most inopportune times. They must now search for the source of the bonds, and free themselves from the curse. The second in the Gold Box series of role-playing games, Curse of the Azure Bonds is a sequel to Pool of Radiance The gameplay is nearly identical to that of the predecessor and other Gold Box games. Following the D&D / AD&D rules of role-playing, the player creates a party of characters (up to the maximum of six). Two new character classes (Paladin and Ranger) are added to the four basic AD&D classes Fighter, Thief, Mage, and Cleric, which were available in Pool of Radiance Exploration takes place in pseudo-3D environments, from first-person view. Battles (random as well as pre-set) take the player-controlled and enemy party to a top-down battle screen. Commands are issued in turn-based fashion, and the player-controlled characters can freely navigate the battle field. There is also an overview ""world map"" that allows instant traveling between cities."
43592,Space Jam,,1996,5.7,Sports,,,"Based on the movie of the same name, Space Jam centres around an invasion of Looney Tunes land by tiny aliens. The fate of the Tunes is to be decided by a basketball game, and for this the aliens turn into the huge, evil Monstars. The game is about two thirds basketball sim and then minigames are stuck in to fill all the gaps. You can play as the Monstars or the Looney Tunes who have the help of Michael Jordan. The basketball games themselves come in two flavours, two-on-two and three-on-three. Successful completion of the minigames upgrades your character's abilities on the court. There are several - one involves finding MJ's basketball togs, one is a space race in the style of the retro Micro Machines games. There are about five minigames in all, and a player from both teams participates. The multiplayer is a big aspect of the game. There is the traditional two-player versus, one team Tunes, one team Monstars, and there is also co-operative mode. In this two or even three players can play on the same team. Using multitaps, you can actually have a three-on-three game. The Tunes roster is made up of Michael Jordan, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Lola Bunny, Taz, Foghorn Leghorn, Pepé Le Pew, Sylvester, Wile E. Coyote, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam. The Monstars have access to Pound, Bupkus, Bang, Blanko and Nawt. There are three statistics in the game, namely Speed, Shooting and Rebounds. These are pretty self-explanatory, but there is another more subtle one that's similar to stamina. Throughout the course of play your characters will get tired and lose their focus. A successful slam dunk usually tops this up. The closest thing the game has to a single player mode is the Intergalactic Tournament (though it can be played multiplayer). This is a series of five matches in a row. One captain is picked and plays every game, while the rest of the team is substituted in and out. There is no real way to progress in the game as it does not support memory cards. Space Jam has more of an arcade, lighthearted feel to it."
43593,River Rescue: Racing Against Time,,1982,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"River Raid with side-scrolling? Exactly, that's what River Rescue is like. A team of important scientists have become trapped in a dangerous jungle. It's up to you, boarding your powerful river gun-boat, to collect the reward offered for their rescue. Floating logs, menacing crocodiles, enemy helicopters dropping mines on you - can you save the scientists?"
43594,Suspicious Cargo,,1991,7.3,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the future, humanity suffers from a deadly virus. The only antidote functions like a drug and big corporations exploit this situation. They are free to act without any supervision and this results in armed war between them. The hero Jonah Hayes, small-time smuggler, has no part in this until he gets force-employed by one of those corporations to bring a living freight, a product of genetic engineering, to Earth. Suspicious Cargo is a text adventure with a graphical user interface. It is not necessary to type in commands into the text field; the commands can be constructed by clicking on the symbols of the user interface. When talking to other people, the topic can be chosen from a list. The symbol bars can be hidden in order to play the game as pure text adventure - the only bar which is always shown is the systems bar. It offers the possibility to open up a full-screen picture to illustrate some situations and a map which is used to quickly travel inside the space ship. The challenges faced in the game mostly deal with obstacles the hero faces on his way to Earth, e.g, sabotage acts by competing companies. There are also some action sequences like opening a lock or landing on a moon spliced into the story, but those are completely optional."
43595,Q*bert,"Gottlieb's Q*bert, Q*bert for Game Boy",1982,6.9,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,Fantasy,"Q*bert is a popular arcade game. The goal is to change all of the tiles on a pyramid to the target color. To do this you guide Q*bert around the pyramid, and every tile he hops on will change color. On early levels, a single hop will change the tile to the desired color, but on later levels, you may need to hop on a tile multiple times or even avoid hopping on a tile multiple times! Trying to stop Q*bert are many different creatures wandering around the board, including Coily the snake, Slick and Sam, and falling balls. On the edge of the board are floating discs; if Q*bert jumps on one of these discs when the snake is in pursuit, the snake will fall off the board while Q*bert is safely transported to the top."
43598,Cohort II,Cohort II: Fighting for Rome,1993,5.3,Strategy / tactics,,Classical antiquity,"Set around 200BC to 200AD, Cohort II give you the opportunity to set up battles between Roman armies of varying size and type, between warring races of barbarians, or to pit a Roman army and barbarian horde against each other. Over two dozen scenarios are provided (with the separate Scenario Cards) for those wishing to ""draw their swords"" immediately into a challenging battle. Your computer opponent has a variety of different tactics at its disposal, and will vary them depending on how the battle progresses. So even if you play the same scenario again and again, it won't be the same game twice."
43601,Muppet RaceMania,Teleñecos RaceMania,2000,7.2,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Muppet Race Mania lets you race go-karts with the Jim Henson critters, in a game with nods to Super Mario Kart The tracks are based on locations from all six movies, so gamers can expect to find familiar areas; ranging from the skyline of Manhattan, to the cold reaches of Outer Space. Each Muppet movie, 'The Muppet Movie', 'The Great Muppet Caper', 'Muppets Take Manhattan', 'The Muppet Christmas Carol', 'Muppet Treasure Island', and 'Muppets From Space', has 4 related tracks. Therefore, 24 courses in total. At the outset there are 8 Muppet drivers available: Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Rizzo, Gonzo, Beaker, Rowlf, and Animal. As a reward for winning races more characters are unlocked - with 17 other Muppet stars made available. Also included are FMV scenes taken from each movie."
43607,M25 Racer,London Racer,1999,5.9,Racing / Driving,,Europe,"Arcade racing in and around London in a variety of cars. Compete in three leagues - small cars, luxury sports cars and GT racers on your way to winning the title and the ultimate car. In this UK-customised racing game you drive on the left, knock down Gatsos (speed cameras), and get chased by police in Vauxhall Astras and much more."
43612,SEGA Worldwide Soccer 2000,,1999,6.1,Sports,,,"Sega Worldwide Soccer 2000 is a direct sequel of the widely acclaimed WWS'98. There are many club and international teams to choose from, as well as multiple authentic fields to play on. There are also all of the basic play modes, including a championship, exhibition match and a couple of cup-styled erm...cups. All of the player's movements are motion captured and there is also quite a few graphical touches to liven things up, like the managers shouting from the sidelines and quite realistic-looking crowds. All in all, this is your basic football/soccer game."
43619,Tetris Blast,"Super Bombliss, Tetris Blast: Tetris Returns With A Blast!",1995,7.3,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"In this version of Tetris, the basic 'clear the line of puzzle blocks' element is still here, but with an added twist: inside the many block shapes are bombs. By linking the bombs while clearing the play field as usual (creating a line of blocks), more of the field is cleared as the bombs explode. The usual gameplay modes are included, i.e. challenge, clear as many lines as possible, time trial, clear as many lines as possible before time runs out and 2 player battle."
43635,Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed,"The 25th Century Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed - Science Fiction Role-Playing Computer Game, Vol. II, The 25th Century Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed - Science Fiction Rollenspiel Computerspiel, Vol. II",1992,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Following the events of the previous game N.E.O. the New Earth Organization, has gained some notoriety for defeating the forces of R.A.M., The Russo-American Mercantile. Because of this, the heroes of that mission are sent to diplomatic talks on Venus and N.E.O. stands to recruit a powerful new ally. However it isn't long before trouble starts, and an assassination attempt is planned against the Venusian minister. This is only the beginning of a plot embroiled with the mysterious Matrix Device, which can turn matter into energy. Naturally these adventures will take the NEO agents all over the solar system. Matrix Cubed is an RPG navigated in first person for most places but with an overhead view for combat and ship navigation. Players will create (or import) a party of up to six characters and assign statistics, abilities and equipment. Players move their party in a first person maze of corridors, open area and rooms. Certain encounters will allow the player to make choices based on the party skills. In the case of combat, the player and enemy forces each have a turn, controlled on an overhead map."
43637,Power Quest,Gekitō Power Modeler,1998,7.0,Role-playing (RPG),Fighting,,"Power Quest is a mixture of Role playing and fighting game. School has finished and you join the new fighting model robots craze, you must fight your way into the tournaments and update your model with new parts to get it powerful enough. You can walk around the town to find opponents to beat and get money to buy new parts before you enter the tournaments. You can also play Power Quest in a simple fighting game mode where you select one of the six and fight the other models one after another. There is also a vs mode to play against a friend using the infrared port."
43646,Pacific General,"Batailles du Pacifique, Pazifik Admiral",1997,7.5,Strategy / tactics,"Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy (TBS)","Asia, Historical events, North America, Oceania, World War II","Part of the wildly popular Panzer General line of games. Pacific gives you command of either allied or axis forces in the pacific theater of operations. Just like Panzer General you will build a force together and try to carry it through the war, and just like Panzer you will need the benefit of the experienced units if you are going to be victorious."
43647,Strikers 1945,Strikers 1945 for Nintendo Switch,1995,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",World War II,"Strikers 1945 not to be confused with the US PSX game Strikers 1945 which is actually the sequel Strikers 1945 II is a port of the top-down vertically-scrolling arcade shooter. Set during World War II, the player can choose from different ships and pilots to engage the enemy. At the end of the war, all sides are left powerless and defeated. A secret organization known as CANY manages to initiate a coup among each country's military forces. The last resort is a team assembled with the best fighters from the US, Japan, Germany and England, with the goal to push back CANY. The list of planes and pilots includes: Each plane has a normal shot, a charged shot and a bomb that clears the entire screen. The P-51 can also block bullets with its charged shot. Destroyed enemies and buildings leave behind gold bars for bonus points. This adaptation includes two original modes, an arcade mode and an index of the different fighters. Co-op is available for up to two players."
43657,Tracer,,1996,6.4,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"The year is 2023 and you play the role of a successful, mercenary hacker. Your artificial intelligence agent lands you high-paying contracts from around the world to perform acts of corporate espionage and sabotage. You accomplish this by transporting yourself into a virtual reality scene representing cyberspace. The latest contract has a twist, however: Once you hack into the computer, a deadly Tracer virus comes after you and it can literally kill you. Tracer consists of 50 levels (plus a level editor). Each level plays like a puzzle. The player begins with a set of 10 code pads. Each code pad has 4 sides, each of which can be a different color (red, green, blue, or magenta). The player can cycle through the available code pads and place one down on the next square, but only if the adjoining colors match between the current square and the next square. Laying down these code pads lays a path that the player can walk on in order to navigate the grid. However, the Tracer virus is constantly closing in from behind, chewing up the code pads that the player has already planted. The goal of each level is to reach the exit square, which takes the player closer to the ultimate goal: the data core. Along the way, the player can collect more code pads in order to keep going. There are other powerups such as magnetic pads which slow the Tracer virus' progress."
43659,International Rally,"Cross Country Racing, It's a World Rally",1999,6.5,Racing / Driving,,,"International Rally is a rally game with 20 courses and 14 cars which differ in speed, acceleration and adhesion. During the tournament, the player has the possibility to upgrade the car, e.g. a better engine or a speed enhancement, and adjust the damper and tires according to the known weather conditions of the next race. The effectiveness of the car components wears down over the course of the tournament. Other available playing modes are single rallies, time races and duels with a human opponent."
43661,Fatal Labyrinth,Labyrinth of Death: Shi no Meikyū,1990,5.8,Role-playing (RPG),"Action RPG, Roguelike",Fantasy,"Dragonia, the castle of doom, has come upon the world and its minions have stolen the Holy Goblet. Without it, the world will be in darkness forever. You play as Trykaar, who must enter the castle and traverse its thirty levels to retrieve the Holy Goblet. There is no other storyline; its dungeons are generated randomly each time you play, like in Rogue-type games Much like Nethack or other Rogue games, the game is turn-based."
43662,Astérix,,1992,7.3,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,"Classical antiquity, Europe","Asterix is a 2D beat'em up game, based on the comic book series of Asterix. The player chooses one of the two characters - Asterix or Obelix (both characters in game have equal power). The gameplay is typical of the genre - the player goes to the right, beats the next enemy and at the end of fights against boss. (for example - the Roman Testudo). The player can count on help from Falbala and Idefix - the girl kisses the hero, and the dog brings the magic potion.The game has a mini-game - horse chariots."
43674,Test Drive: Le Mans,"24 Heures Du Mans, 24 Horas De Le Mans, Die 24 Stunden von Le Mans, La 24 Ore Di Le Mans, Le Mans 24 Hours",1999,7.1,Racing / Driving,Managerial / business simulation,,"Take on the LeMans endurance racing challenge! Join one of the 25 factory teams and choose from over 50 vehicles to drive (designed with assistance of actual teams) on the eight different LeMans circuits. The actual wear and tear of the vehicle is simulated with tyre wear, oil and fuel consumptions. The full race will see you race through the day, night and back to day driving."
43679,Godzilla: The Series,,1999,5.3,Action,Arcade,,"Godzilla: The Series is based off the TV show on Fox, which was in turn based off the 1998 film starring Matthew Broderick. In this game, the player takes control of the big guy himself as giant monsters from space have invaded Earth and are determined to destroy it. Unfortunately for both the aliens and Godzilla the military is out to destroy both, so Godzilla now has to fight off the military to throw back the alien menace. There are seven levels in all. The player will travel through each level destroying the military to reach the end of the level and fight the boss monster. The only control the player has over Godzilla is his attacks as Godzilla will walk on his own from left to right on the screen in a linear path. There are four attacks to choose from: Stomp, Bite, Tail-Whip and the famous Radiation Breath."
43691,Zombie Revenge,Zombie Zone,1999,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",,"A top secret government plan to use undead soldiers has gone horribly wrong. Just before it was ready to be put into operation, someone unknown interfered. Now a year later the city is the home for the undead. Three agents, Stick Breitling, Linda Rotta and Rikiya Busujima, who have come together from various paths of fate, now join together to do battle against the army of the undead and rid the streets of the zombie scum! The game features multiple weapons and 1 or 2-player arcade action. Each of the characters have different attributes, agility, strength, better with weapons as opposed to unarmed combat. There are a multitude of weapons that can be found through the game such as shotguns and machine guns to battle the undead. There are a range of attacks that can be performed, charging your shot by holding down the button longer, variable shots by locking on the zombie longer, rolling attacks, backward and dash attacks and more. There are a number of game modes accessible from the main menu. The Arcade mode from the coin-op version, an Original Dreamcast version, which gives you options of playing the game with more focus on either weapons only or bare knuckle fighting. There is also a vs Boss and Fighting mode, as well as a Training Room. Zombie Revenge also features downloadable mini games for your VM unit. There is a Zombie Revenge Raising Game where you feed and raise your own zombie. Playing the above mentioned Original mode provides food items for your zombie. The zombie you have raised can also be uploaded to the Internet, or emailed to someone, and other peoples zombies can be downloaded. There are two other mini-games: Zombie Fishing (fish for zombies) and Zombie Doubt (memory test with symbols)."
43693,Monopoly,,1993,6.6,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"The classic economics-themed board game gets a cartoony overhaul in this official adaptation from SuperVision for Amiga and DOS. The game is set in London and does not offer much room for customization: only an internal clock that adds a time limit to a game. Up to eight personalities, either human or CPU, can be selected at the start of a game. When controlled by the computer, a personality has its own way of playing: greedy, crafty or timid on three skill levels. The contestants are, viewed on-screen from left to right: Farmer Barrow (using a Wheelbarrow-piece on the board), Lord Topper (Hat), Bosun Barnacle (Steamboat), Granny Knot (Eggcup), General Hobnail (Boots), Miss Trixie (Dog), Mobile Michael (Car) and Mrs Starch (Smoothing iron). During gameplay the board is displayed from a top-down 3D-perspective with the contestants gathered around it. When a piece enters a property-tile, the game switches to a separate screen with the property shown in detail. A personality can quit the game anytime which triggers a cartoony violent animation to be displayed. The game is icon-controlled and can be saved anytime to disk."
43697,Goofy's Hysterical History Tour,,1993,5.6,Action,Platform,,"In Goofy's Hysterical History Tour the player takes command of Goofy himself who gets his dream job as janitor at The Ludwig von Drake History Museum. However, his rival Pete is determined to get him fired and sabotages the exhibits and scatters pieces throughout various time periods. Armed with a new gadget, the Extend-O-Hand, Goofy must travel to the past and recover the pieces before the morning. The game is a platformer, where Goofy must travel through various stages ranging from Prehistoric times, Medieval times, Colonial America and the Wild West among many others, collecting items and power-ups and defeating Pete's henchmen using the Extend-O-Hand. After collecting all the pieces, Goofy then must face Pete himself."
43701,Caribbean Disaster,,1995,7.0,Strategy / tactics,,,"Somewhere in the ocean is a little island, inhabited by a President and three ministers (of the air force, navy, and army). The island also has ten other resident citizens. Every morning the President receives money from the American and Russian embassies, which can be given to the ministers or spent to improve the President’s residence in the Arctic. When two of the three ministers vote against the President, there is a vote of non-confidence and an election happens. Now the player has to convince the population of their leadership abilities, using the unique skills of special contacts: the chief of the Secret Police, for example, arrests political enemies (the ministers), the radio disc jockey spreads false news and the priest sells weapons. Three types of weapons also enter into these negotiations – tanks, zeppelins and submarines, one fitting each of the Defense ministries. After every round the player can attack their political enemies in a very military fashion."
43704,Death Gate,,1994,8.2,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Two thousand years ago, an advanced race known as Sartan split the world into five realms. The mensch races - the humans, dwarves, and elves - were split between four of those worlds named for the four elements, and the race of Patryn was banished to the deadly Labyrinth. After those two thousand years, some of the Patryn have found their way through the Labyrinth's exit. The game's protagonist is a young Patryn named Haplo, and his mission, given to him by his lord Xar, is to sail through the Death Gate into each of the other worlds to find each world's seal piece, so that the Patryn may reconstruct the planet and have revenge on the Sartan. Death Gate is an adventure game that follows the tradition of interactive fiction with graphics. The entire game is viewed from first-person perspective and has plenty of text interaction through selectable verb commands, text descriptions, and dialogues with multiple choices. There are also many puzzles in the game, most of them inventory-based. A unique gameplay feature is Haplo's ability to cast magic spells, which are essential for solving many of the game's puzzles."
43707,Flying Tigers,,1994,6.3,Action,Shooter,,"Flying Tigers is a simple overhead shooter in the spirit of Raiden and Raptor In the year 2047, a terrorist organization has developed technology that allowed them to travel back in past. They contacted the Axis powers in 1943 and started selling weapons to them in an attempt to conquer the world. An elite group of fighters known as the Flying Tigers are sent to put an end to this nefarious plan."
43709,Final Assault,"Bivouac, Chamonix Challenge",1987,6.1,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Final Assault is a mountain climbing action/simulation game. The object of the game is to climb to the peak of a mountain via several different trails of varying difficulty. Progress is made in a fashion similar to that used in Epyx 'games' series, with alternating joystick movements. To help out, you carry a backpack which you may stock with assorted items. Since there is a weight limit, you must choose which items you most likely will need for a given trail. For example, an exceptionally long trail may require camping gear and some additional food, where as a short trail will allow for some more luxuries such as extra rope."
43716,Caverns of Khafka,,1983,6.9,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Caverns of Khafka is an action game inspired by Indiana Jones movies. The cover features gold, pharaohs and a tan pants clad protagonist missing only the trademark hat. The plot is familiar; facing the treacherous caverns of rolling boulders and deadly insects, you set out on a search for the five seals to unlock and raid the king's chambers. Be prepared for a trying time as the tools at your disposal include only your trusty grapple-action whip and gravity defying jump. While the original C-64 version features large sprites and 8-way scrolling the Atari XL version has levels that fit on one screen, a smaller player sprite reminiscent of Loderunner and a different soundtrack."
43723,Parasite Eve II,,1999,7.5,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Survival horror,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Parasite Eve II is a single-player survival horror role-playing game that blends action-oriented combat with exploration and resource management. It is set three years after the events of Parasite Eve and follows Aya Brea, a former NYPD officer who now works for the Mitochondrion Investigation and Suppression Team (MIST), a division of the FBI dedicated to eliminating creatures created by mutated mitochondria. The story begins in Los Angeles in the year 2000, when a violent outbreak of Neo-Mitochondrion Creatures (NMCs) occurs at Akropolis Tower. Aya is dispatched to contain the incident and soon discovers evidence of an underground organization experimenting with mitochondrial mutations. Her investigation spans deserts, research facilities, and abandoned towns, ultimately revealing a conspiracy that threatens the future of humanity. Gameplay departs from the Active Time Battle system of the first game and adopts mechanics closer to traditional survival horror. Players explore pre-rendered backgrounds with tank-style movement, while enemies appear in real time rather than through random encounters. Combat uses a targeting system where Aya locks onto enemies, moves to evade, and attacks with firearms, explosives, or melee strikes. Defeating monsters earns experience points, used to unlock and upgrade Parasite Energy abilities, and bounty points, a currency for purchasing weapons, armor, and items. Parasite Energy is divided into four elemental branches: fire, water, wind, and earth. Each offers powers ranging from healing and status recovery to offensive attacks like combustion or necrosis. Unlike in the first game, these abilities consume mana rather than turn-based actions, allowing combat to flow more like a shooter while still rewarding tactical choices. Weapon customization is limited, but equipment can hold attachments such as grenades, recovery items, or armor add-ons that grant passive benefits. Exploration and inventory management are central to survival. Ammunition, healing supplies, and tools are scarce, requiring careful use of limited storage and strategic saving of resources. Checkpoints allow Aya to purchase supplies with bounty points, and players are encouraged to replay areas to farm resources or strengthen their abilities before facing major threats."
43725,Virus,"Lander, Zarch",1987,7.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Aliens have infested Earth, and are spreading a deadly virus throughout the planet. Needless to say, they must be stopped, and fast. The time pressure (your score upon completing a level is based on the uninfected percentage of the land) is only one difficult aspect of this shooter. Viewed in remote 3D with a patchwork-quilt type ground effect, with trees sticking out and full gravity. Controlling your spaceship involves balancing the direction and height as well as thrusting to the right speed. A scanner tells you where the aliens are."
43730,Gravity,,1990,7.3,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Gravity is an isometric-perspective action game whose gameplay centers around maneuvering a spaceship around a three-dimensional isometric grid in an attempt to colonise planets. Centers of gravity create ""pits"" on that grid, which are the basic obstacles to maneuver around. An alien species called ""Outies"" plans on transforming all suns of the galaxy into black holes. They feed off raw energy, and as black holes are a good source of that, they attempt to create as many as possible of them. The player is sent out in a scout ship to colonise worlds in an attempt to gain resources to use for battling the Outies."
43734,LucasArts Classic Adventures,LucasArts Classic Collection Adventure,1992,7.4,Compilation,,,A bundle containing five classic adventure games from LucasArts (hence the name). This package includes:
43735,Super Sidekicks,"ACA NeoGeo: Super Sidekicks, AkeAka NeoGeo: Tokuten-ō, Tokuten-ō",1992,6.9,Sports,,,"Super Sidekicks was the first arcade soccer simulation released for the Neo Geo. The game offers a choice of 12 international teams, each with their own player positioning. Each team also has an ""Ace"" player with better stats. While in possession of the ball the player can pass and shoot. While on defense shoot is replaced with a sliding tackle used to retrieve the ball, although being too rough will result in a foul. Throw-in, corner kicks, and penalty kicks are all implemented just as in the actual game of soccer. Games either last for two three minute matches (in SNK Cup mode), or for one game (in VS mode)."
43739,Hillsea Lido,Hillsea Lido: Die Seebad Manager Simulation,1995,7.2,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"Hillsea Lido puts you in charge of seaside amusement facilities loosely based around a beach near Vulcan's Hampshire base. Each of the sites is rented out to various small businesses, in return for a cut of their profits. You can put various events on, and must advertise them locally. The area must be kept clean and tidy by hiring, and facilities and food available. The game's structure is day-by-day, with different tasks and opportunities on each of them - this is the only major difference from Bullfrog 's Theme Park"
43741,PC-DOS (included game),Donkey,1981,5.7,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"Included with IBM's PC-DOS was Microsoft's BASICA (Advanced BASIC) interpreter and several programs, one of which was a game and hence is of interest to us: DONKEY.BAS Directing a sports car on a stretch of rural road, the player must beware of donkeys roaming its picturesque lanes. Spot a donkey ahead and the player must quickly determine whether to switch lanes with the space bar before the car's course brings it into a messy head-on collision. With each burro successfully traversed, the car moves a little higher on the road -- closer to earning a point for the player (after passing eleven mules) but also giving less response time between the appearance of the titular donkey and its potential impact."
43746,Blade,,2000,6.5,Action,"Beat 'em up / brawler, Shooter",,"Blade for Game Boy Color is a 2D side-scrolling action game inspired by the 1998 film of the same name. It presents its own story unrelated to the film: vampire hunter Blade, the Daywalker, investigates a previously unknown clan of vampires who pursue some sinister agenda. The game consists of several different types of gameplay: the main part is a side-scrolling brawler. Blade must move through various locations like an enemy base, the subway, the sewers, or Chinatown and beat up hordes of vampires with punches and kicks. Only two buttons (in combination with the D-Pad) are used for fighting, one for attacks and one for blocks. In addition, Blade can use his glave throwing blade weapon as a powerful extra attack, with only a limited number of uses per level. The second type of stage is a shooting gallery, with Blade stading at the center of the screen and vampires attacking from either the background or the left and right. Blade must kill them by moving a crosshair and firing his weapon, with different buttons used for targeting background and foreground. Similar to the glave in the brawler levels, Blade can use a limited amount of shotgun shots to take out several enemies at once. The third and final type are boss battles against very powerful vampires. These are seen from the side like the brawler levels, but limited to a single screen, and have Blade using his sword instead of his fists. All levels are time-limited by Blade's serum that limits his bloodthirst and must be finished before it runs out. There are several different ways through the game. Three different levels can be selected at the start, the order of which they are played in determining the game's difficulty. Exploring rooms and making choices in the game can lead to different paths by unlocking hidden levels and having enemies react differently to events."
43751,Knight Games,,1986,6.6,Sports,,Medieval,"Knight Games consists of eight self-contained small games with a medieval theme. Two are shooting games. The Crossbow event involves moving a crosshair so as to hit one of an array of rotating targets. Once you've mastered this you are ready for Archery - this time you must hit targets which move from left to right, so timing is more important. The other six involve one-on-one combat. There are two sword-fighting battles against different backdrops; in each of them you must make 10 hits to get your opponent down, and do that 10 times to win overall. Time your jabs and shields to achieve this. The other four events follow the same formula, but with slightly different weapons. The Quartermast event is on a log, although the action is still only 2-dimensional. Ball & Chain, Axe and Pike battles complete the set. All can be played by 2 human players."
43759,Nightshade,Nightshade - Part 1: The Claws of Sutekh,1992,6.9,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,,"Sutekh has gotten rid of local superhero Vortex, and now Metro City is in the hands of crime. You are Nightshade - the superhero that nobody knows - and your goal is to stop the evil doers, including main villain Sutekh. Nightshade is a humorous adventure game, with a menu that allows the protagonist to perform various actions, such as look, take, talk, etc. Also included are some one-on-one fight scenes, which differ from the standard controls and in which Nightshade is able to jump, kick, punch and duck."
43766,SimIsle: Missions in the Rainforest,SimIsle: Missionen im Regenwald,1995,7.3,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,Save or develop the rainforest in a variety of different scenarios ranging over 40 different isles with different people to hire with environmental concerns. Includes custom isles.
43769,SWIV 3D,SWIV 3D Assault,1996,7.2,Action,Shooter,,"SWIV 3D is a 3D implementation of the original S.W.I.V. It features a voxel-based 3D engine and mission-based play, as well as a myriad of new enemies and completely new style of gameplay. It plays a lot like a typical 3D shooter: you control a helicopter which you must navigate through landscapes, all the while shooting at buildings, vehicles and other planes or helicopters and fulfilling your mission goals."
43770,Connections,"Conexiones. Un reto para la mente, Connections: Een Breinbreker!, Connections: It's A Mind Game",1995,6.9,"Adventure, Educational",,,"Connections is based on the TV show on The Learning Channel, which traces human political, cultural, religious and social history as a chain, linked by technological discoveries or inventions. In the game, there is a computer program you must fix, by finding connections that bind its world together."
43779,European Soccer Challenge,,1989,4.7,Sports,,,"European Soccer Challenge allows you to play as one of fourteen European football teams (including the mighty Wrexham) against another player or the computer. Options include the number of players, your skill level and the team you want to play as. The match is viewed from above showing a small part of the pitch. The joystick controls the nearest player to the ball and the fire button allows you to shoot or pass. The keyboard is used to select your options on the menu screens."
43783,Movie,,1986,7.4,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,,"The feel of a gangster movie is recreated isometrically in this game. You play a private detective who has the task of retrieving a vital cassette from a Mob boss' hideout. Two twin girls are in the area - one is on your side, the other is connected to the mob. Needless to say, you will have to work out who you can trust. You control the detective with either directional (key or joystick press corresponds to motion) or rotational (forward to move, left or right to rotate) control. Pressing fire activates the main command menu, which allows you to pick up or drop objects, use your gun, and communicate with people. You can carry 3 items at a time; a command exists to swap between them."
43792,Konami's Golf,,1985,6.0,Sports,Arcade,,"Konami's Golf features a challenging 18 hole course and allows you to choose your club, adjust your stance and control your swing, applying hook and slice if desired (or inadvertently added). Wind and ball lie must be taken into account. The game features a split screen with two views, one an overhead view of the entire hole, and the other a 3-D view from your balls current location. The gameplay options include 1 player stroke play, 2 player stroke play, or 2 player match play."
43796,The Magicians Curse,The Magician's Curse,1986,6.4,Action,,Fantasy,"A once prosperous land inhabited by an evil wizard has stayed uninhabited long after he left. There are tales though that he left behind in his lair a golden statue which is priceless. You play as an adventurer who has entered the land looking for the buried treasure. The game is a flick-screen arcade adventure viewed from the side with elements of a platform game. There are eight skill levels to choose from and when the game is completed you start again on a higher skill level. As you explore you will encounter buildings to explore as well as creatures and objects that will harm you. As you move about, you have a strength gauge which is slowly decreasing but you can find potions and food to keep it topped up. Touching creatures like bats or items like falling apples and water will decrease the gauge further and be wary of certain potions that are poison and an antidote needs to be found before you die and it's game over. To succeed in your quest, certain items need to be found before you can get to the statue which are seven talismans scattered all over the surrounding area, two keys to unlock doors to enter buildings, and a candle to see in the underground section. A joystick or keyboard can be used to control your hero."
43804,Planet Soccer,Planet Football,1994,6.1,"Action, Sports",,,"This football game features practically every international team available with its corresponding players (circa 1994) and with gameplay modes that include 1 and 2 player exhibition matches and the full World Cup. The distinguishing feature of the game is its use of a different perspective which puts you behind and above the players as in 3rd person 3D games, but in a fixed position where the camera just slides up and down the court to follow the players. Graphics are 2D VGA sprites"
43805,Tropical Trouble,,1983,6.4,Action,Arcade,,"Clumsy Clarence is vacationing on a tropical island with his girlfriend Doris. Unfortunately, their vacation is interrupted when Doris is kidnapped by the bully Beach Bruiser. Now Clarence needs to rescue Doris by chasing the Beach Bruiser all over the island! The Beach Bruiser will be carrying Doris to the right and the screen scrolls to follow. You need guide Clarence and catch up to Doris. There are many obstacles on the screen which temporarily slow down your progress. Coconuts, ferns, clams, sand snakes, and lava will all appear in your way. If you get slowed down too much and hit the left side of the screen, you lose one of your lives. From time to time, Doris will drop a handkerchief; collect this and you become temporarily invincible! If you catch Doris, you then move on to the next section of the island; when each section of the island has been completed you then need to battle the Beach Bruiser on a bridge. If you're successful, the game will then repeat at a more difficult skill level."
43806,Reader Rabbit,"Reader Rabbit 1, Reader Rabbit and the Fabulous Word Factory",1984,6.7,Educational,,,"Reader Rabbit is an educational game for children 3 through 7 designed to help reading and spelling skills. There are four different word games to play of increasing difficulty: a word sorter, a picture labeler, the word train, and a variation of the game memory."
43808,Hurricanes,,1994,5.7,Action,Platform,,"Hurricanes is based on the 90's cartoon show. You play as Cal and must play through 12 levels. The objective of each level is to collect a certain amount of items to open the exit to the next level. These items include medallions and different colored trophies. The game will take you through many locations including a lagoon, a haunted house, an airport, a western town, an ancient temple, and you will eventually make it to the gym for the final fight against the Gorgons. You will take on many enemies throughout the levels including grunts, invisible cowboys, spiders, and members of the Gorgons."
43818,J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: Volume 1,J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: Volume One,1994,5.7,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"J.R.R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings - Volume One is a video game adaptation of the famous book, which is quite different from the computer game of the same name The events that occur in the game roughly correspond to those depicted in the first volume of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, though the game ends before the final chapters of the first book. The player takes control of Frodo Baggins, who must find companions for his quest. The game's locations, individual objectives, missions, and quests are structured quite differently from those of the computer release. Most of the quests involve retrieving items for various NPCs, thus advancing the narrative. The gameplay is also different from the computer version, being less heavy on character development (role-playing), and more oriented towards combat, which is action-based in this release. Though up to three characters join Frodo on his quest, one player can control only one character at a time. Multiplayer has been therefore added to the game, with up to four players controlling the characters in the party simultaneously. The game cartridge does not contain any RAM/battery; games can only be saved by remembering a code. The code must later be entered into the game to continue."
43823,Gift,Gifty,2000,6.0,Action,Puzzle elements,,"Unlike its big 3D brother on the PC and Playstation 2 Gift for the Game Boy Color is a top down 2D action game. As Gift, a small cute red devil-like creature with an attitude, players must save Lolita Globo and defeat the Shadow of Black Deep Dark Night. To do so Gift must find seven treasures and seven gnomes in seven different worlds. Worlds are divided in rooms, in rooms puzzles have to be solved, and enemies fought. Finally each world is guarded by a level boss."
43824,The War College: Universal Military Simulator 3,,1995,5.6,"Educational, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War I","The War College is the third and final installment in Ezra Sidran 's Universal Military Simulator series of tactical war games. The simulation's core principle is a departure from traditional turn-based, hex tile mechanics towards real-time rendering of unit movement on accurately recreated topographical maps of historical battlefields. The presentation remains highly abstract, with units represented as colored lines and combat resolved in short text messages. The game simulates four major historical battles: The Battle of Pharsalus (48 BC) In the decisive battle of the Roman Civil War, Julius Caesar meets Gnaeus Pompejus at Pharsalos on August 9th 48 BC. The battle is fought with melee units only. Caesar defeats Pompejus and becomes emperor of the Rome. The Battle of Austerlitz (1805) The French army under Napoleon defeats the combined armies of the Russians and Austrians in the Battle of the Three Emperors at Austerlitz in December 1805. Austerlitz is a classic Napolean maneuver battle. The Battle of Antietam (1862) Confederate general Robert E. Lee's advance is stopped by the Union army under general George B. McClellan in the battle at Antietam in September 1862. It is one of the major battles of the American Civil War. The Battle of Tannenberg (1914) In one of the rare maneuver battle of World War I, the German Eight army defeats a Russian contingent vastly superior in numbers in August 1914. The War College players control their armies with only a basic set of unit commands (movement, formation and fortification), but need to consider advanced tactical elements such as morale, experience and ammunition. While the terrain influences movement speed and combat efficiency, terrain types are not clearly indicated on the abstract maps. In tradition of the UMS series, combat formulas can be customized. As the title implies, The War College is supposed to be an educative simulation for tactical study of historical battles rather than a pure game. With the program comes a digital encyclopedia containing basic background information on the four conflicts, complemented by artworks and period photographs. In addition, The War College features a multiplayer mode so that two strategists can compete over modem or local area network."
43828,Brataccas,Bandersnatch,1986,7.2,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Brataccas is a game that combines exploration, puzzle-solving and combat. You play a character named Kyne, a man who has a price on his head. You must search the mining asteroid, Brattacus, to gather proof of a government plot against you and to try to stay alive. Surveillance cameras are watching you, so take any chance to disable them. Brataccas is a place where greed and corruption rule the day. The residents are treacherous, and while they can be bribed they are not above murder, so the player has to be careful."
43830,Doom 64,,1997,7.8,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"DOOM 64 picks up where all the other DOOM games left off. After tearing through space, hell, and wherever else in the previous games, the Space Marine thought that the threat of the demons was finally past. Of course, one survived, and it is currently reanimating all of the fallen monsters in a last-ditch attempt to revitalize their evil mission. The player's task is to finally rid the universe of all the crazy hellions, from the dead guy with the pistol to the rocket-spewing Cyberdemon. The game is very different from the original DOOM ; it has entirely new sprites for the monsters, new textures, pseudo-3D effects (such as bridges), colored lighting, scrolling skies, and custom scripting which allows for effects such as morphing environments and spawning items. The levels are completely new. There are 32 levels in total, including several challenging ""fun levels"" which cannot be accessed in normal gameplay. The enemy roster is similar to Doom II Though several enemies from Doom II are not included, a new monster has been added: the ""nightmare imp"", which moves and attacks twice as fast as a regular imp. The end boss of the game is also new. The game features a new weapon, the Unmaker, which can be upgraded with ""demon keys"" found in secret levels. The atmosphere of the game is even more grim than the original Doom games, in part due to the new soundtrack: instead of rockin' metal tunes, the music consists of creepy ambient sounds and drones. The 2020 re-release adds seven new levels, including a six-level episode ""The Lost Levels""."
43831,Advanced Civilization,,1995,6.8,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"Based on the board game with the same name this game places you as a nation in the Mediterranean to rise and become the supreme ruler. Spanning about 8000 years, it covers the development of ancient civilizations from the start of agriculture to the emergence of Rome as the dominant power. Although military strategies are possible it's far from any wargame as the main goal is to gain an overall advancement involving cultural, economic, political and religious powers. The battles which emerge are normally the result of shortage of land rather than attempts to eliminate other nations. The player who effectively balances each aspect of the game will build the strongest civilization and win the game. In contrast to most other board games the results of combat and other calculations don't involve chance - the only exception are event cards which may involve calamities like earthquakes or revolts."
43832,NFL GameDay 99,,1998,7.8,Sports,,,A port of a Playstation title that offers a more action-oriented aproach to american football. You can only play the 1998 season with your choice of NFL licensed teams (tough all with the same playbook) in either the standard game mode or a pseudo coaching mode were you call the plays and watch the computer develop the action. Additions for the pc version include expanded multiplayer support (over modem/internet/lan) and Direct3D accelerated graphics which show off the game's animations and real-time weather conditions. Also in the sound department you get in-game comment by Dick Enberg and Phil Simms.
43837,Toonsylvania,,2000,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Toonsylvania is a side-scrolling platform game based on the animated television series of the same name. In the game Dr. Vic Frankenstein's assistant Igor has invented some useful apparel. When he tries to test it on Phil however, things go wrong and Phil blows up. Now it's up to Igor to clean things up before Frankenstein comes back. You play as Igor and work your way through 5 different worlds, to collect parts of Phil. Meanwhile you can collect inventions that improve your health and combative abilities. Igor can punch enemies and throw skulls at them from a distance. There are three secret levels in the game, which require an UBI key to be unlocked. One of the keys is hidden somewhere in the game, others can be obtained from other Ubi Soft titles for the Game Boy Color."
43840,Evidence: The Last Report,"Evidence: Het Bewijs, Evidence: Quem matou Sarah Hopkins?, Evidence: Wer Tötete Sarah Hopkins?, Last Report, The Last Report",1996,6.1,Adventure,,,"Evidence: The Last Report is a detective adventure, in which you play Daniel Singer, a reporter for Channel Z. Your former girlfriend and co-worker Sarah Hopkins has been murdered and because you recently broke up with her, you are considered to be the prime suspect. You have a few hours to discover the real killer and your job isn’t easy, as there are people in high places involved that will try to stop you. Evidence is a point-and-click adventure with some real-time 3D action scenes that can be skipped. Those include shoot-em-up and beat-em-up sequences, and boat and car races."
43845,Super Solvers: Treasure Mountain!,"Aarrejahti!, Treasure Mountain!, Treasure Mountain! A Super Solvers Adventure",1990,7.8,"Adventure, Educational",,,"Treasure Mountain is an educational game designed for children ages 5-9. The Master of Mischief has stolen the magic crown as well as other treasures and hidden them on Treasure Mountain! Your goal is to locate the magic crown and as many of the treasures as possible while climbing your way to the top. To make your way up the mountain, you will need to find keys which unlock a path. The keys are hidden somewhere behind an object on each level of the mountain. To find out what is behind an object you need to use one of your magic coins. However, the number of coins you have is limited and there are many places to search so you first need to find clues as to where keys (and treasures!) are located. Wandering about the mountain are numerous elves; if you catch a scroll carrying elf in your net, he'll ask a question. A correct answer will provide a clue. After reaching the top of the multi-leveled mountain, all the treasures you collected along the way will be put back in the treasure chest, and you begin again at the bottom with a tougher difficulty level. After all treasures have been brought to the top, you can find the crown and win the game!"
43849,Tony La Russa Baseball,,1993,5.6,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Tony La Russa's Baseball features over 500 real players, keeps statistics with 14 categories and gives players the option to watch, manage or play a game. The game has supported of STATS (Sports Team Analysis & Tracking Systems) to compile statistics, along with a digitized pitcher and batter animations to make it seem more realistic."
43850,Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm,Dragons Blood,2000,7.1,Action,Action RPG,Fantasy,"Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm is a sword and sorcery action game. Adventurers play as a male knight, Cynric or as the female sorceress Ayowen. The heroes battle their way through a dark fantasy world where they must ultimately defeat the dragon lord. A story driven game where players use a combination of cunning swordplay and magic spells deal with enemies that stand in their way. The story unfolds over 12 huge levels and is played in 3rd person perspective in real-time."
43852,TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat,"Buggy Heat, Great Buggy",1999,5.8,Racing / Driving,,,"TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat is an off-road racing game licensed by the basic cable television station, TNN. It features 8 off-road vehicles and 6 tracks based on locations around the world. There are several modes of play. The time attack mode allows you to race 4 different tracks to achieve your best time. In this mode, you can ""train"" your car and driver to learn your driving style. You can save the profile of your driving habits, and pit your saved driver against a friend in Vs. mode. You can then test these skills in the AI Level mode. The Championship mode allows you to compete in a series of races. The Vs. mode allows you to compete against another player."
43853,Ace Combat 2,,1997,8.0,Action,Shooter,,"Ace Combat 2 is the sequel to Namco's PSX combat flight simulator Air Combat Ace Combat 2 puts you back in the cockpit as a mercenary pilot out to foil a world-threatening terrorist plot. You'll proceed through 30 missions in which your success will allow you to buy weapon upgrades, parts and other gimmicks just like in the original. The game offers sharper graphics and sounds, more planes and options, dual shock support as well as adding analog joystick support."
43857,Kung' Fu Master,"Kung-Fu Master, Spartan X",1990,6.2,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Similar to Kung-Fu Master games for other platforms but with different levels, it is your job to fight your way through hordes of bad guys and ultimately kill the super-villain. To do this, you can use three different moves: a punch, a kick and a somersault. Sometimes you can also pick up bombs that deal a larger amount of damage. Apart from fighting the bad guys, there are also a few levels that feature Jump'N Run elements. At the end of each stage, there is, of course, a boss waiting to be beaten up."
43868,NCAA: Road to the Final Four 2,NCAA: Road to the Final Four II,1994,7.2,Sports,,,"Basketball game focussed on the NCAA college tournament and sequel to the previous Road to the Final Four. In this one you get the entire 64 teams NCAA tournament teams and all the season stats for 1991, 92 and 93. Gameplay modes include exhibition and tournament modes (where you can play in any of the aforementioned seasons) with the choice to play in arcade or coaching modes where you call the plays while the game proceeds sans your direct interaction. Graphic modes available include vga and svga with graphics consisting of digitized sprites for players over a polygonal court and basket."
43869,Phantasie,"Phantasie: A Multiple-Character Role-Playing Odyssey, Phantasie: Eine abenteuerliche Odyssee, Phantasie: Jelnoa's Chapter, Phantasy",1985,7.3,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The island of Gelnor has been taken over by The Black Knights, who demand sacrifices and homage as they travel from town to town. Defeat them and their master, Nikademus! Phantasie is a classic role-playing game, and one of the first to introduce a ""bank"" for storing money in addition to expanding on the classic Wizardry -style gameplay of building your own adventuring party with traveling from town to town via the countryside, overhead views of dungeons, and multiple styles of attack."
43872,Mickey Mania,"Mickey Mania: As Eternas Aventuras de Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures Of Mickey Mouse, Mickey's Wild Adventure, Mickey's Wild Adventure: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse, Topolino Mania, Topolino e le sue Avventure",1994,7.6,Action,Platform,,"Mickey Mouse gets a chance to go down memory lane and walk through the timeless adventures he has lived. Mickey Mania is a platformer where all the levels are based on Mickey's most famous cartoons. The levels range about 75 years, starting off with ""Steamboat Willie"" and going all the way to ""The Prince and the Pauper"". The gameplay consists mostly of jumping and marble throwing at enemies, with an occasional puzzle element."
43875,La Abadía del Crimen,,1987,6.5,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Medieval,"The development of the game is based on the Umberto Eco's novel ""The Name of the Rose"", on which Guillermo de Baskerville along with its intrepid disciple Adzo de Melk have the order on the part of Abad of an Abbey (Abadía) forgotten of the hand of God, to clarify certain crimes that are granted to the hand of the Devil. With this attractive argument we became jumbled of such way in the game that until we do not solve it we are condemned to moor itself of permanent form to the computer."
43877,Batman: The Video Game,Batman,1989,8.0,Action,Platform,,"The NES version of Batman: The Video Game is loosely based on the 1989 movie. It is a side-scrolling game, with a blue dressed Batman fighting enemies such as robots, jet-packed soldiers, ninjas, and mutants. The game consists of five levels somewhat related to the movie: Gotham City streets (with Killer Moth as the final boss), AXIS Chemical Factory (with Machine Intelligence System as boss), Underground Conduit (with Electrocutioner as boss), the Laboratory Ruins (the Dual-Container Alarm as boss) and Gotham's Cathedral (with Firebug as boss) where Batman finally faces the Joker. Before each level, a cutscene with scenes from the movie is displayed. Besides his ever trusty punches, Batman has plenty of weapons in his utility belt: the Batarang, the Spear Gun and the Dirk (a three direction weapon). Batman has an ammunition counter shared for the three weapons. The Batarang takes one pellet per shot, the Spear Gun two pellets and the Dirk, three. Batman also has an eight hit life bar, which can be replenished by collecting hearts dropped by killed enemies. The enemies will also drop pellet items (10 pellets per item) and bonus items (which will only sum up points). Batman can also perform a ""wall jump"": he'll grab a wall when jumping toward it, allowing him to escalate some narrow passages. Batman has three lives and unlimited continues."
43879,The Krypton Factor,,1987,5.3,"Educational, Simulation",Game show / trivia / quiz,,In this game you take the role of a contestant in the TV game show The Krypton Factor. The gameplay is divided up into different types of mental skill including Observation in which you are told a story and shown a picture. The story is then told again but with subtle changes along with the picture which alters. You must then type in what text has changed and also what has altered on the picture. There are also mathematical puzzles involving you remembering a sequence and working out the sum quickly as the clock is ticking away. As the game progresses there are also physical tasks to do including moving the Ergobuggy around a course and finishing off with a general knowledge quiz.
43881,Out of This World,"Another World, Outer World",1991,7.6,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A young physics professor named Lester conducts a particle experiment. Suddenly, something goes wrong, lightning strikes, and in a moment Lester finds himself in a strange alien world. Now he must fight for his life, first with his bare hands, then with a gun he finds. But what gives him courage is that he is not alone. One of the aliens who escapes from the prison together with him helps him on his dangerous quest. Friendship can overcome all obstacles. Out of This World combines shooting, platforming, and puzzle-solving elements. The game is divided into stages; some of them are straightforward and can only be accessed one time, while others are connected to each other, constituting a larger environment. Exploration and problem-solving are emphasized. Many levels include challenges not seen in the previous ones. Tasks may involve environmental puzzles, timed sequences, precise jumping, and combat. Typically, enemies are defeated by using an energy gun found in an early stage. The gun's regular function is shooting energy projectiles. By pressing down and holding the fire button the player can activate an energy shield that protects Lester from regular attacks, allowing him to fire from relative safety until it evaporates. Finally, by holding the fire button even longer the gun creates powerful blasts which can disrupt shields. Most enemies are equipped with similar guns and are able to perform the same actions as Lester. Fighting enemies, therefore, requires tactical usage of regular attacks, shields, and bombs, as well as learning enemy patterns. Each level can be accessed by typing a code the player learns after having completed the level. If Lester dies, the level must be restarted. There is no on-screen interface and no in-game dialogue in the game. Vector graphics are used for creating the game's environments and animated cutscenes."
43883,The Crystal Key,"Kristallnyckeln, Kryształowy Klucz",1999,6.0,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"With animated movement and in global wonderfully rendered animations, this game gives you the atmosphere you'd wish for. Your world has been threatened by an evil megalomaniac, and you now need to travel the worlds in order to stop this evil."
43885,The Gene Machine,"Gene Machine: ... die geheimnisvollen Kreaturen des Dr. Dinsey, The Gene Machine: The Great British Adventure",1996,7.2,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Steampunk,"The Gene Machine is a point-and-click 2D adventure game with background images that give the perspective of 3D. The story begins in the 1880s in London. British gentleman Piers Featherstonehaugh (pronounced ""fanshaw"") and his faithful servant, Mossop, arrive back home to discover a talking cat on their doorstep. The cat tells them of an outlandish plot concerning genetic mutations gone haywire. It then becomes Fanshaw's goal to stop this ghastly activity and to catch the fiends behind it. Players step into the shoes of Piers as he and Mossop travel around the globe... and beyond. He will meet many unusual characters and talk with them during his quest . including talking animals as well as people. Exploration is in 3rd person perspective and most puzzles involve the multitude of inventory items that can be found while exploring."
43890,Into the Eagle's Nest,"""Eagles Nest"", Into the Eagles Nest",1986,6.9,Action,Shooter,World War II,"Pandora's first game combines the Gauntlet style with the World War 2 setting, and specifically the Eagle's Nest building which is being used by a commander as his HQ. Three Allied soldiers have been captured, and you must infiltrate the facilities, rescue your brave comrades, destroy the building, and salvage as much of the stolen art treasures as possible. There are eight levels to explore, each with a specific mission objective. Some of the paintings are loose, others are in crates which must first be shot. Explosives must be collected, not shot. With limited ammunition, guards everywhere, keys at a premium, and lots of strategic hiding points, an all-guns-blazing approach is less successful than a planned, measured one."
43891,Street Fighter EX3,,2000,7.0,Action,Fighting,,"The EX series makes its way to the PS2, and has a total of 16 fighters (from past EX games) as well as unlockable fighters like Sagat, M. Bison and many more. Four game modes, four players, three battle types and a cherry on top. Street Fighter EX3 features the Original, Arena, Character Edit and Training Modes, the first two further configurable to Tag, Dramatic or Team Battle type. In addition, EX3 has a new and more lethal strain of combos that, coupled with Tag capabilities, introduce an element of strategy to the game."
43898,Sengoku 2,"ACA NeoGeo: Sengoku 2, AkeAka NeoGeo: Sengoku Denshō 2, Sengoku Denshō 2",1993,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",Fantasy,"A sequel to Sengoku Sengoku 2 once again casts you as two street fighting heroes caught in the midst of a supernatural attack by the undead forces of the evil Nobunaga from the Japanese sengoku period, although this time the game warps you through several time periods and locations to fight evil, from feudal Japan to WWII Europe. As in the original, the game plays as a standard 2D side-scrolling beat 'em up, in which you have to proceed through each stage killing all enemies that cross your path and defeating the stage boss to proceed. New for the sequel is the inclusion of swords as your default weapons, which now feature both high and low attacks, as well as a block move that allows you to parry enemy attacks. Collecting orbs gives you weapon upgrades and energy attacks, as well as the ability to morph into any of the three spirits released in the original which give you a new arsenal of moves and powers."
43903,The Great Battles of Alexander,"Alexander, Alexander der Große: Die großen Schlachten der Antike, Les Grandes Batailles d'Alexandre, Yalikeshada Dadi",1997,7.1,Strategy / tactics,,"Classical antiquity, Historical events","This is a wargame which is part of the Great battles series series and deals with the exploits of some of the greatest ancient military generals. Here the game focuses on Alexander the Great, the great Macedonian leader. This strategy game is inspired by the award winning board game made by GMT Games and recreates ten great battles fought by Alexander and its armies with high detailed graphics, extreme attention to classic wargame rules (weapons, tactics, military units, morale, initiative, momentum, etc etc), realistic AI behaviour and so on. It supports single player game (single battles or campaign mode) as well as multiplayer option."
43907,F-16 Multirole Fighter,,1998,7.6,Simulation,,"Africa, Contemporary, Europe","F-16 Multirole Fighter was developed with John A. Fergione who is the chief F-16 test pilot for Lockheed Martin, and contains many new realism models not seen in previous Novalogic simulations: In addition to the 6 tutorial missions and numerous quick missions, there are scripted campaigns in varied terrains such in Serbia, Liberia/Sierra Leone, Burma, and Somalia/Ethiopia. F-16 MRF is also playable on Novalogic's free Integrated Battle Space with up to 128 other pilots using Novalogic's MiG-29 and F-22 Raptor (it was developed in tandem with their MiG-29 Fulcrum product for this sole purpose). Graphics are 3D-card accelerated (without any of the old Novalogic VoxelSpace codebase), with resolutions from 640x480 to 1024x768. Other options include a virtual cockpit and the LANTIRN system. Almost all the F-16 weapons such as the AGM-88 anti-radar missile and the new JDAM are available."
43911,Cannon Fodder 2,,1994,7.5,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"After the success of Cannon Fodder, a sequel was inevitable. The basic gameplay remained the same – guide a team of soldiers through a succession of levels populated by trees, huts and lakes. The major change is that the plot involves time travel, rather than straightforward war situations, and this means levels taking place in different scenarios including a strange ‘Alien Planet’. The levels include a variety of vehicles such as jeeps, tanks and helicopters, which can be used to shoot or even run down enemy soldiers. Standard bullets are joined by collectible grenades and rockets – use these wisely, as nothing else can destroy huts or vehicles. Finding strategic defense positions can be vital as well."
43913,Captain Kelly,,1986,5.6,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are Captain Kelly a space delivery man who travels the universe delivering packages, an easy enough job until you came across the ship, Obsidian 2. Normally a code would shut down the security and hand control back to the pilot but today the code wasn't working and you made the mistake of entering the ship and now you can't leave and the security robots will try to kill you if discovered. You must explore and destroy a set number of robots on each of the seven levels of the ship before entering the Master Control Room and gain full control of the ship. The game is a top view maze game with the screen scrolling when you move. As you move about each level there are robot guards and you can shoot them with your gun but this has limited ammo. If you touch a robot or are shot then you lose part of your energy and you also have a limited supply of oxygen which counts down and if your energy or oxygen runs out then it is game over. Scattered around the various levels are places and items that increase your energy, oxygen or ammo with teleport's taking you to other levels of the ship. Terminals used will give you updates on your progress as well as how many robots need destroying on each level. Once you destroy the last robot needed on each level, this will shut down everything on that level including the items needed to increase your energy, oxygen and ammo but teleport's still work. When all robots needed are destroyed, you may enter the Master Control Room and attempt to power up two satellites within a time limit to complete the game. A joystick is used to control your hero."
43917,Botics,,1990,5.7,Action,Paddle / Pong,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Botics is a Pong variant set in the future. It is disguised as futuristic sports event in which the player fights against five opponents. The basic idea is that each playfield has a large opening on two sides which are guarded by remote-controlled robots. Each of the opponents controls a robot with the goal to reflect a bouncing ball so it enters the opposite opening. If that happens, the screen switches to the next of five areas, e.g. if the players were in the second chamber, they either switch to area one or three depending on who scored. A player needs to score a certain amount of times to win a match. Variations to the areas (which are the same for each opponent) consist of obstacles covering the middle of the room. There is also the possibility to charge up the robot which results in a more powerful and fast returning of the ball, but when overdone it causes the robot to explode."
43931,Panorama Cotton,,1994,7.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Fantasy,"The fairy kingdom has long been threatened by the dark witch Wool, the leader of the Dark Undulation. The queen Velvet sent the cute little fairy Silk to seek aid by the red-haired witch Cotton, the only one who could defeat Wool. Cotton agrees under one condition: she will receive some willows as a reward, since willows are her favorite food. Finally, after defeating Wool, Cotton realized that someone poisoned the promised willows, and swears revenge. Accompanied by Silk, she begins to chase the mysterious enemy. Panorama Cotton is a pseudo-3D scrolling shooter reminiscent of Space Harrier set in an anime-style fantasy world. Various levels scroll ""into the screen"", vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. The player can move Cotton over the screen, shooting at oncoming enemies and avoiding obstacles on her way. Cotton can upgrade her weapon to higher levels as the player advances in the game, and can also cast magical spells by collecting special items."
43934,Bottom of the 9th '99,Jikkyou American Baseball 2,1998,6.0,"Simulation, Sports",,,"This baseball game features the following game modes: exhibition, season, training, and scenario. Exhibition mode lets the player play against the computer, another player, or just watch a game between 2 computer players. Training mode lets players practice their fielding, pitching, and batting skills. Scenario mode puts the player in a tight situation in 20 different in-progress games to see if they can succeed in those situations. Season mode lets players play a season with anywhere from 15 to 162 games. The game can keep track of the season statistics, team standings, and any trades made during the season. With only an MLBPA license, the game features the names of the real MLB players, but it doesn't include the real team's names or their logos, just the cities they play in. The game also offers 30 different stadiums to play in. During the game, pitching involves selecting a type of pitch and aiming it into the batter's box by sliding around a cursor to where they want the pitch to go. To hit the ball, batters must move their own cursor to match where the ball will end up. If the batter decides to powerhit, the cursor becomes smaller, making it harder to make contact with the ball. The game also features an announcer that calls the plays in real time."
43937,The Three Stooges,,1987,6.8,Action,Platform,,"Stars of television and cinema, and now stars of their own video game. Join Moe, Larry & Curly (in no particular order) who must collect $5000 to try and save an orphanage and the young children who live there from the evil banker, all while keeping pie out of their face. Featuring platform level designs based on classic Stooge scenes from their many TV episodes and movies and level objectives re-living many of their antics plus original Stooge voices and Stooge trivia."
43939,Super Turrican 2,,1995,7.9,Action,Platform,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Super Turrican is back, and once again the USS Freedom Forces have to prevent the evil Machine from harming innocent civilizations. This requires the player to jump and shoot his way through large levels filled with lots of enemies. To get rid of all the enemies, several different weapons can be used, most of which are already familiar to players from previous installments of the series: a Laser, a Spread-shot, and a(improved) Rebound. There is also the option to go into ""wheel-mode"" for a limited time to become invincible, lay mines and shoot rockets. The Flamethrower is new to the series as well as the Rope, which can be used to climb walls, cling to platforms or pick up out-of-reach items. Much like in side-scrolling shooters, you can now pick up homing missiles as secondary weapons. The biggest difference to previous Turrican-games however, is the fact that in Super Turrican 2 almost half of the levels are strictly linear and don't feature any large secret areas that have become somewhat of a trademark of the series."
43943,Tintin: Le Temple du Soleil,"Kuifje: De Zonnetempel, Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun",1996,6.8,Action,Platform,,"Tintin: Le Temple du Soleil is the handheld version of The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun While the levels are clearly based on the original SNES version, there are various differences in level design, length and difficulty of some levels. There are also three missing levels: ""The Swim"", ""The Coach"" and ""The Jungle"". The Game Boy and Game Boy Colour version are the same, except a few switched obstacles and the passwords, which are not available for every single level, are for rewarded after different levels. The story and gameplay remains the same: Tintin has to rescue the kidnapped professor Cuthbert Calculus; a quest which leads him to various locations over the world. Most levels are basic platforming in which the player has to progress from the starting to the end point while avoiding obstacles by dodging; attacking is out of the question. The action takes place both on the foreground and the background and Tintin can and has to switch between the two plains at any time. Other than that, there are also two 3D levels where the player automatically moves and has to dodge obstacles and a few basic puzzles to solve."
43947,Traysia,Minato no Traysia,1992,5.2,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"In Traysia the player controls a young man named Roy, who lives in the town Johanna. All his life Roy has been dreaming about leaving the town and going to explore faraway lands. Now, finally, his chance has come. His uncle, a travelling merchant, is going on a journey, and Roy decides to leave with him. His girlfriend Traysia gives him a pendant, to remind him of her... will Roy be able to escape from all the dangers that await him on his long journey and to see Traysia again? The game is a party-based RPG with randomly encountered enemies. The combat is somewhat similar to early Ultima games. When an enemy appears, the player is presented with a battle screen on which the party is positioned in the lower part, the enemies in the upper part. Characters can attack if they are close enough to the enemy, otherwise they have to move towards them. Magic spells should be cast in an appropriate direction to hurt the enemy."
43951,Air / Sea Supremacy,,1991,7.2,Compilation,,,Air / Sea Supremacy is a collection of five games:
43967,Magic & Mayhem,"Arcanes, Art of Magic: La Guerra dei Maghi, Duelo de Hechiceros, Mana: Der Weg der schwarzen Macht",1998,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"Magic & Mayhem is a real-time strategy game. You're an aspiring sorcerer on a quest to find your missing uncle, a quest that takes you through over 35 mythical regions, including Celtic, Greek and Medieval realms. During your journey, you'll learn to master new spells and meet many strange creatures, taken from myth and folklore."
43977,Toshinden 4,Toshinden Subaru,1999,5.9,Action,Fighting,,"The fourth game in the main Toshinden series. Toshinden 4 attempts to return to the series roots after Toshinden 3 's radical departure. As a result Toshinden 4 was ""old school"" for its time. While Toshinden 4 models it's game play more off Toshinden 1 and Toshinden 2 than 3, it makes what is perhaps the biggest change in the series; it does away with nearly all of the 40+ characters that the series has built up and replaces them with 13 almost completely new characters; only 3 of Toshinden 4's cast have appeared in previous games. But even they are notably different as Toshinden 4 takes place sometime after Toshinden 3 story wise, hence they have aged. The new cast has some pretty big links to the old cast however and many of their stories and bio's reference the old cast even though most aren't named directly (for instance Lancelot was sent to a certain French noble man to be toughened up, while Fen met a certain spear wielding warrior that his own fighting style is conveniently similar to). Graphically, Toshinden 4 sacrifices detail for fluid animation and speed, to the point where the original Toshinden arguably looks better overall. The combo system is once again redone; now the player can make a combo out of any combination of light and hard attacks (high, low and jumping) with the limits that they can only enter each attack once (i.e only one high light slash, one low hard kick etc) and once a hard attack has been inputted, no further light attacks can be entered into the combo. Special attacks have also become more special, generally being considerably more dramatic and requiring more complex button combinations that the past games. Toshinden 4 also tweaks the series overdrive attacks; now each character has at least two and the bar is split into three segments; one block is used per overdrive attack, though all three can be saved up to activate the new Kishin Kourin attack which bestows a considerable ability increase at the cost of health. A simple parrying system has been added to Toshinden 4; the player can attempt to repel any weapon based attack or they can use a special counter attack that can counter almost anything, but uses up an overdrive block. Toshinden 4 introduces multiple arena types to the series; for the first time there are arenas with no edges as well as the standard square and round arenas one can be knocked off for a ring out. Toshinden 4 also introduces a third type of arena to the series; collapsing arenas. As the match goes on holes randomly form in the arena (though warning is given as to where they are about to form). As if to compensate for this new arena type, it is no longer possible to fall off an edge of the ring unless you are hit off or accidently perform a move that takes you over the edge. As well as the standard fighting aspect, Toshinden 4 also has seven time unlocked themed ""mini games"", that include breakout, air hockey and a dancing game. There is also a comprehensive database mode to unlock that includes detailed information about every character, sound bites, a jute box and character design sketches including some rejected costumes. As well as all these extras, Toshinden 4 has pretty much every fighting game mode out there."
43978,Breakline,,1993,5.6,Action,"Arcade, Paddle / Pong",,"Breakline is a Breakout variant. You have a paddle which bounces a ball up and down to break blocks on the game field. You can activate several special abilities, e.g. releasing several balls at once or a ball which cuts through solid blocks. The levels include gimmicks like teleporters or bumpers. There is also a training mode in which you can select the individual levels."
43979,Alien Crush,,1988,6.9,Action,Pinball,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Alien Crush is an alien-themed video pinball game. The graphics feature strong similarities to the art from the Alien movies, and everything has a dark and sinister look. The main table has numerous moving targets and ball locks and is two screens high. There are at least three bonus games that are accessible from the top screen. Bonus games consist of knocking out moving targets on a separate single-screen bonus table."
43983,Maabus,Maabus: The Ultimate PC Videogame,1995,5.8,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Bizarre radiation is discovered on a remote tropical island, and you are chosen to pilot an automated probe to discover the source of the radiation. As in most adventure games, you must find the clues and keys to solve the puzzle and (inevitably) prevent the destruction of Earth. Maabus uses three CD's worth of Quick-Time Video clips to generate scene transitions as you pilot an automated tank across the mysterious island."
43985,Heart of Africa,Das Herz von Afrika,1985,7.4,Strategy / tactics,,Africa,"In Heart of Africa the unofficial follow-up to The Seven Cities of Gold you play the part of an adventurer who is to continue a quest started by another explorer, Hiram Primm whose expedition has been reported missing while looking for the lost tomb of Pharaoh Ahnk Ahnk. Find the tomb and you will stand to be the sole beneficiary to Primm’s estate. The only information that you have to go by is Primm’s unpublished paper on the legend of Ahnk-Ahnk and his African diary. The quest begins near a large port town and here you can find stores which will allow you to purchase items which are necessary like ropes and shovels. You start the quest with only $250. Use the map provided to find important landmarks and locations which the natives may name when giving you directions. The natives hold the key to your success. Not all natives behave the same to strangers. Offer them gold, copper, or other gifts to win their friendship. But be careful, not all natives see your offering as a sign of friendship. They each have their own cultures. Presenting them with the wrong gift may hinder your attempts to get needed information. Use the joystick to move about, press the fire button when you are standing still to move control to the four icons to the left of the exploration window. Click these icons for further options. The diary icon lets you page through your diary to review the clues that you get from the native chiefs. The map icon lets you see what you have explored so far. The options icon offers three choices. Two let you check on your location and condition. The third lets you drop things off to form a cache. The hand icon lets you select what you have in your hand and it lets you use items from your backpack. If you are delirious, your joystick control will become uncertain, reversed or randomized. Go to a pub in a port city to save your game. You can save up to 10 different games at once on a single disk. Each time that you start a new game, the location of the tomb and other valuables is subject to change."
43986,Shining Force CD,,1994,8.1,"Compilation, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"This is a compilation of two strategy RPG titles from Shining Force titles: Shining Force Gaiden (the original version released in Japan only), and its sequel, known outside of Japan as Shining Force II: The Sword of Hajya both for GameGear. In those games you control Nick, the Prince of Cypress. In the first game his task is to rescue Arni, the princess of Gardiana; in the second game, he has to conquer his kingdom back, that was captured by the evil empire of Iom. The re-release includes re-mastered graphics and higher quality music."
43993,Emilio Butragueño ¡Fútbol!,,1987,5.4,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Emilio Butragueño Fútbol is a game branded with the moniker of the Spanish striker Butragueño, who was discovered for the rest of the world in the World Cup 1986. The game is simply a simulation of soccer; no league, no tournament... only a match, team white against team red."
43994,World Rally Fever: Born on the Road,WRF,1996,6.9,Racing / Driving,Arcade,,"World Rally Fever: Born on the Road is a racing game with simple driving controls and no realistic simulated physics. The emphasis is on speed and arcade-like gameplay; for this end there are power-ups and the cars' ability to jump at the press of a button. Before racing, the player chooses one of eight characters, whose traits affect the handling of the car (those eight are composed of four pairs, whose cars handle the same). Several championships can be chosen, each with their own level of difficulty. The player will travel the globe, and race in Scotland, France, the United States, Japan and several other nations. Each track has a distinct visual style and structure. Obstacles litter the track, such as fences, sheep and hay stacks; power-ups can be found there as well."
43995,Mario Golf,Mario Golf 64,1999,7.8,Sports,,,"Since Mario rescued Princess Peach in Super Mario 64, he's been thoroughly enjoying his free time. Bowser hasn't been causing too much trouble, so Mario and his friends have decided to take a trip to the golf course. Waialae Country Club wouldn't allow a couple of underdressed plumbers to become members, so they've come up with their own golf game for Nintendo 64. Mario Golf 64 features an all-star line up of 10 golfers from Nintendo's cast of video game celebrities, including Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach. Each golfer has an individual set of strengths and weaknesses. A highlight of Mario Golf 64 is a special ""Time Attack Mode,"" where players must compete to finish a round of golf as quickly as possible. Mario Golf 64 features an impressive line-up of six courses, which means you'll have to master a total of 108 holes. An optional ""Club Handicap Mode"" ensures that you stay close to the competition, so Luigi won't get too frustrated if he falls behind. Even though the golfers are cartoons, the physics are as realistic as possible. The CPU calculates the exact ball movement based on wind direction, the strength of the strike, and any spin you may choose to place on the ball."
43996,Jane's Combat Simulations: F/A-18 Simulator,,2000,7.9,Simulation,,"Contemporary, Europe","One of Jane's Combat Simulations' last products, F/A-18 pits the player as an American navy pilot, flying on one side of a Russian civil war around the Kola Peninsula. The model we get to fly is the F/A-18E Super Hornet, based at the US Carrier Ronald Reagan. The game includes a branching campaign, a complete mission editor and 8-player networkable game."
43999,Absolute Zero,,1995,6.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the 24th century, on the frozen Jovian moon of Europa, Earth has established a colony to extract water from the moon. One of the mining facilities accidentally discovers on their excavations members of a long-buried alien race. The creatures, now awake, slaughter all the miners and destroy the moon's capital city. It's up to you now to defend what's left of the colony and eliminate the aliens, or at least hold them off until help arrives. Gameplay consists of 3D space combat action (though mostly on the moon's surface) with a twist: you don't play a specific character or campaign. Instead, you are placed in the shoes of different characters with each new mission, each of them trying their best to survive using 7 different vehicles, from starfighters, to recon scouts, to ground-based turrets."
44010,Invaders of the Lost Tomb,Scarabaeus,1985,7.6,"Action, Adventure",Puzzle elements,,"The Pharoah's Lost Tomb contains the valuable emerald of Scarabaeus, and you have set off to find it. You walk around from an early first-person view with 90 degree movement and four views from each position, aided by a map. On the first level you must touch nine ghosts, to collect pieces of a key to know which of the objects you will later find are medicines, and which are poisons. While on level 2, you must visit information sites - you will need the potions and traps they contain to survive on level 3. These are guarded by spiders, which must be trapped and lured away using doors. To move between levels you must guide a mechanical lift, by moving the joystick in smooth circles from inside it. This final level contains familiar safe bottles as well as poisonous ones - all stored on hidden shelves. It also contains zombies to avoid or trap. Before you can reach the emerald, you must solve a final puzzle involving hieroglyphs. Arrange a 4x4 grid so as to get the rows and columns to match, within 40 moves. If you fail the task, that particular entrance is barred and you must try one of the other 7 entrances to the Pharaoh's tomb."
44013,W.A.R,,1986,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The planet Earth is on the verge of being invaded by a group of aliens whose objective is the conquest of other planets. They are approaching Earth in a fleet of twenty cylinders containing cities, fields, factories, power stations, military bases, and shoe shops. As the aliens launch their attack on Earth, a pilot, controlled by the player, has been sent to destroy each cylinder one by one within a certain amount of time. Once the pilot has done enough damage to the cylinder, the pilot then proceeds to the escape portal. This escape portal has a security system which consists of five rows of colored squares that scrolls from right to left. For a successful hack, the player must line up two arrows that point to a square, and fire at the square whose color matches the border of the screen. If the player fails the hack, then they have to destroy the cylinder again. If successful, the player proceeds to the next cylinder where their task becomes more difficult."
44028,Greg Norman Ultimate Challenge Golf,,1996,6.8,Sports,,,"Endorsed by pro golfer Greg Norman, this golf sim places you on the Medalist Golf Club stationed in Florida (which Norman himself helped to design), and Norman acts as your host in the course, giving fly-by narrations and insight on the course, as well as accompanying you on golfing rounds. Gameplay is standard golf fare, with the addition of two modes: arcade and simulation. On arcade mode you have the usual 3-stage power bar for your swing. While on simulation mode you just click whenever you want the ball to go and your golfer swings. The trick is on simulation mode: 40 editable statistics are taken into account for the accuracy, power, etc of the swing. So depending on how you have customized your golfer you'll have a good long-range game, but be weak in the wet, etc.. Graphics consist of mostly digitized photo-realistic images."
44030,Mario Teaches Typing,,1992,6.4,Educational,,,"Mario comes to the PC, in the form of a typing tutor. In this product you get to play one of four games, of progressing difficulty (as either Mario, Luigi or the Princess): Mario's Smash & Dash: Assist your character run past a series of boxes and turtles, each labelled with a letter that must be typed to avoid the obstacle. Mario's Wet World Challenge: Help your characters swim across the screen whilst being chased by hungry sea creatures - only typing the words that scroll across the bottom of the screen will let you escape. Mario's Tunnel Of Doom: Help your character run through a tunnel filled with traps, avoiding falling blocks and the like, by correctly typing the sentences which scroll across the top of the screen. Mario's Expert Express: Essentially a practice typing lesson where you copy and type pre-defined paragraphs with the assistance of Mario's supervision."
44037,The Clue!,"Der Clou!, Zlodej, Zloděj",1994,7.6,Simulation,Puzzle elements,,"You play Matt Stuvysant, a man of Polish descent and criminal persuasion. You arrive in London with nothing but the clothes on your back and a desire to become the greatest criminal mind this century. Once getting a room and meeting some accomplices, you must begin your career. Starting with small shops and gradually working your way up to the theft of the Crown Jewels. The game allows you to control almost every aspect of the crime, from choosing the target building and accomplices to actually planning the burglary itself."
44038,Baseball Stars Professional,,1990,6.7,"Simulation, Sports",,,"Baseball Stars Professional is the follow-up to Baseball Stars for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and features comic-style graphics. Choose from a variety of teams that include Celestial Planets, Heavenly Bodies, Shadow Demons, Battle Knights, Fabulous Superstars, and many others. Then select the field where the game is to be held: The SNK stadium or the SNK dome. Each field has the same dimensions, but their capacity varies. The game is played the same way as normal baseball. Features a VS. mode in which two players can play against each other."
44050,Microsoft Puzzle Collection Entertainment Pack,"Microsoft Puzzle Collection, Microsoft The 6-in-1 Puzzle Collection Entertainment Pack",2000,6.6,"Action, Puzzle","Platform, Tile matching puzzle",,"6 Puzzle Games designed by Alexey Pajitnov the original Tetris designer, on one Gameboy Color cartridge. Jewel Chase A level based game. Every level consists of a labyrinth of colored pathways, scattered valuables, locked doors, keys, a thief (the player), on some levels an opposing thief and a door marked exit. The goal is to reach the exit to proceed to the next level, valuables can be 'stolen' for score. If the opposing (computer controlled) thief reaches the exit before the player, the game is lost. Movement is not possible between differently colored tiles, unless a special, multicolor 'bridge' stone is used. 99 levels total. Spring weekend A rotation puzzle, where a given pattern needs to be recreated by rotating elements on the playfield. Lineup Using 'Tetris' style blocks, a continuous line from a screen border to an opposite screen border needs to be build. Elements appear on an element stack, and can be selected freely from that and subsequently placed anywhere on screen, without overlapping each other. If the element stack is full, the game is over. As soon as a line is complete, the elements of that line are removed from the screen. Elements appear faster over time. Finty Flush A grid on top of the screen fills slowly with multicolor balls. The player can pick one out of 4 squares on the bottom of the screen to shift balls in one line into and out of these squares. The squares can be rotated in 90 degree steps. As soon as any square is completely full with balls of the same color, its content empties to make room for more balls. 3 filled square grids grant a bonus point, and the next level begins (tiles appear faster). The game is over when the upper grid is full. Color Collision A 'Qix' style ray ( no better way to describe this - for the younger audience - imagine a flapping fan ) moves with increasing speed through a screen full of obstacles. The player can only indirectly control it - any time the direction pad is pressed, it gets 'reflected' into the direction that has been indicated. Objective is to hit obstacles with a given color and pattern, avoiding all other elements. To top things of, the patterns change over time. The game ends if the wrong obstacles have been hit too many times. Rat Poker Little differently colored rats are automatically fed into labyrinths, with labyrinth design changing and getting more complex during level progression. Switches allow rerouting of the rats to arrange certain color combinations ('hands') of rats. If a given combination is achieved, the contributing rats exit the playfield through a door. You progress to the next level if a given number of rats has been removed from the game. The game ends if there is no space left on the playfield for additional rats."
44053,Heroes Chronicles: Clash of the Dragons,Heroes Chronicles: Szarza Smoków,2000,6.8,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Fantasy,"Heroes Chronicles: Clash of the Dragons is the fourth in a series of shorter, story-driven games based on the Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia engine. This installment follows the quest of Tarnum, the Immortal Hero, battling the Dragon Queen Mutare and her minions of five different species of dragons... The standard Heroes gameplay is all here. Fantastical creatures with special abilities in turn-based battles over special maps. Build structures to recruit better creatures, cast spells to aid them in combat, and more."
44059,Gazza's Super Soccer,Bodo Illgner's Super Soccer,1989,4.3,Sports,,,"This was the first of the two football games licensed around Paul Gascoigne then the most expensive player in British football history. The game is viewed top down, and can be set to either move left-right or top-bottom. League and cup tournaments are included, as are single matches and set-piece practice sections (you have full control of these). The gameplay involves a number of advanced moves, and includes a gauge to control the exact dimensions of a kick (height and curl as well as strength), if you can use it quickly enough. Unusually, you have control over the goalkeeper, so can only blame yourself when you concede a goal. The players each have their own skills and strengths, and these develop as the game goes on – if you play well, your players become better, and more capable of facing better opposition."
44063,Home Alone,,1991,4.7,Action,Arcade,,"Based on the film of the same name, Kevin McAllister has been left home alone for Christmas while his family is on vacation. This would not be so bad except for two burglars, Harry and Marv, aka the Wet Bandits, have decided to burglarize his house. However, Kevin is too smart to play victim and will use the items he has available to make traps for the burglars. Home Alone is a side scroller. Controlling Kevin, the player must wander around Kevin's house picking up icons representing different kinds of traps. He then drops these icons onto the ground, in the path of one of the burglars, stunning them and earning a score. Once stunned, Kevin can walk past them and continue collecting trap icons."
44066,FA Premier League 99,"Bundesliga 99: Der Fussball-Manager, La Liga de Fútbol 98-99",1998,6.6,"Simulation, Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"The German version of this soccer management game allows you to take over the responsibility for one of 108 German soccer clubs. The game models the 1998/1999 German soccer league structure down to the 3rd level. That means there are two professional leagues (1st and 2nd division) and four geographically divided amateur leagues (representing virtually a 3rd league). All club, manager, and player names are authentic, as EA obtained an official licence for this game. Your starting point in the league structure depends on the team you chose to manage. The game offers two main working areas: team management (team tactics, player deployment, transfers, etc.) and financial management (sponsoring, stadium management, merchandising, etc.). Detailed statistics of both, players, and club are offered as a base for decisions. Optionally, most of the management areas can be taken over by the computer. This management simulation introduced a then new communications system, the so-called EAMail, which resembles normal Email messages. All important news concerning your club will arrive via this interface and some of your management decisions will be made through it, too. The game will allow you to accept a job in another European league, after certain conditions are met (success in European-wide competitions). A match of your team can either be viewed in 3D or 2D mode. The first one uses a view which resembles the FIFA games of the time (i.e. FIFA 99), while the other one offers a more schematic top-down view where players are represented by icons. In 3D mode, spoken commentary by a well known German reporter can be heard. While the match can be stopped to change tactics, etc., it can't be aborted completely. An additional feature of the game is video footage, which will be shown in certain situations."
44069,Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Challenge,,1999,8.2,Sports,,,"Jack Nicklaus 6 is a golf simulation game featuring 3D models for both the golfers and the courses. There are numerous Jack Nicklaus courses on the disk, and additional courses can be downloaded from various Internet websites. The game also includes a golf course design and construction set, the very same one the developers actually used to create the courses available in-game."
44073,Breath of Fire IV,"Breath of Fire IV: Utsuro Wazaru Mono, Long Zhanshi 4",2000,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),Fantasy,"Nina, the princess of Wyndia, and Cray, chieftain of the cat-like Woren tribe, are searching for Cray's relatives who disappeared under mysterious circumstances during a diplomatic mission. Flying through the sky on their sandflier, Nina and Cray are attacked by a worm shaped dragon. With their vehicle damaged, Nina returns to the city to find parts, bumping into a naked young boy named Ryu along the way, who is unsure of where he is. At the very same time, Nina is again attacked by a dragon. Confused by the strange events taking place, Nina agrees to help the young boy. Meanwhile, the ancient Emperor Fou Lu awakens from his slumber in his tomb. His plan is to return to the world of human, conquer it anew, and impose his iron rule on it... This fourth installment of the Breath of Fire series is a fairly traditional Japanese-style RPG, with turn-based combat, party management, linear story progression, and other characteristic elements of the genre. As in the previous game characters become stronger and learn new skills by performing tasks for ""masters"" living in different towns. Ryu, the main protagonist of the series, has retained the series' trademark gameplay element: the ability to turn into a dragon during combat. Breath of Fire IV is rich in mini-games of various types, including the popular fishing mini-game that was present in previous installments as well."
44077,Roadsters,Roadsters Trophy,1999,6.2,Racing / Driving,,,"Roadsters is a car racing game that features both licensed cars from manufacturers like Mitsubishi, Alfa Romeo, Lotus, etc., and unlicensed cars from imaginary manufacturers that are based and bear great resemblance to their equivalent, real car models. The game has 8 racers and 34 cars from which you can choose from and 4 modes in total: Roadster Trophy – The player starts by selecting one of the available racers and is given a sum of money that must be used to acquire a car. There are 3 divisions in which the player can compete on with the 3rd being of the easiest difficulty and requiring less money to participate; the 1st being the most difficult one and needing a higher amount of money in order to participate. More money can be earned by winning the races and that in turn allows to buy new cars or upgrade the ones that are already in possession. Multi-Player – Multi-player mode supports up to 2 human players that can compete in any of the available circuits with 4 more CPU controlled racers. The mode allows for either vertical or horizontal split screen. Quick Race – In Quick Race the player can select the racer, car, circuit and weather conditions, and race against 7 more CPU controlled players. Time Trial – Like Quick Race mode, the player can also select here the racer, car, circuit and weather conditions but without the competition of the other modes, the player races against time for as many laps as the player wants."
44084,Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire,,1990,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,,"The Avatar, the Earth-born hero of the magical realm of Britannia, has discovered a mysterious black moonstone there. He returns to our world and asks his friend, the natural museum curator Dr. Rafkin, to analyze it. A reporter named Jimmy Malone is eager to cover the story and joins the two. However, the experiment triggers a gigantic explosion, and the group is teleported to a seemingly otherwordly place known as the Valley of Eodon, where native tribes with Mesoamerican and African characteristics co-exist with Neanderthals, dinosaurs, as well as sentient reptile and insect species. The Avatar befriends Aiela, the daughter of the chieftain of the Kurak tribe. However, she is soon abducted by her belligerent suitor from the tribe of Urali, who knocks the Avatar out. When he wakes up, he realizes that his friends are gone as well. Now the hero of Britannia must explore the new world, find his friends, rescue Aiela, and eventually help the locals sort out their differences, uniting them against a common threat. Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire is a side story in the Ultima series. It is made with the Ultima VI engine, and is very similar to that game visually and gameplay-wise. Like Ultima VI the game is set in a seamless graphical world, and offers many objects to interact with and combine, party management, and turn-based combat. As in the other Ultima games, the player is free to roam the world and visit almost every location from the onset. Like Ultima VI there is more emphasis on exploration, obtaining vital information through dialogue, and finding or creating a variety of items than on combat. Some features have been slightly simplified compared to Ultima VI There are less spells and only one companion who can use them with the help of special totems. Most characters start at relatively high levels and can only gain a few more during the course of the game. The Savage Empire is the first game in the series to use cutscenes during some of the key plot events."
44096,Universal Soldier,,1992,6.4,Action,"Platform, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,Universal Soldier is the licensed video game based on the 1992 movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. You control Van Damme's character as he turns against his platoon and attempts to bring down the corrupt government organization that created him. This game is a heavily modified port of Turrican II with different player and enemy sprites and cut scenes removed in order to tie it in to the Universal Soldier movie.
44100,Desert Demolition Starring Road Runner and  Wile E. Coyote,Démolition du Désert avec le Bip Bip et le Coyote,1995,6.8,Action,Platform,,"Play either the Road Runner OR Wile E. Coyote in this unique side-scroller that is just like an interactive Saturday morning cartoon. Your goal: run through six different desert environments before time expires, collecting ACME stamps. As the Road Runner, speed is your ally as you do incredible jumps, burn though loop-de-loops, and avoid all of the Coyote's contraptions and ambushes. The Road Runner can also scare an unsuspecting Coyote with his Beep-Beep attack. As the Coyote, you use Acme's crazy gadgets to catch the Road Runner, constantly attempting to master their power without getting yourself flattened. The Coyote has a special leap attack which allows him to make a last ditch attempt to grab the bird! Bonus rounds include cameos from other classic Warner Bros. characters such as Elmer Fudd, Bugs Bunny, Marvin the Martian."
44106,Mine Shaft,,1983,6.4,Action,,,"It's business as usual down at the gemstone mines... or at least it was, until your trusty mining robots started going haywire and wrecking equipment. Rather than cut your losses, you decide to stick around: can you excavate the crystals from each mine and make a hasty exit before the dysfunctional robots destroy your mine cart? The action takes you down to the twisty network of passageways inside the mine, where several gems are strewn about waiting to be picked up. Soon enough the robots arrive and start running amok, chasing your mine cart along the twists and turns; any contact with them will cost you a life. Luckily (and somewhat unusually, for a mine cart) you're equipped with a gun to shoot them down. When you either collect all the crystals, or hunt down all the errant robots, the exit will appear: pass through it to move on to the next level. You earn an extra life for every level cleared, and the robots in turn multiply and get faster - later levels introduce new enemy types, including the dreaded (and bullet-proof!) skull."
44115,Tearaway Thomas,,1993,7.3,Action,Platform,,"You control Thomas, a strange-looking but vaguely cutesy animal of some description in an ultra-fast platform game. There are 50 levels, split into 5 groups of 10. Each one has a certain number of gems, and your task is to collect a certain number of them (for example, level 2 has 55 and you need at least 40) and then find the exit, all within the time limits. The yellow gems are worth 50 points and the purple ones 100, although the purple ones don’t appear to be more precariously-placed, and the total makes no distinction, so this is for colour as much as anything. Once you’ve got the required amount, the gems double in value, tempting you to continue to explore The levels are infested with cutesy-looking baddies, such as birds and bears, which can’t be killed, and must be avoided, as contact with them costs you time as Thomas picks himself up. You can jump on the heads of some of them, which gives a small points bonuses. The layouts include ropes to ascend, moving platforms and more. Some levels are entirely vertically-scrolling, seeing you progress up the ledges of a tree or similar. If you run out of time you lose a life, but the level isn’t reset, so you keep the number of gems collected and have a fresh set of time. This means that you are far less likely to lose a second life on the level, similarly to Chase HQ."
44118,A.E.,,1982,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"A.E. is a Space Invaders inspired game with a 3D view. In A.E. the earth is under attack by swarms of aliens who drop bomb after bomb and it's your job to defend planet Earth. You control a laser cannon that moves horizontally at the bottom of the screen. To earn points, you should shoot all the alien forces before they shoot you! The game becomes more challenging when you progress in the game as the alien swarm splits up and attack you from several sides."
44120,Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat,Indy Heat,1991,7.6,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Danny Sullivan, 1988 IndyCar champion and winner of the classic 'Spin & Win' Indianapolis 500 in 1985, put his name to this Super Sprint -style racing game. There are 4 cars in each race, 1 or 2 player options, and 9 tracks to race on, with the Tradewest Speed Bowl the ultimate target, and is much longer but with double points (it's essentially a substitute for the licensed-elsewhere Indianapolis 500 which did pay double the usual level of IndyCar championship points for many years). The player has limited fuel, and will run slowly if supplies run out, and the car can be damaged, although both are repairable in the pits. They get a turbo to use sparingly, which can also be recharged in the pits if they have bought more. After each race the player will get money (slightly more for a higher finish), which can be spent on upgrades such as improved power, brakes or more turbos."
44121,World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks,,2000,5.4,Action,Shooter,,"Brace yourself for the most outrageous, explosive, mega-event ever televised. INSANE TANK WARRIORS compete in a RAGING TOURNAMENT for the championship title - all for your twisted entertainment. These battles are broadcast to you live from the most HOSTILE WASTELAND ARENAS around the globe. IT'S TOTAL MAYHEM as the contestants waste each other's tanks and everything in their path to WIN THE WDL™ THUNDER TANKS™ TITLE. FEATURES: Source: Back of Case - PlayStation (US)"
44123,S.C.A.R.S.,Super Computer Animal Racing Simulation,1998,7.1,Racing / Driving,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the world of 3000 AD, the world is run by 9 different supercomputers, who are horribly bored, so they created this virtual reality simulation to race each other. The cars are based on the attributes of extinct Terran animals. Race nine different cars (some need to be unlocked) on nine different tracks. You can race, or you can shoot your opponents with the nine different weapons. Plenty of multiplayer options (including split screen on PC)."
44126,Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon,"Zelda: De Toverstaf van Gamelon, Zelda: Der Zauberstab von Gamelon",1993,4.8,Action,Metroidvania,Fantasy,"Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon is one of the three Zelda -based games developed by Philips exclusively for the CD-i platform. In the game you control princess Zelda. Her father, the king, went to the land of Gamelon to help Duke Onkled in his battle against the evil Ganon. A month has passed, but there is no news from the king. The brave hero Link decides to find him but then disappears. The young princess travels to Gamelon by herself to find and to free both her father and Link... Unlike classic Zelda games, Wand of Gamelon is viewed from a side-scrolling perspective. In the beginning you are given a map with several accessible locations. Once you choose a location, you enter a side-view level, where you must fight enemies in real-time combat, as well as meet people who will send you on quests. At any time there are several locations accessible, and many quests can be completed in a non-linear fashion."
44132,Quarterback Attack,Quarterback Attack with Mike Ditka,1995,5.8,Sports,,,"In this semi-FMV game, you play a rookie facing his first game as starting quarterback on a fictional team, and this just happens to be The Big Game. The entire game consists of this confrontation. When starting the game you watch a video of a kickoff and return, and then you get to select among 110 plays (100 passing and 10 running). The meat of the game is on the passing plays, where you are switched to a 3rd person behind-the-quarterback view from which you can see oncoming rushers. You can also zoom in on any receiver and via a targeting cursor make passes, or scramble if you don't find an open man. Graphics consist mostly of FMV and super-imposed digitized images of no more than 320 x 200 pixels in resolution. There are also 6 difficulty settings to choose from."
44140,Army Men II,,1999,6.6,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Real-time strategy (RTS),,"The sequel to Army Men sees Sarge lead his troops back into battle, with more weapons and plenty of plastic melting action. The top-down war never stops as you take control of the Green army, out to stop the Tan army from taking control of the toy box, using whatever weapon you can find, including the trusty tank and the ""burn baby burn"" magnifying glass. There is also multiplayer (4 in all)."
44141,Steel Panthers,,1995,8.0,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics","Turn-based strategy (TBS), Wargame","Historical events, World War II","Steel Panthers is a wargame (turn-based strategy game) by Strategic Simulations, Inc (SSI). The game is set in World War II, where the player fights battles by controling tanks, infantry, and other war marchines on a battlefield divided into hexgonal units (hexes). The game was designed by Gary Grigsby who is considered by many as one of the preminent wargame designers. Steel Panthers has spawned a whole trilogy of which the last release was Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Commands There are many types of games that can be played, including campaigns that span the war, stand alone historical battles, what-if scenarios, random battles, and play by email (PBEM) battles. However, there is also a scenario editor that lets you create your own battles, designation the type and number of units present, creating the landscape, and choosing the game parameters for the player. There are tens of countries to choose from, each with accurate represenation of their arms. In addition, there are different units for the US Army and the US Marine Corps. Information about each country's arms can be found in the Encyclopedia, in addition to a picture of the real thing."
44142,iF/A-18E Carrier Strike Fighter,iF/A-18 CSF,1998,6.6,Simulation,,,"A flight simulator based on the U.S. Navy's new carrier fighter super-hornet. The game puts you in command of a Hornet squadron in two possible campaign scenarios, one vs the Turks in the Aegean theater, and one vs Iran and Irak in the Persian Gulf. Before each flight CSF generates a set of missions for the entire squadron based on the current campaign status, and you may then proceed to plan and edit a selected mission on the mission planner. Once the mission ends, the results are tallied and the cycle begins again taking into account the new stats. Available game modes include, in addition to the campaign mode: training flights, a quick-mission generator, randomly generated single missions, an instant action mode (and yes, those three are all different things) and multiplayer deathmatches. Graphics are all 3D accelerated, and the game boasts terrain based on actual satellite projected images."
44144,Q.A.D: Quintessential Art of Destruction,,1996,5.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The galactic government has sent you - and others - in to rescue some hostages from alien invaders. You are sent in with an aircraft and a personal carrier that is used as a base to repair and re-arm your craft. Your aim is to collect hostages - using a pod for your craft you must pick up from a factory first, steal them from your opponent bounty hunters, and even to kill hostages to make sure you have more than your opponent bounty hunter - at least 75% of the total. All this while avoiding or fighting the different types of aliens that have taken the hostages in the first place. You can also shoot your opponents craft. You're limited to fairly low flying planetary air movement in your aircraft. There's a choice of weapons, 3 of which you can take with you at any time, and a choice of pods you can buy which are used to pick up the hostages."
44150,MLB 99,,1998,7.2,Sports,,,"A baseball sim updated for the 1999 season featuring Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully calling each game. The game features various modes including exhibition, season, play-offs, and home-run derby. Each MLB stadium is recreated faithfully, as are the players. A new feature for this year's edition of the game is Spring Training mode, which allows one to create a new player and put him in the Minors and see if he can make it to the Majors."
44157,3-D Tic-Tac-Toe,3D Tic-Tac-Toe,1979,5.1,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"3-D Tic-Tac-Toe is, as the name implies, a 3D version of Tic-Tac-Toe The object of the game is to place four X's or four O's in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row on the 4x4x4 board. There are nine games of which the first eight games are for one human player against the computer. The numbers 1-8 represent the skill level. Game 9 is a two player game. In the DOS version there are only two difficulty settings and no two player game."
44162,Xenon,,1988,7.2,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this game the player assumes the role of a space pilot named Darrian. One day, he receives a report from a nebula space station, from which he learns that nearby human colonies have been attacked by mysterious aliens known as Xenites. Darrian wastes no time, and sets off to protect the humans and stop the aliens. Xenon is an overhead shooter, in which the player controls a vehicle that is able to transform into a tank or a plane. The transformation can be usually performed by player at any time, to combat particular enemies; however, during some sequences the player is forced to use a specific type of vehicle. During the tank gameplay, the player controls the movement of the playfield (up or down) by simply moving the tank in the direction of choice. The game features a 3D playfield (some enemies, for example, will be mounted on hills of sort, where the tank can't shoot them). To combat these, the player needs to transform its tank into a plane. The game then switches to the more familiar gameplay style as seen in other vertically scrolling shooters. The plane has to transform back into a tank again to combat most ground units. Upgrades can be taken from destroyed enemies."
44168,Olli & Lissa: The Ghost of Shilmore Castle,,1986,6.1,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Panic at Shilmore Castle! For years it is inhabited by ghost Sir Humphrey and his pals Olli and Lisa but it is bought up by Eugine Portcullis III Jnr who wants to break it down and ship it to the States, bit by bit. Being rather attached to his castle, Sir Humphrey wants to scare Eugene away for good. Unfortunately, Sir Humphrey has lost his ability to make himself invisible. He can only regain his power by mixing special ingredients that Olli must find. In this flick-screen platform game you control Olli who must find each ingredient and return it one after another to Sir Humphrey within a set time limit. In each screen there are spooks, snakes and bats as well as dangerous gapes to avoid. Olli cannot really die, but when touched by a baddie he gets set back at the start of a screen costing valuable time. Collect all eight ingredients and Eugine Portcullis III Jnr. will be scared away for good."
44172,Enchanter,Enchanter: INTERLOGIC Fantasy,1983,6.7,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Fantasy,"You are a dim ignorant Apprentice Enchanter, but your task is enormous. You must save the world from the warlock Krill who is ruling the land with his evil powers. You are not the first in this quest but hopefully you will be the first to succeed, as the more experienced members of the Circle of Enchanters are powerless. You know the basics of magic and will have the chance to learn many spells. Keep your wits and use everything you can to your benefit! Enchanter is a text adventure set in the Zork universe following the original Zork trilogy. As in the previous games, the player interacts with the environment by typing in text commands, usually combinations of verbs and objects. A new feature in the game is the player character's ability to cast spells. These spells must be memorized before the protagonist is able to cast them, and are learned during the course of the game. The text parser understands the names of the spells as verbs, and the player only needs to type in the spell name and the name of an object he/she wishes to cast that particular spell on."
44189,The Dark Half,La Mitad Oscura,1992,5.3,Adventure,Graphic adventure,North America,"Based on Stephen King's popular horror novel, The Dark Half attempts to retell the story of Thad Beaumont's mysterious world of crime via an adventure system reminiscent of Lucasarts' SCUMM interface. In-game, you play Thad Beaumont, a successful horror-novelist whose evil twin besets the world with horrific crimes. The game offers a multitude of clues, quests and puzzles. The overall objective seems to be to prove Thad's innocence to the police, however Thad soon learns that his twin has other ideas, and has to run for his life."
44194,3 Ninjas Kick Back,,1994,5.4,Action,Platform,,"You must help an old samurai to retrieve a dagger he once got as an award for his achievements in martial arts. The dagger was stolen by somebody who envied the old warrior - now he cannot give this prize to the warriors of the next generation. Choose one of the three young ninjas to help the old man! This is a traditional platform game based on the movie 3 Ninjas Kick Back Each one of the three ninjas has unique weapons and abilities. All three of them can run, duck, crawl, climb, jump, and hang on trees, ropes, etc. You'll encounter many obstacles and enemies, both regular and boss-like, which you'll have to overcome and defeat."
44195,Adventure Hall of Fame,,1999,7.4,Compilation,,,"The Adventure Hall of Fame bundle contains six full titles on nine discs. The term adventure is used loosely, as it contains a mix of pure adventure games, adventure RPGs and action RPGs. The included games are: The manuals are offered on a complementary disc and some patches are included as well."
44197,Blue Ice,,1995,5.4,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"Blue Ice is a puzzle adventure that was released only in a few European countries, and then quickly disappeared from the market. The game is best described as a surrealistic one, with a semi-standard plot. The player is a young prince who must prove himself worthy of a throne left for him by the belated king."
44202,Rocks 'n' Diamonds,RnD,1998,7.8,Puzzle,,,"Rocks 'n' Diamonds is a puzzle game, based on the concept of Boulder Dash The player's goal on each level is to collect all the gems and reach the exit, avoiding hazards (such as falling rocks or hostile monsters) and solving puzzles (e.g. skillfully digging sand from under rocks so that they fall in the right way, giving access to some gems). The game comes with a level editor, and with 4 sets of levels, which are converted versions of levels from the classic games: Boulder Dash Supaplex Emerald Mine .. and Sokoban a different puzzle game where the player's goal is to push objects into proper places. The Supaplex levels feature the graphics from the original Amiga game. An enterprising level designer will quickly find out that the level editor contains tons of possible elements to cram into the map - there are countless types of monsters, many different types of gems, some keys and doors, switches, and other interesting elements. The game can be played with up to 4 players simultaneously on one computer."
44206,Greatest Heavyweights,,1993,7.2,Sports,,,"Greatest Heavyweights is a boxing game featuring the ex heavyweight champions Evander Holyfield Larry Holmes Joe Frazier Muhammad Ali Floyd Patterson Rocky Marciano Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey Their likeness and real fighting style are simulated by the game. The game is an enhanced version of Evander Holyfield's ""Real Deal"" Boxing being also played in a pseudo-3D side view with moving around the ring handled by scrolling the backdrop and moving the ropes. This time, a 2.5D camera is shown at the top of the screen. There are three game modes: Exhibition: one or two players can fight a single match. Tournament: one player chooses among the eight heavyweight champs available in a eight-man tournament against the remaining seven. Career: one player creates a character who starts as the #30 of the ranking, fighting his way up against fictional characters. During character creation, players can choose the fighter's color of skin (which now includes some unnatural colors such as green and blue), trunks and hair, haircut, size of body and stats emphasis (power, speed and stamina). Between matches, career mode offers various exercises to assign the boxer to improve his stats. After reaching the #1 in the ranking, the player will be challenged by each one of the eight greatest heavyweight champions. During the fights, besides an energy bar, the fighters have a head and a torso damage meter. This meters are images of their head and torso, which become gradually grey, from top to bottom, as they are hit. If one of these meters becomes totally grey, it will start blinking, warning that it the fighter takes some more punches on that area, he will loose the fight by TKO. Being knocked down tree times in a round also leads to a TKO. During the rounds' breaks, fighters regain strength as the girl with the round sign passes along their sides. Fighters can perform three types of punches: jabs, hooks and uppers, which can be aimed at the opponent's head or torso. Fighters can also taunt their opponents. Each one of the heavyweight champions has his own set of personal taunts. If by some reason the fighters avoid to fight, the spectators will start to hiss at them. To keep the spectators pleased, the fighters must keep punching each other on a regular basis. The game plays sensibly faster than Evander Holyfield's and the character animation is more detailed. There's a replay feature included, and the fights are announced by Michael Buffer 's voice."
44213,Dungeons & Dragons Collection,"Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara, Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom",1999,7.4,"Action, Compilation","Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler",Fantasy,"The Dungeons & Dragons Collection is a compilation of Capcom 's Dungeons & Dragons series, comprised of the coin-op arcade games Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom and Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara Gameplay is in the beat 'em up style à la Streets of Rage"
44217,Gladiator,"Great Gurianos, Ōgon no Shiro",1986,5.0,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,In Gladiator the player controls a gladiator who must battle through a castle. The game is viewed from the side while the screen scrolls. The player controls the gladiator's shield as objects fly towards him. The gladiator is also able to strike opponents with his sword. There are also icons to collect to boost your armor or give bonus points. The gladiator also has the ability of temporary invulnerability.
44220,Project Paradise,,1997,7.7,Action,,"Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","A dark future forms the background of this action game. At the end of time rules only one powerful syndicate over the world. There are no more rules. Deadly technologies and black magic bounce against the other and tumble the mankind in chaos and destruction. But there is another, a greater danger, a plan with the project name ""Paradise"", who aims to destroy the planet. There is only a little fighting team who can prevent the apocalypse and fail that project."
44228,Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II,,1992,6.8,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"Ayrton Senna won the Monaco Grand Prix six times, as well as 3 Formula One world championships, so he was the perfect man to license a home sequel to the classic arcade racing game. As before, the action is viewed from within the cockpit, but depicted using sprites rather than polygons. There are three main modes: While each mode presents it's own variations, the core of each race is the same: Along controller setup options, the player can choose between an Automatic or Manual with 4 or 7 speeds gearbox, and races against 16 drivers. The car can be instantly wrecked if it goes on top speed against a roadside object."
44230,F1: World Championship Edition,,1995,6.8,Racing / Driving,,Oceania,"F1 World Championship Edition is a Formula 1 racing game with real teams and drivers from the 1994 season including Benetton, Ferrari, Williams, Jordan, Lotus, Minardi, Tyrrell & McLaren. There are 16 circuits including the Monaco Grand Prix The game includes a championship knockout and training mode. The SNES version offers a few more teams. These are: Sauber, Arrows grand prix, Larrousse and Ligier. It is the sequel to the game Formula One (1993)."
44236,1985: The Day After,,1985,5.7,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The control of Big Brother (referring to George Orwell's novel 1984, hence the game's title) has been overthrown, and mankind is self-reliant again. The first task in achieving this is to find the required quantity of energy pods. Big Brother stored them on caverns under the surface of four planets, and it's your job to go and find them. You will have to negotiate through tight sections, using rotational controls where left and right changes the ship's direction and up and down change its speed. When you find a pod you must engage the ship's tractor beam to claim it."
44240,FlipOut!,,1995,6.1,Puzzle,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"FlipOut! is a puzzle game starring aliens from the planet Phrohmaj. Your objective in each puzzle is simple: you must place all the colored tiles into the correct spaces on the board. The tricky part is that there is always one more tile than there are spaces. That means you are always juggling at least one tile in the air. The game becomes more difficult as you have to juggle more tiles, and the Phrohmajians try to interfere. This game features nine bizarre areas, each with multiple puzzles. The graphics feature a lot of crazy animation of the Phrohmaj onlookers and lots of bright and colorful tiles."
44242,Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse,"Castle of Illusion Estrelando Mickey Mouse, I Love Mickey Mouse: Fushigi no Oshiro Daibōken",1990,8.2,Action,Platform,Fantasy,This is the first Mickey Mouse game for Sega consoles. In this game the famous Disney character must face the dangers of weird fantasy lands such as an enchanted forest and a toy world. Mickey must rescue his girlfriend Minnie who's been kidnapped by the evil witch Mizrabel. The game play follows the traditional 2D hop 'n' bop platform style.
44246,Rally Championship: International Off-Road Racing,"Network Q RAC Rally Championship, Rallye Racing 97",1996,7.2,Racing / Driving,,,"Rallye Racing 97 is a racing game which obtained the original licenses from the car manufacturers, allowing the player to drive the following cars: The tracks of the basic version are all located in the United Kingdom, with the longest track taking about 25 minutes to complete! Music consists of techno tracks and is stored on the disc as high quality CD-Audio."
44248,Bigfoot,,1990,5.5,Racing / Driving,,,"Monster truck game where you go from LA to NYC through different kinds of races. At every stop, you first drive a qualification round against your opponent, which is in top-down perspective. Here, you can collect money and several power-ups to use to win against your opponent. After this qualification, you go into a side perspective head to head race, where you have to push left and right continuously. In this view there are all sorts of events, including Car Crush, Mud Race and Drag Race. Before these races, you can (read: must) also buy upgrades for your cars, with the money you collected in the qualify race. The game is supported to play 2 players."
44257,Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers,,1998,6.8,Strategy / tactics,"Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card",,Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers is an upgrade to Magic: The Gathering This version adds:
44259,Dunzhin,"Dunzhin: Warrior of Ras - Volume One, Warrior of Ras: Volume One - Dunzhin",1982,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),Roguelike,Fantasy,"Dunzhin is a simple role-playing game that is similar to Rogue Your goal is to enter a dangerous, multi level dungeon and return with a valuable treasure. The game uses simple keyboard commands to move about and interact with the environment. As you explore the maze like dungeon, you will come across various enemies which you can attempt to fight, bribe, hide from or even run away. Different creatures have different weaknesses, so to improve your chance of success you should note the best approach to dealing with a particular enemy. You begin the game with a limited number of hit points, and if you lose them all the game will be over. In addition to the main treasure you are after, you may also discover some additional bonus treasures hidden in various rooms or by bribing creatures. Good luck on your quest!"
44263,Bonk's Adventure,"B.C. Kid, GB Genjin",1992,7.1,Action,"Arcade, Platform",Prehistoric,"The portable version of Bonk’s Adventure differs feature-wise from the console version With an overworld map of the island, a HUD on the bottom, six new stages, and a changed storyline involving the Moon Princess kidnapped by King Drool. The core features of the original game are retained, and some elements from Bonk’s Revenge are implemented."
44265,Golden Axe II,GA2,1991,7.4,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,Fantasy,"Not long after the malign reign of the Death Adder has ended, another evil rises. The peace of the land has again been threatened, this time by 'Dark Guld', who was supposed to be imprisoned but apparently isn't. He has instead now got his hands on the Golden Axe, and is using it for his own nasty purposes, and with his minions is causing much chaos. So once more, Ax-Battler, the fierce barbarian; Tyris-Flare, the fearless Amazon; Gilius Thunderhead, the ferocious dwarf; get up to deal with the oppression, with their might and magic, and recover the Golden Axe. The hack and slash gameplay, in a medieval fantasy setting, is essentially the same to that of the previous game. Beat up opponents with melee attacks and collect scrolls to launch magical attacks. Moreover, players can also ride dragons and other beasts and use their attack capabilities to their advantage."
44266,Saga: Rage of the Vikings,"Saga: Gniew Wikingów, Saga: La Furia de los Vikingos, Saga: Siegeszug der Wikinger",1998,6.3,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Fantasy,"Saga: Rage of the Vikings is a fantasy Real Time Strategy game. The game lets you play six different races: Man, Trolls, Centaurs, Elves, Giants and Dwarfs. Like traditional RTS games you start by building your settlement. Buildings for each race include housings, smiths and storehouses. Each race only has three types of units, males, females and druids. Males and females will automatically gather the resources required to start the construction of buildings. But you do have to gather and store enough food. You get food by working on the fields, foraging fruit, fishing, hunting and keeping kettle. The game features changing seasons and enough food is required to survive harsh winters. Male and female units can mate to create a new unit through spending time together in a house. Both male and female units can perform any task described above and fight against enemy units. They can also be transformed in druids through performing sacrifice rituals. Druids can cast a variety of spells. All spells are based on the four elements. Some example spells are: Fire shields, poisonous clouds, setting the ground on fire, petrification, dense mist, shadow and undead warriors. One of the most powerful spells in the game allows you to summon Odin to fight by your side for a limited duration. Honour determines the strength of your units. Winning fights against other tribes will decrease their honour and thus make them weaker. Killing women is against the honour code of the vikings and thus makes the offender weaker. It is possible to convert the women to your tribe. Diplomacy is also possible in the game. You can forge alliances and trade resources with other tribes. Of course the different vikings can also build boats and fight on the waters."
44270,Powerplay: The Game of the Gods,,1985,6.5,Strategy / tactics,Board game,,"As one of the four great Gods Apollo, Hermes, Hecate and Aphrodite, choose a team of four mighty warriors to fight for you in the Powerplay tournament to prove who is the greatest. This battle will be fought out not using swords or knives, but with knowledge - gameplay takes the form of a complex quiz on a chess-like board. You have four playing pieces, which start off arranged as a cross in one corner of the isometrically-viewed board. The squares are split into four different colours, which each represent a particular broad Trivial Pursuit-style subject area. The question has four possible answers, and a correct answer allows you to move your piece one space, perhaps onto one of the four white teleport squares (which randomly places it on one of those four squares). When a piece lands on the same square as an opposition piece, a challenge ensues, which plays out like a quiz show, with questions asks in quick fire and the first player to answer gaining a point if right and losing one if wrong. The losing piece drops down a skill level. Once a piece reaches 25 Wisdom Points, it can mutate up a skill level - this makes it harder to beat, but makes the questions it faces harder."
44274,Snooper Troops,"Profesión: Detective: Caso #1 - El fantasme de Villa del Mar, Snooper Troops and the case of: The Granite Point Ghost, Snooper Troops: Case #1: The Granite Point Ghost",1982,7.2,"Adventure, Educational, Puzzle",,,"The first in a series of 'edutainment' titles long before the portmanteau term was popularized by marketing executives, Snooper Troops had younger players trying to solve the mystery of ""The Granite Point Ghost"", an entity that is trying to scare the Kim family out of their new home. Using the SnoopNet computer, players will comb the streets of the neighborhood looking for clues, and investigating people's houses while they're away. Speed is of the essence, as if your Snooper Troop is caught when the owner of the house returns home, you could be thrown off the case for good! The title encourages players to keep facts on people, map the neighborhood, review clues, receive special messages, and ultimately, find enough information to accuse and convict the criminal trying to chase the Kim family out their home."
44277,Heroes Chronicles: Masters of the Elements,Heroes Chronicles: Wladcy Zywiolów,2000,7.1,Strategy / tactics,"RPG elements, Turn-based strategy (TBS)",Fantasy,"Heroes Chronicles: Masters of the Elements is the third in a series of shorter, story-driven games based on the Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia engine. This installment follows the quest of Tarnum, the Immortal Hero, trying to raise a Conflux army in order to defeat the Elemental Lords and prevent the destruction of the known world... The standard Heroes gameplay is all here. Fantastical creatures with special abilities in turn-based battles over special maps. Build structures to recruit better creatures, cast spells to aid them in combat, and more."
44285,Turn and Burn: The F-14 Dogfight Simulator,Phantom Air Mission,1992,6.2,Action,,,"In Turn and Burn: The F-14 Dogfight Simulator the player mans a F-14 combat fighter and has to solve various missions, e.g. destroying an enemy base or destroying all enemy aircraft in the area. However, despite the name this is more an action game than a simulation. So the player flies through the area and uses the weapon systems - cannons, missiles and ECM (electronic countermeasure to deflect enemy missiles) - to kill opposing forces. The game is played from a first-person view and the cockpit offers information like a radar and the fuel, which has to refilled when running out. This is handled in-flight. The missions, which begin with a starting and end with a landing sequence, are stringed together without plot."
44289,Extreme Tennis,Tie Break Tenis 98',1998,5.1,Sports,,,"Grab your tennis racket and get ready to play in this game from HeadGames. You start with a stop at the pro to equip yourself with racquets and shoes, after which you're ready to hop on the court and play. Challenge computer controlled opponents on the court and see if you can come out on top."
44294,Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition,,1994,6.4,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition is the sequel to the first Jurassic Park game on Genesis and mostly looks and plays like the predecessor. It is also a side-scroller. In this game you play as Dr. Grant. The big difference with the first game is that there are more enemies to defeat. In addition to the dinosaurs you have to defeat many InGen agents. The reason is that they are trying to recapture dinosaur DNA and eggs to build a new park or an army of dinosaurs.
44297,Builder's Block,Landmaker,1998,7.3,"Action, Puzzle","Arcade, City building / construction simulation",,"This action puzzle game features 3 different game modes. The game modes are Puzzle mode, Battle mode, and Arcade mode. The objective of Puzzle mode is to increase the population of 12 different locales by creating buildings. Each locale is made up of six stages which have three levels each. These buildings can range in sizes from 3x3 up to 7x7. These buildings are created by shooting colored blocks at the same colored blocks that are already laid out in the playfield. The player only has a limited number of shots before the blocks on the playfield gets pushed down off the playfield. If the structure gets fully pushed off the playfield, the game ends. Battle mode has 2 players competing against each other to see who can build and destroy the most buildings and earn the most points for doing so. To destroy a building that has been made, the player has to shoot a block onto the corner of it. Also, each building destroyed is worth a certain number of coins. The player must have 100 coins to win the battle. Both Puzzle and Battle mode allow the player to angle the camera upwards and downwards when viewing the playing field. Arcade mode lets the player select one of eight available characters and has them battle against another player or the computer. Players try to form and destroy buildings as fast as possible, with some of those destroyed building blocks ending up going over to the opponent's side of the playfield. The goal is to get the opponents blocks pushed off the playfield. The arcade mode is the only mode that contains the coin-op conversion, while the other two modes are Playstation exclusives."
44307,Sensible World of Soccer '95/'96,,1995,8.4,Sports,Managerial / business simulation,,"Sensible World of Soccer '95/'96 is the successor to Sensible World of Soccer Besides updated team rosters, the most important additions are two new moves (curved passes with the after-touch system and standing headers), updated representation of athlete statistics (stars instead of numbers, each athlete has up to three specialist skills such as heading-shooting-finishing), the ability to tag an athlete (then he has a small diamond above his head during the match) and reserve teams. Smaller optical changes include animated audience or some new animations after a goal is scored. Also the active player's name is shown on the screen."
44308,Wolfenstein 3d,Wolfenstein 3D + Spear of Destiny,1998,7.5,Compilation,,,This release contains:
44310,Gazillionaire,"Gazillionaire!, Gazillionaire!: The Fantasy Business Simulation Game, Gazillionaire: The Game of Intergalactic Wheelin' and Dealin'",1994,5.9,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Gazillionaire is an intergalactic game of wheeling and dealing! It was selected as a FINALIST in the Ziff-Davis Shareware of the Year Awards and was ranked in the Top 5 of all strategy games. Gazillionaire is similar to Monopoly set in outer space. Make billions rocketing from planet to planet, while buying and selling rare commodities. Up to 6 human players and 6 computer players compete in this game of financial strategy."
44311,Orion Burger,"Orion Burger: Auch Sie werden uns schmecken, Orion Burger: Une aventure Proteïnique",1996,7.0,Adventure,Graphic adventure,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The intergalactic fast-food chain Orion Burger uses the services of an alien meat-supplier named Zlarg, who only cares for money and doesn't have much in a way of conscience. So his next genius plan is to use the inhabitants of the planet Earth, known as ""humans"", as a raw, protein-rich material for the tasty burgers. However, interstellar law forbids using sentient creatures as meat. Every raw ingredient has to pass specific tests for sentience. Zlarg knows it, and he rigs the tests in such a way that no creature can pass it. Enter Wilbur Wafflemeier, an ordinary guy who is about to be grilled... in more than one way. Somehow, the unlikely hero has to find a way to pass the tests... Orion Burger is a traditional puzzle-solving adventure with cartoon-like 2D graphics. It uses verb commands ""Take"", ""Use"", and ""Talk"" for interaction with the environment. The game consists of five tests, each of them requiring Wilbur to explore his home town, talk to people, gather inventory items, and solve tricky puzzles in order to succeed and qualify as a sentient being."
44313,Space Crusade,,1992,7.1,Strategy / tactics,Board game,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Space Crusade is a science fiction strategy game converted from the Games Workshop/Milton Bradley boardgame, in which you control a commander and four marines who are sent on different missions aboard hostile alien starships. Your commander starts off as a sergeant, but he can work his way through the ranks. The game allows three players, each commanding one marine chapter each. The alien team is played by the computer. The game is a literal conversion of the board game in the same vein as Gremlin's earlier Hero Quest It can be best described as a turn-based board game in which the player must fulfill the primary and secondary objectives to complete the mission, which usually involves elimination of entire alien force on board or destruction of mothership etc. This game features unique 3D close-ups during the battle scenes, a feature which was later adopted by games like the X-Com series."
44317,Beauty and the Beast,Beauty & the Beast,1982,7.5,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Horrible Hank has kidnapped your girlfriend! He's got her at the top of a tall building, and it is your goal to climb to the top and rescue her. Gameplay is somewhat similar to Donkey Kong You begin at the bottom of the screen, and need to climb your way to the top while avoiding the many obstacles. Boulders, birds, bats, and rats will all get in the way and cause you to lose a life if collided with. To move from floor to floor, you need to find a window that is open and climb up. The windows change quickly, so when you spot one climb fast! When you finally reach the top, Horrible Hank will fall off the building and then the game begins again at a more difficult skill level."
44320,Akuji: The Heartless,,1998,7.3,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"In Akuji: The Heartless the player takes the role of Akuji, a voodoo-priest. The title of the game is meant to be taken literally as Akuji's wedding day brought a problem with it: his brother kills him and rips out his heart. Now Akuji has to travel through the underworld to get back to the living and take his revenge. This game is a typical third-person action: the player jumps and fights through the stages. The player can increase his health bar by collecting voodoo dolls which are lying around in the levels. The camera is set in the over-the-shoulder perspective but can be adjusted manually. The levels in the game are mostly horror-themed."
44322,Wembley International Soccer,,1994,6.6,Sports,,,"Officially licensed by the old Wembley stadium, this football game is essentially an advanced version of Ocean's European Champions Gameplay emphasizes one-touch passing, with a picture-in-picture window displayed when you prepare to play a long pass, which increases you chances of finding the target player. The AGA version was the first floppy-based game to supports a CD32 controller, making it easier to execute moves. 64 international teams are included, with the chance to play a full league competition or a World Cup. Full control over formation and tactics is offered before the match."
44332,Tetris,,1988,7.5,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"This version of Tetris is one of many conversions of the famous block-stacking game. The goal is to place pieces made up of four tiles in a ten-by-twenty well, organizing them into complete rows, which then disappear. The goal of each round is to clear 25 lines, after which the player moves on to the next round. If the stack reaches the top of the field, the player loses a life, and if all three lives are lost, the game is over. The game lets the player choose the starting stage and round, as well as one of three background tunes. Difficulty is increased throughout the stages by an increase in speed and the addition of garbage blocks in the well."
44335,Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3,"MKA: Mortal Kombat Advance, Mortal Kombat Advance, Ultimate Mortal Kombat",1995,7.3,Action,Fighting,,"Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is a single-player and multiplayer 2D fighting game that expands upon Mortal Kombat 3 with an enlarged roster, new arenas, and additional gameplay modes. The game continues the series’ storyline of Earthrealm warriors battling the forces of Outworld. Shao Kahn, emperor of Outworld, has merged Earth with his realm and seeks to eliminate all resistance. Players select from a wide cast of fighters, each with unique special moves and finishing techniques, and face a ladder of opponents culminating in battles with the sorcerer Shang Tsung, the centaur warrior Motaro, and Shao Kahn himself. The roster features 23 fighters available from the start, including Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Sonya, Kitana, Jax, Reptile, and Cyrax. Several hidden and unlockable characters, such as Classic Sub-Zero, Mileena, Ermac, and bosses, can be revealed through gameplay codes or progression. Each fighter retains the series’ hallmark finishing moves, including Fatalities, Animalities, Friendships, and Babalities, which add variety to end-of-match sequences. Combat uses a five-button layout with high and low punches, high and low kicks, and a block. The “run” button introduced in Mortal Kombat 3 returns, allowing aggressive rushdown tactics. Chain combos enable preset attack strings, and each stage provides interactive features: uppercuts may knock opponents through floors into new arenas, and certain levels include stage-specific Death Traps, such as spike pits. Several modes of play are available. In single-player, players can enter one-on-one matches or participate in a tournament ladder of increasing difficulty. Multiplayer allows two human players to fight directly, while two-on-two battles and an “8-Fighter Tournament” mode provide additional variety. Difficulty levels and match options can be customized through the game’s options and hidden menus. Later versions added further adaptations. Mortal Kombat Advance on the Game Boy Advance attempts to replicate Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 but with altered controls and presentation due to hardware limitations. The Nintendo DS release, titled Ultimate Mortal Kombat includes a wireless multiplayer option for head-to-head battles and adds Puzzle Kombat, a tile-matching mini-game originally featured in Mortal Kombat: Deception Console ports and arcade compilations preserved the original roster and features, often including versus modes with online or system link functionality."
44338,Venom • Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety,Separation Anxiety,1995,5.5,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Separation Anxiety is a 2D side-scrolling platform-action beat 'em up game featuring several prominent characters from the Marvel Universe and gripping storylines taken from the popular Spider-Man comics. The game is based loosely on a mini-series of comics about the Venom saga. In this game, 1-2 players can select and take control of Spider-Man and/or his on-and-off again arch-nemesis Venom. As Spider-Man and/or Venom, you must set off and stop the life foundation that has spawned out 5 symbiote offsprings from Venom and plans to bond them together with its soldiers in order to assemble and form a vast deadly army. As Venom recovers from his wounds, he thus realizes and decides that he must set out and fight them off either alone or with the aid of his old arch-nemesis Spider-Man. The game allows you to punch, kick and swing your way as well as execute combos throughout the streets, the woods and even through the underground complexes towards accomplishing your main goal. Along the way, the player(s) can also find and pick up some helpful superhero ally icons that allow you to summon a few of Spidey's greatest allies to your aid including Captain America, Hawk-Eye, Ghost Rider and Dare Devil."
44339,Kirby's Adventure,"3D Classics: Kirby's Adventure, Hoshi no Kirby: Yume no Izumi no Monogatari",1993,8.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"One day Kirby is surprised to discover that he cannot have any dreams during his customary after-lunch nap. Soon he discovers that King Dedede has stolen the Star Rod, which supplies the energy to the Fountain of Dreams and broken it into several pieces, entrusting each of his allies with one. Kirby has no other choice but to find these pieces and bring dreams back to the Dream Land. Kirby's Adventure is an action side-scrolling platform game. As the pink puffball Kirby the player explores numerous colorful lands with a variety of enemies to defeat. To help out on his journey, Kirby has the ability to eat enemies and spit them out as projectiles. With certain enemies, Kirby can capture their abilities and e.g. gain a sword, shoot lasers, or even fly around the level. There are seven different stages, each broken up into multiple levels, and sometimes also containing a couple of bonus mini-games. The game cartridge features a battery backup allowing games to be saved without the need for passwords."
44342,Crime Does Not Pay,Le Crime Ne Paie Pas,1991,6.0,Action,,,"Crime Does Not Pay is ""Officially Endorsed by the Mafia."" In this game the player can play as the Godfather, femme fatale, or the Killer. The player can use mobsters in order to bribe, blackmail, or fight. Play as either the Chinese or Italian gangs to get money and power. The player will be up against punks, cops, killers, and rival gangs."
44345,Caliber.50,"Cal .50, Caliber Fifty",1989,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"You play as Captain Addis, a former officer in the US army during the Vietnam war. Now, twenty years after the war, you are sent on a mission to follow the Ho Chi Minh trail and to rescue American airmen that were left behind. In this action game, you navigate your character in top-down view and continuously fire at enemies, turning him in different directions, since he doesn't always face the direction he is moving in. You can for example walk backwards, firing at the enemies who pursue you. Enemies include not only various types of gunmen, armed with rifles, flamethrowers, or grenade launchers, but also tanks and helicopters. You can blast open crates to find ammo and supplies. Defeated enemies also leave you items."
44355,Mordon's Quest,,1985,6.9,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"You have a reputation as a worthy and capable adventurer. One day you encounter an old man named Mordon, who explains that he is one of the Ancient Ones, who have been guiding universes in a positive way for centuries. However, they have been dying out through old age, and so have built a time machine. A younger Ancient One named Bostafer scuppered this, destroying the machine in the hope of using it to make himself immortal. Can you retrieve all the pieces from time and space before Bostafer? The pieces have attained mythical status in some cultures, so retrieving them may not be an easy task. Mordon's Quest is a pure-text Interactive Fiction game containing 150 locations and understanding over 400 words. Items you will find early in the game include a blowpipe, a black pearl and a crystal orb. Commands include CLIMB, SACRIFICE and INSERT, as well as standard movement and object-retrieval methods."
44356,Wario Blast featuring Bomberman!,,1994,7.3,Action,Arcade,Fantasy,"This game is about the same style as the Bomberman Series The principal game functions are that you, as either Wario or Bomberman walk around on a level and try to blow up your opponent. By blowing up blocks that are blocking your way you can uncover power-ups, that can give you three abilities: 1) The bombs get a longer blast. 2) You can place more bombs at once. 3) You get invulnerable but are also unable to place bombs. Every power-up except for the third one works during the entire round and can be increased by picking up more power-ups of the same type. In the single-player game, you fight as Wario against different amounts of Bombermen, and at the forth course of every ""world"" you face a boss. In multiplayer, you play as either Wario or Bomberman, and try to blow up your friend / enemy."
44360,The Amazing Spider-Man,,1990,6.5,Action,,,"One of Spider-Man's enemies has discovered his true identity, Peter Parker, and kidnapped his girlfriend Mary Jane. Unfortunately for Spidey, exactly who has kidnapped her is a mystery. So, you must guide Spider-Man through five levels to find where she is hidden. The Amazing Spider-Man is a side-scrolling action game. Spider-Man can use his web making abilities to either hang from the ceiling or shoot webs out like bullets, but most of his attacks are punches or kicks. Also included are two vertical-scrolling building climbing segments in which Spider-Man has to avoid enemies and falling objects which try to knock him down. His spider sense rings a few moments earlier so you have enough time to react."
44367,Suburban Commando,,1993,6.0,Action,"Fighting, Platform, Shooter",,"Suburban Commando is a mix of space shooter, jump-and-run and beat-em-up. If you're a US American, the mention of the name Hulk Hogan will most likely make some tears sparkle in your eyes, while your reminisce about the good old days when the Hulkster single-handedly beat up all those jerks in the WWF. If you know Hogan only from his movies, you'll have a different reason for crying. One of the films featuring Hulk was called Suburban Commando (1991). Alternative Software turned it into a game two years later, and decided to create a wild mix of space shooter, platform jumping and - of course - beat-em-up action. Loosely following the storyline of the film, Hogan alias intergalactic hero Shep Ramsey travels through space, crash-lands on earth and beats up the bad guys. The first level is a R-Type-like horizontal space shooter; destroy formations of drones and collect weapon upgrades. After that, you'll enter three platform levels, in which you have to find nine items each. Avoid being shot and dispatch the enemies with kicks and jumps. After each mission, you’ll encounter the level boss, who you’re supposed to beat up in a Street Fighter clone. Apart from a comic-style likeness of Hulk Hogan as the main hero (with a huge head and tiny body -- strange), the game has little reference to the movie. No other main characters appear. Fans of the film will especially mourn the complete absence of any mimics. If you’re curious for more information about the movie, check the trivia and links sections."
44370,AV-8B Harrier Assault,,1992,6.5,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,,"This game puts you behind the controls of the AV8B Harrier aircraft. You must plan a strategic assault upon the enemy island of East Timor which is heavily defended. As well as allowing you to fly the Harrier, you can also plan attacks with your ground and naval forces. If you prefer the strategic side of things you can let the games AI fly the missions for you, whilst you concentrate on commanding the resources available to you to strike on the enemy."
44375,Einhänder,,1997,8.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter","Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic","In 2192, a new city, Selene, is built on the moon. Over the years, Selene grows larger, more powerful, and more independent of the Earth - to the point that the moon and Earth battle in a war that winds down without a definite victory for either side. In 2242, war breaks out again - the Earth slowly begins to win... except for the efforts of an experimental Selene technology known as Einhänders: flying machines with a ""hand"" that allows them to change weaponry mid-battle. On December 12, 2245, Selene sends down 3 Einhänders in a last attempt to turn the tide of the war. You get to choose the craft to pilot, and it's up to you to battle your way through the Earth's monstrous defenses and win the battle. The game is a traditional side-scrolling shooter, with rendered 3D backgrounds and enemies. The atmosphere of the game is very ""industrial"", down to the German industrial music playing in the background (think Einsturzende Neubauten mixed with Lords of Acid). The weapon-switching and claiming is an integral part of the game, as weapons have limited shots. This forces a bit more strategy than the usual button-mashing shooters inspire."
44377,Close Combat III: The Russian Front,"Close Combat 3: The Russian Front, Close Combat III: Le Front Russe",1999,7.6,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",,"Historical events, World War II","Yet another Real Time Strategy game... Yet another WWII game... but unlike most WWII games, this one takes place on the Eastern Front! It is 1941, and Germany is launching Operation Barbarossa: the invasion of Russia. Finally, a game that captures the magnitude of this epic, 4-year-long battle that ultimately sealed the end of the 3rd Reich! As with the previous CC games, this one is incredibly researched. The sounds of the dozens of different weapons, the hundreds of unit types, the terrain... it is just amazing how much work went into drawing the sprites and the maps. Units can panic, be pinned, suppressed, surrender, regroup... you name it. There are flame tanks, snipers, bunkers, city fighting, winter/summer battles, different weather conditions, mine fields... pretty much anything that might normally happen on a battlefield can happen in this game. And the best parts: it covers the entire Eastern Front battle from 41-45, and it has good multiplayer support. I mean... if you play the Germans, your guys speak German, and if you play the Russians, they speak Russian. You just don't get more realistic than that. :)"
44378,Reah: Face the Unknown,Reah: Zmierz się z Nieznanym,1998,6.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"Reah, a planet of unknown, holding nothing that would justify setting up a colony there. However, a base was set up, in order to secretly investigate an alien artifact - a teleportation gateway, which teleported people to another dimension. It linked Reah to some other radically different planets. The research of other dimension was quite difficult as it appeared that human technology had very little use on that undiscovered place, and wasn't working properly. So, the only possible way to investigate is to be there in person. Thus, a small group of scientists had set up a small research center on the other side, and you, as the journalist, was offered the chance to visit it and break the great discovery to the world. However, it seemed there were certain problems on the portal site, and that connection was about to become unstable. Of course, that's less than enough to stop the ambicious journalist ready to become famous, so you step in, and that's a moment when you confirm your act of greed. The connection was lost, leaving you in front of the walls of a strange city, facing the unknown. Reah is a first person adventure game that has increased puzzle level, which leads us to more than hundred puzzles awaiting you to solve them, or forever be trapped. Reah comes in two surprizes to us: in a package of 6 CDs (which holds less quality graphic elements), or double-sided DVD version (that keeps a quality of 10 CDs, which dramatically increases graphics, as you can check from its official web site)."
44382,The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo,"Die ungelösten Fälle von Sherlock Holmes: Das Geheimnis der tätowierten Rose, Les dossiers secrets de Sherlock Holmes - L'Affaire de la Rose tatouée, Los archivos secretos de Sherlock Holmes: El Caso de la Rosa Tatuada",1996,7.6,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",,"In October of 1889, the formula for a new and extraordinarily powerful explosive disappeared from the Ministry of Defense. Sherlock's brother Mycroft, an eccentric but influential government servant, launched an official though secret inquiry into the theft, but his effort was thwarted. Just before asking Sherlock to undertake an independent investigation of the theft, Mycroft was seriously injured in an explosion that leveled the Diogenes Club. Sherlock, believing his brother had been victimized by a random gas leak, retired disconsolate to 221B Baker St. Dr. Watson, with a little luck and much effort, managed to reanimate his friend by posing one critical question: ""What if the explosion that injured Mycroft had not been an accident?"" The answer to this query sent Holmes down a long and twisted road of discovery. Sherlock, for the first time in his career, acknowledged that his motivation was something other than a desire for justice. With single-minded ferocity he pursued, cajoled, questioned, and confronted suspects from smug Mayfair to the pitiful and dangerous East End. Gradually, through observation and deduction, he developed a picture of a huge criminal enterprise initiated by a masterful adversary. To penetrate this perilous conspiracy and frustrate its intent he solved several capital crimes. Holmes applied his customary courage, acumen, and intelligence to these daunting tasks. In so doing he quashed a potentially volatile international incident, defended the national security, protected the honor of the royal family, exonerated the innocent and delivered rough and swift punishment to the guilty. The shocking and surprising resolution of the case made it necessary to seal Watson's precious account for 100 years. That is how The Case of the Rose Tattoo became one of the Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes. The Case of the Rose Tattoo is part of the Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes kept by Dr. John H. Watson and the sequel to The Case of the Serrated Scalpel. Accompany Holmes as he sets foot in 50 locations and interacts with 90 characters. All the characters are costume and speech specific to Victorian London."
44387,Clown-O-Mania,,1989,7.4,Action,Arcade,,"In Clown-O-Mania the player takes the role of the clown Beppo who leaves his old profession behind in search of the land of magic crystals. To reach it, he needs to solve 82 isometric levels by collecting all balls and diamonds spread out over the tiles. The levels also have different plains which are changed by either using a ladder or jumping. However, jumps and shots for his gun need to be picked up first - which is made more difficult by the fact that the symbols move over the level. Over the course of the game the difficulty and complexity rises at a steady rate, e.g. at first there are no enemies, later the enemies walk on pre-defined ways and even further down the path they actively try to hunt down Beppo. It also introduces more and more gameplay elements along the way, e.g. one-way tiles, teleports, funnels, speed-up tiles or death tiles. Some tiles change their colour when walking over them and having them all in the same colour when finishing the level gives major bonus points. Also useful are two different pyramids which stop or kill enemies when dropped in their way."
44389,Bloody Roar,"Beastorizer, Bloody Roar: Hyper Beast Duel",1997,7.5,Action,Fighting,,"Bloody Roar is a fighting game with a twist. At the press of a button, the player character changes into a beast of unique strength and ability over the character's normal attacks. Each character has their own beast to transform into, and most battles come down to how the player uses this transformation to their advantage. The game features over-the-top special moves and combos in a 3D-like atmosphere."
44393,Full Throttle,"Full Throttle: L'aventure plein tube, Vollgas",1995,8.1,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Contemporary,"Future technology paved way to the creation of hovercrafts, which began to gradually replace motorized vehicles. Ben is the leader of the Polecats, one of the toughest biker gangs on the road. One day he drives over and damages a hovercraft limousine which belongs to Malcolm Corley, owner of Corley Motors, the last domestic motorcycle manufacturer. Later, Ben is having a bit of good clean fun at the Kick Stand Bar when Corley drops by for a bit of reminiscing. This leads to a meeting with Corley Motors' vice president Adrian Ripburger, who has his own sinister plans concerning the company, the Polecats, and the future of motorized vehicles. Ben refuses to co-operate and must now face the consequences and do everything in his power to bring Ripburger to justice. Full Throttle is a third-person puzzle-solving adventure game. The graphics are cartoon-style, similarly to LucasArts' previous adventure games Day of the Tentacle and Sam & Max Hit The Road The game features a revamped interface: instead of choosing a command verb or an action icon and then interacting with an object, the player can now simply point at it, and the available action icons will appear automatically. These include the standard ""use"", ""examine"", and ""speak"" actions, but also a separate foot icon for kicking. As in other LucasArts adventure games, the player can select different responses during most conversations. However, compared to their previous works in the genre, Full Throttle is more streamlined, with less exploration, dialogue options or puzzles. Cinematic cartoon-style cutscenes are used to advance the plot. The game also includes a few simple action driving sequences, during which the player is required to navigate a motorcycle and fight hostile bikers by punching and kicking them, as well as using crude weapons such as chains and planks."
44395,SEGA Touring Car Championship,,1996,6.8,Racing / Driving,,,"After Virtua Racing Daytona USA and Sega Rally yet another classic SEGA arcade racer (this time, from the Model 2C CRX architecture) is converted for home users. After open-wheel, stock and rally cars, Sega took on the popular European Touring Car races (factory models modified for racing), featuring four real models (Alfa Romeo 155V6TI, Toyota Supra GT, AMG Mercedes C-Class and Opel Calibra V6) as well as some hidden cars. Some models feature four-wheel drive (easier to control on sharper turns) while other only have rear-wheel drive (forcing the player to calculate turns properly so the car doesn't skid). Because of this, gameplay is notoriously tighter and less forgiving than in any of the previous titles by Sega. Like with other Sega arcade ports, this home versions features both an ""Arcade"" and a ""PC""/""Saturn"" mode (the biggest difference being the time constraints and inability to use tweaked cars in arcade) with the usual Championship (three races in a row) and Time Attack modes, and a 2P split-screen race is also available. There are three tracks, plus one more as the final race (as usual with contemporary Sega arcade racers), and two viewpoints (behind and front bumper) are at the disposal of the player. As usual, there are additional modes, tracks and cars to be unlocked for those proficient in the game. Another feature was the ""Global Ranking"" mode, where players of either version could e-mail Sega of Japan a password containing his times, and compare them to the World's finest players, as well as in special one-day only ""Global Net Events""."
44398,R-Type Delta,,1998,7.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Bydo Empire has returned to Earth with a vengeance. This time, they will not accept defeat so easily. Earth however, is ready for them... Three R-Class ships: the R-9, the R-13, and the prototype R-X, are your weapons in this war. Choose your ship according to your liking, blast off, and strike the Bydo Empire! R-Type Delta is the first 2D/3D R-Type game (à la Einhänder and Thunder Force V )."
44399,NHL Powerplay 98,NHL All-Star Hockey 98,1997,7.4,Sports,,,"NHL Powerplay 98 is a hockey game where the player can control a team of his choice to bring it to victory and glory. The game modes are the typical genre choices: Either a whole NHL season, the NHL playoffs or a league with 15 national teams. The team logos and player names are official licensed but in contrast to NHL 98 it uses the data from 1996/1997. The gameplay itself is more action oriented than a simulation and uses several shooting and pass variations which are activated with more or less complicated key combinations. Six camera angles and a instant replay feature complement the TV atmosphere. The game also features several tactical possibilities. For eight game situations the player can choose between three behaviours, e.g. how the players set up shots in the offensive zone. During the season there is a option to trade players with other teams. Extensive mid-season statistics, which can be shown for every team in the league, help planning transfers and tactics."
44405,Wall $treet Trader 98,Wall Street Trader 98: Börsenfieber,1998,6.1,Simulation,Managerial / business simulation,,"This game is a simulation of the stock market where the player takes the role of a recently graduated business student who gets venture capital from millionaire Lord Fleming. The gameplay consists basically of buying and selling of 70 stocks in 16 currencies. Simple, isn't it? Not quite, like in reality the main quality of a successful speculator is the quick reaction to trend reports and a bit of luck. The latest news are also an important source of information. So the player often has to ask himself questions like how a new Gulf War would influence the quotation of the dollar or oil. Unusually for managerial simulations the game actually tells a story and is divided into five missions where the first is basically a tutorial and later ones offer advanced possibilities like company analyses and insider information. The game uses real names for stock markets and companies."
44408,Project-X,,1992,7.6,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Five levels of horizontally-scrolling shooting await in this R-Type style action game. The attack waves vary in style, with some attacking you from quite fiendish angles. These give off blue power-up tokens, which are used towards selecting one of many weapons. There are 4 front-firing options (guns, plasma, magma and laser-beams - guns can be built up quickly but lack top-end power compared to the others) as well as speed-up (only requires one token), side-shot, up to 3 homing missiles, build (a quick super-destructive blast that only functions when you aren't using auto-fire) and stealth (a period of invulnerability). Each level has a very different setting, and an end-of-level boss to defeat. The chance to resume from the level you died at is offered up to level 3. Unusually, the game has an option to emulate an auto-fire function using software (this makes it one of the few Amiga shoot 'em ups you can hope to get as far through on an emulator on keyboard as on joystick on the real thing)."
44410,Stinger,Moero! TwinBee: Cinnamon Hakase o Sukue,1986,6.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Save Professor Cinnamon! When aliens from the planet Attackon kidnap the inventor during their invasion of Earth, two TwinBee Stinger jets (armed with boxing gloves) are unleashed to rescue Cinnamon before the aliens turn the Earth into a giant ball of cotton candy! In this vertical and horizontal scrolling shooter, blast away unusual creatures and even more bizarre bosses, while collecting power-ups and super weapons. By repeatedly shooting bells that come out of the clouds, these bells will change colors, each color giving a different ability. Getting shot down releases a ghost of Stinger, which can be recollected to gain the jet's powers back. In the two-player mode, if TwinBee (cyan craft) and GwinBee (green craft) align their flights (one behind the other) they can turn their guns into a ripple laser. The Japanese version features a three players mode, with the addition of WinBee (the magenta craft, which was removed from the US version)."
44414,King's Field,,1994,6.6,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",,Fantasy,"The country of Verdite has descended into decay. Its royal family began practicing dark magic, guided by evil forces lurking beneath the surface of the country. A remote descendant of the cursed bloodline, Zoela Reinhardt, married the captain of the king's guards, Houser Forester. This valiant man went off to fight horrifying creatures that appeared within the Royal Cemetery. He has not returned, and neither did anyone who accompanied him. His son, John Alfred, ventured into the depths of the cemetery, determined to find out what has happened and whether there was still a chance to rescue his father. The original King's Field is the first of the first-person fantasy RPG King's Field series and is notable for being one of the first fully polygonal 3D games. It was released in Japan weeks after the launch of the PlayStation, and never localized or released elsewhere. When King's Field II was later released in the West, it was renamed King's Field for those regions. The journey takes John Alfred Forester through a five-level dungeon populated by a few friendly NPCs and deadly traps and monsters. The entire world, including objects, enemies, and the player's own equipment, is rendered with 3D textured polygons. The player collects gold and items from slain enemies, and can purchase weapons and spells at two shops located within the dungeon. Weapons and magic are assigned to different buttons so the player can easily attack with both, however, recharging action bars for each prevent rapidly spamming attacks. Skills and stats increase with use, and items can be bought or collected that raise specific stats when used (green Verdite stones raise magic, for example). The final boss can only be defeated with magic, encouraging players to grind a well-rounded character to a maximum level. Each level of the dungeon holds enemies more difficult than the last, as well as greater rewards. The game takes place entirely within the narrow walls of the dungeon, with the only ""safe"" areas on the first floor. Players can save their progress to the memory card by activating crosses mounted on walls throughout the levels."
44420,Tibia,,1997,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),Massively Multiplayer,Fantasy,"Tibia is the name of a world created by ancient gods, Fardos and Uman Zathroth. Zathroth, the evil half of the god Uman Zathroth, tries to destroy the work done by the creator Fardos and his other half, the wise Uman. He unleashed large hordes of demons and other evil creatures onto the humans living on Tibia. Luckily, Uman discovered dimensions beyond even the gods' reaches, and managed to conjure up gates that manifest souls from these dimensions. The heroes coming from these dimensions now help the humans fighting the evil hordes. Tibia is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG). Players can choose between four different character classes to start from: knights, paladins, sorcerers and druids. Characters can be controlled by keyboard or mouse. Killing monsters will gain experience for the character, and reaching a new level means increasing the character's properties. The player can also improve certain skills of the character simply by using them. There is no pre-defined aim of the game, since as an MMORPG, it is open-ended. Players can choose to form alliances with other players or go on quests alone. It is also possible to use the in-game economy to become rich, and buy your own virtual houses for example."
44421,Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis: The Action Game,Indiana Jones in the Fate of Atlantis,1992,6.5,Action,,Interwar,"Being an action title, the game starts off where Indy is about to have an excuse to use his trusty whip: in Monte Carlo, after he recruited headstrong former student Sophia to his aid and determined the location of ancient discs needed to open the door to the lost city of Atlantis. Most action takes place in isometric view, although there are some variations along the way to keep up interest. There are even some adventure-game elements, such as Indy's inventory which you can fill with various objects to use (i.e. money to buy things). They are mostly easy though, and are there only to relieve the tension from knuckle-blistering action."
44423,Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse,"Freddi Fish: El caso de la Escuela embrujada, Freddi Fish: Haunted Schoolhouse Mystery, Freddi Fish: Il caso della scuola infestata, Fritzi Fisch 2 und das Flossengespenst, Het mysterie van de spoken op school, Marine Malice 2 - Le Mystère de l'école Hantée, Rybka Freddi - Delo o Shkolnom Prizrake",1996,8.1,"Adventure, Educational, Puzzle",,,"The second episode of the educational game series, this time a ghost haunts Luther's schoolhouse and steals children's toys. In addition to the usual blend of education with humor, there is a ""space invaders"" clone mini-game, and a movie theater where you can take a break and watch mini-movies."
44424,Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos,"Lands of Lore: Chaos Na Tronie, Lands of Lore: Kaosu no Gyokuza",1993,8.3,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The Dark Army is on the move again, led by the evil sorceress Scotia. Her goal is obvious: to destroy Gladstone Keep and its ruler King Richard. Scotia herself has recently become more powerful after acquiring ""the Mask"" from the Urban Mines, gaining the ability to shape-shift. She is virtually unstoppable and able to infiltrate Gladstone Keep, poisoning King Richard. If it were not for the intervention of Sorceress Dawn, the monarch would surely be dead. In order to find a cure for the King's illness, a band of heroes must set out on an adventure, and keep themselves alive from the Dark Army forces. Lands of Lore: Throne of Chaos is a real-time dungeon-crawling role-playing game viewed from a first-person perspective. Players begin by choosing one of the four available protagonists: the Dracoid Ak'shel (high magic power), the Huline Kieran (high speed), and two humans: Michael (high strength) and Conrad (balanced character). Each has his weaknesses and strengths, but all abilities in the game can be eventually upgraded. Much of the game consists of exploring pseudo-3D maze-like dungeons. Most of them contain secret areas and it is sometimes necessary to solve puzzles to advance. Real-time combat involves clicking on either the attack or magic icon for each character. Depending on their speed attribute they will need a certain amount of cooldown time before the player can activate them again. The point-and-click interface allows interaction with some background objects, sometimes eliciting comments from the protagonist or his companions. The game does not feature manual character development, introducing instead a semi-automatic form of leveling up, where skills of the hero and the companions are divided into Fighting, Magic and Rogue skills. Each skill level will increase when killing enemies using a particular type of attack: melee weapons increase the Fighting skills, magic increases the Magic skill, and ranged weapons increase the Rogue skills. In the course of the game players will form a party of up to three heroes in the quest for the cure. The player is able to equip these characters with new weapons and armor in a ""paper doll"" styled interface. The CD version includes full speech."
44452,Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars,"Super Mario RPG, Super Mario RPG: La Leyenda de las Siete Estrellas",1996,8.4,"Action, Role-playing (RPG)",Japanese-style RPG (JRPG),,"Super Mario RPG is a console RPG starring none other than Nintendo's popular character Mario. This game starts off like almost every other Mario game, with Bowser kidnapping Princess Toadstool. However, when Mario goes to Bowser's Keep to save her, a giant sword made by the evil Smithy crashes into the castle and sends Mario, the Princess, and Bowser flying to separate parts of the world. The game plays much like a traditional RPG: Mario and the members of his party gain experience points by defeating enemies. These experience points can increase the team's maximum number of hit points and flower points (magic points). The battles are also turn-based, but this time there are timed attacks and defenses. Timed attacks allow you to inflict more harm than normal to an enemy. Timed defenses, on the other hand, allow an enemy to inflict less harm than normal. You are only allowed to have three out of five team members on your party at a time. Mario is always in your party, regardless. Your team members can also purchase more weapons and abilities, along with better armor."
44453,Tonic Trouble,,1999,7.0,Action,Platform,,"In the tradition of Rayman (a platform jumper) comes another whacky adventure from Ubisoft! Ed, the friendly alien space janitor, accidentally dropped a can of ""tonic"" on Earth, causing a great ecological disaster. Everything started mutating! Ed is ordered to clean up the place and retrieve the tonic, but someone got hold of it first... And he declared himself Master of Earth! Can Ed survive attack of the killer vegetables, find the six items he needs to fix Earth, and retrieve the Tonic can from Grogh the Hellish, and finally get out from Tonic Trouble?"
44456,Bert the Barbarian,,1999,7.3,Action,Platform,Fantasy,"Bert the Barbarian is a platform game where the player controls the title character. Armed with a sword, Bert must fight off enemies themselves armed with either swords or throwing knives. The graphics style of the game is its main feature - the graphics were made out of clay. There are two levels which repeat after the second is complete. Points are earned by collecting money bags dropped by enemies and hidden around the level. It won first prize in PC Zone magazine's ""DIV Game Creator 2000"" competition."
44463,Food Fight,,1983,7.2,Action,Arcade,,"You play as Charley trying to eat an ice cream cone. But first you must avoid the chefs that are out to get you: Angelo, Zorba, Oscar, and Jacques. Avoid the food thrown at you by the chefs to get the cone. You can also throw your own food at the chefs to slow them down."
44468,Bust-A-Move 4,"Puzzle Bobble 4, Simple 1500 Series Vol. 93: The Puzzle Bobble",1998,7.3,Puzzle,Tile matching puzzle,,"Bust-A-Move 4 continues the gameplay tradition of the previous game in the series, focusing on releasing colored bubbles and matching them to make them disappear. This installment adds new characters to choose from, as well as a Story mode, where the player wins Tarot cards after each completed stage. In Story mode the player sees the story unfold as he defeats each CPU-controlled character (which change depending on the character the player starts with). The Win Contest mode is a simple ""how many games can I win in a row"" against the computer. Finally, should the player complete the Challenge mode (where he must complete certain puzzles as fast as possible, and get judged on technique, speed etc.), the Edit mode will become available, which allows players put together their own puzzles, completing with each other."
44472,Hexplore,,1998,6.9,Role-playing (RPG),"Action RPG, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The events of Hexplore take place during the Crusades, ca. 1000 AD, portraying an alternate reality where magic and monsters exist. Players take the role of MacBride, an adventurer who wanders in the Middle East and decides to track down a black wizard called Garkham, who supposedly possesses a magical book that may open the path to the Garden of Eden. The game incorporates role-playing and puzzle-solving elements. Up to three other characters can join MacBride on his quest, which can be recruited in various populated places. All the characters belong to either of the three available classes: archer, warrior, or sorcerer, each with their own combat-related and field abilities. Combat takes place in real time. Manipulation and advancement of the characters are needed to progress through the multiple levels of countryside, caves, snowlands and rocky wastelands. The game utilizes a voxel-based engine and is seen from an isometric perspective. Cooperative multiplayer mode (up to four players) is available as well."
44473,The Tick,,1994,5.0,Action,"Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting, Platform",,"Get ready to put your blue skin-tight tights on. Ninjas need beating-up, bosses need clobbering! This game is not so much a platform game as it is a fighting game (think Streets of Rage). You run around the levels avoiding sharp flying objects and fighting any enemies that get in your way, including the numerous bosses. If your in a tight spot you can call Arthur to help defeat any enemies that are on-screen. The game is presented in a normal 2D platformer view when you're just jumping from building to building, but changes to a semi-isometric view when you start fighting. You'll probably like it if you like Streets of Rage."
44483,Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit,,1994,5.7,Action,Platform,,"Based off the hit sitcom, Tim ""The Tool Man"" Taylor's name has been put Binford's new line of power tools and he goes on a quest to retrieve the missing tools when he discovers that they are missing when he is about to present them on Tool Time. It is a race against time as you must collect various metal nuts to stay alive and collect a few wooden boxes of tool parts to proceed to the next part of the one of the four sound stages you are in. Defend yourself with your various common tools, take out weak walls and floors with your sledgehammer and jackhammer, and use your grappling tool to swing, lower, and raise yourself to distant areas."
44485,Sky Surfer,,2000,4.6,Sports,"Arcade, Tricks / stunts",,"Jump out of a plane, maneuver to control points, use upwinds, be sure to open your parachute early enough. While falling, do tricks for points. Offers also training modes above a huge fan, trying to collect as many balloons as possible. Several Sky Boards and Jumpers to chose from. Analogue stick only! Only released in Japan and Europe. The European release has more scenarios!"
44486,Super Bomberman 2,,1994,8.2,Action,"Arcade, Puzzle elements",Sci-fi / futuristic,This is the second game in the Bomberman series for the Super Nintendo. This game is much like the first in gameplay but has new levels and a new story to play though. The graphics are slightly different from the first game but in general the game holds most of the same style as the first. There are a few new features such as colour coded bomb blasts and a few different powerups but other than that the second game is the same as the first.
44495,Beamrider,Dave Rolfe's Beamrider,1983,7.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Beamrider is a 3D arcade action game. You control a beam riding spaceship on a mission to clear 99 sectors of space from hostile aliens. The spaceship is located at the bottom of the screen and it can only stop on one of five beams. You are armed with both lasers and torpedoes; torpedoes are more powerful and can destroy more enemies compared to lasers, however you only get three per level. To complete a sector, you need to destroy fifteen white flying saucers. After all saucers are destroyed, the sector sentinel passes by which can be destroyed for extra points. Each even number sector up until sector 16 will add a new type of enemy to deal with. These additional enemies will just try to slow your mission, though, only the saucers need to be destroyed to advance. Occasionally a rejeuvinator will appear; if this is collected, you can earn an extra life. But be careful, because if you accidentally shoot the rejeuvinator it will turn into an enemy!"
44504,Deep Duck Trouble starring Donald Duck,"Deep Duck Trouble estrelando Pato Donald, Donald Duck no yottsu no himitsu",1993,7.3,Action,Platform,,"Donald meets Hewey, Dewey and Louie, back from their latest adventure with Uncle Scrooge. But Uncle Scrooge has been cursed by a pendant he found while adventuring, and is now floating in the air like a balloon! He gives Donald his adventurer's diary and asks Donald to retrace his steps and return the pendant to its rightful place - this is the only thing that will return Scrooge to normal. Deep Duck Trouble is a platform game where you play as Donald Duck. You must make your way through four different areas of the island - the jungle, an inlet, a volcano, and a valley - and defeat bosses at the end of each area. Donald can defeat enemies by jumping on their heads. He can also defeat them by kicking bricks which will may then hit his enemies. Donald's trademark temper also comes into play: if he eats a chili pepper, he will become furious and plough through anything in his way, whether it be bricks or enemies!"
44505,Expendable,"Ellujäämine, Millennium Soldier: Expendable, Seitai Heiki Expendable",1999,6.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In 2463 a race of vicious aliens has invaded human planets, wiping out the population of Novocastria first. Only the Millennium Soldier can lead the human fightback. In this sci-fi action game, reflex shooting dominates over planning or tactical play. Expect non-stop action from fighting and relentlessly killing off tons of bad guys across more than 20 levels of 3rd person 3D action, taking place inside and outside. Powering up your weaponry is crucial - there are 18 different ones to collect, from pulse cannons to particle accelerators and rockets to missiles. Two player cooperative and deathmatch modes are provided."
44507,Runabout 2,,1999,6.4,"Action, Racing / Driving",Arcade,,"In the sequel to Felony 11-79 you are hired by a secret organization which asks you to do certain tasks in a variety of environments, ranging from a downtown city to a desert. Like the original, you can drive around like a maniac and smash into everything you see. You receive e-mail from various contacts, who give out advice on how to do the mission. There are a total of 31 vehicles ranging from a pickup truck to a motorcycle, and many of objects to unlock."
44517,Bill & Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure,,1991,4.3,Action,,,"Bill and Ted are two surfer-speaking 1980s high school dudes from San Dimas, California. After the events of the film Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure they seem free to build the band that will one day unite Earth's people and bring about world peace. Except... Rufus returns from the future with a warning that someone has warped the time continuum by kidnapping historical figures and stranding them in the wrong time period (...sooo, basically what Bill and Ted did in the first film?) It's up to the boys to sort out the mess. The player controls either Bill or Ted, who have split up to tackle the quest (allowing each to leave items to assist the other). Each ""mission"" begins by consulting a phone book of historical figures, and spotting the page whose number has changed (a second number, flashing in red). The player dials that number, and guides the phone booth through the circuits of time. Rufus could only lend a payphone, so players will need to plot out the shortest path to their destination, while avoiding any hazards. Each change in direction costs one coin. Once in the target time period, the player controls Bill or Ted through an isometric view as they search for the displaced historical figure. The player must stick to a defined path to avoid falling, and must be cautious of the locals. Some will offer clues or helpful items, while others demand a coin if bumped into. Other locals will actively chase Bill and Ted and throw them in jail, where they must use a skeleton key (if they have one) to escape. Players can find and collect coins for the phone booth, keys for the jail, and distractions (like pudding or tape players) to throw off any pursuers. The player must also locate an item of ""historical bait,"" appropriate to the target, to get them to follow. Once the historical dude has been baited and bagged, the player switches to the other member of the titular duo to rescue a new historical celebrity. The process repeats until time is corrected."
44518,Alex Kidd: BMX Trial,,1987,5.0,"Racing / Driving, Sports",,,"As young Alex, your job is to go through an obstacle course and get to the main exit without other competitors trying to push you off your bike. You start out in Blackwood Forest, but depending on which scene you're in, you can travel to Cactus Desert, South Seas, Pyramid River, or Alex's home, Radaxian. More often than not, you must jump over water, and along the way, you can get power-ups such as more energy, more time, and jets that lets you fly through the scene, but only if you perform a wheelie can you get these power-ups. The game ends when you have no energy left."
44520,Crusader: No Remorse,,1995,7.7,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"You are a silencer, the elite of the elite soldiers of World Economic Consortium. You are used to orders of hunting down the Resistance, a ragtag band of rebels committing sabotage and other acts of terrorism against the WEC, but slowly, you realized the WEC is not quite what it appears to be... then one day you and two other Silencers, your best buddies, were ambushed by a WEC mech patrol when it was supposed to be a routine mission. You alone survived. It is clear that the Silencer is being silenced... and the only place to turn is the Resistance... Crusader: No Remorse is the first in the series, which is best described as a 2D isometric shooter. Your silencer can roll left, roll right, kneel, jump, run, and perform other acrobatic moves. You get plenty of different weapons, from assault rifles and shotguns to grenade launchers and lasers, to really exotic weapons like microwave cannon, EMP discharger, and even plasma cannons. You're up against the full military might of the WEC, from simple guards to full-fledged Guardmechs and elite forces (though none are quite as good as you). You can find supplies and money off of killed enemies (if you left a body, that is, and some of the extreme weapons don't). You'll often need to bypass traps, open doors, disable alarms, take out security cameras, and more. The action is intense, and there's usually a bit of puzzle involved. It's often a matter of exploring the map to find a switch or a terminal with the code that'll let you access another part or another level of the map. Between missions you can chat in the Resistance base and/or buy/sell weapons. You can also find recharge stations to replenish your energy and health (you can also find batteries and first aid kits too). The missions range from simple sabotage to rescue."
44526,Godzilla Generations,,1998,5.7,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In Godzilla Generations you play as either Godzilla or Mechagodzilla and have to rage havoc in the city and fend of the army before time runs out. You can unlock other monsters such as First Generation Godzilla, USA Godzilla and Minira by playing through the game. There are five cities that you can lay to ashes, all located in Japan. Each city has two stages to play through. Each monster has a range of moves which range from swiping his tail, using his claws or shooting rays from his eyes or hands. Each monster can also heal himself."
44534,Phantom Fighter,"If It Moves, Shoot It!",1988,6.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Swerve in an exhilarating arc, battling for control of your ghostly fighter, as you seek to dominate the skies. Landscapes of the alien world flash by in a blur of multicoloured iridescent hues. Your finger moves to the phalanx missile button as the first wave of Echelon Destroyers scream towards you, their cannons blazing in anger. The flash of orange and red and the breathtaking thud of a massive shockwave signals your first kill. Sparks spray from your glowing wingtips as you accelerate into a mindwarping dive. Can you make it over the first landmass, and if so, what further dangers await you? PHANTOM FIGHTER is a stupendous, state of the arts seek - and - destroy arcade combat game. For discerning AMIGA and PC owners everywhere - who dream of conquest. Source: Back of Box - Amiga (UK)"
44544,International Track & Field,Hyper Olympics in Atlanta,1996,7.7,Sports,,,"International Track & Field continues with the button mashing of the NES games in 11 different sports, now in full 3D! The sports range from 100 meter sprint and 110 meter hurdles to javelin and discus. The game features two game modes. One where you can practice each sport individually and the ""normal"" mode, where you can go at it with up to 4 people facing off in all the sports one after another."
44546,WipEout,WipEout: Ballistic Antigravity Racing,1995,7.5,"Action, Racing / Driving",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"WipEout is a futuristic racing game set in the year 2052. Racing for one of four teams, the player competes in the F3600 Anti-Gravity Racing League on six tracks. Each team's hovercraft racer has different ratings in speed, acceleration and turning. In addition to high-speed racing, there is also shooting in the game, with different weapon pickups like rockets and mines available, useful for slowing one's opponents down. Shields can also be picked up and can block the weapons' effects. There are championship, single race and time trial modes. Winning the championship in the regular Venom class unlocks the Rapier class, where the craft are faster and the tracks have slightly different looks. There is also a two-player mode where two opponents can race and shoot at each other."
44547,Break Point,Break Point Tennis,1996,6.7,Sports,,,"Break Point is your basic tennis game. You can play on several different courts which differ in surroundings and style. There's a couple of fantasy courts as well as some real life courts. Player can choose between various motion captured players and game modes including practice, cup, tournament and so on. The speciality in this one is the fact that you can play with up to 8 players in tournament."
44550,Flight Simulator II,"A2-FS2, AM-FS2, subLOGIC Flight Simulator II",1984,7.7,Simulation,,World War I,"This flight simulator simulates a real aircraft, the Piper PA-28-181 Archer II. For those with the knowledge, it offers practice with the variables of flight, including the avionics. The Atari ST and Amiga releases instead simulate the Cessna 182RG single engine propeller aircraft and the Gates Learjet 25G twin engine jet. The game has more features than first generation flight simulators. Pilots are expected to pay attention to small details. SubLOGIC encouraged the players to go to flight stores and purchase flight-training manuals and aeronautical charts to help them understand the variables within the program. The game is oriented toward pilots-in-training, but there are options for laymen too: an easy mode, and a slightly more detailed reality mode. These modes do not require the same level of knowledge. Flight Simulator II is packaged with a WWI dogfighting game, called WWI Ace In this game the plane is armed with bombs, machine guns, and a radar screen. The radar screen is anachronistic for a game set in World War I, but it is there to make the gameplay easier."
44559,Mickey's Ultimate Challenge,,1994,5.6,Puzzle,,Fantasy,"One night, as Mickey (or Minnie) lay in bed reading a book of fairy tales, he started to wonder how it would be to live in a far off land, in a magic castle. As he fell asleep, he woke up in the Kingdom of Beanwick, which is constantly tormented by earthquakes. Then, he offers his help to solve the mystery behind those earthquakes. Mickey's Ultimate Challenge is a puzzle game in which the player chooses either Mickey or Minnie to play with. They'll find five characters from the Disney's universe in the kingdom, and will be prompted to help them in several tasks. Each task is a different puzzle, given by a specific character. Daisy, for instance, will ask help to clean the castle's paintings hanging on a wall. The task is in fact a memory game, where Mickey or Minnie must clean the pictures matching pairs. After completing one task, they'll receive a gift. After completing all tasks, Mickey or Minnie must trade the gifts they won with the right characters. For instance, after finishing Goofy's task, they will receive his hammer. The player must then guess who among the other characters would like to receive that hammer. Giving the right items to the right characters will allow Mickey or Minnie access to the last puzzle and character."
44560,Street Racer,"12 Street Racer, Speedway II",1977,4.3,"Racing / Driving, Sports","Arcade, Shooter",,"Street Racer is an action racing game for one to four players played from an overhead view. The screen is split into two lanes; in one or two player games, each player has a lane. In three and four player games, players must share the lanes. Each game has a two minute and sixteen second time limit, and your goal is to earn as many points as possible by the end of this time. In addition to the basic racing version, several other game variations are included as well. The games available are:"
44562,Cavewars,,1996,7.2,Strategy / tactics,,Fantasy,"Cavewars is a turn based strategy game that combines elements of several different games of its era. The turn based strategy element mirrors that of Heroes of Might and Magic series while the ability to research new units and improve armies is similar to that of Master of Orion series The unique element that separates this game from others is that the battles can take place on a number of different levels of a cave. All may be well on level 1, with both sides having a city there; meanwhile, battles rage every turn on level 3. Randomly generated maps and 8 different races to choose from ensures the same game is never played twice."
44566,Resident Evil,"Biohazard, RE",1996,8.0,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror","Contemporary, North America","A team of S.T.A.R.S (Special Tactics And Rescue Squad) members are called to investigate a series of murders near Raccoon City. While searching the woods near the city, the team is attacked by bloodthirsty dogs and they have to retreat to a nearby mansion. The player chooses between Jill Valentine or Chris Redfield and starts to explore the mansion. It soon becomes very clear that it isn't just any mansion, but a hellish place where the undead walk the corridors, and other horrors are lurking in the darkness, waiting to eat some heads. While solving puzzles, collecting keys, and shooting monsters, the player has to unravel the mystery behind this mansion and, if possible, get out alive. Exclusive to the SEGA Saturn version is a Battle Mode bonus mode, where, with limited ammo and under the threat of limited time, the player must survive a series of rooms filled with monsters."
44567,Space Wars,"Space Ace, Space Ship, Space War",1977,6.1,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Space Wars is an action game where two spaceships battle each other. The game control is similar to Asteroids : you move by thrusting and rotating your ship left or right, you can fire in the direction you're facing, or enter hyperspace to randomly relocate your ship on the screen. If you can successfully destroy your opponent, a point is earned and the first player to reach 10 points wins the game. Besides the two ships, other obstacles are on the screen: a meteorite floats about randomly and in the center of the screen is a sun, both of which can destroy your ship. Two players can battle each other, or one player can battle the computer and several skill levels are available."
44571,5th Fleet,,1994,6.5,Strategy / tactics,"Board game, Wargame",,"The 5th Fleet is a hex-based strategical wargame based on the board game 5th Fleet The game is designed for two players which both take the side of a war party - in matches of a larger scale one war party can include several different countries. The gameplay is strictly turn-based and every day is divided into six rounds (three for each player). Every turn is divided into three phases: submarines, ships and aircraft. During the phases the players use two different map screens for their planning: the strategic map shows the whole operational zone divided into several areas and the tactical map offers a closer look over one area. The basic orders the players have to give are moving (marking a unit and choosing the goal hex) and attacking (choosing which weapon is used on what target). During longer matches it is also important to take care of replenishment. While naval units have to be moved on the tactical map the players can use the strategic map to plan aircraft movement. As usual for these kind of games everything is represented with abstract symbols on the map. In single player the game features ten scenarios set in the Indian Ocean or the Persian Gulf with increasing difficulty. There the player takes the role of the American fleet and mostly fights against Russia."
44572,Fantastic Voyage,"Blood 'n' Guts, Fantastic Voyage: The Game of the film by 20th Century Fox",1985,7.1,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Based on the classic 1966 science-fiction movie of the same name, this has you playing a miniaturized scientist that is injected into a human body in order to prevent the patient from dying. You must shoot various bacteria, cholesterol blockages and viruses before the patient's temperature becomes critical. You must also collect 8 pieces of your shattered submarine which acts as a surgical scalpel when reassembled. Your own energy must be monitored as you travel through the body and can be replenished by finding red blood cells."
44578,Gods,,1991,7.7,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements","Classical antiquity, Fantasy","Hercules is aiming to achieve immortality by completing the task the Gods have set him. His task is presented as a platform adventure set in ancient Greece, featuring a variety of enemies as you play it through. Of more significance, however, is the game's Artificial Intelligence system, in which creatures monitor how you play, and try to find safer positions. Also, the game offers more bonuses and power-ups if you're struggling to progress. Even without those, there are lots of bonus sections to find and unlock."
44590,Lollypop,,1994,7.4,Action,"Arcade, Platform",,"Sweet she is and sweets she wants. Young Lolly wakes up and has an incredibly appetite for candy. For chocolate, and for caramel and gingerbread, and for cookies and crisps and marshmallows and lemonade and bubblegum and jelly bears and ice and cream and sugar frosted chocolate bombs. All right, we’ve all had such moments. But Lolly is a doll. Animated by a stroke of lightning, she suddenly has life, a sweet tooth and a quest: Onward to the land where candy grows and the refrigerators never run out! It’s a hostile world for small, innocent and rather hungry little dolls – that’s why you’ve got to help Lolly find her way through eight big levels in this jump’n’run game. After the escape from the toy factory, the way to the promised land leads through places like a ghost town, a snow world and even Lolly’s own cottony dreams. The way is far from safe: plenty of traps and monsters threaten a doll’s life, but good timing, athletic leaps and an ample supply of lollipops to fling at obtrusive enemies help mastering any challenge. In desperate situations, Lolly can take a snapshot with her pocket camera, which instantly destroys all opponents on the screen. Huge level bosses guard the exit of each world; defeating the mega-monsters requires specific tactics. Fortunately, there is support: chests contain key items (to unlock different parts of each level), power-ups and plenty of sweets, of course. On the downside, the boxes may also yield harmful objects that jumble up Lolly’s controls or even hurt her. Tender dolls of that model can sustain three hits before they break apart. There’s a time limit for each level, so sucking popsicles in a corner won’t do. You cannot save the game, but you get a personal passcode after each level."
44601,The Keys to Maramon,,1990,6.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Fantasy,"The Keys to Maramon is set in the same world as Magic Candle and uses a modified engine from said game. This is a single player RPG more aimed at novice players. Your job is to clear out all the monsters infesting the cellars, dungeons and dark corners of Maramon."
44605,Impossible Mission II,,1988,7.3,Action,"Metroidvania, Platform, Puzzle elements",,"You have 8 hours to prevent Elvin, a psychotic genius, from destroying the world in this sequel to Impossible Mission Enter Elvin's tower fortress, avoid his robots, assemble security combinations for each tower, recover musical sequences and tie them together into a full melody to reach Elvin's central control room."
44608,Déjà Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas,"Ace Harding: Lost in Las Vegas, Déjà Vu II: Las Vegas kara no Dasshutsu, Déjà Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas !!",1988,7.7,Adventure,Puzzle elements,North America,"Déjà Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas is the sequel to Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True This time you wake up in Las Vegas with a great headache and realize that you are Ace Harding, who has to find $112,000 of recently murdered Chicago's racketeer Joey Siegel for his boss and Las Vegas' mobster Tony Malone. You have a choice to find money in one week or classical ""or else"". Just for formality you are watched by Malone's thug Stogie Martin. During the investigation in Noir style, you can collect and use items, talk to characters and make some decisions. The game has a multiple windows interface, the size and position of which you can change."
44612,Shard of Inovar,,1987,6.6,Adventure,"Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"The story behind the game starts with the Eharin, an ancient Elfin race, who created a magical artifact known as the Inovar. At that time in the Earth's history a terrible plague known as the Nagroma, swept the land at the start of winter killing every living thing it encountered. With the aid of the Inovar the Eharin were able to create a protective barrier that kept the plague at bay. However the barrier, the Cairnrue, did not just keep the plague at bay, it stopped everything, so every spring the Rite of Decairn had to be performed to allow rain to fall. This rite has been performed for many years by Varwield Arthermin who has grown old and bitter. The last time he raised the Cairnrue, Arhermin tried to keep its power for himself. He was defeated by Kiron the Protector in a great battle during which a shard was split from the great stone of Inovar. Kiron took the stone and fled over the Adklaart Mire where, it is rumoured, he is now trapped by Arthermin's soldiers. Arthermin kept the shard and used its power to create the Naslava, creatures from the Earth's core, to protect him. This brought him into conflict with Rimarlion, Daughter of the Earth, whom he defeated and turned to stone. Before her fall Rimarlion entrusted her sacred amulet to the Laryx people of Mount Hiakron who in turn entrusted it to Sunquat, Leader of the Eharin, People of the Light. The player enters the game as Varwield Secunda, chosen by your people to serve under Arthermin as his apprentice. For years you have served him but now, as storm clouds gather and the rainfall is absorbed by the Cairnrue, the time has come for the Rite of Decairn to be performed and that task falls on your shoulders. Shard of Inovar a multi-platform, icon driven, text adventure game with graphics. It can be played with a keyboard or with a joystick. Instead of typing in 'Go North', 'Get item' and so on the player selects an appropriate icon from the panels that are above, below, and at either side of the screen. Another helpful feature is the 'Give item to person' icon which, when invoked, allows the player to select an item from the inventory and then highlights words from the last displayed piece of text for the player to select. This allows the player to select a person from their group without the need to spell all their names correctly every time."
44614,Bob Morane: Science Fiction 1,"Lee Enfield: Space Ace, Space Ace",1987,5.5,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"An evil army of enemy space soldiers has invaded a space station. The player, taking the role of the infamous fictional character Bob Morane, must recover the control of the base, locating and destroying all the enemies. Bob Morane: Science Fiction 1 is a multi-directional scrolling shooter game. The gameplay is similar to the game Prohibition Like in ""Prohibition"", the player must locate (along the spatial base) and shoot each enemy soldier in a limited amount of time, before that the enemy soldier shoots the player. The bests scores will be archived in the High-Scores table."
44620,Kingdom II: Shadoan,Shadoan,1996,6.5,"Action, Adventure","Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Fantasy,"This is the sequel to Kingdom: The Far Reaches Many years ago, the wise Mobus broke a powerful amulet called ""The Hand"" in 5 pieces in order to protect it from getting into the hands of his evil brother Torlock. These pieces were sent to the far corners of the land. As the young Prince Lathan Kandor you have already retrieved the Black Mace, the Hunting Horn and the Orb of Mobus (in the previous game). Now you must retrieve the final 2 pieces (the Dagger of Arne and the Crown of Malric), defeat evil and be reunited with Princess Grace Delight. This is an adventure from the makers of Dragon's Lair. The plot isn't exactly original or complex, but the animation is fluid and well-drawn. Gameplay is about using the right item or making the correct choice between the animated sequences; some of these choices are timed, meaning that you can lose health or even die, but there are plenty of opportunities to replenish your health. Of special note is the ever-present Disney-like music."
44622,Hotel Mario,,1994,6.2,"Action, Puzzle",Platform,,"This is a puzzle game based on the Nintendo character Mario. The Princess has invited Mario and Luigi to a picnic in the Mushroom Kingdom. But when the Mario Brothers arrive, they learn that King Bowser Koopa is making over the kingdom into his personal resort and the princess has been kidnapped, again. Mario and Luigi must stop him and rescue the princess by closing doors in the hotels. Most hotel stages have 10 levels, other stages have less, others more. You close doors by pressing button 2. Enemies will come through some doors and will try to open doors to prevent you from succeeding. You can jump on some enemies by pressing button 1. Behind some doors, you will find a mushroom that will allow you to take a hit without dying. If you already got a mushroom, you will find a fire flower that will allow you to shoot fireballs by pressing buttons 1 & 2 simultaneously. This will take out some enemies easier and other enemies can only be defeated with the fireball. When you reach the top level of your current hotel, you will need to close the doors here while avoiding one of the Koopalings. Once you succeed, there will be an animated FMV cutscene then it is off to the next hotel (stage). All the stages are plays on real hotels, like Morton's WoodDoor-Hysteria Hotel, Roy's HardBrick Hotel, Lemmy's High-ate Regency Hotel, Bowser's Seizures Palace Hotel, etc."
44624,Math Gran Prix,Gran-Prix da Matemática,1982,5.0,"Educational, Racing / Driving",,,"Get ready for a math race. Your fuel, correctly answer math questions. Your car, a carefully tuned racing car that can move 2 to 3 spaces depending on how hard the math problem is. The track contains many triggers that can give extra spaces, extra turns, and even keep your car on the track. There are areas in the track where a car coming from behind can knock you off, to get back answer a math problem correctly. In the end, the one with the most math skills and greatest planning effort will win the checkered flag. Difficulty switches Left switch for player one, right switch for player two. Set to A for time limit (one minute for addition and subtraction, two minutes for multiplication and division). Set to B for no time limit. Game variations Games one, four and seven are easy Games two, five and eight are medium Games three, six and nine are hard Games one, two and three contain only addition and subtraction problems Games four, five and six contain only multiplication and division problems Games seven, eight and nine contain all four math problem types."
44626,Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge,,1988,6.6,Sports,RPG elements,,"The third licensed game based around the legendary British decathlete did something slightly wider in scope than the basic Games style of play. Before you play the main events you have to train in the gym. Weight-lifting, squats and sit-ups are included, which involve waggling the joystick as fast as you can to fill a displayed bottle of Lucozade (clever bit of product-placement there). The better you do at this, the better you'll fare in the events, which are predominantly waggling-based as well. They include the standard decathlon events of running, jumping and throwing as well as you can. There are four types of shoes available, and choosing the wrong one for the event will seriously hamper your performance."
44633,Ultima: Warriors of Destiny,,1993,5.3,Role-playing (RPG),Puzzle elements,Fantasy,"The Avatar Returns! Warriors of Destiny picks up where Quest of the Avatar left off; a self-contained game continuing the characters and challenges that have made Ultima® the greatest series of role playing games ever! Lord British has disappeared in the Underworld and the once-trusted Blackthorn has risen to power. You, the Avatar, hero of Britannia, and your team must rescue Lord British. On the way you'll meet hundreds of characters in panoramic lands; you'll battle the Shadowlords, horrible creatures bent on total destruction. But will you ever escape from the Underworld? Real role playing excitement! ■ Developed by the originators of the award-winning, best-selling PC game ■ 84 page, full color Hint Book included! ■ More than 2 megs of memory; over 100 hours of game time ■ Interacts with hundreds of characters ■ Long life lithium battery saves score and play position (captions) Sequel to Ultima Quest of the Avatar and Ultima Exodus the Role Playing Game of the Year! Source: Back of Box - NES (US)"
44642,Club & Country,Fußball-Kaiser,1995,4.9,"Sports, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,,"In Club & Country the player is the coach of a English soccer team and is in charge of the athletic and financial success. He starts in the Third Division and eventually becomes the English national coach. On the financial side he can buy and sell players, expand the stadium and fire or hire other staff like a groundskeeper. On the athletic side the main aspects are the training and the large tactical possibilities which can be set for every player. The matches are displayed in a screen where the lineup of the player's and the enemy's team is given. There is no animation but there is a text commentary on the bottom of the screen. The player is able to make tactical changes during the game and substitute players. When a special event happens, e.g. a goal, a still in comic graphics is displayed."
44643,Wild Gunman,,1984,6.0,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Western,"As a lawman in the old west, you carry around a tin star and your NES Zapper. Your goal to to chase down outlaws and then win out over them in a fast-draw competition. Simply put, wait for your opponent to say ""Fire"" and then shoot first and shoot fast to win. Wild Gunman can be played against one bandit, two bandits or in Gang mode where you shoot them as they appear in the doors and windows of an old saloon."
44644,Alien Nations,"Amazons & Aliens, Die Völker, Zateryannij Mir",1999,7.0,Strategy / tactics,Real-time strategy (RTS),Fantasy,"Alien Nations is a real-time strategy game similar to The Settlers III It features three campaigns of ten missions each which are told from the perspective of one of the races: the blue stoneworking Pimmons, the militaristic and wild Amazons, or the insectoid Sajiki. The main focus lies on building a settlement with working production circles. Of course there are also other aspects which need to be taken care of, e.g. security or entertainment. So the player chooses the buildings he wants to construct and chooses a suitable place for it. The main source of income are taxes, which are mostly spent on balancing running costs - the rest can be used for research. Before the player can construct new or upgraded buildings he needs to meet certain research criteria. But of course he also needs to ""build"" enough fighters to win battles against the other two races. Available are five different fighters, magicians, priests who heal wounded units and more. It is possible to let units patrol between two points or divide them into groups - mass production however is no viable strategy. In most missions, fighting plays no or only a small role - more important are diplomacy and trade. Some of the people's needs can only be served with goods bought from the other races. Other options are a truce or building an embassy."
44653,Triple Play 2001,,2000,5.5,Sports,,,"Triple Play 2001 for Game Boy Color is the only entry in Electronic Arts' baseball series to make an appearance on a handheld platform. The game features the 30 teams of the 2000 MLB season with real player names and their home ballparks, as well as the two all-star teams. The game includes two modes: in single games, players can select from any of the included teams and set the game in any stadium. Three difficulty levels are available, the game length can be set from one to nine innings, and team rosters are modifiable. During a game, players will control pitching (slow, fast and curve balls are possible), batting (allowing for grounders, fly balls and bunts), fielding (there is an optional field assist mode) and base running. In Home Run Derby mode, players select a slugger from any of the teams, and try to hit as many home runs as possible before getting ten outs. Advancing into the next round requires getting more homers than the opponent."
44664,Freedom: Rebels in the Darkness,"Freedom: Die Krieger Des Schattens, Freedom: Les Guerriers de l'Ombre, Freedom: Los Guerreros De La Noche",1988,6.5,"Action, Strategy / tactics","Fighting, Stealth",,"Freedom: Rebels In The Darkness is a game that combines elements of strategy, stealth and fighting games. The main character is a rebellious black slave working on a sugar plantation that tries to incite a revolt among the slave population to gain freedom and to give comeuppance to each of their old masters. At the start of the game there is four characters to choose, each with different statistics and abilities like ""constitution"" and ""lock-picking"". The main game screen is a map of the plantation, where you guide a small icon of the character while trying to avoid the guard dogs. If the dogs find you, they either bark and alert the owners or attack you. When they do, the screen switches to a first-person screen where you have to avoid being bitten and killed by the animal. On the top of the screen there are four buttons, each with a unique function: The game accepts mouse, keyboard and joystick controls, and plays drum music and other sounds."
44669,Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective - Volume II,"Sherlock Holmes no Tantei Kōza II, Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective - Vol.II",1992,6.5,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,"""What they said about Sherlock I, you'll say about Sherlock II""...reads the advert in the box, based on the nice critics about Volume I. The same video technology (this is 1992), keeps offering true interactive environment: actually letting you ""feel"" the traffic in the streets of the old London… The same structure brings a familiar look, inviting to channel all attention to the task of solving mysteries: your intelligence, skills and patience are required to find clues by listening to people, observing details, or even reading the London Times - but don't let yourself be misguided by a wrong hint. The same number of cases: 3 But, each situation is completely different: “ The Two Lions ” involving the murder of circus lions, “ The Pilfered Paintings ” just bought by The National Gallery...and “ The Murdered Munitions Magnate ”, where hints reveal different possible motives...have nothing in common, except the detective in charge: you…"
44670,Chambers of Shaolin,,1989,7.0,Action,Fighting,,"In the first part of this game, you will have to train your character in the various chambers of Shaolin. Each exercise, which includes balancing on trees, kicking a pendulum and dodging objects coming towards you, will improve your skills like stamina and strength. The better you do in the chambers, the easier it will be for you in part two. Part two is a more traditional 2D fighting game where you have to advance from level to level by beating your opponents up."
44675,Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers,"Devil Summoner 2, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - Soul Hackers",1997,7.4,Role-playing (RPG),,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"Amami City is a Japanese megalopolis of the near future. In this huge city, each house has a computer, and all computers are linked to one big network. The flow of information is being controlled by the government, and software companies create huge virtual locations-networks. An eighteen-year-old member of a hacker group called Spookies and his companions gain access to one of these networks - a virtual city called Paradigm-X, created by Algon Soft. However, an accident occurs during the hacking, and a mysterious demon who calls herself Nemissa emerges. The Spookies must find the true reason behind Nemissa's arrival, and confront a shadowy organization known as Phantom Society, which employs demon summoners. Soul Hackers is similar in its themes, structure and gameplay to its predecessor as well as to the main Shin Megami Tensei series. Set in a futuristic cyberpunk environment, the game contains many characteristic elements such as two weapon types (swords and guns) for the main hero, a female companion who can learn and cast magic spells, and a party of six active combatants, of which four are demons. Like in many other Megami Tensei games, the player can communicate with randomly encountered demons and recruit them into the party by selecting appropriate dialogue choices. These demons can also be fused with each other to create more powerful ones. The loyalty system from the previous game returns; however, this installment makes it easier to raise the loyalty level of a demon. By taking a demon into battles and repeatedly performing action it likes (indicated by its comments to the player's choices), the player can gradually make it fully controllable and obedient. Attack and magic power of the demons raises together with their loyalty levels. New in this installment is a limited ability to fuse demons outside of specific fusion places, by using the protagonist's demon-summoning computer (COMP). The player can also purchase and install software on this computer, which has a variety of functions, from combat-aiding and mapping utilities to the possibility to save the game anywhere in the dungeon."
44678,Virtua Fighter 2,,1996,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"One year after the first edition of the World Fighting Tournament, won by Lau Chan, invitations are sent once again, this time to the second edition of the Tournament. Will Akira's new techniques be enough to beat Wolf? Can Lau defend his title against his daughter Pai? Will Jacky rescue his sister Sarah, who has been brainwashed to kill him? Will Jeffry make enough money to track down the Satan Shark? And Kage, will he uncover if the mysterious Judgement 6 cartel is behind the tournament? All is yet to be seen... Sharing the name with the second title in Sega's seminal 3D fighter series, this 16-bit version brings the game to the world of 2D fighters. While the fully polygonal environment of the arcade/saturn version were scratched in favor of regular sprites and side-scrolling camera due to obvious technological constraints (plus manufacturing costs ruling out the SVP chip used in Virtua Racing ) and featuring only the 8 original characters in the series, the rest was directly taken or inspired by it's bigger brother. The arenas are all drawn according to the to the 32-bit titles (and even feature a small parallax scrolling trick to provide a slight 3D illusion), so are the characters, and the also features a lot of the same sound effects and music. Gameplay is also inspired by the original version, with many button combinations remaining unchanged."
44679,The Fidgetts,,1993,7.1,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements",,The Fidgetts is a side-scrolling platform puzzle game in a similar vein as The Lost Vikings The player can switch between two Fidgetts (cartoon-like animals) to get past obstacles. One of the Fidgetts can jump higher to reach objects or locations otherwise unreachable. Fidgetts can lift and drop items to help them climb over obstacles. Within each level the player must get both Fidgetts to the exit before a time runs out. There's pit traps and enemies that can cause the Fidgetts to loose lives or receive damage. In between levels the player can play a Breakout variant in which the player controls a paddle at both the top and bottom of the screen. In between the blocks that can be destroyed with the ball are power-ups that can be collected.
44681,Earthworm Jim: Special Edition,Earthworm Jim,1995,8.2,Action,"Platform, Shooter",,"Earthworm Jim: Special Edition is an enhanced version of the original Earthworm Jim for the SEGA CD and also ported to Windows. Many years later it was released for a number of mobile platforms. New to the SEGA CD edition is a CD audio soundtrack, bigger levels, more secrets, more weapons, reworked animations and additional enemies. These specific platforms feature the exclusive Big Bruty level. Also exclusive to these platforms are alternate endings when winning on the ""Practice"" or ""Difficult"" difficulties, The iPhone version has been made easier as the character is controlled through a virtual control pad setup, accessed through the touch screen. Jim starts with ten lives and aiming is done automatically. There are also some small changes in the levels and the main character's voice has been re-recorded. The Nintendo DSi version also features the same level changes and re-recorded voice. In addition to this, it also has bonuses based around face tracking challenges where you copy Jim's facial expressions in the DSi's camera."
44687,Power Strike,Aleste,1988,7.6,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"The Earth is threatened by mutant plant life and their brainwashed human followers. Only one force can stop the evil vegetables from taking root: Power Strike, the most versatile jet fighter in the world. Blast the enemy in the air and on the ground and save the planet from the creeping green menace. There are six rounds to complete (three in the mobile version). In each round, numbers (from 1 to 8) can be found on the ground either enclosed by a ring, or in the air carried by a ship. Getting these numbers will upgrade your firepower. Get more of the same number for a maximum upgrade. Unfortunately, whatever the type of firepower you get, you will have a limited supply of ammo, so you need to stock up on the same type of firepower if you get too low. At the end of each round, there is an end-of-round boss which involves shooting parts of its base in order to destroy it. Intermediate bosses can be found in the last three rounds (console version only)."
44688,Raging Fighter,Outburst,1993,6.5,Action,"Arcade, Fighting",,"Raging Fighter is a one-against-one fighting game. The background scenario is the Omega League which is supposed to sift out the best fighter in the universe. Each of the seven fighters has a variety of punches and kills - which one gets performed depends on which directions on the d-pad are pressed. Every fighter differs from the others with two special attacks which are triggered by pressing the right button combination and a few statistics like speed or defense. Besides the story mode, the player can also participate in the training mode with a motionless opponent, a tournament or two-player matches. The winner of a match is whoever wins two rounds out of three."
44693,Project Nova,,1986,7.3,Action,Shooter,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Project Nova is a 1st person shooter where you are the pilot of a space craft and you must explore various sectors to find alien ships and destroy them. Before you play the game you can select which level you want to start on (1-8). You start the game looking out into empty space inside the cockpit of your craft with the option to look out from the rear. On your instrument panel which is shown on the top and bottom of the screen is your energy status, speed, your rating, shield status, view and how many hostiles in the area. Pressing 0-9 on the keyboard controls your speed but uses up energy so must be used carefully. Pressing F1, F2 or F3 activates your shield from Green (No Shield), Amber (20% capacity) and Red (Full) which also requires the use of energy. Pressing C brings up your ships computer which gives a status report on various parts of your craft and a map of the area containing all the sectors. Each sector contains a number telling you how many hostiles are in that area and also which ones contain energy to top up your energy supply. These sectors can still contain alien ships. You move a cursor onto the sector you require to explore and press H for hyperspace. Once you are in the sector you use the joystick to control your craft to move a laser sight and pressing fire to fire a laser. You are also able to repair your ship if you receive damage but receive to much and it is game over."
44702,ToeJam & Earl,TJ&E,1991,7.7,Action,,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Toejam and Earl are two hip aliens from the planet Funkotron. One day, they are cruisin' their galaxy in the sweet spaceship ride. Unfortunately, Earl wasn't paying enough attention to where he was driving, and ran the ship into an asteroid. The ship crash landed onto the most bizarre planet in the galaxy: Earth. Toejam and Earl must travel from level to level on Earth and collect the 10 scattered pieces of the ship. But the various Earthlings, such as Nerd Herds, Giant Hamsters, Phantom Ice Cream Trucks and the Bogeyman will make that difficult. The power up items that TJ and E can pick up come in the form of wrapped presents. You never really know what a power up is until you open it. What's more, randomized levels and item locations make it a different game every time. The game features a dynamic screen splitting - screen joining 2-player mode. Players start the game close to each other. If one gets away from the other, the screen vertically splits to allow each player to move freely. When players are close again, the screens join together to become one single screen."
44705,The Punisher,,1993,7.2,Action,Beat 'em up / brawler,,"Join Frank Castle's crusade for justice and revenge in this arcade beat 'em up. Based on the Marvel comic of the same name, you play as the cold blooded vigilante or his pal Nick Fury (from S.H.I.E.L.D.) with your mission being to tear through the many rackets and underground criminal hotspots to cripple the Kingpin's criminal empire, and finally take down the man himself and bring peace to New York. The game plays as a standard side-scrolling beat 'em up with your objective being to clear all stages of enemies by attacking them with your arsenal of attacks or whatever weapons you can find. Features single and 2-player cooperative gameplay."
44708,Fighting Warrior,Kung-Fu II: Sticks of Death,1985,6.1,Action,,Egypt (Ancient),"A Pharaoh has captured a Princess and imprisoned her in a temple, and it is your job to fight through perilous lands to get her back. This takes place in a side-view beat 'em up similar to Way of the Exploding Fist Mythical winged and dog-headed monsters and half-human hybrids are your opponents, fought one at a time. You can duck and jump, and the weapon at your disposal can be used for high, middle and low strikes. Containers offering magical powers (both good and bad) can be found and unlocked. Once inside the temple there are more foes to defeat."
44715,The Curse of Monkey Island,"A Maldição da Ilha dos Macacos, La Maldicion de Monkey Island, La Malédiction De l'Ile aux Singes, La maledizione di Monkey Island, Monkey Island 3, Prokljatje Ostrova Obez'jan",1997,8.4,Adventure,"Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements",Sea pirates / Caribbean,"Having barely escaped LeChuck's dreadful amusement park, Guybrush Threepwood finds himself stuck in the middle of the sea, with nothing in his boat but a sausage and a diary. Musing over the events that have led him into this predicament, Guybrush suddenly discovers a ship navigated by none other than his archenemy. Once again, Guybrush saves his beloved Elaine from the claws of his undead rival. In the midst of the treasure that belonged to the defeated foe Guybrush finds a ring. Overwhelmed by his love to Elaine, he proposes marriage to her and gives her the ring. What he doesn't know is that the ring is cursed; before he is able to realize what is happening, Elaine is turned into a gold statue. Will Guybrush be able to lift the curse and to save his one and only love? This third installment of the Monkey Island is, like its predecessors, a humorous puzzle-solving adventure game. The game features cartoon-style SVGA graphics and (for the first time in the series) voice-overs for all the conversations. The interface no longer involves a list of verbs that occupies a part of the screen; instead, it follows the same principle as in Full Throttle : the player chooses first the object to interact with, then the action from a menu that appears. Like the second game The Curse of Monkey Island has two difficulty levels."
44716,Buster Ball,,1992,6.8,"Action, Sports",,Sci-fi / futuristic,"Buster Ball is a futuristic, top-down action game. It is reminiscent of soccer, only with robot players and less restrictions for brutality. The basic principle is unchanged: both teams consist of athletes which want to put the playing ball into the other team's goal. However, the six playing areas have several built-in obstacles like bumpers (hurls the ball and athletes away) or electric barriers which restrict mobility. The player may participate in a league system."
44718,Doman: Grzechy Ardana,,1995,7.6,Action,,Fantasy,"Doman: Grzechy Ardana (Doman: Ardan's Sins) is a brutal beat 'em up which tells the story of Doman, a Slavic response to the famous Conan, featured in a series of Polish comic books. Playing as Doman (or his buddy Baurus) you must end the tyranny of Ardan, fighting against his footmen, archers, mages and giant guards. You'll travel through forests, villages, shores and mountains, meeting NPCs, to finally reach Satan's Claw (Ardan's castle). The game is a side-scrolling fighting game similar to the likes of Double Dragon : our protagonist heads relentlessly to the right, occasionally stopping to fight a group of more or less competent warriors who come at him. The gameplay and graphics style is similar to that of Franko but this time a multiplayer option is offered. This game has more moves and combos (e.g.: decapitation) that can be performed and features more weapons to choose from (sword, axe, mace etc.). The package also contains a storybook."
44720,Bonze Adventure,"Hell Explorer, Jigoku Meguri",1988,7.4,Action,Platform,,"Emma, king of the underworld, has gone crazy and brought his domain into chaos. Your mission, as Bonze Kackremboh, is to get rid of the evil spirit from Emma and annihilate his followers such as snakes, giant eyeballs, ghosts, and other enemy creatures. His only weapons are bubbles of various colors that can be powered up until they become almost as large as Bonze himself. He can also use these bubbles as special attacks, but once he uses it, the bubbles decrease in size and he must get some items that are the same color as the bubble to increase its size. Occasionally, an angel will appear who will give Bonze other items that will help him in his quest."
44724,UEFA Euro 2000,,2000,7.3,Sports,,Europe,This is a specially released FIFA football game that coincided with the Euro 2000 European Cup. You can take charge of a team and playall the qualifying phases for the cup or play for the cup itself.
44732,V for Victory: Market Garden,V for Victory: Market Garden - Arnhem-1944,1993,7.3,Strategy / tactics,,"Historical events, World War II","V for Victory: Market Garden takes the series to southern Holland. As the British commander, you must take and hold bridges across three major rivers, secure a foothold across the Rhine, and open a corridor for the invasion of Germany. As the German commander, you must delay the British advance, destroy the airborne divisions, and prevent the British army from reaching German territory."
44739,Dark Fusion,,1988,5.8,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Dark Fusion is a single player side scrolling space based shoot-em-up. The title refers to a game element where, after completing part of the game the player, who is a member of the elite Corps of Guardian Warriors, must choose whether to fuse themselves with their vanquished foe or continue with only their mortal powers. There are four levels in the game and each level is divided into three zones - Combat zone, Alien zone, and the Flight zone. In the Combat zone the player starts out as a warrior in a space suit. Scrolling to the right there are numerous aliens that have to be shot / bypassed in order to reach the end of the level. Some aliens as they perish leave behind power ups which are essential to progressing through the game. The player must enter and kill all the aliens in two Alien Zones in order to complete the Combat zone, then they must fight their way to the Flight Zone fusion pod to become a space ship and fly through to the next level."
44740,Stunt Track Racer,Stunt Car Racer,1989,7.6,"Action, Racing / Driving",,,"Race a single computer opponent for first place on a unique racetrack -- 100 feet in the air! You start in the fourth three-man division of a league, all racing each other twice, and must come top to progress. The action is viewed from within the car throughout the 3-lap races, with the distance between you always on screen. Jump chasms, jumps, and drawbridges; take banks hard or slow; pass your opponent on the track or while catching mass air. Your car has the ability to burn a limited amount of turbo boost fuel as a way to accelerate faster and achieve higher speeds, but don't use it all up at once or you'll fall behind. Don't damage your engine too much; severe dents will show up during your next race. Whatever you do, don't fall off the track, as this will cost you time as you are placed back on."
44747,Bugsy,,1986,7.1,Adventure,Interactive fiction / text adventure,Interwar,"You are Bugsy a giant rabbit whose ambition it is to be Public Enemy No.1 in the city of Chicago in place of Al Capone. Starting with nothing, you have to work your way up the pecking order by any means necessary including theft, extortion, murder, bribery and other illegal means. The game is a graphic text adventure where you read text describing your location while a picture shows what you are looking at. You type in commands with the keyboard to interact with each location. If you interact with someone you have various options like insult, bribe and protect."
44752,Warsong,"Langrisser, Langrisser: Hikari no Matsuei",1991,7.8,"Role-playing (RPG), Strategy / tactics",,Fantasy,"Warsong is the first title of a series of strategy games, known as Langrisser in Japan, to ever see an official release outside of Japan. It is set in a typical medieval fantasy setting and features traditional turn-based combat. The player controls several generals who can command up to eight different units ranging from ordinary soldiers and archers to more exotic creatures like mermen or lizards The generals fight alongside their units, but are much more powerful and are able to use more diverse commands than just moving and attacking, like recovering a small amount of HP or casting spells. Each unit has certain strengths and weaknesses; for example, soldiers are good against archers but weak against cavalry. Combat is also influenced heavily by terrain types. When two units engage in combat, a small animation, similar to those seen in Advance Wars or Fire Emblem is shown."
44766,Jimmy Connors Tennis,Yannick Noah Tennis,1993,6.5,Sports,,,"Jimmy Connors Tennis is Nintendo's 8-bit attempt at professional tennis, endorsed by tennis great Jimmy Connors. It has three skill levels - beginner, medium and advanced - and allows practice shots against a machine that can shoot 100, 200 or 300 tennis balls. Players can compete in the top 16 international tournaments, including the U.S. Open, the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and can earn anywhere from $26,000 to $58,000. They can also keep track of their win-loss record and earnings through a password feature. It is very accurate when it comes to playing on different surfaces such as hard court, grass or clay, each one giving a different response."
44767,Home Alone,,1993,5.8,Action,Platform,Contemporary,"Home Alone is a 2D-sidescrolling platformer based on the 1990 movie of the same name. The player takes control of Kevin McCallister, who is accidentally left behind by his family when they go off on holiday. During this time, the burglars Harry and Marv break in, and Kevin must foil them. Kevin is guided through several short levels in succession. To complete a level he needs to collect a number of valuables and lock them in a safe. Only a small amount of time is provided to complete the level as well as a limited number of tries. Levels consist of several floors. Kevin can move between them using stairs, beds that act as trampolines or using food lifts, boxes and cushions. There are also optional items such as hamburgers to collect for bonus points. Levels have an animal running around as well. Harry and Marv need to be avoided, they can be jumped over and they can be shot to stun them briefly. A shot burglar also spawns a bonus item. At the end of the level the score is calculated based on the points through collected items and the remaining time. Levels are usually grouped in sets based around a theme such as Family House, Fun House, Green House, Power House and Haunted House. After an initial set of three levels, version four and five of each set are played switching the theme for each new stage. There are 29 levels in total. Each level introduces new graphics and environments, new types of items and ways to move between floors. There are also Bonus House levels without enemies where as many objects as possible need to be collected. Kevin then needs to dash to reach to the safe before time runs out or all the items are lost. There is no save function, password system or a level select; all levels need to be played in one go with the number of tries provided at the start."
44772,World Cup Golf: Hyatt Dorado Beach,"World Cup Golf, World Cup Golf in Hyatt Dorado Beach, World Cup Golf: Hyatt Golf Course, World Cup Golf: Professional Edition",1994,6.6,Sports,,,"World Cup Golf takes the player to Puerto Rico's own Hyatt Dorado Beach Golf Course as they can choose from a bevy of fictional golfers or create their own in 18 rounds of golf. There are 15 types of tournaments to choose from including skins, medals, and Stableford to name a few. Players can also practice their swing on the driving range. Players can also customize weather conditions as well as choose from a plethora of camera shots including the ""Ball Cam"" that follows the ball to its location. Like many golf games, a meter is used to determine the accuracy and the power of the player's swing and also features in-game commentary."
44775,Clu Clu Land,"Arcade Archives: Clu Clu Land, Clu Clu Land-e",1984,6.0,"Action, Puzzle",Shooter,,"A unique puzzle game in which you play a fish like creature who must explore the many play fields collecting gold bars that form a picture. Enemies litter the field, which you can blast away with a wave of energy, removing them for a short amount of time from the game. You also need to grab onto the posts and walls to turn into the gaps on the field, adding an element of timing to the game."
44784,Hang On & Safari Hunt,,1986,6.3,Racing / Driving,"Arcade, Shooter",,Two games on one cartridge.
44792,North & South,"Les Tuniques Bleues - Nord et Sud, North & South: Wakuwaku Nanboku Sensō, North and South, North and South: Wakuwaku Nanboku Sensō",1989,7.1,"Action, Strategy / tactics",Wargame,"Historical events, North America","North & South is a single-player and multiplayer strategy-action game based on the Belgian comic series Les Tuniques Bleues It presents a lighthearted interpretation of the American Civil War, allowing players to take command of either the Union or the Confederacy and attempt to control the divided United States. The game is played on a map of the United States where armies are moved turn by turn. Players recruit and reposition troops, capture states, and attempt to cut off enemy supply lines. Weather conditions and random events, such as storms or the arrival of allied reinforcements from Europe, can alter the course of the campaign. The strategic objective is to capture key states and drive the opposing faction off the map. When armies meet in the same state, the conflict shifts into an action sequence. Battles are fought in real time on a side-view battlefield where each player commands infantry, cavalry, and artillery units. Each unit type has distinct strengths and weaknesses, requiring tactical use of formation and timing. Defeating the opposing force secures control of the contested state. Additional action scenes occur when attempting to seize enemy forts or intercept trains. These sequences involve direct control of a soldier navigating platforms, obstacles, and guards to complete objectives such as raising a flag or reaching the locomotive. These interludes break up the strategic gameplay with arcade-style challenges and reward successful players with control over valuable resources or transportation routes. A two-player mode allows competitors to face each other directly, alternating turns on the strategic map and clashing in action battles. This mode highlights the mix of planning and reflex-based gameplay, as both players must balance troop management with their skills in the arcade sequences. Platform differences exist across versions. The original home computer editions on Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS featured colorful graphics and speech samples, while later ports to consoles such as the NES simplified controls and altered the presentation. Some versions streamlined mechanics or adjusted the action segments to fit system capabilities."
44794,NASCAR 98,,1997,7.6,"Racing / Driving, Simulation",,,"With top-of-the-line racing simulation NASCAR 98 allows you to race with 24 drivers including legend Dale Earnhardt and 10 official tracks and extra 6 fantasy tracks. This NASCAR game allows you to hear all screeching burnouts, oiled skids, and emergency vehicles, or listen to provided music. This includes the modes season, Arcade, and new custom racing(control opponents,laps,gas gauge, and just about anything.)."
44797,Destruction Carnival,,1997,6.7,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Destruction Carnival is a freeware, single-screen arena shooter, similar to Robotron and Smash TV but without twin-stick controls. The player controls Agent Troy, who was captured by the evil alien warlord Amadeus. Now Troy fights in arenas against Amadeus minions. The game has simple gameplay: the player moves in all directions, avoids mines, collect extra weapons and shoots all enemies on the screen. When he kills enough enemies, he moves on to the next arena. The game has three arenas, each with four waves of enemies. The game uses MIDI music from several NES/SNES games."
44798,Frontier: First Encounters,Elite 3,1995,7.1,"Action, Simulation",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,Frontier: First Encounters is the third part of Elite series. You are a space pirate and you fly around through the universe in your space craft to fulfill different missions. You can also earn money by trading cargo with other races.
44801,Robin Hood: Legend Quest,The Amazing Adventures of Robin Hood,1992,6.0,Action,"Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter",Fantasy,"One of numerous games to take the Robin Hood setting, and Codemasters' third, this is a platform game with puzzle solving elements, with similarities to Gods Robin must rescue Maid Marion from the clutches of the Sheriff of Nottingham, collecting treasure along the way. Robin is armed with a bow and arrow with which to take out gargoyles, trolls and the like. The level designs are long and maze-like, with a need to collect keys and uncover secret passageways in order to find all sections of them, and the gold they contain. Many of the moving platforms are only activated by collecting a key for them from elsewhere."
44810,Navy Moves,,1988,5.9,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"Navy Moves is a side scrolling shooter. Being the sequel of "" Army Moves "" it has a similar gaming style. The player plays McArra and belongs to the special pacification forces. Its mission: find and destroy a nuclear submarine U-5544 that has unbalanced the forces between the two most powerful armies on Earth. The name of the operation is Cephalopod. Firstly, the player must cross a dense minefield on board of the Zodiac. The mines themselves are visible enough, but the player must also beware of enemies on jet-skis. After that, in order to reach the submarine the player will cross a series of underwater caves. They haven't been explored thoroughly, but are known to contain extremely dangerous fauna, like sharks and giant squids. Part two of the game will take part inside the enemy submarine. In order to gain access to every section of the submarine the player needs to eliminate enemy officers and use their ID cards. Once every section is accessible, plant a bomb at the bottom of the nuclear reactor, stop the engines and reach for the surface."
44829,MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity,MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head: Virtual Aho Shoukougun,1995,7.2,Adventure,Puzzle elements,,Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity is a point-and-click adventure based on MTV's Beavis & Butt-head series. The player can control both characters as they attempt to join Todd's gang. Much of the gameplay consists of inventory-based puzzles. There are also a few mini-games and hidden music videos.
44831,NHL Hockey,,1993,7.9,Sports,,,"After the highly popular first two games of the series ( NHL Hockey and NHLPA Hockey '93 ), EA acquired both NHL and NHLPA licenses, and along the award-winning console versions of NHL '94 developed a more complex game for personal computers. While overall the game shares the same graphical style as the console versions, they are much detailed here, with jersey logos and even smaller details such as pixels decorating the Quebéc Nordiques jersey where their three Fleur de Lys should be decorating the players, and a much more colourful ring all around. Gameplay follows the same action-packed philosophy of the console games (including the new one-timer move), although at a slightly slower pace. Sound, however, is much improved, with clearer effects and digitized rink announcer and organ pieces. The game also features a brand new point and click interface, taking advantage of computer mice, making line changes much faster than console-style controls would allow. As for game modes, the player can play exhibition games, seasons or play-off series with any of the 24 teams of the 1993 NHL season (Campbell and Wales All-Star teams are also available for exhibition games), all featuring real players with individualized stats in key playing abilities."
44834,The Dam Busters,Dam Busters,1984,7.1,"Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Shooter,"Historical events, World War II","Dam Busters is an early flight simulation, set in World War II. It focuses on Dam Busters who historically were used to heavily bombard strategic objectives, in this case dams. This task is not easy, as en route you will face heavy opposition forces. Fortunately, you won't be a sitting bomber in the air. Your aircraft is equipped with machine guns (left and right) with unlimited rounds of fire power, so fire at will as the enemy approaches. When the time comes, you will have to bomb the target manually. So, get ready to unload the cargo and give them hell!"
44835,Outcast,,1999,8.1,Action,"Puzzle elements, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"In the year 2007, a parallel universe is discovered by scientists. The U.S. government sends a probe to that universe and learns of the existence of an entire alien civilization there. However, an apparently hostile alien damages the probe, leading to the creation of a black hole threatening the very existence of our own world. Former U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. Cutter Slade is assigned to escort three scientists to the parallel universe in an attempt to repair the probe and avert the danger. Upon arrival, Cutter is separated from the scientists and is greeted by the local inhabitants, the Talan. It appears that their world, Adelpha, has its own troubles: a mysterious being known as Faé Rhan has been assembling an army consisting of Talans who think themselves superior to the rest of the population and willing to rule over them with violence. Cutter is proclaimed the Ulukai, a savior mentioned in a prophecy, and entrusted with the task of retrieving five sacred relics needed to overthrow Faé Rhan - all while trying to locate the scientists and save the Earth as well in the process. Outcast is a 3D third-person (with optional first-person view) action game with adventure elements. In search for five sacred relics, the protagonist travels through the five continents of Adelpha (plus one tutorial island). Each land has its own landscape (mountains, lakes, forests), populated areas, as well as dozens of minor problems - small quests that the hero is required to solve. Most Talans populating the world can be conversed with about a variety of topics. A large portion of the game consists of finding key characters and performing quests for them; some of these are optional, though most must be completed in an adventure-like linear fashion in order to advance the plot. Cutter is free to travel between the continents using special portals. Apart from exploration and completing quests, Cutter will also fight many guards and creatures. At his disposal are six futuristic weapons (railgun and others); ammunition for those guns is scattered around and can also be produced by mixing items. Aiming help is provided in the form of laser sights. Sneaking up to the enemy and punching him out silently is also possible. Gadgets such as a holo-decoy can be used to help Cutter gain the upper hand in combat. The player character can also jump, climb, swim, dive, crawl, and ride a local animal known as Twon-Ha for faster travel."
44840,Centipede,Centipede 3D,1998,6.2,Action,"Arcade, Shooter",,"This is a remake or ""modernization"" of the classic arcade shooter Centipede originally released in arcades by Atari in 1980. This remake keeps some of the original game's shooter-style gameplay while mixing in more console-style exploration. Gameplay progresses through five ""worlds"": Weedom, Frostonia, Infernium, Enigma, and Evile. Players blast away at the classic centipedes, spiders, fleas, and scorpions while fighting new enemies like the mosquito, cockroach, and killer mushroom. A ""classic"" mode is also included, which allows players to play the classic game in a new ""3D"" isometric perspective. While the Windows and Macintosh versions have 5 worlds consisting of 30 levels, the PlayStation version has 4 worlds consisting of 23 levels, and the Dreamcast version has 4 worlds consisting of 35 levels."
44841,Spacewrecked: 14 Billion Light Years From Earth,B.S.S Jane Seymour: Federation Quest 1,1990,7.6,Role-playing (RPG),,Sci-fi / futuristic,"In this sci-fi RPG you are sent to a fleet of spaceships which have been invaded by aliens who escaped during a routine mission. This involves walking around and fighting off any aliens you encounter, while collecting keys for the doors. A toxic coolant must be handled carefully if this is to be achieved. 6 programmable robots can help with repair chores. The game's control system has a direction pad for moving and inventory mapping."
44842,Gazillionaire Deluxe,Gazillionaire!,1996,7.1,"Simulation, Strategy / tactics",Managerial / business simulation,Sci-fi / futuristic,An update of the previous Gazillionaire space-trading game. Gazillionaire Deluxe includes the existing gameplay of that title and offers the following changes and updates:
44846,Star Warped,La Galère des Etoiles,1997,5.7,Adventure,"Arcade, Fighting, Shooter",Sci-fi / futuristic,"Star Warped is an interactive point-and-click game, which is set in the house of two Star Wars fans from Modesto. The game contains a series of mini-games, and is intended to be a parody of Star Wars and the associated paraphernalia. Some of the mini-games themselves parody other Star Wars games: ""Dork Forces"" is a spoof of Dark Forces ""X-Schwing"" is, of course, the counterpart of X-Wing and ""Wrecked All Assault"" is a purported 'secret area' of Rebel Assault in which you fly through the intestines of Jabba the Hut. The game also includes references to popular culture, such as the selection of ""Scrapped Scripts"" which show what Star Wars would have been like if it had been written by Woody Allen, Jerry Seinfeld, Spike Jonze, or Quentin Tarantino."
44848,Five-a-Side Soccer,"Five A Side Indoor Soccer, Five-A-Side Football, Five-a-Side Indoor Soccer",1985,5.7,Sports,,,"This version of indoor soccer requires maximum use of skilful rebounds off the walled edges. It is played for ten minutes per match, against the computer at one of three skills levels or another player. Fouls result in penalty kicks, which work differently to outdoor soccer - a penalty tournament is also available."
44855,Tetris 2,"Tetris 2: Take On a Tougher Tetris Challenge!, Tetris Flash",1993,7.3,"Action, Puzzle",Falling block puzzle,,"Unlike the original Tetris Tetris 2 has you clearing the field of blocks in a different way. Each play field starts with different colored dots (in this case black, gray and white), with one of each color flashing. The blocks are made up of the same three colors, and by matching blocks of the same color over the top or to the side of the dot will clear the dot and those blocks from the screen. If you clear a flashing dot, all the corresponding dots of the same color will be cleared. To complete the round just clear the dots, not the blocks themselves."
44859,Bill Elliott's NASCAR Fast Tracks,,1991,6.4,Racing / Driving,,,"Using a point of view from inside the car or the outside behind the car and lets you choose from three different types of cars (Ford, Chevrolet or Oldsmobile). You can also run for the championship, consisting of eight races, running the same four tracks twice over which include Daytona, Atlanta, Watkins Glen and Sears Point, competing against fifteen different opponents including Bill Elliott."
44861,Morph,"Mega Morph, Super Morph",1993,7.4,"Action, Puzzle",,Fantasy,"Young Morris Rolph has been trapped in limbo due to a malfunction on Dr Krankenpot's new teleport machine. Now he's been split into his 4 component parts, represented by liquid, gas, a hard ball and a bouncy ball, and he must get through 24 levels (36 on the special A1200 version - mirroring the game's plot-line of improved technology causing more problems for Morris) to retrieve the parts of the machine so it can be rebuilt to bring him back to life. The gameplay is vaguely influenced by Lemmings as the levels are populated by lots of points which can't be crossed in all forms - walls, fires, gaps, thornbushes and suchlike. You get a set number of transformations on each level, although extra ones can be picked up at times, and there are heaters and freezers dotted around which cause transformations in some states. All this is done against a time limit. Like Lemmings 2 you can take on the next level in each of the worlds at any time, so you have to be stuck 4 times before you can't progress."
44872,The Ottifants,,1993,7.1,Action,Platform,,"Bruno is a baby Ottifant. It's an ordinary evening, and Bruno's dad is working late at office. Reason enough for Bruno's vivid imagination to run riot, thinking that his dad has been kidnapped by aliens! Jelly babies, that fell from his father's pocket on the way to work, blaze a trail to the office. Now it's up to Bruno to fight his way through hordes of terrorizing toys, Ottifant-eating plants, tear through gloomy caverns of doom and cut across a perilous jungle - workaday objects and boringly normal settings as seen through kids' eyes - and rescue his dad! The Ottifants for the SEGA Game Gear is a 2D side-scrolling platformer where the player controls Bruno through five worlds: starting with the house and the basement, through to the building site, the office and finally the jungle, whereas each world is in turn divided into three stages. Bruno's primary weapon is his trunk, which gives him the ability to blast enemies by firing sweets at them, or suck in objects like out-of-reach platforms or boxes by holding down the Fire-button. Furthermore, yellow, green and red lollies are spread throughout the stages. Gathering three of them activate one of Bruno's special skills and can - depending on the colour combination - transform the baby Ottifant into Superfant with the ability to fly, boost his speed with Speedy Shoes, give an extra Continue and more. Picking up jelly babies, blasting enemies and collecting papers gives points and raises Bruno's score up to a fixed value of 9,999 pts. There are several entrances to secret rooms hidden in the five worlds. But, unlike the Genesis-version, the rooms are quite small and basic and there is no 1,000 point reward by completing them. On the whole there are two different tunes backing your journey through the game: one for the stages and one for the boss enemies. The varied background music and sound effects of the Genesis-game are completely missing, as is one entire world: The Garden."
44877,William Shatner's TekWar,,1995,5.6,Action,Shooter,Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi,"You're an ex-cop who was sentenced to cryo sleep. When you awake you are recruited by the Cosmos Detective Agency as a hitman. Why? Cause there's a dangerous new drug on the streets of New LA: Tek! Take out the seven Tek Lords and their minions in 7 missions, but spare those innocent civilians. TekWar is a 1st person shooter based on the TekWar novels of William Shatner TekWar is situated in the near future and uses the famous Build Engine."
44882,Cougar Force,,1990,5.2,"Action, Racing / Driving, Simulation","Fighting, Shooter",,"In the game you play a role of the special agent Cougar. Your mission is to penetrate the criminal's fortress to retrieve information on a new drug. The game is divided into three parts of different styles. First one is side-scrolling action in different locations such as a prison, mines, or temple. For example, you begin in the prison, from where you must escape finding the keys to open doors, fighting the guards with martial arts, avoiding the grenades and lethal obstacles, acquiring the gun, and finally jumping into the plane. Second one is a flight simulator. For example, you have to control a plane, flying over the territory and shooting enemy planes with gun or missiles. Third one is motorcycle riding. You have to reach the checkpoint for 3:00 before blowing up."